The Scott County Record

White buffalo were part of the herd grazing in the wildlife area at Lake Scott State Park on Sunday

32 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 23 • Number 35

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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Kansas ed commissioner here Monday The future of public education in Kansas will be among the topics discussed by Dr. Randy Watson when the Kansas Commissioner of Education makes a brief stop in Scott City on Monday, April 11.

Dr. Watson will address education issues and field questions at the Scott Community High School auditorium from 4:15-5:15 p.m.

Jamie Rumford, superintendent of USD 466 (Scott County), said he had originally invited Sally Cauble, Dodge City, to speak at a board meeting and she extended that invitation to Dr. Watson. He will talk about the “vision of education” which will include topics such as state assessments, common core and what is being done to prepare students for post-graduation success.

Rumford says there will also be discussion about the five indicators of K-12 academic success which include: •Kindergarten readiness.

•Individual plans of study.

•Increasing high school graduation rates.

•Completion of post-secondary education.

•Social and emotional growth.

“This is important information for everyone, not just for those who have kids in school,” says Rumford. “The success of K-12 education affects all of us.

“We’re encouraging people from surrounding communities and schools to attend so we can show how important education and our schools are to us,” Rumford adds.

SC woman again disputes claim of neglect A Scott City woman is disputing allegations by the Scott County Health Department regarding injuries that her mother received while at home.

It was because of those incidents, and the lack of 24-hour care at the home, that Scott County Health Director Dana Shapland said her department would no longer provide housekeeping and personal care services for the individual.

Lila Sager, whose mother is being refused services, met with Scott County Commissioners on Tuesday to again discuss the situation. Most of the meeting was spent behind closed doors since it involved discussion about a county employee. Following the meeting with commissioners, Sager said she wanted comments that had previously appeared in The Record (March 17) to be “recanted since things were said that are not true.”

Sager says that the commission was told her mother had broken an arm in a fall at her home on Dec. 20 when it was her wrist. In addition, she says her mother was able (See DISPUTE on page two)

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on the road

WKCAC’s mobile unit success is getting attention throughout nation When the Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center began answering the need for victims of child abuse 12 years ago, they understood there would be challenges.

Not the least of those is living in a rural area where their offices might be located an hour or two from the young people needing their services.

“It was never an easy process getting youngsters to our office so they could be interviewed by our staff to determine if and what had occurred,” notes David Fyler, program director and a co-founder of WKCAC. “And it was even more difficult to do the follow-up therapy.

You have children whose families didn’t have the financial means to take time off from work two or three times a month and drive for an hour or more to one of our locations.”

So the WKCAC flipped the tables.

Starting in 2007, they put their first mobile unit on the road and began, literally, going to the front door of their young victims.

Their innovative approach to making sure that youngsters don’t go without the help they need has not gone unnoticed. Kelly Robbins, WKCAC executive director and co-founder, along with Fyler have attended national workshops where their approach to assisting young abuse victims has received widespread attention.

Today, with five mobile vans, WKCAC is a national model for extending services throughout their 32-county service area that covers the western onethird of Kansas.

They have been contacted by agencies from as far as British Columbia, Canada, and Bogota, Columbia, regarding their mobile program. They have also had representatives from child advocacy centers (CACs) from around the nation visit Scott City to gain a better understanding of their mobile services and the renovations they have made to their mobile fleet that has grown to five vans.

SCHS media students bring home top honors in broadcasting Page 9

The two 38-foot vans have been adapted for interviews and counseling with the youngsters. Three other vans are used to provide mental health services.

They loved the idea, W K C A C but they’d never seen staff have a grant for anything a t t e n d e d like this in Alabama. In national events our area, the idea of where they’ve putting a mobile unit given presen- on the road is way out tations and are of the box. also scheduled John Roper executive director to explain their Lighthouse Counseling program at the AG/Governor’s Child Abuse Conference next week in Topeka.

“We’ve done presentations nationally on our mobile delivery system,” says Fyler. “Earlier this year, we had some people from Oklahoma look at what we were doing. They even brought a bus and we showed them how it could be renovated for their needs.

“It’s not just about seeing how we’ve adapted our mobile units. We’re also

able to give them advice on what works, what doesn’t work and what they should be prepared for.”

They’ve also had representatives on site from West Virginia and CACs in Michigan have modeled their mobile delivery system after the local program.

This week, they hosted John Roper, executive director with the Lighthouse Counseling Center, Montgomery, Ala. Lighthouse is the umbrella for other agencies and services, including Standing Together Against Rape (STAR), which was Roper’s reason for visiting Scott City.

STAR is an outreach program for children and adults in a five-county area that’s largely rural and many of the residents live in poverty.

While STAR will see between 100150 sexual assault victims annually, those represent only those individuals with the means of making the trip to their office in Montgomery.

(See WKCAC on page eight)

(Top) Kelly Robbins and Dave Fyler (center) of WKCAC discuss renovations that were made to one of their mobile interview units with John Roper, executive director of Lighthouse Counseling Center, Montgomery, Ala. (Above) Roper asks questions about one of the interview rooms in the mobile unit.

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Eubanks leaving state park for Scott City PD FD gets okay to seek bids for new bunker gear Lake Scott State Park’s loss will be the Scott City Police Department’s gain with the city council’s approval on Monday to hire Tad Eubanks as a new public service officer.

Eubanks has been employed as a park ranger through the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks for the past three years.

Based on Eubanks’ prior experience and since he already has training through the Kansas Law Enforcement Academy, Police Chief Chris Jurgens asked the council to make an exception to the usual starting wage.

Typically, a newly hired PSO would get a starting salary of $13.15 per hour. Jurgens recommended Eubanks start at $15/hour.

“That would put him on par with other officers who have similar experience,” said Jurgens. “That’s not going to

Dispute to summon help at the time with a LifeAlert.

“My son and a police officer were able to break into the home and help her. They were the ones who found her,” says Sager.

Following another fall, Sager’s mother was discovered by Tia Heinrich, a county health employee. According to Sager, her mother would have fallen during a 45-minute window between the time she left and Heinrich arrived. She claims that her mother wasn’t examined by a nurse with the health department until mid-afternoon.

Two days later, when she was no longer able to walk because of an injured knee, she was

create a problem with our other officers.”

Even with the higher starting salary, Jurgens said Eubanks is taking a pay cut from his current job.

“But the health (insurance) benefits are better with the city,” he explained.

Eubanks was hired at the recommended salary.

New Bunker Gear Fire Chief Ken Hoover was given the green light to seek bids to upgrade the bunker gear used by his volunteers. He

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transferred to the Scott County Hospital.

“I don’t like having someone say that I’m neglecting my mother and that she’s not being looked after,” said Sager.

Shapland, on the other hand, says she had expressed concerns with relatives about the older family member living alone. She is equally concerned about a number of elderly residents in Scott City that she knows are living alone.

“A number of these people are very frail. I have no problem with my staff doing housekeeping and bathing them as long as they have 24-hour care,” says Shapland.

“But we need to know that there is someone

said some of the gear is about 18-years-old and should have been replaced about 10 years ago.

“We let it slip by us,” he said.

The new gear is lighter weight and will be fitted to each individual fireman. In the past, all the gear has been generic.

“The biggest complaint I hear is how uncomfortable the boots are, especially if you’ve been standing in them for several hours,” said Hoover.

He plans to get bids for 10 sets of gear. The department will apply a recent $3,000

looking after these people when we aren’t there.

“It’s my job to be a patient advocate and to look after these people and their well-being,” Shapland emphasizes.

“If elderly people are no longer able to look after themselves properly, then I have an obligation to encourage the family to do something.”

That obligation carries with it another risk.

Family members may not turn to the health department for assistance if they fear their relative may be moved into a nursing home.

“I don’t want the elderly or their families not to use our services,” she says. “That would be the worst thing that could happen for some people.”

donation from the Colter Berry Memorial Fund toward the equipment purchase.

“The rest we have in the fire equipment fund,” Hoover said.

In other business: •The city is seeking applications for one seasonal employee in the parks department and one seasonal employee in the public works department.

•A new hangar door has arrived for the main hangar at the Scott City Airport and is expected to be installed within the next couple of weeks.

Ham and bean feed Sat.

The Scott County Masons will be sponsoring their annual ham and bean feed on Sat., April 9.

A membership service award program, open to the public, will be held at 5:00 p.m., followed by the meal from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge Hall, 600 Cedar Drive, Scott City.

There will also be drawings at 7:00 p.m. for three gift certificates: •$350 gift certificate from Percival Packing.

•$100 gift certificate from Braun’s Butcher Block.

•$50 gift certificate from Heartland Foods.

Mr. SCHS Pageant is Sat.

Scott Community High School will be putting a different twist on “beauty” pageants with the Mr. SCHS Pageant on Sat., April 9, 6:30 p.m., in the high school auditorium.

A fundraiser for the forensics department, the contest will feature formal wear, casual wear, sports/activity wear, talent and a question/answer segment.

Audience members will assist in selecting the winner. The 2015 pageant winner, Sloan Baker, will be on hand for the crowning ceremony.

Admission is $3 for students and $5 for adults.

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Community Living

Page 3 - Thursday, April 7, 2016

Avoiding a food disaster when the power is gone Storm-related power outages undoubtedly bring food and food safety questions to mind.

One way to avoid these questions is to place a refrigerator and a freezer thermometer in your refrigerator and freezer, then you will know how warm your appliances got, should you have a power outage.

With an inexpensive refrigerator/freezer thermometer, consumers can eliminate the guesswork in evaluating food safety

Arts Council sponsoring ‘Freddy Fox’ The Scott County Arts Council will bring oldtime rock-and-roll to Scott City with a performance by “Freddy Fox and the Hotrods” on Sat., April 16, at The Majestic in downtown Scott City.

Dinner begins at 6:15 p.m. with the show starting at 7:00 p.m.

For reservations call 872-5738.

Tumbleweed Chorus to perform Sat. “Tumbleweed Favorites” is the theme for this year’s Tumbleweed Chorus which will be presented at the Cultural Arts Center on the campus of Colby Community College.

There will be performances on Sat., April 9, at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Some of the top male vocal groups from throughout the region will be on the program. That includes “The Saturday Evening Post Quartet” and the “Uncalled Four,” the 2015 international senior champions.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

and quality during normal use, as well as after a power outage or appliance failure. This includes a thermometer for a second refrigerator or freezer in the basement or garage.

If the temperature in a refrigerator remains at 40 degrees or colder, the food stored there will generally

be safe to eat. For optimum safety and quality, frozen food should be at zero degrees.

When you have an appliance failure or power outage, keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain low temperatures. If unopened, a refrigerator will remain safely cold for about four hours. With the door closed, a full freezer will hold its temperature for about 48 hours (halffull for 24 hours).

After four hours without power or at tempera-

Recipe favorites . . .

Chicken Pot Pie A delicious chicken pie made from scratch with carrots, peas and celery Ingredients 1 pound 1 cup 1 cup 1/2 cup 1/3 cup 1/3 cup 1/3 cup 1/2 teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon 1-3/4 cups 2/3 cup 2 (9 inch)

skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed sliced carrots frozen green peas sliced celery butter chopped onion all-purpose flour salt black pepper celery seed chicken broth milk unbaked pie crusts

Directions Preheat oven to 425 degrees In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.

In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.

Place the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Yield: One 9-inch pie

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tures above 40 degrees, discard refrigerated perishable foods such as meat, poultry, fish, soft cheeses, milk, eggs, leftovers and deli items.

When in doubt, throw it out. Never taste food to determine its safety.

Food is safe to refreeze if it still contains ice crystals or is 40 degrees or colder. Dry or block ice can help your refrigerator and freezer stay as cold as possible when the power may be out for a prolonged period of time.

Obtaining either during a ed, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of water). Next, storm can be a problem. wash the interior of the refrigerator, including After Spoilage Spoiled foods will cre- the door, accessories and gasket, with a solution of ate unpleasant odors.

The first thing to do is one quart warm water and dispose of any spoiled or two tablespoons of baking questionable food, includ- soda. Rinse with sanitizing foods that may be con- ing solution (above).

Leave the door open for taminated, for example, by drippings from thaw- about 15 minutes to allow free air circulation. If odor ing meat or poultry.

Remove shelves, crisp- remains, wipe the inside ers and ice trays. Wash of the unit with equal them thoroughly with hot parts vinegar (which prowater and detergent. Rinse vides acid that destroys with a sanitizing solution mildew) and water. (one tablespoon unscent- (See DISASTER on page 7)

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Rental housing:

We have to accept the reality of what’s affordable

The debate over what is considered “affordable” housing is one that refuses to go away. If there were an easy or inexpensive solution, it would have been solved by now.

During a community-wide vision meeting, it was once again clear that there is a difference of opinion in how this issue should be defined - let alone tackled. When it was suggested that “affordable” rent is $500-$700 per month, the response was “that’s considered low-income housing.”

It was further noted that other communities which have approached their housing shortage by building low-income rentals (which we assume is in the $500-$700 range) later regretted that decision because of the people it attracted to their community.

We aren’t quite sure what that means, quite honestly, because we are a community of low-income wage earners.

Yes, Scott County is one of the highest per-capita income counties in the state and has been for many years, but numbers can be deceiving. The fact is we have a large number of households in this community who rely on two incomes to survive.

As one individual noted, if someone is making $10 per hour that’s only $1,600 per month (and that’s before taxes). How can these people afford rent of more than $500-$700 per month? How can they even afford that?

Maybe $10 is on the low side, maybe not. Even if you push that to $15/hour that’s only about $31,000 a year. That’s hardly enough for a home in Scott City and a mountain getaway in Colorado.

One individual who had looked into construction of rental apartments in Scott City said that in order for the project to work it would require rent of at least $1,200/month. He and other business interests realized that wasn’t practical so have abandoned the idea for now.

That’s the economic reality of where we live.

More people fall into the “low-income” category in Scott County than we care to imagine. These aren’t undesirable people. These are our employees and these are people who put kids in our schools.

If we can’t understand this, then we can’t possibly begin taking a realistic approach to solving our housing needs in Scott City.

Trade with Cuba:

Moran puts partisan politics ahead of his constituents

Once you’ve ventured into the black hole known as ultraconservative politics it’s next to impossible to escape.

Just ask Sen. Jerry Moran.

For years, the Kansas Senator has been supportive of exporting Kansas agricultural products to Cuba.

In 2014, he commented, “It simply does not make sense to continue policies and regulations blocking U.S. farmers from this market only for it to be filled by our competitors.” A year later he added that, “By lifting the embargo and opening up the market for U.S. agricultural commodities, we will not only boost the U.S. economy but also help bring about reforms in the repressive Cuban government.”

So one would think the Senator would applaud President Obama’s recent visit to Cuba as another step in normalizing relations and creating a new ag trading partner. Doug Keesling, a Kansas Wheat Commissioner from Chase, certainly sees the potential benefit when he supported Obama’s initiative, saying, “We need to put politics aside.”

Of course, Sen. Moran couldn’t do that. He instantly joined the right wing chorus by calling the President’s visit to Cuba “premature.”

“I think it’s premature for the president to visit Cuba,” Moran says. “I want changes in (the Cuban government’s) behavior before the president visits.”

The U.S. embargo against Cuba has been in effect for 54 years. In a column he penned in January of 2015, Sen. Moran wrote, “if we have been trying something for more than five decades and it has yet to work, it is time to change.”

As clearly noted by Sen. Moran, our policy with Cuba hasn’t worked. Doing something different after five decades can hardly be labeled “premature.”

As for a change in Cuba’s “behavior” exactly how much longer do you suggest we wait, Sen. Moran - another 54 years?

President Obama did something different. He broke one more barrier between the U.S. and Cuba.

That doesn’t mean we should expect immediate and dramatic changes. But it’s a necessary start.

And doing so can’t help but be good news for Kansas agriculture.

It’s time to follow the advice of one of your own constituents, Sen. Moran: put politics aside and do what’s right for Kansans.

Tangled up in the abortion web Oh, what a tangled web we weave . . . when first we practice to deceive.

- Walter Scott * * * As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump is an intellectual midget.

As a candidate exposing the Republican hypocrisy on abortion, he is a genius. Too bad it was unintentional.

In the much-talkedabout interview with leftwing pundit Chris Matthews, Trump was caught in the Republican web of obfuscation surrounding abortion.

Conservative Republicans have long made it their mission in life (or so they say) to overturn Roe v Wade, thus making abortions illegal.

Naturally, the GOP presidential field has adopted that goal as well.

If that happens, Matthews asked Trump, should women be punished for getting an abortion?

Of course, any Republican candidate for any office has known for decades that threatening to punish a woman for getting an abortion is not the

path to winning support from voters. The Republican Party’s long-standing explanation behind the overturning of Roe v Wade is that only the person performing the abortion should be punished.

That excludes nurses and anyone else who assists with the procedure.

And just as importantly, (this is where Trump didn’t bother to do his homework) it makes the woman getting an abortion innocent of any crime.

The Republican Party has used that contorted logic as part of its halfhearted and somewhat convoluted attempt to ban abortions.

Half-hearted in that the Republican Party has held majorities in the U.S. Congress while also having a Republican President in the White House.

What better opportunity to ban abortions in the U.S.?

But that isn’t what

Republican lawmakers want, despite the political rhetoric. As much as some conservative Republicans claim they want to end abortion, there are far more who see value in keeping the abortion issue alive.

The voting base has obliged with its neverending gullibility.

Conservative Republicans keep electing pro-life candidates election cycle after election cycle with the same result - nothing changes.

Had they been a little brighter, one would think there is some point over the last four decades when conservative voters might have asked of their lawmakers, “You keep promising to do something about abortion. When will it happen?”

The answer, of course, is never.

What tool has been more effective in rallying the Republican base every two years than the abortion hammer? Nothing else strikes an emotional nerve like abortion - not gay marriage, nativity scenes on the courthouse

lawn, illegal immigration, Syrian refugees, Planned Parenthood, organic food, or even limitations on soft drink serving sizes.

But that’s only part of the problem.

Striking down Roe v Wade is a political rallying cry only as long as the Republican base refuses to ask, “What happens next?” That’s where Trump made his mistake because he offered a logical answer to the question of whether a woman getting an abortion should be punished. In doing so, he unwittingly exposed the Republican hypocrisy behind abortion.

When Trump said they should be, the floodgates of condemnation had been opened.

Democrats, as expected, lambasted the idea.

But so did Republicans who have carefully tried to avoid sending the antiabortion debate in this direction.

Conservative columnist Marc Thiessen argues that liberals are elated to have Trump feeding the “war on women” narrative (See TANGLED on page six)

Give ‘tax and spend’ a chance This time of year, a whole lot of Americans are feeling taxed enough already.

But the astonishing momentum of Bernie Sanders’s presidential candidacy reveals something else: Millions of taxpayers are willing to entertain the idea that some of us aren’t taxed enough. And that’s hurting the rest of us.

Sanders has propelled his race against Hillary Clinton on a platform that would ramp up government investment - in infrastructure, education, health care, research, and social services - while boosting taxes on the wealthiest Americans and big business to cover the cost.

Clinton’s own vision is less ambitious, but it’s also a far cry from “the era of big government is over” days of her hus-

Where to Write

another view by Isaiah Poole

band’s administration.

The old conservative epithet against “tax-andspend liberals” hasn’t completely lost its sting, says Jacob Hacker, a political science professor at Yale University who pushed the idea of a public option for health insurance during the Affordable Care Act debate.

But “we are moving toward the point where we can have an active discussion” about why “you need an activist government to secure prosperity.”

Hacker’s latest book, with Paul Pierson of the University of California at Berkeley, is “American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made

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America Prosper.”

Hacker and Pierson argue that it was “the strong thumb” of a largely progressive-oriented government, in tandem with “the nimble fingers of the market,” that created the broad prosperity of the post-World War II era.

Conservative ideologues and corporate leaders then severed that partnership.

Anti-government activism replaced the virtuous cycle of shared prosperity that existed into the 1970s with a new cycle that’s reached its apogee in today’s radical Republican-run Congress: Make government unworkable. Attack government as unworkable.

Win over angry voters.

Repeat.

But in today’s mad politics, growing numbers of voters seem to have gotten wise to the routine and how it’s been rigged

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against them. Some are gravitating toward Donald Trump, as Hacker puts it, out of “the need to put a strong man who you know is not with the program in Washington in charge.”

Sanders has the opposite vision. He’s looking to spark a people-powered reordering of what government can do, with the biggest wealth-holders paying the share of taxes that they did when America’s thriving middle class and thriving corporate sector were, together, the envy of the world.

That vision is embodied in the People’s Budget, a document produced by the Congressional Progressive Caucus as an alternative to the House Republican budget.

