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the chase is on

USD is regaining its financial footing Climbing out of a $1.1 million financial hole doesn’t happen quickly or without some pain.

The USD 466 (Scott County) board of education tackled the lion’s share of that shortfall during the final two months of the 2013-14 budget year when it depleted cash reserves and eliminated summer school in order to meet immediate financial obligations.

In addition, the board cut another $705,000 out of the 2014-15 budget when teachers agreed to accept a 2% salary cut, through cuts to health insurance, elimination of some staff positions, some program cuts and cutting the hours of some staff members.

Those moves during the final weeks of the 2014-15 budget year allowed the district to finish in a little better financial position than anticipated.

According to Supt. Jamie Rumford, who inherited the district’s financial dilemma, there was $334,000 in the capital outlay fund to finish the year, along with just over $200,000 in the contingency reserve fund.

All other funds were zeroed out to finish the year.

Neither the capital outlay or contingency reserve funds are close to where Rumford would like to see them, though he credited the board with rebuilding them to their current levels considering their situation just a couple of months ago.

“We’d like to see our contingency reserve fund somewhere between $500,000 and $600,000,” he said.

He can recall several years ago when the state delayed its payments to school districts, forcing them to dip into reserves to meet payroll and other expenses. Given reports of state revenue falling short of their projections and the possibility of that situation getting worse over the next few months, Rumford and fellow superintendents are concerned about having enough cash in reserve should those delays occur again.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Two greased pigs are caught in a rush of youngsters during Saturday afternoon’s games that were held at the Scott County Fairgrounds. The pig and chicken chase are among the highlights during the kids’ games held in conjunction with the county fair. (Record Photo)

Irrigation well gets DWR nod despite objections by GWMD The drilling of an irrigation well in Western Kansas wouldn’t normally be big news in an area where circle pivots are as common as sunflowers along rural roads.

But when an irrigation well is drilled at a time when most everyone is in agreement that water rights have been overappropriated, in a groundwater management district that is technically “closed” to new drilling, and at a time when that same GWMD is voting to cut irrigation consumption by 20 percent, then the drilling of a new well doesn’t go unnoticed.

And that attention wasn’t very favorable in advance of the recently failed effort to establish a Local Enhanced Management Area (LEMA) in GWMD No. 1.

At issue was the state’s approval of drilling rights to the LaVerne Huslig family on farm ground four miles south of Scott City.

That activity didn’t go unnoticed by area farmers.

During the recent LEMA vote, GWMD Chairman Greg Graff said he’d heard comment about the decision to allow drilling and felt it may have caused some water rights holders to vote against the LEMA. Jan

King, GWMD director, agrees that the timing of the decision by the Kansas Division of Water Resources was “unfortunate.”

The GWMD was locked in an unsuccessful battle to stop the drilling request which dates back more than 16 years.

“This is something which the groundwater district has fought for years. It began before I became the district manager,” says King, who became the manager in 2011.

Under today’s GWMD policy, the well would not have been approved, regardless of how many appeals were filed with the DWR. However, the drill-

ing request had to be considered under guidelines in place at the time it was originally filed.

Despite the GWMD’s objections, that was a loophole the GWMD or DWR could not close.

“The chief engineer (with DWR) gives the final approval on any water appropriation.

That decision is based on acts and rules in place at the time of the filing,” explains Lane Letourneau, water appropriation program manager for the DWR. “The rules in 1998 said this was permissible, even though we tried to dismiss it twice.”

(See GWMD on page 16)

Davis rides discontent with fiscal ‘experiment’ Paul Davis is an optimist.

That’s a prerequisite for being a politician.

But optimism doesn’t begin to describe what was going through Davis’s mind when he decided to run for governor against a Republican incumbent in a Tea Party-red state in which Gov. Brownback had received 63% of the vote in the 2010 general election.

When Davis, a Democratic legislator from Lawrence, first

Education is No. 1 issue with voters announced he would run against Brownback, he understood it was a longshot.

At the same time, the state lawmaker considered himself more than just token resistance to Brownback’s re-election.

“I wouldn’t have gotten into this if we didn’t think we could win. But we also knew things

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had to fall into place,” Davis said during a recent campaign swing through Western Kansas.

Things have certainly fallen into place, led by two key issues: 1) A tax cut plan by the governor and Republican lawmakers is threatening the state with a projected billion dollar short-

fall.

2) Brownback’s tax cuts and the state’s budget deficits have been the subject of a lot of national media attention.

3) A school finance plan that eliminated the tenure protection for public school teachers has galvanized that segment of voters against conservative Repub-

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lican lawmakers.

Over the past couple of months, Davis has gone from longshot to front-runner in nearly every election poll.

“Maybe I’m a little surprised, especially as the number of people who support our campaign continue to grow,” he admits.

“But it also backs up what I’m hearing on the campaign trail.

There is a great deal of dissatisfaction with Gov. Brownback (See DAVIS on page eight)

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carnival fun

Emily Kasselman (right) and her younger sister, Sofia, of Scott City, were among the many people who enjoyed the opening night of the Wichita County Fair carnival on Wednesday. The 25 cent rides are a popular attraction across Western Kansas with thousands of people taking advantage of the variety of carnival rides at a bargain price.

(Record Photo)

Budget “The $200,000 we have in (contingency) reserve now wouldn’t float us if the state delays its distributions,” says Rumford.

Valuation Jump Helps That’s why one of the immediate goals for the district is to begin rebuilding its reserves. It will get some much needed help in that process with a two mill increase in the capital outlay levy and a huge jump in the district’s assessed valuation.

A combination of the higher mill levy and increased valuation will pump an additional $284,500 into the capital outlay fund this year.

Higher property valuation means the general obligation fund will get an extra $239,500 and the supplemental general (local option budget) will receive $141,600 more than it did last year.

All told, the three funds will receive nearly $666,000 more than in the 2013-14 budget.

That’s obviously a good start to the new fiscal year and gives the district such needed breathing room.

But Rumford emphasizes that he and the board are taking a very cautious approach to expenditures.

“My message to the

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board is to wait and see how this plays out,” he says.

As a result, some projects will move forward while others are put on hold.

The district, for example, will move ahead with its iPad initiative that has a goal of providing personal iPads for every student in the district. That effort began in 2013-14 and will conclude during the 2014-15 school year.

On the other hand, preliminary talks of relocating the administration offices into the former Scott City Medical Clinic are on hold.

Rumford would also like to see the board lay out a five year plan that goes beyond a wish list of capital outlay projects that the district might or might not accomplish.

“I’d like to see us be a little more strategic in our planning over the next five years,” says Rumford. “It’s something that the staff, students and community should be involved in.

“Once we have a longrange plan in place I feel that expenses are easier to justify. It’s easier to show people where we want to be and that we’ll have the finances to support those plans.”

Tax Revenue for Major Funds in USD 466 Budget

School Year

Capital Outlay

General Fund

Local Option Budget

Total Funding

Mill Levy

2014-15

$826,842

$ 2,067,100

$ 2,104,386

$ 4,998,328

60.421

2013-14

$542,268

$ 1,827,560

$ 1,962,778

$ 4,332,606

61.300

Difference

$284,574

$

$ 141,608

$ 665,722

- .879

A High Priority As the district regains its financial footing, Rumford says a high priority must be to restore the 2% salary cut that the district’s employees agreed to in order to get through the fiscal crisis.

That move by the teachers saved the district about $106,000.

“I can’t say enough about the sacrifice the staff in this district made,” says Rumford. “I hope that when we get to the end of the (budget) year we are in a position to make it right with them and get their salaries back to where they should be.”

As for his number one priority, Rumford doesn’t hesitate when he says it has to be student achievement.

“We need to continue giving our students the tools they need to be successful,” he says.

That includes programs, staffing and class-

239,540

room technology.

“We cut the summer school program this year and that needs to be evaluated. There were also plans to add another elementary teacher because of larger class sizes.

That’s something else we need to take a look at for next year,” says Rumford.

“We need to look at those programs which offer the most benefit and what we can fund. Getting back to where we want to be may not happen in a year or two.”

Enrollment Drop A possible drop in school enrollment won’t have an immediate impact on the budget, though it could have an effect on state funding in future years.

“As things appear now, we’re planning for a slight drop, but that could change depending on who has moved into the district that we aren’t aware of,” Rumford notes.

Even if there is a decline, it won’t impact funding this year. The district can still use last year’s enrollment when calculating state funding.

Rumford says he and his administrative team were in Topeka last week to meet with representatives of the Kansas Department of Education in preparing the 2014-15 budget. They have also worked closely with the district’s auditors.

The proposed budget calls for a mill levy of 60.421 - down nearly one mill from last year. That will raise $6,152,365 in local tax revenue in a budget that includes $13.6 million in expenditures.

The gap between local tax dollars and proposed expenditures is made up with state and federal funding.

The budget hearing will be held on Mon., Aug. 11, 7:00 p.m., at the BOE meeting room in the Administration Building.

What’s for Lunch in Scott City?

Sun. - Sat., Aug. 3-9

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Hours

Lunch • Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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

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

Wed. • Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Thurs. • Fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Fri. • Beef enchilada dinner.

What’s for Supper?

The Broiler

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

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

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Buffet

Mon. • Sat. 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sun. • 5:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Mon. • Chicken fry Tues. • Hamburger steak with mushrooms and onions Wed. • Fried chicken Thurs. • Mountain oysters Fri. • Seafood specials

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

Sat. • Prime rib

Breakfast specials every night.

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Community Living

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Proposal would enhance ground beef tracking A recently proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) would require grocery stores and supermarkets to keep more documentation on ground beef sources, which could assist in more timely traceability of a particular beef source that may have caused a foodborne illness.

The proposed rule would require retailers to keep records of all the

sources of ground beef that they grind in-store, said Travis O’Quinn, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University.

Traditionally, he said, retailers combine beef purchased specifically for grinding with beef products that may have hit the end of their shelf-life in a whole muscle cut form, such as roasts and steaks, to create the ground beef

products consumers see on shelves.

This limits traceability to a specific source of potentially contaminated meat if a foodborne illness outbreak were to occur.

“Currently, there aren’t regulations that require those retailers to track what products, the amounts and the sources of those products that go into their store’s ground product. The proposed rule would change that,” O’Quinn said.

Primary election Tues.

Voters in Scott County and statewide will be going to the polls on Tues., Aug. 5, for the primary election.

Polls will be open at the Wm. Carpenter Bldg., Scott County Fairgrounds, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

There are no local races on the ballot. However, there are contests for all statewide offices.

Advance voting for the August primary election is now underway at the Scott County Clerk’s office.

Last day for advance voting is noon on Aug. 4.

Enrollment begins Tues. in USD 466

The first sign that summer is just about over will be evident on Tuesday when students in Scott County schools begin enrolling for the 2014-15 school year.

Enrollment dates and times are: Aug. 5-6: Grades K-4 at Scott City Elementary School from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Aug. 5-6: Grades 5-8 at Scott City Middle School from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Aug. 6: Juniors and seniors at Scott Community High School from 7:0011:00 a.m. and noon to 3:30 p.m.

Aug. 6: GCCC concurrent enrollment in the SCHS commons area from 10:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Aug. 7: Freshmen and sophomores at SCHS from 7:00-11:00 a.m. and noon to 3:30 p.m.

Aug. 8: All new students at SCHS from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

With the rule in place, consumers could potentially know about a ground beef product contaminated with E. coli, for example, more rapidly and hopefully before the product is consumed in the home, he said.

For retailers, the rule would require extra record keeping on products all the way through the grinding process, but O’Quinn said this extra work could save the retail-

Sherwin to celebrate 80th birthday

The family of Warren Sherwin will be hosting an 80th birthday celebration at the Beeler United Methodist Church on Fri., Aug. 1, from 4:00-7:00 p.m.

There will be a potluck meal at 6:00 p.m. with the family providing drinks and cake.

No gifts are requested, only cards.

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fenster

Fensters to celebrate 40th wedding anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fenster, Healy, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 4.

Steve Fenster and Lois Jennison were married on August 4, 1974, at Healy.

The couple has two children, Danielle and Jeremy Demuth, Pratt, and Kurt Fenster and Sarah Tomek, Vernon, Conn.

They also have three grandchildren.

Births PARENTS OF SON Kevin and Jenny Faurot, Meade, announce the birth of their son, Kagan Mercer, born July 11, 2014.

He weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz.

Kagan was welcomed home by two sisters, Brenna and Haylen, and one brother, Kasen.

Grandparents are Ted and Cindy Woodruff, Meade, and Darrel and Pam Faurot, Scott City.

ers time down the road if they needed to help public health officials trace down a contaminated product.

The rule does not affect the beef ground and packaged prior to the retail level, as these pre-packaged, case-ready products are already sourced, he said. It is intended specifically for meat ground in-store.

“Because of the added record keeping, we may see more case-ready products coming directly from

the packers and producers to the retail store, already in a shelf-ready state as opposed to grinding at the retail level,” O’Quinn said.

“This is just a proposal right now, so there is a 60-day time period where it will be open for comments, suggestions, thoughts and concerns,” he added. “The USDA will review those comments before it goes into effect.”

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Tax inversion:

It’s all about having fewer people to pick up the tab

It might be said - with a certain degree of certainty - that the second oldest profession is dodging taxes.

The only thing that changes is how its done.

If one can’t get the state and federal government to outright eliminate taxes then corporations get creative in how they can manufacture loopholes that only a certain fortunate few are able to slide through.

That brings us to the latest tax dodge scheme known as “inversion.”

It’s a loophole available to large corporations (naturally) whereby they buy a foreign-owned corporation and, through a transfer of assets, they are able to avoid U.S. taxes and instead pay the lower tax rate where the other corporation is located.

Obviously, it’s a little more complicated than that, but you get the picture. These corporations still get to enjoy the benefits of being located in the U.S. without paying the taxes (or paying only a small fraction of their former tax bill) necessary to support the infrastructure that educates their workforce, maintains the highways that ship their products and provides security by police for their factory sites.

One doesn’t have to look overseas to see what’s happening to our tax base. It’s happening in every state, including Kansas, that continues to provide more and more property tax exemptions.

States will grant huge tax breaks in an effort to keep larger corporations (i.e., Boeing) or to lure them to a location where the tax breaks are more lucrative.

Or a wide gamut of individuals and business interests will make their pitch to state legislators asking that they be exempted from property taxes. Should farm machinery be exempt? Or business aircraft? Or railroad machinery?

There are 77 provisions for property tax exemptions in the Kansas Statutes (Chapter 79, Article 2).

We’re sure a compelling argument can be made for each one. And once an exemption has been granted the chances of it being eliminated are as likely as a tsunami rolling up from the gulf and onto the front steps of the Capitol Building in Topeka.

But that doesn’t dismiss the fact that there is still a cost associated with operating your schools, fire departments, courthouses and city street departments. Exemptions only mean that the cost is being spread among fewer people.

The tax inversion plan that Congress appears unwilling to address is just one more way of stealing money from our national treasury and forcing fewer people to pick up the tab.

Will Congress do something about it or will the nation’s largest corporations be granted yet another huge tax break?

You’re exempted from answering that. The answer is too obvious.

Frivolous:

Lawsuit is just the latest in GOP’s bizarre behavior

If you were wondering just how bizarre the thinking is in Washington, D.C., these days, consider the lawsuit filed by House Republicans this week.

Republicans have filed suit against the President because he used executive power to delay the employee mandate in the Affordable Care Act by one or possibly two years. These are the same Republicans who have held more than 50 votes and spent over $79 million in taxpayer dollars to repeal Obamacare.

First, Republicans want to do everything possible to prevent Obamacare. Now they are angry because it’s not being enacted quickly enough.

That would seem absurd anywhere else but in the U.S. Congress where the primary objective of Republicans is to oppose everything Obama related. This lawsuit ignores the fact that George W. Bush extended the enrollment deadline and waived penalty fees for some people who signed up late for the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.

What’s interesting is that these same Republicans - including all four House members from Kansas - voted against amendments which would have required Republicans to disclose how much taxpayer money is being spent on the lawsuit, among others. Fiscal accountability is an afterthought.

This isn’t about a sudden desire to see more Americans benefitting from the Affordable Care Act, or about speeding up enactment of the law.

It’s a political stunt whose only end-game is to generate support from the Republican base and to embarrass the President.

Bizarre? That’s just today’s Republican Party.

GOP’s easy path to governing

Conservative lawmakers in Topeka and Washington have a very narrow view of what it takes to govern.

Listen to any member of the Kansas Congressional delegation or far right wing conservatives in our state legislature and there’s no mistaking what they’re against - Obamacare, big government, activist courts, higher taxes, gun control of any kind, healthy school lunches, public education, Social Security, immigration reform . . . well, you get the picture.

That’s like a football coach saying he’s opposed to his players being out of shape, fumbling the ball and committing penalties.

Just saying you’re against something isn’t going to get your team into the playoffs. A team doesn’t win a state championship unless a coach has a plan to fix those things which keep them from being better than their opponents; to take what’s good and make it better.

That same principle applies to politicians who

are focused only on what they’re against. And we have too many low-information voters for whom that’s good enough.

Solutions require thought - not mindless rhetoric.

Sarah Palin - who is second only to the Kardashians for the title of Queen of Nonachievement - calls for President Obama’s impeachment and suddenly it becomes a cattle call for the Republican right wing.

And, for the sake of argument, what would it accomplish?

Will it improve medical care for our military veterans? Erase the national debt? Stop the flow of immigrants across our border?

Of course, not.

Those problems would still exist if Obama had never been elected president and, regrettably, will

continue after he’s left office.

Impeachment, or lawsuits against the President, are only meant to distract people from more pressing issues. It’s part of the GOP’s bigger strategy of being opposed to everything and doing nothing.

The problems don’t disappear because that would require leadership.

Then again, Sen. Pat Roberts, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Gov. Sam Brownback and their cohorts have never been mistaken for leaders.

Sen. Roberts spends equal time trying to figure out where his residence is in the state and ducking debates with Tea Party challenger Milton Wolf who finally caught up with the incumbent on the streets of Emporia earlier this week. That, apparently is as close as Roberts will get to the debate platform to back up his record of non-achievement.

That’s been indicative of the Roberts campaign.

During his only visit to Scott City in at least four years, the Senator didn’t subject himself to a single

question from voting-age constituents. Instead, he had a reading session with fourth graders and quickly hit the road before being asked to tackle really tough question like, “Why are Smurfs blue?”

Roberts has a wellearned reputation for being one of the least productive, anonymous Senators in Washington.

You won’t hear Roberts offering a possible solution to the rising cost of health care and unaffordable health insurance. But he’s against Obamacare.

Okay, Pat. What would you do that’s better?

(Crickets chirping).

Kansans can take pride in knowing that Congressman Huelskamp is equally inept. The only difference is that Huelskamp’s not afraid to showcase his ignorance in front of a national audience on Fox News, MSNBC or the other cable talk shows.

Huelskamp proudly touts his reputation as someone who is opposed to everything that “big government” stands for, especially Obamacare.

(See PATH on page six)

Drugs vs thugs double-standard

The NFL’s stance on illegal drugs is clear. If you’re caught possessing or using them, you’ve automatically earned yourself a suspension.

Consider Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington’s case.

He lost his entire 2014 salary of $2.9 million plus a few other things that will amount to at least hundreds of thousands of dollars after testing positive for marijuana. The Cardinals also suspended Washington for four games last year over his pot use.

Yes, it may seem like an extreme measure to take against a young man looking for a buzz on his day off. But rules are rules, and don’t say the League didn’t warn you.

Washington just found out that another NFL policy isn’t so clear. He recently pleaded guilty

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and was convicted in April of assaulting his exgirlfriend. The league still hasn’t punished him for shoving her and breaking her collarbone.

This is an unfortunate trend in professional football.

On February 15, security camera footage captured Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice dragging his unconscious then-fiancée-nowwife out of an Atlantic City casino elevator.

While Rice and his fiancée were both booked for assault, the video makes it pretty clear who had the upper hand.

Rice punched her “like (he would hit) a guy,” said one eyewitness.

The league’s response?

Gov. Sam Brownback 2nd Floor - State Capitol Topeka, Ks. 66612-1501 (785) 296-3232

In late July, it dealt Rice a whopping two-game suspension. That seems a little lenient considering the way the NFL handled Daryl Washington’s drug incident, doesn’t it?

Not only that, but the league is helping paint the incident as your run-ofthe-mill lovers’ quarrel.

You know, the kind where your wife slaps you so you knock her out when you think no one’s looking. Hmm. Here’s what the Ravens’ official twitter account had to say: “Janay Rice says she deeply regrets the role that she played the night of the incident.”

Phew! Thanks for clearing that up. For a second, I thought one of professional sports’ elite athletes might be a violent domestic abuser. Now we can all feel better knowing that she was probably asking for it.

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Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

Or, just maybe, Mrs. Rice stands to lose just as much from a lengthy suspension as Ray does. I have a sneaking suspicion that he’s the family’s primary breadwinner.

Meanwhile, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is doing his part to downplay the event from the executive suite.

“I believe that you are sincere in your desire to learn from this matter and move forward toward a healthy relationship and successful career,” Goodell wrote Rice in an open letter.

