december 18, 2014

Congressman Tim Huel-skamp is continuing the tra-dition of visiting each of theFirst District’s 63 countieseach year. So far, Represen-tative Huelskamp has com-pleted over 260 town hallsduring his time in office.Huelskamp will be in Hugo-

ton Thursday, December 18at 3:00 p.m. at the StevensCounty Senior Center at 624S. Main.

“Now more than ever be-fore the voice of the Ameri-can People is needed inWashington. These townhalls allow me the opportu-nity to continue to be thevoice of the people as astrong representative for theBig First,” commented Rep-resentative Huelskamp.

Below are other TownHall locations:

Thursday December 18,2014

• 9:30 a.m. Grant CountyTown Hall, Pioneer Electric,1850 West Oklahoma Av-enue in Ulysses• 11:00 a.m. StantonCounty Town Hall, CountyFare Restaurant, 105 SouthMain in Johnson City• 1:00 p.m. Morton CountyTown Hall, Elkhart City Hall,433 Morton Street inElkhart

Volume 127, Number 51 Thursday, December 18, 2014 28 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

Rolla Senior Chandler Huddleston has been selectedas first alternate in the United States Senate Youth Program. Only two students are selected per state. Tobe considered one of the top three students in the stateby the Kansas State Department of Education for hisknowledge of government and state is a momentous accomplishment. Chandler is the son of Mickey andTina Huddleston.

Congratulations Chandler!

Chandler Huddleston

Adam Mauk, at left, a deputy with the Stevens County Sheriff’sDepartment, and newly appointed School Resource Deputy, or“SRD”, for Stevens County, is one of 57 law enforcement officersto graduate from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training CenterNovember 14, 2014. Sheriff Ted Heaton is to the right.

SRD Adam Mauk is KLETC Graduate

Zane Hershey and his wife Veronica proudly display the numer-ous awards won by USAF Captain Hershey at the USAFWeapons School Graduation Ceremony Saturday, December 13in Las Vegas, Nv.

Hershey graduates with honorsfrom Air Force Weapons School

Huddleston one of top three students in the state

The Hugoton AirportBoard met at the airportmeeting room for their regu-lar December meeting Tues-day, December 9, 2014.Board members attendingthe meeting were Jeff Craw-ford, Robert Davis, DellCullison and Josh Jorde.Others present at the meet-ing were Airport ManagerGary Porter, Secretary RisaNorton, Kirkham Michael’sCurtis Houser and HugotonHermes reporter RuthieWinget. Board member DaxGaskill was absent.

The board approved theminutes of the last meetingand voted to pay the bills.

Chairman Robert Davis

reported approximately tenof the taxiway lights havebeen shot out. This vandal-ism has been reported to theSheriff’s Department. Davisstated shooting guns on anyairport is a federal offense.The board decided to putgame cameras out to appre-hend these culprits. Theyasked Dell Cullison to be incharge of placing these cam-eras on the premises. JeffCrawford volunteered tocheck on getting a warningsign to put up.

Curtis Houser reportedthe KDOT Taxiway Lane Re-placement project has beencompleted. The airport re-ceived a payment from

KDOT for this project. Theairport then issued a checkfor this amount to SporerLand Development of Oakley. The board thoughtthey had done a good jobwith the project.

Manager Porter stated inhis manager’s report he hadthe snow plow serviced in-cluding changing the oil,putting on new brakes anddisconnecting one of thefuel tanks on the snow plowas it was leaking. The otherfuel tank was sufficient forthe use of the snow plow.The HiPlains Power Doorpeople from Colby will be inHugoton January 6, 2015,

Whether or not it seemspossible, Christmas is nextweek! Many businesses willadopt different hours to ac-commodate a busy holidayand allow their employeestime with their families.

Eating out will be off themenu for Christmas Day forsure. McDonald's, Sonic,Pizza Hut, Ranchito, TheSteakhouse, Subway, theJet and Antlers will not beopen December 25. McDon-ald's and the Jet will close at8:00 p.m. Christmas Eve.McDonalds will reopen De-cember 26 with regularhours. The Jet will be closedFriday and reopen Saturdayand Sunday. Sonic and TheSteakhouse both plan toclose at 5:00 p.m. December24. Dominoes Grill will beclosed Thursday, December25 only. Pizza Hut will closeat 6:00 p.m. Wednesdayevening and will open againFriday with regular hours.Ranchito Tex Mex plans tobe closed both ChristmasEve and Christmas Day.Donut X-Press will havedonuts only Wednesday,December 24 and will beclosed Christmas Day.Donuts only will be availableat Donut X-Press December26 through New Year’s Eve.Antlers in Moscow will re-open December 27.

White's Foodliner willclose at 6:00 p.m. ChristmasEve and will reopen Fridaywith regular hours. Barb'sDen reported they will closefor Christmas Day only.Twisted H Liquor will also beclosed Thursday, December25 and may close early forChristmas Eve. Presto, alsoknown as "The Pantry, willbe open regular hoursthroughout the holiday. Ex-press Lane reported they willclose at 6:00 p.m. ChristmasEve and will reopen at 10:00a.m. Christmas morning.Moscow Store will close at5:00 p.m. December 24 andwill open again December26. Rolla Corner Stop plansto be closed December 24through Monday, December29.

Better get your shoppingdone before the literal "lastminute", as nearly every re-tailer in Hugoton will beclosed Christmas Day. Cre-

ative Specialties will close at12:00 noon Christmas Eve,and will reopen Monday, De-cember 29 with regularhours. They will reopen inthe case of a funeral. Coun-try Garden reported they willbe closed Wednesdaythrough Sunday. They'll re-open at 9:00 a.m. Monday,December 29. Yardmasterwill be open until 2:00 p.m.Wednesday. They'll beclosed Christmas Day andwill reopen Monday, Decem-ber 29. Alco will be openfrom 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Christmas Eve and will beclosed Christmas Day. Makesure you grab extra batteriesand stocking stuffers, asDollar General will also beclosed Christmas Day. TheHugoton Hermes office willbe closed at 12:00 noonWednesday, December 24and will reopen at 8:30 a.m.Monday, December 29.

Last week’s issue of TheHugoton Hermes stated theStevens County Museum be-lieved Bill Hays was the onlyStevens County soldier to dieaboard the USS Arizona atPearl Harbor. A reader sentus information Harold LeeKagarice also lost his life onthe USS Arizona. The Hermes apologize for the omission.

Fifty-seven new law en-forcement officers were con-gratulated by BarryGrissom, United States At-torney for the District ofKansas, during their gradu-ation from the Kansas LawEnforcement Training Cen-ter (KLETC) November 14.Among the officers wasHugoton’s own deputy,Adam Mauk with theStevens County Sheriff’s Of-fice.

The new officers weremembers of the 231st basictraining class at the center.Located one mile west andone mile south of Yoder,

near Hutchinson, the centeris a division of University ofKansas Continuing Educa-tion.

The graduates, whobegan their training August11, represented 40 munici-pal, county and state lawenforcement agencies fromacross Kansas.

Graduates receive certifi-cates of course completionfrom KLETC and Kansaslaw enforcement certifica-tion from the Kansas Com-mission on Peace Officers’Standards and Training, thestate’s law enforcement li-

Zane Hershey, a 2002graduate of Hugoton HighSchool, recently received aprestigious award from theUnited States Air Force.Zane is a 2006 graduate ofthe Air Force Academy northof Colorado Springs, Co. Heis the son of Mike and Valerie Hershey of Hugoton.Zane is stationed in Altus,Ok. with his wife Veronicaand their son Zane.

Zane was recognized at

the USAF Weapons Schoolgraduation ceremony as aWeapons Officer, receivingthe coveted "WeaponsSchool" patch and the dis-tinction of receiving the Fly-ing Award and the"Outstanding Graduate"award for his squadron. Thegraduation took place at theFlamingo in Las Vegas, Nv.after the officers trained forsix months at various bases

Life for residents in thesmall town of Rolla changedfor the better the summer of1960 - the year the WalterNeill Hays’ family moved totown. Neill and Lila had bothtaken teaching positionswith the Rolla School sys-tem. Neill was the seventhgrade teacher and juniorhigh coach. Lila was thebusiness teacher, which in-cluded many other details.Neill and Lila had met whileboth were in college atNorthwestern in Alva, Ok.and married August 26,1958 in Englewood. To thisunion, four boys and onebeautiful girl were born;Brent, Brad, Bart, Brockand finally Becki. Now thefamily includes spousesJan, Jeanne, Vicki, Katieand Rex Richardson andtheir 17 + grandchildren.

Neill’s sense of humor,coupled with his desire forhis teams to work hard anddo well, endeared him to hisplayers and fellow coaches.In his second year at Rolla,he became a member of thehigh school coaching staff

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Huelskamp to include Hugoton in his 260 “town hall tour”

Rolla will missa pillar of their community

Hugoton Men’s team are the 2014 Blue and RedClassic champions! In the front row from leftto right are Coach Slocum, Garrett Hamlin,Tyler Goode, Alex Duarte, Ulises Armendariz,Kellen Watkins, Manuel Mendez, Coach Szym-

czak and Coach Fulton. In the back row areTony Kinser, Colby Korf, Alex Gonzales, WadeHeger, Parker Titus and Zack Leininger. Con-gratulations Eagles and good luck against ScottCity Friday night at home!

Airport Board opts to install game cameras

ObituariesThe Hugoton Hermes Thursday, December 18, 2014

The HHSA l u m n i Association hasmailed out“SAVE THE DATE” postcards to remind allgraduates of the 100-year celebration thisnext summer. If you did not get a postcard inthe mail, it is because we don’t have your current address.

Approximately 360 cards have been

returned forlack of correctaddress. Pleasesend your

current address to [email protected] or303 East Twelfth St, Hugoton, Ks 67951.Please include the year you graduated and thename you used while in High School.

Hugoton High SchoolAlumni Association

Are you one of the 360 missing addresses?HHS Alumni Association

Longtime Hugoton resi-dent Norman EphriamTraver, 88, passed from thislife Monday, December 8,2014 at Pioneer Manor Nurs-ing Home in Hugoton.

The son of John EphriamTraver and the former EllaMarie Hohn, he was bornJuly 31, 1926 in Missouri.

Norman married Phyllis L.Mantzke July 10, 1948 atClayton, N.M. She precededhim in death January 19,1986. He later married BettyLamberson. She precededhim in death in 2005.

Mr. Traver served hiscountry in the United StatesNavy.

Norman was a mechanic,having worked several differ-ent places in Hugoton duringhis lifetime. He ended upowning his own shop.

Survivors include his son,Norman D. Traver of Hugo-ton; step children, Chuck

Lamberson and wife Fern ofLiberal, Becky Ware and hus-band Gary of Indiana, ChristyTrickle and husband Claytonof South Fork, Co., TerryLamberson and wife Linda ofHugoton and Jana Lamber-son and wife Donna of Au-rora, Co.; and his many otherrelatives and friends.

Besides his first wife Phyllis and second wife Betty,Norman was preceded indeath by his parents; broth-ers, John Leroy Traver andWilliam “Bill” Traver; and sis-ters, Christina Traver, Mar-garet Harrell and FlorenceKillingsworth.

Funeral services were at-tended Friday morning, De-cember 12, 2014 at Paul’sFuneral Home Chapel inHugoton with Pastor RichardMartin presiding. Burial fol-lowed in Hugoton Cemeteryunder the direction of Paul’sFuneral Home of Hugoton.

Norman Traver

Beloved husband and fa-ther, Walter Neill Hays,passed from this life peacefullyFriday, December 12, 2014 atthe Morton County Care Cen-ter in Elkhart after a long bat-tle with Alzheimer’s disease. Tothe end, Neill was cared fortirelessly and with endless loveand affection by his wife Lila,daughter Becki, and the staffat the Morton County HealthSystem. He was 79.

Neill was born in Danville,Ar. August 24, 1935 to NobleWalter Hays and the formerTeddie Alice Foley, the fourthof six children.

The family moved to Letha,Ok. when Neill started fifthgrade, and he later attendedSeminole Oklahoma HighSchool where he was known as“Squeak” Hays.

While attending Northwest-ern Oklahoma University inAlva, Ok., Neill met Lila LeeGoodnight, who would becomehis wife of 58 years. Four ram-bunctious boys and finally onebeautiful daughter were bornto the marriage.

After graduating from col-lege, Neill and Lila both en-

tered into the teaching profes-sion. The Rolla Kansas schooldistrict was blessed with Neill’spositive presence for 34 yearsas a teacher, principal of allschools and ultimately the su-perintendent. Anyone who metNeill enjoyed his full attention,a strong handshake, a hugesmile, and encouraging words.

The Hays’ home in Rollawelcomed not only family, butmany friends who were treatedlike family. After Neill retiredfrom the Rolla School District,he served as Superintendent ofSchools in Weskan. One ofNeill’s biggest joys was drivingLila to where they could enjoytheir 17+ grandchildren and

their endless activities.Mr. Hays is survived by his

wife Lila; his sons Brent Haysand wife Jan, Brad Hays andwife Jeanne and Bart Haysand wife Vicki all of Bristow,Ok., and Brock Hays and wifeKatie of Rifle, Co.; his daughterBecki Richardson and hus-band Rex of Elkhart; brothers,Noble Hays and James Haysand wife Lillian, all of Semi-nole, Ok.; and his two sisters,Myra Dell Ralston and hus-band Edward of OklahomaCity, Ok. and Gayl Martin andhusband Jim of Grapevine, Tx.

Neill was preceded in deathby his sister, Atha June Hays.

A celebration of Neill’s lifetook place at the Rolla HighSchool Gymnasium Tuesdayafternoon, December 16. Thefamily gathered Tuesdaymorning, where food anddrinks were available andfriends were encouraged togather. Graveside at the Engle-wood Kansas Cemetery fol-lowed Tuesday afternoon.

In lieu of flowers the familyasks for memorials to the RollaHigh School, where funds willbe used to honor Neill’s mem-

ory and contributions to theschool and community.

Neill’s soul is filled with thejoy he received from his inter-actions with everyone whocame into contact with him -young or old, rich or poor, fam-ily or friend.

Walter Neill Hays

Friends and family gath-ered Monday to rememberand honor Robert HaroldMayhan, age 67, who passedaway Friday, December 12,2014 at Southwest MedicalCenter in Liberal.

Born December 25, 1946in Clayton, N.M, he was theson of Grady Mayhan and theformer Viola Vance.

Robert graduated in 1972from Felt High School in Felt,Ok. He had been a resident ofLiberal for 40 years.

In 1969, Robert marriedTrudy A. Pierce. She passedaway January 6, 1980.

May 8, 1984 Zelda R.Streetman and Robert weremarried in Liberal. She sur-vives.

Mr. Mayhan owned andoperated Mayhan GardenCenter in Liberal for 25 yearswith his wife.

Survivors include his two

sons, Grady Streetman ofBirmingham, Al. and JamesMayhan and wife Rena ofGreat Bend; two daughters,Marilyn Salley and husbandKent of Broken Arrow, Ok.and Mylinda Howell and hus-band Terrell of CorpusChristi, Tx.; his brotherJohnnie Mayhan and wifeRayola of Kim, Co.; two sis-ters, Lavena Davis and hus-band Ernie of Liberal andLoveta Carter of Guymon,Ok.; his eight grandchildren;and two great grandchildren.

