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Volume 23 • Number 45

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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as the state makes more budget cuts there is

a ripple effect

Residents at Park Lane Nursing Home play bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

(Record Photo)

Compass could lose up to $900k

Mental health providers in Kansas often feel like an unwanted stepchild when it comes to health care.

They are seemingly in a constant battle for program funding and getting reimbursed for the services they provide clients from both the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the managed care organizations (MCOs) that oversee the Medicaid program in Kansas.

That battle won’t get any easier for Compass Behavioral Health with a four percent cut in Medicaid reimbursement that the state says will take effect July 1.

“We’re still waiting for the details, but even in a best-case scenario we’re going to take a pretty big financial hit,” says Kent Hill, regional director for Compass in Scott City.

With an annual budget of about $13.7

million, about 63 percent of the revenue for Compass is Medicaid based.

At a minimum, the lost revenue amounts to about $300,000, but that could climb to as much as $900,000, depending on whether the funding cut proposed by the state also includes the federal government’s share.

“We’ve asked legislators what this (See COMPASS on page 10)

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As Deanna Berry sees the impact of the latest round of budget cuts announced by the state, she can’t help but get emotional.

No, make that angry.

“We’re having to let staff go and that hurts. But, it also means that young children who benefit greatly from our services won’t be getting them. That makes me very upset,” says Berry, who is the executive director of Russell Child Development Center.

“We have to speak out and let people know that these budget cuts are having a huge impact on young lives,” she says.

When about 50 percent of your residents are on Medicaid, and that becomes a significant part of your revenue stream, any reduction in the reimbursement rate is going to raise concerns.

In the short term, Park Lane Nursing Home Administrator Nicole Turner feels the Scott City facility can weather the four percent cut that was recently announced by the governor.

“It won’t affect our staffing or resident care,” emphasizes Turner. “But, we’ll have to find the savings somewhere. We’ll renegotiate with our vendors when possible, but there’s a limit to what that will save us.”

In the long-term, any loss of revenue has to be made up for

(See RCDC on page nine)

Local districts taking steps if shutdown occurs The possibility of Kansas schools being shutdown on July 1 appears slightly less likely now that Gov. Sam Brownback has called a special legislative session to begin June 23.

But, area school districts are still preparing for that possibility if the legislature doesn’t budge on its funding plan and if the Supreme Court isn’t satisfied should lawmakers offer an alternative.

“It appears the shutdown will be avoided, but that’s only if the court is satisfied with the legislature’s response,” says USD

466 (Scott County) Supt. Jamie Rumford.

The timeline could become an issue depending on how quickly the legislature offers an alternative plan - if at all - and how quickly the Supreme Court can review the plan. Rumford doesn’t see all of that happening prior to the court’s June 30 deadline.

So what happens July 1?

Rumford assured the board during Monday’s meeting that “we’re taking care of our people.”

If the shutdown does occur, (See SHUTDOWN on page two)

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Health Kansas Medicaid to begin step therapy for prescriptions July 1 Page 16

Park Lane Nursing Home to absorb Medicaid cuts

(See PARK LANE on page eight)

Wheat crop too much of a good thing . . . almost Area farmers are preparing for what is predicted to be a binbusting wheat harvest.

But, that doesn’t mean the wheat crop isn’t without it’s problems.

It’s not aphids or stripe rust, but it could simply be a wheat crop that’s too good . . . if that’s possible.

In a number of fields, farmers are finding patches of wheat that are lying down due to filled heads that are too much for the stalk to support.

“We’ll see that on occasion with irrigated wheat, but it’s

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unusual to see it happening with dryland wheat - especially to the extent we’re seeing it this year,” says John Beckman, Scott County Extension agent.

Cool, wet conditions have allowed wheat to “reach its full growth potential,” says Beckman, which has led to increased instances of lodging.

Some wheat varieties have a bigger problem with straw strength than others.

“The first time it lays over it will generally come back up. It usually stays over the second (See WHEAT on page two)

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Lawmakers don’t agree with $38M for schools Claim court didn’t specify how much needed for ‘equity’ Three top Republican lawmakers say the state doesn’t have to spend $38 million to satisfy a Kansas Supreme Court order for more equitable school funding.

That contradicts comments from Gov. Sam Brownback, who has said he thinks $38 million is needed to fix inequities identified by the court and prevent a shutdown of schools

next month.

The Legislature faces a June 30 deadline to comply with the court’s order. Brownback has called the Legislature back for a special session starting June 23.

Asked if she thought spending $38 million was necessary to comply with the court order, Senate President Susan Wagle (R-Wichita) replied, “Absolutely not.”

“Their document never mentioned a figure. All they requested was equity, and that can be done with current funds,” Wagle said.

The Legislature passed a bill

Wheat time,” Beckman says.

Wichita County Extension Agent Allen Baker says the lodging problem increased significantly following a rain in the area on June 12.

“Between the storm and the winds, the amount of acres with wheat laying over probably doubled,” says Baker.

While driving between Selkirk and Marienthal, Baker says he saw some fields in which “probably 90 percent of the wheat was laying over.”

“It depends on the variety and the fertility rates,” he notes. “If (a farmer) over- or underfertilized, it can affect lodging. In my time as an Extension agent I’ve never seen it like this on dryland.”

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Local Extension agents and farmers may be surprised to see lodging happening to this degree, but they also understand that given the development of this year’s crop, it’s not shocking.

“We’re having this problem because we’ve had more moisture at the right time than what we’ve seen for several years,” Beckman says. “It’s a good problem to have because it means we’ve had great growing conditions.

It’s a problem that can be dealt with by choosing a different variety.”

Will Slow Harvest Depending on the extent to which a field is affected, lodging will significantly slow harvest for

Shutdown Rumford says there is discussion about allowing school districts to keep “essential” staff in place.

This would include custodians to maintain the grounds and keep the buildings operational along with central office staff to make sure that KPERS and health insurance payments continue.

All teaching and administrative staff who are under contract would continue to be paid.

However, all staff that isn’t under contract (cooks, secretaries, custodians) would not be paid during this time.

In addition, the district would have to stop all summer programs, including the noon meals, driver’s education and summer weights.

“We don’t want to think in terms of that happening and we don’t want to lose employees unnecessarily,” cautions Rumford.

“We want our staff to be concerned with doing their job, not whether they will have a job.”

“It’s humiliating that our state has put itself in this position,” said board member Lynnette Robinson.

Looking at Options Likewise, Wichita County Supt. Keith Higgins says the district has begun looking at it’s options. But, he’s also hoping for some direction from the courts should a shutdown occur.

“There are things that still have to be done after July 1,” he notes. “We still have bills to pay and grounds maintenance.

There’s also a lot of work we do during the summer inside our buildings and if

in March that reshuffled existing funds, but that was rejected by the court in May. Wagle blamed that on the decision to not decrease funding for any school districts, which she said undercut lawmakers’ efforts to equalize funding in the courts’ eyes.

“They’ve never stated a demand for $38 million. What they have demanded is equity,” Wagle said.

Senate Vice President Jeff King (R-Independence), an attorney, has a similar interpretation of the court’s February and May rulings.

some producers. Lodged wheat will continue to develop, but the grain quality will be affected and it matures more slowly.

“Those patches will be cut later,” notes Beckman, who expects some farmers to begin cutting this weekend.

But, it will affect yields and it means some farmers could still be harvesting around July 10, predicts Baker.

“Some guys will be cutting and waiting, cutting and waiting,” Baker says. “I know there’s been a lot of discussion about long lines at the elevators, but this may reduce that some. Harvest could be pretty spread out for some producers.”

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we have to put that off for several weeks there’s no way we can play catch-up before school starts. We’ll need to find out from the courts what we’re allowed to do and not allowed to do.”

As with Rumford, Higgins says one of the biggest concerns is taking care of staff members who aren’t on contract and who won’t be getting a paycheck after July 1.

“They need paychecks.

Will they be allowed to file for unemployment?” he asks. “We sure don’t want to lose them.”

Teachers who are under contract through Sept. 1 could have requested a lump sum check for the final three months (JuneAugust). He said that if a shutdown is imminent, those employees who are due checks for June and those under contract will be issued checks by the end of the month.

Higgins is skeptical the legislature will offer a plan that makes school funding more equitable and which the Supreme Court will accept.

“I think (the legislature) will continue to move money around instead of adding to the pot,” Higgins says.

An example of simply shifting money around, says Higgins, is the “extraordinary needs” feature that was added to the block grant funding plan.

It wasn’t until after the plan had been adopted that school officials realized they were contributing 4/10 of one percent of their general fund budget to a special pot of money that was being redistributed as “extraordinary needs.”

“What’s extraordinary about it is that they take credit for giving us the money, then they take it back from us and then they take credit for distributing it to us again under a different name,” Higgins says. “I think it’s that kind of funding shenanigans which raises a red flag with the court and makes them question how sincere the legislature is in finding a solution. You can’t pull the wool over the court’s eyes.

Losing Revenue Rumford is also concerned about the district losing revenue as the legislature puts together a new funding plan.

Last year, the district contributed nearly $22,000 as its 4/10 of one percent share of extraordinary needs money. In return, the district received just over $144,000 due to a drop in oil/gas valuations and an increase in enrollment.

He is hoping to qualify for about $86,000 in extraordinary needs money again this year due to a projected enrollment increase of 25 students.

But, that may not happen if the legislature decides to use that pot of money to create a more equitable funding plan that satisfies the court.

“If we weren’t seeing an enrollment increase, it wouldn’t be as big of an issue,” notes Rumford.

“But, we’ve hired two more teachers and a counselor because we have the students and we have to meet that need. We’ve made that commitment.

“Now we have to wait and see what the legislature and court decide.”

“The Kansas Supreme Court has been clear that there are many ways to solve what they see as the equity problem and that new money isn’t mandatory to do it,” King said. “Certainly you can solve it by putting new money in and I’m sure we will consider it, but that isn’t the only way to solve it and we’re looking at other ways to solve it as well.”

Speaking from the bench last month, Justice Dan Biles suggested that there are at least two ways to achieve equity: giving poorer districts more money to

bring them level with wealthy districts or capping the spending authority of wealthier districts.

The $38 million figure cited by the governor comes from a Kansas Department of Education analysis of how much it would cost to restore the state’s old equalization formula and fully fund it, an option the court has identified as a “safe harbor” for lawmakers.

Wagle did not rule out the possibility of spending more money.

(See SCHOOLS on page seven)

Community Living

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Preserve fruits, veggies for health, savings Investing time and energy in preserving this summer’s fresh fruits and vegetables can add variety and nutrition and health benefits to fall and winter meals.

Doing so also can trim grocery bills. Seasonal produce is typically less expensive when at its Carol Ann peak production Crouch Family and and supplies are Consumer more available.

Sciences Many people Agent for are learning more Scott County

about fruits and vegetables by growing them in backyard and community gardens. Shopping at farmers and other local fruit and vegetable markets and in supermarkets that offer fresh seasonal foods also can yield savings.

And, while some may recall images of their mothers or grandmothers in the kitchen with more tomatoes than they know what to do with, newer, time-saving equipment and tested recipes can make it easy for first-time food preservationists to achieve safe, high-

quality food products.

Following directions provided with food preservation equipment, and reading, understanding and following a tested recipe exactly are key ingredients in successful food preservation.

Keep in mind that the options for preserving summer produce are canning, freezing or dehydrating.

Several factors - time, experience, equipment, appliances, and available food storage space - will need to be considered. For example, folks who

Relay for Life in SC on Sat.

Mr. and Mrs. Hank Patton

Pattons observe 55th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Hank Patton celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on June 8.

Hank Patton and Carol Brown were married on June 8, 1961, at the First Christian Church, Scott City.

The couple has two daughters, Ronda Brewer

and husband, Jim, Lakin and Andrea Gorman and husband, Todd, Meade.

They also had a son, Gary, who is deceased.

They have six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Cards may be sent to the couple at Box 356, Lakin, Ks. 67860.

We need volunteer bus drivers to provide transportation for noon meals at the VIP Center.

You pick the days you can help. Get a free meal.

Contact 872-3501 for more information.

The annual Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society will be held on Sat., June 18, at Patton Park in Scott City.

Events begin with a community dinner at 5:00 p.m. Cancer survivors can eat free and all others are asked to make a free-will donation.

The Survivor Walk will follow at 6:00 p.m.

Musical entertainment will be provided by Mark Bowling at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Throughout the evening there will be games for kids and adults. Team and sponsor awards will be announced at 9:00 p.m.

The luminaria ceremony will be held at dusk (approx. 9:45 p.m.).

Luminaria will be on sale for $10.

have a newer range with a smooth glass top will want to read their appliance manual. If the manufacturers recommend not using canning equipment, freezing or drying will be a better choice. Some brands of canning equipment are not recommended for use on a smooth glass top range.

Freezing typically requires minimal equipment. All you need are a freezer or freezer space available in a refrigerator, blanching equipment such as a small strainer to briefly immerse food in boiling water

then transfer to ice cold water to stop the cooking process, freezer bags, boxes or jars, and recipe ingredients.

Dehydrating can be accomplished by placing foods, sliced or cut, in similar sizes on a tray in a newer oven (equipped with a fan) and set at a low temperature for a specific period of time, or by using a food dehydrator, which typically has shelves, a fan circulating air to speed drying and a timer.

(See PRESERVE on page 10)

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Ripple effect:

State budget cuts impact local services, taxpayers

It can be easy for many people to dismiss news that the state is cutting several million dollars from children’s programs, or reducing Medicaid reimbursements or freezing funding levels for our schools.

For a majority of legislators, these are just numbers and they have no connection with the impact these cuts have on individuals and communities.

Unfortunately, local residents can feel equally disconnected from what those cuts could mean in their lives. It’s difficult to relate decisions being made in Topeka to what’s happening in Scott City.

Throughout the year, The Record tries to help our readers make that connection. The most obvious example is the loss of school funding and how more burden is being put on local taxpayers to fill the funding void as we deal with increasing enrollment.

We’ve also told how county commissioners are using local tax dollars to keep a driver’s license exam office in Scott City. While the state saw it as a way to trim costs, commissioners understood the value of maintaining the service.

This week, in particular, we’re offering a brief glimpse as to how state budget cuts will affect our nursing home, mental health center, county Extension office, child care services and more. This obviously isn’t a situation that’s unique to us, but it touches every county in the state.

With school funding cuts, we have two choices. We can either accept what the state has done and learn to do with fewer teachers, more students in classrooms and let our facilities begin to slide into disrepair, or we can pick up the financial slack locally. We have rightfully chosen to do the latter.

“We’re committed to moving forward. I think that’s what the community expects,” says Supt. Jamie Rumford.

That’s why the board of education has approved a new track and why the district has begun exploring a major upgrade and expansion of its facilities that is already projected at $12 million, but could easily exceed that number. That’s also why more staff has been hired in response to our increasing enrollment.

We can’t let the state’s fiscal catastrophe dictate our ability to grow and respond to the needs of our people.

That same challenge confronts us throughout the community.

Medicaid cuts that take effect on July 1 will affect the Scott City Clinic and Park Lane Nursing Home.

Cuts to the Children’s Initiative Fund is taking another $312,000 from early-childhood programs in the area.

Kansas State University is passing cuts in state funding to the local Extension offices who will see less reimbursement for staff salaries.

Mental health services in the area will see a significant loss of funding and the health home program that was initiated by Compass Behavioral Health just two years ago is being eliminated.

To state lawmakers, the budget cuts are just numbers. At the local level these numbers become people who may no longer get the mental health services they need or whose child will have to be put on a waiting list for pre-school services. Elsewhere in Kansas, we’re seeing home health services for senior citizens being cut, which will force individuals into more costly nursing homes rather than remaining in their homes.

In many of these instances, the long-term costs will far exceed the short-term gains.

This is the dilemma that Kansas lawmakers have created. It’s a growing disaster that affects each of us directly or through someone we know.

To pretend otherwise . . . or to think it will go away . . . well, that’s just foolish.

Terrorists:

We are creating our own threats closer to home

During a recent town hall meeting, a Scott City resident expressed concern about terrorists coming into the U.S. from Mexico. This individual isn’t alone. Gov. Brownback, Congressman Tim Huelskamp and Donald Trump use the threat of terrorism as a reason to close our borders to Syrian refugees or other immigrants.

So what terrorist group was responsible for the largest mass killing in U.S. history in Orlando, Fla.?

This individual was born in New York City. He was an American.

Forget that this individual declared his allegiance to ISIS. They didn’t even know he existed until after the fact. He could have just as easily declared his allegiance to Donald Trump.

Perhaps the most astonishing fact to come out of this tragedy is that even though Omar Mateen was on the FBI’s Terrorist Watch List he was still able to acquire an assault weapon thanks to lobbying by the NRA and weak-kneed lawmakers.

The worst part is that in another two or three weeks it will be a distant memory, replaced by another mass killing by another U.S. born terrorist who easily acquired another assault weapon.

And we continue to think the greatest threat is from outside the U.S.

The ritual we call town halls “I assume you’re satisfied with the way things are going in Washington, D.C.,” said Sen. Jerry Moran recently while standing before a group of about 25 constituents.

Of course, he knows what the response will be.

After hearing a number of people in the audience answer, “No,” Moran added, “Me neither.”

With that opening exchange, the tone has been set for a typical Republican town hall meeting.

In all fairness, the format isn’t unique to Moran. It’s the same with Sen. Pat Roberts, Congressman Tim Huelskamp and, we imagine, most Republican congressmen who know that the way to their constituents’ votes is through their collective distrust and anger with government.

Nobody opens a town hall by offering the good things that government has done recently.

“You’ll be glad to know that federal inspectors discovered contaminated meat that won’t be making it to your grocery store,” isn’t something

you’ll hear from Moran.

You won’t hear Congressman Huelskamp declare, “Good news. Taxpayers will continue to subsidize 62 cents of every premium dollar paid for crop insurance.”

That doesn’t fit into the Republican narrative to criticize the EPA, the IRS or the Veterans Administration.

And, quite honestly, it’s much easier for constituents to digest how terrible government is rather than imagine what it would be like if it wasn’t around.

It’s human nature. No one shows up at a school board meeting to express their appreciation for the fine education their kids are receiving. No one attends a city council meeting to thank elected officials for maintaining streets or improving the quality of our drinking water.

But, there’s one big dif-

ference.

School board members and city councilmen aren’t going to the local coffee shops or speaking at organizations and telling constituents how terrible their schools are or complaining about the ineptitude of city government.

Our Congressmen feed the anti-government rhetoric by telling constituents how bad it is. Sometimes it’s very bad. And, I wish I could do something about it . . . but, it’s just so bad.

You want handicap accessible doors to the entrance of your local post office?

“Sorry, I asked and the Postal Service just won’t cooperate. Doesn’t that make you angry? It makes me angry.”

You want the Lesser Prairie Chicken to no longer be classified as a nonthreatened species?

“Sorry, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service won’t listen.”

You have a shortage of affordable housing in your community?

“I feel your pain. This is the most common issue that I hear from Cham-

ber directors, economic development groups and mayors. Sorry, I’d like to do something to help you, but you know how bad government is.”

The Morans and the Huelskamps are government, as much as they sometimes seem to distance themselves from that reality. Despite that fact, speaking against government is an expected ritual of a town hall.

Chances are that if they didn’t agree with how terrible government is, most of the people in attendance would leave more dissatisfied than when they arrived. If our Congressmen don’t share our frustration with government, then they aren’t listening . . . they don’t understand.

That’s not to say that government doesn’t have its faults. It’s not perfect and never will be.

Neither are Boeing, or DuPont or AT&T. Government is mocked because it pays $25 for a screw or $500 for a toilet seat. But, what of the defense contractors and other corporations who (See RITUAL on page six)

Conservatives playing the victim The Kansas Supreme Court’s latest ruling on school funding dropped with a thud on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. The accusations quickly followed.

The justices were bullies, playing politics and shredding the Kansas Constitution. Worse, they were ruining what little summer vacation beleaguered state lawmakers had been looking forward to.

To conservative lawmakers, the holiday news dump was just more evidence that the Kansas Supreme Court means to mess with them.

Jeff Melcher, a Republican state senator from Leawood, expressed that suspicion vividly, if crudely, when the Legislature convened on its closing day. The justices, he said, “are going to continue dropping little

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turds . . . to do everything they can to try to discredit the Legislature.”

Yes, a trail of poo was surely what the justices who ruled in the Gannonversus-Kansas case were thinking. Never mind the voluminous evidence filed in the case. Forget about all those hours of testimony. Ignore the brazen changes made to a funding formula approved by the court. The Kansas Legislature was nothing but a victim getting a load dumped on its collective head.

Melcher, in a telephone interview, kept to that storyline.

“You’ve got a very politically activist Supreme Court, which is trying to distract attention

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from the Carr brothers and abortion and all the things that are politically embarrassing to them,” Melcher says.

His theory being that the Kansas Supreme Court was shamed when the U.S. Supreme Court decisively reinstated the death sentences that the state had imposed on Jonathan and Reginald Carr for the murders of five persons in Wichita in 2000.

The state Supreme Court had ruled that the death sentences were unconstitutional because of technical reasons.

