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Sports Tough start for SCHS golfers at Buffalo Dunes Page 19
State Legislators debate how much is just enough for education Page 2
ready for the next bin-buster
Education SCHS qualifies three for national forensics tournament Page 9
An overhead view of the 350,000 bushel grain elevator under construction at the Scott Co-op. The four-foot jump form sections are visible as rings at the top of the bin. (Record Photo)
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Scott Co-op expansion to meet growing demand for grain storage construction at the Scott City location. “It’s going to take years for us to get where we need to be, but this bin is a small step in that direction,” says Baker. The Scott Co-op, for example, has had three consecutive years in which it has handled a record volume of grain. That reached a peak during last year’s once-in-a-lifetime wheat and fall crop harvests. Baker says that last year the Co-op received 11-12 million bushels of wheat and an equal amount of corn and milo in the fall. That compares with an average of 6-7 million bushels per harvest. To put those numbers in another persepctive, Baker says the Co-op has nine mil-
lion bushels of upright bin storage. However, between the fall of 2015 and fall of 2016, the Co-op moved 37 million bushels of grain. At their peak, following both harvests, the Co-op had more than 10 million bushels on the ground in storage bunkers at their nine locations. “That’s an alarming number for anybody,” noted Baker. “CEOs don’t sleep very well when there’s $30 (million) or $40 million worth of assets sitting under the stars exposed to Mother Nature.” Building storage capacity for a record-setting year of that magnitude isn’t practical. During those years, ground storage is inevitable. “Our hope is that, during an
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average year, we can dramatically decrease the amount of grain we put on the ground if not eliminate it entirely,” Baker says. Cutting Storage Costs Baker emphasizes that ground storage is far more expensive than one might imagine. A big factor is the multiple handling of the grain from the time it enters the elevators, is moved by Co-op employees to the bunker/ground site and then back into the elevator again when space is available. The cost of running air on the stored grain becomes a huge cost. (See STORAGE on page eight)
Health Sweet tooth isn’t always bad for your health Page 16
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Mountains of grain have been a familiar site on the Western Kansas landscape in recent years following summer and fall harvests. They are testimony to the ability of farmers to produce huge crops - even under some adverse conditions. They are also evidence that elevators aren’t keeping pace with the production capabilities of the farmers they serve. “In our case, it’s not just a matter of falling behind a couple hundred thousand bushels, but millions of bushels,” notes Jason Baker, CEO/general manager of the Scott Co-op. In order to begin closing that gap, a 350,000 bushel upright bin is currently under
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Meals program essential for students who don’t get fed at home get fed so they do better in school,” Mulvaney said. “Guess what? There’s no demonstrable evidence they’re actually doing that. “There’s no demonstrable evidence they’re actually helping results, helping kids do better in school. . . . And we can’t prove that that’s happening.” A school district may not be able to provide statistical data that compares test results on an empty stomach and a full stomach, but
educators are in agreement that student performance is affected by whether or not a student is hungry in the classroom. “I’ve seen what happens when kids are hungry. They’re distracted,” notes Scott City Elementary School Principal Shawn Roberts. The elementary school offers breakfast to students in addition to a noon lunch. Students who participate in the after-school program are also served a snack. “If a student who normally eats
breakfast should be running late some morning and not eat, I’ve had teachers tell me they notice a difference,” Roberts says. “It’s true with adults. How many of us can focus on what we’re supposed to do if we are hungry?” Like similar programs around the country, the after-school SCORE program provides a safe environment for students, keeps them involved in activities and helps to relieve parents of the bur(See STUDENTS on page two)
Agriculture Wheat streak mosaic becoming major concern in region Page 26
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Meals and snacks provided by schools for low-income families are in the cross-hairs of a proposed federal budget that will cut funding for after-school programs and could impact similar programs that aid children during the school day. When a budget plan was rolled out by the Trump Administration last week, White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney took aim at food programs, noting, “They’re supposed to help kids
Community Nature provides much-needed rainfall for area, Lake Scott Page 25
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$75M for ed not likely to satisfy Court Some lawmakers reluctant to add necessary funding Kansas legislative leaders took a couple of days to try to persuade some members of the House K-12 Budget Committee to accept $75 million more in school funding, according to legislators on both sides of the aisle. But the hardball tactics apparently failed. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that
the state’s current school funding formula is unconstitutional, and some legislators say the additional $75 million won’t be enough to satisfy the court. “The vast majority of legislators want to take serious steps to correct the problems identified by the court and our local school districts,” says Democratic Rep. Jim Ward, the House minority leader from Wichita. “The leadership wants to find a tricky budget that doesn’t spend the money that needs to be done. And they’re out of step.”
Legislators are under pressure to get a school funding bill passed before the end of next week, when they take their first adjournment and a three-week break from the session. “My wish is that we have our work completed on a school formula through both chambers before we adjourn the regular session at the end of next week,” says Rep. Melissa Rooker, a moderate Republican from Fairway. Rooker has offered her own school finance plan and says she’ll be ready with amendments to the bill Thursday that
would add significant funding into the system. Rep. Larry Campbell of Olathe, chairman of the K-12 committee, denies the hardball tactics and says he won’t limit amendments when the committee gathers in the afternoon. “We’re going to stay there as long as it takes for everyone to have a chance to have their day,” says Campbell, who’s prepared to push for more funding. “Out of the gate I will be offering several amendments that are responding to the numerous people who have concerns.”
Even if the committee passes out a formula Thursday, Ward believes there’s a chance Republican leaders won’t bring the bill to the House floor until after the break. That would delay floor action to the end of April, uncomfortably close to the end of the fiscal year for most school districts. “It just raises the stakes,” he says. “Schools start to get nervous because it’s starting to come to the end of their fiscal year. They start issuing contracts for teachers. There’s a lot of stress that we put on the locals when we do it that way.”
Hospital oversees Meals on Wheels The Meals on Wheels program has been the subject of federal cuts in the Trump budget. The program targets the elderly and those who are homebound by providing one hot lunch five days each week. In some communities the program is federally funded, but in Scott City it’s offered through the Scott County Hospital. Meals had cost $4 each, but as of April 1 the cost will increase to $5. Even with the par-
ticipants paying for their meals, the hospital doesn’t cover its costs. When community volunteers aren’t available to deliver meals, hospital employees take on the responsibility while still on the time clock for the hospital. Vicki Dirks, chief physician services officer for SCH, says there are guidelines for participation. “A person must be homebound with no caregiver,” she says. If someone has a spouse
Students burden of searching for child care for the two to 2-1/2 hours between the time kids are released from school until parents can get home from work. SCORE was initially started with a federal grant. Once the grant money ended, the district scaled back the program, but has continued to make it available to parents for a fee. In addition to providing a snack for participating students, with assistance from the Kansas Food Bank the school staff will
who can prepare meals for them they don’t qualify. Participants must also live within the city limits. The hospital also tries to keep the number of participants at about 20 or lower. When the number of meals being delivered each day climbed to about 30 it put the future of the program at risk. “We were getting to the point where we had to decide whether or not to continue. There were so many people,” says Dirks. In fact, that possibility
was taken before the hospital board in December. The biggest problem for the hospital is on those days when there aren’t enough volunteers available. That means pulling hospital staff from their duties in order to deliver meals. “We have people asking us all the time if they can participate. Our meals, quite frankly, are very good and people know it,” Dirks says. “We’ve had to set our criteria for participation and stick to it.”
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frequently put snacks into backpacks for students to take home with them on Fridays. “We target those students who we know can really use it,” says Roberts. School Lunches The large number of families eligible for freeand reduced-price lunches is also a reflection of economic need in the community. In the 10 years that Roberts has been a principal at SCES, she says the number of stu-
dents who qualify for federal assistance in paying for their meals has consistently ranged between 50-54 percent. Each fall during enrollment, families fill out forms to request free- or reduced-price meals. The income guidelines for eligibility will change slightly from year to year. When participation in the program is 50 percent or higher, the district receives additional federal funding to assist with Title I math and reading programs in the district.
She emphasizes that the hospital’s Meals on Wheels isn’t intended to compete with restaurants or the VIP Center. “A lot of the time, the people getting meals have been a hospital patient who has returned home. We want to make sure they eat well and have someone to look in on them until they can get back on their feet again,” she adds. “Some of these people are alone and this is an opportunity to check up on them.
April 1
Diamonds and Champagne The Majestic
April 8
Easter egg hunt
Patton Park
April 15
Easter egg hunt
Palmer Park
April 17-21 Spring clean-up May 16
SCES boat regatta
City Pool
June 3
Bluegrass concert/BBQ
Patton Park
Movie in the Park
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June 10
Scott City Stars swim meet City Pool
June 23
Movie in the Park
Patton Park
June 24
Relay for Life
Patton Park
July 2
Pence Church social
Patton Park
July 7
Movie in the Park
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July 22
Beefiesta tasting booths
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Aug. 18
Movie in the Park
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Aug. 19-20 Lake Scott Rod Run
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Community Living
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Giving yourself a clean view of the world Windows, windows, windows, everywhere you look there are windows. Windows may appear to be clean but when the sun shines on them we get the true picture. Every little smudge, finger Carol Ann print or nose Crouch print shows. Family and Window clean- Consumer ing is a large Sciences task but can be Agent for Scott County simpli-
fied by using techniques and equipment made for doing windows. A professional brass or stainless steel squeegee, available at janitorial supply stores is a helpful tool. Use a window cleaning solution, which contains ammonia, vinegar and/or a liquid dishwashing detergent. These work well if used sparingly. You may purchase these products or make them yourself. Too much chemical or soap solution causes streaks
and leaves residue on the windows. Ammonia cuts heavy greasy soil and vinegar helps remove hard water spots.
Techniques for Cleaning Wipe very dirty windows with a damp cloth. Don’t rub dirt because it will scratch the glass. A vacuum cleaner with an attachment will work for this job, too. With a clean sponge or cloth lightly wet the window. Don’t flood it! When using a squeegee, tilt at an angle to the
glass, so only about one-inch of the rubber blade presses lightly against the top of the window glass. This will leave a dry area across the top of the window and stop drips from running down on your clean window. Wipe the blade of the squeegee with a damp cloth each time. A dry blade on dry glass will skip. Next place the squeegee horizontally in the dry area and pull down, lapping over the dry clean area each time.
Continue until you have finished the window. Finish by wiping off the window sill. Windows can be cleaned from either side or from the top using this technique. You may use a cloth or paper to clean. Use overlapping strokes so you cover all of the window and don’t miss spots. Helpful Hints •Don’t clean windows in (See CLEAN on page seven)
Monday-Friday April 3-7
in Scott City Majestic Theatre In 1967 . . .
Mr. and Mrs. William Miller
. . . and in 2017
Millers to celebrate 50th anniversary
William (Bill) and Barbara (Wilken) Miller, Scott City will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Sat., April 1. They were married April 1, 1967, at the First Christian Church, Scott City. They have one son, Dak Miller, and
wife, Monique, Scott City, and one daughter, Paula Miller, Winfield. They also have two grandchildren, Anna and Lance Miller, both of Scott City. A celebration will be held at a later date.
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Births PARENTS OF SON Nick and Andrea Dressman, Frankfort, annouce the birth of their son, Ian Lawrence Dressman, born Dec. 9, 2016, 8:38 a.m., at Via-Christi Hospital, Manhattan. He weighed 6 lbs., 9 oz. and was 20 inches long. Ian was welcomed home by his sister, Ella. Maternal grandparents are Neal and Julie O’Brien, Scott City. Paternal grandparents are Myron and Theresa Dressman, Frankfort. Great-grandmother is Mary Ann Dressman, Frankfort.
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Editorial/Opinion
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editorially speaking
No leadership:
GOP wasted 7 years of repeal with no alternative
One would have imagined that after seven years of railing against Obamacare, that Republicans would have been ready for their big moment when they had control of Congress and the White House. Surely, after seven years, Republicans would have been ready with an Obamacare replacement that would measure up to President Trump’s promise of better and cheaper. Seven years. All that was surely missing after all that time - and we’re sure, considerable backroom debate was to cross a few “t’s” and dot a few “i’s” before Obamacare would become history. Instead, what was missing from the Republicans was anything resembling leadership . . . and a plan. Instead, Republicans scrambled to throw something together like a high school student who waits until the night before a term paper is due to start doing any research. They pushed for a vote in only 17 days because they didn’t want the public to fully understand just how bad this legislation really was. And it was pulled from consideration after 18 days because the GOP didn’t have enough votes to pass the House. The bill wasn’t draconian enough to meet the low standards for health care demanded by the Freedom Caucus. Formerly known as the Tea Party, the Freedom Caucus wanted to eliminate “essential health benefits” as an insurance requirement. Every health plan through Obamacare is required to offer coverage for pregnancy, maternity and newborn care, mental health, emergency room services, out-patient services, oral and vision care for children, among others. These basic health services, according to members of the Freedom Caucus, were unnecessary. Sen. Pat Roberts, while not a member of the caucus, certainly showed his ignorance. When asked if he supported the Republican plan to eliminate essential health benefits, Roberts flippantly responded, “I wouldn’t want to lose my mammograms.” Roberts later apologized after a firestorm of protest, but in that moment he revealed his own lack of moral consciousness and defined the Republican attitude toward those who rely on Obamacare for health services. In the wake of the failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, Republicans are scrambling to find someone to blame. The Freedom Caucus is an easy target, but they aren’t entirely at fault. The caucus is, and always has been, a one-trick pony that only knows how to say no to everything. No one bothered to explain that’s only supposed to happen when a Democrat is in the White House. Trump - in typical ignorance or arrogance - blames everyone else. “We had no votes from the Democrats. They weren’t going to give us a single vote, it’s a difficult thing to do.” The GOP plan was projected to eliminate health insurance coverage for 24 million people and Trump is baffled as to why he had no support from Democrats. Initially, Trump didn’t take aim at the Freedom Caucus, but eventually tweeted: “Freedom Caucus was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.” Here’s something else that may have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory: •The Republican plan had the support of just 17% of the American people. •Obamacare approval has climbed to over 50% in some polls. •Republicans spent just 18 days trying to get a health care bill through the House after the plan was first introduced. It took President Obama and Democrats 13 months before the Affordable Care Act became law. •Trump has spent more days on the golf course (21) since taking office than what the Congress spent debating health care. Following the Republican debacle, Congressman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) observed: “Sometimes you’re playing fantasy football and sometimes you’re in the real game. “We knew the president (Obama), if we could get a repeal bill to his desk, would almost certainly veto it. This time we knew if it got to the president’s desk it would be signed.” In other words, the 60-plus times that Republicans voted to repeal Obamacare was only a game because they knew they would never be held accountable for their votes. It was meant only as a show for the people back home. And voters at home were equally complicit in the political charade because they’ve continued to return these same Congressmen back to Washington, D.C., where they repeat the game over and over again. Meanwhile, independent studies have projected that with 20 million people on Obamacare, the number of lives being saved annually is 24,000. For more than seven years, Congressional Republicans have been playing a game that, had they won, would have cost the lives of tens of thousands of people. The game is up. Now it’s for real. All Republicans have demonstrated to this point is that they’re way out of their league.
An act of moral courage
Donald Trump likes to consider himself as a prescient individual capable of seeing things before they actually happen such as Brexit, immigration turmoil in Sweden and the arrival of the Easter bunny. Trump’s gut instinct failed to predict that Obama could spy on him through his microwave. The gut, as we’ve learned, isn’t infallible. But, not even Nostratrumpus could have predicted what’s happened in Kansas over the last eight months. For those unfamiliar with Kansas politics, we once had a three-party system of Democrats, moderate Republicans and conservative Republicans. For more than 20 years, Democrats and moderates were able to piece together legislation that adequately funded our schools, maintained a first-rate highway system, cared for our needy and still balanced our state budget. Sometimes, moderates would side with the more conservative members of their party, but on the big
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issues affecting our state it seemed that moderate Republicans and Democrats could quite often find common ground. The balance that had existed for years between the three political factions was disrupted by the emergence of the Tea Party. The election of Gov. Sam Brownback, followed by the purge of moderate Republicans such as Senate Majority Leader Steve Morris (Hugoton) pushed Kansas to the far right on the political spectrum. The result has been a legislature and governor that have taken extreme positions on tax policy, efforts to eliminate an independent Supreme Court, opposition to due process for teachers, and much more. The ultraconservative wing of the party has been responsible for the disintegration of funding for our infrastructure, public
education, early childhood programs and higher education while leaving us with a massive budget deficit that is stealing from future generations of Kansans. On more than one occasion, moderate Republicans have been critical of the Koch-funded Tea Party faction for abandoning the values that have served Kansas for most of our 156-year history. Last fall, during the primary and general elections, Kansas voters finally said they’d had enough by giving many ultraconservative legislators their pink slips. Reflecting on the November results, House Majority Leader Don Hineman (RDighton) said, “The election was a shift back to the center, which is where Kansas has traditionally governed from.” The moderate faction of the legislature took a small step to assert itself during the current session by passing a bill to once again restore due process for K-12 teachers. Moderate Republicans and Democrats began
flexing their muscle a little more when they passed a bill to increase income taxes in order to close the huge budget deficit. The governor vetoed the effort to end his “march to zero.” The House successfully overrode the veto, but it narrowly survived in the Senate. Nonetheless, the 85-40 vote in the House was evidence that Brownback and his ultraconservative faction were dealing with a monster that was no longer intimidated by the governor, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, the Kansas Policy Institute or the threat of “dark money” from the Koch brothers. Oh, but the “new” Republicans in the House weren’t done. They pulled off a huge political surprise by approving Medicaid expansion on an 81-44 vote even after President Trump and Congressional Republicans had declared it was their top priority to repeal and replace Obamacare. As if that wasn’t a gut punch to the governor and (See COURAGE on page six)
Coal jobs will not be returning
When Barack Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, Scientific American used his own words to criticize it for not going far enough. “There is such a thing as being too late when it comes to climate change,” Obama said. “The science tells us we have to do more.” Scientific American analyzed the Clean Power Plan and agreed, concluding that Obama’s plan didn’t go far enough, and would fail to prevent catastrophic climate change. Now, Trump is dismantling even that. Obama’s insufficient effort to address climate change is gone with a stroke of Trump’s pen. The plan was to go into effect in 2022, reducing pollution in three ways. First, by improving the efficiency of coal-fired
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power plants. Second, by swapping coal for cleaner natural gas. And third, by replacing fossil fuel energy with clean, renewable energy sources like solar and wind. Trump claims the plan puts coal miners out of work. But it hadn’t even been implemented yet. In reality, cheap natural gas and the use of machines instead of people to mine coal are responsible for putting far more miners out of work. In other words, Trump is using sympathetic outof-work miners as a cover for what is really just a handout to dirty industry. Meanwhile, Trump is cutting job training programs for coal country.
