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42 Pages • Six Sections

Volume 21 • Number 40

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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GWMD rolls out conservation plan The Western Kansas Groundwater Management District has put the finishing touches on a plan designed to cut water usage in the five-county area by 20 percent annually.

The plan has been mailed to landowners and water rights holders in the district in addition to a series of meetings being held this week. Elections will be held over a five-day period from June 9-13 when those who hold water rights will be

District-wide election to be held in June decide whether or not to adopt the plan.

If approved, the Local Enhanced Management Area (LEMA) will be in effect for six years, from Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2020.

The final draft is the result of numerous meetings held over the past 1-1/2 years designed

to address the declining Ogallala Aquifer. Heavy pumping was already taking a major toll on the aquifer even before a drought that has gripped Western Kansas and the Midwest over the past four years. Since 1997, the aquifer has declined by an average of 7.3 inches per year, GWMD Director Jan King

reminded about 55 people attending an information meeting in Leoti on Wednesday morning.

That represents an 11 foot drop in the aquifer which, on average, is able to recover only about an inch of water annually.

While the 20 percent goal is identical to the first LEMA,

known as the Sheridan 6, there are some producers and groundwater officials who concede that it may be too little, too late.

Some contend that the conservation goal should be considerably more than 20 percent, “but this is as much as anyone was going to sell,” said one individual with the GWMD. “It’s a start,” added another.

While 20 percent is the overall goal, producers won’t see (See GWMD on page two)

67 SC grads to receive diplomas Sat.

Making a splash Scott City Elementary School fourth graders Nash Nowak (left) and Jaxson Kough leave a wake behind them as they power the SS Splashy across the Scott City swimming pool during the annual regatta held on Thursday morning. There were 39 cardboard boats entered in this year’s event.

(Record Photo)

Commencement will be held Sat., May 17, 2:00 p.m., for 67 Scott Community High School seniors.

The ceremony will be held in the high school gymnasium.

Honor students who have maintained a 4.0 grade point average and will be speakers include Paco Banda, Andrew Brown, Brayden Strine, Rachel Anliker, Aubrey Davis, Megan Thornburg, Kelly Wycoff, MariKate Crouch, Taylor George and Mariah York.

Seniors who will be recognized as Kansas State Scholars include: Jordann Becker, George, Strine and York.

Completing the Kansas State Scholars Curriculum are: Becker, Cole Birney, Brown, George, Cassidy Hornbostel, Strine and York.

SCMS Promotion Promotion exercise for Scott City Middle School eighth graders will be held on Fri., May 16, 6:00 p.m., in the SCHS gym.

District clears air on field maintenance

The stressed condition of grounds around the school district has drawn the attention of community members and those concerns were aired during Monday’s USD 466 (Scott County) board of education meeting.

Less than a year after the school district had to put down new sod on the Scott Community High School football field because the grass had died, it appeared the grass was again undergoing severe stress this spring when a large section through the middle of the field was brown.

The condition of the field was brought to the attention of board members by texts and photos during the Scott City Relays on April 22. The fields weren’t watered for the first time this spring until the following day.

Who was - or is - responsible for maintenance of the field was a question that was raised Monday.

“I wasn’t aware I was still under contract,” said Kelly Conine, owner of Kel’s TLC which put down the sod and supervised watering and chemical applications

on the football field through last summer and fall.

Conine said he understood that his responsibility ended with the growing season.

“I thought overseeding was to be done by the district,” he said.

However, given the status of the field this spring, Conine donated grass seed to the district so it could overseed the field once the watering program had begun.

Conine said he has also heard concerns (See FIELD on page two)

Healy graduation ceremonies Sun.

Healy High School commencement will be held on Sun., May 18.

A senior slide show will start at 1:30 p.m., followed by the commencement ceremony at 2:00 p.m., for four seniors.

Delivering the valedictorian address will be Ariana Rodriguez and the salutatorian address will be given by Maria Coker.

Eighth grade promotion will be held at the same time.

A method behind property appraisal madness When home appraisal notices arrive in the mail, property owners may wonder how those new home and commercial values are determined.

Why did your home show no increase in appraised value last year and jump 10 or 15 percent this year?

Why did your rental property increase by 20 percent and your home by just five percent?

“The most important thing

to understand when comparing property values is that there are areas where those values will increase more quickly than in other areas,” says Scott County Appraiser John Reeder.

For that reason, Reeder says it’s difficult to say that sales are following a specific trend for the entire county. In some areas the values may be increasing by 10-20 percent annually and in others they may be holding

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steady or seeing only a very modest increase.

Most often, changes in values are determined by those three familiar words: location, location, location.

With residential property, values are determined by blending together two sets of data: 1) Replacement cost, less depreciation.

2) Sales comparisons with property that shares similar

features (i.e., three-bedroom homes, homes with attached garages, homes with basements, etc.).

“These comparisons are made within a neighborhood, but keep in mind that with a town the size of Scott City or many other rural communities a neighborhood is more than just your block,” Reeder says.

Sales trends are examined over a three-year period in or-

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der to provide a more stable base from which to work. If the appraiser’s office used a shorter time frame than the number of comparable sales would be smaller and there would be sharper increases in appraised home values.

Homes are also examined to see if there have been additions or other improvements that (See APPRAISALS on page 10)

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GWMD their minimum usage slip below eight inches annually. That means an individual who currently uses 10 inches per acre will see their allocation drop to eight inches with the 20 percent reduction.

Anyone who has averaged 8-9 inches over the five-year base period (2008-12) won’t have to cut their usage below eight inches.

According to some Wichita County producers, most farmers will see a minimum impact from the 20 percent reduction.

“There are a few highend users this will impact,” said one producer.

“But most of us are prob-

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ably 20 percent below the average or we’re going to be getting there before long anyway because we can’t pump enough water.

It’s not there.”

King noted the district is only pumping about 28 percent of its authorized acre feet. That’s why the conservation goal is based on actual water pumped from 2008-12 and not based on authorized usage.

LEMA Term Permit An added feature in the plan is the LEMA Term Permit (LTP) which is designed to provide more flexibility for producers with consolidated well

Field

units.

In those situations where a producer has linked together two or more wells to provide enough water to operate a pivot system, the reduction in water rights will be measured against the average total for all wells. In other words, one well can be overpumped as long as the overall water pumped from the consolidated unit remains with the GWMD’s guidelines.

In the past, once a well that was part of a consolidated unit reached its authorized limit it had to be shut down, even if other wells were still well below their authorization.

“In the end, we’re still saving water, but we’re not going to force an operator to shut down his well,” says GWMD board member Bob Hoeme, Scott City. “I really don’t expect this to be a big issue.”

No Further Reduction Perhaps the biggest concession included in the plan is the fact it makes no reference to a 20 percent reduction for feedlots and municipalities.

Any time a feedlot or municipality purchases additional water rights “they already take a hit” with a mandatory reduction in the authorized wa-

ter usage, notes Hoeme.

He further points out that municipalities and feedlots account for just three percent of water usage in the district.

“The last thing we want to do is stifle the local feedlot industry. We don’t want to deter economic development by sending a message that there’s no water,” Hoeme emphasizes. “They are already such a small user when you look at the overall picture.”

At the same time, he acknowledges that any new development or expansion “may struggle” to gain additional water rights.

King said that the

GWMD board’s decision not to impose the 20 percent cutback on municipalities recognizes efforts they’ve already initiated to reduce consumption and increase rates.

“But it’s something we’ll continue to look at each year to make sure they are continuing to conserve and encourage less usage,” King says.

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about “trenches” in the practice field on which he installed an underground irrigation system and planted to grass two years ago.

“Surely I can’t be responsible for something this much later?” he wondered.

Supt. Bill Wilson informed the board that Lance Carter is responsible for grounds maintenance in the district mowing and watering.

“He doesn’t have the time to do it all and do his other responsibilities,” notes Wilson.

When he doesn’t have time, then Carter is to work with district maintenance supervisor Rusty Lindsay so that other employees can be assigned to

grounds maintenance. Conine said it reflects poorly on him when he’s responsible only for applying fertilizer and chemicals while other individuals are responsible for watering and mowing.

“If I don’t have control over how they get mowed or watered I can’t be responsible for how the yards look,” he told the board.

He said the district apparently had the understanding he was under contract for a full year.

“We can do that if that’s what you want,” he said.

“But I can’t just spray the yards and be held responsible for how they look. I don’t want to be told that something is my fault if

I don’t have control over it.”

Wilson says that Conine will advise the district on how best to maintain its grounds but there is no additional compensation or contract.

Cutting Water Usage Wilson advised the board that the district is cutting back on water usage so it can come into compliance with conservation efforts by the city and because of the city’s rate increase.

“If we water the way we have in the past it will be a significant cost,” Wilson said. “We are watering twice a week, but that won’t give us a full inch.”

Wilson says the maintenance crew is confident

the district’s lawns and playing fields will get at least 70/100 of an inch of moisture each week. If the grounds begin to show stress, as they have recently, the district is prepared to increase the watering schedule.

“We want to conserve water, but we don’t want to jeopardize our grounds,” Wilson emphasizes. “We want the (football) field to look good into November when we hope we’re still playing on it.”

In addition, Conine is preparing a proposal for the board to consider later this month which could cut water usage by 20-25 percent.

Disaster drill training exercise in SC on May 20

The Scott County Fire Department, Scott County Sheriff’s Department and Scott County Emergency Medical Services will conduct a joint training exercise on Tues., May 20, from 6:30-9:30 p.m., behind the Law Enforcement Center.

“We ask that people don’t call 911 or contact other county agencies to report this activity,” says County Emergency Management Coordinator Larry Turpin.

“This is a training exercise only and all agencies have been notified.”

‘Moonshiners’ at VIP Center

“The Moonshiners” will be performing Fri., May 23, from 7:30-10:00 p.m., at the Scott County VIP Center, Scott City.

Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

What’s for Lunch in Scott City?

Sun. - Sat., May 18-24

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Evenings • Thurs., Fri., Sat. 5:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Tues. • Open faced prime rib sandwich with french fries.

Wed. •Reuben sandwich with chips.

Thurs. • Smothered steak with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Fri. • Tijuana tostada.

What’s for Supper?

The Broiler

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5Buck Lunch 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• Chili Cheese Dog • 1/4 lb Cheeseburger • 3 Piece Chicken Strips

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Mon. • Sat. 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sun. • 5:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Buffet

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Tues. • Hamburger steak with mushrooms and onions Wed. • Fried chicken Thurs. • Mountain oysters Fri. • Seafood specials Sat. • Prime rib

Breakfast specials every night.

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Community Living

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Helping our seniors enjoy safe, healthy lives Older adults have made countless contributions and sacrifices to ensure a better life for future generations.

Since 1963, communities across the country have shown their gratitude by celebrating Older Americans Month each May. This celebration recognizes older Americans for their contributions and demonstrates our nation’s commitment to helping them stay healthy and active.

This year’s theme for Older Americans Month is “Safe Today. Healthy Tomorrow.” The theme focuses on injury prevention and safety to encour-

Older Americans Month 2014 Safe Today.

Healthy Tomorrow.

age older adults to protect themselves and remain active and independent for as long as possible.

Unintentional injuries to this population result in at least six million medically treated injuries and more than 30,000 deaths every year.

Some of the leading causes of injuries to older adults are falls, fires, motor vehicle incidents, consumer product-related incidents, improper use of medicines, elder abuse and suffocations.

This week I’m focusing on fall prevention.

Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among adults 65 and older. Annually, falls are responsible for more than 21,700 deaths, 2.4 million emergency department visits, and more than $30 billion in direct medical costs to older adults.

Because the U.S. population is aging, falls will

continue to increase unless preventive action is taken.

Older adults who have fallen once are more likely to fall again.

Screening older adults by using the “Stay Independent” brochure can identify a person’s risk level of falling and whether further assessment is needed by a professional.

Lack of Exercise Lack of exercise can lead to weak legs and this increases the chances of falling. Exercise programs such as Tai Chi can increase strength and improve balance, making falls much less likely.

K96 Jaunt is gearing up for early June

The third annual K-96 June Jaunt is just around the corner for the first weekend in June.

Communities from Ellinwood to Tribune have a schedule of events with something for everyone.

Garage sales are the main focus this year with each community sponsoring either a garage sale or flea market.

Activities begin in Scott City on Fri., June 6, with a barbeque and music in Patton Park. They will wrap up with a program at the El Quartelejo Museum on Sun., June 8.

Schedules can be found on the K-96 June Jaunt website, in the newspaper or at the local Chamber offices.

“The purpose of the annual June Jaunt is to get people to explore our communities, experience

fun-filled events and of course to do that one must journey along K-96,” says Christina Hayes, regional chairman.

Social media participation is also encouraged.

“We really want to see the events from visitors’ perspectives, so we’re encouraging travelers to post photos on social media apps like Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #k96junejaunt,” says Simone Cahoj, June Jaunt social media coordinator said.

The K-96 June Jaunt provides an opportunity for central and Western Kansas to showcase their communities by creating events, highlighting attractions, and developing relationships with neighboring communities.

Visit the website at www.k96junejaunt.com.

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Haverfield

Card shower for Haverfields on 60th wedding anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Haverfield, Russell Springs, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on May 19.

Larry Haverfield and Bette Talbott were married May 19, 1954, at Dalhart, Tex. They both grew up in Scott City and early in their marriage moved to their ranch in Logan County.

The couple has five children: Nancy Parkhurst, and husband, Rick, Kerrville, Tex., Cathy Lucas

and husband, R.W., Sublette, Calvin Haverfield and wife, Lillie, Russell Springs, Dawn McKinney and husband, Doug, Leoti, and Jay Haverfield and wife, Joy, Colby.

They have 10 grandsons, five granddaughters and seven great-grandchildren.

The family requests a card shower in honor of the occasion. Cards and anniversary greetings may be sent to: 1612 Gold, Winona, Ks. 67764-5018.

Other programs such as have their eyes checked yoga, water aerobics, and every year. dancing can be promoted to increase physical activ- Hazards at Home ity among older adults.

About half of all falls happen at home. A home safety check can help Medicines as a Cause Some medicines - or identify potential fall hazcombinations of medi- ards that need to be recines - can have side ef- moved or changed, such fects such as dizziness or as tripping hazards, clutter, and poor lighting. drowsiness.

Adding grab bars in the Having a doctor or pharmacist review all bathroom is important at medications can help re- any age to reduce tub and duce the chance of risky toilet falls. side effects and drug inK-State Extension proteractions. vides services, support and resources to older adults year-round. We can Poor Vision Poor vision can make provide information that it harder to get around will help older adults take safely. control of their safety and Older adults should live longer, healthier lives.

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Look at the facts:

Anger, revenge shouldn’t be motives to petition capital outlay resolution

Taxpayers in USD 466 (Scott County) are being asked to approve a two mill increase in the capital outlay levy - taking the overall levy to eight mills.

This will generate roughly $180,000 in added revenue next year (possibly more) based on current property valuations.

Of course, the levy is subject to petition and - not surprisingly - there are people chomping at the bit to stop the levy from going into effect.

People are angry about the $1.1 million shortfall in the school district’s budget. They are upset about people losing their jobs. Quite honestly, there are people who won’t be satisfied until the superintendent is gone.

That’s understandable. It’s a situation that none of us enjoy and we certainly don’t like the consequences. So the initial reaction is to “get even,” but with whom?

The district superintendent because he got us into this mess, right? It’s easy to blame him because he is the man in charge. Ultimately the buck stops at his desk. And we haven’t heard Supt. Bill Wilson deny that. He admits to making a “mistake.” But it’s not that simple. It never is.

Here are some simple truths: 1) The superintendent isn’t entirely responsible for us getting less money from the state than anticipated. The state legislature has been putting the screws to school districts for years. The latest Supreme Court ruling confirmed that. And while this financial shortfall is, in part, self-inflicted, we aren’t alone in feeling the financial pinch.

Many other school districts around the state (i.e., Hutchinson, Hays, Holcomb) are also experiencing similar problems and cutting staff and budgets.

2) In addition to overestimating the amount of revenue the district would be receiving from the state, the school district also took on expenses that, in hindsight, the board and administration would have scaled back.

After a five percent salary hike in 2012-13, there was no COLA in 2013-14 for the staff. However, those on supplemental contracts (coaches) received a 10% pay hike for 2013-14.

For the past two years, the district has been reimbursing its employees the $500 deductible on their health insurance plan. And the district is paying the premiums for a single plan for each of its full-time classified staff (cooks, secretaries, custodians, etc.).

This was an attempt to reduce the employee turnover and keep good people. We know of one individual who began working for the district because of this benefit.

“We need that insurance coverage,” said the employee’s spouse.

As Wilson said recently, “It’s easy now to look back and say we shouldn’t have done it . . . that we couldn’t afford it. People can say that knowing what we know now about our budget. But was it the right thing to do? Yes.” 3) We didn’t get into this budget mess because someone embezzled money or because we were spending on things the district absolutely did not need. We got into this situation, in part, because the board and administration chose to invest in its people. A terrible idea, right?

And we made the bigger mistake of trusting that the legislature would do the right thing and invest in our schools and our children.

Apparently another bad idea.

Kansas school districts have been feeling the squeeze for years. It’s impossible not to when basic state aid per pupil is $3,838 - nearly $1,000 per pupil less than it was in 2000-01. Yes, the state legislature has cut basic funding over the past 14 years by 20.2% while expenses for utilities, salaries, fuel, insurance, etc., have gone up.

Let’s look at it another way. Based on the value of a dollar in 2013, basic state aid in the 200304 school year was $5,778 per pupil (which includes basic aid and unrestricted weightings).

That dipped to $4,497 in 2012-13, according to the Kansas Association of School Boards.

By either calculation, Kansas schools and our students are losing . . . not just in Scott County but in all 105 counties.

Why should the governor and legislature continue to get a free pass with a tax policy that’s nothing short of malpractice, to say nothing of its neglect of public education?

The Joke Called ‘Local Control’ In response, the legislature has wiggled out of some of its responsibility by promising “local control.” Everyone loves local control, right?

What it really means is the legislature is giving local school districts more latitude to tax themselves to offset funding that isn’t coming from the state.

(See RESOLUTION on page six)

We need adults in the room

The last thing that most graduates probably want to hear right now is someone preaching about what it means to be an adult.

Most of you have your own cars, have jobs, are old enough to vote and even enter the military.

You’re kind of getting this adult thing figured out . . . just like we all had it figured out when we reached the ripe, old age of 18.

If you’ve read this far, you won’t have to worry about some old geezer talking about what it means to be an adult because, quite frankly, there are too many in our generation who haven’t figured it out either. Senate Majority Leader and House Speaker John Boehner, for example, have made a point of referring to themselves as the “adults in the room” when it comes to doing what’s best for this nation.

Trust us on this one.

They aren’t.

Whether it’s the state legislature in Topeka or the Congress in Washington, D.C., there aren’t enough people willing to

act like adults or who even know what it means.

Children can be easily bribed with a new toy or an extra dollar in their allowance.

So when the Koch brothers, or Big Oil or Wall Street financiers hand out millions of dollars in order to gain political favors and have legislation passed which will make them even more wealthy, does that make them the adults in the room?

Are adults now measured by the size of the bribe?

As a high school business student, you learned that for your enterprise to be successful, your income has to exceed your expenses. Pretty basic, right?

Does this principle of business become irrelevant when we become adults?

Gov. Sam Brownback and Republicans in the

Kansas Legislature approve tax cuts which rob the state of millions of dollars and they promise that it won’t have an adverse impact on schools, our infrastructure or our ability to help the poor and senior citizens. Of course, they were wrong.

It doesn’t matter whether you call this Reaganomics or “a real live experiment,” basic math doesn’t change when you become an adult. You can’t operate government or your everyday life when expenses exceed income.

And the Founding Fathers really believed in democracy. The real kind where everyone is encouraged to vote. Okay, the “all men are created equal” thing with a nod and a wink towards slavery was a mistake, as was each slave being valued as 3/5 of a person. And it shouldn’t have taken until 1920 for women to be granted the right to vote.

Not even the Founding Fathers were perfect.

But we finally got it right. So why are Republicans so obsessed with doing everything they can to

make it more difficult for people to take part in the democratic process?

Is this how adults act?

As children we may have lied about how the window got broken, or whether we knew anything about the dollar that disappeared off the kitchen table.

As adults, we should know better. Adulthood doesn’t give us license to lie about going to war, or whether our government is spying on us, or whether a national health care plan includes death panels or whether the president is really a U.S. citizen.

