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In Brief Fort Riley

Murder Charges Filed Against Soldier Pvt. John Hughes, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, has been charged with the murder of Pvt. Thomas Lavrey.

The 21-year-old West Seneca, N.Y., native was pronounced dead at Irwin Army Community Hospital on Fort Riley, after being found unresponsive in his living quarters May 14.

Lavrey was a utilities equipment repairer assigned to the same unit as Hughes. Hughes also is being charged with resisting arrest and larceny.

The incident is still under investigation.

People browsing the Internet for a little sexual feeling found themselves chained to the long arm of the law instead.

The Geary County Sheriff’s Department arrested 16 individuals during a joint operation to combat prostitution in the community. Sheriff’s deputies, along with the Junction City and Grandview Plaza Police Departments, ran the sting at a south Junction City hotel from Tues-

day morning through Wednesday night.

Prostitutes, pimps and clients were arrested in the operation.

Police would not say at which hotel the sting was conducted.

“Prostitutes are changing their tactics,” said Geary County Undersheriff Tony Wolf. “They are no longer standing on street corners like everyone wants to think one is doing. Now they have gone online. We’ve monitored several Internet sites where they advertise their services there.

“There are people who look at

prostitution as a victimless crime, but they don’t understand the criminal element that goes along with it. We were able to do a lot of a good for the community out of this, too.”

Police were able to make contact with individuals from common websites such as Craigslist. com and Backpage.com. Once a “date” was set and the prerequisites of the crime were met, the arrests were made.

Those arrested were charged with prostitution, patronizing prostitutes and promoting prostitution. The sting also was able

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to recover stolen property, serve arrest warrants and make several arrests for drug possession.

Wolf said another reason why the three law enforcement departments worked on the sting operation was the possibility of human trafficking.

“We have heard of the trafficking element of young girls being used as sex slaves and if we found it to be a problem, then we were going to combat it,” Wolf said. “We did not encounter any of that during this operation.”

Businesses eyeing Junction City Economic development efforts working

House leader wants fellow lawmaker off ballot The Kansas House majority leader is trying to remove a fellow Republican lawmaker from the ballot and avoid facing him in the GOP primary.

Majority Leader Arlen Siegfreid, of Olathe, filed a formal objection Thursday with the secretary of state’s office over the filing of Rep. Mike Kiegerl, who has also represented an Olathe district.

Political redistricting this year put both lawmakers in the newly drawn 121st House District, and they’re both listed as candidates in the Aug. 7 primary.

But Siegfreid said Kiegerl has made it clear that he doesn’t intend to run against Siegfreid. The majority leader also noted that Kiegerl said in a recent news story that he has moved out of the district.

Kiegerl did not return a telephone message seeking comment.

B y J ohn C ur tis j.curtis@thedailyunion.net If you look at the numbers provided by the Economic Development Committee for the previous two months, it may look like the plan to bring in new business to Junction City isn’t working.

No announcements of new business or applications for Neighborhood Revitalization Plan subsidies and only 12 single family building permits have been reported during the past two EDC meetings.

However, the work undertaken by those on the board and at the Junction City Area Chamber of Please see Eyeing, 8A

Brownback to lead Flint Hills motorcycle ride Gov. Sam Brownback will be leading the motorcycle pack this weekend during the first Flint Hills Freedom Ride from Topeka to Wamego.

Riders will depart from the Statehouse grounds at 10 a.m. Saturday for a 70-mile trip that will partly follow the 48-mile Native Stone Scenic Byway.

State Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts also plans to take part.

The trip is scheduled to end around 1:30 p.m. at Wamego City Park with an event honoring all military veterans as well as Fort Riley soldiers and families.

Proceeds from the ride will benefit Fort Riley’s Hearts Apart, Brothers in Blue Reentry and the Native Stone Scenic Byway.

Motorcyclists can pre-register online until noon Friday or on the Statehouse grounds beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Health agency updates algae status Kansas health officials are warning residents to avoid direct contact with water in two lakes because of high levels of blue-green algae blooms.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued the warnings Thursday for Veterans Memorial Lake in Great Bend and Old Herington City Lake in Dickinson County.

The agency also issued health advisories for seven lakes where blue-green algae have been detected. Advisories mean boating and fishing may be safe, but direct contact with the water is discouraged for people, pets and livestock.

Those lakes are Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Lovewell Reservoir, Milford Lake, Overland Park South Lake, Logan City Lake, Marion Reservoir and Winfield City Lake.

Blue-green algae can cause allergic reactions, diarrhea, vomiting and death.

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Ramon Mora Sr., (kneeling) places his hand over his son’s engraved brick following the Victory Park ceremony Wednesday morning at Fort Riley. Ramon Mora Jr., 19, was one of 43 soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division honored for giving their lives during the last year in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Victory Park ceremony honors Fort Riley’s fallen B y L isa S eiser m.editor@thedailyunion.net

FORT RILEY — Ramon Mora Sr. kneeled down and placed his right palm on the engraved black brick that will forever honor his son for making the ultimate sacrifice.

Ramon Mora Jr., 19, was one of 43 soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division who were lost this past year during a deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Their memories were honored Wednesday morning during an annual ceremony at Victory Park.

“Today is not a sad day,” Fort Riley Senior Commander Brig. Gen. Donald MacWillie told those in attendance, which included family and friends of the fallen and fellow soldiers.

“We are not here to be sad.”

MacWillie said the ceremony shows the strength of the Army and the strength of its families.

Lisa Seiser • The Daily Union “This is a special place — Victory Park,” he Soldiers help one girl make charcoal replicas of the said. “This is hallowed ground. This is one day engraved bricks. It is a tradition following the Victory Park we reflect and honor those who have fallen.”

Each of the 43 names of the fallen were read Ceremony honoring those soldiers who have given the ultimate sacrifice to provide family members with the charcoal as a bell was rung and red felt covers were liftoutlines of the bricks.

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School district receives STEM grant Prize of $2 million will boost science, math programs B y C hase Jordan c.jordan@thedailyunion.net Thanks to a grant from the Department of Defense, the Geary County’s Unified School District 475 will receive a boost in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classrooms.

USD 475 recently received a $2 million grant from the department for a program entitled “Steam into STEM.” Pat Anderson, associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction, said the district is Please see Grant, 8A

Low prices, weak hiring raise odds of Fed action B y C hristopher S. Rug aber The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market is flagging, and consumer prices are barely rising.

The picture sketched by data released Thursday has made some economists predict the Federal Reserve will announce some new step next week to boost the economy.

Applications for unemploy-

ment benefits rose last week, pointing to a fourth straight month of sluggish hiring in June. And consumer prices were pulled down in May by a plunge in gas prices.

Weak job growth raises pres-

sure on the Fed because part of its mission is to boost employment. And mild inflation gives policymakers more leeway to act. If inflation were threatenPlease see Action, 8A

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A nationwide manhunt is under way for a trauma surgeon wanted as a “person of interest” in a hospital shooting incident in Buffalo, N.Y. A 33-year-old woman was found shot to death in a hospital stairwell Wednesday morning. The man authorities are looking for, 49-year-old Timothy Jorden, was her ex-boyfriend. For more, see the article on page 2A.

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Obama, Romney go at it in Ohio B y Julie P ace S teve Peoples

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The Associated Press CLEVELAND — From opposing ends of battleground Ohio, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Thursday offered vastly different visions of how to speed up America’s economic recovery. They accused each other of pursuing failed ideas, yet on a day of high expectation both offered familiar platforms and lines.

In Cincinnati, Romney said, “Don’t forget, he’s been president for three and a half years. And talk is cheap. Actions speak very loud.” Speaking just ahead of Obama’s economic address, Romney said, “If you want to see the results of his economic policy, look around Ohio, look around the country.”

Obama, trying in Cleveland to define the choice for voters, presented the election as a time when the country could break a stale-

mate of ideas. Giving a recessiondrained nation his version of the recent past, Obama said: “If you want to give the policies of the last decade another try, then you should vote for Mr. Romney.”

The backdrop was vital Ohio, one of the deeply contested states that could swing the election. With the two men locked in a tight campaign, it appeared they might actually talk over each other from 250 miles apart, until Romney ran ahead of schedule and Obama started a little behind.

What unfolded was a back-toback duel on television.

The Republican spoke for under 20 minutes, with coat off and sleeves rolled up, to about 100 supporters at a manufacturing plant.

In a more expansive, situation-setting address, the president went more than twice that long, over 50 minutes, to an eager crowd of 1,500 people at a community college.

The former Massachusetts governor offered no new proposals in what was his standard speech, castigating the president for stimulus spending, the health care law and failure to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. He also criticized the president’s policies toward China, saying he would label the Asian nation as a curren-

cy manipulator on his first day in office if elected president.

Obama tried to use his speech to take the campaign where he wants it — a deep, long look at how his economic vision differs from Romney’s. He spoke in budgetary detail about his ideas for spurring job growth and trimming the national debt, warning people not to fall for the Romney line that Obama is in over his head.

“Your vote will finally determine the path that we take as a nation.

Not just tomorrow but for years to come,” the president said. “When you strip everything else away, that’s really what this election is about. That’s what is at stake right now. Everything else is just noise.”

Given the fragile economy, Thursday’s face-off offered anticipation of a bigger moment in a campaign that has been defined mainly by ads and fundraisers. Yet for all the hype, both offered themes familiar to those following the campaign.

Yet their speeches were not for typical campaign followers. They were for undecided voters, and those just starting to pay attention to the choice — especially in Ohio.

No matter what path either candidate follows to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presi-

dency, Ohio and its 18 votes figure in every scenario. No Republican has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio. Obama carried the state 52 percent to 47 percent in 2008 over John McCain; George W. Bush carried it 51 percent to 49 percent in 2004 over Democrat John Kerry.

Obama pounded on the secondterm economic vision he began laying out months ago. He spoke of spending tax money on education, energy, science, innovation and transportation, and of cutting the debt by reducing spending elsewhere and raising taxes on the wealthy.

Romney talked of cutting regulation, spending and what he calls government intrusion.

The speeches come in a month marked by bad economic news.

May employment numbers showed the jobless rate edging up to 8.2 percent. This week, the Federal Reserve released data showing that the median family net worth had shrunk between 2007 and 2010, to levels not seen since 1992.

Steve Peoples reported from Cincinnati. Associated Press writers Ben Feller and Kasie Hunt contributed from Washington.

Nationwide manhunt in progress for surgeon a random act, and media Jorden, who has been reports say Wisniewski was licensed to practice mediJorden’s ex-girlfriend. cine in New York for a Heather Shipley, a friend decade, has served as a role BUFFALO, N.Y. — The of Wisniewski, told WIVBmodel for black youths in search for a trauma surTV that Wisniewski feared Buffalo, people who know geon and former military Jorden. Wisniewski used to him told the Buffalo News. weapons expert who disaplive with Jorden but left Betty Jean Grant, chairpeared after the shooting him because she believed death of his ex-girlfriend in woman of the Erie County he was having affairs with a Buffalo hospital escalated Legislature, told the newsother women, Shipley said. paper she watched into a nationwide When they broke up, he Jorden grow up and manhunt Thurswouldn’t let go, Shipley never knew him to day, with authorisaid. get into any trouble. ties warning law She said Wisniewski told “It’s tragic that a enforcers and the her the doctor had put a doctor who saved public he could be countless lives GPS tracking device in her armed and dangermight be accused of car and once held her capous. taking someone tive in her home for a day A pick-up order else’s life,” she said. and a half, wielding a knife. for Timothy “It puts a dark cloud “She told me if anything Jorden, 49, has T imothy over the mission of happened to her, that it was been transmitted to J orden a hospital that’s ded- him,” Shipley told the staevery local, state icated to saving tion. and federal law enforcelives.”

Those who know Jorden ment office in the nation, Police say Wisniewski noted changes in recent Buffalo Police Commissionwas shot four times. Derenmonths. Colleagues told the er Daniel Derenda said. da said the shooting wasn’t Buffalo News he had been The search for Jorden, now in its second day, The Daily Union (USPS 286-520) (ISSN #0745743X) is published Tuesday includes officials with the to Saturday except July 4, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and FBI, Customs and Border New Years Day by Montgomery Communications, Inc., 222 West Sixth St., Protection and the U.S. Junction City, Ks. 66441. Periodicals postage paid at Junction City, Ks. Marshals Service.

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The search for Jorden began Wednesday morning when 33-year-old Jacqueline Wisniewski was found shot to death in a stairwell at the Erie County Medical Center, where she and Jorden both worked.

All four vehicles regisTUB BACKED UP? FURNACE NOT WORKING? tered to Jorden have been accounted for, Derenda For 24-Hour Emergency Service— said.

Earlier Thursday, police Call Erik Call or Mike Matt dogs searched a ravine Mike will be on call this Erik or Matt will near Jorden’s luxury lakeweekend for all your plumbing, weekend for all your plumbing, heating shore home. Neighbor Tom andair airconditioning conditioning emergencies. emergencies. and Wrzosek told The Associated Press he was home Emergencies don’t happen around 9:30 Wednesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. morning when he heard a Call us 24 hours a day! shot.

“I heard a shot, a single shot, and I dismissed it,” he said. “You don’t often hear it, but you do hear it.”

He told police Thursday morning after thinking more about the timing.

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acting strangely recently, avoiding eye contact and basic communication.

A neighbor, June Dupree, told the AP she and her husband had the couple over two summers ago for a cookout. She said Wisniewski was “quiet and kept to herself” and described Jorden as “an awful nice person.”

When she saw him recently, though, she was startled by his appearance.

“He was very thin,” she said. “He had lost a lot of weight. He said, ‘Yeah, I lost a little bit.’ But it was more than a little bit. It was a lot. He wasn’t too friendly that time I saw him. He just didn’t want to talk.”

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noted weight loss. He may have shed as much as 75 pounds, Michael Carr, who works in the surgical recovery room, told the Buffalo News.

Jorden has a medical degree from the University at Buffalo and trained at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash.

He received his certification from the American Board of Surgery in 2004.

Jorden joined the National Guard in high school, went into the Army after graduation and served with the Army’s Special Forces, first as a weapons expert, then as a medic, the News reported. In those roles, he served in the Caribbean, Japan and Korea.

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Smoldering buildings, looted shops, smashed cars and a strong stench of death greeted U.N. observers who entered the nearly deserted Syrian town of Haffa on Thursday, a day after President Bashar Assad’s forces overran it as part of a major offensive to recover rebel-controlled territories.

The observers had been trying to get into the town for a week after fears were raised that a brutal assault by regime forces was under way. They found the main hospital burned, state buildings and an office of the ruling Baath party in ruins and a corpse lying in the street.

“A strong stench of dead bodies was in the air,” said Sausan Ghosheh, spokeswoman for the U.N. observers. She said there was still fighting in some pockets of the mountainous town in the seaside province of Latakia.

The number of casualties was unclear, Ghosheh said, and it appeared likely that, as in the past, bodies had been removed or buried before the U.N. mission got in.

The fighting, now mostly quelled in Haffa, was mirrored in other parts of Syria, where more than 40 civilians and opposition fighters were killed Thursday, according to activists, alongside more than a half-dozen Syrian forces.

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Above: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign stop at Seilkop Industries in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday.)

Right: President Barack Obama speaks at Cuyahoga Community College, Thursday in Cleveland.

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hree more accusers took the stand at Jerry Sandusky’s sexabuse trial Thursday, one of whom said the former Penn State assistant football coach called himself the “tickle monster” before embracing him in a shower and another who said he was forced into sex acts during more than a hundred nights he spent in the ex-coach’s home.

A state investigator also testified that authorities heard about a key witness, assistant coach Mike McQueary, through an anonymous email to Centre County prosecutors.

The investigator, Anthony Sassano, said authorities identified some of Jerry Sandusky’s alleged abuse victims through pictures and lists seized from his home and office and that the university was “not very quick” in getting investigators information as part of the probe.

A third alleged victim who testified Thursday said he loved Sandusky and that he viewed him as a father figure, but that he became angry with Sandusky because he never reached out to him after the witness moved away.

The three alleged victims who testified Thursday brought to eight the number of accusers to take the stand over the trial’s first four days.