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Given that, it’s hard to believe he cares at all about jobs for coal miners. And, with a surge in cases of fatal black lung disease among miners in Appalachia, anyone who truly cared about miners would preserve the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which helps coal miners get black lung benefits. In short, Trump’s killing of the Clean Power Plan is a handout to dirty industry with no regard for the well-being of coal miners. And it’s putting us even further behind in our efforts to leave the next generation a habitable planet. A better leader would find a way to promote clean forms of energy while simultaneously creating good jobs for Americans. Of course, that’s exactly
Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm
what Obama’s one-time “green jobs” czar Van Jones called for, and the Republicans hated him. But the fact of the matter is that climate-smart policies create jobs. They create jobs retrofitting buildings, manufacturing solar panels and wind turbines, innovating to create more efficient batteries, and discovering the best way to upgrade our power grid. It seems that, if we installed a wind turbine near the White House, Trump could single handedly provide the nation with clean energy from all of the bluster coming out of his mouth. In the meantime, catastrophic climate change is as much of a crisis as ever, and the clock is ticking. Jill Richardson is a frelance columnist and author
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Trump finds Cutting essential benefits you can’t shifts health costs to families govern with threats by Ezekiel Emanuel
by Kathleen Parker
In a week that felt like a month, Americans got a clear view of President Trump’s governing style and also of his fabled dealmaking approach. Or rather, I should say, Trump got a good sense of what governing is like - hard, hard, hard. And it’s bound to get more difficult given the president’s tactics of consent: Do as I say or you’re dead to me. Even bolder, Trump told congressional Republicans that if they didn’t pass the American Health Care Act to repeal and replace Obamacare, he was finished. Done. He’d walk away and move on to other things. (To perhaps a new resort project, many were overheard praying.) House opposition to the health-care bill came both from moderates, as well as from hard-core, market purists, notably the Freedom Caucus. The latter didn’t want Obamacare Lite. They wanted obliteration. As negotiations continued until the vote was called off Friday afternoon, the path to reform became increasingly muddled - and the way forward more complex. But Trump, who promised repeal and replace (as has nearly every Republican the past seven years), has no patience with process. As the chief executive of his own company for most of his life, and notwithstanding his reverence for his dealmaking skills, he prefers quick results. Hey, if things don’t tumble his way, well, there are other greens to sow and mow. And, certainly, a 30-foot wall to build. To the 60-day president, it seemed, getting health care out of the way was mostly a means to checking a box - an important one, to be sure - but nothing to bestir his personal passions. Call it ego. Call it pride. Call it a day, but get it done, he commanded. Or else: “I’m gonna come after you,” Trump told Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), one of his fiercest foes in the Freedom Caucus opposition. The president was joking around, according to those present, but Meadows still might want to keep a close eye on his favorite bunny. As many have observed, Trump’s spin of the wheel was risky business. He gambled on his own power to persuade (or bluff), the result of which could leave him holding Obamacare and conceding failure. What, then, do Republicans tell their base? And what would this say about the party in power? After years of harping on the collapsing health-care plan installed by President Barack Obama and the then-Democratic controlled House and Senate, they had their opportunity to govern responsibly. You’d think seven years would be ample time to cobble something together that could replace Obamacare. The fact that Republicans didn’t confirms that such an overhaul requires the time and patience Trump and Co. haven’t been willing - or able - to spare. What we saw these past several weeks, meanwhile, was a frantic race to pass something virtually no one recognized as a workable piece of legislation, and which the Senate would probably reject. Back in 2010, when thenHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that Obamacare had to be passed so that we (See THREATS on page six)
Everyone wants to reduce health insurance premiums. They have become unaffordable. The question is how. In an effort to salvage their health-care bill, House Republicans and President Trump explored eliminating the requirement that coverage include a set of essential benefits. That didn’t get them to a deal, which is a good thing: The position is shortsighted, anti-family and illogical. It would shift costs around, but not save money. Many Republicans hate the idea of letting Washington dictate what benefits people must purchase. But it’s important to understand: The essential health benefits in the Affordable Care Act are not a long list of precise services. They represent 10 broad categories of basic benefits: office visits, emergency services, hospitalization, lab work, prescription drugs, preventive care, rehabilitative services and devices, maternity and pediatric care, and mental health. And that is the first problem with the Republican approach: We all want benefits covered. Republicans want people to be able to choose the scope of their coverage, but which benefits should be
. . . the Republican approach is a cost shift, not a cost savings. Republicans do not reduce health premiums by reducing total health care spending. The costs for maternity and pediatric care do not disappear. They remain. The Republican approach simply changes the burden, from a small contribution by everyone to a large cost for families.
eliminated? In the midst of a national opioid crisis, should substance-abuse treatment be cut? Do we want anyone to go without prescription drug coverage? Home oxygen care? Second, the Republican position is anti-family. The only benefit that Republicans seem willing to admit in public that they want to cut is maternity and newborn care. Why, so this argument goes, should a male or a postmenopausal woman have to pay for maternity care? In this view, only women who are going to get pregnant should have to purchase coverage for maternity care. This Republican logic would also mean that single people and older people who no longer have young children should not pay for pediatric care that they will never use.
Instead of spreading health care costs associated with families across the population, Republicans demand that families bear these costs alone. This rejection of insurance for maternity and pediatric care is a peculiar position for the party of “family values.” Indeed, the Republican approach ceases to make the product here health insurance. Insurance works by having a large number of people each pay a small amount into a pool of money. That pool is then used to pay for services for the few people who incur large health expenses. A system that only has women who will bear children pay for maternity care or only families pay for pediatric care is not insurance - it is pay-as-you-go. There is no spreading of cost across a large number of people. Another way of stating this is that the Republican approach is a cost shift, not a cost savings. Republicans do not reduce health premiums by reducing total health care spending. The costs for maternity and pediatric care do not disappear. They remain. The Republican approach simply changes the burden, from a small contribution by everyone to a large cost for families. We should never (See BENEFITS on page six)
Trumpcare for CEOs, not patients by Jim Hightower
It appears that House Speaker Paul Ryan’s 123page legislative plan for Trumpcare, the GOP’s socalled “replacement” for Obamacare, is dead - for now, anyway. Republicans tried to rush it through, but not before the Congressional Budget Office discovered it was actually a displacement plan. That is, if it had passed, 24 million Americans who are now insured would have lost their insurance. Moreover, the premiums paid by senior citizens would have been jacked up, and the benefits for practically everyone would have been cut. But Ryan did make sure that one group with special needs would have benefited from his legislative wizardry:
the CEOs of giant insurance corporations. Understandably, none of the GOP lawmakers who’ve been loudly crowing about killing Obamacare mentioned a little, six-line provision hidden on page 67, discretely titled “Remuneration from Certain Insurers.” In plain English, this gob of gobbledygook offers a tax subsidy that encourages insurance conglomerates to increase the pay of their top executives. Current tax law says insurers can pay as much as they want to top executives, but they can only deduct $500,000 per executive from their corporate taxes. Under Ryan’s rip-off, however, we taxpayers would have at least doubled - and possibly quadrupled - the unconscionable salary subsidies we dole out
to these enormously profitable corporations. The White House and GOP Congress proclaimed that their replacement of Obamacare was “the will of the people.” Really? How many Americans think that jacking up the pay of super-rich insurance chiefs is a proper use of our tax dollars? And I’d say a big majority of the people would think it immoral to steal lifesaving healthcare benefits from working-class and poor families just to subsidize corporate elites who are already overpaid. If Republicans actually thought their executive pay subsidy was the will of the people, why did they try so hard to keep it a secret? Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author
Trump, Ryan have failed to learn from history
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
If President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) had paid attention to Mitt Romney, they could have avoided the fiasco of their now dead and unmourned healthcare bill. They would not now face a situation in which both of them are being blamed because they both deserve to be. And the Republican Party would not be engulfed in a festival of recriminations. I speak here of the Romney who, in 2006 as governor of Massachusetts, saw government’s job as coming up with business-friendly solutions to problems the market couldn’t solve on its own. Believe it or not, Republicans once upon a time believed in more than tax cuts and deregulation. And so Romney worked with Democrats to pass the Massachusetts health-care plan which, he explained, was entirely within his party’s philosophical wheelhouse: “The Republican approach is to say, ‘You know what? Everybody should have insurance. They should pay what they can afford to pay. If they need help, we will be there to help them, but no more free ride.’ ” Yes, requiring everyone to buy health insurance on the private market and providing adequate subsidies so lowerincome citizens could afford it really was a conservative idea. It was an alternative to liberal calls for a government-run single-payer system. The mandate was seen not as oppressive, but as an endorsement of personal responsibility. If you can be required to buy car insurance (because everybody is at risk of getting into an accident), why not require people to buy health insurance (because everybody is at risk of getting sick)? But because health coverage is financially out of reach for so many, the fair thing is to ask them to pay what they can and have government fill in the rest. The debacle that was Trumpcare (a.k.a. Ryancare) is a reminder that conservatism has gone haywire. It has abandoned trying to solve social problems, except for offering free-market bromides as if they were solutions. There are many reasons the Republicans’ health proposal failed (beyond the fact that it was an awful mess of a bill). They include Trump’s breathtaking contempt for policymaking, to the point where, as Tim Alberta recounted in Politico, the president used a barnyard epithet to deride the serious and thoughtful policy questions put to him by a group of House Republicans. Trump once again revealed himself to be a fraud who really doesn’t give a damn about the lives of those who voted for him. As recently as January, he said in an interview with The Post: “We’re going to have insurance for everybody. There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us.” But then Trump fought for a bill that would have done just what he said he wouldn’t by throwing 24 million Americans off health insurance. This is Ryan’s mess, too. He was equally unconcerned about the suffering his bill might create. He thought he could slap together old ideas pulled off (See HISTORY on page six)
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Who is to blame for America’s opioid epidemic? by Charles Lane
According to the cynical old saw, apocryphally attributed to Joseph Stalin, a single death is a tragedy but a million deaths is a statistic. I’ve been pondering that line lately, apropos the 183,000 deaths related to prescription opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2015 - a figure sure to rise when 2016 data come out. A study published last
week by economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton argues opioid overdoses help explain rising death rates for whites without a college education in the 21st century, when death rates for other demographic groups continue to fall. Prescription opioid overdose deaths were rare before the 1990s, suggesting the current wave could have been avoided, and that one or more persons
White House denies any ties to the U.S. by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In a fiercely defiant statement on Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer denied that any member of the White House staff has ever worked “in any way, shape or form” for the benefit of the United States. Angrily addressing the press corps, Spicer said that any allegations that members of the Trump Administration have ever acted in concert or collusion with the United States are “unequivocally false.” “At no time during the transition or afterward did any member of the Trump team have meetings, conversations, or any other contacts that furthered the interests of the United States of America,” Spicer said. “In the thousands of communications that took place, the United States never came up even once.” Drawing a stark contrast with theAdministration of former President Barack Obama, Spicer said that many members of Obama’s staff were “clearly and flagrantly working for the United States government at all times.” “President Trump has put an end to that,” he said. In closing, Spicer said that the recent effort to pass the Republican health-care bill should silence “once and for all” those trying to link the Trump Administration to the United States government. “If you look at the interaction between the White House and congressional Republicans, there is absolutely no evidence of coordination,” he said. Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author
History the GOP policy shelf and not face any pushback from his colleagues. And there was the inspiring citizen mobilization that forced Republican legislators to confront the reality that millions of Americans have benefited from a law that Ryan, Trump and company, with a stunning indifference to fact, falsely insist is a failure. Trump’s opponents learned that they can win. This will only energize them more. But the bill’s collapse was, finally, testimony to the emptiness of conservative ideology. Romney himself, remember, had to play down his greatest achievement because President Barack Obama had the nerve to learn from the Massachusetts experience: The Affordable Care Act is rooted in the principles and policies of Romneycare. To win the 2012 presidential nomination, Romney could not afford to be seen as the progenitor of Obamacare because
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conservatism now has to oppose even the affirmative uses of government it once endorsed. Democrats can celebrate, but they cannot be complacent. They will have to expose and fight any efforts by the Trump administration to sabotage the Affordable Care Act through regulation. They should propose a package of improvements to make the ACA work better and dare Trump and the dozen or so nonright-wing Republicans who helped block the Trump-Ryan bill - to join them. But above all, the GOP needs an appointment with its conscience. In every other wealthy democracy, conservative parties think it’s heartless to leave any of their citizens without health insurance. Do Republicans really want to be the meanest conservatives in the world? E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a political commentator and longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post
Which brings us back to the cynical old saw. If everyone is to blame, is no one to blame? Where does the buck stop for 183,000 lives avoidably lost? I want Richard Sackler’s take on that - because we know where the bucks stopped.
or institutions can and should be held accountable. Who, exactly? I don’t know, but I know whose opinion on the subject I most want to hear: Dr. Richard S. Sackler’s. Sackler is the scion of one of the wealthi-
est families in the world, whose collective assets, shared among 20 people, total $13 billion, according to Forbes magazine. Art museums and medical research institutions around the world bear the Sackler name in recognition of the family’s phi-
lanthropy. Relevant to the opioid crisis, however, the source of the Sacklers’ fortune is their privately held firm, Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, a potentially addictive painkiller that has earned an estimated $35 billion in revenue since it came on the market in 1995 - an event many consider the trigger of the opioid epidemic. Purdue’s aggressive marketing tac-
Threats Courage
tics, akin to those pioneered for other drugs by Richard Sackler’s uncle, Arthur Sackler (who died in 1987), spurred OxyContin’s phenomenal sales growth around the turn of the 21st century. They also got the company prosecuted by the Justice Department. In 2007, Purdue pleaded guilty, as a corporation, to a felony related to false marketing of the pills, (See OPIOID on page seven)
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could find out what was in the bill, Republicans guffawed - and never let her forget it. At least, one observes, the Democrats had a bill. GOP legislators have been racing to pass something that isn’t fully written yet. What’s with the rush, anyway? Why not take the time to get things right? While Democrats solicited input from experts in the medical, pharmaceutical and insurance industries, Republicans have spent most of their time fighting among themselves. The resulting bill was a patchwork of margin scribbles and cross-outs, even including instructions to the Senate to figure out ways to make certain parts work. The rush was mere drama. The original deadline for the vote, was the seventh anniversary of the date Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Once that deadline passed, Trump began acting like a child who didn’t get to have his birthday party on the precise day of his miraculous delivery into the glare. Forget it. I don’t even want a party now. The truth is, many Republicans never seriously thought Obamacare could be repealed and replaced, probably for the good reason that it’s nearly impossible to do. The most sensible solution was to fix what was already in place until the inevitable day, coming soon, when we become a dual health-care system: Single-payer for the majority of Americans and concierge health care for the wealthy. It’s just a matter of time.
his small band of ultraconservative misfits, the Kansas Senate also approved Medicaid expansion by a 25-14 margin. As expected, the governor wasted no time vetoing the expansion bill. It is once again up to the legislature to get enough votes to override the veto. Regardless of the outcome, this is still a stunning turn of events in Kansas. It would have been easy for Republicans to throw their hands in the air and do nothing with the excuse that a Republican-controlled Congress and a Republican President would make Medicaid expansion irrelevant. It’s not just the $70 million in additional health care dollars the Kansas Hospital Association says
will flow into the state with Medicaid expansion - though that’s not a number to be easily dismissed when the state budget is bleeding red ink. Moderate Republicans and Democrats were driven by moral courage rather than political expediency. They did the right thing for an estimated 300,000 Kansans who will qualify for health coverage under expansion. Our moral compass is finally pointing us in the direction of doing what’s best for the majority of Kansans rather than the wealthy few. We are moving to the political center described by Rep. Hineman, where common sense and common decency are also found. That’s where decisions are made that lead to a
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confuse making someone else pay with saving money. In fact, few families could actually afford maternity or pediatric care under these circumstances. On average, insurers pay approximately $8,775 for a routine vaginal delivery and $11,525 for a Caesarean section. With the median household income in the United States just under $57,000, this would make it nearly impossible for ordinary families not on Medicaid to afford to have one child, much less two or three. At the same time, adopting the Republican approach would scarcely reduce health insurance premiums for most people. Kathleen Parker is a Pulitzer Just do the math. Each Prize winning columnist who writes on politics and culture year, there are about four
better education system, stronger infrastructure and a more compassionate environment for those in need. For the past six years we’ve allowed a powerful faction with a very narrow agenda to steer Kansans away from the values and principles that are at the core of who we are. That faction isn’t going away. They may have lost a battle or two, but they’re in this war for the long haul. It will be a difficult fight, but the moral high ground is always worth fighting for. We can take satisfaction in knowing that, for the present time, we’re getting back to where we belong. Hopefully, it’s where we’ll stay. Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com
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million births in the United States. About half are to families covered by Medicaid and half are paid out of private insurance. That means each year private insurers pay just under $20 billion for maternity care. In 2015, total spending by private insurance for health care was almost $1.1 trillion, making maternity care about 1.9 percent of premiums. In 2016, the annual employer-sponsored insurance premium was $18,142. Thus, eliminating maternity care would reduce family premiums by about $345 per year, or $29 per month. Since workers’ contributions average a bit under a third of the total premium, workers would see a reduction in their out-of-pocket payments for insurance by about $115 per year - less
than $10 per month. Let’s stop pretending that the way to reduce health care costs and insurance premiums is by shifting payments around. Today, 84 percent of all health-care costs are the result of chronic illnesses - hypertension, cancer, diabetes, emphysema, heart disease. If we want to reduce premiums we must cut costs associated with caring for patients with these diseases - the rate of hospitalization, the price of hospital stays and surgery, and drug costs. We should not penalize pregnant women and babies. It is cruel - and won’t save much money to boot. Ezekiel Emanuel is chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania
Opioid and paid $635 million. Three top executives also accepted guilt and paid fines. Neither Richard Sackler (nor any other family member) faced charges; evidence did not tie them to the misconduct, according to the Virginia U.S. attorney in the case, John Brownlee. Sackler was, and apparently still is, a key figure at Purdue, however. He went into the family business in 1971 and over the next 33 years rose to “a series of positions of increasing responsibility, including direct management of both the Research and Development and the Sales and Marketing functions,” according to his published résumé. Sackler became president of Purdue in 1999, then co-chairman of the board in 2003. Today, Purdue’s corporate website announces it’s “learning from the past while focusing on the future.” In 2010, Purdue refor-
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mulated OxyContin so it is much more difficult for those seeking a high to convert the pills into inhalable or injectable forms. Perhaps not just coincidentally, OxyContin sales, though substantial, are declining. The company is at work on new products (such as a remedy for constipation caused by prolonged opioid use) and recently provided a $3 million grant to Virginia’s prescription drug-monitoring program. Still, it’s hard to move on without some sort of public accounting, unmediated by lawyers or corporate executives, from the people who made so much money off these drugs. The Sacklers, though, are publicity-shy, aside from putting their names on buildings and endowed chairs. A Purdue spokesman declined my request for an interview with Richard Sackler or any member of the company’s board, which includes his close relatives.
