The Scott County Record

32 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 23 • Number 36

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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Ed commissioner offers education ‘vision’ Adapt for grads not seeking 4-year degrees If Dr. Randy Watson has his way, there will come a time when high school graduation standards will make accommodations for the student who would rather pursue a vocational-technical career rather than attend a four-year university.

He wants to see universities

and technical colleges working as one, so that “a basketball player at Wichita State (University) can major in plumbing.”

That’s going to require a different mindset at both the community and regents levels, but it’s a vision the Kansas Commissioner of Education is promoting as he travels about the state and discusses “changing the model of education” with communities and local boards of education.

“We’re sensing that people are willing to discuss the change, but the question we always get next is ‘How do we do it?’” Dr. Watson told educators and community members during a presentation at Scott Community High School on Monday.

“We will still expect high standards for our high school graduates, but those standards will differ for the student who is interested in diesel mechanics or is pursuing a pre-med

Irrigators want to see ‘flexibility’ with overuse enforcement As the debate continues over how best to reduce irrigation and extend the life of the Ogallala Aquifer, one area that has gained a little more attention is what to do when producers overpump.

For years, some have argued that enforcement has been lacking and fines haven’t been stiff enough to force compliance.

The Kansas Water Office has responded with tougher penalties for producers who don’t file reports or who exceed their allocated water rights.

education.”

Each board of education, district administrators and the community share a role in changing the mindset about preparing every student as if they’re going to pursue a fouryear college degree.

“We need to acknowledge the ones who want to do that and make sure they’re ready when they get there,” he said.

“As for those who don’t want to, help them to identify what it is they can do right after high

school that will prepare them for a career. Let’s tweak the system so they don’t have to take the same course as the kid who wants to be in pre-med.”

But that doesn’t mean they can’t share the same campus experience.

“Think about it. Students can be on the technical side, but they’re on the same campus as those students pursuing a fouryear degree. When that happens then we’ll know we’re moving (See VISION on page eight)

rolling into spring

Depending on the severity of the violation, a producer could lose their pumping rights for a year or more.

“We’re strengthening the penalties for habitual overpumpers or those who don’t turn in their water use reports,” noted Kyle Spencer, director of Groundwater Management District No. 1.

He emphasized that the KWO and the Kansas Department of Agriculture are being more (See FLEXIBILITY on page two)

Public can comment on demo of ‘historic’ hangar The Scott City Council has decided that the barrel hangar at the airport needs to be replaced by a better facility that can accommodate more aircraft and provide better production from the elements.

The Kansas State Historical Society is saying “not so fast.”

The age of the structure puts it into a category of “historic significance” and the city must take some additional steps before it can begin demolition.

“It’s over 50 years old and in the eyes of the historical society that gives it historic significance,” explains Darin Neufeld, an engineer with EBH and Associates, Great Bend.

Built in the 1950s, the hangar’s shape also adds to its potential significance as a post-

World War II facility.

The city is required to have photographs and a written history of the hangar so that, following demolition, it can be “preserved in the state’s historic inventory,” explains Neufeld.

He doesn’t anticipate any problem with tearing down the hangar since there are three other metal buildings of identical construction at the county fairgrounds, though they were built about a decade later.

The only difference between the buildings at the fairgrounds and the hangar is the type of doors used.

The public will have until April 28 to make any comments about preserving the hangar.

Comments need to be submitted to City Hall.

Ten-year-old Macy Brown, Scott City, took advantage of a warm spring afternoon on Wednesday to roller blade near her home.

(Record Photo)

Parents charge SCES teacher with abusing students Patricia Barbosa has been getting written notices from the Scott County school district regarding the number of days her eight-year-old daughter has been absent from school.

The excessive absences aren’t a result of illness. It’s because she, like others in her second grade classroom, have been fearful of her teacher.

“Kids are being physically abused. Kids are not wanting to go to school,” Barbosa told

the board of education during Monday’s meeting.

She was joined by several other parents who shared similar experiences with the same teacher this year and during the last school year. All said they had expressed their concerns previously with Scott City Elementary School Principal Shawn Roberts and Supt. Jamie Rumford and were upset that what they considered an abusive situation in the classroom

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was still occurring.

“Because of our Hispanic culture we like to keep things like this to ourselves. We’ll talk to our husband and we’ll talk to the principal, but we don’t like being in front of an audience like this,” noted Barbosa.

“That’s how serious we feel this has become.”

She feels that despite meeting with administrators and talking to board members, the problem has been repeatedly

“swept under the rug.”

“I’ve brought it to the attention of Shawn Roberts five times, starting with the second day of school,” says Barbosa, who added she has met with Rumford twice. “I visited with the teacher and she said she was going to classes and things were going to get better, and they did for two weeks.”

“How many of you know about the second grade teacher?” Barbosa asked the board.

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There was no immediate response from any of the board members and then Sally Cauble, a member of the State Board of Education who happened to be in the audience, said that because of confidentiality guidelines the board could not answer the question.

Physical Abuse Barbosa claims there have been a number of instances (See PARENTS on page two)

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Flexibility aggressive about responding to violators.

“No one is looking to hammer the firsttime offender, but we do want to go after the repeat offender,” Spender informed those attending the GWMD meeting in Horace.

However, some farmers are questioning whether the tougher approach recognizes there are circumstances when extra

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water can be the difference between having and not having a crop.

“You need flexibility,” urged Darwin Hoffman, Tribune. “If I’m two weeks away from making a corn crop I’m going to use the water. It’s not fair to hold a hammer over my head. It’s not right.”

Lane Latourneau, program manager with the Kansas Department of

Agriculture, says that while the state understands the dilemma facing a farmer in the situation described by Hoffman, “we can’t overlook overpumping. You can’t go over the authorized pumping and think that nothing’s going to happen.”

Hoffman wondered what would happen if a tenant was the one who exceeded the pumping authority.

Parents

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involving the pinching of students, hair being pulled, arms twisted and students being yelled at.

Her daughter was experiencing such a high level of anxiety about going to school that a doctor recommended she start wearing a heart monitor.

“My daughter is terrified of the teacher,” said Barbosa.

She says there was also an incident in which a handicapped child had an accident in the bathroom and she was made by the same teacher to clean up the mess.

“I got a letter that my child had missed too many days of school and I crumpled it up,” said Barbosa. “It’s not because

she can’t but because she “Why wasn’t this dealt with last year?” West doesn’t want to.” wondered. “The principal Problems Last Year knows the problems with Davin West said his this teacher.”

“We have kids who son had experienced similar problems with the were injured, who were same teacher last year. He hurt and who are terriand his wife, Patti, met fied,” added Patti. with the principal and also Armando Tarango said his son, who is currently called board members.

“His grades were get- in second grade, has expeting worse and he didn’t rienced the same issues. want to be in school,” “He said the teacher said West. “The teach- yells all the time,” he er said our son has noted. “And if someone ADD (Attention Deficit gets in trouble then the Disorder) and needs med- whole class is in trouble. ication. What makes her They may not get to go qualified to say that?” to recess for a week at a He said now that his time.

“We care about the son is in third grade he enjoys school again and school system and we care his grades are back to about our kids. Something needs to be done,” he said. where they used to be.

“Who’s fault is it, the tenant or the landowner?” he wondered.

While the landowner who has the water rights is ultimately responsible, Latourneau says there have been instances where the tenant has paid the penalty.

“If you’re a first-time offender, get with the DWR (Division of Water Resources,” emphasized GWMD President Greg

Graff. “Don’t wait six months and have us come after you.”

The bottom line, said Graff, is that there will be little flexibility allowed to those individuals who overpump.

“Then if my tenant violates (the pumping authority) twice, I get a new tenant,” replied Hoffman.

While the stiffer penalties and stricter enforce-

Warned of Situation When his eight-yearold son was enrolled in the second grade in early March and assigned to the same teacher, Jesse Tarango said he was “warned about what to expect.”

He said there was an incident on April 4 when his son was “put down to the point of tears for not knowing the correct answer.”

“From what I understand, this has been ongoing for a couple of years.

If you knew about this and haven’t done anything, then shame on you,” said Tarango.

Barbosa said she didn’t realize how many parents

were concerned about the same teacher until word began getting around about the incident on April 4.

“The teaching license should be pulled,” Barbosa told the board.

The teacher has been on leave from the district since April 5.

In the meantime, Barbosa says law enforcement has been contacted to investigate whether there is enough evidence to support charges of child abuse.

“If nothing is done to prevent this then what kind of message are we sending our kids?” she asked. “We have to make sure this doesn’t happen to another child.”

ment are getting more attention, Latourneau emphasized that this currently impacts only a “small subset of water users.”

He said less than 20 had failed to file water use reports.

The fine currently is $250 for not filing a report. The proposal is for the fine to increase to $1,000 in addition to suspension of water rights.

Have questions about the Scott Community Foundation? call 872-3790 or e-mail: julie@scottcf.org

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April 18-22

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Community Living

Page 3 - Thursday, April 14, 2016

Garage sales a great way to clean up, gain cash With garage sale season upon us you want to make all your time and energy pay off - literally.

Here are some suggestions that can help you increase your profits.

•If it is broken, throw it away. Nobody wants to come to a trash sale.

•Pick your date at least a month in advance and advertise what your bad weather plans will be.

•Check your homeowner’s liability policy.

•Put your ad in the paper and pitch your sale so that it sounds inviting.

Listing a few of the best or most sought after items will draw customers.

Many times people are looking for specific items when they are garage selling. The Record charges a very minimal cost to advertise your sale and it will help entice buyers.

Also, making signs

with black markers and big lettering that’s large enough for a driver to read while moving and place them at a busy intersection. But keep in mind there are some city regulations on where these signs can be located.

•Be sure to post a sign claiming that you will not be held responsible for accidents. Position your items to help people avoid steps and other hazards that might cause someone to fall.

•Sort items into categories and group them

together on tables or in large boxes. The more accessible the items are to potential buyers the more likely they will look.

Nobody really wants to dig in boxes for items to buy.

Hang clothing on a rack or clothesline so people can look through them easily. Children’s clothing always tends to sell well if priced right, but adult clothing doesn’t. If you have adult clothing, price it to move.

•Price everything ahead of time. For clothes

Wind/Wheels Recipe favorites . . .

Arts Council cancelled, but Orange-Glazed Chicken Wings sponsoring Ingredients not concert ‘Freddy Fox’

With rain in the forecast, the annual Wind and Wheels in Leoti that was scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled.

The only event that will be held is the Blake Nickelson Memorial Concert featuring the Jared Daniels Band and Logan Mize.

The concert will be held at Wichita County High School. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and the concert will begin at 7:00 p.m.

All attending are asked to enter through the south doors. No alcohol is allowed on school property.

In addition, there will be a community breakfast and worship service on Sunday starting at 9:30 a.m. Activities will be held at the Community Building on the Wichita County Fairgrounds.

Study club plans field trip to Greensburg Thirteen members of the High Plains Study Club met at the Scott County Library on April 7.

Lucky Dip was won by Jane Ann McClellen and will be brought to the May meeting by Kami Rosin.

Members provided the program by sharing something purchased on a trip or that someone had given them from their trip.

Items were from France, England, Europe, Mexico City, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Morocco, Switzerland, Denver, Colo., and Virginia. Many interesting stories were enjoyed.

Next meeting will be a field trip to Greensburg on April 21.

1 cup 2 tablespoons

fresh orange juice grated orange zest

6 1/4 cup 1 tablespoon 1-1/2 teaspoons

cloves garlic, minced soy sauce brown sugar salt

1/2 teaspoon 4 pounds

fresh-ground black pepper chicken wings

Cooking Directions Heat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the orange juice with the orange zest, garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. Add the chicken wings and toss to coat.

On two large baking sheets, arrange the wings in a single layer. Reserve 1/4 cup of the orange mixture and spoon the rest of the mixture over the wings. Bake for 20 minutes. Turn the wings over and baste them with the reserved orange mixture. Cook until just done, about 10 minutes longer.

Yield: 4 servings

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.

or books, make a large sign with prices instead of pricing them individually if you are lacking time to prepare. If you plan on making all clothing 50 cents each, make sure you put that in your advertisement.

•If you have multiple families participating, color code items or mark them with initials as you consolidate them so you can keep track of sales and will know what belongs to whom when the sale is over.

Expect to negotiate

over prices. If someone gives you a low offer and you’d like to wait to see if you’ll get your asking price, take their name and number and offer to call back towards end of the sale if the item doesn’t sell.

•If someone wants to buy a more expensive item, but does not have the cash, and wants to come by later to pick it up, ask for identification and a down payment.

Remember, you put it in the sale for a reason.

(See SALES on page eight)

Have questions about the Scott Community Foundation? call 872-3790 or e-mail: alli@scottcf.org

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Education ‘vision’: Changing the thinking in how we prepare students

Technology and the information that students are learning in the classroom are two elements in education that are constantly changing.

What has changed very little over the decades is our cookie-cutter approach to education. Every school in Kansas requires its students to complete the same basic core of instruction - as determined by the state - in order to earn a high school diploma. While each board of education has the option of adding to those graduation requirements, each student is still required to complete a certain amount of math, English and science classes.

It’s obviously worked. Schools in Kansas graduate about 90 percent of their students and, for the most part, they are prepared for post-secondary education or to enter the workforce.

But that doesn’t mean there isn’t another way perhaps a better way - of meeting the needs of all students.

That’s part of the “vision” that Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner of Education, offered during a visit to Scott City. The Kansas Board of Education, with Dr. Watson as its spokesman, is challenging school districts to consider changes in their curriculum and graduation requirements that would better fit those students whose post-secondary plans don’t include a four-year university.

To a small degree, this is already happening. Students enrolled in a vo-ag program can gain valuable knowledge and experience that prepares them for vocational school. But those same students are also required to complete the full schedule of credits required of the student who plans to enroll in a college engineering or pharmacy program.

How those individualized plans would be developed represents a huge challenge, especially for school districts already facing limited staff and financial resources. Even Dr. Watson said the state board doesn’t want a one-size-fits-all solution.

“We have some models, but if we give those to you they aren’t going to be your models with your values,” says Watson.

The concept makes sense. We need to begin the debate on adapting and adopting curriculum that fits the long-term needs of our students.

Not only might it better serve the 90 percent of our students who do graduate, but we might be able to keep more of the 10 percent who don’t.

Brain drain:

State’s woes contribute to losing our best, brightest

Communities and their leaders in Western Kansas have long discussed how to prevent “brain drain.” This is what happens when we spend our resources educating young people and they leave here with that knowledge and the work ethic associated with Western Kansans, never to return.

It’s not just a problem for rural Kansas.

After seven years as president of Kansas State University, Kirk Schulz has accepted a similar position with Washington State University.

That’s not earth shaking news. University staff and coaches come and go, just as they do in all walks of life. In announcing his decision, Schulz said he was influenced by professional challenges and opportunities at WSU. And the $460,000 salary he earned in 2014 (according to public records) is expected to jump significantly.

At the same time, one has to wonder how much the state’s current financial nightmare and the spillover to higher education influenced Schulz’s decision. Cuts in state funding have forced KSU to cut budgets across-the-board - including funding for county Extension departments - by three percent.

It’s impossible to think about expanding academic programs, enhancing facilities and attracting quality staff when you’re suffering the consequences of a self-inflicted budget crisis at the state level.

No one is going to blame individuals for going where they can see more opportunity for growth - professionally and financially. It’s a challenge we are very familiar with in Western Kansas.

Retaining the best is made even more difficult when your state’s economic meltdown has been as well publicized as ours in Kansas. Attracting the brightest and the best - whether it’s the KSU president or an English teacher for a rural Kansas school - gets extremely difficult.

Who would want to step into such uncertainty?

Only Schulz can say how much of his decision was influenced by greater professional opportunity, better pay or simply a desire to experience life in the great northwest. But it’s impossible to think that the state’s fiscal mismanagement and it’s impact on higher education institutions in the state didn’t influence his decision to some degree.

And it’s just as hard to imagine that many others who are witnessing Gov. Brownback’s failed experiment aren’t considering the same thing.

Brain drain is real and it’s not just a problem for rural Kansas.

No love for public education Years of underfunding public education . . . legislation to deny due process for teachers . . . and forcing school administrators to come to Topeka to beg for “extraordinary needs” money to pay for teachers and keep the buses running have been part of the anti-education game plan in Topeka.

For some unexplainable reason, we have ultraconservative lawmakers who simply don’t value public education.

Need more evidence?

Just before the Kansas Legislature adjourned and just after the Supreme Court said the block grant funding plan was a joke (our legal terminology, not the court’s) - Sen. Steve Abrams (R-Arkansas City) and Rep. Ron Highland (R-Wamego) cobbled together something called HB 2741.

Perhaps this plan is something that came to the two legislators in a Biblical vision, but that would be giving the dynamic duo too much credit for at least thinking they are doing the right thing.

A more likely explanation

is that this piece of work is meant to show their disdain - and that of their conservative colleagues for the Supreme Court and public education.

How else do you explain a provision in the legislation which would allow 70 percent of the state aid for a student to be diverted to a private school or to a home school of the parents’ choice. In other words, public tax dollars would be used to help pay your neighbor to school their children at home.

In the Scott County school district, that would amount to just over $5,000 per student under HB 2741.

The only restriction is that funding would be limited to those students yet to start school or have previously been enrolled in a public school. Nonetheless, the overall impact will still be a nice little

windfall at the expense of taxpayers - and public education.

And to what standard are these home-schoolers being held in return for this generous donation? Glad you asked, because the answer equals the amount of love that Abrams and Highland have for public schools - none.

That’s one thing (but hardly the only thing) taxpayers should find disturbing about this proposal.

Private, charter and home schools don’t face the same testing or academic requirements as public schools because there’s “zero oversight,” notes Dr. Randy Watson, commissioner for the Kansas Department of Education.

“Most Kansans demand some form of oversight when they give public money to something,” he said.

Conservative lawmakers demand accountability when it comes to welfare recipients withdrawing cash from an ATM, but not when offering potentially millions of tax dollars to non-public schools.

Another issue with HB

2741 that many communities may find even more troublesome is the provision that would prohibit the spending of state tax dollars for extracurricular activities. If you want to watch football on Friday nights, or any other sport, then you’ll have to raise the money locally.

