The Scott County Record

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36 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 21 • Number 45

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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It’s not over

Narrow defeat for GWMD’s LEMA proposal A proposal that would have led to a 20 percent reduction in irrigated water usage has been rejected by water rights holders in Groundwater Management District No. 1.

A Local Enhanced Management Area (LEMA) encompassing five counties in the GWMD was defeated by 15 votes - 173-158.

Voting was held in each county in the district last week and the results were canvassed by the GWMD board of directors on Tuesday morning.

The proposal carried in three counties Wichita (51-31), Scott (58-54) and Lane (2118). It lost by just one vote in Greeley County (10-9) but suffered the biggest setback in Wallace County (60-19).

While he wasn’t surprised at the close vote, board chairman Greg Graff said he expected the proposal to gain narrow approval.

(See LEMA on page two)

Water creating a rift between council, SRC

Higher water rates and a growing perception that the city doesn’t want to maintain a working relationship has the Scott Recreation Commission board of directors feeling “very frustrated,” Scott City Councilman Josh Gooden advised fellow council members during Monday’s meeting.

What is seen as a growing rift between the council and SRC deals primarily with water usage at the Sports Complex.

“Why are they spending $5.44 per thousand (gallons) to water city grass?” wondered Gooden.

(See RIFT on page seven)

Dr. Dunn stands inside the main entrance of the Scott County Hospital that he and his fellow physicians moved into in April 2012.

(Record Photo)

Dr. Dunn is retiring after 35-year career in Scott City As local health care has undergone some pretty dramatic changes over the years, the one constant has been Dr. Daniel Dunn.

While four other physicians have either retired or moved on from the Scott County Hospital and Scott City Clinic, Dr. Dunn has remained a steady influence on the local medical community.

He has seen the Scott County Hospital dig its way out of significant debt and emerge today as a major employer that is generating gross revenue in excess of $22 million annually.

And, perhaps most significantly, for the past two years he’s been able to work in a new $24 million hospi-

tal that has become a hub for medical care throughout the region.

It’s been an impressive medical career that has left a significant impact on the community that Dr. Dunn and his wife, Ruth, have called home for the past 35 years.

“I feel very good about the decision to leave at this time,” says Dr. Dunn. “The clinic is as well staffed as it’s ever been. We have some great physicians who can take care of this community’s needs for many years to come.”

Scott City, however, wasn’t the first stop on Dr. Dunn’s medical career.

A call from former Scott City phy-

a team effort

sician Galen Fields in 1979 convinced Dr. Dunn to leave the hospital/clinic in Colby where he worked alongside six other physicians.

“Fields thought I probably wasn’t that busy,” recalls Dr. Dunn. “When he first contacted me I wasn’t that interested, but the more I thought about it the more I realized that I’d like to be doing more so we came down to take a look.”

At the time, the physician team at the hospital included Dr. Fields, Dr. Morris Hopkins and Dr. Zef Aroyo. Dr. Fields, however, was getting ready to retire, which prompted his phone call to Dr. Dunn, and less than (See DUNN on page 10)

Humor has been essential in the battle against cancer When it comes to coping with cancer, most people will turn to their faith, family and friends.

With Jerry and Jynette Buxton you can add humor to that important mix.

In Jerry’s 18-month battle against esophageal and lung cancer, the ability of the couple to continue laughing together has helped them to cope with the life-threatening disease.

“His good attitude has been worth a lot. From the very beginning, Jerry wasn’t going to let this thing beat him,” says Jynette.

Jerry’s upbeat personality is equally appreciated whether he’s getting chemo treatments in Garden City or getting a routine evaluation at the MD An-

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derson Cancer Center in Houston.

“The staff will ask, ‘When’s that guy from Scott City going to be back?’” says Jerry with a grin. “When I’m in the chemo room the staff and I will laugh and have a good time. A person can approach this in one of two ways and I’d just as soon be upbeat and make those around me feel a little better.”

Of course, it took a little while in order for the Buxtons to get to this point in the process.

For many months, Jerry had been battling the early signs of esophageal cancer without knowing it. He has never been a smoker, but the cancer was brought on by severe acid reflux. The (See BUXTONS on page eight)

Their upbeat outlook on life has helped Jerry and Jynette Buxton cope with Jerry’s ongoing battle with cancer. (Record Photo)

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Council denies anhydrous production request

Safety concerns prompted the Scott City Council to refuse a request from Bartlett Grain to set up a temporary facility for the production of anhydrous ammonia at their elevator location on the north edge of the city. The company had to request permission from the council since the process was taking place within city limits.

After being presented with a

request at their last meeting to allow the operation, the council contacted Fire Chief Ken Hoover to get his assessment of the possible risks involved.

“I have concerns because of the anhydrous ammonia,” Hoover told the council at Monday’s meeting.

Because of its proximity to the city, he said if there is an accident they would have 3-5

LEMA Danny Welsh, vicechairman of the board and a representative of Wallace County, felt that the voting procedure may have been a big factor in the huge defeat in his county.

“There were people who wanted one vote for each water right. That was a big issue at our last meeting,” noted Welsh.

The board had determined that each eligible person was entitled to one vote, regardless of how many water rights they held in the district.

Support for the program across the district may have also been generational.

“I felt those people most receptive to the (LEMA) were young farmers who are looking at how long they can continue irrigating if we don’t start doing something now,” said Graff.

“The hardest ones to convince are those who have been pumping for 30, 40 or 50 years and want to keep pumping all they want,” Welsh said.

He said there is a belief by some in Wallace County that the declining aquifer doesn’t affect them as much because they still have “big wells.”

minutes to complete evacuation measures.

“I have no doubt they take precautions, but accidents happen,” he noted.

Hoover was asked about anhydrous ammonia being produced at the Scott Co-op. He said that because of a prevailing south wind he “didn’t have so much concern.”

Another concern with the council was the seven rail-

road cars of acid that would be brought in during the manufacturing process.

The council was also told that the process of making anhydrous ammonia also requires a considerable amount of water that Bartlett Grain would like to purchase from the city. When it was noted that city water would not be available, the council was told that the company had another source.

If given approval, Bartlett Grain would have conducted the manufacturing process for a 3-4 day period during July.

“What do the people of Scott City have to gain other than the loss of water and a greater hazard?” asked Councilman Fred Kuntzsch.

The council voted unanimously to deny the company’s request.

(continued from page one)

Breakdown of LEMA Vote by County Greeley

Yes 9

No 10

Wallace

19

60

Lane Scott

Wichita

21 58 51

18 54 31

“What they don’t think about is the fact they’ve seen a 47 percent decline.

They’re seeing some of the greatest decline (in the district),” he pointed out during Tuesday’s board meeting.

Tide Gradually Turns Advance voting at the GWMD office in Scott City strongly favored establishing a LEMA by a 33-15 margin, and increased slightly after votes from Lane and Wichita counties were unsealed and tabulated. However, the lopsided vote in Wallace County quickly turned things around.

Of the 332 ballots that were tabulated, 52 percent were opposed to the LEMA. The small turnout in Greeley County reflects the diminishing number of landowners and irrigators, according to Greeley County board member Arla Peter.

“There aren’t that

many people who are still them than to large irrigairrigating in the county,” tors. she said.

Graff said he heard concerns from producers Other Factors regarding the uncertainty During a series of meet- of crop insurance under a ings held in each county LEMA. The federal crop over the past 1-1/2 years, insurance program bases Graff felt that the board its coverage, and insurhad arrived at a plan that ance payments, on a fully was generally accepted by irrigated crop, not one the majority of irrigators. that’s partially irrigated “I felt there was very under a LEMA. little fuss about the plan How those guidelines itself. There seemed to be would be adapted to a more of an issue with the LEMA have been detervoting procedure. But it’s mined by the Risk Manstill hard to imagine that agement Agency. was the big issue.”

“There were several Board members ac- (producers) who wanted knowledged there were more details,” Graff said. probably other factors at In addition, there was play. controversy surround“Some farmers feel this ing a new irrigation well is their water and they can that was drilled about five pump it until it’s dry,” said miles south of Scott City.

Lane County board mem- The GWMD has opposed ber Alan James. this well, but the request “That’s a misconcep- was approved by the Kantion,” replied Welsh. sas Division of Water Re“It’s the state’s water that sources. we’re allowed to use as “I’m sure that turned a long as we stay within few votes no,” Graff said. limitations.”

In addition, it was felt He felt that using the that some producers may most recent five-year his- have balked at a LEMA tory as a basis for deter- of this size, which is conmining the 20 percent re- siderably larger than the duction was a concern to Sherida 6 LEMA. those producers who had already been cutting their It’s Still Not Over usage in recent years.

GWMD District ManThey saw the plan as be- ager Jan King felt the ing more detrimental to process of developing a

LEMA plan and the public meetings was a “great educational experience” for producers and the district board.

“We put in a lot of work to build a consensus,” Graff says. “It would have been much easier had (the board) put together a plan and tried to sell it.”

“It’s so discouraging.

So much time and effort was put into this,” added Welsh. “I think we’ll get a lot of questions about the next step. It’s not over.”

The board discussed the possibility of establishing a LEMA that would be smaller in scale - possibly including Scott, Lane and Wichita counties where it was approved by voters.

There are tentative plans to have more county meetings, probably in October or November, where board members can hear ideas from producers and “tweak the plan or the voting process,” says Graff.

It’s also possible that the Kansas Water Office and Kansas Geological Survey will have their aquifer modeling project completed by then. The model will make it possible to project the longrange impact of irrigation on the aquifer in specific areas given different water usage scenarios.

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Breakfast specials every night.

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Community Living

Page 3 - Thursday, June 19, 2014

Former resident receives Derby’s ‘Mayor’s Award’

Linda Stinnett Derby Informer

A former Scott City woman who began volunteering to fight boredom, and found a life-long friendship along the way was recently recognized by the City of Derby.

Betty Wilken was a recipient of the 2014 Mayor’s Award of Excellence which was presented during a city council meeting.

She is the daughter of Jean Rowton, Scott City.

Wilken moved to Derby in 1967 when she and her husband, Fred, began looking for a home. A business trip he took to Seattle for several months involved three other Derby men who literally sold him on the idea of living in the community.

Betty’s service to the community began in 1969 when she was pregnant with her daughter. She called her mother, who into her 80s has remained an active volunteer, and told her about the boredom.

“She said, ‘Call the Girl Scouts, you were a Girl Scout,’” Betty said.

Her mother’s advice lit a fire which is still burning, beginning with that fifth and sixth grade Girl Scout troop.

Moonshiners at Park Lane

“The Moonshiners” will be performing at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, on Fri., June 20, 6:00 p.m., in the old dining room.

Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

4-H day camp at Lake Scott

Scott County Extension will be sponsoring its annual 4-H day camp on Tues., June 24, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Lake Scott State Park.

It’s open to all youth - 4-Hers and non-4Hers - ages 7-10 years.

Registration is limited to the first 30 youngsters.

There will be hiking, rafting and swimming, among other activities.

Deadline to register is June 18 by calling 872-2930 or e-mailing ccrouch@ksu.edu.

Cooking camp begins June 23

The Scott Recreation Commission will sponsor a Cooking Camp from June 23-27, 1:00-2:00 p.m., at the Busy Beavers Pre-School, Scott City.

It’s for all youth who will be in third through fifth grades. Cost is $20.

Her accomplishments are many, including the 45 minutes she spent behind the scenes in an informal chat with former President George H.W. Bush as he waited to speak to the Kansas Association of Mortgage Brokers while she was president of that organization.

“He was one of the most down-to-earth people I ever sat down with,” she said.

Betty’s efforts in the mortgage lending groups helped make a difference for the industry in which she worked for 35 years.

Standards were established nationwide which assign brokers numbers that follow them wherever they go.

“There were people out there doing all kinds of mortgage fraud.” She said.

In meetings with Banking Commission executives, she and association members provided input on how that fraud - including some in Derby - could be eliminated. Those executives listened and change was made.

“We have good mortgage laws the state can enforce,” she said.

As members of the highly active Derby Jaycees and Jaycee Janes, the

Wilkenses were among groups which provided substantial leadership as Derby grew.

Just a few years later she was part of a “huge Welcome Wagon Club” that held luncheons and parties for newcomers to the community.

“Some of those people I still know today,” she said.

Along the way, Betty was making friends. When she helped start Derby Days, she made friends with the other founders.

While co-chairing the Derby Centennial celebration, hundreds of others in the community were involved, especially in a large production on Derby’s history. It cemented one solid friendship.

“That’s when I first met my friend Judy Greteman,” she said.

Later, Greteman would encourage Betty to help with The Opportunity Project’s new library when it was organized.

The friendships have been cemented while volunteering and working toward a better community.

In 2007, Betty retired from her job. She continues to volunteer and works every Wednesday for the senior center.

She also volunteers for

Reunion meeting is June 30

A meeting of the Scott Community High School All-School Reunion will be held Mon., June 30.

The mailing prep committee will meet from 3:00-7:00 p.m. A regular meeting for class representatives and committee reports will follow from 7:00-8:00 p.m. under the awning south of the 4-H exhibit building.

The Mailing Committee will oversee preparation of the “Save the Date” mailing to the entire alumni group. Each class representative will prepare the mailing for their class. Additional volunteers are welcome.

Committee reports will be the primary business during the planning meeting.

Tag deadline is May 30

Persons whose last name begins with the letters H or I are reminded that license tags must be purchased by Mon., June 30, to avoid a penalty.

Former Scott City resident Betty Wilken

the Derby Public Library, serving as treasurer of the Friends of the Library, The organization helped the library with its new check-out system by helping tag all of the books.

“Let me tell you, there are a whole lot of books in that building,” she said.

The Mayor’s Award

of Excellence was established in 2002 as a way to honor and individual, family, organization or business that has contributed significantly to the Derby community, according to information from the city.

“If a service organization exists in Derby that Betty is not actively

involved in, I’d be surprised,” said Mayor Dion Avello in announcing the award.

“Recognizing the love and care that Betty Wilken shows her home city since 1967 is exactly the purpose of this award. Derby would not be Derby without Betty Wilken.”

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Editorial/Opinion

Page 4 - Thursday, June 19, 2014

editorially speaking

Forget the grass:

City, SRC need to resolve water rate, useage issues

The Scott City Council and Scott Recreation Commission continue to be at odds on water usage at the Sports Complex.

The SRC board feels it is being unfairly penalized by the city’s new water rate structure which has been compounded by drought conditions and increased demand for irrigation.

The city, on the other hand, wants to encourage greater conservation and the most effective means of doing that - for households as well as the SRC - is through higher rates.

The SRC is already taking conservation steps by upgrading sprinkler heads and establishing a goal of a 20% reduction in water usage.

The city, however, points out that the SRC is on pace for record usage this year, no thanks to a couple of water line leaks - the most recent of which is losing water at the rate of 144,000 gallons per month.

Back and forth we go.

We can understand the SRC’s frustration, just as we can appreciate the city council’s desire to make sure that water is being used as efficiently as possible.

The ongoing dispute between the two sides reached a new level when, at the last council meeting, a councilman suggested that because the land on which the Sports Complex is located belongs to the city, then the grass also belongs to the city, so the SRC shouldn’t have to bear the cost of watering the city’s grass.

Really? Is this the point which this debate has reached?

There’s little doubt that the SRC has taken serious steps to conserve and monitor water usage.

Likewise, the council understands the SRC’s situation. They have boosted their water subsidy from $3,000 annually to (effective in 2013) $9,000 annually. And the council has also told SRC representatives they won’t leave the organization in a financial bind if, at the end of the year, water usage is taking a huge bite out of their budget.

The council understands what the SRC means to the community and the valuable role they play.

The city council doesn’t want to have an adversarial role with the SRC. Mayor Dan Goodman’s suggestion that the city meet with representatives from the SRC and school district to discuss water issues is long overdue.

But let’s don’t get into a debate about who owns the grass. We can be far more constructive than that.

Fixed agenda:

Appointees have history of being anti-public education

The latest school finance bill passed by the Kansas Legislature calls for the establishment of a Student Performance and Efficiency Commission to look at education.

Nothing wrong with that, right? Not as long as those who come to the table have an open mind.

The GOP leadership put that notion to rest quickly when House Speaker Ray Merrick named Dave Trabert and Mike O’Neal as his two appointments.

Trabert is CEO of the Kansas Policy Institute (funded by the Koch brothers) and is well-known for his anti-public education position. The KPI feels that taxpayer funding of public education is excessive and it promotes charter schools. O’Neal is president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce which was successful in getting the school finance bill to include a tax break for corporations which donate to private schools.

Those are hardly the voices of reason that Kansas needs in an effort to strengthen public education. In fact, the KPI and Chamber have worked successfully with conservative lawmakers to weaken public education in our state.

In addition, Trabert and O’Neal are registered lobbyists. They are paid to represent groups with a certain agenda. Only the most naive individual would think the interests of those who write their paychecks will be put aside when they sit at the commission table.

In contrast, the only two appointments by Democratic legislators to the nine-member commission are former Democratic State Sen. Janis Lee and former Republican State Sen. John Vratil.

Lee has experience as a KASB executive board member and former school board member at Kensington. Vratil has considerable experience in school funding as a former member of the Senate Education Committee. Both are committed to the betterment of public education.

With the remaining five picks for the commission (three by Gov. Sam Brownback) it will be interesting to see if the goal is to strengthen or undermine public education in Kansas.

Getting the gang together again

It’s not every day that you get a second chance, but with the civil war which has erupted in Iraq we now have an opportunity to correct President Obama’s mistakes.

Thanks to Fox News, we’ve been able to hear once again from former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Sen. John “Bomb, Bomb Iran” McCain and others how Obama has lost a war that we won and that we once again are facing the risk of a mushroom cloud in the U.S. We can remember that symbolic moment on George W. Bush’s final day in office when Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds were holding hands and singing “Kumbaya” on their way to the voting booths to show that it was possible to force democracy onto another nation.

Of course, we should have all seen this coming.

Obama’s first mistake was when GWB signed the troop withdrawal agreement in 2008 that set

up the framework for the departure of U.S. troops out of Iraq when we knew that the Iraqi people really wanted us to stay indefinitely. Besides, the war wasn’t costing us hardly anything, as Wolfowitz had promised.

Next thing you know, Obama’s thinking about a national health care plan, the sign-up for Obamacare is a disaster and everything in Iraq begins falling apart.

“Sen. Graham and I predicted this would happen,” said Senate Soothsayer John McCain who also predicted that San Antonio would win the NBA Finals in five games two days after they had already finished off Miami.

Seeing a rare chance to rewrite history, Fox News has been instrumental in assembling nearly the entire cast from the original “Iraq War: the Movie.”

The only exception is former President Bush who was unable to get out of a painting gig. However, “Iraq War: the Sequel” will work around that minor casting problem by having the former president killed in the opening scene when Air Force One is hijacked by Saudi Arabian terrorists and crashes into Yankee Stadium. That allows Cheney to officially assume the office that he managed for eight years.

“Where’s my script?” bellows Cheney as he enters the room with Iraq war cheerleader William Kristol, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Iraq diplomat Paul Bremer following in his shadow.

“We’re still finishing the final scenes, but here’s what we have so far,” says the director as he passes copies of the script around the room.

As he quickly scans the opening pages Cheney says, “I don’t see anything about WMDs, mushroom clouds or aluminum tubes. How can we go to war if we don’t talk about

them?”

“That was in the original movie,” says the director. “We’ve changed the script a little for the sequel. You’ll notice about halfway through page 32 we mention that we want to plant the seeds of democracy in the region.

Don’t you think that has a nice sound to it?”

“You’re serious?” wonders Wolfowitz. “Do you really think the people will buy this democracy thing as a good enough reason to go to war?”

“He may have something,” says Kristol. “Besides, just because we say we’re going to war for a particular reason doesn’t mean it has to be true.

Heck, did we actually find WMDs or yellow cake?

But we manufactured those into reasons to go to war, didn’t we?”

“And people believed me when I said we could get in and out of Iraq for less than $20 billion and most of that would be paid for by Iraqi oil revenues,” noted Rumsfeld with a chuckle.

(See GANG on page six)

No bread-and-butter debate

What if they held an election and nobody talked about how to improve people’s lives?

The 2014 campaign is being waged against a backdrop of national news dominated by everything except the core economic worries of most Americans. Benghazi and Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have been getting more attention than job opportunities and student borrowing costs.

We are said to be a nation focused on the home front, yet the foreign policy news from Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan and now, with extraordinary drama, Iraq - has been relentless.

The nature of the public discussion has been a strategic advantage for the GOP. Partly through their own efforts but also because of the flow of events, Republicans have

Where to Write

another view by E.J. Dionne, Jr.

kept President Obama on the defensive and the spotlight off themselves - at least until House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary loss threw the Republican Party into chaos.

Bread-and-butter concerns are the stuff of Democratic victories because the polls show that most voters still think of the GOP as more protective of the interests of the wealthy than of their own. The less we hear about economics, the better it is for Republicans.

It’s not that the Democrats aren’t trying.

Last week, Obama and Senate Democrats touted steps to ease the burdens on the holders of student loans. The president

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issued an executive order that will give an additional five million Americans a chance to cap their student debt payments at 10 percent of their income.

He also endorsed a bill

by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) - it’s part of the Democrats’ “Fair Shot for Everyone” agenda - that would make it easier to refinance debt at lower rates. It would be paid for by closing some tax loopholes.

College access is an important issue. The average tuition at public universities has more than tripled over three decades that saw, as Obama noted, only a 16 percent increase in “the typical family’s income.” The average borrower owes nearly $30,000 by graduation day, and Americans now owe “more on student loans than they do on credit cards.”

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At one point, Obama interrupted himself to say: “I don’t know, by the way, why folks aren’t more outraged about this.” How, he asked, can anyone justify allowing “tax loopholes for the very, very fortunate to survive while students are having trouble just getting started in their lives?”

His frustration reflected the way in which Washington gridlock may have a larger cost for Democrats than for Republicans - even if Republicans are the ones foiling Democratic proposals, as they did in the Senate last week with the Warren bill.

Because the Democrats’ stock in trade is to use government to solve voters’ problems, their supporters become especially disheartened when the legislative process grinds (See DEBATE on page six)

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Tea Party money overdose Fighting for for the GOP the right to end inequality The Republican Party’s reli-

and politics

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by Eugene Robinson

ance on tea party support is like an addict’s dependence on a dangerous drug: It may feel good at first, but eventually it eats you alive.

No House majority leader had ever been ousted in a primary before Eric Cantor’s shocking defeat on Tuesday. Republicans who tell themselves it was Cantor’s own fault - he lost touch with his Virginia district, he tried to have it both ways on immigration, he came to be seen as part of the Washington establishment - are whistling past the graveyard.

Cantor didn’t just lose, he got clobbered. His opponent, college professor Dave Brat, spent just $200,000 on the race - not much more than Cantor’s $5 million campaign spent on meals at steakhouses. Yet a powerful incumbent, running in a district whose boundaries were customdesigned for his benefit, lost by an incredible 11 percentage points.

There can be no doubt that the tail is now wagging the dog. The tea party should no longer be thought of as just a faction of the GOP. It’s calling the shots.

Certainly, other Republican incumbents have managed to survive this primary season, with the possible exception of Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, who is thought likely to lose a runoff against tea-party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel. But many establishment Republicans have hung on by claiming the tea party’s radical vision as their own.

And what is that vision? An unimaginable reduction in the size and role of government that would reshape the nation in ways most Americans would never accept.

