The Scott County Record

Junior attendants Carson Taylor and Jacqueline Gerber carry the crowns for the Winter Homecoming at SCHS on Friday

32 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 22 • Number 27

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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School districts bracing for budget cut It would appear the state is going to cut education funding from this year’s budget for Scott County schools.

The only question is how painful it’s going to be.

One plan under consideration would slice $136,000 in local option budget (LOB) aid to the district. The other will cut $61,000.

The decision could ultimately rest with how many Kansans the legislature and Gov. Brownback wish to impact. The $61,000 cut is part of a proposal that will af-

Only question for USD 466 is ‘how much?’ fect every district in the state.

The $136,000 reduction affects only the 231 districts who are getting LOB aid.

“The governor has indicated that if the LOB reduction takes place he won’t go through with the cut to the general fund,” says USD 466 Supt. Jamie Rumford.

“He’s reportedly said it’s an either-or deal, but he won’t do both.”

That offers only small consolation for USD 466 which is still in the process of digging itself out of a $1.2 million hole that was discovered last spring. At the time, budget cuts were made affecting staffing and programs.

“We’re trying to rebuild our reserves as a result of that.

Whatever decision the state makes, it’s going to slow down our recovery process,” notes

SC couple shares hope, knowledge about cancer As a cancer survivor who opted for a bilateral mastectomy, Stephanie Gomez has seen and knows first-hand the importance of having support from those around you.

“I didn’t want to go through all the reconstruction,” says the Scott City resident about what led to her decision. “I was tired of the surgery.”

But she also knew that the decision would come with risks - not just with a woman’s health, but in the relationship with her spouse.

“Stephanie attended a retreat in Hesston in August and one of the things they talked about is how some husbands don’t see their wives as they used to after they’ve had a procedure such as this,” says Stephanie’s husband, Art. “That’s why it’s not uncommon to see a lot of single survivors.”

“That’s the sad part,” notes Stephanie. “You need the support.”

The Gomezes are making sure that support is available for those who need it through the Seeds of Hope cancer support group. The informal meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month, starting at 6:30 p.m., in the Scott County Library.

(See HOPE on page two)

New fire truck scheduled to arrive in May

With the new city fire truck scheduled to arrive in Kansas in mid-May, Fire Chief Ken Hoover is starting to look at additional items that will be needed to outfit the rig.

“We’re going to need some loose equipment,” Hoover advised the Scott City Council, referring to hoses, nozzles and at least seven SCBAs (selfcontained breathing apparatus).

“We’re in the process of seeing what can be transferred from the old truck and still keep it usable,” says Hoover.

He said the new truck will be shipped to Salina first and then be delivered to Scott City in early June.

Before the local fire department takes possession, Hoover says they will have an eight-hour training session with the truck.

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Rumford.

Further complicating the problem for school districts is that they have to find ways to do with less state money eight months into the budget year.

Teachers and administrators are under contract through the end of the year and cutting programs at this late stage isn’t an option.

The only employees not under contract are bus drivers,

para-professionals, custodians, cooks and secretaries.

“You cut those positions and you’re cutting the roots of your school system,” says Wichita County Supt. Keith Higgins.

He says the low cost of fuel this year has been a big help with the budget. It’s one area where the Wichita County district and many others have been able to accumulate some extra cash because they budgeted for fuel prices to be much higher than they currently are.

(See BUDGET on page eight)

which way do I go?

When school teacher Leon Tolchinsky (Conner LeBeau) asks directions to a house, three of the villagers (from left, Makaela Stevens, Karen Gonzalez and Lizzy Eikenberry) point in different directions in a scene from the comedy “Fools.” The Scott Community High School theatre department will be presenting the two-act play on Sunday and Monday. The SCHS cast is also giving a unique twist to this year’s production. Learn more on page nine.

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County gets GWMD, state approval for new water well Paying for water that has been through the City of Scott City’s treatment plant and applying it to dirt roads in the county when doing maintenance didn’t make sense to Scott County commissioners.

State officials agreed and have given the green light for the county to drill a well for water to be used by the road department. The well will be located near the county shop.

The request had initially been approved by Groundwater Management District No. 1 and was recently authorized by the Kansas Water Office.

“There were some spacing issues that had to be dealt with by the local (groundwater management board),” noted Kyle Spencer, acting director of GWMD No. 1.

Given the location of the proposed well, and since GWMD is a “closed district” - meaning it is not issuing permits for new wells - the county’s

request was subject to protest by nearby landowners. Spencer said no objections were filed with the district.

Spencer said a waiver was also necessary because the Scott County school district owns a well near Scott City Middle School.

“There are regs as to how many 15-acre-foot wells are allowed within a specified area. There was some overlap between the two,” says Spencer.

The GWMD board allowed a waiver.

The permit is for a maximum of 15-acre feet per year. The county anticipates using less than seven feet.

Treated Water County Commission Chairman Jim Minnix said the primary reason for seeking the permit was because “it made no sense to pay for treated water that was being spread across county roads.”

He says the county should recover

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the approximate $45,000 cost of drilling the well in less than three years.

Last year, the county paid the city $22,000 for water that was used at the county shop and the fairgrounds. That was triple the $7,000 water bill in 2013.

Minnix says the fairgrounds will remain on the city’s water system.

“All our drinking water will continue to come from the city,” he says.

Spencer says one reason why the GWMD granted the waiver was because the county’s well won’t add to water consumption from the Ogallala.

“The water was going to be used anyway. It’s just a matter of whether or not the county is using treated water,” noted Spencer. “Had the well not been approved (the county) would have continued pumping the same amount of water through the city.”

Spencer says it also provides another emergency supply of water if it’s needed.

(See WELL on page two)

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Wheatland to pass along 11% rate reduction Wheatland Electric Cooperative members will see a reduction in rates effective with their February statements.

An immediate 11 percent reduction in bills will put an estimated $5 million back into the pocks of its electric customers in 2015, according to Wheatland officials.

For example, if a residential electric bill averages $150 per month, the savings will be ap-

proximately $16.50 per month, or nearly $200 for the year.

This decrease is the final chapter of a story which began in 2011. At that time, the EPA enacted new rules for reducing coal plant emissions. Those rules and other factors were anticipated to cost wholesale power companies 24 percent over the course of four years.

Wheatland and its wholesale partner, Sunflower Electric, managed to hold that price hike

Hope

at bay, requiring increases totaling 9.5 percent between 2012 and 2014.

Now, with this 11 percent reduction, Wheatland and Sunflower are turning back the clock on power costs to a level lower than they were in 2012, says General Manager Bruce Mueller.

“When the potential costs of the new environmental rules became clear, Wheatland did the responsible thing and alert-

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Even before starting the monthly support group, Art and Stephanie were making themselves available to assist cancer survivors and their spouses.

“We enjoy offering our support to people,” says Art. “We’ll even cook an occasional meal for people getting cancer treatments who need extra assistance.

If we can’t provide the help they need, then we look for someone who can.”

Mastectomy a Choice Stephanie’s battle against cancer began in the spring of 2012. The mastectomy occurred in January 2013 and on Sept.

29, 2013, she was told for the first time by her oncologist that she was cancer free.

“There was never a question about me doing implants. That’s an option for a lot of women,” Stephanie explains. “I’ve learned that, in a lot of situations, a prosthesis is very uncomfortable.”

Age also plays a role in a woman’s decision.

“The younger a woman is, the more apt they are to

go through the reconstruction process,” Stephanie says.

And, she emphasizes, a lot of it comes down to how comfortable the spouse is with the procedure.

“It changes the sexuality of a women. If the spouse isn’t comfortable with it, it can change the approach to the relationship.”

professionals,” emphasizes Stephanie. “We’re a helping hand and we have the benefit of sharing what we’ve learned from our own experiences.

“We’re also very strong into confidentiality,” she adds. “What’s discussed at the meetings isn’t shared with others.”

Anyone wanting more information can attend the meetings which are held from 6:30-8:00 p.m. They can also contact Stephanie Meetings for Everyone The monthly meetings (874-5818) or Art (874are open to cancer victims 5946). and their family members.

Attendance varies from as few as one or two, upwards to between 6-8.

“It’s an opportunity for people to open up and say what’s going on in their lives,” Art says.

On occasion they will have guest speakers if there are certain issues that people would like to learn more about.

The Gomezes say they also follow a cancer information program that’s offered through Victory in the Valley.

“We aren’t here to offer medical advice. We’re not

ed members that power prices might rise as much as 24% over the next few years.” said Mueller.

“Fortunately, that never came to pass, and now Wheatland and Sunflower have combined their efforts to achieve cost savings which should result in lower bills for our members in 2015.”

These cost cutting measures were achieved, in part, because both cooperatives made changes

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to improve and streamline operations. In addition, Sunflower successfully refinanced some loans at lower interest rates.

“One hundred percent of the savings will be directly passed on to Wheatland members,” said Mueller.

While the price reduction is projected to be 11%, fluctuating fuel prices and other variables may cause the savings to members to be higher or lower over the course of 2015.

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“When the city was fighting the downtown fire we were told there were some concerns with water pressure, at least for awhile,” Spencer says. “If there should ever be another emergency of that magnitude, this will provide another source of water.”

Spencer emphasizes, however, this was a “one-shot deal.”

“We aren’t going to be hearing requests for waivers over and over again,” he noted. “The board acted on this because they saw it as something for the public good.

“When Jim Minnix came to the board with the request it was pretty thoroughly discussed. In the end, this made the most sense,” Spencer added. “Had any of the affected well owners located within a half-mile objected, which would have been their right, there might have been a different decision by the board. I can’t speak for the board members, but it’s possible.”

What’s for Lunch in Scott City?

Sun. - Sat., Feb. 15-21

Majestic Theatre 420 Main • 872-3840

Hours

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

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

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

Wed. • Smothered steak with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Thurs. • Pork chop dinner.

Fri. • Catfish dinner.

What’s for Supper?

The Broiler

102 Main St. • 872-5055

1211 Main • 872-3215

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

• Chili Cheese Dog • Bacon Cheeseburger • 3 Piece Chicken Strips

Includes Fries, 21 oz. Drink and Small Sundae

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$

49

Buffet

Mon. - Sat. • 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sun. • 5:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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

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

Sat. • Prime rib

Breakfast specials every night.

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Community Living

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Identifying factors that lead to heart attacks February is American Heart Month and we all should be aware of the risk factors and how to help prevent a heart attack.

To lower your chance for heart disease, you need to exercise or stay active, eat healthy and limit your alcohol use as well as not smoke.

Why is it important that we be aware of heart health issues? Well, according to the CDC, the Center on Disease Control and Prevention, about 600,000

people die of heart disease in the United States every year. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women.

Every year about 720,000 Americans have a heart attack. Of these, 515,000 are a first heart attack and 205,000 hap-

pen in people who have already had a heart attack.

These risk factors may increase your chances of getting heart disease, so if you have or do any of these factors, your risks of having a heart attack may increase. They are: •Diabetes •Diet high in saturated fats and cholesterol •Excessive alcohol use •Family history of heart disease •High blood cholesterol •High blood pressure •Obesity

Pecan Pie Cookies Cook time: 10 minutes

Ingredients: 1/4 cup

butter

1/2 cup

confectioners’ sugar

3 tablespoons

light corn syrup

3/4 cup

finely chopped pecans

2 cups

all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon

baking powder

1 cup

brown sugar, packed

3/4 cup

butter, softened

1

egg

1 teaspoon

vanilla extract

Directions: Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a saucepan, and stir in the confectioners’ sugar and corn syrup until the sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often, and stir in the pecans until well combined. Refrigerate the mixture for 30 minutes to chill.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift the flour and baking powder together in a bowl, and set aside.

Beat brown sugar, 3/4 cup butter, egg, and vanilla extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is creamy, about 2 minutes.

Gradually beat in the flour mixture until well mixed.

Pinch off about 1 tablespoon of dough, and roll it into a ball. Press the dough into the bottom of an ungreased cupcake pan cup, and use your thumb to press the dough into a small pie crust shape, with 1/4-inch walls up the sides of the cupcake cup. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Fill each little crust with about 1 teaspoon of the prepared pecan filling.

Bake in the preheated oven until the cookie shells are lightly browned, 10 to 13 minutes. Watch closely after 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool in the cupcake pans for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to finish cooling.

Yield: 2 dozen cookies

total cholesterol, LDL or “bad” cholesterol, HDL or “good” cholesterol, and triglycerides)? What do they mean for me, and what do I need to do about them?

•What is my “body mass index” and waist measurement? Is my BMI in the “normal” range? Do I need to lose weight for my health?

•What is my blood sugar level? Am I at risk for diabetes?

•What other screening tests for heart disease do

I need? How often should I return for checkups for my heart health?

•What can I do to quit smoking?

•How much physical activity do I need to help protect my heart?

•What is a hearthealthy eating plan for me? Should I see a registered dietitian or qualified nutritionist to learn more about healthy eating?

•How can I tell if I’m having a heart attack?

(See HEART on page eight)

Study club learns of history behind Thomas collection

Football favorites . . .

Prep time: 20 minutes

•Physical inactivity •Tobacco use Still not sure what to think or can decide if you’re a walking heart attack waiting to happen?

Ask yourself the questions below. You might need to schedule a checkup with your doctor to visit about how you can eliminate some of your risk factors.

•What is my blood pressure? What does it mean for me, and what do I need to do about it?

•What are my cholesterol numbers (including

Lois Bryant

Open house to honor Bryant on 94th birthday

Lois Bryant will celebrate her 94th birthday with an open house reception hosted by her family on Sun., Feb. 22.

The reception will be from 2:00-4:30 p.m. at the VIP Center, 302 Church St., Scott City.

Lois was born Feb. 17, 1921, in Dighton, the daughter of Virgil and Zuma (Dodge) Sharp.

On Nov. 30, 1941, she married Clarence Bryant in Dighton.

She has two daughters, Jan Barkey, and husband Paul, Manhattan, and Sharon Canterbury, and husband, Dan, Berthoud, Colo. She also had two sons, the late Phil and wife, Karen, Cheyenne, Wyo., and the late Darell.

She has three grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

The High Plains Study Club met in the El Quartelejo Museum and Jerry Thomas Gallery on Feb. 5.

Jerry Thomas took the group on a very informative tour of the art gallery as he told many of the interesting stories about his paintings. He also shared both the history of several of the artifacts on display and how he acquired them.

Following the tour, everyone enjoyed refreshments provided by cohostesses Patsi Graham and Anita Hoeme.

Celia Fouser shared a reading about growing up in the 1930s and ‘40s.

President Marilyn Dryer led the group in the club collect and the flag salute.

Roll call was, “What is your favorite kind of art?”

Twenty members were present.

Lucky Dip was won

by Ivadelle Cotton. Next month, Patsi Graham will bring Lucky Dip. Donna Eitel recommended reading an article in the Garden City Telegram by Mark Fenton about maintaining good health. Patsi Graham told

about the new exhibit room called the “Heritage Room” that was recently opened in the museum and invited the group to tour it.

Suzy Gooden announced that the next meeting will be Thurs., Feb. 19, 1:30 p.m., in Sydney Janzen’s home. Roll call will be, “A Special Time - A Special Song.”

Ann Hawkins will give an art and music report.

Piano students of Sydney Janzen and Ann Hawkins will present the program.

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Budget cuts:

Picking up the pieces of our ‘real live experiment’

Remember when Gov. Sam Brownback assured everyone that the sun is shining in Kansas and that dire predictions of revenue shortfalls and budget cuts were nothing more than nightmares meant to scare voters.

The nightmare is reality and Kansas school children are among those on the front line of budget cuts designed to fill in the deep financial hole created by the legislature’s fiscal policies.

Instead of holding public education harmless, as promised, Gov. Brownback is weighing two proposals that will slice either $28 million or just over $39 million from our schools. Adding to the dilemma, those districts will see that state money taken out of the current budget.

Eight months into the school year it’s impossible for school districts to make significant cuts to their budgets. Most will be required to dip even further into reserves which are already being depleted due to a continued shortfall of funding from the state.

No one who has been paying attention to the state’s financial situation is shocked by the latest developments, other than the governor and ultra-conservative lawmakers who believed two years ago when the tax cuts were approved - and apparently still believe - that it’s possible to slice hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue and nothing bad can come of it.

Schools and other agencies prepared their budgets with the state’s good faith promise that the revenue would be provided. That promise has been broken. And if that isn’t enough, Brownback and lawmakers don’t see themselves as the problem.

They will continue to steal money from the Kansas Department of Transportation, KPERS, our regents institutions and public education in order to pay for their fiscal folly. Our transportation system, retirees and communities will be forced to pick up the tab.

This is what passes for good leadership in Kansas.

And if you like this, then you’ll love the sequel, “Tax Cut Disaster: Part II” coming to our state in 2015-16.

Honesty:

Higher standard doesn’t apply to Fox News, Kobach

When the news anchor for a major television network gets caught in a lie, what happens? Brian Williams is suspended for six months and his career as a network anchor may be over.

Not all networks hold their news staff to a similar standard, Fox News being the most glaring example. Bill O’Reilly has told the following story (or versions of it) on several occasions: “I tell you what, I’ve been in combat. I’ve seen it. I’ve been close to it. And if my unit is in danger and I got a captured guy and the guy knows where the enemy is and I’m looking him in the eye, the guy better tell me. That’s all I’m gonna tell you. If it’s life or death, he’s going first.”

O’Reilly, however, has never been in combat.

His claim of being in combat is false.

While the standards of honesty and credibility should apply to our politicians as well, they obviously don’t. We don’t have to look any farther than the Secretary of State’s office to see just one example.

Kris Kobach has made a career by claiming that voter fraud is undermining our democracy even though examples of fraud can be almost impossible to find.

It recently came to light that, during the fall election, Kobach was critical of U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom for not prosecuting several cases of voter fraud that were brought to his office. In reality, Grissom didn’t take action because no voter fraud cases were filed with his office by Kobach - and none have been for more than 4-1/2 years, Grissom reminded Kobach in a letter.

Kobach was then forced to admit that, indeed, he had not referred any voter fraud cases to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Kobach then said that his predecessor had referred to cases to Grissom’s office which were ignored.

Again, not true.

Grissom said his office had investigated the allegations that occurred in 2011 and found no evidence of voter fraud.

In other words, Kobach lied twice. And that’s in addition to his perpetual lie that voter fraud is a problem in Kansas.

News anchors lie and they are suspended from their jobs. O’Reilly lies and he continues his broadcasting career. The Kansas Secretary of State lies and there is no retribution. He gets re-elected.

Honesty is a fine attribute for some, but apparently not for everyone.

Partisan politics is in demand Any of us who have voted in spring elections for city councils and boards of education know what a nightmare it is to step inside a voting booth and be faced with the ultimate decision: who do we vote for?

It’s impossible to know who the best candidate is when all we have is a list of names on a ballot without the benefit of a capital R, D, I or L in parenthesis immediately following.

It’s as though somebody expected us to study for this test.

Without being able to identify a candidate’s political party how are we to know whether or not we’re voting for the right person? Who has the time to learn where a candidate really stands on important issues? Who really cares?

This can’t be what our Founding Fathers intended.

We can stop hyperventilating long enough to thank State Sen. Mitch Holmes (R-St. John) for taking steps to protect the very foundation of our democracy, along with motherhood and apple

pie. Holmes and his fellow right-wing thinkers in the legislature are proposing legislation which will make voting less time-consuming, require less thought and - most importantly - require you to declare whether or not you’re a true-blue Republican.

If you’re foolish enough, you can also declare that you’re a true-blue Democrat or Independent, but that’s not advisable.

So what is Sen. Holmes hoping to do with his Help Kansas Vote Act? To begin with, it would eliminate the influence that teacher unions have in the spring elections by encouraging their members to vote and packing boards of education with their hand-picked lackeys.

With this power at their disposal, teacher unions have cleverly manipulated local boards of education

into freezing their wages in some years, failing to keep pace with COLA in others, cutting benefits, reducing staff and increasing class sizes.

Don’t look so shocked.

The level of teacher union influence has taken us all by surprise. It takes someone like Sen. Holmes and those who drafted the Help Kansas Vote Act to see through this ruse.

But there’s more . . . much more.

Holmes wants to eliminate the inconvenience of actually requiring a voter to check the box by each candidate’s name. Holmes and Secretary of State Kris Kobach share the same concern that voters are spending too much time at the polls and not enough time buying things so that the state’s sales tax revenue will quit dropping. By allowing voters to mark a single box so they can turn in a straight ticket ballot, they can be more quickly herded through the polling site and into the nearest Walmart.

Our favorite part, however, is the “Truth in Advertising” (Holmes’ word-

ing, not ours) element in the election process. It apparently disturbs Holmes and other conservative Republicans that candidates can be elected to city councils and school boards without declaring their party. After all, being a Republican or Democrat is so important when it comes to deciding whether to annex property to the city, put in a new water line or hire a new teacher at the elementary school.

The beauty of BOE and city council elections is their non-partisan nature. Voters are actually required to learn a little about the candidate rather than vote for someone based on party affiliation.

Scott City, for example, has seen a lot of great accomplishments over the past 15 years, including the high school renovation, new Law Enforcement Center, new Scott County Hospital and much more. When asked how Scott City has had so much success at tackling so many huge projects, we can (and do) cite a number of factors. One of (See PARTISAN on page six)

Net neutrality’s biggest deal ever One of the greatest public policy victories in decades is just around the corner.

The issue?