Even as young people we’re taught to show compassion for others. In school, 4-H and in your church youth groups you’ve conducted clothing and food drives, you’ve read to senior citizens at Park Lane and you’ve conducted fundraising efforts to help with someone’s medical bills.

Those needs don’t disappear once you walk across the stage and accept your diploma and become an adult.

(See ADULTS on page six)

Policies that are killing women

According to a report released last week in the widely-respected health research journal, The Lancet, the United States now ranks 60th out of 180 countries on maternal deaths occurring during pregnancy and childbirth.

To put it bluntly, for every 100,000 births in America last year, 18.5 women died. That’s compared to 8.2 women who died during pregnancy and birth in Canada, 6.1 in Britain, and only 2.4 in Iceland.

A woman giving birth in America is more than twice as likely to die as a woman in Saudi Arabia or China.

You might say international comparisons should be taken with a grain of salt because of difficulties of getting accurate measurements across nations.

Maybe China hides the true extent of its maternal

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another view by Robert Reich

deaths. But Canada and Britain?

Even if you’re still skeptical, consider that our rate of maternal death is heading in the wrong direction. It’s risen over the past decade and is now nearly the highest in a quarter century.

In 1990, the maternal mortality rate in America was 12.4 women per 100,000 births. In 2003, it was 17.6. Now it’s 18.5.

That’s not a measurement error because we’ve been measuring the rate of maternal death in the United States the same way for decades.

By contrast, the rate has been dropping in most other nations. In fact, we’re one of just eight nations in which it’s been

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rising. The others that are heading in the wrong direction with us are not exactly a league we should be proud to be a member of. They include Afghanistan, El Salvador, Belize, and South Sudan.

China was ranked 116 in 1990. Now it’s moved up to 57. Even if China’s way of measuring maternal mortality isn’t to be trusted, China is going in the right direction. We ranked 22 in 1990. Now, as I’ve said, we’re down to 60th place.

Something’s clearly wrong.

Some say more American women are dying in pregnancy and childbirth because American girls are becoming pregnant at younger and younger ages, where pregnancy and birth can pose greater dangers.

This theory might be convincing if it had data to

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support it. But contrary to the stereotype of the pregnant young teenager, the biggest rise in pregnancyrelated deaths in America has occurred in women 20-24 years old.

Consider that in 1990, 7.2 women in this age group died for every 100,000 live births. By 2013, the rate was 14 deaths in this same age group - almost double the earlier rate.

Researchers aren’t sure what’s happening but they’re almost unanimous in pointing to a lack of access to health care, coupled with rising levels of poverty.

Some American women are dying during pregnancy and childbirth from health problems they had before they became pregnant but worsened because of the pregnancies - such as diabetes, kidney (See WOMEN on page six)

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Curtain rising on Benghazi political theater

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by Eugene Robinson

Before asking a question at the coming show trial, each selfrighteous congressional inquisitor should be required to correctly locate Benghazi on an unlabeled map.

That would shorten the farce.

My guess is that some of the House Republicans screaming loudest in faux outrage would be hard-pressed to find Libya, much less pinpoint the city where four Americans were tragically killed.

No, Congressman, that’s Liberia you’re pointing to.

Whole different country.

It’s impossible to take seriously a House select committee investigation designed not to unearth relevant new facts but to achieve nakedly political goals: rousing the GOP base for the fall election and sullying Hillary Clinton’s record in case she runs

for president.

It is disgusting that the Sept.

11, 2012, attack, which claimed the life of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, would be used in this manner. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call this a new low, and the fact that the ploy will probably backfire on Republicans is scant consolation.

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chair of the select committee, tried Sunday to back away from his earlier reference to the proceedings as a “trial.” But his intent to prosecute rather than investigate remains clear.

“Why were we still in Benghazi?” he asked on “Fox News Sunday.” “The British ambassador was almost assassinated. Our facility was attacked twice. There were multiple episodes of violence. We were the last flag flying in Benghazi, and I would like to know why.”

It is in these chaotic, violent places where threats to our national interests take shape.

Brave public servants volunteer to go into conflict zones to make it safe for partisans at home to question their valor.

Of all the dumb questions, that may be the dumbest. U.S. diplomats and intelligence agents were in Benghazi because, as Clinton testified before a House committee last year, “we have become accustomed to operating in dangerous places.” It is in these chaotic, violent places where threats to our national interests take shape.

Brave public servants volunteer to go into conflict zones to make it safe for partisans at home to question their valor.

Here are the answers to the only questions about Benghazi that matter: Did the State Department

provide adequate security for the consulate? Obviously not.

The facility was overrun, sacked and burned; therefore, security was inadequate. It should be noted that Stevens, who was based in Tripoli, thought he could safely visit Benghazi. But ultimately the buck stops with Clinton, who has taken responsibility.

Could reinforcements have arrived in time to save lives?

No, according to the Pentagon.

The nearest fighter jets and other assets were too far away.

They could not have made it to Benghazi in time to make a difference.

That’s it. You’ll notice that I did not mention the question on which Gowdy and his GOP colleagues will probably spend the most time, energy and hot air: “Who edited the talking points?”

Yes, talking points.

Incredibly, unbelievably, disgracefully, Republicans are trying to make a full-blown scandal out of who did or did not change the wording in an internal memo - a memo meant to give the administration’s first, vaguest, most cautious, least definitive assessment of what had just happened in Benghazi.

We know, from all the investigations thus far, that CIA officials initially believed the attack was related to a rash of violent anti-American demonstrations in other cities, such as Cairo, over an anti-Islam video.

We also know that U.S. personnel on the ground saw a much more organized, wellplanned terrorist assault. This disconnect is commonly called the “fog of war.”

U.S. diplomatic, defense and intelligence officials spent the days following the attack in a (See THEATER on page seven)

Pulling back the curtain on Kansas’ financial meltdown

by Ian Reifowitz

The minimum wage nuttiness

by Jim Hightower

Anyone who works full time, ought not live in poverty. Period.

Raising the minimum wage above the poverty level, is not a question of economics (even though it would be a big plus for our economy), but a question of morality. Who are we as a people, a nation - especially in the richest nation in the world - if we dishonor the work ethic with a wholly-unethical wage floor?

It’s disgraceful, which is why three out of four Americans support raising the floor, including a majority of Republicans.

Yet, the wage stays stuck at the unconscionable level of $7.25 an hour because Republican leaders are stuck on the

low-wage dogma dictated by corporate elites.

At a forum in April, GOP congress critter Dennis Ross of Tampa was confronted by a fastfood worker who asked him to support a minimum wage hike.

“Who’s going to pay for it?” snapped Ross, who’s paid $174,000 a year by us taxpayers. A person in the audience rose to say he’d gladly pay a little more for a hamburger so workers could be paid a decent wage - a comment that prompted applause from the crowd.

Yet Ross railed against the very idea of a minimum wage: “If the government’s going to tell me how much I can get paid . . . then we have a serious problem in this country.”

Yes, we do have a serious problem, and its name is Dennis Ross. Or, let’s call it Lamar Alexander. The Republican Senator from Tennessee said of the minimum wage, “I do not believe in it.” Indeed, he “believes” in the immorality of letting executive-suite kleptocrats set sub-sub-sub-subpoverty pay scales to impoverish America’s workforce.

Or, how about John Boehner, the GOP Speaker of the House, he’s gone operatic on the issue, declaring that he would “commit suicide before I vote (to raise the) minimum wage.”

These guys aren’t just out of touch - they’re nuts!

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

Tax revenue in April dropped 45 percent from a year ago, the Kansas Department of Revenue announced last week.

The state’s revenue for the year is $92.9 million less than projected earlier this month.

Personal income tax revenue has decreased by $508 million compared with this point last fiscal year. That category also accounted for the discrepancy between Wednesday’s numbers and estimates released earlier in the month. Income tax revenue was $89.6 million lower than expected.

This huge and escalating shortfall occurred after Kansas’s right-wing Republican legislature and governor, Sam Brownback, enacted huge and foolish tax cuts, the result of which was - as Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley (D-Topeka) explained - to transfer the tax burden from the rich to the middle and lower classes.

The revenue shortfall also led Moody’s to downgrade Kansas’s debt, something that will cost its citizens even more money over the coming years as they borrow to make up the lost revenue.

So, are Brownback and his fellow Republicans willing to say, “Oops, my bad!”?

“What we are seeing today is the effect of tax increases implemented by the Obama administration that resulted in lower income tax payments and a depressed business environment,” Gov. Sam Brownback said in a statement.

The reality is this: Sam Brownback lied. His state veered hard to the right on tax policy, and as a result its economy has underperformed the rest of the country and his budget is in shambles.

“The failed economic policies of the Obama administration are affecting states throughout the nation. It is more important than ever that we continue our focus on growing jobs and creating a business-friendly environment that benefits Kansans,” Brownback said.

Please unstick your palm from your forehead. Hey, maybe Brownback is right. Don’t laugh. Maybe Obama’s policies are leading to revenue shortfalls for government across the board. Maybe?

The U.S. Treasury Department booked a $114 billion surplus in April, the largest for that month since 2008, according to the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office released Wednesday.

That’s just April, though.

How about overall?

For the fifth consecutive year, the U.S. annual deficit is projected to fall as a share of the economy, and to do so more than previously forecast.

The Congressional Budget Office projected Monday that the 2014 shortfall will decline to 2.8% of GDP - or $492 billion.

That’s about $23 billion below what the CBO forecast just a few months ago. And it’s well below the 4.1% - or $680 billion - recorded last year.

(See MELTDOWN on page six)

A bittersweet legacy of the Brown ruling What a bittersweet 60th anniversary: On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling declared “separate but equal” school systems inherently unconstitutional.

After making great progress toward integrating public schools, our nation reversed course. Resegregation gradually replaced integration as a leading educational indicator over the past 25 years.

In fact, public schools are more segregated today than they’ve been since 1968, says Gary Orfield a UCLA professor and the Civil Rights Project’s co-director.

It’s not just the South. New York State is the nation’s worst offender in terms of AfricanAmerican segregation, followed

behind the headlines

by Emily Schwartz Greco and William Collins

by Illinois and Michigan. Latino segregation, which the federal government only began tracking in 1968, “has steadily deteriorated ever since,” Orfield explains.

“I feel kind of heartsick” about the Brown ruling’s anniversary, he said, noting that Latino segregation is worse in California than anywhere else.

The resegregation of American public schools may come as a shock to anyone familiar with the increasing diversity of American children.

As of 2012, just over half of our kids under five were people of color for the first time since

English colonists decimated the Native American population.

Back in 1970, nearly four out of five public school pupils were white.

Meanwhile, Kansas is planting the seeds of another potential solution. In March, its Supreme Court ordered the state’s lawmakers to make school funding more equitable and stop shortchanging the education of poor children.

Thanks to the case’s circumstances, Kansas can’t ask the federal Supreme Court to overturn this ruling. Otherwise, the conservative majority might further sully the legacy of the 1954 ruling, named for Oliver L. Brown, one of the 13 parents of 20 African-American children who joined a class action lawsuit because they wished

to enroll their kids in Topeka’s whites-only elementary schools.

But don’t hold your breath waiting for a breakthrough to ripple across the nation.

First, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority just endorsed Michigan’s ban on affirmative action.

Second, educational inequality gets way less attention than our collective anxiety that American kids don’t learn enough.

Whether the crusade of the moment is “No Child Left Behind,” “Race to the Top,” or forcing teachers to embrace the Common Core, school systems are frantically measuring progress with tests of all kinds. This unquenchable thirst for data interferes with actual learning by making students spend end-

less hours getting ready to take tests.

Here’s one thing that most education experts agree would actually help improve the prospects of at-risk students: making quality preschool education available to them.

President Barack Obama is on it, urging Congress to allocate $75 billion in federal funding over a decade to cover the cost of providing free top-notch preschool to all children whose families earn up to 200 percent of the poverty line.

How are lawmakers responding? By letting this proposal languish. They’re too busy worshipping at the altar of austerity to even think about it. And few local school systems have the money or the inclination.

(See BROWN on page six)

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Dual credits, ‘life experience’ diminish BS degree

by John Schrock

A “Bachelor’s Degree in Just One Year!” say billboards around Kansas.

These so-called “accelerated programs” are becoming common, providing “ . . . a variety of methods to earn credit without setting foot into a classroom.”

By describing a bachelor’s degree as a union card to get in the door, these operations pitch to adults with job and family commitments who “sim-

ply do not have the time and money to go back to school.”

How do they do this?

“Accelerated classes,” credit transfer, life experience credits, professional certificate credits, work experience credits, military service and testouts allow you to “earn” a bachelor’s degree in just one year. Amazing!

A key to awarding these “fast degrees” is “Prior Learning Assessments” or credit for prior life experiences.

Meltdown Kansas cuts taxes on the rich, and its revenues fall through the floor.

That’s Obama’s fault, according to the governor.

Obama raised taxes on the rich (through income tax hikes and Obamacarerelated tax hikes), but federal revenues are through the roof and the deficit is plummeting. Anybody seeing a disconnect here?

I know Brownback has worked hard to weaken public education in Kansas. I guess he figures if no one in the state is educated, they won’t be able to figure out he’s been pulling the wool over their eyes.

Markos has already highlighted a comprehen-

sas system. Therefore the system drops to the lowest school’s criteria.

Limited credit for experiences in the military may be defensible, but only if limited to specific academic skills: an air force medic might have the knowledge provided by a human anatomy and physiology class - or perhaps not.

But this proposal goes far beyond the currently recognized AP, CLEP and

This gimmick is now coming to Kansas public higher education. The Kansas Board of Regents has distributed “Credit for Prior Learning: Best Practices for Kansas Public Institutions. A Guide to Prior Learning Assessment in Kansas” to the academic community for comment.

The innocent-looking

Looking at economic activity more broadly, Chinn found very similar results: One last thing. We can compare the revenue shortfall in Kansas with California, where huge surpluses are allowing that liberal-dominated state to pay down debt.

Evidence.

Facts.

Data. These are real.

Conservatives can pretend they aren’t. They can wax poetically (or not) about “liberty,” or about unleashing the capitalist genius of “job creators” or any other nonsense they like. At some point, however, reality rears its ugly head.

The reality is this: Sam Brownback lied. His state

veered hard to the right on tax policy, and as a result its economy has underperformed the rest of the country, and his budget is in shambles. President Obama’s economy has performed far better than Kansas’s, and his budget is in far better shape, and this after moving leftward on tax policy.

But Brownback says the problems of Kansas are Obama’s fault.

Unbelievable.

I’ve read that emotion plays better than facts when it comes to politics.

We have to shout from the rooftops that our policies are not only more moral, they work better.

Progressive governance makes our economy both

fairer and stronger. The two go hand in hand.

There’s no better place to make that message the center of our campaign than in deep red Kansas, where Paul Davis has a real chance to defeat Brownback.

The question is this, not just in Kansas but all 50 states: When you go into the voting booth, do facts matter? Will you compare the record of conservatism and liberalism, and vote accordingly?

It’s up to progressives to make their case and, hopefully, the voters will respond.

(See DEGREE on page 7)

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sive study showing that states that embrace a conservative approach to economic policy (as defined by right-wing group ALEC) have weaker economic growth than those that don’t.

But we can even get more specific than that.

The author of that study, Menzie Chinn, also looked at two states where, in 2011, a Republican governor replaced a Democratic one and ushered in a radical rightward shift in state policy (Wisconsin and the aforementioned Kansas), and compared them to two states that did the opposite in 2011, i.e. elected a Democratic governor to replace a Republican

Resolution

Trojan horse in this proposal is the long list of current credits by examination that have some limited legitimacy because they are already used by regents universities: Advanced Placement (AP) exams, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams, the Defense Activity for Non-

Traditional Educational Support (DANTES) Subject Standardized Tests (DSSTs), etc.

However, a rigorous school such as KU may require a score of 5 for AP credit toward a college course while another regents school may also accept a 3 or 4.

This proposed document goes far beyond “guidelines” to establish policy. Under the proposed system, all credit for prior learning must transfer across the Kan-

(Dual credits were) designed for a few exceptional students recommended by their high school administrators . . . it rapidly led to a flood of mediocre students taking regular courses at high school for college credit. Turns out, everybody has a Doogie Howser.

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More “local control” is now possible by allowing school districts to increase their capital outlay levy up to eight mills. Which is what the USD 466 board of education is hoping to do.

Taxpayers must keep in mind there are limits as to how capital outlay funding can be spent. For example, it can only be spent for computers, buses and vehicles, building improvements/repairs, etc. Under the new legislation, there are also certain instances where labor attached to improvement projects can be paid out of capital outlay.

This money can’t be used for teacher or administration salaries, textbooks, utilities, to pay off school bonds, etc.

With the latitude to pay for a few more things out of capital outlay, it will give the district a little more room elsewhere in the general fund and - just as importantly - allow the district to begin rebuilding its contingency reserve fund.

This is a goal that’s responsible and, over time, will again put the district on firm financial ground.

Or there is another course of action.

People can sign a petition protesting the capital outlay increase. They can do it out of anger, or spite or simply because they don’t like higher taxes and apparently it’s easier to vent your frustration with the local school board or superintendent than it is with Gov. Brownback or one of the legislators who have been neglectful in their duties.

And even if you believe you’re sending a message to the superintendent or to the board members, you need to ask, “Who really pays the price?” The answer is, of course, our school district, our community and our students.

Defeat of the capital outlay resolution will delay the district’s goal of having four elementary teachers for every grade level in the elementary school, which is a huge asset. Some maintenance and improvement projects will have to be put on hold. It will take longer to restore the 2% pay cut that staff members voluntarily took in order to help the district’s finances. And it will limit the district’s ability to upgrade textbooks (a $150,000 purchase has been delayed indefinitely).

This is just a small example of the price we will pay if some people refuse to be satisfied until someone’s head is on a platter.

A number of factors contributed to the predicament we’re in. How we choose to get out of this situation can either show our ability to come together as a community, or it can reveal the ugly side of human nature when we feel that we’ve been wronged and we want some measure of revenge.

Those are the facts. What we choose to do with these facts is up to us.

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one (California and Minnesota).

It’s worth noting that, of the latter two, California saw the most significant shift in policy as a Democratic legislature combined with Gov. Jerry Brown to enact an even greater leftward shift starting in 2011 than Minnesota’s Mark Dayton was able to accomplish with a legislature that remained Republican after he took office.

What did Chinn find?

Well, in terms of job creation since 2011, it’s clear: The more liberalism, the more jobs. “Pro-business” policies stink at creating jobs. Progressive policies, however, do the job far better.

Adults Access to health care for everyone is the right thing to do . . . it’s the adult thing to do.

Be assured that the science you learned in the classroom really matters. When 97 percent of the world’s scientists say global climate change is real, pretending it isn’t happening and calling it a hoax doesn’t make you an adult.

As young people you

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learn that the earth is more than 6,000 years old and that man didn’t walk among the dinosaurs. That doesn’t change when you become an adult, though there are many adults who choose to believe otherwise.

As a youngster, you were reminded time and again of the importance of getting along with others and not insisting that you always get your own way.

Women disease, and heart disease.

The real problem, in other words, was they didn’t get adequate health care before they became pregnant.

Other women are dying because they didn’t have the means to prevent a pregnancy they shouldn’t have had, or they didn’t get the prenatal care they needed during their pregnancies. In other words, a different sort of inadequate health care.

One clue: AfricanAmerican mothers are more than three times as

Brown That leaves it up to the states to pay for prekindergarten. Many are moving in that direction, especially Connecticut, Missouri and Hawaii. But getting the job done isn’t easy.

So far, Oklahoma is the only state boasting quality and universally available preschool. Elsewhere, when most children born

Ian Reifowitz is author of ‘Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity’

So when Republicans in Congress insist that their primary objective is to obstruct the President and his policies, and when Gov. Brownback and Republican lawmakers in Topeka try to reshape the Supreme Court so it provides rulings which they like, is this how adults act? It’s our way or else?

A big part of your education has been about keeping an open mind, to be accepting of different

people and their ideas, to imagine what is possible, to achieve personal success while also working for the greater good of others and to realize that, like it or not, nothing stays the same.

We apologize for those who have, and are, setting a terrible example.

We need more adults in the room. You’re up.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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likely to die as a result of pregnancy and childbirth than their white counterparts.

The data tell the story: A study by the Roosevelt Institute shows that U.S. states with high poverty rates have maternal death rates 77 percent higher than states with lower levels of poverty. Women with no health insurance are four times more likely to die during pregnancy or in childbirth than women who are insured.