Look at Brat, for example. He has views that are appropriate for academia - he teaches economics at Randolph-Macon College - but would be disastrous if put into practice.

He is reportedly a devotee of the writings of novelist Ayn Rand, whose worship of unfettered capitalism was matched only by her loathing of government, taxation and anything resembling a social compact.

I believe many people would agree with Brat’s excoriation of the “crooks up on Wall Street” who escaped punishment after their recklessness caused the 2008 financial meltdown. Some have described him as an economic populist stance, but I wonder if the description fits.

When NBC’s Chuck Todd asked about the minimum wage, Brat responded that “you cannot artificially make up wage rates.” So is this a debate most Americans are ready to have?

Not whether the minimum wage should be raised, but whether it should exist?

Brat believes in fiscal restraint, which is a standard Republican position - until it veers into nihilistic territory such as refusing to raise the debt ceiling, as most tea party Republicans in the House have consistently voted. He questions the federal role in setting education policy - at a time when U.S. schools, by almost any measure, are falling behind.

Brat also opposes comprehensive immigration reform that could provide a path to citizenship for the more than 11 million men, women and children who are in the United States without papers. This is the issue that brought conservative radio talk show hosts Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin to endorse and campaign for him.

(See OVERDOSE on page six)

by Marjorie Wood

Fast-food workers in hundreds of cities across the country and the world went on strike in mid-May to demand higher pay and better working conditions.

These workers targeted the richest and most powerful fast-food corporations such as McDonald’s and Burger King.

Walmart workers went on strike in 20 cities across the country a few weeks later, making demands similar to those of the fast-food workers.

These mobilizations are the latest in the fight of ordinary people to make the big corporations pay their workers enough to live decent lives.

Meanwhile, rich corporations are doing better than ever. According to the National Employment Law Project, the 50 largest employers of low-wage workers are highly profitable, massive corporations with executive compensation averaging $9.4 million.

This now commonplace predicament - rich executives reaping fat paychecks from companies that exploit low-wage workers - has become a symbol of extreme inequality in America.

Despite a few “inequality deniers,” most Americans realize that the gap between the rich and everyone else has grown dramatically over the past decade.

It’s no longer controversial to point out that the rich have gotten richer, and the poor have gotten poorer.

Here are two ways former Labor Secretary Robert Reich illustrates this point: The United States has the fourthhighest degree of wealth inequality in the world, behind only Russia, Ukraine and Lebanon. And the 400 richest Americans own 62 percent of wealth in America.

What we don’t talk about often enough is why this is happening.

Income inequality isn’t just about money. It’s about politics.

In this age of extreme inequality, the Supreme Court is handing down decisions that enshrine the political influence of wealthy Americans. The rich aren’t just getting richer. They are getting more powerful. As a result, the ability of average citizens to make our voices heard is eroding.

Low-wage workers are organizing to demand basic rights because the wealthy have expanded theirs.

In 2010, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling gave corporations the right to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections under the guise of free speech. This year, its McCutcheon decision allowed individuals to give unlimited amounts of money to any candidate or political party.

In the wake of the McCutcheon ruling, a single donor can now funnel an unlimited amount of money to a variety of political candidates, parties and committees at the federal level.

Only a few hundred people will be able to take advantage of this new “right” a Supreme Court majority has defined.

That isn’t democracy. That’s granting a few wealthy Americans the right to control our politics.

Bestowing such rights on the extremely wealthy in an age when ordinary Americans are barely getting by erodes our democracy. These legal precedents make it harder for workers to challenge exploitation or claim the right to a decent living.

When thousands of McDonald’s and Walmart workers go on strike, they are exercising their basic democratic right to have their voices heard.

The American people are listening, but not Congress.

An overwhelming majority - 76 percent - of Americans believe Congress should boost the federal minimum wage to $10.10.

However, that wage increase has stalled in Congress. A bill that would raise the wage from $7.25 to $10.10 was shelved in the Senate in late April.

It’s unacceptable that the will of the people doesn’t stand a chance in the halls of Congress. That’s why we must overturn these shameful Supreme Court decisions by amending the Constitution.

It’s about protecting our democracy.

In this fight to reduce inequality, let’s ensure that the democratic means to do so aren’t taken from us as well.

Marjorie Wood is an economic policy associate at the Institute for Policy Studies, the Managing Editor of Inequality.org, and the co-author of the new IPS report Restaurant Industry Pay: Taxpayers’ Double Burden

Oklahoma’s definition of conservative

by Jim Hightower

Oklahomans have been socked with a surprise from their own, supposedly “conservative” state officials.

It seems that thousands of Sooners have been putting solar panels on their homes to save on energy costs and reduce fossil-fuel pollution. Switching to solar even allows them to generate excess electricity, which they can transmit back to the grid and earn a credit on their monthly bills.

To reward such common sense and socially-beneficial energy innovation, the state’s (See OKLAHOMA on page six)

TPP deal is NAFTA on steroids

President Barack Obama is a surprisingly devout disciple of so-called “free trade.”

During his first presidential bid he promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), indicating some concern over the U.S.-Canada-Mexico pact. A month after his 2009 inauguration, Obama declared that he would “be very careful” and take his time meeting that goal.

Instead, he crossed fixing that accord off his to-do list and became a cheerleader for new deals that amount to NAFTA on steroids.

What’s the big deal?

The United States has inked free-trade deals with 20 countries over the past three decades. This country plunged headfirst into the World Trade Organization before it formally launched in 1995. It’s now clear that this zeal benefits corporations while hurting the rest of us.

These accords stoke inequality by driving down wages. The United States exported nearly 700,000 jobs between NAFTA’s 1994 debut and 2010, despite promises that it would expand employment. Following 25 years of stagnation, typical household income remains about

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by Emily Schwartz Greco and William Collins

$51,000 a year.

Free trade deals hand corporations a shield to fend off national regulations.

Hitching its fortune to rules rigged by the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), a Canadian-based mining company called Pacific Rim claims to have a right to dig for gold in El Salvador - even though that country has banned the practice to protect its meager supply of drinkable water.

Pacific Rim is suing El Salvador’s government for $300 million.

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal could render this kind of corporate power grab routine.

The pact would skew global economic rules for a dozen countries, including our own and Japan, which account for 40 percent of world trade.

Among other things, this deal would make it easier for corporations to use “investor-to-state” lawsuits like the El Salvador debacle to get their way over the objections of foreign governments.

This recipe for ripoffs isn’t really

about trade. And that’s the point. These arrangements are a gimmick intended to trump local and national laws to suit the whims of corporations.

That’s why merely five of the looming Trans-Pacific deal’s 29 “chapters” have much to do with trade. The rest hand big companies privileges and protections.

With people taking a backseat to profits, it’s no wonder our leaders are negotiating pacts like this behind closed doors.

When WikiLeaks spilled the beans on the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s environmental chapter, it turned out that this deal included weaker safeguards than its predecessors, outraging people who spend their lives fighting for cleaner air and water.

The Obama administration is also pursuing a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with European nations. Those talks are just as secret, and that pact would also make it easier for corporations to override environmental safeguards by suing foreign governments to get their way.

Why is WikiLeaks rooting around for these documents and releasing them to the public? The pacts will require Senate (See TPP DEAL on page six)

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A right, and wrong, way to approach science

by John Schrock

I was unhappy. The new state-of-the-art molecular biology lab building had just opened last year at one of China’s premier universities.

I attended one of the first presentations in that immaculate room. There was just one new high definition projector beaming the speaker’s programmed slides on a huge white screen - and nothing more. No black board with chalk. No white board with markers. Not even an “elmo” platform that projects your handwriting on the screen. And that was the problem.

“So you don’t want Nobel Prizes?” I asked the

chair, after the students were gone and we were walking down the hall.

That was definitely impolite, even if my Chinese hosts are very courteous toward guests.

“The PowerPoint is fine for reviewing past science, but how are you going to engage students in questioning and pursuing future avenues of research? No one gets Nobels for knowing what is already in textbooks. You get Nobels for asking new questions and finding new techniques, and that takes brainstorming - on the board,” I continued.

That graduate research building had just opened and it only had one lecture room. The rest of

Gang “But this democracy thing still bothers me,” Cheney agreed. “I’ll leave this in the script only if we can pass laws that make it harder for the Hispanics, blacks and Shiites to vote. We need to require all of them to show a birth certificate, driver’s license and Walmart discount card at the voting booth.”

the facility was laboratories arranged in suites of 2-4 labs around each researcher’s office. There were four wings and four stories - over 30 empty lab facilities waiting to be filled.

So this year, when I had the opportunity to visit that molecular biology research lab, my first question was: did they add boards?

Three-fourths of the labs are now occupied.

And although it was a Sunday, most labs had students and professors hard at work. Thanks to the labs having glass windows to the hallway, I could easily walk the four-story building, all four wings, top to bottom, and view it all.

Every lab had a large white board with a holder full of markers to the side.

It was obvious from the smears left by markers (I still prefer chalk), that these boards were heavily used. And indeed, as I passed by one laboratory, the professor and students were gathered around the board arguing over some lab dilemma.

I could not hear if it was a technical problem or change in procedure or a new direction when results are unexpected.

But it was science and it was not in the textbook or cookbook lab manual.

There are two sides to the science coin. Part of science is what is already known. Students can

memorize that from the textbook, although it does not guarantee they know what it means.

The other half of science is the questioning skills to search beyond what is known. Chinese students are great at memorizing the textbook science - what is known.

They memorize in order to score high on that single critical end-of-high school gao kao test.

But it has been the unique strength of the American classroom that our science teachers ask students to read, and then think, compare, and question.

Is there another way to interpret that graph? How could we discover the

cause? How can we measure it?

We attempt to train our students in questioning and analysis - an experience that until recently, Chinese students never had.

But Chinese students have come to the United States by the hundreds of thousands and have experienced that questioning in their masters and doctoral research here. Large numbers have now gone back to become the science professors in their new universities.

And many are now standing with their students at those boards, markers in hand, figuring out the questions and

“And if this movie is as successful as I believe it will be, I have ideas for additional sequels in which we send troops into Syria, the Ukraine, Nigeria and Libya,” says McCain. “As far as I’m concerned, our military can’t spread democracy around the world fast enough to suit me.”

“This sequel business could be a huge cash cow for the next 20 or 30 years,” the director says with a huge smile.

“I’m counting on it lasting at least that long,” says Cheney as he tosses the script onto the table. “This has been a great meeting.

Is there anything else before I leave for another ap-

pearance on Fox News so I can blame Obama for not finishing the Korean War and pulling our troops out of Vietnam?”

“Just one more thing,” adds McCain. “I have a hot tip on which horse will win the Belmont Stakes two weeks ago if anyone is interested.”

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“That’s an easy rewrite,” said the director.

“We can make that happen.”

“Now what about American boots on the ground?” asked Bremer.

“I’m glad you brought that up,” says Sen. McCain who had been sitting silently in the corner flipping through his tarot cards. “If this sequel is

Pressure on to quickly resolve centuries-old Sunni-Shiite conflict

by Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) Congressional leaders left the White House on Wednesday “deeply frustrated” that President Obama had not found a swift resolution to the conflict between Sunnis and Shiites that began in the seventh century A.D. After meeting for more than an hour with the President in the Oval Office, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed disappointment that Mr. Obama “came up empty” when asked for a plan to heal the rift between the two religious groups, which began in the year 632.

“All we ask of this President is that he do one thing: settle a religious conflict that has been going on for a millennium and a half,” McConnell said. “What did he offer today?

Nothing.”

Speaker of the House John Boehner acknowledged that there was a possibility that Obama might find a way to resolve the centuries-old Sunni-Shiite conflict, but the Ohio Republican was not optimistic.

“This struggle between Sunnis and Shiites has been going on for almost fifteen hundred years,” he said. “That means President Obama has had ample time to fix it.”

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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going to be a success we need lots of troops. Lots and lots of troops. And they have to stay in Iraq forever.”

“That’s what I was hoping to hear,” said Cheney as he was looking through the script. “The only way to make democracy work in this part of the world is at the end of a gun that never leaves.”

Oklahoma Republican-controlled government slapped a new “fee” - actually, a tax - on the bills of those who convert from grid takers to grid producers in the future.

This crude slap in the face came with no advance notice, no public hearings, and no legislative debate.

“It just appeared out of nowhere,” said one local solar business owner.

But this was not from “nowhere.” It came from

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a secretive corporate front group called ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. In exchange for getting millions of dollars from the Koch brothers, utilities, and other dirty-energy interests, ALEC is peddling a cookie-cutter bill from state-to-state that stops homeowners from switching to solar by taxing the energy they produce.

ALEC even adds insult to the injury its Koch-

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Cantor told voters that he, too, opposed “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants. But he was seen as “soft” on the issue, which should be translated as “in touch with reality.”

Republican intransigence on reform threatens to make Latinos - the biggest minority group in the nation - a longtime loyal constituency of the Democratic Party. If this happens, simple arithmetic makes it hard to imagine how Republicans will be able to compete in national elections.

In other words, the tea party is pushing the GOP toward ideological purity and electoral marginalization. Smart Republicans don’t want to walk off the cliff. But deviating from the tea party path, as Cantor did, can mean being sent home.

The fascinating thing about Brat’s victory is that it came without much support from national tea party leaders, who declined to invest in him because they believed he couldn’t win. This was a grassroots defenestration, performed without adult supervision.

The standard way of dealing with an insurgent movement - find a way to co-opt its leaders - won’t work if there are no effective leaders.

The GOP has to decide whether it intends to participate responsibly in the enterprise of government or stand on the sidelines, shouting invective and throwing stones. One of which just hit the majority leader of the House of Representatives in the head.

approval, yet lawmakers have had to beg for any details about them.

Based on leaks, other big concerns center around health issues. For example, some provisions would block government policies that discourage smoking.

There are also many concerns about labor rights.

Meanwhile, hundreds of corporate insiders get a seat at the table without making a fuss. A list of 605 big-business insiders leaked in 2012 offers a glimpse of the scope of this influence. It includes industrywide lobbyists like the American Farm Bureau and the Nuclear Energy Institute, along with a “Who’s Who” of corporate America.

Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and Abbott Laboratories, Caterpillar Inc., Walmart and former assistant managing editor for The Washington Post Yum! Restaurants International, the fast-food powerhouse that includes KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, all made the list while environmentalists and labor leaders remain locked out.

Thankfully, the Senate is denying Obama his request for “fast-track” negotiating authority. Given the kind of gridlock prevailing in Congress, perhaps these deals won’t ever be sealed.

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

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

headed backers are doing by calling such homeowners “freeriders on the system.”

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, who was in on this despicable sneak attack from the start, had her ego stroked by the Kochfinanced front group last year. ALEC presented its “Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award” to Fallin for her “record of advancing . . . free markets . . . and individual liberty.”

Now we know what

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the Koch-ALEC complex means by “free markets” and “liberty.” They mean that corporate energy interests should be free to stifle our individual liberty.

Thomas Jefferson would be ashamed to have his name attached to anything that this cabal of corporate and governmental Kleptocrats come up with.

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

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their initiatives to pieces.

Obama knows this. “Think about how much more we could do if they were not standing in the way,” he said.

Also curious is how little traction Obama is getting out of the ongoing recovery. When Ronald Reagan ran for reelection in 1984 and his commercials announced it was “Morning Again in America,” the nation’s unemployment rate averaged 7.5 percent over the year.

Unemployment stands at 6.3 percent now. And as Bloomberg reported, if the pace of job growth “is sustained for the remainder of the year, it would mark the fastest-growing labor market in the U.S. since 1999.”

E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a political commentator and long-time oped columnist for the Washington Post

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Rift

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He was referring to the baseball and soccer fields at the Complex.

Councilman Fred Kuntzsch took exception to the idea that the grass belongs to the city, saying that the land on which the Complex is located is city property, but the grass, the irrigation system and other fixtures at the Complex were the SRC’s responsibility.

The SRC feels even more stress because of drought conditions which have led to sharply higher water usage. There was a time when water usage wasn’t a huge budget item for the SRC. As recently as 2007, the SRC was paying $1.25 per thousand gallons regardless of usage.

As water rates have climbed, so have the SRC’s costs.

Rates jumped to $1.70 per thou-

sand gallons in 2012 and today are $2.72/thousand for usage between 40,00080,000 gallons and $5.44/ thousand for water usage in excess of 80,000 gallons per month.

Between 2004-12, the city provided the SRC an annual subsidy of $3,000 to help with water/sewer costs. That was increased to $9,000 in 2013. The SRC is responsible for costs beyond that amount.

So far this summer, it was noted the SRC is on pace for record water usage and the subsidy is nearly used up.

Contributing to that usage, says Public Works Director Mike Todd, is a leak in the SRC’s sprinkler system that is losing 200 gallons per minute.

That’s about 144,000 gallons per month.

Nonetheless, Councilman Everett

Green said “there’s a perception on the board that it’s us versus them.”

“Do you think that’s true?” asked Mayor Goodman.

“It’s what they feel,” said Green.

Goodman said the reason the city doubled its rates for water usage over 80,000 gallons per month was to encourage conservation.

“You can’t get around the fact they are using water at a record pace,” he noted.

“To water city property,” added Green.

Kuntzsch pointed out the SRC is a separate entity.

“That’s why we give them the subsidy, in order to help with their water costs,” he said. “At one time we were paying (a big share of) their water bill.”

Green emphasized that the SRC is highly dependant upon the city, just as the swimming pool couldn’t operate on its own without city support.

“The city doesn’t want to make money by selling (the SRC) water,” said Kuntzsch. But without higher rates, he wondered, “how will we encourage them to use less?”

Councilman Perry Nowak didn’t feel the SRC was using an excessive amount of water at the Complex.

“You can look at the grass and tell they aren’t overwatering,” he said.

Goodman said there shouldn’t be an “adversarial relationship” with the SRC and he recommended there be a joint meeting between the council, SRC and also the school district since both parties are major water users.

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methods to answer new problems.

Because their students have three times the science content knowledge under their belts as American students, this bodes well for future science breakthroughs here. And to be really effective, introducing this second aspect of science - this questioning - needs to begin across China in their K-12 classrooms. And that has barely begun.

But China is on the right track.

Meanwhile, back in the United States, no less than 10 states are now basing teacher evaluation on students’ test scores. That is continuing the NCLB tyranny that forces teachers to replace open questioning, labs and field work with teach-to-the-test drill work.

Along with our continued anemic coverage of science under the Next Generation non-standards, we are decimating our science education.

China is going the right direction. A direction many schools in America are abandoning.

John Schrock trains biology teachers and lives in Emporia

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Buxtons disease began in the esophagus and spread to the lungs.

He was officially diagnosed with cancer on Dec. 31, 2012.

As a spouse and mother, Jynette was also faced with processing all the changes that would be occurring in their lives: Where do we go next?

Who do we get for a doctor? What are we going to tell the girls?

“You also have to start thinking about the future,” she says. “What are things that Jerry has been doing that I may need to take care of? Will he be able to work? Will I have to take care of him? You have no idea what the future holds.”

Another big change was the perception one has of cancer after it strikes that close to home.

“When you think cancer you think death. All too often it seems that the two go together,” Jynette admits. “But it’s not a death sentence. Once your spouse has it you don’t think of it that way. You have to maintain a positive attitude.”

That’s been essential for both of them.

“I felt sorry for myself for about three hours after getting the news and that was it. I was ready to move on,” says Jerry.

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The trips to MD Anderson once every eight weeks during the past year have been beneficial in an unexpected way.

“I get regenerated every time I go down there,” Jerry says. “It gives you a new sense of life. You realize things aren’t as tough or as difficult in your life as you might think they are.

Staying Strong Jynette admits that Jerry’s attitude has made coping with what’s happening in his life much easier for her and their two daughters, Emily, 17, and Lexi, 13.

“I’ve only seen her cry one time,” Jerry says.

“It helps that he has such a good outlook and won’t let this get him down,” says Jynette. “But I also know that I need to be strong for him and the girls. When you talk to people about this you don’t want to let your emotions get the best of you.”

This has also been a growing up process for their two daughters who have learned to become more independent while Jerry and Jynette have been on their trips to MD Anderson. It’s also been a learning experience for the girls when they have

Mixed news on city water wells The Scott City public works department found some good news when Well No. 9 was recently pulled off line for repairs.

The repairs weren’t as significant as originally thought and there is still adequate water for the near future from the well, which is located at the corner of First and Kingsley.

Public Works Director Mike Todd reported to the council there were no holes in the screen and that repairs were being made to the wiring. When the well is reinstalled it will be lowered another 10 feet, putting it about four feet off the shale bottom.

Total depth of the well is 191.6 feet with 53.4 feet of water.

“That’s down about seven feet from 2003.

Redrill Well No. 8 At the same time, the city is hoping that by redrilling Well No. 8 (located near Park Lane Nursing Home) it can gain additional pumping capacity.

“In its heyday it was a great well,” noted Todd.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the well pumped 2,600 to 2,700 gallons per minute and was used to fill the old swimming pool. It’s currently pumping only 230 gallons per minute and Todd is hopeful that by redrilling the well they can boost that to about 400 gallons.

In addition, the well is high in arsenic with 8.5 parts per million.

Participants in last year’s Relay for Life prepare for the Survivor’s Lap at the Scott Community High School football field. This year’s RFL will be held on Friday.

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been able to travel with their parents to Houston.

“They’re typical sisters until they walk through the doors (of MD Anderson) and then they are serious and paying attention to everything. I think it’s opened up their eyes a lot to what other families are dealing with when we are in the cafeteria with so many other families.

“We were in the cafeteria a couple of weeks ago and close by was a young boy hooked up to about six IV bottles,” says Jerry.

“The girls are seeing this and realizing that there are

people dealing with situations that we can’t imagine.”

However, Jerry says it’s also broadened his definition of family.

“When I’m getting cancer treatments there’s this opportunity to see and visit with other people and everyone understands what we’re all going through,” he says. “Cancer people become a family. We become connected.”

Jerry also offers another bit of advice.

“Don’t go on the internet,” he says with a laugh.

“If I was to believe every-

thing on the internet I’d be dead by now.”

Of course, he speaks from experience. When Jerry first looked up esophageal cancer on the internet he learned that its victims typically have six months to live. He was also told that he could expect to lose about 150 pounds and would have to quit work.

None of that happened.

Outside of hair loss while going through chemo treatments, Jerry has had little or no weight loss and displays no indications of cancer.

Right now, the cancer appears to be under control. The couple is hoping to learn if the disease is in remission on their next trip to MD Anderson in another week.

Whatever the future holds, however, they’ve gained an even greater appreciation for the closeknit community that Scott City is and the support they’ve received.

“You learn to appreciate the benefits of smalltown life and the days you have together,” adds Jerry.

And a great sense of humor is an added bonus.

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Privatization initiative offers look into Gov. Brownback’s inner circle A blend of politics, policy and procurement Dave Ranney Mike Shields KHI News Service

Within several weeks of Rob Wells’ sales pitch in the vault meeting, Trisha Thomas, one of Wells’ employees at YoungWilliams, was hired at SRS. The agency now is called the Department for Children and Families (DCF) as the result of Brownback’s reorganization of several executive branch agencies.

Two weeks before Thomas arrived at the agency on June 16, 2011, the previous director of the child support enforcement division was fired as part of a general Brownback housecleaning aimed at putting his own people in key positions throughout the state bureaucracy.

