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36 Pages • Four Sections
Volume 22 • Number 14
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Published in Scott City, Ks.
City, county weigh financial support for wellness center A community wellness center is all but a done deal from a design standpoint. Now comes the hard part: how will it be paid for? That was one of the items of discussion when the Scott County Commission and Scott City Council held a joint meeting on Monday. Commissioners said they have set aside about $500,000 for the estimated $2.2 million project. Commissioner Jerry Buxton, who is also a member of the Wellness Center Committee, said he was hoping for $25,000 annually from the city. The remaining amount for payments on the note and maintenance would be financed through an increase in the Scott Recreation Commission’s mill levy.
The SRC currently receives 2.25 mills in support through the school district. Preliminary plans are to increase that levy to four mills. Goodman was uncertain what kind of financial commitment the city could make at this time. He noted the city had been spending a lot to improve the airport with more projects still on the table. “I could see this being utilized a lot. It’s long overdue,” Goodman said. Buxton said he could see the project getting started within the next couple of weeks. He said it’s the committee’s goal to have the building completed in time for the All-School Reunion in July. It was noted that the SRC mill levy increase would first have to be published, after which a protest petition
could be submitted within the next 30 days forcing a vote. If that happens, Buxton said they will have a mail ballot election which will cost about $3,500. Goodman confirmed the city’s support for the project, saying “I would suspect we could come up with the $25,000. We just have to research it.” Increasing the Size In the last month since the committee’s plans were unveiled the size of the building has increased from 80x300 feet to one that’s 80x350 ft. The cost consequently increased from about $1.9 million to an estimated $2.2 million. Buxton said that while the committee has been discussing the project for about 18 months, the type of building, (See CENTER on page nine)
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Ringneck Classic begins this weekend
Frigid temperatures are greeting more than 100 hunters and celebrities who are in Scott City this weekend for the annual Governor’s Ringneck Classic. Hunters will be taking to the field on Friday and Saturday for pheasant hunting in Scott and Lane counties. Activity got underway on Thursday with trap/sporting clay practice at the Scott County Fairgrounds. A reception for the hunters, landowners and guides was held in the evening. A full slate of events will begin on Friday morning with the sporting clay tournament and open shooting at the fairgrounds from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Throughout the day, nine-time world trapshooting champion Harlan Campbell, Jr., of Tribune, will be available for “informal coaching.” The public is invited to participate or to observe the trapshooting activity. Also open to the public is the dinner, auction and entertainment that will be held in the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Bldg., on the fairgrounds, starting at 6:00 p.m. A limited number of tickets are still available for $50. Those attending will have an opportunity to meet celebrities, enjoy a chuckwagon hog roast and be entertained (See CLASSIC on page nine)
No truth to rumor another doctor is departing SCH
Street had been donated by Dona Dee Carpenter in 2010. “I’ve always felt that something more should be done to recognize our veterans,” Carpenter said at the time. While Carpenter was willing to
With one doctor already announcing his departure from the Scott County Hospital medical team, the possibility of another physician doing the same has been rumored during the past couple of weeks. Reports began surfacing last week about the possibility Dr. Matthew Lightner is also leaving. Those reports were a little more specific this week with it being rumored that he was accepting a position with via Christi Medical Center in Wichita. Scott County Hospital CEO Mark Burnett was surprised at the speculation that’s surrounded Dr. Lightner’s future plans. “If there’s any truth to it then it’s news to me,” said Burnett on Wednesday morning. “I was just talking to him about his contract and he didn’t indicate to me he was wanting to throw it away.” By that afternoon he had contacted Dr. Lightner. While the local physician had heard similar rumors, he confirmed there are no plans to leave his practice in Scott City.
(See PARK on page 10)
(See RUMOR on page nine)
Members of the Scott Community High School National Honor Society (from left) Christina Tilton, Addie Price, Macy Davis and Megan Smith huddle behind one of the concrete panels at the Veterans Memorial Park to avoid the freezing wind prior to Veterans Day program on Tuesday morning. (Record Photo)
Freezing temps open Veterans’ Park A large turnout braved what former U.S. Marine Capt. Skip Numrich described as the “frozen tundra” to be part of the dedication ceremony for the Veterans Memorial Park in Scott City. The ceremony was held as part of the Veterans Day program which was
relocated from the courthouse lawn the park on east K96 Highway. The park represents more than four years of development and fundraising by the Scott Community Foundation and other organizations after land at the corner of K96 Highway and Antelope
Council hears pitch for more hangar space A Gove County pilot and former county commissioner and pilot told the Scott City Council that if it didn’t take steps to improve its hangar situation at the city airport they were at risk of losing their airport manager. In a pitch to the council, Mark Coberly, rural Gove, felt the city wasn’t doing enough to provide adequate airport facilities and to
support Weston Thompson who is the airport manager and also the chief mechanic. “I’ve had my planes serviced at different sites, but I’ve been bringing them to Scott City ever since Weston became the airport manager,” Coberly told the council. “He’s doing a heck of a job. He’s hired three or four people, so he’s doing his part to
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create a thriving business.” Coberly added that three pilots base their airplanes at his private airport in Gove County and each of them bring their planes to Scott City for service work and annual inspections. “We’ll drop $100,000 in your fair city during the year,” he said. “It would appear to me you have a young man bringing a lot
of money into your community and he needs a little help. And it seems that you’re reluctant to give it.” He noted that Quinter is in the process of making improvements to its airport, including a paved landing strip. “There are communities who want what you have in Weston,” Coberly emphasized.
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Coberly said that keeping about a dozen aircraft in the main hangar “is not a good situation.” He asked about the prospect of leasing or buying land on which to build a hangar. City Attorney John Shirley said the two most recent hangar additions have been by private (See HANGAR on page nine)
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State again slashes revenue forecast TOPEKA - State revenue forecasters said Monday that the state can expect hundreds of millions of budget dollars less than previously thought to fund schools, social programs and highway projects. The consensus revenue estimating group lowered the official projections it made in April by $205 million. If accurate, the revised forecast means that Gov. Sam Brownback and legislators will have to raise taxes or make deep cuts in spending during the remaining seven months of the budget year
$278M deficit must be erased by June 30 to avoid a $278 million deficit. Additional cuts will be necessary to prevent a $435 million deficit in the next budget year, the analysts said. In May, Kansas legislators and Brownback approved a budget of about $6.3 billion for the fiscal year that started July 1. That was already more than the state was projected to collect, but a healthy reserve fund was expected to cover the dif-
ference. However, lagging tax collections will force the state to spend through its reserves and cut spending. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan said he was not counting on any tax increases. Instead, he said, the Brownback administration would focus on curbing state spending. “The state of Kansas must continue to live within its means, just as families do every day,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan said he would begin working on a menu of options for reducing the budget and discuss with Brownback whether the cuts can wait until the Legislature reconvenes in January. If not, the governor could use his allotment authority to start cutting before then. “Both of those are options,” Sullivan said. Sullivan said he had already identified $100 million in efficiencies that can be implemented without reducing services.
He also said the projected deficit in the current budget year is based on the state restoring some programs that it hasn’t funded in recent years. He cited the Local Advalorem Property Tax Reduction fund as an example. It was once used to help lower county property taxes. “It would be probably fairly reasonable to suggest if we haven’t funded LAVTR in 10 years and counting, we probably aren’t going to start now,”
Sullivan said. Several factors led the forecasters to lower their projections. The income tax cuts championed by Brownback forced the biggest adjustment. “It’s fair to say estimates in April missed the marks,” Sullivan said. A 2012 plan that Brownback spearheaded dropped state income tax rates and eliminated the income tax for owners of about 191,000 businesses organized as LLCs, sole proprietorships or other forms that produce “passthrough” income. (See REVENUE on page nine)
Scott City man killed in McPherson County
Veterans rep in SC Monday
Jody Tubbs, representing the Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs, will be at the Scott County Library on Mon., Nov. 17, 10:00 a.m., to assist veterans and their dependents with VA claims work. Anyone unable to meet with Tubbs at that time can contact her office in Colby on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays at (785) 462-3572.
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A Scott City man was killed in a two-car accident just before 7:00 a.m. on Wed., Nov. 12, in McPherson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Toyota Corolla driven by James Samual Schultz,
42, Scott City, was westbound on U.S. 56 just east of 23rd Avenue in Canton. The vehicle crossed the center line into the eastbound lane striking a 2014 Ford F150 driven by Hope Hill, 74, Galva, head on.
Schultz was pronounced dead at the scene. Hill was transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.
Scott City Mayor Dan Goodman has appointed Andy Hineman and Jack Schmitt as alternate members to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Each will serve a two-year term and, when possible, fill in when regular commission members are unable to attend. The appointments were made in response to a number of instances when at least three of the five regular members of the commission were unavailable to attend a zoning meeting. Members meet when necessary to hear requests for zoning changes or variances and make recommendations to the city council.
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Community Living
The Scott County Record
Page 3 - Thursday, November 13, 2014
A sense of loss can feel greater during holidays The upcoming holiday season can be a joyous time, but it can also be stressful to others and depressing. According to National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for many people struggling with the death of a loved one, the holidays may be a difficult time full of painful reminders that emphasize their sense of loss. Often, friends and family members of those af-
fected by a loss are unsure how to act or what to say to support their grieving loved one during the holidays. Hospice professionals, who are experienced at helping people deal with grief and loss, offer these
nine tips that may help you help someone else during the holidays. 1) Be supportive of the way the person chooses to handle the holidays. Some may wish to follow traditions; others may choose to avoid customs of the past and do something new. It’s okay to do things differently. 2) Offer to help the person with decorating or holiday baking. Both tasks can be overwhelming for someone who is
grieving. 3) Offer to help with holiday shopping. Share catalogs or online shopping sites that may be helpful. 4) Invite the person to join you or your family during the holidays. You might invite them to join you for a religious service or a holiday meal. 5) Ask the person if he or she is interested in volunteering with you during the holidays. Doing something for someone else or
High Plains hears issues facing next legislature
Thornton to observe 85th birthday with open house
Jan Winter hosted the High Plains Study Club on Nov. 6. Guest speaker was State Rep. Don Hineman, Dighton. In keeping with the club’s theme about time, Rep. Hineman talked about how he spends his time as a representative and how much time it requires during the year. He discussed issues that would be forthcoming in the next legislative session and other issues that probably would not be addressed. Pumpkin pie was served by co-hostess Ivadelle Cotton. This was followed by roll call with 22 members sharing a voting experience. Lucky Dip, which was brought by Jan Winter, was won by Suzy Gooden. It was a little book that had belonged to Jan’s mother, Harriet Hess, about being thankful. This was an appropriate gift during this month of celebrating Thanksgiving, because Harriet was a person with a grateful heart. Cozette Buckner will bring Lucky Dip to the next meeting. Because she was unable to attend, Thelma Miller’s community affairs report will be given at the Nov. 20 meeting. Celia Fouser read devotions written by Michael Milliken, Episcopal Bishop of Western Kansas, titled, “Why We All Need ‘Me Time’ With God.” The Nov. 20 meeting will be held at the Scott County Library at 1:30 p.m. Sue Pammenter will share a program about the tablescapes on display. Co-hostesses will be Barbara Hutchins and Cheryl France. Roll call will be, “Share a happy time.” Jan Winter gave everyone a pumpkin decoration and fresh tomatoes from Linda Helmers’ garden.
Nola Thornton, Scott City, will celebrate her 85th birthday with a come-and-go reception on Sat., Nov. 15, 2:00-4:00 p.m., at the First Christian Church, 701 Main, Scott City, Ks. 67871. S h e was born on Nov. 9, 1929, in Natoma, the daughter of Earl and Nao- Nola Thornton mi Wilson. On Jan. 11, 1947, she married Buford L. Thornton at Stockton. He died April 28, 1999. Hosting the occasion will be her two sons, Jack, Scott City, and Kent, Sublette, and two daughters, Diane Matteson, Salina, and Sue Wilson, Amarillo, Tex. Birthday cards may be sent to her at 513 W. 9th, Scott City, Ks. 67871.
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Crittenden
Glunz-Crittenden exchange wedding vows on November 1 Jade Glunz and Brett Crittenden were united in marriage on Nov. 1, 2014, at the First Baptist Church, Scott City. Parents of the couple are Greg and Karla Glunz, Scott City, and Randy and Janet Crittenden, Tribune. Matron of honor was Nicole Campos, best friend of the bride, Scott City. Bridesmaids were Dani Apperson, friend of the bride, Scott City; Krista Eckels, friend of the bride, Kansas City; Amanda Unruh, friend of the bride, Scott City; Ashlyn Robinson, friend of the bride, Scott City; and Lexi Culbertson, sister-in-law of the bride and groom, Colby. Best man was Brian Crittenden, brother of the groom, Colby. Groomsmen were Randy Crittenden, father of the groom, Tribune; Mark Yorton, friend of the groom, Lubbock, Tex.; Rafael Tula-Testai, friend of the groom, Phoenix, Ariz.; and Miles Glunz, brother of the bride, Scott City.
Flower girls were Halle Crittenden, daughter of the bride and groom, and Sophora Welsh, niece of the bride and groom. Ring bearer was Chasen Crittenden, son of the bride and groom. Candle lighters were Michaela and Will Strecker, cousins of the bride, Wichita. Guest book attendants were Emily Schroeder, friend of the bride, Aurora Gibson, friend of the bride, and Rachel Huck, cousin of the bride. The bride is a 2010 graduate of Scott Community High School and Hays Academy of Hair Design in 2012. She is employed by Salon on Main, Scott City. The groom is a 2007 graduate of Greeley County High School, Tribune, and Campbellsville University in 2011 with a bachelor of science degree. He is employed by the Scott Co-op. The couple is residing in Scott City.
working with children, may help your loved one feel better about the holidays. 6) Donate a gift or money in memory of the person’s loved one. Remind the person that his or her loved one is not forgotten. 7) Never tell someone that he or she should be “over it.” Instead, give the person hope that, eventually, he or she will enjoy the holidays again. 8) Be willing to lis-
ten. Active listening from friends and family is an important step to helping some cope with grief and heal. 9) Remind the person you are thinking of him or her and the loved one who died. Cards, phone calls and visits are great ways to stay in touch. In general, the best way to help those who are grieving during the holidays is to let them know you care and that their (See HOLIDAYS on page 8)
Brantlee Shearmire and Devon McKinney
Couple to wed on December 20 Doug and Dawn McKinney, Leoti, announce the engagement of their daughter, Devon, Wichita, to Brantlee Shearmire, Wichita, son of Chad and Kim Shearmire, Scott City. Both are graduates of
Kansas State University, Manhattan. Devon is completing her education to become a physician’s assistant. Brantlee is employed by Terracon, Wichita. The couple is planning a Dec. 20 wedding in Wichita.
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Editorial/Opinion
Page 4 - Thursday, November 13, 2014
editorially speaking
No mandate:
Brownback may want to rethink policy direction
Gov. Sam Brownback has been re-elected to another four years. But the governor shouldn’t mistake the election as an overwhelming mandate for his policies. First of all, Democratic nominee Paul Davis and the Democrat Party in Kansas ran an ineffectual general election campaign that consisted of little more than “we’re better than what you already have.” That was only slightly worse than the Republican message of “at least we’re not Obama.” In that respect, both parties did a major disservice to Kansas voters. With major economic and social issues facing the state - from tax shortfalls to problems with KanCare - we got little from either candidate except “we need to change direction” or “we need to stay the course.” Little wonder the voters that Davis needed to push him over the top weren’t enthusiastic enough to make sure they got to the polls. It certainly wasn’t enough to overcome the huge hurdle of winning in a deeply red state with a very intense and expensive “get out the vote” effort by Republicans. Even with all that money supporting the GOP flowing into Kansas, Brownback captured just 49.7 percent of the vote. No matter how Brownback tries to spin the election outcome, less than half of the people who bothered to vote in the general election wanted to keep him as governor. Normally, that wouldn’t be an encouraging sign. We would like to think that gives Brownback pause to think about his policies which are wrecking the state’s budget and are tearing into the state’s social safety net. In other words, a majority of voters don’t appear sold on the idea that Kansas is heading in the right direction. And with the latest economic news coming out of Topeka, Kansans have even more reason to be concerned about their schools, the state’s infrastructure, the well-being of our elderly, assistance for the poor and the future of our children. These are not the best of times in Kansas and Brownback’s tax and economic policies are a major reason why. Brownback can either use the election as a message that people want him to reassess the direction he and fellow conservatives are taking the state. Or he can continue to charge straight ahead, convinced that he knows what’s best for Kansans. If he chooses the latter, Brownback should keep in mind that even though he won the election, he didn’t win the hearts and minds of Kansans.
Loud and clear:
Same old rhetoric from Roberts following election
Sen. Roberts says the message from Kansas voters was “loud and clear” during the general election. It probably depends on what you’re listening for and who you’re listening to. Bottom line is that Sen. Roberts got 53 percent of the vote against a political novice that people wouldn’t recognize if he walked in their front door. He needed millions of dollars in outside campaign money and all the political heavyweights he could muster within the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party in order to save himself from an embarrassing defeat. And he campaigned, not on his record of achievements, but against President Obama and Harry Reid. Roberts was elected, not because voters spoke loud and clear, but because Republicans in Kansas couldn’t bring themselves to elect their first non-Republican senator in more than 80 years. Unfortunately, what Roberts says he heard “loud and clear” in a recent op-ed piece is that Obamacare needs to be repealed so that millions of Americans can be without health insurance and Hispanics in Western Kansas who are here illegally, but are an important part of our workforce and whose children are in our schools, should be sent back to Mexico. He also says we need to “restore free speech” (we didn’t know it had been taken away by Obama) and he plans to fight for “fiscal discipline” though he still offers no plan to cut federal spending. In other words, it’s the same old rhetoric. What voters were saying loud and clear is that you have six more years, Pat. After that, go . . . please go. There’s a recliner in Dodge City with your name on it.
