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Volume 24 • Number 1

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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BOE again holds the line on budget Even with an 8.2 percent loss in property valuation, USD 466 is proposing a 2016-17 budget with a tax levy that is virtually unchanged from last year.

The overall levy reduction of 2/100 of a mill will hardly be noticeable, but where those tax dollars are being applied could make a huge difference for taxpayers.

Supt. Jamie Rumford says

the board of education is taking a long-term view of the budget by continuing to focus on early retirement of its debt. While declining oil/gas values have contributed to a higher levy in the bond and interest fund, the board has also put added resources into that line item.

The district has just over $9 million in bonds, most of which are owed for construction and

renovation of Scott Community High School. The bonds were originally scheduled to be paid off in 2022.

When the district refinanced the bonds two years ago it included an option allowing for the bonds to be paid off early.

Rumford says the district is currently one year ahead of schedule.

A slight increase in the bond and interest levy has been offset

by a small decrease in the local option budget (LOB) levy.

“The goal was to keep the levy as close as possible to where it was last year,” Rumford says. “In fairness to taxpayers, we don’t want a levy that bounces up and down from year to year. We want to give them something that’s predictable and that they can budget for.”

(See BUDGET on page eight)

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Sports Spartan racing a unique challenge for former SC athlete Page 19

Index Opinions...................4-7 Calendar...................... 7 Youth/education.......... 9 Back-to-School........ 10-11 Public notices.......12-13 Budget reports.....12-13 LEC report................. 13 Obituaries...............14-15 Church services......... 15 Health care...........16-17 Sports...................19-26 Farm section.........28-29 Classified ads.......31-33 USD 466 staff............ 34

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Health Medicaid payments impacting mental health care in state Page 16

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Education New Dighton superintendent enjoys taking up fight for rural education Page 9

When Marla Matkin tells about her “perfect day” it’s easy for one to feel they are stepping back in time 150 years.

Stepping into her role of Libbie Custer, she retells that summer day in 1867 when she and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer were horseback riding near the Kaw River, five miles east of Fort Riley.

“It was a perfect day . . . it was mine,” she says with the passion of someone who was actually there.

As someone who has studied every detail of Libbie Custer’s life and shares

them in historical re-enactments, Matkin is very comfortable on a theatre stage or giving her presentation before a small audience.

Portraying Libbie Custer on horseback in sub-zero temperatures was yet another challenge.

The story, as told by Libbie, may have occurred on a beautiful summer day, but that wasn’t the case with the latest in the Custer series of paintings by Scott City artist Jerry Thomas. After giving a presentation with several historical re-

enactors at Scott City on a Sunday afternoon last February, Matkin and her fellow historians were part of a photo shoot near Wallace that led to the recently unveiled painting, “One Perfect Day.” “I was wearing tights and leggings, but it was still very cold. Anytime we could take a break we were running for the vehicle to stay warm,” says Matkin with her characteristic huge smile.

“Her jaws were quivering, but she stayed with it while I was taking hun(See GALLERY on page two)

Plan for senior duplexes on the table Developer, SCDC see project as path to affordable homes Scott City officials were presented with a proposal on Monday that could add 14-18 senior housing units.

The project, estimated at $2.8 million, would be financed primarily through tax credits and

federal grants issued through the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation.

Outlining details of the program was Cliff Mesner of Mesner Development, based in Central City, Nebr. The development company has overseen multiple senior and low-income housing projects throughout Nebraska and Colorado.

Mesner was in Scott City to view possible locations for hous-

ing in addition to meeting with local individuals who are looking for solutions to the community’s tight housing market.

Mesner says the demand for affordable housing in Scott City makes it an ideal candidate for KHRC assistance and that investors are anxious to purchase tax credits for a local project.

He emphasizes that the program targets senior citizens because that’s the quickest way to

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Betty Davis Richard Long Connie Rusbarsky Marie Sandborn Lucille Switzer Charles ‘Bob’ Walker

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Marla Matkin sees for the first time the painting, “One Perfect Day,” which is the latest in the commemorative series by artist Jerry Thomas that is honoring the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn.

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Education USD 466 may get $150,000 in added state funding Page 9

create affordable housing for an expanding workforce.

“You have a workforce looking for homes in the $125,000 to $150,000 range,” noted Mesner.

“We can’t build homes that cheap.”

However, Mesner says that with the many projects they have built over the years about 60 percent of the seniors are moving out of three-bedroom homes, which (See DUPLEXES on page two)

Duplexes

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is what most young fami- struction and that’s what they’re after.” lies are seeking.

The senior housing would have income Incentive to Move The key, emphasizes guidelines.

If a local housing Mesner, has been in giving authority decides to tarseniors a reason to move.

He feels the 1,120-square- get seniors who earn 60 foot floor plan, with an percent of the median attached garage, gives income, that would limit seniors the space they are singles to $26,940 per year; $30,780 for twolooking for.

Rental rates of $425 person households.

Mesner says that’s (two-bedroom) to $520 attainable for most seniors (three-bedroom) make it who are living on Social affordable.

Security and perhaps “And these are quality have a little added income homes,” he emphasizes. through investments. For “When we first got into two-person households it this, we were consistently can be a little more difbeing underbid by con- ficult. tractors. When we saw “Ninety percent of our what they were building occupants in Grand Island we made a commitment (Nebr.) are singles,” he that we weren’t going to noted. have our name attached to homes of that quality. Local Commitment Over the years, commuMesner feels that Scott nities have recognized City has the immediate the quality of our con- need for 14-18 apart-

Gallery dreds of stills,” Thomas says.

The painting was recently unveiled during the Little Big Horn Associates national convention in Rapid City, S.D., and 10 days later it was unveiled for another audience at the Custer Battlefield.

It’s part of a continuing series of paintings related to Custer that have been commissioned during this significant phase of his military career. It was in 1866 that the 7th Cavalry was established at Ft. Riley and Custer was promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel of the regiment.

Wanting to commemorate Custer’s connection with Fort Riley, Thomas

ments, or 7-9 duplexes. At a cost of about $200,000 per unit, that would put seven duplexes in the range of $2.8 million.

Of that, he says tax credits would cover $2.1 million of the cost.

The city could apply for federal funds through the KHRC which would amount to approximately $590,000.

“I have investors wanting to buy tax credits in Scott City,” Mesner says.

“And the KHRC would like to see more done to bring housing to Western Kansas. They’re signaling they are anxious to provide the funding.”

However, there will still be a funding gap of about $200,000 that will need to be filled locally. Part of that will need to include the purchase of the land along with improvements (street, curb and gutter)

are not covered by federal funding.

“This is a competitive process,” emphasized Mesner. “If we can’t get the land and streets at a competitive cost then it’s tough to get this application approved. If Garden City, for example, is willing to put in more money toward the project than Scott City, that’s going to make them the more attractive option to get funding.

“You’re going to have to find ways to fill the funding gap.”

Housing Locations Building sites for duplexes in Scott City are limited by the availability of land and zoning regulations.

There is room for two duplexes on the block where the Scott County Hospital had been located.

The site gaining the most attention is south of Seventh Street in the Eastridge Addition. That area is zoned for duplexes, though it will also require additional street and curb/gutter work. Maple Street currently ends at Seventh Street and there are currently no plans for improvements to Chestnut Street to the east. In addition, it was noted that a connector street from Maple to Chestnut would also need to be among the improvements.

Those improvements also bring on the debate over special assessments and whether they should be funded entirely by the city, whether they could be paid for through a possible grant, or whether they should be paid for by the adjoining property owners.

“For an investment of about $100,000, the city

could gain $2.8 million on its tax rolls,” said Scott County Development Director Katie Eisenhour.

“The economic benefit of having adequate, affordable housing will also be a huge benefit to employers,” added County Commissioner Jim Minnix.

Under a best-case scenario, Mesner says the project could be completed in about 1-1/2 years.

But, that would also hinge in grant funding through the KHRC. “Twenty developers didn’t get funded last year,” said Mesner.

“If that happens, you put things on hold and apply again next year.”

The next round of funding won’t be approved by the KHRC until next spring. Mesner says all funding must be in place before they begin work on a project.

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was inspired by a passage from letters written by Libbie that told of their “perfect day” that occurred just before Lt. Col. Custer’s departure as part of the Hancock expeditions.

“I couldn’t think of a better way to depict what these two meant to each other and this was probably one of the last tranquil times they enjoyed with each other over the next 10 years,” Thomas says.

For Matkin, it was the first time to portray Libbie in a painting.

“Anytime I can walk in her footsteps . . . or on horseback . . . and realize an experience that was part of her life that’s one more thing that I can draw upon when sharing

Libbie’s life with others,” she points out.

The Custers were hunting in the scene, which is evident by the prairie chicken tied to the saddle of the orderly (portrayed by Ron Glasgow) accompanying the couple.

Depicting Lt. Col. Custer in the painting is re-enactor Steve Alexander.

Matkin saw the painting for the first time in the Jerry Thomas Gallery where it will remain on permanent display.

“This is such a thrill to see it in person,” Matkin says. “I always wondered what it would be like to appear in a painting as Libbie.”

“This won’t be the last,” assured Thomas.

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Spaghetti squash a treasure of nutritious eating I happen to like spaghetti squash and the nutrition value is quite high. Spaghetti squash is low in saturated fat, and very low in cholesterol.

It is also a good source of niacin, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, potassium and manganese, and a very good Carol Ann Crouch source of dietary Family and fiber and vitamin Consumer Sciences C. Unfortunately, Agent for Scott County a large portion of the calories in this food come from sugars.

A spaghetti squash averages from 4-8 pounds, and the cylinder shaped squash is generally available year-round

with a peak season from early fall through winter. While a true spaghetti squash is pale ivory to pale yellow in color, in the early 1990s, an orange spaghetti squash, known as “Orangetti” was developed and this is frequently found in today’s supermarkets.

Higher in beta carotene, the orange variety is also a bit sweeter than its paler counterpart, although both have a mild flavor that is easily enhanced by the food served with or on it. A dieter’s dream, a fourounce serving of spaghetti squash has only 37 calories.

When buying spaghetti squash, look for hard fruit that is heavy for its size, about 8-9 inches in length and 4-5 inches in diameter and with a pale

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Apple Cinnamon Parfait Prep: 5 mins Cook: 10 mins Ingredients 2 tablespoons 3 Granny Smith apples

2 tablespoons 1 teaspoon 4 6-oz. containers 1 cup

unsalted butter peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch chunks light brown sugar ground cinnamon Applecinnamon yogurt cinnamon-raisin granola

Directions In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in diced apples, light brown sugar and cinnamon. Cook 8 to 10 minutes, until slightly tender, stirring periodically.

Cool apples and store in an airtight container until using.

To assemble parfaits, layer a scant 1/4 cup yogurt in the bottom of a cup or glass. Sprinkle 2 tbsp of the granola on top, followed by 3 tbsp of the cooked apples.

Repeat layering. Serve.

Note: Assemble parfaits just before serving or granola may lose its crunch.

Makes: 6 servings

even color. Avoid any squash with soft spots and green color, which is a sign of immaturity.

The average four-pound spaghetti squash will yield about five cups.

Spaghetti squash can be stored at room temperature for about a month. After cutting, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate up to two days.

Spaghetti squash also freezes well. Pack cooked squash into freezer bags, seal, label and freeze. Partially thaw before re-using, then steam until tender but still firm, about five minutes.

Cooking Spaghetti Squash Bake it: Pierce the whole shell several times with a large fork or skewer and place in

baking dish. Cook squash in preheated 375 degrees oven approximately one hour or until flesh is tender.

Boil it: Heat a pot of water large enough to hold the whole squash. When the water is boiling, drop in the squash and cook for 20-30 minutes, depending on its size. When a fork goes easily into the flesh, the squash is done.

Microwave it: Cut squash in half lengthwise; remove seeds.

Place squash cut sides up in a microwave dish with 1/4 cup water. Cover with plastic wrap and cook on high for 10-12 minutes, depending on size of squash. Add more cooking time if necessary.

Let stand covered, for five minutes. With a fork “comb”

out the strands.

Slow cooker or crock pot: Choose a smaller spaghetti squash (unless you have an extra large slow cooker) so that it will fit. Add two cups of water to slow cooker.

Pierce the whole shell several times with a large fork or skewer, add to crock pot, cover and cook on low for 8-9 hours.

Once cooked, let it cool for 10-20 minutes so it will be easier to handle, before cutting in half (if it wasn’t already) and removing the seeds. Pull a fork lengthwise through the flesh to separate it into long strands. You can do these steps ahead of time, then prepare any of the spaghetti squash recipes whenever the mood strikes.

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editorially speaking

Brownback’s ‘truth’: The real numbers behind school funding scheme

Gov. Sam Brownback says that if Kansas voters only knew the truth about school funding the thumping that ultraconservatives suffered in the primary election wouldn’t have happened.

Of course, it’s no surprise that Brownback blames the media for leading voters to believe that funding for public education has been cut. And Brownback has the numbers to back up his claim that funding has actually increased under his administration - from $3.8 billion in 2011 (his first year in office) to $4.09 billion next year.

That’s an increase of $295 million - or 7.8 percent.

Those are the numbers. No one in the media or elsewhere is disputing that.

However, there’s more to the story.

When Brownback boasts of an eight percent funding increase he’s also including money that is “pass through” funding and never makes it into the classroom.

“KPERS shows up in our general fund budget, but it goes right back to the state,” notes Scott City Supt. Jamie Rumford. “It makes our general fund look better, but it does nothing for the students.”

That’s just one example.

Mark Tallman, associate executive director of the Kansas Association of School Boards, points out that Brownback Administration and legislative leaders have done the same with capital outlay state aid, bond and interest state aid, and local option budget tax relief.

Here’s where it gets real interesting.

All of those budget items add up to $271.1 million.

According to Tallman, that leaves an increase in general state aid of $23.4 million that can be used for teacher salaries/benefits, utilities, student services and general operating expenses. That’s less than a one percent increase during a time in which the rate of inflation was 8.9 percent.

In other words, school districts are forced to cut staff and programs and/or increase the LOB to the maximum limit allowed. And for many districts the latter isn’t an option because they have already reached their maximum LOB limit.

State funding that has failed to keep pace with the cost of providing a public education is a reality that school districts across the state have been dealing with for years.

There’s the truth, regardless of what Gov. Brownback tries to tell you.

Changing tide:

Voters in the Big First, Kansas have had enough

It’s far too early to call the recent primary election results a changing tide in Kansas, but it should certainly be seen as a shot across the bow of ultraconservatives who feel their anti-government rhetoric and misguided tax policies are enough to carry them to re-election.

The soon-to-be-departed Congressman Tim Huelskamp has made a career out of attacking “big government” while showing large graphs of how bad things are and how much worse they are about to get. That has sold well with the Tea Party faithful who have lined up behind Huelskamp.

However, the shellacking that Huelskamp received at the hands of Roger Marshall should be seen as a signal that the Tea Party is losing steam. More importantly, it should send the message that while most people will express their displeasure with government, they still expect it to function and to get things done.

Voting against Obamacare 70 times doesn’t represent a vision. It ignores the reasons Obamacare came into existence in the first place - skyrocketing health insurance costs and a growing number of people who couldn’t afford health insurance.

Huelskamp has been far more interested in portraying himself as the outsider rather than as a Congressman who could get things done. Ultimately, his constituents expected more.

It’s no different with ultraconservative members of the Kansas Legislature who seem more dedicated to making government fail than they are in making it work in the best interest of its citizens. Public schools, universities, infrastructure, mental health institutions, senior citizens, the poor and our children are paying the price for policies that are aimed at benefitting the few over the welfare of the many.

Most of us favor a fair tax policy. No one likes paying more than necessary, but neither do we feel that certain people - or corporations - should be given a free ride.

Over the last four years, Kansans have grown weary of policies which have undermined our values and those institutions which are essential in our society.

We are compassionate with a dose of common sense. Ultraconservatives who don’t understand that part of our human nature are paying the price . . . as they should.

Brownback still living in delusion I’m not a psychologist and I’ve never played one on TV, but we feel safe in declaring that Gov. Brownback’s severe level of delusion has caused serious harm to the state and, without immediate intervention, the damage could be irreversible.

And, for that matter, we haven’t seen anything to indicate that his administrative team isn’t overcome by a similar mental condition.

There is no other way to explain how an economy can be in freefall for the past four years and with a glazed look across his face, the only response we get from Gov. Brownback is, “Can’t you see the pretty sunshine?”

Even as they’ve cut back Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospitals, stolen tobacco settlement money from the Childrens Initiative Fund, borrowed excessively from the Bank of KDOT and been forced to sell off assets such as the Kansas Bioscience Authority, this Administration refuses to acknowledge anything is wrong. They’ve escaped

into a private world of butterflies and puppy dogs.

And when they do emerge long enough to hear the long list of problems which have befallen Kansas, they instantly return to the World of Denial where they can blame everyone but themselves.

