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KDOT scraps K96 proposal Safety issues on south US83 under review Plans to convert K96 Highway through Scott City into three lanes (with a center turning lane) have been tossed on the scrap heap. That announcement came
Tuesday morning from Kirk Hutchinson, public affairs manager with the Kansas Department of Transportation’s office in Garden City. “KDOT has dropped consideration of the three-lane option on K96,” said Hutchinson. “Design will continue on the project, but we won’t be reconfiguring it as proposed.” That decision came a day after the Scott City Council had
City considers grant for Eastridge development
declared its opposition to the three-lane proposal during its regular meeting. The council had also been hearing from a number of local residents who were opposed to KDOT’s three-lane concept. Those objections had reached KDOT with Hutchinson reporting considerable “negative feedback.” “The three-lane option was one of the options that KDOT
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wanted to float in order to see the response,” Hutchinson says. “There’s no question what the response is.” He said KDOT is still committed to converting the asphalt pavement to concrete. “That may be all we do. We may leave everything the same except for the fresh pavement,” he says. (See KDOT on page eight)
Community 4-Hers like to challenge themselves with Fair projects Page 25
County Integrated care is one goal of new SC Health Center Page 3
a long day
With the Maple Street housing development nearly complete, the Scott County Development Committee (SCDC) is looking to expand housing in the Eastridge Addition. The SCDC has approached the Scott City Council to determine its support for a moderate income housing (MIH) grant that would assist in the development of housing or infrastructure in the addition. According to SCDC Director Katie Eisenhour, the city can apply for a grant of up to $400,000. A housing task force that was organized through the Scott City “Vision Committee” offered three options for how the grant money could be used if the application is approved: 1) Construct curb and gutter on Chestnut Street (east of Maple). Est. cost: $175,000.
Sports Summer camp is a springboard to x-country season Page 17
Index Opinions...................4-7 Calendar...................... 7 Youth/education.......... 9 LEC report................. 10 Public notices.......10-11 Scott City budget...... 11 Wichita Co. Fair......... 12 Church services......... 13 Health care...........14-15
(See GRANT on page two)
School supplies......... 16 Sports...................17-24
Tasting booths, parade are still to come
Classified ads.......29-31
Health Everyone benefits from healthier habits in the workplace Page 14
Seven-year-old McCall Miller yawns while waiting to begin the showmanship competition during the Scott County Fair horse show on Saturday. Local 4-Hers competed in showmanship, western pleasure and timed events. (Record Photo)
(See PARADE on page two)
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With temperatures expected to hover around the 100-degree mark for the remainder of the week, the Scott County fairgrounds will be the hot place to be literally - over the next two days. The Fair has kicked into full swing with the annual Beefiesta barbeque, figure-8 racing and Stampede Ranch Rodeo. In addition, the only livestock judging that remains is to determine the round-robin showmanship winners. Not to worry. There’s still plenty of entertainment and family fun to take place before the demolition derby on Saturday night. Following the round-robin showman-
Farm section.........26-27
Education Fort Hays music camp has become a family tradition Page 9
Grand champion was no cakewalk for Logan
the Reese’s cake and then the chocolate-raspberry-strawberry cake baked by Trella Davis. First one and then the other. In between she would comment about what she liked about each cake and why each should win. Honig knew there was more than a grand champion ribbon at stake. “People take their baked goods seriously here. There’s a lot of money involved,” she said, referring to the auction on Friday evening at which the grand champions from each of the foods divisions are sold. The grand champion baked goods can sell for more than $1,000. (See LOGAN on page eight)
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Kylee Logan with her cake that won grand champion in the senior division of the Scott County Fair. (Record Photo)
Even as a two-time grand champion in foods, Kylee Logan knew that this year’s Scott County Fair would be a lot more difficult. “I knew the competition would be a lot tougher,” said Logan, who was competing in the senior division for the first time. Different division. Familiar result. A Reese’s cake that wowed the judge earned the 14-year-old yet another grand champion ribbon in the foods division. As difficult as winning top honors may have seemed for Logan, it was just as hard for Stevens County FACS Agent Nancy Honig who judged the senior division entries. She spent nearly 10 minutes sampling bites of
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ACLU sues to block Kansas voting regulations TOPEKA The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed a new lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court Tuesday seeking to block Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s new regulation that says certain voters who have not provided proof of U.S. citizenship may vote only in federal elections. That new temporary
regulation was approved last week, with little public notice, on the final day for voters to register in time for the upcoming Aug. 2 primaries. The temporary rule affects an estimated 17,000 voters who either registered through a local motor vehicle office or by submitting a federal mailin registration form, but did not provide proof of
Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department June 27: Criminal damage to property was reported in the 600 block of Elizabeth Street. July 3: Interference with a law enforcement officer was reported on July 3. July 5: Curtis Chambless, Jr., 22, turned himself in on a warrant. July 9: Joseph Hall, 30, was arrested for criminal trespass and transported to the LEC. July 9: Shannon Luke, 32, was arrested for DUI, transportation of an alcoholic beverage and inoperable signal lamps. He was transported to the LEC. July 10: Lucas Ruth, 25, was arrested on an out-ofcounty warrant and transported to the LEC. July 11: A hit-and-run accident was reported in the 1000 block of Santa Fe Street. July 12: Cynthia Hornback reported a theft. July 13: Jesse West, 23, was arrested for driving on a suspended license, no liability insurance, no operating stop lamps or auxiliary lamps. He was transported to the LEC. July 14: Jodi Reese was changing lanes in the 300 block of Main Street when she struck a vehicle driven by Darrin Herl. July 14: Criminal damage to property was reported in the 200 block of East 5th St. July 14: A gas meter was hit in the 300 block of North Washington St. July 15: A report was taken for criminal use of a financial card. July 15: An accident occurred in the 1300 block of South Main when a wind gust blew over a box trailer being pulled by Burke Koehn. Scott County Sheriff’s Department July 13: 3:58 p.m. A rollover accident occurred at Big Valley Drive involving Christopher Holt driving a 1991 Chevrolet pickup. July 14: An accident was reported on south US83 Highway when a semi-truck was blown over on its side by strong winds.
U.S. citizenship. Kobach’s office proposed the rule in response to a recent federal court order saying the state must register those applicants, at least for voting in federal elections. In the suit, the ACLU argues that the Kansas Legislature has never enacted a statute authorizing the secretary of state to make such a regula-
Human trafficking awareness part of KCC motor carrier program The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) is now including “Truckers Against Trafficking” training in weekly motor carrier safety programs presented in six locations across the state. The national Truckers Against Trafficking program enlists the help of motor carriers in identifying and reporting suspected human trafficking activities as they travel the nation’s highways. Several thousand motor carriers attend the free KCC training programs
July, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgement and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. Toby L. Matthies Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY AND SHIRLEY 325 Main - P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner
each year, making it an effective way to recruit the help of Kansas truckers. The training includes an informational video as well as wallet cards and decals. The next session will be held in Topeka on Mon., July 25, 9:00 a.m., at the KCC office, 1500 SW Arrowhead Drive. Representatives from the Kansas Attorney General’s office, the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Kansas Motor Carrier’s Association will be in attendance.
Public Notice
(Published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 21, 2016)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION Re: In the matter of Landmark Resources, Inc. Application for a Permit for Water Injection/Disposal into the Beeson Unit A 1-1 located in Scott County, Kansas. To: All Oil and Gas Producers, Unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whosoever Public Notice concerned. You and each of you are (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 14, hereby notified that Land2016)1t mark Resources, Inc. has TESTING OF VOTING EQUIPMENT A public test of the vote counting equipment to be used filed an application to comin the Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, mence the disposal of salt will be demonstrated in the Scott County Clerk’s office, 303 water into the Cedar Hills Court Street, Scott City, Ks., on Friday, July 22, 2016, at Formation at the Beeson Unit A 1-1, located 2562’ 10:00 a.m. in accordance with KSA 25-4610. FNL and 2586’ FEL of Section 1-T17S-R34W, Scott Public Notice County, Kansas, with a maxi(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 7, 2016; last published Thurs., July 21, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the matter of the Estate of LUCAS TODD MATTHIES, Deceased Case No. 2016-PR-14 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 1st day of July, 2016, a Petition was filed in this Court by Toby L. Matthies, praying that the Petition be admitted to probate and record; that he be appointed as Administrator without bond; that he be granted Letters of Administration. You are required to file your written defense thereto on or before the 28th day of
tion, and that the regulation violates the Kansas Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. The lawsuit names three individual plaintiffs, Marvin and Joann Brown of Lenexa, and Charles “Tad” Stricker of Wichita, but it also asks the court to certify the case as a class action suit on behalf of all voters affected by the temporary order.
mum operating pressure of 0 psig and a maximum injection rate of 500 barrels per day. Any persons who object of protest this application shall be required to file their objections or protest with the Conservation division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. These protests shall be filed pursuant to Commission regulations and must state the reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas. All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the forgoing and shall govern themselves accordingly. Landmark Resources, Inc. 1616 S. Voss Rd., Suite 600 Houston, TX 77057 (713) 243-8550
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Shawnee County Judge Franklin Theis ruled in another case earlier this year that Kobach has no legal or regulatory authority during the 2014 elections to conduct a “dual” registration system in which certain voters may vote only in federal elections. But, Theis did not issue an order specifically blocking Kobach from conducting such a system
in the future. Kobach has appealed that decision to the Kansas Court of Appeals, which has not yet set a date for arguments. In most states, and under federal law, voters only need to attest, under penalty of perjury, on the registration form that they are U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote. But, in (See ACLU on page 11)
(Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 21, 2016)1t Budget Review Meeting Changed The USD 466 (Scott County) budget review meeting that was scheduled for Mon., July 25, 2016, 7:00 p.m., in the board meeting room at the Administration Office, 704 S. College Street, Scott City, Ks., has been changed to Wed., Aug. 3, 2016, at 7:30 a.m. It will still be held in the meeting room of the Administration office.
Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 21, 2016)1t RESOLUTION NO. 12 GOVERNING SMOKING AT THE SCOTT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WHEREAS, the objectives of the Scott Community Health Center (SCHC) are to serve those with healthcare related needs provided by Compass Behavioral Health Center, Scott County Health Department, and Russell Child Development Center. WHEREAS, being exposed to second-hand smoke is contrary to the good health of the citizens of Scott County, and it is important to provide a healthy work environment. WHEREAS, Scott County Commissioners find it necessary to govern the smoking allowed on the property of the SCHC. THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of Scott County, Kansas, meeting in regular session, this 19th day of July, 2016, does hereby resolve as follows: 1) Smoking is not allowed in the building of SCHC. 2) Smoking is not allowed on the outside property of SCHC except in those areas designated as “Smoking Area” by the SCHC Steering Committee. 3) The SCHC Steering Committee shall place appropriate signage consistent with this Resolution and Steering Committee decisions. 4) The Scott County employee handbook shall be amended consistent with this Resolution. ADOPTED this 19th day of July, 2016, by the Board of County Commissioners, Scott County, Kansas and shall take effect and be in full force after its passage and publication once in the official county newspaper. James Minnix, chairman Jerry Buxton, commissioner Gary Skibbe, commissioner ATTEST: Alice Brokofsky, county clerk
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Kansas ordered to repay $11.9M in welfare funds Kansas plans to appeal a decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which orders the state to repay $11.9 million in federal welfare funds, according to Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration. Kansas Department of
Administration spokesman John Milburn said the department was notified in June about the funds related to child support collection administrative costs from fiscal year 2003 through 2010. Milburn says the amount includes overpayment of
federal funds and interest. Federal officials began auditing Kansas and the way it charges its administration fees for child support collection in 2013. At that time, the state was ordered to repay about $2 million in overpayments and interest for fis-
cal years 2011 and 2012. Kansas was also ordered to change the way it allocates the cost of the collection service. More recently, federal officials have been auditing years that predate the Brownback administration.
Award $200,000 to Kansas crime victims The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board awarded financial assistance to 272 victims of crime at its July meeting. Awards were made in 98 new cases. Additional expenses were paid in 174 previously submitted cases. The awards totaled $199,846.73. The Division of Crime Victims Compensation in the Kansas Attorney General’s office administers the Crime Victims Compensation program, which was established in 1978 to help victims
of violent crime pay for their unexpected expenses such as medical treatment, mental health counseling, lost wages, dependent support and funeral costs. The state’s threemember Crime Victims Compensation Board determines claims that are eligible for payment and decides how much money will be awarded to each claimant. Awards are limited to a maximum total amount of $25,000 with limitations of $5,000 for funeral expense, $3,500 for outpatient mental health
TREASURER’S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 2016, THRU JUNE 30, 2016 FUNDS
April 1, 2016
General Fund
$ 1,731,017.73
EXPENSES
RECEIPTS
June 30, 2016
$ 803,743.70
$ 781,976.65
$ 1,709,250.68
Employee Benefit
142,922.78
74,742.25
92,023.68
160,204.21
Trans. Guest Tax
153,537.51
18,724.83
24,764.09
159,576.77
Insurance Proceeds 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Fire Equipment
175,652.57
3,060.00
13,323.25
185,915.82
Municipal Equip. Airport Enterprise
106,255.81
0.00
(25,364.00)
80,891.81
17,909.79
6,193.51
10,333.40
22,049.68
Airport Sinking
384,941.41
36,323.64
39,641.13
388,258.90
Special Highway
141,437.66
143,373.56
24,715.64
22,779.74
Street Imp. Fund
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Special Parks
20,765.76
792.91
2,120.36
22,093.21
Water Improv. Fund
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Water Utility 1,187,734.70
210,961.62
187,927.39
1,164,700.47
Sewer Use Fee TOTALS
337,588.17
34,752.01
53,054.26
355,890.42
$ 4,399,763.89
$ 1,332,668.03
$ 1,204,515.85
$ 4,271,611.71
AVAILABLE CASH
$ 4,271,611.71
I, Dan Weides, hereby certify that the above statement is correct
and rule on the motion for a temporary restraining order before Election Day. “This is the latest frivolous ACLU lawsuit attempting to knock down our proof of citizenship law,” Kobach said in response to the lawsuit. “The ACLU ignores the fact that Kansas law clearly provides the Secretary of State’s office with the authority to issue the regulation in question.” The case was assigned to Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks. As of Tuesday afternoon, no hearing date had been set.
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 21, 2016; last published Thurs., August 4, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS in the matter of the Estate of ROBERT A. MCDANIEL, Deceased Case No. 2016-PR-15 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 11th day of July, 2016, a Petition was filed in this Court by Thomas K. McDaniel, an heir, devisee and legatee, and Executor named in the First Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of Robert A. McDaniel, deceased, dated February 11, 1994, praying that the Will filed with the Petition be admitted to probate and record; that she be appointed as Executor without bond; that she be granted Letters Testamentary. You are required to file
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counseling, $10,000 for inpatient mental health treatment and $1,000 for grief counseling for family survivors of homicide victims. The program is funded by a portion of assessed court costs and fines, inmate wages, parole fees and restitution paid by convicted offenders. For more information about the Crime Victims Compensation Program call (785) 2962359 or visit the Attorney General’s website at www.ag.ks.gov.
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Court of Appeals later declined to stay that decision. As a result, Kobach enacted the new rule that says those voters will have to cast provisional ballots on Election Day, and county officials may count only the votes they cast in federal races, not in state or local elections. The suit was filed Tuesday, exactly two weeks before the Aug. 2 primaries. But, Doug Bonney, legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, noted that advance voting has already started, and he hopes the court will hold an initial hearing soon
your written defenses thereto on or before the 18th day of August, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. Thomas K. McDaniel, Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY AND SHIRLEY 325 Main Street P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioners
million and $200 million in child support through its enforcement program. That’s about 55 percent of the total amount owed to the parents it serves. Four companies have contracts to conduct child support enforcement in different parts of the state.
(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., July 21, 2016)1t
ACLU Kansas and a handful of other states, they must show documentary proof of U.S. citizenship, either with a birth certificate, passport or other document listed as acceptable under the law. In May, U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ruled that the state’s law conflicts with the National Voter Registration Act, at least as it concerns federal elections, and she ordered the state to immediately register an estimated 17,000 voters who had signed up through their motor vehicle offices. The 10th U.S. Circuit
According to Milburn, the cost allocation system that is currently in place now complies with federal regulations. Theresa Freed, spokeswoman for the Department for Children and Families, said the state typically collects between $195
Dan Weides City Treasurer
(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., July 21, 2016)1t
NOTICE OF 2017 BUDGET HEARING The governing body of the City of Scott City will meet on Aug. 1, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of ad valorem tax to be levied. Detailed budget information is available at City Hall, 221 W. 5th, Scott City, and will be available at this hearing. BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed budget 2017 expenditures and amount of 2016 ad valorem tax establish the maximum limits of the 2017 budget. The estimated tax rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation. 2015
Fund General
Prior year Expenditures
2016
Proposed Budget 2017
Actual Tax Current Year Est. Actual Tax of Expenditures Rate* Rate*
Expenditures
59.270
3,094,000
59.453
3,828,349
1,349,307
56.704
7,718
1.903
206,823
1.938
952,560
96,692
4.063
243,999
10.319
274,000
9.973
304,000
244,401
10.271
21,635
1.458
30,000
1.483
205,000
37,463
1.574
1,727,863
72.612
Employee Benefit Fire Equipment Special Highway
194,348
156,488
340,201
Sewer
123,071
131,600
595,394
11,050
29,698
26,879
2,300
28,091
987,538
2,019,094
65,364
80,892
69,400
216,115
Airport Enterprise Special Parks Water
820,357
Municipal Equipment Transient Guest Tax
65,737
Non-Budgeted Funds
156,459 4,591,474
Less: Transfers
72.950
5,047,211
72.847
8,596,575
120,000
95,000
120,000
Net Expenditure
4,471,474
4,952,211
8,476,575
Total Tax Levied
1,647,185
1,708,130
Assessed Valuation
22,580,424
23,448,827
23,795,453
Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness
2014
2015
2016
G.O. Bonds
3,280,000
4,250,548
3,620,700
Other
1,186,300
0
411,000
38,625
0
0
4,504,925
4,250,548
4,031,700
Lease Pur. Princ.