Mr. Mayhan was precededin death by his parents; onebrother; and one sister.

Funeral services were at-tended Monday morning, De-cember 15, 2014 atEmmanuel Southern BaptistChurch with Brother DougKnudsen presiding. Burialfollowed in the Liberal Ceme-tery. Brenneman FuneralHome of Liberal was incharge of the arrangements.

Memorial contributionsmay be sent to the AmericanCancer Society in care of theBrenneman Funeral Home,1212 West Second, Liberal,Ks 67901.

Condolences may be sentto the family at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com.

Robert Harold Mayhan

Word has been received ofthe death of Rita MaeShogren. Mrs. Shogren, 55,passed away Wednesday, De-cember 10, 2014. Born in Quinter February26, 1959, she was thedaughter of Jim and LeonaTuttle. Rita attended Gove GradeSchool, Wheatland HighSchool, Fort Hays State Uni-versity (BS in ElementaryEducation), Kansas StateUniversity (MS in ElementaryEd with Library Science En-dorsement), and KansasState University (ESL En-dorsement). She worked asan educator and coach in theSolomon, Satanta and Lib-eral school districts. Rita wasalso a volleyball official andscorebook keeper for bothbasketball and volleyball. January 10, 1981, Ritamarried Mark Shogren inGove at the United MethodistChurch. During their 33years of marriage, theyresided in Salina, Solomon,Plains and Satanta. Rita was actively involvedin several professional organ-izations and held many of-fices and/or sat on theboards of many of these or-ganizations. These includedthe Kansas Reading Associa-tion, Kansas Association ofSchool Librarians, KansasNational Education Associa-tion, Kansas State Reading

Circle, and Parent TeacherOrganizations. She was alsoa member of the FirstNazarene Church of Sub-lette. Mrs. Shogren is precededin death by her parents. Survivors include her hus-band Mark Shogren of Sa-tanta; two daughters, TiffanyShogren of Olathe and Jes-sica Freeman and husbandAaron of Lawrenceville, Ga.;her siblings, Gwen Kramerand husband David of Meri-den, Lorsey Thompson andhusband Earl of Olathe, RosePackard and husbandCharles of Grainfield, SandraLonas and husband Ralph ofMoneta, Va., Jon Tuttle andwife Debra of Scott City, VonTuttle and wife Cristy ofGove, Lana Durkee of Lenexaand Leon Tuttle and wifeDonna of Gove; 21 niecesand nephews; and 24 greatnieces and great nephews. A memorial service was at-tended at the Southern Bap-tist Church in SubletteSaturday afternoon. Crema-tion has taken place. Memorials may be made tothe American Diabetes Asso-ciation, Kansas Reading As-sociation, and KJIL Radio, incare of Brenneman FuneralHome, 1212 West Second,Liberal, Ks 67901. Condolences may be sentto the family at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com.

Rita Shogren

The death of Glenna Beck-ett of Hugoton has beenlearned at press time.Glenna, age 97, passed fromthis life Monday, December15, 2014 at Pioneer Manor inHugoton.

Funeral arrangements willbe announced at a later dateby Garnand Funeral Home inHugoton.

A complete obituary will bein next week’s Hermes.

Glenna Beckett

Stevens County Fire Department

andAmbulance Report

Stevens County EmergencyServices run activity for No-vember 17 through Decem-ber 14.

Fire Department Wednesday, November 19 -2:21 p.m. dispatched to the400 block of West Eleventhfor a motor vehicle accident. Wednesday, December 3 -9:02 p.m. dispatched to 1206South Adams for a structurefire. Saturday, December 6,6:27 a.m. dispatched to RoadF and Road 20 for a motor ve-hicle accident.

Ambulance Activity Seventeen medical runs,seven transfers, five LifeFlights, two motor Vehicle ac-cidents and one fire standby.

Monday, December 8, 2014• Dog at Large, 200 Block of South

Jefferson, Dog Impounded, OfficerCrane

Tuesday, December 9, 2014• Medical Assist, 1700 Block of

South Main, Public Service, OfficerCrane

Wednesday, December 10, 2014• Abandoned Vehicle, 300 Block of

South Jackson, Had Towed, Ser-geant Johnson

• Dog at Large, 1500 Block of SouthMadison, Unable to Catch, Ser-geant Johnson

• Civil, 100 Block of West Sixth,Public Service, Sergeant Johnson

Thursday, December 11, 2014• Citizen Assist, 700 Block of South

Main, Public Service, Officer Hag-man

• Citizen Assist, 100 Block of WestSeventh, Public Service, SergeantJohnson

• Vehicle Unlock, 600 Block of EastFourth, Unable to Unlock, Ser-geant Johnson

Friday, December 12, 2014• Funeral Escort, 300 Block of

South Van Buren, Public Service,Officer Crane/Chief Leslie

• Vandalism, 500 Block of East Six-teenth, Investigated, Officer Crane

• Disorderly Conduct, 600 Block ofEast Eleventh, Citation Issued, Of-ficer Lamatsch

Saturday, December 13, 2014• Citizen Assist, 300 Block of West

Eleventh, Public Service, OfficerCrane

• Vehicle Unlock, 900 Block ofSouth Monroe, Citizen Assist, Offi-cer Crane

• Lost Dog, Unable to Locate, OfficerCrane

• Loud Music, 1400 Block of SouthMonroe, Unable to Locate, OfficerLamatsch

• ATV, 100 Block of East Sixth, Offi-cer Lamatsch

Sunday, December 14, 2014• Medical Assist, 1000 Block of

South Washington, Public Service,Officer Crane

• Kids in the Street, 500 Block ofWest Eighth, Spoke to Parents, Of-ficer Crane

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In loving memory ofTheresa Richardson. Ms.Richardson passed awaySunday, December 14, 2014in her home in Hugoton. Shewas 57.

Theresa was born June21, 1957 the daughter ofDoug and Phyllis Richard-son.

Those preceding Theresa

in death were her parents.Survivors include her

daughter Neely Campbell,Snickers and Chrissy; andher brother Danny Richard-son of Washington.

Funeral arrangements arepending with Paul’s FuneralHome of Hugoton.

Theresa was loved and willbe missed dearly. God Bless.

Theresa Richardson

God looked around his garden and saw an empty space. He then looked down upon the earthand saw a tired face. He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest. God’s Garden mustbe beautiful, He only takes the best. He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were inpain, He knew you would never get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough,and the hills were hard to climb, so He closed your weary eyelids and whispered “Peace bethine”. It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone, for part of us went with you, theday God called you home.

December 18- Rolla schools’ Christmas

Concert.December 19- Santa Day at Rolla.- Early deadline for The Her-

mes at 12:00 noon for the De-cember 25 paper.December 19-January 2- Christmas Break for Her-

itage Christian Academy andUSD 210 Hugoton students. December 20-January 6- Christmas Break for USD

209 Moscow and USD 217Rolla students.December 21- First day of winter- Pastor Don and Deborah

Quattlebaum invite the com-munity to Lighthouse Fellow-ship for a worship service at10:30 a.m. Lighthouse Fellow-ship is located at 424 S. Jack-son in Hugoton.December 24- Early deadline for The Her-

mes at 12:00 noon for the Jan-uary 1, 2015 issue.December 25- Merry Christmas!December 25-27- Stevens County Library will

be closed for the Christmasholiday.December 29- Hugoton city council will

meet at 5:15 p.m. in the coun-cil meeting room at the CityOffice.December 31- New Year’s EveJanuary 1, 2015- Happy New Year!

January 5-9- School Safety WeekJanuary 6- Heritage Christian AcademyBoard will meet at 7:00 p.m.- Hugoton Sports Boosters willmeet at 7:00 p.m. in the highschool auditorium.January 8- Stevens County GenealogicalSociety will meet at 1:00 p.m.in the Stevens County Li-brary’s computer lab.- Stevens County Farm Serv-

ice Agency and K-State Re-search & Extension will host aFarm Bill Information meetingat 6:00 p.m. at the StevensCounty Fairgrounds.January 19- USD 210 Board of Educationwill meet at 6:30 p.m. in theHugoton Middle School Li-brary.January 21

- Hugoton Primary Schoolclassroom and group pictures.January 22

- Hugoton IntermediateSchool classroom and grouppictures.January 26-27

- No school for USD 210Hugoton students.January 28- Hugoton Middle School sci-

ence fair, starting at 8:30 a.m.February 3- Hugoton Elementary third

graders will present theirmusic program at 7:00 p.m. inthe HES gym.- Heritage Christian AcademyBoard will meet at 7:00 p.m.February 4

- Early release for HeritageChristian Academy studentsat 12:00 noon.- Early release for USD 210

Hugoton students at 1:30 p.m.February 5-6- No school for Heritage Chris-tian Academy or USD 210Hugoton students due to Par-ent/Teacher Conferences.February 9

- No school for USD 209Moscow students due to Par-ent/Teacher Conferences.Grade school conferences willbe from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. andjunior/senior high conferenceswill be from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.February 9-12- Hugoton Elementary SchoolBook Fair Week.February 10- Hugoton Sports Boosters willmeet at 7:00 p.m. in the highschool cafeteria.February 12- Stevens County GenealogicalSociety will meet at 1:00 p.m.in the Stevens County Li-brary’s computer lab.

- Hugoton High Schoolwrestling Senior NightFebruary 13- Hugoton High School winterhomecoming, starting withbasketball versus Goodland at4:45 p.m.February 16- Presidents’ Day- No school for USD 209

Moscow students.- USD 210 Board of Educationwill meet at 6:30 p.m. in theHugoton Middle School Li-brary.

Early deadline for the January1, 2015 issue will be Wednes-day, December 24 at 12:00noon.

Stevens County RetailPharmacy and StevensCounty Medical Clinic will beopen Wednesday, December24 until 12:00 noon. They willboth reopen Friday, December26 and will be open for Satur-day clinic hours. The AnimalHealth Center will be closedChristmas Day.

The Hugoton Area Cham-ber of Commerce plans to beclosed December 25 and willopen again Monday morning,December 29. Stevens CountyCourthouse, the City of Hugo-ton and the City of Moscowwill all be closed Thursday,December 25 and Friday, De-cember 26. First NationalBank reported their doors anddrive up will close at 12:00noon Wednesday and will re-open Friday, December 26with regular hours. CitizensState Bank will close at 1:00p.m. Wednesday afternoonand will reopen Friday until4:00 p.m. Pyramid Agency re-ports they will close at 12:00noon Wednesday and will re-open Monday, December 29with regular hours.

Showplace Video will beopen for all your entertain-ment needs, from 1:00 to 9:00p.m. Christmas Day. Stop inwith the family to get popcorn,candy, a movie, and the "bestsoda in town" at ShowplaceVideo. Don't forget to stock upon reading material at theStevens County Library, asthey plan to close at 7:00 p.m.Christmas Eve and reopen at9:00 a.m. Monday, December29. The Hugoton Senior Cen-ter will be closed Christmas

Day and Friday, December26. If you like physical activitymore than mental, you're inluck! The Hugoton RecreationCommission reported the gymwill be open every day exceptChristmas.

Hopefully you're up to dateon your "honey-do" list, be-cause Hi-Plains Lumber plansto be closed Christmas Dayand reopen Monday with reg-ular hours. Bultman, Inc. willclose at 2:00 p.m. ChristmasEve and reopen Monday. Ifyou have to pray your plumb-ing will be okay with all theholiday guests, call Lin Goodeand Company before theyclose December 24! They re-ported they will be closed De-cember 25 and 26. AmericanImplement will close at 12:00noon Wednesday and will re-open Friday.

If your loved one needs agift certificate for tires, get outto Hugoton Tire and BultmanTire before Christmas Day, asboth will be closed December25. Fortunately Bultman Tirewill be open until 12:00 noonChristmas Eve for any tireneeds, and will open againFriday with regular hours.Hugoton Tire will be open Fri-day.

Car break down? Hurry toSouthwest Kansas Sales orNAPA Auto Parts Monday orTuesday. Both locations willclose early Christmas Eve andwill remain closed throughChristmas Day. SouthwestKansas Sales will be openwith regular hours Friday,December 26. NAPA Auto

Parts reported they will closeat noon December 24 and willreopen December 26 for allyour auto parts needs.

If your generosity knows nobounds, you may want to stopby Riley Chevrolet orGhumm's Auto Center earlynext week to pick out yournew car before they close.Riley's will close at 12:00noon Wednesday and will re-open Friday morning.Ghumm's will close at 12:00noon Wednesday and will beopen again Friday.

In case you or your lovedones need auto repairs - orupgrades - for Christmas,stop by Mick's C&A Automo-tive before Wednesday after-noon. They will be closed untilMonday, December 29.Ghumm's Collision Centerwill be closed at 12:00 noonWednesday until Fridaymorning.

All your insurance needsare hopefully taken care of -but if you're a procrastinator,make sure to visit your agentbefore Christmas Eve! JeffRamsey's Farm Bureau andTanner Rindels' Farm Bureauoffices, will both be closedWednesday until Monday, De-cember 29. Ag First will beclosed Wednesday and Thurs-day, but will reopen Friday foryour convenience. MusgroveInsurance plans to close at12:00 noon Wednesday andreopen Friday with regularhours. State Farm reportsthey will close at 1:00 p.m.Christmas Eve and will re-open Monday, December 29.

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across the United States, fin-ishing up at Nellis Air ForceBase in Nevada. Weapons Offi-cers serve as advisors to mili-tary leaders at all levels, boththose in uniform or in civiliangovernment positions.Weapons Officers are the in-structors of the Air Force in-structors and the service'sinstitutional reservoir of tacticaland operational knowledge. TheWeapons School provides aca-demic and advisory support tonumerous units, enhancing aircombat training for thousandsof airmen from the Air Force,Department of Defense andUnited States allied serviceseach year. The Weapons Schooldiscovers and provides knowl-edge to other Airmen of bestpractices for air, space andcyber combat techniques. Theprogram is equated with a PhDlevel program for the U.S. AirForce.

After Zane graduated fromWeapons School, he returned

to the field to serve as a unitweapons and tactics officer. Hewill also lead combat missionsand provide the Service's seniorleaders and decision makerswith tactical, operational andstrategic impact support.

To illustrate the prestige ofZane's accomplishment ofbeing named OutstandingGraduate, following are require-ments for simply applying tothe USAF’s Weapons School:

- must be active duty AirForce, Air National Guard or AirForce officer

- must be a fully qualified instructor

- must submit a nominationpackage with applicant's datasheet and recommendationfrom applicant's Wing Commander or equivalent

Only 100 candidates - out ofover half a million Air Force per-sonnel - are selected to become Weapons Officers in thesix month course.

censing authority. The trainingcourse fulfills the state require-ment for law enforcementtraining. Classroom lecturesand hands-on applicationshelp train officers to solve theincreasingly complex problemsthey face in the line of duty.

