The Scott County Record

34 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 23 • Number 28

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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New physician to join SCH medical staff Brett Hoffecker isn’t one to rush into important decisions.

For example, when deciding where to do his general practitioner residency program, he i n t e r v i e w e d Brett Hoffecker at a number of different places before deciding that the University of Kansas program in Wichita “is the best in the nation.”

He was just as thorough

when considering his options following residency.

While covering the emergency room and doing in-patient work on weekends at the Scott County Hospital last year, he was impressed with what he saw. But he wasn’t ready to make a commitment at the time to join the local medical team.

“I like to find a place that becomes my standard and then look around to see if anything else beats it,” explains Dr. Hoffecker.

When it came to finding any-

thing that could compare to the opportunity at the Scott County Hospital, Dr. Hoffecker said, “Nothing else did.”

As a result, the 29-year-old has signed a contract to become a fourth physician at SCH and the Scott City Medical Clinic.

Dr. Hoffecker was among about a half dozen residency students who worked weekends at SCH last year. That’s a common practice which provides some relief for local physicians, but can also be a valu-

SCH board offers $10,000 reward If someone has information that leads to the hiring of another doctor at the Scott County Hospital and Scott City Medical Clinic they could be $10,000 wealthier.

That’s the reward being offered for successful leads that bring another physician to the staff.

There was no payout in connection with the recent hiring of Dr. Brett Hoffecker.

“The $10,000 is still out there,” says hospital CEO Mark Burnett. “We haven’t received any leads yet, but it’s created a lot of conversation.”

If the reward brings a physician on staff, it will be a bargain, he says.

(See PHYSICIAN on page 10)

(See REWARD on page 10)

Municipal court fees jump $50 The cost of appearing in the Scott City Municipal Court will take a pretty significant jump for most violations.

Court fees are scheduled to increase by $50 - to a total of $75 - for traffic tickets and most other court appearances. The hike won’t become official until mid-March, after an ordinance is approved by the council and published in The Record.

This will mean a significant increase in court revenue.

Last year, there were 794 tickets processed through the municipal court. With a court fee of $75 that amounts to $59,550.

However, in 2015 the state received $20.50 from each ticket.

That has been increased to $21 as of January 1.

Based on last year’s 794 tickets, that will mean an additional $39,700 that goes into the city’s general fund. That’s if all the fines and court costs were collected in the same year the violation is cited - which doesn’t happen.

According to Municipal Court Clerk Patricia Barbosa, most of the court fees are to be used for training and education for the city attorney, court clerk and police officers.

Collections Vary Barbosa noted that even though a ticket was issued in 2015 it doesn’t mean the fine and court fees were collected at that time.

In fact, she says there are instances of court fees not being (See FEES on page two)

Legislative town halls in SC, Dighton Sat.

State Rep. Don Hineman (R-Dighton) and State Sen. Mitch Holmes (R-St. John) will be conducting town hall meetings in the area on Sat., Feb. 20.

They will be at the Lane County Courthouse community room at 10:00 a.m. and at the Scott County Library conference room at 1:00 p.m.

Anyone with questions about issues before the legislature is encouraged to attend.

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Heavy equipment prepares the ground for asphalt and concrete work that is expected to begin soon at the Love’s travel stop and Sonic restaurant on the south edge of Scott City.

(Record Photo)

Love’s, Sonic gearing up for mid-March opening While an opening date hasn’t been set in stone, it appears that the Love’s truck stop and Sonic restaurant will be opening in late March or early April, according to a spokesperson with Love’s.

Progress has been considerably slower than originally thought. Opening of the 5,000 square foot truck stop/restaurant on south US83 Highway in Scott City had, at one time, been set for late December, but has been pushed back several times since.

“There’s finally some light at the end of the tunnel,” says Ryan Roberts, one of the local investors with Sonic. “It’s taken a lot longer to get here than we expected, but it’s getting pretty close.”

Sonic investors have been told to plan for a March 17 opening.

“If the weather stays decent they can make a lot of progress on the asphalt and concrete work. That will speed things up tremendously,” says Roberts.

The Scott City location was originally going to be the first-ever for a Love’s/

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Sonic combination. However, when completed the Scott City site will be the fourth with a Sonic restaurant.

“This site and the one in Holcomb are the only ones where the Sonic and Love’s were built together from the ground up,” notes Roberts.

Local Sonic investors are also involved with the operation at Holcomb which has proven helpful as they look ahead to opening the Scott City restaurant.

“This has allowed us to begin training people and get used to the computer system,” Roberts says.

He says it’s also been helpful in learning how to manage inside dining as well as the traditional drive-up customers that most Sonic customers are familiar with.

“It’s a new concept, so there’s a learning process,” Roberts says.

The Scott City location will have 14 parking stalls along with indoor seating for 35 customers. In its first month of operation, the Holcomb restaurant reports

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about half of its customers have been eating indoors.

Paul Smull will be the restaurant manager and will oversee a staff of 30-40 full-time and part-time employees.

Some of them are currently in training at Holcomb and other Sonic locations.

“We’re still hiring, but we seem to be having pretty good luck at filling positions,” says Roberts.

Love’s Travel Stop The Love’s Travel Stop will include a convenience store along with professional items and showers for truck drivers.

There will be 53 spaces for truck parking.

The travel stop will employ approximately 30 full- and part-time employees.

“We chose to build a new location in Scott City because we are always examining how we can better serve our customers,” says Kealey Dorian, communications specialist for Love’s.

(See LOVE’S on page two)

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Kansas Legislature passes $16.1B budget

Kansas lawmakers passed a joint budget bill Wednesday that will enable the governor to delay payments to the pension system this year.

The House voted 68-54 and the Senate voted 22-16 in favor of a compromise forged by negotiators. It now goes to Gov. Sam Brownback, who has the power to veto individual items.

The bill does not address the Kansas Supreme Court’s recent order to address funding inequities between school districts, a fact highlighted by Democrats

who say that the bill does not represent a balanced budget.

It does, however, set aside $50,000 for the Legislature to hire its own attorneys on school finance issues.

The bill approves $15.6 billion in total spending for the current fiscal year and nearly $16.1 billion in total spending for next fiscal year, which begins in July. The bill expends more than $6 billion from the state’s general fund each year.

The bill grants the governor the power to delay the state’s

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contribution to Kansas Public Employees Retirement System this fiscal year, a move that could free up to $100 million to cushion the state’s ending balance, which even without the school finance ruling was estimated to be about $6 million.

Delaying payments would not affect current retirees’ benefits, but opponents say it could affect the state’s ability to pay off the pension system’s $9.5 billion unfunded liability.

Supporters dispute that, noting that the bill requires the governor to pay back the delayed

Fees

collected until several years after the ticket was issued and judgement rendered by the court.

In 2015, for example, the court collected $21,403. Of this, $12,601 went to the state and $8,802 remained in Scott City.

That’s a breakdown which doesn’t sit well with Mayor Dan Goodman.

“What has the state done to deserve that money?” he asked. “It’s a way for them to collect revenue without calling it a tax.”

In requesting the court fee hike, Municipal Judge Colton Eikenberry noted (continued from the state has increased its page one) share of the court fee sigThe company has recently opened area stores in nificantly in recent years.

Garden City and Holcomb, in addition to existing trav- With court fees of $21, el stops in Dodge City and Ellis.

“Scott City fits in well with our growing network of stores,” says Dorian.

During the upcoming ribbon cutting, Love’s will award a $2,000 donation to a local school or non-profit organization. Anyone interested in applying can contact Dorian at Kealey.Dorian@loves.com.

Sonic will also be donating $2,000 to the Scott County school district.

Nineteen members of the High Plains Study Club met at the home of Donna Eitel on Feb. 4.

Roll call was answered by, “A book I would recommend.”

Lucky Dip was won by Ann Hawkins. Jane Ann McClellan will bring it to the next meeting.

A new slate of officers for the 2016-17 year was presented and approved.

They will be: Gwen Huck, president; Sue Pammenter, vice president; Jane Ann McClellan, secretary; and Cozette Buck-

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ner, treasurer.

The program was given by three club members sharing a brief synopsis of some interesting books.

Dorothy Spitzer highlighted the book, “Bully Pulpit.” Marvel Keyes reported on “The Lady in Gold.”

Ann Hawkins had read three books that she recommended as a good read: “The Prodigal Son,” “The Mountain Between Us” and “Twisted Creek.”

Next meeting will be Feb. 18 at the home of Sidney Janzen.

money by Sept. 30 with 8 percent interest.

The bill uses a combination of fund transfers and budget cuts to help close the state’s budget hole, including a $39.5 million cut to the KPERS death and disability plan for the 2017 fiscal year and a $25 million sweep from the state’s highway fund.

It provides more money for public safety and public health than the governor initially proposed, allocating $2.5 million to provide a 2.5 percent pay

raise for correctional officers in the face of high staff turnover at state prisons.

The bill also provides $3 million more for Osawatomie State Hospital to address understaffing as the hospital seeks to regain its federal Medicare certification, which was revoked in December.

The bill also prohibits the governor from privatizing the state’s hospitals in Osawatomie and Larned, an idea floated by the Brownback administration in recent weeks, without legislative approval.

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the city is keeping only $4 with the state hike that took effect Jan. 1.

He says other municipal courts have already been raising their fees to bring them in line with the district court.

“It seems we should attempt to keep costs imposed for infractions committed in the city limits similar to . . . those outside the city limits,” Eikenberry said.

While acknowledging that the increase seems “dramatic,” Eikenberry points out that the newly adopted fee is within $2 of the total cost for a traffic infraction in the county district court.

With the increase in court fees, Eikenberry says that some violations

will see a reduced fine in order to hold down the total cost of the violation.

For example, the fine for having a dog at-large or a dog without a tag has been reduced from $25 to only $5 for a first violation, and from $200 to $150 for a fourth violation.

When the new court fees take effect, the total cost of a dog at-large/no tag (first violation) will go from $50 to $80. A fourth violation will remain unchanged at $225.

Unaffected by the court fee change will be tickets issued for vehicles with expired tags that are parked on city streets.

This is a flat cost of $25, but the fine is dismissed if the vehicle is moved within 24 hours, says Barbosa.

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Community Living

It’s time once again to break out your walking shoes “Walk Tall, Walk Strong, Walk Kansas 2016” is the theme of the Walk Kansas program that we do each year.

T h i s year ’s d a t e s have been moved back so the weather might be more agreeable and the ending date doesn’t conflict with all of the end-ofschool-year activities.

Walk Kansas is from April 3 through May 28.

So the question is, do you want to feel better and have more energy?

Maybe you need to blow off some steam from a stressful day or need to get better sleep. Regular exercise can help you achieve this and more.

The health benefits from regular exercise and physical activity are obvious, regardless of age, sex or physical ability.

Plus, it’s fun!

In 2016, we want you to walk tall and walk strong as you and your team journey across the state.

Posture When Exercising To go along with the title, the folks in Manhattan suggest that we walk tall. When you practice good posture, your spine is strong and stable, and you naturally use your muscles correctly.

Good posture helps maintain natural curves in your spine. Poor posture does the opposite, which can stress and pull muscles.

You should be able to draw a straight line from your ear down to your shoulder, to your hip, knee and ankle. Tighten your stomach muscles and tuck your pelvis under your torso.

You also feel better when you apply good posture because you

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Recipe favorites . . .

Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Ingredients: 4 cups

sliced peeled tart apples

3/4 cup

packed brown sugar

1/2 cup

all-purpose flour

1/2 cup

rolled oats

1 teaspoon

ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon

ground allspice

1/3 cup

cold butter or margarine

Vanilla ice cream (optional) Directions: Place apples in a greased 8-in. square baking dish.

In a bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon and allspice; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm with ice cream, if desired.

Yield: 4 servings

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carry yourself better, relieving tension throughout your body.

As another bonus, when you practice good posture, you will appear more confident and it can make you look up to 10 pounds thinner - instantly!

Walking Strong They also want us to walk strong.

We start losing muscle around age 30, and the rate of muscle loss accelerates around age 50.

Some muscle loss is part of the aging process, but inactivity accounts for the rest. Progressive strength training can prevent muscle loss, increase strength and bone density. It can improve your balance, coordination, and agility, allowing you to perform everyday movements much easier.

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans include a recommendation for adults to do musclestrengthening activities on two or more days per week.

On your Walk Kansas Activity Log, check the “strengthening” box on days you do strengthening exercises.

You can also count the time your strengthening exercises toward Walk Kansas minutes.

Not sure how to do strengthening exercises? You will find instructional videos at www.walkkansas. org under “Physical Activity,” and your weekly program newsletter will offer tips and links to more resources.

Consider taking a strength training class, if one is offered in the community, to learn basic techniques.

Walk Kansas Which leads us to Walk Kansas.

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(See WALKING on page 9)

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Regulation:

Society shouldn’t pick up tab for poor judgement

A bill working its way through the Kansas Legislature adds to the never-ending debate of how much government is too much government.

There is currently no restriction on who has access to tanning beds, despite more medical information weighing in on the risks - especially for those who start using them at a young age. The state legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit the owners of tanning salons from allowing anyone under the age of 18 from using their tanning beds.

Rep. Dick Jones (R-Topeka), while agreeing that tanning is dangerous for minors, feels this is a decision best left to parents. It’s the typical mantra: less government is better government.

In some instances, perhaps that’s true. So why not let parents decide that their 16-year-old can smoke, or their 17-year-old can purchase beer?

Can’t we trust parents to instill in their children to do what’s responsible? Rep. Jones apparently believes we should.

Rep. Brett Hildabrand (R-Shawnee) compared the legislative proposal to that of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg who attempted to ban super-sized sodas and other foods linked to obesity.

Unfortunately, there are times when government involvement is necessary. While government can’t - and shouldn’t - ban all activities that are either risky or unhealthy, some regulatory oversight is warranted until people are old enough to presumably understand the consequences of their decisions.

After all, in how many instances will the government (i.e., taxpayers) be forced to pick up the bill for non-insured individuals, or those on Medicare/Medicaid who are being treated for heart conditions, diabetes and other health issues related to obesity.

And we can also put cancer on that list.

Studies have shown that people who begin tanning in their teens have a high risk of melanoma.

“We have a world-class oncologist - cancer doctor - saying this kills children,” said Rep. Jim Ward (D-Wichita). “The good of tanning never outweighs the risk of cancer.”

When should government give way to personal responsibility?

That can be a tough question to answer.

But as long as there are parents who can’t, or won’t, be responsible in looking after the welfare of their children, then we are left with little choice but for government to offer a guiding hand.

Liar, liar:

At last, some honesty in political campaigns

We have said in the past that we appreciate having Donald Trump as a Republican presidential candidate because he holds a mirror to the Republican Party which mainstream Republicans have tried to avoid.

It’s been an unpleasant experience and one from which the party may not recover in the November election, regardless of whom they nominate.

But now we have a second reason to like Trump. He’s actually willing to do the unthinkable in polite politics and media circles. He calls a lie a lie.

While meeting with reporters earlier this week, he repeatedly called Sen. Ted Cruz a liar.

A politician who lies. Who could have imagined?

Not that Trump has any room to complain after his statement about seeing hundreds of Muslims celebrating when the Twin Towers came crashing down. Just because it’s the “truth” in Trump’s mind doesn’t make it the truth.

In other words, he lied.

Just like Marco Rubio earlier this week when he insisted the immigration reform bill he helped spearhead through the Senate was never intended to become law. Of course, he expected it to become law. Who writes legislation in hopes it will fail?

In other words, he lied.

The media has been equally irresponsible by referring to these statements by politicians as “non-truths” or “non-factual statements.”

When your child tells a lie you don’t refer to it as a non-truth. Calling something a lie carries a little more weight as to the nature of the offense - as it should.

Thanks, Donald. You finally got something right.

GOP is biggest threat to public ed In the event you hadn’t already heard - and given the reaction within the Republican echo chamber it would have been impossible not to - Kansas schools will be closing their doors after June 30.

And you can blame the Kansas Supreme Court.

Yes, that activist collection of judges who are completely out of touch with reality have told the legislature that either it bring public school funding into compliance with the state constitution or they will personally go around the state and chain the front doors shut to each building in our 286 school districts.

How audacious for these justices to presume they know the constitution better than our esteemed legislators.

Reaction to the Supreme Court decision from Republican leadership and conservative think tanks was as predictable as another KDOT loan to save our bankrupt state economy.

“Kansas has among the best schools in the nation and an activist

Kansas Supreme court is threatening to shut them down,” claimed Gov. Sam Brownback.

Senate President Susan Wagle amped the rhetoric up another notch by claiming, “The Supreme Court’s threat to close our schools is nothing more than a political bullying tactic and is an assault on Kansas families . . .”

House Republicans issued a statement claiming the Supreme Court was ignoring “the separation of powers and blatantly interjected itself into legislative proceedings.”

Yes, folks, we are facing a crisis on a neverbefore-seen scale that threatens our Kansas institutions as well as our womenfolk.

Give the Republican hysteria a little more time and we’re sure the Supreme Court decisions will be interpreted to mean that Armageddon is just

around the corner, farmers can prepare for a locust plague of Biblical proportions and, after June 30, the only food you’ll find in grocery stores will be . . . heaven forbid . . . organic.

While Republicans are throwing their usual tantrum like a child who’s been told for the fifth time to clean up their bedroom, let’s clear the air of their typical overreaction.

If one would bother to read the statement issued by the Supreme Court, nowhere does it threaten the state with the closure of its schools. We read through it twice just to make sure - which is probably two times more than Wagle bothered to read it.

The statement did offer a brief overview of the legislature’s failures, just since 2009, to address the adequacy and equity components of K-12 public education funding that are written into the Kansas Constitution. It further cited additional “unconstitutional funding disparities” created by the legislature in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

And the Supreme Court

confirmed the decision by the Shawnee County District court that the block grant funding plan adopted by the legislature last year “did not cure the unconstitutional inequities” - not that it was intended to.

According to the Supreme Court, block grant funding “actually increased wealth-based disparities” between districts in Kansas - widening the gap between those who rely on state aid and those who don’t need it.

But, nowhere does it say schools will close after June 30.

What Brownback, Wagle and their rightwing colleagues conveniently forget is that it was a member of their own party who, at the start of the current legislative session, offered a proposal to close 154 of the state’s 286 school districts.

Yes, it was a Republican plan. It’s not the first time that Republican lawmakers have offered a massive school consolidation plan (they prefer calling it realignment), and (See THREAT on page six)

Trump is doing us a great service “Surely this time,” the establishment chorus cries with joy, “Donald Trump has gone too far!”

Sorry, but I wouldn’t bet on it.

What Trump did at Saturday night’s debate was ruder than any of his prior insults, profanities or remarks about women.

He corrected the historical record about the 9/11 attacks, demolishing the fairy-tale version that has become a central tenet of Republican dogma.

It’s true, and you can look it up: George W. Bush was president when the World Trade Center towers fell.

Trump went too far, of course, as he always does. He sought to actually blame the attacks on negligence by Bush and his administration. As I’ve argued in the past, terrorist atrocities should be blamed on the terrorists,

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not on the officials who try and sometimes fail to thwart them.

But historical fact is historical fact - except in polite GOP circles. After Trump committed his heresy, telling Jeb Bush that “the World Trade Center came down during your brother’s reign,” Marco Rubio quickly began an incantation of the Republican Creed: George W. Bush “kept us safe,” Rubio said, “and I am forever grateful for what he did for this country.”

When Trump claimed he lost “hundreds of friends” in the World Trade Center and said “that is not safe,” Rubio responded with another line in the GOP’s confession of faith: “The World

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Trade Center came down because Bill Clinton didn’t kill Osama bin Laden when he had the chance to kill him.”

There you have it, a great example of the made-up stories the GOP establishment tells to lull voters to sleep.

It is strictly forbidden, Republicans insist, to suggest that Bush bears even the slightest responsibility for 9/11, though he was president at the time. But it is appropriate, perhaps even mandatory, to blame the whole thing on Bill Clinton, who had been out of office for nearly eight months.

And, of course, it’s fine to blame President Obama for any terrorist attack that happens anywhere in the world, since he is Evil Incarnate.

I disagree with Trump on almost everything. I want to curl up in the fetal

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position when I imagine him sitting behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office. But his primal scream of a campaign has done a tremendous service by forcing the GOP establishment to deal with truths it would prefer to ignore.

Trump runs around letting cats out of bags, and they are not easily put back in.

Republicans love to talk tough about illegal immigration, for example, and use the issue to bludgeon Democrats. But when Trump takes the bombast to its logical conclusion - all right, then, let’s deport the 11 million undocumented - the establishment has to hem and haw about how all that partisan rhetoric wasn’t meant to be taken literally.

Likewise, Republicans love to suggest that (See TRUMP on page six)

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Big money has met its match Bush, super PAC barely climbs out of double digits Big money is a loser this year.

Jeb Bush and his super PAC have raised more money than all of his competitors, yet he barely climbed out of single digits in New Hampshire.

Hillary Clinton has received more endorsements and more contributions, yet Bernie Sanders is giving her a run for her money.

A bombastic socialist challenging the quintessential pillar of the political establishment is surely testimony to the power of the people. Money has not bought this election.

This evidence contradicts the theory that nominees are not chosen in Iowa and New Hampshire, but in an “invisible primary” that takes place in the year or so before the first votes are cast.

Super PACs and the boardrooms of the wealthy elite are the controlling forces of this supposed conclave.

behind the headlines

by Dan Hofrenning

Clinton and Bush won the invisible primary for the 2016 election. They raised more money and received more endorsements than their rivals. More of their money came through large donations. Clinton rides higher in the polls than Bush, but her candidacy was imperiled in New Hampshire.