The Kansas Supreme Court has also handed down decisions in abortion cases that have angered and energized anti-choice groups in the state.

“They’re trying to distract the electorate so they can defend their retention elections,” Melcher says.

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Five of the Supreme Court justices will be on the November statewide ballot, and factions in Kansas, including the political apparatus of Wichita’s uber-wealthy Charles and David Koch, are gunning for their removal.

It’s kind of hard to figure how getting in the middle of a crisis that threatens school schedules, teachers’ paychecks and the start of the fall scholastic sports season would serve as a plus for justices running to keep their jobs.

Beyond that, Melcher’s distraction theory, which has been echoed in less colorful terms by other conservatives, ignores essential realities about the state Supreme Court’s job.

Which is to rule on cases.

(See VICTIM on page six)

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slavery still exists Prison system is massive part of our economy and social fabric Slavery has been abolished in the United States since 1865, when the 13th Amendment was passed in the ashes of the Civil War. Well, almost abolished. Actually, the amendment included a caveat: “except as punishment for a crime.” Since then, prison and forced labor have always gone together.

In fact, with over two million people behind bars in this country, the American prison system is a massive - albeit largely invisible - part of our economy and social fabric.

Recent years have seen a rise in both private prisons and the use of prison labor by private, for-profit corporations. This has created perverse incentives to imprison people and exploit them for cheap labor - often at 50 cents

behind the headlines

by Lauren Karaffa

an hour or less.

Corporations such as Microsoft, Target, Revlon, and Boeing have all made products with prison labor. With over a third of home appliances and 30 percent of speakers and headphones made using prison labor, it’s likely most American households own inmatemade products.

Even Whole Foods, a famed destination for ethical consumers, was forced to stop selling certain artisanal cheeses last year when those “artisans” were revealed to be prisoners who made a base wage of 60 cents a day.

We won’t even get into what Whole Foods - sometimes called “Whole Paycheck” - was charging consumers for prisoner-made products, which also included organic milk and tilapia.

The problem is making its way into popular culture as well. A season three episode of the Netflix prison dramedy Orange Is the New Black, for example, illustrated a similar scam.

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In the episode, a thrilling new job opportunity is marketed to the inmates.

Most are beside themselves at the idea of working for $1 an hour - well above the compensation offered for any other job in the prison. A scheme is hatched to trick the women into clamoring for the job in a fake competition.

The episode closes with a scene showing the chosen women as their new job is revealed to them. They walk into a warehouse. The lights click on, and the viewer first sees the shock and disappointment on their faces. Then the camera turns to show rows and rows of sewing machines and a corporate logo overhead.

They’d competed to work in a sweatshop.

Real-life prisoners are starting to organize against this kind of abuse. This April, prisoners in Texas held a coordinated work stoppage with the help of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee - an arm of the global IWW union.

The striking inmates refused to do work assigned to them by Texas Correctional Industries, an arm of

This year, despite the unnerving presidential freak show the Republicans are putting on, Hillary Clinton is the one who recently stunned me.

Attempting to convince wary working class families that she’ll lift up the poor, shore up the middle class, and stand against the abuses of her Wall Street financial backers, Clinton made a horrifying declaration that she’ll bring back Bill.

Specifically, she promised that her former-president husband will be put “in charge of revitalizing the economy.”

Good grief. Isn’t he the big galoot

who turned his economic policy over to Wall Street’s Machiavellian, Robert Rubin?

And, didn’t Bill break his 1992 campaign promise to raise the minimum wage in his first year? Afraid so - he put it off until his fourth year, and even then provided only a token increase that left the working poor still mired in poverty.

And, let’s not forget his “welfare reform” bill, which shredded the safety net for America’s poorest, most vulnerable people.

This is the same Bill who rammed NAFTA down our throats, creating the job-sucking sound that continues to devastate today’s middle class. He also colluded with laissez-faire ideologues

appropriate response to Trump’s blacklist: a Trump blackout.

I don’t mean an outright ban of Trump coverage. That would be shirking our civic responsibility. But I suggest an end to the uncritical, free publicity that propelled him to the GOP nomination in the first place: ●No more live, wall-to-wall coverage of Trump’s rallies and events; this sort of “coverage,” particularly by cable news outlets, has been a huge inkind contribution to Trump. ●No more Trump call-ins to TV shows; this enables him to plant falsehoods with little risk of follow-up. ●Rigorous use of real-time factchecking, pointing out Trump’s falsehoods in the stories in which they’re reported. That’s not injecting opinion - it’s stating fact.

Beyond that, news organizations should demand that the Republican National Committee, at next month’s convention, reinstate and credential all (See SPEECH on page six)

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and plutocratic Republicans to deregulate Wall Street, allowing global speculators to wreck our economy by playing casino games with our bank deposits and home mortgages.

By the way, since leaving office, Bill has amassed a personal fortune through smarmy, often-secret deals with Wall Street banks and global corporations.

Why would Hillary threaten workaday Americans with another poke in the eye from this big money con man?

Instead, she should use Bill’s gift of gab by making him her official greeter for White House visitors.

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

Trump’s attack on free speech Candidate’s actions against journalists must be answered Donald Trump’s ban of Washington Post journalists has left other news outlets with a stark choice: your ratings or your responsibility as journalists in a free society?

Trump’s announcement that he is barring Post journalists from his events follows similar bans he put on reporters from Politico, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Gawker, Foreign Policy, Fusion, Univision, Mother Jones, the New Hampshire Union Leader, the Des Moines Register and the Daily Beast.

Trump goons have been known to kick out undesirable reporters at Trump events.

For those journalists and media executives who still don’t share the view of Post Executive Editor Martin Baron that Trump’s action “is nothing

other voices

by Dana Milbank

less than a repudiation of the role of a free and independent press,” it won’t be long before Trump comes for you, too.

Earlier this year, Trump said he would “open up” libel laws - in other words, dispense with the First Amendment - to make it easier for him to sue news outlets. He has suggested that, if president, he would use antitrust laws to harass Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns The Post. And longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone has proposed that a President Trump seek retribution against CNN: “Turn off their FCC license.”

This goes beyond even Nixonian hostility. Before Trump events, all journalists - blacklisted or not - must apply for permission to attend. They are then notified if their applications have been approved.

But there is, happily, a just and

by Leonard Pitts, Jr.

I am supposed to be writing about a shooting in Orlando, but my thoughts keep circling back to a funeral in Louisville.

This is not About the shootabout ideoling, you have doubtogy. No, this less already heard is about the your fill of grisly mainstreamdetails. Suffice it to ing and say that in the dark normalizing hours of Sunday of hatred morning, a Muslim in ways not man armed with a seen for more military-style assault than 50 years. rifle opened fire on Latin Night at a gay nightclub, killing 49 people, wounding dozens more.

The atrocity, the biggest mass shooting in American history, ignited another dreary spasm of Islamophobia, led by Donald Trump. In short order, the presumptive Repugnant Party candidate for president bragged about “being right on radical Islamic terrorism,” suggested that President Obama is sympathetic to terrorists and renewed his call for a ban on Muslim immigration, though he did not explain how that would have stopped the killer, who, like Trump, was born in New York City.

For good measure, Trump’s Islamophobia was met by the homophobia of one Roger Jimenez, a Baptist preacher in Sacramento who told his congregation it was “great” that “50 pedophiles were killed today” and went on to call for the government to “round them all up and put them up against a firing wall and blow their brains out.”

So yes, this is what I need to be writing about today, the hatred, the division and the rhetorical and actual violence they spawn. But, I keep coming back to that funeral for Muhammad Ali. Perhaps you caught some part of the ceremony on television the Friday before the shooting. If you did, perhaps you were struck, as I was, by the fact of ministers, rabbis, Iroquois spiritual leaders, a Jewish comic, a black TV personality and a white politician born in segregated Arkansas, all coming together under one roof to honor an African-American Muslim.

Perhaps it spoke to some deep part of you of the potentialities beneath our animosities, the commonalities within our separations.

We are taught to regard the animosities and separations as definitive and unavoidable, part and parcel of what it means to be human. That this is a lie is reflected in all the tributaries of color, faith and tribe that flowed together to honor Ali. Animosities and separations are not conditions you are born with. Rather, they are conditions you choose.

Jimenez, sadly, made that choice.

So did Trump. And so did the man who walked into that nightclub and butchered all those people. They are all alike. Only in degree and choice of weapon do they differ.

And as appalled, sickened and repulsed as the massacre leaves me, I am also disgusted by the response from these people in putative positions of responsibility and by the fact that their enablers on the political right will justify, rationalize or otherwise make excuses for these acts of human malpractice. I am tired of chalking this sort of thing up to ideological disagreement.

This is not about ideology. No, this is about the mainstreaming and nor-

Hillary should leave Bill at the door

by Jim Hightower

Hatred, rhetoric and the violence they spawn

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A missed opportunity in Chinese relations I write this from the bustling city of Yan’an in northeast Shaanxi Province in China. But, in 1937, Yan’an was a small village. The Yan River cuts this land into a washboard resembling the mountain ridges of eastern Kentucky or Tennessee.

It is not easily penetrated by a standard army with tanks and heavy artillery. That is why the remnants of the Red Army

arrived here at the end of their Long March.

Yan’an became the command center for the guerrilla warfare that eventually overthrew the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek.

What strikes you are the arched fronts of homes cut into hillsides, called “yao dong” in Chinese.

This is the “loess plateau” where the deep yellow soil is a windblown silt that erodes to drain into the Yellow River. These

Prison

Ritual

by John Schrock

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the state Department of Justice that uses inmate labor to make everything from personal care items to toilets. Incarcerated workers there are paid as little as 17 cents an hour, even as phone calls can cost $1 a minute and medical care requires a $100 copay.

Another union-coordinated strike is underway at several Alabama prisons, where inmates labor in deplorable conditions even as they generate profits for private industries. Unions and rights groups are gearing up for a national strike this September to derail this exploitative system.

Those most directly and negatively affected, the prisoners and their families, need and deserve our support. But, the rest of us need to finish the work of the Civil War and end forced labor in our country for good.

Lauren Karaffa is a New Economy Maryland fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies

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malizing of hatred in ways not seen for more than 50 years.

It is about how people deserve to be treated, about whether we are a country where the exclusion and even execution of vulnerable peoples are bandied casually about from platforms of authority or whether we are a country with the courage of its convictions.

I don’t expect much from a mass murderer.

But, you’d like to think you can hope for a little - I don’t know - grace, dignity, statesmanship from a preacher and a wouldbe president. Is simple decency too much to ask?

God help us, if it is.

Friday saw all sorts of people cross all sorts of cultural lines in order to pay tribute to a man they all somehow recognized as one of their own. It offered shining proof of what human beings can be.

Then came Sunday, and an awful reminder of what we too often are.

Leonard Pitts is a columnist for The Miami Herald. He can be reached at lpitts@ miamiherald.com

believe it’s okay to charge that amount in the first place?

You won’t hear Moran, Roberts or Huelskamp deriding Lockheed for producing the F-22 that was 10 years behind schedule and $14 billion over budget. Neither will you hear them talk about how the F-35 fighter jet is going down the same costly path.

You don’t hear it because private industry is our salvation. Government is the demon.

Big corporations - despite shutting down facto-

Speech media outlets that Trump has banned. Does the RNC want to join Trump in opposing a free press?

Politicians have long tried to freeze out critical reporters and news organizations by refusing to return phone calls or denying them questions at news conferences; I got that treatment covering George W. Bush’s White House.

But, this is fundamentally different: If Trump were to behave this way in office, he could choose which journalists and outlets would be admitted to the White House briefing

Had the United States followed the analysis of its State Department specialists and the many journalists who described in detail the work of Chu Teh and the army at Yan’an, our relations with China today might be as friendly as our relationships with other allies.

rooms cut into hillsides also provided some protection from Japanese bombardment.

I have spent two days touring the many museums and caves that housed the command and communications centers, and even schools and a university for the Anti-Japanese

troops and families.

Readers will recognize the names Mao TseTung and Chou En-lai.

But here, as well, are the living quarters, broadcast equipment and printing presses used by their top generals.

But, what brought me here was Agnes Smedley’s

biography of General Chu Teh. Ignored in our history books, Chu Teh was so central to the success of the Red Army that for many illiterate peasants there was one great legendary liberator rumored to be named Chu Mao. Agnes Smedley was a journalist, born into a poor farm family in Missouri, whose family moved to Colorado where her father worked in the mines.

The contrast between the rich mine barons and

the poor miners including her father - a “Grapes of Wrath” life - gave Smedley the compassion to understand the plight of the Chinese peasants and a justified hatred of the tyrannical rich.

She ended up reporting in China in 1929 and soon was working for the Chinese Red Cross Medical Corps. When she arrived here in Yan’an, General Chu Teh agreed

Congressmen are enablers who prefer to nod their heads in agreement without even attempting to counter misinformation with facts.

It’s much easier to show charts of the federal deficit than it is to talk about what created that debt, who isn’t paying their fair share of taxes or what budget cuts have to take place. Don’t just tell us there’s a problem. We already know that. Tell us what you’re doing about it.

Complaining doesn’t count.

Town halls have become an exercise in telling constituents what they want to hear - not what they need to hear. They’re an opportunity for lawmakers to claim “I feel your pain” without being held accountable for making that pain go away.

It’s much easier for everyone to agree that government is the problem and there’s nothing we can do about it. And, in another year, we get to do it all over again.

media to Trump’s blacklist. “Too many journalists are hung up on the old balance of ‘he said, she said’ and are silent about putting their finger on the scale and saying which viewpoint has the larger weight” of truth, he told me. “One would hope that would change.”

That has begun to change in the past month.

The focus has shifted from Trump’s dead cats to serious probing of Trump’s past, falsehoods and racial politics. Nobody has done this better than my colleagues at The Post which is the real reason

for Trump’s blacklisting.

Covering Trump will be more difficult if Post reporters are denied seats on the Trump press charter and news conferences and access to Trump rallies. But, their coverage will be as vigorous as before.

The question is whether other news organizations will recognize that Trump’s ban is not just an attack on The Post but a call to conscience for all who believe in a free press.

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ries in the U.S. and shipping tens of thousands of jobs outside the country and despite their ability to evade billions in taxes - are never the bad guys.

You will never hear Moran or Huelskamp talk about closing tax loopholes, going after billions of dollars of undeclared income being held in offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands, or their latest efforts to keep jobs from being sent overseas because those efforts aren’t taking place.

Instead, they complain about the EPA (always an

easy target), immigrants (i.e., terrorists), the national debt and prairie chickens.

And, doing so makes them just as irresponsible as the parent who complains, “I just can’t control my kids.”

It’s okay to allow constituents to vent about the federal bureaucracy, health care for veterans or whether water running down a ditch is something the EPA can regulate.

Sometimes the questions are legitimate and the concerns are real.

Too often, however,

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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room, participate in the press pool or join presidential events.

A push-back against Trump’s authoritarian actions could work, because Trump relies almost entirely on free media attention. He lacks a traditional campaign apparatus with the ability to target and mobilize voters with advertising and field organizing.

Trump won the nomination using what the British call the “dead cat” tactic: Throw a dead cat on the table, and that’s what people will talk about. Trump kept hurl-

No end in sight for Sanders campaign

by Andy Borowitz

SAN FRANCISCO (The Borowitz Report) Upping the ante in his quest for the White House, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has vowed to continue battling for the Democratic Presidential nomination even if Hillary Clinton is elected President of the United States.

“If, on November 8 of this year, Hillary Clinton is elected President, we will have only begun to fight,” Sanders told a packed rally.

Sanders acknowledged that continuing to fight for the nomination after Clinton is elected President would represent a “steep challenge,” but added, “When we started this race we were only at three percent in the polls. Anything is possible.”

Any hopes that Sanders would soon abandon his Presidential run in the interest of Democratic Party unity were dashed in his defiant closing remarks.

“Just because someone stands up there on Inauguration Day with her hand in the air and is sworn in as President, that does not mean it is over,” he said, to a standing ovation.

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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ing cats, thereby staying a step ahead of the media watchdogs.

In a report out Monday, Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center found that eight top news outlets gave Trump the equivalent of $55 million of free advertising last year, and about two-thirds of Trump coverage was positive.

Taking the news media as a whole, the center said the claim that Trump’s media coverage was worth $2 billion in ads “might well be correct.”

Shorenstein’s Thomas Patterson suggests a “corrective” response by the

Victim You wouldn’t know this from the blame game going on in Topeka, but Supreme Court justices don’t create lawsuits. It isn’t the court that sued the Legislature for inadequate and inequitable funding of public education. Local school boards initiated those cases, which worked their way up through appeals to the state’s highest court.

Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature lit the fuse for the latest ruling in 2015 when they changed the formula for equalizing funding among wealthy and poorer school districts that the court had agreed to just a year before.

School districts in Kansas City, Dodge City, Hutchinson and Wichita sued, claiming the new formula shortchanged them. The Supreme Court issued a ruling in March that the state must make its funding fairer for poorer districts.

Dana Milbank is a Washington Post staff writer and author

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The Legislature attempted a lame fix in March, basically shifting money from one pot to another. The plaintiff school districts objected, and the Supreme Court took their side.

Fix the equity problem, the latest ruling says, or the schools will be unable to remain open after June 30 because the system will be unconstitutionally funded.

So, that’s where matters stand. Brownback has scheduled a special session of the Legislature for June 23. What will happen is anyone’s guess.

Any viable fix would seem to involve restoring funding that was lost with the adoption of the latest formula. And Kansas is, as usual, broke.

Melcher, for one, says he won’t agree to any proposed remedy unless it is accompanied by a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment

that would stop the courts from closing schools - a measure that itself would probably be challenged as unconstitutional.

Melcher also insists that he won’t go along with any plan that takes money from the Blue Valley and Shawnee Mission school districts, which he represents, and gives it to poorer districts he says aren’t achieving good results with the money they already receive.

And, he makes a prediction about the justices: “If we fix this, they will drop another bomb a little bit later and they will do it at the most punitive time.

I fully expect they’ll keep doing that until the election in November.”

So, now it’s bombs, not turds, the court will be dropping?

Either way, there’s still a bad smell coming from the other two branches of Kansas government.

Barbara Shelly is a columnist for the Kansas City Star

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Chinese to let her write his biography.

It was in these cave houses that she took notes whenever he was not at the battlefront or in behindthe-enemy-line bases. Her biography “The Great Road” covers Chu Teh’s life up until 1946.

Old China was still a feudal system, where the one percent made up of landlords, industrialists and militarists kept the 99 percent in endless indentured service and virtual slavery through taxes and tyranny.

From Chu’s earliest military work, he held the attitude that surrendering troops should be given the opportunity to learn and join the peasant’s side. And, this was what the Revolutionary Army was built on, including many women soldiers, who were treated as prop-

erty under Old China.

Labeled “re-education,” this became the source of the People’s Army. Those who were captured and did not wish to switch sides were often allowed to go home, sometimes with a travel allowance and note of safe passage.

This contrast between Chu’s troops and the cruelness of Nationalist and warlord troops would in the end result in their victory in 1949.

Early in World War II, military and State Department officials, including General Evans Carlson, John Stewart Service and John Paton Davies came to Yan’an and understood the difference between freeing Chinese from servitude and the Nationalists who were defending the old order, not attacking the Japanese, and preserving

Schools Some Republicans have lamented Brownback’s decision to use the specific dollar figure, one that has been bandied about by Democrats and the plaintiff school districts’ attorneys for months.

“I know there’s a lot

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their troops to fight Chu and Mao. General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell understood the situation clearly as well and he was soon fired.

Unfortunately, the decision was in the hands of Patrick Hurley. Michael Burleigh, a Distinguished Research Professor in Modern History, writes: “U.S. policy was not well served by its Ambassador to China from late 1944 onwards . . . Patrick Hurley, a drunken idiot given to Choctaw war cries. Oblivious of China’s delicate protocols, he referred to Chiang as ‘Mr. Shek’ and Mao Zedong as ‘Moose Dung’....”

Unfortunately, the United States supported a war on the side of the rich and politically powerful rather than for the benefit of the common people. Other correspon-

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dents had come to Yan’an as well and truthfully reported back to the West in books: Gunter Stein’s “Challenge of Red China,” Israel Epsteins’s “The Unfinished Revolution in China,” and Harrison Forman’s “Report from Red China.” Foremost of all, journalist Edgar Snow, born in Kansas City, wrote from Yan’an of the real situation in 1937 in his best-selling “Red Star Over China.”

Had the United States followed the analysis of its State Department specialists and the many journalists who described in detail the work of Chu Teh and the army at Yan’an, our relations with China today might be as friendly as our relationships with other allies.

John Schrock trains biology teachers and lives in Emporia

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of conservatives out there who feel like the governor’s already caved,” said Rep. Steve Huebert (R-Valley Center). “I do feel like, by him already making statements like he’s making, you change the negotiating ability.”

Asked about lawmakers’ concerns, Brownback’s spokeswoman, Eileen Hawley, said that based “on input from the State’s legal team and the Department of Education, the Governor believes that an addition-

al $38 million in local option budget equalization funding is necessary to meet the equity standard established by the Kansas Supreme Court in its decisions in the Gannon case.”