Net Neutrality - the principle that keeps Internet users in charge of their online experience.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has confirmed that he’ll base new Net Neutrality rules on Title II of the Communications Act, which will give the agency the strong authority it needs to prevent Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with online content.

Wheeler described those rules as “the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed by the FCC.” Later this month, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on Wheeler’s proposal. In the meantime, companies like AT&T, Comcast, and

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another view by Candace Clement

Verizon are lobbying hard to weaken it.

If the FCC ignores the industry pressure and approves Wheeler’s rules, activists who have fought for a decade to keep the Internet open will have plenty to celebrate.

Title II, which governs other communications networks like cellphones and land lines, ensures that carriers can’t discriminate against users. It protects our rights to transmit the information of our choosing between points of our choosing. It helps ensure that ordinary people get the same service big corporations do.

That means your telephone carrier can’t divert your call to Domino’s when you’re trying to dial

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your local pizzeria. And it means that your Internet service provider can’t make Wal-Mart’s website load faster than your local hardware store’s.

Wheeler’s embrace of Title II marks a huge leap forward after a series of stumbles. In fact, over the last decade, the FCC has made blunder after blunder in its attempts to protect the Internet’s level playing field.

The trouble began when industry lobbyists pushed the agency to declare that broadband providers no longer offered “telecommunications services” but “information services” erasing the line between the Internet itself and the speech it conveys.

For a long time the FCC tried to have it both ways, preserving some protections for broadband users even though it had given away its author-

Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

ity to protect them. That’s why the FCC twice lost in court on its previous rules - not because the rules were bad, but because the FCC offered the wrong justification for them.

As the saying goes, when one door closes, another one opens. When a federal appeals court struck down the FCC’s previous open Internet rules last January, Net Neutrality supporters grabbed the opportunity to advocate for strong rules that could survive legal challenges.

Within two weeks of the decision, over a million people (the first of several million to take action) urged the FCC to fix the problem. The message: Just do Title II. Title II doesn’t just restore principles of nondiscrimination. It also (See NET on page six)

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Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6521 www.house.gov/moranks01/

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A budget that pursues fairness Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) values his reputation as a serious policy analyst and a genial soul. But he’s not above name-calling, and he insists that President Obama’s budget is the product of “envy economics.”

Ryan’s label invites a comparable description of his own approach, which would slash taxes on the rich while cutting programs for the poor and many middle-income Americans. If Ryan wants to play the branding game, is it unfair to ask him why “greed economics” isn’t an appropriate tag for his own approach?

Ryan’s opening rhetorical bid is unfortunate because there are signs that at least some conservatives (including, sometimes, Ryan himself) seem open to policies that would redistribute income to Americans who have too little of it.

Yes, conservatives and just about everybody else - except, perhaps, for truly austere libertarians - are for redistribution. But almost everyone on the right and many of the more timid Democrats want to deny it. This form of intellectual dishonesty hampers a candid debate about solving the inter-

behind the headlines

by E.J. Dionne, Jr.

locking problems of stagnating wages, rising inequality and declining social mobility.

Let’s first examine Ryan’s envy claim.

“Look,” he said on “Meet the Press” last Sunday, “the president has done two big rounds of tax increases. It’s one of the reasons why we have this stagnant economy we do. He’s practicing yet again envy economics, and it doesn’t work. We are an aspirational people. We’re an optimistic people and our policies should reflect that in our country, and that is not the kind of economic policy or politics the president practices.”

Well. Regiments of Republicans claimed that Obama’s policies, and especially Obamacare, would be “job killers.” In the face of 58 straight months of private-sector job growth, will they ever admit their claims were absolutely wrong? Will anyone even ask them?

And like them or not, aren’t Obama’s proposals on higher education, child care and pre-kindergarten programs all about aspiration and optimism?

At least some conservatives, such as Michael Strain at the American Enterprise Institute, are coming around to the perfectly sensible view that a few percentage points up or down in the top income tax rate for the rich don’t make much difference after all.

As Bob Davis reported in the Wall Street Journal, many conservatives, including Strain, are supporting various policies (along the lines of the earnedincome tax credit) to lift the incomes of the working poor. Does anyone notice that this is redistribution?

In fact, we need to pay far more attention to “pre-distribution,” the wages and benefits people get before government taxes or transfers money.

It’s why we should increase the minimum wage, strengthen unions and find other ways of enhancing workers’ bargaining power.

Funnily enough, progressives are more insistent than conservatives on increasing the market rewards for work

After the Supreme Court’s democracy-mugging decree that corporations can dump unlimited amounts of their shareholders’ money into our election campaigns, a guy named Larry sent an email to me that perfectly summed up what had just been done to us: “Big money has plucked our eagle!”

Thanks to the court’s freakish Citizens United ruling, the Koch brothers have already amassed an unprecedented $900 million electioneering fund, making them the Godfathers of teaparty Republicanism.

Thus, such presidential wannabes as Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio,

and Scott Walker are shamelessly scurrying to kiss the Koch ring and pledge fealty to the brotherhood’s extremist plutocratic agenda.

But big money is not only corrupting candidates, but also greatly diminishing voter participation in what has become a made-for-TV farce. The biggest chunk of cash spent by Koch, Inc., will go right into a mind-numbing squall of ads.

They will not explain why we should vote for so and so, but instead will be nauseatingly-negative attack ads, trashing the candidates the Koch syndicate opposes. Worse, voters will not even be informed that the the Kochs paid for this garbage, since the Supreme Court says they can run secret campaigns, launder-

earlier.

This “new” plan in fact had something old, something borrowed and something blue: a two-page explainer borrowing virtually the same 700 words from the 2014 version and set in the same robin’s-egg blue font. The only thing that appeared to be new was the name of Upton, substituted for that of Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.), who “unveiled” the plan with Hatch and Burr in 2014 but has since retired.

The nine bullet points were identical, as was the description of the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment (CARE) Act as “a legislative plan that repeals Obamacare and replaces it with common-sense, patient-focused reforms that reduce health care costs and increase access to affordable, high-quality care.”

The first 359 words of the news release were the same as those in the previous year’s model, with the exception of Upton’s quote. Burr’s quote (See PASTE on page six)

(See VIOLENCE on page six)

(See FAIRNESS on page six)

ing their money through front groups to keep voters from knowing what special interests are really behind the attacks.

We saw the impact of secret, unrestricted corporate money in last year’s midterm elections. It produced a blight of negativity, a failure of the system to address the people’s real needs, an upchuck factor that kept nearly two-thirds of the people from voting, a rising alienation of the many from the political process - and a Congress owned by corporate elites.

The Koch machine spent about $400 million to get those results. This time, they’ll spend more than twice that.

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

Cut and paste ACA alternative GOP’s plan lacks specifics, originality Congressional Republicans took a novel approach to announcing their Obamacare alternative this week: Out with the old and . . . well, back in with the old.

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee put out a news release announcing “Burr, Hatch, Upton Unveil Obamacare Replacement Plan.” The three men, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (Utah), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (Mich.) and Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.), are well-regarded legislators, and the press went along with this “news.”

“GOP unveils new Obamacare alternative,” proclaimed The Hill newspaper.

Forbes cheered “The Impressive New Obamacare Replace Plan from

other voices

by Dana Milbank

Republicans.”

“Take a look at the first real Republican ‘Obamacare’ alternative,” suggested The Examiner.

Robert Pear of the New York Times reported that the plan was “drafted with encouragement from Republican leaders,” “devised” by Hatch, Burr and Upton, and included a “potentially explosive proposal.” Pear reported that “Republicans said the need for such an alternative had become more urgent.”

But Caroline Behringer, the eagleeyed press secretary for Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, was suspicious that this “urgent” and “explosive” new proposal had just been “devised.” So she did some sleuthing and discovered that the Republicans had lifted the thing - right down to quotes in the news release - from the rollout of the same proposal a year

by Donald Kaul

President Barack Obama committed the ultimate political blunder the other day. He blurted out the truth.

Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, he warned his Christian brethren against “getting up on our high horse” when condemning the violence of Muslim terrorists.

“During the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ,” he said.

“In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ.”

Naturally, all hell broke loose.

The Rupert Murdoch army launched into full attack, supported

by Rush Limbaugh air strikes. Rabid Fox News commentators, foaming at the mouth, fought each other for control of the mics to condemn the president’s remarks as “un-American” and, even worse, liberal. He was derided as irreligious, weak, and not a real American.

It was to be expected.

People will forgive a politician for telling lies. Sweet deceptions, after all, are what politics are all about.

But let him speak the truth just once, even inadvertently, and he becomes the object of scorn, ridicule, and contempt.

Remember the case of George Romney?

Running for president in 1967, he confessed that he had been “brainwashed” by Pentagon propaganda into believing that the Vietnam War was winnable. And he had been, of course, as had most of the American public at the time.

But as soon as Romney uttered this truthful statement, his presidential hopes vanished in a blink - never to be seen again.

I’d like to note that this lesson wasn’t lost on George’s son. As nearly as can be determined, Mitt Romney never told the truth once during his 2012 campaign. He lost anyway, proving that it takes more than a lack of honesty to fool the American people.

But back to Obama. What he was trying to say, at an inter-faith event, was that we shouldn’t hold all Muslims responsible for the acts of a relative few. Christianity also has a skeleton or two in its historical closet.

The Christian right, which includes most of the Republicans in Congress, pounced.

The Crusades were a righteous response to Islamic aggression, they said. The Inquisition? Highly overrated as an atrocity. And Jim Crow?

That was “a thousand years ago,” said Limbaugh.

To which one can only say, “Oh come on.”

The truth is, you can act as though terrorist violence against the West is unprovoked. But it’s not. It’s the bitter fruit of the past 100 years of subjugation of the Arab and Muslim peoples

by Western powers, thirsty for the oil beneath the Middle East.

For a century the United States and its allies systematically subverted any suggestion of democracy in the region in favor of vicious thugs we could control through bribery.

And when a popularly elected politician would surface every once in a while, we’d get rid of him and install our own puppet. Think of the popularly elected Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran, whom the CIA overthrew in 1953, replacing him with the brutal and corrupt Shah.

That’s the genesis of the mess we’re dealing with now. Not Islam, not pure evil, but 100 years of Western domination.

In any case, it’s more than a little hypocritical for the Christian right to be up in arms over the perversion of Christianity.

What the Supreme Court has wrought

by Jim Hightower

Telling the truth about religious violence

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Facts show tax cuts caused revenue plunge

by Yael Abouhalkah

Gov. Sam Brownback and his supporters have blamed the huge revenue shortfalls in Kansas on a lot of things in the past year or so.

Among them: President Barack Obama’s policies.

Faster income tax returns.

Corporate income tax failings. And last week, when Brownback further sliced educational spending, he blamed lower sales taxes.

But as any thinking Kansan can pretty much figure out, the massive

income tax cuts first put in place in 2013 actually are causing the state’s financial headaches. As a result, cuts are being made to funding for roads, education and pensions now, with even more reductions on the way.

How do we know Brownback’s tax cuts are the culprit?

Simply look at the cold, hard figures supplied by the Kansas Department of Revenue.

Consider the current fiscal year, which spans July 1, 2014 through June

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Stay out of marriage Some Republicans in the Kansas Legislature think it’s too easy for married couple to get a divorce.

Kansas, which is a no-fault divorce state, does not require those seeking a divorce to have legal grounds beyond incompatibility. There is no mandatory waiting period, and the couple doesn’t have to go through counseling.

Rep. Jan Pauls has suggested that extended or longer waiting periods and counseling should be requirements, “as long as it doesn’t involve domestic violence or problems like that.”

“Sometimes it’s a problem that can be worked out,” Pauls told the Lawrence Journal-World.

“Sometimes it’s kind of in the heat of the moment, someone wants out.”

It’s pretty obvious that Rep. Pauls has never been in a bad marriage.

Couples who experience domestic violence (or problems like that) don’t usually want to make them public. Simply put, forcing them to admit it in court to get a divorce will increase such violence. Many, if not most, would rather stay in marriages they don’t want to be in than to reveal there is a problem.

Speaking as someone whose marriage was not pleasant at its end, I can attest that just wanting out is not such a bad thing. I decided our marriage was over when my wife struck me in the back of the head with a dish during a heated argument. I sought a no-fault divorce because it was the quickest and least painful option available.

Sometimes, no matter how much they love each other, two people just aren’t right for each other.

If legislators are truly serious about cutting down the divorce rate, a better idea would be to make it more difficult to get married in the first place, which any two idiots can do with just a few signatures.

Leave divorce alone. For God’s sake, stay out of our private lives too.

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30, 2015.

▪As of Jan. 31 this year, the state in the first seven months of the fiscal year had reported $3.237 billion in total receipts.

That was $65 million lower than at the same date in 2014; $434 million lower than in 2013; and $355 million lower than in 2012.

▪As of Jan. 31 of this year, the state had reported $1.328 billion in total income tax receipts.

That was $90 million lower than at the same date in 2014; $468 million

lower than in 2013; and $316 million lower than in 2012.

What’s this mean?

The state’s income tax cuts were easily the most significant factor in the continuing decline in overall state general fund revenues.

In all three years, if income tax collections had remained flat - and not fallen - the state budget would have been relatively flat.

Notably, this exercise works for the first two years of the tax cuts as

Partisan the important reasons we put on that list is the fact that those involved aren’t concerned about who gets credit.

There’s no hint of, “Look what a Republican city council/BOE was able to accomplish.” And no one is so short-sighted as to think, “What can we do right now that will make me look good in the next election?”

The primary focus is in doing what’s best for the community in the longterm. This is what nonpartisan politics looks like.

Would adding a parti-

(“The American people have found out what is in Obamacare - broken promises . . . ”) remained the same.

This exercise in cutand-paste legislation would seem to suggest that Republicans are not serious about their “new” proposal. Like last time, the plan hasn’t been drafted in legislative language, so it can’t be reviewed by the Congressional Budget

Office to see how much it would cost and how many would lose insurance.

And there’s good reason for that: Opposing the Affordable Care Act in the abstract is easy enough, but it becomes more challenging when you present a specific alternative, because such cheaper alternatives inevitably cover fewer people and make consumers pay more for benefits.

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enables the FCC to preserve universal and affordable access, competition, and consumer protections for broadband users.

Lawmakers stuck in the industry’s pocket will try to tear this victory down. In turn, Internet service providers will search for ways to skirt the law - and they’ll sue to overturn it. But Internet users now stand on the strongest legal footing possible to win this fight in Congress and in the courts.

As more details about the FCC’s proposal emerge, the push from providers will become even more aggressive. And there’s plenty to watch out for as those details come to light.

But no one should underestimate the significance of a victory on Title II. Everything else will grow from this win.

Yael Abouhalkah is a columnist for the Kansas City Star.

He can be reached at abouhalkah@kcstar.com

That’s not to say there isn’t an election problem in Kansas. We’re coming off one of the most hotly contested gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests in recent memory, yet only 52 percent of eligible voters in the state cast ballots in the general election. And our esteemed Secretary of State feels good about that because he had predicted a 50 percent turnout.

The fact that nearly half of the eligible voters in Kansas didn’t cast a ballot in a very partisan election should tell us something about “truth in advertis-

ing.” This might be the very politics which is keeping voters away from the polls.

At the local level, where partisan politics takes a back seat, candidates run for office and are elected on the basis of who they are and what they represent - not their political party.

Holmes is offering a path for voters that’s easier and more convenient.

It’s not a path to better government, which we should all be striving for.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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so government doesn’t have to redistribute so much.

In the meantime, the tax code and the various credits ought to be tilted toward those who have been lagging behind.

As it is, we engage in all sorts of redistribution in favor of those already doing well. Consider: In 2014, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which focuses on lower-income Americans, spent $42 billion. The numerous tax benefits for homeowners totaled $154 billion, a lot of which went to the affluent.

I’ll be the first to admit that these tax breaks help me.

But who is redistributing to whom?

And then there’s a little item in Obama’s budget, reported by Politico, that would take away tax subsidies for the owners of pro sports teams that help them build new stadiums. Oddly enough, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who is busily trying to cut the budget of the University of Wisconsin, has endorsed $220 million in state-backed debt to build a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Bucks over Badgers? Really? Who benefits from this particular redistribution?

We should just admit it: Government inevitably redistributes all the time. Won’t bigger defense budgets help large defense companies?

At a time of rising inequality, we need to pay closer attention to whether this ongoing government redistribution aggravates the problem or instead tries to make life better for those at the wrong end of economic change.

In a moment memorialized across the Web, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) once suggested there was nothing wrong with asking entrepreneurs doing very well to “pay forward” for the government that protects their property, educates their workforce and builds the infrastructure to transport their goods.

That’s not about “envy.” The words that come to mind are social justice.

This is a group, after all, whose representatives in Congress have sought to take health insurance from the poorest workers among us. They’ve tried to deport young Americans because their parents brought them here without papers many years ago. They’ve supported the use of torture and fought to cut off unemployment insurance to the long-term unemployed.

Any of that remind you of Christianity?

$688 million in that oneyear span when the tax cuts were fully in effect.

How much did income tax receipts decline? By $713 million.

In short, it’s easy to determine that by far the biggest single contributing factor to Kansas’ fiscal problems today are the income tax cuts - not bogeyman excuses cooked up by Brownback or any of his boosters.

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san spin to local elections change that thinking? In most small communities, probably not. So why make the change?

Therein lies the heart of the issue. Holmes and his right-wing buddies prefer partisan politics and the issues which motivate their voter base such as immigration, taxes, government regulation, abortion, LGBT rights, Obamacare, voter fraud and gay marriage.

Their goal isn’t real solutions to real problems but scared and frustrated voters who make it to the polls every two years.

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well.

▪As of June 30, 2014, the state reported $5.653 billion in total receipts for the full fiscal year ending on that date.

That number was $6.341 billion at the same date in 2013, for that fiscal year.

▪As of June 30, 2014, the state reported $2.218 billion in total income tax receipts.

That number was $2.931 billion at the same date in 2013.

So total general revenue for Kansas fell by

This explains why the House, in passing its 56th attempt at some form of Obamacare repeal this week, included no specific alternative but rather a suggestion that committees get together and come up with some ideas.

There is one notable difference in the 2015 version of the news release compared with 2014. It omits a quote from Hatch that said “Obamacare is a disaster.”

This is why opposing the health-care law is becoming a less appealing proposition, with or without an alternative plan.

Millions have received health-care coverage, but the federal deficit and health-care inflation are down and payrolls are booming. Sky-is-falling claims sound more and more like old news.

Dana Milbank is a Washington Post staff writer and author

The Scott County Record • Page 7 • Thursday, February 12, 2015

Walker’s opposition to knowledge draws reaction from voters

by Andy Borowitz

LONDON (The Borowitz Report) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is steadily rising to the top of the 2016 Republican Presidential field because voters are connecting with his “strong and consistent opposition to knowledge,” an aide to Walker said on Thursday.

While Republican candidates of the past, such as Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, have capitalized on GOP voters’ hostility toward verifiable facts, the aide said, “Compared to Scott, those two look like rookies.”

Walker has burnished his anti-knowledge credentials in Wisconsin by proposing a $300 million cut in the University of Wisconsin’s funding and by deleting the phrase “the search for truth” from the values outlined in the university’s mission statement.

“That truth thing was a masterstroke,” the aide said. “Our polling shows that voters who oppose knowledge also have negative feelings about truth.”

But Walker’s longstanding opposition to knowledge may have faced its toughest test during a visit to London on Wednesday when an interviewer asked him if he believed in evolution and he refused to answer.

“He tried to trick Governor Walker into admitting that he knew something and Scott didn’t take the bait,” the aide said. “I was watching him do that and I was like, ‘Nailed it.’ ” Moments like that, the aide said, show why Walker will win the White House in 2016. “The American people are sick and tired of a President who knows things,” he said. “They’re ready for Scott.”

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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Budget “But if gas goes back to $4 a gallon and diesel up to $5, we’ll be in a world of hurt,” says Higgins.

Survive This Year Even with the severe cash shortfall of a year ago, Rumford says that staff cuts and other costcutting measures had allowed the district to begin rebuilding its reserves.

Whether the district is hit with a $61,000 cut or a $136,000 cut, he says they can get through the remainder of the budget year.

“It will mean spending down our cash balances.

It may not mean starting from scratch, but it could be fairly close,” he says.

“We knew that rebuilding our reserves to a level where we felt comfortable would be a three or four year process. I felt we were making some pretty good strides until the state began announcing what it planned to do.”

Even if school districts can get by for the next four months as most ex-

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pect, that only gets them through the first wave of the state’s fiscal crisis.

The question that will be hanging over boards of education and administrators as they prepare their 2015-16 budget is how much money can they expect from the state and can the state be trusted to deliver on that promise?

“The unknown is what worries you,” says Higgins. “You can prepare a budget but there’s going to be a certain amount of guesswork. If the experts are right, the state’s financial situation isn’t going to get better any time soon and nothing the legislature is doing now will fix the state’s budget mess next year. If the state doesn’t get the money it’s counting on, then schools can’t either.”

Districts will need to decide what programs to offer and begin offering contracts for the upcoming year.

“I’m pulling doubleduty as the superintendent

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and high school/junior high principal and the board would like to hire a principal so I don’t have to do that job,” Higgins says. “It’s pretty hard to think about making that move when funding is so uncertain.”

Rumford agrees that if the state’s tax policy doesn’t change it leaves districts with a lot of questions.

trict is projecting an enrollment increase of roughly 20 full-time equivalent (FTE) students with some large incoming kindergarten classes and the graduation of smaller classes in the high school.

