The Scott County Record

Buddy Bluejay leads cheers during the SCMS basketball games on Tuesday evening.

34 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 22 • Number 17

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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City considers change to sales tax grant guidelines Should a non-profit organization that makes a significant contribution to the local economy be eligible for sales tax grants?

City on a Hill substance abuse treatment facility is asking the Scott City Council to make a change in its guidelines which would allow it to apply

for annual grants distributed by the city. Those grants are financed by a one percent sales tax which was approved by voters to benefit non-profits.

The annual grants typically total about $300,000.

City on a Hill maintains a legal address in Scott City, but operates its treatment facility

just across the county line in eastern Wichita County.

Chris Lund, who operates the women’s residential treatment center with his wife, Tammy, met with the Scott City Council in hopes of having the grant policy revised so that City on a Hill could apply for assistance.

Because the facility is located

Santa, light parade in SC Saturday

outside Scott County it currently isn’t eligible for grants.

Lund is asking that the policy allow for applicants who “contribute substantially to the Scott City sales tax.”

Lund provided the council with a breakdown of City on a Hill’s support of Scott County businesses which topped

$268,000 over the past five years. That’s in addition to paying property taxes on six homes which they purchased and make available to their employees in the city.

Mayor Dan Goodman expressed concern that a change to the policy would allow more (See SALES TAX on page two)

A super gift

The Christmas shopping season is officially underway in Scott City.

But, for the kids, the holiday season doesn’t begin until Santa makes his appearance. That will happen on Sat., Dec. 6, when Santa will be in downtown Scott City from 3:00-5:30 p.m. at The Scott County Record.

The fifth annual Christmas light parade will begin at 6:00 p.m. Parade entries will meet at the SCHS parking lot at 5:30. Everyone is invited to decorate vehicles in the spirit of Christmas or watch the parade.

(See SANTA on page two)

Holiday home tour is Sunday

The Scott Community High School junior class will be sponsoring a holiday home tour on Sun., Dec. 7, from 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Stops on the tour include: •Charles and Shirley Griffith, 801 Era. •Don and Trudi Eikenberry, 501 Russell.

•Steve and Lou Shelton, 912 Elizabeth.

•Perry and Becky Nowak, 1407 Church.

•Brett and Darci Berry, 1019 Jackson.

•First Baptist Church, 803 S. College.

Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at the First Baptist Church on Sunday. No children under 12-years are permitted on the tour.

Raggedy Andy (left, Danny Strameier) and Raggedy Ann (Brooke Strine) sing a “Baby Dolls’ Silent Night” during the Scott City Elementary School third and fourth grade Christmas musical, “Super Gift from Heaven” which was performed on Thursday afternoon and again on Thursday evening. (Record Photo)

SRC reaches water conservation goal

Despite battling major leaks in their water line throughout the year, the Scott Recreation Commission was successful in reaching its goal of reducing water usage by 20 percent.

In a meeting with the Scott City Council on Monday evening, SRC Director Lauren Robinson said they had pumped 9.17 million gallons of water which exceeded their 20 percent

reduction goal by more than 600,000 gallons.

This year’s usage is in sharp contrast to 2012 when it reached an all-time high of 16.17 million gallons and last year’s 12.24 million gallons.

The SRC and public works department remain puzzled by a major leak that’s losing between 75 and 225 gallons per hour, 24 hours a day while the

system is on during most of the year.

Robinson says the lost water amounts to about 144,000 gallons each month.

That leak has since been eliminated now that the Sports Complex system has been shutdown for the winter.

“We take water conservation seriously. We hope you realize that,” Robinson told the council.

(See SRC on page two)

Northern Cheyenne becoming more aware of Battle Canyon connection

Micah Highwalker, a descendant of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs Society, visits the cave at Battle Canyon where women and children took shelter during the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork.

(Record Photo)

06 Main, St. Scott City • 620-872-2090 www.scottcountyrecord.com

Scott City students are GWAC food drive champions Page 11

Micah Highwalking finds her life deeply woven between two worlds.

As a direct descendant of two great Northern Cheyenne chiefs, she is proud of her rich heritage.

But she also represents the future of the Northern Cheyenne as the first of her people to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Highwalking was in Scott City recently as a guest during the Governor’s Ringneck Classic. It also provided her an opportunity to connect with the past during her first visit to Battle Canyon and other sites in the area.

406 Main, St. Scott City • 620-872-2090 www.scottcountyrecord.com Opinion • Pages 4-6 Calendar • Page 7 Holiday hours • Page 9 Youth/Education • Page 11 LEC report • Page 12 Health/wellness • Pages 14-15

Deaths • Pages 16-17 Church services • Pages 16-17 Sports • Pages 19-26 Farm section • Pages 28-29 Classified ads • Pages 31-33

A descendant of the Chiefs Society, Highwalking can trace her lineage to Little Wolf, one of the chiefs who led the Northern Cheyenne back to their homeland in Montana in the fall of 1878.

U.S. military forces, who had been in pursuit of the Northern Cheyenne from the time they left the Darlington Reservation in Oklahoma, caught up with the group of 360 men, women and children north of Scott City in what is today known as the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork.

Highwalking walked the rim of Battle Canyon with local historian (See CHEYENNE on page 10)

Rossville ends SCHS state title hopes with fourth quarter comeback Page 19

Sales Tax organizations to tap into grant money.

“They would have to show they’re making a credible contribution to the sales tax,” noted Lund.

“I would challenge the council to see what other non-profits contribute a quarter million dollars in local sales that go into the sales tax fund. If they’re out there, then they should also be considered for grants.

“Regardless of what you decide, we’ll contin-

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Sales tax grant guidelines: In order for a non-profit to qualify as an applicant for a sales tax grant, current guidelines require the following: •Proof of IRS approved status as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization based in Scott County. This is not required for a subdivision or subcommittee of a local government unit (i.e., Scott County Extension).

•All grant monies must be used to provide cultural, educational or recreational opportunities taking place in Scott County to benefit the people of Scott City and surrounding area.

ue to support Scott City.

It would be nice to get a little help.”

Councilman Bo Parkinson said it was his understanding that the grants were designed to support

Christmas concert at FCC

The First Christian Church in Scott City will be hosting a Christmas concert on Sun., Dec. 7, 2:00 p.m.

The concert will feature Garee Geist at the piano and Marvel Keyse on the organ. Theme for the program is “There’s a Song in the Air.” Other musicians will also be performing.

The Christian Women’s Fellowship will serve tea in the Fellowship Hall following the program.

The public is invited to attend.

Masonic soup supper Sat.

The Scott County Anthem Masonic Lodge will sponsor a soup supper and raffle on Sat., Dec. 6, starting at 5:00 p.m., at the Bryan Conference Center in downtown Scott City.

For a free-will donation those attending will be served either chili or chicken noodle soup.

There will also be drawings for a grand prize of a 100-pound beef bundle, a Kindle Fire and $50 in cash. Tickets are available by contacting Neal Gamble (214-1679) or any lodge member.

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non-profits who “contribute to the community as a whole - not that contribute to the tax base.”

“I think most of those who get assistance are more oriented to (benefit-

ting) the general public,” Parkinson said.

It was further noted

by Councilman Everett Green that the sales tax program already gets “more requests for help than we can grant.”

When asked by the council if they could change the grant guidelines, City Attorney John Shirley reminded council members, “they are your guidelines. You can change them.”

“I have no problem

SRC “I felt you started slow, but it ended well,” said Councilman Perry Nowak.

“We think that nine million (gallons) will be the bottom amount that we’ll be able to hit. The rains that we got this year helped a lot,” said SRC board member Troy Lewis.

Robinson says they are still committed to locating the major leak, but noted that the bigger concern is replacing the underground irrigation system which provides water to the ball fields and the soccer complex.

“It will be costly and I don’t think it’s something

with changing the guidelines,” said Parkinson.

“Your paperwork shows you are headquartered in Scott City.”

On a 5-3 vote, the council authorized the city attorney to draw up proposed guidelines which would allow City on a Hill to be considered for sales tax grants. It was pointed out that City on a Hill wouldn’t be considered for the next round of grants since the deadline to apply was December 1.

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the rec (commission) can do on its own,” she said.

Mayor Dan Goodman said the council has talked in the past about helping with replacement costs of the irrigation system, possibly replacing the lines that serve one of the four ball fields each year.

Nowak suggested building a new pump station for the complex and “starting from scratch.”

There was discussion about tapping directly into a city well so that the complex could use water that doesn’t go through the treatment plant. Council members said that each ball field and the soccer fields need to have their

own shutoff valves so that it’s easier to trace leaks when they occur.

Public Works Director Mike Todd was instructed to research the cost of installing a new water line and cutoff valves for the complex.

It was also noted that the $34,000 in water credits provided by the city served the purpose of holding down the SRC’s out-of-pocket water costs to about $15,000 - which is what the commission had budgeted for 2014.

Actual water expenditures for 2014 are $15,374.

The council agreed to renew water credits at the same level for 2015.

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All types of floats and vehicles are encouraged. The only requirement is that they be decorated for nighttime viewing.

Individuals, organizations or businesses interested in being in the parade should contact Juanita Myers at the Chamber office. First place is $50 in Chamber Bucks and second place will receive $25.

Santa’s Saturday

The Scott City Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring “Santa’s Saturday” with participating stores open on Dec. 6 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Participating businesses include Revcom Electronics, Scott County Lumber, Suzy B’s, U Pump It, Bling, Bumper to Bumper, Gifts, Etc., Giftologists, Heartland Foods and The Scott County Record.

What’s for Lunch in Scott City?

Sun. - Sat., Dec. 7-13

Majestic Theatre 420 Main • 872-3840

Hours

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

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

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

Wed. • Spaghetti dinner with side salad.

Thurs. • Fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Fri. • Taco dinner with rice and beans.

What’s for Supper?

The Broiler

102 Main St. • 872-5055

1211 Main • 872-3215

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

• Chili Cheese Dog • Bacon Cheeseburger • 3 Piece Chicken Strips

Includes Fries, 21 oz. Drink and Small Sundae

1304 S. Main • 872-5301

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$

49

Buffet

Mon. - Sat. • 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sun. • 5:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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

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

Sat. • Prime rib

Breakfast specials every night.

The Scott County Record

Community Living

Page 3 - Thursday, December 4, 2014

The easiest way to protect your family’s health December 7-13 is National Handwashing Awareness Week and I am here to voice the importance of handwashing.

A person commonly has between 2-10 million bacteria between fingertips and elbow. Hand washing or the use of alcohol-based hand rubs has been shown to reduce overall infection rates.

Up to half of all men and a quarter of women fail to wash their hands after they use the bath-

room. Those germs can stay alive on hands for up to three hours. Think about that at your next hand shaking opportunity.

Right handed people tend to wash their left hand more thoroughly than their right, and visa

versa. And, millions of germs hide under watches, bracelets and rings.

And don’t forget the towel, damp hands spread 1,000 times more germs than dry hands. So, scrub up good!

You should wash your hands before eating or preparing food and after caring for someone who is sick. You should wash your hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, touching garbage, handling raw meat,

touching an animal or changing a baby’s diaper.

When washing your hands, please use soap and warm water. Physically scrub your hands for a minimum of 20 seconds.

Don’t forget to scrub between your fingers, your thumb and the back of the hands.

Speaking of school, nearly 22 million school days are lost due to the common cold alone.

Some viruses and bacteria can live from 20 minutes

to two hours or more on such surfaces as cafeteria tables, doorknobs and desks.

Adults lose work time due to our own illnesses, but also due to sick children at home. So, teach the kids to wash their hands when teaching them to brush their teeth.

If soap and clean water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub to clean your hands.

Practicing the 4 Principles of Hand

Awareness behaviors will ensure you “stay healthy.”

Imagine never having the flu again.

The 4 Principles are 1. Wash your hands when they are dirty and BEFORE eating.

2. Do not cough into your hands. Cough into your shoulder.

3. Do not sneeze into your hands. Use your elbow or a tissue.

4. Do not put your fingers into your eyes, nose, or mouth.

102 attend Wiechman reunion in SC

The 11th bi-annual Schmutzler and girls, RaWiechman reunion for chel and Shelby, Topeka; the decendents of John Lyman and Zoe Bowling and Hilda Wiechman was and Rueben, Winfield; held on Thanksgiving Day Jacob Bowling, Wichita; at the Scott County 4-H Zach and Hanna Bowling, building with about 102 in Conway, Ark.; Troy and Tina Wiechman and sons, attendance.

Out-of-town guests Tyus and Riley, Sterling were: Janice and Pat Heights, Mich.

Haley Wiechman and O’Brien, Sherree Laird, Colleen Laird, Johnathan Joey Thomas, Manhattan; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Plymell Jensen and Kayden Laird, Dan and Araceli Stewall of Casper Wyo.; Matt art and girls, Myniqe and and Shawna Lyons and Yaya, Holcomb; Scott and children, Jordyn and Jar- Luci Riedel and children, rett, Hays; Steve and Pat Hailey, Emily and Kalvin, Mr. and Mrs. Harold to Hays where they cur- Wiechman and Tony Bel- Augusta; and Kevin and lucci, Topeka.

Jenny Faurot and children, Plymell, Hays, will cel- rently reside.

Mark and Peg Janssen, Brenna, Kasen, Kaylen, The couple has four ebrate their 70th wedding Manhattan; AJ and Tracy and Kagan, Meade. children: Larry Plymell, anniversary on Dec. 23.

Harold Plymell and and wife, Darlene, Hays; Willodean Royston were Shirley Suppes, and hus- Recipe favorites . . . married on Dec. 23, 1944, band, Ron, Dighton; Ron Plymell, and wife, Carol, Cocktail Meatballs in Troy.

Assaria; and Dean PlymThese do very well in a slow cooker.

Their life has included ell, and wife, Bonnie, ColIngredients many years of farming, orado Springs, Colo.

1 pound lean ground beef custom cutting and overThey also have eight 1 egg the-road trucking.

2 tablespoons water grandchildren and eight They lived in Pat- great-grandchildren.

1/2 cup bread crumbs 3 tablespoons minced onion tonsburg, Mo., followed Cards may be sent to 1 (8 ounce) can jellied cranberry sauce

by Sheldon, Mo., before the couple at 1314 Doug3/4 cup chili sauce moving to Scott City in las Drive, Hays, Ks. 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1967. In 1974, they moved 67601.

1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice

Plymells will observe 70th wedding anniversary

Helpful cooking tips •Use a meat baster to “squeeze” your pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect shaped pancakes every time.

•To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

•Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan-the marshmallow won’t stick to your fingers.

•To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.

Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, mix together the ground beef, egg, water, bread crumbs, and minced onion. Roll into small meatballs.

Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 min., turning once.

In a slow cooker or large saucepan over low heat, blend the cranberry sauce, chili sauce, brown sugar, and lemon juice.

Add meatballs, and simmer for 1 hour before serving.

Attending from Scott City were: Darrel and Pam Faurot; Brent and Angie Faurot and children, Kristi and Justin; Terry and Judy Faurot; Jamie and Amanda Martinez and children, Gabrielle and Kenzi.

Larry Faurot and Patsy Lisenby; Jerry and Joyce Wiechman; Jay Wiechman; Norman and Laura Wiechman; Eric and Hayden Wiechman; Elmer and Luella Erskin; Rick and Sandy Kahl.

Lonny and Colleen Dearden and girls, Kayla and Krissa; Mindy Allen and Cole and Haley; Dave and Sharon Powers; For-

rest and Gloria Gough; Shellie and Kalacia Carter; Jonathan Denney and daughter Kaylee.

Randy and Kay King and son, Harrison; Carol Latham, Shanna Wells and children Stormy, Tatum and Hunter; Don and Marlo Wiechman; Milt and Velda Riddiough; Marsha Holloway; Joel and Daniell Edwards and Konner.

The afternoon was spent visiting, playing games and having a good time.

The next reunion will be held again in two years.

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Editorial/Opinion

Page 4 - Thursday, December 4, 2014

editorially speaking

Taking the lead:

Park xeriscaping would set conservation example

It would seem difficult to argue with the idea of putting a park, and possibly a community garden, on the site of the old Scott County Hospital.

However, there are a couple of things worth considering. Public Works Director is concerned about the additional manpower needed for maintenance and the added water usage at a time when we’re emphasizing conservation.

Both are valid points. But, maybe there is an opportunity to address both concerns.

Why not a park that incorporates xeriscaping?

That’s landscaping and gardening that reduces or eliminates the need for irrigation.

And while we’re at it, why not a similar approach to the islands that separate the frontage street and US83 Highway in the south part of town.

If we want people to consider alternatives to the lush, green lawns and landscape plants that we’ve all become accustomed to growing - and which require a lot of water - why not show people what is possible with landscaping that requires little or no watering?

The future park (if that’s what the city chooses to do) would be a great opportunity to educate the public. It wouldn’t eliminate a playground, picnic tables or other amenities. In fact, the unique surroundings just might attract their own appreciative visitors.

And the revamped islands could make a lasting impression on visitors traveling through our community.

We want to encourage water conservation.

What better way for the city to set the example?

Just say no:

Roberts rejects health care for thousands of Kansans

Thousands of Kansans who do not qualify for subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act rely on safety net clinics that are currently being operated in 21 Kansas counties.

A federal grant could expand that assistance to more counties which would reach several thousand more low-income Kansans.

Sounds like a good idea, right?

A non-profit group is seeking a $650,000 grant to establish a clinic in Ottawa. The Ottawa grant is among 800-900 nationwide with funding available for only about 150.

So the non-profit turned to Sen. Pat Roberts for assistance - and a possible competitive edge in seeking the grant. He was asked to provide the organization a letter of support. And Sen. Roberts promptly told the group he wasn’t interested.

You see, funding for the program is made possible by the Affordable Care Act (aka, Obamacare) and Sen. Roberts doesn’t like the ACA. That led to an interesting decision by Roberts.

Given the choice of maintaining his opposition to the Affordable Care Act or making health care available to thousands of Kansans, Sen. Roberts decided that ideology trumped the well-being of his constituents.

The ACA is law. It’s trying to make it possible for more people - including Kansans - to enjoy easier access to medical care. That just might keep them out of the hospital, avoid trips to the emergency room and enjoy healthier lives which, in the long run, can mean lower health care costs and lower taxes for all of us.

None of that matters. All that matters to Sen. Roberts is his disdain for the ACA and, essentially, for those whom the ACA can help.

Simple solution:

Budget cuts could have devastating consequences

With Kansas staring at huge budget shortfalls which are expected to reach $279 million this year and $715 million next year, Republican Speaker of the House Ray Merrick has offered a simple solution.

Rather than raise taxes, Merrick, a conservative, says the state should rely primarily on spending cuts to close the budget gap. Since he was overwhelmingly re-elected Speaker by House Republicans, it would seem that his sentiment is shared by many.

That should worry Kansans who care about public education, the state’s infrastructure, lowincome families and the children who live in those families. Hundreds of millions of dollars aren’t cut from the state budget without having a devastating impact on our schools and those people in our communities who rely on public assistance just to survive.

When the budget ax falls, tens of thousands of lives will be affected. Is that what we want in Kansas?

Proving the Chicken Littles wrong Euphoria had broken out in Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s office earlier this week when the revenue department reported that tax collections were $3.1 million higher than projected for November.

“Let’s build a highway to somewhere,” said Brownback while his staff and top GOP legislative leaders were shooting streamers across the room.

“Better yet, let’s find a group who needs a $3.1 million tax break now that we have all this extra cash floating around.”

“Maybe we could use it to restore funding for the arts program in Kansas,” said Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer.

Suddenly the room drew quiet. Brownback leaned forward in his chair.

“Just kidding,” said Colyer as the room broke into laughter.

“That’s why I put you on the ticket. You’ve got a great sense of humor, Jim,” said Brownback as he eased back in his chair and propped his feet on his desk.

“It’s, Jeff, sir,” said Colyer.

“Of course, it is,” said Brownback. “You keep those one-liners coming and the next four years will be great.”

“I just wish I’d have had these numbers during the campaign,” reflected Brownback as he looked over the report. “That would have been the ultimate smack down for Davis and those Chicken Little liberals who keep saying the sky is falling because of my tax plan.

By the way, what do we have left in the state treasury?”

“We started the year with $380 million,” said Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan.

The room breaks into applause.

“When the budget year ends next June 30 we expect to have about $29 million,” says Jordan.

Again, there is silence as everyone looks nervously at Brownback.

“$29 million? Did you say $29 million? That’s unbelievable after the pennies we found in the vault when Parkinson left office. The news keeps getting better and better,” said Brownback as he popped open another champagne bottle. “We started the year in the black and we should finish the year in the black.

And I still get to keep my tax cuts. What’s everyone worried about?”