Bush’s money gives him staying power that may revive his candidacy, but that seems a long shot.

The strength of candidates receiving most of their money in small contributions shows that big money is not invincible. More than 80 percent of Sanders’ donations were less than $200, compared with 20 percent for Clinton. Contributions to Bush’s campaign and his super PAC top $100 million, which dwarfs the $10 million or so that Donald Trump has raised.

Moreover, Trump received more than 70 percent of his contributions in donations of less than $200, compared with six percent for Bush. Democracy

is broadening this year.

If you decry the power of big money and favor the candidacies of Sanders or Trump, you should celebrate the weakness of big money. Of course, the political process is complex, and big money can influence politics in many ways. It may shape other races.

It may shape the way in which the media interpret and present this campaign. It is also difficult to portray Trump, a billionaire and reality television star - as divorced from big money.

Yet Trump’s constituency is decidedly not affluent. His strongest support comes from voters who have not gone to college, precisely the group whose economic status is most precarious.

If you see Trump or Sanders as flawed candidates, you may wish for an earlier era when party leaders had more power. In 1968, Hubert Humphrey got the Democratic nomination without contesting a single primary.

After 1968, powerful protests against the old regime led to a series of reforms that upended the power of the old bosses.

A recent article about Barack Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership opened with this sunny headline: “Trade Pact Would Lift US Incomes, Study Says.”

But wait, a study by whom?

It comes from the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics. What’s that? We’re not told, even though that information is key to understanding PIIE’s upbeat take on the TPP trade scheme. Indeed, the Institute is largely funded by major global corporations that would gain enormous new power over consumers, workers, and the very sovereignty of America if Congress rubber stamps this raw deal.

In fact, many of the multinational giants financing the Institute were among the 500 corporate powers that were literally allowed to help write the 2,000page agreement - including Caterpillar, Chevron, IBM, GE and General Motors.

And get this: The Peterson Institute itself helped write this scam it’s now hyping.

Is this Peterson guy some sort of unbiased scholar? Hardly. Pete Peterson, a Wall Street billionaire, is one of the 400 richest people in the US, and the founding chairman of his eponymous Institute. He’s also a reactionary, antipublic-spending ideologue who was Nixon’s commerce secretary.

After all, American workers aren’t their responsibility. They answer to investors.

Agribusiness is the same. It’s heavily subsidized by Congress and loves selling its low-cost products tariff-free in lands where no competing subsidy exists. That may drive local farmers out of business, but the companies don’t care. They’re not our brothers’ keepers.

Most nations have imposed tariffs or quotas to protect local industries against such cheap foreign competition.

This healthy protection is what free trade agreements seek to overcome.

Expanded to the grand scale of world trade, these actions have led to our rampant unemployment, a depressed economy, and an unsustainable trade deficit.

Two current examples: Whirlpool is moving more production to Mexico and GE is closing its last light bulb plant in America.

So why not impose more tariffs to (See SCAM on page six)

(See COURT on page six)

(See MONEY on page six)

Hailed by the establishment as one of “the most influential billionaires in US politics,” he uses that influence (and his fortune) to demonize such people’s programs as Social Security and to push policies to enthrone the billionaire class over the rest of us. TPP would be his ultimate political coup against us commoners.

We don’t need an academicky institute to tell us who would benefit from TPP. All we need to know is that it was negotiated in strict secrecy with global corporate elites, while we consumers, workers, and all others were locked out.

Remember, if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.

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

Free trade is a corporate scam ‘Free trade’ is destroying economies, abusing workers Cheapest imports I can find; Come from sweat shops?

I don’t mind. * * * Free trade isn’t the only thing ruining America, but it’s a biggie.

The most obvious reason is that so many jobs have gone overseas.

You’d think economists might feel a duty to explain to our leaders what’s gone wrong. Well, that’s their job, but most economists these days work for industry, largely the very same employers who benefit from cheap foreign or imported labor. They’re surely not going to sound the alarm.

Other economists work for universities, where they’re still caught up in ancient post-mercantilist ideology.

other voices

by William Collins

Early in Econ 101, you learn the mantra of “comparative advantage.”

In other words, each country or region should do what it does best and then trade its surplus output to other countries with a minimum of restriction. Mexico should send avocados to Maine and get blueberries in return.

That way everyone makes a profit.

Such is the foolish logic that presidents of both parties have used to sell free trade agreements to Congress, and which Congress buys all too often.

Unfortunately what is at stake - always - is greed.

Manufacturers and marketers don’t know avocados from blueberries. But they do crave cheap labor anywhere they can find it, from Poland to Palau.

What’s more, they pay big money to lobbyists and to political campaigns to get it.

by Robert Creamer

Just when you thought that the fringe right-wing politicians who have taken over the Republican Party couldn’t veer any further out of the American political mainstream, they prove once again that they are willing to discard any democratic institution or constitutional principle that stands in their way.

Since In fact, for all 1980, there their talk of “origi- have been nal intent” or strict 12 appointadherence to the ments to the rule of law, or the Supreme Court. Every language and spirit one of of the Constitution, these has they couldn’t give a been given rat’s back end when a prompt their radical right hearing and vote within wing agenda is in 100 days. jeopardy.

There are Without even 340 days left waiting to see in President whom the President Obama’s term of office would nominate to - plenty of the Supreme Court time for nomito succeed the late nees to be Justice Antonin approved.

Scalia, the Senate GOP leadership has announced that they will reject any Obama appointment. Wouldn’t matter to them, they say, if the nominee had the qualifications of say, Abraham Lincoln, the founder of the Republican Party.

No they say, in the words of that legal genius Marco Rubio, “There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating, or you stop the advice and consent process.” Rubio wants to wait until a new President is elected - which, of course, he hopes will be him.

GOP leaders claim there is “no precedent” for confirming a Supreme Court nominee in an election year.

That is empirically wrong.

Actually, Marco, there is no point in time when, under the Constitution - or historically - Presidents stop nominating.

In fact, six Justices have been confirmed in presidential election years, including three Republicans. And another 11 have been confirmed in non-Presidential election years.

Most recently, Justice Kennedy, a Reagan appointee, was confirmed by a Democratic-controlled Congress in February 1988.

It would be completely irresponsible to let a vacancy on the Court extend into 2017. If the Senate fails to act, the Supreme Court will go for well over a year - stretching over two terms of the Court, with a vacancy.

That would be unprecedented for the modern Supreme Court. In fact, there has never been a vacancy for longer than four months during a single Supreme Court session.

The President has a Constitutional responsibility to appoint successors for vacancies on the Supreme Court.

And the Senate has the Constitutional responsibility to consider those nominees.

Since 1980, there have been 12 appointments to the Supreme Court.

Every one of these has been given a prompt hearing and vote within 100 days. There are 340 days left in President Obama’s term of office - plenty of time for nominees to be approved.

And it’s worth noting that the previous 11 times that the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court justice nominated by a president of the opposite party, it’s been Democrats confirming Republicans. They include Justices Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, William Rehnquist, Lewis Powell, Harry Blackmun, Charles Whitaker, William Brennan, John Marshall Harlan and Chief Justice Warren Burger.

Though Marco Rubio may not be the sharpest math wiz, it should be obvious even to him that if the Supreme Court does not have its

What is behind Obama’s TPP push?

by Jim Hightower

GOP could pay price for court obstruction

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Lawmakers need a lesson on judicial selection

by Patrick Lowry

There are at least 68 members of the Kansas House of Representatives in dire need of a history lesson - and how relevant it is to the current power grab by Gov. Sam Brownback.

The governor, of course, does not appreciate or respect the merit selection process by which judges are named to the Kansas Supreme Court. He didn’t like it

Threat we can assure you it won’t be the last.

The fact is, the real enemy of public education in Kansas isn’t the Supreme Court, it’s not Democrats and it’s not the handful of moderate Republicans who still remain in the Legislature. It’s the ultraconservative wing of the Republican Party which has passed tax incentives for private schools (and want to increase those incentives even more) while at the same time trying to

Court full complement of nine Justices it is severely hampered in executing its Constitutional functions. With an even number of Justices, the Court has no tie-breaker. That means the Court’s ability to render clear, final legal decisions is severely hamstrung.

But far from committing to hold a vote on an Obama Supreme Court nominee, some GOP Senators have vowed even to oppose a hearing.

Never in the history of the Republic has the Senate failed to give a Presidential Supreme Court nominee a hearing.

The only reason GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell would deny a hearing - or a vote - is ideological disagreement with any Obama nominee.

But it was A. Mitchell McConnell, Jr., who wrote in a law review article for the Kentucky Law Journal in 1970 that: “....the Senate should discount the philosophy of nominees....The President

Scam raise prices for specific foreign goods and services?

Not only would this save and possibly create jobs, we could use the law to prohibit entry of those products whose manufacturer destroys the environment or abuses workers.

Well, there’s a lot of money to be made in destroying the environment and abusing workers. That’s why multinational corporations invest big bucks in the legislative process to assure they can continue to do just that. Only citizen protests slow them down.

Disappointingly, even

for the appellate court either, and convinced the Legislature to change that procedure in 2013. Since then, Brownback has unilateral discretion to pick which judges make it to the Kansas Court of Appeals - provided the Senate rubber-stamps his choice.

To select Supreme Court justices in this manner, however, requires amending the state Constitution. And this is where a little education

. . . the “Kansas triple play” . . . was so brazen the Legislature moved to amend the Constitution. Voters overwhelmingly approved the amendment, which instituted the merit selection system.

helps understand why the Sunflower State implemented merit selection in the first place.

In 1956, the same year Brownback was born, then-Gov. Fred Hall was in lame-duck status after being defeated in his reelection bid. An opening on the Kansas Supreme Court was created when

the chief justice, Bill Smith, resigned. In turn, the governor ceded his own office and Lt. Gov. John McCuish was promoted. In his sole official act as governor, McCuish appointed Hall to the high court.

The series of moves became known as the “Kansas triple play,”

which was so brazen the Legislature moved to amend the Constitution.

Voters overwhelmingly approved the amendment, which instituted the merit selection system.

That is what Brownback and his conservative allies in the Statehouse want to revert. Instead of having candidates vetted by a committee whose majority is appointed by the Kansas Bar Association, Brownback wants to pick the justices himself.

A comment the governor made to former Sen. Tim Owens, R-Overland Park and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee back in 2012, made it clear what kind of appointments the governor intends.

According to a Topeka Capital-Journal story, Owens recounted a meeting with Brownback at which he said: “Tim, why can’t you go along with us on this judicial selection (See JUDICIAL on page seven)

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reduce their obligation to fund public schools.

It’s those same conservative lawmakers who were responsible for doing away with a school funding formula that was designed to meet the constitutional mandate for fair and equitable funding of public education. They replaced it with a block grant plan that freezes funding for public schools at the 2014-15 level. And given the legislature’s lack of action on school funding, the consensus is

that the block grant program will remain in effect through the 2017-18 school year.

Of course, the legislature has plenty of excuses to freeze funding and delay action. They want more information to see how much money actually gets into the classroom.

There’s a possibility of linking funding to student test scores. We’re sure there’s a plan in the works to tie funding to how many students actually eat

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is presumably elected by the people to carry out a program and altering the ideological direction of the Supreme Court would seem to be a perfectly legitimate part of a Presidential platform.”

Of course McConnell wrote those words while Richard Nixon was President. Apparently the same standard no longer applies to nominations made by Barack Obama.

But the GOP-controlled Senate will ignore its responsibilities under the Constitution at its peril.

Twenty-four GOP-held Senate seats are up for election this cycle - only 10 held by Democrats.

Many of those GOP Senators are in states that were won in 2012 by Barack Obama.

What’s more, the last thing the GOP needs is for the Presidential election to be fought over the ideological bent of the Supreme Court. Extremist right wing views may be all the rage inside the narrow circle of Republican

primary voters. But they are toxic within the broader electorate.

And just think how thrilled those swingstate GOP Senators will be if they have to run in a election where a major question before the electorate is whether to allow Donald Trump or Ted Cruz to reshape the Supreme Court - immediately after the election.

In that context, Trump’s promise to ban Muslims, or Cruz’s commitment to ship off 11 million undocumented immigrants takes on a much more ominous note.

That’s why the GOP leadership may posture and pontificate about how they won’t even consider an Obama nominee to the Supreme Court. But in the end, they will either abandon their obstructionism, or pay an enormous political price at the polls this November.

Robert Creamer is a longtime political organizer and author. He is a senior strategist for Americans United for Change

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our own government fails to purchase enough goods at home.

The long-established Buy America Act requires only that a product bought with federal tax money be 50 percent American.

Additional loopholes take that down to about 25 percent in practice. Further, in 2008, there were 65,000 waivers granted to avoid the law altogether.

There’s more, way more. Corporations, lobbyists, importers, politicians, news media, and many economists are in on the deal. They kowtow to employers, investors, and advertisers who make a bundle off the “race to

the bottom” for wages.

If by chance you would like to do your bit for the economy, you can urge your members of Congress to oppose the upcoming free-trade agreements with Colombia and South Korea. They would only make unemployment worse.

And, don’t pay attention to economists on trade issues. Too many have sold out. They warn of trade wars, but ignore the collateral damage of the trade peace we’re suffering today.

William Collins is a former state representative and a former mayor of Norwalk, Conn.

everything on their plate in the school lunchroom.

We don’t dispute Brownback’s assertion that Kansas schools are among the nation’s best.

But it’s happening in spite of the governor and the Republican-controlled legislature. It’s happening because we have teachers and administrators doing everything they can to make sure that the education of their students isn’t shortchanged by a legislature that is more concerned with maintaining

tax cuts for the wealthy, bowing before the Koch brothers and lowering the hemlines of female lobbyists.

The Supreme Court is fulfilling its obligation as a third - and equal - branch of our government.

It’s time for the executive and legislative branches to start fulfilling their obligation to the people - and public schools of Kansas.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

Obama warned not to do anything for next 340 days

by Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In a television appearance on Sunday, the leading Senate Republican warned President Obama “in no uncertain terms” against doing anything in his remaining 340 days in office.

“The President should be aware that, for all intents and purposes, his term in office is already over,” Mitch McConnell said on Fox News. “It’s not the time to start doing things when you have a mere 8,160 hours left.”

While acknowledging that the President has 11 months remaining in the White House, McConnell said that he and the President “have an honest disagreement about how long 11 months is.”

“The President believes it is almost one year,” he said. “I believe it is almost zero years. I’m not a mathematician, but I believe I am right.”

As for how Obama should spend his remaining time in office, McConnell said, “If the President has trouble doing nothing, we will be more than happy to show him how it is done.”

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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Now we have a system in which primary voters and caucus attendees can defy party leaders. The new system is more democratic, but the defenders of the old system say it produced better nominees such as Kennedy, Ike, Truman and Roosevelt.

The founders of the United States also were skeptical of what they called the “excesses of democracy.”

They devised an Electoral College to insulate presidential elections from the masses. They wanted presidential electors or members of Congress to choose the president.

This nation will not likely return to a less-democratic system, but campaign finance reform is always on our agenda. We do not understand enough about the influx of super PACS and the complicated world of campaign finance.

Wealthy donors can spend unlimited amounts in our elections. Surely, this money has influence, yet its influence is complex and varied.

This election shows that big money is not insurmountable. No wealthy elite has propelled Trump and Sanders to the top. Candidates, campaigns - and voters - still matter.

Democrats are somehow soft in the fight against terrorism here and abroad.

A favorite trope is to complain that Obama refuses to “utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism,’” as Ted Cruz is fond of saying.

But when Trump called for temporarily banning all foreign Muslims from entering the country, other candidates who try their best to sound hawkish had to acknowledge that Islam itself isn’t really the problem.

Trump challenges his party’s economic orthodoxy as well. He calls himself a “free trader” but opposes existing trade pacts as unfair; Republicans have historically championed free trade but are loath to examine what agreements such as NAFTA have really meant for working-class jobs.

Trump promises to somehow reduce the $19 trillion national debt but wants to expand entitlements, not shrink them; many GOP voters, it turns out, feel the same way.

But the biggest transgression, perhaps, was to cite a more accurate history of the Bush administration’s “war on terror.”

Months ago, Trump pressured all the other candidates - including Jeb Bush - into agreeing that the war in Iraq was a mistake.

Now he is challenging what I call the Bogeyman Claim: Vote for Democrats, and terrorists will come and get you.

Vote for Republicans, and your family will be safe.

Saturday night’s debate was nothing short of a bare-knuckles brawl, full of personal attacks and allegations of bald-faced lying. But the most serious damage was not to any candidate but to the GOP’s carefully constructed fantasy world.

It’s unclear whether one of the first Republicans, Abraham Lincoln, actually said this, but it’s true: You can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

Dan Hofrenning is a professor of political science and director of the Institute for Freedom and Community at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.

Don’t miss the Lions Club chili cookoff • Sun., Feb. 21 • 5:00 p.m. • Wm. Carp. 4-H Bldg.

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Judicial issue and let us change the way we select judges so we can get judges who will vote the way we want them to?”

Based on the one Supreme Court appointment that’s been made during Brownback’s tenure, it appears entirely plausible. Caleb Stegall, the governor’s chief counsel who’d been passed over repeatedly by the selection committee when pursuing a spot on the appellate court, suddenly won the job once the Legislature gave that power to Brownback.

Within a year, Stegall was named to the Supreme Court.

Last week, the Kansas

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House voted 68-54 to repeal merit selection for the highest court.

Fortunately, the “yeas” did not reach the required two-thirds majority for the amendment to move to the Senate. Sanity ruled the day thanks to courageous “no” votes by those mindful of history such as Republican Reps. Don Hineman and John Ewy. Area representatives who favored giving the governor control of the third and final branch of state government included Republican Reps. Sue Boldra, Troy Waymaster and newly appointed Ken Rahjes. Why these three and the 65 others would have any trust in

Brownback’s appointment skills after so many failed department heads proved themselves lacking capacity to do their jobs - albeit in full philosophical agreement with the governor’s agenda - should be instructive to voters in the upcoming election.

We remind readers of what Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss opined when in Hays last year.

“The Supreme Court and its work is sometimes defined by those who simply want to benefit their personal agendas,” Nuss wrote in a guest column for The Hays Daily News.

“What is not mentioned is a code of judicial conduct

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that bars the justices from deciding cases based on politics, special interests, public opinion or even our own personal beliefs.

Instead, we must decide cases based on the law such as the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Kansas which we are sworn to support.”

Kansans everywhere should be grateful 54 House members rejected Brownback’s push to gain control of all three branches of government. Having learned the history of the “triple play,” these legislators prevented the state from having to repeat it.

Patrick Lowry is editor of the Hays Daily News

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Pastime at Park Lane The First Baptist Church led Sunday afternoon services.

Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Madeline Murphy, Joy Barnett, Dorothy King, Gary and Janet Goodman, and Mandy Barnett.

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

Pastor Jared Young led Bible study and Doris Riner played the piano for the hymns.

Volunteers with Immanuel Southern Baptist Church hosted craft day on Tuesday afternoon.

Residents decorated Valentine bags.

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

Russel and Mary Webster led Bible study class on Tuesday evening.

Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Wednesday morning.

Residents played pitch on Wednesday.

Manicures were given on Thursday morning.

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Eight residents with February birthdays were guests of honor on Wednesday during the monthly party hosted by the Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church.

Guests of honor were James Still, Edwin Allen, Arlene Beaton, Nella Funk, Verene Dearden, Arlene Cauthon, Boots Haxton and Ruth Goodman.

Madeline Murphy led everyone in a group singa-long while Jane Ann McClellan played the piano.

Patsi Graham told a story about a box of chocolates.

Everyone enjoyed vanilla ice cream topped with cherries.

Hostesses were Marvel Hopkins-Keyse, Karen Compton, Betty Schmitt, Barbara Dickhut and Nola Thornton.

Residents celebrate Valentine’s

Residents had a Valentine party on Friday afternoon. They played Valentine word scramble games, Valentine trivia games, and had drawings for door prizes.

Everyone enjoyed vanilla ice cream and cupcakes.

The Over 50 Chorus performed on Thursday afternoon. Singers were Dorothy Milburn, Gladys Soodsma, Darlene Snyder, Neva Jacobus, Melva Knight and Irma McDaniel.

Residents played trivia games on Thursday evening.

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

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Lawana Rothers was visited by Gene and VonDyne Williamson.

Thelma Branine was visited by Lance and Carol Ellis and Hunter Smith.

Carol McKinney was visited by Karen Harms, Mary Lou Oeser and Tava See. Corrine Dean was visited by Kim Smith, Dianna Howard, Aaron and Mandy Kropp, and Nancy Holt.

Yvonne Spangler was visited by Greg and Yvette Mills and Mary Ann Spangler.

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

LaVera King was visited by Harrison King; Tatum, Hunter and Shanna Wells; Gloria Gough, Carol Latham; Chad, Danea, Audie and Tinley Wasinger; Shellie Carter, Gaven Summers, Kylan Stroud, Milt and Velda Riddiough, and Shirley Rogers.

Cloide Boyd was visited by Junior and Sharon Strecker; and Karla, Chasen, Halle and Kathy Harms.

Kansas AG unit seeks to ‘refocus’ resources on adult abuse, neglect Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to narrow the scope of abuse and neglect allegations sent to his office for investigation.

Schmidt testified Tuesday in favor of Senate Bill 408, which would charge the Department of Corrections, rather than the Attorney General’s Office, with investigating abuse and neglect complaints in the juvenile justice system.

The bill would also shift investigations at facilities run by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and the Department for Children and Families to area law enforcement.

DCF currently doesn’t operate any facilities.

“They (the Department

of Corrections) have functional, perfectly competent investigators,” Schmidt said.