Established by the KansasLegislature in 1968, the centertrains the majority of munici-pal, county and state law en-forcement officers in Kansasand oversees the training of theremaining officers at seven au-thorized and certified academyprograms operated by local lawenforcement agencies and theKansas Highway Patrol.

About 300 officers enroll an-nually in the 14-week basictraining program. The centeroffered continuing educationand specialized training to asmany as 5,600 Kansas officerseach year. Funding for thetraining center is generatedfrom court docket fees frommunicipal and state courts. Nofunds from the state’s generalrevenue are used to operate thecenter.

For a full list of graduates goto: https://news.ku.edu/kansas-law-enforcement-training-center-announces-november-graduates

A member of the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron watches asZane Hershey demonstrates how to properly land a C-17 in adry lake bed at Kirtland Air Force Base at the 57th WeaponsSquadron’s four-week Composite Mission Application phasetraining.

The Hugoton UnitedMethodist Church will behosting a “Blue Christmas”service Sunday, December 21at 5:00 p.m.

This service is geared to-ward those who may be griev-ing the loss of a loved one,and find the holiday’s endlesscelebrations a little hard toface. The UMC hopes theirBlue Christmas service willhelp those mourning findcomfort and hope in theChristmas story and Jesus’

birth.All are invited to join them

at the United MethodistChurch, 828 S. Main, at 5:00p.m. this Sunday, December21, for a time to reflect, re-member and find hope. Formore information you maycall 620-544-8715 and speakwith Reverend Jo Mead.


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Margaret and Robert DuncanDecember 19, 1954

Margaret and Robert DuncanDecember 2014

Robert and Margaret Duncan were united in marriageSunday, December 19, 1954 in Hugoton. They are theparents of Teresa O’Leary, Daniel Duncan, Robin Katen,Monte Duncan and Lisa Neeley and have 15 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

They will celebrate 60 years of marriage at a come andgo party Saturday, December 27, 2014 at the Lakin SeniorCenter from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Guests are asked to enterin the north end of the old hospital, right behind the li-brary and courthouse, east of Main Street. No gifts please.

Duncans celebrate 60 years of marriage

UMC offers Christmas Eve service

“Blue Christmas” helps those grieving

Reverend Jo Mead of theHugoton United MethodistChurch invites the entirecommunity to their Christ-mas Eve service, Wednesday,December 24, at 7:00 p.m.The church is located at 828S. Main and will gladly hostguests in celebrating thebirth of Jesus Christ.

Everyone is invited to wel-come the King of Kings at theHugoton United MethodistChurch’s Christmas EveService at 7:00 p.m. Wednes-day, December 24.


Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace, good will toward men —Luke 2:14

With exceeding great joy, we wish you andyour family all the blessings of this holy season.

Jeff and Karen

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Hugoton UMC provides opportunities to serve God aswe welcome all into fellowship.

This year Christmas is di!erent.This year I am mourning the loss of a loved one.

This year is hard to celebrate.This year I need the hope found in the manger.

Brian Caraveo and Jacob Bell carefully studytheir music during the sixth grade band concert December 8.

Hugoton Elementary School’s sixth graders thoughtfully sing their songs for the Christmas concert December 8.

Hugoton Elementary fifth grade students perform in the choirat the Christmas concert Monday night. Mr. Trevor Waechter

directed the children in several Christmas favorites. ChelleLeininger accompanied the singers on the piano.

Fifth graders Santos Quevedo, CharlieWettstein, Erik Lopez and Nathali Hernandezperform at the Christmas concert.

Hugoton Elementary’s Eagle Choir performs atthe fifth and sixth grade Christmas concertMonday evening. Eagle Choir is comprised of

highly talented young singers and meets twomornings every week. The youngsters im-pressed the audience with their inspired vocals.

to install the new shop-hangar door. Robert Sud-deth painted the truss andmetal for the outside of thenew door.

Manager Porter recom-mended putting new skidplates on the snowplow. Theplates wore out last year andnew ones were welded on.These are already showingwear. Gary checked with thecounty and new bracesmounted on 11-inch wheelscan be purchased. Most ofthe weight will be on therubber wheels making themlast a lot longer. The bladeswill still be touching theground to clean the snow.They cost $635 a wheel. Theboard voted to order two ofthese new wheels for thesnowplow.

Phillips came out to in-spect the airport fuel sys-tem. The airport got a perfectscore. However, Safety andFire Training is now re-quired by Phillips. Thistraining can be obtained on-

line. The board voted to payfor the training for both GaryPorter and Risa Norton.

Davis reported he hadvisited with the StevensCounty Commissioners attheir last meeting, lettingthem know the FAA wantsthe airport to participate in agrant for purchasing land forthe crosswind extension.

The meeting adjourned.The next meeting will beJanuary 6, 2015.

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The Eagles won the Blueand Red Classic this pastweekend, and three Eagleswere named to the 2014 AllTournament Team. They wereZack Leininger, Parker Titusand Kellen Watkins. ZackLeininger was named theBlue and Red Classic 2014MVP!

Hugoton battled GruverThursday defeating the Texasteam, 41 to 34. Advancing tothe winners’ bracket, the Ea-gles met Lakin Friday wherethe home team again ad-vanced—all the way to the fi-nals—after defeating theBroncs 54 to 43. The Satur-day night game for first placewas against Ulysses, wherethe Eagles dominated theTigers. When the final buzzersounded and the last pointwas scored, it was the Eagleson top, 63 to 38.

Hugoton started the tour-nament with a close gameagainst Gruver. It took al-most a full minute of play be-fore Gruver scored the firsttwo points of the game.Parker Titus answered Gru-ver’s basket with two pointsof his own seconds later.Wade Heger scored the firstpoints for the Eagles in thesecond quarter, keeping thehome team in the lead. Afterfour minutes of the secondquarter, Gruver pulled aheadby one but lost the lead to theEagles when Zack Leiningeradded two points assisted byUlises Armendariz. The firsthalf ended with the Eaglesleading by two.

Gruver started the secondhalf with possession andsoon tied the game, 18 to 18.The Texas team continued topull ahead, taking a sevenpoint lead half way throughthe quarter. Hugoton foughtback and trailed by one withone minute left to play.Manuel Mendez pulled thehome team ahead by one onlyseconds before the thirdended. The Greyhoundsscored one free throw to tiethe game at 30 all. The finalquarter was close for the firstthree minutes, beforeLeininger added two points to

get the Eagles back on top.Hugoton’s defense held thevisiting team from addingenough points to catch theEagles, giving the home teamtheir first win.

Hugoton led throughoutthe game, with their largestlead being 14 points.Leininger was the top scoremaker during this game,adding 12 points followed byKellen Watkins with eleven.

Game two was againstLakin Friday night. Hugotongained possession of the ballon the jump but it was theBroncos who scored the firstpoints with a three point fieldgoal early in the quarter.Lakin held the lead through-out most of the quarter withthe Eagles only leading once.When the first quarter endedHugoton trailed by twopoints.

Hugoton threw the ball into start the second quarterand it was the Eagles whoscored the quarter’s first bas-ket to tie up the game. Thiswas a big turning point of thegame and the home teamwent on to lead the Broncs byten points before half time.

Lakin threw the ball in tostart the third quarter andwas soon on the board. WadeHeger got a chance to stealthe ball and soon scoredHugoton’s first points of thesecond half. When the thirdquarter ended the Eagles hada respectable 41 to 26 lead.

The Broncs had a betterfourth quarter but wasn’table to catch up with the Ea-gles. Hugoton added another13 points to take their secondwin of the tournament. AlexPerez scored eight points dur-ing this fierce battle and wasable to assist four times andhad one steal. The win putthe Eagles in the final gameagainst Ulysses for the cham-pionship.

This game was a greatgame with the Eagles losingthe lead six times and tyingthe game twice. The Eagles’largest lead was by 16 pointsand longest scoring streakwas ten.

The third and final game

for the championship was tobe against the Eagles’ longtime rivals, the UlyssesTigers. The crowd waspumped as the game beganand the Eagle fans went wildwhen Parker Titus scored thefirst two points of the game.Ulysses soon took the leadand held it for most of thefirst quarter. With less thantwo minutes left to play in thefirst, the Eagles were tiedwith the Tigers. Hugotonpulled ahead by two on a twopoint shot by Tony Kinser,assisted by Manuel Mendez.The first quarter ended withthe Eagles leading, 13 to 11.

Hugoton threw the ball into start the second quarterand was first on the boardwith a two point basket byZack Leininger. The Eaglesdominated in this quarterand by the end of the firsthalf, it was the Eagles’ game,

35 to 20.The Eagles started the

third quarter in possession ofthe ball but it was the Tigerswho scored first. Hugotonsoon answered with a twopoint shot by Kellen Watkins.The Eagles continued to scorewhile holding the Tigers toonly six total points in thequarter. When the final quar-ter ended the Eagles had wonthe game—and the tourna-ment!

Hugoton had five leadchanges and tied withUlysses three times. Thelargest lead against Ulysseswas 27 points and the longestscoring streak was elevenpoints. Four Eagles scored inthe double digits. Leiningerled with 17 points, followedby Parker Titus with 13. ZachZerr added 12 and KellenWatkins scored ten.

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ARMS Wrestling Tournamentat Home; 3:00 p.m.Friday, December 19-Boys’ C-Team Basketball vs

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-Girls’ Varsity Basketball vsScott City at Home; 6:30 p.m.-Boys’ Varsity & Girls’ C-

Team Basketball vs Scott Cityat Home; 8:00 p.m.Saturday, December 20-Varsity Wrestling Tourna-

ment at Goodland; 10:00 a.m.-JV Wrestling Tournament at

Holly; 10:00 a.m.

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In a rematch of a semi-finalgame from the 2013 tourna-ment (won by Hugoton 48-42),the Gruver Lady Greyhoundswon the opening tip and imme-diately scored a layup and thenfollowed that up with two 3-point baskets as they ran out toa 17-0 lead and ultimately a 22-5 first quarter lead. The onlyscoring in the first quarter camefrom sophomore Amy Scott withthree and freshmen DallieHoskinson’s two.

The second quarter foundthe Eagles scoring ten pointsbut giving up another 14 toGruver to make the halftimescore 15-36. Scott scored eightof the Eagle’s ten points in thequarter. Hoskinson was injuredmidway through the quarterand was unable to finish thegame for the Eagles as she satout for precautionary reasons.

Gruver continued to pile onthe points in the third quarterscoring 18 while the Eaglescould only muster 12, so thescore was 27-54 heading intothe fourth quarter. SophomoreMelisa Fabela scored sevenpoints in the third for the Ea-gles. Shortly into the fourthquarter Gruver had the lead to30, so the remainder of thegame was played with a run-ning clock and the Eagles couldonly score seven points whileGruver scored 12 to make thefinal 34-66. Gruver’s record forthis basketball season is now at12-2 while the Lady Eagles arenow 3-1.

Scott led the scoring for theEagles with 13, Fabela scorednine, senior Ana Pena had five,sophomore Katy Heger three,Hoskinson had two, as did sen-ior Estefani Armendariz. TheLady Eagles struggled in theirshooting as they only madeseven out of 30 two-point at-tempts and five out of 26 three-point attempts.

Armendariz grabbed eightrebounds with six of them onthe offensive end while Hegerhad seven with six being defen-sive boards. Hoskinson grabbedsix rebounds in her limited timein the game as well as havingthree steals and two assists.Heger had four deflections andfour steals.

Gruver’s senior point guard,#24 Haynes, scored 21 and wasnamed the Most Valuable Player

in the tournament. Junior post,#2 Seagler, scored 24 pointsand controlled the lane alongwith #21 Spivey who scored 12and both were also named tothe all tournament team alongwith Haynes. Hugoton was rep-resented on the all tournamentteam by Dallie Hoskinson, KatyHeger and Amy Scott who wasalso part of the all tournamentteam last year as a freshman.

The Lady Eagles will be backon the court Friday, December19, as they host Scott City withthe JV game tipping off at 4:45with varsity to follow at 6:30.

The team would like to ex-press their appreciation to all oftheir fans for supporting themduring the tournament and forfilling up the stands. The teamalso would like to thank theRowdy Crowd for their excitingsupport and cheering.

The Lady Eagles and LadyBulldogs played a rematch oflast year’s championship game(won by Hugoton 62-57) in thisyear’s semi-final round with theLady Eagles winning 73-47.The first quarter found the Ea-gles scoring 20 points with sen-ior Ana Pena pouring in sevenpoints and freshmen DallieHoskinson coming off the benchto contribute seven as well.

The second quarter scoringpace continued as the Eaglesput another 20 points on theboard to take a halftime lead of40-23. Sophomore Katy Hegertossed in 11 points in the quar-

ter and contributed two of theteam’s four three-point basketsin the quarter. Fellow sopho-more Melissa Fabela hit a threeand two free throws for fivepoints and Hoskinson hit athree-point basket right beforethe halftime buzzer to give theteam a 17-point advantage overthe Bulldogs.

The scoring frenzy continuedinto the third quarter as sevenLady Eagles scored, led byHoskinson’s four with Fabelaand senior Riley Sosa each scor-ing a three-point basket. A fewminutes into the fourth quarterthe Lady Eagles had a 30-pointlead so the remainder of thegame was played with a run-ning clock, but the team stillwas able to put another 14points in the books with Penascoring five and Hoskinson fourto make the final score 73-47.

Hoskinson and Heger eachscored 18 points with Pena con-tributing 15 and Fabela scoring11. Freshmen Amy Scottscored six, Sosa had three andsenior Taylor Fiss had two.

Pena grabbed eight re-

bounds as did Hoskinson withScott having six and Fiss five asthe Lady Eagles grabbed a teamtotal of 18 offensive and 24 de-fensive rebounds.

Senior Estefani Armendarizwas again active with her handsand caused five deflections withHoskinson having four andHeger three which led to theteam having 15 steals. Stealleaders were Scott with five andPena at four. Scott had a greatnight distributing the ball to thescorers as she had nine assistswhile Hoskinson had five andFiss three towards the team’stotal of 23 assists.

The Lady Eagles put up 40two-point field goal attemptsand made 17 for a field goal per-centage of 42.5 and shot 39%from three-point area making11 out of 28 attempts. Theteam does need to work on theirfree throw shooting as they onlymade six out of 16. The win putthe Eagles into the champi-onship game for the fourthstraight year with their oppo-nent being the Gruver LadyGreyhounds.

The Lady Eagles started thegame against Perryton Thurs-day playing fast and furious andoutscored the Rangerettes 16-6at the end of the first quarter.

Freshmen guard DallieHoskinson came off the benchto score eight first quarterpoints while sophomore KatyHeger tossed in five and sopho-more Melissa Fabela made threeout of four free throws. The sec-ond quarter onslaught contin-ued with the Lady Eaglesputting in another 26 points ledby sophomore Amy Scott’sseven and Heger’s six and thismade the halftime score 42-22.

The third quarter found theEagles putting another 18points on the scoreboard withHoskinson scoring seven andsenior Ana Pena contributingfour to build the lead to 60-33.