That may also lead into the debate of whether anything that isn’t connected to graduation requirements is defined as “extracurricular.” Would that include FFA, ElectroRally racing, debate, forensics or even music?

Even without getting into that debate, there are important factors which this provision overlooks.

First of all, we can only assume that Abrams and Highland must have been frustrated athletes while in school or, worse yet, never learned the value of extracurricular activities. Study after study has proven that involvement in extracurricular activities is essential in building the well-rounded individuals we hope are graduating from our high schools.

(See LOVE on page six)

Kobach shows his ineptitude Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe looks like a genius today.

And the recent actions of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach make him look like a moneywasting, publicity-seeking, incompetent officeholder.

Howe warned everyone in 2015 that it didn’t make sense for the Kansas Legislature to give Kobach’s office the unique power nationally to pursue certain voter fraud cases. Leave that to the experts in law enforcement, was the responsible message from Howe and others.

It turns out Howe was right.

Kobach last year filed three high-profile unlawful voting cases with pomp and circumstance.

But last week, he quietly dismissed all charges

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in a case against Betty Gaedtke, just days before her trial was scheduled to start in Johnson County.

This is the same Kobach who last year had confidently declared that the evidence in all his cases was “very strong that the individuals in question intentionally voted multiple times in the same election.”

Trey Pettlon, Gaedtke’s attorney in the case, had a much firmer grasp on reality.

“They saw the writing on the wall and dismissed it,” he said Friday. “She would have been vindicated by a jury.”

In the only conviction Kobach has obtained so far, Steven Gaedtke, Betty’s husband, pleaded

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guilty to a misdemeanor count related to unlawful voting. He paid a $500 fine, and two other charges were dismissed.

Kobach’s ineptitude in this arena has become more obvious than ever.

He’s been wrong for years in claiming voter fraud is rampant, despite abundant proof otherwise.

Unfortunately, his antiimmigrant dog whistle has been heard by too many people - including voters who elected him to office, followed by legislators who gave him the power to prosecute these cases.

Here’s the solution: The Legislature when it returns in late April should make one of its first orders of business the repealing of the law conferring upon Kobach the ability to go on these costly witch hunts.

Last week’s dismissal of charges against

Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

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

Gaedtke was one of only several shameful situations Kobach has been linked to in recent days.

•A media report revealed that the secretary of state office’s Spanishlanguage voter guide contained two significant errors that could make it more difficult for people to vote.

The Spanish version told voters they could register up to 15 days before an election. The actual deadline is 21 days; that information was correct in the English guide.

Also, the Spanish version omitted a fact included in the English version: People could use a passport - held by many naturalized citizens - as evidence of citizenship to register to vote.

Kobach’s support staff said it would quickly correct the online guide.

(See KOBACH on page six)

Sen. Jerry Moran 141 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6521 www.moran.senate.gov/public/

Pampered political class led to angry electorate

by Greg Orman

After Tuesday night’s election returns from Wisconsin gave Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz their victories over Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, respectively, the pundit class promptly anointed April 5 as the pivot point in the 2016 presidential election.

This was about the eighth supposed “turning point” in the election - if you listen to the TV talking heads.

The pundits have gotten the headline right, but the story wrong. The reality, this campaign is the byproduct of two decades of neglect and corruption by the ruling duopoly in Washington, D.C. That dereliction of duty has been defined by moments, each of which has left the American people wondering who their leaders really represent.

Sometimes these moments are simply examples of a Congress that enacts policy prescriptions that favor the special interests that fund the Republican and Democratic parties - or embrace solutions that are well intentioned, but naïve.

Pass a trade agreement that’s going to eliminate a couple million jobs? No worries. A dollop of Trade Adjustment Assistance will solve that problem.

A series of such decisions on trade policy, supported by both Democrats and Republicans, left millions of Americans economically dislocated. While free trade has led to lower prices for American consumers, our government has done a terrible job anticipating and planning for the negative effects of globalization on millions of American workers.

Passage of Medicare Part D in 2003 was heralded at the time as being good for retirees, and by many measures it was. It was even better for the pharmaceutical industry, which bargained for prohibiting Medicare’s ability to negotiate prices.

Is it any wonder drug prices are skyrocketing and Americans not covered by Medicare can no longer afford their prescriptions?

There was the moment in 2008 when Congress bailed out the financial industry, followed by the moment in 2014 when it passed the cromnibus bill that allowed those same institutions to make risky bets again inside their government-insured institutions.

Such a double standard is called privatizing profits and socializing losses. It conforms to no known political ideology.

What it does conform to is access to campaign cash - and possibly post-congressional employment.

It passed with support from both Republicans and Democrats.

When the campaign coffers of the Democrats who supported the 2014 bill were examined, it turned out they received twice as much money from the financial services industry as those who voted against it.

Whether it’s a tax code that says investing is more valuable than working, or a bank established with government money that subsidizes large corporations, or a corporate tax system that rewards companies that reincorporate in other countries, Americans are sick and tired of the status quo. They’re sick and tired of a system that’s rigged against them and ignores their needs.

These are a few of the moments that have fueled the Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump insurgencies - and pro(See ANGRY on page seven)

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abolishing the IRS Cruz’s plan would reward cheaters, hurt honest taxpayers

by Catherine Rampell

“Abolish the IRS” continues to be a reliable applause line at Ted Cruz rallies.

So as Tax Day approaches, it’s worth pondering: What would the country look like without its main revenue collection agency?

Fortunately (or un-), we’re already more than a sixth of the way to finding out.

Over the past six years, for misguided ideological and punitive reasons, Congress has axed the IRS’s budget by 17 percent in inflation-adjusted terms.

These draconian cuts, according to new data, have made life more painful for law-abiding taxpayers, have eased it for cheats and may have irreparably harmed our nation’s fiscal health.

Thanks to funding shortfalls, wellmeaning taxpayers have endured awful treatment from the IRS. Only 38 percent of people calling the agency with a question last fiscal year ever got through, for example, with the average hold time lasting a half-hour.

Those who did reach an agent were helped only if they had a “basic” question, rather than a complex one (you know, the kind people might not want to rely on Google to address).

The backlog of written correspondence looks even worse. At the end of fiscal 2010, 606,000 taxpayer letters to the agency were sitting unanswered; five years later, the backlog was 937,000.

As our already byzantine tax code has gotten more complicated (thanks to Obamacare, among other things), honest taxpayers need more help navigating it.

Yet the IRS is less equipped to help them.

You know who has benefited from the crippling of the IRS? Taxpayers who play fast and loose with the law.

As a result of budget cuts, the IRS has lost about a quarter of its main enforcement workforce since fiscal 2010.

Accordingly, audit rates have plummeted - especially for the mega-corporations that can afford armies of accountants and tax attorneys to grind down what they owe Uncle Sam. The amount of time revenue agents spent auditing the biggest corporations - those with at least $20 billion in assets - halved between 2010 and 2015, according to a new analysis from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse; the recommended

additional taxes resulting from audits of these mega-corporations dropped by close to three-quarters, resulting in billions in lost revenue.

Criminal cases against tax cheats fell, too.

That’s not because Americans suddenly became more law-abiding. The IRS simply doesn’t have the resources to go after people and companies that are paying less than they legally owe.

I realize a lot of Americans will applaud the news that audit rates are down. What these cheerleaders don’t realize is that they’re not the primary beneficiaries of this development.

In fact, they will probably pay dearly.

Cutting back on IRS enforcement effectively means giving a generous break to aggressive tax planners and cheats. Eventually, those revenue losses will have to be offset with higher tax rates (See IRS on page six)

GOP enacts Operation Paul Ryan

by Jim Hightower

Exciting news, people! The Republican Party’s establishment has a secret plan to stop its blue-collar voters from supporting Donnie Trump. Their plan is code-named: “Operation Paul Ryan.”

Good grief. The GOP’s old line clique of congressional bulls, corporate funders, lobbyists and right-wing think tanks is as confused as goats on astroturf when it comes to grasping a core part of Trump’s appeal.

He’s reaching out to longtime Republican voters who’ve finally realized that it’s the party’s own Wall Street elites who knocked them down economically and the party’s insider (See RYAN on page six)

We have failed to learn from history Discrimination gets a green light with religious freedom bills You’d think history might serve as a guide for the politicians and preachers good Christians all, of course - who have chosen to use the Bible to bolster their bigotry against people they’ve placed outside the magic circle.

We’ve seen this before, and it didn’t turn out well for those who claimed a mantle of righteousness. Yet onward they march.

Mississippi recently passed a “religious freedom” law designed to provide legal cover for those who wish to discriminate against gays and lesbians. The law is quite specific, allowing government clerks to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and protecting businesses that refuse to serve them.

Does this ring any bells? Do any of these people remember Jim Crow, a system of legalized oppression that stunted Mississippi for generations and whose legacy the state is still struggling to overcome?

They can’t have forgotten - not all of them.

Gov. Phil Bryant, who signed the odious bill, is certainly old enough to remember. He’d remember, too, that, during his childhood, many of the lead-

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ing church folk declared that God was on the side of discrimination.

And history should have taught the governor about Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple who dared to marry in 1958.

The Virginia judge who sentenced them to prison for their crime wrote: “Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.”

Indeed, this practice of using the Bible as a prop for prejudice has a long and ignominious tradition, spanning centuries and continents. In the United States, slave owners conveniently saw in the Bible a heaven-sent sanction for their brutal greed.

Throughout the 19th century, preachers delivered sermons claiming that “the Old Testament did sanction slavery,” as the Rev. Richard Fuller put it in 1847.

Others saw a validation of white supremacy in a Bible verse about the descendants of Ham. Proponents of “religious freedom” statutes point to the First Amendment, which enshrines as a central value the protection

of religious views, even those that are outside the mainstream. Congress reiterated its fidelity to that founding principle as recently as 1993, when a bipartisan majority passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It was designed for such cases as the Sikh firefighter who wants to keep his beard, or the Orthodox Jew who needs an exemption from a Sabbath work requirement.

But the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage set off a spate of proposals that serve no purpose except bigotry - laws that prop up prejudice with Scripture. The giveaway in several of those bills is this: They allow for-profit businesses to claim to have religious beliefs and to refuse service on that basis.

(The Supreme Court opened the door for that with its unfortunate 2014 ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, which assigned religious beliefs to corporations.

That involved a company’s “religious freedom” to refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives.)

Churches, by the way, don’t need any extra legal protections. The First Amendment has always given religious institutions wide latitude to practice their beliefs as they see fit, even if that means making undesirable distinctions.

Catholic priests have long reserved the right to refuse to marry those who are (See HISTORY on page seven)

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Postal Department prevented from being a ‘business’

by Washington Post

We usually do not complain when a commonly used consumer item gets cheaper, but first-class postage presents a bit of a special case.

The sudden two-cent drop in price, from 49 cents to 47 cents, on Sunday, makes a mockery of the “Forever” label on the stamps many people bought at the higher price, thinking their indefinite validity would hedge

Ryan

against future price hikes.

Little did they know!

More important for the stability of the already distressed U.S. Postal Service, the price cut represents a financial blow, estimated at $2 billion per year. Stamps went up to 49 cents in January 2014, pursuant to a Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) ruling intended to help the Postal Service recover from the Great Recession. (continued from page five)

cadre of K-Street influence peddlers who’ve shut them out politically.

The party powers are insisting that The Donald is winning only because he’s drawing voters who’re ignorant, racist, xenophobic and misogynist. In fact, he’s drawing huge numbers of disaffected Republicans who’re mainly anti the party’s own power players.

Far from being Koch-headed, laissez-faire ideologues, these voters like Trump’s opposition to jobbusting trade scams, his mocking of big-money campaign donations, his call to hike taxes on Wall Street’s pampered hedge-funders, his support for Social Security, etc.

For these voters, “Operation Paul Ryan” is a dud, a farce . . . and an insult. Rep. Ryan has long been the kept-darling of the Wall Street/K Street crowd.

The obtuse establishment snootily calls him “serious” presidential material - only because he champions such plutocratic policies as privatizing Social Security, cutting taxes on the superrich, deregulating Wall Street, and turning Medicare into a voucher system.

The only thing serious about Ryan’s agenda is that it’s a dead-serious loser with the great majority of Americans.

Trying to knock-off Trump for Ryan is a sign of the GOP’s irreversible decline into cluelessness and political irrelevance.

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

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But it’s offensive that Kobach’s office website would contain wrong information in a guide that’s supposed to help legal citizens participate in democracy, especially given his off-target rants against supposed illegal voting by immigrants.

•Allied Progress, a nonprofit public advocacy group, wants a full investigation of communication between Kobach and Brian Newby, the new executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and a former leader of the Johnson County Election Office.

This is a probe worth doing.

It was unsettling that Newby, as one of his first orders of business, issued a unilateral decision that people in Kansas, Alabama and Georgia could not register to vote by using a national form - one that doesn’t require providing proof of U.S. citizenship.

It turns out, as The Associated Press reported, that Newby and Kobach traded emails that raise troubling questions about how much influence Kobach had related to Newby’s new position. The big concern: Why did Newby put in place more restrictive voting rules favored by Kobach, his benefactor?

•Finally, just for good measure, Kobach continues to play up the fact that he not only thinks Donald Trump’s idea of a big wall on the Mexican border makes sense, but that he has a way of paying for the insanely expensive venture.

Kobach needs to stop gallivanting around the country preening for the anti-immigrant crowd. The Legislature ought to strip him of his powers to prosecute unlawful voting cases.

And he should start paying far more attention to his real job: providing accurate election-related information to Kansans.

How many businesses have to go through a federal commission, or Congress, for permission to set prices on their bread-and-butter product, which is what firstclass mail is for the Postal Service?

However, the increase was considered “exigent” and thus temporary large-scale postal customers had lobbied heavily against it - and it could be made permanent only by an act of Congress. A bill to do that, as well as relieve some of USPS’s structural health care cost burden and change its

pricing system, is pending in a Senate committee.

On a deeper level, this setback to the Postal Service is a vivid reminder of the institutional dysfunction that led to its predicament. USPS, we are often told, is supposed to run like a business.

How many businesses have to go through a

federal commission, or Congress, for permission to set prices on their bread-and-butter product, which is what first-class mail is for the Postal Service?

Tied down like Gulliver by regulators and congressional barons, relentlessly lobbied by everyone from the greeting card industry to rural newspapers, contractually hamstrung by powerful labor unions, the Postal Service’s management lacks the autonomy

necessary to run the system efficiently. It is a classic case of responsibility without authority.

Unable to do much of anything else, USPS has asked the regulatory commission to clarify how broad its upcoming mandatory review of the pricing system will be. The obvious implication is that USPS needs a complete overhaul if it is to survive.

(See POSTAL on page 7)

No one notices Christie’s disappearance

by Andy Borowitz

TRENTON (The Borowitz Report) - No one in the United States has taken note of the total disappearance of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who vanished from view several weeks ago.

In interviews with residents across the country, few if any Americans displayed interest in, or concern about, the whereabouts of Christie, who, until he disappeared, had been a onceprominent political figure.

Love There isn’t an athlete who hasn’t learned, at least to some degree, the value of dedication, teamwork and sacrifice which will serve them well in life after high school. And there isn’t a teacher who doesn’t know of studentathletes who don’t make a greater effort to stay academically eligible because of their involvement in sports.

Quite honestly, if not for sports there are some students who probably wouldn’t be in school.

“When you talk to anyone involved in a team ac-

IRS on honest people. As more Americans start to feel like chumps for obeying the law, cheating will rise further, forcing statutory tax rates even higher.

We’ve seen this vicious cycle of declining tax compliance and rising rates play out abroad, in cash-strapped countries such as Greece and Italy.

Of course, IRS funding cuts have already hurt the federal budget.

Historical collection data suggest that the government is currently losing out on more than $5 billion annually in enforce-

“I hadn’t really thought about him until you mentioned it,” said Trenton resident Carol Foyler, echoing the opinions of many others in the Garden State.

“Huh,” she added.

Tracy Klugian, a resident of Teaneck, said that it took him a moment to remember who Christie was, but then acknowledged that it was “kind of weird” that he had disappeared.

“I mean, he used to be here and now he’s not,” he said.

“Whatever.”

At the University of Minnesota,

the historian Davis Logsdon said it was “highly unusual” for a governor of such a major state to simply drop off the radar without anyone noticing.

“Chris Christie’s disappearance raises a whole host of questions,” he said. “Where did he go? When did he leave? Does he plan to come back? To be honest with you, I don’t care.”

Efforts to contact Governor Christie for this article were not made.

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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tivity, even something like debate, who does really well, it’s an experience that stays with them for a lifetime,” observes Dr. Watson. “There’s something magical about that which doesn’t happen in a history or a math class.”

In spite of misguided and uninformed legislative proposals like HB 2741, the Scott County school district and many others will find a way to come up with the funding. Their communities will demand and expect as much.

But that isn’t true of ev-

ery district. Some simply won’t have the resources.

They will have to make tough decisions. Students will either be forced to go to another district which has the opportunities they look for or they will miss out on the experience completely.

None of this apparently matters to Abrams, Highland or their ultraconservative colleagues. They are focused on one thing and one thing only - to cut the level of state spending. It begins by passing a disastrous tax cut plan which leads to an inevi-

table result - less money.

Less money means less spending which opens the door to dismantling public education.

It’s not an issue of whether HB 2741 becomes law this year, next year or not at all. What’s important is that it reveals the kind of future a certain faction of lawmakers see for public education in Kansas.

Unless we do something, it’s a future that may be closer than we imagine.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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ment revenue, in order to save just a few hundred million dollars on spending for the IRS. If voluntary compliance falls - whether because people become resentful that others aren’t paying their fair share, because they no longer fear getting caught or because they’re annoyed that no one at the IRS will answer the damn phone - that lost revenue will mount.

For these reasons, fiscal conservatives and fans of low tax rates - i.e., Republicans - should be the most enthusiastic

advocates of increasing funding for the IRS. They’re not, of course.

One possible reason is that they’re being pennywise and pound-foolish.

Another is lingering rage over the IRS’s 2013 scandal, when it improperly targeted for review conservative groups applying for federal tax-exempt status.

Multiple investigations and reprimands followed, and the agency has implemented nearly all of the recommendations that resulted. Oversight probably needs to increase further. But budget cuts

are an ineffective way to force the IRS to do its job better or more efficiently.