The Attorney General’s Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Unit would have discretion on whether to coordinate with other law enforcement agencies on investigations or to conduct its own investigations related to the abuse or neglect of children or adults.

It would place the priority on investigating alleged crimes against seniors, adults with disabilities and other vulnerable Kansas adults.

Schmidt said the unit annually receives about 1,400 cases related to children and 400 related to adults. Unless the Legislature wants to appropriate money to hire additional investigators,

Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of February 22-26 Monday: Shepherd’s pie, carrots, whole wheat roll, gelatin with pears.

Tuesday: Hot chicken salad casserole, rice, tossed salad, banana muffin, creamy fruit salad.

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he said, the office should focus on properly handling the adult cases.

“Right now our efforts are a mile wide and an inch deep,” he said. “Our request here is to let us refocus our mission.”

Schmidt estimated that out of every 100 cases the unit received related to juvenile justice system, 10 had merit and about five pointed to a substantial problem.

“Occasionally, we get a complaint that there’s not just smoke, there’s fire, and it needs to be investigated,” he said. “That’s the exception.”

The bill also would authorize the unit to work with the Medicaid fraud and abuse division on investigations relating to abuse and neglect, and to work with the Kansas Internet Crimes Against

Children Task Force.

Rocky Nichols, executive director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, said the bill would allow the unit to focus on its original mission.

It was created after a partnership between the Disability Rights Center and the Attorney General’s Office found people at a group home operated by Arlan and Linda Kaufman were abused.

Children already have a system dedicated to investigating reports of abuse and neglect, Nichols said, while adults such as those who lived at the Kaufman House were ignored despite repeated complaints to state officials.

The unit was intended to address the lack of protections for vulnerable adults, he said.

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Louise Crist was visited by Nancy Holt, Jean Burgess, Tara Williams, Pastor Jon and Debbie Tuttle, Jean Burgess and Sue Rose.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Margie Stevens, Gloria Wright, and Larry and Philene Pickett.

Boots Haxton was visited by Donna Eitel and Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Albert Dean was visited by Margie Stevens, Mary Lou Oeser, and Karen Harms.

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Sharon Strecker and Travis Jones.

James Still and Mike Leach were visited by Rev. Don Martin.

Lorena Turley was visited by LaCinda Griffin, Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, Gary Turley, Neta Wheeler, Mike and Tracy Hess, Marilyn Waters, Dr Christian Cupp and Nicole Turner.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Janet Ottaway.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale and Vicki Dirks, Darby Hawkins, Clare Hawkins and Ann Hawkins.

Arlene Beaton was visited by Ann Beaton, John and Colleen Beaton, and Nancy Holt.

Kathy Roberts was visited by Major Roberts, Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, Gary Roberts, Tyler Roberts and Nancy Holt.

Nella Funk was visited

by Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, Tyler Roberts, Major Roberts and Nancy Holt.

Lowell Rudolph was visited by Kathleen Moore, LuAnn Buehler, Tom Moore, Pat Rudolph, Denton Berry, Thayne and Michelle Heusi and kids, and Rev. Don Martin.

Elmer Erskin was visited by Harold Erskin, Mulvane; Otto Harp, Krissa Dearden, Colleen Dearden, David and Sharon Powers; Dan and Shirley Rogers, Valley Center; and Milt and Velda Riddiough.

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

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Libbie Joles and Nathella Jeffery.

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Walking Physicians say that if walking were a pill, it would be the most widely prescribed medication.

The reason we promote walking is that almost anyone can do it and it is good for your heart.

Physical activity versus exercise - there is a difference. Physical activity is anything that gets a person moving, such as walking to the mailbox.

Exercise is moving at a pace that increases your heart rate, such as walking around the block.

Walk Kansas promotes both physical activity and exercise. The minutes you report are only those that qualify as exercise.

It is important to move throughout your day, and especially important that you move - at least stand for several minutes every waking hour. For the Walk Kansas program, however, we ask that you report only minutes of moderate and vigorous exercise that you do for at least 10 minutes at a time.

Moderate-intensity exercise: Walking or any activity you do at a pace where you can talk and carry on a conversation.

If you can sing, you are not working hard enough.

If you wear an activity tracker, moderate is about 100 steps per minute.

Moderate exercise can include walking, biking, swimming, jogging, hiking, team sports, dancing, aerobic exercise, Zumba, gardening, and more.

Vi g o r o u s - i n t e n s i t y exercise - Any activity you do at a level where you are able to still talk but not carry on a conversation.

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How do you get started?

You need to find some family member, friends, neighbors or coworkers to make a team of 6 individuals. Yes, your kids can be on your team and it makes great family time. Then your team will set a Team Goal.

Each Walk Kansas team will set a team goal (challenge) that requires each person to log 2-1/2, four, or six hours of exercise per week. Think about your personal goal and what you realistically accomplish each week as you discuss the team goal with your teammates.

Challenge Yourself Challenge 1: Each participant reaches the minimum goal for physical activity - 2-1/2 hours of moderate/vigorous (and strengthening) exercise per week. Collectively, the team would walk 423 miles during the 8-week program, which is the distance across the state of Kansas.

Challenge 2: Take a winding trek diagonally across the state from Troy to Elkhart. Each person logs four hours of activity per week, which would take the team 750 miles.

Challenge 3: Walk the perimeter of Kansas - 1200 miles - with each person logging six hours of moderate/vigorous activity per week.

What counts toward Walk Kansas minutes?

•Moderate/vigorous exercise and activity – at a level where you can carry on a conversation, but not sing (moderate), or where

you can talk but not have a conversation (vigorous).

•Activity must be done for at least 10 consecutive minutes.

•Time you spend doing strengthening exercises.

If you wear an activity tracker (wrist tracker or pedometer), you can start counting steps after you reach 6,000 steps in a day. Report 15 minutes of activity for every 2,000 steps you take above 6,000.* *Research tells us that most people will not get more than 6,000 steps in their average day.

To be consistent with Walk Kansas goals, we ask you to count only the steps that would be above the amount you walk in an average day.

Once you have gathered your team, give us a call at the Scott County Extension office (8722930) and we will get you the registration forms. I can email them to you or drop them in the mail.

The cost is $8 per person. T-shirts will be available for an additional cost.

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Who will judge?

Three baseball umpires are having lunch together.

The first umpire says “Well, a lot of them are balls, and a lot of them are strikes, but I always calls ‘em as I sees ‘em.”

The second umpire says “Hmph. I calls ‘em as they are.”

The third umpire slowly looks at his two colleagues and declares “They ain’t nothin’ until I calls ‘em.”

The news that a U.S. Supreme Court Justice has died during an election year has nearly everyone talking, guessing, arguing and fighting about who will be the next Justice. In past instances, each of our two parties have attempted to thwart the appointment of the other party’s nominee.

Scripture is filled with the words about Judgment Day. Everyone will have to stand before the Judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10, Rom. 14:10). And Jesus

will judge according to the standard of the Law - “Be thou perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect” Matt.

5:48). Nobody lives up to this standard for we are all like sheep who have gone astray (Is. 53:6) and no one is Innocent.

But Jesus has done something that is beyond understanding. He has taken our place under Judgment in order to give you His place in glory. How then will Jesus Judge - whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. On the basis of faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ we will be judged.

How can you be saved? Repent and believe in the One our Father has sent to rescue us. He does not judge on a curve but according to His standard, and through Him we have been granted that standard.

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Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

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

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

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

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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

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

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

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

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

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

Pence Community Church

Community Christian Church

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

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

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

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

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

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

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

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

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

1st United Methodist Church 5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 John Lewis, 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

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City

9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 Bishop Irvin Yeager • 620-397-2732 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

Relief Society and Priesthood, 11:20 a.m.

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

St. Luke’s - 872-3666 (recorded message) Senior Warden Cody Brittan • (913) 232-6127 or Father Don Martin • (785) 462-3041

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Physician able recruitment tool for the hospital.

“Dr. Hoffecker said he enjoyed the experience here, like they all did, but when we didn’t hear back from him for awhile he kind of dropped off my radar,” says hospital CEO Mark Burnett. “Plus, he said he had other plans that would take him out of the country for awhile.”

Last week, Burnett said he was surprised to get a phone call from Dr. Hoffecker saying that he and his wife, Felishia, wanted to make their home in Scott City.

“He told me that ever since he’d left Scott City he felt called to come back here,” Burnett says.

“He wanted to make the commitment to come here before somebody else beat him to it. We hammered out a contract over the phone.”

Dr. Hoffecker, a general practitioner and obstetrician, said he was quickly sold on the prospect of beginning his career in Scott City.

“I was impressed with the community and the hospital system,” he says.

“I really enjoyed the staff, the facilities are great and this is an opportunity to practice full-scale medicine with obstetrics. This place was always at the top of our list.”

Reward

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Dr. Hoffecker grew up in Charlotte, N.C., and completed his undergraduate work at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He continued his education at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

His wife is a native of Argonia, in south-central Kansas.

Not for 19 Months While the addition of another physician to an overworked staff is welcome news, nothing will change immediately. Hoffecker’s contract doesn’t begin until Sept.

1, 2017.

He has accepted a fellowship to do a year of training in international medicine. The first semester will be spent in Wichita and the second semester will take Dr. Hoffecker to Zambia, Africa.

“Even though Dr. Hoffecker won’t be here for awhile, it’s still encouraging to have a commitment from him,” says Burnett. “One of the most important things we look for when recruiting is someone who has a desire to be here permanently.

We don’t want someone who will be here for just a couple of years and neither do our other primary care doctors.”

Never-Ending Process Burnett doesn’t have to be reminded that recruitment of professional staff - particularly physicians is a never-ending process.

And that need has been amplified tremendously since the new Scott County Hospital opened its doors in April of 2012.

“I was looking at some numbers the other day which show how much things have changed,” notes Burnett.

In 1980, he says the county population was about 700 more than it is today, but there were only three family physicians.

“Life was fine and nobody seemed to have a problem seeing a doctor,” he recalls.

Today, the medical staff consists of four doctors (including a surgeon) and six mid-level providers, “and it still isn’t enough,” Burnett says.

What’s changed?

Burnett cites four reasons: 1) Medicine is much more complicated today which requires more medical staff and support staff.

2) Medical care is more regulated.

3) The aging baby boomer population is demanding a higher level of medical care.

4) Scott County Hospital’s emergence as a destination point for med-

ical care in the region.

The hospital’s growth is evident economically with gross revenue of more than $26 million annually and a payroll in excess of $11 million.

“And we still don’t have enough people to meet the demand. As much as we hate to, we’ve had to turn people away,” Burnett says.

The hospital CEO says that while it’s not always possible for local residents to see a particular doctor, “it’s very rare that they can’t get in here to see a mid-level. If you really want to get in (to the clinic) and are willing to see a mid-level, we can take care of you most of the time.”

The addition of Dr. Hoffecker will eventually provide some needed relief. In the meantime, Burnett says they will continue physician recruitment efforts.

“I’m not the one who ultimately decides who gets the job. It’s up to the physician team and that only makes sense,” Burnett says. “I’m not the right guy to determine a physician’s clinical skills.

It’s like a marriage for our staff. They need someone they’re comfortable with and are confident that their patients are in capable hands should they be gone.”

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“A professional recruitment firm will cost you four times that much,” noted Burnett. “We’ve used those firms in the past, we’ve spent a lot of money, and I’ve yet to get a physician from them.”

Burnett says some people have the perception that the hospital isn’t doing enough to attract physicians.

“The fact is, a doctor can choose to go just about anywhere he or she wants. It’s very, very competitive,” he says.

“Hopefully, the $10,000 reward shows people we are serious about recruiting doctors,” Burnett says.

“We’re willing to do something out of the ordinary.”

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Consulting firm: USDs should tap reserves Kansas should tap school districts’ cash reserves beyond a set amount to help pay for future education spending, efficiency consultants for the state recommend.

Alvarez & Marsal, a consulting firm hired by the Legislature to review the state’s budget, recommended that the state cap the amount of money school districts can build up beyond their operating

expenses.

The firm, which released a 292-page final report to lawmakers on Tuesday, said the state should require districts to have a minimum cash balance of 10 percent of their operating budget and a maximum of 15 percent.

Any dollars beyond the maximum would be deducted from future funding under the firm’s recommendation.

The firm, which had a $2.6 million contract to conduct the study, estimates that this policy would save $193 million over five years and would save $40 million if implemented for the next fiscal year, which begins in July.

The idea has been considered before but has met with backlash from school officials, who say the cash reserves are needed to ensure schools can con-

tinue to operate in the face of a crisis.

Rep. Ron Ryckman (R-Olathe), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said the recommendation - unlike previous proposals to tap reserves - offers districts “a sweet zone” to aim for when building up reserves.

“I think that’s something that our school districts would appreciate,

that if we were to adopt something like that, they would have a target,” Ryckman said.

“I think we’ve been all over the place. In years past, we’ve said you need to build reserves and then we’ve said, hold on, you have too many reserves.

If nothing else, this would provide stability.”

Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School

Boards, said school districts have concerns about the plan.

“School board members by and large tend to be fiscally conservative people. They really are,” he said. “We’re in kind of a risky environment and they have a natural tendency to save in order to be prepared because we don’t know what’s going to happen.”

(See RESERVES on page 18)

6 area students earn fall semester honors at KU Six area students have earned fall semester academic honors at the University of Kansas.

Honor students include: Scott City: Chris Davis, School of Pharmacy; Krista Eckels, School of Health Professions; Taylor George, School of Engineering; Tyler Hess, School of Business; and Kaleb Roemer, School of Pharmacy; Leoti: Jantz Budde, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Approximately 5,170 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the semester.

Some schools honor the top 10 percent of students enrolled, some establish a minimum grade-point average and others raise the minimum GPA for each year students are in school.

Students must complete a minimum number of credit hours to be considered.

Ballinger on BCC fall semester list

Ian Ballinger, Healy, has been named to the Dean’s honor list at Barton Community College.

Barton Community College has named 293 students to the Dean’s List for the fall semester.

To qualify for the honor, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 scale.

FHSU student recognition at GC on Feb. 28

Ft. Hays State University will bring their annual student recognition program to Garden City High School on Sun., Feb. 28, at 2:00 p.m.

Programs are held in 13 cities across the state honoring high school juniors and seniors.

Many will receive certificates for a variety of scholarships awarded to them by FHSU. Scholarships to be awarded at the SRPs include the $3,500 Presidential Award of Distinction, the $2,000 University Scholar Award, the $1,500 Hays City Scholar Award, and the $1,000 Traditions Scholar Award.

All are awarded only to incoming freshmen enrolling in college for the first time, but each is renewable provided students maintain the minimum required academic standing.

One-time awards recognized at the SRPs are the $1,000 Transfer Student Scholarship and the $900 or $500 Academic Opportunity Awards, given to scholars by individual academic departments.

SCHS students competing at Southwestern Heights were (from left) Megan Smith, Carson Haupt, Macy Berning, Leslee Chaveria, Kevin Herndon, Emma Price and Abby Ford.

SC claims sweepstakes runner-up at SWH The Scott Community High School forensics squad claimed the sweepstakes runner-up award in their season opening competition at Southwestern Heights.

In addition to their strong team finish, Scott City qualified for state in four events.

Megan Smith is a state qualifier in both poetry and prose after claiming third place finishes in each.

Kevin Herndon was a gold medalist in poetry.

The duet acting team of Emma Price and Carson Haupt also claimed first place.

Other medalists included:

Price/Haupt: improvised duet act, 3rd Macy Berning/Leslee Chaveria: improvised duet act, 4th Chaveria: prose, 4th Abby Ford: serious solo acting, 5th Macy Berning: serious solo, 6th

Holcomb Invitational Price and Haupt were gold medalists in both duet acting and improvised duet acting at the Holcomb Invitational, qualifying for state in each.

Other medalists were: Ford: prose, 4th Smith: poetry, 5th

Legislators mull response to court ruling Kansas lawmakers will be working to determine how to respond to a court ruling over school funding.

The Kansas Supreme Court says lawmakers haven’t done enough to reduce funding disparities between school districts. As KPR’s Stephen Koranda reports, the justices say lawmakers have to fix it

by the end of June.

Republican Senate President Susan Wagle says the best option may be rewriting the funding formula for the state’s nearly 300 school districts. But she says the court isn’t giving them enough time to comply, because rewriting the Kansas school funding system is a huge job.

“That task cannot be accomplished by a citizen legislature without developing a ground game of communication and without having a lot of hearings,” Wagle says.

But Democratic Sen. Laura Kelly says there’s a much simpler way to do it: Go back to the old funding system, maybe with some tweaks.

“Essentially, the template is there, and it would be a very simple maneuver to just put that back into place and figure out how much funding we need to add,” Kelly says.

Lawmakers will need to choose how to deal with the ruling, and if it takes more money, where that funding will come from.

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The future of ag SCHS FFA 45 members strong Mon., Feb. 22 SCHS FFA students to meet with SCMS 8th graders

Wednesday, Feb. 24 Faculty Breakfast at SCHS commons area

Scott Community High School FFA officers for 2015-16 are (from left to right) Chance Jones, sentinel; Asher Huck, reporter; Abe Wiebe, president; Cooper Griffith, vicepresident; Trace Mulligan, secretary; Reid Flower, treasurer; and Emily Glenn, parliamentarian.

Scott City FFA 2015-16 Results

Thurs., Feb. 25 SCES 4th graders to tour high school ag shop

District Ag Sales/Speech/ Job Interview Contest Senior Prepared Speech Asher Huck, 5th Emily Glenn, 6th Junior Speech Jordan Cramer, 6th Individual Ag Sales Trace Mulligan, 5th Chandler Janssen, 6th Chase Rumford, 8th Team Ag Sales 2nd Place Trace Mulligan, Chance Jones, Chase Rumford, Chandler Janssen Job Interview Participants Stacy Dominguez, Kyle Sherwood and Theron Tucker

Thank these Scott City businesses for sponsoring the promotion of the Scott County FFA program J.F. Beaver Advertising

514 S. Main, Scott City 872-2395

Farm Credit of SW Ks

Scott Coop Assn.

410 E. 1st, Scott City 620-872-5823 • 800-931-COOP www.scottcoop.com

State Farm

American Implement 807 N. Main, Scott City 872-7244

J&R Auto Group

Chambless Roofing, Inc.

1102 S. Main, Scott City (620) 872-2679 • 800-401-2683 www.chamblessroofing.com

Norder Supply, Inc.

1422 S. Main • Box 140 Scott City 872-5391 www.farmcreditconnect.com

Michael Trout, Agent 872-5374 michael@troutagency.com www.troutagency.com

Miller Veterinary Clinic

First National Bank

Dirks Earthmoving Co.

Stevens Veterinary Services

Rodenbeek & Green Agency

Spencer Pest Control

Wheatland Broadband

Wheatland Electric

AgMax Crop Insurance

1801 S. Hwy. 83, Scott City 872-7211 • Fax: 872-7212

770 W. Road 270, Scott City 872-1793, 872-3057 www.dirksearthmoving.com

Western State Bank

501 Main St., Scott City 872-2143

210 Meadowlark Ln., Scott City 872-2727

1425 S. Main, Scott City 872-2227

416 S. Main St., Scott City 866-872-0006 • 872-0006 www.wbsnet.org

Sagers Pump Service

Precision Ag & Seed Services

303 Glenn St., Scott City 872-2101 • 888-816-2101

HRC Feed Yard, LLC 6550 W Hwy 96, Scott City 872-5328 hrcfeed.com

Heartland Foods 1314 S. Main, Scott City 872-5854

The Rec Pool Hall 318 S. Main, Scott City

1550 W. Rd., 70, Scott City • 872-5242 www.vffarms.com

208 W. 5th St., Scott City 872-2103 www.jrcarandtruck.com

Z Bottling Corp.

907 W. 5th Street, Scott City 872-0100

601 S. Main St., Scott City 872-5803 www.rgagency.com 101 Main St., Scott City 872-5885 weci.net

ADM Grain

Shallow Water - 872-2174 Selkirk - 375-3574 • Leoti - 375-4811

4310 E. Hwy 96., Scott City 872-3058

Turner Sheet Metal 1851 S. Hwy. 83, Scott City 872-2954

Box 258, 200 E. Rd. 140, Scott City 872-2870

815 West 5th St., Scott City 872-2900 hugh.binns@agmaxinsurance.com www.hughbinns.com

Faurot Heating & Cooling 910 W. 5th St, Scott City 872-3508

Sharp Brothers Seed

Western Kansas Insurance Services

Bartlett Grain

L&M Western Tire

MTM Siding & Glass

Scott County Hospital

Scott Community Foundation

Berning Farms 3171 W. Hwy 96, Leoti 620-872-5503

305 W. Bellevue 872-3456

201 Albert Ave., Scott City 872-5811

P.O. Box 140, Healy 620-398-2231

1503 Main, Scott City 872-3393

303 Court, Scott City 872-3790

310 Court, Scott City 872-5866

1130 W. Hwy 96, Scott City 872-2315

Wallace, Brantley & Shirley 325 Main St., Scott City 872-2161

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SCHS Winter Homecoming 2016 King Dylan Hutchins crowns Queen Cayleigh Ramsey

Crown Bearers Brynlee Taylor and Isaiah Rogers

King Dylan Hutchins and Queen Cayleigh Ramsey

Senior Candidates Drake McRae and Alma Martinez

Freshmen Attendants Jack Thomas and Jera Drohman

Senior Candidates Abe Wiebe and Madison Braun

Sophomore Attendants Jarret Jurgens and Kaitlyn Roberts

Junior Attendants Octavio Nolasco and Haley Allen

For the Record Religious leaders oppose more welfare changes The Scott County Record

House bill would limit food stamps, cash assistance A brief theological debate broke out Tuesday in the Kansas Legislature as religious leaders voiced opposition to a bill placing further restrictions on welfare recipients.