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Park Lane

caught in a maze

somehow - either through higher rates or more assistance from county taxpayers who own the facility.

While the number of residents on Medicaid and the reimbursement each receives will fluctuate according to care required - Turner is estimating the nursing home will lose about $24,000 annually with the new rates that begin July 1.

Rate “cuts” are nothing new to Turner or the Park Lane board. Typically, they just aren’t labeled as such.

“Our rates haven’t been adjusted for three or four years, but our costs keep increasing,” says Turner.

“That’s the same as a rate cut.”

With the nursing home currently at full capacity, there isn’t the opportunity

Brooke Kough, Scott City, tries to figure her way through the “lazer maze” during one of the activities held at the Scott County Library on Tuesday afternoon. Youngsters also particpated in a cup stacking competition. On Friday, summer reading youth will take part in a day of “world record setting” activities at the library.

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Medicaid decisions could close Kansas hospitals, raise cost for privately insured

Some say the state’s decision to not expand Medicaid and Gov. Sam Brownback’s four percent cut to Medicaid reimbursement rates could contribute to more rural hospitals closing and could lead to more expensive health care for those who do have insurance.

“This decision to make these cuts is really a decision to balance the budget on the shoulders of providers and patients around the state,” said Cindy Samuelson, vice president for public relations at the Kansas Hospital Association.

Medicaid is the health insurance program for low-income and disabled residents funded by the state and federal government. Kansas privatized Medicaid in 2013 and dubbed it KanCare.

Right now, Kansans who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but don’t make enough money to qualify for federal subsidies, fall into a coverage gap.

When patients are uninsured and can’t pay,

the hospitals get stuck with the cost. If the state expanded Medicaid, 150,000 Kansans could receive health insurance, according to the Kansas Hospital Association.

Brownback’s four percent reimbursement cuts take effect July 1. Brownback, who made the cuts to help fill the state’s budget hole, made some exemptions for rural hospitals and home- and community-based services for people with disabilities.

That means physicians, dentists, pharmacies and hospitals in urban areas, such as Wichita and Kansas City, will account for most of the $38 million cut to provider reimbursement rates.

Via Christi Health, the largest hospital system in the state, announced to its employees this week that it would lay off 70 employees over the next two weeks. It will also leave 80 positions unfilled that were lost through attrition in the past three months.

At a series of public hearings around the state in May, Kancare recipi-

ents expressed grievances with the system and reported difficulty accessing care.

Health care analysts say the governor’s move to reduce funds could make it even harder for some to get medical care.

Sheldon Weisgrau, director of the Health Reform Resource Project, which is part of the Kansas Association for the Medically Undeserved, said providers would likely further limit the number of Medicaid patients they accept, or some could stop accepting Medicaid patients all together.

“You just can’t continue operating if you’re getting paid less, and less, and less than what it costs to treat the patient,” he said.

Weisgrau said rural hospitals would increasingly turn to the community for tax increases or other measures to make up for lost reimbursements.

“At some point, the communities can’t afford to do that and you see the hospitals go under,” he said.

A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows uncompensated care costs dropped nearly $6 million from 2013 to 2014 in states that expanded Medicaid, but remained stagnant in nonexpansion states.

Weisgrau said the more uncompensated care provided in an area, the higher health care costs for those that are insured.

Weisgrau offered an example: If an uninsured patient receives $1,000 worth of care from an emergency room, everybody else in the hospital has to pay more to make up for it.

If the person has Medicaid, and it covers $800 of the $1,000, the rest of the patients pay to make up for the $200 difference in the cost of care - rather than the full $1,000.

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to see revenue increase with the arrival of new residents.

The next time that Medicaid rates are reviewed at the end of the year, Turner is hopeful the state will provide an overdue increase that would help offset the latest cut, but she and her board can’t count on that happening. Instead, rate increases fall upon the private pay residents and those with long-term care insurance.

“We have to generate more revenue somehow,” Turner emphasizes. “It’s already difficult to maintain the staffing we need.

It will be almost impossible to keep people if we don’t offer salaries that are competitive with the nursing homes and hospitals around us.”

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K-State cuts funding to Extension programs Scott County Extension hasn’t escaped budget cuts which are occurring at the state level.

As the governor and Kansas Legislature have chopped away at funds to the regents institutions, including Kansas State University, the impact is rippling to the local level.

Earlier this year, Scott County Extension returned $1,800 to KSU in an effort to help the university compensate for lost state funding.

Now, KSU is reducing what it pays county

RCDC RCDC has been hit hard by the loss of early childhood grants that should have been funded through the Childrens Initiative Fund. Over the years, tens of millions of dollars that were originally intended for early childhood programs have instead been redirected to the state’s general fund.

In an effort to close the state’s budget gap, Gov. Brownback’s latest round of cuts will chop another $312,491 from RCDC. That’s split between the 19-county Southwest Kansas Building Blocks program ($215,973) and the Ford County Building Blocks program ($96,515).

The Southwest Kansas program serves over 4,000 children.

“Throughout this process, our primary goal was to protect direct program services to children and families,” says Berry.

But, she said this latest round of cuts can’t occur without some impact on

Extension agents. Starting July 1 and through the remainder of the year, K-State is cutting it’s share of salaries by $33 per agent during each of the 13 pay periods.

That amounts to $429 for each agent in Scott County.

Overall, Extension funding across the state is being reduced by more than $2 million which is resulting in cuts to salaries and staff.

In the upcoming budget year, which begins

July 1, K-State will pay $18,486 for each of the first two agent positions in a county and $11,414 for each additional agent.

Additional compensation comes from local taxpayers.

“We don’t know what to expect next year, but I’m afraid this could only be the start,” says Scott County FACS Agent Carol Ann Crouch.

In anticipation of budget cuts, the Extension department didn’t immediately fill the opening for an office manager.

That job is currently being filled by part-time staff which has resulted in some temporary savings.

Crouch and Extension Agent John Beckman won’t see a pay cut because of K-State’s decision. The Extension board will dip into their savings to make up for the lost support from KSU. Crouch worries that if further cuts are more severe, and once the savings are depleted, the board may have to look at keeping just one agent.

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staffing and programs.

As a result, two direct service providers and two administrative positions are being eliminated.

Elimination of the Healthy Steps and Triple P Coach positions means that at least 60 children and their caregivers will not receive home visitation support in the upcoming year.

“There is no other place to go for grants. In fact, we’ve been the go-to place for a lot of our partners and for staff development,” Berry says.

She’s taken their funding story to county commissioners throughout the area while requesting support for the 2017 budget, but she admits the prospects are “gloomy.”

Given the decline in oil and gas valuations across the region, Berry says the best they can probably hope for is that counties continue with the same level of support.

“We’ll fundraise what we can, but you can’t hold

enough bake sales to raise we’re talking about young $300,000,” she says. families who are struggling. Helping their chilCreating Awareness dren get off to a good start As funding for services in life - when their young has been put in greater brains are in the crucial jeopardy, Berry feels that years of development state lawmakers have makes a huge difference become more aware of the for them and their child. need for early childhood If we aren’t there to help programs and the benefits - and the research backs provided. us up - it can lead to huge “Over the last couple costs for society in the of years, the awareness long run. and support for early “Governor Brownback childhood (programs) has talks about reducing changed dramatically. childhood poverty. This Even those on the more isn’t how you do that.” conservative side could Berry resents hearing see we were doing good lawmakers and administhings but, everything tration officials refer to seems to be fair game poor families in need of right now.” social services and early What troubles Berry is childhood programs as a the financial savings the burden on society. governor and legislators “These are not the feel they are getting in the stereotypical freeloader. short-term will be lost in These are our friends and the long-term. neighbors,” she says.

“There’s so much damSome of these friends age that’s being done and and neighbors, says Berry, it’s something we won’t are now going to find it a be able to turn around little more difficult to get quickly,” Berry empha- access to the early childsizes. “In many instances, hood programs they need.

“We can’t do everything that people expect with just one agent,” Crouch emphasizes. “If it were to come to that, everything would have to change.”

And, she emphasizes that getting financial support from the Wm. Carpenter Foundation is not an option.

“The Carpenter Foundation doesn’t pay for anything in this office.

It’s strictly for the kids,” she says. “That’s how the Foundation was set up and we’ve kept it that

way. That’s why our kids are able to participate in so many trips and attend camps. The Foundation picks up the costs.”

If funding gets tighter, Crouch worries that 4-Hers could be asked to pay more fees.

“The fact we are able to do so much for our kids through the Foundation is one reason why we have one of the best 4-H programs in the state. We don’t want to change that, because it just puts another burden on the kids and their families,” she adds.

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Compass Health Connections is victim of budget cuts One of the early casualties of state budget cuts has been the decision to discontinue Compass Health Connections which was a new approach to addressing mental health by also addressing other changes in an individual’s lifestyle.

The loss of this program, which takes effect June 30, is particularly troubling for Kent Hill, regional director for Compass Behavioral Health.

“The state cut off funding for this before it had a chance to prove how successful it can be,” says Hill.

Missouri, he says, has been one of the first states to initiate this program and they have established the data to show that it improves health outcomes, reduces patient costs and improves patient satisfaction.

“But, it takes a few years before you begin to see the data that supports the program,” Hill says.

“You don’t see the savings through preventative care for several years.”

The state made the decision to pull the plug on the program six months ago after it had been in effect for less than 18 months.

In the short time the program had been in effect, Hill says more than 400 had been enrolled in the 13-county area served

by Compass. Because of the huge participation, Compass had hired Mary Ann Cook as a primary care provider to work for the center and provide direct services to their clients. Cook’s position with Compass will end on June 30.

At one time, the health home program employed nine people.

The state Many says it can’t of the afford to fund p r o this program g r a m ’ s any longer, p a r t i c i - but the money pants are they’re savMedicaid ing now will r e c i p i - add up to a lot more costs in ents who, the long run. o f t e n These people t i m e s , will require have a more expensevere or sive care for problems that persistent would have m e n t a l been much i l l n e s s cheaper had (SPMI). they been “ O n addressed earlier or with average, small changes p e o p l e in their lifewho are style.

Kent Hill, d i a g Compass n o s e d regional w i t h director S P M I have a shorter lifespan by about 25 years,” notes Hill.

Factors that contribute to their shorter lives include a sedentary lifestyle, many are heavy smokers, they don’t see physicians when needed and when they do see a physician they often fail to get the follow-up treatment that’s required.

“These are people who often fall through the cracks,” Hill says. “By hiring care coordinators, we were promoting better health, better diets, medication compliance and other things that will help to reduce their long-term cost for care.

“The state says it can’t afford to fund this program any longer, but the money they’re saving now will add up to a lot more costs in the long run.

These people will require more expensive care for problems that would have been much cheaper had they been addressed earlier or with small changes in their lifestyle,” he says.

Preserve In areas with high humidity, drying foods in the sun is not an efficient drying method in Kansas.

A pressure canner is similar to a pressure cooker, but larger and necessary for processing lowacid foods such as meats, vegetables, seafood, soups and other mixtures. These foods need to reach temperatures of 240 degrees to kill bacteria that may be present on meats and vegetables.

A water-bath canner can be used to process acidic foods, such as fruits, pickles, jams and jellies, in a boiling water bath (212 degrees).

While many people consider Kansas a flat landscape, it is not.

Altitude must be considered in canning as much as it is in baking. Those at higher altitudes must add processing time for waterbath processing or pressure for pressure canning.

Read and follow tested recipe directions.

Improper processing at higher altitudes can lead to spoilage because of underprocessing.

For all canning, jars should be in good conditions and free from scratches, cracks or chips.

Lids, or flats, should be new. Sealing rings can be reused if free from rust or other damage.

Once food is processed

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in the canner, the lids will be concave and produce a ping-like popping sound as they cool to signal successful processing and a vacuum seal to protect preserved foods.

All preserved foods should be labeled and dated after processing and before being moved to a pantry or other cool dry place for storage (according to recipe directions) and used within one year.

If considering food preservation for the first time, choose a simple project, such as freezing tomatoes or making fruit jam or jelly.

To learn more: 1) Stop by the Extension office to have your canning gauge checked and to get the altitude requirements for our area.

2) Read about food preservation. Food preservation guides for apples, cherries, cucumbers, green beans, peaches, peppers, strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes and vegetables are available free at the Scott County Extension office or can be downloaded from the K-State Extension Bookstore/Library.

The “Complete Guide to Canning,” a 196page book with recipes from Purdue University (MF2904) is available to check out from the Extension office.

Compass means in terms of overall Medicaid reimbursement and they haven’t been very clear,” says Hill.

“I’m not sure they really thought this through. If the federal match isn’t part of the four percent (cut) then that would push our total loss of funding to about $900,000.”

This is money that funds services and salaries for Compass in its 13-county area.

Getting ‘Efficient’ While making a budget request to Greeley County commissioners immediately following the state’s Medicaid announcement, Hill says he was told by a county commissioner that Compass finds itself in a no-win situation.

“He said that we either are forced to cut the quantity or quality of our services or we somehow, someway get more efficient and continue providing services,” says Hill.

While some will view the increased “efficiency” as a cost-savings, Hill says it actually comes at a steep price. As funding for programs is curtailed, or as reimbursement rates are reduced, the only way to become more efficient is to limit the services provided.

“Those who pay the biggest price are the people who need mental health services, but can no longer get the level of help they need,” Hill says.

Compass is already finding it more difficult to keep and attract employees because cuts in state funding have made it difficult to pay competitive

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salaries.

“To be a case manager, you need a four-year degree in a social services field,” says Hill. “We realized several years ago we were no longer competitive, especially if we wanted to attract employees to Western Kansas.

It’s even more difficult if you want someone with a Master’s degree.”

In the past 30 days, the Compass site in Scott City has had two staff resignations.

“They’ve told me it’s not the work or the working conditions, but it’s the compensation for the time they’re putting in,” says Hill.

That loss or changeover in staffing has an impact on the people receiving services.

“The research is really clear. The single best predictor of outcome therapy is a client’s perception of the relationship with their provider,” Hill points out.

“When you have staff turnover, that affects the trust and the comfort level you’ve created with those clients.”

Someone has to Pay Even before the latest cut in Medicaid reimbursement, Hill says the state had cut funding for services provided by Compass.

For example, if a doctor, law enforcement agency or a family member was concerned about an individual - whether they might be homicidal, suicidal or be experiencing dementia to the point they can no longer care for themselves - Compass

does a referral assessment.

“This assessment can determine whether you need to be in a psychiatric hospital, like Larned State, or if you’re not a danger to yourself or the community,” Hill says.

The state had paid for that assessment if individuals lacked private insurance or were on Medicaid, but that funding was cut off last October. However, this assessment is still required before a person can be admitted to a facility such as Larned State Hospital.

“Community health centers have been the gate keepers in determining whether individuals should be getting help at Larned State Hospital or whether they can stay in the community,” says Hill.

The loss of state funding in one area has a ripple effect.

For example, under the agreement that mental health organizations have with the state, no one can be denied services because of their inability to pay. As a result, centers such as Compass have a sliding scale in which fees are based on an individual’s ability to pay.

“Based on each individual situation, we may deviate from that schedule in order to make sure someone is getting the help they need,” says Hill.

“But, every time we are hit with a loss of funding the luxury of deviating from that schedule gets more and more difficult.”

For example, there are times when individuals will meet with Compass

staff and express concerns about a family member who is struggling.

“Because we’re visiting with family members and the individual they’re concerned about isn’t with us at the time, we don’t get reimbursed for that time. We either bill the family members privately or we write it off,” Hill says.

Likewise, in the past when Compass has met with school officials about a student’s needs, the meeting would include a case manager, therapist and care coordinator.

“It’s helpful to have all of them at the table, but we can’t afford that anymore because the state won’t provide full reimbursement,” Hill says.

“We can only have one person at the table who has to be a spokesman for the entire team.”

The bottom line, says Hill, is that even with budget cuts at the state level Compass will find a way to continue providing services.

“What’s really, really important to me and our staff is that no one goes without mental health services who is genuinely in need,” he emphasizes.

“If that means deviating from our charity schedule, we’ll find a way to make it happen.

“We’ve never been forced to do a reduction in force in Scott City and I hope that it never happens, but we will have to make some changes in how we do things,” he adds. “What those changes will be, at this point I don’t know.”

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the kids are back Young cast prepares for ‘Oklahoma’ One would think that a person would have to be a little bit unstable in order to take charge of more than 50 young actors for a stage production.

If Shairlyn is a little crazy, then she’s loving every minute of it.

“It’s so much fun to work with kids at this age because they just soak everything up,” says the director of this year’s Childrens’ Theatre production of “Getting to Know . . . Oklahoma.”

Wasinger and Nancy Green are once again directing the musical which will be performed on Friday and Sunday, June 24 and 26.

Fifty-one performers from ages seven through

‘Oklahoma’ Fri., June 24 • 7:30 p.m.

Sun., June 26 • 2:30 p.m.

SCHS Auditorium Tickets: $7 for adults Youth (17 and under) free Box office opens 30 minutes before each performance All seating is general admission

14 are cast in the production. Likewise, the stage crew consists of 12 young people.

This year’s production may be a little more challenging than most because of the unusually young cast.

“I didn’t get a lot of the kids going into seventh and eighth grade who I was counting on,” says Wasinger. “There were

(Top) The cast gives a big finish to the song “Oklahoma” during a rehearsal on Wednesday afternoon. (Above) Young actors in a scene from the musical are (front row, from left) Piper Fox and Kallyn Turner, Emma Powelson and Finley Edwards. Behind them is Camden Vulgamore.

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too many conflicts. We had thought about doing this later in the summer, but then you run into fair time and vacations.

“But, this is a great opportunity for our young people to be cast in some wonderful roles and they’re doing a great job.”

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and Kalo Hineman (Will Parker) are three of the male leads.

“We’re seeing some great potential from all these kids. This is a great stepping stone for our high school musicals,” says Wasinger. “I tell the kids to look at this as auditions for high school.”

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For the Record Kansas economy shrinks three quarters in 2015 The Scott County Record

The Kansas economy shrank in the last quarter of 2015, completing a year in which the state contracted three of the four quarters, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The state saw a 0.7 percent drop in economic output in the last quarter, which runs from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, compared to a year earlier, and a drop of

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0.2 percent from the third quarter.

That was only enough to place the state as the 44th worst-performing in the nation, ahead of neighboring states such as Iowa, Oklahoma and Nebraska.

It shrank in the first and third quarters, as well.

Overall, however, the state saw an annual growth of 0.8 percent between 2014

Scott City Council Agenda Mon., June 20 • 7:30 p.m.

City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to Order •Approve minutes of May 19 special meeting and June 6 regular meeting •Mathew Medill, CPA • Dirks, Anthony & Duncan 1) Approval of 2015 audit report •Open bids for T-hangars at city airport •Request to attend FAA conference in Kansas City •Requested date to use Patton Park Aug. 13: Alzheimers Walk • Scott Co. Hospital •Discussion of communication tower with Verizon •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Pool Department 1) Lifeguard and WSI certifications 2) Pool closed June 25 for swim meet Police Department 1) Misc. business Parks Department 1) Misc. business Public Works Department 1) Request to attend Wasterwater Lagoon and Maintenance workshop in Oakley Clerk’s Department 1) Review changes from budget workshop •Financial and investment reports •Mayor’s comments

Scott County Commission Agenda Tues., June 21 County Courthouse 3:00 p.m.

County business Approve accounts payable

3:30 p.m.

Frank Weisenberger Update on statues at the cemetery

4:00 p.m.

Health administrator Dana Shapland Evaluation of county health department

4:30 p.m.

Compass Behavioral Health Discuss billing

5:00 p.m.

Scott County Conservation District 2017 budget request

5:00 p.m.

Public Works Director Richard Cramer

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

and 2015, according to the BEA. The U.S. economy grew 2.4 percent.

The biggest reason for the decline was the sharp fall in overall economic output by the state’s farm sector, which tumbled nearly two percent in the fourth quarter.

Crop and livestock farmers have both been struggling with significantly lower prices and

incomes in 2015, although they generally enjoyed very profitable years in the five previous years.

Gov. Sam Brownback’s spokeswoman Eileen Hawley, focused on poor farm and energy results as the reason the state economy as a whole stumbled, deflecting any criticism of state tax policy.

“Kansas tax policy has been successful in the

areas we would expect: business growth and low unemployment,” she said in the email. “No tax policy can overcome the dramatic downturn in international commodity markets that have negatively affected the agriculture and oil industries for the past two years.”

Rep. Steve Huebert (R-Valley Center) said Kansas isn’t the only state

struggling.

“Three years is not near enough time for any tax policy to have concrete results,” he said. “And, I think it was wrong for Brownback to make the ‘shot of adrenaline’ remark, because truly it takes time and it’s only been three years.

