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34 Pages • Four Sections
Volume 21 • Number 11
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Published in Scott City, Ks.
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County has need for assisted living apartments There is a need for assisted living facilities in Scott County. Unfortunately, for county commissioners, it doesn’t appear that the old Scott County Hospital is a practical way of filling that need. Looking at the county’s demographics, Scott Buckley informed commissioners the community is capable of supporting 19 assisted living units.
Recommendation doesn’t include former SCH This is in addition to the 20 independent living units in Park Place Apartments connected to the east side of Park Lane Nursing Home. “Ideally, you would want the assisted living apartments to be part of the Park Lane campus,” said Buckley. “It would make
for a better transition from independent living, to assisted living to the nursing home.” The Buckley Group was contracted by the county to determine the demand for assisted living residences in the community since none are currently available. The commission was
Council OKs $110,000 for water slides
Monsters and frightening creatures - some real and some not-so-real - are roaming the corridors of the former Scott County Hospital on Friday and Saturday. The Scott City Middle School cheerleaders are sponsoring a haunted house which may include more than some visitors are bargaining for. Learn more about the hospital’s ghostly apparitions on page nine. (Record Photo)
(See SLIDES on page two)
The City of Scott City will once again offer cost-share assistance for curb and gutter replacement, but with a different twist. Rather than the city bidding out all the projects as a group, individual property owners will be responsible for contracting their projects. The city will provide assistance of $16 per foot with the property owners responsible for any cost above that amount. The city had received no bids for nearly 1,000 feet of curb/gutter work that had been requested by local residents. “There were some contractors interested, but they didn’t want to take on that much work,” says Public Works Director Mike Todd. The council feels property owners might have more success having contractors bid on individual projects. (See COST-SHARE on page 10)
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fright night
The Scott City swimming pool is already the most popular spot in town during the summer. Look for it to get an added boost in attendance with the addition of a new “super slide” that will replace the three existing slides. The Scott City Council gave final approval to the $110,000 project during Monday’s meeting. Plans for the new slide have been in the works for the past three years as money has been set aside in the city budget. Representatives with the Mason Corporation have been on site and have custom-designed the pool based on the space available. Because of the custom-design, the company requires an advance payment of $55,000. The final cost includes delivery and construction by the Mason Corporation. The water slides will consist of four tubes that can be entered from platforms at different elevations: •Eight-foot elevation: 24 feet in length. •12-foot elevation: 39 feet in length. •16-foot elevation: 56 feet in length. •18-foot elevation: 72 feet in length.
City sets fee for curb/gutter cost-share
also hoping there might be some way of tying the old hospital into Scott City’s assisted living needs, but Buckley didn’t make that recommendation. In assessing the community’s needs, he said that changes in Medicaid reimbursement are being made with the purpose of
getting more people to seek assisted living arrangements rather than moving into a nursing home. Buckley also acknowledged that the lack of assisted living facilities leaves senior citizens with no other option. “There are people living in Park Lane who would be in assisted living if it was available,” Buckley said.
County will join lawsuit to recover oil/gas funds from state Scott County is joining with approximately 40 other Kansas counties in filing a lawsuit against the state in order to recover money it feels is due from the oil and natural gas depletion fund. It is estimated that $7.4 million should have been distributed to 71 Kansas counties, but is instead being held in Topeka. Scott County recently received a check for $89,851, but it should have been $185,843, according to county officials. Scott County Commission Chairman Jim Minnix attended a meeting in Garden City on Wednesday morning that included commissioners from 8-10 area counties. Some counties have far more at stake than the additional $95,992 that Scott County is seeking.
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Minnix says the counties had hoped to avoid legal action, but “conversations with the governor and the attorney general haven’t been fruitful.” Legislative Interpretation At the heart of the dispute is the Brownback Administration’s interpretation of a compromise bill that state legislators approved during the 2013 session. In the budget he had submitted to legislators, Gov. Sam Brownback had proposed eliminating the return of severance tax revenues to each county’s Oil and Gas Valuation Depletion Trust Fund. He proposed rolling the entire $14.7 million into the state general fund. Naturally, counties objected. Each county has been entitled to
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receive 12.41 percent of severance taxes and Brownback wanted to reduce that to zero. The counties, said Minnix, offered a counterproposal of eight percent. The legislature agreed to set the figure at six percent for the 2014 fiscal year and increase that to eight percent in 2015. Legislators seem to be in agreement that the 2013 distribution was supposed to be the full 12.41 percent, though the Brownback Administration has chosen to see it differently. State Rep. Don Hineman (R-Dighton) said he and other rural legislators from oil- and gas-producing areas weren’t happy with the compromise, but it was better than eliminating the revenue stream. (See LAWSUIT on page two)
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Lawsuit Hineman said the percentage is expected to climb back up to 12.41 percent after the counties take smaller percentages in fiscal years 2014 and 2015. But he added there’s always a chance that won’t happen. “We understand the state is in a tight budget situation, but it’s unfair for the administration to
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misinterpret what the legislature intended to do,” says Minnix. He says the counties had no other recourse but to file a lawsuit. If they didn’t file action within 30 days after the first payments were issued to counties on Oct. 1, they would lose the ability to seek additional restitution. He says the lawsuit will protect the county’s inter-
est while allowing the legislature to again address the issue when it convenes again in January. Minnix says legislators who drew up the compromise are siding with the counties and attorney John Frieden, Topeka, who the counties have hired, says they have a “99.9 percent chance of winning.”
“If we didn’t participate in the lawsuit and the counties were to win (in court), then we wouldn’t be entitled to any of the extra money that we feel should be coming to us,” Minnix said. The estimated $20,000 in legal fees will be divided among participating counties based on the amount of severance tax
money they are due to receive. Scott County’s share of the legal cost will be about $360. The lawsuit is expected to be filed in a Shawnee County court on Monday or Tuesday. “I want to make very clear that the legislature - House and Senate - worked with us very well and I will go along with what they came up
with. The Administration has totally misinterpreted this,” Minnix says. “Our fear is that even if we win the lawsuit, politics could still come into play. If the administration wants to push it hard enough, they could come after the entire $40 million that’s been paid into this fund by counties and leave us with nothing.”
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Unlike the current slides, the new ones will not extend over the side of the pool and need to be partially disassembled in order to open up a lane for the swim meet each summer. “I have no doubt that attendance will increase,” says pool manager Cheryl Kucharik. “The slides we have now are real popular with the young kids. The new ones should appeal to the older kids and adults,” said Kucharik. There were a number of days during this past summer when attendance topped 300 people. Kucharik says they will need additional lifeguards to monitor the slides which will add to the pool’s overhead. The pool was on pace to break last year’s average daily attendance mark of 134 until bad weather during early August saw a sharp drop in swimmers. Even with the late season plunge, attendance still averaged 126 swimmers -
or a total of 10,624 from Memorial Day weekend until mid-August. A Revenue Boost Revenue from swimmers peaked at $13,369 last summer and slipped to $11,902 this year. That’s a sharp increase from $6,760 in 2004 when daily attendance only averaged 84 swimmers. Councilman Jon Brunswig asked if the council should consider raising the admission fee from $1 per swimmer. Kucharik suggested the council may want to look at boosting revenue to help offset the cost of additional lifeguards. She said some communities will charge an additional dollar to give swimmers access to their slides. The swimmers are then issued wristbands. Councilman Fred Kuntzsch reminded the council that several years ago the city raised admission fees for the pool and the additional revenue
An artists concept of the water slide design that has been approved for the Scott City swimming pool and will be completed by the time the pool opens next summer.
was offset by lower attendance. “We didn’t gain a thing,” he noted. It was also suggested that the council may want to consider charging the Scott City Stars swim team a fee for use of the pool during their summer practice sessions.
looking at the possibility of installing security cameras around the pool after a break-in this past summer cost the pool department about $500 in lost concessions. “It’s something the city could refer to if there is ever an accident or a break-in,” noted city employee Terrance Appel. Pool Security The council is also He added that there has
only been one break-in at the pool over the last 4-5 years, so the council would have to decide whether it’s worth spending about $1,500 for six cameras and the recording equipment. “At that cost it’s feasible,” said Kuntzsch. The council instructed Appel to get bids for infrared cameras with motion detectors.
news briefs
$600 grant awarded to SRC
The Scott Recreation Commission has been awarded a $600 grant from the Midwest Energy Community Fund. Grant money will be used for construction of a new restroom/soccer shed at the SRC soccer complex.
Thursday deadline for tags
Persons whose last name begins with the letter S are reminded that license tags must be purchased by Thurs., Oct. 31, to avoid a penalty. Tags are due for autos, light trucks, motorcycles and motorized bikes. License tags can be purchased at the county treasurer’s office. Tags must be renewed during November for persons whose last name begins with T, V or W.
What’s for Lunch in Scott City? Sun. - Sat., Oct.27-Nov. 2
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The Scott County Record
Community Living
Page 3 - Thursday, October 24, 2013
Decorating your pumpkin for Halloween
Although Halloween is still a week away, people have already purchased their pumpkins now for Halloween and fall decorations. With that in mind, I thought I would go ahead and share some tips on traditional pumpkin carving sooner than later. To begin with, level off the bottom of your pumpkin with a serrated knife so that it will sit straight. 1) After opening your pumpkin, scrape the interior clean with a metal spoon. Save the seeds for eating. The pumpkin
“guts” tend to really bother my daughter’s skin, so we use plastic gloves that go up past her elbows when she cleans out her pumpkins. 2) If you’re carving an elaborate design, draw it first on paper. Tape the design to the pumpkin and use a pin to poke tiny holes through the paper
and into the rind. When you remove the paper, the pattern will be visible and ready to cut, without any telltale ink marks. You can purchase a pumpkin carving kit at the local stores that will help make this job easier if you would like. 3) There are plenty of special carving tools, but you can work with a sharp knife and a small, serrated knife. A gentle sawing motion is not only safer than a forceful thrust, but also less likely to break deli-
cate parts of your design. Be very careful when using a knife, accidents happen quickly. 4) To help your jacko-lantern last longer and prevent a wrinkled look, rub the cut surfaces with petroleum jelly. This retains the moisture to help prevent shrinkage. Don’t over do the jelly, just enough to cover the edge. 5) If you want to light your pumpkin from the inside, a votive candle in a glass holder is best. It’s also less likely to leave scorch marks on the lid.
You can also purchase special little battery operated lights that work great. 6) Always remember to extinguish the candle before leaving the house or going to bed and maintain a constant watch. On Halloween night, if you plan on lighting your pumpkin up, be sure to set it where small trick or treaters will not catch their costumes in the fire. For the last two years, the rumor has been that canned pumpkin to make pies will be hard to get at your local grocery stores this holiday season.
I have not seen the shortage yet, but if that type of product is important to your family for the holidays, purchase your canned pumpkin early or make your own by cooking down some pumpkins. I have included in this column, three methods of roasting pumpkin seeds. The first few steps are the same, no matter what roasting method you use. Pumpkin seeds are also known as pepitas. Have a safe and uneventful holiday. (See PUMPKIN on page 7)
Study Club 13 members attend Alpha Omega meeting Recipe favorites . . . Alpha Omega chapFollowing a moment The sorority prehosts bingo, ter of Beta Sigma Phi of meditation there pared appetizers for the Smoked Herb Chicken discussed the many was discussion of the Chamber of Commerce You can use chunks of hickory in your grill to add a birthday party smoky flavor to the meat. organizations that the Whimmydiddle craft The High Plains Study Club hosted the birthday party and bingo at Park Lane Nursing Home on Oct. 17. Serving as hostesses were members of the Public Affairs Committee: Treva McCandless, Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut and substitute Ann Hawkins. Cakes were donated by Barbara Hutchins, Donna Eitel, Cheryl France and Ivadelle Cotton. Seventeen members of the club helped with the celebration. Next meeting will be Nov. 7 at the home of Patsi Graham.
Historical Society meeting Sun.
The Scott County Historical Society will host its annual membership appreciation reception on Sun., Oct. 27, 2:00 p.m., at the El Quartelejo Museum and Jerry Thomas Gallery. Entertainment will be provided by songwriter and musician Thad Beach who will perform songs about the “Dirty ‘30s” which were written by Scott City Middle School students.
Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 4 hours
Ingredients 1 (4 pound) 3 tablespoons 1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon
whole chicken butter chopped fresh parsley chopped fresh oregano chopped fresh basil fresh chives, finely chopped
Directions Preheat an outdoor grill for low heat. Rinse chicken inside and out. Pat dry. Loosen skin around the breast area. Place three tablespoons of butter in various places under the skin. Mix herbs together and place half under the skin and the other half inside the chicken. Cook chicken with smoke for 4 hours or until juices run clear when poked with a fork.
Banana Bread
This banana bread is moist and delicious with loads of banana flavor! Ingredients: 2 cups 1 teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon 1/2 cup 3/4 cup 2 2-1/3 cups
all-purpose flour baking soda salt butter brown sugar eggs, beaten mashed overripe bananas
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
sorority assists throughout the year, including Heartsprings, during their meeting held on Oct. 10. There were 13 members and two guests in attendance with Nichole and Sheila the co-hostesses.
show. An activity involving enthusiasm was presented. Everyone paired up with another member and did toe touches for the number of years their partner had been a member of Alpha Omega.
Cash Giveaway that was held on Oct. 19. It was explained that Alpha Omega members can invite guests throughout the year and not just during rush time, provided it is agreed upon by the president.
The Scott County Record
Editorial/Opinion
Page 4 - Thursday, October 24, 2013
editorially speaking
Tax cut mirage:
County provides service in absence of state funds
If you should have to wait several hours to get a new driver’s license, to have your commercial driver’s license (CDL) renewed, or even to get a concealed-carry gun permit, that’s okay. That’s the price to be paid for lower taxes and less government - at least as it’s envisioned by Gov. Sam Brownback and fellow Republicans in the Kansas Legislature. And it would appear that many of the people who vote these conservative lawmakers into office believe in those same principles - until it affects them directly. Just as it’s easy to support the higher taxes that the other person pays, it’s also easy to support cuts to government programs and services that also affect the “other guy.” Despite what some lawmakers like to claim, government has a role in our lives and cutting government spending will eventually affect all of us in some way. Take the Kansas Department of Revenue’s motor vehicle division, for example. The state has cut back on personnel which might be good for taxes, but bad for taxpayers. The elimination of full-service centers where people can get new driver’s licenses, out-ofstate licenses transferred, CDLs, etc., has meant a huge inconvenience for people who now have to travel maybe one to 1-1/2 hours to the nearest center and then wait several hours to have their license work processed. That’s not the fault of bad government. That’s the result of bad policy. Credit Scott County Commissioners with seeing a need and the willingness to provide a needed service to taxpayers with the hiring of a full-time license examiner. Scott County will soon have a full-service center, not because of the state, but because county commissioners were willing to pick up the tab. In other words, what the state claims to be “saving” in tax cuts, local taxpayers are now paying for directly. County commissioners and County Treasurer Lark Speer are to be commended for finding a solution to a problem that was pushed upon them by the state. They are acting in the best interests of area taxpayers. The next time a state legislator boasts about how they are cutting state taxes and saving you money, remind them that about $45,000 in “savings” for license examiners is being paid for by local taxpayers There is a difference between saving tax dollars or a shifting of that responsibility.
Cheap fun:
Pool fee hike may cause more harm than benefit
It will be another seven months before the Scott City swimming pool opens, but there should be plenty of anticipation for that day with the city council’s approval of a new $110,000 water slide. That’s a great commitment on the part of the council toward upgrading the pool, especially when the pool operates in the red year after year. It’s a recognition on the part of the council and community that the pool’s benefits far outweigh its costs. That said, the council is weighing the prospect of increasing the $1 admission fee. Granted, that’s cheap. Very cheap. And it should be. During the summer, daily attendance will routinely top 200 people - and on occasion surpass even 300. These are people - primarily our youth - who aren’t planted in front of the TV playing video games or doing something else that perhaps they shouldn’t be. That’s why the council should proceed cautiously when it talks about increasing the admission fee for the pool. First of all, we have a problem with the idea of issuing wristbands for those who pay to use the water slides. There are enough issues with the haves and the have-nots without adding to it. Secondly, while the city may gain some revenue, what are we losing? As Councilman Fred Kuntzsch observed, when this has been done in the past, attendance has dropped. Another dollar a day may not seem like much for some people, but it is to others. The city swimming pool has never paid its own way - never will. Even if higher admission brings in another $5,000 or $10,000, the end result might be a greater cost in areas we don’t see. Keeping pool admission cheap is part of encouraging a healthy lifestyle and it helps to make this a better community.
GOP ignores failure at state level
Imagine the outrage if a government computer system was so inept that taxpayers were forced to wait hours - sometimes days - for their work to be processed. We’re talking about a system that the government had put in place to conduct one specific function. It cost millions of dollars and the government had months in order to get all the kinks worked out before rolling the new program out for the public’s use. Inexcusable, right? The government, surely, could have seen this mess coming and, at the very least, delayed the introduction of this new computer system. But the government didn’t. Those in charge of such a disaster should be forced to resign. The program should be put on the scrap heap and everyone should start over again from square one. None of those things happened. And, no, we’re not talking about Obamacare. We’re talking about the
new vehicle registration and driver’s license renewal computer system that was introduced by the State of Kansas in May of 2012. At the time, Kansas had initiated a $40 million upgrade with less than desirable results. It wasn’t uncommon for people to wait several hours to get their new license; some had to wait more than a day. Sometimes the computer network shutdown completely. In some counties where the delays were particularly agonizing, it was described as “bureaucratic purgatory” where “time flows like marshmallow cream.” The system was too slow, too prone to crashes, had too many bugs and was befuddled by maintenance problems. And that was the state’s description of the system when complaining to 3M, who had been awarded a $25 mil-
lion contract to install and maintain the system. It’s an outrage to think that the state’s computer system couldn’t process in a timely manner several thousand vehicle registration forms and driver’s license permits each day. A year and a half later the system has improved, but it’s far from flawless. Surely, Sen. Pat Roberts was demanding that the Secretary of the Department of Revenue be fired. Congressman Tim Huelskamp must have called for the entire program to be scuttled and for a return to the old computer software. Surely not. In fact, neither Roberts, nor Huelskamp, nor any other member of the Kansas Congressional delegation had a single word to say about the Revenue Department’s less-thanperfect rollout of their new program. If someone had to miss a few hours of work so they could wait . . . and wait . . . and wait to get their driver’s license renewed, so be it. Even if they had to return the fol-
lowing day, that’s a minor inconvenience hardly worth mentioning. It’s certainly not worth anyone losing their job. But, the Affordable Care Act . . . well, that’s another matter. Following a much less than desirable rollout of the program, the Kansas Republican delegation is demanding that Obamacare be exterminated, that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resign and that veganism be outlawed. Granted, the Obamacare website has been disastrous. That’s beyond debate. But Republicans can take some credit for that. The federal government didn’t expect some 30 states, including Kansas, to bail out on providing its citizens access to the health insurance marketplace at the state level. Consequently, millions of people have inundated the federal website. That’s no excuse, just a fact. (See IGNORES on page six)
A triumph of the right wing
Conservative Republicans have lost their fight over the shutdown and debt ceiling, and they probably won’t get major spending cuts in upcoming negotiations over the budget. But they’re winning the big one: How the nation understands our biggest domestic problem. They say the biggest problem is the size of government and the budget deficit. In fact our biggest problem is the decline of the middle class and increasing ranks of the poor, while almost all the economic gains go to the top. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that only 148,000 jobs were created in September - way down from the average of 207,000 new jobs a month in the first quarter of the year.