Oh, good! Ray Rice’s repentant attitude has earned him a second chance. Because, you know, this was a learning experience.

On second thought, maybe the NFL’s message is clearer than I thought.

(See THUGS on page six)

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

Can we voluntarily do the right thing?

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California’s harsh new measure to deal with long-term drought is making waves. Residents caught wasting by washing sidewalks with their garden hose and committing similar reckless acts are incurring fines of up to $500.

Is that fair? Or will the fine be perceived as governmental overreach, like former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s ill-fated attempt to limit soda sizes to 16 ounces.

As California struggles through its third year of drought, the government first called for a voluntary 20 percent reduction in water use. Instead, it got a one percent increase. After all, when it doesn’t rain, folks who won’t let go of their ideal of a lush, green lawn will run the sprinkler more often.

To the Golden State’s own residents, our failure to conserve voluntarily comes as no surprise. Who here hasn’t seen automatic sprinkler systems running during a rainstorm, or a home on a steep slope attempting to irrigate its green lawn as the gallons of water meant for the grass run into the sewer?

A few weeks ago, I saw my neighbor’s sprinklers going in the middle of the afternoon (the least efficient time to

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water). The water was flowing straight into the gutter. The yard didn’t even have grass. As far as I could tell, the intended recipient of the water was a cactus.

Do you live outside of California and wonder, “Why should I care?”

Try ambling over to the produce section of your local supermarket. Half of all U.S. fruit and nuts and a hefty portion of the nation’s veggies are grown in California. And growers of walnuts, almonds, peaches, citrus, avocados, grapes, lettuce, and more all rely on the state’s scarce water supply.

California’s water dilemma brings up a central question that divides liberals and conservatives across the nation: Are we all in this together or is it everyone for themselves?

When we, as a society, decide to use our finite water resources so that homeowners in arid climates can have lawns, golf courses, and swimming pools, it squeezes other water users - including

farmers. Then prices go up for everyone.

Of course, nobody is being asked to give up golf courses and swimming pools. The failed voluntary conservation measures could be summed up as “Don’t do wasteful things you shouldn’t do anyway.”

Aside from voluntary conservation, the government could minimize or avoid altogether using the stick by offering more carrots.

How about offering free rain barrels and classes in water-efficient irrigation?

Or giving away drought-tolerant plants that require little water or maintenance to thrive?

Couldn’t the state give homeowners who purchase water-efficient toilets tax credits?

If it has the funds and the right priorities, California could transition all government property to drought-tolerant landscaping and shift from growing water-hogging Eucalyptus to water-sipping native plants along all freeways.

As the price of water goes up, that might cut spending on maintenance.

(See RIGHT on page six)

The GOP’s minimum wage nuttiness

by Jim Hightower

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

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

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

Yet, the wage stays stuck at the unconscionable level of $7.25 an hour be-

cause Republican leaders are stuck on the low-wage dogma dictated by corporate elites.

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

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

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

problem in this country.”

Yes, we do have a serious problem, and its name is Dennis Ross. Or, let’s call it Lamar Alexander. The Republican Senator from Tennessee said of the minimum wage, “I do not believe in it.”

Indeed, he “believes” in the immorality of letting executive-suite kleptocrats set sub-sub-sub-subpoverty pay scales to impoverish America’s workforce.

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

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

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

Highway funding runs out of gas Lawmakers writing the transportation spending bill have a problem.

Actually they have 89 billion problems, because that’s how many dollars they are short between what they want to spend over the next six years and the revenue bean counters expect.

Considering the contortions Congress has gone through when it came to finding offsets for more spending in recent years, it’s in a fiscal pickle.

You know the saying: When the going gets tough, the tough get going?

The question here is where are lawmakers going? Are they going to make tough decisions and find the transportation-related revenue for their transportation-spending appetite? Or are they going to try to find an easy route through starving other accounts, paper gimmicks, or raiding the Treasury’s refrigerator?

Our transportation system relies on user fees, most notably the gas tax.

The basic idea being that transporta-

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by Ryan Alexander

tion infrastructure should be paid for by those using it and be self-sustaining.

Thus, you pay for the roads when you fill-up your F-150, not when you fill out your Form 1040. But in recent years the math hasn’t worked. We’ve run out of money.

Not surprisingly, lawmakers are trying to find an easy way out. After raiding the Treasury for an additional $50 billion since 2008, they are now sinking to new lows by proposing ridiculous offsets.

House Republicans have suggested using savings from getting rid of Saturday mail delivery as an offset. Well, you could say that having fewer mail vehicles on the road reduces impact, but that’s pretty much the inverse of a user fee like the gas tax.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has suggested

using 10 years of mostly gimmicky offsets (although it does call for an increase in the Heavy Vehicles Use Tax, which hasn’t changed in 30 years) to generate $9 billion in revenue to keep the Highway Trust Fund afloat through the end of 2014.

Not to be outdone, some Senators are floating the idea of using multinational corporations’ profits that are parked overseas as an offset. There is an estimated $1.95 trillion in profits being kept out of the U.S. to avoid the official 35 percent corporate tax rate.

The idea is to let companies bring these profits back stateside but taxed at a rate of five percent or so. And voila. There’s $98 billion in revenue to replenish the trust fund for years. That seems rather untenable, given that the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that this kind of tax holiday would really only bring in $19.6 billion for two years before becoming a revenue loser.

There are several problems with (See HIGHWAY on page six)

America’s mythical retreat from military force

by Peter Hart

Here’s a thought: The Iraq War boosters who enthusiastically promoted the idea that a violent invasion would deliver a stable democracy should keep their opinions about the next U.S. war to themselves.

For many pundits and (mostly) Republican politicians, the Obama years have been a time of serious decline of American power in the world. What they mean - and sometimes what they say outright, when they’re being honest - is that they want the United States to be more involved in more wars in foreign countries.

Sure, sometimes they’ll dress it up with rhetoric about American values and influence. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) - still treated as a foreign policy expert by big media - spoke recently about the need to “restore America’s power and prestige.”

Fox host Bill O’Reilly declared that Obama “has not acted as a dominant world leader.”

It’s not hard to figure out what these folks really mean. Commenting on the turmoil across the Middle East, TV pundit Cokie Roberts complained that “we just haven’t made a strong enough presence in that region to have people be afraid of this country.”

Time magazine explained to readers that Obama “hesitates” instead of using military force, and “trouble follows as a result.”

Stop and think about that one for a second. The United States, of course, invaded Iraq in 2003 and occupied it for the next decade. The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan has gone on even longer. The Obama administration, often away from the media spotlight, has waged a drone war in Pakistan and Yemen - killing hundreds of innocent civilians.

We led a military intervention to oust Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, leaving the country a more violent and chaotic place. And if you’re looking at the current crisis in Gaza, don’t forget that the United States has been a stalwart ally of Israel, our country’s top recipient of military aid.

In short - does it sound like the United States is too “hands-off”?

One of the big problems with our armchair foreign policy gurus besides the fact that so many of them have been so wrong for so long about so many things - is that they try to convince the rest of us that the Obama administration has retreated from using military force. This is obviously false.

But the problem is bigger than that.

These analysts and TV pundits are, as the old saying goes, so fond of wielding hammers that everything begins to look like a nail. From the comforts of air-conditioned TV studios, all manner of foreign crises would be solved if the White House would just be more willing to bomb, attack and invade.

It doesn’t seem to matter to them where or what the problem might be.

From Syria to Iraq to anywhere else, there’s nothing that can’t be fixed

by U.S. military assaults. These are the people who look at the horrors in Syria and think the solution is to supply more weapons even if it’s just a recipe for more violence and suffering.

The good news is that it doesn’t seem to be working with the American public.

The New York Times recently noted that while Obama doesn’t get high marks on his foreign policy, “polls find that Americans do not want Mr. Obama to get the country enmeshed more deeply in places like Ukraine and Iraq.”

It all makes me wonder why the media gives so many warmongers a platform. The fact is there are relatively few voices in these media debates calling for peace and diplomacy. Too often, the need to commit to more war isn’t treated as an assertion so much as an assumption.

Peter Hart is the activism director of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

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It’s time for a change in the Big 1st District

by Rob Wasinger

The 2020 census is not yet underway, so it is hard to tell what congressional reapportionment will mean for Kansas, and ultimately the number of members of Congress who will represent the state.

In one sense, Kansas already is the victim of reapportionment. In 2010, we had four congressmen, but today we effectively have only three.

Tim Huelskamp not only has marginalized himself in Washington, he has marginalized the state

of Kansas. Both through his sanctimonious condemnations of fellow Republicans (which culminated in his expulsion by his own party’s leadership from the influential agricultural and budget committees earlier this Congress) and through his intransigence on issues that demand both compromise and flexibility.

If we are to move forward as a country, he has proved to be one of Capitol Hill’s most ineffective legislators. And in today’s Washington, that is quite an accomplishment.

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Despite growing support for legal pot, marijuana violations account for almost all of the league’s drug penalties. Those suspensions range anywhere from four games for a first-time offender to an entire season in Washington’s case.

Meanwhile, star football players may or may not get suspended for committing violent acts against women. As long as they’re learning stuff, the penalties could be minor.

Here’s the takeaway: Please, players, don’t smoke pot. It damages the NFL’s integrity.

Joel Kendrick is an OtherWords editorial assistant

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At some point, we need to ask whether the rest of the country should put up with higher prices on fruit because Californians want to do things like hose down their driveways and sidewalks instead of sweeping them.

In that context, it seems pretty fair to fine those who persist in the most egregiously wasteful uses of water. Maybe after giving them a warning first, before levying that new $500 fine.

The same principle applies to other big environmental issues, like the climate crisis and air pollution. Reducing emissions is going to require effort from all of us, and it might be a tad inconvenient for some. But, alas, we all share our air and water, and there’s no getting around that.

We’re all in this together, and if we can’t come up with enough tax incentives or other voluntary approaches to fixing our problems, we’ll all need to follow some new rules.

Jill Richardson is the author of “Recipe for America: Why Our Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It”

Yet he has offered no alternative that would make health care more accessible and affordable to millions of Americans.

Like so many other Republicans, he has spent weeks condemning the waiting time for veterans at VA Hospitals. No one disagrees that it’s a bad situation that shouldn’t exist. Now work for a solution.

You want to strengthen the family unit, great. Then tell us Tim, how does that happen when you want to cut food stamps and pro-

He is an utter embarrassment to Kansas, and to the people he purports to represent. He is a laughingstock in Congress, especially within his own Republican conference where he could not be less influential. Huelskamp’s endorsement of a policy idea or political strategy widely is viewed as the kiss of death.

But perhaps even more embarrassing than his utter ineffectiveness and incompetence as a legislator is his sad attempt to explain all of this away by playing the “victim” card, something he has turned

into an art form during his relatively short political career in Washington.

Everything that happens to him, according to him, is always someone else’s fault. He just is representing his values and his voters, he will argue.

He hopes to dupe the voters in his district with this childish reasoning, but as one of his colleagues, Lynn Westmoreland’s spokesman, said of the congressman, Huelskamp lost his committee assignments because of the “A-hole factor.” Hardly the victim of some grand conspiracy

by his colleagues. He is just someone who can’t work well with others and almost universally is despised.

I only can imagine the report cards that must have been sent home to his parents whilst the congressman was in grade school - “doesn’t play well with others.” But while this personality disorder might have been addressed successfully when Timmy was making enemies on the playground, it is a little too late at this point to hope he will learn how to make friends and influence people “on the job.”

In other words, Huelskamp has not earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues, he has earned their disdain and mistrust - and for that, they have put him in the timeout corner.

It’s time to replace Huelskamp in Congress.

This year, Republicans in the First District have a choice, and that choice is Alan LaPolice. LaPolice can make the district proud again.

Medicaid assistance and public education is suffering from lack of money.

On top of that, we have a major water crisis in Kansas that threatens to dramatically alter the future of agriculture - and our economy - and Gov. Brownback has, so far, chosen to take a passive approach. He’s calling for a grassroots solution so that he can avoid the heavy hand of “big government.”

What conservative lawmakers refuse to acknowledge is that there are times

when big government is the only solution. There are times bold leadership calls for offering plans that won’t be popular with everyone - or anyone.

There are times when, believe it or not, tax cuts don’t solve anything.

Rest easy, Kansas. We don’t have to worry about those radical ideas taking hold here.

We make sure of that every time we go to the polls.

Rob Wasinger served as chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and also served on the staffs of Gov. Bill Graves and Jerry Moran

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grams which provide assistance for children? Being opposed to spending doesn’t make life better for them or their family.

Gov. Brownback and his conservative allies in the legislature are opposed to more spending for public schools, children, highways, senior citizens, Medicare, the arts and more. So, tell us again how this makes people want to move to our state and how it improves our quality of life?

And when conservative lawmakers, including

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Huelskamp won’t bend to establishment politics

I write in support of Congressman Huelskamp. I believe, his service to the People of Kansas provides the best representation, when the time is crucial for retaining representation with a voting record of consistently honoring the values of the citizens and not bending to the will of Washington’s establishment.

Congressman Huelskamp proves his commitment to our rural way of life repeatedly. He consistently votes pro-religion, life, marriage, family and for balanced budgets.

He regularly conducts town halls to stay informed of concerns of those he represents. He cares about the issues and dedicates staff to monitor and attend meetings held by the 31-county Kansas Natural Resource Coalition on Lesser Prairie-Chickens, as well as Logan County’s meetings with US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on the Black-footed Ferret program’s consequences.

Congressman Huelskamp is a strong advocate against overreaches of USFWS’s improper listing of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, EPAs air, water and coal rules, IRS targeting and numerous other issues. He does the right thing for the right reasons.

I encourage you to support Congressman Huelskamp on August 5 and allow him to continue his stand for Kansans.

Sheila Ellis Scott City

Crazed Republicans file suit against Obama

by Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) Republicans who were angered to learn on Wednesday that the former IRS official Lois Lerner had referred to them as “crazies” and “a**holes” responded later in the day by voting to sue the President of the United States.

“Calling us crazy a-holes is insulting, derogatory and beneath contempt,” House Speaker John Boehner told reporters. “And now if you’ll excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, I have to go sue Obama.”

Determined to burnish their reputation as extremely sane people, House Republicans in their lawsuit accuse the President of “coldly and arrogantly seizing power granted to him by the United States Constitution.”

The lawsuit alleges that “having signed 181 executive orders to date, Barack Obama seems intent on chasing the records of such notorious renegades such as Dwight Eisenhower (484) and Theodore Roosevelt (1,081).”

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

Brownback, are finally forced (again) by the Supreme Court to do more than say no to school funding, what is their response? They choose to manipulate appointments to the Supreme Court in order to get more favorable school finance decisions.

That is what passes for leadership.

Unfortunately, the underlying problems don’t go away. Too many Kansas children still go to bed hungry, too many people are on waiting lists for

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these staggeringly bad ideas.

One, they don’t fix any of the fundamental problems with the trust fund revenue shortfalls compared to lawmakers spending desires. Two, revenue generated from a tax holiday - if such a scam was to be perpetrated on taxpayers - should go to the Treasury, not some dedicated purpose. We still have a half–trilliondollar deficit and a $17.5 trillion debt, after all.

Three, certainly our nation’s tax code needs to be reformed, but taking care of just one aspect that needs to be fixed actually would reduce some of the incentive for broad reform and in an inequitable way.

Finally, instituting tax holidays for profits stashed overseas only encourages more of that kind of parking in the future. The last time Uncle Sam took this step, $804 billion was overseas. Just 10 years later, there’s nearly $2 trillion.

Instead of resorting to gimmicks and “get rich quick schemes,” lawmakers need to make hard decisions.

Cut spending or come up with some new revenue.

Cars are more fuel-efficient, generating less gas tax revenue per mile traveled. Plus, the 18.4-cent gas tax hasn’t changed since 1993, which means inflation has trimmed its spending power.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the gas tax would total roughly 30 cents if it were indexed to inflation. Coincidentally, the CBO estimates the tax would have to increase 10 to 15 cents to pay for current spending levels in the future. Hmmmm.

Congress can also be forward-looking and explore even more truly user-fee type revenues, like vehicle miles travelled, expanded tolling, or other user fees based on actual usage and resulting wear and tear - any of which would be better than the gas tax.

What we can’t afford are gutless lawmakers who refuse to go the distance for taxpayers.

Ryan Alexander is president of Taxpayers for Common Sense.Taxpayer.net

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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Survey: 1 in 5 uninsured don’t want insurance Though millions of people gained health coverage this year as a result of the Affordable Care Act, millions more remain unaware of their options or have no interest in getting insured, a new survey has found.

Among those who were uninsured last year and remain uninsured, only 59 percent were familiar with the new Obamacare marketplaces and 38 percent were aware of federal subsidies to lower their insur-

ance costs, according to the survey conducted in June by the nonpartisan Urban Institute.

About 60 percent of respondents list cost as the main reason for not having insurance. But 20 percent say they don’t want health insurance or would rather pay the fine for not having coverage.

The survey estimated about eight million people gained health care coverage since last fall. In the past month, a New England Journal

of Medicine study found that 10 million people gained coverage. The Rand Corp. has estimated 9.3 million people gained coverage.

“A lot of people who remain uninsured never looked on the marketplace,” said Stephen Zuckerman, co-director of the Urban Institute Health Policy Center. “If you build it, they do not always come.”

Zuckerman said while many people say health insurance costs are too

high, many don’t understand its value.

“People are paying for something but not seeing an immediate return,” he said.

While the poll results have implications for next year’s open enrollment, which starts Nov. 15, the first year sign-ups still outpaced expectations, said Sharon Long, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute.

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and the direction the state is going. “There’s a growing consensus that we’ve got to do something different.�

A n d that consensus is being fueled by a numPaul Davis ber of moderate Republicans, including the highly-publicized event in Wichita where 103 Republicans a number of them former members of the legislature - announced their support for Davis. “The Republicans organized that themselves.

Our campaign had very little involvement in that,�

Davis says.

He says that was a culmination of growing dissatisfaction with the Brownback Administration’s policies and the ultra-conservative agenda being pushed by the governor and a number of state legislators. “A number of these people I’ve worked with over the years. They know me. This wasn’t a decision they took lightly,� points out Davis.

Since that event, some Republicans have joined Davis on the campaign trail, including former Senate Majority Leader Steve Morris (Hugoton), and former State Sens.

Ruth Teichman (Stafford) and Fred Kerr (Pratt).

back likes to call it isn’t working. As more people see that it solidifies their belief that things aren’t going the right direction in Kansas,� Davis says.

Davis said that, if elected, he will put a freeze on future tax cuts that are scheduled to go into effect.

But he isn’t ready to push for a tax increase to help programs that are feeling the budget squeeze. “I don’t want to give the illusion that (stopping the tax cuts) is a magic bullet,� he emphasizes. “It’s a starting point. I think it’s something that Democrats and Republicans in the legislature can embrace.

If we continue with the Brownback experiment it will put the state deeper into the red.�

In conjunction with that, Davis advocates taking a closer look at the overall tax code. He wants to see if those incentives that were intended to create jobs are really working.

He’s calling for more accountability. “With previous administrations, before they initiated major changes to the tax code they did so in a deliberate manner. They let Kansans have a voice in the process. They had hearings,� he says.

Davis says that wasn’t the process used by Gov. Brownback and Art Laffer, the former economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan who was also instrumental in shaping Focus on Economy Gov. Brownback’s tax cut A lot of attention has agenda. been focused on the state’s economy - in particular, Education No. 1 budget revenues that have Despite concerns with fallen well short of projec- the economy, Davis says tions following major tax the number one issue with cuts pushed by the gover- Kansans has been educanor and passed by the leg- tion. islature. “I’m hearing a great “There’s solid evidence deal of concern about the to show that this experi- future of public educament that Gov. Brown- tion. People realize we

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have traditionally had good schools in Kansas which is a big factor contributing to our quality of life,� Davis says. “People are concerned about cuts to education funding that are happening at the state level.�

The gubernatorial hopeful emphasizes that it shouldn’t take the courts to order the legislature to provide adequate funding for public schools. He was in the legislature in 2005 when the courts ruled against the legislature and he’s seeing that experience repeat itself. “People don’t like to see the courts intervene, but if that’s what it takes to get this done, then it has to happen,� he says.

Davis says the decision by the legislature to eliminate the protections offered by teacher tenure were vindictive in nature. “This was done at the 11th hour with no hearings before legislative committees,� he noted. “It was unnecessarily put into the (school finance) bill.

Brownback and his allies in the legislature saw an opportunity to take a shot at public school teachers.�

In response, he says, public school teachers have been among his most ardent and vocal supporters. “I think most teachers feel very neglected and disturbed by what comes out of Topeka. This was the last straw for them,� he says.