What do we do about this? Yes, of course, poor

women (and the men who made them pregnant) have to take more personal responsibility for their behavior.

But this tragic trend is also a clear matter of public choice.

Many of these highpoverty states are among the 21 that have so far refused to expand Medicaid, even though the federal government will cover 100 percent of the cost for the first three years and at least 90 percent thereafter.

So as the sputtering

economy casts more and more women into near poverty, they can’t get the health care they need.

Several of these same states have also cut family planning, restricted abortions, and shuttered women’s health clinics.

Right-wing ideology is trumping the health needs of millions of Americans.

Let’s be perfectly clear: These policies are literally killing women.

Robert Reich is a former secretary of labor, is currently a professor at the University of California at Berkeley

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into lower-income households get tossed into kindergarten at the ripe old age of five, they’re ill-prepared to meet increasingly tough standards. Starting at that point, the data collectors start recording, measuring, and decrying their shortcomings.

If Oklahoma can do it, why can’t the rest of the country? Or the federal government?

Still, even the best preschools are no panacea.

“High-quality pre-K is incredibly important but not a lifetime inoculation against poverty,” Orfield explains.”You have to follow up and not put kids in extremely segregated schools.”

After the geniuses who drummed up the testing cult move on, you can bet

they’ll find a new educational obsession. And so it will go until that golden day when we agree that all children deserve access to a high-quality and equal education.

William Collins is a former state representative and a former mayor of Norwalk, Conn.; Emily Schwartz Greco is a former foreign correspondent and financial reporter

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a scramble to make sure our people and facilities in other danger zones were secure. Even if they had focused on the issue of demonstration vs. planned attack, could they have determined the truth in time for Susan Rice’s appearances on the Sunday talk shows?

Of course not.

If you don’t believe me, ask anyone who has ever tried to reconstruct the blow-by-blow of a combat engagement.

And furthermore, as Clinton memorably asked Congress in exasperation, “What difference, at this point, does it make?”

What’s the point, exactly, that Republicans are trying to prove? That there are still Islamic terrorists who want to kill Americans? I think this is common knowledge.

That deadly violence by a homicidal mob is somehow more benign than deadly violence by an organized group? Honestly, I fail to see the distinction.

The way to honor the Americans who died in Benghazi is to try to make sure nothing like this happens again. The way to dishonor them is to make their deaths the subject of partisan political theater.

Ladies and gentlemen, the curtain is about to rise.

other established assessments to replace courses with tests. This document makes no distinction between an examination and an education.

If this philosophy was applied to law and medical students, a student could sit for the bar exam without taking law school or for the medical boards without completing medical school.

While this credit-forexperience plan does not yet destroy those programs, it clearly fails to understand that students learn to prepare a case or conduct surgery in their course work, not in preparing for a test. This “prior learning” plan threatens Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and to gut all other fields of academics. former assistant managing editor for The Washington Post

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Dual Credit Disaster We already have a model for such a disaster in the Kansas dual credit or concurrent enrollment policy.

Originally designed for the few exceptional Kansas junior or senior high school students - our few “Doogie Howsers” - it was changed so students who had finished their freshman year of high school could take courses for college credit.

Designed for a few exceptional students recommended by their high school administrators and envisioned for students attending part-time at a nearby college, it rapidly led to a flood of mediocre students taking regular courses at high school for college credit. Turns out, everybody has a Doogie

Howser.

The result has been many students entering university with a year or more of weak “college credit” and graduating with lesser abilities: essentially a bachelor’s degree of three genuine years of college.

This new “Credit for Prior Learning” proposal now risks reducing the value of a Kansas bachelor’s degree to just one year. Once this barn door is opened, Kansas schools will race-to-the-bottom as they compete to offer the cheapest degrees in the continued pursuit of tuition.

Dual credits taken in high school should be limited to three to six credit hours - total! Similar tight limits should be placed on

“prior learning.”

Most citizens and employers recognize today’s for-profit and online operations that are diploma mills. But every Kansas citizen who has earned a valid bachelor’s degree should be concerned with this new proposal that will devalue the degree they legitimately earned.

In this graduation season, the Kansas student who has worked hard over four years to earn a bona fide bachelor’s degree should not be followed across the stage by a “student” who has barely accomplished one year of academic work.

Everyone loses if this cheap degree plan passes.

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Newest inductees into the National Honor Society at Scott Community High School are (front row, from left) Madison Braun, Melanie Tilton, Nicole Latta, Zayra Peregrino-Gonzalez, Danean Metheney, Addison Price, Megan Smith, Jayden Wren and Christina Tilton. (Back row) Asher Huck, Cooper Griffith and Abe Wiebe.

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Community services remains a focal point for NHS students

Twelve new members were accepted into the Wood Chapter of National Honor Society at Scott Community High School during an induction ceremony held on May 7.

Community service continues to be a major emphasis for NHS members - in addition to academic excellence. Each Chapter member must fulfill five hours of community service each year, which is in addition to the 20 hours required for graduation from SCHS. The 31 members accumulated 410 hours of volunteer service by the end of the school year. But that is only a glimpse of the organization’s involvement in the community.

“We have students who do a lot more volunteer work than the five hours they turn in for NHS,” says organization sponsor Jerrie Brooks. “For example, Taylor George turned in 116 hours for the district, but only counted five of those toward NHS. Since students can’t duplicate their hours, it comes down to where they choose to apply them.

“Bottom line is that our students are giving a lot of volunteer hours,” says Brooks.

Senior Marissa Morris was presented the NHS Service Award for her commitment to the organization and volunteer work.

Supt. Bill Wilson reminded the new inductees, “You’re not simply a student at SCHS anymore. You are an honor student. More is expected of you.”

“Character is not defined by what you do one time,” he noted, “but by what you do all the time. That’s why you’re here.”

Community service projects during the past year include: Recycling: This is the sixth year the Chapter has hauled materials for the high school to the recycling center.

Veterans Day service: Members assisted local veterans with this service on the courthouse lawn. Participants carried flags and read poems.

SCES fun day: Each year, chapter members assist with the year-end fun day for students in grades 1-4.

Gamble first in Kansas Skills contest Matt Gamble, Scott City, was among 49 students from North-Central Kansas Technical College, Beloit, who participated in the 2014 Kansas Skills USA competition in Wichita on April 23-25.

Gamble was a gold medalist in electronics technology.

The annual competition featured more than 1,000 students from Kansas high schools, colleges and universities, competing in 64 leadership and technical skill categories. The top three contestants in each category were determined by written and hands-on skills tests.

NCK Tech students earned a total of 23 medals, including 10 gold, eight silver and five bronze. Gold medal winners in each category earned the right to compete at the National Skills USA Championships to be held in Kansas City in June.

Memorial Day service: Members participate in the service held at the Scott County Cemetery.

They also held a hat/mitten/scarf drive with items donated to the Scott County Health Department.

SCHS custodian Dixie Kreska was diagnosed with cancer, so NHS students prepared a number of chicken pot pies that she could freeze and eat as needed.

They also donated the proceeds from a day at the baseball concession stand to Kreska.

Chapter officers during this past year were: Taylor George, president; MariKate Crouch, vice president; Ellie Irwin, secretary; Marissa Morris, treasurer; and Krissa Dearden, StuCo representative.

Newly inducted NHS members are all sophomores - are: Madison Braun, Cooper Griffith, Asher Huck, Nicole Latta, Danean Metheney, Zayra Peregrino-Gonzalez, Addison Price, Megan Smith, Christina Tilton, Melanie Tilton, Abe Wiebe and Jade Wren.

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Laying the groundwork for a beautiful garden Many have probably already visited their local garden center or greenhouse to purchase flowers and vegetables.

But before that first plant goes into the ground, make sure your soil is properly prepared.

Though not the most glamorous part of gardening, it is the first and most important step in creating a beautiful and productive garden.

Start by adding some compost, aged manure or a garden soil labeled for flowers and vegetables to this year’s shopping list. You’ll need about two two-cubic-ft bags of soil additive to cover 25 square feet of garden two inches deep.

Work the soil when it is moist, but not wet. Grab a handful of soil and gently

squeeze. Then gently tap it with your finger. If it breaks into smaller pieces, it is ready to work.

If it stays in a wet ball, wait for the soil to dry slightly before digging in.

Otherwise you will compact the soil, reduce drainage and create clods and crusty soil that you’ll be fighting all season long.

Start by digging several inches of compost, aged manure, or a product like Schultz garden soil for flowers and vegetables into the top 12 inches of soil.

These materials improve drainage in heavy clay soils and increase water-holding ability in sandy soils.

Spread the organic matter over the soil surface of the garden bed.

Use a shovel or rototiller

Free resources are available to gardeners

Home vegetable gardening has been a strong and growing trend for several years, according to Ward Upham, horticulturist at Kansas State University.

Before that, the number of Americans growing food crops had been declining for decades. As a result, many of today’s vegetable gardeners are still gaining skills and looking for reference materials, said Upham, who heads the Master Gardener program for K-State Research and Extension.

He recommends gardeners look into three useful publications that are easily available. Kansans can get copies at their local Extension office or access them on the web.

The resources are: “Recommended Vegetable Varieties” Just what its name suggests, plus a useful shopping list for gardeners in the central United States. (http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/hort2/L41.pdf) “Vegetable Garden Planting Guide” Timeless information on: a) amount of each vegetable to plant per person, b) expected yields, c) plant spacing and d) days to first harvest. The factsheet includes a chart with suggested planting and probable harvest dates for Kansas. (http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/ library/hort2/mf315.pdf) “Fertilizing Gardens in Kansas” This is a revision of a classic with new artwork and updated information. The 12-page publication has information on soil testing, fertilizers, composting and pH. It includes facts on changing pH, as well as fertilizing specific fruits and vegetables. (http://www. ksre.ksu.edu/library/hort2/mf2320.pdf) “Kansas Garden Guide” A 76-page, four-color publication that covers everything from planning to soil preparation, composting to recommended varieties, and irrigation to pest control. It charts the annual and perennial herbs plus discusses each of the major vegetables.

It costs $5 in hard-copy form, but is free to download from the web. (http://www.ksre.ksu. edu/library/hort2/s51.pdf.)

to blend the organic matter into the soil. Rake the area smooth and level or make a slight crown in the middle of the bed.

Crowning the bed slightly can increases visual impact of flowers and can help keep soil in the bed and out of the surrounding lawn or mulch.

Organic Matter Don’t skip this step even if you applied these materials last year. Yearly applications of organic matter continue to build quality soil and improve your gardening results.

Apply the type and amount of fertilizer recommended by your soil test report. If this information is not available use about three pounds of a low nitrogen slow release fertilizer for every

100 square feet of garden.

Check the back of your fertilizer bag for more details.

Once the soil is prepared it is time to plant.

Carefully slide your transplants out of their container. Gently loosen any circling roots. Plant flowers and vegetables in the prepared planting bed then water thoroughly.

Mulch the soil surface with a one to two inch layer of pine straw, evergreen needles, shredded leaves or other organic material. These help suppress weeds, conserve moisture and improve the soil as they decompose.

Seem like too much work?

Investing time preparing the soil at the start of the season will save you time throughout the

Iris and Columbine can add beauty to the landscape, but before planting anything it’s important to make sure the soil is properly prepared.

season. You’ll spend less time watering, managing pests and replacing struggling or dead plants. This gives you more time to

harvest beautiful flowers for bouquets, vegetables for your favorite recipes, or just to sit, relax and enjoy your landscape.

Not all fruit trees will adapt to Kansas climate You may be considering a fruit tree for your landscape and wondering which ones are commonly grown in Kansas.

Before you start, keep in mind that fruit trees are a long-term investment which require careful thought before purchase.

Begin by choosing fruit you will eat, not fruit that looks good in the catalog.

A brief discussion on the common fruit trees can be found in the article below.

For more detailed information and varietal choices, download the publication, “Small and Tree-Fruit Cultivars” at http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/ library/hort2/mf1028.pdf Apples: Though we can grow a wide variety of apples in Kansas, pest free fruit requires an extensive and expensive spray program. Apples are normally

sprayed from March (dormant spray) until about two weeks before harvest.

Sprays from April on are applied at least every two weeks. You need two different varieties of apples to get fruit.

Recommended varieties include Jonathan, Gala, Empire, Delicious, Golden Delicious, Jonagold and Granny Smith.

Cherries: Sweet cherries (such as Bing) are not well adapted to Kansas, but sour (pie) cherries are. Cherries are borne in June, so relatively few sprays are needed. Only one tree is needed for fruit on sour cherries. Recom-

mended sour cherries are Montmorency, Meteor and North Star.

Apricots: Apricot trees are quite ornamental, which is fortunate because late spring frosts usually eliminate fruit.

On average, assume you will get fruit about once every 5 to 10 years.

Only one tree is needed for fruit though two varieties will increase production. Recommended varieties include Moorpark, Goldcot, Manchu and Superb.

Peaches: Usually a relatively short lived tree (10 to 12 years) that needs a great deal of pruning to keep productive. Peaches have the same problem with late frosts that apricots do but may not be quite as bad. Only one tree is needed for fruit.

Try Intrepid, Early

Redhaven, Redhaven, Harken and Reliance. Intrepid blooms later and has flowers that are more cold hardy than the other peaches listed and so is less likely to be damaged by frost. It would be a good first choice.

Pears: Pears are tough and often one of the few trees that survive on an old homestead. Though trees should be sprayed, the chance of getting good fruit without spraying is much better than it is with apples.

Usually, two trees are needed to get fruit. Proven pears include Seckel, Moonglow and Duchess.

To learn how to control fruit pests download the publication, “Fruit Pest Control for Home Gardens” at http://www.ksre. ksu.edu/library/hort2/ c592.pdf

Proper storage will extend berry life

Plump, juicy strawberries are a sure sign of spring. If not properly stored, however, they may spoil more quickly than we would like, said Karen Blakeslee, K-State Extension food scientist.

“Strawberries typically fare best when covered and refrigerated below 40 degrees (35 to 37 degrees would be in the target

range), but not at freezing or below,” she said.

Storing strawberries in the store containers with the snap-tight lids, a resealable plastic bag or other food storage container with a lid is recommended, said Blakeslee, who also recommends storing strawberries in a crisper drawer of the refrigerator to hold humidity.

If stored in the refrigerator compartment, frostfree technologies also can zap the moisture out of the berries. Strawberries can last up to seven days when stored correctly.

Strawberries do not continue to ripen after they are picked, so if over-ripe when picked, they aren’t likely to last as long.

Blakeslee recommends

waiting to wash strawberries until ready to serve and eat them, and recommended washing the berries with cool running water or placing them in a strainer and spraying them with cool water.

If excess dirt remains, she suggested holding the berry under cool running water and rubbing the dirt off gently with a finger.

Appraisals would increase the value of the property.

By law, Reeder says they are required to measure and inspect properties every six years. However, it’s a drive-by appraisal.

The appraiser doesn’t enter a home unless it’s part of an appeals process.

“If someone feels the appraised value is way out of line then we meet with them at their home. We find that’s a lot less stressful,” Reeder says. “We want to make sure that we aren’t punishing someone because we don’t know what they have. If similar homes are being appraised at a higher value because they have features that this home doesn’t have, we want to know that.

“Every hearing we’ve done over the last 10 years has been on location so people can show us what they are talking about.

It’s much less combative.

We gain more knowledge and make more friends through the hearing process than anything else we do.

“Since we’ve started here we’ve had only two hearings go to the state.

It’s much better to handle things locally.”

Values Driven by Sales As one would expect, home and commercial values are driven by sales.

Reeder says that information is vital to his department’s data base.

That’s not to say that some property isn’t overappraised and others underappraised, which Reeder points out will happen in a free market system.

“Some new homes are overbuilt for what the market will pay back.

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There are examples in Scott City where people won’t get what they have put into their home,” the appraiser points out.

That’s why a home that cost $800,000 to build, for example, may be appraised at $500,000.

At the same time, there are instances where an older home was built for $40,000, but today could be appraised for $100,000.

“The market, not the construction cost, is what determines the value,” says Lisa Reeder, a partner in the appraisal firm which serves Scott, Lane and Trego counties.

When doing market analysis, it’s also important to make sure apples are being compared to apples.

For example, of a home sells for $100,000 and two years later it sells for $140,000 is the increase market driven or are other factors are play?

“We will study the situation to see if there were improvements or other factors that drove the increase,” says Lisa Reeder.

“We need to show that the increase reflects market trends and that something else hasn’t contributed to the higher sale price which would skew our data.”

Determining the value of commercial property can be particularly difficult since those transactions happen less frequently in a smaller community.

The Reeders emphasize they have never been told to set valuations at a specific target so that local units of government can raise a certain amount of tax dollars.

“If that was the case we’d quit,” says John.

“The people at the city,

county and school level who are very responsible with the taxpayer dollars in this community.

Healthy Economy While property owners may not like to see increases in their property values - especially when it comes to paying property taxes - it has more advantages than disadvantages, Reeder emphasizes.

“Scott City has had a wonderful, growing economy for a long period of time, which we don’t see in a lot of counties,” Reeder says. “That means your property has greater market value. It’s an indication that there’s a healthy demand for housing.”

In addition, appraisal offices are audited regularly.

Residential and commercial sales are audited by the state before valuation notices are sent out “in order to make sure we haven’t implemented a trend that isn’t accurate,” John says.

“We’re required to be within 10 percent - high or low - what a residential property is worth on January 1,” he says. “We’re required by law to be within 10 percent of fair market value.”

And while there will always be people who question the appraised value when it arrives in the mail, Reeder is able to put a lot of concerns to rest with one simple question: If you were to try to sell your property on January 1, what would you realistically expect to get for it.

“If the answer is close to what appears on their appraisal notice then we must be doing our job,” he adds.

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Judges get a read on Davis’ passion in forensics oration Macy Davis never doubted that she could put together an original oration that would qualify for state . . . maybe even medal.

What was important to the Scott Community High School junior was doing it on her terms.

Davis did just that, earning a fifth place medal in the Class 4A Kansas State Forensics Championships. And she did it with a speech that wasn’t the one she gave when qualifying for state.

Her original speech was on the importance of donating one’s body to science.

“It was a good speech, but it wasn’t me,” says Davis. “I wanted a speech I could feel passionate about.”

So Davis decided to write about the role that libraries play in our lives. Yes, even with rapidly changing technology, kindles, the internet and a wealth of information at everyone’s fingertips, Davis chose to remind her audience that libraries still serve a vital part in a community.

Davis can recite statistics which reaffirm the many services which libraries provide.

•75 percent of libraries offer employment resources.

•Libraries across the nation offer 3.7 million programs annually.

•For 60 percent of the population, libraries are their primary source of internet and computer access.

Despite this, libraries are experiencing major budget cuts.

“Fifty-seven percent of the libraries have seen their budgets cut in the last year,” Davis points out. “There’s a perception today that we don’t need libraries.”

That’s what led to Davis titling her speech, “The Last

SCHS junior Macy Davis after being awarded her fifth place medal at the state forensics tournament.

Pages” - following up on a suggestion from Asher Huck.

And this is where Davis gets passionate about her topic.

“I think what helped me do so well is that I would address the judges individually. I would remind them that every speech they had been hearing that day was made possible because of a library,” Davis says. “My speech talks about the importance of libraries, but every speech that was given wouldn’t have been possible without our libraries.

“I guess they could tell I was passionate about it,” she says with a grin. “I was told that my passion came through.

There are a lot of kids who are good speakers and who gave

good speeches, but I don’t think anyone was as passionate about their topic as I am.”

Even with that added element, Davis wasn’t sure what kind of reception her speech would get when she presented it in competition for the first time at the Catholic Forensics League qualifying tournament in March.

“I had no idea how it would go over, but it qualified (for nationals), so the judges must have liked it,” she says.

During the Class 4A state tournament, Davis was among the 12 original oration speakers who advanced into the semi-finals. They were divided into two groups of six, with the top three from each group moving into the finals.

“We felt I could break into the semis, but I was really anxious about my chances of getting into the finals. I felt I gave my best performance in the semis. I knew that’s where I had to give it all in order to break into the finals.” says Davis. “It felt great to hear my name called and to know that no matter what happened I was going to be a state medalist.”

Just as important as a medal were the comments from one of her three judges in the semis.

“The judge commented this was a speech they would always remember. It’s neat to know that I had that kind of impact,” adds Davis.

Library announces ‘Young Author’ winners Seven first place winners, in addition to several honorable mentions, have been announced in the “Young Author Contest” and “Poetry Contest” sponsored by the Scott County Library and the Scott County PEO chapter.