Normally, that would be great news for districts as they calculate state funding.

Once again, however, there are some major questions as the governor and some legislators Higher Enrollment Rumford said the dis- discuss changing the fi-

nance formula or adopting a block grant program.

While those discussions are very preliminary, those in education anticipate that whatever the state decides to do it will mean less money for education.

“It scares me when I hear about them tinkering with the (finance) formula,” Rumford says. “The formula is complex. But if you’re a kid who qualifies for free or reduced price lunches, or if you’re an at-risk student, the formula works pretty well in meeting their needs. We are continuing to see more and more students qualify for free and reduced meals and for ESL (English as a Second Language) funding.”

Higgins isn’t optimistic when he see what some legislators want to do with school funding.

“I wouldn’t be surprised to see them pass something that will be devastating for schools,” he says.

Spending Reserves Administrators are also worried by those lawmakers and special interest groups outside the legislature who claim that school districts are sitting on a hoard of cash that needs to be spent.

“The situation we’re facing right now is exactly the reason why we need reserves,” Rumford says.

“If the state delays its payments later this year, what would we do with out reserves? Get a loan at the bank? And reserves are essentially in covering our start-up costs at the beginning of the school year before we get any state disbursements.”

And if the state is late with a payment, which legislators said could happen earlier this month, that would mean delaying paychecks to staff members.

“We can’t treat our people like that and we wouldn’t,” emphasizes Higgins. “But these are the things we worry about now.”

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Davis is Kassebaum Scholar

Macy Davis, a senior at Scott Community High School, is among six high school students to be awarded Kassebaum Scholarships from Kansas State University.

The scholarship competition was Jan. 26. The university received 216 applications, and a selection committee chose 12 student finalists to interview for the $5,000 scholarship.

Named in honor of former Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum-Baker, the Kassebaum Scholarship recognizes students whose academic and extracurricular achievements reflect the potential for and desire to make a difference through energetic leadership in the public service arena.

The Kassebaum Scholarship has been awarded to 92 students since its inception in 2001. Kansas State University leads all statesupported public universities in Truman and Goldwater scholars, and often recipients of these prestigious scholarships come from the Kassebaum Scholarship program.

6 area students earn degrees from Ft. Hays

Six area students are among 737 who completed associate, bachelor’s or graduate degrees at Ft. Hays State University during the fall semester.

Area graduates include: Dighton: Brittany Burns, associate of general studies (health promotion); and Crystal Hoffman, Master of Science in special education (adaptive).

Scott City: Allison Gough, bachelor of science in elementary education; Dustin Hughes, Master of Science in special education (adaptive); Shelby Kite, bachelor of science in early childhood unified education; Brad Venters, associate of general studies (math studies).

Chacon earns fall honors, degree at NU Samantha Chacon, Scott City, earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Newman University, Wichita, at the conclusion of the fall semester.

In addition, Chacon was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll. Honor students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

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2 different casts prepare for stage in SCHS comedy ‘Fools’ When 20 students responded to the casting call for 10 roles in the upcoming production of “Fools,” Scott Community High School drama instructor Shairlyn Wasinger was faced with a dilemma.

She’s created one or two additional parts in a play before, but 10?

Rather than sending rejection notices to 10 aspiring actors and actresses, Wasinger decided on yet another approach.

She cast all of them in the Neil Simon comedy that will be hitting the high school stage on Sunday and Monday.

Sunday’s matinee is at 2:30 p.m. and the curtain rises on Monday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person and will be available at the door. All seating is general admission.

Wasinger and her large cast decided on a novel approach to the production. The 20 students were divided into Blue and White casts. Sunday’s matinee performance will feature the Blue cast in Act 1 and the White cast performing Act 2.

Those casts will be reversed on Monday.

“The students could have chosen to perform the same act for each performance, which would have meant only learning half the lines,” says Wasinger. “Or they could have decided that one cast would perform on Sunday and the other on Monday. I’m glad they chose this option.”

Not that the unique approach doesn’t come with some unusual challenges.

For example, Wasinger wanted to keep students of similar stature performing the same roles so they can wear the same costumes. One element that’s a little harder to control is acting styles that may vary from one actor to the next, even when portraying the same character.

“As a director, you don’t want to stifle someone’s creativity,” notes Wasinger. “But

After meeting Dr. Zubritsky (Kevin Herndon) and his wife, Lenya (Emma Price) for the first time, teacher Leon Tolchinsky (Conner LeBeau) quickly realizes that the people of Kolynchnikov are fools who became that way because of a 200-year-old curse.

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The Cast of ‘Fools’ Blue Cast

White Cast

Conner LeBeau

Leon Tolchinsky (teacher)

Carson Haupt

Nathan Samms

Snetsky (sheperd)

Keely Yeager

Magistrate

Robert Rosas

Chandler Janssen Karen Gonzalez

Slovitch (butcher)

Olivia Prieto

Makaela Stevens

MIshkin (postman)

Kylee Trout

Lizzy Eikenberry

Yenehna (fish vendor)

Kevin Herndon Emma Price Megan Smith Hayden Nevills

Macy Berning

Dr. Zubritsky (Sophia’s father)

Josh Walter

Lenya Zubritsky (Sophia’s mother)

Macy Davis

Sophia Zubritsky

Kiana Yager

Gregor Yousekevitch

I’ve had actors comparing notes with each other about how they think a scene should be performed or how lines should be said.”

In one instance, she says Andrew Burnett was able to give his character a strong Russian accent. Once his acting counterpart, Hayden Nevills, heard that he was convinced to add the same dialogue to his role.

“That’s good,” says Wasinger. “I think it challenged Hayden to do something he might not have tried other-

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wise.”

Perhaps the biggest benefit of having two casts is that every actor and actress has an understudy - a luxury that’s impossible to have in other high school productions. Past experience has shown how valuable that can be when students become academically ineligible at the last moment or become ill.

“You’re left scrambling to fill a role that no one has prepared for,” she says. “That’s not a problem this year. Everyone has a backup.”

Neil Simon Comedy “Fools” is a little-known Neil Simon production that appeared briefly on Broadway in the early 1980s where it had only moderate success.

However, it has been rediscovered in recent years by high school and college theater departments.

“This is a play that’s fun, it’s funny and it has a good message,” says Wasinger.

The play takes place in the remote village of Kulyenchikov, Ukraine, in 1890. Leon Tolchinsky has just been hired to teach school in the village only to discover that all the villagers have been cursed with chronic stupidity for 200 years, unless someone can break the evil spell.

If Tolchinsky stays for over 24 hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes stupid.

But, he has fallen in love with Sophia and chooses to stay in hopes of ending the spell.

97 dancers, 5 studios participate in Western Kansas dance competition Scott City hosted the second annual Western Kansas Dance Competition on Jan. 24 with five participating dance studios.

In addition to the LDH Dance Company (Levi and Dani Heinrich) of Scott City, others participating were Vivettes Dance Studio, Salina; Steps School of Dance, Garden City; Ashlys Dance Center, Colby; and Nicoles School of Dance, Colby.

There were 97 dancers from ages 4-18, with 69 competing routines.

“We are working towards being able to do sub-divisions in each category, so novice dancers are judged with other novice dancers and not having to compete with the advance dancers,” says Dani Heinrich.

Novice dancers have had no more than two years studio experience and spend less than three hours per week in the studio. Intermediate level dancers

have had 2-3 years studio experience and spend 3-5 hours per week in studio.

Advance level dancers have had three or more years of experience and spend over five hours per week in their studio.

Only the intermediate solo division had enough routines to break into sub-divisions.

Production Award (dance with 15 or more dancers) Nicoles School of Dance, 1st,162 pt., Novice.

Mini Division Small Group (4-9 dancers) LDH Dance Company, 1st, 163 pt., Novice.

Junior Division Small Group (4-9 dancers) Nicoles School of Dance, 1st, 165 pt., Novice; LDH Dance Company, 2nd, 155 pt., Novice; Vivettes Dance Studio, 3rd, 153 pt., Intermediate.

Junior Division Large Group (10-15 dancers) Nicoles School of Dance, 1st, 183 pt., Novice.

Intermediate Division Small Group (4-9 dancers) Steps Dance School, 1st, 171 pt.; Nicoles School of Dance, 2nd, 170 pt.

Intermediate Division Large Group (4-9 dancers) Nicoles School of Dance, 1st, 190 pt.; Nicoles School of Dance, 2nd, 189 pt.; Nicoles School of Dance, 3rd, 157 pt., Novice.

Teen Division Small Group (4-9 dancers) Steps Dance School, 1st, 187 pt., Advance; Ashlys Dance Center, 2nd, 174 pt., Novice; Steps Dance School, 3rd, 165 pt., Advance; Steps Dance School. 4th, 149 pt., Intermediate; Vivettes Dance Studio, 5th, 142 pt., Intermediate; LDH Dance Company, 6th, 129 pt., Novice; LDH Dance Company, 7th, 129 pt., Novice.

Teen Division Large Group (10-15 dancers) Nicoles School of dance, 1st, 188 pt., Intermediate.

Senior Division Small Group (4-9 dancers)

Vivettes Dance Studio, 1st, 138 pt., Advance.

Individual LDH winners Mini Division Solo Braely Ashmore, 2nd, 179 pt., Novice; Camile Franco, 4th, 166 pt., Novice.

Junior Division Solo Johnna Sowers, 3rd, 181 pt., Novice.

Sub-divisions Intermdiate Solo Hannah Eickenberry, 3rd, 170 pt., Novice.

Teen Division Solo Molly Eickenberry, 6th, 162 pt., Novice; Stacy Dominguez, 7th, 160 pt., Novice.

Senior Division Solo Paige Eggelston, 4th, 170 pt., Intermediate.

Mini Division Duet LDH, 2nd, 169 pt., Novice.

Junior Division Duet LDH, 1st, 165 pt., Novice.

Teen Division Duet LDH, 3rd, 172 pt., Novice.

Senior Division Duet LDH, 1st, 164 pt., Novice.

Senior Division Trio LDH, 3rd, 167 pt., Novice.

For the Record Start early on Roth IRAs for your grandkids The Scott County Record

Jason Alderman

Many grandparents go above and beyond to offer financial help to adult children and grandchildren.

If you’re seeking to contribute to your grandkids’ financial future, one option might involve opening a custodial Roth IRA (http://www.irs.gov/ Retirement-Plans/RothIRAs) on your grandchild’s behalf as soon as he or she starts reporting earned income.

While grandparents often find 529 college savings plans advantageous for their personal estate planning as well as supporting their grandchild’s educational future, custodial Roth IRAs (http:// www.irs.gov/RetirementPlans/Roth-IRAs) may allow for more flexibility depending on the child’s future needs.

For example, a young adult may use tax-free Roth IRA proceeds to fund education expenses not covered by savings

USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., February 16 • 7:00 p.m.

Administration Building • 704 College •Comments from public •Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) High Plains Co-op - Eric Erven 2) NW Ks. Tech. College - Mark Davis 3) Administrative reports 4) Additional •Financials 1) Treasurer’s report 2) Bills payable 3) Transfers (if needed) •Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes 2) Approve summer driver’s ed program •Consider items pulled from consent agenda New business 1) Building Control Systems (BCS) 2) Board policy updates 3) 2015-16 calendar options 4) Board election resolution 5) Credit recovery 6) Concession stand/bathrooms/Booster Club facility report 7) State funding cuts •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel •Resignations/hires •Executive session 1) Administration evaluations •Administration contracts •Executive session 1) Negotiations •Adjournment

Scott City Council Agenda Tues., February 17 • 7:30 p.m.

City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to Order •Approve minutes of Feb. 2 regular meeting •“If I were mayor . . . “ essay readings by SCMS seventh graders •Scott County Development Committee 1) Request for disbursement of funding •Scott City Municipal Airport 1) Airport consultant selection 2) Approve design contract for T-hangars •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Pool Department 1) Accept pool applications Police Department 1) Open police car bids Parks Department 1) Misc. business Public Works Department 1) Open bids for street signs Clerk’s Department 1) Misc. business •Financial and investment reports •Mayor’s comments

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or a down payment on a first home. Roth IRAs may also be a useful and collaborative savings tool for important expenses young adults have, such as continuing education or a down payment on a first home.

Unlike traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs are funded with after-tax dollars.

That means the account holder doesn’t get a tax break at the time of initial or successive deposits, but the money grows taxfree and can be withdrawn

tax-free - a benefit for a grandchild who may need a substantial sum in the years to come.

Learn more about Roth IRAs by watching this Khan Academy video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFx9hDZD7Y) Here’s an example of how much an initial $2,000 deposit in a Roth custodial IRA can grow.

For an account opened at the time the child is 16, the $2,000 opening

Scott County Commission Agenda Tuesday, February 17 County Courthouse

deposit - without any more money added to the account - could be worth roughly $55,000 at the time the child reaches age 65 assuming a seven percent expected rate of return.

What if the child needs to make a tax-free withdrawal sooner, such as at age 35, for example?

Based on the same earnings calculation as above, he or she would receive a less impressive sum of roughly $7,200.

Of course, it remains a

potential solution if there is a severe need for cash.

In 2015, the annual contribution limit for all IRAs is $5,500. It is possible, though not that easy, for a minor to open a Roth IRA on his or her own, which is why it’s good for grandparents - or any qualifying friend or relative - to shop for custodial accounts with low fees and low investment minimums to start. This is compounded annually.

(See ROTH on page 11)

Scott Co. LEC Report

Scott City Police Department Feb. 4: Troy Warta, 21, was arrested for criminal use of a financial card and theft by deception. He was transported to the LEC. 3:00 p.m. Sheriff Glenn Anderson and County Feb. 7: Kassanda Hall, driving a 2005 GMC, backed Attorney Rebecca Faurot to discuss into a parked 2006 Pontiac owned by Julie Rose in the jail policy 600 block of South Myrtle.

3:30 p.m. Tom Job - KWORC county insurance Feb. 7: A 1994 Oldsmobile owned by Dell Hammons was struck by a vehicle in the Dairy Queen park4:00 p.m. Scott County Hospital audit report ing lot.

Feb. 10: A 2004 Chevrolet owned by Renee Cure 4:30 p.m. Public Works Director Richard Cramer was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot at Scott Community High School.

5:00 p.m. County business Feb. 10: Ross Rufenacht was northbound in the 500 approve Feb. 2 minutes, approve block of South Myrtle, driving a 2008 Ford, when he change orders, accounts payable, struck a legally parked 2004 Chevrolet owned by JerKCCA membership dues emy Weinmann.

Scott County Sheriff’s Department Agenda may change before the meeting. Contact County Clerk Alice Brokofsky for an updated agenda (872-2420) or Feb. 3: Olivia Martinez, Leoti, struck a deer on K96 visit www.scott.kansasgov.com Highway (MM 56.5).

Feb. 7: 4:21 a.m. Merton Tarryn Goodman, 19, wrecked his 2004 Dodge pickup on North Pawnee Road. The vehicle caught fire. The injured occupants Public Notice were transported by ambulance to the Scott County (First Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Feb. 5, Hospital.

2015; last published Thurs., Feb. 12, 2015)2t REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE Notice is hereby given that the Scott City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on February 26, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., at the Scott City Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 221 West 5th Street, Scott City, Kansas, to consider the following agenda items: 1. Application for amendment of the official zoning map

by Brookover Family Farms, LLC to change the zoning classification from R-1 Single Family Residential District to R-2 Two Family Residential District or R-3 Multiple Family Residential District for the following described property to wit: Lots Six (6) thru Ten (10), Block Five (5) and Lots Four (4) and Five (5), Block thirteen (13), Eastridge Subdivision to Scott City, KS. 2. Application for amendment of the official zoning map

by Earl and Barbara Roemer to change the zoning from R-1 Single Family Residential District to R-2 Two Family Residential District or R-3 Multiple Family Residential District for the following described property to wit: All of Blocks Six (6) Nine (9) and Ten (10) and Lots Six (6) thru Eighteen (18), Block Thirteen (13), Eastridge Subdivision to Scott City, KS. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at such hearing.

Dated: February 3, 2015 Rodney Hogg, chairman Scott City Planning Commission

Public Notice (First Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Feb. 12, 2015; last published Thurs., Feb. 19, 2015)2t Results of the Market Study Analysis Scott County Assessments Year 2015 Pursuant to K.S.A. 1995 SUPP. 79-1460a.

A study of the residential real estate market indicated that there was no overall inflationary trend for the 2015 tax year.

A study of the commercial real estate market indicated that the market is stable, but does indicate a general upward or downward trend.

A study of the vacant real estate market indicated that the market is stable with no general upward or downward trend.

Values on specific properties may not follow the general trend because of the changes in the property, corrections of descriptive information or adjustment of value based on sales of similar properties.

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Legislature weighs rebuttal to ‘revenge porn’

Alecia Clemmons knows personally how photographs can be weaponized online to humiliate, blackmail and intimidate.

The perpetrator in her case was a vengeful former husband who acted after she was granted court approval of a new protection order in February 2014. An email tipped Clemmons to posting of nude photographs of her at a site called www. myex.com.

The Missouri woman said the collection includ-

ed shots taken by her estranged husband years earlier when they still shared a home.

“The attack . . . took me to a realm I had never experienced,” Clemmons told a Kansas House committee. “After a couple hours sobbing, I gathered myself up off the floor and began my pursuit of justice.”

Her quest included an appearance in Topeka before the House Judiciary Committee to urge adoption of legislation that would make the act of

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Feb. 5, 2015; last published Thurs., Feb. 19, 2015)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF: ERICA OLIVIA RODRIGUEZ PETITIONER HOLDING ZEPEDA VASQUEZ RESPONDENT Case No. 14-DM-53 Notice of Suit The State of Kansas to Holding Zepeda Vasquez and all other persons who are or may be concerned:

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in Scott County District Court by Erica Olivia Rodriguez praying for Divorce, and you are hereby required to plead to the petition on or before March 2, 2015, in the District Court at Scott City, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

Erica Olivia Rodriguez Petitioner Colton D. Eikenberry Attorney at Law 310 Court St., Ste. 8 Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-0300

Public Notice (First Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Feb. 12, 2015)1t NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AND REGULAR MARCH BOARD MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE 2015 ANNUAL MEETING AND THE REGULAR MARCH BOARD MEETING FOR THE WESTERN KANSAS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 OF LANE, SCOTT, WICHITA, GREELEY AND WALLACE COUNTIES, KANSAS. TO ALL PERSONS: Notice is hereby given pursuant of K.S.A. 82a1026 (b) and K.S.A. 82a1029 that: WHEREAS, an annual meeting of the district shall be held by the Board of Directors. NOW THEREFORE, an annual meeting shall be held on the 17th day of March 2015 at 1:30 p.m. (CT) at Scott City, Kansas, in the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building, on the Scott County Fairgrounds, for the purpose of reporting on the financial condition of the district, district activities, presentation of a proposed budget and proposed assessment rates, and the election of the Wichita and Lane County board members.

Letters of intent to run for these positions should be submitted to the office by February 25, 2015. Also take notice that the Board of Directors of the Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 1 will hold their regular March Board Meeting at 9:00 a.m. (CT) on March 17, 2015, in the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Bldg. at the Scott County Fairgrounds in Scott City, Kansas, prior to the annual meeting.

The regular March Board meeting will be recessed/adjourned for lunch at noon and recessed/adjourned for the annual meeting at 1:30 p.m. CST. Greg Graff President, Board of Directors Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 1 906 W 5th Scott City, KS. 67871 (620) 872-5563

sharing sexually explicit images online without the consent of the pictured individual illegal.

Rep. Sydney Carlin (D-Manhattan) and Rep. Stephanie Clayton (R-Overland Park) introduced similar bills designed to forbid posting of filmed or photographed material captured with consent but placed into the Internet without authorization. Sixteen states have laws against what is known as “revenge porn,” Carlin said.

“My neighbor asked

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me to bring this bill to you,” Carlin told House peers, “because her friend had been devastated when photographs, which were taken consensually within the safeguards of marriage, were later posted to a website in retaliation following the breakup of the marriage.”

Clayton said revenge porn could threaten an individual’s employment, current relationship and personal safety.

“It is an incredibly violent act - slander, assault and humiliation all in

one,” she said. “Photos in the online sphere allow anyone in the world to join in on the harassment within seconds of it being posted.”

Under current Kansas law, statutes related to blackmail and privacy only apply to images taken without consent.

Joyce Grover, executive director of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, said there were more than 3,000 online sites worldwide dedicated to displays of revenge porn.

One survey indicated 69 percent of victims had their full name posted with the material and 49 percent were harassed or stalked online or in person as a result of a former intimate partner posting to such a site, Grover said.

There appears to be bipartisan support for action in the House and Senate.

Sen. Jeff King (R-Independence) said state statute needed to catch up with technological shifts that invade privacy.

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As you evaluate a decision to open a custodial Roth IRA, check with the broker and the account administrator on any institutional or state rules on custodial accounts and what information you’ll need to open one.

Depending on those rules, there’s a chance that grandparents may not be able to open the custodial account directly and you will have to work through their parents or legal guardian to get started.

Also, consider the following: Make sure you’re financially secure. The MetLife study notes that many grandparents tend to overextend their financial support when it comes to family members in need.

Seek advice from financial, tax and estate professionals on how much you can reasonably afford to give and the best means to do so.

Coordinate with your grandchild’s parents or guardian. It is important for family members

to remain open about all money issues, particularly in relation to minors.

