The Scott County Record

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32 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 21 • Number 52

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Published in Scott City, Ks.

Council bumps SRC water credits by $25k

getting ready for school

Five-year-old Hailey Mason waits patiently for her father, Robert, to complete enrollment paperwork at Scott City Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon. Enrollment was being held throughout the Scott County school district this week in preparation for the first day of classes on August 26.

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Asbestos removal boosts SCH demo cost Demolition of the former Scott County Hospital will jump about $15,000 after the company awarded the low bid received additional information about the level of asbestos in the building.

When G&G Dozer, Cheney, was awarded the contract by the Scott County Commission, all information from an asbestos inspection was not available.

The complete report was found and made available to G&G which prompted the company to respond with an additional cost for removal.

“They had one of their own people out here to do an inspection last Thursday after receiving the report and that’s when they decided they needed to revise their bid,” said Commission Chair-

man Jim Minnix following a special meeting of commissioners on Monday morning.

“Once they had the full report they saw there was going to be more involved in removing the asbestos than they anticipated.”

Minnix pointed out that none of the other five firms submitting bids included the cost of asbestos removal. Those bids ranged from a low of $52,250 to a high of $425,000. G&G Dozer’s original bid was $85,000. The county has approved “up to $15,000” in additional expense for asbestos removal.

The special meeting was held because G&G Dozer wanted to get started on demolition of the hospital this week.

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The former medical clinic, however, will not be demolished as the county continues looking for agencies or groups who may be interested in the building.

The commission has suggested donating the building to the Scott County school district. At one time, the district was considering the building for its administrative offices in order to move more classrooms from the overcrowded elementary school into the administrative building.

When USD 466 ran into budget problems earlier this year, plans to relocate the administrative offices were put on hold.

In order to meet a sharp increase in its water costs and to avoid a budget shortfall by year’s end, the Scott Recreation Commission will receive an additional $25,000 in water credits from the City of Scott City.

That’s on top of $9,000 in credits which the city has been giving the SRC to cover its water costs at the Sports Complex and adjoining soccer fields on the east side of town.

In making their unanimous decision at Monday’s meeting, the city council indicated it was their intent to continue providing the SRC $34,000 in credits next year and beyond rather than adopt a new rate structure that would apply to the SRC and other similar government entities.

Councilman Josh Gooden, who serves on the council’s Water Committee which examined rates and made the recommendation, said the additional money for the SRC was in recognition that the group is “doing its part” to conserve water while dealing with an “antiquated” irrigation system that is constantly leaking.

The boost in water credits was based on a previous study by the committee which determined that the actual cost for the city to provide water is $2.52 per thousand gallons.

“It makes us think that we may need to revisit our other rates eventually,” said Gooden after presenting that cost figure to the council. “I’d say that $2.52 may be on the low side.

Our costs are probably higher.”

After adding a 10% fee, the committee determined that the cost of water provided to the SRC should be pegged at $2.72. With that figure in mind, the committee settled on a $34,000 annual water subsidy for the SRC. (See COUNCIL on page two)

SCH gets tax credits for permanent MRI The Scott County Hospital has plans to provide magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) testing on a full-time basis with the help of tax credits that have been approved by the state.

For years, the hospital has been leasing MRI equipment which arrives in a semi-trail-

er and is located adjacent to the building. Patients needing a MRI exam must leave the hospital for a short walk to the trailer.

Hospital CEO Mark Burnett says the board had considered the possibility of adding MRI facilities when the new hospi-

tal was built, but the structural requirements to accommodate the MRI equipment were cost prohibitive.

Burnett says their plans are to continue offering MRI services in the specially built trailer outside the hospital, just as it has been in the past. The big differ-

ence is that it will be owned by the hospital and be located here on a permanent basis.

“It will have the same appearance as the mobile unit that comes here now, but this one isn’t going anywhere,” Burnett says. “In time, we may decide to put a permanent struc-

ture around the unit. We always have that option.”

In making application to the state for tax credits, Burnett asked for, and received, letters of support from hospital boards and administrators in Ness City, Dighton and Leoti.

(See MRI on page two)

Area may finally be seeing brief end to drought Favorable pattern may last through winter Storm clouds that actually produce rain have become a regular - and welcome - occurrence across Scott County and large swaths of the region over the past couple of months.

In June and July alone, Scott City has recorded 9.95 inches of rainfall after getting just 1.76 inches of moisture through the first five months of the year.

That compares with 20.19 inches in all of 2013 which was the third year of a drought which has held a grip on Western Kansas and throughout the Midwest.

While most people were surprised by relief from the fouryear-long drought, don’t count Jeff Hutton among them. In fact, while many were anticipating the drought could continue until early 2015, Hutton predicted a break in dry conditions while speaking at the annual Hays Round-up in late March.

At the time, he said farmers in the region would begin seeing above normal rainfall in May. He was off by only a couple of weeks as rain converged on the area in June and there has been

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a steady occurrence of rainfall throughout the area over the last eight weeks.

Hutton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Dodge City, said long-term patterns gave an indication that rainfall would cover parched areas of Western Kansas.

“When you follow the jet stream you can observe patterns,” says Hutton, who has been stationed in Dodge City since 1992. “We find the jet stream repeats itself where a (See DROUGHT on page eight)

A droplet from an early morning rain on Wednesday clings to a sunflower.

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Church services • Page 15 Sports • Pages 17-24 Election results • Page 23 Farm section • Pages 26-27 Classified ads • Pages 28-30

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Council backs P&Z board on zoning request

The Scott City Council decided not to override a recommendation by the Scott City Planning and Zoning Committee to change the zoning of property located at 105 E. 6th from commercial to residential.

Rick Robbins and his mother, Virginia, are owners of the property which includes three commercial businesses that are connected. However, only one of those is currently being rented and Rick Robbins said that it was difficult to get businesses interested in locating in one of

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the two remaining sites because it’s not handicap accessible, which is required for a commercial site.

The Robbinses purchased the commercial property in 2002 and have had one tenant - attorney Jake Brooks - located in one site the entire time. The other two commercial sites have had occupants off-and-on over the years, but have been vacant for most of the last two years.

“It initially served the purpose as a commercial investment,” says Robbins. Because they can’t find renters for the

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“MRI services will now be available in Scott City five days a week for those hospitals to take advantage of as well,” says Burnett. “It will be much closer and convenient for their patients.”

other two offices, he says “we can’t cover our costs.”

During a hearing before the P&Z Committee, Robbins said the only objection was from a neighbor who expressed concern about limited parking during high school events.

“I don’t see how this being (zoned) commercial or residential changes that,” Robbins said.

The larger of the two vacant offices is basically a four bedroom home, says Robbins. He said there has been interest from potential buyers who would like to convert it to a residence. City

Attorney John Shirley reminded the council that, as the property is currently zoned, it can’t be used as a residence.

“The master plan has it (zoned) commercial,” noted Shirley. “It’s been that way for probably 40 years and (the zoning committee) wants it to stay commercial.”

“I’m in agreement with the Robbinses,” said Councilman Fred Kuntzsch. “It looks like it would blend in much better as residential property. I understand the problem they have

with the lack of ADA accessibility.”

Councilman Everett Green expressed concern that if the council were to change how the property is zoned “I can see the city being asked at some point in the future to change it back.”

Councilman Bo Parkinson said he could see no reason to overturn the committee’s recommendation.

On a 4-3 vote (Jon Brunswig, Josh Gooden, Perry Nowak opposed) the council upheld the committee’s decision not to allow the zoning change.

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No Rate Change After being advised by City Attorney John Shirley that the council couldn’t set up a rate structure that applied only to the SRC, that option was effectively eliminated by the committee.

If the city were to apply a $2.72 ceiling to water rates for all government units - USDA, school district, county and hospital - it was estimated it would reduce water revenue by about $68,000.

Even with the $34,000 in annual credit, it is estimated the SRC will still owe about $20,000 to the city based on the SRC’s goal of averaging one million gallons of usage per month.

Tax Credits The hospital has been awarded $160,000 in tax credits for the purchase and installation of MRI equipment.

Based on the scope The Scott City Chamber of Commerce will be sponand cost of the proposed soring a movie in Patton Park on Fri., August 15, startprojects, applicants to the ing at about 9:45 p.m.

Kansas Department of There is no charge. Refreshments will be available.

Commerce may request up to $250,000 in tax credits. Applicant organi- Have questions about the zations in rural areas (less Scott Commnity than 15,000 population) Foundation? are eligible for a 70 perCall 872-3790 cent tax credit.

Movie in the park Aug. 15

What’s for Lunch in Scott City?

Sun. - Sat., Aug. 10-16

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Hours

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

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

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

Wed. • Pork chop dinner.

Thurs. • Smothered steak with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Fri. • Tijuana tostada.

What’s for Supper?

The Broiler

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1211 Main • 872-3215

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

• Chili Cheese Dog • 1/4 lb Cheeseburger • 3 Piece Chicken Strips

Includes Fries, 21 oz. Drink and Small Sundae

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Buffet

Mon. • Sat. 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sun. • 5:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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

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

Sat. • Prime rib

Breakfast specials every night.

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Community Living

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Name brands don’t always mean higher quality Many of us try to save money on everyday items we use by taking advantage of sale prices and using coupons. This can be time consuming and may not always be the cheapest way to purchase the items that we need.

Even with a coupon, the cost of a name brand item can be more expensive than a store label.

When I was a merchandiser for JC Penney, many of the brands that we sold were labeled as a store brand. Some that

I can remember were brands like Cabin Creek, Arizona, Stafford or Okie Dokie.

The Stafford brand shirt is made for JC Penney by a company in Hong Kong call TAL. TAL is the maker of one in eight dress shirts sold in the

news briefs

Funk hired for SC Police Department

Jorden Funk has been hired to fill a vacancy on the Scott City Police Department.

Funk, who has been employed by the city’s public works department, will begin his duties as a police officer on Aug. 11. He will also be required to attend the Law Enforcement Training Center near Hutchinson.

With the transfer of Funk, the city council gave Public Works Director Mike Todd permission to fill that position in his department.

Purchase Fire Truck The council authorized the purchase of a new Emergency-One fire truck at a cost of $417,543.

By paying the cost up-front, the city will get a discount of $11,150 for a total cost of $406,393.

Delivery of the truck will take place in 270-290 days.

Green Appointed Everett Green, who resigned as the Ward 1 councilman during the July 21 meeting, because he has moved out of the ward, has been reappointed to the council as a representative of Ward 3.

He replaces Jack Schmitt who resigned during the same meeting because he is moving outside the ward.

Other Business •Permission was granted for the Showdown on the Plains barbeque feast and air show to be held on Sept. 5-6 at the city airport.

•A cereal malt beverage license for The Grill House was not approved.

Staff changes in USD 466

Lance Carter has been given the additional duties of buildings and grounds supervisor by the USD 466 (Scott County) board of education following the resignation of Rusty Lindsay.

Carter will continue as the transportation director.

In addition, Larry Horn has been named the lead custodian at Scott City Middle School.

The BOE has accepted the resignations of Kim Malin, SCMS lead custodian, and Vicky Copess, Scott City Elementary School lead custodian.

‘Blue Steele’ performs Sat.

The “Blue Steele Band” will perform a concert at Park Lane Nursing Home on Sat., Aug. 9, from 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be provided.

‘Moonshiners’ at Park Lane

“The Moonshiners” will be performing at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, on Fri., Aug. 15, 6:00 p.m., in the old dining room.

Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

U.S. It supplies labels such as J. Crew, Calvin Klein, Banana Republic, Tommy Hilfiger, Liz Claiborne, Ralph Lauren and Brooks Brothers.

So, is the store brand Stafford any different in quality than the name branded shirts with these more popular labels? My guess would say that it is not.

There are many other types of products that are made by the same manufactures but will just carry different labels.

Take the Hanes brand, for instance. Did you know they manufacture women’s lingerie under the names of Hanes, Champion, Bali, Playtex, Barely There, Maiden Form, Lilyette and Just My Size? Some of these brands are found in department stores and many are found in discount stores.

Some are hanging and some are boxed.

If you wear one of these brands that you purchase in a department store, you might see if a discount

80th birthday reception Aug. 16 for Rohrbough Irene Pauline Rohrbough, Scott City, will celebrate her 80th birthday with a reception on Sat., Aug. 16.

Her children will be hosting the occasion from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Bryan Conference Center, 416 Main St., Scott City.

She was born August 12, 1934, in Marienthal, the daughter of John and Barbara Chvilicek.

On Feb. 23, 1952, she married Dale Rohrbough at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Marienthal. He died July 3, 2001.

She has four daughters, Kathy Gregory, and husband, John, Assaria, Dalene Haynes and husband, Rusty, Snohomish, Wash., Jeannie Moore and husband, Steve, Law-

Irene Rohrbough

rence, and Karla Limon, and husband, Gilbert, Garden City; three sons, Galen Rohrbough, Scott City, Norene Rohrough, Scott City, and the late Lonnie Rohrough, and Jimmy Rohrbough, and wife, Carol, Garden City.

She also has 14 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren.

She requests no gifts.

store has it under a different label.

Here are some other manufacturers and their labels.

The VF Corporation is a leader in branded apparel including jeanswear, outdoor products, image apparel and sportswear. Its principal brands include Lee, Wrangler, Riders, Rustler Rock 47, The North Face, Vans, Reef, Napapijri, Kipling, Nautica, JanSport, Eastpak, Eagle Creek, Lee Sport and Red Kap.

Lee jeans for ladies are found in many department stores. Rider jeans can be purchased at discount stores and they look just alike. JanSport and Eastpak are the same backpacks, but Eastpak is considered a high-end product.

Household Products Around the house, many of us use products because we are familiar with them through marketing or because that is (See BRANDS on page seven)

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Water solution:

Council’s goal was not to put SRC budget at risk

It would appear that the Scott City Council and Scott Recreation Commission have reached a solution that will help the SRC avoid a budget crisis because of a sharp increase in its water costs.

Reaching the resolution has, at times, strained relations between the council and the SRC board.

Hopefully, what has taken place over the last couple of months is a greater understanding between the two entities.

First of all, it was never the council’s intent to burden the SRC with water costs that it couldn’t pay - or that it could only pay through a sharp increase in participation fees. Council members are fully aware of the SRC’s value to the community and the need to keep participation in activities affordable for young people and adults.

At the same time, without the increase in fees, would the SRC have adopted a plan to reduce its water usage by 20%? Would it have been so ambitious about addressing leaks within its system?

Maybe. We aren’t saying the SRC was willfully wasting water, but they are no different than any other water customer in town. Who bothers to worry about water line leaks or running toilets when water is extremely cheap?

In addition, the city council has gained a better appreciation for the situation the SRC finds itself in. They have a lot of ground to maintain, a lot of grass that needs to be watered and an irrigation system that is outdated and in need of repair. The council has hinted that it may be willing to pick up the tab to replace portions of that system over the next few years. If the goal is to make more efficient use of our water, it only makes sense.

Water conservation - as we are all finally realizing - is a critical issue that will be with us forever.

This isn’t about creating adversaries. It’s about working together for solutions which benefit everyone.

Executive orders:

Boehner’s lawsuit yet more congressional absurdity

Over the last three years the U.S. House of Representatives has taken more than 50 much publicized votes to repeal Obamacare. It’s beyond obvious that House Republicans have done everything within their power to delay, defund and prevent implementation of the Affordable Care Act. So, this past week, House Speaker John Boehner with the support of his Republican majority filed a lawsuit against President Obama because he delayed implementation of the employer mandate provision within the ACA. In other words, they claim to be upset because the President isn’t enacting Obamacare fast enough.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Oh, but it gets even better.

Boehner, with the full backing of House Republicans, feels President Obama overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order to delay implementation of the employer mandate.

You see, Republicans are adamantly opposed to the idea of executive orders . . . well, they’re mostly upset with executive orders when they are used by President Obama.

During his 5-1/2 years in office, the President is averaging 33.6 executive orders per year - the fewest by any president in more than a century.

As further comparison, the average number of executive orders issued annually by the three Republican presidents prior to Obama are Ronald Reagan (47.6), George Bush (41.5) and George W. Bush (36.4).

So that should put the issue of a tyrannical presidency to rest, right?

Not at all, because this is Washington, D.C., and we should know by now that politicians are fully capable of taking absurdity to yet another level.

Faced with the border crisis that has seen thousands of young people from Central America crossing into the U.S. in order to seek refuge, Republicans in Congress have been demanding action by the President. The President obliged by seeking $3.7 billion to address the problem and GOP members of Congress eventually pared that down to $659 million and still couldn’t get it passed. When he was unable to get his own party to deal with the influx of youngsters crossing into the U.S., Boehner was again critical of President Obama.

“There are numerous steps the president can and should be taking right now, without the need for congressional action, to secure our borders and ensure these children are returned swiftly and safely to their countries,” Boehner said.

In other words, the President should issue an executive order to take action when a dysfunctional Congress can’t . . . or won’t.

Yes, the House Speaker is demanding that the President do the very thing that Boehner has filed a lawsuit to prevent.

And the Congress wonders why its approval rating is lower than lice and colonoscopies.

Winning is all that matters, right?

Pat Roberts and Tim Huelskamp, Congratulations on your primary election wins.

As Republican incumbents you each must feel particularly proud about defeating little-known and underfunded challengers . . . barely. The fact that both of you came across so politically vulnerable and fearful of keeping your jobs was revealing to voters inside the Republican Party and outside.

We understand that, in politics, one doesn’t get style points for winning.

But really guys, aren’t you just a little embarrassed?

Sen. Roberts, you’re the dean of Kansas politics. You’ve been in Congress for nearly 34 years.

And you were afraid to debate Milton Wolf, a radiologist seeking public office for the first time?

After 34 years of service to the people of Kansas you should have had no trouble standing at the debate podium and telling voters about your vast experience and how your legislative accomplishments made you the easy

choice over an inexperienced Tea Party candidate.

You should have been able to tell voters about the time you . . . well, maybe there was that important piece of legislation that . . . okay, why not tell voters how you helped to make a difference in their lives by . . . .

After we think about it, maybe it’s a good thing that you didn’t bother to debate Wolf. Other than condemning the radiologist for posting x-ray images of gunshot wound victims to a Facebook page, exactly what was there left for you to talk about other than the First District address of your La-Z-Boy lounger?

We’re talking about 34 years, Pat, and you could only beat a novice primary challenger by just 19,000 votes?

But, as we all know, winning is all that really matters in politics.

And that brings us to you, Congressman Huelskamp . . . a Tea Party favorite who didn’t meet a Farm Bill, renewable energy subsidy, immigration bill or a health care bill that he couldn’t vote against.

You defeated Alan LaPolice by just over 7,000 votes in the reddest of red Big First District.

That’s right, LaPolice.

We didn’t know the man either. We’ve never met him. We wouldn’t know him if he walked into our office. We would venture a pretty reasonable guess that most of the 34,671 people who voted for LaPolice on Tuesday can probably make the same claim.

Those voters said they preferred going with the unknown. They weren’t alone.

The Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas Corn Growers Association said they would rather take a chance on LaPolice rather than two more years of you representing us in Washington.

What’s been even more interesting, Tim, is watch-

ing the mature way in which you’ve been able to handle growing dissatisfaction with your job performance.

We were so impressed with the way you lashed out at “some wealthy, liberal out-of-state donor” and “a secret super wealthy donor who doesn’t like politicians that actually stick to their conservative principles” in response to campaign mailers and advertising that were critical of you.

In your self-righteous world, only unprincipled liberals could possibly be interested in preventing you from being re-elected.

What a shock it must have been to learn that the Now or Never PAC was funded by ag producers and corporations linked to ag interests in Kansas?

Who’d have thought that Warren Buffett had so many friends in the Sunflower State?

Or what about Tom Willis, a Kansas corn and sorghum producer who says that, over the past four years, he supported you with his “vote and (See WINNING on page six)

Will voters change the GOP?

The central issue in this fall’s elections could turn out to be a sleeper: What kind of Republican Party does the country want?

