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Volume 24 • Number 15

Thursday, November 17, 2016

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Sports Dighton to appear in 8 man-DII state title game Saturday Page 17 Holidays Christmas gift ideas and more inside local shopping guide Special Insert

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Deaths

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Community Veterans Day program recognizes military in Scott Co. Page 32

Agriculture Wheat streak mosaic causing major losses in area Page 26

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Health Popular features in Obamacare not likely to disappear Page 14

A grant to assist Scott Community High School in starting a digital media program is having a greater impact on the future of students than may have been imagined.

Since inception of the media program four years ago, grants from the Scott Community Foundation have been instrumental in creating a state-of-the-art broadcast studio for the Beaver Broadcasting Network.

“With the grants that the BBN has

received, we have been able to build a program that rivals some of the best in the state,” instructor Scott Holt told about 70 people who had gathered for Monday’s Foundation appreciation dinner.

The annual event also included a recepScott Community High School senior Xochitl Loya uses a 3D scanner to get an image of Randy Huck which can then be transferred to a 3D printer. (Record Photo)

tion earlier in the evening during which this year’s grant recipients were able to talk about their projects to members of the community.

The grant projects are a two-way street, noted SCF board chairman Lori Krause.

“We respond to needs that are brought to us by community members. That’s when we get started,” she noted.

Holt said the success of the digital media program has provided the oppor(See GRANTS on page eight)

Zoning board gives okay to Stepping Up

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District Magistrate Judge Ed Frock.

practice.

Following a year in Alaska, Frock was admitted to the Kansas state bar in 2016 and worked as the assistant public defender for the Western Regional Public Defender’s office in Garden City.

The new district magistrate judge says that he has always been

Supporters of a program to convert a local motel into a halfway house and shelter took another step forward when their project was unanimously approved by the Scott City Planning and Zoning Commission.

That recommendation now goes before the city council which will give the final okay to the request for a conditional use permit that will allow the Plains Inn Motel to be owned and operated by Stepping Up, Inc. There were 10 individuals in support of Stepping Up who attended last week’s P&Z hearing. There was no one attending in opposition.

City Attorney John Shirley noted that while no facilities similar to Stepping Up currently exist in the city, there’s nothing to prevent one from being established in a residential district. The conditional use permit would allow the facility to be located in an

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Frock assumes bench in district court

After more than 30 years as an attorney, Ed Frock will now see the law from a different perspective as the new district magistrate judge for Scott County.

Frock, who replaces Jim Collins, was sworn in during a robing ceremony on Nov. 4.

A native of Ardmore, Okla., Frock, 56, received his undergrad-

uate degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and received his juris doctor from the University of Tulsa.

Frock was admitted to the bar in Oklahoma in 1985 and for the next three decades worked in various state positions as assistant district attorney, assistant United States attorney, and in private

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Foundation grants, scholarships are building a better community

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Index

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Community Holiday tablescapes tell a story at the Scott County Library Page 25

making a difference

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Kansas Supreme Court ready to tackle hot topics Controversial issues fueled effort to oust Justices TOPEKA - Now that Kansas voters have decided against removing any state Supreme Court justices, the court will turn its attention to cases involving education funding, capital punishment and abortion that led critics to try to remake the court.

Efforts to remove four of

Frock a student of history and politics which seemed a good fit for the law profession.

Most of his career has been spent in criminal law as a federal and state prosecutor, “but I spent many years defending people as well,” he says.

“My desire to argue . . . I just seemed to have a knack for speaking well in public and in the courtroom,” he says. “The ability to do those lend themselves to criminal law.”

It was personal tragedies - the loss of a father and three sisters in the span of just three months - that prompted the Frocks

Zoning area zoned for commercial purposes.

As part of the zoning process, Shirley said all property owners within 200 feet of the Plains Inn Motel were notified about the hearing. County Attorney Becky Faurot, who is vice-president of the seven-member Stepping Up board, said they personally contacted the neighbors.

“We wanted to alleviate their concerns,” she said.

Individuals working and living in the area, and the community, will notice very little change when the transition to Stepping Up is complete, Faurot says. The primary structural change will be the addition of a privacy fence along the east side of the property.

Structured Living Stepping Up will be a structured living environment designed to help individuals dealing with drug/alcohol abuse as well as those seeking shelter from an abusive relationship.

“We’re trying to address some major needs in the community,” Faurot noted. “Some people don’t have the ability to stay clean and sober because they have no financial means of escaping that environment. They have nowhere else to go.”

Faurot, who has seen an increase in the local crime rate, says that one contributing factor is that those who are trying to break away from the cycle of drug abuse face a support gap between their initial treatment and monthly sessions with Compass Behavioral Health.

“The middle ground is missing,” she says.

That not only includes the ability to live inde-

the seven justices started with critics of past rulings that overturned death sentences in capital murder cases. The justices plan to hear arguments in December in the case of a man sentenced to die for killing his estranged wife and three other family members in northeastern Kansas.

Abortion opponents and conservative Republicans also wanted to remove the justices ahead of major rulings on abortion and school funding cases.

The court has yet to hear the

abortion case, but a ruling on education funding is expected by early next year.

A look at the ouster effort and major cases before the Supreme Court: Justices to Stay The court’s critics targeted Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justices Marla Luckert, Carol Beier and Dan Biles for removal in statewide yes-or-no votes to determine whether they should remain for another six years.

They were appointed by moder-

ate GOP or Democratic predecessors of conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

Brownback’s only appointee, Justice Caleb Stegall, also was on the ballot but wasn’t a target.

Voters retained all five.

Nuss said in a post-election interview that the ouster efforts would not influence the court and that its rulings would continue to be “based on the rule of law and the constitution.”

“If you were in a lawsuit, would you want a judge who

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pendent of others who are involved in alcohol and drug use, but also assistance in everyday life skills such as budgeting, how to become a more reliable employee, etc.

Pastor Kyle Evans of the First Baptist Church, who was the driving force behind Stepping Up, said he had heard about and witnessed these concerns for nearly two years. The search for a possible solution led them to visit a similar facility in Tulsa, Okla., after learning that the Plains Inn Motel was for sale.

Evans emphasized that they are selective on who participates in the program. Participants are required to attend church, weekly meetings of Celebrate Recovery and counseling.

“If they don’t follow the guidelines they will be asked to leave,” he said.

No sex offenders will be allowed.

The zoning board asked about security and contingency plans in the event an incident should occur on the site.

“We’ve talked to the police. We hope that it can be patrolled regularly,” Evans said.

He added there will be security cameras on the premises and that, within six months, they hope to have a full-time director on the site.

While waiting to assume ownership of the property, Evans says they have already had individuals and families living in the motel and participating in Stepping Up, even though it hasn’t officially begun.

The planning and zoning board’s recommendation now goes before the city council which will address the permit request during Monday’s meeting.

encing a different side of law led Frock to apply for the district magistrate judge’s position.

“I prefer small towns.

Except while attending law school, Garden City was the largest city I’ve ever lived in,” he says.

“With my small town background, this was a perfect opportunity for me, for lack of a better phrase, to return to my roots and establish myself here.”

Frock also feels his varied background has prepared him for this next phase in his career.

“Even though I’ve primarily practiced criminal

School Funding The high court heard arguments in September on whether the state’s $4.1 billion a year in aid to its 286 school districts is adequate.

Four school districts sued the state in 2010. They argue that legislators must spend roughly $800 million more a year to fulfill their duty under the Kansas (See COURT on page 11)

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to look for opportunities elsewhere.

“My wife and I decided after that it was time to leave Oklahoma, time to go somewhere new, somewhere different,” he explains.

That led to becoming a public defender in Alaska, but that decision only lasted about a year.

“There are more difficulties to living in Alaska than we imagined,” he noted, which led to joining the public defender’s office in Garden City earlier this year.

The combination of returning to a smaller community and experi-

was influenced by anything other than what the law requires?”

Nuss said.

law while in Oklahoma and Alaska, I’ve also handled divorces, childrenin-need-of-care cases and probate cases. Those are the matters that magistrates normally hear in Kansas,” he adds.

Frock’s wife, Suzanne, is a Registered Nurse at Park Lane Nursing Home.

The couple has three grown children living in Oklahoma City.

Frock was selected for appointment by a 12-member nominating commission consisting of local citizens and attorneys from the 25th Judicial District.

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Community Living

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History of table settings and dining etiquette Dining etiquette stretches back centuries. To many people, formal table settings are an art form, and table manners are not to be taken lightly.

The earliest Western dining traditions were documented by the Ancient Greeks. Tablesetting scenes are found in the Old Testament and in the writings of Homer. European table manners and other examples of chivalry date back as far as the 11th century.

Today, many of the behaviors that take place at the din-

ner table are deeply rooted in history. Here’s a look at some of the traditions and their origins.

•Standing to greet a guest: Men once stood to show respect when a woman, elderly person or dignitary entered the room or approached the dining table. This was a gesture of humility. Standing shows a person is attentive and caring. It’s also long been customary to remain standing until a guest has taken a seat. An excerpt from 1860’s

“The Gentleman’s Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness” indicates, “… and at the table wait until she is seated, indeed wait until every lady is seated, before taking your own place.”

•Fine china: Fine china and dinnerware are two different types of accoutrements individuals can use when setting a table.

China is typically used for special occasions. That’s because fine china is rare and the cost to replace items if

they are broken is considerable. Fine china is made of porcelain and is named for the country where it originated.

Through the years, Europeans followed suit and created their own derivatives of Chinese porcelain. China production once incorporated artisan expertise, and collecting and using china became popular.

Tea service sets are some of the more coveted pieces of china to own and collect.

•Seating arrangements:

Fenster reception is Nov. 27

A wedding reception for Kurt Fenster and Sarah Tomek-Fenster will be held Sun., Nov. 27, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

The come-and-go event will be held in the fellowship hall of the Healy United Methodist Church.

The couple exchanged vows on Oct. 1 in Manhattan.

Clay Mulligan and Emily Buxton

Buxton-Mulligan to wed Jan. 7

Jerry and Jynette Buxton, Scott City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily, to Clay Mulligan, Kansas City, Ks., the son of Brian and Linda Mulligan, Scott City.

The bride-to-be is a 2015 graduate of Scott Community High School.

She attended Fort Hays State University before moving to Kansas City where she works as a fulltime nanny.

The prospective groom is a 2012 graduate of SCHS and graduated from Fort Hays State University in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in biology.

He is completing his Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he will graduate in May 2019.

The couple is planning a Jan. 7 wedding at the First Baptist Church, Scott City.

Hosts and hostesses may set the table and seat guests in certain arrangements.

Etiquette may dictate where guests will sit. For example, husbands and wives will sit near or next to their spouse.

But, hosts may also sit guests with comfort and ease of mobility in mind. For example, elderly guests might be best seated in a place where it is easy for them to get up and leave the table. Being seated next to the party host is often a (See ETIQUETTE on page eight)

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Editorial/Opinion

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editorially speaking

Block grants:

Education experience has proven this is a bad idea

Now that the reality of a Trump presidency is finally settling in, people had better start paying closer attention to what’s happening in Washington, D.C. And we’re not just talking to Democrats.

Republicans who feel that everything will be right with the world once there is a Republican President in the White House may want to take notice of what Republican Congressmen have on their wish list.

We can begin with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan who has made it known that he intends to revive his pet project, block grant funding for Medicaid.

Perhaps it’s a bit ironic that while newly elected Kansas lawmakers are expected to dramatically change a block grant funding program that is underfunding public education in Kansas, we could end up with a bigger disaster pushed upon us at the national level.

Block grants, as we’ve seen with public education, don’t necessarily take into account rising costs.

There’s no guarantee they will keep pace with inflation. Education block grants in Kansas have remained frozen for two years and there is no guarantee that the Brownback Administration had plans of changing that in the future, especially while dealing with the loss of revenue resulting from tax cuts.

Keep that in mind. Ryan is wanting to implement a block grant program as Trump - with the support of Republican lawmakers - will be pushing for a major tax cut plan.

Tax cuts, as we saw under Presidents Reagan and Bush II, just as with the Brownback Administration, have had one result - less revenue.

One of Ryan’s main arguments for a grant program is that it gives states more flexibility in how to use the money. That was also the argument pushed by Brownback and his ultraconservative lackeys with grants for public education.

There isn’t a whole lot of “flexibility” when the money you are receiving isn’t keeping pace with the demands of higher enrollment or rising costs.

Ask any school administrator how this flexibility thing is working out for them.

Block grants for Medicaid will run into the same brick wall. It means that states will have the flexibility to provide less assistance based on available revenue.

That, however, is only part of the problem. There is no guarantee that grants will be used as intended.

Take the Kansas Children’s Initiative Fund in Kansas. The CIF is supposed to receive $60 million a year dedicated solely for early childhood programs and initiatives that prevent tobacco use among young people. This is money that is dedicated to a single purpose and which is supposed to be beyond the reach of state officials.

That hasn’t stopped Brownback and ultraconservatives from siphoning money from the CIF to help fill holes elsewhere in the state budget. In fact, Brownback attempted to shift the entire CIF into the state general fund beginning in 2017. The goal was to have full control over the CIF in order to help cover his tax cut catastrophe.

That’s in addition to discussions by Administration officials to sell off future CIF payments for a fraction of their value in order to shore up the state revenue shortfall.

History also serves as a warning. In 1996, Congress turned a cash assistance program for poor families into a block grant that was distributed to states. The states diverted billions of dollars to other purposes.

In 2012, Louisiana, for example, spent just seven percent of its $261 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding on actual assistance to poor families for work training programs, child care, etc. Seventy-one percent was diverted elsewhere in the budget to hold down state taxes.

That’s just one example. The temptation for states is too great.

It should also be obvious by now that Brownback and ultraconservatives place little value on early childhood programs and public education. If they have such little regard for our young people and future leaders, can we expect them to feel any differently about our young, our disabled and our elderly if they should have tens of millions of dollars at their disposal through Medicaid block grants?

And should the likes of Brownback and other ultraconservatives decide to use this block grant funding in ways other than which they were intended, where does that shift the burden of responsibility in caring for these individuals? Just as the loss of state funding for education has pushed more financial burden onto local districts and their taxpayers, a similar shift would occur should the state not fulfill its responsibility to our elderly and disabled.

Just because the money isn’t available doesn’t mean the need magically disappears.

The impact on people and communities knows no political boundary. It will be just as detrimental on Republican families as it is on everyone else.

The time to be aware of this possibility and to prevent the damage from occurring is before it happens - not after.

We know from experience where this can lead and the outcome is not good.

Kansas finally got it right, kinda

Kansans have finally signalled their desire to end Brownbackonomics.

Forty legislators who originally backed Brownback’s 2012 tax cut plan will no longer be in the legislature in January.

Of those seats, 25 are now in the hands of moderate Republicans and 15 have gone to newly elected Democrats.

While ultraconservatives haven’t disappeared, their ability to push through legislation has been severely diminished. According to some experts, Republican moderates and Democrats in the Kansas House can now form a coalition of 69 votes - giving them more than the 63 needed to constitute a majority.

We have lived through four disastrous years of Brownback’s selfdescribed “real live experiment.” That experiment, however, has come at a heavy cost to our state’s highway system, our public education and to our social services.

The election results are an acknowledgement that the damage we are doing

to our state is no longer acceptable. Repairing the harm that’s been done, however, won’t happen quickly and it won’t be cheap.

The $1.2 billion that’s been borrowed from the Bank of KDOT must be repaid, as should money that’s owed to KPERS. That’s in addition to millions of dollars which have been siphoned off from Health and Environment, higher education, Aging and Disability Services, the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and more.

And, of course, there’s still the Supreme Court decision regarding the funding of public education.

Ironically, as Kansas voters were rejecting one failed experiment, 57 percent of them are willing to embrace another experiment in the name of Donald Trump.

Not that a different outcome in the presidential race was anticipated. After all, this is Kansas. But, that’s also what makes this state and its people intriguing and perplexing.

How can one explain the rejection of tax and spending policies that we’ve lived under at the state level for the past four years and, at the same time, vote for what would appear to be a very similar ideology at the national level for the next four years (given what little Trump has revealed about his policy goals)?

What we saw in the general election was an unprecedented level of anger directed at businessas-usual in Washington, D.C. Don’t forget that voters rejected 16 other Republicans before Hillary Clinton lost in the electoral college - not the popular vote.

In an essay on the satirical website Cracked, David Wong explained the anger of rural Americans by saying, “To those ignored, suffering people, Donald Trump is a brick chucked through the win-

dow of the elites. ‘Are you a------- listening now?’”

That’s understandable.

Who hasn’t been frustrated with the threat of government shutdowns, the lack of cooperation that has led to a Congress that works very little and gets even less accomplished, a federal government that let Wall Street bankers avoid criminal responsibility for the home mortgage crisis and lawmakers who have allowed millions of jobs to leave the country?