The closest thing to an accounting Sackler has given may be his 2015 sealed deposition in a lawsuit against Purdue by the opioid-ravaged state of Kentucky. Purdue settled out of court shortly after this sworn testimony, for $24 million, with no admission of wrongdoing. Now Purdue’s lawyers are fighting a state judge’s subsequent order to release Sackler’s deposition, and other internal Purdue records, at the request of StatNews, which covers health care. A Kentucky appeals court could decide the matter soon. Perhaps Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) will have better luck producing documents. She has announced a wideranging investigation into the top five opioid manufacturers and their marketing practices. To be sure, continuing opioid-related litigation against Purdue and other pharmaceutical companies would discourage individual owners and
executives from addressing the crisis candidly outside of court, even if they wanted to. This may be a drawback of how the American system holds businesses, and others, accountable. Also, no investigation of the crisis would be complete without examining the role of all the gatekeepers - the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, state regulators and prescribing physicians - that were supposed to protect the public. Which brings us back to the cynical old saw. If everyone is to blame, is no one to blame? Where does the buck stop for 183,000 lives avoidably lost? I want Richard Sackler’s take on that because we know where the bucks stopped. Charles Lane was a Pulitzer Prize finalist who specializes in economic policy, financial issues and trade
direct sunlight. The window may dry too fast and streak. •Exterior windows should first be washed with a hose or clean water to remove grease and grime. •Wash windows side to side on the inside and from top to bottom on the outside. If there are streaks, you will know which side they are on. •Change wash and rinse waters often. •Vacuum screen to remove dust, etc. •Outside screens can be scrubbed with warm water and rinsed with clean water. Allow to air dry. •Squeegees do not work on textured or stained glass windows. •Choose a “hard” paper towel (soft ones leave lint) or cotton cloths such as old t-shirt or socks.
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The new micro-fiber cloths work well for cleaning windows. Follow the instructions for use of the cloths. When washing micro-fiber cloths or towels do not use fabric softener as it reduces the absorbency. Homemade Cleaners for Windows: •Mix two tablespoons of ammonia OR white vinegar with two quarts or warm water. •Mix one-half cup ammonia, one pint of 70 percent rubbing alcohol and one teaspoon of liquid dishwashing detergent. Add enough water to make one gallon liquid. •Mix one tablespoon liquid dishwashing detergent with one quart water. Choose a time when you feel good and energetic to do windows, you will feel better and the job will go faster.
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Of course, there are quality issues. Any time the grain develops a musty odor or there is a “sour load,” the Co-op will be hit with a 10, 15 or 20 cent per bushel discount. And ground storage also results in a small, but unavoidable, loss of grain. “We’ve been very fortunate. Our elevator guys make sure the grain’s dry and is in great condition, but you’re still going to lose one percent going out,” Baker says. “The industry is getting more and more strict about the quality of the grain. So, it’s becoming increasingly important that as much grain as possible be kept in an upright, permanent facility,” emphasizes Baker. “It’s getting very cost prohibitive to put grain on the ground due to quality issues and the cost of handling grain multiple times.” The estimated payback for construction of the upright storage bin is projected to be less than 10 years for a facility that’s expected to last 60-70 years or longer.
6,000 bushels an hour. “That can fill an elevator in a hurry,” says the general manager. “The time window we have in order to ship grain out during harvest, in order to stay ahead of things, is very narrow.”
Farming Practices Baker says the additional storage demonstrates a belief in the ability of farmers to adapt to a declining Ogallala Aquifer and in research that is leading to improved crop varieties. “There was a time when 60 or 70 bushel wheat was unheard of. That would have been an exceptional year,” Baker notes. “Now that’s an average - maybe 50 in the drier years. As an industry, we haven’t kept pace with this growth. “Last year, we saw yields that we’d never seen before and perhaps will never see again. At the same time, with the research that’s taking place, who’s to say that last year’s yields aren’t the norm 30, 40 or 50 years from now? We need to be somewhat prepared for that possibility.” Elevators must also adapt to combines which, in some instances, can harvest up to 5,000 and
Type of Facility The bin under construction is called a “jump form elevator,” which is exactly what the name implies. A four-foot ring, or form, is filled with concrete and when that level is completed the form jumps to the next level. On a typical day, the crew will pour two or three forms. McPherson Concrete, which is pouring this bin, can build elevators that hold up to 1.2 million bushels. This is in contrast to the “slip form” elevators which describes all the other storage facilities in Scott City and are familiar across the region. Those elevators were a continuous pour from start to finish. “This is a more cost-effective way to build concrete storage,” Baker says. When completed, the elevator will be 140 feet tall, 60 feet in diameter with 10-inch concrete walls. That will be identi-
(Above left) Concrete is hauled one bucket at a time from ground level and dumped into a small tank that is anchored in the center of surface. (Above right) It rolls on a track until the operator is ready to pour the concrete into the form. (Record Photos)
cal in height to the other elevators in the city. The rebar is essential to the structural integrity of the bin. The rebar located in the base is 1-1/8 inches thick. Work on the site began in February when the cone was dug, followed by pouring of the footers that needed about three weeks to cure. Concrete was then poured for the cone-bottom bin. Pouring of the concrete walls began on about March 1 and is expected to be completed between April 15-20. The equipment for loading and unloading of grain will be installed and ready for use by mid- to late May. It will be ready in time for wheat harvest. “The company recommends filling the elevator about half full to make sure there are no issues. We’ll let it sit for a couple of weeks before filling it further,” Baker says. Optimal cure time is 56 days. This project should be completed in time to allow more than 60 days of cure time.
In 2014, the Co-op added a 310,000 bushel bin and a 15,000-bushelper-hour leg at Manning. Building additional storage capacity has been on our agenda for several years, but those were put on hold while this area was going through a drought that lasted for about seven years,” says the CEO. “Even during those seven years we were piling grain on the ground, so it was evident we needed to do something.” Last year’s summer and fall harvests added some urgency to the expansion plans. Construction will begin later this year on three more 350,000 bushel bins at the Co-op’s facility in Selkirk. “It will be a brand new facility from the ground up,” Baker says. In addition to the bins, the Co-op will install two 15,000-bushel legs “which will make this one of the fastest country ele-
vators in the region.” “We take pride in getting our farmers in and out and back to the field as quickly as possible,” Baker says. “When designing this facility one of our top priorities was the capability of handling grain quickly.” During the peak of fall harvest, the Selkirk site was unloading 170,000 to 180,000 bushels of grain daily by conveyors. Even with the added storage, Baker says bunkers and the equipment for ground storage will remain in place to meet peak demand. “The additional one million bushels in storage won’t handle everything that’s coming through this location, but it certainly improves our capability for keeping grain off the ground,” notes Baker. Construction is scheduled to begin in August or September. There’s a 50/50 chance it will be ready for fall harvest.
When the Co-op opened the Selkirk site about three years ago, Baker says the short-term plan was to maintain a ground piling/bunker facility. “We knew that wasn’t a long-term solution, but we wanted to test the market and see how customers would respond,” Baker says. “We also needed time to learn what the long-term needs were for the area. We didn’t want to over-build.” The response has met and exceeded the Co-op’s expectations. “Even before we put in the Selkirk site, we had farmers from as far as Tribune hauling their grain to our Marienthal site because of the service we provided,” Baker adds. “It’s been a good reminder that service still matters. “I guess you could say that we’ve moved our western front further west.”
Expansion Began in ‘14 This isn’t the first storage expansion project for the Co-op and it won’t be the last.
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3 qualify for nationals Making the right connection brings success for SC trio When Nic Cheney said that he had come up with a dramatic solo act for competition and was doing all the preparation himself, Scott Community High School forensics teacher Summer Ford gave the green light. She had no idea what to expect from the SCHS junior, but she admits that her expectations weren’t real high. Cheney had some success with his poetry and prose selections in the past, but had never broken into the finals of a tournament. When she saw Cheney’s performance of “The Heroin Diaries” for the first time, Ford was practically speechless. “It wasn’t the same Nic,” she said with a grin. “I’ve never seen that kind of a performance out of him before.” Ford isn’t the only one who has been impressed. Cheney captured first place honors with his solo act at the Great West Activities Conference festival and in competition at Garden City. He added to that success by qualifying for the National Catholic Forensics League festival to be held at Louisville, Ky. Other SCHS students qualifying for nationals by finishing sixth or higher in the state tournament held in Scott City on March 18 were Abby Ford, who was
fifth in oral declamation and Kevin Herndon who was second in oral interpretation of literature. Cheney’s reading came from a book of the same title written by Nikki Sixx, a bassist with the rock band Motley Crue. “My family has been around people who have had problems like that and I think that made it a little easier for me to understand and to get into character,” says the SCHS junior. “What I like about Nikki Sixx’s book is that it’s real life. It’s about how he suffered through his life.” Ford has not only been impressed with Cheney’s ability to relate that story through his dramatic solo act, but to sell it to a tough audience. “Judges in our part of the state tend to be more conservative and they don’t always appreciate a piece like this,” says the forensics coach. “One judge commented on their ballot sheet they didn’t feel drug addiction was an appropriate topic for a high schooler. “But, Nic does it so well that his performance overshadows the content and has made quite an impression on the judges,” Ford says. “This has been great for Nic. He’s worked so hard in this program the last couple of years and he’s finally found the right piece to show his talent.”
Scott Community High School students who qualified for the Catholic Forensics League national tournament to be held in Louisville, Ky., are Kevin Herndon (left), Abby Ford and Nic Cheney. (Record Photo)
Cheney admits to being a little surprised at his success and is very gratified to earn a trip to the CFL national tournament. “I think some people feel this is too hard a subject for a high school student. I see heroin addiction as a big problem that people need to know about,” he says. “Maybe this will help.” Two More Qualify Abby Ford earned a trip to nationals with her reading of “If I Should Have a Daughter.” The oral declamation category is open only to freshmen and sophomores and it must be a memorized interpretation of a speech previously given by someone else. The reading is about seven minutes in length.
“This connected with me. I’ve always thought about what it would be like to have a mini-me,” the sophomore said with a laugh. The forensics coach, who is also Abby’s mother, says the reading is one that both can relate to. “Mom tells me that I should look at life through a glass bottom boat and see all the opportunities out there,” says Abby. “That’s part of the message in this reading.” It was also a message she felt would resonate with judges. “I was pretty determined to qualify for nationals and I was confident this reading was good enough to get me there,” she adds. Herndon also qualified for nationals with
an entry that is unique to CFL. Oral interpretation of Literature (OIL) consists of both prose and poetry readings. During one round, the student reads prose and the next round it’s poetry. “The pieces can be connected, but that’s not a requirement,” says the junior. The common thread is that each provides an opportunity for Herndon to showcase his sarcastic wit. The prose is titled “The Only Murdering Murder Guide You’ll Ever Need, You Murderer” and the poetry is “The Finger Poem.” “Both are comedic pieces and that appealed to me,” says Herndon. “I still have work to do on
the prose, but the poetry has turned out really well.” Ford says the humor in both readings is “edgy, but Kevin is able to pull it off successfully. His poetry reading earned top honors in the league festival and at Garden City. “Kevin has been successful in the past and competed at state,” says Ford. “He’s been very focused and worked hard to qualify (for nationals).” All three students are first-time qualifiers for nationals. This is the fifth consecutive year that SCHS has qualified for the tournament which will be held May 27-28. The forensics team is planning a couple of fundraisers this spring to help with expenses related to the trip to nationals.
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Kansas conservatives have been pushing for a flat tax, but the version a House panel began working on earlier this week might not have enough support to go much further. The state would tax Kansans’ income at a flat rate of five percent under a plan that is estimated
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would bring the state roughly $870 million over a two-year span. The legislation, an amended version of another House bill, is the latest effort to address the roughly $1 billion in projected budget shortfalls the state faces through June 2019. But the bill, which
Scott County Commission Agenda Tuesday, April 4 County Courthouse 3:00 p.m. County Business 1) Approve March 21 commission minutes 2) Approve payroll and accounts payable 3) Discuss removing burn ban 3:30 p.m. Park Lane Nursing Home 1) Budget requests 4:00 p.m. Public Works Director Richard Cramer Agenda may change before the meeting. Contact County Clerk Alice Brokofsky for an updated agenda (872-2420) or visit www.scott.kansasgov.com
Scott City Council Agenda Monday, April 3 • 7:30 p.m. City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to order •Approve minutes of March 20 regular meeting •Approve Ordinance No. 1180 1) Zoning: home occupations •Approve Ordinance No. 1181 1) Temporary business license: farmers’ market •Approval of indigent defense agreement •Requested date to use Palmer Park June 2: 6:00-8:00 p.m. for Scott County Library’s summer reading kickoff camp •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Pool Department 1) Approve dates for swim team to use pool May 22-July 21 • 6:45-9:45 a.m. Evenings the week of May 22 2) Pool recommendations for opening date, hours, fees (daily, passes, pool parties), Red Cross lesson dates and fees Police Department 1) Request to attend NRS Law Enforcement Division Handgun Instructor Development Course Aug. 21-25 Parks Department 1) Misc. business Public Works Department 1) Accept resignation of full-time employee 2) Request to advertise for full-time maintenance employee 3) Open CMA sand bids Clerk’s Department 1) Request to attend Pre-Retirement Seminar on April 11 in Scott City 2) Request to attend budget workshop on April 20 in Garden City •Mayor’s comments
Register of Deeds PlainJan’s Rentals to Stepping Up, Inc., Lots 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 and S2 of Lot 7, Blk. 4, Original Town. Harold Steele Estate to Patrick and Barbara Ryan, a tract in SW4 of 13-18-33. Kenneth and Verlene George to Jeremy and Stefanie Jones, Lot 5, Blk. 1, East Acres Addition. Timothy and Calene Binns, Julian and Karla Binns, and Eric Binns to McRing, LLC, west 100 ft., Lots 8, 9 and 12, Blk. 18, Cases Addition. Harold and Lydia Irwin, Michael and Debra Binns, and Troy and Julie Janssen to McRing, LLC, west 100 ft., Lots 8, 9 and 12, Blk. 18, Cases Addition. Kimbra Binns to McRing, LLC, west 100 ft., Lots 8, 9 and 12, Blk. 18, Cases Addition. Otto and Emogene Harp Revocable Trust to Larry and Philene Pickett, Lots 10, 11 and 12, Blk. 4, Ware Addition.