“Everybody wants to try to pretend that Kansas (See ECONOMY on page 13)

10th Circuit: Kansas can’t block voters from casting ballots Kansas cannot prevent thousands of eligible voters from casting ballots in the November federal election because they didn’t prove they were U.S. citizens when registering to vote at motor vehicle offices, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling temporarily upholds a court order that required Kansas to allow those individuals to vote in federal elections even though they didn’t provide citi-

zenship documentation when applying or renewing their driver’s licenses, as required under Kansas law. The state has said as many as 50,000 people could be affected.

The appeals court judges agreed to hear the appeal quickly.

The initial court order was made last month

by U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson, who said enforcement of Kansas’ proof-of-citizenship law has disenfranchised more than 18,000 other-

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., June 2, 2016; last published Thurs., June 16, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the matter of the Estate of Joan MacDonnell, Deceased Case No. 2016-PR-09 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 31st day of May, 2016, a Petition was filed in the Court by Connie MacDonnell, an heir, devisee and legatee, and Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Joan MacDonnell, deceased, dated July 14, 2000, praying that the WIll filed with the Petition be admitted to probate and record; that she is appointed as Executor without bond; that she is granted Letters Testamentary.

You are required to file your written defense thereto

on or before the 24 day of June, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgement and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

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

Connie MacDonnell Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY AND SHIRLEY 325 Main Street P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Ks 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner

wise eligible voters. That amounts to about eight percent of all voter registration applications, “not an insignificant amount,” she wrote in her ruling.

Secretary of State Kris Kobach has championed laws across the nation requiring voter ID to cast a ballot and proof of citizenship to register to vote.

The Republican argued that Robinson’s ruling would cause widespread confusion and force an overhaul of Kansas’ voterregistration process just

months before a presidential election.

He also argued that her ruling would “cause an earthquake upsetting the administration of elections across the country.”

But, of the four states that have such a law, Kansas is the only one that fully enforces it.

The rulings stem from a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of voters.

The ACLU notes that Alabama, Arizona and (See BALLOTS on page 13)

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department June 6: Officers responded to a child in need of care call.

June 7: A theft of property report was taken in the 100 block of South College.

June 10: Mike Smith reported a burglary and theft of property.

June 11: George Andrasek reported the theft of property and possession of stolen property.

June 12: Jeanette Ramirez, 21, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, intent to distribute an opiate/narcotic/stimulant, endangering a child and speeding. She was transported to the LEC. June 12: David Suri was arrested for attempted burglary, attempted criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. He was transported to the LEC. Scott County Sheriff’s Department June 7: A case of domestic battery was reported.

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

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Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., June 9, 2016; last published June 16, 2016)2t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the interest of: Name: K.L. (female) and A.L. (male) To: Kandice Lauber and Gary Roberts and all other persons who are or may be concerned Case No. 14-JC-01 14-JC-02 NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2237 A motion to find the parent(s) of each child named above unfit and to terminate parental rights, appoint a permanent custodian, or enter such orders as are deemed appropriate and just has been filed. The Court will receive testimony and other relevant information with regard to the safety and well-being of each child named above and may enter orders regarding custody and case planning necessary to achieve permanency for each child named above, including personal proposals for living arragements for the child and services to be provided the child and the child’s family.

Failure to respond or to appear before the Court at the time shown will not prevent the Court from entering judgement as requested in

the petition, finding the child is a Child in Need of Care, removing the child from the custody of parent, parents or any other present legal custodian until further order of the Court, or finding the parents unfit, and entering an order permanently terminating the parents’ parental rights.

An attorney has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child: Douglas Spencer, P.O. Box 247, Oakley, KS. 67748; 785-672-4032.

You have the right to appear before the Court and be heard personally, either with or without an attorney. The Court will appoint an attorney for any parent who desires an attorney but is financially unable to hire one. The Court may order one or both parents to pay child support.

No person receiving this notice shall be made a party or interested party to this action solely on the basis of this notice.

Date and time of hearing: July 7, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.

Place of hearing: Scott County Court House, 303 Court St., Scott City, Ks. 67871 Rebecca J. Faurot Scott County Attorney 303 Court Street Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-3600 rjflaw@att.net

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., June 9, 2016; Last published June 23, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the matter of the Estate of Etta Fern Ashcraft, Deceased Case No. 2015-PR-06 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Diana Jennison, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Etta Fern Ashcraft, deceased, praying that her acts be approved; that the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; that fees and expenses

be allowed; that the costs be determined and ordered paid; that the administration of the Estate be closed; that the Executor be discharged and that she be releasedd from further liability.

You are required to filed your written defenses thereto on or before the 6th day of July, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., of said day, in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgement and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

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

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., June 2, 2016; last published Thurs., June 16, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the matter of the Estate of Glenda I. Rupp, Deceased Case No. 14-PR-19 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED You are notified that a petition has been filed in this Court by Jayne Augerot duly appointed, qualified adn acting Executrix of the Estate of Glenda I. Rupp, deceased, requesting that Petitioners acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorneys’ fees and expenses are reason-

able and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executrix of the Estate of Glenda I. Rupp, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability.

You are required to filed your written defenses to the petition on or before the 24th day of June, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in the District Court of Scott County, Kasas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defense, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

JAYNE AUGEROT Executor Jake W. Brooks P.O. Box 664 101 E. 6th Scott City, Ks 67871 Attorney for Petitioner

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., June 16, 2016)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: Landmark Resources, Inc.: Application for New Pool Determination (ACO16) for the Wesseler 2-28 in Scott County, Kansas.

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

You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Landmark Resources, Inc. has filed an Application for New Pool Determination (ACO16) for the Wesseler 2-28, located 415’ from the south line and 1624’ from the east line of SE/4 Sec. 28-T16S-

34W in Scott County, Kansas.

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

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

All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly Landmark Resources, Inc. 1616 S. Voss Road, #600 Houston, TX. 77057

Public Notice

Public Notice

(First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 16, 2016; last published Thurs., June 23, 2016)2t NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ZONING VARIANCE Notice is hereby given that the Scott City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on July 14, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at the Scott City Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 221 West 5th Street, Scott City, Kansas, to consider the following agenda item: 1) Application for variance by T.J. and Paige Vallejo to allow construction of an accessory building/garage, which is larger than allowed by ordinance on: Lots One (1) and Four (4), Block Forty-seven (47), Original Town (601 Myrtle) All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at such hearing.

Dated: June 13, 2016 Rodney Hogg, chairman Scott City Planning Commission

(Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 16, 2016)1t STATE OF KANSAS ORDER FOR CLOSING OF REGISTRATION BOOKS BEFORE PRIMARY ELECTION AUGUST 2, 2016 Pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 25-2311(c), notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of July, 2016, all registration books for the primary election will close at the end of regular business hours.

Registration books will remain closed until the 3rd day of August 2016.

WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of my office this 3rd day of June, A.D. 2016.

Kris W. Kobach Secretary of State

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., June 16, 2016; last published Thurs., June 30, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS ISAAC J. UNRUH and DELORIS M. UNRUH, husband and wife, PLAINTIFFS Case No. 2016-CV-09 VS. JANICE L. SUMMERS, a single woman and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of each of the defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such defendants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of such defendants as are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of such or defendants who are minors or are in any wise under legal disability; the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors or assigns of any person alleged to be deceased and made defendants, DEFENDANTS

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Georgia also have documentary proof of citizenship laws to register to vote, but that Alabama and Georgia don’t enforce them. Arizona enforces its law for some registrants, but doesn’t require applicants registering to vote at motor vehicle offices to submit any additional information beyond what is needed to get a driver’s license.

Kansas, which has more than 1.7 million registered voters, has required since January 2013 that new voter applicants provide a birth certificate, naturalization papers, passport or other proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

In her ruling, Robinson said Kansas’ law likely violates the National Voter Registration Act, a federal law that requires only “minimal information” to determine a voter’s eligibility for federal elections.

About 44 percent of Kansas voters registered at motor vehicle offices in the past 10 years, court documents show.

The ACLU’s lawsuit only deals with voter registrations at motor vehicle offices.

The proof-of citizenship requirement has mostly affected Kansas’ younger citizens.

Robinson noted evidence in the case shows only three instances in Kansas where noncitizens voted in a federal election between 1995 and 2013, and about 14 noncitizens attempted to register during that time.

NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to the defendants above named designated and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, by Isaac J. Unruh and Deloris M. Unruh, Plaintiffs, praying for an order quieting title to real estate described as: the South Half of the North West Quarter (S/2 of NW/4) in Section Twenty-one (21), Township Sixteen (16), Range Thirty-three (33) West of the Sixth Principal Meridian and in the alternative an order partitioning said real estate and for judgement against Defendants for monetary damages and you are hereby required to plead to said Petition on or before August 1, 2016 in said Court at the Courthouse at the City of Scott City in the County of Scott, Kansas. Should you fail therein, judgement and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

ISAAC J. UNRUH DELORIS M. UNRUH WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., June 16, 2016; last published Thurs., June 30, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the matter of the Estate of EDNA MATILDA UPPENDAHL aka EDNA M. UPPENDAHL aka EDNA UPPENDAHL, deceased Case No. 2015-PR-15 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT (Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that a petition shall be filed in this Cout by James A. Pohlmann duly appointed, qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of Edna Matilda Uppendahl, deceased, requesting that Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested

for attorneys’ fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executor of the Estate of Edna Matilda Uppendahl, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses to the petition on or before the 12th day of July, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgement and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

JAMES A. POHLMANN Executor JAKE W. BROOKS ATTORNEY AT LAW P.O. BOX 664 SCOTT CITY, KS. 67871 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

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is in this bubble where we’re the only place having problems.”

Jeremy Hill, director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University, agreed that states that rely on agriculture and energy did poorly in the report.

Pastime at Park Lane Monday afternoon pitch and dominoes helpers were Madeline Murphy, Joy Barnett, Wanda Kirk, Lynda Burnett and Dorothy King.

Bob Artz from the First Baptist Church led Bible study on Tuesday morning, Doris Riner played the piano and Elsie Nagle led the singing.

Russell and Mary Webster led Bible study on Tuesday evening.

Lutheran services were held by Rev. Warren Prochnow on Wednesday morning.

Bingo helpers on Wednesday afternoon were Madeline Murphy, Tava See and Barbara Dickhut.

On Friday afternoon,

Five celebrate June birthdays

The June birthday party was held on Thursday afternoon. Park Lane residents celebrating birthdays are Verlene Mohler, Frank Leal, Arlene Taylor, John Wright and Carol McKinney.

The Over 50 Chorus led the singing for entertainment. Group members include Madeline Murphy, Neva Jacobus and Irma McDaniel. residents enjoyed watermelon.

Lutheran services were led by Rev. Warren Prochnow.

Dottie Fouquet had as her visitors Ron and Ronna Cunningham, Mark Fouquet, Jon and Anne Crane, Dean and Kim Fouquet, Jim Porter, Jamie Fouquet, Brandon Fouquet, Samantha Ruiz; Stephanie, Michael and

Sean Ruiz; Heather Fouquet and Andre and Xaiden Reyes.

Delores Brooks was visited by Sharilyn Wilken, Fritzie Rauch, Cheryl Perry and Charles Brooks.

Corrine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard.

Darlene Richman was visited by Phebe Unruh and Darla Luebbers.

Yvonne Spangler was

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visited by Les Spangler, Yvette Mills, Lynette Payne, Adalei Zeller, Bryer VanCampen and Jerica VanCampen.

LaVera King was visited by Velda Riddough, Sharilyn Wilken and Carol Latham.

Louise Crist was visited by Jean Burgess, Tava See, Patsi Graham, Jon Tuttle, Berry and Darlene Bontrager, Sue Rose, and Don and Tara Williams.

Loretta Gorman was visited by Tava See, Fritzie Rauch, Brandon Gorman, Jay Gorman, Madyson Gorman, Grayson Gorman, and Chuck and Barb Brobst.

Doris Riner was visited

by Ron and Sue Riner.

Doris had Sunday lunch

Kansas Senior Care Act to lose $2.1M for in-home services

Shrinking Kansas government continues to come at the expense of the state’s most vulnerable residents.

To preserve his tax cuts, Gov. Sam Brownback recently sliced $2.1 million in funding for the Kansas Senior Care Act. That will lead to a 30 percent reduction of inhome services for senior citizens in the state.

The act has enabled older people to live independently and securely with the help of homecare workers, who assist them a few hours a week with such things as shopping, laundry and cleaning.

The state’s 11 Area

Agencies on Aging administer the program, enacted by the Kansas Legislature in 1989.

Letters this month went to more than 1,300 seniors who might be negatively affected.

Dan Goodman, director of the Johnson County Area Agency on Aging, said new clients will feel the effects first. The Johnson County agency will suffer cuts of $296,114, or 38 percent.

It’s more than expected because the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services wants to protect the $200,000 base for rural area agencies on aging, where older clients have fewer service alternatives.

The decision has a larger impact on older people in Johnson, Wyandotte, Shawnee and Sedgwick counties.

In Johnson County, a waiting list for services has been developed, and already 33 people are on it. The Johnson County Area on Aging serves about 500 senior citizens a year.

The funding loss is the result of the 2012 tax cuts implemented by Brownback and the state legislature.

Seniors share in the cost of the in-home service, paying on a sliding scale based on their income.

The alternative for

by Jason Storm

with Mary Lou, Karen and Alma.

Pat Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler.

Lowell Rudolph was visited by Luann Buehler; Jeff, Brenda and Elizabeth Buehler, Jon Buehler, Ona Rudolph, Norman Rudolph, Noah Rudolph, Leon and Sharon Rose, David and Anne Bolyard, Rev. Don Martin, Tom and Kathy Moore, Steve and Mary Grigg, and Connie Knoblee.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk and Janet Holloway.

Jeanie Rowton was visited by Becky Rowton Phil and Susan Escareno, Bea Valverde, Beau Harkness, Sharilyn Wilken and Chuck Rowton.

Albert Dean was visited by Carol Davey, Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser.

Lorena Turley was visited by Bob and Neta Wheeler, Mike and Tracy Hess, Tyler Hess, Sharilyn Wilken, Jeremy Fry, Arlene Cauthon, Rex Turley, Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms.

Arlen Beaton was visited by Linda Savolt, John Beaton, Margie Stevens, Brooke Savolt, Betty Eisenhour and Hudson Eisenhour.

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

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Sharilyn Wilken.

Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of June 20-24 Monday: Chicken parmesan, spaghetti noodles, tossed salad, whole wheat roll, peaches.

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

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

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

many older people is to move into nursing homes funded by Medicaid, the health insurance for the poor and disabled. The average cost per person in a nursing home is about $4,000 to $6,000 Friday: Chef salad, confetti cottage cheese, breadcompared with the state’s sticks, rosy applesauce. monthly in-home service meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501 cost of $200 per person.

Any shift to nursing home care would be occurring as demand for long-term care in the U.S. is increasing as the nation’s population ages.

“It really doesn’t make good fiscal sense,” Goodman said.

More meetings are scheduled to determine how much the cuts will affect seniors.

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Deaths Sandra Ruth Moore

Margie R. Berry

Sandra Ruth Moore, 60, died June 8, 2016, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia.

S h e was born Nov. 12, 1955, in Emporia, the daughter Sandra Moore of James M. and Clara R. (Lamb) Read.

A lifelong resident of Emporia, Sandy was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Sacred Heart Altar Society.

Sandy married Tedd Gfeller and the couple had a daughter, Molly and a son, S.J. On June 10, 1989, she married Rick Moore in Emporia. He survives.

Other survivors include: her mother, Clara Read, Emporia; parentsin-law, Richard and

Margie R. Berry, 81, died June 15, 2016, at her home in Scott City.

She was born June 1, 1935, in Bradshaw, Tex., the daughter of Landon Hickland and Clara LaVada (Bagwell) Turnbow.

Margie was the owner and operator of Berry Realty and was a resident of Scott City since 1959, moving from Leoti.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Scott City, the Kansas Realtors Association and the NRA. Survivors include: three sons, Charles Berry, and wife, Sherrie, Scott City, Benny Berry and Cheree Swaney, Dodge

Wanda Moore, Auburn; sister, Debbie West, and husband, Richard, Modoc; sister-in-law, Roxie Huhs, and husband, Mark, Auburn; daughter, Molly Atchison, and husband, Joe, Tonganoxie; son, S.J. Moore, and wife, Katie, Shawnee; step-daughter, Tina Gfeller, Shawnee; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Cremation is planned with services to be held at a later date.

Memorials are suggested to the Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas or the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City, all in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, 605 State Street, Emporia, Ks. 66801.

Dora May Cooley Dora May Cooley, 87, died June 11, 2016, at the Edwards County Hospital, Kinsley.

S h e was born Nov. 8, 1928, in Larned, t h e daughter Dora May Cooley of James Carl and Nellie (Taylor) Northern.

A lifetime area resident, she was retired from the Larned State Hospital.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary, both of Burdett. She also belonged to the Women’s Bowling Association.

On June 7, 1947, she married Verle Cooley in Larned. He died Oct. 11, 2003.

Survivors include: a son, Dean Cooley, and wife, Judy, Wichita;

three daughters, Verlene George, and husband, Kenny, Scott City, Rosa Boese, and husband, LaVern, Great Bend, and Regina Akers, and husband, Clayton, Burdett; a brother, Clarence Northern, Fairfield, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, 24 greatgrandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, James Jr., Earl, Billie and Delmar Northern; and a sister, Carlene Ziegler.

Cremation has taken place.

Internment will be Sat., June 18, 10:30 a.m., at Brown’s Grove Cemetery, Burdett, with Pastor Brad McCoy officiating.

Memorials are suggested to the Burdett EMS in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477, Larned, Ks. 67550.

Kenneth Ronald Olson Kenneth Ronald Olson, 87, died March 10, 2016, in Kingman, Ariz.

H e was born Feb. 3, 1 9 2 9 in Two Harbors, Minn., the son Kenneth Olson of Eric and Erma (Nelson) Olson.

After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, he returned to Two Harbors and the DM&IR where he worked as a machinist. Work then took him to Babbit, Minn.; Superior and Casa Grande, Ariz.; and Rawlins and Laramie, Wyo. He moved to Kingman upon retirement in 1995.

Survivors include: his companion, Jean (Dearden) Davis, King-

man, Ariz.; step-son, George Cartwright, Pillager, Minn.; numerous cousins, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister, Ruth; a stepson; and wife, Phyllis (Patty) (Cartwright) Olson.

Cremation has taken place.

Internment will be Sat., June 18, 4:00 p.m., at the Scott County Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to research for Chronic Lymphcytic Leukemia, for Polycystic Kidney Disease, or to any veterans organization, all in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington Street, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

William Bauers City, and Darrel Berry, and wife, Shelly, Scott City; one daughter, Pam McDaniel, and husband, Terry, Scott City; four brothers, Harven Turnbow, Midland, Tex., Jimmy Turnbow, Hereford, Tex., Harold Turnbow, and wife, Brenda, Helotes, Tex., and Wayne Turnbow, and wife, Jackie, Abilene, Tex.; four sisters, Faye Rendon, Waco, Tex., Betty Morris, and husband, Gale, Andrews, Tex., Lavern Neithercutt, and husband, Doug, Odessa, Tex., and Clara Dean Walsh, Abilene, Tex.; 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in

death by her parents; one brother, Earl Turnbow; and two sisters, Mary Hallford and Ann Roberts.

Visitation will be Sat., June 18, from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, 1:00-8:00 p.m., at Price and Sons Funeral Home Funeral service will be Mon., June 20, 2:00 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, Scott City, with Don Williams officiating.

Interment will be at the Scott County Cemetery, Scott City.

Memorials are suggested to the Scott County VIP Center in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington Street, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

William (Bill) Bauers, 77, died June 13, 2016.

He was born Oct. 23, 1939, in Fremont, Nebr., the son of William and Alice (Neff) Bauers.

On Feb. 25, 1967, he married Wanda Wewer in Leoti. She died July 30, 1978.

Memorial service will be Mon., June 20, 10:30 a.m., at Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington Street, Scott City. Burial will be at a later date.

Attend the Church of Your Choice

Devotion The book of Ruth of the Old Testament is the story of the devotion of a daughter-in-law to her mother-inlaw. Naomi, the mother-in-law, is about to return to her country; Ruth is, in that sense, already home. Ruth chooses life with Naomi (both of their husbands had died) over life in the place where she has always lived, where she is comfortable, has family and is known to everyone.

She has no idea where she is going, does not know anyone, and does not have to go. Naomi has released her from any existing bond created through marriage, and encourages Ruth to stay.

Thankfully, I have forgotten the greatest number of embarrassing moments in my life, but there are some that I have not, and likely will not. One day in high school, a friend said in the presence of a group of us that the words of a very popular song by well-known folk singers of the time came from the Bible.

I assured him that he was wrong. I was. The words were from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes: “For everything there is a season . . . a time to be born, and a time to die . . . ” Likewise, I was convinced that the

words “where you go, I will go . . . your people shall be my people, and your God my God,” were spoken between married persons, or persons being married.

They are words spoken by Ruth and Naomi.

Naomi and Ruth settled in Bethlehem. Ruth married there, and had a son with her husband, Boaz. Their son was the grandfather of King David, one of the most dominate of all the figures of the Old Testament.

In fact, it may well be that the Book of Ruth is a part of the Old Testament because of its connection to David.