Voters getting what they wanted The big news coming out of Topeka this week is that state revenues continue to fall well short of expectations and the Kansas budget is staring at a huge hole that must be filled over the next few months. To be honest, that’s not even news. If you weren’t aware of that after the recent general election then you were in Ebola quarantine for the past six months and completely isolated from reality - which is exactly what conservative Republicans were hoping for. For obvious reasons, this wasn’t the message coming out of the Brownback camp during the election. He repeatedly said revenue shortfalls were manageable and weren’t, in any way, associated with his tax cuts. “The state’s economy is good and growing,” reassured Brownback. “Overall, this economy in this state is performing well.” So well, in fact, that the state must cut $278 million in proposed spending by June 30 in order to balance its budget. And that doesn’t even take into
consideration what the Kansas Supreme Court will decide with respect to school funding. That’s the difference between reality on the campaign trail and reality once you’ve safely secured another four years in the governor’s mansion. Did we mention reality? Well, it would seem that math, as well as science, have no place in the Brownback Administration. “I would say the economy’s growing - when you look at wages, when you look at jobs from new and expanded businesses, when you look at small business income,” said Shawn Sullivan, the governor’s budget director, during a news conference, as if the latest budget numbers were hardly worth discussing. “It’s fair to say the estimates missed the marks,”
conceded Sullivan. You think? When you’re playing darts and you miss the bullseye by six inches, that’s missing the mark. Wiping away $378 million in the state’s cash reserves and forcing more than $278 million in budget cuts over the next few months is the equivalent of having that same dart flying through a window of the neighbor’s house and into the gold fish bowl. And that’s on top of another $436 million in budget cuts that will be required in next year’s budget. Any other understatements you’d like to share with the taxpayers, Shawn? That’s why, as much as it pains us to say so, the general election results at least at the state level - are the best thing that could happen to Kansas when looking at the longterm. In the short-term - over the next few months and probably the next few years - there’s going to be a lot of pain resulting from
the inevitable (and completely predictable) state budget cuts. Cuts will have to be made to public education and social programs that provide assistance to the poor and children. Brownback Administration spokeswoman Eileen Hawley likes to refer to these as “efficiencies.” Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley (D-Topeka) sliced through the political semantics when he said that Brownback and his supporters will use this as an opportunity to “starve public schools, to raid the highway fund and to cut the social service safety net that so many Kansans depend on.” You don’t think that can, or will happen? Then short of throwing pixie dust in the air and dancing around the capitol building, just how do you imagine the Brownback Administration is going to close a nearly $300 million budget gap over the next seven months? And when those cuts do take place, who will be left holding the bag? (See VOTERS on page six)
Grand fortunes going overboard Imagine yourself part of the typical American family. Your household would have, the Federal Reserve reported in September, a net worth of $81,200. That’s not a whole lot of money. But half of America’s households would actually have less wealth than you do. Now imagine that your net worth suddenly quadrupled, to about $325,000. That sum would place you within the ranks of America’s most affluent 20 percent of income earners. You would be “typical” no more. On the other hand, you still wouldn’t be rich, or even close to possessing a grand fortune. So suppose your wealth quadrupled again. That would bump your net worth - your total assets minus the sum of your debts - all the way up to $1.3 million.
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another view by Sam Pizzigati
Congratulations. You now hold 16 times more wealth than the typical American. You probably have paid off your mortgage. You have a healthy balance in your 401(k). You have investment income. You have it made. But not really. You still have to worry financially about everything from losing your job to helping your kids pay their college tuition. So imagine that your net worth quadruples once again - to $5.2 million. You now sit comfortably within the ranks of America’s richest 1 percent. You can afford, well, just about anything you want. A getaway in the mountains, another getaway on the shore. Two
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BMWs in the driveway. Impressive philanthropic gestures. Direct access to your U.S. senators. Enough already? Actually, no. With a fortune of just $5.2 million, you still have to put up with the inconveniences of mere mortal existence. Yes, you can fly first class. But you still have to share a plane with the unwashed masses back in coach - and they take forever getting their carryons up in those overhead bins. You need relief. So multiply that $5.2 million fortune 1,000 times over - to $5.2 billion. Now you can buy your own private jet. Even better, you get your name printed in the annual Forbes magazine list of America’s 400 richest people. But even at $5.2 billion, your fortune would rate as just fair-
Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm
to-middling in super-rich circles. America’s wealthiest 400 now hold a combined net worth of $2.3 trillion. That places the average Forbes 400 fortune at $5.7 billion, an all-time record high. The richest of the 400 hold far more than that average. Take Larry Ellison, who just stepped down as the CEO of Oracle business software and holds the No. 3 spot. His net worth: $50 billion. What does Ellison do with all those billions? He collects residences, for starters, with 15 or so homes scattered all around the world. Ellison likes yachts, too. He currently has two extremely big ones, each over half as long as a football field. Ellison also likes to play basketball, even on his yachts. If a ball (See FORTUNES on page six)
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Big money was the winner during mid-terms by Marge Baker
The 2014 midterm elections sure looked like a blowout for the Republican Party. But leave it to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to call the real winner: big money. “Incredible night for money in politics!” gushed one of the show’s satirical correspondents. Indeed, in the first national elections since the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon v. FEC decision - which removed overall federal limits on contributions to political candidates and party committees - the tidal wave of special-interest spending was even heavier than the most dire predictions. The “Money Midterms,” as some commentators dubbed them, were the most expensive in history. Local news stations struggled to keep up as they
were flooded with ads from super PACs and other outside groups. A tiny fraction of the electorate drove this deluge. As of October 15, just 140 donors had provided more than 60 percent of this cycle’s super PAC contributions. That’s no surprise in a post-Citizens United landscape where corporations and billionaires can spend as much as they want to influence elections. The Daily Show is right: The most enduring “winners” in the midterms may be the wealthy interests that bankrolled their candidates of choice and can now expect to have the ears of their chosen representatives. But it’s not all bad news on the money in politics front. Despite this influx of money - or perhaps in some cases because of it - the 2014 elec-
Americans know that as long as the system is rigged, it’s not going to work for anyone except those doing the rigging.
tions also brought a number of hopeful signs that the tide is rapidly turning. In Florida, Tallahassee voters passed a referendum to cap political contributions in local elections at $250 per donor, among other measures. In Maine, more than 1,000 volunteers collected signatures in support of a ballot initiative to update the state’s clean elections law. Cities across Wisconsin passed referendums against Citizens United. And in Maryland, Republican Larry Hogan will be the first governor of that state to have accepted public financing for his cam-
paign. And that was just on Election Day. In September, Atlanta’s city council overwhelmingly passed a resolution in support of a constitutional amendment to overturn decisions like Citizens United, joining more than 550 other towns and cities across the country. In the same
month, activists from across the nation made over 15,000 calls to Senate offices backing an amendment to let Congress and the states set reasonable limits on money in elections. Even during the “Money Midterms,” some politicians took note of this swelling movement. This cycle, we saw candidates from both major parties making campaign finance a theme of their campaigns, reacting to the fact that the push for change is coming from Americans of all political stripes. The fight to take our elections back from the chokehold of wealthy special interests won’t go away. Americans know that as long as the system is rigged, it’s not going to work for anyone except those doing the rigging. (See MID-TERM on page six)
GOP’s quest to drive government out of business Emily Schwartz Greco and William Collins
Tech giants are sinking to new lows by Jim Hightower
The demigods of Silicon Valley like to present themselves as miracle workers, able to create electronic wonders (and wondrous profits) from nothing but their vaunted imaginations and entrepreneurial prowess. Well, yes. But there’s another part to that program: their routine exploitation of workers. From the disgraceful use of sweatshop labor abroad to wage theft at home, a key component of the Silicon Valley business plan is to squeeze money from their workers. Such is the price of “miracles.” A particularly crass example of this profiteering came to light in October, when a multimillion-dollar, multinational digital printing outfit
named Electronics for Imaging was nabbed for a jaw-dropping act of wage theft. EFI executives had flown in eight IT workers from Bangalore, India, to Silicon Valley to help install the corporation’s computer system in its new headquarters. Here comes the jaw-dropper: EFI tried to get away with paying those workers what they would’ve made in India - $1.21 an hour - rather than paying California’s $8-an-hour minimum wage or more. Furthermore, they worked up to 122 hours a week - that’s 17 hours a day - with no overtime. And get this: EFI even paid them in Indian rupees rather than U.S. dollars. Thanks to an anonymous tip, the Labor Department has now convict-
ed EFI of gross labor law violations, forcing the company to pay back the wages it stole. Yet CEO Guy Gecht who raked in a $6-million paycheck as he ripped off these imported people - offered no apology. EFI said it “unintentionally overlooked” U.S. wage law, dismissing its monstrous wage theft as an “administrative error.” No way. It was a failure of moral character. But since EFI was fined only $3,500 after paying the back wages, Silicon Valley will surely see this wrist slap as an endorsement of its prevailing ethic of labor exploitation. Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author
Voter suppression is working Voter suppression efforts may have changed the outcomes of some of the closest races last week. And if the Supreme Court lets these laws stand, they will continue to distort election results going forward. The days of Jim Crow are officially over, but poll-tax equivalents are newly thriving, through restrictive voter registration and ID requirements, shorter poll hours and various other restrictions and red tape that cost Americans time and money if they wish to cast a ballot. As one study by a Harvard Law School researcher found, the price for obtaining a legally recognized voter identification card can range from $75 to $175, when you include the costs associated with documentation, travel and waiting time. (For context, the actual poll tax that the Supreme Court struck down in 1966 was just $1.50, or about $11 in today’s dollars.) Whatever the motivation behind such new laws - whether to cynically disenfranchise political enemies or to nobly slay the (largely imagined)
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scourge of voter fraud - their costs to voters are far from negligible. It’s still early to definitively quantify the effects that these laws had on national turnout or on the outcomes of individual races. Initial estimates suggesting that turnout rates sank to their lowest level since 1942 look pretty damning, but so many factors can affect turnout (weather, ballot initiatives, the perceived closeness of races, etc.) that it’s hard to isolate the effects of a single change. More data and statistical analysis expected next year will help. In the meantime, some back-of-the-envelope calculations from Wendy Weiser - director of the Democracy Program at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice - should at least give us pause: Right now, it looks like the margin of victory in some of the most competitive races around the country was as big as the likely
“margin of disenfranchisement,” as Weiser puts it. That is, more people were newly denied the right to vote than actually cast deciding ballots. Take, for example, Kansas. In the state’s nail-biting gubernatorial race, Republican incumbent Sam Brownback bested his Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, by a mere 33,000 votes out of nearly 850,000 cast. Now, compare that with the estimated effects of Kansas’s new restrictions on voting. We know that more than 21,000 people tried to register but failed because they lacked the necessary “documentary proof of citizenship” required by a new Kansas law. The state’s separate, strict voter ID law also had an effect: Applying findings from a recent Government Accountability Office report that examined how the voter ID law affected the state’s turnout in 2012, Weiser estimates that it probably reduced turnout this time around by about 17,000 votes. (See WANTED on page six)
Republican operative Grover Norquist used to quip about shrinking government to the point where it would get small enough to drown in the bathtub. You probably thought he was kidding. His joke is on all of us now that Republicans have a majority in the Senate. Now that the GOP will completely dominate Congress for the first time in eight years. What could go wrong? Well, a lot. For starters, consider these four pillars of public service that the Republican Party will try to send down the drain. First, there’s Social Security. Their game is to gradually chip away at the nation’s primary retirement benefit program and then privatize it when it runs into trouble. Scores of Social Security offices around the country have already closed even though record numbers of people are turning 65, setting the stage for failure. Then, there’s what passes for affordable health care in the United States. Despite the Republicans’ sneering over “Obamacare,” their backers in the health insurance industry love its requirement that everyone must get one of their plans. Next up on the GOP agenda: replacing Medicare with a voucher system. And don’t forget the public schools. Many Republicans are heeding a push by billionaires to jam as many pupils as possible into charter and online K-12 schools. That means taxpayers are increasingly paying private businesses to educate their kids at ostensibly public facilities. And do kids learn more at brick-and-mortar charters or virtual schools? In a word, nope. Finally, Republicans are tampering with your mail. The U.S. Postal Service is losing money because Congress forced it to pay upfront for future retirement benefits - unlike any other agency - creating the illusion that it’s on a shaky footing. This started the last time the GOP controlled both chambers, when lawmakers produced the cynically named Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. With Republicans holding a majority in both chambers, this absurd law is sure to stay on the books. There’s nothing new about trying to replace government services with private ones or substituting contract workers for government employees. And the GOP doesn’t always act on its own. Plenty of Democrats are joining with their colleagues across the aisle to accomplish at least some of these maneuvers. The difference today is money. Thanks to a string of Supreme Court decisions, corporations and wealthy individuals may contribute nearly limitless amounts of money to political campaigns. Later, they demand favorable policies when their candidates win. The result? Social Security, schools, affordable health care, the postal service, and other essential government operations all suffer as the private sector extracts ever larger profits from the public realm. Grover Norquist has compelled most Republican politicians to swear off raising the tax revenue that might cover the cost of delivering essential public services. Is this what Norquist envisioned before he conjured up his his anti-tax pledge? Probably. William Collins is a former Connecticut state representative; Emily Schwartz Greco is a former foreign correspondent and financial reporter
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U.S. science standards flunk the Ebola test by John Schrock
Ebola hysteria in the United States has the research community holding their heads in disbelief. When it comes to science stupidity, America can claim to be Number One! From average citizen up to mayors and state governors, the United States is in the lead for biological ignorance. Will science teachers and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) turn that around? Before 2000, Kansas biology teachers had some professional leeway to teach various biology topics. With three times more to teach than class
time allowed, some taught physiology and viruses and immunity. The first serious revision of Kansas K-12 science standards in 1999 did include human anatomy and physiology and microbiology. Those teachers did have a standard they could point to in defending what they were teaching. However, the 2005 revision removed those concepts in order to align with barren national standards. And most recently the Kansas State Board of Education adopted the Next Generation Science Standards that spends most of its verbiage promoting critical thinking methodology.
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The only explicit concepts are ecology, evolution and molecular biology. These subdisciplines provide no specific basis for teaching the concepts needed to understand epidemic diseases. What concepts should an average citizen - who is by definition a lifetime patient - need to know to understand threats such as Ebola? How can teachers replace unreasonable fear with intelligent respect? Ebola is just one of hundreds of bacteria and viruses that cause human illness. - Not in the NGSS. Antibiotics work against bacteria but not viruses. - Not covered in the NGSS. No virus in known his-
tory has mutated from traveling in body fluids to spreading airborne. There is no contrast of the stable smallpox virus with the changeable AIDS virus in the NGSS. There are four levels of biohazard personal protective equipment (PPE), from simple precautions with bare hands up to fully sealed suits with a selfcontained breathing apparatus (SCBA). - Nothing to support teaching this from the NGSS. The mode of transmission is very important. We need SCBA to enter a research lab that grows infectious viruses such as HIV (that causes AIDS); but we need no protection when talking with or
touching an AIDS patient in a hospital ward or in open society. Ebola patients require more isolation and health workers need more protection, but not as much as in a research lab. - The NGSS gives no support. The nature of experimental drug research, the need for quarantine measures, and the duration of infection all depend on understanding the general mechanisms of the human immune system. And why are survivors then immune? There is nothing in the NGSS a teacher can use to explicitly defend the teaching of any human anatomy and physiology. How should we disin-
fect clothing and dispose of wastes from Ebola patients? - There is nothing in the NGSS that supports learning the basic concepts of aseptic technique and antisepsis that were discovered by Koch, Pasteur and Lister over a century ago. Do empty standards really matter? We may not all become doctors but we will all become patients. Failure to understand our “owner’s manual” has far more consequences than causing the current needless hysteria over Ebola. The most deadly contagion in human history was the flu of 1918. Today, referred to as “bird flu,” it spread from Fort Riley.
short-term. In the longterm, we can only hope that some valuable lessons are learned. And, maybe, those lessons will translate into different results at the ballot box. But that is only going to happen if voters bother to become educated and, unfortunately, experience enough pain, through the closing of their school, with higher property taxes
or because safety net programs have been eliminated for them or their children. Are Kansas voters going to get what they deserve? Perhaps. We’re certainly going to get what the majority voted for. And you can’t blame Obama.
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bounces over the railing, no problem. Ellison has a powerboat following his yacht, the Wall Street Journal noted this past spring, “to retrieve balls that go overboard.” Hiring that ball-retriever qualifies Ellison as a “job creator,” right? Maybe not. Ellison has regularly destroyed jobs on his way to grand fortune. He has mastered the merge-and-purge twostep: First you snatch your rival’s customers, then you fire its workers. In 2005, for instance, Ellison shelled out $10.6 billion to buy out PeopleSoft, an 11,000-employee competitor. He then proceeded to put the ax to 5,000 jobs. Job massacres like this have been hollowing out America’s middle class ever since the Forbes 400 first appeared back in the 1980s. Since 1989, Federal Reserve figures show, the median net worth of families in America’s statistical middle class - the middle 20 percent of income earners - has actually dropped from $75,300 to $61,700, after taking inflation into account. Forbes doesn’t bother asking how our absurdly rich went about making their fortunes. But we should. Our top 400, after all, haven’t just made monstrously large fortunes. They’ve made a monstrously large mess. Sam Pizzigati is an Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow and a co-author of the report ‘Fix the Debt’ CEOs Enjoy Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay.” His latest book is The Rich Don’t Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph over Plutocracy that Created the American Middle Class
If you can’t answer that question then congratulations, you are officially the conservative base. Brownback and conservative lawmakers don’t want voters to think that far ahead. That’s why the election outcome is a good thing. Had Brownback and his ultraconservative wing not won re-election, they
Wanted Weiser finds similarly troubling results for close races in other states with restrictive voting laws, including North Carolina (where the U.S. Senate race was decided by about 47,000 votes, or 1.6 percentage points, in favor of the Republican candidate) and Florida (where the governor’s race was decided by about 66,000 votes, or 1.1 points, also in favor of the Republican). Of course, we don’t know how the disenfran-
could have insisted that their tax cut agenda would have been successful if only they’d been given more time. And if a Gov. Paul Davis, through some miracle, had been able to push tax increases through the legislature (or eliminated further tax cuts) in order to avoid a state budget catastrophe, then Brownback
and fellow conservatives would have been given a free pass on their failed experiment while echoing their all-too-familiar refrain about tax-and-spend Democratic policies. This time, Republicans won’t be bailed out by reasonable thinking and practical policies. Yes, this is going to be painful for Kansans in the
Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com
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chised would have voted, and whether their votes would have flipped these races’ results. Restrictive voting laws tend to disproportionately affect certain groups that lean Democratic - minorities, the young, the poor - but such groups do not vote exclusively for Democrats. And another group that is frequently hurt by voter ID laws, the elderly, tends to lean Republican. For all we know, Virginia’s
Country on wrong track, say non-voters by Andy Borowitz
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - The United States of America is on the wrong track and no one is taking action to fix it, says a broad majority of registered voters who did not vote last Tuesday. According to a new survey, anger, frustration, and a pervasive view that the nation is moving in a fatal direction dominated the mood of those who were doing something other than voting on Election Day. Exit polls involving election non-participants took place as they left malls, nail salons, gyms and other locations where no voting occurred on Tuesday. “The system is broken,” said Carol Foyler, thirty-one, a democracy abstainer from Akron, Ohio. “We need to come up with some way that ordinary citizens can make their voices heard and have some impact on who is running things in Washington.” The economy, jobs and terrorism topped the list of worries that are preying on the minds of the non-voting electorate. “I find it difficult to sleep at night worrying about the kind of country we are leaving to our children and our children’s children,” said Mark Gardziak, 47, who spent Election Day shopping for a phone. While pessimism about the future dominated the comments of the 63 percent of American voters who elected not to exercise their democratic rights last Tuesday, some expressed a glimmer of hope. “The one way things could get better is if we all get together and throw out the crooked politicians,” offered Tess Shardin, 38, who said she was unlikely to vote in 2016. Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author
restrictive new voter ID law actually helped Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, narrowly “steal” victory from his Republican challenger (by just 16,000 votes!) because lots of elder conservatives lacked adequate idenfication documents. If - when more data trickle in and statistical models get more finely calibrated - we learn that voter suppression efforts did indeed change election outcomes, no recourse
would be available to disenfranchised constituents, or to candidates wrongly denied office. The courts (and other bodies that have the power to overturn elections) very rarely call for a revote, even when elections are fraught with obvious electoral malfeasance or incompetence. As those of us who were in Florida in 2000 well remember. The best we can hope for is that the Supreme Court recognizes the
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Anyone who was subjected to the endless barrage of political ads and emails this cycle knows that political spending is out of control. That’s why we’re fighting alongside committed activists around the country to amend the Constitution to overturn decisions like McCutcheon and Citizens United and reclaim our democracy. The more Americans speak out and challenge their elected officials to take action to address our money in politics problem, the more campaign finance reform will become a pivotal issue that every candidate will have to address in future elections. So while the 2014 elections exemplified everything wrong with our campaign finance system, they also demonstrated how we’re going to make it right: through the power of ordinary Americans. Marge Baker is the Executive Vice President for Policy and Program at People For the American Way
damage these controversial laws have done - not just to individual voters’ rights, but to Americans’ confidence in the integrity of the democratic process more broadly - and strikes them down. Otherwise, should the current system stand, expect more protracted, Bush v. Gore-type battles in our immediate future. Catherine Rampell is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post
Workshop on water conservation, education in GC
The Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE), will host a water conservation workshop co-sponsored through a grant received by the Finnup Foundation. “The Water Conservation: Education to Action Workshop” will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22, at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City. Workshop participants will be treated to an “Educator’s Night Out” from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday. Saturday’s workshop is from 8:00-5:00. Pre-registration is required. The first 20 who apply receive half price registration at $48. One hour of graduate credit through Baker University will also be offered at half price for the first 20 who register at $35. This workshop is open to all K-12 educators, school staff, community partners and parents. After workshop completion, which includes an online component, schools will be eligible to
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Ebola
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On a day-to-day basis, it was far more lethal than the bubonic plague of the Middle Ages. And it is only a matter of time when (not if) it will mutate to regain 1918 lethality. Our hospitals and morgues will not be able to hold the dead bodies. This Ebola hysteria is just a small sample of what we will have to deal with when we are faced with a virulent airborne contagion. Standards also matter in teacher training. Currently neither KU or K-State require biology teachers to take human anatomy and physiology. Now under the NGSS, teacher training programs nationwide can also drop botany and zoology and microbiology and Mendelian genetics. Of course, under the NCLB teach-to-the-test system, teachers are forced to align their lessons with what is on the future science assessments. In Kansas, those will be written to match the empty NGSS standards. Good biology teachers will have to seize this moment to address this ignorance and go ahead and teach these vital concepts, not because of the standards, but in spite of them.