It is, to be sure, a strange question to put to an electorate in which independents and Democrats constitute a majority. Yet there is no getting around this: The single biggest change in Washington over the last five years has been a GOP shift to a more radical form of conservatism.

This, in turn, has led to a kind of rejectionism that views cooperation with President Obama as inherently unprincipled.

Solving the country’s problems requires, above all, turning the Republican Party back into a political enterprise willing to share the burdens of governing, even when a Democrat is in the White House.

For those looking for a

Where to Write

another view by E.J. Dionne, Jr.

different, more constructive Republicanism, this is not a great year to stage the battle. Because of gerrymandering, knocking the current band of Republicans out of control of the House is a Herculean task. And most of the competitive seats in the fight for the Senate are held by Democrats in Republican states.

The GOP needs to win six currently Democratic seats to take over and it appears already to have nailed down two or three of these. Republicans are now favored in the open seats of South Dakota and West Virginia, and probably Montana.

Nonetheless, there is as yet no sense of the sort of tide that in 2010 gave

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a Republicanism inflected with tea party sensibilities dominance in the House.

The core narrative of the campaign has yet to be established. Democrats seeking re-election are holding their own in Senate races in which they are seen as vulnerable.

And then there was last week’s House fiasco over resolving the refugee crisis at our border. It served as a reminder that Republican leaders are handcuffing themselves by choosing to appease their most rightwing members rather than pursuing middle-ground legislation by collaborating with Democrats.

The bill that House Speaker John Boehner was trying to pass last Thursday already tilted well rightward. It provided Obama with only a fraction of what he said was needed to deal with the crisis - $659 million,

Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

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compared with the president’s request for $3.7 billion.

It also included provisions to put deportations on such a fast track that Obama threatened to veto it. A White House statement said that its “arbitrary timelines” were both impractical and inhumane.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi happened to be meeting with a group of journalists when the bill collapsed.

“In order for them to pass a bill, they had to make it worse and worse and worse,” she said, referring to Boehner’s efforts to placate members who have entered into an unusual cross-chamber alliance with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) to foil even conservative legislation if they regard it as insufficiently pure.

(See CHANGE on page six)

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A plan to protecting make every Congress must vote count reinforce the inheritance tax, The Electoral College rules that govern our presidential elections are the political equivanot scrap it lent of education’s standardized

trust fund babies

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by Katrina vanden Heuvel

test. Just as high school classes devolve into test preparation, not learning, presidential elections descend into swing-state appeal, not national leadership.

Campaigns don’t lift a finger in some 30 or 40 states locked up for one party.

As the 2016 campaign comes into focus, it’s a welcome reminder that it may well be the last one in which every vote in every state is not equally important.

In April, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that brings New York into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Under the National Popular Vote plan, states work together to guarantee election of the candidate who wins the most popular votes in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Once enough states to represent a majority of electoral votes (270 out of 538) have entered the compact, a participating state will award all its electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote rather than to the winner of its statewide popular vote.

In 1992, for example, a participating red state would have had to throw its electoral votes to backers of Bill Clinton and his 43 percent plurality; in 2004, a participating blue state would have sided with George W. Bush (50.7 percent).

Importantly, this is completely within the legal parameters of the Constitution, which grants state legislatures the power to award electoral votes in whichever manner they so choose.

The Constitution also protects the right of states to enter into interstate compacts.

The NPVIC is about common sense and fairness, about upholding the principle of one person, one vote how the U.S. conducts presidential elections.

Voters in Springfield, Ohio, should not matter more than voters in Springfield, Mass. Yet one of the more depressing aspects of our presidential elections is how regional they’ve become.

In the 2012 election, more than 99 percent of major-party television ad expenditures and post-convention campaign rallies was targeted at voters in just 10 states. And indeed, the 2012 turnout in swing states was 8.8 percent higher than in less hotly contested states. If a voter feels as if his or her vote counts, he or she is more willing to make an effort to cast it.

So far, 10 states - California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington - and the District of Columbia have signed the compact.

These states, representing 165 electoral college votes, are all blue, but there is growing GOP support for the compact, as underscored by a 27-2 vote among Republicans in the New York state senate and a win this year in Oklahoma’s deeply red state senate.

Indeed, there is a groundswell of bipartisan support for the compact. The debate in New York was, state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R) said, “one of the rare occasions when we see the Conservative Party and Working Families Party agree.”

When the NPVIC brings in enough states to represent 270 electoral votes, then it will go into effect, and the states that have signed up will be obligated (See VOTE on page seven)

by Chuck Collins

Real wages have stagnated for decades.

Homeownership rates are down. College debt is weighing down young people entering the workforce. Millions of lowwage workers eke by on a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

As the American Dream slips away for millions of people in this country, one faction of Congress is doing its best to aid a select group of folks that least needs a helping hand: trust fund babies.

More than 222 House members - nearly all of them Republicans - have co-sponsored legislation to abolish America’s inheritance tax, a levy that only applies to the estates of multi-millionaires and billionaires.

Technically called the estate tax, and derided by its opponents as the “death tax,” this part of the tax code affects only one out of every 500 Americans.

If Congress abolishes it, the already wealthy will gain the privilege of passing unlimited inheritances to their children once they die. Scrapping it would rip a $210 billion hole in the federal budget over the next decade, according to the Tax Policy Center.

The lawmakers determined to kill the inheritance tax go out of their way to hide the facts and pose as populists.

Take Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.), a lead sponsor of repeal legislation. He circulates advertisements with two young farm kids next to a pickup truck with the caption, “The Death Tax crushes family farms, ranches and businesses.”

And a Kentucky PAC spent $1.8 million airing a TV ad featuring a farmer

who bemoans the burden of the inheritance tax and praises Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (The farmer, John Mahan of Lexington, did not complain about the $405,692 in federal farm subsidies he received between 1995 and 2012).

The inheritance tax “continues to be the number one reason family-owned farms and businesses aren’t passed down to the next generation,” Brady recently (and wrongly) claimed.

It’s hard to fathom how a tax that 99.8 percent of households don’t pay could be a bigger threat to farmers than volatile farm prices and competition from corporate agribusiness. But don’t bank on opponents of the inheritance tax letting the facts muddle their political agenda.

As a strong supporter of the inheritance tax, I’ve seen this playbook before.

Between 1996 and 2004, America’s plutocrats, including the Walton and Mars families, invested millions in a propaganda campaign designed to save themselves billions.

They plastered the media with images of farm families, alleging that the inheritance tax would be the “death of the family farm.” The only problem was, when pressed by Pulitzer Prize winning

reporter David Cay Johnston, foes of the estate tax couldn’t produce a single example of an actual farm lost because of the inheritance tax. It was a complete myth.

Congress wound up weakening the tax in 2001, when opponents failed to abolish it. Now this tired debate is back, with those phony farm images and fake populism.

Here’s what really matters: Couples with less than $10.6 million in wealth are exempt from the inheritance tax. So are individuals with wealth under $5.3 million.

The inheritance tax is important because the very richest Americans already benefit from enormous loopholes that enable them to pay taxes at rates lower than average workers. The inheritance tax levels the playing field.

And the huge family fortunes now being passed onto the next generation are creating a new wave of American aristocrats.

Who are the real faces of the inheritance tax? Try the sons and daughters of the billionaires who make the Forbes 400 list, standing next to their family limousines.

(See TRUST on page six)

We pick up tax tab for corporations

by Jim Hightower

Did you scramble to get your taxes done this year at the last minute? Yeah, me too.

I really didn’t mind paying what I owe - but I hate having to pay the taxes owed by the likes of JPMorgan Chase, ExxonMobil and Amazon.

They’re just a few of the astonishingly profitable corporations adept at minimizing their tax tabs.

That shifts more of the cost of everything from the military to national parks onto our shoulders.

(See TAB on page seven)

A dysfunctional party is Nixon’s legacy

Richard Nixon is not having an easy time of late. The Washington Post alone has run at least three opinion pieces reminding us all that Nixon was a skunk who 40 years ago this month resigned the presidency and flew off to a short-lived exile in California.

There the story of Nixon’s nefariousness supposedly ends. But it does not.

He remains to this day a major political figure.

It was Nixon who devised and pursued what came to be called the Southern strategy. This was, in the admirably concise wording of Wikipedia, an appeal “to racism against African-Americans.”

Nixon was hardly the first Republican to notice that Lyndon Johnson’s civil rights legislation had alienated whites, both in the South and elsewhere. Johnson himself had forecast that Southern whites would desert the Democratic Party.

But Nixon was the GOP’s leader and, in January 1969, the president of the United States. The White House, it seemed, would not do a damned thing for African Americans.

Nixon was a complex figure - virtually a screaming liberal compared to today’s

behind the headlines by Richard Cohen

tea party types. He was, above all, a pragmatic, cynical politician.

Johnson and the Democrats had wooed the black vote; Nixon would do the same for the white vote. Even-steven, you might say, except the Democrats were expanding rights while the Republicans wanted to narrow them or keep them restrictive.

Nixon was being politically clever but morally reprehensible. That was, you could say, his MO. This realignment did not exactly start with Nixon or end with him. Barry Goldwater voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act (although he had supported other civil rights bills), but the GOP in general then was unencumbered by a Southern constituency and its leadership often favored civil rights.

After Nixon, though, there was no turning back. In 1980, Ronald Reagan ever the innocent - went to Mississippi and the Neshoba County Fair to tastelessly proclaim his belief in “states’ rights.”

Nearby, three civil rights worked had

been killed just 16 years earlier, protesting one of those bogus rights - the right to segregate the races.

Reagan never acknowledged any appeal to racism. Racists took it as a wink anyway.

At one time a good many African Americans voted Republican - the party of Lincoln. Jackie Robinson initially supported Nixon (he later got disgusted), as did Joe Louis. The former heavyweight champion had even supported a Republican in the 1946 congressional campaign against Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas, a liberal civil rights advocate, whose district was substantially black.

As late as the 1970s, there were African American enclaves in Maryland that voted Republican.

The damage Nixon did to his own party, not to mention the rights of African Americans and the cause of racial comity, has lasted long after the stench of Watergate dispersed. It not only persuaded blacks that the Republican Party was inhospitable to them, but it, in effect, welcomed racists to the GOP fold. Dixiecrats moved to the right.

(See LEGACY on page six)

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Water application met GWMD’s ‘house rules’

With respect to last week’s story in The Record (“Irrigation well gets DWR nod despite objections by GWMD”) it was stated by GWMD Board Chairman Greg Graff, “We told the DWR that if they approved this they would be the bad guys. They’re the ones who gave this the green light.”

“We went through three managers and we couldn’t find a reason why this application should be approved,” says GWMD Board Chairman Greg Graff.

Let this be clear - our applications were approved because they met the rules of the GWMD, as established and supposedly administered by the GWMD. There were no waivers of the rules whatsoever.

So GWMD’s own rules are responsible for approval of our permits, but the GWMD continues

editor’s mail . . . to try and blame others, the DWR and my family as well, for just trying to develop our water rights under the rules established by the GWMD. All the DWR did was determine that our applications met the “house rules.”

Under the GWMD’s rules: •the aquifer could not be overappropriated after considering our proposed withdrawls within a two mile radius (over 12 square miles) from our proposed well locations; •must not have been depleted by 15% or more from the 1950 water levels; and •must have a saturated thickness of at least 40 feet.

The rules that applied to our application went into effect in 1994 and they were GWMD wide, very

Millions pay for rare opportunity to hear Sarah Palin speak

by Andy Borowitz

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - Sarah Palin’s online video service starring herself had a hugely successful launch on Monday, as millions of Americans paid $9.95 for the rare opportunity of hearing the former Alaska Governor speak.

The website for The Sarah Palin Channel reportedly crashed several times during the day, as it was overwhelmed by subscribers seeking a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the reclusive Palin sharing her opinions.

At the corporate headquarters of the Palin Channel, the marketing director Tracy Klugian attributed the site’s mammoth success to “the simple law of supply and demand.”

“The Governor is a very private person who chooses her words very, very carefully,” Klugian said. “When someone like that finally decides to speak out, millions of people will pay to hear what she has to say.”

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

Legacy

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Excuse me for extrapolating, but segregationists are not merit-scholarship winners. Racism is dumb and so are racists.

The Democratic Party showed racists the door.

The GOP welcomed them and, of course, their fellow travelers - creationists, gun nuts, anti-abortion zealots, immigrant haters of all sorts and homophobes.

Increasingly, the Republican Party has come to be defined by what it opposes and not what it proposes.

Its abiding enemy is modernity.

Along with some others, the GOP has managed to aggregate bigots and fools. (Of course, there are exceptions.) But its current hostility to immigrants, its repugnant rage against children who have crossed the border, often running for their very lives, is an ember that still glows from the civil rights era.

The worst thing Richard Nixon ever did was tell racists they had a point and welcome them into the party of Lincoln. The best thing he ever did for the Democratic Party is give its racists a place to go.

Nixon was virtually a cinematic creation, a man of such character flaws, resentments, hatreds and insecurities that it’s hard to keep your eyes off him.

Watergate and the cover-up were his downfall and they were, no doubt about it, breathtaking abuses of power, as obscene as the language he often used.

But what was once drama is now history. Not so the Southern strategy. It fouls our politics to this very day.

Richard Cohen is a columnist for The Washington Post

all six wells located in high use areas declined from 1.2 feet to eight feet and averaged a drop of .94 feet per year.

With a specific yield of 15%, a decline of .94 feet amounts to an annual aquifer depletion of 90 acre feet of groundwater per square mile in these high use areas.

In my opinion, the recently proposed LEMA (locally enhanced management area) should have applied “locally” with the greatest effect in the most overappropriated areas of the aquifer. This would have reduced and, in some cases, potentially eliminated the groundwater depletion in areas that are next to these overappropriated areas.

These neighboring areas often have less saturated thickness and are more vulnerable to any additional lowering of the water table. GWMD management could have

restrictive and precluded any further development in all but a few square miles of the GWMD. Despite drought conditions, the water level in the recently established KGS observation well on our farm south of Scott went up by .28 feet in the January 2014 measurement, compared to the previous year.

Meanwhile, water levels declined in five out of six Scott County observation wells that are located in areas with large water use (water use within a two mile radius of over 200 acre feet per square mile). The declines in these five wells ranged from .07 feet to 2.8 feet and averaged a drop of 1.5 feet in 2013.

The water level rose 1.16 feet in one observation well located on the western edge of the northern Scott County high use area.

Over the last five years,

Winning

Change When the bill was pulled back, Pelosi observed: “They couldn’t make it bad enough.”

On Friday, the GOP leadership pushed the measure still further right and added $35 million for border states to get it passed at an unusual evening session - but not before Republicans themselves had complained loudly about dysfunction in their own ranks.

In the meantime, the Senate was paralyzed on the issue by filibusters and other procedural hurdles that have rendered majority rule an antique notion

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thickness (not just practical saturated thickness (PST) allowable pumping could not exceed 109 acre feet per square mile; with 50 feet of saturated thickness allowable pumping could not exceed 61 acre feet per square mile.

Per my studies in most of Western Kansas, overappropriated would be defined as usage in excess of 200 acre feet per square mile when use is averaged over a two mile radius.

Water level stability could possibly be achieved in most areas with usage of not more than 80 to 120 acre feet per square mile.

Recharge varies with annual precipitation and soil intake rate, but safe yield at a recharge rate of one-half inch per year would indicate safe use of no more than 26.7 acre feet per square mile.

John Huslig Alexandria, Va. Huslig Farms Scott City

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Then again, that’s not a new side of yourself which is suddenly being revealed to constituents.

We’ve witnessed your inability to handle adversity during your town hall meetings. We are amused that you find it necessary to send reporters to the back of the room and then, if you are feeling particularly generous, allow one question from the peanut gallery.

As a journalist we don’t expect favorable treatment. You view us as an adversary and we can accept that role.

my checkbook.” It must have been stunning to read Willis relate how you lost your temper when he questioned you about some of your votes in Congress.

According to Willis, “He threatened me and my business by saying, ‘I will make you pay when I get back to DC.’ He swore to ‘remember me for not supporting his candidacy.’”

Remember that conversation, Tim? Who could forget a left-wing radical like Tom Willis?

tried to selectively establish LEMAs in these large water user/large water decline areas or have different GWMD-wide criteria for different water usage areas.

Instead, they decided not to target any areas of large water level decline and just have a 20% cutback for all of the GWMD despite greatly differing aquifer conditions within the district. Most of the areas with large water use and large related water level declines will require a greater than 20% cutback to stabilize their water levels.

If the GWMD was restricted under a LEMA to withdrawls that were allowable under the rules that applied to our applications it is doubtful the GWMD would have the substantial aquifer depletion that is currently being experienced.

For example, with 100 feet of total saturated

But the voters of the Big First District deserve better. They deserve political leaders, regardless of party, who are able to debate the issues, listen respectfully to those who disagree and are willing to work for solutions to real problems.

Here’s something to think about.

Pat, your biggest headache isn’t Tea Party radicals you seem so eager to appease. And, Tim, your biggest problem isn’t some imaginary super-secret wealthy liberal donor.

No, the biggest problem for both of you is that the voters of Kansas are finally seeing you for who you really are.

That has to be a bit unnerving. But what the heck, you each won your primaries. You own the inside track to re-election.

And just imagine, Pat, you may not have to worry about the location of your La-Z-Boy for another six years.

Respectfully, Rod Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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in what once proudly proclaimed itself “the world’s greatest deliberative body.”

As the House was preparing to pass its bill, Obama told a news conference that GOP leaders were well aware that he’d veto it if it came to him and bemoaned the fact that “even basic, commonsense, plain vanilla legislation” can’t get through because Republicans fear “giving Obama a victory.”

Last week’s legislative commotion could change the political winds by putting the costs of the GOP’s flight from mod-

(continued from page five)

There is a real problem with the inheritance tax: Billionaires are paying expensive lawyers to weasel out of paying it.

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, for example, used a system of trusts to funnel $8 billion in wealth to his heirs. This maneuver let his family dodge about $2.8 billion in estate taxes that would be due after his death.

Instead of abolishing the inheritance tax, lawmakers should focus on closing the loopholes that empower the richest Americans to legally dodge it.

Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good (www.inequality.org)

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eration into stark relief.

House Republicans found themselves in the peculiar position of simultaneously suing Obama for executive overreach and then insisting that he could act unilaterally to solve the border crisis.

Pelosi, for her part, went out of her way to praise “the Grand Old Party that did so much and has done so much for our country.” Commending the opposing party is not an election year habit, but her point was to underscore that Republicans had been “hijacked” by a “radical right wing” that is not simply “anti-gov-

ernment” but also “antigovernance.”

On balance, Washington gridlock has hurt Democrats more than Republicans by dispiriting moderate and progressive constituencies that had hoped Obama could usher in an era of reform.

The key to the general election will be whether Democrats can persuade these voters that the radical right is the real culprit in their disappointment - and get them to act accordingly.

E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a political commentator and longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post

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Brands what our mothers used.

Take laundry detergent for an example. Proctor and Gamble makes Tide, Cheer, Era, Gain, Ace, Biz and Bold. What is the difference? Probably the price, color, size of bottle and the smell.

Look at the labels and read the patent numbers. They are all about the same except for a few numbers on the end, which I would guess to be the color and fragrance that are different.

The caps on these bottles look the same except the color. P&G

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also makes Bounce and Downy, both fabric softeners. Do you really think there is a difference in the performance? I use a store brand because these bigname brands aren’t made in the USA and store brands usually are.

Dreft and Ivory Snow, two detergents targeted for washing baby clothes in are also both made by P&G, I say buy the cheapest one. Better yet, buy a free and clear laundry detergent as it will be half the price of Dreft.

The Unilever Co., also known as the Lever Bros., make All, Surf and

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Wisk laundry detergents.

Colgate Palmolive makes Ajax, Dynamo and Fab. I am all about trying a cheaper brand.

I personally use Purex laundry detergent and get along with it just fine and my family can get pretty dirty riding horses and working cattle. Purex is made by the Henkel Co. which also makes Borax, the 20 Mule Team cleaner which I think is a workhorse.

Unilever also makes body soap like Dove, Caress and Lever 2000.