While conservative lawmakers try to paint this as an issue involving teacher unions, Davis feels that’s only to gain political points with the Republican base. “This isn’t about teacher unions or public employees. It’s about the single most influential factor in a child’s education - a teacher,� Davis empha-

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I’m concerned about what it means to us as a state if we continue to send the message that we don’t value teachers and what they mean in the lives of our students and in our communities.�

Anti-Brownback Sentiment

Davis realizes that he’s a beneficiary of the antiBrownback sentiment that’s been building over the past year. “But as people get to know me I feel they will become increasingly comfortable with me and

where I stand on issues important to Kansas,� he says. “I’m a pretty moderate, centrist sort of person.

I have a 12-year track record of bringing Republicans and Democrats together.�

During his campaign stops in Western Kansas, Davis says he has received a good reception. “I’ve told people over and over again that we’ll do a lot better in Western Kansas than people expect. I hear a lot of dissatisfaction out here just as I do in other parts of the state,� he says. “People out here are feeling the impact of the Brown-

back experiment because they’re seeing an increase in property taxes to compensate for cuts in state funding. “With the Brownback experiment there’s been a huge shift to the property taxes. The place hardest hit by that is rural Kansas,� he points out.

Davis says the threelegged tax stool - income, property and sales taxes that provided a balanced revenue flow for the state has “become wobbly, at best.� “If we keep heading down this pat it’s only going to get worse,� he added.

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2013 GMC 2500HD Crew Denali, DVD, NAV, Diesel, 4x4...Gray/Tan Lthr.... 33K mi.....(1724A) ... $51,400 2013 Chevy 1500 Crew LTZ, 4x4, Z71, 5.3L ..............Black/Gray Leather.... 30K mi.......(1740) ... $35,600 2013 2500 HD Crew, LT, 4x4, 6.6L Diesel, ...................White/Black Cloth.... 44K mi.......(1745) ... $40,400 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew, SLE, 4x4, 5.3L..............White/Black Cloth...... 2K mi.......(1750) ... $38,900

The Scott County Record

Youth/Education

Page 9 - Thursday, July 31, 2014

4 area grads earn degrees from Wichita State

Assuming ownership of Busy Beavers Pre-School is Stephanie Thomas

(Record Photo)

Thomas ready for new school year as Busy Beavers director Stephanie Thomas loves teaching and she really enjoys working with young children.

She gets to do both as the new owner and director of Busy Beavers Pre-School in Scott City.

It was an unexpected opportunity which fell into place when former owner, Jana Irvin, was hired in early July as the new principal at Scott City Middle School. As that process was unfolding, Irvin wanted to make sure the school that she had owned for the past three years would pass into the right hands.

“It was a big concern,” says Irvin. “I didn’t tell anyone I was applying (for the principal’s position) because I didn’t want parents to become alarmed. But I wasn’t going to let it close.”

Irvin approached Thomas, who had been a substitute teacher at the pre-school on occasion, in addition to helping with activities.

“I had mentioned that I was going to work this fall

with Bretton starting kindergarten and Jana asked if I’d ever thought of teaching preschool,” Thomas says.

Since Bretton had been a student at Busy Beavers for the past two years, Thomas was familiar with the curriculum and the education format.

“I’ve also had the opportunity to work with kids in our church for the past five years.

Working with young ones who are just learning is pretty special,” Thomas says. “There’s something incredible when a child first figures something out and there’s that light bulb moment.”

A Unique Format Little Beavers isn’t just a daycare program, but a preschool that provides youngsters ages 3-5 with an education curriculum.

There are two learning sessions from Tuesday through Thursday - the first from 8:1511:15 a.m. and the second from 12:15-3:15 p.m. Enrollment is

limited to 10 students in each session. Thomas says 15 of the 20 student openings are already filled for the upcoming school year.

Busy Beavers follows the USD 466 calendar year and observes the same holiday schedule.

“We do center work during the day which provides time to work one-on-one with each student,” says Thomas, who is the only instructor.

She plans to follow the curriculum that was established by Irvin but, over time, may make some changes.

“I’m a big technology fan and there’s a lot of curriculum choices out there,” she says.

“Jana provided a lot of experience and knowledge and I can add a few things as we go along.”

Thomas likes the format that brings together the 3- to 5-yearold students so they learn together.

“As a mother, I like that because older kids can provide

model behavior. Younger kids learn from their peers,” she observes.

Most of all, Thomas likes seeing the excitement in youngsters that comes from learning.

“It’s fun when parents are there to pick up their kids and they can’t wait to show them what they’ve learned during the day,” she says.

Thomas, a 1999 graduate of Scott Community High School, attended Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where she is completing a bachelor’s degree in linguistics.

“My plans were to get a degree in library science, but that’s no longer offered,” she says.

Thomas is also in the process of pursuing a master’s degree through Ft. Hays State University.

Parents interested in learning more about Busy Beavers Pre-School can contact Thomas (214-1066) or e-mail (busybeaverspreschool@yahoo.com) for a tour of the school and to learn more about the curriculum.

4-H provided the foundation for youth volunteer award winner Probably no one was more surprised than MariKate Crouch when she heard the news that she had been recognized as Scott County’s “Youth Volunteer of the Year”.

Crouch has never seen volunteer work as something that one gets awards for doing.

“It’s just something you do,” says the spring graduate of Scott Community High School.

Of course, it also helps being involved in National Honor Society, Student Council and 4-H - organizations which put an emphasis on community service.

As a NHS member at SCHS, Crouch has helped with the annual Scott City Elementary School fun day in the spring and the hat and mitten drive during December. This past spring she joined other members in the planting of two trees near the state park office at Lake Scott.

She helped with a StuCo soup supper that raised money for a cancer victim and a 4-H Council pancake feed that contributed to the expense of

sending local veterans on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. They also raised money to purchase honorary bricks for the Veterans Memorial in Scott City and distributed Christmas presents to Park Lane Nursing Home residents.

And that only scratches the surface.

“I feel that 4-H has had the biggest impact on teaching me the value of community service. You learn that you’re part of something bigger,” she says.

“If it wasn’t for these groups, especially 4-H, I probably wouldn’t have been near as involved as I was.”

Crouch feels that 4-H has helped give her a larger perspective on what it means to be involved in the community.

“4-H involves every part of the community - it’s not just about kids,” she points out.

“We’ve seen how much the people of Scott County have done for us and that we have an obligation to give back whenever we can.”

“Youth Volunteer of the Year” MariKate Crouch

Four students in Scott and Lane counties were among more than 1,500 spring graduates completing degrees at Wichita State University.

Undergraduate students who have attained a grade point average of 3.9 out of a possible 4.0 received the summa cum laude award; those with an average of 3.25-3.54 graduated cum laude.

Area graduates include: Dighton: Breann Dennis, Bachelor of Arts in psychology Scott City: Shawna Farber graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Dental Hygiene; Michelle Hickey earned a Master of Social Work degree; and Trace Kendrick earned a Master of Education degree in sports management.

Huck, Hutchins graduate with honors from KSU

Elizabeth Huck and Alex Hutchins, both of Scott City, were among nearly 400 students who graduated with honors this spring from Kansas State University.

Elizabeth Huck was among those earning the university’s top graduation honor, summa cum laude, with 125 students maintaining a grade point average of 3.95 or higher throughout their college years.

She is the daughter of Lance and Irene Huck, Scott City.

Alex Hutchins was among 127 students who earned cum laude honors with a gpa of 3.75 to 3.848.

He is the son of Devin and Dawn Hutchins, Scott City.

Students earn academic honors from Ft. Hays

15 area students are among those earning spring semester academic honors at Ft. Hays State University.

To be eligible, students must be enrolled in 12 or more credit hours and have a minimum gpa of 3.60.

Scott City: Shaelee Berning, senior, majoring in social work; Ladina Craft, senior, majoring in social work; Matthew Eikelberger, junior, majoring in justice studies; Allison Gough, senior, majoring in elementary education; Clay Mulligan, junior, majoring in biology (pre-physical therapy).

Callan Rice, sophomore, majoring in pre-education (early childhood).

Dighton: Nicole Beesley, junior, majoring in nursing; Clayton Capra, freshman, majoring in music (education); Morgan Lawrence, sophomore, majoring in management (human resource management); Sheldon Root, senior, majoring in management; Hannah Speer, junior, majoring in agriculture (animal science).

Healy: Lois Magie, senior, majoring in social work.

Leoti: Stacy Graff, senior, majoring in elementary education (early childhood); Clancy Masterson, sophomore, pre-education (elementary); Michael Wilson, junior, pre-education (elementary).

For the Record Imposters more elaborate with telephone scams The Scott County Record

Atty. Gen. Derek Schmidt

Telephone scammers are coming up with more elaborate ways of fooling targets into thinking they are someone else.

Here are examples of the more common imposter scams being reported to the Kansas Attorney General’s office.

Grandparent scam.

This scam typically involves the scammer pretending to be a grandchild stuck in some situation

in need of money. The “grandchild” might say they are stuck in a prison in Mexico in need of bail money, or maybe in Italy with a lost passport or in New York in need of a bus ticket.

The scammer might use bits of information he or she has picked up from a real grandchild’s social media accounts to make the call sound real - perhaps mentioning the name of a family pet or a favorite food.

Scott City Council Agenda Mon., Aug. 4 • 7:30 p.m.

City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to Order •Approve minutes of July 21 regular meeting •Mayor’s appointment of Everett Green to the council from Ward 3 •Open 2015 budget hearing •Approve ordinance for general obligation bonds •Approve resolution for general obligation bonds •Approve zoning change from R-1 (single-family residential) to C-2 (general commercial) •Approve options and prepay for new fire truck •Request from Showdown on the Plains to use the Scott City Airport on Sept. 5-6 •Recommendation from Water Conservation and Water Rates Committee •Approve cereal malt beverage application •Airport Commission: request to seek bids for airport main hanger lighting fixtures •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Pool Department 1) Monthly pool update 2) Council/city employee pool party on Aug. 10 3) Pool closing on Aug. 16 Police Department 1) Misc. business Parks Department 1) Misc. business Public Works Department 1) Misc. business

Electricity bills.

Several major utilities in the state have reported scammers calling customers pretending to be from your electric company trying to collect on a pastdue bill.

The scammer will threaten the consumer with shutting off their electricity if they do not pay immediately.

Jury duty. In this scam, the caller claims to be from a local law enforce-

ment agency telling you he or she has a warrant for your arrest because you missed jury duty. But, if you send them some money right away, they can take care of it.

IRS. The scammer in this call claims to be from the IRS calling about a problem with your tax return. Just like in the other calls, the scammer wants you to send him money right away to resolve the situation.

Public Notice Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 31, 2014)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NEW GULF OPERATING, LLC, FOR AN ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE COMMINGLING OF PRODUCTION OR FLUIDS IN ITS MUENCH #1-16 WELL LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE/4) OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE 33 WEST IN SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS OPERATOR NO. 34162 CONSERVATION DIVISION NOTICE OF PENDING APPLICATION THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS AND OIL AND GAS PURCHASERS, ROYALTY OWNERS, LAND OWNERS, AND ALL PERSONS WHOMSOEVER CONCERNED: YOU, and each of you, are hereby notified that New Gulf Operating, LLC, has filed an Application with the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas requesting an Order providing for the

commingling of production or fluids in its Muench #1-16 well located in the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section 16, Township 17 South, Range 33 West in Scott County, Kansas.

YOU are further notified that unless written protest or request for hearing is received by the State Corporation Commission within 15 days after publication of this Notice, the Application in this matter will be granted. Any such protest or request for hearing should be mailed to the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, Conservation Division, 130 S. Market, Room 2078, Wichita, Kansas 67202 and to the Applicant at the address below.

All parties in any way interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and govern themselves accordingly.

NEW GULF OPERATING, LLC Chase Beasley, Landman 10441 South Regal Boulevard, Suite 210 Tulsa, Okla. 74133 (918) 728-3020 CBeasley@newgulfresources.com

(First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 24, 2014; last published Thurs., July 31, 2014)2t

GOT PHOTO ID

If you’re a registered voter all you need to vote is your: •Driver’s license •Military ID •Kansas college ID •Or other qualifying card..

Kansas Voting Law on Tues., Aug. 5

TAKE IT TO THE POLLS

(Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 31, 2014) 1t

SCOTT COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S PROCEEDINGS JUNE 2014 GENERAL FUND SALARIES ............................................ $ 81,282.41 COMMODITIES ....................................

14,004.67 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES .................

50,640.20 CAPITAL OUTLAY..................................

28,057.40 OTHER...................................................

1,500.00

•Close budget hearing •Approve 2015 budget •Mayor’s comments

Public Notice in the District Court, Scott City, Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, Judgment and Decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four (4) months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Diana F. Brandt Petitioner MARTINDELL SWEARER SHAFFER RIDENOUR LLP 20 Compound Drive P.O. Box 1907 Hutchinson, KS 67504-1907 (620) 662-3331 arlyn.miller@martindell.com Attorneys for Petitioner

Support Your Hometown Merchants!

Don’t give in to threats of arrest or IRS audits. In Kansas, if you miss jury duty, you will get a letter asking you to contact the court to reschedule your service. Court officers will not call you and ask you for money for missing jury duty.

And, the IRS advises taxpayers that if there is a problem with your tax return, they will notify you by mail - not through a threatening phone call.

The caller may threaten you with an audit or heavy tax penalties if you don’t send the money immediately.

In all of these scams, the caller will almost always want you to wire money immediately, or to purchase a prepaid cash card and call them back with the number.

These methods of sending money are very hard to trace and almost impossible to get back once it has been sent.

(See SCAMS on page 11)

Scott Co. LEC Report

Public Notice

Clerk’s Department 1) Misc. business

(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 17, 2014; last published Thurs., July 31, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS (Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MERLIN GARDNER, DECEASED Case No. 2014-PR-17 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on July 8, 2014, a Petition was filed in this Court by Diana F. Brandt, an heir, devisee and legatee, and Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Merlin Gardner, deceased, dated July 30, 2013, requesting the Will filed with the Petition be admitted to probate and record; Petitioner be appointed as Executor, without bond; and Petitioner be granted Letters Testamentary.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before August 13, 2014, at 1:15 p.m.,

The Scott County Record Page 10 • Thursday, July 31, 2014

Scott City Police Department July 28: Amanda Tucker was arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to the LEC.

Register of Deeds Pauline Baysinger to Laura Lee Percival, Lots 29 and 30, Blk. 3, Southview 2nd Addition.

Mildred VanPelt to Benjamin and Megan Taylor, Lot 7 and N2 of Lot 10, Blk. 9, Cases Addition.

Douglas and Kymberly Heberlee to Gentry and Emily Duff, Lot 6, Blk. 3, East Acres Addition.

Ella Mae Eisenhour to Marin and Annie Loya, Lot 18, Blk. 38, Original Town.

Gary and Susan Eggleston to Luis Bejarano and Claudia Anchondo, Lot 7, Blk. 3, Southview 2nd Addition.

Gilberto Retamoza to Eriberto Olivas, Lot 7, Blk. 4, Southview 2nd Addition.

Vulgamore Family Farms to Guillermo and Helena Unger, a tract in SE4 of 15-20-31.

Felix Oronia and Debbie Rios to Eufemia Medellin, Lots 17-18, Blk. 32, Original Town.

Wasinger Brothers to Marvin and Dana Hammond, a tract in SE4 of 34-19-33.

Malvin Wells to Steve and Kay Schmitt Trust, a parcel of land located in vacated Monroe Street, adjacent to Blk. 19 in Cases Second Addition, adjacent to Schmitt Addition.

Kenton and Susan Geist to Jesus Castillo and Jessica Carrasco, Lot 9, Blk. 5, Eggleston Addition.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 17, 2014; last published Thurs., July 31, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HOWARD L. SPITZER, deceased Case No. 2014-PRNOTICE TO CREDITORS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on July 11, 2014, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this court by Dorothy L. Spitzer, an heir, devisee, legatee, and

Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Howard L. Spitzer, deceased.

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

Dorothy L. Spitzer WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 Attorney for Petitioner

(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., July 31, 2014)1t

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

COUNTY HEALTH FUND SALARIES .............................................

COMMODITIES .....................................

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES .................

CAPITAL OUTLAY .................................

OTHER...................................................

12,410.81 14,224.58 1,487.10 0.00 0.00

The governing body of ISBEL TOWNSHIP, SCOTT COUNTY, will meet on August 12, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., at Boulware Grain, Modoc, Ks., for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of ad valorem tax to be levied.

Detailed budget information is available at the Scott County Clerk’s office and will be available at this hearing.

NOXIOUS WEED FUND SALARIES...............................................

COMMODITIES ......................................

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES...................

OTHER ...................................................

5,501.81 17,840.16 118.60 0.00

BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed Budget 2015 Expenditures and Amount of 2014 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2015 budget. Estimated Tax Rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation.

ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND SALARIES ..............................................

COMMODITIES.......................................

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES....................

CAPITAL OUTLAY....................................

FIRE DISTRICT FUND SALARIES ..............................................

COMMODITIES ......................................

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES....................

CAPITAL OUTLAY ..................................

TREASURER’S SPECIAL FUND SALARIES ...............................................

COMMODITIES .......................................

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ....................

CAPITAL OUTLAY.....................................

OTHER .....................................................

JAMES M. MINNIX Chairman

2013

37,363.30 21,743.26 1,978.96 0.00 389.28 437.33 939.62 3,065.19

Fund

ALICE BROKOFSKY Scott County Clerk

Proposed Budget 2015

Tax

Actual Tax Rate*

General

2,210

0.232

3,445

0.227

6,550

1,885

0.173

Totals

2,210

0.232

3,445

0.227

6,550

1,885

0.173

0

0

0

Net Expenditures

2,210

3,445

6,550

Total Tax Levied

2,841

2,180

Less Transfers

Assessed Valuation 12,262,601

Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness

4,306.79 500.10 680.51 0.00 430.85

2014

Amount of Prior Year Actual Current Year Actual Budget Est. of Actual Tax Rate* Tax Rate* Authority for 2014 Ad Expenditures Expenditures Expenditures Valorem

9,636,319

10,899,572

2012

2013

2014

0

0

0

G.O. Bonds Revenue Bonds Lease Pur. Princ.

TOTAL

*Tax rates are expressed in mills.

David Novak Township Officer

The Scott County Record • Page 11 • Thursday, July 31, 2014

County Commission July 1, 2014 Scott County Commissioners met in a regular meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioner Gary Skibbe; and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky were present. Commissioner Jerry Buxton was absent.

Commissioners approved the following tax change orders: Abatement Harold Lloyd Tuttle $ 304.10 Abatement Scott Co. Shrine Club $ 224.44 Abatement Shakespeare Oil Co. Inc. $ 32, 829.34 Abatement Dannie & Elissa Bahm $ 1,256.82 Abatement Ann & Judson Price Jr. $ 1,256.82 Abatement Keith & Carolyn Janzen $ 2,513.92 Abatement David Munro $ 50.20 Abatement Shakespeare Oil Co. Inc. $ 1,608.84 Abatement Hastings Oil & Gas Pro. $ 50.20 Abatement Alex Booth $ 603.26 Abatement Eric D Stinson Trust $ 50.20 •Les Chyba was appointed to the Scott County Library board as treasurer.

•Darlene Kohman and Kurtis Jacobs presented the 25th Judicial District budget.

•Patsi Graham and Ernie Smith discussed the El Quartelejo Museum and presented the Scott County Historical Society budget request.

•Bids were opened for demolition of the former Scott County Hospital: H. Excavating $ 52,250 A & M Russell Excavating $ 74,000 G & G Dozer $ 85,000 Lee Construction Inc. $ 172,950 George Wehkamp $ 246,162 RFB Construction $ 425,000 The bid from G&G Dozer was accepted which included asbestos removal.

•There was discussion about the recent theft that occurred at the Scott County Cemetery. The insurance company has been notified and Public Works Director Richard Cramer has presented them with a list of tools and equipment that were stolen.

•Cemetery lot ownership belonging to Richard Long was discussed. Cramer will contact him to see how he would like to proceed.

•Marilyn Miller would like to build a gazebo on spaces owned by her and have cremation burials placed around the structure. Cramer is to contact Miller and have her present plans before any action is taken.

•The following road permits were signed and approved: Landmark Resources Inc.: Access of Right-of-way to drilling site S1, T17S, R34W. New Gulf Operating: Drive entry S16, T17S R33W, SW4.

•The federal aid statewide bridge inspection master agreement was presented and signed.

•There was discussion of water drainage on Kansas Road and what to do with the access water that is being created due to the Prairie Meadows Addition. Cramer is waiting to hear back from the survey before any action is taken.

•Commissioners advised the county clerk to contact Kelly Conine (Kel’s TLC) to provide mowing and upkeep of the grounds at the Veterans Memorial.

Scams

(continued from page 10)

The key to all of these scams is to be skeptical of the person calling. Even if you think the call might be legitimate, hang up and call the person back at a phone number you know is real - whether it is a grandchild, your electric company, court clerk or the IRS. Don’t call the number from your caller ID. Find the legitimate number through the phone book or your billing statement. Ask for help from a trusted friend or relative, or even your local police or sheriff, before sending any money.

You can also call the Consumer Protection Division in the Attorney General’s office at (800) 432-2310 or visit online at www.InYourCornerKansas.org.