Winning stories will be bound and placed in the library’s permanent collec-

tion. The winner and honorable mention in the poetry contest will be framed and displayed at the library for the year.

A reception will be held in August for the contestants.

Winners by age group are: First grade: Camden Vulgamore, 1st place. Breven Vulgamore, honorable men-

tion.

Third grade: Hannah Eikenberry, 1st place.

Honorable mention: Lana Rodriguez, Tara Rose, Annie Talbert/Haileigh Hickert and Hannah Tucker.

Fourth grade: Clare Hawkins, 1st place.

Freshman: Macy Berning, 1st place. Honorable mention:

Lizzy Eikenberry, Brynan Sherwood and Kiana Yager.

Juniors: Macy Davis, 1st place.

Children’s picture book: Taylor Fairleigh, 1st place.

Honorable mention: Dylan Rosin.

Poetry contest: Macy Davis, 1st place; Honorable mention: Eva Kliesen.

USD 466 will again provide free lunches

With summer around the corner, the Scott County school district will again be offering youngsters a healthy alternative for lunch . . . and at no cost.

The district will once again be providing free meals at Scott City Elementary School on Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program starts May 27 with plans to continue through June 27, “if we can keep our numbers up,” says food service director Kathy Eaton.

Each year, the USDA partners with local organizations and schools to provide free meals when school is out for the summer. There are no income requirements and no paperwork to be filled out. Anyone 18-years or younger can participate.

Eaton says the lunch program is offered at no cost to the district.

“We are reimbursed for every meal we serve, so the more meals the better it is for us,” she explains.

“It’s through this reimbursement that we pay for our employees and cover our food costs.”

Eaton says she plans menus around food that remains at the end of the school year “which helps to hold down our costs.”

She says the goal is to average 30 participants per day. Last year, the program averaged 40-50 meals per day.

“That may be more of a challenge this year because there won’t be a summer SCORE program and that’s going to affect our participation,” notes Eaton. “Hopefully, we can get the word out so that parents will make sure their kids join us.”

Anyone needing more information can contact Eaton at 620-8727605 or Keaton@usd466.com.

Beckman, Sowers, Cooper to earn degrees at Washburn Spring commencement ceremonies at Washburn University, Topeka, will be Sat., May 17, at Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center.

Amanda Sowers, Healy, will receive her master’s degree in social work.

Caitlan Beckman, Scott City, is graduating cum laude and has earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

Karli Cooper, Scott City, is graduating cum laude and will receive her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

For the Record How to replace important lost documents The Scott County Record

Jason Alderman

If your wallet has ever been lost or stolen, you know what a pain it is to replace your driver’s license. That goes double when other vital documents like your, passport, birth certificate or car registration are misplaced or destroyed in a natural disaster.

Without the proper ID, you can’t start a new job, buy a house, apply for insurance or a host

of other common transactions.

Here’s a guide on how to get copies or replacements for many common documents: •Birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates.

These records come from the states where the events occurred.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a handy directory that provides links to the appropriate agencies in all U.S. states and territories,

Scott City Council Agenda Mon., May 19 • 7:30 p.m.

City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to Order

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including costs and mailing instructions (www. cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm).

•Passport. Immediately report lost or stolen passports to the U.S. State Department by calling 877-487-2778. If it happens overseas, contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

•Driver’s license and car registration. To learn how to replace your driver’s license, vehicle registration or car title

Scott County Commission Agenda Tuesday, May 20 County Courthouse 3:00 p.m.

County business Approve minutes, accounts payable and payroll

3:30 p.m.

Register of Deeds Debbie Murphy Recording of new county additions

4:00 p.m.

Park Lane Nursing Home Review 2013 and first quarter of 2014 operations

4:30 p.m.

Scott County Library Presentation of 2015 budget

5:00

Scott County Extension Presentation of 2015 budget

5:30

Public Works Director Richard Cramer

•Approve minutes of May 5 regular meeting •Vote on ordinance to vacate alley between Lots 1-2, Block 14, Steele and Sons Addn.

•Approve resolution declaring a water watch •Audit report by Roger Duncan, CPA •Approve final plat for Edwards Addition •Consider claim against city filed by Don Dornon •Set date and time for public hearing on special street assessments in Eastridge and Prairie Meadows additions •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Pool Department 1) Pool update and opening on May 26 2) Discuss swim team pool passes 3) Approval of pool manual Police Department 1) Misc. business Parks Department 1) Misc. business Public Works Department 1) Discuss 12th Street lift station 2) Discuss prohibited water acts and activities Clerk’s Department 1) Review sick leave policy 2) Request to attend basics of budgeting workshop 3) City budget workshop on June 14, 6:00 p.m., at City Hall •Financial and investment reports •Mayor’s comments

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department April 20: Gage Malchow was arrested for DUI and violation of restrictions on his driver’s license. He was transported to the LEC. May 2: An accident was reported in the 1200 block of Court St. May 3: Travis Conger was arrested for possession of an opiate, narcotic or stimulant, possession of an hallucinogenic drug, use/possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia and criminal use of a weapon. He was transported to the LEC. May 8: Bram Krause was arrested for aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, criminal discharge of a firearm, criminal use of weapons and criminal threat. He was transported to the LEC. May 10: Chris Wolkensdorfer reported criminal use of a financial card.

May 10: A hit-and-run accident was reported in the 1100 block of South Myrtle.

May 11: Christopher Herman was southbound on Main Street and veered off to the east, jumping the curb and striking a sign. Herman was arrested for DUI and inattentive driving and transported to the LEC. Scott County Sheriff’s Department May 8: A burglary was reported in the 300 block of East 3rd.

May 8: Glenda Gibson, Scott City, was southbound on K95 Highway at Lake Scott State Park when she struck a deer.

(which you’ll need to transfer ownership), or to access other motor vehicle services, contact the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Go to www.usa.gov/ Topics/Motor-Vehicles. shtml for links to each state’s DMV. •Social Security card.

These days, you may not actually need to replace a misplaced Social Security card. If you know your Social Security number, you generally can still col-

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

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., May 8, 2014; last published Thurs., May 22, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GREG A. SKIBBE AKA GREG ALAN SKIBBE, deceased No. 14-PR-9 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on the 30th day of April, 2014, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this Court by Gary Skibbe, executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Greg A.

Skibbe, deceased.

All creditors of the decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Gary Skibbe, Petitioner Jake W. Brooks Attorney at Law 101 E. Sixth-PO Box 664 Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7204

lect Social Security benefits, get a job and apply for government benefits and services.

•However, if you do want to replace the card, you’ll need to gather documents proving your identity and citizenship and complete an application (www.ssa.gov/online/ ss-5.pdf); then mail or take the paperwork to your local Social Security office.

•Military service records. Veterans often

need copies of their military service records to apply for government programs, including health care, retirement or education benefits.

You can apply to the National Archives (www. archives.gov/veterans) for a copy of your records (or an immediate family member’s if deceased).

The site also has information on replacing lost military medals and awards.

(See REPLACE on page 13)

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., May 15, 2014; last published Thurs., May 22, 2014)2t

Resolution to Levy Tax for Capital Outlay Fund

WHEREAS, the Board of Education of Unified School District No. 466, Scott County, State of Kansas, is authorized by K.S.A. 72-8801, to make an annual tax levy at a mill rate not exceeding the statutorily-prescribed mill rate for a period of time as determined by the Board of Education upon the taxable tangible property in the district for the purpose specified in said law; and WHEREAS, the Board of Education has determined to exercise the authority vested in it by said law; NOW, THEREFORE, RESOLUTION Be It Resolved that: The above-named school board shall be authorized to make a continuous and permanent annual tax levy in an amount not to exceed 8 mills upon the taxable tangible property in the school district for the purpose of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, remodeling, additions to, furnishing, maintaining and equipping of school district property and equipment necessary for school district purposes, including (1) Acquisition of computer software; (2) acquisition of performance uniforms; (3) housing and boarding pupils enrolled in an area vocational school operated under the board; (4) architectural expenses; (5) acquisition of building sites; (6) undertaking and maintenance of asbestos control projects; (7) acquisition of school buses; and (8) acquisition of other fixed assets, and for the purpose of paying a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district. The tax levy authorized by this resolution may be made, unless a petition in opposition to the same, signed by not less than 10% of the qualified electors of the school district, is filed with the county election officer of the home county of the school district within 40 calendar days after the last publication of this resolution. In the event a petition is filed, the county election officer shall submit the question of whether the tax levy shall be authorized to the electors in the school district at an election called for that purpose or at the next general election, as is specified by the Board of Education of the above school district.

CERTIFICATE THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the above Resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Education of Unified School District No. 466, Scott County, Kansas, on the 12th day of May, 2014.

Susan Carter Clerk of the above Board of Education

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., May 8, 2014; last published Thurs., May 22, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLENDA M. MITCHELL, deceased Case No: 14PR7 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on the 16th day of April, 2014, a Petition was filed in this Court by Roy M. Boyd, an heir, devisee and legatee of Glenda M. Mitchell, deceased, praying: Descent be determined of the following described real estate situated in Scott County, Kansas, to-wit: A tract of land in the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Eighteen (18) South, Range Thirty-three (33) West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Block Twelve (12) in Fairlawn Addition to Scott City, Kansas, thence South along the East boundary line of said Block 12 to the North boundary line of Ninth Street, thence East along the North boundary line of Ninth Street to the West boundary line of the right-of-way of the Atchinson, Topeka and

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•Green card. If your U.S. Permanent Resident (Green) Card is lost, stolen or damaged, or if your name or other important information has legally changed since it was issued, you may request a new card from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by filing Form I-90 (available at http:// www.uscis.gov).

If you’re outside the U.S. and lose your green card, contact the nearest U.S. consulate or USCIS office before applying online for a new card.

•Medicare card. To replace a lost, stolen or damaged Medicare card, follow the procedures at https://secure.ssa.gov/ apps6z/IMRC/main.html.

To replace a Medicaid card, contact Medicaid (www.medicaid.gov).

•Tax returns. If you need exact copies of previously filed and processed tax returns (including attachments), you may order them from the IRS by submitting IRS Form 4506 (at www.irs.gov).

There is a $57 fee for each year’s return you request.

Before ordering an exact copy, however, ask whether a “tax return transcript” or “tax account transcript” will suffice.

These abbreviated printouts of returns are often acceptable substitutes for student loan and mortgage lenders and are free.

To order transcripts, go to www.irs.gov/ Individuals/Order-aTranscript.

•School transcripts. If you need to order high school or college transcripts, it’s best to contact the school’s registrar or student services office directly for instructions.

(Some websites that claim they can expedite the process have proven unreliable.)

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Santa Fe Railway, thence North along the West boundary line of said right-of-way, to the South boundary line of Eighth Street, thence West along the South boundary line of Eighth Street to the point of beginning, except alley on West side of said tract, as shown by the recorded plat thereof.

And all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by Decedent at the time of death. And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the Decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of Intestate Succession.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 3rd day of June, 2014, at 2:00 p.m.

(CST) in the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, Scott County Courthouse, Scott City, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Roy M. Boyd, Petitioner LARRY L. MYERS, SC#9793 Attorney at Law 2607 Pearly Jane Garden City, KS 67846 Tele: (620) 275-0156 Fax: (620)275-0477 Email: llmyers3@cox.net Attorney for Petitioner

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Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., May 1, 2014; last published Thurs., May 15, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VERA M. BUCKBEE, Deceased, Case No. 2014-PR-8 NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on April 28, 2014, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this court by Keen K. Brantley, an heir, devisee, legatee, and Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Vera M. Buckbee, deceased.

All creditors of the above named decedent 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.

Keen K. Brantley WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 Attorney for Petitioner

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Primary care system holding up in early weeks of ACA Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News

The headlines were ominous: Good luck finding a doctor under Obamacare. Not enough doctors for newly insured.

Obamacare, doctor shortage could crash health system.

Despite these dire predictions, the nation’s primary care system is handling the increased number of insured patients without major problems so far, according to interviews with officials at community health centers, large physician practices and insurers nationwide.

Five months into the

biggest expansion of health coverage in 50 years - with about 13 million people enrolled in private insurance and Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act - there are few reports of patients facing major delays getting care, say officials from more than two dozen health centers and multi-group practices, as well as insurers and physician groups in nine big states.

There are some exceptions, particularly in parts of Colorado, Kentucky and Washington state, which had some of the biggest gains in coverage.

HealthPoint, a network of nine community health

centers and six dental clinics southeast of Seattle, is turning away about 150 people a week, although it added two new facilities and expanded a third in anticipation of the surge.

The community health centers have seen nearly 7,000 new patients this year - a 10 percent increase - most of them newly covered by Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for the poor that expanded in Washington and 25 other states.

“It’s been incredibly stressful,” said Lisa Yohalem, the system’s chief strategy and development officer.

But most of the health centers and large physician groups contacted said they were prepared for new patients because they had added space and providers. A few cautioned that the full impact could be bigger because of the late surge of enrollees buying private plans in March and April, whose coverage would just be taking effect in May, and the large numbers still awaiting Medicaid cards.

Other states that were sampled included California, Connecticut.

New York, Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania.

Lund appointed by governor to serve on substance abuse board

Chris Lund, Marienthal, has been appointed to serve on the Kansas Citizens’ Committee on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse as a citizen representative.

Lund’s appointment is good through May 2017.

Lund is director of City on a Hill substance abuse treatment center for women near Chris Lund Marienthal.

“This opportunity will allow me to have a voice for the counties that have been supporting us over the years,” says Lund.

Among the board’s duties is to advise and meet with the Kansas Secretary for Aging and Disability Services.

The board’s goals are to “empower positive change in people’s lives through quality services for addiction, prevention and treatment.”

(See PRIMARY on page 15)

Kansans are still signing up for health coverage Dave Ranney KHI News Service

More than 57,000 Kansans signed up for health insurance through the federal exchange before the March 31 deadline.

“That was 19.1 percent of all those who were eligible,” said Katrina McGivern, communica-

tions coordinator for the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, one of the Kansas groups given federal grant dollars to help get people enrolled.

“We’d liked to have more, obviously, but we were happy with 57,000,” she said. “We beat our goal, which was 48,000.

I think if you look at the

Memory loss doesn’t have to mean dementia by the American Counseling Association

Improvements in health care and lifestyles mean more of us are living longer than ever before. But with that bonus of extra years also comes worries for many of us about the natural reductions in our abilities that occur as we age.

Most of us can accept that our physical strengths decline with age, even beginning at a fairly young age (yes, you’re only 41, but your teenage son will probably outrun you). What remains a source of stress is that our mental capabilities will also diminish as we get older.

The most immediate sign of the apparent “decline” is when we find we can’t remember things. Whether we’re 35 or 65 when we begin to notice lessened memory power, it’s often stressful and possibly frightening.

The reality, of course, is that we all forget things, regardless of our age. As a teenager there were homework assignments or promises to parents that slipped your mind just as easily as the name of that colleague you saw at lunch yesterday.

The difference is that back then you thought it no big deal, while now you’re sure it’s a sign that old age has you in its grips.

Experts say that for most people the decline in memory is actually very gradual and usually isn’t obvious until age 70 or later. And simple memory loss is not necessarily a sign of dementia. While dementia does cause memory loss, it also includes declines in cognitive and intellectual functions such as comprehension, judgment, learning capacity and reasoning.

So while having some trouble remembering doesn’t mean you’re slipping into senility, if you’re finding it increasingly troublesome, consider ways to improve memory.

Good starting points are eating a healthy diet, staying physically active and getting plenty of rest.

All can help combat memory loss while helping you feel and function better overall.

Mental health experts also advise that memory can be improved and preserved through training and practicing memory skills. There are numerous books, computer programs and online sites with exercises to improve memory. Learning a new skill, like cooking or chess, is another way to challenge and strengthen your mind.

But, if memory issues are truly bothering you, consider consulting your physician or a professional counselor. A counselor can offer diagnostic tests, as well as techniques, strategies and advice to make memory loss less of an issue in your life.

“Counseling Corner” is provided by the American Counseling Association. Comments and questions to ACAcorner@counseling.org or visit the ACA website at counseling.org

states that are similar to us, both politically and in size, we were somewhere in the middle.”

Most of the remaining 241,000 eligible Kansans who opted not to buy insurance through the marketplace now have to wait until annual enrollment reopens on Nov. 15.

But there are some notable exceptions.

“If you have what’s called a life-altering event, you can still get on the marketplace,” McGivern said.

Among the events are marriage, death of a spouse, birth of a child, loss of a job, retirement, adopting a child, becoming a citizen and exiting incarceration.

Would-be enrollees

have 60 days after the lifechanging event to sign up for insurance through the exchange.

“The most common situations, so far, have been people who are retiring early or who’ve been laid off,” said Christina Bachman, a marketplace navigator with the Salina Family Healthcare Center.

“Anytime there’s a change

in employment, that’s considered a life-altering event and you can enroll.”

Paige Ashley, outreach and enrollment coordinator with the Shawnee County Health Agency, said most of the calls she’s fielded have been from people who had lost their jobs.

(See SIGNING on page 15)

School officials call for new approach with troubled children Graduation shouldn’t be tied to college coursework A panel of school officials has urged members of the Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council to propose a major overhaul of the state’s approach to educating children with serious emotional and behavioral problems.

“So many of these children are not seen as young people with mental health needs,” said Vicki Vossler, special education director in Holton. “They’re

seen as young people with behavior problems or conduct problems. And the solution to those problems, all too often, is punishment.

“But punishment isn’t going to solve the problem,” she said. “We need to recognize that, and we need to be coming up with strategies for dealing with those behaviors.”

Dee McGee, who runs the special education program in Marysville, said she has been frustrated with state and federal policies and “red tape” that limit students’ access to school nurses, counselors and social workers.

“We’ve got to think differently,” McGee said.

Since 70 percent of the future jobs do not require a college degree, we probably shouldn’t be telling everybody they need to get a regents university degree and take (college level) algebra and a foreign language.

Dee McGee, special ed teacher Marysville school district

Policymakers, she said, should rethink the practice of tying the students’ high school graduation to completion of collegebound coursework, which often has the effect of setting them up to fail.

“Since 70 percent of the future jobs do not require a college degree, we probably shouldn’t be telling everybody they need to get a regents university degree and take (college level) algebra and a for-

eign language,” McGee said. “Some of our children cannot do that, and they’re not going to meet the Lake Wobegon average by the fact that we want them to.”

Steve Wolfe, school superintendent in Erie, said school officials need to recognize that some hard-to-handle “kids have baggage - unbelievable baggage - that you may not know about. Once you (See SCHOOL on page 15)

Primary Metro Community Provider Network, a community health center in Denver, has handled 2,000 new patients so far this year, thanks in part to a new walk-in clinic with evening hours that opened in January and was paid for by the Affordable Care Act. Henry Brown, 55, who signed up for Medicaid at the health center in January, said he’s had no problem getting appointments to treat his high blood pressure and arranging for foot surgery.

“It’s been a blessing for me,” said Brown, an ordained minister.

So what about the predictions about newly insured patients facing delays getting care?

“It was overblown,” said Sherry Glied, dean of New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a former top official in the Health and Human

School hear their stories, your life will change.”

Beryl New, principal at Highland Park High School in Topeka, said she often reminds her teachers that many of the district’s students have post-traumatic stress disorder and “have been in their home multiple times when police have come in at

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Services Department in cost doctors’ visits. In the Obama administration. California alone, 900,000 people are waiting for Waiting for Cards their cards because of Several factors are backlogs. thought to have muted That may account for early demand, from the why several health cenlate surge in enrollees - ters in California said they a million people signed had seen no significant up just since March 31, increase in new patients, so their policies are just although the state enrolled taking effect now - to an more than three million unusually cold and snowy people in private plans winter in the Northeast and Medicaid. and Midwest.

Although more people But the most signifi- have sought care - as seen cant is that more than five in the nearly 10 percent million people projected jump in health spending to gain coverage remain described in an April govuninsured because only ernment report - Glied half the states expand- said there are enough proed Medicaid. Kansas is viders in most places to among the states where care for them. officials chose not to “The primary care sysexpand eligibility for the tem is not being stretched program. to its absolute limits,” she And while Medicaid said. saw a net growth of 4.8 She estimated that million people since about four percent of the October, more than a mil- U.S. population gained lion who signed up are insurance this year but waiting to get the cards many of them are young that are their admission and “relatively low users tickets to free or low- of health care.”

