The Scott County Record

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36 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 22 • Number 6

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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Commission has 2 possible options for former clinic

For more than two years, Scott County commissioners have been trying to find a buyer - or at least a use - for the former Scott City Medical Clinic.

Now the commission has two parties who are interested in the building.

For some time, the Scott County school district has been interested in relocating its administrative offices to the clinic in order to gain classroom space in the current administrative building.

However, those plans have been put on hold temporarily as a result of the district’s financial problems which surfaced earlier this year.

Now the Scott County Hospital, which is already experiencing growing pains in its new facility, is looking at the former clinic as a temporary solution as it tries to gain more space for its physicians.

“As you’re already aware, we don’t have enough primary care doctors in town,” hospital CEO Mark Burnett told the commission on Tuesday. “Even if (See CLINIC on page 10)

Ceremony to commemorate anniversary of Battle Canyon Those who enjoy the history of the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork at Lake Scott will have an opportunity to “Walk With the Spirits” on the upcoming anniversary of the battle.

At least two members of the Northern Cheyenne who were in Scott County for last year’s 125th anniversary celebration plan to return. They will be part of a program with local historians that will begin at 4:30 p.m. and continue into the evening.

“For a number of years, Jerry Snyder, Larry Hoeme and Denny Siegrist, along with a handful of others, have spent the evening of Sept. 27 at Battle Canyon,” says historian and artist Jerry Thomas. “This is an opportunity for others to share in the experience with some of the Northern Cheyenne.”

(See BATTLE on page 10)

Silage is being cut in parts of Scott County, signalling the start of fall harvest in the area. (Record Photo)

A bumper crop of optimism as fall harvest set to begin After a four-year drought and harvest yields that have suffered because of very unfavorable conditions, area farmers may finally be looking at one of their best fall harvests in years - maybe one of the best ever.

Abundant rainfall since mid-June has been a huge boost to corn and milo crops. The only thing that may be getting a bigger boost during the last three months has been the level of optimism within the ag community.

“A lot of farmers are feeling very fortunate, especially those who planted milo crops earlier this year and were praying for rain,” says Scott Co-op manager Gary Friesen.

Those prayers were answered . . . and then some.

“A lot of guys went from just hoping to have something to hold the dirt down to raising fall crops that could be outstanding.”

Many farmers have begun chopping silage for feed in addition to planting wheat into ideal soil conditions.

“The wheat planting conditions have been optimal,” says Wichita County

Extension Agent Allen Baker. “Not only is there surface moisture, but now we have moisture that’s running deep.”

Wet weather this past week slowed silage harvest, but with dry conditions now it should be rolling into high gear.

Silage harvest should be finished in the next couple of weeks, setting the stage for what could be bumper corn and milo crops.

“The milo looks real good. A lot of guys are hoping that the first freeze holds off because we’re seeing a lot of late heads that are still filling,” Baker says. “The longer we can go before a freeze the better for yields.”

Typically, he says, the first hard freeze isn’t until mid-October. If that time frame holds true that should be great news for yields.

“But even if we do get an earlier freeze, milo yields are still going to be great,” predicts Baker.

Need More Heat In fact, the key element that’s been lacking for milo development has been heat.

“Milo likes the warmer weather.

Temperatures in the 90s like we’re supposed to have late this week will move it along a little quicker,” says Walnut Creek Extension Agent Chris Long.

“Milo doesn’t like the cooler days, especially as its in the grain fill stage,” he says. “We’ve had a lot more of those than normal. That could have an impact on yields.”

If temperatures over the next 3-4 weeks will stay in the 80s, then Long says the milo should be okay. If temperatures dip into the 50s and 60s, like they have on occasion during the past couple of weeks, that could impact yields.

In fact, there was a light frost last week which hit Ness County, on the eastern edge of the Walnut District.

There was evidence of burnt leaves.

“It put a scare into a few farmers,” notes Long. “But, for the most part, I think everyone escaped serious crop damage. I haven’t heard of anything happening in the Dighton area. I don’t think it was cold enough, long enough.”

(See HARVEST on page 10)

Park Lane resident care under scrutiny

Slow response time by Park Lane Nursing Home staff to assist a resident who had fallen in her room was among several concerns brought to the attention of Scott County Commissioners on Tuesday.

Otto Harp wanted answers as to why it took so long for staff to respond when his wife fell in her room and was on the floor bleeding from a head wound, even as she was signalling for help on the nursing home’s call system.

“I don’t know whose fault

it is, but something has to be done,” Harp said during a meeting with commissioners and Park Lane administration.

The administration said the emergency paging system was operational, but it didn’t proceed through the different steps on the call list as it should have.

The system was supposed to proceed through different steps on the call list, notifying additional people if there was no response.

“The system seems to have jammed at the first level and

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other people weren’t being notified like they should have been,” says Director of Nursing Elizabeth Dearden.

The day after the incident with Harp, Dearden says she notified the company that “something needs to change so that this never happens again.”

The response system has since been updated and additional measures have also been taken by the nursing home.

While the call-light system didn’t function as well as it should have on the night of

the incident, it was functional and employees should have been aware that Emogene Harp was in need of assistance, says Dearden.

As a result, an aide was fired and all other employees on the shift received disciplinary action.

Dearden said on the night of the incident, the aide who was fired was unsupervised for the first time.

“You can see on camera that the aide did a great job of walking Emogene to her room. He

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did everything as he was supposed to,” noted Dearden.

When Harp fell in her room, Dearden says the typical response time should have been 3-7 minutes. When she set off the emergency system it was supposed to begin a series of calls that should have notified different staff members.

“The walkie-talkies didn’t call escalate like they should have. It was our fault,” says Administrator Nicole Turner.

(See RESIDENT on page two)

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Resident The incident was selfreported to the Kansas Department on Aging which is conducting an investigation this week while also doing the nursing home’s annual review.

Lack of Courtesy Harp informed the commission that he also had other concerns with what he felt was discourteous treatment by nursing home employees.

Harp said he tried to discuss with an employee why his wife wasn’t getting medication in the morning as she was supposed to and the employee “turned around and walked away. That’s unacceptable.”

“I talked to our aide. As soon as it was brought to our attention it was taken care of,” Dearden told the commission.

Harp acknowledged that after he had visited with Dearden the situation did improve.

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He said there was another situation when an out-of-town family member stopped by to visit with his wife, who was in the hospital at the time.

However, says Harp, when the relative couldn’t find Emogene in her room “no one knew where she was at.”

Dearden explained that the relative had visited with a new employee who wasn’t familiar with all the residents and didn’t know that Harp’s wife had been transferred to the hospital.

“This is the time of year when we lose our high school and college kids and we bring in a lot of new employees,” explained Dearden.

Harp also cited an incident where he felt his wife was treated rudely by an employee as she was leaving the dining hall and returning to her room.

who serves as an ombudsman through the Department on Aging and is an advocate for Park Lane residents, expressed concerns about the nursing home being short-staffed over the weekends.

“It may seem that way because the office staff isn’t around,” said Turner.

“But we have adequate staffing. And if we are short-handed we bring in agency employees.”

See said that when residents are done eating in the dining hall they’ve been told to wait before returning to their rooms because there aren’t enough staff members to assist.

Commission Chairman Jim Minnix said they were wanting “reassurance that you’re doing everything possible” to make sure the slow response time, as with the Harp situation, has been addressed.

“We obviously don’t Staffing vs Budget Tava See of Scott City, want that to happen again

either,” Dearden emphasized. “We’re looking at adding more staff.”

Turner said the nursing home is looking at the possibility of hiring more aides in addition to addressing response protocol. While the nursing home administration feels that it has taken corrective steps in terms of procedure and updating equipment, that doesn’t mean they always have the employees who are fully capable of handling all situations.

“Personnel is always our biggest challenge,” says Dearden. “(Certified Nurses Aides) aren’t knocking our door down.”

Turner said that while they can always fill in needs with agency staff, it’s much more desirable to “have our own staff.”

Minnix said that all staff, regardless of their level of training and education, need to be courteous to the residents and

their families. He also first and only time that emphasized that Harp’s a resident didn’t get the second fall “is a big deal.” quick attention they needed in a call-light situation.

“I can’t believe this is A Bigger Problem?

“Is it bad luck or are we the first time since Janulooking at a problem that ary,” he said, referring to goes much deeper?” asked when the new call-light Commissioner Jerry Bux- system was put into effect.

Minnix recommended ton.

Dearden said that the the nursing home conduct first fall involving Harp drills to make sure the came after she refused to equipment which notifies have a gait belt attached the staff of an emergency is operating properly and to her. that staff are responding “We can sympathize as they should. with her reason for not The commission also wanting it,” says Dearden. emphasized that the nursShe says that staff meming home needs to make bers have been reminded sure that it has adequate that if a resident is iden- staffing. tified as someone who “How well we take care requires the use of a gait of our people shouldn’t be belt then one will be man- decided by a budget isdated, regardless of the sue,” Buxton said. resident’s wishes.

Minnix agreed, say“We’ve put a lot of ing the nursing home things in place to make board and administration sure this doesn’t happen “shouldn’t let the budget again,” Dearden told the dictate the level of service. commission.

We expect a high level of Buxton said he was service for our residents skeptical that this was the living there.”

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Community Living

Page 3 - Thursday, September 18, 2014

Meat is part of the solution to obesity epidemic As a new report details the staggering impact of data showing two-thirds of Americans to be overweight or obese, it’s time to consider the root cause - and to embrace the obvious solution.

There is good news and bad news regarding the nation’s biggest health problem, which of course is obesity.

The good news is that childhood obesity rates appear to have leveled off, with actual declines in some areas of the country.

But while the obesity rate among certain segments of the adult population has stabilized somewhat, the bad news is that it remains unacceptably high.

According to a new report from the Trust for America’s Health, 68.5 percent of American adults are considered overweight or obese; 34.9 percent are considered obese, with six percent considered severely obese (2012 data).

In 2013, adult obesity rates were above 25 percent in 42 states and above 30 percent in 20

states - compared with 41 states and 13 states in 2012, respectively.

Worse, the report, “The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America,” revealed significant geographic, racial and ethnic disparities, with higher rates of obesity among African Americans and Latinos for both adults and children.

Inequities also persist in income and education, with poorer and less-educated Americans experiencing higher rates of obesity than more afflu-

‘Moonshiners’ at VIP Center

seven nationally for the incidence of diabetes and hypertension.

As for the “healthiest” states, the ones with the lowest rates of obesity/ overweight adults - and thus the lowest rates of diabetes and hypertension - they are, in descending order, Colorado, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and California.

I don’t want to create a red-vs-blue-state comparison here, but you can draw your own conclusions.

The larger message is

that, whatever the statistics, however slightly the data might be trending, it remains critical for the industry to hammer home the message that animal foods are part of the solution, not part of the problem.

Meat is protein, and protein can’t make you fat. It’s physiologically impossible.

Whereas carbohydrates - all the starch, sugar, corn syrup we’ve been wolfing down for the past 30 years with virtually every bite of processed and fast(See OBESITY on page 18)

Free meal, music program at Baptist Church

Next dance at the Scott County VIP Center will be Fri., Sept. 26, 7:30-10:00 p.m., featuring “The Moonshiners.”

Senior adults are invited to a free supper and music program by the Gospel Gold Trio to be held on Tues., Sept.

23, 6:00 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, 803 S. College St., Scott City.

Anyone needing to arrange for a ride or wanting more information can call 872-2960.

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Mr. and Mrs. Blake Towery

Conaway-Towery exchange wedding vows at Smith Center

Natasha DeAnn Conaway and Blake Lynn Towery, both of Smith Center, were married Aug. 9, 2014, at the Smith Center Armory-Show Arena.

The ceremony was officiated by Matt Lucas.

Parents of the bride are Brian Conaway, Topeka, and Shannon Stephenson, Smith Center. Grandparents are Ed and Marian Shellito, Lebanon.

The groom’s parents are Lonnie and Michelle Lightner, Scott City.

Grandparents are Lloyd and Jane Lightner, Garden City, and the late Gerald and Emily Young.

Maid of honor was Melody Allen, friend of the bride, Smith Center.

Bridesmaids were Lindsey and Madison Conaway, sisters of the bride, both of Smith Center.

Best man was Casey Towery, brother of the groom, Beloit. Groomsmen were Clinton Towery,

Scott City, and Zachary Lightner, Beaufort, S.C., brothers of the groom.

Flower girl was Hannah Coop, Smith Center, and ring bearer was Zyler Shellito, Smith Center, both cousins of the bride.

Serving as ushers were Brandon Blue and David Hileman, cousins of the groom, both of Smith Center.

The ceremony was followed by a reception and dance at the Smith Center Armory.

The bride graduated from Smith Center High School in 2007. She is employed by Orscheln’s and Subway, both in Smith Center.

The groom is a 2008 graduate of Healy High School. He is employed as a night manager at Gene’s Heartland Foods in Smith Buy one get one half, 25% off, buy one get one free, 50% off, door prizes, Center.

After a honeymoon to Branson, Mo., the couple is at home in Smith Center.

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The Environmental Protection Agency is redesigning its design for the environment safer product label to better convey to consumers that products bearing the label meet the program’s standard, making it safer for people and the environment.

“We want to hear from people which designs will help people identify household cleaning and other products that are safer for families and the environment,” said Jim Jones, assistant administrator within the EPA. Over the past 15 years, the voluntary Safer Product Labeling Program has grown significantly. More than 2,500 products have earned the label because they are formulated with the safest possible ingredients for human health and the environment.

The agency is also seeking input from the product manufacturing industry, retailers, consumers and environmental organizations.

Comments on the proposed design will be accepted until Oct. 31 at http://www.epa.gov/dfe/ label.

ent and highly educated populations, when obesity data were reviewed state by state.

By the way: Can you guess which states have the highest rates of overweight and obesity in the nation?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news for our friends in the South, but according to the report they are, in order, Arkansas (70%), Mississippi (69.3%), West Virginia (68.8%), Tennessee (68.4%) and Alabama (68.2%).

All of those states also rank among the top

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

History lesson:

We keep pulling ourselves into Middle East turmoil

Americans must have a love affair with war.

How else do you explain our eagerness to fabricate a reason to enter into conflicts (WMDs in Iraq) and our willingness to once again become embroiled in the region’s never-ending conflict by targeting the radical group ISIS? Six months ago, Americans were eager to get the last of our troops out of Iraq. Today, some 70 percent support air strikes in Iraq.

We have to keep reinserting ourselves into a crisis that, in large part, is of our own making.

The Bush/Cheney Administration convinced Congress and Americans we needed to invade Iraq to end the production of WMDs. It was a lie.

They promised the war would be brief and inexpensive. It wasn’t.

They promised we’d be greeted as liberators.

We weren’t.

And once we took over the country it has been one misstep after another. We booted the Baath Party out of government and dismantled the military. Many of those in the military joined other radical groups. The military council for ISIS is headed by three people from Saddam Hussein’s army who also belonged to the former Baath Party.

A war built on lies has cost us $1.7 trillion and more than 7,000 American casualties, to say nothing about the civilian losses in Iraq.

If military might and national treasure were enough we would have already won this war.

And while we spend our nation’s wealth and sacrifice American lives, many countries in the region who have the most to gain or lose are content with being casual observers.

“The nations who are most directly affected by militant rebels, such as ISIS, should be involved in the ground war,” says Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Va.) “We shouldn’t get drawn into a never-ending civil war.”

But that’s only part of the problem. Even more disturbing is the reluctance by Congress to debate the merits of escalating our military involvement in the region.

Spineless politicians in both parties don’t want to have a debate - and for good reason.

“It’s an election year. A lot of Democrats don’t know how it would play in their party, and Republicans don’t want to change anything,” says Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). “We like the path we’re on now. We can denounce it if it goes bad, and praise it if it goes well and ask what took him so long.”

Give Kingston credit for being honest.

Because Congress refuses to act, President Obama is forced to make a decision knowing that, regardless of how it turns out he will be attacked

by Republicans. This is no way to run a nation and it’s certainly no way to decide what military action is or isn’t appropriate.

“We need a thorough debate in the Senate and we’re not going to get it,” says Sen. Manchin.

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is clamoring for the President to allow debate on Waters of the U.S. rule changes being called for by the EPA, but he doesn’t want to debate the U.S. entering into another war. That’s keeping your priorities in order.

Instead, we keep heading down a familiar path that costs us more money, more lives and solves nothing.

But everyone in Congress is able to protect their political back sides and isn’t that what’s really important?

Buying influence:

Kansas senators prevent overturn of Citizens United

An effort to limit the influence of big money in politics - and overturn the Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court - went down to defeat in the U.S. Senate last week.

The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), would have enabled Congress and state legislators to override the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that deregulated campaign spending, which critics said gave unlimited power to super PACs and wealthy donors.

A majority of the Senate (54-42) supported the bill. Unfortunately, it lacked the 60 votes needed to continue moving forward in the Senate. Not a single Republican voted for the bill.

Instead, Kansas Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts and their colleagues want to continue to allow big money to influence our political process.

In doing so, they are putting the interests of the Koch brothers ahead of the interests of the other 98 percent of Americans.

It’s the American way . . . on steroids.

Remembering who your friends are

Gov. Sam Brownback and conservative lawmakers in the Kansas legislature want you to believe they are friends of education.

In order for that to happen they are counting on Kansas voters to have amnesia. We must forget that per pupil state funding was once $4,400 in the 2008-09 school year and today it’s tumbled to $3,852. And we need to forget that state funding hasn’t been this low since the 2000-01 school year ($3,820).

It’s also helpful to erase from our memories the mournful wailing that emanates from the legislative chambers in Topeka every time the courts rule that lawmakers are violating the state’s constitution by not providing adequate funding for schools.

Having eliminated those thoughts, the governor and conservative lawmakers want their new BFF to focus on a contrived brouhaha in which they are calling for the removal of former state senator John Vratil from a K-12 Performance and

Efficiency Commission.

Unless you’re a political nerd or an education geek you’ve probably never heard of the commission and have no idea what it’s supposed to accomplish.

The commission consists of political appointees from both parties, but Vratil - a Republican - finds himself in the politically awkward position of having endorsed Democratic gubernatorial nominee Paul Davis who happened to appoint Vratil to the commission.

Republicans don’t forget these things.

None of this would probably matter, except that Brownback and conservative lawmakers aren’t popular with the education community.

They need to find some way to convince voters (you know, the ones with amnesia) that Davis is the real enemy of public education.

The quickest way to get the attention of voters - particularly those in rural Kansas - is to mention consolidation, or at least point a finger at someone who did. That’s where Vratil enters the political fray. In an article that appeared in the Topeka Capital-Journal in 2011, Vratil said that as the rural population declines, and school enrollment in those areas decline, school consolidation is inevitable.

Urban areas with a larger tax base, he said, could generate resources to resist consolidation.

Those resources available to urban areas that Vratil alluded to also make it possible for them to continue funding programs even as rural districts are forced to make cuts due to declining enrollment and a loss of state funding.

“Rural school districts will be starved out of existence,” said Vratil.

Gov. Brownback and conservative lawmakers had little choice but to warn their new BFF in education that because Vratil has mentioned con-

solidation in the past, and he was appointed to the Commission by Davis, then logic dictates that Davis wants to shut down Kansas schools.

At least that’s what your conservatives BFF want you to think.

Vratil’s statement isn’t advocating consolidation or government policy.

He’s stating an unavoidable fact.

And if voters in rural school districts - particularly in Western Kansas haven’t seen this coming over the last dozen years then their attention span is worse than imagined.

When Vratil describes districts being starved out of existence he’s describing a backdoor policy of forced consolidation which has been pushed by right-wing groups such as Americans for Prosperity and the Kansas Policy Institute and carried out by the conservative lackeys within the legislature.

No one dares to mention the “C” word because, in most districts, that’s political suicide. That would require a level of courage (See FRIENDS on page six)

Something is wrong in Kansas

New trends and fads gradually evolve from California and the other coastal states to Iowa.

Many of the political theories and social mores are promulgated by liberals.

In recent years however, conservative political and social ideas have begun spreading slowly from the states to our south and west.

In sort of a reverse societal trend, our neighbors from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and elsewhere develop concepts, schemes and action plans that gradually permeate the consciousness of some of our political power elite and their followers in Iowa.

Many of these ideas have some merit.

Innovative thoughts, good planning and operationalizing are not confined to the liberal side of our political spectrum.

Where to Write

another view by Gary Maydew

But the fiscal policies currently pursued by my native Kansas are dangerous. They have the potential to cause long-lasting damage to the state, especially to the educational system.

Like Iowans, Kansans historically have valued good schools. Many of the early settlers in the 1850s stressed education.

This tradition of education may have been partly due to a desire to achieve a vocation for their children that did not involve farming the stony soil of their native New England.

Later settlers in Kansas found life on the plains at times harsh almost beyond belief. Kansans valued education as a springboard

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to a better life for their children.

This emphasis on education paid big dividends.

Students in the small towns and farms could graduate from high school and matriculate to Kansas colleges.

The counties bordering the Kansas City metropolitan area especially benefited from good schools. Parents, wanting a better education for their children than offered in Kansas City, Mo., bought homes on the Kansas side.

The Kansas suburbs thrived and prospered (per capita income by ZIP code shows the extent of the prosperity in Johnson County Kansas).

Like Iowa, Kansas also adopted a sensible approach to budgeting expenses. The state constitution requires a balanced budget. Because revenues in an agriculturally based

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state were often variable, Kansas maintained a reserve fund.

The revenue system, while far from perfect, was also rationally based.

Kansas relied on a mixture of state income tax (both individual and corporate) and sales tax to raise a majority of its revenue.

Income taxes, in addition to being efficient at raising revenue, should have the features of neutrality and equity.

Economists and tax professionals view equity here in two senses.

Horizontal equity is achieved by taxing a given dollar of revenue at the same rate, regardless of how the revenue is generated, and whatever form of tax entity generated it.

Vertical equity is a more controversial concept, encompassing the idea of fairness.

(See KANSAS on page six)

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Kansas may have a cure for Reaganomics

by Thom Hartmann

Reaganomics is like a bad disease; It just keeps on spreading.

Thanks to 34 years of failed Reaganomics, the gap between the wealthy elite in the United States and everyone else is at an all-time high.

Since 2009 alone, a staggering 95 percent of all income gains have gone to the top one percent, while everyone else has been left out in the cold.

And while conservatives will never admit it, the staggering levels of income inequality that Reaganomics has created are bad for the economy.

As Barry Cynamon and Steven Fazzari point out in a recent paper, inequality hinders overall economic growth, and as a result, is a major reason why the US recovery from the Great Recession has been so slow.

But the record levels of income inequality created by Reaganomics aren’t just hurting on the national level.

They’re hurting on the state level too.

A new report released by Standard & Poor’s reveals that while the gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else has been increasing, state tax revenues have been decreasing.

So why is that?

Well, simply put, while the wealthiest Americans are making more and more money, they’re paying less and less of it in the form of taxes.