Scott County Library The Lost Key -by Catherine Coulter- Freshly
Paris Match - by Stuart Woods - Attorney/Ex-
minted FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his
NYPD cop Stone Barrington has returned to Paris
partner, Mike Caine, are called to investigate
to attend to some business concerns. He soon
a stabbing on Wall Street. Their investigation,
finds himself embroiled in high-stakes trouble on
however, yields more questions than answers.
both sides of the Atlantic. Fiction
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largest law firm, when two weeks later the firm
Returning to Cold Creek, Ohio, is an act of
collapsed. Loosing her job, her security and her
courage for Tess Lockwood. Abducted and
future, she started working as an unpaid intern
held captive as a young girl, she remembers
when she stumbled across secrets that should
nothing about a crime that destroyed her childhood. But when another child in the town
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The Life We Bury -by Allen Eskens-
Will Flemyng, a man well trained in the Cold War-
College student Joe Talbert has the modest
era espionage he left behind, is quickly rising to
goal of completing a writing assignment for an
the top of a high stakes political world. But when
English class. Joe heads to a nursing home
is name is linked to a suspicious death, Flemyng
to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl
is forced to work in the shadows once again.
Iverson, a dying Vietnam vet, and convicted
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Christmas at Rose Hill Farm -by Suzanne
Project WET, Project Learning Tree, Discover a Watershed and WILD Aquatic and participants will receive all four curriculum guides. There will be an online component after the workshop. Participants will also learn about the Kansas Green Schools Program.
have remained buried in the mountains forever.
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them from the disgrace of not having male heirs. This is a memoir, about gender and the courage it takes to live life to the fullest.
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loved one is not forgotten. Many people are not aware that their community hospice is a valuable resource that can help people who are struggling with grief and loss. Southwest Area Agency on Aging listed these resources as Hospice resources in Southwest Kansas. Grief Support Groups 620-227-7209 Meet 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., at Hospice of the Prairie Office, 2004 Circle, Dodge City Compassionate Friends 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m., 2004 Circle, Dodge City, 620227-7209 Garden City Grief Support Group St. Catherine Hospice and the Southwest Kansas Grief Support Team 3rd Tuesday evening of every month from 7:008:30 p.m. and the 1st Thursday afternoon of every month from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Call 1-620-272-2519 Finney County Senior Center, 907 N 10th. Great Bend Golden Belt Hospice Central Kansas Medical Center, 3623 Broadway Ave., Great Bend, 620-792-8171 Meets Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Call for special date and location. More information about grief or hospice support is available from NHPCO’s Caring Connections, www.caringinfo.org.
Recipe favorites . . . Sweet Potato Casserole Prep: 30 min. Ingredients 4 cups 1/2 cup 2 1/2 teaspoon 4 tablespoons 1/2 cup 1/2 teaspoon 1/2 cup 1/3 cup 3 tablespoons 1/2 cup
Cook: 30 min. sweet potato, cubed white sugar eggs, beaten salt butter, softened milk vanilla extract packed brown sugar all-purpose flour butter, softened chopped pecans
Directions Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Put sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan with water to cover. Cook over medium high heat until tender; drain and mash. In a large bowl, mix together the sweet potatoes, white sugar, eggs, salt, butter, milk and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish. In medium bowl, mix the brown sugar and flour. Cut in the butter until the mixture is coarse. Stir in the pecans. Sprinkle the mixture over the sweet potato mixture. Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until the topping is lightly brown. Yield: 6 servings
Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread Prep time: 15 min. Cook: 50 min. Ingredients: 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree 4 eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 2/3 cup water 3 cups white sugar 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1-1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Revenue Sullivan said a onetime drop in taxes paid on capital gains caused by a change in federal tax policy was more to blame for the drop in revenue than structural problems with the Brownback tax plan. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley (D-Topeka) disagreed. “This is the budget crisis that was self-imposed by Governor Brownback and the Kansas Legislature,”
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Hensley said. Hensley called the new projections “devastating” and said the budget crisis was “far more serious than I had even thought.” He said the governor and Legislature could not close the gap without affecting government services. “They’re going to have to cut school funding, raid the highway fund and very likely have to cut social
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services,” Hensley said. “There are some very difficult decisions ahead.” Sullivan said economic growth eventually would close the budget gap, even as more tax cuts are set to automatically kick in during the next five years. The state also ran sudden deficits during the national recession that began in 2008. Then-Gov. Mark Parkinson reduced spending and raised taxes
to deal with the drop-off in revenues. An infusion of federal dollars prevented deeper cuts then, said Raney Gilliland, director of the nonpartisan Kansas Legislative Research Department. “It’s not a national phenomenon, so I don’t expect the federal government to come to our rescue this time,” Gilliland said.
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the size and what it would provide has fluctuated considerably. A facility that Buxton described as the “Taj Mahal” was going to cost an estimated $18.2 million “but we knew that wouldn’t fly with the voters,” Buxton said. “What we settled on is something that’s very basic,” he said. “Our primary goal was to address the shortage of gymnasium space. But we also have something that will address the needs of adults with the walking track and the weight room.” The building will be located at the Sports Complex. The council indicated it would be willing to sell land to the site for $1. “If you’re going to own the building then you should own the ground,” Goodman told commissioners.
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individuals who have leased land from the city. “The city could sell you land, but that’s now how it’s been done in the past,” he said. Hangar in the Works The council informed Coberly that it is in the process of building additional hangars to go along with many other improvements at the airport over the last couple of years. “We got proposals for building a hangar but it was over budget,” noted Councilman Gary Eitel who is also on the Airport Commission. He said the city has $300,000 in funds through the Federal Aviation Administration which it has “banked” in order to help pay for new T-hangars that will have between five and
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seven bays. The city had budgeted $360,000 for the project, but bids came in at about $429,000. That’s when the council decided to wait another year when it would receive an additional $150,000, boosting its “banked” funds from $300,000 to $450,000. “We were disappointed that the bids came in as high as they did,” said Eitel. “But we didn’t have it in our budget to make up the difference. It made a lot more sense for us to wait and get the extra (FAA) money.” As for the crowded conditions in the main hangar, Eitel added, “We know the problem out there. We’re addressing it.” Councilman Fred Kuntzsch also pointed out the city has invested in a
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by Nashville recording Saturday Event artist Rivers Rutherford There will be an awards dinner and feed at and Friends. In a text message to the Carpenter Building on Burnett, Dr. Lightner said: Saturday evening that’s “The rumor mill has pro- Hunting Tourney The actual hunt will limited only to the team duced a rumor that I plan members, sponsors, landon joining the faculty at begin on Saturday and be owners and guides. About via Christi. Just so you held from 9:00 a.m. to 250 people are expected know that is not at all true 4:00 p.m. Teams of 4-5 to attend. and I have told them that hunters that will include The event will wrap up directly.” at least one celebrity. on Sunday with a bonus Like Dr. Lightner, BurThe teams will be comhunt. So far, about 30-35 nett said he had no idea peting to see who can get hunters have indicated where the rumors were the first bird, who can they will participate. That originating and why. reach their limit in the will be the only day that “We value our doc- shortest time and who guides and handlers can tors and are doing every- uses the fewest shells. also hunt. thing we can to ease their Each team will be workload and make this a accompanied by guides Local Groups Benefit place where they want to and handlers. The budget for the stay,” he said. “That’s one Also assisting with four-day event is about reason why we’ve added the event is the local $60,000. However, orgathe extra mid-levels and Pheasants Forever chap- nizers are hopeful they changed our emergency ter. can raise up to $30,000 room procedure. “If there are any problems or things that we can do better, the medical staff knows that myself and the board are always willing to sit down and talk with them.” (continued from page one)
number of other improvements at the airport which include resurfacing the main runway, additional taxiways and an updated lighting system. “We’ve put a lot of taxpayer dollars into the airport. We’re doing things that go beyond the hangar,” Kuntzsch said. Eitel said the FAA required the city to make some of those improvements before it would qualify for money to build a hangar. The council’s tentative plans are to bank an additional $150,000 in FFA funds that it will receive in 2015. That will provide the city with $450,000 toward hangar construction in 2016. The council plans to submit the project for bids again in 2015.
through the auction, etc., that will be earmarked for projects in Scott and Lane counties. The projects include: •Veterans Park in Scott City. •Northwest Kansas Conservation Foundation. •Scott County Historical Society. •Pheasants Forever. •Healy Community Weight Room. •Friends of Lake Scott. Jerry Thomas, a statewide renowned wildlife artist originally from Scott City, has raised about $40,000 for the hunt through the sale of his limited edition artwork at the Ringneck Classic over the years.
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leave the design up to the Foundation and others, she did insist that there be recognition for Gold Star Mothers. That part of the project is still to be completed with the help of donations from Carpenter. At the north end of the park there will be a granite plaque with the names of those veterans who were killed in military service. A bronze statue featuring a Gold Star Mother will be erected at that site. “It will be the cherry on the cake when it gets done,” says SCF Director Ryan Roberts. “It should catch a lot of attention from people passing through town.” A kiosk and monitor that will allow people to access the names and other information about Scott County veterans is also in the process of being completed. All that remains is for the software to be installed. “Then we can begin doing the data entry for all the veterans,” Roberts says. If there is enough money when the project is completed, a fence will be erected along the south boundary of the park. Individuals can still order memorial bricks to recognize veterans by contacting the SCF office in the courthouse.
(Above) Scott Community Foundation Director Ryan Roberts addresses a large crowd that braved freezing weather to be on hand for the Veterans Memorial Park dedication ceremony on Tuesday. (Right) Members of the color guard pay tribute to veterans during the morning program. (Record Photos)
about citizenship during an election campaign ranging from individual rights to entitlements which people feel they have earned. “Seldom are our duties as citizens discussed - duties that include lawful conduct, taxes and the willingness to provide for the common defense,” Numrich said. He said that, at its best, citizenship is the demonstration of selfless devotion. “We meet today to honor those who have served selflessly in our Defining Citizenship defense, especially those During the program, 27 who gave their lives in Numrich noted there the line of duty in armed is a lot of discussion conflict against our foes,”
said Numrich, referring to the 27 Scott County veterans who have died in past wars. Quoting author Robert Heinlein, he said “citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.” “If Veterans Day means anything, it is a shining example of selfless service and devotion - to one’s country, comrades and citizens,” added Numrich. “Doing the right thing is always the right thing to do.”
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Brenda Bly teen detective
Scenes from the Scott Community High School musical production are (clockwise, from top): Brenda Bly (Macy Berning) explains how she always gets her man. After his breakup with Brenda, Buddy (Carson Haupt) goes to McFrostie’s to drown his sorrows in ice cream sodas. He tells how Brenda will come back to him since he is the “All American Boy!” Darcy (Emma Price) laments that she finally lands a leading role, but has amnesia and cannot perform. Who would want to hurt “A Girl Like Me?” she wonders. The original production of “Rocket Girl: To the Moon” features singing and dancing aliens, though Darcy finds she has not recovered from amnesia. Jojo (Macy Davis) “finds her man” (Kevin Herndon) hiding in the costume shop and then encourages him to give her a chance. Ms. Van Strander (Jaylee York), blinded by stage paint, mistakes Buddy for her beau, Cecil. Buddy has snuck into the all girl’s school to see his girl, Brenda Bly. (Record Photos)
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6 must-know facts about open enrollment Jason Alderman
If you buy your own health insurance, add this important date to your year-end to-do list: November 15. That’s the date open enrollment is available for individual healthcare plans offered through the Healthcare.gov site, your respective health insurance marketplace (https:// w w w. h e a l t h c a r e . g o v / medicaid-chip/eligibility/) or independent agents in your community.
If you’re working for a company that provides your health insurance, chances are your open enrollment period has already begun. The SHOP insurance marketplace, open to small businesses and nonprofits with 50 or fewer full-time employees, also begins taking online applications November 15. If you buy your own personal or family coverage, you need to start planning your 2015 coverage decisions.
USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., November 17 • 7:00 p.m. Administration Building • 704 College Presentations 1) SCMS at-risk program •Comments from public •Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) High Plains Co-op - Eric Erven 2) NW Ks. Tech. College - Mark Davis 3) Administrative reports 4) Additional
Scott City Council Agenda Mon., November 17 • 7:30 p.m. City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to Order •Approve minutes of Nov. 3 regular meeting and Nov. 10 special meeting •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Police Department 1) Misc. business
Public Works Department 1) Misc. business
•Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes •Consider items pulled from consent agenda New business 1) Scott Recreation Commission 2) Senate Bill 155 - NWKTC 3) Scott Community Foundation agreement 4) School cancellation procedures 5) Shrine Club - bus use for circus trip 6) Facility discussion - old medical clinic bldg. 7) Negotiations •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel •Resignations/hires •Executive session 1) Superintendent’s evaluation •Additions, if any •Adjournment
Public Notice I will offer for sale at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the front door of the courthouse in the City of Scott City, in said county, on the 9th day of December, 2014, at 9:00 o’clock a.m. of said day, the following described real estate, situated in the County of Scott and State of Kansas, to wit: Lot Three (3), Block Seven (7), Fairlawn Addition to the City of Scott City, Kansas. s/sGlenn Anderson Sheriff of Scott County, Ks. 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 Thurs., Nov. 6, 2014; last published Thurs., Nov. 20, 2014)3t In the District Court of Scott County, Kansas In the Matter of the Estate of Marjorie R. Gill, deceased NO: 14-PR-27 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on November 1, 2014, a Petition was filed in this Court by Barbara J. Hockman, an heir of Marjorie R. Gill, deceased, requesting Informal Administration and to Admit the Will to Probate. You are required to file
Obamacare didn’t guarantee cheap healthcare coverage; it guaranteed available healthcare coverage. Keep in mind that if you bought health coverage last year, your insurer will automatically reenroll you on December 15 for new coverage effective January 1. However, that’s no guarantee that your monthly premium will stay the same. Some experts are predicting only modest increases (http://
Parks Department 1) Misc. business
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(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., Nov. 6, 2014; last published Thurs., Nov. 20, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS PARK LANE NURSING HOME, PLAINTIFF, vs. NELLA FUNK, DEFENDANT. No. 2014-CV-16 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE ON EXECUTION Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of an execution issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, in a certain action in said court Case No. 2014-CV-16, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said county, directed.
Here are six things you should know to get started: 1. Timing is tight. Last year’s health insurance enrollment process lasted six months. This year, it’s only three – November 15 to February 15. You may be able to enroll outside of those dates if you’re facing a major life change like a divorce, birth of a child or marriage; otherwise, that’s your window. 2. Sticker shock is a possibility.
your written defenses to the Petition on or before December 1, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. in this Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and devree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. BARBARA J. HOCKMAN Petitioner JAKE W. BROOKS ATTORNEY AT LAW 101 E. 6TH P.O. Box 664 Scott City, Kansas 67871 620-872-7167 Attorney for Petitioner
Clerk’s Department 1) Municipal software recommendation 2) Employee evaluations to department heads •Financial and investments report •Mayor’s comments
Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department Nov. 1: A vehicle theft was reported. Nov. 5: Criminal threat was reported. Nov. 6: A hit-and-run accident was reported in the 800 block of South Main. Nov. 7: David Metzger was backing out of a driveway in the 1100 block of South College when he struck a parked car. Nov. 8: Kevin Hall was arrested on a Scott County warrant for aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He was transported to the LEC. Nov. 9: Bradley Hernandez was arrested for domestic battery and transported to the LEC. Scott County Sheriff’s Department Nov. 7: Alex Kough reported a burglary and theft at Grigston. Nov. 10: A 2006 Ford pickup was reported stolen from 12421 N. Grant Road. The vehicle was later recovered. Nov. 11: Janelle Ryan struck a deer while southbound on US83 Highway.
www.cnbc.com/ id/102055144#.), but depending on where you live, your premiums might go up or down. And if your 2013 carrier grandfathered your 2014 coverage, those changes may go well beyond price. 3. Your doctors and hospitals might change. Hospitals and physician practices scrutinize the state of the health insurance market very closely. Their income depends on it.
In 2013, some medical practices made news by dropping insurance plans altogether and accepting only cash or credit; others changed the insurance plans they would honor. Something to keep in mind: the best way to confirm that you’ll still have access to your favorite doctor and hospital choice is to pick up the phone. Your doctor’s website may list the particular insurance plans his or her practice may accept, but (See FACTS on page 13)
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What do you think? The Scott City council is weighing options for using the site of the former Scott County Hospital. It would like to use some of the land for a park/playground and possibly use some of the land for a community garden. Do you support converting the site to a playground/ community garden? Yes
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Submit this form and your comments to The Record office, or log onto the website: scottcountyrecord.com Keep comments brief so they can be published in the newspaper. The numbers represent totals as of noon Thursday. For updated totals visit The Record website.
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KDOT accepts bids for US83 work in Logan Co.