Thomas stepped in immediately to fill that vacancy.

“She (Thomas) always wanted to be a child support director and they (administration officials) talked about plans to change the child support director. I happened to mention it to her and she applied,” Wells said.

“I don’t know how many people they went through (considered for the job), but they picked her. She’s the one I would have picked … that woman knows everything about child support. She knows it all. It was an excellent choice by the governor or the administration or whoever makes that decision. And no, I didn’t have anything to do with it.”

Thomas, who continues to work as the child support enforcement director at DCF, said she didn’t remember exactly how she heard about the job opening, but that she learned of it sometime in April, May or maybe as late as June and perhaps was told about it by Wells.

“Rob’s a great guy who probably has a better memory than I do,” she said. “I don’t know if he would have emailed it or if he would have said it.”

In any event, she submitted a resume, had two telephone interviews and was hired.

“It all happened kind of fast,” she said.

Thomas said she thought she remembered at least three other people on the conference call interviews, including Siedlecki, Bob Corkins and Jeff Kahrs. Corkins was the agency’s new chief counsel. Kahrs was chief of staff to Siedlecki.

DCF officials interviewed for this story said at least three other candidates were considered for the job and Thomas was selected based on experience and salary expectation.

Thomas has a law degree and has worked for private child support companies and state agencies. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field.

She said she took

the independent research that does exist is dated and reports mixed results.”

Though major components of the Kansas system had been privatized for years, the state still ranked low in key performance measures, particularly cost effectiveness.

Thomas said that was because the privatization ushered in by the Graves administration “was set up to fail.”

“Sometimes if you don’t set up things right, you’re not going to get the right benefit,” she said.

Thomas’ immediate predecessor as CSE director, Janis DeBoer, now executive director of the Kansas Area Agencies on Aging Association, said in an email that, “Kansas’ CSE program needed to improve its performance, The company had unquestionably. worked as a subcontracNext week: Making the tor for JP Morgan Chase, Case for Privatization which had the state contract to run the Kansas Payment Center, a clearinghouse for taking in and distributing child support payments.

According to various agency sources and documents, JP Morgan Chase decided in 2010 that it wanted out of the business of child support payment processing nationwide because those operations no longer fit the banking giant’s business strategy.

SRS officials had been pleased with the way JP Morgan Chase ran the center, investing money to produce a smooth-running operation after years of problems that lingered after its initial centralization and privatization under the Graves administration. Previously, court clerks across the state had collected and distributed child support payments.

YoungWilliams was a subcontractor to JP Morgan Chase at the center and was prepared to assume the full contract, a move DCF officials at the time favored because they thought it would produce the least disruption to the center’s operations.

The JP Morgan Chase contract was transferred to YoungWilliams effective Sept. 30, 2010, without opening it for rebidding. The transferred contract was extended another year in August 2011

by Siedlecki and again through 2017 on Jan. 8, 2013.

The total dollar value of the contract for YoungWilliams, 2010 through 2017, is about $33.5 million.

2013, Young In Williams was the successful bidder to provide child support enforcement services in 23 of the state’s 31 judicial districts. That contract is worth about $48.2 million over four years.

In Mississippi, as policymakers there considered 2013 legislation to expand child support privatization, legislative researchers for the Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) did a report. It concluded that: “Little independent research exists comparing private and public sector provision of child support enforcement services and

Editor’s Note: This account of how child support enforcement came to be fully privatized in Kansas does not allege scandal or malfeasance; nor does it confirm none occurred. But it provides details of the sort rarely reported about the operations of Kansas government and the links among campaigns, politics, lobbyists and policy. For some, it may raise questions about the fairness and openness of the process and what it takes to influence it.

This story also explains how Kansas became the “first state in the nation” to implement “full-service” privatization of its child support enforcement functions border to border.

The initiative required major policy and operational changes, but they happened with no meaningful public discussion of their potential drawbacks or benefits.

In Mississippi, the other state where a similar, largescale child support initiative recently was approved, the Legislature was involved and the public debate was substantial.

At one point during arguments in the Mississippi House - where the measure passed 59-57 - Rep. Steve Holland, a Democratic funeral director from Planterville, said: “Somebody on high knows who’s going to get this business. In the funeral business, we’d call this a prearranged funeral. That stinks. I don’t care who the governor is, it stinks.”

That public debate did not happen in Kansas. The process here occurred behind the scenes and didn’t draw any significant public attention until the contracts were inked and the system realignment was in motion.

Part Two a significant cut in pay to come to Kansas but wanted to return to the Midwest, where she has family, and was eager for the new responsibilities. At DCF, she is paid $75,000 a year, according to agency officials.

“I do this job because I feel like I’m giving back,” she said. “I think it’s important in life to give back. Yes, I make less.

Yes, I could have kept making more at probably five or 10 other companies.”

Thomas said the chance to fix the state’s “screwed up” child support enforcement system also appealed to her.

“I like a challenge and like to fix things. Actually, I’m still fixing it,” she said.

According to Thomas and others, she soon made it apparent at the agency that she favored full, statewide privatization of the state’s child support functions, portions of which had been privatized since the administration of Gov. Bill Graves, a Salina Republican who served between 1995 and 2003.

Privatization of various state functions, not just at SRS, was a key element of Graves’ promised goal of running a “high and tight” administration.

Thomas said she concluded that expanded privatization was the quickest way to improve Kansas’ child support enforcement performance numbers, which she said were “dismal.”

Wells said that also was what he had been telling Kansas officials: “The quickest (solution) would be privatization and I believe the cheapest would be privatization,” he recalled telling them.

DCF spokesperson Theresa Freed said there was no formal study or analysis by the agency of the potential benefits of broader privatization.

“No,” she said. “It was an informal kind of pitch, I guess; research done, based on her (Thomas’) experience in other markets.”

An Expanding Presence YoungWilliams already had a child support enforcement presence in Kansas that was expanding before the Brownback administration took over.

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two years later Dr. Aroyo left for Garden City.

Dr. Robert Rosin was recruited to give the hospital three full-time physicians. Dr. Dunn worked with Dr. Hopkins for 10 years, until his retirement, and for 18 years with Dr. Rosin, before he left.

“The idea of leaving never occurred to me. I’ve enjoyed the practice and the community,” says Dr. Dunn.

Hospital was a Dream In the back of his mind, Dr. Dunn did envision the possibility of a new hospital which did come up for discussion from time to time.

There was a time when it seemed that a major renovation of the old hospital might be possible during former hospital administrator Greg Unruh’s tenure. Unruh initiated the specialty clinics which have continued to be a very successful venture for the hospital.

“He was a very progressive administrator on a lot of fronts,” notes Dr. Dunn.

It was about 2000 that serious discussion began into the possibility of renovating the former hospital. However, in 2005 the hospital board found itself about $2 million in debt and renovation or expansion of the old SCH was tabled indefinitely.

“That was one of the biggest disappointments in my career,” admits Dr. Dunn.

Mark Burnett, who had been a chief financial officer under Unruh, took over as the hospital CEO in 2005 and that began

the long process of turning around the hospital’s finances.

“Mark was very austere. The bottom line quickly turned around,” says Dr. Dunn. “I was impressed.”

The hospital’s financial health rebounded so quickly that, in 2008, Burnett informed Dr. Dunn to begin thinking about the possibility of a new hospital.

“I felt incredible,” recalls Dr. Dunn. “I figured the best we could ever hope for was a remodeling project and now we were looking at the prospect of an entirely new hospital.”

The passage of a $24 million bond issue by local voters in September 2009 and the opening of the new facility in April of 2012 were major milestones in the health care for Scott County and among the most memorable moments in Dr. Dunn’s career.

Top Medical Staff However, a new hospital has only been part of the equation.

A concern for Dr. Dunn as he began thinking about the prospect of retirement was knowing that the community would continue to be adequately served by a full team of physicians. The first piece in that important process was the decision by Dr. Christian Cupp to return to his home town in 2004.

“I honestly feel that he has been our single biggest asset,” says Dr. Dunn.

“His ability to recruit and lead our medical staff is invaluable. People who visit with him are very

Dr. Daniel Dunn talks about his medical career in Scott City while in his clinic office. (Record Photo)

impressed and that makes them want to come here and be a part of what we have.”

In the years since the arrival of Dr. Cupp, the staff has grown to include Dr. Elizabeth Hineman, Dr. Josiah Brinkley and Dr. Matthew Lightner.

“Twenty years ago we’d have been very fortunate to recruit even one of them. To have all of them practicing here is pretty phenomenal and speaks well for what we’ve been able to accomplish. We have what I consider to be an elite family practice group.

“I’ve never been so confident about the way the community and our health care is moving.

I imagine that I’ll be missed, but I’m also confident that when the time comes to recruit another physician they’ll have no trouble getting someone else to come here.”

ability to recruit physicians and the addition of mid-level professional staff have contributed to unprecedented growth at the hospital. Dr. Dunn isn’t surprised by the 20 percent growth in patients they’ve seen over the past two years.

“I fully expected to see that kind of growth when we began talking about the new hospital,” he says.

“I questioned at the time whether 24 patient rooms would be enough, but to build larger would have cost us somewhere around $30 (million) to $35 million. I felt that asking voters to approve $24 million was going to be slippery enough.”

Because eight of the patient rooms are oversized, that’s given the hospital flexibility to make them semi-private rooms and increase capacity as needed. At the same time, there is already some talk about the need for more Tremendous Growth The new hospital, the clinic space.

It’s the kind of problem that Dr. Dunn couldn’t have envisioned some 20 years ago.

His decision to retire, while in the planning for the last couple of years, was made easier by the team of physicians currently in place.

“I remember that at the time Dr. Fields was recruiting me he had similar concerns. He had put off his retirement until he knew there was someone to take his place. At the same time, he wasn’t going to stay on indefinitely until that happened. He had drawn the line,” says Dr. Dunn. “I’m sure that my coming here made his retirement decision easier.”

Easier for the physician, perhaps, but not necessarily for their many patients.

“For the past six months, I’ve been telling my patients that this will be the last time I’ll see them,” says Dr. Dunn.

“As I got to looking over

the list and thinking back, it surprised me how many of those same people had been turned over to me when Dr. Fields left 35 years ago.

“There were a lot of families where I’d delivered their children and their grandchildren,” says Dr. Dunn. “That’s pretty amazing to me.”

Dr. Dunn says that he’s made a pledge to himself not to do anything related to health care for the first year after retirement. Immediate plans include pursing his first hobby of flying, with Dr. Dunn and Ruth planning a trip to Alaska.

After that, he expects to spend a lot more time pursuing his second passion, which is music. He’s a guitarist with “Blue Steele” and has also written a few songs.

“I’ll probably still be involved in health care. I might spend time on a reservation,” says Dr. Dunn.

“But I’ll be able to do what I want when I want.”

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Thornburg is inducted into honor societies

Kaitlyn Thornburg was a spring inductee into Sigma Alpha and Sigma Beta Delta honor societies at Ottawa University.

A spring graduate of OU, she is the daughter of Allen and Julia Thornburg, Scott City.

Sigma Alpha honor society recognizes those students who rank in the top 10 percent of the senior class and top two percent of the junior class.

Sigma Beta Delta inductees have the highest overall grade point average.

Tilton earns spring honors at Sterling College

Jamie Tilton has been named to the spring semester Dean’s Honor Roll at Sterling College. The honor lists recognizes students with at least 12 credit hours who maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

A freshman at Sterling, she is the daughter of Russell and Linda Tilton, Scott City.

Final early enrollment at GCCC in July

The final early enrollment session for fall semester classes at Garden City Community College will be held Mon, July 21.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and activities conclude about 3:00 p.m.

While regular enrollment is offered on a walk-in basis, these special days require reservations that can be made by calling 620-2769608 or emailing admission@gcccks.edu.

Summer Lunch Menu Week of June 23-27 Monday: Pizza mozzarella sticks, marinara sauce, garden salad, pears.

Tuesday: Chicken patties on a bun, lettuce and tomato, baby carrots, mandarin oranges.

Wednesday: Hamburger, lettuce and tomato, seasoned potato wedges, watermelon.

Thursday: Hot dog, baked beans, fruit cup.

Friday: Pizza, baby carrots, fruit.

Free lunches for anyone 18-years and under served at Scott City Elementary School from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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the kids are back

Musical ‘Annie’ returns to stage

Shairlyn Wasinger had heard about half of the auditions for the musical “Annie” when she turned to one of her assistants and commented, “I haven’t seen Annie yet.”

She didn’t have to wait much longer.

When Alli Brunswig stepped onto the stage for her audition, Wasinger knew they had found their lead character for the upcoming Scott Community Childrens’ Theatre production of “Annie.”

“She had selected her music for the show and she could belt it out. She was well prepared and it showed,” says Wasinger, who, along with Nancy Green, are preparing for their eighth summer performance.

Brunswig, 11, was part of the cast two years ago in “How I Became a Pirate,” so when this year’s production was announced there was no doubt in her mind what role she wanted.

While she says the singing comes natural, learning to act is another matter.

“The acting is harder than the singing,” she notes. “You have to exaggerate things more and show facial expressions so that the audience can see.”

There’s another aspect about having the lead role that comes natural to Brunswig.

“Annie’s tough . . . like me,” she says with a grin.

William Cupp, in the role of Oliver Warbucks, admits that being in a musical wasn’t how he expected to spend part of his summer.

“My mom really wanted me to do this,” says the 12-yearold. “But after I started practicing I saw that I really liked the role. It’s been a lot more fun than I expected.”

Likewise, Wasinger says that Cupp seemed a logical choice for the role.

“I don’t think his family thought he had a voice,” says Wasinger. “That’s pretty common with boys. They don’t think they’d be very good at something like this until they are talked into it by their mother or their grandmother.”

Singing for an audition was one thing. Getting ready for next week’s performances is another.

“The acting isn’t nearly as hard as the singing. I think it’s the nerves,” Cupp says. “I’ve never had to sing in front of

(Above) Singing “It’s a Hard Knock Life” are orphans (from left) Olivia Wagner, Alli Brunswig, Paige Vulgamore and Lanae Haupt. (Below) Cast members perform “New York City.”

(Record Photos) Leading Characters Alli Brunswig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kendall Gentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Kennedy Wasinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hannah Eikenberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Olivia Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Payton Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chelsie Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lily Pepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Zach Rohrbough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Abby Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Breven Vulgamore/Camden Vulgamore . . . . . . .

Cauy Vance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blake Koehn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

William Cupp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Landon Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jordan Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nic Cheney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sawyer Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Malorie Cupp/Brinlie Stevens/Paige Vulgamore . .

Natalie Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annie Molly Kate Tessie Pepper July Duffy Miss Hannigan Bundles McCloskey Grace Farrell Apple sellers Sandy Lt. Ward Oliver Warbucks Bert Healy Rooster Hannigan FDR Louis Howe Stars-to-be Usherette

Orphans/New York City Citizens Brynna Burnett, Kairae Berry, Emma Carver, Olivia Ford, Tori Ford, Melany Gerstner, Calli France, Delaney France, Clare Hawkins, Lanae Haupt, Emily Kasselman, Abbie LeBeau, Tatum McDaniel, Alexis Powelson, Bethany Prochnow, Amelia Ramsey, Madison Roberts, Lana Rodriguez, Rhiley Stoppel, Megan Trout, Megan Vance, Taia Waldrop, Celeste Wolfe NYC Citizens/Servants Alex Rodriguez and Alec Berry

other people, but I’m getting used to it.”

In case someone doesn’t think that Cupp is taking his role of Oliver Warbucks seriously, think again. He plans to shave his head prior to Friday’s performance.

“It was my idea,” he says. “I thought it would make everything seem more realistic.”

Over the past 14 years, the musicals have been a great opportunity for young people to get their first taste of singing and acting on the stage. A number of leading characters in Scott Community High School musicals got their start in the childrens’ musicals.

The cast includes youngsters ranging in age from seven- to 14-years-old, with about half of them appearing in their first musical. There are orphans with speaking roles who are only seven- and eight-yearsold, says the director.

“It’s a chance for kids to

find out whether or not this is something they like,” Wasinger says. “Some kids have found out they don’t like acting, but they do like being involved in other ways. We’ve got kids who really like building and painting sets or working in the light booth and they’ve stayed with us through high school. It takes all kinds of kids to make this happen.”

Wasinger is also proud that

“Annie” Friday, June 27 • 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 29 • 2:30 p.m.

SCHS Auditorium Tickets: $5 for adults; children ages 14 and under are admitted free with an adult.

All seating is general admission.

Tickets will be sold at the door or are available from cast members.

high school students and alumni who have been through the summer productions are willing to continue their involvement. SCHS graduate Callan Rice, for example, is helping with the choreography while SCHS students Addie Price is a stage manager and Emma Price is a production assistant.

This year’s musical returns to the Childrens’ Theatre roots.

“Annie” was the group’s first show back in 2000.

“We’ve been wanting to repeat it, in part because Nancy and I thought this would be a good note to leave on,” says Wasinger.

But she quickly adds this won’t be her final production.

Her youngest daughter is in her first musical and is enjoying the experience.

“And there are other kids I’m wanting to see have this opportunity,” says Wasinger. “So there will be future musicals.

This won’t be the last.”

133 earn year-long academic honors at SCMS There were 133 students earning year-long academic honors at Scott City Middle School.

The list of honor students included 63 who were on the Platinum list for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average.

Other honor lists are Gold (3.75-3.99), Silver (3.5-3.74) and Bronze (3.0-3.49).

Honor roll students include: Platinum Honor List Eighth: Brenda Aguirre, Kayla Appel, Trella Davis, Emily Glenn, Jynessa Horney, Conner Le-

Beau, Felix Nolasco, Abbigail Prochnow, Emily Smith, Makaela Stevens.

Seventh: Cindy Araiza-Catano, Karina Ayala, Dulce Ayala-Chanez, Stacy Dominguez-Peregrino, Dale Donecker, Marshall Faurot, Wyatt Hayes, Kristen Karnaze, Kodi Rogers, Irit Sanchez, Aly TarangoFernandez, Jack Thomas, Jose Trejo, Parker Vulgamore, Hallie Wiechman, Kaitlyn Wolkensdorfer.

Sixth: William Cupp, Cynthia Gonzalez, Cale Goodman, Morgan Irwin, Blake Koehn, Abbigail

LeBeau, Kylee Logan, Gabrielle Martinez, Shelby Patton, Andrew Prochnow, Jacy Rose, Madison Shapland, Rosa Trejo, Piper Wasinger, Kaden Wren, Hunter Yager.

Fifth: Lizette Bejarano-Anchondo, Allison Brunswig, Kaely Capps, Joshua Culp, Conner Cupp, Ryan Cure, Adam Elder, Loren Faurot, Isaac Fernandez, Sophia Garrison, Kevin Gonzalez, Harrison King, Manuel Loya-Varela, Paige Prewit, Joshua Rosin, Claire Rumford, Sawyer Stevens, Landon Trout,

James Turner, Megan Vance, Paige Vulgamore.

Gold Honor List Eighth: Jalynn Habiger, Felix Nolasco.

Seventh: Dakota Briggs, Tatyana Castillo, Jera Drohman, Katelyn Forred.

Sixth: Adon’dre Allen, MaKenna Ashmore, Madelyn Forred, Brian Galaviz, Parker Gooden, Lanae Haupt, Braylin Heim, Kevin Herman, Lillian Pepper, Emily Weathers.

Fifth: Samantha Castillo, Alyssa Chorak, Colton Cupp, Justin Davis, Daniela Garcia,

Brooke Hoeme, Lorelei Johnson, Ashlynne Oswald, Anastasia Rojas, Aamyiah Unger.

Silver Honor List Eighth: Trendey Beaton, Erika Blanco, Tasha Dearden, Jade Heim, Zoey Majors, Katie McGonagle, Dallie Metheney, Ashley Prewit, Kaitlyn Roberts, Adrian Ruelas.

Seventh: Chaseton Cupp, Brayan Garcia-Luevano, Aubriana Gutierrez, Miles Haire, Alexis Hoeme, Kally Kough, Aspyn Nix, Vicky RuizVelasco, Ashley SerranoGonzalez, Allison Smith,

Alyssa Storm, Anthony Tinajero-Lozoya.

Sixth: Samantha Aguilar, Aleczander Berry, Amanda Lara, Jackson Lewis, Diego Lopez, Jose Alonso Martinez, Rosa Delia Martinez, Victor Martinez, Isidro Ponce, Jessica West, Brandon Winderlin.

Fifth: Gisselle Aguirre-Apodaca, Roberto Apodaca-Armendariz, Darwin Armendariz, Brady Barnes, Dylan Fulton, Easton Lorg, Gustavo Rivero, Peyton Samms, Brooke Sherwood, Olivia Wagner, Taia Waldrop.

For the Record Steps for grads to improve their job hunt The Scott County Record

Jason Alderman

To the roughly 1.6 million college graduates in the class of 2014, my heartiest congratulations - and my sympathies. I graduated during the early 1990s recession when finding a decent job was very difficult, so I have an inkling of the challenges many of you now face.

Although the jobsearch technology available has changed considerably since then, as

someone who is now on the other side of screening candidates, I can tell you many of the underlying principles for waging a successful search remain the same. Let me share a few: Stand out from the crowd. You’ll probably be competing with dozens, if not hundreds, of applicants for most jobs, so: Tailor your resume and cover letter to highlight education, skills and experience relevant to

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department June 13: Larry Burgess, driving a 1992 Ford, was westbound on Nonnamaker St. when he pulled into a parking stall on the north side of Pine Village Apartments, striking a parked 2004 Chrysler owned by Letha Wishon.

June 16: Michael Fouquet was arrested for failure to yield at a flashing traffic signal, operating a vehicle without a driver’s license in his possession, operating a vehicle without registration and DUI. He was transported to the LEC. June 16: Shannon O’Dell, driving a 2003 Chevrolet, was backing out of a parking stall at Casey’s and struck a 2008 Ford driven by Shanea McBride.

Scott County Sheriff’s Department June 13: Dustin Diehl was arrested on a Scott County warrant for failure to appear and was transported to the LEC.

DL handbooks are free The Kansas Department of Revenue has eliminated the fee to purchase driver’s license handbooks at driver licensing stations throughout the state.

The handbook outlines the Kansas’ rules of the road and includes information about applying for a driver’s license. It is also available online in PDF format at http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/dlhb.pdf.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 12, 2014; last published Thurs., June 19, 2014)2t REQUEST FOR ZONING RECLASSIFICATION Notice is hereby given that the Scott City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on July 10, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., in the Scott City Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 221 West 5th Street, Scott City, Kansas, to discuss the following agenda items: 1) Consideration of amendment of the official zoning map to change the zoning classification from R-1-Single Family Residential District to C-2-General Commercial District for the following described property to wit: The South half of Block Thirteen (13), Cases 2nd Addition to the City. (North side of 500 Block of E. 6th Street).

2) Application for amendment of the official zoning map

by Virginia L. Robbins to change the zoning from C-3-Central Business District to R-1-Single Family Residential District for the following described property to wit: The East 50’ of Lots Two (2) and Three (3), Block Forty five (45), Original Town. (105 E. 6th Street).

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at such hearing.

Dated: June 10, 2014 /s/ Rodney Hogg, chairman Scott City Planning Commission

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the position - check out Monster.com’s Resume Center for writing tips.

If your work history is brief, play up education highlights, volunteer or internship positions, awards, organizational memberships, etc.

Have strong references - and make sure they’re willing to speak or write a letter of recommendation on your behalf.