“Does this mean I don’t get to cut spending?” said a depressed House Speaker Ray Merrick who was slumped in his chair.

“I love hearing the liberals whine when we cut a few million dollars from programs that feed these so-called hungry kids and their parents who are too lazy to find a job.”

“And don’t forget education spending,” added Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce. “We all know that no matter what the Supreme Court says there’s too much money being spent on education.”

“I’ve said all along that we have a spending problem in Kansas,” said

Merrick as he sipped from a champagne glass. “It’s great knowing that I have your support.”

“I hate to spoil the party,” says a young staff member, “but I don’t think some people are going to be satisfied with the news we have an extra $3.1 million. According to our own legislative research staff, the state is looking at a revenue shortfall of about $780 million for the rest of this fiscal year.”

Brownback looks around the room as streamers land across his desk and the party horns stop for a moment.

“That’s complete nonsense,” says Brownback.

“If there were any truth to that I’d have talked about it during the campaign and, as we all know, I didn’t talk about that during the campaign. Only an idiot would ignore the possibility that we’re spending more money than we’re taking in. Does anyone here think I’m an idiot?”

Without saying a word, everyone in the room shakes their heads.

(See CHICKEN on page six)

Kobach smells fame, money Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach really, really does not like President Barack Obama’s new immigration policies.

Smelling national attention and cash from his other job as a lawyer, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is doubling down on his harsh criticism of President Barack Obama’s immigration policies and immigrants themselves.

First came Kobach’s widely derided comments about “ethnic cleansing” on his radio show last week, days before Obama took action to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.

The second attack came this weekend in a Washington Post feature, in which Kobach threatened to lead a national lawsuit against the president’s executive actions. “‘Either we win this

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way or we lose big,’ Kobach told a group of fellow Republicans meeting in Tonganoxie. ‘If that happens, all of these illegal aliens will be eligible to feed at the trough filled by hardworking American people.’”

So here’s Kobach’s disdainful mindset: Those people are mooching off taxpayers.

But here’s where it gets interesting: Isn’t Kobach doing some of that very same thing?

On Friday, the day after Obama unveiled his executive actions, Post reporter Eli Saslow is in Kobach’s office in Topeka. He sets the scene, watching Kobach in action. “‘What bothers me most is the constitutional-

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

ity of this,’ he tells one Republican lawmaker over the phone, the day after Obama’s announcement. Kobach is working on the lawsuit, 40 or 50 pages already written.

‘We have a clear violation here of Article 2, Section 3,’ he says. ‘We are moving ahead quickly,’ he tells another lawmaker.

‘We just have to sign the affidavits and gather the facts.’”

And a bit later, Saslow writes of Kobach: “He will likely have a few supporting attorneys with him on the case, but on this day in his Topeka office, he is managing the lawsuit alone. The questions come by e-mail from prospective plaintiffs, governors’ offices and think tanks in Washington: Who will pay the legal fees for the case? In which district will he file? How early in December? Are the plain-

Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

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

tiffs ready to withstand the scrutiny of a case that is likely to unfold over two or three grueling years? ‘Working on it,’ he writes.”

Wait a minute.

If Kobach is working all these hours on immigration issues in his office, what’s he doing to earn the $86,003 he’s paid by Kansas taxpayers to be the secretary of state?

This isn’t an academic question.

Kobach has said before that “I work full time as secretary of state,” in response to criticism of his constant efforts as a lawyer to file lawsuits in other states regarding immigration issues.

Kobach continued defending his constant legal work during his recent successful re-election campaign against Democrat Jean Schodorf.

(See KOBACH on page six)

Sen. Jerry Moran 141 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

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

Net neutrality America’s is essential White Americans to democracy have no right to

by Katrina vanden Heuvel judge outpouring In May, HBO comedian John Oliver opened his segment on of black anger net neutrality by saying, “The cable companies have figured out the great truth of America: If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring.”

He then delivered an incisive 13-minute monologue that was anything but boring, drawing more than seven million views on YouTube. Indeed, as Oliver demonstrated so effectively, while net neutrality may seem like a dull subject, protecting it is essential to not only the future of the Internet, but also the future of our democracy.

Net neutrality is, simply put, the fundamental principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. There are very few level playing fields in American life, but in a nation plagued by inequality, the Internet has remained open, free and fair - a powerful equalizing force that has allowed good ideas to flourish whether they came from a corporate board room or a college dorm room.

This equality of opportunity is at the core of net neutrality.

And it is under relentless attack by major telecommunications companies seeking yet another advantage to tighten their grip on the market.

This year, for example, Verizon challenged the regulations governing net neutrality in court - and won. In response, the FCC proposed an approach that would allow Internet service providers such as Comcast to charge web sites a fee to deliver their content at higher speeds.

The new rules would essentially create a two-tiered Internet - a “fast lane” for the rich, and a slow lane for everyone else.

The importance of preserving net neutrality should be obvious.

A tiered Internet will be great for the profits of telecommunications companies, but terrible for entrepreneurs, stifling the kind of innovation that can build massive followings before ever leaving the garage.

Not only will big corporations gain an advantage, but also a small handful of them will have the ability to actively interfere with their competition: An Internet provider that offers its own phone service could block access to Skype, for example, or a cable company could disrupt Netflix’s streaming service.

Worse yet, sanctioning the creation of “fast lanes” could lead to online discrimination, with the providers choking off controversial views to protect their financial or political interests.

Net neutrality is also essential to maintaining a genuinely open marketplace of ideas. As the progressive advocacy group Color of Change explains: “Our communities rely on the Internet to speak without a corporate filter, and to be able to organize and hold public officials and corporations accountable.

“But if these companies succeed, a few major corporations would control which voices are heard most easily, and it would be much harder for grassroots groups, individuals, and small businesses to compete with large corporations and well-funded special interests.”

President Obama has taken a very encouraging step toward keeping the Internet open and free. In a statement last month, he called on the FCC to adopt “the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality,” describing an open Internet as “one of the most significant democratizing influences the world has ever known.”

(See NEUTRALITY on page six)

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‘post-racial’ lie

by Jill Richardson

Shortly before Michael Brown’s fateful encounter with Ferguson cop Darren Wilson, I was appointed as a teaching assistant in a class on race and ethnicity.

I’m white. I didn’t go to grad school to study race - I studied agriculture. When it comes to race, I’m clueless.

I wish I could say that I was clueless that I’ve since obtained a whirlwind education on race in the United States. But that’s not true. If anything, I’ve gained a deeper appreciation of my blind spots.

I probably boast a more diverse group of friends than many of the folks I grew up with. But like the majority of white people, my social networks are still almost entirely white.

I could tell you the names of every single black kid in my grade in my childhood elementary school because there weren’t that many. At the time, I thought they were having the same social and educational experience that I was.

I was wrong.

I recently reconnected with an AfricanAmerican guy from my fourth grade class. Our teacher, he told me, was racist.

“What?” I responded.

I mean, I was there. But I remember nothing. It was something I didn’t even think about as a kid.

What I do know is this: Whenever I had a run-in with a teacher - or anyone else for that matter - I never had to wonder if they treated me that way because I was white. Not so for my black classmates.

I’ve never had acquaintances come up and touch my hair as if they’re petting a dog. I’ve never had someone say some-

thing like, “You’re so cool, I don’t even consider you white!” or “You’re pretty, for a white girl.”

People of color hear statements like these all the time.

When I screw up, I don’t have to worry that I’m representing all white people and ruining things for all of us.

When I get pulled over by a cop, I never wonder if it’s because I’m white.

And, what’s more, I never even have to think about this stuff. I can even claim I’m “colorblind” because we live in a “post-racial” America.

As an adult, I’m frequently shocked by how different my black friends’ experience of America is from mine. One friend told me that when she dresses in the morning, she consciously attempts to look “non-threatening” to white people.

Other friends worry about the safety of their teenage sons.

What do you do when your 13-yearold is six feet tall, and you see the police looking at him as if he might be up to something? How do you explain to your rambunctious, innocent nine-year-old

that he can’t wear the hoods on his hoodies, just in case?

It’s hard to buy into the “post-racial” lie when you fear that a not-so-colorblind cop might shoot your kid.

Being white doesn’t give me a free pass in life. As a white person with a medical disability that impacts every day of my life, I struggle plenty. But my experience - any white person’s experience - of America doesn’t match what people of color experience.

If this makes you uneasy, there are a few small steps you can take to promote change.

First, admit your ignorance and withhold judgment. White folks don’t know what black folks are going through. How on earth can we judge the outpouring of anger in Ferguson right now?

True, burning down a strip mall won’t help anything. But with a legal system deeply biased against African Americans, white Americans need to understand that this anger comes from an entirely valid place - one that most whites simply don’t understand on their own.

(See LIE on page six)

In honor of Operation Endless War

by Jim Hightower

Only a few months ago, President Barack Obama announced the good news that our combat role in Afghanistan - the longest war in U.S. history - would finally end by New Year’s Day. Put away that champagne.

A flock of screeching war hawks brought heavy political pressure on Obama to reverse himself. So our troops will stay in that war-ravaged, corrupt, bankrupted, ethnically divided country for at least another year or two.

Amazingly, the hawks argued (See ENDLESS on page six)

Americans fueling corporate welfare Royalty-free fuel to oil, gas companies a waste of tax dollars Getting something for nothing is a pretty sweet deal - at least if you’re the one getting something. Not so much if you’re the one receiving nothing in exchange.

Oil and gas companies are extracting gas from federal lands and paying nothing for much of it, according to a new Taxpayers for Common Sense report.

One of our most troubling findings was that gas companies drilling on federal lands have avoided paying over $380 million in royalties on the fuel they’ve extracted over the past eight years.

That’s a lot of money - and it could be a lot more, because it’s based on selfreported data provided by the oil and gas industries.

And it’s a lot of gas.

By the American Natural Gas Alliance standards, the amount of royalty-free gas either consumed as fuel or lost by operators since 2006 would be enough to meet the needs of every household in New York State for a year.

behind the headlines by Ryan Alexander

Like most subsidies for the oil and gas industry, the provision that allows companies to avoid paying royalties on gas they use as fuel for their drilling rigs is decades old.

During World War II, the federal government, in search of more revenue, wanted to start charging oil and gas companies a royalty on the gas they were using as fuel on well sites.

When the industry protested, Congress rolled over. The Mineral Leasing Act was subsequently amended in 1946 - with language directly provided by industry lobbyists - to permanently exempt this fuel from royalty payments.

At the time, Congress presented the change as a way to promote public resource development. The result?

Royalty-free fuel for oil and gas companies joined the growing list of financial incentives enjoyed by the most profitable industry in the world.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Department of Interior agency that administers drilling on federal

lands, is considering updating the rules for what kinds of gas should incur a royalty payment. BLM should establish a reasonable limit for leaked gas, above which any emissions are considered wasted and not exempt from royalty payments.

The largest component of the lost gas is methane, which leaks from drilling rigs, storage tanks, pipelines, and outdated equipment. This leaked methane not only costs taxpayers in lost royalty revenue, but since methane is a potent greenhouse gas, it also creates climate liabilities down the road.

It costs money to replace leaky pneumatic devices and “high-bleed” compressors, and if the gas these companies are using isn’t costing them anything, there’s less incentive to pay for better equipment.

It’s been almost 70 years since Congress wrote into law the exemption for royalty payments on the gas that companies use as fuel. Maybe it was an important part of the calculation in 1946, but it’s hard to believe it plays a significant role in the decision of where and when to drill in today’s market.

(See WELFARE on page six)

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Treating everyone with respect and dignity

by John Schrock

One plane takes off with all of the administrators of a K-12 school or university. Another plane leaves with all of the secretaries and technicians.

In which case does the school come to a stop?

And in which case does the school run even better?

Okay, you are smiling.

You know the answers.

It is easy to slip into bureaucratic arrogance and assign a value to staff according to their pay. This can lead us into ignoring their presence

and dismissing their contributions.

Some even consider staff to be nearly irrelevant to their institution. Custodians, secretaries and even teachers are easily replaced.

Unfortunately, we have this operational relationship backwards; it is the skilled worker who is often critical and the boss who is replaceable.

No one would dispute that a surgeon holds a critical responsibility at a hospital. But it takes skilled nurses to prepare and hand the surgeon the proper equipment. Backup

equipment, from monitors to oxygen supplies, have to be maintained and kept accurate by a technician. Custodians must thoroughly disinfect the operating room to prevent infections.

And the hospital administrator is there to coordinate these services and make sure all staff have the supplies to do their jobs. So yes, institutions need good administrators.

When an electrical device goes out in a hospital, a whole chain of command may gather around to assess the problem. But

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it is the electrical technician, not the hospital administrator or surgeon, who is the expert-of-themoment and the only one in that group to be listened to.

Janitors are also important. I was a janitor twice in my life. As a high school senior, I spent three hours after school each day cleaning the rooms in an elementary school next door.

As a student, I showed teachers the vomit absorbent in the janitor closet and how to use it. Students can’t learn and teachers

can’t teach when the odor of vomit fills a room.

Decades later, after completing my doctorate and beginning my search for a job in academia, I was again a daytime janitor for a short time. I was selected because I could slip in and out of formal meetings to clean up spills without disturbing the decorum of the moment.

I arrived one mid-morning to have the front secretary hand me a plumbers helper and urgently point upward: “Women’s bathroom. Third floor!”

This was a floor I normally did not work. On

my way up, every secretary awaited my arrival and frantically pointed the way. An overcrowded party the previous night had, shall we say, clogged the system.

I was, without doubt, the man of the hour, outranking even the executive director.

In 2000, I took a photo of a Shanghai high school on the one day each month when students stopped classes and all participated in mopping floors and washing school windows.

It taught group responsibility to students: “we

Americans, including 85 percent of Republicans, oppose “allowing Internet service providers to charge some websites or streaming video services extra for faster speeds.”

Nevertheless, Republicans appear poised to continue battling net neutrality in the next Congress, as House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has pledged that “Republicans will continue our efforts to stop this misguided scheme to regulate the Internet.”

The fight for net neutrality started long ago, the result of a peoplepowered movement that has spent years fighting for an open and free Internet.

As Obama acknowledged in his statement, for example, the FCC’s plan to allow “fast lanes” received almost four million public comments, the most in the agency’s history. And today, it seems possible, if not likely, that the public interest will prevail over special interests.

But the forces mobilizing against net neutrality have no intention of stepping down from a fight. If the American people are serious about keeping the Internet open and free, the movement that has gotten us this far must continue to demand true net neutrality without delay.

(See DIGNITY on page 7)

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Individual companies must weigh trends in the global price of gas, the location of a drilling site, its distance to the market, the type of formation where the gas is held, how much processing it will need, etc., when considering the profitability of drilling a particular well.

In other words, giving oil and gas companies royalty-free fuel is a waste of taxpayer money.

And when you add up the amount of lost revenue, year after year, for all drilling on all federal lands, it comes to a significant loss for taxpayers and a lot of extra methane for the atmosphere.

With annual budget deficits still in the halftrillion-dollar range, Uncle Sam can’t afford to keep giving freebies to some of the most profitable companies in the world.

Ryan Alexander is president of Taxpayers for Common Sense

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Under the president’s proposal, the FCC would reclassify the Internet as a public utility, allowing it to be regulated like telephone service.

“In plain English,” Obama said, “I’m asking them to recognize that for most Americans, the Internet has become an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life.”

Indeed, the president is not the only one to see the Internet as fundamental to everyday life.

Former FCC commissioner Michael Copps has argued that net neutrality is a civil rights issue.

“Increasingly, people understand that the Internet is where we go to find jobs, pursue our edu-

cation, care for our health, manage our finances, conserve energy, interact socially and - importantly - conduct our civic dialogue,” writes Copps.

“All of which is to say that the Internet is central to our lives and our future.

Anyone not having these opportunities is going to be consigned to secondclass citizenship.”

Likewise, Harvard law professor Susan Crawford has called for a “public option” for the Internet, citing the digital divide between socioeconomic classes and noting that the United States lags behind much of the world in highspeed Internet access.

Obama’s announcement sparked a predictable backlash from

Proposal to provide grand juries with eyes

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) On the heels of an initiative to provide police departments with body cameras, there is growing support for a plan to supply grand-jury members with eyes, advocates for the plan said on Wednesday.

“Body cameras are an important part of the solution,” said Harland Dorrinson, who is lobbying Washington to equip grand juries with the sense of sight. “But I strongly believe that if you take video evidence and add eyes, the combination would be unstoppable.”

Some critics of Dorrinson’s proposal say that it does not go far enough, and that in order to process information sent from their eyes grand juries would also need to be fitted with working brains.

“Yes, in a perfect world, all grand juries would have brains,” Dorrinson said. “But progress is an incremental thing. Let’s start with eyes and eventually work our way up to brains.”

“The only way for my wife to be able to stay home is for me to have a little bit of extra income, and that’s why I work in my spare time,” he said.

But as Saslow’s story shows, Kobach seemed to be fully engaged Friday while in his Kansastaxpayer supported office toiling away on legal work regarding immigration issues.

Kobach can be as upset Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author as he wants by what he claims are immigrants (“illegal aliens” to him) scamming the system and getting something they (continued from page five) aren’t entitled to.

But taxpayers should be upset when Kobach Second, reach out. Make friends. Get to know appears to be doing the someone who doesn’t look like you. very same thing.

In fact, get to know many people who don’t look like you. Because the first step toward bridging the gap Yael Abouhalkah is an editorial page columnist for the between the races in America is forging friendships.

Republicans in Congress, who largely oppose even the most diluted attempts by the FCC to regulate the Internet.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) disparaged net neutrality as “Obamacare for the Internet,” a description that is, perhaps, even more absurd than he is.

Standing in opposition to net neutrality is tantamount to standing against innovation, against small business, against privatesector job creation and against competition - all of the things that the Republican Party claims to stand for.

It also puts the party on the opposite side of the overwhelming majority of the public. According to a recent poll, 81 percent of

Chicken “I’m sure that if we got to the bottom of it there are liberal Democrats in the basement who are fabricating these numbers and giving them to the legislative research department,” assured Jordan.

“If I may ask,” said the staff member sheepishly, “what do I say when people point out that the same research department claims we’ll be about $910 million in debt when more tax reductions go into effect in 2018?”

Brownback leans across his desk and asks Nick Jordan, “Do you have your calculator?”

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that Obama shouldn’t “rush” the timeline for training Afghan security forces to defend their own country.

Rush? Hello: IT’S BEEN 13 YEARS! “Operation Enduring Freedom,” as the government originally dubbed this mess of a military misKansas City Star. He can be reached at abouhalkah@ Jill Richardson is the author of “Recipe for America: Why Our sion, should be renamed Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It” kcstar.com “Operation Endless War.” Here we go again - not merely conducting training exercises, but continuing to mire our courageous but overstretched military forces in the Afghans’ civil war, including using U.S. ground troops in combat missions against

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“Yes, sir,” Jordan replies.

“Okay, this year is 2014 and I was elected to a four-year term, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

“When do I leave office?”

Jordan punches a few keys on his calculator, then punches them again.

“I’ve double-checked my numbers and I’m certain that 2018 will be your last year in office.”

“Looks to me like the problem is solved,” says Brownback as he takes a drink from the champagne bottle. “But, just in case my calculations are off by a few hundred million dol-

lars, Ray, do you think you can come up with enough budget cuts to keep my tax plan in effect?”

“Governor, I can’t think of anything I’d rather do,” says Merrick.

“I would suggest that the first thing we cut from the budget is the sky,” says Colyer. “It can’t fall on the Chicken Littles if we’ve already eliminated it.”

“Jim, you’re a genius,” says Brownback as he adjusts his party hat. “And that, people, is why we were re-elected.”

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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the Afghan Taliban.

How many more Americans will die or be horribly maimed in that hapless land? How many more billions of our tax dollars will be dumped into Afghanistan’s abyss?

And why?

Why are we there?

Why are we wasting so many lives and so much of the money we desperately need here at home?

And why are We the People not consulted on such a massive and momentous decision?

It’s reported that the Pentagon not only wants to keep troops there through 2016, but beyond. How

many troops? What are they to achieve? That’s a secret.

When Obama announced last May that the United States would have no combat role in Afghanistan after this year, he said, “It’s harder to end wars than to start them.”

True, but that doesn’t mean we can just surrender to those who are turning America into a militaristic state. If Obama won’t fight them, we must. To help, go to www. peace-action.org.

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

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Dignity

editor’s mail . . .

Don’t get rattled if you visit the cemetery I don’t mean to put fear into going to the cemetery. My sister, Faye, was here to help celebrate our father’s 99th birthday and during her stay she went out to the Scott County Cemetery to put fresh flowers on our mother’s grave.