Signing “I just had a woman come in today who said her whole department had been outsourced,” Ashley said. “She was out of work, but she knew she had to have health insurance so she wanted to know if she could still get on the marketplace, and she could.”

Ashley, Bachman and McGivern each declined to predict how many

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Many of the concerns about people experiencing delays grew out of the experience in Massachusetts after that state adopted near-universal coverage in 2006. Wait times for a doctor’s appointment rose to an average of 50 days with some as long as 100 days, according to a Massachusetts Medical Society report in 2008.

But Glied notes that Massachusetts residents historically had long waits for primary care visits, so their experience is not a good indicator.

And unlike the Massachusetts law, the Affordable Care Act gave health providers more than three years to prepare. In that time, the federal government has spent billions expanding community health centers while private practices have added nurse practitioners and physician assistants and adopted electronic health records.

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uninsured or underinsured Kansans are likely to enroll prior to the marketplace reopening Nov. 15.

“I don’t think anybody knows at this point,” McGivern said. “But if you fit into one of these life-change categories, you’re still going to have to go through the enrollment process and you’re still going to be exposed to the ‘donut hole,’ which

means you might be eligible for financial assistance or you might not.

There are a million different scenarios.”

“One of the things that Affordable Care Act does is it brings the same rules that exist in the employer insurance market into the individual market,” said Sheldon Weisgrau, director of the Health Reform Resource Project in Kansas.

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three o’clock in the morning and dragged away a parent or significant family member in handcuffs.”

These students, she said, often struggle to succeed.

“They have the potential to do well,” New said.

“But because of all the stressful situations they’ve been through, their perfor-

mance declines.”

“We’ll be incorporating what we heard today into our annual report to the governor,” said Wes Cole, chairman of the planning council. “This was really good information.”

Cole said the report should reach the Governor’s Office “sometime in June.”

“So if you’re someone whose insurance is through your employer and you have a baby, your plan allows you to add the baby to your plan,” he said. “You don’t have to wait until your open enrollment period rolls around again. This is doing the same thing for the individual market.”

Pastime at Park Lane We welcome Maxine Peterson and Royann Green to Park Lane.

The Prairie View Church of the Brethren led Sunday afternoon services.

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

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

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

Trivia games were played Tuesday evening.

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

Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

Madeline Murphy, Bar-

Make corsages for craft day

The Immanuel Baptist Church hosted a craft party on Tuesday afternoon. Residents made Mother’s Day corsages.

Volunteers assisting were Joy Barnett, Jennifer Murphy, Eva Smith, Mandy Barnett and Bev Nuckolls. Bev Nuckolls furnished cookies for an afternoon snack.

5 with May birthdays are honored

The May birthday party was held on Thursday afternoon.

Guests of honor were Dona Dee Carpenter, Geraldine Graves, Lorena Turley, Edith Donecker and Margaret Lee. bara Dickhut, MaryAnn Spangler, Mandy Barnett and Tammy Turley were the helpers.

On Wednesday evening several residents played cards.

Russell and Mary Webster led a Bible study on Thursday evening.

Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday

Deaths Survivors include: two daughters, Debra Dallas, Denver, Colo., and Dianne Unruh, and husband, Owen, Scott City; one brother, Charles Whitham, Leoti; four grandchildern and eight great-grandchildern.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, Dwight; and two brothers, Bruce and Frank Whitham.

Funeral service was held May 14 at the First United Methodist Church, Scott City, with Rev. Dennis Carter officiating.

Interment was at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church or Scott County EMTs in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Mervin Eugene Heitschmidt Mervin Eugene Heitschmidt, 72, died May 10, 2014.

H e was born on March 22, 1942, in the f a m ily farmhouse in H o l y Mervin Heitschmidt rood, the son of Alfred and Alyce (LaOrange) Heitschmidt.

In 1957, the family moved to Cass Lake, Minn., where they purchased Birch Villa Resort. Merv was a member of the Braham Covenant Church.

He earned his B.A. degree in English from Ft. Hays State University in 1966. His first teaching job was in Scott City where he met the physical education teacher, Janice

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Dick and Shirley Steffens.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Tracy Hess, Rex Turley, LuJauna Turley, Dustin Turley, Mary Lou Oeser and Karon Harms.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock, and Abby Jackson.

Edith Norman was visited by Nancy Holt, Sally Whitson, Sara Shane, Jan and JoAnn Norman, Sue Riner and Sharilyn Wilken.

Jim and Yvonne Spangler were visited by Greg and Yvette Mills, Les and MaryAnn Spangler; Will, Danica and Jag; Danny and Mona Spangler, and Sharilyn Wilken.

Maxine Peterson was visited by Tamara.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Pastor Dennis Carter, Ivadelle Cotton and Marvel Keyse.

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Lucille Dirks was visited by Willetta Payne, Vicki Dirks, Jerome and Darla Luebbers, and Floyd and Vivian Dirks.

Geraldine Graves was visited by Jerry Korbe and Dick and Shirley Steffens.

Boots Haxton and Melissa Jasnoch were Mother’s Day dinner guests of Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Earl Gorman was visited by Loretta Gorman, Dick Steffens, Jane McBroom, and Barb and Chuck Brobst.

Ann Tedford was visited by Mary Plum.

Harriet Jones was visited by Nancy Holt and Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church.

Herb Graves was visited by Tina Turley, Kambra Dearden, Lori Brandl and Emily Wright.

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

Recent arrivals at the

Corinne Krebs Corinne Krebs, 90, died May 11, 2014, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

S h e was born on Oct. 31, 1923, in Scott City, the daughter of Corinne Krebs Ray and Mabel (Garvin) Whitham. A lifetime resident of Scott City, she was a homemaker and a teacher.

Corinne was a member of the First United Methodist Church and UMW, both of Scott City. She was also a member of the Kolorful Kansas Art Association.

On Oct. 14, 1945, she married Floyd Krebs in Scott City. He died April 4, 1999, in Scott City.

morning. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon.

Residents played Wii bowling on Friday evening.

Albert Dean was visited by Darol Davey, Keith and Jean Burgess, Kelsi Schwartz, Nancy Holt, Kent Geist and Sue Rose.

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Smith. They were married April 8, 1967. She survives.

Other survivors include: one daughter, Cristi Komschlies, and husband, Joel, Olympia, Wash.; one son, Chad, Princeton, Minn.; one brother, Larry, and wife, Juanita, Isle, Minn.; three grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral service was held May 15 at the Braham Covenant Church with Rev. Steve Jennisch officiating.

Interment was at the Braham Mission Covenant Cemetery.

Arrangements were made by the Rock Ingebrand Funeral Home, Braham, Minn., www.aifuneralhome.com.

Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of May 19-23 Monday: Barbeque beef, potato salad, creamy cole slaw, whole wheat bread, peach crisp.

Tuesday: Cheeseburger, deli fixins, broccoli and cauliflower salad, pudding.

Wednesday: Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans, tossed salad, French bread, brownie with ice cream.

Thursday: Bierock casserole, pea layer salad, tomato slices, blueberry bar.

Friday: Baked fish, parsley potatoes, green beans, whole wheat roll, strawberries and bananas. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501

Scott County Library Land of the Shadow: 1861-1863 and Romance Thrive During the War Between the States – by Gilbert Morris – This account of the Rocklin clan features the relationship between Southern photographer Paul Bristol and his assistant, Frankie Aimes, a Northern woman forced to spy for the Union. Fiction Killer (An Alex Delaware Novel) – by Jonathan Kellerman – Constance Sykes, a successful physician, hardly seems like someone Alex needs to fear. Then, at the behest of the court, he becomes embroiled in a bizarre child custody dispute initiated by Connie against her sister and to realize that there is much more about the siblings he has failed to comprehend.

Fiction Long Man – by Amy Greene – In the summer of 1936, the TVA plans to build a dam in a Tennessee town at the same time a little girl goes missing – possibly stolen by a drifter determined to blow up the dam. Fiction Urban Farm Projects: Making the Most of Your Money, Space, and Stuff – by Kelly Wood - Over 40 innovative do-it-yourself projects are stylishly presented and compiled in the entertaining and easy-to-follow user’s manual.

With projects ranging from candle making, canning, raising bees, and working with a plots and backyards. Urban Farm Projects is a musthave for every urban dweller looking to make the most of their money, space, time and stuff.

Non-Fiction Susanna’s Dream - by Marta Perry – As young girls, three Amish sisters were separated and told nothing about each other. When the long-held secrets of their parentage came to light many years later, two of the grown women reconnected, now they reach out to the third.

Fiction

Judy Redburn was visited by Wendy Derstine, Mary Torson, Tina Turley, LuJauna Turley and Rex Turley.

Verna Willman was visited by D’Ann Markel, Bob Willman and Bill Willman.

James Still was visited

by Tina Turley.

Darlene Richman was visited by Debra Farr and Brandy Wright.

Corine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard, Aaron and Mandy Kropp, John and Kylee Kropp, Faye Hoover, Warren and Wyatt Kropp, Nancy Holt, Janice Drohman and Margie Stevens.

Delores Brooks was visited by Nancy Holt.

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Pastor Dennis Carter and Jimaline Haddon.

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

110 W. 8th Street, Scott City http://scottcounty.mykansaslibrary.org Carnal Curiosity (Stone Barrington Novel) by Stuart Woods - Stone Barrington seems to have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When Manhattan’s elite are beset be a series of clever crimes and Stone is a material witness, he and his former partner Dino Bacchetti find themselves drawn into the world of high end security and fraud. Fiction Destroyer Angel - by Nevada Barr - Anna Pigeon, a ranger for the U.S. Park Services, sets off on vacation. With Anna is her friend Heath, a paraplegic, Leah, a wealthy designer and her daughter Katie. Anna finds herself in a situation where she has two days to either be killed or find a way out of the country. Fiction Be in a Treehouse: Design, Construction, Inspiration – by Pete Nelson – Pete Nelson, the world’s best-known treehouse designer and builder wants to put readers in trees. His new book is a comprehensive source of inspiration and practical information about treehouse design.

Non-Fiction The Auschwitz Escape – by Joel Rosenberg – As World War II rages and Hitler begins implementing his “final solution” to systematically and ruthless exterminate the Jewish people, Jacob Weisz must rely on his wits and a God he’s not sure he believes in to somehow escape from Auschwitz and alert the world to the Nazi’s atrocities before Fascism overtakes all of Europe.

Fiction The Devil Amongst the Lawyers – by Sharyn McCrumb – The Devil Amongst the Lawyers is set in the mountains of Virginia in 1934, where a young woman is on trial for the murder of her father, and a young journalist sets out to find the truth. Fiction

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Even if you are divorced, you still may qualify for survivors benefits. For more information, go to www. socialsecurity.gov. * * * Q) What is a Social Security “credit?”

A) During your working years, earnings covered

by Social Security are posted to your record. You earn Social Security credits based on those earnings. The amount of earnings needed for one credit rises as average earnings levels rise.

In 2014, you receive one credit for each $1,200 of earnings. You can earn up to a maximum of four credits a year. Most people will need 40 credits (or 10 years of work) to be eligible for retirement benefits. Learn more by reading the online publication How You Earn Credits at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs. * * * Q) I’ve heard you can apply online for retirement benefits. But isn’t it easier just to go into an office?

A) Retiring online is the easier way to go. There’s no need to fight traffic to travel to a local Social Security office and wait for an appointment with a Social Security representative.

You can apply in as little as 15 minutes. Just visit www.socialsecurity.gov. Once you submit your electronic application, you’re done. In most cases there are no forms to sign or documents to mail.

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A Desire for Peace News reports from around the world will let us know we are not living in peaceful times, in fact, they let us know our world is rather chaotic, uncertain and tense.

There are wars overseas, wars on our streets, wars in our homes and a war even going on within ourself many times. There is much darkness, anguish and despair in our world yet we (as the human race) cry out desperately for peace.

Someone told me the other day, “I just want to experience some peace in my life” and I believe they spoke for many others in this world as well.

In the Bible the prophet Isaiah (8:20-22) spoke of the darkness, anguish and despair in the world but then in the very next chapter there was a shift from despair to hope and peace as he said this despair would not go on forever. This shift from despair centered on two verses (Isaiah 9:6-7) Isa 9:6-7.

6: For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7: His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!

This was pointing to a King that would come and His kingdom would be a kingdom of peace and justice and this kingdom will last forever!

As we move forward to Luke 2 when the angels of Heaven appeared to the shepherds and gave the birth announcement of Jesus the Messiah. The angels said “Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to whom God is pleased.” Peace had come to earth through the promised son, Jesus Christ!

This announcement does not, however, suggest in any way that all trials, struggles, despair or hardships would all disappear and peace would rule on earth. It says that peace was made available to whom God is pleased.

So who is peace made available to? Anyone who would open up their hearts and receive Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, can know true peace. The peace that HE offers is not like the peace the world offers. Jesus offers a peace of mind and heart.

Jesus says, “In this world there will be many trials but take heart, because I have overcome the world and you may have peace in me.” This kind of peace lets me say that because of Jesus everything is going to be ok even when my world is not okay. This kind of peace gives me a bright hope for tomorrow even in the midst of the sorrows of this world, for this peace looks beyond this world and promises an eternal peace!

Have you opened up your heart and received the gift of peace through Jesus Christ our Lord? Have you called on the name of the Lord for salvation? Have you cried out to Jesus for forgiveness of your sins? It is when we call out to Jesus and open our hearts to Him that we will experience Peace that surpasses all human understanding!

Pastor Kyle Evans First Baptist Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

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

St. Joseph Catholic Church

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

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

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

Pence Community Church

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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 • Wednesday mornings Breakfast at 6:30 a.m.

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

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

Community Christian Church

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

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

12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 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 Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264 Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church

1st United Methodist Church

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 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 casual 6:30 p.m.: “The Way” contemporary gathering Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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

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

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

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

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

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

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

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Youngsters who have reached 200 to 1,000 book milestones in the Scott County Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” reading program are:

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Jordan Rufenacht 600

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Collier Livingstone 800

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Addison Dearden 1,000

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GWAC Vocalists and Musicians

Scott City Middle School vocalists who earned I and II ratings at the Great West Activities Conference music festival held in Garden City are (front row, from left) Angela Penaran (II+) and Abby Ford (I+). (Middle row) Abbigail Prochnow (I), Daniel Nolasco (II+) and Emily Smith (II+). (Back row) Tasha Dearden (I) and Jera Drohman (I).

(Middle) Musicians earning top ratings were (front row) Brenda Aguirre, Trella Davis and Emily Smith (flute trio, I-). Smith also received a II for her flute solo. (Back row) Tasha Dearden (trumpet solo, I), Trenedy Beaton (saxophone solo, II+), Daniel Nolasco (baritone, II), Ashley Lightner (clarinet, II+) and Abby Ford (flute solo, I-).

(Bottom photo) Members of the percussion ensemble earning a II+ rating were (from left) Jade Heim, Porter Irwin, Dexter Gooden, Jordan Wagner, Conner LeBeau and Makaela Stevens.

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Relay picture getting a little clearer for SC

Scott Community High School sophomore Wyatt Kropp leans for the finish line in the 100m finals at the Russell Invitational on Friday.

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The Scott Community High School boys were hoping to gain a clearer picture on what their relay teams will look like heading into next week’s regional track meet.

They may have made some progress with their 4x400m and 4x800m relays.

Both relays claimed gold medals at the Russell Invitational on Friday, but that wasn’t a huge surprise.

Head coach Jim Turner was pleasantly surprised to see a couple of his 4x800m runners turn in their fastest splits of the season as the Beavers easily won the relay in a 8:27.37 - more than 3-1/2 seconds faster than their previous best.

Irvin Lozano (2:08.03)

and Miguel Chavez (2:08.54) each ran their best times of the season to go along with Brayden Strine (2:07.5) in the leadoff spot and junior Brett Meyer (2:03.8) as the anchor.

“That’s what we’ve been waiting to see all season from Irvin and Miguel,” says Turner.

“Now we need to see some consistency.”

Lozano pulled out of the 4x400m relay and that concerns Turner.

“We may just have to run him in the 4x800 if he can’t come back and run another race,” noted Turner.

He’s also considering the possibility of switching Strine and Meyer around.

(See RELAY on page 22)

Baker shuts down state-ranked Eagles Baseball, softball

Sloan Baker scattered eight hits and got some solid defensive play from his teammates in the second half of their doubleheader against Hugoton last Friday.

Normally, that might have been enough for the Beavers to come away with a much-needed win.

N o t w h e n you’re playing the No. Hugoton 21 3 Scott City 2 0 5 ranked team in Class 4A. Hugoton didn’t get much offense against Baker, but it was more than enough for the

Eagles to avoid the upset and escape with a 3-0 win.

That came on the heels of a 21-2 loss by the Beavers in the opener.

“That was the best game that Sloan’s pitched this year,” said head coach Neil Baker. “He was pitching well and Keigun (Wells) was calling a good

game behind the plate. He was locating the pitches real well.

“Sloan was spotting his fast ball well and he was able to keep the batters off balance with his off-speed stuff.”

Baker had six strikeouts and was protecting a (See BAKER on page 25)

regionals next week The SCHS baseball and softball teams face uphill battles in Class 4A regional play next week.

The Scott City boys (0-16) will host Hugoton (16-1) on the home field Tues., May 20, at 2:00 p.m.

The Lady Beavers (2-12) travel to Goodland where they face the top-seeded Cowgirls (15-3) on Tuesday at 2:45 p.m. (CDT).

Wycoff, 4x400m claim golds at Russell You can never tell when Kelly Wycoff is angry from her demeanor.

But when she’s on the track, that’s another matter.

The Scott Community High School speedster false-started in the 100m prelims at the Russell In-

vitational on Friday, denying her an easy gold medal.

That only motivated her even more in her remaining events as the senior ran away from the field to win gold medals in the 200m and 400m, in addition to anchoring a

come-from-behind win in the 4x400m relay.

“Hopefully, she learned from her mistake,” says head coach Jim Turner.

“There wasn’t anyone who was going to challenge her (in the 100) so she didn’t need that kind of start. That will prob-

ably be true at regional.”

Wycoff responded with an outstanding race in the 400m with a time of 58.08, improving on her season best by 60/100 of a second. She was equally impressive in the 200m where she blew away the field with a gold medal

time of 25.88.

However, the senior saved her best for the 4x400m relay.

Trailing Russell by more than 10 meters on the back stretch, Wycoff showed a burst of speed in the 200m to give her team a gold medal with an an-

chor split of 58.01. Scott City’s time of 4:13.25 was 1-1/2 seconds off their season best of 4:11.77 despite the ideal conditions.

Other members of the relay were Megan Thornburg, Bailey Nickel and Aubrey Davis.

(See WYCOFF on page 23)

Hayes once again wins rivalry, breaks triple jump record There’s probably no one who drives Wyatt Hayes to win more than Jack Thomas.

And there’s probably no one who motivates Thomas more than Hayes.

“It’s a friendly rivalry,” says Hayes of his Scott City Middle School seventh grade teammate.

The two have battled each other throughout the season in the triple jump. At one point in the season, Thomas briefly owned the school triple jump record, only to see Hayes come back later in the day to beat him by a half-inch and claim the record for himself.

The following meet it was Thomas topping Hayes by an inch for the gold medal.

On Tuesday, it was Hayes who held the edge in the triple jump, claiming both a Great West Activities Conference record by more than a foot and topping his own school record with a leap of 36-8. Thomas finished second

with a mark of 35-4.

It was on his second attempt that Hayes set the record.

“It felt like a good jump,” he says. “I wasn’t surprised at getting the record.”

But he also was quick to give credit to his teammate.

“Having someone like Jack to compete against makes me push myself and try even harder,” says Hayes. “He may get mad at me, but we’re still friends.”

As a seventh grader, this is Hayes’ first year to compete in the triple jump and he’s learned quickly.

“Coach (Kyle) Carroll has helped me to learn how to do it.

She’s the one who got me to give it a try and things have just kind of rolled on from there,” says Hayes. “The technique was kind of hard to pick up at the beginning, but after a couple of weeks it started coming together pretty well.”

(See HAYES on page 21)

Scott City Middle School seventh grader Wyatt Hayes sets a GWAC and school record in the triple jump at the league track meet in Colby on Tuesday. (Record Photo)

SCMS 8th graders claim 4 silvers in Nature’s league track meet

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Outdoors in Kansas

by Steve Gilliland

clever actors

Over the years I’ve had many encounters with those jaunty little stilt-legged birds known as killdeers. As a midwestern farm kid I can’t count the number of times the little beggars ran ahead of the tractor in the middle of a field, full of absolutely nothing but bare soil, never once hesitating to take on the big green behemoth invading their space.