First, they’re doing everything in their power to shield their income from taxes, so they can keep more of it.

And, the wealthy elite also typically spend less of their wealth proportionally then everyone else, meaning less of

. . . people in Kansas, including Republicans, are realizing that Reaganomics isn’t the answer to the United States’ economic problems. It’s more like the cause of the problems.

their money goes towards sales tax revenue for the states and less stimulus to the economy.

So, as income inequality is rising, states are taking in less and less in tax revenue and finding it harder and harder to fund things like education, transportation and social programs.

It’s another classic example of how the disease of Reaganomics is destroying our country.

Fortunately, some people are catching on to just how dangerous Reaganomics is, and are trying to protect themselves from it.

That’s where Kansas comes

in.

Two years ago, Kansas, under the direction of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, decided to give Reaganomics a try. That state slashed income taxes, as part of the largest tax cut in one year in any state ever.

In 2012, the Kansas legislature slashed individual income taxes by 25 percent.

In 2013, that same legislature passed even more tax cuts, with the premise that the cuts would help spur economic growth.

Gov. Brownback even promised the people of Kansas that, “Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.”

But as you can imagine, that “pro-growth tax policy” has been more like a shot of poison to the Kansas state economy.

Job growth in Kansas trails the nation.

That state’s rainy-day fund is dryer than a California desert.

And month after month, revenue is coming in consistently lower than even the worst predictions could have imagined.

The situation is so dire that both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s have downgraded Kansas’ credit rating.

But, despite Kansas’ economy being in the tank, Gov. Brownback took to the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal earlier this summer, and said that, “the early results are impressive.”

Unfortunately for Gov. Brownback, not everyone agrees with that statement. And that includes Republicans.

As The New York Times points out, “Although every statewide elected official in Kansas is a Republican and President Obama lost the state (See CURE on page six)

Many of life’s milestones out of millennials’ reach

by Catherine Rampell

What job numbers don’t tell us

by Jim Hightower

Have you noticed that The Powers That Be employ an entirely different standard for measuring the health of America’s job market than they use for the stock market?

They’re currently telling us that, “The job market is improving.”

What do they mean? Simply that the economy is generating an increase in the number of jobs available for workers.

But when they say, “The stock market is improving,” they don’t mean that the number of stocks available to investors is on the rise.

Instead, they’re measuring the price, the value of the stocks. And isn’t value what really counts in both cases?

As a worker, you don’t merely want to know that 200,000 new jobs are on the market, but what they’re worth - do they pay living wages, do they come with benefits, are they just part-time and temporary, do they include union rights, what are the working conditions, etc.?

In other words, are these job . . . or scams?

So, it’s interesting that the recent news of job market “improvement” doesn’t mention that of the 10 occupation categories projecting the greatest growth in the next eight years, only one pays a middle-class wage. Four pay barely above poverty level, and five pay beneath it, including fast food workers, retail sales staff, health aids and janitors.

The job expected to have the highest number of openings is “Personal

Care Aide” - taking care of aging baby boomers in their houses or in nursing homes.

The median salary of an aid is under $20,000. They enjoy no benefits, and about 40 percent of them must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to make ends meet, plus many are in the “shadow economy,” vulnerable to being cheated on their already miserly wages.

To measure the job market by quantity - with no regard for quality - is to devalue workers themselves.

Creating 200,000 new jobs is not a sign of economic health if each worker needs two or three of those jobs to patch together a barebones living.

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

Congress refuses to do its job Around Washington you can tell football season is upon us because Congress is lining up to punt its work until after the elections.

Lawmakers have plenty to do over the next month, but little will - and even less incentive - to do it. Congress is grappling with the still-stumbling economy, an immigration crisis, the brewing conflict along the Russia-Ukraine border, Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria, and the growing number of U.S. companies averting taxes via inversions - a trick that lets them legally pretend to be based in other countries.

All of these issues, just like funding government, require leadership.

But what we will get in the run up to the election is little more than pandering to the base.

Members of both major political parties will talk past the crisis of immigrant children. After telling each other it’s their fault, Democrats and Republicans alike are advocating “solutions” to the Islamic State’s brutality. These all amount to spend-

behind the headlines

by Ryan Alexander

ing money to deal with the threat, without any real plan for success or what’s next.

And as more and more big companies declare that they’re contemplating a shift of their headquarters overseas after purchasing foreign operations to cut their tax bills, Congress doesn’t seem exorcised enough to do anything about it.

Where is Congress? Asleep at the switch? More like with a finger in the wind.

No lawmaker wants to do anything that might give the other side any fodder when several House seats look like they could go either way. Even more importantly, it looks like either party could wind up with majority control over the Senate. So there may be a few votes and speeches for the base, but then lawmakers will quickly retreat to their districts to try to hold onto their jobs.

And so Congress fiddles while the spending house burns.

Our lawmakers have one constitutionally mandated job each year: pass the spending bills that keep government running. There are a dozen spending bills and 12 “work” days scheduled in September, but it’s unlikely that even one of them will be enacted.

So far this year, the House has passed seven spending bills and the Senate a grand total of zero. That makes the adoption of a continuing resolution assured. A continuing resolution would allow spending at this year’s levels in the new fiscal year, probably at least until December.

There’s no excuse for this.

Lawmakers have known all year what the top line discretionary spending levels for fiscal year 2015 would be.

Continuing resolutions aren’t victimless. They tie the hands of agencies that don’t know what their budget will be next year, whether they can upgrade aging computers, travel, or hire new staff.

(See CONGRESS on page six)

We want to move out. We want to own our home. We want to marry. We want to work.

The problem is, many of us can’t.

America’s young adults have gotten a lot of flak for missing many of the milestones that earlier generations checked off with ease.

We aren’t getting even entry-level jobs, which could enable us to pay our own bills.

Not only are we not buying houses, many of us aren’t renting, either: About a third of millennials still live with their parents, earning us the irksome epithet “boomerang generation” - a play on “boomer generation,” the presumed victim here.

We’re hanging out in our beleaguered parents’ basements rather than marrying and starting legally recognized unions of our own.

Marriage rates have skidded downward, with a little more than a quarter of 18- to 35-year-olds ball-and-chained in 2012, compared with about 40 percent at the dawn of the millennium, according to calculations from the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Partly as a result, more than half of the country is presently single, the first time this has been the case since the government began keeping track in 1976. (Singlehood hasn’t stopped many of us from continuing to reproduce, of course.)

To some, this arrested development is evidence of a prolonged adolescence and a rejection of self-sufficiency, perhaps encouraged by indulgent “helicopter parenting.” According to a recent Reason-Rupe survey, about threequarters of America’s young adults consider millennials to be “responsible” and “hardworking,” while just half of older adults agree.

If character isn’t the issue, perhaps it’s misplaced preferences: We millennials have set aside the ideals of an “ownership society” in favor of the hippy-dippy values of a “sharing economy.” We rent, borrow or share our textbooks, cars and even dinner leftovers, so why would we bother buying a home or permanently attaching ourselves to a single romantic partner?

Recent data, though, suggest that these standard, American-dream-style signposts still retain an incredibly strong hold over young people’s desires and aspirations. What’s changed is that basic goals such as getting married, having a secure job and owning a home have drifted further out of reach.

Even as marriage rates have plummeted particularly for the young and the less educated - Gallup survey data show that young singles very much hope to get hitched. Of Americans age 18 to 34, only about nine percent have both never been married and say they do not ever want to marry.

“Although there is now a growing class divide in who gets and stays married in America, there is virtually no divide in the aspiration to marry,” says W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, white, black or Hispanic. Most Americans are married or would like to marry. The challenge, then, facing the United States is bridging the gap between the nearly universal aspiration to marry and the growing inability of poor and working-class Americans to access marriage.”

On to housing. Young Americans are substantially less likely to own homes than their (See MILESTONES on page seven)

The Scott County Record • Page 6 • Thursday, September 18, 2014

‘Starving’ your way to school consolidation I am sitting at my home office in my ninecounty legislative district and pondering the recent controversy about forced school consolidation and who might or might not be in favor of such a policy.

That is an issue of utmost concern to me and my constituents. My legislative district contains all of 11 school districts and parts of nine more.

The three smallest of them each have current enrollments of less than 100 students in grades K-12.

It’s no surprise that we care a great deal about

Kansas Most public finance experts view a moderate form of progressive equity (i.e., taxing higher-income individuals at a higher rate) as preferable to a flat-rate tax.

Two years ago, Kansas went off the fiscal track.

The legislature, under the encouragement of Gov. Sam Brownback, passed laws that contained gross violations of vertical as well as horizontal equity.

The tax was aptly described in a Lawrence Journal-World article

by University of Kansas tax professor Martin Dickinson as the most

Legislative Update Rep. Don Hineman 118th District

this subject in the 118th District. In fact, advocating for and protecting the future of rural school districts has been my number one priority throughout my legislative career.

But I’m going to let you in on a little secret.

Forced consolidation of Kansas public schools is not going to happen any time soon. We tried that

back in the 1960s when nearly 2,800 school districts were consolidated into just 311. That thrust many Kansas communities into turmoil and numerous legislators were booted from office.

Now, 50 years later, many rural Kansas towns bear the scars of forced consolidation that closed their schools and doomed those communities to a future of decline and decay. I doubt that we do that again.

I know of no one who is openly advocating for another round of forced

school consolidation. Not John Vratil, not Dave Trabert and not Mike O’Neal. It is simply too politically unpopular and all three of those individuals, and essentially all current legislators, understand that.

But rural Kansas school districts and the students they serve face a very real and immediate threat from a different form of consolidation.

Let’s call it consolidation by starvation.

It is one of the consequences of tight state budgets and it can hap-

pen when overall funding for schools is reduced or when the school funding formula is changed in ways which produce fewer dollars for small, rural districts.

As state funding declines small, rural districts scramble to save money any way they can. Eventually that isn’t enough and they have to reduce course offerings and curtail programs.

And finally, the inevitable day arrives: the school board finds it is out of options and votes to merge with a neighbor

or disband entirely.

Since the start of the great recession in 2008, 10 Kansas school districts have ceased to exist. It is highly likely that more will face the same fate very soon.

Several of my legislative colleagues are claiming that retired Sen. John Vratil favors forced consolidation. They charge that he is not fit to be a member of the K-12 Student Performance and Efficiency Commission, based on a statement he made in 2011.

Well, you say, such could never happen in Iowa. Our legislature is too divided politically.

Besides, our citizenry has enough cautiousness stemming from the Dutch, German and Scandinavian heritage to keep us from going off the deep end.

Perhaps.

However, since 1977, our tax laws have gradually lost more horizontal equity. Much of the income of retirees is now exempt.

A substantial amount of capital gains on the sale of business assets as well as Iowa farmland escapes state income tax. The array of special tax cred-

its, all of which benefit one form of business at the expense of the general public, keeps expanding.

Have the Kansas tax cuts, designed to bring in more business and industry, worked? Not much, at least so far. Growth in per-capita income has lagged surrounding states.

Companies do not appear to be rushing to locate in the state.

And therein resides a larger point.

Individuals and businesses want to locate in states that have good educational systems, honest government, good roads and other infrastructure,

and clean water and air.

They also want state and local governments to have the resources to regulate and control unfair business practices.

That all takes money.

Starving government is not the answer. Neither is imposing a grossly inequitable tax.

As Professor Dickinson noted plaintively at the end of his article, “Can a just society tax the poor while not taxing the rich?”

(See STARVING on page 7)

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regressive in the nation.

The tax act eliminated the state income tax for all businesses organized as sole proprietors and passthrough entities, leaving only wage earners and those with investment income left to pay state individual income taxes.

Predictably, revenue plunged and the state’s rainy day reserves began to melt away like an ice cream cone on an August day in Dodge City.

An article in the Wall Street Journal noted that “Kansas is on pace to drain much of its $700 million in reserves by

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Roberts goes ugly in debate with challenger One of Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman’s chief campaign points is that Washington has become more about partisan politics and not at all about solving the nation’s problems.

So it was more than odd - embarrassing, actually - when Sen. Pat Roberts, the man Orman hopes to defeat in November’s election, went way out of his way during Saturday’s debate at the Kansas State Fair to validate Orman’s point.

No matter the topic or question, Roberts repeated his mantra ad nauseam: Harry Reid, Harry Reid, Harry Reid - with an ample supply of “Obamas” and “Hillary Clintons” thrown in.

That and accusing Orman, an independent, of being a liberal, were about all Roberts had to offer.

It got so bad that whenever Roberts was asked a question, some in the crowd started mocking the senator by yelling the name of Reid, D-Utah, the Senate Majority leader.

Roberts has been in Washington as long as Orman has been alive. He has to be more knowledgeable than Orman, and he could have used that superior knowledge to his advantage to appear more statesmanlike, above the fray and in charge. Instead, he went for the low blow and ended up hurting himself.

Harry, Hillary and Obama are the red meat of the hardcore conservatives, whom Roberts already has locked up. What he needs is the people who are more likely to vote for Orman, independents and moderate Republicans.

But instead of courting those voters, he went out of his way to offend them. His tactic showed a lack of respect for Kansas voters, as if we can be persuaded with just a few code words. Give us more credit than that.

There are important issues in this campaign, and some of those were mentioned Saturday, including water, immigration, military cuts and the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

But no matter what the topic, Roberts insisted on invoking the name of Harry Reid and accusing Orman of being a liberal. It not only wasn’t necessary, it should have been beneath Roberts.

The benefit for voters is that Roberts exposed an ugly, shallow side of himself they weren’t used to seeing. That will give them something else to consider in the voting booth.

It also proves Orman’s point about what’s wrong with Washington.

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the middle of next year (2015),” and that, “In recent months, Kansas declines in tax collections have accelerated.”

Actions by the Kansas Legislature on the spending side were only slightly less irrational. Spending was not cut as much as revenue. However, education, from the state colleges down to K-12, suffered even before the ruinous 2012 act.

The Wichita Eagle noted that “The state’s per-pupil aid peaked at $4,400 in 2009 and has fallen. It fell to $3,780 in 2012.”

Friends and honesty missing from a vast majority of our lawmakers.

The more desirable alternative is to force a slow death upon school districts by refusing to fund education, not only to the level required by law but failing to keep pace with normal year-to-year increases in the cost of everything from utilities to insurance to salaries.

Let’s say, for example, the customers coming into your business are paying you for your goods or services at the same rate you were charging 12 years ago.

Who’s the bad guy your accountant for telling you that your business is slowly being starved to death, or your “friends” who know they’re not paying what you need to survive, but keep saying, “Don’t listen to your accountant. He just wants you to sell out to your competition”?

Gary Maydew is a retired professor in the Iowa State University College of Business. A native of Kansas, he can be contacted at: glmaydew@hotmail.com

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This is the predicament confronting Kansas public schools. Vratil isn’t the bad guy because he talks about schools being “starved out of existence.”

Conservative lawmakers aren’t the good guys because they refuse to talk about consolidation even as they continue to defy the courts and cut education funding.

The only way many districts have been able to maintain their level of education - or simply survive - is by increasing property taxes through the local option budget (LOB) or capital outlay fund - or both. Of course, education’s true friends in the legislature have been more than willing to change the rules for LOB and capital outlay funds in order to allow local taxpayers to raise more money through property taxes. It puts more pressure on the local tax base while taking pressure off the legislature to do its job.

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It’s a win-win for our cowardly lawmakers.

And this (if you’re still paying attention) is what Vratil meant when he talked about the advantages of urban areas and their larger tax base.

Vratil is simply describing what has been the game plan for conservative Republicans. He should know. He was a Republican in the legislature while this was happening. And now conservative lawmakers have the audacity to claim that Vratil and Davis are the enemies of rural communities and public education.

We can’t say why Davis appointed Vratil to the K-12 Commission.

Maybe it was a gesture of bipartisanship. Maybe he felt Vratil was the most qualified. Maybe they’re friends and Davis values Vratil’s opinion. And, just maybe, it’s because Vratil is willing to be honest about the history of school funding in Kansas.

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Conservative lawmakers are trying to portray Davis as some type of closet consolidation candidate.

In reality, these conservative lawmakers - many from rural and Western Kansas districts - are the ones who have put rural schools at risk by their refusal to adequately fund public education and their support of devastating tax cuts at the state level.

Today, Brownback and Company want to be your BFF. But where will your new friends be tomorrow when you are forced to close your school or inadequate state funding forces you to eliminate teaching positions or curriculum?

Just because lawmakers don’t want to mention the “C” word doesn’t mean they don’t bear responsibility when it happens.

And amnesia isn’t an excuse.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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This blind budgeting approach takes away the opportunity to cut programs that are unnecessary, and precludes directing tax dollars to programs that work particularly well or save money.

And continuing resolutions guarantee inefficiency and waste. For lawmakers who like to bash government, it’s kind of perfect. Congress doesn’t do its job, which makes it hard for the agencies to do theirs, and lawmakers get to bash them for being wasteful and inefficient.

Here’s a novel thought for Congress. Why don’t you roll up your sleeves and do the job that you got elected to do? Don’t fritter away the time. In fact, you might as well see this as your audition to the electorate in November.

by more than 20 points in the last election, Mr. Brownback’s proudly conservative policies have turned out to be so divisive and his tax cuts have generated such a drop in state revenue that they have caused even many Republicans to revolt.”

Basically, what’s going on here is that people in Kansas, including Republicans, are realizing that Reaganomics isn’t the answer to the United States’ economic problems. It’s more like the cause of the problems.

The people of Kansas are seeing first-hand how enacting policies that only benefit the wealthy elite can bring an entire economy to its knees.

Make no mistake about it. Reaganomics is a disease, and if we let it continue to spread untreated, like it has for the past 34 years, the results will be dire.

It’s time for Americans across the country to stand Ryan Alexander is president of Taxpayers for Common Sense.Taxpayer.net up, and say enough is enough. No more Reaganomics.

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Thom Hartmann (thomhartmann.com) is a New York Times best-selling author. This column first appeared on the Truthout website

Milestones counterparts a generation or two ago, with their homeownership rates reaching record lows this year.

But survey after survey shows that young people would love to be deedowners. Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey, for example, asks respondents whether they think it’s better to own or rent to achieve various goals (such as feeling safe, building wealth, feeling engaged in their communities, etc.). On almost every point, young adults - just like their older brethren - say that owning is better.

The vast majority of millennials also say they’ll buy at some point, if they haven’t already, and they believe that the best reasons for owning are not financial but the “broader security and lifestyle benefits of homeownership.”

So what’s keeping young people from buying, even as mortgage

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rates appear relatively cheap, and from marrying, even though possible mates are plentiful?

Economic opportunity has a lot to do with both.

Unemployment rates for the youngest adults remain high, and they look far worse when you include people who aren’t actually looking for work but still say they want a job.

Student loan debt also seems to be weighing on young people’s ability to buy, as documented by the economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, among others.

Perhaps preferences for these kinds of life milestones will eventually change, too, as norms evolve out of economic necessity. But in the meantime, don’t malign millennials for “rejecting” milestones that remain out of their reach.

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Starving Sen. Vratil now resides in Johnson County, but he was raised in Pawnee County, and I know he understands very well the plight of rural Kansas schools. When he made his remarks in 2011 he wasn’t talking about forced consolidation.

Rather, he was pointing out that austere budgets make it hard for all school districts to continue to

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provide services. The most vulnerable and least able to survive are small, rural school districts.

In other words, he was talking about consolidation by starvation, brought on by budget cuts at the state level.

But don’t think for a moment that this is always an unintended consequence of tight budgets.

Those who perennially

advocate for less funding for public education must surely understand that some rural school districts will be squeezed out of existence.

So while they publicly voice their opposition to forced consolidation, their actions reveal that the disappearance of small, rural Kansas school districts is not a concern to them and, in fact, they are hoping for

that outcome.

Of course, they prefer the subtle consolidation by starvation over the more open and obvious forced consolidation.

When that happens, students in my district and rural districts throughout the state are the losers.

Rep. Don Hineman’s 118th District includes Scott, Lane and Wichita counties.

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SCHS JV Tennis invitational, 9:00 a.m.

SCHS JV Tennis @ Liberal, 3:00 p.m.

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7th/8th VB (A-B Quad) @ Ulysses, 4:00 p.m.

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Saturday, September 27 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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What will you find at the Whimmydiddle?

Over 150 booths!!!

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by Exhibitors include: Clothing Dried floral Furniture Jewelry Pottery and much more!

Food Booths: Kettle Corn Funnel Cake Ice Cream Bierocks Mexican and much more!

What is a Whimmydiddle?

If you look up whimmydiddle in the dictionary, the chances are pretty good that you will not find the word listed. What is a whimmydiddle? It is an Appalachian wooden toy that whirls around with the wind. Around these parts, and many of the surrounding areas, it is also a huge event that is greatly anticipated all year long. The Whimmydiddle Arts and Crafts Festival started on a side street in Scott City in 1972. The move to the city park became necessary when the festival outgrew the courthouse lawn area.

There will be a wide variety of food offered throughout the day. Alpha Omega, a chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority, became sponsors of the annual event in 1979. This is a very large fund-raising event for the sorority, and with the booth rent they support many charities throughout the year. All items sold must be original and handmade by the person exhibiting. Exhibitors come from many states. Shoppers travel many miles to make the annual event and a great deal of Christmas shopping is done at the Whimmydiddle.

The date for the Whimmydiddle is always the last Saturday in September. Many of the exhibitors state that the Whimmydiddle is the best craft show they have ever attended. These people always reserve the last Saturday in September because they don't want to miss this quality show.

Maps will be available at the shelter house which serves as the headquarters for Alpha Omega.

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Battle Clinic (continued from page one)

Thomas said the small gathering isn’t intended to match the size or scope of last year’s anniversary observance.

“This is a way of further building the relationship that we’ve developed with the Northern Cheyenne,” Thomas says.

In addition, the historical society will be offering a bus tour and a historical perspective of the site on Sun., Sept. 28. Reservations can be made by contacting the El Quartelejo Museum.

There is no cost for either event.

Harvest (continued from page one)

Everyone is in agreement that it’s been a long time since area farmers were able to feel this good about the prospects for fall harvest.

“We were talking about that the other day,” Baker said. “Everything is green.

Seeing corn in mid-September that’s green and looks like its growing and milo that’s not drying out, that’s pretty neat. It’s been over five years since we’ve been able to say that.

“After a marginal wheat crop this year, this will definitely turn things around for a lot of guys.”

Up to a point, adds Long.

While ideal growing conditions are great news it usually means bad news for the markets which have been on a steady downward spiral for the last few months.

Corn prices at area elevators are in the $3.64 to $3.69 range. That compares with about $4.76 a year ago.

“That’s pretty typical,” noted Long. “Every time you get a little moisture the guys setting the markets always see a bumper crop.”

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one were to show up today I wouldn’t have a place to put him.”

He said that the Home Health Agency needs a new home and that the current Emergency Medical Services building isn’t ideal because there are three ambulances but only two doors.