TOTAL
*Tax rates are expressed in mills
Brenda Davis Scott City Clerk
Est. Tax Rate*
2,947,100
Airport Sinking
City Totals
Amount of 2016 Ad Valorem Tax
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Pastime at Park Lane We thank the family of Albert Dean for the flowers brought to Park Lane in his memory. Prairie View Church of the Brethren led Sunday church services. Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Joy Barnett, Madeline Murphy, Wanda Kirk and Dorothy King. Wanda Kirk furnished birthday cake in honor of Richard Kirk’s 78th birthday. Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening. Bible study was held on Tuesday morning. Russel and Mary Webster led Bible study on Tuesday evening. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning. Madeline Murphy and Barbara Dickhut led bingo on Wednesday afternoon. Residents played pitch on Wednesday evening. Ladies received manicures on Thursday morning. Residents made cookies and played trivia games on Thursday. Residents played Wii bowling on Thursday evening. Everyone enjoyed vanilla ice cream cones on Friday afternoon.
Pinwheels are craft project
The Immanuel Southern Baptist Church hosted crafts on Tuesday afternoon. Residents made patriotic pinwheels. Craft helpers were Joy Barnett, Jennifer Murphy and Mandy Barnett. Joy furnished the cookies. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon. Thanks to Ken Hoover and Jay Beaver for donating fly swatters to Park Lane residents. LaVera King was visited by Carol Latham, Gloria Gough, Shellie Carter and Velda Riddiough. Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton and Delinda Dunagan. Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright and Josh, Jenny, David, Kylie, and Aiden Wright. Darlene Richman was visited by Carol Ellis and Sharon Strecker. Delores Brooks was visited by Charles Brooks, Cheryl Perry and Nancy Holt. Corrine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard, Kim Smith, Nancy Holt, Carol Ellis, Aaron and Mandy Kropp, and Caleb Powers. Loretta Gorman was visited by Ora Sharpe, Charlene Becht, and Chuck and Barb Brobst.
Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of July 25-29 Monday: Sweet and sour chicken, rice pilaf, stir fried vegetables, whole wheat roll, fruit with mandarin oranges and marshmallows. Tuesday: Chef’s salad, pears, bread stick, poke cake. Wednesday: Tuna salad or liver and onions, pasta salad with vegetable, creamed peas, bread, strawberries. Thursday: Chicken and stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, stewed tomatoes, whole wheat roll, melon mix. Friday: Bierocks, black bean, corn and tomato salad, broccoli with cheese, grapes. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501
Jim Jeffery was visited by Libbie Joles. Doris Riner had lunch with Mary Lou Oeser, Karen, Jan and Alma on Sunday. Doris was visited by Ron and Sue Riner and Trudy took Doris to lunch on Tuesday.
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Kathy Roberts was visited by Nancy Holt, Gary Roberts and Kathy Moore. Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale Dirks. Boots Haxton had as her visitors Donna Eitel, Nancy Holt, and Rod and Kathy Haxton. Jeanie Rowton was visited by Becky Rowton, Phil and Susan Escareno, Samantha Heili, Pam Turner; Courtney, Kayde, Cashton and Bentley Young; and Fred and Betty Wilken from Derby.
Harold and Ruth White were visited by Junior and Sharon Strecker. Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler and Sharilyn Wilkinson. Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock. Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk and Janet Ottaway from Hays. Arlene Beaton was visited by Nancy Holt and William Beaton. Cloide Boyd was visited by Junior and Sharon Strecker.
Lowell Rudolph was visited by Tom and Kathy Moore, LuAnn Buehler and Chuck Kirk. Nella Funk was visited by Nancy Holt and Tom and Kathy Moore. Louise Crist was visited by Jean Burgess, Karen Hadley, Mary Bell Landgraf, Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, Kay Mohler, Tava See, Terry and Cindy Crist, and Sue Rose. Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Marvel Keyse.
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We Must Sing Sing, Sing, Sing In that day you will sing: “I will praise you, O LORD! You were angry with me, but not any more. Now you comfort me. See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.” With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation! In that wonderful day you will sing: “Thank the LORD! Praise his name! Tell the nations what he has done. Let them know how mighty he is! Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things. Make known his praise around the world. Let all the people of Jerusalem shout his praise with joy! For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you.” Isaiah 12:1-6 (NLT) * * * Have you ever gotten a song stuck in your head and you couldn’t get it out. Happens to me all the time. What’s funny is sometimes I’ll be singing bits and pieces of it as I go through the house and then pretty soon I notice Kim or one of the kids will start singing it,
too. There are a couple songs that are off completely limits cause we know once it’s out there it will live in our house for days . . . even weeks. Isaiah said, “the Lord God is my strength and my song.” I know it may sound a bit cheesy but I wonder if God was a song Isaiah couldn’t get out of His head. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing. There are plenty of things that can get us down. Satan seeks to kill and destroy us, but we can live in full assurance that God is an “ever present help in time of trouble.” The gospel message, the knowledge of salvation, the wonderful works of our Lord, these are beautiful songs to sing to the nations. “Sing to the Lord, for he has done wonderful things. Make known his praise around the world.” Some may try to get out of this by saying, “I don’t have a good singing voice.” That’s not the point. God simply wants us to declare His goodness, His glory, His salvation to all people. There is a similar verse in Psalm 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him. The testimony of you salvation is song that can be sung. We must sing!
Pastor Scott 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
KDADS launches ‘Operation Red File’ The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services’ (KDADS) has launched Operation Red File which is currently being implemented in four counties. Operation Red File is designed to help seniors keep their critical health information accessible if needed in an emergency. Participants in ORF receive a large, red, magnetic folder that they can place on their refrigerator for instant access, where first responders will know to look for it. Participants are encouraged to put copies of their medical information and other critical documents in the folder, such as a clear, current photograph of the participant; a medical form with all current medical information; a medication list that can be updated as needed; and medical coverage information. First responders and emergency staff can use this information to: •Instantly access medical history and medication records in an emergency. •Avoid delays caused by trying to get information from a confused patient. •Ensure that the family/ responsible party will be notified quickly. •Have a photograph available in the case of a Silver Alert. Persons interested in participating in the program can contact KDADS’ Senior Medicare Patrol program administrator April Hazen at 800-432-3535 for more information.
Medicaid expansion would aid 150k Kansans
Tim DeWeese, executive director of Johnson County’s mental health agency, said there are people living under bridges or “surfing” from couch to couch in the state’s most prosperous county - and they didn’t come in from elsewhere. “There is a homeless population, here in Johnson County,” he said. DeWeese spoke in Overland Park as part of an event hosted by the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas. It was the seventh stop at venues across the state as the alliance seeks to build grassroots support for Medicaid expansion. The alliance estimates that Medicaid expansion would extend health coverage to about 150,000 low-income Kansans. Right now Kansas Medicaid, or KanCare, is open only to children, parents, pregnant women, the frail elderly and people with disabilities - and it has some of the nation’s most restrictive income limits for those populations. People who lack health insurance frequently delay medical care until they have a medical crisis, she said, which leads to greater treatment costs. Kansas is one of 19 states that have declined to expand Medicaid eligibility since a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision which said expansion was optional for states. Under the law, the federal government pays 100 percent of the cost of expansion for the first three years. Starting next year, states will begin contributing some money, maxing out at 10 percent of the cost starting in 2020.
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Report credits ACA with overall health improvements More attention needed for mental, behavioral health A review of health system performance nationwide shows some improvement in Kansas - but not much. The report, released last week by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, covers three dozen indicators of access, quality, cost and health outcomes. Most of the data used for the report is from 2011 (which is the first year the Affordable Care Act provided subsidized health insurance through the online marketplace) through 2014. The report concludes that the ACA is largely responsible for many of the health system improvements as more people gained insurance and were able to obtain and better afford needed health care. “Largely because of the
ACA’s coverage expansions, the percentage of working-age adults without health insurance fell in nearly all local areas - dropping by four percentage points or more in 189 local areas between 2012 and 2014,” the report said. “In addition, 155 local areas saw substantial reductions in 30-day readmission rates for Medicare beneficiaries, coinciding with the ACA’s penalties for hospitals that have high readmission rates.” Like the rest of the country, Kansas saw more measures improving than declining - but most of the state’s measures showed little or no change. Doug McCarthy, co-author of the report, said Kansas is doing better than average in providing patient-centered care in hospitals, preventing pressure sores in nursing home residents and limiting readmission to hospitals from nursing homes. He sees room for improvement in access to care.
McCarthy said the researchers found that states where Medicaid eligibility was expanded had greater improvement in access to care than states without expansion, including Kansas and Missouri. “In fact, we looked at communities where there’s a large proportion of individuals who are living on a low income, and those areas in particular did much better - about twice as much improvement there as similar kinds of communities with a large low-income population in states that didn’t expand Medicaid,” he said. But, improving access to care goes beyond making sure people have insurance, McCarthy said. “You have, I think, 50,000 more individuals covered through the marketplace in Kansas,” he said. “There’s still a lot of opportunity for local areas to help those individuals get connected to a primary care medical home and ensure
they know how to navigate the health system, especially if they have cultural or linguistic barriers.” The Kansas suicide rate worsened, McCarthy said, and its obesity and infant mortality rates remain worse than the national average. The Kansas City region, including parts of Kansas and Missouri, had no indicators where health system performance worsened. That region had improved insurance rates for both children and adults. It also improved on several health care quality indicators for people with Medicare. Overall, the Kansas City region ranked 172nd out of the 306 “hospital referral regions” the report compared. The Topeka region, which includes most of northeast Kansas outside the Kansas City area, ranked 124th. Almost all of the rest of Kansas is included in the (See REPORT on page 15)
Everyone benefits by developing healthy habits in the workplace Research shows that most adults in the United States spend a majority of their waking time at work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, adults ages 25-54 who have children spend an average of 8.9 hours of their day at work. With the rising cost of health care, it is making more and more sense for employers
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to encourage healthy habits and physical activity in the workplace. Both employees and employers benefit from formal workplace wellness
programs. Employees benefit from increased stamina, lower stress levels, increased well-being and self-esteem, improved physical fitness, and better health. Employers encouraging the program benefit from increased productivity, decreased rates of illness, injury, and absenteeism, improved employee relations
and morale, and enhanced recruitment and retention of employees. Wellness in the workplace does not have to be a large burden or time commitment. Here are some easy tips for staying healthy and active for the 8-plus hours per day spent at work: (See WORKPLACE on page 15)
Most Kansans make payments for ACA marketplace coverage Megan Hart Kansas Health Institute
Almost nine out of every 10 Kansans who selected health insurance on the federal online marketplace paid for at least the first month of their coverage this year, offering one bit of stability in the sometimesturbulent marketplace. Critics of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, questioned whether people who signed up for coverage actually would pay their premiums after the exchanges’ troubled rollout in late 2013 and early 2014.
Data from 2015 and 2016 suggest most people who sign up for insurance through the marketplace do pay their premiums, at least early in the year. The online marketplaces at www.healthcare.gov were created as part of the health reform law to provide increased access to health insurance. Whether people pay their premiums matters because insurers only make money and stay in business - if they collect more from customers than what they pay when those customers receive health care. Some insurers have cho-
sen to stop selling policies on the marketplace because it tends to attract sicker customers than they had planned for, and other insurers have asked for substantial premium increases. In Kansas, 89,566 people had paid their marketplace premiums as of March 31, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That accounts for about 88 percent of the 101,555 Kansans who selected a plan for 2016. Sign-ups ended in early February, meaning March was the first month when everyone
who signed up during regular enrollment had to pay a premium. In Missouri, 252,044 people had paid as of the end of March, or about 87 percent of the 290,201 who enrolled. Those rates are slightly higher than what is typical in the individual insurance market, according to Dylan Roby, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health who studies insurance markets. Usually, about 80 percent to 85 percent of people who seek individual coverage pay, (See PAYMENTS on page 15)
The name has changed . . . because we are doing more You no longer have to leave Scott City for EEG testing. Neurological testing can be done at the Sleep Disorder and Neurodiagnostic Center to determine the possibility of mild seizures, abnormal activity that can lead to sleep disorders, and more. •A routine EEG test can be completed in 20-30 minutes. •We conduct tests for adults and children.
Sleep Disorder and Neurodiagnostic Center Respiratory Therapist Michelle Pianalto
SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL Leading You To A Healthy Future
201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, Ks 67871 (620) 872-5811
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Payments though those rates are much higher among people with employmentbased coverage, he said. “The tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (in the marketplace) help ensure the premiums are affordable for people on the lower end of the income spectrum,” he said, and encourage them to maintain their coverage. A higher rate of customers dropping coverage becomes a problem only if it leaves insurers with a pool of people who are more expensive to cover and fewer people paying their premiums, Roby said.
Insurers can’t raise marketplace premiums midyear in the way a grocery store can charge more for a gallon of milk, so if too many healthy people drop out they have to absorb costs until they are able to set new premiums the next year. Both Kansas and Missouri were near the middle in terms of the percentage of enrollees who paid for their insurance. Nationwide, about 11.1 million of the 12.7 million people who enrolled in the marketplaces still were paying their premiums as of March 31, for a payment rate of about 87 percent. State rates ranged
Report Wichita region, which was 184th overall. The 2016 report is a follow-up to a similar report issued in 2012. Statistics on each of the indicators from both time periods were compared to determine whether performance had improved, worsened or stayed about the same. Report highlights include: •The 2016 scorecard finds substantial differences among local health care systems, with those in Hawaii, the Upper
from a low of 66 percent in Virginia to a high of nearly 97 percent in Massachusetts. CMS didn’t track why some people didn’t pay their premiums, so it isn’t clear whether they were unable to afford coverage, decided they didn’t want to pay anymore or gained coverage through an employer or another source, such as a new spouse’s insurance. About 17,000 of those who weren’t included as of March 31 were dropped due to the problems verifying their immigration status, according to CMS. People who aren’t citizens or legal residents can’t
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Midwest, New England and the San Francisco area generally performing better than those in the South and West. •Overall, health care systems in communities with large low-income populations generally do not perform as well as those in wealthier communities. People in poor communities are more likely to go without needed medical care because of the cost, receive a highrisk prescription drug and die early from treatable causes.
Workplace 1) Stay hydrated. Water contains 0g sugar, no preservatives, and zero calories. It is vital for life, refreshing, thirst quenching, clear, and natural. Compare that to the average soda which contains 65g sugar, 200+ calories, and zero nutrients. Soda contributes to high blood pressure, diabetes, bone loss and liver damage. 2) Sit for 60, move for three. For every 60 minutes spent sitting at a desk or in a meeting, take a three minute activity break. Go for a quick walk around the block or down the hall. Climb the stairs. Stand up and stretch your limbs. The Mayo Clinic found that even leisurely movement throughout the workday can have a profound impact on a person’s well-being by burning more calories and increasing energy. Sitting can stall the bodily processes related to the breakdown of fats and sugars. Simply standing up and moving a few times a day will kick these processes back into
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“Many communities are showing signs of getting healthier, and that is encouraging,” said Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal. “It shows that with the right policies and actions we can make our health care system work for all of us.” The report calls on the nation to invest more to address social determinants of health - including income, nutrition and environmental conditions - and improve access to mental and behavioral health services.
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action. 3) Eat in color. Instead of the midday candy bar needed for a pick-me-up, pack fruits and vegetables to snack on throughout the day. The American Heart Association recommends consuming four or more servings of both fruit and vegetables every day. Research from the National Cancer institute found that only 20-30 percent of Americans are actually meeting that recommendation. Paying attention to the food eaten at work will increase consciousness of the food eaten at home and which will have a direct impact on future generations. Employers wishing to encourage a healthier environment at their workplace have an excellent resource in Kansas for building that foundation. “WorkWell Kansas is a statewide worksite initiative that provides leadership and resources for businesses and organizations to support worksite health” (www.workwellks.com).
WorkWell Kansas gives employers the chance to become leaders paving the way for the wellness of their community. Workplaces deciding to make the commitment to wellness through WorkWell KS have access to on-site training, workshops, technical assistance, and assistance help with the development and implementation of a wellness plan. This article is submitted by the Scott Community Foundation Healthcare Committee. For more information, contact the Scott Community Foundation at (620) 872-3790
buy insurance through the marketplace. Sheldon Weisgrau, director of the Health Reform Resource Project in Kansas, said some people may have received the care they needed and quickly dropped their insurance, but most people who aren’t paying likely have lower incomes and struggle to afford coverage. While that may not affect the marketplace much, it could leave people unable to pay for care they need, he said. “It raises concerns in the sense that there are people losing their insurance for one reason or another,” he said.
