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Volume 23 • Number 39

Thursday, May 5, 2016

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County considers selling home lots

Scott County Commissioners weren’t looking to get into the housing development business, but the opportunity to sell an empty lot on the former hospital grounds has captured their interest. Robert Mangold, who is employed at the Scott

County Hospital, made an offer to purchase a lot for a home site during Monday’s commission meeting. He would like to move his family from Tribune, but said the type of home he finds affordable won’t meet the covenants in either the Eastridge or Prairie

Meadows subdivisions. Buying a home in either subdivision is cost prohibitive, says Mangold, and neither will allow him to build a D&H modular home. “It’s not a trailer home,” he told the commission. “It’s what they call a stick-built home,

but it’s done in sections.” In the meantime, Mangold has also been advertising for vacant lots and checking on possible locations with local real estate agents, but with no success. “The people who do have a vacant lot aren’t wanting to sell,” he said.

He’s hoping for a different response from the commission. He offered to purchase a 10,000 square foot lot on the west side of the old hospital property. The commission had concerns about a sewer line on that side of the block, but felt that it might (See HOME on page two)

history set in Steele

Health Oklahoma company comes to rescue of Hamilton County Hospital Page 16

Sports Strong pitching, defense give SC split with Ulysses Page 19

Index Opinions ..................4-7 Calendar ..................... 7

Public notices ............. 12 Obituaries ................... 14 Church services ........ 15 Health care ..........16-17 Sports ..................19-26 Farm section........28-29 Classified ads ......31-33

Deaths Thelma Branine Sheryl Lyn Gerstberger Joan MacDonnell

Politics Rep. Huelskamp sounds familiar themes during town hall meeting Page 10

Farm No help will be arriving soon for slumping ag sector Page 28

Steele Home takes a step toward national recognition Herb and Liza Steele are forever linked to the history of El Quartelejo ruins and Lake Scott State Park. It was Herb’s keen eye that observed burrowing animals bringing small items to the surface that led to the discovery of El Quartelejo on his farmland. And without the Steele’s desire to share the beauty of the area around their homestead, Lake Scott State Park wouldn’t exist today. So it only seems natural that the Steele Home, the oldest standing structure in Scott County, should be considered for the National Register of Historic Places. During a presentation last weekend before the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review, the home was added to the state’s Register of Kansas Historic Places. As a result, the nomination is now sent to the National Park Service for consideration on the

Steele Home garden was a showcase during the early 1900s. Photos on Page 9

national register. “It may be a few months before we know if it’s approved at the national level,” says local historian Jerry Snyder. “But I’ve been told that once you’re past the state level it’s almost automatic to be approved at the national level.” Snyder knows something about getting sites onto the national register. He and Larry Hoeme, also of Scott City, initiated the process that led to Battle Canyon being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. “I’d been involved with Battle Canyon going back to 1970. That’s something I’ve really been passionate about,” says Snyder. The Steele home, however, wasn’t a priority at the time. But over the last few years, Snyder has become more concerned

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Local historian Jerry Snyder points out the unique stone work that Herb Steele used on the exterior of his home in Lake Scott State Park. (Record Photo)

The limestone home constructed by Herb Steele looks much as it did when built in 1894. (Record Photo)

about maintaining the beauty and the structural uniqueness of the home. “I know the Friends (of Lake Scott) decorate the place at Christmas and they keep an eye on things, but I felt we needed to be doing more,” Snyder said.

“I was worried that if someone didn’t take the initiative to do something, next thing you know it could be gone.” Snyder also enlisted the help of Ron Kaufman, director of information services with the Kansas (See STEELE on page 15)

Upcoming projects to improve water quality Nitrate and arsenic levels in Scott City’s drinking water will be reduced significantly in what may be the final phase of projects that will tie four wells into the two treatment plants. One project, estimated at nearly $80,000, is being funded entirely by the city. A second project

is being cost-shared by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). When completed, the two projects should just about eliminate the prospect of city residents receiving notices levels of contamination exceed KDHE guidelines. “When we’re done

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Home of El Cuartelejo

Scott City Elementary School students completed the “Go Far” fitness program with a 5K run last weekend

everything will go through the treatment plants,” says Public Works Director Mike Todd. “We intentionally oversized them at the time they were built with this in mind.” Currently the north and south plants are treating water at about one-third their designed capacity. Both are capable of

putting 1,500 gallons of treated water per minute into the city system. While all water will go to the two treatment plants, that doesn’t mean it’s all treated. Currently, about 40 percent of the water that passes through the plant is actually treated. The treated water, when blended with

untreated water, is well within KDHE guidelines for arsenic and nitrate levels. South Plant In late 2015, the city had to redrill Well No. 11 (located by the old swimming pool) because the casting was in deteriorat(See WATER on page two)

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Brownback will determine final budget cuts Election year politics could derail effort Stephen Koranda Kansas Health Institute

Kansas lawmakers struggled over the weekend working late nights trying to craft a budget solution. Ultimately, they approved a plan in the early hours of Monday morning. Legislators had to find budget cuts and adjustments or tax increases that added up to

nearly $300 million. The votes to increase taxes weren’t there, so they took another strategy: cutting. “The Historical Society will lose $130,000. The Department for Children and Families will lose $4.2 million,” said Rep. Jerry Henry, an Atchison Democrat. “There are a number of very painful, painful cuts that will be enacted by this budget, and those cuts will be received by some of the most vulnerable people of our society.” The bill still leaves it to Gov. Sam Brownback to do more

Water

News briefs SCHS baccalaureaute service is Wednesday

Flatland Big Band to perform Saturday Jazz and the sounds from the big band era will fill the Scott Community High School auditorium during the annual Flatland Big Band concert Sat., May 7, 7:30 p.m. The band, which features musicians from across the state, rehearses during the day. The evening performance will also feature area vocalists. Also performing will be the SCHS jazz ensemble. The band is under the direction of Clint Raynes, Scott City. Admission is $5.

Home

Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, will kickoff National Nursing Home Week with a pie and ice cream social on Sat., May 7. The comeand-go social is from 2:00-4:00 p.m. A balloon lift will be held on Mon., May 9, at 11:00 a.m. Carnival games will be held on Thursday and a petting zoo will be on Friday. Have questions about the Scott Commnity Foundation? Call 872-3790

things we stated was that this was stable and secure funding in insecure times. Tonight is a continuation of that commitment,” Ryckman said. Even with that direction, Republican Sen. Greg Smith said lawmakers abdicated their constitutional responsibility to craft a truly balanced budget. “The sole power of the purse

(See BUDGET on page 10)

Connecting Well No. 11 with existing lines and feeding it to the south plant will require the city to trench through Patton Park. Todd is waiting for KDHE approval of their plan, which he expects to happen soon. “We could possibly start work in May,” he says. “The sooner we can get done in city park and reseed it, the better it will be for activities later this summer,” Todd noted. North Plant It was KDHE’s plan to upgrade treatment of Wells No. 1 and 10 in the north end of town. Well No. 5 is high in

nitrates, but because of the high cost of treating the well it’s rarely fed into the water system. Wells No. 1 and No. 10 are high in nitrates and petroleum contaminants. Water from these wells passes through carbon filters provided by KDHE. KDHE determined that it would be cheaper in the long run to redirect water from Well No. 1 to Well No. 10 and then send it through the north treatment plant. This would reduce the cost of replacing the carbon filters. The city will be responsible for tearing out the north side of First Street for 675 feet, from US83 Highway to nearly College

Street. KDHE will pay for the water line and the city will be responsible for the concrete work estimated at $40,000. Todd says that the project will result in a substantial savings to the city when it comes to chlorine and salt costs at the north plant. “This makes sense for us. It’s a three-year payback on the street costs and we’re gaining a much improved street,” says Todd. Work is scheduled to take place in mid-July so it doesn’t conflict with wheat or fall harvest traffic that travels on First Street to the Scott Co-op.

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be more practical for Mangold to purchase a lot on the southeast corner. Commissioners said there were also other considerations for the property, including the prospect of an apartment complex. “I’m comfortable with having an apartment complex as a neighbor,” said Mangold. The commission added it would like to leave room on the block for a possible park with playground equipment. Commissioner Jerry Buxton said he would be willing to entertain offers from other individuals who are interested in purchasing housing lots. “If more people want to build homes, I’m fine with that,” he said. Commissioner Gary

Park Lane observes Nursing Home Week

than $80 million in trimming to keep the budget balanced. But the top budget writer in the House, Rep. Ron Ryckman, said legislators took an important step in directing those cuts: They exempted K-12 public schools from losing any funding. “When we passed the block grant bill last session, one of the

it the rest of the way,’” Smith said. Republican Senate President Susan Wagle said legislators didn’t do anything wrong by requiring the governor to make some of the budget decisions. “That’s what our Constitution allows for. When there’s a shortfall, the governor is allowed to make cuts,” she said. “We just gave this governor flexibility in

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ing condition. However, it was also expected that the city might have to take added measures to treat water from the well because of high arsenic levels. Currently, wells No. 4 and No. 9 are treated at the south plant. At a cost of about $80,000, the city will connect Well No. 9 with No. 4. Well No. 9 is high in nitrate and low in arsenic; No. 4 is low in arsenic and high in nitrate. Water is entering the treatment plant testing 12-13 parts per million for nitrates and 11 ppm for arsenic. It’s leaving the plant testing 7.5 ppm for nitrates and 7 ppm for arsenic.

Scott Community High School graduates and their family are invited to a baccalaureate service on Wed., May 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Area 96, 308 W. 5th, Scott City. The service is sponsored by the Scott County Ministerial Alliance.

belongs to the Legislature, and

The sole power of the purse belongs to the Legislature, for the last two budget cycles and for the last two budget cycles we’ve told the governor: we’ve told the governor: ‘Okay, ‘Okay, we’ve got it this far, you take it the rest of the way. we’ve got it this far, you take - Sen. Greg Smith (R-Lenexa)

Skibbe said he could understand why those lots might be attractive to home builders. “There are no special assessments like there

are with the two subdivisions,” he noted. “That can make a big difference for some people.” The commission said $7,500 seemed “like a fair

rate” for a 10,000 square foot lot. The governing body was going to study the sale further and make a decision at the May 17 meeting.

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Community Living

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Taking the guesswork out of grilling vegetables I love fresh vegetables and grilling makes it easy and fun. Adding vegetables to the grill is one way to keep heat out of the kitchen. Doing so also allows the cook to be outside with family and friends. Fresh asparagus, mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, squash, eggplant and corn-on-the-cob are good candidates for the grill. Grilling vegetables is an easy way to bring out natural flavors. Here are some tips to make your grilling easier and to help you get the results you want: •Start with a clean grill.

•Scrub vegetables before cutting or slicing them uniformly. Pieces should be large enough so as not to fall through the grill, and similar in Carol Ann size, so that all Crouch will cook in Family and about the same Consumer amount of time. Sciences •Pre-soak veg- Agent for Scott County etables in cold water for 10-15 minutes before grilling to help retain moisture, and/or brush the surface of vegetables lightly with olive

oil (before grilling) to help seal in moisture, protect skin and add sheen. •Use tongs or spatula, rather than a fork, which can pierce the vegetable and allow juices to escape, to turn vegetables. Utensils used to grill vegetables should be reserved for that purpose and not used to turn other raw or cooked foods. •If using a foil packet to grill vegetables, use heavy duty foil or a double layer of a lighter weight foil or a grill pan.

•Place vegetables to the side of the grill - not over direct heat. Most will be tender and lightly browned in 12-15 minutes. If a marinade is preferred, blend one-half cup of olive oil with one-fourth cup of red wine vinegar. If marinating kabobs, thread the meat and prepared vegetables on skewers before brushing with marinade; allow marinated kabobs to stand 15 minutes before grilling. If meats and vegetables are to be grilled separately, cover and marinate separately in the

Recipe favorites . . . Bacon-Roasted Chicken with Potatoes Bacon-wrapped drumsticks and thighs with baby Dutch yellow potatoes, roasted with onions and herb. A delicious and simple dinner. Goes great with dark meat, but breasts are also fine. Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 1 hour

Ingredients 6

chicken thighs

chicken drumsticks

12 slices

center-cut bacon

salt and black pepper to taste

Mr. and Mrs. Howard King

Kings will celebrate 70th anniversary May 28

Howard and Dorothy King of Scott City will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with their family on May 28 at the Church of Christ, Scott City. Hosts for the occasion will be their seven children: Kenneth and wife, Lynita, Redmond, Ore., James and wife, Janet, Scott City, Ronald and wife, Rachel, Youngsville, La., Jeffrey and wife, Carol, Lake Jackson, Tex., Carmen Veal, Gage, Okla., Karen Andrews, Lawton, Okla., and Carla Curtis and husband, Dave, Liberal. They have 12 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren.

Howard King and Dorothy Sarchet grew up in the Agra area. Upon Howard’s return from military service in the U.S. Navy in World War II they married on May 12, 1946, in Phillipsburg. Howard attended Fort Hays State University. After graduating in 1952, the couple moved to Dighton where he taught school. In 1958, they moved to Scott City where he became the junior high industrial arts teacher. Following retirement they have continued living in Scott City. Cards may be sent to: 907 Myrtle St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

onion, coarsely chopped

1-1/2 pounds

baby Dutch yellow potatoes

Seasoning Mix 2 tablespoons

dried chives

2 tablespoons

dried basil

1 tablespoon

garlic powder

1 tablespoon

adobo seasoning

1 tablespoon

ground black pepper

1 teaspoon

salt, or to taste

Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wrap each chicken piece in a slice of bacon, trying to cover as much of the chicken as possible. Place the wrapped chicken pieces in a 9x13 inch baking dish, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle the onion over the chicken. Push potatoes down into the spaces between the chicken pieces and around the edge of the dish. Combine the chives, basil, garlic powder, adobo seasoning, and black pepper in a small bowl, and sprinkle the seasoning to taste over the chicken and potatoes. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, until the bacon is crisp and brown and the potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with salt, if desired, and serve hot.

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refrigerator; marinade used on raw foods should be discarded, rather than eaten to prevent cross-contamination and food borne illness. Oil-based salad dressings (such as an Italian-flavored dressing) can be used as a marinade. Be creative: Wrap a steak or chop in a strip of zucchini, rather than strip of bacon, or add grilled asparagus to a summer soup or veggie pizza. Happy grilling with your family and friends this summer.

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editorially speaking

Steele Home:

Another step toward preserving local history

It’s easy to take our own local history for granted. We should be grateful that we have some individuals who not only appreciate the value of our history, but are taking the steps necessary to preserve it for future generations. Among those individuals are Jerry Snyder and Larry Hoeme who were instrumental in getting Battle Canyon listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Now, through Snyder’s efforts, the Steele Home has taken a significant step towards being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is important in recognizing the significance of the Steele Home and helping to preserve the structure. Outside of numerous names which have been carved into the limestone of the two-story structure, the home remains much as it was when constructed by Herbert and Eliza Steele more than 120 years ago. That it’s still standing and in such excellent condition is as much a testimony to Steele’s craftsmanship as it is to preservation efforts in the years since the home became the property of the Kansas parks service. The structure’s unique architecture was recognized in the documents submitted in order to be considered as a National Historic Place. This designation can also serve as a reminder that the Steeles played a huge role in the area’s history which goes far beyond a two-story home. It was Herbert Steele who saw the first evidence that led to the discovery of the El Quartelejo ruins. And it was the Steele’s who sold 640 acres to the Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission which would eventually lead to the opening of Lake Scott State Park in 1930 - the first state park in Kansas. Scott County residents are fortunate to be in the heart of so much rich history - from Battle Canyon, to El Quartelejo, to Lake Scott. We’re just as fortunate to have individuals such as Jerry Snyder who are making sure this history is available for generations to come.

Footprints:

State will pay a steep price for misguided fiscal policies

As Kansas continues to dig itself into a deeper fiscal hole, ultraconservative lawmakers have no trouble defending their decision not to close the gap with more tax revenue. Taxes are high enough, they insist. Government just needs to become more “efficient.” The ultimate goal, according to Sen. Ty Masterson (R-Andover) is to “reduce the footprint of government.” There’s no doubt that Masterson and his ultraconservative colleagues have little use for government, which makes us wonder why they even choose to be in government. Their goal is to not only reduce the size of government, but to limit the effectiveness of those government services that remain. In that respect, their claims of a government which is inefficient and ineffective becomes self-fulfilling which justifies their calls to privatize more services. The actions by Masterson and others are not only detrimental to state government, but to the lives of Kansans who depend on a properly funded state government to provide the services we need in everyday life. It’s because of this anti-government sentiment that our public schools are being underfunded while state officials try to steer more tax dollars into private education and home schools. In order to satisfy their own ideology, these same individuals are sacrificing the safety of all Kansans who rely on a quality highway system. At the same time, these construction jobs are going to nearby states who continue to put value on a good road system. Masterson sees no problem with cutting millions of dollars from early-childhood programs that serve our most vulnerable citizens and help them in the most formative years of their lives. Those individuals at the lower end of the economic scale, those requiring mental health services, single parents and the elderly stand to be hit the hardest because some lawmakers fail to see the necessity of a society where we all share some responsibility in looking after each other and helping those most in need. Is government perfect? Of course, not. But it’s far preferable to a privatized system in which everyone’s well-being hinges on a profit and loss statement. Masterson says he’s trying to reduce the “footprint of government.” In doing so, ultraconservative lawmakers are trampling over the backs of those least able to stand up and fight against the actions of a heartless legislature.