“The Veterans Health Administration had problems, OPM had problems, the Secret Service had problems,” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in a phone interview last week.

The response, he noted, was to “provide appropriate funding to deal with those problems” - not to cut them all off at the knees.

Catherine Rampell is a columnist at The Washington Post

Is Pompeo ready to challenge Sen. Moran?

by Steve Kraske

So is Mike Pompeo for real?

The Wichita congressman, a Republican, is suddenly refusing to rule out a late bid for the U.S. Senate this year.

“I can’t say much about whether or not I’m going to run for any particular office,” Pompeo said.

If he decides to go, he’d become embroiled in

an intense primary campaign against the incumbent, Jerry Moran.

But wait a minute. This is April. The primary election is Aug. 2, fewer than four months from now.

Isn’t that too late to mount a competitive race against a sitting United States senator?

Answer: Yes, it is.

Who knows what lurks in Mike Pompeo’s heart?

We suspect that he has statewide ambitions. We also might wager that he’s peeved at Moran, as so many conservatives are these days, over Moran’s apparent endorsement of Senate hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.

Moran has since backed away from that stand.

Pompeo would need a lot of money to beat a

sitting incumbent, though he did report $1.1 million in the bank at year’s end.

(Moran had $3.1 million).

Pompeo of Wichita also would need time to line up endorsements and get better known in the three-quarters of the state that hardly knows him.

That would take longer than four months.

Might he go for broke?

Sure.

But he would be a big underdog. Remember, his congressional predecessor, Todd Tiahrt, lost to Moran in the brutal 2010 GOP Senate primary.

Pompeo would face the prospect of seeing his political career come to an abrupt end.

A better guess? Pompeo is laying down a marker that states in big, bold capital letters that he has

statewide ambition, and he’s unafraid to take on anybody.

In a state jam-packed with Republicans eager to ascend the political ladder (think the governor’s office in 2018 or Pat Roberts’ U.S. Senate seat in 2020), that’s a message worth noting and a wise one for Pompeo to send now.

Steve Kraske is a columnist for the Kansas City Star

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As Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan said in February, the current system “is unworkable and should be replaced with a system that provides greater pricing flexibility and better reflects the economic challenges facing the Postal Service.”

We wish we could be more optimistic about the chances that this eminently sensible appeal will bear fruit.

History

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divorced; many conservative churches refuse to ordain women. So clerics may decline to perform the marriage rite for same-sex couples without fear of legal sanctions.

Given that, there is no need for laws that legitimize discrimination, and some states, either through revision or veto, have stepped back from such mean-spirited laws. North Carolina, however, has forged ahead with its “bathroom bill,” passed to nullify a Charlotte law that would have allowed transgendered individuals to use public restrooms of their choosing.

And other state legislators are still debating proposals meant to show their disapproval of same-sex marriage.

Onward they march - toward their heterosexual heaven.

duced Ted Cruz as the main Republican alternative to Trump.

While the establishment seems befuddled by the choices Americans are making, they shouldn’t blame the voters, as they’re starting to do.

They need to look in the mirror and realize that this revolt by the American people is the logical result of a pampered political class that ignores festering national problems while putting its own interests ahead of the nation’s.

Greg Orman, a Kansas businessman, ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014 as an Independent. His book, “A Declaration of Independents,” will be published May 1

Cynthia Tucker won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2007. She can be reached at cynthia@cynthiatucker.com

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Vision in the direction of valuing every kid the same,” he says.

“Why can’t someone who’s going to be an electrician share the experiences that come with attending Kansas State?”

State Assessments Dr. Watson was also critical of the emphasis put on standardized testing and the results of assessment tests.

“When we began the state assessments we went from 30 to 40 percent of the kids being proficient in reading or math to 90 percent. We did that by bribing them with pizza parties,” he observed.

“But it had no impact on kids going to college.”

He points out that over the past decade the percentage of high school students seeking a postsecondary education has held steady at about 80 percent.

Another concern is that the emphasis on assess-

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•Be ready early in the morning, as many people will show up hours before the sale officially starts to get the best stuff. Set up the day before, if possible, to take some of the stress off of your sale day.

•Keep one person in charge of the money box and have plenty of change.

Take cash only. Accept personal checks only from people you know well.

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ments has caused teachers to be so focused on their students scoring high on the tests that schools have neglected everything that goes into making a wellrounded individual.

“Reading and math are extremely important, but we’ve put all our eggs in that basket,” he says.

“We’ve cut fine arts, counselors and field trips.”

And nearly 30 percent of college-bound students still require remedial education once they leave high school.

“We need to think about the success of our students going forward and we need to go back to valuing a teacher’s opinion,” he says.

Whether a student goes to a vocational school or gets a four-year degree, he says the long-term impact is undeniable.

“Just being a high school graduate isn’t enough,” he says. “Eightysix percent of Kansas students graduate from high school, but since 1990, there are 14 percent fewer entry level jobs available for those students with a high school diploma or who didn’t graduate,” says Dr. Watson.

At the same time, the number of youngsters who qualify for free and reduced price lunches through their school has increased significantly over the last 20 years.

Loss of Middle Class The disappearing middle class is a concern for Dr. Watson and something he says should also concern all educators in preparing students for a changing world.

A Track for Success Likewise, Dr. Watson says the state board is equally interested in changing a system that almost guarantees failure.

He asked, for example, how many youngsters

Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner of Education, talks about a new “vision” for public education while in Scott City on Monday. (Record Photo)

were failing freshman English at SCHS. He was told that out of about 60 students, 2-3 failed the first semester and that 4-5 would likely fail the course this year.

“So what do most schools do? They have that student take freshman English again and sophomore English. They chose to fail . . . so we give them more,” he observes.

“It’s not that they couldn’t do the work,” said one teacher. “It’s because they choose not to

do the work.”

“It’s not just one class,” added another teacher.

“It’s that they have no interest in any classes.”

That’s a problem in all schools and it usually begins when some students enter junior high, noted Dr. Watson.

“Starting in middle school is when we start to see kids shut down,” he said. “And it can happen with very good students who get into high school and start to find themselves challenged more

than they are used to. The A’s don’t come as easy as they once did.”

Dr. Watson was asked how a school district with a limited staff can put students on an individual track for success.

“You can’t do it the way we teach now,” replied Dr. Watson. “We have a system that works really, really well for a majority of the kids, but not all kids.

This is about changing a system that was built solely to advocate for four years of college.”

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not leave the money box or bag on the table if you need to walk away. If you can, keep the money on your person by using an apron with pockets.

•Provide boxes, newspapers, and bags to help shoppers package what they buy.

•What you don’t sell give to charity, the Ministerial Alliance Thrift Store or some other worthwhile organization.

Be sure to list item and replacement cost for your tax records. Often, by donating to the local thrift store, you can easily get rid of unwanted items, save yourself a lot of time, get a break on your taxes that might exceed what you would have earned at a sale and do good to

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You can also involve your children in the sale.

Give a percentage of sales to your child to donate to the charity that they choose if they help with the sale.

Suggest that they run a concession stand with lemonade, cookies and snacks.

To help them part with unneeded items; let them keep the money from items that they pick to sell or have them donate those items to a charity of their choice.

If you do allow your children to help, be sure to keep a close eye on them at all times.

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SC entrepreneurs crunch the numbers with business plans When Lizzy Eikenberry had to develop a workable plan for a business in Scott City, it didn’t take her long to come up with an idea.

She already had some experience house sitting for individuals who needed someone to look after their pets and plants when they were gone for an extended period of time.

Expanding that into a full-time business made sense to the Scott Community High School junior.

The judges who heard her business plan agreed as Eikenberry won top honors in Youth Entrepreneurs “Local Business Plan Competition” which qualifies her for the upcoming regional contest that includes winning business ideas from students in Liberal, Garden City and Dodge City.

While the main project during the first semester was to develop a product to be sold during Market Day, the students have turned their attention during the spring semester to creating a business plan.

The participants were told that the business had to be something that didn’t require a college degree and which the students could start this summer, if they wanted.

“It had to be something that wouldn’t require a huge investment, such as a bank loan because that’s not going to be practical for high school students,” noted SCHS instructor Kevin Reese.

That ruled out opening a movie theatre which was one business idea that surfaced.

“And it had to be something which has a chance of being successful in Scott City,” Reese added.

Eikenberry said that while she was attending Scott City Middle School

she had gained some experience looking after pets while their owners were gone for an extended time.

“I already had a lot of the figures as far as what it cost and the time involved,” says Eikenberry. “I knew it was feasible.”

However, the entrepreneur class required Eikenberry to do more research and to figure in added costs, such as insurance and bonding.

“There’s a difference between doing something every couple of weeks to making it your livelihood,” noted the junior.

“When you add in those other expenses you have to make a bigger commitment to doing this fulltime and getting more customers. You can’t cover your costs if you’re only going to do this on weekends.”

Creating Business Model When doing research for her business, Eikenberry learned that 63 percent of the homes in the U.S. have a pet. But she wanted to localize that statistic further in order to establish the viability of her venture.

During a home basketball game, Eikenberry randomly selected people to fill out a survey and found that 80 percent of the respondents own a pet.

“I wasn’t expecting a number that high,” she says.

The survey also asked whether these individuals would be willing to pay for a dependable, home service to look after their pets when they were gone and 100 percent of the respondents said they would.

“That was impressive to me,” says the 17-yearold.

As part of Eikenberry’s business model, she

SCHS junior Lizzy Eikenberry answers questions from judges about her Peace of Mind Home and Pet Sitting business plan.

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explained to the judges that she would make two visits daily to the homes of her customers. She anticipates that the busiest times of the year would be during the summer when people are taking vacations and during the holidays.

“When you think of what vets charge for boarding pets, I think something like this could be pretty popular,” she says. “And I think people would rather keep their pets at home.”

After figuring her expenses, Eikenberry told the judges she would anticipate making a $12,000 profit.

“This could be a pretty good part-time job or something I could do at college,” she noted.

Eikenberry says that doing the research and developing the business plan is part of what she has enjoyed about being enrolled in the youth entrepreneur program.

“This class is different.

I feel that if you’re willing to put in the effort and the time you can get a lot back from it,” she adds.

Local judges heard presentations from 12 students with Eikenberry getting the top score.

However, Emily Glenn and Chance Jones were tied for second place only one point behind in the scoring.

While Eikenberry is the automatic qualifier for regional, other students applied for at-large entries.

“Based on his executive summary admission, Irvin Lozano was chosen to represent SCHS with Emily Glenn tells judges about her “Grand Champion Totes and Bags” his merchandising busi- business which she has actually started. She tied for second in the local ness,” Reese announced competition.

(Record Photo) on Thursday morning.

Lozano had tied for region was only allowed Irvin, but honestly was selected,” added Reese. fourth place in the local three at-large qualifiers left scratching my head The regional contest competition. into regional. a little as to why others will be held on April 28 in “I’m very excited for from Scott City were not Scott City.

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Kansas will delay a $93 million April transfer to the state pensions program, a first step toward potentially withholding a payment to help balance the budget.

Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration announced the delay Friday, framing the decision as providing flexibility ahead of the April 20 release of a new consensus revenue

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estimate that will reveal how large a budget deficit the state faces during the current fiscal year and the next, which begins July 1.

“A delay in the payment does not affect benefits to any KPERS members,” state budget director Shawn Sullivan said in a statement.

“No decision has been made as to whether this will be used as a budget

Scott City Council Agenda Mon., April 18 • 7:30 p.m.

City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to Order •Approve minutes of April 4 regular meeting •John Holzmeister, Frontier Ag 1) Fixed base operator (FBO update •Airport Commission Report 1) Quote on fuel meter displays •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Pool Department 1) Misc. business Police Department 1) Misc. business Parks Department 1) Misc. business Public Works Department 1) Open CMA sand bids Clerk’s Department 1) Misc. business •Financial and investment reports •Mayor’s comments

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

(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., April 14, 2016)1t

Notice of Public Comment Quonset Barrel Hangar at the Scott City Airport

The City of Scott City is opening a period of public comment until Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.

The purpose is to receive public comment in regard to the removal of the Quonset Barrel Hangar at the Scott City Municipal Airport. This structure was constructed in 1950 and has been determined by the Kansas State Historical Society as a structure with historic significance and eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. It was determined the structure “embodies the style of the WWII and PostWar Era Quonset Huts.”

Any public comment in regard to the removal of this structure shall be made to the City of Scott City and dropped off at City Hall (221 W 5th, Scott City KS 67871) to Brenda Davis, City Clerk no later than the time specified above.

Have questions about the Scott Community Foundation? call 872-3790 or e-mail: julie@scottcf.org

balancing tool for this fiscal year, but this action allows us to maintain the flexibility provided by the legislature through the budget bill as we wait for the Consensus Revenue Estimating (CRE) group to provide new revenue numbers later this month.”

The statement didn’t reveal the amount affected by the delay. On Twitter, Sullivan said it was $92.6

million.

The Legislature earlier this year gave Brownback the power to delay the last quarterly KPERS payment for the fiscal year. But if the governor invokes this ability, the state will have to make the payment next fiscal year with interest.

Kansas has worked to improve the financial health of its pension sys-

tem in recent years and has increased its funded ratio. The state also issued $1 billion bonds in August to provide capital for investments by the system.

KPERS still has an unfunded liability of more than $9 billion, but the administration said the funded ratio has risen from 54 percent in 2012 to 67 percent as of

December.

The governor’s office said the state’s average general fund contribution to KPERS between 2012 and 2015 stood at $387.8 million annually, up from an average of $181.5 million between 2001 and 2010.

Rep. Steven Johnson (R-Assaria), chairman of the House Pensions and (See TRANSFER on page 11)

Kansas AG pushing new program for DUI offenders Kansas DUI offenders could face a new punishment program in the future.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has introduced a program that would both punish and treat chronic DUI offenders. Rather than put the offenders in jail, they would take part in a 24-7 sobriety program.

The program would require offenders to take twice daily breathalyzer

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department April 5: Troy Warta was served a Scott County warrant.

April 8: Lynda Burnett was making a left hand turn at 1300 South US83 Highway when she failed to yield and was struck by a vehicle driven by David Kaiser.

April 8: Daniel VarelaCalzadillas reported hitting a gas meter at 809 W. Myrtle.

April 8: A gas meter was hit on South Glenn.

Scott County Sheriff’s Department April 5: Troy Warta was served a Scott County warrant.

April 5: Forgery was reported by Charles Brooks.

SCHS StuCo/VIP Dance Sun., April 17 • 2:30-5:00 p.m.

SCHS Commons Area

tests seven days a week.

If their BAC is above 0, they will be sent to jail for 12 hours with the punishment increasing after each failed test.

“We focus very heavily on people driving again,” says Derek Schmidt.

“This one concentrates on people drinking again.”

South Dakota was the first state to establish the program, with a fivecounty pilot project that has since expanded.

“We started this with an appropriation of $700,000 and the state hasn’t stuck another nickel in this program since 2005,” says South Dakota Judge Larry Long who is the program’s founder.

If the offender does not have means of transportation, they can wear monitoring bracelets and would only have to report to a facility twice a week.

Schmidt says he thinks there are some concepts

in here that fit nicely with Kansas law. But he’s not sure the entire program does.

“We are a very different state from South Dakota,” he says.

The program is offender funded in South Dakota and doesn’t require expenses from the public. Kansas had over 2,400 DUI related incidents in 2014, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Household Antique and Collectible Sunday, April 24 • 10:00 a.m.

Location: Community Bldg, at the fairgrounds, east edge of Leoti

Mary Bauck Estate

Furniture and Appliances Metal office desk and chair Bookcase hutch Amana refrigerator with Regular size bed with bottom freezer (black) matching 11-drawer chest Yamaha Fun Machine and (2) 4-drawer chests and electric organ nightstand Sofa table Coffee table and end tables Tan occasional chair February 2 • 11:00 a.m.

(2)Sunday, Blue Mastercraft Antiques and Collectibles occasional chairs Blue Fenton glassware pieces Blue and rose floral divan Crystal (nice) Fostoria crystal glassware Blue and rose floral loveseat Pressed glassware glider Carnival glass (2) Rose colored occasional Rose glass pickle castor chairs Collector’s plates Rose lift chair Marbles Oak entertainment center Crock milk pitcher Coffee table, makes into a Oak high chair game table Wicker baskets Green leather recliner Lanterns Brown and rust divan

Pottery Hen on nest Tea pots Meat grinders Cherry pitter Sad iron Flour sifter Salt and pepper shakers Roseville vase Terra glass Cake plates Ruby glass Prussia cup Pink depression glass Green depression glass Hobnail glass Fire King nesting mixing bowls Texas ware bowls Flat top trunks Southwest dolls Crochet items

Egg crate 12-place setting of china from Bauck Hardware Household Items Lamps Silver-plated items Set of stoneware Oil paintings Decorating items Artificial trees Jazzy 1113 electric scooter, like new Bedding New Holland grill Sewing items Pots and pans Kitchen utensils Records Nic Nacs Small kitchen appliances

Terms: Must have ID to register, no exceptions. Cash or approved check day of sale. Everything sold as is. No warranties expressed or implied. Not responsible for theft or accident. Announcements day of sale take precedence over printed material. Lunch Served. Check us out: www.berningauction.com and facebook

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Speaker frustrated with estimate-based budgeting Merrick says system unlikely to change Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick is frustrated with Kansas’ use of estimate-based budgeting.

The Republican from Stilwell acknowledged the state’s revenue forecasting method is unlikely to change, but he expressed uncertainty over the way Kansas uses revenue estimates to budget.

The Consensus Revenue Estimating

Group - made up of legislative staff, executive branch budget staff and university economists - meets regularly to produce a new revenue forecast.

“I don’t think the way we budget - and I’ve said that for 17 years - the way we budget is based on estimates. I think we ought to be in the real world,” Merrick said.

Asked what that would look like, Merrick said the system hasn’t changed in 17 years and he doesn’t think it will.

House Minority

Public Notice (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

Leader Tom Burroughs (D-Kansas City) defended the estimating process.

“The revenue estimating process, while not perfect, is a practical way to predict future revenue and draft a budget.