190 at SCMS earn second semester honors There were 190 students earning second semester academic honors at Scott City Middle School. The list of honor students included 66 who were on the Gold list for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. Other honor lists are Silver (3.5-3.99) and Bronze (3.0-3.49). Honor roll students include: Gold Honor List Eighth: William Cupp, Brian Galaviz, Cynthia Gonzalez, Kevin Herman, Blake Koehn, Gabrielle Martinez, Justus McDaniel, Jacy Rose, Madison Shapland, Piper Wasinger. Seventh: Gisselle Aguirre-Apodaca, Lizette Bejarano Anchondo, Allison Brunswig, Marisela Chavez, Connor Cupp, Ryan Cure, Adam Elder, Loren Faurot, Sophia Garrison, Brooke Hoeme, Harrison King, Abby McDaniel, Paige Prewit, Sawyer Stevens. Sixth: Conner Armendariz, Lezette Cantaros, Cesar Contreras, Melany Duff, Carter Gooden, Isabella Gutierrez-Myers, Clare Hawkins, Natalie Herman, Kennedy Holstein, Brynn McCormick, Allison Patton, Zachery Rohrbough, Chelsie Rose, Ella Rumford, Rhiley Stoppel, Giovanni Vichique, Kale Wheeler. Fifth: Gisselle Aguilar, Valeria Anchondo, Lawson Bailey, Freddy Castillo, Hannah Eikenberry, Adrian Elder, Ivette Ferandez-Lozoya, John Harris, Nathan LeBeau, Shelby Lisenby, Leslie Macias, Madison Miller, Jocabeb Navarrete Contreras, Elizabeth Nguyen, Priscilla Peregrino, Wyatt Ricker, Lana Rodriguez, Tara Rose, Aaron Ruelas, Aiden Schwindt, Johnna Sowers, Brooke Strine, Adrianne Talbert, Hannah Tucker, Emilee Turner. Silver Honor List Eighth: Samantha Aguilar, Briana Amezcua, MaKeena Ashmore, Emmanuel Frances Aguilar, Leslie Frias, Parker Gooden, Cale Goodman, Lanae Haupt, Braylin Heim, Morgan Irwin, Abbigail LeBeau, Jackson Lewis, Kylee Logan, Diego Lopez, Shelby Patton, Lillian Pepper, Isidro Ponce. Seventh: Roberto Apodaca-Armendariz, Gabriel Bowers, Kaely Capps,
Angel Perez, Anastasia Rojas, Joshua Rosin, Claire Rumford, Kevin Serrano Gonzalez, Brooke Sherwood, James Turner, Aamyia Unger. Sixth: Kaelyn Dearden, Carson Faurot, Evelyn Gonzalez Lopez, Payton Goodman, Leightyn Heim, Paige Hoelting, Jaxson Kough, Broderick LaPlant, Wyatt Lowe, Paola Mendoza, Lance Miller, Tina Neufeld, Alivia Noll, Nash Nowak, Eric Shapland, Efren Tarango Fernandez, Austin Thon, Ronald Weathers, Madison Westergard, Misti Wick, Diane Willette, Brooklynn Zielke. Fifth: Henry Aguilar, Samantha Aldaba Flores, Eliana Ayala, Brylie Bennett, Thaddius Butler, Evan Fry, Ximena Garcia Rodriguez, Leticia Gonzalez, Haileigh Hickert, Callie Hutton, Jacob Irwin, Treven Jones. Jaden Lewis, Evelyn Lozano, Joseph McCleary, Breana McPherson, Luis Medellin, Mackayla Miller, Natalia Rojas, Nathan Rosas, Kathryn Smith, Nathan Smith, Danny Stratmeier, Jace Thomas, Hope Wiechman, Anthony Wolfe. Bronze Honor List Eighth: Elijah Amack, Jaiden Amack, Jacelynn Buffington, Yovanni Galaviz, Jose Garcia, Grace Hutton, Samuel Irwin, Connor Jameson, Amanda Lara, Johnny Lara, Courtney Latta, Jose Alonso Martinez, Rosa Delia Martinez, Victor Martinez, Nathan Nowak. Seventh: Tulio CastroVasquez, Daniela Garcia, Andres Gonzalez, Ansley Grothusen, Taylor Heili, Easton Lorg, Annie Stratmeier, Olivia Wagner. Sixth: Kayla Apalategui, Armando Armendariz, Erick Castillo Morales, Xavier Cluster, Damian Estrella, Victoria Ford, Dawson Fox, Jarron Gregory, Esperanza Hernandez, Ashleigh Hickert, Joshua Jacobson, Matthew Jacobson, Amber Latta, Susana Nolasco, Dalton Pazdernik, Bethany Prochnow. Fifth: Sophia Brown, Manuel Esquivel, Felix Gonzalez-Jimenez, Manrubio Jimenez-Rojas, Joshua Kasselman, Zachery Roberts, Brandon Smyth, Garrison Turner, Marquez Wallace.
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School Supply List
4 Year Old •1 large box of Kleenex •1 set Crayola Classic markers (8 basic colors) •Regular-sized school bag to carry papers, books, toothbrush and toothpaste •2 boxes of 8 ct. regular size crayons •1 glue stick •1 pair 5” blunt Fiskars metal scissors •1 pkg Napkins Kinder-Prep •1 2-pack 2 pocket folder poly with clasp assistant •1 set Crayola Classic markers (8 basic colors) •1 pair 5” blunt Fiskars metal scissors •3 boxes of 8 ct. regular size crayons •1 large package of napkins and Kleenex •4 large Elmer’s glue sticks •1 small 5x8 plastic school box •1 8 color watercolor paint set •Pencil pouch, zippered w/ holes •School bag to carry papers back and forth
Kindergarten •12 #2 sharpened pencils •1 pair 5” blunt Fiskars metal scissors •1 set, fat Crayola Classic markers (8 basic colors) •3 boxes of 16 regular size crayons (no fat crayons) •2 large erasers •3 Large Elmer’s glue sticks •1 small 5x8 plastic school box •2 plastic 2-pocket folder with brads •1 large package of napkins and Kleenex •1 box of quart-size zipper baggies (Boys only) •1 zippered pencil bag with 3 holes, 8.5” x 9.75” •EXPO Dry Erase Markers - 4 ct. assorted colors •1 8-color Crayola watercolor paint set •School bag to carry papers back & forth •Baby Wipes Resealable Refill (no tub) (Girls only) •1 8oz. bottle of hand sanitizer 1st Grade •24 #2 lead yellow wooden pencils •3 boxes of 16 regular size crayons •2 pink erasers •1 school box (8.25” x 5.25”) •2 large boxes of Kleenex •1 large bottle of Elmer’s glue •1 pair of Fiskars metal scissors •2 plastic 2-pocket folders with brads •1 set Crayola Classic markers (8 basic colors) •8 white glue sticks •4 black EXPO Dry Erase Markers Supplies need to fit into the medium size school box. 5th Grade •25 pencils - #2 lead •1 red pen •1 set of colored pencils •Dry erase markers •2 large boxes of kleenex •1” three-ring notebook, wide-lined •1 5-subject notebook •Wide-ruled loose leaf paper •5 folders with pockets and brads •1 eraser •1 ruler with metric and inches •1 inexpensive calculator •2 glue sticks •Small school scissors •P.E. uniform - purchased through MS Office 6th Grade •1 cloth textbook cover (Social Studies) •Small school scissors •Glue sticks •Dry erase markers •Pencil bag - zippered, heavy canvas with grommets •Colored pencils •#2 pencils •Set of highlighters •1 pen •Wide-ruled loose leaf paper (English and Math) •Stylus (fine point) for iPad •3 - 1” three-ring binders (Science, Curr. Events, Mrs. Duff’s Math) •1 - 2” three-ring notebook (Home Ec.) •Plastic pocket folder w/ brads (English) •Folder without brads (Social Studies) •11 binder dividers (5 - Science, 3 - Mrs. Duff’s Math, 3 - Curr. Events) •Scientific calculator (suggest TI-30xs multi-view) - Math •Black 2-pocket folder (Chorus) •2 large boxes facial tissues (take to 1st hour class) •P.E. uniform - purchased through MS Office
You’re on your way to a great school year!
2nd Grade •2 large boxes of Kleenex •1 pair of Fiskars Scissors •24 #2 yellow pencils - NO Eversharps - NO decorative •4 black EXPO Dry Erase Markers •1 large bottle of Elmer’s glue (white) •2 pink erasers •2 boxes of Crayola crayons, 24 ct. •1 school box (8.25” x 5.25”) •4 glue sticks •2 plastic 2-pocket folders with brads •1 yellow highlighter, narrow tip 3rd Grade •1 box of 16 regular Crayola crayons •1 school box (6” x 12”) •1 bottle of Elmer’s glue (white) •1 pink eraser •1 large box of Kleenex •1 pair of pointed Fiskar scissors •24 regular pencils, #2 lead •1 set of colored pencils •1 set of EXPO Dry Erase Markers, 4 ct. •1 2-pocket folder w/out clasp •2 pkg. loose leaf notebook paper (wide-lined) Please do not bring a 3-ring notebook. The desks are too small. 4th Grade •1 Sharpie (any color) •1 pink eraser •2 large boxes of Kleenex •1 school box (6” x 12”) •1 red pen •1 pair of pointed Fiskar scissors •1 blue or black pen •1 highlighter (any color) •12 regular pencils, #2 lead •1 large glue stick •1 box of Crayola crayons, 24 ct. •1 1” durable 3-ring binder to put loose leaf paper in •1 set of EXPO Dry Erase Markers, 4 ct. •Colored pencils, 12 ct. •Wide-ruled loose leaf paper •1 spiral notebook (1 subject and wide-lined) •Pencil sharpener •1 dry erase board eraser •2 2-pocket folders w/out clasp (1 for music and 1 for homework) Please do not bring a 3-ring notebook. The desks are too small. PE Class Students grades K-4 need tennis shoes for PE classes. 7th Grade •2 cloth textbook covers •#2 pencils •Colored pencils •1 pen •Highlighters •Pencil bag - zippered, heavy canvas with grommets •Eraser •Glue sticks •Small school scissors •1 package loose leaf paper (English, Math) •Stylus (fine point) for iPad •3 - 1” three-ring binders (Science, Math, FACS) •2 plastic pocket folders with brads (English, Social Studies) •8 binder dividers (5 - Science, 3 - Math) •Scientific calculator (suggest TI-30xs multi-view) - Math •1 black 2-pocket folder (Chorus) •2 large boxes facial tissues (take to 1st hour class) •P.E. uniform - purchased through MS Office •Black shoes, black pants and black socks (Chorus concerts) 8th Grade •#2 pencils •Colored pencils •Set of highlighters •1 red pen (Social Studies) •1 pen (color of choice) •Pencil bag - zippered, heavy canvas with grommets •Eraser •Glue sticks •Small school scissors •1 package, college-ruled loose leaf paper (English) •Stylus (fine point) for iPad •1 - 1” three-ring binder (Science) •1 - one subject spiral notebook (Social Studies) •5 binder dividers (Science) •Scientific calculator (suggest TI-30xs multi-view) - Math •1 plastic folder with brads (English) •1 black 2-pocket folder (Chorus) •2 large boxes facial tissues (take to 1st hour class) •P.E. uniform - purchased through MS Office •Black shoes, black pants and black socks (Chorus concerts)
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no luck about it Jared O’Dea of Scott City (in the lead) holds off a challenge from Jordan Roane, Utica, in the feature race on Wednesday evening.
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O’Dea finally gets the checkered flag Luck is always a factor when it comes to figure-8 racing. “I guess I was a little lucky on the draw,” noted Jared O’Dea after he drew the poll position for the main event during Wednesday’s event at the Scott County Fair.
However, a driver also has to take advantage of the front row assignment and there was no luck involved in that as O’Dea quickly created some separation between himself and his nearest rivals on his way to a troublefree championship.
The Scott City driver has been a regular in the figure-8 event for the past seven years and while he has often been in contention, this was his first championship at the Fair. “It feels good to finally be on top,” says the 27-year-old.
O’Dea was the winner in the second heat, which secured him a spot in the finals. Other heat winners were Garrett Parker (Garden City) and Jordan Roane (Utica). There were 13 cars in this year’s race with first and second
place in the three preliminary heats guaranteed of making the finals. Following the slop heat, the finals consisted of nine vehicles with O’Dea in the pole position. Roane joined him on the front row after all of the (See O’DEA on page 18)
XC has lots of ground to cover before fall practices
SCHS junior Jordan Horn runs a time trial at Lake Scott last Friday morning while Makaela Stevens and Dexter Gooden are coming up the hill behind him. (Record Photo)
Kevin Reese keeps hoping for a camp when all of his cross-country runners will show up in mid-season form after logging a lot of road miles during the summer. This wasn’t that summer. “You shouldn’t use camp as a starting point for training. You should use it as a gauge where you’re at with your training program,” says the Scott Community High School head coach. And while a handful of runners were in the type of running shape that Reese had hoped to see with two-a-days less than a month away, the majority were not. That’s not unusual, but it does add to the urgency of what those runners can accomplish during the next four weeks. “I’m trying to emphasize there’s a 99 percent chance of us being (Class) 4A. We have to be ready to take it to the next level and it begins with our summer training. The difference between those teams who are successful and those who aren’t is what they do during the summer,” says Reese. That’s particularly true this year and into the foreseeable future as SCHS prepares for what will likely be a permanent move into Class 4A. Despite both the boys and girls finishing fourth at the Class 3A state meet a year ago, that doesn’t automatically translate into success in Class 4A. (See X-COUNTRY on page 19)
Hess team erases 3 stroke deficit to win 4-ball scramble Trailing by three strokes with 16 holes remaining, the team of Tyler Hess, John Hess, Justin Miller and Justin Unruh played the remainder of Sunday’s round 15-under-par to win the Scott City Four-Ball Tournament. The Hess team went on a scoring binge during that 16 hole stretch with 13 birdies and an eagle to finish the twoday tournament with a 108 total - or 28-under-par. They needed every bit of that for a narrow two stroke win over the team of Stephen Prewit, Ben Spare, Chris Irvin and David Heyd. The Prewit team was the tournament leader with a 55 following Saturday’s play. That put them one shot ahead of the Hess team and the team of Ron Baker, Evan Wessel, Devlin Mull and Gage Ihrig. Sunday’s action turned into a two-team dual. Prewit’s team extended its lead to two strokes over the Baker team and three strokes over the Hess team after a birdie on the first hole and an eagle on the par-five second hole to start Sunday’s round. The Hess team pulled even with a birdie on the par-three eighth hole and took the lead with a deuce on the three-par third hole during their final round. (See 4-BALL on page 18)
Noll, 2 relays win golds at combined meet
Even body English wasn’t enough for a birdie putt to curl into the cup for Chuck Steffens on Saturday. Playing partners looking on are Phil Steffens (left) and Matt Clinton. (Record Photo)
Avry Noll claimed the only individual championship and the Lady Stars picked up a pair of relay titles at the Western Kansas Swim Club combined championship last Saturday. Noll, competing in the 9-10-year division, posted a winning time of 43.6. He added a silver medal in the 200m freestyle (3:05.69). He was also a member of two relays that earned silver medals in the 14 team field. The 200m freestyle relay was a league runner-up in 2:40.65. The team consisted of Houston Frank, Waylon Ricker, Jackson Rumford and Noll. The 200m medley (3:23.27) also collected a silver medal. Members were Noll, Griffin Edwards, Frank and Rumford. Combining the men’s and women’s scores, Scott City (528.5) fin(See NOLL on page 24)
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Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland
You just gotta grow enough for all of them To Hutchinson area basketball fans from my generation, the name Dick Gisel rings familiar. From the mid1960s until he retired in 1995, Dick taught history and psychology and served as assistant and head basketball coach at Buhler High, Hutchinson Community College (HCC) and at Hutchinson High School. As head coach at HCC in 1975, the Blue Dragons entered the NJCAA tournament ranked number one in the nation. Dick feels his other most memorable experience was having the opportunity to be assistant HCC coach for eight years under Gene Kady who eventually went on to become head basketball coach at Purdue. Gisel is also well known for something else in the Hutchinson area - the melons he grows and sells at his small hobby farm. His dad grew melons for years, and for around 15 years now Gisel has grown between 4-6 acres of watermelons and cantaloupes, even adding pumpkins for a time. He says, “I like to work and I like to see things grow, so growing and selling melons keeps me busy and keeps me connected with people.” The first years the patch consisted of numerous varieties, but now he has chosen just one variety each of watermelons and cantaloupe to keep life simpler. The Kansas State Fair awards a “governor’s sweepstakes” prize each year for the best display of three different varieties of melons, and half a dozen years ago the Gisels won it twice in a row. Dick won the first year, and as the story goes, his wife, Jan, won the following (See GROW on page 22)
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drivers drew for their position in the main event. While O’Dea was able to get clear of the field and avoid any serious problems at the intersection, the main action was between Scott City’s Chris Pounds, who moved up from the number-five position, and Roane. In fact, Pounds had slipped into second place for a good share of the race before Roane was able to slide under him on the back curve with about five laps remaining on the 20-lap feature. Roane would finish second, followed by Pounds and John Jacobson. This night, however, belonged to O’Dea who joined his brother, Michael, as a figure-8 champion. “There’s a lot of luck that goes into it. A lot can
Reese McKinney, Moscow, gets pushed onto the berm during a preliminary heat of the figure-8 races on Wednesday at the fairgrounds. (Record Photo)
happen around you that you can’t control and if something opens up you have to take advantage of it,” O’Dea noted. While the poll position helped, O’Dea has also been on the other end of
that as well, starting from the back of the pack one year and eventually moving into second place. Despite his success, O’Dea has no plans to enter any other figure-8 races this summer.
“I race in Scott City and Scott City only. That way I don’t have to keep building new cars,” said O’Dea, pointing out this was the third year he has competed with the 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier.
making the turn
Except for checking the fluids, very little was involved in preparing for this year’s race. “It should have a couple more races left in it,” he added.