The legislation (House

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Bill 2600) is a sequel to last year’s Hope, Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone (HOPE) Act. Both bills place stricter limits on who can receive cash assistance and food stamps and for how long.

They also place restrictions on things like using benefits to take cruises or continuing to receive benefits after hitting the lottery - scenarios critics say

are far-fetched and intended to paint recipients in a negative light.

Moti Rieber, a rabbi who leads the group Kansas Interfaith Action, opened his testimony to the House Health and Human Services Committee with a biblical quote from the book of Deuteronomy that urged legislators to be “openhanded” to the poor.

Rieber said he and the other religious leaders in his group believe welfare legislation should not be punitive or impugn the human dignity of people in poverty.

“I would put it to you that HB 2600, and actually its predecessor legislation as well, does not comport with these principles,” he said. “It does not address the causes of

Proposal would require exam, license for 3-wheeled riders

A House committee kicked the tires of a bill earlier this week creating a special driving examination and license for people who ride increasingly popular three-wheeled motorcycles.

Under current Kansas law, individuals are required to take a test on a two-wheeled motorcycle even if they own and plan to ride a machine with three wheels. House Bill

2436 would establish a special class of motorcycle licensing that aligns the examination with the type of vehicle to be driven.

Three-wheel licenses issued under the proposed law would forbid the person from legally riding a two-wheeled motorcycle, but anyone passing the two-wheel test could ride both motorcycle variations.

House Speaker Ray Merrick (R-Stilwell) urged the House’s Vision 2020 Committee to endorse the “friendly, common-sense update to Kansas statutes.”

“Considering the vast differences in the physical requirements between two- and three-wheeled motorcycles,” Merrick said, “it is reasonable that a person who can only ride a three-wheeled motorcycle should be allowed

to take their license training and test on the type of motorcycle they will be using.”

Brian Thompson, a lobbyist with the motorcycle group ABATE, said the reform proposed by the House bill would benefit young and old riders alike.

“Those with less skills would be able to feel the independence and freedom of the road if they desire,” Thompson said.

poverty, it does not help people get out of poverty and it presumes the bad intentions of people in need.”

Rep. Randy Powell (R-Olathe) said he’s also a “man of faith” and urged Rieber to take a broader look at the Bible as a whole.

“I know the Apostle Paul in the New Testament, which is some-

thing you might not be referring to, but it’s biblical also, he talks about if a man doesn’t work, let him not eat,” Powell said. “So from what I can read, what we’re looking at doing is just ensuring that we have proper stewardship.”

Powell pointed to written testimony from Chuck McGinnis, a 52-year-old (See WELFARE on page 15)

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., Feb. 11, 2016; last published Thurs., Feb. 25, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FINNEY COUNTY, KANSAS

ry, deceased, on said date.

All creditors of the above named decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the estate within four (4) months from the date of first publication of this noIn the Matter of the Estate of tice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus COLTER J. BERRY, exhibited, they shall be fordeceased Case No. 16-PR-7 ever barred.

KELLI MARIE BERRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Administratrix THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CON- APPROVED BY: ERIC FOURNIER, #24193 CERNED: You are hereby notified CALIHAN, BROWN, that on the 1st day of Febru- BURGARDT & DOUGLASS, ary, 2016, a Petition for Let- P.A. ters of Administration was 212 West Pine Street filed in this Court by Kelli P.O. Box 1016 Marie Berry and that she was Garden City, Ks. 67846-1016 appointed as Administratrix (620) 276-2381 of the Estate of Colter J. Ber- Attorneys for Administratrix

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(First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Feb. 11, 2016; last published Thurs., Feb. 18, 2016)2t Results of the Market Study Analysis Scott County Assessment Year 2016 Pursuant to K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 79-1460a A study of the residential real estate market indicated that there was no overall inflationary trend for the 2016 tax year.

A study of the commercial real estate market indicated that the market is stable, but does indicate a general upward or downward trend.

A study of the vacant real estate market indicated that the market is stable with no general upward or downward trend.

Values on specific properties may not follow the general trend because of changes in the property, corrections of description information or adjustment of value based on sales of similar properties.

Public Notice (Published in the Scott County Record on Thurs., Feb. 18, 2016)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: Lario Oil & Gas Company - Application for a permit to authorize the commingling of zones in the Dearden Trust No. 3-5, located in Scott County, Kansas.

TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, Unleased Minerals Interest Owners, Landowners and all persons whomever concerned.

You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Lario Oil & Gas Company has filed an application to commingle Marmaton,Lansing, Ft. Scott and Cherokee zones in the Dearden Trust #3-5, located approximately E2 W2 NW SW Sec. 5-19S-31W, in Scott County, Kansas.

Any persons who object to or protest this applica-

tion shall be required to file their objections or protests with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within (15) days from the date of this publication.

These protests shall be filed pursuant to Commission regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas. If no protests are received, this application may be granted through a summary proceeding. If valid protests are received, this matter will be set for hearing.

All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly.

Lario Oil & Gas Company 301 S. Market Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 265-5611 ATTN: Jay Schweikert

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department Jan. 14: Richard Golightly was arrested for battery and disorderly conduct and transported to the LEC. Jan. 14: Jack Thompson was arrested for battery and disorderly conduct and transported to the LEC. Feb. 11: Bernardino Cortes, 41, was arrested for domestic battery and transported to the LEC. Scott County Sheriff’s Department Feb. 11: Kelly Farr was arrested on a Sedgwick County warrant and transported to the LEC. Feb. 12: Donald Graham, 35, was arrested on a warrant.

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Marijuana activist plans to file civil rights suit A Garden City mother facing criminal drug charges said this week that she still intends to file a lawsuit in federal court asserting a constitutional right to use marijuana to treat her Crohn’s disease.

Lawrence attorney Sarah Swain teamed with Long Beach, Calif., lawyer Matthew Pappas on the suit.

Law enforcement officers searched Banda’s house and found mari-

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father of three who praised the Kansas Department for Children and Families for helping him find work with the Ellis County Road and Bridge Division after his oil field job dried up.

Rieber quoted extensively from the United Methodist Church’s principles of welfare reform document and said he could provide the committee members with similar statements from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

He said the Legislature’s anti-poverty work should focus on investing in education and job training and maintaining a minimum wage that ensures employment is more rewarding than welfare.

He argued against “arbitrary” time limits on how long Kansans can receive benefits, saying they don’t account for individual employment circumstances.

Sister Therese Bangert, a nun with the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, also spoke against the new bill, saying legislators didn’t seem to understand how difficult it already is for Kansans to access benefits for which they’re eligible.

For example, she said that in 2011, 31 percent of Kansans who were eligible for food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, were not receiving them.

“What I do find troubling is what I judge as a lack of respect for the struggles of persons living in poverty,” she said.

Bangert asked the committee to amend HB 2600 to undo a provision in last year’s legislation that prohibited Kansans convicted of a drug-related felony from receiving welfare assistance in their lifetimes.

She said that prohibition was particularly unfair to people with mental illness who selfmedicate with illegal drugs out of desperation - including military veterans who “come back from the wars we send them to” suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.

juana and a device for turning it into oil in April 2015 after her son spoke up about her use of it during an anti-drug presentation at his school.

Banda’s son was removed from her custody and she has a pending court date in Finney County on the criminal charges resulting from the search.

Banda already was a prominent voice in the medical marijuana community when she was

charged, having posted online and written a selfpublished book about how she created her own oil derived from marijuana to treat the symptoms of Crohn’s, a painful bowel ailment.

The suit prepared by Swain and Pappas names Gov. Sam Brownback, Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore and Banda’s local police and school officials as defendants.

County Commission February 2, 2016 Scott County Commissioners met in a regular meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioner Gary Skibbe; and County Clerk Alice Brokofsky.

•A three percent pay increase was approved for the county appraiser’s personnel.

•County Attorney Rebecca Faurot informed the commission she was able to extend her office lease for another three months.

•The following bills for Park Lane Nursing home were approved. $3,065: Pryor Automatic Fire Sprinkler. $3,750: Precision Safety Technologies •The Zella Carpenter farm lease bids were reviewed.

The former tenants agreed to match the high bids on all tracts. High bids were: SE4 10-17-32W: 157.48 acres, Dwight Koehn; $75 per ac.; $11,811 SE4 27-16-32W: 157.31 acres, Dwight Koehn; $72.50 per ac.; $11,404.98 NW4 3-19-34W: 157.72 acres, Berning Brothers; $65 per ac.; $10,251.80 NE4 4-19-34W: 158.36 acres, Berning Brothers; $60 per ac.; $9,501.60 NE4 33-16-33W: 119.28 acres, Dwight Koehn; $55 per ac.; $6,560.40 •Bailey Rosin and Holly Beaton were appointed to the Scott County Library board to begin in May. The following change orders were approved: Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 4.82 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 34.10 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 1,260.74 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 429.90 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 216.04 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 1.42 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 2,668.18 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 222.98 Abatement Lane-Scott Electric Co-op $ 715.16 Abatement Midwest Energy $ 73.64 Abatement Midwest Energy $ 20.60 Abatement Midwest Energy $ 4.24 Abatement Sunflower Electric Power $ 287.58 Abatement Sunflower Electric Power $ 3,341.10 Abatement Sunflower Electric Power $ 146.84 Abatement Sunflower Electric Power $ 224.44 Abatement Sunflower Electric Power $ 7,524.88 Abatement Sunflower Electric Power $ 325.22 Abatement Sunflower Electric Power $ 2,352.86 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 3,565.50 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 14,175.34 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 2,590.88 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 2,724.76 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 2.56 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 4,798.32 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 1,143.00 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 1.03 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 3,758.42 Abatement Wheatland Electric Coop $ 245.92 Added Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad $ 1,327.86 Added Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad $ 22.42 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 496.94 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 8.30 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 1,227.06 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 20.74 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 2,061.74 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 34.86 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 1,635.70 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 27.66 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 238.00 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 3.96 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 1.04 Added Kansas Oklahoma Railroad $ 63.52 •Kent Hill from Compass Behavioral Health presented two bids for wiring of the phones, internet and security in the former medical clinic. Commissioners asked if some of the non-essential items could be installed later. Since the system will be upgraded, commissioners asked if Compass Behavioral could contribute to the cost. No action was taken.

•Public Works Director Richard Cramer discussed the Stutzman Refuse Disposal contract for a compactor at the recycling center. Commissioners approved signing the contract.

“They need to be held accountable,” she said.

“Otherwise it’s going to continue to keep happening to some people.”

“This lawsuit can and will change the course of history,” Swain posted on her law office’s Facebook page. “The time to end prohibition is now.”

Broad bills legalizing marijuana for treating a wide range of illnesses have been introduced in the Kansas Legislature

several times in the past five years but have gone nowhere. Last year the House passed a narrow bill that would legalize low-THC marijuana oil for use in treating seizure disorders, but it has stalled this year after one Senate committee hearing.

Banda said she doesn’t support the oil-only bill because it’s far too restrictive.

Hearings in Banda’s criminal case are scheduled for late July. The

judge has ruled she will be allowed to submit evidence of marijuana’s medicinal benefits.

Banda said she’s aware using marijuana to treat her condition is illegal, but not using it is worse than any legal consequences.

“I don’t want to get sick again,” Banda said.

“I’m not afraid of prison.

I’m afraid of my own personal hell, and I never, ever will go back.”

Bill advances to restrict teen use of tanning beds

The House Health and Human Services Committee voted 9-8 Monday to send a bill that would prohibit indoor tanning for minors to the rest of the chamber after some representatives raised concerns it would interfere with parental choice.

House Bill 2369 would prevent tanning salons from allowing people younger than 18 to use their tanning beds, with a $250 fine for each violation.

Rep. Brett Hildabrand (R-Shawnee), likened the ban to efforts by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban large sodas and other foods linked to obesity.

He also suggested it would be safer for teens to tan at a salon than on a home tanning bed, because salon employees would know whether someone had been using the beds too frequently.

Rep. Jim Ward (D-Wichita) said the state already restricts the age at which people can participate in activities like smoking and drinking. Studies have shown that people who begin tanning in their teens have a high risk of skin cancer, he said.

Rep. Dick Jones, a Topeka Republican, said he agreed that tanning is dangerous for minors but thinks parents have the right to decide if their children should use tanning beds.

But Rep. John Wilson, a Lawrence Democrat, said government does have a role in protecting youth, particularly in light of allegedly misleading information about risks from the tanning industry.

Dr. Rosin joins Siena Clinic

Dr. Robert Rosin has joined Siena Medical Clinic of St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City.

The long-time Scott City resident, Dr. Rosin is board certified in internal medicine with more than 25 years of experience.

He earned his doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Kansas School of MedicineWichita.

An internal medicine physician’s primary responsibilities include preventative care and health maintenance, the diagnosis and care of acute and chronic medical conditions, management of adult patients with multiple, complex medical issues.

Dr. Rosin grew up in Oberlin and has lived in Scott City for the last 19 years.

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Insurers, Medicare agree on measures tracking doctors’ quality Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News

The federal government and the insurance industry Tuesday released an initial set of measures of physician performance that they hope will reduce the glut of conflicting metrics doctors now must report.

The measures are intended to make it easier for Medicare, patients, insurers and employers to assess quality and determine pay.

America’s Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP, which represents most insurers, said it

was encouraging insurers to add these into contracts they strike and renew with doctors and hospitals. Medicare already uses some of the measures in its payment programs and plans to add the others, officials said.

Right now, doctors have to report different metrics to each insurer, adding to the paperwork they face and making it hard for anyone to provide a reliable assessment of their overall performance.

One study by AHIP analysts of 23 health plans counted 546 distinct measures.

Right now, doctors have to report different metrics to each insurer, adding to the paperwork they face and making it hard for anyone to provide a reliable assessment of their overall performance. One study by AHIP analysts of 23 health plans counted 546 distinct measures.

Sometimes doctors have to report multiple measures that assess the same thing, such as how many patients’ diabetes improved, because each insurer has its own metric.

“Everywhere you go in health care people ask for one thing: simplify, simplify, simplify,” said Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The

new measures, he said, “will reduce needless complexity for physicians.”

The panel of government and insurance officials released seven groups of measures, each tailored to a type of care: cardiology, gastroenterology, HIV and hepatitis C, oncology, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics and primary care.

(See QUALITY on page 17)

Insurance disparities persist in Kansas despite Obamacare Bryan Thompson Kansas Health Institute

Teresa Lovelady, who leads HealthCore Clinic in Wichita, says most of the clinic’s patients earn too little to qualify for subsidies to help pay for their insurance. They also cannot get coverage through Medicaid because Kansas has not expanded eligibility for non-disabled adults.

A recent national report credits the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, for help-

ing to reduce racial and ethnic inequalities in health insurance coverage. But Kansas has not made as much progress as other states.

Before the Affordable Care Act, blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and AsianAmericans were much more likely than whites to be uninsured. But an analysis by the nonprofit Center for Global Policy Solutions shows that gap has narrowed because of the health reform law.

Ocie Corner is one exam-

ple. The African-American woman lives in Bel Aire, a suburb on the northeast side of Wichita, and had been uninsured since 2012. She said she just kept her fingers crossed.

“You just hope you don’t get sick and have to go someplace, because you don’t … you really don’t know where to go. You really don’t,” she said. “You just kind of, ‘Well, it’ll work out. It’ll work out.’

And, you know, sometimes it don’t work out.”

Corner wasn’t aware of the

Gluten-free diets can be helpful, but require management

“New year, new you.”

That seems to be the theme of many wanting to start fresh and live healthier lives. However, before jumping aboard the “glutenfree diet” train, check out these facts from Kansas State University assistant professor Sandy Procter.

What is gluten?

Gluten is a protein in wheat, rye, barley, and some related grains that provides the elastic, chewy properties in breads and other baked products.

The word “gluten” comes from a Latin origin meaning “glue.”

This glue-like characteristic allows bread dough to stretch, but not break, as it rises.

“Bakers and producers select flours for the amount of gluten

federal insurance marketplace that became available in 2014. But a few weeks before Christmas, she saw a message on TV about the penalty people have to pay if they don’t have health insurance.

“I wasn’t paying no $600, so it got me to sign up,” said Corner.

And it’s a good thing she did. Corner went to HealthCore Clinic in Wichita a couple of weeks later for (See INSURANCE on page 17)

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they contain,” said Procter, who is a nutrition specialist with K-State Extension. “For example, high-protein durum flour works well for pasta, while low-protein flour is used for tender cakes or pastries.”

In 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a new regulation defining the term “gluten free” for voluntary food labeling.

The federal definition standardizes the meaning of gluten-free claims across the food industry and allows people requiring the special diet to make healthful food choices with confidence.

When “gluten free” is used on the label, a food is required to contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. The rule also requires foods claiming “no gluten,” “free of glu(See GLUTEN on page 17)

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Tax credits for public assistance ‘weight loss’

A person reading the Kansas Tax Weight Loss Act could be forgiven if they thought the Legislature wanted to put Department of Revenue employees on diets.

But the bill actually would create tax credits and sales tax exemptions for businesses that hire Kansans and reduce the

Quality Core measures for other types of care are being evaluated, and the sets can change as new metrics are developed.

Carol Sakala, an executive at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a consumer-oriented nonprofit, called the measures a “good start” but said “we must continue this work and fill crucial measure gaps,” including ways to get patients’ perspectives on whether their care produced a satisfac-

Gluten ten” and “without gluten” to meet the definition for “gluten free.”

Gluten may also be used in some prescription drugs, as well as some cosmetics, multivitamins and mineral supplements.

“If you require a glutenfree diet, you will want to ask the pharmacist if your prescribed medications contain gluten,” Procter said.

• • • •Is a gluten-free diet right for me?

Procter said gluten has long been considered part of a sound diet for healthy people; however, it isn’t essential.

“The body doesn’t need gluten to be healthy,” she said. “Products have been developed that contain alternative ingredients and can accomplish many of the same characteristics we attribute to gluten, without the negative effects that some people experience when they eat gluten-containing foods.”

For some people, good health depends on the elimination of gluten and wheat foods from the diet.

People with celiac disease and others who are intolerant of gluten must adopt a gluten-free diet. Here are more details about the medical conditions that require a gluten-free diet: •Celiac disease affects about one percent of the North American population - approximately three million people in the United States, alone.

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder - the only one where the trigger (in this case, gluten) is known.

Celiac damages the villi (the finger-like projections) of the small intestine where nutrients are absorbed. This may result in decreased absorption of nutrients from food, which in turn can lead to dietary deficiencies.

The disease may become apparent when an infant begins eating cereals containing gluten, or it may not appear until later in life. About half of celiac patients experience gastrointestinal symp-

amount of public assistance they receive.

House Bill 2626 would offer tax credits for businesses that employ people receiving more than $10,000 in annual benefits from various social programs, including Medicaid, food or cash assistance, the earned income tax credit and housing vouchers.

People receiving public assistance wouldn’t be required to participate in the initial bill. But Chris Patton, executive director of Ottawa-based COF Training Services, said a voluntary program could prove the concept works.

Patton says that people who depend on public assistance have been

“rewired” so they no longer associate sustenance with exertion. He said reducing the tax weight borne by businesses would encourage them to create jobs.

The businesses would receive a tax credit equal to 75 percent of the amount of tax dollars their newly hired employees no longer received. They also

doctors. “This represents a huge step forward,” he said. But if insurers do not consistently adopt them, he said “this effort will be for naught.”

The primary care core measures include ones that gauge whether patients’ blood pressure, depression and blood sugar levels were controlled; whether diabetic patients’ eyes and feet were examined; whether women were appropriately screened for cervical

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toms, including bloating, gas and/or diarrhea. The symptoms vary from one person to another, which makes an accurate diagnosis difficult.

•Dermatitis herpetiformis.

This is a type of celiac disease that not only results outwardly in a painful skin rash when gluten is eaten, but it also damages the small intestine of most people with this condition. Diagnosis is made through a skin biopsy and blood tests.

•Non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

This response differs from celiac, because it is not an allergy or autoimmune disease. People with NCGS may have gastrointestinal symptoms similar to people with celiac disease, including diarrhea, constipation, bloating and excess gas, though symptoms can vary widely from one person to another.

There are no tests at this time that determine NCGS, but a diagnosis is made by the physician once celiac disease and other conditions are ruled out.

Research continues on NCGS, because much about it is unknown.

Eating certain carbohydrates as well as other parts of wheat (besides gluten) may also trigger symptoms, so some people with this diagnosis must avoid additional foods and ingredients beyond gluten.

“The recent popularity of gluten-free diets is due, in part, to increased diagnosis of such conditions,” she said, “and also because of the dramatic health benefits noted by some who eliminate gluten from their diet in a personal effort to relieve symptoms. Still, others consider adopting a gluten-free diet for reasons unrelated to celiac disease or gluten intolerance, as they believe it to be a healthful eating plan that helps them to lose weight and improve their nutrition.”

Procter said it’s important for people to check

with their health care provider before eliminating gluten from their diet.

“The diagnosis of celiac disease, based on blood tests and a biopsy of the small intestine, may not be accurate if a glutenfree diet is started before testing,” she said.

“A strict gluten-free diet, without substitution for the important nutrients found in grain foods, could over time lead to dietary deficiencies.”

While it is not considered dangerous to eat gluten free, Procter warns consumers to not omit any entire food group from their meals unless advised by their health care provider.

is to provide support to people with those types of disabilities.

That language would appear to exclude sheltered workshops for people with disabilities, which Patton attributed to a rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gradually ending payments to sheltered workshops.

Insurance

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tory result.

