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Volume 22 • Number 39

Thursday, May 7, 2015

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still hanging on Cooler temps, moisture offer optimism for what remains of Western Kansas wheat In the four years that Paul Drache has been taking part in the Winter Wheat Quality Tour, this year offered something he hadn’t experienced before.

“I usually don’t have to wear boots,” he said during a brief stop at the Vance and Louise Ehmke farm in western Lane County on Wednesday morning.

About a half dozen members of the wheat group stopped at the farm on day two of their statewide tour.

After checking 284 fields on Tuesday, the group expected to see a similar number on Wednesday before wrapping it upon Thursday. The participants branched off into six different routes each day, coming together in the evening to compare notes and offer their analysis of the upcoming harvest.

It was only a couple of weeks ago that many had already begun writing the epitaph for

the 2015 wheat crop . . . and for good reason.

A winter We had the highwith very est average yield little mois- of any of the routes on that ture plus a day,” he says. couple of “We came up brutal wind with an average storms that of 53 bushels leveled any an acre. Every field we saw was stubble or headed out and new growth looking good. wheat had Paul Drache Kansas all but Wheat Tour turned out the lights for this year’s harvest.

Now there’s hope.

Precipitation during the past week ranging anywhere from 1-1/2 inches upwards to some reports of more than four inches have soaked the parched soil.

“We’re hearing reports of a harvest that will be about 50 percent of normal all the way from the Oklahoma state line to Gove County,” noted Ehmke.

Drache, who lives in Greeley,

Colo., is a bit more optimistic.

“The moisture you’ve been getting will definitely help the crop,” he said.

The longer it remains cool and wet, the better. Stripe rust also prefers those same conditions and it is starting to make an appearance in many fields.

“It’s obviously better than what we saw last year. When we finish the tour on Thursday we’ll have a good indication of what the crop looks like at this moment. But a lot can happen between now and harvest,” says Drache.

He was on the group that took a central route across the state from Great Bend to Ness City on Tuesday.

“We had the highest average yield of any of the routes on that day,” he says. “We came up with an average of 53 bushels an acre. Every field we saw was headed out and looking good.”

Yield estimates were a lot

lower on the northern route, near Nebraska, due to freeze damage.

The rain earlier this week will provide a better quality wheat with improved yield and test weights.

“Then again, that depends on what happens next,” he cautioned.

On Tuesday the tour group saw a combination of diseases and insects, “but nothing severe,” according to Drache.

“We even saw a couple of fields with yellow barley dwarf, which is pretty uncommon in this area,” he says. “There isn’t a lot of disease, but it’s scattered all over.”

Drache was on the group traveling through the central part of the state where the wheat crop appears better than in most areas. Following the tour’s first day, he says the yield estimate was 4/10 of a bushel higher than

It’s not easy pulling up roots when you’ve lived your entire life in the central Kansas area. But it’s a lot easier when that move takes you to one of the top school districts in the state.

“This is as great an opportunity a first-year principal could have, to be going to a (Class) 3A school with McCormick the reputation of Scott City along with a great community,” says Brad McCormick.

The new principal at Scott Community High School has spent the last 13 years in Garden Plain as a teacher and coach. For the past three years he has taught strength training/health/PE in addition to being the head coach for football and track.

McCormick, 39, was among three finalists interviewed last week for the position that opened following the resignation of long-time principal Shelly Turner. He was offered the job on Friday and informed the board on Tuesday he would accept the job.

(See PRINCIPAL on page 10)

City water conservation plan resumes A steady shower that soaked Scott City with a half-inch of rain on Monday evening doesn’t have local residents thinking about the lingering drought and water conservation, but the city council issued a reminder this week that water use restrictions are once again in effect as of May 1.

Watering of lawns is not permitted between noon and 7:00 p.m. through Sept. 1.

(See WHEAT on page 10)

(See PLAN on page 10)

County attorney revamps diversion program Diversion programs have earned a reputation as being a means by which individuals can pay an added penalty to keep a traffic citation off their driving record.

Or someone who has been charged with a minor criminal offense can seek a diversion agreement to avoid possible jail time.

“They serve a purpose,” says Scott County Attorney Becky Faurot. “Pay the diversion agreement, stay out of trouble

for six months and you can get on with your life.”

It prevents unnecessary court time and a vast majority of those individuals who are granted a diversion never reappear before the court.

Faurot, however, feels that the judicial system has a greater responsibility to the community - and many of these offenders - than to enter into diversion agreements and then pretend the problem will go away.

That’s why Faurot, with the

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cooperation of city and county law enforcement, and the city attorney has initiated an intensive supervision diversion program.

“The idea isn’t just to collect a big fine and send someone on their way. We want to look at the underlying cause of why this individual has been cited for a violation or been arrested,” she says. “I feel we share a responsibility to rehabilitate these individuals before they get into worse trouble and

cause more problems for local residents or are a drain on tax dollars.”

Faurot uses the example of the 18-year-old male who had dropped out of school, was unemployed and “because he had so much free time he’s getting into trouble.”

The county attorney and law enforcement learned the individual had no Social Security card and no driver’s license.

“He’s had no one in his life to help him learn what it takes

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to function in society. One of the goals of intensive diversion is to help him get the basic tools to have some success in life,” Faurot says.

Direct Supervision Participation in direct supervision is a privilege in which participants will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Pounds is the lead officer who will oversee the program. He (See DIVERSION on page two)

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Diversion will be joined by another officer from the police department. They will monitor the program participants to see that individuals are living up to their obligation.

Those who are accepted will be expected to follow diversion guidelines for a year, which include: •Staying out of trouble with the law.

•Get counseling as required (drug, alcohol, parenting class, domestic violence, etc.)

•If still in school, attend classes.

•Follow curfew, if it applies.

•If an individual doesn’t have a high school diploma, then encourage them to get a GED or attend the Scott City Learning Center.

Home visits by the officers will be required.

Community service will also be an important requirement of the diversion program.

In addition, participants must sign an agreement which says they don’t dispute the facts in the investigation which led to them being arrested and charged.

“It’s not an admission of guilt,” explains Faurot, “but neither are they disputing the evidence as presented by law enforcement. If they don’t fulfill their part of the diversion agreement then we will

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proceed to seek a conviction.”

Intensive diversion will be in addition to what Faurot refers to as “fast track diversion” which applies primarily to traffic infractions. With fast track, a violator pays the ticket, court costs plus a $100 diversion fee for the first offense and the case is dismissed.

Part of the diversion money is donated to the Scott Community Foundation and some is donated to a fund to purchase equipment for local law enforcement.

All diversion money stays within the county.

The cost for intensive diversion is generally going to be far less because most of the participants are young and don’t have the money for hefty fines and fees.

“We’d rather see that money go into restitution, if that’s part of the agreement,” Faurot says.

Already 13 Participants While the program isn’t limited to juveniles and young adults, the county attorney says that’s who she expects to make up the largest share of participants.

“But if there is an older person who doesn’t have a criminal past, we will consider them for the program,” she notes.

Faurot and local law enforcement have been working on details of the

Considerations for acceptance into intensive diversion program

The following factors shall be considered in determining whether diversion is in the best interest of justice and will be of benefit to the defendant and the community: •Nature of the crime charged and the surrounding circumstances.

•Previous criminal conduct and whether or not such conduct resulted in a formal charge or conviction of the defendant.

•The probability that the defendant will cooperate with and benefit from diversion.

•Provisions for restitution.

•Recommendations of the law enforcement agency involved and the victim.

•Whether the defendant accepts responsibility.

Attorney’s Determination The county attorney’s office will review the defendant’s suitability for diversion. Once a defendant is denied diversion, an application will not be program since January.

Intensive diversion started in April and there are already 13 individuals who are either in the program or in the process of being accepted.

There will be demands on the individuals to show progress.

As with the 18-year-old mentioned earlier, Faurot says he has agreed to some “pretty lofty goals” which include getting a driver’s license, completing a GED and entering the workforce.

reconsidered unless material circumstances have arisen which were not initially brought to the attention of the county attorney.

If the defendant is found suitable for the diversion program, a written agreement shall be offered to the defendant.

If no action is taken within 14 days the offer will be considered to be withdrawn.

This agreement may contain: •A waiver of all rights to a speedy trial, all rights to a jury trial and a stipulation as to the facts of the case.

•An agreement that the defendant shall not violate any laws.

•An agreement that the defendant shall report to the county attorney or to any other person at any time he or she may be ordered to do so by the court.

•Payment of all court costs, a minimum diversion fee of $150 for misdemeanors and $250 for felonies (depending on facts of case), and fines.

“He’s got one year to make this happen and prove that he can be on his own,” Faurot says.

“Restitution will also be an important part of this for some individuals. If that takes longer than a year, then they will continue in the program longer than that.”

Needing Mentors Another ingredient that will be important to the intensive diversion program’s success is having

mentors available for the young offenders.

“We’re talking about people who can assist with employment, providing community service opportunities and teaching some life skills,” Faurot says. “These aren’t young people who have a history of violent crimes. Most of the time they’ve gotten into trouble for vandalism, drinking or other similar offenses.

“Our goal is to help them choose a better path through life.”

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Water essential to healthy living When you live in Western Kansas where there is so much talk about the Ogallala Aquifer, everyone knows how important it is to have good water.

Drinking Water Week Because the primary (May 3-9) is a reminder source of fluids for many about the importance of Americans are coffee, tea, tap water and the need and sodas which contain to reinvest in our water caffeine, which prompts infrastructure. It’s that the body to lose water. water delivery system that Caffeine is a diuretic, assures each of us that so when you are thirsty, we have one of the safdrink water, not caffeine. est water supplies in the For every eight ounces of world. coffee, soda and tea you Yet, in spite of all this drink, you need to double water that’s literally at Erica Ragsdale and Chad Grunder your water consumption our fingertips, some nutrireplace the water that Ragsdale-Grunder are engaged tionists suggest that about to the diuretics leech from Erica L. Ragsdale and City, and the late Carl 80% of the U.S. popu- your body. lation is walking around Chad A. Grunder, both of Shriner.

Water accounts for Erica works as a read- dehydrated. How can that a large percentage of El Dorado, announce their ing specialist and English be? engagement.

Erica is the daughter of and reading teacher at Eloise Ragsdale, Custer El Dorado High School. Birth City, Okla., and Bill Rags- Chad works as a social studies teacher at El Do- PARENTS OF DAUGHTER dale, Miami, Okla.

Ben and Margo (Bryan) Marmon, Gardner, announce Chad is the son of Rich- rado High School and Exthe birth of their daughter, Everleigh Erin. ard and Diana Grunder, tend High School.

She arrived on March 19, 2015, at 5:47 p.m., weighThe couple is planning Oldsmar, Fla. He is the grandson of a fall wedding in El Do- ing 8 lbs., 8 oz. and measuring 20 inches in length.

Grandparents are Joel and Connie Bryan, Scott City, Arvella Shriner, Dodge rado. and John and Elizabeth Marmon, Topeka.

Everleigh was welcomed home by big brothers Recipe favorites . . .

Artie and Eli.

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Pineapple Upside-Down Muffins Ingredients 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons tional) 1 (10 oz.) can 3/4 cup 3/4 cup 2 teaspoons 1/2 teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon 1 tablespoon 2 1/2 cup 1/4 2 tablespoons 1 teaspoon 1 (8 oz.) can 1 cup 1/2 cup 3/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup tional)

packed light brown sugar chopped walnuts or pecans (oppineapple slices whole-wheat flour all-purpose flour baking powder baking soda salt ground cinnamon large eggs packed light brown sugar cup canola oil pineapple juice or orange juice vanilla extract crushed pineapple (not drained) grated carrots old-fashioned oats preferably baking raisins chopped walnuts or pecans (op-

Cooking Directions •Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.

•To prepare topping: Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar into each muffin cup. Sprinkle nuts, if using, over the sugar. Stack pineapple slices and cut into 6 wedges.

Place 2 wedges in each muffin cup.

•To prepare muffins: Whisk whole-wheat flour, allpurpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.

•Whisk eggs and brown sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. Whisk in oil, juice and vanilla. Stir in crushed pineapple. Make a well in the dry ingredients; add the wet ingredients and stir with a rubber spatula until just combined. Stir in carrot, oats, raisins and nuts, if using.

Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups (they’ll be quite full).

•Bake the muffins until the tops are golden brown and firm to the touch, 15 to 25 minutes. Immediately loosen edges and turn muffins out onto a baking sheet.

Restore any stray pineapple pieces and nuts. Let cool for at least 10 minutes. Serve upside-down, either warm or at room temperature.

Yield: 12 servings

what makes each of us “human.” The average 150-pound adult body contains 40 to 50 quarts of water. Almost twothirds of our body weight is water. Our blood is 83% water, muscles are 75%, the bones are 22% and the brain is 74% water.

Dehydration, as you can see, affects your entire body and how you feel.

Water is necessary for your body to digest and absorb vitamins and nutrients. It also detoxifies the liver and kidneys, and carries away waste from the body. And when it comes to digestion . . . it’s just not happening without water. Fiber alone cannot aid proper digestion.

In fact, without water as its partner, good fiber

goes bad, causing constipation and extreme discomfort. So, drink that water.

If you’re dehydrated, your blood is literally thicker, and your body has to work much harder to cause it to circulate. As a result, the brain becomes less active, it’s hard to concentrate and your body feels fatigued.

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

El Quartelejo:

Visitor’s center is needed to tell story of historic ruins

Since it’s discovery by archeologist in 1898, El Quartelejo has the distinction of being one of the underappreciated historic sites in Kansas.

It could be argued that it shares that distinction with the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork located just a short distance to the south.

While both sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, what they also have in common is that neither offers visitors a comprehensive explanation of their place in Kansas history.

El Quartelejo does have the benefit of a historic marker on the site, but the 181 words it contains can’t begin to tell visitors of El Quartelejo’s significance.

For the past 20-30 years, perhaps longer, local historians have been urging the state - primarily the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism - to assume a role in building a visitor’s center that would protect the ruins and tell the untold story of El Quartelejo.

Local historian and artist Jerry Thomas is stepping down from the board of the Governor’s Ringneck Classic to take on the newly assigned task of raising money for a $1.2 million interpretative center at El Quartelejo.

This is significant for several reasons: •The ruins, as they presently exist, are bad for the park’s image.

One of the criticisms that have been expressed by visitors to the park is that what they are seeing aren’t actually ruins.

They’re right. They aren’t meant to be the “actual ruins” but only a re-creation of the foundation to depict its size and the dimension of the original dwelling. The cement cap was put in place to prevent the sandstone rock from deteriorating.

Can we blame visitors for feeling like they’ve been ripped off when they see the site?

•Since 2004, the National Park Service has listed the El Quartelejo site as “at risk” because of ongoing weather-related deterioration to the ruins.

The site needs to be enclosed and protected from the elements.

•It would be an opportunity to reclaim what belongs in Scott County.

Since that first archeological dig more than 115 years ago, everything found at the El Quartelejo site has been removed from here. Artifacts can be found in the Smithsonian Institute, the Kansas State Historical Museum and the KU Museum of History.

How much of that is boxed up and forever out of the public’s view is anyone’s guess.

Efforts to have those relics returned to Scott County have fallen upon deaf ears, but an interpretative center - combined with the El Quartelejo Museum - might finally give us the leverage we need to have these artifacts returned.

•This should greatly enhance the number of visitors to Lake Scott and the El Quartelejo Museum.

An interpretative center at the site of the ruins would finally provide an opportunity to tell the story of El Quartelejo like it’s never been told before.

Thomas says he has the full backing of the KDWPT because they see the future plans at El Quartelejo as setting the framework for similar projects elsewhere in Kansas. We can’t think of a better individual to lead this effort than Thomas whose enthusiasm for the history of Scott County is second to none.

This is a project that’s long, long overdue.

It’s time to that people walk away from the El Quartelejo site with a greater appreciation of why it exists and the significance of its place in Kansas history.

Flatland Band:

Thanks for adding a little more ‘culture’ in our lives

Mention the word “culture” around some people and they are instantly turned off.

The annual Flatland Big Band concert brings a little “culture” to Scott City each year and if you haven’t bothered to attend, that’s your loss.

The concert is not only entertaining and enjoyable, it brings together a group of musicians who are as talented as you’ll find anywhere in Kansas - let alone in Western Kansas.

They don’t come here for the money. They aren’t paid.

They perform here because of long-time friendships and the opportunity to share the love of music. One doesn’t even have to be a big fan of the big band era or jazz to appreciate the quality of the musicians and vocalists who make up the Flatland Big Band.

A huge thanks to Clint Raynes and his band of musicians for making this possible year after year.

We can all use a little more culture in our lives.

Media is missing the real news Earlier this week, Gov. Sam Brownback finally had a long-awaited “off the record” questionanswer session with the media regarding rumors that the state’s budget was collapsing and that he would have to give in to tax increases to balance the 2016 budget.

However, a transcript of that media gathering has been leaked . . .

“I want to thank all of you for being here today,” said Brownback in opening remarks. “Many of you have been writing about how weak our economy is, how far in debt we are and that our tax policies are a failure.

It’s unfortunate that many members of the left-wing media choose to be so ill-informed when all you have to do is read the news releases that my staff provides you on a daily basis.

“If you would spend less time listening to school administrators who whine about not getting as much money as they expected, or welfare recipients who had to cancel their cruise on

the Queen Mary because of our tougher guidelines you would know that this budget story isn’t nearly as big as you are making it out to be,” continued Brownback. “Now, are there any questions?”

“Gov. Brownback, budget experts are saying that you and the legislature have to come up with another $400 million to close the budget gap for next year. How do you plan to do that?”

“You should know by now that math, unlike faith, is very inexact. You add up the numbers today and get one answer. Add up those very same numbers tomorrow and you get an entirely different answer. That’s just how it is in government,” says Brownback.

“Exactly what does that mean, Governor?”

“I’m not sure, but I can tell you that 91 percent of the people making less

than $25,000 a year are now paying absolutely no income taxes to the state,” said Brownback. “And that of those making less than $50,000 per year, 63 percent are paying no state income taxes.

“This is the bright future we are planning for Kansas. Our goal is to have 100 percent of the people paying no state income taxes so that people will want to come here. Let’s be honest for a moment,” said Brownback as he leaned across the podium. “Unless we eliminate state income taxes, what other incentive can there possibly be for people to want to live in Kansas?”

“Governor, I’m still not sure what point you’re trying to make unless it’s to show that too many people aren’t paying enough taxes to support state government and that it’s your plan to make it worse by having even more people not paying income taxes.

Is that what you’re telling us?”

“It’s always about the numbers with you people.

All of you in the media are so fixated on whether

the state budget is a few hundred million dollars short of being balanced.

You are missing the even bigger picture. You need to focus on the fact that despite everything else that’s happening in our state, the Big Well in Greensburg is still big . . . really big.”

“Governor, we’re trying to be very patient, but schools across the state are closing early because they don’t have enough money. How is the state’s tax plan and economic condition helping them?”

“The important thing for Kansans to remember is that unemployment numbers are very low.

That means more people are working and fewer people are paying income taxes,” said Brownback.

“Our economic policy is working exactly the way that it was designed and I couldn’t be more proud.”

“But Governor, again you seem to be avoiding the question. For example, when schools close a week or two early, that takes money out of the pockets of working (See MEDIA on page six)

Benefits of Medicaid expansion We are having a difficult time understanding why the state of Kansas has yet to expand Medicaid. Federal dollars stand at the ready, and more than 100,000 uninsured Kansans could benefit immediately.

There appears to be strong support for the move. And, when applying a cost-benefit analysis, the positive numbers crash the scale. Just a quick glance around the state offers many interesting perspectives: •The Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition keeps an up-to-the-second counter of how much money the state has left on the table since Jan. 1, 2014, by not expanding.

As of Monday afternoon, the counter was approaching $525 million.

“Kansans pay taxes and expect something back in return,” the group’s

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website proclaims. “We should bring these funds back into the state to support the Kansas people and the Kansas economy.”

It wouldn’t be as if we were expecting something for nothing. But the opposite is happening: We’re paying something and getting nothing.

•The Kansas Action for Children organization suggests expanding Medicaid as proposed by the federal government would allow access to health care coverage for more than 135,000 newly eligible adults, “and 22,000 children who are currently eligible but not enrolled.

When parents have coverage, it’s more likely that children have cover-

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age, which is important for healthy development.”

That bit of common sense should not be lost on lawmakers who, thus far, are putting the squeeze on resources for children whether it be education or social services.

•A study by the Urban Institute reveals Kansas hospitals will lose $2.6 billion between 2013 when the state first could have expanded under the Affordable Care Act provisions - and 2022.

The report also noted the state’s Medicaid costs would increase $525 million over 10 years, but that “it would generate an additional $5.3 billion in federal funding.”

That’s a great return on investment, blowing away virtually every economic development incentive program Kansas currently has in place.

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• A poll by the Kansas Hospital Association showed almost two-thirds of voters “support the proposed expansion of the state’s Medicaid program to cover 160,000 uninsured adults earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.”

That support transcends political affiliation. Democrats show 87 percent favor, independent 77 percent, and Republicans are at 58 percent.

•That 58 percent figure showed up again in the Docking Institute of Public Affairs’ recent opinion survey as the number of Kansans who support expansion.

•The Catholic bishops of Kansas have called on the Legislature to expand Medicaid.

So, who doesn’t favor the move?

(See BENEFITS on page six)

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

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A lesson about Kansas GOP politics Congress Schools closing early because of cash shortfall At least eight Kansas school districts recently announced that they’re starting summer break early this year, and not because kids have already learned so much that they deserve a few extra days off.

It’s because these schools ran out of money, thanks to state leaders’ decision to ax education spending midyear to plug an ever-widening hole in their budget.