Shortly into the fourth quar-ter the Lady Eagles had the leadto 30 so the remainder of thequarter was played with a run-ning clock with Hoskinson toss-ing in ten more points to bringthe final score to 76-46.

Hoskinson led the way with28 points in only her secondgame as a member of the LadyEagle’s varsity team. Hegercontributed 14, Scott 13, Pena

and Fabela each scored seven,senior Estefani Armendariz andfreshmen JoHanna Rawlinshad three each and freshmenBrooklynn Harper scored onepoint. No other stats were avail-able at this time due to a cam-era malfunction thus notallowing the complete game tobe filmed. The win moved theLady Eagles into the semi-finalsof the winner’s bracket and theteam played Hooker, Ok., Fri-day.

Lady Eagles are runners-up at Blue and Red Classic

Dallie Hoskinson tries to block a Gruver player during thechampionship game Saturday.

The Hugoton cheerleaders present the Lady Eagles with their second place medals.

Dallie Hoskinson, Katy Heger and Amy Scott proudly displaytheir certificates for the 2014 All Tournament Team.

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The C team girls played inthe Dodge City C team tour-nament last week and wonthird place.

Tuesday, December 9, thegirls defeated Great Bend 58-11. The young Lady Eaglesscored 38 in the first half andtheir tough defense heldGreat Bend to only six. Thepressure defense was backedoff in the second half but theEagles still kept Great Bendto only five points while scor-

ing another 20 themselves.Freshmen guards LaneyHoskinson and BrooklynnHarper led the scoring with26 and 20 respectively, whileClaire Lewis and BrittaBeesley each had four andCaitlin Lewis and sophomoreJackie Armendariz eachscored two.

There were many stealsmade by the Lady Eagleswhen they ran a full courtpress and also when trapping

in the half court. A lot of thepoints scored by Laney andBrooklynn were from stealsthey made or from greatpasses to them by teammateswho stole the ball. FreshmenJaysa Featherston and Ad-dyson Gooch played ex-tremely hard and did a reallynice job on defense as did allof the girls.

The semi-final game ver-sus Garden City Saturday,December 13, resulted in aloss 26-33. The Lady Eaglesstarted out scoring 12 pointsin the first quarter but thenonly scored 14 over the re-maining three quarters.There were a lot of shots thatbounced out or were part ofthe way down only to popback out, hang on the rimand then fall off. The Eagles

also missed ten free throwsso they know free throwshooting must be a focus inpractice. Brooklynn led thescoring with ten, Lahey hadseven, Jackie three andJaysa, Britta and Claire hadtwo each. The loss moved theLady Eagles into the thirdplace game versus Hays.

The third place game waswon by the Lady Eagles overHays 32-20. Leading thescoring again was Brooklynnwith 16 with Jaysa putting insix, Claire and Laney gettingfour each and Britta scoringtwo. All of the Lady Eaglescontributed one way or an-other in these three gamesand the coaching staff islooking forward to the contin-ued improvement of the play-ers.

The eighth grade Lady Ea-gles’ basketball team com-peted against Guymon, Ok.Monday, December 8, athome. The B-team defeatedGuymon 14-8 and the A-team fell by two points 36-38.

Against Guymon the girlsplayed pretty well in bothgames. The B-team had agreat game. They did a betterjob shooting free throws andwere moving the ball well. Inthe A-team game the girlsstruggled some from the freethrow line. They let thisgame get away from them inthe end. “We just have tolearn to finish games. It’s alearning experience,” saidCoach Nick Rodriguez.

The B-team started out inthe lead and held it through-out the game. By halftime the

Lady Eagles led 10-2 andtook the win by the fourthquarter.

Scoring for Hugoton wereLuz Romo and Kenzie Hag-man with four points each.Josselyn Jurado, MeaghanMcClure and Evelyn Cama-cho each scored two points.

The Hugoton girls’ A-teamstruggled against a toughGuymon team but led at theend of the third quarter 26-25. In the fourth quarter, theGuymon team took the winby two points.

Sesthleng Garcia was thetop scorer with 15 points fol-lowed closely by RebeccaJohnson with 13. JaylaStump scored four points fol-lowed by Sahayla Haar withtwo points and Etni Guzmanand Ashlyn Schechter withone point each.


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Thursday, December 11,the eighth grade Lady Eaglestraveled to Liberal to battlethe Liberal South teams. TheB-team defeated LiberalSouth 29-8. and the A-teamwon 35-15.

Against Liberal South bothteams played very well. Thismarked the third time Hugo-ton played South so it wasdifficult to get themselvesprepared for playing a team athird time. “We did a betterjob of moving the basketballbut have to make better playswith our decisions to pushthe ball. We have a tourna-ment coming up and have tobe more effective with deci-sion making,” said CoachNick Rodriguez.

Scoring for the B-teamwere Magali Chavez witheight points and Abby Hegerand Kenzie Hagman withfour points each. Kara Ro-driguez, Luz Romo, BriannaCampbell, Evelyn Camachoand Josselyn Jurado withtwo points each andMeaghan McClure with threepoints.

A-team scorers were Re-becca Johnson with 19, JaylaStump with eight, SesthlengGarcia with six, and AshlynSchechter with two.

Friday and Saturday, boththe varsity and junior varsitywrestling teams traveled toUlysses for a two-day tourna-ment. As a team Hugotonwrestled very well, placing allbut three of the varsitywrestlers and finishing infourth place, but the Eagleswere in second place half waythrough the finals. “We arestill young and made somemistakes in the finals that

cost a couple of us theirchampionship. It was an ex-citing tournament from thecoaching position, I saw a tonof growth in each of ourwrestlers and it showed in uswinning all of our rematchesthat we lost the weekend be-fore. We are improving dailyand as long as we can con-tinue to do so we can com-pete in many of the nexttournaments, and hopefully

bring home some hardware,”said Coach Brian Campbell.

Romano Burger was theWarrior of the Week thisweek. This weekend, Hugo-ton will head to Goodland fora Varsity dual tournamentand the Junior Varsity willtravel to Holly, Co. to com-pete in their varsity tourna-ment.Varsity:Daniel Bustillos fourth place

Jalen Rosales third placeBradan Slemp second placeIsrael Montoya second placePedro Ordonez second placeMarcos Baeza third placeGenesis Martinez third placeRomano Burger second placeJunior Varsity:Danny Tapia first placeJack Stalcup first placeAsaf Ruiz third place

Noah Johnson, a freshman at Humboldt High School and for-mer Hugoton resident, started both offensive and defensive forthe varsity football team as a freshman. He was recently selectedand received All-League recognition for his play. He was the onlyfreshman in the league to receive All-League. Humboldt playsin the Tri-Valley League. Members of the League are CaneyValley, Humboldt, Cherryville, Fredonia, Neodesha, Erie, Eu-reka, Burlington and Yates Center. Noah is 5 feet ten inches talland 192 pounds. He is the son of Bob and Melanie Johnson. Congratulations Noah!!

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Eighth grade basketball team wins one, loses one at Guymon

Hugoton wrestlers place fourth at Ulysses tournament

Lady Eagles’ basketball C-team wins third place

Lady EaglesEighth Gradedefeat Liberal

The Hugoton USD #210Board of Education met Mon-day night in a regularmonthly meeting. Boardmembers present were BarryHittle, Paula Rowden,Stephanie Heger, Martin Da-harsh, Matt Mills and ToddGayer. Don Beesley was ab-sent. Also present were MarkCrawford, Traci Shields, EliseHeger, Tiffany Boxum, Bren-non Featherston, ShannonNordyke, Austin Nordyke,Ashley Fiss, Armando Mar-tinez, Jan Kilbourne, LarryLyder, John Girodat and KayMcDaniels.

Ashley Fiss and three ofher students were at themeeting for an HHS Draft-ing/CAD presentation. Thisclass is taught by Ashley. Theclass was asked to design abathroom needing to be builtat Hugoton High School toaccommodate a special needsstudent coming to the highschool next school year. Itwas a real world applicationassignment Austin Nordyke,Armando Martinez and Bren-non Featherston shared at

the meeting.Armando, Austin and

Brennon each talked aboutthe plans for the restroomand some of the steps theytook to get information anduse it for their drawings.

Mr. Crawford felt the Blueand Red Classic went verywell. He was glad the newSchool Resource DeputyAdam Mauk was there. Healso informed the board ofthe state assessments for thisyear. There will be as muchas twelve tests done in athirty-day window for some ofthe grades.

Mrs. Boxum, PrimarySchool Principal, told theboard during the month ofDecember all of her gradelevel PLC met with StuartScott. The teachers broughttheir new Macbook Airs. Itwas basically a question andanswer hour for the teachers.

Mr. Larry Lyder, Interme-diate School Principal, saidall the intermediate studentsare in compliance and cur-rent with the state require-ments for their

immunizations. School safetyweek will be January 5-9.Monday the classes will dofire drills. Tuesday will be bussafety. Also Tuesday they willkick off bike safety. SRDAdam Mauk will talk to stu-dents Tuesday, Wednesdayand Thursday morningsabout bike safety.

Mrs. Boxum and Mr. Lyderwill be handing out bike hel-mets to students in eachclass. Wednesday will be per-sonal safety day, Thursdaythe school will do a lockdowndrill and Friday they’ll do atornado drill.

Mr. John Girodat, HighSchool Principal, said theRowdy Crowd was outstand-ing at the Blue and Red Clas-sic over the weekend. Alsothe high school presently hasquite a few students out sick.He informed the board finals will be Tuesday andWednesday.

Mr. Jan Kilbourne, HLAPrincipal, informed the boardthis is the last week for JudySeaman. The school had agirl graduate last week andshould have two graduatesthis week.

Paula Rowden talkedabout High Plains EducationCooperative (HPEC). She saidSublette has a program foradvanced students that im-pressed her. Hugoton usese2020 in school which is sim-ilar to the Sublette program.

Superintendent Crawfordand Elise Heger are goingTuesday to Salina to attendthe December Coalition of Innovative School Districts(CISD) meeting.

Over the course of the nextfew months, the Administra-tive Team will begin to findbudget reductions for the2015-2016 school year. Thegoal is to identify reductionsthat have the least impact onclassroom learning. The teamwill identify three levels ofcuts: $200,000, up to$400,000 and up to$600,000. The district hopesto know in April or May whatlevels of funding the state willbe able to provide. Hugoton ishoping for the best, but planning for some worse casescenarios.

The second meeting of theFacility Visioning Committeewas a good one. There wereten patrons in attendance.They ranked some long-termfacility projects and gave ad-vice as to their priority.

Superintendent Crawfordhas had to deny two teacherrequests for college reimbursement. The budgetfor this line item is depleted.

There have been somecases of whooping cough inthe area and the school hasan excellent nursing staff tohelp with awareness.

The board approved theteaching contract for Made-lyn Sullivan and JenniferBeesley for the second semes-ter of 2014-2015. Madelyn(Parsons) Sullivan will re-place Judy Seaman at theHLA and Jennifer will replaceKathleen Patterson in sev-enth grade math. These are

both one-semester contracts. The motion to renew the

Russell Childhood Develop-ment Center’s Learn and Playgrant through the ECDC Par-ents as Teachers programwas approved. The grant wasfor $8,000.

The board approved themotion to terminate the em-ployment of Magdalena DonJuan effective December 16,2014.

A grant to cover a cost ofbuilding a student bathroomat Hugoton High School wasapproved.

The early graduation inDecember of 2015 for KeelyHittle contingent on comple-tion of all HHS requirementsfor graduation was approved.Keely is a junior in goodstanding. She is a member ofthe National Honor Societyand has a good plan for gain-ing college credit and startingher post HS education. Shewould complete her highschool coursework in a year,and she would be eligible toparticipate in the graduationceremonies in May 2016.

The board approved theearly graduation in May of2016 for Athziri Figuearocontingent on completion ofall HHS requirements forgraduation. Athziri is cur-rently a sophomore in goodstanding. She wants to dou-ble up on some of her course-work using e2020(Edgenuity). Her plan is pos-sible, but will take some seri-ous hard work on her part.She has an excellent post HSplan based in part on helpingher family situation.

The meeting was ad-journed.

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Boy Scout Andrew Stevenson completes his Eagle Scout Project by providing tee signs at each hole at the ForewindsGolf Course. This makes Andrew eligible to become an EagleScout for Troop 189. The Forewinds Golf Board is very proudof Andrew. Left to right are Superintendent Rick Schroeder,board member Alvin Riley, board member Tony Hall, BoyScout Andrew Stevenson, board member John Akers andClubhouse Manager Brent Betsworth. To the left is a photo ofthe plaque that will be placed in the concrete under the teesign.

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What’s Happenin with Hugoton Students?

Hugoton Eagle fans get ROWDY at the Blue and Red Classicbasketball tournament this past weekend. The Rowdy Crowd,comprised of Hugoton Middle and High School students, provides nearly as much entertainment as the game itself!

ECDC students Jaydin Duvalland Daimian Herrada practicemaking shapes in Mrs.Fiehler’s class.

“Fester” visits Hugoton Elementary Thursday, December 4, toshare some favorite books with the students.

Second graders dance with their special visitor Marion Duncan,Mrs. Hill’s mother-in-law, who is a Muskogee Creek Indian. Sheshared many folk tales and showed the children how to do a powwow dance. The second graders are writing research reportsabout Native Americans and appreciated Mrs. Duncan’s help.

Ricki Rickers and Brittney Kolb participate in an “Hour ofCode” tutorial session in Mrs. Gustafson’s class Monday, De-cember 8. The sessions are game-like and enable students towork at their own pace. Millions of people participated in theHour of Code last week for Computer Science Education Week.

The Neufeld Family proudly displays their certificate of graduation from the FAST program Monday, December 8.

Eagle fans line up to slap hands with Hugoton varsity playerUlises Armendariz at the recent Blue and Red tourney.

Hugoton Elementary School awarded “Ugliest ChristmasSweater” to these unsightly participants Monday, December 15.From left to right winners for each grade are first grade DaniellaAlfaro, second grade Toby Grubbs, third grade Carson Chamberlain, fourth grade Zevin Littell, fifth grade Aubri Be-navidez and sixth grade Danny Sawyer. Congratulations!

Countless grandparents and other relatives visit their preschool-ers at Hugoton ECDC’s Grandparents’ Day December 12.

HMS students don “ugly Christmas sweaters” as they partici-pate in a “Ho Ho Home for the Holidays” Winter Spirit Week.

Monday, December 22Breakfast: cereal, raisins,milkLunch: tomato soup, grilledcheese, mandarin oranges,milkSnack: apple sauce & gra-ham crackersTuesday, December 23Breakfast: bagels, strawber-ries, milk Lunch: chili, corn, apples,crackers, milkSnack: cinnamon rolls, milk

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NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIEDthat on the 24th day of November,2014, a Petition was filed in this Courtby Robert Lynn Laycock, an heir ofHelen Palmer Laycock, Deceased,praying that: the foreign will of HelenPalmer Laycock, Deceased, datedMarch 4, 1991, be admitted to pro-bate and record in this Court; no ad-

ministration of the Estate is neces-sary; the will be construed; and all ofdecedent’s right, title and interest inand to the Kansas property owned bythe decedent at the time of death beassigned in accordance with theterms of the Will.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or before the29th day of December, 2014, at 11:00a.m. in the District Court, in the Cityof Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas,at which time and place the cause willbe heard. Should you fail therein,judgment and decree will be enteredin due course upon the Petition.