They also make Suave and Nexus shampoo.

If you know these two brands, you know that Nexus costs a lot more than Suave.

I could talk about several more brands and types of products, but what I am trying to share is that a name doesn’t make a better product. Try something different or cheaper.

If it is laundry soap that you try and don’t like, use the leftover to wash your car or donate it to the Breadbasket.

Call me with any thoughts or questions. I’d love to hear about your experiences.

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We constantly hear CEOs and their congressional hirelings wail about the “punishing” official tax rate of 35 percent assessed on corporate profits.

But they’re grinning as they’re crying, for they know they actually pay nowhere near that.

In fact, the latest assessment by the Government Accountability Office found that U.S. corporations pay an average tax

rate of only 12.6 percent, forcing workaday taxpayers to cover the multiple billions of dollars that these privileged elites dodge.

How do they do that?

Simple. They duck through ridiculous loopholes in our tax laws.

How ridiculous? Try the subsidy for corporate criminals. If you get a speeding ticket, do you get to deduct the fine from the income tax you owe?

Ha! Just try it.

But JPMorgan Chase was fined more than $20 billion last year for major frauds and consumer ripoffs, and its honchos have now deducted that “punishment” from the corporate tax bill, claiming it as a cost of doing business.

Oh, they also get to deduct the many millions of dollars they paid lawyers to defend their blatant wrongdoing.

Well, sniff the elites, we’re merely making

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to follow the mandate of all American voters.

Put simply, whoever wins the national popular vote will be guaranteed all 270 votes of NPVICparticipating states, enough to guarantee a victory.

One person, one vote. Alaskans and Vermonters may finally see a rally or three.

This is a reform whose time has come. The current state-by-state, winner-take-all system is not specified in the Constitution, which mandates only that states be allowed to determine themselves how they award their allotted electoral votes. State-by-state is one such method; NPV is another.

In other words, NPV is just as valid an interpretation of the Constitution as is winner-take-all. In fact, most states didn’t even use winner-take-all in the early years of the Republic; it became dominant only in 1824).

Rob Richie and Andrea Levien of FairVote write, “NPV earns bipartisan support precisely because it accomplishes a policy goal that majorities of voters in both parties want without changing the Constitution.”

To implement the compact for the 2020 presidential election, the 270-vote goal must be reached by July 20, 2020.

As a New Yorker, I’d like my vote to matter; as an American, I’d like everyone else’s to matter, too.

rightful use of the deduc- Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation tions allowed by tax laws. magazine But it’s their lawyers who wrote those laws to legalize their thievery. And need I mention that they also get a deduction for the mega-salaries and expenses of those lawyers?

Yep, we all pay for their wrongdoings, their fines and their lawyers.

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

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Drought trough is located - the repeating can take 45 to 60 days.

“As we progress through the fall we can recognize the pattern and the length of the patterns.

This year (those patterns) repeated around every 57 days.”

So what does that mean?

Following those patterns, one could predict the polar vortex that swept across North America with extremely frigid temperatures this winter.

What we’re seeing now is a continuation of that same pattern, but on a milder scale as one would expect during the summer.

“Obviously, we saw that occurring again in July when we had some pretty chilly days for that time of the year,” Hutton

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points out. “It’s the same weather pattern as we saw with the polar vortex, though it’s weaker because it’s happening during the summer.”

Conditions are Right These conditions, combined with what Hutton calls the North American monsoon out of the Pacific, have created the right conditions for rainfall.

“It also helps that we’re getting these daily thunderstorms out of the Rockies that are drifting into Kansas,” he says. “Events like (Tuesday) night are set up by those patterns.”

Scott City received up to a half-inch of rain on Tuesday with reports of greater rainfall to the west.

Hutton doesn’t expect a break in the recent rains, though he does forecast “chaotic weather condi-

tions” in late August and has provided a huge boost September. to Western Kansas corn and milo crops and offers El Nino Factor an optimistic outlook for Unlike some meteorol- fall crop production. ogists who base all of their Which prompts the milweather forecasting on El lion dollar question: Does Nino, Hutton downplays this mean the drought is the overall impact of El over?

Nino and El Nina.

Hutton’s response is “It can contribute to yes . . . and no. our weather, but it doesn’t “The patterns that I’ve control our weather,” he been observing will ocsays. “The warming of El cur through the rest of the Nino hasn’t even started summer and then it starts yet, so there’s no way anyover again. What happens one can accurately predict what will happen this win- this summer is no indication of what will happen ter.”

Though he does add next summer,” Hutton that, based on between 120 says of his observations. and 140 years of weather “We’ll start watching for observation on the Plains, patterns as they develop “all major droughts have in the fall.”

“Conditions are bebeen broken by developing set up this fall so that ing El Ninos.” we can see above normal snowfall this winter,” he What of the future?

The unexpected rainfall says. “Everything is point-

ing toward a more favorable (weather) pattern, but we won’t have a clearer picture until October.”

Hutton emphasizes that, officially, the drought has not been broken because there remains such a huge precipitation deficit over the last four years.

“But I feel we are experiencing a temporary break that will last, maybe 12 to 18 months,” he predicts. “I don’t think it will be quite as dry as it has been. This will be an opportunity to rebuild our subsoil moisture.”

Hutton also sees belownormal temperatures continuing through August, combined with abovenormal precipitation.

He believes September temperatures will climb, and conditions will get drier, after which “I could

see us trending toward colder weather. There’s a possibility of an early freeze and it could be a pretty cold winter.

“I could see above normal precipitation through the winter and, if that’s the case, it should carry through next summer,” he says.

With above-normal precipitation over the next 6-8 months, Hutton says the drought will officially be broken, though sub-soil moisture supplies could still be a long way from being replenished.

“It takes a long time to develop a drought and a long time to get out of one,” he adds. “There are still huge moisture deficits that have occurred over the last four years and it’s going to take awhile to recover from that.”

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Small district is familiar turf for new Healy superintendent

It’s not every superintendent candidate who would be willing to take on the challenge of moving to the smallest school district in Kansas.

Then again, not every superintendent has Dr. Paul Sellon’s background as an administrator with small, rural school districts throughout the Midwest.

Even though he’s surrounded by new office staff who are still adjusting to their new jobs, Sellon looks very much at ease as he settles in as the new superintendent and principal for the Healy school district.

“I knew coming in here that Healy was the smallest school in the state,” says Sellon.

“What brought me here was the community pride. This is a community that’s very committed to their school and in keeping it open.”

A native of Randolph, Nebr., Sellon attended the University of Nebraska where he was a member of the diving team (1974-78) and team co-captain (1977-78). While completing his Master’s degree, he was also the team’s coach (198182).

Those extracurricular interests didn’t prevent Sellon from becoming a principal at the age of 23, accepting his first superintendent’s position at age 26 and completing his doctorate degree by age 29.

“There was a time when I really thought I wanted to be a coach. But after doing it I realized that I didn’t want to deal with everything that comes with being a coach at a DI level,” he says. “But it was a good experience and it guided me into what I really wanted to do, which is school administration.”

Sellon has spent the past 35 years in school administration - 30 years as a superintendent - for school districts throughout Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa. They’ve included his first superintendent’s position at Ruskin, Nebr. (enrollment 84), and Class 1A Natoma in north-central Kansas, to about 5,000 students in the Mitchell, S.D., school district, at which time he was also the president of Mitchell Technical Institute.

And that only scratches the surface of his background in education.

Because he has been an administrator with several small districts, Sellon has had to deal with the heartache and emotional impact that accompanies the closing of a school. One of those districts was closed because of a Nebraska state law - since taken off the books - that forced districts to close their high school if enrollment dropped to less than 25 students.

After five years as the superintendent at Hamburg, Ia., Sellon was involved in a consolidation effort that saw the district close its doors.

Enrollment includes iPad fee SCHS students

Some parents of Scott Community High School students were surprised to discover this week they were also responsible for paying an additional iPad fee at the time of enrollment.

As part of the USD 466 technology initiative, iPads are being provided to all students in grades 9-12. As a result, students are now required to pay a $75 fee for their iPad (which includes insurance), plus a $25 “instruction fee.”

The fee is due at the time of enrollment.

This is being offset by the $45 textbook fee which students are no longer required to pay. The end result is a $10 increase in the enrollment fee.

Even if students have their own iPads, they are still required to pay the fee and use the district’s iPad. Over the next three years, iPads will also be made available to students in grades 5-8.

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Supt. Paul Sellon with the wood carving of the Eagle mascot that greets students outside the Healy school.

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“I consolidated myself out of another job,” says the 58-yearold.

No Plans to Consolidate So does that mean consolidation is being considered for the Healy district?

“Not at all,” emphasizes Sellon. “That’s not why I came here. The board and I talked about that. I told them that I believe in small schools and I’ve never been in favor of consolidation.

“People who talk about consolidation - and they’re usually from the urban areas - have no idea what these schools mean to a rural community and the quality education they provide,” says Sellon. “There’s no doubt there are economic efficiencies to be gained from larger districts, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best thing for students.

“Even in those districts where consolidation eventually happened, I was adamantly opposed.”

Of course, Sellon also understands the challenges of keeping small districts open, especially with cuts in state

funding. It’s a situation he’s seen in Nebraska and Iowa as legislatures wrestle with public education funding.

A day after the district completed its early enrollment, Sellon is expecting between 7080 students for the first day of classes - which is similar to last year.

“Before I got here, the board of education made some (budget) adjustments in order to cut costs,” he notes.

The district cut 1.5 staff positions but, says Sellon, they were able to avoid a negative impact in the classrooms.

Focus on Quality Education Sellon has emphasized to the staff they have no control over education funding or how many students walk through the doors. Instead, he says they have to focus on providing the best education possible.

“Our goal is to give our students the skills they need to be successful when they leave Healy High School,” says Sellon. “We also understand that if a student isn’t reading at, or above, grade level by the time they complete third grade then they will likely struggle for the

rest of their time in school, so we put a lot of attention into achieving that goal.”

The superintendent feels that Healy’s fate is still in the community’s hands.

“I don’t think that, politically, the state will ever tell us we have to close,” he says.

“That’s a decision that will be up to us and how determined this community is to keep its school.

“As long as that’s their desire, then I’ll do everything possible to make sure that continues.”

Paul and his wife, Sue Ann, will continue to maintain their “forever home” in Nebraska City. The historic home, dating to the 1880s, was purchased by the couple about 10 years ago.

Sue Ann is an executive chef and the couple once owned a four-star steakhouse.

She has authored two novels, the most recent being “Secrets of the Porch,” and is completing her third novel.

The couple has eight children who range in age from 16 to 34, with three attending college. All live in the Omaha, Nebraska City and Kansas City areas.

Students wishing to learn more about educational opportunities available through the Scott City Learning Center can attend an open house on Fri., Aug. 15, from 3:006:00 p.m.

The SCLC provides adults who did not earn a high school diploma the opportunity to take classes which will earn a diploma through Scott Community High School.

Students have the option of attending the center at 706 Washington St. or they can take their classes on-line. Instruction is individualized and students work at their own pace.

During the last school year, more than 20 students were enrolled in the SCLC with 10 earning their diplomas during the spring graduation ceremony.

The program coordinator is Melissa Jasnoch.

Early childhood free screenings

USD 466 (Scott County) and High Plains Educational Cooperative are offering free early childhood screenings for pre-school children, ages 3-5.

Areas screened include: •Vision/hearing •Speech/language development •Cognitive/educational skills •Social development •Adaptive/self-help skills •Fine and gross motor skills For more information or to schedule a screening contact Dana Pfanenstiel, early childhood specialist, at 872-7660, ext. 26.

National website ranks Kansas State as ‘great value’

Kansas State University is the highest-rated school from Kansas to make a national website’s list of the best value colleges in the Midwest.

Great Value Colleges’ ranks the university in the top 15 among public schools - higher than many other top schools in the region, including

Ohio State University, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma.

To make the GVC list of top value collegs, KSU scored highly on eight quality indicators that the website calls a good measure of a student’s poten-

tial “depth and breadth” of experience at an institution: graduation rate, freshmen retention rate, student-to-faculty ratio, percentage of classes taught by graduate assistants, average entrance ACT score, number of campus organizations and number of academic programs.

Affordability also is taken into account as well as inclusion on Forbes magazine’s list of top colleges - where the university has consistently ranked.

Pat Bosco, Kansas State University’s vice president for student life and dean of students, said the university ranks highly because of its more than 250 majors and

options, 475-plus student organizations, a studentto-faculty ratio of 19 to 1 and a focus on programs to help students succeed from their first year at the university.

In addition, the university is the only statesupported university to rank among the top 10 of all U.S. schools for the combined total number

of scholars in Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater and Udall competitions in the last 25 years.

Kansas State University also is recognized for its highly rated aviation program and award-winning sustainability efforts like the Environmental Protection Agency’s Campus Rainworks Challenge.

For the Record Get insurance in place for college-bound students The Scott County Record

College students across Kansas are packing furniture, electronics and all the other necessities of college life. They will soon head to their schools for the 2014-15 term.

Will they forget something?

Probably. Hopefully, it isn’t their insurance coverage needs.

As college students head to their schools around the state, I urge them (and their parents) to check over their property

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commissioner’s corner Kansas Insurance

Commissioner Sandy Praeger

and medical coverages, so they don’t have surprises down the road.

Here are some tips for students and parents.

Health Insurance Nearly all young adults up to age 26 can now stay on their parents’ health insurance plans because

USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., August 11 • 7:00 p.m.

Administration Building • 704 College Budget Hearing •Budget presentation •Questions, responses and comments •Adjourn budget hearing Regular Meeting •Comments from public •Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) High Plains Co-op - Eric Erven 2) NW Ks. Tech. College - Mark Davis 3) Administrative reports 4) Additional •Financials 1) Bills payable 2) Transfers •Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes 2) Approve items for surplus •Consider items pulled from consent agenda New business 1) Approve district budget •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel •Resignations/hires •Additions, if any •Adjournment

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department July 22: Bobby Cook did not properly stop at a stop sign, striking a vehicle owned by Ashley Prewitt. Cook was arrested for operating a vehicle without liability insurance, failure to stop at an accident and driving on a suspended/revoked license. He was transported to the LEC. July 30: Tania Fahring was arrested for driving on a suspended license and no vehicle insurance. She was transported to the LEC. July 31: Ashley Pecina reported criminal damage to property.

July 31: James Hickert was arrested for driving on a suspended license and transported to the LEC. July 31: Emmanuel Holguin was arrested for probation violation and transported to the LEC. July 31: Ashley Pecina was cited for obstruction in the apprehension of an individual for prosecution.

Scott County Sheriff’s Department July 21: Joseph Conner, driving a 2009 Dodge, was westbound when he struck a southbound 1999 Ford driven by Brett Cox at 11th and Myrtle.

of federal legislation. That provision is not affected by marital status, financial dependency, enrollment in school, or location.

At school, students should have copies of their insurance cards and know how to seek medical treatment, the Commissioner advises.

For first-time college students, knowing where the student health center is located should be on their checklist.

If the student is insured

through a network of medical providers, check to see if he/she will be in or out of the provider network service area while attending school. That will make a difference in how much you or your student will have to pay for out-of-pocket charges.

Another coverage option is a student health insurance plan purchased through the college.

However, not all schools offer these limited plans, and some have limited

benefits.

Renters Insurance Parents should check with their insurance agents to determine whether their family homeowners policies extend to children away at school. If not, they could consider a renters policy for their students.

The one factor to remember is a landlord’s policy doesn’t cover a renter’s personal belongings.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., August 7, 2014)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1157 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF A ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE CITY CODE, ORDINANCE NO. 1011, TITLE 10, CHAPTER 3.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, SECTION I: The boundaries of the District Zoning Map, as amended or changed, is further amended and changed insofar as it relates to the following described property, to wit:

The South half (S/2) of Block Thirteen (13), Cases 2nd Addition to the City of Scott City, Kansas.

By changing the classification of said property from Single Family Residential District R-1 to General Commercial District C-2 SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and publication in the official city paper.

Passed by the Council this 4th day of August, 2014.

Dan Goodman, Mayor City of Scott City, Kansas ATTEST: Brenda Davis, MMC City Clerk

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., August 7, 2014)1t Notice of Vote – City of Scott City In adopting the 2015 budget the governing body voted to increase property taxes in an amount greater than the amount levied for the 2014 budget, adjusted by the 2013 CPI for all urban consumers. 7 members voted in favor of the budget and 0 members voted against the budget.

Dan Goodman, Mayor City of Scott City, Kansas ATTEST: Brenda Davis, MMC City Clerk

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., August 7, 2014)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: Landmark Resources, Inc- Application for Commingling of Production in the Frick 1-5 in Scott County, Kansas.

TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whosoever concerned.

You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Landmark Resources, Inc. has filed an application to commingle the Marmaton and Cherokee producing formations at the Krebs 1-5, located 2280’ from the north line and 1469’ from the west line

of NW/4 Sec. 5-T17S-33W in Scott County, Kansas.

Any persons who object to or protest this application shall be required to file their objections or protests with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication.

These protests shall be filled pursuant to Commission regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights, or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas.

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

Landmark Resources, Inc. 1616 S. Voss Road, #600 Houston, Tex. 77057

Taking photos or video of the possessions and keeping an inventory list in a secure location are two good ideas for recording personal belongings.

To print an easy-to-use home inventory checklist from KID and get more tips about disaster preparedness, visit www. ksinsurance.org and click on “Publications” under the Quick Links button at the top right of the home page.

(See STUDENTS on page 11)

Scott County Commission Agenda Monday, August 11 County Courthouse 3:00 p.m.

Open budget hearing County business Approve minutes, accounts payable and payroll

3:30 p.m.

Canvass primary election results

4:00 p.m.

Sheriff Glenn Anderson Request to purchase computer and light bar

4:30 p.m.

Alyson Alder Discuss county health department

5:00

Public Works Director Richard Cramer

Agenda may change before the meeting. Contact County Clerk Alice Brokofsky for an updated agenda (872-2420) or visit www.scott.kansasgov.com

(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Aug. 7, 2014)1t

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

The governing body of LAKE TOWNSHIP, SCOTT COUNTY, will meet on August 20, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., at Shallow Water Community Center, 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 the Scott County Clerk’s office and will be available at this hearing.

BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed Budget 2015 Expenditures and Amount of 2014 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2015 budget. Estimated Tax Rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation.

2013

2014

Proposed Budget 2015

Current Year Actual Expenditures Amount of Prior Year AcEst. of 2014 Ad Actual tual Tax Tax Rate* Valorem Expenditures Rate* Expenditures

Fund

Tax

Actual Tax Rate*

General

3,651

1.500 15,450 1.000 27,330

3,021

0.500

Totals

3,651

1.500 15,450 1.000 27,330

3,021

0.500

0

0

0

Net Expenditures

3,651

15,450

27,330

Total Tax Levied

9,225

Less Transfers

Assessed Valuation 6,151,385

Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness

6,374 6,384,642

6,043,652

2012

2013

2014

0

0

0

G.O. Bonds Revenue Bonds Lease Pur. Princ.

TOTAL

*Tax rates are expressed in mills.

Mildred Dearden Township Officer

(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., August 7, 2014)1t City of Scott City • 221 W. 5th • Scott City, Ks. 67871

TREASURER’S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 2014, THRU JUNE 30, 2014 FUNDS

General Fund

March 31, 2014

$ 1,842,340.52

$

RECEIPTS

806,945.85

$

DISBURSED

June 30, 2014

940,521.00

$ 1,708,765.37 299,526.86

Sewer Use Fee

350,685.78

52,138.27

103,297.19

Special Highway

117,707.80

23,700.74

2,231.92

139,176.62

Trans. Guest Tax

125,109.53

14,841.05

12,012.30

127,938.28

Airport Enterprise

22,123.22

1,605.00

6,004.42

17,723.80

Airport Sinking

320,459.34

106,902.71

101,693.04

325,669.01

Special Parks

14,769.09

1,171.60

0.00

15,940.69

114,711.44

66,670.54

78,740.77

102,641.21

(573.00)

573.00

0.00

0.00

Employee Benefit Water Improv. Fund Water Utility

1,181,021.45

199,298.88

123,508.87

1,256,811.46

Fire Equipment

519,517.58

13,590.18

0.00

533,107.76

Street Imp. Fund

(86,173.83)

0.00

0.00

(86,173.83)

Municipal Equip.