It’s a wonderful place to be. We’ve all wanted to visit there from time to time. We just haven’t had the luxury of staying there for an extended period.

There eventually comes a time when one must answer for the decisions they’ve made in life.

That time came during last week’s primary election.

Kansas voters decided last week they’re tired of the excuses. They were no longer drinking the koolaid.

They essentially took Brownback and his ultraconservative lackeys behind the woodshed and gave them a good, old-

fashioned whuppin’.

The only surprise was the extent to which Brownback and legislative leaders were embarrassed, despite poll after poll over the last two years which have pointed to Brownback’s declining approval rating.

Putting down her butterfly net long enough to address a news conference, Eileen Hawley, the governor’s spokesman, tried to play down the anti-Brownback sentiment in advance of the primary election by declaring that the only poll which matters is “the ballot box.” Of course, she was referring to Brownback twice being elected governor.

Even though Brownback wasn’t on the ballot last week, his policies and the lawmakers responsible for enacting those policies were, and Kansas voters clearly aren’t happy.

To some degree, it can be hard to measure how “conservative” or “moderate” certain politicians are, but most observers have determined that ultraconservatives lost 6-8 seats in the Kansas Sen-

ate and 10-13 seats in the Kansas House.

One veteran lawmaker pointed out that the western one-third of Kansas is now represented by “moderate Republicans.”

That’s a pretty remarkable turn of events from an area that not all that long ago seemed like Tea Party heaven.

That would have been enough to capture the attention of most people even politicians suffering from the most extreme cases of delusion. Unfortunately, the Brownback Administration refuses to acknowledge any connection between the election results and the damage it is wreaking on the Kansas landscape.

On August 1, the only poll that mattered was the ballot box. On August 3, even that didn’t matter.

Instead, Brownback reached into his political playbook and found someone else to blame.

His own lack of popularity with voters is the result of a media that’s been “very negative.”

(See DELUSION on page six)

ExxonMobile’s gold in deceit ExxonMobil wants you to know that it has a long “to-do” list.

In an ad it debuted during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics on Friday night, the world’s largest oil company presented itself as nothing more than a merry band of do-gooders who were “mapping the oceans,” “turning algae into biofuel,” and “defeating malaria.”

“And you thought we just made the gas,” joked a woman at the end, giving us a knowing smile.

By now we’ve learned that Exxon does a lot more than make the gas: they make a lot of hot air, as well. Thanks to an expose last fall by journalists at InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times, we learned that as early as the 1970s, Exxon scientists had concluded

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that the continued use of their product, fossil fuels, would have a devastating impact on the climate.

Instead of warning the public - say, by buying an ad during the Olympics - company executives buried the results and pumped millions of dollars into misleading the public about global warming while lobbying against political efforts to deal with the problem.

Exxon didn’t admit what they knew about global warming because addressing the crisis would require them to change their core business: drilling for more oil and gas. Exxon was a fossil fuel company, full stop, and despite any fancy

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advertising, that’s exactly what they are today.

At their 2015 shareholder meeting, Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson famously batted down shareholder requests to diversify the company’s portfolio to include renewable energy, saying simply, “We choose not to lose money on purpose.”

(Exxon then went on to post its lowest profits in years as oil prices plummeted).

This year, the company defeated similar shareholder resolutions urging them to move away from fossil fuels or even just report on the company’s climate impact.

None of this has stopped Exxon from pretending it’s really just a philanthropic entity with a little oil business on the side. It’s a textbook move of corporate gre-

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enwashing, just like BP renaming itself “Beyond Petroleum” or Chevron touting their efforts in energy efficiency.

With Exxon under investigation by multiple state Attorneys General for potentially lying about climate change, it’s no wonder they’re investing so heavily in advertising.

“Having a prominent corporate responsibility message helps you defend against people who are attacking you in the court of public opinion,” a marketing consultant told the New York Times back in 2009, when oil companies were rushing to improve their image around the Copenhagen climate talks.

“Companies realize the court of public opinion is very important to them.

They need in a sense to project their virtues.”

(See DECEIT on page six)

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Will the mail still be here tomorrow?

by Chip Hutcheson

I got the mail today.

A couple of bills. A greeting card. Some catalogs. A newspaper. One package that my wife grabbed right away. (Wonder what that was?)

Lately, it occurs to me how completely I take for granted that I will get the mail tomorrow.

I’ve had my share of gripes about the mail. As president of the National Newspaper Association, I have fielded our community newspaper members’ postal concerns all year.

The mail is slower than it used to be. The U.S. Postal Service slowed it down by a day, at least, because of financial problems. Newspaper subscribers are unhappy because too often their papers are arriving late. Some local businesses have had problems with cash flow because of late mail.

Still, I get the mail every day but Sunday. Bet you do, too.

If you follow the news, you know the U.S. Postal Service is in trouble. Because so many people and businesses use the internet, there isn’t as much mail to deliver. But, we still expect the mail to come. At my newspaper, we look for it on Saturdays, too, because weekend mail is extremely important in small towns. (Congress considered ending Saturday mail, but thankfully it has dropped that idea for now.)

Beneath the surface, however, we see seismic, economy-rattling changes ahead unless Congress can pass legislation to lower the Postal Service’s cost of doing business. It carries more than $50 billion of debt on its balance sheet. Fortunately, there are bills

by Reps. Jason Chaffetz, R-UT, and Elijah Cummings, D-MD, and several other House members, and by Sens. Tom Carper, D-DE, Claire McCaskill, D- MO, Mark Warner, D-VA, Roy Blunt, R-MO, Jerry Moran, R-KS, and Susan Collins, R-ME, that would do the job. Passing these bills is easier said than done. You may have noticed Congress is having a hard time these days getting anything passed.

This is what the bills have to fix.

A 2006 law imposed a requirement to put advance funding into a federal retirement health plan for postal workers. Other agencies don’t do advance funding.

They are on a pay-as-you-go system. That requirement began to cripple USPS within a year or two after its passage.

What the 2006 law didn’t do was relieve USPS of also contributing to Medicare for the same workers, which many do not use.

So there are two plans for many workers, when only one is used. USPS has to double-pay, which is another way of saying you double-pay every time you buy stamps - for a total of about $29 billion now paid into the Federal Treasury. The ChaffetzCummings and Carper bills would end the double-payment.

Retirees would go onto Medicare like the rest of us do, and the other plan would provide supplemental coverage. The Postal Service would be relieved of the debt it is carrying from the 2006 law because the funding will be complete.

Sounds so reasonable, right?

Why hasn’t it passed?

Because Uncle Sam likes keeping half of that double payment. Somehow, some think tanks inside the Beltway (and (See MAIL on page seven)

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a test of character Donald Trump and the fitness threshold

by Charles Krauthammer

Donald Trump, the man who defied every political rule and prevailed to win his party’s nomination, has taken on perhaps the most sacred political rule of all: Never attack a Gold Star family.

Not just because it alienates a vital constituency, but because it reveals a shocking absence of elementary decency and of natural empathy for the most profound of human sorrows - parental grief.

Why did Trump do it? It wasn’t a mistake. It was a revelation. It’s that he can’t help himself. His governing rule in life is to strike back when attacked, disrespected or even slighted.

To understand Trump, you have to grasp the General Theory: He judges every action, every pronouncement, every person by a single criterion whether or not it/he is “nice” to Trump.

Vladimir Putin called him brilliant (in fact, he didn’t, but that’s another matter) and a bromance is born. A “Mexican” judge rules against Trump, which makes him a bad person governed by prejudiced racial instincts.

House Speaker Paul Ryan criticizes Trump’s attack on the Gold Star mother - so Trump mocks Ryan and praises his primary opponent. On what grounds?

That the opponent is an experienced legislator? Is a tested leader?

Not at all. He’s “a big fan of what I’m saying, big fan,” attests Trump.

You’re a fan of his, he’s a fan of yours.

And vice versa. Treat him “unfairly” and you will pay. House speaker, Gold Star mother, it matters not.

Of course we all try to protect our own dignity and command respect. But, Trump’s hypersensitivity and unedited, untempered Pavlovian responses are, shall we say, unusual in both ferocity and predictability.

This is beyond narcissism. I used to think Trump was an 11-year-old, an undeveloped schoolyard bully. I was off by about 10 years. His needs are more primitive, an infantile hunger for approval and praise, a craving that can never be satisfied. He lives in a cocoon of solipsism where the world outside himself has value - indeed exists - only insofar as it sustains and inflates him.

Most politicians seek approval. But, Trump lives for the adoration. He doesn’t even try to hide it, boasting incessantly about his crowds, his standing ovations, his TV ratings, his poll numbers, his pri-

mary victories. The latter are most prized because they offer empirical evidence of how loved and admired he is.

Prized also because, in our politics, success is self-validating. A candidacy that started out as a joke, as a selfaggrandizing exercise in xenophobia, struck a chord in a certain constituency and took off. The joke was on those who believed that he was not a serious man and therefore would not be taken seriously. They - myself emphatically included - were wrong.

Winning - in ratings, polls and primaries - validated him. Which brought further validation in the form of endorsements from respected and popular Republicans. Chris Christie was first to cross the Rubicon. Ben Carson then offered his blessings, such as they are.

(See TRUMP on page six)

Trump buddies up to Putin

by Jim Hightower

Please, people. Stop denigrating Donald Trump as a foreign policy ignoramus.

After all, he’s a global real estate tycoon with special insights into U.S. adversaries, like Vladimir Putin of Russia.

“I got to know him very well,” The Donald has assured us voters. Only, it turns out, by “very well” he meant “not at all.” He later conceded that he’s never actually, you know, met Putin.

Still, Trump says he’s taken measure of the authoritarian Russian president from his corporate perch atop Trump Tower, (See PUTIN on page six)

Yay, Olympics, but also ewwww!

Beaches, beauty, sewage and Zika I can list on the fingers of one Ramsay Bolton-mangled hand all the good things that have happened in 2016, and most of them involve musicals about Founding Fathers winning meaningless awards.

The election is going so badly that I have had to buy a whole thesaurus full of synonyms for “garbage fire.”

Both Prince and David Bowie took one look at this year and decided it was time to head back to the astral plane, leaving us to struggle alone.

Compared with 2016, even 2015 has begun to look appealing, even though I can still vividly remember all the reasons I broke up with it and they are largely still valid.

But, now we will have the Olympics.

Katie Ledecky, who is human sunshine but swims like the Leviathan, will be there. Michael Phelps will still be there, amazingly. The tear-jerking commercials have already started. I watched with excitement as we assembled the gymnastics team. Finally, I thought, we can have a nice, inspiring thing.

Except it is 2016. “Brazil’s Olympic Catastrophe,” read a headline in the New York Times for a piece that noted that the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro

behind the headlines by Alexandra Petri In case a mosquito-borne virus was not enough, there are also plenty of water-borne viruses (Gotta catch ’em all!) because the bay and lagoon of Rio are still full of unprocessed sewage. The water near shore is, the Associated Press observes, “rife with pathogens.”

had declared a “state of public calamity” in June, warning of “a total collapse in public security, health, education, mobility and environmental management.” Rio built a bike trail. It collapsed and killed someone.

The Olympics are still run by the International Olympic Committee. The best that can be said about the IOC is that it is not FIFA. (Similarly, the best that can be said about FIFA is that it is not the IOC.) And in FIFA’s defense, one FIFA official rented an entire apartment, in Trump Tower, just for his cats, which, from a certain point of view, is the peak of human achievement.

What has the IOC ever done, besides demand fees and mishandle doping scandals?

The housing for Olympians is sufficiently dubious that the Australian delegation complained that the sewage sys-

tem wasn’t quite working and refused to move in until this was fixed.

The Zika virus is still widespread.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t think it’s worth canceling the Olympics over it, but not because it thinks athletes won’t come down with it. It’s just that they don’t think that a few athletes and spectators returning home with it will be enough to create a global pandemic.

In case a mosquito-borne virus was not enough, there are also plenty of water-borne viruses (Gotta catch ’em all!) because the bay and lagoon of Rio are still full of unprocessed sewage. The water near shore is, the Associated Press observes, “rife with pathogens.”

We have reached the point, 2016, where rower Megan Kalmoe wrote a cheerful essay complaining “My request to everyone who is fixated on (poop) in the water: stop. Stop trying to ruin the Olympics for us.”

She continues, “I can’t be sure when the first headlines about the water quality in Rio appeared and the conversation really started. But, ever since then, it seems like it’s all people want to talk about. And I can’t really understand why.

At this point, it is known that there are issues with the water quality.

(See OLYMPICS on page six)

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Why we need to tax Wall Street trades One of Bernie Sanders’s most important proposals didn’t receive enough attention and should become a law even without a president Sanders. Hillary Clinton should adopt it for her campaign.

It’s a tax on financial transactions.

Putting a small tax on financial transactions would: 1) Reduce incentives for high speed trading,

insider deal making and short term financial betting. Buying and selling stocks and bonds in order to beat others who are buying stocks and bonds is a giant zero sum game.

It wastes countless resources, uses up the talents of some of the nation’s best and brightest and subjects financial markets to unnecessary risk.

2) Generate lots of revenue. Even a 1/10 of one percent transaction tax would raise $185 billion

Trump

Delusion

by Robert Reich

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Newt Gingrich came aboard to provide intellectual ballast.

Although tepid, the endorsements by Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were further milestones in the normalization of Trump.

But this may all now be jeopardized by the Gold Star gaffe. (Remember: A gaffe in Washington is when a politician inadvertently reveals the truth, especially about himself.)

It has put a severe strain on the patched-over relationship between the candidate and both Republican leadership and Republican regulars.

Trump’s greatest success - normalizing the abnormal - is beginning to dissipate. When a Pulitzer Prize-winning liberal columnist (Eugene Robinson) and a major conservative foreign policy thinker and former speechwriter for George Shultz under Ronald Reagan (Robert Kagan) simultaneously question Trump’s psychological stability, indeed sanity, there’s something going on (as Trump would say).

The dynamic of this election is obvious. As in 1980, the status quo candidate for a failed administration is running against an outsider. The stay-the-course candidate plays his/her only available card - charging that the outsider is dangerously out of the mainstream and temperamentally unfit to command the nation.

In 1980, Reagan had to do just one thing: pass the threshold test for acceptability. He won that election because he did, especially in the debate with Jimmy Carter in which Reagan showed himself to be genial, self-assured and, above all, nonthreatening. You may not like all his policies, but you could safely entrust the nation to him.

Trump badly needs to pass that threshold. If character is destiny, he won’t.

We’re the ones who blocked the sun from shining over Kansas with news about funding cuts to our highway program, cuts in Medicaid reimbursement to health care providers and story after story about those pesky tax revenues that never seem to meet projections.

Sorry, but we’ve misplaced our rose-colored glasses. More than two years of budget deficits and budget cuts that are chipping away at our core values of decency and morality have a way of doing that.

Even a 1/10 of one percent transaction tax would raise $185 billion over 10 years according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. It could thereby finance public investments that enlarge the economic pie rather than merely rearranging its slices.

over 10 years according to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center. It could thereby finance public investments that enlarge the economic pie rather than merely rearranging its slices.

Investments like better schools and access to college.

3) It’s fair. After all,

Americans pay sales taxes on all sorts of goods and services, yet Wall Street traders pay no sales tax on the stocks and bonds they buy, which helps explain why the financial industry generates about 30% of America’s corporate profits, but pays only about 18% of corporate taxes.

Wall Street’s objections

are baloney.

Wall Street says even a small transaction tax on financial transactions would drive trading overseas since financial trades can easily be done elsewhere.

Baloney. The U.K. has had attacks on stock trades for decades, yet remains one of the world’s financial powerhouses.

Incidentally, that tax raises about three billion pounds yearly. That’s the equivalent of $30 billion in an economy the size of

the United States, which is a big help for Britain’s budget.

At least 28 other countries also have such a tax and the European Union is well on the way to implementing one.

Wall Street also claims that the tax would burden small investors such as retirees, business owners and average savers.

Wrong again.

The tax wouldn’t be a burden if it reduces the volume and frequency

state more than $1.2 billion and it led to the closing of a hospital in Independence. Likewise, it has impacted revenue for nearly every hospital in the state.

For good measure, add in their responsibility for budget cuts affecting early-childhood programs, in-home services for senior citizens, Medicaid reimbursement for our nursing homes and TANF assistance for our poorest families.

This wasn’t an election just about school funding. Ask any Republican moderate who won in the

primary over an ultraconservative opponent and they’ll tell you that voters are upset with fiscal policies that are gutting programs important to us and creating a huge mess that will take years to clean up.

Brownback, Hawley and Company can continue chasing butterflies, but Kansas voters can see the wreckage. We know who was driving.

Now it’s up to us to finish the job at the polls in November and restore sanity to state government in Kansas.

(See TRADES on page 7)

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As if to confirm that he’s off his medications, Brownback then offers that it wasn’t his policies that were rejected by voters. The voters were simply reacting to a steady stream of misinformation about school funding.

Again, it’s the media’s fault for not telling the truth about education funding. You know . . .