Town hall offers little substance Town hall meetings are a political tradition. Some are informative, such as those held by Rep. Don Hineman. Others are merely a means of tapping into anti-government sentiment or imagined fears of their constituents. That’s where a Congressman Tim Huelskamp town hall can be particularly entertaining because his ability to portray himself as a fearless leader of the Big First District and in the next moment pivot to the hapless victim of a big government over which he has absolutely no control. In a sense, Huelskamp makes our job in the media very easy. We could go into our archives and grab a story of just about any town hall that Huelskamp has had over the past five years, change the date and run it again. No one would notice. Each town hall is the same. Big government bad. Veterans Administration bad. IRS bad. Federal spending bad. President Obama very, very bad. What you won’t hear from Huelskamp is solu-

tions. Want to cut federal spending? Put able-bodied welfare recipients to work, he suggests. Talk about walking into the jaws of controversy. What better way to begin balancing the federal budget than to stop these ablebodied individuals from getting a public assistance check while driving around in their Mercedes. Brownback has kicked thousands of able-bodied individuals off the TANF rolls in Kansas, noted Huelskamp. Yes he has, and look how much it’s helped our state’s budget situation. Like so much of what happens at a Huelskamp town hall, you’ll hear rhetoric that’s designed to rile up voters. But if you’re looking for answers, you’ve come to the wrong place. Take the tax code, for example. Huelskamp tells

us that with 74,000 pages in the tax code it’s too complicated. And he says huge corporations, such as General Electric, prefer the current tax code because it offers them tax breaks that aren’t available to the rest of us. He could have also tossed home-grown Boeing into the conversation. From 2008 to 2013, while Boeing made over $26.4 billion in U.S. profits, it received a tax refund of $401 million. A “simpler” tax code will fix this, says Huelskamp. Of course, Huelskamp doesn’t say what that simpler code will look like or how it will prevent abuses by giant corporations. But that’s the beauty of a town hall. No one is looking for solutions - only a politician willing to share our frustrations. That’s how Huelskamp operates. He hits the hot-button issues that he knows will resonate with most people who attend his town halls. Huelskamp declares we can’t have Syrian refugees entering our country

because some of them are undoubtedly agents for ISIS. We have to keep an eye on mosques because they are a training ground for terrorists. And we have to cut off financial aid to “sanctuary cities” who are providing assistance for illegal immigrants. Say enough things and the Fox News Syndrome will kick in. That’s when misinformation is repeated often enough that it eventually becomes fact. Like the “fact” that there are some cities in the U.S. where police won’t go - so-called “nogo zones” - because they fear Muslims who live by Sharia Law in those areas. So when one Huelskamp supporter mentioned this, the question from another individual in the audience was, “What cities are you talking about?” “Detroit, is one,” was the response. Let’s look at the facts. First of all, Detroit has become an economic hell hole, not because of Muslims but because of our own trade policies which have allowed tens of thou(See TOWN HALL on page six)

Dems, moderates wimped out Democratic and moderate GOP state lawmakers spent much of this legislative session complaining about the unfairness of the state tax exemption for pass-through business income. They also noted how it was damaging the state’s finances without significantly boosting the state’s economy. Yet many of them voted last week against a bill to revoke the exemption. Wimps. Rep. Mark Hutton (R-Wichita) bucked Gov. Sam Brownback and House GOP leadership in leading the push to revoke the exemption. He began the campaign last year and was frustrated when GOP moderates and Democrats didn’t join him. “Had the Democrats and moderate Republicans elected to enter budget negotiations, the outcome

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another view Phillip Brownlee Wichita Eagle

could have been much different,” Hutton wrote last June. This year there seemed to be growing momentum to revisit the exemption. Top GOP leaders in the Senate introduced a bill to significantly scale back the exemption, and a number of business owners testified in favor of eliminating it, arguing that it was unfair that their employees paid state income taxes while they didn’t. But when the House finally held a vote last week, only 14 Democrats voted for the repeal, while 12 Democrats, including House Minority Leader Tom Burroughs, (D-Kansas City) voted against it. Many moderate

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Republicans also voted against it. The measure failed 45-74. The lawmakers had their excuses, of course. Some complained that revoking the tax exemption wouldn’t help the current-year budget shortfall and would only add about $61 million in additional revenue next fiscal year, because it wouldn’t go into effect until Jan. 1, 2017. They also complained that it wouldn’t entirely fix the state’s budget problems. Though all that is true, ending the exemption was still an important part of a solution - and could have helped prevent some damaging budget cuts to important state services. And for the 2018 fiscal year, it would add more than $200 million in state revenue. Democrats may have balked at voting for the

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bill because they wanted to force the GOP to clean up its own mess - and suffer the political consequences. Many moderate Republicans likely feared that groups such as Americans for Prosperity would target them during this year’s GOP primary, sending out postcards blasting them for voting to raise taxes. They may have made a political calculation that the bill might not clear the Kansas Senate, so it wasn’t worth voting for it and, in doing so, placing a target on their backs. But if they are afraid to make tough votes and go on record for what they believe, why be a lawmaker? To their credit, several lawmakers did stand up. But too many other Democrats and GOP moderates acted like cowards.

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Elites don’t have to hide their money in Panama by Josh Hoxie

The first thing you notice on the cab ride from the airport to downtown Panama City is the skyscrapers. They’re architecturally beautiful, but jumbled together as if there was no plan or consideration for how they might look next to one another. What you might not notice is that they’re nearly all empty. Panama, a small Central American country with just four million people, has dominated the news in recent weeks. For that you can thank the Panama Papers - a massive leak of private documents from the

Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which serves wellheeled companies and individuals all over the world. The leaks exposed a vast global system of shady offshore tax shelters and the global elites that benefit from them. A few months before Panama landed on the front pages of nearly every newspaper in the world, I visited the country and got a look at those empty buildings firsthand. Unlike many travelers, I wasn’t in Panama City to launder my ill-gotten cash or to hide my profits from meddling tax collectors (not least because I

One single address in Wilmington, for example - 1209 North Orange Street - is listed as the headquarters for 285,000 separate businesses exploiting Delaware’s lax laws. Indeed, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have firms registered in that two-story office building.

have neither). I was in search of beautiful beaches and perfect waves, both of which the country is well known for. It was striking, however, that the most attractive resource the country advertises to the global elite is a hands-off business and tax climate seemingly designed for exploitation.

According to my cab driver (and Reuters), drug cartels are responsible for much of the building boom in Panama City. For cash-laden criminals unable to drop their funds in a checking account, investing in a Panamanian commercial building makes a lot of sense. They carry excess cash into the country by hand and convert it into an appreciating asset that can remain empty for years. Never mind that many Panamanians live in rickety shacks and dire poverty. Many who take advantage of Panama’s lax business climate never have to step foot in the

country. Named in the Panama Papers were 12 current or former world leaders, 128 other public officials and politicians, and hundreds of other elites from well known celebrities to enigmatic businessmen - from over 200 countries. They each, in some way, used Mossack Fonseca to create hard-to-trace shell companies to hide their assets. Those companies helped their owners evade taxes, public scrutiny, legal action, or all three. Iceland’s prime minister, Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, was forced to step down in (See PANAMA on page six)

The irony of celebrity populism

Trump is playing the ‘man’ card

by E.J. Dionne, Jr.

by Dana Milbank

“When you become famous,” the famous political consultant James Carville once said, “being famous becomes your profession.” It’s a sign of the stunning success of Donald Trump’s crossover act that we no longer even think about this campaign’s most revolutionary effect on our politics: the demolition of the line between celebrity and political achievement. Of course, success in politics can itself breed celebrity. Carville earned his by combining his eccentric sense of humor with actual skill in helping Bill Clinton become president in 1992. The weird interaction between glitz and government reflected at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner suggests how much the borderland between the two has shrunk. But celebrity has never before been a sufficient qualification for the nation’s highest office. Consider John McCain’s signature attack on Barack Obama in 2008 in a commercial that began with the words: “He’s the biggest celebrity in the world.” The ad’s next line captured the old war hero’s disdain for his opponent and his fame: “But is he ready to lead?” In light of this year’s campaign, there is something touching about McCain’s protest. He reasoned that sober voters would reject the idea of electing someone merely because of his celebrity. If the ad misunderstood the sources of Obama’s political strength, it did speak to a nation that still respected experience in government. Trump has now far surpassed Obama in converting fame directly into electoral currency, moving from celebrity to frontrunner status without going through the messy, time-consuming work of being a state legislator and U.S. senator. Ronald Reagan, given his Hollywood standing, may be the closest historical analogue to Trump. But Trump did not spend eight years as governor of a large state. There is a perverse purity to Trump’s great leap. Trump also uses celebrity allies he accumulated in the course of his career as a famemonger to validate his quest. Facing a decisive challenge in Tuesday’s Indiana primary, Trump hauled out an endorsement from Bobby Knight, a state icon from his successful, if controversial, run as Indiana University’s basketball coach. Trump may dominate CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, but Knight has ESPN, generally a much bigger draw - except, of course, when Trump has been on a debate stage. We need to think hard about the multiple weaknesses Trump is exposing in our politics. How

sible to prosecute Hastert for any of the underlying sexual crimes. Child molesters are a patient lot. A 2015 study on offenders in youth organizations found that more than half joined specifically to gain access to children. In no rush to achieve their goal, they are willing to spend months working their way into the fabric of a child’s life. Constantly proving “niceguyness” is essential to abusers. They exploit the child’s inherent lack of life experience by lavishing him or her with gifts and adulation. The molester then manipulates the child’s reality soon making an “innocent” rub of the shoulder, or a casual tussle of the hair, a normal part of his relationship with the child. Then the more invasive forms of abuse begin, and the child’s fate is sealed. If you need a primer on how these molesters operate, read the U.S. attorney’s sentencing brief detailing not just the way Hastert allegedly went about

“I wasn’t playing the woman’s card,” Donald Trump said Thursday when asked about his claim that Hillary Clinton was playing the “woman card” and that if she were a man, she would get only five percent of the vote. . . . the For once, “gender role I agree with threat” - a Trump: He perceived wasn’t play- threat to ing the woman male identity and mascucard. He was linity - leads playing the to increased man card - and support for he was deal- Trump among ing from the men, and bottom of the lower support for Clinton. deck. Trump’s return to misogyny - unveiled on Tuesday night, at the very moment when he seemed to have secured the Republican presidential nomination - has been generally viewed as bumbling, a reprise of the days when he used “slob,” “dog” and “piece of ass” to describe women. But Trump’s gender-based attack on Clinton, which he defended in subsequent days, was likely no accident. Research shows the attack is rational, and his repetition of it suggests it’s calculated. Trump orchestrated his primary campaign success on the basis of economic and racial resentment. Now he’s building a general-election strategy against the first woman to lead a major party’s presidential ticket - on gender resentment. It probably won’t work. It definitely is ugly. But it may be the best card he has to play, with 7-in-10 women regarding him unfavorably. A man who has demagogically divided Americans by race and ethnicity now aims to finish the job by dividing us by views of gender roles. A fascinating new study by Dan Cassino, a political scientist at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, shows why. Just as Trump has exposed a surprising depth of racial animus in the United States, there is gender animus to be tapped as well. Cassino found that the “gender role threat” - a perceived threat to male identity and masculinity - leads to increased support for Trump among men, and lower support for Clinton. In a survey of New Jersey voters in late February, Cassino and his colleagues tried an experiment. Half of respondents, before being asked about their preference in the presidential election, were asked whether they or their spouse earned more money. The others were asked about their household income distribution after they were asked about their presidential preference.

(See ABUSE on page six)

(See CARD on page seven)

(See IRONY on page six)

Why Bernie must stay in the race by Jim Hightower

Surprisingly, this week’s prize for Stupidest Political Comment in the presidential race doesn’t go to Donnie Trump or Ted Cruz. Rather, that honor goes to the clueless cognoscenti of conventional political wisdom. They’ve made a unilateral decision that Bernie Sanders must now quit the race for the Democratic nomination. Why? Because, they say: “He Can’t Win.” Actually, he already has. Sanders’ vivid populist vision, unabashed idealism, and big ideas for restoring America to its own people have: 1) jerked the presidential debate out of the hands of status quo corporatists;

2) revitalized the class consciousness and relevance of the Democratic Party; 3) energized millions of young people to get involved; and 4) proven that Democrats don’t have to sell out to big corporate donors to run for office. Bernie has substantively - even profoundly - changed American politics for the better, which is why he’s gaining more and more support and keeps winning delegates. From the start, he said: “This campaign is not about me” it’s a chance for voters who’ve been disregarded and discarded to forge a new political revolution that will continue to grow beyond this election and create a true people’s government.

The keepers of the Established Order fear that, and they know that this year’s nomination is still very much up for grabs, so they’re stupidly trying to shove Sanders out before other states vote. But Bernie and the mass movement he’s fostering aren’t about to quit - they’ll organize in every primary still to come, be a major force at the Democratic convention, and keep pushing their ideals and policies in the general election . . . and beyond. That’s what real politics should be - not merely a vacuous campaign to elect a personality, but a momentous democratic movement fighting for the common good. Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author

Illusion of justice continues for victims of sexual abuse After decades of representing victims of sexual abuse, I was convinced that Jerry Sandusky’s arrest at Penn State in 2011 would put to rest the belief that child molesters are slovenly, leering guys wearing dirty raincoats and lurking outside playgrounds. But when word leaked last year that former Republican House speaker J. Dennis Hastert had paid hush money to a high school student he had allegedly sexually abused decades earlier, while he was a high school wrestling coach, the reaction by many in his home town of Yorkville, Ill., in Congress and elsewhere proved that the myth was alive and well. Not Denny Hastert, the beloved coach. Impossible! The enduring fantasy that nice guys don’t molest children provides dangerous cover to perpetrators and engenders abject hopelessness in victims. Hiding behind a facade of kindheartedness, child molesters know they are committing the perfect crime, one that silences

behind the headlines by Paul Mones

most of its victims forever. For those few able to muster the strength to come forward years later, it is not their perpetrator but the law itself that denies them justice. Maryland is a case in point: It gives victims just seven years after their 18th birthdays to file civil lawsuits - a period when few victims are yet able to acknowledge the horrific violation they experienced. Remember, none of Hastert’s victims ever came forward to report him; it was a banking compliance officer who alerted federal officials to him after noticing unusual account activity. As the U.S. attorney in this case noted, by that point the federal and state statutes of limitations regarding the sexualabuse-related offenses had long since expired, making it impos-

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Virtual unreality can’t prepare you for life’s reality by John Schrock

Headlines declare that this spring has seen the breakthrough in “virtual reality” (VR) media. Facebook released the Oculus Rift headset on March 28. Right behind it was the HTC Vive and the SONY PlayStation VR. The hype behind VR is that it creates an “immersive environment” similar to the real world. First pitched in the

Panama the face of massive public protests after he was named in the leak. British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and famous soccer player Lionel Messi have faced significant public scrutiny as well. Notably, few American names have been listed to date. That could change in revelations to come, but it also might not. States like Delaware offer very similar hands-off approaches to regulation that individuals and companies can exploit to hide their business dealings without going overseas. One single address in Wilmington, for example - 1209 North Orange Street - is listed as the headquarters for 285,000 separate businesses exploiting Delaware’s lax laws. Indeed, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have firms registered in that two-story office building.

Abuse sexually abusing the victim to whom he was paying the hush money, but also the tactics he used on other teenagers on his team. One victim, who was 14 at the time, alleged that Hastert told him to get up on a table so he could “loosen him up,” then in the process molested him. If the molester has done his job right, he can count on his victim’s embarrassment, fear and shame to extinguish any thought of reporting the abuse, then or at any time in the future. This trap was perfectly illustrated by Jolene Burdge, the sister of one of Hastert’s victims. She quoted her brother as saying the reason he didn’t tell anyone about the abuse was: “Who is ever going to believe me?” Given the initial reaction of those in Hastert’s home town to the allegations, he was 100 percent correct. Because decades-old sexual abuse cases are infrequently prosecuted, the only real justice for victims of institutional abuse, such as children

1990s - VR was poor quality and an immediate failure. But this new technology has Goldman Sachs predicting the VR industry will become bigger than television in the next 10 years. The new VR systems provide goggles with high definition resolution and a flicker speed far beyond what the human eye can detect. This is combined with movement sensors that detect head tilt and give the wearer the

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In fact, the Tax Justice Network ranks the United States third in the world for financial secrecy, behind only Switzerland and Hong Kong. Panama is No. 13. As the saying goes, behind every great fortune is a great crime. And the Panama Papers provide the tools to begin prosecuting some of the more egregious crimes of tax evasion and corporate irresponsibility. Many countries have already begun to take action on this front, the United States included. Perhaps more importantly, the leak provides an impetus for muchneeded public pressure to fix our rules so they work for everyone - not just the tax-dodging elites and their shady shell corporations. Josh Hoxie is the director of the Project on Opportunity and Taxation at the Institute for Policy Studies

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abused in schools or churches, are civil lawsuits. Considering the immense psychological hurdles a victim has to get over to take action, Maryland - along with New York, New Jersey and many other states has so narrowly drawn its statute of limitations that it effectively excludes untold numbers of victims from ever seeing justice. Passage of Maryland House Bill 1215 and Senate Bill 69, which would give such victims until their 38th birthdays to file a suit, would give them back their voices. Anything less serves to protect perpetrators of sexual abuse and the institutions that failed to supervise them. Hastert’s supporters probably believe the 15-month sentence he received was too harsh, considering his ill health and his career in Congress. But in reality, the coach fared infinitely better than a group of Yorkville High wrestlers whom he wounded for life so many decades ago.

. . . this simulation technology is worse than useless. Besides being orders of magnitude more expensive than genuine learning experiences, it lacks three important properties that real experiences have: true interaction, test-truthfulness, and real consequences.

impression that they are in a real visual environment. Stereo headphones provide directional sound. A person wearing this head mounted display can “look around” and believe they are in an artificial world. More advanced “haptic” systems add the sens-

es of smell and touch, the later through wired gloves or other devices. The goal is to convince the user of their “telexistence” or “telepresence.” So far, all of these expensive headsets also require expensive and specialized personal computers.

The industry hype that these “virtual worlds” possess all of the qualities of real world interactions has not been lost on the educational futurists who can hardly wait to have the first school on their block to brag about having this advanced technology. Unfortunately, this simulation technology is worse than useless. Besides being orders of magnitude more expensive than genuine learn-

ing experiences, it lacks three important properties that real experiences have: true interaction, test-truthfulness, and real consequences. We know this because computer simulations invaded our classrooms as soon as personal computers became commonplace. They all claim to be “interactive.” This was printed on the label of every simulation from eight-inch (See REALITY on page seven)

Senate officially mourns return of Cruz by Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - The United States Senate declared an official day of mourning on Wednesday to mark the impending return of Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to the legislative body. Ordering all flags at the U.S. Capitol to half-staff, the Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, announced the day of mourning in a somber proclamation. “We mark this day with a deep personal sense of loss that will

never completely heal,” he said. To recognize Cruz’s return, which is expected to be imminent, McConnell said that the Senate would suspend all work for the day. “Ordinarily our members would welcome a day off,” he said. “But not for this.” In a rare moment of consensus for this bitterly divided chamber, both Republicans and Democrats expressed their sorrow, but the news of Cruz’s return seemed to cut the deepest among Republicans, many of whom now regret their decision not to endorse the Texas senator for President.

Town Hall sands of jobs to be shipped to Mexico and elsewhere. Our own politicians did more to destroy Detroit than any terrorist group could have hoped for. Secondly, claims of a “no-go zone” in Dearborn, Mich., (that’s practically Detroit) were made by self-proclaimed terrorism export Steve Emerson on Fox News, who also made similar claims about several European cities. British Prime Minister David Cameron described Emerson as “a complete idiot” and Emerson later retracted his comments. But it remains a “fact” because it was said on Fox News. The only thing in greater abundance than misinformation at a Huelskamp town hall is the level of hypocrisy.