It’s based on the premise that America can break out of its slowgrowth economic malaise (See CHANCE on page seven)

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Lawmakers need lesson on financial literacy

by Patrick Lowry

Gov. Sam Brownback wants Kansans to be better prepared when it comes to managing money, credit, investments and debt.

On Monday, the governor signed a proclamation declaring April as Financial Literacy Month in Kansas. By doing so, Kansas joins a nationwide collaboration of businesses, agencies and non-profit group to expose citizens of all ages to a variety of programming.

The irony is that he’s not recommending his own staff or elected lawmakers to undergo

financial literacy training - and they likely need it the most.

Brownback’s proclamation was signed just days after the state Treasurer’s office once again announced monthly revenue projections were below target. In the past year and a half, even with two downward revisions of anticipated revenue, the state has made budget only twice.

Generally the first step on the road to financial literacy is being able to set a budget.

This means, of course, knowing what revenue is coming in something the state has not been able to do since imposing the

The amount of debt we’re piling up for a future generation of Kansans should be outlawed.

Lawmakers and the governor’s economic team keep issuing IOUs, bonds and debt-repayment plans that feature interestonly charges for years before tackling the principle.

massive tax cuts of 2012-13.

Further compounding the issue are the slowdowns in both the agricultural and oil/gas sectors.

When state government, just like a household, spends more than it takes in - problems begin compounding.

Borrowing money to pay current bills is one of the worst

decisions for a troubled state or household economy to make.

Not only do you encumber future revenue, but the dollar that isn’t used today to cover expenses will cost more than a dollar later on.

Time value of money is a key principle taught in financial literacy classes, as it dramatically affects both investments and debt. The amount of debt we’re piling up for a future generation of Kansans should be outlawed. Lawmakers and the governor’s economic team keep issuing IOUs, bonds and debtrepayment plans that feature interest-only charges for years

before tackling the principle.

Again, these moves all are to cover current operating expenses.

Too much debt, knowledgeable advisers caution, eventually starts having an effect on one’s credit rating. Ratings agencies have downgraded the state’s credit three times since 2012, and since the underlying imbalances have not been resolved, more downgrades are coming.

The steps Topeka keeps taking resemble high-interest payday loans for about-to-go-bankrupt individuals.

(See LITERACY on page seven)

Trump finds thinking is hard work

Impeachment bill subverts constitution

by Kathleen Parker

by Davis Merritt

Donald Trump is learning how hard it is to pretend to be something he’s not.

Case in point: Since deciding to run for president - and maybe before, but who knows? - Trump has insisted he is pro-life.

America learned otherwise with his recent remarks that a woman should be punished were she to have an illegal abortion. Since abortion is legal, this is a circumstance that doesn’t exist, otherwise known as a hypothetical query.

The question posed to Trump

by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews wasn’t hard even if it was irrelevant.

Abortion has been legal for 43 years and, though many Americans would be comfortable with limits, the law isn’t likely to be overturned. That is, unless a Republican president remakes the Supreme Court, which, speaking of hypotheticals, could happen.

With possibly four seats, including recently deceased Antonin Scalia’s, to fill in the next presidential term, an antiabortion president such as Trump pretends he would be, might choose pro-life justices and, voila, Roe v. Wade could conceivably be overturned.

Conceivably. Possibly. Potentially. But probably not.

This scenario was what Matthews was trying to explore with Trump, who, apparently, had never given any serious thought to how a Trump presidency might act or what the repercussions might look like. His answer betrayed a shallow consciousness. Yes, he said, there should be some punishment for a woman who has an abortion if the procedure became illegal.

And, no, he said, a man (as in the father of the unborn child) should not face any punishment.

Spoken like a true generic numbskull, not to mention an ayatollah. Note to Trump: I know it’s slow reading that brand new Bible, but please do skip ahead to the New Testament.

If Trump were truly pro-life, which he apparently isn’t, given his lack of understanding of the antiabortion movement - no one in that world talks about punishing women. Even the craziest “pro-lifer” trains his fury on doctors rather than women seeking abortions.

Giving Trump the benefit of the doubt, he may well have changed his mind about abortion.

But to go from supporting partial-birth abortion, as Trump once did, to being antiabortion would suggest a Road-toDamascus moment rather than a casual change of mind. Yet, Trump’s professed conversion seems to have all the depth of a breakfast menu change: I used

headed to $15. And in SeaTac, the airport district that passed a $15 minimum wage in a referendum, the wage is in effect now.

In New York, insurgent mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio made raising the minimum wage central to his campaign.

He and the Working Families Party joined with striking lowwage workers, labor and community groups, and city council members.

At the national level, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) joined with demonstrating contract workers. The CPC lobbied President Obama to use his executive power to raise wages for federal contract workers.

The president responded with three historic executive orders, lifting the minimum wage for contract workers to $10.10, cracking down on wage theft and other workplace violations,

In 1998, as Congress and the nation wrestled with the impeachment of President Clinton, constitutional scholar Alan Hirsch wrote: “At its best, it (impeachment) distinguishes our commitment to democracy. At its worst, it is the triumph of power politics and partisanship over democracy, and that way lies authoritarianism.”

When they return from a month long recess on April 27, Kansas conservative legislators are likely to head recklessly down that dark road. Senate Bill 439 will, in effect, rewrite the Kansas Constitution, something the Legislature has neither a legal nor a moral right to do, because the constitution reflects the direct, expressed will of the people; laws passed by legislatures reflect only the will of those legislators.

SB 439 expands by statute the constitutional definition (“treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors”) of impeachable offenses.

It specifies a dozen behaviors, including “attempting to subvert fundamental laws” and “attempting to usurp the power” of the other branches of government.

If those two phrases remind you of constant complaints by legislators about the judicial branch, particularly the Kansas Supreme Court, they should, because SB 439 is designed to destroy the concept of co-equal and independent legislative, executive and judicial branches that is so vital to everyone’s liberty.

Under it, justices would serve at the pleasure of the legislators rather than as independent adjudicators. And when that happens, we will have reached Hirsch’s “triumph of power politics and partisanship over democracy.”

That’s no exaggeration. Anytime the court declares a state statute unconstitutional, the justices could be charged with the vague “attempting to subvert fundamental laws,” and be removed from office.

When the justices order the Legislature to meet the constitutional standard of “suitable” financing of public schools, they could be charged with “attempting to usurp the power” of the Legislature to appropriate funds. The Legislature has the sole power of impeachment, and there is no appeal to anyone from its decision.

Among the many other things wrong with SB 439: ▪The Legislature, at any given moment, is acting on behalf of a transient majority of voters. But in a republic, the will of that shifting majority as expressed in legislative acts does not cancel the individual rights

(See REALITY on page six)

(See SUBVERTS on page six)

(See THINKING on page six)

Let’s adopt GOP’s national platform

by Jim Hightower

Well, I didn’t expect this!

The National Republican Party has published an official policy document showing that the GOP really might be more than a gaggle of serve-the-rich plutocrats and wacky, Trumpedup right-wingers.

Just when you thought the party was consuming itself in the know-nothingism of its presidential pretenders and the recalcitrant do-nothingism of its congress critters, out comes a sign of sanity.

In this 18-page manifesto, the party proclaims that, “Our government was created by the people for all the people, and it must serve no less a purpose.”

ALL the people! Forget pon-

tifications by Wall Street billionaires dividing America into virtuous “creators” (like themselves) and worthless “moochers” (like you and me). This document abounds with commitments to the common good.

“America does not prosper,” it proudly proclaims on page three, “unless all Americans prosper.” Wow! That’s downright democratic!

And how’s this for a complete turnaround: “Labor is the United States. The men and women, who with their minds, their hearts and hands, create the wealth that is shared in this country - they are America.”

Holy Koch brothers, share the wealth?

Yes, and how about this: “The protection of the right of

workers to organize into unions and to bargain collectively is the firm and permanent policy of the (Republican Party).”

Eat your heart out, Scott Walker, and you other laborbashing GOP governors!

The document also supports our public postal service, the United Nations, equal rights for women, expanding our national parks, “vigorous enforcement of anti-trust laws,” and raising the minimum wage.

New enlightenment in the Grand Old Party. Hallelujah!

Can all this be true? Yes - except it’s not new. This document is the Republican Party Platform . . . of 1956.

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

$15 minimum wage going from ‘extreme’ to reality What once was considered “pie in the sky” is slowly becoming law. In New York, state legislators just agreed to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour, with the full effect beginning in New York City by December 2018.

California just passed a compromise raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.

New Jersey and the District are planning to move similar laws.

After New York and California, nearly 1-in-5 (18 percent) in the U.S. workforce will be on the path to $15 an hour.

How did this reform go from being scorned as “extreme” to being enacted? Consensus politicians don’t champion it.

Pundits and chattering heads tend to ignore it. Many liberal economists deride it as too radical. The idea moved only because workers and allies organized and demanded the change.

Three years ago, fast-food workers walked off the job in what began the “fight for $15 and a union.” With the federal

behind the headlines

by Katrina vanden Heuvel

government as the largest lowwage employer, federal contract workers demonstrated repeatedly outside the Pentagon, Congress and the White House, demanding executive action under the banner of a “Good Jobs Nation.”

Progressive politicians added their voices.

In Seattle, Kshama Sawant, an engineer and economist running under the banner of Socialist Alternative party, won a seat on the city council in 2013. She made a $15 minimum wage a centerpiece of her campaign and pushed it when in office. The Service Employees International Union, one of America’s largest unions; business leaders such as Nick Hanauer; and political leaders such as Seattle Mayor Ed Murray helped build the coalition needed to get it done.

Now wages in Seattle are

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British law takes aim at cutting soda consumption Jill Richardson

As Americans prepare to meet this year’s April 18 deadline to file our taxes, there’s talk of taxes across the Pond, too.

Great Britain just passed a tax on sugary drinks. Unlike similar measures in Mexico and Berkeley, Calif., the British version may lead to soda manufacturers actually reducing the sugar in their products.

I feel ambivalent about

soda taxes. While soda contributes nothing to nutrition and plenty to diabetes, soda taxes fall hardest on the poor.

Part of me says that if a small tax can really cut soda consumption, then it’s worth it.

For instance, in Mexico - the nation with the highest rate of soda consumption in the world - a 10 percent tax on sugarsweetened beverages led to a 12 percent drop in soda sales in its first year.

. . . consumers can keep on chugging down sodas, while consuming less sugar than before.

Meanwhile, the money raised through the tax will be spent on nutritious school breakfast and sports programs. The new tax will benefit British health no matter what happens to soda consumption.

But I’d prefer finding other strategies, like removing vending machines from schools or ending junk food marketing to kids. What if sodas were no longer included with Happy Meals?

This new British version of the soda tax

Subverts Reality

appears to solve a few problems. First, the tax is levied on the soda manufacturers, not the consumers.

Second, there’s a threetier tax system. Drinks with less than five grams of sugar per 100 milliliters aren’t taxed at all.

Drinks with 5-8 grams pay about 25 cents per liter. But drinks like Coke and Pepsi with more than eight grams will pay about 35 cents.

In other words, if Coke and Pepsi could substantially cut the sugar in their drinks, they’d pay less in taxes. In fact, already one Scottish soda company has said it plans to reduce the sugar in its products.

If that’s how it pans out, consumers can keep on chugging down sodas,

while consuming less sugar than before.

Meanwhile, the money raised through the tax will be spent on nutritious school breakfast and sports programs. The new tax will benefit British health no matter what happens to soda consumption.

Will soda companies reformulate less sugary versions of popular sodas? Will British rates of diabetes decline? Will

close the gap between the wealthy and workers.”

Sanders has made $15 and a union a centerpiece of his campaign. He has urged Obama to take executive action and surely will sign the pledge.

Hillary Clinton supports raising the minimum wage to $12.50, allowing cities to go higher. Her position on the pledge is unknown.

The Republican candidates - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Donald Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich - oppose raising the minimum wage and would likely repeal Obama’s executive orders on low-wage contract workers if elected.

With inequality reaching record extremes, child-

hood poverty the worst in the industrial world and more Americans struggling simply to stay afloat, this country is desperately in need of bold reform.

Yet bold ideas are repeatedly mocked as unrealistic and blocked by entrenched interests and conservative politicians.

What the activists and low-wage workers have shown with their fight for $15 is that the changes we need will come if people organize and force them.

Many commentators deride Sanders’s call for a political revolution, but that may be the most realistic idea of them all.

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guaranteed to everyone by the constitution.

When those two concepts conflict, the only way an individual can assert individual rights is through an independent court system, which the constitution gives the sole power of declaring what the law is and how it applies.

▪Both the federal and state constitutions clearly intend for the impeachment power to be used only in the severest cases of individual wrongdoing.

SB 439 ignores the fact that a Supreme Court can act definitively only when at least four (of the seven) Kansas justices agree that a law is unconstitutional.

Does that mean we would have a mass impeachment with four or more justices removed at once?

▪What if a citizen sued the legislators for usurping the people’s exclusive power to amend the constitution? What court would hear that case and how would the newly all-powerful legislative branch respond to an adverse ruling?

The fact that some people are upset by some court rulings cannot possibly justify destroying the very basis of democracy and individual liberties.

Davis Merritt, a Wichita journalist and author, can be reached at dmerritt9@cox. net

and extending paid leave to contract employees.

Obstacles remain.

Today, 42 percent of American workers earn less than $15 an hour. And the right to a union has been trampled by relentless, and at times lawless, corporate resistance. The Republican leadership in Congress refuses even to allow a vote on raising the national minimum wage that, at $7.25 an hour, means full-time workers can’t even raise their families out of poverty.

But now Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, says that “the Fight for $15 launched by underpaid workers has changed

the nation’s economic trajectory, beginning to reverse decades of wage inequality.”

Contrary to the business lobby, an analysis by economists at the University of California at Berkeley shows that New York’s increases will not lead to job losses. The higher wages will generate billions in new consumer spending; the increased sales will offset the costs to businesses.

In Seattle, the unemployment rate reached an eight-year low after the initial increases in the minimum wage last year.

This movement continues to build. The Fight for $15 and Good Jobs Nation initiatives will ratchet up

Trump vows to sue people of Wisconsin

by Andy Borowitz

MILWAUKEE (The Borowitz Report) - In a sharply worded post-election threat on Tuesday night, the Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump said that he intended to sue the entire population of Wisconsin “for everything it’s worth.”

In his terse remarks, Trump departed from the customs of political concession speeches by failing to congratulate the evening’s winner or thank his supporters, instead sternly warning the people of Wisconsin to “lawyer up.”

“By the time my attorneys are through with you, I’m going to own your entire state, lock, stock, and barrel,” he said. “Not that I want to own it. Wisconsin is a freaking dump.”

In announcing the lawsuit, which he said he would make the state of Wisconsin pay for, Trump denied that he was being a poor loser.

“I am a fabulous loser,” he said. “I am the biggest loser in this country.”

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

Thinking to like waffles, but now I like pancakes.

The simple answer to Matthews’s question would have been to say, as smarter presidential candidates usually do: “I’m not going to entertain hypothetical questions about circumstances that don’t exist and may never exist.

But I will tell you how I came to change my mind about abortion. It truly was a life-altering experience for me, as I know it has been for so many Americans.”

their walkouts and demonstrations this month.

On Monday, an interfaith coalition of religious leaders issued a call for “moral action on the economy.”

They will press presidential candidates to pledge to “issue an executive order to make sure taxpayer dollars reward ‘model employers’ that pay a living wage of at least $15 an hour, provide decent benefits and allow workers to organize without retaliation.”

As Jim Winkler, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, summarized: “This election is fundamentally about whether the next president is willing to take transformative executive action to

Tangled which they like to apply to all conservative lawmakers.

“The objective is not punishment; it is to protect both mother and child,” says the Washington Post writer.

The March for Life, which organizes antiabortion events each January in Washington, said on Twitter: “No pro-lifer would ever want to punish a woman who has chosen abortion. This is against the very nature of what we are about.”

We don’t doubt the sincerity of pro-life conservatives who subscribe to this thinking.

Matthews wasn’t trying to promote the war on women. He was promoting the rule of law. If abortions are illegal and someone seeks an abortion, hasn’t a law been broken?

Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation magazine

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If someone purchases illegal drugs from a dealer aren’t they both guilty of a crime, or do we only prosecute the dealer?

That’s why Matthews was right to pursue the next logical line of thinking . . . what sort of punishment would be appropriate for the woman getting an abortion?

On this, Trump was more evasive. But the damage had already been done.

Following Trump’s lapse with honesty, Sen. Ted Cruz attempted to portray himself as the rational man in the presidential campaign by condemning his rival. Yet Cruz is the crazy uncle at the family dinner who says that abortions should be illegal in every possible scenario incest, rape and alien abduction.

What Trump said - contrary to so much of what Trump says - makes perfect sense. If abortion is against the law, how can the woman be innocent of a crime?

By following the argument through to its logical conclusion, Trump could have very well brought down his presidential campaign. The politics of abortion are much more treacherous to navigate than explaining how other countries will foot the bill for building walls or how we can magically transport 11 million people out of the country.

Trump and the Republican Party got tangled up in a web of honesty. It’s a place neither finds very comfortable.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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Such a response would have had the added benefits of conveying a rare sincerity from Trump and also, much to the pleasure of media-haters, of making Matthews seem like an off-base bully. But a truer answer - the prolife answer that is, in fact, part of pro-life catechism - would have gone something like this: “Chris, let me skip the hypothetical and just say that I have nothing but compassion for women who find themselves unable to welcome a child

into the world. I can only imagine how painful it must be for a woman to find herself in such a situation. This is why, as president, I would do everything in my power to help women find quality prenatal health care and other support, as well as loving homes for their babies.”

This would have so flummoxed his interviewer while pleasing his conservative constituents that Trump could have backstroked to the convention and a likely nomination.

Hypothetically speaking.

It would have humanized him and revealed a depth heretofore in hiding.

Instead, he had to backpedal from his remarks, as he has countless other times. His retake was that only doctors should be punished in a world he has promised to help fashion a conclusion he reached after half the world and most women went bat crazy.

Already unpopular beyond his base, Trump’s unfavorability rating among women has now hit

75 percent. Even among Republican women, his favorability has dropped about 25 points since last November.

One’s only conclusion: The man either can’t or won’t think before speaking. Shooting from the hip may work on reality TV, but it’s no way to run a country - or even to broker a deal, the art of which seems to have been lost on its author.

Kathleen Parker is a Pulitizer Prize winning columnist who writes on politics and culture

Literacy

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Disaster

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Finally, financial literacy calls for individuals to recognize the reality of their precarious situation - and take steps to correct it. Brownback and his ultra-conservative colleagues in the Statehouse refuse.

“This is an economic problem, not a tax policy problem,” the governor is fond of repeating.

As those in the recovery business know all too well, “denial is not just a river in Egypt.”

The governor and every legislator who voted for unsustainable tax cuts, unrealistic budgets, delayed payments, foolish borrowing and unnecessary debt creation need to be removed from office. They have proven incapable of even basic financial literacy - and regular Kansans are suffering for their elected leaders’ incompetency.

Future leaders should not be allowed to hold office until they can prove a basic grasp of financial matters.

On the other hand, perhaps it would be a good idea for citizens to take advantage of the free training offered this month. Financial literacy would enable more people to recognize the disaster that’s been created in the state’s capital.

Brownback, like-minded legislators and those who voted for them should begin their financial training at KansasMoney.gov right away.

Consider allowing the appliance to air out for several days.

Other ideas include stuffing the refrigerator and freezer with crumpled newspapers, closing the door and allowing several days for the newspaper to absorb odors. After removing the paper, clean the appliance with vinegar and water.

I have also heard that sprinkling fresh coffee grounds or baking soda in a large, shallow pan and placing it on the bottom

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shelf of the unit can be helpful in ridding appliances of odors - as can soaking a cotton swab with vanilla extract and placing it inside a freezer (then closing the door).

Leave either in place for 24 hours.

Another odor removal method is to place activated charcoal (not charcoal briquettes for grilling) or activated carbon in a shallow bowl and leave it for several days while the refrigerator is running.

The charcoal or carbon is

Chance

a $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan that would Patrick Lowry is editor of the Hays Daily News create more than three million jobs, increased spending on green energy (continued from research and developpage six) ment, and universal access to quality education from preschool through colthe money raised benefit childhood nutrition?

Let’s keep an eye on Great Britain’s soda tax once lege.

“There are two mesit goes into effect in 2018. And if it works, let’s try it sages that come out of here. the progressive budget,”

Soda

Jill Richardson is the author of “Recipe for America: Why Our Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It”

available where aquarium or plant and garden supplies are sold.