Proofread everything carefully and ask a trusted acquaintance to review.

Before applying, research the company to make sure it’s a good fit.

If you do get called for an interview, kick it up a notch: Make sure you understand the company’s products, services and customer base.

Examine their business structure and how your potential department fits in.

Research competitors so you understand the business environment in

KDHE announces orphan tire cleanup

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Bureau of Waste Management (BWM) has announced the Orphan Tire Clean-Up Program designed to foster increased collection of abandoned waste tires.

The program’s goal is to assist in offsetting the associated costs experienced by local governments to properly dispose of collected tires.

The tires must have been accumulated by removing them from roadways, ditches, rivers and streams or abandoned by someone other than the property owner on private property.

To receive reimbursement, a county or city must provide written certification that the waste

tires were only accumulated from illegally dumped or abandoned tires. Tires must be accumulated in a secure central location owned by the city or county and approved by BWM. All necessary steps should be taken to control mosquitoes and other disease vectors during the accumulation period.

Reimbursement will be processed on a monthly basis for any tire disposal expenses.

Claimants must use a BWM permitted waste tire transporter and disposal or recycling facility to receive reimbursement.

Anyone needing more information can contact Tim Wilson at 785296-1757 or by e-mail at twwilson@kdheks.gov.

Consumers to get relief from SunTrust settlement

More than 300 Kansas consumers will be eligible for relief under the terms of a settlement with SunTrust.

The agreement filed in U.S. District Court provides direct payments to Kansas borrowers for past foreclosure abuses, loan modifications and other relief to borrowers in need of assistance. The settlement also includes new mortgage servicing standards and oversight authority to prevent future violations.

The settlement resolves alleged violations in

SunTrust’s foreclosure practices, such as robosigning, improper documentation and lost paperwork.

Consumers eligible for the cash payments will be contacted by the settlement administrator but may also contact SunTrust directly for more information. Current borrowers whose loans are serviced

by SunTrust should call (800) 634-7928.

More information is available on the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection website at www.

InYourCornerKansas.org.

which they operate.

Investigate their social media presence for clues on how they interact with customers.

Employers are forced to do more with fewer resources, so they seek employees who are focused, polished and willing to work hard. I’ve spoken to numerous hiring managers who say many candidates they see don’t convey those qualities. A few tips: •Google yourself.

Review your social media footprint and remove photos or other materials that portray you unprofessionally.

•Show up - on time - for interviews dressed appropriately, with copies of your resume, work samples and any requested materials.

•Be prepared to answer a barrage of questions about yourself and how you’d react in different situations. (Monster has (See HUNT on page 13)

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 19, 2014)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: Landmark Resources, Inc- Application for Commingling of Productio(n in the Janzen-Beeson Unit 1-1 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 to commingle the Marmaton and Cherokee producing formations at the Janzen-Beeson Unit 1-1, located 2599’ from the north line and 984’ from the east line of NE/4 Sec.

1-T17S-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

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•Register with job search engines where you can apply for jobs and make yourself visible to potential employers and recruiters. Popular sites include Monster. com, Careerbuilder.com.

LinkedIn, AfterCollege. com and LinkUp.com.

County Commission

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Landing a good job can take months or even years, so be persistent and tap all available resources.

For example: •Contact your school’s career office to see which services are still available to you as a recent graduate. Many will help by reviewing your resume, conducting practice interviews and connecting you with alumni volunteers willing to meet for informational interviews.

•Build and maintain

a profile on LinkedIn. Many employers and recruiters go there first when looking for suitable candidates. Also, join LinkedIn groups for your field of interest and partake in their discussions.

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•Many companies use automated tracking systems to scan incoming

resumes for skills and job-appropriate key words before a human will ever see them. Make sure your resume includes these key words - provided your experience is relevant, of course.

Bottom line: You worked hard to earn your degree. Unfortunately, you may have to work equally hard to get your career going, so take advantage of the available tools - and good luck.

Public Notice

Public Notice

(Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 19, 2014)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1153 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON LOTS, PIECES, PARCELS AND TRACTS OF GROUND IN THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING CERTAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN PRAIRIE MEADOWS ADDITION IN SAID CITY AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS. WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Scott City, Kansas, (the “City”) has by its Resolution No. 2013-04 authorized the construction of certain street improvements in Prairie Meadows Addition (the “Improvements”) to serve portions of the City under the authority of K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq.; and WHEREAS, the construction of the Improvements is completed and the total cost of making the Improvements is Two Hundred Eighty-two Thousand Nine Hundred Seventyone Dollars and Fifty-four Cents ($282,971.54); and WHEREAS, the total cost of making the Improvements is chargeable as special assessments against those lots, pieces, parcels and tracts of ground specially benefitted thereby.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS: Section 1. That for the purpose of paying the cost and expense of making the Improvements within the district specially benefitted thereby, there shall be, and is hereby, apportioned, levied and assessed a special assessment upon all the lots, pieces, parcels and tracts of ground liable therefore, as follows: to-wit: Prairie Meadows Addition Property Legal Owner Description Assessment

(Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 19, 2014)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1152 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS ON LOTS, PIECES, PARCELS AND TRACTS OF GROUND IN THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PART OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING CERTAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN EASTRIDGE SUBDIVISION IN SAID CITY AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS. WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Scott City, Kansas, (the “City”) has by its Resolution No. 2013-02 authorized the construction of certain street improvements in Eastridge Subdivision (the “Improvements”) to serve portions of the City under the authority of K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq.; and WHEREAS, the construction of the Improvements is completed and the total cost of making the Improvements is Two Hundred Thirty-six Thousand Five Hundred Eightyseven Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($236,587.25); and WHEREAS, One Hundred Sixty-seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-six Dollars and Ninety-five Cents ($167,976.95) of the total cost of making the Improvements is chargeable as special assessments against those lots, pieces, parcels and tracts of ground specially benefitted thereby with the balance of such total costs payable by the City at large.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS: Section 1. That for the purpose of paying part of the cost and expense of making the Improvements within the district specially benefitted thereby, there shall be, and is hereby, apportioned, levied and assessed a special assessment upon all the lots, pieces, parcels and tracts of ground liable therefore, as follows: to-wit: Eastridge Subdivision Property Legal Owner Description Assessment

MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC Kenneth H. and Carol A. Trout Kenneth H. and Carol A. Trout & Corbin and Heidi A. Stevens

Corbin L. and Heidi A. Stevens Larry D. Hillery MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC MTS Partners, LLC

Lot 1, Block 1 $14,854.76 Lot 2, Block 1 11,664.05 Lot 3, Block 1 10,577.78 Lot 4, Block 1 9,116.21 Lot 5, Block 1 8,389.25 Lot 6, Block 1 8,339.90 Lot 7, Block 1 8,339.90 Lot 8, Block 1 8,424.00 Lot 9, Block 1 9,280.92 Lot 10, Block 1 10,878.01 Lot 11, Block 1 11,738.41 Lot 12, Block 1 11,997.65 Lot 13, Block 1 17,713.26 Undivided ½ interest Undivided ½ interest Lot 14, Block 1 10,449.90 Lot 15, Block 1 10,347.04 Lot 1, Block 2 14,591.36 Lot 2, Block 2 12,129.69 Lot 3, Block 2 10,719.56 Lot 4, Block 2 9,385.17 Lot 5, Block 2 10,555.54 Lot 1, Block 3 11,745.36 Lot 2, Block 3 7,397.50 Lot 3, Block 3 7,951.40 Lot 4, Block 3 8,918.14 Lot 5, Block 3 10,002.32 Lot 6, Block 3 9,678.46 Lot 7, Block 3 7,786.00

Section 2. That the amounts hereinbefore set forth are hereby ascertained, fixed and levied by the City as the amount to be assessed against each lot, parcel and piece of ground to pay part of the cost of the Improvements, and the owners of any such lots, pieces or parcels of ground as described above may at any time within thirty (30) days after the publication of this Ordinance pay to the City Treasurer the entire sum hereby apportioned, assessed and levied against each of said lots, pieces and parcels of ground and shall not hereafter be liable for any further assessment for the cost or expense of the Improvements as set forth herein or for the payment of the bonds issued or for the interest thereon.

Section 3. That the money and assessment so paid in full as provided above shall be applied by the City Treasurer toward the payment of the cost of making the Improvements as hereinbefore determined and the City Treasurer shall after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the publication of this Ordinance, report in writing to the City Clerk a list of all tax assessments that have been paid, together with the amounts thereof, and for the amount that has not been paid, bonds of the city shall be issued, payable in approximately equal installments, no installment to run longer than ten (10) years. The money received by the City Treasurer as provided by this Ordinance shall be applied toward the payment and expense of making the Improvements.

Section 4. That the tax or sums hereinbefore apportioned to each lot, piece or parcel of ground shall be collected in ten (10) annual installments, the first of said installments shall be payable at the time of the first payment of general property taxes following the adoption of this Ordinance, unless it was adopted and certified too late to permit its collection at such time, and one installment for each year thereafter for the full term of ten (10) years, and the sum so assessed and levied shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of the maximum legal rate.

Section 5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to annually levy the several installments in the proper amounts with interest, in a manner and within the time provided by law; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any tract, piece or parcel of ground for which the full amount of the assessment has been paid, as herein provided and authorized by law.

Section 6. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and publication in the official city newspaper, as provided by law.

DATED this 16th day of June, 2014 CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS Dan Goodman, Mayor ATTEST Brenda K. Davis, City Clerk

Brookover Family Farms, LLC Brookover Family Farms, LLC Brookover Family Farms, LLC Brookover Family Farms, LLC Brookover Family Farms, LLC Brookover Family Farms, LLC Brookover Family Farms, LLC Brookover Family Farms, LLC Earl D. and Barbara J. Roemer Earl D. and Barbara J. Roemer Earl D. and Barbara J. Roemer Earl D. and Barbara J. Roemer Earl D. and Barbara J. Roemer Earl D. and Barbara J. Roemer Earl D. and Barbara J. Roemer Clayton J. and Diane L. Lee Clayton J. and Diane L. Lee

Lot 9, Block 4 Lot 10, Block 4 Lot 11, Block 4 Lot 12, Block 4 Lot 13, Block 4 Lot 14, Block 4 Lot 15, Block 4 Lot 16, Block 4 Lot 1, Block 7 Lot 2, Block 7 Lot 3, Block 7 Lot 4, Block 7 Lot 5, Block 7 Lot 6, Block 7 North 31’ of Lot 7 Block 7 South 45’ of Lot 7, Block 7 Lot 8, Block 7

$10,860.40 $10,719.36 $10,719.36 $10,719.36 $10,719.36 $10,719.36 $10,719.36 $10,860.40 $10,343.24 $10,208.92 $10,208.92 $10,208.92 $10,208.92 $10,208.92

$ 4,164.16 $ 6,044.75 $10,343.24

Section 2. That the amounts hereinbefore set forth are hereby ascertained, fixed and levied by the City as the amount to be assessed against each lot, parcel and piece of ground to pay part of the cost of the Improvements, and the owners of any such lots, pieces or parcels of ground as described above may at any time within thirty (30) days after the publication of this Ordinance pay to the City Treasurer the entire sum hereby apportioned, assessed and levied against each of said lots, pieces and parcels of ground and shall not hereafter be liable for any further assessment for the cost or expense of the Improvements as set forth herein or for the payment of the bonds issued or for the interest thereon.

Section 3. That the money and assessment so paid in full as provided above shall be applied by the City Treasurer toward the payment of the cost of making the Improvements as hereinbefore determined and the City Treasurer shall after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the publication of this Ordinance, report in writing to the City Clerk a list of all tax assessments that have been paid, together with the amounts thereof, and for the amount that has not been paid, bonds of the city shall be issued, payable in approximately equal installments, no installment to run longer than ten (10) years. The money received by the City Treasurer as provided by this Ordinance shall be applied toward the payment and expense of making the Improvements.

Section 4. That the tax or sums hereinbefore apportioned to each lot, piece or parcel of ground shall be collected in ten (10) annual installments, the first of said installments shall be payable at the time of the first payment of general property taxes following the adoption of this Ordinance, unless it was adopted and certified too late to permit its collection at such time, and one installment for each year thereafter for the full term of ten (10) years, and the sum so assessed and levied shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of the maximum legal rate.

Section 5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to annually levy the several installments in the proper amounts with interest, in a manner and within the time provided by law; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any tract, piece or parcel of ground for which the full amount of the assessment has been paid, as herein provided and authorized by law.

Section 6. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and publication in the official city newspaper, as provided by law.

DATED this 16th day of June, 2014 CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS Dan Goodman, Mayor ATTEST Brenda K. Davis, City Clerk

Support Your Hometown Merchants!

May 20, 2014 Scott County Commissioners met in a regular meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioners Jerry Buxton and Gary Skibbe; and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky.

•The commission accepted the oil and gas lease with Lario Oil and Gas Company on the NE/4 Sec 4 T19S – R34W (Zella Carpenter land) for $40 an acre.

•The second half of 2014 membership dues were paid to the Northwest Kansas Regional Recycling Organization for $9,872.

•Commissioners agreed to pay the invoice on the two 2014 ambulances in the amount of $278,920.

•Demolition of the old hospital was discussed.

Commissioners decided to advertise for proposals with bids being submitted to the County Clerk’s office on or before June 30.

•Register of Deeds Debbie Murphy joined the meeting and discussed recording of new county additions.

The commission advised her to continue to record it in tracts as before.

•Representatives of Park Lane Nursing Home presented the commission with their 2013 financial report and a financial report for the first quarter of 2014.

•Scott County Librarian Lori Hawker presented commissioners with the 2015 budget request.

•Scott County Extension presented their 2015 budget request.

•Road mowing and maintenance agreements were signed and approved. There was also discussion of the new roads being built near the Scott County Cemetery to connect with the Prairie Meadows housing addition.

There was also discussion of a right-of-way on a road at Grigston. The county attorney will prepare legal documents for vacating 15 feet of county right-of-way.

May 27, 2014 • Special Meeting Scott County Commissioners met in a special meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioners Jerry Buxton and Gary Skibbe; and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky. Also present were John and Lisa Reeder and assistant county attorney Laura Lewis.

Purpose of the meeting was to discuss the status of the contract with John Reeder for appraisal services.

After meeting in executive session, commissioners presented John Reeder with an Employment Separation Agreement which would pay him eight months’ severance pay and he would resign immediately. John and Lisa Reeder offered a counterproposal calling for 18-1/2 months of severance pay and John Reeder’s resignation. Neither party could reach agreement.

The county decided to terminate John Reeder’s contract. He was presented a notice of termination of his employment effective immediately which listed the reasons for termination.

Public Notice Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 19, 2014)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: Lario Oil & Gas Company - Application for a permit to authorize the commingling of zones in the HRC Feedyards #3-36, located in Scott County, Kansas.

TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, Unleased Minerals Interest Owners, Landowners and all persons whomever concerned.

You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Lario Oil & Gas Company has filed an application to commingle Lansing and Marmaton zones in the HRC Feedyards #3-36, located approximately NE SE SW SW Sec. 36-18S-34W, in Scott County, Kansas.

Any persons who object to or protest this applica-

tion shall be required to file their objections or protests with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within (15) days from the date of this publication.

These protests shall be filed 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. If no protests are received, this application may be granted through a summary proceeding. If valid protests are received, this matter will be set for hearing.

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

Lario Oil & Gas Company 301 S. Market Wichita, Ks. 67202 (316) 265-5611 ATTN: Jay Schweikert

Medicaid expansion would help uninsured Kansas vets Jim McLean KHI News Service

The chief executive of the Kansas Hospital Association is using a report about uninsured veterans to make the case for Medicaid expansion.

In an opinion piece sent to newspapers on last week, Tom Bell said approximately 15,000 Kansas veterans and 10,000 of their family members lack health insurance. Bell said the numbers cited in his opinion piece were taken from a report by the Urban Institute that analyzed the health insurance status of veterans.

In Missouri, approximately 30,000 non-elderly veterans and 22,000 of their family members are uninsured.

About half the uninsured veterans and their family members in both states would qualify for Medicaid, if eligibility for the program were expanded to 138 percent of the federal poverty level $32,913 of annual income for a family of four, the report said.

Currently, in Kansas, able-bodied adults are eligible for the Medicaid program - called KanCare - only if they have dependent children and earn less than 33 percent of the

poverty level, which for a family of four is $7,770 annually. No matter their income, Kansas adults without children are ineligible unless they are disabled.

It’s one thing to be forced to wait months for care, Bell wrote, referring to recent revelations about long waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country.

But it’s another, he said, to have no access to care.

“Unfortunately, this is happening in Kansas,” he wrote. “It’s the job of elected state officials, including our governor, to help veterans and their family members gain

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access to that line. That could easily be done by expanding coverage and access to care for our veterans and for thousands of other hard-working individuals through Medicaid expansion.”

The Urban Institute report said that uninsured veterans are more likely to be younger, less educated and to have served more recently than veterans who have insurance.

In addition, the report said, they are less likely to be married or connected to the labor force, “all of which could contribute to lower access to employersponsored coverage.”

Kansas abortion rate down slightly in 2013 The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has published a report titled “Abortions in Kansas, 2013, Preliminary Report.”

The report reveals there were 7,479 abortions reported in 2013, which is 119 less than what was reported in 2012.

There were 3,757 reports of in-state residents compared with 3,722 out-of-state residents. Of the 3,722 out-of-state residents who obtained abortions in Kansas, 3,611 (97%) were residents of Missouri.

Women 20-24 years of age comprised the largest age-group seeking abortions (33.3%).

State law requires that physicians, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers report abortions to KDHE. The Women’s Right-to-Know Act requires physicians who perform abortions to provide certain information and certify to KDHE the number of informed-consents obtained from patients.

There were 7,662 informed-consent certifications reported by physicians in 2013. That amount is 183 more than the number of procedures performed.

(See VETS on page 15)

Long waiting times are just part of VA’s problem Elle Moxley KHI News Service

For months, Kansas City resident Cherie Fishback has been writing letters to the Department of Veterans Affairs on behalf of her boyfriend, Lee Murphy, who last year had to have emergency gallbladder surgery.

Murphy served in the

Army in the 1980s and is eligible for care at the local VA hospital. But when he tried to see someone there about pain in his stomach, he was sent home with some pills. The next day, Fishback says he called her while driving to work - he’d pulled over because the pain was so bad. She says she raced him to nearby North Kansas City

Taking the stress out of vacations by the American Counseling Association

Ah yes, there’s nothing quite as enjoyable as a hot summer’s day, a long distance drive in front of you, and a backseat containing one or more complaining children. Okay, maybe not enjoyable at all.

But such trips don’t have to be stressful, unpleasant experiences. It’s relatively easy to overcome the boredom that triggers those backseat passengers’ complaints.

Start with entertainment to fill up the hours.

For young children think books, games, puzzles or favorite toys. Fill a basket with a variety of items matching their interests, then hand them out one at time, providing something new when the previous one has done its duty. Include a couple of unexpected surprises, like a new book or colored markers.

Today’s variety of electronic choices, from tablet computers to portable DVD and MP3 players, makes it easy to offer music and movie choices that can fill up hours. But don’t forget to include ear buds so Mom and Dad can preserve their sanity and hearing while the backseat occupants rock out.

You probably also want the kids to experience the trip, not just disappear into an electronic coma.

Try sitting them down before the trip with a map where they can mark the route and search the Internet for interesting attractions along the way.

Let them track your trip progress on the map, and perhaps suggest places to stop and explore.

Planning on stopping every now and then is an important element in holding down stress levels and family tempers during a long car trip. Short breaks where everyone can get out, stretch and blow off steam may add a little time to the trip, but will also make it much more pleasant.

Most important, of course, is making sure that a traveling family is a well-fed family. A car full of hungry kids is a car full of unhappy kids. Try to stick to healthy snacks, avoiding high-sugar foods that tend to wire most children, and have a cooler with drinks.

Remember that kids often eat and snack on a much more frequent schedule than their parents, so plan food stops and breaks accordingly.

Vacation trips by car, especially in this era of sky-high airline ticket prices, are often a family necessity, but don’t have to be a family problem.

Plan a bit and you can make the journey, not just the destination, part of your vacation fun.

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

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Hospital, where doctors decided to operate right away.

Now Murphy and Fishback are waiting on reimbursement she’s not sure will ever come.

“We did everything we were told to do,” said Fishback, sifting through a stack of paperwork Monday night during a town hall meeting to

discuss veterans’ access to care in Kansas City.

“This copy of a letter I have from the VA telling him he needs to do something else is dated January 8, but it wasn’t sent to us until January 30. It sat somewhere for three weeks.”

About 100 people attended a VFWsponsored meeting at

the Uptown Theater to share their experiences at Kansas City-area VA hospitals. Some veterans praised the care they receive there. But many others say lost records, denied claims and policy changes are the norm.

The meeting comes as an investigation into long wait times at a Phoenix VA hospital has brought

into sharp focus problems at facilities across the country - problems veterans and their families say aren’t new. A report released last week says at least 188 veterans enrolled at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in the last 10 years never received care.

(See WAITING on page 15)

Federal report analyzes ACA impact on marketplace, choice Subsidies have put most premium costs at under $100 A new report analyzing health plan enrollment through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace shows that most people who signed up - about 70 percent - are paying less than $100 per month for coverage after their advance tax credits are accounted for and nearly half those who enrolled are paying less than $50 per month.

More than eight million people nationwide selected plans through the

marketplace, according to the report.

Federal subsidies to buy in the marketplace are available to those who don’t have employerbased coverage options and earn between 100 percent and 400 percent of federal poverty guidelines.

Senior officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services described the report in a teleconference Tuesday.

The report did not include information about the coverage costs of people who signed up for plans through the various state-run exchanges.

Federal officials said

those numbers weren’t yet available from the states.

Two of the larger states, California and New York, had their own exchanges. Kansas was among the more than two dozen states that opted to let the federal government operate the marketplace instead of developing their own.

The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, required that marketplace plans be available in every state, and HHS officials encouraged each state to operate its own. But Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback was among the Republican state leaders who defaulted to the federal marketplace as part of their

opposition to the federal health reform law.

Among the report highlights: •The average premium paid after tax credits for the most popular plans silver level - was $69 per month with a corresponding average monthly tax credit of $276. The average paid in Kansas was $67 per month.

“The new tax credits are working as intended,” one of the HHS officials said.

•Of those eligible to purchase a marketplace plan, 82 percent lived in a rating area with between three and 11 issuers; 96 percent lived in areas with at least two issuers.

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County updates ambulance fleet

Not just one, but two new ambulances are now on the road in Scott County.

The 2014 ambulances - purchased by the county for $278,920 - will replace 1995 and 2006 models.

According to Scott County Hospital EMS Director Larry Turpin they will keep a 1998 model as a backup.

“They’ve made a lot of changes in these newer ambulances, especially with the amount of storage space and how accessible everything is to the crew,” says Turpin.

Even with the added storage, the ambulances also have more room in the back for patients and crew.

In the past, the hospital has been able to use tax credits to help with the purchase of a couple of ambulances, but that wasn’t the case this time.

“Larry told the (county) commissioners that our ambulances were outdated and had to be replaced.

They agreed to pick up the entire cost,” says hospital CEO Mark Burnett.

Vets The hospital association and a coalition of advocacy groups have been pushing for expansion since January 2012. But they’ve made little progress. In the just-ended legislative session, Republican leaders refused to hold a hearing on a bill that would have authorized expansion.