And that broken wings thing they do to lead you away from their nest . . . seriously?

Occasionally I’d stop to chase one around and the minute I’d start to gain on it those wings that looked broken to the point of dragging uselessly in the dirt would miraculously heal and those tiny stick legs would propel it well out of reach again. I suppose killdeer are named partly for the loud “KILL DEE” call they use, especially after they’ve fooled you again with the broken wing thing.

As kids, we would spend some time each fall on Kelley’s Island in Lake Erie catching yellow perch. One popular spot to fish was from the dock where the big ferry tied-up when it arrived each time from the mainland. The dock included a large concrete area where passengers and vehicles unloaded from the ferry. When the ferry was not in, we’d sit on the dock with our feet dangling over the water and the big concrete pad behind us.

Several killdeers were always hanging out there, I guess looking for handouts from departing passengers who thought they were so adorable they’d toss them bread and other snacks. The concrete contained several potholes that filled with water (See ACTORS on page 22)

The Scott City Middle School eighth graders picked up five silver medals in the Great West Activities Conference track meet on Tuesday in Colby.

Reid Brunswig had a career best of 35-5 in the triple jump for a runnerup finish.

The Bluejays swept three of the top six spots in the pole vault, led by Adrian Ruelas (2nd, 8-6), followed by Brunswig (5th, 8-0) and Rafael Estrella (6th, 8-0).

Austin Rios finished second in the 3200m (12:05.05).

The Bluejays added silver medals in the 4x200m relay (1:48.03) and the 4x800m (10:10.24).

Competing on the 4x200m were Brunswig, Jon Gonzalez, Marco Vasquez and Zach

Carson. The 4x800m included Ruelas, Dalton Pfenninger, Vasquez and Nick Nowak.

Gonzalez was a third place finisher in the 1600m (5:20.89) and Ruelas picked up a bronze medal in the 800m.

The 4x100m relay finished third in 51.72. It included Kwan Stewart, Vasquez, Brunswig and Turner.

Nowak was also a bronze medalist in the long jump (16-6) and finished fourth in the 200m (31.48).

Gonzalez was fourth in the 400m (58.98) while Cordell Green was fourth in the 100m hurdles (18.64).

The Bluejays finished third with 100.5 points behind Holcomb (130) and Goodland (106).

Eighth grader Marco Vasquez takes the baton from Cole Pfenninger in the 4x800m relay during the GWAC track meet in Colby on Tuesday.

(Record Photo)

Chiefs fill big needs without the big names If you were a Kansas City Chiefs’ fan looking for a pick in this year’s draft guaranteed to put us into the Super Bowl, then you were disappointed.

There just wasn’t that “gotta have him at all costs” player. Even No. 1 pick Jadeveon Clowney has some detractors and Johnny Football slipped all the way to No. 22.

The fact we weren’t in the running for a Mr. Everything is good. The teams looking for someone who can make that kind of impact are selecting in the top five or 10, which is where the Chiefs have found themselves all too often. As KC fans have hopefully learned, when you’re picking that

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high in the draft you have far too many problems for one player to fix.

Sorry, Houston.

Clowney makes you a better team. He alone doesn’t make you a playoff team.

Chiefs’ fans have to accept that we’ve reached the point where improvements are more subtle. We don’t have to make a big splash with someone like Johnny Manziel. There are lesser-known players who will definitely make an impact and, more importantly, give us depth.

It’s also a good to re-

member that what some may think is an obvious need isn’t what it appears.

For example, it seemed that most everyone this side of the Pope was saying that KC’s most glaring needs were wide receiver and defensive back. Instead, we surprise all of the experts by drafting Auburn linebacker Dee Ford in the first round.

Why Ford? First of all, don’t underestimate the value of Ford just because Clowney got all the attention. The difference between the two is very small.

When I see Ford on film I’m reminded of former KC great Derrick Thomas. Offensive tackles found it very difficult

to block Ford, plus he has great speed and agility.

Ford is a great complement to Tamba Hali and Justin Houston. That allows defensive coordinator Bob Sutton to let his imagination run wild with all three players on the field at the same time.

We’re going to have the ability to bring so much pressure that quarterbacks won’t even feel secure in the huddle.

The short-term benefit is that it gives us another pass rushing threat. It also provides valuable depth which became a huge factor last year when Houston missed six games late in the season due to injury.

It’s no coincidence that when Houston was out

of the lineup and teams could focus on stopping Hali that we hit our lateseason tailspin.

As for fans who felt we needed to focus on a wide receiver with our first pick, keep in mind offense wasn’t our primary problem last year. We scored 44 points against Indianapolis in the first round playoff loss.

Without a healthy Houston in the lineup, we couldn’t pressure the quarterback and that allowed teams to shred our secondary.

In the long-term, it provides us with a starter who will have to replace either Hali or Houston (probably Hali) when their (See CHIEFS on page 22)

Thomas shatters 800m record in GWAC

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7th grader barely missed 1600m record

Jack Thomas admits there probably isn’t a whole lot of strategy involved when he steps on the track.

There’s one speed. And there’s one goal.

The Scott City Middle School seventh grader destroyed the middle distance field at the Great West Activities Conference track meet on Tuesday by easily winning the 800m (2:15.98) and the 1600m (5:01.77).

Thomas easily claimed the GWAC 800m record by nearly four seconds. He missed breaking the 1600m by 49/100 of a second.

For the first three laps he was on an identical record-setting pace that he ran at Great Bend when he was clocked in 4:57.18.

“It’s too bad that he didn’t have someone to push him,” says coach Larry Fox. “It’s hard telling how fast he could run if there was someone who was running with him.

“At Great Bend there was an eighth grader who’d run a 4:55 mile. It would have been great if he and Jack could have been in the same race.”

Without anyone to push him in the 1600m, Thomas says “I just go out and run as hard as I can.

“I just try to pace myself and run faster in every meet.”

The strategy isn’t complicated, but it’s worked well for Thomas who has dominated the 800m and 1600m throughout the season.

“I just run as fast as I can and see who can keep up,” he says.

While he has been impressive in both, Thomas says the 1600m has become his favorite event.

The improvement that Thomas has seen this season has been nothing short of incredible.

He already had the 1600m record entering Great Bend and he improved on that by 15 seconds.

“He’s the first seventh grader I can ever remember breaking five minutes,” says Fox, who has seen some outstanding middle distance runners coming through SCMS over the years.

Thomas’s season best of 2:15.98 in the 800m is just off the school record of 2:15.22 that’s owned by Jarrod Herbers who went on to become a state champion in the 800m.

Hayes Hayes added silver medals in the long jump (17-6) and the 400m (57.83) in addition to anchoring the league champion 4x800m relay (10:20.93. Other members of the relay team were Jose Trejo, Parker Vulgamore and Miles Haire.

The Bluejays ran away with the seventh grade team title, scoring 153 points. They were followed by Colby (112), Ulysses (106), Holcomb (101), Oakley (30) and Goodland (19).

Faurot Wins 3 Golds Seventh grader Marshall Faurot swept gold medals in the high jump (5-4), pole vault (9-6) and the 200m hurdles (29.62).

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Faurot broke the old GWAC record of 5-2 in the high jump.

His winning time in the hurdles also establishes a new SCMS record, breaking the old mark of 30.15 owned by Wyatt Kropp.

Kyle Sherwood was a silver medalist in the shot put (32-8) and finished third in the 200m (28.54).

The Bluejays picked up another gold medal in the 4x400m relay (4:17.28) which included Trejo, Kevin Duong, Vulgamore and Thomas.

The 4x200m relay finished in second place with a time of 1:56.48. Members of the relay were Trejo, Angel Rodriguez, Duong and Sherwood.

(Above) SCMS seventh grader Jack Thomas pulls away from the pack for an easy win in the 1600m during the GWAC track meet on Tuesday.

(Left) Marshall Faurot clears 9-6 to win a gold medal in the pole vault.

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K-State’s schedule not what Snyder usually likes Bill Snyder will begin his 23rd year as Kansas State University’s head football coach this fall.

Snyder by (178-90-1) Mac has led the Stevenson Wildcats to 14 bowl games during his legendary career.

Speculating how long Snyder will coach at K-State is impossible to guess. He will turn 75 on Oct. 7 and hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. His coaching skills remain as sharp as ever. To say he’s aged well is a master understatement.

It’s not too early to take a look at K-State’s nonconference schedule for this fall.

K-State’s home opener with Stephen F. Austin (Aug. 30) will be an easy win, but from there the schedule is quite a departure from most years.

The Wildcats immediately jump into the conference schedule with a game against Iowa State (Sept. 6) which isn’t part of Snyder’s normal early season strategy which delays any conference games until the third or fourth weeks of the season.

You can blame this aberration as a carryover from the ill-fated Ron Prince era.

Following a bye week, Kansas State’s third game is against SEC power Auburn in Manhattan (Sept. 18).

This will be nationally televised and a major challenge for both teams.

Snyder has never scheduled this type of nonconference game and his success over many seasons has proven the wisdom of his strategy.

However, with the new playoff system taking effect this season, the Auburn game might prove to be a blessing in disguise. Kansas State is going to have another talented football team and a win over Auburn could propel the Wildcats to unexpected heights.

In addition, the publicity the Wildcats will receive from the national telecast will be an invaluable recruiting asset.

K-State’s final tuneup for Big 12 play will be against UTEP in Manhattan (Sept. 27).

(See SCHEDULE on page 25)

Relay “We may put Brett in the leadoff spot and have him give us the lead. We’ll see if our two middle runners can hold onto it,” Turner said. “I think Brayden can still cut another three or four seconds off his time and maybe he’ll do that if he has to chase someone down at the end of a race.”

With Drake McRae (54.10) and Wyatt Kropp (54.2) on the 4x400m relay the Beavers still had no trouble picking up a gold medal. Strine ran a

Chiefs contracts come up for renewal.

Given our salary cap situation, the Chiefs won’t be able to afford both Hali and Houston.

My guess is that Hali will be leaving as a free agent after the 2014 season and if we don’t sign Houston to a long-term deal we’ll designate him our franchise player. * * * Kansas City’s next three picks in the draft share one unfortunate trait. Each has had to deal with major injuries during their college careers.

Rice cornerback Phillip Gaines - KC’s second pick in the draft - missed games because of a broken wrist in 2009 and due to a foot injury

Actors which had splashed into them when the ferry arrived and left.

Minnows were the preferred bait for yellow perch, and I remember that we would put a few minnows into the nearest pothole, trying to lure the killdeers close. They’d stay just out of reach until the second we’d turn our back, then from the corner of my eye I’d see them scamper in, skewer a minnow or two from the puddle then retreat just out of reach again to swallow their catch.

Killdeer are members of the plover family which includes several other cousins that also look a lot like killdeers. I learned that baby birds are divided into two distinct groups. Birds that hatch blind, naked and helpless are known as altricial, (Greek for “wet nurse.”)

This group includes robins, blue jays and most other backyard birds whose hatchlings lie helplessly in their nest utterly relying on the parents to bring

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solid 52.22 in the leadoff spot and Meyer closed out the relay with a 51.45 and the Beavers posted a 3:32.17 - just 32/100 of a second off their season best.

This is a combination that the Beavers may go with at regional as well.

Meyer Adds Gold Meyer was pushed for most of the 800m before pulling away in the final 100 meters to claim a gold medal in 2:01.97 -

only 63/100 second shy of his season best.

Chavez picked up a bronze medal with a season best of 2:09.91.

Kropp, a sophomore, broke 12 seconds not once, but twice, for the first time in his career in the 100m. He ran a career best of 11.75 in the prelims and followed that with 11.78 in the finals to finish fourth against an outstanding sprint field.

He added another sea-

son best in the 300m hurdles (42.81) to finish fourth.

Wyatt Eitel extended his career best in the discus by more than four feet - to 131-11 - for a fourth place finish.

McRae didn’t medal, but he did turn in a career best of 25.01 in the 200m.

Strine was a bronze medalist in the 400m (53.2) and senior Oscar Armendariz had his fastest time of the season in the 1600m (4:57.02) to finish third.

take Thomas long to make KC fans forget Dexter McCluster.

The Chiefs made no secret prior to the draft that they had their eyes on Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, who they picked up in the fifth round.

I’m convinced that if he would have come out of college last year as a junior he would have been a first round pick and could have very well been drafted by Kansas City.

Murray played 11 games last season before suffering a torn ACL that ended his college career. He still has the distinction of being the first SEC quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in four consecutive seasons.

ESPN analyst John Gruden had high praise for Murray, saying, “He is polished. I’d want to coach him.” Now he gets to learn under head coach Andy Reid who is known for developing quarterbacks.

KC addressed the offensive line with their final two selections - Tennessee guard Zach Fulton and tackle Laurent Duvernay-Tardif from Canada.

Big names? Not necessarily.

But the Chiefs will be better than they were a year ago and that’s what you want from the draft.

Killdeers almost always lay four eggs, but none of the eggs start to develop until the last egg is laid and the parent begins to sit on the nest. When the embryos feel the warmth of the adult killdeer on the nest, they all start to develop at the same time, meaning that even though three of the eggs are older than the last one layed, all chicks will still be the same age when hatched.

The thing about killdeers that has always baffled me is why on earth they nest in the places they do. Although technically in the family known as shorebirds, their nests will usually be found about as far away from water as they can get; often in the middle of a plowed field or in the gravel of a busy parking lot; places with absolutely no cover whatsoever.

As far as no-frill nests go, they rank right up there with turkey vultures. They’ll use a slight depression, if there happens to be one, to hold the eggs, but that’s about as fancy

as it gets. They make up for all this by laying eggs that blend in so well with their chosen locations, it’s a fortunate person indeed who ever actually spots a killdeer nest and eggs in the wild.

Killdeers are very tolerant of us humans. There are numerous examples of them nesting and hatching families along busy sidewalks or next to tennis courts.

As a kid I had dozens of encounters with those cute, little birds, but never once did I ever find a nest. In fact, I don’t think it ever occurred to me to search for one. Now as I think about it, it kind of bothers me thinking about all the killdeer nests I probably unknowingly disked under.

To killdeers everywhere, forgive me? And maybe it’s time to rethink the whole nest location thing.

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in 2011. That goes along with marijuana possession charges in 2011. Those issues may have contributed to Gaines slipping in the draft and KC getting a bargain.

Oregon runningback, slot receiver and special teams phenom De’Anthony Thomas may be remembered by K-State fans for his 94 yard kickoff return to open the 2012 Fiesta Bowl. He missed three games due to injury in 2013 which took him out of the running for a Heisman Trophy.

Andy Reid is going to have fun figuring all the different ways to use Thomas on offense. I don’t believe it will

The X Factor (Ty Rowton) is a former Scott City resident who has been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame as a Chiefs Superfan

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them food and push it down their throats.

It’s two weeks or more before altricial hatchlings mature enough to leave the nest, and even then they rely completely on the parents for food.

The other group is known as precocial, (Latin for “ripened beforehand,”) and includes ducks, geese, pheasants, quail and killdeer.

These hatchlings remain in the nest only long enough for their feathers to dry, then they are already out following their parents about, learning the ropes of life. Precocial birds remain in the egg twice as long as altricial birds to give them more time to develop.

So for example, a one-dayold killdeer chick is actually two weeks older than a one day old robin hatchling. And along with this, killdeer eggs are twice as big as robin eggs to allow for more nourishment to be built into the egg to sustain the chick for its longer time “behind the shell.”

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

Attend the annual K-State Fry in Scott City on Wed, May 21 • HRC Feed Yards

Kansans must take steps to stop aquatic invaders As the warming weather beckons outdoor enthusiasts to their favorite lake or river, Kansans should remember that they play a critical role in helping stop aquatic invaders that threaten lakes and rivers in Kansas and many other states.

Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) are animals and plants not native to Kansas that can threaten lake and river ecology, harm native or desirable species, and interfere with our economy. They often hitchhike on the boats and equipment used by unsuspecting people who may unknowingly transport them to a previously uninfested body of water.

“Zebra mussels, Asian carp and white perch are already established in our state,” said Gov. Sam Brownback. “They and other unwanted aquatic species pose serious environmental and economic threats, not only to Kansas waters, but also those of other states.”

“These species don’t respect political boundaries, and they occur in public and private water bodies of all sizes,” said Jessica Howell, Kansas Aquatic Nuisance Species Program Coordinator.

“Whatever your destination, it’s important to follow the local laws and regulations concerning aquatic invaders. In Kansas,

Wycoff “We’re going to look at changing the order (in the relay) and see what that might do for us,” says Turner. “We can improve on our time. I’d like to see what can happen if we have Bailey start us out.

I’d like to think she can run close to 61 (seconds) if she’s got someone to run against.”

The 4x800m relay picked up a silver medal in a season best of 10:44.53.

KDWP Report visit ProtectKSWaters. org for information about aquatic nuisance species and the necessary precautions.”

There are three primary ways to help stop the spread of ANS - clean, drain and dry boats and equipment after every visit to any lake or river (including anything that gets wet, such as tackle, swim gear, footwear, etc).

Don’t move live fish between bodies of water or up streams.

Don’t dump plants or animals in the water or drainage ditches. Instead, discard unused bait on dry land or in an approved receptacle, and find a new home with a pet shop or friend for unwanted aquarium species or pets In addition to stopping the spread of ANS, it is also important to prevent the introduction of new species such as aquarium pets. In 2013, three tropical fish specimens were discovered in Kansas – an arowana at Lake Shawnee, Topeka; a pacu at Stone Lake, Great Bend; and a tilapia at Mill Creek, upstream from Shawnee Mission Park.

None of the exotic fish likely would have survived the winter.

However, in 2013 and early 2014, two new populations of Chinese and

Japanese mystery snails were reported in Kansas - both of which now have reproducing populations in several Kansas waters.

These snails are popular with aquarium and water garden enthusiasts.

Asian Carp are actually three species of carp threaten waterways and fish populations. They can eat up to 40 percent of their body weight each day, competing with native fish for food and threatening the diversity and quality of other aquatic life.

When young, Asian carp resemble native minnows and shad, which is one reason the Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission adjusted the bait fish regulations to limit the use of wild-caught bait fish.

When grown, Asian carp can weigh up to 100 pounds, and they are prone to leaping out of the water when disturbed, posing a real physical threat to boaters. They occur in the Missouri River, have made their way up the Kansas River as far as Lawrence and are moving into other Missouri River tributaries.

Zebra mussels are dime-sized, shelled animals that attach themselves to anything below the water line. In addition to damaging boating and fishing equipment, they’ll foul rocky shorelines with

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Thornburg (2:32.75) gave SCHS the lead with a solid opening split and the Lady Beavers weren’t challenged after that. Rounding out the relay were Cami Patton (2:45.12), Kylee Trout (2:45.63) and Paige Winderlin (2:40.83) with her fastest split of the season.

Thornburg was also a silver medalist in the 800m (2:32.42) while Trout added a fifth place

finish (2:44.67).

Madison Braun was a runner-up in the javelin (103-3).

Nickel finished second in the 100m high hurdles (16.28), was third in the triple jump (32-7) and sixth in the 300m low hurdles (51.33).

Molly Eikenberry improved on her career best in the discus by more than 12 feet with a toss of 8111 to finish fifth.

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their sharp shells, making it hard to walk or wade along the shore. Also, they can clog water intakes and damage power-generating facilities.

In early 2012, the city of Council Grove experienced a temporary water shortage due to a thick layer of zebra mussels coating the inside of the intake tank at Council Grove City Lake. They occur in 22 bodies of water in Kansas and could be spread to others.

White perch are native to the Atlantic coast of North America and were accidentally introduced into Wilson and Cheney reservoirs as contaminants in shipments of stocked fish. Since then, they have been spread to other reservoirs by unwary people.

These perch out-compete native species for food and space and are associated with declines in walleye and white bass populations. They may hybridize with white bass, which they closely resemble.

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SCMS Track May 8, 2014 • at Great Bend 7th Grade Boys Team scores: Hays 84, Comanche (Dodge City) 79, Scott City 78, Hays-TMP 31, Larned 17, Great Bend 17, Dodge City Middle School 9 Long jump: Wyatt Hayes, 2nd, 16-10.

High jump: Marshall Faurot, 1st, 5-4.

Triple jump: Hayes, 2nd, 34-6.5; Jack Thomas, 3rd, 336; Parker Vulgamore,5th, 30-11.