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has he been able to convert fame and outrage into votes without even a moment of apprenticeship in public service? One reason is the anger in a large segment of the Republican Party that has been stoked by its leaders. You might say they have now lost control of the beast they were feeding. There is also the utter contempt toward government that their ideology encouraged. Trump has played on the fragility of our media system, which, in its search for ratings, can’t get enough of him, and on Paul Mones is a Los Angeles lawyer who represents vic- a pervasive pain among tims of sexual abuse the many who have been

“If that SOB had somehow been elected President, we would have only had to see him one day a year, at the State of the Union,” Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said. “I should have done everything in my power to make that happen. And now it’s too damn late.” “We have to respect the will of the voters, but they didn’t think about the devastating effect this would have on us,” the usually stoic McConnell said, his voice quavering. “There’s a real human cost to this.” Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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Surprisingly, Huelskamp made no mention this time around of his desire to repeal Obamacare. Perhaps that’s because he has health insurance coverage through Obamacare. The beauty of this is that it provides Huelskamp the opportunity to be twice the victim first as a citizen “forced” to purchase coverage through the Marketplace and secondly as a citizen who would be forced off Obamacare should Republicans ever be successful in repealing it. That hypocrisy becomes even more evident as Huelskamp complains that the reason we can’t balance the budget, eliminate the threat of ISIS, audit the Department of Defense, protect our bor-

ders or paint a huge smiley face on the moon is because “this administration isn’t providing leadership.” Say what? Obama is to blame because he isn’t doing more to circumvent Republicans in Congress who pledged nearly eight years ago not to cooperate with him in any manner and, to date, have held true to that promise? And when Obama does attempt to bypass a gridlocked Congress, Republicans refer to him as a “dictator” and “tyrant.” Huelskamp has called Obama an ‘imperial presidency” and accused him of making “dictates from a King.” For Obama, it’s damned if you do and damned if you don’t. And both fit

neatly into Tim’s political playbook. Huelskamp is a political eunuch who likes to boast about what he would like to do if he only could. He finds security by tapping into the issues which play well with his constituents - guns, Planned Parenthood, gay marriage and government regulations. Huelskamp likes to suggest he’s not just another politician when, in reality, he is nothing more than a political opportunist whose only accomplishment is throwing an occasional tantrum and telling us how bad things are. For most of his constituency, that’s apparently good enough. Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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cast aside by our economy. They had been ignored by elites of all kinds. Trump is what passes for “populism” now, but celebrity populism is a strange creature. Consider the case of Tom Brady, the masterly quarterback of my beloved New England Patriots and another sports celebrity who has spoken kindly of Trump. In a court ruling against him in the “Deflategate” case, Brady learned that neither wealth nor celebrity nor talent protects him in a National Football League system that, in the view of two of three Court of Appeals judges, confers

almost unlimited power to management over labor. Yes, at that moment, Brady learned he was labor. “Welcome to the working class, Tom,” wrote Boston Herald sports columnist Ron Borges. I don’t know if this controversy will alter Brady’s politics. But it was a reminder of how structural realities that rarely get much television time - collective bargaining agreements, judicial decisions, ownership rights and the raw distribution of power - will not be swept away simply because a man who has mastered old and new me-

dia alike has succeeded so brilliantly in casting himself as the avenger for the dispossessed. Still, a phony celebrity populism plays well on television at a time when politics and governing are regularly trashed by those who claim both as their calling. Politicians who don’t want to play their assigned roles make it easy for a role-player to look like the real thing and for a billionaire who flies around on his own plane to look like a populist. E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a political commentator and longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post

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What they found was troubling - and huge. Men who weren’t “primed” with the question about spousal income preferred Clinton over Trump, 49 percent to 33 percent. But those who were primed with the income question, reminding them about the upending of traditional gender roles, favored Trump over Clinton, 50 to 42 percent - a 24-point shift. Removing any doubt that the issue is gender: The same experiment pro-

duced almost no shift in a hypothetical matchup between Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The priming of voters with the gender-role question caused women to support Clinton even more strongly, by an extra 12 percentage points. But this didn’t offset the losses the experiment caused Clinton among men. Overall, she lost eight percentage points when voters were reminded about changing gender roles. What this shows, and what Trump apparently

Reality floppy discs to current thumb drives and cloudbased media. But the “interaction” of typing a keyboard or clicking a mouse to crossbreed fruit flies is nothing like actually handling the real flies (and having most of them drown in banana culture). And while we may lift our kids into the “seat” of a video-arcade “racing car,” we certainly know not to accept this performance as readiness to drive a real car.

recognizes, is that the gender gap cuts both ways. Trump has already lost the votes of liberal and moderate women (and of liberal men, who, like women, tended to be even more pro-Clinton when they were primed with the gender-role question). Playing the man card appealing to a male sense of feeling threatened by changing gender roles - can help Trump boost turnout among conservative and evangelical Christian men, while peel-

ing off some support from non-white men and older, anti-feminist women. The gender gap “probably hurts him more than it helps him, but it’s close,” Cassino told me. “I don’t think it’s a big loser in the general election.” Cassino (who made waves a few years ago with a study showing that news outlets such as Fox News and MSNBC had a negative effect on viewers’ knowledge of current events) sees the man card as an extension of the implicit theme that has

worked for Trump so far. “It says white men used to run everything and now we don’t and it’s terrible,” he said. “We were focusing on the ‘white’ part before, and now we’re focusing on the ‘men’ part. It’s all the same appeal.” After the presidency of an African American exposed more latent racism in “post-racial” America than many thought existed, the presidential nomination of a woman will bring out latent sexism. So the next time you hear Trump talking about

how Clinton would get only five percent of the vote if she were a man, or about the blood coming out of Megyn Kelly’s “wherever,” or how both Clinton and Carly Fiorina give him headaches, or about the pain caused him by Clinton’s “shouting” even though “you can’t say that about a woman,” consider this: Trump isn’t boorish and bumbling. He is coldly calculating. Dana Milbank is a Washington Post staff writer and author

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Only the real world provides “test truthfulness.” Cross a hundred generations of fruit flies with dominant and recessive traits in simulation and the 3-to-1 ratio comes out textbook perfect. Not so in the real world. The value of real labs and other real experiences is that there is variation from the norm. Sure you can “program in” the variation; but the students’ know that variation was

scripted as well. The real world is not scripted. “Real consequences” are vital to learning in the real world. Even the student who flunks out of high school is careful to drive on the right side of the road. Why? To not stay in the lane is to face the real consequences of crashing. Get “killed” in a videogame or VR simulation and you just quit and walk away. We can blindfold stu-

dents for a day and tell them that this is what it is like to be blind. But it is not! At the end of the day the student can remove the blindfold. The blind person cannot. Woody Allen once said: “I hate reality, but it’s still the best place to get a good steak.” Reality is also the best place to get a good education. John Schrock trains biology teachers and lives in Emporia

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Low maintenance doesn’t mean you must sacrifice beauty by Melinda Myers

Grow a beautiful flower garden with minimal care by investing a bit of time at the start of the season to reduce on-going care. Always match flowers to the growing conditions and the care you are willing to provide. Low maintenance plants need minimal or no deadheading and staking. This means you’ll be growing good-looking plants with little effort on your part. And if the plants are suited to the growing conditions and resistant to common pests you’ll be doing less work managing insect and disease problems. Further reduce your workload by selecting self cleaning or free flowering annuals and perennials and those bred for long bloom and compact growth. You’ll enjoy more colorful flowers with less pruning and grooming. Ageratum, angelonia, calibrochoa and many of

May lawn care

Fertilize with a slowrelease fertilizer if you water your lawn or if you receive enough rainfall that your turf normally doesn’t go drought-dormant during the summer. If there are broadleaf weeds, spot treat with a spray or use a fertilizer that includes a weed killer. Rain or irrigation within 24 hours of application will reduce effectiveness of the weed killer, but the fertilizer needs to be watered in.

the newer petunia cultivars are just a few of the annuals that do not need regular deadheading for continual bloom. Include perennials like willow amsonia, bugbane, Solomon seal, turtlehead and sedum autumn joy for lower maintenance and big results. Prepare the soil and provide proper fertilization before planting. Work several inches of compost or other organic matter into the top 8-12 inches of soil to improve drainage and water holding ability. Incorporate a low nitrogen organic fertilizer like Milorganite (milorganite. com) at the same time. The slow release formulation provides needed nutrients throughout most if not all of the season. Plus, it promotes slow steady growth that won’t interfere with flowering, is less susceptible to pests and is more drought tolerant. Properly space the plants, making sure they have sufficient room

to reach their full size. Overcrowding means you will be thinning or dividing plants more often or battling disease problems instead of enjoying the full beauty the plants provide. Consider removing flowers on annuals at planting. This allows plants to focus energy on establishing roots instead of flowers. Can’t bear to do this? Then remove the flowers on every other plant or every other row. Then a week or two later remove the flowers on the remaining plants. You will soon be rewarded with full compact plants that will produce more flowers throughout the season. Pinch back long and leggy transplants. Use a hard pinch to remove the tip and several inches of stem. Use your pruners or fingers to remove stems just above a set of leaves. The remaining plant will still look good while you wait for new leaves and stems to grow and pro-

Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ and Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’ make a nice combination, adding plenty of color to the garden.

duce new blooms. Encourage branching on single stemmed plants with a soft pinch. Remove just the uppermost portion of the stem where the leaves and tip are starting to develop. Soon you will have a well branched plant and more blossoms. Improve plant posture and reduce the need for staking with early season pruning. Keep mums and asters compact by pinching them back to six inches throughout June to encourage compact growth. Eliminate floppy growth and the need for staking on late bloomers like Boltonia, Autumn Joy

sedum, Russian sage and Heliopsis. Revive catmint and perennial salvia that flop open in the center with pruning. Cut flopping plants back halfway once or twice a season as needed. And don’t forget to mulch. Covering the soil surface with an inch or two of shredded leaves, evergreen needles/pine straw or other organic material will conserve moisture, suppress weeds and improve the soil as they decompose. Always water new plantings often enough to keep the top few inches of soil moist. Once estab-

lished water thoroughly and only as needed. This encourages drought tolerant roots, so you’ll need to do less watering in the future. With proper planning, plant selection and soil preparation you can keep your ongoing care to a minimum. That means more time to relax and enjoy your beautiful garden. Melinda Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture experience and has written over 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening and the Midwest Gardener’s Handbook. She is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds and Blooms magazine

About the Steele Home

The Steele home is 30x30 feet with a shedroof porch that covers the west stoop. A central brick chimney that is visible in historical images no longer exists. A stone foundation supports yellow-white limestone walls. What makes the exterior construction unique is the two rows of smooth-cut limestone, one level of rough-cut, contrasting stone, topped by two more levels of smooth-cut stones and one more level of rough-cut contrasting stones. Photographs show a lattice-work, vine-covered trellis located a few yards west of the house which existed at the time the Steeles lived in the house and until at least the early 1930s. The seven-room house features five rooms on the upper-level (a parlor and family living area on the west side, each with a separate front door from the west, two bedrooms on the east side with a walk-in, windowed pantry between them). The two lower-level rooms include a summer kitchen (east side) and

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Eliza’s work area on the west side. Interior finishes are simple and consistent throughout the home. The interior walls of the upper level consist of plaster and single-beaded board wainscoting. The floors are wood. Spring House A crude, stone structure was built over a still-active natural spring located about 30 feet north of the main house. Also called the milk house, the exact date of construction is unknown. It measures about eight feet square and is six feet high at the front. Pond and Bench A small, decorate manmade pond is situated about 30 feet northeast and downhill from the spring house. It was built in 1934 by Bond Halel, park superintendent. He was likely aided in building the rock garden and pond by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as part of other park improvements they made incident to repairing the dam in 1934.

These historical photos show the elaborate rock work and manicured flower garden that made the Steele Home a showcase during the early 1900s. Even after Eliza Steele’s death, the area was maintained by local clubs for awhile.

Huelskamp again takes aim at debt, national security

Federal government spending and national security were familiar themes echoed by Congressman Tim Huelskamp during a town hall meeting in Scott City. The First District Congressman took aim at the federal deficit, lack of control over the nation’s borders and problems within the Veterans Administration when addressing about a dozen people on Monday morning. Huelskamp said that the deficit will reach $20 trillion in March of 2017. “It will eat our lunch,” noted Huelskamp. “What can we do?” “In the House, you have to learn to say no,” suggested Rex Grothusen, Scott City. Huelskamp noted that the situation would be worse if not for low interest rates which limited interest payments to $250 billion last year. He also said that much of the borrowing is in five-year notes “which makes us susceptible to interest rate fluctuations.” The Congressman blamed both parties for being unable to agree on ways to cut spending. “The Democrats have their programs they want to protect and the

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Republicans have their programs they want to protect. At the end, both sides agree not to cut the other’s spending,” he says. “We can’t even agree on a plan to cut $30 billion.” Rod Hogg, Scott City, said that taxpayers are also to blame. “We want the government to do more for us Congressman Tim Huelskamp speaks to a small gathering during his and then we complain town hall meeting in Scott City. (Record Photo) about what the government does,” he said. slipping into the U.S. with about?” asked O’Dell. to military veterans with the influx of Syrian refu“Detroit is one of those passage of the Veterans National Security gees and the U.S. isn’t cities,” Grothusen said. Access, Choice, and Huelskamp also took adequately screening Accountability Act. This aim at refugees entering these individuals. Defense Spending allows veterans to seek the country and the lack “Last year we accepted O’Dell also quizzed medical care at their of border security. about one million asylum Huelskamp about what local hospital when they He said “sanctuary cit- seekers,” said Huelskamp. he’s doing to monitor are located more than 40 ies” - a name given to “They are fleeing defense spending. She miles from the nearest cities which are home to (Syrian President Bashar said there are numer- Veterans Administration many illegal immigrants al-) Assad,” said Nancy ous examples of the medical facility. - need to be held account- O’Dell, Scott City. “We Department of Defense Since its passage in able. He says those cities need to show some com- (DOD) overspending for 2014, he says veterans should be denied finan- passion.” supplies and its weapons in the First District have cial assistance for those “If you want to put systems. made more than 4,200 programs that aid illegal Syria back together you “Do you ever audit the medical appointments immigrants. Huelskamp don’t put them in Kansas military?” she asked. with their local health says San Francisco is one or Scott City,” replied “We should,” said care providers. of these sanctuary cities Huelskamp. “You put Huelskamp, “but the “Paperwork is still a to which a majority of them in Turkey so they DOD can’t be audited. problem,” he says. “The the House voted to deny can return home. They get $700 billion a VA still wants to control federal assistance, but the “We have to secure our year and we should know everything.” bill didn’t get the needed border and protect us.” how it’s being spent. That He also noted that the 60 votes in the Senate. “There are places in will take administrative Lesser Prairie Chicken Huelskamp also com- our own country where leadership.” has been removed from plained that President police can’t go,” said the endangered species Obama hasn’t offered Grothusen. “How can you Medical Care for Vets list, but that Congress was a foreign policy plan to have places like that in Huelskamp says prog- unable to get enough votes confront ISIS. He claimed our own country?” ress has been made in to overturn the Waters of that ISIS supporters are “Where are you talking providing medical care the US (WOTUS) Act.

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the cuts and that it doesn’t have to be across the board.” When those cuts are being made, they wouldn’t apply evenly across higher education. The bill says Kansas Board of Regents universities will take cuts proportionally based on the size of their total budgets, so the biggest schools - the University of Kansas and Kansas State University - get deeper cuts. “You are punishing KU and K-State for being big research institutions, and you are using the money that they bring to the state against them,” said Sen. Laura Kelly (D-Topeka). In both chambers, the bill took hits for not fixing what some see as the underlying problem: tax cuts that have caused financial instability. “We haven’t done anything to stop the bleeding yet. We’re just going to continue to bleed and bleed and bleed. This budget isn’t going to be any better than next year’s,” said Rep. Sydney Carlin, a Manhattan Democrat. Andover Republican Sen. Ty Masterson countered, saying legislators are tackling the state’s challenges while reducing the footprint of government rather than increasing taxes. “I contend we do tax our people enough,” said Masterson.

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2 area students eligible for degrees from KU

SCES students discover they can

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Program emphasizes exercise, nutrition Youngsters at Scott City Elementary School didn’t wait until spring to get into an exercise routine. For nearly two months the students met twice a week as part of the G.O.F.A.R. (Go Out For A Run) fitness program which culminated on Saturday with a 5k run at Patton Park. “It’s more than just an exercise program,” says Scott City Elementary School teacher Teresa Goebel, who organized the project along with fellow teacher Jessica Berry. “Each day there’s a new lesson on character building - using good judgement, being considerate of others, setting goals things like that.” In addition, the participants learn about nutrition with an emphasis on eating healthy snacks. Of course, running was a big part of the preparation that began on March 7. The goal was to run a 5k (3.1 miles) at the end of the program. “This is a national program that’s designed to

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Two former Scott Community High School students have completed degree requirements and are eligible to participate in spring commencement at the University of Kansas on Sun. May 15. Kaleb Roemer has earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical studies and Ethan Gechter will receive a doctor of physical therapy degree. Degrees are officially conferred in June. More than 4,500 of the members of the Class of 2016 are expected to participate. Faculty and candidates for degrees will assemble at 10:00 a.m. along Memorial Drive for the procession which begins at 10:30 a.m. Commencement information and an up-to-date schedule of events are available at commencement.ku.edu.

(Top photo) Participating in a mock run in preparation for their 5k on April 30 were (from left) Darby Hawkins, Maggie Hineman, Sage Kite and Adan Tarango. The adult joining them is Edith Tarango. (Above) Yulexis Robles shows he has plenty of energy for a 5k while being joined by Kayden Holstein (left) and Paula Vulgamore. (Record Photos)

bring kids together three or four times a week for 10 weeks. We modified it,” Goebel says. The approximately 40 students in grades K-12

eased into the workout with a routine that rotated between two minutes of running and four minutes of walking. On Mondays and Thursdays they would

walk from the elementary school to the soccer fields for their workout where they would be busy with activities and lessons for 1-1/2 hours.