Brownback’s truth.

Brownback would have you ignore the fact that it’s getting more difficult to hire teachers for our classrooms, especially in Western Kansas. And, inadequate state funding is

making it increasingly difficult to offer competitive salaries to young teachers and to keep experienced staff members.

That’s the unavoidable truth. And that’s just with respect to education.

Brownback and Company are also responsible for a state highway program that’s underfunded because money is needed to fill budget deficits.

They are responsible for state hospitals which are understaffed and underfunded. Refusal to budge in their opposition to Obamacare has cost the

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

Trump economic plan: inherit millions Putin

by Andy Borowitz

DETROIT (The Borowitz Report) - At a speech in Detroit on Monday, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump spelled out the details of his economic plan, which calls for every American to inherit millions of dollars from his or her father.

“There are people at my rallies, desperate people, desperate because they want jobs,” he told his luncheon audience at the Detroit Economic Club. “Once

Olympics It is known that athletes are going to be at risk for illness. It is known that we are going to have to be smart, hygienic and take precautions. Great. Let’s move on. What purpose does it serve to dwell on this?”

That’s certainly one attitude to take. Can we move past the fact that we will be rowing through

Deceit

Those virtues are often grossly overstated. While it’s laudable that Exxon puts millions into fighting malaria, for instance, the money is fractionsof-pennies on the dolCharles Krauthammer is a lar when it comes to the columnist for the Washington Post and a contributor to amount they’re spending on searching for more fosFox News

they inherit millions from their father, they will never want a job again.”

Using an anecdote to show how his economic plan would work, Trump explained, “A man with zero dollars who inherited $40 million from his father would become $40 million wealthier.”

“We are going to make America rich again,” he said.

Tearing into “the failed economic policies of the Obama Administration,” he argued that

children in China are inheriting money from their fathers at a much higher rate than American children are.

“We don’t win at anything anymore,” he said. “We don’t win at inheriting.”

Trump’s plan for wealth creation drew strong praise from his team of economic advisers, including Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany, Barron, and Donald Trump, Jr. Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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feces and focus on the positive, like the fact that the risk of Zika is probably not high enough to create a global pandemic?

Please, enough about how we are sending the world’s finest athletes to struggle through mountains of excrement while fighting off disease-bearing mosquitoes and to stay in the structures, which, if com-

pleted, may also be full of sewage.

Enough with the sewage! Just because we’re surrounded by it doesn’t mean we have to talk about it and think about it all the time! You are not your surroundings.

We may be in a mound of dung, but we athletes are perfectly intact, golden kernels of corn.

Kalmoe promised, “I will row through (crap) for you, America. And I will do it gladly, and proudly.”

That sounds about right for 2016. Just add it to the synonyms for “garbage fire.”

Alexandra Petri writes the ComPost blog and the author of “A Field Guide to Awkward Silences”

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sil fuels.

And in the long run, it’s those fossil fuels that may have the larger impact on the disease: numerous studies have shown that unchecked climate change will expand the range of mosquito-borne diseases and other health disasters.

Exxon deserves some credit for its good deeds, but those few acts of altruism don’t outweigh the company’s crimes. We don’t give a bank robber a Get Out of Jail Free card for planting a couple of daisies on his way back from the heist.

We’re not going to let Exxon off the hook for producing a few nice advertisements while they continue to try and rob us of a safe climate future.

Jamie Henn is the director of communications and strategy for the international climate campaign 350.org.

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concluding admiringly that Putin is “a lot stronger than our leader.”

Sure, if by stronger he means violently suppressing any opposition, stealing billions of dollars from the public for himself and his chosen oligarchs, or invading neighboring Ukraine.

P i c k y - p i c k y - p i c k y, says Donnie, who’s so enamored with Putin he publicly pleaded with the foreign strongman to hack into Hillary Clinton’s computers in order to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.

“Russia,” Trump called out during a July press conference, “if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.”

No need for Putin to outmaneuver the United States when clueless Donald would willingly surrender our people’s democratic sovereignty to him.

Amazingly, while top Republican officials say they’re horrified by Trump’s twisted and traitorous invitation to Putin, they still say he should be president, shrugging it off as Donald being Donald.

Imagine their scathing derision if the Democrats had invited Putin to intervene.

It’s time for people to stop writing off Trump’s dangerous shallowness as “entertaining.” After all, “Bumbling Bumpkin for President” wouldn’t even make a good TV show.

Jim Hightower is a national commentator and author

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I say “think” with my tongue in cheek) believe by ending the double payment, USPS would be getting a bailout. But it isn’t a bailout. This is stopping your postage money from being unfairly collected and relieving a financial burden USPS did not deserve if Medicare was used as intended.

Saving this money may not mean much to you at a few pennies a pop, but to businesses, it is big money that could be used to create jobs instead of lining the federal treasury. Did you know that the mail is responsible for 7.5 million jobs and $1.2 trillion in the U.S. economy?

Mail is important. But it has to be reliable and on time. Unless this legislation gets through, mail will get slower and eventually, we won’t be able to take it for granted.

If you get a chance this summer, e-mail your members of Congress a note asking them to pass these bills.

Or better yet, send a letter by mail. Bet Congress takes that mail for granted every day, too.

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of trading, which is the whole point. In fact, the tax is highly progressive. The Tax Policy Center estimates that 75% of it would be paid by the richest 5th of taxpayers and 40% by the top 1%.

So, why aren’t politicians of all stripes supporting it? Because the financial transactions tax directly threatens a major source of Wall Street’s revenue.

And if you hadn’t noticed, the Street uses a portion of its vast revenues to gain political clout. Which may be one of the best reasons for enacting it.

Robert Reich is a former secretary of labor, is currently a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and is an author

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Budget Equalization Funding It also helped that the school district received $423,000 as a result of the Supreme Court forcing the legislature to address the issue of funding equalization.

“It’s our understanding that equalization money could increase to about $430,000 next year, but everything hinges on what the legislature does with the finance formula between now and then,” Rumford says.

The district’s general fund budget also includes $150,000 that it may not receive. That represents extraordinary needs money which was recently allocated by the Kansas State Board of Education.

A year ago the district received $144,000 in extraordinary needs money.

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Authority.

“Even though we’ve included this in our budget, there is no guarantee we’ll receive the full amount or any part of it,” Rumford says.

Funding Still Tight While the district has made progress over the last couple of years in terms of rebuilding cash reserves and adding staff, Rumford says there’s very little “wiggle room” in the budget.

“We’ve been able to address a few of our most pressing needs,” he emphasizes. “We added a counselor for the grade school and middle school which we’ve needed. And we’ve added two teachers at the grade school because of larger classes.”

In addition, the district spent money on curriculum upgrades last year while “holding steady” on cash balances.

However, Rumford and the board are concerned that they are continuing to lag behind in staff sala-

ries.

“Our teacher and classified salaries aren’t where they need to be. We’re making small gains, but we’re still behind,” says Rumford.

He also points out that while the $600,000 which the district has in capital outlay carryover “sounds like a lot, it doesn’t compare with some area districts who have three or four times that much in reserve for an emergency or for a major project.”

In fact, the district will collect about $680,000 in tax dollars through its capital outlay levy, but it has budgeted expenditures of about $850,000, which will draw down the available reserves.

“We have to be cautious with our capital outlay spending, but there are also things that we need to address in the district.

We are somewhat limited in what we can do longrange with our capital outlay planning, but we aren’t going to sit still either,” adds Rumford.

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“The person who hit our dog didn’t even slow down,” says Jack, whose Chihuahua was killed.

“We’ve talked to other people and even city police officers and they support the idea,” says Ivey.

The couple is hoping the city council will take action on the petition.

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SC district approved for $150,000 in added funds

The new superintendent of schools at Dighton is Dr. Kelly Arnberger.

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Dighton superintendent enjoys taking up fight for rural schools One doesn’t have to engage in conversation very long with Dr. Kelly Arnberger before two things are apparent.

He’s passionate about education and he’s equally passionate about the future of Western Kansas.

He has the opportunity to pursue both goals as the new superintendent for the Dighton school district.

“I see rural schools as the underdog in the state,” says Arnberger. “I like taking up the fight for public education.”

Arnberger became interested in the Dighton position after being contacted this spring by his friend, Randy Freeman, who was retiring as the Dighton superintendent because of health reasons. Freeman passed away on June 24.

“Randy had nothing but great things to say about Dighton. He said I might want to look into coming here,” says Arnberger.

“When a friend tells you that, you give it serious consideration.”

While all communities will say they support their schools, Arnberger said, “it’s evident here when taxpayers are willing to put themselves on the hook for several million dollars to improve their facilities.

That’s a tangible commitment to your community and your students.”

A native of Abilene, where he graduated from high school in 1986, Arnberger earned his bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University. After six years as a social studies teacher, he became a prin-

BOE unable to avoid levy hike with valuation loss When Dr. Kelly Arnberger began his new duties with the Dighton district on July 1 he was faced with a monumental budget task. He had to formulate a budget that stayed within the confines of the state’s grant program while faced with another sharp decline in oil/gas valuations in Lane County.

Oil and gas values fell 9.7 percent this year which follows a 28.5 percent decline last year.

The new superintendent and board of education have put together a 201617 budget that will increase the overall levy to 16.9 mills - an overall increase of 2.65 mills from last year.

“We made some cuts in order to reduce the mill levy impact,” notes Arnberger.

cipal at Marysville and Beloit before he was hired as superintendent in the Palco district.

“That was my first job as superinten-

The capital outlay levy was cut by three mills and another $30,000 was sliced from the local option budget (LOB), so the district won’t be collecting the maximum allowed under state law.

“Had we fully funded our budget it would have meant a six mill increase.

After a 5.3 mill increase last year, the board didn’t feel it could put that kind of load on the taxpayers again this year,” says Arnberger.

“We felt this was the best way to hold down taxes while we ride out the valuation storm.”

A year ago, the district was able to soften the valuation loss by qualifying for $150,679 in extraordinary needs funding. The district was not awarded additional funding this year.

dent and it came during the recession which was challenging for everyone,” he notes. “The community and the staff were (See DIGHTON on page 11)

The Scott County school district (USD 466) is among 31 districts in Kansas who will share in $7.2 million in extraordinary needs money awarded by the Kansas State Board of Education.

USD 466 has tentatively been told it will receive $150,000 in added funding.

However, district officials have been warned that the money may never materialize.

Education Board member Jim Porter said when he spoke to school districts he cautioned that the decision “could result in nothing.”

That’s because during the special legislative session, the Kansas Legislature approved $13 million for the extraordinary needs fund. But, that funding is dependent on how much the state gets from the sale of the Kansas Bioscience Authority.

If the state gets $38 million for the assets of the authority, then the extraordinary needs fund will receive the full $13 million. Any amount less than that, however, will be deducted from the fund, down to zero if the authority sells for $25 million or less.

If the sale price is between $25 million and less than $38 million, the amounts awarded to the schools will be prorated. A recent article in the Lawrence Journal-World provides some detailed background information on the potential sale of the KBA. The extraordinary needs fund was set up in the block grant school finance law as a way to compensate school districts for unexpected costs because of enrollment spikes, losses in (See USD 466 on page 10)

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Alex Hutchins Todd Richardson

Michael McEachern Volleyball Head: Megan Gentry Assistants: Shelby Kite

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other dramatic drops in revenue.

The State Board approved the funding 7-0 during a conference call meeting. The districts had initially requested $8.4 million, but a board committee had whittled that down to $7.2 million.

Amounts approved for area districts include: Moscow, $192,469; Hugoton, $546,000; Lakin, $269,509; Deerfield, $141,119; Hodgeman County, $14,421; Ness City $50,000; Scott County, $150,000.

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Establish healthy habits to ease transition into new school year Even if your child can’t wait to start school, transitioning from lazy summer days to strict school schedules can be tough.

You can help your family prepare for the school year by easing into new routines and promoting healthy habits at home.

their websites.) If he turns up his nose at the special of the day, plan to pack a healthy lunch he’ll enjoy.

After school: Keep nutritious foods on hand so your child can prepare her own snacks. She may be more likely to eat celery with peanut butter or carrot sticks with low-fat Eating dip. Microwave popcorn, Breakfast: Don’t let nuts, and low-fat cheese your kids skip breakfast in with whole-grain crackers the morning rush. A nutri- are also good options. tious morning meal helps kids concentrate better Sleeping in class and maintain a Earlier wake-up times healthy weight. can be tough on kids Stock your kitchen and parents alike. Ease with plenty of healthy your family’s transition breakfast foods, such as to a “school night” sleep whole-grain breads and schedule by rolling back cereals, yogurt, and fresh bedtimes the week before fruit, or make sure your classes start. children eat a balanced Kids ages 5-12 need 10 breakfast at school. to 11 hours of sleep per Lunch: Look over the night, while older children school menu with your need at least nine hours of child, especially if he’s sleep. a picky eater. (Many Your kids may not be schools post menus on getting enough sleep if

they: •are irritable or restless or have a short attention span.

•have much less energy than they normally do.

•are more impatient, anxious, or defensive than usual.

You can help your children get sufficient sleep by establishing and maintaining a nighttime routine. The National Sleep Foundation recommends: •avoiding serving big dinners close to bedtime.

•setting a regular bedtime and enforcing it.

•creating a calming nighttime routine. Video games and TV shows are too stimulating before bed. Instead, share a favorite story with your child or encourage her to read on her own.

You can help your kids get the most out of school by: •Maintaining open lines of communication with teachers and understanding their expectations.

•Creating a homework station and keeping adequate school supplies on hand.

•Designating times for doing homework, playing outside, and watching TV or playing video games.

•Being available to help with homework.

•Observing your children for signs of frustration or confusion.

You’ll most likely get the teacher’s email address or phone number at the school open house.

Don’t be afraid to use it, and don’t wait until the parent-teacher conference to address issues of conLearning Much of a child’s suc- cern.

Taking steps early can cess in school is tied to the support he gets at home. make a big difference.

Back-to-School Motorists: know school bus safety The Scott County Record

As school starts, it’s a good time to review bus riding safety rules As Kansas students return to school there will be thousands of bright yellow school buses on the road transporting more than 200,000 children.

So, now is a good time to review safety rules for children and motorists.

For motorists: Yellow flashing lights on a school bus indicate the bus is preparing to stop and red flashing lights signify vehicles must come to a complete stop on both sides of the street so children can safely cross to the bus.

In April, 2,163 Kansas

school bus drivers reported in a single day nearly 1,000 instances of motorists illegally passing a school bus. Motorists, students and their parents must remain vigilant, particularly before and after school when children are walking to bus stops or boarding and exiting buses.

There are 480,000 school buses on the road across the United States that provide public transportation for 26 million students every day.

In Kansas, 4,246 school bus drivers transported 227,778 students more than 69 million miles during the 2014-2015 school

Dighton willing to do everything possible to provide what our students needed.”

He saw the same community attitude when he became the superintendent at Bucklin three years later.

“In this part of Kansas you see the pride that communities have in their schools,” says Arnberger, who was with the Bucklin district the past four years.

“It bothers me when I hear legislators and others back east talk about consolidation of schools in Western Kansas as if that will solve their budget problems. We are already the most efficient schools and we already demand a lot of our people.”

Arnberger emphasizes the district will weather the combined challenge of state aid frozen for a third consecutive year along with another year of declining oil/gas valuations.

“In Dighton, our facilities are top-drawer and we have great people on

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staff. We have the pieces in place to provide the quality education that this community expects.”

Engaging in the Fight Arnberger, 48, has never been one to shy away from taking that message to lawmakers in Topeka. In fact, when possible, he likes to actively involve high school students in the process.

“It’s one thing for a legislator to hear me or a board member talk about what funding cuts are doing to our school, but it makes a different impact when it comes from a high school student,” he says.

Arnberger says that having students engage with lawmakers also gives them a greater understanding of the process which makes them better citizens. The superintendent plans to prepare some DHS students for a similar trip to Topeka when the legislature returns to session in January.

year, said Keith Dreiling, state director of the School Bus Safety Unit.

Parents also are encouraged to talk with their children about school bus safety. Here are some tips for riding the bus: Stay alert. Don’t listen to music, text or play games on a mobile device while walking to the stop.

Follow traffic signals and laws. Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks.

Never run into the street or cross between parked cars.

Leave early. Be at the bus stop at least five minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive.

Stand back. When the bus approaches, stand at least five big steps away from the curb, and line up away from the street.

Stand still. Wait until the bus completely stops, the door opens and the driver says it is okay before entering the bus.

Do the same for exiting the bus. Be careful that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with straps don’t get caught in handrails or doors.

Never walk behind the bus. Children should walk where the driver can see the child and the child can see the driver. Walk at least 10 big steps in front of the bus.

Arrive in

Style

Get your ride squeaky clean and shiny before school starts

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Time to

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Tips for becoming a knowledgable home renter

by Nathaniel Sillin

10 Tips for Becoming a Knowledgeable Renter

By Nathaniel Sillin On the hunt for a new apartment? A move can be an exciting opportunity to explore a new area or meet new people.