David was many things: the greatest of all the kings, a warrior and leader, an author and a faithful follower of the Lord. He was also a devious scoundrel.

He wanted Bathsheba as his wife, but her husband was obviously an obstacle. So, David orchestrated his death. The Lord was very displeased at this action, but David continued in a unique and special relationship to God. The ways of God are finally veiled in mystery. His forgiveness is beyond our understanding. We live in wonder of the one who loves us and saves us.

Rev. Don Martin St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

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

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

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

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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

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

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

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

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

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

Pence Community Church

Community Christian Church

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

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

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

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

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

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

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church

1st United Methodist Church

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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

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

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City

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

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

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

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

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

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

St. Luke’s - 872-3666 (recorded message) Senior Warden Cody Brittan • (913) 232-6127 or Father Don Martin • (785) 462-3041

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Free meds available to quit smoking Smokers in Kansas can get free medications (Nicotine Replacement Therapy products, e.g., gum, lozenges or patches) from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Tobacco Quitline between June 20 and July 1, or while supplies last.

Smokers can call the Kansas Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-QUITNOW (800-784-8669) for free help getting medication and quit assistance. To take advantage of the free offer, tobacco users must enroll in the Quitline with a trained coach and be medically eligible to receive the medication.

Surveys show that nearly 70 percent of all cigarette smokers want to quit and that quitting completely at any age has health benefits.

Approximately 18 percent of Kansas adults smoke cigarettes. Smoking kills 480,000 Americans each year and 16 million Americans live with at least one smoking-related disease.

Breastfeeding support award to St. Catherine St. Catherine Hospital has received the Gold Level “Breastfeeding Employees Support Award” from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition.

The award is based on proven standards to benefit employers and employees. It recognizes businesses that provide support services to their breastfeeding employees, to include education as well as the time and space for employees to nurse and/or pump breastmilk at their workplace.

Many breastfeeding mothers abandon breastfeeding when they return to work because they lack the support and appropriate facilities at their place of employment.

Brenda Bandy, director of the Business Case for Breastfeeding program in Kansas, cited research showing that adequate support for breastfeeding employee’s benefits businesses through savings in health care expenses, reduced turnover rates, lower absenteeism, and increased employee loyalty.

Employers that have established support services for breastfeeding employees have reported a $3 for $1 return on investment plus realizing a more productive working environment.

Kansas step therapy policy to take effect amid concerns Legislators, KDHE say it will control KanCare drug costs Jim McLean Kaiser Health News

Patient advocacy groups in Kansas remain concerned about a Medicaid drug policy scheduled to take effect July 1.

Known as “fail first” or “step therapy,” the policy requires providers participating in KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid program, to start patients on less expensive drugs before moving them to more expensive alternatives if medically necessary.

“Taking prescribing out of the hands of doctors and putting it in the hands of administrators and people who are trying to make a profit is not good for patient care,” said Dr. Donna Sweet, a professor of internal medicine and a clinician at the University of

Kansas School of MedicineWichita, where she focuses on treating patients with HIV and AIDS. Advocates for Kansans with mental health disorders are particularly concerned even though legislators who pushed for the change say they needn’t be.

A ‘Terrifying’ Prospect Rebecca Lyn Phillips, of Topeka, is one such advocate.

She has schizophrenia and writes a blog about the challenges of living with the disorder. She said the prospect of step therapy is “terrifying” to many people with severe and persistent mental illnesses.

She wonders what will happen if a drug that a mental health provider is required to start a patient on fails.

“What does that mean?”

Phillips asked. “Does that mean that a person with a mental illness does something that endangers someone else or themselves?”

Phillips’ concerns stem from experience. Several years ago, she stopped taking the initial medications she had been prescribed because she thought they robbed her of her personality. Phillips became paranoid and fled her home in a panic.

“I drove to Lyndon one night in the middle of the winter and slept behind a dumpster just thinking that people were going to harm me,” she said.

Eric Harkness, a Topeka pharmacist, has battled severe depression for most of his adult life. He’s unable to work because of his illness, but he’s an active member of the Kansas affiliate of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, a nonprofit advocacy group.

Harkness said he has needed to change medications several times over the years. A drug will work for a while - sometimes several years but will suddenly become less

effective, he said, recalling how frightened he was the first time it happened.

“I didn’t know what was going on at first, and my doctor didn’t either and my condition continued to deteriorate,” Harkness said. “I wound up losing my job, and my fiancé at the time wound up leaving because I was by no means any fun to be around.”

After an extended stay at the now-defunct Topeka State Hospital and a change in medications, Harkness improved. But, he said the experience and others like it in the succeeding years demonstrate how important it is for him to be on the right medication. And, that’s why he’s also concerned about the new step therapy policy.

“When you get someone outside the (treatment) room saying, ‘Hey, wait a minute.

Let’s use this other medication instead of what you and (See THERAPY on page 17)

High mosquito count leads to increased risk of West Nile Virus The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has identified a high number of Culex species mosquitoes in traps located in Sedgwick County.

This increase in the number of mosquitoes is likely to be statewide, which could make West Nile virus transmission

more likely to occur earlier than in previous years. The Culex species are known to transmit West Nile virus; they are not known to transmit Zika virus.

West Nile virus is most commonly spread to people through bites from infected mosquitoes, and it is not con-

tagious from person to person.

Symptoms range from a slight headache and low-grade fever to swelling of the brain or brain tissue and in rare cases, death. People who have had West Nile virus before are considered immune.

KDHE recommends the following precautions to pro-

tect against West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases: •When you are outdoors, use insect repellent containing an EPA-registered active ingredient, including DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, or IR3535. Treat (See VIRUS on page 17)

K-State grant to boost insured rate among SW Kansas children Bryan Thompson Kansas Health Institute

Kansas State University will use a federal grant to help get more eligible children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

The two-year, $990,000 grant is part of the fourth round of Connecting Kids to Coverage awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Other

partners involved in the grant are K-State Research and Extension, the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Kansas Health Institute, the parent organization of the editorially independent KHI News Service.

K-State plans to focus on enrolling Latino and immigrant children in four rural counties in southwest Kansas: Finney, Ford, Grant and Seward. The project will use bilingual ambassadors to help

enroll kids at schools and health centers.

Bradford Wiles, assistant professor and Extension specialist in early childhood development at K-State’s School of Family Studies and Human Services, said children in those four counties have limited access to health care.

“The confluence of the need in those counties with our collaborative strengths works together to position us well to make a difference in

both the lives of the current residents and those who will be there in the future,” he said.

His partner in the project, Elizabeth Kiss, associate professor in K-State’s School of Family Studies and Human Services, said some families in the four counties have enrolled their children in the state’s privatized Medicaid program, known as KanCare.

But, work remains to make (See GRANT on page 17)

Specialty Care, Hometown Service

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

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

Cardiology Dr. Janif

Cardiology Dr. Thapa

Cardiology Dr. Ferrell

Cardiology Dr. Freund

Ear, Nose, & Throat Dr. Munson

Immunology/Allergy Dr. Faraci

Nephrology Dr. Baracaldo

Neurosurgeon Dr. Henry

Oncology/Hematology

Orthopedics Dr. DeCarvalho

Pulmonology/Sleep Dr. Ballard

Urology Dr. Lopez

Urology Dr. McDonald

Registered Dietitian & Diabetic Educator Courtney McCarty

Dr. Tibayan

SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL Leading You To A Healthy Future

201 Albert Avenue Scott City, KS 67871 • (620) 872-5811 www.scotthospital.net

Call (620) 874-4854 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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Kansas ‘reconsiders’ Planned Parenthood participation

seeing a lawsuit filed by ending their participation sued to block the move. minate the providers from allowed to set “reasonDan Margolies Heartland Health Monitor Planned Parenthood and in the state’s Medicaid KDHE has since post- the state Medicaid pro- able standards” on proKansas has “reconsidered” its decision to terminate the participation of 11 Planned Parenthood physicians and other medical providers in the state’s Medicaid program, although it’s still trying to cut off Planned Parenthood itself.

In a letter Monday to the federal judge over-

the providers to block their termination, a lawyer for the state said the Kansas Department of Health and Environment “decided to rescind the terminations of the providers” receiving Medicaid reimbursement.

In May, KDHE informed the two Planned Parenthood affiliates and the providers that it was

Therapy your doctor picked out,’ my doctor and I both start to get kind of nervous,” he said.

Controlling Cost Dr. Susan Mosier, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said the concerns of patients and providers are overblown.

The fact that most commercial health insurance providers and Medicaid programs in every state but Kansas already are using step therapy dem-

Virus

program effective May 10. The move came after Gov. Sam Brownback vowed in his State of the State address in January to cut off funding of the organization.

The affiliates and the affected providers - current and former physicians and nurse practitioners at the Planned Parenthood affiliates - immediately

poned the cutoff date several times and now says it will end the affiliates’ participation in the Medicaid program on July 7.

U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson heard arguments last week on the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction and said she would rule before July 7.

KDHE’s decision to ter-

gram, known as KanCare, has drawn less attention than its attempt to end Planned Parenthood’s participation. But, in their lawsuit, the providers called the move “unprecedented” and said it would disqualify them from providing health care to as many as 500 Medicaid patients.

Although states are

vider qualifications, a federal law known as the “free choice of provider requirement” guarantees that Medicaid beneficiaries have the right to see any qualified provider of their choice. KDHE’s letter to Robinson appears to be a tacit acknowledgement that agency was standing on shaky legal ground.

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onstrates that it’s an effective way to control prescription drug costs without compromising patient care, she said.

“Step therapy is an approach to prescriptions that is intended to control the risks that are posed by prescription drugs as well as their cost,” Mosier said.

Amy Campbell, director of the Kansas Mental Health Coalition, said the group is concerned about any policy that uses price to determine what medi-

cations providers are able to prescribe.

“Cost is not a good determining factor for what is the best prescription medication for people with mental illness,” she said. “These policies have been known to interrupt treatment.”

No Exceptions Mental health advocates are asking lawmakers to maintain a provision in state law that prohibited step therapy for behavioral health drugs.

That didn’t happen, as the bill that passed repealed that provision.

The bill requires KDHE to first get approval from the Mental Health Medication Advisory Committee and the Drug Utilization Review Board before it implements step therapy for mental health drugs.

Campbell of the mental health coalition said while those protections are important, they aren’t enough to alleviate advocates’ fears.

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clothing and gear with permethrin or use permethrin-treated items.

•Many mosquitoes are most active at dusk and dawn, but can bite at any hour. Be sure to use insect repellent and wear long sleeves and pants at peak times or consider staying indoors during these hours.

•Make sure you have

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good screens on your windows and doors to keep mosquitoes out.

•Get rid of mosquito breeding sites by emptying standing water from flower pots, buckets and barrels. Change the water in pet dishes and replace the water in bird baths weekly. Drill holes in tire swings so water drains out. Keep children’s wad-

ing pools empty and on their sides when they aren’t being used.

Cases are most common in the late summer and early fall months. In 2012, there were 57 cases of West Nile virus in the state, the most cases since the virus first made its way into Kansas in 2002.

More recently in 2015, 34 cases were identified

in Kansas; more than half of these cases were hospitalized.

Birds are not tested for West Nile virus in Kansas and KDHE will not be collecting information about dead birds.

If you find a dead bird, KDHE recommends that you wear gloves, place the bird in a plastic bag, and dispose of it.

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sure more children eligible for insurance obtain it.

“Our target counties already have 46 to 62 percent of their children in KanCare. Still, all have higher child uninsurance rates, 8-9 percent, than the state’s 5.5 percent average,” Kiss said.

There are 4,728 teens eligible for free-reduced

school lunch in just six of the targeted schools, with an estimated 411 teens uninsured. There will be additional teens targeted in as yet to be identified schools.

The Kansas grant is part of $32 million provided to 38 organizations in 27 states through the recently

enacted Medicaid And CHIP Reauthorization Act. Kids to Coverage grants are targeted toward states and populations where the most progress is needed.

“For example, we know that adolescents lag behind national averages in terms of obtain-

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Latino children also lag behind,” she said.

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Former SCHS grad McFann honored by Holcomb students ence teacher at the high school, was named by class valedictorian Regan Roth as her “Most Influential Teacher” as part of being a Kansas Governor’s Scholar. In connection with her academic honor, Roth was also asked to select a teacher to receive the Governor’s Scholars Teacher Award.

In addition, during the

Musical “The music is fun and people are so familiar with the songs,” says Wasinger. “The community likes to attend musicals they know.”

She also says this is an opportunity to perform a musical that couldn’t be done at the high school level.

“We don’t have the personnel - not enough boys,” she says.

In order to pull it off

Holcomb commencement program on May 14, McFann was chosen by the class to receive the “Outstanding Teacher Award.”

McFann is a graduate of Garden City Community College and earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education (social studies emphasis) from Kansas State University.

He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree.

Along with his teaching duties, McFann is a high school assistant football coach, middle school football coach and coaches the Scholars Bowl team.

He is the son of Dean and Marilyn McFann, Scott City.

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at this level, several girls had to be cast into parts normally played by boys.

At the same time, Wasinger admits having some reservations initially about this musical because it has a “dark side.” However, that element, along with the love story, don’t play a major part in this childrens’ version.

“I like the cuts that were made. Now the attention

is more on the comedic full attention of her young side of the story,” says performers for the entire Wasinger. three hours.

And, they don’t mind.

Coming Together “These little kids come The cast has been to me and say they’re havrehearsing since May 23, ing the best time. They but this week they began tell me it doesn’t seem putting the entire show like three hours. It seems together. like only 15 minutes,” Even though she has says Wasinger with a huge a young cast, Wasinger grin. “When they’re havis no less demanding of ing that much fun you her actors and actresses. realize that you’re doing a She expects to have the good thing.”

Ed board opposes transgender directive The Kansas State Board of Education unanimously approved a formal statement in opposition to a federal directive schools must allow transgender students to use the restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity and not their sex at birth.

Education Board Chairman Jim McNiece said that in visiting with school districts he was satisfied the issue was being handled well at the local level, should continue to be handled that way and the federal directive was unnecessary.

McNiece proposed the motion, which states in part: “The recent directive from the civil rights offices of the United States Department of Education

and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the treatment of transgender students removes the local control needed to effectively address this sensitive issue.

“We must continue to provide our schools the flexibility needed to work with their students, families and communities to effectively address the needs of the students they serve.”

Earlier this month, the Kansas Senate passed a resolution condemning the federal directive and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt joined a legal challenge against the directive.

Earlier, Topeka USD 501 board member Peg McCarthy, who is a psychologist, urged the State

Board to support the federal directive.

Ninety percent of transgender students report being harassed verbally or physically at school and half attempt suicide, McCarthy said. She said she has worked with students who say they have received hostile comments from teachers, stu-

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Former S c o t t Community High School g r a d u ate Carey McFann was honored Carey McFann not once, but twice, by seniors at Holcomb High School during their recent commencement program.

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Beavers post 5-1 record in Wichita tourney

SCHS head coach Brian Gentry instructs his team while working on the offense during last week’s basketball camp.

(Record Photo)

SC hoops camp puts emphasis on tough mindset with man defense As an assistant coach for the Scott Community High School boy’s basketball program the past 10 years - including the last three as the top assistant Brian Gentry learned a lot about what it takes to build a championship program.

Those lessons will prove valuable in the upcoming season.

At the same time, that doesn’t mean the Beavers won’t be doing a few things differently under their new head coach.

The SCHS boys have gotten an early glimpse of those changes during MAYB tournament play this summer and in their week-long basketball camp.

While the Beavers will continue to

feature a match-up zone which proved very effective during Glenn O’Neil’s state championship tenure, Gentry will also be expecting his team to play more man-to-man defense.

“That was one of the things we emphasized during camp. We want the boys to start developing the tough mindset that it takes to play man-to-man,” says Gentry.

“It was a chance to refresh their memory about what it takes. And with a new player (Jordan Horn) coming in, it’s a chance for him to get acclimated to the way we do things.”

Just as importantly, Gentry was using

camp to build excitement about basketball - even though the season is still more than five months away.

There were 32 high school boys participating in camp, including a number of new freshmen.

The Beavers return three varsity starters and most of their roster from a year ago. So, Gentry isn’t looking to make any wholesale changes.

“We’re not going to be moving people to different positions,” he says. “This summer is mainly about getting players to expand their roles. I don’t want anyone to feel limited in what they can do.

(See DEFENSE on page 20)

Scott City came out of MAYB tournament play last weekend with a pair of quality wins, but it’s the one loss that lingered with their coach and players.

A 45-42 loss to Buhler that ended their weekend with a 5-1 record “left a bad taste,” says Scott Community High School head coach Brian Gentry.

“It was a game we should have won, especially the way we’d been playing,” he says. “We didn’t have a good game and that happens sometimes.”

Scott City finished with a 5-1 record, including wins over Fredonia (52-42) and McPherson (51-29).

Fredonia had several seniors on their roster who played in the Class 3A state tournament earlier this spring. And McPherson is always one of the elite programs in either Class 4A or 5A. Fredonia had exploded for more than 70 points in a loss to McPherson, but the Beavers were able to shutdown their outside shooters “by pushing them off the (three-point) line. They were taking some shots pretty deep and that’s not what they were wanting,” says Gentry.

McPherson had a 6-foot-5 player in the paint who was Bo Hess’s responsibility for most of the game.

“He had already scored about 40 points in two previous games and we held him to about 16, so it was another good defensive effort,” says Gentry.

Scott City was 5-0 heading into the semi-finals where they lost to Buhler.

“We had some uncharacteristic turnovers,” says Gentry.

Whip Inman Scott City opened the tournament with a 53-30 romp over Inman.

Bo Hess led the team with 26 points and nine rebounds while Drew Duff knocked down a pair of treys and finished with 10 points and six boards.

Pounce on Fredonia With eight players contributing in the scoring column, Scott City defeated the Fredonia Dream Team, 52-42.

Hess scored a team high 14 points and pulled down eight rebounds while Marshall Faurot was in double figures with 12 points (two treys).

Justin Faurot added nine points and seven rebounds.

Roll Over McPherson Scott City jumped out to a 3120 first half lead and continued to pull away in the second half for a 51-29 win against McPherson.

Houston Frank of the Scott City Stars competes in the 50 yard butterfly during Saturday’s swim meet in the home pool.

(Record Photo)

Shapland claims four golds; Stars have 38 individual wins The Scott City Stars took advantage of familiar surroundings on Saturday to win 38 gold medals and finish second in the team standings at their home swim meet.

Scott City finished a runner-up to Great Bend for the team title.

Individually, Eric Shapland sliced his way through the water on his way to winning four gold medals in the 11-12-year division. Shapland swept the 50 yard freestyle (32.43) and

the 100 yard freestyle (1:13.03). He showed his diversity by also winning the 50 yard backstroke (40.28) and the 50 yard breaststroke (40.61).

Avry Noll (9-10 year division) was a triple winner in the 50 yard freestyle (33.95), the 100 yard freestyle (1:21.78) and the 50 yard backstroke (41.78).

Also collecting three wins on the day was Connor Cupp (13-14 years) with gold medals in the 50 yard free-

style (25.66), the 100 yard backstroke (66.95) and the 100 yard breaststroke (1:18.3).

Scott City was dominating in the relays where they claimed seven wins, including: 200 yd. freestyle (10-years and under): 2:30.45. Houston Frank, Tanner Gooden, Waylon Ricker and Noll.

200 yd. freestyle (11-12 years): (See SHAPLAND on page 23)

(See BEAVERS on page 23)

Appel is All-League Krystal Appel was named to the Great West Activities Conference All-League softball roster in balloting by the league’s coaches.

The Scott Community High School junior had an outstanding season on a Lady Beavers squad that posted an 18-4 record and tied for second in the league.

Appel, who was a First Team selection, had a .514 hitting average which included a team high 10 doubles, five triples and 21 RBIs. She didn’t commit an error in the field and has 11 assists.

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Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland

It’s only a matter of time As a trapper I enjoy trying to match wits with God’s critters.

And beavers, believe it or not, can on occasion be very clever and hard to catch.

When the new four-lane highway was built along Inman, a spot that was merely a big puddle along a drainage creek became a couple acre pond that’s a couple feet deep and holds water until the weather gets very dry.

Every time I pass that pond I look for signs of beavers there, as it has all the makings of a good beaver pond. Just this week, as Joyce drove past that pond, she saw what could have been a beaver swimming there, so it became time for a field trip to find out.

I first clamored up and over the railroad tracks to check for beaver signs along the creek opposite the pond. The grass beyond the tracks was lush and thick and shoulder high, and with each step I sank a foot deep into a mat of decayed stocks and vegetation left there from each time the creek flooded over the past who-knows-howmany years.

It was a little spooky to tell you the truth. I could barely see what was in front of me and then to feel my foot sink with each step into something else I couldn’t see! There seemed to be no signs of beaver along the creek, so I moved on.

Going the opposite direction the creek first passes beneath the railroad, then under both lanes of the new highway, so I had to navigate the underside of three bridges worth of nesting swallows to get to the pond. I was still a good fifty yards away from the first highway bridge when a literal (See TIME on page 22)

Defense They’re all basketball players and they have to know how to react to whatever opportunity presents itself.”