“Through the weeks our workouts would get more difficult as we prepared the kids for the 5k,” said Goebel. (See FAR on page 18)

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For the Record Moody’s again downgrades state’s bond status The Scott County Record

Negative reports tied to tax cuts, raids on KDOT A bond rating service adjusted the outlook Tuesday from stable to negative on Kansas highway revenue bonds after state lawmakers endorsed a deficit-reduction plan making use of $185 million in sales tax revenue

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earmarked for transportation projects. Moody’s Investors Service also shifted the general outlook for the state of Kansas to negative, while holding steady with the Aa2 rating. The service blamed state financial problems caused in part by state income tax reductions, as well as a history of underfunding the state pension plan. “By continuing to

balance its budget with unsustainable nonrecurring resources, including pension underfunding, it is accumulating large and expensive long-term liabilities that it will be paying off for a long time,” the rating agency said. In the budget bill sent by the House and Senate on Monday to Gov. Sam Brownback, a state payment of about $100 million to the Kansas Public

Employees Retirement System would be postponed. It also would pull $185 million from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Brownback, who championed elimination of income tax on owners of 330,000 businesses and a reduction in individual income tax rates that sliced state revenue by hundreds of millions

Planned Parenthood sues Kansas for eliminating Medicaid funding Two Planned Parenthood affiliates filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday over a decision by Kansas to cut off Medicaid reimbursements to the abortion provider that was largely based on allegations lodged against its affiliates in other states. The lawsuit filed by the Planned Parenthood affiliate for Kansas and MidMissouri and another for the St. Louis region came only a day after the state Department of Health and Environment sent a letter to the Kansas and MidMissouri organization that its Medicaid funding would be cut off as of next week. Documents obtained by The Associated Press

through an open records request show that KDHE first informed the affiliate in March that it planned to end its status as a Medicaid provider. The group had the right to challenge the decision and an administrative hearing was held last week, without overturning it. A March 10 letter from a state official cited a dispute over an inspection of a clinic in Overland Park, but also noted allegations lodged against affiliates in Oklahoma and Texas. Federal courts have blocked attempts to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in other states, includ-

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 21, 2016; last published Thurs., May 5, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF: Della I. Heinitz, Deceased Case No. 2016-PR-06 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 TO: The State of Kansas to all persons concerned You are notified that on April 18, 2016, a petition was filed in this Court by Barry B. Heinitz and Dennis Dale Heinitz, heirs, devisees and legatees, and co-executors named in the “Last Will and Testament of Della I. Heinitz,” deceased and dated October 7, 2014, requesting the will filed with the petition be admitted to probate and record; petitioners be appointed as co-executors, without bond; petitioners be granted Letters Testamentary. You are required to file your written defenses to the

petition on or before May 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in the District Court of Scott County, at Scott City, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgement and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after the actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. Berry B. Heinitz, Petitioner Dennis Dale Heinitz, Petitioner Jake W. Brooks Attorney at Law 101 E. Sixth P.O. Box 664 Scott City, Ks 67871 Attorney for Petitioners

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department May 2: An aggravated burglary and theft that occurred on April 29 was reported. May 2: Christopher Hemel was arrested on a warrant.

ing Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Utah. “All of the grounds for the termination for Medicaid are entirely bogus and unfounded,” said Laura McQuade, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is a vocal abortion opponent and the state already has blocked the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliate from receiving about $370,000 a year in federal family planning dollars for nonabortion services. Spokeswoman Cassie Sparks said the state health department has not seen the lawsuit. The

governor’s office did not respond to it, but earlier in the day, spokeswoman Eileen Hawley said Brownback pushed to cut off Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood “to protect the unborn and support a culture of life.” Federal courts have blocked attempts to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in other states, including Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Utah. Kansas is giving several reasons for cutting off the Kansas-Mid Missouri affiliate. The St. Louis affiliate is involved in the lawsuit because it has a Joplin, Missouri, clinic (See FUNDING on page 13)

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 28, 2016; Last published May 12, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the matter of the Estate of JUNE C. SHULER, Deceased Case No. 2016-PR-7 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) TO: THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on April 25, 2016, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in the Court by Judith Winderlin and Sharron L. Brittan, heirs, devisees and legatees, and co-executors named in the “Last Will and Testament of June C. Shul-

er,” deceased. All creditors of the decendent are notified to exhibit their demands agains the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. Judith WInderlin Co- Executor Sharron L. Brittan Co-Executor Jake W. Brooks Attorney At Law P.O. Box 664 101 E. 6th Scott City, Ks 67871 620-872-7204

of dollars annually, has repeatedly turned to the sales tax revenue stream at KDOT to address general revenue shortages. He had recommended the latest KDOT transfer, renewal of a cut to higher education and the delayed contribution to KPERS. The legislation adopted by legislators would delay for one year at least 25 major construction projects intended to address

safety concerns on Kansas highways. Moody’s, of New York City, maintained the Aa2 rating on KDOT’s bond debt of $2.1 billion but revised the outlook from stable to negative because of the state’s heavy reliance on one-time transfers to the general fund. “It’s not at all surprising given the scope and level of transfers,” said (See BOND on page 13)

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 28, 2016; last published Thurs., May 12, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. Unknown Occupant Larry Ribbing Larry G Ribbing Unknown Spouse of Larry G. Ribbing , et al. Defendants Case No. 15cv15 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure Division 0 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Scott, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 15cv15, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auc-

tion and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at 10:00 AM, on 05/24/2016, Scott County Courthouse, the following described real estate located in the County of Scott, State of Kansas, to wit: LOTS ONE (1) AND FOUR (4) IN BLOCK FIFTYEIGHT (58) IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS SHERIFF OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS Respectfully Submitted, By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS #24542 Michael Rupard, KS #26954 Dustin Stiles, KS #25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO. 63141 (314) 991-0255 (314) 567-8006 Email: mrupard@km-law.com Send Court Returns to: Kansas@km-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff

Have questions about the Scott Community Foundation? call 872-3790 or e-mail: julie@scottcf.org

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Bond Michael Johnston, executive director of Economic Lifelines. Economic Lifelines, a coalition of cities, chambers of commerce and industry groups, has been critical of actions by the Brownback administration to divert tax revenue automatically funneled to KDOT for highway maintenance and construction. Steve Swartz, a spokesman for the state transportation department, said the agency had no current

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plans to issue bonds during the fiscal year starting July 1. “While the change in outlook is a trend we don’t want to continue, there is no impact on KDOT’s cash flow or projects,” Swartz said. KDOT previously acknowledged more than $1.4 billion has been moved over to the state general fund since Brownback took office in 2011. The rating service said

Funding that sees a few Kansas Medicaid participants. The lawsuit was filed in the federal district court for Kansas against Susan Mosier, the health department’s secretary. Attorneys also filed the lawsuit for a doctor and four nurses who work for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and MidMissouri; six nurses and nurse-midwives who formerly worked for the affiliates and three unnamed Kansas patients. The medical personnel also were cut off from the Medicaid program. The health department official’s March 10 letter cited videos secretly recorded and released last year by an anti-abortion group that show Planned Parenthood officials else-

the negative outlook on Kansas highway revenue bonds “reflects the downward pressure on the state’s general credit quality.” KDOT issued a staterecord $400 million in bonds in December as part of the $7.8 billion T-Works highway program. The move took advantage of a temporary law allowing KDOT to borrow more than 18 percent of the agency’s annual highway revenue.

A Fitch ratings service report predicted in November the state’s decision to borrow at an unexpectedly higher level was linked to the “state’s plan to transfer additional funds to the state’s general fund” in response to cash shortages. After Kansas reduced anticipated revenue in April by more than $220 million through June 2017, Standard & Poor’s placed the state’s AA rating on its watch list for a possible downgrade.

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where talking about the handling of fetal tissues. The letter said KansasMid-Missouri organization is affiliated with the national one and “abides by the medical and operational standards of the national organization.” National Planned Parenthood officials contend the videos were selectively edited as part of a smear campaign, and the lawsuit calls them “discredited.” Brownback last year directed the state Board of Healing Arts to investigate whether commercial fetal tissue sales were occurring in Kansas, then accused Planned Parenthood publicly of “trafficking” in “baby body parts.” The Kansas-Mid Missouri affiliate doesn’t

have a program for legal fetal tissue donations, and an attorney for the Kansas medical board said in a January letter that no action would be taken. Two anti-abortion activists involved in the videos have been indicted on criminal charges in Texas. Planned Parenthood has clinics in Overland Park and Wichita. The Overland Park clinic performs abortions, but the group has said Medicaid funds only cover services such as health exams, family planning services, and breast and cervical cancer screenings and treatment. The lawsuit said the Kansas and Mid-Missouri affiliate serves between 450 and 500 Kansas Medicaid patients. The group has said it received

about $61,000 in reimbursements for the state fiscal year ending with June 2015. The March 10 letter also cited concerns about Medicaid claims and overbilling raised publicly in November by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, another anti-abortion Republican. Oklahoma plans to cut off Medicaid funds to two Planned Parenthood affiliates June 29. Also, according to last month’s letter, the Overland Park clinic refused in December to let the department complete an inspection of its handling of solid waste. But the letter acknowledged that Planned Parenthood cited concerns about patients’privacy. Sparks said the inspection was completed in January.

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Location: Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building at the fairgrounds, north edge of Scott City Louise Crist and The Late Wilford Crist - Owners Antique furniture Oak rocker Oak round glass china hutch Oak hutch with drop front secretary Oak straight chairs Oak padded rocking chair Settee Furniture Several end tables and coffee table, oak Book shelves Brown glider rocker 7-drawer desk Cream and blue divan with matching loveseat Lane rose color recliner Sofa table Blue and pink floral divan with matching loveseat (2) Blue Queen Ann chairs Lazboy reclining loveseat Oak curio cabinet Burgundy

recliner Dusty rose occasional chair Oak writing desk, makes into a dining table Oak dining table with claw feet, 4-matching chairs and matching china hutch (very nice) Blue glider loveseat Oak dresser with top hutch Armoire Small chest type deep freezer Antique and Collectibles (2) Oak kitchen clocks and mantle clock Several oil lamps Oak 3-leg organ stool Blue depression glass Buddy L doll Crock jar Small wooden sewing chest Goofus glass Carnival glass Slag glass Crock milk pitcher

Berry set Old jars “City Dairy” milk bottlers Sad irons Old razor sharpener Copper wash boiler Cream cans Old camel back trunk Precious Moments figurines Old story books Jewelry American Fostoria Pink Depression glass Tea pots Pressed glass Banjo wall clock German bowls Barbed wire Cast iron toy trucks and tractor Tin windup car D&M Co. RR lock Coffee grinder Oil paintings by Crist and Daniels Many other items Household Items Singer feather weight sewing

machine Bedding and towels Small kitchen appliances Kitchen utensils Pots and pans Flatware Tupperware Dressing mirrors Table lamps Card table and chairs Christmas decorations Utility cabinets Silver trays and serving pieces Kirby vacuum sweeper Stemware Several shelving units Garage Items Shovels, rakes, hoes, etc. Wheel barrow BB guns Campbell Hausfield air compressor BBQ grill Homelight chain saw Leaf blower Other items

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

Pastime at Park Lane The First Baptist Church led Sunday church services. Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Wanda Kirk, Lynda Burnett, Hugh McDaniel, Joy Barnett, Mandy Barnett, Gary Goodman, Madeline Murphy and Janet Goodman. Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening. Pastor Bob Artz led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Doris Riner and Elsie Nagel led the hymns. Russel and Mary Webster led Bible class on Tuesday evening. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning. Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon. Helpers were Madeline Murphy and Barbara Dickhut.

Piano students perform recital

Ann Hawkins and her piano students hosted a recital at Park Lane on Saturday afternoon. Students who performed were Maile Depperschmidt, Carter Gooden, Dexter Gooden, Tanner Gooden, Kalo Hineman, Abbigail Prochnow, Bethany Prochnow, Annie Talbert, Landon Trout and Megan Trout. Ann and her students furnished and served refreshments afterwards.

May baskets for residents

CWF members from the First Christian Chruch delivered May baskets to each resident on Saturday afternoon. Several residents played pitch on Wednesday evening. Ladies received manicures on Thursday morning. Residents planted flowers in the rolling flower planter on Thursday afternoon. Residents played trivia on Thursday evening. Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday

morning. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon. Chet Quance sang a variety of folk songs, show tunes and country songs on Friday. Thanks to local 4-Hers who made the May basket centerpieces for the dining room tables. Jim Jeffery was visited by Libbie Joles.

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Dottie Fouquet was visited by Mark Fouquet, Jon and Anne Crane, and Jim Porter from Oakley. Delores Brooks was visited by Nancy Holt, Florence Daubert, Charles Brooks, Fritzie Rauch and Cheryl Perry. Carol McKinney was visited by Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser. Yvonne Spangler was visited by Yvette Mills and Fritzie Rauch. LaVera King was visited by Shellie Carter, Carol Latham, Gloria Gough and Stelie Contos. Ardis Rose was visited by Terry and Sue Rose, Dr. Christian Cupp, Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms. Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton. Mike Leach and James Still were visited by Rev. Don Martin. Arlene Beaton was visited by Linda Savolt and Nancy Holt.

Deaths

Corrine Dean was visited by Nancy Holt, Dianna Howard, Aaron and Mandy Kropp, Damian Ortiz and Fritzie Rauch. Darlene Richman was visited by Phebe Unruh. Loretta Gorman was visited by Velda Riddiough, Orville and Marcine Gorman, Charlene Becht, Chuck and Barb Brobst, Jane McBroom and Fritzie Rauch. Nella Funk was visited by Sharon Powers, Nancy Holt, Damian Ortiz, Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms. Lowell Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler, Tom and Kathy Moore, and Rev. Don Martin. Bonnie Pickett was visited by Larry and Philene Pickett and Gloria Wright. Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock, Kai Wilkerson and Sage, and Spenser Beaton.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Rodney Mohler, Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser. Jeanie Rowton was visited by Phil and Susan Escareno, Beau Harkness, Becky Rowton and Clyde, Chuck Rowton, Nancy Holt; Fred and Betty Wilken from Derby; Pam Turner, and Samantha and Evan Heili. Albert Dean was visited by Nancy Holt, Mary Lou Oeser, Karen Harms, Kent Geist and Dr. Lightner. Pat Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler, Margie Stevens and Amanda Dearden. Edith Donecker was visited by Sue Rogers, Nancy Holt; Nicole, Kallyn and Keller Turner; and Debbie Drohman. Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk and Janet Ottaway, Hays.

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Sheryl Lyn ‘Sheri’ Gerstberger

Joan MacDonnell

Sheryl Lyn “Sheri” Gerstberger, 65, died April 30, 2016, in Florissant, Colo. S h e was born March 7, 1951, in Oberlin, the daughter of Sheri Gerstberger John and Vivian (Vickers) Wade. Sheryl was a farm wife and had been a Leoti resident since 1990. She completed several years of college, majoring in art education and veterinary technology. On June 30, 1974, she married Bill Gerstberger, Jr., in Hoxie. He survives. Other survivors include: three children, Jarrod William Gerstberger and wife, Amy, Amarillo, Tex., Jennifer Dawn Dur-

Joan MacDonnell, 90, died May 2, 2016, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City. S h e was born April 5, 1926, in Birmingh a m , E n g land, the Joan MacDonnell daughter of Edward Arthur and Lilith Lister. A resident of Scott City since 1999, moving from Colorado Springs, Colo., she was a retired secretary. Joan was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City. On Jan. 5, 1952, she married Thomas A. MacDonnell in Allston, Mass. He died May 23, 1984. Survivors include: one son, Richard MacDonnell, and wife Maureen, Colo-

ham, and husband, Jeremy, Goddard, and Joshua Wade Gerstberger, Thornton, Colo.; her mother, Vivian, Colby; four siblings, Marilyn Hoover and husband, Ed, Sandia Park, N.M., Sally Kistler, and husband, Steve, Colby, LeAnn Wade, Florissant, Colo., and MaryAlice Wade, Ellis; and four grandchildren. Her father preceded her in death. Funeral service was held May 5 at the United Methodist Church, Leoti, with Revs. Brad Kirk and Blake Burkett officiating. Burial was in the Leoti Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Sheri Gerstberger Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, Box 161, Leoti, Ks. 67861.

Thelma E. Branine Thelma E. Branine, 98, died May 3, 2016, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City. She was born Aug. 13, 1917, in Carman, Ill., the daughter of Cleveland and Nellie Bollander Polson. A resident of Scott City since July of 2013, moving from Pueblo, Colo., she was a farm wife and Avon representative. Thelma was a member of the United Methodist Church, Holly, Colo. On Nov. 1, 1933, she married Haysler Allen Branine in Syracuse. Survivors incldue: one son, Allen Branine, and wife, Jackie, Manitou Springs, Colo.; three daughters, Linda Wilson, and husband, Bob, Pueblo, Colo., Sue Eddy and husband, Randy, Thornton, Colo., and Nikki Cooper and husband, Bob, Scott City; one daughter-

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in-law, Albina Branine, Pueblo, Colo.; one sister, Nadine O’Connor, Austin, Tex.; 18 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons, Wayne and Terry; one brother, three sisters, one grandson and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Fri., May 6, 10:00 a.m., at First Christian Church, Scott City, with Pastors Steve Payne and Scott Wagner officiating. Interment will be at the Syracuse Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. Memorials are suggested to Park Lane Nursing Home or Cooper’s Cause in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington Street, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

rado Springs; one daughter, Connie MacDonnell, Scott City; one brother, Christ Lister, England; two sisters, Margaret Ball, England, and Mary Flower, England; nine grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons, Peter MacDonnell and Todd MacDonnell; and one sister, Barbara. Funeral service will be Mon., May 9, 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City, with Fr. Bernard Felix officiating. Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph Catholic Church or Wounded Warriors Family Support Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks 67871.

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Steele Department of Wildlife and Parks. Together, they assembled the history and put together the documents needed to make a proposal to the state. A 2-Year Process “You have to explain why the site should be considered and the architectural or historical significance,” said Snyder of the process that began about two years ago. Once the application process had been initiated, representatives with the state historical society also visited the site to determine if it merited consideration. Snyder said he had been in contact with the KDWPT throughout the process and they were very supportive of his efforts. A Unique Structure Even with his background of local history, Snyder says he discovered some new information about the Steele home. “The house is not typical of the 1890s. During

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that time you saw a lot of people living out of soddies or dugouts,” he notes. “And it’s one of the few houses in this area at the time built from native stone.” The stacked limestone, with the changing layers of stone, are another very unique feature incorporated by Herbert. And having a home built into a hillside where the front door is on one level and the back door at another level is another unusual architectural design. Only two other homes in the state built in that era share a similar design. One was built in Waubaunsee County (which is in crumbling condition) and the other in Atchison County. The only original feature missing on the Steele Home is the chimney. “I think it’s pretty neat that the home is decorated at Christmas and it’s open to tours,” Snyder says. “It’s a great example of what homes looked like during this time frame.”

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Persecution A program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate people based on their membership in a religious, ethnic, social, or racial group (dictionary.com). “While the year 2014, will go down in history for having the highest level of global persecution of Christians in the modern era, current conditions suggest the worst is yet to come.” This was a quote pulled from an article published in 2015, from Open Door Ministries; an organization that ministers to the persecuted church worldwide. Often we think of Christian persecution as being something that takes place “over there.” Now I want to be clear, what takes place in the United States, at least for now, is inconveniencing at the least and bullying at the most. However, it does some seem like storm may be getting stronger. What is the church to do? Roll over? Fight? I’m going to suggest that we do neither and both. Hang in there with me. “Rolling over” from the world’s perspective is surrender but from Christ’s it’s turning the other cheek (Matthew 5:39). We turn the other cheek not so that they may strike it, rather in the hopes that there might be reconciliation and they may kiss it. In fact, in that same teaching Jesus says to pray for those who persecute you. North Korea has the dubious honor of being the country where Christian persecution is the worst and yet an Open Doors contact states that Christians not only ask that God leads them, they also pray for Kim Jong-Un’s soul. “They don’t pray that God will depose him or get rid of him. They genuinely ask God to save their leader for

the eternal life.” This is not an uncommon sentiment in the nations were the persecution of Christians is brutal and violent. Their prayer is for faithfulness, the conversion of their persecutors, and more salvations. In fact search the New Testament, Paul never prays for the end of persecution, he prays for faithfulness. Now to fight! But again the world’s definition is much different than the Christians. The world would take up arms and “shoot back.” I believe the best way we fight is with Spiritual Warfare (Ephesians 6:10-20). Our enemy is Satan and his dark forces. However we must also acknowledge that this battle is real. It’s hard to read the stories and see the pictures but we must not ignore our brothers and sisters in Christ. Organizations like The Voice of the Martyrs and Open Doors do a fantastic job of educating the church about the parts that are suffering. I emplore you, sign up for their newsletters in order to receive the most accurate and up to date information. We can fight anther way; with our pocket book. Organizations like these go to great lengths to provide basic necessities, Bibles and pastoral training but as we all know those things require funding. The challenge to the church of Scott City is to step up and do something for our brothers and sisters who suffer real persecution abroad. I guess in closing I want to remind you what the writer of Hebrews said, “Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” Hebrews 13:3(NIV).