However, competitive rental markets can make it difficult to find a desirable

place on a budget.

Keep these tips in mind to manage the process like a pro. They’ll help you stand out from the crowd, get a good deal, enjoy the neighborhood and manage your rights and responsibilities as a renter.

1) Talk to Other Tenants Speak with current or past renters to get a sense for the building and land-

Scott City Council Agenda Monday, August 15 • 7:30 p.m.

City Hall • 221 W. 5th

lord. Ask about the neighborhood, noise, timeliness with repairs and any other pressing questions.

Consider looking for online reviews of the landlord as well, and research the neighborhood.

2) Upgrade Your Application Go beyond the basic application requirements and include pictures, references, credit reports and

a short bio about yourself and whoever else may be moving in. Try to catch the landlord’s eye and show that you’ll take care of the property.

You can order a free credit report from each bureau (Equifax, TransUnion and Experian) once every 12 months at AnnualCreditReport.com.

3) Understand Your Lease

USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., August 15 • 7:00 p.m.

Administration Building • 704 College Budget Hearing

•Call to Order •Approve minutes of August 1 regular meeting

•Budget presentation

•Open 2017 budget hearing

•Questions, responses and comments

•Approve Ordinance No. 1173 (Standard Traffic Ordinance)

•Adjourn budget hearing Regular Meeting

•Approve Ordinance No. 1174 (Uniform Public Offense Code)

•Comments from public

•Approval of FAA Airport Improvement Progam grant offer to construct T-hangar (Phase 1 engineering services)

•Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) Board representative reports 2) Administrative reports 3) Additional

•Scott County Development Committee update

•Financials

•Request from municipal court clerk to attend Kansas Association for Court Management fall conference in Manhattan

•Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes 2) Surplus items

•Open agenda: audience is invited to voice ideas or concerns. A time limit may be requested

•Consider items pulled from consent agenda

Pool Department 1) Swim lesson plans 2) Monthly update Police Department 1) Misc. business Parks Department 1) Misc. business

•Resignations/Hires

•Executive session 1) Consult with attorney on matter protected by attorney-client privilege

Public Works Department 1) Discuss cold planer

•Executive session 2) Negotiations

Clerk’s Department 1) Reschedule first meeting in September to Tues., Sept. 6, due to Labor Day

•Additions, if any •Adjournment

(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., Aug. 4, 2016; last published Thurs., August 18, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS in the matter of the Estate of Donald D. Schleman a/k/a Don Schleman, Deceased Case No. 2016-PR-17 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS You are hereby notified that on the 29th day of July, 2016, a Petition was filed in this Court by Linda L. Schleman an heir of Donald D. Schleman a/k/a Don Schleman, deceased praying: That descent be determined of the following described real property owned by the decedent: A strip 7 feet wide and extending from front to back along the south side of Lot Nine (9) in Block Ten (10) in McLain, Swan and Sangster’s Addition to the City of Scott City, Kansas; and,

(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Aug. 11, 2016)1t

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

The governing body of VALLEY TOWNSHIP, SCOTT COUNTY, will meet on August 24, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at the Shallow Water Community Center for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of ad valorem tax to be levied.

Detailed budget information is available at the Scott County Clerk’s office and will be available at this hearing.

BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed Budget 2017 Expenditures and Amount of 2016 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2017 budget. Estimated Tax Rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation.

(First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., August 11, 2016; last published Thurs., August 25, 2016)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the matter of the Estate of Donald Dornon, aka Donald D. Dornon, aka Donald Dean Dornon, deceased Case No. 2016-PR-16 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on the 18th day of July, 2016, a Petition for Issuance of Letters of Administration was filed in this Court by Mary Doe, an heir of Donald Dornon, aka Donald D. Dornon, aka Donald Dean Dornon, deceased.

2015

Fund

Public Notice All creditors of the decendent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Arron Scott Dornon Petitioner JAKE W. BROOKS ATTORNEY AT LAW P.O. BOX 664 101 E. 6th SCOTT CITY, KS. 67871 620-872-7204

Lot Twelve (12) in Block Ten (10) in McLain, Swan and Sangster’s Addition to Scott City, Kansas and all other real and personal property and any Kansas real estate owned by decedent at time of his death.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 25th day of August, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgement and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Linda L. Schleman Petitioner WALLACE, BRANTLEY AND SHIRLEY 325 Main Street P.O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 Attorneys for Petitioners

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•Financial and investment reports •Mayor’s comments

(See RENTER on page 13)

Public Notice

New business 1) Approve 2016-17 budget •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel

and explain the lease.

4) Negotiate the Terms You can’t always negotiate lower rent (it’s worth trying), but there may be flexibility when it comes to the security deposit, parking spaces, administrative fees or the lease’s length.

5) Learn Your Rights Protect yourself by

The lease may list the rent amount, terms of the security deposit, guest policies and other crucial details. Read it carefully and ask questions if you don’t understand something.

State laws regarding rent control or other regulations can impact your situation as well. If you can afford one, you could hire a lawyer to review

2016

Proposed Budget 2017

Amount of Prior Year Actual Current Year Actual Budget Est. of Actual Tax Rate* Tax Rate* Authority for 2016 Ad Expenditures Expenditures Expenditures Valorem Tax

Actual Tax Rate*

General

26,864 1.000 43,270 0.500 27,060

4,611

0.500

Totals

26,864 1.000 43,270 0.500 27,060

4,611

0.500

0

0

0

Net Expenditures

26,864

43,270

27,060

Total Tax Levied

9,933

4,642

Less Transfers

Assessed Valuation 9,925,723

Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness

9,298,150

9,218,094

2014

2015

2016

0

0

0

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

TOTAL

*Tax rates are expressed in mills.

Gary G. Schmidt Township Officer

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., August 4, 2016; last published Thurs., August 11, 2016)2t CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 10 A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-103 AND/ OR K.S.A. 14-201 AND/OR K.S.A. 14-204, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE, TRANSITIONS TO NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT; AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 4.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS: Section 1. The City of Scott City, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 14-103 and/or K.S.A. 14-201 and/or K.S.A. 14-204, that apply to this city, but are parts of enactments which do not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. (a) The governing body shall consist of a mayor and (8) council members to be elected to terms as set forth herein. The mayor and council members shall be residents and qualified electors of the City of Scott City, Kansas. (b) The governing body of the city may, by ordinance, divide the city into wards and precincts, established the boundaries thereof, and number the same. No ordinance redefining wards and precincts shall become effective less than 30 days prior to the next regular city election.

Section 3. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, shall expire on the second Monday in January 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office.

Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

Section 4. A general election of city officers take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired.

One council member from each ward shall be elected at one election, and the other council member from that ward shall be elected at the succeeding election. The council members shall have four year terms. The Mayor shall have a two year term.

Section 5. The mayor shall appoint, by and with the consent of the council, a municipal judge of the municipal court, a chief of police, city clerk, city attorney, and any other officers deemed necessary. Any officers appointed and confirmed shall hold an initial term of office of not to exceed one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

Any officers who are reappointed shall hold their offices for a term of one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified.

The council shall by ordinance specify the duties and compensation of the office holders, and by ordinance may abolish any office created by the council whenever deemed expedient.

Section 6. All elections for the City of Scott City, Kansas shall be nonpartisan.

Section 7. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper.

Section 8. This Charter Ordinance shall take effect 61 days after the final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed, requiring a referendum to be held on the ordinance as provided by Article 12, Section 5, Subsection (c) (3) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, in which case this charter Ordinance shall become effective upon approval by the majority of the electors voting thereon.

Passed by the Governing Body, not less than twothirds of the members elect voting in favor thereof, this 1st day of August, 2016.

Dan Goodman, Mayor ATTEST: Brenda Davis MMC City Clerk (SEAL)

Public Notice (First published in The Scott 10:00 a.m. CST of said day, County Record, Thurs., Au- the following described real gust 4, 2016; last published property located in Scott Thurs., August 18, 2016)3t County, Kansas, to wit: IN THE DISTRICT COURT Lot Six (6) and the North OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS Five Feet (N5’) of Lot SIMMONS BANK Seven (7) in Block FortyPlaintiff, seven (47) in the Original vs.

Town of Scott City, Scott County, Kansas.

SCOTT LANE, et al.

Defendants to satisfy the judgment in the Case No. 2016-CV-07 above-entitled case. Said Title to Real Estate Involved real property is levied upon (Proceedings Pursuant to as the property of defendant Jena M. Johnson, f/n/a Jena K.S.A. Chapter 60) NOTICE OF M. Lane, and will be sold SHERIFF’S SALE without appraisement, and Notice is hereby given further subject to the apthat under and by virtue of proval of the Court. an Order of Sale issued by Glenn Anderson, the District Court of Scott Sheriff of Scott County, Ks. County, Kansas, in the Attest: above action wherein the Clerk of the District Court parties above-named were KENNEDY BERKLEY respectively plaintiff and de- YARNEVICH & WILLIAMSON, fendants, to me the under- CHARTERED signed Sheriff of Scott Coun- James R. Angell ty, Kansas, I will offer for sale John F. Thompson, II. at public auction, and sell to 119 W. Iron, 7th Floor the highest bidder for cash P.O. Box 2567 in hand on the front steps Salina, Kansas 67402-2567 of the Scott County Court- (785) 825-4674 [Phone] house, 303 Court Street, (785) 825-5936 [Fax] Scott City, Kansas 67871 on Jangell@kenberk.com Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Attorneys for Plaintiff

Renter learning about your rights as a renter. They can vary by state, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has a directory with links to tenants’ rights websites for each state.

6) Do a Walkthrough Walk through the apartment with the landlord, look for damages and document anything you find. You’ll thank yourself later when you move out and ask for your full security deposit back.

7) Consider Renters Insurance Renters insurance costs about $15 to $30 a month for a policy that covers $50,000 worth of losses.

It reimburses you if your belongings are stolen, damaged or destroyed by a covered cause, such as a fire.

The insurance also helps pay for legal fees if, for instance, someone sues after getting injured at your home.

8) Make Your Own Repairs Prior to signing the lease, ask if you can take on some of the mainte-

LaPolice to be on November ballot

Alan LaPolice of Clyde has collected far beyond the requisite 5,000 signatures necessary to be placed on the November ballot for the First Congressional District election.

He is running as an independent candidate.

LaPolice ran in the 2014 Republican primary garnering well over 45% of the vote, nearly defeating incumbent Congressman Tim Huelskamp.

Candidates can forgo the primary election and run Independent from party if they are able to gather 5,000 valid signatures from voters in their districts. While this poses many challenges, LaPolice says he had little trouble convincing voters of the need for another option in November.

“The biggest hurdle we faced wasn’t getting people to support my Independent bid, but rather it was the sheer number of people who simply hate politics so much that they don’t want to participate at any level,” he says.

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Scott Co. LEC Report

Scott City Police Department Aug. 2: Susan Truax, 40, was arrested on an out-ofnance responsibilities in state warrant. exchange for reduced Aug. 4: Tony Binns reported the theft of property/ rent. You could offer to services. handle and pay for basic upkeep, such as replacing lights or smoke detectors, and making minor repairs.

9) Pay Attention to Bills Evaluate which bills you’ll pay in addition to the rent, such as gas, heat, water, electricity, trash, Wi-Fi or parking. A more (Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Aug. 11, 2016)1t expensive apartment that includes these can save NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING you money overall.

The governing body of LAKE TOWNSHIP, SCOTT 10) Talk to Your COUNTY, will meet on August 24, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at the Shallow Water Community Center for the purpose of Landlord hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating Hiding financial trou- to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of ad ble helps no one. Talk to valorem tax to be levied.

Detailed budget information is available at the your landlord and ask for Scott County Clerk’s office and an extension if you can’t will be available at this hearing. make rent. Good tenants can be hard to come by, BUDGET SUMMARY and your landlord will Proposed Budget 2017 Expenditures and Amount of likely prefer open com- 2016 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2017 budget. Estimated Tax Rate is subject to change munication and a late depending on the final assessed valuation. check to being left in the 2015 2016 Proposed Budget 2017 dark.

Amount of Actual Prior Year Actual Current Year Actual Budget Bottom line: Being Est. of Actual Tax Rate* Tax Rate* Authority for 2016 Ad Tax Expenditures Fund Expenditures Expenditures Valorem Rate* an informed renter is Tax especially important in a General 12,919 1.000 25,790 0.500 16,792 3,259 0.500 competitive rental marTotals ket. Take simple steps to 12,919 1.000 25,790 0.500 16,792 3,259 0.500 Less Transfers 0 0 0 improve your rental and Net Expenditures 12,919 25,790 16,792 money management skills Total Tax Levied 3,021 3,019 and you’ll benefit for 6,059,518 6,518,526 Assessed Valuation 6,059,128 years to come.

Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness

2014

2015

2016

0

0

0

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

TOTAL

*Tax rates are expressed in mills.

Mildred Dearden Township Officer

Pastime at Park Lane The Assembly of God led Sunday afternoon services.

Several residents participated in the reminiscing program on Monday morning.

Pitch and dominoes were played on Monday afternoon.

A few residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

Pastor Kyle Evans led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Elsie Nagel and Doris Riner led the hymns.

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

Residents played bingo

on Wednesday afternoon and pitch on Wednesday evening.

Ladies were given manicures on Thursday morning.

Trivia games were held on Thursday evening.

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

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Jon and Anne Crane, Mark Fouquet and Lil Francisco.

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

Delores Brooks was visited by Martin and Bobby Gasman, Doyal and Joyce Brooks, Leo and Kathy Blank; Tina, Rayan and Sage Wolak; Cheryl Perry, Charles Brooks and Ruth White.

Corrine Dean was visited by Mandy Kropp, Caleb Powers, Dianna Howard, Wyatt Kropp, Lila Burnett and Josephine Jones.

Arlene Beaton was visited by Margie Stevens, Donna Eitel, Lila Burnett and Jo Jones.

LaVera King was visited by Kylan Stroud, Gloria Gough, Shellie Carter and Carol Latham.

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Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton, Thurman and Delinda Dunagan, and Linda Dunagan.

Louise Crist was visited by Patsi Graham, Jerry and Carol Davey, Alan Graham, Bill and Sue Riner, Doris Riner, Jean Burgess and Randy Ryan.

Cloide Boyd was visited by Karla Glunz, Sharon Strecker and Kathy Harms.

Loretta Gorman was visited by Charlene Becht; Sharon Busby, Hooker, Okla.; Chuck and Barb Brobst, and Orville and Marcine Gorman.

Deaths

Lucille Switzer Lucille Switzer, 71, died Aug. 5, 2016, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City.

She was born July 14, 1945, in Shawnee, Okla., the daughter of Ivan Ashbury and Thelma Inez (Pritt) Morris.

A resident of Scott City since 1965, moving from Shawnee, she was a secretary and a postal clerk.

She was a member of the Community Christian Church, Scott City.

On Sept. 12, 1964, she married Garry Lee Switzer in Pacific Grove, Calif. He died Feb. 12, 2000.

Survivors include: two sons, Rondo Switzer, Dodge City, and Barry Switzer, Scott City; two brothers, Leon Morris, and wife, Sandra, Shawnee, Okla. and Lowell Morris, and wife, Sharon,

Doris Riner was visited

by Ron and Sue Riner and Bill and Sue Riner.

Doris enjoyed lunch with Mary Lou, Karen, Jane and Alma on Sunday.

Lowell Rudolph was visited by Kathleen Moore, LuAnn Buehler, Tom and Kathy Moore, Rev. Don Martin and Chuck Kirk.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright, Larry and Philene Pickett, Josephine Jones and Lila Burnett.

Jeanie Rowton was visited by Becky Rowton, Phil and Susan Escareno, Chuck Rowton, Lila Burnett, and Jo Jones.

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Sharon Strecker and Brooke Means.

Visitors of Boots Haxton were Debra Carlson, Melissa Jasnoch and Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Lorena Turley was visited by Tracy Hess, Jacque Griffey, Neta Wheeler, Karen Harms and Mary Lou Oeser.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Janet Ottaway from Hays, Florence Daubert and Warren Prochnow.

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Betty Davis Betty Davis, 89, died Aug. 4, 2016, at her home in Guymon, Okla.

S h e was born April 26, 1 9 2 7 , in Winona, the daughter of George Betty Davis and Vera (Knox) Settle.

Betty graduated from Winona High School. She attended Fort Hays State College and the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, where she earned her teaching degree, which led her back home to teach in Winona.

She was a member of the Letter Carriers Union where she worked her way from clerk to letter carrier and to Postmaster.

She held that position for several Kansas communities until retiring from Scott City with 21 years of service.

Betty married Harvey Swager and they had six children. She later married Clyde Davis they had three children.