Where to Write
another view by Robert Reich
Many Americans have stopped looking for work. The official unemployment rate of 7.2 percent reflects only those who are still looking. If the same percentage of Americans were in the workforce today as when Barack Obama took office, today’s unemployment rate would be 10.8 percent. Meanwhile, 95 percent of the economic gains since the recovery began in 2009 have gone to the top one percent. The real median household income continues to drop, and the number of Americans in poverty continues to rise. So what’s Washington doing about this? Nothing. Instead, it’s back to debating how to cut the federal
Gov. Sam Brownback 2nd Floor - State Capitol Topeka, Ks. 66612-1501 (785) 296-3232
budget deficit. The deficit shouldn’t even be an issue because it’s now almost down to the same share of the economy as it’s averaged over the last 30 years. The triumph of rightwing Republicanism extends further. Failure to reach a budget agreement will restart the so-called “sequester” - automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that were passed in 2011 as a result of Congress’s last failure to agree on a budget. These automatic cuts get tighter and tighter, year by year - squeezing almost everything the federal government does except for Social Security and Medicare. While about half the cuts come out of the defense budget, much of the rest come out of programs designed to help Americans in need:
Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm
extended unemployment benefits; supplemental nutrition for women, infants and children; educational funding for schools in poor communities; Head Start; special education for students with learning disabilities; child-care subsidies for working families; heating assistance for poor families. The list goes on. The biggest debate in Washington over the next few months will be whether to whack the federal budget deficit by cutting future entitlement spending and closing some tax loopholes, or go back to the sequester. Some choice. The real triumph of the right has come in shaping the national conversation around the size of government and the budget deficit - thereby diverting attention from (See TRIUMPH on page six)
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U.S. technology not a problem with warfare
The Scott County Record • Page 5 • Thursday, October 24, 2013
by Will Bunch
Hey, remember that time when the U.S. had a Predator drone hovering over a suspected terrorist’s house in Yemen for four hours, and nothing happened because the 20-year-old junior officer with the missilefiring joystick couldn’t log into the operating system? How the entire system of fighting al-Qaeda around the world with unmanned aerial vehicles - planned for years by the Obama administration failed to come online? And all the folks over at Fox News laughing and whooping it up, saying all the drone glitches proved that Obama is a fraud as president and that “big government” can’t do anything right? Of course you don’t. That never happened. The reality is that when it comes to the science of flying death robots, the United States
is the world leader. Our drone systems may not be 100 percent perfect, but they rarely fail. When it comes to killing people remotely from the air, nobody does it better. Technologically, that is. Morally, it’s a different story. This week, the human-rights group Amnesty International issued a report that essentially accused the U.S. of war crimes in that way that the Obama administration conducts drone warfare in remote regions of Pakistan. It cited the program’s complete lack of transparency and some brutal incidents, such as one strike that killed a 68-year-old grandmother as she was picking vegetables in a field and another that killed 18 farm workers - none of whom had ties to anti-American terrorism. “The drones are like the angels of death,” Nazeer Gul, a shopkeeper in the frontier
I’ll bet there wasn’t an interminable wait to log in when the NSA wanted to spy on top officials in Mexico or Brazil.
town of Miram Shah, told the New York Times. “Only they know when and where they will strike.” Now, this is a policy fiasco, not only flouting international law but even counter-productive to American interests - creating hatred and distrust so intense that many experts believe that out-of-control drone warfare is creating more new enemies than the old ones it kills off. But this failure is a human one, not a technological issue. The critical drone reports aren’t getting a ton of coverage on cable-TV news today, not when compared to the glitches and near collapse of the website for the Affordable Care Act, (a.k.a. Obamacare). Although
too much of the discussion has been partisan mouth-foaming, it’s still undoubtedly a huge story with a major impact on millions of Americans. If the problems aren’t fixed soon, health care reform could be delayed, downsized or even collapse, which would also kill innocent people - not in the flash of a Hellfire missile but from diseases that would have been detected and treated in the dozens of civilized nations that provide universal health coverage. The drone story and the health care story, on the surface, seem completely unrelated, but are deeply intertwined. It’s a tale of priorities - and you have to wonder how those priorities got to be so bass-ackwards. Those on the political right who are chortling heartlessly about the woes of Obamacare insist it proves their point that government can’t do anything
right. But we know that’s not true when we look at one arm of government - the military. Like any great global power, American forces have struggled with asymmetrical warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, but no one questions the unparalleled ability of the Pentagon to unleash “shock and awe” and win a conventional war - because we’ve made it a priority to do so. In 2011, the United States spent more on its military than the next 13 ranked nations - combined. And no one complains about the ineptitude of government when it comes to spying. Sure, the National Security Agency makes mistakes - again, mostly human errors - but we haven’t heard about glitches when the NSA launched its PRISM program to monitor Internet activity or its data-mining programs to track the phone (See WARFARE on page six)
Food stamps contribute to corporate welfare by Margaret Kimberley
Discussions about government spending are inherently The federal and state govern- bogus because the elephant ments operate under a system in the room, big business, is which is of the corporations, absent.
Trump University’s big hoax by Jim Hightower
From day one, some of the students who paid a bundle to enroll in “Trump University” should’ve known they were being taken. They had been promised that The Donald himself would be at their seminars, and that they would have the exquisite privilege of getting their pictures taken with the Magnificent, Orange-Haired Ego of Narcissistic Hucksterism. Instead, they got to pose with a cardboard cutout of him. That was a flashing-neon clue that Trump U is nothing but a cardboard university. In fact, a few years ago, Trump’s private, for-profit institution was told by education officials in New York and Maryland that
it is an “illegal educational institution,” ineligible to use the term “university” in its name. So, since 2010, it has borne the rather pedantic, anti-academic moniker of Trump Entrepreneur Initiative. By whatever name, this Trumped up outfit is such an educational fraud that it has produced a cross-country string of consumer complaints, reprimands from state regulators, a California lawsuit by rippedoff students, a charge by New York’s attorney general that the venture bilks customers with sham courses that amount to bait-and-switch fraud - and a D-minus grade from the Better Business Bureau. D-minus! What kind of “university” is that? One that intentionally
preys on vulnerable people in order to pocket profits, especially when so many people are desperate to get back in the workforce. “I thought that Trump University was a real institution,” said one seeker. Come on - The Donald himself isn’t real. One of his ads for TU promised that students could, “Just copy exactly what I’ve done and get rich.” Sure, just inherit a real estate fortune, squander it, then get big banks to forgive the debt you owe for failed projects and loan more to you. Then get your own TV show. Ridiculously easy! Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author
by the corporations, and for the corporations. Ordinary governmental functions which could easily be carried out with public money are instead privatized, depriving the public sector of revenue and jobs and making the neediest citizens unnecessarily dependent on the private sector. Governmental largesse on behalf of big business is focused primarily on poor people, the group most at the mercy of the system. Corporations collect child support payments and then imprison the poor people who can’t pay. While imprisoned, another corporation provides what passes for medical care. The crime is a perfect one. When the Republicans demanded cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps, the debate revolved around human need versus the call for fiscal austerity. Scarcely anyone mentioned that JPMorgan Chase, Xerox and eFunds Corporation make millions of dollars off this system meant to help the poor. It all came to light on October 12, when many SNAP recipients in the states of Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Penn-
sylvania, Texas and Virginia were unable to make purchases with their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards because of a computer system malfunction at Xerox. It may, at first, have seemed odd for a Fortune 500 corporation to have anything to do with the SNAP program, but Xerox, JPMorgan Chase and eFunds Corporation have all successfully turned poverty into a profit center. Food stamps were once, literally, stamps until the 1996 welfare reform act required all state SNAP benefits to be digitized. At that point JPMorgan, Xerox and eFunds were quite literally in the money. Only the state of Montana administers its own SNAP program. Every other state pays one of these three corporations millions of dollars in fees to do what they could do themselves. Since 2007, Florida has paid JP Morgan $90 million, Pennsylvania’s seven-year contract totaled $112 million and New York’s seven-year contract totaled $126 million. “Every policy decision in state capitols and Washington DC is made with the needs of big business in mind.” (See STAMPS on page six)
Latest truce will bring no peace to Washington Well, that was certainly worth 24 billion bucks, don’t you think? I mean the entertainment value of Sen. Ted Cruz’s faux filibuster alone was worth a couple billion or so. And House Speaker John Boehner’s face when he would come out during the 16-daylong government shutdown and accuse President Barack Obama of being uncooperative? Priceless. The Ohio Republican is the greatest deadpan comedian we’ve had since Buster Keaton. But the best thing about getting the lights back on is that we can look forward to another episode of this tragicomedy again in a couple of months or so. The deal that averted a collision with the debt ceiling and ended the shutdown is only temporary.
behind the headlines by Donald Kaul
The government is funded only through Jan. 15, and the debt ceiling may need another boost just three weeks later. Oh, I know, there are those who say it won’t happen a second time, that this fight was so bruising and so costly to the Republican brand that only fools, idiots, and the deranged would try it again so soon. You’ve just described a majority of the Republican caucus in the House. The tea party faithful are already beating their war drums, vilifying the more-or-less reasonable Republicans who
backed off of the threat to bring the economy crashing down on our heads unless the Affordable Care Act was euthanized. In the eyes of the radical right, they’re quitters, traitors and cowards. Admirers are likening the tea party line in response to having its head handed to it in the fiscal crisis to Churchill. “Never give in. Never, never, never, never.” That was Churchill’s response to threat of Nazi Germany. To me the response sounds much more like the way Bluto responded to getting expelled from Faber College. “Over?” John Belushi’s character in the film “Animal House” asked his frat brothers. “Nothing is over until we decide it is. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Hell no!” Ignorance and passion always stir up a cocktail of hilarious comedy. The White House said that no one was the winner in this confrontation. That’s silly. Obama, who upheld the principle that the full faith and credit of the United States wasn’t a bargaining chip, was a winner. But perhaps the biggest winner, oddly enough, was Sen. Cruz, the preening Republican from Texas. He lost the war, assuredly, but he emerged as the great conservative hero of the battle. It was an amazing performance. He’s the junior Senator from Texas, barely nine months on the job. A year ago, hardly anyone outside of Texas knew his name and he wasn’t all that well
known in Texas either. Yet by simply standing his ground, against all reason, he has seized control of the base of the Republican Party - its source of passion and energy, not to mention a lot of campaign money. If you were to begin to list the potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 right now, you’d have to put his name at the top of the list. They’ve convened a HouseSenate committee to work on a compromise budget before the Dec. 13 deadline, when another government shutdown will be looming. The panel is tasked with creating a new budget that trims expenses, closes tax loopholes, and inspires growth. (See TRUCE on page six)
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Electronic cigarettes a new pathway to addiction E-cigarette use among middle school children has doubled in just one year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also announced that e-cigarette use doubled among high school students in one year, and that 1-in10 high school students have used an e-cigarette. Altogether, 1.78 million middle and high school students nationwide use e-cigarettes. Yet, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still is not regulating e-cigarettes. The absence of regulatory oversight means the tobacco industry is free to promote Atomic Fireball or cotton candyflavored e-cigarettes to
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what’s really going on: the increasing concentration of the nation’s income and wealth at the very top, while most Americans fall further and further behind. Continuing cuts in the budget deficit - through the sequester or a deficit agreement - will only worsen this by reducing total demand for goods and services and by eliminating programs that hardpressed Americans depend on. The President and Democrats should reframe the national conversation around widening inequality. They could start by demanding an increase in the minimum wage and a larger Earned Income Tax Credit. (The President doesn’t even have to wait for Congress to act. He can raise the minimum wage for government contractors through an executive order.) Framing the central issue around jobs and inequality would make clear why it’s necessary to raise taxes on the wealthy and close tax loopholes (such as “carried interest,” which enables hedge-fund and private-equity managers to treat their taxable income as capital gains). It would explain why we need to invest more in education - including early-childhood as well as affordable higher education. This framework would even make the Affordable Care Act more understandable - as a means for helping working families whose jobs are paying less or disappearing altogether, and therefore in constant danger of losing health insurance. The central issue of our time is the reality of widening inequality of income and wealth. Everything else - the government shutdown, the fight over the debt ceiling, the continuing negotiations over the budget deficit - is a dangerous distraction. The Right’s success in generating this distraction is its greatest, and most insidious, triumph.
editor’s mail our children. Clearly, the aggressive marketing and promotion of e-cigarettes is reaching our children with alarming success. It is well known that nicotine is a highly addictive substance, whether delivered in a conventional cigarette or an e-cigarette. The use of sweet flavors is an old tobacco industry trick to entice and addict young children to tobacco products, and the entrance of the nation’s largest tobacco companies into this market clearly is having an impact. Why does Big Tobacco care about e-cigarettes?
Tobacco use kills more than 400,000 people each year and thousands more successfully quit. To maintain its consumer ranks and enormous profits, the tobacco industry needs to attract and addict thousands of children each day, as well as keep adults dependent. Big Tobacco is happy to hook children with a gummy bear-flavored e-cigarette, a grape flavored cigar or a Marlboro, so long as they become addicted. We share the CDC’s concern that children who begin by using e-cigarettes may be condemned to a lifelong addiction to nicotine and cigarettes. In addition, the
Ignores What the Republican outrage conveniently ignores is that states which took it upon themselves to do the responsible thing and establish their own exchange are having far fewer problems. In Kentucky, where 640,000 people don’t have insurance, Gov. Steve
Beshear says they are signing up roughly 1,000 people per day. He called the sign-up effort a “great success.” He said critics of the law “are not paying attention to the facts” and they “weave a web of misinformation,” referring to the two Republican senators from his state, Mitch Mc-
Connell and Rand Paul, among others. Whether by willful design, or sheer disregard for the welfare of their own citizens, Republican lawmakers in Kansas and elsewhere have made it their goal not only to see Obamacare fail, but to portray government as incompetent.
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make as much money as possible and won’t abide anything that impedes their ability to keep turning huge profits. In just one year, nine Walmart Supercenters in Massachusetts received more than $33 million in SNAP revenues, which is more than four times the amount of SNAP benefits received at all farmers’ markets nationwide. The recent congressional fracas about food stamp expenditures was like the shutdown debate, all for show. The Republican right wing advocates the most extreme antigovernment positions in order to satisfy their base. Democrats rightly complain about cruelty to the poor but while the drama goes on the real welfare cheats keep cashing in, unlikely to be disadvantaged by either side after the dust settles. If Americans knew that tasks easily carried out by their states were contracted out to big business, they would be very angry.
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calls of millions of people. I’ll bet there wasn’t an interminable wait to log in when the NSA wanted to spy on top officials in Mexico or Brazil. There have been a lot of jokes on Twitter that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden should be brought in to fix healthcare.gov - but it’s humor dipped in a grim truth. Our best technological minds are so busy finding Robert Reich is a former sec- your email contacts list retary of labor, is currently a they can’t help find you professor at the University of a gastroenterologist. The California at Berkeley annual budget of the NSA is said to be nearly $11 Have questions about the billion - not that you’ll Scott Commnity Foundation? ever see it. Call 872-3790 In that context, the fail-
According to recent estimates, there are 250 different e-cigarette brands for sale in the U.S. today. With that many brands, there is likely to be wide variation in the chemicals that each contain. In initial lab tests conducted by the FDA in 2009, detectable levels of toxic cancer-causing chemicals were found - including an ingredient used in anti-freeze in two leading brands of e-cigarettes and 18 various e-cigarette cartridges. That is why it is so urgent for FDA to begin its regulatory oversight of e-cigarettes, which must include ingredient disclosure by e-cigarette manufacturers to the FDA.
Also unknown is what the potential harm may be to people exposed to secondhand emissions from e-cigarettes. Two initial studies have found formaldehyde, benzene and tobacco-specific nitrosamines (a well-known carcinogen) coming from those secondhand emissions. While there is a great deal more to learn about these products, it is clear that there is much to be concerned about, especially in the absence of FDA oversight. Ross Lanzafame, National Board Chair Harold Wimmer, National President American Lung Association
Unfortunately, there are times when government makes their job a little easier. They can share some of the credit. Whether standing in line for a driver’s license, or searching the web for health insurance, government isn’t always a well-oiled machine. That doesn’t mean government
is bad, only that we need to find ways for it to work better. It would be nice if conservative lawmakers spent as much time trying to make government better as they do assisting in its failure.
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Stamps Food stamps are not the only government program that is administered by private corporations. WIC payments and child support collections are also moneymakers for Xerox and the rest of the financial services industry. Like so many other debates in America, discussions about government spending are inherently bogus because the elephant in the room, big business, is absent. Millions of Americans are angry because food stamp recipients can use their benefits to buy junk food but don’t realize that they are able to do so because corporate America wouldn’t have it any other way. Coca Cola, Kroger, Walmart, Kelloggs and other corporations have all lobbied the USDA and Congress to prevent any measures being put in place that would restrict SNAP use to healthy food choices. It isn’t difficult to understand why this is the case. They want to
American Lung Association is very concerned about the potential safety and health consequences of electronic cigarettes, as well as claims that they can be used to help smokers quit. With no government oversight of these products, there is no way for the public health and medical community or consumers to know what chemicals are contained in an e-cigarette or what the short and long term health implications might be. That’s why the American Lung Association is calling on the FDA to propose meaningful regulation of these products to protect the public health.
That explains why no one tells them the truth. Governors, state legislators, and members of Congress are unlikely to expose their own timidity and corruption and the corporate media do as little reporting on serious issues as they can possibly get away with. It is no exaggeration to say that every policy decision in state capitols and Washington, D.C., is made with the needs of big business in mind. Wars against drugs and dead beat dads may resonate with the public, but the end result always includes a means of increasing corporate profits. No matter what happens after the shutdown kabuki theater ends, Walmart will not lose one penny of its food stamp revenues. No one on Capitol Hill will mess with the one percent. The business of America is still business. Margaret Kimberley can be reached via e-mail at Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgendaReport.Com
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ure of healthcare.gov is staggering. By Pentagon standards, not that much money was thrown at the problem initially ($93 million, to a subsidiary of a firm from Canada . . . I know, I know) although the final price tag did soar when the first go-round didn’t work. Some of the problem is indeed rank incompetence. But it’s also a crowning achievement for a conservative movement that starves funding for anything not labeled Defense or Homeland Security, making good on a promise to shrink government to a size where it can be drowned in a bathtub.
Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com
Cruz plans to read Affordable Care Act by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) Now that the government shutdown is over, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) plans to read the Affordable Care Act, he told reporters today. “It’s definitely been on my must-read list for a while now,” Sen. Cruz said of the law often referred to as Obamacare. “Things have just been so hectic around here lately, I couldn’t get to it.” The Texas Senator said that he started reading the law this morning and observed, “So far, it’s pretty dry.” “It’s not a page-turner, that’s for sure,” he said. “But it’s caused so much controversy, it must have some pretty juicy stuff in it. I’ll keep reading it and see what I find.” Sen. Cruz said that when he finishes reading the Affordable Care Act, he plans to read the United States Constitution. “People kept bringing it up the last few weeks,” he said. “So I’m kind of curious to see what all the fuss is about.” Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author
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Forgive me for not being optimistic, but when they get to the part about loopholes the crazies will begin screaming. “Taxes! You’re trying to raise taxes,” they’ll say. “We’re going to run a primary opponent against you.” And that will be that. This is an exhausting process. We’ve made fools of ourselves in the eyes of the world and delivered a body blow to our economy. And there’s no end in sight. What a fiasco.
Because you know, a health care website isn’t Donald Kaul is a retired Washington columnist for The Des Moines Register. He covered the capital for 29 years. the only thing not working dkaul1@verizon.net in this country. Bridges are failing, too. And urban schools. And an energy establishment that gorges itself on fossil fuels while other nations harness wind and solar and biofuels . . . because they have different priorities. Today, Americans can keep chuckling over the woes of Obamacare, or we can start to get our collective head on straight. Lives are in the balance. Will Bunch is a former Pulitzer Prize winner, author and contributing writer to numerous magazines
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Sprinkle with salt, garlic powder, onion powder, seasoned salt, cayenne pepper, or your choice of seasonings. Toss to coat. Bake about one hour at 350 degrees, tossing every 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown.
Pan roasting: Heat a large, heavybottomed, dry skillet over medium heat. Add pumpkin seeds. Shake and stir the seeds constantly as they are toasting to prevent burning. When the pumpkin seeds begin to get golden, start to pop open, and release their aroma, they are done.