Pastor Scotty Wagner First Christian Church, Scott City • fccscottcity.org

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

1st United Methodist Church

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 John Lewis, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services, 9:00 a.m. • Fellowship, 10:15 a.m. • Sun. School, 11:00 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.

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

The Scott County Record • Page 16 • Thursday, May 5, 2016

DCF is seeking more Kansas foster families child advocates to con-

Number of children sider becoming foster parin out-of-home ents or supporting those placements tops 6,600 who do during an event Megan Hart Kansas Health Institute

Officials with the Kansas Department for Children and Families urged a room of mostly

Wednesday at the Capitol. Deneen Dryden, who became DCF director of prevention and protection services about three weeks ago, said the state has about 2,700 licensed

We depend on our ‘village’ of people. We work really hard to build relationships with everyone involved. Stephanie Sharp, Kansas foster parent

foster homes but needs more. The goal is to recruit enough Kansas families so that each child immediately has a good match in his or her home community, she said.

As of February, 6,636 children were in outof-home placements in Kansas, according to a report from DCF. That represents a roughly six percent increase from the

Lots of data, little agreement on quality of nursing home care Allison Kite Kansas Health Institute

Margaret Farley’s father fell within five days of entering a Kansas nursing home. He died within seven days of surgery to treat his injuries. Falls like his, Farley said, are one of the biggest dangers that nursing home residents face. They occur when there aren’t enough staff members to care for residents, and they can result in costly, dangerous injuries. “If you don’t have somebody that’s answering that call light or

Part of the concern is that New Directions will compare people with the same diagnosis but won’t take into account differences in the extent of their needs. One person with depression might feel better in four sessions, while another might need as much as a year to recover. Sky Westerlund, executive director Kansas chapter, National Assn. of Social Workers

checking on that person frequently or taking that person to (the) toilet frequently enough, that lack of staff directly results in injuries in a significant number of cases,” said Farley, the former executive director of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, an organization that advocates for quality care in nursing homes.

Over the next 50 years, the number of Kansans 65 and older is expected to more than double, from 415,823 in 2014 to 856,390 in 2064, surpassing the number of children for the first time. As that senior population grows, the cost and quality of long-term care are concerns for the state and the federal government -

as well as nursing home residents and their families. On average, nursing home care costs $60,225 to $65,700 annually in Kansas depending on whether the resident wants a private room. Nationally, average costs range between $80,300 and $91,250, according to Genworth, a long-term care insurance company. Medicaid spent about $5 million on long-term care in Kansas in 2014, making it 49th out of the states and Washington, D.C., for nursing home (See QUALITY on page 18)

Oklahoma company gives hope to Hamilton Co. Hospital Bryan Thompson Kansas Health Institute

A Southwest Kansas hospital on the verge of having to close its doors appears to have a new lease on life, thanks to a recent management contract with an Oklahoma company. The Hamilton County Hospital in Syracuse has been struggling financially for years. This March, Hamilton County Commissioners refused to put any more burden on the county’s taxpayers to support the hospital. Instead, they formed a steering committee to look for other options to preserve access to health care. Local Ford dealer Mark Davis, who served on the committee, said closure seemed imminent because

of the hospital’s financial situation. Davis said his oldest son would like to move back to Syracuse with his wife and new baby. But he’s an airline pilot and is often away from home. “I told him no, you can’t come home if there’s not 24-hour emergency care,” Davis said. “She can’t get up in the middle of the night and have a baby with a 104 temperature that needs to go to an emergency room, and know that maybe there’s a blizzard going on here, or whatever, and that she’s got to get to wherever, Garden City, to see a doctor.” The committee requested proposals from other hospitals in the area. Ron Munyan, chairman of the hospital board, didn’t like the responses they

6,275 children in placements in February 2015 and a 28 percent increase from February 2012. About a third of the children are placed with relatives. Finding foster families prepared to care for teenagers and children with special needs is especial-

(See FOSTER on page 17)

KDHE urges precautions against mixing medicines The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) urges all Kansans to protect themselves from poisoning caused by drugs, including prescription medications. Approximately 75 percent of drug poisoning deaths in Kansas were unintentional in 2014. Taking too much of a prescription drug or mixing drugs, such as prescription painkillers and certain sedatives, can be dangerous. In 2014, prescription painkillers including hydrocodone and oxycodone, contributed to nearly half of all unintentional drug poisoning deaths in Kansas. More than 110,000 Kansans had overlapping prescriptions for both opiates (prescription pain medicine) and benzodiazepines (prescription sedatives). To reduce the risk of poisonings: •Never mix different drugs or take more than prescribed without talking to your doctor first. •Properly dispose of any unused medications. •Do not share your medication with others.

Surgery Close to Home

I believe that 80 to 90 percent of health care can be achieved locally, at a relatively low cost. We’re just not seeing that. Like I said, we’re seeing sometimes 10 to 20 percent utilization of the facilities. Dr. Richard Carter, Carter Professional Care

received. In fact, none of the area hospitals proposed a way to keep the hospital in Syracuse open. “One hospital wanted just to do the clinic and close the hospital. So what happens when somebody needs to go into a bed? Well, you go to Lakin, Johnson or Tribune or Garden City, all right? So that was not too good of an idea,” Munyan said. Munyan said the hospital’s troubles have been building for years. “It didn’t just happen overnight. Years ago, you know, we’ve had some bad CEOs that have came in, and we’ve had some problems keeping good

ly important, said Sharri Black, deputy director of prevention and protection services. Some children in foster care have physical, intellectual or emotional disabilities that not every parent is ready to take on, she said.

doctors, and a lot people are taking their business to Lakin or Johnson or Tribune,” he said. Interim hospital CEO Rob Rawlings told the board at a meeting last month the hospital had barely enough money in the bank to keep paying employees. “We should end the week with about $128,000 in cash,” Rawlings said. “It looks like we can get through, now, it looks like the second week of May, assuming everything stays the same.”

Patients requiring the services of a general surgeon, need not look any further than Scott County Hospital and surgeon Bill Slater.

Dr. Slater and his staﬀ can perform many common surgical procedures including: abdominal hysterectomy, hernia repair, laparoscopic tubals, lesion removals, port-a-cath placement, wound care, and much more. With a referral and after an initial visit with Dr. Slater, patients can generally expect to have their procedure performed within a week.

To the Rescue However, everything (See HOSPITAL on page 17)

Dr. Bill Slater

SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL Leading You To A Healthy Future 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, Ks 67871 • (620) 872-5811

Celebrating The Lives And Contributions Of Our Older Americans Here are some general ideas on how you can help to bring older adults together with others in your community to learn, socialize, and have fun. •Community gardening and/or cooking - identify the activities that bring the generations together. •Dancing - support a fun fitness activity and lifelong recreation. •Educational programs for healthy living - encourage lifelong learning. •Film and photography - celebrate images of healthy aging. •Recreational activities for older adults - encourage active living. •Volunteer recognition - honor older adults who make a difference. Whether you choose to host an event, publish an article, or engage others through social media, by focusing on older adults and important aging issues, you are making a positive impact in the lives of Americans of all ages.

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Hospital is not staying the same due to blind luck or what Davis called “divine intervention.” Either way, Dr. Richard Carter, from Edmond, Okla., happened to be at a hospital in the Oklahoma panhandle a few weeks ago. Someone there mentioned the problems at the Hamilton County Hospital, so Carter boarded his private helicopter and headed for Syracuse. Carter, a family practice doctor, operates Carter Professional Care, which specializes in rescuing ailing rural hospitals. Davis said he and the other steering committee members were as thorough as they could be in checking on Carter’s track record. He came away impressed. “Carter’s group moved into five critical access hospitals, as we are, in Oklahoma. One of them was actually four days away from closing when they first heard about it,” Davis said. “And all of those hospitals that they have taken over management of are still open. Not much better endorsement than that.”

Foster “We need families that are especially able and maybe have experience” with children with disabilities, she said. “Adolescence is a unique group in and of itself anyway.” A Topeka couple recognized at the event said they specifically sought out children with special needs. Stephanie Sharp said she liked working with children with disabilities as a substitute teacher and respite care provider but wanted to do

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Carter said the Hamilton County Hospital has been losing between $80,000 and $110,000 a month - but even at that, it’s still in better shape than some rural hospitals he’s seen. “The average hospital we come into contact with, usually we try to find emergency financing in the tune of about $1.5 million for operating capital just to sustain the operation, the losses they’ve been having, for the next year to year and a half. That’s fairly common,” he said. But Carter is optimistic that his team can put the Hamilton County Hospital back in the black - so much so that he’s signed a 10-year agreement to manage the facility. While he expects to lose money on the operation for the first two or three years, he thinks it will turn around. The key to saving rural hospitals is not to keep cutting services to hold costs down, he said, but to provide quality care close to home. “I believe that 80 to 90 percent of health care can be achieved locally, at a relatively low cost. We’re just not seeing that,”

Carter said. “Like I said, we’re seeing sometimes 10 to 20 percent utilization of the facilities.” Rural residents tend to have higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes but less access to quality medical care, he said. “All of the physicians I know really care about patient care and patient health,” he said. “And as a family practice doctor, you look at, where is that needed the most? And it’s definitely the rural community.” That is a common theme at rural hospitals in Oklahoma, Kansas and across the country, Carter said. “What we’ve seen is that there’s been an evolution towards transferring most patients out, even patients that could be managed at a rural health facility,” he said. “We go in and we recognize what a facility is capable of, what its potential is in patient management, and then we try to help that facility try to achieve its potential in a very quality fashion, and as a result we see utilization of the hospital increase.”

Patients should be transferred to a larger facility when specialty care not available at the local hospital is needed, he said, but once those patients are stabilized they should return to the local hospital. “Beyond a certain number of days after those procedures, they (larger hospitals) will actually be losing money, so they try to find placement where you don’t need acute care, a high level of care, but you need therapists and nurses engaged with you to transition you back to home as quickly as possible,” Carter said. “Why would somebody in our community not want to come back to our hospital in Syracuse if we can provide that service for them, and we can do it at a very high level?” Carter said that’s good financially for the larger hospitals and the rural hospitals, and being closer to family and friends generally is better for the patient, too. With an estimated one-third of all critical access hospitals at risk of closing, it’s likely many people will be watching to see how well this model works.

HaysMed Specialty Clinics in Scott City Scott City Outreach Clinic Schedule Scott City Hospital 201 Albert Avenue - Scott City CARDIOLOGY

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Dr. Mohammed Janif ~ Dr. Rashmi Thapa more to help, so she and her husband Derek Sharp decided to become foster parents about 13 years ago. The two boys they are raising now have been with them for about 10 years, she said. Fostering children with disabilities does have challenges, Stephanie Sharp said, including providing more supervision and coordinating appointments. They benefited from having more training than the average foster family to prepare

them for those challenges and working with support agencies, she said. “We depend on our ‘village’ of people,” she said. “We work really hard to build relationships with everyone involved. We all want what’s best for the kids.” LaDeen Allen, who identified herself as the Sharps’ caseworker with CALM, a child-placing agency in Emporia, said the couple has “remarkable” success with special needs children, who often bounce among

homes because of difficult behaviors. “When they are moved home to home to home, those behaviors are going to get worse,” she said. Derek Sharp said fostering their sons has been a “blessing” to the family, and he urged others to look into fostering or providing supportive services like respite care. “I would encourage anyone who’s remotely interested - find out more. Become involved,” he said.

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Youngsters who have reached 200 to 1,000 book milestones in the Scott County Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” reading program are:

Top readers of the week Riley Zimmerman 200

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Anywhere from five to 10 parents would also participate. “At first, two minutes of running seemed like quite a bit for a lot of the kids,” says Goebel. “We were hearing a lot of ‘Are we done yet?’” By the time they reached the end of the seven week program, many students were able to run the entire 5k. “I think one of the neatest things was seeing how the kids would encourage each other when they saw someone who might be struggling,” says Berry. “That showed the kids were understanding the character building lessons we were talking about.” The only cost for the program was a $20 fee that paid for shirts and water bottles. “All the money went to shirts and racing gear. We volunteered our time,” Goebel says.

Jones, Glenn are elected district officers

On April 25, the Southwest District FFA Banquet was held in Bucklin. Scott City was well represented, with 6 chapter members in attendance. Scott City had two students, Chance Jones and Emily Glenn, who applied to represent the SW District as officers. Both were slated and gave speeches to voting delegates from each school in the district. Jones was elected the 2016-17 District Secretary and Glenn was elected as the District Sentinel. Retiring district officers Trace Mulligan (vice president) and Abe Wiebe (reporter) participated in the opening ceremony and award presentations before they stepped down from their positions. Also in attendance from Scott City were Dallie Metheney and Shea Morris who acted as the voting delegates from the chapter.

Shalyn Radke 500

Avery Eggleston Ammah Haverfield 600 600

Gant Young 600

Rafe Vallejo 900

Avery Eggleston 1,000

4-H Club News

Jayhawkers plan fundraiser

The monthly meeting of the Manning Jayhawkers 4-H Club was held on March 14 at the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building. President Rachel Fisher called the meeting to order. Flag Leader Jace Miller led us in the flag salute and 4-H Pledge. Roll call was called by Secretary Trella Davis. Fifteen members and one leader answered to, “What is your favorite basketball team.” Community Leader Stephanie Fisher told us to check the emails from the Extension office for new and upcoming dates. She announced we need to discuss a fundraiser. The finance committee is to report to the April meeting about different ideas. On the program, Jace Miller talked about his bucket calf project. Cally Cramer, reporter

50-50 raffle to be held during fair

The monthly meeting of the Manning Jayhawkers 4-H Club was held on April 11 at the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building. President Rachel Fisher called the meeting to order. Flag Leader Jace Miller led us in the Flag Salute. Roll call was called by Secretary Trella Davis. “What is your middle name?” was answered by 24 members and one leader. Community Leader Stephanie Fisher told us about small animal weigh-ins. The Scott City Showdown spring show is April 29-30. Camp deadlines are May 4. Treasurer Chance Jones told us the Finance Committee had met and proposed a 50/50 raffle during the fair. We will be selling raffle tickets during the fair for this. On the program, Jacob Fisher talked about the 4-H scavenger hunt. Aidan Frederick talked about the 4-H dog show. Bennett Frederick discussed hockey safety. Jessica West played a saxophone solo to “Russian Pageant.” Matthew West talked about his poultry project. Bennett Frederick led us in the 4-H Pledge. Hosts were the Fisher and Frederick families. Next meeting is May 9, 7:30 p.m., at the 4-H Building. Cally Cramer, reporter

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Sports The Scott County Record

A new standard Wichita County 4x800m relay sets a new mark for regular season competition • Page 26

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Section C • Page 19

Consistency lacking as regional looms

Scott City’s Jess Drohman gets ready to make the final turn in second place during the open 800m at the Garden City Invitational on Tuesday. (Record Photo)

Scott City had a rare opportunity to compete under some pretty good weather conditions on Tuesday and perhaps that’s what added to the disappointment for the SCHS track coaching staff. “The wind affected us some, just like everyone else, but we were still hoping for a little better than we saw,” says head coach Jim Turner. “When you have that many kids competing in varsity and JV divisions, you can always find someone who did well. I was expecting a little better. Regional isn’t that far away and we need to start finding more consistency.” Not that there weren’t some times and distances on which the Beavers could build some momentum during Tuesday’s Garden City Invitational. Jess Drohman (2:02.03) posted a career best with his anchor split in the 4x800m relay. SCHS finished second in 8:28.75, more than five seconds off their fastest time of the season. Drohman (52.32) followed that up with his fastest split this year in the 4x400m relay that finished second in a tough field in a time of 3:30.84 - nearly 1-1/2 seconds faster than their previous best this season. (See CONSISTENCY on page 20)

Wren finally gets the 800m school record Kaden Wren had a singular purpose this season. The Scott City Middle School eighth grader was determined to claim either the 400m

or 800m school record - maybe even both. Most anyone who has seen Wren compete knew it could happen provided the weather

cooperated. Given the uncertainty of the weather so far this spring, it was felt that he may have missed a golden opportunity during the Scott City

Invitational a week ago. Wren didn’t let another opportunity slip away, claiming a gold medal and the school record in the 800m at Great

another Gonzales gem

SC pitcher has complete game shutout of Ulysses

Two hits that didn’t even leave the infield were two of the biggest at-bats for Scott City in Tuesday’s double-header against Ulysses. A pair of slow-rollers led to the game’s first Ulysses 0 7 Scott City 3 0 run and set up a three-run sixth inning during the Beavers’ 3-0 win on the home field in Great West Activities Conference play. Scott City managed just five hits in the game, but was able to collect four of them in the sixth inning to break a scoreless pitching dual. Leadoff batter Justin Faurot got Scott City’s second hit of the game when he beat out a hit that couldn’t be fielded quickly enough by a hard-charging third baseman. The junior stole second base and with one out advanced to third on a wild pitch. Gustavo Gonzales, who was also the starting pitcher, helped his own cause when his infield hit died halfway to third base allowing Faurot to score easily with the game’s first run. Kyle Cure, who had a pair of hits, followed with a line drive single beyond the reach of the shortstop and Chase Rumford’s grounder through the right side of the infield scored Gonzales from second base. The Beavers extended their lead to 3-0 on Aaron Hoopes’ (See SHUTOUT on page 21)

SCHS second baseman Justin Faurot makes the relay throw to first base to complete a double play during the seventh inning of Tuesday’s opener with Ulysses. (Record Photo)

Bend Invitational on Tuesday. Wren’s winning time of 2:08.09 shattered the old mark of 2:09.75 held by Rylan Smith. (See WREN on page 24)

Netters get wake-up call with loss to Wildcats Call it a wake-up call ahead of Saturday’s Class 3A regional tournament. But last week’s loss by Scott City’s No. 1 doubles team was a shocker as Dylan Hutchins and Bo Hess were seemingly at the top of their game prior to the Hoisington tournament. Haven handed the Beavers only their third loss of the season 8-4. “The boys came out flat and had a tough time getting themselves back into the match,” says assistant coach Cheryl Kucharik. “By the time they began playing like they should, it was too late.” The good news is that the loss should have no impact on Scott City’s expected No 1 seed in regional action at Meade on Saturday. Haven also picked up a win over Hoisington which kept the Cardinals from laying claim to a higher seed. “It may turn out to be a good thing,” Kucharik says. “One thing Coach (Steve) Kucharik and I emphasize is that you can’t take anyone lightly this time of the year. If you do, your season can be over. “Maybe this will help us to refocus. Dylan and Bo have an opportunity to have a great weekend at state, but they can’t afford to look past anyone this weekend.” Isaac Evans was second in No. 1 singles and the Beavers claimed second in the team standings with 33 points, behind Hoisington (38).