Burnett is proposing that the surgeon be relocated to the old clinic which would free up space for a fifth physician in the new hospital. He says the new MRI equipment being purchased by the hospital could be located at the former clinic. Ideally, says Burnett, this would allow them to enclose the trailer in the building instead of being next to the clinic.

“All of these moves would increase traffic to the north part of town, which should be beneficial to businesses in that area,” says Burnett.

Commissioners told Burnett that the school district was interested in the site, but they didn’t know if that was still a possibility.

“I understand that,” Burnett said. “My only other option is to expand the clinic.”

The new clinic was designed so that it could be expanded to the east as the need for more doctors occurred. Burnett said he had been presented with a proposal to add about 2,000 square feet for a new physician at an estimated cost of $750,000.

“That seems like a lot of expense for the amount of space we’d gain,” Burnett said.

Burnett said he isn’t actively pursuing another physician because there isn’t the space for one.

“The mid-levels we hire are a help, but it’s not the same as having a doctor,” he added. “The more people who go through the clinic the more revenue it generates for the hospital. That benefits everyone.”

Commissioners said they would first want to visit with the school district’s administration to see what their long-range plans are.

“They’re land-locked. Their options are limited,” Minnix said. “At least you have additional ground to build on around the hospital.”

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more than dirt

FFA teams dig into land judging contest in Scott City All dirt is not the same.

Anyone involved in farming or construction knows that.

So do about 120 FFA students who converged on Scott County on Wednesday morning for the annual land judging contest.

The Scott City chapter showed that it knows dirt better than anyone by taking first place in the field of 27 teams from 12 schools.

SCHS had six teams in the competition with three finishing among the top seven. The first place team finished with 1,676 points - well ahead of runner-up Satanta (1,588) and third place Satanta (1,285).

In addition, Scott City had four students finishing in the top five, led by sophomore Trace Mulligan who was a runner-up with 604 points, finishing behind Satanta’s Blake Thorne (584).

Rounding out the top finishes were Macy Davis (3rd, 553), Chandler Janssen (4th, 519) and Eddie Tilton (5th, 501).

Scott City FFA sponsor Kevin Davis emphasizes there is no “home turf advantage.”

“We don’t know where the competition will be held in the county and we don’t want to know. We find out when everyone else does,” he says.

Site selection is determined by the Scott County Conservation District which helps coordinate the local competition.

Students have four different sites where they evaluate surface and subsurface soil conditions. A backhoe digs a 3-4 foot trench at each location so students can analyze the soil at different depths.

Students also look at the slope of the land and determine the extent, and probability, of soil erosion.

“The kids are asked what would be the most suitable use for a particular site,” explains Davis. “If the ground’s in

Recognize Erven for participation in BOE training Eric Erven, a member of the USD 466 (Scott County) board of education has been recognized by the Kansas Association of School Boards for participation in training programs.

Erven received a certificate for acquiring at least 25 Leadership Academy points.

The KASB Leadership Academy encourages board members and superintendents to seek continuing education. KASB sponsors workshops and seminars throughout the year at which school board members and superintendents receive points based on the length and content of each seminar.

Points accumulate during the program year.

Certificates are presented to board members and superintendents who receive at least 25 points.

CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) it’s usually for a reason.”

Soil analysis isn’t just for agricultural purposes. It’s also essential when it comes to building construction.

“If you’re looking at home construction, for instance, you need to know whether there will be any problem with digging down so you can put in a lateral line for a septic tank or whether a site is prone to flooding,” says Davis. “When the kids are looking at each site they have to determine the best use for the land.”

Even though the four sites being evaluated are only about a quarter mile apart, Davis says it’s surprising how much variance there can be in soil conditions within that distance.

“The type of soil and the quality of the soil can vary considerably within a 40-acre site,” he notes.

Scott City and Holcomb each had abut 20 students taking part in the contest. Wichita County High School brought 10 students.

“We’re in the process of rebuilding our FFA program,” says sponsor Mark Fairchild.

“Last year we had 26 members.

This year we have 41.”

He said the Scott City contest was good preparation for district competition. WCHS

(Above) Scott City FFA member Eddie Tilton checks the soil from inside a trench during Wednesday’s land judging competition. (Top) Scott City’s Emily Glenn rubs soil on her hands to help analyze its texture.

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placed ninth as a team, led by Austin Groves (23rd, 373) and Hunter Hassell (24th, 371).

District land judging will be held at Hugoton next week with the first place team qualify-

ing for national competition at Oklahoma City in the spring.

“We’ve qualified for nationals four or five times in the past, but we don’t always go because of the time of year,”

says Davis. “There are too many other activities and conflicts in May.” Instead, says Davis, his students generally focus their attention on meats judging.

‘Big shoes to fill’ in SCHS math department Being a first-year teacher is challenging enough.

Being a first-year teacher who is asked to replace a teaching legend might seem a little overwhelming.

Two new staff members in the Scott Community High School math department found themselves in that position to start the school year.

“It wasn’t until I got here that I began to realize the big shoes that I’d have to fill,” said Rebecca Downing, referring to the retirement of long-time teacher Bill Paget. “Nobody can replace someone like Mr. Paget, but I have ideas that I will bring to the classroom and Mr. Paget also left behind a lot of helpful notes that I can use in my class, especially when teaching calculus.

Downing

Delzeit

“I think I can make it a pretty smooth transition for the students.”

Downing, 22, is originally from Bennington and graduated in May from Central Christian College, McPherson. She has a BS degree in natural science with an emphasis in math.

“I started thinking about teaching during my junior year (of high school). I was tutoring other students in math and I was also working with a coach who helped troubled teens,” she says.

“I enjoyed that and it got me thinking about working with kids.”

Making the move to Western Kansas was easy for Downing who enjoys farm country.

“I’d heard so many good things about Scott City and the people here that when I saw the job opening I didn’t hesitate to apply,” she says. “I’m pretty excited about the opportunity to teach here.”

Downing is teaching Algebra II, calculus and math competency.

Nichole Delzeit Making up the other half of the SCHS math department is Nichole Delzeit who has taught the last two years at the middle school level in Dodge City.

She is teaching Algebra I, Algebra II and finance algebra.

A 2003 graduate of Dodge City High School, Delzeit earned a BBA degree in marketing from Ft. Hays State University. She also added a BS degree in education with a BA in math.

Upon graduating from FHSU, Delzeit, 29, worked in Kansas City for a year “but I didn’t like the direction my career was going.”

She returned to Dodge City and began working as a paraprofessional for the school district and “I realized I was pretty good at this. I decided that I would pursue a career in education.”

It took two years to complete work on her second degree at FHSU and she returned to Dodge City where she taught in the public schools.

Businesses, organizations and individuals are invited to participate in the Scott Community High School Homecoming parade on Fri., Sept. 26 Parade begins at 4:00 p.m. • Organize on the east side of the courthouse Parade theme is “Seasons”

For the Record Don’t be surprised by retiree health care costs The Scott County Record

Jason Alderman

Retirement isn’t cheap.

Even though you’re no longer drawing a paycheck, you still must pay for housing, food, utilities, transportation and healthcare, to name just a few expenses.

As prices continue to escalate, it’s not surprising that the ages at which people expect to retire and when they actually do - have crept up in recent years.

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Speaking of healthcare costs, here’s a number that’ll stop you in your tracks: According to an annual Fidelity Investments study of retirement costs, the average couple retiring in 2014 at age 65 is expected to need $220,000 (in today’s dollars) to cover their medical expenses in retirement.

Those planning to retire at 62 can expect another $17,000 in additional annual expenses.

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department Aug. 22: Identity theft by deception was reported.

Aug. 24: Aggravated battery, aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and criminal threat were reported.

Sept. 6: Christian Weston was arrested for not obeying a flashing traffic signal and DUI. He was transported to the LEC. Sept. 8: Roy Lee Proctor, Jr., was arrested on a Ford County warrant and transported to the LEC. Sept. 9: Daphne Lane was eastbound in the 100 block of East 5th Street when she left the roadway and struck a light pole.

Sept. 9: Ginger Pope was arrested for DUI and transportation of an open container. She was transported to the LEC. Sept. 10: Bradley Hernandez was arrested on an out-of-county warrant and transported to the LEC. Sept. 10: Loretta Fyler was parking a vehicle in the 1600 block of South Church when she hit the accelerator instead of the brake, striking a vehicle owned by Kristopher Radke.

Sept. 10: Gabriel Apodaca was arrested for driving with a license that was cancelled/suspended/revoked and transported to the LEC. He was later transferred to Finney County.

Sept. 12: Richard Anderson and Cheryl Cannon were arrested for domestic battery and transported to the LEC. Scott County Sheriff’s Department Sept. 4: Christopher Zimmerman was driving a 2005 GMC southbound on US83 (MP 121.8) when he struck an antelope.

Sept. 10: Gabriel Apodaca was served a warrant while he was incarcerated in the LEC. Sept. 14: Aaron Dirks was southbound on Juniper Road when he rolled his vehicle.

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Sept. 18, 2014) 1t

SCOTT COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S PROCEEDINGS AUGUST 2014 GENERAL FUND SALARIES ............................................ $ 86,027.78 COMMODITIES ....................................

16,712.84 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES .................

88,857.65 CAPITAL OUTLAY..................................

32,301.72 OTHER...................................................

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

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

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

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

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

11,264.32 9,240.69 1,595.22 0.00 0.00

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

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

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

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

5,235.59 13,276.30 66.71 0.00

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

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

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

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

33,184.68 91,246.87 2,608.48 3,860.91

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

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

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

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

389.28 29.56 115.70 0.00

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

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

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

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

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

JAMES M. MINNIX Chairman

4,281.49 353.92 272.79 0.00 527.48

ALICE BROKOFSKY Scott County Clerk

Fidelity’s estimate includes Medicare premiums, deductibles, copayments and other out-ofpocket costs, but notably does not include most dental or vision services, over-the-counter medications or, most importantly, long-term care.

When Fidelity polled pre-retirees aged 55 to 64, 48 percent believed they’d only need $50,000 to cover their healthcare costs in retirement. That’s quite a reality gap.

If you’re planning to retire in the next few years and are concerned you haven’t saved enough money to cover your healthcare expenses, here’s a sampling of what you can expect to pay: Medicare Part A helps cover inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility and hospice services, as well as home health care.

Most people pay no monthly premium for Part A. However, in 2014 there’s a $1,216 deduct-

County Commission August 19, 2014 Scott County Commissioners met in a regular meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioners Jerry Buxton Gary Skibbe; and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky were present. County Attorney Rebecca Faurot also joined the meeting.

•Jeff Pounds was appointed to the Advisory Board for the 25th Judicial District Youth Services.

•Patricia Weiland was appointed as the Scott County representative to the Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging.

•Jeff Fawcett and Doug Schaben, representing Waste Connections, discussed the upcoming contract for 2015. There was also discussion about Waste Connections providing a recycling program.

•Temporary Scott County Appraiser Randy Sangster discussed hiring an appraiser for the county.

Commissioners asked Sangster to contact applicants for the position to get input on base salary.

•Public Works Director Richard Cramer informed the commissioners about water drainage on Kansas Road.

Penco Engineering surveyed the area to determine the best solution for drainage and will recommend a plan.

•Cramer also discussed prairie dog bait. He would like to purchase Rozol and Kaput for control.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., September 4, 2014; last published Thurs., September 18, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARILYN L. SLOAN, DECEASED, No. 11-P-24 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 Walter Donald Waldren, duly appointed, qualified and acting Adminstrator of the Estate of Marilyn L. Sloan, deceased, praying Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined, the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorney’s fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs

be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of the receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Administrator of the Estate of Marilyn L. Sloan, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before October 2, 2014, at 10 o’clock a.m., in the District Court, Scott City, Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Walter Donald Waldren Administrator SUBMITTED BY: Colton D. Eikenberry Attorney at Law 310 Court Street, Suite 8 Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-0300 Attorney for Petitioner

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Sept.

4, 2014; last published Thurs., Sept. 18, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VERA M. BUCKBEE, deceased Case No. 2014-PR-08 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 Keen K. Brantley, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Vera M. Buckbee, 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 1st day of October, 2014, at 9:30 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/ Keen K. Brantley WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P. O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner

ible for each time you’re admitted as an inpatient, plus a $306 daily coinsurance after 60 days ($608/ day after 90 days).

Medicare Part B pays toward medically necessary doctor’s services, outpatient care, durable medical equipment and many preventive services. It’s optional and has a $104.90 monthly premium (although higherincome people pay more).

There’s a $147 yearly deductible, after which

you’re responsible for 20 percent of Medicareapproved service amounts, provided the doctor/provider accepts Medicare.

Note: There’s no annual limit for out-of-pocket expenses.

Medicare Part C (Advantage) plans are offered by private insurers as alternatives to Parts A and B. They’re usually structured like HMO or PPO plans.

(See RETIREE on page 13)

Know basics when buying life insurance It’s important to consider some important points about life insurance coverage.

Most of us know that life insurance is not about us, but about our families and loved ones. Having a life insurance policy on yourself can be one of the handful of decisions that will have great significance for others over the course of a lifetime.

According to LIMRA, a nationwide marketing and research association, less than half of middle market consumers ages 25 to 64 have individual life insurance coverage.

But almost half of those people say they should have it.

That’s why I urge you to think about what a policy can do for your family, and how to protect it for them.

Answers to questions about life insurance are in the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) publication “Life Insurance and Annuity Basics,” which can be printed or ordered from the KID website, www.ksinsurance.org.

Some of the more common considerations are listed below.

•Your beneficiary will receive the insurance benefits tax free, and life insurance benefits do not have to go through probate or other legal delays involved in settlement of an estate.

If you die without naming a beneficiary, the benefits will be paid into your estate and then paid out according to your will or through state laws. This delays the payment and could create a financial hardship for your beneficiary.

•Keep your policy in a safe place. However, do not use any place where the policy might not be readily available. Record the basic information such as company, poli-

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cy type, policy number, insured’s and beneficiaries’ names - in a separate place.

Let your beneficiary know the kind of insurance policy you have, any changes you make, and where you keep the policy.

•A change in beneficiary may be made after the policy is taken out, unless you have named an irrevocable beneficiary. An irrevocable beneficiary arrangement can only be changed with the beneficiary’s consent.

Your agent can arrange for a change in beneficiaries, or you can do it by writing directly to your life insurance company and asking for the appropriate form.

•You can specify as many beneficiaries as you want to receive the benefits. You may also specify how the benefits are to be divided.

It is a good idea to name a second (contingent) beneficiary to receive the money in case your primary beneficiary dies before you do or at the same time as you.

•Your beneficiary will need to notify the life insurance company of your death. Again, that’s why it is important for your beneficiary to be able to locate your policy.

Companies require a certified death certificate or other legal proof of death, and they may ask for the policy.

The life insurance company will pay the proceeds of the policy to your beneficiary after receiving proper notification of death.

Knowing your life insurance basics makes for peace of mind for you as well as your loved ones.

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., September 18, 2014)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1158 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE WHEATLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE FRANCHISE AND RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LINES, FACILITIES OR SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, STATE OF KANSAS, TO TRANSMIT, DISTRIBUTE AND SELL ELECTRIC ENERGY TO THE SAID CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS, AND TO TRANSMIT ELECTRIC ENERGY THROUGH THE SAID CITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE TO RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE CITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, STATE OF KANSAS, THAT: Section 1 The Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Kansas (hereinafter called the “Cooperative”), its successors, lessees or assigns, said Cooperative being a cooperation, operating a system for the transmission of electric current between two or more incorporated cities in the State of Kansas, into and through which it has built transmission lines, is hereby granted the franchise, privilege and right for fifteen (15) years, to construct, operate and maintain electric transmission and distribution lines or systems with the limits of the City of Scott City, hereinafter called the City (as said limits are presently constructed or may in the future be extended), to transmit distribute and sell electric energy to the City or its inhabitants, and for sale to residents outside the City.

Section 2 The grant herein made includes the further right and privilege to construct, operate, maintain and repair, relocate and extend said electric lines or systems including all poles, wires, cables, conductors, conduits, anchors, guys, transformers, transformer stations, and all fixtures and facilities necessary for the convenience of the Cooperative’s business along, upon, over, under, through and across the streets, alleys, and public grounds, within the said City (as said streets, alleys, and public grounds are presently laid out or as they may be laid in the future). This grant includes the right to enter upon such lands as necessary to carry out the privileges and obligations granted hereunder.

Public Notice

arising from the sole negligent act or omissions of said grantee. Cooperative shall provide and keep in force public liability insurance with limit of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for bodily injury and property damage and a Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) Umbrella policy, such policies naming both Cooperative and City as insured parties. Cooperative shall maintain on file at the Office of the City Clerk a current Certificate of Insurance verifying such public liability coverage.

Section 4 As consideration for the granting of this franchise, the Cooperative shall: A. Operate and maintain the existing standard street lighting system for the City and in the event of growth of the City or reasonable need for change, modification or improvement of said street lighting system as the cooperative and the City may agree upon, and upon terms that are fair, reasonable and just to the Cooperative and the City and, if applicable, in accordance with the latest legally adopted rates, rules and regulations.

B. For the cost of operation and maintenance of said street lighting system, the City agrees to pay the Cooperative in accordance with the Cooperative’s latest public street lighting rate schedule or succeeding rate schedule.

C. The Cooperative agrees to sell and deliver unto the City during the period of this franchise such energy as may be required by the City for heat, power and other end uses the governing body of the City shall direct, all in accordance with its current municipal power service rate schedule or any succeeding legally adopted rate schedule.

D. The Cooperative, its successors and assigns, shall locate its electric lines or system in the streets, avenues, alleys and other public places in such a manner as to cause the least interference with the use of said streets, avenues, alleys and public places. At times when City causes public improvements to be made to any streets, avenues, alleys or other public places within the City that are occupied by Cooperative’s electrical facilities or system, Cooperative shall, at the request of the City, relocate its electrical facilities or system at Cooperative’s expense to conform to the City’s planned improvement. If said Cooperative is required to move, alter or rebuild any of its electrical facilities or system not located on public rightof-way, the cost of moving altering or rebuilding said facilities or system not located on public right-of-way, shall be borne by the requesting party. In the event City vacates or otherwise abandons City right–of-way on which Cooperative facilities or systems are located, or planned to be located, the Ordinance and contract selling, vacating or abandoning such City right-of-way shall provide a City-granted easement to Cooperative.

E. The Cooperative’s rights and obligations under the franchise agreement may be terminated by Cooperative if the City, or an entity owned, operated, controlled or affiliated with the City, begins to provide electric service to customers within the City’s boundaries or within three (3) miles thereof. If Cooperative elects to cease exercising any of its rights or obligations under this franchise pursuant to this provision, the Cooperative shall give the City thirty (30) days written notice prior to such termination.

Section 3 Said electric lines or systems, poles, wires, cables, conductors, conduits, anchors, guys, transformers, transformer station, and all fixtures and facilities necessary for the operation of the Cooperative’s business, shall be constructed, operated, maintained, repaired or relocated in such places and manner as will be consistent with necessity, and cause the least inconvenience with other public uses of such streets, alleys or public grounds. When Cooperative shall do any work of construction, repair or maintenance of said system in the course of which any pavements, curbing or gutter upon any street, alley, bridge or public place shall be excavated, Cooperative shall properly protect excavations and shall promptly restore such street, alley bridge or public place as far as practicable to as good condition before such work was done. Section 5 Cooperative will hold the City In consideration of the harmless from any liability premises, the Cooperative

agrees to pay to the City, and the City agrees to accept as adequate compensation and consideration for the franchise hereby granted and in lieu of occupation, license, privilege and all other taxes and fees, four percent of the total of the gross receipts for electric energy sold by the Cooperative to all consumers located within the City’s boundaries during the term of this franchise. Any consideration hereunder shall be reported and paid to the City by the Cooperative on a semiannual basis on each March 31 and September 30 for the years in which the franchise remains in effect, reflecting such electric energy sold to customers within the City’s boundaries for the six months’ period ending at the last meter reading preceding each February 28 and August 31, respectively.

Such payments shall be rendered in cash to the City.

The term “gross receipts”, as used in this Section shall include all receipts from the sale of electric energy as used in the City of Scott City, Kansas, and shall exclude electrical energy sold for resale. The City may elect to exclude receipts from (1) electrical energy sold to the United States or the State of Kansas or to any agency or political subdivision thereof, and (2) the electrical energy sold for other use which cannot be classified as domestic, commercial, or industrial, such as the electrical energy used by public utilities, telephone, telegraph, and radio communication companies, railroads, pipe line companies, educational institutions not operating for profit, churches and charitable institutions, provided it provides Cooperative 90 days’ notice of such request in writing.

Section 6 The City shall have access to and the right to examine, at all reasonable times, all books, receipts, files, records and documents of Cooperative necessary to verify the correctness of said payments.

Section 7 The Cooperative, it’s successors and assigns, in the construction, maintenance and operation of its electric system, under the rights and privileges herein granted, shall exercise all reasonable and proper precaution to avoid damage or injury to persons or property, and shall hold and save harmless the City of Scott City, Kansas, from any and all damage, injury and expense caused by the sole negligence of said Cooperative, its successors and assigns, or its or their agents or servants.

Section 8 The Cooperative is hereby granted the privilege of trimming such trees located within the City’s boundaries as may interfere with the sage and proper construction and operation of the electric system.

Section 9 No assignment of Cooperative’s rights granted by this franchise shall be effective without the prior written consent of City.

Section 10 Any and all Ordinances in conflict with the terms hereof are hereby repealed.

Section 11 This ordinance shall take effect and be of force from and after its passage and publication in the official city paper.

Passed by the council the 2nd day of September, 2014.

City of Scott City, Kansas Dan Goodman, Mayor ATTEST: Brenda K. Davis, MMC City Clerk

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Retiree

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Most cover prescription drugs (so Part D is unnecessary) and some also provide dental and vision coverage. You must use the plan’s doctor, hospital and pharmacy provider networks, which are more restrictive than under Parts A and B. Advantage plan costs vary considerably, based on factors such as annual out-of-pocket maximums, monthly premiums, copayments and covered medications. Some Advantage plans cost no more than Part B, while others have a higher premium (to account for drug

and other additional coverage).

Medicare Part D helps cover the cost of prescription drugs. It’s optional and carries a monthly premium. These privately run plans vary widely in terms of cost, copayments and deductibles and medications covered.

The 2014 national average monthly premium is about $32, although plans can cost up to $175 a month. Plus, higherincome people pay an additional surcharge. You may not find a plan that covers all your medications, but aim for one that

at least covers the most expensive drugs.

Use the Medicare Plan Finder at www.medicare. gov to compare Part D and Advantage plans in your area. To learn more about how Medicare works and what it does and doesn’t cover, read “Medicare & You 2014” at the same website.

Bottom line: Even though Medicare does pay a significant portion of retiree medical care, make sure that when you’re budgeting for retirement you take into account the many out-of-pocket expenses you’re likely to encounter.