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Birdies on holes five and seven extended the Hess lead to three strokes with only two holes remaining. The Prewit team was along in second place with a 110 shot total while three teams were tied for third place at 112. There were 40 teams competing in the tournament.
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Susan Boulware, Scott City, gets ready to make the turn around the second barrel during Tuesday’s races at the Scott County Fairgrounds. Boulware won the open division and was the overall champion with a time of 14.933, narrowly edging Dani Heinrich who had a time of 14.985. Winning the junior division was Paige Hoelting in a time of 17.026. (Record Photo)
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“My mantra this year is ‘no excuses,’” says Reese. “You can always find an excuse for missing a workout. If you really want to be successful you’ll find a way to make the time in your schedule, whether it means getting up an hour earlier in the day or running later at night. “The last time I saw that kind of commitment from an entire team during the off-season was the (boys 2007) state championship. The more they were together the stronger the bond became between the guys.” Leaders Emerge Among the 25 athletes who attended the week-long camp, Reese says several runners separated themselves from the rest of the pack in terms of conditioning. Senior Paige Winderlin, who will begin just her second year of cross-country, is coming off a very good track season as a middle-distance runner and will solidify her position as one of the team’s top runners. “She looks a lot more capable of handling the 5k distance. She’s a lot stronger,” says Reese. “That began during track with her ability to handle the workouts.” Junior Makaela Stevens is still the team’s number one runner, coming off an outstanding 2015 season in which she finished second in the Class 3A state meet. “It was obvious during camp that Makaela has been working hard this summer. She’s been putting in the miles,” says Reese. Other returning members who competed at the state meet are juniors Olivia Prieto and Trella Davis, along with sophomore Dulce Ayala. “Our top five varsity runners will be strong, but they can’t be content with where they were last year,” Reese says. “And I’m still waiting to see who will step into the six and seven spots.”
SCHS junior Trella Davis competes in Friday’s x-country camp time trial at Lake Scott State Park. (Record Photo)
Depth a Concern Depth is also a concern among the boys, despite the addition of sophomore Jack Thomas who, like Jess Drohman, will also be competing in football this fall. Thomas is a welcome addition to the team after winning the 3200m gold medal in the state track meet this spring. “Jack will be very successful in cross-country. He’s set some pretty lofty goals, and he’s not to that point yet, but he’s very motivated to succeed,” Reese says. Drohman (10th, 17:46) was Scott City’s top finisher at the state meet last fall and has put in a good summer of conditioning as the team’s senior leader. Also returning from the state team are senior Drew Duff and juniors Conner LeBeau and
Austin Rios. “Conner looked solid during camp. What we need from him this year is more consistency,” says Reese. “I feel we have a real good 1-2-3 punch. Who steps up behind them will determine what kind of success we can have as a team.” Building a Base Reese emphasized to his team that what happens over the next month will do a lot in determining their success this fall. “It ultimately comes down to what they do between now and the start of practices on August 15. That will say a lot about their commitment to the team and the season they expect,” says the head coach. “In 3A, we’ve been able to
get by with starting our training at the start of the season. It’s not what I’d prefer, but we’ve managed. That won’t work in 4A. We saw that at (the McPherson regional) in 2012,” he notes. “It takes a different level of sacrifice to compete at this level.” As with all summer camps, Reese hopes this will be a springboard for those athletes who haven’t been putting in the workouts and give an added boost to those who have. “A majority of these kids need to be putting in at least 20 miles a week, and I’d prefer they were closer to 30, until the start of fall practices. They need to establish an endurance base so they can be ready for the more intense workouts this fall,” he adds.
Elusive Pokemon GO characters have been spotted at many Kansas state parks and nature centers, and there’s no better time to join the chase. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) welcomes Pokemon hunters stalking the virtual critters that have popped up at some of the most picturesque and educational places in Kansas. The game is an exciting new way to get outdoors and enjoy all that natural Kansas has to offer. “Pokemon GO is both fun and distracting, so we encourage players to use common sense and follow certain safety precautions while on a Pokemon quest,” said Linda Lanterman, State Parks Director. Some of the basic safety rules include: •Be aware of your surroundings, especially along trails, roads, cliffs, stream banks and lakes. It is important to watch where you place your feet to avoid a fall, poison ivy or a venomous snake. •Stay on trails and don’t drive off roads into unauthorized areas. •Don’t trespass on private property which may be adjacent to park boundaries, and don’t enter someone else’s campsite or recreational vehicle. •Don’t operate a vehicle or boat while distracted by the game. Watch for pedestrians, bicyclists and wildlife along roads, around boat docks and in parking areas. State park entrance fees still apply. Any vehicle entering a Kansas state park must have either an annual entrance permit or a daily entrance permit. The daily entrance permit is $5 and is available at the entrance gatehouse or kiosk.
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Grant 2) Construct curb/gutter on Chestnut Street and build two homes between Yucca and 7th Street. The development would mirror what’s happening on Maple Street. Est. cost: $400,000, plus additional local money. 3) Construct curb/gutter on Chestnut Street to 7th Street and extend Maple Street another block south to 8th Street. Est. cost: $350,000. In options one and three, the grant would be used for street/curb/gutter work. The city’s match would be for water/sewer lines. Without the city offering some type of matching investment, Eisenhour said there is no way the grant application will be
Parade ship, which begins on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m., the Barnyard Olympics returns again to the fair starting at 1:00 p.m. Both events are held at the indoor arena. The livestock buyer’s supper is at 5:30 p.m. at the show arena, followed by the livestock premium auction. at 6:30 p.m. A full day of activities will wrap up with games and contests for kids and adults in front of the grandstand at 7:00 p.m. There will also be a ping pong ball drop for prizes. Following the games, the kids’ pedal tractor pull will also take place in
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accepted. When the city last made application for the grant in 2013 it was turned down. Mayor Dan Goodman quickly voiced his objection to the second option. “I’m not comfortable with the city getting into the home building business,” he said. Councilman Everett Green, who is also on the task force, feels there are individuals willing to invest in more housing in the area “if we can get the infrastructure in place.” Eisenhour noted that when the final four homes are constructed on Maple Street as part of the Northwest Kansas Housing Development project that housing in the subdivision will have
added $2.66 million to the local tax base. “The 2-1/2 years it will have taken to complete Maple Street is longer than the one year we had anticipated, but I think further development will move along more quickly,” predicted Eisenhour. Green agreed that the need for additional housing is “accelerating.” Special Assessments How to handle the special assessments continues to be a difficult issue for council members. It’s been suggested that the city could forgive all special assessments for new construction on Chestnut to enhance the prospect of the development and sale of homes.
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front of the grandstand.
mium auction at 6:30 p.m.
Parade is Saturday Of course, the big event on Saturday morning is the parade through downtown Scott City which starts at 10:00 a.m. Afterwards, people can go to the park and get in line to sample beef at any or all of the approximately 12 Beefiesta tasting booths. Tasting booths remain open until about 2:00 p.m. or the beef is gone. The livestock buyer’s supper will begin at 5:30 p.m. under the show arena, followed by the livestock and foods pre-
Demolition Derby The popular demolition derby will be Saturday evening, with cars to hit the track (and each other) starting at 7:00 p.m. in front of the grandstand. Carnival excitement is being provided by Weee Entertainment, Dodge City, with wristband discounts available each night of the Fair. The final event of the Fair will be a free dance featuring “Anthony and the Anamals” along with Jimmy Dee. Dancing will be under the pavilion from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Vehicle tag deadline July 29
Persons whose last name begins with the letters J, K or L are reminded that license tags must be purchased by Fri., July 29, to avoid a penalty. Tags are due for autos, light trucks, motorcycles and motorized bikes. License tags can be purchased at the county treasurer’s office. Tags must be renewed during August for persons whose last name begins with M, N or O.
However, this would be treating those homeowners differently than the buyers on Maple Street who are paying assessments that range between $1,162 and $1,236 annually. Those assessments remain in effect for 10 years. “Be prepared for a backlash from the homeowners who are already out there and who are paying the specials,” said City Attorney John Shirley. In order to get around concerns about setting a “precedent,” Eisenhour said one option would be for the city to give those
developers who have built housing in Scott City since 2012 the first opportunity to purchase lots on Chestnut Street. Those lots could be developed by the home builders with no special assessments included. Shirley wondered if the price of the lots could increase if there are no special assessments attached. Councilman Fred Kuntzsch had similar concerns about who would benefit most from that arrangement. “What incentive is there for the developers to pass any savings to the
home buyers?” he asked. Green didn’t want the debate over special assessments to overshadow the benefits should the city be successful in getting a grant. “I understand there are precedent problems, whether this is fair to other property owners in the area,” he says. “Special assessments are a particularly important issue if we want developers to build multi-family housing units and they retain ownership. The cost of specials would be cumbersome and they would have to build that into their rent.”
Electronics give fishermen an edge in the high-tech age
The moment you step into Brent Chapman’s boat, you feel as if you are in a floating computer room. There are four Garmin high-tech electronic units humming, each set for a different function. One is used to scan the water that lies ahead, giving Chapman a video-game-like look at the structure and even the fish’s movement. Another gives him a high-detail look at what lies below. Another function uses GPS, satellite technology, to chart a dotted-line course back to waypoints - places where he has caught fish before. And still another gives him a view of what lies to the side of his boat. All of this in vivid, living color. Welcome to the hightech era of modern fishing. As major companies such as Garmin International, based in Olathe, Lowrance and Humminbird race to come up with the latest technology, fish are running out of places to hide. Never before have fishermen such as Chapman, a bass pro from Lake Quivira, been able to spy on the underwater world as well as they can today. Some fishermen view this as an exciting new era. Others look at all of the new technology as an unfair advantage. But regardless of your viewpoint, one thing remains clear: No one has figured out a way to get those fish to open their mouths. “It’s unbelievable how far technology has come since I started fishing,” said Chapman, 44, who has been on the B.A.S.S. tour since 1994. “Years ago we had little flasher units and we thought that was pretty cool. “Now companies like Garmin have come out with ways to chart your own lake, see what lies ahead of your boat, see the bottom in detail.
“You just wonder what they will come up with next. It’s a fun time.” Carly Hysell, mediarelations manager for Garmin, agrees. “Everyone here calls it video-game fishing,” she said. “With our Panoptix units, you can see the lure hit the water and you can see how the fish react to it. “Some of the pros find it a little frustrating, though. It shows that the bass are there; that they’re at least fishing the right water. But sometimes, they’ll try everything and they still can’t get those fish to hit.” So how do these things work? To understand the advances in high-tech fishing, you have to go back to the starting point. Sonar has been used by different government and private entities for years to search the depths. Units rely on transducers, which emit sound waves into the water. Once that signal is broken by objects, it is shown on a screen. The harder the object, the stronger the signal. That unit can show bottom contour, cover such as rocks, weeds and brush piles and, of course, fish. Sonar came into the recreational fishing world in the late 1950s when Carl Lowrance of Joplin, Mo., and his sons, Darrell and Arlen, came out with the Little Green Box, the first portable fish finder. It featured a transducer that was dropped into the water and a batteryrun box with a dial on it, showing signals of what lies below. It featured a strong signal showing the bottom and weaker signals for other objects that broke the cone-shaped field. If those signals weren’t constant, it indicated that it was probably fish swimming around. The first units were crude, but they started a trend where many fishermen moved away from the bank and toward midlake structure, which was a vir-
tually untapped resource. As more fishermen found success, major companies used sonar and came out with more sophisticated electronics. Fishermen have apparently taken the bait. With a wide range of price points, from several hundred dollars to more than $2,000, there is seemingly something for every level of fishermen. “These electronics have changed the way we fish,” Chapman said. “If you fish in B.A.S.S., you have to have good electronics on your boat and know how to use them or you’re gong to be at a disadvantage.” Success Stories The accuracy of modern electronics is often connected to midlake fishing. But even in shallow water, they can be a big help. Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., proved that when he won the prestigious Bassmaster Classic last weekend. He keyed on a shallow, log-filled flat in the Elk River off Grand Lake in Oklahoma. He used Lowrance’s StructureScan 3D to pinpoint the location of many of those isolated logs and subtle dropoffs that he cast to. With the side-scanning range and the clarity of the 3D picture, he picked up fish cover that he might not have otherwise known was there. “I was fishing clear water and I didn’t want to move too close to the logs and fish I found,” Evers said. “My StructureScan allowed me to scan up to 125 feet to either side and find those submerged logs and little changes in the bottom. That’s where I caught the bass that won the Classic.” But the units aren’t just for high-profile bass tournaments. Recreational fishermen who chase crappies, walleyes, catfish and white bass also are using electronics to find fish.