While replacing old flowers with new ones, to her surprise she heard a hissing and buzzing sound. Turning to see what it was, she saw a 2-1/2 foot rattlesnake just inches from her foot.

Slowly and carefully moving away, she was able to escape being bitten. When walking up to the grave she didn’t see it, and neither did she when placing flowers on the ground - not until the snake was coiled up just a short distance away.

Luckily, it was just looking at her and had stopped hissing and buzzing, but it was still coiled. Soon afterwards, it crawled over to a hole and disappeared just two feet west of Mom’s head stone.

Until now, I’d never thought of something like this happening. Though, being a native Kansan, I should know better.

So, be aware that on warm, sunny days, snakes are not exempt from cemeteries.

From now on I will take a shovel or hoe along when visiting the cemetery.

Rod Leatherman Scott City

all made this mess; we all clean it up.”

Today’s Chinese schools have changed.

They have hired staff to “clean it up.” Now, their students are more cavalier about their trash. And more are prone to look down on what they perceive to be a lower class in a formerly class-less society - just like us.

Unfortunately, our supposedly class-less society remains loaded with class prejudice. There are administrators and even teachers and professors who do not know the name of their custodians and support staff.

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Whether in schools or hospitals or our daily life, we are all working through this life together.

Being paid more does not make a person a better human. Nor does education give us a right to treat others worse. They fix our cars. Plumb our houses. Remove our garbage. Clean our schools and houses.

If they are within our homes, our workplaces, our lives, they deserve to be known by name.

And they deserve our respect and our thanks.

John Schrock trains biology teachers and lives in Emporia

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Scott County 4-H Ambassadors met this week to stuff stockings which were going to be sent to military men and women serving overseas. The group includes (seated, from left) Trella Davis, Karlee Logan and Danean Metheney. (Standing, from left) Christina Tilton, Clarissa Ratzlaff, Trace Mulligan, Jennie Erven, Chase Rumford, KelsiJo Crouch, Eddie Tilton, Emily Glenn and Melanie Tilton.

Time saving tips for holiday hosts Whether extending invitations early or late, these tips from Kansas State University family and consumer science specialists can lighten the load for holiday hosts: •Decide on a menu and invite guests to choose an item to bring to share the workload - and the cost.

•Stock up on staples early to take advantage of sales and keep shopping near the holiday to a minimum.

•Make a grocery list and stick to it.

•Shop early in the day (on a weekday, if possible), when stores are least crowded.

•Look for recipes for salads, side dishes, breads or rolls that can be made ahead.

•Make it casual. Use dishwasher-safe dinnerware - or disposables.

•Consider a disposable roasting pan, but make sure it is heavy enough to hold the turkey.

•Lift the turkey pan with both hands (with hotpads) to avoid accidents.

•Use an ice chest or cooler to chill relishes or salads, and a separate ice chest for beverages, as each time a cooler is opened the inside temperature rises.

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Local historian Jerry Thomas shows Micah Highwalking some of the points of interest at the Battle Canyon National Historic Site during her recent visit in Scott City.

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Cheyenne and artist Jerry Thomas as he related events that occurred during the battle.

She also viewed the cave where nearly 270 women and children were seeking protection as their warriors waited to ambush the approaching cavalry. Thomas pointed out the different points of interest during the battle and explained how the warriors slowly retreated northward into the canyon as fighting continued through the late afternoon and evening.

The Northern Cheyenne were able to escape under cover of darkness and continued north.

Some made it as far as Fort Robinson in Nebraska while others were able to complete the journey to Lame Deer, Mont.

Cheyenne Exodus Highwalking, 27, says more of her people, especially the younger Cheyenne, are starting to learn about the northern exodus. But she admits it wasn’t until recently that she learned about the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork historic site.

“As we put the spotlight on this place and more people are educated, then I believe the stories will start coming in,” she says. “Within the Native culture, the history, stories and songs are passed along orally. This gives me questions I can ask when I return home.”

The opportunity for a large contingent of Northern Cheyenne to visit the site in September of 2013 for the 135th anniversary of the battle was an “eyeopening for everybody.

It emphasizes the importance of us coming back here more because this is a sacred place,” Highwalking says.

Many of her people are better acquainted with the events that occurred at Fort Robinson and afterwards, in large part because of an annual run involving young people from Lame Deer to the former military outpost.

“Thanks to the Fort Robinson run, more of our youth know about the events that occurred there. Now we need to go a step further and take it into Kansas,” she says.

“For that I’m very grateful for this opportunity to be here.”

Highwalking is also appreciative of local ef-

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forts to tell the story of the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork through the El Quartelejo Museum and the Jerry Thomas Gallery.

“Jerry is doing a wonderful job of preserving the history from this site and telling the story. We appreciate the relationship that’s been built and how welcome the community has made us feel,” she says.

“The elders are familiar with what happened at the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork, but now it’s a matter of making sure the youth know that story. It’s up to us to change that. We need to bring our youth here so they can learn. When that happens then we’ve bridged that gap between what the elders know and what our youth know.”

Highwalking feels there is growing interest among the tribe’s young people to learn more about the journey to Lame Deer.

“As we’re growing up and trying to get back to our culture, our young people are beginning to understand there’s a reason for being. There’s a reason why our ancestors made it through these battles and the other hardships,” she says.

Show What’s Possible Highwalking has another purpose behind her continuing relationship with the young people on her reservation. She was able to emerge from the poverty and become the first Northern Cheyenne to graduate from West Point.

“This is an example of what is possible if one sets their goals high enough. And the strongest thing about this is that I’m a Northern Cheyenne woman,” she emphasizes.

“This shows what you can do with determination and that if you have things which happen negatively in your life you have the opportunity to make something positive out of it.

“I encourage people to never stop dreaming. Going to West Point was only a dream at one point, but I accomplished that.”

Since graduating from West Point in 2010, Highwalking has relocated to Avenel, N.J., and has realized another dream of working for a Fortune 500 company (Dr. Pepper/ Snapple).

Highwalking realizes, however, she is the exception. She’s trying to help other young Northern Cheyenne realize they can break out of the cycle of poverty that traps so many of her people.

Family Ties A factor which often contributes to the failure of more Native Americans break away from the poverty and social issues that affect so many on their reservations is the strong connection to family.

“That can be both a very positive thing and a very negative thing,” she says. “A lot of Natives will leave home, but they’ve never been away from the family. And with our people it’s not just dads, moms, brothers and sisters, but aunts, uncles and cousins. That’s your family. We don’t have a distinguishing nuclear family. It’s very hard to leave that and understand that you will be okay.

“In my case, I know that I have that support available to me. I can call my grandparents, my cousins, my mom and I know there will be somebody there who will support me and who is praying for me.

“There are multiple times when I’d like to return home, but then you have to ask what am I going to do if I return?

What’s my game plan? I could go home and start a business or even get into tribal politics, but I feel there’s something big-

ger that I need to do right now.”

When Highwalking does return to Lame Deer she visits young people in schools and at the juvenile detention center. She reminds them that if they have the willpower to pursue dreams away from the reservation it doesn’t mean they have to cut ties to their family and home.

“I tell them home will always be there,” she says. “When I go to the juvenile detention center I find a lot of kids who are just misguided. They want to do the right thing, but just don’t know the right way to do it.”

As a participant in last year’s run from Lame Deer to Fort Robinson, Highwalking says she had the opportunity to connect with more young people from the reservation. She hopes to continue those relationships and provide guidance.

“I encourage them to do something positive with their life, whether it’s going to college, or dance or sing. I’m not telling everybody they have to grab the moon, but they have to take pride in what they do,” Highwalking says.

“If you want to be a fry bread maker, that’s fine. Take pride in being the best there is. If you’re going to dance, pray for our people, dance for our people and help others learn to dance as well,” she adds. “Be the best at whatever you set out to do.”

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Scott City wins GWAC food drive challenge Scott City Middle School easily won the annual food drive challenge issued to all junior high schools in the Great West Activities Conference.

Organized by the SCMS Student Council, the week-long drive brought in 1,468 non-perishable items.

“We won the challenge by more than 1,000 items,” said StuCo sponsor Summer Ford.

The seventh grade class led the four grade levels by collecting 823 items.

All items collected locally were donated to Hope’s Closet/ Community Breadbasket in Scott City.

SCMS StuCo members who organized the annual food drive are shown with some of the items they collected for the Scott Community Breadbasket. Students are (front row, from left) Alli Brunswig, Paige Vulgamore, Max Contreras, Carson Faurot, Payton Goodman, Tori Ford, Melany Gerstner and Loren Faurot. (Back row) Cale Goodman, Sawyer Stevens, Marshall Faurot, Jera Drohman, Kodi Rogers, Kaitlyn Wolkensdorfer, Abbi Ford, Sophia Garrison and Rosa Trejo.

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Morgan first in entrepreneurship contest at FHSU

Morgan Lawrence, a junior from Dighton, was on the winning team in the third Kansas Startup Weekend hosted by the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Ft. Hays State University.

Lawrence and her five teammates created Silverware Savers, a manually operated silverware roller designed for restaurant use to roll silverware into napkins.

Second place went to Falcon, a food truck serving the FHSU campus during the day and Hays bar locations at night.

The event began with 45 participants pitching their business ideas, then voting on the best ideas which resulted in seven teams. The teams worked over the weekend with coaches from the fields of accounting, finance, marketing and business strategy to create a viable business concept.

The competition concluded with each team giving a fiveminute presentation to a panel of judges.

The top three teams received trophies, free business consulting with local firms, free attendance at a business seminar, and a large selection of books on innovation and entrepreneurship.

4-H Club News Lake Wide Awake plans party The Scott City Lake Wide Awake 4-H Club meeting was called to order on Nov. 11. It started off with recreation which was lead by Wyatt and Waylon Ricker.

Our roll call question for the meeting was “Do you prefer dark or white meat?” The club had 15 members and three leaders present.

The meeting minutes were read and approved by the club. The club had a thank you card from Park Lane Nursing Home for the Halloween table centerpieces. The treasurer read off the club’s balance which was $673.02.

Austin Rios told the club he had submitted one report to the newspaper.

The community leader said the 4-Hers will have a 4-H Ambassador sign-up and that holiday stockings were due Dec. 2.

The club had installation of officers and was read by Austin Rios and Hannah Tucker. The club’s new business was the Christmas party at Park Lane Nursing Home on Dec. 7. They will be serving soup and pie.

Programs were by Emily Glenn and Kelsi Jo who talked about fiber arts and quilting. Jennie Ervin talked about woodworking and Kelsi Jo gave a talk on home environment.

Next meeting will be held at Park Lane Nursing Home.

Austin Rios, reporter

For the Record Smart tax moves to consider before NY’s Eve The Scott County Record

Jason Alderman

The flurry of activity during the last weeks of December can make it difficult to pay attention to finances. If you want to save on your tax bill come April, now’s the time to make some critical moves.

If you have a tax advisor or financial planner, it’s wise to run these ideas by them first. Here are some suggestions to investigate by year-end

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with follow-up in the new year: 1) Accelerate your deductions and defer your income. It makes the list every year because it works.

To keep your 2014 tax bill low, try to defer bonuses, consulting income or self-employment income until 2015 while taking as many deductions as you legally can in 2014.

Deductions may include paying your January federal and state income taxes before Dec.

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department Nov. 28: A hit-and-run accident was reported in the 1700 block of North Main Street.

Nov. 28: Cathleen Abell was backing up in a parking lot in the 900 block of Main Street when she struck a vehicle belonging to Wayne Wernecke.

Nov. 30: Juan Rodriguez was arrested for the purchase and consumption of alcohol by a minor, DUI and a defective tail light. He was transported to the LEC. Dec. 1: A burglary, theft and criminal damage to property was reported in the 600 block of College St. Scott County Sheriff’s Department Nov. 28: Bradley Konicek, driving a 2000 Pontiac, was westbound on K96 Hwy. when he struck a mattress on the highway. The vehicle entered the north ditch, spun sideways and flipped onto its passenger side.

Dec. 1: A report was filed for a violent offender registration act.

31, real estate taxes and interest payments.

2) Bunch non-urgent medical expenses this year or move them to 2015. If you have non-emergency medical procedures coming up, it’s a good idea to pack them into the same year so people under age 65 can exceed the 10 percent adjusted gross income (AGI) minimum for medical expenses.

For those over age 65, the AGI minimum is 7.5 percent.

3) Make last-minute

withholding adjustments.

If you’ve started making more money later in the year, make sure your withholding or estimated tax payments are adjusted before Dec. 31 so you don’t face underpayment penalties later.

4) Evaluate your traditional and Roth IRA holdings.

Many people who expect their tax rate to go up in retirement convert traditional IRAs to Roth accounts in advance.

Those who don’t do so

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Dec. 4, 2014) 1t

SCOTT COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S PROCEEDINGS OCTOBER 2014 GENERAL FUND SALARIES ............................................ $ 93,034.34 COMMODITIES ....................................

14,800.20 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES .................

79,679.99 CAPITAL OUTLAY..................................

647.74 OTHER...................................................

6,425.99 COUNTY HEALTH FUND SALARIES .............................................

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

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

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

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

16,208.04 24,028.67 2,505.79 0.00 0.00

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

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

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

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

5,032.68 4,440.65 181.48 0.00

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

Total cash in the Scott County Treasury as of the above date COMMODITIES....................................... $10,145,653.35 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES....................

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

31,123.21 20,033.05 5,162.95 0.00

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

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

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

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

389.28 198.77 3,711.97 0.00

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

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

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

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

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

3,208.93 247.80 313.07 0.00 3,707.40

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Dec. 4, 2014)1t

TREASURER’S QUARTERLY STATEMENT SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS • AS OF OCT. 31, 2014

FUND

FUND BALANCES

General .................................................................. $ 1,318,459.70 Community Development Block Grant Loan ........

0.00 Micro-Loan Revolving Loan Fund .........................

88,411.50 Alcohol Program ....................................................

2,526.94 Indoor Arena Fund ................................................

4,244.45 17,154.63 Special Cemetery Equipment .................................

County Employee Benefits .....................................

824,339.42 County Health - M. Koehn Memorial .....................

122.67 County Health - J. Binns Memorial ........................

391.99 County Health .........................................................

244,951.90 County Health - Bio-Terrorism ................................

22,493.92 County Health - Special Assistance ........................

8,364.11 Home Health ...........................................................

2,517.59 Hospital Maintenance ..............................................

18,060.86 Library Maintenance ................................................

132,064.14 Library Building ........................................................

31,094.83 Noxious Weed ..........................................................

31,250.82 Special Noxious Weed Equipment ...........................

108,992.31 Landfill Special Equipment Sales ............................

23,700.32 Road and Bridge ......................................................

635,068.62 Fire District ...............................................................

121,381.94 County Public Buildings ........................................... 1,228,428.85 Special Highway Improvement ................................

403,795.55 Special Road Machinery ..........................................

330,537.58 Equipment Reserve ..................................................

464,721.50 County Bond and Interest ........................................ 1,609,835.30 Hospital Bond and Interest ......................................

243,629.79 Sheriff Equipment Fund .............................................

294.64 Special Law Enforcement ..........................................

4,619.01 Prosecutor Training and Assistance ...........................

6,468.39 Attorney Worthless Check Fees .................................

471.25 Register of Deeds Technology Fund ..........................

48,382.45 Motor Vehicle Operating Fund ...................................

17,617.28 Zella O. Carpenter (S.A.) ............................................ 249,058.89 Zella O. Carpenter ....................................................

508,740.00 Oil and Gas Valuation Depletion ............................... 1,043,027.55 Keystone General .....................................................

13.07 Keystone Hall .............................................................

13.03 Scott Township General ...........................................

537.72 Advance Tax ..............................................................

710.59 Current Tax ................................................................

85.24 Current Tax Interest ...................................................

3,387.79 Tax Escrow Accounting .............................................

33,748.55 Delinquent Personal Property Tax .............................

505.76 Redemptions .............................................................

1,031.60 Commercial Motor Vehicle ........................................

2,416.44 Motor Vehicle Registration Tax .................................. 106,054.63 Recreation Vehicle Tax ...............................................

1,932.46 Rental and Excise Tax ................................................

0.00 911 Tariff .....................................................................

15,601.50 911 Tariff - Wireless .................................................... 153,909.21 Wildlife and Parks .......................................................

5,350.95 Federal Withholding ....................................................

0.00 Judgment Fees ...........................................................

72.00 Driver’s Licenses ..........................................................

1,239.50 Motor Vehicle ................................................................

3,782.50 Vehicle Registration Tax Interest ...................................

1,571.49 Motor Sales Tax ............................................................. 18,468.63 State Withholding ..........................................................

0.00 Total All Funds $ 10,145,653.35 State of Kansas County of Scott I do solemnly swear that the above statement is complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, so help me God. Lark Speer County Treasurer Subscribed to and sworn to before me this 26th day of November 2014 Alice Brokofsky Notary Public

JAMES M. MINNIX Chairman

ALICE BROKOFSKY Scott County Clerk

keep their traditional accounts as-is.

No matter how close you’re getting to retirement, it’s a good idea to take inventory of your IRA investments to make sure they’re accessible and to contact your tax advisor if you have questions about strategy.

5) Contribute as much to retirement accounts as possible. Putting money away for retirement is always a good idea for your tax bill and for your future. For tax year

2014, individual 401(k) (http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/401k) contribution limits are $17,500 and $5,500 for an IRA (not including catchup contributions for taxpayers 50 or over).

In 2015, those contribution limits will go up to $18,000 and $6,000 respectively.

6) Consider HSAs and FSAs. High-deductible insurance plans may offer a health savings account (See SMART on page 13)

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County Commission November 10, 2014 Scott County Commissioners met in a regular meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioners Jerry Buxton and Gary Skibbe; and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky were present.

•Robert Thigpen presented a request for consent to conduct a seismic survey across land owned by the Zella Carpenter Trust and leased to Wiechman Land and Cattle. The commission approved the consent form under the condition it also be approved by Wiechman Land and Cattle.

•It was agreed to rent the Pence fire house to Larry Snow for $35/mo.

•Commissioners agreed to pay the Kansas Association of Counties $175 for a compensation wage survey and to pay assistant county attorney Laura Lewis’ bill as presented.

•Public Works Director Richard Cramer discussed the updated 2014-15 snow plan.

•Cramer informed the commission that the new section of the cemetery and the land on which the former hospital was located have been planted to keep the dirt from blowing this winter.

The following road permits were signed and approved.

1) Grand Mesa Operating Company: oil and gas exploration drill site entry on North Hereford Road.

2) Dreiling Construction: expose cut telephone cable.

North Omaha Road. S16 T18S R32W. •Commissioners authorized Cramer to lease two new John Deere tractors for a total of $12,000 per year, per tractor. Cramer also discussed the old county equipment that was auctioned through Purple Wave. They brought in a total of $58,540.

Special Meeting November 10 at City Hall The Scott County Commissions met in joint session with the Scott City Council. Those present were Commissioners James Minnix, Gary Skibbe and Jerry Buxton and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky.

City Council members in attendance were Mayor Daniel Goodman; council members Fred Kuntzsch, Bo Parkinson, Everett Green, Perry Nowak, Joshua Gooden, Gary Eitel and Brad Venters; City Attorney John Shirley and City Clerk Brenda Davis.

Also present was county public works director Richard Cramer, J.C. Amack, city public works director Mike Todd and Chief of Police Chris Jurgens.

•There was discussion of the property where the former Scott County Hospital had been located. The county would like to deed the property to the city. No action was taken.

•There was discussion of a proposed wellness center that would be located on ground owned by the city at the Sports Complex. Preliminary building plans and possible financing were discussed.

•The city council was informed that the county is in the process of obtaining a permit to drill a well on the property where the Scott County public works department is located. Water would be used when maintaining county roads. The county did not feel there was a need to dump treated city water on county roads.

•Cramer requested that the city establish priority for snow removal and wondered if the airport runway was one of them. The county will start plowing parking lots owned by the county starting at 6:30 a.m. If the City crew needs help he would like to know before 6:00 a.m. otherwise the county crew will need to start plowing the Pence Road. Mike Todd agreed to let the county crew clear the airport runway, but said the city would clean the snow around the hangers, aprons and other structures.

•Drainage issues on Kansas Road were discussed.

It was the consensus that the city and county need to work together on the drainage. It was suggested that a resolution be drawn up to petition the state to allow water to be channeled under K96 Highway.

•Commission and Council members decided to have joint meetings every quarter.

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(HSA) option that allows you to deposit pretax dollars to pay for medical expenses high-deductible plans don’t cover. Flexible Spending Accounts (http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/fsa) also allow pre-tax dollars to pay for dental care, vision checkups and glasses and over-the-counter drugs.

7) Gather state and local sales tax receipts.