Additionally, the monthly revenue updates and the bi-annual review allow the Legislature and the governor to make necessary adjustments as needed to ensure the budget is balanced at the end of the fiscal year,” Burroughs said.

Kansas revenue has had difficulty meeting

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Benefits Committee, said withholding a payment doesn’t endanger payments to pensioners in any way. It could, however, create a challenge for lawmakers next year.

The Legislature is currently on break but will return in late April for a veto session.

“The stuff will not actually hit until into next year. So I fear we will put it off and not address it in veto session, and then whoever’s back in the Legislature next year will have a sizeable challenge,” Johnson said.

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley (D-Topeka) said delaying payments to KPERS would only delay solving the problem.

“If Sullivan is talking about delaying the employer contribution, that puts off the inevitable. It just pushes the problem down the road,” Hensley said. “For people who are conservatives and look at the bottom line, they’re doing a poor job of it.”

County Plat Maps Public Notice

(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 14, 2016; last published Thurs., April 21, 2016)2t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE INTEREST OF: Name: M.M.C. Date of birth: 3/14/2000 Female Case No. 16-JC-03 NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2237 TO: Juan Chavez-Dominguez and Parents of Juan Chavez-Dominguez and all other persons who are or may be concerned You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court alleging that the child named above is a Child in Need of Care. The Court may find that the parents are unfit by reason or conduct or condition which renders the parents unable to care properly for a child, the conduct or condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, the parental rights of the parent should be terminated, and a permanent custodian should be appointed for the child.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for the 18th day of May, at 3:30 p.m. At the hearing the Court may issue orders relating to the care, custody and control of the child. The hearing will determine if the parents should be deprived of their parental rights and the right to cus-

tody of the child.

The parent(s), and any other person having legal custody are required to appear before this Court on the date and time shown, or to file your written response to the petition with the Clerk of the District Court prior to that time. Failure to respond or to appear before the Court at the time shown will not prevent the Court from entering judgment as requested in the petition, finding that the child is a Child in Need of Care, removing the child from the custody of parent, parents or any other present legal custodian until further order of the Court, or finding the parents unfit, and entering an order permanently terminating the parents’ parental rights.

An attorney has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child: Linda Lobmeyer, 118 W. Pine, Garden City, KS 67846. You have the right to appear before the Court and be heard personally, either with or without an attorney. The Court will appoint an attorney for any parent who desires an attorney but is financially unable to hire one. The Court may order one or both parents to pay child support.

Date and time of hearing: May 18, 2016, at 3:30 p.m.

Place of hearing: 303 Court Street, Scott City, Ks. 67871 James R. Collins Judge of the District Court

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projections over the past year and a half. A forecast downgrade in April 2015 forced lawmakers to find $400 million to make ends meet, sparking a weeks-long standoff over tax policy. Ultimately, the Legislature raised sales and cigarette taxes.

Less-than-expected revenues have continued.

Earlier this year, Gov. Sam Brownback cut the state’s higher education system by $17 million in response to a $53 million tax revenue shortfall in February.

Opponents of the 2012

tax policy have said the policy has made it difficult to produce accurate revenue estimates. Some supporters of the policy, including Brownback, have called for refinements to the estimating process to improve its accuracy.

Every state uses some form of revenue estimating. A 2011 report from the Pew Center for the States and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government found estimate accuracy suffered throughout the nation in the wake of the Great

Scott County Commission Agenda Tues., April 19 County Courthouse 3:00 p.m.

Approve accounts payable and minutes

3:30 p.m.

Cecil Griswold to give update on roof at Park Lane Nursing Home

4:00 p.m.

Fire Chief Vernon Storm to present request for new fire gear

4:30 p.m.

County fair board to discuss sewer replacement at fairgrounds

5:00 p.m.

Public Works Director Richard Cramer

Agenda may change before the meeting. Contact County Clerk Alice Brokofsky for an updated agenda (872-2420) or visit www.scott.kansasgov.com

Recession. In 2009, for example, the median forecasting error was 10.2 percent - meaning 50 percent of states overestimated tax revenue by more than 10.2 percent.

Kansas’ forecasts were more accurate, however.

During the height of the recession in 2009, Kansas overestimated revenue by 2.1 percent.

By contrast, Kansas experienced a 5.6 percent miss in 2014 - the largest since it began using the consensus revenue estimating process more than 40 years ago.

Pastime at Park Lane Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Hugh McDaniel, Madeline Murphy, Gary and Janet Goodman, and Dorothy King.

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

Russel and Mary Webster led Bible study on Tuesday evening.

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

Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon. Helpers were Madeline Murphy and Barbara

Dickhut.

Residents played pitch on Wednesday evening.

Ladies were given manicures on Thursday morning.

Margie Stevens and her daughter, Melody, gave a music program on Thursday afternoon.

Residents played trivia games on Thursday evening.

Residents enjoyed ice cream cones on Friday afternoon.

Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon.

Several residents played Wii bowling on

Deaths sons, Robby Schwindt, and wife Tala, Chicago, Ill., Eric Schwindt and wife, Tomara, Scott City, and Dillon Schwindt and wife, Alix, Woodbury, Minn.; two brothers, Bob Schwindt, and wife Donna, Colby, and Rick Schwindt and wife, Mary, Utica; two sisters, Marilyn Johnson, and husband, Bill, Utica, and Lynn Folkenroth and husband, Joe, Clinton, Ark.; and four grandchildren.

Funeral serivce will be held at a later date.

There will be no calling times.

Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Joyce Marie Nickelson Joyce Marie Nickelson, 75, died April 11, 2016, at Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital, Wichita.

S h e was born March 21, 1941, in Scott City, the daughter of Roman Joyce Nickelson F. and Josephine P. (Kessler) Droste.

A lifetime resident of Western Kansas, she was a mill dispatcher for Seaboard Foods, Inc., retiring in 2013.

Joyce was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella and Altar Society, all of Marienthal.

Survivors include three

Edith Donecker was visited by Brent and Sue Rogers, Justin and Dave Donecker; Brooklyn, Cooper and Catie Griem, Jeannie Griem, Trisha Donecker and Phyllis Ruiz.

Arlene Beaton was visited by Tom Beaton, John and Colleen Beaton, Linda Savolt and Marilyn Waters.

Pat Rudolph was visited by Kathleen Moore, LuAnn Buehler, and Steve and Mary Grigg.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Mike and Tracy Hess, Liri, Dawn and Tava See.

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Randall M. Schwindt Randall M. Schwindt, 58, died April 9, 2016, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

H e was born March 1, 1958, in Wa K e e ney, the son of D e l a n o Randall Schwindt and Amelia (Rohr) Schwindt.

A lifetime resident of Utica, he was the owner and operator of Aeroswint Manufacturing in Utica and ran the famliy farm in Trego County.

Randall was a member of the Christian faith and had completed three years of ministry training at Charis Bible College.

Survivors include three

Friday evening.

Corrine Dean was visited by Aaron and Mandy Kropp, Damian Ortiz and Dianna Howard.

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Mark and Timothy Fouquet and Jon and Anne Crane.

Carol McKinney was visited by Connie Gruver and Don Rankin, Dighton.

Doris Riner was visited

by Bill and Sue Riner and Trudy Eikenberry.

Kathy Roberts was visited by Don and Tara Williams and Landrey.

Nella Funk was visited

by Sheila Boyd and Don and Tara and Landrey.

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children, Stacy Seaton, and wife, JoAnne, Leoti, Cindy McRae, Scott City, and Travis Seaton, Scott City; one sister, Paulette Schultz, Castleton, Ks.; and six grandchildren.

Her parents preceded her in death.

Funeral service will be Fri., April 15, 10:00 a.m., at St. Mary Catholic Church, Marienthal, with Fr. Benjamin Martin officiating.

Interment will be at St. Mary Cemetery, Marienthal.

Memorials are suggested to the Joyce M. Nickelson Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, Box 161, Leoti, Ks. 67861.

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Week of April 18-22 Monday: Pulled barbeque chicken, sweet potato fries, deli fixins, blushed pears.

Tuesday: Chili or potato soup, baby carrots, cinnamon roll, mandarin orange.

Wednesday: Mexican chicken casserole, rice, tossed salad, stewed tomatoes, applesauce.

Thursday: Baked cod, potatoes Romanoff, broccoli, whole wheat bread, strawberries.

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Boots Haxton was visited by Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright and Larry and Philene Pickett.

Jeanie Rowton was visited by Chuck Rowton, Susan Escareno, Beau Harkness, Becky Rowton, Courtney Young and Marilyn Waters.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock.

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

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

Lowell Rudolph was visited by Tom and Kathy Moore, LuAnn Buehler, Rev. Don Martin, and Steve and Mary Grigg.

Louise Crist was visited by William Beaton, Patsi Graham, Jean Burgess, and Don and Tara Williams.

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

LaVera King was visited by Kalacia Carter, Gloria Gough and Carol Latham.

Yvonne Spangler was visited by Les Spangler.

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Gender wage gap costs Kansas women $4.5B annually On average, Kansas women employed full time, year round are paid just 77 cents for every dollar paid to men - a yearly pay gap of $10,789.

That means, in total, women in Kansas lose more than $4.5 billion every year, which is money that could strengthen the state economy and the financial security of Kansas women and families, including the nearly 113,000 Kansas house-

holds headed by women.

These are some of the findings of a new analysis conducted by the National Partnership for Women and Families.

The analysis spans all 50 states, all 435 congressional districts in the country, and the District of Columbia. It can be found at NationalPartnership. org/Gap. These findings include that, for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic

men in Kansas, African American women, Latinas and Asian women who work full time, year round are paid 64 cents, 52 cents and 73 cents, respectively.

According to the new analysis, if the gap between women’s and men’s wages in Kansas were eliminated, each woman who holds a fulltime, year-round job in the state could afford to buy food for 1.6 more years, pay for mortgage

and utilities for nine more months, or pay rent for 14 more months.

Basic necessities like these would be particularly important for the 31 percent of Kansas’ woman-headed households currently living below the poverty level.

Kansas is not the only state with a wage gap. In fact, every state and 98 percent of the country’s congressional districts have one.

The National Partnership’s national analysis finds that the 10 states with the largest cents-on-the-dollar wage gaps in the country - from largest to smallest - are Louisiana, Utah, Wyoming, West Virginia, North Dakota, Alabama, Idaho, Oklahoma, Montana and Michigan.

Currently before Congress, the Paycheck Fairness Act would close loopholes in the Equal

Pay Act. The National Partnership argues that the bill, along with other supportive policies - such as paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, minimum wage increases, fair scheduling and protections for pregnant workers - are what is needed to close the gap.

The findings for each state, along with state rankings, are available at NationalPartnership.org/ Gap.

FICA is long-term investment in your retirement future

by Rich Fowler Social Security operations manager

Receiving your first paycheck is an empowering milestone. Do you remember being a little shocked by the taxes that Uncle Sam takes out of each paycheck?

Understanding how important your contribution is takes some of the sting away because your taxes are helping millions of Americans and making your financial future more secure.

By law, employers must withhold Social Security taxes from workers’ paychecks. While usually referred to as “Social Security taxes” on an employee’s pay statement, sometimes the deduction is labeled as “FICA.” This stands for Federal Insurance Contributions Act, a reference to the original Social Security Act. In some cases, you will see “OASDI,” which stands for Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance, the official name for the Social Security Insurance program.

The taxes you pay now mean a lifetime of protection - for retirement in old age or in the event of disability. And when you die, your family (or future family) may be able to receive survivors benefits based on your work as well.

Right now you probably have family mem-

bers - grandparents, for example - who already are enjoying Social Security benefits that your Social Security taxes help provide.

Social Security is solvent now and will be through 2033. At that point, we’ll be able to fund retirement benefits at 75 percent unless changes are made to the law. In the past, Social Security has evolved to meet the needs of a changing population.

Because you’re a long way from retirement, you may have a tough time seeing the value of benefit payments that could be many decades in the future. But keep in mind that the Social Security taxes you’re paying can provide valuable disability or survivors benefits in the event the unexpected happens.

Studies show that of today’s 20-year-olds, about one in four will become disabled, and about one in eight will die, before reaching retirement.

Be warned: if an employer offers to unlawfully pay you “under the table,” you should refuse.

They may try to sell it as a benefit to you since you get a few extra dollars in your net pay.

But you’re really only allowing the employer to deprive you from earning your Social Security credits. This could keep you from qualifying for any benefits, or result in you receiving less than you should.

Attend the Church of Your Choice

What if?

What if everything in the Bible is true? What if every single thing that is recorded in the Bible is God’s Word? What if the commands of the Bible that are for all people are to be obeyed by all people? What if we submitted to the Lordship of Christ and viewed the Bible in the same way He viewed it?

Would you repent in the way that you think about and view the world around you?

I have Good News for you. The Bible and the Words contained in it are God-Breathed and accurate. The writers of the Bible were moved by the Spirit of God to give us what God intended to be communicated to us.

God has revealed to us how we are to live in this world and has given us a source from which we may gain wisdom in seeking proper answers to life’s difficulties. If we seek to conform our lives to His Son, Jesus Christ, then no matter what failures we may encounter, our lives will become rich beyond measure.

The Apostle Peter states, “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness through

the true knowledge of him who has called us by His own glory and excellence.”

Contained in God’s Word is everything we need for life everyday, and that living in and by His Word we will never fall. Even in our failures and sin, God has instructed us how to come to Him, and that He is faithful and righteous to forgive our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

As a pastor, I cling to God’s Word for help and instruction in seeking wisdom in applying His truth. God is faithful even when we do not understand. Because of the sacrifice of Jesus, because of the forgiveness of sins found in His work of Redemption, Jesus is able to preserve and guide us at all times.

As you learn about and mature in the teachings of the Bible, as you read and hide God’s Word in your heart, the promises of God will be made abundant toward you and give you strength in difficult times. It will sustain you til the day He appears and gathers all the saints together.

What if?

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.

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.

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The Scott County Record • Page 14 • Thursday, April 14, 2016

Medicare shakes up joint replacement payments New program to include Wichita, Topeka hospitals

Megan Hart Kansas Health Institute

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a program that would require participating hospitals to repay some money for knee and hip replacements if the average cost of a procedure is too expensive due to complications.

The Kansas City area, Topeka and Wichita are on the list of participating metropolitan areas.

Medicare patients likely won’t notice the difference, but their doctor may have more skin in the

game when it comes to their outcomes if they get joint replacement surgery at many of Kansas’ largest hospitals.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a program that would require participating hospitals to repay some money for knee and hip replacements if the average cost of a procedure is too expensive due to complications.

Knee and hip replacements are the most common inpatient surgery

Creating the right mindset will help child to lose weight by the American Counseling Association

There have been numerous reports about overweight and obese children in this country. It can be a difficult subject to approach when your own child is facing weight issues, but there are positive ways to help your child deal with this problem.

No weight control lecture is necessary. Your child is aware of his or her weight issues, just the same as you are if you happen to be overweight yourself.

Instead, start by giving your child positive thoughts. Express your love and make it clear that everyone is different. The goal isn’t to look like some magazine model.

Creating a good mindset is essential. Emotional triggers often have us turning to food for its calming effect and how it makes us feel better. Teach your child that feelings have a purpose and can serve as clues to what is really going on.

Encourage your child to talk with you when feeling troubled, and discuss how to handle problems besides hiding one’s emotions behind food.

Try to encourage positive thinking in your child, teaching them how to ignore or react in a good way to negative messages. But you also want to encourage actions that can lead to a healthier weight.

Rather than being the food police, forbidding or restricting food choices, make your child part of the food choice process. Take your child shopping with you to learn about good nutrition. Even a younger child can learn to read the nutrition label on foods.

Emphasize the taste and benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables and encourage your child to come up with ideas on how to serve these nutritious choices.

Exercise, of course, is an essential part of weight control, but it should be activities that are fun and enjoyable, not a grueling punishment. Ordering someone to go and “play” is usually counterproductive, but going out together with your child to toss a ball, walk the dog or ride a bike makes it fun and beneficial for both of you.

(See WEIGHT on page 15)

procedure for patients covered by Medicare, the government’s health insurance program primarily for people 65 and older.

The replacement program covers 67 metropolitan areas and about 800 hospitals nationwide, according to CMS. The Kansas City area, Topeka and Wichita are on the list, with almost all hospitals in those areas participating.

Patients still can choose their hospital and where they receive rehabilitation

In 2014, Medicare spent more than $7 billion for about 400,000 joint replacements - or an average of about $17,500 per procedure. The cost and quality of joint replacements varies widely across the country, however.

care after the surgery, said Kim King, administrative director of care coordination for Shawnee Mission Health.

The only difference will be that starting in 2017, patients who select a “high-quality” rehabilitation facility won’t have to stay in the hospital for three nights, as Medicare

average of anywhere from $16,500 to $33,000 for a knee or hip replacement, depending on where it is performed, and some hospitals have three times as many complications as others, according to CMS. Hospitals won’t be penalized in the first year, according to CMS, but after that, they will need to repay some of their reimbursements if complication rates for joint replacements are too high. The penalties will rise from five percent in the second year to 20 percent in the fifth year.

usually requires, she said.

In 2014, Medicare spent more than $7 billion for about 400,000 joint replacements - or an average of about $17,500 per procedure. The cost and quality of joint replacements varies widely across the country, however.

Medicare can pay an (See PAYMENTS on page 15)

Consumers don’t feel price is linked to better health care Limited evidence that higher price leads to better outcomes Michelle Andrews Kansas Health Institute

Most consumers don’t believe the adage that “you get what you pay for” in health care, according to a new study.

The report in this month’s issue of the journal Health Affairs analyzed the responses of 2,010 adults to four questions about the relationship between health care prices and quality, such

as, “Would you say higher prices are typically a sign of better quality medical care or not?” and “If one doctor charged less than another doctor for the same service, would you think that the less expensive doctor is providing lower quality care or would you not think that?”

A majority of consumers - between 58 percent and 71 percent, depending on the question - didn’t associate price with quality, the study found.

For many consumer goods, price can be a good proxy for quality.

But in health care, there is “limited evidence that

higher prices are associated with higher quality or better health outcomes,” according to the study.

The goal of many efforts to get price and quality information to consumers is to nudge people toward choosing “high-value” care that gives them the most effective care for the money.

