Members of the SCHS girls’ x-country team run the hills at Lake Scott during camp this week
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SCH will shift towards full-time ambulance staff For many years, volunteerism has been at the heart of emergency medical services (EMS), not just in Scott County but in many rural communities without the resources to hire full-time personnel. Those times are coming to an end. Because of increased difficulty in having local emergency medical technicians (EMTs)
Shortage of EMTs for hospital transfers available to transfer patients to other hospitals, plans are in the works to hire at least one fulltime paramedic/EMT for the department and possibly 1-1/2 positions. The proposed 2015-16 budget, which began July 1, calls for a $75,000 increase in fund-
ing for the EMS department - taking it to $200,000. EMS funding is provided by the county to the hospital. In a meeting with the county commission on Tuesday afternoon, hospital CEO Mark Burnett addressed several changes in the hospital’s opera-
tions for the upcoming year, including the prospect of hiring at least one full-time paramedic. Burnett said the additional money could also be used to hire a full-time EMT, possibly two, who would relieve the shortage of people available for ambulance runs.
SCHS pride
Former coaches, athletes relive their memories of SCHS sports terrific the way the community came together and made this such a success,” says Katie Eisenhour of the reunion committee. Those sentiments were echoed by Lori Krause who said they received a lot of great feedback from alumni and coaches who were excited about the opportunity to recall Scott City’s sports history. “This community takes a lot of pride in its school and in the success of its sports teams,” noted Krause. “I think we
(See STAFF on page 10)
No change in transportation policy for now
Former SCHS football coach Larry Huck offers some thoughts and history of athletics before several sports panels are unveiled during Saturday afternoon’s recognition program held in the high school. (Record Photo)
Beaver blue runs deep in the veins of anyone who has had a connection with Scott Community High School and that was evident over the weekend when sports was the central theme for the All-School Reunion. More than 1,400 alumni and family registered for two days of activities that included golf, mud volleyball, parade, the honoring of coaches and athletes and a reunion meal at the fairgrounds. “It was another super event and it was
“Ideally, we’d like to have two crews available 24/7 one for emergency runs and the other for transfers,” says Burnett. “It’s getting more and more difficult to have people available for transfers.” As a result, the hospital has had to contract with private ambulance services or, most often, contract with the Lane
saw that this weekend with the number of people who attended the recognition program.” One of the weekend’s highlights was the unveiling of new plaques on the Wall of Honor at Scott Community High School. Among those unveiled were plaques honoring wrestling coaching Jon Lippelmann for his many accomplishments over the past 30 years, including the 300 duel win plateau this past season.
Despite recommendations to the contrary, the Scott County (USD 466) board of education plans no change in its policy regarding use of school vehicles during the summer. The Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) has advised its member schools that if they are going to allow the use of vehicles districts should consider more than fuel reimbursement. Currently, the district only requires that a vehicle that was taken with a full tank of gas be returned with a full tank and also that it be cleaned. The district has allowed the use of its suburbans for school-related needs during the summer, such as transporting students to athletic events. A district vehicle was used to take a girl’s basketball team to Denver earlier this summer and was used to transport girls to league volleyball in Hays twice each week. Board members noted that vehicles have also been used by the FFA, cheerleaders and by staff for other activities during the summer. Supt. Jamie Rumford suggested the district needs to consider charging not just for the gas used, but should be compensated for wear and tear on their vehicles. Board member Lynnette Robinson questioned whether the district wanted to take on the added liability, along with the cost. “It’s not necessary,” she said. “But if we’re going to allow it, then we need to set strict parameters. We need to set a fee that includes wear and tear.”
(See MEMORIES on page two)
(See POLICY on page 10)
‘Adrenaline junky’ brings energy, ideas to health dept.
Some might see leaving the hospital emergency room in order to take over the county health department as an opportunity to enjoy life at a slower pace. Those who would assume that don’t know Dana Shapland, the new director of the Scott County Health Department. “I loved it, but the hours are so long,” says Shapland, a self-described adrenaline junky. “Once I get settled in here (as county health nurse) I hope to resume working in
the emergency room on a part-time basis.” A native of Scott City, the former Dana Burgess has lived in Dighton the past 23 years. After completing the nursing program at Dodge City Community College, she worked as an oncology nurse in Denver. That was followed by 15 years as the Lane County health nurse in Dighton before leaving to work at the Scott County Hospital. She has been a nurse at SCH for the
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Taking over as the new Scott County health director is Dana Shapland.
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Memories (continued from page one)
Plaques were also unveiled honoring the 2006 Class 4A state championship boy’s basketball team and SCHS coaches during the 1975 season. Sports Panels At the far end of the Main Street corridor the reunion committee donated 10 large panels (two sides each) that recognize the highlights of SCHS sports over the years. The history of each sport, outstanding seasons and individual accomplishments, will be on permanent display in the high school. In addition to each of the sports, a panel was also unveiled that recognized the May Fete which had been a tradition from 1937-66. Six of the former queens were in attendance.
Past May Fete queens at SCHS who were present for the unveiling of their history panel on Saturday were (from left) Karen (Hoeme) Black (1965), Janice (Buehler) Storm (1964), Ellen (Brittan) Eaton (1960), Patti (Thiele) Anderson (1959), Mary Ann (Marcy) Evans (1957) and Virginia (Robinson) Robbins (1954). (Record Photo)
Former SCHS football coach Larry Huck led the unveiling ceremony. “It’s hard not to get emotional about this,” said Huck as he reflected on the SCHS sports tradition. The crowd of several hundred alumni and fam-
Energy seven years, including the last three in the emergency room. Through conversations with former county health director Karen Sattler who was resigning, Shapland knew the local position was opening up and she was very interested. “What I love about public health is that it’s a different kind of nursing,” says Shapland. “What we do is a lot of preventative care so that people don’t have to use the emergency room or be admitted to the hospital.” A big part of that preventative care is providing education to a wide range of clientele - from teenagers to the elderly. “There are a lot of young girls with babies. We help them to identify any learning disabilities and get the help they need through Parents as Teachers, Russell Child (and Development) or other agencies,” she says. “And we work a lot with the elderly. They are wonderful because they are so appreciative of everything you can do for them.” Womens’ Clinic While she was the health director in Lane County, Shapland started a monthly women’s clinic which became very successful. It would attract
ily retreated into the gym where there was an additional opportunity to recognize past and former coaches. Former SCHS football coach Brent Glann (199899) was only in Scott City for two years, but appreciated the invitation and chance to return.
“I have nothing but good memories of coaching here,” he noted. “This community was very supportive of me and I appreciated the opportunity that I was given to coach here,” he said. “When you come back here you can see and feel the pride.”
But it wasn’t only the sports that left a good impression on those attending. “The town has changed. It’s still growing,” noted long-time teacher and former coach Wes Bartlett, who left in 2006. “It’s changed a lot in the time since I’ve been gone.”
tant it is to address health issues so people don’t see that as their only source of care. “Emergency rooms are overwhelmed. There are a lot of things we can take care of with county health so that someone doesn’t see the ER as an option,” she emphasizes. “There are a lot of minor things that end up in the ER which shouldn’t be there.”
lines for young mothers and families to be eligible for assistance through the WIC (Womens, Infants and Children) program. As a result, Shapland says this has affected funding for some mothers. She points out that WIC doesn’t cover all of the costs for a can of formula. With a can typically lasting 4-5 days, and costing about $20 each, it is a major expense for young mothers. “In order to stretch their WIC dollars farther, a mother will then pull their child off the formula too quickly,” Shapland notes. “That can lead to physical and mental developmental issues that could affect a child for the rest of their life.” Shapland says her department is also joining in a statewide effort to emphasize the importance of breastfeeding. In order to help fill the funding gap and continue meeting the growing demand for services, Shapland says the department has little choice but to seek more assistance from the county. Currently, the county pays covers about 25 percent of the department’s annual budget with the remainder funded through grants, private pay, insurance and donations.
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Scott County Health Department Staff Dana Shapland: director Edith Tarango: will become a full-time staff nurse on Aug. 1. Susan Griswold: billing clerk Marla Williams: scheduling clerk and data entry Tia Heinrich and Lisa Buffington: nurse aides who assist about 20 elderly clients with their daily needs such as housekeeping, bathing, etc.
women and young girls from as far as Tribune. “People don’t want to acknowledge it, but the young girls around here are very sexually active,” Shapland says. “We want to be a place where these girls can turn to get help. We want to educate them on making the right decisions and not delaying the need for health care when it’s necessary.” Shapland says she has already had conversations with Dr. Christian Cupp, chief of staff at the Scott County Hospital, about the prospect of the medical staff being involved with starting a similar women’s clinic in Scott City. “Since the changes in health care, Medicaid and insurance are picking up more of the cost for birth control and preventative medicine, so we’re still evaluating whether or not to start this,” says Shapland. “It has worked before and if we determine that it would still be beneficial I’d like to try it here.”
First Line of Defense In many ways, the county health department is the first line of defense in seeing area residents who can’t afford insurance or don’t have enough money if their insurance policy includes a high deductible. Consequently, the department may see potential disease outbreaks before they become apparent to the rest of the medical community. For example, Shapland says there have been a lot of youngsters with strep throat who are seeking help through county health because of the long wait often required to get into the medical clinic. “It really hit us this year. We saw over 200 cases of strep throat,” says Shapland, who started working with the department in September, in preparation for Sattler’s departure in June. As someone who has spent a lot of time seeing emergency room patients over the years, Shapland understands how impor-
Affordable Care The bottom line with county health care is keeping it affordable. “Most people try to pay to the best of their ability while others simply don’t have the means,” Shapland says. “We don’t withhold services from anyone.” That is becoming a bigger challenge with cuts in assistance from the state which has put more responsibility on the county to pick up the added costs. For example, Shapland says the state used to provide free vaccines at the start of flu season. Anyone who wanted a shot could stop by the health department. “Not anymore,” says Shapland, who notes the department must now charge $75 for a vaccination. In addition, the state has also raised income guide-
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4-H provides the chance to be extraordinary Hayden, my brother is a huge sports fanatic, and has always been fascinated with every aspect of Jim Valvano. For those of you who may not remember, Jimmy V was the basketball coach at North Carolina State when they won the 1983 NCAA Tournament. It was arguably the best series of games ever played by a college basketball team. After Jimmy V found out he had cancer he started giving motivational speeches around the country. Hayden would always quote him, telling me, “God must have loved ordinary people
Cambry Schrag Scott County Extension summer intern
because he made so many of us.” While Jimmy V was not the first to say these words, he was the one to make them famous. Though I could never understand why something so rude inspired Hayden so much. It wasn’t until I heard the whole quote that I finally understood how true these words are, and how I apply them to my
life every day as a 4-Her. “God must have loved ordinary people because he made so many of us. Though every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things.” Growing up in the small town of Pratt would make me what many people consider ordinary. For a very long time I was paranoid that I may be ordinary, boring, normal or usual. I worked very hard in 4-H because honestly I was not athletically gifted like all of my brothers. Over the course of 13 years I was enrolled in every project, with the
Honoring Knight on 95th birthday
A come-and-go reception honoring Freeman Knight on his 95th birthday will be held on Sat., July 11, 3:00-5:00 p.m., at the Scott County VIP Center (302 Church St.) in Scott City.
Market is Sat.
A farmers’ market is being held every Saturday in Scott City starting at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to set up tables on the south (vo-ag) parking lot at Scott Community High School. Suzanne Ryan and Brandon Numrich
Ryan-Numrich to wed Sept. 5 Patrick and Barbara Ryan, Scott City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Suzanne Marie, Manhattan, to Brandon Frederich Numrich, Manhattan, son of Skip and Tonni Numrich, Scott City. The bride-to-be is a 2001 graduate of Scott Community High School; a 2004 graduate of Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in animal science; earned a Master’s degdree in meat science from KSU in 2007; and in 2011 graduated from William Woods University with her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree. She is currently an international trade director at the Kansas Department
of Agriculture, Manhattan. She is the granddaughter of the late Alva and Joan Ryan and Merle and Dorothy Bishop. The prospective groom is a 2001 graduate of SCHS, and in 2005 graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in information systems and business administration. He is currently an application support specialist at KS State Bank, Manhattan. He is the grandson of the late Paul and Leona Numrich and Albert and Norma Dee Hoeme. The couple is planning a Sept. 5 wedding at Hacienda Aguajito, Carmel, Calif.
Births PARENTS OF DAUGHTER Allen and Amanda Baker, Leoti, announce the birth of their daughter, Elly Lola. Elly was born June 9, 2015, 8:04 a.m., at the Scott County Hospital. She weighed 6 lbs., 6.5 oz. and was 19.25 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big sisters, Marcy and Cele. Elly is the granddaughter of Mike and Christy Marcy, Leoti, and Steve and Janice Baker, Marienthal. Great-grandparents are Paul and Ruth Rempe, Leoti; Marion Marcy, Leoti; Betty Baker, Marienthal; and Albin Mazanec, Colby.
exception of sheep and entomology. I won county champion in every project I applied for, won grand champion every year at our County Club Days, I have held every office of the Pratt Pioneers, I was the president of my club for three years, president of the 4-H Council, received the Key Award and “I Dare You” Award, I faithfully turned in my record book every year, and I have now been a community leader for seven years. When I was 16 I was asked to go to Africa with my Aunt Lori and her family. We were going to visit SEGA, an all girls’
school in Tanzania. SEGA houses and educates girls who are not able to receive an education otherwise. With the help of my 4-H club and community I was able to take 100 pounds of art supplies with me and give painting lessons. Without my 4-H premium sale money, and the help of my fellow 4-Hers there is no way I would have been able to take those supplies. While all of those things seem a little overboard (and my family would tell you the same), I knew that I had accomplished so much through this program. As I got older I realized
that I could never leave a program that has done so much for my family and me. I decided I wanted to be a 4-H Extension agent so that I could someday give kids the same experiences I’ve had. Last summer I was an intern at the Pratt office. I only worked about 20 hours a week, but those were my favorite hours of the day. I learned so much more about the program that I fell in love with as a child. I also learned there were many difficulties about that position. Trying to give instruction to people who have been (See CHANCE on page 7)
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Editorial/Opinion
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editorially speaking
SCHS pride:
Beaver blue continues strong during reunion
Make no mistake about it, once you’ve become part of Scott Community High School it’s darn near impossible to get that Beaver blood out of your veins. Then again, who would want to? The pride that is so much a part of Scott Community High School was evident this past weekend when success in sports over the past century was recognized by the All-School Reunion Committee. To see so many former coaches and athletes return to Scott City for the event is testament to what coaching and competing here meant to them. Undoubtedly, part of that passion comes from being associated with very successful programs and some outstanding athletes. Any time you win, it’s going to create great memories and SCHS has been busy building great memories for a long, long time. But that’s not true of everyone. Even coaches who had moderate success here shared their appreciation of the community and the athletes. There’s little doubt that Scott City holds a special place for them. Perhaps it gave local residents a moment to realize that what we’re doing here is very unique. We’ve created something that stays with people long after they leave here. While a lot of former coaches shared their thoughts about being in Scott City, but perhaps no one said it better than Marilyn Dryer, wife of the late Bill Dryer who was a highly respected coach who accepted a position with SCHS in 1966 and remained here his entire career. “When we moved here we expected it to be here for two or three years and then we’d go on to bigger and better things,” says Marilyn. “We never left,” she says. “This was the biggest and the best.”
New reality:
Scott County not alone in facing EMT shortage
For years, emergency personnel have been warning of a time when there will not be enough volunteers to serve on local fire departments and as emergency medical technicians (EMTs). That time is apparently here for the Scott County ambulance service. Of the 2,160 on-call hours required during a month, more than 1,000 of those fall upon five individuals. It’s an unfair burden for a small group of people to carry - regardless of how committed they are to serving the community. Scott County Hospital CEO Mark Burnett is proposing in the 2015-16 budget the hiring of 1-1/2 staff members which could include a full-time paramedic and/or advanced EMT (also known as AEMT). It would represent the first step in what could eventually become an ambulance crew that’s entirely on the payroll. Scott County isn’t unique. This is a dilemma facing many rural communities who simply don’t have the pool of volunteers they once had. That pool has vanished with the out-migration from many rural areas along with the tremendous responsibility that comes with becoming a trained EMT. According to Scott County EMS Director Brenda Birney, becoming an EMT requires 250 hours of classroom training over a seven month period, in addition to testing. And then there’s the on-call time and emergency runs that follow. That’s a lot to ask of people who, while dedicated and wanting to serve their community, would also like to spend time with their families. The fact is, Scott County has been getting EMT service at bargain basement prices for many years and those days are about to end. As currently proposed, the additional staff won’t be an extra burden for taxpayers. If approved by the county, money that has been going to home health will now be earmarked for the ambulance service. It remains to be seen how quickly the transition to full-time staff (or at least a majority of paid staff) takes place and how that cost is borne by either the county or the hospital. It’s possible the hospital will be able to provide patient transfers for other hospitals facing a similar shortage in staff and this will help supplement the local ambulance service. If that can happen, then the additional cost to local taxpayers can be kept at a minimum. Scott County has been very fortunate to have so many people who are committed to serving local residents, either as EMTs or volunteer firemen. But with an EMT crew that’s averaging 51 years of age, there seems little doubt that “the times, they are a changin’.” Credit the Scott County Hospital for trying to be proactive rather than reactive in maintaining this vital service.