Real Estate, Household, Motor Home and Tool Sunday, September 28 • 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, February 2 • 11:00 a.m. Location: Community Building, at the fairgrounds, east edge of Leoti

Robert Mastel - Owner

Motor Home and Car 1996 Buick Regal car, 4 dr., new tires and battery, 116,000 miles 1985 Pace Arrow Model L motor home, 36 ft., 454 Chevy motor, auto., 2-AC’s, 6500 watt generator, 111,000 mi., good shape Furniture and Appliances Green occasional chair Red occasional chair Cream color leather divan Oak coffee and end tables Pine dining table and 4-chairs with matching china hutch Oak bedroom suite, regular size bed, 2-night stands, chest of drawers and dresser with mirror (nice) Regular size bed with matching dresser and mirror Chrome Craft dining table with 6-matching roller chairs

Amana refrigerator with bottom freezer, 32 cu. ft.

Blue and Rose floral hide a bed divan Mauve Lazboy recliner Rose glider rocker Shelving unit Roll top desk Entertainment center Amana washing machine Whirlpool electric dryer Wards large chest type deep freeze Antique and Collectables Oak rocking chair Cain bottom chair Arcade Crystal cast iron coffee grinder Wooden potato slicer Kerosene lamps Cups and saucers Crystal basket and bowls “Gone With The Wind” style lamp, electric Other old dishes Other Household Items Pots and pans Kitchen utensils Small kitchen appliances Card table and chairs

Nic-Nac shelf Sewing chest Pictures Bedding Guns Winchester Model 12 shot gun, 12 gauge pump Winchester Model 190 rifle, 22 cal., semi auto Shop Items Air compressor, 110 volt 2 1/4 ton floor jack Battery chargers Craftsman cordless drill SK wrench set SK socket set Craftsman mechanic tool chest GTV 9 volt cordless drill Air Impact guns Torque wrenches Creepers Lots of hand tools Chicago multi-function tool, new Stanley mitre saw (metal) Right angle grinder Skill saws Saber saws 1/2” electric drill 6” bench grinder 14” cut-off saw Block planes Trouble lights and drop cords

Foley saw sharpening equipment, Model 387, sharpens circular saw blades, hand saws, scissors, complete saw shop Gas powered pressure washer Oil Cherry picker, hydraulic 84 gal. propane tank Car ramps Aluminum step and extension ladders Wooden scaffolding Car tow hitch Cobra Navigator GPS Lots of other shop items Lawn and Garden Items Wheel barrow Ryobi gas powered edger/trimmer Grass Hopper zero turn mower with deck, snow blower (needs work) Shovels, rakes, hoe etc.

Glider porch swing Camping items Bicycle Hamilton Beach propane BBQ grill (like new)

Terms: Must have ID to register. Cash or approved check day of sale. Everything sold as is. No warranties expressed or implied. Not responsible for theft or accident. Announcements day of sale take precedence over printed material. Lunch served. Check us out: www.berningauction.com and facebook

Wichita County Real Estate

Sunday, September 28 • 1:30 p.m.

Auction Location: Community Building at fairgrounds, east edge of Leoti

Seller: Robert Mastel Trust House Location: 302 South 2nd St. Legal: Lot 12 and North 1/2 of Lot 11, Block 15 Original City of Leoti, Ks. west of the 6th pm Description: 1,497 sq. ft. Ranch style home, 2 possible 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths large kitchen, CH and CA, SA attached garage, sprinkler system, 30 ft. x 40 ft. heated shop building, 2-overhead doors, one 12 ft. A well taken care of home.

Broker: Lawrence and Associates Realty, 513 Main Scott City • 67871620-872-5267 Auctioneer / Listing Agent: Russell Berning, 812 W M St., Leoti •1-800-466-5202 Terms: 5% down day of sale, with balance due in certified funds at closing. Closing to be on or before November 15, 2014. Announcements day of the auction take precedence over printed material.

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Telehealth brings SD specialists into Kansas emergency room Jim McLean KHI News Service

PHILLIPSBURG - A new nurse was on duty a few weeks ago in the emergency room at the Phillips County Hospital when paramedics arrived with a critically injured patient.

She immediately pushed the red button on some newly installed equipment. Seconds later, a seasoned ER nurse and board-certified doctor sitting at a bank of monitors 380 miles away in Sioux Falls, S.D., were using a high-definition camera and other diagnostic equipment to monitor the

patient, give advice and document everything the on-site nurse was doing to save the patient’s life.

“The (Phillipsburg) nurse who was on, was brand-new and she was being overwhelmed,” said Michelle Peak, a more experienced nurse who hustled to the ER to help.

Peak said even after she arrived, having an off-site nurse wired in and taking care of the charting was a “huge help.”

“It put us all a little more at ease,” she said.

“But the big thing was, we didn’t have to take our hands off the patient.”

The Phillipsburg hospital is the first in the state

to sign up for a 24/7 telemedicine program operated by Avera Health, a Catholic health care system based in Sioux Falls.

For a flat fee of about $65,000 a year, it and the other hospitals in the network can make unlimited use of the eEmergency system.

“We want people to use it when they need it,” said Darcy Litzen, sales director for Avera’s eCare suite of telemedicine services, which also include eICU and ePharmacy. “We don’t want them thinking that it’s going to cost them an additional $50 or $75 every time they hit the button.”

With the addition of Phillipsburg, 89 rural hospitals in eight states across the upper Midwest are now using eEmergency, Litzen said. Another 10 are expected to come online soon, including Horton Community Hospital in northeast Kansas.

“I’ve been a firm believer in telemedicine since it first started evolving in the early 1990s,” said James Noble, CEO of the Horton hospital.

Having emergency room physicians, nurses and other specialists available day and night at the touch of a button

Comfort Zone retreat at Lake Scott in Oct. St. Catherine Hospice is sponsoring the annual “Comfort Zone” Family Retreat at Camp Lakeside, at Lake Scott State Park, on Oct. 17-19.

The retreat helps families who are grieving the death of a significant person in their life.

The family retreat weekend is designed to help families recognize differences in how people adults and children - deal with grief and encourage them to be open and supportive. The Retreat features sessions for adults, teens and children.

“The goal of the weekend retreat is to educate the participants about the grieving process and provide suggestions for coping skills,” says Gina Cash, Comfort Zone director.

Comfort Zone activities are based on helping individuals process their grief.

Cost for the weekend, which includes six meals and two nights lodging is $10 per family member.

Financial aid is available to assist families. The number of participants is limited.

For more information or a registration application call Gina Cash at St. Catherine Hospice 620272-2519 or 1-800-281-4077.

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Governor won’t support early childhood grant Dave Ranney KHI News Service

TOPEKA - Gov. Sam Brownback is not ready to support the Kansas Children’s Cabinet in an attempt to win a federal grant aimed at bolstering early childhood education.

The governor’s decision to withhold support

for the grant application was explained to members of Children’s Cabinet in a memo last week from Janice Smith, the group’s executive director.

Smith wrote that on Sept. 11, Brownback administration officials let her know that it would be “unwise to move forward” in applying for a Preschool Development

Learning to fight fair in a relationship by the American Counseling Association

Even in the most loving of relationships there are going to be times when the two of you don’t agree about something. When that happens, it’s important to be able to disagree in a productive, helpful way.

Understanding how to disagree is a sign of a healthy relationship. It’s realizing that you can have opposite viewpoints, yet know that you’re still safe, physically and emotionally, because each of you trusts the other person to eventually work through this.

An important part of having healthy disagreements is making sure that you’re “fighting fair.”

Some basic strategies can help prevent minor differences from growing into major fights.

1) Make factual statements. First-person statements, such as, “I’m upset that you didn’t call about running late,” work well, but broad generalizations that start with “You never...” or “You always...” are exaggerations that are usually not true and tend to cloud up the issue.

2) No hitting below the belt. Hurtful statements about your partner’s character, personality or appearance will only bring anger and retaliation.

3) Stick to the subject. Bringing up past issues, old hurts and unrelated problems, will not resolve the current disagreement.

4) Talk calmly and don’t yell. When emotions take over, the result is a lot of noise and hurt, but not much problem-fixing progress. Speak in a normal tone of voice and express your feelings with first-person statements about how you really feel.

Stay as calm as possible. If emotions become too strong, take a break to let things quiet down.

5) Accept that feelings are never right nor wrong, they just are. It isn’t possible to judge feelings, but behaviors can and should be judged.

6) Try to pick a good time to disagree. If you’re overly angry, rushed or tired, a minor problem can easily become a major fight. Instead, try to find a time when you’re both more likely to be in a better frame of mind.

7) Clarify any decisions made. If you’ve been able to settle a problem or find a compromise, take the time to clearly restate what you’ve both decided and agreed to do.

8) No physical attacks! Ever!

Every relationship has disagreements, but learning to deal with them fairly helps deepen and strengthen a relationship. But if you find that fighting seems to be non-stop and “fighting fair” isn’t happening, consider consulting a professional counselor who specializes in relationship issues.

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Grant without first conferring with the Kansas Legislature.

The news halted the application process because grant proposals are due in four weeks; the Legislature reconvenes Jan. 12, 2015.

The governor’s office, Smith said, encouraged the Cabinet to instead measure legislators’ inter-

est in 2015 so that “if another round of grants is announced,” their willingness to support an application would be known in advance.

The application process also requires a letter of support from the governor’s office, which, Smith indicated, would not be forthcoming.

The Children’s Cabinet

applied for the early childhood grant in 2010 but did not receive any funds.

Smith on Tuesday said administration officials also expressed concerns about not having enough time to put together the level of interagency collaboration needed to submit a “strong, competitive proposal” and not knowing how much money the

state would have to commit to spending if it were awarded one of the grants.

Eileen Hawley, a spokesperson for Brownback, said the governor did not tell the Children’s Cabinet not to apply for one of the grants. “Any application for the grant would require a significant fund(See GRANT on page 15)

GOP legislators try to silence critics of health care compact OLATHE - Tension built Monday as legislators who supported a health care compact bill that would free Kansas from federal health care regulations made a last ditch-effort to sway a Johnson County advisory board against publishing an article critical of the compact in a county newsletter.

After Sen. Mary PilcherCook (R-Shawnee) expressed concerns at a legislative breakfast last week about the coming article, the Johnson County Commission

on Aging invited her to have a follow-up meeting on that specific issue.

Pilcher-Cook returned on Monday flanked by 10 other Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Ray Merrick of Stilwell.

The legislators present called the article, scheduled for publication in Johnson County’s “The Best Times” magazine, “reckless,” “dishonest,” “irresponsible,” “partisan” and “misleading.”

All the legislators in attendance were conservative Republicans who

helped pass House Bill 2553 as a repudiation of federal health care changes spearheaded by President Barack Obama.

They said the proposed article unfairly portends changes to Medicare as a result of the bill in a blatant attempt to scare seniors.

Members of the commission on aging defended their work, saying they understood the compact well and remain concerned about its potential effect on Medicare, the federal program that provides health coverage to

the elderly and some disabled citizens, including about 450,000 Kansans.

“We did our due diligence too,” chairwoman Patti Rule said. “We didn’t immediately put out just a knee-jerk (response).”

Future implications?

Sen. Jim Denning (R-Overland Park) said that publishing the article would anger many area legislators.

“You really need to think about this because one of your objectives is to have a good work(See COMPACT on page 17)

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Foster care parenting program offered in GC Persons interested in exploring foster parenthood are encouraged to register for a 10-week course offered free of charge by Saint Francis Community Services in Garden City.

Classes will begin on Wed., Sept. 24, 6:00 p.m.,

at 1110 JC Street.

The course, Trauma Informed Partnering for Safety and PermanenceModel Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (TIPS-MAPP), is designed to help persons make an informed decision about becoming a

Telehealth

tion and, when in doubt, transfer patients to bigger hospitals and trauma centers, said Noble, the Horton hospital chief executive.

Noble believes that will change once the hospital is wired into the eEmergency system. If the hospital is able to reduce the number of patients it transfers, it would generate additional revenue and allow patients, many of whom are elderly, to recover closer to family and friends.

Since 2009, rural hospitals using Avera’s eEmergency service have treated approximately 2,000 patients who othHolding on to Patients Currently, many hospi- erwise would have transtal err on the side of cau- ferred to larger hospitals,

ment and since the power of the purse lies with the Legislature, we believe it is important that the Legislature be involved in such a discussion,” she said.

The level of funding to which the state would need to commit was not spelled out in the grant application. In fact, the application specifically said that no cost sharing or matching is required.

However, it said applicants that can obtain matching funds “may be awarded additional points.”

If Kansas were to apply, it would be in competition with 35 other states for grants totaling $160 million a year for up to four years.

Kansas’ possible share of the pie: Up to $15 million a year for four years. The money would be spent on expanding and enhancing preschool programs throughout the state.

The grants are part of a $640 million initia-

there is a significant need for new foster homes throughout Finney County and the surrounding area.

Nearly 30 children must stay in foster homes outside Finney County because there are not enough local families to accommodate them.

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can help less experienced staff in rural settings be more decisive in situations where every second counts, Noble said.

“It just increases their level of confidence,” he said. “It’s real time.

You’ve got your second opinion right there. And you’ve got that specialist who’s an immediate backup for the family practitioner on call.”

Having specialists in the room, even if it’s via a video monitor, can also give patients increased confidence that they’re getting the care they need, Noble said.

Grant

resource family for children in foster care or adoption programs.

The state requires that all potential foster parents complete TIPS-MAPP training.

According to Saint Francis Foster Care Recruiter Julie Dinkel,

said Mandy Bell, the company’s development director. Avoiding those transfers generated about $15.8 million in savings and additional revenue for the hospitals.

Research indicates that advanced telehealth systems like those offered

by Avera have the potential to produce huge savings, mainly by reducing unnecessary transfers and transportation costs.

A 2007 report by the Center for Information Technology Leadership found that equipping all the emergency rooms in the United States with telehealth technology could reduce patient transfers by almost 40 percent and cut transportation costs by nearly $540 million.

The estimated savings, the report said at the time, would be more than enough to cover the costs of installing the equipment.

There also is evidence that hospitals with telehealth systems have an easier time recruiting doctors and other providers, in part because it reduces the stress of being on call.

For those and other reasons, Dave Engel, chief executive of the Phillipsburg County Hospital, is sold on the idea.

“This is really what the future of health care will be,” he said, “using technology to embrace the larger team of providers and specialists to care for individuals.”

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tive within Race to the Top, a $4.35 billion education reform package introduced by President Obama in 2009.

News of the governor’s decision disappointed some child advocates.

“Kansas’ chances would have been good if we’d applied,” said Erick

Vaughn, executive director at the Kansas Head Start Association.

Vaughn said it is unlikely that an additional round of grants will be available after 2015.

“It is not clear if states will be given this opportunity again, which makes Gov. Brownback’s deci-

sion to not apply that much more disappointing,” he said. “This means Kansas will stay in place while other states take advantage of this funding opportunity and make advancements in increasing the number of quality preschool experiences for at-risk children.”

The TIPS-MAPP course provides information and skill development for prospective foster parents and helps them gain a better understanding of the needs of children in foster care.

Course participants also learn about resources

for foster parents, parenting techniques, and available support services.

Persons interested in registering for the class or in learning more about becoming a foster parent can visit online at www. fostercare-ks.org or call toll-free, 866-999-1599.

Pastime at Park Lane We offer our sympathy to the families of Earl Gorman and Jim Spangler. Earl passed away on Sept. 12 and Jim on Sept.

14. Both were known for telling tales and joking around. They will be missed.

The Assembly of God Church led Sunday afternoon services.

Bingo was played on Monday. Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Mandy Barnett, Dorothy King, Hugh McDaniel and Joy Barnett.

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

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

Residents played trivia games on Tuesday evening.

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

Honor 6 with September birthdays

Park Lane hosted the September birthday party on Thursday afternoon. Guests of honor were Maxine Peterson, Marcella Otteson, Ben Hammons, Lorine Yeager, Donald Green and Doris Riner.

The over 50 Chorus performed and then everyone was served cupcakes.

Members of the Over 50 Chorus were Dora Mae Bowman, Neva Jacobus, Irma McDaniel, Dorothy Milburn and Madeline Murphy.

Residents make suncatchers

The Immanuel Baptist Church hosted crafts on Tuesday afternoon. Residents made suncatchers and hung them in the main dining room.

Helpers were Joy Barnett, Bev Nuckolls, Jennifer Murphy, Eva Smith and Mandy Barnett. Bev Nuckolls furnished cookies.

Mandy Barnett helped with bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

Residents played cards on Wednesday evening.

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

Several residents enjoyed a sing-a-long on Friday afternoon.

Residents played Wii bowling on Friday.

Thanks to the Country Cousins 4-H Club for making the fall centerpieces for the dining room tables.

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The Blue Steele Band played on Saturday afternoon. Band members were Daniel Dunn, Mike Steele and Keith Steele.

Corrine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard.

Darlene Richman was visited by Darla Luebbers and Phebe Unruh.

Albert Dean was visited by Les Spangler.

Emogene Harp was visited by Nancy Holt, Jan Winter and Hannah, Denise Murphy, R. Harp, Alicia Harp and Sharilyn Wilken.

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

Herb Graves was visited by Tina Turley.

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

by Jason Storm

Edith Norman was visited by Sue Riner, Connie Gruver, Sara Shane, Sharilyn Wilken, Doris Riner and Kim Smith.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright.

Boots Haxton was visited by Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Rex Turley and Tracy Hess.

Yvonne Spangler was visited by Lorena Turley, Greg and Yvette Mills, Les and MaryAnn Spangler, Bill and Lynette Payne, Jerica VanCampen, Danica Spangler, Will Carlson, Jagger Spangler, and Danny and Mona Spangler.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Otto Harp, Faye Summerville, Forrest Leatherman, Christopher Leatherman, Don Leatherman and Randy Willoughby.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale and Vicki Dirks.

Geraldine Graves was visited by David and Elizabeth Parkinson and Charlene Becht.

Mike Leach was visited

by Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church and Linda Dunagan.

Judy Redburn was visited by Mary Torson, Lance and Carol Ellis, and Wendy Derstine.

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

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock and Lorena Turley.

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

Joyce Bohnert was visited by Sharilyn Wilken, Janet Gallardo, and Alan and Glenda Graham.

Deaths James R. Spangler

Earl L. Gorman

James R. Spangler, 89, died Sept. 14, 2014, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

H e was born Sept. 7, 1 9 2 5 , at Scott City, the son of F r a n k James Spangler and Laura (Harrington) Spangler.

James graduated from Scott Community High School in 1944. He worked in trucking and had part ownership of a Sinclair station.

In 1952, he bought his first truck and started Jim Spangler Trucking and hauled cattle and was involved in the cattle business until retiring in 1986.

He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City, and a founding member of the Knights of Columbus.

On February 7, 1946, he married Yvonne J. Ziegler at Scott City.

Survivors include: his wife, Scott City; three sons, Les Spangler, and

Earl L. Gorman, 89, died Sept. 12, 2014, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

H e was born on Dec. 22, 1924, in Smith Center, the son of Billie Earl Gorman and Edith (McNeary) Gorman.

A resident of Scott City since 1958, moving from Anderson, Mo., he was a journeyman operator for Wheatland Electric and was journeyman maintenance for Sunflower Electric, retiring in 1990.

He was a member of the VFW, Scott City.

Earl served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. On July 18, 1948, he married Loretta Marie Proehl in Kanarado. She survives.

Survivors include: one son, Orville Gorman, Augusta; one daughter, Bar-

wife, Mary Ann, Scott City, Danny Spangler and wife, Mona, Scott City, and Shane Spangler and wife, Shauna, Lamar, Colo.; two daughters, Lynette Payne, and husband, Bill, Pueblo, Colo., and Yvette Mills and husband, Greg, Scott City; one sister, Waunita Mumma, Independence; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Jean Bowers; and an infant brother.

Vigil service was held Sept. 17 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City. Funeral mass was held Sept. 18 with Fr. Bernard Felix officiating.

Burial was at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to Park Lane Nursing Home or St. Joseph Catholic Church in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 412 N. 7th, Garden City, Ks. 67846.

Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.

Wilbert C. Koehn Wilbert C. Koehn, 84, died Sept. 14, 2014, at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City.

He was born on Feb. 27, 1930, in Canton, the son of Frank E. and Leah Koehn.

He was a resident and farmer of rural Wichita County, just north of Marienthal, since 1953. In 2011, he moved to Bethel Home, Montezuma.

On Jan. 20, 1952, he married Margie Darlene Unruh in rural McPherson County. She died July 8, 2008, in Wichita. Wilbert was a member of the Scott Mennonite Church, Scott City.

Survivors include: three sons, Merle, and wife, Judy, Marienthal, Stanley and wife, Cindy, Cheraw, S.C., and Dale and wife, Kandee, Marienthal; two daughters, Joanne Yost, and husband, Larry, Sutherland, Nebr., and Holly Giesbrecht and husband, Randall, Mesa, Wash.; five sisters, Verna Dyck, Portland, Ore., Viola Ratzloff, Canton, Rose Hiebert and husband,

Don, Iroquois, S.D., Sylvia Eicher and husband, Warren, Carson City, Mich., and Lanita Unruh and husband, Dennis, Canton; one brother-inlaw, Kenneth Unruh, Canton; 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Jim Koehn; one sister, Darlene Unruh; one sister-in-law, Christina Koehn; and two brothersin-law, Irvin Dyck and Thomas Ratzloff.

Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Price and Sons Funeral Home, Scott City.

Funeral service will be held Sat., Sept. 20, 10:30 a.m., at the Scott Mennonite Church, Pence, with Richard Koehn presiding.

Interment will be at the Scott Mennonite Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to the Bethel Home, Montezuma, in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Wilma Carson bara Brobst, Scott City; six sisters, Jane McBroom, Scott City, Leta Gillispie, Colby, Mary Litchfield, Anderson, Mo., Vera Gorman, Scott City, Bonnie McQuillan, Anderson, Mo., and Connie King, Langan, Mo.; four brothers, Ike Gorman, Pineville, Mo., Loren Gorman, Diamond, Mo., Henry Gorman, Jane, Mo., and Murrel Gorman, Splitlog, Mo.; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

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

Funeral service was held Sept. 16 at Price and Sons Funeral Home, Scott City, with Chris Gorman and Henry Gorman officiating.

Interment was at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to Park Lane Nursing Home in care of Price and Son Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Wilma Carson, 98, died Sept. 13, 2014, in Loveland, Colo.

S h e was born May 17, 1916, on a farm in Western Kansas, the Wilma Carson daughter of Clarence and Anna Shull.

Wilma graduated from Fort Hays State University with a BS degree in business in 1938.

She married Karl Carson in August of 1936.

They settled in Fort Collins, Colo., in 1951.

Survivors include: two sons, Dr. Tom Carson, Palm Desert, Calif., and

Dan Carson, Indio, Calif.; one daughter, LuAnn Ball, Loveland, Colo.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, Allen and Jim Carson.

A memorial service will be held Mon., Sept.