would raise income taxes on many in the state, was panned by Democrats on the committee, and some Republicans were hesitant to offer support. Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore (D-Kansas City) called the bill “patently unfair.” “I’d probably choose fairness over simplicity
every day,” she said. “I think that there is a desire to see if we can put something together that is simpler and still addresses the change that people want,” said Rep. Steven Johnson, the chairman of the House tax committee. He said a five percent rate could be a viable solution for the state’s
financial trouble if lawmakers could avoid overburdening taxpayers on the low end. He noted that lawmakers may also need to move quickly to approve a new position on a tax plan before the Legislature’s first adjournment next week. But given the bill’s
reception, Johnson didn’t sound hopeful about the legislation’s chances in its current form. “As it stands, no, it doesn’t appear that it has the traction,” Johnson said. Kansas currently taxes individuals who make less than $15,000 at a rate of (See FLAT on page 11)
Most common scams of ‘16
These are some of the most common scams for which the Kansas Attorney General’s office has received complaints over the past year. Even though some of these scams have been around for years, people continue to report these to the AG’s office on a daily basis. IRS/Government Imposter. This scam tops our list for the second year in a row. Although federal authorities have been successful in shutting down some operators of this scam, the U.S. Treasury Department reports more than 10,000 calls are still made per week and over the last two years, victims have lost a reported $15 million. The scam usually involves a scammer
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impersonating the IRS saying you owe taxes and needing you to pay immediately via your credit card or by purchasing a pre-paid debit card and calling them back with the card number. Other variations we’ve seen in Kansas include scammers saying you’ve missed jury duty and need to pay a fine. We’ve even had scammers call impersonating the attorney general’s office saying they were going to come arrest you if you don’t pay a fine immediately. Remember, when you owe money to a government agency, they are going to send you notices
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., March 23, 2017; last published Thurs., April 6, 2017)3t IN THE 25TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LAURA I. CROWELL, DECEASED. Case No. 2017-PR-0005 Title to Real Property Involved NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Sandra Lee Crowell, in the Estate of Laura I. Crowell, deceased, praying that the foreign will filed with the Petition be admitted to probate and record without administration; the will be construed; and the
property described in the Petition be assigned to the persons entitled thereto in accordance with the terms of the will. You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 18th day of April, 2017, at 11 o’clock a.m. of said day, in such court, in the City of Scott City, Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place such cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. Sandra Lee Crowell, Petitioner Cody A. Phillips, #26825 MORRIS, LAING, EVANS, BROCK & KENNEDY, Chartered 300 North Mead, Suite 200 Wichita, KS 67202-2745 (316) 262-2671
by mail. If you do get something in the mail, it’s a good idea to look up that agency’s number in the blue pages of a phone book or on the agency’s official website and call to make sure it’s a legitimate letter. Computer Repairs. In this scam, the caller claims to be from a wellknown computer company telling you they’ve detected a virus on your computer and offers to help you remove it by connecting remotely to your computer. The irony here is that the scam artist is actually trying to install a virus on your computer to give them access to all your files and your personal information that is in them. The scammer may also be trying to hack into your machine to send out
spam emails from your account. We’ve also seen an increase in hackers trying to take over your computer’s camera and microphone to spy on you and try to obtain additional personal information. If your computer really does have a problem, take it to a reputable, local computer repair shop or call your computer manufacturer’s customer service number directly. Never give a stranger access to your computer over the phone. Social Media Scams. As we use social media more and more in our daily lives, the scammers have also began using these platforms to try to take your money. While this can take many forms, some of (See SCAMS on page 11)
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., March 16, 2017; last published Thurs., March 30, 2017)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS ISABELLA MICHELLE MYERS, a minor child, by her mother, AMBER ESPARZA, plaintiff vs. OSCAR HUMBERTO GUTIERREZ, defendant Case No.. 2017 DM 11 NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to the defendant above named designated and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, by Amber Esparza, Petitioner, praying for sole legal custody of her
daughter, Isabella Michelle Myers. That the defendant is the natural father of the minor child, the address of Oscar Humberto Gutierrez is unknown to this Petitioner and he is a resident of the country of Mexico. You are hereby required to plead to said Petition on or before April 11, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in said Court at the Courthouse at the City of Scott City in the County of Scott, Kansas. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition Keen K. Brantley #7160 Attorney for Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main Street - P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas, 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner
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Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., March 30, 2017)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1179 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE EIGHT, CHAPTER TWO, SECTION THREE AND TITLE EIGHT, CHAPTER TWO, SECTION NINE, OF THE CODIFICATION OF THE WATER SERVICE AND FEES AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, SECTION I: Title 8, Chapter 2, Section 3 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-2-3: APPLICATION FOR SERVICE; FEE: Application to have water turned on shall be made in writing to the city clerk and shall contain an agreement by the applicant to abide by and accept all of the provisions of this chapter as conditions governing the use of the city water supply by the applicant. For property within the corporate limits of the city a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid for turning on the water; provided however, that if the applicant is transferring water service from one location to another, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). For property outside the corporate limits of the city a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid for turning on the water; provided however, that if the applicant is transferring water service from one location to another, the fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). SECTION II: Title 8, Chapter 2, Section 9, is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-2-9: DELINQUENCY AND LANDLORD LIABILITY A. Notice; Hearing: 1) Notice Required: If a utility bill has not been paid on or before the due date as provided in this chapter, a delinquency and termination notice shall be issued by the city clerk within five (5) days after the delinquency occurs and mailed to the customer at his or her last known address. 2) Content Of Notice: The notice shall state: (a) The amount due, plus a ten percent (10%) late fee; (b) That service will be terminated if the amount due is not paid within five (5) days from the date of the notice unless the date on the notice to pay the charges due shall be on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which event such notice will give the consumer until one o’clock (1:00) P.M. of the next business day in which to pay the charges;
Scams the most common examples we’ve seen is sales through social media, including Facebook, Craigslist and Ebay that turn out to be fraudulent. When buying online sites, be sure the check the seller’s reviews, returns and refund policy and only use secure payment methods such as a personal credit card. Never wire someone money for purchases made online. Lottery Scams. This age-old scam still hasn’t gone away. Whether it’s a foreign lottery or a government grant, scammers are still luring people to send money with the promise of a future “prize,” if only they will send in the money to pay for the taxes or processing fees now. We always remind consumers that the Kansas Lottery is the only legitimate, legally operating
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(c) That the customer has (First published in The Scott Record, Thurs., the right to a hearing before County the designated hearing of- March 30, 2017; last published Thurs., April 13, ficer; (d) That the request for 2017)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT a hearing must be in writing and filed with the city clerk OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS no later than three (3) days Walter L. Christy and Rex W. prior to the date for termina- Grothusen, Co-Trustees of the Walter L. Christy Trust tion of service. 3) Notification Of Hearing: Dated July 21, 2014; Earl L. Upon receipt of a request for Rippetoe; Dennis McGlockhearing, the city clerk shall lin and Lora Lee Nicholson, advise the customer of the PLAINTIFFS date, time and place of the vs hearing, which shall be held Ida M. Lewis, deceased, also within here (3) working days known as Ida M. Christy, following receipt of the re- formerly, Trustee of the Ida M. Lewis Trust dated June quest. 4) Finding: Following the 8, 1978, and the unknown hearing, if the hearing officer heirs, executors, adminshall find that service shall istrators, devisees, trustnot be terminated, then no- ees, creditors and assigns tice of such finding shall be of such of the defendants presented to the city clerk. as may be deceased; the If the officer finds that ser- unknown spouses of each vice should be terminating of the defendants; the unservice five (5) days after known officers, successors, the date of the order. The trustees, creditors, and ascustomer shall be notified signs of such defendants either in person or by mail- as are existing, dissolved or ing a letter to his or her last dormant corporations; the known address by certified unknown executors, adminmail, return receipt request- istrators, devisees, trustees, ed. However, if the order is creditors, successors and made at the hearing in the assigns of such defendants presence of the customer, as are or were partners or then no further notice need in partnership; the unknown be given, the hearing officer guardians, conservators and has a right, for good cause, trustees of such or defento grant an extension, not to dants who are minors or are exceed ten (10) days, for ter- in any wise under legal disability; the unknown heirs, mination of such service. B. Fee For Turning Water executors, administrators, On: The water supply may devisees, trustees, creditors or assigns of any person albe shut off from any premleged to be deceased and ises for which the water bill made defendants, remains unpaid as provided DEFENDANTS in subsection A2b of this CASE NO. 2017-CV-05 section. When shut off, waNOTICE OF SUIT ter shall not be turned on exThe State of Kansas cept upon the full payment to the defendants above of the unpaid bill and a fifty named designated and all dollar ($50.00) reconnect fee other persons who are or unless it is done after nor- may be concerned: mal business hours in which You are hereby notified that event the reconnect fee shall a Petition has been filed in be seventy dollars ($70.00). the District Court of Scott C. Additional Penalty: Any County, Kansas, by Walter bill which remains unpaid L. Christy and Rex W. Grothirty days after the service thusen, Co-Trustees of the termination date provided in Walter L. Christy Trust Dated sub paragraph A hereof shall July 21, 2014; Earl L. Rippebe assessed an additional toe; Dennis McGlocklin and late fee of twenty dollars Lora Lee Nicholson, Plain($20.00). tiffs, praying for an order SECTION III: The existing quieting title to real estate Title 8, Chapter 2, Section 3 described as: and Title 8, Chapter 2, Sec- Logan County, Kansas, to tion 9 of the Codification of wit: Ordinances of Scott City, All of Section Two (2), Kansas are repealed. Township Fifteen (15) SECTION IV: This ordiSouth, Range Thirty-six nance shall take effect and (36) West of the 6th P.M.; be of force from and after its The South Half (S/2) and passage and publication in the Northeast Quarter the official city paper. (NE/4) of Section Three Passed by the Council this 20th day of March, 2017. City of Scott City, Kansas Dan Goodman, Mayor ATTEST: Brenda Davis, MMC City Clerk (continued from page 10)
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lottery in Kansas. You should never have to pay money upfront to claim a prize. Debt Collection. Like the IRS scams, this involves a scammer trying to get you to pay for something you do not owe. If you think you might owe the debt the collector is calling about, ask them to send you written proof by mail. Never give in to highpressure telephone tactics or give the collector access to your bank account or credit card over the phone. More information on how to protect yourself from these and other scams is available on our consumer protection website at www. InYourCornerKansas.org or by calling our consumer protection hotline at (800) 432-2310.
2.7 percent. Those making more than that are taxed at 4.6 percent. For people married filing jointly, those making less than $30,000 are taxed at the lower rate of 2.7 percent while people making more than that total are taxed at 4.6 percent. Joint married filers with a taxable income of $12,500 or less and individuals with taxable income of $5,000 or less are exempt from income taxes, according to the Kansas Department of Revenue. They would continue to be exempt under the flat-tax plan. The push for a flat tax, backed by some conservatives in the Legislature, stalled last week after two proposals were poorly received after a hearing in the House tax committee. But changes made by lawmakers to the flat-tax proposal would bring an estimated $373.7 million to the state next fiscal year, according to estimates given to lawmakers by the Kansas Department of Revenue. The amended bill would also end a tax exemption for roughly 330,000 business owners.
(3), Township Fifteen (15) South, Range Thirty-six (36) West of the 6th P.M.; The North One-half (N/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4), and the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of Section Ten (10), Township Fifteen (15) South, Range (36) West of the 6th P.M.; The Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the East One Half (E/2) of Section Ten (10), Township Fifteen (15) South, Range Thirtysix (36) West of the 6th P.M.; and the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Thirty-five (35), Township Fourteen (14), Range Thirty-two (32) West of the Sixth (6th) P.M.; and, Scott County, Kansas, to wit: The South Half (S/2) of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Sixteen (16) South, Range Thirty-four (34) West of the 6th P.M.; The East Half (E/2) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township Sixteen (16) South, Range Thirty-two (32) West of the 6th P.M.; and the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section Six (6), Township (19) South, Range Thirty-one (31), West of the Sixth (6th) P.M.; and, Wichita County, Kansas, to wit: The Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of Section Three (3), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range Thirtyfive (35) West of the 6th P.M. and the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Four (4), Township Nineteen (19) South, Range Thirty-five (35) West of the Sixth (6th) P.M. and in the alternative an order partitioning said real estate and for judgment against Defendants for partition of any interest said Defendants may have therein. You are hereby required to plead to said Petition on or before May 15, 2017, in said Court at the Courthouse at the City of Scott City in the County of Scott, Kansas. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said Petition. Keen K. Brantley #7160 WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main Street - P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas, 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorney for Plaintiff
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., March 30, 2017; last published Thurs., April 6, 2017)2t NOTICE OF REQUESTS FOR ZONING VARIANCE Notice is hereby given that the Scott City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on April 13, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., in the Scott City Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 221 West 5th Street, Scott City, Kansas, to discuss the following agenda items: 1. Application for variance by Jamie Percival to construct a fence taller than allowed by ordinance on: Lot Eight (8), Block Four (4), Case’s Addition to the City of Scott City, Kansas (905 Washington) 2. Application for variance by Daniel F. and Susan R. Carter to allow a lot size less than allowed by ordinance on: North forty feet (40’) of Lot Four (4), Block Seven (7), Case’s Addition to Scott City, Kansas (1003 Myrtle) All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at such hearing. Dated: March 27, 2017 Rodney Hogg, chairman Scott City Planning Commission
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., March 23, 2017; last published Thurs., April 6, 2017)3t IN THE 25TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATES OF LYLE ELBERT CROWELL, a/k/a LYSLE ELBERT CROWELL, DECEASED, & LETHA L. CROWELL, a/k/a LETHA CROWELL, DECEASED Case No. 2017-PR-0004 Title to Real Property Involved NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Sandra Lee Crowell, daughter and heir of Lyle Elbert Crowell a/k/a Lysle Elbert Crowell, deceased, praying for determination of descent of a certain mineral interest described in the Petition, together with all personal property and Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death; and that such property and all personal property and Kansas
real estate owned by decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. YOU ARE HEREBY FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Petition also prays in the Estate of Letha L. Crowell a/k/a Letha Crowell, deceased, that the foreign will of Letha L. Crowell be admitted to probate and record without administration; the will be construed; and the property described in the Petition be assigned to the persons entitled thereto in accordance with the terms of the will. You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 18th day of April, 2017, at 11 o’clock a.m. of said day, in such court, in the City of Scott City, Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place such cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. Sandra Lee Crowell, Petitioner Cody A. Phillips, #26825 MORRIS, LAING, EVANS, BROCK & KENNEDY, Chartered 300 North Mead, Suite 200 Wichita, KS 67202-2745 (316) 262-2671
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Easter Ham Give-away er t s i g Re se e h t at g n i t a cip i t r a ! p s e s s e busin
During the next two weeks Scott City merchants will be sponsoring a FREE ham drawing for the upcoming holiday. It’s easy to register. Simply clip out one of these entry forms. You must use an original form (no copies, please). Take each form to the appropriate sponsoring business before the drawing deadline on Tuesday, April 4 at noon. Drawing winners will be announced in the April 6 issue of The Scott County Record. One winner per family please. Participants must be at least 16 years of age.
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Chambless Roofing
Turner Sheet Metal
1720 S. Main Street, Scott City 620-874-9655
1005 W. 5th Street, Scott City 620-872-2679 • 800-401-2683 www.chamblessroofing.com
1851 S. Highway 83, Scott City 620-872-2954
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Heartland Foods
Percival Packing
501 S. Main Street, Scott City 620-872-2143 www.fnbscott.com
1314 S. Main Street, Scott City 620-872-5854 www.myheartlandfoods.com
710 W. 5th Street, Scott City 620-872-7199
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Your Easter Ham Wheatland Broadband
508 Madison Street, Scott City 620-872-3686
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Lawn and Garden
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How low should you go with early spring mowing? People commonly ask whether it is good to mow lower in the spring. The answer is yes and no. It doesn’t hurt to mow lower than normal the first mowing or two. As a matter of fact, it can actually speed green-up by removing old, dead grass and allowing the soil to warm up faster. However, the mowing height should be raised to normal after the first or second cutting to discourage crabgrass. Crabgrass seed must have light to germinate, and a high mowing height will shade the soil. Root depth and mowing height are related on upright growing grasses such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass, the higher the height of cut, the deeper the root system. A deeper root system means a more drought-resistant turf. So, how low should you go on the first cutting?
On tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass, mow as low as one to 1-1/2 inches. Be careful not to scalp the turf. Normal mowing height for Kentucky bluegrass is 2-3 inches and for tall fescue is three to 3-1/2 inches. Crabgrass can be an issue if lawns are cut too short. Crabgrass preventers are another name for pre-emergence herbicides that prevent crabgrass seeds from developing into mature plants. Preventers do not keep the seed from germinating, but kill the young germinating plant. With few exceptions they have no effect on existing crabgrass plants, so they must be applied before germination. Additionally, preventers do not last forever once applied to the soil. Microorganisms and natural processes begin to gradually break them
down soon after they are applied. If some products are applied too early, they may have lost much of their strength by the time they are needed. Most crabgrass preventers are fairly ineffective after about 60 days, but there is considerable variation among products. For most of Kansas, crabgrass typically begins to germinate around May 1, or a little later. April 15 is a good target date for applying preventer because it gives active ingredients time to evenly disperse in the soil before crabgrass germination starts. Weather varies from one spring to the next and with it the timing of crabgrass germination. It is often better to base timing on the bloom of ornamental plants. The Eastern Redbud tree is a good choice for this purpose. When the trees in your
area approach full bloom, apply crabgrass preventer. A follow-up application will be needed about eight weeks later unless you are using Dimension or Barricade. Dimension and Barricade are the only two products that give season-long control of crabgrass from a single application. In fact, they can be applied much earlier than April 15 and still have sufficient residual strength to last the season. Barricade can even be applied in the fall for crabgrass control the next season. Dimension can be applied as early as March 1. K-State Extension recommends that crabgrass preventers be applied before fertilizer so as not to encourage too much early growth. However, it may be difficult to find products that contain pre-emergents without fertilizer.
Now is the time to begin tackling weeds in your lawn Most homeowners have probably noticed, weeds in your lawn have started to pop up and take over already. Grassy sandbur is one of the sneakiest and troublesome weeds that I personally fight on a regular basis. Grassy sandbur is the “sticker” plant that looks like a grass. It will often invade thin lawns, especially in dry years. Therefore, the best control for this weed is a thick, healthy lawn. However, if your lawn is thin this spring and grassy sandbur was a problem last year, use a pre-emergence herbicide before the sandbur comes up. Not all pre-emergence herbicides are effective. The three products that can help minimize grassy sandbur are oryzalin, pendimethalin and prodiamine. Oryzalin is sold under the trade names of Surflan
Down on the Farm Chris Long Walnut Creek Extension Agent
and Weed Impede. It can be used on all warmseason grasses as well as tall fescue. It should not be used on cool-season grasses other than tall fescue such as Kentucky bluegrass. Apply oryzalin about April 15, when redbud trees approach full bloom. Pendimethalin is sold commercially as Pendulum as well as several other names. On the homeowner side, it is sold as Scotts Halts. Pendimethalin is best applied as a split application with the first half applied about April 15, and the second about June 1. Alternatively, make the first application when red-
bud trees approach full bloom and the second six weeks later. Prodiamine is sold under the commercial name of Barricade. It is also the active ingredient in a number of homeowner products. It can be used on all of our common lawn grasses. Apply the same as with oryzalin, about April 15, or when redbud trees approach full bloom. Only one application is needed per year. None of the “weed preventers” will give complete control but each should help.
ing: Ortho Weed-B-Gon Max + Crabgrass Control, Bayer All-in-One Lawn Weed and Crabgrass Killer, Monterey CrabE-Rad Plus, Fertilome Weed Out with Q, Trimec Crabgrass Plus Lawn Weed Killer, Bonide Weed Beater Plus Crabgrass & Broadleaf Weed Killer, and Spectracide Weed Stop for Lawns Plus Crabgrass Killer. Again, the best control for grassy sandbur is a healthy, thick lawn.
Pre-emergence Control Quinclorac, or Drive, can provide some postemergence control especially if the sandbur is in the seedling stage. Quinclorac is also found in a number of combination products that control both broadleaf weeds and crabgrass such as one of the follow-
Farmer’s Market Info Meeting Fri., April 7 • 7:00 p.m. • Scott County Library
Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal
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Deaths Ellis Warren Rewerts Ellis Warren Rewerts, 78, died March 26, 2017, at the Wichita County Health Center, Leoti. H e was born Feb. 18, 1939, in Garden City to Thomas Henry and Hat- Ellis Rewerts tie Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Hoss) Rewerts. Ellis was a 1957 graduate of Wichita County High School and completed his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering in 1964 at Kansas State University. He worked as an electrical engineer, a custom woodworker and a computer expert during his lifetime. He has been a resident of Leoti most of his life. Ellis was a member of the United Methodist Church, Leoti. He was also active in the community and sat on the board of directors for the Museum of the Great Plains and was director of the Wichita County Senior Citizens Center. On June 10, 1962, he married Geneva Louise Lewis at Whitewater. She died March 26, 1985. On
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Dec. 12, 1992, he married Janice L. (Smith) Hahn in Leoti. She survives. Other survivors include; one daughter, Susan Stokes, and husband, Erich, Round Rock, Tex.; two step-children, Lisa Ruda, and husband, Troy, Hays, and Dennis Hahn, and wife, Susy, Roxborough Park, Colo.; a sister-in-law, Ruth Rewerts, Stafford; and four grandchildren, He was preceded in death by his parents; a child in infancy; two brothers, Charles and Harold; and Harold’s wife, Jeri. Funeral service will be Sat., April 1, 2:00 p.m., at the United Methodist Church, Leoti, with the Revs. Brad Kirk and Paul McNall officiating. Burial will be in the Leoti Cemetery. There will be no calling times. Memorials may be given to the Museum of the Great Plains, Wichita County Senior Citizens Center, Wichita County LTCU or Legacy House in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 161, 202 N. 4th, Leoti, Ks. 67861. Condolences my be sent to the family on the funeral home website at priceandsons.com.
Mary Alice Bosley Mary Alice Bosley, 92, died March 26, 2017, at the Lane County Hospital, Dighton. She was born on May 15, 1924, on the family farm in Lane County to Delmar and Lena (Bobb) Durr. Mary Alice graduated with the class of 1942 from Dighton High School. She earned her bachelor of science degree in home economics and art from Kansas State University in 1946. She taught one year at Manning Grade School, five years at Dighton Grade School and continued as a substitute teacher for many years. She enjoyed art and had painted a mural on canvas that now hangs in the courtroom of the Lane County Courthouse. It was published in Kansas Murals. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Dighton, United Methodist Women, Lane County Historical Society, Chi Omega Sorority, P.E.O., Order of the Eastern Star, and was a past president of the Lane County Arts Council. She was the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Service Award from the Kansas Museums Association.