Showing us who we really are With the 2016 presidential campaign season nearly three years old, we’re seeing the best and the worst of American politics from both ends of the spectrum. Those on the far left (and no, Hillary is not far left) are being treated to Bernie Sanders who epitomizes what politics should be - ideas about making a better life for others and, perhaps most of all, about creating a level playing field for everyone. It’s not about whether or not one agrees with Sanders because, as we all know, he can’t get elected. He is, after all, a self-proclaimed socialist and that scares the bejesus out of anyone who has no clue what that means. Before someone hides the Second Amendment under their bed with their arsenal of weapons and worries that Chairman Mao will replace Andrew Hamilton’s face on the $10 bill (yes, there’s a difference, but to those on the right, one “ism” is the same as the next “ism” and all “isms” are to be
feared) brace yourself for some shocking news. We are already a socialist society. We can scream in protest all we want against the threat of socialism, but who wants to give up their Social Security, Medicare or farm subsidy payments? Yes, these are socialist programs. Socialism (as in taxpayer funded) is responsible for our public libraries, highways, veterans’ health care (for all its faults), Pell Grants, the GI Bill, law enforcement and the list goes on and on. I know. It makes you want to pack up your belongings and move beyond the reach of all these terrible socialist programs that are such a part of our everyday lives. Do you want to try to imagine what life would be like without Socialism . . . again? Read your American history and you might
rediscover those weren’t exactly the best of times for our capitalist society. Yet that’s the stigma that Bernie Sanders has to live with because, as we all know, we’re a nation that pulled itself up by its bootstraps and anyone who relies on the government for anything is a freeloader who probably immigrated here illegally and is milking the system for all it’s worth. But because we “can’t handle the truth,” as Jack Nicholson would say, and because Sanders presents us with a reality that we would just as soon ignore, he can’t get elected. What speaks even more about the dire condition of our democracy is the fact that someone who actually brings intelligent ideas and rational thinking to the political arena can’t get the attention or the polling numbers of Donald Trump who blathers that he “beats China every day” while having his signature neckties and other clothing lines made by Chinese labor. But that’s okay since he’s a job creator who’s
only declared bankruptcy four times. Republicans shake their heads (and for the most part keep their mouths shut) when Trump talks about the rapists, criminals and disease-infected hoards that Mexico sends across it’s U.S. border. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani defended Trump by claiming, “Maybe he could have said it better.” So, there’s a better way of calling Mexicans rapists? Texas Sen. Ted Cruz added, “I think he’s terrific. I think he’s brash. I think he speaks the truth.” And, we might add, thank god he’s not a socialist. Trump’s ignorance, his political posturing or his arrogance - take your pick - cause all but the Republican base to cringe in disbelief. And that’s where the problem lies for the GOP. When Trump speaks they see themselves in the mirror. Perhaps not as articulately as the Republican establishment would like, (See SHOWING on page six)
Summer storm brewing in Congress Droughts in California, floods in Texas, tornadoes in Iowa and Nebraska - the summer storm season started early this year. And hold onto your baseball caps and flagpoles, because there’s another storm brewing that may leave your community reeling for years to come. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are deciding what to fund and what to cut. They’re creating a perfect storm as destructive as any typhoon. Earlier this spring, President Barack Obama proposed a federal budget that would reject recession-era caps on social programs and better respond to the economic needs of lowand moderate- income Americans. But the GOPcontrolled House and Senate have other ideas. Rather than help struggling Americans, they’ve decided to keep the winds
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of destruction gusting at hurricane levels. They’re blowing away crucial programs for health care and education, child care and job training. Housing vouchers, Head Start, and food assistance for children and seniors are lost in the maelstrom too. Their budget resolution slashes education programs by nearly $3 billion. It kicks over two million people out of job training programs and other employment services, and eliminates half a million rides to the doctor for people with disabilities. It defunds the Affordable Care Act entirely. Many of these vital programs have suffered destructive cuts for years now. Over 100 services
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have been steadily worn down since 2010, according to the Coalition for Human Needs. The U.S. poverty rate remains high - 14.5 percent, according to the latest data available. Nearly a quarter of Latinos and almost 30 percent of black Americans officially face economic hardship. All told, over 45 million Americans live in poverty, the largest number ever recorded. Over a third of them are children. The need for our safety net is palpable, but the GOP’s hurricane budget is shredding it. And just like our planet’s climate, our country’s economic climate is changing for the worse. Over the last four decades, both income and wealth inequality have soared. Concentration of wealth in the top one percent is as high as it’s been
Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm
since the 1920s. Workers’ wages have stagnated, secure and stable jobs have disappeared, higher education costs have skyrocketed, and our prison population has exploded. In this climate, gutting vital social programs makes for a perfect storm. President Barack Obama says he’ll veto any spending bills that would keep the austerity caps in place. There will be a negotiation, a battle, and threats of a government shut-down later this year. All sides will batten down the hatches. Are we prepared? We can’t evacuate, so we need to figure out how to reverse the winds of destruction before it’s too late. Karen Dolan is a senior fellow at the Institute for Policy studies and co-author of the report, “The Poor Get Prison: The Alarming Spread of the Criminalization of Poverty”
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Reclaiming the real meaning of the Constitution by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
You cannot talk for very long to a conservative these days without hearing the words “constitutional” and “constitutionalist.” Formulations such as “I am a constitutional conservative” or “I am a constitutionalist” are tea party habits, but they are not confined to its ranks. Many kinds of conservatives contend that everything they believe is thoroughly consistent with the views and intentions of our 18th-century Founders. Wielding pocket-sized copies of the Constitution, they like to cite it to settle political disputes. Writing in the YG Network’s recently issued conservative manifesto, “Room to Grow,” Ramesh Ponnuru argues that there is a new and salutary “popular interest in constitutionalism.”
“Instead of treating the Constitution as the property of lawyers and judges,” he notes, “it proposes that legislators, and even citizen-activists, have an independent duty to evaluate the constitutionality of legislation.” One plausible progressive response is to see Ponnuru’s exercise as doomed from the start. The framers could not possibly have foreseen what the world would look like in 2014. In any event, they got some important things wrong, most glaringly their document’s acceptance of slavery. Moreover, because the Constitution was written primarily as a foundation for government, it can answer only so many questions. David Strauss of the University of Chicago Law School authored a book called “The Living Constitution” to make plain that there is a lot
Extreme concentrations of economic and political power undermine equal opportunity and equal citizenship. In this way, oligarchy is incompatible with, and a threat to, the American constitutional scheme.
more to this concept than its detractors suggest. He notes that “a great part of the framers’ genius lay exactly in their ability to leave provisions general when they should be left general, so as not to undermine the document’s ability to serve as common ground.” The problem with “originalists,” Strauss says, is that they “take general provisions and make them specific,” even when they’re not. One might add that the originalists’ versions of specificity often seem to overlap with their political preferences. Nonetheless, progressives
should take Ponnuru’s proposal seriously and think constitutionally themselves. In doing so, they would challenge conservative claims about what the Constitution really demands. In the May issue of the Boston University Law Review, Joseph R. Fishkin and William E. Forbath of the University of Texas School of Law show that at key turning points in our history (the Jacksonian era, the Populist and Progressive moments and the New Deal), opponents of rising inequality made strong arguments “that we cannot keep our constitutional democracy - our republican form of government - without constitutional restraints against oligarchy and a political economy that maintains a broad middle class, accessible to everyone.” Their article is called “The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution,”
though Forbath told me that he and Fishkin may give the book they’re writing on the topic the more upbeat title “The Constitution of Opportunity.” Their view is that by empowering the wealthy in our political system, Supreme Court decisions such as Citizens United directly contradict the Constitution’s central commitment to shared self-rule. “Extreme concentrations of economic and political power undermine equal opportunity and equal citizenship,” they write. “In this way, oligarchy is incompatible with, and a threat to, the American constitutional scheme.” While their overarching vision contrasts sharply with Ponnuru’s, they make a similar critique of what they call an excessively “court-centered” approach to constitutionalism. (See RECLAIMING on page six)
Brownback takes quickest path to discrimination by Patrick Lowry
Taking the bus to education hell by Jim Hightower
Public education used to be, you know, public - as in: An essential societal investment for the betterment of all, paid for by all through school taxes. In addition to privatization schemes to turn education over to corporate profiteers, public schools themselves have steadily been perverting the idea of free education into one of “fee education.” This is a product of the budget slashing frenzy imposed on our schools in the past 15 years or so by Koch-headed, antipublic ideologues and unimaginative, acquiescent education officials. Beset by budget cuts, too many school systems are ac-
commodating the slashers by shifting the cost of educating America’s future from the general society to the parents of students who’re presently enrolled. Want to play a sport, take a class trip to a museum, or participate in a debate tournament? Pay a fee. Want art, music, drama, or other cultural courses? Pay a fee. Need a uniform? Pay a fee. And now comes a new level of monetizing public education: The ubiquitous yellow school bus. Yes, just getting to and from school is increasingly being treated not as a necessary public service, but as a private “luxury” to be billed to the families of students. Districts in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana,
Massachusetts, Texas and elsewhere are charging around $400 a year per child. For the poor and the downwardly-mobile middle class that’s a real hit - yet another barrier to educational access for America’s majority. What’s next - a daily debit-card deduction for kids to enter a classroom? If our society won’t even pay for bus rides, how are we going to get to the future we want for our children? It’s time to reject the smallminded budget-slashers, reinvest fully in public education, and get America moving again. Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author
Gov. Sam Brownback really does not like the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling allowing gays and lesbians to marry. We knew he would have trouble swallowing the new law of the land - and the fact Kansas was included in this more perfect union. But we thought he would wait until the American Legislative Exchange Council drafted a piece of model legislation about religious liberties, have an appointed legislator introduce it, skip the committee process, pass both chambers, and then sign it into law. Even this convenient and fool-proof procedure apparently would take too long for the governor. No priest was going to marry a same-sex couple or some baker forced to make a wedding cake for the same pair on Brownback’s watch. Not without a fight, anyway. On Tuesday, Brownback signed Executive Order 15-05. Its intent is to protect religious individuals and groups from being penalized by the state if they happen to discriminate against married gays and lesbians. The order didn’t state it that way, of course. It is titled the “Preservation and Protection of Religious Freedom.” And the order is based on premises such as “the recent imposition of same sex marriage . . . poses potential infringements on the civil right of religious liberty” and encouraging tolerance for
Gov. Brownback continues to amaze with his brazen disregard for laws he doesn’t favor. Attempting to undermine the nation’s highest court mere weeks after its landmark equality ruling is par for the course.
religious beliefs about marriage that will “contribute to a more respectful, diverse and peaceful society.” What it does, effective immediately, is to prevent clergy from being sued if they refuse to officiate a same-sex wedding. The same protection is given a religious organization that won’t rent its hall or provide chairs for a same-sex reception. We don’t believe anybody will take issue with such provisions. As Micah Kubic, the new executive director of the Kansas ACLU, said in a statement: “Religious institutions have never been required to marry anyone outside their faith traditions.” It is the last specific protection listed in the order that puts the governor on thin ice: “The State Government shall not take any discriminatory action against a religious organization that provides social services or charitable services, which acts or intends to act upon sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction described in Section 1.” That covers every state contract awarded to a religiously affiliated adoption agency, food pantry, nursery, daycare pro(See PATH on page six)
In the age of the professional show-off Donald Trump epitomizes the social disease of self-indulgence “So, Mom,” he says. “Did you tweet that you were going on ‘Meet the Press’?” No. “Did you tweet that you were going on ‘Hardball’?” No. So goes a recent conversation with my adult son, who insists I must be more aggressive about raising my profile, building my brand and promoting myself. “In my tribe,” I say, “selfpromotion wasn’t done.” “I know,” he says. “Now we brag.”
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Exhibit A: Donald Trump, who can’t stop talking about how rich he is. My father used to say, “People who have it (money) don’t talk about it.” No one told his mother, who would say, “If you got it, honey, flaunt it.” They didn’t get along. “Be slow to know” was another of my father’s favorite refrains. As in, be a little mysterious, don’t give away everything, keep yourself to yourself. When I was a child, the most humiliating reprimand from a parent was, “Don’t be a showoff.”
To be a showoff was to signal to the world that you were so lacking in character or talent that you had to attract attention some other way. Enter Trump, though he does apparently have a talent for making money. It helps if your father leaves you millions, as Trump’s did. Whereas humility was once the universally acknowledged virtue to which one aspired, today we “humble-brag.” As in: “I looked like a wet mop the day I got the Pulitzer.” Something like that. Obviously, Trump’s parents never discouraged his showing off. Or else, they did so often that he decided to get even by being the biggest showoff of the human race. Not long ago, his pontifical self-heraldry, which really isn’t fair to pon-
tiffs, would have doomed him to urgent anonymity. Today, alas, he’s winning! Not to make this column a Trump dump, but he personifies the social disease of narcissistic indulgence. He seems almost preternaturally to have emerged upon the national stage as a didactic performer to remind us of what we once were not. Like Jim Carrey in “The Mask,” upon donning the mask of Loki, Trump has become an extreme version of himself. At the risk of again humble-bragging, I’m lousy at the skills needed to make the big time today, especially in media. Forget the 80 million print readers (#humblebrag) or other traditional measures of success. Forget the nearly 500 subscribing newspapers (I think I’m
getting the hang of this). By today’s standards, I’m a virtual nobody. In the social media universe, it matters less what you do than what people say about what you do. Put another way, it isn’t enough to erect a massive building on Fifth Avenue. You have to put your name on it. Finally, it isn’t enough to meet a friend for dinner. People must know that you’re meeting a friend for dinner (tweet) and they must talk about it (retweet). It was under precisely such circumstances that I was first introduced to Twitter, thanks to Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox), formerly known as Wonkette and now a writer for the Daily Beast. (See SHOW-OFF on page six)
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Lumber companies getting sweet deal from USFS Taxpayers for Common Sense
The USDA’s Forest Service (USFS) manages 193 million acres of public forests and grasslands collectively known as the National Forest System. The Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska is the largest national forest in the United States at 16.9 million acres, roughly the size of West Virginia. The USFS has a long history of mismanaging money in the Tongass, spending $139.1 million from 2008-2013 to conduct timber sales in the Tongass and receiving
only $8.6 million in proceeds from these sales, a net loss to taxpayers of $130.5 million. Despite calls to end these money-losing timber sales, the USFS issued a Record of Decision for the Big Thorne Timber Project in 2013, which would allow for the harvest of 148.9 million board feet (mmbf) over a 10-year period from approximately 6,186 acres of old-growth and 2,299 acres of young-growth timber in the Tongass. This one sale would roughly equal the total amount of timber sold in all Tongass sales from 2008-12. Even without
Many in nation tired of explaining things to idiots, says poll by Andy Borowitz
MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) Many Americans are tired of explaining things to idiots, particularly when the things in question are so painfully obvious, a new poll indicates. According to the poll, conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Opinion Research Institute, while millions have been vexed for some time by their failure to explain incredibly basic information to dolts, that frustration has now reached a breaking point. Of the many obvious things that people are sick and tired of trying to get through the skulls of stupid people, the fact that climate change will cause catastrophic habitat destruction and devastating extinctions tops the list, with a majority saying that they will no longer bother trying to explain this to cretins. Coming in a close second, statistical proof that gun control has reduced gun deaths in countries around the world is something that a significant number of those polled have given up attempting to break down for morons. Finally, a majority said that trying to make idiots understand why a flag that symbolizes bigotry and hatred has no business flying over a state capitol only makes the person attempting to explain this want to put his or her fist through a wall. In a result that suggests a dismal future for the practice of explaining things to idiots, an overwhelming number of those polled said that they were considering abandoning such attempts altogether, with a broad majority agreeing with the statement, “This country is exhausting.” Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author
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vider, foster care agency, hospital, preschool, homeless shelter, nursing home, assisted-living center or other entity providing critical health or social services. In short, even though these designated state agents receive tax dollars to provide a service to the public - they can be selective about which members of the public they serve. And the state is prohibited from canceling or altering contracts, denying licenses or changing the tax status of a group or individual who chooses not to give “recognition” to a same-sex married couple because that group or individual’s religious beliefs are in conflict with the union. Gov. Brownback continues to amaze with his brazen disregard for laws he doesn’t favor. Attempting to undermine the nation’s highest court mere weeks after its landmark equality ruling is par for the course. He has not displayed much respect for the state’s highest courts either. Unfortunately, this outrageous executive order now becomes law in the State of Kansas. Shy of public outcry forcing the governor to change his mind, the only way this discriminatory act will be undone is through further litigation. Religious freedom is not under attack in the Sunflower State. To believe so is to accept blindly a strawman argument. State-sanctioned discrimination against the LGBT community, however, is very real. Brownback made sure of that with his pen Tuesday. Patrick Lowry is editor of the Hays Daily News
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. . . this pattern of USFS money-losing timber sales (is not) unique to the Tongass. The National Forest System is made up of nine regions, all of which lose money on timber sales, with a total loss from the entire forest system of $2.8 billion from 2008-2014.
any legal wrangling, the USFS estimates a net loss of $13.1 million from the sale, which is problematic enough, but our guess is that taxpayer losses will be almost 10 times this amount. Between 2008 and 2012, the USFS sold 145.4 mmbf of timber in the Tongass at a loss of $108.7 million dollars. Based on our analysis of expenditures and receipts reported by the USFS for past timber projects, a
more accurate estimate of losses for the Big Thorne sale would be at least $110 million. Nor is this pattern of USFS money-losing timber sales unique to the Tongass. The National Forest System is made up of nine regions, all of which lose money on timber sales, with a total loss from the entire forest system of $2.8 billion from 2008-2014. In the Pacific Northwest region, USFS lost $79
Showing Trump is echoing the position on issues that gained them control of the Congress and most statehouses across the country - including Kansas. When Trump stokes the racist fears of illegal immigration, he’s speaking to the Republican base that elected Gov. Sam Brownback and the far right conservative legislature. Republicans can’t hide from the fact that Trump speaks to who and what they are and it isn’t pretty. Trump can’t get elected president. Everyone knows that. He won’t
“Constitutional politics during the 19th and early 20th centuries” was very different and the subject of democratic deliberation. In earlier eras, they say, the Constitution was seen as not simply permitting but actually requiring “affirmative legislation . . . to ensure a wide distribution of opportunity” and to address “the problem of oligarchy in a modern capitalist society.” The authors remind us
We were sitting in a restaurant having a drink when in walked Rahm Emanuel, then President Obama’s chief of staff. Cox and Emanuel hugged. She tweeted. I marveled. I should have tweeted that they hugged, but I’ve just written it so all those readers - did I mention 80 million? (#braggingisfun) - now know about it. Which is meaningless. What matters is that Cox has 1.3 million followers and I
Republicans can’t run away from who they are as long as Trump shares the stage with them. He is exposing the underbelly of the Republican party that relies on fear and misinformation to get voters to the polls and to remain in power. Conservatives have warmly embraced the Republican party for years because they have seized on their emotions when talking about abortion, gun control, protecting our border, voter ID laws and taxes. Now we can add religious freedom to the list.
The beauty of this strategy for Republicans is that it’s never required them to do anything but revive these issues during the elections every two or four years. This year is different. This year, the biggest fear for the GOP is The Donald and how to make him shut up. Meanwhile, the only intelligent voice in the room belongs to Bernie Sanders who reminds us that we’re a nation of socialists. Anyone need a mirror? Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com
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of Franklin Roosevelt’s warning that “the inevitable consequence” of placing “economic and financial control in the hands of the few” would be “the destruction of the base of our form of government.” And writing during the Gilded Age, a time like ours in many ways, the journalist James F. Hudson argued that “imbedded” in the Constitution is “the principle” mandating “the widest distribution among
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Technology capable of profitably transforming such high-priced timber or biomass into commercially viable forms of energy has yet to be demonstrated.” It’s time to stop the excessive taxpayer losses the USFS continually incurs from grossly underestimating the cost of timber projects. Instead of making the same mistake over and over, the USFS should look at previous sales as a guide to estimate the true costs of these sales. To borrow from Smokey the Bear: only Congress can prevent money losing timber sales.