Survivors include: four sons, Roderick Swager, and wife, Connie, Ankeny, Ia., Larry Swager,

by Jason Storm

Richard Dean Long and wife, Starla, Guymon, Okla., Harvey Swager, and wife, Donna, Goodland, and David Davis, and wife, Anita, Guymon, Okla.; three sisters, Anita Harrison, and husband, Chuck, Golden, Colo., Betty Jo Wood, Brighton, Colo., and Debbie Castor, and husband, Russ, Guymon, Okla.; one brother, Lester Settle, and wife, Charlotte, Salina; 34 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Mary Margheim; both husbands; a son, Marshal; and a daughter, Toni.

Graveside service was Aug. 8 at Beulah Cemetery, Colby, with Pastor Robert Alexander officiating.

Memorials are suggested to the Prairie Museum of Art and History, Colby, or the Butterfield Trail Historical Society, Russell Springs, both in care of Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home, Box 1112, Guymon, Okla. 73942.

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

Richard Dean Long, 81, died Aug. 5, 2016, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center, Wichita.

He was born July 28, 1935, in Garden City, the son of Howard M. and Ella C. (Butler) Long.

A resident of Scott City since 1942, moving from Garden City, he was the owner and operator of Long’s 96 Repair and Long’s Towing Service.

Survivors include: two sons, Mitchell Long and wife, Debbie, Louisburg, and Wallace Long and wife, Cindy, Ashland; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sons, Ricky Long and Jeffery V. Long.

Graveside service was Aug. 10 at the Scott County Cemetery with Steve Payne officiating.

Interment was at the Scott County Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Richard Long Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington Street, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

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

Marie Lynn Sandborn

Marie Lynn Sandborn, 51, died Aug. 5, 2016, at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City.

She was born Feb. 10, 1965, in Sheridan, Mich., the daughter of Anson Leroy Sandborn and Sharon Marie (Bennett) Jackson.

She was a lifetime resident of Scott City.

Survivors include: her mother, Sharon Jackson, and husband Lee, Scott City; two brothers, Leroy Sandborn, and wife Jennifer, Lake View, Mich., and Scottie Sandborn and wife, Sue, of Florida; three sisters, Tammy Patch, and Oklahoma City, Okla.; husband, Dan, Lansing, and one brother-in-law, Tom Morton, Colorado Springs, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sisters, LaDawn Morton and Lynette Young; and one brotherin-law, Jack Young.

Funeral service was Aug. 11 at the First Christian Church, Scott City, with Steve Payne officiating.

Interment was at the Ness City Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Lucille Switzer Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington Street, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

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

Mich., Kelly Strouse and husband, Frank, Sidney, Mich., and Tonya Gorsuch of Florida; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Memorial service will be announced at a later date.

Memorials are suggested to the Marie Sandborn Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington Street, Scott City, Ks. 67871 Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com.

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Deaths Connie Rene Rusbarsky Connie Rene Rusbarsky, 53, died Aug. 7, 2016, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Mo. S h e was born Sept. 3, 1962, the daughter of H.J. and Lois “ L o u ” Connie Rusbarsky (Landis) Schwanke.

She was a resident of Kansas City, Mo., since July of 1998 and was a mother, teacher, entrepreneur and homemaker.

She was a member of Antioch Bible Baptist Church, Gladstone, Mo. On May 19, 1984, she married Robert Joseph Rusbarsky. He survives.

Other survivors include: four daughters, Kirsten, Kaitlin and Kamryn Rusbarsky, Kansas City, Mo., and Kelsey Rusbarsky, Des Moines,

Ia.; two brothers, Randall Schwanke, and wife, Nancy, Scott City, and Maurice Schwanke, and wife, Julie, Anna, Tex.; and one sister, Lesa Nuzback, and husband, Dennis, Ankeny, Ia. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral service was Aug. 11 at the Antioch Bible Baptist Church, Gladstone, Mo., with pastor Todd Slagle officiating.

Interment was at the East Slopes Cemetery, Riverside, Mo. Memorials are suggested to the Antioch Bible Baptist Church in care of Cashatt Family Funeral Home, 7207 NW Maple Lane, Platte Woods, Mo. 64151.

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

Charles ‘Bob’ Walker Charles “Bob” Walker, 83, died Aug. 4, 2016, at the Kansas Soldier’s Home, Fort Dodge.

H e was born Feb. 23, 1933, at Miamisburg, Ohio, the son of C l i ff o r d Bob Walker Russell and Wilma Alice (McStay) Walker.

Bob graduated from Dighton High School. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany.

After his discharge he farmed and ranched until starting a custom harvesting business in 1963 which he operated until 1980. He then returned to farming and ranching in the Dighton area.

On Dec. 28, 1958,

he married Esther Rohr at WaKeeney. They divorced.

Survivors include: two sons, John Walker, Scott City, and Jerry Walker, Belgrade, Mont.; two sisters, Angie Van Horn, Anthony, and Pat Crow, Cassville, Mo.; and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Bill Walker.

Graveside service was held Aug. 7 at the Scott County Cemetery with Rev. Jon Tuttle officiating.

Memorials are suggested to the Young America’s Foundation-Reagan Ranch in care of Boomhower Funeral Home, Box 891, Dighton, Ks. 67839.

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

Eunice L. Brady Eunice L. Brady, 86, passed away August 9, 2016, in Lindsborg, Ks. She was born August 15, 1929, to Arch Little and Aneita (Keller) in Ellsworth County. She married Dwight Brady in Ellsworth County on May 1, 1949.

Eunice received her teaching degree from Kansas Wesleyan University. She was a homemaker, teacher, Boogaart’s grocery store clerk, and a clerk at various local stores.

She was a member of the Ellsworth First United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and a past member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Ellsworth.

Eunice is survived by her husband, Dwight Brady, Ellsworth; son, Ron Brady (Cindy), Kanopolis; daughter, Rhonda Brady Smith (Barrie), Missoula, Mont.; daughter, Debbie Binns (Mike), Scott City; grandchildren, Dan Davis, Brian Binns, Amber Soukup (Luke), Serena Hernan-

dez (Ricky), and Jennifer Tuttle (Brandon); greatgrandchildren, Gavin Brady, Lynnox Hernandez, Katelyn and Sydney Soukup, and Jackson Tuttle; sister, Lola Brown of New Hampshire; brother, Max Little (Joan), Canon City, Colo.; brother, Sam Little (Kathy) of Beverly; brother, Don Little (Betty), Salina; sister-in-law, Beula Little, Salina; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Sandra Jo; brothers, Lowell and Jack; sister, Beryl Katzenmeier; brothers-in-law, Amos Katzenmeier and Wilmer Brown; and sister-in-law, Carol Little.

Graveside service will be Mon., Aug. 15, 11:00 a.m., at Carneiro Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ellsworth First United Methodist Church or the Carneiro Cemetery Fund, c/o, Parsons Funeral Home, Box 45, Ellsworth, Ks. 67439.

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Answers Sometimes, I think that I have all the answers. Do you? After all, I know what’s best for me. I don’t need to ask anyone about anything because I already know what I want to do.

But, do we really have all the answers? Maybe we should ask God to give us the answers we really need.

Sometimes, I think that I deserve something. Do you? I work hard and I deserve all that stuff. It appears that I deserve more new stuff.

But, do we really want what we deserve? We deserve judgement for our sins. We deserve to spend eternity in Hell. ‘For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.’ Romans 3:23. Instead, we can have forgiveness for our sins. And, we can be certain our eternity will be in Heaven with Jesus. ‘For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.’ Romans 6:23.

Sometimes, I think God doesn’t really hear me and doesn’t even care about me. Do you? When I pray for something and I don’t get it I can get aggravated and blame God for not giving me what I deserve. But, do we really know God hears and cares for us?

We need to realize that Almighty God always hears our prayers and He cares for us so much that Jesus came to earth to die a miserable death on a cross!

Then, He rose from the dead and is alive today with the Father!

Sometimes, I think really selfishly when I ask for things from Almighty God. Do you? Why don’t I get what I want? After all, if I’m a Christian, God should give me everything I want. But, God isn’t really concerned about our comfort. God is concerned about our obedience to Him! Society convinces us we know what’s best for us.

Society says we deserve it all. Society makes it easy for us to blame our parents when they don’t give us what we want. Society says those who work hard should provide a living for those that choose not to work.

People don’t like it when they don’t get what they want. People are quick to blame God because they don’t get what they think they deserve. Do you ever get upset because you don’t have everything you want?

I have come to realize that stuff can get in the way.

Sometimes, stuff keeps me from being effective for Jesus. We have to work to make more money to pay for our stuff. Maybe we should use more of our money to help increase the Kingdom of God. It appears to me that IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS! Only what’s done for Christ will last throughout eternity!

Pastor Larry Taylor Gospel Fellowship Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

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

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

Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

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

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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

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

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

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 Shelby Crawford, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.

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

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

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church

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 Bishop Irvin Yeager • 620-397-2732 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School, 10:50 a.m.

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

YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

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Reimbursement rates limiting dental care for poor Andy Marso Kansas Health Institute

Fewer dental surgeons accepting Medicaid patients

PRAIRIE VILLAGE - John Fasbinder’s dental office was busy on a recent Tuesday.

Three employees helped in the reception area, answering phones and clicking away at computers. Hygienists tended to patients in three dental chairs in the main clinic.

Fasbinder and his associate, Seth Cohen, flitted among those patients and others in private rooms set up for more intensive work.

Most days are like this for Fasbinder. At his

Prairie Village office, he takes patients on Medicaid - no matter how old they are, what part of Kansas they come from or how difficult they are to treat.

That’s rare. In fact, Fasbinder thinks he may be the only oral surgeon left in the state who takes all comers.

“I try hard to get dentists to see Medicaid patients, and a lot of them won’t,” he said.

That’s because Kansas Medicaid, or KanCare, pays about 40 cents on the dollar compared to pri-

Why parents-teens fail to communicate by the American Counseling Association

As a parent you want to be there for your teenager. You try to learn what’s happening in his or her life and try to help with problems or uncertainties he or she may be facing.

But, despite your best efforts, much of the time you are rebuffed. Responses that range from stony silence to outright hostility leave you wondering how you have failed so miserably in connecting with your own child.

The problem may not be your fault, but the simple fact that parent-teen communications are inherently complicated.

One reason is simply that it’s not easy to be a teenager. There’s a variety of biological, psychological and emotional changes that are part of a teen’s normal developmental process. Pile on the pressures of school, extracurricular activities, and maybe a part-time job and it becomes easier to understand why the open communication you enjoyed with your pre-teen has become much more challenging.

Teenagers may often feel their parents just can’t understand all the changes and pressures they are facing. These feelings may be reinforced when parents react negatively to teens seeking to separate more from their parents and be more independent.

While we want our children to grow up and be responsible adults, it can be confusing to deal with as they take their first steps in that direction.

This same process is also hard on the teen’s side. He or she is anxious about sharing feelings of insecurity or uncertainty, about admitting mistakes, since it will just make him or her look weak, immature and not ready for the freedoms so badly desired.

There is no quick fix for any of these communication issues, but it’s important not to give up on the effort. While many of your communication attempts will likely seem inadequate, every now and then you will break through and have a meaningful discussion. As importantly, your attempts to stay connected are active demonstrations of your love and concern.

Look for opportunities to let your teens know you’re trying to understand and sympathize with all they are facing. Offer positive feedback when it’s deserved and let them know your trust and respect is being earned. It takes work to open up communication, but it is worth the effort.

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vate insurance for dental work. And that was before legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback cut the reimbursements another 4 percent this year to help close persistent budget holes.

Fasbinder said that will make it even harder to convince his colleagues to take Medicaid patients.

“To take money away from a system that’s already being compensated so little is not the answer,” he said. “Maybe we do need to be speaking to those representatives.

Whoever’s pulling on

In 2003, reimbursements for Kansas children were among the top 10 in the nation, covering almost 70 percent of what private insurance would pay. By 2013 Kansas had dropped to the middle of the pack, with reimbursements around 47 percent of private pay. The reimbursements for treating adults are even less competitive.

In 2003, reimbursements for Kansas children were among the top 10 in the nation, covering almost 70 percent of what private insurance would pay. By 2013 Kansas had Rates Trending Down dropped to the middle of Medicaid reimburse- the pack, with reimbursement rates for dental care ments around 47 percent have dropped steadily in of private pay. The reimKansas for years. bursements for treating their coattails or trouser legs is speaking stronger than we are. We need to let them know - logically, rationally, the best we can - that this is not working.”

adults are even less competitive.

Kevin Robertson, executive director of the Kansas Dental Association, said most of the state’s oral surgeons will see Medicaid patients up to age 21. Some take older adults who live in their counties and “a few will treat on a case-bycase basis.”

But, he agreed that it is challenging to get any Kansas dentist to treat the thousands of adults covered by Medicaid, including about 7,700 who have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

(See DENTAL on page 17)

Primary election energizes Medicaid expansion advocates Moderate victories could move debate in Kansas Jim McLean Kansas Health Institute

The effort to expand Medicaid in Kansas has been stuck in the political mud for the better part of three years.

Not anymore.

The results of last week’s primary election may have given expansion advocates the traction they need to overcome opposition from Republican

Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative conservatives who thus far have blocked debate on the issue.

A series of victories by moderate Republicans over conservative incumbents and challengers for open seats has fundamentally changed the legislative landscape.

“I’ve been working at KHA for 30 years and I’ve never seen this kind of change in one single election,” said Tom Bell, president and chief executive of the Kansas Hospital Association.

Rep. Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican who chairs the House Health

and Human Services Committee, agreed.

“This was a landslide election,” Hawkins said.

“It was a game changer.”

David Jordan, director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas coalition, said voters sent a message on a host of issues, including expanding eligibility for Medicaid, which in Kansas is a privatized program known as KanCare.

“They clearly sent a message to the governor and to legislators in Topeka that it’s not acceptable to forfeit $1.9 million a day to Washington by not expanding KanCare,” Jordan said, referring to

the amount of federal money the state is forgoing by not expanding the program.

The amount forfeited since January 2014 now totals more than $1.3 billion, according to the hospital association.

New Confidence The number of legislative seats that will be claimed by moderate Republicans or Democrats who favor expansion have advocates optimistic that they can get a bill through both the House and Senate.

“The fact that we’ve got (See PRIMARY on page 17)

Mental health centers report issues with Medicaid payments Megan Hart Kansas Health Institute

The leaders of some Kansas community mental health centers say they are having trouble getting paid for some Medicaid services they believe their clients need.

Brenda Mills, CEO of Family Service and Guidance Center, a Topeka-based community mental health center that serves children, spoke Thursday at a meeting of the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight.

Mills told committee members that some of the three private insur-

ance companies that run KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid program, had raised objections to the center’s psychosocial treatment practices.

Psychosocial treatment uses games and activities that are part of daily living to help children learn to manage feelings like frustration and anger in appropriate ways.

The insurance companies, also known as managed care organizations or MCOs, have authority to look for outliers in prescribing patterns, which is appropriate, Mills said.

But, she said some MCOs flagged a problem when they saw an increase in psychosocial treatment during the summer -

which reflects the fact that children aren’t in school and are available for more intensive therapy.

One MCO told the center to cut the amount of psychosocial therapy this summer to half of what it provided last summer, Mills said. She declined to specify the MCO and said the center didn’t comply because of concerns it wouldn’t be meeting children’s needs.

“Upfront, we were told, ‘Don’t provide as much psychosocial (therapy) this year,’” she said.

Mills said she and other center employees have tried to explain why they provided that level of service and sent the MCOs documentation of the ses-

sions. She hasn’t received much communication on the subject, but she said she hopes the center won’t have to repay the reimbursements it has received.

“We’re always going to err on the side of the kids and to provide what’s needed, and not just 50 percent of what was provided last year,” she said.

Kyle Kessler, executive director of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, said during Thursday’s meeting that some other centers have had problems with reimbursements. In some cases, the MCOs decided not to pay for an (See PAYMENTS on page 17)

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Dental “The lack of an increase in provider rates for 15 years has created a climate where the number of oral surgeons that accept Medicaid is low,” Robertson said via email.

“The upcoming four percent decrease in provider rates will not make that any easier.”

John Fales, a pediatric dentist in Olathe and the president of the dental association, submitted written testimony about the reimbursement cuts

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to federal officials who hosted a Medicaid forum in Salina last month.

Fales said he has provided dental care to children and adults with special needs on Medicaid since 1983 and he has always done so at a loss because the reimbursements didn’t cover expenses. The cuts will increase the losses by thousands of dollars.

“A four percent decrease in reimbursement will likely be the death knell for KanCare’s ability to provide local

Primary this many more people in the Legislature, especially the Senate, who want to have the (expansion) discussion is tremendous progress,” Bell said.

Moderate Republicans won eight Senate primaries against more conservative opponents, ousting six incumbents and winning nominations in two seats held by conservatives who are retiring.

Ground also was gained in the 125-seat House, where expansion supporters won at least 15 contests over candidates who opposed expanding KanCare to cover more than 150,000 low-income adults.

Kansas is one of 19 states that have not expanded eligibility for Medicaid.

The annual income limits in states that have expanded Medicaid are $16,242 for an individual and $33,465 for a family of four. In Kansas, non-disabled adults with

entire hour of psychotherapy, he said.