The data provides useful information for health care organizations that are trying to understand how people make choices and developing consumer tools, said the study’s lead author, Kathryn Phillips, a professor of health economics and health services research at the

University of California, San Francisco.

For instance, it suggests that offering prices to consumers does not necessarily encourage them to use the most expensive doctors or hospitals.

“In order for these tools to work . . . we have to understand how people use this information,” Phillips said. “You can’t just put price information out there and expect people to use it.”

The researchers also noted that the concerns of the 21 percent to 24 percent of consumers who do associate price and quality must be addressed.

(See PRICE on page 15)

High-tech toys could stagnate a baby’s communication skills MANHATTAN - When buying toys for children, choosing the flashiest toy with all of the bells and whistles might seem like the best option. But in fact, these high-tech toys could actually slow a baby’s development of verbal skills.

The reason behind this could be traced to less verbal interaction between parents and children.

In a study by Northern Arizona University (http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.

aspx?articleid=2478386), researchers found that although these noisy toys captured the child’s attention, they didn’t produce quality interactions between the parent and child.

“Even as toddlers, you don’t want to isolate children from each other,” said Kansas State University assistant professor Bradford Wiles.

“What you want are things that can be shared that involve a dialogue back and forth with peers and

especially with adults.”

When children play with a tablet or other noisy device, they often play alone, and these effects can be detrimental to their development, Wiles, a K-State Research and Extension early child development specialist, said. Children need meaningful interaction with adults to reach their full social potential.

“Research results are starting to indicate that when children isolate themselves through the

use of these tablets, they are not able to regulate their emotions as well, and they’re not able to get along as well with their peers,” Wiles said.

In addition, what tends to happen when children are given a fancy new tablet, or other form of flashy toy, is they don’t soak in the information presented to them. This can render these tablets as an expensive way to waste development time.

(See HIGH-TECH on page 15)

Specialty Care, Hometown Service

The Outreach Services Clinic at Scott County Hospital If you need a medical specialist, Scott County Hospital offers a variety of options for your care.

Talk with your physician about a referral to meet with one of our visiting specialty doctors.

Cardiology Dr. Janif

Cardiology Dr. Thapa

Cardiology Dr. Ferrell

Cardiology Dr. Freund

Ear, Nose, & Throat Dr. Munson

Immunology/Allergy Dr. Faraci

Nephrology Dr. Baracaldo

Neurosurgeon Dr. Henry

Oncology/Hematology

Orthopedics Dr. DeCarvalho

Pulmonology/Sleep Dr. Ballard

Urology Dr. Lopez

Urology Dr. McDonald

Registered Dietitian & Diabetic Educator Courtney McCarty

Dr. Tibayan

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The Scott County Record • Page 15 • Thursday, April 14, 2016

New study: where you live can impact life expectancy A new study drawing on a massive trove of data confirms longheld notions that when it comes to life expectancy, income matters: The richest American men live 15 years longer than the poorest men and the richest American women live 10 years longer than the poorest women.

But the study also comes up with some striking findings. The poor in some areas live nearly as

long as their wealthier neighbors while the longevity gap is widening in other areas. In other words, geography matters - at least for the poor. That suggests that public health interventions - even modest ones - may make a big difference.

Drawing on the data, The New York Times put together an interactive display that allows users to click on any county

Price

Payments

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The analysis found that people who had comparison shopped for care in the past were more likely to link higher prices with higher quality care.

“If you actually shop for care, and then you believe that price and quality are associated, you’re then going to avoid low-priced care,” she said, noting that more research needed to be done to understand whether there’s a causal relationship between the two.

Hospitals with low complication rates will be eligible for increases in their payments, with the amount rising over the five years of the program.

The target rates differ depending on whether the patient has other chronic conditions that would make significant complications more likely.

Patrick Conway, CMS principal deputy administrator and chief medical officer, said the payment plan is designed to encourage hospitals and

in the United States and see how it compares with others.

Click on Finney County, for example, and you’ll discover that life expectancy for a poor 40-year-old with a household income below $28,000 annually is 78.2 years.

In Wyandotte County, the average is 77.5 years, which ranks among the worst life expectancies for the poor in the

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Similarly, make mealtimes a family affair with everyone getting involved in healthier eating. Kids learn by example and if Mom and Dad are eating large portions and going back for seconds, guess who is going to want the same?

And if there are family issues that might be leading to stress and an eating disorder, consider talking to a professional counselor for expert help.

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

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

“We’re teaching children how to use a tablet, but the information that’s on the tablet, the children aren’t really retaining,” Wiles said. “So we think we’re teaching them things like letters and numbers, but what we’re really teaching them well is how to use a touch screen.”

Verbal Development Wiles said research has shown that children who read books with their parents had far better dialogue skills than children who are constantly presented with noisy toys.

“Learning to read is a necessarily engaged activity, so you have to have somebody mentoring you

to do with lifestyle choices like tobacco use and exercise.

But the report finds that the differences have less to do with access to health care or levels of income inequality and more to do with whether the poor live in affluent areas with highly educated populations and high levels of government expenditures.

“Our findings show that inequality in life expectancy is not inevitable,”

said the report. “There are cities throughout America - from New York to San Francisco to Birmingham, Alabama - where gaps in life expectancy are relatively small or are narrowing over time.

“Replicating these successes more broadly will require targeted local efforts to improve health behaviors among lowincome people in local communities.”

Brenda Dykstra, vice president of business and strategic development at University of Kansas Hospital, said the CMS initiative is “consistent” with current efforts to improve coordination when a patient leaves the Kansas City, Ks., hospital.

Most joint replacement patients receive care from a rehabilitation hospital, a skilled nursing facility or a home health agency after the surgery, she said, and some use multiple services.

“This work will contin-

ue so we can enhance the coordination of care when a patient leaves the acute care hospital following their surgery,” she said.

CMS has been working with hospitals to prepare for the new model, Conway said. Ideally, the result will be fewer complications and less health care spending, he said.

“We want hospitals to be successful under this model because success means that Medicare’s beneficiaries will receive better quality care,” he said.

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facilities such as rehabilitation centers to better coordinate their care, improve patient outcomes and limit costs.

“One beneficiary said it best when she described that what she cared about for her hip replacement was getting out of the hospital as quickly as possible without an infection or complication and then being able to go back to playing with her grandkids and gardening,” he said. “The model incentivizes a system that aligns with her goals and

High-Tech Weight

United States. And click on Johnson County, and you’ll learn that life expectancy for the poor is about 80 years, matching the average for the poor nationwide.

As the study says, the richest Americans have gained about three years in longevity since 2000 while the poorest Americans have experienced no gains overall.

Some of the variation has

the goals of so many beneficiaries.”

Providing additional coordination and followup can improve outcomes, King said. Since 2011, Shawnee Mission Health has provided “transition coaches” for patients with conditions like heart failure and found readmissions went down when they checked on patients after sending them home, she said. The coaches began following up with joint replacement patients last year.

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through that process,” he explained.

Puzzles offer another great opportunity to interact with children.

“You can give a 12-piece puzzle to a twoyear-old and help that child learn how it works,” Wiles said. “It’s going to be difficult at first, but it can help children and adults learn about each other.”

He advises parents to consider that any activities involving positive interaction seem to help a child’s verbal development the most. Therefore, it’s the basic interaction between parents and children that allow children to blossom. Just because an expensive toy is marketed to make babies or toddlers

“smarter” doesn’t necessarily mean that it will.

“Anything you’re doing as a parent that involves play - creative play, imaginative play that’s going to do it anyway,” Wiles said. “Any other artificial means are just that, just artificial.

It’s the simple things we know that work.”

However, Wiles said it is important to remember that as children get older, it’s okay for them to start going off on their own to do things.

“Once children master reading, certainly it is no problem for them to go read on their own,” Wiles said. “The progression goes, ‘You learn to read, and then you read to learn.’”

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Survivor health fair at SCHS Scott Community High School students recently participated in the annual Survivor Health Fair which featured a variety of informational booths and activities.

(Right Photo) Kevin Lozano (left) delivers a blow to Jarret Jurgens as they try to knock each other off the American Gladiator pedestals. (Below) Nic Cheney tests his endurance at the Ft. Hays State University booth.

(Record Photos)

Working Sunday? Are you going to be out of town this weekend?

Join us Thursdays at Area 96 at 6:30 pm for our Week Night Service For more information call 872-2339 or visit our website fbcscott.com

Grants available to promote summer meals for area youth

In Kansas, only seven of every 100 children who receive a free or reducedprice lunch through the National School Lunch Program receive lunch through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).

To increase children’s participation in the SFSP in Kansas, Kansas Appleseed is offering grants of up to $1,000 to qualifying SFSP sponsors.

With $50,000 from the Kansas Health Foundation, Kansas Appleseed will provide grants of $100 to $1,000 to qualifying SFSP sponsors to assist with startup costs, assist new sites with equipment needed to serve meals, or support new or existing sites with first-time, innovative projects designed to bring more children to the site for meals.

“Kansas Appleseed is dedicated to advocacy that reduces the causes and effects of poverty,” said Rebekah Gaston, director of Kansas Appleseed’s

Childhood Hunger Initiative.

“A significant portion of our advocacy work focuses on ensuring every Kansas child has a safe, secure childhood and a hopeful future, including - at a minimum - consistent access to sufficient amounts of nutritionally adequate foods. These grants will help summer food service programs offer services that will bring more children to sites to receive the nutrition they need.”

Kansas consistently ranks near the bottom in the nation for children participating in the summer food service program.

Last year, 35 of the 105 counties in Kansas did not have a program site.

USD 466 (Scott County) has participated in the program for several years, offering meals for 4-5 weeks at Scott City Elementary School.

Kansas Appleseed has a history of working to expand meals program,

taking participation from 61 counties in 2014 to 70 in 2015.

That resulted in an increase in meals served from 1.16 million to 1.3 million.

“Research shows hungry children are more likely to have high levels of behavioral and emotional problems, and they are more susceptible to headaches, stomach aches, colds, and ear infections,” adds Gaston.

Applications are due

by May 10. Additional grant details are available at https://www.kansasappleseed.org/sfspgrants.html or by contacting Jacqueline Green, Summer Meals Advocate, at jgreen@kansasappleseed.org or 316-640-7320.

Sponsors must be approved by the Kansas State Department of Education in order to qualify for grants; sponsorship details are available online at http://www. kn-eat.org/SFSP/SFSP_ Menus/SFSP_Home.htm.

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SC doubles on the radar after sweep at Hays tourney When you’re on a tennis team in Western Kansas it’s pretty easy to slide under the radar.

“Teams back east don’t respect us,” says Scott Community High School head coach Steve Kucharik.

The Beavers may start earning a little more respect after the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams shocked Abilene at the Hays Invitational on Monday.

Scott City claimed first place in both divisions and second place as a team against a tough field that also included Hays, Liberal, WaKeeney and Great Bend.

“Abilene’s got a very good team and I think they came into the tournament expecting to roll through everyone,” says Kucharik. “We surprised them.”

Not that anyone should be too surprised by the No. 1 doubles team of Dylan Hutchins and Bo Hess. The duo qualified for the Class 3A state tournament last season and looked impressive in an 8-6 win over the Cowboys. They followed that up with another solid win over Great Bend (8-5) in the championship match.

(See DOUBLES on page 20)

Morris 11th at rain-soaked Dunes tourney After graduating his only state qualifier of the last two seasons, SCHS golf coach Brian Gentry wasn’t sure if he had anyone on his squad ready to fill that role.

After Shea Morris’ solid outing under very difficult conditions on Monday, Gentry had three golfers ready to step into the No. 1 spot and possibly qualify for state later this season.

There’s a lot of golf to be played between now and then, but the head coach is pretty pleased with what he’s seen so far.

Morris, a freshman, shot a 91 in steady rain at Buffalo Dunes in Garden City on Monday to lead the Beavers to a sixth place team finish.

He was followed by teammates Nick Storm (94, 18th), and Trace Mulligan (99, 28th).

“It’s pretty evident that Shea has spent some time on the golf course.

He makes pretty solid contact,” says Gentry.

(See MORRIS on page 19)

SC hosts Relays Tues.

A field of 18 teams will be taking part in the Scott City Relays on Tues., April 19.

Field events will begin at 9:30 a.m. Teams competing in each division are: Class 1-2A: Atwood, Dighton, Healy, Hoxie, Leoti, Ness City, Oakley, Stanton County and Wheatland/Grinnell.

Class 3-4A: Colby, Goodland, Hoisington, Hugoton, Lakin, Phillipsburg, Scott City, Syracuse and Ulysses.

Golf Tourney SCHS will host a varsity golf tournament at the Scott Community Golf Course starting at 3:00 p.m.

Teams competing in the 18-hole tournament are Dighton, Leoti, Garden City, Oakley, WheatlandGrinnell and Scott City.

Scott City sophomore Reid Brunswig lands in the pit during the triple jump at the Liberal Invitational last Friday.

(Record Photo)

Career best earns Griffith discus gold at Liberal Invite A state qualifier in the discus last season, Cooper Griffith is looking at the event as perhaps his best chance for a return trip to the Class 3A state meet.

He certainly took a big step in establishing himself as one of the top throwers in 3A with a career best of 154-9 that earned him a gold medal at the Liberal Invitational last Friday.

“I’d been throwing 150-ish in practice, but not with any consistency,” says the Scott Community High School senior. “Until now, I’d never thrown more than 140 (feet) in competition.”

Assistant coach Aaron Dirks sent video to a former track teammate who threw

the discus at Emporia State University and he offered some critiques.

“It pretty well confirmed things we knew we needed to work on,” says Dirks.

“Probably the biggest thing was opening up his body more at the release and allowing Coop to finish with more power.”

The changes paid big dividends.

“In the throw that went 154, I pretty much fixed all the technique things we’d talked about. Now it’s a matter of finding more consistency and building on that,” says Griffith. “Now that I know I can throw over 150, I’d sure like to add another 10 feet. That would put me right up there with the top five in state.”

Griffith added a season best of 43-4 in the shot put for a silver medal.

Griffith accounted for Scott City’s only gold medal against a tough field of teams from southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. In the 1600m, for example, 14 runners finished under five minutes.

“That’s pretty impressive,” noted head coach Jim Turner.

Freshman Jack Thomas (4:44.98) improved on his career best by 11 seconds and finished sixth. He also shaved 40 seconds off his career best in the 3200m (10:32.97) to finish fifth.

(See GRIFFITH on page 24)

record-setting start

Speer sets school records in shot, javelin to open season High expectations are a way of life for Jordan Speer, whether winning a state championship in the shot put or competing with a state championship basketball team.

But even the Dighton High School junior is a little bit surprised at what’s happened so far during the track season.

In three consecutive track meets, Speer has set school records in the shot put and now has extended her own record in the javelin. Competing in the Ness City Invitational on Tuesday, Speer extended her own shot put record with a toss of 42-3 1/2 and followed that up with a record-setting distance of 128-4 in the javelin.

“I definitely have improved my technique (in the javelin),” said Speer, who set the school record of 120-11 a year ago at the Scott City Relays. “Last year, I was just kind of winging it, but this year I’ve been putting in more time and working on the little things to get better.

“On the second throw (that set the record) I was able to maintain speed all the

Dighton High School junior Jordan Speer prepares to release a record-setting throw of 128-4 in the javelin at the Ness City Invitational on Tuesday.

(Record Photo)

way through the approach, especially on the cross-overs,” she noted.

Throwing coach Ben Wilkens isn’t surprised by the record-setting performances from Speer so far this season.

“I’ve seen the work she puts in at the weight room during the summer and how hard she works during the season. She

has such a good attitude and does all the things you’d like to see as a coach in order to improve,” says Wilkens.

From a technique standpoint, the focus has been on maintaining speed whether it’s on the javelin runway or in the shot put ring.

(See SPEER on page 18)

The Scott County Record • Page 18 • Thursday, April 14, 2016

Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland

Up with chickens to spy on turkeys

Retirement can easily make a person lazy, and I had quite the argument with myself this morning over whether or not I really wanted to get up with the chickens to spy on a group of turkeys (whose routines I’m trying to figure out before hunting season opens.)

You can never lose by arguing with yourself, so I still don’t know whether I won or lost, but there I sat watching the sun come up.

The river was just to my right, and about a quarter mile in front of me it wound around to my left, then right again and was gone.

Of course, it is wooded all along the river and I sat overlooking a meadow.

All the ground to my left was crop land, and a group of turkeys calls this whole area home most every year, always roosting somewhere in the trees along the river.

The morning was very calm and the sounds were nothing short of spectacular.

A pair of great horned owls called back-andforth to each other, their smooth cooing “hoots” serenely ushering in the day.

To the far left end of the crop field a creek winds like ribbon candy through a small pasture, and from somewhere in the trees there, the sharp crisp call of a barred owl pierced the silence.

Its unmistakable pattern of “who cooks for you - who cooks for you, too” is easily distinguished from the great horned owl call when heard together like this morning.

Loud noises often compel tom turkeys to gobble near or after dark, helping reveal to the hunter where they are roosted, and aiding the hunter in pursuing that turkey.

(See TURKEYS on page 21)

Indecision is costing Beavers in the field When y o u r errors exceed Scott City 1 1 your hit Holcomb 11 11 total, that’s not a formula for success.

The Scott Community High School baseball team committed 11 errors and had just six hits in a pair of 11-1 losses to Holcomb last Friday in Great West Activities Conference road action.

“After the way we played defensively against Lakin, I thought we might

have turned the corner.

But we were back to making a lot of the same kind of mistakes,” said head coach David Dirks.

It’s not so much fielding errors as indecision what to do after getting the ball, says Dirks.

“It’s mental. We don’t think ahead about the situation - where we want to go with the ball if it’s hit to us or what’s the easiest play to make,” he says.

“We’ll hesitate instead of making the throw to a base.”

And there are other mistakes that don’t show up as errors.

“We’ll have a chance to get the lead runner at second base and yet we’ll make a throw to first,” he says. “Or there have been times when we aren’t ready to cover a base if the play comes to us.

Those are all correctable mistakes, but we’d sure like to be getting those cleaned up 10 games into the season.

The Beavers saw Holcomb ace Conner VanCleave in the open-

ing game of their doubleheader and were able to make contact against the hard-throwing left-hander.