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even get the Republican nomination. But as long as Trump can command the platform that he does as a “serious” presidential candidate then he will continue to stir up the Republican base who fear immigrants, gay marriage, taxes, Obamacare, Common Core education standards, Swedish meatballs and Chinese checkers. It’s the same base that Republicans will need - big time - if they want any chance of neutralizing the Latino population that will undoubtedly be voting for anyone but Republicans.
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million on average per year during that period; in the Pacific Southwest region - $63 million on average per year. The “top performing” Southern region annually lost only $28 million on average during the period. Meanwhile, the USFS projects “U.S. timber demands and timber prices are not projected to increase without substantial increases in wood energy consumption.” And this is unlikely to happen, as the USFS also states that “commercial production of biofuels or energy from wood is currently prohibitive at such high timber prices.
the people, not only of political power, but of the advantages of wealth, education and social influence.” The idea of a Constitution of Opportunity is both refreshing and relevant. For too long, progressives have allowed conservatives to monopolize claims of fealty to our unifying national document. In fact, those who
would battle rising economic inequalities to create a robust middle class should insist that it’s they who are most loyal to the Constitution’s core purpose. Broadly shared wellbeing is essential to the framers’ promise that “We the people” will be the stewards of our government. E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a political commentator and longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post
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(@kathleenparker) have something well south of that. I’m told this is embarrassing. Really? I’m embarrassed when I forget that the word “media” is a plural noun and should be followed by “are,” not “is.” I’m embarrassed when I put a comma before “but” when it follows a negative predicate. As in: Having few Twitter followers isn’t only embarrassing(,) but is also career-limiting, as the
following anecdote illustrates. A year or so ago, I was e-chatting with former CNN president Jon Klein about his new venture, an online subscriber network, TAPPtv.com. When I said I might be interested in joining him, he said, “Great! How many Twitter followers do you have?” So it has come to this. People have long said it doesn’t matter what people are saying about you as long as they’re talk-
ing about you. What’s new is that we quantify their talking about you and extrapolate the numbers to indicate your importance more broadly. It’s such serious business that people hire people to develop strategies to increase their number and “grow” their value. Their value as what, you might ask? Why, in attracting attention, of course. Kathleen Parker is a Pulitizer Prize winning columnist who writes on politics and culture
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Chance leaders for many years is not the easiest or very well received! This summer, I was lucky enough to come to Scott City. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of things to do in your wonderful town! I have loved every aspect of this position, with the exception of all the camp songs. This is just yet another example of how this program has
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not only taught me life skills, the importance of citizenship, and how to be a great leader, but also about myself. While all of the things I have mentioned have taken years for me to accomplish I want you to know that these are not what have made my experience with 4-H so wonderful. My very first project was a tooth fairy pillow. It was small and
blue, it had yellow moons on it and on the front was a small pocket to put my teeth in for the fairy. I lost my tooth a few days before I had finished the pillow, but my mom said that telling the judge I lost it that day was just a fib so it would be okay. I had gotten my first blue ribbon. When I was 10, I was competing in the western pleasure class with our
horse, Allie. I got out of the arena and asked my mom if I did any good. She said, “No Cambry, you did not do any good, you did great.” That was the first time I remember my mother being proud of me. When I won the State Citizenship Award in 2012 my dad told me that my skills and hard work would take me further than anyone else he knew.
When my family sits around and laughs about the good times we had with my steer, Spirit, the time Hayden lost all of his art projects before the fair, or the time Wyatt got an undeserved last place for his swine showmanship, I know that 4-H has brought my family closer together. I have come to accept, and even love the fact that I am ordinary. I have an
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Parade scenes from top to bottom: A float carries some of the nearly 60 current and former coaches in attendance. The class of 1966. Members from the class of 1974 (Bottom left) The only representatives from the class of 1982 in the parade (minus a float) were Lisa Sharpe Redburn from Dighton and Kay Harkness, Scott City. (Bottom right) The class of 1973. (Record Photos)
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Top to bottom: Members of the class of 1970. The class of 1980 float. Alumni of the class of 1958 are still proud of the first state basketball title in SCHS history. (Below left) Class of 1965 members wave to parade watchers from their bus. Members of the class of 2001 and their families. (Record Photos)
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County EMS which has two full-time paramedics. Several years ago, Lane County was experiencing the same problem finding enough local individuals to serve as EMTs and the county decided to hire two paramedics. However, that may not be an option much longer as the Lane County EMS director, who is also a paramedic, has submitted his resignation. “While we appreciate Lane County’s assistance, this is something we need to be doing on our own,” emphasizes Burnett. “If we do this right, we can recover a lot of our costs because we’ll be collecting payment for transfers. It’s also possible that if we can get enough staff where we can operate three ambulances. That would put us in a position to provide transfers for other hospitals.” Getting to that point won’t happen immediately. “It will be a gradual process. We’ll continue to utilize volunteer EMTs in the community as long as they’re available,” Burnett says. “As those numbers decline, we’ll blend in full-time people.” Volunteers isn’t exactly the right term to describe local EMTs. They are paid when making an ambulance run, plus they get $1 per hour when on-call. “From the hospital’s standpoint, and the county’s, it’s a bargain considering what we expect of them,” Burnett says. Crew Stretched to Limit County EMS Director Brenda Birney says there are 29 EMTs on her roster, but most of those
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aren’t real active. About 12 of those will take all of the calls during a given month. Of those 12, five people are on-call an average of more than 200 hours per month. One of those is Birney, who is the department’s only fulltime employee. The problem has been further compounded by the loss of five drivers during the past three years. “That’s hurt us a lot. Not that many people want to drive,” Birney says. The EMS director says they are required to have two EMTs on a transfer, but one of those can drive. She’s also concerned about an EMT roster that averages 51 years of age. “I’m 47 and I’m one of the young ones,” she says. Birney says she has five individuals who would be willing to take the advanced EMT (AEMT) course and that would allow them to provide more medical treatment. But that doesn’t help the overall lack of personnel. “It’s still a numbers game and we need more people,” she says. An added obstacle to operating a department with part-time EMTs is the impact it can have on their regular jobs. A transfer to Hays, for example, is a six hour round trip. If the ambulance leaves late at night they won’t return home until the following morning and the EMT then has to go to their regular job. “Having full-time employees is definitely the direction we’re heading,” Birney agrees. “It’s just a matter of how
In an effort to better utilize staff and cut expenses, the Scott County Hospital will be eliminating its home health services during the upcoming year. Funding for this department has been subsidized by the county, amounting to nearly $92,000 in the recently completed fiscal year. Most of that money will now be earmarked for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) department where the hospital has requested a $75,000 increase in funding to create at least one full-time position for the ambulance crew. Eliminating the hospital’s role in home health should have a minimal impact on local health care, according to former physician and current hospital board chairman Dr. Daniel Dunn. He
said most people have the wrong idea about home health. “It typically lasts for about a month. It’s not meant to continue providing care on a long-term basis,” he said. “If that’s what people need, they either need to go through the (county) health nurse or contract with a private agency.” Hospital CEO Mark Burnett says home health services through hospitals are no longer available in Lane and Finney counties. Most of the demand for home health through the Scott County Hospital is for people who live outside the county. In order to determine the demand for home health, Burnett says the program was put “in neutral” about a month ago. It completed care for those
who had been a home health client and didn’t sign anyone else up for the program. “In the past 1-1/2 months we’ve received two requests and both were from Finney County,” says Burnett. “It’s always bothered me that 25 to 30 percent of our (home health) patients are people who don’t doctor here.” Dr. Chris Cupp, chief of staff at SCH, agreed that the demand for home health is dwindling and most of those using the service live outside the county. He said reasons why home health isn’t being utilized more is because people are generally able to stay longer in the hospital and they are better utilizing the hospital’s physical therapy department.
While experiencing a reduced demand for services, Burnett says the federal government is also cutting reimbursements for home health. “It bleeds money,” he told county commissioners. “Our medical staff agrees that it’s more important for the county to beef up EMS and allow home health to go.” The decision, emphasizes Burnett, isn’t just financial. “It comes down to how we can provide the most benefit from taxpayer dollars,” he says. “When you consider the few people who utilize home health and the number of people who rely on our ambulance service during the course of a year, this is the best decision for everyone.”
quickly we get there.” Birney says the department makes 365 ambulance runs a year - emergency responses and transfers. The number of transfers, she notes, has increased by about 15-20 percent during the past year. Birney says Lane County or a private ambulance firm will make transfers for SCH 2-4 times each month. It’s hospital policy that two of the three ambulances will be in the county at all times. There have been occasions when all three units have been on the road.
is making sure they are being utilized and “not washing and shining the ambulance most of the day.” If a full-time paramedic were to be hired, Burnett would like to utilize the individual in the hospital emergency room as well. “It would bolster our ER staff. We have some details to work out if that happens,” Burnett says. Dr. Christian Cupp, chief of staff at Scott County Hospital, shared Burnett’s assessment that getting more staff for the
EMS is a “glaring need.” “I know it’s an expense,” he told commissioners, “but that’s where we have a real need. We’re not bringing in new EMTs at the rate we’re losing them to retirement.” He said a full-time EMS staff “is the future of health care.” “In theory,” adds Dr. Dunn, “you can make money with EMS transfers. I feel this will eventually pay for itself. That’s why we’re seeing private ambulances services.”
Commissioner Jerry Buxton expressed concern that the hospital would go through the time and expense of training a paramedic only to have that individual leave for a larger city. “That’s true of anyone in health care, including doctors and midlevels,” replied Dr. Dunn. “We have to show them that there’s benefit to living in Scott City and this is where they want to stay. I don’t think that’s a hard sell once we get someone here.”
Keeping Staff Busy Burnett says that one of the big issues with hiring full-time EMS staff
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Possible state budget cuts and a pending court ruling that the school finance system is unconstitutional aren’t the only things giving school administrators headaches as they prepare for the next school year. Now the state is dealing with a high number of job openings and fewer applicants for those openings. Currently there are approximately 500 teacher openings in Kansas, which is twice the usual number at this time of the year, according to Julie Wilson who administers job postings and teacher applications for the Kansas State Department of Education website, kansasteachingjobs.com. “I would assume it is some uncertainty with funding and budgeting,” Wilson said. The 2015 Legislature adopted a budget that has little room for error in revenue projections and a three-judge panel has ordered legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback to increase school equalization funding by approximately $50 million. That decision, in addition to the larger issue of whether the state is providing overall adequate funding, is
now before the Kansas Supreme Court. The number of teachers choosing to teach outside the state and retiring has been increasing, according to the state’s 201415 Licensed Personnel Report for schools. In 2011-12, 399 teachers left for out-of-state positions and 1,260 retired. For 2014-15, that has increased to 654 and 2,326, respectively. Prairie Hills USD 113 Superintendent Todd Evans said for a business teacher opening, the district decided to hire parttime instead of full-time. “The reason for this is a lack of recent business teachers going through college programs and a concern that some of our small schools will close because of budgetary issues,” said Evans, whose district in northeast Kansas has about 1,000 students. Meanwhile, as openings persist in Kansas, media reports indicate the number of Kansas teachers applying for jobs in Missouri has been increasing. The Independence, Missouri school district has a large billboard on the Kansas Turnpike outside Lawrence advertising teacher openings.
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a day at Lake Scott
Twentythree area youngsters, about half of them non-4Hers, participated in the annual day camp held at Lake Scott State Park last Wednesday. The day included rafting on Lake Scott (above), hiking, crafts and swimming. (Right) Houston Frank assists Megan Trout at the archery range. (Record Photos)
5 area students earn spring honors at KU Five students from Scott, Lane and Wichita counties were included on the spring honor roll at the University of Kansas. Approximately 5,000 undergraduate students at KU earned academic honors. Area honor students include: Healy: Kaleb Roemer, School of Pharmacy Leoti: Jantz Budde, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Scott City: Chris Davis, School of Pharmacy; Taylor George, School of Engineering; Tyler Hess, School of Business. Honor roll criteria vary among the university’s academic units. Some schools honor the top 10 percent of students enrolled, some establish a minimum gradepoint average and others raise the minimum GPA for each year students are in school. Students must complete a minimum number of credit hours to be considered for the honor roll.
USD 466 Summer Menu Week of July 13-17 Lunch Monday: Pizza mozzarella sticks, fresh vegetables, fruit. Tuesday: Hamburger on a bun, lettuce leaf and tomato, fruit. Wednesday: Crispitos, cheese sauce, broccoli, bread stick, fruit. Thursday: Hot dog on a bun, tater tots, fruit. Friday: Pizza, fresh vegetables, fruit.
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For the Record Building a budget for back-to-school expenses The Scott County Record
by Nathaniel Sillin
Back-to-school spending isn’t just about clothes and markers anymore. In 2014, Forbes reported that nearly half of the respondents to a survey said they would spend $500 or more on back-toschool expenses, including not only clothes and desk supplies, but electronics as well. Yet there’s one more aspect of back-to-school spending that’s growing
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and can add hundreds and sometimes thousands - to a family’s overall K-12 education budget. Since the 2008 economic crisis, many public school systems have tried to make up for funding shortfalls by adding firsttime or expanded fees for sports, extracurricular activities and specialized academics. This means that backto-school budgeting, even for families with kids in public school, now
requires a more holistic, year-round approach to all back-to-school expenses. Given their potential dollar amounts, parents should examine school fees first. Public education has never been completely free of charge beyond local taxes - parents have traditionally paid extra money to support their kids’ participation in sports, music or other extracurricular activities. However, many school systems are adding fees
for a broader range of offerings including afterschool activities, top-level courses, lab-based instruction and even Advanced Placement (AP) classes. So before you start spending money on clothes and supplies that can be bought off-season, on sale or possibly used, get a handle on how applicable instruction and activity fees might affect your budget. Parents in financial need may qualify for pub-
‘No call’ list doesn’t stop all calls “I’m on the Do Not Call list, so why do I keep getting these phone calls?” This is one of the most common questions received at the Attorney General’s office. While placing your number on the Do Not Call list is a great way to reduce the number of unsolicited telemarketing calls you receive at home, it’s not perfect and won’t stop the worst actors from calling you. Kansas enacted the No Call Act in 2002 to give consumers the ability to opt out of receiving unsolicited telemarketing calls. In 2014, the legislature updated the state law to allow the AG’s office to enforce the No Call Act when telemarketers call cell phones. Individuals can register their phone number either by visiting the AG’s consumer protection website at www.
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Even if the call says to press a number to be removed from their list, don’t do it. This will just confirm to the robocaller that your number is connected to a real, live person, and will probably result in more calls.
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InYourCornerKansas.org or by calling (888) 3821222 from the number they wish to register. Once a number has been registered, telemarketers have 30 days to remove that number from their calling lists. Registration does not expire, so once you’ve registered, you don’t need to do it again, unless you get a new phone number. Registering your number will stop legitimate telemarketing companies - those that follow the law - from calling. But, it won’t stop fraudsters and criminals who have no regard for the Do Not Call list. These are the ones who especially get on our nerves. Often, these are pre-recorded “robocalls”
Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department June 29: Sheila Boyd was backing up in the 1300 block of South Myrtle when she struck a legally parked vehicle. July 2: Todd MacDonnell was backing out in the 200 block of Glenn Avenue when he struck a vehicle owned by William Sauer. July 2: Chad Lane, 29, was arrested on a Lane County warrant and transported to the LEC. July 3: A hit-and-run accident was reported in the 200 block of 10th Street. July 3: Josephine Jones stopped at a stop sign in the 100 block of West 12th Street and then, when entering the intersection, struck a vehicle driven by Haley Allen. Scott County Sheriff’s Department July 1: An accident was reported at the Scott Coop weigh-in station (Road 75) in shallow Water when John Pyle, driving a 1999 Volvo semi, struck a parked 2014 GMC pickup. July 6: Bryan Kissick was westbound on K96 Highway when his vehicle was struck by a tire that came off an eastbound semi.
made from telemarketers and computers in foreign countries, which makes it hard - often impossible for us to track them down for violating the law. The best advice when you get these types of calls is to hang up immediately. Even if the call says to press a number to be removed from their list, don’t do it. This will just confirm to the robocaller that your number is connected to a real, live person, and will probably result in more calls. There may be good news on the horizon for stopping these types of calls. Recently, the Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules allowing phone companies to adopt technology which will allow
you to block robocalls. The AG’s office is hopeful the phone companies will work quickly to implement this service to give you the power to decide which calls you want to accept. Remember too, the No Call Act does not apply to a company you’ve done business with within the past 18 months. They are allowed to call, unless you’ve requested them to stop. There are also exceptions for charitable solicitations and political calls, so long as those calls are not also trying to sell you something. To register for the Do Not Call list, file a complaint or learn more, visit the consumer protection website at www. InYourCornerKansas.org.
lic aid or grants to cover such fees; if not, choices will need to be made. Consider turning backto-school shopping into a money lesson. Most kids like to have certain kinds of clothes, shoes or supplies. Those “wants” can be turned into a discussion about spending priorities, value, choice and comparison shopping. As kids get older, the discussion can expand to cover bigger-ticket purchases like smart-
phones, computers and fees for special courses and activities they want to pursue. Some of these issues might evolve into a discussion about earning money through chores or a part-time job. Once priorities are decided, every expense should be tracked, including a child’s round trip school transportation, meals, tutoring fees or immunization and health (See SCHOOL on page 13)
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Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 9, 2015; last published Thurs., July 16, 2015)t2 REQUEST FOR ZONING VARIANCE Notice is hereby given that the Scott City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on July 23, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., at the Scott City Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 221 West 5th Street, Scott City, Kansas, to consider the following agenda items: 1. Application for variance by Brenda Cejda to allow a front yard fence taller than allowed by ordinance on: South Forty-five feet (45’) of Lot Eight (8) and the North Seven feet (7’) of Lot Nine (9) Block D in Manor Heights. (1302 Elizabeth) All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at such hearing. Dated: July 7, 2015 Rodney Hogg, Chairman Scott City Planning Commission
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American Eagle silver dollars: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Morgan dollars: 1879, 1880, 1883, 1884, 1889, 1921, 1922 Silver Eagle: 1991 Roll of 1922 Peace dollars 1925 Peace dollar 1857 Flying Eagle one cent piece 1828 half cent: 13 star Kennedy silver half dollars, some proof coins Walking Liberty half dollars Franklin half dollars Barber half dollars: 1901, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1915 Barber quarters: 19071916 Silver Washington quarters State quarters Roosevelt silver dimes Barber dimes: 19081913 Mercury dimes “V” nickels Buffalo nickels Indian head pennies Gold President dollars Mint sets Silver certificates Foriegn coins and tokens Coin sets with 5-coins Other coins Camper 1995 Excel 5th wheel camper, 35 ft., 1-slide-out awning, queen bed, AC, fully self-contained, very clean and very nice
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Kansas not joining plans to hike minimum wage
Fourteen states and the District of Columbia will see their minimum wage increase this summer or next year, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures. Kansas won’t be joining them. The minimum wage in Kansas is $7.25 per hour - the same as the federal minimum wage and attempts to increase it this year gained little traction in the Republicandominated legislature. The federal and state minimum wages last increased in 2009. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have a minimum wage above the federal level, including neighboring Nebraska, which is set to see its minimum wage rise from $8 an hour to $9 in January.