Gov. Sam Brownback hasn’t shut the door on expansion. But he has expressed concerns about its cost and has

Scott County Hospital EMS Director Larry Turpin and assistant director Brenda Birney with the county’s two new ambulances.

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said he doesn’t want to add able-bodied adults to the Medicaid rolls when Kansans with developmental and physical disabilities remain on waiting lists for services.

“We’re trying to push people who are able-bodied right now to get a job,” Brownback said during a recent interview with the conservative Heritage Foundation. “That is a far more likely route out of poverty than having a

Waiting

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“We’ve been talking about this for the 40 years I’ve been active in the VFW,” said John Hamilton, VFW Adjunct General. “The stories I hear today I heard when I was a young Marine sergeant many years ago.”

Hamilton says he’s glad veterans’ issues are in the spotlight. But he’s also worried everyone is focused too much on long wait times when there are larger, systemic issues that have resulted in substandard care at facilities across the country. He says that’s why the VFW did not join other veterans’ organizations in calling for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation before he stepped down last week.

“Frankly, it wouldn’t fix the problem. The problem is much broader than that. It goes to middle management in some cases,” Hamilton said. “It’s time for Congress to do their jobs. They have the purse strings.

They can allocate funds.”

Hamilton said the VFW plans to take stories from the town hall to elected leaders who can help sort out the problems. Gov. Sam Brownback has asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow state oversight of VA facilities.

bunch of government programs giving handouts to able-bodied individuals.”

Despite his stated concerns, Brownback has said he’s watching attempts by Republican governors in a handful of other states to implement more privatesector versions of expansion - plans that use federal Medicaid dollars to help uninsured adults earning above the poverty level purchase private coverage.

“We’re watching all

of it,” Brownback said recently. “I’m more confident today than I’ve ever been that there will be other options out there.”

The Urban Institute classified veterans as uninsured if they had no coverage and didn’t use VA health services. There was insufficient data to determine the number of veterans deemed uninsured who could potentially qualify for or access VA services, the report said.

Pastime at Park Lane The Pence Community Church led Sunday afternoon services.

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

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

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

Residents played Trivia on Tuesday evening.

Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut, and Mandy Barnett.

The Over 50 Chorus performed and led a group sing-along. Everyone was served cup cakes and ice cream.

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

Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday morning.

Residents played Wii bowling on Friday evening.

Mini-RFL held at Park Lane Sat.

A “mini” Relay for Life was held on Saturday afternoon. Residents decorated luminaries in honor of loved ones and then took part in a survivor walk.

After the walk, everyone was served cookies.

Each cancer survivor was presented with a tshirt and pin.

Helpers from Relay for Life were Roni Heili; Sharilyn, Darin, Kuwan, and Erika Stewart; Britney Allen, and Josh Osborn.

5 honored with June birthdays

Park Lane hosted the June birthday party on Thursday afternoon. Guests of honor were Verlene Mohler, Vera Cox, Arlene Taylor, Edith Norman and Donna Strong.

Residents participate in craft day

The Immanuel Baptist Church hosted crafts on Tuesday afternoon. Residents made spinners.

Helpers from the church were Joy Barnett, Jennifer Murphy, Sue Barber, Dana Steffens, Chelsie Rose, Jorden Lane and Hailey Leonard. Marilyn McFann furnished cookies.

Thanks to the Manning Jayhawkers 4-H Club for making the beach centerpieces for the dining room tables.

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Jon and Anne Crane, Norene Rohrbough, Collier Livingstone and Mark Fouquet.

Deaths

Primus Suppes was visited by Karen Gibbs, Kelsie and Christian Bryand, Nancy Gerstner; Ron, Shirley and Riley Suppes; Debbie Reystead, and Wayne and Nancy Gerstner.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Karen Harms, Mary Lou Oeser and Sheri Rapier.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock.

Jim and Yvonne Spangler were visited by Les and Mary Ann Spangler, Greg and Yvette Mills, Margie Stevens, and Danny, Mona, Will, Danica and Jag. Clifford Dearden was visited by Jean Davis and Ken Olson.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Rod and Mary Ann Leatherman; Don, Amy, Christopher and Allison Leatherman; Draevynn Ullom, Hugh McDaniel and Otto Harp.

Visitors of Boots Haxton were Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Darla Luebbers, Vicki Dirks, Dale Dirks, David Dirks and Willetta Payne.

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Stella A. Andrews Stella A. Andrews, 70, died June 6, 2014, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

She was born Nov. 1, 1943, in Montour Falls, N.Y., the daughter of John and Anna (Lagoski) Stanko.

A resident of Scott City since 1996, moving from Sugar Hill, N.Y., she was a mental health nurse’s aide before becoming a CNA and CMA. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Scott City.

Survivors include: two sons, Clayton C. Groves, Watkins Glen, N.Y., and William Groves and wife, Melissa, Leoti; one daughter, Christina Duvall, and husband, Donald, Scott

Albert Dean was visited by Paul Binford, Jim Boyer, Nancy Holt, Carol Davey, Lynn and Jeannie Dean, Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms.

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Wade Jeffery.

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Travis Jones.

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City; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, John, Frank, Mike and Stanley; and three sisters, Mary, Elizabeth and Francis.

Funeral service was held June 14 at the First Christian Church, Scott City, with Pastor Scott Wagner officiating.

A private family inurnment will be held at a later date.

Memorials may be made to the Stella Anna Andrews Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

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10 points ___ You do not shred or tear banking and credit information when you throw it in the trash. 10 points ___ You provide your Social Security number whenever asked, without asking how it will be used or safeguarded.

10 points ___ Add 5 more points if you provided your SSN orally without checking to see who may be listening. ___ You are required to use your SSN as an employee or student I.D. number. 5 points ___ You have your SSN printed on your employee badge that you wear at work in public. 10 points ___ Your SSN or driver’s License number is printed on your personal checks. 20 points ___ You are listed in a “Who’s Who” guide. 5 points ___ You carry your insurance card in your wallet or purse and either your SSN or your spouse’s SSN is the ID number.

20 points ___ You have not ordered a copy of your credit report for the last two years. 10 points ___ You do not believe that people would not go through your trash looking for credit or financial information. 10 points 100 Points: High Risk 50 to 100 Points: Your odds of becoming a victim are about average. Higher if you have good credit.

0 to 50 points: Congratulations, you have a “High Identity Theft IQ.” Keep up the good work and don’t let your guard down.

Week of June 23-27 Monday: Barbeque beef, potato salad, cream coleslaw, whole wheat bread, peach crisp.

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

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

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

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

by Jason Storm

Geraldine Graves was visited by Charlene Becht, Megan Dirks and Sheri Rapier.

Ann Tedford was visited by Mary Plum, Arlene Cauthon, Phyllis See and Lorena Turley.

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

Herb Graves was visited by Tina Turley and Ron Hess.

Mike Leach was visited by Linda Dunagan and Rev. Don Martin.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton and Delinda Dunagan.

Darlene Richman was visited by Brandy Wright, Deb Farr, Mary Webster and Phebe Unruh.

Thelma Branine visited Nikki Cooper at her home with Bob Cooper, Kendall and Sherri Smith, Cassidy and Chandler Hornbostel, and Hunter Smith.

Emogene Harp was visited by R. Harp, Alicia Harp, Tina Turley, Denise Murphy, Nancy Holt, Hugh McDaniel, Mary Lou Oeser, Sheri Rapier, Lila Burnett and Josephine Jones.

Nella Funk was visited by Nancy Holt, Karen Harms, Mary Lou Oeser and Sheri Rapier.

Edith Norman was visited by Doris Riner, Tammy Wood, Sara Shane, Nancy Holt, and Ron and Sue Riner.

James Still was visited

by Tina Turley.

Earl Gorman was visited by Loretta Gorman, Chuck, Barb and Larissa Brobst, Charlene Becht and Pete Steffens.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Edwin Allen, Gloria Wright, Margie Stevens and Arlene Cauthon.

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

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Larry LaPlant, Gloria O’Bleness, Bill John and Alisa Moore.

Judy Redburn was visited by April Williams; Allen Russell and Misti Russell from Missouri; Wendy Derstine; Amy and Madison Williams, Watonga, Okla.; Timothy Derstine, Jim Cooley, Mary Torson and Isaac Redburn.

The Scott County Record • Page 17 • Thursday, June 19, 2014

Kansas ranks 17th on AARP scorecard

Kansas’ efforts to address the ever-burgeoning needs of its aged and disabled populations rank 17th best in the nation, according to a scorecard released today by AARP. “Seventeenth places us somewhere toward the middle of the road,” said Maren Turner, director of AARP Kansas. “Kansas can do better than that.”

Kansas ranked 18th in a similar report last year.

It came in ninth in 2011.

The latest rankings were based on data tied to 26 performance indicators spread across five categories: •Affordability and access.

•Choice of settings and providers.

•Quality of life and care.

•Support for family

Kansas ranked 39th in the percentage of nursing home residents receiving antipsychotic medication, has the 44th highest percentage of “low-need” nursing home residents who could be living in community-based settings and the 46th highest rate of nursing homeworker turnover.

caregivers.

•Effective transitions between home- and institutional-based care.

“Kansas is the top quartile of states for affordability and access, and choice of setting,” Turner said. “We’re somewhere in the middle on quality.

But on support for caregivers and effective transitions, we’re in the third quartile.”

Turner was especially troubled that Kansas ranked 39th in the percentage of nursing home residents receiving antipsychotic medication and had the 44th highest

Park Place People

by Doris Riner

Rain, rain, don’t go away. Keep coming, every day.

Well, maybe not every day, but a couple times a month would be great. Now we’re talking about the rain, not hail. The hail is not, I say NOT, welcome at all.

My three potted plants on my patio have been in and out of the house so much lately they’ve gotten to the place where they don’t know where they belong, and neither do I. But rain, come if and when you will and please all of us.

Lela Bishop and Thelma Miller went to Topeka for a several days visit.

Our coffees are still well attended by OLD faithfuls, but Lou Pfanenstiel is greatly missed!

Gwen Huck called on yours truly Wednesday afternoon. My daughter, Trudy, and I eat out together every Tuesday and I catch up on the latest family news.

Mary Berning comes every day to see her mother, Margaret Lee. George Evans still comes by and shows movies on the big screen TV every Sunday night. Thank you, George.

percentage of “low-need” nursing home residents who could be living in community-based settings and the 46th highest rate of nursing home-worker turnover.

“That’s not good,” Turner said. “When (nursing home) staff turnover is up, it means quality of care is down.”

The highest-ranked states were Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Alaska; the lowest were Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Indiana.

Turner said the findings underscore AARP Kansas’

support for proposed legislation to require nursing homes to hire more staff.

“We know that when the staff-to-resident ratio is higher, you’re going to have fewer problems with people being given antipsychotic medications,” she said. “And the (staff) turnover rate will be lower because no one shift is going to be overburdened.”

Introduced in 2014 and 2013, the legislation has not passed.

Next year, Turner said, AARP Kansas will introduce the CARE Act, a bill aimed at relieving some of the “stress and worry” that family members experience when caring for an elder.

The measure, she said, would require hospitals to record the name of the

family caregiver when a loved one is admitted, notify the caregiver when their loved one is to be moved or discharged, and provide the caregiver with written instructions for caring for the loved one at home.

The report ranked Kansas’ support for caregivers 35th in the nation.

Kansas’ nursing home costs were found to be among the lowest in the nation. Only two states – Oklahoma and Utah – and the District of Columbia were lower.

But the study’s authors were quick to note that in the five states where nursing home costs were found to be the least expensive, they still “would consume 171 percent of an older household’s median income.”

Attend the Church of Your Choice

It Begins With Prayer

“Greater Love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.” John 15:13, 14 TNIV Jesus the Christ gave His life so we could experience life abundantly and life eternal in relationship with the LORD. He calls us friends when we commit to following Him and His commandments. In that call to follow Him is a call to lay down our lives for Him. That does not mean we have to die for Him, although that could happen in extreme cases.

More importantly, it means we are called to live each and every day for Him. Laying down our life takes on a whole different meaning. We are called to give up our selfish desires and, instead, do what God would have us do.

It may mean a different vocation or most often, simply changing our focus on material desires to eternal and spiritual matters.

Take a good look at your life. Have you made a commitment to give up your earthly desires, your selfish ambitions, and follow the Lord no matter what, or are you on a path to self-satisfaction, rarely thinking of others or what God would have you do with your life.

If you consider Jesus your friend, lay your life down for Him and you may be surprised at the spiritual blessings you receive.

Pastor Jon Tuttle Prairie View Church of the Brethren, Friend Scott City Assembly of God

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

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Men’s Fellowship • Wednesday mornings Breakfast at 6:30 a.m.

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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 Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

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

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church

1st United Methodist Church

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

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

Sunday casual 6:30 p.m.: “The Way” contemporary gathering Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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

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

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

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666 Father Don Martin Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

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

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

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

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

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

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

The Scott County Record • Page 18 • Thursday, June 19, 2014

Things to know before heading to college this fall When I was a senior in high school and preparing for college, nobody was there to tell me some of the most common things that I should have known before I stepped onto campus. There are also a thousand things that I know now that I wish I would have known earlier.

Whether you are a graduate or getting ready for your senior year, here are some of my college survival tips: 1) Get ahead! If your high school offers classes that can be dual credits for high school and college, take them. They may be a little more difficult, but it will prepare you more than you know, and you won’t have to take them again in college.

2) Have a plan! I know

Tayla Cannella

Scott County Extension summer intern

that many of you still have no idea what you want to do for the rest of your life, and trust me it will change at least 10 times before you graduate. Think about what would make you happy, and always remember that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.

3) Financial aid is your friend and enemy! I have been fortunate enough to have my education paid for through financial aid and scholarships. Many of you will have to take out

loans, like a majority of college students, but be careful not to over borrow on your loans.

If tuition and fees are going to cost $15,000, but you’re being offered $22,000, don’t accept the extra money. Take out only what you need or you’ll be repaying loans a lot longer than you imagine. Fill out your FAFSA forms to see if you are eligible for a Pell Grant, scholarships, or work study that you won’t have to pay back.

4) Be open-minded.

There will be so many new people and thousands of new faces. Make sure that you are not afraid to talk to people. Many of you will have a roommate that you may or may not like. Be sure to give it a

chance before you are too quick to judge.

5) Prioritize. As freshmen, one of the most common things I see is students who get too carried away in the party scene and forget about classes.

Have fun and enjoy your new life and friends; but realize that you are on your own and every decision you make will have an impact on what happens in the future.

6) Start building credit.

One way to do this is to have a credit card, but only get one that has a limit of $1,000 and can be paid off monthly. This way you will not have to pay any interest. Put only small purchases on it like gas, or groceries. Do NOT let it get away from you.

If you rent a house, pay

all of your bills on time and you will also build credit that way. Having good credit is essential.

7) Get to know your professors. All of the professors within your major have been in your shoes before. Most are willing to do anything to help you find out what courses to take, when to take them, and who to take them with. They will also be the ones to write you letters of recommendations.

8) Start making connections. Everyone you talk to in college will remember you in one way or another. Start forming connections so you will have a greater opportunity for employment upon graduating. Look into internships early on. They are a great way to learn

what you may want to do, what you’re good at and it will increase your chances of getting a job after graduation.

9) Books. Books.

Books! Do not buy your books from the bookstore. They are so much more expensive and the trade-in value is nothing.

First of all, see if you will need and use the book.

Secondly, look for what you need on Amazon.

Once you are done with them, you can either trade them on Amazon to get a gift certificate toward your next semester’s books, lend them out or sell to other students on campus.

10) Stay in touch! Keep those friendships strong and always stay in touch with your family.

Norman earns outstanding leadership award at Kansas State

Service and leadership to a peer education health program at Kansas State University’s Lafene Health Center has earned a Scott City student special honors.

Lafene’s 2014 Outstanding Student Leadership Award was presented to Megan Norman, senior in dietet-

ics, for her work with SNAC (Sensible Nutrition And body image Choices) group coordinated by the health center.

“Megan has gone above and beyond the typical duties of a peer educator and has excelled in multiple leadership roles throughout her involvement in SNAC,” said

Dianna Schalles, the organization’s adviser and registered dietitian at Lafene.

Norman served as lead peer coordinator for Full of Ourselves, a SNAC outreach program offered at the Manhattan Boys and Girls Club to reduce harmful eating and body image in adolescent girls.

As president of SNAC,

she also was instrumental in several capacities, including enhanced event promotion and member communications, fundraising, and campus presentations.

“She has been very dedicated to the success of the program over the past two years, and I can’t say enough about how

learning with mud

Michelle Busch (left), a soil scientist with the Kansas Livestock Association office in Scott City, explains to youngsters that not all mud is the same during the summer reading program at the Scott County Library on Tuesday. As part of the summer science theme at the library, youngsters learned about different soil types and how they react differently when combined with water.

(Record Photo)

Scott City Community Learning Center 620-872-3785 708 Washington

Southwest Plains Regional Service Center

Your Future Awaits!

wonderful she has been to work with,” Schalles said. “Her initiative and commitment to doing her best were evident in every task she took on. I have no doubt Megan will make a positive impact in her future career.”

Norman will complete requirements for the university’s coordinated pro-

gram in dietetics with a summer internship at Geary County’s Women, Infants and Children in Junction City; a fall management practicum at the university’s Van Zile Dining Center; and a spring clinical practicum at Salina Regional Health Center. She plans to graduate in May 2015.

Sports The Scott County Record

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Young Beavers make an impression at hoops camp If up-and-coming basketball players are hoping to grab head coach Glenn O’Neil’s attention, there’s no better place to begin than during summer camp.

Several Scott Community High School players

took full advantage of that opportunity during the four-day camp that concluded with a basketball round-robin tournament at Oakley.

Sophomore Bo Hess and juniors Drake and Draven McRae are among

those who could make their way to the varsity level next year and they certainly didn’t hurt their chances last week.

Following the Scott City’s sweep of all three games in the Oakley Jamboree, O’Neil told the

McRae twins “that’s the best I’d ever seen them play” and Hess could be pushing hard for a varsity starting role when the season begins.

“Bo worked his way into the top five at Oakley,” says O’Neil. “If our

season began tomorrow, Bo would be starting.

That doesn’t mean things won’t change when we get to November, but it’s evident he’s made a big step up. He’s put in a lot of individual work and small group work. What I like

about Bo is that he knows how to play.”

Drake McRae, who missed most of last season due to a knee injury, has shown that he’s ready to compete for minutes at the varsity level.

(See CAMP on page 21)

Lady Stars lead the way with 22 wins at Leoti meet

Hailey Shapland of the Scott City Stars competes in the 25m freestyle.

(Record Photo)

With Alli Patton capturing five gold medals, the Scott City Stars easily claimed championship honors in Western Kansas Swim Club action at Leoti last Saturday.

Patton (9-10 years) was the meet champion in the 50m freestyle (40.75), 100m freestyle (1:44.04), 50m breaststroke (58.42), 50m butterfly (54.59) and the 100m individual medley (1:53.32).

The young swimmer had her fastest times of the season in four of the five events - the 50m freestyle (cutting 6.14 seconds off her previous best), the 100m freestyle (by 4.31 seconds), the 50m breaststroke (by 5.83 seconds), and the 100m individual medley (by 4.31 seconds).

As a team, the Lady Stars were champions in 22 events and the runner-up in 23 events.

For the second consecutive week Scott City’s dominance in the boy’s and girl’s divisions allowed them to easily capture another team title. In the two divisions they combined for 912 points to easily outdistance the Garden City YMCA (284), followed by Ulysses (212), Holcomb (157), Lakin (102), Leoti (70) and Hays (56).

Kylee Trout (15-years and over) picked up wins in three events, including the 100m freestyle (1:13.11), just a stroke ahead of teammate Cami Patton (1:13.44). She also claimed golds in the 100m breaststroke (1:37.10) and 200m individual medley (3:05.68).

(See STARS on page 23)

Flopping, extra time, and this thing called football I have to admit that I’m not a big soccer fan.

That should be evident by the fact that, unlike most of the world’s population, I don’t refer to it as football.

Football is the sport that we play in the U.S. The other thing is soccer.

The other sign that I’m not a devout soccer fan is that the lonRod gest I’ve watched a Haxton, soccer match on TV sports editor is the time it takes to hit the remote button while channel surfing.

In that split second I’ve probably seen most of the scoring that’s going to take place.

But it’s the World Cup and we have to admit that, just like everyone is a track fan during the Olympics, we pay a little more attention to the sport which, for the sake of argument, is known as football.

We actually watched an entire half of the U.S. match against Ghana in which the U.S. was the underdog. We have to admit that it was a pretty dramatic win considering that between America’s first goal just 32 seconds into the match and Ghana’s only goal more than 80 minutes later the primary objective of the U.S. team was to hang on for dear life.

There are a couple of things which make soccer a little hard to grasp.

First of all is the “extra time.”

Both teams get to the end of a match and then the officials extend the length of the match and no one knows by how much it will be extended until the end of regulation.

We’re assuming there is some rational explanation as to how officials determine the extra time.

But that pales in comparison to players who have turned flopping into such an art form that the NBA is taking notes. Flopping is the practice of making it look as though you’ve been mugged with only minimal contact.

In fact, there was one instance on Wednesday night where a player was carted off the field and before a substitute could be put into the game he was back on his feet and re-entered the match. And no one thought anything about it.

(See FLOPPING on page 22)

Skip Numrich (front) reacts to a birdie putt on the fourth hole during Saturday’s MASH tournament.

Playing partners who were also pleased with the putt are (from left) Jerry Buxton, Lonny Dearden and Clint Pearson.

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Golfers aren’t only tourney winners With a 19-under par score of 49, the Brass Tax team easily won the annual MASH golf tournament on Saturday sponsored by the Scott Community Foundation.

The team of Stephen Prewitt, Ben Spare, Ryan Roberts and David Hyde finished the 18-hole tournament with a three stroke win over their nearest challengers.

Finishing in a tie with rounds of

52 were Pine Tree RV Park (Rod Wheeler, Mike Heim, Bob Wheeler and George Meyers) and First National Bank (Skip Numrich, Jerry Buxton, Clint Pearson and Lonny Dearden).

Alone in fourth place with a 54 was Rodenbeek and Green (Jim Rodenbeek, Blake Koppitz, Garrett Jones and James Crawford).

Five feet of string was issued to each team in an extra effort to help them shave a few more strokes off their score. They could use the string as they wish, with most using it to finish off a close birdie or eagle putt.

They have the option of measuring the distance between the hole and the ball, cutting that much off their string and counting it as a holed putt.

(See GOLFERS on page 25)

The Scott County Record • Page 20 • Thursday, June 19, 2014

Outdoors in Kansas

by Steve Gilliland

Odds and ends as we prepare for summer

This week I was able to cross-off yet another question from the vast list I’ve accumulated over the years.

When I see more than the normal number of dead deer along the roads in the fall, it’s rather a nobrainer in this part of the country to figure that the annual phenomenon known as “the rut” had something to do with that deer’s demise. At that time of the year, both bucks and does seem to throw all caution to the wind as they either chase, or are being chased, by the opposite sex.

However, when I see more than the normal number of dead deer along the roads in the spring and early summer, I always wonder why.

An excellent article written by Lloyd Fox, big game coordinator for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), helped answer that question for me.