Setting limits on reimbursements puts centers in the difficult position of not providing services that patients need or not getting paid for them, Kessler said. It also may run afoul of federal law forbidding greater restrictions on mental health care than on medical care, he said.

Marilyn Cook, executive director of ComCare in Wichita, said her center has been providing some

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dependent children are eligible only if their annual incomes are below 28 percent of the poverty level, which for a family of four is $9,216 annually. Pregnant women, children and Kansans who are elderly or disabled are eligible under less restrictive income caps.

Strong Support Many of the moderate Republicans who defeated more conservative candidates in primaries don’t just support expansion, they’re outspoken on the issue.

Responding to a questionnaire sent by Women for Kansas, a bipartisan advocacy group, Patty Markley, the winner of the Republican primary in Johnson County’s 8th House District, said “it is morally reprehensible that we have not done it.”

Jan Kessinger, the GOP nominee in Johnson County’s 20th House District, also pulled no

Payments

access to dental care for sudden spurt of dramatic these patients without an economic growth.

Legislators this year adequate number of dental pushed through a bill to providers,” Fales wrote. give health providers continuing education credits Tight Budgets Kansas legislators have in exchange for charity care, as an incentive for been dealing with tight more uncompensated budgets in the wake of care. large income tax cuts But, Fasbinder said spearheaded in 2012 by he’s already doing as Gov. Sam Brownback and much of that as he can, Republican leaders. for people who don’t even Increases to the have Medicaid.

Medicaid reimbursements “We get a lot of patients aren’t likely without a sent to us that don’t have change in tax policy or a anything,” he said. “From

punches in his response to the questionnaire.

“The refusal of Brownback and the Legislature to accept more than $1 billion of aid is not only fiscally foolish but has taken health care options away from those who are most needy,” Kessinger wrote.

“The short-sighted refusal is an example of cutting off one’s nose to spite the face.”

Anita Judd-Jenkins, who defeated six-term incumbent Kasha Kelly for the Republican nomination in the 80th House District, which covers parts of Arkansas City and Wellington in southcentral Kansas, made a similar case for expansion in her response.

“Kansas citizens pay federal taxes with the expectation of return of our fair share,” she wrote.

“To forfeit our share of our own tax dollars out of protest of the federal program is self-defeating.”

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services that it can’t bill for but help keep clients out of the state hospital.

For example, ComCare can’t bill for times when a client in a crisis stabilization bed is asleep but requires safety monitoring - and sleep may be helpful to the person’s mental condition, she said.

The center also isn’t reimbursed for the time employees spend trying to provide different types of documentation each MCO wants, Cook said.

“It’s simply difficult to

be accountable to three masters and, in the case of the state, maybe a fourth master,” she said.

Not all of the comments on KanCare were negative, however.

Mills said the MCOs have assisted with getting children treatment in another state when they needed a service not available in Kansas, and Cook said they had supported efforts to treat clients’ physical and mental health needs together.

Catholic Charities, from abuse places. The prosecuting attorney’s office has called us about people who have been beat up.

And we try to take care of everybody we can.

“There’s not always funding. But, you know what? It’s just a ‘gotta do’ thing. I would like to get better funding from the state. I would like to see them take better care of the money that they’re taking taxes out for me and everybody else.”

Fasbinder said that if

legislators think all dentists are living large, they’re mistaken. He drives a 2008 Toyota Camry.

That’s his choice, he said. He could be making more money if he shifted his patient mix to serve more patients with private insurance.

But, some of Kansas’ most medically fragile people are on Medicaid, and Fasbinder is worried about them not getting care.

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4-H Club News

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The New Horizons 4-H Club held a meeting on July 11 at the Wm. Carpenter Building.

Alivia Noll led the 4-H Pledge and the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was “Your Favorite Fair Food” and was answered by 18 members.

Our club went on a tour. We went to our members’ houses to see their livestock, projects and listen to what they have been doing to get prepared for the fair.

The meeting was adjourned. We worked on making a banner for the fair while having some delicious ice cream.

Our next meeting will be held on September 5, 7:00 p.m., at the Wm. Carpenter Building.

Madison Shapland, reporter

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Club has tour in advance of fair

Lake Wide Awake plans exchange meeting

The Lake Wide Awake 4-H Club met on Aug. 8 at the Wm. Carpenter Building. Six club members and four community leaders answered roll call to, “What grade will you be in?”

Waylon Ricker led the Flag Salute. There were several announcements for club members and their parents: •State Fair entries are due at the Extension office by Fri., Aug. 12.

•The service project for 4-H Ambassadors is cleaning the kitchen at the Methodist Church.

•Record book training will be Aug. 11 at 7:00 p.m.

•Plans are being made for National 4-H Week in October so stay tuned for more details.

Toni Glenn, a community leader, reported our Club had a great fair and we were represented very well in a wide variety of projects. Our booth earned reserve champion. Thank you to all who helped.

Plans are being made to have an exchange meeting with another club in the county in September. Paige Hoelting gave a project talk on the art projects she entered in the fair and KelsiJo Crouch gave a talk about a home environment project she did for the Extension office. If you visit the office, ask to see the bench KelsiJo refinished in a KSU theme.

Next meeting will be Mon., Sept. 12, 7:00 p.m. at the Wm. Carpenter Building.

Alyssa Storm, reporter

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Griffith is latest in Shrine tradition

the ultimate test

Kale Graham enters a water pit during a spartan race in Austin, Tex., earlier this year.

Spartan Nationals is Graham’s goal As a standout track and crosscountry athlete at Scott Community High School and later at Emporia State University, Kale Graham has always enjoyed being in the heat of competition.

But, following his career at ESU, Graham admits that he’d lost the desire to compete.

“I’d lost that edge,” he says. “I still played rec league basketball and things like that, but it wasn’t the same.”

It took something extreme to re-

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kindle that competitive fire.

That’s when Graham entered the realm of spartan racing.

Like the ancient Spartans who were famous for their rigorous military training regimen, spartan racing also demands the most of its competitors physically and mentally.

The competition involves different levels based on athletic ability and endurance. Distances include a sprint (3.1 to five miles), a beast (8 to 13 miles) and the ultra beast (more than 26 miles).

It’s what the athletes do during that distance which separates spartan racing from ordinary racing.

Depending on the length of the race, they must also deal with 20-30 obstacles that can feature climbing up steep ravines, pulling a weighted sled, carrying a bucket of rocks for a quarter mile, or flipping tractor tires, just to name a few.

“You’re running through ridiculous terrain and then you come to a ravine where you have to use tree roots (See SPARTAN on page 21)

Scott Community High School graduate Cooper Griffith is the latest Beaver to continue the long tradition of top-flight players selected to participate in the Kansas Shrine Bowl.

Griffith was a member of the West squad during this year’s bowl game at Emporia.

Since 1975, SCHS has had 27 athletes and four head coaches selected for the Shrine Bowl.

“It was a great experience, and what makes it even more fun is the quality of the players who are lined up across from you,” says Griffith, who has committed to Fort Hays State University.

“Tom Killilea (St. Thomas Aquinas) is a K-State recruit and he was lined up against me the entire game,” he says.

Griffith played every defensive down for the West squad as an inside linebacker. When the West played a 3-4 defense, he was joined by GWAC rival Ian Rudzik on the inside while Norton’s Gavin Lively, who SCHS saw the last two seasons in the playoffs, played outside linebacker.

“The biggest adjustment for me was the speed of the game, especially since we hadn’t been on the field in an actual game since last November,” Griffith says. “It took me probably a quarter to get adjusted.

“Even though we’re all high school players, it was a lot different from a linebacker position because I had to go against offensive linemen who were better than I’d gone against before.”

After three first quarter touchdowns by the East, including a 33 yard run by Tucker Horak (Rossville), Griffith felt the West defense settled in and played well most of the game.

However, a couple of defensive touchdowns by the East played a big part in their 48-27 win.

Visit With Ambassadors Of course, the football game is only a small part of what the week is all about for the (See GRIFFITH on page 20)

Lake project to attract more fish, happy fishermen Visitors to Lake Scott over the last couple of weekends have noticed a number of sites where red cedars are emerging from the water.

That should be a welcome sight for area fisherman.

It’s all about expanding and improving the fish habitat, explains Dave Spalsbury, fish biologist with the Kansas Department of Parks, Travel and Tourism, who oversees Lake Scott.

The last time Spalsbury and his crew did a similar project at the lake was in 2010. Those sites remain intact and effective for fishermen.

“Over the years, the ice coverage tends to shear off the branches at the surface, so you don’t see what’s there,” noted Spalsbury. “But, they’re still doing the job they were designed to do.”

He felt it was time to add to those existing habitat locations, but with a little different purpose.

“We added trees closer to the shore to make it easier for fishermen along the shoreline to cast to them,” he says. “I’m trying to locate the attractors where the shoreline is steeper and drops off more quickly along with the open water to (See ATTRACTORS on page 20)

Jared Engelbert, an employee with the KDWPT, pushes a red cedar weighted by two concrete anchors into Lake Scott on Tuesday afternoon.

(Record Photo)

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Outdoors in Kansas

by Steve Gilliland

The fate of Gladys remains a mystery I stepped out the front door one morning earlier this spring just in time to see a large, falcon-shaped bird glide low overhead.

It landed in a tree a block away, so I hustled to get my binoculars and our Kansas bird book. The bird sat contentedly, almost posing for me as if making certain I correctly identified it.

It was a Mississippi Kite, and although my bird book doesn’t show or give details to differentiate between males and females, we figured it to be a female in town to nest. We affectionately named her Gladys, for reasons I’ll explain later.

Mississippi Kites are light gray and slightly smaller than a red tail hawk, and are built trim and sleek, much like a falcon. They derive their name from their unique soaring style called “kiting.”

Picture how a child’s kite rides the wind, gliding and sliding sideways back and forth. That’s how Mississippi Kites soar, sliding and almost rocking back and forth from side to side as they float effortlessly on the summer Kansas thermals. They are summer residents here, arriving in mid-April and leaving again in mid-November.

They are slowly expanding their territory northward and are quite comfortable nesting in our Kansas cities and towns. We have asked around and even tried to follow Gladys to find if and where she’s nesting, with no luck. Nesting females are known to become very aggressive when their chicks are about to leave the nest, often divebombing humans and pets that get too close to suit them.

(See GLADYS on page 23)

KDWPT fish biologist Dave Spalsbury (left) and Jared Engelbert drag red cedars to a barge so they can be dropped into the lake as fish attractors.

(Record Photo)

Attractors provide more boat-oriented structures.

“A lot of this work is geared toward improving crappie fishing through the year. It will be good for all species, but it should have a big effect on the crappie, especially in the spring when they are spawning and again in the fall.”

He emphasizes that the structures will be used by all species - bluegill, bass, crappie, saugeye and walleye - “and, unfortunately, the carp will also use it as well.”

Among several new attractor sites established

Griffith players. On one day, everyone traveled to Emporia where they met with “patient ambassadors” who represent the Shriner’s Hospitals.

“These are kids who are the hospital’s big success stories,” noted Griffith.

Players were split into groups and they met with each ambassador and heard their stories.

“It was definitely eyeopening,” Griffith says.

“At each station they had activities that put us in their shoes so we could gain an idea of what it was like dealing with their disabilities. More than anything, you are so impressed with their

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by Spalsbury is a deeper one at the east end of the dam. A new attractor has also been created off the railroad tie pier at the Apache campsite. Other tree pile locations can also be seen dotting the shoreline.

More Fishing Success An added benefit with the location of these attractors will be more diversity for those fishing from the bank.

“This will create better bass, crappie and bluegill habitat closer to the shore,” Spalsbury says.

“I think it will improve

catch rates. It will be more predictable where the fish can be found.”

He says this latest project targeted the main lake area “since there’s already good habitat along the creek.”

How frequently Spalsbury is able to establish new attractors, or improve existing sites, often comes down to time. He has other projects scheduled at Sheridan State Fishing Lake, Cedar Bluff Reservoir and several community lakes, so he probably won’t address structures at Lake Scott for another 3-4 years.

While visiting with fishermen at the lake over the last couple of weeks, Park Manager Greg Mills says about 80 percent of the fishermen like the attractors and the rest don’t.

“That 20 percent feels we’ve just added something more to the lake that will get them hung up,” says Spalsbury.

Impact Isn’t Immediate Spalsbury says fishermen shouldn’t expect to see the full benefit of the new attractors until probably October when temperatures begin to cool.

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attitude and what these kids have learned to overcome.”

When the question was asked of some ambassadors if they wish they could have been born without the disability, Griffith and his teammates were surprised at the responses.

“They said, ‘No, because I wouldn’t have the life I have otherwise.’

They don’t see it as a disability. They learn to compensate and to move on with their lives,” he says.

The entire week, says Griffith, was a memorable experience.

“I saw there’s nothing that can bring people

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week of preparing for the Shrine Bowl, I’m anxious to get started with my career at Fort Hays.”

“Once it starts cooling down the fish will move to shallower water. And once the structures have been in the water awhile the fish will start to orient around them,” he explains.

When he wrapped up the project earlier this week, Spalsbury had placed 130-150 red cedars in the lake which had been cleared from the landscape around the park. He says that process alone will allow for more natural prairie grass to take over in some areas while opening up locations along the hiking trail.

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Resurfacing of track to begin

Walkers and runners who use the Scott Community High School track will have to adjust their workout schedule later this month.

Resurfacing of the track is tentatively scheduled to begin on August 15 and is expected to last a couple of weeks. During that time, everyone is asked not to use the football complex.

The track is scheduled to be completed in time for the first SCHS home football game against Hays on Sept.

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The first day for high school and junior high fall sports practices is Mon., Aug. 15.

It will mark the start of two-a-day practices for SCHS and SCMS football.

The SCHS cross-country schedule is: Monday: meet at head coach Kevin Reese’s room, 6:00 a.m.; 60-70 minute easy run.

Tuesday: meet at the track building at 6:00 a.m. (tempo run) Wednesday: meet at the track building at 6:00 a.m.

(40-50 minute easy run) Thursday: meet at the track building at 6:00 a.m.

Friday: meet at the track building at 6:00 a.m.

Saturday: meet at track building at 7:00 a.m. Workout on the west hill at Lake Scott State Park.

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to pull yourself to the top,” he says. “You get real dirty, get scratched up, but you’re so focused on the obstacles that you really don’t think about the running.”

And, best of all, it brought back the joy of competition for Graham.

“I’ve been doing this for about six years. I love it,” says the 33-year-old.

Elite Competitor When he entered his first spartan competition, Graham said he had no training and was surprised that he was catching athletes in the elite division despite starting well behind them.

“I began thinking there’s something to this,” recalls Graham. “My competitive juices began flowing again. I realized that not only could I do this, but maybe I could do it pretty well.”

Graham has been a winner in his age division and in April he won the “competitive division” at Austin, Tex.

“The higher the level you compete at the more taxing it is on your body - mentally and physically,” he says.

Now that he’s a competitive division champion, Graham has advanced to the elite division.

His first race was scheduled to be in Chicago, where he now lives, but Graham had to withdraw from the race due to a severe hamstring pull. He’s scheduled to compete in an 10-mile elite division race which has 35 obstacles.

If he can place in the top five in the elite division of that race, or another race during August or September, he will qualify for the Spartan World Championship to be held at North Lake Tahoe, Utah, on October 1.

Graham credits Spartan racing with rekindling what he loves - competition.

“I haven’t been able to let go of the idea of competing against other people. If I can qualify for the world championship then it’s another notch I can put in my competitive belt.

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(Top) Graham stays below barbed wire during one section of the course and (above) runs through a stream while competing in a spartan race at Austin, Tex.

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Sterling Wright (left) and Kevin Lozano go through conditioning drills during captain’s practices this week for the Scott Community High School football team. About 50 players took part in the drills prior to the start of two-a-day practices which get underway on Monday.

(Record Photo)

Catching largemouth bass in late summer Pay attention to vegetation, structures and current By late summer, bass fishing is not for the faint of heart. Largemouths are often deep and lethargic, and they’re also frequently starting to relocate and suspend at middepth ranges as forage begins to move.

This is when professional anglers start following the ABCs of summer fishing.

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What to look for: Edge irregularities, especially depth changes; brush, logs, or rocks with the vegetation; isolated patches of greenery.

Techniques and tackle: Skitter floating frogs over the top and through openings; flip tubes and jigs into open holes; run shallow crankbaits along the outside edge.

Use 50- to 65-pound braided line for frogs and Aquatic Vegetation tubes; 12- to 20-pound Why bass like it: fluoro­ carbon for squareHydrilla, lily pads, hya- bill crankbaits. cinths, and other greenery hold forage such as Bridges crawfish and sunfish and Why bass like it: Cover, provide cover, shade, and shade, and abrupt depth aquatic vegetation, bridges, and current, three shortcuts to finding fish,” says veteran tournament pro James Niggemeyer.