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care expenses not covered by insurance. And once that budget is set, it means a constant search for smart ways to cut. Some ideas may include: •Packing lunches at home. •Working with school administrators to raise outside donations or grant funding to cover parents’ out-of-pocket costs. •Renting equipment, supplies or instruments used until a child’s interests are established. •Scouting garage sales, thrift shops and online marketplaces for used, required-edition textbooks, instruments, electronics, sports equipment, clothes and other supplies you’d otherwise buy new; online resources shouldn’t charge shipping or return fees. •Reviewing school and classroom supply lists before buying essentials. •Bulk- and group-buying supplies and services with other parents to get volume prices. •Swapping used supplies and equipment with other parents. Watching for print and online coupons or special discount offers through your school. Listening to your kids. They might spot moneysaving ideas faster than you can. One final secret budget item - rewards. Saving money on back-to-school expenses can help parents meet a number of financial goals, but kids’ academic or activity success deserves recognition. Consider setting aside a little of those savings for a reward they can enjoy. Bottom line: When setting your back-toschool budget this year, think beyond the supplies. Consider every possible fee and expense associated with your child’s school year and plan accordingly. Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa’s financial education programs
Rep. Jim Ward (DWichita) proposed legislation during the first week of the legislative session, to raise the Kansas rate to $8.25 in July and by another $1 each of the next two years. The bill did not receive a hearing during the record 114-day session. “More states are doing it. First of all, it’s wrong to work full-time and live in poverty,” Ward said Monday. “The second thing is that when more money is in working folks’ pockets, there is economic stimulus, meaning they’re going to go out and buy stuff. People who work in minimum wage, they’re going to spend their money in the communities, which is a stimulus to business.” However, Republican leaders warn that a hike to
the minimum wage would have an adverse effect on business. “In an economy where small businesses are struggling to survive, the minimum wage represents just another business mandate which suppresses job growth,” House Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, R-Louisburg, said in an e-mail. “Kansas should be focused on building a middle class economy, not a minimum one.” Jeremy Hill, the director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University, said that there are costs and benefits to increasing the minimum wage. Low-wage employees see a short-term benefit with more money to pay their bills and spend on goods, but “in the long
County Commission June 16, 2015 Scott County Commissioners met in a regular meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioners Gary Skibbe and Jerry Buxton; County Clerk Alice Brokofsky and County Attorney Rebecca Faurot were present. •Curtis Jacobs and Sandy Eitel presented the 2016 budget request for the district court. •Park Lane Nursing Home Administrator Nicole Turner, Cecil Griswold and Don Cotton presented a list of improvements and items needed for the nursing home. These include: 1) a Grasshopper lawn mower ($11,500); 2) the roof on the older portion of the nursing home will be renovated in three phases. A proposal from D.V. Douglass Roofing, Garden City, calls for the first phase, covering about 8,300 sq. ft., to be replaced at a cost of $88,458. 3) a new commercial washer is needed in the laundry room. Bids range from $9,398 to $10,159. 4) Drainage issues at the north end of the building must also be addressed. During recent rains, water ran under the double doors. Commissioners decided to have Public Works Director Richard Cramer and Griswold consult with Penco Engineering to survey the site and find a way to move water to the existing swell. Commissioners approved the purchase of the lawn mower, a washing machine from Central Kansas Commercial Laundry ($9,712.50) and for D.V. Douglass to begin the first phase of roof repairs. Turner also informed the commission that the nursing home was almost at full capacity along with the assisted living apartments. •Scott County Emergency Preparedness Director Larry Turpin discussed the regional hazard plan. It was adopted by the county. Turpin said he had received a generator for emergencies and needed storage. It is presently being stored in the ambulance building. No action was taken. •The meeting was adjourned sine die to convene in the court room in the courthouse where commissioners were joined by County Attorney Rebecca Faurot. Karyn Hendricks and the public joined the meeting. Hendricks spoke about the Scott County Hospital and administration. She thought the board members needed training on the responsibilities of being on the board and that the administration at the hospital lacked leadership, values and integrity. She thought her position at the hospital was terminated for expressing these concerns. Diana Dible expressed the same concerns. Janie Griswold stated that what was lacking was cooperation between departments. Elizabeth Inguanza said the happenings at the hospital had more to do with the nurses and staff who could not unite. Coleen Deschner and Michelle Nix spoke about the need for team work and said they were proud to be employed by the hospital. Lou Shelton, Sheryl Tubbs, Kay Brey voiced concern over the understaffing at the hospital and clinic. Shelton wanted to know why the employment of Dr. Rosin would be a conflict. Chairman Minnix thanked everyone for attending the meeting and commission reconvened to the commissioners room. •Assistant Public Works Director J.C. Amack joined the meeting. There was discussion about Juniper Road located at Lake Scott State Park. No action was taken. There was also discussion about the tank placement for a water well at the road department.
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run businesses are going to correct for it . . . and increase their prices,” he said. Hill said some “marginal workers” would be priced out of the job market by a higher minimum wage. “Some people may not be worth the value of that minimum wage (to employers),” he said. He recommended divorcing the minimum wage from political decisions and tying it to the consumer price index instead. “Then businesses have a way of planning for it and you wouldn’t have that political part of it, which is so hard on the business market,” he said. Two states bordering Kansas have gone down this path. Missouri and Colorado stand at $7.65 and $8.23
respectively, both having passed constitutional amendments in 2006 that tie their minimum wage to the cost of living, raising it or decreasing it each year accordingly. Michigan is set to increase its minimum from $8.15 to $8.50 in January and then increase it to $9.25 over the next two years. Starting in January 2019, Michigan will begin annual increases based on the consumer price index. Minnesota differentiates between large and small businesses when setting its minimum wage. In August, the minimum wage for employees of Minnesota businesses that have $500,000 or more in annual sales will increase from $8 per hour to $9, while businesses below that threshold will have
to pay employees a minimum of $7.25. Ward said Wichita’s economy took “huge cut in those high-wage, high benefits jobs” after the recession hit the aviation industry hard. “The people who were in those jobs have now gone into other jobs, a lot of which are minimum wage, service, retail,” Ward said. “And now they’re working two jobs for less than they got paid for one job and they don’t have any benefits . . . which is bad for the economy. It’s just bad long-term.” The Kansas Department of Labor said in December that the state had regained the total number of jobs lost during the recession, but that it had largely not recovered the manufacturing lost.
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., June 25, 2015; last published Thurs., July 9, 2015)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONNA JEAN EITEL, aka DONNA EITEL, aka DONNA J. EITEL CASE NO. 2015-PR-10 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on June 22, 2015, a petition was filed in this Court by Kendra Gayle Kendrick, an heir, devisee, legatee and named fiduciary in the Last Will and Testament of Donna Jean Eitel, aka, Donna Eitel, aka, Donna J. Eitel, deceased, dated May 12, 2005,
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KUMC experts lead ‘end-of-life’discussion Mike Shields Kansas Health Institute
(Editor’s note: There is an emerging conversation about end-of-life issues and the policy changes needed to give people more control over what happens to them in their final days. This series of stories is about that conversation and the role that experts at two regional institutions are playing in it.) In 1840, Sweden was home to the world’s longest-living people. There, average life expectancy for women was 45 years. That span is now surpassed in every country, no matter how blighted or war-torn.
Giving people more control over their final days In the United States, which ranks 53rd globally, a person on average can expect to survive 78 years and several months, mostly thanks to vaccines, improved sanitation, antibiotics and other health advances. People over 90 now are the fastestgrowing part of the U.S. population, and there is a new category - “supercentenarians” - open to anyone who makes it past 110. “Longevity is good in general. In the specifics, it becomes a very different picture,” said John Carney, head of the Center
Summer vacations should also be about the journey by the American Counseling Association
It’s summer vacation time, which for lots of us means piling in the family car and heading off, hopefully, for fun and adventure. All too often that summer road trip can become a source of family stress and frustration. It doesn’t have to be that way. Yes, being locked in the back seat of a car for hours on end can be boring, but here are a few ideas to minimize the boredom. A good starting point is to make sure that everyone is going to be well fed and hydrated during your road trip. A cooler full of drinks and a bag full of healthy snacks can help achieve that goal. And yes, make sure the snacks are healthy. Load the kids up on high-sugar drinks, candy and snacks and you’re looking forward to a surge of sugar-fueled energy followed by a big post-sugar crash. Neither of these work well in the confines of a car. It’s also a good idea to plan for stops along the way, especially if you have younger children in the car. Those stops, whether to see an attraction or have a bite to eat (maybe a picnic in a roadside park?), can break up the trip for the kids and the adults as well. Think about making the journey, not just the destination, a positive and enjoyable part of your trip. Before leaving, check out some tour books for places you might visit along the way. They don’t always have to be large tourist attractions. Often the simpler things (an old historic farm, a small museum, somebody’s giant ball of string) can be interesting experiences for a brief visit, will usually be crowd-free and give everyone a chance to stretch. Today’s technology can also help keep the car’s occupants entertained. MP3 players, portable CD players, handheld games, portable DVD players . . . the list is long and with earbuds for everyone (including Mom or Dad in the front passenger seat) each can enjoy their own personal entertainment without disturbing anyone else. Equipped with maps, tour books, snacks, electronics, art projects for young kids, books for older children and anything else that will fight boredom, you’ll find that even a long road trip doesn’t have to be stressful and frustrating. A little planning and preparation can make the journey as much fun as the final destination. “Counseling Corner” is provided by the American Counseling Association. Visit the ACA website at counseling.org
for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, Mo., a nonprofit group that among other things is attempting to catalyze productive discussions - at the individual and societal levels - about how to deal with the ethical, emotional and medical issues that complicate the final months, weeks and days of our lives. By any name, it is a realm most seriously ill Americans enter with anxiety either because of their physical or mental vulnerabilities or because of the mysterious costs. “There is a growing societal view now that we
are doing things to people that they cannot benefit from,” Carney said. “Ask anybody, ‘Do you want to die hooked up to tubes and machines?’ Nobody says they want to. “There is this belief that technology will solve all of this for us, but it is humanity and touch and care. That kind of sacred exchange is what makes people whole in the final stage of life. “We know that a patient in a bed hooked up to everything is not by anybody’s notion in a dignified state. So, if we’re going to change that, total dependence on technol-
ogy is not the answer.”
on Aging in 1972. “We isolate the dying and the old, and it serves a purpose. They are reminders of our own mortality.” Kübler-Ross wrote the 1969 best-selling book “On Death and Dying” based on hundreds of interviews with dying patients. She argued for more home care and patient choice at the end of life. Her calls for change have been taken up by thousands of people, including in the medical world where the relatively new field of palliative or “comfort” care has gained a foothold in major hospitals.
‘Death-denying society’ Carney said surveys show most people would prefer to die painlessly at home surrounded by loved ones. The realities remain far different and have been described in scholarly articles, government reports, bestselling books, news stories, documentaries and heart-wrenching personal accounts reaching back over the last half century. “We live in a very particular death-denying society,” the late Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross told the U.S. Senate Special Committee (See END OF LIFE on page 15)
‘Perpetual’ funding for Kansas children’s programs all but gone Bryan Thompson Kaiser Health News
A Topeka-based children’s advocacy group says legislators’ inability to keep their hands out of a pot of money meant to permanently fund children’s programs in Kansas has drained that funding source nearly dry. Kansas Action for Children said the Kansas Endowment for Youth Fund was established to invest the proceeds of a multi-state tobacco settlement in programs to benefit the health and welfare of Kansas children. Shannon Cotsoradis, president and chief executive officer of Kansas
Action for Children, said lawmakers instead have tapped the Key Fund again and again over the last 15 years, to the tune of almost $200 million, to support other budget priorities. “There certainly was a choice,” she said. “Policymakers had the choice to repeal the tax cuts that were passed in 2012 to avoid situations like this, where we are again short-circuiting investments that we made a commitment to many years ago. So, certainly, this is a choice. There were alternatives.” Had that $200 million been invested, Cotsoradis said, it would have grown
By ‘sweeping’ these funds year after year, we’ve really compromised what was an important long-term vision for our state: really investing in young children so we could have a strong workforce. - Shannon Cotsoradis, president and chief executive officer of Kansas Action for Children
to at least $365 million by now. Had the money been used for high-quality children’s programs, she said, it would have brought an estimated return of almost $1.5 billion. “On the low end, when we invest in little kids we’re talking about $4 for every dollar we put in. On the higher end, it looks more like $9,” she said. “So we actually used the most conservative estimate to determine the $1.46 billion.”
As it now stands, Cotsoradis said the Key Fund will be down to $140,000 by the start of fiscal year 2017, about a year from now. “There was a vision in the beginning that these programs would be supported in perpetuity by this endowment,” she said. “By ‘sweeping’ these funds year after year, we’ve really compromised what was an important long-term (See FUNDING on page 17)
Advocates say KanCare is not working for those with disabilities Andy Marso KHI News Service
Kansans with disabilities make up about one-fourth of KanCare, the state’s managed care Medicaid model. But they’re a vocal segment, and they and their advocates painted a picture Tuesday of a system struggling to provide them with the long-term supports they need to stay in their homes and communities rather than institutions. Two members of the National Council on Disability were in Topeka to hear what managed care has meant in the state. Kansans with disabilities and their service providers lined up to tell them
the switch to three private insurance companies, known as managed care organizations (MCOs), has created more bureaucratic hurdles and often forced them to fight to maintain their services. “It just seems to be this constant battle to get what you’re entitled to,” said Rocky Nichols, executive director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas. “There is a lot of battle fatigue.” The National Council on Disability is an independent federal agency that makes recommendations to Congress and the executive branch. Gary Blumenthal, a former Kansas legislator who now runs an advocacy group for developmen-
tal disability service providers in Massachusetts, and Clyde Terry, the CEO of an independent living advocacy group in New Hampshire, hosted the forum. They were gathering information to submit to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as CMS prepares to make new rules regarding managed care. They came to Kansas because it was the first state to put all Medicaid services - including long-term supports for people with disabilities - under managed care, but it’s becoming a national trend. “No other state has been as aggressive in pursuit of managed care,” Blumenthal said. “So
Kansas, whether it wants to (be) or not, is the laboratory.” Kari Bruffett, secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, represented Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration at the forum. Bruffett said when KanCare began in 2013, the goal was to integrate medical care with behavioral health and long-term support services. She said it’s still early, but some goals are being met, pointing to a 27 percent drop in emergency room visits for people with disabilities who receive home and community-based services. Bruffett said the administration built in safe(See KANCARE on page 15)
End of Life One sign of progress is that today more people are likely to die with hospice care, which has always focused on the patient’s comfort: physical, mental and spiritual. The hospice movement was just developing when the KüblerRoss book came out. The percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who die at home has grown - though it is still a minority - from 15 percent in 1989 to 24 percent in 2007. Physician Orders Doctors and other medical professionals slowly are becoming more aware of a national effort aimed at encouraging expanded use of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST forms. POLST is an end-oflife development pioneered in Oregon in 1991, three years before voters approved the state’s death-with-dignity law in a ballot initiative. Experience has shown that advance directives do not adequately assure that the desires of seriously ill or frail patients will be honored by emergency workers or other clinicians in crisis situations. They can be attached to the person’s medical record so that health workers can know, for example, that the frail, older person unconscious
Too Many Hurdles Nichols said the drop in the number of Kansans on the physical disability waiver waiting list should be good news. But he said since the KanCare launch, the number of people receiving services also had plummeted. “That’s unprecedented,” he said. Nichols said he believed people were dropping out of the program because of the administrative hurdles they have to surmount to keep the services. Topeka resident Johné Green testified to those hurdles. Green’s adult daughter, Naomi, suffered brain damage five years ago because of complications from jaw surgery. She went from being a
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on the floor before them doesn’t want to be resuscitated or doesn’t want a breathing or feeding tube inserted if revived. Dr. Christian Sinclair, a palliative care physician at the University of Kansas Medical Center was on the Institute of Medicine committee that produced a recent report called “Dying in America.” Among other things, the report concluded the current way of doing things is still “broken.” One of its chief recommendations was that advance care planning be improved so that more people can end their lives the way they would prefer, which also might result in some cost savings. “. . . advance care planning can potentially save health care costs associated with unnecessary and unwanted intervention,” the report said.
and emergency workers as standard practice will perform CPR when confronted with a frail, old person with multiple health problems whose heart has stopped. However, studies show that administering CPR in such cases does little or nothing to improve the person’s likelihood of leaving the hospital alive. More likely it will leave the patient with painful broken ribs or other problems that may compound or extend his or her suffering. “CPR doesn’t work, right? (It) just does not work,” when the patient is old and has multiple chronic conditions, said Dr. David Wensel, a Topeka hospice physician and a palliative care expert and advocate. Wensel said, and studies show, that even for younger, healthier patients, CPR generally Resuscitation Trade-offs does not assure an exit Medical experts also from the hospital with are trying to make more previous functions intact. people aware that though some “rescue” responses Growing Momentum such as cardiopulmonary This year, 25 states and resuscitation (CPR) may the District of Columbia prolong life by hours, - the most ever - are days or weeks, the trade- expected to introduce or off can be extended suf- consider death-with-digfering or more time con- nity laws similar to the nected to life support. one pioneered almost 20 Unless they have years ago in Oregon and explicit instructions oth- then adopted by a couple erwise from the patient, of others, most recently a legal proxy or a valid Vermont. The major doctor’s order, hospital opposition to the laws that
KanCare guards to address fears expressed during the disability council’s last visit two years earlier. Bruffett also said the administration had poured $65 million into waiting lists for home and community-based services - waiting lists that had been growing for more than a decade but now are shrinking.
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graduate student at the University of Kansas to needing around-the-clock care, Green said. Green’s daughter did not qualify for the traumatic brain injury waiver, but she got her on the physical disability waiver. Every six months, Green said she has to fight her daughter’s MCO, Sunflower State Health Plan, over her home health care. Service Reductions Several providers expressed concerns about service reductions as well as delays in claims processing and payments. They also raised concerns about the shift from community-based case managers for people with disabilities to care coordinators who work for the MCOs. Some said the care coordinators were good people but that they struggled to be responsive because they were saddled with caseloads that were far too large. While the individual complaints are “of concern” to state officials, de Rocha said they “do not paint a picture of the system in the aggregate.”