It’s a proven and well-known fact that when whitetail deer fawns are very young their mothers often hide them while they go a short distance away to feed. In Kansas, twin fawns are fairly common and, according to Fox, intuition tells the mothers that hiding them separately is yet another way to possibly protect one or both fawns from predators.

If there is some prominant feature in the landscape such as a stream or road, the mothers will often hide one fawn on each side of it and cross back and forth from time to time to check on each fawn.

If that feature happens to be a road or highway, the mother can easily get hit by a vehicle, as, just like during the rut, she is preoccupied.

(See ODDS on page 22)

Conner Cupp of the Scott City Stars competes in the 50m backstroke.

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Rumford leads SC with 4 gold medals Chase Rumford left no doubt that the freestyle was his event at the Western Kansas Swim Club intra-division meet in Leoti on Saturday.

The Scott City swimmer was a top finisher in each event from the 50m to the 400m - accounting for four of Scott City’s 24 first place medals.

Rumford (15-years and over) swept the 50m (30.85), 100m (1:11.46), 200m (2:50.4) and the 400m (6:17.96). He added a runner-up finish in the 100m butterfly (1:28.13).

Eric Shapland (9-10 years) had a big day in the pool with wins in the 50m freestyle (41.63), 50m breaststroke (56.48) and the 100m individual medley (1:55.65).

Shapland’s shaved 9.35 seconds off his previous best in the 50m freestyle and improved on his previous best in the 50m breaststroke by 6.65 seconds.

Kaden Wren (11-12 years) swept the 50m freestyle (33.69), 100m freestyle (1:17.29) and the 200m freestyle (2:59.67).

Scott City’s swimmers in the 8-years and under division spread the wealth with five different Stars winning gold medals.

Avery Noll was the only double winner in the 25m freestyle (20.27) and the 25m backstroke (26.75).

Jaxson Brandl was a winner in the 50m freestyle (46.54), finishing just 15/100 second ahead of Noll.

Tanner Gooden got his win in the 100m freestyle (2:39.01); Griffin Edwards in the 25m breaststroke (36.79) and Houston Frank in the 25m butterfly (30.04).

Scott City also won the 100m freestyle relay in the same age group in a time of 1:34.55. Team members were Brandl, Gooden, Frank and Noll.

They also had the second place team which included Edwards, Camden Vulgamore, Alex Rodriguez and Waylon Ricker.

Zach Rohrbough (9-10 years) won the 100m freestyle (1:42.47).

Parker Gooden (11-12 years) was a gold medalist in the 200m individual medley (3:35.64) in addition to runner-up finishes in the 50m freestyle (34.48) and the 50m backstroke (43.78).

Scott City added two relay wins in the 9-10-year division. They included: 200m freestyle: Carter Gooden, Ricker, Rohrbough and Shapland.

200m medley: Ricker, Shapland, Gooden, Rohrbough.

Landon Trout (11-12 years) won the 50m butterfly (59.53).

Scott City also swept the 200m freestyle and 200m medley relays in the 11-12-year division.

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Walk-Run-Roll coming June 28 To Lake Scott

Camp (continued from page 19)

“Even though he shot the ball well (at Oakley), what I liked best about Drake was his ability to attack the boards. He’s a good athlete, he can jump and he can be physical,” O’Neil says. “He’s made the right steps to start the summer. Now he needs to keep working on the individual things and gain confidence that he can make the individual plays.”

Also hoping to gain some varsity playing time are sophomore guard Justin Faurot and sophomore forward Kyle Cure.

“Kyle plays better with the older guys because he’s more relaxed and doesn’t feel he has to make extremely hard plays,” O’Neil says. “Justin is a scrappy defender, he plays hard and is never standing still. His shots were dropping last week and that forces a team to come out and guard him. We don’t want to play our sophomores a ton of minutes in a varsity game, but we aren’t afraid to put them in either.”

Experienced Core Of course, the Beavers are also sitting in solid position with five of their top seven starters returning from last year’s Class 4A-Division II state runner-up squad.

A year ago, senior guard Chantz Yager and junior guard Dylan Hutchins came off the bench to provide SCHS additional firepower on the perimeter. O’Neil has hopes that both players can expand their roles this coming season.

“As players get better their roles can change. What we saw at Oakley last week was the ability of these guys to hit the open shot and play unselfish,” O’Neil says.

For example, he says there was one stretch where Hutchins hit three treys in the span of about three minutes.

“He’s put time into his shooting and ball handling,” notes the head coach.

Senior guards Trey O’Neil and Brett Meyer, combined with Hutchins and Yager, give the Beavers four players capable of shooting better than 40 percent from beyond the three-point line, which is a great luxury for any coach.

“That makes it tough on a defense to clog the lane and to double-team the post. Sloan (Baker) should get some oneon-one looks and it should open up some dribbling lanes,” O’Neil says.

Baker showed the ability to extend his shooting range last season and also to muscle his way to the boards. His ability to control the paint will be critical next season.

“With Brett and Trey, part

The annual Dylan Spencer Family Memorial “Walk•Run•Roll” will be held on Sat., June 28, at Lake Scott State Park.

The 10k run begins at 7:00 a.m., followed by the 5k at 7:10 a.m. and the fun run at 7:20 a.m.

Advance registration for the 5k and 10k races is $35 ($45 on race day). The one-mile fun run pre-registration is $20 ($30 on race day).

Participants can register at www.walkrunrollscottcity.com.

Anyone with questions can contact Alli Conine at the Scott Community Foundation (8723790 or alli@scottcf.org).

Proceeds benefit the Scott Community Walking Trail project.

Swim team to Hays Saturday

SCHS senior Sloan Baker puts up a shot against Draven McRae during camp drills last week. (Below) Sophomore Kyle Cure waits for the ball to return during passing and shooting drills while head coach Glenn O’Neil looks on.

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of their strength is their ability to penetrate and then kick out to the open shooter. If Dylan and Justin (Faurot) and Chantz (Yager) can get their feet spotted up we want them to shoot anytime they’re open,” O’Neil emphasizes. “They did that well the other day (at Oakley). If they can do that during the regular high school season against bigger, stronger kids things are going to be looking pretty good for us.”

Despite the ability to slide in some additional pieces and make this a very good basket-

ball team, make no mistake that the success of the Beavers will hinge primarily on O’Neil and Meyer.

“Brett and Trey are head and shoulders above everyone else right now, not just in terms of their physical ability, but because they’ve put in more time than anybody else,” says Coach O’Neil. “But we have guys who are gaining ground in the time they’re putting in. The more time they’re willing to put in the better prepared we’ll be next season.”

And with so many players

pushing hard for varsity playing time, it offers the promise of even more intense practices.

“Last year it wasn’t fair that we had to bring some freshmen up to the varsity level. At times we put Kyle, Bo and Justin in that situation. This year our sophomores are a little more ready, even though we’d rather have all juniors and seniors in our top 10,” says O’Neil.

“Practices will be more competitive and that will make us better during the rest of the summer and when we get into the regular season.”

The Scott City Stars swim team will travel to Hays on Sat., June 21.

Swimmers who are 10-years and younger will compete in the morning session starting at 9:00 a.m. Those who are ages 11-18 will be in the afternoon session which starts at 1:00 p.m.

Other teams competing in the Western Kansas Swim Club divisional meet will be Leoti, Dodge City, Great Bend, Holcomb and Lakin.

Deadline nears for soccer camp

The Scott Recreation Commission and Garden City Community College will be sponsoring a Samba soccer camp from July 14-18 at the Scott City Sports Complex.

The camp is open to all boys and girls from ages 4-15.

Camp sessions will be held each day from 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Cost is $50 with each camper getting a t-shirt and a soccer ball. Deadline to sign-up is Mon., July 7.

Anyone with questions can contact the SRC at 872-2372.

Royals show they are for real in AL Central race Early in the major league baseball season, it was predicted here that Detroit would run away and hide from the rest of the contenders in the American League Central. by That foreMac cast was in- Stevenson correct. With their 10-game win streak, the Royals have overtaken Detroit for first place in their division.

In MLB it’s easy to run up the white flag too soon; KC’s hitting was so inept during the first two months of the season that it looked like they were never going to get it going. Slowly but surely the hitters are coming out of their long hibernation. If the Royals’ hitters can produce offense that is at least competitive with the other contending teams, KC will be in the pennant chase right to the end.

Kansas City’s pitching and defense have been superb. The starting pitching has gone from solid to rock-solid. James Shields is KC’s ace (7-3, 3.44 ERA) and he’s joined by Jason Vargas (6-2, 3.30 ERA).

Danny Duffy has shown great stuff and Yordano Ventura has been terrific in his last two starts.

In KC’s bullpen, Wade Davis is on a short list of the best set-up relievers in all of baseball. Davis has been sensational with an ERA of 1.23.

And Greg Holland is the best closer. Holland has 19 saves out of 20 chances and an ERA of 1.40. Davis and Holland are the preeminent eighth inning set-up reliever and closer combo in MLB. Everything is not rosy, however. Middle relievers Tim Collins and Aaron Crow have been inconsistent and often ineffective.

Kelvin Herrera is close to that same category. Francisley Bueno is the other left-hander in the pen and he hasn’t pitched enough to be judged, but he shows promise.

The bullpen - not counting Davis and Holland rates a B- so far this season; Davis and Holland as backend relievers rate an A+.

Kansas City’s defense is second to none in MLB. (See ROYALS on page 23)

Flopping In the NBA, players get fined for what we see as unsportsmanlike behavior. In the world of FIFA, it’s gamesmanship and it’s rewarded by the officials.

What was seen as a blatant flop by Fred (yes, that’s his only name) of Brazil in their opening match of World Cup

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play led to a penalty kick and a goal in their 3-1 win over Croatia.

While we frown upon flopping, those who know far more about the sport than we do claim that until Americans learn to flop better they’ll never be able to win the World Cup. According to World Cup assistant Tab Ramos, Americans

are too honest on the field.

They play through contact and apparently don’t take a dive when they could and should.

That runs counter to the Europeans and South Americans who understand that football wouldn’t be football without the flop.

“For years,” according to one sports writer, our refusal to

participate in the flop becomes an excuse when we fail on the world stage and “a moral victory to cling to when they inevitably lose.”

And that’s why soccer will never be able to overtake any of the other major sports in the U.S. despite its worldwide popularity.

Kansans can apply for special hunts The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism invites hunters to apply online for 2014-15 special hunts for the fall and winter season.

Applications can be made as early as July 12 by visiting ksoutdoors.com and clicking “Hunting/Special Hunts Information.” Drawings will take place August 11 for September and October hunts, and again on Sept. 29 for hunts taking place from October through January.

The special hunting access gained through this program tends to mean a higher quality hunt and potentially greater harvest rates for successful applicants, but just like with any other outdoor activity, nothing is guaranteed.

During the application process, hunters will select what type of species they would like to hunt as well as what type

Odds * * * Anyone who has spent any time at all outdoors of late knows it’s again tick and mosquito season in Kansas, and because of all the recent rains, mosquitos are flourishing.

A new, nasty mosquitoborne virus that has spread rapidly in the Caribbean has now been found in the southeastern U.S. Thought to have been brought here by infected travelers returning home from the Dominican Republic, chikungunya (chik-un-GHUN-ya) causes high fevers and painful joints, but is rarely fatal, and has no vaccine yet to treat it.

KDWPT Report of hunt they prefer, be that an open hunt, a youth hunt, or a mentored hunt.

Open hunts are available to all successful applicants, regardless of age or hunting experience.

Youth hunts require parties to include at least one youth 18 or younger, accompanied by an adult 21 or older who will not hunt. And mentored hunts are open to both youth and novice hunters supervised by a mentor 21 or older who may also hunt.

A random computer drawing will be conducted within one week of the application deadline.Applicants may apply for second draw hunts any time prior to the September deadline. Successful applicants will then be emailed their hunt permit, as well as any neces-

sary maps and other pertinent information.

2014-15 Fall and Winter application deadlines are: •1st Draw (Sept. and Oct. Special Hunts): 9:00 a.m., August 11 •2nd Draw (Nov., Dec., Jan., Feb. Special Hunts): 9:00 a.m., Sept. 29 Last year, the Special Hunts Program offered 1,204 hunts for the fall/winter hunting season. Depending upon the location and species being hunted, special hunts can range from a half-day up to the entire length of the season.

Lands made available for special hunts can include Corps of Engineers properties, wildlife areas, state parks, city and county properties, and private lands.

Although similar to the Walk-In Hunting Access (WIHA) program in that pri-

vate landowners are compensated for the use of their land, the Special Hunts Program allows landowners to exercise more control over the use of their land.

Rules such as which dates hunting can occur, how many people can hunt, as well as what species can be hunted are all left to landowners’ discretion. In addition, land areas designated for special hunts provide limited access to the public, whereas WIHA lands provide open access to hunters.

For more information on the Special Hunts Program, visit ksoutdoors.com and click “Hunting/Special Hunts Information,” or contact KDWPT public land supervisor Mike Nyhoff at (785) 628-8614 or by email at mike. nyhoff@ksoutdoors.com.

any open containers, old tires etc. that hold water and can become mosquito larva nurseries. To control mosquito larva in small ponds, stock them with goldfish and/or put in little floating cakes of special insecticide called Mosquito Dunks that can be purchased at Walmart, Lowes and Home Depot and are specially formulated to kill only mosquito larva. * * * Deer fawns grow fast and won’t have to be hidden by their mothers for much longer this year, but in the meantime keep an eye out for deer cross-

ing the roads, and please protect yourselves against ticks and mosquitos when outside.

When we were kids we didn’t worry about exposing our skin all summer long to hot direct sunlight and ticks and mosquitos were the least of our worries.

Now that skin cancer and tick and mosquito-borne diseases have become very prevalent, it’s time to be smarter about all that so we and our kids will be around longer to Explore Kansas Outdoors.

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This is just one of several nasty and sometimes debilitating diseases spread by ticks and mosquitos.

When spending any time at all in the outdoors this time of year, always soak any exposed skin with a good insect repellent. Repellents containing high amounts of the chemical DEET are the most effective.

If possible and feasible, wear long sleeves and long pants and tuck your pant legs inside good boots as a deterrent against ticks.

The absolute best deterrent to mosquitos is removal of

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

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Kennedy Holstein competes in the 50m freestyle for the Scott City Lady Stars.

Stars Brinlie Stevens (8-years and under) was a double winner in the 25m freestyle (21.56) and the 50m freestyle (54.02).

The only other swimmer to pick up a pair of wins for the Lady Stars was Reagan Smyth (15years and over) in the 50m freestyle (31.99) and 100m butterfly (1:26.42).

It was a near photo finish in the freestyle where Smyth finished just 11/100 of a second ahead of Trout (32.10).

Kennedy Wasinger (8-years and under) was a gold medalist in the 100m individual medley

Royals Left fielder Alex Gordon and catcher Salvy Perez and first baseman Eric Hosmer all won Golf Gloves in 2013 and they’ve played up to their reputations this season.

KC’s Gold Glovers are the best defensive players at their position in all of MLB. Shortstop Alcides Escobar and center fielder Lorenzo Cain are positioning themselves for a Gold Glove Award this season. It’s possible that KC could have five Golf Glove players this year.

That wins a lot of close ballgames.

Third baseman Mike Moustakas and second baseman Omar Infante play above-average defense. Right fielder Nori Aoki is average on defense. Jerrod Dyson is playing more in center

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(2:12.15), improving on her season best by 20.28 seconds. She also added silver medals in the 25m freestyle (21.56 - just 26/100 of a second behind Stevens), the 25m breaststroke (30.81) and the 25m butterfly (30.8).

Shelby Patton (13-14 years) was a first place finisher in the 400m freestyle (6:28.1), just ahead of teammate Hallie Wiechman (6:34.51). She added a runner-up finish in the 200m freestyle (2:56.19).

Wiechman picked up her gold medal in the 100m butterfly (1:37.3)

which was her fastest time this season by 3.7 seconds.

Scott City had another big day in the relays where they had seven first place finishes. They included: 8-years under: 100m freestyle, 1:43.57.

Stevens, Malorie Cupp, Hailey Shapland, Wasinger.

9-10 years: 200m freestyle, 3:16.95. Victoria Ford, Kiley Wren, Clare Hawkins, Claire Rumford.

200m medley, 3:41.08.

Alli Patton, Hawkins, Hope Wiechman, Kennedy Holstein.

11-12 years: 200m free-

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field with Cain moving to right. Dyson is an outstanding center fielder and that change could become more frequent.

Aoki has been exceptional as a lead-off hitter.

If KC’s prominent players can stay healthy, the Royals have the talent to play on even terms with every team in the AL Central.

3 Transfer from KU KU football coach Charlie Weis received some bad news last week.

Three players who were expected to contribute to the Jayhawks this fall have decided to transfer.

Quarterback Jake Heaps, wideout Andrew Turzilla and runningback Damian Miller are done.

That leaves sophomore Montell Cozart as KU’s only hope at quarterback.

It looks like Michael Cummings (5-10, 210) will be the backup. That’s a potentially disastrous situation if Cozart is injured or flops.

The outlook for the upcoming football season at KU is anything but bright.

Weis and his staff have not had any outstanding recruiting classes in three years and losing three players expected to contribute valuable depth doesn’t help.

Kansas football is a mess, caused primarily by the almost-criminal mismanagement by Lew Perkins when he was athletic director. Charlie Weis doesn’t appear to be in the best of health and the treads on his tires are wearing thin.

KU is soon going to be looking for a new football coach . . . again.

style, 2:28.25. Madison Shapland, Gabrielle Martinez, Mattie Brandl, P. Wasinger. 200m medley, 3:03.11. Brandl, Wasinger, Shapland, Martinez.

15-years over: 200m freestyle, 2:13.51. Trout, C. Patton, Krissa Dearden, Smyth. 200m medley, 2:34.76. H. Brandl, Trout, Smyth, Patton.

The competition will get tougher for the Stars when they travel to Hays on Saturday. Among the teams competing will be traditional powerhouse Golden Belt Swim Club from Great Bend.

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Scott City Stars Swim Team Western Ks. Swim Club Intra-Squad Meet June 14, 2014 • at Leoti Girl’s Division 25 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Brinlie Stevens, 1st, 21.30; Kennedy Wasinger, 2nd, 21.56; Hailey Shapland, 5th, 26.55; Kinleigh Wren, 6th, 27.76.

50 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Brinlie Stevens, 1st, 54.02; Hailey Shapland, 3rd, 63.12; Kinleigh Wren, 5th, 65.95; Malorie Cupp, 6th, 67.64.

9-10 years: Alli Patton, 1st, 40.75; Kennedy Holstein, 2nd, 41.53; Clare Hawkins, 3rd, 43.47; Hope Wiechman, 4th, 45.31; Kiley Wren, 6th, 47.33.

11-12 years: Piper Wasinger, 3rd, 34.57; Madison Shapand, 4th, 35.30; Alli Brunswig, 6th, 37.87.

13-14 years: Hannah Brandl, 4th, 34.28; Shelby Patton, 5th, 34.70; Emily Parkinson, 6th, 35.64.

15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 1st, 31.99; Kylee Trout, 2nd, 32.10; Cami Patton, 3rd, 32.34; Krissa Dearden, 5th, 36.46.

100 yd. Freestyle 9-10 years: Alli Patton, 1st, 1:44.04; Clare Hawkins, 2nd, 1:45.36; Claire Rumford, 3rd, 1:50.91; Hannah Eikenberry, 5th, 1:56.34.

11-12 years: Piper Wasinger, 4th, 1:22.90; Grace Hutton, 5th, 1:30.12.

13-14 years: Hannah Brandl, 2nd, 1:17.80; Emily Parkinson, 3rd, 1:20.15; Alyssa Storm, 6th, 1:27.21.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 1:13.11; Cami Patton, 2nd, 1:13.44; Reagan Smyth, 3rd, 1:16.55; Makayla Amerine, 5th, 1:40.30.

200 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Piper Wasinger, 2nd, 3:12.82; Grace Hutton, 3rd, 3:25.31; Alli Brunswig, 4th, 3:30.57; Brooke Hoeme, 5th, 3:45.63.

13-14 years: Shelby Patton, 2nd, 2:56.19; Hallie Wiechman, 3rd, 3:03.26; Hannah Brandl, 4th, 3:09.63; Alyssa Storm, 5th, 3:27.58.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 2:47.12; Cami Patton, 2nd, 2:49.66; Makayla Amerine, 4th, 3:45.88.

400 yd. Freestyle 13-14 years: Shelby Patton, 1st, 6:28.10; Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 6:34.51; Ashley Prewit, 3rd, 6:58.13; Rachel Fisher, 4th, 7:31.16.

25 yd. Backstroke 8-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, 3rd, 28.24; Brinlie Stevens, 4th, 30.42; Kinleigh Wren, 6th, 31.76; 50 yd. Backstroke 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 58.88; Hannah Eikenberry, 5th, 1:02.26; Lana Rodiguez, 6th, 62.71.

11-12 years: Mattie Brandl, 4th, 47:61; Madison Shapland, 6th, 48.71.

100 yd. Backstroke 11-14 years: Hannah Brandl, 3rd, 1:27.34; Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 1:41.24; Emily Parkinson, 6th, 1:42.52.

15-years and over: Cami Patton, 2nd, 1:37.59; Reagan Smyth, 3rd, 1:40.97.

25 yd. Breaststroke 8-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, 2nd, 30.81; Malorie Cupp, 5th, 46.99.

50 yd. Breaststroke 9-10 years: Allie Patton, 1st, 58.42; Hope Wiechman, 2nd, 58.99; Alivia Noll, 3rd, 1:00.98; Clare Hawkins, 6th, 1:04.58.

11-12 years: Brooke Hoeme, 3rd, 57.58; Grace Hutton,4th, 57.59; Alli Brunswig, 5th, 58.52; Gabby Martinez, 6th, 59.25.

100 yd. Breaststroke 11-14 years: Piper Wasinger, 4th, 1:43.19; Shelby Patton, 5th, 1:44.98; Hannah Brandl, 6th, 1:46.43.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 1:37.10; Cami Patton, 2nd, 1:42.96; Krissa

Dearden, 4th, 1:49.82; Reagan Smyth, 5th, 1:51.36; Makayla Amerine, 6th, 2:05.51.

25 yd. Butterfly 8-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, 2nd, 30.80; Brinlie Stevens, 3rd, 33.19; Kinleigh Wren, 5th, 43.70; Hailey Shapland, 6th, 44.68.

50 yd. Butterfly 9-10 years: Alli Patton, 1st, 54.59; Kennedy Holstein, 3rd, 58.39; Hope Wiechman, 4th, 59.53; Claire Rumford, 5th, 63.13; Tori Ford, 6th, 64.71.

11-12 years: Piper Wasinger, 4th, 44.68; Madison Shapland, 5th, 44.81; Alli Brunswig, 6th, 48.88.

100 yd. Butterfly 11-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 1st, 1:37.30; Ashley Prewit, 2nd, 1:48.89.

15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 1st, 1:26.42.

100 yd. Individual Medley 8-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, 1st, 2:12.15.

9-10 years: Allie Patton, 1st, 1:53.32; Hope Wiechman, 2nd, 1:53.54; Kennedy Holstein, 3rd, 2:00.59; Claire Rumford, 4th, 2:10.44, Lana Rodriguez, 5th, 2:10.88.

200 yd. Individual Medley 11-12 years: Madison Shapland, 2nd, 3:45.73, Paige Vulgamore, 3rd, 4:40.97.