Primary care doctors now must report between 50 and 100 measures to multiple insurers, said Dr. Douglas Henley, CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

“As you can imagine, that creates a lot of chaos and confusion as well as administrative burden and complexity,” he said on a conference call announcing the measures.

The new set has 21 metrics for primary care

would have a competitive advantage, because the bill would exempt their products from state sales tax starting July 1.

At least half of the businesses’ employees would have to be people without developmental or intellectual disabilities, and the business couldn’t employ anyone whose job

cancer and breast cancer; whether doctors unnecessarily screened females under 21 for cervical cancer; whether doctors screened patients for obesity and came up with a treatment plan and a follow-up visit.

Those measures also are designed for use in some of Medicare’s new experiments in paying doctors for proactively taking care of patients, including through accountable care organizations.

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treatment of a burn that wasn’t healing. They referred her to specialty care, which Corner says she couldn’t afford to pay for on her own.

While her burn was being evaluated, she learned that her blood pressure was too high and causing damage to her eyes. Her insurance will help her pay for the care she needs.

But that peace of mind continues to elude a disproportional share of minority Kansans. A recent analysis by the Kansas Health Institute found that 17.4 percent of black Kansans were uninsured in 2014, compared to 7.6 percent of white Kansans.

That’s a larger gap than in any other state.

Nationwide, 13.6 percent of black Americans were uninsured in 2014, significantly lower than the rate in Kansas.

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232 earn semester academic honors at SCMS There were 232 students earning first semester academic honors at Scott City Middle School.

The list of honor students included 75 who were on the Gold list for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average.

Other honor lists are Silver (3.5-3.99) and Bronze (3.0-3.49).

Honor roll students include: Gold Honor List Eighth: Aleczander Berry, William Cupp, Brian Galaviz, Cynthia Gonzalez, Cale Goodman, Lanae Haupt, Braylin Heim, Kevin Herman, Blake Koehn, Gabrielle Martinez, Justus McDaniel, Jacy Rose, Madison Shapland, Piper Wasinger, Kaden Wren.

Seventh: Gisselle Aguiree-Apodaca, Lizette Bejarano Anchondo, Allison Brunswig, Marisela Chavez, Joshua Culp,

Connor Cupp, Sophia Garrison, Brooke Hoeme, Harrison King, Abby McDaniel, Paige Prewit, Kevin Serrano Gonzalez, Sawyer Stevens, Isaac Tarango Fernandez, Landon Trout, Paige Vulgamore, Judy Wiebe.

Sixth: Conner Armendariz, Lezette Cantaros, Cesar Contreras, Melany Duff, Carson Faurot, Isabella Gutierrez-Myers, Clare Hawkins, Leightyn Heim, Natalie Herman, Kennedy Holstein, Lauren Lobaton, Brynn McCormick, Allison Patton, Zachery Rohrbough, Chelsi Rose, Ella Rumford, Rhiley Stoppel, Giovanni Vichique, Kale Wheeler.

Fifth: Valeria Anchondo, Lawson Bailey, Brylie Bennett, Hannah Eikenberry, Adrian Elder, Ivette Fernandez-Lozoya, John Harris, Treven Jones, Jaden Lewis, Shelby Lisenby, Leslie Macias,

Reserves If the state wants districts to lower balances, then many districts would look to spend that money, Tallman said, adding that he doubted it would help the state’s overall cash balance.

The Wichita school district had about $127 million in unencumbered cash balances as of July, which a district spokeswoman said was 17 percent of operating expenses, slightly above the efficiency study’s target.

One reason the district’s reserves go over the 15 percent mark is to ensure funding for its insurance plan, the spokeswoman said, noting that total reserves had fallen by $24 million since the previous year.

Alvarez & Marsal have also recommended consolidating school districts’ health plans into one statewide plan, which would save an estimated $360

Mackayla Miller, Elizabeth Nguyen, Priscilla Peregrino, Wyatt Ricker, Lana Rodriguez, Tara Rose, Aiden Schwindt, Johnna Sowers, Brooke Strine, Adrianne Talbert, Jace Thomas, Hannah Tucker, Emilee Turner Silver Honor List Eighth: Samantha Aguilar, Briana Amezcua, MaKeena Ashmore, Emmanuel Frances Aguilar, Leslie Frias, Joes Garcia, Parker Gooden, Morgan Irwin, Abbigail LeBeau, Jackson Lewis, Kylee Logan, Diego Lopez, Jose Alonso Martinez, Shelby Patton, Lillian Pepper, Isidro Ponce, Lyndi Rumford, Evyan Smith, Rosa Trejo, Emily Weathers, Brandon Winderlin, Hunter Yager.

Seventh: Roberto Apodaca-Armendariz, Gabriel Bowers, Kaely Capps, Samantha Castillo, Colton Cupp, Ryan Cure, Justin Davis, Adam Elder Fer-

nando Enamorado, Loren Faurot, Daniela Garcia, Ansley Grothusen, Taylor Heili, Lisa Ivey, Lorelei Johnson, Anastasia Rojas, Joshua Rosin, Claire Rumford, Brooke Sherwood, James Turner, Megan Vance, Olivia Wagner.

Sixth: Armando Armendariz, Kairae Berry, Joshua Browning, Brynna Burnett, Erick Castillo Morales, Kaelyn Dearden, Evelyn Gonzalez Lopez, Carter Gooden, Payton Goodman, Esperanza Hernandez, Kamryn Herrera, Paige Hoelting; Jaxson Kough, Broderick LaPlant, Amber Latta, Wyatt Lowe, Paola Mendoza, Lance Miller, Tina Neufeld, Alivia Noll, Nash Nowak, Bethany Prochnow, Eric Shapland, Stryder Sowers, Efren Tarango Fernandez, Austin Thon, Ronald Weathers, Madison Westergard, Misti Wick, Brooklyne Zielke.

Fifth: Gisselle Aguilar, Henry Aguilar, Samantha Aldaba Flores, Thaddius Butler, Freddy Castillo, Evan Fry, Ximena Garcia Rodriguez, Leticia Gonzalez, Felix GonzalezJimenez, Haileigh Hickert, Callie Hutton, Jacob Irwin, Nathan LeBeau, Evelyn Lozano, Luis Medellin, Madison Miller, Jocabed Navarrete Contreras, Zachery Roberts, Natalia Rojas, Nathan Rosas, Aaron Ruelas, Nathan Smith, Danny Stratmeier, Garrison Turner, Hope Wiechman, Anthony Wolfe, Kiley Wren, Alencio Zarate.

Bronze Honor List Eighth: Luis AlfaroReyes, Elijah Amack, Jaiden Amack, Jacelynn Buffington, Yovanni Galaviz, Grace Hutton, Samuel Irwin, Connor Jameson, Amanda Lara, Courtney Latta, Hailey-Jo Leonard, Victor Martinez, Nathan Nowak, Andrew

Prochnow, Brandon Roberts, Stormy Wells, Luke Wright, Sterling Wright.

Seventh: Darwin Armendariz, Kalacia Carter, Tulio Castro-Vasquez, Alyssa Chorak, Blake Foster, Andres Gonzalez, Jaden Jones, Easton Lorg, Jeffrey Nix, Gustavo Rivero, Peyton Samms, Annie Stratmeier, Aamyiah Unger.

Sixth: Kain Armstrong, Damian Estrella, Victoria Ford, Alonso Frances Aguilar, Jarron Gregory, Ashleigh Hickert, Joshua Jacobson, Matthew Jacobson, Julian Lopez-Arroyo, Susana Nolasco, Dalton Pazdernik, Natalie Rosas, Diane Willette, Winsome Worf.

Fifth: Eliana Ayala, Sophia Brown, Manrubio Jimenez-Rojas, Joshua Kasselman, Joseph McCleary, Joel Ortega, Jensyn Smith, Kathryn Smith, Brandon Smyth, Marquez Wallace.

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million over five years.

Individual school districts currently have their own benefit plans.

The firm has made more than 100 recommendations to the Legislature that it says could collectively save the state $2 billion over five years.

Some 87 percent of the savings come from 21 recommendations, which Ryckman said lawmakers would prioritize.

Among the top recommendations: Hire 54 more collection officers at the Department of Revenue and fill 14 vacant auditor positions. Together, those recommendations are estimated to bring in $321.8 million in tax revenue over five years.

Ryckman said that some of the recommendations can be in place by next fiscal year and that House members will begin working on crafting legislation.

SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL Leading You To A Healthy Future

201 Albert Avenue Scott City, KS 67871 • (620) 872-5811 www.scotthospital.net

Help Us Find a Doctor and Scott County Hospital is searching for additional family practice with OB doctors to join our medical team.

If you know a doctor or someone about to complete medical residency, here’s your chance to earn $10,0001.

• Refer a doctor to SCH (they must indicate that you referred them on their application) • If the doctor you referred signs a contract with SCH, you will earn

$10,000

Any person who refers a qualified physician (medical doctor) to Scott County Hospital who then agrees to a contract of employment will receive a referral bonus of $10,000. All persons, including current employees of Scott County Hospital, are eligible for the referral bonus.

I. Receivership of the $10,000 bonus will be contingent on: 1) The qualified physician signing a contract of employment with Scott County Hospital, 2) The qualified physician serving a minimum of one-year in his/her role with Scott County Hospital, and 3) The qualified physician making reference to the person who referred them to Scott County Hospital on his/her application for employment.

II. For any employee or non-employee of Scott County Hospital who makes a referral of a qualified physician which meets the aforementioned qualifications; a referral bonus of $10,000 will be paid as follows: 1) A $2,500 referral bonus will be paid following the initial signing of a contract by a referred qualified physician.

2) An additional $2,500 referral bonus will be paid after the physician has worked at Scott County Hospital for six months in good standing.

3) A final $5,000 referral bonus will be paid after the referred physician has completed one year of service in good standing with Scott County Hospital.

III. All referral bonuses awarded to current employees will be included in their monthly paycheck and are subject to taxation. Referral bonuses awarded to non-employees will be paid in full via check from Scott County Hospital. It will be the responsibility of the receiver of the bonus to claim taxes.

IV. Only one person per doctor referred is eligible for the referral bonus.

V. Scott County Hospital Employees only: Any physician who has already been recruited, contacted, or made a visit to SCH during the past 12 months is not eligible.

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Matmen have high hopes in post-season The Scott Community High School wrestling team is healthy and hungry.

Head coach Jon Lippelmann is hoping that proves to be a good combination as the Beavers prepare for 3-2-1A regional action at Cimarron this weekend.

No one is sidelined by an injury with the late-season return of Jarrett Jurgens.

Enter regional as No. 3 ranked team in 3-2-1A And with a lineup that includes three state medalists with 4-5 more matmen very capable of qualifying for the state tournament, Scott City is hoping to finish among the top three in state for the first time since 2012 when they claimed top honors.

But for that to happen, they have to put together a solid weekend at regional.

“Things are set up pretty well for us,” says Lippelmann. “We have a lot of boys who can make it to state.

“I tell the boys this weekend and next are when it comes

down to heart. Talent and technique will take you places, but they don’t mean anything if you don’t have what it takes to pull the trigger.

“The ones who make it to state are the ones who have the confidence in themselves to do what we’ve been teaching them

Coming off back-to-back losses by a total of 76 points, Scott Community High School girl’s head coach Sarah McCormick had reason to wonder what to expect from her team last Friday.

Kaitlyn Roberts quickly put the coach at ease.

The sophomore guard drilled four treys in the first 36 half that staked Colby Scott City 48 SCHS (5-10) to an eight point lead and the Lady Beavers snapped a five game losing streak with a 48-36 win in Great West Activities Conference action.

“I have to admit, that I was concerned about what our frame of mind would be coming into the game,” says McCormick. “I reminded the girls they still have a lot to play for and that we could still have a strong finish to our season.”

Colby came out in a zone defense and Scott City was able to take advantage of it with some hot shooting from Roberts, along with another first half trey from senior guard Madison Orr.

SCHS senior Dylan Hutchins is fouled as he drives the baseline for a field goal attempt during Tuesday’s league game at Holcomb.

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When Nicole Latta gave the Scott Community High School girls the lead with just over two minutes remaining against Cimarron, one could sense that a major upset was in the works.

Scott City had battled back from a 10 point deficit and taken a 36-35 lead against Cimarron with just 2:17 remaining in Thursday’s make-up game against the Lady Bluejays.

However, Cimarron outscored SCHS 8-2 down the stretch to escape the Scott City gym with a 43-38 win.

“I’m proud of the way the girls fought back,” says head coach Sarah McCormick. “We’ve been in so many tight games down the (See SC GIRLS on page 22)

(See REGIONAL on page 23)

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Girls snap 5 game skid; whip Colby

SC girls nearly stun Cimarron

all season.”

This weekend promises to be a battle between SCHS and defending state champion Norton for the regional title.

“I believe both of us have five boys who can be state medalists,” says Lippelmann. “The difference will come down to who will step up beyond them and surprise us.”

Physical Longhorns deny SC a share of league title It might be surprising to see the Scott City boys losing by double-digits, particularly with a share of the league championship on the line.

After all, losses have been a rarity for the Beavers over the past six Scott City 42 seasons.

Holcomb 59 But Tuesday’s 59-42 road setback against Great West Activities Conference rival Holcomb was less surprising when you consider that 14 points and eight rebounds were sitting on the

bench.

With junior forward Bo Hess out of the lineup due to an injury, Scott City lacked the offensive firepower to keep pace with the league-leading Longhorns.

“When you lose your leading scorer somebody else has to step up,” noted head coach Glenn O’Neil.

Senior guard Dylan Hutchins answered the call with a team high 18 points, but the only other Beaver in double figures was senior forward Drake McRae with 10 points.

“Drake had a nice second half with eight points. Drew had a nice first half, but they shut him off after the first quarter and made him disappear,” notes O’Neil.

Duff was instrumental in the ability of Scott City to keep pace with the Longhorns early in the game. The second of his back-to-back three-point baskets gave the Beavers a 10-9 lead five minutes into the game.

It was the last time SCHS held the lead, though they only trailed 21-19 following (See GOUGED on page 26)

Horn, Foos lead DHS past Hoxie with 39 points Dylan Foos had a monster game with a career high 18 points and the Dighton High Hoxie 59 School with- Dighton 68 stood a comeback bid by Hoxie to claim a 68-59 win on the home floor last Friday.

Foos, along with sophomore guard Jordan Horn who poured in a game high 21 points, were

able to take advantage of Hoxie’s focus on stopping 6-foot-5 junior Tyler Lingg.

“They were playing a boxand-one and had two guys on (Lingg) most of the time,” says head coach Dean Cramer.

“When he draws extra attention we need to use that to our advantage.”

That opened up opportunities for the athletic Foos who found open looks at the elbow and the free throw line. Foos, who en-

tered the game averaging just 5.1 points per game, finished 7-of-12 from the field.

“You also have to give credit to Lake (Lewis) who had five assists,” noted Cramer about his junior guard. “The boys were recognizing the double-team and they could see who wasn’t being covered.”

Before switching to a junk defense, the Indians started the game in a 1-3-1 zone and the Hornets (11-5) sliced them

up for 22 first quarter points while building a 12 point lead.

However, the Indians outscored Dighton 16-11 in each of the next two periods and the Hornets were clinging to a 44-42 lead entering the final quarter.

The Hoxie comeback was aided by Dighton foul trouble which forced Cramer to go deep into his bench.

“Dylan got into foul trouble and I probably left him on the bench too long,” says the head

coach.

Logan Lingg and Lewis also picked up the third fouls in the third period.

“There were too many lapses when we didn’t play well defensively,” Cramer says. “We gave up a lot of drives to the basket, especially in the fourth quarter.

Clear lanes to the basket was a problem most of the night.”

The game was still in doubt with Dighton still protecting a (See HORN on page 22)

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Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland

Maxwell Refuge a jewel in our crown John Gault Maxwell was born in Scotland in 1825.

After arriving in New York, by 1859 the 34-year-old Maxwell had made his way to Kansas.

He was immediately smitten with the Kansas prairies and with the immense herds of buffalo that still roamed here at that time. Whether because of the Civil War or because of Indian troubles on the Plains, records show Maxwell returned to New York for a time, where he married.

Passage of various Homestead Acts brought him back to his beloved Kansas prairies in 1866 and he settled near present-day Marquette, where two sons, John and Henry were born.

They may well have been among the first white children born in McPherson County.

Maxwell became a farmer and businessman, but never lost his love of the Kansas prairie, and desired to preserve a piece of that prairie, complete with free-roaming buffalo, so future generations could experience the Kansas plains as he had first seen them.

As a businessman, Maxwell served as Justice of the Peace for McPherson County, and started the very successful JG Maxwell Grain Co. After his death in 1877, sons John and Henry continued to successfully operate the business.

When son John died, his business interests went to Henry, and upon Henry’s death in 1940, $75,000 was set aside with explicate instructions to purchase three to six sections of Kansas prairie land to be placed in the care of the state.

The land was to be devoted to educating people everywhere (See MAXWELL on page 22)

7th grade Jays fall to Horace Good, 23-20 Defensively, Scott City Middle School played well enough to win Monday’s game at Horace Good Middle School in Garden City.

Offensively, there were too many missed opportunities for the Bluejays to overcome in a 23-20 loss.

It looked as though the Bluejays were going to find enough offense to escape with the win after back-to-back buckets

by Blaine Culp and Easton Lorg gave Scott City its largest lead of the game, 15-11, midway into the second quarter.

But Garden City put together a 9-0 scoring run to open up a 20-15 advantage as the third period ended.

Once again, it was the combination of Culp and Lorg who hit a pair of big baskets. Lorg’s three-pointer with 3:55 to play in the game tied the score at 20-20.

However, that would be the final points scored by Scott City.

Culp and Colton Cupp shared scoring honors with six points each.

‘B’ Team Rolls to Win Behind a balanced offensive attack that saw 10 players scoring, the SCMS “B” team whipped Horace Good, 45-35.

Isaac Tarango led the Bluejays with 13 points while Kevin Serrano and Gabe Bowers each added eight.

SCMS ‘A’ Rips Ulysses In action against Ulysses, the seventh graders were 30-21 winners.

Harrison King and Lorg led the Bluejays with eight points each while Sawyer Stevens added six.

Colton Cupp is fouled by a Horace Good defender while attempting a shot during Monday’s action.

(Record Photo)

Late FTs end Jays quest for perfect season

SCMS eighth graders Evyan Smith (35) and Brandon Winderlin (21) battle for a rebound during Monday’s game at Garden City.

(Record Photo)

The Scott City Middle School’s eighth graders’ quest for an undefeated season came down to the free throw line in the closing seconds of their game against Horace Good Middle School at Garden City on Monday.

In a hectic finish, the Bluejays took the lead at the free throw line only to see Horace Good hit the winning free throws at the line moments later to give SCMS their first loss of the season, 36-35.

It was a tough setback for SCMS which faced an uphill battle for most of the game after falling behind 9-0 in the first 3-1/2 minutes.

“Everybody sees how the end of the game played out and the free throws, but that’s not where we lost this game,” says head coach Gil Lewis. “We lost it in the first half when we only scored nine points.”

SCMS trailed 12-4 after the first quarter when they couldn’t find an answer to Garden City’s 2-1-2 zone defense.

“It wasn’t until Hunter (Yager) started hitting threes that we were able to bring them out of it,” says Lewis.

Yager hit a three-pointer to open the second half and added another at the end of the third quarter to give SCMS a 21-19 edge. Garden City was able to reclaim a 32-30 lead with 1:30 to play, but Sterling Wright answered with a key drive to the basket that tied the game.

The Bluejays regained possession and Smith grabbed a huge rebound under the basket for a putback. He was also fouled and converted the three-point play with 9.2 seconds to play. However, Scott City committed a foul on a three-point shot attempt at the other end of the floor with just 2.2 seconds to play.

Horace Good converted two of the three free throws to get the 36-35 win.

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SC unable to adapt in rematch with Horns

It wasn’t the inability of her team to score from the perimeter that bothered Scott Community High School girl’s coach Sarah McCormick following Tuesday’s loss at Holcomb.

It was the inability of the team to adjust when it was evident the Scott City 24 outside shots Holcomb 42 weren’t falling.

“We didn’t adapt,” said McCormick following her team’s disappointing 42-24 road loss. “They took us completely out of our game. I warned the girls that when you upset a team and you see them again they’re going to come at you.

We weren’t ready.

“Maybe it was because we’d beaten this team before and we expected to do it again, but we didn’t seem as focused as we should have been.”

The Lady Beavers fell behind 10-2 just over midway into the first quarter and never were able to recover. They made only four field goals in the first half and hit just 20 percent (10-of50) for the game.

Senior guard Nicole Latta led the team with seven points and Kiana Yager added five.

With the offense struggling, the Lady Beavers were unable to offset that with their defense.

Again, the head coach was frustrated with their inability to change defenses as needed.

“We switch our defenses all

Colby SCHS built an 11-7 first quarter lead and Roberts shredded the zone defense with nine of the team’s 11 points - including three treys - in the second quarter as Scott City extended its advantage to 24-16.

“If we’re shooting that well things are obviously going our way,” said McCormick.

Some defensive breakdowns by Scott City allowed the Lady Eagles to make a third quarter run and cut the deficit to 35-31 entering the final period.

“We forgot who we were guarding at times and that led to some easy baskets,” McCormick said. “But we recovered and were able to put them away in the fourth quarter.”

Senior guard Nicole

Dighton boys whip Tribune

Tyler Lingg and Jordan Horn were an unstoppable duo on Tuesday, scoring a combined 44 points which was more than enough to lead Dighton High School to a 66-37 win over Tribune in Northwest Kansas League action.