Pole vault: Faurot, 1st, 9.

100m: Faurot, 4th, 13.53.

200m: Hayes, 2nd, 26.82.

800m: Thomas, 1st, 2:15.38; Jose Trejo, 4th, 2:33.51.

1600m: Thomas, 1st, 4:57.18.

100m hurdles: Faurot, 2nd, 16.86; Remington Wright, 5th, 19.17.

4x100m relay: Trejo, Angel Rodriguez, Chaseton Cupp, Kyle Sherwood, 4th, 55.47.

4x200m relay: Trejo, A. Rodriguez, Jaren Berning, Sherwood, 4th, 1:59.04.

4x400m relay: Hayes, Trejo, Kevin Duong, Thomas, 1st, 4:06.64.

8th Grade Boys Team scores: Hays 96, Great Bend 67, Hays-TMP 46.5, Scott City 40, Dodge City Middle School 31, Comanche (Dodge City) 30.5 Triple jump: Reid Brunswig, 3rd, 34-7.

High jump: Nick Nowak, 3rd, 5-2; Zach Carson, 5th, 5.

Shot put: Austen Turner, 4th, 38-7.

Pole vault: Rafael Estrella, 3rd(T), 8; Brunswig, 3rd(T), 8.

200m: Marco Vasquez, 3rd, 27.18.

800m: Adrian Ruelas, 4th, 2:26.3.

1600m: Jon Gonalez, 3rd, 5:25.22.

3200m: Austin Rios, 3rd, 12:17.99.

4x100m relay: Dalton Pfenninger, Vasquez, Brunswig, Turner, 3rd, 51.74.

4x200m relay: Gonzales, Vasquez, Nowak, Carson, 3rd, 1:48.71.

4x400m relay: Carson, Gonzales, Ruelas, Nowak, 5th, 4:12.25.

7th Grade Girls Team scores: Hays 87, Comanche (Dodge City) 67, Hays-TMP 52, Larned 48.5, Great Bend-28, Scott City 25.5, Dodge City Middle School 6 Shot put: Abbigail Orr, 3rd, 28-2.25; Jera Drohman, 5th, 26-8.5.

Pole vault: Katelyn Forred, 4th(T), 6.

100m: Forred, 2nd, 14.29.

1600m: Karina Ayala, 2nd, 6:09.8.

4x100m relay: Kally Kough, Stacy Dominguez, Ayala, Forred, 3rd, 58.77.

4x400m relay: Dominguez, Ayala, Lynell Wessel, Forred, 3rd, 4:54.01.

SCHS Track 400m: Hayes, 2nd, 57.83.

May 9, 2014 • at Russell 800m: Thomas, 1st, 2:15.98; Jose Trejo, 4th, 2:32.34.

Girl’s Division 1600m: Thomas, 1st, 5:01.77; Miles Haire, 5th, 5:50.13; Triple jump: Bailey Nickel, 3rd, 32-7.

Vulgamore, 6th, 5:59.12.

Discus: Lizzy Eikenberry, 5th, 81-11.

100m hurdles: Faurot, 2nd, 17.71; Chaseton Cupp, 5th, Javelin: Madison Braun, 2nd, 103-3.

18.90.

200m: Kelly Wycoff, 1st, 25.88.

200m hurdles: Faurot, 1st, 29.62.

400m: Wycoff, 1st, 58.08; Paige Winderlin, 6th, 1:05.30.

4x200m relay: Trejo, Angel Rodriguez, Kevin Duong, 800m: Megan Thornburg, 2nd, 2:30.42; Kylee Trout, 5th, Sherwood, 2nd, 1:56.48.

2:44.67.

4x400m relay: Trejo, Duong, Vulgamore, Thomas, 1st, 100m high hurdles: Nickel, 2nd, 16.28.

4:17.28.

300m low hurdles: Nickel, 6th, 51:33.

4x800m relay: Trejo, Vulgamore, Haire, Hayes, 1st, 4x100m relay: Thornburg, Aubrey Davis, Haley Allen, 10:20.93.

Kaylene McGonagle, 6th, 56.43.

4x400m relay: Thornburg, Nickel, Davis, Wycoff, 1st, 8th Grade Boys 4:13.25.

Team scores: Holcomb 130, Goodland 106, Scott City 4x800m relay: Thornburg, Cami Patton, Trout, Winderl100.5, Colby 100.5, Ulysses 67, Oakley 46 lin, 2nd, 10:44.53.

Long jump: Nick Nowak, 3rd, 16-6.

Triple jump: Reid Brunswig, 2nd, 35-5.

Boy’s Division Discus: Wyatt Eitel, 4th, 131-11.

High jump: Nowak, 5th(T), 5-2.

100m: Wyatt Kropp, 4th, 11.78.

Shot put: Austen Turner, 6th, 36-9.

400m: Brayden Strine, 3rd, 53.20.

Discus: Daniel Nolasco, 6th, 100.

800m: Meyer, 1st, 2:01.97; Miguel Chavez, 3rd, 2:09.91.

Pole vault: Adrian Ruelas, 2nd, 8-6; Brunswig, 5th, 8; Ra1600m: Oscar Armendariz, 3rd, 4:57.02. fael Estrella, 6th, 8.

300m int. hurdles: Kropp, 4th, 42.81.

100m: Turner, 4th, 12.92; Kuwan Stewart, 6th, 13.62.

4x400m relay: Strine, Drake McRae, Kropp, Meyer, 1st, 200m: Nowak, 4th, 31.48.

3:32.17.

400m: Jon Gonzalez, 4th, 58.98.

4x800m: Strine, Irvin Lozano, Chavez, Meyer, 1st, 800m: Ruelas, 3rd, 2:22.5.

1600m: Gonalez, 3rd, 5:20.89; Austin Rios, 4th, 5:37.26. 8:27.37.

3200m: Rios, 2nd, 12:05.05; Conner LeBeau, 5th, 12:58.2.

100m hurdles: Cordell Green, 4th, 18.64.

200m hurdles: Green, 6th, 32.02.

4x100m relay: Stewart, Marco Vasquez, Brunswig, TurnScott State Lake er, 3rd, 51.72.

Updated April 24 4x200m relay: Brunswig, Gonzales, Vasquez, Carson, Channel cats: fair, up to 6.5 lbs. Cutbait fished off the 2nd, 1:48.03. bottom in sun-warmed shallows has produced a few fish.

4x400m relay: Gonzales, Vasquez, Stewart, Ruelas, 3rd, Crappie: good; most up to 9 inches. Jigs and minnows 4:10.50. fished around the fish attractors or up in the creek continue 4x800m relay: Ruelas, Dalton Pfenninger, Vasquez, to be the most reliable. But look for fish to move shallow for Nowak, 2nd, 10:10.24. spawning once we enter into a more prolonged period of warm and stable weather.

7th Grade Girls Long jump: Kally Kough, 3rd, 12-.75; Jera Drohman, 4th, Walleye/saugeye: saugeye, fair; up to 3.6 lbs.; walleye, 11-5.75; Karina Ayala, 5th, 11-4.25. good; up to 6.1 lbs. Jig and nightcrawler or minnow combos Triple jump: Alyssa Storm, 3rd, 25-2. drifted or slow retrieved over well defined points or over gravHigh jump: Molly Eikenberry, 6th, 3-10. elly shelves.

Shot put: Drohman, 3rd, 23-3.5; Abbigail Orr, 6th, 26-10.

Largemouth bass: slow; up to 5.5 lbs. Slow retrieving Pole vault: Katelyn Forred, 1st, 7; Stacy Dominguez, 3rd, soft plastics, suspending jerkbaits, and slow-rolling spinner5-5. baits around structure along sunny shorelines.

100m: Forred, 1st, 14.21; Lynell Wessel, 6th, 15.58.

Sunfish: good; up to 8 inches. Vertically fishing small 200m: Wessel, 4th, 33.21; Briane Murphy, 6th, 34.34.

400m: Storm, 6th, 1:19.91. jig heads tipped with small pieces of nightcrawler or whole 800m: Ashley Lightner, 6th, 3:08.08. mealworms around the fish attractors and along rip-rapped 1600m: Ayala, 2nd, 6:10.5; Hallie Weichman, 5th. shorelines and edges of the cattails.

4x100m relay: Kough, Dominguez, Ayala, Forred, 2nd, 1:00.7.

4x200m relay: Dominguez, Wessel, Drohman, Kough, 3rd, 2:14.9.

4x400m relay: Ayala, Dominguez, Storm, Forred, 1st, 4:50.21.

4x800m relay: Hoeme, Kodi Rogers, Eikenberry, Wiechman, 3rd, 13:52.47.

8th Grade Girls Team scores: Hays-TMP 137.5, Great Bend 82, Scott City 52.5, Hays 38, Comanche (Dodge City) 17, Dodge City Middle School 6, Larned 3 Long jump: Jalynn Habiger, 4th(T), 13-3.

Discus: Tasha Dearden, 1st, 81.

Pole vault: Olivia Prieto, 2nd(T), 7.

800m: Makaela Stevens, 1st, 2:33.96.

1600m: Stevens, 1st, 5:59; Trella Davis, 5th, 3:41.5.

8th Grade Girls 3200m: Davis, 3rd, 14:02.4; Kaitlyn Roberts, 6th,14:52.43.

Team points: Colby 155, Scott City 148.75, Holcomb 100m hurdles: Jordan Miller, 4th, 18.92.

4x100m relay: Woods, Prieto, Habiger, Miller, 2nd, 55.7. 32.75, Goodland 76.75, Ulysses 61, Oakley 26.75 Long jump: Jalynn Habiger, 2nd, 13-3.

4x200m relay: Wood, Prieto, Miller, Stevens, 2nd, 1:59.8.

Shot put: Tasha Dearden, 6th, 27-1.

4x400m relay: Miller, Shantice Lara, Bailey Latta, SteDiscus: Emily Glenn, 3rd, 65-9.5. vens, 3rd, 4:44.8.

Pole vault: Habiger, 2nd, 7-6; Olivia Prieto, 3rd, 7-6; Emily Smith, 4th, 6-6.

Great West Activities Conference 200m: Wood, 3rd, 28:48.

May 13, 2014 • at Colby 400m: Makaela Stevens, 1st, 1:06.9.

7th Grade Boys 800m: Stevens, 1st, 2:32.9; Bailey Latta, 4th, 2:55; ShanTeam scores: Scott City 153, Colby 112, Ulysses 106, tice Lara, 5th, 2:59.6.

Holcomb 101, Oakley 30, Goodland 19 1600m: Stevens, 1st, 5:47.2; Trella Davis, 4th, 6:30.8.

Long jump: Wyatt Hayes, 2nd, 17-6; Joe Evans, 4th, 153200m: Davis, 1st, 14:15.97; Kaitlyn Roberts, 2nd, 8.

15:13.40; Ashley Prewit, 3rd, 16:04.8.

High jump: Marshall Faurot, 1st, 5-4.

100m hurdles: Latta, 6th, 20.69.

Triple jump: Hayes, 1st, 36-10; Jack Thomas, 2nd, 35-4; 200m hurdles: Jordan Miller, 1st, 34.32; Wood, 3rd, Parker Vulgamore, 4th, 32-4; Jaren Berning, 6th, 29-1.5.

52:48.

Pole vault: Faurot, 1st, 9-6.

4x200m relay: Wood, Prieto, Habiger, Miller, 2nd, 2:02.6.

Shot put: Kyle Sherwood, 2nd, 32-8.

4x400m relay: Stevens, Lara, Latta, Miller, 1st, 4:41.1.

Discus: Juan Rodriguez, 6th, 73-11.

4x800m relay: Lara, Latta, Roberts, Prieto, 1st, 11:53.8.

200m: Sherwood, 3rd, 28.54.

Fishing Report

Schedule 2 Hawks Transfer Kansas University basketball has undergone significant changes in the last two weeks. Point guard Naadir Tharpe is transferring to another school.

His departure wasn’t unexpected.

KU wasted no time in signing another point guard, Devonte` Graham (6-2, 180), from Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.

“We got good today.

He’s a late bloomer who will continue to get better,” said head coach Bill Self. “I think we have a true point guard back (Graham) with two other guys who can play point or off the ball. It gives us more of an opportunity to play small because Devonte` is a big strong

Baker

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1-0 lead after three innings when Hugoton picked up a pair of insurance runs in the fourth inning. That was more than enough for the Eagles.

The Beavers matched Hugoton’s eight-hit total, but couldn’t string anything together to get on the scoreboard. All eight hits were singles, including a pair by Hunter Braun.

“Even though it’s been a long season for the boys it says a lot about their effort that they could play as well as they did against Hugoton,” says Coach Baker. “They’re a very good team that hits the ball extremely well.”

The Eagles showed they are one of the top teams in Class 4A with their big win in the opener. SCHS only trailed 5-1 after three innings, but the game got away from them when Hugoton scored 10 runs in the fourth inning and added six more in the fifth.

SCHS was able to pound out 10 hits with Braun going 3-of-3, including a double for the team’s only extra-base hit.

Baker was also 3-of-3.

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kid.”

Conner Frankamp and Frank Mason were the two other players Self was referring to.

Graham is from Raleigh, N.C., and picked KU over North Carolina State. He averaged 17.2 points and five assists last year for Brewster’s national championship team.

Andrew White (6-6, 215) also announced he is transferring due to lack of playing time. That could come back to haunt the Jayhawks. White was a heralded recruit who never had a chance to display his three-point shooting skills.

Defensive weaknesses kept White on the bench, but he may become a prolific scorer somewhere else.

Hitting in a Slump Preseason predictors had the Kansas City Royals contending with Detroit for the American League Central title. That isn’t going to happen.

Detroit is, by far, the class of the division; the Tigers have exceptional starting pitching and their hitters are superb - far better than any other team in the division.

It’s a little early to be declaring a winner, but Detroit is eight games ahead of KC in the loss column as of May 14.

That’s going to be hard to make up.

KC’s pitching was excellent in the San Diego and Seattle series however, the hitting continues to be pathetic. To put it as kindly as possible, Kansas

City’s hitters have been inept.

The two biggest disappointments have been Mike Moustakas (.147) and Billy Butler (.244).

Butler is the cleanup hitter and has hit just one home run.

Even though Detroit is gaining a stranglehold on the division race, Royals’ fans shouldn’t toss in the towel just yet. Looking at the American League as a whole, the wild card chase for two playoff slots appears to be wide open.

With 4-1/2 months remaining in the regular season, it’s hard to imagine that the Royals’ hitters won’t soon show some signs of life. If they can do that - sooner rather than later - a wild card spot is still a possibility.

call 872-3790 or e-mail: alli@scottcf.org

going the distance

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Kropp to continue career at Concordia

Stevens hitting her stride in the 1600m There was a time when Makaela Stevens thought of herself only as a quarter- and half-miler.

And for good reason.

She had a great season in the 400m and the 800m as a seventh grader.

But when approached by head coach Kyle Carroll only a couple of weeks ago about the prospect of adding the 1600m to her list of events, Stevens was willing to give it a try.

“I hadn’t really thought about running the mile, but if I’m going to run it in high school I wanted to have a time,” noted Stevens.

“When I mentioned it Makaela was willing.

(High school head coach Jim) Turner was wanting to see what kind of time she could run,” says Carroll.

Stevens just might have found her distance.

In just her second 1600m race, Stevens won a gold medal in the Great West Activities Conference track meet on Tuesday. She finished more than 200 yards ahead of her nearest competitor in a time of 5:47.2 - shattering the old league record by 21 seconds and breaking the old SCMS record of 5:58.38.

The 1600m was part of a four gold medal day for Stevens who also

won the 400m (66.9) and 800m (2:32.9). Stevens just missed breaking the school 800m record by just 4/10 of a second, but she did capture the GWAC record which had belonged to Scott City’s Jade Wren (2:40, 2012).

She was also the lead runner in the 4x400m relay that also included Shantice Lara, Bailey Latta and Jordan Miller.

“I’m very glad that I decided to run (the 1600m),” says Stevens. “I seem to do better at the longer distance.”

In fact, she’s considering the possibility of adding the 3200m when she competes in high school track next spring, though SCHS coach Turner may find it hard to keep her off the 4x800m or out of the open 800m with the times she has posted this season.

After missing the school record by just one second in her first attempt at the 1600m during the Great Bend Invitational, Stevens wasn’t surprised that she was able to erase the GWAC and school records this week.

“I figured that maybe I could get the record, but I didn’t expect to beat it by as much as I did,” she says.

With the strong performances by Stevens, the Lady Bluejays finished second in the eighth grade division with 148.75

SCMS eighth grader Mikaela Stevens puts some distance between herself and the rest of the field at the midway point of the 1600m during Tuesday’s GWAC meet in Colby.

(Record Photo)

Jordan Miller was a points, just behind Colby gold medalist in the 200m (155). hurdles (34.32). Earlier in the season she had set Dominate 3200m The SCMS girls were the new school record of also aided by a 1-2-3 fin- 33.21, breaking the old mark of 33.51 which had ish in the 3200m.

Trella Davis (14.15.97) been set by Megan Dreilenjoyed a huge win, fol- ing in 2000.

Jalynn Habiger was a lowed by teammates Kaitlyn Roberts (15:13.4) and double silver medalist in Ashley Prewit (16:04.8). the long jump (13-3) and

the pole vault (7-6).

The SCMS girls added another gold medal in the 4x800m relay (11:53.8).

Team members were Lara, Latta, Roberts and Olivia Prieto.

Claiming a second place finish in the 4x200m relay (2:02.6) were Woods, Prieto, Habiger and Miller.

Dearden, Stevens win golds at Great Bend With a toss of 81-feet, Tasha Dearden was a gold medalist at the Great Bend Invitational on May 8.

The only other gold medals for the Scott City Middle School eighth graders were picked up by Makaela Stevens in the

800m (2:33.96) and the 1600m (5:59).

It was a tough day for the Lady Bluejays against a field that consisted primarily of Class 5A and 6A schools.

Hays-TMP ran away with the eighth grade division with 137.5 points,

followed by Great Bend (82), Scott City (52.5), Hays (38), Dodge City Comanche (17), Dodge City Middle School (6) and Larned (3).

Olivia Prieto tied for second place in the pole vault (7-feet) while Trella Davis was a bronze

medalist in the 3200m (14:02.4).

SCMS had a big day in the relays with silver medals collected by the 4x100m (55.7) and the 4x200m (1:59.8).

Members of the 4x100m relay were Woods, Prieto, Habiger

After considering three small-college wrestling programs in Nebraska, Scott Community High School senior Warren Kropp will continue his career at Concordia University, Seward, Nebr.

A two-time state medalist, Kropp was a third place finisher in the 170pound division in the Class 4A state tournament as a senior.

“For a long time I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to wrestle in college, but during the last three to four weeks of the season I was really having a lot of fun,” says Kropp.

“I had to ask myself if I was ready to stop. I didn’t think I could give it up yet.”

Kropp will enter a program that has emerged as a NAIA powerhouse under second year head coach Dana Vote.

The Bulldogs finished second in the North Qualifier tournament and had six national qualifiers in 2013-14.

“That’s one of the things which attracted me,” says Kropp. “They’re wanting to take their program to another level. I’m looking forward to being in the practice room with guys who can compete at the national level and seeing how much better I can get.”

Kropp says he was also impressed with the college’s commitment to making the wrestling program one of the nation’s best.

“We get to travel around the country to some great tournaments and we compete against DI programs,” he adds.

“It should be a lot of fun.”

and Jordan Miller. On the 4x200m relay were Woods, Prieto, Miller and Stevens.

The 4x400m relay was a bronze medalist in a time of 4:44.8. Relay members were Miller, Shantice Lara, Bailey Latta and Stevens.

Scott City Water Customers

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be shutting

down Well No. 1 from May 19-21 to change out the carbon filters.

This is a major water well that will be out of service for three days.

During this time we ask that you practice strict conservation mea-

sures to prevent a shortage of water for our customers.

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end of the year play day

Scott City Elementary School physical education teacher Glenn O’Neil, with assistance from the SCHS National Honor Society, conducted the annual play day for grades 1-4 on Wednesday. First and second graders enjoying the day’s games and contests were (clockwise, from top) Damien Carson tries to avoid capture while playing cat and mouse; keeping two hula hoops in motion is Jaqueline Pena; ducking through a hoop during a relay is Brooklyn Smith; a determined Cauy Vance (standing) is focused on the finish line with partner Kalo Hineman during the wheelbarrow race; Showing their power in the tug-o-war are Tayler Koehn (left) and Lorena Ramirez.