Public Notice

Scott County Commission Agenda Monday, August 11 County Courthouse 3:00 p.m.

Open budget hearing County business Approve minutes, accounts payable and payroll

3:30 p.m.

Canvass primary election results

4:00 p.m.

Sheriff Glenn Anderson Request to purchase computer and light bar

4:30 p.m.

Alyson Alder Discuss county health department

5:00

Public Works Director Richard Cramer

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

(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 31, 2014; last published Thurs., August 14, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY L. CUTLER, deceased Case No. 2013-PR-11 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Chris M. Cutler, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Larry L. Cutler, deceased, praying that his acts be approved; that the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; that fees and expenses be allowed; that the costs be determined and

ordered paid; that the administration of the Estate be closed; that the Executor be discharged and that he be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 27th day of August, 2014, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., of said day, in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. s/s Chris M. Cutler WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P. O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner

(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., July 31, 2014)1t

NOTICE OF 2014-15 BUDGET HEARING

The governing body of Unified School District No. 466 will meet on the 11th day of August, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., at the Administration Building, 704 College, Scott City, Ks., for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of tax to be levied.

Detailed budget information (including budget profile) is available at the district office, 704 College, Scott City, Ks., and will be available at this hearing.

BUDGET SUMMARY The “Amount of 2014 Tax to be Levied” and “Expenditures” (published below) establish the maximum limits of the 2014-2015 Budget. The “Est. Tax Rate” in the far right column, shown for comparative purposes, is subject to slight change depending on final assessed valuation.

2012-13 Actual Actual Expenditures

Actual Tax Rate*

General

6,059,361

20.000

Supp. General (LOB)

2,049,091

19.233

Fund

2013-14 Actual Actual Expenditures

Proposed Budget 2014-15 Est. Tax Rate*

Actual Tax Rate*

Expenditures

6,052,301

20.000

6,067,670

1,974,643

20.000

2,048,551

21.480

2,082,124

2,104,386

20.361

826,842

8.000

Amount of 2013 Tax to be levied

Special Revue Adult Education

Bilingual Education

157,504

152,632

141,031

Virtual Education

113,605

56,419

57,000

Capital Outlay

593,339

Driver Training

8,306

6.000

593,338 9,553

6.000

767,149 20,765

609,268

575,715

602,498

Prof. Development

40,832

26,939

31,330

Parent Ed. Program

13,500

13,500

13,500

Special Education

682,548

732,242

748,259

Voc. Education

224,753

223,916

195,982

423,232

270,582

235,533

34,231

19,197

50,000

Extraord. Sch. Pgm Food Service

Summer School

Area Voc. School Sp. Liab. Exp. Fund School Retirement Extra. Growth Fac. Spec. Reserv. Fund Federal Funds Gifts and Grants At Risk (4 Yr. Old)

81,959

82,915

82,124

At Risk (K-12)

654,288

632,666

629,556

KPERS Sp. Ret. Con.

513,480

555,173

632,897

Contingency Reserve

28,382

274,236

Textbook/Mat. Revolv

28,224

42,328

Activity Fund

34,478

33,310

DEBT SERVICE Bond/Interest No. 1

2,929,721

17.269

1,226,275

13.820

1,286,241

1,246,494

12.060

15,280,102

62.502

13,661,788

61.300

13,643,659

6,152,365

60.421

Bond/Interest No. 2 No-Fund Warrant Special Assessment Temporary Note COOPERATIVES Special Education TOTAL USD EXPENDITURES Less Transfers NET EXPENDITURES TOTAL USD TAXES LEVIED

1,630,059

1,905,187

2,181,698

13,650,043

11,756,601

11,461,961

6,119,823

5,511,369

6,152,365

OTHER Historical Museum Public Library Board Pub. Lib. Bd. Benef.

Recreation Comm.

Rec Com. Emp. Ben. TOTAL OTHER

205,000

2.000

196,000

2.000

206,710

206,710

2.000

25,700

0.250

24,600

0.250

30,450

25,816

0.250

237,000

2.250

220,600

2.250

237,160

232,526

2.250

TOTAL TAXES LEVIED

6,343,412

5,739,830

6,384,891

Assessed Valuation General Fund

94,750,463

86,783,907

98,732,155

Assessed Valuation All Other Funds

99,313,009

91,377,969

103,355,190

Outstanding Indebtedness, July 1 Gen. Oblig. Bonds

2012

2013

2014

11,610,000

10,765,000

9,870,000

Lease Pur. Princip.

899,099

799,978

706,030

TOTAL USD DEBT

12,509,099

11,564,978

10,576,030

Cap. Outlay Bonds Temporary Notes No-Fund Warrants

*Tax rates are expressed in mills **Sponsoring district only

Mark Davis President

Susan Carter Clerk of the Board

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‘Nun on a bus’ coming to Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO. - Sister Simone Campbell, an outspoken proponent for Medicaid expansion who has appeared on several prominent TV talk shows, will address a public forum on social justice issues here next week.

Campbell, who led the national “Nuns on the Bus” campaigns in 2012 and 2013, is scheduled to speak on Thurs., Aug. 7, at the Community Christian Church, 4601 Main St. Though free and open to the public, Campbell’s appearance also serves as a fundraising event for NETWORK, a faith-based organization that lobbies Congress on behalf of disenfranchised populations.

Campbell also is likely to discuss immigration reform, minimum wage laws and building a “faithful budget.”

Campbell is also the author of “A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community,” published earlier this year by HarperCollins.

Her outspokenness led to appearances on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The O’Reilly Factor.”

The “Nuns on the Bus” tours were designed to call the attention of the public - as well as the Catholic Church - to issues affecting the poor and uninsured.

In Kansas, Republican lawmakers and Gov. Sam Brownback have shown little interest in expanding the state’s Medicaid program, citing concerns about its future costs.

Missouri officials also have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.

Program to help cancer patients look, feel better

The American Cancer Society will host three “Look Good…Feel Better” workshops in Garden City for area women battling cancer.

The free program, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, National Cosmetology Association and the Personal Care Products Council Foundation provides a high-quality make-up kit and teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients in active treatment to help them combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment.

The first of three workshops will be held on Mon., Aug. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m., at The Breast Center at St. Catherine Hospital, Legacy House-Resource Room, 309 East Walnut.

Two other sessions will be offered, at the same location, on October 13, 5:007:00 p.m., and December 8, from 2:004:00 p.m. Pre-registration is required by calling 620-640-1022.

During each session, trained cosmetologists teach cancer patients how to cope with skin changes and hair loss by using cosmetics and skin care products donated by the cosmetic industry. The free cosmetic kits are valued at $250 each and are available in light, medium, dark, and extra-dark shades.

Women learn how to disguise hair loss with wigs, scarves, and other accessories, how to create the impression of having eyebrows or eyelashes, and how to take care of skin damaged by cancer treatments.

“Look Good Feel Better helps women to realize that they are not alone in their fight against cancer,” says Ann Crockett, mission delivery specialist for the American Cancer Society. “The overall goal is to reach out and serve women at a very difficult point in their lives and help them with something that’s very practical to regain some control and normalcy in their lives.”

For more information visit cancer.org or call 1-800-227-2345.

Fans can enjoy a ball game without peanuts and Cracker Jack Alex Smith KHI News Service

After announcing this season’s schedule of peanut allergy-friendly events, the Kansas City Royals saw several sell out, and the team soon added another to keep up with demand.

The announcement came after a campaign from some local fans, and it followed a growing trend of baseball teams working to be more accommodating to fans with allergies.

Despite what some call an allergy epidemic, the medical community is still trying to grasp why peanut allergies seem to be increasing among kids.

Meanwhile, some fans scoff at the idea of separating the national pastime from its signature snack.

Ten-year-old Weston Miller, a fourth-grader who plays catcher for his Little League team in Knob Knoster, Mo., said baseball is his favorite sport. But attending Royals games - or any major sporting event has been difficult for him and his parents, Janna and Eric Miller.

“I am allergic to peanuts and tree nuts, and that’s very severe,” Weston said.

In early spring of this year, Janna Miller decided she wanted to take her son’s favorite sport beyond the Little League field.

She started a Facebook group, Kansas City Royals Fans for Peanut Free Baseball Games, to encourage the Royals to create allergy-friendly events.

That meant setting aside a private seating area that would be free of peanuts and food containing them.

Grassroots Movement Miller’s local campaign is part of a national grassroots movement comprised mostly of parents like her and a blogger who identifies herself only as Jennifer B, a Boston mother whose son is allergic to peanuts.

On her website, www. peanutfreebaseball.com, Jennifer B. dispenses infor-

mation on food allergyfriendly sports events and rallies supporters to contact local teams.

When she started the peanut-free effort in 2008, few teams offered the events.

A lot of teams she initially contacted were sympathetic but stopped short of making accommodations. All of them offered the same reason: liability.

She says team after team expressed concern about the possibility of accidental allergic reactions leading to lawsuits.

“They say, ‘We can’t assure them that there’s not going to be some stray peanut shell that’s going to (See PEANUTS on page 13)

Obamacare helps extend Medicare trust fund solvency The Medicare Trustees have projected that the trust fund that finances Medicare’s hospital insurance coverage will remain solvent until 2030, four years beyond what was projected in last year’s report.

Due in part to cost controls implemented in the Affordable Care Act, per capita spending is projected to continue to grow slower than the overall economy for the next several years.

“We have made major progress in improving patient safety, decreasing hospital readmissions, and establishing new payment models such as accountable

care organizations aimed at reducing costs and improving quality. These reforms slow the rise in health care spending while improving the quality of care for beneficiaries,” says Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

A number of factors have contributed to the improved outlook, including lowerthan-expected program spending in 2013 and lower projected utilization in the types of health care needed

by Medicare patients.

Medicare spending per beneficiary has grown quite

slowly over the past few years and is projected to continue to grow slowly over the next several years.

During the past four years, per capita Medicare spending growth has averaged 0.8 percent annually, much more slowly than the average 3.1 percent annual increase in per capita Gross Domestic Product and national health expenditures over the same period.

Officials said although the Medicare Part B premium for 2015 will not be determined until later this year, preliminary estimates indicate it will remain unchanged from the 2013

The power of play in a high-tech world Cari Ebert Russell Child/Development Center

The Power of Play in a High-Tech World Toys and children go together like peanut butter and jelly. But buying toys for children can be an overwhelming process for parents these days because there are so many to choose from. Along with traditional toys such as blocks, puzzles and board games there are also high-tech toys including battery operated toys, the Nintendo DS and the iPad. What kind of toys do young children benefit most from? They certainly enjoy

the high-tech toys, but do they really need them?

Always remember that toys are the tools for learning. While children can learn some skills through educational toys, TV shows and Apps, children learn best through active play that allows them to use their whole body to experience and discover the world around them. Toys without batteries or screens allow children to discover, interact, absorb, experience, create, explore and learn in a childdirected, spontaneous manner.

For every hour children spend in front of a screen (iPad, smartphone, (See POWER on page 13)

premium for the second consecutive year.

In 2013, Medicare covered 52.3 million people, including almost 450,000 Kansans. The program covers about 43.5 million people ages 65 and older and 8.8 million people with disabilities.

CMS officials said that about 28 percent of the beneficiaries have chosen to enroll in Part C private health plans that contract with Medicare to deliver Part A and Part B health services. Total expenditures in 2013 were $582.9 billion. Total income was $575.8 billion.

Peanuts come near them,” Jennifer B. said.

Since starting her work, however, many major league teams - including the Yankees, Mets and White Sox - and minor league teams have made allergy accommodations, getting around the liability issue by requiring a waiver.

Jennifer B’s home team - the Red Sox - has offered allergy-friendly events for several years.

Million-Dollar Question The big question that remains unanswered is “Why are increasing numbers of people allergic to peanuts?”

“Yeah, that’s the mil-

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lion-dollar question,” said Dr. Chitra Dinakar, a pediatric allergist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

No one knows for sure what causes peanut allergies, but one theory points to the age that children are exposed to peanuts and another theory points to exposure to soy products.

One of the most popular theories is the hygiene hypothesis.

“When the environment is too clean, as in Western countries, then the immune system starts barking at shadows and considers things that are not scary to be scary,” Dinakar says.

Supporters of this theory point to the Amish, who raise their children among hay, dirt and animals. They also drink raw milk and have some of the lowest rates of allergies in the Western world.

Dinakar explains that the immune systems of allergic people react to peanuts as something harmful. When exposed to them, their bodies flood with histamine.

“It makes you itch and sneeze and throw up,” Dinakar said. “You sometimes have diarrhea, but it can go on to more severe reactions like wheezing, bronchial constriction.

You can’t breathe. You start coughing, and then

your blood pressure drops and you pass out and, God forbid, it can result in death.”

Even among allergists, estimates of the number of children affected range widely. Some say as many as one in 12 children are allergic to peanuts, with 40 percent of those allergies being severe.

Skepticism Persists Allergists agree that the prevalence of peanut allergies is increasing, but it still afflicts a small percentage of the population.

Dinakar said she has seen many patients and parents overreact to an allergy diagnosis, and she understands the skepti-

Kansas climbs slightly in ‘Kids Count’ but overall well-being still a concern

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a child advocacy group, released its annual Kids Count report today, and Kansas ranked 15th overall.

The report assesses overall child well-being based on four broad categories: economic wellbeing, education, health, and family and community.

Kansas saw its indicators for education and health improve while indicators for economic well-being and family and community mostly worsened.

While Kansas climbed one spot higher than last year, the numbers aren’t all that good in terms of Kansas kids’ economic well-being.

“Poor children will be especially vulnerable in this time of diminishing state revenues,” said Shannon Cotsoradis, president and CEO of the advocacy group Kansas

Power

Action for Children.

“Public investments matter if we’re serious about lifting children out of poverty. Changing the trajectory for poor children is about making sure they have access to adequate food, shelter, health care and early learning opportunities.”

Cotsoradis said the long-term outcome for poor children will depend on their access to postsecondary education, including vocational, technical and higher education. She worries about how these programs will be affected by the state’s looming budget shortfall.

The annual Kids Count report - this one was the 25th - rated Massachusetts as the top state for overall child well-being, followed by Vermont, Iowa, New Hampshire and Minnesota.

The worst state was Mississippi, followed by

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TV, DS, etc.) they should spend equal time engaged in non-screen play (riding bikes, playing outside, coloring, playing with play-dough, reading books, etc.).

Balance is the key!

Consider this when you are buying toys for your child.

For every high-tech toy you purchase, you should select a traditional, battery-free toy as well.

Don’t ever forget that as a parent, YOU are your child’s first and most important toy! Take time every day to play with your child, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

Time spent talking, playing and reading with your child is more beneficial than any toy you can ever purchase. Children need more of a parents’ presence than store-bought presents!

Cari Ebert is a pediatric-speech-language pathologist in private practice in the Kansas City area. Over the past couple of years RCDC has Partnered with Cari to bring her seminars to Southwest Kansas

New Mexico, Nevada, births per 1,000, or a Louisiana and Arizona. total of 3,306 births, an improvement from the Progress in Education 41 teen births per 1,000 Nationwide, the report recorded in 2005. said children continued •48,000, or seven perto progress in the areas cent, had no health insurof education and health, ance, an improvement but economic progress from the 8 percent in lagged, even after the end 2008. of the recession. A mixed •62 percent of fourthpicture emerged for fam- graders were not profiily and community. While cient in reading, better the teen birth rate hit a than the 68 percent in historic low, the percent- 2005. ages of children living •60 percent of eighthin single-parent families graders were not profiand high-poverty areas cient in math, better than increased. the 66 percent in 2005.

Among the report’s Kansas findings: •135,000 children, or 19 percent, lived in poverty compared with 15 percent in 2005.

•176,000, or 24 percent, had parents without secure employment.

•215,000, or 31 percent, lived in single-parent families, compared with 27 percent in 2005.

•There were 34 teen

cism many harbor about peanut allergies.

But she thinks making accommodations, especially for children, is important to help ease the paralyzing fear that often accompanies peanut allergies.

“You’re supposed to be able to eat food, right?”

Dinakar said. “To think that a normal food that everybody else eats and enjoys is a threat to your life, I think that’s the part that is sort of a quagmire.”

Not long after Janna Miller launched her campaign, the Royals announced they would offer allergy-friendly events this season.

Anthony Mozzicato,

the Royals’ director of guest experience, said the team had previously offered allergy-friendly events but discontinued them due to lack of interest.

This season is different. The team has been inundated with requests for the events.

“We want to be able to help those individuals, whether it’s a child or an adult, have an opportunity to watch baseball games,” Mozzicato said.

All but eight major league teams - the Angels, Astros, Athletics, Cubs, Dodgers, Marlins, Rangers and Rays - now offer allergy-friendly events.

Pastime at Park Lane The Prairie View Church of the Brethren led Sunday afternoon services.

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

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

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

Max Moomaw and Company performed on Tuesday afternoon. Performers joining Max were Ed Gough, Maxine Wilson and Jo Fouse.

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

Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut and Mandy Barnett.

Residents played pitch on Wednesday evening.

Moomaw and Company entertain

Seven Park Lane residents with July birthdays were guests of honor during the monthly birthday party last Thursday afternoon. Celebrating birthdays are Phyllis Trembley, Royann Green, Richard Kirk, Frances Weibert, Maxine Binns, Dottie Fouquet and Delores Brooks.

D’Ann Markel played the piano for everyone’s enjoyment.

Everyone was served cake and ice cream. Wanda Kirk made the cake and Elizabeth Jackson helped serve refreshments.

Medicine show stops at Park Lane

Doc Anderson’s Traveling Medicine Show visited on Friday morning. He brought his Swamp Oil Elixir and did several magic tricks to the residents’ enjoyment.

The entertainment was sponsored by the Scott County Fair Board.

Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday morning. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon.

Residents enjoyed a watermelon feed on Friday afternoon. Chandler Hornbostel helped serve watermelon.

Residents watched the fair parade on Saturday morning.

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Libbie Joles.

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Mark and Terri Fouquet, Jon and Anne Crane, Jim and Karen Kwasny, and Donna Gaschler.

Joyce Bohnert was visited by Glenda Graham.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock, Grace Beaton and Kim Smith.

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Judy Redburn was visited by Mary Torson.

Thelma Branine was visited by Chandler Hornbostle, Kylee Jackson and Hunter Smith.

John Kohl was visited

by Tina Turley, Salinda Baker and Victoria Bailon.

Emogene Harp was visited by Gina Ramsey and Sharilyn Wilken.

Verna Willman was visited by Bob Willman and Steve Allen.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright, Larry and Philene Pickett, and Josh, Jenny, Kylie and David Wright.

Boots Haxton was visited by Rod and Kathy Haxton and Melissa Jasnoch.

Albert Dean was visited by Patsi Graham.

Prim Suppes was visited by Wayne and Nancy Gerstner, Mike and Karen Gibbs, Debbie Reystead, Brayden Merrill, Ron and Shirley Suppes, Julie Gibbs, Jason Wolcott, Rayton and Riley Suppes; Joshua, Harper, Kyle and Jennifer Simons; and Jace Gibbs.

Deaths Nayeli Gonzalez De La Cruz

Robert Martin ‘Bob’ Taylor

Nayeli Gonzalez De La Cruz, 22, died July 26, 2014, at the Southwest Medical Center, Liberal.

She was born Nov. 6, 1991, at Juarez, Mexico, the daughter of Jorge De La Cruz and Lorenza Murillo.

Nayeli moved to Scott City from her home in Mexico in 2005. She was a 2010 graduate of Scott Community High School.

In 2011, she moved to Liberal.

She married Ivan Gonzalez on August 31, 2012, at Liberal. He survives.

Other survivors include one son, Damian Gonzalez, Liberal; two brothers, Jorge De La Cruz, Jr., and Edgar De La Cruz, both of Scott City; three sisters, Lorena De La Cruz and Cristina De La Cruz, both

Robert Martin “Bob” Taylor, 69, died July 30, 2014, at the Wichita County Health Center, Leoti.

H e was born Feb. 9, 1945, at Garden City, the son of Frank and Robert Taylor Esther (Watson) Taylor. A lifetime resident of Leoti, he was a truck driver.

Bob served his country as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He attended the Assembly of God Church, Leoti, and was a member of the Leoti VFW. On Jan. 4, 1972, he married Geraldine “Gerri” Cooley at Leoti.

Survivors include: his wife, of Leoti; one son, Robert R. Taylor, Thornton, Colo.; four daughters, Martha Vallejo, and husband, Sam, Leoti, Debbie Young, Garden City, Glenita Gile, Colby, and Sheila Edwards and husband, Kevin, El Dorado; three siblings, Dick Taylor, and wife, Edith, Leoti, Bill Taylor and wife,

of Scott City, and Araceli De La Cruz, El Paso, Tex. She was preceded in death by her father, Jorge De La Cruz.

A rosary service was held July 29 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Liberal. A Mass of Christian Burial was held July 29 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City.

Burial was at the Scott County Cemetery.

The family suggests memorials to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in care of Miller Mortuary, 908 N. Lincoln Ave., Box 826, Liberal, Ks. 67901.