In at least one district, Twin Valley, children are being kicked out two weeks earlier than planned. Haven School District is closing five days early to save an expected $4,000 per day, said Supt. Rick White, but next year the district will likely shave off 10 days.

White told me that members of the school board are also looking for other creative ways to absorb the $750,000 in cuts handed down by the legislature

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for this year and next. They, and their educators, must continue to find new and innovative ways to do less with less.

In balancing the budget on the backs of children, Kansas politicians are behaving shamefully. But they may also be doing the rest of the country a favor, by giving us a preview of what might happen if Republicans control the White House and Congress after the 2016 election.

The consequences in Kansas, after all, are a result of fulfilling the great Laffer Curve dream that has Republican presidential hopefuls such as Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Chris Christie all salivating: dramatic tax cuts, concentrated among those at the top, coupled with the promise that such action will, through trickle-down voodoo, increase tax revenue and boost economic growth.

In the real world, politicians rarely get to carry out that budget plan in a

big way. Then Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback came along and, with a Republican Legislature on his side, passed sweeping tax cuts in 2012.

Despite faith-based forecasts promising bountiful revenue, tax receipts have come in, again and again, hundreds of million dollars below projections. The latest estimates leave the state with a $422 million shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

But rather than acknowledging that this tax “experiment,” as it’s been whitewashed, has failed and needs to be reversed, Brownback and Republican legislators have mostly doubled down.

To make up for the shortfalls, the state has hacked away at core services, from roads to welfare.

Education turned out to be a particularly plum target. Kansas’ elected officials have a decades-long history of shortchanging students, and the state has been subjected to multiple lawsuits over whether its funding levels violated the state constitution’s requirements for adequate and equitable public education spending.

(See LESSON on page six)

Pope will take a stand on climate

by Jim Hightower

Some of corporate America’s biggest climate-change deniers - from Exxon Mobil to the Koch Brothers - are in dread of a potent storm that’s gaining strength and headed right at them.

It’s the category-5 “Hurricane Francis,” which threatens to overwhelm their flimsy ideological castles.

This threat is not literally a hurricane, but a diminutive human who has become a force of nature: Pope Francis.

In June, he intends to deliver a powerful papal encyclical putting the moral energy of the church solidly behind the urgent imperative to end the industrial pollution causing global warming.

Specifically, Francis will lead Catholics in a worldwide campaign to enact sweeping reforms proposed by the United Nations to halt the toxic emissions that profit a few wealthy investors at the expense of humanity itself.

The Pope’s principled, stout-hearted stand is causing fainting spells, gnashing of teeth, and bombastic rants in the lodges of the profiteers and their rightwing, anti-science devotees.

A delegation of climate change deniers from a front group called the Heartland Institute (funded by Charles Koch) even scurried off to Vatican City to protest what it calls the “mistake” that Francis is making. And a rightwing writer named Maureen Mullarkey

offered this feverish screed: “Francis sullies his office by using dogmatic formulations to bully the populace into reflexive climate action with no more substantive guide than theologized propaganda.”

Whew!. Sounds like she’s mad, in both senses of the word!

They can wail all they want, but Pope Francis - who chose his papal name in tribute to the patron saint of animals and the natural world - is right that stopping the looming human disaster of climate change is not only a matter of science, but also of moral duty.

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

GOP’s ‘perfectly angry response’ ‘Tip’ from waitress raises administration’s ire with the media The story about waitress Chloe Hough criticizing Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s education policies has drawn a rebuke from Clay Barker, the state’s top Republican party official.

And it’s perfect - as in perfectly capturing just how dense the GOP can be when it comes to trying to defend Brownback’s policies and the damage they are doing to the state of Kansas.

Hough served Brownback Saturday night at Boss Hawg’s, then crossed out the space for a tip and wrote the phrase, “Tip the schools.”

It was an eye-catching, symbolic statement on Brownback’s policies that are changing school funding policies, causing some K-12 districts to close early this school year.

Barker, executive director of the

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Kansas Republican State Committee, first took to a TV station’s Facebook page, lashing out at Hough and the publicity she is getting for the stunt.

“So you are publicizing her arrogant stupidity and utter ignorance. Typical liberal KS media,” he wrote.

Barker later continued, telling The Topeka Capital-Journal by email: “And yes it is perfectly in line with the party’s role - we get to say what everyone is thinking. Why would the Kansas media, well-known for its frequent liberal, anti-Brownback disposition, go to such lengths to highlight a rude comment from a single individual?”

Another Barker comment: “Where are the stories of the thousands of people who have said complimentary things about the governor?”

This line of reasoning completely

ignores the fact that Brownback and his administration constantly ramp up state-paid attempts to get the word out about what they are doing.

Just recently, Brownback signed new welfare rules into effect, limiting how people could spend the money they receive from the state. The media dutifully covered the press conference just as it does dozens of other events Brownback speaks at.

Another one last week: The media wrote that Brownback would be visiting four cities to re-sign an anti-abortion bill.

Plenty of people say nice things about Brownback. Plenty say mean things, too.

It’s best when those things are said aimed at policies promoted by Brownback and his allies, so discussions can be had about how those policies are affecting Kansans.

Hough used three simple words to get her point across.

(See ANGRY on page six)

continues coddling the wealthy

by Bob Lord

Question: How much did Congress save taxpayers last year when it cut food stamp benefits for 16 million poor children?

Answer: Less than the windfall Congress is trying to bestow on a few of the richest American families by ending the federal estate tax. The House has already approved a bill to do this, and the Senate is poised to follow suit.

To get a sense of By repealing just how breathtak- the estate ing this giveaway is, tax instead consider the $30 bil- of closing its lion estate of casi- loopholes, no magnate - and Congress GOP super-donor - would put an addiSheldon Adelson. tional $40 If the repeal goes billion into through, the Adelson the pockets family’s savings, of the next when added to what generation they’ve already of Kochs. avoided through That’s over loopholes, could total 13 bilas much as $12 bil- lion school lion. That’s far more lunches. than the $8.6 billion Congress sought to spare taxpayers over a decade by cutting food stamps last year.

Two very ugly realities are at play here.

First, the distribution of wealth in the United States is now so lopsided that the assets of individual families can rival the cost of entire government programs that serve as lifelines for millions of needy Americans.

Second, majorities in both houses of Congress won’t shrink from inflicting additional misery on the people who rely on those programs to heap piles of wealth onto the already obscenely rich.

What’s fueling this madness?

Ask any lawmaker who wants to repeal the estate tax, and she’ll probably tell you it’s all about family farms and small businesses. That fiction’s been peddled by politicians across party lines, from Washington Republican Dave Reichert to Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.

But as they well know, virtually no owners of family farms or small businesses are subject to the estate tax, and there are ample relief provisions already in the tax law to protect the few who are.

Besides, even if there were a problem, Congress could solve it without bestowing a windfall on oil tycoons and Wall Street kingpins - you know, the folks making those million-dollar campaign contributions.

Make no mistake, the billionaire class, now numbering over 500, isn’t the accidental beneficiary of estate tax repeal. It’s the intended beneficiary.

The tribute Congress is seeking to pay to the children of any one of those billionaires, even the lowliest one, could offset the entire $400-million cut in 2013 to the Head Start program. That cut denied 57,000 poor kids a better chance in life, supposedly in the name of saving money.

In this golden age for billionaires, over half of public school students are poor enough to qualify for school lunch subsidies, according to The New York Times.

High-profile GOP funders Charles and David Koch together control about $100 billion. By repealing the estate tax instead of closing its loopholes, Congress would put an additional $40 billion into the pockets of the next generation of Kochs. That’s over 13 billion school lunches.

A century ago, Congress enacted the estate tax to stem the concentration of wealth and close the gap between haves and have-nots.

This time around, it’s doing the exact opposite.

Bob Lord is a veteran tax lawyer who practices in Phoenix, Ariz. He’s an associate fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies

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Helping our children attain the American Dream

by Aaron Estabrook

When it was ratified, the Kansas Constitution acknowledged the responsibility of the state to provide a uniform system of common schools and schools of higher grades for its people.

Even before Kansas was officially a state, pioneers settling in harsh conditions pooled their limited resources to build our iconic one-room schoolhouses and hired a teacher. They knew then what we know now. Pub-

lic Education is the foundation of civilization.

As the needs of America expanded so too did the requirements and expectations of our public schools.

Earlier this year, I joined Kansans from across the state and marched more than 60 miles to our state capitol to raise awareness of the political assault on our public schools. Upon arriving, I sat in the statehouse and said to those gathered that we are fighting a war that we did not start, but it

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is a fundamental right that we aim to protect for generations to come.

In 2012, Kansas lawmakers, at the behest of Gov. Brownback, set the stage for the assault on public education by implementing a tax structure that is unsustainable. He called it an experiment.

The structure made it possible for the top earners to pay no income tax while middle and low income Kansans pay into the pool while receiving less services. State revenues have steeply declined and

public education has been on the chopping block like never before.

Much of this economic mismanagement is defended by thick ideological rhetoric, while facts and reality are dismissed.

Real leadership would require introspection and figurative heads to roll for the self-inflicted crisis we now find ourselves in.

Over 40,000 Kansas children will enter kindergarten in August. My daughter is one of them.

On a recent trip to a local hardware store she joined

me with a few dollars she had earned doing chores around our home.

To my amazement, she wanted to buy a small ladder. Her rationale was that she could do more chores and earn more if she could reach higher.

Today, in Kansas our state government has created a system of taxation that allows for those who have climbed the economic ladder to pull it up from behind and relish in their treasure.

Each rung on the ladder to the American Dream

is laden in education and knowledge. Every dollar we invest now in early education gives children a better chance and saves taxpayers $8 later on. It simultaneously opens the door to more employment and higher incomes for working parents today.

The evidence is undeniable that investment in education and expansion of early education is key to fulfilling the tacit goal of America, to ensure that our children can have a better life than we did.

a great country we live in when a waitress can not only have the privilege of waiting on the governor of Kansas, but even write me a short note,” says Brownback. “I also did the math, with the help of Art Laffer, and we figured a 10 percent tip would only provide our schools $5.21. Even you members of the media should know just how far $5.21 will go with our public schools, which is why I kept the tip,” Brownback says.

“That’s why I’m the

governor and she’s only a waitress. The good news is that I bet she’s in the 91 percent paying no income taxes,” added Brownback.

“Is this a great state to live in or not!

“Now you members of the media get out there and start reporting on real news, like the fact that if people will visit the Eisenhour Museum in Abilene they’ll find out that former president Dwight Eisenhour is still dead.”

(See DREAM on page seven)

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And although last year the state’s Supreme Court found school funding levels indeed to be unconstitutional, the state appealed the decision and has since cut funding further.

The most recent reductions, announced in March, required districts to absorb an additional $51 million in cuts by the time this fiscal year ends June 30. This time, the cuts were cloaked in a new funding formula called “block grants,” which, as I have explained, are just a cowardly tactic for forcing painful funding decisions down the totem pole under the guise of “flexibility.”

That way school boards, rather than legislators, have to take the heat for making unpopular cuts.

“There’s a level of frustration about all the material we have to cram in now,” Haeli Maas, a 17-year-old junior at Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg, told me. Maas recently penned an open letter to Brownback pleading with him not to “write off” her generation. She didn’t mention tax hikes specifically - almost none of the students, parents and educators I spoke with volunteered this as a solution without my probing them - but she said their necessity is clear.

So far, she said, Brownback has not responded.

Catherine Rampell is a columnist at The Washington Post

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They angered Brownback’s supporters, who apparently will spend hundreds if not thousands of words in the next few days to whip up emotional responses to what she wrote.

Bottom line, Hough helped draw attention to a very real problem in Kansas - how the Brownback administration is treating funding for the K-12 school systems.

Yael Abouhalkah is a columnist for the Kansas City Star.

He can be reached at abouhalkah@kcstar.com

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Kansans who have to pay for another week or two of child care,” says a reporter. “How is this making life better for Kansans.”

“The important thing to remember here is that a mother’s place is in the home. If she was there than the family wouldn’t need day-care,” said Brownback. “And that would free up jobs for welfare recipients who say they can’t find work.

It’s a win-win for everyone.”

“So you’re not backing off your tax-cutting policies?”

“I haven’t heard a single compelling reason from any of you bleeding-heart liberals in the media as to why we should change course,” said Brownback. “If you weren’t so preoccupied with all the Chicken Littles running around the state you’d realize that since my tax policy has taken effect, the world’s largest ball of twine in Cawker City hasn’t shrunk,” said Brownback.

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The elephant in the voting booth Secretary of State Kris Kobach has built his political career promising gullible Kansas voters that voter fraud is a problem and he’s just the guy to stop it.

His effort to find fraud has jammed up the electoral process, disenfranchised some 17,000 eligible Kansans from voting in the last election and found no actual rampant voter fraud.

Now Secretary Kobach claims he needs prosecutorial powers to continue his crusade against the phantom illegal voters - just in case he finds one.

If even one legitimate vote is cancelled out by an illegitimate one, it is one too many, Kobach tells anyone who’ll listen.

So it is amazing to us that when a Wichita mathematician found statistical anomalies in voting patterns in the last Kansas general election results, Kobach refused her request for paper tapes from electronic voting machines.

Beth Clarkson, who has a Ph.D. in statistics, has analyzed election returns in Kansas and elsewhere over several elections and found a “statistically significant” pattern in which the percentage of Republican votes increase the larger the size of the precinct.

The patterns show either a built-in error in the Kansas voting system, or broad scale fraud, or are “indicating a demographic trend that has not been picked up by extensive polling.” (Remember the polls showing Davis winning the governor race?)

The anomalies in the results are significant enough to demand explanation. Yet Clarkson has been forced into court to wrest the hard copy evidence from our champion of voter fraud.

Clarkson became interested in the issue after reading a 2012 statistical paper showing strong evidence of election manipulation in Iowa, New Hampshire, Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma, Alabama, Louisiana, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Kentucky.

She didn’t believe the findings until she checked their math and model selection and found them sound.

We thought we noticed the pattern in small, rural precincts the night of the election. But we figured it was just an illusion and thought no one would do anything about it if it were real.

We were wrong. The trend wasn’t a mirage. The cause is a mystery and Clarkson is on to something here.

Given Kobach’s claimed obsession with protecting every legitimate vote, there is no defensible reason to deny Clarkson the evidence she seeks, if for no other reason then to correct future errors.

And given the demonstrated attempts to limit voter turnout in other states, Clarkson’s questions should be taken seriously. A non-politicized secretary of state’s office would welcome the opportunity to prove the system’s integrity.

Whether we choose to believe there is a problem or not, the numbers pattern nevertheless stands like an elephant in the voting booth.

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“But I shouldn’t expect the media to think about those things.”

“Governor, we have one other question we’d like you to avoid,” says a reporter.

“It would be my pleasure. Fire away,” said Brownback.

“What do you have to say to the waitress at the Topeka restaurant who wrote on your lunch bill that instead of giving her a tip you should tip the schools?”

“I think it shows what

Benefits Three guesses, and the first two don’t count.

It’s Gov. Sam Brownback. His administration actually has argued in testimony that until the more than 5,000 disabled Kansans get off waiting lists for care, he would not be interested in expanding Medicaid coverage for “able-bodied adults.”

We believe it goes deeper than that. It also goes deeper than not trusting the federal government to be able to pay its share if Kansas ever accepts the expansion.

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Just this week, the governor offered insight into that logic. On Monday, a press release from Brownback’s office said, “Kansas intends to join Texas through an amicus brief supporting Florida’s effort to stop the Obama administration from cutting off health care dollars for the Low Income Pool in an effort to force Obamacare upon the states.”

Texas also is involved with this latest lawsuit.

Fighting federal overreach, Obamacare and the president himself seems so

NFL sentences Brady to a year with the Jets

by Andy Borowitz

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (The Borowitz Report) - In what football insiders are calling an unexpectedly severe punishment, the National Football League has sentenced the New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady to a year with the New York Jets for his role in the so-called Deflategate scandal.

The punishment drew howls of protest from Patriots fans and management, with many calling it the harshest in league history, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended the decision as “a necessary deterrent.”

“We need to send the message that this league has zero tolerance for cheating,” Goodell said.

“We believe that a year of playing quarterback for the Jets sends that message loud and clear.”

Brady was reportedly in a state of shock when he heard the news of his punishment. He later met with reporters in a hastily called press conference during which he frequently seemed on the verge of tears.

“I am going to fight this decision with every fibre of my being,” Brady said. “This is America.

You can’t force a person to play for the Jets.”

At a sports bar in Manhattan, the reaction to the impending arrival of the Jets’ longtime nemesis was muted. One Jets fan observed, “Look, Brady’s a jerk, but even he didn’t deserve this.”

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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2014. Or 2010. Certainly the sentiment helped propel Brownback to win two gubernatorial elections, but all the statistics prove ACA is working. And if the governor doesn’t care to believe any of those damn lies, couldn’t he at least listen to the constituents he’s supposed to serve?

The m a j o rity of Kansans demand Medicaid be expanded.

Kansas lawmakers and governor need to stop wasting money fighting it.

Patrick Lowry is editor of the Hays Daily News

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A year ago, Gov. Brownback toured the state and repeatedly said he would fully fund allday kindergarten. Ever since the “K” was placed in K-12 Public Schools, it has been funded at a half time rate. Nearly all Kansas schools teach kindergarten all day, requiring local school districts to pick up the tab on the other half.

Gov. Brownback reneged on his promise.

Last summer, school districts across the state put together an application to apply for “Pre-School Development” grants from the U.S. Dept. of Education. America was about to invest hundreds of millions in pre-school or pre-K programs, and Kansas educators wanted to be ready.

Then last fall, Gov. Brownback refused to sign the application, the final step in the process. As a result, $226 million was

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awarded to other states in December. Kansas would have been poised to receive between $1520 million for pre-school development, but one man stood in the way of more than 40,000 four-yearolds receiving that opportunity.

Pre K-12 should be the standard for Kansas. For the last 16 years, every child in Oklahoma has been guaranteed a preschool education.

To this day we have no clear answer why Gov. Brownback refused to sign the application to compete for those funds with the rest of America.

No economic logic makes sense, so we must conclude that it was an ideological decision.

Soon our Supreme Court will rule on the adequacy and equity of our public schools. Evidence points to underfunding, complicated by the extreme ideological deci-

sions by lawmakers who want to pull that economic ladder up from behind them.

I personally have witnessed the impact of extreme ideology as a soldier in Afghanistan. My generation has fought two wars and toppled two governments that were built on extreme ideology.

Coming back to Kansas from those wars I never expected to be in the midst of another battle being in-

whole exercise process safer and more effective.

Water is also an important “healing tool” for people with a history of kidney stones. Since water dissolves calcium in the urine, downing at least eight glasses daily reduces the risk of stone formation.

Drinking water is valuable in preventing urinary tract infections in both men and for women, flushing impurities out of the system.

Helps Immune System Even mild dehydration makes you more susceptible to viruses. For someone with an immune sys-

tem compromise, water is a powerful weapon in the war on colds and other illnesses, and will help you recover more quickly.

When your body is hydrated, drainage from allergies and colds doesn’t stick and collect in your throat and lungs, and your cough is more “productive.” Even cold sores that appear on the lips are minimized by drinking water because those eruptions tend to favor dry areas on the body.

It is hard to remember to drink enough water every day. Time and events sometimes keep it from happening the way we would like, so begin

each day with a glass of water for a “perk” instead of coffee (and with the price of coffee, think of the money you will save).

Don’t wait until you are thirsty to have a drink. By the time your body clues you in you are already dehydrated.

Keep a bottle of water with you at all times and remember to recycle the bottle.

And as we spend more time outdoors taking care of our lawns and gardens, let’s do our share to conserve drinking water.

Don’t water the streets and sidewalks and don’t overwater your lawn.

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body and will keep your skin healthy and glowing.

It can help you lose weight and will allow for proper digestion. Water will also help reduce headaches and dizziness due to dehydration. This summer, should you get a sunburn, drink lots of water to help your skin “replace” itself.

Water is especially important for pregnant women and nursing mothers. For athletes and workout fanatics, drinking water reduces cardiovascular stress and improves performance. And, since water reduces body temperature, it makes the

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stigated by extreme ideologues in Topeka.

One thing is certain: this generation will not tolerate it. We have sacrificed too much and those extremists in Topeka need to understand that what they have done is simply wake a sleeping giant in form of parents, educators, and moderates all across our state.

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SCHS JV Golf @ Leoti, 3:00 p.m.

SCHS Scholar’s Bowl @ Ulysses, 4:00 p.m.

BOE mtg., 5:30 p.m.

SCHS Band concert @ SCHS auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

SCHS Pops Concert @ SCHS auditorium, 6:45 p.m.

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SCMS Athletic awards, 6:00 p.m.

Farmer’s Market mtg., @ Scott County Library, 7:00 p.m.

Al-Anon meeting @ Community Christian Church, 6:30 p.m.

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My Favorite Teacher

Essay contest by USD 466 students in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week.

an essay contest by USD 466 students in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week

Scott City Middle School art teacher Rochelle Miller

Scott City Elementary School fourth grade teacher Jon Crane

My favorite teacher’s name is Mrs. Miller. She is the best teacher at this school.

Mrs. Miller is the art teacher, and art is my best subject. I think she is very interesting and fun because she tells great stories during art.

She is very nice too. We do cool things in art since she is so creative.

Mrs. Miller is also really smart. I have learned how to make beautiful drawings, cool clay items and other projects from her.

Another thing I learned from her is if you try your best then that is what matters. Even though I am not as good at art as her, all she cares about is that I tried. I also think that everybody in school likes her just as much as me.

So if you ever come to this school I am sure you will like art.

Mrs. Miller is my favorite teacher.

Kamryn Herrera

My name is Esper, my favorite teacher is Mr. Crane. He is the best teacher any student could have in Scott City.