It will become saturated, but can be reactivated by heating in a 300 degree oven for one hour. Then it can go back into the refrigerator, so its owner can continue trying this approach for about 10 days.

Commercial products are available, too, but first, you should always check the appliance owner’s manual for recommendations.

If such odor removal methods are not successful, the reason may be that food juices and odors have seeped into the insulation.

Replacing that insulation will require a professional, and if such odors resist all efforts at removal, the appliance may have to be discarded.

For more information check out the K-State Extension website at www.ksu.edu/foodsafety, or call the Extension office (872-2930).

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Hacker said. One is that “we can actually increase investment if we don’t cut taxes further on the wealthy.”

The other is that “if we got tougher with the modern robber barons in the health care and finance and energy industries, we could actually achieve substantial savings without cutting necessary

spending.”

Unfortunately, the People’s Budget won’t get close to a majority vote in Congress - and that’s if it gets a vote at all in the dysfunctional Republican House.

Yet together with the debate provoked by the Sanders campaign, Hacker says, it shows that now “we have a little bit

more of an opening for the kind of conversation we should’ve had 20 or 30 years ago, when we were trashing government and abandoning all of these long-term investments that are essential to our prosperity.”

Isaiah J. Poole is the editor of OurFuture.org, the website of the Campaign for America’s Future. Visit OurFuture.org

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WKCAC “In the past four years we’ve been outreaching into other counties with other services and our conversations with law enforcement made us realize that we needed to do more to reach sexual assault victims,” Roper says.

He estimates that with a mobile service they will be able to see an additional 30 to 60 sexual assault victims annually.

“Many of these victims lack the resources to come to us. They don’t have a car. The police may not even know about these cases,” he points out.

Learning from WKCAC Realizing there was a large, unmet need in the region, Roper began searching the internet to see if there were mobile units operating in the United States and he came across the Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center website. That led to ongoing discussions between Roper, Robbins and Fyler over the past two years.

Roper’s board was instantly sold on the idea so he began the search for grant money. He was able to get a grant of nearly $300,000 which will be used to purchase two mobile vans.

The organization awarding the grant wasn’t quite so easily convinced as Roper’s board.

“They wanted to know that this actually works so they could justify that this money was going in the right direction,” Roper says. “They loved the idea, but they’d never seen a grant for anything like this in Alabama. In our area, the idea of putting a mobile unit on the road is way out of the box.”

Through conversations with Robbins and Fyler, Roper knew his groups could benefit from their experience. WKCAC had already been through the trial-and-error process.

“It made sense to piggyback on what they were doing, which is why I’m here,” he said on Wednesday afternoon.

Roper gained a lot of insight as to how to renovate a mobile unit so it can provide the necessary privacy and allow for their staff to conduct interviews and provide counseling for the victims.

“A sexual assault interview room was our top priority, but we also have another organization that does forensics interviews with children,” noted Roper. “I’ve learned a lot about having them involved in this as well.

“Dave has provided valuable advice about ret-

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rofitting the campers in order to avoid problems down the road. There are numerous things he brought to my attention I’d have had no idea about doing,” added Roper.

“This is a relationship that will go on for awhile.”

Identifying the Need The mobile units have become an essential part of making sure youngsters get the counseling and mental health services they need in WKCAC’s service area.

While the WKCAC had the first accredited mobile unit in the nation, Robbins says there was one mobile unit on the road before them. Realizing they needed to expand their reach in the region, Robbins and Fyler traveled to Flagstaff, Ariz., where they had heard of a mobile unit that was providing services to a nearby reservation.

That was in 2006 and a year later they put the first renovated mobile unit on the road in Western Kansas.

In that first year, WKCAC saw a 157 percent increase in the number of youngsters getting services in the 24-county area - climbing from between 80-90 in 2006 to about 125 in 2007.

Of the 402 children interviewed last year, 334 - or 83 percent - were interviewed on one of the CAC’s mobile units.

“You can see how valuable the mobile concept is,” Fyler says.

Add in the follow-up work by WKCAC advocates and they have more than 2,000 contacts with youngsters and their families during the year, “and that doesn’t include the mental health units,” says Robbins.

Fyler dispels the perception this is only needed in rural areas.

“The bigger cities don’t realize that 20 miles outside of their cities people aren’t getting services.

They imagine that people will drive that distance and the truth is these people aren’t getting the help they need,” he emphasizes. “You drive 20 minutes outside Kansas City and you’re in rural areas.”

WKCAC’s mobile units are in addition to four physical sites in Scott City (central office), Hays, Colby and Sublette. They employ 14 full-time staff.

Multiple Units Along with the two primary units that are used for initial interviews and counseling, the WKCAC operates three smaller vans that allow the staff to extend mental health

The Scott County Healthcare Foundation, in coordination with the Scott Community Foundation, recently presented a $50,000 check to the Scott County Commission to assist with renovation of the former Scott City Medical Clinic. It will soon be home to Compass Behavioral Health, the Scott County Health Department, Russell Child Development Center and emergency management. Foundation and healthcare board members, along with representatives of the organizaions making the move, include (front row, from left) County Commission Chairman Jim Minnix, Commissioner Gary Skibbe, Mindy Edwards, Kent Hill, Community Foundation Director Ryan Roberts, Dana Shapland, Anita Hoeme and Jim Rodenbeek. (Back row) Brinlee Griffith, Kenton Eckels, Julie Niehage, Pam Caldwell and Dr. Joshua Gooden.

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services throughout the region. One of those vans had been used to provide a combination of medical/ mental health services, but they’ve had to suspend medical services after losing their nurse. Robbins is hopeful of resuming that service and adding a sixth van for medical care.

“We have three therapy units that are on the road on a daily basis,” continues Robbins.

The benefits have been undeniable.

“Because we provide easy access by going right to a home, if necessary, we have better attendance than we find with any other programs,” Robbins points out.

Rather than having a student miss a full day of school and the parents missing work, along with the added expense of driving for an hour or two, the mobile unit creates far less disruption in their lives.

While confidentiality was a worry initially, it’s never been emerged as an issue. There is no name on the units to identify who they are.

“We’ve pulled in front of homes and families say they have nothing to hide.

They’re just glad to have someone willing to help,” Fyler says. “If they want, we’ll meet them at a local park. And the schools have been very cooperative. They are very glad to have us there.”

“Without the mobile units, I’m afraid a lot of these people wouldn’t even bother to come to one of our sites for counseling. At best, it would be hit-and-miss,” Robbins adds.

Best of all, she says, “the kids love the units.

They look forward to us showing up. We’ve even had kids tell us they don’t want us to leave.”

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SC students earn three championship awards in state broadcasting contest Whether doing hardhitting news, such as coverage of a fire that destroyed a local restaurant, or showing their creative skills with an offbeat segment, the Beaver Broadcasting Network has found an audience with its regular programming on Scott City’s local access channel (Channel 12).

Now the BBN staff is showing it can compete with the top broadcasting programs around the state after bringing several honors from the Student Broadcast Awards competition sponsored by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters.

Scott Community High School media instructor Scott Holt and six of his students returned from the KAB ceremony at Emporia earlier this week with three state championship awards and they were among the top three finishers in five other categories.

“There are no school classifications for something like this,” noted Holt. “We’re competing against the biggest schools in Kansas and most of them have been doing this for quite a few years.

“Some of their production studios are as good, or even better, than some professional production sites are using.”

Not that SCHS is working out of the technology Dark Ages.

In just three years, Holt has developed a facility that’s as good as most around the state.

“I don’t know of a school our size that has anything like what we’re doing here,” he says.

Schools of similar size who have a digital media curriculum are primarily limited to a few computers and available software.

They don’t have a green room with the advanced

Scott Community High School juniors with the first place plaques they earned in the Student Broadcast Awards competition are Kiana Yager (left) and Macy Berning.

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production capabilities that are available to SCHS students.

Interest in the program has been evident with 37 students enrolled this year.

“When this began three years ago I had no idea where it would go,” says Holt, who asked that same thing of then Supt.

Bill Wilson and Principal Shelly Turner.

“I asked them, ‘Where do you want to go with the program?’ and they told me, ‘Anywhere you want,’” recalls Holt.

And that’s just what he and his students have done.

2 State Championships Being in front of a camera has come easily for Kiana Yager who spent her early years as a professional actress and

model.

“I’ve had a lot of experience, so I guess it comes fairly natural,” says the SCHS junior.

That presence in front of the camera paid off with Yager winning state championship in the TV news anchor division and in Enterprise News Package with her story on computer coding by Scott City Elementary School students.

“One of the most important things is looking natural in front of the camera and reading copy (from a teleprompter) without making it look like you are,” says Yager.

“Part of that comes down to good memorization skills.”

The computer coding story was a challenge for Yager when it was sug-

gested by a SCES teacher.

“I had no idea what computer coding was,” she admitted with a grin.

“I had to do some research before I did the story.”

That was followed by a visit with fourth graders to determine if there was a story. The segment about how students are able to program computers for games was recognized by judges because it was both comprehensive and concise.

“At two minutes, it was just the right length,” commented one judge.

The 16-year-old wrote the script and did the film room editing for the award winning segment.

BBN-TV has also given Yager the opportunity to continue with her interest in acting - something she figured would no longer

SCHS State Award Winners SCHS award winners in the Student Broadcast Awards competition sponsored by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters.

Macy Berning: state champion in the Station Promotion Announcement category with her BBN news promo.

Kiana Yager: state champion TV news anchor.

Kiana Yager: state champion in Enterprise News Package with a report on computer coding.

Zayra Peregrino and Kiana Yager: 2nd place with a smoking PSA in the 60 Second Commercial and PSA category Garrett Osborn and Robert Rosas: 2nd place for Hard News Package on the Wendy’s fire.

Macy Berning: 2nd place in Complete Taped Newscast for a January broadcast in which she was the anchor, writer and producer.

Clarissa Ratzlaff: 3rd place for documentary on SCHS head coach Glenn O’Neil.

Kevin Duong, Kevin Herndon and Joe Evans: 3rd place for a cheating PSA in the 60 Second Commercial and PSA category.

be possible when the family moved back to Scott City.

“When I stopped acting, I didn’t think I’d ever have the opportunity to get back into that again,” she says.

Not only has BBN provided that experience, but it’s also caused Yager to rethink what she may want to do with her career following high school.

“One of the judges (See BROADCAST on page 16)

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For the Record Open records lawsuit filed against Brownback The Scott County Record

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Kansas City immigration attorney Rekha SharmaCrawford has dozens of questions regarding Gov. Sam Brownback’s executive orders concerning refugee resettlement in Kansas and a total of zero answers from the administration.

“Agencies are not allowed to provide services if they believe a refu-

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gee would be a substantial risk to the health and safety of the state of Kansas,” Sharma-Crawford said quoting Executive Orders 15-07 and 16-01. “Well, what does that mean?

How are you making that determination? Is it based on the way they look?

Is it based on what they say? Is it based on a foreign accent? What does it mean?”

USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., April 11 • 7:00 p.m.

Administration Building • 704 College •Presentations 1) Sally Cauble, area representative to the Kansas Board of Education •Comments from public •Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) Board representative reports 2) Administrative reports 3) Additional •Financials 1) Treasurer’s report 2) Bills payable •Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes 2) Approve credit recovery program 3) Approval of summer weights program •Consider items pulled from consent agenda New business 1) Consider concession/bathroom building bids at SCHS football complex 2) Discussion of facility study report •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel •Resignations/hires •Executive session 1) Negotiations •Additions, if any •Adjournment

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department March 29: Mario Escalona-Hernandez, driving a 2007 GMC, was backing out of a driveway when he struck a northbound 2002 Chevrolet driven by Martin Frias in the 500 block of South Myrtle Street.

March 30: Robin Vsetecka, 53, was arrested on a warrant from another county and transported to the LEC. March 31: Bradley Hernandez, 25, was arrested on a Scott County warrant.

April 1: Troy Warta, 23, was arrested for probation violation.

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 7, 2016)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: Landmark Resources, Inc.: Application for New Pool Determination (ACO16) in the Wesseler 1-28 in Scott County, Kansas.

TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whosoever concerned.

You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Landmark Resources, Inc. has filed an application for New Pool Determination for the Wesseler 1-28, located 1482’ from the south line and 2020’ from the east line of SE/4 Sec. 28-T16S-34W

in Scott County, Kansas.

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

These protests shall be filled pursuant to Commission regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights, or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas.

All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly.

Landmark Resources, Inc. 1616 S. Voss Road, #600 Houston, TX 77057

Back in January, the National Immigration Law Center began asking for answers to those questions. Brownback’s team had three days to respond, but according to SharmaCrawford, it hasn’t provided any meaningful answers. That’s why the attorneys filed a lawsuit against the Kansas governor earlier this week.

“As a public official,

you have passed this executive order that, on its face, appears to be discriminatory, and if we allow something like this to stand without thought, without consideration, that is of great concern,” said Sharma-Crawford.

At the heart of this lawsuit is not the constitutionality of the executive orders but rather the fact that the plaintiffs

allege their requests under Kansas Open Records Act have gone unanswered.

That’s something the chief counsel for Brownback said simply isn’t true.

“The lawsuit is meritless,” said Brant Laue.

“The lawsuit is based on an improper interpretation of the Open Records Act .

The lawsuit is premature because we have not even responded entirely to their

request yet and the underlying argument that the state of Kansas is engaging in unconstitutional activity is wrong. We are only identifying potential threats to the safety and security of Kansas and protecting Kansas from terrorism.”

Laue went on to explain that agencies, like the Kansas Refugee Program, (See LAWSUIT on page 11)

Always make cybersecurity a priority

The use of the Internet has revolutionized our daily lives. We keep informed, keep entertained, do research, buy goods and services (including insurance), do other financial transactions, and even play games.

However, such widespread use of personal information and communication should come with an increased awareness that our personal lives and data can be viewed by unscrupulous computer hackers.

At the Kansas Insurance Department, we routinely go through cybersecurity

commissioner’s corner Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer

checks to make sure that any insurance information of our Kansas citizens and insurance companies who serve them is as secure as it can be.

While we use some sophisticated procedures to make sure that information is safe, you as an internet individual consumer can take some common sense action to make sure your personal data is secure.

Following are sev-

eral considerations about Internet safety that we encourage you to follow.

•Use common sense.

Posting personal information on public sites could be an invitation for criminals to steal information and pose as you.

Make sure you use privacy settings to keep your information private.

•When entering an address for a website, be sure to spell it correctly.

Even typing in one incorrect letter could lead to a site that, while appearing legitimate, is an illegal data mining portal.

•Be wary of websites and emails that look to

recruit others, receive money or advance payments. The old saying that “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is” is useful to repeat after reading these types of offers.

•Don’t open unknown attachments or click on unknown links.

•Look for website addresses that begin with https://. The “s” stands for “secure.” Also, there should be a padlock symbol in the browser window when you attempt to login. If you do not see those, do not enter any personal information into that site.

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Kansas economy tumbles to 46th in the nation Factors include personal income, job growth The Kansas economy ranks 46th in the nation among all states and the District of Columbia, according to a March report.

State Policy Reports, a Washington, D.C.-based publication that tracks state policies, ranked Kansas near the bottom of the nation in its Index of State Economic Momentum, which rates

states based on personal income growth, employment growth and population growth.

Kansas was one spot above neighboring Oklahoma, which was ranked 47th, and a few spots below Nebraska, which was ranked 42nd.

Utah was ranked first, according the report, followed by California.

The only state bordering Kansas that wasn’t in the bottom half of the rankings was Colorado, which ranked ninth, according to the report.

Missouri was ranked 36th.

The report said that states that rely on natural resources have lagged and that agricultural states have “struggled due to declining global prices for agricultural commodities.” That helps explain the low rankings of Kansas and its neighbors.

State Policy Reports noted that Michigan, which ranks 18th, is the only state in the Midwest to surpass the national average.

Gov. Sam Brownback blamed dropping oil and agriculture prices last

Public Notice

County Commission March 15, 2016 Scott County Commissioners met in a regular meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioner Gary Skibbe; and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky. Member Jerry Buxton was absent.

The following tax additions and abatements were approved: Added Norse Electric LLC $172.94 Added Norse Electric LLC $169.90 Added Norse Electric LLC $159.50 Added Norse Electric LLC $83.82 Added Norse Electric LLC $82.22 Added Norse Electric LLC $77.26 Added Charles Nightengale $498.06 Added Charles Nightengale $153.64 Abatement Travis Jefferson Fulton $57.04 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $3,480.06 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $3.40 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $3,235.64 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $21,515.90 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $227,983.06 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $196.28 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $23,389.26 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $788.10 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $9,044.30 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $117.50 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $.13 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $190.38 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $727.02 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $7,701.64 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $6.68 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $790.20 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $26.70 Abatement Tallgrass Interstate Gas $305.50 •Andrea Tucker discussed office space that would become available when the health department moves from its current location on Main Street. She would be interested in renting office space. Commissioners said they are not interested in renting space but selling the vacated building.

Lila Sager informed the commission that she would like to file a complaint about Scott County Health Department administrator Dana Shapland. Sager stated that after her mother had fallen and had been admitted to the hospital that Shapland would no longer supply homemaker services unless she had 24-hour care when she returned home. Commissioner Minnix requested that Dana Shapland joined the meeting.

Shapland joined the meeting and discussed with Sager and commissioners that the patient in question needed to have 24-hour care and if that was not done the health department would not supply housekeeping aid because of liability.

Commissioner Skibbe said a resolution to the controversy would be for Sager’s mother to receive 24-hour care upon returning home. Sager voiced her opinion on rather she even wanted the services after the incident.

She wanted a couple of days to think about it.

•Commissioners discussed office furnishings for the Extension office when it relocates to the current Compass Behavioral Health building. The county approved $5,000 for furnishings.

•Commissioners approved a Zella Carpenter Fund check in the amount of $5,316 for February special assistance to Park Lane Nursing Home.

•Public Works Director Richard Cramer gave an update on the recycling center. It is open and accepting recycling goods. The compactor was close to being at its full capacity and would need to be hauled.

•The following road permits were approved: Fritzler Trucking: gas line to cross Union Road. S15, T18, R31 and S16, T18, R31.

Sunflower Telephone: fiber optic cable to interconnect with existing fiber optic route Road 140. S23, T18S, R33W and S24, T18S, R33W. Wheatland Electric: underground bore across Road 270. S16, T16. R34 and S21, T16, R34.

•The water well at the road department is completed.

Cost of the project for drilling the well was $93,198.85 to be paid out of the public building fund.

•Cramer discussed talking with the city mayor about the engineer expense for the drainage on Kansas Road.

The mayor will address the city council.

•There was discussion about the tax lid that has been passed at the state level and the impact it could have on the road department.

month for causing the state’s revenue shortfall. Eileen Hawley, Brownback’s spokeswoman, said the report “confirms Governor Brownback’s stated concerns about the national and regional economic headwinds Kansas is facing when it comes to what the report describes as Midwestern states ‘lagging’ the rest of the country due to energy and agriculture.

“This is why we support a pro-growth tax policy,” Hawley added.

(First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 7, 2016; last published Thurs., April 21, 2016)3t NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION To the County Election Officer of Scott County, Kansas: A Primary Election will be held August 2, 2016. Candidates for the following offices will be nominated by each political party which has qualified to participate in the Primary Election.

One candidate for United States Senate One candidate for United States House of Representatives, 1st District One candidate for State Senate, 33rd District One candidate for State Representative, 118th District One candidate for County Commissioner, 2nd District One candidate for County Commissioner, 3rd District One candidate for County Clerk One candidate for County Treasurer One candidate for County Register of Deeds One candidate for County Appraiser One candidate for County Sheriff One candidate for Township Trustee, Isbel Township One candidate for Township Treasurer, Isbel Township One candidate for Township Trustee, Lake Township One candidate for Township Treasurer, Lake Township One candidate for Township Trustee, Valley Township One candidate for Township Treasurer, Valley Township The following officers will be elected in each political party which has qualified to participate in the Primary Election: One Precinct Committeeman in each of the following precincts: Beaver Township, Isbel Township, Keystone Township, Lake Township, Michigan Township, Scott Township, Valley Township, Scott City Ward One, Scott City Ward Two, Scott City Ward Three, Scott City Ward Four.

One Precinct Committeewoman in each of the following precincts: Beaver Township, Isbel Township, Keystone Township, Lake Township, Michigan Township, Scott Township, Valley Township, Scott City Ward One, Scott City Ward Two, Scott City Ward Three, Scott City Ward Four.

As per K.S.A. 25-204 candidates may declare their intention to seek office by filing the proper paperwork before noon on Wed., June 1, 2016.

I TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed my official seal. Done at the City of Topeka this 31st day of March, A.D. 2016.