Robert Lynn LaycockPetitioner

Robert K. AndersonMORRIS, LAING, EVANS, BROCK& KENNEDY, CHARTERED300 N. Mead, Suite 200Wichita, Kansas 67202(316) 262-2671Attorneys for Petitioner

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What’s Happenin with Hugoton Students?

Rowan Sullivan helps trim the tree at Caring Connections lastweek during the daycare’s holiday festivities.

Jett Crawford, a student at Heritage Christian Academy, isgiven a lift by Miss Towers to put the finishing touches on theirbeautiful Christmas tree.

Pioneer Manor residents enjoy a Christmas concert performedby students from Heritage Christian Academy. Mrs. GlendaMacComack directs.

Fourth graders Rustin Pearcy, Mary Beth Crawford, MikynHamlin and Agatha Fehr proudly display their certificates forearning A’s on four math speed drills in a row! The group enjoyed a delicious lunch at McDonald’s to congratulate themfor their efforts.

Heritage Christian Academy students present their Christmasprogram at Bethel Friends Church last week, while Mrs. GlendaMacComack reminds them to smile and sing pretty!

Those are for the tree, not your ears, girls! Agatha Fehr, HeidiBogan and Lisa Fehr have some silly fun while trimming the treeat Heritage Christian.

Preschool cuties proudly display “Christmas” during HeritageChristian Academy’s annual Christmas program Wednesday,December 10. Mrs. Emily Johnson teaches Preschool and Pre-K at HCA.

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and played an important rolein getting Rolla an invitationto join the Santa Fe TrailLeague. He was one of thecoaches for all three sportsthe first year Rolla was in theleague. The Pirates capturedthe championship in all threesports. That year was proba-tionary and the rest of theleague voted for Rolla not tostay. Neill and Mr. Ron Reed,a good friend and coach andteacher at Rolla as well, useda mixture of foresight, tears,compliments, forcefulnessand love to deliver unequaledspeeches as to the merits ofRolla being a permanentmember of the Santa Fe TrailLeague. Today only threeteams still exist in the league,Deerfield, Moscow and Rolla.

During his tenure at Rolla,he was the elementary princi-pal and then moved to thesuperintendent position in 1968-69. He remained superintendent in Rolla untilhis retirement in May 1994.

Mr. Hays held many otherpositions besides teachingthat were instrumental in thepreservation of Rolla. He,with the help of his sons andothers, rebuilt three of the pi-oneer homes of Rolla and re-located them to within thecity limits for more housing.Neill’s pride in Rolla grewthroughout the years as hewatched the school’s pro-grams become knownthroughout not only south-west Kansas but the state.

Mr. Hays was especiallyproud of the library facilitywhich the school and com-munity have developedthrough combined efforts. Itis one of the few in the stateto share resources and offertheir community the school-community library services.Rolla has, year after year, puttogether quality sports pro-grams, excellent music andspeech teams and an out-standing scholars’ bowl pro-gram. Much of this successhas been due to the fact thatthe students and teachershad a leader at the top whowas interested in their activi-ties.

The name Neill Hays still issynonymous with Rolla, 20years after his retirement.Neill had a special character-istic for sharing his life withothers. One would find himbeing a bus driver, standingon the corner greeting stu-dents as they came to school,mowing grass, coaching LittleLeague, working with Scoutsand organizing and emceeingthe famous Santa Day cele-bration each year. He servedin Lions’ Club, was a deaconin his church, and loved toattend the rodeos of his chil-dren and grandchildren. The

Hays’ home was always wel-coming to anyone who mayhave needed love, help andguidance. Mr. Hays, as he isstill respectfully called, leftthis earth Friday, December12, 2014 at the age of 79. His

life and legacy will forever belinked to Rolla. May Godbless and keep his family allthe rest of their days.

His complete obituary isincluded on page 2 of thisweek’s Hermes.


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The Rolla High SchoolScholars’ Bowl team partici-pated in another tournamentMonday, December 8, atSouthwestern Heights. Theteam received third place,only losing one round by tenpoints. Rolla continues themedal winning streak. RHShas also been chosen to hostthe Regional Scholars’ Bowlin February.

Congratulations and goodluck with your future meets!

Music filled the air atSherry Kelling’s piano recitalSunday, December 14. TheRolla UMC hosted the eventonce again and while sickness and other eventsconflicted with the recital, the13 pieces played were enjoyed by all who attended.

First grade students who

played were Geminis andGenesis Hernandez andSamantha Dunn. KylieBrummett was the only second grader who per-formed. Kenneth Fosdickwas the only fifth grade student. Sixth grade stu-dents were SaKya Milburn,Castor Hernandez, McKenzie

Hinds and Monte Fosdick.Freshmen students were Angelina Fosdick and Deserae Schwindt. JuniorsKyri Brummett and GarryNorton finished off theevening. The students wereall treated to a candy canefrom Mrs. Kelling.

Congratulations to all!

Santa Claus is coming totown! Friday, December 19,will be Rolla’s annual SantaDay. Santa will ride in on thefire truck and listen to lastminute requests and takephotos.

The hay scramble will alsobe featured. The Rolla Recre-ation will provide donuts anddrinks for the event.

Come out and visit withyour neighbors and enjoy theday. Donations are still beingaccepted. See you there!

Sam Eiland’s Christmasconcert will be Thursday, December 18, at 7:00 p.m. inthe old gym. The elementarychoir will be performing “ElfImpersonator”, while the jun-ior high and high schoolbands and choirs will per-form more traditional songs.

Plan to attend the concert,beginning at 7:00 p.m. It’ssure to be grand!

Rolla NewsBy Phoebe Brummett

Thursday, December 18- Christmas Music Program;

7:00 p.m.Friday, December 19

- Secret Santa/ BirthdayBreakfast; 7:15 a.m.

- Santa Day begins at 12:30p.m.

December 22 – January 5Christmas BreakMerry Christmas!

Thursday, February 5- KSHSAA Scholars’ Bowl 1A,

Division I Regionals hosted byRolla at 4:00 p.m.

UMC hosts Sherry Kelling’s piano recital

Walter Neill HaysContinued from Page 1

Sherry Kelling’s piano students tickle theivories for guests at the piano recital Sunday.In back, left to right, are Garry Norton, Angelina Fosdick, Sherry Kelling, DeseraeSchwindt, Kyri Brummett, McKenzie Hinds

and SaKya Milburn. In front are SamanthaDunn, Kylie Brummett, Kenneth Fosdick,Monte Fosdick, Castor Hernandez and Genesisand Geminis Hernandez.

The RHS Scholars’ Bowl team continues itsmedaling streak. Left to right are Brianna Smith,

Paige Claassen, Allyson Norton, Henry Wiebe,Chandler Huddleston and Garry Norton.

“Elf Impersonator”will be performed Thursday night

Santa Day comesto town Friday, December 19

Scholars’ Bowl continues theirwinning streak

Senator Jerry Moran hasbeen appointed to several keyU.S. Senate committeeswhose jurisdictions have a di-rect impact on the nation’seconomy and the lives ofKansans. Senator Moran willserve on the following commit-tees in the 114th Congress:• U.S. Senate Committee onCommerce, Science andTransportation• U.S. Senate Banking,Housing and Urban AffairsCommittee• U.S. Senate Committee ofAppropriations• U.S. Senate Committee onVeterans’ Affairs• U.S. Senate Committee onIndian Affairs

“It is clear that the eco-nomic policies put into placeby the Democrat-led Senateand the Obama Administra-tion have not worked,” Sen.Moran said. “In January, webegin to forge a new path. Asa member of the Commerce,Banking and AppropriationsCommittees I look forward toadvocating for pro-growthpolicies that create jobs andmore economic opportunityfor every American.”

Chair of the Committee onCommittees Senator MikeCrapo of Idaho lauded Sena-tor Moran’s work to earnthese appointments, saying,“Jerry’s efforts on and off theHill are highly regarded by me

and my Republican col-leagues. The GOP conferenceis deeply grateful for his hardwork and strong leadership asNRSC Chairman, which is re-flected in these importantcommittee assignments.”

In his new role on Com-merce, Science and Trans-portation, Senator Moran willwork to provide valuable over-sight on a wide range of issuesincluding communications,highways, aviation, rail, ship-ping, transportation security,fisheries, science, space, in-terstate commerce and nu-merous others.

“Jerry Moran is not only ahard-working, well-respectedmember of our Conference, heis a good friend and I look for-ward to working with him onthe Commerce, Science, andTransportation Committeeduring the 114th Congress,”said Sen. John Thune ofSouth Dakota, ranking mem-ber of the Senate Commerce,Science, and TransportationCommittee.

Through his appointmentto the Banking, Housing, andUrban Affairs Committee,Senator Moran will continuehis long-time commitment tostrengthening the economy,creating jobs, opening up for-eign markets to U.S. exports,and fostering the growth ofsmall businesses.

Senator Moran has a longhistory of opposing recklessspending on Capitol Hill andwill continue to bring Kansascommon sense and hard-nosed fiscal oversight to theappropriations process. In hisrole on the AppropriationsCommittee, Senator Moran is

committed to working to elim-inate wasteful spending andprioritize initiatives that effec-tively and efficiently serve theAmerican people.

Additionally, SenatorMoran has made improvingthe quality of life for the nearly250,000 veterans living inKansas a top priority through-out his time on the House Vet-erans’ Affairs Committee andwill continue doing so as amember of the Senate Veter-ans’ Affairs Committee.

“There is no group of Amer-icans I hold in higher regardthan our veterans, whobravely put their lives at riskto protect the freedoms andliberties we all enjoy,” SenatorMoran continued. “They kepttheir promise to us and wemust keep our promise tothem. I am humbled to havethe opportunity to continueworking on behalf of thosewho have honorably servedour country.”

Finally, Senator Moran willjoin the Senate Committee onIndian Affairs to study theunique problems of AmericanIndian, Native Hawaiian andAlaska Native peoples andpropose legislation to alleviatedifficulties including educa-tion, economic developmentand land management.

Submitted by the Office ofSenator Jerry Moran.


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Soon it will be Christmas andwe’re all aglow thinking of allthe good folk that we know!

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The 2014 Rolla ShowcaseInvitational basketball tour-nament was December 11through 13. The Pirate teamsplayed hard but came up justshort in the end. The Lady Pirates took second place, los-ing to the Moscow Wildcats.

The Pirate men took fourthplace, falling to Syracuse.South Baca was the men’swinner overall.

The Pirate Arena and thesecond gym were bothbuzzing with excitement.There were some nail biters

and some upsets. JuniorSarah Easterwood and seniorKatie Murray were in the topten scorers for the girls’ gamesand were selected as part ofthe All Tournament team.

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Lady Pirates take second place in tournament

Kansas National Guard deployment to Ebola region cancelled

Senator Moran appointed to key committees in 114th Congress

HELP SOCIAL SECURITY December 21 is NationalHomeless Persons’ MemorialDay. Since 1990, on or near thefirst day of winter and thelongest night of the year, theNational Coalition for theHomeless brings attention toand seeks compassion for thehomeless who have died be-cause they didn’t have a warm,safe place to sleep. Even as therecovery works its way throughthe entire economy, no one isimmune to potentially beinghomeless. People in our com-munity—colleagues and familymembers, military veterans,and our friends—might be tooproud to ask for help. Toooften, homelessness ends intragedy. Social Security providesservices to the homeless andyou can find these services atwww.socialsecurity.gov/homelessness. Those who are home-less can apply for benefits and,if they are eligible, their benefitscan be deposited directly into apersonal banking account, aDirect Express debit bank card,or another electronic account.They can also have benefitsmailed to a third party, or ifnecessary, a representativepayee can receive their funds. Social Security also collabo-rates with other agencies tohelp the homeless. At www.socialsecurity.gov/homelessness/collaborations.htm, youcan read more about theHealth Care for the Homelessprogram that provides grants toa network of local public andnon-profit private organiza-tions. Social Security also par-ticipates in the FederalInteragency Reentry Council,as well as the Projects for Assis-tance in Transition from Home-lessness (PATH) program.PATH helps people with seriousmental health issues or peoplewho are homeless or at risk ofhomelessness. Every day, and especiallyDecember 21, remember thoseliving without a place to callhome. Homelessness is a com-plicated and emotional issue,but we can help our brothersand sisters - friends and family- access the safety net that So-cial Security provides. Visitwww.socialsecurity.gov/homelessness to learn more.

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Decline in Ebola cases inWest Africa has cancelled thedeployment of 891st EngineerBattalion

Senator Jerry Moran re-ceived word that Kansas Na-tional Guardsmen will no longerbe deployed by the Departmentof Defense (DoD) to supportEbola response operations inWest Africa. During a meetingThursday with General FrankGrass, Chief of the NationalGuard Bureau, in SenatorMoran’s Capitol Hill office, thesenator raised questions aboutthe deployment of the 891stEngineer Battalion and GeneralGrass indicated the deploymenthad been cancelled.

“As a result of the decline inEbola cases in West Africa, theDepartment of Defense has

cancelled the deployment of theIola-based 891st Engineer Bat-talion in the Kansas NationalGuard,” Senator Moran said. “Itis a pretty nice Christmas pres-ent for the families of the 891stEngineer Battalion to know thattheir loved ones will no longerbe deployed to West Africa inMarch. Guardsmen live by themotto ‘Always Ready, AlwaysThere’ and the National Guardcelebrated 378 years of serviceto our country this week –Kansans stand ready for theirnext call of service.”

The decision to cancel thedeployment of the Kansas Na-tional Guard was made becausethe total Army and NationalGuard requirements havedropped and there is enoughcapacity to support the current

operations on the ground.Following the DoD’s selec-

tion of the 891st Engineer Bat-talion for deployment authorityto West Africa in November2014, Senator Moran expressedconcerns about diminishedcustomary benefits because ofthe non-combat nature of thedeployment. Senator Moran im-mediately called on DoD Secre-tary Chuck Hagel to direct anexception to make certain Na-tional Guardsmen and theirfamilies are receiving the samebenefits as Active Duty servicemen and women. The DoD im-mediately resolved the matterand utilized a different deploy-ment authority that would pro-vide customary benefits tosoldiers and their families priorto deployment.

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MOSCOW NEWSby Judy Hickert

Thursday, December 18- Junior High and High

School Basketball at Deer-field at 4:00 p.m.Friday, December 19

- Elementary ChristmasProgram at 7:00 p.m.Saturday, December 20

- The Moscow HillbillyBand will perform at the

Manter Methodist Churchbeginning at 5:30 p.m. Asoup supper will be served.December 22 – January 5

Christmas BreakMerry Christmas!