On Jan. 19, 1947, she married Charles C. Bosley in Dighton. He died May 13, 2003. Survivors include one son, Dennis Bosley, and wife, Audrey, Topeka; two daughters, Barbara Bosley, Denver, Colo., and Joan Bosley, Topeka; two sisters, Ellen May Stanley, Dighton, and Lee Speer, Edmund, Okla.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Susan Bosley Osborne; and four sisters, Lorene Stormont, Geneva Hineman, Jeannette Shull and Ila Muchow. Funeral service was March 30 at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Berniece Ludlum officiating. Burial followed at the Dighton Memorial Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the United Methodist Church, Lane County Historical Society Building Fund or Lane County Long Term Care in care of Boomhower Funeral Home, Box 891, Dighton, Ks. 67839. Condolences may be posted at the funeral home website: www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.
Linda D. Helmers Linda D. Helmers, 65, died March 28, 2017, at The Good Shepherd Hospice House, Manhattan. S h e was born on July 13, 1951, in Meade, to John C l a r ence and Linda Helmers Vera Mae (Krause) Ballard. A longtime resident of Scott City, she was a home economics teacher for USD 466 at Scott Community High School and Scott City Middle School for over 20 years. She was a member of the Community Christian Church, Better Homes EHU, and High Plains Study Club, all of Scott City. On June 18, 1977, she married Greg B. Helmers in Plains. He died Sept. 4, 2011. Survivors include: one daughter, Holly Elsey, and husband, Bryan, Manhattan; two sons, Grant Helmers, and wife, Caroline, Kansas City, Mo.,
and Blake Helmers and wife, Brooke, Manhattan; one brother, Mark Ballard, and wife, Jenny, Union, Oh.; one brother-in-law, Tim Helmers, Plano, Tex.; one sister-in-law, Gayle Ballard, Victorville, Calif.; two aunts and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one brother, Dennis Ballard. Funeral service will be held Tues., April 4, 11:00 a.m., at Community Christian Church, Scott City, with Pastor Mark Ballard and Gerald Koehn officiating. Interment will follow at the Scott County Cemetery. Visitation will be Mon., April 3, 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., at Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be made to SCMS Home Economics or the Community Christian Church in care of the funeral home, Box 553, Scott City, Ks. 67871.
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Pastime at Park Lane Church services were held by the Gospel Fellowship Church. Monday afternoon pitch and dominoes game helpers were Dorothy King, Burt Lucas, Gary Goodman, Joy Barnett, Madeline Murphy, Lynda Burnett and Mandy Barnett. Pastor Bob Artz of the First Baptist Church led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Naomi Teubner played a variety of Irish tunes on the violin, the piano and the recorder on Tuesday afternoon. Russel and Mary Webster led Bible study on Tuesday evening. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study
Mary/Martha Circle hosts bingo
Members of the Mary/Martha Circle from the First Baptist Church hosted bingo on Wednesday afternoon. Volunteers included Deb Scheuerman, Karyl Hollister, Tava See, Leona Logan and Tami Turley.
Celebrate 2 anniversaries
Two couples celebrated anniversaries last week. Richard and Wanda Kirk celebrated 58 years of marriage on March 21, and Jim and Nathella Jeffery celebrated 61 years. on Wednesday morning. Fr. Eric Awuah-Gyamfi led Catholic mass on Friday morning. Lowell Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler, Tom and Kathy Moore, Caleb Carter, Rev. Don Martin, Jeff Buehler and Ron Hess.
Deaths Lillie Louise Burnett Heath Lillie Louise Burnett Heath, 96, died March 24, 2017 at Gove County Long Term Care, Quinter. S h e was born March 22, 1921, at the f a m ily farm Lillie Heath in Lane County to LeRoy and Lou Burnett. She attended Hackberry Grade School and graduated from Dighton High School in 1939. Following two years at Dodge City Junior College, she began teaching at Buda School. Lillie was a member of the First Christian Church, Dighton, Quilter’s Group, IOOF Rebecca Lodge and drill team, As You Like It Federated Club, and Prairie Rose Red Hats. She was the Eager Beavers 4-H Club sewing leader for many years. She was one of the original members of the J.O.Y. Center and played with the Joy Center Band. She was also the oldest and longest member of EHU (75 years). On June 1, 1941, she married Sam Heath at the home of friends in Dodge
City. They lived on the family farm in southern Lane County. Lillie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her stillborn baby girl; and five brothers, Lester, Leanard, Albert, Emmet and Howard Burnett. She is survived by her daughter, Rozan Schmalzried, and husband, Richard, Quinter; a sister, Dora Mae Bowman, Scott City; sister-in-law Lottie Burnett, Dighton; five grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral service was held on March 28 at the First Christian Church, Dighton, with Rev. Keith Funk and Rev. Aerii Smith officiating. Burial was at the Dighton Memorial Cemetery. The family requests memorials to the First Christian Church, Dighton, the J.O.Y. Center, or Gove County Long Term Care, all in care of Boomhower Funeral Home, Box 891, Dighton, Ks. 67839. Condolences may be given at the funeral home website: garnandfuneralhomes.com.
Nicholas S. Kough Nicholas S. Kough, 29, died March 27, 2017, in Finney County. H e was born on Jan. 1, 1988, in Scott City to Steve and Florence Nicholas Kough “Flossie” (Zellner) Kough. Nick graduated with an associates degree in auto body collision repair from Northwest Kansas Technical College, Goodland. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and the NRA. Survivors include, his parents, Scott City; one sister, Stephanie Woolfolk, and husband, Rylan,
Protection; two brothers, KC Kough, Phoenix, Ariz., and Scott Kough, Meade; his paternal grandparents, Conrad and Betty Ann Kough, Scott City; three nieces and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Joe and Florence (Baker) Zellner. Funeral service will be held Fri., March 31, 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City, with Fr. Bernard Felix officiating. Vigil service was March 30 at the church. Memorials may be made to the Nicholas Kough Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, Box 553, Scott City, Ks. 67871.
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Yvonne Spangler was visited by Yvette Mills and Les Spangler. Louise Crist was visited by Jean Burgess, Patsi Graham and Don and Tara Williams. Hugh McDaniel was visited by Kacey Troyer, Mark McDaniel and Berniece McDaniel. Arlene Beaton was visited by Melody Stevens. Harold and Ruth White were visited by Jr. and Sharon Strecker. Doris Riner was visited by Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, Bill Riner, Gradin Edwards and Trudy Eikenberry.
Visiting Mike Leach and James Still were Rev. Don Martin and Linda Dunagan. Visitors of Boots Haxton were Rod and Kathy Haxton. Corrine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard and Ron Hess. Jim Jeffery was visited by Libbie Joles. Lorena Turley’s visitors were Neta Wheeler, Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, Rex Turley, Tava See, Katherine Roth and Camden, Marty and Jacque Griffey, Connor Griffey, Tawni Griffey an Eli Bozarth.
Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton, Delinda Dunagan, Larry Billings and Kyle, Stephanie, Travis and Kaitlynn Hammond. Clifford Dearden was visited by MaLaney, MaKinley and Jill M. Brantley and Kirk and Janet Ottoway. Elsie Coleman was visited by Janice Lockman. Loretta Gorman was visited by Tava See. LaVera King was visited by Randy, Kay and Harrison King; Shellie Carter, Carol Latham, Gloria Gough and Tatum Wells.
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I checked the hoaxes.org site for the best April ing your temper, competitive opposition, conflict, selfFool’s prank in history. Ranked No. 1 is the April 1, ishness, group rivalry, jealousy, drunkenness, partying, 1957, BBC news broadcast heralding a bumper spaand other things like that. I warn you as I have already ghetti crop in Switzerland thanks to no more spaghetti warned you, that those who do these kinds of things weevils. The newscast showed footage of happy won’t inherit God’s kingdom. But the fruit of the Spirit Swiss harvesters pulling spaghetti strands from spais love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithghetti trees. fulness, gentleness, and self-control. - Galatians 5:18The BBC had many viewers call the station to ask 22 CEB how they could grow their own spaghetti trees and the * * * director-general of the BBC admitted later that he had After browsing through a list like this, I feel as likely to fact check that spaghetti did not grow on trees. to make it happen as growing a spaghetti tree. And Lent has been a time to fact check how we grow as that is a fact that checks out. This is out of reach for me Christians. Perhaps the quickest place to start is the and you, but not for God. Before and after this specific shortest summaries of God-like behavior in Scripture. list (verse 16 and 24-26) Paul is very clear that God Sections such as the Ten Commands of Exodus 20 or is the only one able to make us grow into this kind of The Beatitudes of Matthew 5 provide short summaries person. of what it looks like to have God’s thoughts and charSo how do we grow as Christians? Spaghetti and acter come alive in us. Paul places several checklists Christians are both made by mixing two basic ingredithroughout his letters such as this one: ents together. For spaghetti, noodles come from mix* * * ing eggs into flour. For Christians, growth comes by The actions that are produced by selfish motives are mixing God’s life into our lives. obvious, since they include sexual immorality, moral Sounds too simple? Think it’s a hoax? Try it, even corruption, doing whatever feels good, idolatry, drug use and casting spells, hate, fighting, obsession, losduring these last days of Lent. Fact check God. Pastor John Lewis First United Methodist Church, Scott City
Scott City Assembly of God
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer
4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m. will be held at the church Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.
Pence Community Church
1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m. Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Community Christian Church
8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.) Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Brian Thompson, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Immanuel Southern Baptist Church
803 College - Scott City - 872-2339
1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264
Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor
Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday morning worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
Gospel Fellowship Church
1st United Methodist Church
Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 John Lewis, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services, 9:00 a.m. • Fellowship, 10:15 a.m. • Sun. School, 11:00 a.m. All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.
First Christian Church
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Bill Geurin, pastor • 874-8395 Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
701 Main - Scott City - 872-2937 Scott Wagner, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday is Family Night Meal: 5:45 p.m. • Study: 6:15 p.m. Website: www.fccscottcity.org
Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666
Scott Mennonite Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.
Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m. St. Luke’s - 872-3666 (recorded message) Senior Warden Cody Brittan • (913) 232-6127 or Father Don Martin • (785) 462-3041
9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 James Yager • 620-214-3040 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:50 a.m. Relief Society and Priesthood, 11:20 a.m. YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.
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Kansas AG issues ban on GC provider A Garden City physician assistant has been permanently banned from providing medical services in Kansas. Under the terms of a consent judgment approved by Judge Michael Quint in Finney County District Court, Joel Erskin, who is part owner and operator of Renovo Medical and University Medical, is permanently banned from engaging in any medical consumer transactions, providing any medical services or being employed by a provider of medical services. Erskin is required to pay investigative fees, refund all payments received from consumers after June 1, 2016, and forgive or cancel accounts receivable as of June 1, 2016. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Erskin in June 2016 after a lengthy investigation of the defendant’s business practices conducted by federal authorities and the AG’s office. The lawsuit alleged the defendant violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act by failing to tell customers he used Botox purchased from overseas suppliers that was not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the United States, misrepresenting to patients that he was a medical doctor and operating without the appropriate physician supervision required by Kansas law.
KHA responds to governor’s veto
The Kansas Hospital Association announced on Thursday morning its disappointment in Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of Medicaid expanion. This bill would have: •Provided health care coverage for more than 150,000 citizens. •Brought hundreds of millions of tax dollars back to Kansas. •Supported struggling hospitals and health care providers across the state. House Bill 2044 passed the Kansas Legislature by a strong majority in the House and Senate. “That vote was reflective of the more than 82 percent of Kansans who support the Medicare expansion effort,” said Cindy Samuelson, KHA vice president of public relations.
Rural drop-in centers aim to address dangers of isolation Bryan Thompson Kansas News Service
The social and health effects of isolation on some rural Kansas residents spurred three Catholic nuns to convert a storefront in Concordia into a drop-in center where women can find support and resources. Seven years after the center opened, two dozen women on average come through each day in the town of about 5,000 to socialize, do laundry, get a cooking lesson, or simply connect with others. Sister Pat McLennon, who helped launch Neighbor to Neighbor in
Concordia and still serves as its co-director, says the center started as a place for women in the community to teach skills to young mothers in poverty while providing enrichment activities like reading and music to their kids. But it quickly drew women of all ages, including some helping as volunteers and others fulfilling mandated community service. McLennon says Neighbor to Neighbor serves as a complement to social service agencies that provide utilities or food assistance. The women who visit the center have
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Since 1990, the rate of obesity among adults nationwide has increased over 150 percent. In Kansas, 34.2 percent of adults are obese, according to United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings 2016 report. In recent years, there have been questions about carbohydrates and sugar as contributing factors to obesity. Low-carbohydrate diets have been touted as
the key to weight loss, and some people are even cutting fruit from their diets to reduce their sugar intake. Recent research indicates we may not need to limit our sugar intake at all. With so much seemingly conflicting information, it is not surprising that rates of obesity and related chronic diseases are rising. Not all sugar is damaging to our health. Sugar (also called simple carbohydrate) can be categorized into two groups: naturally occurring sugar and added
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Carbohydrates and naturally occurring sugar are found in a variety of foods like dairy products, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. These foods are also packed full of vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants that are good for us and help protect against disease.
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Drop-in health counselor in Abilene, says some adults have difficulty coping with small-town life. “They don’t have a safe or a healthy support system, or maybe they’re very isolated, or maybe they don’t have anyone who’s really going to listen to them,” she says. That got Jasper wondering if Neighbor to Neighbor could be replicated in Abilene, a town of 6,600 about 75 miles southeast of Concordia. Beyond their size, the towns share other similarities including poverty level and average income. Some of the women Jasper counsels have had children taken into state custody and are working to be reunited with them. Many are under orders to complete substance abuse or mental health counseling. But mandated treatment programs can be restrictive. “There are goals that need to be accomplished in order for the person
Donor place, saving that many lives and bringing countless more years of joy and happiness to the recipient, their family, and friends. Since 1988, over 683,000 transplants have taken place. One end-oflife donation would be able to save eight other lives through the donation of organs, restore the sight to two people, and heal the lives of 85 people through tissue donation. How to Help: Those of all ages and medical his-
Sugar such as cakes, cookies, ice cream, candy and - surprisingly - store-bought spaghetti sauce, granola bars and breakfast cereals, and drinks, including sodas, juices, energy drinks, sports drinks and lattes. A high intake of added sugar leads to weight gain, obesity and tooth decay. How much is okay? So how much sugar is acceptable? There are no current recommendations for limiting natural sugar found in fruits, vegetables and dairy products. However, the World Health Organization and Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend adults and children reduce their consumption of added sugar to less than 10 percent of their total daily calorie intake. For someone who consumes 2,000 calories a day, this translates to 200 calories - or about 12 teaspoons of sugar - each day. The American Heart Association recommends an even smaller amount: around nine teaspoons per day for men and six for women. The Food and Drug Administration has recommended easier ways to track how much added sugar we eat each day. Beginning this year, added sugar will appear
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to continue,” says Jasper. Job responsibilities, childcare conflicts or lack of transportation can get in the way. “And if they can’t do it, then they’re automatically removed from continued services.” Jasper says sometimes what the women really need is to have access to support in a casual setting. The new drop-in center in Abilene, that Jasper is now heading, offers parenting classes and 12-step programs without any required commitments. Battling Addiction Patti O’Malley, who has been working with Jasper to bring Neighbor to Neighbor to Abilene, knows the value of such programs from personal experience. A stockbroker in town, she says she started drinking too much wine after the market crashed in 2008. She went through rehab herself. Then her teenaged son, who was also struggling with addiction, died in a car crash.
“When I lost my son, I felt like I had a choice,” O’Malley says.”It was roll up in a ball and give up, or do something with all that love that I had for my son.” O’Malley chose the second option, and founded the Cedar House, a residential facility for women recovering from addiction. Sister Loretta Jasper chairs the board of the Cedar House Foundation, which is also providing funding for Neighbor to Neighbor. Among the women at the Cedar House, O’Malley says one idea seems to resonate. “The same word kept coming out as the word, and the word was ‘community.’” She says it’s that feeling of connection with each other that helps the women stay sober. Risks of Isolation The need for connection is human nature, according to Carrie Henning-Smith, a rural
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tories can potentially be donors; medical condition at time of death will determine exactly what can be donated. Financial or social status have absolutely nothing to do with who receives donations and when. A national system matches what is available with those on the waiting list based on blood type, body size, how sick they are, distance from donor,
tissue type, and how long they have been on the waiting list. Donation comes at no extra cost to the donor or recipient’s families, and your medical care prior to death is always the top priority. Registering as a donor takes less than one minute. Visit www.donatelife. net/register today. This article is submitted by Scott Community Foundation Healthcare Committee
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on packaged foods’ nutrition labels. Low-carbohydrate diets, which limit intake of both natural and added sugar, can help people lose pounds quickly, but often these diets are difficult to maintain, resulting in regaining lost weight over time. Although weight is an important health indicator and can be a risk factor for disease, it is not the only determinant of health. Optimal health is usually not achieved simply by reaching a number on the scale but by may be fueling your body with the right combination of nutrients, many of which are found in foods con-
taining carbohydrates and natural sugars. Severely restricting all carbohydrate-containing foods may not be the best way to achieve health. An alternative to lowcarbohydrate diets is the Mediterranean diet that centers on fruits, vegetables and whole grains and even eating fresh fruit for dessert. Ultimately, there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the nation’s health woes, but limiting added sugar may help. The way to help optimize health is to eat sensibly from all food groups to ensure adequate intake of a variety of nutrients.
health researcher at the University of Minnesota. “So, finding ourselves in situations where there are not opportunities to meaningfully engage with other people is not how we’ve evolved to live,” says Henning-Smith. And Henning-Smith says social isolation can be downright dangerous. “It can be as harmful to your health as smoking cigarettes, as being severely obese,” says Henning-Smith. The danger goes beyond being a risk factor for chronic illnesses. Suicide rates are higher in rural areas than in urban settings, due at least in part to isolation and loneliness. In fact, according to the most recent data from the CDC, the rate of suicide in counties with fewer than 50,000 residents - like Dickinson and Cloud counties, home to Concordia and Abilene respectively - was nearly double the rate in counties with more than a million people.