Seal Kris W. Kobach Secretary of State

However, Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley (D-Topeka) said the report proves the folly of Brownback’s tax policies.

“It refutes everything we’ve been told, the spin that Sam Brownback’s given us, that we have an economic boom here in the state,” Hensley said, recalling that Brownback promised that income tax cuts would be a “shot of adrenaline” into the Kansas economy.

Kansas saw a 1.9 percent improvement in personal income in 2015,

44th in the nation, compared to a national growth rate of 4 percent, according to the report.

Both Kansas and Oklahoma saw a 0.4 percent drop in jobs between February 2015 and February 2016. Only four states fared worse during the same period, which saw the nation grow jobs by a rate of 1.8 percent.

Kansas also saw limited population growth in 2015, according to the report, growing by a rate of 0.31 percent, which was 32nd in the nation and one spot below Missouri.

Lawsuit the Refugee Resettlement Program and the Refugee Social Service Program, are barred from assisting refugees it believes could be terrorists from nations already on the federal government’s list of nations with state-sponsored terrorism.

The Brownback administration has 21 days to

Priority •Back up your data regularly, and use anti-virus software that is current.

•Look carefully at the entries from any browser search. Make sure that you get exactly what your search indicates.

Banking, shopping for insurance or shopping for other goods and services should be done on a device that belongs to you. The information you type on a public computer; by using free Wi-Fi access; or by

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respond to this lawsuit.

Then a variety of things can happen. They can still comply with the request by providing documentation that explains how they are implementing that executive order.

If that doesn’t happen, the lawsuit will go to a judge who will determine what happens next.

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using a friend’s computer or mobile device, could be stolen.

Visit the security and privacy settings or the “help” area of your browser website to check your ability to manage your settings.

Remember to log out of a secure website after you have completed your transaction. Just closing the browser might not log you out.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 7, 2016; last published Thurs., April 21, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NAME CHANGE OF HUDSON WAYNE ZELLER, by and through his mother and next friend, CHRISTINE ZELLER Case No. 16CV NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS TO: TYLER ZELLER, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition for Name Change has been filed in

the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, praying that a name change be granted to Hudson Wayne Zeller and you are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or before 6th day of June, 2016, in the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, said date being not less than 41 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice of Suit.

If you fail to plead, judgment will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Lara Blake Bors, #20261 Bors Law, P.A. 118 West Pine Garden City, Kansas 67846 Tele: (620) 276-2800 Fax: (620) 276-2804 Lara.BorsLaw@gmail.com Attorney for the Petitioner

Pastime at Park Lane Park Lane did not have very many activities last week due to illness.

The Gospel Fellowship Church led Sunday afternoon services.

A few Ladies decorated hats on Tuesday afternoon.

Several played cards and dominoes on Friday afternoon.

Pat Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler, Amanda Dearden; Jeff, Brenda and Elizabeth Buehler; Larry and Susie Buehler, Kathleen Moore and Lowell Rudolph.

Arlene Beaton was visited by Ann Beaton, Lindsay and Justin Singley, Margie Stevens, Makayla Amerine and John and Colleen Beaton.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Faye Summerville.

Yvonne Spangler was visited by Yvette Mills, Mary Ann Spangler and Mona Spangler.

Albert Dean was visited by Carol Davey, Kent Geist, Lynn and Jeannie Dean, Patsi Graham, Keith and Jean Burgess, Louise Crist and Margie Stevens.

Verna Willman was visited by Nancy Hohnson, Bossier City, La.; Melissa Garrett, Stonewall, La.; and Carter and Kylee Garrett, Stonewall, La. Corrine Dean was visited by Aaron and Mandy Kropp, Damian Ortiz and Dianna Howard.

Doris Riner was visited

by Trudy Eikenberry.

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Marvin and Vicki Wright, Jon and Anne Crane, Donna Gaschler and Mark Fouquet.

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Libbie Joles, Jimalene Haddon, and Nathella, Calvin, Jett and Brec Humburg.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Bille Huseman, El Dorado Springs, Mo., Gloria O’Bleness, and Larry LaPlant.

Carol McKinney was visited by Connie Gruver and Tava See. Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright, Larry and Philene Pickett, and Chris Pickett.

LaVera King was visited by Gloria Gough, Velda Riddiough; Don and Shirley Rogers, Valley Center; Shellie and Kalacia Carter, Shanna Wells, Carol Latham, Danea Wasinger, Milt and Velda Riddiough, Marsha Holloway, Toni Wessel, and Randy and Harrison King.

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Cloide Boyd was visited by Sharon Strecker, Dick and Jackie Boyd, Junior and Chasen, and Karla Glunz.

Visitors of Lowell Rudolph were Kathleen Moore, LuAnn Buehler, Tom Moore, and Rev. Don Martin.

Kathy Roberts was visited by Aaron and Mandy Kropp, Damian Ortiz and Gary Roberts.

Nella Funk was visited by Mandy and Aaron Kropp.

Edith Donecker was visited by Sue, Eric and Lisa A.; Debbie, Jess and Jera Drohman; Charlotte Frank, and Nicole, Kallyn and Keller Turner.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk and Janet Ottaway, Hays, and Tava See.

Deaths

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Tracy Hess, Jacque and Tawni Griffey, Gary Jr. and Eve Turley, Rex Turley; LaCinda Griffin, Loveland, Colo.; Paige Eggleston, Kevin Lozano and Jaime DeLaRocha.

Jeanie Rowton was visited by Becky Rowton, Beau Harkness, Marilyn Waters, Phil and Susan Escareno, Darci Berry, Kathy Roberts, Pam Turner, Samantha Heili, Margie Stevens, Izaac Rowton, Chuck Rowton, Arlene Beaton, D’Ann Markel and Arlene Cauthon.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton, Delinda Dunagan and Linda Dunagan.

Darlene Richman was visited by Lynn B., D’Ann Markel and Madison Braun.

Thelma Branine was visited by Stephanie and Hadley Harms; Kendall, Sherri and Hunter Smith; Shellie James, Justina Harms and Danean Metheney.

Louise Crist was visited by Lynn and Jeannie Dean, Don and Tara Williams, Jean Burgess, Sharis Ballard, Donna Samples and Jo Weatherbie.

Boots Haxton enjoyed a carry-in Easter dinner brought by Rod and Kathy Haxton. Her other visitors were a niece, Edith Clark, and Naomi Crossley, both of Oakley.

Mike Leach and James Still were visited by Rev. Don Martin and Linda Dunagan.

Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu

Alita L. Wells Barrows

W. Marvin Daniels

Alita L. Wells Barrows, 76, died April 1, 2016, at Trego Manor, WaKeeney.

She was born May 10, 1939, in Scott City, the daughter of William H. and Alice (Flaiz) Wells.

She was a graduate of Scott County Community High School and attended Fort Hays State University.

She married Rodney T. Barrows on Sept. 2, 1961, in Scott City. They were married for 52 years until Rod’s death.

Alita served as a Sunday school teacher, Cub Scout leader and 4-H community leader. In addition, she was a member of the PEO, Extension Homemaker Unit, Bridge Club and served as an officer for the Ness County Old Settlers Reunion.

Alita retired after 27 years from the Ness County Hospital where she worked in the business office.

Survivors include her two sons, R. Scott “Bronc”

W. Marvin Daniels, 99, died April 2, 2016, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

He was born on Nov. 18, 1916, in Scott County, the son of William Henry and Ida Jane (Binns) Daniels. A lifetime resident of Scott City, he was a farmer and rancher.

He was a US Army veteran of World War II, earning the rank of staff sergeant. Marvin was also a member of the American Legion and Farm Bureau.

On Aug. 1, 1942, he married Ruth Irma Klitzke in Rolla, Mo. She survives.

Other survivors include: two daughters, Dea

Barrows, WaKeeney, and R. Todd Barrows and wife, Janet, Manhattan; two sisters, Willma Baker, Scott City, and Charlotte Holmes, San Diego, Calif.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Malvin Wells, Willard Wells, Howard Wells and Edd Wells; and a sister, Maggie Conine.

Funeral service was April 5 at the United Methodist Church, Ness City, with burial in the Ness City Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to United Methodist Church, Ness City, or Ness County Healthcare Foundation in care of Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Box 96, Ness City, Ks., 67560.

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

Florence M. Butt Florence M. Butt, 102, died April 4, 2016, at her home in Wichita.

She was born on Sept.

9, 1913, in Saline County, Nebr., the daughter of Pat and Mary Rebecca (Mead) Ridpath. In 1951, she moved to Friend, Ks., from Saline County and then to Scott City in 1953.

She was a food supervisor for USD No. 466, retiring in July of 1983.

Florence loved to cook and quilt. She made hundreds of quilts for family members who graduated from high school, got married or had a baby.

Most of her family members also have crocheted afghans and doilies made

by Florence.

She attended the First Christian Church, Scott City, and was a member of the VFW Auxiliary.

On Sept. 26, 1931, she married George Kenneth Butt in Bird City. He died on July 30, 1979, in Scott City.

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Survivors include a son, Kenneth Butt, Minneola; three daughters, Marilyn Speer, Modoc, Karen Huskamp, Wichita, and Kaye Gruver, Wichita; a brother, Maurice Ridpath, Hingham, Mass.; two sisters, Dorothy Weller, Earlham, Ia., and Lucille Lampi, Bremerton, Wash.; 18 grandchildren, 33 greatgrandchildren and 30 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother and three grandchildren.

Funeral service will be Fri., April 8, 10:30 a.m., at the First Christian Church, Scott City, with Rev. Scott Wagner officiating. Interment will be at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials, in lieu of flowers, are suggested to Gentiva Hospice, Wichita, or the First Christian Church in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 South Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Daniels Kerr, and husband, Jerry, Winnebago, Mo., and Gaye Fleming, and husband, Tom, Olathe; two grandsons and two great-grandsons.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Raymond.

Graveside service was held at the Scott County Cemetery on April 6 with Pastor John Tuttle officiating. Interment was in the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Scott County VIP Center or Prairie View Church of the Brethren in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 South Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Emma N. Nelson Emma N. Nelson, 77, of Oakley, died April 1, 2016, at the Logan County Hospital, Oakley.

She was born October 16, 1938, in Oakley, to Alvin and Julia (Bogart) Richardson.

Emma married Donald L. Nelson on July 15, 1956. They lived on a farm in Page City until January, 1970, when they moved to Oakley.

She loved flowers, gardening, her stuffed animals and wind chimes, which she collected and filled her home with.

Emma worked at the school cafeteria and Logan County Hospital until Don needed her at home.

She also enjoyed working in the community, helping people with laundry, housecleaning, yard work and she was a caregiver for several people.

She was always ready to help someone in need.

Emma loved her children and brought them up to be firm in their faith. She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. Emma also served as a Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader and was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Craft Club and Card Club.

She was always friendly and would talk to anyone who would listen.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Don; son, Douglas; two sisters and three brothers.

Emma is survived by her children, Sherrol Hamilton, Oakley, Gaylene (Philip) Basa, Brockton, Mass., and Kevin Nelson, Oakley; grandchildren, Brandon Basa, Brockton, Mass., Carlos Basa, Brockton, Mass., Cameron Nelson, Hoxie, Ks., and Kalli Nelson, Goodland, Ks.; a brother, Albert Richardson, Holton, Ks., sisters-in-law, Nelda Dinning, Northglenn, Colo., Geraldine Richardson, Colby, Ks., and Darlene Agan, Oberlin, Ks.; and brother-in-law, Gene Meadows, Crestview, Fla. Funeral service was Tues., April 5, at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center, Oakley. Burial was in the Oakley City Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Oakley VFW Ladies Auxiliary or the United Christian Church, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, Box 204, Oakley, Ks. 67748.

Online condolences can be sent to www.baalmannmortuary.com.

Week of April 11-15 Monday: Chicken parmesan with marinara sauce, spaghetti noodles, tossed salad, whole wheat roll, peaches.

Tuesday: Baked ham, sweet potato casserole, corn, whole wheat roll, ambrosia.

Wednesday: Tuna salad sandwich, pea layer salad, pineapple tidbits, brownie.

Thursday: Roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans with bacon, whole wheat roll, tropical fruit mix.

Friday: Chef’s salad, confetti cottage cheese, breadsticks, rosy applesauce. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501

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Kansas disability advocates seek support of federal bill Kansans with disabilities dug in for a long fight to change how Medicaid and private insurers cover long-term care.

Advocates for Kansans with disabilities delivered letters this week to the Topeka office of U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts asking him to co-sponsor Senate Bill 2427, called the Disability Integration Act. Mike Oxford, director of the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, said the bill would classify home and communitybased services as a right for people who are elderly or have disabilities.

Under current federal law, Medicaid includes a right to care in a nursing facility, but states can

decide if they want to offer home services as an alternative and can restrict what services they offer, how much they pay and the number of hours, he said.

The bill also would apply to publicly owned facilities, such as countyowned nursing homes, and long-term care insurance policies sold on the private market.

“Right now if you say Medicaid, all Congress wants to talk about is how to cut it,” Oxford said. “This is not just a Medicaid bill, it’s a civil rights bill.”

No one from the offices of Roberts or Sen. Jerry Moran responded to questions about their stance on

You can help . . .

Donations being accepted at First National Bank, Security State Bank and Western State Bank in Scott City to assist the family of Todd MacDonnell with medical and funeral expenses.

the bill.

Oxford said he doesn’t expect the bill to get through this session of the U.S. Senate, but its sponsor, Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, plans to reintroduce it next year.

Kathy Lobb, legislative liaison for the Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas, said many Kansans who have a disability or are elderly don’t have the resources to help them remain in their communities. She receives some assistance through a program that allows her to remain eligible for Medicaid services while earning more income than typically is allowed.

The issue is personal,

Lobb said, because she knows what it’s like to live in an institution. She said she went to a high school for disabled youth in Nebraska that functioned like an institution and didn’t have some basic freedoms until she graduated.

“We weren’t able to go out in the community,” she said. “We couldn’t choose when to eat or when to sleep.”

Linda Naugle said she was writing to Roberts because offering community-based services could have helped her mother, who had to go to a nursing home because four hours a day of home care wasn’t enough to meet her medical needs.

“She never wanted to leave her home,” Naugle said. “She said, ‘I don’t care if I just lay on my couch and die, I don’t want a nursing home.’”

Most people will have medical needs or a disability for at least a short time at the end of their lives, Oxford said, so finding ways to serve more people in the setting of their choice will be increasingly important as the population ages.

“In another 15, 20 years, there won’t be a family in America that isn’t going through this because of the aging of the baby boomers,” he said.

Other provisions of the bill would:

•Require states to plan for an adequate supply of affordable, accessible housing.

•Prohibit waiting lists for home and communitybased services.

•Prohibit cost caps or service limitations.

•End the practice of offering different services based on type of disability.

•Increase the federal Medicaid match for home and community-based programs.

•Require states to pay “adequate” reimbursement rates for home services. The average hourly wage for home care workers nationwide is about $9.60.

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It is Not Over We treat many of our celebrations as if, after the big push to get to that day and all of the activities of that day are complete, we are done with it until next year.

They call it the Day After Letdown and its over.

Let me explain something about the celebration of Easter. It is NEVER over and we should celebrate it EVERY DAY. So when you are reading this understand that Jesus is alive today and at the right hand of God interceding for you right now. The glory of the resurrection and the salvation offered to us is as exciting today as Easter Sunday was.

In the movie “Risen” when Philip was asked about why it made any difference, his response was, “This changes EVERYTHING” and it does. The eyewitness account of the resurrection on Jesus assures us of the accuracy of the scriptures and that we have been given a hope and assurance of being with Him in glory.

The work on the cross was, and is, a finished work - a perfect salvation for those in Christ. John wrote in his first letter, “He who has the Son has the life; he who

does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.”

We celebrate Easter with an excitement that cannot be matched by anything that goes on in this world. In Jesus Christ and the faith given by God as a believer your name is written in the Lambs book of Life and you will be raised up with Him and will be with Him in Glory.

Your salvation in secured by a perfect work and you have been given a promise that cannot be broken and that is Life everlasting in Christ our Lord. There is a glorious day coming when all things will be made new and there will be no more sorrow, pain, sickness, or tears and we will see Jesus face to face.

What a Day that will be and our excitement for EASTER everyday should be the celebration of celebrations without end or letdown.

He is alive. Rejoice.

Pastor Steve Payne, associate pastor First Christian Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m.

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m.

Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m.

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Pence Community Church

Community Christian Church

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

Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church

1st United Methodist Church

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 John Lewis, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services, 9:00 a.m. • Fellowship, 10:15 a.m. • Sun. School, 11:00 a.m.

All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

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

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

701 Main - Scott City - 872-2937 Scotty Wagner, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday is Family Night Meal: 5:45 p.m. • Study: 6:15 p.m.

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City

9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 Bishop Irvin Yeager • 620-397-2732 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

Relief Society and Priesthood, 11:20 a.m.

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

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

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Registry to link Medicaid patients with workers Will assist in finding qualified, reliable care staff Megan Hart Kansas Health Institute

A statewide registry is in the works to make it easier for Medicaid patients to find qualified,

reliable personal care workers.

That’s good news for Bill Stovall of Topeka and others like him who help direct care for their family members.

Stovall has a long list of complaints against personal care workers who have cared for his sister

We’re hoping that families are going to more readily find the workers they need to help them continue living in the community. If they can’t find the people, that can be a barrier to them living independently.

Gina Ervay, chair Kansas Lifespan Respite Coalition

in recent years, including punctuality problems and a lack of training.

Stovall has directed care services under

Medicaid for his sister Carol Miller, 58, for about 10 years. Miller has needed 24-hour care since she had a brain hemorrhage in

Blue Cross to end prior authorization on mental health Bryan Thompson Kansas Health Institute

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas won’t require customers who need mental health services to get prior authorization for treatment.

But BC/BS can recoup payments from providers if their treatment is significantly different from that of their peers.

Mary Beth Chambers, spokeswoman for BC/BS, said the change brings the insurer’s mental health policies in line with its policies for other types of medical care and with

Part of the concern is that New Directions will compare people with the same diagnosis but won’t take into account differences in the extent of their needs. One person with depression might feel better in four sessions, while another might need as much as a year to recover.

Sky Westerlund, executive director Kansas chapter, National Assn. of Social Workers

mental health parity laws.

Eliminating prior authorization also will reduce paperwork for providers.

BC/BS of Kansas contracts with New Directions Behavioral Health to administer its mental health and substance abuse benefits, and New Directions will analyze “practice patterns” to determine how mental

health providers generally treat a given diagnosis, Chambers said.

If they find outliers, they then will ask for documentation to show the treatment was medically necessary.

“Maybe the documentation they’ll provide shows there’s medical necessity … and maybe it won’t,” says Chambers.

Chambers wasn’t sure how much variation would be significant enough for a practice to be considered an outlier, but the emphasis will be on educating providers in the early stages. Eventually, however, BC/BS could recoup payments from providers if care isn’t determined to be medically necessary, she said.

“We want to make sure people are receiving all of the services that are medically necessary while holding down costs,” she said. “If we overpay . . . that just adds to the cost of (See MENTAL on page 15)

Medical marijuana advocates looking beyond the legislature Andy Marso Kansas Health Institute

The chairs and sleeping bags on the north steps of the Kansas Statehouse were empty last Wednesday morning.

Raymond Schwab, who has been camping there for weeks in protest of the state removing his children from his custody, had temporarily moved to the opposite side of the Capitol for a rally with other marijuana legalization advocates.

Schwab claims the state removed his children because he uses marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in the U.S. Navy.

Likewise, Garden City mother Shona Banda has filed a suit against the state asserting her constitutional right to use medical marijuana.

While advocates in more than 30 other states have been successful in getting some level of medical marijuana legal-

Former gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Winn spoke at a rally of medical marijuana advocates on the south side of the Kansas Capitol.

ized by lobbying their state representatives, the issue remains almost a non-starter in the Kansas Legislature.

Now Kansans like Schwab and Banda instead are looking to social media pressure, civil disobedience and the court system.

When asked at the rally why more advocates like her seem to be giving up on the legislative process,

former gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Winn was succinct - and loud.

“It doesn’t work,” Winn said, drawing nods of agreement from the crowd of several dozen people.

Winn has made herself a leader in Kansas’ marijuana decriminalization movement following a surprisingly strong showing against Brownback in the 2014 Republican pri-

mary.

DCF disputes Schwab’s version of what led to his children’s removal, saying it does not remove children solely because of marijuana use. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Schwab and his wife have had other run-ins with law enforcement.

Meanwhile, there’s a growing split between (See MARIJUANA on page 15)

Spring has

August 2013, he said, and he has struggled to find people who are willing and able to provide the level of care she needs.