Discuss what provisions the parents have made for the child and whether your idea complements financial strategies already in place. If not, keep talking and discuss other ways you can help.

Consider your grandchild’s potential handling of the account. When your grandchildren reach legal age or meet other key requirements of the account, they can take control of the money.

Will they be ready? If not, evaluate other investment vehicles that better meet your objectives.

Bottom line: Setting up a custodial Roth IRA may be a good way for grandparents and grandchildren to work on retirement or other financial goals.

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Advocates want awareness of domestic violence Over 25,000 spend time in Kansas shelters

Dave Ranney KHI News Service

Last year, more than 25,000 women and children spent time in one of the 29 domestic violence shelters in Kansas. A few men did as well.

“These are just the ones we know about,” said Joyce Grover, executive director of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

Between 2009 and 2013, law enforcement officials in Kansas investigated nearly 96,000 reports of domestic violence, resulting in 68,000 arrests.

The best way to bring these numbers down, Grover said, is to “stop

it before it starts.” And the best way to do that, she said, is to get people talking about changing the long-unchallenged “beliefs, attitudes and behaviors” that condone - or don’t do enough to condemn - violent relationships.

“The big picture we’re all aiming for here is for a world without intimate partner violence,” Grover said Tuesday, at the start of a two-day conference in Topeka titled “Reweaving Our Social Fabric: Engaging to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence.”

Don McPherson, a 1987

Steps to becoming a better communicator by the American Counseling Association

We’re all aware that communicating plays an important role in the relationships we have with others. Regardless of the type of relationship, from romantic to family to job-related, the better you are at communicating, the more successful that relationship is likely to be.

So how do you become a better communicator?

The first step is to become a better listener. Too often, especially in trying to talk about something emotional or argumentative, we tend to think more about what we’re going to say while ignoring what the other person is trying to express.

We may assume we know what the other person will say and, without taking the time to really hear and understand their words, begin our own response. Listening is an active and difficult skill.

Beyond listening, there are other factors that make for better communication. One important item is making eye contact with the person you’re talking with and listening to.

You also want to be aware of nonverbal communication, such as body language and voice tone.

A mocking tone, rolling eyes, hands on hips or crossed arms are all negative communications that can cause whomever you’re speaking with to withdraw and become defensive.

You also want to focus on how you are expressing yourself verbally. It helps to make “I” statements rather than “you” accusations. You want to avoid words like “always” or “never” which tend to put a listener automatically on the defensive.

Name calling or being overly critical or sarcastic is never productive.

Positive communication happens when you express yourself in small chunks, rather than talking fast and trying to get all your points in at once.

You also want to make sure you’re having a conversation, rather than just lecturing. Take turns and let whomever you’re talking with have a chance to express an opinion, and listen to him or her without interrupting or finishing the thought being expressed.

Communicating well in any type of relationship takes practice and work, but it can pay off when a major discussion has to take place. Start practicing with simple issues to express yourself honestly, clearly and coolly, and to learn to listen to the other side as well.

Poor communication is one of the major reasons for work frustrations, family problems and marriage issues. If communication issues are causing you relationship problems, consider consulting a professional counselor for help.

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

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All-American quarterback at Syracuse University who later played in the National Football League and Canadian Football League, presented one of the conference’s keynote addresses.

Now an advocate and educator, McPherson, too, encouraged those in the audience to have public discussions aimed at dissecting the root causes of domestic violence.

“We don’t raise boys to be men,” he said.

“We raise them not to be women, and in that process we raise them in a very narrow way in how they see themselves, how

they come to understand who they are and how they come to see women as ‘less than.’ That’s an attitude that not only leads to violence against women but also to our collective silence about it.”

Similarly, McPherson said the worst thing a coach can say to a boy is “You throw like a girl” or “You run like a girl.” He also said that adults should stop using the adage, “Boys will be boys.”

Concerning the NFL’s response to Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s assault of Janay Palmer, his then-

anyone ask why Ray Rice remained in that relationship?” McPherson said.

“Think about it. What kind of man would want to stay with someone he’s spit on, someone he assaulted on a public elevator? What does that say about him?”

He welcomed President Barack Obama’s appearance in a video shown Sunday during the Grammy Awards to condemn domestic violence.

But the nation’s music industry, he said, has done little to lessen its promotion of “misogamy, sexism and violence against women.”

Laura Patzner, who runs the Family Crisis Center, a 10-county

girlfriend who is now his wife, McPherson said, “I hope that at some point, as a culture and as a society and as a nation, we get to ask the question: Why do we idolize and lionize men in professional sport who are part of a culture of abuse?

“And at some point, we have to ask why the NFL continues to give us this product when we know these are not necessarily good people.”

He questioned the media’s stories on why Palmer remained with Rice after he knocked her unconscious in a hotel elevator. “Why didn’t (See VIOLENCE on page 13)

House committee hears plan to expand Medicaid in Kansas Kansas would expand state health coverage for the poor and disabled in line with the federal health care act but would tax hospitals and clinics to raise any state dollars needed to attract extra federal funds under a proposal outlined Monday by a legislative panel.

The measure sponsored by the state House Vision 2020 Committee would allow Kansas to require able-bodied Medicaid participants to hold jobs or volunteer positions to receive coverage. The state also would be able to charge premiums for coverage.

The committee is unusual in the Republican-

controlled House because it’s not dominated by GOP conservatives, and its chairman, Rep. Tom Sloan of Lawrence, is more liberal than other Republicans.

There is still strong opposition among top Republican legislators to expanding the state’s $3 billion-a-year Medicaid program, which provides health coverage to about 368,000 people.

Sloan said the committee’s proposal, which would expand coverage to 169,000 more people, is designed to address the reasons many GOP legislators give for opposing a Medicaid expansion.

Hospitals have

endorsed an expansion and said they would support a new tax to draw down federal dollars. The bill would allow the state to tap them for a total of $327 million over five years.

“It is an attempt to balance the political realities,” Sloan said.

A legislative committee in Tennessee last week rejected a plan from popular Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to expand Medicaid there that emerged from nearly two years of negotiations with the federal government.

But Indiana, led by conservative GOP Gov. Mike Pence, recently expanded coverage under

a federally approved plan that includes health savings accounts.

The federal government promises to pay the full cost of a state’s Medicaid expansion through 2016 and at least 90 percent after that.

Gov. Sam Brownback has said he’s open to proposals to expand Medicaid, which is now barred by state law. But he and other top Republicans question whether Kansas could raise any matching funds.

The state is facing a projected shortfall of nearly $600 million in its budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 after (See MEDICAID on page 13)

Medicaid expansion could boost safety net clinic income by $44M Bryan Thompson Kansas Public Radio

Kansas hospitals are leading the push for Medicaid expansion. But they’re not the only providers for which expansion is a critical issue.

It’s also a priority for the safety net clinics that exist to provide free and reduced-cost care to lowincome Kansans. Twothirds of the people who rely on the clinics live under the federal poverty line: annual income of $11,670 for an individual and $23,850 for a family

of four.

Virtually all of them would qualify for KanCare - the state’s privatized Medicaid program - under expansion.

“KanCare expansion is a big issue for us,” said Denise Cyzman, executive director of the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved.

The KAMU clinics provided care to more than 250,000 people in 2014. However, because many patients couldn’t afford to pay their bills, the clinics ended the year with $44 million in

The KAMU clinics provided care to more than 250,000 people in 2014. However, because many patients couldn’t afford to pay their bills, the clinics ended the year with $44 million in uncompensated care on their books.

uncompensated care on their books. Expanding KanCare eligibility to low-income adults would greatly reduce that financial burden, Cyzman said.

“It could generate all the way up to the $44 million,” she said. “But even if we get only a portion of that covered through KanCare, it would be a tremendous economic boost for our clinics.”

The clinics have esti-

mated that expansion would lower their uncompensated costs by at least $25 million. Jason Wescoe, chief executive of the Health Partnership Clinic, said KanCare expansion would generate another $1.5 million in revenue for his Olathebased clinic, which has an annual operating budget of about $5 million.

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Kansas engages in mental health drug debate

In Kansas, the state’s Medicaid program tells doctors which medications they can prescribe for heart disease, diabetes, asthma or cancer. It’s been that way for as long as most policymakers can remember.

Mental health drugs are different. Since 2002, state law has allowed Medicaid patients access to whatever behavioral health drugs their physician or psychiatrist sees fit to prescribe.

During a recent appearance before the House Social Services Budget Committee, Kansas

Department of Health and Environment Acting Secretary Susan Mosier said mental health drugs ought to be subject to the same or similar scrutiny as drugs used to treat physical health issues.

Regulating mental health drugs, she said, will lead to better health care outcomes and allow the state to rein in some of its ever-increasing Medicaid costs.

According to KDHE, the state’s Medicaid program spent $92.1 million on mental health drugs in 2013. KDHE projects that tighter regulation of

Violence domestic violence shelter based in Great Bend, welcomed McPherson and Grover’s calls encouraging public conversations about domestic violence.

“The biggest thing that people don’t understand, I think, is how pervasive

“Putting $1.5 million into this organization means I hire more doctors, hire more nurses and open more clinics,” Wescoe said.

But the politics of the issue is anything but simple. The connection between Medicaid expansion and President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act has created widespread opposition to it among Republican governors.

Some have negotiated alternative plans that use federal Medicaid dollars to expand access to private coverage and require recipients to share in the cost of their care.

In Kansas, Gov.

David Wiebe, president of the Kansas Mental Health Coalition advocacy group. “Our concern is for drug therapy decisions are made between the prescriber and the consumer; not by someone who’s looking at a piece of paper somewhere saying, ‘No, you have to try this (drug) first because it’s cheaper,’” Wiebe said.

SB 123 does not indicate how behavioral health drugs would be regulated if the current law were to be repealed.

That would depend on new rules and regulations to be developed by the

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it is,” Patzner said. “This isn’t just about abusive marriages or how many people get arrested or how many people we see (at the shelter). It’s cultural, it’s bullying, it’s about how we get along with others.”

Clinic

behavioral health drugs would save the state $8.3 million.

Mental health advocates say that while restricting access to the behavioral health drugs may result in some shortterm savings, it could wreak havoc with the lives of many patients and their families. Those costs would include emergency room visits, admissions to one of the state-run psychiatric hospitals or prison sentences and will outweigh any short-term savings.

“What this all boils down to is money,” said

Patzner said her 16-bed shelter is almost always full.

“I tell people we just did an expansion - we bought two blow-up mattresses,” she said. “When we need them, which is

a lot of the time, we use them.”

Grover encouraged any civic group or organization that’s interested in hosting a conversation on domestic violence issues to contact the shelter in their region.

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Sam Brownback and Republican legislative leaders have so far refused to consider expansion.

The Kansas Hospital Association is crafting a proposal that it hopes will appeal to the governor and his fellow conservatives.

The safety net clinics are ready to help lobby for the KHA plan, Cyzman said.

But based on preliminary conversations with legislators, she doesn’t expect it to be an easy sell.

“There are more and more (legislators) who say, ‘Well, we’re interested in thinking about it, but we’re really concerned about how the state is going to pay for it,’” Cyzman said. “Until

Medicaid

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lawmakers aggressively cut personal income taxes at Brownback’s urging in 2012 and 2013.

And some GOP lawmakers want Kansas involved as little as possible with the 2010 federal health care law championed by President Obama, viewing it as burdensome and harmful to the economy.

Medicaid in Kansas doesn’t cover able-bodied adults without children, and many parents aren’t covered unless their incomes fall well below the federal poverty level.

Meanwhile, the federal health care law provides insurance subsidies for families who make one to four times the federal poverty level. The poverty level is $15,730 for a family of two and $23,850 for a family of four.

we can figure that out, it’s going to be really challenging to get it through the Legislature.”

The federal government has promised to pay the full cost of a state’s Medicaid expansion through 2016 and at least 90 percent after that.

A study commissioned by the Kansas Hospital Association estimated expansion would cost the state an additional $312 million through 2020.

An expansion bill, introduced by a committee controlled by moderate Republicans, would give the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment the authority to levy fees

on hospitals and other providers to offset the state’s portion of the expansion cost. It’s not known what financing mechanism, if any, will be included in the hospital association’s bill, which could be introduced as soon as this week.

The same budget issues that have legislators concerned about the cost of Medicaid expansion are threatening the approximately $8.2 million in funding that safety net clinics receive from the state.

A bill signed Tuesday to plug a $344 million hold in the state’s current budget included a cut of $254,000 for the clinics.

state’s Medicaid agencies.

“We’ve picked up clues from testimony in various committees, and (Department for Aging and Disability Services Secretary) Kari Bruffett came to one of our meetings and spoke in rather general terms about their concerns,” said Amy Campbell, director of the Kansas Mental Health Coalition.

Mosier has said KDHE supports exposing behavioral health drug prescriptions to prior authorization, preferred drug lists, step therapies that require patients to fail on one

drug before being prescribed another and “hard and soft safety edits.”

“Soft edits” would allow the three managed care organizations now charged with administering the state’s Medicaid program to call questionable prescriptions to the attention of their patients’ pharmacists, who would review the prescription and uphold or overrule the company’s concern.

A “hard edit” would require physicians to first check with the managed care organizations before filling certain psychotropic medications.

Pastime at Park Lane We welcome Ruth Goodman to Park Lane.

The Scott Mennonite Church led Sunday afternoon services.

Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Dorothy King, Wanda Kirk, Hugh McDaniel, Madeline Murphy, Joy Barnett and Mandy Barnett.

Pastor Bob Artz led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Doris Riner and Elsie Nagel led the hymns.

Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning.

Bingo was played on Wednesday afternoon.

Helpers were Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut, Wanda Kirk and Mandy Barnett.

Residents played cards on Wednesday evening.

Elsie Nagel gave manicures on Thursday morn-

Variety of entertainment last week

Jan Huck played her violin on Tuesday afternoon.

Margie Stevens and Melody Stevens perfomed on Thursday afternoon. Margie played the piano and Melody played the drums. ing.

Residents played trivia games on Thursday evening.

Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday morning. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon.

Residents made Valentine cards on Friday afternoon. Thanks to D’Ann Markel and Cheryl Perry for their help.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Dale and Vicki Dirks and David Dirks.

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Hugh McDaniel and Nathella Jeffery.

Geraldine Graves was visited by Janet Soeken.

Mike Leach was visited by Linda Dunagan and Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church.

Herb Graves was visited by Tina Turley.

Delores Brooks was visited by Charles Brooks, Cheryl Perry, Nancy Holt and Fritzi Rauch.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Gloria O’Bleness and Larry LaPlant.

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Mark Fouquet, Jon and Anne Crane, Fritzi Rauch, Lil Francisco and Donna Gaschler.

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Pat Lawrence was visited by Bob Waters and Marilyn Waters.

Edna Uppendahl was visited by Maranda Dawn Barnett and Hugh McDaniel.

Darlene Richman was visited by Tina Turley.

LaVera King was visited by Gloria Gough, Carol Latham, Shellie Carter, Velda Riddiough and Marsha Holloway.

Cecile Billings was visited by Delinda Dunagan, Linda Dunagan, Ann Beaton, Darwin and Lavera Hedges, Kayla and Adison George, Halle Jones, Darren and Jill George, and Larry and Donita Billings.

Lowell Rudolph was visited by LuAnn Buehler, Kathleen Moore, Tom Moore, Holly Berland, Marci Knobbe, Gene and Becky Hutchins, and Dorsi Cupp.

by Jason Storm

James Still was visited

by Linda Dunagan and Tina Turley.

Nella Funk was visited by Pam Brown, Tami Turley, Dianna Howard, Sheila Boyd, Kim Smith, Nancy Holt, Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms.

Corrine Dean was visited by Pam Brown, Tami Turley, Dianna Howard, Kim Smith, Nancy Holt, Ron Hess, Janice and Art F., Aaron and Mandy Kropp, Mary Lou Oeser and Karen Harms.

Guests of Ruth Goodman were Crystal Zapata, Dan and Sara Goodman and Jary, Janet and Addie Goodman.

Emogene Harp was visited by Alicia Harp, Rick Harp, Maranda Dawn Barnett, Joy Barnett and Nancy Holt.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright and Larry and Philene Pickett.

Boots Haxton was visited by Joni Pottberg from Salina and Miles Veeder from Dodge City, Rod and Kathy Haxton, and Melissa Jasnoch.

Yvonne Spangler was visited by Yvette Mills, Les and MaryAnn Spangler, and Lorena Turley.

Albert Dean was visited by Nancy Holt, Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser.

Lorena Turley was visited by Phyllis See, Caley Roberts, Alonna Mantzke, Karen Harms, Mary Lou Oeser, Neta Wheeler and Nola Thornton.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Sharon Lock and Tina Turley.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk and Janet Ottaway.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Charles and Phyllis Nightengale and Otto Harp.

Deaths Alice Gwen McKinney Robertson MaryAnn Claire Winter

Celine Therese Wimmer

Alice Gwen McKinney Robertson, 76, died Feb. 9, 2015, at the Greeley County Hospital, Tribune.

S h e was born on Aug. 9, 1938, in Ashland, the daughter of C h a r l e s Alice Robertson Donald and Vivian Marie (Lowry) McKinney.

She grew up on a ranch in Meade County and attended high school at Englewood, graduating in 1956. She was the only student in her class.

Alice attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Okla., where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education along with a minor in business, graduating in 1959.

On April 5, 1958, she married Warren Henry “Hank” Robertson at the United Methodist Church in Englewood.

Alice worked as a secretary in the placement office at SWOSU and taught second grade in Dodge City. In 1965, the couple moved to Tribune where they purchased Richardson Rexall Drug, later becoming Robertson Drug.

Alice taught English at Greeley County High School while working at Robertson Drug until re-

Celine Therese Wimmer, 87, died Feb. 6, 2015, at the Wichita County Health Center, Leoti.

S h e was born on Oct. 8, 1927, on the Baker family homestead near M a r i e n - Celine Wimmer thal, the daughter of Anton and Caecelia (Baier) Baker.

A lifetime resident of Marienthal, she was a farm wife, homemaker and mother.

Celine was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and St. Mary Altar Society, both in Marienthal.

On Aug. 10, 1948, she married Jerome John “Jack” Wimmer at Marienthal. They made their home on the Wimmer family homestead, two miles south of the Baker homestead near Marienthal.

He died Aug. 19, 2009, at Garden City.

Survivors include: five children, Jackie Schreibvogel, and husband, Ron, Holcomb, Nancy Berning, and husband, David, Marienthal, Cary Wimmer, and wife, Krista, Garden City, Celine (Cin-

tiring and selling the drug store in 1989.

Along with their drug store, Hank and Alice also started their farming operation in 1965, which continues today.

Survivors include: her husband, Hank, Tribune; two daughters, Barbara Johnson, and husband, Darrel, Richardson, Tex., and Jena Brunswig, and husband, Jonathan, Scott City; two sons, Mark Robertson, and wife, Judy, and Scot Robertson, and wife, Lisa, both of Tribune; one sister, Norma Salisbury, Montezuma; and 10 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one granddaughter, Jenny Marie Johnson.

Funeral service will be held Friday, Feb. 13, 10:30 a.m. (MST), at the United Methodist Church, Tribune, with Pastor Wayne Stephens and Rev. Jerl Joslin officiating.

Interment will be at the Greeley County Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to the Greeley County Hospital or the United Methodist Church in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 322 2nd St., Tribune, Ks. 67879.

Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com.

Jacquelin Susan Wendler Jacquelin Susan Wendler, 59, died Feb. 4, 2015, at Edmond, Okla.

She was born on July 5, 1955, in Ransom, the daughter of Clarence and Margie Wendler.

She graduated from Dighton High School and attended Garden City Community College.

Survivors include: mother, Margie, Edmond, Okla; two brothers, Lain, Kimberling City, Mo.,

and David, Kansas City, Mo.; four nieces and one nephew.

She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence; one brother, Jeffrey; and one nephew, Simon.

A private family service was held.

In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to United Cerebral Palsy, 10400 Greenbriar Place, Oklahoma City, Okla.

73159.

MaryAnn Claire Winter, 91, died Feb. 6, 2015, at the Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care, Leoti.

S h e was born on Aug. 13, 1923, on the Baker f a m ily homestead near MaryAnn Winter Marienthal, the daughter of Anton and Caecilia (Baier) Baker.

A graduate of Wichita County High School in 1941, she began her working career at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City; followed by the Air Base, Garden City; Cooper Tire Company, Denver, Colo.; and a Post Exchange, in California; before returning to Western Kansas to become a farm wife.

MaryAnn was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and St. Mary Altar Society, both in Marienthal.

On Feb. 8, 1949, she married Joseph E. Winter at Marienthal. He died Aug. 16, 2010, at Leoti.

Survivors include: five sons, J. Alan, and wife, Rita, Larned, Tony, and wife, Jennifer, Leoti, Randy, and wife, Barbara, Livingston, Mont., Jim, and wife, Carla, Co-

lumbia, Mo., and Sydney, and wife, Julie, Chandler, Ariz.; one daughter, Caecilia Gropp, and husband, Terry, Scott City; two brothers, Joseph Baker, and wife, Virginia, Haddam, and Bernard Baker, and wife, Theresa, Colby; two sisters, Imelda Smith, and husband, Gerald, and Inella Scheffe, and husband, Clyde, both of Marienthal; 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Annie Winter; and nine siblings, Louis Baker, Bernadine Pahls, Celine Wimmer, Marguerite Zellner, Florence Zellner, Elizabeth Geyer, Pauline Baker, Anthony Baker and Marie Baker.