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4-H Club News
Parents lead New Horizon meeting New Horizon 4-H Club meeting held on Feb. 6. Parents led the meeting with President Carrie LeBeau calling the meeting to order. Flag salute and 4-H Pledge lead by Clint Shapland. Secretary Ashley Logan called roll call which was answered by “the favorite color of ink you like to write with.” A new member joining was Renee Beeson. Ashley Logan read the January minutes. Announcements were on March 4 Regional Club Days in Syracuse and March 11 was Super 4-H in Hays. The DCF is asking people to donate quilts and blankets. Program talk was done by Alivia Noll. She talked about her basketball games in Lindsburg and volleyball games in Wichita. Clint Shapland moved to adjourn the meeting and Teresa Noll seconded it. After the meeting treats were provided by the Nolls. Alivia Noll, reporter
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New Horizon 4-H Club meeting was held March 6. Flag Salute and 4-H Pledge were led by Hailey Shapland. Roll call was answered by “a food you can cook the best.” Reading of last month’s minutes was done by Karlee Logan. Report of 4-H Council meeting on February 23 was given by Kylee Logan. Announcements were to weigh-in large animals March 19 and sign up for Discovery Days is May 30 through June 2. The leaders report was given by Ashley Logan. Avry Noll talked about members that competed at County Club Days at Syracuse. Our club got county skit 1st place and 3rd in regionals. New business was to vote on a countywide fundraiser. Alivia made the motion to participate in countywide fundraiser and Avry Noll seconded. Motion passed. Talks were given by Marin Kerr on favorite things to do while camping. She explained how to put together Monique chocolate s’mores and how to have them over a camp fire. She also explained how to make a s’more snack mix which can be used as an after-school snack or on a long car ride. Avry Noll moved to adjourn the meeting and Alivia Noll seconded it. Tara Rose brought snacks and we also got to have some of Marin’s snack mix. Alivia Noll, reporter
Brunswig is new SCF board member Jena Brunswig was named to the Scott Community Foundation board of trustees during its annual meeting on March 27. Brunswig and her husband, John, are owners of the HealthMart Pharmacies in Scott City, Leoti and Dighton, in addition to Giftologists in Scott City. Brunswig replaces longtime board member Lori Krause.
Area legislators to appear on SHPTV Friday The Kansas Legislature on Smoky Hills Public Television returns Friday night with five area legislators scheduled to participate in the live call-in show. Friday night’s program will include Senator John Doll of Garden City, Senator Randall Hardy of Salina, Senator Mary Jo Taylor of Stafford, Representative Eber Phelps of Hays, and Representative Don Hineman of Dighton. Viewers are encouraged to call with their questions during the show, which will air Friday, March 31, at 7:00 p.m.
Current board officers are Myles Vulgamore, president; Nancy Hess, vice-president; Kelly Hoeme, secretary; Dorothy Hutchins, treasurer; and Josh Bailey, executive at-large. The Scott Community Foundation is governed by a board of trustees made up of local volunteers and other board members who include: Hugh Binns, Kenton Eckels, Chad Griffith, Tracy Hess and Baylee Rosin.
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‘Historic’ addition for the state park
It’s only one word, but the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is hoping it can have a big impact on what is now known as Historic Lake Scott State Park. “Historic” was officially added to the park’s name when it was signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback on Wednesday. “A lot of people may think adding one word to the name isn’t a big deal, but we think it has the potential to be pretty significant,” says KDWPT Secretary Robin Jennison. The park has already gained some attention for its historic significance when the Steele Home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June of 2016. That followed the listing of (See HISTORIC on page 22)
The Beach House and designated swim area at Lake Scott are popular gathering sites for park visitors during the summer. The Beach House has recently undergone work to rebuild the arches along with new paint in time for its official opening for a new season on April 1. (Record Photo)
Netters ready to match last season’s success After last season’s success, the Scott Community High School boys have set the bar pretty high as they prepare for their upcoming tennis season. A year ago, the Beavers qualified both doubles teams and a singles player for the Class 3A state tournament, returning with a third place doubles team. Head coach Steve Kucharik isn’t phased by the move to Class 4A.
Season Opener SCHS Varsity Tennis at Great Bend • Sat., April 1
“I expect to keep winning. When I look at our regional I believe we have a chance to get all six boys to state this year,” says Kucharik. Scott City’s biggest obstacle will be perennial state title contender Wichita Collegiate. The Beavers are also unfa-
miliar with Pratt, Wellington and Wichita-Trinity who have also been assigned to the same regional. In the meantime, Kucharik will need to sort out his team’s strengths as he determines doubles pairings and who will likely be playing singles. “There’s a good chance we’ll have several of these boys playing with different (doubles) partners during the season and
that most of them will have a chance to play singles at some time,” says the head coach. “Last year, we were moving boys around during the season and we finally settled on what we liked just before regional.” What the coach settled on worked well as the SCHS boys won their first ever regional title and qualified both doubles teams and a singles player for state.
Rough start for SC golfers at Buffalo Dunes
There’s nothing quite like starting your golf season on the toughest course on your schedule. That was the challenge facing the Scott Community High School golfers when they hit the links at the Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Garden City on Monday. The tournament started an hour late so that frost could melt off the greens, but it was otherwise a near-perfect day under unusually calm conditions for a Western Kansas tournament. Despite the ideal weather, only three golfers in the field broke 80 on the 18-hole layout and none of the SCHS team broke 90. Sophomore Shay Morris led the team with a 95, followed by senior Trace Mulligan (96), freshman Jackson Lewis (104) and junior Dexter Gooden (106). “Given the lack of practice time we’ve had and the difficulty of the course, the boys played fairly well,” says head coach Brian Gentry. “The biggest adjustment was the speed of the greens and the difficulty in reading putts,” he says. “If you have trouble with your short game it’s going to cost you a lot of strokes on a course like this.” Gentry had hopes of seeing Morris and Mulligan break 90. “They did a good job of grinding it out on some holes. When they struggled, they kept their composure and stayed mentally tough,” he says. It was also the first varsity action for Lewis and Strine. Other team members are Austin Rios, Theron Tucker and Alec Berry.
Senior Bo Hess was half of the doubles team that placed third at the state tournament and will probably be paired with Joe Evans who qualified for state after finishing third in singles at regional. “Bo has played singles and doubles for us in the past, but he’s had the most success in doubles,” Kucharik says. “So why mess with success.” (See NETTERS on page 21)
SC girls deserved better in All-League
Scott City senior Trace Mulligan hits a chip shot into the 16th green at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course on Monday morning. (Record Photo)
The Scott Community High School girls are apparently the Rodney Dangerfield of the Great West Activities Conference. W e imagRod i n e Haxton, there’s sports a gen- editor e r a tion of young athletes who have no clue who Dangerfield is. For those unfamiliar with the famous comedian, his schtick was, “I don’t get no respect.” (If you don’t know what schtick means, get a dictionary). The Lady Beavers may not know who Dangerfield is, but they probably know how the late comedian felt. When GWAC All-League rosters were released, only two Scott City players earned post-season honors. Hugoton’s dominance on the All-League rosters was well-deserved. The Class 3A state champions were clearly head-and-shoulders above (See ALL-LEAGUE on page 21)
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Wheeler is state champ; Frank 2nd If he was going to have a chance to advance to the state finals, Matthew Wheeler knew he couldn’t afford to be tentative. With his semi-final match tied, 2-2, at the end of regulation, the young Scott City grappler was aggressive on his feet in the opening period and got the winning takedown. He followed that with a 4-2 nail-biter in the finals to earn a gold medal at the Kansas Kids Folkstyle Championships held last Saturday and Sunday in Topeka. Wheeler (8-yearsunder, 61 lbs.) cruised through his first two matches with a fall and a major decision. That set up a semi-final showdown with Harrison Glover (Kansas Young Guns). The two opponents had some history against each other with Wheeler defeating Glover in the finals of the six-yearsand-under state tournament two years ago. “I tried to be aggressive on my feet,” said Wheeler. “I’m usually pretty good on my takedowns.” After getting the overtime decision, Wheeler faced Aaron Wyrick (East
Kansas Club) in the title match. Wyrick grabbed a quick 2-0 lead with a takedown, but Wheeler answered with a reversal that saw the match tied, 2-2, when the opening period ended. Wheeler (37-9) added another reversal in the second period for a 4-2 lead and in the third period Wyrick chose neutral in hopes of tying the match with a takedown. Neither grappler was able to score, earning Wheeler a gold medal. Frank Wins Silver Houston Frank also earned a berth in the championship finals of the 9-10-year-old, 90-pound division. Frank had no trouble in his first two rounds, winning by a technical fall and an 8-2 decision. In the quarterfinals against Jaime Villanueva (Junction City) the match was tied, 2-2, when Frank took the lead with a reversal and then put Villanueva on his back for a pair of two-point near falls. In the semi-finals he faced Isaiah Wilson (Brawlers) who he had wrestled twice in the Salina tournament ear-
Six members of the Takedown Kids Wrestling Club finished in the top six of their age and weight divisions at the Kansas Kids Wrestling State Championships held last weekend in Topeka. Earning a spot in the state finals were (front row, from left) Matthew Wheeler and Houston Frank. Other state placers are (back row) Trenton Frank, Collin McDaniel, Jarron Gregory and Zach Rohrbough. (Record Photo)
lier this season, winning both matches. This time, Wilson was very cautious in his approach to Frank. “He was very defensive,” says Frank, who fell behind, 3-2, before getting a reversal with a Peterson cradle in the second period that put him on top, 4-3. Neither wrestler was able to score from the neutral position in the
third period. Frank (39-13) was pinned with one second remaining in the championship match by Ayden Flores (Maize). Collin McDaniel (1112-years, 80 lbs.) was once again denied a spot in the state finals, this time with an 11-0 loss in the quarter-finals to eventual state champion Nakaylen Shabazz (Maize).
Shabazz has won multiple state titles during his wrestling career. Also claiming third place was Trenton Frank (8-years-under, 58 lbs.) whose only loss came by a 2-0 decision in overtime to Carter Johnson (Lincoln County) in the quarter-finals. He bounced back to win his final two matches, including a 2-0 decision over
Jaxsen Salinas (Ulysses) in the consolation finals. Zach Rohrbough (1112-years, 88 lbs.) was a fifth place finisher and Jarron Gregory (11-12years, 215 lbs.) finished in sixth place. Other state qualifiers included Easton Eisenhour, Blaze Gossman, Case Armendariz, Lance Miller and Caleb VanDegrift.
Brittan is returning to fight arena ‘99 world champ joins ranks of Bullfighters Only DENVER - Lance Brittan is known as one of the greatest freestyle bullfighters to ever play the game. Now the 42-year-old legend hopes to regain his championship form as he returns to the sport he loves. It’s been about a decade since Brittan last took on a fighting bull in competition, but he’s ready to step into the
Bullfighters Only arena April 22 in Ada, Okla. “What’s so attractive to me is the whole man-vsbeast mentality that comes with it,” said Brittan, who retired from professional bullfighting three years ago and has focused on running his business, Brittan Construction, in Windsor, Colo. “If something goes wrong, there’s no one to blame but myself. I like showing off, I guess.” Brittan will be the only man on the Bullfighters Only tour that was part
of the Wrangler Bullfight Tour, which was associated with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn. through 2000. He earned the world championship in 1999 when he was just 25-years-old. “I was fortunate to win one of the last world titles they gave in the Wrangler Bullfights,” he said. “Competing against Mike Matt, Greg Rumohr, Loyd Ketcham, Rob Smets and Jerry Norton was amazing. To compete against 14 gold buckles and go in there and win is really special to me.”
Because of his expertise in the field, Brittan was one of the instructors at the Bullfighters Only Development Camp on March 11-12 in San Bernadino, Calif. “After instructing that D-Camp, I got the bug again,” he said. “I’ve watched a lot of BFO videos, and I think they’re great events. I’d like to see what I could get done there.” His first opportunity will come during the Bullfighters Only standalone bullfight at the
Pontotoc County Agriplex in Ada. The last time he stepped in front of a bull was while he served as a protection bullfighter during the rodeo in Elk City, Okla., in September 2014. “What I’m looking forward to is showing the old style of what it was like to fight bulls and make rounds,” Brittan said. The basics of freestyle bullfighting haven’t changed over the decades. The foundation is staying as close to the animal as possible while also trying to remain out of harm’s way. It’s not an easy task,
especially given the bulls, which are bred to be part of the fight. The more aggressive the bull is, the better the opportunity for the bullfighter to gain points. With scores based on a 100-point scale, men can earn up to 50 points per fight based on their ability to exhibit control and style while maneuvering around or over an animal. A bull can earn up to 50 points based on its quickness, aggression and willingness to stay with the bullfighter. (See BRITTAN on page 23)
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The greatest and smallest in the Kansas skies Well it’s time again for both the largest and the smallest birds in Kansas to make their spring appearances. Turkey vultures being, of course, the largest are here already. There are probably more yet to come as they make their way back from winter digs in South America. Ruby Throated Hummingbirds, being
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the smallest, also winter in South America and are due back in Kansas around the middle of April. The earliest sighting last spring was on April 14 in Wichita. Some years back Joyce
All-League everyone else in our league - and in Class 3A. But, SCHS was the only other league school to qualify for a state tournament and they were the second best team in the league, behind Hugoton. You’d never know that to look at All-League honors. Hugoton had three players who were named First Team by the coaches, which is certainly no surprise. SCHS junior guard Macie Price deserved her place as a First Team pick. Without her presence, the Lady Beavers would not have been the same team. However, here’s where it gets a little odd. Every school, with the exception of SCHS, had a player earn Second Team honors. That pushed Scott City juniors Emily Smith and Bailey Latta into the Honorable Mention lineup. Sorry, but we have a hard time not seeing Smith as a Second Team player in the league. She had some games better than others, but she was a steady performer in the post throughout the season. Maybe it speaks to
and I had the opportunity to keep tabs on a pair of turkey vultures nesting in an old ramshackle building near Inman that had been a vulture nursery for years. We got within a couple feet of the female as she guarded her nest, and checked on her weekly as she hatched two little white balls of fluff that quickly grew into
immense specimens like their parents. Despite having faces only a mother could love, vultures are an important part of our ecosystem. Often known as nature’s clean-up crew, they clean up dead wildlife of all descriptions and the juices in their digestive systems are so potent they can eat diseased flesh with no repercussions.
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the balance on the SCHS squad that they could only land one player on either the First or Second Teams. Or it could be that the Lady Beavers are the Rodney Dangerfield of the GWAC. Hopefully, the era of no respect for Lady Beaver basketball is over. Self Falls Short Again There’s no disputing that University of Kansas head coach Bill Self is one of the top coaches in men’s basketball. His 13 consecutive conference titles with the Jayhawks is testimony to that. But, it can also be argued that the Jayhawks - and Self - have a history of underperforming on the big stage. While Jayhawk fans are licking their wounds following another disappointing exit from the NCAA Tournament, consider the following during the Self era: •KU has been a higher seed in 31 games and has seven losses. That is second only to Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski (9 losses in 60 games) and North Carolina’s Roy Williams (9 losses in 49 games). Of course, that’s a double-edged sword. With
Great West Activities Conference All-League Margaux Thompson Katy Heger Dallie Hoskinson Amy Scott Macie Price Hallie Vaughn Kaitlyn Daise Sydney Hein Eboni Sapien Gina Ballesteros Bailey Foss Eilee McDaniel Jo Rawlins Zoe Engler Bailey Latta Emily Smith Alyssa Castilleja Riley Oglevie
Our last visit to the old building that year found both youngsters perched on an old windmill tower near the building, curiously watching us below as mom and dad both circled above. As majestic and awesome as turkey vultures are as they soar effortlessly above us on the Kansas winds, there are few, if any, opportunities for us to interact with
First Team Senior Goodland Senior Hugoton Junior Hugoton Senior Hugoton Junior Scott City
Second Team Freshman Senior Senior Junior Sophomore
Colby Goodland Hugoton Holcomb Ulysses
Honorable Mention Senior Colby Junior Goodland Junior Hugoton Senior Holcomb Junior Scott City Junior Scott City Sophomore Ulysses Sophomore Ulysses
programs such as KU, Duke and North Carolina, how many times aren’t they the higher tournament seed? •Self’s record at KU in Elite 8 games is 2-5. •Seven times, KU has been a No. 1 seed and they’ve appeared in just one Final Four. It wouldn’t be fair to compare Self to former KC Chiefs head coach Marty Schottenheimer who almost always had very good teams, but couldn’t win the games that mattered most, but it still has to be frustrating
for the Hawks and their fans. KSU Well Represented It’s interesting that half of the teams in the Final Four have head coaches who used to be at Kansas State University. Oregon’s Dana Altman was the head coach from 1990-94 and South Carolina’s Frank Martin was head coach for the Wildcats from 2007-12. It appears that one problem with KSU basketball is recognizing a good coach, or keeping one once he’s on staff.
Hess and Evans, a sophomore, could be a formidable team. “Joe was quite a surprise last year when he qualified for state and he’s worked hard on his game this past season to get even better,” says Kucharik. “His game has come a long way since last year. I think these two could be a very, very good team.” Starting the season as the No. 2 doubles team will be seniors Chandler Janssen and Isaac Evans. Janssen was on a doubles team that finished third at regional and qualified for state. “Isaac was good enough to qualify for state last year in singles, but the seeding meeting went awry,” notes Kucharik. “I’m disappointed that I didn’t do a better job. But, I feel this will be a doubles team that’s good enough to get to state. They just need some time on the court together.” Competition is balanced for the two singles spots. Heading into the
them, and perhaps rightly so. On the other hand, we often design our entire back yards foliage to attract hummingbirds. We hang nectar feeders to cater to their “sweet tooth,” and are sometimes rewarded with “close encounters” as the little blighters become comfortable with our presence. (See SKIES on page 23)
(continued from page 19) SCHS Tennis Roster
Seniors: Isaac Evans Bo Hess Chandler Janssen Hayden Nevills Garrett Osborn Kaleb Roberts Juniors: Nic Cheney Porter Irwin Sophomores: Chase Cupp Joe Evans Miles Haire Sam Tedder Freshmen: William Cupp Victor Martinez Andrew Malchow Christian Wright Maricio Zarate
season opening tournament at Great Bend, senior Hayden Nevills will be the No. 1 singles and the No. 2 singles will be sophomore Miles Haire. Nevills and Haire each saw limited varsity time last season. Others who will likely see varsity singles action during the season include Nic Cheney, Kaleb Roberts, Chase Cupp and Porter Irwin.
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nearby Battle Canyon on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. In addition, the El Cuartelejo ruins were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. Little wonder that Jennison and others within the KDWPT have felt for some time that “historic” needed to be part of the park’s identity. While the bill was being heard in the Kansas Legislature, Jennison says it raised awareness with many lawmakers who were unfamiliar with the park and its place in the state’s history. The bill was introduced by Rep. Don Hineman (R-Dighton) and among those giving testimony in support was Ron Kaufman, director of information services with KDWPT. “We assume people know the same things we know about Lake Scott,” Jennison notes. “It was interesting to look around the committee room when Ron and others were talking about Lake Scott and see the reaction from committee members when they learned about what’s out here and how important (the park) is in our history. “The four days that this was being discussed in the legislature brought a lot of attention.” Interpretive Center “There’s a lot of history and cultural importance in and around the park,” Jennison says. “We have plans to further develop El Cuartelejo and this focuses attention on the site.” He was referring to plans for a $1 million interpretive center that’s to be located on the El Cuartelejo site. Those plans were kicked off about 1-1/2
C.A. ‘Cat’ Tsosie, an elder with the Picuris Pueblo, tells about the El Cuartelejo structure and the site’s spiritual significance during a program in October of 2015 when plans were announced for a $1 million interpretive center to be built on the site at Historic Lake Scott State Park. (Record Photo)
years ago with a ceremony at the park in which Gov. Sam Brownback was in attendance. Scott City native and artist Jerry Thomas was appointed by Brownback to lead the fundraising campaign. The signage alone at the El Cuartelejo ruins doesn’t adequately tell the story of the site which has a deep religious significance for Native Americans. “The site doesn’t mean anything right now to young people. There isn’t enough there to tell the story and give them an appreciation for its historic importance,” says Jennison. He says the state needs to do a better job of marketing the state park and its historic features. “Kansas has so much rich history that we have failed to promote adequately,” Jennison points out. “Lake Scott is a great example. It’s more than a nice lake and a nice canyon. There’s so much more for people to appreciate.”