“In the summer, bass need shade, cover, oxygen, and food, and the ABCs always provide that. In addition, aquatic vegetation and bridges have depth changes close to cover, and current in the back of a creek attracts bass from other areas.”

Moving water produces higher oxygen, washes in food, and usually creates cooler temperatures.

What to look for: Eddies and protected calmer water; rocks, small islands, other visible cover like stumps or logjams.

Techniques and tackle: Cast light jigs, plastic grubs, or Texas-rigged worms upstream and let current carry them into quiet eddies. Work small buzzbaits across calmer areas, especially in early morning. Use 12- to 16-pound fluorocarbon for strength and low visit: ibility.

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Gamble could pay dividends for Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are in full swing at their 2016 training camp in St. Joseph, Mo. KC has the potential to be competitive with every team in the AL West. by Kansas Mac City’s weakStevenson est position group for the last few seasons has been the wide receiving corps. That’s about to change. Jeremy Maclin (6-0, 198) is 28 and a veteran of eight NFL seasons.

He’s in his prime.

But, the big news in KC’s camp is fifth-round draft pick Tyreek Hill (5-10, 185).

A product of Oklahoma State, Hill earned a place in Cowboy lore in 2014 when he returned a game-tying punt 92 yards for a touchdown with only 45 seconds remaining against OU. OSU would eventually win the game, 38-35.

That glory was very short-lived. A week later he was arrested for beating up his pregnant girlfriend and O-State dismissed him from the team.

That’s why Hill was still available in the fifth round.

Teams were reluctant to take a chance on him.

By drafting Hill, the Chiefs had to recognize they were putting their franchise in a situation that could well have a costly and disgraceful ending. It’s a high-risk gamble.

Hill has talent and lightening-like quickness that could propel the Chiefs into the Super Bowl and make KC’s fans forgive his transgressions.

Coach Andy Reid recently said of Hill, “He seems to be handling things well.

Every day we get a little bit more. He’s a sharp kid.”

We’ll see.

Special teams coordinator Dave Toub is impressed with Hill’s punt-returning skills.

“He’s got great, great ability to catch the ball.

For a rookie coming in, he’s really advanced as a punt catcher,” says Toub.

“And then he’s got a really great first step. He’s got top speed. We think he’s strong and we think he’s tough.”

In addition to punt returns, Hill will be used as a receiver and runningback.

(See GAMBLE on page 25)

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Gladys

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We’ve not heard about any of that around town, so Gladys must just be a frequent visitor. Mississippi Kites are very social birds and are often seen in large groups.

One day this week in downtown McPherson as I waited in the car for my wife to return from an errand, I began seeing Kites soaring above me. One or two at a time they appeared until I lost count at 15.

My wife, Joyce, grew up on a farm south of Meade and after we got married I began hearing stories about a man named James Parker who had come to their farm for years to watch and study a Mississippi Kite named Gladys that had nested there forever. A friend

still living in Meade did some research and found more details to the story.

According to newspaper clippings, it was mid-June 1982 when Dr. James Parker from the University of Maine first visited the Friesen farm near Meade. He was there to observe Mississippi Kites, but he brought with him some visitors.

Stan and Gladys were Swallow Tailed Kite chicks rescued from a nest in the Florida swamps. Swallow Tailed Kites, although larger with a huge ornate tail, are close cousins to Mississippi Kites and until the early 1900s were common in the eastern Kansas skies.

They hadn’t been seen in the state for decades and Dr. Parker was there to explore the possibility of reintroducing Swallow Tailed Kites into Kansas by transplanting chicks into existing Mississippi Kite nests. Stan and Gladys were put into active nests and Parker stayed around to observe.

After two or three weeks Stan grew weak, lost weight and died, but Gladys was accepted by her foster-parents and seemed to thrive. Although the time line is unclear, Parker spent parts of 14 summers in Meade studying the local Mississippi Kite population.

No one seems certain whether any more Swallow

Tailed Kites were transplanted into Kansas. They’re not listed in my Kansas bird book so I suspect there are none in the state today. No one knows what happened to Gladys either.

It must have been like a child’s story book story though, especially for the Mississippi Kite foster parents that raised her, as the chick they thought was their own grew up to become much bigger than them with a huge ornate tail. Sorry you couldn’t have seen her Stan!

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The pond at the south entrance to Lake Scott State Park has been lowed about 3-1/2 feet as part of a process to reduce milfoil growth. Evidence of eurasian milfoil can be seen in the bottom right corner of the photo.

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Barrel Springs Pond drained to gain control of eurasian milfoil A bright, clear pond might seem like the ultimate goal for those who manage fishing conditions at Lake Scott.

That’s not the case for Barrel Springs Pond and efforts to control eurasian milfoil.

“Milfoil is real invasive and it’s a real problem at the pond because the water is so clear,” notes Dave Spalsbury, a fish biologist with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.

Of course, the milfoil - a long, green, spindly plant that grows in abundance near the shoreline - is a big reason why the pond is so clear.

Milfoil is an aggressive, invasive perennial that grows underwater.

Milfoils have no natural competition and can crowd out other plants for space and sunlight.

Several weeks ago, Spalsbury and the state park staff began draining the pond. It’s currently about 3-1/2 feet below its typical level. At its deepest part it’s still about four feet deep.

The reason, says Spalsbury, is to stimulate plankton bloom that will shade the (milfoil) out.

“We did the same thing last year and it seemed to work pretty good. This will create more open wa-

ter for fishing during trout season this fall and winter,” he says.

“We draw down the water so it oxidizes the sediments. When we refill the pond there’s a nutrient spike which allows the plankton to take off.”

By promoting plankton bloom, it will make the water murkier - a little greener. In doing so, that prevents enough sunlight from getting through the water and slows the expansion of the eurasian milfoil.

“While a perfectly clear pond can be aesthetically pleasing to those who fish at the pond, it also creates an idea environment

for the milfoil to continue crowding out any other aquatic plant species,” Spalsbury explains.

Spalsbury is repeating the process every year in order to maintain control of the milfoil.

The spring-fed pond is now in the process of being refilled, which Park Manager Greg Mills says will take a couple of weeks.

During that time, Mills says they will identify two or three locations where they can cut through cattails along the shoreline and allow more fishing access to the pond for trout season which will begin in November.

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Gamble Obviously, he has superior athletic talent.

GM John Dorsey and Coach Andy Reid have established a program that is going to stand the test of time. Kansas City doesn’t have any significant weaknesses and they have a chance to unseat Denver as champions of the AFC West.

A Royal Collapse Reasons abound for the collapse of the Kansas City Royals. But, if you want to select one main flaw, that’s easy. It’s poor decision-making at the plate.

KC’s hitters usually take the first pitch, right down the middle. Then they swing at the second pitch, which is well out of the strike zone and they are immediately behind in the count.

At this point, opposing pitchers can throw it anywhere but the strike zone and the Royals’ hit-

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ters are usually more than willing to help them out.

It’s a problem that happens over and over and over again. It’s mind boggling. And nothing is being done to correct it.

KU has Experience After KU’s first football practice, Coach David Beaty emphasized a key element that was lacking in 2015 - experience. He expects defensive improvement and said, “I think the big thing that stood out to me today is - as I looked over there on that defensive side every single guy on that first group has experience . . . and they have quite a bit of it now, which is good.”

Kansas State and Kansas are ranked in the bottom half of the Big 12 by the preseason prognosticators. Those rankings might be premature, especially for K-State.

Big 12 football has

Fishing Report Scott State Lake Updated July 28 Channel cats: fair/good; most in the 13 to 18 inch range.

Fishing prepared baits over shallow flats has been best.

Crappie: fair; most up to 10 inches. Minnows and small tube jigs under a bobber around the fish attractors and along deeper shorelines, or drifting the same as above baits/lures from a boat on the main lake.

Largemouth bass: fair; up to 5.5 lbs. Fishing soft plastics around shoreline structure is usually best.

Sunfish: fair; up to 8 inches. Fishing worms or small jigs under a bobber along the edges of the cattails has been best.

Saugeye/walleye: slow; up to 7 lbs. Fish imitating baits along drop-offs and points early and late.

General comments: Release all walleye/saugeye less than 18 inches and largemouth bass less than 15 inches.

Please discard all leftover bait in a trash can, even baitfish. Remember it is illegal to release any fish into public water unless it was taken from that water.

been overrated in the last few seasons. This fall Oklahoma is a heavy favorite to be the best in the conference. The Sooners will be a nationally prominent club.

Baylor is also highly ranked, but their program is a mess. Because of player misconduct that was allowed to go without punishment, Baylor has fired head coach Art Briles. Baylor has problems and the Bears won’t be as potent as expected this fall.

TCU and Oklahoma State will be OU’s main challengers. Both have established teams.

K-State will have a chance against five (maybe six depending on Baylor’s situation) of their Big 12 opponents.

The Wildcats might be the surprise team in the league if Coach Snyder’s starting quarterback proves effective.

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Ron Baker autograph party The autograph party for Ron Baker’s “You’re Too Big to Dream Small” attracted several hundred people from across Western Kansas to Scott Community High School last Thursday afternoon.

Among those getting autographed copies of the book was one of his biggest fans, and also his great-grandfather, Delaine Jacka (upper right).

(Right) The line of people waiting for a copy of the book stretched the length of the Main Street corridor at SCHS. (Bottom left) A wide-eyed Jury France, 3, gets an autographed copy of the book while Austin Thon (bottom right) visits with Baker after getting his book signed.

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marching to Mars SCHS band adding to degree of difficulty with halftime routine Now that she’s in her third year as the Scott Community High School band director, Suzette Price is starting to see her program evolve in two ways she had hoped.

First of all, the size of the band has stabilized and even seen a little growth. She expects the band to number about 53 musicians, an increase of about four from last year.

And she’s keeping the experienced musicians.

“Maybe the biggest thing is that we have a lot more experienced members this year. We have upperclassmen who are looking forward to stepping up as leaders,” says Price. “We saw that in camp where they did an exceptional job of fostering excitement with the younger musicians and helping with the technical stuff when it comes to marching.”

That experience will be valuable this fall as the band continues to take on more difficult marching routines as part of their halftime performances at SCHS football games.

“We’ve definitely increased the challenge this year,” notes Price.

In Price’s first year as director, the marching band’s routine included four sets. That expanded to six in last year’s “Avengers” show.

This year, the opening number includes 11 sets.

“That’s why being at camp was really important this year,” says Price, who noted that 49 students were in attendance. “That gives us a head start on getting ready for our first show.”

The marching routines are developed for the band by a band director during the summer. Price says he adapts the routines to the size of the band and the instrumentation.

The theme of this year’s halftime shows will be music by pop/

rock songwriter Bruno Mars.

“He blends the big band sound and pop (music) in a fun way that appeals to everyone. It’s music that appeals to the kids, but older people will also recognize it,” Price says. “It’s music that’s fun to listen to and for the kids to play.”

Special routines which will also be featured at times during the fall include a drum line program and a selection with the mallets. Scott City Middle School musicians in grades 6-8 will also be performing with the high school band during one of their shows.

“The band will be doing drills with a core of three songs. Depending on the night, we’ll add the mallets, drum line or the middle school,” notes Price. “That should keep it fun and entertaining for the students and the crowd.”

High Plains Festival The SCHS band will also be competing for the first time in the High Plains Marching Festival to be held Oct. 24 at Fort Hays State University. The festival features bands from across northwest and central Kansas.

In addition, Scott City has been invited to return to Band Day at Kansas State University on Sept.

24.

“Competition is not the end product for me. It’s a layer, but not the end product,” Price explains.

“Competition is another step in our progression as a band.”

Price puts a higher priority on putting a band on the field that will be entertaining for the community.

“The key to me is the relationship we build with our kids and that they have with each other. It’s those relationships that keep kids involved in activities,” she says.

“If we can do that, everything else will fall into place.”

(Clockwise, from top) Hayden Nevills looks over one of the marching routine diagrams; Nate Nowak plays with the trumpet section during last Wednesday’s camp practice; band members walk through one of the routines; Justin Hundertmark of the Yellow Team shows his colors during camp; band director Suzette Price shares a laugh with her students.

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Wheat for livestock may be cost effective option There are risks, precautions for cattle feeders With wheat prices in some areas dipping below corn values, you may be reevaluating your options for animal feed. If you are a beef or swine producer, these prices may put you in a position to substitute wheat into livestock

rations in place of corn.

A large harvest and relatively slow demand has pulled wheat prices in some parts of Kansas, particularly in southwest areas of the state, below corn prices, said Kansas State University agricultural economist, Dan O’Brien.

K-State feedlot specialist Chris Reinhardt said that because wheat normally has a nutritional

ag briefs

WCA info meeting in Leoti Monday There will be a meeting to discuss the process of establishing a Water Conservation Area in Wichita County on Mon., Aug. 15, 9:00 a.m., at the Wichita County Community Building (county fairgrounds).

There are some major differences between a WCA and the Local Enhanced Management Area (LEMA) that was previously proposed for Groundwater Management District No. 1.

WCAs are an organized “grassroots movement” by water rights holders; LEMAs must be initiated by a GMD. In addition, WCAs are voluntary, meaning any water rights holder within the established boundary is permitted, but not required, to join. The previous LEMA proposal required compliance of all water rights holders within GMD No. 1.

Compliance with WCA guidelines is handled through the Kansas Division of Water Resources and not the GMD.

U.S., Brazil to resume beef trade

The U.S. and Brazil have reached agreement to expand bilateral beef trade.

The USDA announced that Brazil will allow imports of beef from the U.S. for the first time since the 2003 BSE case.

The U.S. has agreed to open its market to fresh and chilled beef from Brazil.

Details of implementation should mean that significant beef movement will be a while in developing.

Kansas ag summit Aug. 30

The Kansas Department of Agriculture will host the Governor’s Summit on Agricultural Growth on Tues., Aug. 30, at the Manhattan Conference Center.

The summit will provide the opportunity to connect with agriculture leaders and discuss strategies regarding the future of agriculture. Sessions will build upon more than 200 meetings conducted with industry partners throughout the state to identify key opportunities for future success.

Topics will range from beef and wheat to specialty crops and drones. Discussions will also include transportation, access to capital, barriers to entry, consumer awareness international trade, water, and workforce development.

Participation is free but registration is requested. Register

by August 22 to guarantee lunch.

For more information visit agriculture.ks.gov/summit.

feeding value approximately five to 10 percent higher than corn for growing and finishing cattle, this provides an opportunity for cattle producers.

“When finishing feedlot cattle there are generally two primary means of processing feed grains: steam flaking the grain or feeding it dry rolled,” Reinhardt said.

“If someone is steam flaking grain, there is very

little nutritional difference or management change needed between steam flaked corn and steam flaked wheat,” Reinhardt said. “The two feedstuffs are fairly similar in terms of starch availability and the risk of acidosis.” The real difference and need for a change in management philosophy is between dry rolled wheat and dry rolled corn.

Reinhardt cautioned that

dry rolled wheat has a higher risk of acidosis than dry rolled corn.

“A producer should not switch entirely from feeding 100 percent dry rolled corn to feeding 100 percent dry rolled wheat,” Reinhardt said. “Typically we recommend the diet be around 35 percent to at most 50 percent dry rolled wheat.

“A producer will want to gradually ease into the

level maybe with a dose in that 15 percent range to get the cattle adapted to the higher rapidly available starch load.”

Wheat should be processed with what is called a coarse crack to improve digestibility. A coarse crack with wheat is finer than a coarse crack with corn due to the difference in the physical properties of the starch.

(See WHEAT on page 29)

First land value drop since ‘09; Kansas leads with 7.4% decline

U.S. farmland values in 2016 dropped for just the second time in almost three decades after grain and soybean prices extended a slump, eroding grower profit and capping a decade-long boom when land costs jumped 65 percent.

Farmland values in the lower 48 states, including land used for crops and for livestock, declined $10 to $3,010 an acre, the first drop since

2009, the USDA said Friday in a report. Cropland declined one percent to $4,090 an acre, while pastureland was unchanged at $1,330 an acre.

Farm income has slumped for three straight years, and the trend in land prices is similar to the 1980s, when values fell for the same number of years amid record foreclosures, said Brent Gloy, an agricultural economist at Purdue University and a farm-

er in southwest Nebraska.

While the current skid may not match the magnitude of that slump, the decline probably will continue, he said.

“It’s going to be soft for another year, at least,” he said.

“We haven’t worked through the magnitude of the drop in commodity prices.”

Corn Belt Losses were highest in the Northern Plains. The biggest

drop was in Kansas, down 7.4 percent to $1,880 an acre.

The Corn Belt remained the most-expensive region, even as prices fell 0.9 percent to $6,290 an acre. Rhode Island is the costliest state to own farmland, at $13,800 an acre, while New Mexico is cheapest, at $520 an acre.

Corn and soybeans, the two most-valuable U.S. crops, have dropped from records in 2012.

(See DECLINE on page 29)

There are times when technology has no place at the dinner table You have to love British journalism.