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Mysterious visitors, apparitions are part of haunted house experience at old SCH Walk the hallways of the former Scott County Hospital at night and one can get the feeling they aren’t alone. Well, it’s more than a feeling. Even though the hospital staff and patients have long since left the facility, it still remains occupied. By whom or what, well, that’s the unknown. “We saw someone in a rocking chair right over there,” says Erik Wiechman, one of several volunteers who have been preparing the former hospital, appropriately, as a haunted house that will be open on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-26. “I swear I’m telling the truth. “When we’ve been working at night we’ll hear things and there’s more than one person who has had the feeling that they’re being watched,” he says. “We’ve even come back the next day and tools have been moved and some things have come up missing.” No one has an explanation, but hospital staff who worked in the building aren’t surprised. Just ask about rooms 111 and 112.
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Then again, you may not want to. It’s common knowledge among staff members that those rooms, in particular, had otherworldly visitors. It was in room 112 that those working in the haunted house saw a woman in a rocking chair a few nights ago. There have been two words of advice for room 111 - stay away. “I don’t want anyone to think I’m crazy, but something or someone is there,” said one hospital staff member who asked to remain anonymous. Who the visitors are or why they roam the old hospital isn’t known. Are they patients who died on the operating table or in one of the rooms? Or do they have some other attachment to the building that was built during the 1950s? “There are some places where employees refused to go by themselves at night,” says one staff member. “As for the basement, forget it. You couldn’t pay me enough to go there at night.” With that kind of history, it
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ever is here at night to leave me alone, but they can do whatever they want this weekend,” says Wiechman. Now that the story of apparitions and ghostly visitors has come to light, hospital CEO Mark Burnett was asked if that played any role in the decision to build a new $24 million hospital. “Well, not exactly,” says Burnett, who seemed a little
reluctant to talk about the reported supernatural incidents. “But I can tell you that some employees felt that spending $24 million to get out of that building was a bargain. Some would have been willing to spend twice that much. “And there are some employees who have expressed relief that whatever was in the old hospital didn’t follow us to the new hospital.”
A different perspective on on ‘Poverty from A to Z’ Most people think they know poverty when they see it. They may even feel they understand the causes and the solutions. But when one hears about poverty in the words of those who are trying to get by day to day . . . when they see in their own words what it means knowing your paycheck will never be enough to feed you and your family . . . that puts poverty in a different perspective. A display, “Poverty: A-Z” is in its final week at the Scott County Library and it offers insight into how people must cope with hunger, inadequate housing and getting by with less than the bare necessities in life. “This creates an awareness that poverty does exist and it’s in every community,” says Jesyca Rodenberg, communications and outreach director for the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs which is sponsoring the traveling exhibit. “One of the best comments I’ve heard from an individual is ‘I came to see art and I saw my life.’” Formed in 1968, KACAP is a state association that serves as an umbrella for eight action agencies in Kansas who are part of an antipoverty network. KACAP seeks out local causes and conditions where poverty exists and works with local agencies toward finding solutions. “In one area the big issue may be transportation in order to get to their jobs, in another the focus may be healthy eating, another may be crime and
Angel Tree project to begin Nov. 4
With the holiday season quickly approaching, the Area Mental Health Center is again sponsoring Angel Trees to make sure no one is overlooked at Christmas. The traditional Angel Trees will be available for youth who are 18-years and under. In addition, there will be a Golden Angel Tree for senior citizens 55-years and older. Angel forms, which include the name, age and other information about the recipient, can be picked up at AMHC, the Scott Community Breadbasket or the Scott County Health Department, all in Scott City. They can be filled out by family members or friends of the recipient. The forms can be picked up starting Mon., Oct. 28, at the AMHC office and must be returned to the office by Nov. 29. Angel Trees will start going up around Nov. 4 and be located at Alco, ShopKo and the Scott County Hospital lobby. This is for Scott County residents only. Anyone needing more information can contact Rebecca Murphy (872-5338) at AMHC.
Kansas Poverty Quiz
1) What percentage of students in the Scott County school district qualify for free/reduced price lunches? A. 25% B. 38% C. 46% 2) What percentage of Kansas children live in poverty? A. 22% B. 19% C. 14% 3) What percentage of Kansans over the age of 65 live in poverty A. 5.4% B. 15% C. 8% 4) What percent of Kansas families with a single, female head-of-household live in poverty? A. 25.3% B. 38.2% C. 44.1% 5) How much does the average eligible family of three receive each month in their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payment? A. $272 B. $310 C. $426 6) What would need to be the minimum wage in order to meet 100% of the federal poverty level guidelines for a family of 3? A. $8.95 B. $9.39 C. $10.85 Answers: 1) B; 2) B; 3) C; 4) B; 5) A; 6) B
blight,” says Rodenberg. “Our programs are different because each community’s needs are different.” The “Poverty: A-Z” exhibit finds a common thread among the impoverished wherever they
Cost-Share The council agreed to the following guidelines: •The city will provide $16 per foot in cost-share funds. •Cost-share funding won’t be approved prior to a signed agreement with the city. •The city shall reimburse a property owner only after the work is completed and for foot-
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One of the panels that make up the exhibit on display at the Scott County Library.
live. The exhibit debuted in 2010 and has been all over Kansas and throughout the Midwest. “There are many people who feel that because we live in America that poverty doesn’t exist, or that it doesn’t impact them,” Rodenberg says. “When you consider that one in every five children in America goes to bed hungry, they aren’t to blame,” she says. “We like to remind people that these kids are going to your child’s school. If they aren’t fed and wellrested, they are taking away resources that affect your child’s education.” Solution Isn’t Simple Of course, there is also an attempt to oversimplify the solution by saying poverty exists because people aren’t willing to work. That’s led to the
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age agreed upon in the contract. •A city building permit is required. •The contractor shall be of the owner’s choice. The city is not responsible for quality of work or the time frame in which it is completed. •New construction of curb/gutter does not qualify. Neither will costshare funds be provided
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push to restrict or deny aid to families if they don’t meet certain work requirements. “The fact is, 60 percent of SNAP recipients are working,” noted Rodenberg, referring to the food stamp program. “I would be horrified to think how much worse it would be if programs like SNAP weren’t in place.” Rodenberg says the traveling exhibit provides another way of looking at the problem. Art, she says, offers a different perspective rather than simply reading more statistics. “We need programs like ‘Poverty: A-Z’ to talk about this in a positive way. Cutting programs that help families and children is not the solution,” she adds. “Poverty: A-Z” will remain in the library through Oct. 31.
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Scott County district again receives $10,000 Monsanto rural education grant Students in Scott Community High School will be learning about advanced hydroponic technology with the help of a grant awarded through America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by Monsanto. Funding will be used to purchase an electronic sensor lab, complete with sensors that measure water quality, light, gases, and pH levels, as well as data analysis software and graphing calculators to measure the variables. Funds will also be used to acquire Bluetooth transmitters to communicate with the iPads the district purchased last year as part of its hydroponic lab set-up, also funded by an America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education grant. America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, offers farmers the chance to nominate a local public school district, which can then compete for a grant of up to $25,000 to enhance math and/or science education. More than 1,150 nominated school districts sub-
Monsanto representative Chris Irvin presents a $10,000 grant to SCHS science instructors Dr. Stacy Rogers (center) and Preeti Anil. (Record Photo)
mitted applications. The Monsanto Fund will invest $2.3 million through America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education grants this year. In 2012, USD 466 was also awarded a $10,000 grant to fund the creation of the hydroponics research lab. “We would like to thank all of the farmers who nominated us and gave us the opportunity to engage students in the research of
agricultural issues,” said SCHS Principal Shelly Turner. “These grants are opening the door for more students to have a hands-on approach to new methods in agriculture by using advanced technology.” Nominated school districts across the country submitted grant applications in the spring. During the summer, a panel of educators from ineligible districts reviewed and
4-H Club News Lake Wide Awake elects new officers Members of the Lake Wide Awake 4-H Club met on October 6. Our club had a cookie exchange in honor of National 4-H Sunday. Everyone was able to sample the cookies and take a variety of cookies home after the meeting. We held our annual election of officers for our club. The election results were: MariKate Crouch, president; KelsiJo Crouch, vice-president; Emily Glenn, secretary; Hailey Dart, treasurer; Emily Buxton, parliamentarian; Alyssa Storm, reporter; Jennie Erven and Emily Hall, historians; Nick Storm and Abbi Dart, recreation leaders; and Jennie Erven and MariKate Crouch, 4-H Council representatives. Junior officers were: Hannah Tucker, president; Brett Haire, vice-president; Paige Hoelting, secretary; Austin Rios, treasurer; and Alyssa Storm, 4-H Council representative. Community leaders are Toni Glenn, Janelle Erven, Janette Storm and Andrea Dunagan. We finalized plans for our food drive for the Breadbasket in honor of National 4-H Week, which was held on October 10. Our club gathered enough boxed and canned food items to fill six big boxes. Thank you to everyone who donated to our cause. Alyssa Storm, reporter
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evaluated applications, based on merit, need and community involvement. The strongest submissions were then sent to the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education Advisory Council. The Advisory Council, comprised of farmer-leaders with an interest in agriculture and education, selected the winning grant applications from the pool of finalists.
Fri., Oct. 25: Parent-teacher conferences in the morning; SCHS debate at Garden City; SCHS football vs Hays-TMP (T), 7:00 p.m. Sat., Oct. 26: ACT testing at SCHS, 8:00 a.m.; SCHS debate at Garden City; SCHS in regional cross-country at McPherson; SCHS volleyball in sub-state tournament at Colby. Mon., Oct. 28: Tickets go on sale for SCHS musical, “Anne of Green Gables.” Tues., Oct. 29: SCMS Red Ribbon Week; SCHS chapter to FFA national convention in Louisville, Ky.; SCHS in scholar’s bowl at Lakin, 4:00 p.m.
Glenn is on championship USD 466 Lunch Menu judging team at American Royal Week of October 28-31
Skyler Glenn, Scott City, was a member of the meats judging team from Garden City Community College that placed first at the recent American Royal Meats Contest. This is the first year GCCC has brought home championship honors since the division was invited to the contest in 1998. The team won the title by 59 points. “The contest was a challenging contest but these students handled the pressure extremely well,” says Dr. Clint Alexander, meats team coach and instructor in animal and food science. Glenn, a sophomore, was fifth high individual overall, first in lamb judging and fourth in placings. Their final competition of the year will be at the High Plains Contest, which is the national championship
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Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Oct. 17, 2013; last published Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES WILLIAM MAYER, deceased, Case No. 2012-PR-21 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 Richard L. Mayer, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Charles William Mayer, deceased, praying that her acts be approved; that the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; that fees and expenses be allowed; that the costs
be determined and ordered paid; that the administration of the Estate be closed; that the Executor be discharged and that she be released from further liability. You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 14th day of November, 2013, at 11:30 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. Richard L. Mayer WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P. O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620)872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner
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Scott City Police Department Oct. 4: A theft report was taken in the 200 block of East 5th St. Oct. 19: Pedro Rodriguez was arrested for minor in consumption, transporting an open container, no driver’s license and failure to maintain the lane of traffic. He was transported to the LEC. Oct. 19: Angel Adan Borunda was arrested for minor in consumption and transported to the LEC. Oct. 22: Petra Cantu, driving a 2000 Ford, was backing out of a parking space at Dairy Queen when she struck a 2012 Chevrolet owned by Stephanie Bailey. Scott Co. Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 17: Joseph Paul reported hitting a deer on US83 Highway at north Road 70. Oct. 17: Katelyn Murphy reported hitting a deer in Lane County. Oct. 18: The Scott County VIP Center reported a theft. Oct. 18: Eldercare, Inc., reported counterfeiting and making false information. Public Notice Oct. 18: First National Bank reported counterfeiting (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Oct. 24, and making false information. 2013)1t Oct. 18: Barbara Samples reported an accident on 2013 SCOTT COUNTY US83 Highway, Road 10, when she hit a patch of slick EXTENSION COUNCIL ELECTION TO: The voters of Scott County, State of Kansas, election slush. at-large. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with K.S.A. 2-611, as amended, State of Kansas, that on the date and at the time and place mentioned below, the citizens of voting age of Scott County shall meet for the purpose of electing 12 members, three members for Agriculture Pursuits, three members for Home Economics Work, three members for 4-H Club and Youth Work, and three members for Economic Development Initiatives, as representatives to the Scott County Extension Council. Scott County Monday, November 4, 2013, 8:00 p.m. Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building Scott County Fairgrounds Consideration shall be given to the Extension Program for Scott County. Duane Strine, Chairman
Distribute funds to 63 crime victims The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board awarded financial assistance to 63 victims of crime at its October meeting. Awards were made in 22 new cases. Additional expenses were paid in 41 previously submitted cases. The awards totaled $134,910. The Division of Crime Victims Compensation in the Kansas Attorney General’s office administers the Crime Victims Compensation program, which was established in 1978 to help victims of violent crime pay for their unexpected expenses such as medical treatment, mental health counseling, lost wages, dependent support and funeral costs. The state’s threemember Crime Victims Compensation Board determines claims that are eligible for payment and decides how much money will be awarded to each claimant. Awards are limited to a maximum total amount of $25,000 with limitations of $5,000 for funeral expense, $3,500 for outpatient mental health counseling, $10,000 for inpatient mental health treatment and $1,000 for grief counseling for family survivors of homicide victims.
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Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., Oct. 10, 2013; last published Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013.)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NEVA MERLE GRUVER, deceased Case No. 2013-PR-07 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 Gene William Gruver, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Neva Merle Gruver, 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 6th day of November, 2013, at 10:30 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. Gene William Gruver, Executor WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P. O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Oct. 17, 2013; last published Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOYDE A. GERBER, deceased Case No. 2012-PR-6 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition has been filed in said Court by Irene E. Huck and Chad R. Gerber, Co-Executors of the Estate of Loyde A. Gerber, deceased, praying for a final settlement of the Estate, approval of their acts and proceedings as Co-Executors, determination of the heirs, devisees and legatees en-
titled to the Estate and assignment to them in accordance with the Last Will and Testament of Loyde A. Gerber, deceased. YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED to file your written defenses thereto on or before November 14, 2013, at 11:00 a.m., on 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 said Petition. IRENE E. HUCK AND CHAD R. GERBER, Petitioners MICHAEL C. DOERING DOERING & GRISELL, P.A. 124 Grant Avenue Garden City, Ks. 67846-5411 Telephone (620) 275-8084 miked@gcnet.com
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Oct. 10, 2013; last published Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013)3t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: Wilton Petroleum, Inc. - Application for a permit to authorize the enhanced disposal of saltwater into the Scott No. 1 Lease, located in Scott County, Kansas. TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, Unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whomever concerned. You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Wilton Petroleum, Inc. has filed an application to commence the disposal of saltwater into the Cedar Hills formation at the Scott No. 1 Lease, located in the NW NW SW, 36-17S31W, 2310 feet from South Section Line, 4950 feet from East Section Line, all within the SW/4 of 36-17S-31W,
Scott County, Kansas, with a maximum operating pressure of 100 pslg and a maximum injection rate of 3,000 bbls per day. Any persons who object to or protest this application shall be required to file their objections or protest with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. These protests shall be filed pursuant to Commission regulations and must state specific reasons why granting the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas. All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly. Wilton Petroleum, Inc. Bernard Rundstrom, V.P. PO Box 391 Canton, Kansas 67428
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Feds to delay penalties for those who delay sign-up The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would delay imposing penalties for six weeks on some consumers who might have been caught in a sticky timing problem for enrolling in coverage through the health law’s new insurance marketplaces. Those marketplaces, also known as exchanges, have come under intense scrutiny since opening on Oct. 1 because the technology has malfunctioned. But the White House is not linking this change of policy to website problems. The law currently requires that by Jan. 1 most people must have health insurance. But the law also allows consumers to be without coverage for less than three consecutive months without a fine, meaning they have until March 31 to get coverage. However, to have insurance by then, consumers would have to choose a policy by Feb. 15 to allow enough time for their enrollment to be processed so coverage would start March 1. Most insurance coverage begins on the first of the month. With the new administration announcement, consumers can wait until March 31 - when the current enrollment period ends - to enroll and not face fines. Before Wednesday’s announcement, several Senate Democrats had begun to push the administration to delay the mandate due to the ongoing problems with healthcare.gov, which is preventing many people from signing up for coverage. In July, the administration announced it would delay for one year a requirement that businesses with 50 or more workers provide health insurance or pay a fine. But it left in place the requirement that most individuals have coverage by Jan. 1. In 2014, the penalty for not having insurance is $95 or one percent of income, whichever is greater. In 2016 the penalty rises to $695 or 2.5 percent of income, whichever is greater. Republicans have argued that the administration should delay the mandate for individuals for a year also. But officials point out that change could severely impact the insurance pool. The individual mandate was added to the law to make sure that healthy individuals buy insurance so that it can be affordable for sicker beneficiaries. If only older consumers or those with medical problems were to enroll in the marketplace plans, they would quickly become too expensive. The health law will be the focus on several upcoming hearings on Capitol Hill where administration officials and others involved with the website are expected to face tough questioning from Republicans.
78,000 Kansans ‘too poor’ for Obamacare tax subsidies Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News
About 78,000 Kansans are among 5.2 million poor, uninsured adults who will fall into the “coverage gap,” created by 26 states choosing not to expand Medicaid under the federal health reform law next year, according to a study released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation. These people are projected to have incomes too high to qualify for their state’s existing Medicaid programs, but below the federal poverty level (nearly $11,500 for an individual) required to be eligible for tax subsidies to buy pri-
vate coverage on the new insurance marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicaid is the state-federal health insurance program for the poor. “Millions of adults will remain outside the reach of the ACA and continue to have limited, if any, options for health coverage,” the study concludes. The law provides full federal funding for three years to states that expand Medicaid to cover residents under 138 percent of the poverty level (or just under $15,900 for an individual). But the Supreme Court made that requirement effectively optional for states, and most Republican
led-states have opted against expanding the program. There is no deadline by which states must opt to expand Medicaid, and a few states are still considering it. Nearly half of the uninsured in the coverage gap live in Texas (one million), Florida (763,980) and Georgia (409,350) - largely because those states have the most uninsured and limited Medicaid eligibility. Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana also will be especially hard hit, with more than a third of their uninsured adults falling into the coverage gap next year. In Kansas, 29 percent of
uninsured adults fall into the coverage gap. In Kansas, adults with children are eligible for Medicaid coverage if they earn less than $7,421 (for a family of three). Childless Kansans are not eligible regardless of income level. Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature have shown no desire to expand Medicaid and seem unlikely to approve it this year. Federal officials have said they have little ability to address the coverage gap, given the Supreme Court’s ruling. The only way to fix that would be for Congress to modify the health reform law.