22, 3:00 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, Fort Collins.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or Pathways Hospice in care of Allnutt Drake Chapel, 650 W. Drake Rd., Fort Collins, Co. 80526.

Visit www.allnutt.com to view and sign the family guest book.

Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu

Week of September 22-26 Monday: Chef salad, bread sticks, melon mix.

Tuesday: Tuna salad, creamy cole slaw, tomato wedges, whole wheat bread, sherbet.

Wednesday: Meat loaf, au gratin potatoes, green beans, whole wheat roll, citrus fruit cup.

Thursday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, tossed salad, French bread, fruit gelatin salad.

Friday: Pork cutlet, baked potato, broccoli, whole Timothy James Jones, 2014. In 1996, he began wheat bread, cranberry crunch.

49, died September 13, as an Extension agent in meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501

Timothy James Jones

2014, at his home in Rolla.

H e was born August 20, 1965, in Santa Fe, N.M., the son of Carl Timothy Jones and Judy (Bennett) Jones.

Tim grew up in New Mexico and graduated from Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, N.M. He continued his education at the University of New Mexico and graduated from New Mexico State University with a BS degree in science in 1990. Tim also worked on his Masters and PhD. degrees at Kansas State University. He was a graduate student at KSU working on feedlot nutrition and range nutrition.

He continued with KSU Extension from 1991-

Sharon Springs and assumed the same position at Elkhart in 2000.

He married Karen Durrett on Jan. 5, 1990, in Las Cruces, N.M. Survivors include: his wife; two daughters, Kenzie Lynn and Carlie Ann Jones, all of Rolla; parents, Carl and Judy Jones, Crested Butte, Colo.; one sister, Betsy Smith, Crane, Mo; and eight nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents.

Memorial service was held Sept. 18 at the Morton County Civic Center, Elkhart, with Rev. Timothy Q. Clark officiating.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Kenzie and Carlie Jones Education Fund in care of Garnand Funeral Home, Box 854, Elkhart, Ks. 67950.

Compact ing relationship with the Johnson County legislative delegation,” Denning said.

During the meeting, Merrick sat off to the side of the conference table next to Dan Goodman, director of the Johnson County Area Agency on Aging. At one point, Merrick turned to Goodman and said, “This is going to set you guys back.”

Goodman did not respond.

Merrick declined to explain the comment after the meeting.

When asked how he interpreted it, Goodman said “I don’t know how I should take it.” He said his agency receives some state funding to operate an Aging and Disability Resource Center.

When told what Merrick said, Rep. Jim Ward (D-Wichita) who was not at the meeting, said it sounded like a threat.

“This is typical behavior,” Ward said. “Call your opponents names and threaten them. They cannot win the debate on ideas.”

Nine states have signed the health care compact, which petitions the federal government to release them from health care regulations and would allow them to receive the money currently spent on federal health programs like Medicare and Medicaid as block grants.

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Proponents said it would liberate Kansas from the mandates of the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and the retirees group AARP testified against the bill, saying it posed a threat to Medicare.

A Legitimate Concern The commission on aging’s article focuses opposition on the compact’s potential to turn Medicare over to the state.

Praeger, in a phone interview Monday, said it is a legitimate concern.

“They have a very serious concern, and I think it’s very appropriate that they raise those concerns, as did AARP, as did several other groups,” Praeger said. “This has kind of flown under the radar, and I think it’s great that it’s finally getting some attention.”

When the bill came to the House floor, Ward offered an amendment to take Medicare out of it, but it failed 57-61.

Some legislators said on Monday that the state had no interest in touching Medicare. But others said the compact could provide a safety net if the state needs to save Medicare from the federal government.

Peg Deaton, a member of the commission on aging, said she opposed the compact in part

because the state doesn’t have a plan for administering the massive federal program.

“It has to be funded by the states that are members of the compact,” Deaton said. “How much money are we talking about?”

“It could be minuscule, because they could teleconference,” PilcherCook said.

“And it could be millions,” Deaton said.

“Where is that money coming from?”

Eugene Lipscomb, vice chairman of the commission on aging, asked why legislators had not done more to educate seniors about the compact, saying that most people he had talked with had not even heard of it.

“How come you hadn’t talked to them before you wrote it, before you signed it?” Lipscomb asked.

Attend the Church of Your Choice

How to Read the Bible

“The Bible’s hard for me to understand,” I’ve heard people say. “I’d like to read it, but I just don’t have that much time.” There are as many reasons for not studying God’s word as there are people, but there is nothing I know of that is more critical to Christian growth than the Bible.

When we read, it is important to look at the passage in context, with an eye toward the history and culture of the time. When there are parallel passages in other books of the Bible, we should read them as well.

We are not to seek Biblical support to validate our own circumstances - we are to seek the truth, and apply that truth to our circumstances. Too many people place themselves above the Bible when they should be placing themselves under its authority.

An old German pastor told his congregation to read the Bible as a shipwrecked person who had lost everything at sea. A shipwrecked person is a defeated person. He is needy. We ought to read the Bible with the idea that we have nothing of our own: no righteousness, no merit, no assets. A shipwrecked person is a desperate person.

If you are out in the ocean and see a piece of debris floating by, you don’t wait for a bigger piece. You cling to whatever comes along and hope it will hold you up.

We should come to the Bible with a desperate hope to hear from God and to be taught by the Holy Spirit.

We need God’s word to stay a float in life. What a shipwrecked person needs most is deliverance, and deliverance is the theme of the Bible from beginning to the end. It is the thread of salvation that runs from Eden to Patmos and everywhere in between.

Dennis Carter, pastor First United Methodist Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

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

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

Wednesday Bible Study at 7:00 p.m.

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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

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

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

Pence Community 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

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

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

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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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Frohlich is area Prudential agent Reid Frohlich has joined the Prudential Insurance Company as a financial professional associate.

A resident of S c o t t C o u n t y, he is located in R i c h a r d Reid Frohlich McNaught’s Garden City office, 811 N. Main.

He is serving insurance and financial services

needs for Western Kansas clients.

Frohlich has completed the training and development curriculum through Prudential’s Career Development Program.

He has also attained a Life and Health license, Property and Casualty license, and series 6 and 63 securities licenses.

Graduates of the program are qualified to help clients grow and protect

Obesity food-products - are almost immediately converted to fat.

The glucose created when starches and sugars are eaten are quickly converted to glyceride, which is stored as long-chain triglycerides (ie, fat).

All that fat has to go somewhere in the body, and the result is exactly what you see at the mall, at the ball game or at the grocery store: 68.5 percent of American adults who are overweight or obese.

And just to reinforce the point, when did this obesity crisis begin?

It started in the late 1970s and really ramped up through the ’80s and ’90s.

their assets. Asset protection and risk management products include life insurance, health insurance, long-term care insurance, and home and auto insurance.

Investment and retirement planning products include mutual funds, IRAs and annuities.

Frohlich can be reached at reid.frohlich@prudential.com or at (620) 2761612.

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Why? Because the geniuses promoting the “new” Dietary Guidelines for Americans back then were so paranoid about cholesterol that they insisted people stop eating red meat and high-fat foods, which meant that food processors quickly switched to low-cal/nocal products “fortified” with lots of sweeteners to make them palatable.

We were ordered to cut back on animal foods meat, milk, butter, eggs - and substitute vegetable foods. Only the “vegetable” substitutes were cereals, bread, pastries, bagels and a slew of ready-to-eat products in which most of the nutritional value came from carbs, not protein.

And this doesn’t begin to account for the tidal wave of snack foods high in “calories from carbohydrates,” as the nutritional packaging panels so benignly label them.

The answer, then, is this: One, eat whole foods, like the meat, milk and eggs we were once urged to avoid.

Two, ditch the processed products and sugar-loaded snack foods.

And three, go easy on the fruit juice and cold turkey on the soft drinks.

That’s all it takes to “cure” obesity. Simple to state, simple to do.

Dan Murphy is a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator

‘Simply Sinatra’ at GC on Tuesday A tribute to Frank Sinatra will be featured during “Southwest Kansas Live On Stage” on Tues., Sept. 23, in Garden City.

“Simply Sinatra,” featuring Steve Lippia, is a remembrance of the hit songs that define the legend of “old blue eyes.”

Lippia will front a live big band in this full-throttle performance of classic

J&R Car and Truck Center

American repertoire at the Clifford Hope Auditorium on the campus of Horace J. Good Middle School, at 1412 N. Main St., starting at 7:30 p.m.

Single tickets for this performance are $25; $6 for students.

For more information call (620) 275-1667 or visit the association web-

site at http://swks-liveonstage.org/.

Southwest Kansas Live On Stage was established in the 1946-47 concert season with a commitment to bring quality live performances to the Garden City area. Since then the group formally known as “Southwest Community Concerts” has presented nearly 300 concerts.

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Sports The Scott County Record

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Senior tight end Sloan Baker catches a 19 yard touchdown pass between two Colby defenders for the first of his two TD receptions.

(Record Photo)

SC has 4 TD catches, Colby has 0 passing yards Trey O’Neil knows that Scott City will always be a Scott City 59 football team Colby 19 that emphasizes the run.

So when the senior quarterback has passing opportunities he wants to make the most of them. O’Neil did just that, passing for 200 yards and four

touchdowns in a 59-19 romp at Colby in Great West Activities Conference play on Friday.

It’s not as though the Eagles were able to escape Scott City’s relentless ground game either.

The Beavers (2-0) rolled up 286 yards which were spread among nine different backs in a 486 yard offensive explosion.

O’Neil looked a lot more comfortable in the pocket, in

large part because his offensive line did a much better job than in their opener at providing pass protection. That was particularly impressive considering Colby’s steady diet of pressure from their linebackers.

“The line did a nice job of picking up the inside linebackers because they were coming on just about every play,” says O’Neil. “After struggling like I

did last week at getting the ball to our backs it felt good to connect with them better tonight.”

O’Neil was an impressive 14-of-17 passing with 11 completions covering 10 or more yards. His big offensive night included 34 yards rushing - 33 on an option keeper that set up the game’s second touchdown and an interception return of 48 yards.

Senior tight end Sloan Baker was on the receiving end of two 19 yard touchdown passes and senior wideout Brett Meyer, who finished with a team high 67 receiving yards, added a 19 yard scoring catch. The fourth passing touchdown was a 10 yard catch by junior receiver Drake McRae. (See COLBY on page 23)

SC hopes to capitalize on Goodland turnovers

After forcing five turnovers in their last game, Scott City will be hoping to add to that total when they travel to Goodland for a Great West Activities Conference game on Friday.

The Cowboys (1-1) committed Week seven turnovers - including a pair of pick sixes - in a 55-14 loss to HolThree comb in GWAC action last week.

“It was a nightmare game for Goodland,” noted SCHS head coach Glenn O’Neil. “I think they’re a better team than what they showed last week.”

Behind senior quarterback Kolt Trachsel the Cowboys hope to establish a passing attack. Trachsel had 250 yards passing (16-of-25) in a season opening 52-28 win over Wray, Colo., but was limited to just 106 yards (10-of-26) against the Longhorns.

Junior runningback Austin Hernandez led the ground game with just 25 yards.

(See GOODLAND on page 23)

MLB sees Papelbon incident as cry for help This is a difficult time for professional sports franchises.

Players in the NFL are abusing their significant Rod others and their children.

Haxton, A MLB pitcher was sports editor grabbing his private parts in a gesture of mutual admiration toward the fans who were booing him.

The NBA has no explanation as to how LeBron James seems to have mysteriously grown a full head of hair.

And the PGA is in a ratings tailspin because Tiger Woods and the Kansas City Chiefs are locked in a battle to see who can go the longest without winning a major championship.

The NFL is going through a public relations nightmare that began with Ravens’ runningback Ray Rice using a casino elevator as a boxing ring with his wife who was an unexpected sparring partner. It’s gone downhill since then with another player being charged with domestic violence at the rate of about one per day.

The NFL was so shocked that its players would be capable of such a thing . . . we’re talking shocked . . . that it had no real policy in place. In fact, if you were (See HELP on page 23)

Scott City junior Irvin Lozano leads the field near the one-mile mark at the Tribune Invitational last Saturday morning.

(Record Photo)

Lozano is finding his comfort zone at the front of the pack A year ago, Irvin Lozano was rarely found among the race leaders in cross-country meets. And if he was at the front of the pack then it wasn’t for long.

“It’s not that he hasn’t had the ability. What’s been lacking is self-confidence,” says head coach Kevin Reese.

That may be changing as the Scott Community High School junior not only ran with the leaders but he finished with them at the Tribune Invitational on Saturday.

Lozano (18:44) led for most of the first mile, slipping briefly into sixth place before a strong finish saw him overtake teammate Dylan Hutchins (18:47) near

the finish line as the SCHS runners finished fourth and fifth, respectively, under unseasonably cool conditions.

“I felt comfortable taking the lead early. I felt I could hold that position,” says Lozano. “But when we got into the hills I could feel that on my legs about halfway through the race. That’s when I fell behind.

“I tried to get some of it back in the last 200 meters. That’s the best I could do today,” he said.

Reese wasn’t surprised that Lozano and his teammates weren’t as strong as they hoped to be on the hills over the Tribune golf course.

(See LOZANO on page 20)

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Outdoors in Kansas

by Steve Gilliland

Chili off the grid You know, I like to watch the popular outdoor TV shows just as much as the next guy.

And as much fun as it is to watch Hank Parker and the crew catch monster bass somewhere down south, don’t you sometimes just wish there was a TV show that featured local guys hunting and fishing in Kansas woods and ponds?

Aaron Childress, who grew up with the nickname “chili,” spent endless hours of his youth hunting, fishing, hiking and otherwise enjoying the Kansas outdoors.

After high school he got a degree in business, and to satisfy his love of media presentation, he started his own company, AC Creation.

Then along came the United States Marines. He was deployed twice and was forced to forgo a third deployment because of a serious leg injury and two subsequent surgeries. Several of his team members and buddies lost their lives during that deployment.

He was discharged in November 2005 and his life hit bottom.

Haunted by guilt, and angry for not being with his team during their last deployment and mourning for the friends and comrades he lost, Childress attempted suicide.

For the next seven years he endured intense depression and addiction to prescription drugs, and in September 2012 attempted suicide again.

Childress says what was missing from his life was a way to help him cope with all the bad stuff in his head and to “transition” back into civilian life.

Shortly after that, while at the VA, he picked up a business card from the Gallant Few, a nationwide organization that specializes in helping veterans “successfully transition” back into life-after-the-military.

(See CHILI on page 25)

Lady Beavers roll to win over Leoti Lack of consistency an obstacle for spikers The SCHS volleyball team has shown they are capable of quality play at times.

The biggest hurdle for the young squad had been their ability to play at a high level for long periods of time.

That was the case on Tuesday when the spikers finished 1-2 in a quadrangular at Lakin, but nearly pulled off a big win over Goodland in their opening match before losing, 2325, 10-25.

“We put together a pretty complete game,” says head coach Megan Gentry. “When we got to 23 at the end of the game we had the momentum but we just couldn’t finish it off. Still, it was probably one of our best games this year.”

The second game loss seemed to be part of a frustrating pattern for the Lady Beavers. The lack of consistency comes with a young team and a lot of inexperienced players on the court.

“We have to get mentally tougher and not allow ourselves to get down when a team jumps out to an early lead,” says Gen-

The Lady Beavers celebrate a point during quadrangular action at Lakin on Tuesday. (Record Photo)

try. “We have a tendency to let a four point deficit turn into eight or 10 pretty quick and it’s pretty hard for our team to dig out of that kind of hole.”

The final match of the night against Lakin was a near repeat of the first match. Scott City played with the Lady Broncs for most of the first game, trailing 18-15 before La-

kin closed with a 7-1 scoring run to win, 25-16.

Scott City dropped the second game, 25-15, after falling behind 8-1 and 23-4.

Get First Win Sandwiched between the two losses the Lady Beavers picked up their first win of the season over Wichita County (25-

8, 25-12).

“Our serving was great.

To beat a team 25-8 was a big accomplishment for us,” says Gentry. “We were hitting well, but the serving was particularly strong.”

She says the front row hitters also had one of their best matches of the season.

“Our hitters were ag-

gressive. We moved Kiana Yager from the right side to the middle and she did a really nice job and had a couple of good kills,” says Gentry.

“We’re seeing progress, but it happens in spurts. When it does happen, these girls are showing they have the ability to play pretty well,” Gentry adds.

Bluejays escape Colby with 14-8 win There certainly wasn’t anything pretty about Scott City’s win at Colby, except that the eighth graders found a way to

Lozano “We had a tough week of practice. We ran the hills (at Lake Scott) on Thursday, so their legs weren’t fresh,” says Reese, whose focus this time of the year is on conditioning.

“I told Irv to be aggressive and I was glad to see that he was willing to challenge himself. We’ll never know how good we can be until we push ourselves and try to see what we’re capable of doing.

“Today’s conditions allowed us to experiment a little and not have to pay so much at the end,” he said.

Holding his position near the front of the lead

win under tough conditions.

“We can blame part of it on the weather and blame part of it on coaching,but

we played terrible,” says head coach Skip Numrich.

“We didn’t block anyone and we offset that by not tackling anyone. It

was a pretty ugly game.”

It didn’t start out that way. Following a punt by Colby, Scott City scored on their first possession

when Jack Thomas finished off the drive with a 12 yard run. Marshal Faurot’s two-point con-

vers had five runners finish the 3.1 mile course in 20 minutes or less as they won a tightly contested race for the team title.

SCHS had just 26 points, followed by Stanton County (31), Leoti (33), Goodland (40) and Lakin (73).

After losing the team title to Goodland in their season opening meet, Reese was glad to see an improvement in the team’s finish on Saturday.

“We felt we were capable of being a better team than Goodland. The boys had something to prove today and they ran a better race,” Reese says.

Better, but a long way

from being a great race.

“The bottom line is we have to be in better condition, especially if we want to compete like we hope at the end of the season,” emphasizes Reese. “At the two-mile mark I thought things were looking pretty good. That’s also where things started to fall apart a little.

“As we get into larger races with more runners we have to hold our positions - not just hold off runners, but be able to pick off runners ahead of us. The stronger teams are able to do that.”

Next action for the Beavers will be Saturday at Hugoton.

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SCHS Results Irvin Lozano 18:44 Dylan Hutchins 18:47 Edi Balderrama 19:06 Seth Cardenas 19:53 Gustavo Gonzales 20:00 Chance Jones 20:13 Heath Briggs 20:24 Austin Rios 20:42 Isaac Evans 20:44 Conner LeBeau 20:56 Kuawn Stewart 24:04

pack for most of the race was Hutchins, a junior, along with senior Edi Balderrama (7th, 19:06).

Hutchins continues to look very strong, slicing 1:15 off his time over the same course a year ago.

Hutchins said it was his strategy to let a couple of

runners set the early pace and wait on their shoulder to make a late move.

“I took the lead with about a thousand meters left and I thought I’d be able to hold onto it,” says Hutchins, “but I started to cramp up and I didn’t have a strong finish.

“Last year wasn’t a very good one for me, so I feel pretty good about how this one is starting out, not just for me but for the entire team,” he says.

“We have good depth. On any given day I feel we have several guys who are capable of finishing among our top five.”

That depth was evident at Tribune where the Bea-

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Rogers wins 1st in Payoff

Sue Rogers followed a new strategy in order to claim the top prize in last week’s Pigskin Payoff.

“For the first time I didn’t follow my husband’s advice,” said Rogers, who had 12 correct picks.

She won a tie-breaker with six other contestants. She had 38 points as the total in the KC-Denver game with the actual total 41.

Second place went to Barry Switzer and there was a third place tie between Jon Scott City Lippelmann and Steve Ratzlaff. sophomore Also finishing with 12 corKevin Aguilera rect picks were Keith Shapland, tries to get around a Col- Brad Venters and Curtis Emberton. by defender Grand prize at the end of the during Monday’s junior 14-week season is $275 to the varsity win individual with the most coron the home rect picks. The runner-up will field. receive $125.

(Record There is also a $75 prize to Photo) the first perfect entry of the season.

SCHS JV cash in on turnovers botched punts to whip Eagles Needing just three plays to score their first two touchdowns, the Scott Community High School junior varsity jumped out to a quick lead on their way to a 30-14 win over Colby on the home field Monday.

The opportunistic Beavers (2-0) were able to take advantage of two bad punt snaps and

a fumble recovery - all of which led to touchdowns.

The botched punt snaps came on Colby’s first two possessions with the Eagles on their end of the field. Even though the Beavers weren’t bringing pressure to block the punt attempt, the punter elected to run after regaining possession of the ball each time inside the 10 yard line

where he was tackled.

That led to consecutive SCHS drives that began from the six and eight yard lines which led to touchdown runs of six and eight yards by sophomore Kevin Aguilera.

The offense was on the field a total of 51 seconds and the Beavers held a 16-0 lead with 3:18 left in the first quarter.

“We definitely took advantage of their mistakes,” says coach Brian Gentry. “At the same time, when a team gives you those opportunities you have to take advantage of them.”

Benefitting from a long kickoff return, Colby scored on a 34 yard drive on their next possession. But the SCHS defense (See JV BOYS on page 25)

PP&K contest in SC Saturday Area boys and girls between the ages of 5-15 years can participate in the Punt, Pass and Kick competition on Sat., Sept.

20, 11:00 a.m., at the Scott Recreation Commission soccer fields.

Participants can register in advance and check the rules at www.nflppk.com.

Boys and girls will be divided into five age groups.

Anyone with questions can contact the SRC at 872-2372.

Young SC runners gaining confidence; win at Tribune Invite

There are three factors which can be invaluable for success in sports - momentum, confidence and experience.

The first two have been enough for a very young Scott Community High School girl’s cross-country team to win their first two meets of the season.

With four first-year runners on their roster, the Lady Beavers were able to cruise to an easy win at Tribune on Saturday. Five girls finished among the top 20 as SCHS finished with 27 points - well ahead of Goodland (39) and Lakin (42) in the nine school field.

The difference between week one and week two was particularly evident with freshman Trella Davis who finished fifth in the freshman/sophomore division (11th overall) with a time of 18:06.

“I felt a lot more confident today,” says Davis. “I was running with a girl from Goodland who I almost beat last week, so that gave me someone to run with.

“I felt a lot stronger throughout the whole race,” she added.

Head coach Kevin Reese wasn’t surprised at her 31-second improvement from the Goodland Invitational.

“What last week did for us

SCHS Results

Makaela Stevens

3rd

17:00

Jade Wren

10th

17:24

Kylee Trout

Trella Davis

Macy Davis

Olivia Prieto

9th

11th 19th

22nd

17:43 18:06 18:50 19:27

more than anything was to give us confidence, especially with the young girls who were running their first cross-country meet. They didn’t know what this sport was about and how competitive they could be,” he says. “I was pretty confident they could be real competitive based on what I’d seen, but they had to experience it for themselves.”

The success they experienced at the Goodland meet was evident.