In tournament play over the last two weekends, Gentry feels the varsity players have begun breaking out of a mindset that they only have certain roles on the floor.

“They’re doing a better job of taking what the defense gives them. We still have a long way to go, but it’s only June.”

The head coach feels that players are gaining confidence in themselves and in each other. He’s also been pleased with the progress he’s seen in the team’s defense over two weekends of tournament play and a week of camp.

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referring to the Wichita tournament.

The most points the team has given up in two tournaments is 45.

Following the Wichita tournament, Gentry said he was excited about the defensive effort and intensity.

“I told the boys if they’re going to play that brand of basketball it will make for exciting basketball to watch,” he says.

The Beavers took eight boys to Wichita and Gentry says there’s a very competitive atmosphere for playing time.

“They are battling to get extra time for themselves and take it from someone else,” he says. “You want to see kids fighting for time. When Zach (Carson) gets healthy that will Putting on the Pressure put one more player into Gentry says the team is the mix.” still experimenting some with the defense, but the Focus on Fundamentals one constant is tenacity While the incoming and contesting every shot. freshmen class has en“If we continue to play joyed a lot of success at like I’ve seen, we’re go- the junior high level, Gening to be hard to score try emphasizes they “have against,” he says. a long, long way to go in The reason for more terms of fundamentals. man defense is because Hopefully, last week, they the Beavers have a lot of got a better idea of what depth at guards. they need to be working “It also gives you a dif- on in order to start getting ferent mindset offensively better.” as well,” he says. “You’re “Their fundamentals getting after it, you’re get- aren’t as good as people ting into the flow of the probably think they are. game better. When you’re Their footwork and their getting after it on defense decision-making is pretty you’re not thinking that sloppy,” he says. “They ‘I have to make this shot’ don’t always play under and you’re not so worried control. about missing a shot be“They’re freshmen, but cause you’re playing hard there are still fundamenand taking what the game tals that they should have gives you.” by now. When they lack He believes that more fundamentals it means we man defense will allow have to break some bad the team to get into their habits. offensive transition quick“I’m sure they get er. bored with what we’re “And we have the play- teaching them and they ers capable of doing that,” want to get out and play, he says. but if they aren’t going to do what we want and do it Defense has Shined the right way, they aren’t “We’ve had some indi- going to get on the floor as vidual performances that much as they’d like.” have been a bit surprising “You can’t just rely on and great to see,” Gentry athleticism at any level says. “But even more im- because you’re always gopressive has been the de- ing to find someone who fense. They’ve done very is just as athletic or more well in a short time.” athletic. That’s when you Since the opening game need sound fundamentals in the Hays tournament so you can execute,” he two weeks ago, Gentry adds. feels the defense has made Gentry feels the junior progress in each outing. varsity group made big “I had a couple of strides during their week people tell me after last in camp and that was eviweekend that they hadn’t dent during MAYB tourbeen defended like that in nament play in Wichita a long time,” said Gentry, over the weekend.

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Scott City’s Kiana Yager goes over the top in an effort to gain control of a rebound during Tuesday’s summer league action against Ulysses. (Record Photo)

Scott City falls to Ulysses in summer league, 33-29 Scott City’s inability to control the boards at either end of the floor contributed to a 33-29 loss to Ulysses in summer league play on Tuesday.

Playing at Liberal, the Scott Community High School girls dropped their opening game to Liberal followed by the setback against their Great West Activities Conference rival.

Using league play as an opportunity to give girls plenty of playing time, head coach Sarah McCormick was platoon-

ing her squad, rotating three to four players onto the court every 4-5 minutes.

Even with the rotation of players, Scott City was able to put together a nice 11-2 scoring burst midway into the first half that opened up a 13-6 lead.

Leading 5-4, Bailey Latta drained a three-point basket and Nancy Wiebe later added a steal-and-layup that put the team on top, 11-4 with 7:26 left in the first half.

Paige Winderlin’s basket

gave Scott City it’s biggest lead of the game, 13-6.

Ulysses closed out the half with a 9-1 scoring run.

Ulysses was holding only a 25-24 lead early in the second half, but Scott City hit a nine minute drought and fell behind 33-23. Kiana Yager snapped the dry spell with a basket with just 1:35 remaining while Latta hit a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Scott City will be on the home floor for two games in league play on Tues., June 21.

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KU has a wealth of hoops talent Kansas University’s summer basketball program couldn’t be off to a better start. Coach Bill Self’s top three recruits - center Udoka Azubuike (6-11, 290), small forward Josh Jackson (6-8, 200), and power forward Mitch Lightfoot (6-8, 210) - are all on campus and enrolled in summer school.

Self said of by Azubuike, “I Mac don’t know if Stevenson you can tell, he’s really big and strong and athletic. I don’t think I’ve ever been around ... I don’t think we’ve had anybody who probably has as many physical tools as what he has from a post-man position.”

Azubuike is a native of Nigeria and played high school basketball in Florida. In Self’s recent basketball camp game, Azubuike scored eight points. He’s in a perfect situation at KU. Self can bring him along gradually, playing behind fifth-year senior Landen Lucas.

Jackson has fulfilled all expectations so far. He has played well and acclimated himself to KU’s campus and players.

Self is excited about Jackson and said, “For the year I want him to be the best freshman in the country. I really think he has a chance to impact us as much as any freshman can impact any program. Obviously he has to knock the rust off and get stronger. There are a lot of things he needs to do to put himself in position to be that, but certainly that is our goal for him and I think that’s the goal for himself too.”

In the camp game, Jackson scored 21 points and played outstanding basketball. Lightfoot also had an impressive outing, scoring 11 points.

Sophomore Lagerald Vick stole some of the thunder from the newcomers.

Vick was high scorer in the game with 29 points on 10 of 13 shooting, including seven 3-pointers. Vick could be a huge surprise on the 2016-17 Kansas team; he has the tools to make a major contribution during the upcoming season.

KU’s entire team is on campus, with the exception of Svi Mykhailiuk who is playing internationally this summer for his native (See WEALTH on page 24)

Time cloud of twittering swallows suddenly filled the air, probably numbering in the hundred’s.

Back-and-forth they flew; under the bridge then out again until I was well clear of their space. Their mud-nest colonies lined the underside of the bridge like so many tiny baskets pasted against the otherwise intimidating concrete structure.

They never became aggressive or dive-bombed me like they used to do cats when they caught them out in the open on the farm when I was a kid, but they gladly escorted me from the area. After clearing the bridges the creek basically

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became a muddy path full of cattails for a couple hundred yards until it reached the pond.

At the pond, the cattails spread out 30 yards wide and then gave way to the water proper.

Some years ago on a nearby property I trapped beavers in a small marsh that formed alongside a deep, wide creek.

The marsh was very shallow, but the beavers had pushed mud up against the marsh bank all across one end, allowing the water to become deeper.

Looking at this pond from the highway, it appeared to have gotten the same treatment; another reason to suspect beavers had moved-in. The pond

is often partially covered with a mat of moss, and as I waded into the water and stood in front of the seven-foot tall cattails, what appeared to be mud shoved up against them at the waterline proved instead to be thick slabs of moss, evidently deposited there as the recent high water abated.

I picked up a big chunk of the dried moss and tossed it onto the bank; it was thick and stiff enough to pass for cowhide.

As evidence of beaver’s presence in the pond, I looked for dens dug into the bank or a mound-shaped hut of some sort in the water, piles of cut sticks in the water stored for

future food, well used trails in the mud leading from the pond into trees along the creek and trees or sticks cut and freshly chewed on.

I got scolded by red winged blackbirds perched high up on cattail leaves, serenaded by bull frogs, nearly carried away by hoards of mosquitoes and warned to mind my own business by legions of swallows, but I found zero confirmation of beavers living in or near the pond.

I’m still convinced it’s only a matter of time!

Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors!

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

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Beavers

(continued from page 19)

Shapland

Hess once again topped all scorers with 22 points 2:23.97. Gus Hawkins, and seven boards. Duff added 10 points.

Brandon Smyth, Joe MCCleary and Shapland.

Defeat Wildcats Scott City held only a 22-17 halftime lead against 200 Yd. Medley Relay Haven before taking control in the second half for a 10-years and under: 50-35 win.

Hess had a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds while Faurot knocked down three treys on his way to a 17 point, eight rebound performance.

Rip Rim Rockers Hess had his biggest game of the weekend against the Rim Rockers when he scored 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a 66-45 win.

Kyle Cure had his best game of the weekend with 13 points and nine rebounds.

Fall to Buhler Scott City’s win streak ended with a 45-42 loss to Buhler.

Hess had another double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Duff and M. Faurot each added eight points.

Even with the loss in their final game, Gentry says it was a very successful weekend.

“It ended in a sour way, but maybe it was good to leave with a bad taste in our mouths. That should motivate us to want to get back into the gym,” he says.

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3:06.87. Noll, Griffin Edwards, Frank Waylon Ricker.

11-12 years: 3:08.93.

Wyatt Ricker, Shapland, Hawkins, McCleary.

100 Yd. Mixed Freestyle 8-under: 2:43.24.

Odessa Cline, Payton Gentry, Kami Winderlin, Jaxon Fisher.

200 Yd. Mixed Freestyle 13-14 years: 1:56.88.

Sawyer Stevens, Brooke Hoeme, Landon Trout, Connor Cupp.

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double fist pump

Kale Wheeler (left) and his father, Quinten, share a fist pump after Quinten sinks a birdie putt during the MASH golf tournament played at the Scott Community Golf Course on Saturday.

(Record Photo)

Wealth Ukraine.

Kansas is absolutely loaded for the upcoming season, but so are several other teams. KU’s preseason ranking will be in the top five in the nation’s polls.

The Jayhawks will have a formidable blend of experience and young and enthusiastic talent.

KU Needs Upgrade Kansas State is far, far ahead of Kansas in football facilities. Bill Snyder Family Stadium is a stateof-the-art model for college football.

The Wildcats - under the leadership of AD John Currie - have made steady improvements during the Snyder era and now have a modern and attractive football stadium.

This will give K-State a big advantage during instate recruiting; Snyder has dominated KU on the field, while out-recruiting the Jayhawks in Kansas.

Memorial Stadium at KU opened in 1921. It’s the oldest and worst stadium in the Big 12 and a real hindrance to effective recruiting. AD Sheahon Zenger is well-aware of the situation.

KU’s locker room and meeting facilities are excellent. It’s the stadium itself that’s an eyesore.

Zenger knows that appearance is vital and said, “Looking the part . . . I’m trying to say something that’s not too trite or overarching. But you know it when you see it - when you go to other stadiums.”

It’s going to be difficult indeed to upgrade old Memorial Stadium.

Zenger said, “We have plans. I don’t necessarily like them as they are.

That’s why you haven’t

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seen them rolled out.

We’ve shared them with key stakeholders and donors. There’s some things I’d like to tweak.”

Kansas will have to come up with an enormous amount of money to raise their stadium to a level that’s even close to Kansas State’s. And the longer the Jayhawks wait, the harder it will be to accomplish.

Desperate for Pitching Desperate times require desperate measures: The KC Royals need two new starting pitchers if they’re going to compete for another playoff spot.

The options are limited indeed.

Two starting pitchers in the Royals’ farm system have statistics that would justify bringing them up and seeing what they can do: 1) Northwest Arkansas has Jake Junis (6-2, 225), a 23-year-old right-hander who has a 6-3 record and a 2.49 ERA. He’s pitched 68.2 innings and given up just 49 hits with 70 strikeouts and 15 walks. Those numbers are promising enough to give Junis a chance with the Royals.

2) Pedro Fernandez (6-0,175) is a 22-year-old right-hander with Wilmington. His record is 3-1 with a 2.14 ERA; he’s pitched 32.2 innings and given up 24 hits, 11 walks, and has 31 strikeouts. The limited stats show his potential.

KC’s hitters will break out of their slump, but the starting pitching is coming apart like a twodollar suitcase. Junis and Fernandez may be two diamonds in the rough.

It’s time to give them a chance.

2016

Scott Community Golf Tournaments* Saturday, June 11 • M*A*S*H Ryan Roberts • 214-3537

Saturday-Sunday, June 18-19 • Western State Bank - Leoti/Scott City Grant Huck • 872-2227 / Troy Lewis • 620-375-2229

Saturday, July 9 • Scott Rec Commission Jordan Carter • 872-2372

Friday-Sunday, July 15-17 • 36th Annual 4-Ball Scramble Saturday-Sunday, August 13-14 • Club Championship Individual and team event, Rohn Shellenberger • 872-1040

Sunday, August 21 • Merchant League Jamie Percival • 214-0611

Saturday, August 27 • Compass Behavioral Health Charity Register, 8:00 a.m. • Shotgun Start 9:00 a.m.

Sunday, September 4 • 1 Man Hybrid & Iron Cody Brittan/Rohn Shellenberger • 872-1040

Saturday, September 10 • Golfing for Grants Ryan Roberts • 214-3537

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Scott City Stars Scott City Meet June 11, 2016 Girl’s Division 25 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 1st, 19.99; Finley Edwards, 2nd, 20.27; Kayden Holstein, 4th, 21.82; Amelia Ramsey, 5th, 22.34; Ella Frank, 6th, 22.37; Darby Hawkins, 12th, 27.41.

50 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 1st, 46.49; Kayden Holstein, 4th, 52.36; Amelia Ramsey, 5th, 52.62; Lily Lightner, 10th, 58.25; Darby Hawkins, 11th, 64.27.

9-10 years: Brinlie Stevens, 2nd, 35.41; Megan Trout, 5th, 38.89; Macy Brown, 7th, 41.27.

11-12 years: Alli Patton, 1st, 32.12; Clare Hawkins, 2nd, 32.46; Hope Wiechman, 5th, 35.36; Kiley Wren, 7th, 35.86; Lana Rodriquez, 10th, 37.11; Alivia Noll, 12th, 37.32.

13-14 years: Piper Wasinger, 2nd, 30.54; Brooke Hoeme, 7th, 33.79; Lanae Haupt, 8th, 34.07; Kalacia Carter, 11th, 34.91.

15-years and over: Cami Patton, 5th, 28.62; Kylee Trout, 6th, 28.99; Ashley Prewit, 31.49; Hallie Wiechman, 10th, 31.9; Emily Parkinson, 11th, 32.09; Rachel Fisher, 12th, 32.13.

100 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Ella Frank, 1st, 1:58.5; Finley Edwards, 2nd, 2:05.08.

9-10 years: Brinlie Stevens, 1st, 1:20.76; Kennedy Wasinger, 3rd, 1:27.78; Hailey Shapland, 6th, 1:40.21; Avery Lewis, 7th, 1:40.75; Macy Brown, 9th, 1:44.39; Tatum Brown, 12th, 1:48.98.

11-12 years: Alli Patton, 2nd, 1:16.24; Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 1:18.65; Alivia Noll, 9th, 1:33.57.

13-14 years: Piper Wasinger, 1st, 1:11.78; Lanae Haupt, 3rd, 1:16.59; Brooke Hoeme, 5th, 1:17.15; Grace Hutton, 9th, 1:26.84; Paige Prewit, 10th, 1:29.97.

15-years and over: Cami Patton, 3rd, 62.89; Kylee Trout, 7th, 67.23; Rachel Fisher, 10th, 1:14.33.

200 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Kiley Wren, 2nd, 2:57.17; Lana Rodriguez, 3rd, 2:59.66.

13-14 years: Lanae Haupt, 2nd, 2:55.76; Grace Hutton, 3rd, 3:03.01; Paige Prewit, 5th, 3:22.89.

500 yd. Freestyle 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 7:11.40; Ashley Prewit, 5th, 7:53.42.

25 yd. Backstroke 8-years and under: Kayden Holstein, 2nd, 25.66; Ella Frank, 3rd, 26.36; Finley Edwards, 7th, 27.77; Darby Hawkins, 9th, 30.37.

50 yd. Backstroke 10-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, 3rd, 48.27; Macy Brown, 5th, 49.95; Tatum Brown, 12th, 54.71.

11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 2nd, 39.38; Lana Rodriguez, 4th, 43.54; Alli Patton, 5th, 43.77; Hope Wiechman, 6th, 44.53; Kiley Wren, 12th, 55.30.

100 yd. Backstroke 11-14 years: Grace Hutton, 4th, 1:35.42; Kalacia Carter, 6th, 1:39.08.

15-years and over: Cami Patton, 5th, 1:19.98; Emily Parkinson, 7th, 1:23.37; Hallie Wiechman, 8th, 1:24.33.

25 yd. Breaststroke 8-years and under: Ella Frank, 1st, 27.48; Finley Edwards, 2nd, 27.6; Kinleigh Wren, 3rd, 27.61.

50 yd. Breaststroke 10-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, 3rd, 49.9.

11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 1st, 39.48; Alli Patton, 3rd, 43.51; Lana Rodriguez, 4th, 45.10; Hope Wiechman, 5th, 46.78; Alivia Noll, 7th, 48.86; Kiley Wren, 10th, 51.94.

100 yd. Breaststroke 11-14 years: Piper Wasinger, 2nd, 1:34.07; Lanae Haupt, 3rd, 1:35.14; Brooke Hoeme, 7th, 1:36.64; Paige Prewit, 12th, 2:05.95.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 4th, 1:28.02; Rachel Fisher, 6th, 1:41.87.

25 yd. Butterfly 8-years and under: Amelia Ramsey, 1st, 28.48.

50 yd. Butterfly 10-years and under: Brinlie Stevens, 6th, 51.75.

11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 1st, 36.11; Alivia Noll, 9th, 51.77; Bethany Prochnow, 10th, 61.67.

100 yd. Butterfly 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 9th, 1:23.82.

100 yd Freestyle Relay 8-years and under: Kayden Holstein, Ella Frank, Finley Edwards, Kinleigh Wren, 1st, 1:27.49; Lily Lightner, Darby Hawkins, Addi Noll, Amelia Ramsey, 3rd, 1:59.58.

200 yd. Freestyle Relay 10-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, Macy Brown, Megan Trout, Brinlie Stevens, 2nd, 2:33; Avery Lewis, Kate Rogers, Tatum Brown, Hailey Shapland, 4th, 2:58.5.

11-12 years: Alli Patton, Lana Rodriguez, Hope Wiechman, Clare Hawkins, 1st, 2:16.97.

13-14 years: Lanae Haupt, Grace Hutton, Kalacia Carter, Piper Wasinger, 2nd, 2:14.82; Paige Prewit, Alivia Noll, Bethany Prochnow, Kiley Wren, 4th, 2:34.06.

15-years and over: Cami Patton, Emily Parkinson, Shelby Patton, Kylee Trout, 3rd, 2:02.15; Hallie Wiechman, Alexis Hoeme, Rachel Fisher, Ashley Prewit, 4th, 2:08.73.

100 yd. Individual Medley 8-years and under: Kineligh Wren, 1st, 2:08.11.

9-10 years: Brinlie Stevens, 2nd, 1:42.62; Kennedy Wasinger, 3rd, 1:43.34; Megan Trout, 7th, 1:55.87.

200 yd. Individual Medley 13-14 years: Piper Wasinger, 1st, 3:01.58.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 2nd, 2:53.11; Ashley Prewit, 4th, 3:11.84.

100 yd. Medley Relay 8-years and under: Kayden Holstein, Finley Edwards, Ella Frank, Kinleigh Wren, 1st, 1:44.76.

Fishing Report 200 yd. Medley Relay 10-years and under: Macy Brown, Kennedy Wasinger, Brinlie Stevens, Megan Trout, 2nd, 3:21.13.

11-12 years: Alli Patton, Clare Hawkins, Hope Wiechman, Lana Rodriguez, 2nd, 2:42.95.

13-14 years: Grace Hutton, Lanae Haupt, Piper Wasinger, Kalacia Carter, 2nd, 2:45.20; Paige Prewit, Alivia Noll, Kiley Wren, Bethany Prochnow, 3rd, 3:20.

15-years and over: Emily Parkinson, Kylee Trout, Hallie Wiechman, Cami Patton, 3rd, 2:23.17; Rachel Fisher, Alexis Hoeme, Ashley Prewit, Shelby Patton, 4th, 2:33.85.

Boy’s Division 25 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Kasten Wren, 5th, 20.27; Brodie Holstein, 6th, 21.08; Brodey Rohrbough, 7th, 25.17; Kirbey Rohrbough, 9th, 27.09; Kasey Rohrbough, 12th, 29.82.

50 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Kasten Wren, 6th, 53.18; Brodey Rohrbough, 7th, 62.75.

9-10 years: Avery Noll, 1st, 33.95; Houston Frank, 2nd, 37.03; Jackson Rumford, 3rd, 37.53; Waylon Ricker, 6th, 40.41; Griffin Edwards, 7th, 40.52; Tanner Gooden, 9th, 41.25; Breven Vulgamore, 10th, 42.16; Alex Rodriguez, 11th, 43.66; Jack Lightner, 12th, 44.44.