Those are all legitimate reasons to feel that our government is nonresponsive and can’t be trusted.

Unfortunately, this presidential campaign became much more than that. Because Trump is intellectually incapable of discussing the issues of greatest concern to Americans, and is clueless how to begin addressing those concerns, this became a campaign where racism, Islamophobia, immigration and misogyny became the foundation to Trump’s success.

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Let’s get tax reform right this time

The morning after the election was tough. Half the country woke up feeling devastated, the other half awoke feeling excited. Regardless of who you voted for, it’s hard to come back together when we feel so deeply divided.

In Kansas, however, we have a special opportunity to rise to the occasion.

The top of the ticket gripped our attention on Election Day, but down ballot races told another powerful story. That story began four years ago, when Governor Brownback set Kansas on a path to eliminate the state income tax. Despite worrisome headlines, he insisted we ignore anyone who projected a gloomy forecast.

Then, in 2014, economists correctly estimated his plan would create a minimum $660 million deficit over two years.

Bad news just worsened

Where to Write

another view by Duane Goossen

from there and Kansans could only cover their ears for so long. On Tuesday, they elected 56 new state legislators.

This marks the beginning of a hopeful new chapter in the Kansas story. It also presents a desperately needed opening for comprehensive tax reform.

Let’s get it right this time.

Job No. 1: Stop the bleeding.

The first year alone of the Brownback tax plan inflicted more damage to state finances than the entire Great­­ Recession.

Kansas continues to hemorrhage revenue, resulting in nine rounds of budget cuts, record-high debt, and three credit rating downgrades.

Gov. Sam Brownback 2nd Floor - State Capitol Topeka, Ks. 66612-1501 (785) 296-3232

Our struggling communities need relief, but Kansas can’t start healing while still in triage mode.

In 2017, we must immediately fix our structural revenue imbalance to prevent further cuts, accepting that significant re-investment is probably at least another year away.

Secondly, we must broaden the tax base.

Taking a comprehensive approach means reviewing our entire tax code - not just the income tax. Kansas’ sales and property tax structures are also antiquated and unfair. By modernizing all revenue sources, we can ensure all Kansans pay the fairest possible taxes at the lowest possible rates.

Finally, we must repair the damage.

It will likely take a generation to fully recover from this horrible experiment. But, once we get

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

our fiscal house back in order, Kansans can embrace their aspirational, pioneering instincts yet again. Our vision should embody our state motto and aim for the stars, but it must begin with common sense basics.

This requires new priorities, like a plan to pay down the unprecedented debt the current administration intends to leave our children. It means re-investing in services essential to prosperous communities and goodpaying jobs.

It means lifting the burden the Brownback plan forced onto our lowestearning Kansans. And it means establishing a responsible state savings account.

Sadly, we’ll never recover the opportunities we lost throughout this senseless era of crisis.

But, the Kansas election (See REFORM on page six)

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Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6521 www.moran.senate.gov/public/

A modest wish list for the next president

fixing Trump

So what now for the 66 million American voters who didn’t vote for Donald Trump and understand that he is unprepared and too unstable to be president?

Here’s a checklist of suggestions for your hopes and prayers.

•That the Trump of his victory speech is the real Trump only now emerging.

•That it was just “political talk” sort of like “locker room talk” - when he said during the campaign that he would build a wall between Mexico and the U.S and deport 11 million immigrants, including children born as U.S. citizens; that we should tor-

behind the headlines

by Davis Merritt

ture military prisoners and kill ISIS families; that he would order a special prosecutor to pursue his opponent postelection; that he would “change libel law” to abridge freedom of speech; that we would deny all Muslims entry, start a trade war with China and consider withdrawing from NATO. •That he was kidding when he said, about having a foreign policy adviser, “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain . . . I have a good instinct for this stuff.”

•That many conservative people with “very good brains” who abandoned him in disgust or fear during his campaign can be persuaded to risk working for him now.

•That he will listen to them and

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resist tired old failures such as Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani. They’re not change; they’re retrenchment.

•That when he said in his victory speech, “Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division . . . as one united people,” he actually meant all of us - black and brown and white, Asian and Latin and European, gay and straight and transgender, Christian and Muslim and agnostic and atheist and Buddhist and Jewish, Republican and Democrat and Libertarian and independent.

•That when he cannot deliver on some of his promises, as inevitably happens to all leaders, he will accept responsibility and not look for scapegoats, cry that the fix was in or obsess about revenge.

•That he will find for his many potential federal court appointments (See FIXING on page seven)

Trump’s election was not a mandate

by E.J. Dionne, Jr.

This election wasn’t about Trump

by Jim Hightower

When a political puck named Dick Tuck lost a California senate election in 1966, he famously conceded: “The people have spoken. The bastards.”

So now that the people have spoken up for Donald Trump, were they saying that they embrace his xenophobic, nativist, far-right policies?

Not necessarily. Most Trump voters say they went for him because they think he’ll shake up America’s elite establishment, not because he’s a conservative. In fact, majorities of people all over the country voted for very progressive policies and candidates this year.

For example, all four states that had minimum wage increases on the ballot - Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington - passed them. Plus, a South Dakota proposal to lower its minimum wage was rejected by 71 percent of voters.

Meanwhile, voters in two states California and Washington - passed initiatives calling for repealing the Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision, which has allowed corporate cash to flood into our elections. Washington also voted to provide public funding of elections in the state.

And a Minnesota initiative to take away the power of state lawmakers to set their own salaries, moving this authority to a bipartisan citizens’ council,

won 77 percent of the vote.

In addition, many solidly progressive “firsts” were elected, such as the first Indian-American woman in the House (Pramila Jayapal of Washington); the first Latina U.S. senator (Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada); the first Indian-American elected to the U.S. Senate (Kamala Harris of California, who is also the first black senator from her state); and the first openly LGBT governor (Kate Brown of Oregon).

Trump’s going to the White House, but the takeaway from voters in this election is a mandate for progressive economic populism and more diversity among public officials.

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

a fiasco unfolds

Appointments in Trump Administration point to trouble ahead

Like the country as a whole, Washington today is characterized by radically different emotions as it contemplates the upcoming Trump presidency.

Republicans are gleeful about all they’ll be able to do to roll back the progress of the past eight years, liberating the country from the cruel oppression of things such as expanded health insurance, regulations on Wall Street and reproductive rights. Liberals are horrified at the same prospect.

And members of the media are looking desperately for signs that Donald Trump is not actually the person we all watched for the past year and a half.

“I saw quite a change,” said CBS’s Lesley Stahl after interviewing him for “60 Minutes.” “He was much more subdued, much more serious.”

It’s as though we’re talking about

other voices

by Paul Waldman

a child who managed to get through recess at the day care without punching any of the other children. Except this child is about to become the most powerful human being on Earth.

And as it begins to take shape, Trump’s administration is looking like some kind of mash-up of “Being There” and “American History X,” with just the combination of cluelessness and malice that you would have expected.

Let’s start with the latter: President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the White House has drawn a sharp rebuke from political strategists who see in Bannon a controversial figure too closely associated with the “alt-right” movement, which white nationalists have embraced.

Bannon, who was the executive chairman of Breitbart News before joining the Trump campaign in August, will serve as chief strategist and senior

counselor for Trump; that will give Bannon authority over the strategic direction of the White House.

Bannon will assume a similar role to that of Karl Rove during George W. Bush’s administration and recently by longtime strategist John Podesta under President Obama. He and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who will become White House chief of staff, will be among Trump’s top advisers.

The announcement has produced intense hand-wringing in Washington and sharp denunciations from political observers and strategists critical of Breitbart News’s close association with the alt-right, a fringe conservative movement saturated with racially insensitive rhetoric and elements of outright white nationalism.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a hate-watch group, has accused Breitbart of explicitly embracing ethnonationalism. After Bannon’s elevation was announced, the law center tweeted several controversial stories written (See FIASCO on page six)

Let’s be clear: The United States of America is not Donald Trump’s country.

When all the returns are in, Hillary Clinton will emerge with a popular vote lead of about one million votes.

Given what Trump has said in the past about the electoral college, we know what he would say if the roles were reversed.

To point out Clinton’s popular-vote advantage is not a form of liberal denial. It’s a way of beginning to build a barricade against right-wing triumphalism - and of reminding immigrants, Muslims, African Americans, Latinos and, yes, our daughters that most Americans stood with them on Election Day. It is also not true that the emerging political coalition that elected President Obama died on Nov. 8.

That alliance maintained its national advantage, as the popular vote shows, and came within a whisker in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan of delivering the election to Clinton despite an onslaught of partisan congressional investigations, Russian meddling and the last-minute political intervention of the FBI. We dare not forget the power that was arrayed behind Trump because it is that power that must be resisted over the next four years. Obama and Clinton both did the expected thing in wishing Trump well, and Lord knows, nothing would make me happier than for Trump to surprise us by being a pragmatist who said a lot of stuff he didn’t believe to win the presidency.

If he governs reasonably, we will all be better off.

That wish, however, does not absolve us of the obligation to vigilance against the other possibility: that the real Trump is the man we actually watched, many of us in horror, month after month.

But, there is one piece of the postelection conventional wisdom that is importantly right, yet in ways more complicated than we might wish.

Those who touted the power of the Obama coalition made the grave miscalculation of forgetting that white working-class voters were essential to making the new alliance work.

Obama’s base was made up of Americans of color, the young, and whites from large metropolitan areas.

But, he was put over the top, as some of us insisted at the time, by securing a significant share of the white working-class vote, particularly in the Midwestern states where, in 2012, he won 40 percent or more from whites without a college degree.

In Wisconsin, for example, Obama won 45 percent of those voters; Clinton was backed by only 34 percent of them this year. And Clinton lost Wisconsin by just 27,000 votes.

Clinton counted on doing better with white working-class women than she did (they went for Trump by a remarkable 62-34 percent) and also with college-educated white men, who went 54-39 percent for Trump.

Democrats sorely need to recover ground with white working-class voters, especially after learning that even a candidate as troubling as Trump could not sufficiently loosen the (See MANDATE on page six)

The Scott County Record • Page 6 • November 17, 2016

Explaining the election to my 6-year-old daughter

by Andy Borowitz

Just hours after Donald Trump’s victory, people on cable news were telling me how to explain it to my child. These were the same people who, as alarming results poured in from Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio, had been totally inept at explaining the unfolding nightmare to me. If I had to unpack Trump’s win for my six-year-old daughter, I didn’t want help from Wolf Blitzer.

The day after the election, I got a mass e-mail from my daughter’s principal with more advice about what to say to her.

He offered a script of aphorisms about living in a democracy, being a good loser, and respecting opinions different from our own.

Every sentiment was noble and mature, but c’mon, man. The chances of my performing this script convincingly were zero, and, unlike the chances that the Times

State is in dire straits financially The Salina Journal

The sun is not shining in Kansas - at least not on the state budget.

But, the election of more than 50 new state lawmakers offers a ray of hope for a needed course correction - with or without the cooperation of Gov. Sam Brownback.

The state’s budget outlook grew bleaker last week. New official forecasts lowered revenue projections for the rest of this fiscal year by a stunning $345.9 million - a 5.5 percent drop from the previous estimate.

Next year is even worse: Total revenue is expected to drop another $443.7 million, or 7.4 percent. That could result in a budget gap that year of about $580 million.

What makes the situation especially dire is that the state already burned through all its ending balance reserves, so it has no financial cushion. Plus, Brownback and lawmakers already raided about all they can from the state highway fund this fiscal year.

And then there is the likelihood the Kansas Supreme Court will rule that the state is inadequately funding K-12 public schools — potentially by several hundred million dollars.

In other words, it is a huge hole that could get even deeper.

This fiscal mess is one of the main reasons about a third of the members of the Legislature will be new next year.

Many conservative incumbents who backed Brownback’s fiscal policies lost either in the August primaries or Tuesday’s general election. As a result, the majority of lawmakers next session will be moderate Republicans and Democrats.

Most of these new lawmakers campaigned on repealing all or parts of Brownback’s tax cuts.

They particularly object to the tax exemption on pass-through business income.

Such changes are needed to help rebuild the state’s finances, but they likely won’t be enough to cover all the shortfall. Another challenge is that it could take a while for the tax changes to go into effect and for the state to see higher revenues.

In the short term, there aren’t many options other than cutting spending. And that’s a grim prospect, as state agencies and universities already are struggling with reduced or flat funding.

Brownback also isn’t helping. He is not planning to outline budget cuts until the Legislature convenes in January.

That’s a mistake and an abdication of leadership. The longer the state waits to make cuts, the harder they could be to implement.

The new lawmakers realized the state was in bad shape when they ran for office. But, they likely weren’t expecting to learn - two days after the election - that it was this bad.

They may now be wondering what they got themselves into. Voters should be wondering why they didn’t throw out more of the incumbents who created this mess.

Reform results offer hope that we can begin restoring those opportunities for future generations. Lawmakers must now rise above the political fray and find the courage to make difficult decisions in 2017.

Kansans are innovative, resilient people.

Hopefully, soon we will once more walk through

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the doors of the state capitol and imagine the possibilities, rather than fear what painful emergency lurks next around the corner.

Duane Goossen served as state budget director for 12 years in the administrations of three governors - Republican Bill Graves and Democrats Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson

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gave Trump at the beginning of Election Night, they were not going to suddenly soar.

My track record for explaining horrible events to my children has never been good. When I tried to console my son after 9/11 (he was also six at the time), I used a baseball analogy.

He was a big Yankees fan, so I thought that if I put the events in baseball terms they would make more sense to him. I told him that the United States

was like a great team - just like the Yankees, in fact.

And that the terrorists envied the United States, just the way other teams envied the Yankees. And that, just like the Yankees, the United States would win in the end.

This seemed like a great explanation, and it did reassure him - until a few weeks later, when the Yankees lost the 2001 World Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The terrorists had won, thanks to a throwing error

Kansas There are lots of good people who sincerely feel that government can, and should, do better. Yet, in spite of all that Trump represented during the campaign, they felt he offered that better way.

At the same time, those well-intentioned voters can’t separate themselves from a candidate who has allegedly assaulted women and has bilked millions of dollars from people attending a fake university in his name.

The idea that Trump was just saying what was necessary in order to get elected is becoming less of a defense as he appoints members of his transition team and as names emerge as potential

Cabinet appointments.

Stephen Bannon is leading the transition team for Trump and is being considered for the position as Chief of Staff in the Trump White House.

The former president of right-wing Breitbart News has been described as a “racist, fascist, anti-semite.” And that came from John Weaver, an advisor for Republican Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign.

Sorry, folks, you get what you voted for.

Some don’t like being reminded of that unavoidable connection. We received an anonymous (naturally) letter in which the writer resented how Trump has been depicted

(See ELECTION on page 7)

editorially and in cartoons. We were told that if we don’t love this country then perhaps we should leave.

Think about that for a moment.

The implication is that we must accept a President who campaigned on racism, white supremacy, anti-semitism and misogyny in order to love this country? It’s because we love this country that we refuse to let this wave of hate pass as the new normal.

Trump and those who voted for him can’t distance themselves from the rhetoric that attracted the KKK and other right-wing extremists to his campaign. Bannon’s close ties

to Trump only validates those who see minorities, immigrants and women as second-class citizens.

Just as Kansans have begun walking away from the failed right-wing policies of Brownback, they now find themselves wading into the muck of a future Trump Administration that promises to inflict even more harm - fiscally and morally.

Donald Trump was a brick. It has shattered the image of how we see ourselves and what we represent to the rest of the world. That damage will be far greater than ever imagined.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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Now let’s not forget that Trump was retweeting white supremacist memes and attacking a variety of minority groups long before Bannon joined his campaign as chief executive. Bannon didn’t make “Trump for President” into a white nationalist campaign, because it already was. So whatever Bannon suggests is going to find a ready audience in his boss.

And now to the cluelessness: During their private White House meeting last week, (President) Obama walked his successor through the duties of running the country, and Mr. Trump seemed surprised by the scope, said people familiar with the meeting. Trump aides were described by those people as unaware that the entire presidential staff working in the West Wing had to be replaced at the end of Mr. Obama’s term.

The man ran for president for a year and a half,

Mandate Republican loyalties of many among the college educated - particularly men.

It is also important to understand that the Trump constituency was motivated by more than economics.

In fact, Trump’s immigration stand (he won 86 percent of voters who want to build a wall on the Mexican border, according to CNN’s exit polls) and his law-and-order appeal (he won 74 percent

lions of adults had done something very stupid on Election Day. There’s nothing more terrifying to a child than the idea that adults don’t know what they’re doing.

But, then I thought, maybe not. There’s a strong argument that there’s nothing more hilarious to a child than the notion of adults screwing up. The cliché of the bumbling sitcom dad, as well as every Kevin James movie ever made,

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Fiasco by Breitbart under Bannon’s control, including a piece published two weeks after a mass killing at a black church in Charleston, S.C., last year: “Hoist it high and proud: the confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage.”