For example, some haven’t arrived on time to relieve the person caring for Miller on the previous shift, and one came with alcohol on her breath,

Stovall said. Another care worker apparently didn’t know much about wheelchairs and called him to ask how fast his sister’s non-motorized chair could go, he said.

“I said, ‘It goes as fast as you want to push it,’” he said.

(See REGISTRY on page 15)

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Registry Several Kansas nonprofits are working on the central registry for personal care workers. The Kansas Lifespan Respite Coalition and Rewarding Work, a nonprofit based in Massachusetts, hope the website will go live within a year, said Gina Ervay, chair of the Kansas Lifespan Respite Coalition.

Rewarding Work operates similar registries in seven states. People who are looking for work or Medicaid patients who need to hire a personal care worker can create profiles and search for matches.

The system will send regular reminders to workers on the registry to update their information.

A Working Relationship According to the Kansas Department of Labor, about 18,190 people were employed in 2014 as personal care workers who care for the elderly and people with disabilities in Kansas.

Their median annual wages ranged from a high of $23,068 in Atchison County to a low of $17,711 in Labette County - meaning median hourly wages would range from about $8.50 to $11 if the person works full-time.

Marijuana Oil Measure The only medical marijuana measure to gain approval in either chamber of the Kansas Legislature remains in limbo while legislators are on break before the veto session, which begins April 27.

Legislators from House and Senate health committees have differences on a number of areas within two bills. One, which passed the House, would legalize only lowTHC marijuana oil and only for treating seizure disorders. Another, which has passed a Senate committee, would allow the

Mike Oxford, director of the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, said the average hourly wage statewide for personal care services under Medicaid is $9.60, which makes it difficult to find people willing to do the work.

“We’re asking people to do some pretty icky things for about the same amount as delivering pizzas,” he said.

Groups like the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center have lists of people who report they are interested in providing home care services, but the groups don’t have the resources to regularly update them, Oxford said. The result is that a Medicaid patient

may have to call quite a few numbers before finding someone who still is available and interested in doing the work.

The statewide registry will better match workers and patients based on services offered, training the employee has or even whether they smoke or have similar interests, Oxford said.

Assessed for Services Medicaid, which in Kansas is a privatized program known as KanCare, pays for home and community-based services through various waiver programs that serve people with specific types of disabilities.

The three managed care organizations that admin-

ister KanCare spent a combined $188 million on home and communitybased services in 2013, but their reports don’t specify how much of that spending goes toward personal care services.

For Kansans with disabilities who might need personal care services, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services first assesses their needs, then the Kansas Department of Health and Environment determines if they meet income qualifications, KDADS spokeswoman Angela de Rocha said.

The MCO then assigns a caseworker to work on a plan spelling out what services the patient is eligible for and how many

hours a month he or she will receive.

The patient can choose to have a local home health agency make the arrangements or can self-direct care, de Rocha said. When a patient self-directs, the person receiving the services or his or her representative decides whom to hire and is responsible for making sure the worker performs the right tasks within the authorized hours, she said.

“We’re hoping that families are going to more readily find the workers they need to help them continue living in the community,” Ervay said.

“If they can’t find the people, that can be a barrier to them living independently.”

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provided.

Sky Westerlund, executive director of the Kansas chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, said the principle behind reviewing coverage to determine if it is medically necessary is fine, but it could prevent people from getting needed care.

“The problem that occurs in mental health is it’s (medical necessity) basically used as a tool

Marijuana advocates like Winn, who are holding out for broadbased medical marijuana legalization, and a small group of parents who are still trying to work with legislators to come up with a far more limited bill that might be able to get enough votes to pass.

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Those who do will appear at the top when Medicaid patients search for workers and those who don’t will be removed from the list after a year of inactivity.

Mental health care and the future costs of our members.”

Vishal Adma, president of the Kansas Psychiatric Society, said its members are in favor of ending prior authorizations, which will allow them to begin treating patients sooner.

Reviewing outlier practices also could help ensure that patients get quality care, he said, though they aren’t in favor of insurers recouping payments for services that already were

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to deny services and deny payment,” she said.

Insurers have varying criteria to determine if a mental health service is necessary. For the Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates, outpatient treatment is approved when the patient has a diagnosed mood or behavior disturbance that is likely to improve with treatment and “demonstrates motivation for treatment.”

Part of the concern is

that New Directions will compare people with the same diagnosis but won’t take into account differences in the extent of their needs, Westerlund said. One person with depression might feel better in four sessions, while another might need as much as a year to recover, she said.

“It’s not like a broken arm, it takes four weeks to heal,” she said. “It’s individualized.”

THC to occur.”

The Senate bill allows no more than one percent THC. Marijuana with three percent THC would be several times weaker than the average marijuana now found on the streets and at legal dispensaries in the United States.

Another topic of disagreement at legislative hearings was the medical risks and benefits of using cannabis oil to treat seizures.

Eric Voth, a Topeka doctor and prominent opponent of marijuana legalization, said studies have proven that the controlled substance has risks to cognition and memory.

But supporters of the oil bill argue that cannabis is significantly safer than many of the legal prescription drugs their children are taking, and a growing body of scientific evidence backs their claims that it could be

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use of “hemp preparations” for seizures and a few other conditions.

One area of disagreement between the two bills is on the amount of THC - the ingredient in marijuana that causes the psychoactive effect or “high” coveted by recreational users - that should be allowed.

Supporters of the legislation, including its lead legislative proponent, Rep. John Wilson, a Democrat from Lawrence, have said repeatedly that 3 percent THC - the House bill’s limit - is not enough to produce the high.

But several opponents disputed that during a March 10 hearing in the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee.

Children’s Mercy Hospital officials submitted testimony that stated three percent was “a concentration more than adequate for the euphoric effects of

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The Senate committee hearing came to a head when Beth Tolentino, a physician assistant from Manhattan, told the committee she was successfully treating her son’s seizures with hemp oil - an admission she said could lead to the loss of her medical license.

Tolentino said she ordered the oil and had it shipped from a company in Colorado, where marijuana is legalized for medicinal and recreational use. She emphasized that she does not give it to any of her patients.

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New bill radically overhauls school funding

A new bill recently introduced in the Kansas House is likely to be the starting point for discussions about a new school funding system when state lawmakers return to Topeka later this month.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ron Ryckman Jr. (R-Olathe) said he hasn’t decided whether to hold formal hearings on House Bill 2741 when lawmakers return for their wrap-up session April 27, but he said he does think it’s time to begin discussions on a long-term funding formula.

“I’m not certain of the direction we’re going to go, whether it’ll be that particular bill or something else,” he said.

Last year, lawmakers repealed the old, per-pupil funding formula that had been in place since 1992 and replaced it with a system of block grants that effectively froze funding in place for two years at the 2014-15 levels.

Since then, the Kansas Supreme Court has declared at least part of the block grant system unconstitutional because of the way it distributes so-called “equalization aid” to less wealthy districts, and it has threatened

to close public schools if lawmakers fail to pass a constitutional funding system by July 1.

Before adjourning for their five-week spring break, lawmakers passed a bill that they hope addresses the court’s concerns.

Gov. Sam Brownback signed the bill into law on Thursday. Now it goes to the Supreme Court for review.

Meanwhile, the new long-term funding bill, known as the School District Finance and Student Success Act, was introduced March 23, the day before lawmakers adjourned. And while some of the concepts in that bill might sound familiar to some, the overall philosophy behind it would mark a major departure from any earlier funding system.

The major difference between the new bill and previous funding systems lies in what the bill does and doesn’t pay for.

“The legislature hereby declares that it is the purpose and intent of this act to provide for the financing of instruction through the public education system for grades kindergarten through 12 in this state,” the bill states in its preamble.

Broadcast

It goes on to define “instruction” as “those school district functions that directly impact the provision of education services.”

It specifically excludes such things as extracurricular activities, food service, central office administration, capital improvements, construction and remodeling, and facility maintenance, functions that school districts would be responsible for financing themselves.

“This would be a significant change in not just a formula, but in what we expect schools to do and how to fund them.

And it’s important that Kansans need to know and be thinking about this,” said Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards.

The 95-page bill contains dozens of sections dealing with a wide range of funding issues.

Some of the central elements include: •A single pot of state funding called “enrollment state aid” that would replace the two pots of money that districts have grown accustomed to, general state aid and supplemental aid, also known as local option budgets.

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“simple, but well thought out.”

“It gives me more confidence to try other creative ideas,” Berning says.

As for a possible career path, Berning isn’t ruling out the possibility of broadcast media. But with her school acting and forensics background, she might prefer being on the other side of the camera.

“It all ties in with the arts and acting, which is Station Promo Award what I really enjoy, so A third state championit gives me something to ship was earned by Macy think about,” she says.

Berning in the Station Promotion Announcement Prepared for Competition category for the piece This was only the that she edited promoting second time that SCHS BBN-TV. has entered the Student “It was pretty awe- Broadcast Awards compesome to win first. I was tition. Last year, Holt’s shocked,” says the junior. class submitted some last“It shows how much I’ve minute entries after learnprogressed in this class.” ing of the contest and Berning said it took earned a pair of second two days of editing the place awards and a third finished clip which place plaque. included the sign-off by BBN students had more numerous BBN report- time to prepare this year ers as they were finishing and had a better undera news segment. It was standing about what the recognized by judges as judges were looking for commented about Kiana’s presence in front of the camera and that she has an obvious talent for this,” said Holt.

“Winning these awards has given me a different perspective,” says Yager, who is in her third year in the digital media program. “I’m looking at what could be available to me in broadcasting.”

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The community is encouraged to hear about the future of education and ask questions.

- except for overall presentation or “show biz,” which was a critique that appeared on a couple of ballots.

“I still have to learn what they mean by show biz,” Holt says.

The instructor is proud of how his students have responded to the program and their enthusiasm. He feels that’s been reflected in their success.

In addition, the program has achieved its ultimate goal of preparing students for a career beyond high school. One recent graduate is attending the Denver Media School and another is pursuing a media degree at the University of Kansas.

“The kids who really like this are grabbing hold and doing things in the program that are beyond what I imagined,” says Holt.

As for where the program will go in the future, Holt already knows the answer.

“Wherever the kids want,” he adds.

•A per-pupil formula for enrollment state aid that would vary by the size of the school district: $8,490 per student for small districts with fewer than 400 students; $7,269 per student for districts with enrollment between 400 and 999 students; and $6,137 per student for districts with 1,000 or more students.

•Specific mandates on how that money would be divided among instructional costs, student support services and other operational expenses.

•Limited “weighting” factors that would provide additional funding for students deemed more expensive to teach, including those from lower income households and non-English speaking families.

•A two-year “holdharmless” provision that would prevent any district from losing funding for the first two years, although districts would first have to show that they’ve spent down excess fund balances and realized other kinds of savings.

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3-hit gem

by Gonzalez not enough Most of the time, when a high school pitcher tosses a three-hitter he’s going to walk away with a win.

Tuesday night was not one of those times for Scott City’s Gustavo Gonzalez.

Despite a very strong performance on the mound, combined with good defense, Lakin scored the game’s only run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 1-0 win.

The Broncs were ahead 6-0 in the nightcap when the game was suspended after two innings because of strong winds.

Lakin’s starting pitcher Ryder Yakel pitched a perfect game in the opener with no SCHS batter reaching first base. He faced the mini(See GEM on page 24)

Scott City’s Amanda Kough glances over at one of the judges to see if she was being credited with a good lift during the squat competition at the Class 3A State Powerlifting Championships on Saturday at Conway Springs.

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Kough up to the challenge in record-setting state title Amanda Kough isn’t one to back down from a challenge.

When preparing for the Class 3A Kansas Powerlifting Championships, the Scott Community High School senior had the option of competing in either the 148- or the 140pound division.

Three pounds was all she needed to cut in order to drop down a weight class.

She chose the higher - and tougher - weight class.

“I’m a competitor,” said Kough confidently. “I had a pretty good idea what to expect at 140 and I felt I could win it

fairly easily, so I stayed where I was at in order to see if it was more of a challenge. And it was.”

Not only was Kough up to the challenge, but she set a new state record of 565 pounds in her three lifts. That topped the old record by five pounds.

In addition, she broke the old record in the squat with a lift of 265 pounds. However, she won’t get recognition for it since Kristen Hilger (Conway Springs) topped Kough’s lift by another 10 pounds and was able to capture the state mark.

She added a silver medal in

the squat and bench press.

In both of those events, however, she finished behind Hilger which created some doubt as to whether Kough would have enough total pounds to win the overall title.

“I honestly didn’t know who was in my weight division. I had an idea who was in 140, but I wasn’t sure who was in 148,” says Kough.

The power clean proved to be the decisive event thanks to a change in strategy in the four weeks since Scott City had competed at the WaKeeney tournament. At that time,

2 innings are costly for SC girls

Kough was hang cleaning and in that competition had lifted only 130 pounds.

Coach Todd Richardson recommended she switch to a power clean and the improvement was dramatic. During workouts she had a career best of 145 pounds.

A confident Kough decided to push herself to the limit on her final lift at state.

“Coach Rich wasn’t there, so I decided to go up 10 pounds because my earlier lift seemed too easy. I guess it was the adrenaline,” she says.

Two innings is all that stood between the SCHS softball team and the prospect of a season-opening sweep against Goodland.

In those two innings, the Cowgirls Goodland 8 18 combined for Scott City 7 7 17 runs and took a pair from Scott City on their home field, 8-7 and 18-7.

“We played well enough to win both games,” says head coach Erin Myers. “We just couldn’t find a way to get out of those innings.

In fact, the Lady Beavers appeared to be cruising to a win in the opener, owning a 7-2 lead through the first

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(See SOFTBALL on page 19)

Beavers sweep hurdle golds at Ulysses When you’re ill and you can still claim a gold medal against Class 5A and 6A competition, that has to be considered a pretty good day.

Scott City’s Drake McRae stayed healthy enough to win the 110m high hurdles at Ulysses on Friday, but had to scratch from his strongest event - the 300m int. hurdles because of illness.

“We’ve had a lot of crud going around. A couple of kids couldn’t make the trip and a few others weren’t 100 percent,” says head coach Jim Turner.

Against a tough field, McRae posted a wind-aided time of 16.02 in the high hurdles.

“Even with the wind it was a pretty good way to start the year, and it came against some pretty good competition,” Turner says.

Freshman Marshall Faurot (16.4) finished an impressive third in the field, but he saved his best for later. With McRae on the sideline, Faurot posted a winning time of 43.03 in the 300m int. hurdles. As a junior high hurdler, Faurot had never run more than 200 meters in competition prior to Friday.

“It was athletic ability. He needs a lot of work on his technique,” says the head coach.

“But this is a pretty good place to start from.”

Faurot added a third place finish in the high jump (5-10) and was fourth in the pole vault (11-6).

“He cleared six-foot (in the high jump),” said assistant coach Aaron Dirks. “The wind knocked off the bar, but that’s a judgement call. That’s still pretty impressive for a freshman.”

Under less-than-ideal conditions, with the wind to his back, Cooper Griffith was still able to get a distance of 135-10 in the discus (See HURDLES on page 24)

Scott City senior Wyatt Kropp competes in the 100m dash at the Ulysses Invitational on Friday. It was the opening meet of the season for SCHS. (Record Photo)

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Defense again fails in SCHS loss

Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland

Capturing beauty of wildlife on camera

Over the years as I myself have explored Kansas outdoors, I’ve learned never to leave my pickup without my camera, as there’s always something something worthy of a picture.

Whether it’s a December sunrise over snowy woods that we often take for granted, or the totally unexpected arrival of a slinking bobcat as we sit in a hunting blind on a spring turkey hunt, nature never disappoints.

So in the spring of 2013, in an effort to give Kansas outdoorsmen and women a chance to share those electronically captured moments, Kansas Wildlife and Parks magazine hosted the first “Wild about Kansas” photography contest.

This year Kansas Wildlife and Parks magazine staff invite you to enter your favorite outdoor photographs in the 4th annual Wild about Kansas photo contest beginning April 11.

Participants can submit up to three photos in select categories including wildlife, other species, hunting and fishing, outdoor recreation, or landscapes.

There is no fee to enter, and the contest is open to both residents and nonresidents.

Photo Categories Wildlife: game and nongame animals, primarily mammals, migratory birds, furbearers, etc.

Other Species: insects, reptiles, and amphibians.

Hunting and Fishing: hunters and anglers; set-up shots following a hunt or fishing trip will be accepted. However, “action” shots, or photos taken during the activity will be given preference.

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Defense continues to be a worry for the Scott Community High School baseball team after their double-header loss on the home field against Goodland last Thursday.

The Beavers committed 11 errors in a 10-3 and 11-5 sweep by the Cowboys.

“We simply didn’t play well. These were two games we had a chance of winning if we’d have played anything like we did against TMP earlier in the week,” says head coach David Dirks.

Goodland jumped out to an 8-0 lead after 2-1/2 innings in the opener and were never threatened by the Beavers. They led SCHS sophomore Emily Smith competes in the 100m high hurdles at the Ulysses Invitational on Fri11-1 in the nightcap beday.

(Record Photo) fore Scott City finally found some offense with four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.

“I’ll put part of the blame on tired arms. Our infielders are also pitchers and several of our errors came on throws to first,” noted Dirks. “That’s something which should Competing in some Smith anchored the Eikenberry improved (13:20.35) and was fourth get better as we get farther very tough conditions to 4x400m relay with a on her career best in the in the 1600m (6:14). into the season.” open the track season, career best of 64.1. SCHS discus by more than seven “Makaela’s times Emily Smith nearly posted finished third with a time feet with a bronze medal weren’t where she wants a career best in the 300m of 4:30.85. Other relay toss of 94-6. them to be. The three dislow hurdles at the Ulysses members were Paige Despite missing Olivia tance events were a tough Invitational on Friday.

Winderlin (67.15), Aly Prieto, the 4x800m relay combination,” Turner The Scott Community (10:53) claimed a silver Tarango (71.05) and says. “There will be more High School sophomore medal. Relay members Dulce Ayala (68.44). time between the 1600 turned in a time of 50.35 were Makaela Stevens Lizzy Eikenberry coland 3200 at Liberal this Sign-up has begun for to win a gold medal. She (2:43.08), Cami Patton didn’t place in the 100m lected Scott City’s other (2:43.38) and Paige week. It will be interest- youngsters wanting to ing to see how she does.” participate in blastball high hurdles despite a gold medal in the jave- Winderlin (2:40.6). lin with a toss of 102Winderlin collected a (four-year-olds) and t-ball career best of 18.64.

“That was a very solid 6.

Other medalists in bronze medal in the 400m (5- and 6-year-olds) this “It was a pretty imprestime by Paige in that sive start to her season. the event were Madison wind. I really liked her (67.19) and Ratzlaff had summer. a career best in the shot Deadline for entries And she even ran well Braun (98-8) and Clarissa effort,” Turner said. in the relay,” noted head Ratzlaff (95-9) which was Stevens added a sil- put (31-1 1/2) for a fourth with the Scott Recreation Commission is April 30. coach Jim Turner. ver medal in the 3200m place finish. a career best.

Eikenberry, Smith grab golds at Ulysses Invite

Blastball, t-ball sign-up is underway

Successful year for prairie chickens PRATT - On March 31, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) its second annual report, detailing achievements of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan (LPRCP).

Highlights include the estimated 25 percent

KDWPT Report increase in the range-wide lesser prairie chicken population to just over 29,000 birds, the nearly $51 million in fees committed by industry partners to pay for mitigation actions, and the more than 67,000 acres of habitat landowners across the range have

agreed to conserve.

The range-wide plan is a collaborative effort of WAFWA and the state wildlife agencies of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. It was developed to ensure conservation of the lesser prairie chicken with voluntary cooperation from landowners and industry.

This plan allows agriculture producers and

industry to continue operations while reducing impacts to the bird and its grassland habitat.

“Conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken is a long-haul proposition,” said Alexa Sandoval, director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and chairman of the Lesser PrairieChicken Initiative (LCPI) Council.

“We’re encouraged that after just two years of implementation, we have so many positive indicators that the range-wide plan is working. We commend all of our partners for their commitment to conservation of this iconic grassland species.”

The plan was endorsed by the USFWS, and as part of the conservation agree(See CHICKENS on page 20)

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Amanda Kough completes a good lift in the power clean in state competition last weekend.

(Record Photo)

Kough Kough beat Hilger by 25 pounds in the power clean which more than offset her second place finishes in the other two events.

“It was pretty amazing for Amanda to lose to (Hilger) in two events and more than make up the difference in the power clean,” noted Richardson.

“That says a lot about how

Softball five innings before a disastrous sixth inning that saw Goodland push six runs across the plate.