Rosie Cooper, executive director of the Kansas Association of Centers for Independent Living, said her concerns about KanCare go beyond service reductions, bureaucratic hurdles and overloaded care coordinators. She said she is aware of several instances when consumers and their families had been bullied by the MCOs. People who have objected to proposed service reductions have been told their service hours will be cut more if they appeal, Cooper said. Others have been told to sign “plans of care that are blank.” In one instance, she said, family members with a disabled loved one were threatened by their care coordinator because they planned to speak at Tuesday’s forum. “I know the head of the MCO would not approve this, but their care coordinator said, ‘If you testify, I will cut all of your hours,’” Cooper said. “And it scared them to death.” State officials are looking into Cooper’s allegation, de Rocha said.
Where Kansas ranks on end-of-life policies In 2002, Judith Peres was deputy director of Last Acts, a group that published a report card comparing end-of-life policies in the 50 states. It included eight measures ranging from advance directive and pain policies to hospice use. Kansas mostly did not score well. The report showed that Kansas was among several states where fewer than 40 percent of hospitals reported having pain management programs and fewer than 20 percent reported having hospice
or palliative (comfort) care programs. Along with 20 other states, Kansas had between 7.6 percent and 12 percent of people over 65 who spent seven or more days in intensive care in the last six months of life. The number of Kansas nursing home residents in persistent pain was said to fall between 45 percent and 55 percent. Kansas ranked among the three lowest states in advance directive policies. It was among the
many states where fewer than 30 percent of people died at home and where hospice use was less than 25 percent. The report was the only one of its kind and there has been nothing similar produced since, so it is difficult to compare then to now. But Peres said she thought little had changed since the report was published. “It’s a little bit uncertain how we (the states) would look now, but I’d say we’re at pretty much status quo,” she said.
allow doctors to assist the terminally ill in dying is from the Catholic Church and Right to Life, the group better known for fighting abortion. The highly publicized death of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who became an advocate for Oregon’s law, has fueled some of that activity at statehouses, particularly in her home state of California, according to Peg Sandeen, executive director of the Death with Dignity National Center in Portland, Ore. But even before Maynard’s story fascinated the public, Sandeen said, “for the past two or three years, we’ve been seeing more momentum.” She said she was optimistic more states soon
would adopt the laws. For the moment, California and the District of Columbia seem the likeliest. “In Kansas, I think it would be very hard to pass,” she said, though her group tracked House Bill 2150, a languishing measure crafted by the House Vision 2020 Committee. Despite the growing public interest, death still is a topic most shun. “We don’t want to talk about death and dying,” Sandeen said. “We want to talk about fitness.” Kathy Davis, director at KU Medical Center’s KU Kids Healing Place in Kansas City, Ks., routinely counsels children with a dying parent or who are themselves seriously ill or dying.
It distresses her, she said, that many of them have no concept of death except as a TV or video game fantasy. So the reality when it comes is all the more difficult for them to deal with psychologically and emotionally. “Don’t be afraid for kids to know that people die,” she said. “We would like the opportunity to talk to high school kids and talk with them about end-of-life decisions. But most schools don’t want you to touch that with a 10-foot pole.” In the old days, death was less hidden. “When grandpa was laid out in state on the dining room table, it was pretty obvious grandpa wasn’t getting up for dinner,” Davis said.
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Pastime at Park Lane Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Joy Barnett, Madeline Murphy, Chelsie Rose, Dorothy King, Wanda Kirk, Gary Goodman, 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 enjoyed a watermelon feed on Tuesday afternoon. Russel and Mary Webster led Bible study on Tuesday evening. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning. Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon. Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut and Mandy Barnett were the helpers. Elsie Nagel gave manicures on Thursday morning.
Honor 6 with July birthdays
Six Park Lane residents were guests of honor during the monthly birthday party. Celebrating July birthdays are Phyllis Trembley, Royann Green, Madeline Murphy, Richard Kirk, Maxine Binns and Delores Brooks. D’Ann Markel led everyone in a group sing-along. Wanda Wright furnished Fourth of July cookies and treats.
Celebrate the Fourth with music
Everyone enjoyed a patriotic music program on Friday afternoon. Wanda Wright furnished red, white and blue popsicles. Residents played trivia games on Thursday evening. Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday morning. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon. Residents watched the All-School Reunion parade on Saturday morning. Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Roger and Jackie John and Matt and Adrian Noll.
Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of July 13-17 Monday: Baked hamburger, deli fixins, tator tots, black beans/corn/tomato salad, peaches with whipped topping. Tuesday: Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, herbed green beans, whole wheat bread, blueberry crisp. Wednesday: Baked fish fillet or Swiss steak, squash casserole, cinnamon rolls, citrus fruit cup. Thursday: Baked ham, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, whole wheat roll, ambrosia. Friday: Beef enchilada, stewed or fresh tomatoes, refried beans, yogurt fruit parfait. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501
Replacing Social Security card is free, but there are limits by Chad Ingram Social Security district manager
No matter how hard you try to keep track of your important documents, sometimes they get lost or even stolen. Getting a replacement Social Security number card is free, but you will have to provide the proper documents to get a new one. Being prepared will save you time at the Social Security office or card center. If you are replacing your card, you will need original or certified copies of the required documents, which include: 1) Proof of citizenship: If you have not already established your U.S. citizenship with us, we need to see proof of U.S. citizenship. We can accept only certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship, like your U.S. birth certificate or U.S. passport. 2) Identity: We can accept only certain documents as proof of identity. An acceptable document must be current (not expired) and show your name, identifying information (date of birth or age), and preferably, a recent photograph. For example, as proof of identity, we must see your:
•U.S. driver’s license; •State-issued non-driver identification card; or •U.S. passport. If you do not have one of these specific documents, or you cannot get a replacement for one of them within 10 days, we will ask to see other documents, including a(n): •Employee identification card; •School identification card; •Health insurance card (not Medicare card); or •U.S. military identification card. Remember, you are limited to three replacement cards in a year or ten in your lifetime. Legal name changes and other exceptions do not count toward these limits. Also, you may not be affected by these limits if you can prove you need the card to prevent a significant hardship. What’s more important than having your card is knowing your Social Security number. This is how we identify you, tally your wages correctly, and how we eventually issue you accurate retirement benefits. You might not even need your card for identification purposes if you know and consistently use your correct number.
Nella Funk was visited by Kim Smith, Dianna Howard, Mandy Kropp, Margie Stevens and Nancy Holt. Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock and Lorena Turley. Clifford Dearden was visited by Aaron, Jill, MaLaney and MaKinley Brantley from Ellsworth; Kirk and Janet Ottaway, Hays; and Jean Davis and Ken Olson, both from Kingman, Ariz.
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Dottie Fouquet was visited by Jon and Anne Crane; Sandy, Ellie and Bodie Higgins; Mark Fouquet, Ethan McDaniel, Pam Magill and Diane Magill. Pat Lawrence was visited by Marilyn Waters and Kelsie Conard. Thelma Branine was visited by Kristi, Cooper, Roslynn and Perry Keefer; Karli Cooper, Chad Koci, Bob and Nikki Cooper; Sherri, Kendall and Hunter Smith; and Chandler and Cassidy Hornbostel. LaVera King was visited by Margie Stevens, Harrison King, David and Susan King, Gloria Gough, Kylan Stroud and Carol Latham. Cecile Billings was visited by Donita Billings and Delinda Dunagan. Arlene Beaton was visited by Margie Stevens, William Beaton, Jean Davis and Ken Olson, Nancy Holt, Colleen Beaton and Juanita Barnett.
Deaths Pete Joseph Steffens
Pete Joseph Steffens, 81, died July 4, 2015, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City. He was born on Jan. 6, 1934, in Healy, the son of Leonard and Katherine (Wendler) Steffens. He had been a resident of Scott City since 1955, moving from Healy. In 1973, he and his son, Phil, started Pete’s Plumbing, Scott City. Pete was also a farmer and worked for Wheatland Electric for 20 years before transferring to Sunflower Electric, Garden City, where he worked in the water department as a lab technician until retiring in 1996. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus, both of Scott City. On Aug. 15, 1953, he married Victoria Hanzlick in Dighton. She survives. Other survivors include: one son, Phil, and wife, Danna, Scott City; two daughters, Cindy Schmitt, and husband, Jeff, Kansas City, Mo., and Tammy Brand, Carthage, Mo.; four brothers, Larry Steffens and Lou Steffens,
both of Imperial, Calif., Dick Steffens, Leawood, and Tom Steffens, Beloit; one sister, Sherry Barnett, Hutchinson; one daughter-in-law, Penny Andrasek, Scott City; one sister-in-law, Norma Steffens, Imperial, Calif.; 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Charles and Galen; and three brothers. Vigil service will be Sun., July 12, 7:00 p.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City. Memorial service will be held Mon., July 13, 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City, with Fr. Bernard Felix and Deacon Duane Lampe officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to St. Joseph Catholic Church, Children’s Mercy Hospital or St. Jude Children’s Hospital in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871. There will be no calling times.
Francine Michelle Davis
Francine Michelle Davis, 54, died July 1, 2015, in Topeka. She was born on Aug. 28, 1960, in Lawrence, the daughter of Von and Alberta (Annis) Davis. A 1978 graduate of Oakley High School, she earned an associate’s degree from Colby Community College in 1990 and then attended Ft. Hays State University. She was a member of the Oakley Methodist Church Group Bell Choir. Survivors include: her father, Hays; one son, Franklin Wright, and Shauna Rogers, Topeka;
one daughter, Amanda Sowers, and husband, Clifton, Healy; two sisters, Deedee Peteete, Hays, and Sheryl Janaraco, and husband, Fred, Lawrence; and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother and several aunts and uncles. The funeral service was held July 6 at Baalmann Mortuary, Oakley. Memorials may be given to the Gideon’s in care of Baalmann Mortuary, Box 204, Oakley, Ks. 67748. Online condolences can be given at www.baalmannmortuary.com.
by Jason Storm
Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright and Larry and Philene Pickett. Boots Haxton was visited by Rod and Kathy Haxton and Nancy Holt. Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler and Phyllis See. Albert Dean was visited by Lynn and Jeannie Dean, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Doris Whinery, Noble, Okla.; Kathy Eggleston, Noble, Okla.; and Nancy Holt. Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale and Vicki Dirks. Jake Leatherman was visited by Jim VanAntwerp, Fort Worth, Tex., and Jeanette Crump, Satanta. Geraldine Graves was visited by Jacqueline Huerta. Emogene Harp was visited by Nancy Holt, Devoe and Otto Harp, Margie Stevens, Alicia Harp, Rick Harp and Sharilyn Wilken.
Lowell Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler, Tom and Kathy Moore, Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church, Marcelle Culter, Ella Mae Gisinhom, James Van Antwerp and Rozann Rodenberg. Corrine Dean was visited by Kim Smith, Dianna Howard, Mandy Kropp, Margie Stevens and Nancy Holt. Margaret Harper was visited by Nancy Holt. Melva Rose was visited by Bob and Irma McDaniel; Pete and Roberta Leiker, McPherson; and Royce and Lola from Oberlin. Delores Brooks was visited by Dave and Cheryl Perry, Charles Brooks, Fritzi Rauch and Nancy Holt. Jim Jeffery was visited by Hugh McDaniel. Yvonne Spangler was visited by Jerica VanCampen, Jillian VanCampen, Jordan VanCampen and Yvette Mills.
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State employee insurance open to same-sex spouses
The State of Kansas is changing its stance on health insurance benefits for same-sex spouses of state employees. Previously, members of Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration had declined to change state policies, saying they were still studying the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage. Sara Belfry is a spokes-
person with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which manages state employee health insurance. “After legal review of the Supreme Court decision, we have started accepting applications for same-sex spouses of state employees to be eligible for the state employee health plan,” she said Tuesday.
Funding
Belfry said there’s a special one-month open enrollment period for same-sex spouses to apply for health benefits. She said state officials continue to study changes in other areas, such as MedicaidBelfry. She said state officials continue to study changes in other areas, such as Medicaid health care ben-
efits. Later on Tuesday, Brownback issued an executive order on religious liberty. It prohibits state government from taking discriminatory action against any “individual clergy or religious leader” or “religious organization” that chooses not to participate in a samesex marriage.
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vision for our state: really investing in young children so we could have a strong workforce.” Cotsoradis said Kansas also faces an imminent reduction in the revenues it receives from the tobacco master settlement fund. “It is just around the corner,” she said. “This is the last budget cycle where we will have two portions to that payment. That means we are facing a reduction of about 24 percent, beginning in 2018. “We will not have enough resources in the Children’s Initiatives Fund to sustain early childhood programs at level funding, and most of those programs have been at level funding for six or more years. So, even sustaining at the current level will be impossible with the Key Fund being empty.” Friendship ‘Meals to Go’ available from the VIP Center Individual frozen/sealed trays • Good for special diets only $3.25/meal • Call 872-3501
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The Soil in Which All Spiritual Virtues Grow In Matthew 11:29, Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief, ease, refreshment, blessed quiet) for yours.” Jesus became meek and lowly in heart; meaning His life was completely submissive and dependent upon the Father’s will. John 5:19, 30; 6:38; 7:16, 28; 8:28, 42, 50, are scriptures showing how Jesus’ words were filled with surrender and dependency to His Father and His will. And those two seeds, dependency and surrender to the Spirit of God, produced a life of humility - “the soil in which all spiritual virtues grow” - in the heart of Jesus! As in the life of Jesus, the continual death of one’s own will and becoming completely dependent and submissive to the Spirit is summed up in one glorious word, “humility”! To become “nothing” before God is the essence of humility. We must allow humility to take its rightful place of importance in our Christian lives. When we become empty of self then God becomes all. Humility is the attitude that everything we are is dependent on Jesus in us. Humility allows the Holy Spirit to flow the life of Jesus in us and through us! Notice also in Matthew 11 above, that those who submit themselves to Jesus are promised rest for their souls!
Rest is the number one need in the lives of many! It comes from Jesus! The complete opposite of humility is pride. When pride reigns in the heart of man, humility has departed. The believer who will not submit himself with a meek and lowly heart to God, believing he is something when he is nothing, is allowing pride to rob him of the Spirit of Christ - the spirit of humility. Often we find ourselves in two great struggles: will we succumb to the deceptive spirit of pride or will we submit to God in humility. Should we not follow Jesus’ perfect example by submitting all that we are or ever will be to Him? He is the personification of humility! His life is the greatest of all instruction on humbling and yielding to the Father’s will. The person that lifts himself up in pride ultimately is brought low, but he who humbles himself, God will exalt, “and be clothed with humility: for God giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” I Peter 5:5,6. Oh, how victorious is the believer, who has surrendered all to the spirit of humility; the soil in which all spiritual virtues grows!
Pastor Ed Sanderson, Assembly of God Church, Scott City
Scott City Assembly of God
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer
4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.
1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m. Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Pence Community Church
Community Christian Church
8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.) Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Immanuel Southern Baptist Church
803 College - Scott City - 872-2339
1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264
Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor
Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday morning worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
Gospel Fellowship Church 120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Larry Taylor, pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
1st United Methodist Church 5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 Dennis Carter, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services at 9:00 a.m. • Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.
First Christian Church
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
701 Main - Scott City - 872-2937 Scotty Wagner, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday is Family Night Meal: 5:45 p.m. • Study: 6:15 p.m. Website: www.fccscottcity.org
Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666 Father Don Martin Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m. St. Luke’s - 872-5734 (recorded message) Senior Warden Bill Lewis • 872-3347 or Father Don Martin - (785) 462-3041
Scott Mennonite Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City
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Field House among area projects getting Wheatland support Co-op loans over $2.6M for rural development Since 2000, Wheatland Electric has invested more than $2.6 million back into the communities it serves through its partnership with USDA and the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDLG). The program makes low to no interest loans available to certain qualifying community and economic development projects. Loan funds from the program can be used in two ways, the first is for community development projects. Over the years, these community development projects have included initiatives like helping to establish a dentist office, providing funds for the purchase of a fire truck and partnering with a local school district to build a high school field house. In 2010, officials from USD 466 (Scott County) learned of the funds from a Wheatland representative when discussing plans for a new field house. “We couldn’t have done it without the help of Wheatland,” says board member Lynnette
Robinson. “The community was really behind this project and everyone wanted to help. The school district wanted to do our part but we didn’t have the cash on-hand to be able to fund the entire project. “Being able to borrow the money interest free and have 10 years to repay it was a huge help. It was definitely a winwin for us.” Eco-Devo Assistance The second way the funds can be used is for economic development projects that involve new business start-ups or existing business expansions. Past economic development projects from Wheatland’s program include among others, dairy startups and expansions, a grain storage facility and an ethanol manufacturing facility. “For the last 15 years Wheatland has been investing in the future of rural Kansas communities through our economic development loan program,” said Bruce Mueller, general manager of Wheatland. “We’re proud to have been a part of some really great projects that have benefitted entire communities as well as projects that have helped local businesses expand and thrive. “We look forward to continuing that partner-
ship with the communities and businesses in our service territory.” Wheatland emphasizes that these loans are not meant to compete with local banks but to partner with them on projects that stimulate private investments and the creation of jobs and wealth in rural Kansas. Some of the steps required for eligible community groups and businesses to secure financing for their project include the following: •Request assistance from Wheatland and obtain board approval for the project •Submit a detailed business plan that includes all of the pertinent details of the project •Provide an irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution •Provide three year historical and projected financial statements Additional information may be required to determine project eligibility. Wheatland says there are currently funds available through the program and that interested community groups and businesses can learn more by visiting the website at www.weci.net or by contacting Shawn Powelson, Manager of Member Services and Corporate Communications at 800762-0436.
The SCHS field house was one of the projects that received funding assistance through Wheatland Electric. (Record Photo)
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What it takes to become a champion
bursting with pride Community honors 3 coaches who have earned multiple state titles Winning state championships is a great accomplishment. But in order to get special recognition during ceremonies held in conjunction with the Scott Community High School 2015 All-School Reunion, one state title wasn’t going to get it done. Following acknowledgement of about 60 assistant and head coaches during an afternoon program on Saturday in the high school gym, there were three coaches still to be mentioned. Those three - Dave Dunham, Jon Lippelmann and Glenn O’Neil - have combined for 15 of Scott City’s 23 state titles earned in sports. Leading up to that big finale, former SCHS head coach Larry Huck laid the groundwork for what it means to be a coach in Scott City. “I have often said that I came to Scott City in 1963 and
ern Kansas.