There has been way too much euphemizing about Bannon, so let’s talk plainly.

He’s not just a “controversial” figure who ran a “provocative” website.

He is one of the foremost drivers of the spread of white nationalism in the United States today, and Breitbart is a firehose of thinly veiled racism and anti-Semitism, spewing its endless supply of poison into our politics.

“We’re the platform for the alt-right,” Bannon told journalist Sarah Posner this year. In the words of Ben Shapiro, a former editor for Breitbart, the alt-right is “a movement shot through with racism and anti-Semitism.”

by Mariano Rivera.

The day after the election, I knew that when my daughter came home from school I would have to try, once and for all, to explain Trump’s victory to her.

According to her principal’s e-mail, it had been discussed throughout the school day and had even been the subject of an assembly. But, I was still at a loss. How could I explain what had happened without scaring her? As I saw it, mil-

and is surprised that the presidency is such a big job. Meanwhile, his aides were under the impression that the Obama staffers would stick around and be working for them now.

This is appalling, but it shouldn’t be surprising. Those of us who actually contemplated a Trump presidency during the campaign were particularly disturbed not just

by Trump’s ignorance, but also by the fact that it was accompanied by a certainty that he knew everything he needed to know, despite the fact that he knew virtually nothing.

He would regularly claim that he was smarter and more knowledgeable than everyone who actually had experience in government and policy, despite never having served a day in government or spent a moment thinking about policy.

Asked whom he consulted on foreign affairs, he said, “I’m speaking with myself, number one,

because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things.”

On fighting terrorism, he said, “I know more about ISIS (the Islamic State) than the generals do, believe me.”

I suppose that any day now he’s going to unveil that secret plan to defeat the Islamic State, which he said was “a foolproof way of winning,” but he couldn’t tell us what it was because then the Islamic State would know and it would be ruined.

Even Republicans knew that he was just lying.

Meanwhile, the president-elect is tweeting out insults at news organizations whose coverage of him is insufficiently adulatory. If you thought that having won the election despite losing the popular vote Trump might display an iota of class, you were mistaken. And the chaos is just beginning.

Paul Waldman is a senior writer at The American Prospect

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among those who rejected the idea that the criminal justice system treats black Americans unfairly) were key to his victory.

When exit pollsters asked voters to name the most important issue facing the country, he won among those who listed immigration or terrorism; he lost among those who cited the economy.

Trump’s hard-edged social conservatism, not just a general anti-establishment appeal, drove up

white turnout in many key counties.

Finally, lest anyone doubt that the outsized attention given to the matter of Clinton’s use of a private server was decisive, consider that 45 percent of voters said that her use of private email bothered them “a lot,” and they voted better than 12-to-1 for Trump.

It’s too late now, but does anyone in the media (or FBI Director James Comey) really believe the

email story was more vital to our country’s future than the many revelations about Trump, his scapegoating of so many of our fellow citizens, or the radicalism of his program?

Congressional Republicans did all they could to destroy Clinton by spending 20 months pushing this issue. They succeeded, and gave us Trump.

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

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Election relies on this principle.

When kids see adults do something stupid, it makes them feel smarter and more secure about their own place in the world. Finally, I had something I could work with.

When my daughter came home, I sat her down at the kitchen table,

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gave her a Kit Kat from her hoard of Halloween candy, and offered this explanation of the election: “Imagine the stupidest thing you could ever do, like peeing on a stack of pancakes. Now, imagine that the United States is a stack of pancakes.

Millions of grownups just peed on it.”

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She started giggling.

This explanation made sense to her.

As she ran off to play, I was relieved, and grateful for the alacrity with which children laugh at their elders. But, I am still waiting for someone to explain the election to me.

conservative judges who respect precedent, are fair-minded and not ideological activists on the order of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.

•That the man who says he never reads books and who demonstrably doesn’t know the Constitution will listen to the people Andy Borowitz is a comedian who do.

•That he will recognize and author

the weight of his every word as president and have responsible people fact-check before he speaks.

•That he will pay his income taxes as an example for the rest of us.

That’s not asking a lot, but even if a forgiving providence should grant all those petitions, I greatly fear for our nation and

the world because he is such a deeply flawed man who is blind to any of his defects.

However, the cold reality is that 60 million other people did vote for him.

May they never come to rue that day.

Davis Merritt, a Wichita journalist and author, can be reached at dmerritt9@cox. net

Respect the appearance of our flag As a veteran who has served in the Persian Gulf, the American flag is very important to me.

I am a long-time resident of Scott City, having lived here the first 29 years of my life, before moving back. One of the first things I noticed when I returned to town was the condition of some of the flags that were flying in front of businesses and homes. When traveling down Main Street, some of these stood out like a sore thumb.

On one occasion, the flag in front of the Post Office was in tatters and the Postmaster was very cooperative and quickly took care of the embarrassment. I then started looking at other places and was able to encourage other businesses to replace their flags.

There are also a number of residences where flags are in dire need of being replaced.

I’m proud to be a veteran and I

editor’s mail . . . would like to see this community show how proud they are of their veterans by displaying their U.S. flag appropriately.

I had one gentleman tell me there was no etiquette regarding the displaying of U.S. flags. He is wrong.

Here is proper flag etiquette: •The flag should never be allowed to touch the ground and, if flown at night, must be illuminated.

•If the edges become tattered through wear, the flag should be repaired or replaced. When a flag is so tattered that it can no longer serve as a symbol of the United States it should be destroyed in a dignified manner, preferably by burning.

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Scott County 4-Hers Emily Glenn (left) and KelsiJo Crouch explain how grant money is aiding the development of a sewing room at the county Extension office. They were among Scott Community Foundation grant recipients with a booth at Monday’s grant reception.

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tunity for three students to pursue that as a career in college. That includes Miguel Chavez, who is studying journalism at the University of Kansas; James Slater, a graduate of the Colorado Media School; and Ben Wagner, who is currently attending Garden City Community College.

Another seven seniors are planning to pursue media-related fields.

“I tell my students all the time that we are more than just a class. We provide a community service,” says Holt.

He also emphasizes it wouldn’t be possible without the community foundation and other donations.

“We are able to keep our technology up to date and running because you understand what it takes to keep a program like this at a high level and the BBN appreciates it,” Holt told those in attendance.

The program received another $1,000 for equipment updates this year.

meant a lot of money.”

She was aided by a $5,000 Hoffman Scholarship awarded through the Foundation.

“It’s evident that Scott County really values secondary education and they make it possible for those with limited means and support,” Baber said.

Baber pursued studies in kinesiology and exercise physiology, earning a doctorate degree from Logan University in 2014.

The support from her hometown played a big part in the decision by Andrea and her husband, Bronson, also a Logan graduate, to establish Western Kansas Chiropractic in Scott City, which opened in January 2015.

“I can’t say it was always my plan to return to Scott City, but I’m glad I did,” Baber said. “People who value education and offer this kind of support (through the Foundation) aren’t something you find in many communities.”

Scholarship Recipient Dr. Andrea (Scheuerman) Baber, a 2007 graduate of Scott Community High School, told how important the scholarship opportunities were in helping to pursue her career and that it eventually led to the decision to return to her hometown.

Baber said she wanted to pursue a career in a medical-related field upon graduation from SCHS, but was also aware that “a lot of schooling also

Grant Recipients Advances in technology, scholarships and new equipment were just a few of the projects made possible this year through $37,350 in grant awards.

A 3-D scanner that can be utilized with an iPad was made possible with a $1,000 grant to the SCHS technology department.

By simply rotating the iPad completely around an object, a student can create a 3-D image that can be uploaded to a 3-D

Etiquette place of honor.

Before formal place settings and table services were established, the saltcellar was used to designate the importance of guests around the dining table. A saltcellar is a small container that held salt for seasoning the meal.

Seats “above the salt” were considered places of honor.

•Origins of cutlery: Cutlery refers to the forks, spoons and knives of a typical table setting.

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purposes as early as 1,000 B.C. Knives have long been used as both weapons and utensils. Many people injured themselves by puncturing their mouths while using knives to eat their food, as knives were not dulled and domesticated for table use until the 16th century in France.

Around the same time, forks grew in popularity thanks to global trendsetter Catherine de Medici.

By the 18th century, curved forks with tines were increasingly used.

Dining at a meal seems simple enough, but the process is rife with tradition and rules of etiquette.

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Scott County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was awarded a $2,000 grant from the SCF and $3,000 from the Albert and Dee Hoeme Memorial Fund to defray the costs for individuals who enroll in the emergency medical technician (EMT) program.

EMS Director Brenda Birney says it costs each participant $800 to take the course, which includes books and other fees. The grant reduces the cost by $500 for 10 individuals currently enrolled.

“Cost is a huge factor in getting people to enroll in the class,” says Birney.

She says the current enrollment of 13 students makes this one of the largest classes in recent years.

It’s also one of the youngest, with most of the participants in their 20s and 30s.

“It’s pretty exciting to have so many young people involved,” Birney says. “That speaks well for the long-range future of our EMS program.”

Another of the 24 grant recipients was Scott County Extension which received $2,500 to assist with remodeling in the new Extension building.

This will provide better access to a kitchen and sewing room used by local 4-Hers.

FACS Agent Carol Ann Crouch has built an active sewing program in which the participants

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“By having a dedicated sewing room in the Extension office, it will be more convenient for kids to stop by after school and for our classes,” Crouch adds.

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KASB report calls for higher school funding The KASB Legislative Committee recommendations call for a higher amount of funding per pupil and exploring whether boards, teachers and administrators can agree on a system of teacher due process.

The committee, which is made up of school board members representing regions across the

state, finalized its report Saturday. The recommendations will now go to the full KASB Delegate Assembly next month for consideration and a vote.

On school finance, the report recommends that any new school finance formula must have: •A foundational amount per pupil that should be “significantly higher” than previous base state

aid per pupil levels to take into account inflation and mandatory costs that have been shifted to local property taxes; •The foundational amount of funding should include the full cost of full-time kindergarten and expanding pre-school programs; •The foundational amount should be adjusted annually to cover infla-

tion and other employment and mandated costs.

The new formula should also include full funding for special education and additional funding for at-risk students, English language learners, transportation, career and technical education and additional costs based on density and district size.

The Legislature, which convenes the 2017 ses-

sion in January, will work on writing a new school finance formula to replace the block grant system, which essentially froze the funding level for two years. In addition, a case is pending before the Kansas Supreme Court on whether the state adequately funds schools. A decision in the lawsuit could result in the need

for an increase of several hundred million dollars.

On the issue of due process, the report reaffirms support for giving school boards the final say in teacher dismissal, but supports “a cooperative effort with representatives of teachers and administrators to develop a due process system that protects the interests of all parties.”

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4-H Club News

4-H Christmas party is Dec. 22

The monthly meeting of the Manning Jayhawkers 4-H Club was called to order by President Trella Davis on Nov. 14. Flag leader Marly Cramer led us in the pledges.

Roll call was called by Secretary Jessica West.

Twenty-three members and one leader answered with, “What are you thankful for?”

Community leader Stacy Davis announced the next 4-H council meeting is Nov. 28. There is a countywide Christmas party planned for Dec. 22. Deadline to sign up for CIA is Jan. 15. Sign-up to attend the KSU women’s basketball game by Jan. 15 if you want to attend on Feb. 11.

The new program books are available in your folder.

There is a rabbit show in Haskell County on Jan. 28.

Rachel Fisher announced we need to bring our favorite wrapped candy to the next meeting to make goody bags. We are also making plates for veterans.

Eddie Tilton announced the program. Rachel Fisher talked about the Citizenship Washington Focus trip. Jacob Fisher talked about Lego Club at the library.

Kalo Hineman led us in playing “Play-doh Pictionary!”

Next month’s meeting will be Dec. 11 at 4:00 p.m.

Cally Cramer, reporter

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The New Horizon meeting was called to order on November 6 by Karlee Logan. Nathan LeBeau led the club in the flag salute and 4-H Pledge.

Kylee Logan did roll call with 19 members present and answered by, “Who do you think the next president will be.” Kylee Logan read minutes of the October meeting. They were read and approved.

Conner LeBeau gave the treasurer’s report. Madison Shapland gave the reporter’s report that Alivia Noll had submitted one article to The Scott County Record.

Karlee Logan gave a committee report about afterschool 4-H on an idea of decorating the chain link fence for the holidays. Ashlee Logan gave the leader’s report. Club leader Carrie LeBeau informed the club about some options to do to get our purple seal for next year.

New Business: Conner LeBeau moved that we decorate the fence for after-school 4-H and to choose a date at our December meeting. Addie LeBeau second the motion and motion passed.

Jacy Rose moved that we choose one angel tree and one golden tree angel and spend $150 on each. Madison Shapland seconded the motion and motion passed.

Zach Rohrbough asked for ideas about a club fundraiser. After some discussion it was decided that everyone would think of possible ideas and it would be discussed at our next meeting.

Eric Shapland gave a project talk about his photography project and photos he took in Colorado.

Nathan LeBeau moved to adjourn the meeting.

Zach Rohrbough seconded the motion, motion passed.

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Fiscal shortfall postpones 24 state road projects An official with the Kansas Department of Transportation said Tuesday that a resurfacing project in Johnson County was among the $32 million in work put on ice this week in the wake of the state’s budget shortfall.

There’s no timetable for when those projects may be put out to bid.

An additional 10 projects, at an estimated cost of $8 million, are still set to move forward.

The move came after state officials said last week that Kansas is facing a nearly $350 million shortfall this fiscal year.

The shortfall for the next fiscal year is $582 million. Originally, 34 projects were set to be put out

Scott City Council Agenda Monday, November 21 • 7:30 p.m.

City Hall • 221 W. 5th •Call to Order •Approve minutes of Nov. 7 regular meeting •Discuss conditional use permit for Stepping Up •Scott Recreation Commission update 1) Audit report 2) Water usage and yearly credit •Blue Cross/Blue Shield rate review 1) Health and dental insurance renewal •Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested Police Department 1) Additional funding for speed radar equipment/installation Parks Department 1) Misc. business Public Works Department 1) Misc. business Clerk’s Department 1) Employee evaluations to department heads 2) Employee Christmas party on Dec. 4 •Financial and investment reports •Mayor’s comments

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., Nov. 9, 2016; last published Thurs., Nov. 24, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF NEMAHA COUNTY, KANSAS in the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy T.C.K., Case No. 2016-AD-000004 Proceedings Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE OF HEARING The State of Kansas to Tyus Joseph Malik Price and all persons concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Nemaha County, Kansas, praying for an order allowing the

adoption of T.C.K., a male minor, and terminating the parental rights of the natural father. You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before December 16, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., in this Court, in the City of Seneca in Nemaha County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Daniel J Coughlin Attorney for Petitioners Mishler Coughlin Law, LLC 821 Main Street, P.O. Box 283 Sabetha, Ks. 66534 (785) 284-2843

for bid in December.

“There’s a lot of things we just don’t know going forward about our funding,” Transportation Department spokesman Steve Swartz said. “So that’s why we’re going to assess this every month.”

Bob Totten, the executive vice president of the Kansas Contractors Association, said the new

delays show how the budget issues in Kansas are hurting people.

“In pleasant terms, they’re discouraged, displeased and disappointed in the leadership of the state Legislature,” Totten said of contractors.

“And that goes from the governor on down....

We’re going to have less quality of life. I mean, our

roads are not going to be in good shape. We know that. They’re deteriorating as it is now.”

Since the start of the current fiscal year in July, revenue misses had already blown a roughly $75 million hole in the state’s budget. That number grew to almost $350 million after state officials dialed down revenue fore-

casts last week.

Brownback’s administration has said the governor will present a solution to the Kansas Legislature in January. That delayed decision has been criticized by members of both political parties.

Since 2011, the governor’s administration has taken more than (See PROJECTS on page 11)

Kobach warns: no ‘free pass’ for undocumented immigrants President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration adviser Kris Kobach warned this week no one living here illegally will get a “free pass” and predicted many immigrants would leave as jobs and benefits “dry up.”

Kobach, one of the architects of Arizona’s anti-immigration law SB1070, made the statement on Fox News when he was asked what Trump plans to do about people who are illegal, but are working hard and are not regarded as criminals.

Kobach reached back to the immigration speech Trump made in August in Phoenix, when there were thoughts then-candidate Trump might be easing his view on immigrants.

In that speech, Trump said “every person in this country has to follow American law. No person living here illegally gets a free pass, like they did under the Obama administration,” Kobach said.

“The jobs are going to dry up, the welfare benefits are going to dry up, and a lot of people who may not be criminal illegal aliens may decide, hey, it’s getting hard to disobey federal law, and may leave on their own,” he said.

Undocumented immigrants cannot receive the government benefit that is often called welfare, but is officially known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. They also cannot apply for

healthcare or other benefits.

The federally and state funded program is designed to assist children, so a U.S. citizen child of a parent not legally here, can qualify for it. The same may be true for health care or other programs.