History of Lake Scott State Park Lake Scott State Park was established in 1928 as the first state park in Kansas following a donation by the Herbert Steele family to the Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission. The 1,280 acre park includes the 640 acre Steele homestead. The park surrounds Lake Scott, a spring-fed freshwater lake. In 1925, members of the newlyformed Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission toured the canyon and the Steele farm to see if the area could be developed into a lake and park. In 1927, the Commission began buying 1,280 acres of what became Scott County State Park. In 1928, the Steeles sold 640 acres
to the KFFGC for $18 per acre with the stipulation they be allowed to live in their house rent-free for the remainder of their lives. In August 1929, a contract was let to build the dam for the 100-acre Lake McBride (now Lake Scott) which was completed in May 1930. Herbert died in September 1928, having never seen the park he was instrumental in creating. Eliza died in July 1930, a month after the park officially opened. Herbert and Eliza built their fourroom home of native standstone. The original home is now a museum and displays furniture and tools used by the early settlers of Scott County.
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A disappointing finish to another great season for KU KU’s loss to Oregon in the NCAA Tournament regional finals brought another sad ending to an exception season. The Jayhawks were superb while by carving up Michigan State and Big Mac Ten champion Purdue, but KU hit Stevenson just 5-of-25 three-point shots against Oregon which was devastating. In 14 years as head coach, Bill Self hasn’t had a single poor team. His worst record at KU was 24-9 in his first season (2003-04). That’s a remarkable achievement in today’s game when so many star players leave after just one season. Coach Self is an absolute master at mixing the one-and-done stars with closer-to-average players who stay with KU for four or five seasons. Seniors Frank Mason and Landen Lucas weren’t highly regarded recruits, but Mason is contending for National Player of the Year honors and Lucas has been a steady performer throughout his career. Devonté Graham and Svi Mykhailiuk are juniors who also fit the mold of players who weren’t nationally rated recruits. If they both stay for their senior years, Kansas will have another exciting and entertaining team next season. Josh Jackson will undoubtedly leave for the NBA where he’ll be a stellar player for many years. He had a great freshman season with the Jayhawks. It’s been well-documented, but Self has won 13 consecutive Big 12 championships during his iconic tenure at Kansas. That ties UCLA for the alltime record. In time, that feat will be recognized as one of the legendary achievements in team sports. It should be noted that UCLA set their record when dominating centers Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton played for three seasons instead of one. In addition to winning the Big 12, Kansas defeated Kentucky at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Duke in Madison Square Garden, and Michigan State in the tournament. All three of these prestigious wins were on national TV. Kansas isn’t the only prominent team that’s on the sideline. Villanova, Duke, Arizona and UCLA also made an early exit from the Big Dance. After the loss to Oregon, Self said, “I’m disappointed for them more than I am for me . . . but the one thing that happened today - and it’s hard to admit - the best team did win today.” That’s a typically classy exit. Kansas will be in the running for another Big 12 crown next season. Self’s program is so wellestablished that Kansas basketball excellence is taken for granted across the nation. It’s an extraordinary era that one bad night can’t harm. WSU Could be Moving Widespread media speculation is that Wichita State is considering a move from the Missouri Valley Conference to the American Athletic Conference. This would be a great change for the Shockers. The AAC is an exceptional basketball conference and would upgrade WSU to a proper level. Temple, Cincinnati, Connecticut and Memphis are four of the top schools in the league. Nothing official has been done, but the AAC is expected to issue an invitation to Wichita this spring. KC Losing Ground in Central The Kansas City Royals open their season on Monday with a road game against the Minnesota Twins. Manager Ned Yost has named left-hander Danny Duffy as the Royals’ starting pitcher. The other four starting pitchers are Ian Kennedy, Jason Hammel, Nathan Karns and Jason Vargas. Not much has been said about the bullpen, but that’s a major concern. Closer Wade Davis is gone to Chicago, so Kelvin Herrera inherits the closer’s job. He’s had some experience in this tension-filled slot, but Herrera’s never been the main man. The rest of the bullpen isn’t set: Chris Young, Joakim Soria and Matt Strahm will be among the relievers. KC’s bullpen has been the Royals’ foremost strength the last few seasons, but that’s not the case in 2017. Yost will probably open with Eric Hosmer at first base, Alcides Escobar at shortstop, Mike Moustakas at third, Salvy Perez at catcher, Jorge Soler in left field, Lorenzo Cain in center field, and Alex Gordon in right field. Second base is still up for grabs. Last season was disappointing. Chicago and Cleveland have improved their ballclubs in the AL Central and the Royals appear weaker than they were last year. There are too many “ifs” on this team. It could be a free fall to worse than mediocrity.
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Hummingbirds were much more prevalent in Ohio where I grew up, and we often saw three or four at our feeders. One feeder hung in front of a back porch near our kitchen, and the little hummers learned to hover outside a nearby window to get our attention when the feeder was empty. Once, after filling the feeder, I slipped quietly out onto the porch and one hungry little hummer actually drank from it as I stood there motionless, holding the feeder at arm’s length. At last week’s McPherson Spring Garden Show, Mike Daniels, owner of Brook’s Landscape, spoke about “Gardening for Friends” and his main topic was hummingbirds and gardening to attract them.
With wings that beat over 50 times per second, hummingbirds can make the trip across the Gulf of Mexico back to the U.S. in 18-22 hours, resting on boats and oil derricks if necessary. It’s always been said that hummingbirds are attracted to the color red, but Daniels said that’s because of the way they see colors. Any color using red in its spectrum will attract them, so orange, yellow and purple should all work as well. Hummers also have a voracious appetite for insects and have actually been observed robbing trapped bugs from spider webs. They make nests from thistle down and dandelion leaves and weave it all together with silk from spider webs. The female usually sits
on two jelly bean-sized eggs and they can have two broods a year. Daniels suggests trying to attract them with plants and using feeders as a backup. He says to keep the feeders clean and free from mold and dirt, and when mixing the nectar, boil the water and add sugar at the rate of one part sugar to four parts water to make a syrup that does not sour as quickly as plain sugar water. Hang feeders in partial shade several feet apart to help keep the males from fighting and hang them beyond the reach of cats. We’ve all heard it said that keeping feeders out too late in the fall might encourage hummingbirds to stay later than they should and miss their fall migration. Daniels told us that is not a problem, as
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“I’ve thought that Lance retired at the top of his game, that he went out when he was one of the best guys going down the road,” said Chuck Swisher, one of the toprated bullfighters in the BFO. “It’ll be great to go up against somebody like Lance. “Lance is a true legend. His style is a lot different than a lot of us younger bullfighters, but I have no doubt he’ll still be as solid as ever.” Bullfighters Only
regenerated the buzz about freestyle bullfighting a couple of years ago and is producing events across the country. While much has changed in the years since he competed in the Wrangler Bullfights, Brittan sees a bright future for the sport thanks to the BFO. “It primarily focuses on the bullfighter and his talents. The entertainment value is priceless. People want to see wrecks, and I guarantee you there will be some wrecks.”
Kansas Folkstyle Championships March 25-26, 2017 8-Years and Under 58: Trenton Frank dec. Davion Carter (Team of Hard Knox) 3-0; dec. Tyson Blancarte (Louisburg) OT 4-2; dec. by Carter Johnson (Lincoln County) OT 2-0; pinned Casey Stuart (Wichita Blue Knights) 0:59; dec. Jaxsen Salinas (Ulysses) 2-0. Third Place 61: Matthew Wheeler pinned Thunder Page (Rose Hill) 1:20; maj. dec. Emerson Tjaden (De Soto Kids) 9-0; dec. Harrison Glover (Kansas Young Guns) OT 4-2; dec. Aaron Wyrick (East Kansas) 4-2. First Place 67: Easton Eisenhour maj. dec. by Cooper Boone (Valley Center) 13-0; dec. by Blake Riedel (Taganoxie) 4-2. 70: Blaze Gossman dec. by Malachi Rothenberger (Wichita Blue Knights) 8-1; dec. Jacoby Jackman (Sabetha) 4-0; dec. by Layne Juenmann (Hoxie) 6-0. 10-Years and Under 90: Houston Frank tech fall Cole Compton (Andover) 18-2; dec. Jaime Jude Villanueva (Junction City) 8-2; dec. Isaiah Wilson (Brawlers) 4-3; pinned by Ayden Flores (Maize) 2:59. Second Place 95: Case Armendariz pinned by Jayden Ford (Maize) 0:19; pinned by Taven Dick (Jackson County) 0:54. 12-Years and Under 80: Collin McDaniel dec. Daniel Helmers (Kansas Young Guns) 6-1; maj. dec. Kevin Honas (Sunflower Kids) 10-1; maj. dec. by Nakaylen Shabazz (Maize) 110; tech fall Isaiah Landreth (Mulvane) 15-0; dec. Tucker Cell (Abilene) 4-3. Third Place 88: Zach Rohrbough pinned Keviyon Johnson (Team of Hard Knox) 1:29; maj. dec. by Ty Adam (Salina) 11-0; dec. Darius Shields (Norton) 7-0; dec. Eric Streeter (Sunflower Kids) 2-0; dec. by Luke Barker (Ulysses) 10-3; dec. Ryan Heiman (Greater Gold) 9-7. Fifth Place 150: Lance Miller pinned by Dallas Gould (Valley Center) 4:04; maj. dec. Kody Howard (Rock Creek) 12-0; dec. by Caleb Carter (Topeka) 7-1. 215: Jarron Gregory pinned by Taylor Vincent (Maize) 3:22; pinned Wayde Halliburton (Spring Hill) 0:46; pinned Curtis Brown (Jayhawk) 0:46; pinned by Taylor Voncent (Maize) 2:10; dec. by Hagen Wright (Wellington) 4-2. Sixth Place 14-Years and Under 155: Caleb VanDegrift pinned by Andrew Bowman (Caney) 2:16; dec. Mason Foley (Marysville) 9-2; pinned by Jonah Clarke (MAC) 3:03.
instinct and the absence of insects will send them on their way south right on time. Hummingbirds love petunias and trumpet vine, salvia, angelonia, morning glory, beard tongue, coral bells and bee balm. These plants will all attract butterflies as well. Avoid insecticides and pesticides if possible and use herbicides sparingly. Get your feeders cleaned, spruce up your lawn with a few new plants, and prepare to be entertained by the buzzing sound of little wings and the chattering of jousting hummingbirds as they chase each other across your back yard. What a great time to Explore Kansas Outdoors! Steve can be contacted by email at stevenrgilliland@ gmail.com
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(Top) Rain drops collect on plant life as water flows through the Big Spring site. (Above left) A turkey vulture prepares to land on a fire ring at an empty camp site. (Above right) A determined fisherman waits for a bite along Ladder Creek near the Steele Home. (Below) A water drop hangs onto a twig. (Record Photos)
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Extension program on fall crop pests Who didn’t have problems or hear of issues with Sugarcane Aphid? How about headworm? Within the last couple of years, it seems producers couldn’t turn around without having insect issues in their fall crops. Production and management decisions are critical for success in growing corn and grain sorghum, especially with volatile prices and the tough growing conditions Western Kansas has seen over the last several years. Those issues will be discussed during a program, “Insect Management in Corn and Grain Sorghum,” to be held Wed., April 5, 9:00 a.m., in the basement meeting room at the Community Bank in Ness City. Registration will kick off at 8:45 a.m. There is no cost to attend, but a RSVP is requested by April 3. Call 877-798-3921. A minimum of 10 must be pre-registered to have the program. Dr. Sarah Zukoff, southwest area entomology specialist, will discuss insect issues in corn. Dr. J.P. Mechaud, K-State entomologist from Hays Research Center, will discuss sugarcane aphid and other grain sorghum pests. The program is sponsored by the Walnut Creek Extension District. For more information contact Chris Long (1-877-7983921).
Legislation to aid 4-H, FFA youth A pair of recently introduced bills gives a boost to young people in agriculture by allowing 4-H and FFA students to keep more of the income they earn. The students can turn around and put the money toward their education or future agricultural projects. The Agriculture Students Encourage, Acknowledge, Reward, Nurture (EARN) Act (S. 671) and the Student Agriculture Protection Act (SAPA) (H.R. 1626) would create a tax exemption for the first $5,000 of income students 18 years of age or younger earn from projects completed through 4-H or FFA. “The long-term sustainability of agriculture depends on talented young people pursuing careers in farming and ranching and other agricultural production and food chain professions,” says American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall. “Student agricultural projects increase awareness of and foster an interest in fields of study that will provide the next generation of farmers and ranchers, food scientists, agricultural engineers, agronomists, horticulturalists and soil scientists.”
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Wheat streak mosaic slams area crop Infection began last fall in Lane, Scott counties If drought, poor stands and a collapsing grain market weren’t enough, now we’re looking at one of the worst wheat streak mosaic infections I’ve ever seen in a number of Western Kansas counties. And while WSM has traditionally been a Western Kansas problem, it can occur in central and eastern Kansas as well. Even without wheat
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streak, early reports from those regions suggest wheat farmers there are looking at a pretty serious problem with barley yellow dwarf virus. KSU Extension plant pathologist Erick DeWolf explains that the WSM virus is transmitted from infected volunteer wheat to the newly planted wheat by way of wind-blown microscopic wheat curl mites. Usually symptoms don’t show up until in the spring when wheat starts jointing. It is very
unusual to see symptoms in the fall. However, this past fall in at least one Lane County field, the symptoms not only showed up, but the infection was so severe that the wheat crop actually died. In addition, severe infections were also reported in Scott County last fall. Because of the visible fall infections, KSU agronomists and pathologists were bracing themselves for major problems to show up this spring. Over the past few weeks, after noticing declining conditions in some fields along with yellowing of plants, DeWolf asked if I’d pull some plant
samples from various fields and varieties and send them to him. I sent in about 10 wheat plant samples from western Lane County - and was shocked to find that all 10 were infected with WSM virus while some also were infected with the high plains virus. To me this looks like the worst viral disease situation I’ve ever seen in over 40 years of farming. Erick says the KSU Plant Disease Diagnostic lab has received more samples of wheat with WSM than is normal for this time of year. (See MOSAIC on page 32)
Researchers explore ways to reduce wheat yield gap Hannah Schlapp Kansas Wheat Commission
Farmers aim to increase yield and profitability while maintaining stewardship of the land. With farming comes preserving the soil and being cautious in management practices to keep the ground functioning to its full potential. This may mean farmers change the way they apply certain fertilizers to the soil, as well as other crop production components. Researchers at Kansas State University are coming together to help farmers get a bigger bang for their buck by finding management practices that can increase yields and prof-
itability while still preserving the land. These researchers include Romulo Lollato, wheat and forages production agronomist with K-State Extension; Dorivar Ruiz Diaz, associate professor and nutrient management specialist in agronomy; Gary Cramer, assistant professor in agronomy; and Anserd Foster, an assistant professor and Southwest area Extension agronomist. This project is under the direct administration of Brent Jaenisch, a M.S. student working in Lollato’s program. “There are many regions of the world where wheat yields are stagnant. In Kansas, we have had somewhat of an increase in
the last 30 years, but it’s been at a relatively slow rate,” Lollato said. “However, after performing long-term research of the yield potential in the region, we have found that we have an exploitable yield gap that can be economically reduced through management, yield gap being the difference between what we produce now compared to what we could potentially economically produce.” Lollato has previously performed related research that shows a possibility for yields in central Kansas to increase about 10-20%, while still maintaining profitability and stewardship of the land. The next step of the
Rain provides needed relief across Midwest The United States will close out March under a particularly active weather pattern, and the associated rainfall will be welcomed by many farmers across the country. But not everyone is cheering the downpours. Over the next two weeks, almost the whole country is likely to experience above-average precipitation, according to forecast models. This comes on the heels of an extremely dry February and early March for many of the grain and oilseed producing states. Strong, dominant flow in the upper atmosphere will help spin up and transport several rounds of lowpressure systems across the United States. These storms could be associ-
ated with high daily rainfall amounts that could regulate the soil moisture in several spots where it is lacking, particularly in the Southern Plains. The rain should be positive for winter wheat as it enters the most sensitive stage of its growing season. And while many corn and soybean farmers will be relieved to add some much-needed moisture to their fields, those with enough moisture already will be much less enthusiastic. Welcome Rains in Heartland Both the U.S. Drought Monitor - a government-sponsored tracker of drought conditions - and the (See RAIN on page 32)
research is to determine exactly which management practices should be improved to accomplish that. In addition, the research shows that there’s approximately a 30-35 bushels per acre yield gap between current yields and the yield potential, largely due to substandard wheat management practices. It is important to remember that only a fraction of this yield gap can be economically reduced, as reaching for the full crop’s potential is often not economical. Lollato is hoping to develop cutting edge management practices that will help lower the yield gap. (See YIELD GAP on page 27)
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Market Report Closing prices on March 29, 2017 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ 3.09 White Wheat ....... $ 3.09 Milo .................... $ 2.48 Corn ................... $ 3.03 Soybeans (new crop) $ 8.47 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 3.09 White Wheat ....... $ 3.09 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.54 Corn.................... $ 3.06 Soybeans ........... $ 8.44 Sunflowers.......... $ ADM Grain Wheat.................. Milo (bu.)............. Corn.................... Soybeans............ Sunflowers..........
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Drones becoming a major asset for plant researchers When plant breeders develop new crop varieties, they grow up a lot of plants and they all need to be checked. Repeatedly. “Farmers might have a 100-acre field planted with one soybean variety, whereas breeders may have 10,000 potential varieties planted on one 10-acre field. The farmer can fairly quickly determine whether the single variety in a field is ready to be harvested. However, breeders have to walk through research fields several times in the fall to determine the date when each potential variety matures,” explains
In a new study, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, were used successfully to remotely evaluate and predict soybean maturity timing in tests of potential varieties.