“Kaitlyn (Roberts) pitched the best game of her career,” said Myers of her starting pitcher.

“Everything was going really well, but then the strike zone got smaller in the sixth inning and (Goodland) took advantage of it.”

The big inning saw Goodland taking an 8-7 lead into the top of the seventh where the Lady Beavers looked like they had tied the game.

Madison Orr was on second base when Krystal Appel hit a hard ground

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much she wanted it.”

This was Kough’s first season to compete in powerlifting.

“I’m most definitely glad that I did this my senior year,” says Kough.

“The last few years I’ve been so timid, so I’m glad that I had a coach who pushed me and told me I was going to state.

“I’m glad that Coach Rich is pushing us hard.

I wouldn’t have made the improvement I’ve had this year without him.”

Kough is also hopeful that enthusiasm for powerlifting will spread among other female athletes.

“It was so much fun probably the most fun I’ve ever had. I really think more girls should try it,” she adds.

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ball down the first base line that hit the fielder’s glove and rolled into foul territory.

Orr ran all the way home on the play and it seemed for a moment the game was tied, only to have the umpire make a late ruling that the ball had been in foul territory when it was touched by the Goodland first baseman.

Lose Nightcap Goodland kept that momentum in the nightcap when they scored 11 runs in the bottom of the first inning. They extended that lead to 15-1 after three frames.

“Defensively, we didn’t

make the plays in the second game that we did in the first,” says Myers.

Highlights of the game were inside-the-park home runs by Jordan Miller and Appel.

“The focus for us this week will be our defense,” added Myers. “I expected us to play well defensively and maybe struggle a little at the plate, especially early in the season.

But it was the opposite at Goodland.

“When Kaitlyn’s on the mound and Nicole (Latta) can play short, we’re a better team defensively. That’s just something we’ll have to work around.”

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Starting rotation is a concern for Royals The Kansas City Royals are defending World Series champions and the enthusiasm among their legion of fans is justified and anticipated. However, potential problems are lurking.

KC’s startby ing pitchers Mac had dismal Stevenson spring train ing statistics, which don’t lie. Manager Ned Yost’s five-man starting rotation had earned run averages that aren’t encouraging: Ian Kennedy (6.30), Edinson Volquez (3.95), Yordano Ventura (9.69), Kris Medlen (5.94), and Chris Young (5.94). Ventura’s ERA was inflated because of one terrible outing.

None of the starting pitchers had anything close to an outstanding spring training record; it’s true exhibition games aren’t much of a gauge, but those numbers are worrisome.

What’s equally problematic is KC’s lack of big-time pitching prospects in their minor league system. GM Dayton Moore traded away several highly ranked young pitchers to get Johnny Cueto for the stretch run last season. Kyle Zimmer - who was the fifth overall pick in the 2012 draft - had an okay spring, but he’s never come close to reaching his potential. Zimmer is back in Omaha.

Yost’s bullpen had a much better spring training that the starters: Wade Davis (1.00), Joakim Soria (1.80), Kelvin Herrera (3.60), Luke Hochevar (4.50), and Danny Duffy (6.92) will be the predominant pitchers in KC’s bullpen.

But one significant factor shouldn’t be ignored - Greg Holland is no longer with the Royals.

As good as Wade Davis was in the stretch run as KC’s closer, Holland played a major role in the race to the American League West championship and he will be missed.

QB is Up for Grabs Kansas State is in their second week of spring football practice and Coach Bill Snyder’s focus is determining who his starting quarterback will be. It won’t be easy.

Snyder has four candidates to choose from: re(See ROYALS on page 21)

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Chickens ment, the states agreed to report progress annually. The findings for 2015 are summarized below.

Prairie Chicken Population Up The 2015 range-wide aerial survey documented a 25 percent increase in the lesser prairie chicken population to an estimated total of 29,162 birds. This increase is attributed to an abundance of rainfall in spring 2015, along with ongoing range-wide plan conservation initiatives.

Aerial surveys for 2016 are underway and will run through mid-May. Results are anticipated in early July.

Conservation Efforts Increasing Substantial progress was made on private land conservation across the lesser prairie chicken’s range. Eight landowner contracts were finalized, encompassing 67,512 acres.

Conservation measures are being implemented range-wide, including habitat restoration on 8,214 of 15,911 prescribed acres. And a total of $1,821,737 was paid to landowners managing their lands to generate credits for lesser prairie chicken conservation.

In addition, WAFWA acquired title to a 1,604-acre tract of native rangeland in west Texas, near the Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area last June.

Technology Makes a Difference Scientists are using the latest technology to designate where and how conservation actions should be implemented for the greatest benefit.

The Southern Great Plains Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool enhances the existing Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool (CHAT) program administered by WAFWA. It identifies focal areas and connectivity zones where lesser prairie chicken conservation actions will be emphasized. A project estimator tool unique to CHAT was designed to encourage companies to implement more effective pre-planning development efforts and it worked.

These enhancements have resulted in 5,066 instances of access to CHAT, with an average of 145 users per week.

Cooperative Efforts Working with conservation partners, programs and cooperative efforts are expanding voluntary

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landowner incentives and practices to benefit the birds.

For example, the Natural Resource Conservation Service has incorporated CHAT elements into the ranking criteria for projects being considered under the Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative. Using CHAT, prescribed grazing practices were applied on 179,805 acres through the Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative in 2015.

These combined efforts have resulted in nearly 250,000 acres being conserved for the benefit of the lesser prairie chicken.

Mitigation Efforts One of the major components of the range-wide plan involves working with industry to avoid and minimize impacts of development activities. The WAFWA mitigation framework can be used by any entity. In 2015, there were several industries participating, including oil and gas, pipeline, electric, wind energy and telecommunications.

During this past year, 177 companies enrolled in WAFWA conservation agreements. WAFWA collected $11,843,403 in fees in 2015, bringing the program total to $50,800,884, which will offset unavoidable impacts at off-site mitigation locations. In 2015, 409 project agreements were authorized, assessing development costs tied to the quality of habitat being impacted.

After two years of implementation, a review of all the projects assessed shows that the mean cost was $11,936 per project, varying by ecoregion. WAFWA has documented that these mitigation costs are positively impacting development decisions and participants are actively selecting areas with low quality habitat.

Listening and Learning Successful collaborative efforts require vigilance and commitment to considering all input. Through the Lesser Prairie Chicken Advisory Committee, WAFWA has been receptive to input from all stakeholders, including industry, nongovernmental organizations, state and federal agencies, landowners and the general public.

The LPCI Council has developed an adaptive management framework incorporating monitoring and new information to make adjustments as needed maximizing conservation benefits to the lesser prairie-chicken.

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Royals turning starter Joe Hubener (Sr, 6-5, 211), Jesse Ertz (Jr, 6-3, 205), Alex Delton (Fr RS, 6-0, 210), and Skylar Thompson (Fr, 6-2, 193).

In Snyder’s offense, it’s imperative that his QB is able to run and pass; Hubener runs well, but his passing was ineffective last season. Ertz is coming off his second knee surgery and that doesn’t bode well for being a running QB. Delton and Thompson lack experience and that’s a major shortcoming with Snyder.

All of the contenders have talent, but whether or not any of them can emerge as a superb QB this fall is questionable.

Self’s Moves Puzzling Before putting the recent basketball season to rest for another year, it’s fitting to note that Kansas coach Bill Self will need a delivery truck to

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bring all his trophies back from the NCAA Tournament in Houston. Self has been named Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Associated Press.

KU’s coach also received the same tribute from USA Today and Bleacher Report.

Those awards are certainly well-deserved considering that the Jayhawks have won 12 consecutive Big 12 championships.

Coach Self is in a class by himself when it comes to coaching during the regular season.

Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about KU’s postseason play.

Self had three talented freshmen who played sparingly during the past season: guard Lagerald Vick, center Cheick Diallo, and small forward Carlton Bragg. That lack of tournament readiness became a factor in KU’s

SCHS Track April 1, 2016 • at Ulysses Girl’s Division Discus: Lizzy. Eikenberry, 3rd, 94-6.

Javelin: L. Eikenberry, 1st, 102-6; Madison Braun, 4th, 98-8; Clarissa Ratzlaff, 5th, 95-9.

Shot Put: Ratzlaff, 4th, 31-1.5.

400m: Paige Winderlin, 3rd, 1:07.19.

1600m: MaKaela Stevens, 4th, 6:14.00.

3200m: Stevens, 2nd, 13:20.35.

300m Low Hurdles: Emily Smith, 1st, 50.35.

4x400m Relay: Winderlin, Aly Tarango, Ducle Ayala, E. Smith, 3rd, 4:30.85.

4x800m: Stevens, Cami Patton, Ayala, Winderlin, 2nd, 10:53.00.

Boy’s Division High Jump: Marshall Faurot, 3rd, 5-10.

Discus: Cooper Griffith, 2nd, 135-10.

Pole Vault: Faurot, 4th, 11-6.

Javelin: Eddie Tilton, 2nd, 138-9.

Shot Put: Griffith, 5th, 41-3; Tre Stewart, 6th, 39-6.

800m: Jess Drohman, 3rd, 2:09.58; Adrian Ruelas, 4th, 2:10.09.

1600m: Jack Thomas, 5th, 4:55.23.

110 High Hurdles: Drake McRae, 1st, 16.02; Faurot, 3rd, 16.40.

300m Int. Hurdles: Faurot, 1st, 43.03.

4x800m: Drohman, Thomas, Conner LeBeau, Ruelas, 4th, 8:53.93.

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poor performance in the season-ending loss to Villanova in the NCAA Tournament.

At one point in the first half, Self had Jamari Traylor playing center and guarding Villanova’s 6-11 center, with Perry Ellis at power forward. Villanova’s center scored easily over Traylor on two layups on back-to-back possessions. Diallo could have stopped such easy baskets. And those four points by Villanova might have been the difference.

From here the speculation is that there’s not another major-college coach in the nation that wouldn’t have played Diallo at least 15-20 minutes every game - right from the start. And Bragg and Vick would also have played meaningful minutes for most coaches.

Vick should have been in Self’s rotation because Frank Mason and Devontʹe Graham were

Fishing Report Scott State Lake Updated March 31 Crappie: fair/good; most up to 10 inches. Shore fishers fishing minnows or jigs under a bobber off the dam face or boat fishers drifting jigs or minnows in open water on the main body of the lake. Look for fish to begin moving shallow to spawn soon, especially if we get into a warmer, more stable weather pattern.

Largemouth bass: good; up to 5.5 lbs. Spinnerbaits, soft plastic baits and swimbaits fished along brushy or rip-rapped shorelines and around the fish attractors.

Sunfish: good; up to 8 inches. Anglers report catching fish up to 7 inches fishing small jigs around the fish attractors.

Saugeye/walleye: fair/ good; up to 7 lbs. Walleye and saugeye spawning is likely tailing off. Casting brightly colored jigs and crankbaits along the dam face and adjacent shorelines at night may still be good for a few fish. Look for postspawners to begin feeding over points and flats where jigs tipped with night crawlers can be an effective bait.

Rainbow trout: fair; 13 inch average. The fourth and final stocking of the 201516 trout season occurred on March 21.

As with other Type 2 trout waters across the state a trout permit is required to fish for and possess trout at this water except that anglers 15 and younger can fish trout without a trout permit if they adhere to a 2 fish per day creel limit.

each playing 30-35 minutes almost every game.

Vick played well in Korea last summer and he could have helped this year’s team. Bragg showed stretches of brilliance, but never got to play extended minutes. Self inserts players - like the three aforementioned freshmen - and then pulls them after just three or four minutes; that’s not enough time to get into the flow of the game.

It also results in the youngsters losing rather than building confidence.

Coach Self has his reasons for his coaching decisions and he’s justifiably recognized as one of the best college coaches in the nation; nevertheless, a lot of needed talent was wasted on the 2015-16 team.

And poor play in the NCAA Tournaments has become the rule rather than the exception far more often than not.

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SC girls 3rd in state

Prieto, Vondracek are 2nd in 3A powerlifting It’s been more than 15 years since the Scott Community High School girls had enough team members to make a run at a state powerlifting title.

They made the most of that opportunity on Saturday when they captured third place honors at the Class 3A Kansas Powerlifting Championships held at Conway Springs.

Olivia Prieto (105 lbs.) and Tyler Vondracek (132 lbs.) each captured second place honors and Cami Patton (123 lbs.) was a third place finisher.

The Lady Beavers (32 points) trailed only Conway Springs (54) and Halstead (40) in the team standings that included 23 schools.

“I think we saw this weekend that kids are starting to buy in to what we’re doing in the weight room,” says strength coach Todd Richardson.

“I saw that excitement start to build after the girls saw how good they did at WaKeeney. They began to think about whether they could be the second or third strongest girl in 3A,” says Richardson. “You could see their intensity pick up in the weight room.”

Prieto Wins Silver A second place finish in her first state competition was impressive for sophomore Olivia Prieto.

But it wasn’t quite what she was hoping for.

A judgement call in the squat prevented her from approaching her max and may have prevented her from claiming a championship. She finished with

Scott City junior Tyler Vondracek competes in the power clean at the state championships. She claimed silver medals in the squat and bench press to go along with a second place finish overall in the 132-pound division.

(Record Photo)

a lift of 170 pounds - 15 below what she had done at WaKeeney a month earlier.

She still picked up a silver medal in the event, but her total of 365 pounds was 20 pounds behind the champion.

“Some of the girls told me their maxes and I felt pretty confident how much better we were than them, but the judges . . . ,” said Prieto regarding some controversy at the squat rack. “It was pretty frustrating.”

Prieto was among several athletes who judges ruled didn’t go low enough in the squat for a successful lift.

After falling short of her expectations in the squat, Prieto was uncertain how she would finish at state until the final announcement was made.

Contributing to that confusion, there were some instances where two weight classes were competing in the same event at the same time.

“You weren’t sure who was in your weight class and who was finishing in the top three,” Prieto says.

The sophomore says that competing at WaKeeney in early March was a big help in giving her and the other first-time lifters a better idea of what to expect at state. At WaKee-

ney, she thought the lifters would get unlimited attempts to get their maximum lift.

“But you only get three lifts,” she discovered.

“You have to know your body well enough to know how much to increase.

You don’t want to finish and think I could have done better.”

As for whether she hit her max attempts at state, Prieto says “somewhat.”

“I feel like I could have done better, too,” she says, “but that’s something athletes always think.”

Prieto credited Richardson with preparing her for state. She especially thought that work in the

squat rack leading up to state was real beneficial in helping the competitors gain a better feel for what would be considered a legal lift. When at the bottom of a qualified squat, the thighs must be nearly parallel with the floor.

In addition, she and the other SCHS competitors now see another reason for the strength and conditioning program, along with summer weights.

“We’ve always seen it as a way to get stronger for other sports,” Prieto says. “But now we see this as a sport and we know we can go to other places and compete. Hopefully,

we can compete in more meets next year.”

Prieto would like to see enough Scott City athletes making the trip next year that it requires a bus rather than a Suburban.

“There were teams there with bus loads of kids and that’s what we want to do.”

In the meantime, Prieto says she will be working even harder in the weight room to prepare for next year’s competition - along with one other goal.

“Next year, I’m going to get super, super low (in the squat) so they can’t tell me I didn’t do it good enough,” she adds.

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Flower claims silver in only state trip After being sidelined by football injuries in junior high and again his freshman season, Reid Flower took a break from football - and the weight room.

“I got busy doing some other things,” he says quietly.

Prior to last summer when he was preparing for football, the Scott Community High School senior says the last time he’d been in the weight room was his sophomore year.

“That first day in the weight room nearly killed me,” he says, referring to summer weights last June.

“But I’m glad I was able to do this my senior year.”

Not only did Flower have a very good year as an offensive lineman for the Beavers, but he can now lay claim to being a state runner-up in the Class 3A State Powerlifting Championships.

Competing in the 242-pound division, Flower had a combined weight of 1,040 pounds for his three lifts. He finished 100 pounds behind the state champion and 70 pounds ahead of third place.

While he didn’t quite reach his goals for the day, he was still pretty satisfied.

“I was hoping for 295

SCHS senior Reid Flower has a successful lift in the power clean at the state championships on Saturday.

in the hang clean,” he said.

He was able to lift 280 pounds after being unsuccessful at that weight on his second attempt.

He added lifts of 465 pounds in the squat (2nd overall) and 295 in the bench press (fourth overall). Despite falling short of his goal in the power clean, Flower still picked up a silver medal.

“I came in here hop-

ing to be in the top five, but second place is pretty good,” he notes.

Flower knew his strategy entering his first powerlifting competition. His game plan was to start 1020 pounds below his max on his first lift and to hit his max on the second lift.

“If that didn’t happen, then I wanted to get my max on the third lift,” says Flower. “If I didn’t get the

second lift, then I knew I might be in trouble, which is what happened in the hang clean.”

Flower and freshman Kyle Sherwood were the only two boys representing SCHS at Conway Springs on Saturday.

Sherwood finished 10th out of 25 competitors in the 198-pound division.

Flower feels that scheduling conflicts, such

as a track meet on Friday and tennis tournament on Saturday, limits the Scott City participants.

“Scott City has great athletes and I’d like to see us taking more people to state powerlifting,” Flower says. “Hopefully, we’re building more interest. I think Coach Rich (Todd Richmeier) is doing a lot of good things here which is making us a lot stronger.

(Record Photo)

“By the time a lot of our freshmen and sophomore are junior and seniors we could have a lot of them in the top five (at state),” he predicts. “The more kids we take to state powerlifting the better our chance of winning it as a team. I think we could have given Cherryvale a run for a state title, but we didn’t have enough kids there.”

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Top 3 Medalists in Each Weight Division 105 Pounds School Squat Atchison Co. 175 Scott City 170 Ellsworth 155

Bench 100 100 95

Clean 110 95 110

Total 385 365 360

114 Pounds Athlete School Squat Amanda Drouhard Conway Springs 205 Chaley Lemmon Royal Valley 185 Kendra Werth Hays-TMP 185

Bench 105 95 105

Clean 130 135 120

Total 440 415 410

Athlete Caitlin Fuller Olivia Prieto Jenna Sinnott

Athlete Gentry Hawks Jenny Keim Cami Patton

School Ellsworth Chaparral Scott City

123 Pounds Squat 180 165 170

Bench 125 100 130

Clean 145 155 115

Total 450 420 415

Athlete Amanda Kough Kristen Hilger Macy Putnam

148 Pounds School Squat Scott City 265 Conway Springs 275 Royal Valley 235

Bench 150 155 125

Clean 150 125 190

Total 565 555 550

Bench 300 295 300

Clean 335 280 245

Total 1140 1040 970

Bench 375 365 265

Clean 325 315 265

Total 1270 1200 945

Athlete Trenton Smedley Reid Flower Gaige Livero

School Cherryvale Scott City Riverside

242 Pounds Squat 505 465 425

Athlete DeShaun Clark Brady Snider Logan Cox

School Larned Cherryvale SW Heights

Power Division Squat 570 520 415

SC Girls Career Lifts for Vondracek Two career bests helped to boost Vondracek into the No. 2 spot in the final standings with 480 pounds. She was 35 pounds behind Conway Springs’ Kadee Hilger (515), but well ahead of third place finisher Shelby Moore (430) of Royal Valley.

The junior had a lift of 120 in the bench - topping her previous best of 115 pounds - and improved on her career best by 10 pounds in the clean with a lift of 130. She added a squat of 235 for a total of 480 pounds.

The power clean was her first event of the day and “that kind of set the tone,” she says. “I didn’t place because there were some pretty good girls, but I was real pleased with how well I did and that seemed to carry over

SCHS junior Cami Patton competes in the bench press where she earned a state championship last weekend at Conway Springs. (Record Photo)

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to the other two (lifts).”

Like several SCHS competitors, Vondracek also came up a little short of her goal in the squat after failing to get a “thumbs up” from the judges at 240 pounds on her final lift.

“I didn’t go low enough and I knew that,” she says.

But Vondracek said that was because she tried too hard to make sure her first lift was legal.

“I stayed down a little longer than I wanted, but I wanted to be sure,” she says. “But it took a little out of me.”

She feels that the additional work - and focus in the four weeks leading up to state was a factor in the successful weekend.

“Coach Rich told us at the beginning of the year that he wants to get things going with girls’ sports around here,” noted Vondracek. “When the girls do

weight lifting during the year they’re doing it for a particular sport, but now we can think about what it will do for us in power meets. It’s another reason for us to work hard in the weight room.

This was something I never imagined myself doing, but to go to state and place second is pretty exciting. I had a lot more fun than I expected,” she adds. “There are some girls who are bummed out they didn’t do it this year and there are a lot of girls I’ve talked to who are ready to give it a try next year.”