The “self-deportation” idea has raised questions in the past about how far officials will go to “dry up” any benefits. It can create problems when applied to mixed status families, particularly when parents are illegally in the country but children are not.

Making life so difficult for immigrants that they return to their country of origin - self-deportation

- is an idea that has been floated by many wanting to slow or halt immigration. Mitt Romney floated the idea in 2012 before losing his presidential bid.

Media Matters, a liberal watchdog, questioned whether audiences were getting different messages on Trump’s plans on immigration depending on the language they spoke.

The organization pointed to statements Republican Party spokeswoman Helen Aguirre Ferré made to Telemundo that people who are undocumented and have not committed a crime have nothing to worry about.”

She said on Tuesday that Trump is the person (See KOBACH on page 11)

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Projects Court (continued from page 10)

$1 billion from transportation. Money from the Transportation Department has been used to help with budget issues as the state’s economy has struggled during the later years of the Brownback administration.

“It makes it difficult for us to plan more than a month out with any certainty,” Swartz said about the state’s budget situation.

Asked about the delays, Sen. Tom Holland, a Douglas County Democrat, said it shows it could take Kansas “years to dig out from this financial mess.”

“They’re in the dark like every other agency,” Holland said. “They’re being told what they’ve got to do. There’s no justification for it. It’s just epic, gross mismanagement on the governor’s part and his administration’s part.”

Sen. Rob Olson, an Olathe Republican, said he was concerned, but wanted to know more about the delays. The governor needs to make some cuts now to address the shortfall, Olson said.

“There’s not a lot I can do as a legislator until I get back in Topeka and we start the session back in January,” he said.

Constitution to finance a suitable education for every child.

Republican legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging in an effort to stimulate the economy. The state has struggled to balance its budget since.

Kansas also is bedeviled by slumps in agriculture and energy production. It faces a $349 million shortfall in its current budget.

Capital Punishment Kansas reinstated capital punishment in 1994 but has yet to set any execution dates. The state Supreme Court overturned the first seven death sen-

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tences it reviewed.

Since December 2015, the Kansas Supreme Court has upheld three other men’s death sentences.

Next month, the justices plan to hear the appeal of James Kraig Kahler, who was convicted of shooting his estranged wife, their two teenage daughters and her grandmother at the grandmother’s home outside Burlingame in 2009.

Another six capital cases are still before the court.

“I do believe that they know that people are watching,” said Amy James, a founder of Kansans for Justice, an antiretention group formed by murder victims’ family members.

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department Oct. 31: An attempted robbery was reported at 621 S. Main.

Nov. 11: Officers responded to a domestic battery report.

Nov. 11: Tyus Price, 21, was arrested on a failure to appear warrant.

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Nov. 17, 2016; last published Thurs., Dec. 1, 2016)3t Scott County Mill Levy Rates I, Lark Speer, Scott County Treasurer, certify that the tax levies per $1,000 as valuation for the 2016 tax year are as follows: State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.500

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

69.188

Kobach

City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

72.479

USD No. 466 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57.950

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USD No. 466 - Scott Recreation Commission . . .

2.250

USD No. 468 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51.366

USD No. 468 - Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.000

Fire District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.312

Wet Walnut Watershed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.052

Isbel Township . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.229

Lake Township . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.480

who was elected president.

“I think we have to take President-elect Trump at his word and what he’s saying,” Ferré said.

“If you have not committed a crime you don’t have anything to worry about. His administration enters office Jan. 20 and will further define their policies and we’ll know more,” she said.

“He has said there is going to be no task force that is going to hunt down undocumented people and he is going to focus on criminals, border security and sanctuary cities and employers using some meaningful form of E-Verify” to ensure workers are permitted to work here.

In an interview with “60 Minutes” over the weekend, Trump said he would deport or incarcerate probably 2-3 million immigrants who he said are criminals. Then, once the border is secure, he would determine what to do about other undocumented immigrants in the country.

Valley Township . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.500 Lark Speer Scott County Treasurer

Abortion Lawsuit The abortion case before the court is a lawsuit filed by two doctors who are challenging a first-inthe-nation ban on a common second-trimester procedure that was enacted in 2015.

A Shawnee County judge temporarily blocked its enforcement and ruled that the state constitution protects abortion rights independently of the U.S. Constitution.

Abortion opponents fear that if his ruling stands, the state courts could reject restrictions even if they’ve been upheld by the federal courts.

The Kansas Court of Appeals split 7-7 on the state constitutional issue.

Public Notice

(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., Nov. 17, 2016; last published Thurs., Dec. 1, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

Lynda F. Burnett, et al.

Defendants Case No. 16CV1 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Scott County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Scott City, Scott County, Kansas, on December 13,

2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT TWO (2) OF BLOCK THREE (3) IN EAST ACRES ADDITION TO SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, commonly known as 202 Antelope Street, Scott City, KS 67871 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Glenn Anderson, Sheriff Scott County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Mark Mellor (KS #10255) 245 N. Waco, Suite 410 Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 684-7733 (316) 684-7766 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (187209)

Support Your Hometown Merchants!

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Asian lady beetles marching into Kansas homes MANHATTAN - Over the next few weeks many homes in Kansas - especially in rural areas - will be invaded by an intruder.

What is it? Why is it here? Is it harmful and how can I stop it? The intruder is the multicolored Asian lady beetle.

“They are bright orange with spots, but they have kind of a dark black inverted W right behind the head on the thorax,” said Jeff Whitworth, entomologist with K-State Research and Extension.

“If you see those things it is the multicolored Asian lady beetle.”

The beetles have mouthparts intended for chewing, but they can bite people and animals.

People working in farm fields where aphids are present have a greater chance of being bitten.

“What we are seeing this year is something we haven’t seen for five or six years,” Whitworth said. “The last time there was an outbreak of soybean aphids in 2008 we saw a buildup of these multicolored Asian lady beetles at the same time because they are feeding on aphids.”

The beetles were originally imported into the United States by the USDA as a biological control. They are considered a beneficial insect, particularly in alfalfa, soybeans and sorghum where they feed on different aphids, which damage the crops.

“Last year and this year we had a buildup of sugar cane aphids which has led to massive populations of the multicolored Asian lady beetle,” Whitworth said.

“The Asian lady beetle does not eat crops,” he

added. “They only eat the bugs that eat the crops, especially aphids. Right now there are still a lot of them in sorghum fields because that is where the aphids are.”

As the aphids disappear and the days get shorter, the beetles will move to homes, sheds and garages in rural areas. Most often they can be seen gathering on the south and west side of the building.

“We have a lot of them accumulating in houses right now, but we have more to come as sorghum is cut and the sugar cane aphids die off or migrate,”

Ornamental grasses are a nice addition to the landscape Ornamental grasses can really catch a person’s eye in the fall. The way the morning and evening light glitters through the seedheads is just beautiful.

Never before have there been so many varieties of ornamental grasses from which to choose.

Breeders are selecting for landscape performance, foliage color, seed head size and plant size.

I think the most interesting feature of most ornamental grasses is the seed head, but foliage color is a close second.

There are some newer varieties with deep purple leaves and names like ‘Hot Rod,’ ‘Fireworks’ and ‘Heavy Metal’ for the K-State fans in the area.

Versatile is the word of choice for this category of plants. They can take tough sites, full sun and little nutrients or water (once established). Many are very tall and can screen unsightly features

in the landscape, while others are short like the variety ‘Little Bunny.’

3 Keys to Success There are really only three simple things to remember about growing ornamental grasses in your landscape: planting time, trimming time and division time.

Planting time is most of the year, except for winter. Plant once the danger of frost has passed in the spring, until the end of September.

If you plant them any later than that, it’s really too late. They don’t have adequate time to establish a strong root system and are in real danger of dying when cold weather hits.

Better to wait until your investment can grow enough during the growing season to survive the winter (which they do very well, just need time to establish).

Here is my opinion about trimming time. One of the main attributes of a lot of ornamental grass is their seedheads. They certainly look their best right now, but they will also continue to look great for the next six months or so. This is their time to shine, as winter interest is a main feature of ornamental grasses.

Therefore, I would recommend not cutting them back until February or March as winter is ending and spring is beginning.

I have seen far too many grasses cut back in their prime when it’s absolutely not needed.

Grasses need to be trimmed to 6-8 inches in the spring in order to let the fresh new growth get

through the old biomass.

Trimming ornamental grasses requires gloves, long sleeves and serious tools.

If your grasses are really big, like Pampas Grass, you might even want a chainsaw and chaps. With smaller varieties, you can probably get away with pruners or hedge trimmers. Compost all that good biomass for organic matter later in the year.

Division time also calls for heavy duty tools. Every 3-4 years it’s a good idea to divide most ornamental grasses. By then, the center may start to die out and the plants begin to look somewhat unattractive as a clump. Tools to divide grass clumps can range from shovels to saws to axes and maybe even a machete might come in handy.

Dig those plants out, divide them and redistribute them to family members and friends.

Whitworth said. “They (Asian lady beetle) are beneficial for the most part but they can also be a nuisance.”

“I often get calls asking if there is anything that will eat these bugs,” Whitworth said, adding that ironically that dogs seem to like to eat them.

They are not there to feed on the animal and they don’t carry any diseases.

They are just a nuisance.

He recommends removing the insects and caulking over cracks.

Make sure all screens fit to keep the beetles from

entering homes and other buildings. If they do get in, they can be removed with a vacuum. If the vacuum does not kill them, they can be released outside.

The beetles aren’t on the label of a pesticide, Whitworth said, because they are not considered an agricultural pest.

However, if you use any crack or crevice treatments for spiders and the residual is around, that will kill the lady beetles, too. If you remove them and put a crack and crevice treatment around your house it will help.

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Pastime at Park Lane Pastor Bob Artz led Bible study on Tuesday.

Doris Riner and Elsie Nagel led the hymns.

Bingo game helpers were Madeline Murphy, Mary Lou Oeser and Mandy Barnett.

Thanks to the Lake Wide Awake 4-H Club for making fall centerpieces.

Jake Leatherman was visited by Elizabeth Leatherman from Lawrence and Rod and Mary Ann Leatherman.

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Mark Fouquet, Jon and Anne Crane, Nancy Holt and Jim Porter.

Delores Brooks was visited by Fritzi Rauch, Charles Brooks, Dave and Cheryl Perry, Bonnie and Preston Stewart, Florence Daubert and Nancy Holt.

Corrine Dean was visited by Dianna Howard, Madeline Murphy, Carol Ellis and Nancy Holt.

LaVera King was visited by Randy, Kay and Harrison King; Velda Riddiough, Shellie Carter, Carol Latham and Gloria Gough.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton, Justin Singley, Cami and Shantel Lobmeyer, Larry Billings

Deaths

and Delinda Dunagan.

Louise Crist was visited by Dale Dickhut, Forrest Gough, Patsi Graham, Jean Burgess, Tara Williams and Nancy Holt.

Cloide Boyd was visited by Junior and Sharon Strecker, Karla Glunz; Brett, Jade, Chasen and Halle Crittenden; and Dick and Jackie Boyd.

Doris Riner was visited

by Rogene Gutshall, Ron and Sue Riner, and Bill and Sue Riner.

Lowell Rudolph was visited by Kathleen Moore, Chuck Kirk,

Rev. Don Martin, LuAnn Buehler and Holden Rowton.

Nella Funk was visited

by Nancy Holt.

Lucille Dirks was visited by Floyd and Vivian Dirks.

Boots Haxton was visited by Betty Ann Suter, E.D. Clark and Janet Collins, all of Oakley; and Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Randy and Cindy Scheuerman and Kirk and Janet Ottaway from Hays.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright and

Larry and Philene Pickett.

Jeannie Rowton was visited by Becky Rowton, Keith Farr, Kyndall Farr, Debra Farr, Phil Escareno and Chuck Rowton.

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Sharon Strecker.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler; Mike, Emily and Tyler Hess; Andrew Cordasco, LuJauna Turley and Rex Turley.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock.

Arlene Beaton was visited by Justin Singley,

Ann Beaton, John and Colleen Beaton, and Nancy Holt.

Elsie Coleman was visited by Janice Lockman.

Kathy Roberts was visited by Judy Kitch and Nancy Holt.

Loretta Gorman was visited by Charlene Becht, Chuck and Barb Brobst, Tava See and Velda Riddiough.

Mike Leach and Jim Still were visited by Rev. Don Martin.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Roger and Jackie John, Larry LaPlant and Gloria O’Bleness.

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Donald Jensen Hansen Donald Jensen Hansen, 93, died Nov. 12, 2016, at Garden Valley Retirement Village, Garden City.

He was born May 16, 1923, in Calumet, Okla., the son of Christian Jessup and Mary Jensen Hansen.

Donald was a member of the Garden City community since 1985, having moved from Scott City.

He was a real estate broker and appraiser.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, Shriners, Eagles Lodge and a former president of the Kansas Rural Appraisers Association.

In 1952, he married Oneida (Lewis) Peters in Midwest City, Okla. She died in 2011.

In 1985, he married JoAnn Whitham in Garden City. She died in 2012.

Survivors include: three sons, Christian Hansen, and wife, Joyce, Apache Junction, Ariz., Kurt Hansen and wife, Kathy, Ft. Collins, Colo.,

by Jason Storm

and Eric Hansen, Garden City; one daughter, Gena Zerlan, and husband, Dennis, Ft. Collins, Colo.; one brother, CJ Hansen, Calumet, Okla.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, second wife; a grandson, Page Hansen; two brothers, Kenneth Hansen and Clyde Hansen; and one sister, Elda Hansen.

A celebration of life service was held Nov. 24 at the Zerlan residence, Ft. Collins, Colo.

Memorials, in lieu of flowers, are suggested to the First United Methodist Church, Garden City, in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 620 N. Main Street, Garden City, Ks. 67846.

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

Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of November 21-25 Monday: Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, broccoli, whole wheat roll, cinnamon apple slices.

Tuesday: Chili or potato soup, carrots, mixed fruit, cinnamon roll, mandarin oranges.

Wednesday: Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, brussels sprouts, whole wheat roll, strawberries and bananas.

Thursday: Closed for Thanksgiving.

Friday: Closed for the holiday. meals are $3.25 • call 872-3501

Community Christian Church Thanksgiving Service is Sun., Nov. 20, 6:30 p.m.

Attitude of Gratitude Do you remember growing up and receiving a gift and your parents telling you to be sure and tell them “thank you”? Or, maybe you are a parent now and whenever your kids receive a gift you tell them be sure and tell them “thank you.”

Do you have the attitude of gratitude? The Bible tells us we are to give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His faithful love endures forever! In 1 Thessalonians we are told to “give thanks in all things.”

Notice it doesn’t say to give thanks for all things, but to give thanks in all things. We may go through some very difficult situations in life that we are not necessarily thankful for, but can we be thankful even in those situations?

The problem is, we tend to get focused only on the circumstance we are facing which then causes us to lose sight of anything to be grateful for. Another problem we face is that we can become focused on everything we don’t have, causing us to lose sight of what we do have. The question comes down to this, “is there nothing in our lives we cannot be thankful for at any given time no matter the circumstance?”

Unfortunately, I have had conversations with people who tell me they can find nothing to be thankful for which is very sad, because they are miserable in life.

In the book of Lamentations, the writer is lamenting over the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and in the midst of all of the horrible circumstances the writer says, “Yet, I will still dare to hope when I remember the faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning. “I say to myself, the Lord is my inheritance; therefore I will hope in Him!” (Lamentations 3:21-24 NLT) If everything in our world seems horrible there is still a reason to give thanks, because the faithful love of the Lord never ends. I may not be able to understand the things I am facing, but I can trust in the faithfulness of God! As we enter into this Thanksgiving season I want to encourage you to reflect on that which you are grateful for! If you are having a hard time finding something to be grateful for would you please consider this: have you ever come to faith in Jesus Christ? Have you ever accepted God’s forgiveness for your sins and received the gift of eternal life?

For those who have called on the name of Jesus for salvation, they have a confident reason to be thankful in all things for they have the hope of heaven in their heart!

Pastor Kyle Evans First 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. will be held at the church 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.

Pence Community Church

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.

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 Brian Thompson, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

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

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

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church

1st United Methodist Church

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 John Lewis, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services, 9:00 a.m. • Fellowship, 10:15 a.m. • Sun. School, 11:00 a.m.

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

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

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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

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

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

Website: www.fccscottcity.org

Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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

Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m.

St. Luke’s - 872-3666 (recorded message) Senior Warden Cody Brittan • (913) 232-6127 or Father Don Martin • (785) 462-3041

9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 James Yager • 620-214-3040 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m.

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Alzheimer’s license plates are available The Kansas DMV is now accepting applications for Alzheimer’s awareness license plates. With each purchase, $25 of the $30 application fee will be given to the Alzheimer’s Association to pay for research and services.