If you itemize your deductions, consider whether to deduct state and local sales taxes instead of state and local income taxes.

8) Consider a gift.

Individuals can give up to $14,000 a year per beneficiary to as many people as they’d like during 2014 free of gift or estate tax.

That amount goes up to $28,000 per beneficiary per year for spouses (both individual and spousal numbers will stay the same in 2015).

9) Make a last-minute charitable deduction.

If you itemize, you can deduct for charitable contributions - but do some homework first.

GuideStar.org lists every IRS-registered nonprofit organization, so you can do full research on the organization’s work and legitimacy as well as its tax status.

10) Take that home office deduction.

If you use part of your home for business or if your office is an unattached structure, you may qualify for a home office deduction up to $1,500 a year.

11) Watch the news and keep your tax preparer’s number handy.

Congress may spend its final days arguing over a variety of expired tax breaks still pending. It’s important to keep an eye on tax news between now and New Year’s Day. Bottom line: Use the end of the year to gather records and advice and make smart choices taxwise and otherwise.

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Kansas smoking rate still above U.S. average Dave Ranney KHI News Service

TOPEKA Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week showed that between 2005 and 2013, the percentage of U.S. adults who smoked declined from almost 21 percent to slightly less than 18 percent.

That’s the lowest percentage since the CDC began keeping tobacco use records in 1965.

Similar data collected by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment put the state’s 2013 smoking rate at 20 percent - two per-

CDC reports record-low level of adult smokers centage points higher than the national average.

“We need to do better,” said Linda DeCoursey, executive director with the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition advocacy group.

“As a state, we haven’t done a very good job when it comes to putting money toward tobacco use prevention.”

In the current fiscal year, which began July 1, state officials expect to spend about $950,000 on tobacco use prevention programs.

“That’s ‘master settlement’ money,” DeCoursey said, referring to payments tied to the state’s 1999 set-

Help children learn value of holiday gifts by the American Counseling Association

This holiday season will be a financial challenge for many families. While Moms and Dads pay close attention to holiday costs, our kids are buried by the barrage of advertising for toys and games they “just can’t live without.”

Helping your kids successfully navigate the holiday “buy, buy, buy!” season requires more than simply saying “no.” Keeping the holidays special, memorable and enjoyable means re-directing your children’s enthusiasm and energies beyond all the hottest toys and into areas that will help generate warm, long-lasting memories.

Start by creating a realistic holiday budget. Set limits within a budget that won’t bankrupt the family and that will limit January bill-paying stress.

Next, help your kids create their own budgets for holiday gift giving. Set an example by talking about your budget, how you’ve saved for holiday gifts and how you want to find gifts that will mean something special to the recipient.

One option to help get a child’s emotions involved is to talk about personal, homemade gifts.

Help your child write a holiday poem or story. Or look to gifts your child can make. A drawn picture, an art project, a series of digital photographs, some cookies or other holiday treats you make together - the list of meaningful, personal gifts that don’t have big price tag is a long one.

You also want to minimize the stress that the commercial merchandising of the holidays always brings. Let your kids develop a wish list, but make clear it’s just wishes, not a shopping list.

Let them know it’s your right to choose their gifts in order to make their presents special. For older kids, let them research the cost of desired gifts so they can begin connecting a dollar figure with their wants.

One final suggestion is to focus some of the holiday enthusiasm on those less fortunate than your own family. Local agencies offer many ways for you and your family to volunteer or provide help while gaining memories that truly make the holidays special.

While it’s tempting to be super-parents who can fulfill their children’s every wish, it isn’t a healthy reaction to the season.

Focus on decorating and cooking and having everyone give a little something of themselves, and you’ll find your holidays can not only be more affordable, but less stressful, and more memorable, loving and valuable than just the buying of gifts.

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tlement with the nation’s four largest tobacco companies. “It goes straight to KDHE, which uses it to fund some communitylevel grants. And that’s fine, that’s good, but it’s not enough.”

Typically, Kansas receives between $50 million and $60 million in master settlement payments each year. Most of the money is used to support programs that promote parenting skills and early childhood development.

According to the CDC, Kansas should be spending at least $20 million - closer to $28 million,

preferably - on its tobacco use prevention efforts.

“We’ve never had a comprehensive prevention program in Kansas because we’ve never had access to that kind of money,” DeCoursey said. “Until we do, we can expect Kansas’ smoking rates to be above most other states.”

Tracy Russell, tobacco prevention manager at the American Heart Association’s office in Overland Park, is leading a coalition of health care groups that hopes to convince lawmakers to significantly increase state spending on prevention

underwrite a comprehensive prevention effort.

“We’re 36th in the country at 79 cents (per pack),” she said, referring to the state’s cigarette tax.

She declined to say how much of an increase the group will propose.

The coalition, called Kansans for a Healthier Future, is expected to announce its membership and advocacy goals later this month, Russell said.

A portion of the coalition’s efforts are underwritten by a $200,000 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation.

“It is not surprising that Kansas is falling behind the nation in addressing tobacco use,” said Jeff

efforts.

“We know exactly what works when it comes to bringing down a state’s smoking rates,” Russell said. “There needs to be a Clean Indoor Air Act, an impact on the cost of the product and adequate funding for effective prevention programs.”

Kansas, she said, has a statewide ban on indoor smoking, also known as the Clean Indoor Air Act. “That’s one out of three,” she said.

The coalition, Russell said, is likely to propose an increase in the state’s cigarette tax, using the increase in revenue to (See SMOKING on page 15)

ACA to increase number of state employees eligible for benefits Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News

TOPEKA - Beginning in January, more than 80 percent of workers currently eligible for parttime benefits within the Kansas state employee health plan will be eligible for full-time benefits under changes mandated by the federal Affordable Care Act. The ACA, also known as Obamacare, establishes 30 hours as the threshold for full-time employment.

Starting next year, large employers - those with 50 or more employees - will be required to offer health coverage to all full-time workers.

The threshold for state employees to be considered “full-time” for health insurance purposes in Kansas previously was 36 hours per week.

The 30-hour threshold is one of the facets of the ACA that Republicans have targeted for repeal after gaining control both houses of Congress in the midterm election.

President Obama has said he will veto any GOPbacked legislation that undermines core elements of the reform law. But the Republican proposal has the backing of powerful business groups.

Kansas state employees who average between 19 and 35 hours a week

are currently eligible to buy into the state health plan as part-time employees but at higher rates than full-time workers. Most of them will now qualify as full-time employees, representatives of the State Employees Health Commission told a legislative committee on Tuesday, making them eligible for lower premiums in the plan.

Mike Michael, director of the state plan, said the change will cost state agencies about $1.5 million annually in increased employer contributions.

It will cost local governments that participate in the state plan about $170,000 and school

districts that participate about $130,000. Only about 30 of the state’s 286 school districts use the state employee plan.

Michael said employee premiums did not increase in the 2015 state health plan.

“Rates for employees remain flat,” Michael said. “The members are doing a great job utilizing the services and making some good choices and health care decisions.”

Student employees and adjunct professors who work for the state’s public universities also will be eligible to join the plan starting next year, if they (See BENEFITS on page 15)

Kansas safety net clinics seek federal funding for added sites Bryan Thompson Kansas Public Radio

TOPEKA - Even with the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans still lack health insurance. For them, safety net clinics are a lifeline. These clinics provide primary care for anyone, regardless of their ability to pay. Today there are federally funded clinics in 21 Kansas counties, but there soon could be more.

At least six organizations in Kansas are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services for grants to open new clinics. GraceMed, in Wichita, is asking for $650,000 for a new clinic on the south side of the city.

“Areas in the southern part of the county have very few if any doctor’s offices or dental offices,” said GraceMed CEO David Sanford.

“Medical, dental, pharmacy, vision services, integrated behavioral health. At full capacity, we anticipate serving about 17,000 unduplicated patients per year,”

We have patients who both earn too much money for Medicaid, which is very restrictive in Kansas, and they’re too poor to apply for the health insurance marketplace.

The only way that we can meaningfully expand primary care services like we provide is new access point grants.

Jason Wesco, CEO Health Partnership Clinic

Sanford said.

That would increase the number of patients GraceMed serves at its eight current locations by half.

The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas also is seeking a $650,000 grant. The Pittsburg-based organization serves 40,000 patients through clinics in

six counties. But Douglas Stuckey, its chief financial officer, said part of the region remains underserved.

“And if you look at the ratio of underserved people, we’ve basically got a doughnut - and right in the middle is Labette County and Parsons,” Stuckey said.

(See CLINICS on page 15)

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Smoking Willett, vice president of programs for the Kansas Health Foundation.

“Last year, Kansas government received over $150 million through tobacco taxes and payments from the tobacco companies,” he said.

“Unfortunately, the state invested less than one percent of that revenue in addressing the problem.

It is time for Kansas to address this critical health and economic issue.”

Historically, legislators have resisted increasing the state’s cigarette tax due to concerns that con-

venience stores along the Missouri and Nebraska borders would lose sales.

Cigarette taxes in Missouri and Nebraska, at 17 cents and 64 cents per pack respectively, are lower than Kansas’ tax.

Missouri’s tax is the lowest in the nation.

Per-pack taxes in Oklahoma and Colorado, at $1.03 and 84 cents respectively, are higher than the Kansas tax.

The CDC report is part of the agency’s ongoing assessment of its Healthy People 2020 campaign, which includes a target of lowering the nation’s

Clinics About 1,000 patients from the Parsons area seek care at his organization’s clinics in Pittsburg and Coffeyville - a distance of about 40 miles either way - and that’s just a fraction of the unmet need, according to Stuckey.

“And if they don’t have transportation to get to Pittsburg or Coffeyville, they either go without, or there is a couple small, free clinics in Parsons, but they’re not open all the time,” he said.

He estimates a new clinic in Parsons would provide health care to nearly 5,000 uninsured and low-income people a year.

The nonprofit organization that runs clinics in Olathe and Paola also is

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smoking rate to 12 percent or less.

“There is encouraging news in this study, but we still have much more work to do to help people quit,” Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, said in a prepared statement.

Other findings cited in the report: •Cigarette use among adults above the federal poverty line went from roughly 21 percent in 2005 to slightly more than 16 percent in 2013.

For those living below the poverty line, cigarette

use remained steady: from almost 30 percent in 2005 to 29 percent in 2013.

•In 2013, people who reported having a disability were more likely to smoke than those who did not have a disability, at 23 percent and 17 percent respectively.

•From 2005 to 2013, the percentage of adult smokers who smoked 30 or more cigarettes per day fell from 13 percent to seven percent.

Tobacco use was listed as a contributing factor in 3,466 deaths in Kansas last year.

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seeking expansion money.

The Health Partnership Clinic wants to establish a new clinic in an abandoned Wal-Mart store in Ottawa. The entire $650,000 federal grant would go for operational costs.

CEO Jason Wesco said most low-income residents in Franklin County appear to be forgoing health care, in part because the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid eligibility.

“We have patients who both earn too much money for Medicaid, which is very restrictive in Kansas, and they’re too poor to apply for the health insurance marketplace,” Wesco said. “The only way that we can meaningfully

Benefits meet the 30-hour-perweek threshold. Actuaries estimate that might cost the universities an additional $3.5 million.

Commission staff reviewed the changes this week with state legislators on the Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee, saying they are necessary to comply with the ACA. The legislators had little to say about them but briefly turned their attention to the lower threshold for buying into the health plan as a part-time employee, which is a state regulation.

“Most employees do meet that requirement,” said Cory Sheedy, an attorney for the commission. “For those who don’t, there’s the private market, the (ACA online) exchange.”

At the request of state employees, Sheedy said the commission also is proposing to allow mar-

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expand primary care services like we provide is new access point grants.”

The grants are funded by the Affordable Care Act, but there’s only enough money to fund about 150 of the 800 to 900 applications nationwide. Wesco had hoped Sen. Pat Roberts would help give the Ottawa application a competitive edge. But Roberts declined to provide a letter of support because he opposes the health care reform law.

“They favored abolition of the Affordable Care Act and could not support our efforts,” Wesco said. “Clearly, we’re disappointed to hear that, because this is

really our only way to get his constituents - many of which don’t have insurance - access to really high-quality care.”

The current round of grant applications is seen as particularly important because there may be less - perhaps even no - money for clinic expansions in the future. That’s because the Republicans who will control Congress next year are intent on repealing funding for parts of the health reform law, if not the entire law.

That means Wesco and the other Kansas clinic directors seeking grants have several anxious months ahead of them.

Decisions about which grants will be funded aren’t expected until May.

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ried couples who both work in jobs eligible for the state employee health plan to enroll in the plan as one family unit or as two individuals.

Such couples currently are required to enroll as

two individuals. Sheedy said that would remain the most cost-effective option for nearly all employees, but a select few might want to enroll as a family if they are combining a high-deductible plan with

a health savings account.

“It’s a rare instance in which it’s actually beneficial,” he said. “But some employees had asked about it, and there was no harm to the plan (in doing it).”

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Pastime at Park Lane We offer our sympathy to the family and friends of Ronald Davis who passed away on Nov. 29.

We welcome new resident Arlene Beaton to Park Lane.

The Assembly of God Church led Sunday afternoon services.

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

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

Max Moomaw, Ed Gough, Maxine Wilson and Jo Fouse performed several songs on Tuesday.

Residents played trivia games on Tuesday evening.

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

Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Wanda Kirk and Mandy Barnett.

Leatherman celebrates 99th

In honor of Jake Leatherman’s 99th birthday, his family served cake and punch to residents and staff on Saturday afternoon.

Holiday open house is Dec. 13

Park Lane will host its annual Christmas open house on Sat., Dec. 13. This come-and-go party will be from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Punch and cookies will be served.

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

Residents enjoyed chocolate ice cream cones on Friday afternoon.

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

Geraldine Graves was visited by Joie Tedder and Janet Soeken.

Joyce Bohnert was visited by Gabe and Janet Gallardo.

Delores Brooks was visited by Charles Brooks, Cheryl Perry and Dave Perry.

LaVera King was visited by Randy, Kay and Harrison King; Carol Latham; Pat and Janice O’Brien, Casper, Wyo.; Tatum, Stormy, Hunter and Shanna Wells; Gloria Gough, Jerry and Joyce Wiechman, Tava See, Shelly Carter and Velda Riddiough.

Herb Graves was visited by Tina Turley and Ron Hess.

Nella Funk was visited

by Sheila Boyd, Nancy Holt, Aaron and Mandy Kropp, Anita Funk, Rob and Abigail Funk; Darren, Kaden and Kallen Russell; Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms.

by Jason Storm

Ann Tedford was visited by Mary Plum; Steve, Betty Jean, Dustin, Doug, Danette, Tatum, Tayson, McKeltie, Kylie and Kairinthia; and Mary Plum.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Larry and Gloria Wright, Larry and Philene Pickett, Margie Stevens, Berneice Burch and Anita Wallace.

Yvonne Spangler was visited by Kim Smith, Greg and Yvette Mills, Jillian VanCampen, Elizabeth Parkinson, and Danny, Danica and Jagger.

Albert Dean was visited by Brian and Charlene Geist, Ian Lund, Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, and Terry and Sue Rose.

Lorena Turley was visited by LaCinda Griffin, Loveland, Colo., Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock and Grace Beaton.

Arlene Beaton was visited by Bill and Melissa Savolt, John Beaton and Ann Beaton.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Pastor Warren Prochnow and family, Denise Halle, Dawn Cook, Deanna Lamer, Jill Brantley and Janet Ottaway.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale, Vicki and David Dirks.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Larry and Rachel Unruh, Ruth Nichols, Alan and LeAnne Nichols, Rod and Mary Ann Leatherman, Laye Summerville, Tava See and Mary Lou Oeser.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ken, Patti and Mandy Billings; Larry Billings, Linda Dunagan and Ann Beaton.

Rod and Kathy Haxton and Boots Haxton attended the funeral of her nephew, Butch Collins, in Oakley.

Elsie Coleman was visited by Brian Lockman and Tayla Cannella; Jennifer and Channing Adams; Janice Lockman and Kim Smith.

Harriet Jones was visited by Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church.

Corrine Dean was visited by Aaron and Mandy Kropp, Ron Hess, Linda Martindale, Tava See, Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms.

Mike Leach was visited by Linda Dunagan and Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church.

Darlene Richman was visited by Mary Webster.

Thelma Branine was visited by Ron Branine, Megan Branine, Cory Branine, Veronica Branine, Zoe Branine, Dennis Branine, Janice Branine, Bob and Nikki Cooper, Becky Younger, Sherri and Kendal Smith, Chandler Hornbostel and Hunter Smith.

Judy Redburn was visited by Tina Turley and Mary Torson.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Roger and Jackie John, Bill Huseman, Marvel Keyse, Megan John, and Gloria O’Bleness.

Jim Jeffery was visited by Nathella Humburg from Ness City.

Deaths Janice Lorene Fry Janice Lorene Fry, 65, died Nov. 30, 2014, at the Lane County Hospital, Dighton.

S h e was born on Feb. 23, 1949, in Scott City, the daughter Janice Fry of August Theodore and Marie (Meineka) Bockelman.

She was a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Scott City.

Janice grew up on the family farm in Lane County. After her schooling she worked as a CNA at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.

She moved to Lubbock, Tex., where she lived for over 20 years, during which time she operated a daycare, did house cleaning and worked at nursing homes.

In 1990, she moved to Dighton and worked as an

aide at the Lane County Hospital.

Survivors include: two sons, Jeremy Fry and Aaron Fry, both of Scott City; two daughters, Channelle Fry, Healy, and Tamie Fry, Scott City; one brother, Lester Bockelman, Dighton; one sister, Irene Bockelman, Olathe; and 10 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Genevieve Bockelman.

Funeral service was held Dec. 4 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Scott City, with Rev. Warren Prochnow officiating.

Burial was at the Dighton Memorial Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to DaVita Garden City Dialysis in care of Boomhower Funeral Home, 145 N. Wichita, Box 891, Dighton, Ks 67839.

Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.

Donnetta Lee (Kiser) LaShell Donnetta Lee (Kiser) LaShell died Nov. 29, 2014, at her home in WaKeeney.

She was born Nov. 29, 1933, the daughter of Floyd and Fern (See) Kiser, in Scott City.

She was raised in Scott County before moving to Utica.

She married Leo Edward LaShell on June 2, 1951. They lived on their farm in Trego County for over 50 years. In 2003, they moved to WaKeeney.

Donetta was a cook for the Utica school district and at a cafe in Ransom.

She was active in her church, 4-H and a supporter of school sports. In her spare time, she loved to read, play cards, crochet, and go on “adventures” with her group of friends from WaKeeney.

Survivors include two sons, Leo “Butch” (Barbara) LaShell, Phillipsburg, Mo., and Larry LaShell (Katy Kadlec), Grand Junction, Colo.; five daughters, Brenda LaShell, Ulysses, Linda

(Jim) Turley, WaKeeney, Suzanne (Darrell) Brown, Cedar Hill, Tex., and Jenette Lewis (Tim Epperson), Ellis; 21 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; a brother, Dale Kiser of Pennsylvania; and a sister, Libby Farmer, Huntsville, Alabama.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leo; son-in-law, Tony McGraw; grandsons, Stephen LaShell and Kelvin Brown; greatgrandson, Maddox Albers; brother, W.O. Kiser; and sisters Charlene Farmer, LoRee Kiser, and infant sister Shirley Kiser.

Funeral service was Dec. 4 at the United Methodist Church, WaKeeney.

Burial was in the Utica Cemetery.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the United Methodist Church, WaKeeney, in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 North 12th, WaKeeney, Ks. 67672.

Condolences may be sent online at www. schmittfuneral.com.

Christmas Church Services Prairie View Church of the Bretheren

First Baptist Church

4855 Finney-Scott Road • 276-6481 December 21 • 11:00 a.m. - Children’s Christmas Program - Christmas Open House (following program) December 24 • 6:00 p.m. - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

803 S. College • 872-2339 December 7 • 8:30 a.m. - Worship Service 10:45 a.m. - Worship Service December 14 • 8:30 a.m. - Worship Service 10:45 a.m. - Worship Service 6:30 p.m. - Children’s Christmas Program December 21 • 8:30 a.m. - Worship Service 10:45 a.m. - Worship Service December 24 • 5:00 p.m. - Contemporary Christmas Eve Service 7:00 p.m. - Traditional Christmas Eve Service December 25 • Merry Christmas

Holy Cross Lutheran Church 1102 Court • 872-2294 December 10 • 6:15 p.m. - Supper 7:00 p.m. - Advent Service December 17 • 6:15 p.m. - Supper 7:00 p.m. - Advent Service December 24 • 6:15 p.m. - Children’s Christmas Program 11:00 p.m. - Candlelight Service December 25 • 10:15 a.m. - Christmas Service

Pence Community Church 8911 W. Rd 270 • 872-2854 December 21 • 7:00 p.m. - Children’s Christmas Program December 24 • 5:30 p.m. - Christmas Eve Service

First Christian Church

First United Methodist Church 5th and College • 872-2401 December 7 • 9:00 a.m. - Communion and Fellowship Service Dec. 10 5:30 p.m. Supper 6:00 p.m. Children’s Christmas Program Dec. 14 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Blended Worship Service Dec. 21 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Blended Worship Service Dec. 24 6:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

701 S. Main • 872-2937 Dec. 28 3:30 p.m. Nursing Home Remembrance and December 7 • - CWF Christmas Tea Worship Service at Park Lane December 17 • -”The Summit” Christmas Movie Dec. 31 7:00 p.m.