67,205.81

0.00

0.00

67,205.81

Clearing Fund TOTALS

110,425.18

376,999.28

352,067.46

135,357.00

$ 4,699,329.91

$ 1,664,437.10

$ 1,720,076.97

$ 4,643,690.04

AVAILABLE CASH

$ 4,643,690.04

I, Dan Weides, hereby certify that the above statement is correct

Dan Weides City Treasurer

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Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., August 4, 2014)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1156 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $450,948 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2014A, OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF K.S.A. 10-101 to 125, INCLUSIVE, AND K.S.A. 12-6a01 ET SEQ., ALL AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Scott City, Kansas, (the “City”) has pursuant to its Resolution No. 2013-02 adopted on January 7, 2013, and published as required by law, and Resolution No. 2013-04 adopted on March 4, 2013, and published as required by law, authorized certain street improvements (the “Improvements”) to be made in the City under the authority of K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq., as amended; and WHEREAS, all legal requirements pertaining to the Improvements have been complied with and the total cost of making the Improvements has been ascertained to be $519,558.79 (the “Project Cost”); and WHEREAS, $68,610.30 of the Project Cost has been or will be paid by the City from lawfully available funds of the City; and WHEREAS, $450,948.49 of the Project Cost has been assessed by the City against those lots and parcels of land specially benefited thereby, none of which was paid to the City by the owners of such property leaving unpaid the balance of the Project Cost in the amount of $450,948.49 for which general obligation bonds of the City may be issued; and WHEREAS, the City deems it necessary and advisable to issue its general obligation bonds in the aggregate principal amount of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Fortyeight Dollars ($450,948) for the purpose of paying the Project Costs; and WHEREAS, the City has, in accordance with K.S.A. 10-106, as amended, published it’s Notice of Intent to Seek Private Placement (the “Notice”) of the Bonds.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS: Section 1. That for the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of making the Improvements hereinbefore described, there is hereby authorized and directed to be issued General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014A of the City in the aggregate principal amount of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine

Hundred Forty-eight Dollars ($450,948) (the “Bonds”) as provided by K.S.A. 126a01 et seq. and Article 1 of Chapter 10, Kansas Statutes Annotated, all as amended.

The Bonds shall be dated and bear interest, shall mature and be payable at such times, shall be in such form, shall be subject to redemption and payment prior to the maturity thereof and shall be issued in the manner prescribed and subject to the provisions, covenants and agreements set forth in a resolution of the Governing Body of the City adopted the same date as the date of the passage and approval of this Ordinance (the “Resolution”).

Section 2. That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to prepare and execute the Bonds and when so executed, the Bonds shall be registered as required by law and the Governing Body shall annually make provisions for the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds as the same shall become due by levying a tax upon all the taxable property of the City.

Section 3.

That the City shall, and the officers, agents and employees of the City are hereby authorized and directed to, take such action and execute such other documents, certificates and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to carry out and comply with and perform the duties of the City with respect to the Bonds and the Resolution all as necessary to carry out and give effect to the transaction contemplated hereby and thereby.

Section 4. That if any portion or provision of this Ordinance or the Bonds shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such portion or provisions shall not effect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance or the Bonds but this Ordinance and said Bonds shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained herein.

Section 5.

That the Bonds shall be issued and placed with the City for its own account in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Ordinance.

Section 6. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication in the official City newspaper.

PASSED by the Governing Body and approved by the Mayor this 4th day of August, 2014.

Dan Goodman, Mayor City of Scott City, Kansas (SEAL) ATTEST: Brenda K. Davis, City Clerk

(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Aug. 7, 2014)1t

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

The governing body of VALLEY TOWNSHIP, SCOTT COUNTY, will meet on August 20, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., at the Shallow Water Community Center, 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 the Scott County Clerk’s office and will be available at this hearing.

BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed Budget 2015 Expenditures and Amount of 2014 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2015 budget. Estimated Tax Rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation.

2013

Fund

2014

Proposed Budget 2015

Current Year Actual Expenditures Amount of Prior Year AcEst. of 2014 Ad Actual tual Tax Tax Rate* Valorem Expenditures Rate* Expenditures Tax

Actual Tax Rate*

General

5,983

1.500 17,500 1.000 53,560

6,696

0.500

Totals

5,983

1.500 17,500 1.000 53,560

6,696

0.500

0

0

0

Net Expenditures

5,983

17,500

53,560

Total Tax Levied

14,717

9,933

Less Transfers

Assessed Valuation 9,814,513

Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness

2012

9,925,723

13,386,442

2013

2014

G.O. Bonds Revenue Bonds Lease Pur. Princ.

TOTAL

0

0

*Tax rates are expressed in mills.

Gary G. Schmidt Township Officer

0

Missouri man pleads guilty in Scott Co. to lightning rod scam A Missouri man was ordered to repay $75,000 to two Scott County consumers after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit theft.

Donald Anthony Moses, 52, Neosho, Mo., was sentenced by District

Magistrate Judge James Collins to 24 months of probation with an underlying sentence of 18 months in prison. Moses pleaded guilty in June to a charge of conspiracy to commit theft.

Students

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Smart phone users can do an electronic inventory by using the myHOMEScr.APP.book application from the NAIC. Even coverage for contents in the student’s car or rental vehicle before he/she gets to campus is something you should check about with your family’s insurance agent Auto Insurance If a student is taking a car to school, check with your local agent about the current vehicle insurance policy. Ask about the rates for the college’s city and state before deciding whether to keep the student’s car on the family’s auto policy.

Identity Theft Identity theft insurance is limited. It can’t protect parents or students from becoming victims of identity theft, and it doesn’t cover direct financial losses.

It does give coverage for the cost of reclaiming you or your student’s financial identity - such as the costs of making phone calls, making copies, mailing documents, taking time off from work without pay (lost wages) and hiring an attorney.

Parents should check first to see if their homeowner’s policies include identity theft insurance while students are away from home. If a student is renting an apartment, ask if his/her renters insurance covers identity theft, or if that could be added to the policy.

County Plat Maps Scott

Logan

Ness

Wichita

Gove

Wallace

Lane

Greeley

Finney

Kearney

406 Main • Scott City 620 872-2090

Two other defendants have been charged in connection with the case. One has been convicted and awaits sentencing.

The state alleged that Moses stole funds from two Scott County senior citizens in a lightning rod

insurance scam arising from a door-to-door sale.

The case was investigated by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the attorney general’s Consumer Protection Division.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 31, 2014; last published Thurs., August 14, 2014)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY L. CUTLER, deceased Case No. 2013-PR-11 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Chris M. Cutler, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Larry L. Cutler, deceased, praying that his acts be approved; that the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; that fees and expenses be allowed; that the costs be determined and

ordered paid; that the administration of the Estate be closed; that the Executor be discharged and that he be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 27th day of August, 2014, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., of said day, 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. s/s Chris M. Cutler WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 Main - P. O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-2161 Attorneys for Petitioner

Toy, Coin and Gun

Saturday, August 16 • 10:00 a.m.

(Coins sell at Noon, guns at 1:00 p.m.)

Sunday, February 2 • 11:00 a.m. Location: Community building at the fairgrounds, east edge of Leoti

Gilbert Phlieger - Owner

Farm Toys: Most toys new in the box 1/16 Scale Tractors International 9 66 8-16 Kerosene Hydro 100 Rops 1566 with cab ID-9 Standard 1466 Super MTA Cub F-20, red 1056 (5,000,000th tractor) 7488 4-wheel International with Farmhand loader F-12 Titan Oliver RC-77 1555 90 1800 440 1855 70 770 tricycle Spirit of Oliver, MFW 88 Oliver 70 with Farm hand loader 880 Row crop diesel 1850 Oliver row crop Farmall Precision F-20, red and grey tractor H Precision Farmall regular with plow Precision MD Versatile 825 1156 945 1150 89 5 White 700 White 2-135 Commemorative with plaque White Oliver 1855 White American Series (4-tractors) White 2-155 Field Boss with plaque Field Boss 4-210

(4-wheel drive) 2-44 2-180 Allis Chalmers D-14 CE 170 D-15 175 10-18 190 WC Allis Chalmers with Farmhand loader Cockshutt 35 Deluxe 560 550 1755 1850 wide front 70 Spirit of Cock Shutt Massey Harris Pony tractor 101 CE 33 323 Massey Harris with Farmhand loader Case 10-20 600 800 29-58 Case IH 7150 Minneapolis Moline G940 Super Row U G-850 Comfort John Deere A Precision LA A-3rd Generation JD tractor with Farmhand loader R Waterloo Boy A with man McCormick M W-9 W-30 Other 1/16TH Scale Tractors Steam Engines Mogul kerosene tractor Hart Parr tractor Gambles Farm Crust 30 BF Avery

Farm Toy 1206 Twin City 17-28 Fiat Allis Huber tractor Rumley 6 Wallace Fordson - blue, grey Toy show tractors Case Minneapolis Case No. 1 Advance Rumbly, oil pull 2-Titan steam engines Rock Island Plow Co. Other Farm Toys Oliver Moll board plow, disk, wagon, manure spreader JD 12A combine JI Case wagon Oliver chilled plow, Limited Edition Spirit of MM and Oliver Husker Harvest New Holland hit and miss motor New Holland wagon spreader Cast Iron Fordson with sickle mower JD Model L engine Versatile trans-axial 2000 combine Gleaner R60 combine Smaller Scale Farm Toys MF 48-80, 1/25th scale Stieger Puma, 1/32 scale IHC Famous engine Case 4894, 1/32 scale Versatile 836, 876, 936, 9566, 976 (all 1/32 scale) White American Series (4-tractors), 1/64 scale Versatile 1156, 1/32 scale Versatile swather, 1/64 scale Versatile trans-axial 2000 combine, 1/64 scale Versatile 256/276, 1st Edition Other Toys 4-Versatile semi trucks Several precision scale trucks and cars WIX collector cars

MH truck banks Coins Morgan Dollars: 1878 CC 1883 CC 1890 CC 1891 CC 60-Morgan Silver Dollars from 1878-1921 25-Peace Dollars from 1921-1925 Proof sets Mint sets Indian Head Pennies Liberty Nickels Buffalo Nickels Wheat Pennies Silver Certificates Other Coins Guns 1848 Springfield rifle with bayonet Remington rolling block rifle, 798 US engraved on barrel Kentucky type plains rifle, 36 cal., hexagon barrel Winchester model 1886 rifle 38/56 wcf, Pat. Oct. 14, 1884 JB Stevens double barrel shotgun JB Stevens single barrel shotgun, SD550 on barrel JB Stevens single barrel shotgun JM 364 on barrel US Springfield trap door with extra wide trigger guard, US model 1884 US Springfield trap door semi octagon barrel, combination shotgun/rifle (16 gauge) Ball & Lamson carbine lever action, spring loaded buffalo gun, pat. 1863 (1001 manufactured) Double barrel 20 gauge shotgun Ranger 22 cal. rifle model 103-2 Ranger 22 cal. rifle, model 103-2 with clip Remington rolling block model 6 rifle 16 gun safe with combination

Terms: Cash or approved check day of sale. Everything sold as is. No warranties expressed or implied. Not responsible for theft or accident. Announcements day of sale take precedence over printed material. No pets allowed in the building. Lunch served. Check us out: www.berningauction.com and facebook

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What’s behind jump in uninsured Kansans?

Dan Margolies KHI News Service

Kansas was one of just three states that saw their rates of people without health insurance go up since last year, according to a new survey.

And, if the poll results are accurate, Kansas was the one whose rates went up the most.

The data, collected as part of the GallupHealthways Well-Being Index, show that the uninsured population in Kansas rose from 12.5 percent in 2013 to 17.6 percent by midyear 2014 - a whopping increase of 5.1 percentage points.

Even Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy

Officials cite lack of Medicaid expansion Praeger confesses she’s surprised, although she says there may be several possible explanations for the data.

One, she said, is that the state’s own estimate of a 12 percent uninsured rate was off the mark because, before Obamacare kicked in, uninsured people inaccurately reported being insured.

“We’ve had a woodwork effect in Kansas of more people, even under our stingy Medicaid rules, applying for Medicaid under the old rules who didn’t apply before, just because there’s greater discussion around insur-

Helping your teen cope with negative pressure from peers by the American Counseling Association

Peer pressure is probably the most important influence in your teenager’s life. While parental opinions certainly are considered (if only because of the consequences of ignoring them), it’s more often the opinions and actions of peers that help teens decide virtually everything from hairstyles to clothing choices to academic efforts.

Often, peer pressure is a good thing that can lead to involvement in sports, religious activities and academic excellence. But peer pressure can also be a negative, especially for a teen lacking in self-confidence and self-esteem yet anxious to be accepted by others.

Negative peer pressure can result in trying to be part of a group rebelling against those things (such as school) about which the teen feels less confident.

As a parent, you can help your child overcome such negative peer pressure. Start by helping build your teen’s self-confidence and positive selfimage. Try to limit your criticism while looking for positive accomplishments and chances to praise jobs well done.

You also want to be genuinely interested in your teen’s life. Go beyond the common “who, what, where” questions to find out what your teenager really is doing and feeling. Learn to respect what your teen is thinking even if it is counter to your point of view.

And yes, getting most teens to open up can be difficult but if you’re persistent, and show appreciation when things are shared, your teen will eventually become more open with you.

Confronting problems as they arise can also help combat negative peer pressure. Try to understand your teen’s need for certain friends but feel free to express your concerns, and your reasons for them, about such friends.

And sometimes it’s simply necessary to set rules and boundaries. While “forbidding” certain friends seldom works, you can restrict the time spent with the most worrisome of them and insist on it being in supervised settings.

It also helps to strengthen the family relationship. Insist that homework and chores be done. Set curfews and stick to them. Handle small problems quickly, before they become big ones.

Spend time with your teen, establish regular dinner hours and find quiet times when you can really talk with one another.

Not all peer pressure is negative, but part of your parental responsibility is helping your teen learn how to evaluate friendships. You need to help your teen identify peers who provide real friendship and positive benefits.

“Counseling Corner” is provided by the American Counseling Association. Visit the ACA website at counseling.org

ance now,” she said.

“So it may be that people are more aware of what it means to have insurance and are less likely to self-report that they have insurance when they are in fact uninsured.

And it may be the way the pollsters asked them the question that made them more likely, I don’t know.”

Like Praeger, Cindy Samuelson, a vice president of the Kansas Hospital Association, said she’s baffled by the sharp rise in uninsured Kansans, although she says Kansas’ failure to expand Medicaid - called

KanCare in Kansas - was certainly a factor.

“I think this justifies what we’re trying to do and looking to expand KanCare,” she said, referring to efforts by the Kansas Hospital Association to expand Medicaid eligibility in Kansas.

Whatever the explanation for the Gallup poll, it shows that states that opted to expand Medicaid and set up their own health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act showed the biggest drops in their uninsured rates. Kansas chose to do neither.

States that expanded Medicaid eligibility and set up their own exchanges or partnered with the government to run exchanges experienced an overall drop of 4 percentage points in their uninsured rates. States that took neither step or only one experienced a drop of 2.2 points.

Missouri, which, like Kansas, did not set up its own exchange or expand Medicaid, saw its uninsured rate drop - but just barely. It went from 15.2 percent in 2013 to 15.1 percent by midyear 2014.

The poll shows that the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, has largely

Praeger, a moderate Republican who bucked the party establishment by supporting the federal health reform law, said those results are not surprising.

“The consistent message there is that states that did their own exchange made it easier for people to sign up and states that did Medicaid expansion saw the greatest decrease in uninsured members,” she said.

As Gallup previously reported, the states that took both those steps had lower uninsured rates to begin with. But the gap (See UNINSURED on page 13) has since widened.

Kansas safety net clinics receive ACA funds for mental health care Bryan Thompson KHI News Service

Four safety net clinics in Kansas each will receive $250,000 in federal funds to create or expand mental health services for low-income Kansans. The funding is part of almost $55 million in similar grants nationwide through the Affordable Care Act. One of those clinics, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas in Pittsburg, saw 2,500 patients for mental health issues last year.

CEO Krista Postai intends to use the new money to integrate medical and behavioral care.

“A psychologist will be co-located with our providers. So as the physician encounters a challenge in the exam room, they can introduce the psychologist into the environment and say, ‘I’d like you to visit with this person about why you can’t control your diabetes, or why you have anxiety or stress,’ which we believe will be far more effective than saying, ‘We need to make an appointment for two weeks from now,’” Postai said.

They’re already doing that at the Health Partnership Clinic in Olathe. President and CEO Jason Wesco esti-

mates that half the clinic’s medical patients have some kind of behavioral issues, too.

“So we’ll hire two additional behavioral health consultants who will be psychologists, and we’ll also hire kind of a care coordinator for behavioral health services,” Wesco said.

Even that won’t be enough, Wesco said, but it’s a good start.

A news release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the four grants to Kansas, which total $1 million, will establish or expand behavioral health services for 4,700 Kansans.

“These awards will further reduce the barriers that too often prevent Kansans from getting the help they need for mental health problems,” said HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. “Health centers in Kansas with these awards are on the front lines of better integrating mental health into primary care and improving access to care through the Affordable Care Act.” Community health centers operate more than 52 service delivery sites that provide care to more than 155,000 patients in Kansas. In 2013, Kansas health centers saw more than 5,045 behavioral health patients.

Kansas looking at program to help traumatized children Dave Ranney KHI News Service

When police in Charleston, W.Va., respond to domestic disturbance calls, they write down the names of any children in the household and where they go to school.

They do the same thing when they arrest someone for manufacturing methamphetamine.

Before the officers leave the scene, they forward the children’s names

to a supervisor, who then makes sure the information is passed on to the principal at the children’s school before the start of the next school day.

The principal then shares the information only the child’s name and the date of arrest - with the child’s teacher and the school counselor.

“If you’re a teacher, wouldn’t you appreciate having that headsup?” said Andrea Darr, who helped put together Charleston’s “Handle

If a child’s mind is struggling with the hurt, the fear and the frustration of what’s going on at home and what’s going to happen to them when they get home, it’s very hard for them to learn. I think teachers would love to have this information and would make good use of it.

Haskell County Magistrate Judge Thomas Webb

With Care” initiative, now in its third year since its launch at Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School.

Darr last week addressed a joint meeting of Kansas’ three Citizen Review Panels. The panel members - a mix of

judges, attorneys, social workers, state officials and child advocates - are charged with monitoring the state’s child-protection efforts and recommending improvements.

“If you’re in the second grade and the police get (See CHILDREN on page 13)

Children called to your house at two o’clock in the morning and your mom ends up in the hospital and your dad gets taken off to jail and you get sent to a relative’s . . . how do you think you’re going to do on that spelling test in the morning?” Darr asked the audience.

“If you were that child’s teacher, you wouldn’t expect him to take that test.” she said.

“And if that child misbehaves that day, you might want to have him go to the counselor’s

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office instead of the principal’s office.”

Handle With Care has benefitted children in Charleston, Darr said, because it has lessened - rather than accelerated – their exposure to trauma.

Darr was accompanied at the Kansas meeting by a police officer, a school nurse and a social worker, all of whom had a hand in launching the Charleston initiative, which they said was modeled after a program in Massachusetts.

“You have to use whatever works for you,” said

Uninsured succeeded in accomplishing one of its main aims: reducing the number of people without health insurance.

Nationwide, the uninsured rate peaked at 18 percent in the three months before the healthcare exchanges opened last October, according to the poll. The rate has since declined to 13.4 percent, “the lowest quarterly rate in more than six years of Gallup-Healthways WellBeing Index trending,”

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Darr, of the West Virginia Children’s Justice Task Force.

In Kansas, police typically do not notify a child’s school when a parent is arrested or the child is exposed to violence.