“We were making contact, but not many were leaving the infield,” says Dirks.

One of the only hits to make it past the infield came in the fourth inning when Kyle Cure singled to right field, scoring Gustavo Gonzales who had reached base with an infield hit.

That cut the deficit to 4-1, but Holcomb answered with three runs

in the bottom of the fourth and four more in the fifth to run-rule the Beavers.

Complete Sweep The Longhorns scored six runs in the second inning and were able to again run-rule the Beavers, 11-1, after six innings in the nightcap.

Scott City’s run came in the top of the sixth when Cure reached base on a walk, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on an error. Scott City had just two hits.

Speer (continued from page 17)

“The emphasis is in building momentum across the ring, staying low and powering through the shot,” says Wilkens.

That’s paid off for the defending Class 1A state champion who broke her own record in the shot put with a toss of 41-5 in a season-opening track meet at Tribune, followed by 42-0 1/4 last week and now a third career mark in her third competition of the season.

Speer is only mildly surprised at her strong start to the season.

“I didn’t think I’d do this good in the javelin,” she says. “I was pretty excited about the shot put after winning state last year.

I’m looking forward to seeing what the rest of the year has in store for me.”

Shapland Wins 2 Golds Payden Shapland swept the 1600m (5:57.63) and 3200m (13:07.19) to go along with a gold in the 4x800m relay.

“We expect Payden to do well in the distance events, but she surprised us with a 2:38 split in the relay,” says head coach Ken Simon. “She found another gear we didn’t know she had.”

Sara Cramer was a silver medalist in the 400m (64.41) and the 800m (2:49.28). Her open 800m time was well off Cramer’s 2:32 split as a member of the 4x800m relay at Tribune a week earlier.

“We’d like to use her

Dighton sophomore Chance Perales pulls away from the rest of the field to win a gold medal in the 1600m at the Ness City Invitational on Tuesday.

(Record Photo)

in all three events, but there’s not much recovery time between the 400 (meter) and the 800 and it took a toll on her,” Simon said of her performance at Ness City.

The Lady Hornets easily won a gold in the 4x800m relay (11:32.97).

The other two members were Gentry Shapland and Mallory Dowell.

Dakota Hoffman was a triple medalist in the 200m (2nd, 28.45), just

11/100 of a second out of first; the 400m (4th, 65.3) and the shot put (3rd, 329).

Perales Wins 2 Golds Sophomore Chance Perales charged to the front of the pack in the opening lap and extended his lead throughout the race in winning the 1600m (5:17.56) by 10 full seconds ahead of his nearest challenger.

He completed a dis-

tance sweep in the 3200m (11:47.21), finishing six seconds ahead of the runner-up and 13 seconds ahead of his teammate Brendan Whipple (3rd, 12:00.11).

Isaac Torson was a bronze medalist in the high jump (5-10) and 400m (54.9).

“He’s running well as a sophomore,” says Simon.

“I’d like to see him break 53 seconds by the end of the year and maybe get

to state. He’s got such a blue-collar work ethic that I wouldn’t be surprised to see him do it.”

The DHS boys picked up a silver medal in the 4x400m relay (3:48.7), just 2.65 seconds behind Ness City. Relay members were Nathaniel Dominguez, David Cramer, Garrett Keal and Torson.

Logan Lingg (141-0) was a bronze medalist with a career best in the javelin.

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Blastball, t-ball sign-up is underway

Sign-up has begun for youngsters wanting to participate in blastball (four-year-olds) and t-ball (5- and 6-year-olds) this summer.

Deadline for entries with the Scott Recreation Commission is April 30.

Under cold and rainy conditions, SCHS junior Trace Mulligan eyes his putt on hole No. 1 at Buffalo Dunes on Monday.

(Record Photo)

Morris

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“He doesn’t like to play slow, which is fine, but there are times when he needs to slow down a little and think about his shots a little more. He’s making mental mistakes that are costing him some strokes.”

Storm, a senior, is the No. 1 golfer on the squad but struggled on his second nine (which was the front nine) at Buffalo Dunes.

“Nick and Trace are hitting the ball well off the tee. In fact, Trace is quite a bit bigger and stronger than last year which has added about 75 yards to his drives. And both of them putt pretty well,” Gentry says. “Where they need to cut strokes is with their mid-range irons.

They aren’t hitting greens in regulation with consistency and so they’re having to work a lot harder at scrambling for pars.”

Storm Leads at Lakin Storm (43-43--86) was a fifth place

medalist to lead Scott City in their season opening tournament at Lakin.

Mulligan (48-44--92) was 11th and Morris posted rounds of 49-54--103.

Playing their third tournament in a week’s time, the Beavers traveled to Goodland on Tuesday where Mulligan (45-44-89) led the team, followed by Storm (97) and Morris (98).

SCHS has made steady improvement in each tournament, bringing their team totals down each time from 397 to 389 to 388.

“And we haven’t had our top three boys playing well at the same time,” says Gentry.

Senior Zach Tucker has consistently been the No. 4 golfer on the roster followed by Dexter Gooden. Rounding out the team are Theron Tucker and Jordan Cramer.

Scott City will host their invitational on Tuesday.

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KC pitchers get Ws, but control still an issue One thing that stands out in the start to Kansas City’s season has been the job done by the starting pitching. Edinson Volquez, Chris Young, Yordano Ventura, and Ian Kennedy were effective in their first starts of the year.

H o w e v e r, by there have Mac been some Stevenson concerns.

Young and Ventura were plagued by poor control.

Ventura, in particular, had significant control issues in his first start and walked six hitters in five complete innings. Despite the lack of control, he gave up just two hits and two runs.

Volquez and Kennedy were superb in their first starts; Kennedy pitched 6.2 innings of near perfect baseball during Saturday’s 7-0 Royals’ win.

While the news out of Kansas City has been pretty good, that’s not the case in Omaha where Kyle Zimmer is once again on the disabled list with arm problems. It looks like the Royals missed on their first round draft pick in 2012.

KC’s bullpen is off to a solid start with one notable exception. Joakim Soria has had two poor outings.

The Royals are going to miss Greg Holland because they don’t have anyone to take his place. Wade Davis can fill the closer’s role, but that means someone has to step into his role as an effective set-up man.

Regardless of Soria’s slow start, KC’s bullpen has a number of power arms and is loaded with talent.

The Royals’ defense remains their most consistent and proven strength. In their first four games, KC’s defense has been flawless.

In fact, they were the only team in MLB that hadn’t made an error.

Left fielder Alex Gordon and center fielder Lorenzo Cain make so many great plays that the fans just take them for granted.

And third baseman Mike Moustakas, shortstop Alcides Escobar, first baseman Eric Hosmer, and catcher Salvy Perez are exceptional fielders. All four of them are on a short, short list as the best at their positions.

Even TV announcer Rex Hudler has settled into his role and become a favorite (See PITCHERS on page 21)

Binns breaks WCHS pole vault record One inch isn’t much, but that’s all it took for Brett Binns to break a 26-year-old pole vault record for Wichita County High School at the Tribune Invitational last Friday.

The senior cleared 13-8 on his first attempt and barely missed an opportunity to extend his record to 14-feet.

The old mark of 13-7 had been set by Kyle Dosco in 1990.

“He’s been working hard and going to camps during the summer,” says head coach Janee Porter. “Based on how he finished last season, we were looking for some big gains from him this year.”

Binns had a career best of 12-feet last year, but added another foot to that mark in the season opening track meet at Cimarron.

“I expect him to clear 14 feet before the season’s over,” Porter says. “We finished improvements to our track and

we now have a nice runway and pit to compete in. That’s going to help a lot.”

The WCHS boys (149 points) easily won their second track meet of the season at Tribune, finishing well ahead of Triplains (84) and Weskan (76) in the nine-team field.

And like they did at Cimarron a week earlier, the Indians have been dominating on the track with gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 800m and 3200m.

“We have such a strong distance group that I feel we can move boys around into different events and still get the same result,” says Porter. “Our challenge is trying to figure out where their strengths are and how we can use that to score the most points.”

Senior Jacob Schumacher remains unbeaten in the 100m (11.37) this season and completed a sweep of the sprints

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“They’re picking up where they left off last year,” notes Kucharik. “Considering it’s early in the season and they haven’t had a lot of playing time, they’re looking pretty good.”

Abilene, says Kucharik, was a “big test for us.”

Literally.

The No. 1 doubles team had a 6-foot-8 player whose wingspan presented a challenge for the Beavers.

“You aren’t going to have a lot of success trying to hit around someone like that. You either have to keep the ball at his feet or hit lobs,” Kucharik says.

“We work a lot on going over the top. It frustrates the heck out of some teams, but we get pretty good at it.”

The bigger surprise was the win by Chandler Janssen and Josiah Evans.

“That was the first time they’d played together and they played like a team,” notes Kucharik.

The two won an 8-7 (7-3) tie-breaker over Abilene and then coasted through their championship match against Hays (8-1).

There was a spell during the Abilene match when Janssen was struggling with his serve and had a couple of double faults.

“Then he nails three hard serves to the corner,” says Kucharik. “He forced them to start respecting him.”

The two wins over Abilene could pay huge dividends for the Beavers because of “indirect wins” that could be helpful when it comes to earning seeds at regional.

Kucharik adds that there’s a lot of competition on the roster this season which will force those on the varsity roster to earn their spot.

David Macias challenged Isaac Evans and moved into the No. 2 singles spot. Macias made the most of his opportunity by finishing fourth at Hays.

Likewise, Janssen pulled off a surprise during challenge matches and defeated Hutchins to move into the No. 2 spot on the roster.

“When we have that kind of balance it’s going to make us a better team,” Kucharik adds.

SCHS 2nd at WaKeeney The Beavers swept No. 1 and No. 2 doubles and added a second place finish in No. 2 singles at the Trego varsity tournament.

Stepping into No. 1 doubles were Isaac Evans and Joe Evans who defeated WaKeeney (8-5) and Salina Sacred Heart (8-0). That was enough to offset an 8-5 loss to Colby.

The No. 2 doubles team of Hayden Nevills/ Christian Wolfe swept all three of their matches against Colby (8-1), WaKeeney (8-2) and Trego Gold (8-4).

Juan Quintana, in No. 2 singles, defeated Colby (8-0) and Sacred Heart (8-4) to finish second.

with another win in the 200m (23.53). He wasn’t seriously challenged in either, finishing ahead of silver medalist and teammate Kolton Sheppard (12.04) and Daniel Medellin (24.54, Syracuse).

“Jacob has put in the work during the off-season and we’re seeing that pay off with some good times in these first two meets,” Porter says. “He already looks in mid-season form.”

Porter says she’s trying to find the events that make the most sense for Schumacher, adding in the possibility of the 400m and 4x400m relay.

“He also ran on the 4x800 last year, but we’re going to see how that comes together with a couple of underclassmen,” says the head coach.

Jorge Gallegos (2:10.54) and Layton Tankersley (2:11.2) finished first and second in the 800m while Dylon Niswonger

(5:14.87) was a silver medalist in the 1600m.

Porter says she expects Gallegos and Tankersley to be pushing the two-minute mark by season’s end.

The Indians sealed their domination in the distance events with a 1-2-3 finish in the 3200m, which included John Biermann (11:19.59), Elian Dorantes (11:27.28) and Niswonger (11:34.83).

WCHS claimed two more gold medals in the 4x400m (3:42.98) and 4x800m (8:52.93). Competing on the 4x400m were Juan Alvarado, Gallegos, Kyler Long and Schumacher. Members of the 4x800m were Dorantes, Gallegos, Long and Tankersley.

Castillo picked up a silver medal in the long jump (19-0) and a bronze in the triple jump (38-6).

Long was a bronze medalist in the javelin (140-1).

Blake Nickelson Memorial Concert

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Doors Open 6:00 p.m. • Concert 7:00 p.m.

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Pitchers of Royals’ fans. Someone convinced the Hudster to tone down his act and he’s been fun to follow since the conversion.

Nothing Learned After watching KU’s spring football game on Cox 22, KU fans gained little or no knowledge about the Jayhawks’ 2016 team.

To put it as kindly as possible, the format planning and TV announcing by the Cox 22 staff was inept indeed.

It’s hard to imagine any televised spring football game having so many boring and poorly-thoughtout interviews while the game was in progress.

And the announcers did a poor job of indentifying the players and describing the action on the field.

Turkeys

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Last season’s starting quarterback was Ryan Willis and he didn’t play in the spring game because of a sprained right wrist. One certainty that emerged from the scrimmage is that senior Montell Cozart is no threat to replace Willis next fall.

Cozart threw three interceptions during the scrimmage.

One positive factor was the play of Carter Stanley (Fr., RS). Stanley passed effectively and appears to be the leading candidate behind Willis.

Spring football games are nothing more than a glorified scrimmage and they’re a little boring for the fans. In assessing position groups, one notable difference separates the perennial powerhouse programs and their pursu-

SCMS Track Norton Invitational April 7, 2016 7th Grade Girl’s Division Team scores: Norton 116, Phillipsburg 94, Colby 67, Decatur 48, Northern Valley 42, Scott City 37, Logan 29, Hill City 26, Atwood 16, Thunder Ridge 11, Quinter 10 Pole Vault: Abby McDaniels, 3rd, 6’ 0”; Paige Vulgamore, 6th, 5’ 0”.

Long Jump: Judy Weibe, 3rd, 12’ 3.5”.

Triple Jump: Alli Bruswig, 5th, 24’ 0”.

High Jump: Weibe, 3rd, 4’ 2”.

200m: Taia Waldrop, 6th, 33.42.

1600m: Lisa Ivy, 4th, 6:55.51.

4x200m: Vulgamore, Waldrop, Weibe,Brooke Hoeme, 4th, 2:16.9.

4x400m: Weibe, Ivy, Samantha Castillo, McDaniels, 2nd, 4:57.78.

7th Grade Boy’s Division Team scores: Norton 97, Scott City 92, Colby 72, Phillipsburg 56, Hill City 42, Northern Valley 41, Quinter 31, Logan 28, Thunder Ridge 24, Atwood 12 Pole Vault: Easton Lorg, 1st, 8-0; Loren Faurot, 3rd, 7-6.

100m: Isaac Tarango, 2nd, 13.09.

100 Hurdles: L. Faurot, 6th, 20.89.

200m: Lorg, 2nd, 28.75.

400m: Sawyer Stevens, 3rd, 1:02.10; Harrison King, 4th, 1:02.91; Blaine Culp, 6th, 1:06.92.

800m: Tarango, 1st, 2:32.04; Stevens, 3rd, 2:35.28.

1600m: Tarango, 1st, 5:38.71; Roberto Apodaca, 4th, 5:59.81.

4x200m: King, Conner Cupp, Apodaca, Kevin Serrano, 2nd, 2:01.42.

4x400m: Lorg, Culp, King, Faurot, 1st, 4:29.94.

8th Grade Girl’s Division Team scores: Norton 143, Scott City 106, Phillipsburg 56, Colby 54, Thunder Ridge 42, Atwood 40, Quinter 24, Northern Valley 20, Oberlin 13, Logan 11, Hill City 10 Pole Vault: Madison Shapland, 2nd, 7’ 6”; Abbi LeBeau, 4th, 6’ 0”.

100m: Shapland, 2nd, 13.98.

100m Hurdles: Stormy Wells, 5th, 19.43.

200m: Shapland, 2nd, 29.04.

400m: Emily Weathers, 1st, 1:05.18; Piper Wasinger, 3rd, 1:10.36; Jacy Rose, 5th, 1:13.93.

800m: Weathers, 1st, 2:42.57; Shelby Patton, 2nd, 2:51.04; Rose, 5th, 2:59.40.

1600m: Wasinger, 3rd, 6:28.0; Makenna Ashmore, 5th, 6:44.99.

3200m: Samantha Aguirre, 3rd, 15:13.13.

4x100m: Deb Murray, Patton, Wasinger, Shapland, 2nd, 57.51.

4x200m: Wells, Ashmore, Lyndi Rumford, Murray, 3rd, 2:08.05.

4x400m: Patton, Rose, Wasinger, Weathers, 1st, 4:43.60.

8th Grade Boy’s Division Team scores: Scott City 139.5, Norton 104.5, Colby 99, Phillipsburg 76, Hill City 47, Thunder Ridge 24, Logan 20, Northern Valley 11, Oberlin 5 Pole Vault: Hunter Yager, 6th, 7’ 6”.

Shot Put: Cale Goodman, 1st, 39’ 1”.

Discus: Caleb VanDegrift, 5th, 103’ 7”.

Long Jump: Sterling Wright, 1st, 17’ 4”; Brandon Winderlin, 3rd, 16’ 3”.

Triple Jump: Parker Gooden, 1st, 33’ 8”; Yager, 3rd, 31’ 8.5”.

High Jump: Gooden, 5th(T), 4’ 10”.

100m: Winderlin, 2nd, 12.40.

100m Hurdles: Wright, 2nd, 17.71.

200m: Wright, 1st, 25.06.

400m: Kaden Wren, 1st, 54.19; Winderlin, 2nd, 55.01; Sam Irwin, 6th, 1:00.66.

800m: Wren, 1st, 2:13.54; Kevin Herman, 4th, 2:39.73; Fernando Garcia, 5th, 2:42.21.

1600m: Eli Amack, 3rd, 5:42.55.

3200m: Eric Fances, 4th, 13:02.00.

4x100m: Goodman, VanDegrift, Garcia, Amack, 3rd, 52.30.

4x200m: William Cupp, Noah Kliesen, Alexis Reyes, Gooden, 3rd, 1:55.21.

4x400m: Wright, VanDegrift, Irwin, Wren, 1st, 4:00.23.

ers - the traditionally great teams like Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Notre Dame and Ohio State have talent and depth on the offensive and defensive lines.

It’s a long, tough road for a school like Kansas to recruit to a level where they’re competitive up front.

Rebuilding Job for KSU Kansas State is about halfway through their spring practices. Coach Snyder has to rebuild his offensive line and find a quarterback who can handle his complicated offense.

There’s a significant difference between KU and K-State so far as rebuilding their OLs. Snyder will be using some experienced backups from

last season and a number of talented sophomores that redshirted.

That’s much different from trying to go with true freshmen and juco transfers.

The Wildcats will play their Purple-White game on April 23.