Family Movie Night December 24 • 6:00 p.m. - Christmas Eve Candlelight 7:00 p.m.

Midnight - Open Communion Service (come and go) December 25 • - Merry Christmas!

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church 1398 S. Hwy. • 872-2264 December 14 • 11:00 a.m. - Children’s Christmas Program December 24 • 7:00 p.m. - Christmas Eve Service

Community Christian Church 1201 Jackson • 872- 3977 December 7 • 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School 10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship December 10 • 7:00 p.m. - Ladies’ Ornament Exchange December 14 • 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School 10:45 a.m. - Sunday Morning Worship 4:00 -6:00 p.m. - Pastor’s Open House December 21• 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship featuring Kid’s Christmas program December 24 • 6:00 p.m. - Candlelight Service with Kid’s Christmas program

Assembly of God Church 1615 S. Main • 872-6200 December 21 • 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Drink and Rolls!

Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. Worship In the True Spirit of Christmas Special Music by Youth and Adults Message: “Desire, Expectation and Joy!” 6:00 p.m. Christmas Candlelight Service “Christmas In Scripture, Heart and Song!”

Fireside Fellowship following service. Refreshments, Snack Foods, Gifts and Togetherness

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Elizabeth and Epperson Drive • 872-3666 December 24 • 8:00 p.m. - Christmas Eve Service

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Deaths Constance ‘Connie’ Carman

Dena Kathleen Warta

Constance “Connie” Carman, 70, died Dec. 1, 2014, at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City.

S h e was born on Oct. 25, 1944, in Underwood, N.D., the daughter Constance Carman of Edward and Bernice (Mittleider) Steinwand.

A resident of Garden City since 1966, she had been an administrative assistant for McGraw Trucking.

On March 6, 1962, she married Carl Dean Carman in Scott City. He survives.

Survivors include: one daughter, Crystal Guerrero, and husband, Donnie, Holcomb; father, Ed Steinwand, and wife Bonnie, Larned; three brothers, Tim Steinwand, and wife, Charmaine, Garden

Dena Kathleen Warta, 42, died Nov. 27, 2014, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

She was born on Dec. 31, 1971, in Dodge City, the daughter of Dale Ray and Anna Marie (Dykstra) Farr. A resident of Scott City since 2004, moving from Oberlin, she was a CMA at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.

On Aug. 10, 1990, she married Michael Eugene Warta in Lexington, Nebr.

He survives.

Survivors include: two sons, Dustin Warta, and wife, Karrin, and Troy Warta, and wife, Sam, both of Scott City; one daughter, Chelsea Harris, and husband, Justin, Scott City; father, Dale Farr, Sr., Scott City; mother, Anna Dykstra, Scott City; two brothers, Dale Farr, Jr.,

City, Dan Steinwand, Garden City, and David Steinwand, and wife, Penny, Columbia, Mo.; two sisters, Bonnie Miller, and husband, Jimmy, Silver Spring, Md., and Eva Marie Barber, Garden City; four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, 17 nieces and nephews, 15 great-nieces and nephews and one great-great-nephew.

She was preceded in death by her mother.

Memorial service will be held Fri., Dec. 5, 10:30 a.m., at Garden Valley Church, Garden City.

Interment will be held at a later date.

Memorials may be given to the Connie Carman Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 620 N. Main St., Garden City, Ks. 67846.

There will be no public calling times.

Delinna L. ‘Weezie’ Smith Delinna L. “Weezie” Smith, 56, died Nov. 30, 2014, at Hays Medical Center, Hays.

She was born on Aug. 5, 1958, in Garden City, the daughter of Charles and Betty (Morris) Smith.

A lifetime resident of Scott City, Delinna graduated from Scott Community High School and was a self-employed truck driver.

She was a member of the Pence Community Church, Pence.

Survivors include: one daughter, Lacey Rohrbough, and husband, Corey, Scott City; parents, Chuck and Betty Smith, Scott City; three sisters, Marla Williams, Scott City, Rhonda Bauer, and husband, Chuck, Pleasanton, and JoAnn McLemore, of Florida;

four brothers, Craig Smith, Scott City, Mike Smith, Scott City, Mark Smith, Wichita, and Clifton Smith, Scott City; and four grandsons. She also had an additional seven brothers and sisters that she didn’t get the chance to know.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ray and Bertha Morris and John and Cora Smith.

Funeral service was held Dec. 4 at the Pence Community Church with Rev. Don Williams officiating.

Interment was at the Scott County Cemetery Memorials may be made to the Delinna Smith Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Ronald Dean Davis Ronald Dean Davis, 79, died Nov. 29, 2014, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.

H e was born on Nov. 29, 1935, in Ree Heights, S . D . , the son of Edi- Ronald Davis son and Bernice (Witte) Davis. A resident of Healy for over 30 years, moving from Washington State, he was a seed cleaner foreman.

He attended grade school at Orient, S.D., and graduated from high school at Miller, S.D. After graduation he worked for several years at Wilbers Seed Company in Miller, S.D. He worked for a time in Oregon and Washington as a overhead power line clearance tree trimmer and finally he moved to Healy to join Sharp Brothers Seed Company.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Healy.

Survivors include: one daughter, Brenda Steckman, and husband, Mark, Centennial, Colo.; two sons, Rodney Davis, and wife, Marsha, Miller, S.D., and Michael Davis, and wife, Vonda, Gillette, Wyo., two brothers, Russell Davis and Gary Davis, both of Miller, S.D.; two sisters, Shirley Jones, and husband, Jack, Kearney, Nebr., and Donna Welch, Pierre, S.D.; nine grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Ricky; one brother, Roger; one sister, Diane; one brother-in-law, Bob Hague; and one sister-inlaw, Joan Davis.

Graveside service will be Fri., Dec. 5, 11:00 a.m., at the Healy Cemetery with Rev. Bud Tuxhorn officiating.

Memorials may be made to the Healy United Methodist Women in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

and wife, Gina, of Arizona, and Ross Farr, and wife, Tammy, Scott City; one sister, Kimmy Coast, and husband, Kevin, Hanston; and two grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Robert and Thelma Durr and Paul and Wanetta Farr; one aunt, Rosemary Hammons; one uncle, Paul Farr; and one nephew, Wyatt Raney.

Funeral service was held Dec. 2 at Gospel Fellowship Church, Shallow Water, with Larry Taylor officiating.

Interment will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Dena K. Warta Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Attend the Church of Your Choice

In God’s Time Once again, the world is way ahead of the Church and of its people. The signs of Christmas are everywhere.

Many were in place before Thanksgiving.

At this moment in the year, at least in my time, the world is always ahead. The world encourages us to move and to act; the Church asks us to ponder and to pray.

The season of Advent began last Sunday, and for many of us it marks the beginning of the church year. Surely that means, as we turn to the New Testament, that our Scripture reading is from the beginning of the Gospel. That is where the word of the birth of Jesus is found.

In our part of Christ’s Church, the New Testament reading last Sunday was much closer to the end of the Gospel of Mark than to the beginning. It contained the Word of the Lord in reference to the second Advent, rather than the first. We are reminded that we live some time between the birth of the Lord Jesus in a cold barn, and His return in glory.

The Church is neither a museum of artifacts of the past, nor a gathering of star gazers and fortune tellers. It is the Body of Christ. We hold fast to the truth of the Word made flesh, and we await His coming again.

All of this is in God’s time. But the time in between is also His. The mystery of Advent is that we wait for the one who is always with us.

Rev. Don Martin St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

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

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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

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

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

1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m.

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Pence Community Church

Community Christian Church

8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.)

Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

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

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

1st United Methodist Church 5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 Dennis Carter, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services at 9:00 a.m. • Sunday School, 10:30 a.m.

All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

701 Main - Scott City - 872-2937 Scotty Wagner, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday is Family Night Meal: 5:45 p.m. • Study: 6:15 p.m.

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666 Father Don Martin Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

St. Luke’s - 872-5734 (recorded message) Senior Warden Bill Lewis • 872-3347 or Father Don Martin - (785) 462-3041

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City

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.

Support Your Hometown Merchants!

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

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

The Scott County Record • Page 18 • Thursday, December 4, 2014 Youngsters who have reached 100 to 1,000 book milestones in the Scott County Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” reading program are:

Billy Malchow 100

Jagger SpanglerCarlson • 500

Hadley Bailey 600

Aaren Radke 600

Jayden Nelson 800

Sebastian Nelson 800

Jordan Rufenacht 900

Meika Dirks 1,000

Ava Hughes 1,000

State officials reach $250,000 settlement on Larned State lawsuit Payment results from death at state hospital Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas Legislature leaders approved a $225,000 settlement of the lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Kansas State University football player who died at Larned State Hospital.

The estate of Michael Lykins brought suit last year in Shawnee County District Court alleging staff at the state hospital didn’t do enough to

prevent the 43-year-old man’s death by hanging in 2011.

Members of the State Finance Council, acting on a recommendation by Attorney General Derek Schmidt, voted to authorize the payment. The governor joined with House and Senate members in a closed-door discussion of the deal Monday at the Capitol.

The settlement brings to a close the suit filed by college-age children of Michael Lykins in August 2013 against the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services, which

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has administrative jurisdiction over Larned State Hospital.

“Without admitting any liability,” said department spokeswoman Angela de Rocha, “the State of Kansas settled all claims against the state and state defendants.”

Larned State Hospital primarily serves patients with mental illness considered a possible danger to themselves and others.

Lindsey and Chase Lykins’ father was a former K-State athlete and coach at Skyline High School near Pratt. Michael

Lykins was a 1986 graduate of Topeka West High School.

In court documents, the family alleged state hospital officials discharged Michael Lykins despite a civil-commitment order requiring the hospital to hold him until Pratt County District Court affirmed his release.

Michael Lykins was discharged five days before the next scheduled court appearance, but returned to the facility as his condition worsened.

Left unattended in a hospital room at Larned, he committed suicide.

Support Your Hometown Merchants!

Week of December 8-12 Breakfast Monday: Whole grain bagel and jelly, fresh apple, fruit juice.

Tuesday: Oatmeal breakfast round, fruit flavored yogurt, strawberries and bananas, fruit juice.

Wednesday: French toast sticks and syrup, fresh grapes, fruit juice.

Thursday: Bubble bread, mandarin oranges, fruit juice.

Friday: Breakfast pizza, diced pears, fruit juice.

Lunch Monday: Cheesy chicken spaghetti, *fish sticks, vegetable blend, french bread, pears.

Tuesday: Homemade chili, *tuna sandwich, cheese stick, tri-tator, cinnamon roll, peaches.

Wednesday: Pizza mozzarella sticks, *ravioli, marinara sauce, winter blend, applesauce.

Thursday: Chicken and noodles, *meat loaf, creamy potatoes, green beans, whole grain dinner roll, strawberries and pears.

Friday: Submarine sandwich, *pizza, tater tots, lettuce and tomato sliced, banana. *Pizza Hut (high school) *second choice at SCMS and SCHS

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Cat Tales Former Scott City resident shares personal tales from K-State sports • Page 26

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Scott City senior Marshal Hutchins (right) and Wyatt Kropp share a hug and some tears following their heartbreaking 21-14 loss in the Class 3A state championship game in Hutchinson on Saturday.

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Rossville TD with :28 remaining denies Beavers Class 3A state title When senior tight end Sloan Baker raced into the end zone with his right fist raised into the air celebrating the go-ahead touchdown in Saturday’s Class 3A championship game, Scott City fans could feel that another state title was within their grasp.

“I really felt we needed to make just one defensive stop and the game would be ours,” said senior Rossville 21 Scott City 14 defensive tackle Chantz Yager after his team had taken a 14-7 lead with just 8:45 remaining.

That stop didn’t happen.

Rossville rallied with a pair of touchdown drives, including the game-winner with just :28 remaining to take a 21-14 lead, claiming their first ever state title and ending Scott City’s bid for a perfect season.

After an overtime win a week earlier in the sub-state title game, the Beavers (13-1) looked like they were in position to complete another great comeback with back-to-back scoring drives to open the second half that erased a 7-0 halftime deficit.

“I felt we had the momentum and had begun to figure some things out, especially on defense,” says senior cornerback Brett Meyer. “I thought we’d be able to get a big defensive (See DENIED on page 21)

Senior linebacker Sloan Baker (right) drags Rossville quarterback Tucker Horak to the ground while junior linebacker Cooper Griffith gets ready to assist.

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State runner-up a great season by any standard

It’s tough finishing second. individual or team at the top You never see fans holding of the podium. There will be a up two fingers at a pep rally and champion, and a runner-up, and Rod chanting “We’re No. 2.” a third place and . . . . That’s life Haxton, No one enters the NCAA and that’s sports. sports basketball tournament hoping It’s a perplexing dilemma. editor to be No. 2. Even Cinderellas We tell our children from are aiming for the big prize - not the time they’re old enough to just to come close. understand and compete in anydream of being No. 2.

No team hoping to get into thing that the goal is to be No. That’s natural. the final four football playoff Equally unavoidable is the 1 - being the first chair in band, bracket is doing so with the fact there is room for only one winning the spelling bee, being

the best soccer player or winning the YMCA football league.

Put in the extra time studying, listen to your coaches, get into the weight room or whatever else it takes so that you can be No. 1.

But what happens when you aren’t No. 1?

The Olympics silver or bronze medalist - even though they are one of the best in the

world - don’t get on a Wheaties box.

It doesn’t mean you didn’t do something great or that your effort isn’t admired and respected by others. It only means there was perhaps one person, or one team, who was better on that given day.

On Saturday, Rossville was the better team.

(See STANDARD on page 26)

The Scott County Record • Page 20 • Thursday, December 4, 2014

Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland

Here, kitty, kitty The tawny colored bobcat blended in so well with the milo stalks, that had it not moved I might have walked right up onto it.

I’ve trapped here previous years, but because the field had always before been planted to new wheat, I’d driven in from a different direction.

This year, besides planting milo here, the owner had left a nice field drive along one edge of the field.

The field lays along the river and at one point makes a jog which is a good spot to look for animal tracks in the sandy soil. Coyote tracks were plentiful and I caught a bobcat last year at nearly the exact location where this one awaited me.

Setting traps here was a no-brainer.

The traps were set at the very edge of the stalks which hid them from my sight as I approached.

Trapped bobcats usually hunker down and lay perfectly still until you get too close, so this one surprised me as I stepped beyond the stalks to take a peek at the trap before moving on.

It was a nice cat, but Kansas bobcats are not at their best until January. Besides that, I had just talked to my fur buyer and been told that bobcat prices will probably be appreciably lower this season than in past few years.

All things considered, I really didn’t want to catch any bobcats yet so I felt I needed to release this guy and try to catch it again later when its fur was at its absolute best.

A couple years back, I attached two cabinet door handles to one side of a four foot square piece of plywood and cut a big notch on one edge.

(See KITTY on page 25)

Football means slow start for SC matmen

It’s a familiar situation for SCHS wrestling coach Jon Lippelmann.

A long football season means wrestlers who are still recovering from injuries, have only a few days to get into any kind of condition to be on the mat and aren’t even close to the weight classes where they expect to compete after the first of the year.

“It’s something you live with when you have a successful football team,” says Lippelmann.

While Lippelmann has had a handful of non-foot-

Hoxie Invitational Sat., Dec. 6 • 9:00 a.m.

Teams: Cimarron, Oberlin, Hoxie, Lakin, Norton, Oakley, Plainville, Sublette, Scott City

ball players in the practice room for the last couple of weeks, several key members of his varsity roster won’t be available right away.

Junior Cooper Griffith won’t be on the mat until January due to a MCL tear in his knee that will eventually require a brace while it heals.

“It’s a lot better than missing the entire season,” says Griffith, who was sidelined his entire sophomore year because of a shoulder injury and surgery.

Juniors Wyatt Kropp (knee) and Abe Wiebe (shoulder) will miss at least the first tournament, possibly longer, due to injuries.

The loss of those varsity wrestlers will obviously mean a slow start for the Beavers who have high hopes of bouncing back from a difficult 2013-14

season in which they had just one state medalist in the Class 4A tournament.

Now that they’re back in Class 3A this year, the Beavers hope to find more success in state. But they are also looking for more success during the regular season.

“Once we get healthy, we have boys who should do very well at the varsity level. And we have some boys who came on late last season and showed a lot of progress,” he says.

“It will be fun to see how

Turnovers costly for 7th grade Lady Jays Turnovers were the downfall for the Scott City Middle School seventh graders in a 17-16 loss to Colby on the home floor Tuesday.

Scott City committed 27 turnovers - 16 in the first half. Despite their struggles keeping control of the ball, SCMS only trailed 6-3 at the intermission.

After falling behind 11-5, Scott City put together a 7-0 scoring burst. Madison Shapland finished off the scoring run with a steal and layup that gave the Lady Bluejays a 12-11 lead with 4:31 remaining in the game.

Colby regained a three point lead, 15-12, with 1:15 to play. Twice, SCMS was able to cut the lead to a single point on baskets by Shelby Patton (15-14) and Shapland (1716) who hit a jumper in the lane with just :13 left on the clock.

Scott City was unable to get the ball back for a chance to get the win.

Shapland and Patton finished with eight and six points, respectively.

In “B” team action, the Lady Bluejays cruised to

much more they improve this season.”

In addition to the trio who are sidelined with injuries, the Beavers are led by two-time state finalist and former state champion James Jurgens, Lane Hayes and Zach Tucker.

Jurgens, a senior, will start the season at 138 pounds, but is expected to drop to 132 by Christmas.

Hayes, a senior heavyweight, is returning to the mat after breaking an ankle at the Norton tournament last year.

(See MATMEN on page 24)

Hunters can use electronic check-in

Scott City Middle School seventh grader Madison Shapland hits a jumper during Tuesday’s action against Colby.

(Record Photo)

a 31-17 win. Scott City blew the game open with a 10-3 scoring advantage in the second period.

Abbie LeBeau led all

scorers with eight points followed by Makenna Ashmore and Cynthia Gonzalez with six points each.

SCMS added a 5-4 win in the “C” team game.

Ashmore scored three points and Stormy Wells added two points.

Since Sept. 1, hunters using select Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) wildlife areas have been able to obtain free daily hunt permits electronically through the iSportsman system.

To date, more than 4,500 individuals have registered for accounts and have “checked in” for 8,000 daily hunting permits. Although several thousand hunters have used the new system, a large percentage of hunters continue to use the traditional paper permit system.

The iSportsman electronic permit system, which is more efficient and economical than the paper system, is in use at the following wildlife areas: Jamestown, Lovewell, Clinton, Elwood, Kansas River, Milford, Cheyenne Bottoms, Texas Lake, Isabel, McPherson Wetlands, Slate Creek Wetlands, Neosho, Melvern and Lyon.

Hunters planning to hunt any of these areas can register for an account at any time by logging on to https://kdwpt.isportsman.net.

Upon completing the registration, hunters will obtain a general access permit.

Area teams prepare for pre-season tournaments A full slate of early season basketball tournaments will get underway for area high schools next week.

Scott Community High School will once again be competing in the Southwest Classic, but with one change in this year’s format.

Scott City will host the first two games in round-

robin play and all teams will wrap up tournament action in Garden City.

Scott City’s opponents are: Thurs., Dec. 11: Wichita Trinity, 6:00 and 7:45 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 12: Kansas City Christian, 6:00 and 7:45 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 13: Pueblo East, 2:30 and 4:15 p.m.,

at Garden City High School.

Saturday’s schedule will also include KC Christian vs Trinity, 11:00 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.; Holcomb vs Garden City, 6:00/7:45 p.m.

Classic which gets underway on Mon., Dec. 8.

The Leoti girls will open play against South Gray at 3:00 p.m. followed by the WCHS boys vs South Gray at 4:45 p.m.

The tournament will wrap up on Dec. 12-13.

Classic at Quinter with first round action getting underway on Tues., Dec. 9.

The Lady Hornets, seeded No. 3, will face No. 6 seeded Golden Plains at 6:00 p.m.