Not necessarily the London tabloid version, which features shameless scandal mongering, slavish celebrity worship and for at least one newspaper (The Sun), an infamous Page 3 photo of a topless model headlining the day’s news.

Rather, it’s the witty, often quirky style of writing that has become a lost art among American reporters. We Yanks who are still in the business are not above chasing celebrity scandals, of course, but it’s rare to find an article in a U.S.

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tary canal.

“All very gamey, except it wasn’t. We forked it, chewed it, swallowed it, but discerned no real duckishness in the eating.”

That burst of linguistic enterprise appeared in the London newspaper The Times, written by one Niall Toner leading off an article titled, “Get Thee Behind Me, Seitan.

I’ll Take Real Meat.”

You gotta love it.

The product in question was a faux duck meat entrée that was fashioned from what culinary types label as seit-

an. That’s a fancy name for an ingredient better known as wheat gluten. It’s manufactured by rinsing wheat flour to remove the soluble starch, leaving a rubbery, proteinaceous substance behind that can be pressed, marinated, sliced and diced, spiced and processed to resemble a meat or poultry product.

It’s edible, but it’s a “food” product only a food technologist could love.

Or a vegetarian purist, a born-again believer who will swallow anything that can be (See DINNER on page 29)

Wheat Wheat tends break into very small starch granules, like flour, which leads to finer particles in the diet and rapid ruminal fermentation of the starch.

It is more challenging to steam flake wheat than corn due to wheat’s smaller kernel size. To accommodate wheat, steaming times and possibly roll corrugations need to be modified. All of the accommodations require time and energy, and possibly considerable capital outlay, so changes should not be made without careful consideration, Reinhardt said.

While it may require a certain degree of management, he noted that steam flaking wheat would allow switching to 100 percent wheat in place of 100 percent corn. This eliminates the need to utilize more than one grain at a time.

Reinhardt recommended only feeding dry rolled

Dinner

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wheat at 35 to at most 50 percent of the grain in the diet for finishing cattle. For backgrounding cattle on a lower grain diet using wet feed ingredients such as silage and grain milling byproducts, wheat may replace up to 100 percent of the corn in the diet.

Reinhardt noted that feeders should not be concerned over potential lost gains as wheat theoretically has higher energy content than corn. The challenge becomes managing the available energy in the diet and making sure the cattle do not become acidotic. He stressed the importance of working with a nutritionist prior to making a change.

“We like to say cattle should be finished with the same grain they were started on,” Reinhardt said. “A standard guideline is to secure a 90-day supply of wheat to feed

(continued from page 28)

Last week, the grain fell 61 percent to $3.34 a bushel from the all-time high of $8.49, while the oilseed declined 45 percent.

In February, the USDA said declining commodity prices will push farm income down 2.8 percent to $54.8 billion this year, less than half the 2013 record.

Wheat for Swine “I want to ensure producers understand that feeding wheat to swine is nothing new,” said Mike Tokach, K-State swine specialist. “In Kansas, we used to feed wheat to pigs in the summertime almost every year because it provided a price opportunity between the harvests.

“For swine, anytime you get wheat prices anywhere below 110 percent of the price of corn, wheat will serve as an alternative. When it is under the price of corn it comes in quite favorably.”

Tokach said that the change from corn to wheat should not be made casually. Producers should consider if they have the

ability to use more than one grain at a time or how they will make the switch.

Many swine producers are either replacing half of the diet with wheat or 30 to 35 percent, he said.

“The biggest problem we worry about in swine is grinding the wheat too fine,” Tokach said. When the wheat is too fine, two important issues could arise - ulcers, which can lead to death, and poor flow ability of the diet in the feed bins and feeders.”

To minimize the risk, wheat should be ground between 500 and 800 microns.

Tokach suggested swine producers evaluate their situation from a practical standpoint.

If producers incorporate wheat into their feeding program and make the switch, they should use wheat for some period of time to justify the inputs required.

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labeled as non-animal ori- ning “The Gluten-Free Wedding of your Dreams.” gin.

I kid you not.

At the same time that Seitan vs Gluten Because seitan (or food companies are jump“Seitan the Deceiver,” as ing on the gluten-free Toner called it) is pure bandwagon, an equal gluten, and to listen to the number of processors are hundreds of dietary shills aggressively marketing clogging the blogosphere a raft of seitan products (to resurrect a once-trendy promoted as “versatile, term), going gluten-free is pre-cooked solutions to the golden ticket to health great-tasting meatless meals.” and vitality.

And they’re availIndeed, the gluten-free able as strips, cubes or as craze has gone far beyond ground product in chickthe hucksters making a en, beef or pork flavors. buck off whatever dietary Or duck, if that’s your fad takes a turn on cenpreferred form of protein. ter stage. Such food proThe reality is that the cessing powerhouses as basic components of the General Mills, with its vegetarian diet are marGluten-Free Chex cere- keted not for what they als and Chex Party Mix, provide, but for what and Kellogg’s, which is they’re not. heavily promoting its gluFor all the supposed ten-free Special K line of allegiance the vegetarcereals, breakfast bars and ian movement has to the protein shakes as “a deli- concepts of fresh, local, cious way to a gluten-free natural foods as humanlifestyle.” ity’s optimal source of Heck, there’s even a nutrition, the reality is website devoted to plan- that veggie marketers are

Decline

if a change is implemented; finishing cattle don’t respond well to change and respond even less well to multiple changes over the finishing period.”

able to sell anything that wasn’t derived from animal sources.

Tropical nuts, outof-season produce, and protein concoctions that require more technology than a moon launch to produce - they’re all prominently posted on the vegetarian menu without guile or guilt.

In the end, going full veggie is a nice dietary option for many people, but it’s time to stop pretending that such a diet is normal and natural.

Vegetarianism is a product of modern science on the development end and high-tech infrastructure on the distribution end of the food production pipeline.

There’s only one food category that is normal, natural and nutritious, and it doesn’t include tasteless, manufactured blobs of starch-free protein.

Dan Murphy is a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator

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Agriculture

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• 45 Years Experience • Managed and owned by full-time DVM • 2,000 Head capacity Office - 872-5150 • Scott City Stuart Doornbos Home - 872-2775 Cell - 874-0951

Pro Ex II

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Over 20 Years Experience

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• Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles

Cell: 874-4486 • Office 872-2101

• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites

John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com

Construction/Home Repair

Walker Plumbing, Inc. Backhoe & Trenching services • Irrigation & gas leak repairs • Full-line irrigation parts T-L center pivot dealer Floor heat systems Pump & install septic systems Boring equipment

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ELLIS AG SERVICES • Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Custom Harvesting Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160

CHAMBLESS ROOFING Residential

RT Plumbing All Types of Roofing

Commercial

Cedar Shake and Shingle Specialists Return to Craftsmanship Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed

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Residental and Commercial Plumbing Water Systems, water lines, sewer cleaning faucets and fixtures, garbage diposals and more

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Automotive

RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control Box 258, Scott City • (620) 872-2870

Faurot Electric, Inc. Office • 620-872-5344 Jeromy Lisenby • 620-214-3247

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Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

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or any other color Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial.

Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.

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We service and repair all that we sell.

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Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center (Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”...

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Dr. James Yager 110 W. 4th St. • Scott City • 872-2310 Toll Free: 800-203-9606

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

The classified ads below are appearing in 147 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 500,000 the classified display ads appear in 142 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 457,000. KCAN line ad is $300 for up to 25 words and $12 each additional word. A 2x2 display ad is $800 per insertion and a 2x4 display ad is $1,650 per insertion. To find out more, contact The Scott County Record at 872-2090.

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Our drivers travel 48 U.S. states as well as the lower Canadian provinces. We offer excellent compensation, benefits, home time and equipment. Please contact Brett or Judy at 785-823-2261 or brettw@ gptrucking.com, judym@ gptrucking.com.

––––––––––––––––––––– DRIVER TRAINEES needed. Become a driver for Stevens Transport.

Earn $800 per week. Paid CDL training. Stevens covers all costs. 1-888749-2303. drive4stevens. com.

––––––––––––––––––––– CONVOY SYSTEMS is hiring Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the west coast. Home weekly. Great benefits. www.convoysystems.com.

Call Tina, ext. 301, or Lori, ext. 303, at 1-800926-6869.

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Free whole-home Genie HD-DVR upgrade. New customers only. Call Locally owned and operated since 1990 today, 1- 800-261-7086 ––––––––––––––––––––– 1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625 AT&T U-VERSE Internet starting at $15/ Services month or TV and Internet starting at $49/mo. for 12 months with 1-year agreement. Call 1- 800-9442052 to learn more.

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SCOTT CITY CLINIC 201 Albert Avenue (620) 872-2187 • www.scotthospital.net

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We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock.

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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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 ot fax 872-0009

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Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5.

Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $6.00 per column inch.

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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.

ThankYou You...

Thank ...

We’d like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our friends and neighbors for their support, food and prayers during the passing of our father.

A special thank you also to the staff at the Scott County Hospital for their great care.

The Family of Jim Adams

For Sale

Services

3 BEDROOM, 2+ BATHRROM HOUSE! Corner lot, spacious family room with wood burning fire place. Open kitchen with reverse osmosis water filtration system, large mud/laundry room with storage. DD garage with work area, storage and driveway space for four. Shady front yard with sprinkler system.

Ramps leading to house and off large back deck. In a quiet neighborhood near the middle school and Maddux Park, Scott City.

Asking $125,500. Call 874-0880.

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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. ________________________________

Help Wanted

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0116t4 This includes AC and heat _______________________________ if wanted. Each Rent-A- HARVEST HELP wanted! Grain cart or semi Shop comes with 110 and driver. Call Todd at 620a 220 electric, overhead 397-6501.

01164 lighting, full concrete floor, exterior dawn-dusk lighting, insulated roof Agriculture and exterior walls. ONLY 2 LEFT! Call today at WANT TO BUY. Stored 4516tfc corn. Call for basis and 620-872-5777. contract information. ________________________________ 1-800-579-3645.

Lane 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT for rent. $375 County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc per month plus utilities. ________________________________ Available immediately! WANT TO BUY. Wheat Call 620-521-0039. 5216t2 straw delivered. Call for contracting information.

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REGISTERED, ANGUS BULLS for sale. Yearling and 2-year old bulls.

Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Kansas. Call 785-332-6206 or www. crookedcreekangus.com.

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CERTIFIED SEED WHEAT: TAM 204, TAM 112, Oakley Cl, Byrd, T158, Mint, Joe, Antero, Turkey Red. Also, top grazing and hay/silage triticale varieties.

Vance Ehmke, Healy, Ks. Call 620-397-2350.

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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

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

GARAGE SALES Garage Sale/Estate Sale for Bucky McCombs 785-728-7118 507 N. College Scott City Sat., Aug. 20 • 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Moving Sale 801 Church Street Scott City Sat., Aug. 13 • 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Some furniture Cash Only!

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

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Welcome Back

Staff of USD #466!

Thank you to all the teachers, administrators and staff of USD #466 for your dedication to our children and their future!

Scott City Elementary School 872-7660 Dr. Shawn Roberts Marilyn Lippelmann Annie Emberton Meagan Collins

Principal Secretary School Nurse Counselor

Luisa Alvarado Jesse Berning Darci Berry Jessica Berry Brenda Buehler Tanya Castillo Mary Comba Denise Dreiling Jenny Eitel Becky Ellis Matthew Fox Krystal Frank Brian Gentry Judy George Karen Gibbs Marylyn Gough Nancy Green Sara Greene Pamela Harris Irene Huck Alex Hutchins Dawn Hutchins Anna Kasselman Shelby Kite Tonya Koehn Cheryl Kucharik Lidia Labra Jenny Lee Ashlee Logan Jessie Myers Brenda O’Dea Marci Patton Rebecca Rebarchek Anita Rose Charlene Salas Linda Schleman Suzanne Sherwood Amee Smith Kendra Stoppel Jill Tucker Shandi Westergard Juanita Wilken Tonja Williams

SCES Bilingual Art Kindergarten Kindergarten Grade 1 SCES Migrant Aide SCES Para Kindergarten Grade 4 SCES At Risk Grade 4 Grade 3 Grade 3 Grade 3 Title 1 Reading Grade 3 Vocal Music Grade 2 SCES Para Librarian Physical Education Pre-K SCES Para Kindergarten Grade 2 Title 1 Math SCES Biliingual Grade 1 Kinder-Prep SCES 4-yr. old SCES Office/Library Grade 2 SCES ESL SCES Para Migrant/ESL Parent Liason SCES Para Grade 4 SCES Para Grade 1 Grade 4 Grade 1 SCES Para Title 1 Reading

High Plains Educational Cooperative 872-7610 Linda Armstrong Jody Baehler Jerrie Brooks Shirley Evans Elizabeth Gerber Sara Hawkins Karen Hess Heather Holstein Dustin Hughes Laura Meireis Amber Miller Dana Pfanenstiel Amy Ricker Kimberly Roberts Susan Trout

Gifted Facilitator, Grade 6 SCMS Interrelated Grades 7-8 SCHS Interrelated SCES Speech/Language School Psychologist Occupational Therapist K-12, Speech Pathologist SCMS Interrelated SCHS Interrelated SCES Interrelated HPEC Director SCES Early Childhood SCES Interrelated SCES Interrelated K-12 Physical Therapist

Scott City Middle School 872-7640 Jana Irvin Jill Gwartney-Culp Elisa Moreno Annie Emberton Meagan Collins

Principal Secretary Secretary School Nurse Counselor

Ranae Baker Christy Briggs Stacy Davis Kristin Duff Summer Ford Larry Fox Angela Frank Veronica Garcia Megan Gentry Alan Graham Pamela Gruver Gayle Irwin Gena Lausch Rochelle Miller Erin Myers Lisa Pearson Suzette Price Jodi Reese Tracey Richmeier Lauren Robinson Jennifer Rose Jay Tedder Adrianne Wren Vicki Wright

Grade 5 SCMS Bilingual Grades 6-8 FACS Grade 6-7 Mathematics Enrichment/Intervention Grade 7-8 Social Studies Grade 5 SCMS Bilingual Grade 5 Computer Tech/ Cur Events Half-time Librarian Grade 6-7 ELA SCMS At-Risk Grades 5-8 Art Grades 5-8 PE Grade 6-8 Science Instrumental Music Grades 5-8 Music SCMS At-Risk Grade 5 Grades 6-7 Social Science Grade 6-8 Science Grade 6-8 ELA SCMS Para

USD #466 Bus Drivers Travis Fulton - Transportation Director Judith Jorgensen Billie Swilley Theresa Radnor Pat Swilley Guy Stewart Linda Yager

USD #466 Board of Education Aministration Bldg.

872-7600 Jamie Rumford Susan Carter Deneen Wolfe Kathy Eaton Brent Jennings Travis Fulton

Superintendent Board Clerk Treasurer Food Service Supervisor Maintenance Supervisor Transportation Director

Firm of Wallace, Brantley, Shirley Board of Education, Attorney

USD #466 Board of Education Chris Price - President Ben Taylor - Vice President Christine Cupp Lynnette Robinson Mark Davis Leann Wiechman Eric Erven

USD #466 Networking/Technology 872-7685 David Dirks Andrew Augerot

Network Administrator Technology Assistant

501 S. Main Scott City 620-872-2143

1425 S. Main Scott City 620-872-2227

Scott City • 620-872-7224 Leoti • 620-375-4800

Scott Community High School 872-7620 Brad McCormick Randall Huck Angela Brooks Glenda Graham Annie Emberton Anissa Wilkinson

Principal Asst. Principal/ Activities Director Office Manager Financial Manager School Nurse Guidance Counselor

Melanie Aguilera Preeti Anil Karen Appel Aaron Dirks Rebecca Downing Chuck Ellis Cynthia Geist Pamela Gruver Beth Hess Scott Holt Carolyn Hunter Dale Jessup David Kempke Amanda Kennedy Steve Kucharik Diana Medellin Elise Neri James Pickert Karen Pounds Suzette Price Kevin Reese Todd Richardson Josefina Saenz Allen Thornburg Jim Turner Shairlyn Wasinger Valarie Whipple Christine Wright

Spanish Chemistry SCHS Para Social Science Mathematics Art 9th Grade English Librarian SCHS At-Risk Digital Media Production Home Economics Vocational Ag Biology Vocal Music Senior English Mathematics Mathematics Physics/Physical Sciences Physical Education Instrumental Music Computers Strength/Conditioning SCHS ESL Industrial Arts Social Science English Success Center Facilitator SCHS Para

USD #466 Food Service Kathy Eaton - Supervisor Shirley Chambers Claudia Rodriguez Karen Ryan Gloria Gough Kristi Green Tracy Wasinger Susan Hull Toni Wessel Carol Latham Julie Williams Diana McDaniel Jade Yeager Velda Riddiough

USD #466 Custodians/Maintenance Brent Jennings - Supervisor Brian Appel Janie Lara Maria Contreras Dwaine Meireis Florentina Horn Franklin Paul Larry Horn Rosalia Ramirez-Ledesma Arleen Runion Renie Irwin