Vigil service was held at St. Mary Catholic Church, Marienthal. Funeral Mass was held at St. Mary Catholic Church, with Fr. Bernard Felix officiating.

Burial was at St. Mary Cemetery, Marienthal.

Memorials may be given to St. Mary Catholic Church or Wichita County Long Term Care in care of the Price and Sons Funeral Home, 202 N. 4th, Leoti, Ks. 67861.

Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com.

dy) Govert, and husband, Kevin, Tribune, and Gail Hunt, and husband, Bill, Marienthal; two brothers, Joseph Baker, and wife, Virginia, Haddam, and Bernard Baker and wife, Theresa, Colby; two sisters, Imelda Smith, and husband, Gerald, and Inella Scheffe, and husband, Clyde, both of Marienthal; 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two infant sons, Donald Wimmer and David Wimmer; and nine siblings, MaryAnn Winter, Louis Baker, Benadine Pahls, Marquerite Zellner, Florence Zellner, Elizabeth Geyer, Pauline Baker, Anthony Baker and Marie Baker.

Vigil service was held Feb. 10 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Marienthal.

Funeral mass was held at St. Mary Catholic Church with Fr. Bernard Felix officiating.

Burial was at St. Mary Cemetery, Marienthal.

Memorials may be given to the St. Mary Altar Society or Leoti EMTs in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 202 N. 4th, Leoti, Ks. 67861.

Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com.

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Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of February 16-20 Monday: Sausage gravy, tri-tators, green beans, biscuit, mandarin oranges.

Tuesday: Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, California blend vegetables, whole wheat bread, apricots.

Wednesday: Baked pollock, spinach salad, tomato slices, whole wheat bread, cinnamon apples.

Thursday: Chili, crackers, tossed salad, fruit cocktail.

Friday: Tahitian chicken, beets, steamed cabbage, whole wheat roll, pineapple. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501

District 11 AA Meetings Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m.

807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118

Dighton Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-2647

Enter your team in ‘Walk Kansas’ at the Scott County Extension office

Attend the Church of Your Choice

What did you say?

These are familiar words to me. I have been called to account for what came out of my mouth more than a few times in my life. Someone bigger or having authority over me didn’t appreciate my freedom of speech.

My mother even washed my mouth with soap. They were right of course, because I was abusing that most precious of freedoms. Whether intentionally or not, they were siding with God on the matter.

Our freedom of speech is God-given and He expects us to use it in His service. You don’t have to be a preacher to serve and glorify God with your mouth. Fill your heart with love for God and His Word, “For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.”(Matt 12:34 NASB) You will, of course, need to do some reading in His Word; ”understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord”(Dt.8:3 NASB). More of us should be among those who regularly abstain from eating in order to feast on the scriptures and whose spiritual nourishment is as important as the physical?

Paul advised the Ephesians, “Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.”(Eph.4:29 NASB).

Your mother may have said it thusly, “If you can’t say something good, don’t say anything at all”. Either way, it is not really hard to understand. Is it?

There is something else easy to get, “But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.”(Matt 12:36 NASB). To God be the glory! Amen? Amen!

Pastor Robert Nuckolls Immanuel Southern Baptist Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer

4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m.

Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m.

Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m.

Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Pence Community Church

Community Christian Church

8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.)

Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

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

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

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

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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

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

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

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

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

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City

9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 Bishop Irvin Yeager • 620-397-2732 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

Relief Society and Priesthood, 11:20 a.m.

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

Moving? Contact The Scott County Record to update your address, so you don’t miss your paper.

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

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Youngsters who have reached 200 to 1,300 book milestones in the Scott County Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” reading program are:

Alexis Malchow 200

Billy Malchow 200

Jagger Spangler 600

169 on SCHS semester rolls

There were 169 students named to the first semester honor roll at Scott Community High School. The list includes 28 students on the platinum honor roll with a 4.0 grade point average.

Other honor lists are Gold (3.75-3.99), Silver (3.5-3.74) and Bronze (3.0-3.49).

Honor roll students include: Platinum Honor List Seniors: Macy Davis, Chantz Yager.

Juniors: Desirae Honeyfield, Nicole Latta, Addison Price, Megan Smith, Jayden Wren.

Sophomores: Krystal Appel, Jess Drohman, Elizabeth Eikenberry, Karen Gonzalez, Taylor Goodman, Carson Haupt, Bo Hess, Katie Nowak, Clarissa Ratzlaff, Chase Rumford, Kylee Trout, Paige Winderlin, Kiana Yager, Keely Yeager.

Freshmen: Brenda Aguirre, Kayla Appel, Trella Davis, Emily Glenn, Conner LeBeau, Emily Smith, Makaela Stevens.

Gold Honor List Seniors: Emily Buxton, Miguel Chavez, Marshal Hutchins, James Jurgens, Hayden Webster.

Juniors: Ximena Ayala, Madison Braun, Asher Huck, Wyatt Kropp, Alma Martinez, Shylo McCulloch, Danean Metheney, Zayra Pergrino-Gonzalez, Christina Tilton, Melanie Tilton.

Sophomores: Alysan Buehler, Judith Gutierrez, Trace Mulligan, Elaine Parkinson, Emma Price, Tyler Vondracek, Joshua Walter.

Freshmen: Erika Blanco, Reid Brunswig, Jalynn Habiger, Jade Heim, Katie McGonagle, Dallie Metheney, Selena Oronia, Pierre Portes, Ashley Prewit, Abbigail Prochnow.

Silver Honor List Seniors: Sloan Baker, Coby Belt, Hunter Braun, Kambra Dearden, Wyatt Eitel, Jami Emahizer, Kristi Faurot, Lane Hayes, Wesley Hemel, Trey O’Neil, Brianna Smull, Jaylee York.

Juniors: Alexan-

dra Castillo, Cooper Griffith, Dylan Hutchins, Drake McRae, Cayleigh Ramsey, Abram Wiebe, Kaely Zilla.

Sophomores: Haley Allen, Macy Berning, KelsiJo Crouch, Kyle Cure, Mikennon Donovan, Paige Eggleston, Justin Faurot, Delaney Kitch, Karlee Logan, Hayden Nevills, Camryn Patton, Edward Tilton.

Freshmen: Melisa Alfonso, Chelsea Amerine, Sahil Anil, Dexter Gooden, Jynessa Horney, Porter Irwin, Bailey Latta, Gabriela Lopez-Reyes, Zoey Majors, Savanna Osthoff, Kaitlyn Roberts, Adrian Ruelas, Luis Torres, Agustin Tzunux-Ramos.

Bronze Honor List Seniors: Chelsea Barnhart, Treyston Buffington, Brooke Dillinger, Ethan Ford, Briana Hutton, Hugo Martinez, Brett Meyer, Anna Miller, Elizabeth Murrary, Elizabeth Parkinson, Sergio Peregrino, James Slater, Reagan Smyth, Daniel Varela.

Juniors: Liliana Ayala, Joshua Becker, Mark Vurnett, Mariah Campbell, Dayra Castillo-Morales, Reid Flower, Amanda Kough, Thomas Lawrence, Irvin Lozano, Nicholas Storm.

Sophomores: Makayla Amerine, Drew Duff Jennie Erven, Isaac Evans, Taylor Fairleigh, Karen Hermosillo, Esmeralda Hernandez, Chandler Janssen, Chance Jones, Jacob Karnaze, Kaylene McGonagle, Austin Miller, Garrett Osborn, Andres Perez, Rebecca Rebarchek, Kaleb Roberts, Ashley Rosas, Brandi Shearmire, Brynan Sherwood, Ali Tarman, Nancy Wiebe, Ethan Wright.

Freshmen: Zachariah Carson, Gracy Chambless, Nicholas Cheney, Kolby Farr, Mya Foster, Kevin Herndon, Chandler Hornbostel, Jarret Jurgens, Samantha Lawrence, Lacy Lowe, Ivan Macias, Jordan Miller, Makenzie Morris, Felix Nolasco, Olivia Prieto, Trevor Roberts, Baron Strine, Austen Turner.

Dash Campos 700

Abigail Wiechman 800

Emme Wishon 800

Kasey Rohrbough 1,200

Ava Hughes 1,300

USD 466 Lunch Menu Week of February 16-20 Breakfast Monday: Whole grain mini waffles and syrup, pineapple slices, fruit juice.

Tuesday: Pancakes and syrup, sausage patty, grapefruit, fruit juice.

Wednesday: Whole wheat bagel and jelly, strawberries, fruit juice.

Thursday: Breakfast pita and salsa, diced pears, fruit juice.

Friday: Whole grain cinnamon roll, mandarin oranges, fruit juice.

Lunch Monday: Submarine sandwich, *super nachos, tater tots, lettuce and tomatoes, fresh grapes.

Tuesday: Lasagna, *beef stew, french bread, cooked carrot coins, strawberries.

Wednesday: Tuna and noodle bake, *pizza mozzarella sticks, green beans, dinner roll, tropical fruit salad.

Thursday: Crispitos and cheese sauce, *chicken pot pie, baked potato, garlic bread stick, peaches.

Friday: Cheese pizza, *mini corndogs, sweet potato wedges, choice of hot vegetable, pears. *second choice at SCMS and SCHS

SCHS Theatre Department

Sunday, February 15 • 2:30 p.m.

Monday, February 16 • 7:30 p.m.

SCHS Auditorium • 712 Main, Scott City Tickets: $5 per person available at the door All seating is general admission.

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another one bites the dust

Second 4A ranked team in a week falls to Scott City boys

Scott City sophomore Bo Hess fights to maintain control of a rebound during Tuesday’s nonleague action against Hays-TMP. (Record Photo)

Lady Beavers aiming for strong league finish With a brutal stretch in which they played stateranked opponents in three consecutive games, the Scott Community High School girls will be looking for a “break” when they face Colby on Friday.

“It’s been tough on the girls, but I also feel it was a good experience to play teams of this caliber,” says head coach Shelby Crawford. “I really felt like we made some progress during this stretch that will make us a better team the rest of the season.”

The Lady Beavers did look better offensively, particularly in the first quarter, in a 66-36 loss to TMP-Marian on the home floor Tuesday. TMP (14-1) is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A-Division II. During the opening period, four different SCHS players connected on baskets that tied the score each time. Madison Orr’s bucket with 2:22 remaining in the quarter tied the game a final time (See FINISH on page 18)

Defense is something the Scott City boys have always been able to rely upon in big games.

Toss in some timely offense and it can be a devastating combination as the Beavers proved once again in a surprisingly one-sided 69-45 win over Hays-TMP on Hays-TMP 45 Scott City 69 the home floor Tuesday night.

SCHS (15-1), entered the game ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, while TMP (9-6) had won eight of their previous nine games and climbed to No. 9 in the Class 4A-Division II rankings.

This battle between former league rivals who have a strong basketball history lived up to expectations during the first nine minutes with the Beavers holding a 14-12 lead.

That’s when the Beavers put a defensive stranglehold on the Monarchs, limiting them to just five points during the remainder of the half while charging to a 36-17 advantage.

Part of that defensive focus was on TMP senior Kameron Schmidt who hit a pair of first quarter treys and scored eight of his team’s first 12 points. Head coach Glenn O’Neil gave guards Chantz Yager and Dylan Hutchins responsibility for face-guarding Schmidt in their matchup zone.

“It wasn’t a diamond-and-one, but it sort of was,” noted Coach O’Neil. “When we slowed him down the other guys had a hard time getting into the offense.”

Schmidt added just six more points the rest of the night to finish with a team high 14. No other Monarch finished with more than six points.

“We came out ready in the second quarter. Coach said we had to stop them quick on their three-point attempts (See TMP on page 21)

GWAC title on the line when top-ranked powers clash Tues.

Scott Community High School head coach Glenn O’Neil believes in the mantra, “one game at a time.”

That’s why O’Neil wasn’t talking about the biggest game on the regular schedule even though it’s only a few days away.

“What we’re talking about now is Colby and continuing to work hard and get better in practice,” O’Neil says of Friday’s Great West Activities Conference road game.

“Holcomb is on everyone else’s minds, but it’s not something we’ve talked about yet.”

It’s hard to imagine who isn’t thinking about the game between the Beavers - ranked No. 1 in Class

SCHS (15-1) vs Holcomb (16-0) in Scott City Tues., Feb. 17 • tipoff at 8:00 p.m.

3A - and the Longhorns - ranked No. 1 in Class 4A-Division II. Scott City is playing for a share of the GWAC title. Holcomb is playing for sole possession of a league championship.

Both teams are playing for bragging rights.

The Beavers are winners of nine straight games since a 61-53 loss at Holcomb on Jan. 13. However, that was only a two-point game, 52-50, with 1-1/2 minutes to play.

One of the key factors in that game was Holcomb’s ability to dominate the boards. The taller Longhorns held a 35-18 rebounding advantage, including a 12-4 edge under the offensive boards.

“We definitely learned that we need to get more physical. That’s something we saw from the Holcomb game,” says senior guard Brett Meyer.

“We guards need to crash the boards harder and get more rebounds. We didn’t do that at Holcomb very much. Overall, I feel we’re playing a lot more physical than we were earlier in the year,” he says.

(See CLASH on page 19)

Matmen are GWAC runner-up Tucker, Jurgens, Griffith claim individual titles

With a wrestling tradition as strong as Scott City’s has been over the past three decades, it’s hard to imagine the Beavers surprising anyone with their mat success.

Saturday may have been one of those rare occurrences.

The Beavers won four of their five duels, losing only to Class 4A power Colby, and finished as the runner-up in the Great West Activities Conference tournament held in Hugoton.

It was quite a turnaround from a year ago when a young and struggling SCHS squad mustered just two wins.

“I wasn’t sure what to expect

after the way we wrestled on Thursday,” said head coach Jon Lippelmann, referring to a 49-9 loss at Dodge City.

“We looked slow on our feet and pretty lethargic. If we didn’t bring any more intensity than that on Saturday it was going to be a long day,” he said.

Instead, the Beavers plowed through their first three rounds with wins over Goodland (42-33), Ulysses (36-28) and Holcomb (50-21.

Following their only loss to Colby (45-19), SCHS wrapped up the day with an exciting come-from-behind 36-31 win over Hugoton.

(See GWAC on page 22)

Scott City 160-pounder Wyatt Kropp drives Juan Anguiano (Ulysses) to the mat for a takedown during a 5-3 win in the GWAC duel tournament at Hugoton on Saturday.

(Record Photo)

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Outdoors in Kansas

DHS wins pre-tourney showdown

by Steve Gilliland

Budd leads You just strong team shot what? effort with I figure I’ve writ16 points ten this outdoor column long enough by now that I’ve earned license to ramble a little, so here goes.

Most of you have heard by now, whether you’re outdoor enthusiasts or not, that a bald eagle was found shot near Marion Reservoir.

Each winter, several hundred bald eagles migrate through Kansas. They like our big reservoirs and rivers and they like to roost in the trees that line the north branch of the Cottonwood River where it flows into Marion Reservoir.

It is a federal offense to kill any eagle or other raptor or to possess their parts.

Nor can you capture one without a special permit.

So killing this eagle could earn the simpleton who did this upwards of a $5,000 fine and a year in the slammer. Although I have no idea why someone would shoot an eagle of any variety, I can picture a couple scenarios.

I work at a local nursing/retirement home and occasionally arrange programs for the residents. A few years ago I persuaded some friends from the Kansas Hawking Club to bring a few of their hawks for show and tell.

As I was advertising the event I talked to an old farmer I’ll call Kurt who lived in one of the apartments there. When I told him about the hawks, he replied “They just all need shootin’!”

Evidently he’d lost a chicken or two over the years to marauding hawks or owls, which happens occasionally, but is by no means the norm.

Bald eagles follow migrating geese and eat mostly wounded or dying waterfowl and fish, not chickens, dogs or cats.

But I can picture some farmer who had lost poultry over the years to hawks or owls (See EAGLE on page 21)

Points have not come easily for Kiara Budd so far this season.

Her average of eight points per game would be great for most players, but it’s not what the Dighton High School guard had been expected to contribute to her No. 6 ranked (Class 1A-Division I) Lady Hornets.

After back-to-back games in which she scored in double-digits, including a 16 point performance against Ingalls, Budd may be hitting her offensive

stride at the right time of the season.

“Kiara had a real good offensive night against a very good team,” says head coach Amy Felker.

“That was the breakthrough game we’ve been looking for.”

It was Budd’s second best scoring game of the season, trailing only the 20 points she scored in the season opener.

“In our league, the teams know what Kiara is capable of doing so they’ve been playing her tight defensively and not giving her open looks on the perimeter,” says Felker. “She had some open opportunities the other night and that got her confidence back.”

Budd’s 16 points came on 6-of-9 shooting from

the field, including 4-of7 from beyond the threepoint line where she can be deadly.

With Budd’s outside attack, and a patient offense, Dighton (13-3) was able to build an 11-4 first quarter lead over the Lady Bulldogs (14-2) and roll to a 50-37.

“We didn’t rush things in the first quarter. We worked the ball around, sometimes taking 30-40 seconds off the clock,” says Felker. “We’d make five, six or seven passes before looking at the basket.

“If someone was open it seemed that we’d always make that extra pass to someone who had an even better shot.”

Even though DHS built on that early lead over the next two quarters, taking

a 40-27 advantage into the final period, the head coach said they couldn’t rest easy.

“Ingalls is a good threepoint shooting team. You never feel at ease because you know they can get hot at any time.”

Sophomore guard Sara Cramer continues to improve on her offensive production, finishing the night hitting 6-of-12 from the field for 12 points. She also contributed seven rebounds and four steals.

Sophomore pivot Jordan Speer narrowly missed getting a doubledouble with 10 points and nine rebounds. She also added four steals and three assists.

The non-league win may not be enough to boost the Lady Hornets into the No. 1 spot in sub-

state tournament action, but they will likely be the No. 2 seed. There’s also a strong possibility they will face Ingalls again in the sub-state finals, which will be played on Dighton’s home floor.

“This was a real nice win and it probably gives us a mental edge if we play them again, but we also have to keep it in perspective,” adds Felker.

“One of their starters was sick and didn’t play and another girl was in foul trouble so didn’t play as many minutes as normal. Just because we got the win this time doesn’t mean we can take anything for granted.

“It was a good team effort and it shows what we’re capable of doing when we play well as a team,” she said.

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at 11-11.

“The difference is that we had our heads up early in the game and could see that we had girls open near the basket. TMP had no one guarding us on the weak side,” says Crawford.

However, it was another game of missed opportunities.

“We probably missed six baskets in the first half, but at least we were seeing the court better and giving ourselves a chance,” he says.

“This was our best scoring night since the Ft. Lupton game, but we have to take advantage of every scoring opportunity we have on the block. We can’t afford to let easy baskets slip away from us.”

Freshman guard Bailey Latta led the Lady From her back, SCHS junior Mariah Campbell makes a pass to a teammate after winning the scramBeavers with 12 points, ble for a loose ball during Tuesday’s action against TMP-Marian.

(Record Photo) including three treys.

Sophomore guard Nancy Wiebe is also starting to to Hugoton (No. 3, Class Latta led the team with teams of this caliber with. They’re all winnable find some offense, finish- 4A-Division II), 65-29. nine points. you’re going to learn and games.” ing with nine points.

The Lady Eagles jumped “Even with the losses, improve,” says Crawford.

The Lady Beavers out to a 17-0 first quarter we gained some confi“Now we’re entering a travel to Colby on Friday Fall to Hugoton lead. dence during this stretch. four game stretch against and then host Holcomb on On Friday, SCHS lost Junior guard Nicole Any time you can play teams we can compete Tuesday in GWAC action.

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Clash (continued from page 17)

O’Neil feels the team is playing more consistent now than it was in early January.

“Before the (Christmas) break and right after that we weren’t very consistent. We’d make a good play and it would be followed by two or three plays that weren’t so good,” says O’Neil. “Consistently bad or consistently good . . . that’s how most teams are.”

The Beavers have been trending toward the consistently good during their recent win streak which includes the championship of the Orange and Black Classic. In addition, Scott City has defeated four teams who are, or were, ranked in state at the time they faced each other. That list includes Wichita Trinity (66-62), Hugoton twice (59-54, 75-57), Hays (62-57) and Hays-TMP (69-45).

Scott City senior Sloan Baker scores on a putback of a missed shot while teammate Brett Meyer is ready to assist.

(Record Photo)

Beavers overcome cold shooting, Baker on bench Two quick baskets by Sloan Baker, including a jam to start the game, had Scott Community High School fans anticipating an early blowout over Hugoton on the home floor Friday night.

Instead, the Beavers were locked in a tight battle Hugoton 57 with Hugoton Scott City 75 throughout most of the night before a 20-7 scoring blitz in the final period allowed them to pull away for a 75-57 win in Great West Activities Conference action.

Baker had a large Homecoming crowd on its feet early, but Scott City’s inability to shoot with any consistency from beyond the 15-foot range and two quick fouls on the senior center

meant the Beavers would have to grind out a win against the No. 5 ranked team in Class 4ADivision II. The 6-foot-2 Baker picked up his second foul just four minutes into the game, had his third foul at the 5:08 mark of the second period and spent more than nine minutes on the bench in the first half.

That definitely threw a wrench in Scott City’s game plan against the Eagles who feature good size in the paint.

“It was a pretty frustrating night,” admitted Baker afterwards.