Jurors also heard about two other alleged victims who have not been located by investigators.

The ex-coach faces 52 criminal counts involving alleged assaults of 10 boys over a 15-year span. He denies the charges, which brought disgrace to Penn State and led to the ouster of both the school’s president and Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno.

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Library closed Monday morning The Dorothy Bramlage Public Library will be closed Monday morning in recognition of the funeral service for the Ron and Becky Bramlage Family. The library will open at 1 p.m. and close at 9 p.m. that day.

Regular operating hours will resume Tuesday.

Families displaced by fire need help The people displaced by Saturday’s fire at the Green Park Apartments are in need of household items. People can make donations at the apartment building, 1439 N. Calhoun St. Six units of a 12-unit apartment building were damaged in a fire June 9. The Junction City Fire Department responded to the call at 6:45 p.m. with a total of six fire and emergency medical units. The fire was well involved when the firefighters arrived, but was under control within 30 minutes. Three apartments were heavily damaged in the fire with three other apartments sustaining smoke damage. The fire department estimates the loss at $130,000 to property and contents.

There were no injuries to occupants or firefighters, but 19 people who were displaced because of the fire were being assisted by the American Red Cross.

Quilt Auction June 30 Camp Tomah Shinga will hold its 12th Annual Quilt Auction June 30. Each year, more than 100 quilted items ranging from king-size quilts to wall hangings and table decorations are auctioned for this fundraiser. This year, for the first time ever, quilt racks will also be auctioned. All items are hand made by donors from throughout Kansas, including individuals and quilting groups from Lutheran churches in Junction City and surrounding towns. Quilts and quilt racks will be on display at 9 a.m. with the live auction beginning at 10 a.m. A barbecue lunch will be served at 11:30.

After lunch, the auction will continue until all the items are sold. Camp tours and activities for children will also be part of the day. Camp Tomah Shinga is an 840-acre camp located just south of Junction City at 7821 E. Lyon Creek Road. This 40-year-old facility is operated by the Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Association of Kansas. The camp offers a summer camp program for children as well as a camping and retreat center for groups and organizations to use throughout the year. For more information please contact John Xavier, executive director, at (785) 238-3654, tomahshinga@gmail.com or www.tomahshinga.com.

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Pawnee board meeting June 26 The next meeting of the Pawnee Mental Health Services’ Board of Directors will be Tuesday, June 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Center Multi-Purpose Room in Marysville. The meeting is open to the public.

Community Calendar Today 4 p.m. Doors open at the Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 5 to 8 p.m. Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles kitchen is open with short-order meals 6 p.m. Ogden American Legion Bingo, 515 Riley Blvd.

6 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, Women’s meeting, 119 W. 7th St. 6:30 p.m. JC Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary Bingo, 203 E. 10th St., open to public 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. Registration deadline for LIFE: Check Out Books on Your E-Reader on June 18

Saturday 10 a.m. Saturday at the Library Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Noon Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. Noon Elementary Art Classes JC Arts Gallery, 107 W. Seventh St. 1 p.m. American Legion Post 45 Bingo, Fourth and Franklin Streets 1 p.m. Doors open at JC Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 1 to 8 p.m. Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles kitchen is open with full meals, evening special available from 5 to 8 p.m.

1:30 p.m. Drawing Techniques Classes JC Arts Studio, 109 W. Seventh St. 6:30 p.m. JC Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Bingo, 203 E. 10th St., open to public 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. 8 p.m. Karoke at American Legion Post 45, Fourth and Franklin Streets

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State Democrats want House candidate on ballot Secretary of State lost Meeker’s filing paperwork B y John H anna The Associated Press TOPEKA — A Democratic candidate for the Kansas House is being denied a spot on the ballot because the Republican secretary of state’s office lost his paperwork amid a post-redistricting filing scramble, Democrats said Thursday.

Democrats said they’ll challenge Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s refusal to list Larry Meeker, of Lake Quivira, as a candidate in the 17th District in

the Kansas City area. They expected to file an objection with Kobach’s office.

The hours before Monday’s filing deadline were unusually hectic, with dozens of candidates from both political parties attempting to secure spots on the Aug. 7 primary ballots. Last week, three federal judges imposed new lines for congressional, legislative and State Board of Education districts.

The secretary of state’s office contends it didn’t receive Meeker’s form before the deadline.

Democrats acknowledge the filing fee wasn’t paid, a mistake they attribute to Kobach’s staff.

The Democrats said an aide to House Minority Leader Paul Davis, of Lawrence, delivered Meeker’s form with papers for other candidates.

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Board, which is made up of Kobach, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, all Republicans. The board plans to meet Tuesday.

There is already a challenge to how Kobach’s office helped more than 80 candidates who had filed before redistricting was final by revising their filings in the correct districts.

Kobach spokeswoman Kay Curtis confirmed that his office didn’t have a filing form for Meeker as of Monday, but declined to discuss the case because the secretary of state will be involved in reviewing it.

Meeker would be the only Democratic candidate in the 17th House District. In the Republican primary, Rep. Brett Hildabrand, of Shawnee, who was drawn out of his old district, faces a challenger, Jason Leib, of Lenexa.

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TOPEKA — Health officials say Kansas and other parts of the United States are experiencing a cyclical peak in the number of cases of whooping cough.

Since the beginning of the year, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has recorded 56 confirmed cases of whooping cough.

The respiratory illness is marked by severe and frequent coughing, especially among young children.

An epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said the United States is in the midst of another peak outbreak of the illness. The most pronounced outbreaks are in Washington state, where there have been more than 2,300 cases reported as of June 9. There were just 171 cases reported in the state through the same period in 2011.

Stacey Martin, a CDC epidemiologist, said the cycles typically last two to five years at a time, but that the intervals between the outbreaks appear to be shrinking. Part of the explanation is the change in the type of vaccine given to children in the 1990s, which has a shorter period of effectiveness.

Martin said that vaccine has fewer adverse side effects and reactions than the older one, but the downside is that it may not last as long. Some of the new cases are in children who are at or approaching adolescence, Please see Pertussis, 4A

mayor and retired vice president for the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, Mo., said the secretary of state’s office made a rare mistake.

Davis said he doesn’t believe Kobach’s office had political motivations.

“Clearly, they were dealing with a very difficult situation,” he said during a news conference. “But the fact of the matter is they made a mistake, and what bothers me is that they have not owned up to that mistake.”

Federal judges had to draw political maps to settle a lawsuit over the Legislature’s failure to adjust boundaries based on population changes over the past decade.

Objections must be filed by Thursday evening, and others are expected. Challenges will be reviewed by the State Objections

The Junction City Elks Lodge recently hosted a pool party for the Pacesetters at the YMCA. Lunch was provided and each athlete was presented with a new shirt.

Blindfolded, bound children found at Walmart The Associated Press

LAWRENCE — A suburban Chicago couple is behind bars and their five children are in protective custody after two of them were discovered blindfolded and with their limbs bound in the parking lot of a Walmart in eastern Kansas, police said Thursday.

Responding to a call from a concerned shopper Wednesday,

police visited the store and spotted a 5-year-old boy sitting on the ground beside a large SUV with his hands tied behind his back, his legs bound and a blindfold covering his eyes. As an officer approached the car, he noticed a man standing near the vehicle.

“When (the man) saw the officer, he tried to get away from him,” Lawrence police spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said.

The man ducked inside the vehicle and the officer, concerned that the man could be reaching for a weapon, used a stun gun and put him in handcuffs, McKinley said.

A 7-year-old girl was found inside the vehicle, also bound and blindfolded, along with three other children, ages 12, 13 and 15, who were not restrained.

“This is an extremely unusual circumstance,” McKinley said.

Kansas State a family affair for some Special to The Daily Union MANHATTAN — Father really does know best — especially when it comes to the workplace.

That’s according to three Kansas State University faculty and staff members who are following in their fathers’ footsteps by working for the university, too.

They say their dads are more than a parent — they’re also a mentor, role model, colleague and friend.

Justin Kastner, associate professor of food safety and securi-

ty, loves that he sometimes gets to work with his dad, Curtis Kastner, director of the university’s Food Science Institute.

The younger Kastner, who earned a bachelor’s from K-State in 1998 and joined the faculty in 2003, said his dad was a big influence on his career choice.

“Dad has always said the best job is being a professor. He’s had opportunities to do many other things, but he’s always been so invested in K-State and the community,” said Justin Kastner.

“What I admire most about my dad is that he instills so much confidence in me and others.

When I think about my children, I want to draw out of them the same can-do attitude that my dad taught me and my brother.”

Even though the Kastners are in different departments, their similar fields mean they attend many of the same meetings and often travel to conferences together. That’s when it common to hear Curtis Kastner Please see Family, 4A

Gfeller family gathers for 76th reunion Special to The Daily Union The 76th annual reunion of the Gfeller Family was held on May 6, at the Geary County 4/H Senior Citizens’ Center in Junction City. Floyd and Mary Widler registered 52 family members and guests. Co-Presidents Douglas Mailen and Kent Mailen welcomed the attendees and called the meeting to order.

Secretary-Treasurer Peggy Mailen read the minutes and gave the treasurer’s report for the 2011 reunion.

Carnations were presented to family members who were 80 years or older. They were Muriel Wyman, Otto Roesler, Rose Mary Roesler, Virginia Gfeller, Charles W. (Bill) Gfeller, Marjorie Davis, Webb Davis, Noreen Zumbrunn, Dan Zumbrunn, Norma Mailen, Bob Gfeller, Nadine Riekeman, Dwayne Riekeman, Patsy Gfeller and Ruth Gfeller.

Carnations were also presented to six couples that had been married 50 years or longer.

They were Kenneth and Muriel Wyman, Otto and Rose Mary Roesler, Charles W. (Bill) and Virginia Gfeller, Dan and Nor-

een Zumbrunn, Dwayne and Nadine Riekeman, and Webb and Marjorie Davis.

Norma Mailen of Junction City was honored as the oldest member present at age 93. Clara Gfeller, age 4, daughter of Heath and Stephanie Gfeller of Chapman and Korbin Blacketer, age 2, son of Steve and Missy Blacketer of Clay Center were recognized as the youngest members present. Carnations were presented to the honorees.

Kent Mailen of Washington, D.C., was recognized as having flown the greatest distance to attend the reunion. Arlan and Sonja Van Dusseldorp of Pella, Iowa, were recognized as having driven the greatest distance to attend.

President Douglas Mailen conducted a memorial service for seven deceased family members. Those remembered were Elmerta Florine Leatherman Hall, Violet Esther Gratten, Sheryl Lynn Eye, Robert Niquette, Debra Elizabeth AuldBliss, Dillon DeLoy Garrison and Douglas Roy Gfeller. Thirteen births and seven marriages were also recorded this year.

Joseph Healey of Manhattan

presented special music. Dr. Mark Alterman of Manhattan Christian College gave an inspirational message about how things don’t always turn out as we plan.

To conclude the meeting, family members sang “God Be With You” and Mark Alterman asked a blessing on the food. Hosts for the basket dinner were: Charles and Virginia Gfeller, Dave and Janet Gfeller, Kenny and Debby Gfeller, Wayne and Ruth Gfeller and Floyd and Mary Widler.

Wayne Gfeller took group photographs after the meal.

Family members attending from Junction City were Wayne and Ruth Gfeller, Kenny and Debby Gfeller, Otto and Rose Mary Roesler, Bill and Virginia Gfeller, Webb and Marjorie Davis, Norma Mailen, Dwayne and Nadine Riekeman, Ronnie and Linnie Gfeller, and Ruth Gfeller.

Attending from Chapman were Dave and Janet Gfeller, Dan and Noreen Zumbrunn, Bob Gfeller, Heath and Stephanie Gfeller and Clara Gfeller, and Patsy Gfeller.

Abilene attendees were David Lehman, Cheyanne Hutcherson-

Tyler, and Kenneth and Muriel Wyman.

Other family members present from cities in Kansas were Floyd and Mary Widler from Enterprise; Larry and Sharon Babst and Kathy Yenni from Wakefield, Charles and Sharolyn Chamberlin from El Dorado, Duane Gfeller from Huron, Steve and Missy Blacketer and Kendan and Korbin Blacketer from Clay Center and Doug and Peggy Mailen and Susan Mailen of Winchester.

Attending from out of state were Don Gfeller of Blue Springs, Missouri; Arlan and Sonja Van Dusseldorp of Pella, Iowa; and Kent Mailen of Washington, D.C. Guests were: Matthieu Thibaudeau and Joseph Healey of Manhattan and Mark and Sonja Alterman of Alma.

The next Gfeller Family Reunion is planned for May 5, 2013, at the Geary County 4-H/ Senior Citizens’ Center, 1107 S. Spring Valley Road. All correspondence concerning births, marriages and deaths should be sent to Secretary-Treasurer, Peggy Mailen, P.O. Box 224, Winchester, KS 66097.

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Obituaries

Walter Twitty Sapp Retired 25-year U.S. Army veteran, 1st Sgt. Walter Twitty Sapp, 95, World War II and Korean War celebrity who was thrice honored for his heroism in combat while serving in the 5th Division in the European Theater, joyfully was promoted to Heaven by his life-long Commander in Chief and Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at 10:03 p.m. in North Pole, Alaska with his full confidence in God’s irrefutable Word in 2 Tim. 1:12, “For I know Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have W alter committed unto Him against that day.”

S app Born in Hinson, Fla., Jan. 22, 1917, he moved to Abilene, as a small boy and attended the District #89 one-room school house with his five siblings, Jim, Lillie Mae (Wells, who was the last living until June 4 this month and died at 100—see additional obituary), Ruby (Engelhart), Doris (Akers), and Wilmet Tucker.

Converted to faith alone in Christ Jesus over 75 wonderful years ago after hearing of his grandfather Keene’s last three words, “Lord Jesus, if there is any sin in my soul yet not forgiven, please forgive me now!”, then “Hurry up!” and finally “Heaven, sweet Heaven!”, he was a member of McGrath Road Baptist Church, Fairbanks, Ala., where Pastor Joel Smith officiated there in a memorial service to Christ’s glory Saturday, May 5 at 4 p.m. His own final words to all of his children were, “Be faithful ... he is faithful ... God is good ... Goodbye (meaning, “God be with ye.”

Additionally, Fentress Mortuary of Ft. Smith, Arkansas Friday, May 11 at 1 p.m., conducted a magnificent graveside service with full military honors at the Reiff’s Cemetery southwest of Fayetteville, Ark., where he was interned beside his beloved wife Virginia Mae Sapp and their twin still born sons; they were married in Abilene on April 19, 1941.

Preceded also in death by their two sons Ronald Carson and James Edward, they left behind three other sons, Karl Walter of North Pole, Alaska with whom he lived since March 21, 2007, and Phillip Oliver and Daniel Martin, both of Fort Smith; and three daughters, Karl’s twin Mary Ray of Dallas, Deborah Swaim and Regina Popa, both of Fort Smith and by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren who loved him dearly.

Arkansas pallbearers were Mike Sapp, Rocky Sapp, Matt Sapp, Roy Bass, Malcolm Jackson and Mike Matingly. Additional honorary pallbearers were Karl Sapp, Phillip Sapp, Daniel Sapp, Mike Swaim, and Howard Ray of Dallas.

Along with many other soldiers who valiantly fought in the U.S. Army in Germany and France under Gen. Eisenhower, at the conclusion of WWII, Dad was hand-picked to be with Eisenhower for one week being from General’s home town of Abilene, to ride in the front seat of the victory car along with him.

Before this, he was privileged to fly back to the States for the victory celebrations given at a White House banquet hosted by President Truman and the New York City parade. Fifty years later, a WWII reenactment parade was given in 1995 at Abilene with him being honored again in the lead car with Eisenhower look-alikes.

Arrangements were under the direction of the Chapel of the Chimes, Fairbanks, Alaska. For further details, please contact Karl W. Sapp, kwsapp@ alaska.edu or (907) 378-9696. To leave a special online message for the family, please visit www.