Fixes to Kansas marketplace produce a trickle of activity The technical problems that have plagued the federal online health insurance marketplace since its launch three weeks ago are slowly being resolved, at least in Kansas, according to those who are helping people navigate the new system or are using it to sell health plans. “We have received transactions from the marketplace and have been working to verify information and setup memberships,” confirmed Mary Beth Chambers, a spokesperson for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, one of the com-
panies offering plans on the exchange. But Chambers said the company wouldn’t release its enrollment numbers from the new system until the end of the month. And there are factors besides the technical hurdles that are complicating efforts to enroll uninsured Kansans in the private coverage offered on the Obamacare marketplace. For one, several consumers who have completed the enrollment process with the help of specially trained navigators have learned they are too poor to qualify
for federal subsidies and so cannot afford to buy the coverage. Kansas’ Republican leaders have chosen against expanding the state’s Medicaid program to allow more people access to the subsidies, leaving an estimated 58,000 to 78,000 Kansans in the so-called Medicaid gap. And officials overseeing the recruitment and training of navigators said they fear that continuing controversy about whether the navigators are being adequately screened could hinder efforts to get more of the
Iowa to become 17th state with insurance marketplace
Iowa has reached agreement with the federal government to transition to a state-based health insurance marketplace by 2016, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Currently Iowa is one of 36 states relying on the federal government to provide its residents with the online marketplace for comparing and purchasing insurance as required by the Affordable Care Act. The transition would make Iowa the 17th state to run its own marketplace. Two years ago, Gov. Sam Brownback rejected a $31.5 million federal grant to set up a health insurance marketplace tailored for Kansas
- defaulting instead to the federally run marketplace, which launched Oct. 1 Should Kansas also decide to run its own insurance marketplace it could have the option of implementing proven software, such as that used in Colorado’s state-run marketplace. More than 700 people have enrolled in insurance plans in the first three weeks of the Colorado marketplace, according to officials there. And more than 30,000 people have created accounts on the website allowing them to compare plan options and see if they qualify for tax subsidies.
helpers in the field. Federal officials apparently have made progress in fixing the technical problems that rendered the marketplace virtually inoperable in Kansas and the 35 other states that opted not to design and operate their own exchanges. But that progress has been slow. According to a weekly report from the National Association of Medicaid Directors, states’ interconnectivity with the federal marketplace hub was generally improving but a host of other problems continued. (See TRICKLE on page 15)
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Health insurance shoppers have another option Kansans frustrated by their inability to shop for health insurance coverage on the federal marketplace website can now do much of the legwork on the state insurance department’s updated website, InsureKS.org. Late Friday afternoon the department upgraded the site first launched in early September so that consumers in any county can access a list of the health plans available in the federal marketplace
Trickle Officials overseeing a Kansas navigator program said reports from the field at the end of last week indicated that only five consumers had completed the enrollment process, though there likely were more than that. Federal officials still aren’t releasing enrollment figures. “Those are small num-
along with their prices. “We’re pretty excited because if somebody goes on our website they can find out whether they qualify for a tax credit and they can take that information and look at the rates and plans and come pretty close to figuring out which plan they’re interested in when they’re able to get on the (federal) marketplace. So, hopefully it will give them a little bit of a head start,” said Linda Sheppard, director
of health care policy and analysis at the insurance department. Consumers can do about everything on the insurance department website that they could do on the official federal site - if it were working except finalize a purchase. The marketplace website operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HealthCare.gov - has been plagued by problems and has been mostly inoper-
able since its launch Oct. 1, though there were indications of progress Friday. Officials with a consortium of nonprofit organizations training and deploying navigators to help consumers shop for plans said that, by day’s end, five Kansans had managed to purchase coverage using the federal marketplace. Sheppard said Kansas officials didn’t seek federal approval to add the work-around tools to
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bers, but it’s progress,” said Cathy Harding, chief executive of the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, the lead organization in a consortium of nonprofit groups helping to train and deploy navigators. Consumers still struggling to navigate the federal marketplace website
can now use the Kansas Insurance Department’s website to help determine the plans available to them and their costs. Linda Sheppard, director of health care policy at the department, said people can’t buy coverage on the department’s site but that new features allow them to see a list of plans
available in their area and to compare rates. “So, hopefully it will give them a little bit of a head start,” she said. Nearly 190,000 uninsured Kansans are expected to purchase private coverage through the marketplace, according to an analysis by the Kansas Health Institute.
Challenger says Brownback owes explanation on Medicaid expansion Democrat Paul Davis is not making Medicaid expansion a front-andcenter issue in his campaign to unseat Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. It’s an issue that could get forced onto the campaign agenda in the coming months as thousands of uninsured Kansans realize that the federal health reform law won’t help them gain medical coverage because the state’s GOP leaders have chosen against it. Brownback and Republican legislative leaders had the opportunity earlier this year to approve the Medicaid expansion called for in the Affordable Care Act, but chose not to, citing concerns about the program’s future cost.
As a result, an estimated 58,000 to 78,000 low-income Kansans are expected to go without health insurance coverage in 2014 because they will remain ineligible for Medicaid. Medical providers may also push to make expansion a campaign issue. An analysis done for the Kansas Hospital Association concluded that expanding Medicaid eligibility would inject another $3 billion into the state economy and create 4,000 jobs by 2020. Rejecting expansion will cost Kansas an estimated $5.3 billion in federal aid between 2013 and 2022, according to a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation. During the 2013 leg-
islative session, Davis the House minority leader, who has represented Lawrence since 2003 criticized Brownback for not joining conservative Republican governors in New Jersey, Ohio, Florida and other states in calling for Medicaid expansion. Those governors, said Davis, are “saying I’m going to put the people of my state above whatever political considerations are out there. Davis didn’t mention Medicaid expansion Tuesday during a rally at a Topeka High School to introduce his running mate, Jill Docking of Wichita. But in response to a question after the event he said, “Certainly Medicaid expansion is an issue that a lot of Kansans
are interested in and we’ll be talking about it during the campaign.” Brownback, an opponent of Obamacare since his time in the U.S. Senate, has repeatedly said he is concerned about the potential costs of expansion.
the state site, which also includes a feature allowing users to locate navigators and marketplace-certified agents nearest them. Kansas is one of 36 states that opted to have the federal government design and operate its marketplace. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback returned a $31.5 million federal grant that Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger had obtained to build a state-based mar-
ketplace, sometimes called an “exchange.” Sheppard said Kansans she’s talked to at meetings across the state haven’t been angry about their inability to use the marketplace, but they have been frustrated by their inability to get information about the coverage options available to them. “They don’t seem angry about it, they just generally say something like, ‘Yeah, that’s what I expected,’” she said.
RC blood drive in Scott City Oct. 30
With an increasing number of blood donors being turned away because of low hemoglobin levels, the American Red Cross is recommending that eligible donors eat a well-balanced diet with extra iron-rich produce. The next blood drive in Scott City is Wed., Oct. 30, noon to 6:00 p.m. at the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building. Recommended fruits and vegetables which are abundant this time of year include broccoli, kale, sweet potatoes, spinach, apricots and chard. Food can have two types of iron - heme and nonheme. The body can absorb up to 30 percent of heme iron, primarily found in meat, but only two to 10 percent of nonheme iron. Foods high in vitamin C, such as leafy greens, peppers and citrus fruits, help with iron absorption. Visit redcrossblood.org/iron to learn more.
Pastime at Park Lane The First Christian Church led Sunday after10 are honored at birthday party noon services. The High Plains Study Club hosted the October Residents played pitch birthday party on Thursday afternoon. and dominoes on Monday Guests of honor were Judy Redburn, Clifford afternoon. Game helpers Thon, Herb Graves, Albert Dean, Harold White, were Madeline Murphy, Ruth White, Kathy McKellips, Mary Alice LawDorothy King, Arlene rence, Edna Uppendahl and Jim Jeffery. Everyone Cauthon and Hugh Mcwas served angel food cake with blueberry sauce. Daniel. Cookies were furHostesses were Joy Cole, Dona Dee Carpenter, nished by Bev Nuckolls. Ivadell Cotton, Pam Crist, Barbara Dickhut, Celia Residents played Wii Fouser, Shirley Griffith, Suzy Gooden, Patsi Grabowling on Monday eveham, Jean Hardy, Ann Hawkins, Marvel Hopkinsning. Keyse, Sidney Janzen, Treva McCandless, Thelma Pastor Bob Artz led Miller, Madeline Murphy and Dorothy Spitzer. Bible study on Tuesday morning. Doris Riner and Students read to Golden Listeners Elsie Nagel led the hymns. Tammy Reed brought her Scott City Elementary Naomi Teubner perSchool third grade students to read to their Golden formed a variety of songs Listeners on Friday afternoon. Readers and listenon the violin, the recorder ers were: and the piano. Jewell UnGolden Listener Golden Reader ruh furnished cookies. Ann Tedford Alencio Zarate/Wyatt Ricker Residents played trivia Carol Auten Johnna Sowers games on Tuesday. Maxine Binns Annie Talbert Rev. Warren Prochnow Lorena Turley Gui Griffith led Lutheran Bible study Verlene Mohler Brooke Strine on Wednesday morning. Vivian Kreiser Jacob Irwin/Aaron Ruelas Clifford Dearden Korbin Steffens Residents played binPhyllis Trembley Evan Fry and Nathan LeBeau go on Wednesday afterRobin Day Valeria Bejarano noon. Helpers were MadLorine Yeager Ivette Fernandez eline Murphy and Barbara Arlene Taylor JP Harris and Henry Aguilar Dickhut. Kathy McKellips Jocabed Navarrete Several students from Verene Dearden Hailee Amerine the Scott Community Pat Palen Hannah Eikenberry High School cheer squad Cecile Billings Hannah Tucker came to visit, play cards, Edna Uppendahl Priscilla Murray and trivial pursuit on Dona Dee Carpenter Emilee Turner Wednesday afternoon. Residents played cards Elsie Nagel gave mani- Friday afternoon. on Wednesday evening. Harold Wright and The United Methodist cures on Thursday mornGary Wright performed Church delivered pump- ing. Rev. Warren Prochnow on Friday evening. They kins to each of the resiled Lutheran services on sang and played a variety dents on Wednesday.
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of country/western songs. Wanda Wright served brownies. The Blue Steele Band performed on Saturday afternoon. Band members were Mike Steele, Keith Steele and Daniel Dunn. Thanks to Heartland Foods for donating the pumpkins to Park Lane. Dottie Fouquet was visited by Rev. Bernard Felix, Jon and Anne Crane, and Mark Fouquet. Hilda Gruver was visited by Tina Turley. Joyce Bohnert was visited by Tina Turley. Pat Palen was visited by Jeanne Corrigan, Jack and Sheri Rapier, Mike Palen and Lila Carson. Mary Alice Lawrence King was visited by Shorty and Deb Lawrence. Ruth Holland was visited by Debbie Bush, Deb Lawrence and Charlene Becht. Kathy McKellips was visited by Dave and Val Duff, Tim and Pat Percival, Jamie Percival, Ashley, Noah, and Bo; Kay Percival, Frankie Purma, Pat Palen and Lee Percival. Edith Norman was visited by Ron and Sue Riner, Albena Browning, and Tom and Sara Shane. Clifford Dearden was visited by Korbin and Kirk Ottaway.
Deaths Warren Regan Park
M. Vivian Sharpe
Warren Regan Park, 65, died Oct. 11, 2013, at Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, Colo. H e was born on May 4, 1948, at Colby, the son of Aubrey Glen “ C u b ” Warren Park and Jessie Lou (Swart) Park. A lifelong resident of Oakley, he attended the University of Kansas and Ft. Hays State University. As a youngster he began working at the family-owned business, Swart-Park Motors and eventually became the sole owner-operator. Poor health forced him to close the car dealership on May 31, 2013. Warren married Gail Ann Cook on Aug. 16, 1970. The couple had three children, Matthew, Andrew and Wendy. In 2007, he married Cora Lee Samuelson. He served on the Logan County Hospital board, the Oakley Chamber of Commerce board and the Oakley Recreation board in addition to being an Emergency Medical Technician for 36 years. He was a member of the Jaycees, Masonic Lodge, Logan County Shrine Club, the Oakley Ambas-
M. Vivian Sharpe, 80, died on Oct. 21, 2013, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City. S h e was born Nov. 12, 1 9 3 2 , in Scott County, the daughter Vivian Sharpe of Clive G. and Nellie M. (Scott) Sharpe. A lifetime resident of Scott City, she was a special sister. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Scott City. Survivors include five brothers, Clive J. and his wife, Charlene, Scott City, Harley and wife, Ora, Scott City, Harry and wife, Virginia, Scott City, John, Loveland, Colo., and Hiriam, Scott City;
sadors and the Midwest Ford Dealers Association in addition to supporting the Cub/Boy Scouts and the Oakley Kids Wrestling Club. Warren was an announcer or referee at wrestling matches and worked on the chain gang at football games. He was also a volunteer at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center. Survivors include his wife, Cora Lee, of Oakley; two sons, Matt Park, and wife, Cristy, Oakley, and Dr. Andrew Park and wife, Megha, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Wendy Parsons, and husband, Pat, Oakley; step-sons, Mark and Steven Samuelson, Oakley; a sister, Karen Gilpin and husband, Jim, Iola; a brother, Wade, Iola; and nine grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Nancy Park Windsor. Funeral service was held on Oct. 17 with Pastor Bob Kelly officiating. Interment was in the Oakley Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Wild West Historical Foundation, Logan County Shrine Club or Oakley Kids Wrestling Club in care of Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, Box 221, Oakley, Ks. 67748.
three sisters, Thada Holt, St. George, Utah, Myrtle Rohr and husband, Frank, Quinter, and Helen Ackley and husband, Bill, Hutchinson; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Trilla Hayes. Visitation will be on Fri., Oct. 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., at Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 Washington, Scott City. Funeral service will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Robert Nuckolls officiating. Interment will be in the Scott County Cemetery. Memorials to Park Lane Nursing Home may be made in care of the nursing home.
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Boots Haxton was visited by Rod and Kathy Haxton. Lula Dirks was visited by Darla Luebbers and Willetta Payne. Albert Dean was visited by Larry Wright, Doris Whinery, Sherri Dean and Bill Dean. Lorena Turley was visited by Gui Griffith, Neta Wheeler and Rex Turley. Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock. Jim and Yvonne Spangler were visited by Les and Mary Ann Spangler, Yvette Mills, Adalei Zeller and Margie Stevens. Mildred Van Pelt was visited by David Van Pelt. Geraldine Graves was visited by Charlene Becht. Phyllis Trembley was visited by Andie Strong, Kat the Dog, Rev. Dennis Carter, Greg Strong; Marvin and Louise Greenberg, Smith Center; and Lorena Turley. Ann Tedford was visited by Peggy Mukai from Maryland, Darla Luebbers, Mary Plum, and Rev. Elwyn Tedford from Colorado. Harriet Jones was visited by Nancy Holt, Travis Jones, Larry Wright, Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church, Annabelle McDaniel and Marcia Chyba.
Herb Graves was visited by Kelsi Schwartz and Tina Turley. Darlene Richman was visited by Janelle Caspar, Tina Turley, Mary Webster and Emily Wright. Mike Leach was visited by Linda Dunagan and Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church. Cecile Billings was visited by Linda Dunagan, Ann Beaton, Hannah Tucker, Larry Billings, Delinda Dunagan, and Ken, Patti and Mandy Billings. Mike Kitch was visited by Charlene Becht. Brenda Bremer was visited by Harold and Wanda Wright. Judy Redburn was visited by Debbie Holland Bush, Elizabeth Parkinson, Carol Ellis, Mary Torson, Timothy Derstine and Isaac Redburn. Delores Brooks was visited by Fritzie Rauch. Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Bill John, Gloria O’Bleness, Sheri Rapier and Joyce Ramsey. Jim Jeffery was visited by Wade Jeffery and Libbie Joles. Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright, Treva McCandless, Larry and Philene Pickett, Jon Tuttle and Margie Stevens.
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Wheatland to continue with ‘Sharing Success’ grant program Wheatland Electric, Inc. and CoBank, a cooperative bank serving agribusiness, rural infrastructure providers and Farm Credit associations throughout the United States, announced that they are renewing their “Sharing Success” program. The bank’s board of directors approved the commitment to match charitable contributions made by their cooperative customers. The bank will match donations on a dollar-for-dollar basis, from a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of $5,000 per customer. Wheatland Electric donated $5,000 to the Scott Community Foundation for the Sharing Success Fund. CoBank matched the donation, providing $10,000 to distribute to local non-profits. Last year the Sharing
Shawn Powelson (right) with Wheatland Electric’s member services presents a $10,000 check to Ryan Roberts, director of the Scott Community Foundation, and Alli Conine, community development manager.
Success Fund distributed 10 grants totaling $8,250 to non-profits across Wheatland’s service territory in Kansas. The Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community
Park Place People
by Doris Riner
The mention of an early snow starts our column off this week. It came down, straight down - no wind - and looked so amazing several of us just stood and watched it snow. Also, for starters, we have two or three “thank yous” we want to make. Jeanie, who works in the home, brought tomatoes that looked like they were a cousin to a blue plum, meaning, purple and red but tasted like a delicious tomato. Fred and Trudi Kuntzsch bring bunches of tomatoes every year for everyone. Mary Lou Oeser and Jack and Sherry Rapier always bring all sorts of goodies every time they come for coffee. I want to mention Marian Sigurdson, Lil Francisco and Mary Plum who also bake and bring goodies. When the Wright Brothers entertain once a month, we can count on Wanda Wright bringing treats for everyone in the home. Some of us who are high school football fans missed the Wright’s program, but thanks to Wanda we got a large tray full of her homemade goodies. Thank you, Wanda. My daughter from Great Bend was here to see me Saturday. Also, I was so delighted to have a couple stop by to see me on their way to Portland, Ore. This couple was playmates and neighbors of Ron, Roma Lee and Trudy before we moved to Scott County. Mary Plum’s visitor last week was Peggy (Tedford) Muaki. Peggy stayed with Mary and made visits to see her mother, Ann Tedford, in the home. Peggy lives in Maryland. Visiting Clif and Phylis Thon were his daughter, Linda Sowers, and husband Charles, Colby. Elvira’s sons Donald and Benny, came up from Garden City Monday night and took Edwin, Allen and I out for supper. On Friday, Elvira had an appointment with her doctor in Wichita. Her son Benny took her as far as Great Bend, but they came back as it was snowing so hard. Lela Bishop went to Hays on Thursday to see the heart doctor. Everything is fine. She also left early Saturday morning with her daughter, Karalea, for Emporia to watch her three great-grandkids in rodeo. P.S.: The peach cobbler Marian Sigurdson brought for coffee Monday morning sure was good. Thank you, Marian!
Foundation is currently accepting applications for grants from non-profit organizations. The program will run until the funds are exhausted. Non-profit groups interested in receiving fund-
ing from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund should contact Alli Conine at the Scott Community Foundation at 620-872-3790 or alli@ scottcf.org for further details.
Attend the Church of Your Choice
I Met the Master Face to Face
“The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, ‘Look,
the Lamb of God!’ When the two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.” John 1: 35-37 NIV
Our reaction should be the same when we are introduced to Jesus. We should simply and fully follow Him.
The following poem was written by an anonymous author and puts it very well what happens when we meet
the Master face to face.
“I walked life’s way with an easy tread, had followed where comforts and pleasures led;
Until one day in a quiet place, I met the Master face to face.
With station and rank and wealth for my goal, much thought for my body, but none for my soul; I entered to win in life’s mad race, when I met the Master face to face.
I met Him, and knew Him, and blushed to see that His eyes, full of sorrow, were fixed on me. And I faltered and fell at His feet that day, while my castles melted and vanished away. Melted and vanished, and in their place, nought else did I see, but the Master’s face; And I cried aloud, ‘O, make me meet, to follow the steps of Thy wounded feet.’ My thought is now for the souls of men; I have lost my life to find it again;
E’re since one day in a quiet place, I met the Master face to face.” - Anonymous
Pastor Jon Tuttle Prairie View Church of the Brethren, Friend
Scott City Assembly of God
1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer
St. Joseph Catholic Church
A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.
Pence Community Church
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship • Wednesday mornings Breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m. Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Community Christian Church
8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.) Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Immanuel Southern Baptist Church
803 College - Scott City - 872-2339 Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor
1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264 Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday morning worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
Gospel Fellowship Church 120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Larry Taylor, pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
First Christian Church
1st United Methodist Church
5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 Dennis Carter, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services at 9:00 a.m. • Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday 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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Assisted
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He did note that the 20 independent living apartments are “about the right number” for Scott City, even though only 12 of those are currently occupied.
the north wing of the nursing home was renovated with that in mind, though it’s not being used for that purpose. According to Buckley, six residents would qualify for “memory care,” but Nursing Home Trend that wouldn’t be enough Since 2000, nursing to support the staffing rehomes have seen a steady quired for a wing. decline in their census and Park Lane is no exception. Build New Facilities That’s due to the availWhile one option for ability of home health the county would be to care and other services convert a wing of the which make it possible for nursing home to assisted people to remain in their living, Buckley says the homes longer. “best situation” would be At one time, Park Lane to build new one-bedroom had a census of about 80 and studio apartments people, but has dropped “I would rather you to an average of about 61 kept the independent livpeople today. Even with ing units as they are,” said that drop, Buckley says Buckley. “They should be 5.7 percent of Scott Coun- full.” ty’s population over the Buckley feels that one age of 65 is living in the reason the independent nursing home, compared living apartments aren’t with the national average better utilized is because of 3.5 percent. there’s a “perception it’s He said that 29 percent an extension of the nursof the residents - or 17 ing home.” That’s been currently in the nursing home meet the guidelines reinforced because meals for assisted living. Of are brought over from the those, 12 are private pay nursing home and residents sometimes particiresidents. He added, however, pate in activities together. “In the short-term we that those residents also need the assisted living meet the criteria for nursapartments,” said Coming home care. He further added that missioner Jim Minnix. the nursing home would “In the long-term we need benefit if it had a memo- more residents in the nursry care (dementia) wing. ing home.” “If you don’t have asHe said it would attract people to Scott City who sisted living, someone are needing that level of else in the area will. That care for a family member. will lead to further outmiCounty Commissioner gration from the county,” Jerry Buxton pointed out added Buckley.