Without Baker’s presence in the post for a big share of the game, the Beavers were protecting a 55-50 lead entering the final period.

Senior guard Trey O’Neil,

who finished with a game high 28 points and eight assists, hit four free throws early in the period and followed with a steal and layup at the 6:12 mark that opened up a nine point spread, 61-52.

When junior guard Dylan Hutchins, who was 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, drained a threepointer that put SCHS on top, 66-54, with 4:23 remaining the Beaver Nation began breathing a little easier.

Hutchins had also drilled a clutch three-pointer late in the third period that pushed Scott City’s lead to 55-45.

That didn’t go unnoticed by Baker. Even though he finished the night hitting 5-of-7 from the field, Baker knew the offense was struggling.

“Dylan hit a couple of big shots for us that gave us some momentum,” he noted.

Hutchins wasn’t thinking about that on his way to an 11 point performance.

“When I get open then I’m looking to shoot. I feel more comfortable in transition. In both situations, I got the pass while I was in motion,” he said.

Defense Turns Tide Scott City’s defense in the second half, particularly in the final period, began turning the momentum in their direction.

“Brett (Meyer) and I talked during halftime about how we needed to get everyone going, especially on defense,” says T. O’Neil. “I felt I didn’t play (See HUGOTON on page 22)

Sub-State Seeding However, there is more than a league title at stake on Tuesday. The Beavers still have a chance to earn the No. 1 seed in the sub-state tournament being played at Beloit.

Norton (14-2) has lost twice to Hays-TMP and fallen into the No. 3 spot. Scott City (151) and Beloit (15-1) are tied for the top spot, but each faces key games down the stretch.

Holcomb is the toughest opponent remaining on Scott City’s schedule. Beloit’s only loss came against Salina-Sacred Heart (75-72) and the two teams meet again on Feb. 17.

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Turnovers still a big issue for the Hawks In last weekend’s loss at Oklahoma State, a familiar problem reared its head with the KU Jayhawks.

The Jayby hawks had 18 Mac turnovers in Stevenson a game they should have won.

It wasn’t guards Frank Mason and Devontʹe Graham who were the main culprits; Jamari Traylor had six TOs and Wayne Selden coughed it up four times.

And most of them were careless and senseless.

After the game, Coach Bill Self said, “We just didn’t play very well. You can’t look at any individual on our team and say they had a good game. We had a couple guys make some shots, but we didn’t play very well . . . we didn’t coach them very well . . . we didn’t do anything very well today.”

That’s a fair assessment.

The Jayhawks had better correct this flaw quickly because, from now on, their opponents are going to start pressing full court as soon as they get off their bus.

Kansas (8-2) is still in first place in the conference. Tournament time is just a few weeks away and the time for major improvements is dwindling.

One team that is coming on strong is Baylor (18-5, 6-4 Big 12). In their last three games, Baylor defeated Texas (83-60), TCU (77-57), and West Virginia (87-69) in Morgantown.

Self has brought his team a long way since the beginning of the semester break.

What fans forget is that freshmen are playing a vital role and, from game to game, you don’t know what you’re going to get from first-year players.

In today’s college basketball, players need to give a sustained effort for all 40 minutes of every game and that doesn’t always happen with freshmen and sophomores.

Cliff Alexander and Kelly Oubre are two good examples. They’re like a box of crackerjacks - a surprise in every game.

This team has been fun to watch and for the most part they have played better than expected.

JV boys paint TMP with 63-41 romp Looking at the stat book following a game, there were nights when Scott Community High School junior varsity coach Brian Gentry would cringe at the ratio of two-point shots made compared to threepointers.

“There have been games when it’s been like nine-to-five or 11-to-eight,” says the Gentry. “Those are the numbers we want to see. It shows that we’re settling too much for shots on the perimeter and not taking the ball inside.”

He liked Tuesday’s stat line a lot better at 22-to-5.

And that also contributed to an even more important 63-41 win over TMP-Marian on the home floor.

“The last two games have been a lot of fun to watch,” says Gentry. “The boys are playing hard, they’re playing together and they’re unselfish.”

The early minutes were a typical Scott City/TMP slugfest with neither team able to gain the advantage.

Drake McRae and Dylan Hutchins, who sat out the opening period, provided a big offensive spark in the second quarter. The scoring duo accounted for Scott City’s first 12 points in the period - including a pair of treys by Hutchins - as Scott City opened up 23-16 edge.

The Beavers (9-4) owned a 30-22 halftime lead when sophomore center Kyle Cure began finding his way to the basket. He scored eight points in the third quarter as SCHS blew the game open with a 4831 lead. Cure took control of the game in the paint where, during a 1-1/2 minute stretch,

SCHS guard Justin Faurot picks up the loose ball after Matthew Jenkins (25) knocked it away from a TMP player, setting up a fastbreak opportunity during Tuesday’s game.

(Record Photo)

he scored on a putback, added a basket with an assist from guard Matthew Jenkins, and connected on another field goal to open up a 46-26 lead with 3:44 left in the period.

“Kyle’s never had that score first mindset, which is something we’ve been working on,” says Gentry. “His first reaction when he gets the ball is to look for someone to pass it to, even when he’s open for a shot. He has a nice touch from 15 feet and closer when he decides to shoot.”

Sophomore Jess Drohman who scored 12 points in the second half, finished with a game high 14 points. He

was joined by Hutchins who drained four treys on his way to a 14 point outing.

Cure and Justin Faurot added eight and seven points, respectively.

Pull Away from Eagles Leading by just three points at the half, Scott City pulled away for a 59-50 win against Hugoton on the home floor last Friday.

SCHS was protecting a 35-33 lead in the third period when Jenkins and Hutchins hit back-to-back three-pointers that started an offensive landslide for the Beavers. Sophomore guard Drew Duff added

another trey early in the fourth quarter that extended the lead to 44-35.

SCHS then set up camp at the free throw line in the final 3:05 where they hit 11-of-12 charity tosses. Jenkins had a big night at the line, connecting on 7-of-9 in the fourth quarter and finishing with a game high 24 points.

“That was good experience for Matthew. Any time you have to hit free throws down the stretch in a big game you learn from that,” says Gentry.

Duff, who knocked down three treys, finished with nine points and McRae added eight.

Survey going out to deer hunters One third of the hunters who pursued deer during the 2014-2015 season will be randomly-selected to receive an e-mail survey from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) this month.

Because biologists depend on the data gathered to make deer management recommendations, hunter participation

KDWP Report in completing the survey in its entirety is crucial to ensure data is statistically-valid.

“Some people reply back and tell us they killed a doe or got a 10-point buck and think that is all we really need. That is not the case,” said KDWPT big game biologist, Lloyd Fox. Fox explained that KDWPT

wants to know about multiple aspects of the hunt in order to gain a clearer picture of the men and women who hunt deer and the impact of hunting on the resource.

The survey, which is conducted every year, gathers a variety of information from deer hunters including: harvest success, dates and seasons hunted, days spent in the field, locations hunted, choice

of equipment during the 20142015 seasons, opinions on current deer populations, and more.

Even if a hunter did not harvest a deer, they are still encouraged to complete the survey.

For more information on Kansas deer hunting, visit ksoutdoors.com and click “Hunting / Big Game Information / Deer.”

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Eagle

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and hit the boards better,” says senior guard Brett Meyer. “Chantz and Dylan shut down their good shooter.”

At the same time, Scott City began to take control of the game offensively.

Senior guard Trey O’Neil, who finished with a game high 24 points, scored the next six points for SCHS to extend their lead to 2012 with 4:13 remaining in the half.

Hutchins then ignited the Beavers with three consecutive treys in the span of just 72 seconds the last one coming at the 2:19 mark which put Scott City on top, 29-16.

“When Dylan makes the first one we keep looking for him and we tell him to spot up, we’ll get him the ball,” says Meyer. “When he’s shooting like that it gets everyone pumped up.”

Scott City closed out the half with a 13-1 scoring blitz, capped off by O’Neil’s three-pointer his 11th point in the quarter - with just one second remaining on the clock that all but sealed TMP’s fate. Coach O’Neil emphasizes that it was defense that set the stage for the 24-7 scoring surge in the second quarter when the Beavers blew the game open.

“Our defense gave us the ability to get out and run. We got some threes in transition,” he notes.

Scott City’s momentum carried into the second half when early baskets

by Sloan Baker and Meyer opened up a 23 point cushion, 40-17.

The Beavers were content with exchanging baskets throughout the rest of the game. Their biggest lead of the night was 6739 on a basket by Baker with 2:36 remaining.

Baker and Meyer were in double figures with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

It was the second time in back-to-back games (Hugoton and TMP) that the Beavers had defeated ranked opponents in Class 4A-Division II. The final margin in Tuesday’s win may have surprised some given the history between SCHS and TMP. “We knew that TMP was going to come into this game ready to play. It was a chance for them to get some bragging rights after we knocked off Hays (in the Orange and Black Tournament),” said Coach O’Neil. “That would be something big for two teams across town from each other.”

Instead, it was the Beavers who finished their non-league schedule with a 10-0 record. They have just four league games remaining before sub-state tournament action.

Gold medalists in the Lakin JV tournament were (front row, from left) Kaitlyn Roberts, Jordan Miller, Taylor Fairleigh and Kaylene McGonagle.

(Back row) Selena Orinia, Emily Glenn, Katie McGonagle, Emily Smith, Paige Winderlin, Nicole Latta and Madison Orr.

Lady Beavers are champions of Lakin jr. varsity tournament The Scott Community High School junior varsity girls finally broke into the win column in a big way at the Lakin JV tournament.

Scott City swept all three of their games against Ulysses, Holcomb and Lakin to win first place in the round-robin format.

“This was a huge shot of confidence for our girls,” said head coach Shelby Crawford.

“A lot of the time it’s hard for them to see that they’re making progress against a lot of the teams we play.

“We have so much youth that we’re basically a junior varsity team playing a varsity schedule,” he said.

The tournament win, noted Crawford, shows the younger girls they can compete well with other JV teams.

“And these are some of the girls we’ll be seeing next season,” he added.

lead against Ulysses and extended that advantage over the next two quarters on their way to a 48-38 win in the first round of the tournament.

Freshman Katie McGonagle jump-started the Lady Beavers with a pair of treys in the first quarter and her sister, sophomore Kaylene, followed with two treys in the second period as each finished the game with eight points.

Sophomore Paige Winderlin led the team with 15 points.

SCHS was able to claim the win despite hitting just 10-of-32 at the charity stripe.

Defend the Horns A strong defensive effort that limited Holcomb to just four second half field goals allowed SCHS to pull away for a 37-27 win.

The game was tied 17-17 at halftime.

Both teams spent a lot Win Tourney Opener of time at the foul stripe Scott City jumped out where they combined for to a 12-8 first quarter 46 free throw attempts.

SCHS was 8-of-16 in the first half and added just four field goals.

Winderlin and Kaitlyn Roberts each scored seven of their game high 11 points in the first half.

Win Tourney Finale The Lady Beavers earned the tournament title with a 44-37 win over Lakin in the final round of action. A 15-4 scoring advantage for SCHS in the second quarter was the difference as Scott City built a 27-15 halftime lead.

Scott City’s long-range shooting was a huge factor as they knocked down four treys in the first half.

Kaylene McGonagle led the team with four treys two in each half - to finish with 12 points. Roberts led all scorers with 19 points, including 12 in the first half. She drilled three treys.

Nicole Latta added another nine points.

Nine of Scott City’s 17 second half points came from three-point range as they held off a Lakin rally.

Lady Hornets roll over Wichita County Outscoring Wichita County 50-17 in the first and third quarters, the Dighton High School girls rolled to a 71-38 win on the home floor Tuesday night.

This game was never in doubt for the Lady Hornets who jumped out to a 27-10 advantage in the first quarter in the non-league game.

Head coach Amy

Felker was able to go to her bench early with nine players contributing to the big offensive night.

Sophomore guard Sara Cramer led four players in double figures with 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field. She also added five assists and six steals.

Junior guard Kiara Budd followed with 13 points, Jordan Speer (12) and Dakota Hoffman (10).

Dighton didn’t have one of their better nights offensively, hitting just 26-of-59 (44%) from the field, including 1-of-8 from beyond the threepoint line.

Hoffman led the team with seven rebounds while Speer added five.

DHS will travel to Hoxie on Friday to face the undefeated and topranked Lady Indians.

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spotting a bald eagle perched in a tree near his farm and deciding it looked mighty nice in the crosshairs of a rifle scope.

Another scenario I picture simply involves guys hangin’ out, maybe enjoying a little liquid refreshment and deciding someone should shoot an eagle just to see if they could get away with it.

Lots of stupid deeds by groups of people begin with the four little words, “Here, hold my beer!”

Bald eagles, as protected and regal as they are, would make pretty easy targets to the many unethical and unprofessional slob hunters that seem to roam the woods anymore.

I know from working in the prison for 10 years that many prison inmates are animal lovers, so if they catch the guy who shot this eagle I guess we can always hope he becomes a popular guy in the pokey.

Anyway, I guess I’ve ranted enough, so If this old man can get down off his soapbox without fallin’ on his head, I’ll help you again next week Explore Kansas Outdoors.

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom. net

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Lake scorches Ingalls from long-range Dighton knew it was going to need a big-time Dighton 67 p e r f o r - Ingalls 53 mance against Ingalls in their late-season dash for one of the top two seeds in the Class 1A regional tournament.

They got that performance from sophomore Lake Lewis who poured in 18 points, including

5-of-6 from beyond the three-point line, in a 67-53 road win last Friday.

The sophomore guard showed that he can do more than score. He also pulled down eight rebounds and dished out three assists in a great allaround effort.

“Lake did had a great game on defense, too,” says head coach Dean Cramer. “He was guarding one of their better shooters and he did a nice job of containing him.”

The Hornets outscored Ingalls in every quarter, taking a 34-25 lead at the half.

“The kids are buying into what we are preaching,” says Cramer. “They are hustling for loose balls, they’re battling for rebounds and they did a nice job of not allowing Ingalls very many second chance opportunities.”

Sophomore guard Tyler Lingg continues to improve his all-around play with a double-double that

included 25 points and 12 rebounds. Lingg was 7-of10 from the field and also handed out a team high six assists.

“Tyler is learning to expand his game and become more of an inside scoring threat,” Cramer says. “When he establishes an inside presence it makes us a much better team.”

Cramer’s biggest concern was his team’s 20 turnovers.

Freshman Jarret Jurgens (132 pounds) turns Holcomb’s Jared Medina to his back for a first period fall during the GWAC tournament at Hugoton on Saturday.

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GWAC The win over Goodland was a nice momentumbuilder for the remainder of the day.

“I know Goodland expected to fight it out with Colby for the top spot and we kind of spoiled that party,” Lippelmann says.

The following win over Ulysses was a career milestone for the head coach who picked up his 300th duel victory with the Beavers. Lippelmann became only the seventh head coach in Kansas wrestling history to top 300 wins.

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Scott City’s second place team finish didn’t come easy. They were trailing Hugoton 22-12 with six matches remaining, but won four of those matches. The Beavers collected consecutive pins from Cooper Griffith (195), Wyatt Eitel (220) and Lane Hayes (275) for the final 18 points.

Three Gold Medalists SCHS had three individual league champions, including Zach Tucker (106), James Jurgens (138) and Griffith.

Tucker had a dominating day on the mat, pin-

Hugoton as well as I should have and I picked up my intensity as well.

“I felt we really turned up the pressure in the fourth quarter and that also got our transition game going.”

After picking up his fourth foul in the closing seconds of the third period and forced to sit on the bench for the first two minutes of the final quarter, Baker was in beast mode when he returned to the floor. He joined teammate Brett Meyer who also had eight rebounds during the night. Several of Baker’s came during the fourth quarter During one possession the Beavers had three blocked shots - one by Baker who eventually got the rebound.

ning two opponents and defeating the other two with a technical fall and a major decision.

Jurgens pinned three opponents with his most serious threat coming from Marco Perez (Ulysses) who the SCHS senior decisioned, 9-8. Jurgens scored with takedowns in the second and third periods which proved to be the difference.

Griffith pinned all four of his opponents in the first period.

Five other Beavers were league runnersup: Jarret Jurgens (132),

Wyatt Kropp (160), Abe Wiebe (170), Eitel and Hayes. Wiebe and Hayes each avenged losses to Ulysses opponents who had defeated them earlier in the season.

Wiebe was a 7-3 winner over Angel Moncayo and Hayes erased the memory of two losses to Austin Ochoa with a 7-4 decision.

“Because everyone here is (Class) 4A, we didn’t get any wins that will move us up the ladder at regional, but we had some quality wins and it was a good tournament for us,” adds Lippelmann.

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“I was trying to avoid getting my fifth foul, but I was also playing with a chip on my shoulder,” Baker says. “I hadn’t been able to help the team out like I wanted for most of the game, so I made sure I was able to get on the boards since that’s something we were struggling with.”

Despite Hugoton’s size advantage, SCHS held a 33-29 rebounding edge.

“Give credit to Drake (McRae) and Bo (Hess),” said T. O’Neil. “Without Sloan that put us a man down in the rotation and they both stepped up their game. Guarding Hugoton’s bigs is a pretty tough job.”

McRae and Hess combined for just three points, but they also pulled down

seven rebounds and tossed in a couple of assists for good measure.

Meyer turned in a workmanlike effort with 10 points, eight rebounds, four blocked shots and four assists.

Slim Lead Early The Beavers were unable to build any early momentum - or a comfortable lead - in part due to their 5-of-18 shooting from beyond the threepoint line.

“I missed three wide open threes,” said T. O’Neil. “I was shooting the ball real well coming in, but I didn’t start out the game like I wanted. It was the kind of night where you just had to find a way to battle through it.”

Scott City’s biggest

deficit of the first half was 8-5. Their biggest lead was 23-18 following a three-point play by O’Neil.

After Hugoton had tied the game at 27-27 with just over 5-1/2 minutes remaining in the half, O’Neil challenged the Eagles inside the paint where he scored Scott City’s final eight points of the half - six on free throws - to give the Beavers a narrow 35-33 lead.

Scott City held a 4039 lead in the third period when they put together a 7-0 scoring run that included a fastbreak basket to sophomore Kyle Cure.

Senior guard Chantz Yager followed with a basket and Baker added a free throw for a 47-39 advantage at the 3:08 mark.

“We have to do a better job of taking care of the ball. We were lucky to get a win with that many turnovers.”

Hold Off Indians The Hornets (9-7) got a surprisingly tough game from Wichita County in a non-league game on Tuesday, eventually pulling away for a 53-40 win.

Dighton held only a 22-17 lead at the half, but opened up some breathing room with an 18-10

scoring edge in the third quarter.

Lingg finished with another double-double - 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Sophomore guard Dylan Foos had a monster game, hitting 7-of-9 from the field for a game high 18 points.

“Dylan and Jordan (Horn) were getting a lot of nice cuts to the basket,” says Cramer. “We had success getting the ball to those boys with our pick and roll.”

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SCHS Wrestling GWAC Duel Tournament Feb, 7, 2015 • at Hugoton Scott City 42 - Goodland 33 Scott City 36 - Ulysses 28 Scott City 50 - Holcomb 21 Scott City 19 - Colby 45 Scott City 36 - Hugoton 31 106: Zach Tucker pinned Kasey Stramel (Goodland), 3:20; pinned Juan Carlos Terrazas (Ulysses), 0:27; tech. fall Chris Chandler (Holcomb), 16-0; maj. dec. Ernie Leija (Colby), 110. First place 132: Jarret Jurgens pinned Jacob Burian (Goodland), 0:40; pinned Daniel Law (Ulysses), 1:23; pinned Jared Medina (Holcomb), 1:44; dec. Brett Schroeder (Colby), 9-5; dec.

by Pedro Ordonez (Hugoton), 7-1. Second place 138: James Jurgens pinned Jesus Dominguez (Goodland), 2:34; dec. Marco Perez (Ulysses), 9-8; pinned Alex Rowe (Holcomb), 1:05; dec. Alex Young (Colby), 10-6; pinned Jack Stalcup (Hugoton), 1:17. First place 145: Ethan Ford dec. by Simon Bassett (Goodland), 6-4; pinned by Mario Rodriguez (Ulysses), 4:51; pinned by Reid Sater (Holcomb), 3:43; pinned by Brady Holzmeister (Colby), 0:33; tech. fall by Edgar Villa (Hugoton), 15-0.

152: Trey Loftis pinned by Ricky Milke (Goodland), 5:00; maj. dec. by Bryce Rodriguez (Ulysses), 9-1; dec. by Chance Rodriguez (Holcomb), 5-0; dec. by Matthew Pieper (Colby), 7-0; dec. by Marcos Baeza (Hugoton), 6-2.

160: Wyatt Kropp pinned Tucker Harkins (Goodland), 0:23; dec. Juan Anguiano (Ulysses), 5-3; pinned Erich Eisenbise (Holcomb), 1:54; dec. by Bryce Arnberger (Colby), 3-1.

Second place 170: Abe Wiebe dec. Gerell Miller (Goodland), 7-0; dec.

Angel Moncayo (Ulysses), 7-3; dec. Andrew Voss (Colby), 3-2; dec. by Genesis Martinez (Hugoton), 5-4. Second place 182: Pierre Portes pinned by Drew House (Goodland), 1:25; pinned by Kaler Gilbert (Ulysses), 3:01; pinned by Connor Edmundson (Colby), 0:17; pinned by Romano Burger (Hugoton), 2:59.