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Lillie Mae (Sapp) Wells Lillie Mae (Sapp) Wells,100, died early June 4, 2012, at Valley View Senior Life Center in Junction City. The oldest daughter of six children, Lillie was born in Hinson, Fla., on Aug. 27, 1911, to William Twitty and Lillie Viola Sapp. She moved to Abilene as a little girl and attended the one-room school house, District #89, with her five siblings, Jim, Ruby (Englehart), Doris (Akers), Walter Twitty (who died May 1, 2012 — see separate obituary) and Wilmet Tucker.

Having moved to Junction City following her marriage to Ivan Wells, L illie he purchased the dream home of her W ells high school days where she lived for 75 years thereafter.

Also for many years, she and Ivan owned and worked at a local pawn shop. Upon his passing, however, she decided to sell the pawn shop and to open a Christian bookstore downtown which the Lord greatly blessed. Lillie not only had a love for the Bible which she read constantly but also for needy souls of people who needed Christ as their personal Saviour to cleanse them from their sins with His precious Blood, thus regularly donating much to many charities and Christian organizations throughout her life.

A member of the Assembly of God in Abilene, because of declining health, the first day of spring, 2007, until January 2011, she moved with her brother Walter to North Pole, Alaska, to live with his oldest son, Karl Walter and his wife Joyce who loved and cared for them. They also regularly attended together McGrath Road Baptist Church even in temperatures down to minus 40 degrees and driving 21 miles one way.

Being blessed by Christ with a hearty and an adventurous spirit, she went dog-mushing, snow machine riding and even flew above the arctic circle to the Athabascan village Fort Yukon in a chartered flight to celebrate her 98th birthday, all that, however, being topped by her riding in a hot air balloon in Topeka last year for her 100th birthday.

Preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ivan, and all of her siblings, she is survived by many nephews and nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces as well as a number of life-long friends who loved her dearly.

Visitation time has been set for Tuesday, June 19, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel, 203 N. Washington Street, Junction City, with the memorial service immediately following at 11 a.m.

Lillie has asked her friend Kelta Cooper to sing “On the Wings of a Dove” who plans to bring her Karaoke machine.

Additionally, God’s eternal Word will be presented by both her former pastor, Dean Cole, and her nephew, Karl W. Sapp, missionary to Japan (since 1971) and to Alaska (since 1984) whom, along with his twin sister Mary Ann Ray of Dallas, Lillie has asked also to sing several of her favorite hymns to the glory and praise of Christ Jesus the Lord.

For further details, please contact (785) 762-3131 or Karl W. Sapp, kwsapp@alaska.edu or (907) 3789696. To leave a special online message for the family, please visit www.PenwellGabelJunctionCity. com.

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Junction City Police Department The Junction City Police Department made seven arrests and responded to 71 calls in the 24-hour period ending 6 a.m.

Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY

• 2:17 p.m. — 100 block of E. Vine, domestic.

• 4:01 p.m. — 400 block of E. Chestnut, theft.

• 4:02 p.m. — 1400 block of N. Calhoun, disturbance.

• 6:25 p.m. — 1400 block of Elm Creek, theft.

• 6:47 p.m. — 500 block of E. Chestnut, accident.

• 7:16 p.m. — 500 block of E. Chestnut, accident.

• 7:29 p.m. — 1800 block of Caroline, domestic.

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• 7:36 p.m. — 1900 block of Victory Lane, domestic.

• 8:59 p.m. — 500 block of E. Chestnut, theft.

• 11:09 p.m. — 1000 block of W. 12th, burglary.

• 11:35 p.m. — 1800 block of N. Washington, accident.

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• 12:04 a.m. — 1400 block of N. Calhoun, disturbance.

• 1:25 a.m. — 1400 block of N. Calhoun, disturbance.

Junction City Fire Department The Junction City Fire Department made nine ambulance calls, seven ambulance transports in the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m. Thursday.

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• 10:35 a.m. — Medical assist, non-transport.

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she said.

“It emphasizes the need for the booster for 11 to 12 year olds,” she said.

Health officials say the best prevention is to make sure young children are immunized between the age of 2 months and 6 years, with boosters during adolescence.

Charles Hunt, state epidemiologist for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said there was no pattern to the whooping cough cases in the state. Eight counties are reporting cases and there have been eight widespread outbreaks since 2001.

• 2:30 p.m. — Medical assist, one person to Geary Community Hospital.

• 6:30 p.m. — Medical assist, one person to Geary Community Hospital.

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• 1:16 a.m. — Medical assist, one person to Geary Community Hospital.

• 6:45 a.m. — Medical assist, one person to Geary Community Hospital.

Geary County Sheriff’s office The Geary County Sheriff’s Office made four arrests and responded to 23 calls in the 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. Thursday.

WEDNESDAY • 8:19 p.m. — I-70, mile marker 298, accident.

• 11:09 p.m. — 1000 block of W. 12th, burglary.

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being called Big K, and Justin Kastner going by Little K. “It’s an honor to work with him. I’ve learned so much from him, especially about interacting with others,” Justin Kastner said.

“I’ve also tried, like my dad, to aim for perfection but settle for excellence.”

Curtis Kastner is more than a dad — he’s a friend, Justin Kastner said.

GRANDVIEW PLAZA POLICE DEPARTMENT The Grandview Plaza Police Department made no arrests and responded to 17 calls in the 24-hour period ending 6 a.m.

Thursday.

WEDNESDAY

• 4:43 p.m. — 1100 block of Cannon View, accident.

• 8:19 p.m. — I-70, mile marker 298, accident.

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Grain County Wheat 5.99 6.05 Milo 5.32 9.73 Soybeans 13.09 13.78 Corn 5.98 6.12

“I really enjoy our friendship, it’s very special,” he said. “Dad is strong enough to noticeably shake your hand firmly, but so gentle in spirit. As such, he is a very approachable, wise, strong and widely respected man.”

His dad has always given him plenty of good advice, but Justin Kastner said there is one thing that has always stuck with him.

It was when he was a boy and playing baseball.

“Dad told me, ‘Don’t let others dictate how

Obituaries

Patricia Irene Smith

Roy Murphy

God must have been running low on angels, because he took the only one we knew. Patricia Irene Smith, formerly Patricia Irene Hylton of rural Chapman, Kansas went to a better place on June 12, 2012. She was born in Lindsey, Calif., on Aug. 8, 1941. She met and married George Enezyme Smith, Jr. in Alameda, Calif. on March 25, 1962.

They have two great children, Skip Smith, of Lakeland, Florida and Dennette Weigle, of Abilene.

She was a fantastic wife, mother, and grandmother. She will be laid to rest at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, Manhattan, in a private ceremony. This is a terrible loss to our family.

To leave a special online message for the family, please visit www.

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Roy Murphy, 59, passed away on September 14, 2011, in Arlington, Texas.

Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Johnson Chapel, 203 N. Washington St., Junction City.

Roy grew up in Junction City and was a member of the 1970 graduating class of Junction City High School. He moved to Arlington, Texas in the mid-1980s, where he later met Traci Haken. They were married on June 9, 1990, and would have celebrated 22 years of marriage this month.

Roy spent many years behind the wheel of a tractor trailer, hauling everything from household furnishings to hamburger buns. He also worked for AutoZone, delivering parts to local auto mechanics.

Roy never met a stranger and would go out of his way to find “treasures” for

fast you warm up,’” Justin Kastner said. “What he was telling me was don’t let others dictate your pace of life — what you’re supposed to do or not to do. It’s been a pearl of wisdom that I’ve really held on to, particularly when it comes to life. The expectations and demands on all of us are enormous.

There are loads of distractions, too. While we all bear responsibility for responding to demands, sometimes we need to simply say, “You are welcome, but just not right now.”

his friends. No “treasure” was ever too challenging for him that he couldn’t find it for them. He liked “dumpster diving,” treasure hunting, beach combing, as well as socializing and barbecues. Roy also enjoyed woodworking, yard work, art cars, and his dog “Shiner” who was always at his side.

One of his favorite activities was driving their 1961 Morgan, a British sports car restored by Traci’s father, to car shows and on trips across the country with fellow members of the local Morgan Motor Car Club.

Survivors include his wife, Traci L. Murphy; son, Houston Murphy; father, Ralph C. Murphy; and brother, Charles Murphy. He was preceded in death by his mother, Bernice (Muenzenmayer) Murphy.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Roy’s name to the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes. org.

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Microstamping guns a no brainer I

t sounds like something straight out of “NCIS,: the forensic investigation television show. A shell casing stamped with a numeric code is found at a crime scene. The shell is scanned with a laser.

The code is tracked to the firearm from which the shell was fired, helping the police track down the gun’s purchaser.

The fact is that technology already exists, but it has been overshadowed by the ongoing national debate over gun laws and citizens’ rights under the Second Amendment. Legislation that would require manufacturers of semiautomatic weapons to use the microstamping technology has met with fierce — and predictable — opposition from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights group.

We do not understand the opposition. Many law enforcement agency officials don’t either. As the Baltimore police commissioner put it, this is “one of those things in law enforcement that would take us from the Stone Age to the jet age in an instant. I just can’t comprehend the opposition.”

Microstamping would be even more reliable than traditional ballistic tests, and much quicker.

It works like a high-tech ink stamp to transfer a microscopic numeric code from the gun’s firing pin to the shell casing when it is fired.

If a casing is found at a crime scene, police officers could track down the purchaser of the gun.

That admittedly might not be the perpetrator, since the gun could have been sold or stolen. But it would certainly be an immense aid to law enforcement.

The opposition to this law is typical of the NRA, which fights tooth-and-nail against any type of gun legislation — even laws that could solve crimes and have no effect on citizens’ Second Amendment rights. The NRA’s powerful lobby keeps state legislators from acting, since they fear its wrath when it is time to stand for re-election.

Our view is that lawmakers should demonstrate a modicum of political courage and pass laws that help, not hinder, law enforcement without affecting our Second Amendment rights. The microstamping bill is one of those laws.

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AN DIEGO — I submit that most of us have a commencement address tucked away, containing some choice words of wisdom that we’d love to share with high school or college graduates if we ever had the chance.

This year, David McCullough Jr. — an English teacher at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts and the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough — was given that chance. And he didn’t waste an ounce of it. In fact, he turned in an A-plus performance that has talk radio and the Internet buzzing.

Commencement speakers usually tell graduates what they want to hear — how great they are, that the world is waiting for them with open arms, that they can accomplish anything in life they set their minds to. McCullough provided the Wellesley graduates a valuable service by telling them what they needed to hear — namely, “You’re not special.”

It’s a simple message. But it’s an essential one. That’s because, as McCullough told the graduates, too many of them have been “pampered, cosseted, doted upon, helmeted, bubble-wrapped” and otherwise protected from the cold, cruel world for too long.

The message must have been difficult to hear for those parents in the bleachers who did the pampering.

They did their children no favors by teaching the little darlings that the world revolves around them.

These are the kids who, as infants 18 years ago, prompted us to drive carefully because the little yellow sign in the rear window of the family minivan warned us that there was a “Baby on Board.” These are the students whose

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Ruben Navarrette Commentary self-esteem, we feared, would suffer if teachers graded their papers with a red marker. And these are the young athletes who were all assured a trophy just for showing up.

In a few years, some of them will — in pursuit of the fame they crave more than anything else — audition for musical talent shows and, if the judges reject them, they’ll defiantly respond: “That’s your opinion.”

Others will apply for jobs and brazenly ask the interviewer if there is a shortcut to the executive suite. This bunch is in a hurry, and it doesn’t have time to pay its dues.

It doesn’t matter if the world doesn’t see them as special. What matters is that they see themselves this way.

Move over, Generation X. This is “Generation E,” and the “E” undoubtedly stands for “entitlement.” And, for many, what they feel entitled to is our undivided attention and constant adoration.

Generation E may not be anything special. But McCullough’s speech certainly was, and it was because of lines such as this: “Dream big. Work hard.

Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might.” And this: “Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air

and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”

Splendid advice. Yet it is also incomplete. I would have included a few more lines in the speech about two of the most important things in life, things which ironically we spend most of our lives trying to avoid: failure and loss.

McCullough mentioned — but only in passing — the “frequency of failure,” noting that statistics say half of his audience would one day wind up divorced.

As my friends and I approach our 30th high school reunion in a few years, many of us have divorced — and remarried. Some of us have lost parents, spouses, even children. Many of us have lost jobs, homes and cars.

Some of us are pursuing our dreams, and others have deferred them.

This is what I would have added to McCullough’s speech: “Success is easy to handle. But if you’re lucky, as you go through life, you’re going to fail.

Maybe a lot. After all, if you get everything you want, it’s a good sign that you’re not setting your goals high enough and you need new ones. You’ll get knocked down. Maybe often.

Everyone does. It’s how you respond to the defeats and setbacks — whether you can persevere and press on — that will shape your character and determine your destiny.”

This generation doesn’t need any more coddling. What it needs is straight talk and a reality check. And, in at least one high school, students got both thanks to an English teacher who did his homework.

Ruben Navarrette’s email address is ruben@rubennavarrette.com.

National security leaks draw pushback

They’re spending A your tax money

he City commission had a work session on annexing more land on the 15th of May just before the regular meeting. You should view the video on this discussion at the city’s website under the Minutes & Agenda section.

David Yearout did a very good job presenting the complexity of forced annexations. I have read K.S.A. 12-520. It clearly states the land in question must adjoin the city border. There are many tracts of land not adjoining the city border on the proposed map. If the city decides to proceed, K.S.A. 12-521 would be the appropriate statute to apply as it will involve the county commission in the process.

As far as the properties surrounded by the city eligible for annexation, these should be done before all others as the process is less complicated and the reason to bring them in much more appropriate. Some of these properties have been in the city for over 100 years.

The article in the Friday, May 25 edition had an article masterfully placed on Page 8 that told of a “Group” of city staff as well as a representative from Kaw Valley Engineering studying the annexation issue.

Citizens of the city need to be aware the city government is spending your staff’s time, as well as money, on consultation, to find a way to force annexation on these residents instead of paying down your debt. By the time they either annex, or get through the district court appeals to these annexations, the property tax money gained will be spent on these groups costs and lawyer fees.

And don’t forget Manager Vernon’s raise next year.

The citizens of Junction City need to tell the commissioners to pay down the debt, lower cost of services and property tax, i.e. their jobs. Forcing city staff to work endless hours on an annexation that is totally inappropriate is wrong.

The residents in this area did not condone or participate in the over expansion and massive debt the city has, and should not be annexed until it is brought down. On the west side, in the city, there are many empty lots left to build on so there is no mandate for development or expansion. If your city government spent as much effort in running this city the way it should, we would all be much better off.

Graduates not so special

string of White House information leaks, each leak a war-story skit crafted to buff President Barack Obama’s tough-dude cred in the upcoming presidential election, has very likely harmed U.S. national security interests. These leaks may also make future military and intelligence counter-terror operations more difficult to organize and, for the American covert intelligence agents and special operations commandos who jeopardize their lives in these grim endeavors, much riskier to execute.

Little wonder the “Obama’s guts, Obama’s glory, vote Obama” media campaign, employing such narrativedominating powers as Hollywood and The New York Times, is backfiring on Obama’s election campaign. Spicing the narrative with concrete military and intelligence operational details has angered and energized a very small but aggressive group, Special Operations Speaks (SOS). Its members are retired U.S. special operations soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines, the mentors and comrades of the guys who really did get Osama bin Laden.

Let’s take the current harm and future difficulties first.

While glorifying the president’s role in the bin Laden raid, administration spinmeisters mentioned local help in Pakistan. The tidbit gave an angry Pakistani government enough data to identify Dr. Shakil Afridi. He now faces 33 years in prison for helping the U.S. end bin Laden’s murderous career.

Loose lips sank ships in World War II, now they jail courageous friends in a war where the friendship of locals is priceless. White House leakers, however, value a temporary political advantage over the liberty, and perhaps the life, of a pro-American intelligence

Austin Bay Commentary source. This discourages future Dr. Afridis. Terrorist commanders will deploy phony Afridis, complicating CIA surveillance.