13-14 years: Rachel Fisher, 3rd, 3:32.83; Ashley Prewit, 4th, 3:46.62; Alyssa Storm, 5th, 3:48.18.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 3:05.68.

100 yd. Freestyle Relay 8-years and under: Brinlie Stevens, Malorie Cupp, Hailey Shapland, Kennedy Wasinger, 1st, 1:43.57; Kinleigh Wren, Savannah Lewis, Madison Roberts, Bret Lyon, 4th, 2:11.58.

200 yd. Freestyle Relay 9-10 years: Victoria Ford, Kiley Wren, Clare Hawkins,

Claire Rumford, 1st, 3:16.95; Hannah Eikenberry, Brynna Burnett, Callie Hutton, Lana Rodriguez, 2nd, 4:05.62.

11-12 years: Madison Shapland, Gabrielle Martinez, Mattie Brandl, Piper Wasinger, 1st, 2:28.25; Grace Hutton, Brooke Hoeme, Paige Vulgamore, Lanae Haupt, 2nd, 2:49.47.

13-14 years: Emily Parkinson, Rachel Fisher, Shelby Patton, Hannah Brandl, 2nd, 2:17.07; Alyssa Storm, Ashley Prewit, Alexis Hoeme, Hallie Wiechman, 3rd, 2:27.27.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, Camryn Patton, Krissa Dearden, Reagan Smyth, 1st, 2:13.51.

100 yd. Medley Relay 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, Kennedy Wasinger, Brinlie Stevens, Hailey Shapland, 2nd, 2:07.92.

200 yd. Medley Relay 9-10 years: Allison Patton, Clare Hawkins, Hope Wiechman, Kennedy Holstein, 1st, 3:41.08; Lana Rodriguez, Alivia Noll, Victoria Ford, Claire Rumford, 2nd, 3:56.46; Callie Hutton, Hannah Eikenberry, Kiley Wren, Brynna Burnett, 3rd, 4:59.40.

11-12 years: Mattie Brandl, Piper Wasinger, Madison Shapland, Gabrielle Martinez, 1st, 3:03.11; Allison Brunswig, Lanae Haupt, Paige Vulgamore, Grace Hutton, 2nd, 3:27.07.

13-14 years: Emily Parkinson, Shelby Patton, Hallie Wiechman, Rachel Fisher, 2nd, 2:51.29; Alyssa Storm, Alexis Hoeme, Ashley Prewit, Brooke Hoeme, 3rd, 3:05.46.

15-years and over: Hannah Brandl, Kylee Trout, Reagan Smyth, Camryn Patton, 1st, 2:34.76.

Boy’s Division 25 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Avery Noll, 1st, 20.27; Houston Frank, 2nd, 22.08; Tanner

Gooden, 5th, 25.30.

50 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Jaxson Brandl, 1st, 46.54; Avry Noll, 2nd, 46.69; Houston Frank, 3rd, 52.06; Griffin Edwards, 6th, 64.02.

9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 41.63; Carter Gooden, 2nd, 44.89; Zach Rohrbough, 4th, 45.68.

11-12 years: Kaden Wren, 1st, 33.69; Parker Gooden, 2nd, 34.48; Landon Trout, 5th, 40.05.

15-years and over: Chase Rumford, 1st, 30.85.

100 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Tanner Gooden, 1st, 2:39.01.

9-10 years: Zach Rohrbough, 1st, 1:42.47; Wyatt Ricker, 2nd, 1:58.15.

11-12 years: Kaden Wren, 1st, 1:17.29; Parker Gooden, 3rd, 1:25.67; Landon Trout, 5th, 1:32.58.

15-years and over: Chase Rumford, 1st, 1:11.46.

200 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Kaden Wren, 1st, 2:59.67.

15-years and over: Chase Rumford, 1st, 2:50.40.

400 yd. Freestyle 15-years and over: Chase Rumford, 1st, 6:17.96.

25 yd. Backstroke 8-years and under: Avry Noll, 1st, 26.75; Jaxson Brandl, 2nd, 30.18; Houston Frank, 6th, 33.72.

50 yd. Backstroke 9-10 years: Carter Gooden, 2nd, 57.47; Eric Shapland, 5th, 1:01.03; Zach Rohrbough, 6th, 1:03.43.

11-12 years: Parker Gooden, 2nd, 43.78; Kaden Wren, 3rd, 45.25; Landon Trout, 5th, 53.06.

25 yd. Breaststroke 8-years and under: Griffin Edwards, 1st, 36.79.

50 yd. Breaststroke 9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 56.48; Carter Gooden, 3rd, 68.67; Brandon Smyth, 5th, 1:21.95.

11-12 years: Parker Gooden, 3rd, 53.14.

100 yd. Breaststroke 11-14 years: Kaden Wren, 4th, 1:43.58.

25 yd. Butterfly 8-years and under: Houston Frank, 1st, 30.04.

50 yd. Butterfly 9-10 years: Carter Gooden, 2nd, 58.50.

11-12 years: Landon Trout, 1st, 59.53; Ryan Cure, 2nd, 1:13.33.

100 yd. Butterfly 15-years and over: Chase Rumford, 2nd, 1:28.13.

100 yd. Individual Medley 9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 1:55.65; Carter Gooden, 3rd, 2:05.48; Zach Rohrbough, 4th, 2:13.15; Brandon Smyth, 6th, 2:56.22.

200 yd. Individual Medley 11-12 years: Parker Gooden, 1st, 3:35.64.

100 yd. Freestyle Relay 8-years and under: Jaxson Brandl, Tanner Gooden, Houston Frank, Avry Noll, 1st, 1:34.55; Griffin Edwards, Camden Vulgamore, Alexander Rodriguez, Waylon Ricker, 2nd, 1:58.83; John Lightner, Kalo Hineman, Brodey Rohrbough, Brodie Holstein, 3rd, 2:41.52.

200 yd. Freestyle Relay 9-10 years: Carter Gooden, Wyatt Ricker, Zach Rohrbough, Eric Shapland, 1st, 3:03.57.

11-12 years: Parker Gooden, Ryan Cure, Landon Trout, Kaden Wren, 1st, 2:36.62.

200 yd. Medley Relay 9-10 years: Wyatt Ricker, Eric Shapland, Carter Gooden, Zach Rohrbough, 1st, 4:01.51; Joshua Kasselman, Brandon Smyth, Aiden Lewis, Aiden Miller, 3rd, 4:45.28.

11-12 years: Landon Trout, Kaden Wren, Parker Gooden, Ryan Cure, 1st, 3:19.70.

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SRC softball/ baseball

J&R Car and Truck Center

Scott Recreation Commission Standings as of June 16 Men’s Softball Trophy Wine/Spirits The Rec LaPlant Carpet/Tile Wheatland Broadband Healy

W 6 4 2 2 1

L 0 2 4 4 5

Last Week’s Games The Rec 10, Wheatland 0 Trophy Wine 16, Healy 3 LaPlant Carpet 16, Healy 6 Trophy Wine 7, The Rec 6 Wheatland 15, LaPlant 10 Women’s Softball W Plain Ice 3 Dairy Queen 2 Fairleigh Feedyard 0

L 1 1 3

Last Week’s Games Plain Ice 7, Fairleigh 3 Major League Boys W Platinum H Insurance 5 Security State Bank 2 Midwest Mixer 2 Fairleigh Feedyard 1 Scott County Shriners 1

L 0 2 3 3 3

Last Week’s Games Platinum H 7, Midwest Mixer 2 Security 10, Fairleigh 5 Platinum H 10, Security 7 Midwest Mixer 19, Shriners 9 Farm League Zoetis Scott Pro Farm Credit Dairy Queen Kelly Funk Agency Wheatland Broadband

W 4 3 2 2 2 1

L 2 2 2 2 3 3

Last Week’s Games Zoetis 16, Scott Pro 15 Dairy Queen 27, Funk Agency 1 Zoetis 17, Farm Credit 4 Scott Pro 11, Wheatland 1 Scott Pro 14, Funk Agency 4 Zoetis 7, Wheatland 3 Funk Agency 15, Farm Credit 8 Dairy Queen 17, Zoetis 7 Comet League State Farm Insurance RT’s Sporting Goods First National Bank Faurot Electric Smoky Hill Ag Bruce’s Carpet and Tile

W 6 4 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 1 4 5 5

Last Week’s Games Smoky Hill Ag 9, Bruce’s 4 Faurot Electric 11, FNB 13 State Farm 18, RT Sporting 6 State Farm 11, Smoky Hill Ag 7 RT Sporting 9, Faurot Electric 3

Fishing Report Scott State Lake Updated June 14 Channel cats: good, up to 6.5 lbs. The catfish bite continues to be good and with spawning right around the corner the bite should maintain to improve. Cut or live fish and prepared baits fished along deeper weedbed edges or along the dam has been productive. Quite a few fish up to four pounds have been reported.

Crappie: fair/good; most up to 9 inches. Fishing jigs or minnows along weedbed edges, rip-rapped shorelines, along the dam face, and around the fish attractors has been good. Boat fishers drifting minnows and jigs in open water on the main lake has been good from time to time.

Walleye/saugeye: fair/ good; saugeye, up to 3.6 lbs.; walleye, up to 6.1 lbs. Jig and nightcrawler or minnow combos drifted or slow retrieved over well defined points or over gravelly shelves. Anglers report catching bunches of short fish and a few keepers here and there.

Largemouth bass: good; up to 5.5 lbs. Casting spinnerbaits, swimbaits, and other fish imitating baits around the fish attractors, laydown trees, overhanging bushes, and cattails adjacent to deeper water has been good for fish of all sizes up to 6 lbs.

Sunfish: good; up to 8 inches. Vertically fishing small jig heads tipped with small pieces of nightcrawler or whole mealworms around the fish attractors and along rip-rapped shorelines and edges of the cattails.

Trey Strecker hits a chip shot to the third hole during Saturday’s MASH tournament.

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Golfers

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There were 13 teams in this year’s benefit tournament which raises money for the Caring Hands/Caring Hearts fund at the Scott County Hospital. People who rely on that fund to help defray their health care expenses were the big winners with the tournament raising more than $10,000.

Caring Hearts provides assistance with travel expenses related to office visits or lab tests.

If an individual needs to fly to a health care center for medical care, they may draw the maximum assistance of $500 at one time. There are other instances where people will request just enough to cover their costs to medical centers in Garden City or Hays, says Karma Huck, chief ancillary services officer for SCH. “This is one of the most gratifying things that we can do for people,” says Huck.

After the Caring Hearts program was established, the hospital staff became aware of other health care needs in the community which were creating a financial hardship for families. That led to the Caring Hands fund which provides assistance for office visits and minor medical procedures ($250 or less).

Between the two funds, Huck says about 100 people receive assistance each year.

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OK Kids’ Day

Eighty-three youngsters and about 35 adults, including 28 kids and parents with the Deerfield Recreation Commission, took part in OK Kids’ Day on Saturday morning at Lake Scott State Park.

Among the participants were (top) Three-year-old Karys Carver and Karen Green, both of Scott City, checking out a sunfish they caught. (Left) Blaze Gossman, 6, Scott City, reels in his fishing line. (Below left) Keshia Langley, 7, Deerfield, patiently waits for a fish to strike. (Bottom left) Kids and adults check out the hiking trail. (Bottom right) Anthony Wolfe, 10, Pence, shows off the bass he caught.

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El Quartelejo is still ‘home’ Local sites are important to Picuris’ history, culture It’s been nearly 310 years since Picuriss last inhabited the site that is known today as El Quartelejo. But that doesn’t mean the ruins at Lake Scott State Park don’t hold significance for the dwindling population of Native Americans who live near Taos, N.M. El Quartelejo is still considered “home” to the more than 50 Picuris who arrived in Scott City on Friday evening and toured some of the area’s landmarks on Saturday.

It was an unexpected visit for members of the Scott County Historical Society who didn’t know anything about the group’s arrival until a tour bus pulled into the El Quartelejo Museum parking lot shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.

“I was the only one here at the time and I started making some phone calls,” says Denny Siegrist of the museum staff.

He provided tours of the museum while making some hasty arrangements for a trip to the Duff buffalo ranch, along with stops at the El Quartelejo ruins in Lake Scott State Park, the Battle Canyon historic site and Monument Rocks.

The Picuriss built at least one pueblo in the Lake Scott area, the remains of which are evident today. A group from the Taos and Picuriss Pueblos fled their home in New Mexico to escape Spanish rule and settled in this area from 1696 to 1706.

As the Picuriss elders who accompanied this group pointed out, their arrival in what is known today as the Lake Scott area was no accident.

“Native Americans have always seen this place as a sanctuary because of the natural springs,” says C.A. Tsosie, a U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. “We knew the Spanish were coming to our village.

We knew this place was here.”

“It was taught to us and we teach to our young people that this was a place where we sought sanctuary from the Spanish, the English and others who came to the Southwest,” says New Deer (Gerald Nailor, Jr.), a lieutenant governor and council elder for the Pueblo.

Language Program The learning process is twofold.

A program has been initiated among the Pueblo’s young people and adults in order to teach the Picuris language which is being lost to time. Over the years, the Picuris language has become blended with the Tiwi language and the Picuris are trying to preserve their native language.

When one’s language is lost, Manuel Archuleta, a first war chief of the Pueblo, says that they also lose part of who they are as a people.

Once one of the largest (See HOME on page 36)

(Top) New Deer, a council leader with the Picuris Pueblo at Monument Rocks during the group’s visit to sites at Lake Scott and the surrounding area.

(Above) Denny Siegrist (right) with the Scott County Historical Society, visits with C.A. Tsosie while leading a tour for the group of more than 50 Picuris.

(Left) Two younger members of the Picuris group use their phones to take photos at Monument Rocks.

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Farm

CRP enrollment is not impacted by prairie chicken listing The Kansas Farm Service Agency (FSA), announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners implementing FSA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practices intended to protect and increase lesser prairie-chicken populations will continue to be able to enroll new land and exit the program on expired acres just the same as before the species was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that last year, the range-wide population of the lesser prairie-chicken declined to a record low of 17,616 birds, an almost 50 percent reduction from the 2012 population estimate.

Producers participating in CRP in the 39 lesser prairie-chicken counties in Kansas are planting native grasses and vegetation that will enhance nesting and brooding habitats, and taking other steps to help restore the declining lesser prairie-chicken population. These landowners have already taken steps to protect the species and therefore receive exemptions for participating in CRP. CRP participants and prospective participants should contact their local FSA office and seek advice from the NRCS in developing conservation compliance plans. Visit your local FSA office or go to www.fsa.usda.gov for more information.

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U.S. says science should settle trade debate with EU A planned EU/U.S. trade deal needs to sweep away “non-scientific barriers” that prevent U.S. farmers from selling many genetically modified crops and some meat from hormone-treated animals in Europe, says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

The two sides aim to create the world’s largest free-trade pact, whose advocates say it could

boost their economies by $100 billion a year each. But after a year of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), agriculture is emerging as one of the most difficult areas.

The European Union has ruled out importing meat from animals injected with hormones and said that it will not simply open the door to GM crops.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said difficult issues needed to be addressed, with the common goal of opening markets and eliminating “non-scientific barriers”.

“Science is a common language. We will be working towards making sure that whatever agreements are reached, they are consistent with sound science,” he told a media

briefing during a visit to Brussels.

In the case of GM crops, the EU has cleared for import some 50 of about 450 commercial strains. The bloc takes in about 30 million tonnes a year for its cattle, pigs and poultry, but EU retailers hardly stock any GM food because of widespread consumer resistance.

(See TRADE on page 31)

Worker shortage for Canada packers Canadian meat packers are short hundreds of workers, forcing plants to run at well below full capacity.

Plants are operating at 77 percent of capacity on average, based on a survey by the Canadian Meat Council, resulting in more Canadian cattle and hogs being shipped to the

United States for slaughter. Canada is the world’s third-largest pork exporter and seventh-biggest shipper of beef and veal.

Despite heavy recruitment by packers, not enough Canadians want to work in packing plants that are often located in rural areas and require physically demanding

labor, said Ron Davidson, spokesman for the meat council, whose members include Cargill, Ltd, Maple Leaf Foods, JBS, Food Canada, Inc., and Olymel, Ltd. Immigration programs don’t provide enough workers either, he said.

Processors have instead relied on Canada’s tem-

porary foreign worker program to fill jobs, but it has become more difficult in the past year to gain government approval for those workers as well, Davidson said.

“We’ve got plants trying to keep their doors open,” he said.

(See PACKERS on page 29)

Consumers confused by ‘natural foods’ labeling John Maday Drovers CattleNetwork

Based on survey results showing American consumers often misunderstand what “natural” means on food labels, Consumer Reports is calling for an end to the designation. Unlike the “organic” designation, which

Nominations open for FSA committee

The nomination period, for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees is now open and will continue through Aug. 1.

The Scott County FSA office will host an information meeting about nominations, the election process, and responsibilities of a county committee member on Wed., July 9, 10:30 a.m., at the USDA Service Center.

To be eligible to serve on an FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in a program administered by FSA; be eligible to vote in a county committee election; and reside in the local administrative area where the person is nominated.

Nomination forms, and other information about FSA county committee elections are also available at www.fsa.usda.gov/ elections.

Nomination forms for the 2014 election must be postmarked or received in the local USDA Service Center by close of business on Aug. 1. Elections will take place this fall.

FSA county committees make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs and other agricultural issues.

Members serve a threeyear term.

comes with the backing of strict U.S. government specifications and verification of production practices, food companies use the “natural” term largely at their own discretion.

For meat products, the USDA defines “natural” as containing no artificial ingredient or added color and only minimally pro-

cessed, a description that fits virtually all products in the fresh meat case.

Meat companies have, however, extended the definition to identify products from livestock raised without antibiotics, growth promotants or other specifications, and several natural brands have become well accept-

ed and established in the marketplace.

According to results of the Consumer Reports national survey, 59 percent of consumers check to see if the products they are buying are “natural.”

However, the survey results also indicate significant misunderstanding of what the term means,

Consumers are willing to reach deeper for protein Compared to just a month ago, consumers are willing to pay a lot more for meat, pork and chicken products, according to the latest Food Demand Survey from Oklahoma State University’s Department of Agricultural Economics.

The monthly survey collects data on consumer’s willingness-to-pay for a variety of food items. This month’s survey shows consumers are willing to pay between nearly 11 to more than 35 percent more for popular protein products, including steak, pork chops and chicken wings.

Compared to the May survey, consumers’ willingness-to-pay for chick-

en wings increased the most, from $2.01 per pound to $2.89 per pound, an increase of 35.82 percent.

Hamburger experienced the smallest gain month-to-month, increasing from $4.07 per pound to $4.50 per pound, an increase of 10.57 percent.

Other meat categories included in the survey were steak, which increased from $6.35 per pound to $7.52 per pound; chicken breasts, which increased from $4.63 per pound to $5.35 per pound; pork chops, which experienced an increase of 17.81 percent; and deli ham, which increased from $2.29 per pound to $2.89 per pound.

with more than 80 percent believing natural means food grown without pesticides and containing no genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

According to the survey results, 92 percent of consumers want to support local farmers when purchasing food, while 89 percent want to protect the

environment from chemicals, 87 percent want to reduce exposure to pesticides, 86 percent want fair conditions for workers, 80 percent want good living conditions for animals and 78 percent want less use of antibiotics in food production.

(See LABELING on page 29)

Lots of hope, little result from slow moving storm front Week of June 7-13 Decent rains as of late have had an impact on the drought. It appears that central Kansas has benefited the most with a significant easing of drought across roughly 50 percent of central Kansas counties.

WKWMP Some lessening of Update drought severity has Walt Geiger occurred across northmeteorologist west, west-central, and southwest Kansas with the most easing over Hamilton, Greeley, Thomas, Lane and Gove counties. Hopefully this positive precipitation trend will continue through the rest of June and July as this is historically our two wettest months of the year.

Precipitation estimates for the first half of June are impressive for most areas across western Kansas. However, significant rains did not fall everywhere as indicated in the NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service map.

Morton and Stevens counties in southwestern Kansas continued a strong moisture deficit for the first half of the month with only 50% to 90% of normal precipitation. Most areas in western Kansas received 110-200% of normal for the first half of the month.

Locally, northern Kearny and northern Lane are the wettest with estimates running in the 300400% of normal rainfall.

One Operational Day There was one operational day this week.

Seeding for hail suppression occurred that day.

June 11: Operation Day No. 6 Two aircraft were launched at 4:50 p.m. to investigate a developing storm along the Greeley/ Wichita border. Radar indicated this storm was nearly stationary.

At 4:55, a rope tornado was spotted on the western flank of this storm in eastern Greeley County.

By 5:20, the storm split, with the southern portion fading away shortly after the tornado occurred while the northern half traveled north-northwest into Logan County.

Planes patrolled the cloud for about 30 minutes before turning to base. No seeding was performed on this cloud as it did not pose a hail threat to the target area.

Two aircraft were launched at 7:25 p.m. to investigate a line of strong to severe storms traveling southeast through Greeley, Wichita, Wallace and Logan counties. The planes investigated several storms over western Kearny, eastern Wichita and northwestern Scott counties through 7:50.

A brief period of seeding for hail suppression occurred over central Kearny beginning at 7:52 p.m. Hail suppression also began at 7:58 p.m. over northwestern Scott County and continued through 8:20 p.m. over all of eastern Scott and western Lane counties.

By 8:36, seeding was terminated over extreme eastern Lane County as the lead edge of the line pushed into Ness County.

Labeling

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Based on their survey results, Consumer Reports is joining with TakePart, a digital news and lifestyle magazine, in a campaign called “Know your labels, know your food,” calling for a ban on the “natural” label on food.

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Packers

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Canadian plants already pay workers more than packers in the United States do, and need the government to ensure they can find enough temporary workers after Ottawa makes changes to the program, Davidson said.

Temporary foreign workers have become one of the top issues facing the government because of stories of foreign workers displacing Canadians at some McDonald’s Corp restaurants, complaints from Canadians unable to find jobs, and word of some guest workers being mistreated by their bosses.

The government will announce changes to the program within weeks, said Alexandra Fortier, spokeswoman for Employment Minister Jason Kenney.

“Our government will continue to pursue significant reforms to the temporary foreign worker program to ensure that employers make greater efforts to recruit and train Canadians and that it is only used as a last and limited resort when Canadians are not available,” she said.

Privately held pork producer Olymel has so far avoided production cuts due to a worker shortage but has “serious concerns for the future depending on the decisions the federal government will take,” spokesman Richard Vigneault said.

Cargill spokeswoman Brigitte Burgoyne said the company, which has two major Canadian beef plants, shares the meat council’s concerns.

Market Report Closing prices on June 17, 2014 Winona Feed and Grain Bartlett Grain Wheat..................

White Wheat .......

Milo ....................

Corn ...................

Soybeans ...........

$ 6.91

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White Wheat ....... $ NA

$ 4.49

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$ 4.06 $ 13.35

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Sunflowers..........

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80 48 .05

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55 1.55

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June 12

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June 13

82 51

June 14

98 61 .05

June 15

86 50

June 16

99 68

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$ 16.80

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$ 6.93

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$ 6.92

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$ 4.07

$ 4.49

Weather

Scott City Cooperative White Wheat .......