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Sports
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defensive stalemate
SCHS junior cornerback Sloan Baker drags Hoisington’s Taylor Richter to the ground for a loss during Friday night’s district win. (Record Photo)
SC needs late pick, TD to secure 14-0 district win For football fans who enjoy an old school, defensive slugfest, then the district playoff opener between Scott City and Hoisington had to bring back some fond memories. From an offensive standpoint, Friday’s 14-0 win by the Beavers Scott City 14 was pretty forHoisington 0 gettable.
“Defensively, the boys played pretty well. The defense won the game for us,” says head coach Glenn O’Neil. “On the offensive side, it was a game you want to forget.” A Scott City scoring drive late in the first half accounted for most of the offense generated by either team. A 6-0 SCHS lead held up for the rest of the night until an interception by the Beavers
set up a two yard drive late in the fourth quarter that put the game away. The biggest - and only - offensive series of the night came late in the first half after both teams had exchanged fumbles and field position had flipped in favor of the Cardinals. A nice punt return by SCHS to midfield was erased by a 15 yard penalty that pushed them back to their own 34.
On the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Brett Meyer threw a 28 yard reception to senior wideout Chris Pounds on the left sideline. A Hoisington defender had inside position, but Pounds was able to come down with the reception. “I was able to out-jump him and pull it out of his hands,” says Pounds. “Once I was able to get my hands on it I squeezed as hard as I could
and, fortunately, I was able to come down with it.” Pounds followed with a 13 yard reception on the next play and two plays later a six yard run by fullback Paco Banda gave SCHS third-and-four at the Hoisington 19. Meyer then hit Strine on a crossing route at the 10 yard line and the senior runningback was able to power his way through two defenders (See DISTRICT on page 22)
regional x-country
4A road to state will be difficult for SCHS squad
A year after claiming runner-up honors in the state cross-country championships, the Scott Community High School boys know that the path to state will be even more difficult this year. A big factor in that is the jump from Class 3A to Class 4A. Instead of being in contention for a top five finish in the Class 3A state meet, the Beavers are just hoping they can qualify for the state field in Class 4A. “There’s no sugar-coating it,” says head coach Kevin Reese. “We have to run smart and we may have to run our best race of the season. Hopefully, that will be enough.” The SCHS boys know entering regional the best they can hope for is a third place finish. The team title will go to either Ulysses or Hugoton. Reese feels that Clay Center is Scott City’s toughest competition for the third and final team spot “and they’re looking pretty good.” (See X-COUNTRY on page 25)
SCHS senior Megan Thornburg competes in the Great West Activities Conference cross-country meet held in Scott City last Saturday morning. (Record Photo)
Lady Hornets enter 1A sub-state with No. 1 seed Playing in the Northwest Kansas League isn’t easy when you are facing state-ranked opponents five or six times on your schedule. This is the time of year
when that experience hopefully pays off. The Dighton High School volleyball team has the No. 1 seed entering the Class 1A-Division II sub-state tournament on
Saturday in Ransom. After a first-round bye, the Lady Hornets (25-12) will face either Pawnee Hts. (4-26) or Healy (3-23). On the other side of the bracket is No. 2 seeded
Otis-Bison (14-17) and Western Plains (17-16) who will meet in the semifinals. Dighton is coming off a 3-2 finish in the NWKL tournament where they
swept Tribune (25-7, 254), Leoti (25-19, 25-5) and WaKeeney (23-25, 25-10, 25-17) before losing to state-ranked Hoxie (24-26, 12-25) and Sharon Springs (23-25, 25-20, 17-
25). “It was disappointing that we didn’t beat either Hoxie or Sharon Springs. Those were two teams we were hoping to finally (See HORNETS on page 20)
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Outdoors in Kansas
by Steve Gilliland
The great raccoon bait caper
When it comes to eating habits, raccoons are a lot like teenage boys. They’ll eat anything that smells good, and a lot of things that don’t. Common homegrown coon baits are marshmallows, jelly beans, peanut butter, barbeque sauce, maple syrup and cream style corn. There are people raking in the dough selling custom-baked pet treats, so after the recent Kansas Fur Harvesters convention, I opened the Gilliland Coon’ Bait Test Kitchen, intent on dazzling the trapping world with my creations. First order of business was to put on my lab coat and hair and beard net. My brother runs the R&D department at a brand name pet food plant and has to wear such netting, so I thought it only right that I guard against hair in my raccoon bait! I needed some early success, so for my first creation I used a jar of product I bought at the convention. The jar contains all the flavors and smells the seller uses in his raccoon bait. You merely add the jar contents to one pound of dog or cat food. I marched into my woodworking shop turned test kitchen with a bag of cheap cat food under my arm. In a monstrous ziplock bag I mixed the cat food and the powder from the jar, which smelled sweet and yummy like butterscotch. The whole shop (I mean test kitchen) smelled like butterscotch for three days. It’s a good thing I’m not a sleep walker or I would probably have awakened late that night and found myself eating a bowl of it with milk.
(See RACCOON on page 24)
Spikers have another shot at Goodland Even though the odds are better than ever for Class 4A teams to advance to the state volleyball tournament, the Scott Community High School squad is still a longshot entering sub-state play in Colby this Saturday. SCHS (6-26) is the No. 4 team in the four-team sub-state and will have to get past Great West Activities Conference rival Goodland (27-7) in the opening round of tournament play. If they can upset the No. 1 seed, they will await the winner of Hugoton (19-17) and Colby (18-17) who face off in
Class 4A - Division II Sub-State Tournament Sat., Oct. 26 • at Colby 2:00 p.m.: Goodland (277) vs Scott City (6-26) 3:00 p.m.: Hugoton (1917) vs Colby (18-17) 4:00 p.m.: Championship
the other semi-final match. But don’t rule out the prospect of a Scott City win. Three times this season the Lady Beavers have faced Goodland and each time they’ve won the opening game only to lose the next two. “We’ve played them well this season. If we can win the first game on Sat-
urday and put some pressure on them, who knows what can happen,” says head coach Jordan Dreiling. The key will be finding a way to get around Goodland’s blocking ability at the net and taking advantage of scoring opportunities when 6-2 senior Taryn Bedore is on the back line. “They have girls who are not only strong at the net defensively, but can score,” says Dreiling. “We have to do a good job of hitting around their blocks.” While the Lady Beavers often turn to se-
nior middle hitter Bailey Nickel for most of their offense, along with senior outside hitter Kelly Wycoff, Dreiling emphasizes they will need more options on Saturday. “Bailey and Kelly can’t provide enough offense on their own,” she says. “We need one or two other girls to give us some scoring.” One Win at League It was a long day for SCHS at the Great West Activities Conference volleyball tournament on Saturday. They finished 1-4 in the round-robin format with a come-from-
behind win over Hugoton (25-14, 26-24). In the second game, Scott City trailed 24-20 when three errors by the Lady Eagles (including two net serves) along with a kill by Wycoff tied the game at 24-24. SCHS finally took the lead on a set by freshman Taylor Goodman and a kill by Wycoff. A tip into the net by Hugoton finished off the Scott City rally. “Credit Taylor with recognizing that Kelly was the hot hitter and with setting the ball to her,” says Dreiling.” (See SPIKERS on page 25)
Playoff hopes on the line for Dighton There’s nothing complicated about what the Dighton High School football team must do in order to advance into the Eight-Man, Division II playoffs - win their final two games. That’s the scenario following a 20-0 loss to undefeated Victoria on the home field last Friday. “It’s in our hands,” says head coach Ken Simon. “Both games are very winnable if we take care of business.” Perhaps the biggest obstacle toward a playoff
berth will be this week’s road game against SylvanLucas (2-5). Despite their record, Simon says the Mustangs are a team that can’t be overlooked. Three of their losses have come against undefeated opponents - Atwood, Solomon and Victoria. They have rolled to district wins over Western Plains (52-6) and Wilson (46-0). Dighton was a 62-14 winner over Wilson. “They appear to be athletic on film and they have speed if you let them get
into the open field,” says Simon. While the Mustangs were able to overpower Western Plains and Wilson with their rushing attack, they aren’t afraid to throw the ball either. In their loss to Atwood, the SylvanLucas quarterback had 50 passes. “We’re working a lot with our secondary this week,” says Simon. He says the Hornets (4-3, 2-1) defense must be ready to adjust to numerous offensive sets featured by Sylvan-Lucas.
“They like to catch you off-balance with different formations. We have to align correctly and be in the right position on defense,” says the head coach. Simon feels the Hornets will be able to re-establish their running game which was limited to just 58 yards in last week’s loss to Victoria. “In our three losses we weren’t able to move the ball on the ground like we need to. This week, I feel we’ll be able to run the ball which should take
Missed opportunities Hornets haunt Bluejays in finale Last Thursday’s season finale was a game of “what ifs” for the Scott City Middle School eighth graders. •What if they had been able to s c o r e Goodland 14 on three 8th Grade 0 drives into the Goodland red zone. •What if fullback Nick Nowak hadn’t left the game in the second quarter with an injury. •What if a ball that was tipped by a SCMS defender hadn’t landed in the hands of a Goodland player for a touchdown. At the end of the night, those what ifs didn’t help erase a 14-0 Goodland win in Scott City’s final game of the season. “The frustrating part is that we played well enough to win,” says head coach Skip Numrich. “We did a better job of stop-
ping ourselves than what Goodland did.” Penalties were a problem for the Bluejays (5-2) early in the game. On their opening possession they drove to the Mustang 10 where the drive stalled on a pair of motion penalties. That scenario repeated itself on Scott City’s second possession when penalties again stopped a drive deep into Goodland territory. “We don’t have the kind of offense that can easily overcome mistakes like that,” says Numrich. “If we’d have scored on one or both of those possessions it’s a different ball game.” The Bluejays took a major hit to their offense and defense when they were again driving the ball in the second quarter and Nowak was slammed to the ground on a tackle. He was taken off the field on a stretcher after complaining of neck injuries. “That was a big blow,”
Numrich says. “We lost a fullback who runs hard and is a lead blocker for our other back and we lost our middle linebacker.” SCMS still had another opportunity to get on the scoreboard when Austen Turner had nothing but green grass ahead of him on a toss sweep, but lost control of the ball and it rolled out of bounds at the three yard line. Once again a motion penalty set the Bluejays back and they couldn’t get into the end zone. Goodland finally broke the scoreless deadlock when they were faced with fourth-and-20 and their quarterback broke loose on a 50 yard run with three minutes remaining to take an 8-0 first half lead. “That was as good a scenario as we could have hoped for with all our missed opportunities,” Numrich said. Goodland’s other score came late in the game on (See HAUNT on page 24)
pressure off Tyler (Lingg) and our passing game,” says Simon. Just as importantly, the Hornets will need to take care of the ball after committing five turnovers - three interceptions and two fumbles - against Victoria. First District Loss The loss to Victoria was Dighton’s first in district play. The Knights were able to dominate the line of scrimmage, limiting senior (See DIGHTON on page 22)
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beat,” says head coach Whitney Linenberger. “But we didn’t take a step backwards either.” That’s good news heading into sub-state where the Lady Hornets will be heavily favored. They last qualified for state in 2011. “The important thing is to be consistent with our hits and to be aggressive,” Linenberger says. “We tend to be timid at times. Sometimes we act like we’re afraid of making a mistake and we end up wasting a chance at a big hit.” Even though league opponents Hoxie (two losses) and Sharon Springs (four losses) have contributed to half of Dighton’s losses this season, Linenberger says the two powerhouse programs have helped prepare her team for sub-state and state competition. “We played our best when we took Hoxie to three games. We want to get back to that stage again,” says the Dighton coach. “You learn from playing teams of that caliber. The reason they are so good is they refuse to let the ball hit the floor. We need to be that fluid when we’re transitioning from offense to defense.” Dighton’s first round match will begin at about 3:00 p.m. with the championship finals at about 5:00 p.m.
Wren, George, Chavez are All-League After last weekend’s competition in the Great West Activities Conference cross-country meet, Jade Wren has learned one thing - she still hasn’t reached her peak. The Scott Community High School sophomore ran a career best of 17:43 to finish ninth and join teammate Taylor George (10th, 17:50) in earning AllLeague honors last Saturday. “I was worried that I might have started out a little too fast,” says Wren. “I tried a more aggressive strategy today. Usually, I will start out slow and gradually settle into a little faster pace for the rest of the race. This time I started out faster and it worked out pretty well. “I’m getting more confident with every race,” she says. “I’m really excited about regional after today.” Reese is hopeful it has an effect on the rest of the team. “Maybe after seeing Jade push the pace a little harder it will help Taylor find another gear at regional. I think she’s going to need to do that this weekend,” says Reese. The head coach is also hoping that senior Megan Thornburg (20th, 18:51) will be able to bounce back after running 41 seconds slower than the career best she posted a week earlier. Close behind was Aubrey Davis (21st, 18:55) while Macy Davis (26th, 19:03) ran a career best. The individual champion was Chisholm Branscum (Ulysses) who ran the 2.5 mile course in a time of 16:10. Hugoton (57) ran away with the team title while only nine points separated the remaining five schools. Holcomb (82) was followed by Colby (83), Goodland (83), Scott City (86) and Ulysses (91). Chavez is All-League When you’re competing on your home course in front of local fans, it’s natural to experience an added adrenaline rush. That can be good. But when that rush of adrenaline takes you away from your racing strategy, that’s not so good. While the SCHS boys still managed a third place finish in the GWAC meet, head coach Kevin Reese is hopeful that lessons were learned. “If we run like that again this weekend (at regional) our season is going to come to a pretty quick end,” he said. “There are times when I encourage kids to (See GEORGE on page 25)
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Beavers not out to win any beauty contest at 6-1 Seven weeks into the season one can draw two conclusions about the Scott Community High School football team. •They probably aren’t going to win any games on style points. •For those wins to keep coming the defense has to show up for every game. Beauty, as they say, is in the eyes of the beholder and one would have had to look really hard to find anything close to beautiful about Friday’s game at Hoisington. The real beauty is that the Beavers once again put themselves in the driver’s seat for a district title. And with each game the SCHS defense - particularly against the run - continues to get more stingy. With a defense that was still trying to find itself - and all-too-often the ball carrier - the Beavers stumbled against Holcomb and Ulysses when they allowed a very uncharacteristic 249 and 306 yards, respectively, at mid-season. The Ulysses loss may have been the best thing that could have happened to this squad. After having their egos stepped on a little (Coach Glenn O’Neil’s description) the Beavers have played with more passion in each of their last three games. The defense allowed just 81 yards rushing by Hugoton, tightened that up to 65 yards from Goodland and last week the Cardinals managed just 43 yards on the ground. In four games this season, SCHS has allowed opponents less than 2.5 yards per carry. That list includes Colby (1.85), Hugoton (2.45), Goodland (2.24) and Hoisington (1.1). “I hope we don’t have to keep relying so much on our defense,” says senior Brayden Strine. “But it’s good that we can fall back on it when our offense isn’t playing well.” Confidence in the defense allows Coach O’Neil to take an occasional risk
- like going for it on fourth-and-one near midfield against Hoisington. “(Hoisington) hadn’t been moving the ball very well, so we felt a little more comfortable about our situation if they were to stop us,” says O’Neil. “And I felt confident about our ability to defend half the field.” Playing good defense comes down to playing with heart and being smart. “There are times when you just have to want it more than the other team. It comes down to wanting to win at the point of attack,” says O’Neil. “That’s something the boys have been doing well the last few weeks.” Offense, Special Teams While O’Neil and defensive coordinator Jim Turner are pleased with the way the defense has responded during their three game winning streak, both would prefer getting a little more help from special teams and the offense. Both phases of the game continue to struggle. “We definitely took a step back offensively against Hoisington,” says O’Neil. While injuries are partly to blame, especially on the line, O’Neil expects the offense to make some improvement through the remainder of their district schedule. “A lot of it comes down to knowing our blocking rules,” says O’Neil. “When the defense shifts, or they have an extra player lined up against us, we need to do a better job of communicating our
blocking responsibilities. We’re missing too many blocks and often times letting one player shoot the gap and blow up the play. “The main thing is not to get flustered if you blow one blocking assignment and let that affect you for the next two or three plays. That’s when things start spiraling downhill on the offensive side,” he says. The Beavers are also needing special teams to provide better field position on occasion. “On probably our best (punt) return of the season we erased it with a penalty,” O’Neil says. Against the Cardinals, the Beavers had a total of nine yards on four punt returns. That follows a week in which the team lost yardage on three punt returns. On the flip side, Marshall Hutchins had a respectable 29 yards per punt under difficult conditions but, more importantly, was able to pin Hoisington inside the 20 yard line twice - once inside the one yard line. “Marshall fielded a couple of tough snaps and did well considering how cold it was,” says O’Neil. As former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz once remarked, “I never had an ugly win.” Maybe not. There’s certainly nothing glamorous about how the Beavers are winning. But they are finding a way to win and, bottom line, there’s nothing ugly about being 6-1.
Beavers can’t overlook next two opponents
Scott City may have its toughest district game behind them, but the football coaching staff isn’t about to let the Beavers overlook their next two opponents. “First of all, we don’t have the luxury of being good enough to look past anyone,” says head coach Glenn O’Neil. “And, secondly, we need to be using the next two games to get ourselves ready for the playoffs.” Hays-TMP has its sights on spoiling the Beavers’ district title hopes when the two teams meet at Lewis Field on the Ft. Hays State University campus Friday night. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. The Monarchs (2-5, 1-0) are
Week 8 coming off a 49-0 win over Russell in their first round district game. Their only other win came in the season opener against Ellinwood, 24-8. Though TMP has struggled to find much offense this season - averaging just 13 points per game prior to their explosion against Russell - they have a couple of offensive weapons. “They have a receiver (6-3, 185) who’s capable of breaking big plays and their tailback had a couple of nice runs against Phillipsburg and Larned,” says head coach Glenn O’Neil. “I like their offensive scheme.
They’re like us in that they lack a home run threat running the ball. They’re getting the occasional 10 to 12 yard plays and they will execute boot passes.” Defensively, the Monarchs have made the transition from a 5-3 and 4-3, which they played last year, to a 4-4 “which our boys have seen every day since camp,” O’Neil says. “The difference between their 4-4 and our 4-4 is that they line up their tackles on the guard or shade in toward the center. We’ve seen enough 5-2 that we should be able to make adjustments in our blocking schemes,” he notes. Quarterback Trey O’Neil may return to the lineup this
week after missing the Hoisington game with an injury. Likewise, offensive tackle Wyatt Eitel also missed last week’s game, but should play on Friday. “One of our main objectives right now is to get everyone healthy. Players are pretty dinged up by this time of the season and you’d like everyone close to 100 percent, especially when we hit a stretch where we hope to be playing three games in 10 days.” The Beavers will wrap-up district play on the home field against Russell on Oct. 31, followed by a first round district playoff game on the home field the following Tuesday (Nov. 5).