Patton Wins Bronze Strong lifts in the bench and squat were enough to vault Patton into third place honors. Her 415 total was just five pounds behind runner-up Jenny Keim (Chaparral), but

40 pounds ahead of the fourth place finisher.

Patton had a lift of 130 pounds in the bench which was good enough for a gold medal.

“I hit my goal, but I had hoped to do a little better in my other two lifts,” she says.

Patton’s lift of 115 in the power clean was five pounds more than at WaKeeney. Her squat was 10 pounds less, but it was still good enough for a second place finish.

“I was a little surprised at finishing third. I wasn’t sure how well I could do,” says the junior. “I’m going to focus even more on strength training and maybe get a gold medal next year.”

Richardson feels that powerlifting tournaments are giving the athletes added motivation in the weight room.

“I’m starting to see kids

Sophomore Olivia Prieto competes in the power clean at the state powerlifting championships.

who see strength class as practice time and that’s a great attitude to bring in here every day,” he says.

His goal is to keep building enthusiasm, especially among the underclassmen.

“Next year, I’d like to have two lifters in every weight class. If we can do that, we have a chance to make a good run at a state title, even in 4A,” Richardson says.

He’s hoping to compete in another tournament or two during the season and he would like to see powerlifting recognized as a club or school activity.

“That would give us a chance to take a different approach, to have workouts geared towards powerlifting,” he says. “I’m really passionate about powerlifting because I know this is where our success in everything else begins.”

Boy’s Division Cherryvale Conway Springs Caney Valley Larned Chaparral Riverside Ellsworth Halstead West Franklin Erie Douglass Galena Scott City Wellsville Southwestern Hts. Perry-Lecompton

80 68 48 35 25 20 18 15 12 12 11 10 8 8 7 6

Girl’s Division Conway Springs Halstead Scott City Royal Valley Larned Ellsworth Eureka Chaparral Atchison County Wellsville Cherryvale Douglass Neodesha Hays TMP-Marian

54 40 32 29 28 22 17 16 15 12 10 10 7 6

(Record Photo)

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mum of 21 batters and had 11 strikeouts.

“Yakel had us off-balance at the plate,” says head coach David Dirks.

“The umpire was giving the outside edge of the plate and our batters didn’t adjust.”

Yakel overshadowed Gonzalez’s best outing of the season. The only time that he appeared in trouble came in the third inning when two runners reached base with a single and a walk.

Following a visit to the mound by Dirks, the SCHS junior retired the side on consecutive hits back to him that resulted in easy outs at first base.

Gonzalez allowed just one single over the next three innings before Lakin’s Hunter Kirby

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opened the bottom of the seventh with a slow roller to shortstop that died before Aaron Hoopes could get to the ball.

“It was ruled an error, but that would have been a tough play for anyone to make,” noted Dirks.

Following an infield pop out and a fly out to center, Kirby stole second and third base before scoring on a line drive single up the middle.

The Beavers had their best defensive game of the season, committing just one error.

“Gus had only 74 pitches. That’s what good defense will do for you,” said Dirks. “It shows that if we play good defense we can keep our starters in the game.”

Game Suspended Scott City was trailing 6-0 after two innings when strong winds and blowing dirt forced the second game to be suspended.

Hoopes lasted 1-2/3 innings before he was pulled.

“He was leaving the ball up in the strike zone,” said Dirks. “I still have a lot of confidence in Aaron, but he needs to work on his technique and he needs playing time.”

Dirks is hopeful of scheduling a date when the game can be completed. Since SCHS doesn’t have enough players for a JV schedule, the head coach is hopeful they can play a JV game in the nightcap.

Scott City Shrine Club Order by Friday, April 15 Onions should be in the 1st week of May

SCHS senior Cooper Griffith tosses the shot put during the season opening track meet at Ulysses on Friday.

(Record Photo)

Hurdles and pick up a silver medal.

“Coop was a little disappointed because he’d been throwing in the 140s in practice. He nearly had a PR in his first meet with a crossing tailwind,” says Turner.

Also picking up a silver medal in his first javelin competition was Eddie Tilton (138-9). That was a career best by 28 feet.

Competing in very tough wind conditions,

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Jess Drohman (2:09.58) (4:55.23), just four secand Adrian Ruelas onds off his career best.

(2:10.09) finished third Drohman ran a leadand fourth in the 800m. off split of 2:09.21 and Ruelas ran a 2:11.64 in Solid Relay Splits the anchor spot. Connor Freshman Jack Thomas LeBeau (2:25.05) ran in turned in a very good split place of Wyatt Hayes of 2:08.13 in the 4x800m who didn’t make the trip relay.

“That doesn’t surprise because of illness.

Austin Rios ran career me,” said Turner. “He’s a pretty tough competitor.” bests in the 1600m He followed with a fifth (5:26.08) and the 3200m place finish in the 1600m (11:53.63).

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a link to the past

Wichita Co. Genealogical Society has wealth of family history

The search into one’s genealogy often begins with dreams of finding some royal blood or perhaps a link to a passenger on the Mayflower.

If that’s the goal, many people are going to be disappointed.

The bigger disappointment, says Karen Walk, a member of the Wichita County Genealogical Society, would be not appreciating the fascinating history that is unique to each family.

“There are people who rush through their genealogy hoping to find they’re related to a king or maybe a President and I say, ‘Who cares?’

“That’s not what this is all about,” says Walk, who is curator of the Museum of the Great Plains and a Wichita County Historical Society board member. “It’s the stories behind these people that I find interesting.”

While museums can offer a glimpse into local history, genealogy is an entirely different matter.

What makes the Museum of the Great Plains in Leoti unique is the local genealogy society has space attached to the museum.

That means visitors wanting to learn more about their family just need to step around to the south side of the building where they will find numerous county records and various documents - countless issues of the 14 newspapers that have existed at some time in Wichita County, in addition to marriage records, death records, homestead records and more.

“We get a lot of e-mails and letters inquiring about individuals and we do a lot of research for people,” said Walk during an open house hosted by the genealogical society last Sunday afternoon.

And it’s not uncommon for people to make a slight detour while on vacation so they can stop in the museum and do their own research.

“There aren’t very many genealogy societies in the area who are as handy as what we are,” she proudly points out.

“We have so many family records that we can almost always come up with something.

Karen Walk is surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of editions of newspapers that were published in Wichita County dating back to 1885. That was two years before Wichita County was officially established.

(Record Photo)

People are always pleased with what they find here.”

The society has newspapers dating back to 1885. Obituaries from those issues have been copied and put into notebooks in alphabetical order.

These obituaries are some of the most valuable sources of information because they have birth dates, wedding dates, maiden names, names of children and more.

The genealogical society has also catalogued marriage records which have appeared in the newspaper. One set of records are filed by the bride’s maiden name; another set of records by the groom’s name.

They’ve done the same with births.

“It’s a never-ending job,” says Walk. “You just keep making copies and filing them away because there’s a good chance that it will be useful to somebody someday.”

Civil War ‘Boyfriends’ One couple from Canon City, Colo., visited the museum and the man asked if there were any Tuttles still living around Leoti.

“I told him there aren’t any now, but there used to be a man here by the name of Perry Milo Tuttle,” Walk replied. “‘That’s the name,’ he said, and he was so surprised that I knew that off the top of my head. He wondered if I was related.

“I told him no, we weren’t,”

says Walk. “‘Then how did you know that?’” he wondered.

Walk had the man staring in disbelief when she further added that his relative had died in 1903 and was buried at the Wichita County Cemetery.

How did she know of the long-deceased resident in such detail?

“He was a Civil War veteran and for some reason I’m able to remember the names of our Civil War veterans,” says Walk with a laugh. “The girls here always give me a hard time because certain names will come up and I’ll say, ‘He’s a Civil War veteran.’

“They tease me and tell me they’re my boyfriends.”

The Canon City couple was “tickled to pieces” and they spent the rest of the afternoon at the museum.

He later told the staff that when his great-grandfather came to Wichita County he brought all his belongings on a wagon and a hand cart.

“He still had the hand cart and asked if we’d be interested. Of course, we were,” Walk says. “About six months later he brought it to us and we have it on display in our basement.”

How to Get Started The genealogical society can provide some basic instruction and “how-to” books for individuals wanting to get started researching their family history.

What’s the best way to start?

Jeanene French tells a visitor to the museum about some of the original homestead records which were recently sent to the museum from Trego County. The records are listed alphabetically and include titles that were filed dating back to the 1880s.

Photos and a brief history of the “Sons and Daughters of the Soddies” are included in a binder that has photos and information about 45 sod houses that existed at one time in Wichita County.

(Record Photo)

Start with your own name, your birthday, the names and birth dates of your parents, and where they were born, suggests Walk.

“It’s surprising how many people don’t know where their parents were born,” she says.

Request vital records information from your state. Ancestry.com can be a source of good information, but Walk adds that people need to use caution.

“Make sure there’s a source that can truly connect a person to you,” she says. “Too often, people get carried away and when they find a name that’s familiar they automatically assume it’s the person they’re looking for.”

One way to find that direct connection to your family is through probate files which include wills and the descendants included in a will.

It’s a good idea to doublecheck and triple-check dates and names whenever possible.

Mistakes can be made when records are entered. Dates can be transposed and names can accidentally be misspelled.

Family Bibles are another good source of information.

“It’s like a puzzle,” Walk says. “There are times you’ll hit a brick wall and wonder if you’ll ever find what you’re looking for. If you’re patient, then you may eventually break through. Sometimes you never do. If that happens, jump to the other side of the family or go in

a slightly different direction.

“I’m lucky,” Walk says. “I had a grandmother who saved everything. She has things written down, stories, dates. That’s why it’s important to interview older family members and get their stories.

“They may not remember everything and they may not be sure about a date or two, but they can get you started in the right direction,” Walk notes.

“And if what they’re telling you isn’t exactly accurate, so what. You’re hearing a great story.”

It’s about building connections with family members and with who you are, emphasizes Walk.

“It’s a chance to gain a greater appreciation for the hardships that our ancestors experienced who settled on the Great Plains.

You hear these stories and what they had to endure and you realize these people were pretty special.

“How many of us could go through what they did?” she wondered.

She hopes that’s what people gain when they research the past.

“It’s not about whether or not you’re related to King George,” she says. “It’s a chance to learn a little more about where you came from.

“And because you don’t have royal blood that doesn’t make what your ancestors did any less fascinating,” she adds.

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Future sustainability of the farm or ranch also depends on whether the family has planned for succession. The average age of U.S. producers continues to rise and families will need to explore options for the transitional feasibility of current and future operators.

Succession planning is a step-by-step process where families work together to develop a plan to incorporate the next owner and pass on knowledge and resources that will sustain the operation.

Farm and ranch families may be uncertain of how to begin developing a succession plan. A succession planning facilitator can play a key role.

“The facilitator can help the family identify strengths, barriers and opportunities as they pass the farm business on to the next generation.

They guide family members to resources and individuals who can help them find the information they need to develop an effective succession plan,” said Jerry Jost, facilitator and mediator for Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services, a program administered by K-State Extension.

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US agency looks at sorghum in bid to make better biofuel A US government agency is trying to build a better biofuel, using a higher energy-producing plant with a lower environmental impact than corn ethanol or other known biofuels.

Sorghum, which has tens of thousands of varieties, has emerged as one of the most exciting prospects.

The $30 million Terra project, funded by the U.S. government’s Advanced Research Project Agency

Energy (Apra-E), seeks to use new technologies - including ground-level robots and aerial drones - to breed a fast-growing, drought-resistant biofuel that would thrive outside the rich black soils of the midwest.

The ultimate goal is to develop an alternative to corn ethanol, which demands heavy investment in water and fertiliser and takes premium farm land out of food production. A U.S. govern-

ment study in 2014 found corn ethanol was worse for global warming than gasoline under some circumstances.

Ellen Williams, Arpa-E director, singled out the sorghum research as among the most exciting programs currently funded by the agency.

Researchers said they were using sensing and imaging equipment loaded on to the robots and drones to zero in quickly on varieties of sorghum

that have the greatest energy potential but do not suck up too much water, fertilizer, or farm land that would otherwise be used to grow food.

Conventional plant breeding is labor-intensive and takes time, Williams said. The Arpa-E project intends to speed up that process of identifying the physical characteristics of plants and their growth potential.

(See BIOFUEL on page 27)

Weak internet hinders ag production While a great many who live in the city experience a speedy Internet, some of those living in more rural areas of the United States do not experience the same luxury. Slow Internet speeds in less populated regions can prove troublesome for those working in agricul-

tural fields.

“Internet connectivity is what I would consider an enabling technology,” said Terry Griffin, assistant professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University.

“Without it, precision ag devices and other special technologies cannot

be fully utilized until this infrastructure for wireless connectivity has been completed.”

With the abundance of technology in today’s society, it’s more important than ever for agricultural producers to use those resources that are available. Unfortunately,

the lack of Internet connectivity sometimes hinders opportunities.

Slow Upload Speeds One technology in particular that hasn’t been utilized to its full potential due to slow Internet connectivity is telematics, (See INTERNET on page 27)

Opening new prospects for Kansas ag in Cuba Air Force One, carrying the President of the United States, has landed in more than 100 countries, but not once in Cuba until this past March 20.

That marked the first trip by a sitting U.S. president to Cuba since 1928.

President Obama spent three days in Cuba, along with a large delegation of

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government officials and industry representatives.

Most importantly for agriculture, several representatives of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC) made

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Topics include instruments and controls, PTO and hydraulics, maintenance and safety checks along with presentations on public road safety and anhydrous ammonia.

Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. with the course concluding at 5:00 p.m. A minimal registration fee covers the meal and a handbook.

Pre-registration is required by April 22. A flyer and registration form can be found online at http:// www.walnutcreek.k-state.edu/.

the trip at the invitation of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

Representing wheat farmers was Doug Keesling, a Kansas Wheat Commissioner from Chase.

“We need to put politics aside. It is time for the people of Cuba and the United States to

finally be able to meet each other face-to-face,” said Keesling. “Whether we are looking to make deals on wheat shipments or just enjoy each other’s company over mojitos and cigars, we are tired of dealing with these restrictions. It’s time to move on to the next chapter in U.S.-Cuban relations and

Seeking 2 Kansas nominees for Sorghum Checkoff Board Nominations are being accepted for four positions on the United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board that will become vacant in December.

They include two positions in Kansas and one each in Texas and Oklahoma.

Organizations certified to offer nominees include the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association and Kansas Farm Bureau.

Board members serve a three year term.

Persons interested in being nominated must be a sorghum producer and need to complete and submit USDA’s Form

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AD-755 - Advisory Committee Membership Background Information, and the Nominee’s Agreement to Serve Form along with a cover letter outlining their interest to serve on the USCP Board.

Application forms may be accessed on the USDA’s website at: www.ams.usda.gov/ lsmarketingprograms by selecting the “Sorghum Program.”

Deadline for applications is April 22 at the office of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association (jill@ksgrainsorghum.org) or the Kansas Farm Bureau (nelsonm@kfb.org).

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end the embargo.”

It was an eventful few days for the USACC members, who met with counterparts in Cuban agriculture and participated in events with agriculture leaders from both U.S. and Cuban governments. USACC acted as ambassadors for U.S. agriculture in a country

where there has been far too little exposure in decades.

A lot has happened in the nearly 90 years since a U.S. President last visited Cuba. Most significantly, for U.S.-Cuban relations, revolutionary armed forces led by Fidel Castro

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Food Facts While the first breakfast cereal was made by adding sugar and milk to popped popcorn, a shortage of baking flours after World War II forced breadmakers to substitute up to 25% of wheat flour with ground popped popcorn.

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Biofuel “The idea is you could send a person out in the field who could look at 10 plants or you could send robots out into the field who could look at thousands of plants, and they can measure thousands of different points of data, and you can bring that data back and develop an alternative faster way of making a better selection for the breeding of your plant,” Williams said.

The scientists said they were deploying wheeled robots at ground level and flying drones, equipped with cameras, Lidar (laser scanning), hyperspectral imaging and other sensing and imaging technology to monitor the plants throughout their growing

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season, and so cut the time of conventional breeding.

There are more than 40,000 varieties of sorghum, most of which are used for forage crops. But very few have been extensively studied, especially for their use as a biofuel crop, the scientists said.

They are looking to develop late-flowering varieties that could thrive on relatively low-value farm land, reaching 20 feet in a single season and yielding up to four times current levels.

Looking for Alternatives The USDA has been looking for replacements for corn ethanol - especially crops that could be raised outside the pre-

Planning

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Jost describes a facilitated meeting as guiding participants through shared discussions about important issues.

“Facilitators help families set an agenda and guide the process for planning their succession. The facilitator works to enable all voices to be heard within a respectful environment,” he says.

“While the facilitator remains neutral with the content of the discussion, they help everyone keep track of the substantive issues and options raised by the family as they chart their path forward.”

Trained facilitators have experience working with Kansas farm and ranch families. They offer guidance and support as families cultivate options for creating a succession plan. Facilitation services can be requested by calling Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services at 800-321-3276.

Families may also visit the succession planning website and navigate through a variety of resources, such as “Transition Planning: 12 Steps to Keep the Family Farming” and more topic-focused areas such as estate planning or “FamilyTALK.” The website is available at http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/kams/.

mium agricultural land of the midwest - to meet quotas set by Congress for renewable transportation fuels.

Under the standards, 18 billion gallons of biofuels must be blended into the supply in 2016.

Scientists involved in the Terra project say that sorghum could fit the bill - because it has relatively high energy potential without demanding too much in the way of fertiliser, land or soil.

“Sorghum is a natural because it doesn’t have the competition for food,” said Barry Flinn, the Clemson University scientist overseeing the breeding project. Unlike corn, which is sensitive

Some Opposition However, Danielle Nierenberg, founder of the Food Tank which studies sustainable agriculture, said she was concerned about creating demand for sorghum as a fuel crop.

Sorghum is an important staple in sub-Saharan Africa.

“My fear is that its importance as a crop high

Internet

which include GPS and other navigation systems.

“Twenty percent of service providers, ag retailers, cooperatives and other input suppliers are using telematics as of 2015, which is up from 2013 when it was 15 percent,” said Griffin, a cropping systems specialist for K-State Extension. “The point is, the adoption of telematics is increasing at a steady rate, but still a pretty small percentage of service providers use the potential of that technology.”

However, even in areas with a sufficient Internet connection, another problem arises, Griffin said.

Internet providers are focused much more on download speeds, rather (continued from page 26) than upload speeds.

“The problem with deposed the U.S.-backed government in Havana in that for agriculture is we tend to want to upload 1959.

Very few U.S. citizens have ever approved of the data from fields that we revolutionary government in Havana or supported its efforts to spread Marxist ideology beyond its shores.

Since the end of the Cold War, pronounced ideological differences have persisted, though ideological conflict has largely subsided.

According to public opinion polls, most Americans support repealing the laws collectively known as the Cuba Embargo. Generally, supporters of repeal believe it would be better for both the Cuban and American people if the two countries can trade and interact freely, or at least without obstacles imposed by the United States.

Along with President Obama, many members of Congress - both Republicans and Democrats - support engagement instead of sanctions. Several from both parties accompanied the President in Cuba, along with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and other Cabinet members.

Cuba is the largest wheat market in the Caribbean, but U.S. exports have dried up completely since 2011.

The single largest obstacle preventing the resumption of wheat exports to Cuba is codified in U.S. law and will take an act of Congress to repeal.

The embargo must end and the wheat industry will continue advocating for that action.

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to heat and drought, he said, “Sorghum tends to have a natural ability to survive. It’s growing in areas where almost nothing grows.”

The plant does not require fertilizer or irrigation - and it has tremendous untapped potential as a biofuel, Flinn added.

in iron, protein, and other nutrients will be overshadowed by its value for biofuels,” she said. “But if farmers can use it for both fuel and food, it will do something that most other biofuel crops can’t do provide both nourishment and fuel.”

Tim Searchinger, biofuels expert at the World Resources Institute, the environmental thinktank, rejected the entire notion that sorghum - or any biofuel - would be a better alternative to corn ethanol.

“Any dedicated use of land for biofuels is a bad idea,” he said.

Existing farm lands are already under pressure to produce more food to keep

up with a growing population, he said. Taking land out of food production to grow fuel would make it even harder to keep pace.

In addition, he argued, plants were staggeringly inefficient at converting the sun’s rays into energy.

He says a far better bet would be to give up sorghum and biofuels altogether, and just invest in solar panels.

“It is a waste of our money and effort,” he said. “We only have so much money we are going to throw at climate change, and even the most extraordinary example you could throw at me with sorghum, I will get more energy for less money (with) solar.”