“We’re just starting to talk about this,” said Melissa Ness, a lobbyist and child advocate who coordinates the panel meetings. “I can see this happening in Kansas.

There’s interest in it. But the point of today’s meeting was to get people thinking about trauma

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Gallup reported.

Topping the list of states with the sharpest reductions were Arkansas and Kentucky. Arkansas saw its uninsured rate fall from 22.5 percent to 12.4 percent; Kentucky saw its rate fall from 20.4 percent to 11.9.

Both states expanded Medicaid - Arkansas via a “private option” plan and both set up exchanges either on their own or in partnership with the federal government.

Even the two states besides Kansas that saw their uninsured rates rise - Virginia and Iowa - only saw them go up by statistically insignificant amounts. Virginia saw an uptick of 0.1 percentage points and Iowa 0.6 points.

The poll was based on respondents’ reports on their insurance status, based on the question, “Do you have health insurance coverage?”

Insurance rates lag in health law holdout states A Gallup poll released Tuesday says that the Affordable Care Act is significantly increasing the number of Americans with health insurance, especially in states that are embracing the law. It echoes previous Gallup surveys, and similar findings by the Urban Institute and RAND Corp.

The latest Gallup survey found that, nationwide, the number of uninsured Americans dropped from 18 percent in September 2013 to 13.4 percent in June 2014.

States that chose to follow the ACA’s provisions most closely, both by expanding Medicaid and establishing their own new health insurance marketplaces, as a group saw their uninsured rate drop nearly twice as much as states that declined to do so.

“Those states that

have not embraced those two major mechanisms have had about half of the decline in uninsured,” said Gallup’s Dan Witters.

“So there’s a clear difference in the states that have implemented those mechanisms versus those who haven’t.”

Arkansas saw the biggest decline in its uninsured rate, from 22 percent to 12 percent.

Kentucky, Delaware and Colorado also saw significant declines.

“To drop 10 percent in the uninsured rate within just six months is really an incredible achievement,” said Arkansas Surgeon

General Joe Thompson.

Thompson lobbied for his state’s unique, bipartisan Medicaid expansion, which uses federal funding to buy private insurance for low-income people. He says about 80 percent of those with new, private insurance in Arkansas purchased it with Medicaid subsidies.

“Clearly we are having an impact that benefits our citizens,” Thompson said.

“Those other states that have chosen not to make something good happen out of the Affordable Care Act are missing that opportunity on behalf of their citizens.”

and school success, and to start connecting the dots.”

Mary Thrower, a district magistrate judge in Ottawa County who also oversees the foster care and juvenile offender dockets in Saline County, welcomed the idea.

“I see this as a perfect opportunity for us to recognize what’s going on in these kids’ lives and do something about it in a very systematic way,” Thrower said.

“We kind of do it now,” she said. “When a child is placed in police protective custody, law enforcement

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Couldn’t we add schools to that list? And couldn’t we broaden it to include DV (domestic violence) or law enforcement’s being aware that there’s been a traumatic event in the home?”

Haskell County District Magistrate Judge Thomas Webb also embraced the concept.

“If a child’s mind is struggling with the hurt, the fear and the frustration of what’s going on at home and what’s going to

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Kansas privatized most of its foster care services in 1996, after the staterun system failed several court-ordered reviews.

According to DCF records, more than 6,000 children were in the state’s foster care system in March, April, May and June - the most in state history.

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Pastime at Park Lane Thanks to Jordan and Amanda Unruh for the flower centerpieces from their wedding.

Church services last Sunday were led by the United Methodist Church.

Some of the residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

Tuesday’s Bible study was led by Bob Artz with Doris Riner playing the piano and Elsie Nagle singing.

Tuesday afternoon’s treat was vanilla ice cream cones.

Residents played trivia on Tuesday evening.

On Wednesday morning Rev. Warren Proch-

Residents enjoy pitch, dominoes

Park Lane residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday.

Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Wanda Kirk, Joy Barnett, Hugh McDaniel and Mandy Barnett.

Chelsea Rose helped serve cookies. now led Lutheran Bible study.

Bingo was played on Wednesday afternoon with Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut and Mandy Barnett helping.

Chet Quance sang for residents on Thursday.

Friday morning Catholic mass was held by Fr. Bernard Felix. Lutheran services were led by Rev. Warren Prochnow.

The video “Glacier National Park” was shown on Friday and “March of the Penguins” was shown on Saturday.

Dottie Fouquet’s visitors last week were Mark and Terri Fouquet, Jon and Anne Crane, and Lil Francisco.

Boots Haxton was visited by Rod and Kathy Haxton.

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Joyce Bohnert was visited by Alan and Glenda Graham.

Thelma Branine was visited by Pati Pfenninger and Bob and Linda Wilson.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton; Ken, Patti and Mandy Billings; Kynsley Nicholson, Linda Dunagan, Larry and Donita Billings, Shantel Lobmeyer and Cami, Shannon Berry, Thurman and Delinda Dunagan, and Jason Dunagan. Happy birthday, Cecile.

Edith Norman was visited by Doris Riner, Kim Smith, Tom and Sara Shane, and Jan Norman.

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Bonnie Pickett’s visitors were Larry and Gloria Wright, Larry and Philene Pickett, Arlene Cauthon and Margie Stevens.

Albert Dean was visited by Susan Geist.

Lorena Turley was visited by Tracy Hess, Bob and Neta Wheeler, Emily Hess, Lesha Webster, Lexi Mullen and LuJauna Turley.

Ann Tedford was visited by Doris Riner.

Jim and Yvonne Spangler were visited by Greg and Yvette Mills, Adalei Zeller, and Les and Mary Ann Spangler.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Otto Harp.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale and Vicki Dirks.

Geraldine Graves was visited by Tava See and Susan Geist.

Herb Graves was visited by Tin Turley and Emily Wright.

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Deaths Primus Suppes

Glenda I. Rupp Glenda I. Rupp, 79, died August 2, 2014, at her home in Scott City.

S h e was born on May 11, 1935, in Scott County, the daughter of Glen Glenda Rupp Grafton and Irene Mae (Holmes) Cunningham.

A lifetime resident of Scott City, she worked at Security State Bank and was the owner and operator of Rupp Liquor, both in Scott City, until her retirement.

She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City.

On Dec. 27, 1954, she married Cletus A. Rupp in Scott City. He died Sept.

28, 2012, in Scott City.

Survivors include: three granddaughters, Linn Hatfield, Overland

Park, Anelise Whitson, Wichita, and Megan Whitson, Pratt; one grandson, Jakob Whitson, Pratt; and one great- granddaughter, Maisy Hatfield, Overland Park.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Lisa RuppWhitson; and one sister, Lola.

Visitation will be Fri., Aug. 8, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Price and Sons Funeral Home, Scott City.

Funeral service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Price and Sons Funeral Home with Fr. Bernard Felix officiating.

Interment will be at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City, in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Margaret K. Stoppel Margaret K. Stoppel, 93, died August 2, 2014, at the Lakepoint Augusta Assisted Living Center, Augusta.

S h e was born on March 29, 1921, in Scott County, the Margaret Stoppel daughter of Edgar K. and Flora (Bockelman) Strickert. Margaret’s father passed away when she was six-years-old. Her mother later married August Ehmke who raised her.

She was a resident of Scott City until 2010, moving to Augusta. She was a homemaker.

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

On June 23, 1940, she married Melvin Leo Stoppel in Dighton. He passed away on Dec. 19, 2002, in

Scott City.

Survivors include: one daughter, Marcine A. Gorman, Augusta; one son, Darrel L. Stoppel, Lurgan, Northern Ireland; one sister, Velma Yost, Dighton; six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Leon Stoppel; one brother, Albert Ehmke; and one sister, Hilda Thomason.

Funeral service was held August 7 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church with Pastor Warren Prochnow officiating.

Interment was at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Scott City, in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

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Primus Suppes, 94, died August 3, 2014, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.

H e was born on Sept.

28, 1919, in Liebenthal, to Adam and Mary Primus Suppes (Herrman) Suppes. He grew up living and working on the family farm east of Loretto.

Coming from a family of German immigrants, he learned English as a second language before entering school. He graduated from Otis High School where he was active in sports, excelling in football and baseball, eventually winning a Kansas State Baseball Championship as shortstop for the Kansas Traveling League.

Primus served in WWII after being drafted into the US Army on March 23, 1942. He entered at Fort Leavenworth and from there went to Fort Knox, Ky., where he was deployed overseas. He was a sergeant and tank commander in the Second Armored Division, also known as “Hell on Wheels.”

His battles and campaigns included Algeria, French Morroco, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe. He was instrumental in opening the thoroughway as point man in the Battle of the Bulge and served as an interpreter, speaking fluent German.

Decorations received were the Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge of Medal, Bronze Service Arrowhead, Seven Stars and the Purple Heart in the European African Middle Eastern Theater.

He married Delores Engel on February 28, 1949, in Loretto. They lived on the family farm before moving to LaCrosse where two of their children were born. From there they moved to Scott County in 1953 where they had two more children and set up a successful farming operation

Betty Colleen Kennedy from which Prim retired only a few years ago.

Primus enjoyed little league coaching, playing cards, playing pool, bowling, dancing, attending his children’s activities and visiting with his friends at the Co-op. He was an avid dancer and, as a couple, he and Delores were asked to perform for many functions and weddings. His favorite activity was being with his family.

He was a faithful servant of the Lord and was an active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.

He thought of his church community as his family. He was active in the Knights of Columbus and served as a Fourth Degree Knight.

He was an active participant in the building of the new St. Joseph Parish Center and was the first to celebrate his 90th birthday in the new addition.

Survivors include: one son, Ron, and wife, Shirley, Dighton; three daughters, Nancy Gerstner, and husband, Wayne, Garden City, Debbie Reystead and husband, Mike, Haswell, Colo., and Karen Gibbs and husband, Mike, Scott City; one sister, Ruth Engel, Hays; three brothers, Julius Suppes, and wife, Elsie, Otis, Eugene Suppes and wife, Alma, Great Bend, and Clarence Suppes and wife, Mary Louise, Otis; 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; two brothers, Tony and Reinhold; and one sister, Helen Schuckman.

Vigil service was held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City, on August 7.

Funeral service will be Fri., August 8, 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Fr. Bernard Felix, Fr. Warren Stecklein and Fr. Reggie Urban presiding.

Interment will be in the Scott County Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Dominican Sisters of Peace, Great Bend, or Scott County EMS in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, Ks. 67871.

Betty Colleen Kennedy, 81, died July 29, 2014, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City.

She was born on Nov. 17, 1931, in Enid, Okla., the daughter of John C. and Dorothy (Payne) Gay. Betty attended high school and beauty college in Enid. She worked at several different salons in Enid throughout her career.

On May 21, 1957, she married Darwin L. Kennedy.

Survivors include: one son, Kendall Kennedy, and wife, Donna, Phoenix, Ariz.; one daughter, Karen Kennedy, Laurell, Md.; two sisters, Vera Buffington, Healy, and Mary Ann

Haerr, Niceville, Fla.; two brothers, Arnold Gay, Jet, Okla., and Roy Gay, Enid, Okla.; seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one infant daughter, Susan Ann Kennedy; and two brothers, Gene and J.C. Gay. A private family service will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation as cremation has taken place.

Swaim Funeral Chapel, Sublette, was in charge of arrangements.

Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online guest book at www. swaimfuneralhome.com.

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Laminating SS card not illegal, not recommended Q) Is it illegal to laminate your Social Security card?

A) No it is not illegal, but it’s best not to.

Laminated cards make it difficult, if not impossible, to detect important security features. Also, your employer may refuse to accept it.

The Social Security Act requires Social Security to issue cards that cannot be counterfeited. We incorporate many features to protect the card’s integrity. That includes highly specialized paper and printing techniques some visible to the naked eye and some not.

Further, we continue to explore and adopt new technologies that hamper duplication. Keep your Social Security card in a safe place with your other important papers. Do not carry it with you. Learn more at www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber. * * * Q) I applied for my child’s Social Security card in the hospital. How long must I wait?

A) On average, it takes about 4-5 weeks from the time you apply in the hospital until you receive your child’s Social Security card in the mail. However, it can vary depending on the state where you live.

If you have not received your child’s card within six weeks, contact

Social Security Q and A the Social Security office.

Be sure to take with you proof of your child’s citizenship, age and identity as well as proof of your own identity.

Remember, we cannot divulge your child’s Social Security number over the phone. * * * Q) I’m planning to retire next year. I served in the Navy back in the 1960s and need to make sure I get credit for my military service.

What do I need to do?

A) You don’t need to do anything to apply for the special credit for your military service. It is added automatically.

For service between 1957 and 1967, we will add the extra credits to your record at the time you apply for Social Security benefits.

For service between 1968 and 2001, those extra military service credits have already been added to your record. So you can rest assured that we have you covered.

Read our online publication, Military Service and Social Security, at http://www.socialsecurity. gov/pubs/10017.html.

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Out of control or in control?

We live our lives struggling to be in control. Some things we can control; the car we drive through the steering wheel, our lights with a simple switch, and the temperature in our home with the thermostat. But there are plenty of things outside of our control; the weather outside, the thoughts and actions of other people, or when the fish are biting.

Job of the Old Testament fame was in control of more of his life than many of us. He had a great family, plenty of wealth, and a great relationship with His God. Then one day all of that control was taken from him. His family was killed, his wealth was stolen, even his health slipped away. His “friends” gave him counsel to confess that he had sinned against God, and in that way he could have control, but Job knew that wasn’t the case.

In Chapter 38 of Job, he finally has a chance to hear from God, “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements – surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sung, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? What God was reminding Job is what we learned in our childhood when we sang, “He’s got the whole world in His hand.”

There are many times when we are simply not in control, that’s a fact as obvious as the weather. But there is never a time when God is not in control and if God were like us, fickle and self-centered, that would be a terrifying thing, like living under a malevolent dictator. But, thanks be to God, we know that God’s good and gracious will is evidenced in the way He took control of the consequences of sin and death, by subduing it through the cross of Calvary.

Seeing Jesus on the cross is the comfort that God has taken all things under His control and offers to all believers the assurance that our Heavenly Father is benevolent in all things.

There will be times that the circumstances and situation you find yourself in will appear to be a chaotic tornado, but even the wind and the waves obey Him, and in the end, God’s love for all of His creation is the singular goal. During those times, don’t look at the wind and waves, but listen to the One who has given everything to have you as His own.

Pastor Warren Prochnow, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

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

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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 • Wednesday mornings Breakfast at 6:30 a.m.

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water

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 Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264 Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

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

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

First Christian Church

1st United Methodist Church

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

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

Sunday casual 6:30 p.m.: “The Way” contemporary gathering Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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

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

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

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

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

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

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.

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P.O. Box 377, Scott City, Ks. 67871 • 620-872-2090 • www.scottcountyrecord.com

Establish priorities to help manage back-to-school costs

According to the National Retail Federation, the average cost for back-to-school spending this year is projected at nearly $670 per family with children in grades K-12, which means U.S. families will spend a total of $26.5 billion for K-12 children.

With college-aged kids added in the mix, that number is expected to soar to nearly $75 billion.

The greatest cost for back-to-school shoppers is clothing and accessories, followed by electronics.

Kansas State University Extension family resource specialist Elizabeth Kiss says it pays to spread out the back-to-school buying process.

Budgeting back-toschool expenses includes activities and supplies, in addition to the clothing, she said. Even if an item is not part of the budget at the moment, it might be in the future.

Determine what you realistically have to spend right now and in the next couple of months.

Prioritize your purchases, Kiss said, determine what items are at the top of your school supplies list and begin checking prices. Basic supplies typically come first, and clothing can often wait.

Some Clothes Can Wait “You may not need to buy school clothes,” Kiss said. “You can probably get by with spring and summer things before you need to head into winter clothing. That means

you have an opportunity to plan ahead, watch the sales, and look for coupons and other bargains.”

Taking inventory of the previous year’s existing supplies and clothing is a good place to start, she said. Make a list of items that are needed, and fill in with new purchases. Also, beware of bargains.

“Kids grow, and if you buy it now, by January it might not fit,” Kiss said.

“It’s not a bargain unless you have a younger child who might grow to fit it.”

With clothing purchases, shoppers can plan ahead, she said. Don’t buy it until you need it, and plan your buying around sales. Some regular sales to consider are Columbus Day sales, Thanksgiving and end-of-the-year holiday sales, Presidents’ Day sales and spring season sales.

It pays to browse sales before doing any shopping to get an idea of what’s out there.

Plan Ahead If local shopping is limited, buyers often plan to make a day of back-toschool shopping.

“If you’re going to take children, plan ahead for their needs,” Kiss said. “Don’t try to power through it. Plan to take breaks. Bring snacks.

Drink enough water. Your group will be less frustrated if you acknowledge that.”

She said it’s a good idea to talk with your junior high- and high school-aged children about spending expecta-

tions.

“Always let them know what you’re willing to do and what you expect them to do, or if there’s some give and take where that might occur,” Kiss said.

“You provide the basics, and if they want something beyond that they need to either work or save up gift money.”

Wants vs Needs Determining the difference between want and need is a large factor in back-to-school shopping, she said. Wanting athletic shoes and needing soccer or football cleats, for example, are different situations.

“We all want our children to make a good impression,” Kiss said.

“We all want them to have what they feel like they need and maybe what they want.”

However, she said, if the cash isn’t on hand, consider telling your child what you can spend now and think about what you will have in the future rather than charging it to a credit card.

Spreading out back-toschool purchases can be a sensible approach, and it can take some of the pressure off parents and students. Consider giving some clothing items as holiday gifts, and think about shopping garage sales and local resale shops.

“It’s really a matter of setting your own limits and doing the best you can to stick to what’s reasonable and realistic,” Kiss said.

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laying the foundation Summer weights critical to SC’s success It’s only eight weeks.

That’s all the time that Scott Community High School athletes have during the summer weights program.

But what they accomplish during June and July lays the foundation for the

next nine months as the Beavers prepare for the high school sports season which gets underway with two-a-day practices on August 18.

There’s no time for games. It’s an intense hour-long workout that

has athletes rotating through the various stations while head coaches Glenn O’Neil and Jim Turner make sure everyone is using proper technique and getting the most out of each lift.

“It’s been a good sum-

mer. I don’t know if I’d characterize it as great, but it’s been very good,” says O’Neil.

When he makes the distinction between good and great, O’Neil says it’s not a reflection on the athletes or their desire. It has

more to do with the fact the Beavers have more youth than is typical.

“We only have eight or nine seniors playing football,” notes O’Neil. “A lot of the guys we’re going to be counting on are young and you see that in the

weight room.”

O’Neil saw what he hoped for out of his upperclassmen in terms of commitment and effort.

Without an air conditioner in the weight room, he says “the big kids were (See WEIGHTS on page 19)

(Top) SCHS senior Sloan Baker puts his muscle into completing a hang clean during a morning workout this summer.

(Left) SCHS athletes work out with dumb bells in front of the mirror in the weight room.

(Record Photos)

Beach House continues to be focal point at Lake Scott On a summer afternoon at Lake Scott there’s one place that is certain to be a hub of activity.

The Beach House has been a part of the state park’s landscape for some 70 years.

Architecturally, little has changed over the decades. The stucco building still has the familiar arched columns that face the swimming area.

But that is all that remains the same over the

years. If it’s something that you want - or forgot - then the Beach House is your best bet from night crawlers to nachos . . . from candy to charcoal.

“We don’t have everything, but we try to cover all the necessities,” says Larry Eberle, president of the Friends of Lake Scott which manages the retail hub.

A summer of great weather - and without blue green algae - has contrib-

uted to a record-setting season for the Beach House.

“It’s been great every weekend with the exception of the (Scott County) fair weekend,” says Eberle, who also manages the Beach House four days a week.

It also helps that the state park is on pace for one of its biggest summers ever.

(See BEACH on page 18)

Riley Hawker, a summer employee at the Beach House, launches a family in one of the paddle boats.

(Record Photo)

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Outdoors in Kansas

by Steve Gilliland

It’s not just about the plums Had anyone suggested that sandhill plums might still be available now, the first week of August, I’d have scoffed at the notion.