I’ve never known a community that has more pride than “Now they not only know Scott City. When I first came here, Scott City was all you ever about us in eastern Kansas, but heard about in eastern Kansas. all over the United States,” he former football coach Larry Huck
never made enough money to leave,” he joked. “The reality is that I came to Scott City and have never wanted to leave. Scott Community High School brought me here and my love for SCHS and this community has kept me here.” Huck, who coached the Beavers to undefeated seasons in 1966 and 1967, acknowledged four athletes who were among the standouts during his career - Shorty Lawrence, Larry Russell, Mike Stoppel and Skip Numrich. He commended each for the examples they set on and off the field. Eight years ago, when then football coach Bill Arnold had announced his resignation, Huck approached O’Neil about becoming the next football coach. O’Neil was interested
and was shortly afterwards offered the position. “I guaranteed him that Scott City would support him 100 percent,” recalls Huck. “It’s easy to support Glenn because he is a great example for all of our kids and we are so fortunate to have him here.” It’s the people, emphasized Huck, that help to set Scott City apart from other communities. “I’ve never known a community that has more pride than Scott City,” he said. “When I first came here, Scott City was all you ever heard about in east(Photo above) SCHS football and basketball head coach Glenn O’Neil allows himself a smile when a fan shouts his support during Saturday’s recognition ceremony. (Record Photo)
said, referencing the attention that former SCHS standout Ron Baker has earned as a starting guard for the Wichita State University basketball team. Dwight Stoppel, a 1973 graduate of SCHS and a former assistant and head coach, marveled at the tradition that Scott City has established. “What a tradition in Scott City,” he said. “What you’ve done in the last 20 years, it’s obvious the kids are buying into it.” Community pride isn’t new, noted Trudi Kuntzsch of the reunion committee. “When we were looking through old yearbooks to get information about past teams, one thing we kept reading about was how many people would attend the state games. (See PRIDE on page 21)
Long-time SCHS wrestling coach Jon Lippelmann looks at the wall plaque that was unveiled in his honor during Saturday’s recognition ceremony. Lippelmann’s teams have recorded 300 duel wins during his career at Scott City. He is joined by assistant coach Brice Eisenhour (left) and former teacher and coach Jerry Snyder. (Record Photo)
A lot has been said about Scott City’s strong tradition in sports dating back to the first undefeated football team in 1910, the first unbeaten basketball team two years later and then the 1958 basketball season when Scott City won its firstever state championship. But a state chamRod p i o n - Haxton, ship or sports editor a n undefeated season don’t propel a school into elite status. We’ve witnessed a number of schools that had that one special group of athletes who were able to provide a couple of years of success at a high level - perhaps even a state championship - but the foundation for continued success wasn’t in place and when those athletes walked across the stage to accept their diploma all they left behind were great memories. It’s not until a school has established the foundation, and the next group of athletes is able to continue that same level of success, that you can truly say you have built a program. And it takes years and years of success before you can even broach the idea of calling what you have a tradition. Scott Community High School has earned that status. So what makes it possible for some schools to build a championship tradition while others can’t find success in a dictionary? Here are our observations from over the years and from visiting with some coaches who were in Scott City during the recent All-School Reunion. Strength Training The idea isn’t that new. Larry Huck recalls when he and Don Krebs started the first weight program in the late 1960s. It included bench press racks that they built and erected in the old field house. It helped, but it still wasn’t enough. Then Huck heard how Perryton, Tex., had introduced strength training as a regular part of the high school curriculum. No one else was doing that in Kansas - at least not in Western Kansas. The district’s administration realized what this could mean for local athletes. That’s also when Dave Dunham arrived on the scene and Scott City sports hasn’t been the same since. “He made great athletes out of good kids,” says Huck. It didn’t take other schools across the area to realize what was happening in Scott City and now it would be almost impossible to find a successful athletic program that doesn’t have strength training as part of the daily curriculum. Great Coaching Look back at Scott City’s history and the number of great coaches jump off the page. Look at the current SCHS coaching staff and the bar is higher than ever. Glenn O’Neil is the winningest football and basketball coach in SCHS history, along with claiming five state titles. (See CHAMPION on page 20)
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Outdoors in Kansas
SC spikers gaining competitive edge
by Steve Gilliland
Compete Don’t in summer squish the leagues at spiders Hays, GC Remember the old Jim Stafford song that began with the line “I don’t like spiders and snakes….”? Well snakes don’t bother me at all. In fact ,I go rattlesnake hunting with a couple of friends when I get the chance. And I’m not really scared of spiders either, but I don’t like them much. My wife has compiled a list of questions she wants to ask God someday, and most of them have to do with bugs. For example, she wants to ask the purpose of flies, ticks and mosquitoes, and I’m quite sure spiders will make the list also. If that’s your feeling about spiders as well, there are some workshops coming up around the state you might want to consider attending. Dustin Wilgers, a PhD with the Department of Natural Sciences at McPherson College, will be hosting interactive workshops during July and August to teach kids and adults about spiders. Attendees will learn about spider biology, adaptation and the importance of spider conservation. There will be opportunities to see and to handle live spiders, and each workshop will conclude with a night walk to find and catch wolf spiders. I’m not totally certain what “spider conservation” is, but I can only guess it means not squishing them, which takes some discipline. Dr. Wilgers discusses all spiders found in Kansas, but the wolf spider seems to be the star of the show, so without taking much of his thunder let me offer a few small pieces of wolf spider trivia. Wolf spiders have eight eyes arranged in three rows on their heads, and rely on (See SPIDERS on page 22)
If the Scott Community High School volleyball team was going to take the next big step this season, head coach Megan Gentry knew her girls needed more than just court time. They needed competition. “Last summer, the girls were in open gym a lot and that helped, but it wasn’t enough,” says Gentry. “We needed to be pushed harder and see how good other teams are.” In order to do that, the Lady Beavers have been competing in a summer league at Hays twice a week, in addition to league play in Garden City. Gentry feels the added commitment from the 10 girls who regularly participated in the Hays league will pay off this fall. The varsity squad was in Hays on Mondays, the junior varsity girls made the trip on Thursdays and a freshmen/sophomore group competed in the Garden City league. Out of a 22 team league, Gentry says the varsity squad was ranked
Ft. Hays State University head coach Kurt Kohler looks on as Scott City’s Kiana Yager sets the ball during Wednesday’s camp at the high school. (Record Photo)
16th at the start of the summer and climbed to seventh. One of the main goals of league play, in addition to improving overall skills, was to create better court awareness. “We need to know where to hit, when to tip and how to find the holes,” says Gentry. “That
Champion Jon Lippelmann has four state championships and is in extremely rare company among Kansas coaches with 300 duel wins. Jim Turner has coached the SCHS boys to a track title and is one of the most underrated football assistant coaches in the area. Kevin Reese has coached the SCHS boys to a cross-country state title and is a valuable asset on the track squad. And you can add the names of other coaches in the district to that list - Skip Numrich, Jenny Rose, Gaylon Walter, Neil Baker, Chris Carroll, Kyle Carroll, Brian Gentry, Brice Eisenhour, Aaron Dirks and Landon Frank, just to name a few. Bottom line: if you aren’t among the best, you need not apply at SCHS.
was only going to get better against good competition.” Given the team’s overall lack of height, Gentry says they were also needing to improve their defensive quickness. “And our blocking still has a long way to go,” she says. “We were up against some teams who
were crazy good with their hitting. Too often we were late with our blocks and our blockers weren’t working together. That has to improve.” Nonetheless, the head coach feels her girls have a good head start on the season and are way ahead of where they were a year ago.
The SCHS girls were in camp this week. Tuesday and Wednesday’s sessions were under the direction of Ft. Hays State University and the final two days will be a team camp. Of the 31 girls in camp, Gentry says about 28 have consistently been in the weight room and in open gym.
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blessed with more than a few over the years . . . too many to risk mentioning here because for everyone we name we’ll forget two others. But there’s one important caveat. Great athletes don’t all come in the five-star variety. Not everyone makes the Rivals list of can’tmiss prospects that are eagerly sought after by Kansas State University, Alabama or Oklahoma. Not that we haven’t had a few. Luke Hayes and Colborn Couchman are currently playing football for the Wildcats and, of course, there’s Ron Baker at Wichita State University. But there’s something else that makes SCHS unique. It’s about team. It’s about family. It’s about putting your ego aside and Athletes Who ‘Buy In’ Great coaches make doing what’s needed to great athletes. We’ve been win.
Cooper Griffith, for example, is a great runningback. Certainly one of the best in Western Kansas if not the entire state. In order to have the success we did last year, we needed Griffith in the backfield. But if the boys up front aren’t getting the job done then it doesn’t matter who you have carrying the ball. Griffith played on the offensive line as a sophomore because that’s where he could do his team the most good. He was prepared to do the same as a junior. That’s just one example. That’s real leadership. That’s what happens when you have athletes who buy in to what their coaches are telling them. That’s true in the weight room. It’s true on the practice field. And it’s true during game time. SCHS athletes understand that in order to win
championships it takes a O’Neil didn’t dwell on the team. state championships. He went right to the heart of Character what he and other coaches Even with the 23 state at SCHS do such a good championship banners job of teaching - respect, hanging from the gym- dignity and character. nasium rafters, everyone Scott City students are agrees that the most valu- reminded that when they able lesson to be learned leave this community for from sports is humility sports competition, they and dignity. are our ambassadors. Larry Huck comment- What they do and how ed that “real success isn’t they act is a reflection not measured by the amount only upon themselves, but of money you make. It’s all of us. the kind of person you SCHS athletes have are.” taken that responsibility The same can be said seriously. for sports. “We ask our athletes Real success isn’t mea- what do they want to be sured just by the wins and remembered for,” said losses, but by the kind of O’Neil. “It’s not just about person you become as a winning. It’s about being result. a good person. That’s the It’s been said before foundation for success.” and it bears repeating: The real measure of Sports doesn’t just build one’s legacy is how they character, it reveals your handle themselves and character. how they treat other peoWhen addressing the ple. crowd on Saturday afterAnd that, is the foundanoon, head coach Glenn tion for true champions.
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“The way this community supports its teams is unbelievable,” she said. “When we go to a state tournament it’s like a big reunion with former Scott City people coming together. Once you’re a Beaver that stays with you forever.” Special honorees during the afternoon were the wives of Ken Caywood and Bill Dryer, former coaches who were highly respected and very successful during their tenures. Caywood was a former football coach who compiled a 50-22 record from 1978-85. Dryer was an assistant football coach and an assistant track coach who was considered one of the best coaches in Kansas when it came to working with athletes in the discus and shot put. Caywood said she was particularly proud of how the Scott City athletes have handled success and conducted themselves over the years. “Ken would be proud of the way the young people carry themselves,” she said. “It’s the goodness that you see in them.” Dryer said that when she and her husband first moved to Scott City it was with the prospect of leaving after a couple of years for something bigger and better. “This turned out to be the biggest and the best,” she said.
current coach. “I’ve coached with and against some of the best coaches in Kansas and I hope you realize that you have, in Glenn O’Neil, the best coach there ever was,” said Dunham, who compiled an impressive 81-17 record during his nine years in Scott City. “I’ve never seen a coach like Glenn who can meld football and basketball and have the success that he’s had. I hope you appreciate that.”
Dave Dunham While Scott City’s football tradition had been established before Dave Dunham’s arrival in 1986, there is no argument that the head coach elevated the Beavers into one of the state’s powerhouse programs where it has remained for nearly three decades. Under Dunham, Scott City claimed its first-ever state football championship in 1988 and added two more in 1990 and 1991. He was also head coach of the Lady Beavers when they won the 1994 state track title and the boys when they won the Class 4A track championship a year later. “Every time I come back here it’s with pride,” said Dunham. But rather than focus on his accomplishments, Dunham turned the spotlight back on a
Jon Lippelmann Lippelmann has not only the most successful wrestling coach in SCHS history, and a member of the 300 duel win club, but he has the distinction of winning four state titles in three different decades (1990, 1994, 2004, 2012). “I’ve enjoyed my time coaching. I call it coaching life,” said Lippelmann, referring to the mental discipline required to stay in shape, lose weight and compete at a high level. Lippelmann said that one thing that makes coaching in Scott City a great experience is that the athletes are committed to doing what it takes to win. “We may not always be riding a thoroughbred, but we tighten up the saddle and we’re in every race to win,” he said in a style that’s typical
Former SCHS football and track coach Dave Dunham, who led the Beavers to five state titles, addresses the crowd during Saturday’s reunion gathering in the high school gym. (Record Photo)
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Lippelmann. Glenn O’Neil O’Neil, who has a state title in football to go along with five in basketball, emphasized that the two elements that lead to success in SCHS are legacy and tradition. “Tradition is something we talk about a lot to our athletes, during practice and before
every game,” he said. “Legacy, however, is what you’re remembered for,” noted O’Neil. “Legacy isn’t just about athletics, but how you conduct yourself at home and when you’re with your teammates in a restaurant or at a motel. “It’s not just about winning, but being a good person,” he said. “Learn from the coaches and the athletes who have been
there before you. This isn’t just about athletics, but about life.” O’Neil added that the 20 years he and his family have lived in Scott City is the longest he’s ever lived in one place and it’s become his home. “Whatever you think I’ve given to you, I want you to know that you’ve given me more,” he concluded to a standing ovation.
There was no better way to end an All-School Reunion pep rally than with the singing of the school song by former SCHS cheerleaders. (Record Photo)
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Another Snyder is owed his chance at KSU Early in the 2015 college football season (Oct. 7), Kansas State coach Bill Snyder will celebrate his 76th birthday. That’s astounding. by Snyder Mac has coached Stevenson K - S t a t e from 1989-2005 and 2008-present (24 years). Snyder’s legacy contains way too many superb achievements by his teams to try and record them here, but for his Wildcat fans Snyder’s most significant accomplishment over the years is K-State’s total domination of Kansas. In his 24 years, Snyder’s K-State teams are 19-5 against KU. And three of those five defeats (198990-92) came at the start of Snyder’s era before he had a chance to establish his program. No group will be happier to see Snyder retire than the Jayhawk fans who have suffered through one humiliation after another for what seems like forever. Never has so much been owed to one coach by one university for all he has done for Wildcat fans during his legendary career. Coach Snyder has made it clear that he would like to have his son, Sean Snyder, replace him as K-State’s head coach. Kansas State owes him that and much more. Sean has been on KState’s coaching staff for 21 years and he knows everything about the successful program. That kind of father-son loyalty needs to be rewarded. K-State’s hierarchy wouldn’t have to give young Snyder a long-term contract, but Snyder’s son deserves his chance as head coach. If it didn’t work out, K-State would have granted one of Snyder’s few requests over his long coaching career. And if it did work out, Sean Snyder would continue what has become a marvel in college football. Hawks Looking Good Kansas/USA defeated Turkey 66-57 on July 4 in their first test of the World University Games in South Korea. KU didn’t play particularly well, but Turkey (See SNYDER on page 25)
Spiders their excellent eyesight when hunting. It seems that if they look at you, their eyes even reflect in the beam of a flashlight, which explains why workshop participants will be hunting them after dark. They don’t spin webs so you’ll usually see them scurrying across the ground. Their bodies are covered in course hairs, giving them a fierce sort
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of appearance. I suppose the best reason for practicing “spider conservation” where wolf spiders are concerned is because of the vast number of insects they eat, including crickets and cockroaches. As far as I’m concerned there is no downside to fewer crickets and cockroaches. I worked for 10 years
Federal duck stamps on sale The 82nd Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, commonly known as the Federal Duck Stamp, is now on sale. Waterfowl hunters, birders, outdoor enthusiasts, artists, and stamp collectors can obtain the $25 stamp online, at select post offices, and wherever hunting licenses are sold. For all buying options, visit www.fws.gov/birds/getinvolved/duck-stamp/buy-duck-stamp.php. Previous purchasers of the stamp will notice a price increase of $10 from last year. This is the first price increase the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has implemented in 24 years, and also the longest single period without an increase in the program’s history. The increased price of the duck stamp will allow the Service to devote more funds to conserving wetland habitat that benefits birds and many other species. Ninety-eight percent of the proceeds from duck stamp sales go to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund, which supports wetland acquisition and conservation easements for the National Wildlife Refuge System. Since the program’s inception, sales of the stamp have raised more than $800 million to protect more than six million acres of habitat for birds and other wildlife. The 2015-2016 Federal Duck Stamp features a pair of ruddy ducks painted by wildlife artist Jennifer Miller of Olean, N.Y. She is the third female artist in the program’s history to have her work featured on the stamp.
as a shop supervisor at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, and I remember the inmates in our shop catching big wolf spiders in the fall and keeping them in clear plastic food containers they’d dig from the trash. Every morning they would pop open the container long enough to toss in some crickets they would catch on the way to work.
The workshops are free and to see times and places for the workshops go to the Wildlife and Parks website ksoutdoors. com or email Dr. Wilgers at wilgersd@mcpherson.edu. Spider conservation equals fewer crickets and roaches. Yet another reason to Explore Kansas Outdoors! Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net
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Baker in tryouts for Pan Am Games Last summer, Wichita State guards Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet attended elite camps to work on skills and show off in front of the NBA world. Their trip this summer is all about the name on the front of the jersey. Tryouts for the United States team in the Pan Am Games began Tuesday in Colorado Springs. “This is more focused on the team and you actually get a whole month to practice with the teams and work out some chemistry,” VanVleet said. “In those camps, it’s all about yourself and you’ve got 60 guys all trying to show how great they are.” Twenty-two athletes start tryouts and coach Mark Few, and his assistants, will cut the roster to around 12 for training camp at the Chicago Bulls facility July 13-16. The Pan Am Games begin July 21 in Toronto with a game against Venezuela. “This is just another adventure for me,” Baker said. “It’s the biggest thing you can represent, in my mind. You grow up representing your family. Then you hopefully get to college. Now, it’s the USA.” Baker and VanVleet join 14 other college players, five who played professionally overseas and Ryan Hollins, who played with the Sacramento Kings last season. Former Kansas guard Keith Langford, Baylor’s Rico Gathers, Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon and Iowa State’s Monte’ Morris are on the roster. Former WSU assistant Tad Boyle, now coach at Colorado, is one of Few’s assistants for Team USA. Former WSU coach Mark Turgeon, now at Maryland, is an instructional coach during the tryouts. WSU coach Gregg Marshall is happy to turn his star guards over to Team USA for a few days or a few weeks. Working with new coaches and playing against strong
WSU’s Ron Baker in NCAA Tournament action against Kentucky. (Photo courtesy of The Wichita Eagle)
competition in the summer is a plus. “It gives them a confidence when they go and compete against some of the best players in the country,” he said. “They have a renewed vigor, if you will, when they come back because they’ve been stimulated. They’ve worked very hard, they’ve gotten some new drills, they’ve been in front of NBA people.” Making the team means roughly three weeks of
competitive basketball. In summer practices, Marshall gives Baker and VanVleet time to watch. He doesn’t need to see them run drills and their legs don’t need the wear and tear. It is more productive for them to watch or teach, giving the young players more time for participation. “You have to be careful not to work them too hard,” Marshall said. “You don’t want them hitting their peak in August.”