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at the two yard line and reach the end zone with just 58.9 seconds left in the half. “I thought if we don’t get in then we may never get in,” said Strine. “I hoped the touchdown would be enough, but I wasn’t satisfied. We couldn’t seem to find a way to get into the end zone,” he said. “The defense is what won the game for us.” The Beavers (6-1, 1-0) had another great opportunity to add to their lead moments later when Pounds jumped in front of the Hoisington receiver for an interception on their first play following the score. Four plays, however, resulted in a loss of five yards and another frustrating series for SCHS. Missed Opportunities For the game, both teams combined for 231 yards of total offense, 12 first downs and 17 punts. There were 20 possessions in which neither team was able to get a first down. Not that Scott City didn’t have their opportunities. Scott City’s first offensive series of the night began at their own 48. The next three possessions started at the Hoisington 43, 20 and 35 yard lines. The only offensive threat they could manage on those four series was a 36 yard field goal that fell short on the team’s first possession. “When we missed the field goal with the wind to our backs things went downhill for us on the next three drives,” says O’Neil. Special teams and defense nearly accomplished what the offense couldn’t - put points on the board. After being stopped on their second possession, punter Marshall Hutchins dropped a ball inside the five yard line and Brayden Strine, who was streaking toward the goal line, was able to stop the ball before he stepped into the end zone. The ball was downed at the two-foot line. On third down it appeared that defensive tackle Matt Tuttle had smothered the Hoisington runningback before he reached the goal line, but
SCHS junior quarterback Brett Meyer tries to slip away from a Hoisington defender during Friday’s district playoff win. (Record Photo)
the officials said Tuttle had stopped the runningback two yards behind the line of scrimmage and marked the ball at the twofoot line once again. Field Position Flips The Cardinals were finally able to get out of a deep hole following a Scott City fumble that gave them possession at their own 30. Following a pair of first downs, the Cardinals were forced to punt and the Beavers were pinned at their own nine yard line. Throughout most of the night it became a battle of punts and field position. With the Beavers protecting a 6-0 lead, it also became a matter of who would make a mistake or take a gamble that might decide the outcome. SCHS appeared as though they might take that first gamble on their opening possession of the second half when they were faced with fourthand-one at their own 30. The Beavers lined up as if to go for the first down, but O’Neil called a time-
Dighton runningback Isaac Alinor to minus-three yards on seven carries. “They were keying on Isaac and we had trouble keeping their noseguard out of our backfield,” says Simon. “We tried getting to the outside, but their defense is quick and aggressive. They had good pursuit to the outside.”
out as the team lined up at the line of scrimmage. He could quickly see that the Hoisington defense wasn’t to his liking. “I told (defensive coordinator Jim Turner) that if we didn’t like the defense we’d call a timeout,” says O’Neil. “Even before I saw their defense, it was a 50-50 chance that we’d snap the ball.” Hoisington showed they were going to blitz a linebacker, their big defensive tackle was in the gap where they were looking to run, and the end was pinching to the inside. “Leading 6-0 on your own 30 isn’t a time to gamble against a defense you don’t like against a play you’re planning to run,” said O’Neil. The Beavers did gamble on fourth-and-one late in the third quarter from their own 48. Fullback Paco Banda was able to squeeze the ball two yards up the middle for the first down. “They hadn’t been moving the ball very well either, so we felt a little more comfortable about
our situation if they were to stop us,” says O’Neil. “We felt better about defending half the field rather than just 30 yards, which would have been the situation on the previous fourth down play.” While the Beavers were forced to punt three downs later they appeared to catch a break when the ball bounced into the foot of the Hoisington punt returner and was recovered by Scott City at the Cardinals’ 30 yard line. That turnover was erased when officials ruled that the Hoisington player had been pushed into the path of the ball by the Beavers. The Cardinals caught another break midway into the fourth quarter when they were stopped on downs and forced to punt from their 28. Defensive tackle Chantz Yager was attempting to block the punt, but in order to avoid a roughing call slid on the artificial turf and into the feet of the punter for a five yard penalty that kept the drive alive. Three more downs netted the Cardinals minus three yards when defen-
sive end Keigun Wells snuffed out a screen pass behind the line of scrimmage. This time Yager again rushed the punter untouched, but stopped about six yards short. The punter seemed uncertain whether to punt or run, took a few more steps forward and with more pressure from the SCHS defense attempted to punt, but instead dropped the ball and it was recovered by the Beavers at the Hoisington 25. With a chance to run out the clock, the Beavers instead gave Hoisington another opportunity to score when they fumbled two plays later with only 1:57 left in the game. Hoisington followed with an 11 yard completion, but on the next play the Cardinals quarterback threw into the right flats where junior cornerback Sloan Baker was all alone. He returned the ball 37 yards to the two yard line. “The most impressive thing about the interception was how Sloan finished it by running over a couple of boys near the goal line,” says O’Neil.
Two running plays by Banda resulted in a touchdown at the 1:17 mark. Meyer had a tough night throwing the ball, completing just 6-of-17 for 71 yards. Three of those completions came during the first scoring drive. SCHS added just 89 yards on the ground, led by Banda with 46. But this night belonged to the defense. “Hoisington doesn’t do a lot of different things offensively,” says Turner. “We planned well for what they do and the guys did a great job of stopping them. Paco (Banda) and Cooper (Griffith) really stepped it up. This is a linebacker’s dream to defend against the Power I and I formations with the isos.” Griffith had six solo tackles and eight assists while Banda had five solo and nine assisted tackles. Defensive end Warren Kropp had a big night on the edge with seven solo tackles, including three for losses. Keigun Wells added eight tackles - three for losses.
where they gave up the ball on downs. Victoria’s three touchdowns - all coming in the first half - were the result of a busted play and two short field drives. The Knights grabbed an 8-0 first quarter lead when the quarterback fumbled the exchange from center, picked up the loose ball and ran straight up
the middle for a 45 yard score. A three minute stretch late in the second period put the game out of reach. After Victoria was able to turn a fumble into a short scoring drive, the Hornets were pinned at their own five yard line on the following kickoff. Three plays later Dighton punted from their own end
zone and Victoria returned the ball to the 16 yard line for another short drive. “Overall, I was proud of our defense. You just can’t give a team like that great field position,” Simon says. Dighton limited the Knights to 159 yards rushing on 45 carries and another 29 yards through the air.
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The Hornets had limited success getting the ball to sophomore Marcus Cruz to the outside where he had 29 yards on five carries. DHS was 12-of-25 passing for 126 yards and three interceptions. “We had a little success with our short passing game. We had to get rid of the ball quickly since
they were bringing pressure on just about every play,” Simon says. Nonetheless, Dighton was able to drive the ball into the red zone three times but couldn’t finish the scoring opportunities. Following a fumble recovery, the Hornets’ deepest drive of the night was to the Knights’ two yard line
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Weis has little choice but to go with Cozart Kansas football coach Charlie Weis displayed his fortitude when he tore the redshirt off freshman quarterback Montell Cozart with KU leading Oklahoma 13-6 in the second quarter of last Saturday’s game. Junior quarterback Jake Heaps isn’t getting it done. His passing accuracy has been sadly lacking. When Cozart entered the game, KU gained 10 yards on the first play that was cancelled by a phantom holding call, making it first and 20 on about the Jayhawks’ 10 yard line. Weis then called three consecutive running plays and Cozart - who did nothing wrong - was benched. Coaches must have the courage of their convictions: Weis played Cozart just one other series, but never called a pass play with him in the game. The decision to play the freshman was correct, but then Weis faltered when he should have given him a fair shot at running the offense. When Weis chose to play Cozart and abandon his redshirt season, he didn’t give the freshman a real chance to show what he could do. If Weis continues to play the overrated Heaps as the starter, then he’s wasted a year of Cozart’s career. Too many of Weis’s decisions don’t make any sense. Kansas has six games remaining and they’re close to being a competitive football team, but they still don’t have enough talent. The biggest need is a quarterback who is a pass-run threat. Heaps isn’t the guy. Cozart might be. Weis also has to recruit some wide receivers who can catch the ball and make plays. Those are two glaring weaknesses. Next season the Jayhawks will return most of their best players. Nevertheless, watching them play well for just one or two quarters is getting old - real old. KSU Can Rebound Kansas State’s football team has a chance to turn their season around this coming Saturday against (See COZART on page 25)
Balanced offense too much for Cards as JV rolls, 19-0 Behind a balanced offensive attack and a swarming defense, the Scott Community High School junior varsity ended its season with a 19-0 win over Hoisington on the home field Monday. The Beavers (4-2) rolled up 269 yards of offense - 132 rushing and 137 passing - while scoring on three of their first four possessions. The defense only allowed the Cardinals to cross midfield twice while allowing just 158 total yards. “The kids played hard defensively. They don’t shy away from being physical,” says coach Brian Gentry. He said middle linebackers Eddie Tilton, Kevin Aguilar and Kevin Lozano - all freshmen were flowing to the ball well. Aguilar added a fumble recovery and, for the second consecutive game, Tilton had an interception. SCHS forced three turnovers, the first of those an interception by James Jurgens that led to a 75 yard scoring drive on Scott City’s first possession. The nine play drive saw a good mix of running and passing, including an 18 yard completion from freshman quarterback Bo Hess to Drake McRae. Hess, who finished the game 8-of-8 for 137 yards, connected with freshman back Tre Stewart on a 20 yard touchdown pass for a 6-0 lead. After stopping Hoisington on downs at their own 30 late in the second period, Scott City turned to its passing game to move the ball quickly down the field. Hess tossed completions to McRae (16 yards) and Jurgens (29 and 16 yards) that put the ball at the 13 yard line with less than 50 seconds remaining in the half. Hess then threw over the middle to Stewart who was standing in the back of the end zone with a defender in front of him. The freshman leaped high to keep the ball from sailing out of bounds, tipped the ball into the field of play and then made a tremendous catch that gave the Beavers a 12-0 lead.
SCHS freshman linebacker Kevin Aguilar (right) recovers a fumble during Monday’s JV game against Hoisington. (Record Photo)
Scott City added another impressive 70 yard scoring drive to open the second half, keeping the ball on the ground the entire series with the exception of a 10 yard completion to junior Hunter Braun. Runs of 20 yards by Stewart and a 23 yard gain by Jurgens set up a five yard TD run by freshman Jess Drohman. Stewart’s PAT kick finished off the scoring. It was a big night for the SCHS passing attack with all eight completions covering at least 10 yards - two were good for more than 20 yards. “The passing game bailed us out a couple of times on secondand third-and-long situations,”
Cheney is Pigskin bonus winner
Gentry noted. “Bo can throw the ball well when he has the time. The line did a good job of providing him protection.” McRae finished the night with 49 yards on three catches while Jurgens pulled in a pair of passes for 45 yards. A balanced running game was led by Jurgens with 72 yards on nine carries, followed by Stewart (35 yards, 6 carries) and Drohman (29 yards, 6 carries). “Our focus with the JV is to teach the boys good technique and to see them playing with effort and desire. We saw that against Hoisington,” says Gentry. “Coach (Landon) Frank
Julia Cheney, Scott City, is the winner of the $50 bonus drawing that was held in the Pigskin Payoff. The additional prize drawing was held at the conclusion of week No. 7 in the football contest with all contestants who participated during the first seven weeks eligible. There will be a $100 bonus drawing following the conclusion of week No. 14. Top winner in this week’s Pigskin Payoff was Tim McGonagle who was among eight players who tied with 12 correct picks. In a four-way tie for second place were Chris Crocker, Chad Griffith, Walter Johnson and Gary Tucker.
and I were commenting about how much improvement we’ve seen from these boys during the year.” While the offense can look a little confused at times, he says that’s to be expected when players are on the scout team helping to prepare the varsity for their next opponent. With their season over, their primary responsibility will be to get the varsity prepared for post-season play. “This is a chance for them to gain some recognition for themselves as a member of the scout team,” adds Gentry. “This is a great opportunity for them to play every day at game speed against a pretty good defense.”
Raccoon
League Standings Team
Great West Activities Conference Boy’s Division
Ulysses
Scott City
Hugoton
Holcomb
Goodland
Colby
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4
2
2
1
0
0
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1
6
2
5
3
4
3
4
4
0
1
1
2
3
3
7
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126
230
107
175
173
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Northwest Kansas League 8-Man Division League W L
Sharon Springs 3
0
Atwood
0
3
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PF
92
118
196
256
PA
7
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321
34
7
0
362
36
Hoxie
2
1
6
1
314
92
Dighton
2
1
4
3
200
153
Quinter
0
3
2
5
144
258
Tribune
0
3
2
5
122
282
WaKeeney
0
3
1
6
114
282
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Northwest Kansas League 11-Man Division League W L
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PF
PA
1
1
3
4
125
123
St. Francis
0
1
2
4
74
145
Leoti
0
1
1
6
91
283
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fourth-and-long when a desperation pass was tipped by the SCMS defender and landed in the hands of the receiver for a touchdown. “It was a tough game to lose. The boys played with a lot of heart and character,” says Numrich. He credited Conner LeBeau with playing a solid game at fullback in place of Nowak while Adrian Ruelas stepped in at middle linebacker. “Conner made some nice blocks. He played really well considering it’s a position he’s never played before,” noted the head coach. “And Adrian isn’t very big, but he’s not afraid to hit someone.” “It was a frustrating game with the injury and the self-inflicted penalties,” Numrich added. “But the boys played with a lot of passion and that’s rewarding to see as a coach.”
Treestand hunters are urged to use caution
The deer rut can be some of the best hunting all year for bowhunters, and in the whirlwind of activity that takes place during this special time, it can be easy to get lackadaisical about safety practices. Every year, a surprising number of treestand hunters fall from treestands, some suffering serious injury or death. “I’ve found that approximately 50 percent of all treestand hunters do not use any form of fall arrest devise,” says Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism assistant hunter education coordinator Aaron Austin. “So it’s not surprising that up to 30 percent of hunters who hunt from treestands will have an incident sometime in their lives.” Since treestand incidents aren’t required to be reported the way firearmrelated hunting incidents are, Austin believes the number is a lot higher. “As a bowhunter, I feel that being 20 feet up in a
KDWP Report tree is part of the tradition of deer hunting, but it is important for hunters to be aware of the dangers of treestand hunting,” says Austin. “There are some great products on the market that fix this problem such as the Hunter Safety System Lifeline used in conjunction with a safety harness. This system allows the hunter to stay attached to the tree from the ground to the stand using a simple Prusik knot that slides up and down the line while ascending or descending the tree.” Apart from using a proper-fitting full-body fall arrest system, Austin recommends treestand hunters keep the following in mind to stay safe this season: •Select a live, straight tree to hang a stand on, and never hang a stand on a power pole. •While hanging a stand or climbing a tree for the first time, use a full-body (See CAUTION on page 25)
Sub-State Volleyball Sub-State Sites Class 4A • Division II 32 schools • 8 sub-states Colby: Colby, Goodland, Hugoton, Scott City Class 1A • Division II 43 schools • 8 sub-states Ransom: Dighton, Healy, Otis-Bison, Rozel-Pawnee Heights, Ransom-Western Plains
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Sub-State X-Country Saturday, Oct. 26 Class 4A McPherson, Rolling Acres Golf Course Girls: 3:00 p.m. Boys: 3:30 p.m. Teams: Abilene, Buhler, Chapman, Clay Center, Colby, Concordia, Goodland, Hugoton, Larned, LindsborgSmoky Valley, McPherson, Nickerson, Pratt, Russell, Scott City, Ulysses Class 2A Meade Golf Course Girls: 2:30 p.m. Boys: 3:00 p.m. Teams: Coldwater-South Central, Elkhart, Ellinwood, Greensburg-Kiowa County, **Kinsley, Leoti-Wichita County, Meade, South Gray, Ness City, PrattSkyline, St. John, Stanton County, Sterling, Sublette, **Syracuse
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I let the concoction marinate for a few days, then decided it was not exactly what a finicky, man-of-the-world raccoon might want to smear all over his face. I found a bulk food store and came home with butterscotch oil, peppermint oil and anise oil, all of which, by the way, are oft-used ingredients in commercially made raccoon bait. Anise oil smells like black licorice and I decided to play with it first. I opened the jar of the gingerbread smelling goo and tore off a softball sized chunk, put it into its own container and began adding the anise. My drum beats to the tune of “more is always better” so I dumped every last drop from the three tiny bottles into the goo and mixed it as best I could.
It was soft and pliable all right, but mixing it was like trying to stir something into a volleyball. When I finished, it smelled like an explosion at a black licorice factory, but looked like a bowl of cow brains. Next came the butterscotch oil. I only had two little bottles of it, so again I ripped off a chunk of the gingerbread goo and added the oil. It actually smelled yummy, like a combination of grandma’s cookies and Werthers candies, but looked no different than the first. Last but not least was the peppermint oil. Again I pried off a lump of the goo and added the peppermint. I intentionally took a big whiff of the oils before adding each to the mix, and the peppermint was the sharpest of the three.
It was sweet like peppermint, but overpowering. When finally mixed, this last concoction smelled like wonderful sweet wedding mints, but still looked like cow brains. It remains to be seen whether any of my “experimental” coon baits will do more than wreak havoc on the local opossum population. Understandable for something that looks like cow brains. However it turns out, it all makes for a good story, and if they don’t work at all I’m sure I’ll have learned my lesson. On second thought, that’s not true. I’ll probably try it again next year. Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors! Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net
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Jays run over Goodland with 314 yards Behind an unstoppable ground attack, the Scott City Middle School seventh graders had no trouble trampling Goodland, 38-6, on their final game of the season last Thursday. T h e Bluejays ( 5 - 2 ) rushed Goodland 6 for 314 7th Grade 38 yards, including touchdown runs
of 65, 60, 45 and 40 yards. “We simply had more speed and size and played with much more intensity than Goodland,” says coach Larry Fox. “This was a pretty determined group of seventh graders.” The outcome was never in doubt as SCMS rushed for three touchdowns in the opening period and the rout was on.
X-Country Once it was known that Scott City would be competing in 4A, and having surveyed the field of schools, Reese has put his focus on the team peaking at regional. “If we aren’t running our best at regional then it won’t matter what kind of running shape we’re in a week later because we won’t be at state,” Reese says. The head coach feels the McPherson course may help his squad because of its hills which his team is accustomed to training on at Lake Scott. Of course, he adds, Clay Center probably has seen plenty of hilly courses in the eastern part of the state. “We have to rely more
West Virginia in Manhattan. This is a must-win game for the Wildcats. It won’t be easy. West Virginia has been up and down all season. Coach Bill Snyder is faced with a decision on whether or not to go with Daniel Sams as his starting quarterback. The guess here is that he will. Kansas State can’t lose this one if they are to keep their hopes alive for a bowl game. Jayhawk Scrimmage Last Saturday morning - before the KU-OU football game - Kansas basketball coach Bill Self
SCMS closed out the scoring with a safety later in the period. Faurot finished the night with 68 yards on only two carries. Thomas and Chaseton Cupp led the defense with six and five tackles, respectively. “This group has improved a great deal this year and are really starting to play like a team,” added Fox.
tight. They aren’t that tight at a lot of schools, which should help us,” he says. “Our goal is to make it back to state as a team. We don’t want to just go back as individuals.” “We’re continuing to improve and we hope to reach our peak at regional,” adds junior Miguel Chavez. “We’ve really seen improvement from the (number) four and five guys which is making our team that much better. They’re showing that they’re capable of breaking 19 (minutes).” Reese says the boys have bounced back from the initial disappointment after learning they would be competing in Class 4A. “The kids are excited about regional. They know that regional is a
stepping stone and it’s something we can build on for next year,” adds Reese. “If we can make it to state, then we’ll make the adjustments we need to in our practice routine in order to be ready.”