Over 51,000 Kansans are effected by Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer’s Association provides many free services to affected families, such as care consultations, support groups, caregiver resources, etc.

Purchasing a license plate is one way individuals can show their support.

In order for these license plates to enter circulation there must be 500 applicants by the end of 2017. Currently there are only 20 applications. November is also National Family Caregiver month.

Enrollment for Medicare drug coverage The open enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug coverage will end Dec. 7.

Older adults can sign up for Medicare Prescription Drug coverage for the first time during this period, and current Medicare consumers can make changes to their coverage.

Those already enrolled are advised to review their coverage and make necessary adjustments.

During open enrollment, those currently enrolled may: •Switch from original Medicare to Medicare Advantage, or vice versa.

•Switch from one Medicare Advantage plan to another or from one Medicare Part D prescription drug plan to another.

•And if you didn’t enroll in a Medicare Part D plan when you were first eligible, you can do so during open enrollment, although a late enrollment penalty may apply.

To enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan, one must meet some basic criteria: •be enrolled in Medicare Part A and B. •live in the plan’s service area.

If you’re already enrolled in a Medicare Part D prescription plan or a Medicare Advantage Plan and you don’t want to make changes to your coverage for 2017, you don’t need to do anything during open enrollment.

If your plan is being discontinued and isn’t eligible for renewal, you will have received a non-renewal notice from your carrier. If you haven’t, it means you can keep your plan without doing anything during open enrollment.

Individuals can also call 1-800-860-5260 for a free counseling service.

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GOP’s Obamacare changes may be less than people think Subsidies may end, coverage through age 26 may stay Jay Hancock/Shefali Luthra Kaiser Health News

The Affordable Care Act transformed the medical system, expanding coverage to millions, injecting billions in tax revenue, changing insurance rules and launching ambitious experiments in quality and efficiency.

Less of that might disappear under President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to “repeal and replace Obamacare” than many believe, say policy analysts. Republicans promising change might not quickly admit it, but in some respects Obamacare’s replacement may look something like the original.

“It gets into a questions of semantics,” said Mark Rouck, an insurance analyst

for Fitch Ratings. “Are they really repealing the act if they replace it with new legislation that has some of the same characteristics?”

Problems that helped give rise to the health law - rising costs, an aging population, mediocre medical results haven’t gone away. The ACA pushed insurers, hospitals and employers to launch their own reimbursement reforms, which are largely unaffected by who runs Washington.

Even fierce opponents of the health reform law may pause at the political risk of taking benefits from millions who gained coverage since its implementation. Subsidies for the middle class to buy insurance may remain - even if they’re not the Obamacare tax credits applied through online marketplaces, said Joseph Antos, a health economist at the American Enterprise Institute.

“The idea that they’re just

Even fierce opponents of the health reform law may pause at the political risk of taking benefits from millions who gained coverage since its implementation.

Subsidies for the middle class to buy insurance may remain - even if they’re not the Obamacare tax credits applied through online marketplaces.

going to wipe that money away is pretty unlikely,” he said. “They don’t want to be in a position of saying they’re just kicking millions of people out in the street.”

Others disagree.

“I think they go away,” said Ana Gupte, a health care analyst for Leerink Partners. “The subsidies . . . are at risk” along with the ACA’s requirement that everybody have health coverage, she said.

Topping the list of ACA provisions likely to survive

under Trump is the requirement that employers cover workers’ children up to the age of 26, analysts said. The measure is widely popular and not especially expensive.

A health law crafted by Republicans also might retain the ACA’s protections for people with pre-existing illness seeking coverage, said Glenn Melnick, a health economist at the University of Southern California.

That could include relaxing the ACA’s limit on how much insurers can charge and allowing them to adjust premiums based on an individual’s health, he said. However, that might put the price of insurance out of reach for many.

The health law’s payment reforms might also survive in some form. The ACA prompted hundreds of experiments to control costs by rewarding doctors for efficiency and fix(See CHANGES on page 15)

All adults should have plans for advance health care directives Susan Jaffe Kaiser Health News

MANHATTAN - As a cognitively healthy adult, you have the right to be informed about the state of your health and make your own decisions about medical treatment. But, what happens if you become unable to voice your own decisions?

If a person becomes inca-

pacitated, either temporarily or permanently, advance health care planning comes into play, said Erin Yelland, assistant professor in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University. Forming advance health care directives while being cognitively healthy allows a person to voice his or her wishes regarding future health care, in the

Medicare open enrollment will continue through Dec. 7

event that person eventually becomes unable to do so.

Unfortunately, however, only one in four U.S. adults has an advance health care directive in place, said Yelland, an adult development and aging extension specialist.

Many people start the planning process as older adults,

but this is something any person over the age of 18 should consider. At any point in life, tragedies - a car accident, farming accident or sudden serious disease - can happen.

The most common advance directives include a durable power of attorney for health care, living will and pre-hospital do not resuscitate directive. A packet with a copy (See DIRECTIVES on page 16)

Ks. Medicaid backlog concerns persist during open enrollment Andy Marso Kansas Health Institute

Legislators and federal officials are questioning the size of a backlog of Kansas Medicaid applications and whether it will persist during the open enrollment period for 2017 Affordable Care Act insurance.

The backlog began with a computer system switch in summer 2015, but last year’s open enrollment period caused it to balloon as the healthcare. gov website referred applicants to Medicaid.

Leaders of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told legislators the agency would be caught

up on the applications by the time open enrollment started this year, on Nov. 1.

But, an Oct. 28 letter from Mike Randol, KDHE’s director of health care finance, to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services showed the backlog increasing from 1,688 on Sept. 25 to 1,823 as of Oct. 9.

Randol wrote that the final count appeared to be incorrect, though, noting that the agency had “identified the reason for the inflated numbers” and would correct it in future reports.

The actual backlog was at least 500 applications below what the attached report illustrated, Randol wrote, but he

did not provide a precise number.

Julie Brookhart, a spokeswoman for the CMS regional office in Kansas City, said in an email sent Nov. 10 that it remains unclear how many Kansas Medicaid applications are overdue for processing.

“We continue to work with the state to clarify the current number of applications in backlog status,” Brookhart said.

Rep. Dan Hawkins, a Republican from Wichita who co-chairs the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight, said that regardless of the precise number, any

backlog at this point is unacceptable.

KDHE previously said the backlog would be eliminated at least a month before open enrollment, he said.

“I’m not happy,” Hawkins said. “I’m just really very frustrated with the fact they still haven’t gotten it taken care of.”

Hawkins said state officials would face tough questions on the backlog when the KanCare committee meets this week in Topeka.

He said he was concerned about the state’s readiness for another influx of applications from the ACA open enrollment.

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Changes ing payments for episodes of care or treating entire populations.

“Part of what I would expect to hear from [the new administration] is we want more value out of the entire system,” said Daniel Steingart, a hospital analyst at Moody’s Investors Service. “All of that jibes pretty closely” with ACA payment experiments by the Department of Health and Human Services, he said. “I can foresee a scenario where they gradually expand all those programs.”

Republicans have criticized HHS’s innovation lab, which presides over accountable care organizations and many other payment tests. But, they may find it more appealing under their own supervision, said Rodney Whitlock, a strategist and former top Republican health advisor in the Senate.

“You can really want to curtail it - until maybe you’re in charge,” he said.

“Then maybe you would like it.”

In any case private

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insurance companies, employers and hospitals are likely to continue their own payment reforms, analysts said.

“Private industry is really taking that and running with it,” Gupte said.

To be sure, health policy and financing are likely to look substantially different in a Trump administration, experts said.

Medicaid Grants The ACA’s biggest coverage expansion came through the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled, which added more than 15 million people.

Trump has suggested giving states fixed federal grants for Medicaid, which could lead to a substantial reduction in coverage or benefits.

Even partial cuts in Medicaid funding and subsidies for private plans would hurt hospitals, which have benefited from the health law’s revenue infusion.

“If you’re running a health system and you now have more insured people through a Medicaid

expansion or exchange customers - if even a portion of those go away, that might be your (profit) margin for the year,” said Benjamin Isgur, who heads the Health Research Institute at PwC, a consultancy.

On the other hand, hospitals and insurers represent a powerful lobby seeking to maintain something that looks like the status quo.

“There’s a bigger role [hospitals] can play, a much more cost-effective role we can play if we have a long-term strategy” as part of a consistent health reform program, said Bill Ryan, a spokesman for the Einstein Healthcare Network, a Philadelphia-based hospital system. “And stopping and starting seems to be a crazy way to do this.”

Other aspects of health care will probably stay the same in the near future no matter what Congress does, analysts said.

Health costs continue to grow faster than the economy’s ability to pay for them. Partly as a

Mental health centers ready to push lawmakers for solutions The heads of Kansas’ 26 community mental health centers are preparing to push an ambitious set of proposals to address what they say are growing gaps in the state’s behavioral health system.

In addition to restoring funding cuts made prior to the Great Recession, the center directors want Gov. Sam Brownback and lawmakers to expand a network of regional crisis intervention centers.

Currently, the Rainbow Services Inc. (RSI) center in Kansas City and one operated by Comcare in Wichita appear to be relieving pressure on the mental health system by stabilizing people in crisis who otherwise might end up in state hospitals, local emergency rooms or county jails.

In 2015 alone, RSI, which is funded by a

$3.5 million grant from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, saved almost $4 million in state hospital costs and another $2 million in emergency room costs, said Randy Callstrom, president and CEO of Wyandot, Inc., the community mental health center that operates RSI. To create an adequate network, additional crisis centers are needed in the northeast, southeast and western regions of the state, said Kyle Kessler, executive director of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas.

To address a growing shortage of psychiatrists, the community mental health centers will ask lawmakers to double the number of psychiatric residents at the University of

Backlog “They said they would be ready for it and they’d have the appropriate people on staff and trained,” Hawkins said. “But, if they can’t even clear the backlog, how is that going to work?”

Kansas Medicaid, or KanCare, is funded by federal and state dollars.

Federal rules dictate that applications are processed

Kansas by giving tuition breaks to those who agree to practice at a state hospital for two years or community mental health center for three.

Because more than half of the individuals who seek treatment at community mental health centers are uninsured, providers also are calling on Brownback and lawmakers to expand KanCare.

Doing so, they say, would provide coverage to more than 100,000 low-income adults who currently aren’t eligible.

But, Medicaid expansion may no longer be an option for Kansas and the 18 other states that for the past three years have rejected federal incentives to expand their programs. President-elect Donald Trump has said he intends to repeal most of the Affordable Care Act.

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within 45 days unless they require a federal disability designation, which has a 90-day processing deadline.

Federal officials began monitoring the backlog of Kansas applications in February, requesting twice-monthly status updates.

KDHE Secretary Susan Mosier notified federal officials in June that those

reports had been underestimating the application backlog and the actual number was about four times higher. She placed responsibility for the error on Accenture, a contractor.

After the reports were corrected, the number of applications waiting 45 days or more topped out near 14,000 in June.

result, high deductibles what patients pay before insurance kicks in - have become widespread in employer and individual plans alike. Neither have much to do with the health law, said Don Berwick, who was acting Medicare administrator early in the Obama administration.

Republicans “managed to make the public think Obamacare was causing all the trouble. That is absolutely wrong,” he said. “They could repeal it tomorrow and still have a broken delivery system and costs would continue to go up.”

Now Republicans face the same challenge, said Mark McClellan, who ran Medicare in the George W. Bush administration.

“It’ll be a different path, but the urgency of finding ways to transform health care - to give care that’s more personalized in prevention and less costly and more accessible, especially to people of limited means - the pressure to do that is not going to go away,” he said. “It’s going to increase.”

Directives of the Kansas statute forms for these directives, in addition to other important health care information, is available at K-State Extension offices or online at http://www. bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/ pubs/MF3280.pdf.

Power of Attorney “In your advance health care directives, you can name someone who you would like to make decisions for you in the event that you are unable to speak for yourself,” Yelland said.

The person named to make medical decisions on another person’s behalf is called a “durable power of attorney for health care,” “medical power of attorney” or “health care agent.” This is not to be confused with naming a durable financial power of attorney, which Yelland said should be handled with the help of a lawyer.

Naming a durable power of attorney for health care is a much simpler process that requires completing an easy fillin-the-blank form and getting signatures from two witnesses.

Communication is Vital A person’s named durable power of attorney for health care can make multiple decisions on his or her behalf, including what treatment to provide, who will administer

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the treatment and where the treatment should take place.

“For example, if you live in a small rural town in Kansas that perhaps doesn’t have specialists you would need at the local hospital, your durable power of attorney for health care has the ability to say, ‘I think this person needs to go to a larger city where they can receive more specialized care,’” Yelland said.

She added that it is important to choose a trustworthy person, perhaps a close friend or relative, and clearly communicate any medical wishes with that person.

“Make sure that person is willing to support you on your behalf,” Yelland said. “Your health care agent’s views do not necessarily have to align with your own, but it is important to ensure that they will carry out your wishes on your behalf.”

She noted that naming a health care agent could be difficult, especially for parents who have more than one child.

“Understand there might be hurt feelings if one child is the agent and other children are not,” Yelland said. “Having an open and honest conversation about why the decision was made and why you think that it’s best can be beneficial for the whole family.”

Talking to someone who has not yet completed their advance directives can be difficult, and starting the conversation can be the hardest part.

Yelland said it might be beneficial to start the conversation by saying, “I need your help with something,” or “I need to start thinking about the future.

Will you help me?”

“Start with talking about your own plans, and then spin it around to ask about their plans,” she said.

the-blank form, it’s recommended that you consult an attorney,” Yelland said.

She said it’s important to note that in pregnancy, the living will is no longer effective. There are instances when the mother is terminal but her baby can be saved by life-sustaining procedures.

Like the durable power of attorney for health care form, the living will is valid if completely filled out and witnessed by two people.

The Living Will The living will, or an instruction list about what type of care a person would like to receive at the end of life, is also an important part of advance health care directives documentation. Unlike the durable power of attorney for health care form, the living will form does not appoint someone as a voice but rather explains in writing a person’s endof-life wishes.

Specifically, the living will addresses a person’s wish to not accept lifesustaining procedures being placed on a ventilator, or receiving artificial nutrition and hydration if at least two physicians deem that person, in writing, as terminal.

“If you have specific wishes, and your wishes don’t exactly align with the Kansas statute fill-in-

Updating Documents People should review their durable power of attorney for health care, living will and other advance health care directives documentation at least once a year to make sure it still aligns with their wishes, Yelland said.

Also review the documents any time after a major life event, such as a marriage, divorce or separation.

To revoke the documentation, simply destroy it and complete new state statute forms. Keep note on who has copies of the forms, so that those copies are destroyed and replaced with new copies.

Make sure the durable power of attorney for health care, close family and friends, the local hospital and a primary care physician have copies of the forms. Consider keeping a copy in the glove box

of the car, on the refrigerator, or somewhere open and accessible at home.

The packet available through K-State Extension also has a wallet card for people to carry that allows them to list places where their advance health care documentation is stored.

“Don’t just keep it in a safety deposit box at your bank,” Yelland said. “If something were to happen to you, there are few people, if anyone, who have access to that box and can get the documents for you. It’s important to note that copies are valid.

So even if you keep an original in a safety deposit box, for example, if your son is your agent and he comes with a copy, that will be honored.”

People should also know that each state has its own statute forms, and it is not guaranteed that another state will accept the Kansas forms.

“If you move, it’s strongly recommended that you fill out that state’s forms,” she said. “If you spend a large amount of time in another state, if your children or grandchildren live in a different state and you spend a frequent amount of time there, it’s important that you fill out forms in that state as well, so that you can make sure your wishes will be honored no matter what state you’re in.”

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dreaming big

SCHS head coach Sarah McCormick explains how she wants her players to establish rebounding position during Tuesday’s practice.

(Record Photo)

Lady Beavers are expecting more after strong finish to last season When Sarah McCormick took over as the head coach for the Scott Community High School girl’s basketball program a year ago, she knew she was facing a major rebuilding project.

That not only included what happened on the court, but in the mindset of her players.

One of the first things she did was ask the girls to write down their goals for the season.

That was an eye-opener.

“They didn’t know how to dream big,” she said. “I had people tell me my expectations were so high, but that’s all I know. I want them to think like that, too.

“If you can’t even imagine yourself going to the state tournament and winning the state tournament, then you won’t.”

SCHS put together a 9-14 season,

but they won three of their final five games before losing in overtime to Lakin in the Class 3A sub-state semifinals. That strong finish, plus a lot of court time this summer, has made a big difference in what the Lady Beavers expect of themselves this season.

It’s not just a more confident group, but they also have bigger goals.

“I had each player set three individ(See DREAMING on page 19)

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Reese to be honored as track assistant Kevin Reese has been named one of the top assistant track coaches in Kansas by the Kansas Cross Country Track and Field Association.

The long-time Scott Community High School cross-country head coach and assistant track coach has been named a “Coach of the Year” for his work with distance runners.