11-12 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 32.43; Joe McCleary, 2nd, 35.64; Gus Hawkins, 5th, 37.83; Brandon Smyth, 7th, 40.10; Wyatt Ricker, 9th, 41.83; Josh Kasselman, 10th, 42.46; Nathan Smith, 11th, 42.53.

13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 25.66; Sawyer Stevens, 3rd, 29.45; Landon Trout, 4th, 31.45.

100 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Brodie Holstein, 2nd, 1:44.28.

9-10 years: Avry Noll, 1st, 1:21.78; Houston Frank, 2nd, 1:27; Jackson Rumford, 3rd, 1:28.96; Waylon Ricker, 4th, 1:30.9; Griffin Edwards, 6th, 1:35.42; Alex Rodriguez, 7th, 1:36.51; Tanner Gooden, 8th, 1:40.36; Breven Vulgamore, 10th, 1:47.19; Jack Lightner, 11th, 1:47.33.

11-12 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 1:13.03; Joe McCleary, 4th, 1:28.34; Gus Hawkins, 5th, 1:28.38; Wyatt Ricker, 7th, 1:28.7; Josh Kasselman, 8th, 1:37.05; Brandon Smyth, 10th, 1:44.02; Nathan Smith, 11th, 1:47.81; Nathan LeBeau, 12th, 1:51.16.

13-14 years: Sawyer Stevens, 2nd, 66.93; Landon Trout, 3rd, 1:13.56.

200 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Joe McCleary, 1st, 3:23.36.

13-14 years: Landon Trout, 1st, 2:39.26; Sawyer Stevens, 2nd, 2:42.21.

25 yd. Backstroke 8-years and under: Brodie Holstein, 3rd, 25.00; Kasten Wren, 6th, 26.97.

50 yd. Backstroke 10-years and under: Avry Noll, 1st, 41.78; Jack-

son Rumford, 4th, 49.6; Griffin Edwards, 5th, 51.67; Alex Rodriguez, 7th, 54.45; Breven Vulgamore, 8th, 55.87; Waylon Ricker, 10th, 64.08.

11-12 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 40.28; Gus Hawkins, 3rd, 50.90; Wyatt Ricker, 4th, 51.47; Josh Kasselman, 8th, 57.46; Joe McCleary, 9th, 57.78; Nathan LeBeau, 10th, 60.04; Nathan Smith, 11th, 1:13.31.

100 yd. Backstroke 11-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 66.95; Landon Trout, 4th, 1:23.15; Sawyer Stevens, 5th, 1:25.57.

50 yd. Breaststroke 10-years and under: Griffin Edwards, 1st, 48.55; Jack Lightner, 5th, 60.08.

11-12 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 40.61; Brandon Smyth, 3rd, 56.12.

100 yd. Breaststroke 11-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 1:18.3.

25 yd. Butterfly 8-years and under: Kasten Wren, 1st, 32.26; Brodey Rohrbough, 3rd, 37.46.

50 yd. Butterfly 10-years and under: Houston Frank, 2nd, 50.61; Waylon Ricker, 4th, 64.37; Alex Rodriguez, 5th, 67.32; Tanner Gooden, 6th, 1:11.

11-12 years: Brandon Smyth; 2nd, 60.11; Gus Hawkins, 3rd, 61.19.

100 yd. Butterfly 11-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 67.13.

100 yd. Individual Medley 9-10 years: Houston Frank, 1st, 1:47.75..

100 yd. Freestyle Relay 8-years and under: Brodey Rohrbough, Kirbey Rohrbough, Kasey Rohrbough, Kasten Wren, 2nd, 1:50.68.

200 yd. Freestyle Relay 10-years and under: Houston Frank, Tanner Gooden, Waylon Ricker, Avry Noll, 1st, 2:30.45; Alex Rodriguez, Breven Vulgamore, Jackson Rumford, Griffin Edwards, 2nd, 2:39.49.

11-12 years: Gus Hawkins, Brandon Smyth, Joe McCleary, Eric Shapland, 1st, 2:23.97; Josh Kasselman, Nathan Smith, Nathan LeBeau, Wyatt Ricker, 2nd, 2:57.78.

200 yd. Medley Relay 10-years and under: Avry Noll, Griffin Edwards, Houston Frank, Waylon Ricker, 1st, 3:06.87.

11-12 years: Wyatt Ricker, Eric Shapland, Gus Hawkins, Joe McCleary, 1st, 3:08.93.

13-14 years: Landon Trout, Brooke Hoeme, Connor Cupp, Sawyer Stevens, 1st, 2:26.31.

100 yd. Mixed Freestyle Relay 8-years and under: Odessa Cline, Peyton Gentry, Kami Winderlin, Jaxon Fisher, 1st, 2:43.24.

200 yd. Mixed Freestyle Relay 10-years and under: Brodie Holstein, Kendall Gentry, Emma Wheeler, Jack Lightner, 2nd, 3:11.51.

13-14 years: Sawyer Stevens, Brooke Hoeme, Landon Trout, Connor Cupp, 1st, 1:56.88.

Scott State Lake Updated June 9 Channel cats: good; most in the 13 to 18 inch range.

Fishing prepared baits lake-wide has been good recently.

Crappie: fair/good; most up to 10 inches. Minnows under a bobber around the fish attractors or drifting minnows from a boat on the mainlake.

Largemouth bass: good; up to 5.5 lbs. Fishing soft plastics around shoreline structure is usually best.

Sunfish: good; up to 8 inches. Fishing worms or small jigs under a bobber around shallower shoreline structure has been good.

Saugeye/walleye: good; up to 7 lbs. Post-spawn fish can be caught feeding over points and flats where jigs tipped with night crawlers or minnows, and fish imitations like crankbaits can be effective.

General comments: Release all walleye/saugeye less than 18 inches and largemouth bass less than 15 inches Please discard all leftover bait in a trash can, even baitfish. Remember it is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water.

The Scott County Record • Page 26 • Thursday, June 16, 2016

Members of the Scott City Stars competing in last Saturday’s home swim meet were (from top to bottom): •Kinleigh Wren in the 25 yard freestyle.

•Amelia Ramsey in the 25 yard butterfly.

•Macy Brown in the 200 yard freestyle.

(Record Photos)

2nd Annual

Saturday-Sunday, June 18-19 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Beach House

at Lake Scott State Park

Carp Derby $40

per team (6 lines)

$25 per Individual

(3 lines)

Must have a valid fishing license, pay park entrance fee and sign derby waiver See rules and regulations at www.scottcityks.org Preregister or for more information Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce • 620-872-3525, ext. 1 • SCCC@wbsnet.org

Record Xtra

just a day at the beach Sand Castle Construction Contest Winners

Sand Fleas (ages 3-6) 1st: Kaiden Rijfogel 2nd: Weston Loeppke 3rd: Kale Clinton Other participants: Collier Livingstone, Chase Mullins, Denton Mullins, Clayton Addington, Kenna Allen, Dominic Allen and Lyndsey Loeppke Sand Hoppers (ages 7-12) 1st: Kadence Allen 2nd: John Browning 3rd: Joshua Browning Other participants: Kiana Rijfogel, Carson Batterton and Reed Batterton

(Clockwise from top) Nine-year-old John Browning, Scott City, constructs his sand castle that earned him second place during OK Kids Day at Lake Scott State Park on Saturday afternoon. The competition was sponsored by the Friends of Lake Scott. Dominic Allen, 7, Healy, prepares to add some foot power to his sand castle construction at the Lake Scott beach. Seth Shackelford, 7, patiently waits to add to the bluegill he caught earlier in the morning. (Above) Keller Turner, Scott City, casts his line in the water during the fishing derby.

(Record Photos)

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The Scott County Record

Farm

Page 28 - Thursday, June 16, 2016

Area elevators are making room for bumper wheat crop Harvest could begin this weekend in Scott, area counties With the potential for a record-setting wheat crop waiting in area fields, the big challenge facing farmers and elevators is “Where will it go?”

The Scott Co-op has been preparing for a huge harvest for several weeks and is ready for the trucks to begin rolling in.

“We’ll have no problem taking in the kind of harvest that everyone’s expecting,”

says Jason Baker, Co-op manager. “Getting harvesters unloaded quickly and back into the field won’t be a problem.

“We managed (last fall’s) milo crop - the largest we’ve ever handled - and we’ll be able to handle the wheat crop.”

However, the Scott Coop, along with most facilities, will be short of available elevator space.

Terminals won’t be able to provide relief since they haven’t been able to move the milo already in storage.

“From what we’re hearing in the industry, that’s

not going to change anytime soon,” Baker says. “The word to country elevators is that we’re on our own.”

And that means there will be a considerable amount of grain stored on the ground for what elevator managers hope will be a short time.

Even before wheat harvest has started in the area, Baker is already thinking ahead to prospects of an outstanding corn and milo crop. Growing conditions have been ideal so far this spring and summer, which has farmers optimistic of great back-to-back harvests.

“Fall harvest will become an issue,” Baker says.

“The terminals have been great and they will help the best they can, but until they are able to move milo there isn’t a lot they can do.”

“We have plenty of area to pile up grain near most of our facilities.”

Time will also become a factor from the time the last loads of wheat arrive in early July until fall grains arrive in October.

“That’s a pretty quick turnaround considering the volumes of grain we are handling. We’ll be working our butts off for about 60 days to make room for a great harvest,” Baker says.

Hearing for reportable animal diseases in Kansas

A public hearing will be conducted on Wed., July 6, 10:00 a.m., to consider the adoption of a proposed regulation concerning reportable animal diseases. The hearing will be held in the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) building, 1320 Research Park Dr., Manhattan.

K.A.R. 9-27-1 relates to the designation of certain infectious or contagious diseases of animals in Kansas as reportable. Diseases designated as reportable in this list are to be immediately reported to the animal health commissioner.

Individuals who have questions about the meeting should contact Ronda Hutton at KDA: by phone at 785-5646715 or by e-mail at Ronda.Hutton@ kda.ks.gov. Visit the department’s website, www.agriculture.ks.gov, to comment on the regulation.

(See WHEAT on page 29)

Variety of research success stories for sorghum Ten years in the making, over-the-top grass control is now a reality for sorghum growers across the country. But the Sorghum Checkoff won’t stop there.

Among other research projects, growers should expect to see developments within the double haploid project as well as new information and technology regarding the sugarcane aphid this year.

The recently approved, active ingredient nicosulfuron in Zest herbicide will complement the non-GM herbicidetolerance sorghum trait.

The approval came after a 10-year partnership between Kansas State University and DuPont, with support from the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, National Sorghum Producers and the Sorghum Checkoff.

It is anticipated farmer trials of one Inzen grain sorghum hybrid will be grown throughout the Sorghum Belt in 2016.

It is expected additional hybrids will be tested or made commercially available in 2017 and 2018.

“There are a lot of areas in the U.S. where grass is a severe problem, making it challenging to grow sorghum,” said Brent Bean, Sorghum Checkoff agron-

omist. “This technology should open up a lot of acres for the use of sorghum.”

Aphid Control In 2015, the Sorghum Checkoff invested $350,000 in a collaborative project to meet the challenge of the sugarcane aphid. Twentythree scientists from 12 states were involved in this effort, and results

KSU, 11 universities call for more investment in ag research

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kansas State University is one of 13 prominent research institutions in the United States that joined the SoAR Foundation in calling for a surge in federal support of food and agricultural science.

“Retaking the Field,” a report released by this coalition, highlights recent scientific innovations and illustrates how U.S. agricultural production is losing ground to China and other global competitors.

“The ‘Retaking the

Field’ report highlights the impact of the publicly funded land grant university system in responding to grand challenges around food and agricultural production, now and into the future,” said Ernie Minton, Kansas State University associate dean of research and graduate programs.

“In Kansas, agriculture drives the economy. It is the state’s largest industry and the state’s largest employer. As Kansas’ land grant university, K-State strives to serve that indus-

try as an important provider of new technologies, not only in the area highlighted in this report, but many areas where we have unique strengths in water, crops, livestock and other mission-focused research.

“However, state and federal investments in food and agricultural research must expand to ensure that needed technologies emerge at a pace that meets future production challenges.”

“Retaking the Field” looks at the importance

of agriculture and its related industries to the U.S. economy. According to the USDA, this sector was responsible for nearly 1-in-10 jobs in 2014 and contributed $835 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product.

Even though every public dollar invested in agricultural research provides $20 in economic returns, the federal budget for agricultural research has remained flat for decades.

Today, the U.S. trails

(See RESEARCH on page 30)

were shared at a research exchange meeting in early 2016, allowing for more information to be relayed to growers regarding best management practices.

In an effort to further build upon knowledge gained in 2015, the Sorghum Checkoff is reinvesting in sugarcane aphid research this year.

The Sorghum Checkoff is slated to invest up to $300,000 in a similar

research platform in 2016, working with both Dow AgroSciences and Bayer CropScience as well as researchers and entomologists across the U.S. This time around, the research will focus on treatment of late-season infestations, thresholds relating to both susceptible hybrids and hybrids that offer some tolerance to the sugarcane aphid,

Market Report

Weather

Closing prices on June 14, 2016 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ 3.74 White Wheat ....... $ 3.74 Milo .................... $ 3.38 Corn ................... $ 3.98 Soybeans (new crop) $ 10.49 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 3.69 White Wheat ....... $ 3.69 Milo (bu.)............. $ 3.39 Corn.................... $ 3.99 Soybeans ........... $ 10.65 Sunflowers.......... $ 14.75 ADM Grain Wheat..................

Milo (bu.).............

Corn....................

Soybeans............

Sunflowers..........

$ 3.74 $ 3.57 $ 4.07 $ 10.70 $ 15.30

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Food Facts The bright orange color of carrots tell you they’re an excellent source of Vitamin A which is important for good eyesight, especially at night. Vitamin A helps your body fight infection, and keeps your skin and hair healthy!

The Scott County Record • Page 29 • Thursday, June 16, 2016

Corn, soy stocks tighter due to S. American woes Domestic supplies of corn and soybeans will be tighter than expected in the United States as problems with crops in Brazil and Argentina have raised demand for U.S. supplies from overseas buyers, the USDA said on Friday.

In its monthly supply and demand report, the government cut its newcrop and old-crop ending stocks outlooks for both corn and soybeans by more than analysts had forecast.

District Northwest West Central Southwest North Central Central South Central Northeast East Central Southeast State

Concerns about the crops in South America have pushed corn and soybean futures up sharply during the past two months despite a speedy planting season in the Midwest. Soybean futures peaked at their highest in nearly two years during the rally while corn jumped to its highest since July 2015.

For corn, USDA said U.S. ending stocks for 2015-16 would be 1.708 billion bushels, down

Area Planted Area Harvested 2015 2016 2015 2016 1,000 Acres 1,064.0 1,193.2 1,643.0 1,115.8 1,372.7 2,100.5 97.2 161.9 451.7 9,200.0

1,000 1,100 1,450 1,050 1,300 1,950 80 140 430 8,500

992.5 1,110.2 1,428.0 1,048.4 1,358.4 2,067.7 92.0 158.1 444.7 8,700.0

970 1,060 1,380 1,020 1,250 1,890 77 133 420 8,200

from its May outlook of 1.803 billion bushels. It lowered its 2016-17 corn ending stocks to two billion bushels from 2.153 billion bushels.

Analysts had been expecting old-crop corn stocks of 1.772 billion bushels and new-crop stocks of 2.125 billion bushels, based on the average of estimates.

Old-crop soybean stocks were cut to 370 million bushels from 400 million bushels. New-

% of Prev. Yr. 98 95 97 97 92 91 84 84 94 94

Yield 2015 2016 Bushels per Acre 36.3 33.1 35.8 35.7 41.5 37.4 33.0 40.0 39.5 37.0

52.0 52.0 46.0 47.5 49.0 46.5 47.0 40.0 43.5 48.0

crop soy stocks were lowered to 260 million bushels from 305 million bushels. That compares with analysts’ forecasts of 385 million bushels for old-crop and 289 million bushels for new-crop.

USDA trimmed its 2015-16 Brazil corn harvest outlook by 3.5 million tonnes to 77.5 million tonnes and its Brazil soy harvest outlook by two million tonnes to 97 million tonnes, reflecting dryness in key growing areas.

Production 2015 2016 % of 1,000 Bushels Prev. Yr. 36,018 36,751 51,176 37,430 56,328 77,281 3,038 6,327 17,551 321,900

50,500 55,000 63,500 48,500 61,500 87,500 3,600 5,300 18,200 393,600

140 150 124 130 109 113 118 84 104 122

The cuts outstripped market forecasts.

It left its estimate of Argentine 2015/16 crops unchanged, at 27 million tonnes for corn and 56.5 million tonnes for soybeans, but said that harvest delays there have helped the U.S. export program.

Wheat supplies are expected to rise to a 29-year high even as the balance sheet for corn and soybeans tightens.

USDA pegged 2016-17

U.S. wheat ending stocks at 1.050 billion, up from its May outlook of 1.029 billion bushels, due to a record winter wheat yield of 50.5 bushels per acre.

The government raised its winter wheat production forecast to 1.507 billion bushels, with bigger harvests expected in key states such as Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Old-crop wheat ending stocks were raised to 980 million bushels from 978 million.

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Winter wheat forecast at 394 million bushels

Based on June 1 conditions, Kansas’s winter wheat crop is forecast at 394 million bushels, up 22 percent from last year’s crop, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Average yield is forecast at 48 bushels per acre, up 11 bushels from last year.

Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 8.2 million acres, down 500,000 acres from last year. This would be 96

Sorghum and treating for the sugarcane aphid in the presence of other insects such as sorghum midge and head worms.

“I think the positive outlook is even in the presence of the sugarcane aphid last year, we still set a national yield record of 77 bushels per acre,” Bean said.

“We learned a lot about how to control the aphid last year, so if we end up

Wheat

percent of the planted acres, above last year’s 95 percent harvested.

The northwest and west-central districts are forecast to have the highest yield potential with an average of 52 bushels.

That would be a 19

bushel incease in the westcentral district, which includes Scott, Lane and Wichita counties.

Total yield in this district is forecast at 55 million bushels - a jump from 36.7 million bushels a year ago.

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with a sugarcane aphid issue in 2016, we will be a lot better prepared to control it and prevent yield loss while making a profit.”

Aphid Control Positive results are also emerging from the threeyear project with DuPont Pioneer in double haploid development. The project, which is approximately 50 percent complete at this time, has seen significant

(continued from page 28)

Of course, better prices or a crop failure somewhere in the world that would lead to increased demand for U.S. grain could help relieve tight storage conditions.

“At this point, farmers are selling only what they have to in order to pay bills,” Baker notes.

“The market experts are telling us not to see a lot of improvement in prices in the near future, but all it takes is a foreign crop failure or a Corn Belt crop failure to change that pretty quickly.”

strides in bringing double haploid technology to sorghum.

Two preliminary lines have been identified as possible inducers, which is a major first step in developing double haploids. Several thousand more candidates are currently being evaluated.

This year, it is expected the early findings will be confirmed while additional haploid inducers are

sought out in the world collection.

“Double haploid technology will greatly accelerate the breeding process,” said Cleve Franks, Ph.D., sorghum research scientist at DuPont Pioneer. “It allows you to strongly leverage a number of other technologies, such as genomic predictions, marker-assisted breeding, and precision phenotyping.”

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NFU offers videos to promote farm safety

As farmers busily work on the farm this time of year, National Farmers Union (NFU) hopes to raise awareness about farm safety issues and best practices through a series of 10 educational videos.

The videos, available at www.NFU.org/farmsafety, educate farm and ranch families, agriculture workers, consumers who

visit a farm, and members of the public about hazards and proper safety procedures to avoid farmrelated accidents or casualties.

“Understanding the dangers on and around the farm and how to avoid them can make a lifesaving difference when operating heavy machinery or working around livestock,” said NFU

Research China in both agricultural production and public research funding.

“The first introduction of PEDv (Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus) into the U.S. swine industry in 2013 was devastating with approximately 60 percent of the sow herds becoming infected with many herds reporting 100 percent piglet mortality at the onset of the infection,” said Jason Woodworth, Kansas State University research associate professor.

Woodworth and his team first confirmed pig feed as a path of transmission for the virus. Their efforts are highlighted in the report.

“At Kansas State, we quickly put together a team that combined our strengths in applied swine nutrition, feed science, and veterinary medicine and partnered with experts at the Iowa State

President Roger Johnson.

“Through this program, NFU hopes to build mass awareness and contribute to reducing the number of annual farm-related accidents.”

“Safety on the farm is so important” relates Donn Teske, president of the Kansas Farmers Union. “Farming continues to be one of the most dangerous occupations in

America and anything we can do to raise awareness, and make one consider the consequences of an action, is worth the effort.

“These are excellent examples of mistakes that happen too often and how they might be avoided.”

“Well worth taking a little time to watch and share with others” he said.

Nearly 500 farm workrelated deaths occur

in 2013-14 to 6 percent in 2015-16.

“Researchers are discovering incredible breakthroughs, helping farmers produce more food using fewer resources, and keeping our meals safe and nutritious,” said Thomas Grumbly, president of the SoAR Foundation.