$ 6.92

$ 6.96

$ 4.11 $ 13.36 $ NA

Moisture Totals June

4.02

2014 Total

5.97

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Cutting wheat will be a challenge In many areas of Kansas, prolonged drought has resulted in short wheat and thin stands. Harvesting wheat in these situations can be a challenge. Special attention needs to be given to cutting height, machine adjustments, and operator control.

In short wheat, getting the heads into the combine with less straw will be a challenge.

In some cases, the reel may not be able to effectively convey the wheat back from the cutter bar to the auger, nor hold it in place during cutting.

Short cutting will also mean more contact potential with the ground and reduced levels of surface residue which can negatively impact cropping systems in water-limited environments. In the case of material conveyance, stripper headers, air reels, and draper headers may be a great help.

Stripper headers allow the grain to be harvested efficiently while leaving

Down on the Farm Chris Long Walnut Creek Extension Agent

the maximum amount of standing residue in the field. Research has shown that this preservation of wheat residue can reduce evaporative losses of water after harvest, aid in the moisture retention of snow, and improve the yields of the next year’s crop.

Operators need to be aware of the rotor height and the relative position of the hood to the rotor.

This position needs to be set correctly so that heads approach the rotor at the proper angle for stripping.

Also, keep the nose of the hood orientated so that the top of the wheat heads are even with, or slightly below, the forward point of the nose.

This may require operating the header with the nose in a slightly lower-

than-normal position relative to the rotor.

However, it’s important to note that running a stripper header lower than necessary will result in increased power consumption and finger wear.

Also for stripper headers, combine ground speeds should be kept high, above four mph, to maintain collection efficiency and minimize header losses. Several people have reported that adjusting header height with a stripper header is not as critical as it is with a conventional header, and that a stripper header could easily be run by non-experienced people.

Remember, continue to adjust stripping rotor speed throughout the day as conditions change.

If rotor speeds are too high, that will result in detachment of the entire head and unnecessary increases power requirements. Rotor speeds that are too slow will result in unstripped grain remaining in the head.

In general, rotor speeds will be less in thin short wheat than in better stands.

Air reels will also aid in the material conveyance from the cutter bar to the auger in reel type units when crops are light or thin. These units are made in several different types including finger air reels, non-reel, and units that fit over existing reels.

Non-reeled units have the advantage of less eye strain from the continuously rotating header reel, but all units have collection efficiencies compared to conventional reels even in sparse or short crops.

These units do not control the amount of wheat stubble left in the field and the operator still has to control the cutting height.

In short wheat this may mean little to no field stubble will be left for next season’s moisture collection and for these reason stripper headers may be better choice for certain areas of Kansas.

Protein content is higher than normal On June 18, harvest had commenced in nearly all of southern Kansas, from Hamilton to Cherokee counties. In the central part of the state it even progressed northward to just shy of the Nebraska border.

Farmers are seeing lower than normal yields statewide, along with a higher protein content than usual.

Alex Gerard, representative of Gavilon Grain, reports a variety of yields from the Coop’s multiple locations. According to Gerard, the Gavilon locations are reporting anywhere between 15-35 bushels per acre.

While their yields may be lacking, the test weights are holding in at about 58-62 pounds per bushel. Without rain in the area, Gerard estimates that harvest would wrap up in about a week “Last year, starting day was like a sprint, but this year we are gearing up for a marathon,” says Gerard.

Mark Paul, the general manager of Cloud County Co-op, says that the farm-

2014 Wheat Harvest Report Day 2

The wheat harvest report is a joint effort of the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and Kansas Grain and Feed Association

ers in his area are also suffering from a wide variety of low yields. The test weights in the area are averaging 60 pounds.

Wheat from his area is suffering both from freeze and drought damage. While last year was a good quality crop for

the Co-op, Paul says that this year’s crop is not the quality that he would like to see.

Gary Millershaski, a farmer from Kearny County and president of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, is one of the few farmers statewide who is reporting an equal, or slightly better crop than last year.

“Last year was the worst crop of my entire career. This one may be as bad, but it could end up being a bit better,” he says.

His yields, so far, are

in the 12-18 bushel range.

While it is looking like a good quality crop, he couldn’t report on the test weight.

Jim Michael, a farmer from Crawford County and KAWG Director, reports a good quality crop weighing in at around 60-61 pounds per bushel.

He has harvested both Everest and WB-Cedar varieties and both are performing well for him.

Michael estimates that there will be cutting in the area for around 10-14 days.

Trade Vilsack said it was not acceptable that it took four years or more for GM strains to gain access to European markets after winning clearance from the European Food Safety Authority.

That compared with a U.S. norm of about 18 months.

The United States is demanding the regulatory process be harmonised.

Safety Argument The Ecological group Greenpeace says GM crops are part of largescale intensive farming which degrades soils and pollutes water. It says

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they create herbicideresistant superweeds that require more pesticides and are not proven to be safe to eat, with much of the research funding coming from industry.

Vilsack said the U.S. government was very concerned about suggestions that GM products posed a safety risk, which he said was not borne out by science.

Labelling, suggested by some in Europe, would not be a solution, he said. U.S. labels, he said, typically concerned nutritional information or carried a specific warning, for example to alert

those with a peanut allergy.

Insisting on a label indicating a foodstuff contained a GM product risked sending a wrong impression that this was a safety issue, he said.

Vilsack said smartphones might offer an eventual solution by allowing consumers who wanted extensive information, such as on GM content, to gain access to it by scanning a barcode in a supermarket.

Vilsack said the European Union should also rethink its current bans on chlorine-washed chicken and beef from

cattle raised with growth hormones.

Only last month German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out imports of the former.

But Vilsack said the chlorine treatment was a safe way of reducing pathogens.

He added that a deal struck with the EU to allow in a quota of hormone-free U.S. beef to settle a dispute at the World Trade Organisation was not a permanent solution.

“We are still going to have to have some conversation about the beef question,” he said.

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Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed 620-872-2679 • 1-800-401-2683

Dirks Earthmoving Co. Precision Land Forming of terraces and waterways; feed lot pens and ponds; building site preparation; lazer equipped

Richard Dirks • Scott City, Ks. (Home) 872-3057 • 877-872-3057 (Cell) 872-1793

Automotive

Walker Plumbing, Inc. Backhoe & Trenching services • Irrigation & gas leak repairs • Full-line irrigation parts T-L center pivot dealer Floor heat systems Pump & install septic systems Boring equipment

Willie’s Auto A/C Repair Willie Augerot Complete A/C Service Mechanic Work and Diagnostics Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

423 S. Mesquite Rd. • Scott City • 872-2130

Medical

404 Kingsley • Scott City • 874-1379

Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted

We welcome new patients.

324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933

Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs!

We service and repair all that we sell.

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

Red

Specializing in

all coatings t Paint i or any other color

Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial.

Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.

PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com

Pro Ex II

Over 20 Years Experience

Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential

• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites

John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com

Call today for a Greener Healthier Lawn

Owner, Chris Lebbin • 620-214-4469

Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist 20/20 Optometry

Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses

Complete family eye center!

106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 872-2736

$

7

Call 872-2090 today!

Per Week

Professional Directory Continued

Scott City Clinic Daniel R. Dunn, MD Family Practice

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872-2187

Fur-Fection

Matthew Lightner, MD Family Practice

Christian E. Cupp, MD William Slater, MD Family Practice

Libby Hineman, MD Family Practice

Josiah Brinkley, MD Family Practice

General Surgeon

Megan Dirks, AP, RN-BC Ryan Michels, PA Mindy Schrader, PA

Scott City Myofascial Release RN

Call me to schedule your Myofascial Release

Northend Disposal

COMPARE OUR PRICES!

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers!

Networking solutions!

WANT A CAREER operating heavy equipment?

Bulldozers, backhoes and excavators.

Hands-on training and certifications offered. National average $18-$22 hourly. Lifetime job placement assistance.

VA benefits eligible.

1-866-362-6497.

$$ TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT $$. Get home weekly with CTS. Great pay and benefits.

Call Kevin today 877-3254996, ext. 211. Central Transportation Services www.ctsco.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– DRIVERS WANTED NOW. Multiple locations throughout Oklahoma.

Haul railroad crews. 21+, valid driver’s license, clean MVR, drug/background checks. Apply online. www.RCXhires.com ––––––––––––––––––––– TRAIN AND WORK for us. Class A-CDL. Professional and focused CDL training available. Choose between company driver, owner/operator, lease operator or lease trainer.

(877) 369-7885. www. centraltruckdrivingjobs. com.

––––––––––––––––––––– PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE. OTR drivers. APU equipped PrePass EZ-pass passenger policy. 2012 and newer equipment. 100% notouch. Butler Transport, 1-800-528-7825. www. butlertransport.com ––––––––––––––––––––– COMPANY DRIVERS and independent contractors for refrigerated, tankers and flatbeds needed.

Plenty of freight and great pay. Start with Prime, Inc., today. Call 877-736-3019 or apply online at driveforprime.com

Help Wanted

Over 200 appliances in stock!

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

Truck Driving

PIANO SALES. We’ve selected a dozen of our nicest pianos, then slashed the prices. Check out the deals at piano4u.com.

Mid-America Piano, Manhattan. 800-950-3774.

––––––––––––––––––––– CANADA DRUG CENTER. Safe and affordable medications.

Save up to 90% on your medication needs. Call 1-800-908-4082 ($25 off your first prescription and free shipping).

105 1/2 W. 11th St. Scott City 620-874-1813

Gene’s Appliance

Education

For Sale

Sandy Cauthon

Retail

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

The classified ads below are appearing in 147 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 500,000 the classified display ads appear in 142 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 457,000. KCAN line ad is $300 for up to 25 words and $12 each additional word. A 2x2 display ad is $800 per insertion and a 2x4 display ad is $1,650 per insertion. To find out more, contact The Scott County Record at 872-2090.

A garbologist company.

Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371

PC Cleaning Services, Inc. We'll clean your home, business or do remodeling clean-up Available seven days a week!

Paul Cramer, Owner

620-290-2410

Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

Brent Rogers

Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz

DRIVERS WANTED now. Multiple locations throughout Oklahoma.

Haul railroad crews. 21+, valid driver’s license, clean MVR, drug and background checks. Apply online: www.RCXhires. com.

––––––––––––––––––––– QUALITY DRIVEAWAY hiring drivers for South Hutchinson and Salina locations. $250 sign-on bonus. Deliver vehicles nationwide with plenty of reload opportunities. No CDL or truck required.

Commercial experience preferred but not required. Apply online at QualityDriveAway.com or call 1-866-764-1601 today.

Get an on-line subscription for your college student

Office (620) 276-3131 Toll Free 1-800-794-9052 Cell (620) 874-0014 Fax (620) 276-8876 1007 N. 8th, Garden City, KS 67846 www.officesolutionsinc.biz

Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

www.reganjewelers.com

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

District 11 AA Meetings

Dining

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

Services

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

C-Mor-Butz BBQ

Barbecue, the only sport where a fat bald man is a GOD...

& Catering

Kyle Lausch 620-872-4209

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti

Bryan Mulligan & Chris Price 620-874-8301 & 620-874-1285

www.cmorbutzbbq.com • cmorbutzbbq@gmail.com

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Dighton

Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-5679 • 397-2647

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Classifieds Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $5.50 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED

2009 home in central location, can be 3 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, large double garage with additional 876 sq. ft. of living space

EASTRIDGE

Buy lots in the Eastridge addition for your new home location.

5 Lots in NW Webster 3rd addition.

Thomas Real Estate

www.thomasreal-estate.com

914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002 42tfc

NEAT, TIDY AND NEWLY LISTED

Lots of updates in this nice 3 bedroom brick/steel sided home in great west location. Seller has done lots of upgrades, including newer roof, CA/FA, windows, etc. Sauna room with hot tub, cement block fence, sprinkler system, plus family room and game room in finished basement.

Lawrence and Associates

Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc.

513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc.

872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc.

872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com

STORAGE SHED FOR RENT

30’X50’. Call (620) 872-2576 home, 874-1009 cell.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52

Price Reduced

In Healy: 3+1 bedrooms, 2+1 baths, dining room, family room in basement, has lots of storage in basement, D/A garage, lovely patio and landscaping, lots of extras, must see to appreciate.

Notice

Agriculture

Services

Help Wanted

IF YOU ARE considering satellite tv give me a call, I can save you some money.

Paul Binford 620-87444t2c 8209.

––––––––––––––––––––– THE SCOTT COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL will hold their annual meeting Monday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Scott County 45t1c Library.

WANTED TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– FARMER WANTING to rent farmland and grassland in Logan County.

Contact Jim Porter 78544t4 672-0393.

WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 87434tfc 4135.

––––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 36tfc 874-1412.

––––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening.

Call Rob Vsetecka at 62036tfc 214-1730.

––––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices 37tfc will not be beat!

––––––––––––––––––––– “JEN’S GROOMING” Jennifer Milner grooming at 503 E. 5th St., (formally Cowboy Cabins). Please call for an appointment 620-214-0097.

Hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 44tfc a.m.- noon.

––––––––––––––––––––– BERRY LAWN MOWING now accepting new customers. Evenings and weekends. Call for estimate 214-1135. Leave a 30tfc message.

––––––––––––––––––––– RELIABLE, DEPENDABLE lawn mowing service. Part-time or fulltime. Contact Paul Binford at 620-874-8209 any44t2c time.

WELD ER /FA BR I C A TOR wanted. Some experience preferred. Contact Jerry’s Welding Service, 620-872-7248 for more information.

43tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– LOOKING FOR DRIVER. CDL, tanker endorsement, home nightly, local area. If interested call 620-214-2833 or 620-8740971.

44t3p ––––––––––––––––––––– DIRECT SUPPORT WORKERS are needed in Leoti to work for an individual with a disability in their home. Starting wage is $9.64 an hour. Duties may include personal care, household chores, meal preparation, etc. For an application, please contact Carol at LINK, Inc. at 1-800-569-5926 and leave your name and mailing address.

44t2c ––––––––––––––––––––– SCHS SEEKING dance team sponsor for the 201415 school year. If interested please contact Scott Community High School at 44tfc 620-872-7620.

Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker

Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available.

Hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or (620) 255-4824.

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Rentals HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available.

Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620)874-2120.

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––––––––––––––––––––– 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT $475 a month. Includes all utilities except electricity. Call 620-52142t4c 0039.

––––––––––––––––––––– 2 BEDROOM/1 BATH, all bills paid including cable and internet. Available June 15. Stop by PlainJan’s to fill out an application 620-87243tfc 5777.

For Sale 1986 HOLIDAY MOTOR HOME sleeps 4, AC works. See at 104 Church or call 620-33843tfc 6436.

Real Estate 2 STORY HOME, 3 bedroom, 2 baths, 2,050 sq. ft., move in ready, all appliances, lots of storage, carport, covered deck, garden shed, large corner lot, $82,000.

Call Major 620-874-0482.

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www.scottcountyrecord.com

GARAGE SALES

Multi-Family Yard Sale 507 West 6th in Scott City Saturday, June 21: 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Inflatable boat, furniture, life vest, clothes, toys, household misc., bike.

Living Estate Sale Back yard of 806 Church St., Scott City Saturday, June 28: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 29: 1:00-5:00 p.m.

No alley parking. 1/2 price on Sunday.

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Two-Person Garage Sale Hosted by Melissa Wells and Danielle Edwards 1205 Santa Fe, Scott City Friday, June 27: 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 28: 8:00 a.m.-??

Lots of baby clothes, furniture, dishes, pots, pans and lots of misc.

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Bring in your garage sales by The Record office no later than Monday at 5:00 p.m.

(No rainy day refunds)

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Employment Opportunities CLASSIFIED ADS

Truck Driver Truck Driver needed for fuel hauling in the Scott City area, preferably living within a 60 mile radius of Scott City.

Must have CDL, tanker and HAZMAT endorsement.

Home most nights.

Health insurance and retirement benefits available.

HOUSEKEEPING

DEADLINE

Unified School District No. 466 is looking for a qualified applicant for a full-time housekeeping position at Scott City Middle School.

FOR 4TH OF JULY WEEK

For applications and additional information please contact: Rusty Lindsay Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7655

Friday, June 27 at 5:00 p.m.

SECRETARIAL/ACCOUNTING A

Contact: Susan Boulware 620-874-0964

sandjtrucking@att.net

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DOCTORS/PROCESSORS

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Come and grow with us and be part of an innovative team. We are looking for experienced doctors and processors. Our next team member must be energetic, goal-oriented, and have a desire to grow and take on more responsibility.

Bilingual-English/Spanish preferred.

Competitive wages are offered with a full benefits package including, 401(k) with company match, profit sharing plan, 100% paid medical and dental insurance for employee, 100% paid short/long term disability insurance, life insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, and career advancement opportunities.

Apply for this outstanding opportunity in person or send your letter of interest to: Royal Beef, ATTN: Richard Winter, 11060 N. Falcon Rd., Scott City, KS 67871.

Irsik and Doll is an EOE.

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MSD COORDINATOR Greeley County Health Services in Tribune, is looking to hire a full-time MDS Coordinator for the Long Term Care.

Must be a Registered Nurse or LPN. Experience preferred, but on-job-training available for right candidate. Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Full benefits, competitive salary.

To apply call: HR at 620-376-4221 or email hr@mygchs.com GCHS is an EOE.

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KIDS ARE YOUR PARENTS HOUNDING YOU THIS SUMMER?

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PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time LPN/RN (evening shift) Full-time CNA/CMA (evening shift and night shifts) Part-time/PRN LPN/RN Full-time Housekeeping Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Advertise in our Kids Korner!

FREE for all school kids.

406 Main•Box 377 Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-2090

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Must have: Good communication and phone skills. Bookkeeping experience and knowledge of accrual accounting with attention to detail.

A working knowledge of computers, specifically MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook.

Experience with Quickbooks software.

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Please send request for application to

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USD #466 is an EOE Employer.

Park Lane Nursing Home

210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

Want to Work? Check Us Out! Competitive wages, advancement opportunities, hourly bonus pay, flexible schedules and friendly environment.

Pick up your application now: 1502 S. Main, Scott City.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF Director of Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer PATIENT CARE Outpatient Services Temporary/PRN RN PRN Clinic LPN/RN SERVICE PRN Dietary Aide/Cook Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus.

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Due to our recent expansion of services and rapid growth, we are in need of Acute Care RNs and are offering financial incentives.

Applications are available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING/ CHIEF NURSING OFFICER Scott County Hospital is seeking this salaried role that will provide direct supervisory leadership for all nursing and other designated patient care services and functions within the organization.

Responsible for: assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice on a facility level. The role assumes 24/7 responsibility and has accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management as related to patient care. You will represent nursing concerns at both the Medical Staff and Governing Board meetings.

Applicants should possess: Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills. Proven leadership and operational expertise.

Ability to recruit, retain and develop staff. Promote optimal outcomes of patient safety and care, and enhance patient, physician and staff satisfaction.

Maintain and comply with all regulatory standards, rules and laws. An academic degree in nursing is required. A Masters degree will have preference. At least 3 years of nursing experience including roles of demonstrated management are required. An active and current registered Nurse license in the state of Kansas is required.

Excellent benefit package is offered with this position. Pre-employment physical, drug and alcohol screen, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

We are a tobacco free campus.

Applications are available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net

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Serving Southwest Kansas Since 1961 EOE – Drug Free Workplace

Compass Health Connection: The Health Home is a system of care that facilitates access to and coordination of the full array of primary and acute physical health services, behavioral health care, and community-based services and support.

Health Home Nurse Case Manager Will identify Manage Care Organization Health Home members with high risk environmental, medical and/or complex health care. Ensures completion of a Health Action Plan, assessing members’ physical, behavioral and social needs. Collaborates with all those involved regarding the Health Action Plan for members. Minimum Qualifications: RN, APRN, BSN or LPN actively licensed to practice in Kansas. Minimum of three years of experience in a position of similar scope in a health-related business; five or more years preferred. Ability to work independently and in cooperation with others; Strong organizational skills.

Health Home Care Coordinator Coordinate wellness services for Compass Behavioral Health clients in order to ensure a holistic, whole-person approach is taken towards providing a health home for all eligible patients. The self motivated individuals will identify and engage clients in home health care coordination. Collaborates with clients, family members and all others regarding issues related to the health care system, financial and social barriers. Minimum Qualifications: BSW or BS/BA in a related field or Mental Health Targeted Case Manager or an I/DD Targeted Case Manager or Person-Centered Case Manager.

Candidates must pass KBI, SRS, motor vehicle screens, and have a valid driver’s license.

Benefits Include: Retirement: fully vested at time of employment Health/Dental Insurance: portion of premium paid by agency Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability: premium paid by agency Holiday, Bereavement and Vacation/Sick days.

Applications are available at www.compassbh.com Applications/Resumes can be sent to: Compass Behavioral Health Attn: HR PO Box 1905 Garden City, KS 67846; E-mail hr@compassbh.org or faxed to 620-272-0171 43t4c

Home 15th century, today the Picuris population has shrunk to less than 300.

“If we don’t have the language we don’t exist,” says Archuleta.

He says it’s not a program that their young people are required to attend, but volunteer to attend.

“It comes from the heart,” he says.

The trip to El Quartelejo and other sites in the area was another opportunity to help young people and adults in the Pueblo connect with their past.

“This is a chance for our young people to learn more about our culture and why we came here,” says Tsosie about the journey taken by their ancestors in 1696.

History, as told by the Spanish, English and other Europeans who settled in this region rarely makes

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mention of the “atrocities that occurred,” adds New Deer.

“Education isn’t interested in Native American culture and the exploitation of our people that still takes place today,” he says. “Our children need to know this history and what was taken from us.”

“This is just a start. Our children will learn they have a place they can still call home.”

The trip was spiritual, as well as historical.

“I felt the spirits that are still there,” said Dennis Yazza, a optometrist technician. “You could feel it surrounding us at El Quartelejo. And you could feel the same spirits at Battle Canyon.”

The group also pointed out that the Picuris helped to start the InterTribal Bison Cooperative in South

Dakota in an effort to reestablish bison herds in the Midwest. They were particularly impressed with the number of bison they saw while touring the Duff ranch in southern Logan County.

“That’s the biggest buffalo herd I’ve ever seen,” noted Tsosie.

In conversations with Siegrist, the group indicated an interest in doing more to preserve El Quartelejo with some type of enclosure that may also lead to a more detailed historical display that explains the history behind the ruins. Similar plans have also been on the drawing board of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks for many years, but have failed to get off the ground due to lack of funding.

“They indicated that

they might have access to some federal funds,” says Siegrist.

Mule Deer alluded to the same saying, “We have a surprise. We will bring this back to our traditional leaders and our councils.”

The Picuris leaders also showed an interest in maintaining a stronger connection with El Quartelejo. In 2001, a large contingent of Picuris, led by former tribal leader Red Eagle, was hosted by the historical society. Last year, Red Eagle’s brother visited the museum.

Those are the only known visits by the Picuris to El Quartelejo over the past 13 years.

“We hope to be back here more often,” says Archuleta. “Maybe we can come back every summer.”

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BOE special meetings to interview candidates The USD 466 (Scott County) board of education will conduct three special meetings next week for the purpose of interviewing candidates for the position of Scott City Middle School principal.

Two meetings will be held on Mon., June 23, at 9:00 a.m. and at 1:00 p.m.

The third meeting will be held on Tues., June 24, at 9:00 a.m.

The board plans to meet in executive session for both.

The BOE also had special meetings on Wednesday and Thursday of this week to interview superintendent candidates.

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