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Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland

In praise of front porches

Ranking right up there with man’s greatest accomplishments like five-gallon buckets, Ziploc bags and double stuff Oreos has to be the front porch. Call them stoops, decks, verandas or whatever else you please, the front porch is crucial in maintaining life as we know it. I just got back from spending a few days with my brother and his family at their secluded cabin in the middle of the southeastern Ohio woods. A splendid front porch of 50 feet or more spans the entire length of their cabin, suspended 10 feet above the driveway below, and even higher above the gurgling creek beyond. From that front porch the coming day is planned and the completed day is discussed. From it, deer, turkey, pig and mushroom hunts are designed in advance, and successes or failures of each are analyzed later. I believe it to be the premier bird watching platform in the state. From there, innumerable species of song birds are seen and heard as they visit the porches many feeders, and geese and wood ducks call as they fly back and forth through the valley below. Most nights find someone on the front porch well into the darkness listening for the coyote howls that echo eerily through the surrounding hills, and hoping to be serenaded by the several varieties of owls calling the forest home. Besides the usual accumulation of comfy chairs, a barbecue grill and bird feeders, my brother’s front porch offers some very unique but necessary furnishings.

(See PORCHES on page 22)

Consistency (continued from page 19)

Also posting their fastest splits of the season were Adrian Ruelas (53.24) and Wyatt Hayes (53.09) while Drake McRae was just off his best with a 52.16. Along with his performances in both of the relays, Drohman added a silver medal in the 800m (2:06.21) which was 1.24 seconds off his fastest this season. “We really need to see Jess around 2:02 or 2:03 in the open,” says Turner. “The difference is that he’s running a 57 or 58 second (first lap) in the relay, but he’s running 61 (seconds) in the open 800.” Thomas, a freshman, ran with the leaders to open the 4x800m, but faded on the second lap to finish at 2:02.02. “Jack knows what he has to do and he’s willing to push himself. Right now it’s just a matter of being strong enough to go out and stay with the guys at the front,” says distance coach Kevin Reese. McRae Claims Gold The only gold medal for the SCHS boys was provided by McRae in the 300m intermediate hurdles with a time of 41.24.

Scott City senior Josh Becker competes in the 200m at the Garden City Invitational on Tuesday. (Record Photo)

Despite a season best of 15.63 in the 110m high hurdles, the SCHS senior had to settle for a silver. “Even though he won the intermediates, Drake needs to put the hammer down earlier. It looked like he was coasting through the first half of the race,” noted Turner. “I

think he’s going to need someone running beside him down the stretch in order to break 40 (seconds).” Marshal Faurot cleared six-foot in the high jump for a silver medal and added a bronze in the pole vault (12-6). He was also fourth in the high hurdles

(16.05) and fifth in the intermediates (43.42). Thomas had a career best in the 3200m (10:30.99) to finish fourth and shaved another four seconds off his personal best in the 1600m (5th, 4:40.95). The 4x100m relay finished fourth with a season

best of 45.57, but senior Wyatt Kropp may be done for the season. “He has a hip injury and I don’t know if he’ll run again. That may be it for the (4x100m) relay as well,” says Turner. Cooper Griffith added a silver medal in the discus with a toss of 134-6.

PRs earn Nolaso, LeBeau golds at GC Invitational

Scott City thinclads Cami Patton (right) and Dulce Ayala head into the final turn during the 800m at Garden City on Tuesday. They finished third and second, respectively. (Record Photo)

Career bests by sophomores Daniel Nolasco and Conner LeBeau earned each of them gold medals in the junior varsity division at the Garden City Invitational track meet on Tuesday. Nolasco improved on his career best in the shot put by nearly two feet with a toss of 40-3. Nolasco also shattered his previous best in the discus by nearly 14 feet with a toss of 109-0 to claim a bronze medal. LeBeau sliced 1.36 seconds off his previous best in the 3200m to post a winning time of 11:13.77. Freshman Kyle Sherwood had solid performances in the shot put (3rd, 39-5 1/2) and the discus (5th, 99-11). Luis Madrid was a bronze medalist in the high jump with a height of 5-4. SCHS swept three medals in the javaelin, led by Baron Strine (3rd, 119-1), followed by Reid Brunswig with a career best (4th, 118-9) and Jordan Horn (6th, 118-3). The 4x100m relay picked up a bronze medal in 48.75. Relay members were Brunswig, Horn, Nick Nowak and Jaren Berning.

Ayala setting the pace for SCHS relays Season bests were few and far between for the Scott Community High School girls at the Garden City Invitational on Tuesday. Clarissa Ratzlaff was one of the few bright spots with three tosses in the shot put that matched or exceeded her career best. She picked up a bronze medal with a toss of 33 2-1/2 - 19 inches farther than her previous best. Ayala Leads Relays Freshman Dulce Ayala continues to impress in the middle distance events. She posted the fastest split time of 2:38.82 on the 4x800m relay. Scott City collected a silver medal despite being well off their season best. Ayala was only 3/100 of a second off her career best in the 800m (2:36.08) where she finished second. She passed teammate Cami Patton (2:36.73) in the final 10 meters for the silver medal. “I think she had it in her to run even faster,” says head coach Jim Turner. “I asked her if she was unsure whether or not to pass Cami and she said she was. “I told her she can’t hesitate. If she has a chance to pass a team member then that’s what she needs to do,” said Turner. “That’s a freshman.” Ayala (66.12) also had the fastest split on the 4x400m relay that finished fourth in 4:28.51. “Macy (Berning) may have earned herself a spot on the relay,” says Turner after the junior claimed sixth in the open 400m with a time of 66.63.

Shutout sacrifice fly that scored Cure. That was more than enough for Gonzales who pitched a complete game, four-hit shutout. The leadoff batter for the Tigers reached base in the seventh inning, but was quickly erased with a double play. It was only fitting that Gonzales picked up his

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Eikenberry Throws for Gold Lizzy Eikenberry was the only gold medalist among the Lady Beavers with a toss of 110-0 in the javelin. She was joined by teammates Madison Braun (2nd, 104-6) and Kiana Yager (4th, 97-1) who also had a season best. Eikenberry was a bronze medalist in the discus (96.2). Makaela Stevens had a career best in the 3200m (3rd, 12:40.83) by nearly 10 seconds and she was just three seconds off her season best in the 1600m (4th, 5:52.04). Winderlin (62.86) was fourth in the 400m; Cayleigh Ramsey (8-0) was fourth in the pole vault; and Haley Allen (30-10 1/2) was fourth in the triple jump. Jr. Varsity Division The Lady Beavers added a pair of silver medals in the junior varsity division. Trella Davis was second in the 3200m (14:09.28) and Kodi Rogers cleared four-foot in the high jump. Kylee Trout cleared sevenfeet in the pole vault for a bronze medal. Scott City picked up three medals in the triple jump, led by Molly Eikenberry (3rd, 26-11), Alyssa Storm (4th, 25-9) and Alexis Hoeme (6th, 25-5). Ashley Prewit (6:46.66) had a career best in the 1600m to finish sixth. Jera Drohman added a career best in the shot put (25-6 1/2) to finish sixth. The 4x800m relay consisting of Hoeme, Rogers, Prewit and Davis finished fourth in 12:24.07.

With a distance of 30 10-1/2, SCHS junior Haley Allen was a fourth place finisher in the triple jump at the Garden City Invitational on Tuesday. (Record Photo)

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sixth strikeout to end the game. “Gus pitched a nice game and we played good defense behind him,” says head coach David Dirks. Gonzales tossed just 74 pitches and played at a nice tempo which Dirks says helps the defense. “The quick innings help our defense,” he noted.

Gonzales also has an effective mix of pitches which help to keep batters off-balance. But there’s also another weapon in his arsenal - a good move to first. Gonzales picked off three runners at first base in the opener. “Even if he doesn’t get the pick, he’s keeping the runners closer to the bag

which makes it harder to steal and it gives us a better chance at a double play,” noted Dirks. Struggle at Plate Cure and Gonzales were each 2-of-3 at the plate in the opener to account for four of Scott City’s five hits. The Beavers continued to struggle in the night

cap with only three hits. Alex Depperschmidt, Cure and Seth Cardenas had the only hits. “For some reason we’re not swinging at too many pitches down the middle of the plate early in the count and then we’re putting ourselves into a 0-1 or 0-2 hole,” Dirks said. “We’re trying too hard to get the big hit with no

one on base rather than just doing whatever it takes to get on base and maybe start a big inning,” he said. “When we get a hit or a walk we have been doing a better job of moving them around and getting runs. “The challenge is getting runners on base so we can put pressure on the defense.”

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Royals lack discipline at the plate Last season the Kansas City Royals went through some periods when they looked like they were dead in the water, for good. But they by would come Mac back and Stevenson get it going again. Nevertheless, after being shutout the first two games at Seattle, KC was hovering above .500 (1211) with five straight losses and four games behind Chicago in the AL Central. Following the second game against Seattle (April 30), KC was 27th of the 30 teams in MLB in runs scored. That won’t feed the bulldog. Kansas City has had two notable flaws since Hosmer, Gordon, Moustakas, Perez, and others began their careers with the Royals. First and most significant, they swing at too many bad pitches. Secondly, they take way too many first pitches that are right down the middle and then strike out later in the at-bat by swinging at pitches that are well out of the strike zone. Catcher Salvy Perez and shortstop Alcides Escobar are the worst offenders when it comes to swinging at bad pitches. Opponents are well-aware of this weakness and they capitalize on it. Perez is the worst. Escobar is just as bad when he has two strikes against him—he’ll swing at anything. It must be noted, however, that Hosmer and Moustakas are off to stellar starts at the plate, even though they still swing at a number of pitches out of the strike zone. There’s no statistic to prove this, but the claim here is that Kansas City’s hitters swing at more bad pitches than any other team in MLB. And this has been going on for seven or eight years. KC will snap out of this batting slump, but it’s an ongoing and long-term issue that has needed rectifying for a long time. Dale Sveum is in his third year as hitting coach for the Royals. It would be informative to know whether or not he advises his hitters to take the first pitch. When they start scoring runs again, it will be smooth sailing. But KC could be so (See DISCIPLINE on page 23)

Porches A couple empty Pringles cans, now repurposed as arrow holders are fastened to porch posts. There are several bow hunters in the family, so the cans hold the variety of different arrows necessary to cover every possible target, whether it be chipmunks, squirrels or coons’ at the deer feeder along the creek, a simple archery target in the meadow or “Bucky” the deer decoy prominently situated on the hillside below.

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Another feature possibly unique to this front porch is an assortment of tennis and badminton rackets hung from nails on the posts. As temperatures warm, large wood bees and big bumble bees seem to flock to the porch, and nothing zings them across the porch railing like a well placed shot from a badminton racket. When the family’s all present, this “bee batting” quickly turns into a competition. One recent bout pitted Gage, who is

five, against our dad (his greatgrandfather) the patriarch of the whole tribe, who is 90. Around the porch they went after the invading bee, greatgranddad spending most of his time protecting himself from the wild, roundhouse swings of the little one, until someone’s lucky shot hammered the bee. Yes, there’s just something about sitting on a front porch that brings calmness and clarity to the world around us.

Maybe congress should meet on a front porch somewhere (I’m just sayin’!) And I can’t help but think that if world summits were held on someone’s front porch, the world would be a better place for it. Any grievances could be settled on the spot with badminton rackets. Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors (even from your front porch!) Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

Biologists take tissue samples from bass EMPORIA - Fisheries biologists at the Meade Fish Hatchery have been fooling Mother Nature to get largemouth bass to spawn earlier than normal. By controlling water temperature and photo-period (day length), along with other biological factors, hatchery staff are able to create an environment where largemouth bass spawn up to two months earlier than they would in the wild. The fry produced have a huge advantage over naturallyspawned bass because they are large enough to feed on small fish through the spring and summer. By fall, these larger

KDWPT Report bass are more likely to survive their first winter in a Kansas lake. So far, early-spawn bass have been stocked into select Kansas reservoirs where bass are popular with anglers but natural reproduction and normal stocking practices aren’t maintaining good bass populations. To evaluate the success of the early-spawn program, fisheries staff have conducted creel surveys to determine if catch rates have improved. In addition, DNA testing of adult

bass caught in these lakes will tell biologists what percentage of the bass population is made up of early-spawn fish. A unique quality of the early-spawn program is that genetic records kept on the brood fish allow each bass produced to be traced back to the hatchery. KDWPT biologists are working with bass tournament organizers to obtain samples from bass brought to tournament weigh-ins at select lakes. Recently, staff worked with the East Kansas Bassmasters club during a tournament on Hillsdale Reservoir where early-spawn bass have been

stocked since 2012. Fingernailsized clippings from the upper caudal fin were collected from fish at the weigh-in before the bass were released. The tissue samples will be tested to determine if they came from fish produced at the Meade Fish Hatchery. In the past five years, more than 10 million largemouth bass have been produced and stocked through the earlyspawn procedure. The evaluation efforts will help biologists determine the program’s effectiveness in bolstering bass populations, as well as what changes should be made to improve stocking success.

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Garrett Osborn (left) and Nic Cheney hit return shots during Scott City’s junior varsity tennis tournament on Monday.

Discipline much better on offense if the hitters would become more selective of the pitches they try to hit. So far, with few exceptions, KC’s starting pitchers have been highly effective. If this should change, it would cause big problems because the offense isn’t getting it done. Yordano Ventura has been inconsistent with his control, but the others have pitched well.

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But the outlook for long-term effectiveness is worrisome. In addition, none of the pitchers in the minor league system are ready to help. It’s a precarious situation. Big 12 Rumors Rumors continue to circulate that the Big 12 Conference will soon decide whether or not to expand from 10 to 12 teams. One favorable factor for remaining at 10 teams

is never publicized. The uniqueness of 10 teams and a round-robin schedule in both football and basketball. The other so-called major conferences have so many teams that have changed alliances that it’s hard to keep track of who is where. From here it looks like the Big 12 is doing just fine - their distinctive format is a refreshing asset.

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Wren

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“I know how bad he wanted the record, but I wasn’t so sure the opportunity might not have slipped away when he didn’t get a record at our meet,” says head coach Larry Fox. “We’ve been at the mercy of the weather all season and he took advantage of the opportunity this week.” That wasn’t the only record to fall on Tuesday. Sterling Wright collected four gold medals, including a school record of 26.97 in the 200m hurdles. He improved on the record of 27.09 that he had set earlier this season. Wright added wins in the 100m (12.34), long jump (18-3) and was a member of the winning 4x400m relay.

Scott City Middle School seventh grader Claire Rumford takes the baton from Mya Unger in the 4x100m relay at the Scott City Invitational. (Record Photo)

SCMS Track 100m: Isaac Tarango, 3rd, 12.55. 200m: Easton Lorg, 6th, 27.36. 200 Hurdles: Faurot, 4th, 30.68. 400m: Tarango, 2nd, 59.22; Sawyer Stevens, 4th, 60.6; King, 5th, 60.82. 800m: Tarango, 4th, 2:29.77; 1600m: Tarango, 3rd, 5:27.7. 4x100m: Stevens, Josh Rosin, Jeffrey Nix, Dutch Turner, 4th, 57.67. 4x200m: King, Con. Cupp, Roberto Apodaca, Serrano, 5th, 1:58.5. 4x400m: Lorg, King, Blaine Culp, Faurot, 3rd, 4:14.08. 4x800m: Apodaca, Turn7th Grade Boys er, Kevin Serrano, Stevens, Team scores: Hays 123, 1st, 10:37.36. Ulysses 74, Horace Good 68.5, Scott City 67, Liberal 8th Grade Girls West 64, Liberal South 56, Pole Vault: Madison Goodland 37.75, Colby 33, Shapland, 1st, 8-6. Holcomb 2, Kenneth HenTriple Jump: Deb Murray, derson 1.75 5th, 28-08.5. Pole Vault: Loren Faurot, 100m: Shapland, 3rd, 2nd, 8-6. 13.03. Discus: Harrison King, 200m: Shapland, 3rd, 5th, 81-9.5. 28.43. Scott City Invitational April 26, 2016 7th Grade Girls Pole Vault: Abby McDaniel, 1st, 7-0. Long Jump: Judy Weibe, 4th, 12-04.5; Paige Vulgamore, 5th, 12-03.5; McDaniel, 6th, 12-02. Triple Jump: Alli Brunswig, 4th, 26-10. 200m: Judy Weibe, 4th, 30.98. 1600m: Lisa Ivy, 6th, 6:42.63. 4x400m: Weibe, Samantha Castillo, Ivy, McDaniel, 2nd, 4:53.53. 4x800m: Lizette Bejarono, Olivia Wagner, Ivy, Brunswig, 5th, 12:43.94.

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200m Hurdles: Stormy Wells, 3rd, 33:15. 400m: Emily Weathers, 1st, 62.75. 800m: Weathers, 1st, 2:35.92; Jacy Rose, 4th, 2:52.46. 1600m: Piper Wasinger, 4th, 6:15.33; MaKenna Ashmore, 5th, 6:36.21. 3200m: Samantha Aguilar, 3rd, 14:52.65. 4x100m: Murray, Wasinger, Shelby Patton, Shapland, 6th, 57.54. 4x200m: Wells, Ashmore, Amanda Lara, Murray, 6th, 2:07.05. 4x400m: Wasinger, Rose, Patton, Weathers, 1st, 4:35.34. 8th Grade Boys Team scores: Liberal West 170, Scott City 113, Horace Good 80, Ulysses 59.5, Holcomb 53, Colby 28, Hays 26, Liberal South 16, Goodland 6, Kenneth Henderson 6 Pole Vault: Hunter Yager, 3rd, 9-6; Justus McDaniel, 5th, 9-6. Discus: Cale Goodman,

1st, 124-3; Caleb VanDegrift, 4th, 102-6. Shot Put: Goodman, 3rd, 38-1.5. Long Jump: Sterling Wright, 3rd, 18-6. Triple Jump: Parker Gooden, 5th, 35-1. 100m: Brandon Winderlin, 4th, 12.23. 100m Hurdles: Fernando Garcia, 6th, 17.62. 200m: Wright, 1st, 24.28. 200m Hurdles: Wright, 3rd, 27.58; Alexis Reyes, 5th, 29.76. 400m: Kaden Wren, 1st, 53.17. 800m: Wren, 1st, 2:10.66. 3200m: Johnny Lara, 4th, 12:25.7; Eric Frances, 5th, 12:27. 4x100m: Goodman, VanDegrift, Cupp, Eli Amack, 4th, 51.16. 4x200m: Sam Irwin, Gooden, Goodman, Amack, 2nd, 1:44.22. 4x400m: Wright, VanDegrift, Irwin, Wren, 2nd, 3:51.57. 4x800m: McDaniel, Kevin Herman, Garcia, Yager, 2nd, 10:05.42.