University of Illinois soybean breeder Brian Diers. “We have to check every three days,” masters student Nathan Schmitz
Yield Gap The main concept of this research is to perform intensive management practices on wheat, along with standard management practices to see how yield responds to the two practices. The intensive practices will include enhanced fertilization with nitrogen, chloride and sulfur, along with a change in crop production components including plant population density, fungicide applications and plant growth regulators. The standard management practices will be based on K-State fertility recommendations. The goal of the project is to yield 60 bushels per acre on the standard management practices and 100 bushels per acre on the intensive management practices. “We have a very lowinput control, which is representing our average farmer, and then on the other extreme of things, we have a very high input crop where we have several improved manage-
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ment practices,” Romulo says, “We are then breaking down the production components into individual factors. We will have our very low-input control, and add those individual management practices to that one at a time.” They will also be removing the controls from the intensive management practice one at a time to see how the wheat reacts. By using this approach, Lollato and his team will be able to differentiate wheat yields resulting from intensive management practices, as opposed to those from standard management. They will also be able to find the influence from each practice to determine whether the practice is resulting in a higher grain yield or not. So far in the research, the team has found a few different factors that will help with management practices in future growing seasons. “What we have found so far is that fungicide
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adds. “It takes a good amount of time during a busy part of the year. Sometimes it’s really hot, sometimes really muddy.” To make things easier, an interdisciplinary team including breeders, computer scientists, engineers, and geographic information specialists turned to unmanned aerial vehicles - UAVs or drones. “When drones became available, we asked ourselves how we could apply this new technology to breeding. For this first attempt, we tried to do a couple simple things,” Diers says.
was really driving yields during the last growing season when we had the severe stripe rust infestation. We provided fungicide to our very low input practice, and it yielded the same as the high input practice. This is showing us a sustainable way to increase production, and that we don’t need to put everything out; we need to manage it according to the growing season,” Lollato says. The funding for this research has been provided by Kansas wheat farmers through the Kansas Wheat Commission’s two penny wheat assessment. Once the research is completed, the farmers will reap the benefits in more ways than one. “We are trying to find ways that producers can have higher yields and increased profitability, while economically reducing the current yield gap and the environmental footprint of wheat production in Kansas,” Lollato says.
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One goal was to predict the timing of pod maturity using images from a camera attached to the drone, along with sophisticated data and image analysis techniques. “We used multi-spectral images,” Schmitz explains. “We set up an equation in the program to pick up changes in the light frequency reflected off the plant. That color change is how we differentiate a mature plant from an immature one.” The researchers developed an algorithm to compare images from the drone with pod maturity data measured the old-
fashioned way, by walking the fields. “Our maturity predictions with the drone were very close to what we recorded while walking through the fields,” Diers notes. Predictions made by the model achieved 93 percent accuracy, but Diers says they might have done even better without some of the inherent limitations of flying drones. For example, they could only fly it and obtain good images on sunny days with little wind. Drones are increasingly recognized for their potential to improve efficiency and precision in
agriculture - especially after new FAA rules went into effect in August 2016 - but this is one of the first studies to use drones to optimize breeding practices. Diers notes that the application could be particularly useful to large breeding companies, which test hundreds of thousands of potential varieties annually. If breeders can save time and effort using this technology, new varieties could potentially be developed and made available to farmers on a faster timeline - a welcome improvement.
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Thank you A special thank you for the many acts of kindness shown to us during the loss of our loved one. Dora Mae Bowman Steve, Tammy and Callan Rice
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WANT TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information. 1-800-579-3645. Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANT TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders, 44tfc 397-5341. ––––––––––––––––––––– BLACK ANGUS BULLS, Registered, tested, 2-yearolds, yearlings, heifer bulls. Delivery, conformation, performance. Call: Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse 620-384-1101.
HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, 41tfc 620-874-2120. ––––––––––––––––––––– PLAINJAN’S RENTAL houses and duplexes. Stop by the office or call 62005tfc 872-5777. ––––––––––––––––––––– PRIME RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE in downtown Garden City. 309 N. Main, 1,800 sq/ft. $1,400 per month. Call 620-276-0891. ––––––––––––––––––––– NICE, 2-BEDROOM home for rent. Central air. All new appliances. No pets. Call (620) 872-5844. 3117t4p ––––––––––––––––––––– VERY NICE, REMODLED house for rent. 3 bedrooms 1 bath plus utilities. No pets. No smoking. Call (620) 397-8075.
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Services WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 34tfc 874-4135. –––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 4015tfc 874-1412. –––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Rob Vsetecka 4515tfc at 620-214-1730. ––––––––––––––––––––– SUNNY DAZE cleaning, cooking, assisting with all your daily needs! If you need help, call Linda at 360-355-4058. Affordable and satisfaction guaran3417t8p teed.
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406 Main • Scott City 620 872-2090 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door). 412 College, Scott City. Al-Anon at same time and location. Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 25tfc
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3+2 bedrooms, 1+3/4 bath, full basement with family room, wet bar, fireplace. New paint and flooring up and down, kitchen counter tops, lots of new doors, 3/4 bath downstairs totally remodeled. FA-CA new in 2011, Heritage roof in 2015, plus a 25’ X 30’ shopgarage. Brick! $149,500
Lawrence and Associates
Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc. 513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc. 872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc. 872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com Maranda Cersovsky, 874-8332 Serving Dighton and Healy
District 11 AA Meetings
Scott City
Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. 8:00 p.m. 807 Kingsley Last Saturday of the month Birthday Night • 6:30 p.m. All open meetings 214-4188 • 214-2877
Dighton Thursday • 8:30 p.m. 535 Wichita St. All open meetings 620-397-2647
We have room for you!
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Employment Opportunities Maintenance Engineer
Logan County Manor Oakley, Ks.
Local 24/7 business is looking for a part-time Maintenance Engineer to work 20-25 hours/week. Must be knowledgeable in all facets of maintenance including: • Plumbing • Electrical • Painting • Lawn care. Please send resumes and three references to: Maintenance Engineer P.O. Box 377 Scott City, Ks 67871 3317t2c
is seeking a Director of Nursing in a 45 bed long-term care facility. Position Requires: * Kansas nursing license * Strong leadership skills * Ability to manage multiple priorities Position offers: * Competitive wages * KPERS * Health insurance * Excellent PTO
City of Scott City is accepting applications for two seasonal positions: Street Department Parks Department
E.O.E.
Applicants must be 18 years of age. Pick up and return applications to: City Hall 221 W. 5th, Scott City Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.
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Scott County Health Department is accepting applications for a Full-Time RN Applicants must: • Have a nursing license in Kansas Position offers: • 40 hour work week (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., M-F) • Excellent benefits • Vacation time and sick days accrued • Paid holidays • Competitive salary
Scott County Hospital Has Openings for the Following Positions PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs - FT Night Shift Physical Therapist - FT PACU/Circulating RN - FT Operating Room Supervisor RN - FT Full Time CNA Clinic Receptionist - FT Dietary Aide - FT Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English. Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus. We offer competitive pay and great benefits. Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.
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Applications may be obtained at and returned to: Scott County Health Department 204 S. College Scott City, Ks. 67871
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Call for more information 785-672-1333 Check us out at www.logancountyhospital.org
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Mosaic “This level of activity early suggests we are likely to see a major problem with WSM this year. It is too early to tell the full extent of the problem, but some areas of the state are headed for trouble.” In addition, he has heard reports of WSM in parts of Texas and sporadic reports of the disease in Oklahoma. Most of the reports in Kansas are from the southwest and westcentral districts. Why Now? Why are we having the problem this year? It all traces back to the very large amount of volunteer wheat we had last fall. Volunteer wheat is the intermediate host for this and other viral diseases. If you or your neighbors don’t kill the volunteer, you’re asking for trouble. Outside of the large amount of volunteer, we also had a lot of windy weather and an extended fall. Our first hard killing frost was much delayed as it was the previous fall. On our farm in previous years I’ve seen yield losses of near 100 percent on fields adjacent to badly infected volunteer. DeWolf says yield loss is generally related to the timing of infection with plants that are infected early having the greatest yield loss.
Rain recent wildfires might suggest that the heavy winter wheat-producing Southern Plains has the most immediate need for abundant rainfall. This may be true, but several states to the east of the hard red wheat belt are also moisturedeficient as the corn and soybean planting season begins, which could cause problems down the road if not remedied. In the Southern Plains, where winter wheat has emerged from dormancy, the situation may not
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“Plants already showing severe symptoms right now could have more than a 70 percent loss. Fields that are hit hard by the disease with most plants already infected may be a total loss.” He also points out that the virus may continue to spread as the mites that carry the disease move with the wind. Plants that are infected later or after heading may show symptoms of yellow discoloration on the leaves, but generally do not experience the same level of yield loss as plants infected as seedlings or prior to jointing. So if you have a field of volunteer that was not killed last fall or was killed very late in the fall, how much damage could that single field do? “The wheat curl mites that spread the virus are moved by wind. The mites can move one to two miles in many situations. Thus, a single field of unmanaged volunteer wheat during the summer can affect wheat fields for miles around.” DeWolf says. He also says uncontrolled volunteer wheat is the major host for the wheat curl mites and the disease. “Still, other grasses can be a host. Common grasses like jointed goat
grass and green foxtail are also important hosts. On the other hand, common native grasses or CRP grasses like smooth big bluestem, little bluestem and Indian grass are not good hosts for the mite or disease,” he says. While the mosaic situation is shaping up to be a bad problem in Western Kansas, Jim Shroyer, KSU Extension wheat specialist professor emeritus, is also projecting a serious problem with another viral disease in central and eastern Kansas. “As in Western Kansas, there was a lot of volunteer wheat last fall. Plus those regions also had a very mild and very long fall. That, combined with an abundance of aphids, has set growers there up for serious problems with barley yellow dwarf virus this spring,” Shroyer says. He points out, too, that if you have a field infected with wheat streak mosaic, you should pray for wet and cool conditions. “Any stress you can take off of the plant will only help. However, if we do get the wet conditions, you need to be on the lookout for problems with foliar diseases like leaf and stripe rust. It never ends, does it?” Shroyer adds. Vance Ehmke farms and lives in Lane County
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be as bad as it seems. Condition ratings suggest the current wheat crop is unlikely to mimic the binbusting yields of 2016, but it could still prove respectable should the short-term rainfall outlook materialize. Spring rains tend to make or break winter wheat, even when tough weather and lower condition scores have been a theme throughout the season. In Kansas, some 38 percent of the wheat is rated in good or excellent
condition, down from 57 percent a year ago. This score has dropped six percent in the last three weeks due to the warm, windy, bone-dry conditions across the state, so the upcoming wet pattern could not be arriving at a better time. Farther east, soil moisture is currently among the lowest values for this time of year in at least four decades in Missouri and Arkansas, which grow 10 percent of the United States’ soybeans and five percent of its corn.
Machinery Auction Tuesday, April 4 • 10:00 a.m.
Location: 4280 East Lear Rd., Garden City 13 miles S. of Garden City on Hwy. 83, 4 miles E. on Lear Rd. or 1 minle N. of Fi./Haskell Co. Line and 4 miles E. on Lear Rd.
Lear Farms, Inc. - Owners
(Larry Johnston cell 620-271-4392 • Tom Lear 620-272-6054 or Boyd Lear 620-272-4509) No Small items so be on time. 750 gal., w/ gas motor Tractors -Combine-Grain Carts 2002 Chevrolet ¾ ton pickup,4x4, 6 liter gas, 30’ Maurer Header Trailer JD S680 Combine, duals, auto, with flat bed (185,523 Palmer 600 gal. Fuel Trailer straw spreader, 5-sp. mi) w/ pump feeder house, Pro-Dr. 1992 Chevrolet ¾ ton pickup, 1976 – 50’ Glass King Drop transmission, Contour 4x4, 350, atuo, with Deck Nurse Trailer Master feeder house Pronghorn flat bed 1997 Sooner aluminum (1H0S680SKC0746859) (150,607 mi) gooseneck 2 horse trailer, (1450 engine hrs/1060 1976 Dodge 1 T. chassis with dressing room seperator hrs.) JD 612C 12 row corn head 1969 Ford moving van, stor Livestock Equipment age, (KJIL Radio)(does not 2013 Southwest Fabricators Mac Don flex draper, FD75 run) D, 40’ Overhead cake bin, 30 T 1966 Ford feed truck with JD 8 row 853 row crop Blatner portable loading Oswalt box and scales head chute with 18 panels Machinery JD 9430 tractor, 4x4, 3 pt, Tank heaters-fence chargers JD 1720 stack fold 16-row pto, 24 sp, buddy seat, Solar charger boxes planter with Yetter openduals, cab ,Green 18 stock tanks ers, in-furrow Fert. and Star Ready (4548 hrs.) 2-Wheel wire trailer, pto with Raven 440 rate controllers RW9430H003635 13 mi. wire JD 8330 tractor, FWA 2000, 600 gal. saddle tanks with 50 wood and 800 sucker rod Raven 440 rate controllers powershift, 3 pt, pto, fence posts for JD 8400 or JD 8330 buddy seat, duals, cab, Cake feeder -Salt feeders tractors Green Star Ready (4209 150 Blatner and assorted Great Plains 30 HC 30’ hoe hrs.) RW8330P016186 panels drill, 12” spacing JD 8400 tractor, FWA 1996, Blatner roping chute JD 3800 silage chopper power shift, 3 pt, pto, Ferguson manure spreader, Orthman caddy, 3-pt adapter ground driven auto steer, duals, cab 2012 Orthman strip till bar, (13266 hrs Irrigation Motors and Equipment 12 row 1 trip, WNH3 W8400O007199 480 volt generator with 6 JD 4440 Tractor, 2x4, 1981, Krause 36’ no-till drill, 5400, cy.z 10” quad range, air, duals, Ford Motor Sunflower 35’ disc, mod. cab with JD 158 loader 3) Cummins 6BTA mechani1433-35 (22” front 23” (11265 hrs.) 010108R cal diesel engines back) JD 4620 tractor, 2x4, pto, 1) -24 valve Cummins ele. Ficklin gravity wagon 3-pt (9065 hrs. diesel engine Mod.455 with power unit, Cummins LTA 10 diesel T813R016874R hyd. JD 1530 tractor, pto, engine 19’ Sunflower chisel chop3-pt,1975, w/ 145 front 1) Cummins 6BTA natural per end loader gas engine M-Farmall tractor, new tires, Krause field cultivator, mod. 100 HP 3 phase ele. hori41-41 recent overhaul zontal motor, including Krause 12-row cultivator Brent 1082 grain cart with disconnect panel with soft Strobel stalk chopper Tarp start 42’ Quinstar Fallowmaster Kinze 840 grain cart 2)150 HP 3 phase vertical with picker and tine harrow Industrial Equip. ele. irrigation motor IH 7100 hoe drill, 12” – 20’ Foam Insulation Machine (1 with Nabb veritable JD 9400 hoe drill, 10” – 20’ IHC Hough 65 payloader sp. dr.) 20’ tool bar cultivator JD 770B-H motor grader Panel with veritable sp. Dr. 20’ Hamby tool bar side Galion motor grader (bad for 125 HP motor dresser clutch) Nat. gas compressor with 3 Pull-type tank and sprayer 1986 Ditch Witch 3610 phase ele. motor JD one-way Backhoe/trencher, diesel 2) Chev 454 (run) 18’ Rhino mower, 7’ mower 5) Chev 454 (need overhaul) snow blower for Bob Cat 30’ tool bar with bedders – Complete foam insulation 7) Well gearheads-Roto(2) – 3-point blades machine (in trailer) with all Phase equipment including paint 36’ Flex King rod weeder Tail water pump with 6 cy. (2) JD 400 rotary hoes, 30’ machine/32 barrels Ford Motor and 20’ insulation product 2) Lima generators-Chem (2)Flex King 7x5 sweeps (1 Trucks and Pick-ups gation pumps with pickers & NH3 1989 Peterbilt 379 , 3406 3) Fertigation pumps-SprinOrthman 13 shank ripper Cat motor, 425 HP, 13-sp., kler supplies with coulter, choppers and 2) Aluminum pipe straighters with 60” flat top sleeper NH3 1996 Kenworth truck, mod. 2) Pipe trailers 30’ Hamby packer, 3-pt. T450B, twin screw, 3306 Irrigation hydrants, fittings cat motor, with 25’ flat bed 8-row Roll-a-Cone dammar and Plugs diker and water tanks Alfalfa valves-10” plastic 20’ Loffless flail shredder IH 9900 tractor truck, N14 gated pipe JD 714 mulch tiller (13 shank) Cummins, 575 HP, 18-sp, Shop Equipment 20’ M&W Tilthmaster finishair ride, 72” Low Pro Air compressor- 2-portable ing rig sleeper, 11R24.5 tires air compressor 3 Pt. 14’ tandem disc - 20’ 1976 Chevrolet tandem, Gisholt metal lathe, 24” Bed Hamby cultipacker Truck, Detroit, twin screw, band saw JD 510 disk ripper (7 Shank) 6 -V92, Allison trans., 4-Wheelers Rupp 20’ land scraper 9-sp., with 22’ steel bed 2007 Polaris 800 4-Wheeler Fasse track filler-speed and hoist 2003 Polaris Ranger 4x4 mover 1975 Ford, tandem truck, with snow blade, cab, Acura Trak 3 Pt. guidance Tag Axel, 5-sp with 2-sp., heater 20’ bed and hoist (engine JD SF2 autosteer 2600 di Snow blower play w/ auto trac swath locked up) Miscellaneous control activation 1970 Ford 2-ton, truck, 2) Mayrath 10” x 72’ auger, F-600, 330 V-8, 4-sp. with JD RTK autosteer, 2630 swing out pit display with auto trac 2-sp., 16’ bed and hoist Cement mixer- 3– Pro boxes swath control activation 2002 Ford F-350 crewcab 2) 3-point post hole diggers (2) JD 3000 receivers with pickup, 4x4, 7.3 diesel, (1 Danuser) WSF2 activation and (1) auto, (210,330 mi.) WSF2 and RTK activation JD dozer blade for 40 Series 2011 GMC ¾ ton, 4x4, 6 JD Trailers liter, auto, w/ Pronghorn 2,000, 1,500 and 1,000 gal. ‘08 Timpte AG Hopper, al. utility bed (110,000 mi) water tanks wh, 65” sides, 42’ air 2011 Ford F-250 pickup, 10,000, 2,000 and 1,000 ride with ele. tarp F-250, 4x4,6.2 gas, with gal. fuel tanks 1978 Barrett semi cattle Bradford flat bed 1,000 gal. propane tank on trailer, 50’ pot 2007 GMC ¾ ton pickup, ADS Seed Tender, 2 Box with running gear 4x4, 6 liter, auto, Prong2) 500 gal. propane tanks inculcator horn utility bed (115,840 -Oil Changer Gooseneck flatbed-4 mi) 110 gal. Spot Sprayer with 3 wheeler trailers 2006 Chevrolet ¾ ton HP B&S, (bad motor) pickup, 4x4, 6 liter, 5-sp., 1997 Clark drop deck, 48’ 2) SF 3000 Antennas with hay rails with Hydra bed Bale bed 10) 2-way radios 2013 fuel trailer, Fuelmate (116,138 mi)
Auctioneers note: The Lear Family has decided to retire and leased out all their land