Wren and George are coming off strong outings in the GWAC meet, but will likely need to shave another 15-20 seconds off their times - putting them into the mid-17 minute range. After a strong performance at Lakin two weeks ago, Thornburg finished more than a minute behind George in the league meet last weekend. “Megan has been inconsistent, which makes it difficult to know what to expect from her this weekend,” says Reese. “She’s a very determined runner and if she runs like she’s capable, she can finish up there with Taylor and Jade. But it’s going to take a career best from (continued from page 21) Megan for her to get to state.” go out and push themselves beyond what they’ve done in the past in order to see what they may be capable of doing. “Last weekend probably wasn’t the best time to coaching staff, his effec- do that and this weekend definitely won’t be that tiveness will improve. And runningback Ja- time,” he said. SCHS junior Edi maal Charles has been Balderrama (16th, 19:03) terrific. In addition, the ran with the race leaders offensive line is making for the first half mile beprogress and coming to- fore slipping back into the gether. Right tackle Eric pack and finishing behind Fisher is coming on after teammates Miguel Chavez a typically slow rookie (9th, 18:40) and Heath start. Briggs (14th, 19:00). After so many inept Chavez, a junior, seasons, football fever is earned All-League honors running rampant among even though he didn’t run Chiefs’ fans. The NFL as well as he’d hoped. “I was kind of disapisn’t like college football: KC’s fabulous run could pointed in my time. I was end at any time, but right really hoping to break 18 now the Chiefs are going (minutes) today since I alto ride the pony named most broke it last week,” Momentum as far as he says Chavez. “I’m still happy that I was able to be will carry them. All-League.” The Beavers were tightly bunched with Irvin Lozano (20th, 19:19) and Dylan Hutchins (22nd, 19:21) also figuring into the team points. the treestand that is wet, Ulysses (33) narrowly frosty or muddy. Failure defeated Hugoton (34) to take notice of this can for the team title while cause a hunter to lose Scott City (81) won the traction, creating a poten- tie-breaker over Goodland (81) for third place, foltially serious hazard. lowed by Holcomb (133) For more information, and Colby (165). including videos and curWinning individual rent statistics on treestand honors in the 3.1 mile race safety, visit www.project- was Isaac Castro (Hugoton) in a time of 17:28. stand.net.
Tougher Road for Girls A top three team finish is, in all likelihood, well beyond reach of the SCHS girls. That leaves only the possibility of qualifying two, maybe three, individuals. Senior and previous state qualifier Taylor George along with sophomore Jade Wren would seem to have the strongest prospects of advancing to state while senior Megan Thornburg is hoping to put herself into the mix.
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started yet another Jayhawk tradition. Self held a game-type scrimmage, which was open to the public. The scrimmage drew an astounding 10,000 fans. The scrimmage lasted for three 10-minute sessions with Self using a number of different player combinations. Freshman small forward Andrew Wiggins didn’t disappoint the crowd, leading all scorers with 21 points. Sophomore forward Perry Ellis also had an outstanding scrimmage with 17 points and seven rebounds. KU’s new post player,
Caution fall arrest system that is equipped with a lineman style climbing belt. A climbing rope, such as a HSS Lifeline, can then be permanently attached above the stand and to the base of the tree so that the hunter is always attached to the tree.
came on a 65 yard fumble return with nine seconds to play in the first half, cutting the lead to 22-6. The Bluejays scored on their first possession of the second half when Thomas finished off a drive with a three yard run. Hayes, who finished with 88 yards on just three carries, collected 40 of those on a touchdown run with 5:31 to play in the third period.
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on our strategy,” he says. “When we do that and we run as a pack we have more success as a team. If someone decides to go out with the leaders in the first mile they’re going to crash and burn and take the rest of the team down with them.” In the Great West Activities Conference meet last weekend, there was only a 40 second spread between the second and sixth place runners on the SCHS squad. “That’s good, but our times need to be at least a minute faster,” Reese says. Junior Edi Balderrama feels the team is peaking at the right time. “Our times for our top seven (runners) are pretty
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Marshall Faurot began the scoring parade just 13 seconds into the game with a 65 yard run. Jack Thomas, who rushed for 117 yards on just five carries, followed just three minutes later with a 60 yard run and Jack Hayes added a 45 yard touchdown with 2:42 still remaining in the first period. Goodland’s only score
naut known as the Kansas City Chiefs’ just keeps rolling with a 7-0 record that exceeds everyone’s wildest dreams. KC will play the Cleveland Browns (3-4) Sunday at Arrowhead. Kansas City’s defense has been superb all season and the offense is slowly coming around. If KC’s offense gains some momentum and continues to show progress, the Chiefs will be in the race for the AFC West all the way. Quarterback Alex Smith has been unspectacular but consistent. As he grows more comfortable KC Keeps Rolling The Big Red Jugger- with a new offense and Tarik Black, tied freshman center Joel Embiid with eight rebounds. After the scrimmage, Self said, “I think we are starting to get it, but we still don’t play hard every possession. I know we have made a lot of improvement, but we need to really improve a lot in the next two weeks.” It’s just over three weeks KU plays Duke (Nov. 12) in Chicago. That will be the first of many challenging nonconference games for Self’s young, but talented team.
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•Permanent stands are particularly dangerous and should be avoided because nails always pull out over time. •Always maintain three points of contact with your steps or ladder while climbing up or down the tree. •Use a haul line to raise or lower hunting equip-
ment instead of trying to carry it. •While the hunter is seated, there should be little to no slack in the tether that secures the hunter to the tree. Failure to keep the tether above the hunter could result in the hunter being unable to reboard the stand platform after a fall.
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•Cold weather can effect the body and mind in several ways, including a delayed down reaction time, tightened muscles, and numbness, therefore treestand hunters should take every precaution to stay as warm as possible while hunting. •Hunters should be cautious of any surface on
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Nickel led the team with 12 kills, Wycoff added eight assists and Nicole Latta was the defensive leader with seven digs. Playing a “flat and timid” opening round match against Ulysses, the Lady Beavers were swept in two games (10-25, 11-25). Nickel led the team with seven kills and Wycoff had 11 assists. The offense continued to struggle in a second round loss to Colby (1425, 22-25). “We didn’t have enough offensive weapons. When your outside hitters are only getting one or two kills that’s not going to win very many games,” said Dreiling. Nickel had six kills and Wycoff 15 assists. Following the win over Hugoton, SCHS pushed league runner-up Goodland to three games before losing (25-20, 12-25, 1625). Nickel had a team high five kills while Wycoff, Madison Orr and Krissa Dearden each had three. Holcomb swept SCHS in the final match of the day (11-25, 9-25).
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Champions in the third and fourth grade division are (kneeling, from left) Jarron Gregory, Tyler Herman, Kale Wheeler, Zach Rohrbough, Ronnie Weathers, Nathan LeBeau, Jace Thomas, Aaron Ruelas, Corbin Wilkinson and Nathan Smith. (Standing) Jaiden Coleman, Bryce Byler, Lance Miller, Aiden Miller, Leightyn Heim and Jackson Kough. (Back row) Coaches Quinten Wheeler and Mike Thomas. Not pictured are Gui Griffith, Porter Stephens and coach Chad Griffith. (Record Photo)
SC has 2 undefeated champs in YMCA league It was a perfect way to end a perfect season for American Implement/Seminole Energy in the championship game of the third/fourth grade division of the YMCA football league in Garden City. American Implement (7-0) finished off an undefeated season with a 32-0 win over Great Plains Family Dentistry (Leoti) in the championship game on Super Saturday. As impressive as the Scott City team was offensively, they were just as strong defensively, holding each of their opponents scoreless this season. Super Saturday was once again a big day for Scott City as they added to their growing list of team titles in each of the two age divisions. Scott City claimed first and second in the top grouping in the fifth/sixth grade division and added first and third place finishes in the top bracket in the third/fourth grade division. American Implement’s offense was unstoppable, scoring on each of their five possessions. On Scott City’s first play from scrimmage, Jace Thomas broke off a 31 yard run which was an indication of things to come. Moments later he finished off the three play drive with a five yard scoring run which was the start of a five touchdown performance for Thomas. The youngster added touchdown runs of 38, 6 and 19 yards to go along with a 32 yard interception return for a score in the final period. Leoti threatened to end Scott City’s string of shutout wins on their opening drive when they moved the ball 32 yards to the American Implement eight yard line. They gave the ball back on downs and three plays later Thomas was standing in the Scott City end zone following a 38 yard run. Leoti didn’t get another first down until their final possession of the game.
(Left) Carson Faurot of Fairleigh Feedyard/Zoetis finds running room up the middle during the third place game. (Below) Sawyer Stevens (right) of First National Bank/Security State Bank nearly gets an interception during the championship game win over Doll Farms. (Record Photos)
Fairleigh in a Romp After dropping their first game of the season in the semi-finals last week, Fairleigh Feedyard/Zoetis had no trouble rolling over Unifirst, 28-6, in Saturday’s consolation game. Fairleigh (6-1) scored on their first four possessions and that provided all the cushion they would need in building a 28-0 halftime lead. (See CHAMPS on page 34)
Fifth and sixth grade champions were (front row, from left) Elijah Lane, Sam Irwin, Kaden Bradstreet, Parker Gooden, Ryan Cure, Cody Turner, Marcus Rowe and Adam Elder. (Middle row) Colton Cupp, Sawyer Stevens, Kade Wren, Kevin Serrano, Landon Trout, Colten Lewis, Connor Cupp, Jalen Hoddy, Dutch Turner and Garrison Turner (mgr.). (Back row) Coach Andy Trout, Coach Keith Cure, Brandon Winderlin, Andrew Fry, Coach Corbin Stevens and Coach Jim Turner. (Record Photo)
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Debate to begin over food stamps in farm bill U.S. Senate and House negotiators, who will begin working on a compromise farm bill on Oct. 30, face a major fight over proposed deep cuts in food stamps for the poor. The leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees jointly announced the first meeting of a conference committee, made up of
41 members of the House and Senate who will hammer out differences in the Senate and House bills. Food stamps are the paramount issue. The Republican-controlled House wants stricter eligibility rules that would save $39 billion over 10 years, about 10 times the cuts proposed by the Senate. Other provisions that
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KSU, Bayer goal to improve hybrid wheat Bayer Crop Science has signed a wheat germplasm and technology license agreement with Kansas State University (K-State) to promote the further improvement and development of hybrid wheat production through research and education. “Hybrid wheat is a difficult technical challenge, but the payoff will be in a substantial potential for increased yields for growers,” said Ernie Minton, associate director of research for K-State Extension. KSU’s Wheat Genetic Resource Center will help identify traits that are potentially useful for hybrid wheat production and that are naturally available in their extensive collection of grass species which are closely related to cultivated wheat. Bayer CropScience will work with K-State researchers and scientists to develop a trait discovery pipeline for efficient hybrid wheat crop production using K-State’s unique genetic stocks. “Wheat is an ancient crop that has gone through much change and continues to undergo change. With this agreement, our expertise in wheat genetics and genomics, combined with Bayer’s global expertise and wheat leadership, will help one of the world’s most important crops to advance,” said John Floros, dean of the College of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension.
Beef processing plant reopens following fire
A beef processing facility temporarily closed after a fire damaged part of the facility is reopening less than a month later. A main product conveyor belt caught fire in late September at the Creekstone Farms Premium Beef packing plant in Arkansas City. The facility had an estimated daily slaughter capacity of 1,000 head and focused solely on Black Angus cattle. The plant began receiving cattle Sunday and restarted operations Monday morning. The company says the facility will resume beef production on Wednesday. Ground beef and shipping operations were temporarily interrupted by the fire, but resumed within a week. The fire occurred on September 25. The plant receives the bulk of the cattle from Kansas and Oklahoma, with a few from Texas.
the conferees will wrestle with include requiring conservation practices of farmers, spending more on federally subsidized crop insurance and making the richest farmers pay more for insurance. Food stamps constitute the major U.S. domestic anti-hunger program. At last count 47.8 million people, made up mostly of children, the elderly or
disabled, received benefits averaging about $4.37 a day. To have any chance of passage in both chambers, the final version of the farm bill probably will propose cuts of $8 billion to $12 billion, said the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, which represents small farms.
The bills would cut conservation spending by around $6 billion and increase spending on federally subsidized crop insurance by up to $10 billion over a decade. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, who heads the conference committee, opposes Senate provisions that would tighten rules for subsidies for
farmers, require farmers to practice conservation to qualify for crop insurance subsidies and make the wealthiest one percent of growers, with more than $750,000 adjusted gross income, pay more for the insurance. Conference committees typically need several weeks of work, much of it in private, to write a final version of a bill.
Proper forage sampling can prevent prussic acid poisoning Clinical signs of prussic acid poisoning in cattle might include labored breathing and staggering. Prussic acid poisoning is a condition that occurs when cattle ingest forages with high levels of prussic acid, which inhibits the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity and causes cattle to die very quickly. Producers should be on particular lookout for the condition this time of year. “When we move into fall and flirt with that first frost,
we have risk potential for prussic acid poisoning in livestock,” said Justin Waggoner, beef systems specialist at K-State Extension’s southwest area office in Garden City. High levels of prussic acid are common in several forages native to Kansas that include sorghum, Sudan grass and crosses of those types. The high levels are caused by anything that damages the cells in plant leaves, including that first frost. “When plant cells are dam-
aged due to frost, the plant cell wall ruptures and releases prussic acid, or hydrocyanic acid, into the surrounding leaf tissue,” Waggoner said. Timing Fall Grazing When the first frost hits a particular field, it burns the leaves and prussic acid content rises, Waggoner said. Over a period of time, five to seven days later, the prussic acid will volatilize. Once the plant becomes dormant, the risk of prussic acid is gone.
But, because prussic acid is volatile, it is hard to determine if it dissipates after one frost. If the plant doesn’t become dormant, there is still a risk for high prussic acid levels if another frost comes along. Waggoner said producers often like to turn their cows out to graze sorghum stocks before a hard killing freeze, which could be risky for cattle. “If you graze too early, the situation you run into is you get that early frost that doesn’t (See FORAGE on page 29)
Wheat emergence issues in Kansas
Western Kansas wheat producers have been in a constant battle with weather the past few years. Although the cry for more rain has always been strong, last month’s rains may be contributing to emergence problems in some producer’s recently planted wheat fields. Jeanne Falk-Jones, K-State extension agronomist based in Colby, has seen fields that crusted after a hard rain event, trapping the wheat plant’s tender coleoptile under the soil surface. She also has seen fields that had rain wash soil into freshly planted furrows,
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burying the seeds much deeper than the producer intended. “Even though we have topsoil moisture this fall, we are still seeing some establishment problems,” Falk-Jones said. “It’s certainly not something we see in every field, but there are a number of producers in the Colby area scouting fields and trying to make decisions about replanting. “More often than not, if the
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wheat was already up when the rains came, it’s probably okay, but if that seed is trying to break through a crust or is too deep, producers may need to evaluate the stand.” In a recent update from K-State’s Agronomy Department, Extension Agronomist Jim Shroyer noted that if a producer is finding young plants that have not emerged and have a coleoptile that is crinkled, it is a sure sign the plants could not break through the crusted topsoil. In the event that seed has been placed too deep - either by
planting or by sifting soil - producers will find plants with scrunched coleoptiles and the plant’s first leaf under the soil surface. Both scenarios cast a dim outlook for the stand. Producers with this problem will have to take extra measures to ensure healthy stand development, according to Shroyer. “If the plant is trying to leaf out under the soil surface, it’s very unlikely to make a stand and replanting may be necessary,” Shroyer said. (See WHEAT on page 29)
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Governor calls for 50-year vision on Kansas water Gov. Sam Brownback on Thursday issued a call to action to address the need for a 50-year vision for Kansas water that meets the state’s needs now and in the future. More than 550 attendees representing diverse water interests are participating in the Governor’s
Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas. “We have been reminded of the importance of water with another year of extreme drought for our state, which is now beginning to ease in eastern Kansas, but continues to persist in the west,” said Brownback. “Water and
Drought shrinks to 37 million acres of corn
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Much-needed rain helped whittle away the remnants of the drought for some Plains states over the last week, but further to the south and west, the drought drags on. In this week’s Drought Monitor, many states across the Corn Belt reported easing drought conditions. Even in states dominated by drought just a few months earlier such as Colorado and Nebraska - drought is finally receding. The drought still has a firm grip on much of the nation’s midsection, and while many states have a long way to go before eliminating the drought completely, progress is worth celebrating. The “Ag in Drought” report shows that 38 percent of corn is growing. Given that U.S. producers planted an estimated 97.4 million acres of corn, this suggests that nearly 53.6 million acres of corn are affected by drought. In Texas, conditions are continuing to intensify, and hydrologic impacts linger as the last three years of drought bring the state’s reservoir system associated with the Colorado River down to historic lows. In the West, many states saw little - if any - improvement for yet another week.
McDonald’s adjusts to beef prices Rising beef prices resulting from shrinking herd sizes are forcing McDonald’s to adjust its value menu, changing from the dollar price point to as much as $5. The brand will still offer items for a dollar or less, however a second and third tier menu list will move some prices higher when the new menu launches November 4. Beef prices have increased over the past month, topping $200 again after breaking the price mark in May. Consecutive years of drought deteriorated grazing pastures, raised feed costs and forced cattle producers to liquidate herds. With fewer cattle available and demand remaining steady, beef prices have increased, presenting restaurants with the challenge of absorbing higher food costs in a weak economy.
intense work and cooperation with communities, affected industries and citizens throughout the state to develop this vision to ensure a reliable water supply. Governor Brownback directed the groups to deliver the “50Year Vision for the Future of Water in Kansas” to his
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burn the entire field and make the plants uniformly go into dormancy,” Waggoner said. “Prussic acid levels may be high in one part of the field and relatively lower or non-existent in another part. We get another frost, and prussic acid just continues to spike and decline until all plants go into dormancy.” Handling Forage Samples Testing forages could help prevent prussic acid poisoning in cattle, but samples must be handled properly. Waggoner, along with K-State agronomist J.D. Holman, recently completed a study that examined the effectiveness of different sample handling methods for forage samples intended for prussic acid analysis. In the study, they handled forage sorghum samples in different ways. The goal was to think like a producer and how the samples might be collected and managed under a variety of different scenarios.
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the Kansas economy are directly linked. Water is a finite resource and without further planning and action we will no longer be able to meet our state’s current needs, let alone growth.” The “vision” will take the Kansas Water Plan to a new level with more
One sample was sent directly to the lab on the day of collection, while the other samples were placed in the refrigerator, freezer, a sealed plastic bag and an unsealed plastic bag. The bag samples were left in a pickup for seven days. Waggoner hoped to find the best management practice if producers couldn’t get the sample directly to the lab, or if the sample had to be shipped by mail to the lab. Compared to the fresh sample taken immediately to the lab, refrigerated and freezing showed no difference in prussic acid content. “To stabilize the sample if you have to ship it, freezing would be preferred based on this experiment,” Waggoner said. The plastic bags placed in the pickup were exposed to environmental factors, including temperature, for seven days. Waggoner said the open bag sample placed in the pickup had 400 parts per
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“Although crusting can happen across a variety of field conditions, we most often see seed being too deep in a scenario where a producer used a hoe drill and the rains washed extra soil into the furrows.” Important factors for producers to consider when replanting or interseeding are time of year, moisture supplies, variety tillering potential and yield goals. Producers are also encouraged to determine current plant population to help decide steps going forward. Shroyer recommends interseeding when an existing stand is below an equivalent of 30 pounds of seed per acre, or less than half of an expected stand. The Sunflower Extension District’s web-
site at www.sunflower. ksu.edu hosts several informational guides that Falk-Jones recommends for producers evaluating stands. Included are a seeds per acre chart, optimum plant stand chart and a re-drilling decision guide. In the event a producer decides to leave a thin stand, Falk-Jones recommends extra vigilance on the producer’s part to ensure a successful crop. “In a thin stand, the canopy will be open longer during the growing season and there will be increased opportunity for weeds to establish in the crop. Producers may want to have a more aggressive herbicide plan to keep weeds from becoming a problem,” Falk-Jones said.
million (ppm) less prussic acid compared to the fresh sample, which showed that it was not an efficient sampling method. “Interestingly enough, in the plastic bag we sealed, prussic acid content was basically maintained,” he said. “It was slightly lower, so we did lose a little bit of the prussic acid. But, at the same time, it was still relatively high compared to the sample delivered directly to the lab.” This find, Waggoner said, lends itself to the potential need for prussic acid sampling in packed forages, such as silage. “Silage is packed relatively tightly, and it doesn’t go through the same wilting process that hay does, when hay is allowed to dry in a field,” Waggoner said. “So the prussic acid content could still be relatively high. You might want to run a sample if you put up a forage for silage that was potentially high in prussic acid.” Help a youngster or a senior citizen with an Angel Tree gift this holiday season
office for review no later than Nov. 1, 2014. “We have a good set of laws to govern and manage our water resources however we do face a number of significant, but manageable challenges,” said Tracy Streeter, Kansas Water Office Director.