Horn, a sophomore guard, provided the early offensive spark with three first quarter treys and five three-pointers on the night on his way to a 20 point effort.

Lingg took over the game in the second period with eight of his 24 points and he closed out the night with nine more points in the final quarter.

Logan Lingg added eight points.

DHS defense too much for Jackrabbits

SCHS senior guard Nicole Latta hits a short jumper for a basket during Tuesday’s league action at Holcomb.

(Record Photo)

the time and we couldn’t do it tonight. We didn’t know who we were guarding or what press we were in,” says McCormick.

“So I had to keep us in a zone and I don’t like to be passive like that.”

Even though Holcomb struggled just as much from the field, hitting just 28 percent (14-of-50) of their shots, they were able to get the ball into the

hands of senior Jordan Jarnagin who scored 19 points in the first half and finished with 22.

“We have to recognize a lot quicker than we did when someone’s having a big night.

(Jarnagin) really hurt us in the first half,” McCormick says.

Still, it comes down to making adjustments offensively and finding ways to score, emphasizes the head coach.

“Everything’s easier when the shots are falling, but that’s not going to happen every night.

When we aren’t making shots we have to find another way to win,” says McCormick.

“We have to be a blue-collar team that’s willing to get dirty, get bloody and find a way to win. If the outside shot isn’t falling then we have to get the ball inside and get to the free throw line.”

Behind a swarming defense, the Dighton High School girls allowed Greeley County just nine points over the final three quarters and cruised to an easy 57-21 road win on Tuesday.

Even though Tribune only trailed 19-12 after the first quarter, this game was never in doubt. The Lady Hornets (143) held a lopsided 36-3 scoring advantage over the next 16 minutes.

Junior center Jordan Speer dominated the paint where she hit 8-of-11 field goals and finished with a game high 19 points.

Junior guard Sara Cramer poured in 18 points to go along with six steals, four assists and four rebounds.

Kiara Budd finished with seven points.

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Latta, who was held scoreless in the first half, scored six of her eight points in the final period when the Lady Beavers were able to regain control of the game.

However, it was a balanced offensive effort in the final period which saw Kiana Yager, Roberts and Orr also contributing baskets.

Roberts had the sizzling shooting touch in the first half when she scored 14 of her game high 16 points.

“You can’t expect someone to shoot like that an entire game,” said McCormick. “The girls played smart and we had different players step up and contribute offensively.

“We can’t expect one

or two players to do it all for us. Everyone stepped up and did their part.”

Junior guard Kiana Yager added eight points and guard Bailey Latta, who added a third quarter trey, finished with seven.

“We do a shooting drill once a week (in practice) that’s pretty tough.

The girls have a certain amount of time to make so many shots. We don’t always get it done, but (Thursday) we did a great job,” McCormick says.

“You could have heard a pin drop while they were doing it because they were so focused.

“I told the girls it’s that kind of focus we need while they are playing a game. They brought that kind of focus into the game tonight.”

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KU finally has the center they’ve been looking for In the quest for the program’s 12th consecutive Big 12 championship, KU’s basketball team cleared a major hurdle by defeating Oklahoma (76-72) in Norman last Saturday. It was the biggest game to date for Kansas. by The uncerMac tainty of who Stevenson is going to play center for the Jayhawks has been removed.

Coach Bill Self has decided on Landen Lucas (6-10, 240) and the redshirt senior has answered the call in a big way.

In the win against West Virginia, Lucas had nine points, 16 rebounds and four blocked shots. He had seven points and 10 rebounds against OU, in addition to playing well on defense.

Sophomore guard Devontʹe Graham slowed Buddy Hield while guarding him and scored 27 points.

Graham is gaining confidence in his three-point shooting, hitting 6-of-9 against the Sooners.

Graham was spectacular in all facets of his game.

If there’s been any disappointing play during KU’s recent wins, it would belong primarily to small forward Wayne Selden (6-5, 235). He always looks like Tarzan, but often plays like Jane.

With his size and athletic ability, Selden should never get fewer than six rebounds per game, but he rarely reaches that number.

Selden had just two rebounds against OU and also shot poorly.

He has the potential to be a force around the basket, but lacks the necessary aggressiveness.

KU has three road games left in Big 12 play - at KState (Feb. 20), Baylor (Feb. 23) and against Texas (Feb. 29). The Jayhawks will win their final three home games - Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Iowa State.

Texas will be KU’s biggest challenge in their last six games.

If the Jayhawks win two of their three remaining road games, they should do no worse than a tie for the Big 12 title. That would be a notable accomplishment and cinch a number-one (See CENTER on page 25)

Maxwell about the prairie, keeping their father’s dream alive.

In 1944, four sections, or 2,560 acres of rolling prairie land comprised of tall, open, rolling bluffs, deep wooded creek bottoms and riddled with deposits of Dakota Sandstone were purchased in Battleship Township of northeastern McPherson County and were deeded to the then Kansas Fish and Game Commission.

It took most of seven years to get the land fenced and

Horn two point advantage with just over two minutes remaining.

That’s when the Hornets were able to capitalize on a big six point series that included two technical free throws, two regular free throws and a basket on the ensuing possession.

Also providing a big offen-

SC Girls

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ready to receive and hold stock.

In 1951, Maxwell Wildlife Refuge officially opened with a small herd of 10 buffalo and six elk. One-half section of the refuge was set aside for a lake, and McPherson State Fishing Lake opened in 1956.

The refuge remained fairly obscure until 1993 when a non-profit, all-volunteer organization calling themselves “Friends of Maxwell” came to be. Established to educate the public about the prairie, animals and people of this part of

Kansas, the group offers yearround tours where participants are actually taken out among the bison herd.

They also oversee annual events like the fall Mountain Man Rendezvous, trail rides and both a spring and fall wildflower tour.

All funds collected go back into supporting those events and tours and the tourist center.

Over the years, additional land was purchased, and today Maxwell Wildlife Refuge con-

tains 2,800 acres and sports a herd of 200 buffalo and 85 elk.

In 2015, the refuge entertained visitors from 42 states and 22 foreign countries.

I think it’s safe to say that John Gault Maxwell’s dream remains alive and well, and that Maxwell Wildlife Refuge has become a gleaming jewel in the Kansas crown.

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cluding 3-of-5 from beyond the three-point line.

“Jordan did a better job of not forcing shots, plus he had two or three steals that ended with baskets,” Cramer says.

“When Jordan plays defense, solid defense, and contains his man, he does an excellent job.

“And he’s an excellent passer. When he’s seeing the floor and distributing the ball, it makes the whole team better.”

Despite the defensive attention, T. Lingg finished with 12 points (6-of-11 FG) and 11 rebounds.

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

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sive spark in the fourth quarter was Lewis who hit back-toback treys and finished with eight points.

This was a breakout game for Horn who had averaged 7.1 points in the six previous games. Against the Indians he was 6-of-9 from the field, in-

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stretch this year that hopefully the experience will start paying off.”

The Lady Bluejays have been a basketball powerhouse for a number of years, but they couldn’t shake loose from Scott City. After falling behind 21-11 midway into the second period, SCHS climbed back into the game on the back of junior Kiana Yager who scored 10 of her team’s next 12 points, cutting the deficit to 26-23 midway into the third quarter.

Twice the Lady Beavers made it a one point margin in the third period following baskets by Bailey Latta and Emily Smith.

Trailing by six points, 35-29, early in the fourth quarter Scott City put together one more scoring run. Yager, who finished with 13 points, drained a basket followed by a huge three-point shot from sophomore guard Bailey Latta.

N. Latta, who also finished the night with 13 points, gave Scott City their first lead of the night, 36-35, with 2:17 remaining.

The lead lasted just 13 seconds as Cimarron quickly answered with a three-point basket. N. Latta tied the game, 38-38, with 1:44 to play, but Cimarron was able to extend its lead with four points during the final 1:19.

McCormick noted that her team has to be willing to play more physical and get to the charity stripe.

“We only got to the line eight times. Cimarron got to the line 23 times. That’s the difference in the game,” she said.

JV boys make big comeback, but fall short against Horns There’s a difference between thinking and overthinking on the basketball floor. “ W e d o n ’ t w a n t someone w h o ’ s Scott City 48 o n l y Holcomb 51 thinking ‘I have to throw the ball to this spot and run to this spot,” says SCHS junior varsity coach Brian Gentry. “When you do that you’re not a player. You’re a robot going through the motions.”

For more than 2-1/2 quarters the Scott City boys were able to play the kind of ball that Gentry’s been looking for.

However, it wasn’t quite enough to overcome a 10 point first quarter deficit as SCHS lost a tough road game against Holcomb on Tuesday, 51-48.

“That was probably the best job the boys have done all year of running our (offensive) sets, but still looking for opportunities off the dribble to get their own shot,” said Gentry. “It’s basketball.

You don’t know when

there will be a defensive breakdown and when there is you have to take advantage of it.”

It wasn’t a robotic offense, but poor defense that allowed the Longhorns to break out to a quick 12-5 lead and own a 25-15 advantage at the end of the first quarter.

Rotations in the man defense weren’t happening quick enough in the first quarter, said Gentry.

It helps with defenders coming off screens, but Holcomb was able to find repeated success in throwing over the top of the defense to their taller post players.

“We switched to match-up zone after the first quarter. In some ways it’s not that much different (from man defense), but the difference is that our backside defenders were able to clog up the paint and take away the pass over the top,” Gentry says.

“Zach also did a much better job getting around in front of the post.”

Jess Drohman’s threepoint basket to open the second period kick started a 10-1/2 minute stretch

Regional SCHS is anchored by three returning state medalists, led by defending state champion Zach Tucker (27-3) who has moved up to the 113pound division where he’s currently ranked No. 2 in the state.

He may finally have an opportunity to face No. 1 ranked Skylar Johnson (Norton) after the two failed to wrestle each other in the Norton Invitational earlier this year.

After missing most of the season while recovering from a broken foot that occurred during football, Jurgens (12-2) has

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during which the Beavers outscored Holcomb, 164. They grabbed a 31-29 lead on freshman Marshall Faurot’s jumper at the free throw line with 5:24 left in the third period.

The Beavers extended that lead to four points, 42-38, following Nick Nowak’s three-point basket to close out the third quarter and Reid Brunswig’s two free throws to open the fourth.

Carson put SCHS back on top, 46-43, midway into the final quarter and Faurot gave Scott City the lead one final time, 48-47, on his drive to the basket with only :56 remaining on the clock. Holcomb regained the lead to stay 23 seconds later with a basket and added a pair of late free throws.

“You could see in the last 2-1/2 quarters they weren’t thinking their way through the game, but were playing. If someScott City sophomore Zach Carson drives around a Holcomb defender thing happened and they for a basket during second half action on Tuesday night. (Record Photo) were able to get a dribbledrive and a dump down sets with no purpose. defensive collapses late with that kind of effort evthey took advantage of “They started playing in the game and we didn’t ery time.” it,” said Gentry. “They basketball instead of over- capitalize on a couple of Faurot led the team weren’t just running thinking things. opportunities at the of- with 18 points and Carson through the (offensive) “We had a couple of fensive end. But I can live added 10.

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SCHS Regional Roster Theron Tucker Zachary Tucker Alex Depperschmidt Jack Thomas Justin Hundertmark Jarrett Jurgens Wyatt Hayes Abe Wiebe Trey Loftis Cooper Griffith Garrett Osborn

climbed into the No. 4 spot in the state rankings.

His toughest competition in regional may come from Dalton Hensley (Ellis, No. 6).

Sitting at the top of the 195-pound rankings for a good share of the season

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has been Cooper Griffith (27-3), but he could face an unexpected challenge due to a lineup change on the Norton roster.

“It’s my understanding they’ve moved (Gavin) Lively up to 195 because they have some-

one else they think can be a medalist at 182,” says Lippelmann.

Lively, a senior, has been the No. 2 ranked wrestler in the 182pound division behind Rossville’s Isaac Luellen.

“I guess we’ll find out on Friday if the rumor is true,” Lippelmann says.

The head coach also has high expectations for freshmen Jack Thomas (132, 24-8), No. 6) and Wyatt Hayes (152, 29-8).

“Even though they’re only freshman, they don’t wrestle like freshmen.

They’re pretty intense competitors and they’re

excited about the next couple of weekends,” Lippelmann says.

Of course, there are always surprises - some good and some bad.

Lippelmann is hoping to have some good surprises from his roster with the likes of Abe Wiebe (160, 19-14), Trey Loftis (170, 18-15) and Garrett Osborn (220, 16-14).

“I think that my 106-pounder even has a pretty good shot at getting to state,” said Lippelmann, referring to freshman Theron Tucker (16-16).

And it’s going to take a

few of those good surprises if the Beavers hope to make a run at a state title the next weekend in Hays.

“All the really good teams will have four or five boys they’re counting on to do well. We’re no different,” he says. “This year’s state tournament could be pretty darn competitive and the difference will likely be with the two or three boys who do well on the back side (of the bracket) and can get you some extra points.

“That begins this weekend. The first thing we have to do is get them (to state),” he adds.

this one hurts

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Last second basket denies DHS a win against Hoxie The Dighton and Hoxie girl’s basketball teams have had some classic battles in recent years with the Lady Indians always finding a way to win.

But this time was going to be different.

A n d the way the game started, it certainly appeared Hoxie 52 to a gym- Dighton 51 nasium packed with Dighton fans that they would have plenty to celebrate.

When senior forward Dakota Hoffman collected her eighth point, giving the Lady Hornets a 22-6 lead with 6:42 left in the second period, everything was going Dighton’s way.

“Our game plan was to attack. You never know what defense (Hoxie) will throw at you,” says head coach Amy Felker.

“We reacted to what was thrown at us in the first quarter and we were getting the shots we wanted.”

After falling behind 4-0, Dighton (13-3) put together a 16-0 scoring blitz that included backto-back treys from guards Sara Cramer and Kiara Budd. Hoffman then scored six consecutive points, including a basket off an inbounds play that put her team on top, 16-4.

But there was one dark cloud hanging over the team.

Dighton center Jordan Speer picked up her second foul in the closing seconds of the first quarter and spent the entire second period on the bench. That gave Hoxie the advantage it needed to begin clawing their way back into the game.

“When Jordan’s not on the floor that gives them a big advantage with three girls who are 5-9 and 5-10 across the back row,” Felker says. “Dakota does an awesome job, but she’s only 5-6 and they started double-teaming her without Jordan in the game.

It took away some of our offensive options.

“Hoxie was able to start gaining confidence and they made a run before halftime.”

Hoxie cut the deficit to 30-23 by halftime and entering the fourth quarter the Lady Hornets were holding onto a 38-36 edge.

Wild Fourth Quarter Hoxie recaptured the lead for the first time since 4-0 with a basket at the 5:13 mark that put them on top, 42-40. The Lady Indians extended their advantage to four points, 46-42, on a pair of free throws that followed Hoffman’s fifth foul.

Hoxie was protecting a 48-45 lead until Speer’s putback with 1:12 to play.

Hoxie followed with a pair of free throws and Budd - who was 9-of-10 at the line and finished with 12 points - hit two charity tosses to once again make it a one point game with :52 on the clock.

Dighton didn’t try to put the Lady Indians on the free throw line, but instead played tenacious defense in hopes of forcing a mistake. It paid off with a steal by Cramer that was followed by a jump ball under the Dighton basket with the possession arrow pointing to the Lady Indians.

On the inbounds play the ball made its way into Cramer’s hands and she drove the left baseline and made a leaping move between two defenders.

The crowd erupted as the six-foot floater found its way into the basket with only 16.8 seconds remaining.

“I’m never surprised by what Sara can do,” said Felker. “She made some unreal drives to the basket where she was knocked off balance and still found a way to finish. That drive she made at the end of the game . . . not many players could have done that.”

Cramer, who was 9-of13 from the field, finished with 20 points and five steals.

Having erased a three point deficit in the final 52 seconds, the Lady Hornets needed just one

Dighton senior Kiara Budd drives to the basket during second half action against Hoxie last Friday.

(Record Photo)

defensive stop. But in a frantic final 11 seconds two huge calls by the officials went Hoxie’s way.

The first of those two calls came as Hoxie quickly got the ball across the half-court line. The ball handler traveled as she tried to call a timeout in front of the Hoxie bench, but no turnover was awarded to Dighton.

On the inbounds play from the sideline with only 10.7 seconds on the

clock, a long pass was made to Rebekah Castle who was alone under the basket. Her potential game winner hung on the edge of the rim for a half second before falling out and setting up a scramble for the rebound. When a whistle stopped the action, the official nearest the ball signaled a three-second count against Hoxie.

The immediate reaction was a celebration by the Dighton bench and crowd

DHS junior Sara Cramer chases down a loose ball for a steal and a fastbreak opportunity during first half action against Hoxie.

(Record Photo)

because of the change of possession with only 1.8 seconds on the clock.

However, the official nearest the Hoxie bench quickly ran to the pile of players on the floor and signaled a timeout had been called by head coach Shelly Hoyt. Hoxie retained possession with 2.5 seconds put on the clock.

Just as important, the Lady Indians were able to run an inbounds play from under their basket.

“With Dakota out of the game we had four guards on the court and that creates some mismatches,” noted Felker. “Give them credit for a great play and setting a good back screen. But give our girls credit for not giving up following the shot and fighting for the loose ball.

“It’s such a emotional swing when you hear the call that gives you the win and then the other referee calls a timeout. Then you’re crushed.”

When the Lady Hornets came to the sideline during the timeout Felker said the first priority was to gather themselves emotionally. Then they had to defend one more potential game-winner.

The initial plan was to have Cramer guarding senior Terran Hoyt to prevent a perimeter shot, but Hoyt was throwing

the ball inbounds. Speer was guarding the middle to prevent a lob pass.

However, Castle came off a screen and was wide open on the left side of the basket for an easy layin.

“One of our girls wasn’t where she was supposed to be,” says Felker.

“I haven’t even seen the game film yet. I probably won’t look at it until after the season.”

This outcome was particularly difficult for the Lady Hornets whose only three losses this season have been against the five-time defending state champions by a total of 10 points.

“This one hurts, but I couldn’t have asked anything more from these girls. They gave everything they had for 32 minutes and everyone in that gym saw one heck of a game,” says Felker. “It’s tough to come up one play short.”

While disappointed they couldn’t get a win against Hoxie, Felker says, “This loss doesn’t define who we are. We still have some major goals to accomplish. Our next step is to get to the state tournament and then to get to the state championship game.

“This game is behind us. When the season is over, maybe we’ll talk about it again.”

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seed in the NCAA Tourna- the hiring of Jeff Jordan ment. from Garland High School in Texas. Beaty formerly No Dance for KSU coached high school footKansas State suffered ball at Garland and Jordan a deathblow to their slim has been the head coach hopes of playing in the there for 15 years.

NCAA Tournament with Jordan’s new title will last week’s losses to Bay- be director of personnel. lor and Oklahoma State.

Jordan wrote a Garland Coach Weber’s team newspaper letter, saying, was playing well and im- “I am incredibly excited proving steadily until they about the next phase of lost point guard Kamau my life . . . This job will Stokes to a knee injury. take all of the things I That was devastating. have learned in 29 years The Wildcats could still beat their in-state rival for of coaching high school the third time in a row in football along with 28 Bramlage Coliseum when years of working in the the Jayhawks play the Dallas Cowboys Scouting Wildcats this Saturday. K- Department and put it all State will be an improved together.”

Jordan’s next quote is team next season; the noteworthy indeed. foundation is in place.

“We are about to build ‘Unique’ Move for KU a unique personnel departKansas football coach ment and talent-evaluaDavid Beaty announced tion system that I believe

Takedown Kids Wrestling Ulysses Wrestling Open February 13, 2016 6-Years and Under 46: Jaxson Fisher pinned Dalton Parker (Jr. Indian) 0:35; pinned Ellie Tarbet (Ulysses) 0:14; maj. dec. by Jayce Caldwell (Ulysses) 10-2: pinned Dalton Parker (Jr. Indian) 0:17; pinned by Haegen Hartman (SW Grapplers) 0:28.

Fourth Place 8-Years and Under 46-49: Konner Rohrbough dec. by Davian Franco (Liberal) 13-6; maj. dec. by Alexis Chavez (Hugoton) 12-2.

61: Kasten Wren pinned by Gage Latham (Gray Co.); dec.

by Adan Ornelas (Lakin) 7-5.