“You could see it in the way they worked during the past week. They really put their heads down and put in the effort to make themselves better,” Reese says. “I know the weather helped, but it’s still great to see that effort rewarded with how well they performed today.”

Freshman Makaela Stevens (3rd overall, 17:00), who led the team for the second consecutive meet, put herself among the race leaders from the beginning.

“I wanted to get out front and

SCHS freshman Trella Davis climbs one of the hills at the Tribune Invitational last Saturday morning.

(Record Photo)

make a place for myself so I wouldn’t have to push it so hard at the end to make up ground,” says Stevens.

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close enough then maybe I’ll be in position to pull away at the end.”

Stevens finished second in the freshman/sophomore division and third overall.

Kylee Trout, a sophomore, finished fourth in the division, followed by Davis.

Junior Jade Wren (17:57) was sixth in the junior/senior division and 10th overall while senior Macy Davis finished 19th overall.

The Lady Beavers will face their toughest competition of the season when they travel to Hugoton on Saturday.

The Scott County Record • Page 22 • Thursday, September 18, 2014

Inside the Huddle

with the X-Factor

Chiefs show they still have the heart to win I know it’s easy to look at Kansas City’s 0-2 start and declare the season is over.

I’m sure some people are already wondering what our draft position will be next year - ahead of Oakland or behind them.

Not so fast.

I know things aren’t looking great. It’s hard to put a good spin on two losses to start the season.

It’s hard to find positives when medical staff is hauling key starters away on stretchers.

It’s reminiscent of the movie “The Replacements,” when Gene Hackman says that it’s all about playing with heart. The Chiefs played with heart against Denver.

The Las Vegas line had KC as 14 point underdogs and yet they came within a couple of yards and a pass completion of taking this game into overtime.

Yes, there are some issues to be worked out.

Cairo Santos has got to show he can be a kicker in the NFL. We can’t miss chip shots.

And, at times, I’m completely baffled by Andy Reid’s play calling, especially in the red zone. Runningback Knile Davis and the offensive line were in control of the ground game and yet, when we are knocking on the door, Reid wants to pass.

There were also some great things happening.

We held a 36:14 to 23:46 edge in time of possession.

Anytime you can keep Peyton Manning on the sideline for that long you have a chance to win.

We also held a 380-325 edge in total offense.

And quarterback Alex Smith was 8-of-12 passing for 132 yards on third down.

Those are some impressive numbers against one of the best teams in the NFL. This season isn’t over not by a long shot. Not as long as this team continues to play with the heart we saw last Sunday.

Intensity isn’t just something that you bring on Friday nights It’s easy to say that a win is a win.

And, yes, Scott City’s win over Colby last Friday still goes into the “W” column which is always a good thing.

That doesn’t mean everyone walks away feeling that things couldn’t have been better.

There are several explanations as to why the Beavers gave up three touchdowns - one against the varsity defense and another on special teams.

Head coach Glenn O’Neil isn’t entirely pleased with his team’s focus and preparation in between downs. That’s why players are lining up on the wrong side of the field which doesn’t set well with the head coach.

“We have a strong side defensive end and a strong side (outside) linebacker and we have boys who are assigned to the weak side,” says O’Neil. “They were lined up on the wrong side for 10 to 15 plays. They aren’t looking around and getting into the middle of the field so they can get to the proper side.

“That’s a lack of discipline, which is something we’ve always preached.”

That’s why players will make a couple of good plays and then let the offense bust off a big gain.

“Our defensive ends will make a couple of good plays and then have a bad play. When they use the technique they’ve been taught they have success,” says O’Neil. “Right now we’re needing a more consistent level of play.”

But there was also another element that bothered seniors Brett Meyer and

Trey O’Neil following Friday’s game.

“I felt like we may have lost our intensity in the second half. We weren’t as focused,” says Meyer.

“I feel like everything was going great for the first half. Our offense was looking great. But then they got a couple of long kickoff returns and it seemed like it took away some of our momentum.

“How we started was awesome. We just need to play like that for four quarters.”

As for the intensity, that’s not just something that Trey O’Neil and his teammates expect under the Friday night lights.

“I think we took a step back with our intensity as we looked up at the scoreboard. We have a lot of young guys who are still learning and part of that is knowing you have to play hard on every down,” emphasized Trey.

“If you let up on one play then a team can bust it because that’s varsity football. It’s not JV. They have to do their job on every play. But we’re learning on the run right now with so many new guys.”

As for analyzing whether the Beavers are ahead or behind where they were at this time last year, O’Neil wasn’t ready to make that call.

But he is certain about one thing.

“I don’t know that we’re ahead of

where we were last year, but our practices are a lot more intense and we’re a lot more focused than last year,” says the senior quarterback. “We’ve always been prepared, but I think this year we’re extra prepared for Friday nights.”

And for good reason.

A winning season or making the playoffs isn’t enough. The Beavers - which is no surprise - have set their goals a little higher.

“We were so close to making the state championship game last year and that’s what we remind the guys about every day,” O’Neil says.

“We tell each other that if we’d have done a little more work, done a couple more squats - if we’d have worked a little harder in practice or in the weight room . . . maybe that would have been the difference in whether or not we’d have beaten Beloit.”

The Beavers don’t want those lingering thoughts at the end of this season.

“We’re trying to push and push until we can’t go anymore because we’ve been so close. We came up just short last year. So we’re real hungry now to get back to the championship game again.”

That’s how championship teams have to think.

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Escape version opened up an early 8-0 lead.

However, Colby was able to control the ball for most of the half.

“We couldn’t get them off the field,” says Numrich.

“We’d make a couple of good stops and then give up a first down.”

After Colby tied the game, 8-8, Scott City appeared to regain the lead after getting the

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short of a first down on fourthand-one.

“It was frustrating,” says Numrich. “We played a good defensive game to limit them to just eight points, but there should have been a lot more three-and-outs.”

Offensively, Numrich says they can’t continue to rely on two or three boys to keep making big plays.

“Our offensive line has to get better,” says the head

coach. “We need 11 boys putting out the effort. We can’t have six or seven boys standing around watching. I don’t expect perfection in the second game of the season, but I expect effort.”

That will be especially critical during a tough stretch of games that include Hays, Liberal West and Ulysses.

“We will open up the playbook,” adds Numrich.

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ball back with 30 seconds left in the first half and scoring a quick TD. However, the points were erased by a penalty and the score remained tied at the half.

A 40 yard run by Wyatt Hayes on Scott City’s first possession of the second half proved to be the winning margin.

SCMS sealed the win at midfield late in the game when Colby was stopped two inches

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Colby (continued from page 19)

“Our passing game is looking pretty good and the line is stepping it up,” says Meyer. “Last year, Colby was able to bring a lot of pressure against the pass and it seemed that Trey was scrambling on just about every play.

This time around Trey had more time to look for his receivers. Drake, me and Sloan are big targets and that also helps.”

Head coach Glenn O’Neil was satisfied with the passing game. He still has big concerns with line play in the running game.

“Even though we had a lot of rushing yards it wasn’t between the tackles,” he noted, with the exception of a 41 yard run by runningback Wyatt Kropp. “Most of it came on the edges where you don’t have to worry about blocking the interior of the line for very long.”

Defense and special teams will also be getting a lot of attention after giving up 19 points and 229 yards rushing.

“Our defense is missing way too many tackles and that’s not just on kickoff coverage,” O’Neil says. “They had a 50 yard touchdown run against our first group because we were misaligned. We have Senior wide receiver Brett Meyer catches a touchdown pass over the outtoo many guys who are stretched arms of a Colby defender during Friday’s league win. doing their own thing.

(Record Photo) “This week the plan the same result. This time Colby added one more is to drill, drill, drill on a 19 yard scoring pass.

The Eagles then had it was O’Neil returning touchdown against the jublocking and tackling two kickoff returns that the interception 40 yards nior varsity defense and phases of the game.” provided great field posi- to the Eagles’ 15. Three then the SCHS JV offense tion only to waste both plays later, O’Neil con- answered with a touchTake Control Early Scott City scored on its opportunities with inter- nected with McRae who down of their own, covwas wide open coming ering 62 yards in almost first six possessions and, ceptions.

With the ball at the across the middle, stretch- 4-1/2 minutes. Keeping for the second consecutive the ball on the ground the game, Tre Stewart got the SCHS 46 following a ing the lead to 38-7.

“Colby was playing entire drive, sophomore Beavers on the scoreboard kickoff return, Colby’s with a 30 yard field goal first play was a deep pass with eight guys in the box Kevin Lozano finished off over the middle that was and that allowed us to go the possession with a one on their first drive.

The game wasn’t yet picked off by Meyer and deep or to cut across the yard scoring run.

In six attempts, Colby 7-1/2 minutes old by the returned 43 yards along field for open passes,” didn’t have a single pass time Baker caught the first the Scott City sideline. For said Meyer. completion to their own of his two TD passes and a moment it appeared that receivers. fullback Cooper Griffith Meyer might have a pick- Kropp Busts TD Kropp, a junior tail“We made some good had finished off a 57 yard six, but the official said he drive with a one yard run stepped out of bounds “by back, gained nearly half adjustments in the zone, that much,” holding his of his team high 87 yards breaking on the ball into open up a 17-0 lead.

The Beavers gave up thumb and finger less than rushing on a 41 yard burst stead of chasing people,” their first points of the sea- an inch apart. From the through the middle on said Coach O’Neil.

In addition to the two son late in the first quarter Colby 30, O’Neil com- Scott City’s first posseson a 50 yard run by Colby pleted a 10 yard pass to sion of the second half interceptions, there were Yager and a 20 yard pass that put the Beavers on also a couple of knockjunior Matthew Pieper. downs by linebackers That was followed by in the end zone to Meyer top, 45-7.

Colby followed with a Marshall Hutchins and three more SCHS touch- who had to reach over a Sloan Baker. downs less than three defender who was face- 72 yard kickoff return.

The Beavers, who “Any time you can minutes apart early in the guarding him.

“That wasn’t an easy turned four Colby turn- limit a team to zero yards second period. The scoring burst began with a 68 catch. The cornerback overs into 24 points, capi- (passing) you have to be yard drive that needed just had his hand in my face talized on a fumble at happy. I wasn’t because six plays - including a 14 on about every pass play,” midfield late in the third they only threw once or quarter. That led to a me- twice. We did a good job yard pass to Meyer and noted Meyer.

Two plays later, Col- thodical 10-play drive that of taking that part of the a 16 yard run by Chantz Yager - before O’Neil and by again tried to test the ended with a two yard run game away from them,” says O’Neil.

Baker again connected on SCHS secondary with by Yager.

Goodland

(continued from page 19)

O’Neil describes Trachsel as a “good athlete who will carry the ball on quarterback sweeps and on some power plays.” He showed that with a team high 80 yards rushing against Wray.

The Cowboys will line up in a number of different formations in order to open up their passing attack.

They will have a tight end with two wideouts, put twin receivers on each side and also line up with trips.

Goodland will even run a variation of the wishbone offense at times.

“They give you a lot of different things to look at,” says O’Neil.

On the offensive and defensive lines in particular, but “overall, they’re smaller than the two teams we’ve played so far,” O’Neil adds.

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caught with marijuana, you were going to be suspended longer than for using your wife as a punching bag.

That’s how out of touch the NFL has been with culture away from the football field.

If anyone has questioned whether or not NFL Czar Roger Goodell was flying by the seat of his pants when it comes to domestic violence, he came up with a little known “Exempt List” whereby players can still be paid while suspended from their teams. It’s kind of like a “double secret probation” in Animal House.

While the NFL tries to get players to dial back their testosterone levels while away from the game, MLB has apparently decided it must provide some guidelines to help players know when crotch-grabbing is and isn’t acceptable.

In the case of Philadelphia reliever Jonathan Papelbon, crotch-grabbing isn’t considered lewd behavior as long as it occurs between the lines. Once you step outside the lines or are being confronted by less-than-adoring fans, it’s off limits.

The seven-game suspension handed down by MLB is having a ripple effect throughout the sport.

“Grabbing your crotch is as natural as breathing,” said one MLB player. “We do it so often that we quite honestly have no control over when or where it happens. I was the best man at my brother’s wedding two weeks ago and . . . well . . . it’s in all the wedding photos. I had no idea.”

“To be completely honest, no one can be sure whether Papelbon was grabbing because he was angry with the fans or whether he’d have done the same thing if the fans had been cheering for him,” says one MLB official.

“Nonetheless, MLB is taking this seriously. We’ve even offered self-help seminars and we have the framework in place for Crotch-Grabbing Anonymous so we can help those players who want to end their grabbing reflexes without all the attention.”

Unfortunately, says the MLB official, they haven’t had a single participant in either program.

“I suppose that shouldn’t be a surprise. Whenever someone has a serious reflexive addiction like crotchgrabbing, the crotch-grabber is usually the last to know. It’s not until you catch a crotch-grabber on camera that they even become aware of what they’re doing. That may be what happened with Jonathan.”

As to whether Papelbon will come to the league seeking help, officials remain optimistic, but skeptical.

“We can always hope, but this has been going on for almost 150 years,” the official added. “We can’t hope to change it overnight.”

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SCHS Football SCHS 59 - Colby 19 Score by quarters:

SC Colby

17 21 7 0

First Downs Yards Rushing

Yards Passing Total Offense

7 14 - 59 6 6 - 19

SC

Col

200 486

0 229

14-17-0 74

0-6-2 45

31 286

Rushing Attempts 57 Yards Per Carry 5.0

Passing Total Plays

Penalties Fumbles/Lost

6-65 1/1

10 229

39 5.9

6-45 3/3

Individual Rushing Car. Yds. Wyatt Kropp 13 87 Chantz Yager 10 78 Marshall Hutchins 11 55 James Jurgens 5 37 Trey O’Neil 6 34 Cooper Griffith 5 28 Kevin Aguilera 3 18 Jess Drohman 2 9 Kevin Lozano 2 4 Individual Receiving Rec. Yds. Brett Meyer 4 67 Wyatt Kropp 4 52 Sloan Baker 2 38 Chantz Yager 2 26 Drake McRae 2 17 Individual Passing Comp Att Trey O’Neil 14 17

Int TD 0 4

How they scored: 1st Quarter: 9:47: Tre Stewart, 29 yd. field goal.

7:01: Trey O’Neil to Sloan Baker, 19 yds. (kick fail) 4:36: Cooper Griffith, 1yd.

(O’Neil run) 1:29: Matt Pieper, 50 yd. run (kick good 2nd Quarter: 11:34: O’Neil to Baker, 19 yds. (Stewart kick) 10:47: O’Neil to Brett Meyer, 20 yds. (Stewart kick) 8:45: O’Neil to Drake McRae, 10 yds. (Stewart kick) 3rd Quarter: 8:57: Wyatt Kropp, 41 yds.

(Baker kick) 8:41: Colby, 72 yd. kickoff return (run fail) 4th Quarter: 9:25: Chantz Yager, 2 yds.

(Baker kick) 8:34: Ben Matchell, 19 yds. (kick fail) 4:06: Kevin Lozano, 1 yd.

(Baker kick) SCHS JV 30 - Colby 14 Score by quarters: SC 16 6 8 0 - 30 Colby 8 0 0 6 - 14

First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing

Total Offense

SC

Col

199

152

11 53 146

Rushing Attempts 30 Yards Per Carry 1.8 Passing 6-10-0 Total Plays

Penalties Fumbles/Lost

40

0-0 1/1

10 134 18

38 3.5 3-8-1 46

2-15 1/1

Individual Rushing Car. Yds. Kevin Lozano 11 42 Kevin Aguilera 6 26 Jess Drohman 6 13 Nick Nowak 2 11 Jarrett Jurgens 1 -4 Bo Hess 4 -35 Individual Receiving Rec. Yds. Kyle Cure 2 71 Justin Faurot 1 36 Kevin Aguilera 2 22 Drew Duff 1 17 Individual Passing Comp Att Int TD Bo Hess 6 10 0 1 How they scored: 1st Quarter: 7:19: Kevin Aguilera, 6 yds.

(Jess Drohman run) 3:27: Aguilera, 8 yds. (Kevin Lozano run) 1:23: Colby, 23 yd. run. (pass good) 2nd Quarter: 6:45: Hess to Justin Faurot, 36 yds. (run fail) 3rd Quarter: 7:08: Lozano, 1 yd. run.

(Lozano run) 4th Quarter: 2:43: Colby, 23 yd. QB keeper. (run fail)

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JV Boys made sure Colby didn’t find the end zone again until late in the game.

Scott City forced a fumble and interception on the next two Colby possessions. The fumble was recovered at the Eagles 36 and on the first play quarterback Bo Hess connected with a wide open Justin Faurot at the 12 yard line. Faurot was tackled as he crossed the goal line, giving Scott City a 22-8 halftime lead.

SCHS extended their advantage with a 67 yard drive on the opening possession of the second half. Hess connected with sophomore tight end Kyle Cure on a 35 yard pass and added a 17 yard completion to Drew Duff which put the ball at the one yard line. Sophomore Kevin Lozano finished off the drive on the next play.

Lozano added the PAT which gave Scott City a 30-8 cushion.

Chili

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(continued from page 21)

“We were pretty content with keeping the ball on the ground and working the clock in the second half,” says Gentry. “For the most part we were able to move the ball four and five yards at a time.”

The SCHS defense came up with another big defensive stand in the fourth quarter when Colby had a first down at the three yard line. After gaining two yards on their first play the Eagles were sacked for a 10 yard loss.

The drive ended when a fourth down attempt was stopped at the three yard line.

Gentry praised the defense, in particular the play by inside linebackers Tre (Loftis) and Eddie (Tilton).

“They were making big stops all night, but they really stepped it up on that series,” says the coach. “Justin (Faurot) also had some good open

field tackles. On their two touchdown runs we had boys in position to make plays. The big problem was that we didn’t wrap up.”

Hess finished the night 6-of-10 for 146 yards passing. Cure, with receptions of 36 and 35 yards, led the team in receiving.

Lozano led the rushing game with 42 yards on 11 carries. However, because Hess was sacked for 35 yards in losses, the Beavers had just 53 yards rushing.

“When Bo has time he’s going to complete a lot of his passes. There were times when he was scrambling for his life,” says Gentry. “But a lot of these boys on the line are sophomores who didn’t play any JV last year.

They were confused at times with Colby’s 5-3 front, but they’re learning and they’ll keep getting better.”

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Showdown on the Plains 5k Run

17-years and under Raymond Lucero Wyatt Hayes Jack Thomas Marshall Faurot Parker Vulgamore Jace Thomas Hunter Yager Cale Goodman Sawyer Stevens Conner Armendariz

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18-years and over Chase Thompson Teryl Whipple Nicholas Kough Corbin Stevens Andy Hineman Gwen Wells Emily Lightner Paula Vulgamore Orrie Bogner Marc Ramsey Aaron Goodman

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One Mile Fun Run 8-years and under Camden Vulgamore Alex Tarango Griffin Edwards Joaquin Harper Brinlie Stevens Adan Tarango Jace Miller

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Gavin Williams Carson Batterton Childress had aban- and popular thing to do tacts, and their informa- Max Tuttle doned his love of the out- nowadays, but can also tion is checked out by the Kairae Berry doors since entering the be misused merely to cre- organization Gallant Few Brandon Smyth

military and during an interview with a representative from Gallant Few, he was urged to reconnect with the Kansas outdoors as a way to help him cope and find himself again. He began with short solitary camping trips to a place in Western KS he had loved as a kid, during which he started video journaling.

Much like the “Survivorman” TV series, he would set up a camera and film himself talking about anything that popped into his head.

“Even if I felt at the time like I was losing my mind, I’d say to the camera, I feel like I’m losing my mind.”

It was during these trips “off the grid” that he felt he was being called to help struggling veterans like himself, by taking them along and helping them learn to loose themselves in the great Kansas outdoors like he was learning to do all over again.

It was around this time that Childress decided to film four short video clips of him teaching his son gun safety and to post them on You-Tube.

Hunt Channel TV was impressed with the content and presentation and contacted him about filming some shows for them, giving him two months to film three shows.

Despite his excitement over the opportunity, Chili could see that this project was way too big for him alone, so he enlisted some past and present hunting buddies aand TV show “Chili off the Grid” was born. Each member of the group was chosen for a particular skill-set they possessed.

Working in any way to help military veterans is an especially worthy

ate good public relations for groups or individuals.

Sears offered some insight into “Chili off the Grid’s” mission.

“Our group strives not to exploit veterans and not to use them just to bring attention to our TV segments. When you watch our shows you will seldom be able to tell who the veteran is. We partner with the veterans we take hunting and fishing, and attempt to form long term relationships with these guys and gals and to be there for them when they need a friend or a listening ear.”

Most of the veterans they take with them into the outdoors are found through social media con-

to be certain they are indeed military veterans and that everything is on the up and up.

Recent statistics tell us that 22 military veterans take their own lives every day in the United States.

I believe these guys can have a positive impact on that alarming number.

Chili off the Grid has been picked up by KAKE TV in Wichita and will air at 1:00 p.m. on Sundays in October. Also check out the guy’s shenanigans on their website chilioffthegrid.com.

Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors!

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

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Bluejays steamroll Colby for 240 yards

Scott City’s ground game was unstoppable as the SCMS seventh graders rolled up 240 yards in a 36-0 romp over Colby last Thursday.

It was a balanced offensive attack led by Justus McDaniel with 69 yards on just 10 carries while Cale Goodman and Brandon Winderlin each added 52 and 41 yards, respectively.

“With the cold, wet weather conditions it was hard to hold onto the ball and our offense was limited,” says coach Larry Fox. “Even under those conditions the boys showed improvement in their blocking and tackling.”

The only time that SCMS did go to the air, quarterback Kade Wren connected with Gooden on a 13 yard touchdown to open the scoring.

Wren added an 11 yard TD run late in the second period to open up a 14-0 halftime lead.

SCMS put the game away in the third quarter with a 41 yard scoring run by Winderlin and a six yard TD run by Goodman.

Sterling Wright finished off the night with an eight yard scoring run.

Gooden led the defense with five tackles. Finishing with three tackles each were Jackson Lewis, McDaniel and Wright.

(Above) The American Implement defense brings down a Holcomb runningback for a loss in fifth/ sixth grade action on Sunday. (Below) Easton Lorg tackles the quarterback and forces a fumble for Faurot Ag Services.

(Record Photos)

Defense outscores opposing teams as SC completes sweep Scott City’s defense scored more points than the opposition in a fourgame clean sweep of Sunday’s YMCA youth tackle football games in Garden City.

The defensive units of Scott City’s four teams scored 18 points one interception return for a score, a fumble recovery in the end zone and three safeties.

Scott City outscored their opponents by a combined 106-13.

In fact, the offense barely saw the field in the First National Bank/ Security State Bank’s 38-6 win over Holcomb in the third grade division. Scott City had the ball for just six offensive plays with three of those going for touchdowns Collin McDaniel (27 yards), Brady Welker (40 yard run) and Brady Welker to Avry Noll (40 yard pass).