From what I know about plums, they are ripe and gone by the middle of July. (Note: never follow any advice from me concerning sand hill plums because we were picking them last Saturday by the bucketful.)

A co-worker’s family owns one-half section of pasture southeast of here in the sand hills that is riddled with sandhill plum thickets. I spoke with my coworker Friday, asking about the “lay of the land” and just where we would find the best picking in all that pasture.

She phoned her husband to give me a better idea, since he’s there every day checking cattle, and as the phone was ringing his number she got an important work related call she had to take. She handed me her phone to talk with her “hubby” and after a brief cell phone tour, he asked me, “Did she tell you we’ve been seeing lots of small rattlesnakes there this year?”

I stated that “No, she had left out that little detail.”

Nonetheless, early Saturday morning we picked up my dad and with our Kawasaki Mule in tow we headed for the sand. The big pasture is fenced into four separate sections.

As we crossed a cattle guard into the nearest section the first spectacle of the day greeted us. The grass was a couple feet tall and as the sun shone over a hill the entire pasture around us sparkled like Christmas tree tinsel.

The grass was adorned with literally hundreds of spider (See PLUMS on page 20)

Larry Eberle (right) rings up a sale while helping customers at the Lake Scott Beach House.

Beach “It’s surprising how full the RV spots have been most of the summer,” Eberle observes.

“You expect that over Memorial Day and the Fourth (of July). But the weekend before the fair every RV spot was filled. I’ve never seen that happen this late in the summer, except for Labor Day.” The Beach House is one of the first stops that visitors make if they need to restock some supplies

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after being on the road or to get a fishing license.

And when it comes to paddle boats and canoes, the Beach House crew can find themselves swamped by people looking for a fun way to spend an hour or two.

“There are times when we can get overwhelmed with people, especially if there’s a large church group or something,” says Eberle. “But that’s what we’re here for. I honestly

don’t know what a lot of house. Three more benchpeople would do if we es will be located as rest stops along the hiking trail weren’t here.” that surrounds the park.

A major goal of the orNon-Profit Group The FLS is a non-profit ganization is to purchase organization which puts new playground equipany money they make - ment for the area immeafter salaries and expenses diately west of the Beach - into projects which will House. The FLS has recently established a fund improve the park.

The group plans to pur- with the Scott Community chase six park benches Foundation in order to acwhich will be divided be- cept donations.

“The reason we’re here tween the shelter house, Beach House and shower is because we care about

The swimming area behind the Beach House is a popular spot during the summer.

the park and we want to do all we can so that when people come here they have a great experience,” says Eberle. “Even on the days when we aren’t open, if large groups will contact us in advance we’ll have someone here so they can have access to the paddle boats and canoes.”

The final day the Beach House will be open for the summer is the Labor Day weekend.

(Record Photo)

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Weights (continued from page 17)

losing two to four pounds every morning.”

In terms of body weight, the Beavers didn’t make big gains.

But when it came to making gains in their lifts, O’Neil felt his varsity level players “made big gains in all three lifts.”

The football head coach noted that while there isn’t anyone with an “eye-popping” look physically, many of the big boys will be solid.

“We don’t have any 300pound bench pressers, but we have some in the high 200s,” notes O’Neil.

“The bench is something that looks better on paper, but it’s not so much a skill that you can use on the field. Pass blocking is the only time you’re pushing with your hands. Most of the time we’re a shoulder blocking team.”

Then again, he emphasizes, it’s not always how much an athlete can lift, but what he’s able to do with that lift. The weight room regimen is more about increasing quickness and building explosiveness with the legs and upper body.

The skilled players, for example, have shown the biggest gains in the hang clean and the power clean.

“A lot of them are probably stronger than most of our linemen in those lifts,” O’Neil points out. “Our linemen are stronger in the squats, which is what you expect.”

Outstanding Attendance With only 44 opportunities to lift - or to go to the track twice a week during July - attendance is essential. Eight high school athletes had perfect attendance and 23 were in attendance at least 90 percent of the time.

O’Neil does allow time away from weights in order for athletes to attend church camps or sports camps.

“Every one of our juniors and seniors who is playing football was there at least 90 percent of the time,” O’Neil says.

With the freshmen and sophomores, he says the same intensity and commitment haven’t been evident.

SCHS senior Wyatt Eitel completes a hang clean during morning weights while Nick Storm (left) and Draven McRae prepare for their lift.

(Record Photo)

Captain’s practices begin Monday Captain’s practices for the Scott Community High School football team will get underway next week. Practice sessions will be held Monday through Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 p.m., at the SCHS practice field.

The week will conclude with a “team building” session at Camp Christy on Thurs., Aug. 14. All football players are to meet at the field house at 6:15 p.m. to board the bus.

“We saw gains in most of their lifts. They were working to get stronger, but it wasn’t quite what we were hoping for,” he says. “They haven’t bought in yet.”

Middle School Gains The middle school athletes made some big strides during the summer, which isn’t unusual.

“You always see some big jumps, but that’s to be expected when a lot of these boys are getting into the weight room for the first time,” O’Neil says.

“But we’re seeing that we have some eighth graders who could be special.”

He says there are five eighth

graders who can hang clean 150 pounds “which is a pretty good mark for this age group.”

Eighth grader Kyle Sherwood, who weights 170, caught the attention of the coaching staff with a bench press lift of 190 pounds, he can clean more than 175 pounds and has squatted 270 pounds.

“And he’s running just as quick as everyone but the top three kids in that class - and those boys are pretty fast,” the coach says. “He’s made some tremendous strides. He’s got a great work ethic and he’s going to pop some people this year.

“I’ve also been real pleased with the progress that Chase Cupp has made this summer.”

SCHS Summer Weights Attendance High School Perfect Attendance (44-of-44) Sloan Baker Wyatt Eitel James Jurgens Chantz Yager Drake McRae Draven McRae Matt Jenkins Jarrett Jurgens

90% or Higher Attendance Hunter Braun Nic Cheney Lane Hayes Dexter Gooden Brett Meyer Daniel Nolasco Trey O’Neil Josh Becker Dylan Hutchins Wyatt Kropp Nick Storm Abe Wiebe Seth Cardenas Kyle Cure Mikennon Donovan Jess Drohman Drew Duff Justin Faurot Bo Hess Trey Loftis Octavio Nolasco Garrett Osborne Eddie Tilton Scott City Middle School Perfect Attendance (40-of-40) Jaren Berning Justin Hundertmark 90% or Higher Attendance Chase Cupp Marshall Faurot Parker Gooden Cale Goodman Kevin Herman Sam Irvin Kyle Sherwood Jose Trejos Jack Thomas Parker Vulgamore Hunter Yager

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Playing as though it could be Bill’s finale Kansas State will field a veteran football team this fall that has been chosen to finish third in the Big 12 race by media members who cover the conference.

Head coach by Bill Snyder Mac turns 75 in Stevenson October.

There are very few Division I coaches capable of maintaining the intensity level required at that age.

Snyder has proven to be an exception.

Most notable has been his team’s consistent level of achievement during his 23 years in Manhattan.

K-State’s players understand that the end is near.

Senior center and team leader B.J. Finney recently said, “If this was Coach’s last season, we’d be doing everything in our power to make sure it’s a great one - something to embody his work, something to embody who he is as a coach and as a person, and the work that he puts in.”

Whether or not this is Snyder’s last season, it certainly appears that he has the players and coaching staff he needs to put another formidable team on the field.

Cozart is the Key After two disastrous seasons as the KU football head coach, Charlie Weis is feeling the pressure to succeed or else.

Kansas has one chance to have a competitive team this fall. Sophomore quarterback Montell Cozart (62, 195) has to have a terrific season - running and passing the football.

Cozart’s statistics as a freshman are not encouraging. In seven games, he completed 23 of 63 passes (36.5 percent) for 227 yards, no touchdowns, and two interceptions. Cozart is a talented and quick runner, gaining 214 yards on 66 carries last season.

Is Cozart capable of being an effective passing QB this fall? That will depend to a large extent on his offensive line and the receiving corps.

Over the years KU has been short of depth and (See SNYDER on page 21)

Good, bad and broken at KC camp

Anyone who has been around football has heard it said that a runningback made an “ankle-breaking” cut. It’s made in reference to a move so hard and quick that the defender’s ankles “break” trying to react.

There’s another description of the move in which reference is made to a jock strap.

Of course, it doesn’t actually mean that the defender broke his ankles or lost his jock . . . until now. Kansas City defensive back Sanders Commings literally broke an ankle trying to react to a move by runningback Jamaal Charles during a practice session last week.

The good news is that it appears Charles is in mid-season form and opposing defenders may want another layer or two of tape to support their ankles.

The bad news is that we’ve lost Commings for a second straight season due to injury.

He was expected to be a big contributor to a Chiefs’ secondary that was in need of help.

Immediately after it was apparent that Commings was lost for the season, KC signed veteran New England safety Steve Gregory who was cut by the Patriots in order to gain salary cap space. He’s coming off a solid 2013 season and will

Plums webs; each a little different, each as intricate as the finest crocheted doily and each with a tiny spider in its middle.

Drops of morning dew that had collected on the tips of the webs which appeared like tiny glistening pearls. Closer inspection showed that all the webs were connected one-tothe-next with a single strand of web.

Obviously they were all built overnight and the cows had not strolled through there yet today.

Now I have a vein that runs deep within me that my wife labels as pessimistic, though I’d rather think of it as being realistic, and that outlook drove my expectations regarding us finding good numbers of plums.

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give us some much needed experience in the secondary.

And I really like what I’ve seen from rookie safety Daniel Sorensen out of BYU. However, there are still a lot of questions surrounding the secondary that we can hopefully begin getting answers to this week following the pre-season game with Cincinnati.

Quite honestly, the secondary is getting their butts kicked . . . a lot. In their defense, we also have to keep in mind that the defense can’t hit anyone, so receivers are coming off the line clean when running routes. In addition, there’s no pass rush.

Nonetheless, the secondary is under the microscope . . . as it should be right now.

Fisher Needs to Step Up Last year’s first round draft pick Eric Fisher (LOT) is getting an opportunity to be a full-time starter and, so far, it’s been less than memorable. He’s protecting quarterback Alex Smith’s blind side and he’s going to have to look better than I’ve seen so far in practice or

Smith may not be around for all 16 games.

Donald Stephenson (ROT) has been real impressive, despite a scary moment when his ankle was rolled up from behind.

Kudos also to Zach Fulton (LOG) who looks like he could nail down that starting spot.

Mr. Versatility De’Anthony Thomas, a rookie out of Oregon, is proving that he’s the real deal. He’s electric with the ball and proving that he’s a fan favorite.

He’s becoming Mr. Versatility with the ability to line up just about anywhere on offense - similar to Dexter McCluster, but with more speed.

I think offensive coordinator Doug Pederson is having a fun time trying to figure out all the different ways they can take advantage of Thomas’s talent.

And that’s in addition to his lightning quick moves on special teams.

I know there is some concern about his size (5-9, 174), but he’s a tough player who loves contact.

Wide Receiver Depth KC didn’t address the wide receiver position in the draft, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have some options. KC has 13 wideouts on the roster and several players have

captured a lot of attention with their talent - including undrafted prospects Frankie Hammond (Florida), Mark Harrison (Rutgers) and Albert Wilson (Georgia State).

We’ll probably only keep six wide receivers so there’s going to be a lot of heated competition to see who stays and who doesn’t.

From what I’ve seen during camp, I think our offensive and defensive coordinators will be putting some unorthodox player combinations on the field at the same time. For example, I could see linebackers Dee Ford, Justin Houston and Tamba Hali on the field at the same time in order to bring even more pressure on the quarterback. You’re going to see some unusual combinations on the field offensively as well.

The idea is to create confusion on the other side of the ball.

It also looks like head coach Andy Reid is looking for greater depth at certain positions, following Seattle’s success in rotating fresh bodies into the game on a regular basis.

There could be a lot of interesting things happening on both sides of the ball.

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I figured we’d have to spend most of our time there driving from patch to patch, picking a few here and there.

We left the “spider web meadow” and followed the sandy trail for less than a hundred yards when suddenly the hill beside us became a solid plum thicket. The edge of the thicket beside us looked barren, but we stopped and I walked a few feet up into the gnarled, prickly mass to find crimson sandhill plums hanging thick as fall blackbirds.

The thicket was the size of a house and sprawled across the top and all sides of the hill. We picked plums there for an hour.

After harvesting most of the fruit from that spot we roamed around awhile. Though there

were literally acres of plum thickets in just that area alone, we never found another spot with more than a handful or two on the bushes.

Blackberry vines were rampant too, and like the plum bushes, had small clusters of little berries only here and there. Sandhill plum bushes seem to me to be a good gauge of spring growing conditions, and to my knowledge it’s been several years since there were many plums.

With that in mind, we wondered if all the barren bushes we found had already ripened their crops and given them up to wildlife or maybe dropped them onto the ground . . . or whether there ever were plums on them.

We also wondered if lack of honey bees for their pollination was part of the problem.

Anyway, they gave us nearly five gallons of dandy sand hill plums for jam, jelly or syrup.

The adventurer and outdoor writer in me wanted badly to find a rattlesnake or two just for pictures and the story, but finding none made for a much more “harmonious” outcome given the fact that my wife was along.

But the combination of a beautiful Kansas wilderness, the spider webs and the plums made this a “plum” gig indeed.

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Snyder talent on the offensive and defensive lines and the upcoming season doesn’t appear to be an exception.

Coach Weis fired himself as offensive coordinator and hired John Reagan from Rice to coach the offense and offensive lines.

Weis made it clear what the chain of command would be.

“My involvement in the offense will take place during the week; it won’t take place on game day other than in critical situations,” he said. “I want the offensive staff to run the offense. I’m more of an advisor right now.”

Big 12 media members put Kansas dead last in their preseason predictions and who can blame them. The Jayhawks have established a long history of inept football because of weak hiring and management by past administrations.

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KU should have a winning football program.

The facilities are firstclass and the location - just a short drive from Kansas City - is an asset. K-State has proven it’s possible to have an outstanding football program year after year and there’s no reason KU shouldn’t be able to do the same.

Wild Card Within Reach It doesn’t look like the Kansas City Royals are going to win either of the two wild card playoff berths in the American League.

The Los Angeles Angels are a cinch for one slot and Toronto has a comfortable lead for the second wild card, though Kansas City is just three games behind Toronto.

KC hasn’t been playing their normal superb defense; the Royals just

Fishing Report Scott State Lake Updated August 7 Channel cats: fair/good, up to 6.5 lbs. Fishing minnows, worms, cutbait, and prepared baits off the bottom along the dam and up in the creek. Most of the fish have been in the 11 to 14 inch range, but larger fish up to 8 lbs. have been reported from time to time.

Crappie: fair; most up to 9 inches. Minnows under a bobber fished along the edges of weedbeds and around the fish attractors.

Walleye/saugeye: slow; saugeye, up to 3.6 lbs.; walleye, up to 6.1 lbs. Fishing small fish imitating jigs and swimbaits along edges of weedbeds bordering creek channel drop-offs or over points has produced a few fish. A few nice 5-pound plus walleye were reported last week.

Largemouth bass: fair; up to 5.5 lbs. Casting spinnerbaits, swimbaits, and other fish imitating baits around the fish attractors, laydown trees, overhanging bushes, edges of weedbeds, and cattails adjacent to deeper water. Most of the fish have been in the 11 to 14 inch range.

Sunfish: fair/good; up to 8 inches. Vertically fishing small jig heads tipped with small pieces of nightcrawler or whole mealworms around the fish attractors and along rip-rapped shorelines and edges of the cattails.

General comments: Release all walleye/saugeye and largemouth bass less than 15 inches.

haven’t been as sharp as they were early in the season.

But the main issue remains the hitting. Since April KC’s hitters have been consistently swinging at a great many pitches that are well out of the strike zone.

Without a doubt, the hitters have been told to quit taking good pitches.

Ned Yost is the manager; he has to quit being Mr. Nice Guy and let his hitters know that he isn’t going to tolerate their lack of focus at the plate any longer.

Yost needs to get nasty.

But Yost should have done that earlier and he didn’t.

Two months remain in the season and KC could still make the playoffs.

However, that preseason goal is becoming more daunting with every passing day.

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Unofficial Scott County Primary Election Results Republican

Democrat

National Office United States Senate Pat Roberts Milton Wolf Alvin Zahnter D.J. Smith Patrick Wiesner Chad Taylor

U.S. House • District 1 Republican Tim Huelskamp Alan LaPolice Democrat

James Sherow Bryan Whitney

State Office Governor/Lt. Governor Republican Brownback/Colyer Winn/Lais Democrat

Republican

Democrat

Republican Democrat

Republican Democrat

33 25

425 308 38 22

477 250

Davis/Docking

61

Secretary of State Kris Kobach Scott Morgan

457 242

Jean Schodorf

53

Attorney General Derek Schmidt

619

A.J. Kotich

53

State Treasurer Ron Estes

622

Carmen Alldritt

53

Commissioner of Insurance Republican Clark Shultz Beverly Gossage Ken Selzer David Powell John Toplikar Democrat

418 224 71 20

Dennis Anderson

201 199 149 76 31 52

State Representative • 118th District Republican Don Hineman 673 State Board of Education Republican Sally Cauble Meg Wilson

364 294

Scott County Offices County Commissioner • District 1 Republican James Minnix

184

County Clerk (unexpired term) Republican Alice Brokofsky

712

Selzer wins GOP nomination for state insurance commissioner Ken Selzer emerged from a crowded field Tuesday to capture the Republican nomination for Kansas insurance commissioner.

The certified public accountant from Leawood defeated four rivals in a tight race that was among the last to be settled Tuesday night.

Selzer captured 27 percent of 236,644 votes cast, according to final but unofficial numbers.

Bev Gossage finished second in the balloting just ahead of former Sen. Clark Shultz Like all of the GOP candidates, Selzer is opposed to the Affordable Care Act. He has said he will advocate for its repeal as a member of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

But if elected, he said the controversial law won’t be his main focus.

Most of his attention, he said, will be focused on making the regulatory agency more responsive to consumers and insurance companies alike.

“We’re going to look to

make it more responsive, more productive, more innovative and more efficient,” Selzer said.

Selzer has said he wants to use the position to increase competition among insurance companies in Kansas.

Selzer is seeking to succeed three-term incumbent Sandy Praeger, a moderate Republican who bucked the party establishment by supporting the federal health reform law.

Praeger endorsed Shultz in the GOP primary.

Praeger said it’s important that public officials opposed to the law not continue to misrepresent it to consumers.

“Our responsibility is to the consumer, not to a political party,” she said.

“And I think it’s really important that first and foremost we perform the functions of this job to the best of our ability, which means educating consumers and giving out good information and not getting caught up in the political rhetoric of the day.”

Effort to unseat state’s moderate House Republicans comes up short

Conservative groups failed Tuesday in a coordinated effort to unseat several moderate House Republicans.

The Kansas Chamber and Americans for Prosperity-Kansas funded direct-mail campaigns against Reps. Barbara Bollier (Mission Hills), Stephanie Clayton (Overland Park), Blaine Finch (Ottawa), Russ Jennings (Lakin), Tom Sloan (Lawrence) and Kent Thompson (Iola).

The fliers charged that the moderates had helped advance President Obama’s “radical agenda” by voting against measures to block parts of the Affordable Care Act and repeal the state’s renewable energy standards.

Despite a flood of negative mail in the final weeks of the campaign, all of the targeted members survived their primary challenges, accord-

ing to final but unofficial results. Several won by wide margins.

Jennings, a former commissioner of the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority running for a second term in the House, was singled out for his leadership of a coalition of Republicans and Democrats that beat back several attempts to repeal the state’s renewable energy standards.

He said the standards, which require utilities to generate a certain amount of their power from renewable sources, are largely responsible for the development of wind farms in his district and across the state.

“I was punished for voting my district,” Jennings said. “I was No. 1 on their hit list. But I stood my ground for the people of my district, and they got it.”