Diallo Likely Gone Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has made it clear that he doesn’t expect Cheick Diallo to return for another season.

It’s going to be embarrassing for Self if Diallo makes an NBA team and gets some playing time next season.

Diallo will go down in history as being the most talented player KU ever had who spent most of his freshman season on the bench.

Dighton Track April 12, 2016 • at Ness City Girl’s Division Discus: Jordan Speer, 5th, 96-9.

Javelin: Speer, 1st, 128-4.

Shot Put: Speer, 1st, 43-3.5; Dakota Hoffman, 3rd, 32-9.

Long Jump: Hoffman, 6th, 14-2.25.

200m: Hoffman, 2nd, 28.45.

400m: Sara Cramer, 2nd, 64.41; Hoffman, 4th, 65.3.

800m: Cramer, 2nd, 2:49.28.

1600m: Payden Shapland, 1st, 5:57.63; Mallory Dowell, 4th, 6:40.36.

3200m: P. Shapland, 1st, 13:07.19.

4x800m: P. Shapland, Gentry Shapland, Dowell, Cramer, 1st, 11:32.97.

Boy’s Division Javelin: Logan Lingg, 4th, 141; Dylan Foos, 6th, 139-9.

High Jump: Isaac Torson, 3rd, 5-10.

100m: Foos, 5th, 12.33.

400m: Torson, 3rd, 54.92; Garrett Keal, 4th, 57.04; Nathaniel Dominguez, 6th, 58.05.

800m: David Cramer, 4th, 2:19.1; Keal, 5th, 2:19.65.

1600m: Chance Perales, 1st, 5:17.56.

3200m: Perales, 1st, 11:47.21; Brendan Whipple, 3rd, 12:00.11.

4x100m: Marcos Cruz, Dominguez, Blair Hoffman, Foos, 4th, 48.0.

4x400m: Dominguez, Cramer, Keal, Torson, 2nd, 3:48.7.

Wichita Co. Track April 8, 2016 • at Tribune Girl’s Division Discus: Kaiya Gertsberger, 5th, 85-2.

Pole Vault: Kinzie Bangerter, 2nd, 8-0.

Javelin: Jocelyn Martinez, 4th, 79-9.

Triple Jump: Mareli Salazar, 2nd, 29-7.5.

800m: Hannah Martin, 1st, 2:46.01; Summer Smades, 5th, 3:00.89; Hailey Case, 6th, 3:23.49.

3200m: Nicole Biermann, 4th, 15:05.15; Abby Ridder, 5th, 15:16.22.

4x100m: Aylin Heredia, Erica Hermosillo, Sarah Martin, Salazar, 2nd, 55.99.

4x400m: Martin, Galilea Castillo, Hermosillo, Smades, 3rd, 5:10.38.

Boy’s Division Pole Vault: Brett Binns, 1st, 13-8; John Biermann, 4th, 9-6.

Javelin: Kyler Long, 3rd, 140-1.

Long Jump: Zeke Castillo, 2nd, 19-0; Juan Alvarado, 4th, 18-7.5.

Triple Jump: Castillo, 3rd, 38-6.

High Jump: Marshall Faurot, 3rd, 5-10.

100m: Jacob Schumacher, 1st, 11.37; Kolton Sheppard, 2nd, 12.04.

200m: Schumacher, 1st, 23.53; Sheppard, 4th, 25.01.

800m: Jorge Gallegos, 1st, 2:10; Layton Tankersley, 2nd, 2:11.2.

1600m: Dylon Niswonger, 2nd, 5:14.87; Evan Ridder, 6th, 5:32.71.

3200m: John Biermann, 1st, 11:19.99; Elian Dorantes, 2nd, 11:27.28; Dylon Niswonger, 3rd, 11:34.83.

4x100m: Castillo, Edgar Chavez, Josh Gallardo, Sheppard, 5th, 47.73.

4x400m: Alverado, Gallegos, Long, Schumacher, 1st, 3:42.98.

4x800m: Dorantes, Gallegos, Long, Tankersley, 1st, 8:52.93.

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The loud shrill call of the barred owl is often mimicked by turkey call makers and is said to do just that, although it has never worked for me.

I sat in a small woodlot that teemed with songbirds of every description, their sweet melodies filling the gaps in time between owl calls. I recognized the “pretty pretty pretty pretty” song of several male cardinals, frequently punctuated by the sharp crisp cackle of a rooster pheasant or two.

The time frame was very interesting, as the symphony began in earnest at the first hint of daylight, but the lighter it got, the quieter the symphony played.

Then there were the stars of this morning’s show, the wild turkeys. I was there trying to pin down just where they roosted, as their chosen nighttime perch high in the trees changes from year to year. This morning two or three toms were gobbling quite a ways ahead of me along the stretch of river running across the end of the crop field.

After awhile their gibberish gobbles were a little fainter each time, telling me they had flown to the ground already and were heading in the opposite direction. I drove around the section, stopping at a couple spots to glass the fields with binoculars, but I never found them.

Perhaps if I can quietly position myself nearer them some morning, I can entice one of the gobblers into range with a little calling and a decoy or two, making him think another lonely hen is available for his private harem.

Sitting there this morning watching and listening to nature awaken it was easy to say “I wouldn’t have missed this for the world.” But like I said, retirement can make a guy lazy. So tomorrow morning my argument with myself to stay there beneath the warm covers next to my warm wife will be just as strong as it was today.

But I predict I’ll rise with the chickens again, and I still won’t know whether I won the argument or not.

Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors.

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom. net

Earth Day

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‘Going green’ doesn’t have to be a difficult process

Many people want to make the additional effort to “go green,” but maybe aren’t sure where to begin.

Here are a few specific ideas.

•Make it a goal to decrease the amount of disposable shopping bags you take. It’s a simple step that helps reduce the millions of bags that are filling up our landfills.

•Remember to always put the bags back in your car after you unload. If

you take disposable bags, you can repurpose them for trash can liners or dog pick-up bags.

•Switch your monthly bills to electronic billing.

Even if you print them out at home, you’ll eliminate the postage and reduce paper waste from envelopes or additional inserts.

•Before you throw anything away, ask yourself if you can use it in a new way or if someone else could use it.

•Use environmentallyfriendly cleaners. If you have old cleaning supplies that contain harmful chemicals, which can contaminate the air quality in your home, you can take them to a household hazardous waste facility.

•It is now easy to find eco-friendly cleaning supplies or you can make your own.

•Recycle anything and everything you can. If you have to take your recy-

cling somewhere, it helps to combine it with a trip you are making for other reasons.

•Start composting - it’s simple and you get free fertilizer.

•If you’re replacing appliances in 2014, you can pay a little more for more efficient devices like the Energy Star models they’ll save you money in the long run.

•Try to avoid buying one time use plastic water

Get your spring, and your year, off to a green start Throwing open the windows on the first warm days of the year is a great feeling.

Many people also find the urge to give their house a good once over, getting rid of all the clutter that has accumulated over the winter.

It is easy to keep your annual scrub-down as green as possible with these tips: Reduce The first step to fighting messes is getting rid of all that stuff you never use. Go through all the places where it accumulates.

Try closets, junk drawers, out-of-reach shelves, attics and basements, and any other place where you’re inclined to toss stuff.

Separate out what you really will use someday from what you never will.

that you’re ready to get rid of, but don’t just trash it.

First, go through and see if any of those items could serve a purpose you haven’t thought of before: Can you take the frames off those paintings and use them elsewhere? See if any of what you have can save you from buying something else.

Donate Once you’ve taken stock of what you can use, separate out items that someone else might need. This includes dishes, kitchen gadgets, clothes, books, magazines, toys and home décor.

All of these items could find a second life and can be donated to your local Goodwill or Salvation Army store. Your house will be less cluttered and someone else will appreciate the item.

all the other options, it’s time to recycle.

Take a second look at your trash. Did you clean out the fridge? Find a compost pile. Get rid of old electronics, from cell phones to VCRs to ancient computers, by passing them off to retailers with a recycling program or to an electronics recycler.

Metal, such as old shelving or cans can be recycled. Check to see if any plastic in your pile could be recycled. You can find places to take all these items at Kansas Recycles.

Cleaning Supplies Cleaning products are loaded with strong, artificial colors and fragrances and harsh cleansing agents like bleach, ammonia and acids.

These chemicals can produce indoor air pollution by off-gassing toxic fumes that can irritate eyes and lungs, especially Recycle Reuse Once you’ve exhausted in children and pets. Try Now you have a pile

some simple D-I-Y recipes.

No matter how green your sprays and scrubs may be, if you use an entire roll of paper towels to scrub your bathroom, that is not exactly ecofriendly cleaning. And when you’re looking at a project as big as this one, you’ll want to leave little to no waste in your wake.

Trade paper towels for reusable microfiber cloths or sponges.

Plan Ahead If you keep these tips in mind all year, then your spring cleaning will be that much easier.

Don’t let stuff accumulate in your home; don’t buy things you don’t need; and don’t be shy about returning gifts you won’t ever use. Take advantage of the seasons to edit your collections and donate or sell goods.

Thinking green throughout the year will put you ahead of the game come next spring.

Landfills not the place for e-waste Electronic waste, or “e-waste,” is a term used to describe any electronic device that is outdated, obsolete, broken, donated, discarded, or at the end of its useful life.

This includes cell phones, computers, laptops, PDAs, monitors, televisions, printers, scanners, and any other electrical device.

With the rapid expansion of technology, combined with the relatively

short shelf life of many present day electronic devices, more and more e-waste is generated each year.

Often, these discarded devices end up in landfills or are incinerated, which can cause major environmental problems in our communities.

Many of the materials found in electronic devices are extremely hazardous. These include lead, mercury, and cadmium.

When these electronics

end up in landfills, many of these chemicals leach into the soil during rainfall or are released into the atmosphere when burned.

These chemicals can have dangerous impacts on the health of plants and animals and when inhaled can lead to serious respiratory problems.

The simple solution to limiting the effects of e-waste disposal is safe and responsible recycling.

Each year, the United States alone produces

up to 50 million tons of e-waste. Of this, only 20-25% is recycled safely and responsibly. The other 75% ends up in landfills.

As a direct consequence, hazardous materials found in this waste routinely contaminate air and water supplies.

By safely and responsibly recycling your e-waste, you can help protect your community and the ecosystem from these dangerous chemicals.

bottles; instead opt for a refillable water bottle.

Last year, in the United States alone, consumers used over 50 billion plastic water bottles. That is a lot of plastic, a percentage of which ends up in landfills.

•Walk more, particularly if your destination is less than 30 minutes on foot. It’s good for your health and the environment.

•Build a rain barrel to

get free water for your garden and plants.

•Check for leaks in your toilet. A leaking toilet can waste anywhere between 30 and 500 gallons of water every day, so any leak should be repaired.

To see if your toilet is leaking, put a few drops of food coloring in the toilet tank. If the dye shows up in the toilet bowl after 15 minutes or so, the toilet has a leak.

Earth Day

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Food waste accounts for one-third of carbon emissions Food you throw out does more than hurt you financially, a report from the United Nations claims it also contributes to the third highest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report measures the environmental impact of food waste. According to the report, 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted each year.

The waste essentially erases almost one-third of the land, water and other resources used to produce global food supplies.

The report considered the consequences of food waste on the climate, water and land use, and biodiversity. The wasted food equates to 3.3 bil-

lion tons of carbon dioxide per year, an emissions total ranking behind only the total emissions of the United States and China.

A majority of food wasted in the industrial world is from consumers throwing away food they don’t eat. Most of the food waste in developing countries is a result of inefficient farming and a lack of proper storage facilities.

“All of us - farmers and fishers; food processors and supermarkets; local and national governments; individual consumers - must make changes at every link of the human food chain to prevent food wastage from happening in the first place, and re-

use or recycle it when we can’t,” said the DirectorGeneral of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva.

According to the report, high-income regions were responsible for about 67 percent of all meat waste.

Recognizing the impact of wasting resources, the focus turns to finding a solution. If the total amount of food wasted can be reduced from 30 percent, the challenge of feeding a growing world population becomes even more attainable.

On top of the environmental impact, the report estimates food waste causes $750 billion in economic losses annually.

Nationwide movement initiated the first Earth Day On April 22 each year, people around the world get together to celebrate nature, get educated on environmental issues and learn how to live greener lives.

Earth Day began with a bang in 1970 as a nationwide protest and has since evolved into a global phenomenon, with thousands of events and initiatives engaging millions of people and spurring additional action.

Why was this date chosen, and what kind of impact has Earth Day had on environmental legislation and grassroots initiatives? These Earth Day

facts shed some light on the annual tradition and how it has changed over the past four decades.

1. Earth Day first began on April 22, 1970, when 20 million people across the U.S. participated in rallies celebrating nature and decrying activities that put it at risk.

2. Earth Day had an immediate impact. By the end of the year, the United States saw some of its first major political efforts to protect the environment, including the founding of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

3. Within five years, the EPA had banned the insec-

ticide DDT and Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act and set emissions and efficiency standards for vehicles.

4. More than 94 million people have pledged “Acts of Green” through the Earth Day Network, sharing how they plan to make a difference for the environment.

5. There are actually two Earth Days. The second is the Spring Equinox Earth Day, which originated in San Francisco.

Conservationist John McConnell chose March 21 because he felt it represented equilibrium and balance.

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“When he was running in junior high, Jack was always so far out in front he never had to worry about how to run in traffic,” says Turner.

“He got boxed in during the 1600m and nearly had to come to a dead stop in order to get himself out of it. He didn’t want that to happen in the 3200, so he started too fast in the first 250 (meters). It’s a learning process, but those are still pretty impressive times for a freshman.”

Senior Drake McRae was the only other double medalist with a silver in the 300m int. hurdles (41.85) and he was fourth in the 110m high hurdles (16.49).

Freshman Wyatt Hayes, competing in his first high school meet, was a bronze medalist in the triple jump (38-6 3/4).

Girls Win 2 Golds Lizzy Eikenberry (105-7) improved on her career best in the javelin by just over three feet to lead a 1-4-5 finish for the Lady Beavers. Also posting career bests in the event were Cla-

Scott City freshman Luis Madrid clears the bar at 5-2 in the junior varsity division of the Liberal Invitational last Friday.

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rissa Ratzlaff (4th, 102-1) and Madison Braun (5th, 100-7).

“Lizzy is starting to clean up her technique. I think she’s capable of throwing 110 (feet) or better,” says Dirks.

The junior also had a very solid outing in the discus where she extended her career best by another five feet to 99-11 and finished fourth.

“She’s getting much more

Scott City wins 4 golds in junior varsity division at Liberal ish.

The 4x400m relay picked up a silver in 3:53.66. Members of the relay were Jaren Berning (59.17), Horn (56.63), LeBeau (60.12) and Luis Madrid (57.05).

Improving on his career best by just over a foot, sophomore Baron Strine was a gold medalist in the junior varsity division of the Liberal Invitational last Friday.

Strine had a career best of 126-4 in the javelin, improving on his previous best of 125-1.

Reid Brunswig (36-10) collected a first place finish in the triple jump while Jordan Horn (17-9 1/2) was a gold medalist in the long jump Sophomore Zach Carson had a personal best in the triple jump (34-111/2), but on his second jump a freak injury resulted in a hairline fracture of his hip and he’s out for the remainder of the season.

Brunswig added a silver in the long jump with a career best of 17-5 and Conner LeBeau sliced 25 seconds off his previous best in the 3200m (11:15.13) to earn a second place fin-

Ayala Claims Gold Freshman Dulce Ayala claimed the only gold medal for the Lady Beavers with a time of 2:47.39 in the 800m.

The 4x800m relay (11:48.55) finished second. Relay members were Ayala (2:44.45), Alexis Hoeme (3:06.24), Kodi Rogers (3:00.28) and Aly Tarango (2:57.29).

The 4x400m relay (4:39.94) also finished second. Members were Ayala (66.26), Alyssa Storm (1:13.01) Scott City swept three medals in the triple jump, led by Alyssa Storm (3rd, 29-11 1/2), Hoeme (4th, 27-9) and Molly Eikenberry (5th, 27-5 1/2).

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Sophomore Emily Smith was just off her career mark in the 300m low hurdles, but still picked up a gold medal in a time

of 50.62.

Makaela Stevens shaved 25 seconds off her career best in the 1600m (5:49.04) to finish second. She also added a career best in the 3200m (13:01, 5th).

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New measures of quality are behind beef’s success Greg Henderson Drovers CattleNetwork

Much of how you raise and market cattle today is rooted in a landmark study completed a quarter-century ago. The 1991 National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) provided a report card for beef, and the results outlined some stunning realities.

The early 1990s were dark days. Consumer beef

demand was in free-fall and the poultry industry was rapidly stealing market share with a variety of product-savvy innovations and services.

Meanwhile, beef was stuck trying to sell consumers products we wanted to produce, rather than products consumers wanted to buy.

Meat case surveys in the early 1990s counted more than 3,000 differ-

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Value-added grants available to Ks. producers The USDA is taking applications for the Value-Added Producer Grant Program.

USDA has $44 million available to develop value-added products and expand markets.

Value-Added Producer Grants may be used to develop new products and create additional uses for existing ones.

The deadline for applications is July 1. Electronic applications submitted through grants.gov are due June 24.

For application questions contact Nancy Pletcher at (785) 271-2733 or nancy. pletcher@ks.usda.gov. More information can also be found at: www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/value-addedproducer-grants/ks Since 2009, USDA has awarded 1,126 grants totaling $144.7 million. Grants were awarded to nine Kansas businesses last year, including: •Sappa Valley Poultry in Oberlin received a $49,663 grant to expand the market of the company’s locally-produced, non-GMO, free-range chickens.

•Sramek Family Farm, Atwood, received a $49,750 grant to expand processing and distribution of eggs produced by free-range chickens.

GM labeling debate continues

Following a two-week recess, the U.S. Senate continued discussions seeking a federal compromise on the labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients.

Discussions between those Senators in favor of mandatory GM labeling, led by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and those in favor of voluntary GM labeling, led by Sen. Pat Roberts, continue without resolution.

The mandatory GM labeling law in Vermont is set to go into effect on July 1, 2016, with additional legislation in discussion in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, putting pressure on the federal government to pass a preemptive law before that timeframe.