Mr. Crane does science experiments that are fun for everyone in the class. Sometimes if you are lucky, he will choose a kid to volunteer in one of the projects.

Mr. Crane always says, “he will never put a kid in danger,” and people who land in his class are pretty lucky to have a teacher like him.

Mr. Crane has a lot of stories to tell when you do something or when you are working on.

The one best thing I love about him is that he made me feel that people can hear me, that if you want something, go for it. No one is stopping you. And you’re the one who makes the choices so make it a good one.

Esperanza Hernandez

Scott Community High School English teacher Steve Kucharik My favorite teacher at SCHS is Mr. Kucharik. I had Mr. Kucharik as a coach many years before I had him as a teacher. I could tell I would like Mr. Kucharik after my first high school scholar’s bowl tournament; we didn’t win, I don’t even think we placed, but it was so much fun.

Mr. Kucharik coached us to two state tournaments and I couldn’t have learned more from him during my time on the team.

This, my senior year, was the first time I actually got to have Mr. Kucharik as a teacher. He taught us grammar, vocab, and how to write papers. Most importantly though, Mr. Kucharik prepared us for college, where grades have to be earned, and not everyone agrees with the opinions that you have.

My classmates and I are probably all going to enter college and be grateful that we had the opportunity to learn from Mr. Kucharik. I can honestly say that Mr. Kucharik is my favorite teacher at SCHS and he deserves that title.

Macy Davis

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Take caution not to overfertilize tomatoes

Tomatoes are a crop that can be over-fertilized. After the first fruits start to develop it is not a good idea to fertilize if the plants are growing well and have a healthy medium-green color.

With the availability of water soluble fertilizers and TV commercials advertising their benefits, some folks have gotten a little carried away.

Too much fertilizer can lead to trouble. Excessive vine growth comes at the expense of good fruit set and development.

Plants may drop blossoms especially in hot, dry summer weather when too much fertilizer is present. Scientific literature indicates that spider mite problems also may increase because overgrown vines make spraying for spider mites more difficult.

One more drawback to over-fertilization is that it slows fruit development and ripening. Tomatoes may sit for a long time

in full-sized green stage without starting to ripen.

This is especially true if the weather cools slightly.

Over-fertilized tomatoes often don’t develop the sweetness and flavor expected from tomatoes grown in warm, dry Kansas summer weather that normally produces great-tasting fruit.

Although they need an even, consistent water supply, tomatoes can be over-watered, too. A better way to provide consistent moisture is to use a mulch to hold water in the soil until needed by the plant.

In addition, mulch will help keep the soil cooler during the summer. Provide a good soaking about once a week when rain is in short supply. Daily watering that

wets foliage is not a good idea - especially if foliage doesn’t dry quickly.

Moisture can aggravate some of the leaf blight diseases.

It is best for foliage to dry within an hour of watering.

It takes about 30 days from the time the tomatoes bloom until fruit is full-sized and ready to start ripening. So keep track, and if your tomatoes start blooming in early June, you should have some ripe tomatoes about the Fourth of July.

the miller’s is once more underway. Though “miller moth” is a generic term that can apply to a number of different moth species that invade homes, the army cutworm is usually the culprit.

The army cutworm adult is gray to light brown with wavy dark markings and lighter and darker spots on the wings.

Wing patterns can vary significantly in color and pattern.

Army cutworm has a unique life cycle. Eggs hatch in the fall, and the insect spends the winter Miller Moth Invasion as a partially grown larva.

The annual attack of High populations of these

caterpillars in the spring can cause significant damage to alfalfa, winter wheat and other crops.

Pupation occurs in mid-spring with the adults emerging 2-3 weeks later.

They then fly west to Colorado and spend the summer on the slopes.

This migration can be as long as 5-6 weeks though most of it occurs in two to three weeks.

While in Colorado, they feed on nectar for a month or two and then fly east to lay eggs. The cycle then repeats.

The problem for Kansas residents usually occurs during migration to

Colorado. Millers avoid daylight and seek to hide during the day.

If they happen to get inside a home, they often cannot find a way back out and can become a nuisance. Though they do not feed or lay eggs while inside, but they can create an odor problem if enough of them die while trapped.

Insecticides have little effect, so prevention is necessary. Seal openings and avoid the use of lights that attract the moths.

Moths that do get inside can be swatted, vacuumed or trapped by suspending a light bulb above a bucket of water.

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In addition, his wife, Sarah, will be teaching seventh/eighth grade English at Scott City Middle School.

A native of Norwich where he graduated from high school, McCormick played football at Dodge City Community College before his career was cut short by an injury.

McCormick transferred to Emporia State University where he graduated in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education.

Following two years in the Osage City district, McCormick and his wife made the move to Garden Plain.

McCormick said it was his long-range plan to get into administration and he’d spent the last four years completing the additional course work to make that happen.

“My father-in-law had been in administration for a long time and I’ve been influenced by a lot of good people in administration,” noted McCormick. “I felt I was ready for the next challenge in my career.”

While he has become somewhat acquainted with Scott City as a football coach on the opposing sideline, McCormick says he has always been impressed with the community’s support of its students and how well they travel to events.

“There’s a pride that you sense in Scott City which you can’t duplicate,” he says. “It’s impressive to see a town like this flourishing in Western Kansas. It seems like there’s always something new happening here.”

McCormick said he and his wife were also impressed with the opportunities in music and other classes available to their daughters.

“I was overwhelmed by the elective classes available at the middle school and the high school. You like seeing those extra opportunities available to your students,” he noted.

McCormick also acknowledges that he’s entering administration at a time when school districts are facing huge challenges with respect to state funding and how they can continue offering the level of academic and extra-curricular programs that people have come to expect.

“Those are things which worry you,” he says, “but I also sense that Scott City will continue providing the support necessary so that we can make sure our kids have everything they need.”

The McCormicks have three children: Brynn, 11, who will be in sixth grade; Peyton, 9, a fourth grader next year; and three-yearold Brock.

a year ago for the same area.

“The next couple of weeks will be especially critical in determining whether this year’s crop is capable of doing better than a year ago. Ninety degree and 25 mile per hour winds would be pretty devastating,” he adds. “The longer we can go with the cooler system the better the quality we’ll see.”

Below Average Yields While this year’s wheat has the potential to be better than a year ago, it will still be well below the long-term average of 4045 bushels.

“The last couple of years we’ve seen a lot of 20 and 25 bushel yields.

This year we could see it in the low 30s,” noted the Lane County farmer.

Wichita County Extension Agent Allen Baker said the Leoti area

received about 1.25 inches of rain on Monday, but that rainfall amounts in the area have varied significantly.

As of Tuesday morning he said some area in northern Wichita County hadn’t received any rainfall.

While the moisture will keep some of the wheat alive, a number of fields were beyond salvaging.

“Some parts of the county still have a chance at a decent crop depending

on when they planted and if they got a little moisture at the right time,” Baker says. “Other areas were dead or very thing. There was wheat two inches tall and trying to head out.”

The recent rains will be particularly helpful for those fields where the wheat had looked decent only a couple of weeks ago, but had begun to slide backwards due to lack of moisture.

“Those areas could be

back to having a decent crop,” he says.

The biggest beneficiaries of the recent rainfall will likely be those who are in the process of planting corn or planning to plant milo.

Baker estimates that the corn crop is about 75 percent planted, so this moisture couldn’t have come at a better time.

“Some guys may decide now that they’ll plant a few more acres of milo,” says Baker.

Yield projections climb on wheat tour The Kansas Quality Wheat Tour roamed through Kansas for the second day on May 6, trekking on six different routes from Colby to Wichita.

The convoy was comprised of 21 separate vehicles carrying 92 participants from all over the globe, including some who saw their very first tornado on Wednesday evening thanks to severe weather in the Wichita area.

Plan

The scouts stopped at 305 fields along their routes, an increase from Tuesday’s 284. The day two average estimated yield for the areas visited was 34.5 bushels an acre, an increase from last year’s 32.8 bushels an acre.

As the scouts traveled south of Colby, they quickly began to see some of the most drought stricken wheat in the state.

The southwestern portion of the state showed an estimated range from

0-18 bushels per acre.

However, when the participants turned east, they began to see some of the best looking wheat so far in the tour.

The stretch from Dodge City to Wichita showed stronger potential, with most fields averaging from 35-50 bushels per acre.

“A worrisome thing that I saw was the amount of stripe rust along these routes,” said Romulo Pisa Lollato, the future wheat and forages Extension

specialist for Kansas State University. “We found stripe rust in five out of 16 samples between Dodge City and Kingman County, and it concerns me because of the area’s good yield potentials.”

While rain means good things for a wheat crop, one must remember that what is good for the wheat is good for disease as well.

Other issues spotted along the way were wheat streak mosaic virus, wheat smut, winter kill, hail damage and the elephant in the

room, drought stress.

“In my area double crop wheat acres will have low yields, if they haven’t been taken out already,” said Scott Van Allen, a farmer in Sumner County, the largest wheat producing county in the state.

“There is some really nice looking wheat, but there is also some wheat that just couldn’t make it with the lack of moisture.

But what did hang on, the rain has helped 100 percent, so I am still optimistic.

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Police Chief Chris Jurgens explained to the council that the first time his officers or an employee with the public works department see someone violating the ordinance they are issued a verbal warning. The department also keeps track of who has been warned.

When asked if any citations were issued last year, Jurgens said that none were.

The council asked that situations be monitored to prevent individuals from unnecessarily overseeding their lawn just so they can get around the water restriction. There have been instances in the past when people have used the loophole to water their lawns.

The city does allow individuals who are planting new grass to water during the restricted hours.

Warning Sirens Some council members had heard concerns from citizens regarding the “all clear” signal with the tornado siren.

Emergency Preparedness Director Larry Turpin said there are supposed to be three consecutive blasts of the siren to let people know the danger has passed. Jurgens said the siren has been programmed for just one continuous blast as the “all clear.”

“With the rotating sirens, I’m not sure people would be able to tell if there are three blasts,” said Jurgens.

He was asked to meet with Turpin so they could agree on what the all clear signal should be.

Jurgens also explained to the council that the tornado siren is set off only when a tornado has actually been spotted by a law enforcement officer or other individual officially recognized by the county as a storm spotter.

“We can’t turn the siren on just because someone decides to call us,” said Jurgens.

Celebrating the men and women who, day in and day out, remain committed to improving the health of their communities through compassionate care, constant innovation and unwavering, unmatched dedication.

National Hospital Week is our annual opportunity to thank these dedicated individuals: physicians, therapists, nurses, engineers, food services workers, volunteers, administrators and so many more -- for their commitment.

The hospital story nationwide and publicly reinforce the vital role hospitals play in their community’s overall health, which extends far beyond strictly providing medical care.

Youth/Education

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Faurot scratches his way to top honors at GWAC show When Scott City Middle School art teacher Rochelle Miller was loading artwork into the vehicle to be taken to the league show, there was one final piece that nearly didn’t make the trip.

Marshall Faurot already had a ceramic sculpture that Miller had selected for the show.

“There wasn’t much room left and I really liked the ceramic piece, but it turned out that I had room for Marshall’s scratch board,” Miller says.

It’s a good thing. That decision - and Faurot’s talent - earned him “Best of Show” in the twodimensional division at the Great West Activities Conference art exhibition held in Colby.

“Art is so subjective. You never know what will appeal to a judge,” noted Miller. “I think it comes down to whether something is unique enough or so well done that it makes a judge take a second look.”

Faurot’s scratch board apparently met that goal. Though Faurot was a little surprised considering it was the first time he’d ever attempted to work with such an unusual media.

A scratch board is just as the name implies. The artist starts with a black board that has a white surface below. Using a sharp tool, the artist carefully removes the top layer and the artwork is the white surface that’s slowly revealed. It’s similar to working with pencils, but with one huge difference. When

SCHS pops concert Mon.

“Fire and Ice” is the theme for the Scott Community High School pops concert to be presented Mon., May 11, in the high school auditorium.

A dessert bar will begin serving at 6:45 p.m. At the same time there will also be a music awards program in the gym.

The conert starts at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

Freese third in state Skills competition

Marshall Faurot with his scratch board artwork that earned 2D “Best of Show” at the GWAC art show.

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the artist is after a certain effect they have to think the opposite of how they normally would approach a drawing or painting.

“The hardest part is the shadowing,” says Faurot, whose untitled work featured a loaf of bread.

Where an artist while drawing on white canvas would fill in the area that is shadowed, with a scratch board those are the areas left untouched. The areas needing to be highlighted are “scratched” away.

“I was surprised at how well it

turned out,” admitted the eighth grader.

Miller took about 70 entries from SCMS students to the league show. Eighth grader Kally Kough was selected for the show’s top 25 with her sculpture.

Lane Freese, Scott City, was among six students from Northwest Technical College, Goodland, to place in the Kansas SkillsUSA competition.

Freese, a sophomore, earned a bronze medal in cabling.

The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation.

Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels.

Fraley is PSU graduate

Paul Fraley, Dighton, will earn his bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State University during commencement exercises on May 8-9.

GWAC art show

Scott Community High School artists who earned “top 25” honors at the Great West Activities Conference art show are (from left) Brandy Puente, a mixed media titled “The Puppet Masters”; Liz Murray, an ink drawing titled “Lost in Alice?” and a two-sided acrylic painting titled “Keyhole”; Briana Hutton, a pair of acrylic paintings entitled “Coby Belt” and “Grandparents”; and Ximena Ayala, a colored pencil drawing titled “Ballroom.” Not pictured is Elaine Parkinson and her acrylic painting.

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5 school districts are granted emergency funds Topeka - The State Finance Council this week reviewed eight “exceptional needs” requests during its regular meeting for a total of $1.1 million in requests.

Funding was approved for five districts for a total of $478,016.

The exceptional needs fund was established as part of the state’s new block grant funding plan for K-12 public schools.

The fund allows school districts to request additional funds to meet specific needs resulting from the following specific circumstances: •Extraordinary increase

in enrollment •Extraordinary reduction in assessed valuation •Extraordinary reduction in revenue to the school district •Unforeseen circumstances which substantially impact the school district’s general fund budget.

New Kansas law repealing the schoolfinance formula and imposing a block-grant approach for funding schools included a provision setting aside $4 million annually to address “exceptional needs” identified by any of 286 local school districts. The State

Finance Council, chaired

by Brownback, sat in judgment of eight proposals.

Winners of this firstever sweepstakes were the Louisburg, Concordia, Skyline, Waconda and Lebo-Waverly districts. Financial appeals

by North Lyon County, Southern Lyon County and Arkansas City were rejected.

Following presentations by superintendents and discussion by the council, Brownback proposed the panel allocate $1.08 million to earmark enough to meet all requests with the excep-

tion of $107,000 sought

by Southern Lyon County.

His motion was rejected 2-6, with only Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, siding with the governor.

The council then adopted, on a party-line vote and with Brownback’s support, injection of $478,000 into the five districts.

“Going forward, schools will have more flexibility in determining their priorities when spending their money,” Brownback said. “We recognize unexpected circumstances may arise.

Therefore, it’s good that

we have this process to address the needs.”

There is an expectation the council will convene again in May to consider three to 10 other supplemental requests from Kansas districts.

Louisburg Supt. Brian Biermann applied for and received $128,000 to help get through the current fiscal year. Sen. Ty Masterson (R-Andover,) initially asked to trim that grant to $96,000 because of consternation with the district’s decision to devote resources to athletics facilities.

State budget director Shawn Sullivan recom-

mended the council reject Lebo-Waverly’s appeal for $55,000, but he was overruled. The district unexpectedly lost 40 students and related state aid.

“I’m trying to protect my after-school programs and our pre-K classes,” said Superintendent Ted Vannocker. “I think my request is a legitimate request.”

The council voted to allocate Skyline the full $118,000 sought, while Concordia’s appeal was sliced from $326,000 to $119,000 and the Waconda district’s request was narrowed from $164,000 to $57,000.

For the Record Thousands of Ks. tax returns yet to be opened The Scott County Record

TOPEKA - The state has yet to open thousands of envelopes that could contain checks from Kansans paying their state income taxes.

An estimated 70,000 to 80,000 returns still need to be processed by the Kansas Department of Revenue, agency spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said Monday. Those should be completed by the end of the week, she added.

The contents of those unopened returns -

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delayed at least in part because of short staffing caused by budget cuts could be critically important as lawmakers look to address a projected budget shortfall. Many of those envelopes contain checks.

“That is a Catch-22, isn’t it? We can’t afford to open the envelopes to see how much money we have,” joked Gene Countryman, a retired radio show host who lives in Wichita and who is

USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., May 11 • 5:30 p.m.

Administration Building • 704 College •Presentations •Comments from public 1) SCMS site council proposal •Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) High Plains Co-op - Eric Erven 2) NW Ks. Tech. College - Mark Davis 3) Administrative reports 4) Additional •Financials 1) Treasurer’s report 2) Bills payable 3) Transfers (if needed) •Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes 2) Summer weights •Consider items pulled from consent agenda New business 1) Bond refinancing 2) Strategic energy plan 3) Scott Recreation Commission proposal 4) Technology bids 5) Supplemental additions for girl’s golf and SCMS cross-country 6) 2015-16 board meeting schedule •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel •Resignations/hires •Executive session 1) Negotiations 6:45 p.m. • Amended 2014-15 Budget Hearing 1) Call to Order 2) Presentation of budget amendment 3) Response to questions 4) Action on budget amendment 5) Close hearing •Adjournment

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 30, 2015; last published Thurs., May 14, 2015)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JUDY MARIE MEYER, deceased, Case No. 2015-PR-07 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 17th day of April, 2015, a Petition was filed in this Court by Rex W. Grothusen, an heir, devisee and legatee, and Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Judy Marie Meyer, deceased, dated August 27, 2002, praying that the Will filed with the Petition be admitted to probate and record; that he be appointed as Executor without bond; that he be granted Letters Testamentary.

You are required to file

your written defenses thereto on or before the 26th day of May, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Rex W. Grothusen, Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main Street P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas, 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner

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among the Kansans still waiting for the state to cash his check.

The state has collected $82 million less in income tax revenue than it had at this point last year, but is projected to finish the year $62 million above last year’s total, according to a memo from the Kansas Legislative Research Department.

That means it must take in $144 million more in individual income tax revenue in May and June than it did last year in

order to meet the current estimate of $2.28 billion for the year.

If tax collections miss projections in May and June, then the budget shortfall - estimated to be more than $420 million next year - will grow even larger.

Legislative Research said that the process was at least 10 days behind last year, when the Department of Revenue had opened all tax returns

by April 30.

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department May 4: Dylan Schneider was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to use. He was transported to the LEC. May 4: An accident occurred in the 1000 block of South Main when Nicasio Mangilimotan, driving a 2007 Toyota, was northbound in the parking lane and struck a legally parked 2007 Chevrolet owned by Freida Rauch.

May 5: Amanda Seig was arrested on a Gove County warrant and transported to the LEC. Scott County Sheriff’s Department May 4: An accident occurred at the intersection of K4 Highway and Union Road when William Romo, driving a 2007 Freightliner, was backing into a gravel dump site and sideswiped a 2000 Freightliner driven

by Carlos Ramon-Gastulo.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 30, 2015; last published Thurs., May 14, 2015)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LAWERENCE DWIGHT McCOMBS JR., deceased, Case No. 2015-PR-08 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 23rd day of April, 2015, a Petition was filed in this Court by Kamala Kay Good, an heir of Lawrence Dwight McCombs Jr., deceased, praying: That descent be determined of the following described real property owned by the decedent: South Fifty Feet (S 50’) of Lot Three (3), Block Five

(5), Starr Suburb to the City of Scott City, Kansas and all real property and any other Kansas real or personal property owned by decedent at the time of his death.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 26th day of May, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Kamala Kay Good, Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main Street P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas, 67871 Attorneys for Petitioner

The agency took on significantly fewer temporary workers to open returns and process checks this year, according to the memo. When the agency realized the magnitude of a last-minute surge of paper returns around April 22, Koranda said it hired more temp workers and authorized overtime.

Rep. Ron Ryckman, Jr. (R-Olathe), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, said lawmakers need the most up-to-date data to make

informed decisions on how to craft a balanced budget and that he was disappointed with the department’s resource management in processing tax returns.

Sen. Laura Kelly (D-Topeka), who sits on the Joint Budget Committee, said lawmakers “cannot make intelligent, wise decisions” until they have a better idea of whether the state will hit its target for income tax revenue.

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Register of Deeds Roland and Diana Jenkins to Glen and Janell Ludowese, south 10 ft., Lot 4 and all of Lot 5, Blk. 11, McLain, Swan and Sangster Addition.

United States of America to Carlos Rodriguez Armendariz, Lot 5, Blk. 14, Original Town.

Bruce’s Carpet and Tile to CJNE, LLC, Lot 14-15, Blk. 28, Original Town.

David Richard Dirks and Taylor Dirks to Anthony and Kelsee Vandegrift, south 13 ft. of Lot 8, all of Lot 10 and north 18 ft. of Lot 12, Blk. 1, Thomas Addition.

Fairleigh Corporation to First Baptist Church, Scott City, a tract in W2 of 19-18-32.

Rodney Graham to Bruce’s Carpet and Tile, south 54 ft. of Lot 5 and north 20 ft. of Lot 8, Blk. 9, CA Steele and Sons Second Addition.

Jeffery and Karen Pounds to Jeremy Brown, west 90 ft. of north 40 ft. of Lot 3 and west 90 ft., Lot 2, Blk. 30, Original Town.