Two months ago, the administration revealed that an agent working for British and Saudi intelligence had penetrated al-Qaida’s Yemen-based affiliate, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The agent, ostensibly studying at an Arabic-language school, passed himself off as a potential suicide bomber. His British passport eased access to the U.S. ABC News reported that the agent was withdrawn because leaks risked alerting AQAP. Revealing the agent’s existence, after the operation, does increase terrorist paranoia, which has a certain value, but the administration’s breathless confirmation of operational details could hinder future U.S. and allied intelligence cooperation.

A June 1 New York Times article on U.S. cyberwar capabilities also demonstrates that politics trump operational security. In prose gooey with you-arethere intrigue, the article depicts Obama, man of steel, deciding to continue the Stuxnet computer virus operation to sabotage Iranian uranium centrifuges.

The article publicly confirms that the Stuxnet computer virus, which damaged Iranian nuclear facilities, “had been developed by the United

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States and Israel.” While the article notes the U.S. has not officially admitted using cyberweapons, the ObamaStuxnet skit serves notice. The Times tapped non-White House sources, but “none would allow their names to be used because the effort remains highly classified, and parts of it continue to this day.” Yes, classified information about ongoing operations. The article says Obama knows confirming U.S. attacks justifies attacks by U.S. adversaries. Dumb diplomacy, folks.

Which brings us to SOS. A Vietnam vet friend tipped me to its unfinished website, SpecialOperationsSpeaks. com. The pro-Mitt Romney banner distracts from its core message and mission. The message: A cadre of retired U.S. special operations personnel is fed up with leaks that compromise covert U.S. operations and imprison proAmerican sympathizers. Their mission: stop the leaks by firing the leaker-in-chief. A former SEAL and commandant of the SEAL training center, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Larry Bailey, organized the group. I asked him, over the phone, why he formed it. He replied: “I’m pissed.” Bailey knows the leaks put U.S. security and the lives of American spies and SEALS at risk, so he’s fighting a political fight, seeded with his own money. He’ll take donations, you bet. Yes, he expects dirty personal attacks impugning his motives.

Bailey and his shoestring SOS are Obama’s worst election year nightmare -- special ops guys who publicly question his leadership and judgment.

Obama’s most potent campaign tout is “I got bin Laden.” With SOS in the mix, the potent tout suddenly sounds just a tad pathetic.

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Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

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Wednesday 7:00 p.m Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. Bible Study Junction City Baptist Church Adam Langston, Pastor 122 W. 8th St. 785-238-2565 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.

Evening Service, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening, 6:30 p.m. catholic ST. XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH Third & Washington Streets Father Al Brungardt, Pastor Sunday Masses 8, 9:30 & 11 a.m.

Weekday Mass 7:50 Saturday Mass 5:15 p.m.

Confession 4:00 p.m. Saturday For additional information or for a ride call 238-2998 ST. MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Chapman, Ks Marita Campbell, Pastoral Administrator Father Henry Baxa, Sacramental Minister Masses: Sunday-9:00 a.m.

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7:00 PM CHURCH OF GOD New Church of the Living God James E. Johnson, Pastor 1315 W. Ash Junction City, KS 66441 (785) 238-3955 - church (785) 762-2884 - home Sunday Services 9:00am & 11:30am Weds Night Prayer 6:30pm Family Night 7:00pm FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1429 St. Mary’s Rd. Ronnie Roberts, Minister Worship 9:00 & 10:30 a.m Sunday School 9:00-10:30 a.m. (nursery & children’s serv.)

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Fellowship 10:20 a.m.

Church School 10:30 a.m.

EPISCOPAL THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE COVENANT Fourth & Adams Sunday - 8 &10 a.m.

Holy Communion Fellowship following both services.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

For more information please call the Church Office 238-2897 Church School 10:30 a.m. lutheran FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN ELCA 785-263-2225 212 N. Eisenhower Dr. www.prairiewindparish.org Sunday Worship & Communion Pastor Stephen Haverlah 9:00 a.m.

Kids Wacky Wednesday 4:00pm HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) 3560 Dempsey Rd. Sunday School 9:15 am Worship 10:30 am 587-9400, Office Phil Hirsch, Pastor 770-9656 IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Mo. Synod, 630 S. Eisenhower 9:15 Sunday School 10:30 Service ilcoffice@yahoo.com REDEMPTION LUTHERAN CHURCH LCMC Clarion Hotel 530 Richards Dr. & Hwy 18 Manhattan, KS Conference Room 5 9:30 a.m. Sun School 10:30 a.m. Worship SCHERER MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 317 W. 5th St, Chapman Sunday Worship 10:30 785-922-6272 ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN, LCMS 9719 Clark’s Creek Road Minister Christian Schultz 238-7619 Divine Worship 9:30 a.m.

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TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 320 North Cedar, Abilene (785)263-2225 www.prairiewindparish.org Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m. (communion every week) presByterian 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Matthew Glasgow 113 West Fifth, 238-1191 Summer Worship: 9:45 am (May 27 - August 26) nazarene CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1025 S. Washington Jim Bond, Lead Pastor Eli Stewart, Youth Pastor Michael Brown, Worship Pastor Enola Leonard, Children’s Pastor Sunday School/Worship 9:15/10:30 Wednesday Service 6:45 p.m.

7 day adventist SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Don Yancheson, Pastor 238-2562 or 776-1825 J.C. 10th & Jackson Worship 9:30 a.m. Sat. Sabbath School 10:45a.m. Sat. th

Spanish Ministry Saturday - 2:00pm methodist CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR UNITED METHODIST 1735 Thompson Drive On the Hill at North Park.

Joyce Allen, Pastor Church 762-5590 Church School 10:00 Worship 11:00 Sunday, 5:30 Youth Mtg. FIRST UNITED METHODIST 804 N. Jefferson (785)238-2156 Junction City, KS 66441 www.jc1stumc.org Rev. Phil Fischer Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

8:45 a.m. KJCK 1420 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Youth Ministry Sunday at 5 p.m.

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LYONA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH U.M. Historical #211, 1850 Wolf Rd. (Lyons Creek Rd. in Geary County) 785-257-3474 Pastor Carol Moore Ramey Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Church Services 11:00 a.m.

Evening Services 8:00 p.m.

WARD CHAPEL African Methodist Episcipol 1711 N. Jefferson, 238-4528 Viola W. Jones, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sun. Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Wed. 7:00 Bible Study WAKEFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 406 6th Street, Wakefield, KS Rev. Diana Stewart Worship 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Countryside- Worship 10:00 a.m Sunday School 11:15 a.m.

Ebinzer- Worship 11 a.m.

461-5599 MIZPAH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1429 6th Rd.,785-461-5515 Love God. Love others.

Help others love God. Steve Thader, Paster pentecostal FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD Rev. B.J. Solander 7th & Madison (785) 762-3292 Wed. 7 pm Kids Bible Boot Camp 1st - 6th Grade Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Franklyn D. Bryan 1302 W. 14th Street Junction City, KS 66441 Sunday School 10:00 AM Sunday Worship 11:30 AM Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 PM Transportation Available 785-313-0630 FAITH TABERNACLE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 1010 Burke Street Rev. Edwin Young Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:15 a.m.

Evangelistic Service 6:00 p.m.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Enterprise Doug Bing, Pastor Sabbath School, Sat. 9:30 a.m. united church of christ ALIDA - UPLAND PARISH Pastor: Rob Bolton 238-8271 7 mi. W. of J.C. on 244 -follow signs Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST The Rev. Dr. Patty Brown- Barnett 1811 McFarland Rd. 238-5732 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m. non-denominations LIVING WORD CHURCH 2711 Amherst, Manhattan Office 785-776-0940 Pastor Gary Ward Sunday School 9:00 am.

Morning Worship 10:00 am Wednesday Activities 7:00pm livingword-church.org LIVING WORD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES 1704 St. Marys Road Junction City, KS 785-238-6128 Bishop Clarence R. Williams, JR Pastor Sunday 10:00am - Worship Service Wednesday 7:00pm - Service Saturday 8:00am - Gathering of the Glory Prayer Need a Ride?

Call 238-6128 www.lwocc.org COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES 908 A Grant Ave Junction City, KS (785)375-0621 Evangelist: Dorothy Garland Pastor Sunday Service 10:30 am Tuesday Bible Study 7:00 pm NEW HOPE CHURCH 3905 Green Valley Rd., Manhattan Call for Worship Times 537-2389 www.newhopeks.org Children’s Church and Nursery Care Bible Studies, Men’s and Women’s Groups Family, College, Military, Youth and Children Ministries WESTVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH 615 Gillespie Dr.- Manhattan (785) 537-7173 Pat Bennett, Pastor Sunday Morning 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Connection Groups Sunday 9:45 p.m.

MILFORD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 101 Barry, Milford Steward J. Smith, Pastor 463-5403 Worship Service Sun.- 10:00 a.m. other denominations AGAPE FAMILY CHURCH 121 S. 4th St. Manhattan, KS 66502 Sunday: School of the Bible - 9:30a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Nursery and Children Services provided Evening Worship - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Svc.:7:30 p.m.

Children & Youth Services Nursery Provided Office Address: 121 S. 4th, Suite 205 (785) 539-3570

PENTECOSTAL APOSTOLIC CHURCH Pastor: William Ocean ALL SAINTS ORTHODOX 5th & Adams 238-1595 CHURCH Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Services in Manhattan for the Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

St. Mary Magdalene Orthodox Christian Mission, Sunday Evening Prayer Band 5:00 p.m.

(785) 539-3440, Saturdays, Wednesday Night Youth Bible Study 7;30 p.m.

9:30 AM Divine Liturgy at the Ecumenical Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:30 p.m.

Campus Ministry building, 1021 Denison Ave., Manhattan IGLESIA DE DIOS PENTECOSTAL, M.I. CASA DE DIOS CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE 424 N. Jefferson INTERDENOMINATIONAL 762-2735 or 238-6409 1516 N. Jefferson Angel & Sarai Enriquez Bishops Mary E. Pope Pasotres & Robert L. Pope Lunes 7 p.m Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Culto en los hogares Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Martes 9 a.m. - Retirode Damas Sunday Night Worship 7:00 p.m.

7 p.m. - Culto Adoracion Miércoles 7 p.m. THE CHURCH OF JESUS Culto de Oracion CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Viernes 7 p.m. McFarland Rd. Across from YMCA Culto de Sociedades Bishop Shurtleff Domingo 10 a.m. - Escuela Biblica Servicio Sacrament 9:00 a.m.

Evangelistico Sunday School 10:20 a.m.

Priesthood/Relief Society 11:10 a.m.

LIVING WORD CHURCH Manhattan (2711 Amhurst) Office: 776-0940 Gary Ward, Pastor Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Activities, 7:00 p.m.

MILFORD LAKE MINISTRIES M. Ross Kirk, Ex. Dir. David Ford, Chaplain Wakefield, Clay Co. Park Sunday: 8:30 a.m.

State Park, by Campground 3 Sunday: 8:30 a.m.

COME AS YOU ARE! MORRIS HILL CHAPEL GOSPEL SERVICE Building #5315, 239-4814 (Morris Hill Chapel) Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.

UNITARIAN/UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF MANHATTAN Highway K-18 East of Manhattan 1/2 mile from US 177 Sunday-Adult & Youth Programs 537-2349 & 537-1817 UNITED CHURCH OF MANHATTAN 1021 Denison 537-6120 Meditation, 10:15 Sunday Worship, 11: a.m.

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VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH 2400 Casement Manhattan 785-539-0542 Mark Roberts, Pastor Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

FRIENDSHIP HOUSE (Sponsored by UMC) 207 Ft. Riley Blvd., Ogden Sunday School 10-10:45 Church Service 11:00-Noon Open Mon.-Fri. 1-4 (539-1791) TURNING POINT CHURCH 339 W. 18th St. PO Box 184 Junction City, KS 66441 785-579-5335 Brian Emig - Lead Pastor (785)477-0338 brian@rlconline.org Dan Denning - Associate Pastor (785)366-3691 denning.dan@gmail.com Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m.

Cross Point (Children’s Church) during service Wednesday - 6 p.m.

Men’s Bible Study Women’s Bible Study Momentum Youth Group IGLESIA CRISTIANA EBENEZER Rev. Daniel and Matilde Rosario 1015 N. Washington St. Junction City, KS 66441 785-238-6627 Martes 7:00 p.m. Oracion Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Prayer Service Viernes 7:00 p.m. Estudios Biblicos Friday 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Domingo 10:00-11:30 a.m. Escuela Dominical 11:30-1:30 p.m.

Culto Evangelistico Sunday 10:00-11:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:30-1:30 p.m.

Worship Service IGLESIA CRISTIANA ESPIRITU SANTO Y FUEGO INC. “Buscad el reino de Dios y SU justicia…”

Pastor Luz M. Acevedo Collado 8831 Quail Ln Plaze #205 Hwy. 24 Manhattan, KS 66503 Pastor:785-717-5700 Co-Pastor: 785-341-0274 espiritusantoyfuego31@yahoo.com Horario/Schedule Miercoles/Wednesday: 7:30pm Estudio Biblico/Bible Study Inglesia Del Nino/Children Church Viernes/Friday: 7:30pm Servicio de Adoracion/ Worship Service Domingo/Sunday: 6:00p.m.

Servicio Evangelistico/Evangelistic Service IGLESIA HISPANA MARANATA 1012 North Jefferson St. Junction City, KS 66 Pastores: Fernando y Nati Zayas Servicios Horario/Schedule Domingo: Class Dominical: 10:00am Predication: 11:00a.m Miercoles: Estudio/Oracion: 7:30p.m.

Viernes: Predicacion/Estudio 7:30pm www.unciondelcielo.com MANHATTAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 2740 Pillsbury Drive Manhattan KS 785-587-0969 Pastor: Daryl Martin Sunday Worship Times: 08:00am and 10:00 am VERTICAL HEART CHURCH 117 West 8th Street www.verticalheart.net Pastor Randy Nichols

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Bishops press religious-freedom fight with government B y R achel Z oll The Associated Press ATLANTA — The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama’s mandate that birth control be covered by health insurance, saying it is one of many threats to religious freedom in government.

Bishops insisted repeatedly that they had no partisan agenda. They said they were forced into action by state and federal policies that they say would require them to violate their beliefs in order to maintain the vast public-service network the church has built over a century or longer.

“It is not about parties, candidates or elections as others have suggested,” said Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, chairman of the bishops’ religious-liberty committee. “The government chose to pick a fight with us.”

The meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Atlanta is its first since dioceses, universities and Catholic charities filed a dozen federal lawsuits over Obama’s rule that employers provide health insurance covering birth control.

The provision, part of the White House health care overhaul, generally exempts houses of worship, but faith-affiliated employers would have to comply.

Federal officials have said the rule is critical to preserving women’s health by helping them space out their pregnancies.

Still, Obama has offered to soften the rule for religious employers by requiring insurance companies to cover the cost instead of faith groups. The administration is taking public comment through next week while working out the details, but bishops have said that the changes proposed so far do not put enough moral distance between the church and artificial contraception.

The bishops are organizing a “Fortnight for Freedom,” two weeks of rallies and prayer services on religious freedom lead-

Church briefs Junction City

Vacation Bible School JCNaz invites all to Vacation Bible School, starting Sunday and running to June 22 from 5:45 to 8:15 p.m.

Sunday night is “Family Night” and includes dinner for everyone. Monday through Friday, children age 3 (must be potty trained) through sixth grade will experience an “Incredible Journey” — a six day discovery of God through creation.

All activities are free. Call (785) 762-4402 for more information or to pre-register. JCNaz is located at 1025 S. Washington.

Yo-yo artist on display Bring the kids to the Junction City Church of the Nazarene Friday, June 15 to see the yo-yo stylings of Brent Dellinger. A native of Salina, Dellinger was the 2002 U.S. National Single Yo-yo Champion.

His tricks amaze audiences wherever he goes. The program is sponsored by the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library and will begin at 10 a.m.

David Goldman • The Associated Press

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, center, Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, greets members of the clergy at the USCCB biannual meeting Wednesday in Atlanta. The national gathering is the bishops’ first since dioceses filed a dozen lawsuits against an Obama administration mandate that most employers provide health insurance covering birth control. The rule generally exempts houses of worship, but faith-affiliated hospitals, charities and schools would have to comply. ing up to July Fourth. Archbishop Carlo Vigano, the pope’s ambassador to the United States, told the bishops that the advocacy effort “has my full support.”