National Sorghum Producers is a member of the Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food, 500 organizations from all 50 sates representing millions of Americans calling on Congress to pass a uniform, national labeling standard for products containing GM ingredients that does not mislead or misinform consumers.

obsolete, the NBQA began to identify problems and seek solutions.

The quality audit gathered data and information from every segment of the beef chain - producers, packers, purveyors, retailers and restaurants - to identify quality problems.

“Too big, too fat, too inconsistent,” is how Hop Dickinson, former CEO of the American Hereford Association, described

ent chicken products, yet the beef case was dominated by its three old standbys - steaks, roasts and hamburger. Chicken producers discovered consumers didn’t want to buy whole fryers, and “They wouldn’t know what to do with one if we gave them away.”

Envy of the poultry industry’s success, and the realization that beef was on course to become

cattle at the time.

What he and others saw was a cumulative $280 per head loss from inferior quality - waste, taste, management and carcass weight. The waste (fat and muscling) accounted for $219 (78%) of losses. It’s important to note fed cattle at the time were selling for about $75/cwt., and comparable losses today would amount to roughly $435 per head.

The beef industry scrambled to correct defects. Between 1995 and 2000, NBQAs reported losses due to injection site lesions, presence of bruises on carcasses, hide damage due to parasites and brands and other defects had been reduced 22.8%.

Today’s consumer wouldn’t bother to look at a beef cut with exces(See SUCCESS on page 27)

Early development, drought, disease are concerns with wheat Marsha Boswell Kansas Wheat Commission

The Kansas wheat crop is currently facing three major hurdles: development being almost three weeks ahead of normal stages, drought conditions, and stripe rust and increasing disease pressure.

March’s freezes were of particular concern to farmers statewide because of the early maturity of the crop.

According to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, as of April 5, Kansas winter

wheat jointed was 42 percent, ahead of 26 last year and the five-year average of 28.

“The wheat being ahead of schedule is a concern because there is a greater likelihood that a possible freeze event might coincide with more susceptible phases of crop development,” said Romulo Lollato, Kansas State University wheat Extension specialist.

“Depending on cold temperatures’ duration and intensity, freeze can be devastating to wheat yields.”

Kansas’ turbulent weather

is always a concern on the top of farmers’ minds, but one concern pops up more frequently than any other.

Drought Status Worsens “What is really concerning for this crop is the lack of moisture,” said Aaron Harries, Vice President of Research and Operations at Kansas Wheat.

“So far, soil moistures have maintained decent levels, but that moisture will be used up quickly during wheat’s growing season.”

The April 5 U.S. Drought

Monitor for Kansas listed 93% of the state in moderate to severe drought conditions. This was up from only three percent in January.

As the wheat plant continues to grow, so will its water consumption. Blue tinted leaves can be a sign of freeze damage for farmers, but the tint can also mean bad news for moisture levels.

As time progresses, pay special attention to emerging leaves. If the newly emerged leaves are green, the tiller will (See WHEAT on page 27)

Producers battle herd health following south-central fire MEDICINE LODGE - A long road ahead is probably the best way to describe the aftermath of the Anderson Creek wildfire in south-central Kansas, particularly for cattle producers who have relied heavily on grazing as the main source of herd nutrition.

Not only are many pastures burned in Comanche and Barber counties, but the cattle are facing a variety of other health-related problems following the fire, said Kansas

State University veterinarian Dave Rethorst.

Rethorst, who works in the K-State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, has been in contact with cattle producers and local agricultural leaders, including K-State Research and Extension agriculture agent Tim Marshall of Barber County, about the wildfire’s repercussions. The wildfire burned approximately 400,000 acres March 22-25, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

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Market Report Closing prices on April 12, 2016 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ 3.73 White Wheat ....... $ 3.73 Milo .................... $ 2.78 Corn ................... $ 3.38 Soybeans (new crop) $ 8.41 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 3.72 White Wheat ....... $ 3.77 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.78 Corn.................... $ 3.38 Soybeans ........... $ 8.41 Sunflowers.......... $ 13.45 ADM Grain Wheat..................

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Following the wildfire, Rethorst said good animal husbandry practices are key.

Producers are working hard to provide adequate nutrition to their herds and take care of ailments that range from burns to respiratory issues.

“There are ranchers out there asking, ‘Do we have cows alive and just haven’t found them?

How many cows have I lost?’” said Rethorst. “Things we’re seeing short term are cows with burned feet. Their (hoof) coronary bands are burned to

the point that some of those cows are starting to lose their hoof wall.”

Many of the cows directly involved in the wildfire also experienced burned udders, he said. Some of those cows are still producing enough milk to keep their calves alive, but many producers are having to bottle feed their spring-born calves using milk replacer instead.

Producers downwind from the fire are witnessing most of (See FIRE on page 27)

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the respiratory problems currently.

“They weren’t in the fire, but they got the heavy smoke,” Rethorst said.

“Those calves are seeing runny eyes and respiratory problems. Many of the ones in the fire haven’t started seeing the respiratory problems yet, but I’m not sure producers are looking for that. They’re still trying to regroup and figure out what (cattle) they have left.”

Tips for Producers Many producers in Comanche and Barber counties primarily graze their herds year-round, Rethorst said, and are now having to provide hay to their cattle - a foreign concept to some.

“We need to remember that those cows will eat about three percent of their bodyweight on a dry matter basis,” he said.

“For example, if we have a 1,200-pound cow, she will eat 36 pounds of dry matter a day.”

As they heal, he added, they will need more than hay for adequate nutrition.

They also need energy and protein supplementation daily until green grass begins to return.

“My recommendation is to back off what many producers are used to feeding, 40 percent protein cake formulations, and feed a 20 percent cake that has some energy in it,” Rethorst said.

On the treatment side, Rethorst said he realizes that producers might be overwhelmed by having to continuously treat a single animal, and some cattle have been sold. For the ones that remain, producers should monitor burned feet, burned udders and signs of respiratory infections.

Consider using antibiotic ointment on burned feet and udders to keep a secondary infection from occurring, he said. Death loss will likely happen due to respiratory problems from smoke inhalation, particularly in calves under a year old, just because their immune system might not be able to fight infection.

“In some of these young cows, it will probably affect their lungs for life. There’s little that can be done for that. Pull and treat the individuals.

Get the calves on a good vaccination program,” Rethorst said.

Another anxiety following the wildfire is the co-mingling of cattle due to burned fences. Herds have mixed with other herds, which means diseases such as bovine viral diarrhea could potentially spread in herds that have never experienced it before, he said. BVD could come secondary to the onset of respiratory disease.

“Treat respiratory disease as you typically would: get an antibiotic in them, and make sure they have plenty to eat and drink,” Rethorst said.

“Take care of them, and let their immune systems work.”

T158 is top variety in area counties T158 narrowly moved into the top spot as the favorite wheat variety planted by farmers in the westcentral district, which includes Scott, Lane and Wichita counties.

Statewide, T158 jumped from third to second with 5.8 percent of the state’s acreage in 2016. It accounted for 15 percent of the acreage in the westcentral district, just ahead of TAM 112 (14.6%) and TAM 111 (10.2%).

Despite seeing a slight decline in its overall share of the state’s acreage, Everest remained in the number one spot as the leading variety of wheat seeded in Kansas for the third straight year, accounting for 12.2 percent of the state’s 2016 crop.

Everest, developed by Kansas State University, was the most popular variety in the eastern twothirds of the state.

Wheat probably be healthy, but if the new leaves are yellow, this is an indicator that the tiller is dead.

Another factor in final harvest yields will be disease pressure. Moisture is a doubled edged sword for wheat because what’s good for the wheat is also good for diseases. Lollato has seen everything from heavy stripe rust to speckles of powdery mildew and leaf rust statewide.

“We are already seeing stripe and leaf rust established in many counties in susceptible varieties,” said Lollato. “If we do have moist weather (not necessarily rainfall, but

Success

Top 5 Wheat Varieties in Kansas by District for 2016 Crop Year amounts represent percent of seeded acreage

Winter Hawk jumped two places from last year to become the fourth most popular variety with 4.7 percent of the acreage.

That was followed by WB Cedar (4.5 percent), TAM 112 (4.2 percent) and Gal-

lagher (3.3 percent), a newcomer to the top 10.

Area planted with blended varieties was not included in the rankings.

Blends accounted for 10.7 percent of the state’s planted acreage and were

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high relative humidity would do it), producers will definitely have to be out and scouting to know the conditions in their fields and decide whether to trigger the fungicide application.”

To finish the growing season strong, Lollato suggests monitoring the current conditions of wheat fields to make informed decisions that increase producer profitability.

“The probability of yield gain due to fungicide will depend on risk level and cultivar susceptibility, being greater in susceptible cultivars in high risk environments,”

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sive fat. They’re accustomed to finding branded beef products that provide more consistency of both size and palatability.

A recent National Meat Case Study found 96% of all beef is branded with a store or a supplier brand.

So what’s important today? The 2011 NBQA ranked “food safety” at the top of the list, with “eating satisfaction” second. Making its first appearance on the list was “How and where cattle were raised.”

That was five years ago, and it’s safe to assume the “how and where” quality trait will remain a top concern for years to come.

Consumers are constantly raising the bar. That means in order for your beef operation to remain successful, you’ll need to continue producing safe, tasty beef while adequately passing the “how and where” test.

said Lollato. “By scouting often and knowing the conditions in their field really well, producers can make an informed decision whether to spray a foliar fungicide or not.”

Kansas Wheat CEO Justin Gilpin says rusts are having a much larger impact than in the past.

Disease pressure not only has a detrimental impact on yields, but as we saw last year, can also have a negative impact on the quality of the grain.

“Fungicide usage is especially important this year,” he said. “We highly encourage farmers to spray.”

used more extensively in the north-central, eastcentral and central areas of the state.

Hard white varieties accounted for 3.1 percent of the state’s acreage, up from 2.7 percent in 2015.

Danby was the leader, accounting for slightly over 40 percent of the state’s white wheat.

The majority of white wheat was planted in the southwest portion of the state.

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Gary, Sherry, Tucker and Trinity Graff To Scott County Hospital and Scott City Community, I was in the hospital a week ago for 10 days. The care I received was exceptional. The doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory department, dietary department, CNAs, radiology department, physical therapy department, occupational therapy department, and medical technicians, all gave excellent care.

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0215tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– CDL DRIVER WANTED for a paving company.

Can be a Class A or Class B license. For more information, call 620-8740596.

3316t6 ––––––––––––––––––––– 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. 3416t3 ––––––––––––––––––––– 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 620-397532929.

3416t3 ––––––––––––––––––––– DRIVERS NEEDED, combine and truck. Call Gerald Baker 620-8742060 or 620-379-4693, evenings.

3416t10 ––––––––––––––––––––– FULL-TIME FARM AND SEASONAL HARVEST HELP wanted!

Truck driving experience required. Call 620-8745160.

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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 8744135.

34tfc –––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices will not be beat!

37tfc –––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 874-1412.

4015tfc –––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Rob Vsetecka at 620-214-1730.

4515tfc –––––––––––––––––––– CARPENTRY SERVICES: buildings, repairs, roofing, plus other odd jobs. Joshua M. Kirk Carpentry. Call or text 785-259-0379.

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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.

Rentals HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available.

Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, 620-874-2120.

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PLAINJAN’S RENTAL houses and duplexes. Stop by the office or call 620872-5777.

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PLAINJAN’S RENT-ASHOP New Introductory Pricing! We can build an office to suit your needs.

This includes AC and heat if wanted. Each Rent-AShop comes with 110 and a 220 electric, overhead lighting, full concrete floor, exterior dawn-dusk lighting, insulated roof and exterior walls. Call today at 620-872-5777.

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.

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

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––––––––––––––––––––– 1 AND 2 BEDROOM APPARTMENTS for rent. Call 620-874-8353.

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For Sale BLUE, 3-WHEEL BIKE with basket on back. Used very little. $225.00. Call 620-872-2718 3516t2 ––––––––––––––––––––– DYSON RIDING LAWN MOWER, Craftsman roto tiller, small push mower, lawn fertilizer, and 2 tractor sprinklers with 100 ft. hose. Call 3616t1 620-872-2072.

Agriculture WANT TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANT TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information.

Lane County Feeders.

397-5341.

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Real Estate COMMERCIAL BUILDING for sale.

133x45 ft. (approx.) round top building. Serious inquiries only. Seller is a real estate agent selling own property. 874-5109 26tfc or 874-2124.

WANTS AN OFFER!!!

Turn key 50’x62’ steel shed, tube heat, 1/2 bath with washer and dryer hookups, 2 14’x16’ doors.

1 small door - 2 walk-ins, cemented throughout, inside sewer dump, wired, insulated, and large awning!!

EXCELLENT CONDITION - MAKE YOUR OFFER!!

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 25tfc

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.

Starts 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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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

SCOTT COUNTY HARDWARE Scott County Hardware is accepting applications for: Full-Time Employees (Evenings and Weekends Included) Applicants must: •Be self motivated •Be people friendy •Pass a drug and background test Applications may be obtained and returned to: Scott County Hardware 1405 South Main Scott City, Ks 67871 620-872-7305

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Kansas Department of Transportation is accepting applications for:

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 RN and LPN - FT Circulating/Pre-Op/Post-Op/PACU RN Dietary Aide - FT Housekeeping Aide Temporary Summer Maintenance Worker - PT 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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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 14, 2016

Enjoy the ‘experience’ of gardening As spring arrives, many people turn their attention to the outdoors. Gardening is a pastime that can unite individuals in ways that they might not have imagined. Regardless if someone gardens for fun, for food, for a deeper connection with something or another reason altogether, it is important to get the most out of the experience.

“Vegetable gardening is probably the most common hobby that we have nationwide as well as statewide,” said Ward Upham, horticulture specialist with K-State Extension. “This is something that not only is plea-

surable but also can help reduce the food bill.”

The first thing gardeners should consider when selecting what to plant is if they will eat what they plant.

“After deciding you will eat what is in your garden, you should take into account what your family likes,” he said.

“You also have to consider how much space you have. If you have a small garden, something like a watermelon may take up the whole garden.”

Some plants take so long to grow that it is best to start them inside versus planting them as seeds directly in the garden. In

some cases, if these plants were originally planted as seeds in the garden, by the time they produced, the growing season might be over. Examples of these kinds of plants are tomatoes and peppers.

“The No. 1 plant nationwide, as well as in Kansas, is tomatoes,” Upham said. “Other things that we can grow well include peppers, some of the cool-season crops such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower, as well as radishes and peas.”

of the eventual heat of the summer, he added.

Radishes, peas and beans are typically grown in home gardens from seeds. Onions, however, can be grown from either sets or young plants. Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are normally grown from plants.

Lettuce can be grown from either a plant or seed.

Upham said it’s best to select a plant that is stocky and healthy. When a plant grows tall and spindly, it usually suggests it has been grown under poor lighting. A Cool Season Crops stocky plant will withHowever, cool-season stand Midwestern winds crops should be planted more effectively.

Once a garden is plantearly in Kansas because

ed, with seeds, plants or both, make sure the soil stays moist and weeds don’t take over.

“Once the soil gets warm, you may want to consider mulching the area around the vegetables to keep weeds down,” Upham said.

For gardeners who plan to fertilize the soil before planting, it’s best to have a soil test done, add necessary nutrients and then till the fertilizer into the soil prior to planting.

Sometimes, however, vegetables need to be “side-dressed” after planting, which involves giving a plant an appropriate amount of nitrogen down a narrow furrow alongside

a row or around an individual plant as it grows, depending on its needs, he said.

Tomatoes, for example, are typically side-dressed roughly two weeks before the first tomato ripens.

Then a gardener would treat the plant two weeks after the first tomato ripens and finally a month later.

The “Kansas Garden Guide” is an 80-page publication that covers many aspects of gardening in Kansas and provides useful tips for gardeners. This and many other gardening publications can be found online through the K-State Extension Bookstore or local Extension offices.

Knowing what, how much, to plant in your garden Kansans who are new to vegetable gardening often don’t know how much of each crop to plant. K-State Extension has a publication that can help.

The “Vegetable Garden Planning Guide” gives information on the size of planting needed per person and the average crop expected per 100 feet.

Also included is a garden calendar highlighting suggested planting dates and expected harvest dates.

Crop specific information is also detailed, including days to germinate, plants or seeds needed per 100 feet of row, depth of planting, spacing within the row and spacing between rows.

You can find the publication at the county Extension office or online

bles and herbs. You may order the print publication at http://www.ksre. ksu.edu/bookstore/Item. aspx?catId=534&pubId= 8219.

This web page also at: http://www.ksre.ksu. provides a link to a free e d u / b o o k s t o r e / p u b s / PDF copy of the same mf315.pdf publication.

Another, more in-depth publication titled the Using a String Line “Kansas Garden Guide” Two simple tools can is also available. This make planting a vegetable 77-page booklet has secgarden easier. A string line tions on planning a garis used to ensure straight den, composting, improving soil, seeding and plant- rows and a planting board ing, garden care, water- can make spacing vegetaing, planting gardens for bles within a row easier.

Most gardeners make fall production, insect and disease control, container their own string line. A gardening, season exten- very simple one can be sion and harvesting and made with two tent stakes, a 12-inch piece of 1x2 storing.

This is followed by an lumber and some string. extensive section on how The string is wound on to grow specific vegeta- the 1x2.

Either notch each end of the board or drive a nail near each end to contain the string as it is wound.

One end of the string is tied to one of the nails driven into the board, while the other end of the string is tied to a tent stake.

When marking out a row, drive the tent stake into the ground where you want the row to start.

Mark the end of the row with a second tent stake and unwind enough string to stretch between them.

Actually, you will want the string line offset where the plants will go by a couple of inches so that it isn’t in your way.

In other words, you will make your row next to the string; not under it.

You now have the means of making a straight row.

The next tool that can come in handy, is a planting board. A planting board is a 1x4 board that is four feet long. Relatively deep notches are cut every foot with shallow notches

at six inches from each deep notch. Some gardeners also bevel the side opposite the notches so they can work the beveled end into the soil to make a shallow trench for small seeded plants.

When planting, lay the planting board near your tent peg and align it with the string. It is now easy to place plants or seeds at the recommended spacing. Move the planting board with you as you progress down the row.

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