Hermenegildo Resendez and Josefina Jimenez to Edelmira Neiruby Mendoza Nava, Lot 4, Blk. 6, Original Town.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., May 7, 2015; last published Thurs., May 14, 2015)2t NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Scott City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on June 11, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., at the Scott City Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 221 West 5th Street, Scott City, Kansas, to consider the following agenda items: 1. Application for conditional use permit by Jerome Berning/Berning Classic Cars to buy and sell automobiles on the following described property which is zoned Ag-Agricultural District The Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of Section Sixteen (16), Township Eighteen (18), Range Thirty-two (32), (1500 N. Highway 83) All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at such hearing.

Dated: May 5, 2015 Rodney Hogg, Chairman Scott City Planning Commission

Wheatland offers rebate for installing new HVACs

Wheatland Electric is offering a rebate program for its members who install new, energy-efficient heating and cooling systems.

So far, the co-op has awarded nearly $7,000 in rebates.

Typical rebates range from $200 to $500, and members who buy larger systems could see a larger rebate.

Wheatland says it offers the rebates for three reasons.

First, replacing your heating and cooling system can be an expensive proposition, the rebate helps to soften the blow to members’ pocket books.

Second, home heating and cooling make up the majority of home electric bills. Replacing old systems with newer, more efficient ones saves money.

And third, energy efficient heating and cooling systems create less stress on the electric grid, which is better for the cooperative.

So far, 30 homeowners have applied for the rebates.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 23, 2015; last published Thurs., May 7, 2015)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ETTA FERN ASHCRAFT, deceased Case No. 2015-PR-06 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 15th day of April, 2015, a Petition was filed in this Court by Diana Jennison, an heir, devisee and legatee, and Executor named in the First Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of Etta Fern Ashcraft, deceased, dated August 13, 2009 praying that the Will filed with the Petition be admitted to probate and record; that she be appointed as Executor without bond; that she be granted Letters Testamentary.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 20th day of May, 2015, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Diana Jennison, Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main Street P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner

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County Proclamation Celebrating 50 years of the Older American Act of 1965

County of Scott WHEREAS, Scott County includes a thriving community of older Americans who deserve recognition for their contributions and sacrifices to ensure a better life for future generations; and WHEREAS, Scott County is committed to helping all individuals live longer, healthier lives in the communities of their choice for as long as possible; and WHEREAS, SINCE 1965, The Older Americans Act has provided services that help older adults remain healthy and independent by complementing exiting medical and health care systems, helping prevent hospital readmissions, and supporting some of life’s most basic functions, such as bathing or preparing meals.

WHEREAS, we recognize the value of community engagement and service in helping older adults remain healthy and active while giving back to others.

Now therefore, the County Commissioners of Scott County Kansas do hereby proclaim May 2015 to be Older Americans Month. We urge every resident to take time this month to celebrate older adults and the people who serve and support them as powerful and vital individuals who greatly contribute to the community.

Dated the 1st day of May, 2015 Scott County Commissioners

Lawmakers consider $164M sales tax hike

TOPEKA - Kansas lawmakers are considering raising the state sales tax to plug the state’s budget hole.

HB 2429 would increase the tax from 6.15 percent to 6.5 percent, generating an estimated $164 million in 2016. The House Taxation Committee reviewed the bill Wednesday.

But some lawmakers are talking about pushing the sales tax higher to avoid changing income taxes.

“I’ve heard anywhere from 6.3 to 7.15, so they definitely seem to be taking a hard look at sales tax, which is again unfair,” said Rep. Tom Sawyer (D-Wichita), the ranking minority member on the House Tax Committee.

Lawmakers need to fill a budget hole of more than $420 million with some combination of tax increases and spending cuts. Many economists blame the shortfall on the state cutting income tax rates and eliminating taxes for business owners in 2012 without proportional cuts in spending.

Some lawmakers want to revise the 2012 income tax changes to help fill the budget hole. Gov. Sam Brownback has resisted that and has called for the state to rely on consumption taxes rather than income taxes.

The sales tax is a consumption tax.

Increasing the sales tax would help boost state coffers immediately, said Rep. Marvin Kleeb (R-Overland Park). However, Kleeb said lawmakers need to be careful not to raise sales taxes so high that people shop in other states.

The state’s sales tax has been as high as 6.3 percent.

It was boosted to that in 2010 as a temporary measure in the wake of the recession. But in 2013, instead of letting the sales tax fall from 6.3 percent to 5.7 percent as planned, lawmakers decided to let it drop to 6.15 percent, in part to help offset money lost from income tax cuts.

Sawyer criticized the prospect of a higher sales tax.

“When we’re taxing food, I mean, that’s a very basic part of life and that affects the poor and the middle class much harder than it does wealthy persons. It’s unfair to look at that when we’ve got business owners making millions of dollars paying no (income) taxes.”

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Kelly noted that in addition to cutting its temporary staff, the agency also reduced its number of full-time employees as a result of across-the-board budget cuts that went into effect in January.

A document Kelly received from Secretary of Revenue Nick Jordan showed that the agency had saved $609,000 by cutting 10 full-time employees from its tax operations staff and reducing its number of temporary staff members.

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Kansas last in battle against cervical cancer Mike Sherry Heartland Health Monitor

If all it took were a few shots to virtually eliminate the chances of contracting one type of cancer, you’d think at-risk people would be lining up for treatment in droves.

There is, in fact, a threedose regimen that experts say essentially prevents cervical cancer, which is newly diagnosed in more than 12,000 American women a year and kills about 4,000.

But vaccination rates against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer, continue to lag far behind levels sought by the U.S. medi-

Effort to improve vaccination rate among teens cal community - something health officials blame largely on parents’ and physicians’ reluctance to talk with adolescents about a sexually transmitted infection.

And the issue is particularly acute in Kansas, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said is the worst in the nation in assuring that adolescent girls receive at least one dose of the vaccination. Kansas also ranks last, along with Utah, in ensuring adolescent girls receive the full regimen.

Now a concerted effort is under way to improve

Take steps to improve confidence, self-esteem by the American Counseling Association

Many of us would like to have higher selfesteem. We feel good when we’re more confident and self-assured. Improved self-esteem enables us to be comfortable enough to relax and be ourselves with others. It enables us to quit worrying about saying the right thing or wondering what others are thinking of us.

The problem for many people is that they’re waiting for some internal changes to signal that they can let the real “person” out to behave more confidently. But in reality, the path to high selfesteem is already there. Simply behaving more confidently, and trying new things, are the building blocks to improving self-esteem.

One roadblock is that there are sometimes hidden benefits to lower self-esteem. The most obvious one is that low self-esteem can let us feel safe and comfortable.

If we lack the confidence to take some chances and to try new paths, we avoid risk and possible failure. We may feel safe, but will probably also feel stuck and somewhat depressed by always taking that no-risk route.

A first step in increasing self-esteem is to recognize that there’s no perfect moment to begin.

Waiting until we’re smarter or richer or happier before we start taking action usually means that we probably never will take action.

The cure is simply to try really living in the present, to go ahead and take a risk rather than always waiting.

Another roadblock to increasing self-esteem is that we often ignore our own needs. It can feel good when we please others but not if it means putting our own needs on hold.

It’s important to be just as able to say, “I need your help,” as it is to say, “Can I help you?” When our relationships are more balanced and reciprocal, our self-esteem improves.

The temptation for many of us is to stay safely within our comfort zones. While taking chances may sometimes feel risky, playing it safe all the time can be as uncomfortable as trying something new.

Even people with strong self-esteem will wonder about being judged, looking silly or making waves. The difference is that they don’t worry about it as long and don’t let the worry immobilize them.

Trying something new or different is usually better than staying stuck. The “trying” builds our strength, not the outcome. Whether we succeed or fail, we get to say, “I did it.” And that’s what builds self-esteem.

“Counseling Corner” is provided by the American Counseling Association. Visit the ACA website at counseling.org

the HPV vaccination rate in Kansas, with partners that include the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care and the University of Kansas Cancer Center, which is making HPV outreach a key component of its effort to achieve enhanced recognition by the National Cancer Institute.

Better late than never in trying to bolster the HPV vaccination rate in Kansas, said Dr. Roy Jensen, director of the KU Cancer Center.

“It’s kind of like, when is the best time to plant a tree?” Jensen said. “Well, the best time to plant a

tree was yesterday, or 10 years ago. But today is the second best time, so we need to get started on this if we have our eye on the future like it should be.”

HPV Prevalence HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. According to the CDC, virtually all sexually active men and women contract it at some point in their lives.

In most cases, it resolves on its own. But when it persists, it can cause health problems like genital warts and cancer in men and women.

It also can cause cancers of the penis, anus, tongue and tonsils.

In 2006, the U.S Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil as the first HPV vaccine. Three years later it approved another vaccine, Cervarix.

To achieve maximum effect, physicians administer the three doses over the course of six months to adolescents before they become sexually active.

Researchers don’t know how much protection is afforded by only one or two doses, according to the CDC. That’s why it says it’s impor-

tant that both sexes get all three.

Either way, Kansas stacks up poorly. For females between the ages of 13 and 17, about 57 percent nationwide receive at least one HPV vaccination; in Kansas, the figure is about 40 percent. Nearly 40 percent nationwide receive all three doses; in Kansas, the figure is 21 percent.

A national health roadmap unveiled in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calls for achieving an 80 percent HPV vaccination rate among 13- to 15-year-old males and females by the year 2020.

(See CANCER on page 15)

KanCare companies push for higher prenatal care participation Ashley Booker KHI News Service

Prenatal care educators and state-level Medicaid officials say it’s not an easy task getting and keeping pregnant mothers in their first or second trimester on schedule for care.

There’s a statewide effort to try to change that, in order to reverse a care deficit that can have dire consequences.

“Expectant mothers who begin prenatal care in the third trimester or receive no prenatal care are three times more likely to deliver an infant with low birth weight and their

infant is five times more likely to die,” according to a report by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

In the report published in March, KDHE examined the adequacy of prenatal care for mothers who delivered 38,488 babies in 2013. There were an estimated 38,805 total live births in the state that year, but information was not available for 317 of them.

The report found that white, non-Hispanic mothers received the highest percentage of morethan-adequate care, while Hispanic and black mothers reported the highest

percentage of inadequate care.

The report states the majority of mothers who received inadequate care did so because of late initiation of care.

“If they haven’t presented at the health department for their pregnancy tabs to find out what is available to them, they are kind of flying blind out there,” said Dianne Daldrup, state director of the Greater Kansas Chapter of the March of Dimes.

“It’s really getting them in the door initially that seems to be the biggest gap (of women receiving inadequate care).”

Among the 4,383 mothers who said they received inadequate prenatal care, 51.9 percent were Medicaid beneficiaries, 22 percent were on private insurance and 17 percent were self-pay, according to the report.

In Kansas, Medicaid is called KanCare and is administered by three private insurance companies: Amerigroup, United Healthcare and Sunflower State Health Plan.

KanCare serves mainly children, Kansans with disabilities and uninsured expectant mothers.

Although more than half of mothers stating (See PRENATAL on page 15)

Campaign cash is shaping tax debate around alcohol, tobacco Gov. Sam Brownback proposed significant alcohol and tobacco tax increases in January to help close a budget gap.

By that time, the alcohol and tobacco industry had combined to give almost $40,000 in the last two years to aid the re-election campaigns of the 34 legislators on the House and Senate tax committees that would vet the proposal.

Washburn University political science professor Bob Beatty said those donations don’t entirely explain why legislators have thus far rejected the governor’s proposals.

But they’re part of the equation.

“It’s not that immediate jump from, ‘This legislator got a donation, so they’re going to vote a certain way.’ But donations will help groups or people get access,” Beatty said. “It may be a phone call or maybe an actual meeting.”

Kansas has strict limits on how much a company or individual can donate to a campaign in a single election cycle, and the tobacco and alcohol contributions make up a small fraction of the total cash received by tax committee members.

But Beatty said “even relatively small donations will get you access.”

“Then it’s up to the group to get their message across,” he said.

Those delivering the message this session include lobbyist David Kensinger, the governor’s former chief of staff, who was hired by Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) after getting a preview of Brownback’s budget proposal.

Beatty said Kensinger’s involvement with the nation’s second-largest tobacco company combined with Brownback’s lukewarm endorsement of the tobacco tax could cause legislators to ques-

tion how seriously the and managed to push governor wants it passed. through a large cigarette tax increase to help close the gap then.

Anti-Tax Message Brownback made the Brownback is worktobacco and alcohol pro- ing from the same playposals as part of a plan book but has different to close a state general teammates who aren’t as fund budget gap for the enthusiastic about executnext fiscal year that has ing the play.

The legislature is burgeoned to about $422 million even after spend- more conservative now, ing adjustments and one- and more anti-tax. That time transfers from other lays the groundwork for funds. the tobacco and alcohol Beatty said Republican industry’s message that Gov. Bill Graves faced a they shouldn’t be taxed similar situation in 2002 further.

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KU stem cell research moving to clinic trials

Officials from the University of Kansas Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center told legislators last week that the center is on its way to finding new cures for disease.

But one senator questioned when the investment in the center, which is projected to cost $10 million over 10 years, will pay off financially.

The non-embryonic research center focuses on therapies from adult stem cells derived from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood for patient treatment.

In a joint meeting of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee, senators heard Dr. Buddhadeb Dawn, the center’s direc-

Harris is county vaccination winner

S c o t t County Health Department participates in the Immunize and Win a Prize project sponsored by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The immunization incentive program is offered to all Vaccines for Immunization winners in Children pro- Scott County are Chelsea viders in each and Justin Harris. county statewide. As part of the project, infants receive their required childhood immunizations in four timely visits.

The primary immunization series must be completed by the age of two. Upon completion of the vaccine series the family qualifies to be entered in a countywide drawing. This years Scott County winner is Zaystyn Harris, son of Chelsea and Justin Harris.

Project winners receive $300 towards a utility bill of their choice.

This incentive program is funded by Tobacco Settlement Money, CDC, KPHA and the Kansas Immunization Program.

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By that measure, everyone has work to do, said Stephanie Lambert-Barth, project manager for the Kansas HPV Vaccination Project.

“Kansas is not doing well, but it has been a struggle everywhere,” she said.

The foundation is managing the project for the state of Kansas, which received nearly $800,000 in federal grant money through the HHS Prevention and Public Health Fund.

The 15-month project, which runs through October, includes the “3 Protect Kids” marketing campaign, which takes its name from the three vaccines recommended for preteen children: Tdap, meningococcal, and HPV. Seeking a Solution Dr. Kevin Ault, an OB/GYN at KU Hospital and a cervical cancer expert, said cervical cancer rates tend to be higher among rural women, given their relative lack of access to health services.

With Kansas’ large rural population, Ault said, the same factor could account for the state’s poor record of HPV vaccination.

Health officials know that a strong recommendation from the family doctor is key to driving up HPV vaccination rates.

In a national teen immunization survey conducted in 2013, the parents of girls cited “lack of knowledge” as the top reason for not vaccinating their child against HPV. “Not recommended” was the top reason cited by parents of boys.

tor, say the facility has accomplished many of its original goals.

“If we can harvest and harness the promises of adult stem cell therapy, I think many diseases that are incurable at this time, we will be able to cure in the future,” he said.

The center has completed a clinical trial manufacturing bone marrow stem cell batches for evaluat-

ing critical limb ischemia, a disease that obstructs the arteries and reduces blood flow to extremities, and initiated an umbilical cord stem cell project with KU’s cancer center, among other things.

The center plans to continue research and evaluate independent ways to apply adult stem cells to improve human health.

“In the future, we are

Prenatal they received inadequate care were on KanCare, Aimee Rosenow, a spokeswoman for KDHE, said the program is helping people get the “right care, at the right time, in the right place.”

As the program goes into its third year, she said, the numbers should improve.

Laura Hopkins, the Kansas president of Amerigroup, said there are many nuances to Medicaid eligibility. Even when a woman goes to the doctor and finds out she’s pregnant and applies for Medicaid, it takes 30 to 45 days to be approved - often the mother may be three to four months pregnant already, Hopkins said.

“That gap in terms of the approval can create a barrier itself in obtaining timely prenatal care,” Hopkins said.

Programs to Help Health care officials in Kansas are implementing programs to reduce pregnancy complication risks, premature delivery and infant diseases that could result from highrisk pregnancies.

Many statewide programs through March of Dimes, as well as the KanCare managed care organizations (MCOs), offer prenatal and postnatal programs, case management, education and

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incentives for mothers to complete their prenatal visits.

March of Dimes has created a community collaborative model called “Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait,” which brings together key stakeholders that help a woman during her pregnancy, Daldrup said.

By combining the county health department, the local hospital and the obstetrics providers or local federally qualified health centers, she said, the program gets the right people connected so everyone is pointing the pregnant woman in the right direction for care.

March of Dimes also provides prenatal education in a program called “Becoming a Mom.” Many preterm babies will become healthy productive adults, but others will have learning disabilities and health complications throughout their lifetimes.

Staying at least 39 weeks in the womb allows babies to be healthier, weigh more and develop their heart and lungs, among other organs.

Smoking is another issue that affects the baby’s overall health.

When women smoke during their pregnancy, their babies often are low in birth weight, are delivered preterm and have many health issues, including breathing problems.

going to start trials that are going to be homegrown, and that’s our real goal,” Dawn said.

Future preclinical projects include stem cell therapies for graft-versushost disease (GVHD), in which a patient’s body is attacked by donor tissue; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease; and aplastic anemia, in which

a patient’s body stops producing new blood cells, Dawn said.

There are more than 50 programs nationwide doing this type of research, said David Prentice, vice president and research director at Charlotte Lozier Institute in Washington, D.C. Dawn said Kansans will see a financial return, but not in the near future.

Pastime at Park Lane The First Baptist Church led Sunday afternoon Church services.

Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Dorothy King, Joy Barnett, Mandy Barnett and Wanda Kirk.

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

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 Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning.

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

Spring recital by piano students

Anne Crane’s piano students held their spring recital at Park Lane on Sunday afternoon.

Piano students performing were Amelia Ramsey, Finley Edwards, Ella Frank, Kate Rogers, Hailey Shapland, Celeste Wolfe, Friggin Edwards, Luis Medellin, Brylie Bennett, Josh Fulton, Daniela Reyes, Breven Vulgamore, Emily Kasselman, Nathan Smith, Emma Carver, Kairae Berry, Paige Hoelting and Bethany Prochnow.

Elsie Nagel gave manicures on Thursday morning.

Residents played trivia games on Thursday.

Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday morning.

Several residents participated in a sing-a-long on Friday afternoon.

Ladies from the First Christian Church delivered May baskets to each resident.

Residents watched, “Dennis the Menace” on Saturday afternoon and snacked on popcorn.

Margie Harper was visited by Rick and Sharon Roemer, Kathy Koehn, Gerald Koehn, Jean Hardy, Beth Hess and Nancy Holt.

Corine Dean was visited by Kim Smith, Roy and Sheila Boyd, Nancy Holt, Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms and Ron Hess.

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

Pat Lawrence was visited by Marilyn Waters.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton and Delinda Dunagan.

Melva Rose was visited by Bob and Irma McDaniel.

LaVera King was visited by Gloria Gough, Carol Latham, Toni Wessel; Randy, Kay and Harrison King, Mag Johnson and Cari Johnson.

Nella Funk was visited

by Kim Smith, Roy and Sheila Boyd, Nancy Holt, Mary Lou Oeser, and Karen Harms.

Emogene Harp was visited by Rick and Alicia Harp, Devoe and Kim Harp, Nancy Holt and Denise Murphy.

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Boots Haxton had as a visitor her niece, Pat Walz, from Denver, Colo., while her husband, Ray, played in a golf tournament in Scott City on Sunday.

Boots Haxton and Melissa Jasnoch were Sunday dinner guests of Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Yvonne Spangler was visited by Yvette Mills, Adalei Zeller, Les Spangler and Kim Smith.

Albert Dean was visited by Nancy Holt and Margie Stevens.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Nola Thornton, Emily Hess, Rex Turley, Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Don Browning.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Dave and Vicki Dirks and Floyd and Vivian Dirks.

Geraldine Graves was visited by Devoe and Kim Harp.

Lowell Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler, Kathleen Moore, Tom Moore, Jon Buehler, and Larry and Marci Knobbe.

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

Donna Dee Carpenter was visited by Gloria O’Bleness, Larry LaPlant, Roger and Jackie John and Bill John, Jr. Jim Jeffery was visited

by Pastor Dennis Carter.

Delores Brooks was visited by Nancy Holt, Charles Brooks, and Dave and Cheryl Perry.

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Addie Mae Hillery

Robert Dale Ohmart

Addie Mae Hillery, 90, died May 1, 2015, at Hays Medical Center, Hays.

S h e was born on May 31, 1924, in Logan County, the daughter of Rassie Addie Hillery and Addie (Harper) Strickler.

Mae was the third born in a family of four children. She attended a rural Logan County grade school and graduated from high school in Scott City.

Following high school, Mae moved to Kansas City where she was employed for a few years before returning to Scott City. Mae was then employed at Firestone, the Scott County treasurer’s office and the Scott County welfare office.

While working for Firestone, she met Cecil Collins and they were married on April 7, 1947, in Colby. The couple moved to Phillipsburg in 1976 where Mae worked for the Phillips County Health Department and as a salesperson for Avon.

Cecil died on July 13, 1986, in Phillipsburg. Following his death, Mae returned to Scott City and volunteered as a Pink

Robert Dale Ohmart, 76, died May 1, 2015.

H e w a s born on Dec. 19, 1938, in McPherson, the son of Verle V. Robert Ohmart and Fern Ohmart.

He started school in Wichita during World War II. After the war his family spent three years in Buhler.

The rest of his youth was spent in Scott City where he graduated from high school in 1956.

In the fall of 1956, Bob enrolled at the University of Kansas.

He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity. He was selected for Tau Beta Phi and other honorary engineering societies. In 1961, he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas in aeronautical engineering.

Bob was a lieutenant in the US Army, serving in Germany and Fort Benning, Ga., from 196164. He returned to KU in 1964, earning a Master’s degree in 1966 and a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics in 1968.