64: Waylon Ricker pinned Logan Seifried (Gray Co.) 2:00; pinned Saben Herrera (Greater Gold); dec. by Jayden Amaro (Dodge City) 8-6; pinned Aron Rivas (Liberal) 1:39; pinned Jaiden Olvedo (Greater Gold) 0:17. Third Place 67: Kade John maj. dec. Zabian Najera (Dodge City) 10-0; pinned Ashton Harjo (Sublette); pinned Alexander Rodriguez (Scott City) 1:33. First Place 67: Alexander Rodriguez pinned Dominic Orosco (Ulysses); dec. Brandon Thompson (Syracuse) 6-4; pinned by Kade John (Scott City) 1:33. Second Place 76-80: Jacob Franco pinned Tadyn West (Leoti); pinned

by Valentin Alvarado (Leoti); pinned Grant Mendenhall (Lakin) 1:41; tech fall Zane Gerstberger (Leoti) 16-0. Second Place 10-Years and Under 85: Houston Frank dec. Colin Kleysteuber (Greater Gold) 1-0; tech fall by Adam Mendoza (Hugoton) 18-2. Second Place 12-Years and Under 150-165: Damian Ortiz pinned Hanah Lampe (Syracuse) 1:30; pinned Austin Wright (Gray Co.) 0:58; dec. by Trevor Grubbs (Syracuse) 11-7. Second Place Plainville Open Wrestling Tournament February 14, 2016 8-Years and Under 55: Eli Lisenby pinned Jaxson Nelson (St. Francis) 2:45; dec. by Koen Oien (Oberlin) 7-2; maj. dec. by Brant Pfannenstiel (Hays) 13-0. Third Place 10-Years and Under 82-85: Case Armendariz pinned by Jaden Nuss (Hill City) 0:12; pinned by Justin Knoll (Stockton) 0:18; maj. dec. by Ace Plummer (Oakley) 12-0; pinned by Wayne Shepard (Hoxie) 0:51. Fifth Place 12-Years and Under 110-115: Leightyn Heim pinned Cale Younger (Ellis) 0:43; pinned Ben Hansen (Plainville) 0:41; pinned Iden Baalman (Hoxie) 1:14. First Place 120-130: Ronnie Weathers pinned Donovan Balluch (Hoxie) 1:47; pinned by Jacob Barnes (Smith Co.) 0:25; pinned Isaac Washburn (Hoxie) 0:17. Second Place Plainville Novice Tournament 8-Years and Under 64-67: Kamdyn Moore maj. dec. Ryker Schmidtberger (Colby) 11-3; dec. Mason Knipp (Russell) 7-2; maj. dec.

by Cody Wright (Colby) 10-2; pinned Isaiah Crayton (Plainville) 1:53; pinned Caden Thomas (Quinter) 1:33. Second Place

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is going to revolutionize college football.”

That’s some statement.

If it turns out to be even partly true, something significant and novel is being devised within the KU football program. The guess here is that this new plan involves the walk-on recruiting.

Dyson is an Upgrade Spring training for MLB is a wonderful time of the year.

The world champion Kansas City Royals opened camp in Surprise, Ariz., this week with the pitchers and catchers reporting for duty. KC’s full team will be in camp on Monday.

It’s prediction time.

The first big surprise will be RHP Kris Medlen.

He pitched well last season in limited outings

while recovering from Tommy John surgery.

He’s ready to go this year.

Medlen has an assortment of quality pitches and excellent control. And he’s a fiery competitor.

Medlen and Yordano Ventura will be two outstanding starting pitchers on KC’s roster.

Jarrod Dyson is being hyped as KC’s regular right fielder. That’s going to be a marked improvement over last season when Alex Rios and Paulo Orlando shared right field duties.

Dyson is an excellent defensive outfielder and he’s a threat to score anytime he gets on base because of his base-stealing ability. The prediction here is that Dyson will hit at least .260 and he’ll become an established major league outfielder.

Scott City Stars Western Kansas Swim Sweetheart Splans February 13, 2016 Girl’s Division 50 yd. Freestyle 9-10 years: Megan Trout, 5th, 40.13.

11-12 years: Hope Wiechman, 4th, 34.03; Lana Rodriguez, 7th, 37.09.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 2nd, 28.89; Hallie Wiechman, 5th, 32.54.

100 yd. Freestyle 9-10 years: Megan Trout, 3rd, 1:35.72.

11-12 years: Hope Wiechman, 1st, 1:20.21.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 2nd, 1:06.95; Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 1:13.23.

200 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 2:59.34; Lana Rodriguez, 4th, 3:02.91.

15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 1st, 2:44.47.

50 yd. Backstroke 9-10 years: Megan Trout, 3rd, 50.54.

11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 5th, 42.18.

100 yd. Backstroke 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 4th, 1:19.65; Hallie Wiechman, 5th, 1:23.69.

50 yd. Breaststroke 9-10 years: Megan Trout, 4th, 57.99.

11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 2nd, 46.51.

100 yd. Breaststroke 11-12 years: Hope Wiechman, 1st, 1:41.23.

15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 1:25.80.

50 yd. Butterfly 11-12 years: Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 44.32.

100 yd. Butterfly 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 1:25.50.

100 yd. Individual Medley 9-10 years: Megan Trout, 4th, 1:58.95.

11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 2nd, 1:31.60.

200 yd. Individual Medley 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 1st, 2:48.95.

Boy’s Division 50 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 7th, 43.33.

100 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 4th, 1:44.02.

50 yd. Backstroke 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 6th, 58.97.

50 yd. Breaststroke 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 3rd, 58.20.

100 yd Individual Medley 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 3rd, 2:04.34.

100 yd. Freestyle Relay 8-years and under: Lana Rodriguez, Megan Trout, Brandon Smyth, Hope Wiechman, 1st, 1:10.63.

100 yd. Mixed Medley Relay 12-years and under: Brandon Smyth, Lana Rodriguez, Hope Wiechman, Megan Trout, 2nd, 1:29.61.

Gouged junior Kyle Cure’s short jumper off the glass early in the second period.

The Longhorns closed out the half with a 15-0 scoring blitz and the game, for all intents, was over.

“In the first quarter we played pretty loose and pretty comfortable, but in the second quarter (Holcomb) extended their defense and got more physical,” says O’Neil.

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“They were definitely bigger and stronger than we were. They took advantage of that and did what they wanted.”

That was evident on the offensive side of the floor when Holcomb was able to “chase off the screens hard” and prevent good looks at the basket on the perimeter.

It also had an effect on Scott City’s ability to run their offensive sets.

“When our guys got hit on their cuts and stopped, the passer didn’t know they were going to stop, expecting them to come to the ball. We weren’t there and it led to turnovers,” says the head coach. “It makes the passer look bad, but in those instances it’s not his fault.”

One statistical line, in particular, reflects the lack of physical play.

“We didn’t shoot a single free throw in the first half,” O’Neil points out.

“When you’re tentative.

When you don’t want to go inside and get bumped around, that’s the result.

That’s not on the officials.

That’s on us.”

VanCleave Dominates SCHS had no answer for 6-foot-7 junior Conner VanCleave who scored 13 of his game high 28

points in the first quarter and owned the paint.

He accounted for 13 of his team’s first 16 points, including a three-point basket.

In addition to hitting 11-of-14 from the field, VanCleave pulled down 14 rebounds, including seven offensive.

“Their size in the post was a huge factor. They have three big kids who can drive you in and play

physical and we couldn’t match it,” O’Neil says.

“We have to work harder with our post play. We’re about a step behind with our post action in terms of backside help or when we’re trying to front.”

Both teams played on even terms in the second half, scoring 23 points each. Scott City was never able to cut the deficit to less than 14 points.

JV boys pull away from Colby late

Scott City senior Drake McRae puts up a shot during Friday’s win over Colby in Great West Activities Conference action.

(Record Photo)

SC overcomes lackluster effort in Mid-Winter win over Eagles Maybe it was too easy to overlook a Colby team that has become an easy win on Scott City’s schedule for more than a half dozen years.

Maybe it was just a bad shooting night for the Scott 37 C o m m u n i t y Colby Scott City 47 High School boys.

Maybe it was the distraction of a Midwinter Homecoming game.

Neither did it help that an ankle injury to Bo Hess kept him on the bench for the entire second half.

Those factors certainly played into a very lackluster 47-37 win over the Eagles in front of a Homecoming crowd on Friday night.

“We came out really sluggish. Maybe we looked past them a little,” says junior guard Justin Faurot.

Even though the Beavers never trailed after Dylan Hutchins’ three-pointer put his team on top, 6-4, the Beavers couldn’t put the Eagles away.

Scott City (12-4) held only a 24-22 lead midway into the third period before Drew Duff hit back-to-back treys that jump-started a 10-0 scoring run.

Drake McRae, who finished

with 17 points, closed out the scoring burst with a fastbreak layup that put SCHS on top, 34-22, with 1:39 left in the third period.

Colby refused to fade away and responded with nine unanswered points of their own to make it a 34-31 score early in the final period.

Both teams traded six-point scoring bursts over the next 3-1/2 minutes Hutchins hit a basket and McRae followed with a short jumper off the glass. A steal by Justin Faurot led to a follow-up bucket by McRae and a 40-31 cushion.

During a brief free throw contest the advantage went to the Eagles who hit four consecutive charity tosses while the Beavers followed with three misses on three attempts. That allowed Colby a final opportunity to cut the lead to just three points, 40-37, with 3:43 on the clock.

Colby was held scoreless the remainder of the game while the Beavers were content to run clock and look for easy scoring opportunities.

Hutchins scored on a backdoor cut and following a missed field goal attempt by Colby, Scott City was able to take nearly two minutes off the

clock before Hutchins stepped to the free throw line with 1:13 remaining. He made the first attempt, but McRae was able to rebound the second attempt and SCHS ran the clock down to 56.5 before McRae stepped to the line for a one-and-one.

He missed that opportunity, keeping Colby’s slim hopes alive, but McRae redeemed himself 20 seconds later with a steal and layin.

Faurot contributed another steal that led to a fastbreak bucket by Kyle Cure for the final 10 point spread.

There was no doubt that the injury which sidelined Hess had an impact.

“At halftime, Coach (O’Neil) said that with Bo injured somebody was going to have to step up because we lost our leading scorer,” says Faurot. “He told us that we had guys who weren’t even looking at the basket when they caught the ball. He said we needed to attack more and be more aggressive.”

He said the head coach also challenged the team to play better defensively.

“Coach challenged us to force some turnovers which led to some easy baskets in the second half,” he said.

Still, it was a tough shooting night for the Beavers who

were just 19-of-50 (38%) from the field and only 4-of-12 at the charity stripe.

“We never got anything going on offense and we didn’t make the stops that we should have made on defense,” said Hutchins, who finished with 16 points (6-of-18 FG).

“Lately, our outside shooting has been pretty good and that’s been able to carry us. But we can’t use that as an excuse,” Hutchins said. “When the offense isn’t there we have guys who are good enough to play lock-down defense and to force turnovers for easy layups. We can’t allow three-point shooting to decide whether or not we win.”

Hutchins said they didn’t anticipate passes as well as they should have.

“There were times throughout the game when we could have gotten into the passing lanes and got some steals for layups. We finally did two or three times down the stretch,” he said.

“The opportunities were there the whole game. I was a step late getting to the pass and that shouldn’t have been happening. We got it figured out, but it took a lot longer than it should have.”

It was far from pretty at times, but the Scott Community High School junior varsity had little trouble rolling to a 60-31 win over Colby on the home floor last Friday.

The SCHS boys seized control of the game early, jumping out to a 16-2 lead in the opening period following Marshall Faurot’s second field goal of the quarter.

However, they didn’t add to that advantage for nearly 16 minutes, owning a 38-25 lead late in the third period.

Any hopes that Colby had of pulling off the upset soon disappeared as SCHS put together a 22-0 scoring blitz that included three-point field goals from Jess Drohman to open the fourth quarter and two more from Faurot.

Sophomore center Zach Carson finished off the scoring run with a free throw that put his team on top, 60-25.

Faurot and Drohman led the team with 16 and 14 points, respectively.

Fall to TMP in OT After rallying from a nine point deficit in the fourth quarter, the JV boys still came out on the short end of a 54-50 overtime loss at Hays-TMP last week.

For three quarters the Beavers struggled offensively, trailing 33-24 entering the final period. Faurot scored 10 of his team high 23 points in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 41-41.

Faurot added one more trey in the extra period, but Scott City couldn’t find enough offense.

Carson, who finished with 11 points, scored seven of those in the fourth quarter and overtime.

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Food assistance advocate in SC Feb. 24 Thousands of families across Kansas aren’t able to purchase the food they need for a healthy diet.

And that affects tens of thousands of children who are expected to perform well in school and whose growing bodies are most in need of adequate nutrition.

Food assistance programs are available and Margaret

Will assist with application for nutrition programs Hermocillo, an outreach advocate for Southwest Kansas, will be at the Scott County Health Department on Wed., Feb. 24, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., to answer questions and help individuals and families sign-up for programs.

“Our goal is to raise aware-

ness and to make sure youngsters who need food assistance have access to those benefits,” says Hermocillo, who works through the non-governmental Kansas Appleseed agency.

Kansas Appleseed and the Kansas Food Bank are working together to help eligible fami-

lies apply for assistance.

The Kansas Food Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) is the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

SNAP is a federally funded nutrition program administered by the USDA.

Food assistance benefits help Kansas families, especially those who are dealing with a recent job loss, illness or accident, access the fuel and nutrition they need.

“Food assistance is especially critical for children, as it fights hunger to ensure children can succeed in school,” says Hermocillo.

(See FOOD on page 34)

Court made the right decision on school funding The Kansas Supreme Court ruled last week that the current method of funding public schools is unconstitutional, which I had predicted when the block grant funding mechanism was enacted during the 2015 legislative session.

Legislative The court Update gave the legislature until June Rep. Don Hineman 30 to replace 118th District the faulty system with another which will ensure relatively equal educational opportunity for all Kansas school children.

Note that this ruling only applies to equity of funding, and the larger question of whether funding is adequate is still unsettled.

The problem with the block grant is that it locked each school district’s level of state support at a specific amount and did not take into account factors such as changes in enrollment, number of special needs students, or shifts in a district’s ability to assist in the funding of its schools.

The Court pointed out that one solution would be to return to the old school finance formula, which was first adopted in 1992 and subsequently modified numerous times to better match the needs of districts and their students. If legislators do not choose that approach then another plan must be rapidly developed in order to meet the June 30 deadline.

Constitutional Time Bomb If the legislature fails to act then the Court will enjoin state officials from making any expenditure to public schools until their ruling is followed.

If that happens then Kansas public schools will not open next fall.

This situation is nothing less than a constitutional time bomb, and it raises several pertinent questions: •How much additional money will be needed to ensure equity?

The court gave no specific figure and left it up to the legislature to determine. Early estimates range from $50 million to $100 million, but it will obviously depend on the details of the new funding formula.

•Where would that money come from?

The legislature has consumed all available excess funds in crafting a budget last week, a budget I declared to be held together with baling wire and duct tape when I voted no.

The legislature has cut income taxes and raised sales taxes to among the highest in the nation. We have few options in this self-inflicted crisis.

•Does the Supreme Court have the authority to stop expenditures for schools and shut down the system?

The constitution specifically grants the power to appropriate funds to the legislative branch of government.

Some colleagues are outraged that the court would take this step.

However the Kansas constitution specifically states “the Legislature shall make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state”.

The court has assumed responsibility to interpret whether the finance provided by the legislature is in fact suitable… both in terms of equity and adequacy.

Here is an excerpt from last week’s ruling: “Without a constitutionally equitable school finance system, the schools in Kansas will be unable to (See FUNDING on page 34)

Josh Osborn replaces a laptop screen at the work station in his downtown location in Scott City. (Record Photo)

Osborn prefers a face-to-face relationship with computer customers There are two sides to providing computer technical support - remote trouble-shooting and on-side field work.

Over the years, Josh Osborn has experienced both and he prefers working with his customers face-to-face.

He gets that opportunity as the owner of OsComp computer sales and service.

He is currently located in The Country Store in downtown Scott City.

A graduate of Northwest Kansas Technical College, Goodland, Osborn is a Cisco certified network administrator.

He began his career with a fiber optics company in Nebraska where he would do remote troubleshooting for their customers.

“It was good experience, but it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I wanted to do more hands-on work, to sit down with people and help them build the kind of computer they want or to solve any problems they are having,” he says.

He gained that on-site and field work experience during the past three years with Networktronic in Scott City.

“Networktronic taught me a lot of what I know today. I was proud to be part of the business and I still have a very good relationship with them,” says Osborn.

He can assist customers with the hardware aspects of a personal computer as well as full software installation and instruction. Osborn can also troubleshoot routers and networks.

And while on-site work is often the ideal situation, not everything requires an on-site visit.

“With a customer’s permission, I can log onto their computer and do troubleshooting,” says the 29-year-old. “That can work great for a customer in some remote areas of Western Kansas and eastern Colorado. It can save me time and them money.”

Over the years, Osborn says he has established a customer base that reaches into Oklahoma and Colorado.

His business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday, in addition to 24-hour technical support.

He can be reached at 620-376-8660 or email josh_4974@hotmail.com.

Kansas House committee rejects ‘revenge porn’ bill by single vote The Kansas House Judiciary Committee voted down legislation criminalizing so-called “revenge porn” by a one-vote margin on Wednesday.

A few Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the legislation but fell short by the narrowest of margins.

The bill would have amended the state’s definitions of blackmail and breach of privacy to include dissemination of videos and photos of another adult “who is nude or in a state of undress” without the person’s consent.

Rep. Craig McPherson (R-Overland Park) voted against the legislation. He said such actions should be handled in civil court, not criminal court.

“There are times when an individual is very personally damaged but the state interest is very limited,” he argued.

McPherson argued that many citizens may unknowingly break the law if House Bill 2080 is passed. He gave the examples of a woman who receives an unsolicited image of genitalia and shows it to her friends or a pornog-

raphy distributor who distributes a video beyond the bounds of his contract with an actress.

“It is frightening to me how many situations we may wrap up in this,” Peterson said.

Rep. Jim Ward (D-Wichita) was the bill’s most outspoken proponent Thursday. He said rape could be categorized as a private matter unworthy of prosecution under Peterson’s reasoning.

“But we as a society have the ability to set a standard for acceptable behavior,” Ward said.

Rep. John Whitmer (R-Wichita) said he was struggling to understand the bill and its ramifications. He recommended tabling a vote on the bill until a later date. His amendment was narrowly defeated, 10-11.

No Action on Judges Amid fiery debates over the way judges are chosen in the state, the committee spent only a few minutes discussing legislation to grant the

governor more options.

Currently, district judicial nominating commissions must nominate two or three people for vacancies and send those nominations to the governor, who must chose one of the options on the list. House Bill 2652 would change the minimum to three and the maximum to five.

Currently, the nominating commissions can recommend someone from outside the judicial district if there aren’t at least two qualified attorneys.

HB 2652 would increase that minimum number to three.

The committee heard no verbal testimony on the matter. The only written testimony came from Kansans for Life legislative director Kathy Ostrowski, who supports the bill.

“While awaiting a way to replace the nominating commission for district judges in approximately half the state, we support this bill because it potentially improves the pool of qualified candidates offered to the governor,” Ostrowski said.

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Aphids should have minimal impact on sorghum acreage Midwest farmers learned a lot from last year Will last year’s widespread problems with the sugarcane aphid impact sorghum acreage in 2016?

“A few guys may hold off on growing it, or they might have to pencil in an extra application for what it will cost them to grow it,” said Brent Bean, agronomist on staff with the United Sorghum Check-off. “We may see farmers back off a bit. But we learned a lot about how to manage it last year.”

“I don’t think the sky’s falling on sorghum,” said Terry Swanson, a farmerrancher from Walsh who serves on the National Sorghum Producers board of directors.

He compares the aphid to other pest problems sorghum growers have overcome in the past.

“Greenbugs were a problem in sorghum at one time, but they ran their course,” he said. “They haven’t gone away completely, but they ceased to be an economic issue. As with all pests, they come and go.”

Sorghum doesn’t have many competing crops to fill its rotational niche across

the High Plains. “Very few crops are as drought tolerant as sorghum, and that’s one of the biggest reasons it’s popular,” Swanson said.

Longtime agronomist Rick Kochenower agrees, saying he doesn’t expect future sorghum acreage to change much.

“Two years ago now in South Texas (which is where the pest originated) there were people thinking this would be the end of sorghum in South Texas, but last year there was more sorghum planted than at anytime in the previous 10 years,” Kockenower said.

After attending regional trade shows and two sor-

ghum production education meetings in Salina and Dodge City, he was optimistic.

“In the last few days, I’ve had farmers tell me they’re not scared of it, they feel like they learned how to handle it last year,” he said.

“They are planning to grow the same acres they did last year.”

Kockenower believes 2015 will probably end up being an outlier in terms of how far and fast the aphids spread.

He called last year’s conditions “a perfect storm.”

“Everything was planted three weeks to a month too

Estate planning workshop Feb. 24

Planning for the future is vital and families must take steps to ensure assets for the next generation.

“Those hard-earned assets should be able to stay with the families who worked so hard to attain and develop them,” says Charlotte Shoup-Olsen, K-State Extension specialist and professor of family studies.

K-State Extension has put together “Preserving the Family with Estate Planning,” to aid families in beginning the process of transitioning from one generation to another. A workshop will be held Wed., Feb. 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center in Oakley.

Cost is $20 per person with $15 for each additional family member. In order for families to receive the discount, they need to register together.

Shoup-Olsen will open the program with her presentation, “Motivation and (See ESTATE on page 34)

(See SORGHUM on page 29)

Wheat grower organizations ‘all in’ on TPP The signing of the 12 nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) February 4, in New Zealand marks another step toward putting the world’s largest free trade agreement into action.

Kansas Wheat, National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) welcome this step and now call for rapid

Wheat Scoop Steve Mercer VP of communications

U.S. Wheat Associates

consideration and eventual ratification of TPP by Congress.

“Wheat growers are ‘all-in’ regarding the promise of the TransPacific Partnership,” said NAWG President Brett Blankenship, a wheat

farmer from Washtucna, Wa. “Expanding sales and market share are important pillars to help revitalize the wheat industry. Now the ball is in Congress’ court and NAWG urges Congress to act quickly.”

A number of national and state wheat grower association members visited congressional offices the first week in February to stress their support for the agreement. That is

because wheat is the most export-dependent grain commodity grown by U.S. farmers. South Asia and Latin America represent growing, but highly competitive markets for our production.

When implemented, TPP will have a significant positive impact on American wheat producers and on our country’s export supply industry.

Reduction in crop insurance funding puts private sector delivery at risk Tom Parker Kansas Farmers Union

Climate change, country-of-origin labeling, foreign trade, trade deficits, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, biofuels, sequestration, incentive bills for young farmers, education programs and the Food Safety Modernization Act are among the blizzard of legislative discussions coming out of Washington, D.C., National Farmers Union Government Relations Representative Tom Driscoll told mem-

bers of the Kansas Farmers Union during the state convention held in Topeka.