Friends may send condolences to the family through Nayeli’s tribute webpage at www.millermortuary.net.

Ray Edmond Barger Ray Edmond Barger died July 25, 2014, at El Reno, Oklahoma.

He was born on Feb. 26, 1932, in Scott City.

Following his retirement from the U.S. Air Force in 1973, he was a real estate broker.

Ray is survived by a son, Terry Barger, Broken

Arrow, Okla.; a daughter, Rhonda Barger, Peoria, Ariz.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

At Ray’s request no services are planned.

Arrangements are being made by Huber-Benson Funeral Home, El Reno, Okla.

Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of August 4-8 Monday: Swiss steak with tomato sauce, baked potato, mixed vegetables, whole wheat bread, strawberries.

Tuesday: Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, beet with orange sauce, whole wheat roll, fruit gelatin salad.

Wednesday: Taco salad, corn, tortilla chips, apple wedges.

Thursday: Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower salad, whole wheat roll, cinnamon apple slices.

Friday: Hamburger, tri-tator, deli fixins, blueberry dessert. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501

Gloria, Las Cruses, N.M., and Penny Crouch and husband, Lyle, Leoti; one brother-in-law, Marvin Bloedorn, Leoti; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Dunette Bloedorn.

Funeral service will be Mon., August 4, 10:30 a.m., at the Assembly of God Church, Leoti, with Rev. Corey Landreth officiating.

Burial will be in the Leoti Cemetery, with full military honors provided by the U.S. Army Funeral Detail and the Leoti VFW. Friends may call on Saturday from 3:00-8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00-8:00 p.m. at Price and Sons Funeral Home, Leoti.

Memorials may be given to the Leoti EMTs or the Wichita County Health Center in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 202 N. 4th, Leoti, Ks. 67861.

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

We need volunteer bus drivers

to provide transportation for noon meals at the VIP Center.

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

Contact 872-3501 for more information.

by Jason Storm

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Junior and Sharon Strecker.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Rex Turley, Devin Salinas, Penifer Salinas Keller and Marilyn Waters.

Jim and Yvonne Spangler were visited by Mona Spangler, Yvette Mills, Harlen and Jillian VanCampen, and Les and MaryAnn Spangler.

James Still was visited

by Tina Turley, Victoria B., Salinda Baker, Lisabeth Osborn and Clency Snyder.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk and Janet Ottaway from Hays.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale and Vicki Dirks, JoAnn Dirks, Willetta Payne, and Floyd and Vivian Dirks.

Geraldine Graves was visited by Charlene Becht and Mark and Janet Soeken.

Earl Gorman was visited by Loretta Gorman, Charlene Becht, Salinda Baker and Victoria, and Chuck Brobst.

Ann Tedford was visited by Arlene Cauthon and Doris Riner.

Edith Norman was visited by Ron and Sue Riner, Jan Norman, Lisa Engelken, Sara Shane; Brandan, Brooke and Abby Tapp; Sharilyn Wilken and Doris Riner.

Harriet Jones was visited by Nancy Holt, Rev. Don Martin, Marvel Keyse and Linda Frick.

Herb Graves was visited by Tina Turley and Salinda Baker and Victoria.

Mike Leach was visited

by Rev. Don Martin and Linda Dunagan.

Darlene Richman was visited by Darla Luebbers and Phebe Unruh.

Corine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard and Linda Martindale.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Larry LaPlant, Gloria O’Bleness, Ryan and Lisa Long, Grant Long and Ashlynn Long.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton, Delinda Dunagan and Linda Dunagan.

Inheritance will have temporary impact on benefits Q) My brother recently left me some money. Will this inheritance affect my SSI benefits?

A) We consider the money inherited from your brother as income for the month you receive it. That could make you ineligible for SSI that month, depending on the amount of the inheritance.

If you keep the money into the next month, it becomes a part of your resources. You cannot have more than $2,000 in resources and remain eligible for SSI. You should call Social Security at 1-800-7721213 and report the inheritance. Representatives can tell you how the inheritance might affect your SSI eligibility. * * * Q) What is the difference between the disability application and the disability report? Do I have to complete both?

Social Security Q and A A) Yes, you will need to complete both when you apply for disability benefits. To receive Social Security disability benefits, you must file a disability application.

A disability report provides information about your current physical or mental condition, and we need this to process your disability application.

You should complete a disability application, a disability report, and an authorization for release of your medical records to file a claim for disability benefits. You can do all of this online.

To learn more, and to apply online, visit www. socialsecurity.gov/applyfordisability.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 31, 2014)1t WATER DROUGHT/ EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Ordinance No. 1155 An ordinance authorizing the declaration of one of three progressive stages of a water supply conservation and / or water supply shortage which shall conserve or curtail the use of water within the City of Scott City establishing three stages of water conservation measures for the City; a water watch, warning or emergency; establishing procedures and voluntary and mandatory conservation measures; authorizing the issuance of administrative regulations; and prescribing certain penalties.

Be it ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Scott City Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide for a progressive water supply conservation program, including the declaration of a water supply watch, warning or emergency and the implementation of voluntary and mandatory water conservation measures throughout the city in the event such a watch, warning or emergency is declared by the governing body of the City.

Section 2. Definitions. (a) “Water,” as used in this ordinance, shall mean water available to the City of Scott City for treatment by virtue of the City’s water rights, water supply, water supply contracts or any treated water introduced by the City into its water distribution system, including water offered for sale at any coin-operated site. (b) “Customer”, as used in this ordinance, shall mean the customer of record using water for any purpose from the City’s water distribution system and for which either a regular charge is made or, in the case of coin sales, a cash charge is made at the site of delivery. (c) “Waste of water”, as used in this ordinance, includes, but is not limited to: (1) Permitting water to escape down a, street, roadway or other surface intended for vehicle driving purposes, and / or any gutter, ditch, or other surface drain; or (2) Failure to repair a controllable leak of water due to defective plumbing. (d) The following classes of uses of water are established for the purposes of this ordinance: Class 1: Water used for outdoor watering; either public or private, for gardens, lawns, trees, shrubs, plants, parks, golf courses, playing fields, swimming pools or other recreational areas; or the washing of motor vehicles, boats, trailers, or the exterior of any building or structure.

Class 2: Water used for any commercial, agricultural or industrial purposes, except water actually necessary to maintain the health and personal hygiene of bona fide employees of such businesses or interests while such employees are engaged in the performance of their duties at their place of employment.

Class 3: Domestic usage, other than that which would be included in either classes 1 or 2.

Class 4: Water necessary only to sustain human life and the lives of domestic livestock pets and maintain standards of hygiene and sanitation.

Section 3. In the event that the governing body of the City or the City’s designated official determines that the City’s water supply may

be in subject to a shortage in supply or the governing body of the City determines there is need for conservation of City’s water resources for any reason, the City may begin the progressive three (3) stage water conservation program by declaring a water watch as described in section 3(a) or, in times of need and/or duress, the governing body of the City may choose to declare any section of the program described in section 3 in effect at any time: (a) Stage 1: Declaration of Water Watch.

Whenever the governing body of the City finds that conditions indicate that the probability of a drought or some other condition causing a major water supply shortage is rising, it shall be empowered to declare, by resolution, that a water watch exists and that it shall take steps to inform the public and ask for voluntary reductions in water use. Such a watch shall be deemed to continue until it is declared by resolution of the governing body to have ended. The resolutions declaring the existence and end of a water watch shall be effective upon their publication in the official city newspaper. (b) Stage 2: Declaration of Water Warning.

Whenever the governing body of the City finds that drought conditions or some other condition causing a major water supply shortage are present and supplies are starting to decline, it shall be empowered to declare by resolution that a water warning exists and that it will recommend restrictions on nonessential uses during the period of warning. Such a warning shall be deemed to continue until it is declared by resolution of the governing body to have ended. The resolutions declaring the beginning and ending of the water warning shall be effective upon their publication in the official city newspaper.

Pursuant to the approval of the Chief Engineer, Division of Water Resources, Kansas Department of Agriculture, the recommended restrictions on nonessential uses may be extended to private wells within the City limits. (c) Stage 3: Declaration of Water Emergency.

Whenever the governing body of the City finds that an emergency exists by reason of a shortage of water supply needed for essential uses, it shall be empowered to declare by resolution that a water supply emergency exists and that it will impose mandatory restrictions on water use during the period of the emergency. Such an emergency shall be deemed to continue until it is declared by resolution of the governing body to have ended. The resolutions declaring the existence and end of a water supply emergency shall be effective upon their publication in the official city newspaper. Pursuant to the approval of the Chief Engineer, Division of Water Resources, Kansas Department of Agriculture, the mandatory restrictions on water use may be extended to private wells within the City limits.

Section 4. Voluntary Conservation Measures.

Upon the declaration of a water watch or water warning as provided in Sections 3(a) or 3(b), the mayor (or public works superintendent) is authorized to call on all water consumers to employ voluntary water conservation measures to limit or eliminate nonessential water uses including, but not limited to, limitations on the following uses: (a) Class 1 uses of water. (b) Waste of water.

Public Notice Section 5. Mandatory Conservation Measures.

Upon the declaration of a water supply emergency as provided in Section 3(c), the mayor (or the public works superintendent or authorized city official) is also authorized to implement certain mandatory water conservation measures, including, but not limited to, the following conservation measures: (a) Suspension of new connections to the City’s water distribution system, except connections of fire hydrants and those made pursuant to agreements entered into by the City prior to the effective date of the declaration of the emergency; (b) Restrictions on the uses of water in one or more classes of water use as described in section 2(d), wholly or in part; (c) Restrictions on the sales of water at coin-operated facilities or sites; (d) The imposition of water rationing based on any reasonable formula including, but not limited to, the percentage of normal use and per capita or per consumer restrictions; (e) Complete or partial bans on the waste of water; and (f) Any combination of the measures in sections 5(a-e) as the governing body of the City or authorized city official may deem appropriate and/ or necessary.

Section 6. Emergency Water Rates.

Upon the declaration of a water supply emergency as provided in Section 3(c), the governing body of the City shall have the power to adopt emergency water rates by ordinance designed to conserve water supplies.

Such emergency rates may provide for, but are not limited to: (a) Higher charges for increasing usage per unit of use (increasing block rates); (b) Uniform charges for water usage per unit of use (uniform unit rate); or (c) Extra charges in excess of a specified level of water use (excess demand surcharge).

Section 7. Regulations.

During the effective period of any water supply emergency as provided for in Section 3(c), the mayor (or city manager or public works superintendent or other authorized city official) is empowered to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this ordinance, any water supply emergency resolution, or emergency water rate ordinance. Such regulations shall be subject to the approval of the governing body at its next regular or special meeting.

Section 8. Violations, Disconnections and Penalties. (a) If the mayor, public works superintendent, or other authorized city official or officials charged with implementation and enforcement of this ordinance or a water supply emergency resolution learn of any violation of any water use restrictions imposed pursuant to Sections 5 or 7 of this ordinance, a written notice of the violation shall be affixed to the property where the violation occurred and the customer of record and/ or any other person known to the City to be responsible for the violation and/or the correction of said violation shall be provided with either actual or mailed notice. Said notice shall describe the violation(s) and order that the noted violation(s) be corrected, cured or abated immediately or within such specified time as the City determines is reasonable for such correction, cure or abatement under the circumstances. In the event

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the order is not cured within the time period given in the notice, the City may terminate water service to the customer subject to the following procedures: (1) The City shall give the customer notice by mail or actual notice that water service will be discontinued within a specified time due to the violation(s) and that the customer will have the opportunity to appeal the termination by requesting a hearing scheduled before the City governing body or a city official designated as a hearing officer by the City governing body; (2) If such a hearing is requested by the customer charged with the violation, the customer shall be given a full opportunity to be heard by the City governing body or the city official designated as a hearing officer by the City governing body before termination is ordered; and The City governing body or the city official designated as a hearing officer by the City governing body shall make findings of fact and order whether service should continue or be terminated. (b) A fee of $50 shall be paid for the reconnection of any water service terminated pursuant to subsection (a). In the event of subsequent violations, the reconnection fee shall be $100 for the second reconnection and $100 for any subsequent additional reconnections within a 2 year period. (c) Violations of this ordinance shall be a municipal offense and may be prosecuted in Municipal Court.

Any person so charged and found guilty in Municipal court of violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a municipal offense. Each calendar day in which a violation is observed shall constitute a separate offense.

The penalty for an initial violation shall be a mandatory fine of $100. In addition, such customer may be required by the Court to serve a definite term of confinement in the city or county jail which shall be fixed by the Court and which shall not exceed 5 days. The penalty for a second or subsequent conviction shall be a mandatory fine of $200. In addition, such customer shall serve a definite term of confinement in the city or county jail which shall be fixed by the Court and which shall not exceed 10 days.

Section 9. Emergency Termination.

Nothing in this ordinance shall limit the ability of any properly authorized city official from terminating the supply of water to any or all customers upon the determination of such city official that emergency termination of water service is required to protect the health and safety of the public or for any other emergency as required or authorized by ordinance or as deemed necessity of the City by such city official or the governing body of the City.

Section 10. Severability.

If any provision of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of the ordinance and its applicability to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Section 11. This ordinance shall become effective upon its publication in the official city newspaper.

Passed by the governing body this 21st day of July, 2014.

Dan Goodman, mayor ATTEST: Brenda K. Davis, MMC City Clerk

GWMD A Long History The well appropriation approved for the Husligs was one of four filed by the family. The initial filing date for the application was February 1998, according to the DWR. Letourneau says the Husligs were approved for “three applications that would allow them to drill multiple wells.” Applications approved by the DWR allow for the drilling of two wells each.

Wells would have to meet spacing requirements.

Letourneau says the applications have been approved by the DWR, and the process is currently in the completion stage. He said the department hasn’t heard whether the Husligs have found enough water to make irrigation viable.

The fact this issue is still alive more than 16 years after the initial application still doesn’t set well with some GWMD board members.

“We went through three managers and we couldn’t find a reason why this application should be approved,” says GWMD Board Chairman Greg Graff.

Safe Yield Policy The key issue in the debate over the Huslig application is what water officials refer to as “safe yield.”

It refers to the amount of water that can be

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What is safe yield?

Safe yield is a calculation by the district which determines the amount of water that can be pumped from an area given the amount of recharge. GWMD No. 1 had a safe yield policy in effect from 1994 until the district officially was closed to new wells on April 15, 2011.

Within GWMD No. 1, that calculation took into account the following: •Recharge of one-half inch per year.

•The amount of water that this would represent within a two-mile circle of a proposed irrigation well (8,042 acres).

•Subtract the water usage by those wells with a higher priority.

•Determine the amount of water that could be pumped by a proposed well.

“We don’t use this calculation anymore since this is a closed district,” says GWMD Director Jan King.

King says the calculation would come into play if Huslig wants to move a non-completed well by filing a point of diversion. The state would have to determine if water is available at the new location. pumped from the aquifer in areas that have recharge without being detrimental to existing wells.

“Of the four applications filed, only three were approved because one didn’t meet safe yields,” Letourneau says.

That’s where the GWMD and DWR disagreed.

The GWMD had recommended that the appropriation request be denied because it didn’t meet safe yield. The Husligs filed an appeal with the DWR providing different data which showed they did meet safe yield guidelines.

Graff says the GWMD was using its data in addition to data from the Kan-

sas Geological Survey.

“When that data didn’t go the way the Husligs wanted they developed their own information and took that to the DWR,” Graff says. “We were using KGS saturated thickness maps and our data was called into question.

The Husligs said that the KGS maps showing saturated thickness were wrong.”

Graff and fellow board members were surprised that the DWR chose to go with information provided by the Husligs and not the KGS. “The information presented by the Husligs changed the safe yield amounts,” acknowledged

Graff. “We told the DWR that if they approved this they would be the bad guys. They’re the ones who gave this the green light.”

In their ruling that was favorable to the Husligs, the DWR authorized the following water usage amounts: Well 1: 550 acre feet; 800 gallons per minute.

Well 2: 550 acre feet; 800 gallons per minute.

However, this is in combination with Well No. 1, so the two wells were limited to a total of 550 acre feet.

Well 3: 380 acre feet; 800 gallons per minute.

But this is separate from the first two wells.

This would provide a combination of the three wells a total of 930 acre feet.

“That doesn’t mean all three wells can get 930 acre feet of water. And none of the three will be able to pump 800 gallons (per minute),” says King.

“That much water isn’t available.”

Letourneau, who has been program manager with the DWR since 2006, noted that the circumstances surrounding the initial application “happened before my time.”

After Letourneau was appointed to his position

hearings were again held regarding the Huslig request. The applications were reinstated while the DWR collected more data about safe yields.

“These files were dusted off when I became program manager,” says Letourneau. “We had to go with rules that were in effect at the time the applications were filed. At that time, the GWMD had not closed the district to drilling. The Husligs showed they met the rules at the time of the filing.”

While the GWMD has always been opposed to the application, the board felt it was even more difficult for the state to justify the appropriation now given what’s known about the aquifer and the ongoing efforts to reduce irrigation.

“We were saying that at this time, to allow for more drilling, is not practical,” says King. “We have even less water now than we did (in 1998) when this application was filed. Apparently, that didn’t matter.”

However, the Husligs are under a final time line.

“If they don’t get the completion (phase) done by the end of 2014, this application is done,” Letourneau emphasizes.

“They won’t get an extension because they’ve already gotten one.”

Letourneau says it’s unfortunate if this decision was a factor in the vote that saw a proposed LEMA defeated by a 173158 count.

“What’s awesome is that nearly half the people wanted the LEMA. It’s unfortunate if someone got heartburn over the Huslig application,” he says.

Letourneau points out that the Huslig application is a lone exception now that GWMD has been closed to new appropriations since April 15, 2011.

And with the exception of some areas along the state line with Oklahoma, he says “most of GWMD No. 3 is closed to new appropriations.”

GWMD No. 4, which covers all or part of 10 counties in northwest Kansas, is effectively closed to new appropriations because it doesn’t meet safe yield guidelines.

Letourneau was firm on the DWR’s position following the Huslig application.

“There will be no new appropriations (in GWMD No. 1),” he noted, “unless the groundwater district changes its rules.”

Predict 22% primary election turnout Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach reminds voters that the last day to cast a vote in the primary election is Tues., August 5.

He predicts that 22% of all registered voters will take part in the primary election this year, either in advance or at the polls.

“Of the 1,735,414 Kansans who are registered to vote,” said Kobach, “I expect approximately 381,790 will cast a ballot in next week’s primary election.”

Around 39,115 advance

ballots have already been received.”

During the 2008 primary election cycle turnout was 22.45%.

Not all registered voters are eligible to vote in the primary. It is open only to Kansans who have affiliated with the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, or no political party when registering to vote.

Voters affiliated with minor parties do not participate in primary candidate elections. The only minor party currently rec-

ognized in Kansas is the Libertarian Party.

Unaffiliated registered voters may vote a Republican or a Democratic ballot on election day by first filling out a new registration form at the polling place to affiliate with the major political party of their choice.

The breakdown of affiliated voters in Kansas is: •422,184, Democratic •12,655, Libertarian •765,342, Republican •535,233, unaffiliated.

You are invited to an Is a high school diploma the missing piece to your future?

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Open House

at the Scott city learning Center (706 Washington St., Scott City)

Friday, August 15 3:00 - 6:00 P.M. see the facility, meet the new coordinator and sign up for classes!

Sports The Scott County Record

Successful Stars Swim team enjoys a very successful summer season • Page 19

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

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Rod Haxton, sports editor

What’s the future for demolition derbies?

As he looked across the largely vacant pit area during Sunday night’s figure-8 racing at the Scott County Fairgrounds, Rex Grothusen couldn’t help but feel nostalgic.

“I can remember when that whole area was filled with cars and crews,” said the former county fair board president.

He was referring primarily to the demolition derby heyday when there were more than 20 cars that required three or four preliminary heats, and a slop heat or two before the feature event for those hardy survivors.

In between the heats one could see cutting torches at work and sledge hammers were being swung to bend metal.

Demo derby fans were treated to a full night’s entertainment lasting three hours . . . maybe longer.

Yes, those were the days.

This year’s demo derby attracted just four cars in the full-weld division.

Yes, four.

There was a lone vehicle in the weekend warrior class who drove into the arena long enough to pick up his trophy and a $200 check for his troubles.

The figure-8 event, which has shown signs of overtaking the demo derby in popularity, had just six cars entered, but one of those didn’t make it into the arena.

It was two tough nights of entertainment for the fair board which relies heavily on revenue from the derbies.

But this isn’t just a Scott County Fair problem. This is becoming a trend across the area.

Long-time Scott City demo derby driver Bobby Lorg entered the Finney County event - along with just three other vehicles in the full-weld division. Lorg’s crew filmed the entire event. It lasted two minutes and 59 seconds.

And that included stoppage for a red flag.

“There are too many events and not enough cars to go around,” says Lorg.

He estimates that during a 2-1/2 month period one could enter some 50 or 60 events just in Kansas, if they had the time, money and vehicles. * * * “Who would have thought that we’d work our way through all those 1970s cars?” reflected Grothusen about the decline in demo derby entries.