From 1968 until his retirement in 1994, Bob

Lady at the hospital for a few years.

On Sept. 2, 2000, she married Paul Hillery in Abernathy, Tex. The couple lived in Scott City.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Beta Sigma Phi, all of Scott City.

Survivors include: her husband, Scott City; two sons, Jim Collins, and wife, Linda, Scott City, and Tim Collins and wife, Diana, Wichita; one sister, Mary Iseminger, Kansas City; two step-sons, Larry Hillery and Greg Hillery, both of Scott City; one step-daughter, Marcia Matthies, and husband, Craig, Scott City; two granddaughters; one grandson; two greatgrandchildren; five stepgrandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.

Funeral service was held May 6 at the United Methodist Church, Scott City, with Rev. Dennis Carter officiating.

Interment was at the Scott County Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the United Methodist Women in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Andrew Leon Chambers

Andrew Leon Chambers, 42, died May 3, 2015, at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita.

He was born on Oct. 22, 1972, in WaKeeney, the son of James A. and Shirley J. (Ziegler) Chambers.

In 1993, Andrew graduated from Parsons Senior High School, Parsons, and moved to Wichita where he was a vocational trainer for KETCH Community Living. He worked in electronics, binders and filters.

He was a member of the Catholic faith. As a member of the Knights of Columbus, he was a very active participant in Special Olympics. He participated in a Self-Advocacy Group and served as the group’s vice president until March of 2004. He was

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Survivors include: his parents, Scott City; one sister, Shelly Wiley, and husband, Clinton, Scott City; two brothers, Gregory Chambers, and wife, Angi, Kimball, Nebr., and James X. Chambers, Scott City; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life service will be held Fri., May 15, 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., at 230 S. Ida, Wichita.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to KETCH in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Inurnment will be held at a later date at the St. Michael’s Cemetery, Collyer.

There will be no calling times.

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worked for Conoco as a research associate and senior staff engineer. During this time he worked in Ponca City, Okla., London, England, and Houston, Tex. He married Carolyn Craig in 1962 in Shawnee Mission.

Survivors include: his wife; one daughter, Kimberly Meek, and husband, Don, Katy, Tex.; one son, Keith Ohmart, and wife, Tisha, Katy, Tex.; two brothers, Richard Ohmart, and wife, Carol Ann, Oakley, and Harold Ohmart, and wife, Carol Ann, Lawrence; three grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

An Honor Guard Ceremony will be held Fri., May 15, 2:15 p.m., at the Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, 10410 Veterans’ Memorial Drive, Houston, Tex. A Remembrance of Life will be held at the Solana at Cinco Ranch, 24001 Cinco Village Center Blvd, Katy, Tex., on Sun., May 17, 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, 6301 Richmond Ave, Houston, Tex. 77057; the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 8111 N. Stadium Dr., Suite 100, Houston, Tex. 77054; or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Donald Lee Farmer Donald Lee Farmer, 90, died May 2, 2015, at Greeley County Long Term Care, Tribune.

H e was born on July 14, 1924, in Horace, the son of Charles R i c h a r d Donald Farmer son and Nellie Rebecca (Davis) Farmer, Sr. A lifetime resident of Greeley County, Don was an accountant and bookkeeper for several businesses in Greeley County.

He served during World War II as a liaison pilot in the United States Army Air Corps, earning the rank of staff sergeant.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Tribune.

On Feb. 12, 1947, he married Velma Baker in Tribune. She died April 22, 2004, in Tribune.

Survivors include:

one son, Richard Barton Farmer, Overland Park; three daughters, Linda Kay Peterson and Kathleen Jo Durham, both of Tribune, and Christine Lee Johnson, Wichita; one sister, Laura Jean Rowton, Scott City; eight grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Charles Farmer, Jr. Funeral service was held May 6 at the First Presbyterian Church, Tribune, with Jeri Smith officiating.

Burial was at the Greeley County Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to Greeley County Long Term Care or the First Presbyterian Church in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 202 N. 4th, Leoti, Ks. 67861.

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

Week of May 11-15 Monday: Hamburger with deli fixins or liver and onions with tossed salad, baked beans, roll, applesauce.

Tuesday: Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, spinach, whole wheat roll, apricots.

Wednesday: Tuna noodle casserole, green beans with bacon, whole wheat roll, peach.

Thursday: Pork chop, au gratin potatoes, carrots, cinnamon roll, citrus fruit cup.

Friday: Deli sandwich and fixins, broccoli/cauliflower salad, mandarin oranges. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501

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Deaths Tracey D. Obeso Tracey D. Obeso, 63, died April 25, 2015, at her home in Scott City.

S h e was born on Oct. 19, 1951, in Scott City, the daughter of Roland and Tracey Obeso Jackie A. (Strobel) Mumma.

A resident of Scott City since 2004, moving from Baltimore, she was a clerk at Heartland Foods, Scott City.

Tracey was a member of the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and AA, both of Scott City.

Survivors include: one son, Richard McCollum, St. Louis, Mo.; one

daughter-in-law, Wendy Tatro-McCollum, St. Louis, Mo.; one brother, Bob Mumma, Pittsburg, Tex.; one sister, Shelby Jones, and husband, Travis, Scott City; and two granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

A memorial service will be held Sat., May 9, 10:30 a.m., at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Scott City, with Fr. Don Martin officiating.

Inurnment will be at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Scott County Library in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

There will be no calling times.

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Debra Sue Weber Debra Sue Weber, 60, died May 5, 2015.

She was born on Aug. 16, 1954, in Wichita, the daughter of Wilbur and Marjorie (Osborn) Lecklider.

A lifetime resident of Kingman, Debra was a homemaker and Kingman police dispatcher.

She was a member of the Kingman Christian Church, a former 4-H leader and Kingman High School cheer coach.

On Oct. 27, 1978, she married Kurt Weber at Kingman.

Survivors include: her

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husband; two daughters, Wendie Cable, and husband, Simon and Gayle Irwin, and husband, Shane; one son, Kurt Weber, Jr.; and five grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held Fri., May 8, 10:30 a.m., at the Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman.

Burial will be at the Walnut Hill Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made with the Kingman Carnagie Library or the Kingman Christian Church in care of Livingston Funeral Home, 1830 N. Main St., Kingman, Ks. 67068.

There is, without a doubt, a tremendous amount of unsettledness around our world right now. It seems we hear daily about attacks, bombings, beheadings and other forms of torture taking place in many different places. We hear reports about how we seem to be drawing closer and closer to a WW III. We also hear about economic unrest, not only here in America but also in other parts of the world. There is constant tension around the subject of morality and what is right and wrong. There is a strong push towards each individual being able to determine for themselves what is right and wrong with an attempt to diminish or do away with “truth.”

In light of all of this unrest what is our response?

First of all, I believe we need to take an honest look at our lives and ask ourselves, “Where is our hope?” Is our hope in the circumstantial things of this world? Is our confidence in “Wall Street” or our “government” or the “federal reserve?”

In the face of uncertainty don’t we want a “strong and mighty fortress” we can hold on to? A sure and solid foundation we can put our trust and faith in?

The only foundation that is certain to withstand the

uncertainty of this world is a faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

Jesus says in John 14:6 “I am the way the truth and the life, no one will come to the Father except through Me.” In Jesus Christ there is strength and confidence for today and there is also a bright and confident hope for tomorrow! A faith and trust in the foundation of Jesus Christ is an eternal foundation - one that will last forever.

The so called foundations of this world are temporal and will one day come down, but the foundation of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom are eternal and will last for all eternity!

Where is your hope?

Second of all, as we face the moral decay of our society we need to know what we believe and to be certain within ourselves that there is truth and we are to adjust to the truth instead of attempting to make truth adjust to us. The Bible is what defines for us what is right and wrong and we are to adjust to it.

I want to encourage you today to really look at what your hope is in and to stand firm on and live in the truth of God’s word! May the Lord bless you on your faith journey!

Pastor Kyle Evans First Baptist 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 120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Larry Taylor, pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

1st United Methodist Church 5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 Dennis Carter, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services at 9:00 a.m. • Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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 Father Don Martin Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

St. Luke’s - 872-5734 (recorded message) Senior Warden Bill Lewis • 872-3347 or Father Don Martin - (785) 462-3041

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City

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

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

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

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

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Youngsters who have reached 100 to 1,600 book milestones in the Scott County Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” reading program are:

Top readers of the week Riley Zimmerman • 100

Devon Dreiling 300

Bailey Hadley 800

Drew Birney 300

Landry Beaton 1,100

Joselyn Miller 1,200

Ava Hughes 1,600

Prom: ‘Putting on the Ritz’

by Ximena Ayala SCHS junior

Prom is like the Grammys of high school.

Even if you’re not into the whole school dance scene, you still have to go.

There is no way you will not have a good time.

You get to walk the red carpet, dress up, and have a good time. It’s one of the best memories you’ll have about high school.

The morning of prom, most people wake up and go get ready for prom.

Girls do their hair, nails, and make-up, while guys pretty much just change into their tux.

Early afternoon, everyone goes to eat somewhere with their group of friends. Pictures are taken after everyone is ready.

From there, it’s just a waiting period for the red carpet to begin.

While some people

woke up ready to party, there was a minority of students that woke up at 7:00 a.m. for the ACT test. The test started at 8:00 a.m. and it lasted until noon.

Although it was a hassle, it was a huge relief to get it done. It just makes the idea of graduating from high school and going to college that more realistic. Fortunately, when you take the ACT on April 17, you have prom to look forward to so it isn’t as torturous.

The red carpet began at 8:00 p.m. Everyone got to walk into the school entrance like a celebrity.

At the end of the red carpet, the students were interviewed by the Beaver Broadcasting Network.

They basically asked your name and what you arrived in. After the interview was over, you got to go into the gymnasium for the dance.

When you sat down, the servers brought you a drink and the food of your choice. There was music from the roaring 20’s that really gave the prom an air of 1920s authenticity.

The best part of the night was the dancing.

Music from this generation started playing and everyone was on the dance floor.

Everyone was having the time of their lives.

Nobody wanted it to be over. It was really worth going to.

Even if you were not a big party person, you would not want to miss prom. If you do not go, you will regret it 5, maybe 10 years from now. Prom is one of the great experiences of high school.

You get to dress up, take pictures, walk the red carpet, and have a good time. It is one of the best high school events there is!

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Gold medal day Emily Weathers collects 3 gold medals in Scott City invite • Page 24

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Colby sweep slips away from Beavers

A late-inning swoon has become somewhat of a troubling pattern for the Scott Community High School baseball team.

In each of their last three games, the Beavers were tied or had the lead in the seventh inning.

They lost all three games.

None were more painful than the nightcap of Friday’s double-header loss to Colby in which Colby 9 12 the Eagles completed the Scott City 8 11 sweep with six runs in the top of the seventh inning for a 12-11 win.

“We ran out of pitchers,” said head coach Neil Baker who had to use three arms in a 9-8 loss to Colby in the opening game which went nine innings.

“But we still need to learn how to finish off games like that,” he says. “We’re a more competitive team than we were last year. We’re playing pretty well for the first five or six innings, but we aren’t finishing off games that we should be winning.

(See COLBY on page 20)

SCHS catcher Kevin Aguilar applies the tag to a Colby player attempting to score during the opening game of a double-header on the home field last Friday.

(Record Photo)

Why are we having mascot debate at SCMS?

It seems that, once again, Scott City Middle School is being confronted with a major mascot crisis.

Should they, or should they not, be the Bluejays?

Apparently, some individuals feel that: 1) It would be a boost to the psyche of junior high students if Rod they were known as the Haxton, Beavers rather than the sports editor Bluejays.

2) It would make the wardrobe transition much easier from junior high to high school.

3) Having a junior high mascot that’s different from the high school mascot is so old-school.

SCMS students were asked their opinion about a mascot change and it’s our understanding that the biggest majority of them chose to be known as Beavers. Is there anyone shocked by that result?

Why don’t we ask students if they would like to have soda pop with their noon meal and if they’d like to have two hours of recess every day?

The answers are equally as predictable.

It’s only natural that SCMS students would want to adopt the Beavers mascot. From the time a Scott (See MASCOT on page 22)

Wichita County junior Brett Binns clears the bar during recent pole vaulting competition.

(Record Photo)

Indians win at Goldsmith Relays; lineup getting set for 2A regional Relying on their strength in the middle distance events and the relays, the Wichita County High School boys grabbed yet another team title at the Goldsmith Relays held in WaKeeney last Friday.

Jacob Schumacher narrowly survived a couple of tough tests, winning the 400m (51.54) by 14/100 of

a second and following that with a gold medal in the 200m (23.32) by just 2/100 of a second.

The 400m win came against Oberlin’s Myles Sheaffer who he will likely see again in the Class 2A regional track meet in a couple of weeks. Finishing a close third in the 200m was Plainville’s Sam Kaup

(23.37) who will also be in the regional.

“This was a good chance to go head-to-head against boys we’ll be facing later on,” says head coach Janee Porter. “It helps with the confidence and you always like to know a little about the guys you’re (See RELAYS on page 23)

Injuries could alter SC’s regional plans

Scott City’s Irvin Lozano passes the baton to Jess Drohman in the 4x800m relay.

(Record Photo)

With the regional track meet only a couple of weeks away, injuries become a particular concern as coaches look at the list of potential state qualifiers.

While the Scott Community High School injury list isn’t long, it could have an impact on the Class 3A regional meet at Beloit.

The status of junior Cooper Griffith is questionable for the remainder of the season as he is still dealing with the effect of a knee injury from wrestling season.

“We’re shutting him down for the rest of the season until we know exactly what he’s dealing with,” says head coach Jim Turner.

“It’s possible (the knee) can be scoped and cleaned up and he can compete in regional. We’ll just have to wait and see.”

If Griffith is healthy, he could be among the top four discus medalists

at regional even though he only has a season best of 128-10.

“He isn’t 100 percent and that’s evident in his distances,” says Turner.

“We were looking for him to be in the 140-foot range or better this year and it hasn’t happened.”

Meyer May be Limited A high hamstring injury that Turner describes as “nothing real serious” could still be enough to keep Brett Meyer from trying to compete in both the 400m and 800m at regional.

“It seems that it’s been giving him more trouble since we’ve had him doubling up in the 400 and the 800,” noted the head coach.

Meyer currently has the fourth fastest regional time in the 400m (51.12).

Turner is considering whether to pull the senior out of that race and let him focus on the 800m where he not only (See INJURIES on page 26)

The Scott County Record • Page 20 • Thursday, May 7, 2015

Latest edition of fish in Kansas A fourth version of an artistic and informational masterpiece on Kansas fishes, with key contributions

by Ft. Hays State University faculty, alumni and students, has been published by the University Press of Kansas.

“An illustrated gem of a book, it runs over 500 pages and contains 184 full-color illustrations by FHSU grad and nationally recognized fish artist Joe Tomelleri,” said Dr. Greg Farley, chair of Ft. Hays State University’s Department of Biological Studies.

The book provides a new reference on the fishes of the state.

It was compiled by a committee of 11 biologists representing the six regents’ universities and three state agencies, in addition to 61 other contributors.

FHSU’s Dr. Bill Stark, professor of biological sciences, and Mark Eberle, biological sciences program specialist, served on the committee. Alumnus Joe Tomelleri, also a member of the committee, contributed 184 of his color illustrations, some published for the first time.

“Of the more than 140 species of fish in Kansas,” said Eberle, “about 120 are native as either residents or visitors. Twentyeight plains species that might move into Kansas are also included.”

Several species are now extinct in the state or listed as threatened or endangered species, said Eberle. The Northern Hog Sucker, named for its snout, is one such fish, described in the book as a “Kansas Species in Need of Conservation.”

Eberle said information in “Kansas Fishes” is presented in a style intended to reach an audience that includes (See FISH on page 22)

Colby (continued from page 19)

“We played well enough that we should have swept both games against Colby.”

Base Running Errors The single biggest factor which has plagued the Beavers has been their base running.

“We’ve taken ourselves out of potential big innings because of mistakes we’re making on the base paths,” Baker says.

“I emphasize to the boys that they need to play the game out in their heads.

If they’re on second base, they need to be thinking about what they’re going to do if the ball is hit behind them or ahead of them.

“Instead, we hesitate and that costs us an opportunity to take an extra base on a hit, or we aren’t reacting when a play happens in front of us and moving around on the bases like we should.

That’s taking runs off the scoreboard.”

Scott City (2-13) was trailing 5-4 entering the bottom of the sixth inning when Kyle Cure, who was 3-of-5 at the plate, reached on a single. He advanced to third on a double by Chase Rumford, putting both runners in scoring position with one out.

Drew Duff put down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt that easily scored Cure and on a wild throw to first base Rumford scored from second to put SCHS on top, 6-5. By the time Colby got the ball back to the infield Duff was standing on third base. He would score on a RBI single by Sloan Baker.

Baker was brought in as a reliever in the seventh inning and the Beavers were one strike from getting a win. However, a Colby gamble paid off when a baserunner stole home plate to tie the game at 7-7.

Scott City had an opportunity to win in their half of the seventh on consecutive leadoff singles by

SCHS senior Hunter Braun dives safely back to first base during Friday’s league game against Colby.

(Record Photo)

Hunter Braun and Cure.

However, Braun was easily tagged out at third base trying to advance from third on Cure’s hit and moments later Cure was tagged out at second base.

Base running woes continued to pile up in extra innings.

Rumford, who had one of his best hitting games as a Beaver, delivered his second double to lead off the eighth inning.

Duff’s soft grounder was fielded by the pitcher who made the throw to first. However, Rumford was caught in a rundown between second and third.

A fly ball by Matt Jenkins that would have scored the winning run instead resulted in a third out.

Two fielding errors in the top of the ninth led to a pair of Colby runs and a 9-7 lead.

Singles by Baker and Justin Faurot put Scott City runners on first and third. Faurot would advance to second with one out.

An infield out to the second baseman scored

Baker, but Faurot didn’t advance. That proved costly when Braun followed with a fly ball to short center for the second out.

“If we’d have had a runner on third we’d have scored,” noted Coach Baker.

Instead, the game ended with a strikeout and the Beavers down 9-8.

“We’re making progress, but the mistakes we do make are just enough to keep us from winning,” Baker said.

Defensively, the Beavers committed six errors in the opener which gave Colby additional outs.

“And that means more throws by our pitchers which they don’t need,” said the head coach.

Scott City outhit the Eagles 12-9 and had a season high five players with a multi-hit game. In addition to Cure’s threehit outing, getting two hits each were Faurot, Baker, Braun and Rumford.

Braun’s two-run shot over the left field fence

One of the solid defenwas Scott City’s first sive performers so far this home run of the season. season has been centerfielder Matt Jenkins.

Dominate Early “He does a great job of Scott City bounced back from a tough loss reading the ball well off in the first game and the bat,” says Baker. “And appeared to be well on he made a great play in their way to salvaging a the first game when he split in the nightcap when made the cutoff throw they opened up a 10-3 to Sloan and we nailed a lead after four innings and runner at home.” were up 11-6 entering the Baker also turned in seventh inning. a pair of other defensive The seventh started gems in the first game. with a Scott City error, The shortstop climbed followed by a fly out. The a ladder to rob a Colby floodgates then opened player of a line drive hit with four consecutive sin- into left field during the gles before a sacrifice fly fourth inning. In the next cut the lead to 11-9, but inning, Baker had to dive with two outs. to his right to stab a sharp A two-run triple tied grounder and from his the game at 11-11 and knees threw out the runColby took the lead with ner at first, preventing one a RBI single.

Scott City’s big inning run from scoring.

SCHS finished the came in the third when game with 10 hits - all they pushed across seven runs. The Beavers singles - including two pounced out five singles each by Baker, Braun and in the frame and sent 12 Cure.

At the same time, pitchplayers to the plate. ers Baker and Braun gave It was a sloppy defensive game with both teams up 12 hits - all singles combining for 15 errors - - and also combined for seven walks. eight by Scott City.

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Thomas, Wright break own records at Oakley Invitational The school records just keep on falling for the Scott City Middle School track team. Only now the Bluejays are starting to erase their own records.

Eighth grader Jack Thomas shattered the 1600m mark he’d set earlier in the season with a winning time of 4:51.79 at the Oakley Invitational last week.

That improved on his old mark of 4:56.3.

Thomas added another individual gold in the 800m (2:14.86).

Marshall Faurot swept four individual gold medals in the 100m hurdles (15.79), the 200m hurdles (27.67), pole vault (11-6) and high jump (5-6).

Scott City easily won the eighth grade division with 174 points, followed by Colby (138) and Oakley (66).

Win Two Relays The Bluejays cruised to a pair of wins in the 4x200m (1:50.84) and 4x400m (3:57.73) relays.

Members of the 4x200m were Vance Armstrong, Remington Wright, Jose Trejo and Thomas. Competing on the 4x400m were Wyatt Hayes, Angel Rodriguez, Jaren Berning and Thomas.

Hays was the meet champion in the triple jump (37-9 1/2) and added silvers in the 200m (25.58) and 400m (58.03).

Wright Wins Hurdles Sterling Wright collected three individual titles, including a record-setting time of 28.39 in the 200m hurdles. That sliced 11/100 of a second off the record time he’d posted earlier this season.

The seventh grader added wins in the 100m hurdles (18.65) and long jump (15-10).

The Bluejays (223.6) more than doubled up on their nearest rival. Colby (96.8) was a distant second and Norton (69) finished third in the six team field.

Brandon Winderlin hauled away three individual championship finishes in the 100m (12.84), 200m (25.62) and 400m (55.6). His only silver came in the long jump (14-10) against his teammate.

Kaden Wren continued to be untouchable in the 800m (2:20.06) where he won a gold medal. He was also first in the high jump (4-8) and finished second (55.73) to Winderlin in the 400m by just 13/100 of a second.