Jennings garnered 65 percent of the vote in his

win over challenger Stan Rice.

The moderates got help from several organizations formed to counter the influence of AFP and the chamber, both of which have ties to Wichita-based Koch Industries.

The Kansas Values Institute and the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority political action committee spent thousands on mailers defending the moderates and criticizing their opponents.

One targeted at Neil Melton, the Prairie Village banker who challenged Bollier, said he would be nothing more than “another yes man” for lobbyists seeking to dismantle Medicare and cut funding for schools to pay for “more corporate tax breaks.”

The results of this year’s House races sharply contrast with those

recorded two years ago in a host of Senate primaries, when the same conservative groups succeeded in defeating several moderate Republicans, including Senate President Steve Morris.

Asked to explain the turnabout, Jennings said, “I think voters may very well have some buyers’ remorse about what happened two years ago.”

Jeff Glendening, executive director of AFPKansas, said in an interview prior to the election that the organization’s mail campaigns don’t advocate the election or defeat of particular candidates.

Their purpose, he said, is to educate voters about how their representatives are voting on issues critical to preserving the free market and limiting the size and cost of government.

The Scott County Record • Page 24 • Thursday, August 7, 2014

More than 30 local youth took part in the month long golf camp sponsored by the Scott Community Golf Course with help from a number of local volunteers. After having lessons each Tuesday evening during July, the camp wrapped up with a youth/adult alternate shot tournament. (Left) Chris Weathers gives his son, Ronnie, some advice on how the ball will break as they line up for a putt. (Right) Chaseton Cupp hits his approach shot to the fourth hole.

(Record Photos)

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Volunteer of the Year

Celebrate Recover making a difference in people’s lives Community involvement may come natural for Shawn Powelson. Then again, it’s not as though Scott City gave him a choice.

When asked if he was asked to become a Chamber of Commerce board member before he and his family even had a chance to unpack their boxes, Powelson answers with a laugh, “It seemed that way.”

However, Powelson readily accepted the offer and has been an active volunteer on the board as it’s transitioned through four different directors over the past six years.

Powelson, who was named Scott County’s “2014 Volunteer of the Year” takes an “all or nothing” approach to serving on the Chamber board just as he does with all other community involvement.

“I guess that’s the way I was raised,” says Powelson. “I struggle with moderation. I just put my head down and give it everything I have.”

That’s why it’s not uncommon to see Powelson involved with anything and everything Chamber-related - from the annual Showdown on the Plains barbeque to local retail promotions.

In addition, Powelson is also active in community efforts as an employee with Wheatland Electric/Wheatland Broadband.

“I’m fortunate that Wheatland has a corporate philosophy of allowing their people to be involved in the community. A lot of things I’m able to do because they allow me the time,” he says.

But his work with the Chamber and through Wheatland are only the most visible aspects of Powelson’s community involvement. More significant in his life has been the success of the Celebrate Recovery program that he was instrumental in bringing to Scott City five years ago.

While Shawn and his wife,

Lisa, were living in Oklahoma City they had become familiar with a similar faith-based program designed to help people with addictions. But it was the uniqueness of the program that attracted the interest of the Powelsons and prompted Shawn to suggest starting a similar program in Scott City during a conversation with Pastor Kyle Evans of the First Baptist Church.

“At the time, he asked if I’d be interested in starting a similar program here and my first answer was ‘no’. You can see where that got me,” he says with a grin.

But, in typical Powelson fashion, once he agreed to get the program started it was a full commitment.

“Before Shawn began the actual program he spent hours picking and training leaders for the various classes,” says Joy Cole, who nominated Powelson for the award.

Over the past five years, she estimates that Celebrate Recovery has met about 260 times and very few times has Powelson not been in attendance.

Suzanne Griffith added that, along with teaching Step Study classes, Powelson has also been instrumental in getting CR programs started in Garden City, Hays and Sharon Springs.

Pastor Evans points out that, as part of the CR Ministry, Powelson has taken personal leave from his job each year, except one, to participate in a leadership retreat in California.

“Many churches that have a CR program as active as the one here would have at least a parttime paid staff member, if not a full-time staff member, leading it,” says Pastor Evans, “yet Shawn has remained a volunteer. I believe that shows where his heart is.”

“Many people think Shawn is on staff at our church because of his level of involvement and commitment, but he does it all as a volunteer.”

Scott County 2014 “Volunteer of the Year” Shawn Powelson

Powelson downplays his role with Celebrate Recovery, emphasizing that “I’m one person who helps. It’s not about me.”

He says that Celebrate Recovery’s format is what contributes to its success.

“One of the draws of the program is it’s not specific to any one kind of addition,” says Powelson. “It’s all encompassing in that we welcome anyone who needs help in addressing their hurts, habits and hangups.”

He feels that Celebrate Recovery makes it easier for people to get past the stigma associ-

ated with addictions.

“There are people who wouldn’t go to a typical addiction establishment or darken the doors of a church, but they will come here,” says Powelson, referring to the CR classes held each Monday at Area 96, located at 308 W. 5th. “If they have a hurt, habit and hangup, there’s something about coming here that makes it less daunting.”

Spreading the credit around, Powelson says “there are lots of people who give their time and resources. That’s one of the greatest things about the way it

has panned out. It really runs itself. We have four or five cooking teams who prepare the meal every Monday night. I never have to worry about what’s for supper. It’s the same with the band that performs and cleanup. It just happens.”

Cole is more direct in who should get credit in creating a program that has provided help to about 800 men, women and young people. “(Shawn’s) commitment has made this program an overwhelming success,” she says.

“Many lives have been healed.”

NW area food movement thriving on the High Plains Food co-op links farmers with customers in four states Mike Shields KHI News Service

ATWOOD — Thanks to early interest shown by chefs and small-scale area farmers, Douglas County, home of the University of Kansas, developed into one of the pioneer locations for the U.S. local food movement, which has been steadily gaining

in popularity over the past 15 to 20 years.

Interest in local food is now so entrenched there that a recent consultant’s report concluded that the movement was at risk of stalling as it has become “relatively mature” with “well-established demand across a fairly broad spectrum of markets.”

In Lawrence, one can now buy locally grown foods at the chain groceries and the parking lot farmers’ markets, from the menus of many of the city’s restaurants or through the various

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) groups, including one that delivers subscription food baskets from farmers during the growing season direct to municipal workers each Thursday afternoon in the basement of City Hall.

Most of the area movement’s farmers, according to the report, are small operators, many with vegetable or berry plots or chicken runs on fewer than 10 acres.

But Schmidt also is a local food movement

pioneer. And while the Douglas County market is maturing, the one he and fellow producers in the High Plains Food Coop serve has been growing at the rate of about 40 percent a year, with expectations it could double or triple that in each of the next five years.

Members in 4 States “Our first orders were in April and May of 2008.

We had $1,100 in sales and about 30 customers in Denver,” said Chris Sramek, the cooperative’s vice president of con-

sumers. “Now it is about $15,000 a month and about 300 customers. We had 12 farms in ’08, and now we have 50 farms participating in the co-op.

“We have 700 to 1,000 items, depending on the season, available online for consumers to purchase directly from the farms.

Our producers are actually spread across four states, a few in Nebraska, about 50 percent are in (eastern) Colorado, there’s one in the Oklahoma Panhandle and the rest in Kansas.”

Sramek was working as economic develop-

ment director for Rawlins County when he and Schmidt and a few other area producers began looking at the idea of a local farmers’ cooperative.

They hoped it would put more money in the growers’ pockets by promoting direct sales of food to customers instead of simply producing commodity crops of grain or protein destined to pass through an assortment of processors, wholesalers, retailers or other middlemen who each take a cut.

(See PLAINS on page 32)

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ag briefs

Dryland ag day at Tribune on Aug. 21 Against the backdrop of a diminishing Ogallala Aquifer, dryland farming is increasingly moving into sharper focus.

A Kansas State University field day in Tribune will feature research related to growing dryland crops in Western Kansas.

The Dryland Ag Day will be held Thurs., Aug. 21, at K-State’s Southwest Research-Extension Center one mile west of Tribune.

Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. (MDT), followed by field tours, indoor seminars and lunch.

Field tours starting at 8:30 a.m. include: •Inzen Grain Sorghum Post Emergence Grass Control; •Solid Stem Wheat Update; •Wheat Varieties; •Volunteer Roundup Ready Corn on Wheat Yields; •Tillage in Dryland Systems; and •Dryland Crop Rotations.

Indoor seminar topics beginning at 10:30 a.m. include: •Drought-Tolerant Corn; •Managing GlyphosateResistant Weeds; and •Cover and Forage Crops in Dryland Systems.

More information is available by calling 620376-4761.

USDA extends ELAP sign-up

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has extended the sign-up deadline for 2012 and 2013 Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and FarmRaised Fish Program (ELAP) to Aug. 15.

The new deadline gives livestock and honeybee producers who experienced losses because of disease, adverse weather or colony collapse disorder between Oct. 1, 2011, and Sept. 30, 2013, an additional two weeks to enroll in ELAP. Producers may contact the local FSA service center or visit FSA’s website at www.fsa.usda.gov for additional information regarding ELAP.

Foreign ag land holders must file report

Scott County Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Lora Wycoff reminds foreign persons with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required to report their holdings and any transactions to the USDA. “Any foreign person who acquires, transfers or holds any interest, other than a security interest, in agricultural land is required by law to report the transaction no later than 90 days after the date of the transaction,” said Wycoff.

Foreign investors must file Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) reports with the FSA county office where the land is located.

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Know what you’re signing away when it comes to mineral rights The beef industry is a landbased business, and along with land comes an interesting relationship. The Dickinson Research Extension Center is in a very aggressive energy industry.

Perhaps the word “aggressive” is too harsh, but there certainly is an interesting relationship that is created when the person who owns or leases the surface of the land meets the person who owns the other side of the coin, which is known as subsurface or min-

ag outlook

Kris Ringwall North Dakota State Extension

eral rights.

This relationship is hard to describe and often not appreciated by those who don’t routinely deal with land issues.

Simply put, if you lease or own your home, you enjoy living in the home and associated yard space. Realizing you may not own the subsurface probably is not something one dwells on

until your enjoyment conflicts with the intentions of whoever owns the subsurface rights.

Just a thought, but what if the other owner decides to access those below-ground spaces by arriving one day and placing the entrance to the below-surface area in your front yard? Suddenly, one comes face to face with the complexity of dual ownership.

At the center, this is a very real scenario. Not being able to deny the second owner or leaseholder access to minerals means

life starts to change. The change is small to start because it is primarily the process of accepting the pending change.

The first knock at the door is the easement process, which is the process of slowly and diligently spelling out surface access to the belowsurface space. This process, although often presented with some impression of urgency, is really a time to ponder and (See MINERAL on page 27)

Letters arriving soon from USDA to prepare for Farm Bill programs USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reports that farmers should start receiving notices updating them on their current base acres, yields and 2009-2012 planting history. The written updates are an important part of preparing agricultural producers for the new safety net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill.

These reports will help farmers and ranchers have key information as they make critical decisions about programs that impact their livelihood. It’s important that producers take a few minutes to cross check the information they receive with their own farm records.

If the information is correct, no further action is needed at this time. But if the letter from USDA is incomplete or incor-

rect, producers need to contact their local FSA county office for an appointment to discuss the differences.

Verifying the accuracy of data on a farm’s acreage history is an important step for producers enrolling in the upcoming Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program.

Later this summer, farmers and ranchers will have an opportunity to update their crop yield information and reallocate base acres.

By mid-winter all producers on a farm will be required to make a one-time, unanimous and irrevocable election between price protection and county revenue protection or individual revenue protection

FSA/USDA timeline

August 2014: Producers receive letters notifying them of current bases and yields and 2009 to 2012 planting history.

Late summer 2014: ARC and PLC online tools become available.

Owners have opportunity to update yields and reallocate bases for ARC/PLC purposes.

Winter 2014: ARC/PLC one-time elections occur.

Early 2015: ARC/PLC sign-up for 2014 and 2015 starts.

Farmers and ranchers may visit www.fsa.usda.gov for information about FSA and the 2014 Farm Bill programs.

for 2014-2018 crop years.

Producers can expect to sign contracts for ARC or PLC for the 2014 and 2015 crop years in early 2015.

Covered commodities include barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry

Beef checkoff yields $11.20 per $1 raised

With the decline in the national beef numbers, Beef Checkoff budgets have taken a significant hit - but that hasn’t stopped the $1 investment per head of cattle sold program from accelerating in returns.

In the recent Checkoff Return on Investment study conducted by Dr. Harry Kaiser of Cornell University, it was found that the $1 investment into the Beef Checkoff program yields $11.20 in returns, announces Kaiser during the 2014 Cattle Industry Summer Conference.

The objectives of the study analyzed: Measure of impact of CBB marketing activities on beef demand in the U.S. and internationally Compare benefits to cost of CBB activities for producer’s and importer’s investments into the Beef Checkoff.

The extensive study looked at different marketing activities by CBB to see what held the best return on

investment. What the study found showed the Beef Checkoff program held substantial credit for beef demand within the U.S. From 2006 to 2013, CBB activities increased beef demand by 2.1 billion pounds, including a 6.4 percent increase in U.S. beef exports through export marketing programs - and an even bigger impact nationally.

The study evaluated the following CBB expenditures and their impacts on U.S. beef demand. Had it not been for these programs: Beef advertising: Domestic beef demand would be 0.7 percent lower.

Retail and foodservice marketing: Domestic beef demand would be 0.6 percent lower.

Industry information: Domestic beef demand would be 0.2 percent lower.

Public relations: Domestic beef demand would be 0.5 percent lower.

(See CHECKOFF on page 27)

peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (includes short grain rice and temperate japonica rice), safflower seed, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed, and wheat.

The 2014 Farm Bill builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past five (See LETTERS on page 27)

Market Report Closing prices on August 5, 2014 Winona Feed and Grain Bartlett Grain Wheat..................

$ 6.04

Wheat..................

$ 6.04

Milo ....................

$ 3.31

Milo (bu.).............

$ 3.33

White Wheat .......

Corn ...................

Soybeans ...........

$ 6.19 $ 3.91 $ 13.13

White Wheat .......

Corn....................

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$ 6.19

July 29

86

59

$ 3.31

July 30

71

60

$ 3.91 $ 11.72

July 31

86

55

August 1

90

58

August 2

92

60

August 3

91

59

August 4

93

59

Wheat..................

$ 6.04

Milo (bu.).............

Corn....................

Soybeans ...........

Sunflowers..........

ADM Grain

$ 14.90

Wheat..................

$ 6.08

Corn....................

$ 3.96

Milo (bu.).............

Soybeans............

Sunflowers..........

$ 3.93

Weather

Scott City Cooperative White Wheat .......

$ 6.19

$ 3.31 $ 11.76

$ 15.45

P .82

Moisture Totals July 2014 Total

2.30 11.35

Mineral prepare for upcoming surface changes and how they will impact the operational function of a farm or ranch, as well as impacts on living space.

At the center, various easements have taken from 30 days to more than a year to prepare, negotiate and finalize. The steps are numerous, as are the parties who are involved, so coming to understand the intent of each statement is critical.

What are the real consequences? Signing papers can have consequences for a very long time. In fact, the week started with a forwarded email request to the center from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway regarding pipelines that were contracted in 1937. BNSF needs the pipeline moved within 30 days.

The parties who signed the contract in 1937 did

New animal care law has vet backing In a major victory for the veterinary profession and the healthcare of our nation’s animals, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that makes it legal for veterinarians to provide complete medical care to their animal patients beyond their clinics and across state lines.

The Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act (H.R. 1528) amends a restrictive provision within the Controlled Substances Act, which previously barred veterinarians from carrying and using controlled substances - necessary for pain management, anesthesia and euthanasia - beyond their registered locations, often their clinics.

For more than two years, the AVMA has been working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Congress in search of a statutory clarification to the Controlled Substances Act so that its member veterinarians would not be subject to repercussions should they transport, administer or dispense controlled substances while providing care outside of the locations where those substances are registered.

of value. Two owners or leasers sit beside one another and contemplate what value each one will gain or lose. The value often is arbitrary, but it is set on the loss of surface value and income potential based on the current market and then projected for the life of the easement.

Although the upfront dollars may seem satisfactory, the contract or easement may not adequately account for future projections. The potential value of five acres of land, and lost current and future income potential, plus interest, all need to be considered.

In addition, limitations that are put on the land at the time of signing may not seem like much today, but when one’s grandchild wants to build a new fence, an easement or contract may put the financial burden back on the sur-

(continued from page 26)

disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets

Checkoff Nutritional research: Domestic beef demand would be three percent lower.

Beef safety research: Domestic beef demand would be 2.1 percent lower.

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agree that the railroad would, indeed, have the right to direct needed changes.

Those people who sat around the table in 1937 signed a document that still has impacts in 2014.

It is amazing.

How many farmers and ranchers remember what great-grandpa and -grandma agreed to do?

What is even more amazing is how loosely worded the agreements seem to be and how they are sometimes slightly one-sided. Time is needed to ask the meaning of some particular words that are in any contract or easement.

These easements often are undertaken too quickly, even though they are binding on current and future farm and ranch residents on that property.

Ultimately, within this balance is the concept

Letters years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer.

Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this legislation, including providing

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for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America.

For more information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill.

(continued from page 26)

New-product development: Domestic beef demand would be 1.2 percent lower.

Product enhancement research: Domestic beef demand would have been 0.4 percent lower.

“If you didn’t have the CBB over these years, beef demand would be 11.3 percent lower,” says Kaiser. “That is what I would call a substantial impact.”

face owner at a later date if those plans conflict with the easement wording.

Just as in the railway company contract, what may seem a relatively small clause at the time of signing could mushroom into a major, if not unmanageable, fiscal request at some unknown future date for some future owner of the property.

What is unique today, in contrast to previous times, is the magnitude and number of easement requests to open various portals to the underworld that exists under all of us.

The individual easement may not seem like much, and a slight offering of money to offset a temporary inconvenience may seem adequate. However, beware because easement requests multiply and so do the consequences.

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CentralTruckDrivingJobs. com. butlertransport.com ––––––––––––––––––––– PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE. OTR drivers. APU equipped PrePass EZ-pass passenger policy. 2012 and newer equipment. 100% notouch. Butler Transport, 1-800-528-7825. www. butlertransport.com ––––––––––––––––––––– GREAT PLAINS TRUCKING, Salina, is looking for experienced OTR tractor-trailer flatbed operators or recent driving school graduates.

Our drivers travel 48 U.S. states as well as the lower Canadian provinces. We offer excellent compensation, benefits, home time and equipment. Please contact Brett at brettw@ gptrucking.com or Randy at randyl@gptrucking. com. Or call 785-823-

For Sale ALL NEW. Happy Jack DuraSpot. Kills and repels fleas, ticks and larvae.

Repels mites, lice and mosquitoes.

Contains Nylar IGR. Orschlen Farm & Home. www.happyjackinc.com.

Opportunities PROFITABLE KANSAS businesses for sale by owners. Many types, sizes, locations, terms. $25K to $15M. Other states available. www.BizSale.com.

Call 1-800-617-4204.

Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

www.reganjewelers.com

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142 All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

District 11 AA Meetings

Dining

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

Services

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

C-Mor-Butz BBQ

Barbecue, the only sport where a fat bald man is a GOD...

& Catering

Kyle Lausch 620-872-4209

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti

Bryan Mulligan & Chris Price 620-874-8301 & 620-874-1285

www.cmorbutzbbq.com • cmorbutzbbq@gmail.com

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Dighton

Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-5679 • 397-2647

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Classifieds Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $5.50 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

EASTRIDGE

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, full basment.

Buy lots in the Eastridge addition for your new home location.

Thomas Real Estate

www.thomasreal-estate.com

914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002 52tfc

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52 YOU’VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS!

Wonderful 3+2 bedroom brick home in great west location! Family room down, 3 bathrooms, fenced in backyard, DA garage and new kitchen!

PRICE SLASHED!

HOME CARE LPNs/RNs Craig HomeCare is seeking LPNs/RNs with a passion for helping families!

