June 27, 2013

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Volume 126, Number 26

Thursday, June 27, 2013

16 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

Hugoton Fourth of July’s Park Day celebration plans take shape Hugoton’s Fourth of July celebration promises to be quite the event again this year. It will be a fun-filled day and an evening packed full of food, fun and entertainment. If you or your business or organization is

interested in having a booth for the Park Day, please let the Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce know by Tuesday, July 2 so a spot can be reserved. Thursday, July 4 will be full of activities at the Hugoton City

Park for the annual Park Day celebration. This will include fun games for the kids, contests for everyone, entertainment and lots of wonderful food. The morning will start with the Park Day Kickoff presented at the

south central park. The Santa Committee will host the Slipper Kick at 8:45 a.m following the kickoff. Children competing in the Little Miss and Mr. Hugoton Contest will need to register at 8:30 a.m. at

the Entertainment Trailer. It is sponsored by Stevens County Healthcare. The competition will start at 9:00 a.m. Also at 9:00 a.m. the Turtle Race will commence sponsored by The Chamber Board. Be sure to remember to mark your turtle. The Chamber Board will of Rolla / Elkhart, Crazy sponsor the Frog Jump at House in Liberal or Musgrove Insurance in Hugoton. Moscow citizens will be After the concert, enjoy celebrating their hundredth some thrills at Moore’s Greater Shows’ Carnival year in style this year with from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. tons of fun events planned near the pool and high for the coming week! First up Wednesday school. At dark, turn to the sky for a fabulous fire- evening, July 3, the Pumpworks display by Rainbow kin Ball Tournament will Fireworks near the sewer begin at 6:00 p.m. Then at 8:45 a.m. July 4, lagoons on the city propparade participants will line erty east of Rolla. up. If you’re not in the paWhen you wake up Saturday morning, head over rade, you better find a spot to the Rolla Civic Center on Main Street to watch the for the Junior High floats go by, by 9:30 a.m. Cheerleaders’ fundraiser when the exhibition starts! After the parade, waltz breakfast from 6:00 to down to Moscow’s City Park 10:00 a.m. You’ll need to for bounce houses, face fuel up before the two mile Fun Run, beginning painting, a dunk tank, fire at 7:30 a.m. Registration truck rides, a cake walk, starts at 7:00 a.m. at City Fourth of July loot, snow Hall. You can also register cones, and much more beforehand at Rolla City from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 Hall, First National Bank p.m. From 10:15 to 10:45 of Rolla / Elkhart, Crazy a.m., cheer for your favorite Continued to page 5B

Celebrate 100 years of Rolla July 4-6 Citizens of Rolla, and anyone else who would like to attend, are invited to celebrate 100 years of Rolla at the Rolla Centennial Celebration July 4-6, 2013. Fun activities pack the schedule for the entire weekend! The event will kick off Thursday, July 4 with a parade themed “One Hundred Years in the Making.” You can also start hunting for medallions Thursday; there will be a $500 prize! From 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., the Rolla City Pool will host any and all swimmers for free! At noon, Tri State Oilfield Service will sponsor a free meal at City Park, followed by Rolla Hope Foundation’s Watermelon Feed at 1:00 p.m. All afternoon July 4, there will be games in the city park and rides on the fire truck at the ballpark. You can also visit Rolla

Library’s meeting room from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. to see historical documents about Rolla. Moore’s Great Shows Carnival will be near the pool and high school from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Get your boogie shoes on for the street dance starting at 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. on Washington Street. In addition to your dancin’ shoes, you’re asked to bring a lawn chair to the dance. After you grab a few z’s, the action starts again Friday, July 5 at the Rolla Library, where historical documents will be displayed. At 10:00 a.m., don some old shorts and a tshirt for Mud Volleyball at the Arena. Clean up by taking a free dip in the City Pool from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. You might be feeling a little hungry after all the diving on the volleyball court, so head over

to the City Park for a free meal sponsored by Seaboard and City of Rolla. If you didn’t get to ride the fire truck during Independence Day, don’t worry! Fire truck rides will be available Friday afternoon at the ball park. Basketballers will suit up at 1:00 p.m. to compete in the SWAT sponsored 3on-3 basketball tournament at the City Park basketball court. If you’re into less physical socializing, Rolla Lions Club will offer Bingo from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Rolla Civic Center, and there will be a Logan Mize concert in the new high school gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. Rockspur from Dodge City will open, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Limited concessions will also be available. Tickets may be purchased at Rolla City Hall, First National Bank

9:30 a.m. Also at 9:30 will be Bingo sponsored by Girls Basketball. The “Back Seat Driving Contest” will start at 10:00 a.m. on Fourth Street with the Stevens County Sheriff’s Department supervising. Citizens State Bank will have a Sack Race beginning Continued to page 3

Moscow celebrates centennial little ones as they participate in the Little Mr. and Miss Moscow pageant at Continued to page 4B

Dermot makes plans for Fourth The annual Dermot Community Fourth of July celebration will be Saturday, June 29. The special events will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Dermot Community Center. Fireworks will begin at dark. Come out and join the Dermot Community for an evening of fun, good food and celebration. Please bring at least two or three covered dishes, if possible. If you have any questions please call Jerold and Bonnie Hubbard at 620-593-4436. Hope to see you there.