Saturday, January 17- Mike the Hypnotist will

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mission Director Rusty Critesreports they will be voting forthe annual lighting contestwinners Thursday, December18. The Commission will an-nounce the winners at thegrade school program Friday,

December 19.Be sure to mark your cal-

endars! Moscow Recreationwill host Mike the Hypnotistnext month! He will performSaturday, January 17, at thehigh school. The show willstart at 7:00 p.m.

The halls of Moscow HighSchool are beautifully deco-rated for Christmas! HighSchool Secretary Sara De-Vaughan challenged theteachers to decorate theirclassroom doors in a contestjudged by the Student Coun-cil. Most of the teachers en-listed help from theirstudents. With the lightedChristmas trees at the en-trances, it puts you in the“Christmas Spirit”.

Winner of the contest wasMs. Lauren Harvey, scienceand chemistry teacher atMoscow High School.

John W. Reece of Coweta, Ok., passed away Monday November 17, 2014, in Coweta at the age of 84. He was born toThomas Reece and the former Hazel Knee February 5, 1930, inZack, Ar.

John served in the Army Air Corps and retired as a Grain Elevator operator. He was an avid reader and enjoyed fishingwhen he could find the time.

John was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers andone sister.

Those left to honor his memory are his wife Martha Jane ofthe home; five children: Greg and Sally Reece of Coweta, JoelReece of Park City, Phillip and Merri Reese of Haven, Fannie andCraig Olsen of Falan and Howard and Diane Reese of Lindsborg;16 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; one brother; and onesister.

Wednesday evening De-cember 10, the Moscow menserved pancakes, biscuits,gravy and eggs to a largegroup.

This is done annually bythe men of the community to

raise money to buy all of thecandy for Santa to give at theGrade School Christmas Pro-gram. The food is a lot ofwork, but it’s also a lot ofwork bagging all of the nuts,apples and candy for Santa!

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Moscow men serve lots of biscuits and gravy, eggs and pancakesto raise money for the bags of goodies given out by Santa at theMoscow Elementary School Christmas program.

Moscow men host fundraiser for Santa candy

Lighting winners will be announced Friday

Ms. Harvey winsclassroom doordecoration contest

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The Manter UnitedMethodist Church would liketo extend an invitation to enjoya holiday celebration at thechurch. Come and enjoy awonderful evening on Decem-ber 20, beginning at 5:30 p.m.Manter UMC will serve up awarm and yummy soup sup-

per, followed by the MoscowBaptist Hillbilly Gospel Band.They cordially invite the sur-rounding communities to betheir guests throughout thewonderful evening. The churchis grateful for the love and sup-port it has experiencedthroughout the year.

The Moscow girls played inthe Rolla Basketball tournamentDecember 11, 12 and 13, withthe Moscow girls sweeping allthree games and taking firstplace in the tournament.

Thursday the Wildcats won60 to 38 over Syracuse. KelsiMueller and Kaitlyn Dobie eachscored 18 points, Maria Cecenashad ten points, Morgan Robsonhad six, Briannah Davidson hadfour, and Alex Moran and Madi-lyn Fleming each had two points.

In the Friday game Moscowwas victorious over Elkhart 53 to40. Kaitlyn Dobie led the girlswith 23 points, Kelsi Mueller 14,Briannah Davidson six, MariaCecenas five, Madilyn Flemingfour and Morgan Robson one.

Saturdays match was an-other win over Rolla 30 andMoscow 43. Kelsi Mueller led thegirls with 22 points, KaitlynDobie ten, Morgan Robson five,Briannah Davidson four, andMaria Cecenas two.

The outstanding play byMoscow girls netted all tourna-ment team honors by KaitlynDobie, Maria Cecenas and KelsiMueller. The tournament’s mostvaluable Player went to KelsiMueller.

Coach Shawn Anderson andAssistant Coach Cassie Lundwere very proud of the team’s ac-complishments.

The Moscow Wildcats playedin the Rolla Basketball tourna-ment Thursday, Friday, and Sat-urday. The boys lost to SyracuseThursday 46 to 35.

Jaylen Mendez led the scor-ing with 13 points, Brice Valdezeight points, Brock Brazeal five,Jalen Shaddix four, Tad Stuckeythree and Alexis Manriquez two.

The Wildcats defeatedElkhart 66 to 62 in the Fridaygame. Brice Valdez scored 31points, Jaylen Mendez 16, AlexisManriquez eight, Tad Stuckeysix, Jalen Shaddix three andBrock Brazeal two.

Saturday play gave Moscowthe win 36 over Stanton County33. Alexis Manriquez and BriceValdez each scored nine points,Jaylen Mendez and Tad Stuckeyeach had six points and BrockBrazeal scored five.

Coach Greg Brown and As-sistant Coach C. J. Madisonwere very proud of the team ef-fort at the tournament.

MOSCOW NEWSby Judy Hickert

MHS senior Kaitlyn Dobieshoots a free throw during theRolla Showcase Tournament.Kaitlyn had 23 points in thegirls' win over Elkhart.

Brock Brazeal, senior, looks for anopen teammate during the RollaShowcase Tournament.

Yamilet Rojo, seventh grader,shoots during a recent juniorhigh basketball game.

Brice Valdez, senior, shoots duringthe Rolla Showcase Tournament.Brice had 31 points Friday in thewin over Elkhart.

Austin Snyder, seventh grader,runs the offense against Rolla.

Moscow Baptist Hillbilly Gospel Band will entertain guests atthe Manter United Methodist Church after their soup supperSaturday evening.

Manter UMC hosts soup supper Saturday

Buddy Day Saturday, December 6 Coaches, High School, andjunior high basketball players work with grade school studentson basketball basic skills. At the end of the day, the high schoolstudents had a 3-pt contest, which ended in a tie this year. Theparticipants received a t-shirt. This is sponsored by MoscowRecreation and the Moscow Booster Club.

The Moscow girls' basketball team wins the RollaShowcase Tournament Saturday against Rolla. Inthe front row are seniors Kaitlyn Dobie, AlexMoran, Maria Cecenas and Paloma Moran. Inback are, left to right, Adriana Salcedo, CoachShawn Anderson, Tina Cantu, Talley White, man-ager Morgan Fleming, Briannah Davidson,

Morgan Robson, Aysia Harper, Madilyn Fleming,Kelsi Mueller, Carly Fankhouser, BrittneyStuckey, Monica Gonzalez, and Assistant CoachCassie Lund. Dobie and Cecenas were named tothe All-Tournament Team and Mueller wasnamed Tournament MVP.

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Farm Service Agency (FSA)Executive Director MarlaHammer, reminds foreignpersons with an interest inagricultural lands in theUnited States that they arerequired to report their hold-ings and any transactions tothe U.S. Secretary of Agricul-ture.

“Any foreign person whoacquires, transfers or holdsany interest, other than a se-curity interest, in agriculturalland in the United States isrequired by law to report thetransaction no later than 90days after the date of thetransaction,” said Hammer.

Foreign investors must fileAgricultural Foreign Invest-ment Disclosure Act (AFIDA)reports with the FSA countyoffice that maintains reportsfor the county where the landis located.

“Failure to file a report, fil-ing a late report or filing aninaccurate report can resultin a penalty with fines up to25 percent of the fair marketvalue of the agriculturalland,” said Hammer.

For AFIDA purposes, agri-cultural land is defined asany land used for farming,ranching or timber produc-tion, if the tracts total 10acres or more.

Disclosure reports are alsorequired when there arechanges in land use. For ex-ample, reports are requiredwhen land use changes fromnonagricultural to agricul-

tural or from agricultural tononagricultural. Foreign in-vestors must also file a reportwhen there is a change in thestatus of ownership such asowner changes from foreign tonon-foreign, from non-foreignto foreign or from foreign toforeign.

Data gained from thesedisclosures is used to preparean annual report to the Pres-ident and Congress concern-ing the effect of such holdingsupon family farms and ruralcommunities in the UnitedStates.

For more information re-garding AFIDA and FSA pro-grams, contact the StevensCounty FSA office at 620-544-2261 or visit the USDAWeb site at www.usda.gov.

Stevens County Farm Bill In-formational Meeting

The Stevens County FarmService Agency and K-State Re-search and Extension Serviceare hosting Farm Bill Informa-tional meeting at 6:00 p.m.Thursday, January 8, 2015, atthe Stevens County Fairgroundslocated on 51 Highway (1130 STrindle St) in Hugoton. Themeeting is free and open to thepublic.

Meeting attendees will learnabout Farm Service Agency(FSA) Farm Bill programs in-cluding Agricultural Risk Cover-age (ARC), Price Loss Coverage

(PLC) and Farm Stored FacilityLoans (FSFL) as well as pro-grams offered by Natural Re-sources and ConservationNRCS.

Learning more about ARCand PLC is extremely importantfor producers who must make aone-time decision about baseand yield updates as well as ARCor PLC election and enrollmentdecisions.

For more information aboutthe meeting, please contactMarla Hammer at 620-544-2261 extension 2.

Persons with disabilities whorequire accommodations to at-tend or participate in this meet-ing/event/function shouldcontact Marla Hammer at 620-544-2261 extension 2 or FederalRelay Service at 1-800-877-8339by December 9, 2014.


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The Wranglers 4-H ClubChristmas Party was called toorder Sunday, December 7,2014, at 6:30 p.m. by Presi-dent Brookelynne Hinds. Aftersaying grace, everyone wasthen free to eat. A supper ofSubway sandwiches, chipsand homemade desserts wasserved.

After eating, many gameswere played. They included

making a reindeer, MusicalChairs, but instead of usingchairs, knees were used, andthe officers were pied in theface with whipped cream andwhite cheese balls. The groupalso had a gift exchange of giftcards.

The meeting was then ad-journed.

Submitted by Gillian Heger,Wranglers 4-H reporter.

PacificAg, the country’slargest and most experiencedbiomass harvest company inthe country, is seeking HighPlains corn growers to partic-ipate in a residue manage-ment pilot program. PacificAgcontinues to bring agricul-tural innovations to the fore-front and as a result the needfor harvested biomass isgrowing. A growing industrybrings a greater need to un-derstand the benefits andchallenges with residue man-agement and the company ispreparing to launch a bal-anced residue managementresearch program that studiesthe impact of various tillingand removal techniques onsoil health.

“The goal of our pilot pro-gram is to continue to learnhow various amounts ofresidue removal affects soilhealth,” explains PacificAg’sKari Bryant. “The programwill give us more informationabout how moisture reten-tion, carbon retention and soilhealth are affected by differ-ent biomass harvesting meth-ods.”

The company is seekingcorn-on-corn growers who livewithin a 100-mile radius ofHugoton. While tilling prac-tices will not affect the pro-gram, PacificAg will ultimately

support no-till and strip tillpractices, but those who tillconventionally will also pro-vide valuable data. Growerswill need to provide soil sam-ples before and after 2015planting and harvest and alsoallow PacificAg to collect treat-ment data including fertilitytreatments, moisture data, lo-cation and tillage practices.

PacificAg requests growersdedicate 120 acres (or a quar-ter section circle), split intotwo treatments with varyingreplications on each half.

“The data the growers col-lect for us will help our com-pany, as well as growers,better understand how bal-anced residue removal affectsinput costs and fertility treat-ments,” says Bryant. “We ex-pect costs in both of theseareas to go down. Couple thiswith residue payments and agrower has a very real way toadd to his bottom-line andimprove soil health simulta-neously.”

Growers interested in par-ticipating in the residue man-agement pilot program shouldcontact Kari Bryant at 806-632-0787 or [email protected]. All partic-ipating growers will have ac-cess to all the program dataas well as local PacificAg bio-mass experts.

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Brookelynne and Raegan Hinds, Abby Heger, Jacob Bell, GraceDillinger and Ady Gooch giving - and receiving - pies in the faceat the Wrangler Christmas party.

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Parties are an integral partof the holiday season, whenfriends and family gather tocelebrate and give thanks.For holiday hosts, parties area great opportunity to makethe season even more festivewith an event that guestswon’t soon forget. The follow-ing are just a few themes tomake your holiday party asmemorable as it is merry.• Christmas sweater party:Christmas sweater partieshave grown in popularity overthe last decade, when revel-ers have tried to outdo oneanother with the most outra-geous holiday-themedsweater. Give prizes for themost outlandish sweater andlet guests know early on sothey can begin their hunt fora holiday sweater that’s sougly or outrageous you can'thelp but love it.• Christmas costume party:Costume parties aren’t justfor Halloween. This holidayseason, consider makingyour holiday bash a costumeparty, encouraging guests todress up as their favoritecharacters from holiday taleslike “Frosty the Snowman,”“A Christmas Carol” or any ofthe host of beloved holidaylegends.• Caribbean Christmas: Theweather come the holidayseason may be the one thingto put a damper on the festiv-ities. To combat blue feelingsfrom potentially inclementweather, consider aCaribbean theme for your

holiday party this season.Rather than wearingsweaters and long pants,wear beach attire and givethe party a touch of theCaribbean. Outfit your homein beach decor and serve foodand drinks reminiscent of theCaribbean instead of moretraditional holiday fare likeeggnog and gingerbreadcookies.• Film festival: Holidaymovies are another traditionof the season, so why not in-vite friends and family overfor a holiday film marathon?Include classics like “It’s aWonderful Life” and “AChristmas Story” and en-courage guests to submittheir own favorites for consid-eration.• Christmas karaoke: Forthose who love to belt outtheir favorite holiday tunes,consider throwing a Christ-mas karaoke party that al-lows guests to perform theirown renditions of their fa-vorite Christmas carols. Pur-chase a home karaoke setand ask guests in advance of

the party if there are any par-ticular songs they'd like toperform.

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, December 18, 2014 Page 1C

CelebrateThe Miracle!As we watch the holiday season unfold,We recall the greatest story ever told;And join our friends in adulationMarked by joy and celebrationAs we honor our Savior’s birth,We send this prayer for peace on earthAnd pray that every one of youReceive His many blessings, too!

With heartfelt thanks for your valued business this past year.

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May all your hopes and dreams come trueduring this special time of year.

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Hugoton FFA delivers fruit to Project Hope. Infront left to right, are Jessica Harper, KyraKalani, Alyson Kiley, Brittany Crocker, Emma

French, Lacey Brecheisen and Moses Carillo.In back are Austin Newlon, Alex Rosas andAnna Trotter.

The eighth grade Hugoton FFA HorticultureContest first place winners are, HallieWettstein, Shadie Jenkins, Aylin Avila, Daniela

Arellano, Ashlyn Schechter, Yesinia Estrada,Mekenzie Hagman and Luz Romo.

The third place FFA Horticulture Team consists of Alyson Kiley,Lacey Brecheisen, Jessica Harper - seventh place individual,and Anna Trotter.

The FFA Ag Mechanics Team places third. Members of the teamare Tucker Martin, Romano Burger - sixth place, Jacob Teeter- fifth place, Cody Guererro and Landon Brecheisen.

Adyson Gooch and Kyle Hills participated in the GreenhandPar-Law Workshop.

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We’re sending this note to let you know,That there’s no place we want to go...For there’s no place we’d rather be,Than right here in this community!

With appreciation for all your support this holiday season.