Vigano noted that the religious-freedom push required a “delicate” approach in the context of a presidential election.

But, quoting from a previous talk

by Pope Benedict XVI about Catholics speaking out on public policy, the ambassador said the concerns were so worrisome that bishops had to act. Church leaders gave Vigano a standing ovation.

“It goes without saying that the Catholic Church in the United States is living in a particularly challenging period of its history,” Vigano told the conference.

Many Catholics across the political spectrum have said they agree a broader religious exemp-

tion is needed for the mandate, but have still raised questions about the church’s strategy of lawsuits and rallies.

“Most bishops don’t want to be the Republican party at prayer, but their alarmist rhetoric and consistent antagonism toward the Obama administration often convey that impression,” said John Gehring, of the liberal advocacy group Faith in Public Life.

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., a member of the bishops’ religious-liberty committee, said he had suggested the “Fortnight for Freedom” in November to coincide with liturgical feasts of martyred defenders of the faith including Thomas More.

“My intention was thinking of liturgy events, and that it was a time of prayer and education,

Young preacher makes congregation proud B y M anya A. B rachear Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — The teen preacher addressed each person in the pew: the grandmother, the teenage usher, the unemployed father, the single mom.

“You are only blessed because you can be a blessing to others,” he implored, and the faithful of Greater New Mount Eagle Missionary Baptist Church rose to their feet in praise that could be heard outside on 123rd Street.

Some hollered “Amen!” Others applauded. One woman slipped out to cry, moved as much by the message as its messenger: the Rev. Donald Abram, age 17.

On Friday, Abram graduated from Chicago Military Academy in Bronzeville. In the fall he will leave behind the tough neighborhood of Roseland and head for the lush green campus of Pomona College in sunny Claremont, Calif., where he earned a full

scholarship.

In some ways, Abram has followed in the footsteps of his father, now a preacher in Port Arthur, Texas. But he has managed to avoid the mistakes of his father, who did time on death row before winning his release and becoming an ordained pastor.

Abram has shown the congregation what can be accomplished when a community invests in its young people — and when they give back.

“God has given me the ability to reach many, and he’s been speaking through me and allowed me to be dynamic,” he said, sitting on Photo submitted the front porch of his Roseland The White City Christian Church held a BBQ lunch fundraiser for local wounded home, facing the church. “It’s not warriors on Memorial Day. They raised $400 and donated the proceeds to the me bragging on myself. I’m astonWarrior Transition Battalion (WTB) at Fort Riley. Pastor John Brunner, with his ished and amazed by the things wife Maggie, and Post 299 American Legion Adjutant Steve Ash went to Ft. Riley God has done for me. Whether it’s recently 3x5.5 8/13/02 4:41 PM Pageto1 present the battalion with a $400 check. Battalion Commander, LTC praying for someone and the Chris Zielke and CSM David Magnuson were there to receive the donation. The power of God overcomes me or Brunners and Steve enjoyed a breakfast of biscuits and gravy while visiting with whether it’s just preaching the the BN CDR, his CSM, and the SFAC (Soldier & Family Assistance Center) represenword of God and so many people tative Ron Aylor. They also got to visit with several wounded warriors and staff getting happy and encouraged members. Thanks go out to Mark Schmitt and all that helped raise the money. because of it.”

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not that it’s a time for a political rally,” Paprocki said.

Chicago Cardinal Francis George said the bishops had “every reason to hope and pray” that the Obama administration would respond to their concerns on the birth control mandate.

But he said they needed to consider whether they should close their charities or take other action if no such accommodation is made. The bishops planned more discussion of the issue in private sessions throughout the week.

The bishops repeatedly emphasized that they were united in their agenda. Recently, Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, Calif., expressed concern in an interview with America, the national Jesuit magazine, that the timing of the lawsuits could be seen as overly political.

Critics of the lawsuits seized on the remarks as evidence the bishops were divided. In Atlanta, however, Blaire spoke out forcefully against the birth control mandate.

“We have to get the government out of defining the church,” he said. “We have an enormous battle ahead of us.”

In addition to the religiousfreedom issue, the Vatican is engaged in a public dispute with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns.

In April, the Vatican’s orthodoxy watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said the nuns’ organization had strayed far from Catholic doctrine and gave three American bishops the authority to overhaul the group.

A few dozen people protested in support of the nuns outside the meeting and delivered petitions signed by more than 57,000 people — one signature for each religious sister in the United States —condemning the Vatican inquiry.

Separately, the bishops marked the 10th anniversary of the childsafety policy they adopted in response to the clergy sex-abuse crisis.

The bishops have spent tens of millions of dollars on background checks for workers, assistance programs for victims, and training for children and teachers on identifying abuse. As part of their reforms, the bishops also pledged to remove all accused priests from any public church work.

Advocates for abuse victims, however, contend that dioceses have kept some accused clergy on assignment. A Philadelphia jury is currently deliberating in the child-endangerment trial of a monsignor who had supervised abusive priests.

In Missouri, Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is set to be tried on misdemeanor failure to report suspected child abuse.

Bishops contend any violations are isolated and the vast majority of dioceses are complying with the discipline plan.

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ed to reveal the engraved bricks that line the sidewalk from the Fallen Soldier Memorial to Lady Victory in the park located behind the 1st Infantry Division headquarters. The 43 new names joined the nearly 500 already lining the walkway.

Samantha Cook called her husband, Spc. Michael Cook, her everything. He lost his life a year ago in a rocket attack in Iraq. “We had known each other since third grade,� she said. “He was always joking and funny. He was my everything. He gave me love and support that I don’t think I will ever find again that way. I love him so much and I know he loved me.�

She was proud to be at the ceremony that honored her husband and his fellow soldiers. “Today is very honorable. That is the best word,� she said minutes after the conclusion of the ceremony with her son, Michael, in her arms and daughter, Hailee, by her side.

She admitted while the ceremony was special, it was difficult to be back at Fort Riley, even with all the support she has received. “It is very hard being here, back here again,� she said. “This was our past.�

But there also was a calmness she experienced during the ceremony. “Do you notice it is not as windy?

Before it was windy,� she said. “I feel him here. I feel all 43 of them here.�

Mora Sr., said he feels as if Fort Riley is his son’s home. “Every time I come to Fort Riley, I feel this is where he is at,� Mora Sr. said after the ceremony and after placing his hand on his son’s engraved brick. “This is home.

Every time I see another soldier in uniform, another patriot, I feel my son’s presence.�

Mora Jr. was one of eight children, the third, and his father affectionately said, “He was junior.� “He was very happy-go lucky,�

Mora Sr., said. “He wanted adventure and was a good inspiration to his brothers and sisters, and they all looked up to him.�

Mora Jr. headed to boot camp after graduating from high school in California. “It’s been a difficult year, especially hard on grandma,� Mora Sr. said.

MacWillie said the ceremony helps everyone reconnect and reminds everyone to rededicate. “Our division will double its efforts to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,� he said.

But most of all he thanked the families for attending and their sacrifice. He said the memories of the fallen soldiers will remain strong. “They will never be forgotten because they will always belong to the Big Red One,� he said. “With pride we serve. We understand the sacrifices you have made. Duty first.�

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ing to accelerate, Fed policymakers might feel compelled to raise interest rates.

Fed officials are “likely to go into that meeting feeling a little chastened and looking for a way to support the economy,� said Jeremy Lawson, an economist at BNP Paribas.

Expectations that the Fed will take some action sent stocks soaring Thursday. And stocks surged higher in the final hour of trading after a report said major central banks were prepared to pump money into global financial markets if necessary.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 155 points to end the day at 12,652, a gain of 1.2 percent. Broader indexes also ended the day higher.

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pleased to receive it. “We’re exceedingly enthusiastic about this,�

Anderson said.

She said USD 475 is very fortunate to have the opportunity to make improvements to materials and equipment. The grant from the Military-Connected Local Educational Agencies for Academic and Support Programs (MCASP) will be used to improve STEMrelated initiatives for grades six through 12.

Strategies will be used to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics activities; infuse new technology into curriculum; and provide professional development for teachers. District officials said it will help prepare students for the high tech and research oriented jobs of the future.

The district will receive the money for request during a three-year period.

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Special birthday celebration During a birthday celebration for the U.S. Army and the 1st Infantry Division, attendees receive a history lesson, while soldiers wear uniforms from different eras. Fort Riley celebrated their 95th birthday and the 237th for the U.S. Army Thursday at Custer Hill Parade Field. The celebration was a part of Victory Week 2012.

Thousands of germ species live in and on healthy people B y L auran N eergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut — enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.

Now scientists have mapped just which critters normally live in or on us and where, calculating that healthy people can share their bodies with more than 10,000 species of microbes.

Don’t say “eeew� just yet.

Many of these organisms work to keep humans healthy, and results reported Wednesday from the government’s Human Microbiome Project define what’s normal in this mysterious netherworld.

One surprise: It turns out that nearly everybody harbors low levels of some harmful types of bacteria, pathogens that are known for causing specific infections. But when a person is healthy — like the 242 U.S. adults who volunteered to be tested for the project —

those bugs simply quietly coexist with benign or helpful microbes, perhaps kept in check by them.

The next step is to explore what doctors really want to know: Why do the bad bugs harm some people and not others? What changes a person’s microbial zoo that puts them at risk for diseases ranging from infections to irritable bowel syndrome to psoriasis?

Already the findings are reshaping scientists’ views of how people stay healthy, or not. “This is a whole new way of looking at human biology and human disease, and it’s awe-inspiring,� said Dr. Phillip Tarr of Washington University at St. Louis, one of the lead researchers in the $173 million project, funded by the National Institutes of Health. “These bacteria are not passengers,� Tarr stressed. “They are metabolically active. As a community, we now have to reckon with them like we have to reckon with the ecosystem in a for-

The Fed’s policymaking committee meets on June 19-20. Economists say the Fed is likely to extend a current program during the meeting that swaps short-term Treasury securities for bonds with longer maturities. The program expires at the end of the month.

Known as “Operation Twist,� the goal is to further lower long-term interest rates to encourage borrowing and spending.

Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, said allowing the program to end could result in tighter credit and make it harder for Americans to buy or refinance homes.

The reason: a key part of the program is buying new mortgage-backed securities with the proceeds from those that mature. Without those purchases, banks might

issue fewer mortgages.

Earlier this year it seemed less likely that the Fed would extend Operation Twist. Employers created an average of 252,000 a month from December through February. Consumers were growing confident in the economy and spending at the fastest pace in more than a year.

The Fed forecast at its April meeting that the economy would grow by about 2.7 percent this year.

But many economists are now predicting slower growth after seeing the economy slump this spring. Employers added an average of only 96,000 jobs per month in past three months. Consumers barely increased their spending at retail businesses in May. And European leaders are struggling to contain their financial crisis, which has

She said it will assist in teaching the common core standards in education, particularly in mathematics and science. “This is very timely and appropriate for instruction, students and learning,�

Anderson said.

The grant is awarded to districts associated with military installations. District Superintendent Ronald Walker said it will be another successful partnership they have with the Department of Defense and Fort Riley. “We’re very pleased to receive it,� he said. “All

three groups have worked really close together in the last few years, and this is another example of a very strong partnership.�

He said the grant is going to give science programs a large boost. “We’ll have some of the latest things going on in our science classes,� he said. “It will definitely provide the rigor but it will also provide fun for the kids. The advances that you see in our science classes within the next six months is going to be tremendous.�

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And like environmental ecosystems, your microbial makeup varies widely by body part. Your skin could be like a rainforest, your intestines teeming with different species like an ocean.

Scientists have long known that the human body coexists with trillions of individual germs, what they call the microbiome.

Until now, they’ve mostly studied those that cause disease: You may recall health officials saying about a third of the population carries Staphylococcus aureus harmlessly in their noses or on their skin but can infect others.

But no one knew all the types of microbes that live in healthy people or where, and what they do. Some 200 scientists from nearly 80 research institutions worked together for five years on this first-ever census to begin answering those questions by unraveling the DNA of these microbes, with some of the same methods used to decode human genetics.

already plunged much of the region into recession. “You look at all this and say, where’s the growth going to come from?� Lawson said.

The job market doesn’t appear to be improving.

Weekly unemployment benefit applications increased to a seasonally adjusted 386,000, the Labor Department said. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose for the third straight week to 382,000. That’s the highest in six weeks.

Applications are a measure of layoffs. When they drop below 375,000, it typically suggests hiring is strong enough to reduce the unemployment rate.

But applications have settled near or above that level since April. Many economists on Thursday said they don’t expect job growth in June to be much better than April or May.

Commerce appears to be slowly starting to make a difference.

Chamber chief executive officer/president Tom Weigand and Economic Development specialist Susan Jagerson announced several corporations — which couldn’t be named because of ongoing negotiations — are taking a hard look at coming to Junction City. “There are five or six projects that would be beneficial to our city from restaurants and commercial stores who say they are coming here or they are expanding here,� Weigand said at Thursday morning’s EDC meeting. “I’m very encouraged in some announcements in the next few months, including some in the next 30 days.�

Jagerson recently traveled to Las Vegas for a convention involving a number of different franchises. There, she learned that many businesses had already thought of Junction City as a possible location.

She said many of the corporate personnel Jagerson talked with at the convention said their site operators didn’t think their products or services would work in the city. “I got a lot of contact information for potential businesses,� Jagerson said. “It was both disheartening and enlightening to me that almost everybody knew and investigated Junction City and ideas of the lots available. “I told them some of what their site operators said wasn’t correct and we’ve had email conversations and have connected with those company representatives. One of those representatives really thought they could do well here. Hopefully, we’ll have some positive things out of that and re-establish communications with them.�

EDC chairman Ben Kitchens said the rest of the board should commend Weigand and Jagerson on their efforts to bring new and expanded business to Junction City. “They are the foundation of what’s going on,� Kitchens said. “They can’t talk about it, but we’re going to get a couple of wins here pretty soon.�

The EDC approved three different items on its agenda and a fourth that was brought up by Allan Rothlisberg, a nonvoting member representing Grandview Plaza.

Rothlisberg announced his city would like to know how much money it would cost to join the EDC. After a 10-minute discussion, the EDC voted to recommend to both the city and county commissions that if Grandview Plaza and Milford have an interest on being on the board, then they would pay one mill and would have full voting rights.

Actions taken by the EDC on the agenda included retaining Kitchens and Ty Arneson as chairman and vice chairman, respectively, for another year. Another was approving the 2013 EDC budget of $292,110 and a third was to retain a partnership with the Washburn Small Business Development Center.

The next meeting of the EDC is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. July 12 at the Chamber Building.

Swonk said that the Fed might take further action later this summer, particularly if Europe’s economy worsens. A deep recession in Europe could weigh on the U.S. stock market and cut into U.S. exports, slowing American growth.

One hopeful sign is that consumers are finally seeing relief from higher gas prices, which could revive spending this summer.

The consumer price index dropped 0.3 percent in May, the Labor Department said in a separate report. It was the largest decline since December 2008 and mainly because of a 6.8 percent drop in gas prices. Food costs were unchanged.

Over the past 12 months ending in May, consumer prices rose 1.7 percent, much less than April’s pace. It’s also below the Fed’s target of a 2 percent

annual gain.

Average national gas prices have tumbled 41 cents after peaking April 6. The average price per gallon on Thursday was $3.53, according to AAA. Economists expect prices to fall even further in coming months, as gas prices continue to drop.

So-called “core� prices, which exclude food and energy, rose 0.2 percent for the third straight month. They have risen 2.3 percent in the past year.

Rental costs pushed up core prices. Rents are rising as more people forgo homeownership and rent instead.

Prices for used cars and trucks, medical care, airfare and clothing also rose. But some economists said that most of those trends could be temporary and core prices may dip in the coming months.