He points out it was common for 6-7 high school boys to build cars for the county fair derby. Those drivers aren’t around anymore.

“It takes a support team - a welder, trailer - how many kids have access to that?” he wondered.

(See DERBIES on page 20)

war of attrition

Courtney Collins (right) passes Alex Kough for the lead during the figure-8 feature race on Sunday night.

(Record Photo)

Collins limps home with county fair figure-8 title It wasn’t pretty, but that didn’t make Courtney Collins’ win in the Scott County Fair figure-8 race any less enjoyable on Sunday evening.

The Dighton driver showed she could exchange hard-hitting action with the guys and when the rest of the field had come to a dead stop she was able to cross the finish line while her challengers could only watch.

The championship driver was just as emotional in the pit area as she was on the track where she was pumping her fist and bouncing up and down in her 1991 Dodge Fantasy whether she was delivering a hit to a fellow driver or on the receiving end.

“We were here for a show,” she said with a huge grin following the race.

This was definitely the night where the last man - or woman - still driving would be the winner. There were only six racing entries, but one of those was never able to get their vehicle in the arena. Following two preliminary heats and a slop heat, the racing committee decided to let everyone

drive in the feature - with the preliminary heat winners in the back of the pack.

Jared O’Dea, who was the winner of the first heat couldn’t get his car started for the main feature, which was now down to four drivers. Devyn Eggleston, Scott City, didn’t make it past the first lap before his racing night ended with a broken drive line.

Alex Kough, Scott City, held the early lead before Collins made a bold pass on the fifth lap. She rode high on the berm and was able to push past Kough for the lead.

“That was a pretty good pass,” she admitted.

However, she held for only 1-1/2 laps before she got pushed onto the far berm and appeared stranded.

“I decided to turn my car off and let the engine cool down, which probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do,” she said.

But the decision paid off when she restarted the vehicle and was able to work her way off the berm and back into the

race trailing Kough and Chris Pounds, Scott City, by three laps.

Collins was back in the race, but it appeared only temporary as she was hit from behind by Kough and as she spun around to her left she was on the receiving end of a crunching blow from Pounds which damaged her rear axle and nearly buckled her rear tire.

“That was a great T-bone,” says Collins.

“I wasn’t mad about it. Everyone was driving hard and it just happened.”

Following the collision between Collins and Pounds, Kough had built a commanding lead, but as he neared the center of the track his 1986 Buick Skylark began pouring smoke. Moments later Kough came to a stop and bailed out of the car as flames shot out from under the hood.

It was apparent his day was over, leaving only Pounds and Collins who were stopped on the track waiting for the Lake Scott Car Club crew to extinguish the flames.

(See ATTRITION on page 18)

Cupp is Division II champion Conner Cupp claimed a Division II championship and added a pair of third place medals in the Division II Swim Championships in Manhattan.

Cupp posted his fastest time of the season in winning the 50m backstroke in 39.14.

The 12-year-old also added third place finishes in the 50m butterfly (39.79) and the 100m butterfly (1:36.71) for the top finishes by any of the Scott City Stars who qualified for the meet.

The Scott City swimmer’s outstanding day in the pool included a sixth place finish in the 50m breaststroke (49.5), eighth in the 50m freestyle (35.31), ninth in the 100m backstroke (1:31.56), 10th in the 200m individual medley (3:24.04) and 11th in the 100m freestyle (1:20.28).

Swimmers had to meet qualifying marks in order to advance to Division II. (See CUPP on page 19)

Kylee Trout of the Scott City Stars competes in the 100m breaststroke. (Record Photo)

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Outdoors in Kansas

by Steve Gilliland

Farm pond fishin’ With rods, bait and tackle boxes in hand we clamored down the side of the grassy, overgrown dam and onto a roughly built, but sturdy dock that put us 10 feet out from the bank and four feet above the water.

Hooks were baited and cast into the water before us, which rippled slightly with the breeze. That breeze, along with copious amounts of nasty spray, kept the ravenous mosquitoes at bay.

The sun slid slowly behind nearby trees, leaving its beams to dance upon the rippling water and offering a reprieve from the heat as it ushered in the cool evening.

Barn swallows by the dozens strafed the pond, either scooping insects from the surface or snagging them on the wing in midair. The deep “harumm” of granddaddy bullfrogs echoed back and forth from behind tufts of cattails.

One line was baited with liver and fished on the bottom, while the other rig held a feisty Canadian night crawler suspended beneath a bobber. After 20 minutes with no action, I climbed the steep grassy bank to the truck to retrieve our ever-present cameras.

As my back was turned to open the truck door, Joyce asked “Did you bring the net?” I pondered, why she would ask that question when we were fishing in a small farm pond, but when I spun around and saw the pole in her hands bent toward the water like a divining rod, the reason for her question became obvious.

I scrambled back down the bank as she hoisted a dandy three pound channel cat up onto the dock.

Welcome to the sport of farm pond fishing!

(See POND on page 19)

Chris Pouinds (CP3), Scott City, hits Alex Kough and shoves him into the berm during the feature race at the Scott County Fairgrounds on Sunday.

(Record Photo)

Attrition The long wait wasn’t doing Pounds any favor.

Despite a three lap lead, he was leaking water from the radiator and it appeared that he might also have been losing transmission oil on the track. When the red flag was lifted and the cars could resume the race again, Pounds could

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go nowhere. While his engine was revving up it wouldn’t engage.

He had lost either his transmission or the drive shaft.

“I’m not sure how much longer I could have gone anyway,” said Pounds afterwards, refer-

ring to a tire that was being held on by a lone lug nut.

Collins wasn’t in much better shape, however. It was during the red flag that she realized how badly damaged her rear tire was.

Once the race resumed, Collins was the only car

Practice now so you’ll be ready for hunting season

When hunting season kicks off, nothing can be more frustrating than a bad shot. Contrary to a popular notion, good shooters aren’t born that way. Good shooters get that way through preseason practice, and those shooters will have more successful hunts this fall.

Three major seasons are on the cusp of arriving in Kansas, including dove, teal, and deer. Whether your quarry flies in the sky or trots on the ground, here are a few suggestions for better accuracy in the field.

Dove season is Sept.

1-Oct 31 and Nov 1-9.

Teal season is Sept. 13-28 in the Low Plains Zone and Sept. 20-28 in the High Plains Zone.

To brush up on your shotgun skills before the dove and teal seasons open, visit a local trap, skeet, five-stand or sporting clays range. Unless you shoot competitively, you probably don’t get the opportunity to shoot much during the off-season.

After a long layoff, you may be surprised at how rusty your shooting skills have become. If you don’t

KDWP Report have a shotgun range nearby, get permission to access a field or pasture from a landowner and shoot some targets from a hand target thrower.

Shooting just a few boxes of shells will improve your eye and create muscle memory for proper shotgun mounting.

Prep for Deer Season The Youth/Disabled Deer Season is Sept.

6-14, and all young hunters should be given the opportunity to practice with the equipment they will use. Preseason practice is a great way for a young hunter to become familiar with firearm or archery equipment, learn shooting fundamentals and reinforce safety habits.

The regular archery season is Sept. 15-Dec. 31. Successful bowhunters usually have a regular practice schedule for several weeks or months prior to the archery season. It’s a good idea to practice several times a week or even daily, shooting just a few arrows each

session.

Concentrate on technique and strengthening the muscles necessary to draw the bow smoothly and hold steady while aiming.

As the season draws closer, practice with broadheads and even don your hunting coat and other equipment you’ll wear while hunting. If you hunt from a treestand or elevated blind, find a way to practice shooting from an elevated position.

Pay attention to shooting distances you’re most accurate from and keep those in mind while hunting. An ethical hunter knows his or her limitations and shoots within them.

The Muzzleloader Deer Season is Sept. 15-28.

Hunting with a muzzleloader presents a unique challenge because of the distance limitation and the fact that a follow-up shot requires a time-consuming loading procedure.

A muzzleloading rifle is very accurate as long as the hunter finds the right powder and bullet combination and learns to shoot the gun.

still moving, but she had to make up three laps and hope that her tire would go the distance.

It was a big win for Collins who has been racing for three years. She started by winning a powder puff event her first time behind the wheel “and I was hooked.”

Collins isn’t content with her feature win in the county fair. She has her sights set on competing in demolition derbies.

“I love the contact,” she says. “That’s why I love being out there. It’s so much fun to hit and to be hit.”

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The Scott City Stars swim team finished second in the Western Kansas Swim Club championship swim meet this season.

(Record Photo)

Cupp (continued from page 17)

Scott City swimmers who qualified for the Division I Championship were Cupp, Brandon Winderlin and Kaden Wren.

Eric Shapland (9-10-year division) was a fourth place medalist in the 100m breaststroke (1:55.44). He was also 11th in the 50m backstroke (54.07), 12th in the 50m butterfly (57.99) and 14th in the 100m freestyle (1:38.11).

Wiechman Fifth The top finisher among the Lady Stars was Hallie Scott City Stars who qualified for the Division II Championships were (front row, from left) Lana Rodriguez, Kiley Wren, Alli Wiechman (13-14 years) who Patton, Avery Noll, Hope Wiechman, Eric Shapland, Alivia Noll, Kennedy Holstein and Clare Hawkins. (Middle row) Connor was fifth in the 1500m freestyle Cupp, Brooke Hoeme, Jacy Rose, Piper Wasinger, Gabby Martinez, Madison Shapland, Hallie Wiechman, Alli Brunswig, (25:44.48). She was also sixth in Carter Gooden, Parker Gooden and Kaden Wren. (Back row) Krissa Dearden, Brandon Winderlin, Landon Trout, Shelby the 800m freestyle (13:14.48).

Patton, Ashley Prewit, Reagan Smyth, Kyle Cure, Cami Patton, Emily Parkinson, Alexis Hoeme, Marci Patton and Kayla Dearden. Not pictured are Hannah Brandl, Jaxson Brandl, Mattie Brandl, Rachel Fisher, Molly Eikenberry, Delaney Kitch, Kylee Trout (15-years and Jordan Miller, Zachary Rohrbough, Chase Rumford, Kylee Trout, Makaela Stevens, Sawyer Stevens and Tara Rose. over) was among the top 20 in (Record Photo) her age division in four events, including the 100m freestyle (11th, 1:11.27), 200m breast- 6:01.44). the 100m butterfly (1:30.46). the 50m freestyle (40.13). She stroke (2:00.34). stroke (13th, 3:33.46), 100m Reagan Smyth (15-years and Alli Patton (9-10 years) had added a 12th place finish in the Alexis Hoeme (13-14 years) breaststroke (14th, 1:38.41) over) was eighth in the 200m a very good DII Championship, 100m freestyle (1:31.36) and added a 12th place finish in the and the 400m freestyle (19th, butterfly (3:38.02) and 15th in led by an eighth place finish in was 13th in the 100m breast- 200m breaststroke (3:48.38).

Pond The agland of central Kansas is dotted with small farm ponds, many out of sight along field drives or in the middle of pastures. Even though the drought is not yet considered over, early summer rains have left most farm ponds in my neck of the woods with good water in them.

The only down side I can see to fishing farm ponds is the lack of the large variety of fish species found in most Kansas res-

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ervoirs. Typically, farm ponds contain largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegills and possibly bullheads. Most ponds are on privately owned property, meaning permission to fish there is required.

Once permission is granted however, you will often have the whole place to yourself every time you’re there, because fishing pressure on these ponds is often nil. A boat is not usually

needed, although a canoe, or one of the popular, small twoperson crafts can come in handy to get you out past any weeds or moss growing along the bank.

The dock from which we fished was the perfect length to get us out beyond the cattails.

Farm ponds are always fed either by springs or by run-off water, and since most of them are situated in pastures or otherwise grassy surroundings, the

water in them is well filtered before reaching the pond, making them very clean.

So, if you’re used to biglake fishing for walleye, crappie, white bass or stripers, if you love the drone of a big outboard motor as it pushes your big boat across a big lake, and if the presence of dozens of other fishermen all around you are an important part of your fishing experience, farm pond fishing

may not be your gig.

If, however you can be happy catching bluegills, channel cats and largemouth bass from the bank or from a small boat and never see another human being in the process, farm pond fishing may be your thing. Sign me up for choice number two!

Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors!

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

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A national title to be decided on the field Summer days have become noticeably shorter and the college football season is fast approaching. The Big 12 has been pared down to 10 teams and needs a new name, but that’s a subject for another day.

The Southby eastern ConMac ference has Stevenson dominated college football for the last decade and that scenario isn’t likely to end soon.

Texas was the last Big 12 team to win a national title and that happened back in 2005.

The Longhorns have won four national titles. Oklahoma won it all in 2000, giving them seven national championships.

Big 12 coaches and athletic directors are vociferous in plugging their league as one of the best in the nation. The long drought since a conference team has won a national title would indicate otherwise.

OU is favored by most in the media to win the Big 12 this fall. Take that with a grain of salt. Over the years, preseason predictions have been consistently inaccurate.

Baylor is a strong second place choice, followed

by Kansas State and Texas fourth. Oklahoma is loaded and poised to challenge for a national championship.

Excitement will be extra high with a new system to decide the national champion. We finally have a playoff which is a momentous improvement over past systems. This year the champion will be decided on the field, not in media polls.

It’s a shame they didn’t make it an eight-team playoff. That would be close to perfect.

The new College Football Playoff (CFP) will be similar to the Final Four in basketball. Four teams will be selected by the 13-person committee to play in the semifinals and the two winners will advance to the championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., on January 12.

The CFP committee was selected under the direction of the 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s AD. (See TITLE on page 21)

Unfinished business for the Chiefs

The other night when I was channel surfing, the NFL Channel was replaying last year’s Kansas City-Indianapolis playoff game.

And I watched it . . . again.

Waterboarding would have been less painful, but I watched anyway as the Chiefs allowed the second-biggest comeback ever in a NFL playoff loss.

Like me, the Chiefs have also agonized over that season-ending loss. Only they did something about it. It’s obvious by the way the team reported to camp last week that they had spent the entire offseason using the Indianapolis game as motivation.

Players showed up at camp in the best shape of their careers. The camp motto in everything they do is simply “Finish.” That’s what cost them last year . . . they didn’t finish the regular season like they wanted and they certainly didn’t advance in the playoffs like they expected.

What players have accomplished during the off-season is nothing short of impressive.

Dontari Poe looks like he’s in the best shape of his career at a very fit 340 pounds.

Mike Catapano, an undrafted player who made the team last year, has put on 20 pounds of muscle without losing a step as he makes the transition from linebacker to defensive end.

Defensive end Mike DeVito is lighter, faster and in great

Derbies One can offer several reasons why the cars and drivers aren’t in abundance anymore.

Here are a few: 1) Cost.

This is the most obvious reason.

The old tanks are getting harder and harder to find and those that are still around can’t be had cheap. And that’s only the beginning.

For years demo derbies were little more than a hobby.

But some guys took derbies pretty seriously. They pumped thousands of dollars into the engines and into beefing up their vehicles.

And there’s nothing wrong with that.

But the guys who just wanted to spend a couple of weeks getting a car ready so they could crash into other cars one night out the year soon

backers.

Inside the Huddle

with the X-Factor

shape.

Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe has dropped 10 pounds and spent the off-season working out with Larry Fitzgerald for the first time since the 2010 season which was his best in the league.

Linebacker Nico Johnson wants to redeem himself for what he feels was a terrible rookie season. The former Alabama standout has lost weight and it was evident during camp on one particular play when he was covering Jamaal Charles.

Johnson ran step-for-step with Charles and knocked down the pass attempt. A linebacker with that kind of speed is a huge asset in the NFL. Linebacker Joe Mays (formerly with Denver) looks enormous and he brings a mean streak you love to see.

Linebacker Justin Houston is in unbelievable shape. This is his contract year, so opposing quarterbacks had better beware.

And first round draft pick Dee Ford looks as good in person as he did on film. Chiefs’ fans have reason to be excited about his potential in an already talented corps of line-

Roster Decisions It’s already becoming apparent that head coach Andy Reid and GM John Dorsey will be facing some tough roster decisions.

The most surprising battle is taking place between kicker Ryan Succop and rookie Cairo Santos, who was undrafted out of Tulane. Santos is a Brazilian soccer player who can kick the ball with tremendous accuracy and has the ability to kick from 65 yards with a tailwind.

As much as I’m a big fan of Succop, I have to admit that Santos has had the better camp, so far.

Salary will likely play a big part in the front office’s decision. If the Chiefs cut Succop this year it will save $500,000 in salary cap space, which increases to $3.5 million next year. It’s tough to justify that kind of salary for a kicker.

As much as I like Succop as a friend and appreciate what he’s done for this team over the last five seasons, as they like to say, “It’s not personal. This is a business.”

An equally difficult decision will be what to do with quarterback Aaron Murray, a rookie out of Georgia. His senior season ended with a torn ACL in the Bulldogs’ final home game.

That caused a lot of teams to pass on him and KC was able to get what many consider a

steal in the fifth round.

At the same time, KC also has another great prospect in Tyler Bray who was signed as a free agent in 2013. Bray seems to have taken a huge leap in his skill level since last year. He has everything you want in a quarterback with his size, strength and speed.

I think he could grow into a great quarterback.

The dilemma for KC is that they still need Chase Daniel as an experienced backup to Alex Smith. Despite coming off a great 2013 season, it was also the first time that Smith has gone an entire year without being sidelined by injury.

The Chiefs aren’t ready to bet that will happen again.

They could put Bray or Murray on the practice squad, but it’s very likely that another team will take them.

Another possibility is to put Murray in injured reserve for the season, which protects the team’s interest in him and gives him time to develop.

Or, KC could take the unorthodox step of keeping four quarterbacks on the roster.

Bray and Murray have too much potential. One of them could be our quarterback of the future. It’s going to be a very tough decision for Reid and Dorsey.

The X Factor (Ty Rowton) is a former Scott City resident who has been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame as a Chiefs Superfan

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found themselves completely outmatched. They were little more than fodder for the big boys who could crash into a brick wall and come out the other side.

Credit Outlaw Promotions for offering limited weld and weekend warrior classes as a way of leveling the playing field. Unfortunately, it may have happened about five years too late.

It would seem that many drivers have found other interests. * * * 2) Too many derbies.

As Lorg pointed out, there are too many derbies. That’s why the Scott County Fair board moved their demo derby up a week - in order to get ahead of three other derbies planned in the area.

One thing Americans are great at is finding a good thing

and riding it into the ground.

Everyone realized that derbies were popular, had a great following and could rake in lots of gate admission. Now the market appears to have been saturated.

One idea offered by Lorg would be for three area towns to work together and rotate a demo derby to each site every three years.

It would seem to have merit, though it’s hard to imagine a fair board willing to give up their derby for two years even one that’s only drawing four cars. * * * 3) Lack of cars.

As Grothusen mentioned, the old tanks that could be found in shelterbelts around the countryside have all but disappeared. And, I believe I’ll go out on a limb with

this prediction, I don’t see Detroit turning out more 1968 Chryslers.

Figure-8 driver Alex Kough says that compact demolition derbies are becoming very popular in central and eastern Kansas. It only makes sense.

The reason they are popular as figure-8 cars is because they’re cheap and there’s plenty of them.

If we’re looking at keeping the demolition derby alive, this may be the best option.

Demo derbies have become a great tradition at county fairs and they’ve certainly built a strong following over the years. But, again I’ll go out on a limb and say that it’s going to get harder and harder to fill the stands with ticket buying fans for an event that lasts only three minutes.

It’s something to think about.

Title The committee selected for this season includes the following 13 members: Chairman Jeff Long, Arkansas AD (SEC); Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin AD (Big Ten); Michael Gould, former Air Force Academy superintendent; Pat Haden, USC AD (Pac-12); Tom Jernstedt, former executive VP of the NCAA; Oliver Luck, West Virginia AD (Big 12); Archie Manning, retired NFL and Mississippi QB. Tom Osborne, previous coach and AD at Nebraska (Big Ten); Dan Radakovich, Clemson AD (ACC); Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and provost at Stanford; Mike Tranghese, former Big East commissioner (The American); Steve Wieberg, previously a reporter for USA Today; Ty-

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rone Willingham, former coach at Stanford, Notre Dame and Washington.

The CFP committee will release its top-ranked 25 teams on Tuesdays beginning October 28. On December 7, the final and decisive ranking will be announced.

Throughout the process, committee members’ votes will be confidential.

Computer rankings and media polls have been taken completely out of the equation. Wonderful!

The level of competition will be critical to the selection committee.

Committee member Oliver Luck recently said, “I think one of the first things the committee will look at is strength of schedule.”

That’s great news for Kansas State fans. The

Fishing Report Scott State Lake Updated July 24 Channel cats: fair/good, up to 6.5 lbs. Fishing minnows, worms, cutbait, and prepared baits off the bottom along the dam and up in the creek. Most of the fish have been small, but there was a report of a couple of 8 pounders reported this past week.

Crappie: fair; most up to 9 inches. Minnows under a bobber fished along the edges of weedbeds and around the fish attractors.