The Dighton boys, who Bluejay Classic are seeded No. 4, will Wichita County High Castle Rock Classic School will travel to Dighton will be com- open against WheatlandCimarron for the Bluejay peting in the Castle Rock Grinnell at 7:30 p.m.

The Scott County Record • Page 21 • Thursday, December 4, 2014

Scott Community High School Beavers • 2014 Class 3A State Runner-up

Denied stop at the end, but we made just enough mistakes so they could keep moving the ball.”

Until the fourth quarter, Scott City had been effective in containing Rossville quarterback Tucker Horak and the Dawgs offense, allowing just one touchdown on their first seven possessions.

Head coach Glenn O’Neil says the Dawgs were finally able to find more success getting to the outside with their option game.

“Their offensive tackles were a little more athletic than our defensive ends,” he says. “They were able to hook our defensive ends by getting to the outside shoulder.”

Because the defensive end has responsibility for the quarterback on the option, Horak was able to get to the edge for some huge gains on the final two possessions on his way to a 211 yard rushing performance.

“They also wore us down in the fourth quarter,” says O’Neil.

“It began with the scoring drive that tied the game and gave them an extra energy boost. It also deflates you when you give up the lead on an 85 yard drive.”

Inside linebacker Cooper Griffith also sustained a knee injury late in the third quarter which limited his ability to get to the edge and contain the quarterback.

Beavers Take Lead Trailing 7-0, after being held scoreless in the first half for the first time this season, the Beavers looked like they had found some answers in the second half when they put together scoring drives of 84 and 83 yards on their first two possessions.

After stopping the Dawgs on their first series of the second half, the Beavers responded with an impressive 84 yard drive. Of the 13 plays, they went to the air only twice, the second time a 30 yard completion to senior slotback Chantz Yager who had slipped behind the defense and made an overthe-shoulder catch at the three yard line with 3:59 remaining in the third period.

“I wasn’t the primary receiver on that pass. Normally, the safety will be on me, but he flew up the left side,” says Yager. “Trey (O’Neil) saw me in the open and fortunately I was able to make the catch.”

Rossville appeared ready to answer with a drive of their own that took them inside the SCHS 20 yard line before the Beavers forced a fumble which gave them possession at the 17.

With the SCHS ground game getting little results, T. O’Neil began looking to the air. Often times in scramble mode to avoid defensive pressure, O’Neil was still able to complete 5-of-5 passes on the possession, including a 34 yard touchdown strike to senior tight end Sloan Baker who had run a crossing route behind the secondary and was wide open as he easily raced into the end zone with the go-ahead score.

Seventy-four of the 83 yards covered by SCHS on the drive came with the passing attack.

(continued from page 19)

Needing a Stop The Beavers knew, however, they needed to make at least one big defensive stop.

“We knew that if we were going to win we had to stop them on their next possession,” said Baker. “But they had some speed and we couldn’t contain them very well.”

The Bulldawgs needed just 1-1/2 minutes to put together a 70 yard scoring drive. The big play was a 25 yard pass completion - one of just four completions on the day for Rossville - when facing third-and-two at their own 38.

With the score tied and only 7:14 remaining in the game, junior Wyatt Kropp nearly turned in one of the game’s biggest plays on the kickoff return that followed Rossville’s TD. He started up the left side of the field and then cut across the grain to his right. Kropp looked to be only one or two steps away from breaking into the open on the near side of the field when the ball was knocked loose from his hands and quickly recovered

by Griffith.

Unable to move the ball with the running game, O’Neil did connect with Baker for a 16 yard gain to the Rossville 49 on third-and-seven. The drive stalled after gaining just one more yard on three plays and Rossville regained possession at their own 21 following a punt.

Except for a quick out pass that was good for eight yards, the Dawgs were able to keep the ball on the ground for the entire drive. Faced with fourthand-two at the 10 yard line, the Dawgs were able to draw the defensive line offside and on the next play Tucker Horak scored from the five yard line to give Rossville the lead with just :28 remaining.

“The offside didn’t cost us the game,” said Coach O’Neil.

“It was the difference between them scoring a field goal and a touchdown.”

He noted that the field goal attempt would have been little more than a PAT kick for the Rossville kicker who was 104of-104 on PAT kicks this season.

The Beavers had no answer for the Rossville quarterback who accounted for 211 of his team’s 287 rushing yards. He was just 4-of-14 passing for another 56 yards.

“After getting our first touchdown and then forcing the turnover by them, I felt we had the momentum. I thought that was all we needed to keep things going our way,” said Griffith. “(Horak) is a really good quarterback - nothing like we’ve seen this year. He was hard to wrap up. There were times when we should have had more guys on him, including myself.”

“Early in the game they didn’t take (Tucker Horak) right at us, but they did later in the game,” points out defensive coordinator Jim Turner. “It was a lot of (Horak) and not a lot of anyone else. They found some things that were working and we didn’t defend them as well as I hoped we would.”

(Above) Senior Chantz Yager makes an over-theshoulder catch for a 30 yard touchdown that tied the game, 7-7, early in the second half.

(Right) Senior quarterback Trey O’Neil tries to escape the grasp of Rossville’s Lake Schultz-Pruner.

(Record Photos)

Running Game Limited Scott City’s passing game was effective for most of the day with 210 yards. O’Neil was 17-of-23 for 195 yards and two touchdowns.

“The passing game was there, but a lot of it was Trey keeping the play alive,” noted Meyer. “He was under a lot of pressure and was scrambling to find someone to throw to. We came back to the ball and were able to make some nice completions in the second half.”

O’Neil was 9-of-9 passing to start the second half, including the TD passes of 30 and 34 yards.

It was a frustrating day for Scott City’s inability to establish a ground game that finished with just 120 yards on 42 attempts - a season low of just 2.9 yards per carry. O’Neil was the team’s leading rusher with 45 yards on 11 carries while Kropp added 38 yards.

“We had too many plays where we gained only a couple of yards. Their defensive ends were playing a lot better than

I was hoping,” says Coach O’Neil.

The Beavers were determined to stay with the running game in order to maintain possession of the ball and keep Rossville’s offense off the field.

That strategy worked as the Beavers held a 29:10 to 18:50 advantage in time of possession. Scott City’s second half scoring drives took more than 11 minutes off the clock.

However, on their final 11 rushing plays of the game, nine were for one yard or less.

“I thought we’d be able to run at them better than we did.

But we couldn’t keep their linebackers blocked for any length of time which allowed them to make plays,” adds Coach O’Neil. “To be honest, they were better than we were at several positions.”

A Slow Start Neither team was able to get much established offensively in the first half.

The first three possessions for each team ended in punts

and a battle for field position.

After taking possession following a punt at their own 46 early in the second quarter, Scott City finally began to move the ball effectively, moving the ball to the Rossville 16 yard line on a seven yard completion to Yager.

However, the drive ended with a fumble that the Dawgs recovered at the 16. Rossville then answered with their only drive of the first half that covered 84 yards and took just over four minutes off the clock. Horak’s three yard run gave Rossville a 7-0 lead with 3:13 left in the half.

A key play in the drive, however, saw the Dawgs facing fourth-and-three from the SCHS 37. They were lining up as if to attempt a play, but were able to draw the Scott City defensive line offside and get a first down by penalty.

“That was huge,” says Coach O’Neil. “I can’t imagine that they were going to run a play but would have punted it rather than risk giving us good field position.”

The Scott County Record • Page 22 • Thursday, December 4, 2014

‘Cats are still eyeing Big 12 title Kansas State dominated Kansas in all facets of their football game last Saturday.

The mismatch was most obvious in the play of the offensive and defensive lines.

KU never had a chance.

Regardby less of who Mac the new coach Stevenson is at KU, he should focus his early recruiting on linemen, a placekicker who can reach the end zone on kickoffs, and one or two quarterbacks.

Kansas is a perfect situation for a young quarterback who could redshirt next year and then become the starter.

K-State can do no worse than a tie for the Big 12 championship if they defeat Baylor at Waco this Saturday. The Wildcats were close to flawless in their dismantling of KU. K-State will need a similar performance against an exceptional Baylor team to win their biggest game of the season.

Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty suffered a concussion in the Texas Tech game (Baylor won 48-46) and whether or not he’ll be available for the K-State game is questionable.

When asked how it felt to be playing for a Big 12 championship - a typically obtuse question by a reporter - Snyder answered: “It’s better than not playing for it.”

That’s vintage Snyder.

No Problem for WSU Wichita State’s basketball team is off to a smooth 4-0 start, winning 75-55 against Tulsa last Saturday.

The Shockers have big-time guards on the perimeter the equal of any team in the nation.

Ron Baker, Fred VanVleet and Tekele Cotton are experienced, smart and talented. Besides being potent on offense, the Shockers’ guards are equally impressive on defense.

Head coach Glenn Marshall has several young players with talent and size who will improve as they gain experience. If WSU can keep Marshall - and it looks like that’s possible the Shockers will continue to stay in the upper echelon of college basketball.

(See CATS on page 25)

What could have been with so many near misses in 3A title game In a game that’s decided by a lone touchdown scored in the final minute, it’s easy to think about what might have been.

The Beavers certainly had several near misses which could have easily changed the outcome of Saturday’s state championship game against Rossville . . . just as we’re sure the Dawgs could be mulling their own missed opportunities.

Consider the following: •The tipped pass to slot back Chantz Yager who was streaking along the far sideline.

“The safety either touched the ball just a little bit or obstructed Chantz’s view just enough that he couldn’t make the catch that would have gone for a touchdown,” noted head coach Glenn O’Neil.

•The offside penalty that kept Rossville’s offense on the field when staring at fourth-and-three at the SCHS 37. That kept the drive alive and Rossville scored their first touchdown of the game.

It was one of just three penalties in the entire game, but it was huge.

“I think they would have punted with the game still tied 0-0,” says O’Neil.

•The double-pass to Wyatt Kropp in the second quarter that was just beyond his fingertips inside the five yard line.

•Kropp’s near return of a kickoff after Rossville had tied the game at 14-14.

After cutting across the field, he was one step, maybe two, from breaking free for a touchdown just as the ball was knocked loose.

•There was the SCHS fumble inside the 20 yard line when it looked as though they were preparing to score in the second quarter.

•And there was the near interception by outside linebacker Sloan Baker of a quick pass to the sideline. Baker and the receiver wrestled with the ball for a couple of moments before the Rossville player was able to keep possession for

an eight yard gain and a first down. If the ball falls incomplete, Rossville is looking at a third down attempt on their game-winning drive. If Baker makes the pick he’s going the other way for a TD. Leading up to the game, the coaching staff felt there might be an opportunity to get an interception on that exact same play.

“We were hoping for a chance to jump a route and get a pick,” says defensive coordinator Jim Turner. “Sloan was playing the wide receiver a little tighter than we wanted. We were hoping to bait the quarterback into making a throw that (Baker) could get to. It was pretty darn close.”

Another opportunity that perhaps wasn’t quite so apparent occurred early in the game. After Yager caught a pass at his own 27, he began cutting against the grain.

“The whole offensive line was standing there and watching the Rossville defense pursuing Chantz,” notes Coach O’Neil. “Those are times when we need to be hustling down field and creating a wall so when Chantz cuts back it could have been a big play instead of just a six yard gain.”

In other words, play until the whistle blows.

O’Neil was also second-guessing himself on a reverse pass that was good for a 21 yard gain on Scott City’s final possession. O’Neil wishes he’d have made that call on the previous possession when the Beavers were at the Rossville 49.

“You can look at a lot of different plays during the course of a game and wonder what if,” says O’Neil.

Often times those plays and those game situations are teaching moments.

Coaches reflect on them with players so

that, when faced with a similar situation again - whether it be in the regular season or the state championship - players know what to do.

Great teams and great coaches are never content. They are constantly looking for the little things that will make them better than their opponents - even when you’ve just finished a 13-1 season. * * * As Coach O’Neil has said on numerous occasions, a deep run into the playoffs requires a certain amount of luck. A key part of that is staying healthy. One or two key injuries can quickly turn a great team into an average team.

Senior wide receiver Brett Meyer was dealing with a stress fracture since the Collegiate game which made him a step slow on each side of the ball.

“If he’s healthy he scores a touchdown against Halstead,” noted Coach O’Neil, referring to a big pass play in which Meyer was caught from behind at the seven yard line.

Likewise, junior linebacker/fullback Cooper Griffith suffered a torn MCL during the third quarter against Rossville which limited his mobility. That was a huge factor in stopping the Rossville option game.

There’s also one more injury that may have gone unnoticed by many. It was a torn Achilles tendon that put assistant coach Brian Gentry on crutches for half the season. Gentry is often times used as a runningback or quarterback on scout teams because of his speed.

“He’s one of the quickest guys on the field. We really missed not having him on our scout team,” says Turner.

Pressure defense a key for WCHS boys The Wichita County High School boys are looking to rebound from a 6-15 season under new head coach Haydon Parks.

With a full season behind them, along with summer basketball, Parks is looking for more than just better physical play on the floor. He’s also looking for a stronger mental approach to the game.

“These boys have been with me and played in this system for a year, plus we had a good summer,” says Parks. “Now we need the confidence to believe in what we’re doing and believe in the guys around us.”

That will begin with his three starting seniors who will be Spencer Thurman (5-10, guard, 2.5 ppg, 1.6 rpg), Treven Burch (6-2, forward, 2.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg) and Matt Huber (6-3, forward, 1.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg).

“They all got a lot of playing time last year. I look for them to be a lot more aggressive,” says Parks.

Huber, who will be playing primarily in the low post, has the ability to attack the basket while Burch can give the interior defense problems with his ability to step outside and “take a shot from just about anywhere.”

Thurman is effective with the mid-range jumper and his ability to drive and pull up for the shot.

They will be joined by juniors Jacob Schumacher (6-0, guard, 2.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg) and Kyler Long (6-0, guard, 1.1 ppg) who are also expected to contribute much more to the offense. They are the primary three-point scoring threats.

“Our top five will be getting a lot of minutes until we can start to develop a little more depth,” Parks says.

Sophomore guard Jorge Gallegos will be the first player off the bench once he’s healthy

enough to play. A hip injury has sidelined him through much of the early season practices and he’s not expected to see the court until possibly the second round of the Bluejay Invitational.

Adding to the WCHS depth will be senior Skyler Hembree, who is a newcomer, and sophomores Juan Alvarado (5-11) and Kolten Sheppard (5-11).

“We aren’t big, but we are fast and athletic across the roster,” Parks says. “We can rotate three or four different boys into the lineup without seeing a dropoff, so that gives (See PRESSURE on page 25)

The Scott County Record • Page 23 • Thursday, December 4, 2014

we are proud of you

Class 3A State Runner-up Scott Community High School Beavers

Congratulations on an outstanding 13-1 season.

You have earned your place in the tradition of SCHS football.

You have made your school and community proud!

Backing the Beavers during another great season!

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Lady Beavers will be in search of offense When you have lost 80 percent of your offense from a team that finished 3-18, it doesn’t generally offer bright prospects for the upcoming season.

That’s the situation the Scott Community High School girls find themselves in as they prepare for their season opener with Wichita Trinity on Thursday.

“Last year, everything revolved around getting the ball inside to Bailey (Nickel). Our offense will

look much different this year,” says second year head coach Shelby Crawford.

Lack of size and experience in the paint will force the Lady Beavers to be a perimeter team.

“My post players have potential, but they aren’t scorers yet,” says Crawford, referring to junior Madison Orr (1.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg) and sophomore Paige Winderlin.

“Madison did some good things late last sea-

son and will hopefully pick up from there,” Crawford says. “Paige has improved her shot, but she needs to learn to be more physical in the paint.

That’s our challenge to her.”

The floor leader and primary ball handler will be junior Mariah Campbell (1.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg).

She will be joined by sophomore Taylor Goodman and freshman Bailey Latta.

“Mariah is a good ball

handler and should be able to handle the press.

I’m expecting her, Taylor and Bailey to be a scoring threat on the perimeter.

Bailey and Mariah aren’t afraid to shoot the ball and have done well in our transition offense. Taylor has a great shot but just needs confidence.

“Early in the season, that’s where our scoring will come from,” says Crawford.

The first player off the bench will be Caitlin Rob-

erts “who has worked hard on her game throughout the fall and has played a lot with a traveling team.”

Junior Nicole Latta (4.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg) has been dealing with a knee injury and won’t be starting in the season opener.

Transition Game Until the Lady Beavers can establish a post game they will be relying a lot on creating mismatches on the perimeter and their defense.

“We expect to see teams press us a lot because we lack experience.

We have to learn how to handle the pressure,” says the head coach.

But he also hopes to have the defensive quickness to force mistakes and set up 3-on-2 and 2-on-1 transition scoring opportunities.

“For us to be successful we have to close out defensive possessions with rebounds, we have to (See SEARCH on page 25)

Perimeter play will determine DHS post success After two consecutive trips to the Class 1A-Division II state tournament, including last year’s third place finish, expectations are high for the Dighton High School girls.

Head coach Amy Felker shares those same expectations, but she also offers some advice to Lady Hornet fans.

Be patient.

Having lost three key players from last year’s team, the DHS girls have some big holes to fill.

With a bench that’s short on experience, Felker will also be looking for a lot of answers when her team opens the season against WaKeeney on Friday and in the Castle Rock Classic the following week.

The biggest adjustment will be the loss of size at the forward and post positions. A year ago, the Lady Hornets enjoyed a double threat in the paint from Leslie Speer (11 ppg, 6.8 ppg) and her younger sister Jordan (6.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg). They also had scoring help in the low post from Shambrey Budd and Liz Heath.

Gone are the offensive punch of L. Speer, Budd and Heath who combined for an average of 26 points and 20 rebounds per game.

J. Speer will be alone in the paint and preventing teams from packing the defense around her will be one of the challenges facing Felker and her Lady Hornets.

“After Jordan, our tallest player is five-footseven,” says Felker. “Last year, teams had to either focus their attention on Leslie or Jordan. This year, we need our guards to extend the defense and

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give Jordan opportunities to score.”

Dighton has a threepoint scoring threat in junior Kiara Budd (7.9 ppg, 1.6 apg) who led the team in shooting from beyond the arc where she was 36of-100. Sophomore guard Sara Cramer (4.4 ppg, 2.0 apg) runs the offense from the point, but will be counted on to score on the perimeter in addition to her ability to drive to the basket. She was just 2-of3 from the three-point line last season.

“Sara has worked a lot on her outside shooting over the summer so that it can be a part of her game,” says Felker. “If we can’t hit consistently from the outside, I can see teams playing a lot of zone against us and packing it in the middle.

“I’m also emphasizing to Jordan that she has to play smart and avoid fouls. We can’t afford to have her on the bench.”

Expected to join Speer in the low post is junior Dakota Hoffman (5-foot6, 2.0 ppg).

“Even though we’ve had her playing guard, she’s always been a strong rebounder,” says Felker.

“She’s making the adjustment. She’s learning a lot about playing in the low post by going up against Jordan every night.”

Also expected to get a lot of varsity minutes are senior guards Madison O’Brien and Regan Foos.

SCMS eighth grader Kyle Sherwood turns an opponent to his back for a fall.

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SCMS grapplers are Ulysses champions Winning gold medals in four weight divisions, the Scott City Middle School wrestling team claimed top honors at the Ulysses Invitational on Nov. 22.

Scott City (215) finished ahead of Colby

(197.5) and Liberal West (192) in the nine team field.

Justus McDaniel (98) pinned three of his four opponents in winning first place.

Jack Thomas (130) and

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Tucker, a junior, has competed in the 106-pound division the past two seasons, but for the first time will weigh close to the maximum weight instead of giving up several pounds to his competitors.

All three boys have extensive varsity experience.

Also expected to compete well at the varsity level this season are sophomores Trey Loftis (160), Tre Stewart (182) and Garrett Osborn (220).

At the present time, however, Kropp and Loftis are in the same (See DHS GIRLS on page 25) weight division and one

Wyatt Hayes (146) also collected three pins on their way to gold medals.

Kyle Sherwood (170) defeated each of his opponents in round-robin action for a tournament title.

Cale Goodman (138) was a silver medalist while Theron Tucker (92), Parker Vulgamore (110) and Justin Hundertmark (122) each finished in third place.

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of the two will likely need to drop to 152.

If James Jurgens drops to 132, that’s expected to open up the 138-pound division for freshman Jarret Jurgens who will slide down from the crowded 138-pound class.

Lippelmann’s 18-man roster includes a mix of rookies and experienced grapplers which has resulted in a change to the early season tournament schedule. SCHS had dropped dual tournaments at Colby and Goodland for a bracket tournament at Ulysses and a roundrobin format at Abilene.