He was nominated for the award by track head coach Jim Turner. He joins assistant coach Jenny Rose whose work with SCHS hurdlers has previously earned her “Coach of the Year” honors.

“When you look at what Coach Reese has accomplished with our distance runners over the years, it’s been pretty impressive,” says Turner.

SCHS has had a history of producing outstanding middle distance and long distance runners, in addition to state championship 4x800m relay teams.

The Beavers have consistently produced state qualifiers and state medalists in the distance events.

In 2016, the SCHS girls were third in the 4x800m relay, the boys were second in the 4x800m relay, Makaela Stevens was fifth in the 3200m and Jack Thomas was a 3200m state champion.

“I’m very fortunate to be in a situation where Coach Turner allows us to try new things and to see if there’s a better way,” says Reese. “He allows all of his assistants to actually coach.

“I’ve also been fortunate to coach a lot of great athletes. We have kids who are willing to be coached and buy in to what we’re teaching them,” he adds.

An awards presentation will be held on Jan. 7 at the annual KCCTFCA winter clinic in Junction City.

Hanover is final hurdle for DHS

sub-state champions The Hornets raise their sub-state championship plaque after defeating Sharon Springs in the Eight-Man-Division II playoffs on Friday.

(Record Photo)

Dighton uses a quick start to slip by Wildcats in semi-finals Scoring touchdowns on their first four possessions - and three of their first eight plays of the game - it appeared that Dighton would have a cakewalk into the Eight Man-Division II state title game.

After jumping out to a 34-0

lead, the Hornets held on for a 40-32 nail-biter against Sharon Springs in Friday’s sub-state title game.

“It got a lot more interesting than I wanted, but Sharon Springs isn’t the kind of team that’s going to give up,” said Dighton head coach

Ken Simon. “We made some mistakes late in the game. I made some mistakes late in the game. But, the boys made big plays when we needed them.”

As prolific as the Dighton scoring machine was through the first three quarters, it was

the DHS defense that set the table for this win by forcing turnovers on the Wildcats’ first two possessions and limiting them to just 136 total yards in the first 36 minutes of action.

“The boys played tremen(See DIGHTON on page 19)

When Dighton steps onto Newton-Fischer Field in Newton on Saturday for the Eight-ManDivision II state title game, they will be breaking new ground for the DHS football program.

The last time DHS 8-Man-Division II Sat., Nov. 19 advanced Kickoff: 11:00 a.m. to the sub- Newton-Fisher Field in Newton state semiDighton (12-0) finals was vs in 1995.

Hanover (11-0) This will be the Gates open: 9:00 a.m.

Ticket prices team’s K-12: $6 first-ever Adults: $8 state title appearance.

That contrasts with a Hanover program that is very familiar with championship games.

This will be the Wildcats’ third straight championship appearance, having lost in the title game the last two seasons while competing in Division I. They were a runner-up last year to a powerhouse Spearville team.

The last time Hanover reached the title game in Division II, it claimed the second of two straight crowns in 2008 and 2009.

Hanover (11-0) features senior All-State quarterback (See HANOVER on page 20)

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Old-fashioned deer hunting works quite well Sometimes as I conjure up “OK Google” or check the seven-day weather forecast on my smart phone, all while sitting in the grocery store parking lot.

It makes me wonder how we ever survived with phones that were only made to talk on.

Then it hits me - we survived quite well, thank you very much.

The other day I went to fill the deer feeder in the draw below our high-rise deer blind which we con-

Outdoors in Kansas by Steve Gilliland

structed three years ago.

As I rounded the corner on the gravel road and the blind came into view, so did several hundred thousand dollars worth of excavating equipment rebuilding the terraces and forming new waterways in the fields that surround our blind.

Since it appears our

deer hunting could be interrupted this year, I scouted another property on which we have deer hunting permission. In front of that property is a wheat field that’s traveled frequently by deer heading for a nearby pond and trees.

I found a spot in a sharp corner of the field where it appears deer are jumping the fence and entering the small woodlot. There is no blind built there and no good spot to set up a temporary blind to over-

look that corner.

The best option appears to be the overhanging limbs of a cedar tree 70 yards away. As I broke into a cold sweat, wondering aloud how I would ever survive not having a blind to hunt from.

It suddenly hit me. I have harvested more deer from a folding camp chair tucked beneath a cedar tree than from any other way. Again, I have survived quite well, thank you very much.

For those of you new

to deer hunting who don’t have a blind from which to hunt, or for those of you wanting to try hunting deer for the first time, but are not sure how to proceed without a blind, let me give you some tips from my experience.

Mr. Webster defines the word camouflage as “a disguise or deception; to disguise in order to conceal.” Camouflage does not have to make something or someone entirely disappear, it just has to make them blend in, and

Youth movement with SCHS mat squad It’s been quite awhile since Scott Community High School wrestling coach Jon Lippelmann has seen so much youth in his practice room.

Of the 19 grapplers, eight are freshmen and five are sophomores.

“Pretty young,” observes Lippelmann, “but that means we have a lot to look forward to.

There are some pretty good athletes in this group.”

Five returning state qualifiers are on the squad.

The only senior in that group is Tre Stewart (220).

Rounding out the list, along with their projected weight classes, are Theron Tucker (soph., 120), Jack Thomas (soph., 145), Jarret Jurgens (jr., 152) and Wyatt Hayes (soph., 160).

The Beavers also have Alex Depperschmidt (jr., 132), a state qualifier as a freshman, and senior heavyweight Garrett Osborn who came within one match of qualifying for state last season.

Osborn has been sidelined for most of football season with a broken bone in his foot, but is expected to be cleared for wrestling after the Christmas break.

SCHS has a couple of outstanding freshmen prospects with Justus McDaniel (113) and Kaden Wren (126).

Of course, while Scott City has been a perennial wrestling powerhouse that has been in Class 3A. This year, they return to Class 4A which

SCHS assistant coach Brice Eisenhour looks on while Brandon Roberts (left) and Theron Tucker work on escape moves during Tuesday’s practice.

(Record Photo)

may become a permanent home.

The last time SCHS competed in Class 4A, they had just one state medalist.

“It’s a new beast and we’re going to have to be ready,” notes Lippelmann.

“It’s one thing to be successful in our part of the country, but when we

start running into the boys from eastern Kansas it’s going to get a lot tougher.”

The Beavers will get a glimpse of some Class 4A competition at the Abilene tournament just prior to the holiday break.

In hopes of seeing more Class 4A competition next season, Lippelmann

plans to drop the season opening tournament at Hoxie and travel to Pratt.

“It’s a tougher division and it seems that the power (in 4A) has shifted to the east, but that doesn’t mean we can’t compete and do well,” says Lippelmann. “But, there are a lot of things we have to get better at.”

The head coach feels this is a team that can compete well in regular season tournaments at Norton and Lexington prior to the squaring off against 4A teams in regional and state.

“We have a lot of talent on this squad. It’s our job as coaches to get them ready,” he adds.

it does that by breaking up their outline.

Examples of that would be sitting against a tree or sitting behind or under some broken overhanging limbs. Both choices camouflage you by breaking up the outline of your body.

Joyce harvested her first deer as she sat on a camp chair behind a log in a big thick tree row. My point is that in the absence of a blind of some description, nature will provide (See DEER on page 23)

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dous defense. Those turnovers gave us the opportunity to build the early lead which was a huge emotional lift,” says Simon, whose team advances to the state title game with a 12-0 record.

Dighton’s first scoring drive was set up by Dylan Foos’s opening kickoff return to the Wildcats’ 30 yard line. Four plays later, quarterback Tyler Lingg lofted a perfect pass to Foos who had slipped behind a defender in the end zone to complete a 15 yard score.

A fumble by Sharon Springs on their first possession of the game gave the ball back to the Hornets at their own 27 yard line. On the first play, Lingg tossed a quick pass to Foos in the flats and the senior receiver juked two defenders, cut to his right and didn’t stop until 53 yards later, giving DHS a 14-0 lead.

The Lingg-Foos combination has proven nearly unstoppable all season and it didn’t appear that Sharon Springs had a solution either.

“Last time we played them they were bracketing Dylan, which we were expecting them to do again,” noted Lingg. “It didn’t start that way, but after the first touchdown that’s what they switched to.”

Dighton safety Blair Hoffman picked off an overthrown pass on the next series and returned the ball to the Wildcats 24 yard line. Three plays later, Lingg tossed a pass from the five yard line to runningback Dalton Hoffman over the middle and the sophomore was able to keep his toes just inside the end line for a 22-0 lead with 3:58 still remaining in the first quarter.

Penalty Erases TD When not committing turnovers, Sharon Springs repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with penalties (7 for 60 yards).

Perhaps none was bigger than a block in the back that erased a nine yard touchdown run early in the second period.

That pushed the Wildcats back to the 14 where the drive ended one play later with an incomplete pass.

The Hornets answered with their longest drive of the night in terms of yards (66) and plays (10). It was an impressive series that took just over four minutes off the clock and featured a blend of running and passing plays.

A key play on the drive was a pass completion to David Cramer in which the sophomore reached over the top of the defender to turn a possible interception into a 28 yard completion. D. Hoffman also contributed a 12 yard run to

DHS sophomore Blair Hoffman (3) leaps in celebration as the Hornets recover a fumble during first quarter action against Sharon Springs.

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go along with a six yard touchdown completion over the middle. The PAT pass to Cramer extended Dighton’s lead at the half to 28-0.

Great Field Position Dighton’s early lead also contributed to the Wildcats coaching staff electing not to punt, which resulted in outstanding field position for the Hornets on their first two possessions of the second half. Only the second series, however, resulted in a score.

Midway into the third period, B. Hoffman batted down a pass on fourth-and-seven that gave the Hornets possession at the Wildcats’ 25. A 10 yard run by D. Hoffman, combined with a Sharon Springs penalty, put the ball at the seven yard line. On the next play, Cramer juggled a pass from Lingg in the end zone before gaining control for a seven yard completion and a 34-0 lead with only 4:22 remaining in the game.

However, Seth Johnson of Sharon Springs returned the following kickoff 74 yards for a touchdown and that gave the Wildcats new life.

“We knew the game wasn’t over at halftime. The kickoff return got them going, which was something we didn’t need to see happen,” said Simon.

While the Dighton offense stalled over the final 12 minutes, Sharon Springs scored touchdowns on their final three possessions to set up a tight finish.

A rare interception by Lingg in the end zone was answered quickly by a five play scoring drive that ended with a 13 yard touchdown pass to Johnson.

“We didn’t have an answer

Dighton 40 - Sh. Springs 32 Score by quarters: Sh. Springs 0 0 8 24 - 32 Dighton 22 6 6 6 - 40 How they scored: 1st Quarter: Digh: Tyler Lingg to Dylan Foos, 15 yds. (Dalton Hoffman run). 9:39 Digh: Lingg to Foos, 53 yds. (run fail). 6:42 Digh: Lingg to D. Hoffman, 5 yds. (run fail). 3:58 2nd Quarter: Digh: Lingg to D. Hoffman, 6 yds.

(Lingg to David Cramer). 7:10 3rd Quarter: Digh: Lingg to Cramer, 7 yds. (run fail). 4:22 ShS: Seth Johnson, 74 yd. kickoff return (pass good). 4:04 4th Quarter: ShS: Luke Johnson to S. Johnson, 13 yds. (run good). 7:36 Digh: Lingg to Foos, 7 yds. (run fail). 3:00 ShS: Levi Johnson, 4 yds. (pass good). 1:58 ShS: L. Johnson to S. Johnson, 8 yds. (run good). :12

for No. 5 (Johnson) in the open field,” said Simon. “They found something that worked and we had trouble with our coverage and making tackles in space.”

Dighton recovered the first of three onside kicks by Sharon Springs in the final period to give them excellent starting field position at the Wildcats’ 39.

DHS quickly moved the ball to the 14 yard line, but three consecutive carries by fullback Logan Lingg had them facing a critical fourth-and-three when Lingg rolled to his right and threw across his body to Foos, who was in double coverage at the one yard line. He caught the ball at ankle height and spun into the end zone for what turned out to be a huge touchdown with just 3:00 left on the clock.

“I wasn’t worried about losing the lead, but that touchdown sure helped,” noted T. Lingg.

Simon said that Lingg rolled out of the pocket to avoid the defensive pressure and buy more time for him to connect with Foos who was dragging across the middle. “(Sharon Springs) was ready for it and they had pretty good position defensively, but Tyler threw it where only Dylan could get it and Dylan made one heck of a catch,” says the head coach. “That’s the type of receiver he is. He makes plays.”

“I was sitting in the zone,” added Foos. “Tyler told me he’d put the ball there and he made a good throw. That touchdown made me feel a lot better.”

Less than a minute later, the Wildcats were back on the scoreboard again with a four yard run by Levi Johnson.

Following a three-and-out

by Dighton and a punt that pinned Sharon Springs at the seven yard line, the Wildcats put together a 73 yard drive that ended with an eight yard pass from L. Johnson to S. Johnson with only 12 seconds to play.

Sharon Springs converted the two-point conversion to make it a one score game, but needed to recover an on-side kick and make a miraculous play to give themselves a chance at a win.

Instead, the on-side kick went to the sure-handed Foos and Lingg took a knee on the final play to send the Hornets to their first-ever state title game.

While Dighton stumbled a little down the stretch, an injury to defensive end Isaac Torson was a contributing factor.

Torson was sent to the sideline early in the fourth quarter due to a concussion. That forced

L. Lingg from noseguard to defensive end where the junior was playing with a broken bone in his right hand which had occurred earlier in the half.

“I don’t know if the team lost its focus a little because of Isaac’s injury, or if we got a little too comfortable with the big lead, but we have to learn to keep our heads in the game for the entire 48 minutes,” Simon says.

Establish Ground Game The Hornets have typically been a pass-heavy team, but against the Wildcats had a balanced attack with 147 yards on the ground and 167 yards passing.

“We wanted to pound the ball and set up the pass game,” says Lewis, who finished with 41 yards on 16 carries.

D. Hoffman added 59 yards on just nine carries.

It wasn’t just the offensive balance, but T. Lingg’s ability to spread the ball around to different receivers which impressed Simon.

“We knew they would obviously try to stop Dylan, so we needed the other guys to step up and they did,” he says.

Hoffman remained the primary target with 105 yards and three touchdowns on just seven catches. Cramer had a solid outing with 42 yards and a touchdown on three receptions.

D. Hoffman added a pair of touchdowns and 19 yards on four catches.

T. Lingg was 15-of-20 passing with six touchdowns and an interception.

The Wildcats held a 328-314 edge in total offensive yardage with 187 yards coming in the final quarter.

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Dreaming ual goals and three team goals,” noted McCormick.

“They were very different from what they put down last year.”

That’s no surprise with a team that returns four players who saw considerable varsity action last season. That includes seniors Paige Winderlin and Kiana Yager, and juniors Kaitlyn Roberts and Bailey Latta.

However, the Lady Beavers will also be much deeper on the bench this season.

“We have a very solid core, but our bench will give us a lot of options,” says McCormick. “I could

put a big lineup on the floor or a very small lineup. I also have multiple girls who can play both inside and outside.

“I’m very fortunate to have that kind of flexibility. I’m excited to see what we can do.”

Ahead of Last Year In addition to coaching this squad last year, McCormick also had the luxury of spending a lot of time this summer working with the girls in open gym and in league play.

The impact of that was noticed during the first day of practice Monday.

“I had my practice plan all laid out and we went

Hanover Will Bruna who is an offensive juggernaut on his own. Last year, he threw for 3,452 yards and 56 touchdowns while adding another 650 yards and 18 TDs on the ground.

This year, the senior quarterback has completed 74-of-108 passes for 1,525 yards and 26 touchdowns while also ranking second on the team in rushing behind Kevin Diederich (599 yards, 9 TDs) with 549 yards and

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through it so much quicker because I didn’t have the introductory phase that we had to go through last year. So much of it was new to these girls,” McCormick said. “With the knowledge and experience that they’ve gained over the past year, it means that I can push them even further this season.”

It’s also been a big advantage to the head coach because she’s much more familiar with the players and their skills.

“It helps me because I have a better idea of how to use them, like in the full-court press.”

The Lady Beavers will open their season on

Dec. 2 against Wichita County. In the meantime, McCormick wants to begin introducing more offenses and complex defenses in order to “keep our opponents guessing.”

And she’ll continue emphasizing mental toughness.

“I ask the girls, ‘Are we going to be the predator or the prey?’” she says.

“I want us to attack and be aggressive. I want our opponent to be on their heels rather than dictating to us what they want to do.

“We’ll keep working on what it takes to have the mindset of a winner.”

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13 touchdowns.

As impressive as the Wildcats are on offense, they are even more formidable on defense. They have given up just 50 points all season, including five shutouts. They are coming off a 48-0 win over Scandia-Pike Valley in last week’s semi-final.