Holcomb’s only score of the game came on a busted play that cut the lead to 12-6.

Scott City finished off a dominating performance on a 22 yard punt return by Kooper Wright and a six yard touchdown pass from Welker to Noll.

SCR Blanks Holcomb The Scott County Record/American Implement/Wheatland dominated Holcomb II, 22-0, in the fifth/ sixth grade division.

Again, it was defense that set the tone early as Harrison King recovered a fumble in the end zone on the second play of the game for a touchdown.

Quarterback Sawyer Stevens added a 21 yard touchdown run late in the opening period.

Scott City didn’t get on the scoreboard again until the fourth quarter when King bulled his way into the end zone from a yard out to finish off a 12 play drive and give his team a 20-0 lead.

The defense again came through in the final moments with King making a tackle in the end zone for a safety.

Bluejays Rip Holcomb Scott City’s seventh graders overpowered Holcomb with 262 yards on the ground in a 36-6 season opening romp on the home field on Sept. 4.

As dominating as Scott City’s offense was, it was the defense that scored the first points of the season with a safety on Holcomb’s first possession.

After that, it was all SCMS offense. The Bluejays scored three touchdowns before halftime on a 15 yard run by Brandon Winderlin, 12 yards by Justus McDaniel and a 20 yard run by Winderlin.

Scott City finished off the scoring with third quarter touchdown runs by Kaden Wren (one yard) and Sterling Wright (five yards).

Holcomb didn’t get on the scoreboard until just 21 seconds remaining in the game.

“We played with discipline and heart,” says coach Larry Fox. “We had the edge in size and speed.”

Six different Bluejays scored either touchdowns or PAT conversions.

Cale Goodman was the leading rusher with 116 yards on just nine carries, followed by McDaniel (65 yards) and Winderlin (50 yards).

Parker Gooden and McDaniel led the defense with six and five tackles, respectively.

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WSB Gets a Shutout Western State Bank scored on their first four possessions and coasted to a 21-0 win in the fourth grade division.

Following a punt return to the 12 yard line, WSB needed just two plays before Jace Thomas scored on a four yard run to give Scott City all the points they would need.

Aiden Miller added a one yard scoring run in the second quarter and just before halftime the defense tackled the ball carrier in the end zone for a safety and a 15-0 lead.

On Scott City’s first drive of the second half they moved the ball 40 yards in eight plays, scoring on a 15 yard run by Thomas.

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needed just six plays to score their first three touchdowns and went on to post a 25-7 win over El Zarape in the fifth/sixth grade division.

Easton Lorg scored on a 40 yard run on the first play of the game to put Scott City on top, 7-0.

Scott City forced a sack fumble on El Zarape’s second play, recovering the ball at the one yard line.

That set up a short TD run on the next play by Lorg.

Kale Wheeler finished off a four play, 19 yard drive with a seven yard scoring run early in the second period.

Scott City’s next two scores came on a pair of safeties that extended their lead to 25-0.

El Zarape avoided a shutout with a touchdown pass on the final play of the game.

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looking back

This photo of the northwest corner of the US83/K96 intersection in Scott City dates to the mid-1920s. The businesses facing to the east are (from left to right) the Starr Building (it has The Corner Store in large lettering above the outside stairwell and behind it is a grocery store).

The small building to the north is Ruth’s Grocery. The I. Marshall Building (which was heavily damaged by the recent fire). The Citizens State Bank, Crabtree Real Estate/Barber; Post Office; DeVault Barber Shop; Van Antwerp Clothing; Rexall Drug; and the Roark Building (aka, R.V.W. Store. It was most recently the Scott City Pharmacy and today is the Giftologist). On the northwest corner of the block is Foster Lumber Company. South of the lumber yard is Jack Hagan Furniture. In the top left corner of the photo is the Pioneer Livery Barn. In the far background at the top of the photo is the “new” courthouse. Immediately to the north of it is the old courthouse.

(Photo courtesy of Dean Fairchild)

The public is invited to

Walk with the Spirits at Punished Woman’s Fork Saturday, September 27 • 4:30 p.m.

Join us for a ceremonial presentation by Northern Cheyenne representatives and a retelling of the famous battle by local historians.

See the extensive collection of artifacts from the

Punished Woman’s Fork Battle including the only known image and engraved sword of Lt. Col. Lewis and many Northern Cheyenne and US Army items at the Jerry Thomas Gallery and Collection 902 W. 5th St., Scott City

Event hosted and sponsored by

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Randall is first in state fair wheat show Scott County farmer Richard Randall was a first place winner in two classes at the Kansas State Fair Market Wheat Show.

Randall (Ash Grove Farms) claimed top honors in the All Agri-Pro/Syngenta varieties. In addition, Richard and Glenda Randall were first place winners among All Hard White Wheat varieties.

Wheat harvest across the state proved to be filled with highs and lows this year, however, the overall quality of this year’s harvest was evident at this year’s show.

Producers from across Kansas entered their samples to compete for the title “Best of the Best” in Kansas.

Collected samples were analyzed by the Kansas Grain Inspection Service and tabulated by K-State Extension agents. Points were awarded for milling and baking quality (determined by variety characteristics), test weight, protein content, dockage and the number of shrunken and broken kernels.

Area farmers who placed among the top five in the state fair were: •Class 610 - All KSU varieties: 5th: Wilkinson/Welch, Scott County •Class 611 - All Other Public varieties: 3rd: Beaver Ridge Ag and Carpenter Foundation, Scott County •Class 615 - All Hard White Wheat varieties: 4th: Richard & Mark Miller, Wichita County •Class 616 - All Other Varieties and Hybrids: 3rd: Richard Miller and Mark Miller, Wichita County.

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California water policy is a worst case scenario California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed historic groundwater legislation, imposing new rules in the Golden State that could limit how much water commercial and residential users are allowed to pump from underground aquifers - a move decades in the works, spurred this year by California’s drought.

The new laws, which take effect in January, will

require local government officials to ensure use of groundwater basins is sustainable, protecting underground reserves and averting other environmental damage. The regulations could have a ripple effect on thousands of farmers and ranchers across the North Coast.

Brown, who sought state action on groundwater during his first run as governor more than 30

years ago - during another prolonged drought - characterized the new move as a necessary step to save the state’s groundwater reserves from depletion.

“This is a big deal,” Brown said at the signing ceremony last week. “It has been known about for decades that underground water has to be managed and regulated in some way.”

California has long

been the only western state to allow property owners to pump as they please, and proponents of the legislation said that hands-off approach has led to overuse of wells, causing sinking land and billions of dollars in damage to aquifers, roads and canals.

“Wells are going dry.

People are quarreling over whose water it is (See POLICY on page 30)

Drones could benefit ag industry When Steve Morris began building unmanned aerial systems in the late 1990s, he envisioned flying them over fields and collecting data that would be useful to farmers.

But after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, drones became largely associated with military strikes and surveillance

operations. Morris said the technology became the subject of contentious political debates and public paranoia.

“The entire dream evaporated at that point,” said Morris, founder and president of MLB, Co., in Santa Clara, Calif. “In an alternate universe where (drones) rose to promi-

nence through helping the economy, creating businesses and jobs, people would have a different view of them.”

More than a decade later, attention is refocusing on development of drones for commercial purposes. Amazon, Google and Walt Disney Co. are grabbing head-

lines with plans to develop drones for deliveries, mapping and entertainment.

But the big boom in unmanned aircraft may come from what’s known as precision agriculture using high-tech systems to help farmers increase yields and cut costs.

(See DRONES on page 29)

Ag credit remains strong as farm income drops Credit conditions remained strong in the second quarter of 2014, according to agricultural bankers in the Tenth District of the Federal Reserve, but lower farm income as a result of lower crop prices could put pressure on credit quality going forward.

Nearly 220 ag bankers

Corn, milo conditions ahead of ‘13 Five percent of the winter wheat has been planted in Kansas as of Sept. 14, according to Kansas Agricultural Statistics.

The corn crop, which will soon be ready for harvest, has been rated at 42 percent “good” and 13 percent “excellent.”

Corn dented was 90 percent, compared to the 93 average. Corn mature was 47 percent, ahead of 30 last year, but behind the 57 average.

Eighteen percent of the corn has been harvested, ahead of seven percent a year ago.

Sorghum conditions are rated 45 percent good, and nine percent excellent.

Sorghum headed was 97 percent. Sorghum coloring was 67 percent.

Sorghum mature was 14 percent, slightly ahead of average.

Soybean conditions rated 41 percent good, and 10 percent excellent.

Soybeans dropping leaves was 22 percent, equal to last year.

Sunflower conditions rated 52 percent good, and six excellent. Sunflowers blooming was 95 percent.

Ray flowers dried was 52 percent, behind 71 last year and the average of 66.

Sunflowers turning yellow was 28 percent, behind the 42 percent average.

Only two percent of sunflowers had turned brown, compared to the average of 11 percent.

from Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, New Mexico and Missouri responded to the Federal Reserve’s quarterly survey.

According to the survey, bankers reported very few past due farm loans in the second quarter, and they do not anticipate significant loan repayment

problems this year.

The decline in loan repayment rates were in states heavily dependent on crop production, particularly Nebraska, according to the survey. In contrast, improved profitability in the beef cattle industry led to strengthened loan repayment rates in Oklahoma in the sec-

ond quarter, according to the survey.

Cropland values were generally steady, according to the survey. Despite being 6 percent above year-ago levels, irrigated and non-irrigated cropland values only increased 1 percent from the first to second quarters of 2014.

Ranchland value, con-

Corn yields are forecast at record-setting 172 bu.

USDA’s latest crop production report boosted the forecasted yield for the 2014 U.S. corn crop by 4.3 bushels per acre to 171.7 bushels.

This record high stands 22 bushels above the five-year average, and seven bushels above the previous high of 164.7 bushels in 2009.

Yields increased in all but two states for which state-level data are available.

Good moisture and ideal temperatures have seen crop conditions rated at 74 percent in the good-to-excellent range, compared with 56 percent last year as of early September.

With the higher forecast yield, corn production is expected to be a record 14.39 billion bushels, 363 million bushels above last month’s projection and 470 million bushels above the estimate.

U.S. corn supplies for 2014-15 are forecast at 15.6 billion bushels.

Projected feed and residual is raised 75 million bushels as the lower price outlook encourages increased feed use.

Use of corn for ethanol has been raised 50 million bushels. Low corn prices are expected to encourage additional blending of ethanol, both for the domestic and export markets.

versely, continued rising supported by demand for high-quality pastures to graze livestock. According to the survey, ranchland values increased more than 2 percent from the first to the second quarter of 2014 and were more than 9 percent higher than levels at this time last year.

Bankers responding to the survey anticipate current trends in farmland and ranchland values to continue for the rest of the growing season.

Looking forward, some bankers responding to the survey said while “past profits and crop insurance may help mitigate shrink(See INCOME on page 30)

Market Report Closing prices on September 16, 2014 Winona Feed and Grain Bartlett Grain Wheat..................

White Wheat .......

Milo ....................

Corn ...................

$ 5.35 $

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$ 3.07 $ 3.64

Soybeans (new crop) $ 8.91 Scott City Cooperative

ADM Grain

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$ 5.50

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Sept. 10

68

54

$ 3.64

Sept. 11

54

47

Sept. 12

48

38

Sept. 13

68

39

Sept. 14

85

44

Sept. 15

69

55

$ 9.06

$ 14.75

$ 5.38

Corn....................

$ 3.69

Soybeans............

Sunflowers..........

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Wheat..................

Milo (bu.).............

$ 3.64

67

$ 3.07

Sunflowers..........

$ 3.07

Corn....................

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Milo (bu.).............

Soybeans ...........

Milo (bu.).............

$ 5.50

96

$ 5.35

Corn....................

$ 5.35

Sept. 9

Wheat..................

White Wheat .......

Wheat..................

White Wheat .......

$ 3.09 $ 8.86

$ 15.30

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Moisture Totals September

1.24

2014 Total

17.83

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Welcome to land of opportunity John Schlageck Kansas Farm Bureau

Nowhere on earth can you invest your money more safely or profitably than Western Kansas.

That was the marketing pitch back in 1905 from Wise & Stern dealers in farms, grazing lands and stock ranches.

Wise & Stern, located in Kansas City, Mo., had already been selling land in Western Kansas for several years. In addition to making money, this company was convinced Western Kansas was the new heaven on earth and destined for greatness.

Crops that year were excellent and a feeling of prosperity prevailed across the western third to half of Kansas. Reports of wheat yields of more than 25 bushels per acre in the region of Lane, Finney, Kearney, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton and Scott counties were heralded as average with many farmers reporting even “better” yields.

Wheat sold for a whopping 80 cents per bushel.

A decided change for the better in rainfall during the last few years

Drones In recent years, consumer-quality drones that are cheaper and easier to fly have become commonplace, but Federal Aviation Administration rules have restricted their civilian use to recreation and research in all but a few cases.

That has led Morris and others to market their agricultural drones overseas, where regulations are not as strict.

Sunnyvale, Calif., technology company Trimble began offering agricultural drones in January and is currently selling them in foreign markets. Indianabased drone maker PrecisionHawk says it has projects in Canada, South America and Australia.

The unmanned aerial systems can be programmed to fly low over fields and stream photos and videos to a ground station, where the images can be stitched together into maps or analyzed to gauge crop health. They can also be modified to land and take soil and water samples. One day they could be used in the U.S. as precision cropdusters.

steamrolled the excitement among those like Wise & Stern who marketed a 28-page pamphlet touting Western Kansas as the land of opportunity.

They also provided rail trips to show off their holdings to anyone wishing to invest in land.

“The breaking up and cultivating of these prairies south of western Kansas (in Oklahoma and Texas) has changed these prairies and has changed these winds to more moisture-laden breezes, so that there is an appreciable increase in the rainfall on the plains of Western Kansas over the average of ten years ago,” according to Wise & Stern’s pamphlet.

According to a story in the Kansas City Journal, a Western Kansan was quoted as saying, “we have found out how to farm Western Kansas now and the rainfall has changed.

It used to rain all at once, and then stay dry. Now we have gentle, soaking rains all over Western Kansas.

Cloudbursts and floods no longer trouble us.”

Blessed with wellwatered, fertile soil - rich, black loam ranging from two to four feet deep and a

“mild” climate with short winters, cool nights in the summer and almost always a gentle breeze, Western Kansas was touted as “God’s Country” at the beginning of the 20th Century.

During the nine-year period between 1897 and 1905, Western Kansas averaged more than 20 inches of rainfall per year in Finney County.

Another attribute that boded well for buying farm and ranch land in Western Kansas 108 years ago was the cheap price.

Land in this region of Kansas could be purchased from $2.50 to $15 per acre. Individuals interested in buying land were encouraged to look around at the rich farmer neighbors from Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. They all became wealthy because they bought land when it was cheap, so the sales pitch went.

Yes, Western Kansas was indeed the Promised Land back in 1905.

Visions of this rich, smooth, fertile prairie becoming the breadbasket of the world were being heralded throughout the land.

Fields producing 20 to 45 bushels per acres with a test weight of 60-66 pounds per bushel were seen as commonplace with never a thought given to extended periods of drought, blowing winds and soil.

More than 100 years ago, Western Kansas was indeed the new, undeveloped region where opportunities and advantages were limitless.

Examples of production costs including interest and taxes - but no mention of labor, toil and trial - totaled $874 to put in a wheat crop and harvest it on 160 acres. With a yield of 20 bushels per acre, at 60 cents per bushel, a farmer could gross $1,920.

Net profit on 160 acres for one year and one wheat crop totaled $1,046. Quite a return back in 1905.

This formula for success was sound. No need for argument. All that was required was for the farmer to till the soil properly and the elements would do the rest.

However, no man should expect nature to do it all.

Welcome to the land of opportunity.

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Revolutionize Ag Many experts believe that drones could revolutionize the industry.

“I think it’s going to change agriculture as we know it in North America,” said Scott Shearer, a professor at Ohio State University and an expert in precision agriculture. “It’s definitely going to allow producers to become much more efficient.”

Shearer said drones already can be used to provide more timely crop data and higher-resolution aerial imagery at a fraction of the cost of using traditional piloted aircraft or satellites.

“It’s a bit of a game changer,” Shearer said.

The benefits of ag drones are promising for farmers growing largely commodity crops in the Midwest, but Shearer said they may be even greater for those cultivating high-value crops, such as California’s wine grape growers.

Drone advocates say wider use depends on the complex process of integrating unmanned aircraft into national airspace, which will start to be out-

lined in forthcoming FAA rules.

That integration was congressionally mandated

by September 2015, though a recent Transportation Department audit found that the FAA is likely to miss that deadline.

The FAA has said rules governing small drones under 55 pounds that fly below 400 feet will be introduced later this year, but some industry officials cautioned that they may not take effect until 2016.

Very few commercial operators have received FAA exemptions allowing them to use drones in the U.S. Monrovia drone maker AeroVironment, Inc., this year became the first to get approval for commercial use of a drone to monitor a remote Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska.

“We could deliver valuable information to

farmers tomorrow, if the rules allowed it,” said AeroVironment spokesman Steven Gitlin.

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Freeze damage on fall crops should be minimal The low temperatures experienced in the early morning hours of September 12 might have some impact on the summer row crops, primarily in northwest and westcentral Kansas.

The main question is: How will the low temperatures affect each crop?

The answer won’t be immediately known, but symptoms of low temperature injury might be seen

Down on the Farm Chris Long Walnut Creek Extension Agent

in the next coming weeks.

The first crop to touch on is corn. In most of the area corn is at the dent stage or beyond.

Corn will mature when the black layer is formed

at the lower section of the kernel.

Depending on the relative maturity of the hybrid, corn requires 200-240 growing degree units from dent stage until maturity. In terms of days, this growing degree requirement will be related to the air temperatures in the coming days. This may be about 20 days, but it will depend on the temperature until matu-

rity. This assumes 20-24 growing degrees per day.

Corn is affected when temperatures are below or at 32 degrees. The lower the temperature, the less exposure time it will require to cause damage.

Clear skies, low humidity, and minimum or no wind conditions can promote damaging frost even when temperatures are above 32 degrees.

The temperatures of

Food choices are Fair to fabulous

Nothing surpasses the eye-opening, mouthwatering, sensory overload of the food choices available at America’s summertime state fairs.

Who says you can’t deep fry cotton candy?

Summer’s technically over, but the season’s not complete without one last tour of the most iconic of all the cultural institutions that are part of our national heritage: The state fair.

Most people don’t realize this, but the Americanstyle state fair as it has evolved - lots of farm animals, offbeat competitions, theme-park rides and a midway loaded with high-calorie “food” items - doesn’t exist elsewhere in the world.

We may not be No. 1 in educational achievement or even competitive in soccer, but the rest of the world can eat their hearts

Policy underground. We have a system deficit - water is being overdrafted without having the chance to be restored or renewed,” said Lester Snow, director for the nonprofit California Water Foundation, an advocacy firm created to drive sustainable groundwater management.

“The drought has created an opportunity to discuss groundwater management when previously no one wanted to talk about it.”

Groups representing the state’s powerful agricultural industry, including the California Farm Bureau, opposed the legislation. The farming sector has been hit by $1.5 billion in losses in the drought. Increasingly, growers in the region and across the state have

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ing margins in 2014, financial stress for crop producers could mount in 2015 if net returns do not improve.”

The bankers also said a large fall harvest could keep prices low through the beginning of next year, resulting in lower crop insurance revenue protection in 2015. They said loan quality may become more of a concern in the future if declining profit margins put additional pressure on repayment rates.

“With grain prices continuing to decline there is sure to be some decline in credit quality,” said one Central Nebraska banker.

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out with envy, because no one does fairs like the USA. And given the assortment of comestibles available on most midways, there probably is something called “Eat Your Heart Out, Foreigners,” which would be a chicken-fried, chocolate-coated slab of pure mayonnaise.

On that note, let’s take a culinary tour of America’s premier state fairs, starting with the biggest one of all.

•The Texas State Fair in Dallas.

The annual “Big Tex” event is the country’s largest state fair. Everything is bigger in Texas, and this fair goes to great lengths to showcase the Lone Star

State’s obsession with size.

To be sure, the fair offers a 212-foot tall Texas Star Ferris Wheel, plus dozens of musicians, magicians and animals involved in almost 100 live performances a day.

But no fair passes muster (mustard?) without some serious stomachstretching specialties, and Big Tex offers such delights as fried peaches and cream, funnel cake beer and even deepfried cotton candy - not to mention the Big Tex Choice Award handed out this year for a concoction called The Fried Gulf Shrimp Boil, which consists of shrimp (naturally), potatoes, corn, onions and lemons - all packed into a ball and, of course, deepfried.

You know what they call Shrimp Boil, funnel

cake beer and deep-fried cotton candy at Big Tex? Brunch.

•The Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul.

Competitions define this fair’s culture, as judging goes beyond standard livestock shows to include rulings on Christmas trees - remember, winter lasts nine months up there bees, honey and flowers.

Or fairgoers can check out a butter sculpture crafted to look like each year’s Princess Kay of the Milky Way, the young woman crowned as the official ambassador for the Minnesota dairy industry.

That culinary creation is just for viewing, but as for edibles, the Minnesota State Fair doesn’t disappoint. I mean, where else can you enjoy a camel meat slider?

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turned to wells as arid conditions sap surface supplies for irrigation.

Farming groups said the legislation Brown signed was rushed and punishes well-managed agencies while infringing on property rights.

“This is crisis-driven legislation,” said Tito Sasaki, president of the 3,000-member Sonoma County Farm Bureau.

“It’s going to have a tremendous effect on our economy, and in the end, it will not solve our problems with the water supply.”

Brown said the state has listened to farm groups.

“We’ve made some concessions, we’ve taken into account concerns that farmers throughout California have,” Brown said. “We’ve gone as far

as we thought was appropriate.”

The state will require local governments to designate within two years an agency to prepare plans that ensure groundwater supplies are not depleted.

If goals aren’t met, the state could intervene.

Farmers, ranchers and county officials are worried the mandatory rules could strip them of local control and undermine work that has enabled scientific studies of aquifer levels in three main basins: in Sonoma Valley, the Santa Rosa Plain, and most recently, an assessment now underway in Petaluma.

To preserve ground and surface supplies, some areas have been expanding its storage and delivery of recycled water for growers and ranchers.

The recycled water allows Ray Mulas, a thirdgeneration farmer on the outskirts of Sonoma to run his dairy and vineyard operation without tapping his wells. The operation needs 2-3 million gallons a day.

“I have two big wells, so I could pump a lot of water out of the ground, but I don’t,” said Mulas, who has 1,600 dairy cows and vineyards.

But the valley’s aquifer is still threatened by over-pumping, illustrating perhaps the limits of a county’s voluntary efforts.

Nearly half of the water used - by agriculture, business and residents - is drawn from underground supplies, and two parts of the area have sunk below sea level, allowing salt water to seep into underground reserves.