The Kansas Department of Transportation approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in Logan County that include the following: •U.S. 83, from the Logan/Scott county line north 29.1 miles to the east junction of U.S. 83/U.S. 40. This will include milling and overlay for the entire 29.1 miles. The bid was awarded to APAC Kansas, Hutchinson, for $5,056,814. •U.S. 83 from the Scott/Logan county line north 29.1 miles to the east U.S. 40/U.S. 83 junction. Stockpile bituminous material: $15,237.50. •K‑25, from the north city limits of Russell Springs north to the west junction of U.S. 40/K‑25; U.S. 40, from the Logan/Wallace county line east to concrete pavement (0.25 mile west of west U.S. 40/U.S. 83 junction). This will be a conventional seal of 46.8 miles. The bid was awarded to Heft and Sons, Greensburg, for $1,270,287.
DL handbooks are free The Kansas Department of Revenue has elimi‑ nated the fee to purchase driver’s license hand‑ books at driver licensing stations throughout the state. The handbook outlines the Kansas’ rules of the road and includes information about applying for a driver’s license. It is also available online in PDF format at http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/dlhb.pdf.
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don’t expect the list to be current. Call your practitioner or their business office to confirm they’re stick‑ ing with your plan or any you’ve chosen to use instead. You don’t want to be surprised with enor‑ mous out‑of‑network costs later. 4) Planning future health needs is important. If in the next year you’re planning to expand your family, undergo elective surgery or other factors that could affect how you’ll use the healthcare system, query the plans about specialists, pre‑ scriptions and other spe‑ cific services before you sign up. It could save you thou‑ sands in potential out‑of‑ pocket costs. 5) Coverage isn’t immediate. Depending on when you enroll during the open enrollment period, your actual coverage may not start until 2‑6 weeks later. Check effective dates of coverage for every plan you’re evaluating to make sure the timing addresses your particular needs. 6) You can get help. Personal referrals from friends and fellow profes‑ sionals to particular plans and agents are always a good way to start your enrollment search. There may also be non‑ profit assistance within your community or state to help you evaluate indi‑ vidual plans. On the national level, nonprofit Enroll America runs a nationwide site (http://www.enrollamer‑ ica.org/resources/in‑per‑ son‑assistance/) with spe‑ cific tools and resources for help in your search. Start now to build a good toolbox full of online and personal resources to help you with your 2015 health insurance search.
Tool, Household and Collectibles
Saturday, November 22 • 10:00 a.m. Sunday, February Location: William Carpenter 4-H building, fairgrounds, north edge of Scott City 2 • 11:00 a.m.
Cletus and Glenda Rupp - Owner
Furniture and Appliances Chromecraft dining table with 6-chairs Queen size bed with matching dresser and mirror, night stands Queen size bed with matching armoire, 6-drawer dresser and night stand Konler & Campbell console piano Mauve rocker Tan La-Z-Boy recliner Brown sofa Entertainment center Crosley upright freezer Blonde regular size bed with matching dresser and night stand GE washer and dryer Antique and Collectible Pyrex bowls Fire King bowls Fenton baskets Carnival glass baskets Carnival glass bowls Texas ware bowl Oak rocking chair Cap guns Dolls and doll buggy Bronze horse Spurs Bits
“Gone With The Wind” style lamp, electric Lady mannequin Cherry pitter Lots of decanter bottles-car collection Michelob Dry neon sign Coors neon sign Coors and Bud mirrors and signs Coors glasses Coors and Bud steins A&W glasses Old toys and games Cups and saucers Lots of glassware Household Items Pots and pans Tupperware Baking dishes Kitchen utensils Sharp microwave Set of stoneware Towels and bedding File cabinets Silver saxophone Guitar Organ Metal desk Records Cookbooks Magnavox VCR-DVD player Techniques stereo system Singer sewing machine Holiday decorations
Sharp cash register Telescope Scooter Store electric mobility scooter Many boxes to sort through as they are piled up in a large stack, some new items Tools and Shop Equipment King floor model drill press, 12-spd. Victor cutting torch with cart Jack stands Milwaukee heavy duty drill Air impact gun 3-Mechanics roll around tool chests Huge amount of hand tools Socket sets Lots of chisels, punches, etc. Clamps Extension cords Craftsman router and table Scroll saw Craftsman shaper Craftsman 4 1/8” joiner Craftsman table saw Craftsman radial arm saw
Packard bench model sander Shopmate bench Hilti fastening systems Rockwell mitre saw, electric Buffalo cut off saw Dual bench grinders on stand “Total Shop” wood working machine, band saw, lathe, table saw all in one Shop table Lots of vises Roller stand 220 volt extension cords Lots of small power hand tools Pipe threaders, benders and vise Air conditioning tools Electrical and wood working supplies Many other tools Lawn and Garden Shovels, rakes, hoes Fishing poles and tackle Propane BBQ grill Propane turkey fryer Bronc riding saddle Croquet set Weed eaters Camping items
Terms: Must show ID to register. Cash or approved check day of sale. Everything sold as is. No warranties expressed or implied. Not responsible for theft or accident. Announcements day of sale take precedence over printed material. No pets allowed in the building. Lunch served. Check us out: www.berningauction.com and facebook
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During the next two weeks Scott City merchants will be sponsoring a FREE turkey drawing for the upcoming holidays. It’s easy to register. Simply clip out one of these entry forms. You must use an original form. (No copies, please) Take the form to the appropriate sponsoring business before the drawing deadline on Monday, Nov. 17, Noon. Drawing winners will be announced in the Nov. 20 issue of The Record. One winner per family. Participants must be at least 16 years old.
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Moser is stepping down from KDHE
Dr. Robert Moser has resigned as secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment effective Nov. 30. Moser took the reins of KDHE in January of 2011. Prior to that, he practiced medicine for 22 years in his hometown of Tribune. As secretary, Moser helped to oversee the dismantling of the Kansas Health Policy Authority and the relocation of the Medicaid program to KDHE. He was also instrumental in the creation of KanCare, the Brownback administration’s privatization of Medicaid. Since January of 2013, the $3.2 billion program has been administered by three for-profit managed care companies. Moser and other Brownback administration officials have said that despite some persistent administrative problems, KanCare is on track to achieve its twin goals of reducing costs and improving care. But nearly two years after its launch, providers from across the state continue to complain about late payments and difficulties getting the MCOs to authorize needed services.
RCDC sponsors fantasy tree festival Nov. 22
Russell Child Development Center will host the 28th annual Fantasy Tree Festival on Sat., November 22, at the Clarion Inn and Convention Center in Garden City. The event will benefit RCDC’s early intervention programs and services for children in 13 Southwest Kansas counties. On Saturday from 1:00-5:00 p.m the public can take in the Holiday Home Tours, Sunnyland Tablescapes and Fantasy Tree Festival Auction Preview. The Fantasy Tree Festival will begin at 6:00 p.m. with dinner hors d’oeuvres and live entertainment, followed by a live auction. Multiple silent auction tables that will run throughout the evening. The Holiday Home Tours will be hosted by the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha. The sorority group has organized home tours at three Garden City addresses for ticket holders to view seasonal home styling and holiday décor. The tour also includes Sunnyland Tablescapes, hosted by Fred and Kathryn Askren at Sunnyland Bed and Breakfast, 501 N. 5th Street. Tickets for the Holiday Home Tours and Sunnyland Tablescapes are $15 each and include six tablescape chance drawing entries. Fantasy Tree Festival tickets are $40 per person or two for $75. All tickets are available at the Clarion Inn, Regan Jewelers, Wheatfields on Main, The Corner on Main, Ward’s Garden Center and at Russell Child Development Center.
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Kansas hospitals pressing ahead with Medicaid expansion Jim McLean KHI News Service
TOPEKA - Kansas hospitals are moving ahead with plans to put a Medicaid expansion plan before lawmakers despite election results that returned Gov. Sam Brownback to office and solidified conservatives’ control of the Legislature. Democrat Paul Davis favored expansion but came up short in his bid to upset Brownback who has opposed expansion. Several Democratic House members who likely would have
favored expansion lost narrowly to GOP challengers. Similar results across the country prompted national observers to declare expansion unlikely in Kansas and four other states where candidates who opposed expansion won close governor’s races. “No one would say it was a good night for the prospects of Medicaid expansion,” said Joan Alker, director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have
expanded Medicaid eligibility, while Kansas and 20 other states have not. Policymakers in two states are considering the issue. Signals Sent When talking to reporters on election night, Brownback gave no indication that he had changed his mind on Medicaid expansion. Tom Bell, CEO of the 136-member Kansas Hospital Association, didn’t expect an immediate change of heart. But now that the election is over, Bell said, he has rea-
son to believe the Brownback administration and some legislative leaders will be more open to discussing expansion. “Yes, we’ve had folks in the administration that have indicated that after the election this would be a different kind of discussion,” Bell said. “And we’re counting on that. We certainly plan to move forward.” A study by the nonpartisan Urban Institute said that not expanding Medicaid would cost Kansas hospitals more than $2.6 billion in federal (See HOSPITALS on page 17)
A partnership in raising grandchildren Grandparents should work with adult children by Amy McGrath Russell Child/Development
At Russell Child Development Center we believe that grandparent involvement supports healthy child development. Grandparents enjoy a special relationship with their grand-
children and play as much a vital role in building a strong foundations for healthy growth and development. The Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families offers help for grandparents in supporting healthy child development. Developing a positive, respectful relationship with your adult children is one of the first - and best - ways to build a strong relationship with your grandchildren.
How to do this? Here are some questions you might ask to let your child and his/her partner know that you respect and are interested in their approach to parenting. Becoming a mom or dad is a new experience - and a lifechanging one. First-time parents have a need to feel close to their babies and confident about caring for them. Over time, parents come to know their child’s unique cues, likes, and dislikes. With
Kansas birth rate tumbles to 60-year low The Kansas Department of Health and Environment released its annual summary of vital statistics for 2013. The 206-page report features county-by-county data on pregnancies, births, deaths, abortions, marriages and divorces. A sampling of the findings: •Kansas’ infant mortality rate increased from 6.3 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2012 to 6.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2013. The state recorded 248 infant deaths in 2013. •Kansas recorded 505 resident suicides in 2012 and 426 in 2013. •The 10 leading causes of death remained the same as 2012: cancer, heart disease, lung disease, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease, pneumonia/influenza, diabetes and suicide.
•Tobacco use contributed to almost one in five deaths. •Kansas’ birth rate in 2013 13.4 births per 1,000 populations - was the lowest since the state began compiling vital statistics in 1912. The state’s birth rate peaked at 26.8 births per 1,000 population in 1954. •Out-of-wedlock births accounted for 36.2 percent of all Kansas births in 2013. Since 1994, the state’s out-of-wedlock birth rate has increased 45.6 percent. •One in eight mothers reported “cigarette use” at some time during their pregnancies last year. •In 2013, Kansas recorded 17,328 marriages, 8,869 divorces and 216 annulments. •The state recorded 7,485 abortions last year; 3,722 involved out-of-state residents and 3,763 involved in-state residents.
experience, they grow more confident in their ability to understand and care for their baby’s needs. •If your grandchild has a particular schedule for eating and sleeping yet. •What and when to feed your grandchild. •How to put your grandchild down to sleep (for example, with a pacifier or without? With a blanket or sleep sack? (See RAISING on page 17)
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Foundation launches plan to improve school wellness Jay Hancock Kaiser Health News
WICHITA The Kansas Health Foundation is teaming with education leaders to raise awareness of student health programs and help parents get involved with wellness committees that already dot districts across the state. Federal law requires all public schools participat-
ing in the National School Lunch Program to create local school wellness policies. But a foundation survey found that parents are largely unaware of the committees that form those policies. The survey found most parents want more information about school wellness programs, and 40 percent of them want to participate in forming policies but don’t know how.
In response, the health foundation is starting an initiative called Team Up for Kansas Kids to get information about student health practices in the hands of parents and local educators. “The Kansas Health Foundation is dedicated to providing all Kansans with the opportunity to live a healthy life - and that means promoting wellness at a young age,”
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said Steve Coen, president and CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation. “Team Up for Kansas Kids aims to bridge the gap between those with the most influence on a child’s lifelong health and wellness - family members and school leaders.” The foundation has unveiled a website with research studies, data and other resources for parents and educators.
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•How your grandchild shows that he is tired or hungry (if he is not yet talking). •What activities, games or toys your grandchild prefers. •How the parents set limits - what they see as unacceptable behavior and how they want you to respond. Do you know how to soothe a crying baby? How to feed a baby, burp her, and play with her? Yes. But when you recognize your child’s important role as a parent, it often leads to more time and a better relationship with your grandchild. Sharing the Care Caring for a grandchild, whether it’s every day or once a month, builds a strong and important bond between the two of you. But at times, sharing the care of your grandchild can raise some challenges among the adults. Even when your relationship with your child is warm and positive, caring for your grandchild may sometimes stir up strong feelings. It isn’t uncommon for parents, at one point or another, to worry that their child might prefer to be with the grandparent, rather than with them. Parents may also worry, at times, that grandparents might be better at parenting than they are. And, of course, conflicts may arise over childrearing approaches. When a challenging situation arises, it benefits all of you to work it out in a positive way. Open, respectful communication between the adults helps your grandchild thrive. Amy McGrath is the communications and multimedia specialist with Russell Child and Development Center in Garden City. She can be reached at 620-275-0291 or 888-877-3717; or by e-mail at amcgrath@rcdc4kids.org
funding over a 10-year period, from 2013 to 2022. The health reform law requires the federal government to shoulder all Medicaid expansion costs for three years. After that, the federal share will gradually decline until it reaches 90 percent, where it will remain. In Kansas, expansion would extend coverage to an estimated 151,000 people with annual incomes up to 138 percent of poverty - $16,104 for individuals and $32,913 for a family of four. A Kansas Plan The Kansas Hospital Association has been working for months on an expansion plan that will be unique to the state, Bell said. Like plans crafted in states headed by Republican governors opposed to the ACA, the
Kansas proposal likely will call for subsidizing the purchase of private insurance for those made eligible by expansion. And it will be tailored to work with KanCare, the state’s already privatized Medicaid system. “We have a private program right now,” he said. “It is being administered by private insurance companies. It just seems to us that we ought to build on that.” Recognizing that the state’s growing budget problems loom as an obstacle to expansion, Bell said the KHA proposal will include a funding mechanism to lessen its cost to taxpayers. Funding options under consideration include raising a state assessment on hospitals. The state uses the assessment to bolster Medicaid rates paid to hospitals. That, in turn, triggers an increase in federal matching funds.
Expanding Medicaid eligibility would increase the amount generated by the assessment because of the higher federal match rate. But raising the assessment rate also is a possibility. Currently, hospitals pay assessments equal to 1.83 percent of their revenue. Federal law allows for assessments of up to 6 percent. Good Timing A possible upside to the election results is that the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate could motivate Obama administration officials to be more flexible when negotiating with states, Bell said. It could make them more open to Medicaid expansion proposals designed to appeal to conservatives that include elements such as work requirements and higher copays and deductibles.
The site includes statements about the positive effect that exercise and eating breakfast have on student brain activity and achievement. Tammy Bartels, president of the Kansas Parent Teacher Association, said schools have an important role to play in forming children’s nutrition and exercise habits, which affect their academic performance.
“Parents want to know their kids are learning healthy habits during school hours, and they want to help implement wellness programs that will ensure their kids succeed,” Bartels said. “Healthy students are better learners, and an integrated approach to support wellness before, during and after the school day will help kids reach their full potential.”
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Education cuts feared following revenue forecast Fear that lawmakers will cut education funding took hold Tuesday, a day after a new revenue forecast painted a bleak picture of the state’s finances that will require $278 million in cuts for the current fiscal year. State Board of Education member Janet Waugh expressed concern about the possibility of cuts in education ahead of a board meeting this week where she expects some discussion of the state’s fiscal situation. “We just don’t have (anything) frivolous anymore. We’re down to the bare bones,” Waugh said of Kansas schools. Board member Carolyn Wims-Campbell also feared cuts. “I’m afraid they’ll look at us again for another cut since the predictions are so sad for the state of
Kansas,” Wims-Campbell said. Following the release of the forecast, Shawn Sullivan, budget director for Gov. Sam Brownback, wouldn’t say whether financing for K-12 public education would be on the table. “We’re going to focus in the next four to six weeks on where we can find efficiencies, where we can incur growth those kinds of things,” Sullivan said. Sullivan unveiled slightly more than $100 million in proposed savings during the fall gubernatorial campaign. Those ideas haven’t been vetted by the Legislature nor have the cost-cutting ideas been fully explained publicly. He said an additional list of $50 million in cuts would be revealed in the near future, but none
of the dramatic savings would undermine state aid to education or Medicaid. Some lawmakers involved in setting education policy and the education budget weren’t so sure school spending would survive without cuts. Rep. Melissa Rooker (R-Fairway), sits on the House Education Committee. She said she wasn’t surprised by the forecast but is worried about its impact. “We have been cutting the budget for a number of years, and I think the scope of the shortfall is such that the remedy if we only consider budget cuts is going to be very detrimental to our schools and state services,” Rooker said. Rep. Valdenia Winn (D-Kansas City), the ranking Democrat on the House Education Budget
95,000 low-income families need range of support in Ks. TOPEKA - A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation says lifting kids out of poverty requires helping their parents, too. The new KIDS COUNT policy report is called “Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach.” The report says 42 percent of children born to parents at the bottom of the income ladder stay there. It’s at least partly because parents working multiple dead-end jobs don’t have enough income or free time to invest in their kids. Shannon Cotsoradis, president and CEO of the advocacy group Kansas Action for Children, said breaking the cycle of poverty requires not only programs for kids, but support for their parents, too. “The reality is, those children grow up in the context of families, and if we’re committed to reducing childhood poverty, we have to be committed to helping children and also helping their parents,” Cotsoradis said. According to the report, there are 95,000 low-income families with children living in Kansas. Cotsoradis said the social safety net plays an important role in helping these
parents and kids meet As an example, she cited their basic needs. the Economic Services Program. TANF Numbers Down “We work with the “However, a fundamen- Kansas Department of tal anti-poverty program, Commerce to help indiTemporary Assistance to viduals who walk in seekNeedy Families, is expe- ing welfare benefits, and riencing decreasing casel- helping them identify the oads that do not reflect the skills they have, the skills increase in poverty across they need to have, and Kansas,” she said. how to obtain those, so “It’s time to revise that they can get those TANF policies to ensure jobs that pay the bills,” this program is work- Freed said. ing for Kansas families But Cotsoradis worries instead of against them.” about the sustainability of But Department for all kinds of social safety Children and Families net programs with the spokeswoman Theresa deep budget shortfall that Freed said the income Kansas faces. eligibility criteria for the Latest projections are TANF program have not that lost revenue from changed. the state’s tax cuts will “Those who qualify for produce a $279 million TANF receive it,” Freed deficit in the current fiscal said. “If they choose not year, and even larger defito work or at least enroll cits in subsequent years. in job training, that is their Cotsoradis worries decision. The reduced that cuts of that magnicase load is a reflection of tude could undermine the more people working and supports that low-income no longer needing cash Kansas families rely on. assistance, and a lack of “I haven’t heard anywillingness to participate one talk about reversing in employment activities.” course on the tax cuts,” Freed said DCF agrees said Cotsoradis. “That’s that breaking the cycle not a message we’re hearof poverty is essential ing, clearly, from policyto strengthening fami- makers or the governor, lies. She said the agency but clearly we should be works closely with com- considering additional munity organizations revenue sources as we through a long list of ini- look at how we’re going tiatives that do just that. to sort this problem out.”