The only team to reach double-digits against Hanover is St. John’sTipton (38-12) in the first round of the state play-

offs.

Dighton (12-0) has set a school record for wins following last week’s 40-32 semi-final victory over Sharon Springs.

They are led by offensive tandem of quarterback Tyler Lingg and wide receiver Dylan Foos who have been nearly unstoppable.

Foos was an All-State selection last year after catching 57 passes for 845 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Foos has followed that up this season with 78 receptions for 1,230 yards and 27 TDs. Lingg has completed 73.7 percent of his passes (143-of-194) for 2,052 yards and 43 touchdowns.

However, Lingg also has other options in the receiving corps, including Dalton Hoffman and David Cramer.

The ground game features fullback Logan Lingg (6-1, 220).

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Answer for Jayhawks is sitting in the NBA Last Saturday morning a lot of Kansas basketball fans awakened asking what’s the matter with the Jayhawks. by KU lost Mac in overtime Stevenson to Indiana, 103-99. The answer is simple: he’s a reserve for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. Cheick Diallo spent last season sitting on the bench for KU. Unless there was something going on behind the scene that the public doesn’t know about, that was the most flagrant blunder in an otherwise brilliant KU coaching career.

If Diallo had played at least 20 minutes per game last season - as he surely should have - in place of Jamari Traylor, he might have been happy enough at KU to return for a second season before jumping to the NBA. As it was, he understandably became very disenchanted with the Kansas basketball program and elected to try and make an NBA team, which he did.

Not playing Diallo could very well have cost KU an NCAA championship last year and again this season.

In any event, Kansas is short of pivot players this time around.

Losing to Big Ten champ Indiana in OT isn’t exactly a disgrace.The Hoosiers have an excellent ballclub.

Three statistics tell the tale: Indiana hit 15 of 31 (48.4%) three-point shots and had 50 rebounds to 39 by KU. The Jayhawks made just 7-of23 (30.4%) of their threepointers.

After the loss, Coach Bill Self said, “We didn’t play well, but give Indiana credit. Their guards got in the lane when they wanted to and then we had to play out of foul trouble and then we had to play small too often.

“We competed hard down the stretch, but physically they just beat us on the glass and that was the difference in the game . . . and they made shots. They made hard shots at the end of the clock.”

Senior guard Frank Mason almost pulled the Indiana game out of the fire by himself, scoring 30 points and making clutch free (See ANSWER on page 23)

Lady Jays sweep HG, Goodland Pouncing on Horace Good Middle School for 17 first quarter points, the undefeated Scott City Middle School seventh graders rolled to a 43-12 win on the home floor Monday.

Scott City’s full-court pressure took a toll on the Garden City club with Amber Latta taking advantage by scoring seven of her 11 points in the opening period. Kennedy Holstein, who drained a threepointer in the third quarter, finished with a team high 13 points.

The SCMS “B” team was just as dominating in a 39-18 win. They led 22-6 at halftime.

Nine players made the scoring column, led by Sadie Hermosillo with 10 points and Alivia Noll with eight.

Sweep Goodland The Lady Bluejays poured in 21 first quarter points and routed Goodland, 42-10. They led 33-4 at halftime.

Holstein led the team with 13 points while Brynn McCormick added nine.

The “B” team Bluejays coasted to a 51-28 win. They jumped out to a 12-3 first quarter lead and were on top, 22-8, by halftime.

Four players were in double figures. Noll led the team with 11 points followed by Hermosillo, Payton Goodman and Ashleigh Hickert with 10 points each.

8th Split with HG Scott City’s eighth graders had no answer for Horace Good’s full-court pressure and rebounding strength in a

Scott City Middle School eighth grader Judy Wiebe splits two Garden City defenders during action on the home floor Monday.

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33-13 loss on the home floor Monday. The Hawks jumped out to an 11-2 first quarter lead and put the game away with an 11-1 scoring run in the third period.

Kaely Capps led the Lady

Bluejays with six points.

Scott City’s “B” team rallied in the fourth quarter for a 24-21 win.

SCMS trailed 17-14 entering the final period but were able to pull ahead by hitting

6-of-10 at the charity stripe.

Brooke Hoeme, who was 4-of-6 at the stripe in the fourth quarter, finished with a team high six points. Lisa Ivey added five and Capps finished with four points.

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He played great basketball.

The rest of the Jayhawks played well, except for their shooting. KU’s defense was all right with two major exceptions: time after time, Jayhawk defenders let Indiana players drive by them on the baseline for easy shots. And the rebounding wasn’t what it should be.

Kansas has a talented basketball team, but the Jayhawks are lacking inside depth. Just one thing could make this team a national championship contender: if KU is to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament, freshman center Udoka Azubuike (7-0, 280) will have to make remarkable improvement between now and the first of February.

That could happen.

Azubuike has the potential to become a force on defense and score 8-10 points per game. He has amazing athletic ability for a kid that big.

KSU Starts Strong Kansas State’s basketball team got off to an excellent start with an 82-55 win against Western Illinois. The Wildcats hit an amazing 10 of 14 (71.4%) 3-point shots in a wellbalanced team effort.

Two standouts for KState were freshman small forward Xavier Sneed who scored 17 points, including four of five threepointers. And guard Barry Brown played well, scoring 18 points including two of two from the threepoint line.

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Coach Bruce Weber praised Brown’s game, saying, “The thing I like is that he was very efficient, going 7 for 11, six rebounds, and three assists.

There were some times where I thought he needed to pass the ball a little bit quicker when the offense got stagnant. We’ve had a lot of guys who played well but Barry’s probably been the most consistent day in and day out.”

Sophomore power forward Dean Wade (6-10, 230) is the only K-State player who is off to a disappointing start. Wade played 25 minutes and scored on just one of five field goal attempts.

What’s even more concerning is that Wade didn’t get any rebounds.

That won’t feed the bulldog. Wade is expected to be the Wildcats’ best inside scorer and a proficient rebounder and he probably will be, but the early games are a concern.

Kansas State has an improved ballclub over last season; it might turn out to be a whole lot better.

The NCAA passes a lot of rules that are stupid and here’s one that should be enacted that isn’t stupid: all major colleges should have to embroider the names of their players on their football and basketball uniforms.

Millions of fans watch these teams on TV and there’s no reason for not having easy-to-read names on the back of the uniforms. It would add to the enjoyment of games for fans and would do no harm to anyone.

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you everything you need if you just learn to see it.

The most important element of hunting is to position yourself where there is game. So when deciding upon a deer hunting location, choose a spot near a well used deer trail, where deer enter and exit a woodlot etc.

If you’re bow hunting, you want to be as close to the trail as possible, but if rifle hunting choose a spot away from the trail 75 to 100 yards or so. Then pay attention to where the sun will be in relation to you.

You do not want the sun shining directly on you or in your eyes when it rises or sets, making it hard to see ahead of you as it shines into your eyes or lighting you up like a Christmas tree as it shines on you.

Next, look around you for anything that will conceal your form, like a broken-over or uprooted tree, a tree with large broken limbs that hang to the

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ground or a big cedar tree with long outstretched branches.

Once you have found a natural blind, figure out how best to use it. Prune and remove limbs and branches until you can tuck yourself into whatever concealment you’ve chosen. Prune away only enough to allow you entrance and to give yourself an open shooting lane. Use your imagination and move limbs and branches around if necessary to accomplish what you need.

If you are firearm hunting, find a way to support your firearm. If none exists naturally in your new natural blind, a couple of 1x2s bolted together near one end opens up into an “x” to make a cheap and dandy shooting stick to cradle your gun.

Your seat can be whatever you want. If you’re young you can probably get away with sitting on a log, but my choice is

a cheap folding camp chair that gives me a back to lean against. It’s not always possible, but choosing to tuck yourself in amongst the branches of a big cedar tree will often help protect you from the north and west wind also.

There are still plenty of ways to conceal yourself to harvest a Kansas deer without a hunting blind or tree stand. Be creative tree limbs stacked against a fence, a piece of camouflage fabric stretched around some fence posts, even digging yourself down into an old round hay bale at the edge of a field will all fill the bill.

The end result might even be more fulfilling knowing you used what God provided to fill your freezer.

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Future is bright for SCHS football Young squad made big strides during 7-3 season

By most standards, Jim Turner’s first season as the football head coach at Scott Community High School would be considered a success.

The Beavers finished 7-3 and were runner-up in the Great West Activities Conference.

But, SCHS isn’t just any football program and a first round exit from the state playoffs - even against the defending state champions.

There’s probably no harsher critic of what the Beavers didn’t accomplish than Turner. In fact, he’s not just satisfied having his defense keep an opponent from scoring.

“I hate it when we give up a first down,” he says, only half joking.

Even when he became the head coach following the departure of Glenn O’Neil, Turner didn’t give up his role as defensive coordinator. So, it was particularly troublesome for Turner when his team gave up 63 points in their first two games while getting off to a very uncharacteristic 0-2 start.

Turner responded with a number of defensive changes and the Beavers reeled off seven consecutive wins while allowing opponents a total of just 33 points.

While the adjustments on defense obviously paid off, Turner feels that as a young and inexperienced team matured, success was going to follow.

“Even after starting 0-2, I never felt like this team lacked for confidence,” says Turner.

“More than anything, I felt like the boys were angry with themselves. They knew they were better and they picked it up after that.”

It also helped that the Beavers reduced their mistakes - turnovers and penalties - over the next eight games.

“We didn’t do things to beat ourselves,” Turner said.

The Beavers, for example, were flagged for just one penalty against Holcomb in the season finale - and that was a very questionable pass interference call in the end zone.

Turner was also pleased with how his staff transitioned into their new roles this season.

“I thought Brian (Gentry) did a great job of calling the offense and Alex (Hutchins) was a welcome addition in the press box.

But, I think we have a great staff that works well together.”

Even after starting 0-2, I never felt like this team lacked for confidence. More than anything, I felt like the boys were angry with themselves. head coach Jim Turner

a young team with four sophomore starters.

That youth was evident in the season-ending loss to Holcomb when the Beavers were outmanned by a bigger and stronger Longhorn line.

Injuries were another huge factor this season.

Defensive tackle was expected to be the team’s strength, but starters Garrett Osborn and Daniel Nolasco were lost to season-ending injuries and an injury severely limited senior Jaime De la Rocha’s playing time.

Nic Cheney (jr., 5-11, 245) and Baron Strine (jr., 6-0, 210) saw considerable time at defensive tackle while offensive lineman Chase Cupp (soph., 6-0, 220) saw a lot of practice time at that position and could see a lot of varsity time on that side of the ball next season.

“We have some big bodies, but we have to get stronger,” Turner says.

On the offensive line, SCHS also returns a very strong nucleus in Strine, Cupp, Kyle Sherwood (soph., 5-10, 210) and Reid Brunswig (jr., 5-11, 175).

Holes to Fill Scott City will also be searching for inside linebackers.

“Eddie Tilton was one of those boys who did everything you could ask and was always where he needed to be,” says Turner. “But, he wasn’t the 200 or 210-pound linebacker that we’re used to having.”

The Beavers will also be losing several other key starters, including runningback Kevin A Young Team Aguilera; runningback/outHowever, there was no side linebacker Jess Drohman; escaping that the Beavers were offensive tackle Mikennon

Donovan; wide receiver/cornerback Justin Faurot; defensive tackle Trey Loftis; tight end/ linebacker Kyle Cure; quarterback Bo Hess; lineman Octavio Nolasco; and runningback/ defensive end Kevin Lozano.

“We appreciated the seniors in terms of their leadership and their work ethic,” says Turner.

Searching for QB The Beavers will be in search of a quarterback to replace Hess.

The two-year starter finished the season with 1,330 yards passing and 12 touchdowns.

“We have probably four different options and we may end up trying all of them to start the season and see what option works best,” says Turner, looking at some of his top prospects.

Brunswig may be the most experienced quarterback on the roster, but he’ll likely find a permanent spot on the offensive line.

Top candidates include sophomore Jack Thomas, senior Jordan Horn and sophomore Parker Gooden.

Turner and Gentry will be looking for a mobile quarterback to run next year’s offense.

“It wasn’t that Bo couldn’t have been a mobile quarterback.

He could have run some isos for us out of the (shotgun), but how much were we willing to gamble without a backup who we felt could step in and handle that responsibility?” Turner asked.

“We didn’t feel we had someone ready, so we had to limit the possibility of Bo getting injured.

“If we have a couple of guys who look pretty solid, we may be running the quarterback a lot more next year,” he adds. “That always makes you a more dangerous team.”

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18

48

2

Jordan Horn

21

22

43

3

Reid Brunswig

10

11

21

Nick Nowak

59

39

98

Jess Drohman

39

36

75

Marshall Faurot

22

13

Kyle Cure

23

16

39

1

Trey Loftis

21

39

60

2

Kyle Sherwood

24

33

57

1

Eddie Tilton

36

27

63

1

3

1

1

35

2

1

1

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1

1

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Hayes

Hays

Aguilera

Jurgens

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Hess

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5 14

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8 83 14 13 72

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a story behind the tables

Frederick shares memories of mission trip to Haiti

Among the 24 tablescapes on display at the Scott County Library are (above) snowmen by Tammy Reed; (below) a Dr. Seuss Christmas by Jennifer, Shannon, Greysen and Kaisen York; (bottom right) a veteran’s tribute by Deva Cupp and Carol Trout.

(Record Photos)

Breigh Frederick is two decades removed from her first mission trip to Haiti, but that experience had a lasting impact.

Memories of her two trips to the island nation in 1997 and 1998 are on display in the tablescape that she prepared for the holiday season at the Scott County Library.

There are 24 tablescapes in the media room and just outside the room which will remain on display through Saturday.

While attending college, Frederick became involved with the Lifeline Christian Mission and joined other volunteers who helped with construction projects and other needs in “some of the less touristy areas.”

During her first mission trip she was involved in the construction of a learning center. The following year they helped build a house for a doctor when he would visit the local villagers.

Construction also included the moving of some large rocks with a tractor and none of the men on the mission had ever operated one before.

“I had, so that became my job, which really captured the interest of the people living there, especially the kids,” Frederick recalls with a grin. “When I would get done the kids would all come around.

Being around them was probably what I enjoyed most.”

Those on the mission trip also worked with the mothers of newborn children to help them get a healthy start to life.

From what Frederick observed, Haiti is a very impoverished nation, especially when one gets into more remote areas that aren’t visited by tourists. The farm ground is very poor, so many people rely on income from fishing, food sold in local markets or the making of craft items to be sold to occasional visitors.

Frederick’s tablescape includes some examples of crafts which were purchased during her trips to the nation.

“They don’t have

Verla Howard with the tablecloth that her mother started before World War II, but couldn’t finish until after the war because of the shortage of material. (Left) Breigh Frederick and her tablescape with memories of her mission trip to Haiti.

(Record Photos)

very much, so they are very, very appreciative of anything you can do for them,” she noted.

Frederick has remained connected to the country by sponsoring three children over the years.

“It was always my intention to return, but those plans were put on hold when I started raising a family,” she says.

Frederick has plans to participate in another mission trip in January 2018.

“And when my kids are old enough I plan to take them. It would be a great experience,” she adds.

Unfinished Tablecloth The tablescape prepared by Verla Howard features a tablecloth that was made by her mother, Addie Blomberg.

The crocheted tablecloth was started prior to World War II, but had to be put on hold for several years because of the lack of thread during the war years.

“When she finished it after World War II, she couldn’t match the exact color,” noted Howard, who pointed out that the outer six inches were made from a slightly darker thread than the original.

Tribute to Veterans A tablescape that attracted a number of comments was a tribute to veterans which was prepared by Deva Cupp and Carol Trout.

Each element in the tablescape had significance in honoring veterans who were away from home for the holiday.

Round table. shows our everlasting gratitude.

White cloth. The purity of their motives when answering the call to duty.

Single red rose.

Remembrance of the lives and/or blood shed.

Ribbon. Commitment to account for the missing.

Lemon slice. The bitter ache while missing or away.

Salt. The tears of those absent and those of their loved ones.

Bible. Strength gained through faith that sustains the absent and that America is “one nation under God.” Inverted glass. Their inability to join the meal.

Lighted candle. Shows we have not forgotten and is meant to guide their way home.

Empty chair. Will remain tilted until they return (or are accounted for).

The Scott County Record

Farm

Page 26 - Thursday, November 17, 2016

Significant losses from early arrival of wheat streak mosaic Deep down in your heart you knew it was going to happen.

With all the volunteer wheat we had this past summer and fall, what are the odds that the new wheat crop would not get infected with wheat streak mosaic virus? Correct.

The answer is zero.

As we all know, WSM is a very serious viral disease.

It is transmitted to the new wheat crop by microscopic wheat curl mites living on volunteer wheat, which serves as the intermediate host.

At some point in their lives, these tiny little mites make their way to the edge

Wheat and more . . . or less by Vance Ehmke

of the volunteer wheat leaves. And then they just jump off. The wind carries them very long distances until they land on another wheat plant. Then they go to work.