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Junior Jay football still accepting players Junction City’s Junior Jay youth tackle football team is still accepting players for grades four through six. For more information, call Vaughn DeGuzman at (785) 375-6819 or by email at coach_ vaugh1@yahoo.com

Volleyball

Register for VolleyJays camp Junction City High School volleyball head coach Megan Parks will conduct a camp for middle and high school players July 9 through July 12. Camp begins each day at 8:30 a.m. for middle school players and runs until 11:30 a.m. High school players start at 1 p.m. each day and play until 4 p.m. Registration is $50. Questions can be directed to Parks at 785-223-2701 or mgnparks@yahoo. com. A copy of the registration form is available at thedailyunion.net in the Sports Blog.

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Host families needed for state baseball The Junction City Junior Baseball Association is now accepting applications for host families for the 2012 Babe Ruth state tournament. The JCJBA needs host families to house 16 to 18 year old players July 12 to 16. The players will be from across the state of Kansas.

To receive an application or if you have any questions, contact Billy Thomas by email at jcjba48@gmail.com

Torre to manage USA at World Baseball Classic Joe Torre is returning to the dugout next year — to manage the United States at the World Baseball Classic.

Torre, who turns 72 next month, guided the New York Yankees to four World Series championships and managed the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2008-10. He is now Major League Baseball’s Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations.

“I have been fortunate to have many different experiences throughout my career, but being a part of Team USA will be a first, and I am very excited about it,” Torre said in a statement released by USA Baseball on Thursday.

The tournament begins with qualifiers in September and November of 2012, with the U.S. team starting up in March.

Buck Martinez managed a U.S. team full of All-Stars to a sixth-place finish in the first WBC in 2006 and Davey Johnson led the U.S. squad into the semifinals in 2009.

Johnson later returned to the majors to manage the Washington Nationals.

Torre, who spent 29 managing in the big leagues, said he has no desire to follow Johnson’s lead.

“I don’t miss it,” he said on a conference call. “I have no ambition to audition for another job.”

Torre said he will keep his duties at MLB during the WBC. Part of Torre’s current job involves dealing with umpires.

“I’m going to have to be careful when I argue with umpires,” he kidded.

“May have to bring them a drink of water.”

Torre said he expected the U.S. roster to be a mix of veterans and younger players, without mentioning any players by name. Asked whether he’d try to coax Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter into playing for him, Torre said, “Obviously, Derek is special.”

Along with trying to win the tournament, Torre said he wanted to take all steps to prevent injuries. Some teams have been hesitant to let their stars participate in the WBC, worrying they could get hurt at a time when they’d normally be in spring training.

“I was always skeptical when my players left me,” he said. Torre said his goal was to have the U.S. team players return to their clubs “in better shape” than when they exited.

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Royals rally with 2 in 9th to beat Brewers 4-3 B y D ave S kretta The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals manager Ned Yost and outfielder Jeff Francoeur both had been ejected long before the ninth inning of Thursday night’s game against Milwaukee, so they had to settle for watching its dramatic conclusion on television.

They both saw Brayan Pena deliver an RBI single to tie the game.

Neither of them saw Jarrod Dyson cross home plate with the winning run.

“I don’t know what happened!

They didn’t do a real good job of showing it on TV,” Yost said with a broad smile in the moments afterward. “Frenchy and I were watching it on TV and started pushing each other, and all of a sudden, Dyson is sliding across home plate.”

Pena had rounded first base when Brewers shortstop Edwin Maysonet cut off the throw from left field, and he made the mistake of firing to second base.

Orlin Wagner • The Associated Press That allowed the speedy Dyson Kansas City Royals’ Jarrod Dyson (1) is congratulated by teammates Alex Gor- to take off for home, his slide don (left) and Mitch Maier (12) after scoring the winning run against the Mil- giving the Royals a 4-3 victory waukee Brewers at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday. The Royals and three-game sweep. defeated the Brewers 4-3.

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because I was going to run out there and celebrate,” Francoeur said. “He had to remind me that you can’t go back down there after you’ve been thrown out.”

The wild ninth inning began when Mitch Maier reached first base while striking out on a wild pitch against Brewers closer John Axford (1-3), who also blew a save chance the previous night.

Milwaukee had pulled ahead in the eighth when Carlos Gomez singled off Luke Hochevar, and Maysonet laid down a sacrifice to get him into scoring position.

Pinch-hitter Cody Ransom singled to left off reliever Jose Mijares to give Milwaukee the lead.

The run put Shaun Marcum in line to pick up his fourth straight win — at least, until everything unraveled for the second straight night for Axford.

He allowed Escobar’s two-run triple in the ninth inning on Wednesday night, and the Royals went on to win the game when Mike Moustakas drew a basesloaded walk in the 11th inning.

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B y D oug Ferguson The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The lead at the U.S. Open belonged to Michael Thompson. The buzz came from Tiger Woods.

Even as Thompson strung together four birdies on the back nine at Olympic Club that carried him to a 4-under 66, Woods put on a clinic on the other side of the course on how to handle the toughest test in golf.

He has never out of position.

None of his tee shots found the deep, nasty rough lining the fairways. There was little stress for such a demanding major.

With consecutive birdies late in his round, including a 45-foot putt that banged into the back of the cup on No. 5, Woods opened with a 1-under 69 to raise hopes that he can finally end that fouryear drought in the majors.

“I felt like I had control of my game all day,” Woods said. “Just stuck to my game plan — and executed my game plan.”

He was vague on the details of that plan, though it surely wasn’t the one followed by the other two guys in his star-powered group. Phil Mickelson hit a wild hook for his opening tee shot that was never found, presumably lost in a cypress tree, and he matched his worst opening round in a U.S. Open at 76.

Bubba Watson chopped his way through the rough to a 78, showing that “Bubba Golf” works better at Augusta National than at Olympic Club.

Only three players broke par from the 78 players who teed off in the morning. David Toms played his own version of U.S. Open golf, relying on a solid short game and the right attitude for a 69.

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Above: Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh dunks against Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Serge Ibaka (9) during the first half at Game 2 of the NBA finals Thursday, in Oklahoma City. Below: Bosh dunks against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the second half of Game 2 of the NBA finals. The Heat won the game 100-96.

Heat survive Thunder rally for 100-96 win

By Brian Mahoney The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — LeBron James needed some help, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh provided it.

The Miami Heat finally rediscovered the formula to winning in the NBA Finals — barely.

James scored 32 points, Wade rebounded from a poor opener with 24 and the Heat built a huge early lead before holding off a furious fourth-quarter rally behind their three All-Stars to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-96 on Thursday night to tie the series at one game apiece.

Bosh had 16 points and 15 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup for the Heat, who snapped a four-game finals losing

streak with their first victory since Game 3 against Dallas last year.

“We’ve been down. We’ve withstood rallies. The good thing about it, when they scored, we didn’t get our head down. We just got back on offense and started to execute,” James said. “It’s a great team that we’re going against. So we’re going to need every effort, every play and it’s going to take all the way down to zeroes on that clock to get a win.”

Now they go home to host Game 3 on Sunday and the next two after that, knowing they don’t have to hear the noisy Thunder fans again — not to mention all their critics — if they win all three.

Kevin Durant scored 32 points for the Thunder, but missed a

shot after appearing to be bumped with James that would have tied a game the Thunder trailed the entire way. Russell Westbrook finished with 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, but shot 10 of 25 from the field.

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Junction City 18U baseball beats Manhattan 19U B y S teve B erklund s.berklund@thedailyunion.net The Junction City 18-andunder baseball team bounced back in a big way Thursday in Manhattan, beating its rival 6-1 at the Kansas State Showcase at Tointon Family Stadium.

Junction City (9-3) was coming off a 6-4 loss to White City Tuesday at Rathert Stadium, its first home loss of the season.

The loss was a wake-up call of sorts.

“They were definitely more focused today,” Junction City coach Billy Thomas said. “We talk about their approaches at the plate and their two-strike approaches were not good.

Today they did a much better job of that.”

One player that improved his play was Nate Jeffrey, who saw three straight curveballs in the sixth inning. Jeffrey missed the first completely and fouled off the next one before sending the third out of the ballpark.

“He made some good adjustments in one at-bat because he was not swinging it well early,” Thomas said. “I think sometimes with Nate it’s just a confidence thing. I believe he has the physical skills and capabilities to play this game, but sometimes he doesn’t have confidence in himself. He dug down pretty deep today to hit that home run.”

Nick Heath and Braden Gallentine added a triple each while James Denton added a double on the day. Thomas said it was a good all-around effort

from his team.

“I’m happy for all the guys.

Everybody played well,” Thomas said. “I was real happy with everything that went on. We had good approaches at the plate, good pitching and solid defense. I don’t think we had an error at all.”

Junction City took a 2-0 lead in the first and led 4-1 after two innings. Junction City plated two more in the third and one each in the fourth and sixth innings to round out the scoring.

Thomas’ son, Jeremy Thomas, pitched all seven innings in the game, giving up just one run on four hits and striking out five. Early on, Jeremy found success with the fastball, but after Manhattan plated its only run of the game, he mixed it up,

using a total of four pitches: a fastball, curveball, slider and change-up.

“Once he started changing it up, he got the batters guessing at what was coming next,” Thomas said. “They just didn’t know. His curveball was working great, his slider was okay and his fastball was on. When he missed it wasn’t by much. He pitched a great game.”

Jeremy threw a total of 90 pitches on the day with 53 of those being strikes.

Junction City plays Mountain Vista, Colo. today at 12:30 p.m. at Tointon Family Stadium.

Thomas said he expects more of the same from his team.

“If they keep playing like this, and they keep progressing, then we’re going to be tough to beat,” Thomas said.

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“You really just have to concentrate, give it your all on every shot and never give in to the golf course, because it will punish you if your attitude is not good, if your concentration is not good,” Toms said. “There’s just too many hard shots out there to really ever give in to it and not be there.”

The other “Big Three” at this major — Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood, the top three in the world ranking — all were 4 over at the turn.

The highlight came from Nick Watney, who made a 2 on the par-5 17th by holing a 5-iron from 190 yards.

It was the second albatross in a major this year, following Louis Oosthuizen on the second hole in the final round at the Masters.

All that did was put Watney back at even par as he played his second nine in the afternoon.

Thompson’s game seems to work on this quirky, tree-lined course built on the side of a giant dune that separates the Pacific Ocean from Lake Merced.

He was runner-up in the 2007 U.S. Amateur at Olympic Club and couldn’t wait to get back.

After a roller coaster of a front nine that featured consecutive bogeys and holing a bunker shot for birdie on the downhill par-3 third hole, Thompson hit his stride on the back nine, even if hardly anyone was watching.

He made five consecutive 3s — three of them birdies — and closed his dream round with a 10-foot birdie putt on the short, tough 18th for the lead.

Thompson took only 22 putts.

“On the back side, the putter ... seems like every putt went in the hole,” said Thompson, a 27-year-old playing his first U.S. Open as a pro. “Got a little nervous there once all those cameras showed up. It’s always a little bit of an adjustment. In that sense, I kind of wish I was Phil or Tiger, because you get the cameras from the beginning.”

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cameras or fans to find Mickelson’s opening tee shot, but it was easy to find Woods.

He missed only four fairways — three of them that ran off the severe slopes and into the first cut, the other into a bunker on the 256-yard seventh hole, which is where he was aiming. The only glitch was failing to get the ball closer to the hole with short irons, including the 14th when it landed on the back of the green and bounced off the base of the grandstand.

That led to one of his two bogeys, the other at No. 6 with a poor bunker shot. The only surprise was a good one — the 45-foot birdie putt on the fifth that he struck too hard and worried it might lead to a three-putt until the hole got in the way.

“Five was a fluke,” Woods said. “That putt was off the green.”

Olympic wasn’t that simple for most everyone else.

Watson was asked about his strategy of hitting his pink-painted driver. “I shot 8 over, so not very good,” he said. The next question was how he played out of the rough with short irons in his hand. “I shot 8 over, so not very good,” he said.

“You could answer these yourself,” he said.

A marine layer in the morning allowed for cool, overcast conditions that eventually gave way to sunshine. That didn’t help.

Steve Marino opened with an 84. Zach Johnson didn’t feel as though he played all that badly until he signed for a 77. Padraig Harrington thought the course was fair, and allowed for good scores. But he had two four-putts and a threeputt that ruined a reasonable day and gave him a 74.

“It just goes to show that firm greens scare the life out of professional golfers,” Harrington said.

Mickelson was looking forward to playing with Woods — the last time they were together, Lefty closed with a 64 and buried him at Pebble Beach in February — but he could not have envisioned a worse start. The hook was bad enough. But as Mickelson approached the gallery and looked for a crowd

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Tiger Woods hits off the second tee during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament, Thursday at Olympic Club in San Francisco. Woods (-1) trails leader Michael Thompson by three strokes after round one. surrounding his ball, his eyes widened when a marshal told him, “No one heard it come down.”

Five minutes later, he was on his way back to the tee.

Mickelson made an unlikely bogey on the hole, added two more bogeys and was fighting the rest of the day. A three-putt late in the round cost him dearly, and now Mickelson can only hope he’s around for the weekend.

“I can’t really think about the lead or anything,” said Mickelson, who was 10 shots behind.

“I’ve just got to make the cut right now, and to do that I’ve got to shoot something under par.”

Woods is coming off his second win of the year at Memorial, and while that made him the favorite at the U.S. Open, recent history left some questions.

He won Bay Hill by five shots going into the Masters, and then had his worst performance as a pro at Augusta National.

Woods said he wasn’t hitting the ball as consistently well in the spring, not like he is now. And it showed.

“That was the old Tiger,” Watson said. “That was beautiful to watch.

That’s what we all come to see. That’s what we all want to watch, and that was awesome to see him strike the ball good.”

It wasn’t enough for the lead, but it was enough to break par, which is never bad at Olympic Club.

Thompson, who said he had only a few hundred people following his group, understands all the fuss over a 14-time major champion who is showing signs of returning to the top of his game. He was more than happy with a 66 and his name atop the leaderboard, and he made it clear he wasn’t going to settle for one good round.

“A lot of people don’t know who I am, and I’m totally OK with that because I’ve always been a player that just kind of hangs around,” Thompson said. “I don’t give up very easily and I’m very proud of that. Give Tiger the spotlight. I don’t care. I’m going to go out and play my game. If I go out and putt the way I did today, I’ll be contention.”

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The Chapman boys basketball team hosted the Midwest Elite basketball camp this week in Chapman with the entire team participating in the camp. Front row from left: Bryce Winters, Kade Sims, Brandt Blixt, Chandler Sweet, Tucker Moloney, Tyler Soreide, Josh Chewning. Back row: Coach James Arnold (Central Methodist University), Zach Harris, Thomas Meuli, Keenan Crane, Nathan Sutter, Kyle Anderson, Kade Stroud, Logan Lexow, Tyler Harris, Coach Keenan Curry (Assistant Men’s Emporia State University), Coach Brett Putz (Assistant Men’s St. Cloud State University). Not pictured: Zach Heiman, Alex Canfield and Josh Haynes. talking about,’” Ingram said. “I feel like sometimes that coaches in the high school level kind of become parents to the players and what they say kind of goes in one ear and out the other.

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According to Ingram, the camp drills and practices are centered around a 60-question questionnaire that he sent to Midwest Elite earlier this year. Ingram said one of the main reasons he decided to have the camp was for his players to get to hear the same thing he preaches every day in practice — but from other coaches.

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The camp isn’t the only thing the Chapman basketball team is doing this summer. The team is participating in a summer basketball league with teams from across the

state. He said his varsity group is currently competing in the Salina summer league with his junior varsity participating in the Clay Center summer league.

“We get 27 games in over the summer in about an eight- or nineweek period,” Ingram said. “We do that and we’re running this team camp here, and plus the high school kids were helping with the middle school kids last week. I make it a point to see the boys over the summer quite a bit.”

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•Fire Alarm,smoke control, radio transceiver and crises control system maint tech-min 5 years experience in maint/repair.

2 7 8

1 7 3 6 4 6 9 1 8 5 8 7 9 2 6 9 7 8 2 9 9 44 3 MUST HAVE MINUMUM REQUIRMENTS ABOVE.

Please email or fax resumes to: (931)552-7074 or e-mail to: spaxton@facsvcs.com

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THE DAILY UNION. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012

Classifieds Help Wanted

370 Musical Instruments 440 RV’s, Campers Drive a little, Save a lot!

Affordable high-quality Grand, Digital & Upright Pianos. Stop by today! piano4u.com 785-537-3774

Candlewood Suites has immediate opening for FT Housekeeping. Apply in person at 100 S. Hammons.