Scott City swept gold medals in all three relays, including the 4x100m (55.42), 4x200m (1:54.12) and the 4x400m (4:12.32)

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SCMS seventh grader Sterling Wrights stretches out during the long jump competition.

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SC softball takes one from Colby in extra innings

When the Scott Community High School softball team felt it was being disrespected prior to their double-header at Colby on Friday, they didn’t just get angry.

They got a win.

The Lady Beavers (4-10) defeated Colby 4-3 in extra innings in the opener before being mercy-ruled in the nightcap, 12-0.

The first game, however, may have been one of the team’s best outings of the season.

“Before the game, we were hearing from the Colby side how this was a chance for them to play a lot of their younger girls and that we wouldn’t give them much of a game,” says head coach Erin Myers.

“It made the girls mad and they came out pretty focused. We played real well defensively and Bre (Smull) pitched a great game.”

The Lady Beavers opened up a 2-0 lead in the second inning before Colby answered with four runs in their half of the inning. SCHS tied the game with two more runs in the fifth.

Due to time concerns, with the game tied at the end of regulation, each team was allowed to put a runner on second base to start their at-bat.

Amanda Kough started the eighth inning on second base and was bunted to third base by Madison Orr. She scored on an infield out.

In Colby’s at-bat, the Lady Eagles advanced their runner to third base with one out, but Smull shut down the scoring threat with a pair of strikeouts to end the game.

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Ramsey, Eikenberry set PRs in pole vault A pair of season-best performances earned the Scott Community High School girls two pole vault medals at the Cheney Invitational last Friday.

Lizzy Eikenberry and Cayleigh Ramsey each cleared 8-foot-9 - nine inches higher than their

Mascot City youngster throws his first football he wants to be a Beaver.

SCHS has worked hard to give that mascot special meaning. The success we’ve enjoyed at all levels of competition makes it a privilege to be known as a Beaver.

But it’s a privilege that should be earned.

Being a SCMS Bluejay gives students and athletes the opportunity to establish their own identity outside the long shadow of the Beavers. Once that rite of passage is completed in middle school, then they can try to carry the banner of the Beavers, if they so choose.

It’s a process that involves hard work and commitment.

Fish fisheries biologists, anglers, students and others who are interested in the state’s aquatic resources. Introductory chapters summarize basic fish anatomy and physiology, the state’s aquatic habitats, the history of ichthyology (fish sciences) in Kansas, and conservation and management issues.

Each account includes one or two color illustrations, a brief description of the species, a comparison with similar species, a dots-on-streams distribution map, and a narrative summaries of habitat, reproduction and growth, food and feeding habits, and conservation status.

previous best - to finish second and third, respectively.

Eikenberry also improved on her season best by nearly three feet in the javelin with a toss of 95-feet.

Freshman Makayla Stevens earned a silver medal in the 800m

(2:37.79) and added a season best in the 1600m (5:59.4) for a third place finish.

It was also a good day on the track for freshman Jalynn Habiger who was clocked in season bests in the 100m (14.2) and the 200m (31.01).

(continued from page 19)

When you become a Bluejay, you’ve achieved a certain milestone in your life. When you become a Beaver you’ve attained yet another milestone that demands even more from you.

There’s also the lack of consideration that such a proposed move has for the SCMS cheer squad. These girls and their sponsor dedicated a lot of time and fundraising energy to purchase a new Bluejay mascot uniform just over a year ago, and they also purchased new uniforms.

It was through their own fundraising efforts they raised the $1,200 needed for both projects.

Does the site council plan to purchase the girls a new mascot and cheer-

leading uniforms? Or is this just one of those “too bad” lessons in life?

The decision to change a school mascot should be more than a parent complaining that they have to wear one kind of shirt for a SCMS activity and wear another for a SCHS event.

This shouldn’t be a matter of doing what’s most convenient for some parents.

There should be no shortcuts to becoming a Beaver.

The Bluejays have their tradition. The Beavers have theirs.

Not everyone has earned the right to be a Beaver. Anything worth having, as the saying goes, is worth waiting for.

(continued from page 20)

The 121 distribution maps have their own history. They are based on Kansas specimens housed in the research collections of several museums across the United States, including FHSU’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History. These specimens are essential to verify the identity of species collected in Kansas since the late 1800s, and they help to document their distributions.

“Kansas Fishes” is the third major book on natural history published recently by the University Press with FHSU connections among the authors.

“Birds of Kansas,” coauthored by retired FHSU biology professor Dr. Charles Ely, and the second edition of “Fishes of the Central United States,” co-authored by Tomelleri and Eberle, were released in 2011.

“Handbook of the Fishes of Kansas,” written by Cross and the first of four books on fishes in Kansas, was published in 1967. Now, after 47 years, book number four, “Kansas Fishes,” is available at the Sternberg Museum for $39.95 and on Amazon.com for $34.96, shipping not included.

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The Scott County Record • Page 23 • Thursday, May 7, 2015

Wichita County High School senior Anna Leigh Whitham competes in the shot put during a recent track meet.

(Record Photo)

Kenfield returns to track; claims bronze at WaKeeney An injury-plagued season may finally be taking a turn for the better for Wichita County’s Vallie Kenfield.

The senior returned to the track for the first time this season and placed third in the 400m (66.06) at the Goldsmith Relays in WaKeeney.

“That gives her the fourth fastest time in our regional. Now we just

Relays going to be running against.”

The Indians also rolled up big points in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m runs.

Layton Tankersley (2:09.36) easily won the 800m and the Indians finished 2-3 in the 1600m with Jorge Gallegos (4:59.4) edging teammate Dylon Niswonger (5:00.36).

Niswonger claimed his silver in the 3200m in a time of 11:09.57.

“Looking at the times in our regional, the distance events don’t seem as strong this year as they’ve been in the past. That gives us a good chance of qualifying at least one runner in the 800, 1600 and 3200 - maybe even two runners in a couple of those,” says Porter.

need to work on conditioning and keep her healthy,” says head coach Janee Porter.

If so, Kenfield may also compete in the 200m where she would be among the regional favorites.

Hannah Martin was a double medalist at WaKeeney with a silver in the 3200m (13:12) and a bronze in the 1600m (5:48.93).

Porter also feels the 4x800m is in strong position as they look ahead to regional. The Lady Indians finished fourth at WaKeeney (11:13.9).

The relay consists of Kinzie Bangerter, Mareli Salazar, Summer Smades and Hannah Martin.

Anna Leigh Whitham placed fourth in the shot put (30-9) and the discus (90-5).

(continued from page 19)

The distance relays are two more events where WCHS was able to pull away from the field at WaKeeney and which should also contend for a regional gold.

The 4x800m posted a time of 8:46.16 for first place, finishing more than 28 seconds ahead of Goodland. The 4x400m relay (3:38.63) was second to Colby (3:32.25).

Porter is also keeping some options open, depending on what the regional field looks like in the 4x400 and 4x800m relays. If it appears WCHS has a pretty good cushion in one or both relays, it may allow her to pull someone, such as Jorge Gallegos, and see if he can qualify in the 800m.

“Our relays are sitting great right now and we

don’t want to jeopardize them, but Jorge could also be one of the top 800 (meter) guys in our regional,” says Porter. “We’ll have to determine over the next couple of weeks whether he can compete in both relays along with the 800 and 1600.”

Porter is still waiting for sprinter Kolton Sheppard to return to the track after he pulled a hamstring in the 100m finals at the Scott City Relays.

If he can get close to 100 percent, Sheppard can finish among the top four at regional.

Junior Brett Binns picked up a silver medal in the pole vault at WaKeeney with a height of 11-feet-6.

Kyler Long was fourth in the javelin with a toss of 132-4.

The Scott County Record • Page 24 • Thursday, May 7, 2015

Another recruiting plum for Jayhawks Just when it looked like he was going to come up short in the recruiting department, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self, once again, plucked the ripest plum in the orchard. by Cheick Mac Diallo (6-9, Stevenson 225) signed a letter-of-intent with KU last week. Diallo is ranked number-five overall by Rivals.com in the 2015 recruiting class.

He has a wingspan of 7-feet-4 and a standing reach of 9-foot-1. Diallo was voted the MVP of the McDonalds’ all-star game and the Jordan Brand Classic.

Needless to say, Coach Self was ecstatic with another recruiting coup.

“It has been our focus and our top recruiting priority to try to sign an inside presence and a rim protector to go along with our returning players,” Self said. “We feel like we’ve been able to sign a premier big man that has as much upside as any big we’ve recruited in recent memory.”

KU is set at the center and power forward positions with the addition of Diallo and fellow recruit Carlton Bragg (6-9, 220) along with returning players Perry Ellis, Landen Lucas, Hunter Mickelson, and Jamari Traylor.

Diallo will be a significant improvement over the departed Cliff Alexander.

Self is also well-stocked on the perimeter with returning players Frank Mason, Devonteʹ Graham, Wayne Selden, Brannen Greene and Svi Mykhailiuk.

Greene recently had hip surgery and that may cause him to get off to a slow start. All are quality players and Mykhailiuk will be one of the major surprises in the upcoming season. His progress with one year of maturity and strength will be astounding.

The signing of Diallo insures Kansas of being one of the top five teams in the nation. It’s been some time since Self had such a balance of talent and experience.

He’ll be able to develop Diallo and Bragg at a steady pace because of the experi(See PLUM on page 25)

Weathers sweeps 400m, 800m 7th grade girls 2nd in home invite Scott City’s Emily Weathers held off strong challenges to sweep the 400m and 800m golds at the Scott City Invitational on April 28.

The seventh grader posted a winning time of 64.6 in the 400m, finishing 31/100 of a second ahead of the runner-up.

She proved to be equally tough down the stretch in the 800m with a time of 2:38.39 - nudging teammate Shelby Patton (2:39.25) who claimed a silver medal.

Weathers and Patton were locked in a dual for most of the race, finishing more than six seconds ahead of the third place girl.

Both SCMS thinclads were also members of the championship 4x800m relay (11:31.5).

Horace Good Middle School (Garden City) finished nearly 42 seconds behind the Lady Bluejays. Other members of the winning relay team were Jace Rose and Kaylee Logan.

Weathers completed a big day on the track with a bronze medal in the 100m hurdles (18.73).

Madison Shapland earned

SCMS seventh graders Emily Weathers (left) and Shelby Patton finish first and second in the 800m run during the Scott City Invitational.

(Record Photo)

a pair of silver medals in the 200m (20.29) and pole vault (7-feet) and added a third place finish in the 200m hurdles (33.96).

A bronze medalist in the pole vault was Patton who cleared 6-foot-6.

Scott City also picked up a bronze medal in the 4x100m relay (58.0) with Deborah Murray, Piper Wasinger, Patton and Shapland.

The Lady Bluejays (89) finished second in a tough 10 team field, trailing Hays (112.5) in the final standings.

Horace Good (68.3) finished third and Liberal West (60) was fourth.

Relays Place 4th In the eighth grade division, Scott City earned a pair of fourth place finishes with their relays.

The 4x200m relay (2:05.3) included Lynell Wessel, Alyssa Storm, Stacy Dominguez and Kally Kough. The 4x800m relay (12:38.4) included Ashley Leightner, Molly Eikenberry, Alexis Hoeme and Aly Tarango.

Hallie Wiechman was sixth in the 3200m (15:34.7).

Dominguez and Kough each cleared six-feet in the pole vault to tie for sixth place.

Relays claim 2 golds at Oakley Running their two fastest times of the season, the seventh grade 4x100m and 4x400m relays were gold medalists at the Oakley Invitational on April 30.

The 4x100m relay (57.79) improved on its previous best this season by just over one second. Relay members were Deborah Murray, Piper Wasinger, Shelby Patton and Madison Shapland.

The 4x400m relay (4:44.8) shaved five seconds off their season best. Members of the team are Patton, Jace Rose, Wasinger and Emily Weathers.

Weathers added a pair of individual gold medals in the 400m (64.9) and the 800m (2:40.3), along with a silver in the 100m hurdles (18.3).

Shapland earned silver medals in the 100m (14.19) and the 200m (29.65) and was a bronze medalist in the pole vault (7feet).

Patton finished second in the 400m (68.2) and Murray had a leap of 26-7 to finish second in

the triple jump.

The 4x200m relay (2:07.7) picked up a silver medal.

Members of the relay unit were Amanda Lara, Lyndi Rumford, Rose and Murray.

Claiming a bronze meal was Stormy Wells in the 200m hurdles (36.05).

SCMS (127.5) finished behind Norton (160) in the team standings. Colby was a distant third (68.5).

Lightner Wins Gold Eighth grader Ashley Lightner (6:43.4) sliced nearly 17 seconds off her previous fastest time of the season to claim a gold medal in the 1600m at Oakley.

The Lady Bluejays picked up silver medals in four other events and finished second in the team standings with 100 points. They trailed Norton (137) and nosed out Colby (99).

The 4x400m relay (5:07.8) earned a silver medal with Aly Tarango, Natali Navarrete, Jera

Kally Kough prepares to take the baton from Natali Navarrete in the 4x200m relay during the Scott City Invitational.

(Record Photo)

Drohman and Kally Kough.

Dominguez cleared 6-feet-6 for a silver medal in the pole vault.

Also earning second place finishes were Tarango (3:12) in the 800m and Hallie Wiechman (15:34.8) in the 3200m.

Bronze medals went to

Kough in the pole vault (6feet), Lynell Wessel in the 200m (30.01) and Alyssa Storm in the triple jump (2611).

Relays that also finished in second place were the 4x100m (60.2) and the 4x200m (2:07.7).

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SCHS Track April 24, 2015 • at Holcomb Girl’s Division Shot put: Clarissa Ratzlaff, 6th, 29-2.

Javelin: Madison Braun, 2nd, 109-5; Kiana Yager, 4th, 104-3.

Pole vault: Cayleigh Ramsey, 2nd, 7-6; Emily Smith, 3rd (T) 7-6; Olivia Prieto, 3rd (T) 7-6.

800m: Makaela Stevens, 4th, 2:43.25.

1600m: Stevens, 6th, 6:19.09 3200m: Trella Davis, 5th, 13:23.55.

300m low hurdles: Smith, 5th, 54.37.

4x400m relay: Shantice Lara, Macy Berning, Stevens, Smith, 4th, 4:28.53.

4x800m relay: Stevens, Prieto, Davis, Cami Patton, 2nd, 11:05.06 Boy’s Division Discus: Cooper Griffith, 3rd, 126-5.

Pole vault: Chantz Yager, 3rd, 12.

200m: Wyatt Kropp, 6th, 24.78.

800m: Brett Meyer, 1st, 2:03.07; Miguel Chavez, 5th, 2:11.56.

300m int. hurdles: Drake McRae, 2nd, 43.37.

4x100m: Kropp, Trey O’Neil, Irvin Lozano, McRae, 6th, 46.73.

4x400m: Kropp, McRae, O’Neil, Meyer, 1st, 3:30.43.

4x800m relay: I. Lozano, Jess Drohman, Adrian Ruelas, Meyer, 1st, 8:32.13.

SCMS Track April 28, 2015 • at Scott City 7th Grade Boys Team scores: Liberal West 154, Scott City 110.5, Hays Felten 59, Ulysses 59, Holcomb 48.5, Horace Good (Garden City) 48, Colby 19, Liberal South 19, Kenneth Henderson (Garden City) 9, Goodland 1 Long jump: Brandon Winderlin, 3rd, 17; Sterling Wright, 4th, 16-10.5.

High jump: Kaden Wren, 4th, 4-6; Parker Gooden, 6th(T), 4-4.

Pole vault: Justus McDaniel, 2nd, 8-6; Hunter Yager, 3rd, 7-6.

Shot put: Cale Goodman, 5th, 32-5.

Discus: Caleb VanDegrift, 2nd, 96-5.

100m: Winderlin, 4th;12.61.

200m: Winderlin, 2nd, 25.29.

400m: Winderlin, 3rd, 58.31; Sam Irwin, 4th, 1:00.24.

800m: Wren, 1st, 2:13.19; McDaniel, 6th, 2:25.73.

100m hurdles: Wright, 5th, 17.58.

200m hurdles: Wright, 2nd, 28.94; Gooden, 6th, 31.61.

4x100m relay: Goodman, VanDegrift, William Cupp, Eli Amack, 5th, 55.69.

4x200m relay: Irwin, Goodman, McDaniel, Amack, 2nd, 1:53.57.

4x400m relay: Wright, Gooden, Irwin, Wren, 1st, 3:56.37.

4x800m relay: McDaniel, Alan Yeager, Fernando Garcia, Wren, 2nd, 10:14.54.

8th Grade Boys Team scores: Horace Good (Garden City) 157.25, Scott City 88, Ulysses 80.25, Hays 63.25, Kenneth Hendersen (Garden City) 52, Colby 51.25, Liberal West 31, Holcomb 16, Liberal South 15, Goodland 4 High jump: Marshall Faurot, 1st, 5-6.

Triple jump: Wyatt Hayes, 2nd, 37-4.

Pole vault: Faurot, 2nd, 10.

200m: Hayes, 6th, 25.26.

400m: Hayes, 3rd, 58.11; Jaren Berning, 6th, 59.92.

800m: Jack Thomas, 1st, 2:12.80.

1600m: Thomas, 1st, 4:56.30; Angel Rodriguez, 6th, 5:28.01.

100m hurdles: Faurot, 1st, 15.24.

200m hurdles: Faurot, 1st, 27.60.

4x200m relay: Vance Armstrong, Remington Wright, Rodriguez, Thomas, 6th, 1:48.30.

4x400m relay: Rodriguez, Miles Haire, Berning, Thomas, 4th, 4:03.31.

4x800m relay: Haire, Parker Vulgamore, Kevin Duong, Hayes, 2nd, 9:52.20.

7th Grade Girls Team scores: Hays 112.50, Scott City 89, Horace Good (Garden City) 68.33, Liberal West 60, Ulysses 52, Holcomb 50.63, Colby 33, Kenneth Henderson (Garden City) 29.33, Liberal South 18, Goodland 14 Pole vault: Madison Shapland, 2nd, 7-0; Shelby Patton, 3rd, 6-6.

Shot put: Lyndi Rumford, 6th, 27-8.5.

Discus: Gabby Martinez, 7th, 65-9.

200m: Shapland, 2nd, 20.29.

400m: Emily Weathers, 1st, 1:04.6.

800m: Weathers, 1st, 2:38.4; Patton, 2nd, 2:39.3; Jace Rose, 6th, 2:55.1.

1600m: Samantha Aguilar, 4th, 6:36.9.

100m hurdles: Weathers, 3rd, 18.73; Abbie LeBeau, 6th, 19.88.

200m hurdles: Shapland, 3rd, 33.96.

4x100m relay: Deborah Murray, Piper Wasinger, Patton, Shapland, 3rd, 58.0.

4x200m relay: Wasinger, Rumford, Amanda Lara, Murray, 5th, 2:05.09.

4x800m relay: Patton, Rose, Kaylee Logan, Weathers, 1st, 11:31.5.

8th Grade Girls Team scores: Hays 177, Horace Good (Garden City) 151, Liberal West 74, Ulysses 47, Colby 37, Holcomb 31, Kenneth Henderson (Garden City) 13, Scott City 11, Liberal South 8, Goodland 8 Pole vault: Kally Kough, 6th (T), 6; Stacy Dominguez, 6th (T), 6.

3200m: Hallie Wiechman, 6th, 15:34.7.

4x200m relay: Lynell Wessell, Dominguez, Natali Navarrette, Kough, 4th, 2:05.3.

4x400m relay: Aly Tarango, Navarrete, Arrianne Eatmon, Dominguez, 6th, 4:56.06.

4x800m relay: Ashley Lightner, Molly Eikenberry, Alexis Hoeme, Tarango, 4th, 12:38.4.

SCMS Track April 30, 2015 • at Oakley 7th Grade Boys Team scores: Scott City 223.6, Colby 96.8, Norton 69, Holcomb 44, Goodland 28.6, Oakley 9 Long jump: Sterling Wright, 1st, 15-10; Brandon Winderlin, 2nd, 14-10.

High jump: Kaden Wren, 1st, 4-8; Parker Gooden, 3rd (T), 4-4.

Triple jump: Gooden, 1st, 32-1; Hunter Yager, 2nd, 307; Eli Amack, 5th 28-10.

Pole vault: Justus McDaniel, 1st, 9-0; Sam Irwin, 2nd (T), 8; Hunter, 2nd (T), 8.

Shot put: Cale Goodman, 1st, 33-9; William Cupp, 6th, 26-3.

Discus: Caleb VanDegrift, 3rd, 88.

100m: Winderlin, 1st, 12.84; Amack, 4th, 14.51.

200m: Winderlin, 1st, 25.62.

400m: Winderlin, 1st, 55.6; Wren, 2nd, 55.73; Irwin, 3rd, 59.97.

800m: Wren, 1st, 2:20.06; McDaniel, 4th, 2:34.15.

100m hurdles: Wright, 1st,18.65; Fernando Garcia, 6th, 19.91.

200m hurdles: Wright, 1st, 28.39; Gooden, 2nd, 30.94; Garcia, 3rd, 32.60; Cupp, 4th, 32.85.

1600m: Kevin Herman, 6th, 6:08.57.

4x100m relay: Goodman, VanDegrift, Cupp, Amack, 1st, 55.42.

4x200m relay: Irwin, Goodman, McDaniel, Amack, 1st, 1:54.12.

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4x400m relay: Wright, Gooden, VanDegrift, Irwin, 1st, 4:12.32.

8th Grade Boys Team scores: Scott City 174, Colby 138, Oakley 66, Holcomb 46, Norton 44, Goodland 28.5 High jump: Marshall Faurot, 1st, 5-6; Jaren Berning, 3rd (T), 4-8; Justin Hundertmark, 6 (T), 4-6.