Other members of the championship relay which posted a time of 3:49.34 were Sam Irwin, Brandon Winderlin and Wren. Winderlin, who has been sidelined for most of the season with a hip injury, was also a gold medalist in the 200m (25.05). Hunter Yager cleared 9-foot-6 to win the pole vault. Eighth grader Cale Goodman was a silver medalist in the shot put (41-0). Adding a silver medal was the 4x800m relay (10:19.29). Relay members were Fernando Garcia, Kevin Herman, Evyan Smith and Yager. SCMS (86.5) finished second in the eighth grade division behind Great Bend (91).

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SCMS Track Oakley Invitational April 28, 2016 7th Grade Girl’s Pole Vault: Abby McDaniel, 2nd, 6-6; Paige Vulgamore, 5th, 6-0. Shot Put: Ashlynne Oswald, 6th, 24-2. Long Jump: Judy Wiebe, 2nd, 12-11.5; McDaniel, 5th, 12-4; Vulgamore, 6th, 11-11. Triple Jump: Alli Brunswig, 2nd, 25-1.5; Kaley Capps, 6th, 23-1. 100m: McDaniel, 4th, 15.33. 100m Hurdles: Brooke Hoeme, 4th, 20.60; Daniela Garcia, 6th, 21.18. 200m: Wiebe, 2nd, 31.01; Garcia, 5th, 32.47. 200m Hurdles: Garcia, 3rd, 39.08. 800m: Lisa Ivy, 4th, 2:59.65. 1600m: Ivy, 5th, 6:34.63. 4x100m: Gisselle Aguirre, Mya Unger, Claire Rumford, Garcia, 5th, 64.87. 4x200m: Vulgamore, Taia Waldrop, Anastasia Rojas, Hoeme, 4th, 2:16.35. 4x400m: Wiebe, Sam Castillo, Ivy, McDaniel,2nd, 5:00.86. 7th Grade Boy’s Division Team scores: Scott City 138, Colby 111, Norton 99, Goodland 82.5, Oakley 78, Holcomb 17 Pole Vault: Sawyer Stevens, 1st, 8-0; Loren Faurot, 2nd, 8-0. Discuss: Harrison King, 4th, 82-0. Long Jump: Blaine Culp, 6th, 1-7.25. Triple Jump: Faurot, 2nd, 30-5. 100m: Isaac Tarango, 1st, 13.12; Lorg, 2nd, 13.34. 200m: Lorg, 1st, 26.91; Con. Cupp, 5th, 29.6. 200m Hurdles: Faurot, 1st, 30.81. 400m: Tarango, 1st, 59.62; Stevens, 4th, 61.24; King, 5th, 61.44. 800m: Tarango, 1st, 2:28.74; Stevens, 4th, 2:35.06; Roberto Apodaca, 6th, 2:40.28. 1600m: Jeffrey Nix, 5th, 6:21.04; Apodaca, 3rd, 5:57.12. 4x100m: Adam Elder, Josh Rosin, Nix, Dutch Turner, 4th, 60.17. 4x200m: King, Con. Cupp, Apodaca, Kevin Serrano, 3rd, 2:00.61. 4x400m: Lorg, King, Culp, Faurot, 1st, 4:23.04. 8th Grade Girl’s Pole Vault: Madison Shapland, 1st, 8-0; Abbie Labeau, 5th, 6-6. Triple Jump: Deborah Murray, 6th, 26-8.75. 100m: Shapland, 2nd, 13.75. 100m Hurdles: Stormy Wells, 4th, 19.18; Cynthia Gonzales, 6th, 19.45. 200m: Shapland, 2nd, 28.48. 200m Hurdles: Wells, 5th, 34.43. 400m: Emily Weathers, 1st, 64.70; Shelby Patton, 4th, 1:11.44. 800m: Weathers, 1st, 2:34.16; Piper Wasinger, 2nd, 2:45.61; Jace Rose, 6th, 2:56.48. 1600m: Wasinger, 4th, 6:17.17; Makenna Ashmore,

SCHS Track 6th, 6:32.33. 3200m: Samantha Aguilar, 2nd, 14.32.87. 4x100m: Patton Wasinger, Murray, Shapland, 3rd, 57.66. 4x200m: Wells, Ashmore, Gonzales, Murray, 3rd, 2:08.34. 4x400m: Wasinger, Wells, Rose, Weathers, 1st, 4:38.8. 8th Grade Boys Team scores: Scott City 172, Colby 118, Holcomb 118, Norton 98, Goodland 44, Oakley 7 Pole Vault: Justus McDaniel, 2nd, 10-0; Hunter Yager, 4th, 8-6. Discuss: Caleb VanDegrift, 4th, 99-8; Cale Goodman, 5th, 98-1. Shot Put: Goodman, 2nd, 37-7. Long Jump: Sterling Wright, 1st, 17-4.5; Kaden Wren, 5th, 14-9.75. Triple Jump: Yager, 1st, 36-6.5. High Jump: Parker Gooden, 5th, 4-8; Noah, Kliesen, 6th, 4-8. 100m: Brandon Winderlin, 3rd, 12.4; William Cupp, 6th, 13.39. 100m Hurdles: Fernando Garcia, 2nd, 17.73; Alexis Reyes, 3rd, 18.18. 200m: Wright, 2nd, 24.38; Gooden, 3rd, 25.68. 200m Hurdles: Wright, 1st, 27.83; Reyes, 2nd, 29.73. 400m: Wren, 1st, 57.85; Sam Irwin, 3rd, 59.6; VanDegrift, 5th, 62.52. 800m: Wren, 1st, 2:10.18; Yager, 5th, 2:32.76; Garcia, 6th, 2:32.88. 1600m: McDaniel, 3rd, 5:31.79. 3200m: Johnny Lara, 5th, 12:16.93; Eric Frances, 6th, 12:20.45. 4x100m: Goodman, VanDegrift, Cupp, Eli Amack, 2nd, 52.57. 4x200m: Cupp, Gooden, Goodman, Winderlin, 1st, 1:46.83. 4x400m: Wright, VanDegrift, Irwin, Wren, 1st, 3:58.82.

Garden City Invitational May 3, 2016 Girl’s Varsity Division Discus: Lizzy Eikenberry, 3rd, 96-2. Pole Vault: Cayleigh Ramsey, 4th, 8-0. Javelin: L. Eikenberry, 110-0; Madison Braun, 2nd, 1046; Kiana Yager, 4th, 97-1. Shot Put: Clarissa Ratzlaff, 3rd, 33-2.5. Triple Jump: Haley Allen, 4th, 30-10.5; Yager, 6th, 309.25. 300m Low Hurdles: Emily Smith, 5th, 51.16. 400m: Paige Winderlin, 4th, 62.86; Macy Berning, 6th, 66.63. 800m: Dulce Ayala, 2nd, 2:36.08; Cami Patton, 3rd, 2:36.73. 1600m: Makaela Stevens, 4th, 5:52.04. 3200m: Stevens, 3rd, 12:40.83. 4x100m: Allen, Ayala, Olivia Prieto, Winderlin, 6th, 54.32. 4x400m: E. Smith, Prieto, Ayala, Winderlin, 4th, 4:28.51. 4x800m: Stevens, Ayala, Patton, Winderlin, 2nd, 10:46.34. Boy’s Varsity Division High Jump: Marshall Faurot, 2nd,6-0. Triple Jump: Wyatt Hayes, 5th, 37-11. Pole Vault: Faurot, 3rd, 12-6. 110 High Hurdles: McRae, 2nd, 15.63; Faurot, 4th, 16.05. 300m Int. Hurdles: McRae, 1st, 41.24; Faurot, 5th, 43.42. 800m: Jess Drohman, 2nd, 2:06.21; Adrian Ruelas, 5th, 2:09.63. 1600m: Jack Thomas, 5th, 4:40.95. 3200m: Thomas, 4th, 10:30.99. 4x100m: Wyatt Kropp, Jarret Jurgens, Hayes, McRae, 4th, 45.57. 4x400m: Jess Drohman, Ruelas, Hayes, McRae, 2nd, 3:30.84. 4x800m: Thomas, Ruelas, Hayes, Drohman, 2nd, 8:28.75. Girl’s Jr. Varsity Division Pole Vault: Kylee Trout, 3rd, 7-0. Javelin: M. Eikenberry, 5th, 61-11. Shot Put: Jera Drohman, 6th, 25-6.25. Triple Jump: M. Eikenberry, 3rd, 26-11; Alyssa Storm, 4th, 25-9; Alexis Hoeme, 6th, 25-5. High Jump: Kody Rogers, 2nd, 4-0. 800m: Trella Davis, 4th, 2:51.98; Rogers, 6th, 2:54.14. 1600m: Ashley Prewit, 6th, 6:46.66. 3200m: Davis, 2nd, 14:09.28. 4x800m: Hoeme, Rogers, Prewit, Davis, 4th, 12:24.07. Boy’s Jr. Varsity Division Javelin: Baron Strine, 3rd, 119-1; Reid Brunswig, 4th, 118-9; Horn, 6th, 118-3. Shot Put: Daniel Nolasco, 1st, 40-3; Kyle Sherwood, 3rd, 39-5.5. Discus: D. Nolasco, 3rd, 109-0; Sherwood, 5th, 99-11. High Jump: Luis Madrid, 3rd, 5-4. 200m: Horn, 4th, 24.68. 1600m: Conner LeBeau, 4th, 5:24.10. 3200m: LeBeau, 1st, 11:13.77. 4x100m: Brunswig, Horn, Nick Nowak, Jeron Berning, 3rd, 48.75. 4x800m: Madrid, LeBeau, Austin Rios, Angel Rodriguez, 4th, 9:43.33.

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Wichita County’s Jacob Schumacher (right) competes in the finals of the 100m during the Scott City Relays. (Record Photo)

WCHS 4x800m relay sets a new standard during SC Invite When the Wichita County High School 4x800m relay completed a great come-from-behind finish at the Scott City Relays, they did more than claim a gold medal against a tough 3A-4A field. They set a new standard that had never been achieved by the Indians. Their winning time of 8:19.65 was the fastest ever posted by a WCHS 4x800m relay during the regular season - even faster than the Class 2A state champion team had run two years ago. It was another strong outing for the team of Elian Dorantes, Jorge Gallegos, Kyler Long and Layton Tankersley.

“That’s pretty impressive,” observed distance coach Shad Mehl afterwards. “This is a pretty veteran team. When you have two seniors and a junior who were on the state champion team from two years ago they know what it’s all about. They like to challenge each other.” All four members ran their season bests under near-ideal weather conditions - 2:03, 2:08, 2:04 and 2:03. “They’re all running at their best right now,” said Mehl. Likewise, senior Jacob Schumacher continues to have an outstanding season in the sprints. He

picked up a pair of silver medals in the 100m (11.36) and the 200m (23.35) at Scott City - one of the few times he wasn’t a champion. But Schumacher was satisfied with his performances and where he is at this point of the season. “I’m continuing to improve in each meet and that’s motivating me even more during practice. I’ve improved on my times quite a bit today,” he noted. Schumacher gives credit to a trainer in Salina who has been instrumental in improving his running form. “It’s made a huge difference. It’s amazing how making little changes can

improve your time a lot,” he says. Because the meet had been postponed and a few teams were unable to attend on the rescheduled date, all classifications were combined rather than having 1-2A and 3-4A in separate divisions. The chance to go head-to-head against larger schools was fine with Schumacher. “I like seeing what I can do against the larger schools and the tougher competition. I get excited going up against a kid who’s really fast from a larger division,” he said. “It’s a chance to show that we have some pretty good athletes in the smaller schools as well.”

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in memory of heroes Personal journey in memory of those killed in combat Life in a military town is unique, as anyone who has lived in one can testify. And, by the same measure, so is death. With the U.S. military involved in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past two decades, casualties become a way of life near military bases. Mike Maiurro saw it firsthand as a teacher in the Fountain (Colo.) school district near Fort Carson. Three of his former students were killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. “That’s when it really gets personal,” he says. “I felt like I needed to do something, not just to honor their memory but to honor all those who have lost their lives and their families.” That tribute is a 2,200 mile bike ride that’s taking him and a few riding companions from the front gate of Fort Carson to Arlington National Cemetery. The first day of cycling from Fort Carson to Scott City on Sunday included a tag team relay with six individuals. Three of the cyclists returned to Fort Carson after the first day, leaving event organizer Mike Maiurro, his son, Peter, and a friend, Steve Jerman. The trio will continue together through Kansas before Peter will return home. Mike and Steve Jerman will proceed to Louisville, Ky., where they expect to be joined by another cyclist and the three will finish the trek the remaining 450 miles to Arlington, Va. From Scott City on Monday morning, Peter cycled the first leg to Beeler, after which Steve continued to near Rush Center and Mike finished the final leg of the day to Larned. When it’s just Mike and Steve, they plan to cycle about 40-50 miles each per day. They will be on the road for 22 days, arriving near Arlington on May 25. This ride has been in the planning stages for two years.

(Top photo) Peter Mauirro cycles east out of Scott City to begin the second day of the “Who’s Your Hero?” trek. Norman “Tornado” Medina of the local chapter of Vets for Vets visits with Peter Maiurro after signing a daily journal being kept by Maiurro. The cyclists made a stop at the Veterans Memorial Park in Scott City. (Record Photo)

His three former students were killed between 2006-08. Jerman was a principal for the middle school at Fort Carson and saw on a regular basis the toll that war takes on families. “I was the principal during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. You see the fallout from the casualties,” he says. “We see it more than the average citizen can comprehend. We have to continue our lifestyle like nothing has happened. “But when you’re there you have to deal with the problems that families are facing on a daily basis.” It was that connection with military families that made it easy for Jerman to join Maiurro when he brought up the idea

of a ride to honor veterans and those killed in combat. “This was Mike’s vision. Mike’s more impassioned because he knew these boys on a more personal level,” he says. “But this is a great cause. I was interested in finding out attitudes of people toward the military all along the route.” While the mind was willing, Maiurro admits it took a little longer for the body to feel the same way. “I’m not a cyclist,” admits Mike. “I love riding my mountain bike, but I don’t ride day after day after day. I’ve been training for 22 months and lost about 25 pounds. “It’s been a journey to get used to being on the bike,” said

Mairro who had averaged 400500 miles a month for the past year while training for the trip. Likewise, Peter Maiurro said he was ready to join his father on this journey. “As soon as Dad conceived the idea I was on board,” says Peter. “Capt. (Ian) Weikel, in particular, was a close, personal friend. He was like an older brother to me. To honor these three, but on a grander scale to honor our military veterans was a pretty easy decision to make.” Mike says they have been “humbled” by the response of people who are planning events for them all along the route. “Kansas has been terrific,” he said. Even before the trip began, there were inquiries about when

he would plan a follow-up event. “It’s been suggested that we ride from another military base, such as Fort Hood, to Arlington,” Maiurro says. “I don’t know if we’ll do this again or not. Let’s see how we do with this one first,” he adds with a laugh. “We’re one really good day into this so we’re feeling pretty good right now. In another 10 or 12 days it could be a whole different story.” Along his journey, Maiurro plans to meet veterans and families of veterans, providing them an opportunity to share their stories on his website. People are encouraged to visit Maiurro’s website and share the stories of their heroes on his blog.

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Flag smut survey in Scott, area counties Kansas wheat farmers should stay vigilant in scouting for wheat disease, especially flag smut, which was detected in Kansas in 2015 for the first time since the 1930s, although it was only found in low levels in a small portion of the wheat crop. The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), in coordination with the Kansas State University (KSU) Department of Plant Pathology, will be conducting a targeted flag smut survey throughout May and June in several counties within the state. KDA will be surveying areas which showed previous signs of infestation to determine whether producers implemented best management practices to control the disease. Preliminary surveys conducted so far in 2016 have indicated that flag smut is present again this season, but it is not yet known to what extent. This survey will better determine the spread of the disease. The survey will cover Scott, Wichita, Ness, Stafford, Pratt, Kiowa, Edwards, Pawnee, Barton, Rush, Lincoln, Russell, Dickinson, Ottawa, Ellis, Trego, Graham, Rooks, Phillips, Smith and Decatur counties. Flag smut presents no human or animal health concern and has no impact on grain quality. It can have a negative impact on wheat yield, the severity of which is determined by the infestation level of the field. KDA is working with KSU Extension to continue to share flag smut best management practices through normal outreach activities, including (See SURVEY on page 29)

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Will federal government offer plan for slumping ag sector? producing countries has nesses or flaws in existing hoc assistance to farmStephanie Mercier ers to cushion against the Farm Journal Foundation driven down crop prices farm programs. U.S. net farm income peaked in 2013 at $123 billion (in nominal terms)- a year which was also the highest inflation-adjusted level since 1973. Since that record level was achieved, the supply impacts from three consecutive bumper crops in the United States between 2013 and 2015 and no significant supply disruptions in other major food

across the board. As a result, USDA’s Economic Research Service has projected 2016 net farm income at $54.8 billion, a decline of 55 percent in just three years. The boom and bust nature of the U.S. agricultural sector is one of the main reasons that farm bills are revisited every five years or so, because changing market conditions can expose weak-

For example, satisfaction with having captured baseline funding by trading in countercyclical “deficiency payments” for the new direct payment program in the 1996 farm bill quickly faded in 1998-99 after the Asian financial crisis dampened export demand for U.S. commodities and led to a significant decline in commodity prices. After providing ad

impact of low prices in Market Loss Assistance (MLA) Payments totaling more than $18 billion between 1998 and 2001, Congress actually started work on a replacement farm bill more than a year before the FAIR Act of 1996 was due to expire. For purposes of comparison, net farm income fell only 19 percent in nominal terms between (See SLUMPING on page 29)

Wild ride ahead for grain markets

The Chicago grains market’s wild ride of the last few weeks may be a recurring theme this year, especially given the weather outlook for the summer growing season. Corn and soybean futures have rallied sharply over the past month, with the most significant

gains coming last week, particularly for soybeans. Funds took on bullish positions late last month and have expanded the net long position in CBOT soybeans to the largest volume since mid-2014. Although this is typically the time of year when money starts flow-

ing back in to agricultural commodities, money movement alone cannot be the only explanation for a rally of this magnitude, especially in such a well-supplied market. There are other contributing factors including currency, exports, and crude oil prices, but the

rally seems to defy the market’s underlying fundamentals. What is becoming more apparent is how much of a weather market exists at present. It has been almost four years since a significant weather-related supply issue has arisen (See MARKETS on page 29)

Clearing the air on livestock greenhouse gases A cloud of misinformation continues to fog public perceptions of the role of livestock in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but University of California, Davis, professor and air-quality specialist Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D., is working to clarify the issue. Mitloehner recent-

ag outlook John Maday, editor Bovine Veterinarian

ly published a white paper titled “Livestock’s Contributions to Climate Change: Facts and Fiction,” that shows food animals are minor contributors to U.S. and glob-

Wheat progress is well ahead of average For the week ending May 1, 97 percent of the Kansas wheat crop had jointed, which was ahead of 87 percent last year and the five-year average of 79 percent. Forty-nine percent of the crop had headed, well ahead of the 28 percent average. Fifty percent of the corn has been planted, which is slightly ahead of a year ago. Of that crop, 27 percent has emerged, compared to the average of 16 percent. The state received up to five inches of rain in the northeast, with lesser amounts elsewhere. Topsoil moisture rated 72 adequate and 17 surplus. Subsoil moisture was 77 percent adequate and six percent surplus. Forty-six percent of the wheat crop is rated good and six percent is considered excellent.

al GHG emissions. Unfortunately, fiction regarding this issue continues to influence the public, and public policy around the world. Just this week, news out of Denmark indicated the government there is considering levying a tax on red meat to change eating habits and help reduce

GHG emissions. In proposing the tax, the Danish Council of Ethics said cattle accounted for around 10% of the CO2 released into the atmosphere, while food production makes up around another 20%. Here in the United States, special interest groups repeatedly claim that livestock account for up to 51% of

Early tour stops put wheat yield projection at 48 bushels After day two of the Hard Winter Wheat Quality Tour, scouts had visited 606 sites and calculated an average yield of 48.2 bushels per acre, up from the 34.4 bushels in 2015. The 20 vehicles traveled on six routes between Colby and Wichita on Wednesday. While they ran into increased disease pressure as they moved south and east, the crop looked better than last year. Southwest portions of the state showed some signs of fall drought stress, but with recent rains, the prospects for the crop have increased. Most years on this route of the tour, the groups see little

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sign of moisture in the fields. But topsoil moisture was adequate this year, and some areas even had water standing in the field. Many fields have been sprayed for stripe rust and that has definitely made an impact on the crop. Scouts reported seeing more viral disease than fungal diseases. Mark Hodges, from Plains Grains, reported that estimated yields for Oklahoma are 33.6 bushels per acre, with 3.82 million acres harvested resulting in production of 128.5 million bushels for the state. That would make it an above average crop.