While some of the discussions and pending legislation show promise for agriculture and rural economies, others could have disastrous consequences if implemented, he said.

When the bipartisan budget agreement of 2015 was unveiled in late October, the legislation included what amounted to “an attack on rural America” with a reduction in crop insurance funding.

Section 201 contained language that would reduce rates of return to crop insurance companies from 14.5 percent down to 8.9 percent. Considering that the average return was around five percent, implications of this reduction would more likely cause average returns closer to zero, thereby killing private sector delivery.

“If you lobbied Congress to strip crop insurance language from the agreement, it would likely result in reopen-

ing the 2014 farm bill,” Driscoll said. “And nobody wants that.”

In recent years, an increasing number of crop insurance providers have sold their operations, opting to leave the sector because it is no longer profitable. Consolidation of the crop insurance sector would be devastating to family farmers and rural communities, he said.

Recent bills introduced into the House and Senate posed new threats to federal crop insurance, aim(See RISK on page 29)

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“We need swift consideration and approval because every day that implementation is delayed, we face tariff disadvantages that undercut our ability to compete in established and new markets,” said USW Chairman Brian O’Toole, a wheat farmer from Crystal, N.D. With duty-free access under its free trade agreement with Vietnam, for

example, Australia currently enjoys a $12 to $15 per metric ton price advantage over U.S. wheat. U.S. wheat exports are at a tariff disadvantage in a number of other countries that want to join TPP but cannot apply for membership until after Congress and the governments of the 11 other countries ratify the agreement.

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Closing prices on February 16, 2016 Bartlett Grain Wheat.................. $ 3.86 White Wheat ....... $ 3.86 Milo .................... $ 2.88 Corn ................... $ 3.48 Soybeans (new crop) $ 7.90 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 3.81 White Wheat ....... $ 3.86 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.88 Corn.................... $ 3.48 Soybeans ........... $ 7.90 Sunflowers.......... $ 14.20 ADM Grain Wheat..................

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$ 3.84 $ 2.92 $ 3.44 $ 7.78 $ 14.80

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Food Facts There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world.

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Credit demand rises as farm incomes fall

Demand for bank loans, loan extensions and renewals is surging among U.S. farmers, and farm incomes are forecast to fall for a third year, as grain and livestock prices remain stubbornly low, according to reports from Federal Reserve Banks on Thursday.

Access to such credit tightened in the fourth quarter, and is expected to continue to be squeezed in 2016, as the rate of

farmers repaying existing loans slows and the value of their land falls, according to the quarterly farm economy surveys from the Fed banks of St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago.

The findings come as the U.S. farm economy continued a downward slide in the fourth quarter of 2015. A strong dollar, sluggish export demand and a glut of grain have kept bearish clouds over

Risk ing to cut $19 billion over 10 years.

Some of the bills, including the Assisting Family Farmers Through Insurance Reform Act, would eliminate the harvest price option on policies, cut crop insurance returns and terminate premium subsidies that farmers receive. The provision also included a cap on subsidies and caps on administrative and operating costs of insurers to $900 million per year.

However, congressio-

the sector and dragged down wheat prices to nearly six-year lows.

The USDA projected earlier this week that farm net incomes in 2016 would drop to $54.8 billion, down nearly 3 percent from a year earlier.

These low crop prices also are squeezing cropland values, according to both banks’ surveys.

The three Federal Reserve banks cover a wide swath of the U.S.

Midwest and the bulk of the nation’s corn and soybean production areas.

Cropland values in the St. Louis Fed’s region during the fourth quarter fell by 2.5 percent compared to a year earlier, while ranchland and grazing pastures dropped by 5.3 percent.

Cash rents for quality crop land were down 9.5 percent in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier, while ranchland

or pastureland cash rents increased by 8.6 percent, though bankers expect both to decline in the first quarter of 2016.

In the Kansas City Fed’s region, farmland values also softened.

Irrigated farmland values dropped by two percent in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, while non-irrigated farmland dropped by four percent, according to the bank’s survey.

Ranch land values also stalled in the fourth quarter, as feeder cattle prices plummeted more than 25 percent and profit margins in the beef sector eroded.

Land prices are expected to continue dropping well into 2016, and liquidity of farm operations remains among bankers’ top concerns, according to the fourth-quarter survey of bankers in the U.S. grain belt.

Trade agreements with other countries, often touted as incentives to economic growth, rarely have positive financial influences except for the wealthy in those countries, Driscoll said.

“I would say that trade agreements are designed to benefit the wealthiest segment of a country rather than a particular country itself,” he said.

“They’re advertised as a ways to promote economic growth, but with nearly every agreement we’ve

seen a downward trend in economic activity.”

American agriculture can benefit from trade agreements in some cases, but they’re often not good for the economy as a whole, he said.

The latest trade kerfuffle is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major trade agreement with 11 other countries, he said. It sets rules for trade including tariffs, investment and intellectual property, labor and the environment.

Though the agreement

was finalized in October, Congress still needs to ratify it with a straight up or down vote before implementation can occur.

“Congressional resistance for the agreement has been somewhat surprising as a lot of people in the Tea Party spectrum of the Republican Party are opposed to this,” Driscoll said.

“It has proven somewhat of a pleasant surprise that they haven’t been able to hammer this out as easily as they hoped.”

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nal agriculture committees were able to secure commitment that $3 billion in savings won’t come from ag programs.

Sequestration sets a hard cap on the amount of government spending within defined categories, Driscoll said. If Congress enacts annual spending that exceeds the caps, then across-theboard spending cuts are automatically imposed, affected all departments and programs by an equal measure.

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late and that put plant development back from where we’d be in most years,” he said. “Farmers weren’t really prepared for the sugarcane aphid so they weren’t scouting for it. Most guys let it get too far along before they sprayed for the first time. Another mistake they made was trying to use an airplane to spray it on without enough water.”

“The climate changed a little bit last year, and we had more southeast wind than we’ve had in years,” he said.

Kevin Larson, director of the Plainsman Research Center at Walsh, is preparing for the station’s annual meeting, with research updates, on Feb. 1.

He said the leading concerns among area farmers continue to be the potential re-emergence of drought and the management of herbicide resistant kochia, but he hadn’t heard anyone express concern about the sugarcane aphid.

He thinks the only the reason the aphid got close to encroaching on southeast Colorado late last season was because of the exceptionally mild, wet summer the region experienced.

“We’re just hoping it doesn’t show up here. We’ve got a fence up for it,” he joked.

“This is very frightening because if you have to take budget cuts, you want to be able to direct them so they make the least amount of damage as possible,” he said.

“Sequestration chops them off at a line-and not only the funding cuts, but the manner in which they’re executed is especially harmful because they just cut the money from wherever it happens to come from. You’re not able to prioritize things properly. It’s a very chaotic process.”

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TPP is American agriculture’s platform for success in the expanding global market for years to come.

As soon as possible after the implementing legislation is introduced, Congress should complete its reviews and take its up or down vote on TPP.

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Agriculture

Preconditioning and Growing

• 45 Years Experience • Managed and owned by full-time DVM • 2,000 Head capacity Office - 872-5150 • Scott City Stuart Doornbos Home - 872-2775 Cell - 874-0951

Pro Ex II

Sager’s Pump Service

Over 20 Years Experience

Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential

• Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles

Cell: 874-4486 • Office 872-2101

• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites

John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com

Construction/Home Repair

Walker Plumbing, Inc. Backhoe & Trenching services • Irrigation & gas leak repairs • Full-line irrigation parts T-L center pivot dealer Floor heat systems Pump & install septic systems Boring equipment

423 S. Mesquite Rd. • Scott City • 872-2130

ELLIS AG SERVICES • Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Custom Harvesting Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160

CHAMBLESS ROOFING Residential

All Types of Roofing

Commercial

Cedar Shake and Shingle Specialists Return to Craftsmanship Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed 620-872-2679 • 1-800-401-2683

RTRex Turley, Plumbing Master Plumber Residental and Commercial Plumbing

Water Systems, water lines, sewer cleaning faucets and fixtures, garbage diposals and more

Marienthal, Ks.

620-909-5014 (H) • 620-874-4128 (C)

SPENCER PEST CONTROL

Automotive

RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control Box 258, Scott City • (620) 872-2870

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

Contact:

SCOT AYTES • 874-1646 t Paint i

Red

Specializing in all coatings

or any other color Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial.

Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.

PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com

Medical

Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted

We welcome new patients.

324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933

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Office (620) 276-3131 Toll Free 1-800-794-9052 Cell (620) 874-0014 Fax (620) 276-8876 1007 N. 8th, Garden City, KS 67846 www.officesolutionsinc.biz

Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs!

We service and repair all that we sell.

1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center

Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

www.reganjewelers.com

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142

Services

(Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”...

Technology Lead Chiropractic

Dr. James Yager 110 W. 4th St. • Scott City • 872-2310 Toll Free: 800-203-9606

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

20/20 Optometry

Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses

Complete family eye center!

106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 214-1462

Scott City Myofascial Release Sandy Cauthon RN

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

The classified ads below are appearing in 147 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 500,000 the classified display ads appear in 142 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 457,000. KCAN line ad is $300 for up to 25 words and $12 each additional word. A 2x2 display ad is $800 per insertion and a 2x4 display ad is $1,650 per insertion. To find out more, contact The Scott County Record at 872-2090.

Sports/Outdoors Truck Driving RV AND SPORT show featuring boats. Topeka Kansas Expocentre.

Screamin’ deals. February 19-21. Friday, 1:007:00; Saturday, 10:007:00; Sunday, 11:004:00. 30+ brands! www.

To p e k a RV s h o w. c o m .

1-800-756-4788.

For Sale S T O R A G E CONTAINERS. 20 ft., 40 ft., 45 ft., 48 ft. and 53 ft. centralcontainer.net or 785-655-9430.

Education

CONVOY SYSTEMS is hiring Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the west coast. Home weekly. Great benefits. www.convoysystems.com.

Call Lori at 1-800-9266869, ext. 303.

––––––––––––––––––––– DRIVERS. Class A CDL, 23+. End dump/ hopper experience. No recent tickets/accidents.

Out one week at a time.

Competitive pay, bonuses, raises. Call MBI 316-8319700, ext. 107.

––––––––––––––––––––– BUTLER TRANSPORT. Your partner in excellence. Drivers needed.

Great hometime. $650 sign-on bonus. All miles paid. 1-800-528-7825. www.butlertransport.com.

CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy equipment operator career. We offer training and certifications running bulldozers, backhoes and excavators. Lifetime Opportunities job placement. VA benefits available. 1-866-362OWN YOUR OWN 6497.

Dollar, Big Box, mail/ ship, party or womens’ Help Wanted clothing/accessory/boutique store. 100% financDEVELOPMENT ser- ing. OAC from $59,900. vices/assistant human 100% turnkey. 1-877-500resources director. Full- 7606. dollarstoreservices. time. City of Anthony, Ks. com/start/KS. Salary: $35,000-$45,000/ yr., DOQ. Non-FLSA exempt. Excellent benefits. More information: www.anthonykansas.org/ jobs or 620-842-5434.

Open until filled. EOE.

Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

Bolen Enterprises Prairie Dog Control

1101 S. Main, Scott City 620-874-1813

Call me to schedule your Myofascial Release

•34 years experience •Bonded/Licensed

Bob Bolen 785-821-0042 • Fax 785-852-4275

Retail

Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock!

COMPARE OUR PRICES!

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers!

Networking solutions!

Northend Disposal A garbologist company.

Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371

Support your hometown merchants who back your school and community activities throughout the year!

Dining

Classifieds

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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: $6.00 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.

Thank You...

To our friends and family for all the cards, phone calls, flowers, visits to the home, food delivered at this needed time, and the prayers for the passing of our father. Thank you all for the consideration.

Virgil and Joy Wells and Family, Dean and Ruth Riedl and Family, Darrell and Deena Wells and Family

Rentals

Services

1 Bedroom Appartments for rent. Call 620-8748353.

21716tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available.

Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, 620-874-2120.

41tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– PLAINJAN’S RENTAL houses and duplexes. Stop by the office or call 62005tfc 872-5777.

C O M P U T E R SERVICES for PC and Mac computers. Computer repair and virus removal. Call or email Josh at OsComp to schedule an appointment.

24-hour help line 620-376-8660 or email josh_4974@hotmail.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 8744135.

34tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 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 ––––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 874-1412.

4015tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening.

Call Rob Vsetecka at 620214-1730.

4515tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MISS LACEY’S DAYCARE OPENS, four spots available for children ages infant-11 years.

Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Licensed, provoider with Bachelor degree in speech pathology and Master’s in early childhood. Call 417-6211196.

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House for Sale 1-3 BEDROOM, 1 bath, FH/A, basement, new roof, large yard. Call Mike 620-874-2425.

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Help Wanted USD 466 NEEDS s u b stitute route bus drivers.

For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-8727655.

02tfc –––––––––––––––––––– Farmworker, 4/1/1611/30/16, Jeff Compton Farms, Texhoma, OK. 2 temp jobs. Drive trucks/ tractors to plant, cultivate, harvest crops. Field ready equip.

Tend irrigation engines & center pivot sprinklers. Operate, repair farm equip. 3 mo exp, clean MVR, emplymnt ref, driver’s license, English req’d. $11.15/hr, ¾ work guarantee, tools/ equip/housing provided, trans & subsistence exp reimbursed. Apply at Kansas Works, 620.227.2149.

Job #OK1072339. 2816t1

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Farmworker, 3/20/1611/30/16, Wilson Harvesting, Boise City, OK. 10 temp jobs. Operate harvesting machines to harvest crops in OK/KS/CO/ MT. Adjust speed of cutters, blowers, conveyors, & weight of cutting head.

Change cutting head.

Drive truck to transport produce & haul harvesting machines b/w work sites.

Service machinery/make in-field repairs. $11.15/ hr-$13.80/HR, depending on location, ¾ work guarantee, tools/equip/ housing provided, trans & subsistence exp reimbursed. Apply at Kansas Works, 620.227.2149.

Job #OK1071190. 2816t1

Agriculture WANT TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANT TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information.

Lane County Feeders.

44tfc 397-5341.

Real Estate COMMERCIAL BUILDING for sale.

133x45 ft. (approx.) round top building. Serious inquiries only. Seller is a real estate agent selling own property. 874-5109 26tfc or 874-2124.

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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Logan County Manor needing

RN, LPN, CMA and CNA shifts.

We are a 45-bed long-term care facility.

We offer competitive wages, KPERS, health insurance, excellent PTO and paid membership to our Wellness Center.

Contact Diana Dible at: 785-672-8109

EOE

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Completely Remodeled!

HOME LOTS

Located on the southwest corner of Scott City in the new Prairie Meadows Addition.

Several different sizes with curb, guttering, and street already in.

PERFECT LOCATION FOR THAT NEW HOME!!

CALL TODAY!!

COMMERCIAL LOTS

Two commercial lots on the west edge of Scott City.

Good access road in front.

Can be seen from Highway 96.

GREAT LOCATION!!!

ONLY $14,000.00 FOR BOTH!!!

Lawrence and Associates

Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc.

513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc.

872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc.

872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:00 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. 25tfc

New siding, new windows, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, family room, F-H-A!

District 11 AA Meetings

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Dighton

Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-2647

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Employment Opportunities FOOD SERVICE

PARK LANE NURSING HOME

Scott County School Food Service is interested in hiring a part-time position.

Proposed hours for this position would be 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Applications may be picked up at: 704 S. College, Scott City or call Kathy Eaton at 620-872-7605.

Has openings for the following positions: Full-time RN/LPN Full-time Dietary aide/Cook Full-time CNA/CMA Full-Time Housekeeping

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6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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:

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL Do you enjoy working with kids in an educational setting? Would you like the working hours of a school day?

Unified School District No. 466 is seeking HPEC Special Education Para-Professional in the high school. This position works with students.

For more information and applications please contact: Susan Carter Board of Education Building 17tfc 704 College, Scott City, KS 67871

www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

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RECEPTIONIST Scott City Eye Center has a full-time opening.

Monday • 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday • 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Applicant must have high school diploma.

Must be computer literate and able to maintain a standard of professionalism with the public.

Benefits available after 1 year.

Will train the right person.

Mail or take resumé and cover letter to:

Scott City Eye Center 104 Albert Ave., Scott City, KS 67871

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SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Scott County Sheriff’s Department is accepting applications for: Jailer Applicants must be 21 years of age with a valid driver’s license and clean driving record. Must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent. Looking for someone who is a team player. Must be willing to do shift work including days, nights, holidays and weekends. Background checks and UA’s completed on all prospective applicants. Applicants must not have any felony or misdemeanor charges or convictions.

Scott County offers an excellent benefit package that includes BCBS health, KPERS, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and furnished uniforms and equipment. Starting wage $12 per hour. Will train the right applicant.

Applications may be obtained at and returned to: Sheriff Office 602 W. 5th, Scott City • (620) 872-5805

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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Emergency Department RN Float RN C.N.A.s - FT and PT Outreach/Specialty Clinic RN Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Clinic Medical Assistants Infection Prevention RN Clinic RN and LPN - FT Circulating/Pre-Op/Post-Op/PACU RN

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.

Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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Food

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To qualify for benefits, a family’s monthly household income must be at or below 130% of federal poverty guidelines. In order to meet that guideline, total gross monthly household income for a family of four cannot exceed $2,628.

Eligible households may include individuals who are unemployed, underemployed, disabled and transitioning into the work force.

“Parents who are undocumented don’t qualify for assistance, but their children who are natural born citizens of the U.S. are eligible,” Hermocillo says.

She also notes there have been changes in income guidelines which would make more families available for assistance.

“Normally, I focus on Garden City, Dodge City and Liberal, but I’m finding there are a lot of people in the surrounding counties who aren’t familiar with the application process,” Hermocillo says.

It is possible to apply for assistance on-line or over the phone. People needing more information can contact Hermocillo at (620) 640-4547.

Kansas Appleseed is funded by a grant through the Kansas Health Institute.

How to contact Kansas Appleseed

Statewide toll-free: 888-369-4777 On-line application: www.dcf.ks.gov Garden City DCF Office 1710 Palace Drive (620-272-5800

operate beyond June 30.

And because an unconstitutional system is invalid, efforts to implement it can be enjoined. “ •On what basis does the court claim authority to rule statutes unconstitutional?

Again from the ruling: “Our order should not be misinterpreted as expressing a desire by this court to become a regular supervisor of Kansas’ school funding system. We do not, as evidenced by our dismissal of the Montoy litigation 10 years ago.

“But our order is a manifestation of Hamilton’s conclusion that “the courts were designed to be an intermediate body

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between the people and the legislature.”

Federalist Paper No. 78. Consequently, while we do not desire to become a supervisor of the school finance system, neither do we abandon our duty to the people of Kansas under their constitution to review the legislature’s enactments and to ensure its compliance with its own duty under Article 6.”

Alexander Hamilton directly addressed the question in the early days of our republic: “Limitations (on legislative authority) can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of the courts

of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the constitution void.”

He later said, “There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution, can be valid.”

I must side with the court on this question.

While we legislators are constitutionally empowered to appropriate, that authority cannot and must not stray into actions which are unconstitutional. And when that happens

the court is surely authorized to intervene.

Were it not so then the rights of the minority would be forever under threat. As the Kansas population shifts from rural to urban, rural legislators are increasingly outnumbered. Without judicial oversight and intervention, a future Kansas legislature might decide to enact school finance legislation which disadvantages rural school children. We cannot allow that to happen.

In a democracy, the judicial system exists to provide justice for all, including protecting the rights of the minority from the rule of the majority.

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By Western Cartographers

The clinic schedule in Garden City: First Wednesday of every month, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Kansas Appleseed Office 302 Fleming, Suite 8D Hermocillo’s e-mail address is: mhermocillo@kansasappleseed.org What you need to apply: •Identification. Provide one of the following: 1) Driver’s license or student identification 2) Birth certificate 3) Hospital confirmation letter •Social Security card •Income over the most recent 30 days •Bank statement for the last 30 days

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Family Communication,” and will offer participants a starting point in a positive pursuit for their estate succession plan.

Participants will then have the opportunity to select from three breakout sessions: •“Asset Protection: Probate and Trusts,” presented

by Salina attorney, Daniel Diederich; •“Long Term Planning: How to Prepare for the Possibility of Long Term Care,” elder law attorney, Randy Clinkscales; and •“Estate Planning Basics: Wills, Power of Attorney and Health Care Agents,” by Erin Yelland, K-State Extension specialist and KSU professor in adult development and aging, and Anna Schremmer, family and consumer science agent, Phillips-Rooks District.

After lunch, participants will have an opportunity to choose a second breakout session, with a repeat of the three morning programs, along with, “Farm Succession Planning,” by Gregg Hadley, K-State Extension Assistant Director for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Community Development.

This session will discuss critical succession issues and step-by-step recommendations to follow when getting started in farm succession planning.

The afternoon session is followed by a break at 2:30 p.m., and then Hadley will give an overview of the Kansas Ag Mediation Services, an organization designed to help farmers and ranchers with legal, financial and mediation questions.

A question and answer panel made up of all the session presenters and evaluation to wrap up the day’s events at 3:30 pm.

To see a complete brochure and to register online, go to: http://www.northwest.k-state.edu/events/estate_ planning/.

For additional information contact Amy Lorenzen at the Oakley office of the Golden Prairie Extension District (785-671-3245).

Scott • Lane • Wichita • Ness • Logan Gove • Greeley • Finney • Wallace • Kearny Pick them up today at:

406 Main • Scott City • 620 872-2090