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four-ball tournament scenes
(Top) Celebrating a birdie putt by their playing partner are (from left) Michael Hedges, Denver; Clint Patrick, Castle Rock; and Mark Campos, Scott City. (Left) Shorty Lawrence, Scott City, chips onto the fourth green during Saturday’s tournament action. (Record Photos)
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Returning QB, new WR will improve the Hawks Kansas University will have an improved football team - without a doubt - this fall. The reason is simple: KU couldn’t be any worse than they were (0-12) in 2015. by Charlie Mac Weis should Stevenson have conscience problems when he looks in the mirror and realizes he’s receiving a huge, ongoing salary for the job he did at Kansas. He left the Jayhawks’ program in shambles. Coach David Beaty lost five of his nine assistants during the offseason. It wasn’t a case of jumping from a sinking ship; the departing coaches received better job offers. In a way, it’s proof that Beaty’s original staff was well-chosen. But it’s a hindrance to have to break in five new assistant coaches after just one season of rebuilding. Beaty decided to take over as offensive coordinator after the disastrous showing last season. That’s troubling. Very few head coaches can handle the top job and also act as a coordinator. Beaty will need to swallow his pride and change in midseason if this new format isn’t working. KU played numerous true freshmen and sophomores in 2015 and that experience and maturation will stand them in good stead this season. The feeling here is that Kansas will be significantly improved and finish with three or four wins, which would elevate many Jayhawk dispositions. Like all teams, quarterback is the key to progress. Sophomore Ryan Willis (64, 215) played extensively last season and he has the potential to be the big-time QB that Beaty needs. Willis has a strong arm and he’s plenty tough. He got to his feet and kept going after taking vicious hit after vicious hit last year. And his receivers and blockers will be better. Texas A&M transfer wideout LaQuvionte Gonzalez (jr., 5-10, 176) is KU’s most important newcomer. He’s a game-breaking receiver who will also be a dangerous kick returner. (See HAWKS on page 23)
Grow year even after Dick had secretly chosen his melons first. “Now these are fun stories,” you’re saying, “but how does this make an outdoor column?” To melon growers and to predator hunters and trappers, it’s well known that raccoons and coyotes love watermelons. Over the years the Gisels have lost dozens upon dozens of watermelons to the sweet tooth of those two critters, and they have already begun mooching from his patch this year. He said the damage wasn’t bad for the first couple years, but evidently the word spread through the critter community and during August last year he lost three or four watermelons every night to four-legged panhandlers. Raccoon’s usually gnaw a hole in the side of a melon
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and dig out all the insides they can reach, then move on to a fresh melon. Gisel told me a few years ago coons got into a trailer load he had picked that day and ruined all the melons they could reach by chewing a hole in each. Coyotes on the other hand most often break a melon to pieces, sometimes even moving it from the patch to an isolated location before they chow down. The most recommended solution is to exclude the thugs from the garden with a fence of some sort. Other fixes reported to work with varying results include somehow lighting up the area at night, playing radios all night, placing scarecrows or flashing lights amongst the vines, spraying melons with hot pepper sauce, wrapping young melons in old
pantyhose and even spraying human urine around the plants, all in an effort to spook the intruders. Gisel has tried numerous solutions over the years to curb the thievery, some which seemed to help for a time, but none with lasting results. He tried a scarecrow for a few years, a radio for a week or so, placed a row of little wind spinners along the entire length of the patch and even parked his pickup in the garden overnight. He once borrowed a hunting blind and sat all night among the plants with his 12 gauge at the ready, but not one fourlegged thief even showed. His latest experiment is to step out the door each night just before he goes to bed and fire his shotgun into the air a couple
times to try to disrupt the varmint’s intentions. The funniest thing he’s seen from all this is when a coyote actually left droppings on top of a ripe melon, as if to mark it for the following night. The bottom line to keeping critters out of a garden or melon patch is that a fence will work most of the time, but every other fix, homemade or otherwise works for some of the people some of the time, but don’t bet the farm on them. I like Dick Gisels take on the whole thing, as he quoted what his dad said to him many years ago: “Dick, you just gotta’ grow enough for all of them!” Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors! Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net
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Scott City Stars WKSC Combined Meet July 16, 2016 Girl’s Division Team scores: Golden Belt 978, Dumas 676, Scott City 528.50, Ulysses 448, Spearman 420, Holcomb 333.50, Guymon 296, TriState Tritons 238, Hays 160, Dodge City/Cimmaron 146, Lakin 87, Garden City YMCA 76, Wichita County 73, Southwest Aquatics 1 50m Freestyle 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 7th, 50.51. 9-10 years: Brinlie Stevens, 4th, 41.85; Kennedy Wasinger, 8th, 42.59; Megan Trout, 12th, 44.29. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 4th, 35.93; Kiley Wren, 10th, 37.81; Hope Wiechman, 11th, 37.96. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 5th, 32.12; Cami Patton, 8th, 32.62; Piper Wasinger, 11th, 34.34. 100m Freestyle 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 3rd, 1:49.48; Ella Frank, 10th, 2:06.84; Darby Hawkins, 12th, 2:29.23. 9-10 years: Brinlie Stevens, 3rd, 1:30.78; Megan Trout, 6th, 1:37.38. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 4th, 1:19.91; Hope Wiechman, 8th, 1:24.48; Kiley Wren, 11th, 1:26.01. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 5th, 1:12.78; Cami Patton, 6th, 1:13.99; Piper Wasinger, 10th, 1:19.29. 200m Freestyle 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 6th, 4:22.08; Ella Frank, 11th, 4:31.69. 9-10 years: Kennedy Wasinger, 5th, 3:38.89; Hailey Shapland, 10th, 3:57.65; Randi Reed, 11th, 3:58.30. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 6th, 3:04.27; Kiley Wren, 7th, 3:05.48; Hope Wiechman, 10th, 3:11.91; Lana Rodriguez, 11th, 3:11.93; Alli Patton, 12th, 3:12.71. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 6th, 2:45.40; Cami Patton, 10th, 2:49.64. 400m Freestyle 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 3rd, 6:33.21; Lana Rodriguez, 6th, 6:39.95; Hope Wiechman, 7th, 7:11.14. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 6th, 6:03.53; Hallie Wiechman, 10th, 6:25.63; Piper Wasinger, 12th, 6:41.63. 800m Freestyle 11-12 years: Lana Rodri-
Hawks Comparing it to last season’s inept unit, Willis and Gonzalez can move the Kansas offense. Having these two stay healthy is vital. Kansas will win their opener against a weak Rhode Island team on Sept. 3 and the Jayhawks can beat Ohio in the second game Sept. 10. Both are home games. There’s no purpose to go any further at this point: if KU doesn’t win those first two games, it’s going to be another long, long season. But Kansas is still a slumbering giant in football and the administration and alumni have had enough of outmanned teams. This 2016 team isn’t going to be nationally respectable. Nevertheless,
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guez, 3rd, 14:03.08; Clare Hawkins, 4th, 14.06.15; Hope Wiechman, 5th, 14.38.94. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 5th, 12:35.58; Hallie Wiechman, 6th, 12:48.77; Piper Wasinger, 11th, 14:40.92. 50m Backstroke 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 8th, 60.62. 9-10 years and under: Brinlie Stevens, 5th, 51.70. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 7th, 44.01. 100m Backstroke 15-years and over: Cami Patton, 10th, 1:31.60; Kylee Trout, 12th, 1:34.47. 50m Breaststroke 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 4th, 66.18; Finley Edwards, 6th, 68.20; Ella Frank, 8th, 1:11.25; Darby Hawkins, 12th, 1:13.31. 9-10 years: Brinlie Stevens, 4th, 54.49; Kennedy Wasinger, 7th, 56.65. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 2nd, 43.64; Lana Rodriguez, 4th, 48.89; Alli Patton, 12th, 51.52. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 6th, 1:39.04; Piper Wasinger, 10th, 1:44.84; Cami Patton, 11th, 1:45.04. 50m Butterfly 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 4th, 69.36; Ella Frank, 11th, 1:22.79. 9-10 years and under: Brinlie Stevens, 10th, 59.52. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 5th, 43.35; Lana Rodriguez, 10th, 46.57. 100m Butterfly 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 8th, 1:33.09; Hallie Wiechman, 11th, 1:37.80. 200m Freestyle Relay 8-years and under: Ella Frank, Darby Hawkins, Finley Edwards, Kinleigh Wren, 4th, 4:09.33. 10-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, Macy Brown, Megan Trout, Brinlie Stevens, 2nd, 3:00.83. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, Kiley Wren, Hope Wiechman, Alli Patton, 1st, 2:34.35. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, Emily Parkinson, Shelby Patton, Cami Patton, 3rd, 2:23.77. 200m Individual Medley 8-years and under: Kinleigh Wren, 2nd, 4:55.28. 9-10 years: Brinlie Stevens, 3rd, 3:58.50; Kennedy Wasinger, 9th, 4:16.28. 11-12 years: Clare Hawkins, 4th, 3:21.55; Lana
Cupp, 2nd, 1:15.38; Landon Rodriguez, 8th, 3:33.84. 15-years and over: Kylee Trout, 6th, 1:31.21. 50m Breaststroke Trout, 8th, 3:12.77. 9-10 years and under: 200m Medley Relay 8-years and under: Kin- Griffin Edwards, 7th, 56.26; Rumford, 9th, leigh Wren, Finley Edwards, Jackson Ella Frank, Darby Hawkins, 56.54. 11-12 years: Eric Shap3rd, 5:05.32. 10-years and under: land, 3rd, 46.98; Zach Macy Brown, Kennedy Was- Rohrbough, 8th, 54.73. 100m Breaststroke inger, Brinlie Stevens, Megan 13-14 years: Connor Trout, 4th, 3:56.29. 11-12 years: Lana Rodri- Cupp, 2nd, 1:29.88. 50m Butterfly guez, Clare Hawkins, Hope 9-10 years and under: Wiechman, Alli Patton, 1st, Houston Frank, 9th, 53.35; 3:08.25. 15-years and over: Emily Avry Noll, 11th, 58.55. 11-12 years: Eric ShapParkinson, Kylee Trout, Hallie Wiechman, Cami Patton, land, 5th, 45.33. 100m Butterfly 2nd, 2:43.88. 13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 2nd, 1:18.82. Boy’s Division 200m Individual Medley 50m Freestyle 9-10 years: Jackson 8-years and under: Kasten Wren, 4th, 45.46. Rumford, 8th, 4:05.77; 9-10 years: Avry Noll, Houston Frank 9th, 4:10.98. 5th, 38.31; Jackson Rum13-14 years: Connor ford, 10th, 40.34; Waylon Cupp, 2nd, 2:48.56; Landon Ricker, 11th(T), 41.86; Hous- Trout, 9th, 3:29.04. ton Frank, 11th(T), 41.86. 200m Freestyle Relay 11-12 years: Eric Shap10-years and under: land, 8th, 37.16. Houston Frank, Waylon 13-14 years: Connor Ricker, Jackson Rumford, Cupp, 2nd, 29.10. Avry Noll, 2nd, 2:40.65. 100m Freestyle 11-12 years: Zach 8-years and under: Kas- Rohrbough, Josh Kasselten Wren, 4th, 1:48.94. man, Gus Hawkins, Eric 9-10 years: Avry Noll, Shapland, 3rd, 2:38.86. 3rd, 1:23.92; Jackson Rum200m Medley Relay ford, 9th, 1:31.77; Houston 10-years and under: Frank, 12th, 1:33.44. Avry Noll, Griffin Edwards, 11-12 years: Eric Shap- Houston Frank, Jackson land, 7th, 1:21.47. Rumford, 2nd, 3:23.27. 13-14 years: Connor 11-12 years: Gus Cupp, 2nd, 65.44; Landon Hawkins, Eric Shapland, Trout, 10th, 1:17.02. Zach Rohrbough, Josh Kas200m Freestyle selman, 2nd, 3:17.99. 8-years and under: Kas200m Freestyle ten Wren, 3rd, 3:55.31. Mixed Relay 9-10 years: Avry Noll, 10-years and under: 2nd, 3:05.69; Houston Frank, Alex Rodriguez, Randi Reed, 8th, 3:23.40; Jackson RumHailey Shapland, Griffin Edford, 10th, 3:25.72; Waylon wards, 3rd, 3:06.01. Ricker, 12th, 3:33.09. 11-12 years: Alivia Noll, 11-12 years: Eric ShapWyatt Ricker, Brandon land, 4th, 2:55.06; Zach Smyth, Lana Rodriguez, 2nd, Rohrbough, 10th, 3:16.62. 13-14 years: Connor 2:58.08. 15-years and over: PipCupp, 2nd, 2:29.29; Landon er Wasinger, Landon Trout, Trout, 8th, 2:53.79. Hallie Wiechman, Connor 400m Freestyle 13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 4th, 2:18.84. 200m Medley Mixed Relay Cupp, 2nd, 5:38.13. 10-years and under: Alex 800m Freestyle 13-14 years: Connor Rodriguez, Hailey Shapland, Waylon Ricker, Kasten Wren, Cupp, 2nd, 11:39.10. 3rd, 3:59.13. 50m Backstroke 13-14 years: Grace Hut8-years and under: Kaston, Brandon Smyth, Kiley ten Wren, 10th, 64.32. 9-10 years and under: Wren, Bethan Prochnow, 4th, 3:45.65. Avry Noll, 1st, 43.60. 15-years and over: 11-12 years: Eric ShapLandon Trout, Piper Wasland, 7th, 45.22. inger, Connor Cupp, Shelby 100m Backstroke 13-14 years: Connor Patton, 4th, 2:45.36.
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the feeling here is that they can show enough progress to gain momentum toward becoming a competitive football program. A Rare Stumble Cheick Diallo (6-9, 220) sat on the bench for KU’s basketball team last season as a freshman. He was drafted in the second round as the 33rd player taken in the NBA draft and Diallo has played well in the NBA summer league. In a recent game against Miami, Diallo hit 6-of10 shots and scored 14 points, had 12 rebounds, and played 34 minutes. Coach Bill Self has made very few mistakes in his storied career at KU, but he committed a major misjudgment last season. Self played Jamari
going to win the American League Central pennant, however, they are still in the race for a wild card spot. The second half of the regular season is underway and KC has several glaring weaknesses that need to be corrected. Their hitting has been ineffective. If center fielder Lorenzo Cain can return in the next week and stay healthy, that will help some. GM Dayton Moore needs to come up with another stellar relief pitcher and a fifth starter. Right now, that looks like Mission Impossible. It will be discouraging if Kansas City can’t make Glaring Needs in KC the playoffs and defend It’s unlikely that the their 2015 world champiKansas City Royals are onship. Traylor ahead of Diallo and it cost KU at the end of the NCAA Tournament. Traylor didn’t come close to having the talent or size to play ahead of Diallo. Self’s decision was understandable. KU’s coach is justifiably proud of how he brought Traylor from a nightmare existence in Chicago as a high school kid and turned him into a KU basketball player and graduate. Traylor stayed at Kansas for five years and Self didn’t have the heart to put him on the bench during his final season. But it was an ill-fated decision, no matter how well-intentioned.
Scott State Lake Updated July 10 Channel cats: good; most in the 13 to 18 inch range. Fishing prepared baits, worms, and liver especially along deeper, rip-rapped shorelines and along undercut banks up in the creek. Anglers report catching fish up to 7 lbs. Crappie: fair; most up to 10 inches. Minnows and small tube jigs under a bobber around the fish attractors and along deeper shorelines, or drifting the same as above baits/lures from a boat on the main lake. Largemouth bass: fair to good; up to 5.5 lbs. Fishing soft plastics around shoreline structure is usually best. Sunfish: good; up to 8 inches. Fishing worms or small jigs under a bobber around shallower shoreline structure has been good. Saugeye/walleye: fair; up to 7 lbs. Fish imitating baits along drop-offs and points early and late. General comments: Release all walleye/saugeye less than 18 inches and largemouth bass less than 15 inches Please discard all leftover bait in a trash can, even baitfish. Remember it is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water.
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Championship Flight Tyler Hess-John Hess-Justin Miller-Justin Unruh 56-52 Stephen Prewit-Ben Spare-Chris Irvin-David Heyd 55-55 Brad Venters-Eric Herman-George Doll-S. Scott 57-55 Aaron Rosin-Jacob McKenzie-M Marshall-T. O’Keefe 57-55 Reggie Burnett-Ty Alexander-D. Peters-A. Peters 57-55 Ron Baker-Evan Wessell-Devlin Mull-Gage Ihrig 56-57 Jerry Buxton-Joey Boone-G. Jones-Lonny Dearden 59-55 Branden Lewis-Bronson Baber-J. Brown-N. Schmidt 58-58 J. Hendrickson-J. Skidmore-C. Johnson-M. Davidson 59-57 Quinten Wheeler-Rod Wheeler-B. Wheeler-M. Heim 59-59
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First Flight Kerry Gough-Adam Stanley-Ed Wilken-S. Lawrence 60-59 Troy Lewis-Russ Lewis-Clay Oldham-Craig Berning 60-59 Kelly Hoeme-Mike Lebbin-Chris Lebbin-Cody Brittan 60-59 Jamie Percival-Cody Palen-Walker Fdrey-B. Gross 60-59 Jordan Carter-David Dunn-N. Numrich-Nick Vaughn 61-58 Gary Turpin-Grant Glad-Joe Kanak-Ray Walz 61-59 Danny Spangler-Stee Kite-D. Summers-R. Bauck 59-62 Rod McCleary-Devin Ringling-G. Teubner-John Roan 63-59 Jim Rodenbeek-A. Anderson-Jerry Hess-F. Faulkner 60-63 Hugh Binns-Don Wells-M. Mulch-R. Shellenberger 61-62 Lance Carter-Jamie Rumford-Ryan Roberts-T. Cook 62-61
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Second Flight Josh Bailey-Brian Gentry-Phil Kite-Marty Unger 63-62 Greg Norris-John Burgess-Greg Burgess-Ty Burgess 63-62 Skip Numrich-Logan Numrich-G. Myers-Scott Fox 66-60 Fred Brittan-Gene Wilkens-Stan Bray-D. Gfeller 65-62 D. Chelemedos-Vondracek-Sigurdson-C. Chelemedos 64-65 KJ Wilkens-L. Campbell-Loren Campbell-M. Kendall 65-64 S. Doornbos-J. O’Brien-Bobby Lorg-A. Gauldin 65-64
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Third Flight Bill Fry-Doug Fry-Dan Fry-Rob Unger 67-67 Mike Hess-Myron Hess-Don Eikenberry-Bill Riner 68-66 Aaron Dirks-David Dirks-R. Hedrick-Blake Lasley 66-69 B. Jennison-T. Jennison-Ryan BOlen-Michael Fullmer 68-67 Shelly Turner-Brent Turner-Gary Eitel-Amy Norris 70-67
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Scott Community Golf Tournaments* Saturday-Sunday, August 13-14 • Club Championship Individual and team event, Rohn Shellenberger • 872-1040
Sunday, August 21 • Merchant League Jamie Percival • 214-0611
Saturday, August 27 • Compass Behavioral Health Charity Register, 8:00 a.m. • Shotgun Start 9:00 a.m.
Sunday, September 4 • 1 Man Hybrid & Iron Cody Brittan/Rohn Shellenberger • 872-1040
Saturday, September 10 • Golfing for Grants Ryan Roberts • 214-3537
Scott Community Golf Course N. Hwy 83, Scott City • 872-7109 *All Dates/Tournaments are tentative and subject to change
SIGN UP for Waylon Ricker of the Scott City Stars competes in the 50m butterfly. (Record Photo)
Noll ished third in the team standings behind perennial power Golden Belt/ Great Bend (978) and Dumas, Tex. (676). In the girls’ division, the Scott City stars were league champions in the 11-12-year-old division in both the 200m freestyle relay (2:34.35) and the 200m medley relay (3:08.25). Freestyle relay team members were Clare Hawkins, Kiley Wren, Hope Wiechman and Alli Patton. On the medley relay were Lana Rodriguez, Hawkins, Wiechman and Patton. Earning individual silvers were Hawkins in the 50m breaststroke (43.64) while Kinleigh Wren (8-years and under) was a runner-up in the 200m individual medley (4:55.28). Scott City added runner-up finishes in the 200m freestyle relay (10-years and under) and the 200m medley relay (15-years and over). Competing on the freestyle relay were Kennedy Wasinger, Macy Brown, Megan Trout and Brinlie Stevens. Members of the medley relay were Emily Parkinson, Kylee Trout, Hallie Wiechman and Cami Patton. In the women’s overall individual rankings, Wren earned 99 points in
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the league meet to finish second in the 8-years and under division. Stevens (9-10 years) was third highest in the individual rankings with 83 points and Hawkins was fourth in the 11-12-year division with 43 points. Cupp has Huge Day While he was denied a league title, Connor Cupp had a huge day in the pool with nine individual silver medals. Competing in the 13-14-year division, Cupp was a league runner-up in the 50m freestyle (29.1), 100m freestyle (65.44), 200m freestyle (2:29.29), 400m freestyle (5:38.13), 800m freestyle (11:39.1), 100m backstroke (1:15.38), 100m breaststroke (1:29.88), 100m butterfly (1:18.82) and the 200m individual medley (2:48.56). Cupp was also No. 2 in the overall point total in his age division with 153. Scott City added a silver medal in the 200m freestyle mixed relay (2:58.08). Team members were Alivia Noll, Wyatt Ricker, Brandon Smyth and Lana Rodriguez.