“We have the ability and responsibility to choose our future vision for Kansas water management. We want future generations to benefit from our effort as we appreciate the decisions made by those who came before us.”
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CHAMBLESS Preconditioning and Growing ROOFING Residential Agriculture
• 45 Years Experience • Managed and owned by full-time DVM • 2,000 Head capacity Office - 872-5150 • Scott City
Jerry Doornbos, DVM Home - 872-2594 Cell - 874-0949 Stuart Doornbos Home - 872-2775 Cell - 874-0951
Sager’s Pump Service • Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles
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
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
423 S. Mesquite Rd. • Scott City • 872-2130
Dirks Earthmoving Co.
Medical
Precision Land Forming of terraces and waterways; feed lot pens and ponds; building site preparation; lazer equipped
Area Mental Health Center
Richard Dirks • Scott City, Ks. (Home) 872-3057 • 877-872-3057 (Cell) 872-1793
Cell: 874-4486 • Office 872-2101
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Marriage and Family Therapy • Individual Psychotherapy Psychiatric Evaluations • Drug and Alcohol Counseling Mediation • Child Psychology • Psychological Evaluations • Group Therapy Pre-Marital Counseling
24-hour Emergency Answering Service
210 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-5338
ELLIS AG SERVICES • Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Pickup or Delivery
Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted
We welcome new patients.
Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160
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.
Automotive
1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232
Willie’s Auto A/C Repair
Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center
Willie Augerot Complete A/C Service Mechanic Work and Diagnostics Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
(Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”... Technology Lead Chiropractic
Dr. James Yager • Dr. Marlyn Swayne Dr. Robert Fritz
404 Kingsley • Scott City • 874-1379
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
Landscaping • Lawn/Trees
Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal
620-379-4430
Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal
Fully Insured
110 W. 4th St. • Scott City • 872-2310 Toll Free: 800-203-9606
Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist 20/20 Optometry
Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses
Complete family eye center!
Pro Ex II
Over 20 Years Experience
Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential
• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites
106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 872-2736
John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com
Scott City Clinic Daniel R. Dunn, MD Family Practice
872-2187
Matthew Lightner, MD Family Practice
Christian E. Cupp, MD William Slater, MD Family Practice
Libby Hineman, MD Family Practice
Josiah Brinkley, MD
Call today for a Greener Healthier Lawn
Family Practice
General Surgeon
Megan Dirks, AP, RN-BC Ryan Michels, PA Mindy Schrader, PA
SPENCER PEST CONTROL RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL
Owner, Chris Lebbin • 620-214-4469
Construction/Home Repair
Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control Box 258, Scott City • (620) 872-2870
Turner Sheet Metal
Heating & Air Conditioning
Heating & Cooling Systems Since 1904
Sandy Cauthon RN
Commercial & Residential 1851 S. Hwy. 83 • Scott City 872-2954 Shop • 1-800-201-2954
Scott City Myofascial Release
Ron Turner Owner
105 1/2 W. 11th St. Scott City 620-874-1813
Call me to schedule your Myofascial Release
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www.reganjewelers.com
412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142
Northend Disposal A garbologist company. Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371
LM Wild Animal Eviction Service Control, capture and removal of nuisance animals.
out ! Coyotes, pigeons, Let’s BOOcT ters it r ky s e p m e h raccoons, skunks, t snakes, rabbits and more.
Lee Mazanec (620) 874-5238
lmwildanimaleviction@gmail.com
All Under One Roof
Revcom Electronics
Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990
1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625
Brent Rogers
Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz
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.
Auctions
Truck Driving
TWO-DAYS. Nov. 9-10. Manhattan. Four semi loads of new building materials. Kitchen cabinets. Granite countertops. Doors. Flooring;.2 Large estates - vehicles, tools antiques and collectibles and much more. For more info visit TotallyAuction. com
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE. OTR drivers. APU equipped PrePass EZ-pass passenger policy. 2012 and newer equipment. 100% notouch. Butler Transport, 1-800-528-7825. ––––––––––––––––––––– AT NATIONAL CARRIERS, we’ll call you and your pet by name. But you have to hire on first. 888.440.2465. 6-Mos. OTR. Refresher training program. www.driveNCI. com ––––––––––––––––––––– EXPERIENCED FLATBED drivers. Regional opportunities now open with plenty of freight and great pay. 800-277-0212 or primeinc.com. ––––––––––––––––––––– TRAINING. Class ACDL. Train and work for us. Professional and focused CDL training available. Choose between company driver, owner/ operator, lease operator or lease trainer. (877) 3697885. www.centraltruckdrivingjobs.com.
S T R U C T U R A L LY ARTISTIC house built in 1999 by KSU professor of interior architecture. 3,755 square foot, 2-story residence with a basement in Manhattan. RuckertAuctions.com for more information.
Help Wanted SHOP TECHNICIANS. Competitive wages, health/dental insurance, year-end bonus program, 401K, sign-on bonus, relocation (Northwest Kansas) assistance, excellent benefits. www.mitteninc.com or 785-672-2612.
Education 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
Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock! COMPARE OUR PRICES!
We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock. Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances. Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.
Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686
Networktronic, Inc.
Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers! Networking solutions!
PC Cleaning Services, Inc. We'll clean your home, business or do remodeling clean-up Available seven days a week! Paul Cramer, Owner
620-290-2410
Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300
Services
Fur-Fection
Dining
NEED CLASS A CDL training? Start a career in trucking today. Swift Academies offer PTDI certified courses and offer best-in-class training. New Academy classes weekly. No money down or credit check. Certified mentors ready and available. Paid (while training with mentor). Regional and dedicated opportunities. Great career path. Excellent benefits package. Please call: (602) 714-9455. ––––––––––––––––––––– HEAVY EQUIPMENT operator training. Three weeks, hands-on program. Bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement assistance. National certifications. GI Bill benefits eligible! 1-866-362-6497. –––––––––––––––––––– ATTEND COLLEGE ON-LINE from home. Medical. Business. Criminal Justice. Hospitality. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial aid if qualified. SCHEV certified. Call 888-220-3977. www.CenturaOnline.com.
C-Mor-Butz BBQ
Barbecue, the only sport where a fat bald man is a GOD...
& Catering
Kyle Lausch 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
Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”
For all your auction needs call:
(620) 375-4130
Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti
Monday, Wednesday and Friday • 8:00 p.m. 807 Kingsley Last Saturday, Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m. All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118 ________________ A.A. • Al-Anon • Tuesday • 8:30 p.m. United Methodist Church, 412 College 872-3137 • 872-3343
Dighton • Thursday • 8:30 p.m. 535 Wichita St. • All open meetings 397-5679 • 397-2647
For Sale QUALITY PIANOS as low as $35/month, includes 3 year 100% trade-up guarantee. Complimentary tuning, delivery, friendly service. Mid-America Piano, Manhattan. 800-950-3774. www.piano4u.com. ––––––––––––––––––––– HAPPY JACK SKIN BALM. Stops scratching and gnawing. Promotes healing and hair growth on dogs and cats suffering from grass and flea allergies without steroids. Orscheln Farm and Home. www.happyjackinc.com.
Classifieds
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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009
Card of Thanks Thanks to all our family and friends who came to pay their respects after Clifford Dean’s tragic death. He will be forever missed. Larry and Sue Dean-Spear and Marlyn Ohnick and families
For Sale
Rentals
E N T E R TA I N M E N T Center $20; end table $20; fold-out love seat $100; wooden cabinet $40 (obo). All very nice, in good shape. 620-21411t1 1730.
HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620)874-2120. 41tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 1, 2 AND 3 BEDROOM houses available and storage units. Come fill out an application at PlainJans or 10tfc call 620-872-5777. ––––––––––––––––––––– AVAILABLE IN SEPT. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath home. Trash and water paid. Laundry hookups. No pets. Call Clinton Development at (620) 872-5494 after 6:00 p.m. 07tfc
MAKE YOUR FAMILY HAPPY
Newly Listed 5 or 6 bedroom home! Many features include familyroom in full basement, 1 3/4 baths, brick with newer central heat and air! SA garage, large fenced in back yard and excellent location!
PRICED RIGHT
On this lovely 3+2 bedroom brick home with 1 3/4 baths, familyroom in basement and lots of updates in great west location!
Lawrence and Associates
Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc. 513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Shelia Ellis, Broker Assoc. 872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc. 872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com
––––––––––––––––––––– ROOMS TO RENT by the NIGHT at The Plains Inn. We are NOT just Extended Stay! Singles, doubles and full kitchen suites with king beds. New 32” LED televisions. We are a MOTEL...so you can pull right up and park in front of your room. Microwaves, small refrigerators, coffee pots in every room. Quiet, comfortable and quite a bit cheaper than most. A NICE place at a NICE price! Call today, 11tfc 620-872-5353.
Help Help Wanted Wanted
Agriculture
HOUSEKEEPER parttime at Lazy R Motel. Apply in person, 710 E. 5th, Scott City, 872-3043. 10tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– HEAD COOK wanted Mon.-Fri. 35 hrs. a week. Would prefer experience with meat slicer, commercial mixer, steamer, convection oven. Apply in person at Scott City VIP Senior Center, 302 10t2 Church. E.O.E. ––––––––––––––––––––– FULL-TIME position with benefits. Must be capable of doing physical labor. Apply at KT Tire and Service, Inc., 210 E. Hwy. 96, Leoti. 620-375-5210.
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. Byrd, Brawl Cl., TAM 112, TAM 304, T158, T163, T153, Duster. Also triticale and blends. Vance and Tanner Ehmke, Amy, Ks. 620-397-2350.
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––––––––––––––––––––– FARMWORKER, Two temp. jobs, December 1, 2013-May 31, 2014, Carothers Enterprises, LLC, Indiahoma, Ok. Precondition and maintain cattle. Haul hay, water, mix feed, monitor health of livestock. Install/dismantle electric fence on wheat pasture. Drive tractors/trucks to haul livestock and fencing supplies. Maintain equipment. Non-smoking, drinking, drug environment. Clean MVR, 3 month experience, employment ref required. $10.18/hr, ¾ work guarantee, tools/ equipment/housing provided, transportation and subsistence expense reimbursed. Apply at Kansas Works, 620.227.2149. 11t1 Job #805322.
Classifieds work! Deadline for Classified ads is Monday, 5:00 p.m.
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––––––––––––––––––––– FOR RENT 2-13,000 BUSHEL cone bottom bins with aeration fans and 8 inch unloading augers. Reasonable rates, location near Friend, 620272-1207. 09t3 ––––––––––––––––––––– FARM HIRED LABOR needed in diversified crop and cattle operation. Full time position. Agriculture experience is preferred but not required. Pay based on experience. Contact Earl at 620-397-3932. 09t4
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.
Real Estate
Services
903 MYRTLE, GREAT FIRST HOME 2+2 bedrooms, 2 baths. Just remodeled with a new kitchen and stainless steel appliances. All new windows, doors, flooring, insulation, plumbing and roof. Close to elementary school, which is a plus. Call for appointment: Clinton Constuction (Darryl or Virginia) 620-8725494 or cell 620-2141456. 06tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– FOR SALE BY OWNER 5 bedroom, finished basement, SA garage, 3000+ sq.ft. living space. 402 S. College, Scott City. Call for appointment, 620-2143103 or after 5:00 p.m. 11tfc 620-874-1005.
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!
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Business INDIVIDUAL OFFICE SUITES from one to four rooms available for lease. Leases starting at $250/month including utilities. Common areas available for use including reception and break rooms. Perfect for quiet small business or climate controlled storage. Former location of Scott City Chiropractic, 1101 S. Main. Call 214-3040 for information. 27tfc
House for sale in Scott City
Well-built home on double corner lot, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, lots of built-in storage, over 2,400 sq. ft., plus 3 season, screened porch, DA garage. Established yard with sprinkler system. Call 620-353-9933. 41eow
We Have Buyers! We Need Listings! Call us to get your home listed.
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Employment Opportunities ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
TRUCK DRIVER Experienced Feed Truck Driver wanted. Experience in natural rations helpful. Competitive pay and benefits based on experience. Cattleman’s Choice Gage, Okla. Call: 580-698-2271 or 580-254-4908 11t2
Seeking Administrative Assistant 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. daily. Send resume to:
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County Plat Maps Scott
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DELIVERY DRIVER The Scott City Healthmart Pharmacy is looking for a part-time delivery driver for the Scott City location. Duties include: in-town delivery, a daily trip to Garden City, and various pharmacy tasks. Must have valid driver’s license, good personal relations and strong work ethic. Hours: 11:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Contact: Jennifer at 620-872-2146 for application.
406 Main • Scott City 620 872-2090
Smoky Hill Ag is looking for a full-time equipment operator. Duties include: operating agriculture machinery and shop maintenance for a crop production business in Healy. Application available at office or call Brooks Wick: 620-397-8202 Cara Cramer: 620-398-2250
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Coming Soon to Scott City MoKan Communications, Verizon Authorized Retailer is accepting applications for customer sales and service representative. Computer skills and basic office skills required. Monday-Friday and some Saturdays. Email: mokan5@pld.com for an application Mail application to: MoKan Communications PO Box 775 Lakin, KS. 67860
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Park Lane Nursing Home Has openings for the following positions:
RNs NEEDED $5000 SIGN ON BONUS
PT/FT CNA/CMA Full-time Dietary Aide/Cook (experience preferred) PT/FT LPN/RN
Scott County Hospital is looking for full-time Registered Nurses to join our team of dedicated nursing professionals.
Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!
We offer diverse nursing opportunites, experienced nursing administrative staff, excellent ratios, competitive wages, shift and weekend differentials, flexible paid time off, call pay and excellent benefits.
Please apply in person at:
Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screen, physical assessment and TB skin test required.
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”
Join us today! Applications are available through Human Resources
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Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, KS. 67871 620-872-7772 and on our website: www.scotthospital.net www.scotthospital.net
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LOOKING FOR A CAREER? WANT A STABLE, SECURE JOB IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES? A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE KIDS? Sharp Brothers Seed Company is looking to fill the following positions. Positions require a physical, pre-employment drug testing, valid driver’s license, and residence in Healy. If you are self-motivated and willing to work as a team you will reap the benefits! 1) Farm Hand Position: Irrigation/machinery operation and spraying. 2) Carpenter Assistant: all aspects associated with basic carpentering. 3) Full-Time Warehouse/Seasonal CDL Driver: truck driving duties during harvest. 4) Full-Time Warehouse/Seasonal Combine Operator: combine operation during harvest. NOW THE BEST PART! Incentive bonuses and benefits for those that qualify! These may include partial or fully-paid rent on a family residence, work vehicle, partial or full-family health insurance, and performance bonuses, depending on qualifications. We want to fill these positions immediately! Send your resume today to: Sharp Bros. Seed Co. PO Box 140, Healy, KS. 67850 No phone calls please. 10t4
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Champs
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Lawson Bailey scored on a three yard run to finish off Scott City’s opening drive. Two plays later, Efren Tarango gave Fairleigh excellent field position at the Unifirst one yard line after grabbing a pitch out of midair. On the next play, Carson Faurot punched the ball into the end zone on a one yard run. Quarterback Austin Thon added the PAT for a 14-0 lead. Thon added a 31 yard scoring run early in the second quarter when Scott City was facing third-and-12. Scott City finished off the first half scoring when Thon connected with Tarango on a nine yard scoring pass following a punt return to the Unifirst 13 yard line. Bailey added PAT runs after the two second quarter touchdowns. Unifirst’s only score came on a 49 yard punt return in the third quarter. FNB/SSB Undefeated First National Bank/Security State Bank had to overcome some offensive mistakes and defensive lapses early in their championship game against Doll Farms. FNB/SSB (8-0) was able to overcome 6-0 and 12-6 deficits in the first half, before rallying for a 21-12 win to once again bring the fifth/sixth grade traveling trophy to Scott City. Scott City fumbled on their first offensive series and two plays later Doll Farms scored on a 27 yard run. Parker Gooden scored the first of his two rushing touchdowns with a seven yard run on Scott City’s next possession that tied the game at 6-6. Doll Farms quickly answered with a 32 yard scoring run, but FNB/SSB again relied on their power running attack to wear down the opposing defense. Gooden’s 12 yard run tied the score and he also added the twopoint conversion for a 14-12 halftime lead. Scott City gained all the cushion it would need when they marched the ball 40 yards to open the second half, capped by Kaden Wren’s three yard run. The all-important PAT conversion extended the lead to 21-12. The FNB/SSB defense dominated the remainder of the night, forcing a three-and-out on Doll Farm’s next possession while stopping them for no gain on three rushing plays. Scott City was able to chew up most of the clock with a time-consuming drive that covered the third and fourth quarters. By the time Doll Farms got the ball back, they had time for a two yard run before the game clock expired. Faurot/SCR is 2nd Twice, Faurot Ag Services/Scott County Record had to erase a touchdown deficit in the first half of their fifth/sixth grade round-robin game against Doll Farms. After erasing a 12-6 deficit late in the first half, Faurot/SCR (5-2) was able to shut down Doll Farm’s number one runningback the remainder of the night on their way to an 18-14 win. The game did not start out well for Scott City when they gave the ball over on downs on their first possession and Doll Farms scored on a 26 yard run on their first play of the game. Following a fumble on Scott City’s next series, FNB/SSB held on fourth down at their own 14 yard line. That led to a 27 yard run by quarterback Sterling Wright to the one yard line where Justus McDaniel was able to finish off the drive one play later to cut the deficit to 7-6. It looked like the teams would enter halftime with that score until a Scott City fumble gave Doll Farms the ball at the Faurot/SCR 12 yard line with less than a minute to play. Three plays later, Doll Farms scored on a one yard run with just :17 on the clock to take a 14-6 lead. That was just enough time for Wright to complete a long pass to Easton Lorg which covered 40 yards and left Scott City trailing only 14-12 at the half. The Wright-Lorg combination was good for a 24 yard gain on their first possession in the second half. That put the ball at the eight yard line and three plays later Cale Goodman scored on a one yard run to give Scott City it’s first lead, 18-14, on the final play of the third period. After that, Faurot/SCR left it up to the defense to contain Doll Farm’s top back. They stopped Doll Farms on one possession at the 20 yard line and the clock ran out on their final possession of the game with the ball at the Scott City 26. Even though Faurot/SCR had already lost the previous weekend to FNB/SSB in the round-robin championship format, they still had a chance to claim the Super Saturday title if FNB/SSB had lost to Doll Farms and depending on the tie-breaker. Instead, Faurot/SCR claimed a runner-up finish in the top division.
(Above) Easton Lorg of Faurot Ag/Scott County Record hauls in a pass as part of a 40 yard scoring play against Doll Farms. (Left) Jace Thomas of American Implement breaks loose for a 38 yard scoring run during the championship game. (Record Photos)
Congratulations! American Implement and Seminole Energy Champions of 3rd/4th Grade Division YMCA Tackle Football
(Kneeling from left) Jarron Gregory, Tyler Herman, Kale Wheeler, Zach Rohrbough, Ronnie Weathers, Nathan LeBeau, Jace Thomas, Aaron Ruelas, Corbin Wilkinson, and Nathan Smith. (Standing) Jaiden Coleman, Bryce Byler, Lance Miller, Aiden Miller, Leightyn Heim and Jackson Kough. Coaches Quinten Wheeler and Mike Thomas. (Not Pictured) Gui Griffith, Porter Stephens
807 N. Main, Scott City 620-872-2715 www.americanimplement.com
Congratulations! First National Bank and Security State Bank’s 5th /6th grade YMCA football team are 2013 Champions
Front row (from left) Elijah Lane, Sam Irwin, Kaden Bradstreet, Parker Gooden, Ryan Cure, Cody Turner, Marcus Rowe and Adam Elder. (Middle Row) Colton Cupp, Sawyer Stevens, Kade Wren, Kevin Serrano, Landon Trout, Colten Lewis, Connor Cup, Jalen Hoddy, Dutch Turner and Garrison Turner (mgr.). (Back row) Coach Andy Trout, coach Keith Cure, BrandonWinderlin, Andrew Fry, coach Corbin Stevens and coach Jim Turner.