See inner workings of KDI and MasCow Dairy Kansas Dairy Ingredients (KDI), along with MasCow Dairy Farm, is hosting an Open House Saturday, June 29, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. The milk processing plant has created much interest in the community, region and state and is

planning for a large turnout (~500 people) to the event. The public is invited to attend the upcoming open house to learn more about the farm, the milk plant, taste some great dairy foods and enjoy visiting with friends and neigh-

Donate blood Thursday, June 27 at Stevens County Fairgrounds Summer is a time for the days that never end. Time for diving in and grilling out. Time to watch fireworks, to have a picnic, to root for the home team. While many have fun making these memories, hospital patients are counting on eligible donors to make time to give blood or platelets so they can continue making and sharing their own summer memories.B e sure to attend the blood drive in Hugoton Thursday, June 27 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Stevens County Fairgrounds. The American Red Cross asks all eligible blood and platelet donors to join the campaign, which runs through September 9. Through Summer of Stories, the organization hopes to en-

If you happen to see Richard Barnes around town, tell him THANK YOU for helping to bring this week’s issue of The Hermes to the printer. He graciously came in Tuesday at the 11th hour to replace The Hermes’ router to get us hooked back up to cyberspace.

courage at least two more donors to give blood at every Red Cross blood drive this summer - above what’s expected - to help ensure lifesaving blood products are available at a moment’s notice. Historically, during the summer months of June, July and August, about two fewer donors give blood at each Red Cross blood drive than what patients need. But, this seasonal challenge can be overcome two generous donors at a time, at every blood drive, every day. Throughout the campaign, donors will be encouraged to give blood or platelets regularly, especially around summer holidays, when donations tend to drop even more. To support summer holiday donations, all donors who present to give during specified time frames will be entered for a chance to win an American Express gift card. Live a story. Give a story. Donate blood or platelets. Visit redcrossblood.org/summer or call 1-800-RED CROSS for more information and to make an appointment to help save lives this summer.

bors. Tours of KDI and MasCow Dairy will be offered throughout the morning. Guests are welcome to gather under the tent, enjoy a dairy snack and learn more about the “farm to family” process of milk production. Lunch, catered by Oklahoma Smoke BBQ, will be served from 11:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. Construction on KDI began in August 2012 and was completed eight months later. The plant began receiving milk in mid-April 2013 and was running at full capacity a few weeks later. Farm-fresh raw milk from area dairy farms is received by KDI. Once received, the milk is concentrated by removing some of the water. The concentrated milk is shipped to customers, cheese makers and powdered milk plants. Concentrating the milk

allows for more efficient transportation to customers. In addition, the water removed from the milk is recycled to irrigate local farm crops – adding to the environment sustainability. Kraft Foods, one of KDI’s main customers, uses the milk it buys to make Kraft Singles and Velveeta cheese. One of the dairy farms shipping milk to KDI is MasCow Dairy. The farm is only 12 miles from KDI, creating efficiency in transportation costs for the farm and plant.

The Hermes goes to Tangier Africa June 20 with the Morelands, Isaac and Felicia. The group toured Tangier three days. They got to see the Kings castle and Malcolm Forbes home. They had a traditional lunch which included drink, soup, kabobs, bread and chicken with couscous. Oh to be a world away, and not speak the language. It is nice to travel but can’t wait to be home in HUGOTON.

Relay for Life will take place Friday, June 28 Relay for Life of Stevens County will take place this Friday, June 28 at the Hugoton High School football field. Bring your little ones, your grandma, your neighbors and come have some fun! Booths and concessions

will open beginning at 6:00 p.m. Opening ceremonies will start at 7:00 p.m., and the Luminary Ceremony will be about 9:00 p.m. - after dark. There will be lots of fun for everyone. Please help Relay for

Life by sharing the word so everyone in the area knows to come out. Please remember, it's not too late to buy a luminary bag if you still want to! Contact Lisa Nelson for more information at 620544-2140.

Hugoton’s Eagle RV Park claims Business Appreciation Award Jan Leonard and Tron Stegman, owners of Eagle RV Park of Hugoton, are the winners of the 2013 Business Appreciation Award for southwest Kansas given by Kansas Department of Commerce. Jan and Tron put in the Eagle RV Park last year. Most of the work was done by the partners and their families. Sherri Leonard is the secretary of the RV Park and also their Web designer. Eagle RV Park offers recreational vehicle parking for 43 units. In the air-conditioned clubhouse is a pool

table, washers and dryers, bathrooms, showers, free WiFi hookups, large televisions, snacks and seating for fun get-togethers. Cameras have been installed for extra security. A storm shelter recently has been installed in case of tornadoes which will hold 54 people comfortably and 80 people tightly. Horseshoe games are ready for competition at the RV park. A sand volleyball pit is planned for the future. Trees and grass have been planted at the RV park and will be watered with a sprinkler system for the

comfort of the residents. The Kansas Department of Commerce awards the Business Appreciation Award every year. Stevens County Economic Develop-

ment Board nominated Eagle RV Park. Tucker Greenhouse of Elkhart was the other Business Appreciation Award winner from southwest Kansas.

Jan Leonard and Tron Stegman, owners of Eagle RV Park, are awarded the 2013 Business Appreciation Award. Left to right are Carol Meyer of Kansas Dept. of Commerce, Jan, Tron, Aaron Cannon of Ks Dept. of Commerce and Neal Gillespie.


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