Committee, acknowledged that supporters of the governor likely have enough votes to cut education funding if that is the course of action chosen. But she warned that education quality would suffer. “I would hope there are not further cuts to education,” Winn said. The projected shortfall in revenue came a week after Brownback’s re-election in what the governor sees as a referendum on his tax cut policy and education record. Throughout the campaign, Davis hammered Brownback for signing a $282-per-pupil aid reduction during his first year as governor. The Kansas Department of Education believes neither Brownback nor the Legislature will cut K-12 spending, according to Dale Dennis, the depart-
ment’s deputy commissioner. In response to the revenue forecast, Senate President Susan Wagle (R-Wichita) promised an examination of both taxation and spending, opening the possibility that changes to the state’s tax policy could be made. Wagle’s position appears at odds with House Speaker Ray Merrick (R-Stilwell) who declared that Kansas has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Rooker said she found hope in Wagle’s statement and is hopeful the House also will be able to examine revenue. Adding an additional twist to the drama over education funding: Even if lawmakers don’t cut education funding at all, the courts could still order the Legislature to appropriate more money for
schools. Earlier this year the Kansas Supreme Court ruled school funding wasn’t equitable across the state, leading to a surge in funding in some districts. That ruling came as part of a lawsuit known as the Gannon case. However, courts have yet to rule on a separate element of the lawsuit - whether overall school funding is inadequate. “That has not come down, and we can’t speculate on what the court may or may not do,” Dennis said. If the Supreme Court decides the Legislature must appropriate more money for schools, the legislature could be placed in a tough spot if education cuts are made during the 2015 session that would have to then be rolled back.
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Social Security benefits children throughout the year With holidays and vacations, December is often considered a time to focus on the children in our lives. Did you know that we issue Social Security numbers for children, typically during the first weeks or months of their life? A child needs a Social Security number if he or she is going to have a bank account, if a relative is buying savings bonds for the child, if the child will have medical coverage, or if the child will receive government services. You’ll also need a Social Security number for a child to claim him or her on your tax returns. Typically, the hospital will ask if you want to apply for a Social Security number for your newborn as part of the birth registration process. This is the easiest and fastest way to apply. If you wait to apply, you will have to visit a Social Security office and you must: •Complete an Application For a Social Security Card (Form SS-5). •Show us original documents proving your child’s U.S. citizenship, age, and identity. •Show us documents proving your identity. Remember, a child age 12 or older requesting an original Social Security number must appear in person for the interview, even though a parent or guardian will sign the application on the child’s behalf. We work hard at Social Security to protect the
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needs of children, particularly if one or both of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased. These benefits for children provide necessities, and help many young people complete their education. Children with Disabilities
Social Security is dedicated to helping those with qualifying disabilities and their families through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. To qualify for SSI: •The child must have a physical or mental condition, or a combination of conditions, resulting in “marked and severe functional limitations.” This means that the condition(s) must severely limit your child’s activities. •The child’s condition(s) must be severe, last for at least 12 months, or be expected to result in death. •If your child’s condition(s) does not result in “marked and severe limitations”, or does not result in those limitations for at least 12 months, your child will not qualify for SSI. •The child must not be working and earning more than $1,090 a month in 2015. (This amount usually changes every year.) If he or she is working and earning that much money, your child will not be eligible for disability benefits.
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Trick Questions I heard a little girl in the grocery store pleading with her mother, “Please, please, please buy me the pink cookies!” she wailed. And then she decided to set the trap. “Will you buy me the pink cookies, or do you hate me?” she asked. Kids are good at setting their parents up with trick questions. “Can I go to the party, or do you want me to be the most unpopular person in the history of high school?” “Can I get my belly button pierced, or do I have to be a dork my whole life?” In Matthew 22:15-21 the Pharisees, showing their own spiritual immaturity, tried to do the same thing to Jesus. “Should you honor God or honor the emperor?” In childish fashion, they made sure to ask this when the emperor’s toadies were part of the crowd. Smart parents will follow Jesus’ lead and simply avoid getting trapped into choosing between false alternatives. The most loving thing to do is simply not play the game. Or better yet, turn the game around to show the unfairness of the questions. “I love you so much,” a dad might say, “that I wouldn’t dream of buying cookies that are bad for you.” What Jesus invited his listeners to consider were the deeper questions involved: What belongs to Caesar? What belongs to God? Now there are some worthwhile questions to wrestle with. Scott City Assembly of God
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer
4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.
1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m. Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Pence Community Church
Community Christian Church
8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.) Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Immanuel Southern Baptist Church
803 College - Scott City - 872-2339
1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264
Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor
Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday morning worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
Gospel Fellowship Church 120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Larry Taylor, pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
1st United Methodist Church 5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 Dennis Carter, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services at 9:00 a.m. • Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday casual 6:30 p.m.: “The Way” contemporary gathering Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.
First Christian Church
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
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
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.
Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.
Moving? Contact The Scott County Record to update your address, so you don’t miss your paper. P.O. Box 377, Scott City, Ks. 67871 • 620-872-2090 • www.scottcountyrecord.com
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4-H Club News Parents preside over Jayhawkers meeting Manning Jayhawkers met in October for the annual 4-H Sunday. Carry-in snacks were provided. Parents of new officers presided over the meeting. They were Russell Tilton, president; Howard Fisher, vice president; and Stacy Davis, secretary. There was a ceremony for the new officers which included: Melanie and Christina Tilton, presidents; Rachel Fisher, vice president; Trella Davis, secretary; Asher Huck, treasurer; and Aden Frederick, reporter. There was a ceremony for new members who included Bennett Frederick, Tressa Goodman, Kalo Hineman and Austin Thon. Roll call was answered with the question, “What is your parents combined age?” Minutes were read and approved. Irene Huck gave the treasurer’s report. Linda Tilton gave the council report and community leader report. A discussion was held on how we would be able to help with the Governer’s Ringneck Classic and we decided to help with set-up on the Wednesday before the event. All the new officers attended officer training at the 4-H building on October 27. Aden Frederick, reporter
USD 466 Lunch Menu
Scott City Elementary School fourth graders had fun at their annual volcano day. Students constructed volcanos during the week and on Friday they were able to use their creative skills to either create lava flows - or see how much of an explosion they could generate. (Above) Wyatt Ricker (left) and Jacob Irwin entertain other students as their volcano erupts. (Below) Luis Medellin watches as a huge stream of soda pop shoots several feet into the air. (Record Photos)
Week of November 17-21 Breakfast Monday: Mini waffles, pineapple, fruit juice. Tuesday: Pancakes, sausage patty, tropical fruit, fruit juice. Wednesday: Whole grain bagel and jelly, peaches, fruit juice. Thursday: Breakfast pita and salsa, diced pears, fruit juice. Friday: Whole grain cinnamon roll, mandarin oranges, fruit juice. Lunch Monday: Pizza quesadilas, *Chef Boyardee ravioli, sweet potato tots, Cauliflower florets, diced pears. Tuesday: Grilled chicken on a bun, *burrito, tater tots, choice of hot vegetable, tropical fruit. Wednesday: Super nachos, *cheesy baked fish, chips and salsa, garlic bread sticks, green beans, peaches. Thursday: Hamburger, *chicken patties, oven fries, mixed veggies, mandarin oranges. Friday: Chicken fajitas, *taco wrap, fried rice, Capri blend, pineapple tidbits. *second choice at SCMS and SCHS
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SCHS senior linebacker Marshal Hutchins leads a convoy of defenders that include (from left) Wyatt Kropp, Wyatt Eitel and Chantz Yager as he returns a stripped fumble 60 yards for a touchdown. The big defensive play came late in the first half of Saturday’s regional playoff game. (Record Photo)
Scott City’s passing attack is too much for Bluejays in 3A regional Scott City’s football reputation has been built on a power running game. It can also be said that head coach Glenn O’Neil’s success has been Scott City 55 Norton 20 built on having his teams prepared to adapt to any situation. So when Norton’s defense took away Scott City’s running attack in the early stages of the Class 3A regional on Saturday afternoon, the Beavers had no trouble unleashing their aerial assault. SCHS (11-0) threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns in handing the Bluejays (10-1) their first loss of the season, 5520. “We thought there was a chance we might have to throw the ball a little more than usual,” says junior runningback Wyatt Kropp who had a monster day with 230 all-purpose yards, including a season high five catches for 142 yards.
It was also the stiffest test the Scott City defense has faced this year, giving up a season high 352 yards - 258 on the ground. That success was offset by five Norton turnovers - three interceptions and two fumbles. Scott City returned a fumble and an interception for scores. “We made some big plays on offense when we had to,” says defensive coordinator Jim Turner. “At times the defense looked pretty good, but not so much when it came to tackling their quarterback (Jordan Dole).” Big Pass Plays The Beavers didn’t waste any time opening up their passing attack. Part of that was in response to Norton’s ability to take away the run early, but it was also designed to slow down the Bluejays’ pass rush which entered the game with 22 sacks on the season. They didn’t add to that total on Saturday. (See BLUEJAYS on page 23)
Senior tight end Sloan Baker is tackled as he pulls down a pass good for a 30 yard gain during first quarter action at Norton. (Record Photo)
High-powered offenses to clash Saturday
Two of the most prolific offensive teams in Class 3A will clash when Scott City hosts Wichita Collegiate in a sectional showdown on Saturday. The Beavers (11-0) are one of just two unbeaten teams still remaining in Class 3A while Collegiate (10-1) is riding an eight game winning streak. This has been one of the most productive - and balanced - offensive units in SCHS history.
Class 3A Sectional Wichita Collegiate (10-1) at Scott City (11-0) Sat., Nov. 15 • 4:00 p.m.
Scott City has just under 5,000 yards of total offense through 11 games - 3,210 rushing and 1,767 running. The Spartans have leaned heavily on their running game which has put up 2,589 yards
while the passing game has contributed another 768 yards. Even though there’s a huge difference in total offensive yards between the two teams, the end result is almost identical. Collegiate is averaging 43.5 points per game and the Beavers are averaging 43.3 points. At the heart of the Collegiate offense is senior runningback Jaques Williams (5-8, 165). The defending Class 3A champion
in the 100m, he leads the team with 1,484 yards rushing. He also had a season high 93 yards receiving against Andale and added an 83 yard kickoff return against Rose Hill. But SCHS head coach Glenn O’Neil warns against thinking that Williams is the only offensive weapon in the Spartans’ arsenal. “He gets a lot of the attention, but he’s not all of their of-
fense,” notes O’Neil. The Scott City coach feels that junior runningback Levi Aldag (6-0, 195), who has 310 yards rushing (8.2 ypc) and junior quarterback Austin Waddell (6-4, 190) are often overlooked. Waddell has thrown for 743 yards, completing 58 percent of his passes. He has just five touchdown passes and one in(See CLASH on page 28)
No one was catching Hutchins this time
In a game filled with a number of big defensive plays - including five forced turnovers by Rod the SCHS defense - there was Haxton, one play in particular that was sports huge in Scott City’s regional editor win over Norton. The Bluejays were trailing by 19 points, but had crossed mid- possibly score just before halffield and had plenty of time to time. In addition, Norton was
going to get the opening kickoff of the second half. A defensive stop would be huge, but the Beavers did one better. After the Norton ball carrier had been stopped and stood up by the defense, linebacker Marshal Hutchins was able to grab the ball and go the other direc-
tion for a touchdown that, for all intents, put the game out of reach. So what was Hutchins thinking as the play was unfolding? He had one of those flashback moments to the district championship game against Cimarron. This time on offense, the senior fullback was racing down the
home sideline for what looked to be a touchdown, only to be caught after a 59 yard run at the four yard line. “Actually, I was thinking about that as I was running,” said Hutchins with a huge grin following the game. (See HUTCHINS on page 28)
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 bait 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 hair and beard nets, so I thought it only right that I take the same precautions with my raccoon bait. I needed some early success, so for my first creation I used a jar of product I bought at the convention. It 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 good I’m not a sleep walker; I probably would have awakened late that night and found myself eating a bowl of it with milk. For my second creation I wanted to try a recipe I found on the (See BAIT on page 27)
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8th graders drop rematch with Holcomb Scoring just two second half free throws, the Scott City Middle School eighth graders fell to Holcomb, 17-13, on the home floor Tuesday. Trailing 4-2 after one quarter, the Lady Bluejays finally found some offense with nine points in the second period. Consecutive baskets by Aspyn Nix, Jera Drohman and Kodi Rogers opened up an 8-4 lead with 3:57 left in the half. They led 11-8 at the intermission. Even though they scored just two free throws in the second half it was nearly enough. A lone free throw by Rogers gave SCMS a 12-9 lead going into the fourth quarter. Holcomb finally tied the game at 13-13 with 4:46 to play and led 15-13 at the 3:10 mark. Scott City had the ball for a chance to send the game into overtime, but a steal in the final seconds and a layup by Holcomb provided the final four point margin. Drohman finished with a team high six points and Nix added four. Scott City Wins Opener Shutting Holcomb out in two of the four quarters, the SCMS eighth grader “A” team picked up an 11-6 win in their season opener on Oct. 30. SCMS led 5-2 at the half and added another field goal by Alyssa Storm in the third period for a 7-2 lead. Aspen Nix led all scorers with six points.
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Scott City Middle School eighth grader Vicky Ruiz pulls down a rebound during Tuesday’s action against Holcomb. (Record Photo)
In “B” team action, SCMS defeated Colby, 13-8. Stacy Dominguez led all scorers with seven points. Adding two points each were Aly Tarango, Vicky Ruiz and Allison Smith.
that was enough for the Lady Eagles to defeat the SCMS seventh grade “A” girls, 30-20, in the season opener on Nov. 6. Scott City struggled from the field in the first half, hitting just one field goal. Madison Shapland led SCMS Splits With Colby Colby jumped out to the Lady Bluejays with six a 14-5 first half lead and points - all in the second
half - while Shelby Patton and Emily Weathers each added four points. The seventh grade “B” girls held a 16-9 lead going into the fourth quarter and pulled away for the easy 23-11 win. Makenna Ashmore scored a game high 12 points, followed by Abbie LeBeau with five and Lanae Haupt with four.
Five Bluejay grapplers are champions at Hugoton Invite
Scott City Middle School grapplers claimed five gold medals at the Hugoton Invitational on Saturday. The Bluejays took just eight matmen, winning four first place medals in the varsity division and adding another in the JV division. Justus McDaniel (100) won by a fall over Madison Smith (Horace Good MS) to open the day and added a pair of major decisions in the next two
rounds for a varsity gold. He whipped Garrett Edwards (Dodge City), 12-0, and in the championship match was a 10-0 winner over Amani Collins (Dodge City). Jack Thomas (134) pinned his way to a tournament title against Jameel Robinson (Horace Good, 1:42), Lee Hatcher (Liberal West, 1:11) and Alonso Martinez (Hugoton, 2:46). Wyatt Hayes (148) was just as dominating with a
fall over Matt Smith (Horace Good, :30), a 16-0 technical fall over Michael Mendoza (Hugoton) and in the championship match he pinned Estefan Belemontes (Liberal South, 1:19). Kyle Sherwood (180) was a tournament champion with a first round fall over Isai Fernandez (Kenneth Henderson, :12), a 6-1 decision over Cody Terrill (Dodge City) and a championship match fall
over Junior Gomez (Liberal South, :26). Claiming a first place finish in the JV division was Shea Morris (180) with three falls and a decision. Cale Goodman (141) was a runner-up in the varsity division and Jordan Wagner (100) finished fourth in the JV division. Next action for the SCMS wrestlers will be Monday at the Goodland quad. Matches begin at 4:00 p.m.
Game wardens with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) reported a number of violations during the opening weekend of the pheasant and quail regular season which began November 8. No injury or fatal hunting incidents were reported. Across the state, wardens checked 704 hunters who had harvested 343 pheasants and 50 quail. Game wardens and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers conducted a driver’s license and wildlife check lane on southbound US81 in Ottawa County on Sunday night. Wardens checked 53 vehicles with 109 hunters who were transporting six deer, 111 pheasants (most were harvested in South Dakota), and 25 quail. One ticket was issued for failure to tag a deer. A tip to Operation Game Thief (toll-free 1-877-426-3843) Saturday night led wardens to three people in Greenwood County who are being investigated for multiple deer hunting violations. Charges are pending. The regular firearm deer season is December 3-14. warden in A Pottawattamie County worked with sheriff’s officers to apprehend a group illegally hunting with artificial light Saturday night. In addition to three people charged for illegally hunting with artificial light, they were charged with no hunting licenses and transporting open containers of alcohol.
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Scott Community High School Beavers • 2014 Regional Champions
Bluejays Scott City made Norton’s aggressive defense pay the price when quarterback Trey O’Neil (12-of-18, 239 yards) and senior runningback Chantz Yager connected on a middle screen for a 42 yard touchdown on the game’s opening drive. That was to become a theme as the Beavers had six pass plays of 30 yards or longer. After a three-and-out by the Bluejays, SCHS had great starting field position at their own 45 and this time it was tight end Sloan Baker who had a pair of huge plays. Even though he was blanketed with tight coverage, Baker pulled down a 30 yard pass over the middle and two plays later a pass interference call by Norton against Baker put the ball at the 13 yard line. A 12 yard slant pass to senior wideout Brett Meyer was good for an apparent touchdown, which was quickly erased by a penalty. Scott City had to settle for a 30 yard field goal attempt that missed badly to the left. Turnovers Costly Norton’s next possession ended with a fumble at their own 44 and both teams exchanged punts before the Beavers were again able to take advantage of great starting field position at the Bluejays’ 46 yard line. On the second play of the drive O’Neil tossed a quick pass to Meyer in the flats and he ran untouched 39 yards for the score. After a failed two-point PAT, Scott City held a 12-0 lead. It was also the first of three touchdowns in the span of 1:53 that set the tone of the game. Dole, who finished the day with 140 yards on 16 carries, took advantage of a short field following a poor kickoff and a good return to the Scott City 42. On the first play, the junior quarterback slipped three tackles off the right side and didn’t stop until he reached the end zone, cutting the deficit to 12-7. That score brought the Norton crowd and the defense to life. Scott City quickly found itself in trouble on its next possession, staring at third-and-16 from their own 29 with the prospect of the momentum shifting to Norton’s side of the ball. Head coach Glenn O’Neil reached into the playbook and called a double pass from O’Neil to Meyer who was in the flats as he had been on his earlier score. As the defense closed in on Meyer, the backup quarterback tossed a long ball to Kropp who was all alone at the Norton 32 and easily scored on the 71 yard play with 7:03 left in the half. That could arguably have been the turning point in the game. “We were looking at third and really long and wondering how we were going to get a first down,” said Meyer. “We knew if we didn’t keep the drive alive
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they were going to have the momentum, so we had to find some way to at least get a first down.” Meyer wasn’t surprised at the play call. “We hadn’t practiced it until this week, but we’d practiced it a lot last year. We got two teams last year on the double pass so we put it in again in case we were looking third-and-20. It worked out pretty well,” says Meyer. SC Offense on a Roll That set the stage for Scott City touchdowns on their next two offensive possessions. Once again, the SCHS defense forced a punt by the Bluejays and started a drive from their own 35. And once again, it was Kropp who was on the receiving end of another long pass covering 40 yards to the Norton 20. After a Bluejay penalty, fullback Cooper Griffith finished off the drive with a 15 yard run up the middle. That rushing TD was a big confidence builder for the Beavers who had struggled to establish their ground game, collecting just 64 yards in the first half. “That was the biggest and most physical (defensive) front we’ve seen all year,” noted the junior. “That made it pretty hard to get our running game going. “It was pretty frustrating at first. I had three or four carries to start the game for hardly any yards,” Griffith said. “Even though you know your coaches and the team will find a way to get it done you still want to feel that you’re contributing what you should.” While Griffith was held to a season low of 21 yards on 10 carries it was still enough to boost his season total to 1,001 yards. Despite the slow start to their ground game, SCHS finished with 170 yards, led by Kropp (13 carries, 75 yards, 2 TDs). The Back-Breaker With the Beavers owning a 26-7 lead and just 3:35 left in the first half, the Bluejays were desperate to get another touchdown so they could climb back into the game. Knowing they would also get the kickoff to start the second half, a score before halftime would be huge. However, it was the SCHS defense which produced the play that could well have been the back-breaker. Aided by runs of 20 and 23 yards by Dole, Norton quickly moved the ball to the SCHS 40 yard line. Dole tried to test the left side of the Scott City defense where he was stood up by four defenders. Moments later, senior linebacker Marshal Hutchins was racing toward the end zone for a 60 yard defensive score that put Scott City on top, 33-7, with only 1:03 left in the half.