195: Cooper Griffith pinned Cameron Gray (Goodland), 1:26; pinned Brayden Ramirez (Holcomb), 1:01; pinned Brady Slinger (Colby), 1:06; pinned Noel Camacho (Hugoton), 1:48. First place 220: Wyatt Eitel dec. Hagan Hoss (Goodland), 6-0; dec.

Aaron Hernandez (Holcomb), 10-3; pinned by Austin Hart (Colby), 1:48; pinned Landan Hickey (Hugoton), 0:46. Second place 285: Lane Hayes dec. Austin Ochoa (Ulysses), 7-4; dec.

by Ethan Jay (Colby), 3-2; pinned Brian Flores (Hugoton), 1:22. Second place

Takedown Kids Wrestling Battle of the Belt Feb. 8, 2015 6-Years and under 49: Trenton Frank dec. by Caden Johnson (Pioneer) 9-4; pinned Braxton Frazier (Mulvane) 2:49; maj. dec. by Ethyn BravoPacker (Brighton) 12-3.

55: Brodey Rohrbough pinned by JaKoby Petree (Pioneer) 1:51; pinned by Colton Bannister (Wellington) 0:22.

8-Years-Old 58: Waylon Ricker pinned by Dylan Abbott (Sperry) 0:20; pinned by Beau Roubideaux (Ks. Young Guns) 0:55.

9-10-Years-Old 76: Conner Armendariz dec. Riley ORourke (Sperry) 9-2; maj. dec. by Cody Hughbanks (Maize) 11-2; dec. Jai Watson (Ark City) 6-0; dec. by Alec Samuelson (Olathe) 6-0.

120: Ronnie Weathers dec. by Cross Hornbuckle (Ottawa) 2-0; pinned Zavier Rivera (Hutchinson) 0:21; dec. by Taylor Dumas (Tiger Wrestling) 7-6.

150: Jarron Gregory pinned Jake Eddington (Columbus) 1:00; pinned Blaine Johnson (Thunderbird) 0:27; pinned Keith Burk (Ironman) 0:43; pinned Damion Woods (Herington) 0:23. First place 13-14-Years-Old 110: Kaden Wren pinned Blake Vercher (Junction City); dec. Trevor Dopps (Ks. Young Gun) 4-0; tech. fall Robert Gruse (Blue T Xtreme) 15-0; pinned Dayne Lamberth (Maverick Elite) 1:37. Third place Oakley Invitational Feb. 8, 2015 6-Years and under 37: Sawyer Kough dec. by Porter Meyer (Hoxie) 6-3; pinned by Logan Nichols (Oberlin).

40: Logan Kough pinned by Rowdy Grubb (Greeley Co.); pinned by Tyler Meyer (Hoxie); pinned by Max Carter (Norton); pinned by Brayton Woods (Phillipsburg). Fifth place 46: Konner Rohrbough dec. by Gunner Wente (Hoxie) 9-7; dec. by Landon Mainus (Colby) 6-4; maj. dec. by Alex Robles (Lakin) 14-1. Fourth place 52: Kaine Unger pinned by Kaleb Dixion (Colby); pinned

by Kash Schiltz (Hoxie); pinned by Braxton Withington (Norton). Fourth place 55A: Blaze Gossman maj. dec. Quinton Hernandez (Goodland) 19-5; dec. by Ethan Webber (Sublette) 10-4; pinned by Aaron Samson (WaKeeney) 0:46; maj. dec. by Ty Schmeidler (Hays) 14-0. Fourth place 52: Kamdyn Moore pinned by Jack Carter (Norton); sudden victory-3 by Asher Robbins (St. Francis) SV-3.

8-Years-Old 58B: Alex Rodriquez dec. by Dawsen DeGood (Colby) 7-2; dec. Israel Zimmerman (Hays) 7-6; dec. by Cameron Atkins (Hill City) 4-2. Third place 61A: Kade John dec. Grant Mendenhall (Lakin) 5-4; dec.

by Jarret Riedel (Hays) 5-0; maj. dec. by Ian Giancola (Hoxie) 15-2. Third place 70B: Jacob Franco dec. Kody Field (Norton) 8-4; dec. by Ace Plummer (Oakley) 7-2; pinned by Kane Epp (Hoxie) 0:42; dec. by JJ Altman (Leoti) 7-4. Fifth place 73-76A: Houston Frank pinned Jeremiah Hansen (Norton); maj. dec. Jacob Bedore (Plainville) 15-1; pinned Logan Franz (Goodland). First place 9-10-Years-Old 70: Collin McDaniel tech. fall Aiden Cook (Colby) 16-0; tech fall Mason Urban (Oberlin) 15-0; tech fall Wyatt Galvan (Norton) 15-0. First place 100: Luis Medellin pinned by Maverick Spresser (Goodland); dec. by Izak Venegas (Scott City) 1-0.

100: Izak Venegas pinned by Jefferson Otter (Norton); dec. Luis Medellin (Scott City) 1-0; dec. by Brett Poe (Hill City) 8-2.

11-12-Years-Old 165: Damien Ortiz pinned by Declan Ryan (Colby); pinned

by Dawson Garrison (Hays). Third place 13-14-Years-Old 100-125: Justus McDaniel maj. dec. Landon Summers (Hays) 12-0; pinned Josh Smith (Goodland); maj. dec. Samuel Altman (Leoti) 14-0. First place

SC Stars Swim Team WKSC Intrasquad Sweetheart Splash Jan. 31, 2015 Team Scores Golden Belt, 485; Hays, 474; Garden City, 147; Scott City, 101.

Girl’s Division 25 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Amelia Ramsey, 12th, 31.50.

50 yd. Freestyle 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 4th, 38.84; Kennedy Wasinger, 6th, 43.21.

13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 5th, 31.62.

100 yd. Freestyle 8-years and under: Amelia Ramsey, 1st, 2:58.87.

9-10 years: Kennedy Wasinger, 4th, 1:40.45.

13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 1:12.74.

25 yd. Backstroke 8-years and under: Amelia Ramsey, 15th, 39.19.

50 yd. Backstroke 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 5th, 50.65; Kennedy Wasinger, 8th, 54.70.

100 yd. Backstroke 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 1:23.24.

50 yd. Breaststroke 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 2nd, 51.75; Kennedy Wasinger, 7th, 59.64.

100 yd. Breaststroke 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 1:41.12.

50 yd. Butterfly 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 2nd, 51.20.

100 yd. Butterfly 13-14 years: Hallie Wiechman, 1st, 1:26.96.

50 yd. Individual Medley 9-10 years: Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 1:44.41; Kennedy Wasinger, 5th, 1:58.00.

Boy’s Division 50 yd. Freestyle 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 2nd, 29.63.

50 yd. Backstroke 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 33.96.

50 yd. Breaststroke 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 42.22.

50 yd. Butterfly 11-12 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 32.32.

100 yd. Individual Medley 11-12 years: Conner Cupp, 1st, 1:18.45.

100 yd. Mixed Freestyle Relay 12-years and under: Hope Wiechman, Amelia Ramsey, Conner Cupp, Kennedy Wasinger, 3rd, 1:24.62.

100 yd. Mixed Medley Relay 12-years and under: Kennedy Wasinger, Hope Wiechman, Connor Cupp, Amelia Ramsey, 2nd, 1:35.59.

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300 Club

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SC’s Lippelmann joins rare company At the conclusion of his 7-4 win against Ulysses, Scott City heavyweight Lane Hayes raised each of his hands and held up three fingers as he turned to Scott City fans in the upper section at the Hugoton High School gymnasium.

The raised fingers had nothing to do with his match and the cheering wasn’t just for Hayes.

A poster that was being waved by team bus driver Jan Tucker showed what this moment was about.

With the 36-28 team win over Ulysses, head coach Jon Lippelmann earned his 300th duel victory as the head coach at SCHS, putting him in the No. 7 spot among wrestling coaches in Kansas high school history.

The Beavers had picked up win No. 299 against Goodland (42-33) in the opening round of the Great West Activities Conference duel tournament. With an 18-6 scoring run in the five matches leading into the heavyweight bout, the Beavers had built a 33-28 lead over Ulysses.

However, Hayes knew that Austin Ochoa was a dangerous opponent. In addition, Ochoa had defeated the SCHS senior the two previous times they met this season.

“He’s a roller. If he can trap your hand he’ll put you to your back,” said Hayes. “He nearly caught me with that a couple of times, but I managed to get out.”

The match was tied 4-4 in the third period when Hayes was able to turn Ochoa to his back for a three-point near fall on his way to a 7-4 win.

“I knew that as long as I didn’t get pinned Lip would still get his 300th (win), but that’s not how I wanted him to get it,” Hayes said. “Once I got on top and was able to control (Ochoa) late in the match I knew I was going to get the win. That felt good, but I was glad to get it done for Coach Lippelmann.”

“This was one of those oncein-a-lifetime moments,” he added.

30-Year Career For Lippelmann, it was a once-in-a-lifetime moment that was 30 years in the making. The SCHS head coaching job was the first and only of his career that began with the 1984-85 season.

“Longevity has something to do with it,” acknowledges Lippelmann. “To get all 300 right here in Scott City makes this even more special.”

Lippelmann becomes just the seventh coach in Kansas High School wrestling history to reach 300 duel wins, according to records compiled by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association. Six of the seven coaches are still active.

Those 300 represent not just quantity, but quality.

“A lot of those matches came during the 1980s and ‘90s against the Northwest Kansas League, which were the kings of the mat,” says Lippelmann, himself a NWKL product who graduated from Oberlin.

Lippelmann’s teams have also captured four state championships - three in Class 4A (1990, 1994, 2004) and the other in Class 3A (2012).

Duel Numbers Vary Because of the unique nature of wrestling there is no guarantee as to how many duels a team will have during a season. Lippelmann likes that flexibility since it allows him to build a schedule that fits his team.

Jon Lippelmann, wrestling head coach at SCHS for the past 30 years, observes his team in action during Saturday’s GWAC duel tournament in Hugoton. (Below) Some of the SCHS fans wave posters and applaud Lippelmann’s 300th career duel win.

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‘300 Win Club’ in Kansas High School Wrestling History Coach

School

W

L

T

Blue Valley Northwest

329

147

1

Rick Langerot

Mulvane

321

246

3

Dennis Switzky

KCSeaman/Royal Valley

318

108

Valley Center

315

79

Burlington

314

150

Tim Serbousk

Brian Shelton Doug Vander Linden

4

Dusty Rhodes

Douglass

305

137

3

Jon Lippelmann

Scott City

302

149

4

Only Dennis Switzky is retired from coaching Coaching list compiled by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Assn.

In some years, the Beavers have had 18 duels. This year they had just nine.

“In years like this, if you aren’t winning a lot of your duels, it’s going to take awhile to get to 300,” he noted.

When SCHS has an experienced squad that can fill most of the weight classes, Lippelmann has no hesitation about competing in duel tournaments at Colby and Goodland where his wrestlers can get a lot of matches in a short time.

“That kind of mat experience is golden, especially if you have a lot of boys with experience,” says Lippelmann. “But when you have a young squad, like we’ve had the last couple of years, it can be pretty devastating to a kids confidence to

wrestle between five and seven matches in a one or two day period and lose most of them.

It doesn’t give us enough time to work with them and correct things.

“It kills the kid’s motivation and desire and then it becomes a very long season for them and for us.”

Adding to the difficulty in getting duel wins is the inability to fill all 14 weight classes with a roster that, in recent years, has only averaged about 20 wrestlers. This year, for example, the Beavers have three open weight classes and have inexperienced grapplers stepping into a couple of other weights.

“It’s tough to get (duel) wins when you’re giving up 18 to 24 points,” Lippelmann noted.

“That’s why we got out of a couple of the duel tournaments for awhile. You want to put your kids in a situation where they can feel successful when they come off the mat.”

The SCHS coach grew up in the heyday of duel wrestling in northwest Kansas when duel matches between schools were the big event.

“Everyone wanted to see their town’s wrestling team compete against another team. It was something that guys would talk about all week,” recalls Lippelmann. “A lot of farmers were former wrestlers, so they’d fill up their pickups with 36-centper-gallon gas and drive to the matches because they wanted to see their town’s heavyweight beat the other town’s. It was a community thing.”

Now gas is $3 or $4 a gallon and some teams are having more difficulty filling their rosters. Hoxie, for example - one of the elite programs in Class 3-21A history - has just two wrestlers this season.

While duels will always be a part of wrestling, it’s far more common to have 4-6 teams squaring off against each other in a single day than it is to have two teams facing each other on a Friday night.

“You have to be willing to adapt,” adds Lippelmann. “You do whatever it takes to make your program stronger and to teach your kids how to be successful.”

With 300 wins . . . and counting . . . Lippelmann has found a way to continue doing both.

Members of the SCHS team who were part of head coach Jon Lippelmann’s 300th career win were (kneeling, from left) Trey Loftis, Wyatt Eitel, James Jurgens and Lane Hayes. (Standing) bus driver Jan Tucker, assistant coach Aaron Dirks, Cooper Griffith, Tre Stewart, Abe Wiebe, Baron Strine, Jarret Jurgens, Zach Tucker, Ethan Ford, Wyatt Kropp, Nic Cheney, Pierre Portes, Jon Lippelmann, Garrett Osborn, Marilyn LIppelmann and assistant coach Brice Eisenhour.

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a scholarly quest

Scott City’s return to state went through tough regional field Looking at the field of schools as they were preparing for regional Scholar’s Bowl, the Scott Community High School team knew there was virtually no room for error.

Not only were they assigned to the same regional as the Class 3A defending state champion (Wichita Collegiate) and the defending state runner-up (Wichita Independent), but they would be seeing both teams in the same pool.

“Everyone knew it was going to be a mad scramble for the third spot,” said coach Steve Kucharik.

Scott City emerged from that scramble with a 7-4 record - three of those losses coming against Collegiate and The Independent - in order to advance to the state tournament for the second consecutive year. It’s been part of a strong late-season run by the scholar’s bowl team.

“That’s pretty typical for us.

It usually takes awhile to find out who our tournament team will be,” says Kucharik. “We had five kids who came together as our competition team and they did really well in the final three tournaments and at regional.”

Perhaps most impressive is that the only student who was on last year’s state qualifying team is senior Macy Davis.

The remainder of the squad includes senior Miguel Chavez; sophomores Carson Haupt and Hayden Nevills; and freshman Kevin Herndon.

Davis admits she wasn’t too optimistic when the season began.

“It was a little rough at first until the team began coming to-

gether. A lot of it comes down to confidence and not being afraid to ring in when you think you have the answer,” she says.

While most of the 15 students who take part in scholar’s bowl sign-up early in the year for the twice-a-week practice sessions, others are recruited. Chavez wasn’t even on the team until one day, when getting ready to leave for competition, they were needing one more member.

Chavez was asked to fill in and the rest, as they say, is history.

“We needed someone to fill in and we asked Miguel. It turned out to be a great addition,” Kucharik says.

“After going to the first tournament I found out how fun it was,” says Chavez. “And I saw that I could help the team, especially with foreign languages.”

Each round of competition starts off with a foreign language question and with Chavez’s contribution the team often times would jump out to the early lead. Everyone has their areas of expertise such as Haupt (science/history), Nevills (mythology) and Herndon (fine arts).

At times the team proved it could be an intellectual juggernaut. For example, there are 160 possible points in a match and against one opponent SCHS scored 130 points.

The only disappointment for Scott City was seeing their streak of four straight Great West Activities Conference championships come to an end with a five point loss to Colby earlier this season.

“It came down to the last question,” Kucharik says. “I al-

Members of the SCHS Scholar’s Bowl team qualifying for the Class 3A state tournament are (seated, from left) Carson Haupt, Macy Davis, Miguel Chavez, Kevin Herndon and (above) Hayden Nevills.

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ways hate to lose, but if the trad- Chaparral (50-20), but stumbled eoff for winning league is going with a loss to Cheney (70-35). to state, then I’ll take that any The loss, however, didn’t end time.” their hopes of a state trip since Cheney had a loss to Haven.

Difficult Regional After beating Garden Plain (80In last weekend’s regional 50) and losing to The Indepentournament, Scott City knew dent (70-50), SCHS faced Hait would require a nearly flaw- ven, knowing that a win would less day in order to advance to give them third place in pool the state tournament. That was play and advance them into the immediately put into jeopardy finals. when they opened pool play Scott City escaped with a 30against Collegiate, losing 120- 25 win.

10.

In the finals, SCHS defeated The foreign language edge Conway Springs (70-40), lost that Scott City often counted on once again to The Independent to start a round didn’t happen.

(75-10) and slipped by Belle “They had a girl who could Plaine (60-45) to earn a spot in speak and understand French the consolation finals against faster than I can speak English,” Southwestern Heights. The Kucharik said half-jokingly. winner would earn the third Scott City bounced back with qualifying spot for state. wins over Lakin (50-40) and There are 16 questions in a

Financial aid info available at ‘College Goal Sunday’ in GC Students and their parents who are wanting information about financial aid, or assistance in applying for aid, can attend one of the 23 College Goal Sunday events being held across the state on Feb. 22.

Garden City High School will be one of the host sites from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

The Garden City Community College financial aid office will provide college-bound students one-on-one free financial aid assistance to get money for college.

Students and parents can meet with financial aid advisors for free. They will receive help filling out the required Free Application for Federal

Student Aid (FAFSA), the first step in applying for federal aid.

College Goal Sunday will award $11,500 in scholarships at the events.

One student at each of the 23 locations will receive a $500 scholarship which can be used for the 2015 academic year at any college or trade school in the country, provided the student is a first semester freshman in the fall of 2015.

College Goal Sunday is an annual event coordinated by the Kansas Department of Student Financial Aid. Each year, the U.S. Department of Education makes nearly $140 billion in post-secondary

financial aid available to students throughout the nation.

According to the latest annual survey by the College Board, the nation’s public four-year universities increased tuition by 2.9 percent in 2012-13. Private fouryear university tuition increased 3.8 percent and public two-year college tuition increased 3.5 percent.

Families who have completed their 2014 income tax returns should bring a copy or their 2014 earnings statements in order to complete the FAFSA online.

Last year College Goal Sunday helped more than 700 Kansas students obtain financial aid.

match and following 10 questions, SCHS trailed 40-30.

However, they made a late run by answering three of the final four questions correctly dealing with science, fine arts and year in review to claim a 60-40 win.

“We’ve really come together as a team. I think we know where our strengths are and we feel pretty confident in ourselves,” says Davis.

SCHS will compete in Class 3A state at Douglass on Saturday. The field of schools include: Pool A: Fredonia, LeonBluestem, Wichita-Independent, Hesston, Sabetha and Hutchinson-Trinity.

Pool B: Norton, Wichita Collegiate, Richmond-Central Heights, Silver Lake, AtchisonMaur Hill and Scott City.

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Western Ks. groundwater decline slows in ‘14 Average groundwater levels in Western Kansas continued to decline in 2014 but at a slower rate than over the past four years. Levels in central Kansas declined in 2014 after increases in 2013.

That’s according to preliminary data compiled by the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), based at the University of Kansas.

The KGS and the Division of Water

ag briefs

Update crop base, yields

by Feb. 27 Farmers who choose to update base or yield records with the Farm Service Agency have until Feb. 27.

Owners who have not provided a request to update base or yields to their administering county office

by February 27 will retain the existing base and yield information which was in effect on their farm under the 2008 Farm Bill.

Yield updates are a simple average of total production for each FSA farm unit by crop year, regardless of planting practice, divided by the total planted acres as reported to FSA in that crop year. The county FSA office has additional information available to farm owners in this process.

Info Meeting Tues.

The FSA office is planning an informal session on Tues., Feb. 17, 10:30 a.m., at the USDA Service Center in Scott City.

This will be an opportunity for individuals to ask questions about the base and yield update process. This will not be a formal presentation on the new farm programs, but rather an informal question and answer session.

Space is limited to 14 guests, so individuals should RSVP to the FSA (872-3230).

Key dates for FSA farm bill programs

USDA is announcing key dates for farm owners and producers to keep in mind regarding the new 2014 Farm Bill established programs, Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC).

•Until March 31: Producers make a one-time election of either ARC or PLC for the 2014-18 crop years.

•Mid-April through summer 2015: Producers sign contracts for 2014 and 2015 crop years.

Resources (DWR) of the Kansas Department of Agriculture measured groundwater level in approximately 1,400 water wells in early 2015 as part of a program to monitor the health and sustainability of the state’s most important groundwater resources.

Ninety percent of the wells measured draw from the High Plains aquifer, the primary source of

Southwest Kansas continued to show the greatest declines, with average levels falling 1.92 feet.

In GMD No. 1, groundwater levels declined 0.62 feet in 2014 compared with 0.79 in 2013 and 1.66 feet in 2012.

irrigation, municipal and industrial water for much of western and central Kansas. The High Plains aquifer is an underground water-bearing formation that includes the Equus Beds and Great Bend Prairie aquifer in southcentral Kansas and the

expansive Ogallala aquifer.

“Although regional average groundwater elevations declined across most of the High Plains aquifer in Kansas, this is the third year in a row where that rate of decline for the aquifer overall

was less then the previous year,” said Brownie Wilson, KGS water-data manager.

Water levels in the 1,400-well network as a whole declined an average of 0.87 feet in 2014.

The average decline was 0.9 feet in 2013, 2.7 feet in 2012, 2.8 feet in 2011, and 1.18 feet in 2010.