Walleye/saugeye: slow; saugeye, up to 3.6 lbs.; walleye, up to 6.1 lbs. Fishing small fish imitating jigs and swimbaits along edges of weedbeds bordering creek channel drop-offs or over points has produced a few fish.

Largemouth bass: fair; up to 5.5 lbs. Casting spinnerbaits, swimbaits, and other fish imitating baits around the fish attractors, laydown trees, overhanging bushes, edges of weedbeds, and cattails adjacent to deeper water. Most of the fish have been in the 11 to 14 inch range.

Sunfish: fair/good; up to 8 inches. Vertically fishing small jig heads tipped with small pieces of nightcrawler or whole mealworms around the fish attractors and along rip-rapped shorelines and edges of the cattails.

General comments: Release all walleye/saugeye and largemouth bass less than 15 inches.

Wildcats play SEC power Auburn in Manhattan on September 18.

A win over Auburn could be the deciding factor if K-State is in the running for one of the four playoff slots late in the season. But beating Auburn is easy to talk about and most difficult to do.

This season the inaugural two semifinal playoff games will be played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl.

That will be one of the great days in the history of college football.

Royals Roar Back Just when it looks like the Kansas City Royals baseball team is about to fold completely, they come roaring back to challenge for a wild card spot in the playoffs.

What has KC’s fans bubbling is Billy Butler’s game-winning home runs in the last two games against Cleveland. If Butler would get hot, Mike Moustakas continues to hit for power and Eric Hosmer recovers from his injured hand, the Royals may be ready to roll.

There’s more good news: Jason Vargas is well on the way to being fully recovered from his recent appendectomy. If Vargas can return to the starting rotation, left-hander Bruce Chen could move to the bullpen and give KC another situational lefty.

Pitching and defense in KC are on par with anyone in baseball. If the hitting picks up and becomes consistent, Kansas City could still make the playoffs.

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Lake Scott Triathlon

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(Top) Mindy Allen makes it to the top of a climb during the 12 mile bike ride. (Above) Kenneth York competes in the 300m swim. (Right) Aubrey Davis nears the midway point in the 5k run. (Bottom right) Myles Vulgamore nears the top of a hill in the biking phase.

(Record Photos)

2014 Individual and Team Results Contestant

Jessica Stephens Emily Lightner Chelsea Jackson Paula Vulgamore Aubrey Davis Emily Beneda Shawn Roberts

Contestant

300m Swim

12 mile Bike

10:43 11:20 13:10 13:10 12:29 11:55 28:42

300m Swim

Mike Howland Kenneth York Randy Jackson

12:08 14:35 17:07

Contestant

300m Swim

RCC Athletes

Women’s Division 41:46 39:16 47:18 48:11 59:45 65:15 1:41.30

Men’s Division 12 mile Bike

42:01 44:20 45:48

Team Division

13:11

12 mile Bike

5k Run

Total Time

25:18 29:20 23:56 39:16 30:33 34:25 47:23

1:16.22 1:18.54 1:23.55 1:39.39 1:42.16 1:50.05 2:56.50

5k Run

Total Time

31:35 30:46 28:31

1:24.42 1:29.15 1:30.57

5k Run

Total Time

37:35

22:35

1:12.29

42:38

27:21

1:18.15

28:20

1:18.54

42:38

27:21

1:19.38

54:43

25:13

1:28.43

54:30

29:06

1:31.30

NA

NA

1:34.18

64:28

40:22

1:56.50

Cara Cramer, Clint Mott, Raymond Lucero

3 Flashes of Lightning

9:27

Sawyer Stevens, Myles Vulgamore, Parker Vulgamore

Papa Bravo Charlie

11:58

39:13

Paige Vulgamore, Brian Vulgamore, Camden Vulgamore

Team Tara

9:39

Nicole Bierman, Emily Smith, John Bierman

M-C-H

9:09

Haley Allen, Mindy Allen, Cole Allen

Journey of Champions

8:56

Makaela Stevens, Trella Davis, Olivia Prieto

We Tri-ed

15:18

Megan Hight, Jenny Rose, Kim Wilkinson

Fruit Basket

12:44

Alexis Buxton, Porter Irwin, Nic Cheney

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Drones draw interest in crop scouting, other ag uses Dan Murphy Drovers CattleNetwork

Remote sensors can play a big part of farming in the future. Those sensors can be on a 10-foot pole or a satellite 250 miles out in space.

The sensors of most interest at an agriculture technology fair on July 17 were on an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, that looks like a toy helicopter.

Farmers and agribusiness came to see, learn and do.

“Remote sensors offer amazing potential in data collection for farmers, people who advise farmers and scientists,” said

Bill Wiebold, University of Missouri professor of plant science. “This is tomorrow’s agriculture.”

A technology-packed day at MU Bradford Research Center showed 100 participants current uses. Sensors were on highboys, fourwheelers and tractors.

It was pictures from drones that drew gee-whiz comments.

“Everyone who sees a drone thinks of new uses,” Wiebold said. “As an agronomist, I thought about improved scouting of crops for weeds, insects or fertility.

“When I show these to

beef farmers, they see ways to track their herds. When Bootheel farmers saw them, they thought of checking irrigation rigs.”

Wiebold spent much of his talk on new limitations imposed by Federal Aviation Administration regulations.

FAA, charged with safety of airspaces, is rewriting rules for commercial use of drones. That includes use by farmers. However, the FAA set back release beyond dates imposed by Congress, Wiebold said.

“The latest rules are more restrictive, not less so,” Wiebold said. “Learn

the rules and abide by them.

We want to keep airspaces safe.”

Recreational use by hobbyists is less restricted, he said.

“Slow clarification of rules for use on farms is frustrating, frankly,” he said.

Wiebold says his membership in the Academy of Model Aeronautics has been educational and it provides insurance protection.

Prior to recent rule changes, farmers used model-aircraft drones on their own property as long as they did not invade the privacy of others.

Emergency haying OK for area counties

CRP Emergency Haying and Grazing Approved for 44 Kansas Counties The Kansas Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Committee has authorized emergency haying and grazing on certain CRP practices in 44 counties.

Area counties included in the designation include Scott, Lane, Gove, Finney, Logan and Wichita.

Emergency haying is allowed through Aug. 15. All hay must be removed from the CRP field by Sept. 15.

Participants must leave at least 50 percent of each field or contiguous CRP field un-hayed for wildlife.

Height of residue after haying is required to be no less than five inches tall.

Emergency grazing is allowed through Sept. 30 or when the average grass height is five inches tall.

CRP participants must contact their FSA county office to request emergency haying or grazing. Participants will (See HAYING on page 25)

(See DRONES on page 25)

‘Tunnels’ control climate for specialty crops Rural Center host workshop Aug. 31 at Colby The Kansas Rural Center’s “Tunnel to Table” workshops will offer experienced and beginning vegetable and fruit growers information

on applying polytunnels - such as high tunnels and low tunnels - as strategic tools for Kansas farms.

Workshop participants who register by Tues., August 26, may apply to receive free low tunnel infrastructure. The Western Kansas workshop will be held on Sun., Aug. 31, 1:00-6:00 p.m., at the

Prairie Museum in Colby.

Polytunnels can be a valuable addition for Kansas farms.

“We are a state with extreme weather, which creates unique challenges,” explains Julie Mettenburg, KRC executive director. “Polytunnels greatly enhance climatic controls, providing sig-

nificant crop protection for specialty crops. They can ease many production challenges and dramatically extend the production and income season for Kansas growers.”

Strategically applied, polytunnels can help extend the growing season, increase crop protection from extreme weath-

K-State Beef Conference at Oakley on August 14 Many cattle producers are experiencing record returns on their calves this year, but even times of high profitability demand a search for more opportunities to enhance a beef operation.

These opportunities will be discussed at the upcoming K-State Beef Conference on Thurs., Aug. 14, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center in Oakley.

The conference will take on a differ-

ent approach this year compared to past years.

Historically, it was a oneday program delivered online, but this year it will be presented in a faceto-face meeting format covering those common myths in cow-calf production followed by a “town hall” style question and answer session.

“We shouldn’t rest while we’re profitable,” said Bob Weaber, cowcalf specialist for K-State Extension and one of

the conference presenters. “Certainly, we see a number of opportunities on the horizon for cowcalf producers to expand their profitability, not just in 2014 when we’re expected to have profits, but moving forward as times ahead may become leaner.”

This year’s focus is “busting myths that affect your bottom line.”

“We were motivated to the topic by a series of conversations we had at

our K-State Winter Ranch Management meetings,” Weaber said. “We kept a tally of common questions and myths producers had.

We thought it might be useful to provide information that refutes a number of those myths that affect profitability.”

A list of the myths the presenters plan to “bust” include: 1) My operation is too small for a planned breeding program.

(See BEEF on page 25)

Court upholds meat labeling reg A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected a food industry challenge to a federal rule concerning labeling requirements for meat, a ruling that could have a major impact on businesses fighting federal regulation on freespeech grounds.

The 2013 regulation requires labels on muscle cuts of meat to list the country of origin and other details.

The ruling is a win for the government, not just on meat labeling, but also potentially in other cases in which business interests object to regulations on free speech grounds.

For instance, one case that could be affected is a challenge to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that forces public companies to disclose if their prod-

ucts contain “conflict minerals” from a war-torn part of Africa.

On the meat labeling rule, the American Meat Institute and related trade associations had sought a preliminary injunction to prevent the rule from taking effect. They said the rule violated companies’ free speech rights.

A three-judge panel of the court originally upheld the rule in a March

opinion, but the full court of 11 judges decided to rehear the case. The full court agreed with the panel on Tuesday, but the court was split, with three judges dissenting.

The labeling regulation requires retailers to list not just the country of origin of the meat, but also information on when and where animals were born, raised and slaughtered.

er and pests, and increase quality, yield and income from vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.

Tunnel to Table workshop participants will receive information and resources for assessing which polytunnel strategies may (or may not) contribute to the success of their current or future

specialty crop operations.

Tailored to both established farmers looking to diversify their operation and new growers looking for an entry point to market gardening, the workshop offers dialogue with experienced Kansas high tunnel producers; an interactive tour of an (See TUNNELS on page 25)

Market Report Closing prices on July 29, 2014 Winona Feed and Grain Bartlett Grain Wheat..................

White Wheat ......

Milo ....................

Corn ...................

Soybeans ...........

$ 5.72 $

NA

$ 3.36 $ 3.96

$ 12.12

Wheat..................

$ 5.73

Milo (bu.).............

$ 3.39

White Wheat ......

Corn....................

July 22

H 97

$ 3.37

July 23

93 70

July 24

99

$ 12.12

July 25

104 73

July 26

102 68

Wheat..................

$ 5.73

Milo (bu.).............

Corn....................

Soybeans ...........

Sunflowers..........

ADM Grain

$ 5.88 $ 3.97 $ 15.20

Wheat..................

$ 5.82

Milo (bu.).............

$ 3.37

White Wheat .......

Corn....................

Soybeans............

$ 3.99

Weather

Scott City Cooperative White Wheat .......

$ 5.88

$

$ 12.02

P

68

July 27

88

68

July 28

86

65

NA

$ 3.97

L 65

.36

Moisture Totals July 2014 Total

1.48 10.53

Tunnels lished tunnel operation (each host farm is quite different; grower-togrower networking opportunities; and take-home educational materials.

The workshop will close with a hands-on demonstration of low tunnel construction and demonstration of how these low-cost and easy to construct structures can offer Kansas crops ample protection and significantly increase the harvest season.

Low Tunnel Advantages Low tunnels offer an inexpensive entry point to polytunnel production, while providing many of the benefits offered

Farm Bill has changes in conservation compliance

Farm producers are reminded that changes mandated through the 2014 Farm Bill require them to have on file a Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification (AD1026).

The Farm Bill relinked highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation compliance with eligibility for premium support paid under the federal crop insurance program.

For farmers to be eligible for premium support on their federal crop insurance, a completed and signed AD-1026 form must be on file with the FSA. Since many FSA and Natural Resource Conservation (NRCS) programs have this requirement, most producers should already have an AD-1026 on file.

If producers have not filed, they must do so by June 1, 2015.

When a farmer completes the AD-1026, FSA and NRCS staff will outline any additional actions that may be required for compliance with the provisions.

The Risk Management Agency, through the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), manages the federal crop insurance program.

The 2014 Farm Bill continues the requirement that producers adhere to conservation compliance guidelines to be eligible for most programs administered

by FSA and NRCS. USDA will publish a rule later this year that will provide details outlining the connection of conservation compliance with crop insurance premium support.

Producers can also contact their local USDA Service Center for information.

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by high tunnels. While plastic covered low tunnels extend the growing season into the winter months and allow for a jump start on spring production, other low tunnels options can benefit crops throughout the whole growing season.

For example, fabric row cover can provide low tunnel crops with additional warmth and help exclude pests, and shade cloth covered low tunnels allow for season extension of cool season crops into the hot summer. Used inside of a high tunnel, low tunnels double the cold protection and enable extensive overwintering of cold hardy crops.

Drones

Early-bird workshop registrants are eligible to apply to receive approximately 500 square feet of free low tunnel infrastructure. Nine workshop participants will go home with custom-bent metal hoops, a 10’x 100’ roll of 6-mil greenhouse plastic, and row cover (insect barrier) to provide a physical barrier, protecting crops from insect damage.

Anyone who registers for these workshops by August 26 is eligible for the giveaway.

Registration fee is $15. Registration information, low tunnel giveaway applications, and event details are available online at http://kansasruralcenter.org/low-tunnel-

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Aerial observation could save lots of time for graduate students checking and recording their research projects, he added.

All of his pictures were taken under 400 feet in the air.

Wiebold advised learning to fly a drone using an inexpensive model. “It’s different to crash a $1,000 unit than a $9,000 sensor.”

Satellite infrared photos of soybean fields reveal more information than pictures by cameras limited to visible light.

An infrared picture of a field showed an unexplained dead spot, unseen from the ground. That was determined to be the site of a lightning strike.

Aerial images lead to “directed scouting.” Pictures pinpoint where to go for an up-close look.

“Without photos, you would never see those areas,” notes Wiebold.

He has promoted intense scouting of corn and soybean fields for years. Aerial scouting seems easier than getting lost in a field of tall corn.

Those at Extension meetings on drones get excited about what they learn, Wiebold said.

“I’ve had listeners at meetings go online and buy a drone while I’m still talking about them. Remote sensors are useful and available. It’s a matter of what platform delivers them best.”

Haying

An example of a high tunnel that can be used for specialty crop production.

of Colby, will be open to Tunnel to Table participants the evening of August 31 after workshop presentations and roundtable discussions.

Starting in 2006, Duane and Jo Cheney began providing a variety of vegetables, herbs and eggs Colby Tour Sharing the Bounty, to Community Supported a five-acre farm located Agriculture (CSA) cuseight miles southwest tomers. They have congiveaway-and-registration-open-for-krc-hightunnel-workshops/, or by contacting Cole Cottin, KRC program coordinator, at ccottin@kansasruralcenter.org or 785-9924572.

Beef

tinued to increase production and now grow within seven high tunnels (six of which are homemade), allowing them to significantly extend the growing season and increase yields.

In 2012, the Cheney’s joined the High Plains Food Co-op, greatly expanding their customer base.

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2) Trichomoniasis is a regulatory problem.

3) Antibiotic restrictions won’t affect me.

4) Record keeping has to be complicated.

5) I don’t need to body condition score my cows.

6) Producers need 1,400-pound cows to make 1,400-pound fed steers.

7) I can change a trait

without affecting others.

8) Heterosis isn’t important in today’s beef business.

9) All information in a bull sale catalog is important, and a bull’s actual birth weight is a good selection tool.

10) Any heifer is a replacement.

11) I don’t need to pay attention to wildlife and

endangered species on my property.

Registration should be completed with the hosting county or district office by Aug. 4. A meal is included in the fee.

For more information see www.ksubeef. org and look for K-State Beef Conference under “Upcoming Beef Events.”

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work with the NRCS to develop a forage management plan.

If the CRP cover is destroyed, the practice must be re-established at the participant’s expense to remain in compliance with the CRP contract. CRP haying and grazing policies are available online at www.fsa.usda. gov/ks.

Wichita County Real Estate

Wednesday, August 20 • 10:00 a.m.

Auction Location: Community building at fairgrounds, east edge of Leoti

Seller: Grace L. Crouch Trust Auction Location: Community Building at the Fairgrounds, east edge of Leoti, Ks. Land Location: From Leoti, Ks., 9 miles west and 3 miles north.

Legal: North East 1/4 of 5-18-38 west of the 6th PM in Kansas containing 160 acres more or less of dry land cropland.

Possession: Possession of land on signing of the purchase contract. Buyer to reimburse current tenant for any expenses for maintaining of the summer fallow to present.

Buyer to pay for spraying cost of the 2014 wheat stubble.

Taxes: 2013 Taxes $606.90 2014 taxes pro-rated to day of closing Minerals: Believed intact and going to the buyer. Minerals are leased at the present time to Paramount Land, Inc. Cimarron, Kansas, land is leased till 1-7-19. Seller to retain lease money.

FSA Information: Crop Wheat

Base Acreage 80.1

Yield 28

Evidence of Title: Seller will provide to the buyer, title insurance in the amount of purchase price, with buyer and seller splitting premium 50%-50%.

Easements: This sale is subject to all rights of way and easements, whether recorded or not, and any oil and gas lease of record.

Agency: Lawrence and Associates Realty are exclusive agents of the seller.

Sellers: Grace L. Crouch Trust Broker: Lawrence and Associates Realty • 513 Main, Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-5267 Auctioneer / Listing Agent: Russell Berning • 812 W M St., Leoti, Ks. 67861 1-800-466-5202

Auctioneer’s Note: Very nice farmland with good roads and good soil.

Terms: 10% down day of sale, with balance due in certified funds at closing. Closing to be on or before Oct. 3, 2014. Announcements day of the auction take precedence over printed material.

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ELLIS AG SERVICES • Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Pickup or Delivery Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160

ROOFING Residential

All Types of Roofing

Commercial

Cedar Shake and Shingle Specialists Return to Craftsmanship

Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed 620-872-2679 • 1-800-401-2683

Dirks Earthmoving Co. Precision Land Forming of terraces and waterways; feed lot pens and ponds; building site preparation; lazer equipped

Richard Dirks • Scott City, Ks. (Home) 872-3057 • 877-872-3057 (Cell) 872-1793

Automotive

Walker Plumbing, Inc. Backhoe & Trenching services • Irrigation & gas leak repairs • Full-line irrigation parts T-L center pivot dealer Floor heat systems Pump & install septic systems Boring equipment

Willie’s Auto A/C Repair Willie Augerot Complete A/C Service Mechanic Work and Diagnostics Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

423 S. Mesquite Rd. • Scott City • 872-2130

Medical

404 Kingsley • Scott City • 874-1379

Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted

We welcome new patients.

324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933

Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs!

We service and repair all that we sell.

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

Red

Specializing in

all coatings t Paint i or any other color

Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial.

Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.

PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com

Pro Ex II

Over 20 Years Experience

Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential

• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites

John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com

Call today for a Greener Healthier Lawn

Owner, Chris Lebbin • 620-214-4469

Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist 20/20 Optometry

Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses

Complete family eye center!

106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 872-2736

$

7

Call 872-2090 today!

Per Week

Professional Directory Continued

Scott City Clinic

872-2187

Christian E. Cupp, MD

William Slater, MD

Libby Hineman, MD

Megan Dirks, AP, RN-BC Ryan Michels, PA Matthew Lightner, MD

Family Practice Family Practice

Josiah Brinkley, MD Family Practice

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Fur-Fection

General Surgeon

Family Practice

Scott City Myofascial Release RN

105 1/2 W. 11th St., Scott City 620-874-1813 scottcitymfr@gmail.com FB: Scott City Myofascial Release

Call me to schedule your Myofascial Release

Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock!

COMPARE OUR PRICES!

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers!

Networking solutions!

For Sale

Help Wanted

ALL NEW. Happy Jack DuraSpot. Kills and repels fleas, ticks and larvae.

Repels mites, lice and mosquitoes.

Contains Nylar IGR. Orschlen Farm & Home. www.happyjackinc.com.

$2,000 BONUS. Oilfield drivers. High hourly, Overtime. Class A-CDL/ Tanker. One year driving experience. Home one week monthly. Paid travel, lodging. Relocation not necessary. 1-800-5882669. www.tttransports. com.

––––––––––––––––––––– DRIVERS WANTED now. Multiple locations throughout Kansas. Haul railroad crews. 21+, valid driver’s license, clean MVR, drug and background checks. Apply online: www.RCXhires. com.

Education

Sandy Cauthon

Retail

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

The classified ads below are appearing in 147 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 500,000 the classified display ads appear in 142 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 457,000. KCAN line ad is $300 for up to 25 words and $12 each additional word. A 2x2 display ad is $800 per insertion and a 2x4 display ad is $1,650 per insertion. To find out more, contact The Scott County Record at 872-2090.

Northend Disposal A garbologist company.

Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371

PC Cleaning Services, Inc. We'll clean your home, business or do remodeling clean-up Available seven days a week!