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generate from our farming equipment rather than download,” he said.

While traveling, Griffin is able to keep track of Internet speeds at different locations through his phone. He’s found that in general, download speeds are about three times faster than upload speeds.

Even with slow Internet speeds, it’s possible to collect data, although the process may be inconvenient.

“Transferring data is still possible, it just may not be in real time as the data in the fields are collected,” Griffin said.

“There is opportunity to move data after the fact, which is going to be the status quo for a little while. There is pressure from farms that the cellular connectivity providers can see the need to improve their services.”

Legislators in some

states have felt such pressure from constituents in rural areas and are starting to make a push. Griffin said several states have developed or are developing legislation based on improving Internet speeds in rural areas.

While legislators may try to improve the Internet through legislation, Griffin believes that the Internet will improve over time when the need for it is experienced.

“Internet connectivity is improving all the time,” Griffin said. “I think it will improve through natural business processes from the wireless carriers when they see there is a need for agricultural and construction uses of data transfer in rural areas.”

It’s also important to note the type of Internet connection, wired or wireless, that is put into rural areas.

“A lot of times that rural Internet may be wired, which is important,” he said. “But when we’re talking about telematics with respect to agricultural data, we’re talking about wireless, because we’re trying to move data from farm equipment in real time.”

While slow Internet speeds currently hinder some farmers and others in rural areas, the future does look bright for the implementation of more technology in these fields.

“In the future it will be solved,” Griffin said.

“I’m not sure when the future will be, but it will continue to get better.”

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Agriculture

Preconditioning and Growing

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

Pro Ex II

Sager’s Pump Service

Over 20 Years Experience

Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential

• Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles

Cell: 874-4486 • Office 872-2101

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

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

Construction/Home Repair

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

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

ELLIS AG SERVICES • Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Custom Harvesting Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160

CHAMBLESS ROOFING Residential

RT Plumbing All Types of Roofing

Commercial

Cedar Shake and Shingle Specialists Return to Craftsmanship Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed

Rex Turley, Master Plumber

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

Marienthal, Ks.

620-909-5014 (H) • 620-874-4128 (C)

620-872-2679 • 1-800-401-2683

SPENCER PEST CONTROL

Automotive

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

Faurot Electric, Inc. Office • 620-872-5344 Jeromy Lisenby • 620-214-3247

P.O. Box 14 • Scott City

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

Contact:

SCOT AYTES • 874-1646 t Paint i

Red

Specializing in all coatings

or any other color Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial.

Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.

PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com

Medical

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

We welcome new patients.

324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933

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Brent Rogers

Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz

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

Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs!

We service and repair all that we sell.

1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center

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

www.reganjewelers.com

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

Services

(Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”...

Technology Lead Chiropractic

Dr. James Yager

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

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Optometrist

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

20/20 Optometry

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

Complete family eye center!

106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 214-1462

SCOTT CITY CLINIC

Help Wanted

Truck Driving

ROARING FORK Valley Cooperative, Carbondale, Colo., seeking qualified CEO/general manager. Successful retail/bulk and retail energy, farm retail/agronomy cooperative with sales of $20 million. Financial/personal management experience required. Apply online: http://tinyurl.com/ hwyqc8d. Dave Lemmon, 320-219-0270, or David. lemmon@chsinc.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– EARN $500/DAY. Insurance agents needed. Leads. No cold calls. Commissions paid daily. Lifetime renewals. Complete training.

Health/dental insurance.

Life license required. Call 1-888-713-6020.

CONVOY SYSTEMS is hiring Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the west coast. Home weekly. Great benefits. www.convoysystems.com.

Call Tina, ext. 301, or Lori, ext. 303, at 1-800926-6869.

––––––––––––––––––––– OTR/CDL Class A driver. Two years min. experience. Good pay, vacation pay and bonuses.

Good home time for a flatbed company. Caudy Trucking, Inc., 402-7686134

For Sale

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

Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

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

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

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

GREEN PIANO! Yep, this Wurlitzer looks like Spring for $1,988.

Mahogany Yamaha, $3,488. Kimball baby grand, $97.94/mo.

Statewide delivery.

Mid-America Piano, Manhattan, 1-800-9503774. www.piano4u.com.

Auctions

Sports/Outdoors OUR HUNTERS will pay top $$$ to hunt your land.

Call for a free base camp leasing info packet and quote. 1-866-309-1507. www.BaseCampLeasing. com.

Education ENTRY LEVEL heavy equipment operator career.

Get trained. Get certified.

Get hired. Bulldozers, backhoes and excavators.

Immediate lifetime job placement. VA benefits.

National average, $18$22/hr. 1-866-362-6497.

- B R A N S O N COLLECTOR car auction. Celebrating 38 years.

April 15-16. Featuring Corvettes, Mustangs, Mopar, Jaguar, MG, Triumph. Consign your car today. 800-335-3063. www.bransonauction.com.

Is your subscription paid?

201 Albert Avenue (620) 872-2187 • www.scotthospital.net

Christian Cupp, MD

Thea Beckman, APRN

Elizabeth Hineman, MD

Megan Dirks, APRN

Matthew Lightner, MD

Joie Tedder, APRN

William Slater, MD FACS

Ryan Michels, PA-C

Melissa Batterton, APRN

Caley Roberts, PA-C

Scott City Myofascial Release Sandy Cauthon RN

Bolen Enterprises Prairie Dog Control

1101 S. Main, Scott City 620-874-1813

Call me to schedule your Myofascial Release

•34 years experience •Bonded/Licensed

Bob Bolen 785-821-0042 • Fax 785-852-4275

Retail

Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock!

COMPARE OUR PRICES!

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

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

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers!

Networking solutions!

Northend Disposal A garbologist company.

Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371

Support your hometown merchants who back your school and community activities throughout the year!

Dining

Classifieds

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

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

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $6.00 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

Thank You...

What a wonderful retirement celebration my co-workers had for me.

So many cards, flowers, gifts and memories were shared.

Thank you for 34 great years!

Genelle Krehbiel We would like to express our thanks to every one of you for joining us at such a fantastic Hitchen Post retirement surprise party. It is so awesome to see all the signatures on the wonderful card.

Special thanks goes out to everyone that was involved in the hosting and providing the most delicious food ever.

We have greatly appreciated every customer for all your business over the last 10 years.

Bob, Janice and Murphy

Help Wanted SUBSTITUTE ROUTE bus drivers for USD 466 (Scott County). For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-87202tfc 7655.

––––––––––––––––––––– CDL DRIVER WANTED for a paving company.

Can be a Class A or Class B license. For more information, call 620-8743316t6 0596.

––––––––––––––––––––– FULL-TIME OFFICE PROFESSIONAL WANTED! K-State Research and Extension office is now accepting applications for the fulltime position of the Scott County Extension Office Professional. Computer and bookkeeping experience needed. Quick books experience would be helpful. Experience in office support and clerical work along with very good verbal/written communications skills are expected.

Benefits include competitive salary and KPERS retirement, along with paid vacation, holiday and sick leave. Please pick up an application between 8:00 a.m - noon and 1:00 p.m.

- 5:00 pm, Monday –Friday at the Scott County Extension Office located in the basement of the Scott County Courthouse, 303 Court Street, Scott County, Ks. Applications accepted until April 15, 2016. K-State Research and Extension is an Affirmative Action/EOE. KState Research and Extension encourages diversity among its employees.3416t2 ––––––––––––––––––––– FULL-TIME ROUTE TECHNICIAN WANTED for local extermination company, Pro X! Applicants must have a good driving record and be willing to take random drug tests. Please call 620872-2558 or 874-1879 to set up an interview.

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––––––––––––––––––––– EXPERIENCED AUTO MECHANIC WANTED! Must have own tools, reliable transportation and valid driver’s license. Salary commensurate with job experience. Benefits included. Apply in person at Bretz Inc., 640 West Long, Dighton, Ks, or call Russell at 620-3973416t3 532929.

Services

Real Estate

C O M P U T E R SERVICES for PC and Mac computers. Computer repair and virus removal. Call or email Josh at OsComp to schedule an appointment.

24-hour help line 620-376-8660 or email josh_4974@hotmail.com.

–––––––––––––––––––– WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 87434tfc 4135.

–––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices 37tfc will not be beat!

–––––––––––––––––––– 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.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING for sale.

133x45 ft. (approx.) round top building. Serious inquiries only. Seller is a real estate agent selling own property. 874-5109 or 874-2124.

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ASSISTANT COOK WANTED for the Scott City Senior Center, Monday-Friday. Wages depend on experience. Must be able to do baking, use conventional ovens, mixer and dishwasher. Apply at Scott City VIP Center, 302 Church Street, Scott Rentals City. If any questions, please call 620-792-1241. HIDE AND SEEK 3416t2 STORAGE SYSTEMS. ––––––––––––––––––––– Various sizes available.

F A R M W O R K E R Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, 3/15/16-11/15/16, Ste- 620-874-2120.

41tfc vens Entities, Fordyce, ________________________________ NE. 7 temp jobs. Operate PLAINJAN’S RENTAL harvesting machines to houses and duplexes. Stop harvest crops in NE/TX/ by the office or call 620OK/KS/SD/ND. Adjust 872-5777.

05tfc speed of cutters, blowers, ________________________________ conveyors, and weight PLAINJAN’S RENT-Aof cutting head. Change SHOP New Introductory cutting head. Drive truck Pricing! We can build an to transport produce and office to suit your needs. haul harvesting machines This includes AC and heat between work sites. Ser- if wanted. Each Rent-Avice machinery/make in- Shop comes with 110 and field repairs. Clean MVR, a 220 electric, overhead driver’s license, 3 mo exp, lighting, full concrete employment references, floor, exterior dawn-dusk post hire drug test, non- lighting, insulated roof smoking/drinking/drug and exterior walls. Call environment. $11.15/hr- today at 620-872-5777. $3000/mo plus RandB, 3316tfc depending on location, ––––––––––––––––––––– ¾ work guarantee, tools/ 1 AND 2 BEDROOM equip/housing provided, APPARTMENTS for trans and subsistence exp rent. Call 620-874-8353. reimbursed. Apply at Kan3516tfc sas Works, 620.227.2149.

Job #331158.

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Okla. 4 temp jobs. Op1-800-579-3645.

Lane erate harvesting machines 32tfc County Feeders, Inc. to harvest crops in OK/ CO/MT/SD. Adjust ––––––––––––––––––––– speed of cutters, blowers, WANT TO BUY. Wheat conveyors, and weight straw delivered. Call for of cutting head. Change contracting information. cutting head. Drive truck Lane County Feeders. to transport produce and 397-5341.

44tfc haul harvesting machines between work sites. Ser- Farm Services vice machinery/make infield repairs. Clean MVR, CUSTOM HARVESTCDL, 3 mo exp, employ- ING WANTED! Wheat, ment ref, drug test, re- corn, milo, etc. Book quired. $11.15/hr-$3000/ acres for 2016. Referencmo plus RandB, depend- es available. Call Dave ing on location, ¾ work Duffek at 402-641-0503.

3216t guarantee, tools/equip/ –––––––––––––––––––– housing provided, trans FARM/CATTLE HELP and subsistence exp re- NEEDED! Cattle work, imbursed. Apply at Kan- tractor driving, truck drivsas Works, 620.227.2149. ing, fence repairing, and Job #1076287.

3516t1 general farm labor. CDL ––––––––––––––––––––– preferred, or willing to get DRIVERS NEEDED, one. Please call 620-874combine and truck. Call 1160.

3416t3 Gerald Baker 620-8742060 or 620-379-4693, Support Your Schools evenings.

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House for Sale 1-3 BEDROOM, 1 bath, FH/A, basement, new roof, large yard. Call Mike 23tfc 620-874-2425.

For Sale BLUE, 3-WHEEL BIKE with basket on back. Used very little. $225.00. Call 620-8723516t2 2718

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker

Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available.

Hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or (620) 255-4824.

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Berry Realty • 872-5700 1102 S. Main, Scott City, Ks 67871 www.berryrealtyonline.com

Margie Berry, Broker • 874-5488 Brett Berry, Sales Assoc. • 316-258-3387 Tracy Chambless, Sales Assoc. • 874-2124

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

Moving?

5+ acre horse property at edge of town.

Price Reduced on These Home Lots!

Located on the southwest corner of Scott City in the new Prairie Meadows Addition. Several different sizes with curb, guttering, and street already in.

PERFECT LOCATION FOR THAT NEW HOME!!!

CALL TODAY!!!

Commercial Lots 2 commercial lots on the west edge of Scott City. Good access road in front.

Can be seen from Highway 96.

GREAT LOCATION, ONLY $14,000 FOR BOTH!!

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

Remember to contact The Scott County Record with your new address.

PO Box 377, Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-2090 • office@screcord.com

District 11 AA Meetings

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 214-4188 • 214-2877

Dighton

Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-2647

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Employment Opportunities Logan County Manor, Oakley, Ks needing RN, LPN, CMA and CNA shifts.

We are a 45-bed long-term care facility.

We offer competitive wages, KPERS, health insurance, excellent PTO and paid membership to our Wellness Center.

Contact Diana Dible at: 785-672-8109

EOE

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SUMMER HELP

Lake Scott State Park is needing summer help at the Beach House.

This is a seasonal job.

Startes May 26 and ends Sept. 5.

Work 10 hour days, Thursday - Sunday.

Holiday work also needed. Holidays are Memorial Day, July 4, and Labor Day. Background check required.

Contact Larry Eberle for application and more information 785-672-7000

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PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time Dietary aide/Cook (All Shifts) New Base Wage Full-Time CNA - Night Shift Part-Time CNA - Days and Evenings FT/PT Housekeeping (New Base Wage) Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Great opportunity to serve the elderly of our community!!!

Willing to work with student schedules!

Great benefits package!

Please apply in person at: Park Lane Nursing Home 210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Float RN C.N.A.s - FT and PT Outreach/Specialty Clinic RN Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Clinic Medical Assistant Clinic RN and LPN - FT Circulating/Pre-Op/Post-Op/PACU RN Information Technician - FT Dietary Aide - FT Housekeeping Aide 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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SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL Do you enjoy working with kids in an educational setting? Would you like the working hours of a school day?

Unified School District No. 466 is seeking HPEC Special Education Para-Professional in the high school. This position works with students.

For more information and applications please contact: Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, KS 67871 17tfc

CITY OF SCOTT CITY is accepting applications for: Two Seasonal Positions: Street Department and Parks Department Applications may be obtained at City Hall.

Applicant must be 18 years of age.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

Applications may be picked up and returned to: City Hall 221 W. 5th Scott City, Ks 67871

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SCOTT COUNTY LUMBER Scott County Lumber is accepting applications for: Part-Time Help Applicants must: •Be at least 18 years of age •Have a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record •Have basic computer skills •Be able to lift 80 lbs. or more •Be able to meet the public Applications may be obtained and returned to: Scott County Lumber 1510 South Main St. Scott City, Ks 67871 620-872-5334

Kansas Department of Transportation is accepting applications for:

Equipment Operator Trainee

Position is located in Garden City.

Candidate must possess a valid driver’s license.

Duties include highway repairs, resurfacing, mowing and snow and ice control.

For additional requirements and complete job duties see job requisition #183253 at the website below.

On the job training is provided.

Applications accepted until the position is filled.

APPLY ONLINE NOW AT www.jobs.ks.gov or contact Tamara Venturi 620-276-3241

Note: This information is available in alternative accessible formats. To obtain an alternative format, contact Transportation Information, Eisenhower Building, 700 SW Harrison, 2nd Floor West, Topeka, Ks 66603-3754, or (785) 296-3585 (voice)/ Hearing Impaired-711.

EEO/AA/VPE-Paid for by KDOT

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The Scott County Record

Lawn and Garden

Page 32 - Thursday, April 7, 2016

Extend the garden season with spring-planted bulbs

by Melinda Myers

Keeping your garden looking its best throughout the growing season and into fall is possible with the help of low maintenance spring planted bulbs.

Plant them in spring among other annuals or perennials and watch as these bulbs brighten the garden, adding new life to your late season gardens.

Whether your gardens and containers are in full sun or shade you’ll enjoy the attractive foliage and pop of color that dahlias, cannas, calla lilies, caladiums and elephant ears will add to the landscape.

These easy-care plants reward you with loads of beauty. Just plant, water and enjoy. Quality retailers offer a variety of colors, shapes and sizes as

well as planting and care instructions.

Grow dahlias in sunny areas with at least six hours of sunlight for the best floral display. Simply plant the tuberous roots four to six inches deep with the stem facing up after the danger of frost has passed.

Use dahlias in a cutting garden or as an attractive screen along fences and property lines. Use the shorter more compact border dahlias, like Gallery Pablo, in containers on your patio, balcony or deck where you and the hummingbirds will enjoy their blooms.

Wait until the danger of frost has passed to plant cannas in a full sun to partially shaded locations.

Plant the canna rhizomes horizontally 2-3 inches deep with the grow-

ing point facing up. Take advantage of their bold foliage and use cannas as a backdrop in the flower border or screen in the landscape.

Use as a vertical accent in a large container or select dwarf varieties for smaller pots.

Calla lilies are another spring-planted bulb that thrives in full sun or part shade. The speckled foliage adds color to the garden all season long.

Include these one- to twofeet-tall plants in the front or middle of the flower garden or as a vertical accent or filler in a pot.

And don’t forget to cut a few flowers to enjoy indoors. The black flowers of Night Cap teamed with the white blooms of Crystal Clear create an elegant display.

Like the other bulbs,

wait for the danger of frost to pass before planting them outdoors. Plant the knobby rhizomes 2-4 inches deep with the growing point facing up.

Add some color and plenty of wow factor to shaded areas with the foliage of caladiums and elephant ears. These tropical beauties thrive when soil and air temperatures are warm. Wait for soil temperatures of 65-70 degrees before planting.

Use caladiums to brighten containers, dress up window boxes or edge a shady pathway.

The colorful leaves stand out amongst the greens of shade gardens. Team variegated varieties with complimentary colored begonias, coleus or impatiens.

Include elephant ears in the garden or containers.

Improve success of transplanted tomatoes Tomatoes are usually grown from a started plant or transplant. Proper transplanting techniques are important for success throughout the season.

Use a small, compact plant rather than a tall, overgrown plant. The objective of transplanting is to encourage the plant to establish new roots as rapidly as possible. Tall, overgrown plants do not initiate new roots rapidly.

Setting plant roots deep in the soil (as you usually do with a long stem) inhibits new roots because there’s less oxygen. This slows the process of reforming roots which reduces production throughout the season.

Good plant nutrition is also needed for rapid root development. Large plants with a pale color have little fertility in the plant container. This lack

of nutrition further delays plant establishment.

It is a good idea to fertilize plants well with a soluble fertilizer before setting them out. Be careful because too much fertilizer can burn plant roots.

Here are some tips to improve the productivity of tomato plants throughout the season: •Choose a short, stocky transplant with a healthy, green color.

•Set the plant slightly deeper than the container it was growing in.

•Fertilize with a mild, soluble fertilizer solution before setting the plants out and make sure that they are well watered

before and after transplanting.

•Make sure the soil is warm (greater than 55 degrees) before setting plants in the ground.

•Do not mulch with straw or other “insulating” mulches until the plants show signs of growing rapidly.

•Provide a plant support or trellis as soon as plants start growing and developing new shoots and leaves.

Water Teepees If you use water teepees to get your tomatoes off to an early start, you have probably struggled with their tendency to fall over as you try to fill them. An old trick is to use a five-gallon plastic bucket to make the process easier.

The bucket works much better if it is modi-

fied by taking the handle off and drilling a hole (use a hole saw bit) in the bottom of the bucket. Place the bucket upside down over the plant and place the water teepee over the bucket.

Now the bucket will support the teepee as it is filled. Once the teepee is filled, the bucket can be removed by sticking your finger into the hole and pulling straight up.

You may also want to support the teepee after it is filled by using a metal rod (rebar or an electric fence post) on the inside of the teepee. The metal rod is pushed into the soil to keep the teepee from collapsing from high winds.

Calla lilies, like ‘Night Cap’ with its black flowers and the white blooms of ‘Crystal Clear,’ are spring planted bulbs that thrive in full sun or part shade and can be cut to create an elegant display indoors.

Their large heart shaped leaves give a tropical feel to the patio, deck or pool area.

Consider planting one, two or more to create an impressive welcome for guests or a bold statement in the landscape. They pair nicely with caladiums, coleus and other shade-loving plants.

Make this the best sea-

son yet with the help of spring flowering bulbs.

You’ll enjoy the variety and late season color these plants provide.

Melinda Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture experience and has written over 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening and the Midwest Gardener’s Handbook. She is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds and Blooms magazine