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about 35 degrees experienced during the early morning hours of September 12, especially in northwest and westcentral Kansas, can cause variable freeze damage, depending on the growth stage and position in the field among other factors.

A proper assessment is recommended a week after the frost event. Green leaf canopy may be affected. Seed size and quality

can also be impacted if the corn is in an early reproductive stage.

Even though we don’t have a lot of soybeans throughout the entire district, there are still some acres in the Ness City area. Most of the Kansas soybean crop has already set pods and is entering into the final reproductive stages. Low temperatures below 32 F can interrupt (See FREEZE on page 31)

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Cover crops can be beneficial to producers Bruce Anderson University of NebraskaLincoln Extension

Cover crops are reportedly good for many purposes. They can reduce erosion, fix nitrogen, add organic matter, breakup hardpans, feed soil microbes, control weeds, and improve water infiltration.

They might remove excess moisture, keep soils cool, or reduce evaporation. Hopefully, they maintain or improve our stewardship of the soil resource and result in improved cropping sys-

Freeze the seed filling in soybeans.

Yield impacts can be expected when soybean are not yet at the R6 growth stage. Similarly to corn, temperatures below 30 degrees can kill the soybean plants.

With soybeans, the absolute temperature value is more important than the duration of the cold stress. The greatest damage is at temperatures less than 28 degrees. If frost damage occurs when soybeans are at the beginning seed stage, yield can be dramatically impacted.

As the crop approaches maturity, the impact of a

tem profits.

Another potential benefit of certain cover crops is the capture of soil nitrates, retaining the excess nitrogen for use by future crops instead of losing the nitrates to leaching, runoff, or volatilization. When these nitrates are retained primarily belowground in the roots, livestock can safely graze or eat hay or silage from the cover crops.

However, many cover crops can accumulate nitrates in aboveground tissue, which poses a risk to livestock consuming these crops.

Many popular cover crops that also are used as forages can accumulate nitrates, including cereals like rye and oats, summer forages like sorghums and millets, and brassicas like turnips and radishes.

Many weeds like pigweed, lambsquarter, sunflowers, and kochia are known nitrate accumulators. Legumes like peas, beans, clovers, and vetch usually do not accumulate nitrates, but under stress such as drought, hail, or a sudden hard freeze the chance that they will have high nitrates, at least temporarily, increases.

So, can these cover crops be used safely as forage? In most situations, yes. While many plants used as forage/cover crops can cause nitrate toxicity, most conditions in which they are grown do not lead to excessive nitrate levels.

And even when nitrate levels are elevated, the forage often can be used safely if certain precautions are followed.

The key to safe use is a two-step process. First determine if the growing environment might produce high-nitrate forage.

If so, then sample and test

the crop for nitrates, using the test results to guide safe feeding of the forage to livestock.

Weather conditions that stress plant growth drought, hail, frost or low temperatures - often contribute to nitrate accumulation. Heavily manured soils, mineral imbalances, or excessive nitrogen fertilization also increase nitrate risk.

When cover crops that are known to accumulate nitrates have been growing under any of these conditions, sample and test for nitrates before using them for forage.

Hail can create some highly variable conditions that make forage use decisions challenging, especially in fields initially planted to corn. The original crop may or may not have been destroyed.

Fields may or may not have been replanted with a forage crop. And soil nitrogen may or may not be high enough to cause extra nitrate risks.

Special sampling methods. The methods used to sample forages for nitrates often need to differ from those used when testing forage quality.

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freeze event on soybean yields declines.

The biggest question that we may have in our area is in the sorghum crop. For the most part, sorghum has already headed and over half of the crop is coloring.

Still, low temperatures might impact the crop through reductions in seed weight. Lower temperatures will decrease the growth rate of the seed, impacting seed size and making the harvesting process more difficult.

Small and lightweight grain will be difficult to thresh.

The temperatures experienced last weekend may kill leaves, but if the conditions were not below 30 degrees, the plant will continue the grain filling until maturity. A freeze will kill the sorghum plant if the stalks are frozen, which would create an impediment for the flow of nutrients from the plant to the grain, stopping seed growth and impacting final yields.

Freeze damage lowers the test weight of grain sorghum. In general, the less developed the sorghum is at the time of the killing freeze, the lower its test weight will be.

Ness County Real Estate Auction Oil Production, Cultivation and Grassland

Monday, October 6 • 10:00 a.m.

Auction Location: Ness City Bank building, 102 W. Main St., Ness City

Seller: Goodman Family Trust Manner of Sale: Tracts one through four will be offered (surface rights only) as individual tracts. Tract five being tracts one through four totaling 1,920 acres more or less (surface rights only).

General information: Older unoccupied home built in 1930 with no inspections, 1975 farm utility shed, 50’ x 150’, 1950 farm utility shed, arch rib 32’ x 64’, 1940 farm utility building, 28’ x24’. Ranch location: 12 and 1/2 miles south of Beeler.

Each Tract is independent on water supply.

Tract One: Developed well water.

Tract Two: Hackberry Creek, spring water and pond water.

Tract Three: Two windmills/wells, with tank reservoirs and pond water.

Tract One: Legal Description: The East Half (E/2) of Section Thirty-Three (33), Township Twenty (20) South Range Twenty-Six (26) West of the 6th PM Ness County, Kansas. Surface Rights.

FSA Information: 164.41 acres grassland, 150.58 acres cultivation. Crop Acreage Program for 2014 and 2015: 78 acres wheat for 2015, 72.4 acres milo for 2014.

Tract Two: Legal Description: All of Section Thirty-Four (34), Township Twenty (20) South, Range Twenty-Six (26) West of the 6th PM Ness County, Kansas. Surface Rights.

FSA Information: 330.49 acres grassland, 295.01 acres cultivation. Crop Acreage Program for 2014 and 2015: 94 acres planted to milo for 2014. Balance being 200 acres idle for 2015.

Tract Three: Legal Description: All of section Thirty-Five (35), Township Twenty (20) South, Range TwentySix (26) West of the 6th PM Ness County, Kansas. Surface Rights.

FSA Information: 401.79 acres grassland, 238.14 acres cultivation. Crop Acreage Program for 2014 and 2015: 120 acres wheat for 2015, 118.14 acres idle for cultivation for 2015.

Tract Four: The South Half (S/2) of Section Thirty-Six (36), Township Twenty (20) South, Range Twenty-Six (26) West of the 6th PM Ness County, Kansas. Surface Rights.

FSA Information: 275.39 acres cultivation, 45.18 acres retired C.R.P. Crop Acreage Program for 2014 and 2015: 146 acres wheat for 2015, 128 acres milo for 2014.

Tract Five: Legal Description: Tracts one through four as one unit.

Tract Six: All producing and non-producing minerals under 1,920 acres, total production in 2013 was 14,017 bbls. Effective date January 1, 2015.

Terms: 10% down day of sale, balance to be paid upon title approval and delivery of deed, said closing to be on or before November 5, 2014 or as soon as title requirements, if any, can be corrected.

Possession: After the 2014 milo harvest on all planted milo acres. Possession after the 2015 wheat harvest on all planted wheat acres with the land owners 1/3 share of the harvest wheat delivered to the nearest elevator in the purchaser name. Possession November 1, 2014 on the grassland on tracts one, two and three. Possession April 1, 2015 on Tract one farmstead.

Taxes: Seller to pay all 2014 and prior taxes on oil and real estate. Purchaser to pay all 2015 taxes and subsequent on oil and real estate.

Government Program: Purchaser to stay in compliance with all U.S. Government Programs the property is presently enrolled in. Payments to follow crop interest.

Note: Announcements made day of sale shall take precedence over printed material.

Agency Disclosure: Farmland Auction & Realty Co., Inc., is the agent of the seller. If the purchaser desires representation, legal council is advised.

Live internet bidding available.

Call for details.

Farmland Auction & Realty Co., Inc. 2707 Broadway, Hays, KS 67601 785-628-2851 Toll Free: 1-888-671-2851 E-mail: farmland@farmlandauction.com Web: www.farmlandauction.com

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The Scott County Record Professional Directory

There’s no better way to reach your potential customers in Scott County and the surrounding areas.

Agriculture

SPENCER PEST CONTROL

Preconditioning and Growing

RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL

• 45 Years Experience • Managed and owned by full-time DVM • 2,000 Head capacity Office - 872-5150 • Scott City

Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control

Stuart Doornbos Home - 872-2775 Cell - 874-0951

Box 258, Scott City • (620) 872-2870

Construction/Home Repair

Sager’s Pump Service CHAMBLESS • Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles

Cell: 874-4486 • Office 872-2101

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.

Contact:

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

SCOT AYTES • 874-1646 t Paint i

Red

Specializing in all coatings

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

RT Plumbing Rex Turley, Master Plumber

Residental and Commercial Plumbing Water Systems, water lines, sewer cleaning faucets and fixtures, garbage diposals and more

Marienthal, Ks.

Owner, Chris Lebbin • 620-214-4469

1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

620-909-5014 (H) • 620-874-4128 (C)

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

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Scott City Clinic

872-2187

Christian E. Cupp, MD

William Slater, MD

Libby Hineman, MD

Megan Dirks, AP, RN-BC

Josiah Brinkley, MD

Ryan Michels, PA

Family Practice Family Practice Family Practice

Matthew Lightner, MD Family Practice

General Surgeon

Joie Tedder, APNP Melissa Batterton, APRN

Scott City Myofascial Release Sandy Cauthon

Fur-Fection

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

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.

Truck Driving

Help Wanted

REGIONAL OTR drivers for small Omahabased carrier with loads to and from Kansas. Long hoods, 72 mph, paper logs, 12-13,000 miles/ month. Call Lanny at 800810-5432.

––––––––––––––––––––– YOUR PARTNER in excellence. Drivers needed. Great hometime. $650 sign-on bonus. All miles paid. 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.

SOUTHEAST KANSAS Farmers Co-op manager’s position. Accepting resumes and inquiries.

Competitive salary with benefits, retirement and incentive plan. Negotiable, depending on experience.

Mail resumes and inquiries to: Managers Position, Box 151, Fall Rivers, Ks. 67047 ––––––––––––––––––––– $2,000 BONUS. Oil field 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.

––––––––––––––––––––– C O N T R A C T SALESPERSONS to sell aerial photography of farms. Commission basis, $4,225 first month guarantee. $1,500-3,000 weekly proven earnings.

Travel required. More info msphotosd.com or call (877) 882-3566.

Education

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

CAN YOU DIG IT? Bulldozers, heavy equipment operator training.

Three week hands-on program. Bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement assistance w/national certifications.

VA benefits eligible.

1-866-362-6497.

Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks.

Garage Sales

Retail

Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock!

COMPARE OUR PRICES!

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

9TH ANNUAL US36 Highway treasure hunt.

Sept. 19-21. 400 miles of antique and garage sales across Kansas. www. ushwy36.com.

508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers!

Networking solutions!

Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

Brent Rogers

Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz

For Sale LENDERS OFFERING special government programs for manufactured homes. $0 down for landowners. FHA for first-time buyers. VA - $0 down for veterans. Section 184 for federal Tribe members.

Lenders accepting less than perfect credit. 866858-6862.

Northend Disposal A garbologist company.

Office (620) 276-3131 Toll Free 1-800-794-9052 Cell (620) 874-0014 Fax (620) 276-8876 1007 N. 8th, Garden City, KS 67846 www.officesolutionsinc.biz

Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

www.reganjewelers.com

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

Dining

620-290-2410

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service

C-Mor-Butz BBQ

Barbecue, the only sport where a fat bald man is a GOD...

Locally owned and operated since 1990

& Catering

Kyle Lausch

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

620-872-4209

Bryan Mulligan & Chris Price 620-874-8301 & 620-874-1285

www.cmorbutzbbq.com • cmorbutzbbq@gmail.com

District 11 AA Meetings

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

Services

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

Dighton

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti

Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

Support Your Hometown Merchants!

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-5679 • 397-2647

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Classifieds Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $5.50 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

GARAGE SALES Friday-Saturday, Sept. 19-20 Multi-Family Garage Sale 1202 Kingsley, Scott City Friday: 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Saturday: 8:00 a.m-noon Lot’s of household items, baby, toddler, kids’, mens’ and womens’ clothes. Tons of toys! Lots more!

Sack Sale Saturday from 11:00 a.m.-noon

BRICK HOME

Well kept home, nice west location, 3 bedrooms with 3 car garage.

Buy lots in the Eastridge addition for your new home location.

Thomas Real Estate

www.thomasreal-estate.com

914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002 06tfc

CHEAPER THAN RENT! Call quick on this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home for only $35,000! Metal roof and siding, large lot!

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

Agriculture

Help Wanted

Rentals

Services

WANTED TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– CERTIFIED SEED WHEAT: Brawl CL, Byrd, TAM 112, TAM 304, T158, T153, Duster, Oakley CL, Turkey Red. Also triticale and rye.

Ehmke Seed, Amy, KS. 51t16 620-397-2350.

OIL FIELD SUPPLY HAND wanted in Dighton area. Experience preferred.

For more information call 785-731-6442 or 785-74301tfc 9200.

––––––––––––––––––––– USD 466 IS LOOKING for substitute route bus drivers. For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-872-7655.

HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620)874-2120.

41tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MULTIPLE HOUSES FOR RENT. 1 bedroom homes available. Also 8x10 storage units available. Stop by PlainJans to fill out an application or call 872-5777.

01tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– COMMERCIAL/RETAIL SPACE available Sept. 1. 306 W. 5th Scott City. Contact Jeff 8741659.

50tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 14’x 70’ TRAILER with appliances.

Available Oct. 1. $475 per month includes water and trash service. $475 security deposit required. Call 620872-3076.

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WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 87434tfc 4135.

––––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 36tfc 874-1412.

––––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening.

Call Rob Vsetecka at 62036tfc 214-1730.

––––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices 37tfc will not be beat!

––––––––––––––––––––– “JEN’S GROOMING” Jennifer Milner grooming at 503 E. 5th St., (formally Cowboy Cabins). Please call for an appointment 620-214-0097.

Hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 44tfc a.m.- noon.

––––––––––––––––––––– LADY WANTING to baby sit, all hours, in clients home. Contact 62006tfc 874-8480.

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––––––––––––––––––––– NEWS PAPER 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. 05t3c ––––––––––––––––––––– Notice SEEKING THE PERAPPLES TO GIVE FECT applicant that is AWAY. South east corner looking to expand their future in heating and air. of 10th St., and Court, Come in and pick up an 05t2nc Scott City. application today! Turner Sheet Metal, 1851 S. Pine Village HWY 83, Scott City. 05tfc Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker ––––––––––––––––––––– IMMEDIATE OPENApartments available ING at USD #468 Healy for qualifying tenants in the Custodial-Mainte62+ or disabled with nance department. We are rental assistance an equal opportunity emavailable. ployer, health benefits are Hours: included. Applications are Tuesday, available at Healy Public 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Schools, 5006 N Dodge by appointment Road, Healy, KS 67850 Call Steve 872-2535 or or interested parties can (620) 255-4824. contact Dr. Paul Sellon at 06t2c 620-398-2248.

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We Need Listings!

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.

Call us to get your home listed.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52

Money doesn’t grow on trees! Or, from your parents pockets!

Keep working through the school year and advertise your services here for FREE! My name is:________________________________ My phone number is:_______________________ Check your services: Mow Lawns:_____

Yard Clean up:____

House Cleaning:____

Babysitting:____

Snow Removal:____

Car washing:____

Other services you provide:_____________________________________ List your rates:$_______Or we can add “Call me for my rates”:____ (Your listing will run until you contact us to pull it out.)

Fill in the form above and return it to The Scott County Record: PO Box 377 406 Main, Scott City, Ks. 67871 phone: 620-872-2090 or Fax: 620-872-0009

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Employment Opportunities FEED AND GRAIN PERSONNEL

HRC FEED YARDS / POSITIONS

Frontier Ag, Grinnell and Grainfield locations are currently hiring full and part-time feed and grain personnel.

Competitive wages and benefits package includes health, life, retirement and 401K. Call: John 785-743-8609

Is now accepting applications for the following: mechanic, maintenance worker, cowboy and night-watchman.

Excellent benefits health, life, disability insurance, vacation, sick pay and 401K.

E.O. E.

Pick up an application at: 6550 W. Hwy 96, Scott City.

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The City of Scott City is accepting bids for the replacement of overhead and walk-in lights with new fixtures at the Scott City Municipal Airport main hangar.

Specifications may be picked up at City Hall.

Sealed bids marked “Hangar Lighting Bids” will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. October 6, 2014.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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STORE CLERK/COOK Healy Oil Company is currently seeking a full-time convenience store clerk/cook.

Full benefit package includes: health insurance, paid holidays and paid vacation.

Contact Byler Sunley at: 620-398-2300 or pick up an application at: 1002 N. Dodge Road, Healy.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL For High Plains Educational Cooperative Scott City Middle 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

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County Plat Maps

By Western Cartographers Scott • Lane • Wichita • Ness • Logan Gove • Greeley • Finney • Wallace • Kearny Pick them up today at:

SEEKING BIDS The City of Scott City is accepting bids for the removal, transport, and installation of two heaters currently housed in the City’s water treatment plants to be moved to the Scott City Municipal Airport main hangar.

Specifications may be picked up at City Hall.

Sealed bids marked “Hangar Heater Bids” will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. October 6, 2014.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

406 Main • Scott City • 620 872-2090

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PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Part-time CNA Part-time PRN-LPN/RN Full-time Maintenance Assistant Full-time Certified Dietary Manager Full-time Cook/Dietary Aide Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Park Lane Nursing Home

210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS

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SERVICE TECHNICIAN

PROGRAM DIRECTOR Camp Lakeside is looking for a Program Director.

Director is responsible for specific management functions in the areas of program, lodging, and public relations.

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to: monitors and maintains a high level of program quality, processes all registrations and user group reservations, develops and implements camp activities which will create new experiences for campers each year, oversees guest relations relative to lodging issues, maintains and develops public relations, camp image and communication by use of the camp website and social media sites, written materials, video, email and other media communications, participates in public speaking engagements on behalf of the camp. Embody the Camp Lakeside Mission of a Christian Camp where all people may come to recognize, enter into and grow in their relationship with God. Great salary and benefits, flexible work hours and fantastic work environment!

Applications: Open: September 1, 2014 Close: October 15, 2014.

For an application packet contact: Andie T. Strong, Executive Director, at andie@camplakeside.net or 620.872.2021 04tfc

American Implement, Inc., a progressive John Deere agricultural dealership in Southwest Kansas, is experiencing significant growth and is currently seeking qualified individuals to fill the position of Service Technician in the Scott City location.

Responsibilities are to analyze, troubleshoot and perform electrical and mechanical repairs on agricultural equipment. Experience in maintenance and repair of automotive, diesel or heavy equipment required.

Qualified applicants must own a set of tools to perform the functions of the job.

American Implement offers competitive wages and an excellent benefits package, which includes life, health and supplemental insurance, 401(k) plan and a quarterly incentive bonus program.

Interested applicants may send a cover letter and resume to: Tyler Kough Location Manager PO Box 20, Scott City, KS, 67871 or Call: (800) 779-7244 or (620)872-7244.

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PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Outpatient Services RN C.N.A.s CLERICAL Outpatient Scheduler SERVICE Housekeeping Aide 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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Fairs These mini-burgers are, in fact, made with actual camel meat, which the vendor renders quite palatable by smothering the sliders in spicy mayo, white American cheese and caramelized onions.

Tasty enough to make every day at the fair hump day.

•The Arizona State Fair in Phoenix.

This fair’s held in October, a time frame that may seem unusual, but with average daytime temperatures that can still exceed 90 or 95 degrees,

Cover Sampling for forage quality seeks to represent the average of the entire lot of forage. With nitrates, though, it often is important to know the worst case scenario, or what is the highest concentration of nitrates that might be consumed by the animals.

For example, some fields have sites that are more droughty than other areas. Hay harvested from these sites might be expected to contain more nitrates due to drought stress.

Samples could be collected just from this hay and tested. Other samples might be collected from the remainder of the hay.

If the stressed hay contains potentially risky nitrate levels, it can be

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believe me: October in Phoenix is mid-July anywhere else.

Which makes the fair’s menu of deep-fried dough (formally known as frybread), red velvet funnel cake, tamales and other Mexican specialties feel like perfect summertime fare.

The show also features the Arizona Milk Producers’ Milking Parlor, where visitors get to milk a real cow - something actual farmers don’t even do anymore - and such events as duck races (with

live ducks), an All-Indian Rodeo and a comedian who juggles meat cleavers during his stand-up sessions.

•The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

August is a terrific time to hold an outdoor event in Iowa, because it’s definitely the hottest, most humid couple weeks of what’s typically a scorching Midwest summer. Don’t worry though - the fair’s famous butter sculptures never melt (they’re kept refrigerated), although the iconic

Butter Cow was defaced by animal activists last year when they sprayed “Freedom for All” in red paint on the life-size, “udderly” life-like creation.

Of course, Iowa’s State Fair includes classic events, such as the Big Boar Contest, a “parade of supersized swine,” as fair promotional copy describes it, and plenty of butter sculptures of celebrities, some fictional (Harry Potter), some genuine (Neil Armstrong).

Did I mention that

Iowans love butter? When those hunger pangs strike, visitors can top off their fair adventure with a heapin’ helping of fried butter, a delicacy that pairs nicely flavor with chicken-fried bacon or chocolate-covered cookies-on-a-stick.

You really can’t go wrong with anything deep-fried or chocolatecovered on a stick.

•The Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis (Milwaukee).

The Wisconsin State Fair website touts its

trendy gluten-free food listings. Yeah, yeah, but the fair’s far better known for its signature culinary distinction: It’s the home of the original cream puff, which has been sold at the fair since 1924.

According to the fair’s PR people, “These decadent cream-filled pastries are so popular, they’re now sold through an exclusive drive-thru lane” - and people have to place their orders 24 hours in advance.

You can’t make this stuff up.

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separated from the rest of the hay and fed in ways that reduce the risk, such as combining it with a much lower nitrate containing feed to reduce the overall concentration of nitrates in the diet.

Collecting useful samples from fields that will be grazed can be challenging because of selective grazing by the animals. This is especially true when several species or a cocktail mix has been planted.

Separate samples could be collected to represent the expected diet as well as the most risky diet.

For example, in a corn field previously damaged severely by hail there may be well-eared stalks, barren stalks, regrowth tillers from damaged stalks, var-

ious weeds, and whatever might have been sown as a cover/forage crop after the hail.

This diverse mixture might provide excellent nutrition as livestock select their diet but if, in that process of selection, the animals pick out the one type of plant material with an excessive nitrate concentration, losses could occur.

Bottom line. Cover crops usually can be very useful and safely fed as forages. However, individual situations can develop risks of nitrate poisoning.

Recognize the risks and take proper precautions to avoid livestock losses while using valuable forage from cover crops.

We’re here for you and ready to handle your Fall harvest needs!

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