Triple jump: Wyatt Hayes, 1st, 37-9.5; Berning, 2nd, 36-.5; Parker Vulgamore, 5th, 32-5.

Pole vault: Faurot, 1st, 11-6.

100m: Vance Armstrong, 3rd, 43:12; Chaseton Cupp 4th, 13.46.

200m: Hayes, 2nd, 25.58.

400m: Hayes, 2nd, 58.03; Berning, 6th, 1:00.4.

800m: Jack Thomas, 1st, 2:14.86; Miles Haire, 3rd, 2:29.3; Jose Trejo, 5th, 2:36.43.

1600m: Jack Thomas, 1st, 4:51.79; Haire, 2nd, 5:40.34; Angel Rodriguez, 3rd, 5:44.56.

3200m: Vulgamore, 5th, 12:57.36; Theron Tucker, 6th, 12:57.78.

100m hurdles: Faurot, 1st, 15.79; Remington Wright, 3rd, 18.37; Hundertmark, 6th, 20.87.

200m hurdles: Faurot, 1st, 27.67; Rodriguez, 6th, 31.98.

4x100m relay: Armstrong, Wright, Kevin Duong, Cupp, 3rd, 55.55.

4x200m relay: Armstrong, Wright, Trejo, Thomas, 1st, 1:50.84.

4x400m relay: Hayes, Rodriguez, Berning, Thomas, 1st, 3:57.73 7th Grade Girls Team scores: Norton 160, Scott City 127.50, Colby 68.50, Oakley 44, Goodland 37, Holcomb 29 Long jump: Jace Rose, 6th, 12-5.

High jump: Cynthia Gonzales, 5th (T), 4.

Triple jump: Deborah Murray, 2nd, 26-7.

Pole vault: Madison Shapland, 3rd, 7; Shelby Patton, 4th, 6-6; Abbie LeBeau, 6th, 5-6.

Shot put: Amanda Lara, 4th, 27-6.5; Lyndi Rumford, 6th, 25-4.5.

Discus: Gabby Martinez, 4th, 61-11.

100m: Shapland, 2nd, 14.19; Lara, 6th, 15.83.

200m: Shapland, 2nd, 29.65.

400m: Emily Weathers, 1st, 1:04.9; Patton, 2nd, 1:08.2; Piper Wasinger, 5th, 1:10.6; MaKenna Ashmore, 6th, 1:13.5.

800m: Weathers, 1st, 2:40.3; Samantha Aguilar, 5th, 2:58.2.

1600m: Aguilar, 4th, 6:33.7; Kaylee Logan, 5th, 6:59.5 100m hurdles: Weathers, 2nd, 18.3; LaBeau, 6th, 20.21.

200m hurdles: Stormy Wells, 3rd, 36.05; LaBeau, 4th, 36.86.

4x100m relay: Murray, Wasinger, Patton, Shapland, 1st, 57.79.

4x200m relay: Lara, Rumford, Rose, Murray, 2nd, 2:07.7.

4x400m relay: Patton, Rose, Wasinger, Weathers, 1st, 4:44.8.

8th Grade Girls Team scores: Norton 137, Scott City 100, Colby 99, Goodland 76, Oakley 28, Holcomb 21 Long jump: Lynell Wessel, 4th, 12-9; Kally Kough, 5th, 12-1.5.

High jump: Arrianne Eatmon, 5th (T), 3-10; Kodi Rogers, 5th (T), 3-10.

Triple jump: Alyssa Storm, 3rd, 26-11.

Pole vault: Stacy Dominguez, 2nd, 6-6; Kough, 3rd, 6; Eatmon, 5th, 5-6.

Shot put: Jera Drohman, 6th, 29-1.25.

200m: Wessel, 3rd, 30.01.

400m: Natali Navarrete, 4th, 1:21.1.

800m: Aly Tarango, 2nd, 3:12; Rogers, 4th, 3:21.9; Aspyn Nix, 5th, 1600m: Ashley Lightner, 1st, 6:43.4; Tarango, 4th, 7:20.78; Hallie Wiechman, 5th, 7:27.9.

3200m: Wiechman, 2nd, 15:34.85; Rogers, 4th, 17:39.03.

200m hurdles: Eatmon 5th, 37.8.

4x100m relay: Wessell, Storm, Dominguez, Kough, 3rd, 1:00.02.

4x200m relay: Wessell, Dominguez, Navarrete, Kough, 3rd, 2:07.7.

4x400m relay: Tarango, Navarrette, Drohman, Dominguez, 2nd, 5:07.8.

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enced players. KU is load- baseball before he broke ed for the 2015-16 season. a finger. Paulo Orlando has played well in relief Future Looks Bright of Rios.

After taking the first As for pitching, two games of the Detroit Moore’s acquisition of series, it looked like the Edinson Volquez to reKansas City Royals were place James Shields is set to make a move on working well. He also the Tigers. But it wasn’t signed Chris Young and meant to be. Detroit won Ryan Madson for the bullthe last two games of the pen and both have exceedseries and left town with a ed all expectations. one-half game lead - same Kansas City also has as they came in with. a spirit of camaraderie Why is the Kansas City that’s vital for success.

Royals’ baseball team The season is way too playing so much better at young to count any team this stage of the season other than Minnesota - out than the 2014 ball club?

There are more than just a few reasons.

The 2015 Royals are playing with a swagger and plenty of confidence, which was gained by last season’s appearance in the playoffs and the World Series. Success begets success.

General manager Dayton Moore made a number of offseason moves that confirm he’s a great judge of talent. And he did it with a limited budget.

Designated hitter Kendrys Morales is off to a great start, hitting .314 through the Detroit series. Right fielder Alex Rios was playing superb

in the American League Central. At this point, Kansas City and Detroit appear to be a notch above Chicago and Cleveland.

Several of Kansas City’s minor league players are also off to encouraging 2015 starts. At triple-A Omaha, center fielder Brett Eibner was hitting .302 with four homers and a team-leading 14 RBIs. Pitchers Louis Coleman (0.00 ERA in 11 innings) and Chris Dwyer (0.82 ERA in 11 innings) are doing well. Luke Ho-

chevar, however, has been smacked around with an 8.68 ERA in 9.1 IP. Double-A Northwest Arkansas has a hot pitcher in right-hander Andy Ferguson (0.45 ERA, 2-0).

In 20 innins, the 26-yearold had given up just 10 hits and had 25 strikeouts against seven walks.

Bubba Starling played seven games at NW Arkansas and hit just .160.

However, he played 12 games at Class A Wilmington and hit .386. Starling’s been up and down so far.

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Injuries has one of the top regional times, but would be a gold medal contender at state.

A lot will depend on how healthy Meyer feels for the final two meets of the season at Russell and in the Great West Activities Conference meet on May 14.

Likewise, senior Trey O’Neil was slowed by a hip injury at Cheney last Friday. It slowed him down considerably in the open 400m (55.38) and he didn’t compete in the 4x400m relay which claimed a gold medal in 3:30.68 - just 25/100 of a second off their season best. Members of the relay were Wyatt Kropp (52.18), Drake McRae (51.88), Jess Drohman (53.67) and Meyer (52.51).

Earlier in the day, Drohman had also posted his fastest time of the season in the open 400m (53.03).

O’Neil did compete on the 4x100m relay that finished fourth (45.82).

Other members were Kropp, Irvin Lozano and McRae. Just as with Meyer,

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Turner says he will have to see if O’Neil’s hip continues to hamper him during the next couple of weeks as they finalize who will compete on the relay teams.

4x800m Relay First The long distance relay improved on its best time of the season by nearly three seconds to claim a gold medal in 8:28.39 at Cheney. Team members were Lozano (2:10.01), Drohman (2:08.89), Miguel Chavez (2:09.55) and Meyer (2:01.06).

“If everyone can get it together at the same time we’re capable of bringing that down to around 8:23,” Turner noted.

McRae may have put himself into contention as a regional medalist in the 110m high hurdles.

Competing in the event for the first time, the junior claimed a bronze medal in 16.39. That came on the heels of a 16.83 in the prelims.

“He’s been working hard on them during practice and he three-stepped them pretty easily,” Turner said.

McRae also shredded his previous best in the 300m int. hurdles by 1.4 seconds with a career best of 41.97.

Meyer Wins Gold Competing only in the 800m, Meyer coasted to a first place finish in the 800m (2:03.29), followed by teammates Lozano (4th, 2:10.36) and Chavez (5th, 2:12).

SCHS added three more medalists in the field events, including O’Neil in the triple jump (5th, 37-1 1/2), Chantz Yager in the pole vault (6th, 10-3) and Griffith in the discus (6th, 124-9).

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the hands behind the band A chance to perform music the ‘way it’s supposed to be played’ What would prompt a musician to travel 5-1/2 hours across Kansas to perform in a concert?

“Clint asked me and I said yes,” says Curtis Mulvenon, the orchestra director at Shawnee Mission West High School. “That’s how easy it is.”

The Clint he was referring to is long-time band director Clint Raynes of Scott City who has been the driving force behind the annual Flatland Big Band concert. Raynes took over as director of the Flatland Big Band following the death of Julie Groom, who started the band in 1995. It has been held in Scott City since 2012.

Like Mulvenon, many of the band’s 17 musicians are long-time acquaintances of Raynes - either as former students or fellow band directors.

Mulvenon and Raynes were both instructors in the Kansas City area a number of years ago. The long-time friendship was only part of the reason for traveling to Western Kansas.

“The music is everything. It’s something special when you can bring together the perfect blend of instruments,” says Mulvenon, who plays in a big band and a jazz band in the Kansas City area. “I like that what we do is improvised and largely made up on the spot. I like being able to alter my part to what I hear going on around me.”

The musicians only perform together once a year and a morning rehearsal on the day of the concert is their only opportunity to finetune their sound.

“It’s hard work,” says Grant Mathews, Liberal, who plays drums. “It takes a few

moments, but once we get locked in it comes together pretty fast after that.”

Mathews enjoys the rare opportunity to play with a group of such talented musicians.

“We’ve had some good moments over the years when the hair stands up on your arms and you get that great feeling that we all enjoy as musicians . . . of bringing the music together and playing it the way it’s supposed to be played.”

The Flatland Band gives Sean Boller an excuse to dust off his trumpet and share his talent with other musicians. Boller, who has played with the band the past two years, responded to an e-mail from Raynes who said he would have a fun experience.

“He was right. It’s been a lot of fun and it’s great music,” says Boller, who is a vocal music director at Holcomb.

“This is my one time during the school year to play with a lot of professionals, many of them who play regularly,” Boller says.

“We don’t have something like this very often in southwest Kansas, so it’s great to get all of these talented people together and put on a show.”

In addition to the band, the audience was also entertained by solo performances from vocalists Amy France, Marienthal, and Steve Woody, Atwood. There was also a performance by “The Andrews Sisters” consisting of Katie Eisenhour, Jeannette Raynes and France.

Raynes says he’s already hearing suggestions for music to be played at next year’s concert. Mulvenon says he’s ready for a return trip.

“If Clint asks, I’ll be back,” he added.

Musicians performing in the annual Flatland Big Band concert in Scott City on Saturday evening were (clockwise, from top) Adam DeVault, Derby on the tenor saxophone; pianist Steve Lueth, Susank; Curt Mulvenon, Lenexa, on the string bass; drummer Grant Mathews, Liberal; and Jon Yust, Johnson, on the trumpet.

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4.1M corn acres in state; 95% biotech Kansas corn growers planted 4.1 million acres this year, down five percent from 2013, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Biotechnology varieties were used on 95 percent of the area planted, up four percentage points from 2013. Growers expect to harvest 3.75 million acres for grain, down six percent from last year.

Winter wheat seeded in the fall of 2013 totaled 9.3 million acres, down two percent from the previous year. Acreage for harvest is forecasted to be 8.4 million acres, unchanged from last year.

Soybean plantings are estimated at 4.25 million acres, up 18 percent from last year and second highest of record. Biotechnology varieties were used on 94 percent of the area planted, up one percentage point from 2013.

Area for harvest, at 4.19 million acres is up 18 percent from a year ago.

Sorghum acreage planted, at 2.8 million acres, is down 10 percent from a year ago. Area expected to be harvested for grain is 2.6 million acres, down 7 percent from last year.

Sunflower acreage planted, at 58,000 acres, is down 18 percent from last year.

Oil-type varieties account for 40,000 of the acreage while non-oil, or confectionary varieties, make up the balance of 18,000 acres.

Alfalfa hay acreage to be cut for dry hay is 550,000 acres, unchanged from last year. Other hay acreage to be cut for dry hay is two million acres, down nine percent from last year.

Cotton acreage planted is estimated at 43,000 acres, up 16,000 acres from last year.

Oats planted, at 90,000 acres, are down 10,000 acres from a year ago. Oat acres intended to be harvested for grain, at 30,000 acres, is up 10,000 acres from the previous year.

Barley planted, at 15,000 acres, is down 2,000 acres from last year. Forecasted area for harvest, at 10,000 acres, is down 1,000 acres from a year ago.

Dry beans planted, at 7,000 acres, are up 2,000

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Keeping your bin bugs at bay Storing wheat on the farm can save a lot of money. But if you’ve ever let a bin of grain go out of condition, right there you could maybe lose the cost of all the commercial storage you’ll use in a lifetime.

While there are a number of things that can go wrong in the bin, topping the list are problems with stored grain insects, according to K-State entomologist Tom Phillips.

Phillips says there are a

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number of steps to make sure your grain comes out of the bin with the same condition it went in with.

“Prior to harvest you’ll certainly want to clean your bins, grain floors, sub floors, aeriation ducts, and any grain moving equipment. Also get rid of any discarded grain,” he ad-

vises.

The entomologist points out that you’ll want to keep grain moisture low when you’re putting it into the bin.

“Of course, 12% moisture or less is best for wheat, but if you get it too dry, you’ll lose money on the grain because of weight loss from moisture loss,” he says.

If you’re going to store wheat for six months or less, then your moisture could be as high as 14%. For 6-12 months

or longer, then 13% moisture will work.

Phillips says the insecticide Storcide II is the best material for treating bins prior to harvest.

It’s also the best material for treating grain as it goes into the bin. Storcide II is a mixture of the former compound known as Reldan which is from the same class as malathion. It’s formulated with a smaller amount of del(See BUGS on page 29)

Sugarcane aphid is expanding its diet to include Kansas sorghum Grain sorghum growers in Kansas need to be aware of a potential new pest this summer.

The Sugarcane Aphid is a new aphid pest of sorghum that in 2013 was detected in 38 counties and parishes of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, further expansion into other states occurred in 2014 and in two counties in Southern Kansas late last summer.

This aphid can spread rapidly across a wide geographic range and reproduce even more rapidly than greenbugs; all aphids are females and born pregnant.

It is likely to arrive this summer again in Kansas and very possibly much earlier this year with the potential of moving further into Kansas.

Latest reports have the aphid overwintering on johnsongrass as far north as Dallas. However, spring infestations are currently very light in Mexico and

south Texas, says K-State entomologist J.P. Michaud at the Agricultural Research Center, Hays.

This aphid feeds all the way up to seed fill in the panicles and can reduce yield significantly, even if it doesn’t kill younger plants.

“So we do want sorghum growers to be on the watch and report any suspect infestation says Michaud.

In 2013, large populations of sugarcane aphids developed on sorghum in southern states.

They produced large amounts of honeydew, in some cases choking combines and causing lost grain.

In northeast Texas and Louisiana, growers lost up to 50 percent of grain sorghum yield in infested fields during 2013.

This insect appears to have arrived on infested sugar cane planting material from Hawaii and changed its host from sugarcane to plants in the genus

sorghum - grain sorghum, forage sorghums, sorghum x sudan crosses and johnsongrass.

“This has happened before in South America and South Africa. Small colonies have also infested corn plants, but they do not appear to feed well on corn,” Michaud notes.

Worldwide Pest The aphid is a key pest of sorghum and sugarcane in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. Although it was reported in Hawaii in 1896, it was first found in the continental United States on sugarcane in Florida in 1977.

It was also observed on sugarcane in Louisiana in 1999.

These infestations broke out in the summer and declined by winter. Neither introduction resulted in permanent infestation by the pest, an indication that it was not, at that time, able

MCOOL results in losses for industry, consumers Any policy that results in higher costs of compliance without a quantifiable benefit will likely have an adverse economic impact, and recent research shows mandatory countryof-origin labeling, or MCOOL, is one such policy.

The USDA assigned the research, based on a requirement in the 2014 Farm Bill to quantify the market impacts of MCOOL. Agricultural economists Glynn Tonsor and Ted Schroeder from Kansas State University and Joe Parcell from the University of Missouri completed the research and issued the full report in May. The researchers found no evidence of meat demand increases for

MCOOL covered products - those products sold at retail locations such as supermarkets. Because general meat demand has not increased, and the meat industry as a whole has experienced lower quantities and higher costs to implement the additional labeling procedures, MCOOL has led to net economic losses.

“We estimated the beef industry’s 2009 impact was an economic loss of $8.07 billion over 10 years,” Tonsor said. “For the pork industry, it’s a $1.31 billion loss.”

Tonsor pointed out that approximately 16 percent of pork and about one-third of beef production is covered by MCOOL, as some products (See MCOOL on page 29)

to adapt to a more temperate environment.

It is unable to produce sexual forms and eggs, so it will not overwinter in freezing temperatures, Michaud explains.

Sugarcane aphids colonize the lower surfaces of lower leaves first and then advance to the upper leaves. The most damage occurs when the aphids colonize the grain sorghum head causing reductions in grain weight and harvesting problems due to heavy honeydew production.

Thus the sugarcane aphid can be more harmful to sorghum than greenbug.

When conditions are favorable, small colonies can quickly grow to large colonies and produce large amounts of sticky honeydew.

Aphid feeding causes yellow to red or brown leaf discolorations on both sides.

(See APHIDS on page 29)

Weather

Market Report Closing prices on May 5, 2015 Bartlett Grain Wheat.................. $ White Wheat ....... $ Milo .................... $ Corn ................... $ Soybeans (new crop) $

4.48 4.60 4.20 3.70 9.10

Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 4.45 White Wheat ....... $ 4.60 Milo (bu.)............. $ 4.20 Corn.................... $ 3.70 Soybeans ........... $ 9.10 Sunflowers.......... $ 17.10 ADM Grain Wheat..................

Milo (bu.).............

Corn....................

Soybeans............

Sunflowers..........

$ 4.50 $ 4.18 $ 3.78 $ 9.05 $ 17.65

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Moisture Totals May

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Ag Facts In 1970, consumption of broccoli was only a half a pound per person. Today, the average person in the United States eats 4-1/2 pounds a year.

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Bugs tamethrin which is a totally different class of insecticide. The two together provide control against a larger number of pest species than other grain protectants.

He adds that malathion has widespread resistance problems.

Another material that could be used on wheat is Diacon II which does not kill insects immediately.

“But it can give longer term control of subsequent generations because it is an insect growth regulator,” he notes. “Still,

(continued from page 28)

Storcide II would also be good for special food wheats, but this and other chemicals would not qualify as organic. For organic purposes, the only grain protectant one could use is DE or diatomaceous earth which is a natural desiccant mined from the ground - not synthetic.”

He also points out that the efficacy of your insecticide decreases as moisture of the grain and humidity go up.

Aerating the bins at night and again in fallwinter is also a great way to reduce insect problems.

Aphids The honeydew may also support the growth of black, sooty mold fungus.

Infestations of seedlings can kill young grain sorghum plants; later infestations can prevent grain from forming properly or filling completely.

Natural enemies of sugarcane aphids include lady beetles, syrphid fly larvae, green lacewings, and parasitic wasps. There is variation among sorghum lines in tolerance of sugarcane aphid feeding and research is ongoing to find resistant cultivars.

migration, for instance.

And, always be on the lookout for leaky bins.

The penalty for not watching the grain could certainly include grain discounts which commonly run 10 cents per bushel if your grain has two live insects per 1,000 grams.

There are further discounts for insect damaged kernels or if your grain is musty, sour or smutty.

“If things get out of hand for some reason, then fumigation could be your next step,” Phillips concludes.

(continued from page 28)

However, when populations of sugarcane aphids are increasing rapidly, insecticides may be needed to prevent yield losses and honeydew buildup before harvest according to Entomologists at Texas A&M. Sugarcane aphids are soft body insects that suck sap plant juices, can hinder plants growth and produce large amounts of honey dew. The sugarcane aphids seen in 2013 were pale in color, white to light yellow; they are

MCOOL such as those sold in restaurants are not required to bear the label.

MCOOL covered beef would have to see at least a 6.8 percent increase and covered pork a 5.6 percent increase in demand to avoid an adverse economic impact.

Results also showed consumers to experience net losses - $5.98 billion for beef and $1.79 billion for pork - over 10 years due to higher retail prices and lower retail quantities available every year.

The researchers had to study 2013 separately because the MCOOL policy changed. The 2009 ruling led to labels such as “Product of U.S. and Canada” showing up on a package of beef, for example. The 2013 ruling required that same package to read more specifically, “Born in Canada, Raised and Slaughtered in the U.S.”

In-bin cooling is an alternative to drying, but can also dry the grain.

Below 70 degrees, insect growth is significantly reduced. Between 60-70 degrees, grain is safe from the standpoint of insect management as feeding and breeding are very much slowed.

Phillips also stresses that you should inspect grain every 21 days if temperatures are higher than 60 degrees. Smaller bins are easier to manage because you have fewer problems with moisture

hairless as seen under a hand lens.

The distinguishing feature of sugarcane aphids is their short, dark, paired, tailpipe-like structures, called cornicles, Otherwise, only their tarsi (feet) are dark at high magnification.