(Above) Senior cornerback Brett Meyer gets an interception that he returned 69 yards for a touchdown during fourth quarter action. (Below) Senior quarterback Trey O’Neil turns up the field for a 12 yard gain during the first quarter at Norton on Saturday. (Record Photo)
“Their kid was holding the ball out there and it wasn’t tucked away at all. I was just thinking that if you’re going to hold it out there I’m going to take it,” says Hutchins. “Being as small as I am, I practice stripping the ball all the time. It just popped out and I fumbled it a little bit, but once I got it under control I was gone.” Forcing a turnover in a situation like that is something the defense has worked on from the start of two-a-days. “If we get somebody stood up then one or two guys are going for the ball. We work on that all the time,” Hutchins said. Norton Chips Away The Bluejays took advantage of another short kickoff and a good return to start their first possession of the second half at the Beavers’ 48. It only took five plays to score against a SCHS defense that seemed to
be looking ahead to this week’s sectional playoff game. Scott City answered with a 70 yard drive that was the final nail in Norton’s season. Once again, it was a huge conversion on third-and-23 that kept the Scott City drive alive. O’Neil’s toss to Kropp was good for 35 yards and on the following play Kropp took the handoff and cut off right tackle to the outside, racing down the right sideline and stepping just inside the pylon to finish off the 25 yard run. Kropp gave credit to the offensive line for their ability to provide pass protection all day against a big and physical front line. “If they would have let their big boys come through there’s no way we’d have been able to complete those big pass plays,” says Kropp. “We thought there was a chance we might have to throw the ball a little more than
usual. (The Norton defense is) usually coming so hard that you need to burn them with some passes to slow them down.” Norton added another touchdown early in the final period, but by then were in desperation mode. The Bluejays are not a passing team and that was evident in the final period as their last three drives ended with interceptions. Meyer picked off the first of those three on a long pass to the SCHS three yard line where he was downed. On the next possession, Dole targeted a receiver along the Scott City sideline, but it was Meyer who had the easy pick and returned it 69 yards to extend the lead to 55-20 with 2:38 remaining in the game. O’Neil added another interception at the 13 yard line with just over a minute remaining and SCHS was able to run out the clock.
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TCU was far superior to the Wildcats Kansas State’s football team had their dream of making it to the first college playoffs shattered by TCU (41-20). That leaves TCU and Baylor as the only Big 12 teams with a chance to make the playoffs. After the by loss, Coach Mac Bill Snyder Stevenson said, “They played extremely well . . . we had a great deal of difficulty in many aspects of the game. It was more my responsibility than others.” TCU had too much team speed. They are quick and explosive on offense and defense. K-State’s offense and defense looked slow and that’s a false impression; TCU has such exceptional overall team speed. Regardless of the playoffs, K-State (7-2, 5-1) is still tied for first in the Big 12. It’s quite possible the Wildcats could win or tie for the conference championship. Kansas State has three regular- eason games left: at West Virginia (Nov. 20), Kansas in Manhattan (Nov. 29), and at Baylor (Dec. 6). The Wildcats will be heavily favored against KU, but the two road games will be a daunting challenge. No matter how the regular season ends, K-State will be going to another prestigious bowl game, which is a great help in keeping their program rolling in the right direction. Who’s next at KU? When University of Kansas AD Sheahon Zenger announced that Chuck Neinas would play an important role in the hiring of a new football coach, it should have sent a shiver of apprehension through Kansas fans. Neinas has an excellent reputation in the college football world. He did a marvelous job as the interim Big 12 commissioner during the period of conference realignment that shook the foundation of NCAA football. Nevertheless, Neinas was significantly involved in the hiring of Lew Perkins as KU’s athletic director in 2003 after Al Bohl was fired. Perkins held the job from 2003-10 and he was the worst AD in KU’s history. (See WILDCATS on page 27)
Perfect call at the perfect time sometimes just feels right In every football playbook there are those plays that a coach only pulls out for certain moments in a game - the fumblerooskie, hook and lateral and the flea flicker, just to name a few. Some plays are found only on the final page of the book to be used only when it’s your last play of the game and you need to cover 70 yards for a touchdown - such as the repeated backward passeslaterals-tosses-until the band comes onto the field desperation play (remember Cal over Stanford, 1982?) However, gadget plays can be particularly effective when least anticipated by an opposing defense - such as the double pass by the Beavers against Norton. As senior receiver/backup QB Brett Meyer noted, the play had been effective on a couple of occasions last season, but it hadn’t been used this year. It couldn’t have come at a better time. First of all, quarterback Trey O’Neil had earlier completed a pass to Meyer in the flats which was good for a 39 yard TD. There was no reason to think this wasn’t the same play all over again. Secondly, the Beavers needed to regain the momentum following a Norton touchdown and now facing third-and-16. “It felt like the time to call it,” says head coach Glenn O’Neil. “As tight as they were playing us up front we figured we’d have to use it sometime in the first half,” said O’Neil. Open Up Passing Game O’Neil wasn’t surprised at Scott City’s difficulty in running the ball against a combination of Norton’s size up front, plus the number of players who were crowding the box. “When they stack the box it looks like Beloit all over again,” he said.
“It didn’t feel like we could go three running plays in a row and make 10 yards, which hasn’t happened to us very often,” says the head coach. “They were fast and big and they backed up the defensive stats they had coming into the game.” The running game didn’t come easily for Scott City. It didn’t feel like it at the time, but the Beavers finished with 170 yards after getting just 64 in the first half. But that also made Norton very susceptible to the pass - just like Beloit. Credit the offensive line - and O’Neil’s mobility in the backfield - with buying time to make the passing game work. Norton entered the game with 22 sacks and that’s how many they left the game with. “The line did a nice job of pass protection with all the screens. Even on the waggles and the throwback where we hit Wyatt (for the 71 yard touchdown) those plays took a little time,” says O’Neil. “The line did a really good job and Cooper (Griffith) filled in the gap for the guard that was pulling.” Pass Interference There was some confusion regarding the pass interference call against the Beavers in the second half that temporarily erased a first down play. There was discussion among the officials afterwards and the call even required some discussion with coaches O’Neil and Jim Turner. According to O’Neil, the Beavers had begun blocking downfield when se-
nior Chantz Yager caught the pass. If he catches the ball before crossing the line of scrimmage, there’s no problem. The officials ruled Yager had crossed the line of scrimmage at the time he caught the ball, which led to the flag. “He may have been half a step across the line, maybe,” says O’Neil. “That’s how close it was to being a good play for a first down.” First Down Success Norton had more success running the ball than any other team against the SCHS defense this season, led by fullback converted to quarterback Jordan Doll who had 144 yards rushing. “When they went to the shotgun, even though the blocking schemes were the same, our linebackers kind of lost the focus on their keys and started looking into the backfield,” explains O’Neil. “It wasn’t our linebackers’ best game in terms of reading their keys and going to the right spot. That was one reason why the Bluejays were able to average 7.2 yards on first down in the first half and they boosted that to 10.8 yards in the second half. In looking at those numbers, O’Neil noted “we had a little to do with that and they had a lot to do with that.” At the same time, Scott City averaged 4.3 yards on first down in the first half and improved to 8.2 yards in the second half.
Parker: from Independence to KC MVP We all know about the highprofile, absolutely-can’t-miss players coming out of college who are now playing in the NFL - Andrew Luck, Dez Bryant, LeSean McCoy and J.J. Watt, just to name a few. But there are also players who were longshots to even get a NFL team to look at them, let alone invite them to camp. They weren’t drafted, but were persistent enough and managed to catch the eye of the right coach at the right time to be given a chance. And once given that chance they made the most of it. That describes Kansas City strong safety Ron Parker, a fourth year player out of Newberry College - yes the same
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picked up by Seattle and cut. Afterwards he was picked up and cut by Oakland, Carolina and Seattle (again) before the Chiefs took a chance on him. That paid off last weekend against Buffalo when Parker was named the team’s MVP for the week. Parker literally won the game for KC and kept our playoff hopes intact. For most of the game he was matched up against one of the league’s top receivers in Sammy Watkins, limiting the rookie to just 27 yards. A key moment in the game was when Buffalo’s Bryce Brown was just about to cross the goal line, which would have given the Bills a 17-3 lead. Parker came out of no-
where and knocked the ball loose. It went out the back of the end zone for a touchback, keeping KC within a touchdown. You can’t strike gold with every pick in the draft. That’s why the good teams are able to find and develop little-known players like Parker who can become very reliable players in the NFL. Tough Day for Smith You also have to give credit to Alex Smith for surviving a tough day against an outstanding defensive line. Smith got bounced around like a pinball while taking 10 hits and six sacks while his (See PARKER on page 27)
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Parker
Pigskin Payoff Week 10 Winners Player Tie-B Total Keith Shapland (52) 13 Landon Tucker (76) 13 Gabie Tucker (58) 12 Sue Rogers (66) 12 Curtis Emberton (54) 12 Theron Tucker (68) 12 Week 10 Standings Adam Kadavy 114 Sue Rogers 113 Walter Johnson 111 Barry Switzer 111 Tim McGonagle 109 Trevor Cox 108 Steve Fenster 108 Ryan Roberts 108 Rick Wright 108 Mandy Kropp 107 Keith Shapland 107
SCHS Football SCHS 55 - Norton 20 Score by quarters: Scott City Norton
6 27 0 7
8 14 - 55 7 6 - 20 SC
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First Downs Yards Rushing
17 170
15 258
Yards Passing Total Offense
310 480
94 352
Rushing Attempts 33 Yards Per Carry 5.2 Passing Total Plays Penalties Fumbles/Lost
38 6.8 13-19-0 10-19-3 52 58 9-66 7-61 0/0
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Individual Rushing Car. Yds. Wyatt Kropp 13 75 Chantz Yager 4 45 Trey O’Neil 6 29 Cooper Griffith 10 21 Individual Receiving Rec. Yds. Wyatt Kropp 5 142 Brett Meyer 4 76 Chantz Yager 2 54 Sloan Baker 2 38 Individual Passing Comp Att Int TD Trey O’Neil 12 18 0 2 Brett Meyer 1 1 71 1 How they scored: 1st Quarter: 9:16: Trey O’Neil to Chantz Yager, 42 yards. (PAT kick wide) 2rd Quarter: 8:56: O’Neil to Meyer, 39 yds. (Tre Stewart kick) 8:41: Jordan Dole, 42 yds. (kick good) 7:03: Brett Meyer to Wyatt Kropp, 71 yds. (O’Neil run) 3:35: Cooper Griffith, 15 yds. (pass inc.) 1:03: Marshal Hutchins, 60 yd. fumble return. (Stewart kick) 3rd Quarter: 10:00: Dole, 2 yds. (kick good) 7:11: Kropp, 25 yds. (O’Neil run) 4th Quarter: 10:16: Dole, 2 yds. (pass inc.) 5:27: Griffith, 1 yd. (Stewart kick) 2:38: Meyer, 69 yd. interception return. (Stewart kick)
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backfield was caught behind the line eight times for losses. KC’s offensive line looked very ordinary, which isn’t going to be good enough with teams like Seattle and Denver still on the schedule. On the other hand, Kansas City was able to win back-to-back games in Buffalo for the first time in 43 years - going back to our old AFL days. This was also a huge win in that it gives us the tie-breaker over both Buffalo and Miami who are also in a dogfight for a playoff spot. We’re in a lot better situation than we were just five weeks ago, but we also have a long way to go. Mays Will Return Joe Mays is coming off the injured reserve list at a great time with KC hosting Seattle on Sunday. The inside linebacker will be important in stopping the run. Seattle had an unbelievable 350 yards rushing last week against the Giants. Seattle is very mortal on the road and Chiefs’ fans have been circling this date for a long time. There were a lot of people who wanted us to go after the Guinness noise record in this game. On the other hand, Seattle’s defense isn’t quite as stout as it was last season, particularly against the run. We need big games from Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis in order to keep quarterback Russell Wilson off the field. After Seattle, there won’t be much turnaround time before Kansas City travels to Oakland for a Thursday night game. We’ll be at the game with all of our best friends in the dreaded “black hole.” We’ve been out there before and it’s always been a great experience. Of course, the experience is always better when Raiders’ fans are growling because they’ve just lost another game to the Chiefs. They’ll be growling pretty loud on Thursday night. The X Factor (Ty Rowton) is a former Scott City resident who has been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame as a Chiefs Superfan
SCMS Wrestling Hugoton Invitational Nov. 8, 2014 Jr. Varsity 100: Jordan Wagner dec. by Jordan Korerperich (Horace Good) 6-4; pinned by Victor Ramirez (Comanche) 0:40; pinned by Zach Lynch (Dodge City). Fourth place 180: Shea Morris pinned Julian Facio (Kenneth Henderson); dec. Homero Villa (Hugoton) 4-3; pinned Alex Lopez (Comanche) 0:42; pinned Francisco Gomez (Liberal West) 0:47. First place Varsity 95: Theron Tucker dec. Cesar Barrera (Liberal South) 4-0; dec. by Joel Ostrom (Comanche) 5-0; pinned by Silas Pineda (Horace Good) 2:54. 100: Justus McDaniel pinned Madison Smith (Horace Good); maj. dec. Garrett Edwards (Comanche) 12-0; maj. dec. Amani Collins (Dodge City) 10-0. First place 134: Jack Thomas pinned Jameel Robinson (Horace Good) 1:42; pinned Lee Hatcher (Liberal West) 1:11; pinned Alonso Martinez (Hugoton) 2:46. First place 141: Cale Goodman dec. Alex Rodriguez (Horace Good) 2-0; pinned Jagger Hertel (Hugoton); pinned by Alexis Montriel (Comanche) 0:19. Second place 148: Wyatt Hayes pinned Matt Smith (Horace Good) 0:30; tech. fall Michael Mendoza (Hugoton), 16-0; pinned Estefan Belmontes (Liberal South) 1:19. First place 180: Kyle Sherwood pinned Isai Fernandez, (Kenneth Henderson) 0:12; dec. Cody Terrill (Comanche) 6-1; pinned Junior Gomez (Liberal South) 0:26. First place
Wildcats “He (Neinas) will help us vet every candidate through references and also will be another voice on the advisory committee as well,” said Zenger. Jayhawk followers can only hope that Neinas is better at advising on the hiring of football coaches than he was with athletic directors. No matter whom the advisers are, Zenger will make the final decision. His number-one priority should be to hire a superb recruiter. Kansas has to improve the number and quality of the players. A combination of Bear Bryant and Vince Lombardi couldn’t put a winner on the field with the
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talent that KU has right now. Current interim coach Clint Bowen is in an untenable situation. He can’t turn the program around with the talent available and a brutal schedule remaining. But one thing was clear following the Iowa State game: Kansas was a well-coached football team that gave a superb effort in their first Big 12 win of the season. The coach selection is as vital to Zenger as it is to KU fans. Another bad hire would put his job in jeopardy. Regardless, KU’s 34-14 win against Iowa State makes his job easier. If Zenger decides to hire Bowen quickly,
many advantages will be gained. The guess here is that Bowen would retain most of the current staff and that would give Kansas continuity and a chance to bring in an excellent 2015 recruiting class. If it’s Bowen, all depends on the recruiting. With his enthusiasm and youth, he could be the coach KU has needed for many, many years. After the Iowa State game, KU’s players gave Bowen the game ball and an emotional Bowen said, “Honestly, it’s the greatest feeling in my life as far as this coaching thing goes . . . the players went out and made play after play.”
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all-wise, all-knowing internet. The base for this recipe was commercial pond fish food. So with a ziplock bag of the fish food and various other ingredients, I entered the satellite test kitchen (aka, my wife’s real kitchen). This was still a test, so I used just a small amount of the fish pellets, then added minimarshmallows, molasses and vanilla according to the recipe. I mixed it all together and sealed the bag. It smelled like my grandmothers ginger cookies times 10, but looked like it had already been eaten once. 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 can-
dies, 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 almost 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 I guess for something that looks like cow brains. However it turns out, it all makes for a good story I’ll probably try it all again next year. Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors.
er, 9th, 41.80; Gus Hawkins, 11, 42.39; Brandon Smyth, 13th, 46.12; Joe McCleary, 14th, 46.77. 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 30.48; Landon Trout, 3rd, 34.78; Jesse Gardner, 4th, 37.73. 100 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Griffin Edwards, 3rd, 1:42.52; Wyatt Gardner, 4th, 2:04.99; Alex Rodriguez, 5th, 2:25.03. 9-10 years: Gus Hawkins, 6th, 1:40.43; Wyatt Ricker, 10th, 1:46.91; Brandon Smyth, 13th, 2:04.06; Joe McCleary, 14th, 2:05.81. 11-12 years: Landon Trout, 1st, 1:24.72; Jesse Gardner, 2nd, 1:35.63. 25 yd. Backstroke 8-years and under: Wyatt Gardner, 3rd, 27.15; Alex Rodriguez, 4th, 28.85; Breven Vulgamore, 5th, 29.41; Griffin Edwards, 6th, 30.34; Waylon Ricker, 7th, 30.36. 50 yd. Backstroke 9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 6th, 49.42; Wyatt Ricker, 12th, 59.65; Brandon Smyth, 15th, 1:11.23; Joe McCleary, 16th, 1:13.38. 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 33.74; Jesse Gardner, 3rd, 43.98; Landon Trout, 4th, 44.25. 25 yd. Breaststroke 8-years and under: Griffin Edwards, 2nd, 29.39. 50 yd. Breaststroke 9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 2nd, 46.85; Brandon Smyth, 8th, 1:07.20. 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 43.43; Landon Trout, 5th, 59.10.