Paul Cramer, Owner

620-290-2410

Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

WANT A CAREER operating heavy equipment?

Bulldozers, backhoes and excavators.

Hands-on training and certifications offered. National average $18-$22 hourly. Lifetime job placement assistance.

VA benefits eligible.

1-866-362-6497.

––––––––––––––––––––– NEED CLASS A CDL training? Start a career in trucking today. Swift Academies offer PTDI certified courses and offer best-in-class training. New Academy classes weekly.

No money down or credit check. Certified mentors ready and available. Paid (while training with mentor). Regional and dedicated opportunities. Great career path. Excellent benefits package. Please call: (602) 714-9455.

Auctions LAND AUCTION. 224 acres, Aug. 21. Prime, multi-use Flint Hills property between Manhattan and Wamego. Tracts or whole. www.kscrossroads.com for details and map. Terri 785-223-2947.

Crossroads Real Estate.

Real Estate

Brent Rogers

USE YOUR LAND or trade in as a down payment. New, Used and Repos available. Singles from $39,900. Doubles from $59,900. Basement ready modulars. Less than perfect credit OK. 866858-6862.

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

Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Truck Driving GREAT PLAINS TRUCKING, Salina, is looking for experienced OTR tractor-trailer flatbed operators or recent driving school graduates.

Our drivers travel 48 U.S. states as well as the lower Canadian provinces. We offer excellent compensation, benefits, home time and equipment. Please contact Brett at brettw@ gptrucking.com or Randy at randyl@gptrucking. com. Or call 785-8232261.

––––––––––––––––––––– PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE. OTR drivers. APU equipped PrePass EZ-pass passenger policy. 2012 and newer equipment. 100% notouch. Butler Transport, 1-800-528-7825. www. butlertransport.com ––––––––––––––––––––– START WITH OUR training or continue your solid career. You have options. Company drivers, lease purchase or owner/operators needed.

(888) 670-0392 www.

CentralTruckDrivingJobs. com. butlertransport.com

Opportunities PROFITABLE KANSAS businesses for sale by owners. Many types, sizes, locations, terms. $25K to $15M. Other states available. www.BizSale.com.

Call 1-800-617-4204.

www.reganjewelers.com

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

District 11 AA Meetings

Dining

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

Services

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

C-Mor-Butz BBQ

Barbecue, the only sport where a fat bald man is a GOD...

& Catering

Kyle Lausch 620-872-4209

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti

Bryan Mulligan & Chris Price 620-874-8301 & 620-874-1285

www.cmorbutzbbq.com • cmorbutzbbq@gmail.com

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Dighton

Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-5679 • 397-2647

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Classifieds Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

Notice

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $5.50 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

Card of Thanks Many thanks for all the good wishes and congratulations during our 60th anniversary celebration. It was so nice to be remembered by old friends.

Jud and Jody Price Midway, Utah I want to thank everyone for the cards, visits and phone calls I received for my 95th birthday. It meant a lot to me.

Leland McGuire Check us out online www.scottcountyrecord.com

Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker

Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available.

Hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or (620) 255-4824.

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COUNTRY HOME

On 10 acres! Approx.

1,634 sq. ft. with partial basement, DD garage, shop-garage, well house and smaller sheds. Large kitchen and master bedroom! Lots of storage and 1 3/4 miles from a paved road. $127,900.

Lawrence and Associates

Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc.

513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc.

872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc.

872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com

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.

GARAGE SALES Friday-Sunday Aug. 2-3 Garage Sale 1209 Church, Scott City Saturday: 8:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.

Exercise equipment, television, stereo cabinet, some scrapbooking items, and lots of home decor.

Children’s clothing, toys electronics and bikes.

Garage Sale 1605 Court, Scott City, in alley garage.

Friday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Baby stuff, clocks, mirrors, games, books, furniture, toys, lots of misc.

No Checks

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52

Agriculture

LOOKING FOR female WANTED TO BUY. roommate. Call 872-5291. Stored corn. Call for basis 50t2c and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane For Sale County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 2013 YAMAHA four WANTED TO BUY. stroke gas golf cart. 2-3 BEAUTIFULLY person seating, two bag Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting inholders, Kenwood CD/FM/ REMODELED formation. Lane County AM radio. Call 620-872Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc 49t4c 3629.

––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––– SILAGE CUTTING SCOOTER WITH WANTED. Claas 900 LEFT hand controls, with 8 row header, 4 2009 home in central brand new record player trucks and packing availlocation, can be 3 and organ. Call 872-5291. bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, 50t2c able. Call Jeremy 620large double garage with 49t4p 805-2809. additional 876 sq. ft.

––––––––––––––––––––– of living space CERTIFIED SEED EASTRIDGE WHEAT: Brawl CL, HIDE AND SEEK Byrd, TAM 112, TAM STORAGE SYSTEMS. 304, T158, T153, Duster, Various sizes available. Oakley CL, Turkey Red. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, Also triticale and rye.

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, (620)874-2120.

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51t16 ––––––––––––––––––––– 620-397-2350.

MULTIPLE HOUSES Buy lots in the Eastridge addition for your new FOR RENT. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Services home location. bedroom homes available.

Also 8x10 storage units WANTED: Yards to mow available. Stop by PlainJans and clean up, etc. Trim to fill out an application or smaller trees and bushes 46tfc too. Call Dean Riedl, call 872-5777. www.thomasreal-estate.com ––––––––––––––––––––– (620) 872-5112 or 874914 W. 12th 34tfc COMMERCIAL/RE- 4135.

Scott City, Ks. 67871 ––––––––––––––––––––– TAIL SPACE available (620)-872-7396 Sept. 1. 306 W. 5th Scott FURNITURE REPAIR Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002 48tfc City. Contact Jeff 874- and refinishing. Lawn 50tfc mower tune-up and blade 1659. sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or FOR SALE BY OWNER 36tfc 874-1412.

––––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening.

Call Rob Vsetecka at 62036tfc 214-1730.

––––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, Nicely updated 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, living SIDING and TRIMS at room, dining room, large kitchen, family room and direct-to-the-public pricutility room on a large corner lot. es. Call Metal King Mfg., Call: Pam Wheeler 620-872-3076 620-872-5464. Our prices or Scot Aytes 620-874-1646.

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––––––––––––––––––––– “JEN’S GROOMING” COUNTY COORDINATOR/ Jennifer Milner grooming SECRETARY at 503 E. 5th St., (formally Scott County Farm Bureau is accepting appliCowboy Cabins). Please cants for the Part-Time position of: County call for an appointment Coordinator/Secretary.

620-214-0097.

Hours Applicants should be self motivated, willing to are Monday-Friday 8:00 learn, have excellent written and oral communica44tfc a.m.- noon. tion skills, and keep strict records. 40 hours/month ––––––––––––––––––––– and flexible schedule.

LADY WILLING to proDue August 15, 2014 vide home health care, Send cover letter and resume to: PO Box 245 Scott run errands and odd jobs, 51t2c City, Ks. 67871 cook and clean. Contact 50tfc 620-874-8480.

––––––––––––––––––––– CRAWFORD CONBy Western Cartographers STRUCTION all masonry and general conScott • Lane • Wichita • Ness • Logan struction.

Experienced, dependable, references Gove • Greeley • Finney • Wallace • Kearny available. Call James Pick them up today at: Crawford 620-214-2843.

Rentals Rentals

Thomas Real Estate

County Plat Maps

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406 Main • Scott City • 620 872-2090 The Scott County Record

PRICE REDUCED! 5 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, S/A garage, full basement, newer windows, paint, and flooring! Located in a nice neighborhood with low traffic! $134,000.

Help Wanted NEWSPAPER CARRIER needed. Approximately 130 papers. Must have reliable vehicle. Seven days a week for Hutchinson paper and six days a week for Garden City paper. Contact Artie 620-290-9501. 49t3c ––––––––––––––––––––– FARM AND CATTLE help wanted. Dry/irrigated farming. Experience preferred, wages negotiable by experience. Call 620874-1160.

49t3c ––––––––––––––––––––– ATTENDANT CARE GIVER to provide parttime in home care for elderly women. For more information contact Carolyn West 620-872-3583 or 620-872-2506.

50t2p ––––––––––––––––––––– TRUCK DRIVER WANTED to haul hopper loads from Scott City.

Home most evenings if living in Scott. Benefits.

CDL required. Must be 23 years old with two years experience. M&A Barneett Trucking. 785673-3377 50t2c ––––––––––––––––––––– FULL-TIME SHOP HELP. Competitive wages and benefits furnished.

Call 620-375-5210 or stop

by KT Tire & Service, 210 East Hwy 96, Leoti, Ks. and ask for Kurt. 51t3c ––––––––––––––––––––– SCOTT COUNTY FARM SERVICES Agency (FSA) is accepting applications for a temporary full-time Program Technician position beginning at a Grade 3 or Grade 4. Salary range is $25,181 to $28,269 depending on knowledge and experience. Agricultural background and general computer knowledge could be helpful. Applications (FSA-675, Application for FSA County Employment and KSAs – Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) may be picked up at the Scott County FSA Office, 1410 S Main Street Scott City, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Applications and KSAs must be returned to the office no later than 4:30 p.m., August 15, 2014. USDA is an Equal Employment Opportunity 51t2c Employer.

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Employment Opportunities MAINTENANCE WORKER www.scottcountyrecord.com

HOUSEKEEPING Unified School District No. 466 is looking for a qualified applicant for a full-time housekeeping position at Scott City Middle School.

For applications and additional information please contact: Lance Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7655 USD #466 is an EOE Employer.

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EXTENSION AGENT Family and Consumer Sciences opportunity in Wichita County, Leoti.

Details: www.ksre.ksu.edu/jobs Deadline: August 5, 2014 K-State Research and Extension is an EOE of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. Background check required.

OFFICE MANAGER/BOOKKEEPER “Take Charge” kind of person needed to run a small office and keep the books for a non-profit that provides services for children and families.

Must have leadership skills, QuickBooks knowledge, highly organized, good computer skills, self-starter and like to work with people. Office located in Scott City, full-time position, salary based upon experience and education.

Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center Contact: Kelly Robbins at wkcac@pld.com or 620-872-3706

NEW GRADS AND RN’S

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Special Education Para-Professsional for High Plains Educational Cooperative Scott Community High School is seeking a special education Para-Professional to work with students.

The position is available for the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. Start date is August 21, 2014.

For more information and application please contact.

Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-7600 50tfc

PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time CNA (evening shift) Part-time CNA (evening shift and nigh shift) Part-time CMA (evening shift) Part-time PRN-LPN/RN Full-time Maintenance Assistant Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Park Lane Nursing Home

210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org 51tfc

SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF Director of Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer PATIENT CARE Acute Care RN’s Respiratory Therapist PRN/Temporary Outpatient Services RN ADMINISTRATIVE Marketing Coordinator CLERICAL HR Benefits Specialist SERVICE PRN Dietary Aide/Cook Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus.

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Due to our recent expansion of services and rapid growth, we are in need of Acute Care RNs and are offering financial incentives.

Applications are available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net

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Work with the best in the West!

St. Catherine’s Hospital is looking for new grads and experienced RN’s.

• Sign-on bonus for new grads and experienced RN’s • Tuition reimbursement and school loan repayment opportunities • A regional referral center with multi special ties to choose from • Recent market adjustment allows us to extend highly competitive pay • Exceptional benefits • A faith-based facility Apply at: www.stcatherinehosp.org 401 East Spruce Garden City, KS 67846 620-272-2531 Centura Health does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, religion, creed, ancestry, sexual orientation, and marital status in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activities, or in employment. For further information about this policy contact Centura Health’s office of the General Counsel at (303)804-8166.

EOE

ESL PARA-PROFESSIONAL ESL Para-Professsional Scott Community High School is seeking an ESL Para-Professional to work with Spanish speaking students. Bilingual preferred. The position will start August 21, 2014.

For more information and application please contact.

Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-7600 50tfc

HR BENEFITS SPECIALIST

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SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL

“Quality Care Because We Care”

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 and returned at: City Hall, 221 W. 5th St., Scott City applications accepted until position is filled.

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING/ CHIEF NURSING OFFICER Scott County Hospital is seeking this salaried role that will provide direct supervisory leadership for all nursing and other designated patient care services and functions within the organization.

Responsible for: assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice on a facility level. The role assumes 24/7 responsibility and has accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management as related to patient care. You will represent nursing concerns at both the Medical Staff and Governing Board meetings.

Applicants should possess: Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills. Proven leadership and operational expertise.

Ability to recruit, retain and develop staff. Promote optimal outcomes of patient safety and care, and enhance patient, physician and staff satisfaction.

Maintain and comply with all regulatory standards, rules and laws. An academic degree in nursing is required. A Masters degree/APRN will have preference. At least 3 years of nursing experience including roles of demonstrated management are required. An active and current registered Nurse license in the state of Kansas is required.

Excellent benefit package is offered with this position. Pre-employment physical, drug and alcohol screen, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

We are a tobacco free campus.

Applications are available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net

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Scott County Hospital is seeking an HR Benefits Specialist. This is a full-time Monday-Friday position. No weekends or holidays.

Applicants must have competent reasoning and deductive thinking skills, and excellent customer service skills. The successful candidate will have proficient computer skills and be competent with Excel and Microsoft Word. Applicants must be responsible, dependable and interested in long term employment. Associate degree in Business, Personnel Management, Human Resources or 3-5 years of experience required.

Primary purpose of position is to direct the employee benefit programs, personnel record management, orientation and on-boarding of new staff.

Excellent benefit package is offered with this position. Pre-employment physical, drug and alcohol screen, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

We are a tobacco free campus.

Applications are available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net

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CLASS A DRIVER/ MEDICAL ASSISTANT Shared Medical Services is looking for a Class A CDL Driver to operate a dedicated route that is based in Scott City. SMS offers medical imaging services to local communities that otherwise would not have access to this state-of-the art equipment. The position available is Full-time and is not OTR. Also, we offer medical assistant training so you can assist our patients.

Anticipated Schedule: • 3 1/2 days/week • 40 hour weekly guarantee Duties: • Relocate trailer to medical facilities along dedicated route • Set-up and tear down trailer (i.e. leveling, stairs, patient lift) • Administrative tasks (i.e. time reporting, maintenance, mileage or inspection forms, driver logs) • Preventative maintenance (work with vendors to complete) • Transport patients between facility and trailer • Patient care including screening and positioning Benefits: • Full benefit package starting the first of the month after 30 days of service • Paid per hour (driving and on-duty, not driving) • Paid overtime for hours worked over 40/week • Paid vacation • Paid lodging for overnight stays • Per diem for overnight stays • Longevity bonus starting after 2nd year of employment Equipment: • 53’ van-spread axle Training: • Paid on-the-job Medical Assistant training Qualifications: • Class A CDL • Ability to pass physical, drug screen & background • Safe driving record • Minimum of 21 years of age Join our team today!

Application: WWW.SHAREDMED.COM Shared Medical Services Cottage Grove, WI An Employee Owned Company Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer Our mission is to create lasting partnerships in the healthcare community and to provide the best possible care to every patient with our exceptional staff and our state-of the-art diagnostic imaging technology.

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Kansas ag critical of Huelskamp’s bill to repeal RFS Rep. Tim Huelskamp remains a cosponsor of a bill that calls for the repeal of the Renewable Fuels Standard, a key program that gives ethanol producers access to sell their product in a market controlled by the oil industry.

In a recent visit to Rep. Huelskamp’s office, leaders from Kansas Corn Growers Association (KCGA) delivered a letter signed by several ag and ethanol groups asking him to remove his name as a cosponsor of H.R. 4286, the American Energy Renaissance Act. The congressman’s staff told KCGA Friday

that he will not respond to the letter.

Kansas Farm Bureau President Steve Baucus said Rep. Huelskamp’s cosponsorship of the bill was short-sighted.

“Farmers across Kansas receive significant economic benefits and additional rural job opportunities thanks to the RFS,” Baccus said. “Rep. Huelskamp represents one of the largest agricultural districts in the country and his sponsorship of a bill that removes a key market from our producers’ toolbox is shortsighted and shows a lack of understanding of commodity markets, value added agri-

Goodland joins Ringneck Classic The Kansas Governor’s Ringneck Classic Board of Directors voted unanimously to add Goodland to the Northwest Kansas annual pheasant hunt rotation that includes Oakley, Norton/Graham County, and this year’s host, Scott City and Healy.

Jim Millensifer, chairman of the Ringneck Classic board of directors said, “the Board of Directors welcomes Goodland and all of Sherman County to the Ringneck Classic team.

“Today’s announcement furthers the vision of Gov. Brownback to

include all of Northwest Kansas in this event.”

Donna Price, executive director of the Sherman County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Carol McClure-Schutte, local business owner, submitted the application. Price has gathered the support of landowners, business owners and organizations.

McClure-Schutte, inspired by the 2013 event hosted by Norton and Graham County, made it her mission to bring the Ringneck Classic to Goodland and Sherman County.

culture, and what it means to be a Congressional Representative to his constituents.”

KCGA President Bob Timmons, Fredonia, said a repeal of the RFS does not belong in a bill that benefits domestic energy production.

“We were surprised when we learned the Congressman was a cosponsor of a bill that

would repeal the RFS, considering he has 11 biofuels plants in his district” Timmons said. “This bill would do some good things for domestic oil and gas production, but why go after ethanol, a vital part of our domestic energy portfolio?”

The letter was signed

by Kansas Corn, Kansas Farm Bureau, Kansas Association of Ethanol

Processors and the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association.

Ethanol industry signers were: Conestoga Energy Partners, Liberal and Garden City; Western Plains Energy, Campus; Nesika Energy, Scandia and Kansas Ethanol, Lyons, and ICM, Inc., Colwich.

In the letter, the groups noted that while the bill

contained many beneficial items for domestic energy, the repeal of the RFS is also a key provision of the bill.

The letter concluded that, “Repealing the Renewable Fuels Standard will have a profoundly negative impact on US and Kansas agriculture, and many communities in the First Congressional District of Kansas.”

Attend the Church of Your Choice

The Most Important Thing in Your Life “CHRISTIANS, AS THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD OF GOD, WHAT IS THE URGENCY OF OUR TIMES?” (I Peter 2:5) Over 45 years ago God gave me instructions concerning the mission statement of any church I would pastor.

I have kept it before me each time I prepare a sermon and try in someway to include it in the message. A part of what He gave me concerning the character of the church was this: “...anchored to the rock (Jesus) and geared to the times.” Matthew 16:18 and I Chronicles 12:32: Jesus will build His church and that church is to have a unique understanding of the times and they would know God’s perspective on the events of the day and what they were to do.

I Chronicles 12 says the people of Issachar knew the “times and seasons”. As we experience the end of the age and the different times associated with it, the church must become more and more in the ability to understand the times and seasons and know what to do.

What is the season and what is the time for the church in America today? What is God’s perspective on the church? Are we doing what we know we should do? We need God’s wisdom and understanding. It is not a time for fear over current events because believers can be kept supernaturally by God! The focus of God’s church should be understanding our times, getting our lives in order spiritually and praying for revival in our country to avoid the judgment of God. I have been reading a book written by Bob Fraley in which he makes the following statement: “Since the beginning of mankind, God has never allowed any nation to embrace sin to the degree now seen in America and remain exempt from punishment.” He further states that spiritual leaders are warning that America is racing towards God’s judgment as our moral rapidly deteriorate beyond anyone’s imagination. He calls us to sense the urgency of the times because “Our window of opportunity wont remain open forever--we need to respond while God is still calling.”

The following quote from Fraley caused our church to raise our level of responsibility in praying for revival in America: “If Jesus were to attend your church service in bodily form, how do you think He would answer the following question? Jesus, on a scale of one to ten, ten being an intense sense of urgency regarding the need for national revival, where would You place the average American Christian? What do you think the Son of God would say? Regarding the need for national revival, Jesus, where would You place the average member of my church?

How would He respond if you asked Him to tell you privately where He would place you as an individual on that same scale regarding an intense sense of urgency about the need for national revival?

In Matthew 21:13, Jesus said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer...”. The high design and purpose of our churches according to Jesus is to be places of prayer. Are we fulfilling that design and purpose? Do we need to raise the level of time spent in prayer in our churches? In the overall activities in our services is prayer at least first or second in priority? Does prayer have the priority Jesus wants it to have?

As we fulfill the purpose of the house of Jesus, extending more time in prayer effectual and fervently, we will better understand our times as we seek wisdom in praying for a heaven sent revival to hold back the judgment of God on America.

Bob Fraley arouses the heart: “what will you choose: revival or judgment? To remain silent (to not pray) is to choose judgment.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 is God’s heart for this time and season in America and prayer should be a major, major part of what we are doing if the anointing of Issachar is upon the people of God! Pastor Ed Sanderson, Assembly of God Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

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

St. Joseph Catholic Church

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

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

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

Pence Community Church

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

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

Community Christian Church

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

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

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

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

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

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

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339 Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

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

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

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

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

First Christian Church

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

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

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

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

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

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

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

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P.O. Box 377, Scott City, Ks. 67871 • 620-872-2090 • www.scottcountyrecord.com