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Anxious to continue family tradition with Max and Wilbur Accompanied by Max and Wilbur, Marly Cramer has been anxiously anticipating her first Scott County Fair. Max and Wilbur are the two pigs the seven-year-old planned to show on Thursday and are two reasons why pigs are her favorite project. “I really wanted to be in 4-H,” says Marly, who comes from a family with a strong 4-H tradition. She’s also waited patiently while her 10-year-old sister, Cally, has been competing in 4-H. In addition to showing her pigs, Marly has also participated in arts/crafts, foods and clothing. She had a very successful Monday with a purple ribbon in the junior foods division with her peanut butter corn flake cookies. She added two more blue ribbons and a red. “The corn flake cookies were pretty good,” notes Marly, who said it took a couple of tries to get a batch she and her mother, Cindy, were satisfied with. “We got it wrong the first time. These were the ones we did the second time,” Marly said of her purple ribbon winner. As for competing in the pig show on Thursday, the young 4-Her wasn’t nervous. “I’ve done it before in open class,” she quickly explained. “I’m pretty excited.” Marly Cramer listens to the judge’s comments about her baked goods during consultation judging at the fairgrounds on Monday morning. (Record Photo)
Rose is ready for the next quilting challenge Chelsie Rose likes to challenge herself. Last year, she sewed a baby quilt and a lap quilt for the Scott County Fair. “I wanted to see how much I’d improved. I wanted to see the difference between my first year and second year,” says the 12-year-old 4-Her. This year she made a big impression with her polka dot extravaganza quilt that drew great reviews from judge Rita Phillippi. “The total visual impact is good,” noted Phillippi, who also admired the detailed workmanship. Chelsie really likes polka dots, so that made the choice of pattern pretty easy. “And I like flowers, but not because of my last name,” she quickly explains. Chelsie began sewing her quilt in December and sent it to the Prairie Quilters in Leoti on July 1. She got it back on July 10, which gave her
just enough time to do the binding. “I really like how it turned out,” says Chelsie. “It goes perfect in my bedroom and I still have enough material left for a square pillow.” Not that she didn’t have to overcome a couple of obstacles. “It’s tough getting the corners to match up,” she points out. “I had to do some ripping (resewing). If I don’t like how it looks, I’ll go back and do it again. It’s easy to get frustrated if you mess up, so you have to learn to be patient. “I don’t think I had the patience a year ago to do this. I think it would have been a lot harder for me to rip it and start again.” Not only did Chelsie have the patience, but she is already making plans for next year’s quilt which Chelsie expects to start in November or December. “Last year I did charms (5x5 inch squares) and this year I did a jelly roll (strip). Next year I plan to make a block quilt,” says Chelsie.
Chelsie Rose and judge Rita Phillippi look over the stitching on her quilt entry during Monday’s judging. (Record Photo)
First year in 4-H a learning experience
Melanie Duff listens while a judge comments on one of her photos.
(Record Photo)
Melanie Duff likes to learn new things and it seemed that 4-H would be a good way for that to happen. This year, the youngster is learning about foods and photography in her first Scott County Fair. “Cooking is my favorite, but I’m learning a lot about photography,” says the 12-year-old member of the New Horizons 4-H Club. She enjoys looking at ways to take photos which are unusual or gives a different perspective to the featured subject. “I took a photo of a lily pad bloom and I had to get pretty close to the water,” she explains. She took another unusual photo of leaves in the shape of a triangle that she discovered on the ground at Lake Scott. In all, she entered 15 photos in this year’s Fair. “Being in 4-H has been fun and I’ve learned a lot of different things,” says Melanie, who hopes to add sewing to her list of projects next year.
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Low-cost, portable platform saves time with phenotyping Plant breeders test their experiments by growing the seeds of their labor. They cross two different plants that have desirable traits. They sow the resulting seeds and evaluate the results, hoping to find a candidate variety that is better than anything currently available. The “laboratory” is often an outdoor field with thousands of plants. Farmers have monitored their fields for millennia by simply walking among the rows of plants, observing changes over time, and noting which plants do better. But, as plant breeding
technology becomes more complicated, farmers and scientists want specific data. They want to know exactly how tall the plants are, or exactly how green the leaves are. In a large test field, getting exact numbers means hours or even days of labor for a plant breeder. Knowing what physical traits a plant has is called phenotyping. Because it is such a labor intensive process, scientists are working to develop technology that makes phenotyping much easier. The tool is called the Phenocart, and it captures essential plant health data.
Kansas State University student and phenocart developer Jared Crain collects data using the phenocart in drought stress wheat trials at the Norman E. Borlaug Research Station, Obregon, Mexico.
The Phenocart measures plant vital signs like growth rate and color, the same way a Fitbit monitors human health signals like heart rate and physical activity.
In a field experiment with thousands of plots, the Phenocart is a quick way to evaluate plant health. It can also help plant breeders de-
USDA gathering conservation data in national survey The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers from now through September as part of a national survey of conservation practices. During the first phase of the National Resources Inventory (NRI) - Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), NASS will contact approximately 25,000 farmers and ranchers nationwide to determine if their operations and properties meet eligibility criteria to participate in the survey. Eligible farmers and ranchers may be contacted from November 2016 through February 2017. Within the Northern Plains Region (Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota) approximately 4,590 farmers
(See LOW-COST on page 27)
(See SURVEY on page 27)
Don’t let messenger overshadow the message In the course of a career as a reporter, you get to interview a lot of prominent people. “Thought leaders,” as pundits like to call them. Many of the actors, politicians and CEOs who are the subject of magazine articles and online profiles have gigantic egos that are impossible to ignore. The operative phrase of such encounters is: “I’m a celebrity . . .
Meat of the Matter Dan Murphy contributing columnist Drovers CattleNetwork
and you’re not.” As a writer, however, you can’t let personal reactions to somebody’s inflated sense of selfworth interfere with getting the story, because unless you’ve sunk to the depths of tabloid journalism, it’s supposed to be
about the message, not the messenger. Presumptive presidential nominees notwithstanding. Here’s what’s challenging about the high-profile people who love listening to themselves talk: What they have to say is often valuable; unfortunately, it’s often delivered in an obnoxious manner that’s hard to ignore. One such personal-
ity who fits that profile is Joel Salatin. He’s the self-proclaimed farmerphilosopher at the forefront of the local food movement, the popularity of grassfed beef, and several more socio-economic developments that have impacted agriculture. In fact, he basically kickstarted those trends. Just ask him. Having heard Salatin on several occasions hold
KFB backs Huelskamp’s challenger in 1st District race
Another agricultural group is backing the Republican primary challenger to U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp in the 1st District of Western and central Kansas in what is anticipated to be the most competitive House race in the state. The Kansas Farm Bureau’s political arm, Voters Organized to Elect Farm Bureau Friends, announced Friday its endorsement of Great Bend obstetrician Roger Marshall. Huelskamp, a tea party
favorite, has been losing support in his mostly rural district since he was kicked off the House agricultural committee by his Republican colleagues. “In conventional political thinking Huelskamp should be very vulnerable in the 1st District because of the agricultural issues, of course meaning his difficulties with the ag committee and then various ag groups endorsing his opponent,” said Bob Beatty, political science professor at Washburn University.
FSA nominations are due Aug. 1 Deadline to offer nominees for the Scott County FSA Committee is Mon., Aug. 1. “Through the county committee, our farmers and ranchers can offer opinions and ideas on federal farm programs,” says Lora Wycoff, Scott County executive director. To be eligible to serve on a FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in an FSA administered program, be eligible to vote in a county committee election and reside in the local administrative area where they are nominated. Farmers and ranchers may nominate themselves or others. FSA will mail election ballots to eligible voters beginning Nov. 7. Newly elected committee members will take office on January 1. The local FSA office (1410 S. Main Street) will hold a public information meeting on Tues., Aug. 23, 10:00 a.m., for individuals who are interested in learning more about the county committee member’s responsibilities. To learn more about county committees, contact the FSA office or visit http:// offices.usda.gov.
“So the big question is: will the 1st District go back to normal, meaning that ag is the most important thing in the district?” Beatty said. “Or is this new normal where fighting the establishment in Washington is more important than the traditional agricultural politics?” “Agriculture is what ties Kansans together. The whole state beats to the rhythm of the agriculture industry,” Marshall said. “Kansas Farm Bureau is our voice, always fight-
ing for the hard working farmer and farming families.” KFB President Rich Felts says endorsement decisions are based on its county affiliates’ recommendations from across the state. The Kansas Livestock Association endorsed Marshall earlier this year. The two influential farm groups did not endorse a candidate in that race when Huelskamp ran for re-election in 2014. (See KFB on page 27)
forth about how farming and food production needs to evolve, I’ll give him this: He’s entertaining. He’s articulate. He’s provocative. And despite the inflated sense of self-importance that colors everything he says and does, he’s got a point. When he hops on the “factory farming is evil” bandwagon, it’s tough to take. When he touts the
viability of direct-to-market food production, he seems willfully ignorant of where Americans actually live and work. And when he rips into producers who aren’t raising grassfed beef, he sounds downright unhinged. But, he also makes the point that when any industry refuses to objectively examine its operations, the results are generally
Market Report
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Closing prices on July 20, 2016 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ 2.85 White Wheat ....... $ 2.85 Milo .................... $ 2.32 Corn ................... $ 2.89 Soybeans (new crop) $ 9.09 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 2.85 White Wheat ....... $ 2.85 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.36 Corn.................... $ 2.95 Soybeans ........... $ 9.22 Sunflowers.......... $ 14.30 ADM Grain Wheat.................. Milo (bu.)............. Corn.................... Soybeans............ Sunflowers..........
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Food Facts The Big First Congressional district averages 1.9 million acres of planted sorghum worth $536 million, according to the USDA.
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KSU webinar to examine methane in beef, forage MANHATTAN - The nutrient composition of grazed forages frequently does not meet the requirements of the grazing animals. For example, winter forages are often low in protein and digestible energy while winter/ spring grazed wheat has an excess of protein.
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In order to optimize the use of forages producers frequently provide supplementary protein and/ or energy. These generally improve forage utilization, increase carry capacity, and increase animal performance. However, the effects on greenhouse gas emissions
Area Planted Area Harvested 2015 2016 2015 2016 1,000 Acres
are not known. Great Plains Grazing team member and retired USDA-Agricultural Research Service animal scientist, Andy Cole, will present, “Forage Supplementation Strategies and Methane Production of Beef Cattle,” a free webinar on
Yield % of 2015 2016 Prev. Yr. Bushels per Acre
Tues., July 26, 1:30 p.m. The webinar will offer a better understanding of how supplements can be used to lower the carbon footprint of grazing beef cattle. Webinar participants can expect to learn the effects of protein supplementation on low qual-
Production 2015 2016 % of 1,000 Bushels Prev. Yr.
Northwest 1,064.0 1,000 992.5 935 94 36.3 56.0 36,018 52,500 146 West Central 1,193.2 1,100 1,110.2 1,030 93 33.1 59.5 36,751 61,500 167 Southwest 1,643.0 1,450 1,428.0 1,380 97 35.8 57.0 51,176 79,000 154 North Central 1,115.8 1,050 1,048.4 1,010 96 35.7 56.5 37,430 57,000 152 Central 1,372.7 1,300 1,358.4 1,250 92 41.5 57.0 56,328 71,500 127 South Central 2,100.5 1,950 2,067.7 1,870 90 37.4 52.5 77,281 98,500 127 Northeast 97.2 80 92.0 77 84 33.0 54.5 3,038 4,200 138 East Central 161.9 140 158.1 133 84 40.0 58.5 6,327 7,800 123 Southeast 451.7 430 444.7 415 93 39.5 52.0 17,551 21,600 123 State 9,200.0 8,500 8,700.0 8,100 93 37.0 56.0 321,900 453,600 141
Kansas wheat harvest pegged at 454M bushels
Based on July 1 conditions, this year’s Kansas winter wheat crop is forecast at 454 million bushels, up 41 percent from last year, according
to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 56 bushels per acre, up 19 bushels from
Low-Cost sign larger experiments. “Larger sample size gives you more power,” said Jesse Poland, assistant professor in the Departments of Plant Pathology and Agronomy at Kansas State University. “Measuring phenotypes is very labor-intensive, and really limits how big of an experiment we can do.” The new tool will allow for faster measurements and accelerate the breeding process. The Phenocart is a collection of sensors. The sensors are attached to a repurposed bicycle wheel and handles that a plant breeder can easily push among plants in a field. The Phenocart rapidly collects data as it’s pushed among the plots.
not very good. With confinement production, for example, he loves to claim that, “You couldn’t come up with a more pathogen-friendly system.” Over-the-top? Absolutely. But, the growing controversy over the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture is rooted in the reality that there is a serious problem with resistant pathogens. It’s not solely the fault of the livestock industry, of course, but to pretend that animal husbandry can simply proceed forward without making any changes is as short-sighted as the activists who demand the immediate cessation of all antibiotic use in farming, like, yesterday. Listening to Lectures Likewise, Salatin takes to task anyone who doesn’t practice rotational grazing. Not just in theory, but in actual practice. Do as I do, he likes to lecture producers, or else you’re part of the problem. The “problem” being
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600,000 acres from last year. This would be 95 percent of the planted acres, virtually unchanged when compared to last year’s percent harvested.
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Scientists can outfit the Phenocart with different sensors depending on what they want to measure. Poland and his colleagues used a sensor to measure how “green” their plants were. “The measure of vegetation index or ‘greenness’ is really the easiest and more straightforward way to measure the overall health status of the plant,” said Poland. The team also used a thermometer to check leaf temperature. Leaf temperature is also a good predication for crop yield. A global position system (GPS) pinpoints exactly where the Phenocart measured, which helps the team organize their data. The data is processed by
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a year ago. If realized this would be a record yield. Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 8.1 million acres, down
software included in the Phenocart package. One of the best parts about the Phenocart is that it’s portable. “We really wanted something that we could pack up and take anywhere in the world,” said Poland. “We’ve got lots of international partnerships, and we want it to make an impact across the global plant breeding community.” The research team also focused on making the technology affordable to a broad group. As plant breeding becomes more sophisticated, so does measuring the results of large field experiments. The Phenocart is a low-cost, mobile way to gauge the health of thousands of plants quickly and accurately.
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the conventional system of feeding and finishing beef to maximize weight gain and marbling. In his book “Holy Cows and Hog Heaven,” Salatin waxes eloquent about the glories of his pasture-based system, which sounds really wonderful when you’re a consumer on the outside looking in. If you’re the person on the farm who actually has to section off acres of pasture and move a herd of cattle to a new grazing area on a daily basis, it might not be quite so appealing. Again, though, he’s got a point. The reason that so much beef production has slowly disappeared from most of farm country east of the Mississippi isn’t because the climate, pastures or topography of the eastern United States is incompatible with livestock production - not to mention that the country’s meat-eating population is highly concentrated in that region. But, to raise cattle on a small-scale, pasturebased system requires not only infrastructure - auction yards, packing plants,
agricultural advisors - it requires people. Farmers. Producers willing to put a tremendous amount of time and labor into a business where markets are unpredictable, where profits are shifted downstream and where critics constantly assault even the most conscientious of practitioners. The highly productive yet labor-intensive system of farming that mouthpieces like Salatin love to insist is the only way forward has numerous challenges that likely preclude its widespread adoption. But, the issues of animal well-being, antibiotic resistance, and sustainability that are swirling around conventional livestock production aren’t going to disappear anytime soon. Salatin may not have all the answers, but like plenty of other voices that communicate with a smug certainty that is highly irritating, it’s worth ignoring the messenger. And paying attention to the message. Dan Murphy is a food-industry journalist and commentator
The Marshall campaign has also gotten endorsements from an ethanol producers’ trade group, Renew Kansas, as well as the Dairy Farmers of America, Grain and Sorghum Producers and the Corn Growers Association.
ity forage diets and the effects of energy supplementation on high quality wheat forage. For 40 years Cole was a research animal scientist specializing in nutrition at the USDA research laboratory in Bushland, Tex. He recently retired as the laboratory director and
Survey and ranchers may be contacted. “The survey gives farmers and ranchers the power to provide a more complete and accurate picture of the conservation practices they choose to use on their lands and in their operations,” said NASS Administrator Hubert Hamer, Jr.
research leader. Cole’s research interests include nutrition and management effects on nutrient retention, nutrient losses, and greenhouse gas emission from beef cattle production systems. More information is available at http://www. greatplainsgrazing.org/.
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“Responses can help leaders focus on the conservation practices that most benefit the farmer.” CEAP’s purpose is to measure the environmental benefits associated with implementation and installation of conservation practices on cultivated and non-cultivated agricultural lands.
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Agencies complete move to SC Health Center Compass sees opportunity for integrated care
Scott Community Health Center Open House Mon., August 8 • 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Total health care under one roof is a concept that Kent Hill has long envisioned. The recently opened Scott Community Health Center is a step in that direction with Compass Behavioral Health, the Scott County Health Department and Russell Child Development Center now occupying the former medical clinic (204 S. College). For good measure,
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Scott County Emergency Preparedness also shares office space in the same building. While Compass didn’t gain working space in the move from their former location on the southwest corner of the courthouse block, what they have gained is the opportunity to reach more people in Scott County and the surrounding area. “Quite frankly, the opportunity for integrated care was the driving force behind us making this move,” says Hill,
The health center has completed its move to 204 South College in Scott City. (Record Photo)
regional director for Compass. “It’s more effective and is more user-friendly.”