50 yd. Butterfly 9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 3rd, 48.45; Wyatt Ricker, 8th, 1:14.49. 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 34.38; Landon Trout, 4th, 52.90; Jesse Gardner, 5th, 57.69. 100 yd. Individual Medley 9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 1st, 1:41.24. 200 yd. Individual Medley 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 2:59.91; Jesse Gardner, 2nd, 4:01.91. 100 yd. Mixed Freestyle Relay 12-years and under: Hope Wiechman, Landon Trout, Eric Shapland, Connor Cupp, 1st, 1:03.94; Lana Rodriguez, Brandon Smyth, Jesse Gardner, Clare Hawkins, 4th, 1:11.53; Griffin Edwards, Joe McCleary, Wyatt Gardner, Gus Hawkins, 10th, 1:21.88; Wyatt Ricker, Breven Vulgamore, Waylon Ricker, Alex Rodriguez, 13th, 1:29.01; Hailey Shapland,
Amelia Ramsey, Ella Frank, Megan Trout, 16th, 1:44.62. 200 yd. Mixed Freestyle Relay 13-years and over: Reagan Smyth, Makayla Amerine, Hallie Wiechman, Kylee Trout, 1st, 2:13.22. 100 yd. Mixed Medley Relay 12-years and under: Jesse Gardner, Eric Shapland, Hope Wiechman, Landon Trout, 2nd, 1:22.29; Lana Rodriguez, Clare Hawkins, Wyatt Ricker, Hailey Shapland, 6th, 1:39.05; Gus Hawkins, Megan Trout, Waylon Ricker, Breven Vulgamore, 9th, 1:50.76; Alex Rodriguez, Griffin Edwards, Brandon Smyth, Joe McCleary, 10th, 1:51.13. 200 yd. Mixed Medley Relay 13-years and over: Connor Cupp, Kylee Trout, Makayla Amerine, Hallie Wiechman, 1st, 2:36.52.
Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net
Scott City Stars Swim Team Pilgrim Plunge Nov. 8, 2014 Team Scores Scott City 682, Dumas/ Moore 667, Garden City 565, Holcomb 421, Southwest Aquatics 337, Guymon 304, Hays 135, Ulysses 99, Western Kansas 78, Lakin 21 Girl’s Division 25 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Megan Trout, 3rd, 22.16; Hailey Shapland, 7th, 24.13; Ella Frank, 15th, 30.45; Amelia Ramsey, 17th, 35.53. 50 yd. Freestyle 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 36.90; Clare Hawkins, 5th, 37.86; Lana Rodriguez, 7th, 42.71. 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 32.75. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 29.80; Reagan Smyth, 2nd, 30.21; Makayla Amerine, 5th, 38.16. 100 yd. Freestyle 9-10 years: Clare Hawkins, 2nd, 1:26.83; Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 1:26.95. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 1:08.17; Makayla Amerine, 3rd, 1:30.89. 200 yd. Freestyle 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 1st, 2:51.22. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 2nd, 2:41.89; Makayla Amerine, 3rd, 3:33.20. 25 yd. Backstroke 8-years and under: Megan Trout, 3rd, 26.88; Hailey Shapland, 13th, 33.41; Ella Frank, 15th, 34.09; Amelia Ramsey, 17th, 47.32. 50 yd. Backstroke 9-10 years: Lana Rodriguez, 6th, 49.00; Clare
Hawkins, 8th, 51.22. 100 yd. Backstroke 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 1:31.48 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 1:29.83; Makayla Amerine, 3rd, 1:50.20. 25 yd. Breaststroke 8-years and under: Megan Trout, 2nd, 34.95; Hailey Shapland, 5th, 38.95. 50 yd. Breaststroke 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 4th, 50.31; Clare Hawkins, 5th, 50.36; Lana Rodriguez, 8th, 55.37. 25 yd. Butterfly 8-years and under: Hailey Shapland, 3rd, 33.95; Megan Trout, 4th, 34.12. 50 yd. Butterfly 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 2nd, 47.25; Lana Rodriguez, 6th, 1:01.05. 100 yd. Butterfly 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 1:26.50. 100 yd. Individual Medley 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 2nd, 1:42.78; Lana Rodriguez, 4th, 1:55.27. 200 yd. Individual Medley 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 3:10.85. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 2:54.90. Boy’s Division 25 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Wyatt Gardner, 1st, 19.78; Breven Vulgamore, 4th, 21.84, Griffin Edwards, 5th, 21.87; Waylon Ricker, 6th, 22.95; Alex Rodriguez, 9th, 25.85. 50 yd. Freestyle 9-10 years: Eric Shapland, 5th, 38.82; Wyatt Rick-
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terception on the season. “Williams is the one who sets the table for them, of course. If they can ride him and his 4.4 speed, they’re going to give it to him play after play,” says O’Neil. Collegiate head coach Mike Gehrer makes no secret that the key is to give Williams room to run. “No one can stop Jaq,” he said following a 56-34 win over Conway Springs. “He’s one of the fastest guys in the state, so once we get him on the edge it’s going on from there.” Williams accounted for seven of his team’s touchdowns in that first round playoff game rushing for five, throwing a 25 yard scoring pass and catching another for an 11 yard score. “They use Williams on counters, dives, tosses and option pitches,” O’Neil says. He’s also used as a decoy. While the Spartans don’t rely on their passing game often, it has been effective. Against Conway Springs, Waddell was 4-of-5 for 94 yards and in the regional playoff game against Hesston he was 5-of-7 for 138 yards. Collegiate will line up with three and four receivers in order to spread the field and use their speed. “They’ve been saying all year that if they can get to the edge then people can’t catch them,” notes O’Neil. The Spartans have scored 55 or more points in each of their last five games. SC Offense on a Roll The Scott City offense has been equally as dynamic and unstoppable through 11 games. The only times the Beavers have been held to less than 40 points was in the season opener against Class 4A playoff qualifier Clearwater (37-0) and against Class 4A state qualifier Ulysses (14-7), the latter when quarterback Trey O’Neil was basically playing on one leg due to an injury. In keeping with the Beaver tradition, the offense continues to evolve around the running game that features a two-headed monster. Junior fullback Cooper Griffith has come on strong during the last half of the season to lead the team with 1,001 total yards (9.4 ypc) while junior runningback Wyatt Kropp is close behind with 943 yards (9.5 ypc). Contributing to the balanced ground attack are senior Chantz Yager (344 yards, 6.6 ypc) and senior fullback Marshal Hutchins (377 yards, 7.0 ypc). T. O’Neil has put up 1,534 passing yards even though the passing game has often been shelved by halftime because
Hutchins “This time I started to slant more to the sideline so I could get away from anyone who was chasing me rather than taking a straight shot at the end zone,” he said. “I didn’t know if anyone was close to me, but I didn’t want anybody to catch me. “I was telling myself I have to get this one.” Of course, with a convoy of Beavers shielding off anyone who would have been in pursuit, there was no chance that Hutchins was going to be denied a touchdown this time.
Scott City has built such a huge advantage. The senior has had an outstanding season, completing 69 percent of his passes while throwing for 19 touchdowns and just two interceptions. Scott City’s passing game has been made even more effective with a wide array of receivers, led by senior wideout Brett Meyer (494 yards, 16.5 ypc) and senior tight end Sloan Baker (422 yards, 16.2 ypc). Two other players who have quietly done an outstanding job in the receiving corps are senior slot back Chantz Yager (322 yards, 15.3 ypc) and Kropp (327 yards (18.2 ypc). The Beavers are coming off a regional playoff game in which they had a season high 310 yards rushing, but Coach O’Neil says that isn’t likely to happen against Collegiate. “They won’t crowd the box the way Norton did, which means a different style of play,” says O’Neil. “Their linebackers and secondary are very quick and they will try to run down the ball.” Because both teams have done such a good job of putting points on the board, O’Neil feels their defenses are underrated. Collegiate is giving up an average of 16.1 ppg, including four games in which they’ve allowed 34 or more points. Scott City is allowing an average of 7.6 points per game. That makes it impossible to predict whether this game will be an offensive shootout or a defensive standoff. “I don’t imagine anyone thought the final score of the Norton game was going to be 55-20, not with the way both defenses had been playing,” says O’Neil. “On any given day things can bust open for the offense or special teams and a score can get lopsided just because of things that are happening in that particular game on that particular day.” That also makes it difficult to compare scores, such as Collegiate’s narrow wins over Clearwater (26-7) and Wellington (38-34). “Teams match up differently in terms of personnel and their strengths. That’s why it’s hard to take a lot from those games and draw any comparisons,” says O’Neil. Perhaps the biggest unknown heading into Saturday’s game is the weather. Predictions of snow have been scaled back, though temperatures aren’t expected to climb beyond the mid 40s. “It’s difficult to know how the weather will play into Saturday’s game,” says Coach O’Neil. “If I’m the fastest kid in
SCHS juniors Cooper Griffith (33) and Wyatt Kropp (30) celebrate a 71 yard catch and run by Kropp that was good for a touchdown and a 20-7 lead during the second quarter of Saturday’s regional playoff win at Norton. (Record Photo)
the state then I want a dry field. A kid who relies on his quickness to gap step and bust it to the outside wants some sure footing. The condition of our field will depend on the moisture before Saturday’s game. “I’m more concerned with the possibility of the ball being wet because of snow or moisture,” he says. “Kids can adapt to the cold.” Without a doubt, this game features two of the best teams in the state with the winner favored the following week over either Halstead (9-2) or Minneapolis (8-3). SCHS and Collegiate met under similar circumstances in the same round of the playoffs in 2009. In what many consider one of the best high school games played in recent memory, Collegiate scored a touchdown with just over a minute remaining to escape with a 19-17 win on their home field. Collegiate went on to claim the Class 3A state title two weeks later. After coming up short that year, the Beavers finally claimed their fourth state football title in school history in 2012. “We have some history with each other but it really won’t mean anything on Saturday. Those were different teams and a different group of kids,” O’Neil says. “We’re two very good teams who have made it deep into the playoffs.”
Seasons in Review Wichita Collegiate: 10-1 Collegiate 28 - Rose Hill 6 Collegiate 35 - Circle 6 Collegiate 28 - Andale 34 Collegiate 34 - Mulvane 14 Collegiate 26 - Clearwater 7 Collegiate 38 - Wellington 34 Collegiate 55 - Bluestem 0 Collegiate 60 - Independent 7 Collegiate 58 - Douglass 0
Scott City: 11-0 Scott City 37 Scott City 57 Scott City 65 Scott City 49 Scott City 42 Scott City 14 Scott City 49 Scott City 59 Scott City 49 -
Playoffs Collegiate 56 - Conway Sp. 34 Collegiate 61 - Hesston 35
Scott City 56 Scott City 55
TD run - but scorched the Bluejays with six passing plays of 30 yards or more. Three of those pass plays were for touchdowns of 42, 71 and 39 yards. Third Down Success While looking at the game stats, here are a few other interesting numbers. •Even though Norton averaged 7.2 yards on first down in the first half and 10.8 yards in the second half, the Bluejays were just 2-of-9 on third down conversions (though they were 2-of-4 on fourth down).
Playoffs - Ellsworth - Norton
0 19 12 6 0 7 0 20 0
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Scott City Season Stats Player
Quarterback Att TD
Comp.
Trey O’Neil
Player
98
142
Rec.
Int.
Yds.
YPG
2
1,534
138.3
19
Receivers Yards
YPC
TD
Brett Meyer Sloan Baker Wyatt Kropp
30 26 18
494 422 327
16.5 16.2 18.2
7 6 2
Chantz Yager Drake McRae
21 7
322 102
15.3 14.6
4 2
Player Cooper Griffith
Car. 107
Runningbacks Yds. 1,001
YPC 9.4
YPG 91.0
TD 17
Wyatt Kropp Marshal Hutchins Chantz Yager
99 54 52
943 377 344
9.5 7.0 6.6
85.7 34.3 31.3
14 3 5
Trey O’Neil
34
174
5.1
17.4
4
Player Wyatt Kropp
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Big Offensive Plays For two teams who are so good defensively, it was a bit surprising that the two offensive units were able to make so many big plays. Led primarily by the running of quarterback Jordan Dole, Norton had six running plays of more than 20 yards - including a 42 yard TD run - along with a pair of pass plays that covered 23 and 37 yards. The Beavers, on the other hand, had just two running plays of more than 25 yards - one a 25 yard
Clearwater Colby Goodland Holcomb Hugoton Ulysses SW Heights Lakin Cimarron
•SCHS was 7-of-11 on third down attempts with four of those plays covering 71, 40, 17 and 35 yards. “On that particular day we were able to make big plays on third down, but that’s not something you want to have to rely on to carry you through big playoff games,” notes head coach Glenn O’Neil. “Give the boys credit for making the plays. At the same time, the defense we were up against allowed some of those things to happen.”
Car. 9
Punt Returns Yds. 221
Avg. 24.6
Long 74
TD 1
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Diverting plastic bags from the landfill and to homeless in KC area
Thousands of plastic bags that would normally find their way into the landfill are being put to a much better use thanks to the efforts of several volunteers at the Scott City United Methodist Church. For the past several weeks, volunteers have met on Saturday mornings to convert the throwaway bags from grocery and convenience stores into sleeping mats for the homeless. Gina Ramsey got the idea while attending a mission day at a church in Kansas City. “They had several projects and I thought this was something we could do,” says Ramsey. The United Methodist Youth have lent a helping hand to the project, as well as several ladies from the Scott County VIP Center. But most of the work has been taking place on Saturdays in the church where several volunteers have been meeting since October 1. They’ve created an assembly line production as the plastic bags are tied together, wrapped into balls and then crocheted into mats that are 2-1/2x6 feet. It takes 1,000 bags for each mat. It’s a time-consuming process and the volunteers will eventually send 10-12 plastic mats to Kansas City. Joyce Schmitt will be making the delivery to the church where she has a granddaughter who is a member. Schmitt noted that the finished mats are “pretty colorful” and fairly comfortable. “It’s better than sleeping on pavement and they will do a better job of keeping moisture away from you than a blanket,” said Schmitt. “Some people have said they’d rather give money,” says Judy McReynolds who was crocheting. But Ramsey feels the benefits go beyond the mats that are being made. “Hopefully, this is creating some awareness about the homeless and what we can do to help,” she said. “We’ve heard there are homeless people in Scott City. They aren’t living outside in the park or somewhere else, but they had to move in with family or friends because they didn’t have the means to live on their own. This is something that people need to think about.” And it’s also good for the environment. “I cleaned 10 years worth of plastic bags out of my house,” said Charlene Hughes. “I didn’t know what I was saving them for. I guess this was it.” The volunteers have also collected plastic bags from other individuals, Alco and the county recycling center. “At least this is several thousand bags that won’t end up in the landfill,” added Schmitt.
(Top) Gina Ramsey (foreground) and Kristin Jessup near completion of two sleeping mats made from plastic bags. (Right) Judy McReynolds’ hands are at work crocheting balls of plastic bags into colorful mats. (Above) After the bags have been tied together, Charlene Hughes wraps them into balls before they are crocheted. (Record Photos)
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Farmers, scientists divided on climate change Crop producers and scientists hold deeply different views on climate change and its possible causes, a study by Purdue and Iowa State universities shows. Associate professor of natural resource social science Linda Prokopy and fellow researchers surveyed 6,795 people in the agricultural sector in 2011-12 to determine their beliefs about climate
ag briefs
Limited staff at FSA offices Oct. 15-17 The Scott County FSA county committee election is underway with ballots mailed to eligible producers. Ballots must be returned to local FSA offices by Dec. 1. Members to the committee provide input and make important decisions on the local administration of FSA programs. To be an eligible voter, farmers and ranchers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program. Newly elected committee members and their alternates will take office Jan. 1. This election area is Local Administrative Area (LAA) No. 2 which is located in the northeastern part of the county. Members serve three-year terms of office.
Key dates for FSA farm bill programs USDA is announcing key dates for farm owners and producers to keep in mind regarding the new 2014 Farm Bill established programs, Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). Dates that Scott County farm owners and operators need to know are: •Nov. 17 to March 31: Producers make a one-time election of either ARC or PLC for the 2014-18 crop years. •Mid-April through summer 2015: Producers sign contracts for 2014 and 2015 crop years. •October 2015: Payments for 2014 crop year, if needed.
Politics causes many to view issue differently change and whether variation in the climate is triggered by human activities, natural causes or an equal combination of both. More than 90 percent of the scientists and climatologists surveyed said they believed climate change was occurring, with more than 50 percent attributing climate change
primarily to human activities. In contrast, 66 percent of corn producers surveyed said they believed climate change was occurring, with eight percent pinpointing human activities as the main cause. A quarter of producers said they believed climate change was caused
mostly by natural shifts in the environment, and 31 percent said there was not enough evidence to determine whether climate change was happening or not. The survey results highlight the division between scientists and farmers over climate change and the challenges in commu-
nicating climate data and trends in non-polarizing ways, Prokopy said. “Whenever climate change gets introduced, the conversation tends to turn political,” she said. “Scientists and climatologists are saying climate change is happening, and agricultural commodity groups and farmers are
saying they don’t believe that. Our research suggests that this disparity in beliefs may cause agricultural stakeholders to respond to climate information very differently.” Climate change presents both potential gains and threats to U.S. agriculture. Warmer temperatures could extend the growing season in northern latitudes, and an increase in (See CLIMATE on page 31)
Producers should watch bottom line Low crop prices may be around for several years Grain producers should consider cutting costs to prepare for what could be several years of lower crop prices, Purdue University agricultural economists say. “The message right now is maintain your liquidity and protect your working capital,” said Michael Boehlje, a specialist in agricultural finance. “That means holding onto your savings and keeping a very close eye on your bottom line.” A good first step, he said,
would be to restructure any outstanding debt. “If you have short-term loans, leases or purchase agreements, talk to your lender and see if you can extend the term to reduce your monthly payments,” he said. “Many lenders have become risk-averse in this environment and might not be willing to refinance, but it would be a good idea to look into the possibility as soon as possible.” Chris Hurt, a marketing specialist, said there were plenty of other ways for farmers to tighten their belts, including streamlining their operations to become more efficient and avoiding any unnecessary pur-
chases. “Many farmers bought new trucks, tractors or combines over the past few years, so the good news is that they don’t have to worry about replacements,” he said. He suggested that producers think about deferring any large investments in land or buildings until the market stabilizes. Nearly ideal weather conditions this summer should result in record corn and soybean yields. Expectations of large global grain supplies have driven prices down to their lowest levels since 2010, when corn was selling at about $3 per bushel.
“Current futures prices are suggesting that over the next few years, we may see corn prices average near $4 a bushel and soybeans around $10 per bushel,” Hurt said. “Total costs of production today are closer to $5 for corn and $12 for soybeans. So, significant downward adjustments will need to be made in costs, or market prices will have to recover.” The grain sector could continue to face downward pressure for the next few years but a collapse is unlikely, Hurt said. Several key economic factors - including slowly growing demand for grain and (See LINE on page 31)
Will campaign promises become reality Typically after an election, the winners and incumbents pledge to “work with the other side of the isle” to sign meaningful legislation into law. Will the pledges made by this year’s new House and Senate members become promises, or will they fall by the wayside as simply more rhetoric? John Kiernan, a senior
Farmers are catching up with corn harvest
Thanks to a break in the weather, farmers were able to make up ground and catch up on corn and soybean harvest. According to the USDA’s latest report, 65% of corn and 83% of soybeans have been harvested as of Nov. 1. For corn, this week’s progress is 19 percentage points above last week’s report, or as AgriMoney reports, is roughly equivalent to 16 million acres. Only in two weeks on records going back to 1995 have farmers harvested a bigger proportion of their corn crop. The fast pace has started to overwhelm grain elevators across the Corn Belt. “Although off-farm grain storage availability was rated 89% adequate to surplus, a few elevators were running short on storage space or limiting incoming grain,” USDA scouts said.