“There was a time

when the dual tournaments worked well for our team when we had a lot of experienced, upperclassmen,” says Lippelmann. “But with so many young kids like we’ve had the last few years, some of them have been hammered pretty hard to start the season. It does nothing for your confidence when you start the year with seven losses.

“And if you leave those weight classes open then you’re digging yourself into an 18 to 24 point hole in every match,” he adds.

Ulysses will also include a JV bracket for the inexperienced wrestlers.

Abilene will feature fourman pools with the winners advancing into one bracket and the losers into another.

The Beavers will also see teams from eastern Kansas they don’t normally get to wrestle until regional or state tournaments.

“When we signed up for Abilene we thought we were going to be (Class) 4A,” notes Lippelmann.

The field will include Class 5A Salina Central; Class 4A teams Abilene, Buhler, McPherson and Smokey Valley; and Class 3A teams Scott City, Silver Lake and Nickerson.

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Pigskin Payoff Week 13 Winners Player Tie-B Total Mark Johnson 12 Anissa Wilkinson 62 10 Adam Wycoff 54 10 Kerry von Schriltz 10 Walter Johnson 10 Lil Tittle 10 Keith Shapland 10 Jon Lippelmann 10 Ryan Roberts 10 Scott Noll 10 Jon Berning 10 Week 13 Standings Adam Kadavy 140 Barry Switzer 137 Walter Johnson 136 Mark Johnson 135 Tim McGonagle 135 Keith Shapland 135 Ryan Roberts 135 Jon Lippelmann 134 Sue Rogers 134 Chad Griffith 134 Jon Berning 133 Trevor Cox 133 Steve Fenster 132 Rick Wright 132 Adam Wycoff 132 Clint Shapland 131 Gary Tucker 131 Jan Tucker 131 Larry White 131

SCHS Football SCHS 14 - Rossville 21 Score by quarters: Rossville 0 7 0 14 - 21 Scott City 0 0 7 7 - 14 SC Ros First Downs 20 17 Yards Rushing 120 287 Yards Passing 216 56 Total Offense 336 343 Rushing Attempts 42 47 Yards Per Carry 2.8 6.1 Passing 18-25-1 4-14-0 Total Plays 67 61 Penalties 3-5 0-0 Fumbles/Lost 1/2 1/2 Individual Rushing Car. Yds. Trey O’Neil 11 45 Wyatt Kropp 16 38 Cooper Griffith 9 25 Chantz Yager 6 12 Individual Receiving Rec. Yds. Sloan Baker 7 97 Chantz Yager 4 65 Brett Meyr 5 35 Wyatt Kropp 2 14 Individual Passing Comp Att Int TD Trey O’Neil 17 23 1 2 Brett Meyer 1 2 0 0 How they scored: 2nd Quarter: 3:13: Tucker Horak, 3 yds. (kick good) 3rd Quarter: 3:59: Trey O’Neil to Chantz Yager, 30 yds. (Portes kick) 4th Quarter: 8:45: O’Neil to Sloan Baker, 34 yds. (Portes kick) 7:14: Nick Reesor, 2 yds. (kick good). :28: Tucker Horak, 5 yds. (kick good)

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“We’re very limited with our depth,” says Felker. “We have only 14 girls and five of them are freshmen.”

Felker doesn’t look for the squad to be a high scoring team, averaging perhaps 40-45 points per game on most nights.

“That means we have to play good defense,” she adds.

“By the time we finish with the Quinter tournament we should have a little better feel for what kind of a team we are.”

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us the ability to play at a higher tempo.”

Without a big body in the post, Parks feels the Indians will need to rely on pressure defense and their ability to score transition baskets from turnovers.

“If we can get some early turnovers that will help our psyche and give us some confidence,” says Parks.

“If we can’t force some turnovers, then we’re going to be in a slugfest and probably a low scoring game.”

With 25 boys on the roster - most of them freshmen (8) and sophomores (7) - this was a good year for the Indians to return to the Hi Plains League where they were a member for many years. For the last couple of years they had been members of the Northwest Kansas League.

“The big difference is that it we will be playing bigger schools who are more likely to have ‘C’ teams, which will really help us since we have so many young kids,” says Parks.

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crash the offensive glass and we have to transition better to defense,” says Crawford. “There were too many times last year that we gave up easy baskets because we were slow getting back on defense.”

The head coach expects to see greater defensive intensity this season.

“We’re seeing a different attitude in practice. We’re working hard to make sure that we end those defensive opportunities with a rebound and a good outlet pass so we can quickly get into our offense.”

With two juniors, two sophomores and a freshmen likely to start in the opener, along with a freshman the first one off the bench, Crawford knows there will continue to be growing pains.

“The start of the season could be a little tough for us, but I expect to see a lot of improvement as these girls get more court time and build their confidence,” Crawford adds.

Kitty This works well to release critters from a trap by pushing the critter backwards with the plywood, setting the plywood on the ground so the notch is across its leg then popping open the trap to release its foot.

With the plywood between you and the critter, it makes tracks for the nearest cover when released. It works great, but is worthless setting in the shed where mine was!

My second choice was a catch-pole devise used by animal control people to catch and control dogs, etc. Because of their anatomical design, all felines suffocate very quickly with something tight around their throats, so once the noose was cinched tight I wouldn’t have much time.

This works fairly well using two people, but today I was on my own.

Most bobcats I’ve caught before are on their feet snarling and following every move I make like a wrestler circling

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outside shooter; he’s coming fast in all aspects of his game.

Brannen Greene is streaky, but he’ll get better with experience. And Perry Ellis will be deadly from threepoint range when he settles into his shots.

Wayne Selden has been a disappointment offensively; his strength is driving to the basket and hitting short jumpers. Selden isn’t going to be a great outside shooter. His forte is defense, passing and driving to the basket.

Coach Self’s team defense has been above average so far, however, KU is making some silly defensive mistakes that are easily correctable. The biggest offensive improvement over Self’s previous few teams is the lack of careless turnovers by the guards.

Kansas is undersized. That’s a major problem.

Power forward Perry Ellis won’t be nearly as effective when he’s being guarded by bigger players and the same can be said for Cliff Alexander.

Jayhawk fans won’t have to worry about their team being ranked in or out of the top five in the nation. KU will be comfortably in the top 25, but they are going to suffer some setbacks.

Kansas will be in contention for their 11th consecutive Big 12 title, but Texas and others will present formidable challenges.

KU will be fun to follow throughout the season.

Coach Self will have them playing stellar defense and they might become an efficient three-point shooting team. When they’re hitting outside shots, the Jayhawks will be a handful for all comers.

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their opponent. A low growl constantly rumbled from its throat, but this one lay on its side facing me as if sunning itself on a windowsill.

That allowed me to easily slip the noose around its neck, but once tightened, the rodeo was on.

I needed to quickly get it pinned to the ground so I could open the trap, but it flipped and flopped around in the air like one of those tall, silly windsock puppets car dealerships deploy in their car lots during weekend “sales.”

The trap was on one front foot and I finally managed to get the majority of my boot across its head and neck and held it to the ground. It took both hands to open the trap, so I momentarily laid the catch pole handle on the ground.

Once its foot was free it suddenly dawned on me that I no longer held the handle of the pole and if the cat suddenly chose to head-for-the-hills my catch pole would go along

with it! I grabbed the pole handle and managed to release the tension on the noose and lift it off the cats head, but instead of disappearing in a cloudof-dust, it stood there, mere feet from me with an expression on its face like, “What just happened here?”

I backed slowly away from it but it still just stood there staring at me. I went to my nearby pickup to get my camera, but in the few seconds it took me to return, the cat was history.

I may not catch that bobcat again this season or any other bobcat this season for that matter. Even though its fur was not yet at its prime, it would still have been a nice addition to my fur check.

But I would rather not have it to sell at all, than to sell it before it reaches its very best and then regret it. Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors!

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Janssen’s latest book shares personal tales behind KSU sports In his 44 years of covering Kansas State University football and men’s basketball, Mark Janssen has seen a lot of wins and losses - a lot of great games and some heartbreaking moments.

But, more than that, the Scott City native and journalist, got to know the people behind K-State sports - the iconic coaches and the athletes who were responsible for so many memorable experiences.

Janssen has compiled those personal accounts into a new book, “Cat Tales.” The 206page book represents a compilation of his favorite columns during his long tenure (19812009) as sports editor of the Manhattan Mercury and during his five-year stint as writer for the “Sports Extra” daily e-mail publication that was sent to season ticket holders.

“When I was with the (Manhattan Mercury) I always used the phrase, I tried to humanize the sports page. This is a collection of my favorite stories over the last 43 years of covering primarily football and men’s basketball,” says Janssen whose long connection with K-State sports began as sports director with KMAN radio in Manhattan from 1972-81.

It represents a mixture of stories from his early days covering K-State athletics and profiles of the early sports figures through present day stars. Janssen had previously written a book, “Bill Snyder: They Said it Couldn’t be Done,” which profiled the KSU football coach.

Janssen said that book was well received and he was en-

couraged by friends and acquaintances to write another.

“I had nothing better to do except play bad golf,” he jokes.

Janssen had plenty of experiences to draw upon. During his career, the journalist estimates he has written about 15,000 features and general stories and attended some 400 football and 1,200 basketball games. During one stretch, Janssen attended 40 consecutive football and 102 consecutive basketball games.

“For some reason I threw the stories that I liked into a big, plastic tub,” he says. “There were probably 300 stories.

Weeding through those and the Sports Extras (every day for five years). To pick out a workable number was challenging.”

He narrowed that down to 71 stories broken into seven chapters in his book.

Chapter titles such as “Stories from Yesteryear” and “Magical Moments Remembered” obviously reflect the history and some of the highlights of K-State sports. No book on KState history would be complete without mentioning the 40-30 win over Nebraska in 1998 that ended 29 years of football futility against the Cornhuskers. Or 2003 when the Wildcats defeated OU in the Big 12 championship game.

And, of course, there’s also the heartbreaking loss to Texas A&M in the 1998 Big 12 title game that cost them a trip to the Fiesta Bowl and a chance at the national title.

However, Janssen’s writings also uncover another, deeper meaning to K-State sports.

The chapter, “K-State: A Life

Changing Decision” is the one that Janssen says he is most proud of. It relates the impact that K-State and its fans had on some of its athletes.

For example, Marc St. Felix was raised in the Little Haiti portion of Miami and lost his father to cancer before he graduated from high school.

“He left Florida in January, got on a bus and all he had to his name was a windbreaker. Every belonging to his name was stuck in a duffel bag,” noted Janssen.

“He talked about how K-State and K-State football turned his life around.”

Basketball standout Curtis Kelly, who grew up in the Bronx of New York City, related how “every night you go to bed thinking about whether you’ll die. He said K-State saved his life. There are stories with that kind of power.”

Janssen heard similar tales from basketball players Denis Clemente and Luis Colon who grew up surrounded by drugs and poverty.

“You get killed for a dollar. Tough place to grow up,” recalled Clemente, a native of Puerto Rico.

“They talked about their background of gunshots every night, cousins getting killed, prostitution . . . it was a way of life,” says Janssen. “And they wonder what would have happened if it hadn’t been for KState.”

Janssen isn’t surprised. It’s something he often heard during his long career in Manhattan.

“Everyone says that what makes K-State special is the

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Scott City native and author Mark Janssen with his latest book on K-State sports, “Cat Tales.”

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people. They’ve talked about that for 50 years. It’s been that way, whether it’s the athletes, the fans . . . this is a book about the people of Kansas State . . . at least 90 of them,” Janssen says.

The chapter, “They Left Us Too Soon,” reflects on the lives of Dev Nelson, “the voice of Wildcat sports,” former quarterback Dylan Meier and football coach Vince Gibson who gave birth to “purple pride.”

The book includes profiles of K-Staters - past and present - along with Janssen’s picks as the top athletes in K-State’s 150-year history.

“Coach Snyder often talks

about being a slow learner. I guess I fall into that category because it’s taken me 40 years to write this,” says Janssen.

But he also notes that when one has invested so many years in a university and its sports programs, there are countless moments that have special meaning.

“This represents an investment of covering 43 years of K-State sports. Few people get to stay in one spot that long,” Janssen adds. “I was one of the lucky ones.”

“Cat Tales” is available at Gifts, Etc., in Scott City for $25 and at Dillon’s stores across Kansas

Height not a luxury for this year’s Hornets Last year, when the Dighton High School boys had a roster that included four boys who were at least six-foot-four or taller, it was a luxury that head coach Dean Cramer had never enjoyed before.

Three of those boys are gone to graduation. But Cramer isn’t worried.

“This will be a much different team, but it’s the kind of team I’m used to coaching,” says Cramer.

“We still have some decent size, but we also have boys who are athletic and

like to hustle. It will be a good mix.”

Not that there won’t be some challenges as Cramer tries to replace four starters from a team that finished 13-9. The only returning starter is sophomore guard/forward Tyler Lingg (6-4, 10.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg) who may be slowed early in the season as he recovers from a knee injury that occurred during football season.

“Tyler’s not 100 percent. He’s a valuable part of this team and we need

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him to get healthy,” says Cramer.

Lingg will draw a lot of attention from opponents and that means other players will have to step up.

Among those is 5-foot-10 senior guard Wyatt Habiger (2.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg).

“He’s a hard-nosed player who works hard and plays tough,” says Cramer. “He can shoot well from the outside and he’s probably our best defensive player.”

The head coach is looking for big improvement

from sophomore guards Dylan Foos and Lake Lewis who also saw some varsity action last season, along with junior guard Marcos Cruz.

Freshmen Isaac Torson (6-foot-2) and Logan Lingg (six-foot) should also earn a spot in the rotation, in addition to freshman guard Jordan Horn who could see time at the point.

“He’s a good shooter and he sees the floor really well,” Cramer says of Horn. “I’m asking these

freshmen and sophomores to step up. Hopefully, it won’t take long for that to happen.”

Even though he has just one senior and one junior on the roster, Cramer says “we have high expectations and we should surprise some people. Some of these boys will see a lot of playing time early so we can see what they can do and what we have to work on.”

While T. Lingg is expected to provide a lot of

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On another Saturday the result might have been different.

That doesn’t diminish the fact that Scott City finished the season as the No. 2 team in the state. Sure it’s disappointing to the players. It hurts. If it doesn’t, then something is seriously wrong.

As fans, we share that disappointment. It’s because we care about these athletes that we want to see them succeed. But there is absolutely no disappointment in what this coaching staff and what these players accomplished.

There are 62 other teams who would have loved to be taking home a runner-up trophy. Only one team gets that honor.

What coaches Glenn O’Neil and Jim Turner, along with the rest of their staff, have accomplished with such consistency is pretty remarkable. This team isn’t loaded with Division I football talent.

There isn’t a senior on this team who will be playing football at the next level. That’s a testament to their ability to play as a team.

Anytime you mention that to Coach O’Neil he will often dryly reply, “They don’t have a choice.” He’s right. If they’re going to play for him they have to believe in the team concept and their role on that team.

But it’s more than just playing as a team. It’s believing in the system.

“The boys do buy in,” says O’Neil matter-of-factly. “They believe in what we’re teaching them.”

And that belief is passed along from one year to the next. The next wave of SCHS athletes understand that if they commit 100 percent to what the coaching staff is teaching them they will also enjoy the rewards that come with success.

We are proud of these coaches and the players. And we’re excited about the prospects for the future. That’s the best part. Because these boys believe in what’s happening and want to be a part of it, the ride is far from over.

As junior Cooper Griffith said following Saturday’s state championship game, “I can’t wait for next year to get here.”

Neither can we.

the offense, Cramer emphasizes they can’t be a one-man team.

“Everyone has to know their role. We might expect someone to only give us five points a game, but they will be counted on to give us 10 or 15 rebounds,” says Cramer.

“Everyone has to understand how they can help this team the most.

“We will rely on pressure defense and being patient on offense. We have to value each possession and get good shots.”

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Grand Choice can do it all from renovations to home construction

County, Baker attended Scott Community High School his final three years, graduating in 2008.

He attended Manhattan Area Technical College to pursue a career in construction.

During that time he worked with a cabinet builder for eight months.

When the cabinet builder joined with a local housing contractor, Baker remained with the company for another 1-1/2 years to gain construction experience.

That was followed by 3-1/2 years in Dallas, Tex., where he worked for a company that did glazing for storefronts while doing construction projects on the side.

“During the final 1-1/2 years I was doing my own construction work,” says Baker.

Sarah attended college where she majored in business marketing. They Construction Experience are assisted by Kelly ColA native of Wichita lins, a graduate of South-

Preston and Sarah Baker aren’t just interested in building homes. Their goal is to build dream homes that are affordable.

The owners of Grand Choice Renovations, 1317 Main in Scott City, are in the process of doing just that while also establishing their reputation as quality craftsmen for large and small renovation projects.

“The reason we came to Scott City is because we knew there was a demand for quality construction, especially new housing,” says Preston. “Since coming here it’s been everything we thought it would be and more. We’re keeping our crew busy full-time.”

Grand Choice has had their 10-man crew on jobs throughout the area, from Colby to Garden City.

“Our goal is to eventually have a traveling crew,” says Preston.

The Grand Choice crew includes (front row, from left) Kelly Collins, Richard Golightly and Sarah Baker.

(Back row) Noel Turley, Wade Hastings, Jason Crawford, Preston Baker, Brenton Ladner, Calvin Kopp and Alex Bruner. Not pictured are Greg LaPlant and James Crawford.

(Record Photo)

ern Methodist University with a business degree.

However, Baker knew of the demand for construction work in the Scott County area and felt this was a great opportunity to return home.

Grand Choice has the manpower and experience to do any kind of project - remodeling, home addi-

tions, complete basement finishes and more.

“We have masons, glazers and we can do stucco work,” Preston says. “There isn’t anything in the way of home construction we don’t have the ability to do.”

“We like to consider ourselves a one-stop shop,” says Sarah.

The ultimate goal for

the Bakers is to devote more time and manpower to new home construction, which operates under Grand Choice Custom Dream Homes. They currently have two new housing projects under contract and are in partnership with Sam Brookover and Clyde Thomas to build homes in Scott City’s Eastridge Addition.

Grand Choice has more than 100 floor plans starting at $175,000.

“These are turn-key jobs. We do everything from start to finish,” says Preston. “And we can do it starting at $130 per square foot.”

“We can make dreams happen and do it at a cost that a lot more people can afford,” adds Sarah.

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ag briefs

Info meeting Dec. 8 on new farm programs The Scott County Farm Service Agency (FSA) will partner with the county Extension service in hosting an informational meeting on programs under the new farm bill.

The meeting will be held Mon., Dec. 8, 9:00 a.m., at the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Bldg., Scott City.

Presenters will be the local FSA staff and a representative from KSU Extension.

There will be discussion on the Agricultural Risk Coverage Program (ARC) and the Price Loss Coverage program (PLC).

Details will be presented regarding upcoming decisions for base reallocations and updates farm yields.

FSA will also provide information to help farmer operators understand the online tools available which will help in making those decisions. An Extension representative will demonstrate the online tools and discuss price projections.

For more information contact Lora Wycoff, county director of the Scott County FSA, at (620) 8723230.

Acre reports due Dec. 15

Producers must report 2015-crop small grain planted acreage to the Farm Service Agency by Dec. 15.

This applies to fall planted wheat, barley, oats, rye or mixed small grain forage.

The following exceptions apply to the reporting date: •If the crop has not been planted by the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.

•If a producer acquires additional acreage after the above acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendar days after purchase or acquiring the lease.

Appropriate documentation of the acquisition must be provided to the county FSA office.

•If a perennial forage crop is reported with the intended use of “cover only,” “green manure,” “left standing,” or “seed,” then the acreage must be reported by July 15.

•Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) policy holders must report by the Dec. 15 or 15 calendar days before grazing or harvesting of the crops begins - whichever is earlier.

County Plat Maps Updated

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Scott Lane Ness Gove

September 2014 Pick them up today at:

406 Main • Scott City 620 872-2090

Farm

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Ag’s pest-y PR problem Find me a consumer not involved with farming who’s enthused about the use of pesticides in agriculture, and I’ll show you a jolly old man riding in a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer.

I must give credit to the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) for tackling a controversy many advocates of modern food and livestock production would just as soon ignore: The use of pesticides to support agricultural production.

Even the very word itself is loaded with negative imagery, to the point that from

farm talk Dan Murphy, columnist Drovers CattleNetwork

a PR perspective, it would be easier to simply acknowledge that most consumer opinions are distrustful, disinterested and ultimately detrimental toward the entire category of pest- and weed-management chemicals and then stop talking about it.

Forget that pesticides have arguably been the biggest boon to agriculture since the invention of synthetic fertilizer. It would be harder to find someone not connected with agri-

culture giving a thumbs up to pesticide use than it would be to find a Black Friday shopper who insists on paying full retail markup.