While she’s not dismissing the ability to promote integrated care, Scott County Health
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30 minute recipe Meatballs in Creamy Dill Sauce Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 14 minutes Ingredients 1 pound lean ground beef 1 egg 1/3 cup bread crumbs 1/4 cup fat-free milk 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 2 cups reduced-sodium beef broth 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 14 ounce can sliced mushrooms, drained 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream 2 tablespoons snipped fresh dill 6 ounces egg noodles, cooked Steamed broccoli (optional) Directions In a large bowl, combine ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, milk and 1/4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper. Form into 16 meatballs. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; coat with nonstick cooking spray. Add onion and cook 2 minutes. Combine broth and flour; add to skillet. Bring to a simmer. Add mushrooms, meatballs and remaining 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook 12 minutes, turning meatballs once, until temperature reaches 160 degrees. Stir in sour cream and dill off heat. Serve with noodles and, if desired, steamed broccoli. Yield: 4 servings
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havin’ fun at the fair
Scenes from the Scott County Fair (clockwise, from top right) Kurt Logan gives some assistance to threeyear-old Holden Rowton during the dummy roping event on Tuesday evening. Brodey Rohrbough gives some stern instructions to his steer during Wednesday’s showmanship competition. Paige Hoelting competes in the junior barrel race where she was a county fair champion. Wyatt Lowe, 12, tied for first place in the dummy roping contest. Asher Huck takes his horse through the required pattern during the senior showmanship phase of the 4-H horse show. (Record Photos)
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State funding has created dilemma in hiring teachers
A recent study put some actual numbers to what has been evident for some time. The number of teaching vacancies in Kansas are on the rise. Hundreds of positions were unfilled to start the 2015-16 school year. While that number was reduced to a still substantial 277 by the spring, many districts have had no choice but to fill vacant positions with long-term substitutes which isn’t ideal for the district or the students. Of those vacant positions, 40 percent were in Southwest Kansas. The findings of this report should surprise no one. Given the prevailing anti-public education sentiment within the legislature and the continued uncertainty of state funding, why would any young person choose a career in education at this time? Given the constraints of the current finance formula and the legislature’s unwillingness to fund education adequately, it’s only to be expected that Western Kansas will suffer most in its ability to fill teaching positions. A brief history of school funding will explain why. In 1992, the Kansas Legislature adopted the school funding formula that established basic state aid to be distributed to school districts. Prior to this, funding for each school amounted to whatever local taxpayers felt was adequate or they could afford. Before we had statewide equalization of funding, schools in Western Kansas - and particularly oil/gas rich Southwest Kansas - paid higher teacher salaries, on average, than elsewhere in the state. They had to because how many teachers are going to choose Moscow or Hugoton over Lenexa or Andover? Those of us who live in Western Kansas know that geography is one of our biggest obstacles. It often takes something extra - like better pay - to lure teachers away from urban areas to what is often mischaracterized as the vast wasteland of Western Kansas. Visit with most any teacher who came to Western Kansas in the 1970s, 1980s or early 1990s and you’ll often hear a common theme, “I came here for the money. I stayed for the way of life.” But, they’d have never learned about the quality of life and the people of Western Kansas if not for the attraction of better wages. The equalization of state funding that was initiated in 1992 limited the ability of school districts in Western Kansas to pay those attractive salaries. Still, those districts know what it takes to attract and keep quality teachers so they have continued efforts to offer better wages within the constraints of the state’s funding formula. One means at their disposal has been the local option budget (LOB) which was initially set up as a way of paying for one-time unique expenses, but has instead been expanded to fill in for everyday needs where state funding is falling short. But, LOB budgets have reached their maximum levels in many districts. There is no additional money. Further compounding the problem for rural districts, ultraconservatives have crippled school funding with a block grant formula that has frozen general fund budgets for three years with no guarantee that a “new” funding plan from these same lawmakers will be any better. The funding freeze ignores the reality of higher costs for utilities, insurance, vehicles, etc. The only expense over which school districts are left with any measure of control is staffing. To gain some breathing room in their budget they can either cut personnel or freeze wages. Even a one percent pay increase can be a major challenge for many districts. The fallout is predictable. In the Scott County school district (USD 466) it wasn’t uncommon to have 10-12 applications for each job opening. This past spring, they were lucky to get two or three. And it became increasingly common for the district to set up interviews, only to be called back and told the applicant had already accepted a job elsewhere - most often in urban areas of central or eastern Kansas. In short, we’ve lost our competitive edge. As long as ultraconservatives remain in power in Topeka and continue to diminish the importance of public education, the situation won’t get any better for Western Kansas school districts. In order to offer the quality education that we expect we need quality teachers and that won’t happen if we can’t bring them to the far reaches of our state. Of course, that isn’t important to the Brownback Administration or certain lawmakers who have done nothing to enhance the quality of education in Kansas. In their eyes, we’re already spending too much on public education and they will fight any efforts to spend more - even if so ordered by the Kansas Supreme Court. Remember that when your child has a long-term substitute for an entire school year or when your school district is unable to hire a high school math or science teacher. Teachers are no different than any other profession. They are attracted to higher wages, better facilities and a good work environment. But, we can’t sell them on the benefits of living in Western Kansas if we can’t first get them here.
Secrets in the 33rd Senate race Property taxes are the big issue in the Kansas Senate race for the 33rd District. That’s according to the glossy, four-color flyer that arrived in the mail from none other than the Kansas Club for Growth. The flyer advised us to contact Larry Salmans and thank him for stopping higher property taxes. It’s no surprise that this Koch-funded organization is supporting Salmans just as it did current Sen. Mitch Holmes. The arrival of this campaign literature strongly hints at what we have suspected all along. First of all, a backroom deal was orchestrated that saw Holmes withdraw from the race at the last minute so Salmans could enter. Secondly, Salmans will do just what the Koch brothers tell him to do. That’s no surprise and neither is Kansas Club for Growth’s ability to distort the truth. Let’s begin with Salmans’ claim that he will “protect you from secret property tax increases.” Secret?
Transparency is the hallmark of local government. Schools, counties and cities publish their budgets with property tax information. It’s there for everyone to see. You want secrets? How about the state’s effort to keep secret the borrowing of another $400 million from the Kansas Department of Transportation (pushing total borrowing to $1.2 billion). It was only through the media’s diligence that the transaction was discovered. How about state officials meeting behind closed doors to discuss the possibility of selling hundreds of millions of dollars in future payments to the Children’s Initiative Fund for far less than the settlement is worth? How about the secret meetings in January 2012 between the governor and Republican legislative
leaders at Cedar Crest? These certainly violated the intent, if not the letter, of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. When it comes to “secrets,” the problem isn’t in our city halls or county courthouses. Secrets aside, we’ll focus on Salmans claims that he is “stopping higher property taxes.” We were hoping that Salmans’ election flyer would reveal how he accomplished this feat in the past, or intends to in the future. Perhaps he plans to eliminate the income tax exemptions that were approved in 2012 or maybe he is committed to putting hundreds of millions of dollars into public education. Both would certainly be significant steps in “stopping higher property taxes.” Unfortunately, Salmans’ election flyer reveals no such strategy past or future. To further emphasize his conservative credentials, Salmans instead promises to “put his foot down to ensure that liberal politicians who want to
raise property taxes must first have those tax hikes approved by local taxpayers.” Liberal? We would challenge Salmans to attend a city council, county commission or board of education meeting anywhere west of Hays and identify all the “liberal politicians” in the room. Have property taxes increased? For some taxpayers, yes. That happens when a community or school district fulfills its obligation to main infrastructure and care for their employees. Contrary to what Salmans would like you to believe, cities and counties aren’t the problem. The biggest culprits are ultraconservatives within the Brownback Administration and the legislative leadership. They were responsible for exempting more than 330,000 business owners and farmers from income taxes. The result has been a state government starved for revenue and forced to cut funding for programs (See SECRETS on page six)
Welfare policies not working After he signed a batch of new welfare restrictions into law in May, Gov. Sam Brownback touted his administration’s continuing effort to reduce government dependency: “It’s been very positive in its results. It’s helped people get out of poverty, it’s helped people have more income, and in some cases it’s helping people get back their dignity.” One of the ways Brownback aims to help Kansans “get back their dignity” is the Hope, Opportunity and Prosperity for Everyone (HOPE) mentoring program. The program was established in January to link volunteer mentors with Kansans who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The mentors are expected
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to provide TANF recipients with career advice, information about educational opportunities, a “constructive example,” personal reinforcement and other forms of support. Although the Brownback administration hopes for the participation of 1,100 mentors, 115 have signed up. And there are still almost nine times more mentors than mentees - only 13 TANF recipients have agreed to take part in the program since it was launched six months ago. This disappointing level of involvement prompted the Department of Children and Families (which administers the
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HOPE mentoring program) to suggest making it mandatory for welfare recipients. While Brownback is right to prefer “incentivizing the mentoring programs rather than mandating them,” he should reconsider whether this program and his other welfare initiatives are effective substitutes for cash assistance to impoverished Kansas families. Since Brownback took office, the lifetime limit on TANF benefits has been steadily eroded - from five years in 2011 to two years in 2016 (a 12-month extension is available to families in extreme circumstances). Since 2011, the average number of families receiving assistance has dropped from 15,077 to 5,391. However, the percentage of Kansas children
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in poverty has remained roughly the same since 2011 and less than 10 percent of the people who leave cash assistance programs do so to take jobs. This is why Brownback can’t keep pointing to the number of people who no longer receive TANF benefits as a victory in and of itself. His policies have ensured that there will be less people on the welfare rolls regardless of their reasons for leaving. When Brownback signed the welfare cuts in May, he said his administration wanted to do more than simply get Kansans off public assistance - he said the objective was “to get people out of poverty.” Brownback’s welfare policies have failed to do this, and it’s time to try something new.
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always about Donald The Trump convention is a triumph in narcissism The Trump campaign has lately alternated between disaster and farce: the awkward rollout of Mike Pence, the botched logo, two parliamentary disputes on the convention floor, a muddled message, a plagiarized speech by the would-be first lady. But, in one respect, the Republican National Convention of 2016 has been a yuge success. It is the triumph of narcissism. Addressing the convention Monday night, after a Beyoncé-style entrance lit in silhouette: Donald Trump. Addressing the convention Tuesday night via video from Trump Tower: Donald Trump. Promising to address the convention Wednesday night: Donald Trump. Accepting the nomination Thursday
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night: Donald Trump. Midway through the 8:00 p.m. hour of Monday’s programming at the convention, Patricia Smith, whose son was killed in the Benghazi terrorist attack, spoke emotionally about how “I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son.” But, her speech was preempted - by the candidate. Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly, citing a “breaking-news situation,” cut off convention coverage to do a phone interview with the candidate. Trump’s “breaking news” turned out to be little more than a denunciation of Ohio Gov. John Kasich for skipping the convention. “Look, I beat him very badly” in the primaries, Trump taunted. “If I were him and gotten beaten that badly I probably wouldn’t show up either.” Upstaging his own convention speakers? Classic Trump: Self-worship over sound judgment. For weeks, GOP leaders pleaded
with Trump to build a professional operation, but his campaign resisted, saying he didn’t need to act like other politicians. Now we see the consequences: a convention rally of conspiracy theorists, co-hosted by Trump’s longtime political adviser; a needless floor fight over convention rules in which the hapless presiding officer, a backbench congressman, walked off the stage; and plagiarized phrases in a speech by the would-be first lady that went unvetted by Trump’s thin staff. Trump allies variously reacted by saying there was no plagiarism, that only seven percent of the speech was plagiarized, that the staffer responsible should be fired, and that a part of the Michelle Obama speech that Melania Trump lifted from was itself purloined from radical leftist Saul Alinsky. Never Trump has given way to Everywhere Trump in Cleveland: A stream of interviews and tweets distracting from proceedings. Trump packed the week’s prime-time speakers list with low-wattage names unlikely to upstage him - celebrities along the
CLEVELAND (The Borowitz Report) - The 2016 Republican National Convention became embroiled in another controversy on Tuesday, as Biblical experts accused Republicans of plagiarizing the entire Convention scenario from the Book of Revelation. “The first thing that struck me, on Night One, was when the sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon like blood,” the Rev. Davis Logsdon, of the University of Minnesota’s Divinity School, said. “That was just too close to be a coincidence.”
Logsdon said that another telltale sign of plagiarism could be found in the alarming appearance of Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and retired General Michael Flynn. “The four of them didn’t ride in on horseback, but it was still clear who they were supposed to be,” he said. By Tuesday afternoon the Trump campaign was pushing back against the plagiarism charges, as campaign manager Paul Manafort told reporters, “I swear to you that no one involved in this campaign has ever gone near a
and more prosperous nation because their party was born. Of course, it would be historically naive to pretend that time has stood still since 1856. To do so would mean ignoring that the South, which hated the original Republicans, is now the dominant force in the party. It would involve being blind to the way in which our two great political parties have switched sides in how they view the capacity of our federal government to promote a more inclusive prosperity. It would be equally untrue to history to claim that the nativism of Donald Trump is alien to the party. On the contrary, the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic Know-Nothings were an important force in early Republicanism, and the party embraced opposition to newcomers at various points in subsequent eras. Nonetheless, Republicans who are not in the least progressive have reason to mourn what is likely to come to pass this week: the transformation (See RIP on page six)
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Bible.” “Certain things that we’ve done to spice up the Convention - like having smoke rising from the Abyss like the smoke from a giant furnace, and having the sun and sky darkened by the smoke from the Abyss - have been in the planning stages for weeks,” he said. “This is just a case of ‘great minds think alike.’” Despite the controversy, the Convention proceeded smoothly on Tuesday night, as delegates officially nominated a Beast with seven heads, ten horns, and ten crowns on his horns in a traditional roll-call vote. Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author
GOP, RIP? Republicans risk much more than the 2016 presidency The Republican Party came to life as the bastion of “Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men.” It was a reformist party dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery and to fighting a “Slave Power” its founders saw as undermining free institutions. The new political organization grew out of the old Whigs and reflected the faith that Henry Clay and his admirer Abraham Lincoln had in the federal government’s ability to invest in fostering economic growth and expanding educational opportunity. Its partisans embodied what John C. Calhoun, slavery’s chief ideological defender, described disdainfully as “the national impulse.” It was, in fact, a good impulse. But, the Republicans who held their
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first national convention 160 years ago were more than just Northern Whigs. Their ranks also included many former Democrats who shared a fervor for the anti-slavery cause and helped take some of the Whiggish, elitist edge off this ingathering of idealists and practical politicians. “The admixture of Whig and Democratic politics inside the Republican Party,” writes historian Sean Wilentz in “The Politicians and The Egalitarians,” his recently published book, “created a forthright democratic nationalism, emboldening the federal government, for a time, at once to stimulate economic development and broaden its benefits.” The Republicans descending on Cleveland would thus have every right to insist that all Americans owe a large debt to the GOP. We are a better, freer
by Jill Richardson
I was sitting on a bus one summer, chatting with a man behind me who’d worked all over the world in the U.S. foreign service. Like many conversations today, ours turned eventually to the many problems with our country. That’s when his companion, who’d been silent so far, spoke. If things are so bad, he barked at me, why don’t you leave the country? We have This man espoused doctors and a view I find antiresearchers thetical to true patri- who contribotism. It can basi- ute so many cally be summed up advancements as “America - Love to medicine, but we can’t it or Leave it.” improve There’s a lot access to that’s great about affordable America, no doubt. health care so But, nobody would that nobody has to die say we’re flawless because - especially not in they’re poor, or a summer wracked goes bankrupt by mass shootings for getting lifeand police killings. saving care. In fact, lovNobody would say ing America we can’t become bet- means finding ter in virtually every ways to make it better. respect. We’re a rich country, but we’d be better if we reduced poverty until it was no more. We’re a democracy, but we could extend our voting rights, reduce gerrymandering, or take any number of other measures to ensure each of us has a say in our government. We have doctors and researchers who contribute so many advancements to medicine, but we can’t improve access to affordable health care so that nobody has to die because they’re poor, or goes bankrupt for getting lifesaving care. In fact, loving America means finding ways to make it better. Imagine an America where citizens insisted from the start that you could only be considered patriotic by insisting that we’re number one - and that criticizing the United States at all was akin to being disloyal. We’d be stuck with a pretty troubled country. At our founding, women couldn’t vote, slavery was legal, and enslaved people were considered three-fifths of a person. The U.S. government continued a genocidal campaign against Native Americans into the 19th and early 20th centuries. But, some found it possible to be both patriotic and critical. They called for the abolition of slavery and extending the right to vote to all citizens. Later they fought to end Jim Crow, pass civil rights and environmental legislation, and to legalize birth control use - which was once illegal for even married couples. Each of those milestones required finding fault with our nation. I doubt you’ll find an American today who doesn’t think we’re better for it. More recently, we’ve legalized same-sex marriage, allowed gays and now transgender people to serve openly in the military, and passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women fight for equal pay for equal work. And yet, we’ve got a ways to go. Women still don’t actually earn equal pay for equal work. The U.S. has the highest prison population in the world.
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Kansas is in desperate need of leadership by Dan Glickman
I love politics despite its flaws and idiosyncrasies. But, the past few decades have marked changes that worry me, and clearly worry the voting public. Politics, particularly today, can be something of a circus between Twitter, 24-hour news cycles, partisan echo chambers and megadonors. There was always some degree of showmanship in the political arena, even before these new, hyper-speed
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forms of communication. But, under the circus tent should always be a public servant’s desire to do what is right for one’s constituents, state and country. If you will forgive me a walk down memory lane, I suggest that Americans think back to the model leadership demonstrated by the great politicians from Kansas as they seek political leadership that truly serves their interests. From Dwight D. Eisenhower to Bob Dole to Nancy Kassebaum,
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of the Party of Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower into the Party of Trump. Some are bravely resisting this outcome to the end - and good luck to them. A fair number of leading Republicans have stated flatly that they will never vote for Trump. Their devotion to principle and integrity will be remembered. But, so many others in the party have found ways of rationalizing support for a man who plainly does not take governing, policy or even what he says from one day to the next seriously. It is comical but also embarrassing to watch politicians and consultants fall all over themselves to declare that Trump is “maturing” because every once in a while, he reads partisan talking points off a teleprompter. This is seen as a great advance over the normal Trump, whose free-association rants refer to his opponents as “lyin’,” “crooked,” “sad,” “weak,” “low-energy” and - in the very special case of Sen. Elizabeth Warren - “Pocahontas.” Liberals have long complained about conservatives “dog whistling” appeals to racial animosity. But, hypocrisy really is the tribute vice pays to virtue and so it does mark a decline in simple decency that Trump has shouted out his prejudices openly: falsely claiming that Barack Obama, our first African American president, was not born in the United States; railing against Mexican immigrants as “rapists”; and calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” And a party that helped build popular support for internationalism after World War II is about to turn to a man whose foreign policy pronouncements defy coherence. He’s not even consistent in supporting noninterventionism or protectionism, both of which are part of a historically legitimate Republican tradition. He substitutes bullying for choosing, bluster for strength. Many Republicans oppose Trump because they see him as the one candidate most likely to lose to Hillary Clinton. But, others fear something worse: a Trump victory. They know that his presidency would represent a grave danger to the republic, a repudiation of the most noble Republican aspirations, and the end of their party as a serious vehicle for governance. The GOP can survive a Trump defeat. It will never get over being permanently defined by his politics of flippant brutality. E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a political commentator and longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post
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Decades after the civil rights movement, blacks are still worse off than whites in many ways. Not least, they’re three times as likely to be killed by police. Pointing out these flaws with a mind to fixing them is hardly the same as “hating America.” It’s loving America enough to be honest about our shortcomings in order to make us better. Jill Richardson is the author of “Recipe for America: Why Our Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It”
Our political leaders today have forgotten that there is a limit to how much partisanship can get you if you are pursuing policy outcomes. Being a loudmouth might get you on cable news, but it won’t help you pass legislation through a divided Congress or even through the Kansas Legislature.