Ag Commentary JoAnn Alumbaugh editor, Pork Network
writer and editor at Evolution Finance wrote an article called “11 Ways the 2014 Election Will Impact Your Wallet,” on Wallethub.com. Here are some of his predictions. 1) No Government
Shutdown: Kiernan says because the last shutdown was so “politically damaging,” that it won’t likely happen again. While the ideological distance between Congress and the president is large, the incentives to work together on a few key issues is even larger. Neither will want to get blamed for
Market Report Closing prices on November 11, 2014 Scoular, of Pence Bartlett Grain Wheat..................
$ 5.36
Wheat..................
$ 5.37
White Wheat .......
$ 5.51
White Wheat .......
$ 5.52
Milo ....................
$ 3.51
Milo (bu.).............
$ 3.49
Corn ...................
$ 3.81
Corn....................
$ 3.81
Soybeans (new crop) $
NA
Scott City Cooperative Wheat..................
Weather
$ 5.37
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63
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White Wheat .......
$ 5.52
November 4
Milo (bu.).............
$ 3.49
November 5
68
28
Corn....................
$ 3.81
November 6
62
32
Soybeans ...........
$ 9.74
November 7
77
32
Sunflowers..........
$ 15.00
November 8
64
37
November 9
72
34
November 10 74
22
ADM Grain Wheat..................
$ 5.34
Milo (bu.).............
$ 3.49
Corn....................
$ 3.89
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Moisture Totals
Soybeans............
$ 9.74
November
Sunflowers..........
$ NA
2014 Total
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a government shutdown heading into a presidential election, and both would like to take credit for a growing economy. 2) No End to Political Gridlock: Even though the government may not shut down, that doesn’t mean Congress and the Executive branch will become a well-oiled machine.
Most of the experts we consulted expect to see much of the same from our nation’s political leaders - very little. Congress seems to be obsessed with making the other side look bad rather than focusing on meaningful change for the country. In the process, their approval ratings will (See REALITY on page 31)
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Winter a good time to conduct soil sampling Since we are sitting here fully into fall, although feeling much colder, many producers should have taken the time to reflect on their soil nutrient needs by now. If you haven’t there is one simple task to think about, and that is, are you sampling correctly. At first glance, soil sampling would seem to be a relatively easy task. However, when you consider the variability that
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likely exists within a field because of soil formation factors and past production practices, the collection of a representative soil sample becomes more of a challenge. Before heading to the field to take the sample, be sure
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low interest rates - indicate the sector could be headed for a soft landing rather than a crash. “Historically, the market has gone through boom and bust cycles,” he said. “This looks more like a boom-moderation cycle. Most farm families will be able to adjust, but they will have to make changes.” Hurt said downturns in the agriculture sector can last three to five years, or longer.
Climate atmospheric carbon dioxide could improve the water use efficiency of some crops. But increases in weather variability and extreme weather events could lower crop yields. Currently, agriculture accounts for 10-12 percent of the total humancaused greenhouse gas emissions globally. Focusing on the causes of climate change, however, is likely to polarize the agricultural community and lead to inaction, said study co-author Lois Wright Morton, professor of sociology at Iowa State University. To foster productive dialogue, she said, scientists and climatologists need to “start from the farmer’s perspective.” “Farmers are problem solvers,” she said. “A majority of farmers view excess water on their land and variable weather as problems and are willing to adapt their practices to protect their farm operation. Initiating conversations about adaptive management is more effective than talking about the causes of climate change.” The gap in views on
to have your objective clearly in mind. For example, if all you want to learn is the average fertility level of a field to make a uniform maintenance application of P or K, then the sampling approach would be different than sampling for pH when establishing a new alfalfa seeding or sampling to develop a variable rate P application map. In some cases, sampling procedures are predeter-
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Then again, he said, there are forces that could ease some downward pressure, including greater grain demand from China, higher biofuel mandates from the U.S. government and bad global weather in maize grain (corn)–producing regions. “World grain supplies are adequate, but they are not at surplus levels. This means prices can recover with smaller production, or over time as usage builds,” Hurt said.
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climate change is caused in part by how individuals combine scientific facts with their own personal values, Morton said. “Differences in beliefs are related to a variety of factors, such as personal experiences, cultural and social influences, and perceptions of risk and vulnerability,” she said. Prokopy advises scientists to “recognize that their worldviews may be different than those of farmers. Moderating communication of climate information based on that realization is key.” Climate science could also be better communicated by using intermediaries such as Extension educators and agricultural advisers to translate data in ways that are most relevant to growers, she said. “Farmers are by necessity very focused on shortterm weather, in-season decisions and managing immediate risks,” she said. “They’re thinking about when they can get in their field to do what they need to do, rather than looking 20 to 30 years down the road.”
likely move even further south than they already are. 3) The Stock Market will Continue to Rise. Kiernan writes, “History is firmly on the stock market’s side. We’ve historically seen 25 percent annualized returns in the period from a midterm election in November to the following April.” Furthermore, we saw an “adjustment” in the stock market just a month ago, so if history is accurate, we won’t see another one for another 20 months or so. 4) No New Tax Hikes: “With more Republicans in Washington, rising tax rates are one thing we will not see from this new-look Congress,” says Kiernan. “That’s undoubtedly good news for those of us who feel we are already forking over too much to Uncle Sam.” 5) Higher Federal Minimum Wage: Minimum wage was an issue during the elections and four states voted to raise their minimum wage in the midterm elections. Kiernan says with President Obama already raising the pay of federal workers, “the writing seems to be on the wall for a change.” 6) Look for Corporate Tax Reform: While it may not be major, “it seems reasonable to expect some nature of bipartisan support for this issue,” writes Kiernan. 7) No Significant Changes to Health Care: Health care/Obamacare was a political football during the mid-term elections but it’s unlikely that we’ll see significant changes to the program, believes Kiernan.
mined and simply must be followed. The procedures for regulatory compliance are set by the regulatory agency and their sampling instructions must be followed exactly. Regardless of the sampling objectives or requirements, here are some sampling practices that should be followed: •A soil sample should be a composite of many cores to minimize the effects of soil variability. A minimum of 10 to
15 cores should be taken from a relatively small area. Taking 20-30 cores will provide more accurate results. •A consistent sampling depth for all cores should be used because pH, organic matter, and nutrient levels often change with depth. •When sampling a specific area, a zigzag pattern across the field is better than following planting/ tillage pattern to minimize any past non-uniform fer-
tilizer application/tillage effects. •Unusual spots obvious by plant growth or visual soil color/texture differences should be avoided. •If banded fertilizer has been used on the previous crop, then it’s suggested that the number of cores taken should be increased to minimize the effect of an individual core on the composite sample results, and obtain a better estimate of the average fertility for the field.
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Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control
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Construction/Home Repair
Sager’s Pump Service CHAMBLESS • Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles
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All Types of Roofing
Commercial
Cedar Shake and Shingle Specialists Return to Craftsmanship Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed 620-872-2679 • 1-800-401-2683
Dirks Earthmoving Co. Precision Land Forming of terraces and waterways; feed lot pens and ponds; building site preparation; lazer equipped
Richard Dirks • Scott City, Ks. (Home) 872-3057 • 877-872-3057 (Cell) 872-1793
Automotive
Walker Plumbing, Inc. Backhoe & Trenching services • Irrigation & gas leak repairs • Full-line irrigation parts T-L center pivot dealer Floor heat systems Pump & install septic systems Boring equipment
Willie’s Auto A/C Repair Willie Augerot Complete A/C Service Mechanic Work and Diagnostics Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
423 S. Mesquite Rd. • Scott City • 872-2130
Medical
404 Kingsley • Scott City • 874-1379
Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted
We welcome new patients. 324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933
Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs! We service and repair all that we sell. Contact:
Landscaping • Lawn/Trees
Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal
620-379-4430
Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal
Fully Insured
SCOT AYTES • 874-1646 t Paint i
Red
Specializing in all coatings
or any other color Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial. Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.
PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com
Pro Ex II
Over 20 Years Experience
Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential
• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites
John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com
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RT Plumbing Rex Turley, Master Plumber
Residental and Commercial Plumbing Water Systems, water lines, sewer cleaning faucets and fixtures, garbage diposals and more
Marienthal, Ks.
Owner, Chris Lebbin • 620-214-4469
1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232
620-909-5014 (H) • 620-874-4128 (C)
Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist 20/20 Optometry
Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses
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Ryan Michels, PA
Family Practice Family Practice Family Practice
Matthew Lightner, MD Family Practice
General Surgeon
Joie Tedder, APNP Melissa Batterton, APRN
Scott City Myofascial Release Sandy Cauthon
Fur-Fection
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Homes
Truck Driving
LENDERS OFFERING special government programs for manufactured homes. $0 down for land owners. FHA for firsttime buyers. VA: $0 down for veterans. Section 184 for federal tribe members. Lenders accepting less than perfect credit. 866858-6862.
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Opportunities SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber. Any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info/DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills. com. 1-800-578-1363, ext. 300N. ––––––––––––––––––––– BUILD YOUR OWN business by custom building with Heritage Homes. Our system saves time and protects your bottom line! www.hhofne.com. Call Darrin at (800) 759-2782.
Retail
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
Education
Custom computers! Networking solutions! Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300
Brent Rogers
Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz
Northend Disposal A garbologist company.
Office (620) 276-3131 Toll Free 1-800-794-9052 Cell (620) 874-0014 Fax (620) 276-8876 1007 N. 8th, Garden City, KS 67846 www.officesolutionsinc.biz
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www.reganjewelers.com
Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371
PC Cleaning Services, Inc.
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We'll clean your home, business or do remodeling clean-up Available seven days a week! Paul Cramer, Owner
620-290-2410
412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 All Under One Roof
Revcom Electronics
Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990
1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625
Dining
Services
C-Mor-Butz BBQ
Berning Auction
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Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m. Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5. Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $5.50 per column inch. Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established. If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge. Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.
GARAGE SALES Saturday, Nov. 22 White Elephant Sale First United Methodist Church, 412 S. College, Scott City Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
NEW LISTING
Beautiful immaculate 2,000 sq. ft./full basement home in a friendly rural community. Near Scott City, Oakley and Garden City. On 1 acre and mature landscape with sprinkler and drip line watering system. Will make a great place to work a sells territory from or a wonderful, beautiful, quiet home to retire in. $232,000.
Brick home 1,430 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car garage and sprinkler in yard. Buy lots in the Eastridge addition for your new home location.
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Great room, family room, living room in this very nice large 4-bedroom brick home with 3 bathrooms, in great west location! Many extras- call for your private showing!
THE HOME YOUR FAMILY DESERVES!
Lovely 3+2-bedroom home with 3 bathrooms in great west location! New kitchen (mom will love), brick, family room in basement, DA garage and much more! Price Reduced! Awesome lots in perfect new west location! Call for Details!
Lawrence and Associates
Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc. 513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc. 872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc. 872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com
PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: PRN-LPN/RN Part-time/PRN- CNA/CMA Full-time Housekeeping Aide Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts! Please apply in person at:
Agriculture
KIRBY VACUUM WANTED TO BUY. CLEANER self-pro- Stored corn. Call for basis pelled. Call 872-3259. and contract information. 14t1c 1-800-579-3645. Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc Found ––––––––––––––––––––– ONE BEEF ANIMAL to WANTED TO BUY. identify call John Dague Wheat straw delivered. 14t2 Call for contracting in620-214-1114. formation. Lane County CLASSIFIED ADS Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc DEADLINE ––––––––––––––––––––– CERTIFIED SEED FOR WHEAT: Brawl CL, THANKSGIVING Byrd, TAM 112, TAM WEEK 304, T158, T153, Duster, Friday, Nov. 21 at Oakley CL, Turkey Red. 5:00 p.m. Also triticale and rye. Ehmke Seed, Amy, KS. 51t16 620-397-2350.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
Help Wanted
If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door). 412 College, Scott City.
USD 466 IS LOOKING for substitute route bus drivers. For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-872-7655.
Al-Anon at same time and location. Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52
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Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker
Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available. Hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or (620) 255-4824.
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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 will not be beat! 37tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– “JEN’S GROOMING” By Jennifer Milner, hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. call 620-214-0097. Located in Shallow Water. 09tfc
HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620)874-2120. 41tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MULTIPLE HOUSES FOR RENT. 1 bedroom homes available. Also 8x10 storage units available. Stop by PlainJans to fill out an application or call 872-5777. 01tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– COMMERCIAL/RETAIL SPACE available Sept. 1. 306 W. 5th Scott City. Contact Jeff 8741659. 50tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– STORAGE UNITS in various sizes available at The Storehouse, Don and Trudy Eikenberry 620872-2914. 07tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 1 AND 2 BEDROOM apartments for rent. Please call 620-874-8353. 10tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 4-BEDROOM country home near Modoc, $750. Call 620-499-9175 or 620-384-4360. References required. 14tfc
Berry Realty • 872-5700 1102 S. Main, Scott City, Ks. 67871 www.berryrealtyonline.com
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CUSTODIAN Unified School District No. 466 is looking for a qualified applicant for a full-time night shift custodian position at Scott City Elementary School. For applications and additional information please contact: Lance Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-640-7276 USD #466 is an EOE Employer.
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CARPENTER-JOURNEYMAN CONSTRUCTION WORKER Grand Choice Renovations and Homebuilding, LLC are looking to hire more team members! We are hiring full-time employees with at least 2 years experience in the construction/renovation/ homebuilding field. Please call our office at: 620-214-1487.
We Have Buyers! We Need Listings! Call us to get your home listed. Margie Berry, Broker Tracy Chambless, Sales Assoc. • 874-2124
SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL For High Plains Educational Cooperative Scott City Middle School is seeking a special education Para-Professional to work with students. The position is available for the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. Start date is August 21, 2014. For more information and application please contact. Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-7600
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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”
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RECEPTIONIST/SCALE OPERATOR/ BOOKKEEPER The Scoular Company, Pence, is hiring an individual for the postion of receptionist/scale operator/bookkeeper. We are seeking an individual that will assist and interact with customers in a courteous manner as well as basic bookkeeping and data entry. Experience would be helpful but not a requirement. We offer competitive wages, paid vacation, health insurance, paid holidays and employer matching 401K retirement plan. We are an equal opportunity employer. If you are interested in applying for this position please send resume to:
PO Box 173, Winona, Ks. 67764 attention Art Koster or call Art at: 1-800-203-8148 or 1-785-846-8657.
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Employment Opportunities MEMBER SERVICES REP. Wheatland Electric is seeking a full-time position for a Member Services Representative. Primary hours of employment: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Job duties include: Assisting in the execution of the cooperative communications and marketing plan, researching and drafting articles to be used in monthly cooperative communications, assisting in coordination and planning of promotional appearances for cooperative events and meetings, serving as a liaison with the communities served by the cooperative by establishing and maintaining personal contacts with members of those communities. Occasional work assignments requiring nights, weekends and some travel should be expected. Qualified candidates must have strong written and oral communications skills, the ability to work with and consistently meet deadlines, budgets and work on several projects simultaneously, should possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently and have specific knowledge of public relations concepts and communications methods. Experience within the electric industry is preferred. A full detailed job description can be found by visiting www.weci.net and clicking on careers. Resume and cover letter should be submitted via email to: resumes@weci.net no later than November 21.
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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Outpatient Services RN OR RN Clinic Nursing RN Supervisor C.N.A.s CLERICAL Clinic Receptionist HIM Coder Clerk HIM Clerk SERVICE Day Cook PRN Dietary Aide/Cook Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English. Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus. We offer competitive pay and great benefits. Due to our recent expansion of services and rapid growth, we are in need of Acute Care RNs and are offering financial incentives. Applications are available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net
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Pastime at Park Lane We offer our sympathy to the family of Edith Norman who passed away on November 5. We thank Edith’s family for the flowers brought to Park Lane in her memory. Residents played Wii Bowling on Monday evening. Pastor Bob Artz led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Doris Riner and Elsie Nagel led the hymns. Residents enjoyed vanilla ice cream cones on Tuesday afternoon. Trivia games were played on Tuesday. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning. Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon. Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Wanda Kirk, Barbara Dickhut and Mandy Barnett.
Residents enjoy pitch, dominoes
Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Madeline Murphy, Wanda Kirk, Dorothy King and Hugh McDaniel.
Patriotic music by Hit and Miss
The Hit and Miss Band from the VIP Center played on Thursday afternoon. Band members were Margie Stevens, Arlene Cauthon and Melody Stevens. The group played Patriotic songs in honor of Veterans Day. Residents played cards on Wednesday evening. Madeline Murphy helped with the games. Elsie Nagel gave manicures on Thursday. Russel and Mary Webster led a Bible study on Thursday evening. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon.
Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of November 17-21 Monday: Meat loaf, spinach, capri vegetables, whole wheat bread, ambrosia. Tuesday: Sweet and sour chicken, rice, oriental vegetables, whole wheat roll, pineapple. Wednesday: Ham and beans, marinated tomatoes, steamed cabbage, whole wheat bread, peaches. Thursday: Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, gingered carrots, whole wheat roll, pumpkin pie cake. Friday: Baked pollack, tri-tators, broccoli, whole wheat bread, apple wedges. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501
Residents participated in a “Cowboy and Campfire” sing-a-long on Friday afternoon. Wii bowling was held on Friday evening. Residents watched, “Julie and Julia” on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to the Manning Jayhawkers 4-H Club for the centerpieces decorat-
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ing the dining room tables. Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Gloria O’Bleness, Larry LaPlant and Bill John. Jim Jeffery was visited by Libbie Joles, Randy and Jimalene Haddon, and Kim Smith. Dottie Fouquet was visited by Jon and Anne Crane, Mark and Terri Fouquet, Timothy Fouquet, Fritzi Rauch, Donna Gaschler and Ethan McDaniel-Noll. Delores Brooks was visited by David and Cheryl Perry, Charles Brooks and Fritzie Rauch. Melva Rose was visited by Bob and Irma McDaniel and Tina Turley. Corrine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard, John and Kylee Kropp, and Kim Smith.
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Edna Uppendahl was visited by Alisa Moore and Linda Dunagan. Mike Leach was visited by Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church and Linda Dunagan. Bonnie Pickett was visited by Jon Tuttle, Margie Stevens, Gloria Wright, and Larry and Philene Pickett. Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock. Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, Tracy Hess and Rex Turley. Ann Tedford was visited by Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser. Yvonne Spangler was visited by Les and Mary Ann Spangler, Yvette Mills and Jillian VanCampen.
Albert Dean was visited by Carol Davey, Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser. Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton and Delinda Dunagan. Ardis Rose was visited by Tava See, Karen Harms, Mary Lou Oeser and Leona Logan. Lucille Dirks was visited by Vicki Dirks. Jake Leatherman was visited by Rod and MaryAnn Leatherman. Rod and Kathy Haxton and Lisa, Jessie and Elvis Ivey were visitors of Boots Haxton. Harriet Jones was visited by Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church. Herb Graves was visited by Tina Turley. Geraldine Graves was visited by Angela Gerstner and Janet Soeken.