Southwest Kansas continued to show the greatest declines, with average

levels falling 1.92 feet.

Northwest Kansas had the lowest average declines at 0.4 feet. Like the network as a whole, water levels in both areas showed smaller declines than in the previous year.

Summer rains in much of Western Kansas helped to moderate declines brought on by higher pumping rates during the growing season when pre(See DECLINE on page 27)

Dicamba: is the end in sight?

Farmers on borrowed time with kochia No doubt farmers were left scrambling when weeds like kochia developed resistance to Roundup or glyphosate.

And while other materials like Banvel or dicamba applied preemergence definitely helped take up the slack, K-State weed scientist Phil Stahlman at the Hays Experiment Station, is getting concerned that the end may be near for this material, too.

Stahlman explains that

Wheat and more . . . or less by Vance Ehmke

wheat farmers had commonly used glyphosate to clean up such weeds as kochia after harvest. But for a number of reasons kochia developed resistance to this popular herbicide. Some of those reasons included repeated application of the same material year after year.

In addition many farmers were using very low rates of what had been a very effective herbicide. The result was obvious.

But when it became difficult, if not impossible, to control kochia, farmers went looking for other alternatives.

One which quickly caught on was to use dicamba preemergence either in the growing wheat crop in late winter or early spring applications.

It worked equally as well in wheat stubble that would be planted to sorghum that spring or that would be fallowed and planted to wheat that fall.

Stahlman explains that after kochia has emerged, dicamba controls only about 40% of the weeds.

“However, if applied before the weeds have emerged or preemergence, control jumped

to a very acceptable 90%,” he says.

Still, it’s that 10% of kochia that are uncontrolled which is really starting to worry Stahlman.

“There is no doubt that we already have kochia resistant to dicamba. Thus, I’m thinking we’re living on borrowed time. It’s hard to predict how long it will take to lose preemergence effectiveness, but I doubt it will take more than three or four years of selection if nothing else is done in conjunction with dicamba.

“I certainly wouldn’t recommend applying dicamba (See DICAMBA on page 27)

Temperature extremes can impact wheat As most of you have noticed, temperatures have been unusually warm in late January and early February. This raises some questions about how wheat could be affected.

Can warm temperatures at this time of year cause wheat to break dormancy and become more susceptible to cold temperatures that are likely to

Operators have until March 31 to select options

Farm operators and their land owners have until March 31 to decide which new farm program they will select for the five-year period under the 2014 Farm Bill.

Options include Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Agriculture Risk Coverage-County Level (ARC-CO), or Agriculture Risk Coverage-Individual Level (ARC-IC). Those producers with a current share and risk in the covered commodities produced on the farm must sign the election form.

Farm operators are asked to telephone FSA for an appointment to file for the election process.

If producers have not elected a farm program selection with FSA by March 31 the farm unit will default into the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program. Producers will not have an opportunity to participate in the PLC farm program for the 2014 crop year if a signed election form is not filed

by March 31.

More information on the new farm program options is available on the FSA website at www.fsa. usda.gov.

Down on the Farm Chris Long Walnut Creek Extension Agent

still occur? At what temperatures do we start worrying about wheat breaking dormancy and being at risk of cold injury later?

To the first question,

the answer is yes. Very warm temperatures can cause wheat to break dormancy at this time of year.

As to the second question, there are no hard and fast numbers to go by.

When daytime highs get into the 50s or warmer and lows are above freezing, most wheat varieties will green up and lose some of their winter har-

Market Report Closing prices on February 10, 2015 Scott Co-op at Pence Bartlett Grain Wheat..................

$ 5.16

Wheat..................

$ 5.16

White Wheat .......

$ 5.31

White Wheat .......

$

Milo ....................

$ 4.53

Milo (bu.).............

$ 4.53

Corn ...................

$ 3.98

Corn....................

$ 3.98

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Soybeans (new crop) $ 8.86 Scott City Cooperative

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February 3

71

22

$ 4.53

February 4

38

15

$ 3.98

February 5

56

17

Soybeans ...........

$ 8.86

February 6

80

26

Sunflowers..........

$ 17.15

February 7

80

35

February 8

72

34

February 9

69

28

Wheat..................

$ 5.16

White Wheat .......

$ 5.31

Milo (bu.).............

Corn....................

ADM Grain Wheat..................

$ 5.24

Milo (bu.).............

$ 4.38

Corn....................

$ 4.06

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Moisture Totals

Soybeans............

$ 8.91

February

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Sunflowers..........

$ 17.95

2015 Total

0.29

diness. When this occurs, wheat can regain some level of winter hardiness if temperatures gradually get colder again.

The best case scenario is to have just 1-2 days of unusually warm temperatures, then a gradual drop of 10-20 degrees over the following week. Most wheat varieties grown in Kansas can easily survive

these conditions.

The worst case scenario is for daytime temperatures to stay very warm and nighttime temperatures to remain above freezing for several days during the winter . . . then temperatures plunge into the low teens or below in just one day, as they did in late January of 1989, if (See EXTREMES on page 27)

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Decline cipitation was low, Wilson said. However, areas in south-central Kansas that had received beneficial rains in 2013 missed out in 2014.

Water levels in the Equus Beds - a major source of water for Wichita, Hutchinson, and surrounding towns - fell 1.25 feet in 2014 after rising 2.57 feet in 2013.

Levels in the Great Bend Prairie aquifer just to the west of the Equus Beds fell 0.63 feet in 2014 after rising 0.55 feet in 2013.

Such fluctuations are not as unusual in the middle of the state as they would be farther west.

“South-central Kansas has more extremes than Western Kansas in terms of groundwater declines and groundwater recharge events,” Wilson said. “The area responds to large pre-

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cipitation and recharge events, which typically helps average out groundwater declines over time.”

In Western Kansas, where normal precipitation is much less, declines often overshadow recharge events. For example, water levels in Southwest Kansas have dropped every year, totaling more than 34 feet, since the state began administrating the waterlevel program in 1996.

Despite periods of higher than normal precipitation in some areas during the summer, the drought pretty much stayed constant in western and south-central Kansas, and parts of southwest Kansas remained under extreme drought conditions, Wilson said.

Every year the KGS and DWR measure the

Dicamba preemergence without another herbicide like atrazine, metribuzin or isoxaflutole - the new Scoparia.”

Stahlman says we can probably prolong the utility by using a diversity of tactics.

“I think there is good value in applying 12 to 16 ounces over the eightounce rate of dicamba, but I was surprised that that

producers can remember back then.

Some varieties may break dormancy under these conditions, and then be unable to withstand a sudden return to bitterly cold temperatures. Each time the wheat breaks dormancy in the winter, it loses a little of its winter hardiness once temperatures get cold again and

County Plat Maps Updated

• Scott • Lane • Ness • Gove September 2014 Pick them up today at:

406 Main • Scott City 620 872-2090

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length of control wasn’t extended all that much more with rates above 16 ounces.

“With the eight-ounce rate, we had poor control of kochia at 60 days after application. Don’t get me wrong, there was an increase in control and length of residual with the 16, 24 and 32 ounce rates, but maybe not enough to justify the additional cost.”

Extremes

same wells, spread over 48 counties, to determine the long-term behavior of the High Plains aquifer as well as the deeper Dakota aquifer and shallower alluvial aquifers along streams and rivers.

The KGS measures approximately 550 wells in Western Kansas each January, and DWR staff from field offices in Stockton, Garden City and Stafford measure about 850 in western and central Kansas. Most of the wells are used for irrigation and many have been measured for decades.

Measurements are taken primarily in January because water levels are least likely to fluctuate when irrigation wells aren’t in use. Infrequently, however, later-than-normal pumping due to dry conditions may undu-

Morton, Stevens, Seward, Hamilton, Kearny and Meade counties.

In 2014, declines were greatest in eastern Stanton County, Haskell and southern Finney counties.

Western Kansas GMD No. 1 includes portions of Wallace, Greeley, Wichita, Scott and Lane counties, where the majority of wells are drilled into the Ogallala aquifer. In GMD No. 1, groundwater levels declined 0.62 feet in 2014 compared with 0.79 in 2013 and 1.66 feet in 2012.

Northwest GMD No. 4, where average water levels declined 0.4 feet in 2014 compared with 0.76 in 2013, covers Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and parts of Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Graham, Wallace, Logan and Gove counties. Groundwater is

pumped mainly from the Ogallala aquifer and alluvial sources.

Big Bend GMD No. 5 is centered on the Great Bend Prairie aquifer underlying Stafford and Pratt counties and parts of Barton, Pawnee, Edwards, Kiowa, Reno and Rice counties, where the 0.63foot decline in 2014 followed a 0.55-foot gain in 2013.

Equus Bed GMD 2, where groundwater levels declined 1.25 feet in 2014 after rising 2.57 feet in 2013, includes parts of Sedgwick, McPherson, Harvey and Reno counties.

Measurement results are subject to revision based on additional analysis. The data is scheduled to be available online in late February.

Farm Equipment

The weed scientist also feels a December appli- Saturday, February 21 • 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, February cation is better than a 2 • 11:00 Location: a.m. From Scott City, 9 miles west on Hwy 96 to Modoc, 1 mile north, 1/2 mile east and 1/2 mile north February application with Jesse and Joy Cole - Owners dicamba preemergence.

Crustbuster 20 ft. drill 1974 GMC 6500 Tractors Other Farm Items “I think in normal and Payloader Westfield hydraulic drill 3 pt., 10”, markers truck, 5 x 2 spd. fill auger 2010 Bestway Field trans., V-8 motor, years we might have 2001 JD 8310 tractor, My-D-Handy 36 ft.

Pro II spray unit, 24 ft. bed and 5,670 hrs., MFW, auger, 6” with Honda trouble applying herbipull type, 90 ft. hoist, roll over tarp 3pt., pto., duals, gas motor (like new) booms, 1200 gal.

1974 Ford truck, V-8 cides because of wet soils GPS, auto steer Fuel trailer with 750 gal tank, foam markers, motor, 4x2 spd. tank 12 volt pump (good shape) in February. We’ve had guidance system trans., 16 ft. bed Fuel trailer with 500 1989 JD 4755 tractor, Sunflower 24 ft. disk and hoist, roll over gal. tank.,12 volt droughty conditions in 3 pt. pto., duals, JD 11-shank ripper pump tarp 7,500 hrs., set up recent years, though, so 3-500 gal. fuel tanks 1997 White 38 ft. grain Miskin 2-yard dirt for auto steer scraper Portable corral panels trailer, roll over tarp wet soils haven’t been a 1994 Ford Versatile J&M 750 bushel grain Wire mesh panels Farm Equipment cart with roll over tarp Steel posts 946 Tractor, 800 hrs. problem,” he concludes.

Sunflower 9 x 6 sweep

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the wheat re-hardens.

The more often these warm spells occur, the longer they last, and the more often wheat breaks dormancy, the less winter hardiness the wheat will have.

That’s in addition to a natural decline in late winter.

There may be some winterkill already in areas

ly affect measurement results.

Most of the wells in the network monitored by KGS and DWR are within the boundaries of the state’s five Groundwater Management Districts (GMDs), which are organized and governed by area landowners and large-scale water users to address water-resource issues.

In southwestern Kansas GMD No. 3, the 1.92-foot decline in 2014 was preceded by declines of 2.31 feet in 2013, 3.6 feet in 2012 and 3.7 feet in 2011.

The wells monitored in GMD No. 3 pull water from the Ogallala aquifer except in a few areas where they draw from the Dakota aquifer. The district includes all or part of Grant, Haskell, Gray, Finney, Stanton, Ford,

that have been dry, with little or no snow cover.

Still, the biggest risk will be when temperatures go suddenly from extremely warm to extremely cold, the soils are dry and with little or no protective cover, soils are fluffy, and the wheat is weakened by drought, insect damage, or diseases.

on a rebuilt 855 motor, 20.8 R42 duals, GPS, auto steer 1979 IHC 515 payloader Trucks and Trailer 1995 Freightliner semi truck, Cummings motor, 9 spd. trans., good shape

plow with pickers 2013 JD 1830 air hoe drill, 34 ft., 10” spacings with JD 1910 seed cart, 270 bushel, used on 1300 acres JD 1710 planter, folding, 12-row, markers, monitor, shedded

J&M header trailer JD 853A row crop head, field ready Krause 16 ft. disk JD 20 ft. double tool bars Stripping tool bar 20 ft.

IHC 900 cyclo planter, 8-row with monitor 1997 Kent Plains plow 52 ft.

10 ft. speed mover

Wooden posts Mineral feeder Cattle working chute Lincoln portable welder on trailer Hand tools Parts and repairs Nut and bolt assort.

Small electric hand tools Air compressor Jacks Lots of shop items

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Card of Thanks We would like to thank the following people for their great effort and the care they gave Phyllis. Scott County EMTs, Scott City Police, Scott County Hospital and staff, Dr. Cupp and staff and the Scott Community.

The family of Phyllis Long

To all friends in Scott City, thank you for all the cards and visits I have received over the past week. It has been a special celebration of life because of your friendship.

Scott City is a great place to call home.

Hugh McDaniel

Our families would like to thank everyone for your friendship, love, care and support to mom and our family through the years, especially during the past two and a half years, when she resided at Park Lane.

The staff at Park Lane make those years more tolerable with the tremendous love and support they provided. In addition, the doctors and particularly Dr. Hineman and her staff, were outstanding in taking care of her health issues.

A special thanks to all of the friends who stopped by to visit her including the St. Luke’s family and Father Don for his Sunday visits. We were blessed to have had wonderful parents and to have grown up in Scott County Kansas.

Thank you so much!

Sincerely, Terry and Steve Jones

Agriculture

Services

Help Wanted

Rentals

WANTED TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

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Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered.

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––––––––––––––––––––– 2-BEDROOM modern brick home with 2 car garage. Located in Scott City $600/mo. Call 78527t1c 671-1240.

––––––––––––––––––––– 3-BEDROOM HOME. Water and trash paid. No pets. Call 620-872-5570.

For Sale TRASH COMPACTOR $25, full-size mattress set and frame $50, oak table with 5-chairs $150, microwave cart with storage $25, metal 2-drawer file cabinet with key $15, weather radio $15. Call Jane Bollinger 872-2960.

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––––––––––––––––––––– LIKE NEW 2012 Ford Fusion only 84,000 miles. $11,999 All Affordable Autos, across from Pizza Hut in Oakley. 785-6711240 or A1AffordableAu27t1c tos.com

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––––––––––––––––––––– PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT. Duties include: cooking, housekeeping and shopping approximately 35 hours weekly (140 mo.).

Applicants must supply references. Knowledge of epileptic care preferred. $10.55 per hour. Call Alan 620-214-4186 or 620-2144208. If no answer, please 27t3p leave a message.

Real Estate COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS for sale 40’x60’ metal shop building and a 133’x45’ (approx.) round top building.

Serious inquiry’s only seller is a real estate agent selling own property 87426tfc 5109 or 874-2124.

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Support Your Hometown Merchants

Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker

Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available.

Hours: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or (620) 255-4824.

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LOVELY BRICK HOME

PRICE REDUCED

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business.

If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

On this spic and span

3-bedroom home! 1 3/4

baths, (3/4 was recently remodeled), family

room and office in full basement. Very nice

deck off dining room,

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 30t52

fenced back yard and SA garage!

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! Those three magic

words in real estate!

Two large bedrooms, one average bedroom, plus 1 3/4 baths up with full

basement and 3/4 bath, 2 car garage, on corner lot.

Thomas Real Estate

www.thomasreal-estate.com

914 W. 12th Scott City, Ks. 67871 (620)-872-7396 Cell: (620)-874-1753 or Cell: (620)-874-5002

We’ve got the lot for your new dream home in a perfect west location.

Call for details!

Lawrence and Associates

Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc.

513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc.

872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc.

872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com

5 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, S/A garage, full basement, newer windows, paint, and flooring! Located in a nice neighborhood with low traffic!

The Scott County Record • Page 31 • Thursday, February 12, 2015

Employment Opportunities LIFEGUARDS

SEEKING BIDS

The City of Scott City is accepting applications for Lifeguards for the 2015 season.

Applications may be picked up at: City Hall, 221 W. 5th St., Scott City.

Applications will be accepted until February 17, 2015.

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The City of Scott City is accepting bids for the purchase of a 2015 police-use sedan.

Specifications may be obtained at City Hall. All bids should be sealed and labeled “Police Car Bid”.

Bids will be accepted at: City Hall, 221 W. 5th St., Scott City, until Tuesday, February 17, 2015.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA-PROFESSIONAL For High Plains Educational Cooperative Unified School District No. 466 is seeking a special education Para-Professional in each school building to work with students.

The positions are available as soon as possible.

For more information and applications please contact: Susan Carter Board of Education Building 704 College, Scott City, KS 67871 24tfc

HOUSEKEEPING AIDE Scott County Hospital is seeking a full-time Housekeeping Aide.

This position requires a person who is dependable, in good health, energetic and who has high standards of cleanliness.

Applicants for this position are required to be able to read, speak and understand English.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

SCH is a tobacco free facility.

Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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Moving?

Remember to contact The Scott County Record with your new address.

PO Box 377, Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-2090 • office@screcord.com

PARK LANE NURSING HOME Has openings for the following positions: Full-time CNA (day) Part-time CNA (night) Full-time Housekeeping Aide Part-time Dietary Aide Full-time Maintenance Assistant

SERVICE TECHNICIAN

Shift differential pay offered for evening and night shifts!

Please apply in person at: 210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org “Quality Care Because We Care”

American Implement, Inc., a progressive John Deere agricultural dealership in Southwest Kansas, is experiencing significant growth and is currently seeking qualified individuals to fill the position of Service Technician in the Scott City location.

Responsibilities are to analyze, troubleshoot and perform electrical and mechanical repairs on agricultural equipment. Experience in maintenance and repair of automotive, diesel or heavy equipment required.

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GRAIN OPERATOR Now Hiring!!

Bartlett Grain, has an immediate opening for a hard working operator. This is a year-round position with opportunity for overtime. You will be involved in grain operations at both our Scott City and Healy elevators.

Bartlett offers competitive wages along with great benefits: health and life insurance premiums paid 100% for employee, dental, vision, 401k with company match, profit sharing and paid vacation.

Apply in person or send resume: Bartlett Grain Company, L.P. 305 W. Bellevue, Scott City, Ks. 67871 Fax: 816-753-1775 jobs@bartlett-grain.com or call Matt in HR 800-860-7290

EOE/AA/D/V/Drug Screen/Background Checks

Scott County Hospital has a full-time Cashier Aide for the Nutritional Services Department Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Job duties include: operating cash register, stocking, minimal food preparation and other departmental tasks.

Experience preferred but will train the right person.

Applicants must have a high standard of cleanliness and be able to read, speak and understand English.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required.

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

SCH is a tobacco free facility.

Applications available our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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Park Lane Nursing Home

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CASHIER AIDE

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LOOKING FOR A CHALLENGE? WE WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE BEST WORK OF YOUR LIFE. Compass Behavioral Health is currently looking to fill the following position at our Scott City location.

Mental Health Assistant /C.N.A. self motivated individual will provide children and youth assistance in the form of support, supervision, and/or cuing that enables children and youth to accomplish tasks and engage in activities in their homes, schools, or communities. Also, must have completed the C.N.A program and be on the Kansas State Registry. Completion of a CMA is preferred by not required. Applicants must be 21 years of age. Base pay starting at $10.50/hr., also additional compensation is given for experience.

All candidates must pass KBI, SRS, motor vehicle screens, and have a valid driver’s license and be willing to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the consumer and family.

Benefits include: retirement fully vested at time of employment, health/dental insurance-portion of premium paid by agency, life insurance and long-term disability-premium paid by agency, holiday, bereavement and vacation/sick days.

Applications are available at: 210 West 4th, Scott City, KS 67871 or www.compassbh.org Applications/Resumes can be sent to: E-mail hr@compassbh.org or faxed to 620-272-0171 Compass Behavioral Health Attn: HR PO Box 853, Garden City, KS 67846.

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Qualified applicants must own a set of tools to perform the functions of the job.

American Implement offers competitive wages and an excellent benefits package, which includes life, health and supplemental insurance, 401(k) plan and a quarterly incentive bonus program.

Interested applicants may send a cover letter and resume to: Tyler Kough Location Manager PO Box 20, Scott City, KS, 67871 or Call: (800) 779-7244 or (620)872-7244.

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SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS OPENINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs Physical Therapist Respiratory Therapist Operating Room RN C.N.A.s Clinic RN/LPN Clinic Medical Assistant ADMINISTRATIVE Foundation Director EXECUTIVE Chief Operating Officer CLERICAL Admissions Clerk Ward Clerk SERVICE Cashier Aide PRN Cashier Aide/Cook Housekeeping Aide Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English.

Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus.

We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Due to our recent expansion of services and rapid growth, we are in need of Acute Care RNs and are offering financial incentives.

Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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The Scott County Record • Page 32 • Thursday, February 12, 2015

SCHS Winter Homecoming 2015

Scott Community High School Winter Homecoming King Brett Meyer and Queen Macy Davis

Crown Bearers Carson Taylor and Jacqueline Gerber

Senior Candidates Wyatt Eitel and Emily Buxton

Senior Candidates Brett Meyer and Brianna Smull

Freshmen Attendants Conner LeBeau and Olivia Prieto

Senior Candidates Marshal Hutchins and Macy Davis

Sophomore Attendants Carson Haupt and KelsiJo Crouch

Junior Attendants Draven McRae and Mariah Campbell