Jim Slattery, Kathleen Sebelius, Robert Docking, John Carlin, Dennis Moore, Bill Graves, Bill Roy and many others, the greats of Kansas political leadership all wanted to be known for good governance, common sense and public service. All of these great Kansan political leaders
Secrets that assist children, lowincome households, the elderly, mental health agencies, highways and our schools. If schools, for example, are going to compensate for the loss of revenue they have two options: increase student fees (which most have) or increase property taxes through the local option budget (which all districts have done). Boards of education have had no choice but to increase property taxes through the LOB in order to gain more operating funds in response to the state legislature’s refusal
Donald lines of Scott Baio Chachi of “Happy Days” fame, who days earlier tweeted a message labeling Hillary Clinton a vulgarity for female genitals. The top-billed speakers: Melania Trump (Monday), Tiffany and Donald Trump, Jr. (Tuesday), Eric Trump (Wednesday), Ivanka Trump (Thursday) and, of course, Donald Trump (always). Also in prime time: The manager of Trump Winery (a “worldclass destination,” she informed the delegates). The shootings of police in Dallas and Baton Rouge gave Republicans an opening to try to establish themselves as the party that will keep Americans safe. Monday night’s program was, shrewdly, packed with law-enforcement and military types, numerous “victims of
took their work seriously and were appropriately partisan. Our political leaders today have forgotten that there is a limit to how much partisanship can get you if you are pursuing policy outcomes. Being a loudmouth might get you on cable news, but it won’t help you pass legislation through a divided
Congress or even through the Kansas Legislature. The great Kansas leaders like Dole, whom I worked with often, were strong leaders with deeply held convictions. But, they preferred taking action to scoring political points for their own sake. They valued getting things done over blind allegiance to ideology or party. Donald Trump supporters say they value strong leadership. But, bluster doesn’t equal strength. Eisenhower was the model of a strong
leader, but he showed his strength by taking on big projects like building the national highway system. He showed his strength by his independent decision making. Eisenhower and Dole and many others showed that by charting a sensible course through partisan politics, you can prove that you are your own man or woman and not beholden to any kind of special interests, and that you can be kind and decent in the process. (See KANSAS on page seven)
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to provide adequate funding for public education. You won’t find this small fact on any Kansas Club for Growth campaign material. How local government spends our property tax dollars isn’t the biggest issue of this campaign. Anyone who allows themselves to fall for this ridiculous argument is being played for a fool. KCG and Salmans support the massive income tax break that is wrecking the budget and projected to cost the state over $5 billion by 2019. Five percent of the 330,000-plus businesses get more than
83 percent of the tax savings. It’s been a get-rich scheme for the wealthiest individuals and businesses in Kansas. And Salmans wants to talk about property taxes. The fact is, neither Kansas Club for Growth nor Salmans have a plan to prevent higher property taxes because they have no plan to increase income taxes or to eliminate the tax exemption on businesses and farmers. Likewise, we know of no local officials who are anxious to raise property taxes anymore than necessary. Their priorities are
to keep local government efficient while providing the level of services which their constituents expect. Misguided state fiscal policies have made that job more complicated and costly at the local level. Kansas Club for Growth wants you to focus your attention on property taxes rather than a disastrous state tax policy. If elected to the state senate, you can rest assured that Larry Salmans will focus his attention where the Kansas Club for Growth tells him to. And that is no secret. Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com
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illegal immigrants” and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who fired up the delegates. But, then the sound system blasted Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” and Trump made his backlit entrance. “Oh, we’re going to win, we’re going to win so big,” he said. “We’re going to win so big . . . We’re going to win so big.” Melania Trump made only one passing reference to the night’s theme of security. She spoke, rather, about her husband’s manifest greatness. “He will do this better than anyone else can, and it won’t even be close.” His children picked up the magnificence Tuesday, attesting that “his desire for excellence is contagious” (Tiffany Trump) and that “we’re the only children of a billionaire
as comfortable in a D10 Caterpillar as we are in our own cars” (Donald Jr.). Trump’s personal greatness was, likewise, the theme of his Pence rollout Saturday, when he went on, mostly about himself, for 4,000 words before yielding to his vice-presidential nominee: “I’ve been a very, very, very successful businessperson. . . .I won in landslides. . . . I dominated with the evangelicals.” The situation was much the same on “60 Minutes” on Sunday: When Lesley Stahl called him “brash,” Trump countered that he’s “religious.” How’s that? “I won the evangelicals.” Pence tried to praise his boss: “He speaks from his heart.” “Well, I think I speak from my heart and my brain, just so we understand,” Trump revised.
Stahl observed that “you’re not known to be a humble man.” Volleyed Trump: “I’m much more humble than you would understand.” Seconds later, he said people tell him, “you’re going to go down in the history books.” There are signs that delegates have misgivings about their narcissistic nominee: The convention floor is quieter than usual, the roll call lethargic, the Trump merchandise booths uncrowded. Perhaps some of them can remember, eight years ago, when their nominee, a war hero, spoke of serving a “cause greater than self.” For Trump, this is impossible. There is no cause greater than himself. Dana Milbank is a Washington Post staff writer and author
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working space than was available at the health department’s former office on Main Street. A separate room for medications provides more security and there are now three exam rooms. This is in addition to additional office and storage space, along with a conference room. Compass, RCDC and the health department share a common reception area. Because Compass has confidentiality and security issues unique to their operation, Shapland was initially concerned with how that would affect people needing services from her department. “It’s not been a problem. People can get in to see us right away,” she noted. Shapland says there may be opportunities when she and her staff may refer people to RCDC for services, or possibly
Compass, but doesn’t see that as a major concern at the present time. “Most of what we see are seniors in need of health services and kids who need vaccinations,” she said. “We aren’t seeing a lot of mental health issues. But having us all in the same building does offer benefits.” Integrated Care Hill is much more optimistic about the potential having seen the success of integrated care in Tennessee and closer to home at Tribune. “Cherokee Health Systems in Tennessee is the gold standard for integrated care,” he notes. He says that it can benefit medical clinics and hospitals by allowing physicians to focus on treatment that makes them more productive. “Rather than have a physician spending 40 minutes with someone
who may be experiencing some mental health issues, they can immediately be referred to a behavioral health consultant, Hill explains. “Patient satisfaction improves because they’re meeting with someone who can help them address their issues, which frees up a physician to do what they do best.” He said the two most common mental health issues that would be referred to a health consultant are depression and anxiety. At the same time, Hill says that when someone steps into their office for treatment there are times when the primary problem is linked to health. He recalls one instance where a client reported being light-headed with headaches and ringing in his ears. “I asked him, ‘When is the last time you had your blood pressure
checked?’ and that led us to the problem. Someone at the health department can check blood pressure or whether an individual is taking medications like they should,” he says. Likewise, he feels there may be instances where they can make referrals to RCDC for services. With more care under one roof, Hill is hopeful they can continue removing the stigma associated with mental health care. “I hope it will make it easier for people to come in here and ask us for help,” he says. “Even if they don’t need our services, maybe we can create more of a comfort level. “There are still people who walk into this office and are surprised they don’t see a couch,” Hill says with a laugh. “They think they have an idea of what we are and it’s nothing like that.”
That is true strength and leadership in politics. I certainly make my mistakes in public life. But, I generally have tried to follow the model of the great Kansan politicians I had the honor to serve with, and those who came before me. What it really boils down to is that these leaders put the whole country first, before party loyalty,
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KDOT US83 Still a Concern That’s one down and one to go with highway issues in Scott City. City officials and residents are not happy with changes that have been made to south US83 Highway. That feedback is also catching the attention of officials within KDOT. According to Kirk Hutchinson, KDOT is revisiting changes that were made to south US83 which have created safety concerns for the city council and local law enforcement. He said an area engineer is looking at the site and the matter is also under review by traffic engineering in Topeka. “They review speed limits, turning lanes and other data in order to determine what should be done,” says Hutchinson. “I don’t know where they
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Would you like to submit a comment, pro or con, about the changes KDOT has made to South US83 in Scott City? Send them to: Kirk Hutchinson Kansas Department of Transportation 1121 N. Campus Drive Garden City, Ks. 67846-6603 or e-mail: KirkH@ksdot.org
are with the process. At a minimum, I’m sure they will be looking at the speed limits and see if something needs to be modified.” Hutchinson acknowledges there is confusion in the quarter-mile stretch between Glenn Avenue and the Love’s truck stop. “We’ve heard concerns from people who are worried about the possibility of accidents in that area,” he said. KDOT’s reconfiguration of US83 Highway has been the subject of numerous complaints from not only local resi-
Logan After much thought, Honig finally forced herself to make a decision and declared Logan’s cake the winner. Honig, like others who sampled the cake, were amazed at how much they liked the peanut butter taste - even if peanut butter wasn’t a flavor they were particularly fond of. “There were people who don’t like peanut butter who commented about how much they loved it,” Honig said of the grand champion. That didn’t surprise Logan. “It has a flavor that drags you in,” she noted. Logan, who admits to loving the Reese’s flavor, said she found the recipe on Pinterest. “I tried it for my birth-
dents, but travelers on the heavily-used highway. One source of confusion is the double yellow lines, particularly south of Glenn Avenue. Dan Carter, manager of Great Western Tire, says northbound traffic is reluctant to turn into the station because crossing the double yellow line is against the law. Likewise, there’s confusion about crossing the lines for vehicles pulling out of the station and heading north. “It’s bad for us, Wendy’s and the lumber yard,” noted Carter. “People aren’t sure what
they can and can’t do.” Public Works Director Mike Todd said he was confronted by a truck driver who was more than a little upset about the highway markings. “That’s as angry as I’ve ever seen someone. I actually thought he might hit me,” says Todd. Police Chief Chris Jurgens describes south US83 as a “mess” and warned the city council during Monday’s meeting that it wasn’t a matter of if, but when, an accident occurs along that stretch of highway. He has seen instances of vehicles going in opposite directions using the inside turning lane and there was another instance where a southbound truck driver used the turning lane as a passing lane and nearly drove on top of another vehicle that was
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day cake and I loved it,” the basic food standards. she says, “so I decided to Those who rise above bake it for the Fair.” those standards are put on another table with other Quality is Expected purple ribbon winners. Honig knows she’s “A chocolate cake has going to be in for a tough to be a perfect chocolate day of judging when she cake,” she says. I’m lookshows up at the Scott ing at things like the diffiCounty Fair. culty of the (preparation) “The competition is techniques and a unique different here. This is one flavor,” she says. of my favorite shows,” Those which surpass Honig says. “I like it better those high standards are than the state fair because then put on another table you get the chance to sample so many different reserved for only the best-of-the-best. At this things. “I’m always impressed point, Honig admits that with the quality of the it comes down to her perfood. There are so many sonal preference. “If it’s really special, 4-Hers here who go above I’ll take the recipe home,” and beyond.” It’s not that Honig was she adds. Two recipes from this being overly generous by giving 15 purple ribbons. year’s Scott County Fair She begins by deter- will be added to Honig’s mining which foods meet personal recipe book.
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Nowak. “We all understand we have a bad situation. It’s a matter of getting it changed before something bad happens,” Jurgens said. While KDOT is now aware of local concerns, Hutchinson encourages residents to provide input. “I had one guy tell me he was sorry to be complaining and I told him not to feel sorry. We welcome the comments,” said Hutchinson. “If you think something’s a bad idea, then say so. The feedback is important. “If it’s a safety issue, we’ll stand by that decision and do what’s necessary. If it’s not a safety issue, it’s easier for us to respond to what the community wants. It’s not our goal to create an unsafe situation which is why we’re looking at US83.”
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in the lane and preparing to turn onto Albert Avenue to the hospital. The police chief is just as concerned about vehicles turning from Albert Avenue onto US83, which is only two lanes. He said northbound semis don’t have time to gear down. “There are a lot of older drivers going to and from the hospital and someone’s going to get killed,” said Jurgens. “(KDOT) needs to look at putting a traffic light there.” The city council was in full agreement that KDOT has taken a bad situation and made it worse. The council drafted a letter to KDOT expressing its “dismay” at how the highway has been reconfigured. “The quicker we voice our concerns the quicker we can get US83 fixed,” said Councilman Perry
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Passion for music camp spans three generations Clint Raynes attended first FHSU camp 50 years ago HAYS - It’s been more than 50 years since Clint Raynes first attended the High Plains Music Camp at Fort Hays State University. They just keep getting better and better, says Raynes, a retired high school band director who attended his first music camp as a high school saxophonist back in 1965. The 2016 camp -- the 69th annual which got underway Sunday with about 280 campers arriving on campus -- promises to be an especially enjoyable time for Raynes and his wife, Jeannette. Clint and Jeannette made the trip to Hays from their home in Scott City early Sunday morning to accompany their daughter, Amy France, and their 11-year-old granddaugh-
ter, Delaney France. Amy, who attended the event several times as a camper, is in her first year as a camp counselor. This is Delaney’s first time participating at the music camp, making the young clarinet player a thirdgeneration camper. Delaney got her first look at the music camp last year when the Raynes family came to Hays to present a $250 scholarship to a camper in honor of the Raynes’ middle son, Jeremy, who died in a vehicle accident when he was 16. Jeremy, his younger sister Amy and older brother Jeff were regulars at the music camp during their middle school and high school days when both their parents taught music in several schools
Three generations of the Raynes family who have made the FHSU music camp part of their lives each summer are (from left) Clint Raynes, Amy France, Jeannette Raynes and Delaney France.
across Kansas. Amy wanted to do something to honor her brother and came up with the idea of a music camp
scholarship. “Music was a huge part of our growing up, and this was a place that the three of us loved so
much,” Amy said. “Last year, when we were here for the scholarship presentation, all the memories came back.”
So there was no doubt that Amy wanted to send her oldest daughter to camp this year - and work as a counselor herself.
KSDE to reduce student testing by 60% In response to concerns over the amount of time Kansas students spend on state tests, the Kansas State Department of Education has pared down the 2016-17 testing “footprint” by 60 percent. That’s good news not only for students and teachers, but also for board members who field complaints from parents and others. “We had lots of conversations with superintendents, principals, teachers and advocacy groups during the testing win-
dow last year,” said Beth Fultz, KSDE Assistant Director of Assessments and Accountability. “They were concerned that students were spending a lot of time out of class taking tests, so we asked ourselves what would be a more efficient and useful way to go about administering the state assessments.” State assessments are required by law and were used under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to help determine school district accredita-
tion. NCLB’s high-stakes focus on testing is being retooled under its successor, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). It’s likely state test results will also play a smaller role in new accreditation procedures under ESSA. “The spring summative tests in English language arts and math, which had been given over the course of four class periods, will now take place over two class periods from midMarch to April,” Fultz
said. “We’re going to try really hard to get results back to districts in May; if not then, they’ll be available by the summer.” The summative tests, which measure student learning relative to content standards, will be administered more efficiently to make better use of class time. For example, rather than sitting for two testing sessions that feature 15 questions each, students may sit for one
session that covers the 30 questions. “If we’re going to take a whole class period for a test, you should have enough items to make the time worthwhile,” Fultz said. “This streamlined approach should give us the information we need.” Performance tasks, which give a snapshot of student progress and are hand-graded, will be removed from the summative assessment and will be available this
September as interim assessments. Teachers can administer those tests on their own timeline. The assessments will be locally scored to offer immediate results. KSDE will share more information on the new footprint after school starts in August. “We’ve tried very hard to be responsive to concerns, and we’re optimistic for the next testing window that things will go well,” Fultz said.
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FHSU’s Docking Institute to release poll on key issues, upcoming election Fort Hays State University’s Docking Institute of Public Affairs will release the results of a political poll in the Sun., July 24, editions of sponsoring newspapers. The poll will measure Kansans’ candidate and policy preferences on key issues. The nine newspapers in the state sponsoring the poll are: The Hays Daily News, Salina Journal, Hutchinson Daily News, Garden City Telegram, Great Bend Tribune, Lawrence Journal-World, Topeka Capital-Journal, Wichita Eagle and Ottawa Herald. Poll results can also be found on the Docking Institute’s website, www. fhsu.edu/docking on Monday. Dr. Gary Brinker,
director of the Docking Institute, said the poll will attempt to predict the winner of the First District congressional primary race between Republican incumbent Tim Huelskamp and challenger Roger Marshall as well as the presidential race between the major party nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The results of the polling - which is being conducted from July 11 through July 21 - will also show the current state of satisfaction with Gov. Sam Brownback, President Barack Obama and Sen. Jerry Moran, along with policy preferences for guns, school funding and use of public facilities by transgender Kansans.
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