Both players are loaded with individual awards and team success after three seasons as Shockers. Adding Team USA to a resume is a special item. They would be the first Shockers to make the United States Pan Am team. “As far as accomplishments, it would be probably be at the top of my list,” VanVleet said. “That’s a whole ’nother ball-game to be playing for your country.”
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Walk/Run/Roll Lake Scott State Park • July 4, 2015 Women’s Division 10k Run Manhattan
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Paula Vulgamore
Scott City
52:19
Nancy Goodman
Scott City
53:05
Nichole Eckels
Raymore, Mo.
53:34
Elisabeth Friesen Lisa Weimer
Copeland Hoxie
53:37 54:33
Olivia Prieto
Scott City
57:15
Ashlyn Robinson
Scott City
58:51
Jade Crittenden
Scott City
58:52
Amanda Unruh Jade Wren
Scott City Scott City
59:39 1:01.40
Liz Plunkett
Syracuse
1:08.43
Calista Miller
Scott City
1:09.34
Cynthia Scheuerman Judy Faurot
Scott City Scott City
1:13.03 1:16.32
Julie Gibbs
5k Run
(Above) Silhouetted against the morning sun while running at Lake Scott in the 5k division of the Walk/Run/Roll are (from left) Jarrod Herbers, Smithville, Mo., Chad Amerine, Scott City, and Aaron Goodman, Scott City. (Below) Leading a group of runners in the 10k division are (from left) Amanda Unruh, Scott City; Jade Crittenden, Scott City; and Ashlyn Robinson, Scott City. (Record Photos)
Bridget Brown
Assaria
21:57
Makaela Stevens
Scott City
23:06
Andrea Baber Libby Hineman
Scott City Scott City
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Karla Hudson
Lincoln, Nebr.
28:22
Aubrey Steinbrink Julie Witt
Scott City Manhattan
28:51 30:08
Jami Tabor
Andover
30:08
Becky Sigurdson
Topeka
31:11
Jacy Rose
Scott City
31:11
Elizabeth Stacey Jennifer Rose Meredith Cupp Maria Soldevilla Darcy Frick Stewart Amy Millar Bobbi Ferguson Marsha Grothusen Emma Wheeler Tonja Lebbin Challie Metzger Darci Cain Stormy Wells Payton Goodman Andrea Carroll Melisa Wells Julie Wheeler Paige Vulgamore Adrianne Wren Tarin Palmer Margie Meyer Sue Eitel Maggie Unruh Mariah York Deena Sharpe Danelle Palmer Sara Goodman Emily Lightner Rogene Gutshall Jill Clark Jill Brantley Sandra Higgins Leah Brantley Elizabeth Gerber Anjie Gideon Shauna Farber Kelsey Baker Brianne Austin Pam McDaniel Rhonda Sigg Judith Gray Megan Palen Julie Palen Anita Brantley Lynette Renzelman Lavera Bartlett
Rogers, Ark. Scott City Scott City Shawnee Prairie Village Scott City Hugoton Prairie Village Scott City Scott City Holcomb Ellis Scott City Scott City Langhorne, Pa. Scott City Scott City Scott City Scott City Luray Scott City Scott City Garden City Healy Scott City Luray Scott City Scott City Yuma, Colo. St. Louis, Mo. Scott City Elkhart Scott City Scott City WaKeeney Luray Scott City Roswell, Ga. Scott City Iola Katy, Tex. Scott City Weston, Mass. Scott City Cimarron Dighton
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Brinlie Stevens Taylin Tabor Tara Rose Tatum Wells Kinsley Tabor Piper Brown Tressa Goodman Maggie Hineman Shanna Wells
1-Mile Fun Run Scott City Andover Scott City Scott City Andover Assaria Scott City Scott City Scott City
8:04 8:13 8:46 9:07 9:43 9:47 9:50 9:59 14:40
Participants in the 5k run at Lake Scott on Saturday morning were (from left) Mike Wagner, Ogden, Ia.; Meredith Cupp, Scott City; Chad Amerine, Scott City; Cale Goodman, Scott City; Randy Leighton, Scott City; Aaron Goodman, Scott City; and Darcy Frick-Stewart, Prairie Village. (Record Photo)
Walk/Run/Roll Lake Scott State Park • July 4, 2015 Men’s Division 10k Run Grant Helmers Kansas City, Mo. Josh Cunninghan Sublette Bryce Kopper Garden City Kellen Desmond Pueblo, Colo. Brian Oller Garden City Patrick Gilrease Rapid City, S.D. Will Beaton Topeka Kenneth York Healy James Wren Scott City Walt Lovins Scott City
Brett Meyer Matthew Clay Roy Soldevilla Corbin Stevens Sawyer Stevens Cooper Tabor Camden Vulgamore Troy Unruh Jarrod Herbers Tristan Ricker Aaron Goodman Cale Goodman Michael Stoppel Mike Wagner Chad Amerine Steven Vanarsdale Randy Leighton Kale Wheeler Dale Brueggeman David Killosgo Matthew Wheeler Kolton Palmer Chris Lebbin Logan Stopple Kelly Stopple Lindsey Stewart Homer Clark Thomas Palen
Houston Frank Kasten Wren Kalo Hineman Chad Tabor Andy Hineman Hunter Wells
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Fishing Report Scott State Lake Updated July 7 Channel cats: good; up to 6.5 lbs. Still fishing worms off the bottom lakewide has been good. Walleye/saugeye: fair/good; saugeye up to 3.6 lbs.; walleye up to 6.1 lbs. Jig and nighcrawler or minnow combos fished over points and along drop-offs has produced good numbers of fish, but most have been small due to the establishment of strong 2013 and 2014 year classes. Remember, all saugeye and walleye must be 18 inches or larger to be legal for harvest. Largemouth bass: fair/good; up to 5.5 lbs. Casting soft plastic baits, suspending jerkbaits, and swimbaits around fish attractors, rocky shorelines, or laydown trees has produced fish. Sunfish: fair/good; up to 8 inches. Bluegill are spawning and can be caught in the shallows, usually in areas with a gravelly bottom, fishing a jig or worm under a bobber. Crappie: slow; most up to 9 inches. Jigs or minnows under a bobber around the fish attractors and off the handicap dock. General comments: Release all walleye/saugeye and largemouth bass less than 15 inches. Please discard all leftover bait in a trash can, even baitfish. Remember it is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water.
had something to say about that. Turkey’s team was big, physical, mature, and had skilled threepoint shooters. Junior guard Wayne Selden (6-5, 230) excelled for Kansas. Selden led the KU scorers with 19 points and had nine rebounds. What’s encouraging for Kansas fans is that Selden has trimmed off some weight and he’s in terrific shape. Selden’s defense and quickness have improved and he’ll be a force rebounding this fall. He looked quicker and more aggressive than his first two seasons. Senior Perry Ellis had 17 points and six rebounds against the big, physical Turkey team. Ellis appears to be set for a great senior season. Frank Mason and Nic Moore (from SMU)
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played effective basketball at the guard positions. Mason had 12 points and Moore added nine. Junior center Landen Lucas looked slow at times, but he had two game-turning tip-ins late in the second half. And Hunter Mickelson played well in both halves. Kansas made too many mistakes, but the Jayhawks have only been practicing for two weeks and it was their first game since last season. The Jayhawks’ energy level and defense improved in the second half. Coach Bill Self said, “We switched how we guarded the ball screens. I was pleased with how we defended. I thought we did a pretty good job. I think that sparked us. It’s always been my un-
derstanding, if you have good players and you play well, you’re going to win. The key to having good teams is, when you don’t play well, you figure out ways to win. That’s what we kind of did today. We didn’t play well.” If the rest of the tournament competition is as challenging as Turkey, Kansas is going to gain some invaluable experience. Lack of Discipline The Kansas City Royals have one shortcoming that could spell disaster before the season is over: Many of their players refuse to develop any semblance of plate discipline. We can assume that manager Ned Yost and hitting coach Dale Sveum spend hours every week trying to convince
first baseman Eric Hosmer, third baseman Mike Moustakas, catcher Salvy Perez, and shortstop Alcides Escobar that they can’t hit pitches in the dirt. It’s obvious that the advice is falling on deaf ears. These aforementioned players are the worst offenders, however, the team as a whole is just awful when it comes to swinging at pitches that are well out of the strike zone. It’s becoming hard to watch for the fans. The red-hot start by the Royals’ hitters has turned out to be fools’ gold. KC’s offense has gone stagnant and the ball club has been flat for some time. Nevertheless, Kansas City (5033), had a five game lead on Minnesota heading into Thursday’s games.
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Scenes from the All-School Reunion mud volleyball tournament sponsored by the Scott Recreation Commission
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Miller has repaired sewing machines for 56 years
Traveling salesmen have gone the way of the buggy whip and the encyclopedia. Melvin Miller has bucked that trend as one of the last perhaps only - individuals still traveling the roads of Kansas selling and servicing sewing machines for the past 56 years. Scott City has been among those monthly stops, with Miller setting up shop at MTM Siding and Glass where he would service machines. Often times they would be done the same day. This week was Miller’s final trip to Scott City as he prepares to close his shop in Pratt and retire to Ohio. He will leave behind a trail of lifelong friends and customers who will be left wondering where to turn when they experience problems with their sewing machines. The feeling is mutual. “I have thoroughly enjoyed this work,” he says. “I’ll miss the people who I’ve gotten to know over the years.” After more than half a century, Miller has established quite a reputation throughout central and Western Kansas. In addition to his store in Pratt, he has pick-up sites in Kiowa, Medicine Lodge, Ellsworth and Great Bend. Scott City is the only place where he does actual repair work on location. Miller’s reason for getting started in this profession as a 20-year-old was simple: “I needed a job.” The Singer sewing machine company in Hutchinson had an opening for a repairman. He learned basic repairs from the store’s manager and after that he’s had five decades of on-thejob training. In 1961, he added salesman to his job title. Miller remained with the company for 17 years before deciding he needed to spend more time on the farm raising four sons. “My help (sons) had grown up and left and I was broke,” says Miller after running the hog operation for nine years.
Melvin Miller at his repair bench at MTM Siding and Glass where he has set up shop one day each month. With the news out that this week would be his final trip to Scott City, Miller had seven machines lined up for repair and service work on Wednesday. (Record Photo)
Throughout that time, however, Miller would make a trip each week from Partridge to Pratt where he had a shop and could continue to repair sewing machines. He resumed full-time repair work in 1986. A Lost Skill Miller admits that he’s the last of a vanishing breed. “The times are changing. Women don’t sew like they used to,” he notes. “Very few of my clientele sew dresses. It’s mostly done for mending, quilts and craft work.” He says there may have been a bit of a revival in sewing as young girls picked up the skill from their grandmothers. But he says it’s difficult to compete with the cost of buying clothes off the rack. And he’s also frustrated by manufacturers who make a cheaper sewing machine with many designed in a way that makes them difficult, if not impossible, to repair. “So many of the machines come from China. They look pretty but they’re no fun to work on,” he says. Too many machines, he says, are built with the idea of breaking down. For example, he says one of the worst ideas
(Above) Miller takes apart a rotating hook that is used to make a stitch. (Right) Miller carefully checks and cleans the moving parts of a sewing machine that was brought in for service work. (Record Photos)
that Singer ever had was using plastic gears in their machines in the mid-1960s. “Plastic gears would strip and replacing them wasn’t easy. The steel gears in the old machines still work as well as they did when they were new,” says Miller. Then again, longevity isn’t the goal of today’s sewing machine manufacturers. “They see no reason in making a machine that will last 40 or 50 years because nobody will keep them that long. After about 10 years, most people are ready to throw their’s out,” he says.
Without Miller around, sewing machine owners may have few options. Patience is the Key When it comes to repairs, Miller takes particular pride in his persistence and finding and fixing a problem. “It’s against my principles to give up,” he says proudly. “There are a few times when I’ve had to admit defeat, but most of the time I win. “I enjoy the challenge of fixing things. It’s taught me patience. If I run up against a repair that I can’t solve, then I’ll eat lunch or drink coffee and
the answer will come to me,” he says. “The key to success is thinking things through.” Miller, now of Arlington, had more than enough time to think following a heart attack and surgery a couple of years ago. “It wasn’t any fun just sitting around. I had to do something, so I went back to work,” he says. That hasn’t been the only motivation for Miller. Looking back on his career, Miller says that lots of people can farm, but there are very few people who can repair sewing machines. “To me it’s always been about serving people. I don’t think God put us on this earth to serve ourselves,” he says. While he’s moving to Walnut Creek, Ohio, to be closer to family, retirement isn’t in Miller’s immediate plans. “I’ll let you in on a little secret,” he confides from his work bench. “Close to where I’ll be living is the largest Amish community in the world and they use old sewing machines,” he says with the hint of excitement of someone who just found the spot that’s marked “X” on a treasure map. “I think there will be plenty of work for me to do.”
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USDA expands sorghum acres to 8.84 million The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has increased the estimated planting of grain sorghum acres to 8.84 million in its June report. That’s up 11 percent from its March report and 24 percent over the previous year. The two largest grain sorghum producing states, Kansas and Texas, planted 3.3 million and 3.1 million acres with an increase of 16 and 24 percent, respectively, over the last year. Other noticeable increases include 112 percent increase in planted acres in Missouri compared to last year. NASS reports as of June 28, 93 percent of the crop had been planted, 68 percent of which is in good to excellent condition, further pointing to a record year for grain sorghum.
Kansas corn stocks climb 25% from ‘14
Kansas corn stocks in all positions on June 1 totaled 150 million bushels, up 25 percent from 2014, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Of the total, 40 million bushels are stored on farms, up 48 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 110 million bushels, are up 18 percent from last year. Wheat stored in all positions totaled 140 million bushels, up 20 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks of 4.7 million bushels are up 88 percent from 2014 and off-farm stocks of 135 million bushels are up 18 percent from last year. Sorghum stored in all positions totaled 18.4 million bushels, down 69 percent from 2014. On-farm stocks of 1.5 million bushels are down 29 percent and off-farm holdings of 16.9 million are down 71 percent from last year Soybeans stored in all positions totaled 33.1 million bushels, up 92 percent from last year. On-farm stocks of 6.3 million bushels are more than three times the holdings of a year ago.
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Wheat saw everything but wildfire As combines roll across Kansas, phrases like “miracle wheat,” “pleasantly surprised” and “exceeded expectations” pop up daily in harvest reports along with scattered stories of other fields struck down by hail, decimated by disease or starved by drought. Mary Knapp, climatologist with Kansas State University, explained that this year’s wheat crop weathered drought, freeze, temperature swings, heavy rain and disease - making above-project-
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ed yields in some areas of the state a slight shocker for farmers and analysts alike. “This wheat crop has just been hit by everything,” Knapp said. “Well, not a wildfire.” Last fall started with persistent dry conditions across the state. A delayed fall crops harvest set planting back even further.
“Our wheat just did not have a chance from the beginning,” said Ruthann Spare, who farms near Ellinwood, explaining that corn harvest delayed wheat planting even further into dry conditions, resulting in very short growth. Then, over Veterans Day weekend in November, Knapp explained that temperatures sank into the teens, causing some of the wheat crop to enter dormancy without sufficient root development. Jim Shroyer, K-State Extension crop produc-
tion specialist, says the cold weather affected both wheat with excessive top-growth and wheat that showed drought-stressed symptoms. Winter brought a roller coaster of warm and cold spells, according to Knapp, and dry soil continued to limit development in many areas. Then, in late April, freezing temperatures hit the state, particular in south central Kansas. Knapp explained that while these freezes were not (See WHEAT on page 29)
Reporting, not recording, abuse should be priority for rights groups A recent case of video-taped animal abuse on a Colorado dairy illustrates a couple of disturbing trends. The first is that these cases continue to occur. The second trend, which Dairy Farmers of America pointed out in a statement following release of the video, is that undercover activists are more concerned with collecting damaging video footage than with stopping mistreatment of animals. In this case, an undercover activist with Mercy for Animals was employed as a milker at the dairy in Morgan County. She spent two months recording incidents of abuse before turning the videos over to media and the local sheriff’s department. The dairy’s owners, upon seeing the video, took immediate action in disciplining the employees involved and cooperating with law enforcement
meat of the matter John Maday, editor Bovine Veterinarian
to pursue charges against the offenders. They would have, however, much preferred to learn of the abuse, and put an end to it, two months earlier. “We are appalled that these incidents took place here and have taken disciplinary action against all of the employees involved, including several prior to our knowledge of the video as part of our normal dairy management,” said the farm owners in a statement. These incidents reveal a thread of hypocrisy within the extreme animal-rights groups. They claim their mission is to stop animal abuse, and yet they allow it to continue because it makes, for their purposes, “good TV,” attracting headlines and financial donors.
Their real goals are not to stop individual cases of abuse but to cause financial harm to livestock operations, put farms out of business and, ultimately, end animal agriculture altogether. The ag community can, however, work to end virtually all cases of blatant animal abuse. Veterinarians and other consultants can play a key role by helping create a culture of good stewardship and non-tolerance of animal mistreatment on clients’ farms and ranches. Employee training and education provide a good start, particularly if supported by an established set of standards and outside audits such as through the National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management program. On a day-to-day basis, consultants and managers can remind crew members that animal mistreatment is nei-
Combustible grain dust prevention workshop Kansas State University will offer a combustible grain dust prevention workshop teaching advanced mitigation methods on Tues., July 28, 1:004:00 p.m. in Kansas City, Mo., prior to the Elevator Design Conference co-sponsored by the National Grain and Feed Association. The workshop is free. The three-hour training will focus on housekeeping practices, proper grain unloading and grain handling, and controls, with a demonstration of sensors and other engineering controls. In this advanced training program, the emphasis will be on controlling dust in the grain receiving area, spouting design, bucket elevator safety, sensors for bucket elevators
and other material handling equipment. In addition, the course will cover venting, explosion suppression and isolation. “The past two years, we have focused on increasing awareness of basic grain dust explosion understanding and mitigation techniques,” said Kingsly Ambrose, project leader and K-State assistant professor in the Department of Grain Science and Industry. “Now we will go beyond this to research-based mitigation methods.” Online registration is available at www.grains.k-state.edu/igp/. More information is also available by contacting Ambrose at graindust@kstate.edu or 785-532-4091.
ther accepted nor tolerated. Employees who see a team member using questionable handling practices should tell the individual to stop and, if the behavior continues, report it to the operation’s management immediately. Perhaps farms could create incentive programs to reward exemplary animal treatment and even to encourage timely “whistle blowing” if abuse ever occurs. Farm and ranch managers often struggle to find honest, responsible workers with animal-handling experience, which is why an occasional abusive individual (or undercover animal-rights activist) slips through. As a result, they face a continuing challenge in trying to ensure compliance with animalwelfare standards. Most abusive behavior can be prevented (See ABUSE on page 29)
Market Report Closing prices on July 7, 2015 Bartlett Grain Wheat.................. $ White Wheat ....... $ Milo .................... $ Corn ................... $ Soybeans (new crop) $
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Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 5.47 White Wheat ....... $ 5.52 Milo (bu.)............. $ 4.23 Corn.................... $ 4.33 Soybeans ........... $ 9.17 Sunflowers.......... $ 16.45
July 6
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ADM Grain Wheat.................. Milo (bu.)............. Corn.................... Soybeans............ Sunflowers..........