Dental assistant needed, MUST be trained. Send resume to: Daily Union, c/o Box C416, PO Box 129, Junction City, KS 66441 EXPERIENCED SALES PROFESSIONAL 170+ year old lubricant company seeks experienced sales person to work as independent contractor. Excellent line of agricultural, industrial, and commercial lubricants and additives. Commission sales with incentives. Earnings potential limited only by salesman’s desire and ability.

Contact Don Weese Jr. at 501-834-3020.

Front desk clerk needed. Part time evenings and weekends. Apply in person at Knights Inn, 1024 S. Washington.

Full time maintenance tech needed for large, new Apartment complex.

Painting and grounds keeping experience required. Quinton Point, 2316 Wildcat Lane, Junction City, KS.!

66441 785-579-6500.

GENERAL LABORERS NEEDED Will help with on base housing construction. Prior experience preferred. $10/hr. Please contact Christina @ 252-638-3036 x230 or e-mail: nwb6@tesiteam.com

Garage Sales

510

3 family yard sale. 715 Skyline Dr, Saturday June 16, 8:30-? Something for everyone.

323 W. Ash, Saaturday 8-?

Furniture, small kitchen appliances, dishes, books, HOUSEPLANTS, clothing 18mo-adult, shoes, toys, baby items, tools, fishing equipment.

Flea Market Sunday, June 17th. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Purplewave Event Center at 825 Levee Dr. Manhattan. Vendors will be there featuring fishing equipment, outdoor equipment, antiques, LPs, western decor, Scentsy, crafts, Tupperware, jewelry, collectables, Mary Kay, video games, DVDs, Die Casts, furniture, food, baked goods, and much more! $1 Admission.

Check out more up to date listings at www.tlctradingpost.com or call 785-565-2362 or like us at facebook TLC Trading Post GARAGE SALE Friday 5-7, Saturday 7-10 203 Arapahoe Ct., JC A little bit of everything!

Midland Exteriors Inc., The Leading Home Improvement Specialists, is currently seeking highly motivated, detail oriented siding, window and gutter installers.! Apply at 2794 Rory Rd., Manhattan!! 785-537-5130 EOE Drug Free

Kids Moved Out! Cleaning out house, garage, storage. Furniture, wolf/Indian items, tools, Ping-Pong, comics, lots of misc. Come by and make a deal - rather sell than pack.

905 Meir (off East 8th) Friday 2pm, Saturday/Sunday 8am.

K-State Research and Extension Dickinson county is seeking an Extension Agent, Family and consumer Sciences. Office location is Abilene.

See: www.ksre.ksu.edu/jobs for responsibilities, qualifications, and application procedure. Application Deadline: July 2, 2012. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Employment is contingent upon results of a Background and Driving Record Check.

Pre-Moving Yard Sale 818 S. Adams, Saturday 7:30 to 3 Dryer, household items, unusual knick-knacks.

Outside Sales Competitive, athletic minded, self motivated, aggressive salesperson needed for a “hunters” position with a billion dollar company. Excellent growth potential, above average base, commissions and bonuses with outstanding benefits. Email jack at: jack_hopkins@unifirst.com

Sat: 8am-1pm, Sun: 12pm-5pm 236 W 2nd St., Junction City Shoes, furniture, knick knacks, books, etc. Any questions call (785)307-6522 TEA Party Yard Sale- Friday 15th and Saturday 16th, 8:00 a.m. Corner of Washington and Elm.

Household Goods

520

FREE metal shed, you haul.

785-762-4904 785-209-0008

Auctions

550

HUGE LIVE AUCTION Everything Must Go! Furniture, car stereos, electronics, 22 and 24” rims with tires, refrigerators, washers and dryers, jewelry, large assortment of tools, grandfather clocks, wall unit, upright piano, tables, restaurant equipment, fishing supplies, new beds - all sizes, 8,000 DVDs, clothes, too much to list!

Saturday, June 16, at 1pm.

Hollewood’s Junk in the Trunk 126 W. Flinthills Blvd., Grandview Plaza, KS 785-307-0050 Check us out on hollewoods@facebook.com

785-256-6648

Situations Wanted 380

Dog Obedience Class. 6 lessons $40. 785-238-0411

Kid’s Korner

390

Boats & Motors Misc For Rent

126 W. 7th St., J.C. Call 785-806-2445 for details.

600

GTE Storage, Chapman 785-280-9757 10 X 10 storage units, $50 each

Knights of Columbus

Open daily until 3:00 for meetings and conferences.

590

1995 Mariah, 19 feet, inboard motor, 4.3 liter. 785-238-4891

Misc For Rent

Open for receptions on weekends.

Great Gas Mileage!

600

2003 Ford Mustang Std Coupe $895 Down

3bds, clean, good condition. WD hookups, CA, large yards, near Post, lake, No Pets. 785-463-5321.

1997 Olds Achieva, 4cyl, good mechanical condition, well maintained, 111K, excellent gas mileage. $1,875.

785-238-4025.

Handyman Special!

3BR, 2BA Trailer home, big yard. $2,000. Call after 7pm 414-759-5514

Business Prop. For Rent 730

1BR house. $500 rent/deposit. Pay own utilities 785-210-0777, 785-202-2022 or 785-375-5376.

2 2Bdr duplex. $600 rent/deposit 210-0777, 785-202-2022, or 785375-5376.

2bds, WD hookups, CA, large yard, storage shed, near Post, lake, school, No Pets. 785-463-5321 3bd + house and 2bd apt. Call 785-375-4737 3BR house (large). $800 rent/de posit. No pets. Located at 1739 N Jefferson.

Call Charlie: 785-210-8535 3BR, 1 1/2 bath, Townhouse or single family home. Each $1,000/month +deposit. Available July 1.

785-223-8178 Available Now Military Approved, Extra Clean 2 and 3 bedroom Apts/Houses *$525-$735 No Pets 785-762-3102 Country living, manufactured home.

30x50 building w/cement floor. Available July 1st. $1,250 rent/deposit, references required. 785-223-2713

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Located in prime downtown location with ample parking. Available office space is approximately 3,000 to 4,000 sq. ft. in the Daily Union building. The newspaper offices and production areas will also reside in the building. For more information please contact Tim Hobbs at 785-762-5000.

Rooms, Apts. For Rent 740 #8 Riley Manor, 3 Bdr, W/D hook-up w/CA, $550 mo/deposit same. No Pets. 762-3372 1bd apartment, all bills paid. 1 block from Dillons. Off-street parking.

785-761-2611

ApArtments

Ultimate Living in a Perfect Setting • 10 Minutes from Fort Riley • Swimming pool/hot tub • Full size washer/dryer in every unit • Clubhouse with home theater & game room

1810 Caroline Ave Junction City, KS 785-238-4409 www.bluffsapts.com

1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4WD $895 Down

2001 Chevrolet Impala Base $895 Down

Our Dealerships Offer…

• Reasonable payment terms • We accept all credit histories • We finance • Weekly cash drawing • We allow you to checkout vehicle before buying • Stop by or go online to see our entire inventory * W.A.A.

atcauto.com 701 Fort riley Blvd Manhattan, KS 66502 785-539-4200 Celebrating 28 years Thank you!

2 1 BD Apts. $650 rent/depost. All bills included. Call 210-0777 or 202-2022 or 375-5376

Mobile Homes For Sale 760

Houses For Rent

770

Real Estate For Sale 780

For Sale: Fully functioning bar w/furnishings. Uptown Lounge. Call Rick after noon: 785-238-1993

Rooms, Apts. For Rent

740

$200 OFF 1st Month’s Rent!

Luxury Apartment Living

2 bedroom Apt. $475/rent. $475/deposit, pay own utilities. 1-year lease.

NO PETS. 735 W. 1st. 238-7714 or 238-4394

3 bedroom unit ..........$975 deposit $750 2 bedroom unit ..........$875 deposit $750

2 bedroom apt. tenant pays electric.

No Pets. Located 642 Goldenbelt Blvd. 238-5000 or 785-375-9056.

Appliances included • Washer/Dryer hookups with units to rent

2bd, 1 bath, range/refrigerator, CH/CA. No Pets. $600 rent/deposit.

785-238-4848

Pet Friendly • Great Views • Club House OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK

Nice 1BR apartment. New carpet, off-street parking, laundry. 1 year lease, $525/$525 785-762-2400 Pets Welcome!

Breed and size restrictions apply 1 & 2BR apartments available Reasonable rates--call Today!

M & D Properties 785-238-7440 Office open Mon-Fri 9 to 6 Small 1BR apartment in quiet neighborhood. Availble now. NO PETS. 785-238-3328.

Mobile Homes For Rent 750 (Chapman) 2Bdr, 1 bath, CA, $575/mo. +deposit. No Pets 785-226-0150.

2bd good condition, new carpets, CA, large yard, near Post, lake, school. No Pets. 785-463-5321.

2BR Clean, quiet. $375mo/dep. plus utilities. No Pets. 238-5367, 2231837. 152 E. Flinthills Blvd.

GVP. Affordable mobile homes for rent starting at $350 and up. Also affordable mobile homes for sale starting at $500 and up. Must pass back ground check. For more information, call Monday through Friday, 10 to 4, 785-238-7544.

2 and 3 Bedrooms • ADA Units

2316 Wildcat Lane • Junction City, KS 66441 Phone: 785.579.6500 Fax: 785.579.6527

Real Estate For Sale

Sheila Burdett Agency 902 N. Washington St., Junction City, KS (785) 762-2451 • 1-800-624-2830 M-F 9:00-5:00 Weekend by Appointment email: info@jchousepros.com

It pays to advertise in the daily classifieds and on our Web site.

Manhattan, Kansas

539-2565 800-848-2565

Jim Brandenburg Owner

780

The Hudson & McCallister Family say thanks to the Sheila M. Burdett Agency!!

1826 Tuttle Creek Blvd.

“Our Reputation is Your Guarantee”

770

For Rent: 3 or 4BR in E. 2nd and W 6th Sts. Rent $695 and deposit same. 785-210-4757 Lovely country-style home, 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.! $1,600.!

Huge space, 4,200 sq. ft. on 1 acre.!

Located near Anthony Middle School in desirable NW Manhattan.! Contact Nate and Brandi at 785.341.1753 or petitjean@kitusa.com Military Approved Single Family Homes All Styles & Price Ranges Mathis Lueker Property Management 831 W. 6th JCKS, 785-223-5505 Southside Residence available June 18. 2BR 1BA with family room and 2 non-conforming BR. Fireplace, new Central air/furnace, private yard.

Smoke free, No Pets. 785-492-7607

New & Used

762-5000

Call today and see how easy it is to make your ad work harder for less.

www.manhattanmotors.com

Bargains Galore!

Free for 3 days... $100 or Less Merchandise Mail or Bring to: 222 W. 6th, Junction City, KS 66441 PHONE: 785-762-5000 Include name/address. Or submit online at www.thedailyunion.net Elliptical exercise machine, $50.

785-226-0319

680 Mobile Homes For Rent 750 Houses For Rent

1983 Ford T-Bird. Mechanically sound, remanufactured engine. New tires and battery. $1,495.

785-223-1649

1BR and 2BR apartments available, newly remodeled. Military approved.

References required. 785- 238-6474

Sat. & Sun. 9-? 135 E. 15th. Boys & girls to adult clothes, misc.

Semi truck driver wanted. Call John 226-1600

Christian Daycare has full-time openings now, ages 2 to 10. Loving Care & pre-school activities. Experienced.

762-2468.

“We make buying easier!”

Huge Yard Sale. 336 W. Chestnut.

Saturday, June 16th. 8:00am-?

Personal Assistant needed to organize and help. Basic computer skills needed good with organization. I am ready to pay $630 per week inter - Pets & Supplies 560 ested person Should contact: re - 2 male, 2 female, pure white, full sume@globe-business.org blooded Maltese puppies for sale.

Good w/kids 785-226-6261 Retired? Need extra cash and something to do for 3 1/2 hours 3 days a AKC Cocker Spaniel puppies. For week? Give me a call if you are inter- more information. Calls Only ested in daytime hours. We need 785-313-7072 someone to clean breakrooms and AKC French Bulldog puppies, 4 ferestrooms in Junction City, KS. Ex- males, 1 male. DOB 4/9/12, current perience a plus. Responsible and de- on vaccinations, microchipped. pendable a must. Call Craig at Credit cards accepted.

1-800-413-6605. dogblesssedbullies.com

Tree Removal, pruning, yard cleaning. Garden and yard tilling. Free Estimate. 785-761-5500, 238-6461.

680

603 Hawthorn Circle, Saturday 7 to noon. Treadmill, furniture, etc.

HUGE GARAGE/ESTATE SALE Fri/Sat 8-2 762 Crestview Dr. Lots and lots of good stuff!

OTR Stepdeck/drybulk tank/reefer driver. Pay based on experience, $50,000 year. Or, O/O pull my trailers on commission 785-223-2713.

Automobiles

2 Family Sale 120 W. Spruce, JC Friday and Saturday 7-12

Get paid to drive where you want!!

Green Car Wrap Inc. seeks people regular citizens, NOT professional drivers - to go about their normal routine as they usually do, only with a big advert Plastered on their car.

If interested, Contact via email "Billycowan53@gmail.com"

Midland Exteriors Inc., The Leading Home Improvement Specialists, is currently seeking highly moivated, detail oriented part-time Office Assistant. Apply at 2794 Rory Rd., Manhattan 785-537-5130 EOE Drug Free

660 Automobiles

Large RV camping lots. Quiet area near Post, Lake. Lawns, sidewalks.

785-463-5321

Sell your small stuff! Items priced $100 or less run free for 3 days in The Daily Union.

Ads will be published within a 5 day period. Limit 2 ads per week, one item per ad, 3 lines per ad (approximately 9 words). Price must be listed. You cannot write in your ad OBO, BEST OFFER, NEGOTIABLE, TRADE, EACH or MAKE OFFER. NO guns, pets, plants, food, tickets, firewood, sports cards, home-made items or businesses.

PRIVATE PARTY ONLY! No garage sales.

The Daily Union reserves the right to restrict items in this category

Call 785-762-5000 to place your ad in The Daily Union Classifieds!

The Daily Union. Friday, June 15, 2012

Sister’s boyfriend should be tolerated Dear Annie: A year ago, my sister, “Sheila,” had an affair. She is now living with the Other Man. Sheila and her husband have a 23-year-old son who has been devastated by this.

My family believes the boyfriend is simply using Sheila for her money and to have someone around to help raise his teenage daughter. In addition, he seems very controlling. Needless to say, we all object to what my sister has done, but she is stubbornly standing by her decision.

I will soon be traveling cross-country to visit. I have requested that Sheila not bring the boyfriend to any family get-togethers. Although I wouldn’t be so insensitive as to invite her soon-to-be ex, I’m not comfortable welcoming the boyfriend with open arms.

My nephew will be at these gatherings, and his wounds are still fresh. I am trying to be considerate of his feelings.

Sheila says I shouldn’t force her to choose, and that her boyfriend is her family now. I say that my nephew has been my family for 23 years. At what point do we have to include the boyfriend? Should I back down and let her bring the guy? — Caught in the Middle Dear Caught: While we understand your reluctance to accept this man, we urge you to reconsider. Registering your disapproval is justified, but at some point, it can become counterproductive. Sheila is not going to come without him, so your choice is to see both of them or neither. Not seeing Sheila is one option.

However, if Sheila marries this man, it will help your nephew enormously if he can learn to tolerate the guy’s presence. And it will be easier to do if he has the rest of his supportive family nearby, showing him how to be civil without necessarily being friendly. It will also help Sheila. If this man is as controlling as you fear, someone needs to keep an eye on the situation.

Dear Annie: My younger

Dennis the Menace

Marmaduke

annie’s mailbox kathy mitchell marcy sugar sister, “Linda,” age 50, is getting married for the fifth time.

She is planning a wedding in the town where I grew up, about 400 miles away.