The scientists who authored the just-released CAST report, “The Contributions of Pesticides to Pest Management in Meeting the Global Need for Food Production by 2050” (never let it be said that the scientific community won’t sacrifice brevity for the precision of a lengthy title), aggregate herbicides, insecticides and fungicides in their analysis, which at least recognizes that the average person makes exactly that

mental conflation whenever the subject arises in everyday conversation.

Which it rarely does, and that’s at the heart of the problem.

Public opinion is very positive when the subject is dealing with what’s politically labeled as “food insecurity,” a euphemism for hunger, starvation and at the very least, serious malnutrition that materially affects people’s health, well-being and lifespan.

According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Orga(See PESTY on page 29)

Treat the symptoms or address the cause of low crop prices

When it comes to developing policy prescriptions to deal with the dynamic of long periods of low prices interrupted by much shorter periods of high prices, two approaches are possible: one approach provides symptomatic relief and the other treats the cause of low crop prices. One must choose one approach or the other.

If policy analysts develop and policymakers adopt public policies that treat the proximate cause of low prices - the presence of a supply that exceeds demand - there is no need for symptomatic relief.

On the other hand, providing symptomatic relief (to short term price disturbances when prices are high and little relief when prices are low) ultimately becomes very expensive and

ag outlook Daryll Ray Ag Policy Analysis Center University of Tennessee

risks losing public support for agricultural programs when farmers need them the most.

For many years, agricultural economists understood that agriculture was different from many other sectors of the economy in that an oversupply of grain and oilseeds and the ensuing low prices did not bring about a timely self-correction in agricultural markets. Low crop prices did not cure low crop prices within a reasonable time frame.

In other sectors of the economy, low prices cause suppliers to reduce their production

of the item in excess supply and consumers to increase their purchases. The result is that supply and demand come back into balance at a profitable price level quite quickly. This timely self-correction does not occur in agricultural commodity markets.

Because they understood the dynamics of the market, policy analysts worked to develop policies that would isolate a portion of the supply from the marketplace, bringing about a balance between supply and demand and the return of prices that kept producers in business.

To keep from accumulating ever-larger isolated stocks, policies were also developed to reduce production to allow demand to catch up with production.

KWA settles PVA infringement claim Kansas Wheat Alliance (KWA) has accepted $10,000 to release and discharge Paul Simpson, Weir, Ks., from an alleged infringement claim stemming from the unauthorized offering for sale of the Everest wheat variety.

“Almost all of the popular wheat varieties in Kansas are PVP protected,” notes Daryl Strouts, KWA president. “There has been an ongoing effort to educate farmers since 1970 about the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act (PVP). KWA has supported these efforts, including the mailing of 50,000 brochures annually to producers in the central plains.

If farmers don’t know about PVP, it’s because they don’t want to know.”

“There are a lot of farmers out there who are buying certified seed and supporting the seed industry,” Strouts continued. “By purchasing certified seed, farmers support public and private research programs, which provide them with significant advancements in access to improved wheat varieties at a much faster rate.”

Farmers have the right to save and re-plant seed of most wheat varieties when they buy certified seed, but they don’t have the right to sell the progeny as seed. However, when farmers purchase illegal seed, they lose the right to save and re-plant their own seed.

(See CLAIM on page 29)

Understandably, farmers were often frustrated with these policies. And from the perspective of an individual farm operation this made sense. If they had been allowed to produce more they could have earned more, they reasoned. And that is true for an individual farm.

But when all farms seek to increase production, the result is an oversupply that drives prices downward for everyone, and the size of the decline in prices is greater than the increase in production.

In recent years, policy makers and many agricultural economists have simply chosen to ignore these dynamics and instead argue against policies that manage supply. In place of traditional supply management (See PRICES on page 29)

Market Report Closing prices on December 2, 2014 Scoular, in Pence Bartlett Grain Wheat..................

$ 6.14

Wheat..................

$ 6.10

White Wheat .......

$ NA

White Wheat .......

$ 6.10

Milo ....................

$ 3.71

Milo (bu.).............

$ 3.66

Corn ...................

$ 3.84

Corn....................

$ 3.81

Soybeans ...........

$ 9.06

Scott City Cooperative

Weather H

L

P

Wheat..................

$ 6.14

White Wheat .......

$ 6.29

Nov. 25

53 21

Milo (bu.).............

$ 3.71

Nov. 26

44

Corn....................

$ 3.84

Nov. 27

56 19

Soybeans ...........

$ 9.06

Nov. 28

78

28

Sunflowers..........

$ 15.90

Nov. 29

80

37

Nov. 30

49

18

ADM Grain

24

December 1 20 15

Wheat..................

$ 6.17

Milo (bu.).............

$ 3.71

Corn....................

$ 3.91

Soybeans............

$ 9.06

November

0.07

Sunflowers..........

$ 16.45

2014 Total

19.58

Moisture Totals

Pesty nization, as many as 800 million people worldwide suffer from food insecurity. Here at home, a 2013 USDA study conducted by the Census Bureau calculated that 14.3 percent of U.S. households do not have sufficient food on a daily basis. That percentage represents about 50 million people, including more than 8.3 million school-age children.

That statistic is coupled with the obvious issue of global population growth and what that implies for the world’s food supply.

More Productivity By every study and every metric compiled, there is a high likelihood that more than nine billion humans will inhabit the planet by 2050, which means that without wiping out the world’s forestland and rangeland - or depleting essential global energy and water resources - somehow food productivity has to be increased by almost 30% in just the next couple of decades.

Prices policies, they have advocated for policies that use crop insurance to protect farmers against variations in prices - symptomatic relief.

The problem is that these policies only work well when prices are at or above the cost of production. If prices remain low for an extended period of time, farmers end up paying premiums for policies that do not even cover the cost of production.

We understand that farmers do not want to hear this kind of analysis; they would rather hear about booming export demand, a growing ethanol demand, and a new “price floor.” When we are invited to speak to farm groups, producers come up afterwards and emphatically say, “I don’t like what you are telling me!” and then they continue, “But I needed to hear that.”

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H-m-m-m . . . Could it be coincidental that the CAST study noted that the amount of worldwide of crop yield lost yearly to pests is approximately 30 percent? I don’t know, but it certainly seems like a fit.

As the report noted, “When pesticides are effectively applied and fully integrated into a comprehensive approach, the world will be on its way to providing sustenance for the nine billion people who will be alive in 2050.”

The study’s authors noted that for most crops “some type of disease management is necessary,” and the exclusion of pathogens from agricultural areas where they are not already established is the best way to prevent future problems.

That’s just common sense, and in the abstract, few people would dispute that contention. But discussions about chemical pesticides don’t take

place in the abstract, and with the scare tactics employed in most advertising for organically grown food products, people are rather easily persuaded that the use of pesticides is merely an option with which greedy farmers without much of a conscience hose down their crops, just to line their pockets with added profits.

As if any agricultural chemicals are cheap to buy or easy to apply.

The Public’s Perspective The CAST report noted a number of beneficial aspects of pesticide use: For most crops, herbicide use increases yields, is more efficient than hand weeding and facilitates the adoption of no-till crop production, which has positive environmental benefits.

All true, yet unfortunately, yet insufficient to sway public opinion.

Touting the benefits of chemical pesticides - and

let’s face it: most of the public conflates pesticide use and herbicide application as they relate to the debate over RoundupReady GMO crop varieties as one and the same - without addressing the larger issues surrounding its use is equivalent to listing the wonders of antibiotics without once mentioning the problem of antibiotic resistance.

If science has provided us with one lesson in this modern world, it’s the reality that Nature cannot be “controlled.” Not without consequences that are often as bad, or worse, than the original problem.

We can “control” floods by damming up our rivers, only to find out that salmon can’t survive in appreciable numbers when they have to migrate upstream through huge stagnant lakes and navigate fish ladders.

We can “manage” forestlands by planting monocultures of hybrid species, only to watch helplessly as insect and

fungal disease wipe out entire areas of trees. And we can attempt to wipe out insects or fungal diseases or noxious weeds, only to find out that the survivors regroup and return with a vengeance.

Integrated pest management, a systems approach that emphasizes the sustainability of pest control methods and maintenance of insecticide viability, offers the potential to balance the yield-enhancing impact of pest- and weedcontrol benefits with the potentially detrimental impact of applying toxic chemicals that invariably end up in watersheds and (at least in trace amounts) in the food supply.

The key to successful implementation of IPM, however, is less about management and more about finding ways to limit pesticide use, period.

That mandate has to be front and center in any discussion about the contributions of pesticides in agriculture.

“If the wheat industry is ever going to catch up to the advances made in corn and soybeans, it will have to begin with farmers purchasing more Certified seed each year.

Saving seed is shortsighted,” Strouts said.

More than 80% of the wheat grown in Washington state is planted with Certified seed each year. Farmers in that area are seeing significant investments from private companies to develop new wheat varieties.

Certified seed wheat use in Colorado is nearly 50%. Consequently, Colorado farmers are gaining access to improved wheat varieties at a much faster rate.

Kansas and most of the southern plains have planted only about 25% Certified wheat seed since the 1980s. While there have been improvements in wheat varieties, they have been greatly outpaced by the improvements in corn and soybeans.

(continued from page 28)

When prices were high, many economists were telling farmers that there was a new price floor undergirded by increased input costs.

During this period, we continued to tell farmers about the low prices that would come when the yearly increases in ethanol demand began to stagnate and supply continued to increase. We cautioned farmers to put some of the increased profits in the bank instead of buying lots of new machinery and driving up the price of land.

Today, some of those who talked only about high prices and a new plateau are saying to farmers, “I hope you put some money away during the good times.” Good advice, but a couple years late.

The trend in recent decades is toward policies that tend to provide producers with little income

support when prices are low for an extended period of time. As a result, the associated costs of maintaining a vibrant agriculture can actually be more costly to U.S. taxpayers through emergency programs/payments.

Failing that the results could be devastating to a large swath of farmers.

For farmers in less developed countries, lower prices have severe consequences.

When price are low in countries where agriculture is a large portion of the economy, the impact on the economy is severe.

The challenge of policy analysis is not to design public policies that make the good times even better; rather it is to have policies in place to help protect farmers during the long periods of low prices.

Over the last century, the periods of low prices have been much longer than the boom times.

Machine Shop and Fabrication Equipment

Over 50 years in business!

Saturday, December 13 • 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, February Location: Old Amy Manufacturing building, one mile west of Dighton on Hwy 96 2 • 11:00 a.m.

Lewis Machine & Manufacturing (formerly Amy Manufacturing) - Owner

Metal Fabrication Equipment Lansing lathe, 7-ft. bed, 4” digital read out, 4” spindle bore and tracer attachments Lansing lathe, 5-ft. bed, 4” spindle bore and tracer attachments South Bend 16” lathe, has hardened Beways with taper attachments Bridge Port vertical milling machine with lots of extra tooling Bore-Matic align boring machine Bardons & Oliver turret lathe Morrison key setter with tooling Landis type “C” grinder Baldor bench grinder, 1/2-hp with diamond wheel Baldor bench grinder, 1/2-hp Farrell Sellers bit sharpener Sellers drill bit sharpener, up to 3” Atlas drill press Powermatic floor drill press with Quadrill spindle and power feed Mubea Universal iron worker 2-Kalamazoo band saws Powermatic vertical band saw Powermatic floor model drill press with power feed Kellog-American 7.5 hp air compressor Lincoln Idealarc 250 amp AC welder General Electric DC arc welder, 250 amp

Miller wire feed welder Chicago 4-ft. metal break Peck, Stow & Wilcox 4-ft. sheet metal break Inland Mfg. sand blaster, cabinet type Shop built 30-ton hydraulic press 10-ton Arbor Press over hydraulic Generator Corp. 20” floor model grinder Victor cutting torch Oxweld flame cutter with tooling Rigid #535 thread cutter machine on wheels Hossfield Universal hydraulic pipe bender Hobart Meta-Beg 250 wire feed welder with aluminum spool attachment Alcota power washer, hot water South Bend 10” lathe, 4-ft. bed Miller Syncrowave 180 tig welder Thermal Pak plasma cutter Yale electric chain hoist, 1-ton B&D Cut off saw Large cut-off stone saw Shop Items Set of punches for Mubea ironworker Set of collets for B&O turret lathe Set of threading dies Set of pipe and tubing dies for Hossfield bender 1/2-ton chain hoist Table vises Milling vise Mechanics drawer chest Roller drawer chest 3-Jaw and 4-jaw centering scroll chucks

Air paint spray guns Pneumatic rivet tool guns Lots of hand tools Calipers Dial indicators Starrett micrometer sets 1-6” Transfer punch set Heavy duty metal nibbler Metal shear Collette chuck set Set of thread gauges Valintal tool bar and inserts Iscar tool holder, insets and bar Criterion tool bars and insets Drill bits, arbors and reamers (all sizes) Taps, all sizes Cleveland end mills Key seat cutters B&D 4 1/2” and 7” grinders Pneumatic air tools B&D hammer drill 40-gal. parts washer Scissor type knurling tools Steel stamps Magnetic base indicator and holder 50-pc. combination steel block and clamp set Enco keyway broach set Kenton Moore bearing main boring bar, 4 and 6-cylinders Sioux valve grinder Jacks Woodworking Tools Ridged 12” table saw, over size deck Craftsman 12” com pound mitre saw and deck Ridged 10” compound mitre saw and deck

Craftsman 13” industrial plainer Craftsman 1/4” router and deck Roto zip router and bits Dewalt biscuit cutter Ridged nailer Ridged 13” planner Enco metal slip roll 50” x 16-ga., 3-roll Enco 1-1/2 hp spindle wood shaper Enco sheet metal pan and box brake Enco dust collector with hose Lots of clamps Lots of small electric hand tools Antique Items and Office Items 4-Filling station oil barrels with pumps Waterfall buffet 7-1/2 ft. church pew Pepsi Cola 10-cent pop machine, Model 55 2-metal office desks 7-metal 4-drawer file cabinets Other office items Tractor 1959 Ford 8N tractor BMB 5-ft. mower, 3-pt.

Other Items Lots of metal work benches Parts bins Cabinets Hydraulic cylinders and valves Iron, pipe and aluminum stock Lots of new supplies for interior living quarters in trailer Lots of fasteners and bolts Lots of other items

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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $5.50 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

GARAGE SALES Friday-Saturday, Dec. 5-6 Garage/Awning Sale Brittan Auction 512 W. 5th, Scott City Friday: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Saturday: 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Pipe, fittings, gates, valves, tools,storm doors, windows, wall heat unit, 24’ enclosed trailer, 2002 suburban and lots more!

NEW LISTING

POTENTIAL

Brick home, 3+2 bedrooms, 2 baths, newer FA/CA, full basement, family room, SA garage, approx., 2,150 sq. ft., nice area! ONLY $96,500

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

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.

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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Help Wanted

Services

Rentals

USD 466 IS LOOKING for substitute route bus drivers. For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-872-7655.

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.

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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 ––––––––––––––––––––– 3-BEDROOM, 2-BATH, single level country home, 12 miles from town, no indoor pets, $750. Call 620872-2930 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. References required.

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Agriculture WANTED TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52 CLASSIFIED ADS

DEADLINE

FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK

Friday, Dec. 19 at 5:00 p.m.

ED IFI SS S A CL AD

PRICE REDUCED! 5 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, S/A garage, full basement, newer windows, paint, and flooring! Located in a nice neighborhood with low traffic! $134,000.

Buy lots in the Eastridge addition for your new home location.

Thomas Real Estate

www.thomasreal-estate.com

914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002 14tfc

Don’t Fight The Crowds!

Get everyone on your list a subscription to:

406 S. Main • Box 377 Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-2090

Rates Local and connecting counties: $40.74 In-State: $54.33 Out of State: $50 Online: $30

The gift that keeps giving all year long!

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Employment Opportunities SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL

FRONT DESK CLERK

For High Plains Educational Cooperative Scott City Middle School is seeking a special education Para-Professional to work with students.

The position is available for the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. Start date is August 21, 2014.

For more information and application please contact.

Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-7600

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County Plat Maps

By Western Cartographers Scott • Lane • Wichita • Ness Logan • Gove • Greeley Finney • Wallace • Kearny Pick them up today at:

Interested in a career with the hospitality industry?

Scott City Best Western El Quartelejo Inn and Suites is now looking for a front desk clerk to work the 3:00-11:00 p.m. shift approximately 32-40 hours/week.

Must be over 21 years of age and responsible.

Come see us and learn more about this challenging and exciting field!

Applications are available 24/7 at the hotel 1610 S. Main St. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7373 17t2c

PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time/Part-time CNA (evening or night shifts) PRN- CNA/CMA Part-time Dietary Aide Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Park Lane Nursing Home

210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org 406 Main • Scott City • 620 872-2090

Garage/Awning Sale *********************** Dec. 5th 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Dec. 6th 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

2-DAYS Tools and Plumbing Supply Sale...

“Under the Awning” 512 W. 5th/ 96 W. Hwy., Scott City Selling...pipe, fittings, gates and valves (new), tools, storm doors, windows,wall heat unit, 24’ enclosed trailer, 2002 suburban and lots more!!!

For more information contact: BRITTAN AUCTION Fred Brittan 620-214-1434 paragons@wbsnet.org auctionzip.com #23186

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“Quality Care Because We Care”

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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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS 16tfc

LOOKING FOR A CHALLENGE? WE WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE BEST WORK OF YOUR LIFE. Compass Behavioral Health is currently looking to fill the following position at our Scott City location.

Mental Health Assistant /C.N.A. self motivated individual will provide children and youth assistance in the form of support, supervision, and/or cuing that enables children and youth to accomplish tasks and engage in activities in their homes, schools, or communities. Also, must have completed the C.N.A program and be on the Kansas State Registry. Completion of a CMA is preferred by not required. Applicants must be 21 years of age. Base pay starting at $10.50/hr., also additional compensation is given for experience.

All candidates must pass KBI, SRS, motor vehicle screens, and have a valid driver’s license and be willing to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the consumer and family.

Benefits include: retirement fully vested at time of employment, health/dental insurance-portion of premium paid by agency, life insurance and long-term disability-premium paid by agency, holiday, bereavement and vacation/sick days.

Applications are available at: 210 West 4th, Scott City, KS 67871 or www.compassbh.org Applications/Resumes can be sent to: E-mail hr@compassbh.org or faxed to 620-272-0171 Compass Behavioral Health Attn: HR PO Box 853, Garden City, KS 67846.

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PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Operating Room RN Clinic Nursing Supervisor Clinic RN/LPN C.N.A.s CLERICAL Clinic Receptionist Admissions 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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The Scott County Record • Page 34 • Thursday, December 4, 2014

Wheatland collects 3-1/2 tons of food

Wheatland Electric Cooperative recently completed its “Cram the Van” food drive, collecting 6,615 pounds of food for hungry people in Western Kansas.

That’s nearly 3-1/2 tons of food, enough by some calculations to keep a single food bank stocked for nearly six months.

The effort also brought in $850 in cash donations.

Every donation collected in a particular community stayed in that community to benefit its local food bank.

Cram the Van lasted two months and featured 11 stops in 10 communities throughout Wheatland’s territory.

Wheatland also collected donations at its seven offices and two other dropoff points in Conway Springs and Caldwell.

In Scott City, Wheatland members donated 1,710 pounds of food. The food was donated to Hope’s Closet/ Community Breadbasket.

“With Wheatland’s

(Top) Wheatland Electric employees with some of the food that was collected through the “Cram the Van” food drive. (Above) a youngster gets some assistance sending some canned goods down the slide and into the waiting van.

help and the other food drives that have gone on recently, I won’t have to order from the grocery store for months,” said Breadbasket director Kris Fetty The drive featured a red van, covered in bright “Cram the Van” decals, which Wheatland would bring to various community events.

“We knew from visiting with several of the local food banks that the Holiday season could be an especially difficult time for them,” said Shawn Powelson, man-

ager of member services for Wheatland.

“We wanted to help them stock up and be ready to meet that need as the holidays approached.”

At each Cram the Van event, Wheatland served a meal and, in exchange, its members “paid” in the form of canned goods and cash donations. Cramthe-Van events varied from cooking hamburgers at home football games to grilling hot dogs in front of community grocery stores to a community Halloween party complete with a food slide and

pulled pork sandwiches.

Using the food slide, kids were able to drop their donations directly into the van.

Wheatland General Manager Bruce Mueller hopes to turn the drive into an annual event.

“Our goal for Cram the Van was to not only collect food but to bring awareness to this great need,” Mueller said.

“I’m proud of the efforts of our members, employees and trustees in supporting the local food banks across our service territory.”