“However, the science behind agriculture and food production is starved of federal support at a time of unprecedented challenges. A new surge in public funding is essential if our agricultural system is going to meet the needs of American families in an increasingly competitive global market.”

Farming has never been an easy endeavor and today’s challenges to agricultural production are daunting. The historic California drought continues and U.S. production is also threatened by new pests and pathogens, like

kids safe on the farm.

A number of farm accidents involve children under the age of 20 - fourin-five of which are not labor related, Johnson explained.

“It is important for everyone to stay aware and be safe,” he said.

“Especially in rural communities where cars share the roads with farm machinery.”

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University Vet Diagnostic Laboratory to conduct research studies that successfully generated information for pork producers and feed manufacturers to identify ways to mitigate PEDv risk,” Woodworth said.

“Our work focused on ways to manufacture or treat feed that would reduce cross contamination with the ultimate goal to prevent the spread of the virus to new farms.

Our work was sponsored by the National Pork Board and it was their quick call to action that allowed the U.S. swine industry to become better educated about this virus and to ultimately find ways to minimize the spread of PEDv.” The K-State team played a critical role in containing the outbreak.

The cumulative incidence of PEDv infections dropped from 56 percent

annually, according to a 2013 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics study, and machinery accidents account for approximately a quarter of them. Four of the NFU videos focus on topics related to farm equipment.

Other video topics include safety measures for livestock handling, grain hauling and storage, chemical use and keeping

the 2015 Avian Influenza outbreak that led to the culling of 48 million birds in 15 states and $2.6 billion in economic damages.

“Every year, the director of national intelligence testifies before Congress that our national security is threatened by hunger in unstable regions,” Grumbly said.

“As the number of people on our planet continues to grow, we must produce more food. This cannot be done with yesterday’s science. We need a larger infusion of cutting-edge technologies.”

The “Retaking the Field” report can be downloaded at http://supportagresearch. org/retakingthefield/

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Wondering what to get dear old dad for Father’s Day? Wondering what to get dear old dad for Father’s Day? Here’s a suggestion that would likely be a big hit - with the whole family.

A New Zealand scientist and an Auckland chocolate company, Devonport Chocolates, have developed what is arguably the most intriguing combination of elements since hydrogen hooked up with oxygen: A chocolate confection that is 50% beef.

According to a report in the New Zealand Farmer magazine, this prototype of a meat lover’s chocolate - or should that be, a chocolate lover’s meat?

- uses dairy beef that is processed and encased in chocolate.

Well, not exactly. The beef doesn’t come from older cows that typically get turned into hamburger, but from younger dairy bulls that are only 18 to 20 months old - all Waikatofarmed, 100% bull beef,” according to the developer.

He is Mustafa Farouk, a scientist on staff with a New Zealand organization known as AgResearch,

Meat of the Matter Dan Murphy contributing columnist Drovers CattleNetwork

and his innovative combination has created a “candy” with the consistency similar to a Turkish taffy, he claimed.

AgResearch is described as an organization that “partners with the agricultural sector to deliver the innovation needed to create value for New Zealand farmers and producers. Its scientists and researchers develop projects in such areas as pasture-based animal production systems, biosecurity and soil and water resource management.

Oh, and one other area: “agri-food and bio-based products.”

Which is how the chocolate-meat confection came about.

Where’s the beef?

The idea of adding meat to chocolate emerged as Farouk was trying to develop ways of adding value to beef, “with an eye on how it could be consumed by people in the future,” the magazine

reported.

Future? We’ve got to wait for the future to start eating chocolate beef?

“We knew we could turn meat into different forms, but whether we could actually fool people by making it look like chocolate is what we didn’t know,” Farouk said. “When you try it, you don’t know what you’re eating.”

The innovative product could have “huge potential benefits” for athletes in various sports people or for elderly people wanting an easily consumed, high-protein product, he claimed.

But, here’s the weird part of this experiment: All the meat flavor and texture has been removed, according to Farouk. He told New Zealand Farmer that, “Unless [they were] told, people would have no idea they just ate something containing beef.”

Here’s how he did it.

The basic substrate is lean meat from the hind quarters of a grassfed animal, from which the protein is extracted.

Turmeric and other spices are added to give the

product a distinctive flavor. It is turned into a “chocolate butter” before being sent to Devonport Chocolates, an Aucklandarea family business specializing in hand-dipped chocolates, pralines and truffles, where the squares are coated with a chocolate casing.

Farouk estimated that each square would contain about 25% protein, as well as iron and zinc.

“All the goodness of meat will be in there,” he said. “So far, when we have talked to people about it, and they understand its advantages over other chocolates, they get very excited.”

We’ll have to take Farouk at his word on the alleged excitement.

Intrigued? Probably.

Curious? Very likely.

And, chocolate beef’s price point seems to be reasonable enough to encourage its adoption as a go-to confection.

The beef used in manufacturing the chocolate covered beef costs about $17 a kilo ($7.72 a pound).

When converted into a (See FATHER on page 33)

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Harvest moving into Pawnee County Harvest was just getting started in Pawnee County. Some test cutting began over the weekend and there was increased activity Monday through Wednesday, but so far, there’s not much to report from the area.

Rick and Melissa Clark from Galva, in McPherson County, started their wheat harvest near sunset on June 13 and were almost 75 percent done by Wednesday.

Rick reported test weights around 61-63 pounds per bushel with moisture content at 11-12 percent. Compared to last year, Rick says that

Kansas Wheat Report Day 7 yields have been similar at around 50 bushels per acre, but test weights have been much higher.

“Yields have been good and it’s easy cutting,” said Rick. “There’s not much straw so it’s been easy to go through.”

Jason Rozean of Farmway Co-op in Clay Center, reports that harvest really got started in their area on Tuesday.

Prior to that, a few loads had come in, but the moisture was pretty high.

Rozean reports that test weights are averaging 60.6 pounds per bushel and moisture is now 12.2%. Protein is averaging 11.5%, which is pretty typical for the area.

He expects this year’s crop to be less than last year’s due to fewer planted acres in the area.

Harvest will last generally another 2-3 weeks.

Brent Floerke from Mid-Kansas Coop in Benton, in Butler County, reports that they’ve been taking in wheat for about a week, but it has been “slow going” because of moisture.

Harvest has started

Bill is reintroduced to ban packers from owning livestock Recently Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), reintroduced legislation - S. 2911 - that would make it unlawful for a meatpacking company to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter.

According to the National Farmers Union, livestock ownership among a few multinational firms restricts competition, puts farmers and ranchers on an uneven playing field, and increases the chances of market price manipulation.

Both the National Farmers Union and the Center for Rural Affairs

have long supported passage of legislation to ban packer ownership of livestock and other related livestock market reforms.

“As I’ve said before, the meatpacking industry always responds to reform legislation or any discussion of reforming livestock markets the same way,” says John Crabtree with the Center for Rural Affair.

“They want to control the marketplace; they don’t care about how farmers and ranchers are treated; and they don’t want anyone holding them accountable or

Still possibility of above average rainfall for SW Ks. Period of June 4-10 General interest: NOAA’s summer outlook calls for near normal temperatures for Kansas, Nebraska and most of South Dakota while the rest of the United States is expected to see average above normal temperatures.

As for precipitation, WKWMP Kansas has a 30-40 Update percent chance of seeWalt Geiger ing above average premeteorologist cipitation while northwestern Kansas stands a 40-50% chance of above average precipitation. The outlook is valid during the June through August period.

Weather: Unseasonably warm and sunny conditions prevailed during the start of the week. By Monday, a weak surface boundary was located across Western Kansas. Scattered storms broke out Thursday afternoon due to strong heating and a surface boundary draped across Western Kansas.

Operations: There were two operational days.

June 6: Program Operations Day No. 7 One plane was dispatched at 5:11 p.m. to investigate a small cluster of weak to moderate thunderstorms over eastern Wichita County. Radar indicated that, at times, the cluster would produce brief periods of small hail and gusty winds. A brief period of hail suppression began 5:42 p.m. over southwestern Scott County.

Seeding then transitioned to rain optimization at 5:53 p.m. near Scott City on a second small storm.

Rain optimization continued over 6:58 p.m. over Lane County. All seeding stopped at 7:31 p.m. over Lane.

June 9: Program Operations Day No. 8 One plane was launched at 5:09 p.m. to begin seeding on a developing storm near Dighton. A second plane was dispatched at 5:23 to Lane, also.

Hail suppression began at 5:44 over northern Lane. Hail suppression seeding also began at 5:57 three-miles south of the Scott City airport. Seeding continued through 7:00 over Scott and Lane counties as multiple storms began to converge into one storm mass.

All seeding stopped by 7:30 over northern Lane as the storms moved into Gove County.

forcing them to operate in a fair, equitable, competitive marketplace.

Barry Carpenter, President and CEO of the North American Meat Institute, claims that packers must own and feed their own cattle to maintain an effective marketplace. Bill Bullard, CEO of the ranchers’ organization R-CALF USA, calls those claims baseless, deceptive and selfserving.

“I’m with Bill,” says Crabree.

“The packers and their sycophants at the National (See PACKERS on page 33)

picking up in the last couple days, but they’re expecting some rain to move in, which, depending on the location of the rains, could hold things up. Floerke expects the location to be taking in the majority of its wheat over the next week and a half.

Although it’s pretty early to get good averages, Floerke says test weights are 59-64 pounds per bushel and yields have been ranging from 35-55 or 60 bushels per acre.

He expects this year’s crop will be “definitely better than the last two years.”

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wheat plot tour

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National Pork Producers Council can whine all they want. Competitive markets are the foundation of America’s economy,” Crabtree continues.

“Family farmers and ranchers asking for a level playing field where farmers and ranchers, not the packers, own the livestock, is a request that is not only eminently reasonable, but long overdue.”

Father Romulo Lollato (left), an agronomist with Kansas State University Extension, talks about wheat varieties and their condition during the Scott County plot tour.

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Keep safety in mind during the summer on farm, ranch Kris Ringwall, No. Dakota State Extension Service

Safety never should be taken for granted on any farm or ranch. And even more so when guests arrive, so plan ahead.

There is nothing like a nice summer evening as family and friends are gathered for relaxation out in the country. The noise and busyness are removed, leaving some time for just being.

Growing up on a farm or ranch seemed to be the norm and something everyone did. At least that was the thinking for all those kids who grew up in the middle of the last century. Granted, not everyone wanted to stay on the home place, but regardless of where life led, the memories of those carefree days are real.

But, times have changed, and today, most kids do not have the opportunity to explore and reach out to nature as farm and ranch kids did in the past.

If I were to speculate, when I graduated from high school in the early ’70s, most of the graduating classes from the many rural communities were 80-plus percent country kids. Today, those numbers are probably reversed.

I do not know the real numbers, but that is not important. What is important is the fact that many, many children today grow

up in a city or urban environment with little contact or interaction with the farms and ranches of yesterday.

The stark reality: Even if a child is growing up on a modern farm or ranch, the complexities of today’s agriculture often prohibit much involvement. Instead, those “country kids” are pretty urban-friendly.

Urban Upbringing That is simply a statement of today’s world.

But, those cherished farms and ranches still exist, and the trip back is still an opportunity.

But, a big caution sign needs to be in place.

The urbanized child is not farm or ranch savvy.

Child safety is a huge concern because when a child does not grow up in a rural environment, the many survival traits of rural youth are missing.

Growing up, we buzzed around cows and bulls and pigs and chickens and tractors and drills and about any other obstacle that would be around.

Our skate parks were cow paths and the ramps simply cliffs.

In fact, even back then, the arrival of the city cousins was always a bit challenging.

The story goes that it really was my own cousins who chased several pigs to death on a hot summer afternoon. Catching them was much like the cen-

tennial greased pig chase, only in this case, the pigs were in a pasture supposedly gaining weight for market. Those city kids just did not know.

Greased Pigs The last greased pig contest I witnessed was decades ago in Columbus, and the pigs must have weighed in just shy of 200 pounds. Greased, no one was going to catch them.

I do remember an awful lot of people piled up behind the pickup, a lot of noise, some strong squealing and eventually three pigs leaving a pile of people in the middle of Main Street with nothing to do.

The “good old days” were real. But, how many children today would know how to catch a pig?

I can remember handing the city cousins a bucket of feed for 30 troughs and they always would put the whole bucket in one trough. And they wouldn’t even spread out the grain. Those city cousins had no concept of how to feed a herd.

And then there was the stud. Colts were always pretty nice, but the same could not be said for the stud. Or the boar, the bull, the ram or maybe even the rooster. One simply knew: Do not go in the stud pen.

But, those city kids, no, they just climbed over the fence like a bunch of lemmings following one

after the other over a cliff.

Retrieval was always successful but not fun.

Today, these memories only serve as strong reminders that those summer visitors are pretty naïve when it comes to farm and ranch safety.

Constant monitoring of not only the little tykes, but their parents as well, is necessary.

Equipment Risks As equipment has gotten larger, there is no room for errors and certainly not for passengers and wannabe farmers. Equipment operators often are not used to company, and standing in what seemed to be a safe place is not safe if the operator does not know you are there.

Today is not a day to overreact, but it’s certainly a day to contemplate the arrival of summer guests and draw up a plan for everyone’s safety.

Perhaps simply shutting down for the day, pulling the keys, locking up the shop and making sure the pen gates are all secure would be a good practice.

Prepare for summer family and guests and do not expect, as the “good old days” flashbacks set in, that the next generation has any common sense on how to herd cows, shut gates, watch out for the bull, catch a calf or even why there are sharp barbs on the wire fence.

Think safety first.

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chocolate-covered treat, it would retail at about $2.50 a cube, not all that different from prices for Devonport’s hand-dipped specialties not containing meat.

It may be awhile before this invention hits the streets in the USA, but there’s more good news for that untapped segment of consumers who’ve been waiting for a product that combines the nutritional value of meat with the indulgent taste of chocolate.

Farouk is now turning his attention to lamb and venison.

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There were so many people who helped with the LaCoy fundraiser that there is no way to personally thank each and every one! Please know that everyone (you know who you are) who donated your time, silent auction items, food donations, grills, advertising and cash donations were so greatly appreciated!

The community made it a success by rolling through our brown bag lunch drive. For that, we are thankful.

Once again, when someone is in need, family, friends and a great community pull together to make it happen.

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Livestock BLACK, ANGUS, REGISTERED BULLS for sale. Tested, 2 year old yearlings. Heifer bulls.

Delivery. Conformation and Performance. Contact Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, Ks. 620-384-1101. 3716t15 –––––––––––––––––––– REGISTERED, ANGUS BULLS for sale.

Yearling and 2-year old bulls. Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Kansas.

Call 785-332-6206 or www.crookedcreekangus.com.

3716t19

Real Estate COMMERCIAL BUILDING for sale.

133x45 ft. (approx.) round top building. Serious inquiries only. Seller is a real estate agent selling own property. 874-5109 or 874-2124.

26tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 1-3 BEDROOM, 1 bath, FH/A, basement, new roof, large yard. Call Mike 620-874-2425.

23tfc Need Fair tab ads placed in the newspaper?

Call Kathy or Beau at 872-2090

Berry Realty • 872-5700

Agriculture WANT TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc

1102 S. Main, Scott City, Ks 67871 www.berryrealtyonline.com

Margie Berry, Broker • 874-5488 Brett Berry, Sales Assoc. • 316-258-3387 Tracy Chambless, Sales Assoc. • 874-2124

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WANT TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information.

Lane County Feeders.

44tfc 397-5341.

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HARVEST SERVICES at LOW COST! Don’t give your wheat profit AWAY! Ask us how we do it. 620214-1604. Taking 1,200 more acres for TIMELY OPERATIONS. Cyplains Farm 4516t2 Services.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 25tfc

District 11 AA Meetings

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 214-4188 • 214-2877

Dighton

Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-2647

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The Scott County Record

Page 38 - Thursday, June 16, 2016

Getting to the truth about hot peppers

by Melinda Myers

Don’t be afraid to add a little spicy heat to your meals this season by growing a few hot peppers in the garden or containers. It’s easier than you think and many of the hot pepper myths floating around the garden are simply not true.

Don’t worry about your hot peppers heating up your sweet peppers.

Peppers are normally selfpollinated. If an insect happens to move the pollen from a hot to sweet pepper, it will not affect the flavor or heat of this year’s harvest.

If you save the seeds from a cross-pollinated pepper and plant them in next year’s garden, the plants they produce may have hot or sweet fruit (or a little of both), but only time will tell.

And, don’t assume all green peppers are sweet or you will be in for a surprise. Jalapenos are typically harvested when green and others, like habanero, Anaheim and Poblano are hot, whether harvested when green or red. You’ll also find that hot peppers can be yellow, orange, brown and of course red.

You can turn down

the heat when preparing your favorite recipes, too. Contrary to popular belief, all the heat in hot peppers does not come from the seeds. While partially true, the majority of the capsaicin that gives hot peppers their heat is in the white membrane that houses the seeds.

When the seeds are growing they may also be coated with extra capsaicin from the membrane.

So, remove the white membrane and the seeds, just to be safe, if you want to turn down the heat.

The spicy heat of hot peppers is measured in Scoville Heat Units. The ratings are based on the amount of sugar water needed to neutralize the spicy heat in the extracted capsaicin that has been diluted in an alcoholbased extract.

A panel of five taste testers decides when the spicy heat has been neutralized and then assigns the rating. Today many Melinda Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture experience and has written over 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening and the Midwest Gardener’s Handbook. She is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds and Blooms magazine

companies use a chemical process (liquid chromatography) but translate their results into the popular Scoville heat units.

The Scoville heat unit ratings vary from one type of hot pepper to another, with Poblano rating between 1000 to 2000, jalapenos 2500 to 6000, habaneros at 100,000 to 300,000 and one of the hottest, the ghost pepper, at 1,000,000 to 2,200,000 Scoville heat units.

Check online or the Homegrown with Bonnie Plants mobile app (for iOs and Android) for the Scoville ratings, growing tips and a Pepper Chooser to help you pick the best varieties to grow. Ratings may also vary from individual plants within a specific type based on individual plant differences and the growing conditions.

Whatever kind you grow, be sure to label hot peppers when planting, harvesting and storing to avoid any mix-ups. The sweet banana pepper, for example, can easily be confused with hot banana.

This could make for an unwelcome surprise when preparing, serving and eating.

Also, consider wearing rubber gloves and avoid

Golden cayenne peppers are hot with a Scoville heat level of 30,000 to 50,000.

touching your face and eyes when working with hot peppers, as they can burn. Wash your hands, utensils and cutting boards when finished to

avoid any future issues.

And, don’t worry if you are having a bad day when planting your hot peppers.

Contrary to some old adages, planting hot pep-

pers when you’re angry won’t make the peppers hotter, but unknowingly taking a bite of a hot pepper may very well change your mood.

Take precautions against brown recluse spiders We have received a number of reports recently regarding brown recluse spiders.

Though these spiders are reclusive, hence the name, they will bite if they are against your skin and their movement is restricted. For example, if you put on a shirt with a spider in the sleeve.

Unfortunately, their bite may be serious.

Brown recluse spiders vary in color with abdomens that may be strawcolored, pinkish-gray, pale- to medium-brown or

slate gray. They have one distinctive characteristic: a dark, violin-shaped pattern on the front part of the back. The neck of the violin points toward the rear of the arachnid.

Though structurally tight houses are less likely to have populations of brown recluse, any home may be invaded.

Houses with a number of unreachable spots may have standing populations that are difficult, if not impossible, to eliminate.

In such cases, we seek to reduce numbers and minimize the chances of being bitten.

There are two strategies that may help. Take advantage of the spiders’ daily rhythm. Brown recluse normally hide during the day and don’t come out until an hour or two after dark.

So, a search and destroy strategy may prove effec-

tive if timed to coincide with their activity. Carry a crawling insect spray with you as you search for the spiders within a foot or two of walls.

After destroying any spiders you find, look for a crack they may have been using to hide. Spray the insecticide into that crack and make note to caulk or otherwise seal it. Caulking the crack is best, but if caulking will ruin the aesthetics of the room, continue to spray into it every 10 days or two weeks.

You may want to log the number and date of spider kills to see if you are making progress in elimination.

The second strategy involves the use of roach or mouse glue traps. Place these in spots the spiders are likely to be, such as dark areas, around boxes, and close to walls and room corners. Check them frequently. Again, track the catch to see if you are having an effect on numbers.

You may use any household insecticide

labeled for homeowner use, but it’s best to study the problem and develop a strategy before beginning control measures. For people short on time, and not quite sure how to handle the problem, it might be time to call a local pest control company.

For more specific information refer to our entomology publication, MF771, Spiders and Scorpions. You can find it on K-State Extension’s website at http://www. bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/ pubs/mf771.pdf

Scott County Health Department

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR

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S U O H N E OP 06.29.2016

at the Scott Community Foundation new office location Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 From 9:00 am to 11:00 am 210 West 4th Street (Southwest Entrance) Scott City, KS

204 S. College will be our new location effective July 1 We will be moving from June 20 thru June 30.

No appointments will be scheduled during this time, but if you need a vaccination or other service, please call Dana at 620-397-1706 and we will try to assist you.

For more information, contact the Scott County Health Department at 872-5774