My wife refuses to attend the wedding because she says it’s tacky and narcissistic to have such an affair for the fifth time, plus it’s a long drive.

I agree that Linda is rather self-absorbed, and I can only imagine what the guests may be thinking when my sister vows to love and to hold until death do you part. Again.

I agree with my wife on principle, but Linda is my only sister. I could attend without my wife, but I don’t want to tell my sister why I’m by myself. How should I handle this? — Big Brother Dear Big Brother: We think you should go, even if it means going without your wife, although it would be nice if she would attend for your sake. If Linda should ask about your wife’s absence, simply say she has other commitments. You don’t owe anyone more of an explanation than that.

Garfield

Beetle Bailey

Baby Blues

Email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Horoscope

ARIES (March 21-April 19).The symbols of success are not the success itself — which consists of effort, experience, failure and recovery. Profound ideas will pop to mind about what gives your life meaning.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Having strong, intimate relationships with your loved ones is the most important thing to you now, though life doesn’t seem to be structured in support of that effort.

You’ll have to go the extra mile to make it happen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).You’ll be in the mood to be close with your favorite people. Someone you love and trust will share your dreams, your ups and downs, and maybe even your lunch.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).Yes, the whole world is crazy, but your part of it is exceptionally bananas now. Hopefully, this validation will empower you to laugh at the improbability of your scene.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).You have a way of disengaging yourself from the role you are playing. It’s a defense mechanism that will serve you well now.

You are an actor who executes the stage direction that will forward the plot.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Maybe the good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow, but that matters little to you.

You do good for goodness’ sake — and because it makes your life more meaningful.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What a relationship could use right now is a rit-

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ual, something special you do with the other person that anchors your connection. Create a new activity you’d like to turn into a regular thing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).You know how having quiet time to pursue a hobby or interest or just to relax can be a complete luxury.You may take on a responsibility in order to give another person a break.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Why do you always get stuck with the argumentative people? It’s because you compassionately recognize their need to feel important and in control.You use what you know to defuse their sting.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).Try to assume the best in others, even though you’ll probably have to remind them what they agreed to do for you. Chances are that forgetfulness and not malice is at the root of this.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Help will make your load lighter, and people will like feeling that they’ve contributed to your world. So ask for input from your friends and trusted colleagues, and use that input as much as possible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A lot of problems exist because people are reluctant to stand up and speak out against what’s clearly wrong.You’re not one to complain, but calling attention to what needs changing isn’t complaining.

Hi and Lois

Wizard of Id

Blondie

Friday, June 15, 2012

Daily Bridge Club

Daily Bridge Club

Cold trail

By FRANK STEWART Tribune Media Services

When a truckload of women’s undergarments was hijacked, a newspaper ran the story with this headline: “Lingerie stolen, thieves give police the slip.”

West was hot on South’s trail in today’s deal — for one trick. Against 3NT, West led the king of spades.

(Many players would have led the queen, conventionally asking East to play the jack if he had it.) South stoically took the ace and led a club.

When West played the ten, dummy’s queen won, and South claimed seven more tricks. Making three.

“Sorry,” West sighed. “I just played second hand low.”

at your left, opens one spade. Your partner doubles, and the next player bids three spades. What do you say?

ANSWER: Your opponent’s jump-raise is weak and preemptive.

Don’t let yourself be intimidated.

Your partner suggests opening values or more with support for the unbid suits and seems likely to hold a singleton spade. Bid five diamonds.

You’ll make it he has as little as 4, K J 5 3, A 9 7 2, K J 8 2.

South dealer Both sides vulnerable NORTH ♠876 ♥ A2 ♦ K Q 10 4 3 ♣Q43

NINE TRICKS West had no excuse for being given the slip. He and dummy had 11 points, and South, with 16, had to hold the king of hearts. If dummy’s diamonds were ready to run, as was likely, South had nine tricks if he won a club trick.

To stop South from hijacking a hopeless game, West must grab the ace of clubs and lay down the queen of spades. If the jack doesn’t fall (from somewhere), it may be that 3NT was unbeatable.

DAILY QUESTION ♥ A 2 You hold: ♠ 8 7 6 ♦ K Q 10 4 3 ♣ Q 4 3. The dealer,

WEST ♠ K Q 10 9 4 ♥ J43 ♦ 92 ♣ A J 10

Zits

EAST ♠532 ♥ Q 10 8 6 5 ♦ 65 ♣876

SOUTH ♠AJ ♥ K97 ♦ AJ87 ♣K952 South 1 NT

West Pass

North 3 NT

Peanuts

East All Pass

Opening lead — ♠ K (C) 2012 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

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The Daily Union. Friday, June 15, 2012

NBA Continued from Page 1B

from a double-digit deficit after spotting Miami a 17-point advantage during their worst first half of the season.

It was the first home loss in 10 postseason games for the Thunder, who had overcome a 13-point deficit in Game 1.

James had a finals career-high 30 points in the opener, but afterward said Wade needed to be Wade — All-Star, Olympic gold medalist and finals MVP. In Game 1, Wade was 7 of 19. He wasn’t sharp in the last round and continues to hear reports that something is physically wrong with him. He was all but asked Wednesday if his explosiveness was a thing of the past, what must have been insulting to a player who, though 30, still believes he’s not far from the top of the game.

Wade bounced back in a big way, not quite at the level he was as the 2006 finals MVP, but certainly good enough with the help around him now for the Heat to win another one.

He spun into the lane and found Bosh for a dunk that seemed to have the Heat safe at 98-91 inside the final minute, but a 3-pointer by Durant cut it to 98-96 with 37 seconds left. After James missed a 3-pointer, the Thunder got the ball into Durant, who appeared to be knocked off balance by James as he missed the baseline shot attempt.

James then sank the insurance free throws — finishing a 12-for-12 night at the line — as fans booed loudly over the no-call.

Bosh started after coming off the bench in every game since returning late last round from his ninegame absence with a strained lower abdominal muscle. The Big Three joined Battier and Mario Chalmers in the lineup, the first time Miami had gone with that first five all season.

It sent the Heat on their way to a terrific start, and Battier matched his surprising 17-point performance in Game 1 by going 5 of 7 from 3-point range, providing all the help the superstar trio needed.

James had his fifth straight 30-point game, breaking Wade’s franchise playoff record, and added eight rebounds. He defended Durant early in Game 1 and helped put the league’s scoring champion in early foul trouble, just one of the problems the Thunder had early.

Another loud, blue and white crowd tried to inspire them to rally, but the team could just simply never get close enough to until the final minutes.

The home team would get the deficit to around 10, and James would get himself into the post or drive powerfully into the lane to score or set up a teammate.

The Heat blew a fourth-quarter lead in Game 2 last year, and doing it again would have meant making them overcome a 2-0 deficit, which they did in 2006.

Durant nailed a 3-pointer and drove into the lane to throw down a dunk over Battier that cut it to 82-74 with 8:22 remaining. His 3-pointer from the wing trimmed it to 90-86, and the Thunder got it all the way to 94-91 when Westbrook dunked Durant’s miss with 1:48 to go.

James answered by banking in a

jumper for his first basket of the final period, as the Big Three combined for all but one of Miami’s seven field goals in the fourth quarter.

“The clock is going really fast, but I tried to slow it down in my mind and get a good shot,” James said of the play. “I had a couple turnovers in the fourth quarter that I didn’t like because I wasn’t aggressive enough. I was glad I was able to make a good bucket and some free throws down the stretch.

The Heat were more impressive early.

The Thunder missed 11 of their first 12 shots, and when James capped a run of 13 straight Miami points with a basket, it was 18-2 with 4:51 remaining in the period.

Coach Scott Brooks had talked to his team about its poor starts and told the Thunder during a firstquarter timeout that the Heat were playing harder than they were. The Heat kept it up, pushing it to 25-8 on Wade’s jumper with 2:39 left.

With Durant sitting with two fouls, only Harden kept it from becoming a complete blowout, coming off the bench to score 10 points in the period. The Thunder cut it to 27-15 as the first period ended with Serge Ibaka rising high to stop James’ dunk attempt, shaking his finger afterward like Dikembe Mutombo.

Oklahoma City tried to chip away, getting within eight about midway through the second, but the Heat had it back up to 17 with about 2 minutes to go and took a 55-43 lead into the break, holding the Thunder to their lowest-scoring first half of the season.

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said. “I felt great. Everything was coming out straight, everything was coming out fine.”

For a while, everything was going just fine.

Axford struck out Maier to lead off the ninth, but the pitch in the dirt skipped away and Maier went to first base.

Axford rallied to retire Moustakas and Alcides Escobar.

That brought up the lighthitting Dyson, who managed to draw a walk. Pena came in to pinch hit for Humberto Quintero and singled to left, the start of a bizarre ending to a ballgame.

“I was trying to make good contact, put the ball in play,” Pena said. “I knew we had some speed on the base paths. I just tried to make something happen.”

Tim Collins (4-0) worked the ninth inning to pick up the win for the Royals, who wrapped up a three-game sweep to build some momentum for their upcoming road trip.

Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez each homered for Milwaukee, which got 7 2-3 innings from Shaun Marcum in one of his best performances of the year. The only real mistake he made was the two-run homer he served up to Eric Hosmer in the seventh inning.

“We played a good game until that last inning,” Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said.

“Same thing. We let it get away

again.”

Francoeur and Yost had both ended up in the clubhouse by the fourth inning.

The outfielder was ejected in the second inning by plate umpire Dan Iassogna for arguing a called third strike, and Yost was tossed when he started arguing with Iassogna over a bunt attempt by the Brewers’ Nyjer Morgan a couple of innings later.

It was a particularly embarrassing ejection for Francoeur, who is the namesake of a promotion for Thursday night home games. Fans can purchase tickets for $21 — his jersey number — and receive a T-shirt, drink coupon and seat in the “Frenchy Quarter” section overlooking right field.

Several hundred fans wearing the yellow shirts booed as Francoeur was ejected.

“I might have to invite them all out for a ‘Frenchy Quarter’ Wednesday,” he said.

NOTES: The Royals optioned 1B Clint Robinson to Triple-A Omaha and purchased the contract of RHP Roman Colon. ...

Kansas City signed its secondround draft pick, Vanderbilt LHP Sam Selman. ... Alice Cooper threw out the ceremonial first pitch. ... Milwaukee travels to Minnesota for a threegame series starting Friday night. RHP Yovani Gallardo gets the start. The Royals head to St. Louis for a three-game series with RHP Vin Mazzaro on the mound.

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Automotive

Dick EDwarDs auto Plaza Come see the Rock Bottom Team for all your automotive needs.

Sales, Service, Parts and Body Work.

375 Grant Ave. 238-5114 Automotive

Older AmericAn Vehicles And PArts teens thrOugh eighties

(Six Miles West on I-70-Exit 290)

2323 South Milford Lake Road • 238-7541 or 238-7161

Automotive

J&R Automotive 806 E. 8th Street

210-0481

Tune-up – Brakes – Engine Repairs

Automotive

Dessert shop

5 Star Dessert Shoppe You Call & We Deliver

Freddie Thomas

Baker 703 Jerry Drive Junction City, Kansas 66441 785-375-7561 moddie42us@yahoo.com

Office 238-5117

Dirt ContraCtor & Demolition Harold Glessner

Dirt Contractor

Roll off containers 785-238-6909 • 785-238-3716 • FAX 785-238-3780 in Business for 53 years

Dry Cleaning

Landscaping

and demolition

Max Cleaners Same day / Next day cleaning Available Expert Alterations

2329 Sky-Vue Ln. • Manhattan, KS 66502 (785) 776-8955 • 1-800-439-8956

AwArds

PERSONALIZED GIFTS, AWARDS, TROPHIES, PLAQUES, GLASSWARE, & MORE FOR FAMILY EVENTS, SCHOOL, MILITARY AND BUSINESS.

109 E. 6TH ST. • 785-762-3979

Celebrating and Honoring the Events of Life!

Boat SaleS & RepaiR

1111 GRANT AVE.

Buy • Sell • Trade Used Boats & Motors

238-2647

119 Grant Ave (785)223-6165

Professional landscape design & installation Rain Bird sprinkler systems • Lawn mowing Landscape maintenance • Fertilizer programs

Exhaust REpaiR

Lawn Care

Dave’s Muffler House FREE Exhaust Inspection 1640 N. Washington Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5 762-3240

garden

JC’s Hometown Greenhouse

Annuals, Perennials, Hanging Baskets Container & More!

2728 W. Hwy K-18

Across from the middle school.

Mon-Sat. 10:00-6:00

General repairs General Repairs

Give me a call and let me know what you have.

Tel: (785) 209-0394 Text OK

“Our Business is Exhausting”

Landscaping

BLUEVILLE NURSERY, INC. Complete Landscape Service 4539 Anderson Manhattan, KS 66503 785-539-2671 www.bluevillenursery.com

• Small engines (push and rider mowers, tillers, edger, power-washers etc..)

• 70-00’s carbureted motorcycles • Other small machines (welders, heaters, power tools, air compressors and other gizmos).

Rose MuffleR House

coryell insurors, inc.

All forms of insurance 120 W. Seventh

Offering general repair services on:

Auto RepAiR

Insurance

Gun Classes Concealed Carry Classes Ed Augustine - Certified Trainer Call for more information: 785-223-1960 edaugustine@juno.com

Handyman

Handyman & more

weed Control

La w n C a re

785-375-2842

Complete Lawn & Landscape Maint. • Fertilizing • Weed Control Overseeding • Spinkler Maintenance • Snow Removal Mowing • Landscape Clean-up • Locally Owned & Operated

Lawn Care Mowing, Trimming, Edging & Fertilizing Specializing in Large & Commercial Properties

Don Patterson (785)482-3418 Cell (785)550-5776

Lawn Care RB’s Lawn Mowing Mowing • Thatching • Fall Clean-up Leaf Removal

Call Russ 238-3030 -or209-0656

Moving/hauling

3 Men with a Truck & Trailer MOVING/HAULING Personal or Business.

Senior/College/ Military Discounts

COMPARE OUR RATES & SERVICE

785-236-0003

Plumbing & Heating

Call Don @ 785-307-4636

Masonry: Porches • Stuckle Brickwork • Tuck Pointing Stonework • Drywall roof repair • floor repair Painting Licensed & Insured

HealtH

RV & Boat StoRage

Milford Lake Road RV & Boat Storage 304 S Milford Lake Road, (785) 761-0234

• Up to 42 Ft Coverage Capability • 24/7 aCCess • seCUrity FenCe • Well lit large lot • loCated Close to JC • loCally oWned & operated • reasonable Monthly rates • disCoUntedannUal rates

STORAGE

• Residential Units • Commercial Units • Climate Controlled Units

1838 Old Highway 40 Junction City, KS 66441 Fax: 785-238-0774

www.aaselfstorageonline.com

785-238-3477

Storage

Aztec Storage Open 7 days a week All Sizes, RV & Boat, Competitive Prices (Discounts Offered) Security On Site.

Next to Manhattan Airport • 785-776-1111

Storage

Brown2B Self Storage

2323 N. Jackson 785-762-2266 Email JBrown@ksbroadband.net

Storage

Propane Central Storage • Secure • Well Lit 2618 Central Dr., JC (785) 762-5160 (800) 362-6028 • Pre-pay & auto-debit discounts • 24 hr. access • New Lower RatesGive us a call • Military Discount • Deployment Specials • Various Sizes

Taxi Service

24 Hour Taxi Faster • Cleaner • Friendly drivers

238-6122 • JunCtion City 537-1295 • Manhattan

ThrifT STore

DAV

1505 North WashiNgtoN, JuNctioN city, Ks Help Us Keep Our Prices Low. Donate Your Gently Used Items.

Store Hours Are Mon-Sat 9 AM - 5:30 PM Truck Is Available For Pick-Ups.

785-238-1430

Veterinarian

Animal Doctor

Veterinary Clinic

237 W. Spruce • 785-762-4582

Meet our friendly staff; we offer, exams, vaccinations, boarding, professional grooming, adoptions and now treating exotics.

511 S. Caroline Ave • 238 - 1510 www.animaldoctorks.com

Call 762-5000

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