One management practice that K-State entomologists are suggesting is to consider planting grain sorghum earlier this year.

If the sugarcane aphids were to build-up to damaging levels, the earlier planted sorghum might

avoid needing an insecticide spray or one spray might control them versus normal to later planted sorghum might need to be sprayed twice.

They can reproduce rapidly with many generations during a growing season.

“It was detected late last summer in Kansas.

Sorghum growers in Kansas need to be aware of this potential new pest to sorghum and be scouting their fields this summer,” Michaud added.

Number of severe storms, tornadoes unusual for April Week of April 24 - May 1 April seemed to be rather normal to perhaps a bit below normal for storm activity, particularly the first half of the month. The second half of the month was above normal.

As it turned out, WKWMP seeding days for Update April tied for the secWalt Geiger ond most active of meteorologist any April going back to the program’s first year of operations in 1975.

There were four days this April in which seeding activity occurred, which is a fairly high total considering we are still in the midst of a considerable drought.

The year with the most seeding days in the second half April came in 1985 with six seeding days.

Of particular interest was the number of days with storms either capable of or that did produce tornadoes in April. There were three days in which there was one storm either very capable of or actually producing tornadoes, which is pretty unusual for target area.

Within Western Kansas over the second half of the month, there were at least five potentially tornadic storms with four of them producing confirmed tornadoes. This “high-end” activity was pretty much compacted into nine days from April 16-24.

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The additional impact of the 2013 rule was another $494 million loss to the beef industry and $403 million loss to the pork industry over 10 years. Demand increases would need to be at least another 0.4 percent for beef and 1.6 percent for pork on top of the 2009 estimates to avoid an adverse economic impact.

Consumer losses were another $378 million for beef and $428 million for pork based on the 2013 revision.

The poultry industry, he said, was the only one to show a gain. Those gains for 10 years were $753 million for 2009 and an incremental addition of $67 million for 2013.

“The main reason is (the poultry sector) doesn’t have the same cost of compliance, so at the retail level there is some shift away from more expensive beef and

pork prices over to poultry products,” Tonsor said.

MCOOL’s Future The World Trade Organization is expected to make an announcement later this month about the future of MCOOL. Some groups and political leaders believe the USDA should repeal MCOOL, while others advocate that the United States has the right to label origin on foods sold in the country.

Tonsor said another approach is to make the policy voluntary.

“Our report and the literature synthesis in it points to a voluntary approach being better,” he said. “Watching this situation, I agree that voluntary labeling would be an improvement from where we are now. It’s hard for me to say if politically that is where we will be a year from now or three years from now.”

Farm and Feedlot Equipment Wednesday, May 13 • 1:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 2 •Location: 11:00 a.m.South of Scott City to Ks. Rd 130, west 2 miles, south 1/2 mile and 1/2 mile west

Duff Land and Cattle - Owners

Tractors, Loader and Grader 2009 Kubota M108S tractor, mfw, 3-pt. pto, 1,000 hrs., 1403 loader and hay fork, very nice 1987 JD 2950 tractor, pto, no 3-pt., QR, 10,400 hrs, mfw, 16.9-38 rear tires 2003 Dressta wheel loader model 530E with detachable bucket and forks SN: 3470432P6517

1976 Cat 112 Motor grader, SN: 382F419 Skid Steer and ATV 2010 Bobcat skid steer loader, S185, 1,195 hrs., cab, air, heat, bucket, front mower, dozer 2005 Kawasaki 4-wheeler, Brute Force, 4x4, 2,474 miles Pickups and Suburban 2012 GMC Sierra

1-ton, auto., aluminum flatbed, large motor, 50,000 miles 1995 Ford pickup, F-250, auto., flatbed, 16,000 miles 2001 Chevy Suburban, cloth, auto., 2-wheel drive, good shape Trailers Shelby 6x28 gooseneck stock trailer, triple axle Shop built 7x24 gooseneck stock trailer,

triple axle 18 ft. car trailer Hale 16 ft. stock trailer, bumper pull 16 ft. car trailer Equipment Holcomb 10 ft. feedlot scraper Pullman 10 ft speed mover Holcomb Model 800 dirt scraper, 8 yard Land Pride 15 ft. folding batwing mower Steel roller packer

Terms: Must show valid ID to register. 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.

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There’s no better way to reach your potential customers in Scott County and the surrounding areas.

Walker Plumbing, Inc.

Agriculture

Preconditioning and Growing

Backhoe & Trenching services • Irrigation & gas leak repairs • Full-line irrigation parts T-L center pivot dealer Floor heat systems Pump & install septic systems Boring equipment

• 45 Years Experience • Managed and owned by full-time DVM • 2,000 Head capacity Office - 872-5150 • Scott City Stuart Doornbos Home - 872-2775 Cell - 874-0951

423 S. Mesquite Rd. • Scott City • 872-2130

Construction/Home Repair

Sager’s Pump Service • Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles

Cell: 874-4486 • Office 872-2101

ELLIS AG SERVICES • Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Custom Harvesting

Custom Steel Buildings, LLC All steel and metal building system 26 GA R-Panel and 4" R 14 insulation standard

We can build your building to meet whatever specs you may have. Call today for your free quote.

Brandon Dirks • 620-874-5083 Justin Koehn • 620-214-3550

RTRex Turley, Plumbing Master Plumber Residental and Commercial Plumbing

Water Systems, water lines, sewer cleaning faucets and fixtures, garbage diposals and more

Marienthal, Ks.

620-909-5014 (H) • 620-874-4128 (C)

SPENCER PEST CONTROL

CHAMBLESS ROOFING Residential

All Types of Roofing

Commercial

Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160

Cedar Shake and Shingle Specialists Return to Craftsmanship Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed 620-872-2679 • 1-800-401-2683

Automotive

Dirks Earthmoving Co.

RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control Box 258, Scott City • (620) 872-2870

Precision Land Forming of terraces and waterways; feed lot pens and ponds; building site preparation; lazer equipped

Richard Dirks • Scott City, Ks. (Home) 872-3057 • 877-872-3057 (Cell) 872-1793

Gary Miller

Millrod’s

Rental Equipment Pre-owned Cars and Trucks Windshield Repair/Replacement

201 Main, Scott City millrods@wbsnet.org

Phone: 620-872-5655 Cell: 620-874-1057 Fax: 620-872-7210

Medical

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

Contact:

SCOT AYTES • 874-1646

Red

Specializing in

all coatings t Paint i or any other color

Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial.

Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.

PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com

Pro Ex II

Over 20 Years Experience

Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential

• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites

John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com

Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted

We welcome new patients.

324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933

Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center (Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”...

Technology Lead Chiropractic

Dr. James Yager 110 W. 4th St. • Scott City • 872-2310 Toll Free: 800-203-9606

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Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs!

Services

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

We service and repair all that we sell.

1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

The classified ads below are appearing in 147 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 500,000 the classified display ads appear in 142 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 457,000. KCAN line ad is $300 for up to 25 words and $12 each additional word. A 2x2 display ad is $800 per insertion and a 2x4 display ad is $1,650 per insertion. To find out more, contact The Scott County Record at 872-2090.

For Sale

Truck Driving

ANDERSON CO. Hospital (Garnett, Ks.) now taking bids for a 1979 250kVa 3 phase, 208v, Cat diesel generator.

Good condition. Engine Cat D353. Bid by May 15, 2015. Contact Travis Rockers at 785-204-4011 or email: trockers@saintlukes.org

WE SUPPORT every driver, every day, every mile. No experience? Some or lots of experience? Let’s talk!

Call Central Refrigerated Home (888) 670-0392. www.

CentralTruckDrivingJobs. com.

––––––––––––––––––––– BUTLER TRANSPORT. Your partner in excellence. Drivers needed.

Great hometime. $650 sign-on bonus. All miles paid. 1-800-528-7825. www.butlertransport.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– GREAT PLAINS Trucking of Salina is looking for experienced OTR tractor-trailer flatbed drivers or recent driving school graduates. Our drivers travel 48 U.S. states as well as the lower Canadian provinces. We offer excellent compensation, benefits, home time and equipment. Please contact Brett or Randy at 785-823-2261 or brettw@ gptrucking.com, randyl@ gptrucking.com.

Sports/Outdoors

Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist 20/20 Optometry

Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses

Complete family eye center!

106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 214-1462

Bolen Enterprises Prairie Dog Control •34 years experience •Bonded/Licensed

Scott City Myofascial Release Sandy Cauthon RN

1101 S. Main, Scott City 620-874-1813

Call me to schedule your Myofascial Release

Bob Bolen 785-821-0042 • Fax 785-852-4275

ES N JO UB S CL B Driving M A L

for the PURPLE!

Jeremy • 620-397-1638 Stefanie • 620-397-8075

GRANT MONEY available for qualified programs providing women and youth shooting and educational activities. See JustinCorbetFoundation. com or contact Verne Dow at 785-478-4952.

––––––––––––––––––––– KANSAS HUNTING land wanted. Earn thousands on your land by leasing the hunting rights.

Free evaluation and info packet. Liability coverage included. The experts at Base Camp Leasing have been bringing landowners and hunters together since 1999. Email: info@basecampleasing. com. Call 866-309-1507.

BaseCampLeasing.com.

Education CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy equipment operator training. 3-week program.

Bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement assistance with national certifications. VA benefits eligible. (866) 740-7697.

––––––––––––––––––––– MEDICAL BILLING trainees needed. Become a medical office assistant.

No experience needed.

Online training can get you job ready. HS diploma/GED and PC/Internet needed. 1-888-589-9683.

Help Wanted FULL-TIME POLICE officer for Anthony (Ks.). Must be 21.

Salary $16-$20/hr. Law Enforcement Certification required. Excellent benefits. Information: www. anthonykansas.org/jobs.

Open until filled. EOE. ––––––––––––––––––––– C O N T R A C T SALESPERSON selling aerial photography of farms on commission basis. $4,225 first month guarantee. $1,500-$3,000 weekly proven earnings.

Travel required. More info at msphotosd.com or 877/882-3566.

Misc.

A PRINTER who cares.

Publication Printers is family-owned, familyrun. Magazines, catalogs, booklets, brochures.

We’ve done it all for 35+ years.

888-824-0303, www.pubprinters.com.

Retail

Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock!

COMPARE OUR PRICES!

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

Have questions about the Scott Commnity Foundation?

Call 872-3790

Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers!

Networking solutions!

Northend Disposal A garbologist company.

Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371

Brent Rogers

Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz

Office (620) 276-3131 Toll Free 1-800-794-9052 Cell (620) 874-0014 Fax (620) 276-8876 1007 N. 8th, Garden City, KS 67846 www.officesolutionsinc.biz

District 11 AA Meetings Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Dighton Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-2647

All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

Dining Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

www.reganjewelers.com

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 Support your hometown merchants who back your school and community activities throughout the year!

Classifieds

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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $6.00 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

Card of Thanks I want to sincerely thank the EMTs for their quick response and professionalism when they were called to my residence. Also to the doctors, nurses and other hospital staff for the wonderful care I received while in the Scott County Hospital.

Thank you also to my friends and family for their thoughts and prayers, visits, flowers, cards and the food people delivered to my home after my release from the hospital.

And I would like to add a thank you to everyone who stepped up and took over the Camp Sunday luncheon at the Methodist Church for me. And to my children, I want to say thank you for taking the time to meet and stay with the contractors who have been working on my house and yard and making sure everything was being taken care of.

Jean Rowton

GARAGE SALES Saturday, May 8-9 Multi-Family Garage Sale 605 Jackson St., Scott City Fri., May 8, 2:00-6:30 p.m.

Notice

Rentals

Services

Help Wanted

NEW COUPLE MOVING to town. Looking for a house in the country to buy or rent.

Call or text 785-569-1127.

HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, 41tfc (620)874-2120.

––––––––––––––––––––– MULTIPLE HOUSES FOR RENT. PlainJan’s has houses for rent 1 and 3 bedrooms. Call 620-8725777 or stop by 511 Monroe for more information.

WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 87434tfc 4135.

––––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices 37tfc will not be beat!

USD 466 NEEDS substitute route bus drivers. For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-872-7655.

Real Estate

Agriculture

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS for sale 40’x60’ metal shop building and a 133’x45’ (approx.) round top building.

Serious inquiry’s only seller is a real estate agent selling own property 8745109 or 874-2124.

26tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– PRICE REDUCED! Cute, cozy home, 3 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, large family room and fenced backyard on a large corner lot. Close to Main St., in a west location. New tile in main bath, new paint, new flooring in kitchen and laundry room. Central heat and air, garbage disposal, fridge, stove and dishwasher included. Motivated sellers now only $77,500! Call Maranda at 620-874-8332 for a private 39t3c showing today!

WANTED TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– FOR SALE BLACK ANGUS BULLS, registered, tested, 2 year olds, yearlings, heifer bulls, delivery, conformation, performance. Contact: Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, Ks., 620-384-1101.

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––––––––––––––––––––– PUBLIC AUCTION notice of sale of abandoned motor vehicle by owner of tow service, Long’s Towing, Richard D. Long, 1 mile west of 83-96 stop light. 1-2001 Dodge Neon. Auction will 39tfc begin 10: a.m., Friday the ––––––––––––––––––––– 38t2p STORAGE UNITS in 15th of May. various sizes available at Pine Village The Storehouse, Don and Apartments Trudy Eikenberry 620300 E. Nonnamaker 872-2914.

07tfc Apartments available ––––––––––––––––––––– for qualifying tenants PLAINJAN’S WILL 62+ or disabled with HAVE 30 X 50 metal rental assistance insulated shop for rent, available. building will include elecHours: tricity $350 per month.

Tuesday, Reserve yours today, call 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

39tfc 620-872-5777. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or ––––––––––––––––––––– (620) 255-4824.

1 AND 2 BEDROOM apartments for rent. Please call 620-874-8353. 39tfc 19tfc

Girl’s bike, clothes, toys, game consoles and games, dog pen and run, jewelry, decor, DVD player, DVDs and more. Lemonade and tea stand.

Yard Sale 1021 Santa Fe St., Scott City Sat., May 9, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Christmas decorations, housewares, printer, vintage prom dress, landscaping rock, lots of misc.

JONES CLUB LAMBS

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––––––––––––––––––––– POSITION AVAILABLE in swine finish facility in Scott County. Good schedule and benefits. Call 620-874-1017 or 620-21428tfc 1864.

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––––––––––––––––––––– REGISTERED ANGUS bulls, Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Ks. 785332-6206.

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FOR SALE

Show Lambs for Sale!

Jeremy • 620-397-1638 Stefanie • 620-397-8075 113 W. Hwy 4, Healy, Ks bustn2kick@st-tel.net

Pheasant Cove Apartments • Apartments available.

• Rental assistance available.

Open to general public, singles and couples.

Housing project is now taking applications for apartments.

Equal opportunity housing project.

1411 1/2 Myrtle Scott City Call 872-5458 36t4c

Call: 620-872-2576 or 620-874-1009 38tfc

OPTIONS

of remodeling, 2+2

bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, full basement - partially

finished so you can add yur own touches. Large screened-in-porch and yard with wood fence.

Good area $138,000.

ROOM TO ROAM Everyone will have their space with this elegant

brick home. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, great room with

with 2 bedrooms in

basement and detached garage.

New home being built on Maple St., in Eastridge

addition. 1,300+ sq. ft.,

with double garage and up grade interior.

Thomas Real Estate

www.thomasreal-estate.com

914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002

3-bedroom, 1 bath, double car garage, sprinkler system, $61,000.

Brick home with lots

NEW LISTINGS

2-bedroom, 1 1/4 story,

PRICE REDUCED

wood burning fireplace,

office with lots of storage,

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 8:30 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. 30t52

storage room, large

partial basement, DA garage, great west

location! Only $225,000

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

5 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, S/A garage, full basement, newer windows, paint, and flooring! Located in a nice neighborhood with low traffic!

Eggleston Real Estate PO Box 316 • Scott City

Broker: Gary V. Eggleston 620-872-2123 36tfc

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Employment Opportunities TELLER

CITY CLERK

Western State Bank is accepting applications for the position of Teller.

Applicants must be professional, organized individuals, with strong computer skills.

Please apply in person at our office.

PARTS DIVISION

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SEASONAL POSITION The City of Scott City is accepting applications for a Seasonal employee in the street department.

Applicants must be 18 years of age.

Applications can be picked up and returned to: City Hall, 221 W. 5th, Scott City Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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NIGHT STAFF PERSON City on a Hill a faith based substance abuse treatment center for women in Marienthal is looking for a night staff person.

Must have valid drivers license and computer skills.

Send resume and references to: chislu@aol.com

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PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Part-time CNA/CMA Part-time Dietary Aide (evening shift) Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Scott City has an immediate opening in our parts division. Experience is preferred, but will train the right individual.

We offer health, dental, vacation, sick pay, 401K and uniforms. We are a drug free workplace. Pay will be based on experience.

Send resumes to: PO Box 572, Scott City, Ks. 67871

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DRIVERS, MAINTENANCE and MILL Full-time feedtruck drivers, maintenance workers and mill persons needed. Must have valid drivers license.

We offer competitive pay, health insurance, meat card and 401K plan.

Please apply at: Brookover Cattle Co. of Scott City, LLC 4000 E. Road 200 Scott City, Ks. 67871.

PARTS COUNTER SALES REP. American Implement, Inc., in Leoti, currently has a full-time position open for Parts Counter Sales Representative.

Responsibilities of this position are to perform a variety of customer service duties related to the sale, delivery and inventory of agricultural equipment and irrigation parts and acessories.

Qualified candidates must have excellent customer service skills and good communication and problem-solving skills. Computer knowledge and good interpersonal skills are important.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL For High Plains Educational Cooperative Unified School District No. 466 is seeking a special education Para-Professional in the elementary and high school to work with students.

The positions are available as soon as possible.

For more information and applications please contact: Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, KS 67871 39tfc

Interested indivduals may complete an application or send a cover letter and resume to: Tom McDaniel, Parts Manager, American Implement, Inc., 232 East Hwy. 96, Leoti, Ks. 67861.

Call 620-375-2621 or 844-484-3375.

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Serving Southwest Kansas Since 1961 EOE – Drug Free Workplace

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”

The City of Leoti, is accepting applications for the position of City Clerk.

The position requires knowledge of public finance, human resources, and supervisory experience. A high school diploma or equivalent is required. Some experience in accounting and human resources is preferred.

Please visit www.leotikansas.org or call 620-375-2341 for an application and job description.

First review of applications will begin Monday, May 18, 2015.

Need a summer job?

Are you looking to make a difference in a child’s life?

If so, we are looking for a few great people to make that difference during our 2015 Summer Program in June, July and the first part of August. $8.25/hr., hours will vary Monday through Friday.

Applicants must have the following: an interest in working with children who experience a mental illness and their families, High School Diploma or GED, good driving record, and a valid driver’s license.

Applications are available at: www.compassbh.org Forward application and references to: Human Resources PO Box 853 Garden City, KS 67846 Fax number: 620.272.0171 E-mail: hr@compassbh.org 37t4c

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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS

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406 Main•Box 377 Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-2090

PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Operating Room RN C.N.A.s - FT and PT Clinic RN/LPN Clinic Medical Assistant CLERICAL Ward Clerk SERVICE PRN Nutritional Service Aide Dietary/Housekeeping Shared Position Part-time Housekeeping Aide-No Benefits 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.

Due to our recent expansion of services and rapid growth, we are in need of Acute Care RNs and are offering financial incentives.

Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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The Scott County Record • Page 34 • Thursday, May 7, 2015

showdown on the rise Livestock judge Travis Beagley concentrates as he views sheep in the arena during the Scott City Showdown. (Below) Brooke Strine exchanges highfives after being declared winner of the Scott County division of the goat show. (Bottom) Beagley informs a competitor that they have just finished in second place in their class.

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‘Exceptional’ show attracted some of the top livestock around the Midwest When the Scott City Showdown spring livestock show was started just over a year ago, the goal was to create one of the premier judging shows in the Midwest.

Organizers of the event are well on their way to making that happen.

With 330 entries, this year’s show saw an increase of more than 40 head compared to a year ago. There were entries from Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska and Kansas.

Not even the threat of tornadoes on Friday evening was enough to diminish enthusiasm for the show. The judging shut down for a couple of hours so everyone could take shelter.

Only a handful of people left in hopes of avoiding the tornado risk, says Anne Lampe, a Showdown organizer.

“But most everyone stayed around and no one asked for their money back,” she says.

Hog judging resumed after it was evident the tornado risk had passed. The first day of the Showdown didn’t shut down until after 1:00 a.m.

Saturday’s weather was ideal for the cattle, sheep and goat judging.

The quality of this year’s show was unmistakable, according to judge Travis Beagley, a livestock judging coach at West Texas A&M. “The quality is exceptional. This is truly one of the best shows I’ve had the opportunity to judge,” says Beagley, who has judged shows from Maryland to New Mexico. He will typically judge 10-15 major shows each year.

It began with Friday night’s hog show.

“Those got to be really, really tough to sort through because the quality was so impressive. It reached the point where you had to nit-pick little things to separate one hog from the next because they were that good of a group,” he says.

“There were some hogs with a big future.

They maybe didn’t win here, but I see them doing really well on down the road for those kids.”

The quality didn’t diminish on Saturday with the goats, sheep and cattle.

“There was top-end quality all the way through,” Beagley says. “This show stacks up very well against any other shows, not just in Kansas, but anywhere in the Midwest.

“I believe there will be animals in each of these divisions who will compete, not just at their state fairs, but at big, national shows. The quality is too high and there’s too many high-quality animals for that not to happen at some really big shows.”

The growth of this year’s show was also aided by more than $13,600 in prize money.

“The committee appreciates the grant the SC Showdown received from Scott City Travel and Tourism,” added Lampe. “Because of the grant we were able to increase our promotional efforts.”