A plant pathologist once explained to me they have snouts, just like hogs, and they root around on the wheat leaves rupturing plant cells. They feed on that plant material. But, at the same time, they are infecting the plant with the

WSM virus which they carry in their little bodies.

This virus can be extremely dangerous. I have personally seen wheat yield reductions of nearly 100 percent in parts of fields adjacent to heavily infected volunteer. Usually, though, you won’t see the actual damage until the following spring. If you are seeing symptoms in the fall, you have a real problem.

Early WSM Signs Well, we have a real problem. I was talking recently with Chris Long, Lane County Extension agent, who told me a farmer east of Dighton had him

out to look at a wheat field which he suspected was infected.

The farmer said it wasn’t planted all that early, but there were fields of big volunteer on two sides of the field at planting time. Chris took some plant samples and sent them to K-State.

And, yes, it is wheat streak mosaic.

Chris says this is the first time in his career that he’s been asked to look at fields and get samples in the fall to see if the problem is WSM. “I’ve been asked on a number of occasions to get samples in the spring, but

FSA crop sales deadlines approach The Farm Service Agency (FSA) asks farm operators and agricultural land owners to review available USDA crop risk protection options, including federal crop insurance and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage, before the applicable crop deadlines Grasses and other perineal crops such as alfalfa or clover, spring oats, and mixed forage (for grazing or forage) have a NAP sales closing date of December 1. Persons interested in NAP coverage should contact their local FSA office immediately.

NAP basic coverage is available at 55 percent of the average market price for crop losses that exceed 50 percent of expected production, with higher levels of coverage, up to 65 percent of their expected production at 100 percent of the average market price available.

(See MOSAIC on page 27)

Rainfall insurance for pasture, perennial forage or PRF, and is intended to mium rates and backs up or which had limited pro- rainfall index on a nation- hay land and are eligible Monte Vandeveer for PRF coverage.

KSU Extension Economist help producers deal with the overall program, while tection from other gov- wide basis.

Many livestock and forage producers may not be familiar with a crop insurance product available for their grazing and haying lands, even though it has now been available for several years in most parts of the country.

This insurance product is called pasture, rangeland and forage coverage,

drought conditions. PRF coverage was developed by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) of the USDA. RMA is familiar to most crop producers as the agency that manages the federal crop insurance program.

PRF is similar to traditional crop insurance in that RMA makes the policy rules, sets the pre-

private insurance companies sell the policies and work with customers through local insurance agents.

PRF was developed to provide coverage for the hundreds of millions of acres of pastureland and perennial hay land throughout the U.S. for which no insurance was available for many years,

ernment programs. It was rolled out as a pilot program in 2007 in limited areas and was first available for all 48 contiguous states for the 2016 crop year.

PRF coverage in several Western states initially used a vegetative index based on satellite imagery to estimate losses, but now the program uses a

Oklahoma reflects on ‘right to farm’ ballot loss

by Bridget Beran

Oklahomans voted last week on State Question 777, or the “Right to Farm” measure. The measure would have allowed courts to rule on state and local laws regulating agricultural activities passed after Dec. 31, 2014. It was intended to allow farmers to defend themselves in the face of unjust laws.

Though it received strong support from rural voters, the measure was ultimately struck down by

60.3 percent of the population. So what comes next for Oklahoma’s farmers and ranchers?

“The short answer is nothing,” says Derrell Peel, professor of agribusiness at Oklahoma State University. “The immediate impact is that nothing changes. This was

an attempt to be proactive to possible issues that the industry sees coming down the road. It was a little bit of a gamble and the gamble didn’t pay off.”

The Right to Farm measure was designed to protect farmers and ranchers from influence and interference of activist groups and legislation.

“I had mixed emotions the more I read about the bill,” says Watson Langford, an Oklahoma

cattle rancher. “I feel like the opposition put enough money into our state to vote the bill down, and they had a really strong campaign to demonize the bill more than it probably should have been.

But, they also had some wording in that bill that could have overstepped the boundaries. No industry should be above the law and I can see how it may have looked like that to other people.”

(See BALLOT on page 27)

Exactly which lands are eligible for PRF coverage? Both perennial grazing land and hay land may be insured, but land planted to annual forages is not insurable under a PRF policy (RMA has a separate policy for annual forages). Grassed waterways in and around row crop fields that are cut for hay may be designated as

Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or Wetlands Reserve Program is not eligible.

PRF coverage uses a rainfall index which works by paying an indemnity if the rainfall index for the insured area falls below some guaranteed level, specified as a

Market Report

Weather

Closing prices on November 15, 2016 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ 2.69 White Wheat ....... $ 2.69 Milo .................... $ 2.31 Corn ................... $ 2.86 Soybeans (new crop) $ 8.74 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 2.73 White Wheat ....... $ 2.73 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.32 Corn.................... $ 2.89 Soybeans ........... $ 8.80 Sunflowers.......... $ ADM Grain Wheat..................

Milo (bu.).............

Corn....................

Soybeans............

Sunflowers..........

$ 2.77 $ 2.37 $ 2.89 $ 8.75 $ 12.45

(See FORAGE on page 32)

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60 36

Nov. 9

65 23

Nov. 10

78 23

Nov. 11

56 36

Nov. 12

60 22

Nov. 13

75 25

Nov. 14

73 35

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November 0.00 2016 Total

19.10

Food Facts Occasionally, a hen will produce double-yolked eggs throughout her egg-laying career. It is rare, but not unusual, for a young hen to produce an egg with no yolk at all.

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U.S. trade talks in deep freeze after Trump win Donald Trump’s election to the White House has consigned EU/U.S. trade talks to the deep freeze and they are unlikely to resume for some time.

A pause in negotiations towards the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was always expected with the end of Barack Obama’s presidency, but Trump’s

Mosaic never in the fall,” he said.

This is really bad news for several reasons. Chris looked at the field earlier this week and said, “The field on Monday looked pretty much entirely destroyed by the disease.

But, in addition, the wheat variety was Oakley Cl, which is supposed to have extremely good resistance to the disease. On a scale of 1 to 10, Oakley had been rated a 2 - and the next best resistance to it are several varieties with ratings of 5.”

A Scott County farmer also said that several wheat fields which had been planted quite early for grazing had been killed. However, I am not sure what those varieties were.

KSU wheat breeder Allan Fritz says there are

Ballot The bill received strong support from the panhandle area and the western portion of the state.

However, in more urban areas and the eastern portion of the state, the bill was more heavily voted against. Animal activist groups spoke out strongly against the measure.

Arguments on Both Sides “(SQ777) would have raised the bar on issues of regulation that could be directed toward agriculture,” Peel says. “Like in any sort of political situation, there were a lot of different arguments.

win brings in a leader hostile to international trade pacts.

Trump has said he will withdraw from the unfinalized 12-nation TransPacific Partnership (TPP) and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

“For quite some time TTIP will probably be in the freezer and then what happens when

it is defrosted, we will have to wait and see,” EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told a news conference after a meeting of EU ministers responsible for trade.

“I think we should be realistic. I don’t see the resumption of any TTIP negotiation for quite a long time.”

EU officials have said it is not clear what Trump’s

stance is on TTIP, but that NAFTA and TPP would likely take priority.

The EU has faced a wave of criticism from protest groups over TTIP, who say it and other such pacts are done only for big business.

One high-level critic, French trade minister Matthias Fekl, said Britain’s vote to leave the EU and Trump’s election

(continued from page 26)

two potential issues with Oakley.

“One is that the resistance is temperature sensitive and even if the field wasn’t planted early, the warm conditions could have caused the resistance to not be effective,” he said. “There is also the possibility the virus has changed and now overcomes that resistance gene.”

Fritz goes on to say they have screened some new, wild relatives for wheat streak resistance.

“There are some promising candidates, but it’s too early to tell what we will be able to get out of it.”

Fellow wheat breeder Guorong Zhang confirms they have found a new race of WSM virus at

Hays which can break the resistance gene in Oakley.

Making our situation even more precarious is the fact we’ve had a very long and mild fall. In Lane County, we didn’t have a hard-killing frost until the first week in November almost three weeks late.

That has given the wheat curl mites even more time to do more damage.

And if you think seed treatments are going to help minimize the problem, think again. I asked KSU plant pathologist Erick DeWolf and KSU entomologist Sarah Zukoff about whether seed treatments with insecticides would help with control of WSM through control of wheat curl mites.

“I am not aware of any seed treatments that

would influence wheat curl mite populations and, thus, reduce risk of WSM,” DeWolf said.

“I haven’t seen any data that says seed treatments will work on fall armyworms, army cutworms or wheat curl mites,” added Zukoff.

Pulling things together, there is still a fair amount of volunteer wheat out there that has not been controlled. I know it is late in the day, but you can do yourself and the entire neighborhood a favor if you get that stuff killed.

And finally, if you are going to plant early for grazing, forget wheat and go with rye or triticale.

Both will produce a lot more forage than wheat and you won’t have to worry about WSM.

(continued from page 26)

There were legitimate concerns on both sides, and there was misinformation spread by both sides.”

“It was an offensive move on our part,” says Mike Spradling, a former president of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.

The bill would not have removed regulations, but would have made it more challenging to add additional regulations.

Spradling says there were concerns about overregulation on agriculture.

“The industry welcomes proper regulation, but it has to be based on

sound science and preferably be written by people who understand the industry,” Spradling says, “I think the people behind the bill were doing it for the right reasons, and it was written for the right reasons,” Langford says. “This was the first time in my life that I saw a bill that truly benefited agriculture, but they may have tried to push it too far. They tried to give it too much power. I can understand both sides of it.

For now, Oklahoma farmers can expect little to no change in how they

do business. However, there may be more fights down the road.

“Right to Farm was an attempt to win the war in one fell swoop, and now we’ll go into a lot of smaller battles instead,” Peel says.

Bridget Beran is the livestock digital producer with Farm Journal Media in Manhattan

victory were signs of crisis in countries traditionally attached to free trade.

“We need to rethink the way the global economy functions or does not function... Nothing would be worse now than to think we can simply go on with business as usual,” he said.

Trump of ‘getting tough’ with China, EU ministers also sought last week to bolster the bloc’s trade defenses to floods of cheap imports.

They are weighing measures designed to shorten investigations into alleged dumping and to permit higher duties than normal in cases of foreign Chinese Imports Mirroring talk from state interference.

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Construction/Home Repair

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Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

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Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances.

Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

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Northend Disposal A garbologist company.

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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

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Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

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Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established.

If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge.

Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

Services

COMPUTER SERVICES for PC and Mac computers. Computer repair and virus removal. Call or email Josh at OsComp to schedule an appointment. 24-hour help line 620-376-8660 or email josh_4974@hotmail.com.

––––––––––––––––––– WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc.

Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 34tfc 874-4135.

–––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 4015tfc 874-1412.

–––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Rob Vsetecka 4515tfc at 620-214-1730.

Rentals

HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available.

Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, 41tfc 620-874-2120.

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3-BEDROOM HOUSE for rent in Scott City. 1-1/2 baths, 1 car garage and shed with electricity. No pets. Contact Leo at 620214-3490 or Janelle at 1416t2 620-874-4361.

Agriculture

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Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ____________________ WANT TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information.

Livestock Lane County Feeders, REGISTERED ANGUS 397-5341.

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Christmas; Small upright freezer; Compressor; Washer; 10’x10’ metal shed; Lots of goodies No Checks!

Bad weather, may cancel

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 8:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church basement (use west door).

412 College, Scott City.

Al-Anon at same time and location.

Contact: 874-0472 or 872-3137. 25tfc

District 11 AA Meetings

Scott City

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

807 Kingsley Last Saturday of the month Birthday Night • 6:30 p.m.

All open meetings 214-4188 • 214-2877

Dighton Thursday • 8:30 p.m.

535 Wichita St. All open meetings 620-397-2647

We have room for you!

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Employment Opportunities

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

The Scott County Record • Page 32 • Thursday, November 17, 2016

Liberty must never be taken for granted

Scott Community High School National Honor Society students Savanna Osthoff (left) and KelsiJo Crouch place flowers at the base of a memorial in Veterans Park to honor each county resident who was killed in military service.

(Record Photo)

Forage percent of normal rainfall. So for example, if a producer elects 90 percent coverage, the highest guarantee available, the insurance would pay if the insured period’s observed precipitation fell below 90 percent of normal.

Why use a rainfall index?

Production from grazing lands, and sometimes hay lands, isn’t usually measured like we measure crop yields, which are an integral component for setting crop insurance guarantees.

Since forage yields aren’t widely available, any insurance must be based on something else that is easily measured and still closely related to forage production.

Rainfall is a strong candidate for any such index.

This means PRF insurance is single-peril coverage. That is, indemnities are paid only when precipitation falls below its guaranteed level.

Other causes of loss, such as fire, heat, hail, frost or freeze, as well as insect or disease damage, are not covered.

It must also be stressed that PRF is an area-based coverage.

The rainfall index is based on the rainfall experience over an entire grid area, rather than the rainfall on an individual farm or ranch, or at a specific weather station.

These grid areas measure 0.25 degrees in latitude by 0.25 degrees in longitude. In the Midwest, the grids measure about 13 miles from east to west, and about 17 miles from north to south.

Each grid has its own rainfall index history.

Rainfall index values are calculated by the federal government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Tribute was paid to Scott County military veterans and those who have fallen in combat during the Veterans Day program held on Friday morning at the Veterans Memorial Park.

It’s easy to take many things for granted, including liberty, former U.S. Marine Capt. Skip Numrich told about 80 people in attendance on a beautiful fall morning.

“This country was founded on a novel idea that ‘all men are created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights,” Numrich noted. “Governments are not established to give us our rights, but to ensure our God given rights are protected.”

Government, he emphasized, was established to provide justice and the common defense.

The safeguarding of values - and whether freedoms should be surrendered to the state - remains a topic of intense debate.

“Ben Franklin had the perfect answer for that,” said Numrich. “‘He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.’”

He said that throughout America’s history, men and women have heeded the call to defend liberty.

“Veterans have demonstrated a willingness to set aside personal gain for the well-being of the people,” he pointed out. “Veterans Day is a superlative example of selflessness. We owe a debt to our veterans that cannot be forgotten or fully repaid.”

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NOAA utilizes daily rainfall measurements from the four closest reporting weather stations to a particular grid area to determine a composite rainfall value for that grid.

The closer the reporting station is to the center point of the grid area, the greater weight it receives in calculating the composite rainfall value.

PRF coverage works by establishing a dollar value of production per acre, then calculating premiums and any losses in relation to this value. For each grid area, RMA has established a base dollar value of production for both haying and grazing. A producer may then adjust this base value up or down, from 60 percent to 150 percent of the original value, to obtain the dollar value of coverage desired.

The producer must also select their insurance guarantee level, which may range from 90 percent to 70 percent of normal rainfall, in five percent increments.

Producers first identify which of RMA’s grid areas contains their land.

Next, a producer must also select which time periods to insure. PRF coverage requires the selection of at least two two-month time periods, called index intervals, to insure. Along with selecting the time periods to insure, the producer must allocate their dollar coverage across the index intervals they select, with no more than 60 percent of the dollar coverage assigned to any one interval.

Insurance premiums naturally reflect the value of production and the guarantee level selected.

Premium subsidies from the federal government are substantial: The sub-

sidy rate ranges from 51 percent for the 90 percent guarantee level to 59 percent for the 70 percent guarantee.

Producers should consider several issues as they evaluate PRF as a possible risk management tool.

First, if their goal is to minimize potential drought impact, they should consider allocating most of their dollar coverage to the time periods that have the greatest impact on forage production.

Research indicates that precipitation in spring and early summer accounts for a majority of the variation in forage production in most places in the U.S. Second, producers must remember that the rainfall index for their grid area may not exactly reflect their own rainfall experience. As a result, the rainfall index may not precisely reflect changes in forage production in any particular year. Over the long term, these differences should even out, but there may be discrepancies in any given year.

Taking the premium subsidies into account, producers should more than recover their premiums if they participate over a period of many years.

Interested producers should visit RMA’s website (www.rma.usda. gov/ policies/pasturerangeforage/) for PRF. It has a fact sheet, the policy documents and other detailed information on the coverage.

Producers should also check out an online decision support tool (http:// prf.agforceusa.com/ri), where they can look up their own grid area and then check out not only premium rates, but also how PRF would have performed historically for

their grid area. The decision tool lets them experiment with different index interval allocations, guarantee levels, etc., to see how any particular coverage combination would have performed over time.

They can look at any particular year or series of years going back to the beginning of the rainfall index data series in 1948.

PRF coverage has a sign-up deadline of Nov. 15, and the policy goes into effect on Jan. 1. Interested producers should contact their crop insurance agent for more information.

Monte Vandeveer is an Extension ag economist with Kansas State University. His email is monte@ksu.edu

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