$ 5.43 $ 4.23 $ 4.38 $ 9.17 $ 17.00
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Moisture Totals June 2015 Total
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Ag Facts Scott County has 269 farms accounting for 453,429 acres. In 2012 (most recent data) crop and livestock production totaled $979.8 million
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Hogs, cattle gobble up grain during bird flu outbreak Higher numbers of hogs, cattle and broiler chickens are gobbling up animal feed, eating into supplies that were expected to grow due to the loss of 48 million chickens and turkeys in the worstever outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history. The USDA shocked markets earlier this week when it reported that corn stocks as of June 1 were two percent smaller than traders and analysts had expected and soybean stocks were about seven percent tighter. Traders and analysts had baked exagger-
Wheat particularly cold, the wheat crop was flowering and particularly vulnerable. Then the Rains Came But, then the rain started to fall. And, in May, just as the grain was filling, farmers across the state saw heavy rains. Knapp attributed the rains in part to moisture opening up from the Gulf of Mexico mixing with cold fronts moving across the state that “opened a fire hose pointed north.” According to the Weather Data Library, Kansas received 188 percent more moisture than
ated worries about bird flu into their estimates for corn supplies, said Darrel Good, an agricultural economist at the University of Illinois. The bird flu has primarily killed egg-laying hens in Iowa and turkeys in Minnesota, but has not hurt production of broiler chickens for meat. Traders and analysts probably “didn’t pay enough attention to what was happening to broiler numbers and dairy cow numbers and hog numbers,” Good said. Indeed, production of broilers is up, with week-
Chicago. “Cattle are taking a lot more feed than you would think.” Improved rains in the western United States are allowing ranchers to graze cattle longer on pasture. However, many are finished on corn in feedlots, which is the most feedintensive portion of their lives, Seifried said. Cattle consume about 5.5 pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat in feedlots, compared with about 2.7 pounds for hogs and two pounds for chickens, according to Derrell Peel, agricultural economist for Oklahoma State
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normal in May, averaging 7.73 inches statewide. By the end of May, the U.S. Drought Monitor listed just six percent of Kansas in moderate drought and 67 percent of the state as drought-free. However, wet soil, Knapp explained, helped create the right climatic conditions for thunderstorms to build and stay over a small geographic area. She added that these types of weather patterns are also conducive to creating hail, which severely damaged wheat in Western Kansas, particularly
Corn acreage is unchanged from ‘14
Kansas corn growers planted 4.05 million acres this year, unchanged from 2014, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Biotechnology varieties were used on 95 percent of the area planted, unchanged from 2014. Growers expect to harvest 3.75 million acres for grain, down one percent from last year. Soybean plantings are estimated at 3.7 million acres, down eight percent from last year. Biotechnology varieties were used on 96 percent of the area planted, up two percentage points from 2014.
ly U.S. data suggesting a 6.9 percent year-on-year increase in second-quarter chicken production. The U.S. hog herd grew nine percent, to 66.9 million head, during the March-May quarter compared with a year earlier, says the USDA. The number of cattle and calves as of Jan. 1, the most recent date for which data are available, was up one percent from a year earlier at 89.9 million head. “The impact of the bird flu is overstated,” said Ted Seifried, vice present of brokerage Zaner Group in
Area for harvest, at 3.65 million acres, is down eight percent from a year ago.
in Kearney, Finney and Haskell counties. Rain also brought disease - stripe rust, leaf rust and scab. On the annual Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour, Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat vice president for operations and research, reported seeing stripe rust “in nearly every field we visited.” But, despite the weather and its related effects, the wheat continued to fill and the combines started to roll - later and slower than normal but with better end results than in previous years for many farmers. On May 7, the Winter
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Wheat Tour projected a statewide average of 48.9 bushels per acre and a total estimated 288.5 million bushels. In its June report, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service upped their forecast to 314.5 million bushels in production - a 28 percent increase from the last year’s droughtplagued crop. Only time will tell what the final numbers for the Kansas wheat harvest will be. But, for now, farmers statewide are working to get their wheat out of the field and into the bin before Mother Nature strikes again.
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through training, reinforcement and monitoring. But when instances of abuse do occur, an institutional culture that encourages non-tolerance of abuse, immediate reporting and swift, appropriate disciplinary action can nip it in the bud, and derail the irresponsible tactics of extremist groups.
16% Jump in Sorghum Sorghum acreage plant- Dan Murphy is a food-industry journalist and commentator ed, at 3.3 million acres, is up 16 percent from a year ago. Area expected By Western Cartographers to be harvested for grain is three million acres, up Scott • Lane • Wichita • Ness • Logan 11 percent from last year. Sunflower acreage Gove • Greeley • Finney • Wallace • Kearny planted, at 65,000 acres, Pick them up today at: is up three percent from last year. Oil-type varieties account for 50,000 of the acreage while non-oil, or confectionary varieties, make up the balance of 406 Main • Scott City • 620 872-2090 15,000 acres.
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University. The USDA said corn stocks on June 1 were 4.45 billion bushels, 105 million bushels below the average trade estimate. Soybean stocks were 625 million bushels, 45 million below trade estimates. The USDA likely found fewer soybeans than expected because the agency overestimated last year’s harvest, economists and analysts said. Analysts have misjudged quarterly corn stocks by more than 100 million bushels in seven other June reports since
1990, said Good. Their 45-million bushel miss in soybean stocks equaled the two previous largest June misses since 1990. On March 31, corn prices sank after the USDA reported largerthan-expected stocks as of March 1. “We have been oscillating back and forth between bullish and bearish stocks numbers in corn, and the March number was bearish,” said Charlie Sernatinger, global head of grain futures for EDF Man Capital. “We were due for a bull number.”
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Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers! Networking solutions! 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
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
Northend Disposal A garbologist company. Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371
All Under One Roof
Revcom Electronics
Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990
1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625
Dining Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
www.reganjewelers.com
412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 Support your hometown merchants who back your school and community activities throughout the year!
Classifieds
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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009
Agriculture
Services
Real Estate
WANT TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information. 1-800-579-3645. Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANT TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 44tfc 397-5341. ––––––––––––––––––––– FOR SALE BLACK ANGUS BULLS, registered, tested, 2 year olds, yearlings, heifer bulls, delivery, conformation, performance. Contact: Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, Ks., 62033t19c 384-1101. ––––––––––––––––––––– LOOKING TO RENT pasture or farm ground to rent within 35 miles of Oakley. Please call Jim Porter 785-672-0393. 48t3c
WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 87434tfc 4135. ––––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices will not be beat! 37tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 874-1412. 4015tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening. Call Rob Vsetecka at 620214-1730. 4515tfc
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS for sale. 40x60 ft. metal shop building and a 133x45 ft. (approx.) round top building. Serious inquiries only. Seller is a real estate agent selling own property. 87426tfc 5109 or 874-2124. ––––––––––––––––––––– NEWLY REMODELED 4 bedrooms, 2 baths in Dighton, move-in ready, open concept living/kitchen, beautiful master suite, finished basement, new plumbing, new AC, corner lot, 2-car garage, fenced backyard. Call 620-3978068 or 620-397-5700.
Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m. Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5. Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $6.00 per column inch. Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established. If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge. Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.
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. 19tfc
NEW LISTING
NEW LISTINGS
2-bedroom with family room, steel siding,
central heat and air. Only $51,900.
JUST REDUCED!
USD 466 NEEDS substitute route bus drivers. For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-872-7655. 02tfc
2-bedroom, 1 1/4 story, with 2 bedrooms in
basement and detached garage.
New home being built on Maple St., in Eastridge
Neat and tidy 2+1
3+1 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, full basement, family room down, enclosed back porch, storage shed, wood fenced in yard on a large lot.
Help Wanted
addition. 1,300+ sq. ft.,
bedrooms with 1 3/4
baths, family room in
with double garage and up
dining room! SA garage.
Thomas Real Estate
grade interior.
basement plus deck off Only $85,000.
Lawrence and Associates
www.thomasreal-estate.com
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
914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002
––––––––––––––––––––– TEMPORARY CLERK/ SCALE help for Cargill Cattle Feeders, Leoti. Duties will include operation of the scales and sampling the trucks for silage and HMC harvest. Must be 18 years of age or older. If interested please call 620-375-3105 and talk to Linda or pick up an application eight miles north of Leoti on Hwy., 25. 45t11c ––––––––––––––––––––– INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATIVE. M&M Bonding is looking for an Independent Representative for the Scott City area. Must have knowledge of the Criminal Bail Bonding Business. Email resume to jdetour@ 46t4c sbcglobal.net.
Jones Club Lambs
Raising quailty show lambs! Jeremy 620-397-1638 Stefanie 620-397-8075
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Rentals HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620)874-2120. 41tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– ALL BILLS PAID VALUE RENTALS, 2-3 bedroom houses available. Stop by PlainJan’s to pick up an application or call 43tfc 620-872-5777. ––––––––––––––––––––– STORAGE UNITS in various sizes available at The Storehouse, Don and Trudy Eikenberry 62007tfc 872-2914. ––––––––––––––––––––– PLAINJAN’S WILL HAVE 30 X 50 metal insulated shop for rent, building will include electricity $350 per month. Reserve yours today, call 39tfc 620-872-5777. ––––––––––––––––––––– 1 AND 2 BEDROOM apartments for rent. Please call 620-874-8353. 39tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– STORAGE UNITS 22’X40’ with 10’x14’ door for campers, boats, tractor, car or what ever. Call 620-214-2978. 45t4p ––––––––––––––––––––– VERY NICE one bedroom apartment for rent. Has washer, dryer, refrigerator, stove and central air. Call 620-214-0803.
GARAGE SALES Friday-Saturday, July 10-11 Garage Sale 1102 Myrtle St., Scott City • in the alley Fri., July 10 • 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sat., July 11 • 8:00 a.m. - noon
County Plat Maps By
Western Cartographers Available: •Scott •Ness •Gove •Lane •Finney
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Pick them up today at:
Home decor, bedding, baby items, sports items, nice clothing, shoes and much more. Garage Sale 470 E. Rd. 140, Scott City (last house on left, east of hospital) Fri., July 10 • 4:00-7:00 p.m. Women and girls clothes, toys, fish tank and misc. Moving Sale 12120 Hwy. 95, Scott City (1/4 mile before entrance of Lake Scott State Park) Sat., July 11 • 8:00-11:00 a.m. Household supplies and dishes, vintage antiques, Depression glass, clothes, golf bag, knick-knacks, furniture. Yard Sale 1514 Myrtle, Scott City Sat., July 11 • 8:00 a.m.-noon Infant to adult clothes, toys, purses, new Infinity game pieces, kitchen items, baby stroller, high chair, twin sheets and lots of misc. Garage Sale 905 Kingsley St., Scott City Fri., July 10 • 5:00-7:30 p.m. Sat., July 11 • 9:00 a.m.-noon Toaster, pots and pans, microwave, women’s
406 Main • Scott City • 620 872-2090
clothes, rocking chair and other treasures. Cash only - No early sales!
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Employment Opportunities SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL
SEEKING BIDS The City of Scott City is accepting bids for a copier in City Hall. Specifications may be picked up at City Hall. Sealed bids marked “Copier Bid” must be received in City Hall, 221 W. 5th St. no later than 5:00 p.m., on Monday, July 20.
The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
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SEEKING BIDS The City of Scott City Police Department is accepting bids for the purchase of a 2015 or 2016 police-use sedan. Specifications may be picked up at City Hall. Sealed bids marked “Patrol Car Bid” must be received in City Hall, 221 W. 5th St. no later than 5:00 p.m., on Monday, July 20.
PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time Day Shift RN/LPN (12 hour shift) Full-time CNA/CMA (evening/nights) Full-time Dietary Aide/Cook Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts! Please apply in person at:
Park Lane Nursing Home
The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
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MAINTENANCE WORKER The City of Scott City is accepting applications for a maintenance worker in the street, water and sewer department. Benefits include: BC/BS, vacation and sick leave. Applications may be obtained at City Hall, 221 W. 5th St. Applications will be accepted until position is filled.
EOE Employer
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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
210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”
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Do you enjoy working with kids in an educational setting? Would you like the working hours of a school day? Unified School District No. 466 is seeking HPEC Special Education Para-Professionals in the elementary, middle and high school. Scott Community High School is also in need of an ESL ParaProfessional. All positions work with students. The positions are available for the beginning of the 2015-16 school year. For more information and applications please contact: Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, KS 67871
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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist C.N.A.s - FT and PT Float RN Emergency Department RN Outreach/Specialty Clinic RN CLERICAL Outreach Scheduler/C.N.A. SERVICE 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. Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.
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Lawn and Garden
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Routine applications needed for grubs With the arrival of hotter temperatures a couple of issues are starting to pop up in lawns across the area. One problem I’m getting a lot of calls about, and probably will throughout the summer, is grubs. If you are looking for that perfectly manicured lawn, routine preventative insecticide applications protect turf from grub damage. The concern is cost. There’s also a chance that grub populations might have been minimal in the first place, therefor treatment wasn’t necessary. If you plan on using a grub preventative on
Down on the Farm Chris Long Walnut Creek Extension Agent
your lawn, the first half of July is a good target date for most products. Preventatives are normally used on areas that have had a history of grub problems. Preventive insecticide treatment effectiveness depends on the type of insecticide and timing of the application. Contact insecticides with short residual properties must be applied when a major-
ity of grubs are the most susceptible. Traditional grub insecticides such as Dylox or carbaryl, which is the active ingredient in Sevin, are normally applied in late July after grubs are present or as a rescue treatment once damage is seen. Products that contain Merit, which has the active ingredient imidacloprid are considered grub preventers. Actually, these products do not prevent grubs, but rather kill grubs when they are quite small, and long before they cause damage. Merit is safer to use around pets and
humans than traditional grub killers. Merit can be found in Bayer’s SeasonLong Grub Control, Grub No-More and Grub Free Zone. Another grub preventer with the trade name GrubEx contains chlorantraniliprole. Though this product is very effective, it is less water soluble than imidacloprid. It should be applied earlier, preferably April or May, but applications through June should still be effective. Remember, all grub products should be watered in soon after application. Another issue that I have heard about and
have even found it in my own lawn is little barley. Many people mistake little barley for little foxtail because the foxtail and little barley seed heads are similar. However, little barley is a winter annual that thrives in the cooler spring temperatures but dies out in the summer, so hopefully what we have now will disappear soon. Foxtail, on the other hand, is a summer annual that does well in hot weather. Also, foxtail will not produce seed heads until mid- to late-summer. At this point there is no control for little barley other than a glyphosate
product such as Roundup. However, Roundup will kill whatever it hits and cannot be used in a lawn situation. The only pre-emergence herbicide that I know is labeled for lawn situations is Surflan. Monterey Lawn and Garden also sell it under the name of Weed Impede. Surflan can only be used on warm-season grasses, such as bermudagrass, buffalograss, zoysiagrass, and tall fescue grown in warm-season areas. Because little barley is a winter annual, apply the pre-emergence herbicide in September.
Reasons why garden pest controls don’t work The same gardener’s lament emerges yearly, “Why didn’t the spray I bought work?” Horticulturists at Kansas State University offer these reasons why home lawn and garden pest controls may “fail.” Pest Resistance “If exposed repeatedly to the same or a closely related chemical, pests can change and develop genetic resistance. That’s well-documented,” says Chad Miller, a horticulturist at KSU. “It’s more likely where people grow a lot of the same crop. But, occasionally switching the chemical families used in your landscape is still a good idea.” Pests don’t develop resistance, however, to products that mainly have a physical or mechanical mode of action - insecticidal soaps and horticultural oils, for example. Wrong Product A fungicide won’t control blossom-end rot on tomatoes. Blossom-end rot may look like a disease, but it’s a physiological problem. Insecticides applied to control grubs may not control moles. Moles like grubs, but they’d just as soon eat earthworms which most insecticides don’t kill.
A Need for Speed Gardeners often rush to evaluate how well a treatment has worked, but chemicals rarely provide overnight results. Weeds may not die for several days after a herbicide application. Grubs may take several weeks to die after an insecticide treatment. “Be patient,” the horticulturist advises. “In fact, start being patient by taking the time needed to apply the controls correctly. Hurried or haphazard applications often don’t work.” For example, rushing to use a gravity flow (“drop”) spreader can result in “skips.” Spider mites and the damaging stage of several insect pests tend to congregate on the underside of plant leaves; so, sprays must be thorough enough to reach the bottom of all infested foliage - interior, as well as exterior.
More-or-Less Spraying Manufacturers have good reasons for putting specific application rates on their pesticide labels. The buyers’ job is to follow label directions, measure accurately and use correctly calibrated equipment. Too much, as well as too little product may not get the job done. Too much herbicide may just burn the leaves Product Breakdown of target weeds. That, in Chemicals can lose turn, impairs the weed’s their effectiveness over ability to absorb a chemitime, especially if stored cal and spread it through improperly. the entire plant. Only buy the amount you can use up in a reason- Guessing able length of time. Don’t Tomato plants can look mix up more spray than diseased, yet actually be you can use in a day or infested with spider mites. two, either. The acidity or Two tomato diseases alkalinity of the water you - Septoria leaf spot and use to dilute the product bacterial speck - cause can cause a rapid break- nearly identical small down in some chemicals. brown dots; yet, Septoria
requires a fungal, not a bacterial control. Cloudy spots on tomato fruit can result from stinkbugs’ feeding. Get help from the Extension office or a garden center to accurately identify the pest and its control before spraying. Wrong Time “If you don’t understand a pest’s life cycle, you may not treat when the pest is vulnerable,” says Miller. “The best time to control scale insects, for example, is their ‘crawler’ or immature stage. “Treating shade trees for anthracnose after the treatment window has passed is a waste of time and money.” Bad prep/ follow-through A heavy layer of lawn thatch can keep controls from getting into the soil. Dust on leaves can prevent spray contact. The thick canopy of an unpruned fruit tree can block sprays from inner leaves. You need to add a “spreader-sticker” to get good coverage and persistence on smooth/waxy leaves. Gardeners may or may not need to mow before applying a weed killer. They may need to ensure weeds are actively growing - even if that means watering. Some chemicals won’t activate unless watered in. Others can be washed off by a rain. Some granules only stick to wet leaves. And, effective controls may require a follow-up treatment - to extend the effectiveness of a crabgrass preventer or to cover a recurring disease or a second or third generation of insects.
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