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Submitting obituariesThe deadline for submitting obituaries is 3 p.m. daily for publication in the next day’s Reflector-Chronicle.
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Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Patterson, Olathe National Guard Band com-mander, is the guest con-ductor and trumpet soloist.
Admission is free, but do-nations will be accepted to benefit the Chapman High School Independence Day performance in Washington, D.C.
The concert band is com-prised of area college and public school teachers, stu-dents, Army musicians and members of five municipal bands. Music performed will be by Sousa, Holst, Gersh-win, Grainger, Alford and Pryor, along with a salute to the Armed Forces.
Old-fashioned Christmas set
The Chapman Economic Development Council has planned an Old-Fashioned Hometown Christmas event from 5 to 7 p.m.
A hamburger dinner will be served at the American Legion Post for a suggested $5 donation during the entire two hours. Everyone can visit local businesses from 5 to 6:45 p.m. to reg-ister for Chapman Bucks.
Christmas lights will be turned on downtown at 6 p.m. and the annual draw-ing for Santa Bucks will take place at the Senior Citizen Center at 7 p.m., right before Santa arrives by fire truck on Marshall Street.
DickinsonCounty
Extension to host grain strategy talk
K-State Research and Extension is hosting Grain
Marketing Strategies on Dec. 2 from 8:45 a.m. to noon at the Herington Community Center, 810 S. Broadway.
This workshop is de-signed to help Kansas crop producers make profitable marketing decisions for their crops in 2017. Presenters will cover top performing market strategies including forward contracts, hedges, put options and storage.
This workshop is free. Sponsor for the workshop is First National Bank of Hope.
Make attendance reser-vations by Nov. 28 at the KSRE-Dickinson office, (785) 263-2001, [email protected] or online at http://www.dickinson.k-state.edu/.
Extension to host cattle producersK-State Research and
Extension is hosting Dickin-son County’s Annual Cattle Producers Meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at Sterl Hall, 619 N. Rogers, in Abilene.
Guest speakers will be Dr. Glynn Tonsor, cattle market-ing specialist, helping us understand the volatility in the cattle markets and what we can expect in the future, and Dr. Anthony Tarpoff, beef veterinarian, speaking on biosecurity in cattle oper-ations and how to minimize late term abortions caused by infection.
Make reservations to attend by Nov. 29. Res-ervations can be made at the KSRE-Dickinson office, (785) 263-2001, [email protected], or online at http://www.dickinson.k-state.edu/. A $5 registration fee is pay-able at the door.
Pinnacle Bank in Abilene is sponsoring the meeting.
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Timothy J. HustonTimothy J. Huston, 59, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, in
Abilene.The family has chosen cremation. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church with Celebrant Fr. Abraham Panthalanickal. The family will receive friends Friday, Dec. 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a Parish Rosary recited at 6:30 p.m. at the Danner Funeral Home.
The family requests memorial contributions be made to O.C.C.K. They may be left at the church the day of the ser-vice or left at or sent in care of Danner Funeral Home, P.O. Box 758, Abilene, KS 67410.
Online condolences may be left at http://dannerfuneral-home.net/.
medical situation eases. The patient and family can start focusing on the qual-ity of time they have left.
“The medications a lot of times are causing horrible side effects. They can’t eat, they can’t sleep, they don’t feel well and, once they stop taking all the medica-tions, they start feeling better,” Stivers said. “And then life gets a little easier to live. You are focusing more on comfort and qual-ity of life versus the chaos of trying to prevent the ultimate thing, which is dying.”
Stivers understands first-hand the cycle. She went through it when her mother-in-law was ill.
“It was a complete change. We went from be-ing in total chaos to under-standing what was going to
happen,” she said.Short explained the pro-
cess of going onto Hospice starts with a recommenda-tion by a physician who certifies the person is appropriate for Hospice care. They receive a 90-day benefit period. At the end of the 90 days they can be recertified for another 90 days if their condition still warrants it. Following the second 90-day period, the patient needs to have a face-to-face meeting with the medical director and every subsequent 60 days they meet with him again.
“Usually I go to their house, talk to them about their symptoms and their current state of health and changes. Are they declin-ing? Are they getting worse? I assess if they are appropriate to stay on Hos-pice,” he said.
During their time on Hos-pice, several other profes-
sionals will visit.Nurses will see the pa-
tient on a regular basis as needed. It could be once a week or several times a week.
“They assess the patient’s pain and other symp-toms, then they relay that information to the patient’s doctor,” he said.
Aides will also go to the patients’ homes and help with bathing and cleaning the patient and give care-givers a break.
Social workers and coun-selors are assigned to help the patients and family deal with the grief, anxiety and the psychological aspects of knowing they are dying.
A volunteer is also as-signed who will visit and provide support.
“It takes a pretty special person who can go into somebody’s home who most of the time is in bed and sick,” Short said.
The team of professionals has the goal for the final days to be less stressful and chaotic. Stivers and Short agreed that many people are eligible for Hospice much sooner than when they usually get on it, but the stigma or the idea they are giving up keeps many from taking that step.
Short said people should start considering the Hos-pice alternative when they or their loved ones are in the cycle of repeatedly be-ing admitted to the hospital for their chronic illness.
They need to consider “is this something we are going to be able to get past, or are we reaching that end of life,” Short said.
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“Most of them are just interested in taking random everyday pictures. I have a few kids whose parents are photographers, so they have a higher level of camera,” he said. “I would say, overall, the skill level of the
class ranges from brand new to nov-ice. A few of them have an interesting eye in the way they take pictures — they’re artsy.”
In a recent class, the students re-ceived an assignment to get photos of all of the Star classes.
For large group photos, Engle ex-plained the people in the photos will
need to stand two or three deep and close together.
The students are tasked with taking photos for the school’s Facebook page, the television in the Commons area, and the yearbook, and they will have opportunities to have photos published in the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle.
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responsibility, the Foundation makes grants to non-proit, tax exempt, non tax supported, established institutions which combine sound character and stability with progressiveness and purpose.
Since its inception, the foun-
dation has given grants totaling more than $935 million.
Myers family honored
Descendants of Benjamin Myers were honored during the annual meeting. Each year the historical society selects a historical Dickinson County resident to recognize. Myers set
roots in Dickinson County that has resulted in eight generations claiming connections to the county.
Research into the Myers family history showed that Benjamin came to Kansas from Pennsylvania, where he had lived the irst 45 years of his life. He actually lived outside Dickinson County until 1902, when he set up his household
and farm near Holland. He eventually owned several farms in that area until he sold all his land and belongings to move to Texas, where someone had told him he could farm year-round and irrigate his crops from the Rio Grande.
He spent only three years in Texas before moving back to Dickinson County to resume farming until he died in 1931.
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Mike Heronemus • Relector-ChronicleMembers of the Myers family, descendants of Benjamin Myers, pose for photo after being honored as the Dickinson County His-torical Society’s family of the year. They were recognized during the society’s annual membership meeting thursday night at the St. Andrew’s Catholic Church parish hall.
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