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all GHG emissions – as much as or more than the transportation and energy sectors. In the white paper, Mitloehner notes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and leading scientists have quantified livestock as the source of just 4.2% of all U.S. GHG emissions.

The transportation and energy sectors, meanwhile, contribute 27% and 31% of U.S. GHG emissions respectively and 58% combined. According to EPA data, beef cattle contribute 2.2%, dairy cattle 1.37%, swine 0.47%, poultry 0.08% and sheep, goats

Market Report

Weather

Closing prices on May 3, 2016 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ White Wheat ....... $ Milo .................... $ Corn ................... $ Soybeans (new crop) $

3.74 3.74 2.82 3.42 9.30

Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 3.73 White Wheat ....... $ 3.78 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.82 Corn.................... $ 3.42 Soybeans ........... $ 9.30 Sunflowers.......... $ 14.05 ADM Grain Wheat.................. Milo (bu.)............. Corn.................... Soybeans............ Sunflowers..........

$ 3.81 $ 3.00 $ 3.50 $ 9.30 $ 14.50

(See GASES on page 29)

April 26

April 27

61 41 .51

April 28

56 36

April 29

48 36 1.25

April 30

48 35

May 1

48 37

May 2

Moisture Totals April

4.75

2016 Total

6.21

Food Facts Pepperoni is America’s favorite topping (36 percent of all pizza orders). Americans eat approximately 251.7 million pounds a year!

Slumping 1996 and 1999, just onefifth of the recent decline. However, the 105th and 106th Congresses in the late 1990s had greater flexibility to respond generously to farmers’ financial stress because the federal budget was in a brief period of surplus. They were able to do much more to plug that 1990s income shortfall than the current Congress. A combination of large loan deficiency payments (LDPs) and marketing loan gains through the loan program and additional ad hoc payments such as the MLA pay-

Survey

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ments provided farmers with nearly three times the level of direct government payments in 1999 as they had received in 1996. Absent that increase, farmers would have seen their net farm income fall by more than 50 percent over that period. In contrast, direct government payments to farmers are projected to increase only 26 percent between 2013 and 2016. This accounts only for higher payments being made under the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) pro-

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online resources, newsletters and discussion at field days. KDA is committed to serving farmers and protecting plant health in order to ensure the continued strength of the agriculture industry in Kansas. For more information about flag smut, go to the KDA website at www.agriculture.ks.gov/ppws. If you have questions about this year’s survey, please contact Jeff Vogel, manager of the KDA Plant Protection and Weed Control program, at Jeff.Vogel@ kda.ks.gov, or 785-564-6699.

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and other livestock contribute 0.08% of GHG emissions. Livestock GHG emissions have declined over time in the United States, largely because of amazing improvements in production efficiency. In 1950, according to the Mitloehner paper, the United States had 22 million dairy cows and produced 117 million tons of milk annually. In 2015, U.S. dairies housed just 9 million cows but produced 209 million tons of milk - a 59% reduction in cow numbers and a 79% increase in milk production, resulting in dairy GHG emissions of just one-third those in 1950. The beef industry has generated similar improvements. Beef cattle numbers declined from 140 million head in 1950 to 90 million head in 2015, a 36% reduction, while beef production remained stable at 24 million tons. Activists are happy

to tell you that eating a hamburger is equivalent to driving a Hummer, and that observing “Meatless Mondays” can save the world. Mitloehner’s figures show that if all Americans adopted Meatless Mondays, the reduction in U.S. GHG emissions would total 0.6%. In contrast, if Americans replaced incandescent lightbulbs with “Energy Star” rated bulbs, the reduction in GHG emissions would be 1.2%, twice that from abstaining from meat. “One certainly cannot neglect emissions from the livestock sector,” Mitloehner says, “but to compare them to the main emission sources would put us on a wrong path to solutions, namely to significantly reduce our anthropogenic carbon footprint to reduce climate change.” Read the full white paper from Dr. Mitloehner at the University of California, Davis

grams due to lower crop prices across the board, but not low enough for gains from the marketing loan program to kick in, except for peanuts. The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on February 24 examining the state of the rural economy, and announced plans to hold additional hearings at the subcommittee level to undertake a more detailed examination of some of the key factors driving the current slump. To date, three of those subcommittee hearings have been held, and none

of the opening statements of the chairmen of those subcommittees even mentioned the possibility of seeking legislation that would provide immediate financial relief to hardpressed American farmers. Under Congressional paygo rules, no new spending can be authorized unless it is offset with cuts to other programs under the Committee of jurisdiction. Such rules make it much more difficult to provide ad hoc assistance to American farmers, or any other stakeholder group for that matter.

Markets on a global scale, and the anticipation is mounting for possible weather disruptions in this year’s crop cycle. Among all the factors behind the recent rally, weather has largely been in the driver’s seat. Given the expectations that La Niña could bring drought to the United States this summer, weather will likely keep spurring market anxiety more than usual in the coming months. April showers bring... Last month was filled with weather volatility in North and South America that has dominated the market sentiment of late. Worries that wet conditions would delay U.S. spring planting began earlier this year, but the wintry start to April followed by a sudden shift to summer-like weather has led to uncertainties over the acreage split between corn and soybeans. At the same time, weather snags have been plaguing South America. Argentina’s soybean crop

It seems likely that both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees will begin their work on the next farm bill early in 2017, after the new 115th Congress is sworn in. If past practices hold, both will start with several broad hearings held out in key farm states, then follow up with more subject-specific hearings in Washington, D.C. Unless there is an unexpected improvement in the U.S. farm economy over the next year, the Committees will likely seek to move fairly quickly to pass a new farm bill, with the hope to have it in

place well before the current farm bill expires on Sept. 30, 2018, perhaps even to cover the 2018-19 crop year. Any fixes to address weaknesses or flaws identified in the 2014 farm bill will almost certainly have to be made within existing baseline budgetary resources. Significant political capital will doubtlessly have to be devoted to just maintaining level funding, as there could be pressure both from the next Administration and other members of Congress to cut farm program spending.

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has been pounded by heavy rains, which have raised concerns over losses associated with wetness and harvest delays. Although the forecast has sharply dried out, industry views on how much volume will be lost are still highly variable. After over-exporting its first-crop corn, Brazil is relying on a good harvest of second-crop corn, known as safrinha, to boost domestic supply, but drought conditions have tormented the main crop areas. As in Argentina, industry estimates of losses are broad, but they may expand as significant relief is not imminent for the affected areas. There were even dryness concerns earlier this month for the U.S. wheat crop, which is in some of the best shape in recent years, as potential drought indicators began to pop up across the Plains. Recent rains have curbed anxiety, but perhaps market participants had begun to wonder, “Is this the start

of the drought I was told Pacific Ocean could bring to expect?” drought conditions to the United States. The Ride Isn’t Over Clarity on yield is There is still a good also several months out. deal of time left for the In a normal year, U.S. current weather woes corn yield can start being to linger. Argentina is assessed in July while soyunlikely to conclude its bean yield is best gauged soybean harvest until late in August. That leaves a June, the same time that lot of time for weather Brazil’s safrinha harvest forecasts to change, both begins. The latter harvest in the short and long term. will run through August. This means that any In the U.S., corn and newly issued weather soybean acreage can be forecasts between now implied only very loosely and August that indicate by weekly planting prog- potential for any proress reports at this time. longed heat or dryness Firm answers on what could cause more marhas been planted will ket freak-out than usual, not arrive until the U.S. as traders will wonder Department of Agriculture whether this is the start of releases its annual June “the Big One.” acreage report on June 30. The market has had its But the market stir over own “drought” of sorts in South America and U.S. recent times with relativeacreage perhaps pales ly subdued grain prices, compared with what is meaning that over-reacoften one of the most hotly tions could be more frecontested items, U.S. crop quent. But market particiyields. The debate could pants who have a better be particularly elevated handle on the weather sitthis year since forecast- uation will be much better ers have been warning for poised to make profitable months that the impend- bets, this year more than ing La Niña cycle in the usual.

Real Estate

Wednesday, May 25

Wilbur Goertz Rev. Trust - Seller

Scott County - tracts 1and 2 Auction Location: Wm. Carpenter 4-H building at the fairground north edge of Scott City. Sale time: 10:00 a.m. Land Location: From Scott City 8 miles north and 6 miles east on Highway 4. Tract 1 Legals: North West 1/4 of 7-17-31 west of the 6th PM in Kansas, Scott County. Tract 2 Legals: South West 1/4 of 7-17-37 west of the 6th PM in Kansas, Scott County. Terms: 10% down day of sale, with balance due, in certified funds, at closing. Closing to be on or before June 27, 2016. Announcements day of the auction take precedence over printed material. Seller to retain their 1/3 of the 2016 wheat crop. Possession: Possession of the land planted to wheat, after the 2016 wheat harvest. Possession of land planted to milo after 2016 fall harvest. Possession of the summer fallow ground at closing. Buyer to receive seller’s 1/3 of the 2016 milo harvest and is responsible for 1/3 of the fertilizer bill and crop insurance on milo. Buyer is responsible for any costs on the summer fallow to maintain it up to closing. Lane County - tracts 3 and 4 Auction Location: Healy, School Auditorium. Sale time: 1:00 p.m. Land Location: 1 mile south of the Barlett Elevator in Healy. Tract 3 Legals: North west 1/4 of 14-17-30 West of the 6th Pm in Kansas, Lane County. Tract 4 Legal: North East 1/4 of 14-17-30 west of the 6th PM in Kansas, Lane County. Terms: 10% down day of sale, with balance due in certified funds, at closing. Closing to be on or before June 27, 2016. Announcements day of auction take precedence over printed material. Seller to retain their 1/3 share of the 2016 wheat crop. Possession: Possession of the land planted to wheat, after the 2016 wheat harvest. Possession of land planted to milo after 2016 fall harvest. Possession of the summer fallow ground at closing. Buyer to receive seller’s 1/3 of 2016 milo crop and is responsible for 1/3 of the fertilizer bill and 1/3 of the crop insurance on the milo. Buyer to repay tenant for any costs associated with maintaining the summer fallow until day of closing. Broker: Lawrence and Associates Realty, 513 Main Scott City • 620-872-5267 Auctioneer / Listing Agent: Russell Berning, 812 W M St., Leoti • 1-800-466-5202

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Thank You... Thank You! Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate my retirement at the Shallow Water Co-op office. Your cards and well wishes mean a lot to me. I want to thank the Scott Co-op for all they have done for me the last 27 years. Tom Ludowese and Family Loretta Garman and familes would like to thank the ambulance crew, Dr. Cupp, and all the hospital staff for her great care on her recent hospital stay. Loretta Garman Orville and Marcine Garman and Families Chuck and Barb Brobst and Families To the Community of Scott City, We are extremely grateful to you all for your acts of love toward our family. Your donations of food, time and money for the brown bag benefit are sincerely appreciated. We feel so blessed by you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Alan and Tonja Williams A big thank you to Heartland Foods of Scott City for the storage of yogurt used by the school district. We greatly appreciate your help! McCarty Family Farms

Rentals 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 620872-5777. 05tfc ________________________________

PLAINJAN’S RENT-ASHOP New Introductory Pricing! We can build an office to suit your needs. This includes AC and heat if wanted. Each Rent-AShop comes with 110 and a 220 electric, overhead lighting, full concrete floor, exterior dawn-dusk lighting, insulated roof and exterior walls. Call today at 620-872-5777.

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.

Berry Realty • 872-5700 1102 S. Main, Scott City, Ks 67871 www.berryrealtyonline.com

Margie Berry, Broker • 874-5488 Brett Berry, Sales Assoc. • 316-258-3387 Tracy Chambless, Sales Assoc. • 874-2124

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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 Services Help Wanted contracting information. SUBSTITUTE ROUTE C O M P U T E R Lane County Feeders. 44tfc bus drivers for USD SERVICES for PC and 397-5341. 466 (Scott County). For applications and additional information contact Lance Carter at 620-8727655. 0215tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– DRIVERS NEEDED, combine and truck. Call Gerald Baker 620-8742060 or 620-379-4693, evenings. 3416t10 ––––––––––––––––––––– MECHANIC NEEDED to work under a shop foreman for a large feedyard. Duties include general maintenance, welding and some technical repairs. Must provide own tools. If you have difficulties showing up to work on time, or you have a habit of calling in sick, please don’t apply. Pay will be based on experience. Apply at Poky Feeders, Inc., 600 E. Road 30, Scott City, Ks 67871 or call Zach at 620-874-8114. 3816t2

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, tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Rob Vsetecka at 620-214-1730. 4515tfc

Panache Featuring Barbara Tellin, guest artist!!!

Meet Barb and view her exotic wild flowers and sunflowers painted on canvas. Unique Memorial Day baskets also available! Furniture, frames, flowers and FUN!

Looking forward to seeing you!!! Open Friday, May 6 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and Saturday, May 7 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

112 Main Street, Scott City

GARAGE SALES Saturday, May 7 Multi Family Garage Sale 1602 Church Street Sat., May 7 • 8:00 a.m. - Noon Clothes (men’s, women’s and kids), shoes (women’s and kid’s), toys (inside, outside and rideon), books, stroller, baby items, holiday stuff, desk, old wooden windows (perfect for Pinterest projects), push mowers and LOTS, LOTS MORE!

Multi-Family Garage Sale 608 Jefferson St., Scott City Saturday, May 7 • 8:00 a.m. - ??? Lots of clothing for kids, boys and girls, and some women’s and men’s clothing. Baby items, household and decor; BBQ grill, deep freeze, microwave and self-propelled lawn mower. Stop by and check it out! Cash ONLY!

Wanted LOOKING FOR LOT OF LAND for home site. Must be within 20 minutes of Scott City. Would like electric, water and sewer accessibility, but not a must. Must be around 100ft x 100ft or larger. Please text or call Robert 3816t2 at 620-927-0723.

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 or 874-2124. 26tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– 1-3 BEDROOM, 1 bath, FH/A, basement, new roof, large yard. Call Mike 620-874-2425. 23tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– HOME FOR SALE in Dighton. 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with detached double finished and heated garage. All appliances included. Available mid June. Call Jim at 620-2950415. 3916t4

Livestock BLACK, ANGUS, REGISTERED BULLS for sale. Tested, 2 year old yearlings. Heifer bulls. Delivery. Conformation and Performance. Contact Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, Ks. 620-384-1101. 3716t15 –––––––––––––––––––– REGISTERED, ANGUS BULLS for sale. Yearling and 2-year old bulls. Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Kansas. Call 785-332-6206 or www.crookedcreekangus.com. 3716t19

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

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, 214-4188 • 214-2877

Dighton

Thursday • 8:30 p.m. 535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-2647

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Employment Opportunities Logan County Manor, Oakley, Ks needing

USD 466 Scott City is accepting applications for: Maintenance Director Full-time position with benefits Details and Applications may be obtained and returned to: Administration Office 704 S. College St., Scott City 620-872-7600

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

USD 466 is an EOE Employer

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USD 466 Scott City is accepting applications for: Transportation Director Full-time position with benefits Details and Applications may be obtained and returned to: Administration Office 704 S. College St., Scott City 620-872-7600

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USD 468 Healy

FAUROT HEATING AND COOLING is accepting applications for: Full-Time Laborer Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Call to schedule an appointment for interview. Call Angie’s cell 620-214-2441 3916

Best Western El Quartelejo Inn and Suites is accepting applications for: Full-Time Front Desk Clerk 40 hours/week 3 Nights - 3:00 - 11:00 p.m. shift 2 Nights - 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. shift Applications may be obtained and returned to: Best Western El Quartelejo Inn and Suites 1610 S. Main St., Scott City 620-872-7373 3816t2

is accepting applications for: Two Custodial Positions: Director of Maintenance/Custodian Custodian Seeking person(s) qualified to make minor equipment repairs, some mowing and general custodial duties. Work will begin after May 1. Applicants must: •Be able to lift at least 50 lbs. •Be able to stand, stoop, squat and kneel for extended periods of time. Applications may be obtained and returned to: Vera Coker, Clerk 5006 N. Dodge Rd. Healy, Ks 67850 620-398-2248 or email: clerk@usd468.org

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PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-Time Housekeeping Aide Full-Time CNA Shifts (All Shifts) Part-Time RN/LPN Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts! Great opportunity to serve the elderly of our community!!! Willing to work with student schedules! Great benefits package! Please apply in person at: Park Lane Nursing Home 210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

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