Hugoton Learning Academy graduate Minnie Wall beams as shereceives her high school diploma recently. Pictured are left toright, Michael Burrows, Judy Seaman, Minnie, Jan Kilbourneand Jennifer Burrows. Congratulations Minnie!

Ruth Van Horn, Director of the Hugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce, welcomes Seward County Community College to theChamber by presenting a membership plaque to Dr. DuaneDunn, President, and Norma Jean Dodge, Director of Businessand Industry. Photo courtesy of the Hugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce.

MUSEUM UPDATEfrom The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum

Beulah Carter, Curator Heather McCrary and Billy Woodworth

The Stevens County Gasand Historical Museum is lo-cated at 905 S. Adams. Youare invited to visit Mondays

through Fridays from 1:00 to5:00 p.m. and Saturdaysfrom 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

The December meeting ofthe Beta Sigma Chapter ofDelta Kappa Gamma was atthe Church of God in ElkhartSaturday, December 13, at10:00 a.m.

For the devotional, WinnieHagenah led the group insinging “Silent Night”. Eightmembers and two guests an-swered roll call with ‘What ex-ercising do you do?’

Crystal Bashford presentedthe program, “Strong WomenStay Young”. It is a NationalFitness Program for Women.She demonstrated eight differ-ent exercises to be done athome. Each member did theexercises with Crystal. Eachmember was given handoutsand exercise logs to takehome.

Refreshments of deliciouscake and an assortment offresh fruit were served byhostesses Tracy Brecheisenand Teresa Smith. Memberswere given headbands andblender bottles. Eudon Dut-ton also gave each member abottle of Nail Envy. Eudon alsohad Chrystal Thrall give eachmember a relaxing neck mes-sage during the meeting.

Alice Conner’s name was

drawn for a pretty black andwhite scarf with a red DKGrose in one corner. Winnie Ha-genah’s name was drawn fora pretty Christmas Tree plant.

President Eudon Duttoncalled the business meeting toorder. Dot Leiker read theminutes of the Novembermeeting. Susan Carey gavethe treasurer’s report. ForWorld Fellowship, Alice Con-ner asked each member tocontribute $1.00 for each treethey had helped to decorate.Susan Carey will deliver afterChristmas the items broughtfor the YWCA Battered WomenProject.

Cute snowman door hang-ers were made by the mem-bers to be taken to the ElkhartLong Term Care Center to beplaced on the doors at theCenter.

The meeting adjourned at12:00 noon. Members presentwere Tracy Brecheisen, SusanCarey, Alice Conner, EudonDutton, Winnie Hagenah, DotLeiker, Sue Meek, and TeresaSmith. Two guests were Crys-tal Bashford and ChrystalThrall. Next meeting will be inMarch.

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This charming Christmas clock is displayed at the StevensCounty Gas and Historical Museum. Gladys Renfro purchasedthis beautiful time piece when she was a young lady. She donated it to the museum. It is thought the clock was made inthe 1930’s. It had a price sticker on the bottom of the clock stating it costs $3.00.

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Christmas can be a diffi-cult time for children in fostercare and the young adultswho have aged out of theState’s care. The Kansas De-partment for Children andFamilies (DCF) is workingwith its foster care contrac-tors, KVC and Saint Francis Community Services, to bringChristmas cheer to children infoster care and aged-outyouth through a wide range ofevents this month (detailsbelow).

This morning, KVC held agift collection/sorting event toensure that children in fostercare have a present to open onChristmas. Each year, KVCcoordinates a gift drive tobrighten the holidays for morethan 3,000 children in fostercare. KVC serves the East andKansas City DCF regions.Saint Francis CommunityServices provides Christmasgifts for all the children in itscare. Serving 75 percent of thecounties in Kansas (in DCF’sWest and Wichita regions),they use a variety of opportu-nities for people to contributeto making Christmas a joy forchildren.

“Children in foster caremay be struggling right now,and it’s important we do whatwe can as a community to letthem know they are importantand deserve a bright future,”DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmoresaid.

There are more than 6,000children in foster care. Ap-proximately 350 age out of thesystem every year. For thesechildren and young adults,the efforts of KVC, Saint Fran-cis and DCF are especially up-lifting during the holidays.

KVC continues to take do-nations. To give a gift as an in-dividual or organization, visithttp://kansas.kvc.org or con-tact Jackie Harwig at 913-499-8100 or [email protected].

Saint Francis provides anopportunity for online givingthrough www.ChristmasforKids.com and www.st-francis.org. It also organizes“adoptions” of each child incare through Christmas orna-ments printed with a child’swishes of what they trulywant under the tree. SaintFrancis also provides giftcards for each family to pro-vide the holiday meals.

For youth who have agedout of foster care, DCF canoffer hope through servicesand support throughout theyear to help them with thenext step of their lives. Thisyear, 55 of these young peoplehave been given gifts to make

the holiday more special. Formore information on how youcan help youth who have agedout of foster care, contact In-dependent Living OutreachCoordinator Bubba Dowlingat 785-296-4712 or [email protected].


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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate of Julia P.Mapp (a/k/a Julia Pauline Mapp), Deceased.

Case No. 14 PR 67

NOTICE OF HEARING


You are hereby notified that a Peti-tion has been filed in this Court byDale Oftebro, a niece and heir-at-lawof Julia P. Mapp, deceased, praying:

Descent be determined of the fol-lowing described real estate situated inStevens County, Kansas:

Undivided interest in minerals inand under, and that may be pro-duced from, the South Half of theSouth Half (S/2 S/2) of Section

Seventeen (17), Township Thirty-Five (35), Range Thirty-Five (35)West, Stevens County, Kansas,

and all other Kansas real estate ownedby decedent at the time of death. Andthat such property and other Kansasreal estate owned by the decedent atthe time of death be assigned pursuantto the laws of intestate succession.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or before Jan-uary 2, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., in theDistrict Court, Hugoton, StevensCounty, Kansas, at which time andplace the cause will be heard. Shouldyou fail therein, judgment and decreewill be entered in due course upon thePetition.

Casey R. Law, #[email protected]

Attorneys for Petitioner

WISE & REBER, L.C.120 W. Kansas Avenue, Suite BMcPherson, KS 67460(620) 241-0554Attorneys for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE



IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFAVANELL N. GASKILL, DECEASED

Case No. 14-PR-16

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIONFOR FINAL SETTLEMENT


You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition has been filed on December 10,2014, in said Court by Joyce Smithand Brenda Schechter, Co-Ex-ecutrixes of the estate of Avanell N.Gasksill, deceased, praying for a finalsettlement of the estate, approval oftheir acts, proceedings and accountsas Co-Executrixes, allowance for at-torneys' fees and expenses, determi-nation of the heirs, devisees and

legatees entitled to the estate and as-signment to them in accordance withthe Will of Avanell N. Gaskill, de-ceased. You are hereby required tofile your written defenses thereto onor before January 13, 2015, at 9:30o'clock a.m., on said day, in saidCourt, in the City of Hugoton, inStevens County, at which time andplace said cause will be heard.Should you fail therein, judgment anddecree will be entered in due courseupon said Petition.

Joyce Smith and Brenda Schechter,Petitioners

Richard R. Yoxall #9953YOXALL, ANTRIM, FOREMAN &FRYMIRE, LLP101 West Fourth StreetLiberal, Kansas 67901Phone: (620) 624-8444Fax: (620) 624-8221Email: [email protected] for Petitioners

PUBLIC NOTICE


IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL

DEPARTMENT

U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff,

vs.

Jason A. Kiley; Tammy C. Kiley; JohnDoe (Tenant/ Occupant); Mary Doe(Tenant/Occupant); CU Factory BuiltLending, L.P.; Cavalry SPV I, LLC; Un-known KS Publication,Defendants.

Case No. 14CV37Court Number:

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

NOTICE OF SUIT

THE STATE OF KANSAS, to theabove-named defendants and the un-known heirs, executors, administra-tors, devisees, trustees, creditors andassigns of any deceased defendants;the unknown spouses of any defen-dants; the unknown officers, succes-sors, trustees, creditors and assignsof any defendants that are existing,dissolved or dormant corporations;the unknown executors, administra-tors, devisees, trustees, creditors,successors and assigns of any defen-dants that are or were partners or inpartnership; the unknown guardians,conservators and trustees of any de-fendants that are minors or are underany legal disability; and the unknownheirs, executors, administrators, de-visees, trustees, creditors and assignsof any person alleged to be deceased,and all other persons who are or maybe concerned.

You are notified that a Petition has

been filed in the District Court ofStevens County, Kansas, praying toforeclose a real estate mortgage on thefollowing described real estate:

Surface and surface rights onlyin and to: All of Lot Six (6) andthe South Half (S/2) of Lot Five,Block Seventy-Four (74) City ofHugoton, Stevens County,Kansas, according to therecorded plat thereof., commonlyknown as 811 South JacksonStreet, Hugoton, KS 67951 (the“Property”)

and all those defendants who havenot otherwise been served are re-quired to plead to the Petition on orbefore the 21st day of January, 2015,in the District Court of StevensCounty,Kansas. If you fail to plead,judgment and decree will be enteredin due course upon the Petition.

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt CollectionPractices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), noinformation concerning the collectionof this debt may be given without theprior consent of the consumer givendirectly to the debt collector or the ex-press permission of a court of compe-tent jurisdiction. The debt collector isattempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be used forthat purpose.

File No. 171768Invoice No. 171768-707552

Prepared By:South & Associates, P.C. Mark Mellor (KS # 10255) 245 N. Waco, Suite 410 Wichita, KS 67202 (316)684-7733 (316)684-7766 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff(171768)

PUBLIC NOTICE

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The Stevens County Boardof County Commissionersmet in regular session Mon-day, December 15, 2014with all members, Pat Hall,James Bell and Dave Bozone,present. Also present wereCounty Counselor RobertJohnson, County Clerk PamBensel, RoGlenda Coulterfrom The Hugoton Hermesand Commissioner-Elect JoeD. Thompson. The followingis just an agenda for themorning with a few of the un-official highlights. Officialminutes may be published ata later date.

The agenda schedule in-cluded bills at 8:30, PhillipWillis at 9:00, Tony Martin at9:30, Susan Schulte at10:00; Linda Stalcup at10:30; Sarah Steele for thePublic Hearing at 11:00; JoshMorris at 11:30; and PaulaRowden at 11:40.

When this reporter arrivedat around 9:10, Commission-ers had already talked withPhillip Willis and were finish-ing with Tony Martin. Theright-of-way was discussedfor east of town. Pat said hehad heard the state is goodfor paying for 2015 but 2016may be in question.

After some discussion,motion was made and passedto charge for the right-of-way

to cross county roads startingJanuary 1.

Bidders started filing in tohand in their bids for a skidloader. All bid amounts arefigured with a trade-in.

• Murphy - John Deerepresented a bid for a fullyloaded, on hand model for$37,692. The model thatmatched the specs Tonyasked for would have to beordered and would cost$36,264.

• Foley - CAT bid was foran on hand model, matchingspecs model for $34,759.75with an immediate deliverydate.

• WhiteStar - BobCatmodel matching specs -would have to be ordered andnot sure date of delivery butnot this season in all proba-bility, for $32,549.63.

• Van Keppel - Volvomatching the specs wouldhave to be ordered with a de-livery date of possibly 60 daysor more for $31,777.

Each representative wasgiven time to offer the pitchfor their machines. All werepretty close in warranties.The main difference was de-livery time. They were toldTony Martin would take allthe bids and details to studyand give his opinion.

Russell Child Development

brought in a Christmasgoodie package for the Commissioners.

Next, not on the agenda,were Deke Carter, his dadTom and their general con-tractor Craig Malone, who allstopped in to talk to the Com-missioners. They are ready tostart running the concrete forthe grocery store east oftown. They really need detailsabout the approaches fromHighway 51. Tony Martin hadstayed to talk with them too.Direction of traffic flow wasdiscussed and asphalt thatwill connect with their con-crete. The Carters are lookingat a possible June 1 opening.Deke asked permission to fillin the ditch in front of theirfacility for landscaping. Com-missioners agreed to this butsuggested they also approvethis with the city. After alengthy discussion session, itwas decided to go ahead withthe short strip of asphalt thatwill meet up with the con-crete. Tony Martin will meetwith them and suggestedthey have a city representa-tive meet with them at thesame time at the store loca-tion. Carters said a PapaMurphy’s Pizza had consid-ered joining with their busi-ness but after studying thenumbers decided not to.

Tony Martin came back inand gave his opinion for eachof the machines. Much dis-cussion followed. One of themain points was the deliverytime and of course other con-cerns. Motion was made andpassed to accept the Foley -CAT bid. The machine isneeded for snow removal atthe various County entities,so delivery time is of theessence.

Susan Schulte brought ina proposal for changing thecharges to use the MemorialHall. As of now the chargesare not covering the costs ofcleanup expenses and soforth. The commissionersalso agreed the hall will nowbe closed during county holi-days. If the courthouse isclosed - so is the MemorialHall. It was decided to raisethe cost for the Rotary andLions Club. Motion was madeand passed to accept thisproposal starting January 1.Susan also suggested she useleftover funds to update theflyover pictures for her de-partment. The matter wastabled.

The room started fillingwith members of the StevensCounty Hospital Board. Pres-ent were Joyce Baughman,Warren Willis, Patty Lahey,Trevor Mangels, Dave Piperand Linda Stalcup. Theycame in to talk to the Com-missioners about possibleequipment replacements thatmay be coming up. Some of

the equipment includes theboiler system from 1976which is many years past itslife expectancy. Parts are nolonger available. Dave Bozoneasked for a ballpark amountthey are talking about. Trevordidn’t have an amount. Com-missioners said they need anidea - $50,000 or $500,000?Pat told them, to switch thecourthouse over, the cost wasaround $900,000. Dave andBob both recommended theylook at the project as a wholeinstead of piecing it here andthere. They may need to startforming a plan now of how tofinance. A needed part wasalready ordered and shouldbe delivered in about four tosix weeks. Linda thinks thehospital can handle this one.When asked, Linda advisedthere are 73 residents in theManor now and two patientsin the hospital. The Commis-sioners asked if they are look-ing for an administrator forthe Manor. Linda thinksthings are going okay as theyare now. The subject thenturned to finances. A lot ofrural hospitals have beenforced to join forces with largegroups to be able to remain inbusiness. Collecting pay-ments from the governmentand insurance has becomequite a problem along withwrite-offs. Dave Bozone ad-vised they had to cut themeeting with the hospitalshort as they had a PublicHearing set for 11:00 a.m.

Sarah Steele with Gilmoreand Bell came in for the Pub-lic Hearing. No one from thepublic came in. The hearingwas in regard to the bondissue with KDI. Motion wasmade and passed to adoptthe resolution. Bob is going tolook it over. (The legal con-cerning the hearing can beseen in the December 4 issueof The Hermes.)

Sheriff Ted Heaton came into report for his department.He had nothing new to re-port. Food baskets will behanded out Saturday.

Nancy Honig came in withJosh Morris. They were justreporting changes they wereable to make to their budgetto lower it.

Caressa Jays reported infor Paula Rowden for theHealth Department.