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Farm

Little benefit from nitrogen topdressing

With the wheat being unusually late and small this year, and still pale or yellowish in some cases, producers may be wondering whether they would still get any benefit from topdressing with nitrogen (N) at this point in the season.

The answer in short Down is, even though some on the are desperate to help Farm the crop, but no it Chris Long won’t really help.

Walnut Creek If a topdressing Extension Agent application of N had been made earlier and the wheat is still short and pale, the cause is most likely because: 1) root development is poor due to dry conditions, limiting total nutrient uptake; 2) the applied N hasn’t yet been moved into the soil by precipitation; 3) only a small portion of the N in the soil has been moved to the surface of the plant roots with water via mass flow, the primary N uptake process; 4) the N has been tied up by surface residue or lost due to volatilization; or 5) another nutrient, such as sulfur, may be limiting.

With a rain, most of these issues may be resolved. In many of these dry soils, the breakdown of crop residues and organic matter will kick into high gear once it rains, releasing N and S. Root growth will also kick into high gear and expand the exploited zone of soil.

(See NITROGEN on page 29)

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Latest ag census reveals new trends in farming Greg Henderson Drovers CattleNetwork

There are now 3.2 million farmers operating 2.1 million farms on 914.5 million acres of farmland across the United States, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agriculture census presents more than 6 million pieces of

information, which provide a detailed look at the U.S. farm sector at the national, state and county levels.

“Once every five years, farmers, ranchers and growers have the unique opportunity to let the world know how U.S. agriculture is changing, what is staying the same, what’s working and what we can do differently,” said Dr. Cynthia Clark, the

retiring head of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, which administered the survey.

Census data provide valuable insight into the U.S. farmer demographics, economics and production practices. Some of the key findings include: •Both sales and production expenses reached record highs in 2012. U.S. producers sold $394.6 billion worth of agricultural

products, but it cost them $328.9 billion to produce these products.

•Three quarters of all farms had sales of less than $50,000, producing only 3 percent of the total value of farm products sold while those with sales of more than $1 million four percent of all farms - produced 66 percent.

•Much of the increased (See CENSUS on page 29)

USDA: $4 corn is a possibility On Friday, the USDA pegged corn production tentatively at 13.9 billion bushels in the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, up slightly from the 2013-2014 record as higher expected yields more than offset the decline in planted area.

In the report, the

USDA forecast corn yield at 165.3 bushels per acre, up 6.5 bushels from 20132014. The season-average farm price was projected lower, with a range falling to $3.85 and $4.55 per bushel. This is down from last month’s projected range of $4.50 and $4.80 per bushel.

Corn supplies for 2014-

2015 were also projected 330 million bushels higher at 15.1 billion bushels.

“U.S. corn use for 2014-15 is projected 2 percent lower than in 2013-14,” the USDA said in the WASDE report.

“Feed and residual use is projected 50 million bushels lower with animal numbers down from 2013-

14. Exports are projected 200 million bushels lower than this month’s higher projection for 2013/14 as larger expected foreign supplies and lower import demand limit U.S. shipments. Corn used to produce ethanol in 2014/15 is expected to be unchanged on the year with gasoline (See USDA on page 29)

Some mystery behind 2014’s record cattle prices Chris Hurt, Purdue University Extension

Where did the record cattle prices this year come from? That is a question almost all analysts and many cattle producers are asking.

It was not so surprising to have record high cattle prices, but the real sur-

Ks. wheat crop forecast is down 18% Based on May 1 conditions, Kansas’s 2014 winter wheat crop is forecast at 260 million bushels, down 18 percent from last year’s crop and the smallest since 1996, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 31 bushels per acre, down 7 bushels from last year and also lowest since 1996.

Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 8.40 million acres, unchanged from last year.

This would be 90 percent of the planted acres, above last year’s 88 percent harvested.

May 1 hay stocks of 1.34 million tons are near three times the holdings of last year.

Just Updated County Plat Maps • Logan • Wichita • Wallace • Greeley • Kearney Pick them up today at:

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prise was the lofty heights of those new records. In the first quarter, as an example, Nebraska steers averaged $147 per live hundredweight which was more than $20 higher than the previous first quarter record price.

In percentage terms, finished cattle prices in the first quarter this year

were up 17 percent and production was down only four percent.

It is easy to list some possible causes, but none of them seem to be large enough to have caused such startlingly high prices. We start with the fact that meat and poultry supplies all were low. We have mentioned the four

percent reduced beef production and broiler egg hatchability has been low, reducing chicken supplies below expectations. Then it appears that PED virus in hogs may have been the real kicker, primarily because the pork market appears to have sharply overshot prices due to the uncertainty of the actual

No doubt ag is feeling impact of climate change Rich Keller, editor Ag Professional

The National Climate Assessment report announced on May 6 claims climate change is affecting every region of the U.S. and critical sectors of the economy like agriculture. The weather change is being blamed on many risk factors for farmers and ranchers as well as rural communities.

By mid-century and beyond, weather impacts will be increasingly negative on most crops and livestock, according to this third climate assessment report. USDA’s Director of the Climate Change Program Office commented on the report.

In a follow-up to the announcement, Secretary of Agriculture Tom

Vilsack’s office released an evaluation of the situation and listed what the Obama administration and USDA have been doing to lessen the impact and prepare for the future.

“Across the country, farmers, ranchers and forest landowners are seeing an increase in risks to their operations due to fires, increases in invasive pests, droughts and floods. In the Midwest, growing seasons have lengthened, the western fire season is now longer and forests will become increasingly threatened by insect outbreaks, fire drought and storms over the next 50 years.

“These events threaten America’s food supply and are costly for producers and rural economies. Drought alone was estimated to cost the U.S. $50 billion from 2011 to 2013.”

death loss from the disease. There were also arguments that “maybe” demand was very strong, but first quarter GDP growth of only 0.1 percent seems to discredit this argument. Data on trade are positive, but not enough to explain such high prices.

Much like pork, we are

left with an incomplete understanding of why cattle prices were so high, especially in March and April. Like in the pork sector, this may mean that cattle prices were “caught-up” in the fear of very short meat and poultry supplies and may have become overpriced.

(See MYSTERY on page 29)

Market Report Closing prices on May 13, 2014 Winona Feed and Grain Bartlett Grain Wheat..................

White Wheat .......

Milo ....................

Corn ...................

Soybeans ...........

$ 8.02

$ 8.07 $ 4.70 $ 5.04 $ 14.24

Wheat..................

$ 8.02

Milo (bu.).............

$ 4.71

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Corn....................

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$ 5.08

May 8

67 48

May 9

75

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May 10

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May 11

78

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May 12

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$ 4.70 $ 14.34

$ 16.65

Corn....................

$ 5.01

Sunflowers..........

H May 6

$ 8.03

Soybeans............

$ 5.10

$ 8.02

Wheat..................

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$ 4.74 $ 14.09

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Mystery (continued from page 28)

This may be another example of the old market adage of “buy the rumor and sell the fact.”

Record beef prices for consumers have also become a reality.

In 2013, retail beef prices averaged $5.29 per pound but moved to a record $5.55 in the first quarter of 2014. Retail beef prices in 2014 are now expected to average $5.67 per pound, an increase of seven percent over last year.

Current live cattle futures markets are taking a more moderate approach to prices for the rest of the year now that the highs of the year are likely behind us. Prices of finished cattle are expected to move downward to the mid-to-lower $140s in May and June. Prices are expected to dip more in the third quarter with an average in the $135 to $139 range, and then recover into the low-tomid $140s for the last quarter average. Prices in 2013 averaged $126 and this year’s new record is expected to be near $142.

Good Start in 2014 Unexplained high prices in the first four months of 2014 have added new excitement for cattle producers as they see strong profitability potential for the first time in years. This means that the conditions have become positive for some beef cow producers to move toward expansion. The two conditions that we have suggested for expansion are the movement of calf prices above $1.75 per pound and restoration of pasture and grazing land after dry or drought conditions.

In terms of calf prices, calves weighting 500 to 550 pounds at Oklahoma City averaged $2.15 per pound in the first quarter and heifer calves averaged $1.93. Both were record highs.

Much of the country, but not all, has seen improved pasture conditions. The regions that remain a concern are the Southern Plains, the Southwest and the West. The Drought Monitor from NOAA shows some anticipated drought abatement this summer for the Central Plains and Eastern Texas.

If so, this means that only about 15 percent of the nation’s brood cows will be in areas still in drought. Alternatively, about 85 percent of the beef cows are in regions where pasture and range is sufficient to promote herd expansion.

The evidence so far this year is that expansion has started, as measured by reductions in female slaughter and by reduced number of heifers in the feedlots.

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Census farm income was concentrated geographically or by farm categories.

•California led the nation with nine of the 10 top counties for value of sales. Fresno County was number one in the United States with nearly $5 billion in sales in 2012, which is greater than that of 23 states.

•The top five states for agricultural sales were California ($42.6 billion); Iowa ($30.8 billion); Texas ($25.4 billion); Nebraska ($23.1 billion); and Minnesota ($21.3 billion).

•87% of all U.S. farms are operated by families or individuals.

(continued from page 28)

•Principal operators were on average 58.3 years old and were predominantly male; second operators were slightly younger and most likely to be female; and third operators were younger still.

•Young, beginning principal operators who reported their primary occupation as farming increased 11.3 percent from 36,396 to 40,499 between 2007 and 2012.

•All categories of minority-operated farms increased between 2007 and 2012; the Hispanicoperated farms had a significant 21 percent increase.

USDA consumption expected to remain flat in 2015. Corn ending stocks are projected at 1.7 billion bushels, up 580 million from the 2013/14 projection.”

Globally, the USDA anticipates a record 979.1 million tons of corn to

the 23,451 in 2007.

•474,028 farms covering 173.1 million acres were farmed with conservation tillage or no-till practices.

•Corn and soybean acres topped 50 percent of all harvested acres for the first time.

•The largest category of operations was beef cattle with 619,172 or 29 percent of all farms and ranches in 2012 specializing in cattle.

“This information is critical to understanding the conditions of U.S. agriculture and determining future policy,” said incoming NASS Administrator Dr. Joseph

Reilly. “Today’s data release is the culmination of years’ worth of planning and work that NASS has made openly available for public use.”

Conducted since 1840, the Census of Agriculture accounts for all U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them.

The Census tells a story of how American agriculture is changing and lays the groundwork for new programs and policies that will invest in rural America; promote innovation and productivity; build the rural economy; and support our next generation of farmers and ranchers.

Like corn, the U.S. season-average soybean price for 2014-2015 is forecast to sink between $9.75 and $11.75 per bushel.

“U.S. soybean exports are projected at 1.625 billion bushels, up 25 million from 2013-14 on record

supplies and competitive prices,” the USDA wrote.

“Despite gains in use, ending stocks for 2014/15 are projected at 330 million bushels, up 200 million from 2013/14, increasing the stocks-touse ratio to 9.6 percent.”

(continued from page 28)

be produced for 2014-15, unchanged from 2013-14.

Global corn trade is projected lower with imports projected down for China and Mexico.

record 3.635 billion bushels of soybeans to be produced this year, up 346 million from the 2013 crop on record yields and harvested area.

Soybean yield is proSoybeans jected at 45.2 bushels per The USDA projects a acre.

Nitrogen As the water begins to flow towards the roots, mobile nutrients like nitrate and sulfate dissolved in that soil water and will flow to the plant roots for uptake.

There are three primary components of yield: the number of heads per foot of row; the size of the head or number of kernels per head; and the size of the individual kernels. Number of heads is a function of the initial plant stand, tillering, and tiller survival.

In many fields initial stands were spotty, but tillering was adequate. As the dry spring progressed, tillers began to abort due to drought stress. Head size is determined around Feekes 5, prior to first hollow stem. The plant responds to environmental conditions and produces a head of the size that it can successfully fill under existing conditions.

If conditions are bad, which was the case in many fields, small heads are formed, and the plant sheds tillers through tiller abortion, further reducing total potential kernel numbers. So by jointing and stem elongation, the maximum number of kernels which can be produced is already set.

The final yield component, kernel size, is yet to be determined at this point in the season.

Weather conditions at heading and pollination will impact the number of actual kernels set per head, and rain during grain fill will produce big plump kernels.

While kernel size is very important and will determine the number of kernels actually set which can be harvested and marketed, maximum kernel size is set genetically.

Unfortunately we can’t produce a wheat kernel the size of an apple.

So while correcting an N or S deficiency now can have some potential

•144,530 farm operators reported selling products directly to consumers. In 2012, these sales totaled more than $1.3 billion (up 8.1 percent from 2007).

•Organic sales were growing, but accounted for just 0.8 percent of the total value of U.S. agricultural production.

Organic farmers reported $3.12 billion in sales in 2012, up from $1.7 billion in 2007.

•Farms with Internet access rose from 56.5 percent in 2007 to 69.6 percent in 2012.

•57,299 farms produced on-farm renewable energy, more than double

(continued from page 28)

to preserve potential yield or increase yield by maximizing the size and number of potential kernels harvested, the extent of that response is limited since the maximum number of heads and kernels per head was determined several weeks ago.

The bottom line is there are limited opportunities to increase wheat yields in most fields this late from N applications.

The last opportunity for improving yield is maximizing grain fill with larger berries. Additional N applications now will likely result in reduced profit per acre.

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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

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Automotive

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Willie’s Auto A/C Repair

General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted

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We welcome new patients.

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Christian E. Cupp, MD William Slater, MD Family Practice

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Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

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Call us to get your home listed.

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––––––––––––––––––––– DRYLAND FARMING OPERATION in Scott County is seeking a full time non-smoking employee. Must have or able to obtain a Class A or CDL license and have one year general farm experience.

Late model John Deere equipment, no livestock.

Call 620-874-0274. 39t4p ––––––––––––––––––––– OFFICE ACCOUNTANT. Outstanding career opportunity with a progressive Southwest Kansas feed yard for an experienced accountant/ bookkeeper. The ideal candidate will have a strong accounting/bookkeeping background and experience in the feed yard industry would be helpful.

Excellent computer and communication skills will be required and a college degree is a plus. This position offers a competitive salary and exceptional benefits package. Please send your resume to: Poky Feeders, Inc., 600 E. Road 30, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

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––––––––––––––––––––– RESIDENT FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN. Murphy Tractor & Equipment. Co., Inc. is seeking a full-time experienced traveling heavy construction equipment technician to service the Northwest Ks region.

Requires HS diploma/ GED and technical school training and/or equivalent experience. Excellent benefits and pay. Send letter and resume to http:// murphytractor.com/ca39t2c reers/. EOE ––––––––––––––––––––– CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT, Lane County District Court, Dighton.

Starting salary $15.86/ hr. plus benefits. Must have high school diploma and three years of clerical experience or suitable equivalent including at least one year of court clerical or other legal experience.

Applications available at Lane County District Court or http:// www.kscourts.org/pdf/ application.pdf.

Applications accepted until filled. Inquiries may be directed to Linda Atteberry, Chief Clerk, P. O. Box 232, Kinsley, KS., 620-659-2217. The Kansas Judicial Branch is an EEO/AA Employer.

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Pick them up today at:

406 Main • Scott City 620 872-2090

––––––––––––––––––––– EL QUARTELEJO MUSEUM is looking for a part-time custodian. Apply at 902 W. 5th St., Scott City, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday or call 62040t2c 872-5912.

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

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Employment Opportunities Employment Opportunity

is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our feed manufacturing team.

Competitive wage, excellent benefits, and six paid holidays.

Apply in person at the plant or call Mark or Adrian.

PARA-PROFESSIONAL Scott Community High School is seeking a special education para-professional to work with students.

The position is available immediately.

For more information and application please contact: Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-7600 35tfc

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MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST

HRC FEED YARDS / POSITIONS Is now accepting applications for the following: Office clerk, maintenance worker and pen rider.

Competitive wages plus benefits.

Send resumes to: PO Box 224, Scott City, Ks. 67871 or pick up an application at 6550 W. Hwy 96, Scott City.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT McCarty Farms Scott City is accepting applications for a full-time Administrative Assistant.

Good verbal, written, and organizational skills are required. Computer knowledge of Microsoft required.

To apply, submit an application and resume to: McCarty Dairy, P.O. Box 968, Colby, Ks. 67701; or call 785-462-0596.

Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center is seeking a mental health therapist: Ks. licensed MFT, social worker, or similar master’s degree.

To work with children, families, adolescents, couples and individuals.

Travel in Western Kansas with mobile therapy units.

Salary based on training and experience. Possible school loan repayment available through National Health Service Corps.

Contact Western KS CAC at: 620-874-2272 40t2c

PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF Clinic Physician’s Assistant or Nurse Practitioner PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Outpatient Services C.N.A. Physician’s Clinic RN Physician’s Clinic PRN RN/LPN SERVICE Morning Cook PRN Dietary Aide/Cook Housekeeper 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.

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PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions:

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Full-time CNA/CMA (evening shift) PRN-LPN/RN Full-time Restorative Aide/CNA

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 through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net

Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Park Lane Nursing Home

210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS

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DISTRICT TREASURER The USD 466 Board of Education is seeking applications for the position of District Treasurer.

Duties include: Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable, electronic construction of budget, and production of monthly financial and state reports.

Position requires: The preferred candidate will be well-versed in basic accounting and be familiar with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and related experience with in-house accounting programs. The district uses the MAPP accounting system. Knowledge and skills with basic business machines is necessary. A business degree is preferred.

Training: will begin at the earliest mutually agreeable date possible.

Benefits: are a 12-month full-time position with vacation benefits, sick leave and personal leave. A paid full single BC/BS medical benefit is included in the package offer. Salary is to be commensurate with experience and training.

To Apply: applicants shall complete the basic application, submit a letter of application, provide a complete resume’ with any letters of recommendation plus a listing of all work experiences and locations with correct phone listing and names of previous supervisors/employers.

The application package should be completed in an expeditious manner as the position is “open until filled”.

The completed application package can be mailed or delivered to: Susan Carter, Clerk, USD 466, Scott County Schools, 704 S. College, Scott City, Ks 67871.

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Congratulations Class of 2014!

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Congratulations!

Sunday, May 18 • 2:00 p.m.

Healy High School Gymnasium

Opening Francesco Di Maio Salutatorian Address Maria Coker Valedictorian Address Ariana Rodriguez Presentation of Scholarships Mary York Presentation of Eighth Grade Diplomas Vance Shay Presentation of Senior Class Diplomas Vance Shay Closing Austin Walker

Francesco Di Maio

Maria Azalea Coker Parents: Vera Coker

Host Parents:

Activities: basketball 9-12:, track 9-12; volleyball

9-12; scholar’s bowl 9-12 (qualioed state 9-10); archery 9-12; speech 9-12 (qualioed state 12); Jr. class graduation escort; cheerleading 9-12; high school play 11-12; honor roll 11; Homecoming queen 12; StuCo 12; salutatorian 12; American Legion Certiocate of School award 12; class secretary/treasurer 11; class vice president 12; class StuCo rep. 12; StuCo officer 12 pr

Vance and Dana Shay

Activities: basketball 12; track 12 Future Plans: Finish my Italian schooling and

attend a law university.

Future plans: Attend Barton County Community College in Great Bend and major in physical therapy.

Austin Ray Walker

Ariana Christina Rodriguez Parents: Chris Rodriguez

Parents: Galen and Carla Walker

Activities: softball 9-10; StuCo 9,11; basketball

Activities: dirt track racing 9-12; Homecoming king winter 12; class president 12; honor roll

9,11-12; art 9-12; dance 10; track 11-12; school play 12; scholar’s bowl 12

Future Plans: Attend Red Rocks Community

Future Plans: Attend Dodge City Community College to become a diesel technician.

College, Arvada, Colo., and major in American sign language and transfer to the University of Denver to earn an interpreter ASL degree.

Eighth Grade Graduates:

Thank these community-minded sponsors of the Healy graduates:

AgMax Crop Insurance • Chambless Rooong Faurot Heating and Cooling • Healy Insurance Helena Chemical • J&R Car and Truck Center MTM Siding & Glass • Norder Supply Pam’s Portrait Place • Scott COOP Scott County Hospital Sharp Brother’s Seed Compnay Sharp Shooting Supply • Turner Sheet Metal

Eighth grade graduates (front row, from left) Jordan Meikle, Chance O'Rourke and Josie Walker. (Back row) Shelby McLachlan, Aiden Ballinger, Kailee Howard, Dawson Simmons and Trisha Redburn. Not pictured, Michael Anderson.