We provide in-home services for pediatric clients.

Full-time day shift available in Tribune.

Apply online at www.craighomecare.com or contact: Vicki at 785-798-4821.

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ESL PARA-PROFESSIONAL Scott Community High School is seeking an ESL Para-Professional to work with Spanish speaking students. Bilingual preferred. The position will start August 21, 2014.

For more information and application please contact.

Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-7600 50tfc

COUNTY COORDINATOR/ SECRETARY Scott County Farm Bureau is accepting applicants for the Part-Time position of: County Coordinator/Secretary.

Applicants should be self motivated, willing to learn, have excellent written and oral communication skills, and keep strict records. 40 hours/month and flexible schedule.

Due August 15, 2014 Send cover letter and resume to: PO Box 245 Scott City, Ks. 67871

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Help Wanted

Notice

WANTED TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– SILAGE CUTTING WANTED. Claas 900 with 8 row header, 4 trucks and packing available. Call Jeremy 620805-2809.

49t4p ––––––––––––––––––––– CERTIFIED SEED WHEAT: Brawl CL, Byrd, TAM 112, TAM 304, T158, T153, Duster, Oakley CL, Turkey Red. Also triticale and rye.

Ehmke Seed, Amy, KS. 620-397-2350.

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FULL-TIME SHOP HELP. Competitive wages and benefits furnished.

Call 620-375-5210 or stop

by KT Tire & Service, 210 East Hwy 96, Leoti, Ks. 51t3c and ask for Kurt.

––––––––––––––––––––– SCOTT COUNTY FARM SERVICES Agency (FSA) is accepting applications for a temporary full-time Program Technician position beginning at a Grade 3 or Grade 4. Salary range is $25,181 to $28,269 depending on knowledge and experience. Agricultural background and general computer knowledge could be helpful. Applications (FSA-675, Application for FSA County Employment and KSAs – Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) may be picked up at the Scott County FSA Office, 1410 S Main Street Scott City, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Applications and KSAs must be returned to the office no later than 4:30 p.m., August 15, 2014. USDA is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

51t2c ––––––––––––––––––––– EXPERIENCED FARM HELP needed. Must have a valid driver’s license.

House and pickup provided. Farm located in Scott County. Call 620-87452t4c 1033.

FOUND GLASSES. To the gentleman who came back looking for his glasses at our garage sale last week, they have been found.

Please stop by or call 8723016 to make plans to pick them up.

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Rentals Rentals HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620)874-2120.

41tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MULTIPLE HOUSES FOR RENT. 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes available.

Also 8x10 storage units available. Stop by PlainJans to fill out an application or call 872-5777.

46tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– COMMERCIAL/RETAIL SPACE available Sept. 1. 306 W. 5th Scott City. Contact Jeff 8741659.

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Is your subscription paid?

MAINTENANCE WORKER The City of Scott City is accepting applications for a maintenance worker in the street, water and sewer department.

Benefits include: BC/BS, vacation and sick leave.

Applications may be obtained and returned at: City Hall, 221 W. 5th St., Scott City applications accepted until position is filled.

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

PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time CNA (evening shift) Part-time CNA (evening shift and nigh shift) Part-time CMA (evening shift) Part-time PRN-LPN/RN Full-time Maintenance Assistant Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at:

Park Lane Nursing Home

210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org

Great 4 bedroom home with basement! Newer carpet, steel roof, well and pressure tank! Room for the kids, dogs and horses!

Now only $55,000!

“Quality Care Because We Care”

Lawrence and Associates

We Have Buyers!

We Need Listings!

Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc.

513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc.

872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc.

872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com

Agriculture

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Call us to get your home listed.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Nicely updated 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, living room, dining room, large kitchen, family room and utility room on a large corner lot.

Call: Pam Wheeler 620-872-3076 or Scot Aytes 620-874-1646.

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Services WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 8744135.

34tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 874-1412.

36tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening.

Call Rob Vsetecka at 620214-1730.

36tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING and TRIMS at direct-to-the-public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices will not be beat!

37tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– “JEN’S GROOMING” Jennifer Milner grooming at 503 E. 5th St., (formally Cowboy Cabins). Please call for an appointment 620-214-0097.

Hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.- noon.

44tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– LADY WILLING to provide home health care, run errands and odd jobs, cook and clean. Contact 620-874-8480.

50tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– CRAWFORD CONSTRUCTION all masonry and general construction.

Experienced, dependable, references available. Call James Crawford 620-214-2843.

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––––––––––––––––––––– HUMBLE HELPERS helping elderly/seniors with cleaning or running errands and more. Call Jennifer 620-805-2177.

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Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker

Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available.

Hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or (620) 255-4824.

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The Scott County Record • Page 30 • Thursday, August 7, 2014

Employment Opportunities HOUSEKEEPING

FOOD PREPARATION

Unified School District No. 466 is looking for a qualified applicant for a full-time housekeeping position at Scott City Middle School.

The Nutritional Services Department of Scott County Hospital is seeking individuals to fill two full-time 5:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. food preparation positions, which includes a rotating schedule of four nine-hour day shifts per week. Dependability is key to success in this position.

Applicant must be dependable, a team player, and enjoy food preparation. Must be able to read, write, speak and understand English. Starting pay $10 per hour and up with experience, plus weekend differential.

Benefits include health insurance.

Pre-employment physical, drug and alcohol screen, and TB skin test required.

We are a tobacco free campus.

Applications are available through Human Resources, Scott County Hospital, 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871, 620-8727772 or visit our website www.scotthospital.net

For applications and additional information please contact: Lance Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7655 USD #466 is an EOE Employer.

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FRONT DESK CLERK Interested in a career with the hospitality industry?

Scott City Best Western El Quartelejo Inn and Suites is now looking for a front desk clerk to work the 3:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. shift. Approximately 32-40 hrs./week.

Must be over 21 years of age and responsible.

Come see us and learn more about this challenging and exciting field!

Applications are available 24/7 at the hotel 1610 S. Main St. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7373 52t2c

NEW GRADS AND RN’S Work with the best in the West!

St. Catherine’s Hospital is looking for new grads and experienced RN’s.

• Sign-on bonus for new grads and experienced RN’s • Tuition reimbursement and school loan repayment opportunities • A regional referral center with multi special ties to choose from • Recent market adjustment allows us to extend highly competitive pay • Exceptional benefits • A faith-based facility Apply at: www.stcatherinehosp.org 401 East Spruce Garden City, KS 67846 620-272-2531 Centura Health does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, religion, creed, ancestry, sexual orientation, and marital status in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activities, or in employment. For further information about this policy contact Centura Health’s office of the General Counsel at (303)804-8166.

EOE

OFFICE MANAGER/BOOKKEEPER

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MARKETING COORDINATOR Position available for an enthusiastic, customerfocused individual to coordinate the marketing plan for a growing rural hospital organization.

Responsibilities include providing support by strategizing, executing, tracking and optimizing marketing campaigns.

Requirements: BA/BS in Business, Marketing, and/or other related degrees preferred or minimum 2 years experience in marketing or related field. Proficiency in MS Office products, strong writing and verbal communication skills, detail oriented, ability to multi-task, an interest in wellness a plus.

30 to 40 hours per week. $35K to $40K salary range dependent on hours and qualifications.

We offer great benefits including flexible paid time off, partially paid health, dental and prescription insurance, paid life and long term disability insurance and a 401(k) Profit Sharing plan.

Pre-employment physical, drug and alcohol screen, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

We are a tobacco free campus.

Applications are available through Human Resources, Scott County Hospital, 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871.

620-872-7772, or on our website www.scotthospital.net.

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING/ CHIEF NURSING OFFICER Scott County Hospital is looking for fulltime Registered Nurses to join our team of dedicated nursing professionals.

PRN- RN opportunities also available.

WE OFFER: √ Diverse Nursing Opportunities √ Experienced Nursing Administrtive Staff √ Excellent Ratios √ Wages up to $29.95 for RN’s √ PRN RN wage $30.00 (benefits do not apply) √ Weekend Option Program (work weekends for six months at premium pay) √ Shift and Weekend Differentials √ Critical Staffing Pay √ Call Pay BENEFITS: √ Flexible PTO √ Extended Illness Leave √ Fully Paid Life Insurance √ Fully Paid Long Term Disability Insurance √ Partially Paid Health Insurance √ 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan √ Continuing Education √ Reduced Local Health Club Fees √ Reduced Broadband Internet Fees Scott County Hospital is a 25 bed CAH located in Scott City, a progressive Western Kansas community of 4000. The friendly hometown atmosphere and newly built and renovated schools provide an excellent place to raise families. Make the most of this great opportunity!

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screen, TB skin test & physical assessment required. SCH is a tobacco free facility.

Applications available through Human Resources, Scott County Hospital, 201 Albert Ave., Scott City, KS, 67871, (620) 872-7772, and on our website: www.scotthospital.net 52tfc

Scott County Hospital is seeking this salaried role that will provide direct supervisory leadership for all nursing and other designated patient care services and functions within the organization. This role assumes responsibility for assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice on a facility level. The role assumes 24/7 responsibility and has accountability to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management as related to patient care. You will represent nursing concerns at both the Medical Staff and Governing Board levels.

Applicants should possess: Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.

Proven leadership and operational expertise.

Ability to recruit, retain and develop staff.

Promote optimal outcomes of patient safety and care, and enhance patient, physician and staff satisfaction.

Maintain and comply with all regulatory standards, rules and laws.

An academic degree in nursing is required. A Masters degree/APRN will have preference. At least 3 years of nursing experience including roles of demonstrated management are required.

An active and current registered nurse license in the state of Kansas is required.

Excellent benefit package is offered with this position. Pre-employment physical, drug and alcohol screen, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

We are a tobacco free campus.

Applications are available through Human Resources, Scott County Hospital, 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871. 620-872-7772, or on our website www.scotthospital.net.

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“Take Charge” kind of person needed to run a small office and keep the books for a non-profit that provides services for children and families.

Must have leadership skills, QuickBooks knowledge, highly organized, good computer skills, self-starter and like to work with people. Office located in Scott City, full-time position, salary based upon experience and education.

Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center Contact: Kelly Robbins at wkcac@pld.com or 620-872-3706 51t2c

SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF Director of Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Respiratory Therapist PRN/Temporary Outpatient Services RN ADMINISTRATIVE Marketing Coordinator SERVICE Day Cook Dietary Aide PRN Dietary Aide/Cook Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus.

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Due to our recent expansion of services and rapid growth, we are in need of Acute Care RNs and are offering financial incentives.

Applications are available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Ave. Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7772 or online at www.scotthospital.net

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CLASS A DRIVER/ MEDICAL ASSISTANT Shared Medical Services is looking for a Class A CDL Driver to operate a dedicated route that is based in Scott City. SMS offers medical imaging services to local communities that otherwise would not have access to this state-of-the art equipment. The position available is Full-time and is not OTR. Also, we offer medical assistant training so you can assist our patients.

Anticipated Schedule: • 3 1/2 days/week • 40 hour weekly guarantee Duties: • Relocate trailer to medical facilities along dedicated route • Set-up and tear down trailer (i.e. leveling, stairs, patient lift) • Administrative tasks (i.e. time reporting, maintenance, mileage or inspection forms, driver logs) • Preventative maintenance (work with vendors to complete) • Transport patients between facility and trailer • Patient care including screening and positioning Benefits: • Full benefit package starting the first of the month after 30 days of service • Paid per hour (driving and on-duty, not driving) • Paid overtime for hours worked over 40/week • Paid vacation • Paid lodging for overnight stays • Per diem for overnight stays • Longevity bonus starting after 2nd year of employment Equipment: • 53’ van-spread axle Training: • Paid on-the-job Medical Assistant training Qualifications: • Class A CDL • Ability to pass physical, drug screen & background • Safe driving record • Minimum of 21 years of age Join our team today!

Application: WWW.SHAREDMED.COM Shared Medical Services Cottage Grove, WI An Employee Owned Company Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer Our mission is to create lasting partnerships in the healthcare community and to provide the best possible care to every patient with our exceptional staff and our state-of the-art diagnostic imaging technology.

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Employment Opportunities TRUCK DRIVER

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL Special Education Para-Professsional for High Plains Educational Cooperative Scott Community High School is seeking a special education Para-Professional to work with students.

The position is available for the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. Start date is August 21, 2014.

For more information and application please contact.

Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620) 872-7600 50tfc

H2 Trucking Scott City is looking for a truck driver to pick up and haul commodities to locations with a belly dump trailer.

Job is fast paced and driver must be flexible. Good pay and great benefits.

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PEN RIDER

CUSTOMER SERVICE REP

Come and grow with us and be part of an innovative team. We are looking for experienced Pen Riders. Our next team member must be energetic, goal-oriented, and have a desire to grow and take on more responsibility.

Competitive wages are offered with a full benefits package including, 401(k) with company match, profit sharing plan, 100% paid medical and dental insurance for employee, 100% paid short/long term disability insurance, life insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, and career advancement opportunities.

To apply for this outstanding opportunity apply in person or send your letter of interest to: Royal Beef, ATTN: Aleta See, 11060 N Falcon Rd., Scott City, KS 67871.

Irsik & Doll is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Wheatland Electric is seeking to fill a full-time position for a Customer Service Representative.

Primary hours of employment: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m..

Job duties include: communicating with members, dispatch, receiving and posting payments to member accounts and resolving billing questions.

Qualified candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent, should possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to increase job knowledge by participating in professional educational opportunities.

Applications may be picked up at: Wheatland Electric office, 101 S Main St., Scott City, Ks and should be returned to same by Wednesday, August 13.

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EOE

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Want to Work?

Check us Out! √ √

Scott County Hospital is seeking a dependable, motivated person for a Nutritional Services Department Dietary Aide for Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Job duties include basic food preparation, cashier, and other duties.

Applicants must have a high standard of cleanliness and be able to read, speak, write and understand English. Starting pay $8.25 and up based on related experience.

Pre-employment physical, drug screen and TB skin test required.

SCH is a tobacco free facility.

Applications available through Human Resources at Scott County Hospital, 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871 or by visiting our website at www.scotthospital.net.

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Advancement opportunities

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

√

Hourly bonus pay

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Flexible schedules

Come in and meet our new manager.

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Friendly environment

Omar Pando DIETARY AIDE

Competitive wages

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Equal employment opportunity

Apply at Wendy’s 1502 S. Main, Scott City

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Plains In 2005, some farmers and community development officials from Rawlins County and nearby Burlington, Colo., were among those who attended a workshop in Lindsborg sponsored by the the Ogallala Commons, a nonprofit group dedicated to revitalizing rural communities in the seven states that sit atop the massive Ogallala Aquifer.

‘Local Foodshed’ The organization has identified 12 “assets” it considers key to sustaining community vitality, or commonwealth, one of which is the infrastructure to produce and market locally grown foods.

“It’s what we call the local foodshed,” said Darryl Birkenfeld, executive director of the Ogallala Commons. He is based in Nazareth, which is about 60 miles south of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle.

After follow-up meetings, some Rawlins County farmers assembled a steering committee.

A grant from the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union paid for a study, and by

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2008 the High Plains Food Coop was up and running.

Birkenfeld said it remains one of few collective efforts on the High Plains to promote locally grown, sustainable food and to his knowledge is the only farmers’ coop focused on it.

A group called Local Llano promotes the production and marketing of local foods in the Llano Estacado region of west Texas and eastern New Mexico as part of a broader community development effort, but it doesn’t include a coop.

There also are a number of individual farmers and ranchers who have developed ways to distribute their products directly to consumers.

30 percent or more of the nation’s food, “but you would be hard-pressed to find food in the grocery stores from our regions.”

“If we’re going to have young people coming back to our communities to create careers and have families, then we need to invest in a local food system,” he said.

“It fits very close to national trends, people wanting to know where their food is from and know their farmers. If you don’t have food resiliency, it is hard to attract people to live in your community.

So a community that has a farmers’ market of whatever size, that’s a plus.”

Sramek said High Plains did a feasibility study last year examining the potential to meet growing demand for local ‘A Strong Success’ food in Denver and other “I think it’s a strong Colorado Front Range citsuccess,” Birkenfeld said ies. of the High Plains Food Coop. “There has been a The Market is There very dedicated group of “There’s a lot of volunteers, but it seems to demand coming now from have grown steadily and institutions and restauput down a strong founda- rants, not just the direct tion.” consumer, and looking at Birkenfeld said farm- how this fits into the bigers drawing from the ger picture of a local food Ogallala Aquifer produce economy,” Sramek said.

Horticulture night at Hays Aug. 14 Kansas State University will host its annual Horticulture Night on Thurs., Aug. 14, 6:00 p.m., at the Kansas State Agricultural Research Center in Hays.

Presentations by K-State Research and Extension horticulture staff, specialists, and local presenters include: •Prairie Star annual flower trials: Alan Stevens; •Western Kansas turf

grass care and problem solving: Jared Hoyle; •Shrubs for the western Kansas landscape: Cheryl Boyer; •Insect friends of the garden: Bob Bauernfeind; and •Tomato and pepper trial gardens: Ellis County Master Gardeners.

The evening will begin in the flower trial area and move to the center’s auditorium where there will be additional displays

and handouts. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions throughout the event.

Horticulture Night is free and open to everyone who has an interest in growing flowers, shrubs and trees, vegetables and turf grass. A light supper will be provided.

For more information, contact Joe Becker at (785) 625-3425 Ext 222 or jbecker@ksu.edu.

‘A Wild Affair’ coming to the zoo Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo are going to have ‘more fun than a barrel of monkeys’ during the wildest night at the zoo.

“A Wild Affair” will take place on Sat., September 6. The Lee Richardson Zoo will be closed during regular hours that day to prepare for the festivities.

The evening features live music from “Tim Anthony and The Anamals,” along with live and silent auctions. Adult

beverages will be served while local restaurants and caterers provide a “taste of Southwest Kansas.”

The event takes place under the stars in the Wild Asia exhibit. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. at the Finnup Center for Conservation Education, located at 312 Finnup Drive. Food is served until 8:00 p.m.

“A Wild Affair” is Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo’s largest fundraiser of the year. Tickets are $40 during early bird sales and must be purchased in

advance. They will not be available at the door.

Tickets purchased on or after September 1 are $50. Guests must be 21 to enter.

Advance tickets can be purchased at the zoo, Patrick Dugan’s Coffee House, Ward’s Garden Center and online at www. folrz.org.

Funds raised will go toward a new primate exhibit. Contact Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo for more information call 620-276-6243.

“Straight and simple, the market is there. Can it be developed is probably the biggest question.”

The co-op already is talking with a Denver consumers’ coop that wants to bring locally grown food into that city’s poorer neighborhoods, where it can be difficult to find affordable, nutritious food.

Sramek said the biggest barrier to meeting the demand in the Front Range cities may be a lack of farmers willing to try.

“We looked at all that,” he said, “and saw there is potential for the next five to seven years to grow to $1.5 million in sales. But our 50 producers could only supply about 35 percent of that.”

That means the current co-op producers must grow more, or more farmers must be found. It also means there will be a need “for a more robust delivery system with more refrigerated trailers, more storage and more pickup points,” Sramek said.

Some members of the coop clearly have an eye on increasing production or have already started.

Sramek said a member

in Bird City now has a commercial-scale hydroponic vegetable growing system in place, “working to provide more for an institutional and small grocery-type market.”

Coming Home Schmidt, president of the co-op, is working with some other members to build a mobile poultry processing facility to USDA standards that could be pulled from farm to farm in order to meet the growing demand for locally grown chicken and turkeys.

Currently, the nearest chicken processing plant is about 250 miles away, he said.

In addition to his com-

modity farming, Schmidt sells beef, chicken and eggs through the co-op.

The additional money from the co-op sales has been a boon to his family’s farm.

“For one thing, it has made it possible for my nephew to come back to the farm,” said Schmidt, who farms with his brother. “He decided he’d like to come back to the farm if the opportunity was there, and this marketing has definitely made It possible.

“And at the present time we’re making plans where another family member can also come back to the farm. Hopefully in the next few months that will work out.”