Motion was made andpassed to reinstate MarkCrawford into the EcoDevoboard.

Motion was made andpassed to give all county em-ployees, both full and parttime, a 3% cost of living raise.

A reminder, and an invita-tion to Joe Thompson, wasgiven for the county Christmas party Wednesdayat 6:30 p.m.

Minutes were checked andmeeting adjourned.

NOTICETo My Patients:I will be retiring December 31, 2014. I will not be avail-able to attend to your medical needs after December 19.I regret I will be unable to continue to serve you. Thesepast years have been filled with many rewarding expe-riences and memorable patients.

I will be happy to provide your new doctor with copiesof your records - Please inform my office in writingwhere you wish those records to be sent at PO Box997, Elkhart, Ks. 67950.

Best Wishes for your health and happinessDom Perido, MD

Christmas decorations come in all shapes and sizes. Check outthe snowflake above. It can be seen at 1021 S. Adams in all itsshining glory.

COMPLETE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES• Including Family and Marriage Counseling •

Southwest Guidance CenterCall 624-8171 for an appointment

Stevens County Commissioners accept bid for new skid loader

Kansas DCF works to support foster children who have aged out

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The Stevens County Eco-nomic Development Board metTuesday, December 9, 2014 atthe senior center craft room fortheir regular monthly meeting.Attending the meeting were Di-rector Neal Gillespie, StevensCounty Commissioner PatHall, Secretary Ruth Van Hornand board members RayHoggett, Judy Parsons, JoshMorris, Dan Corpening, DougMartin, Jack Rowden andCurtis Crawford. Also presentwas Hugoton Hermes reporterRuthie Winget. Board memberJan Leonard was absent.

The previous month’s meet-ing minutes were approved.

Treasurer Jack Rowdengave the financial report. TheCity of Hugoton sent over theirsemi-annual disbursal of$10,000. This amount was de-posited in the Special Projectsaccount. Rowden reported thecurrent balance of the SpecialProjects after this deposit is$59,118.01. The checking ac-count balance is $2,211.38.The board voted to pay themonthly bills.

Director Gillespie reportedboard members Mark Craw-

ford and Josh Morris’s termswill be expiring. The city ap-proved the re-appointment ofJosh Morris for another fouryears. Mark Crawford will needto go before the StevensCounty Commissioners for hisre-appointment.

Neal also informed theboard he had checked out theBusiness Start-up/Tax Suc-cession Seminar that EcoDevohas planned. He stated thedate for the seminar will beThursday, January 15. Moredetails will be released later.

Neal discussed some incen-tives EcoDevo could offer re-garding the empty businessbuilding on Main Street orstarting up new businesses.Curtis Crawford was asked toput forth some guidelines inwriting and send to Neal. Hewill send them to board mem-bers for study. More discus-sion is planned at the nextmeeting.

The Director mentioned theModerate Income Housinggrant. One unit is required tobe completed by the first of theyear for the grant to be paid.Aqua Shield plans for one oftheir houses to be complete bythen. The money can be re-quested upon completion ofthis project.

Gillespie reported construc-tion of the new Best WesternPlus hotel is moving fast. Con-struction of Carter’s Super-market is also moving fast.The grocery plans to open byJune of 2015. The site of thenew Dollar General is doinggroundwork.

Neal stated he was not ableto attend the wKREDA meeting in Russell due to illness.

The meeting adjourned.The next meeting is plannedfor January 13, 2014.


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lelelelelDear Santa, I would please want aamaracan girl for Christ-mas and my own phoneand an all purpose boxand my own Ipod and acolor box and a pencilbox and a backpack thathas peace sign’s and aplay castle and somebook’s and a younacornand a picture frame andsome marker’s and somecolor’s and some col-ored penciles and lunchbox and a cap and ajacket and a new polderand a new notebook andsome flowers and agame and a white bordwhith dry erase marker’s.

LoveErynn to Santa

lelelelelDear Santa, My name is Aislee. Iamsix years old and in Kinder-garten. I have lost threeteeth this year and I haveanother loose one. Haveyou lost all your teeth?For Christmas I would liketo have some makeupand maybe a big Barbiedoll. Thank you!

Aislee Austinage 6

lelelelelDear Santa, I want a Ariel Mermaiddoll for Christmas. I wouldlike a real horse. When Iam a grownup I like youSanta because you arethe best. You do all kindsof things to get us pres-ents. And I want anotherhorse for my sister andtwo sleds for me and mysister.

From Jessie to Santalelelelel

Dear Santa, I have been a verygood boy this year.Helped Mom with dishesand folding laundry. Iwould like a Ninja Turtlebike with a Ninja Turtlehelmet. Plus a flashlightand a bumble bee.

Aiden C. Evansage 3

lelelelelDear Santa, I would like a BuzzLightyear. I have beenvery good.

Preston Huddler age 4

lelelelelDear Santa, I would like an elephanttoy. I have been goodthe whole year.

Lily Perez age 4

lelelelelDear Santa, Merry Christmas! Whatwould you like to get forChristmas? I would like aBarbie, maybe a littlefairy one. If you couldbring me a dream house,I like those too. I hopeyour Christmas is mar-velous!

Brinlee Austinage 3

lelelelelDear Santa, I want a Let it go Barbieand a cool Ninja and abeautiful cat witch.

Alexis Campbell age 3

lelelelelDear Santa, For Christmas Doc Mc-Stuffin’s doll, and a beau-tiful baby doll.

LoveDusti Harris

age 2 1/2lelelelel

Dear Santa, I would like an Elsa dolland dress from Frozen,Peppa Pig tea pop, shoethat are magical and acastle.

Li-Marie Burger age 4

lelelelelDear Santa, I want a Let it go Dollie,Elsa, Olaf the Snowman,Anna, Kristoff, a new Tan-gled dress plus a FrozenPrincess, lots of stuffedanimals.

Nevaeh Gonzalez age 4

lelelelelDear Santa, I want a pink teddy anda purple teddy bear. Ihave been helping mymom with cleaning ourhouse. I have been good.

Chrlee Crites age 3

lelelelelDear Santa, I would like a stuffedunicorn doll and an AnnaDoll from Frozen. And apink monkey, hopefullynot real.

Lillian Crites age 5

Letters to Santa

The Kansas Creative Arts In-dustries Commission (KCAIC)has announced that arts themedlicense plates are now availablefor purchase at county treasureroffices across the state. Theplates will directly fund grants toarts projects and communities inKansas through one of theKCAIC’s programs.

“Funds received through li-cense plate sales help fund theprojects of artists and organiza-tions that are growing theKansas economy and enhancingquality of life through the arts,”said KCAIC Chairman LarryMeeker. “Purchasing an artsplate is a great way for Kansansto support the arts in their com-munities and our state.”

Individuals interested in ob-taining an arts plate should taketheir current standard plates,along with proof of insuranceand registration, to their countytreasurer’s office. There is a fee topurchase the plate, and 100 per-cent of the purchase fee will beused by the KCAIC to fund arts

programs in Kansas. If registra-tion is current, registration feestransfer from one plate to an-other, although county process-ing fees will apply.

“During the holiday season,many Kansans are looking foropportunities to give back totheir communities,” said KansasCommerce Secretary Pat George.“These plates are a way forKansans to contribute to thework of numerous artists andorganizations in the state, whiledisplaying their support for thearts.”

Arts license plate fees are eli-gible for matching funds fromthe National Endowment for theArts. The KCAIC has awardedmore than $1 million in stateand matching federal fundssince fiscal year 2014. October23, the KCAIC announced itslatest round of grants, awardingmore than $40,000 through itsArts Integration and Strategic In-vestment programs to 11 proj-ects and communities inKansas.

For more information aboutKCAIC grants, please visitKansasCommerce. com/CAICPrograms. To learn more aboutarts license plates, visit Kansas-Com merce.com/ArtsPlate.

The Stevens County Library hosts a Recipe Swap luncheon witha wide variety of recipes to sample.

The Recipe Swap Luncheon at the Stevens County Library is agreat way to sample new recipes. Each person who submitted arecipe got a free cookbook containing all the submitted recipes.

NOTICEEarly Deadline

Friday, December 19 at 12:00Noon for the December 25 Edition

of The Hugoton Hermes.

EcoDevo discusses business incentives

Arts themed license plates are availablefor purchase at county treasurer’s offices


We’re displaying our holiday best towish the best bunch of folks we knowthe very best holiday season, ever!

Thanks for your business this pastyear and we look forward to seeing

you again soon!

Happy Holidays!

Uptown

Autobody

624 S. Monroe Street544-4683

Wishing you good spirits and much cheer during this festive time of year.

Thanks for dropping in!

Twisted H Liquor109 W. 5th 544-2602

To Our Valued Customers ,Neighbors and Friends

Karen Yoder

Insurance CompanyKaren Yoder, Agency Manager

600 S. Main • 620-544-4314 • Hugoton, Ks.

Wishing you and yours a happy holidayseason filled with good times, good

friends and good memories.

We thank you for yoursupport this past year.

You’ve delivered us nothing but kindness,

and we hope we’ve donethe same for you.

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Dell Cullison FarmsMoscow — 620.428.2472

Anything is possible during this magical season, just aseverything is possible with the help of friends and neighbors

like you! For helping our dreams take wing, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

With Tidingsof Peace & Joy

Seated left to right are Judy Hickert, Jean Coulter and Kay McDaniels. Standing inback are RoGlenda Coulter, Christy Haar, Toni Hamlin, Wilma Bartel, Marie Austinand Ruthie Winget. Not pictured is Rolla correspondent Phoebe Brummett.

Merry Chris tmas and Happy New Year

Hugoton CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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As we approach the end ofthe year, the Chamber wouldlike to invite the citizens ofStevens County to makenominations for Citizen ofthe Year and LifetimeAchievement awards for2014. These awards will bepresented to the honored re-cipients at the Chamber’s An-nual Banquet on February28, 2015. Anyone who is aresident of Stevens Countycan make a nomination foreither of these two awards.Nomination forms are avail-able at the Chamber office oryou can download the formfrom the Economic Develop-ment/Chamber Web site –stevenscountyks.com. Returnyour nomination forms to theHugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce. You can bringthem in to the office, mailthem to 630 South MainStreet or email them to hugotonchamber@gmail .com.There are so many people inour community that think ofothers before themselves. Ifyou know someone like this,be sure to nominate them forone of these awards! Nomi-nations must be received inthe Chamber office by Monday, January 12, 2015,to be considered. No anony-mous nominations will be ac-cepted.

As the holidays approachdon’t forget Chamber GiftCertificates are the PER-FECT gift for Anyone, Any-

time! Birthdays, Anniver-saries, Christmas…ChamberGift Certificates are the solu-tion for all of your gift givingneeds. Purchasing ChamberGift Certificates ensures yourmoney is staying in our localeconomy making our localbusinesses strong. Stop bythe Chamber Office and pur-chase a Chamber Gift Certifi-cate. These certificates can bewritten for any amount andare redeemable at mostStevens County businesses.A NOTE TO STEVENSCOUNTY BUSINESS OWN-ERS: The Chamber issuesgift certificates all year (andespecially now at Christmas)to residents who are trying tokeep shopping dollars inStevens County, we are hop-ing you will accept these fromyour customers. As the ownerof the business, you simplybring the gift certificate intothe Chamber office and wewrite you a check you canput in your daily deposit. Ifyou want to make sure a giftcertificate is from the Cham-ber, simply call the office. Wewill help you make sure it isauthentic. When you give aChamber Gift Certificate yourmoney stays local – it goes tothe merchants in StevensCounty who pay sales andproperty tax in this commu-nity. Shop STEVENS COUNTY First!The Hugoton Area Chamber of

Commerce is here for YOU!

Kash and Kody have joined the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Welcome aboard Kash and Kody!

Emery and Avery have experienced 800 books in the 1,000 BooksBefore Kindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library.Great job Emery and Avery!

Beautiful Chistmas lights adorn the house at 1037 Trindle. Thelights help get area residents into the holiday spirit.


May the love and compassion of ourSavior fill your heart with peace and

contentment.We wish you a blessed Christmas.

Let FaithBe Your Guide

600 E. 11th Hugoton 544-8686

At the most joyous time of the year,

We'd like to publish our best wishes here

Along with our thanks and gratitude, too

'Cause we wouldn't be here withoutall of you!

Highway 51 EastHugoton544-4351

Before you go dashing through the snow, we’dlike to take a moment to let you know how

much we value and appreciate your business. Thanks, friends!

Riley ChevroletBuick

We will be closed Thursday, December 25

and will reopenFriday, December 26

No matter how you say it, we hope that yourholiday is perfect in every way.

With thanks for your generous support,

BROLLIER, WOLF& KUHARIC

Jim, Diane & Sue544-8547

Season’s GreetingsAlthough everyone here is going full-steam to get ready forthe best holiday season ever, we’d like to stop and express

our gratitude to each and every one of you.

Brown & DupreeThanks for the business!

Pioneer Manor decks the halls with scenes of Christmas.

Your friendship andsupport make it all

worthwhile!

Best wishes fora very merry season

from the guys at

PARAMOUNTPARAMOUNTSERVICE &

SUPPLY, INC.835 E. 11th

Hugoton, KS 67951620-544-4464

Merry ChristmasandHappyNew Year

More than 80 students atKansas State University arenew members of the nation'soldest and most prestigioushonor societies. Nancy Honig,master's student in gerontology of Hugoton, nowjoins the Phi Kappa Phi sorority.

To be eligible for member-ship to Phi Kappa Phi, a stu-dent must be a junior orsenior with a grade point av-erage of at least 3.7; studentswith GPAs of 3.6 to 3.7 maybe considered if the level and

depth of their coursework in-dicates an unusually distin-guished record. In addition,students also must be candi-dates for a bachelor's degreein the university's College ofArts & Sciences or have atleast 90 hours or three-fourths of their total coursework from departments in thecollege. Students also musthave taken a required num-ber and level of courses in aforeign language, mathemat-ics, humanities, social sci-ences and natural sciences.

Average retail gasolineprices in Kansas have fallen8.0 cents per gallon in thepast week, averaging $2.40per gallon Sunday, accordingto GasBuddy's daily survey of1,329 gas outlets in Kansas.This compares with the na-tional average that has fallen8.3 cents per gallon in thelast week to $2.57 per gallon,according to gasoline priceWeb site GasBuddy.com.

Including the change ingas prices in Kansas duringthe past week, prices Sundaywere 58.4 cents per gallonlower than the same day oneyear ago and are 41.3 centsper gallon lower than amonth ago. The national av-erage has decreased 33.2cents per gallon during thelast month and stands 67.0cents per gallon lower thanthis day one year ago.

“By tomorrow, more sta-tions in the U.S. will becharging under $2.50 per gal-lon than over, a remarkable

milestone,” said Patrick De-Haan, senior petroleum ana-lyst with GasBuddy. “In fact,as of Sunday evening, thenumber of states that saw atleast one station at $1.99 orless had jumped to thirteenfrom just three a week ago,and included Alabama, Ari-zona, Colorado, Indiana,Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis-souri, Nebraska, New Mexico,Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas andVirginia. As of midday Sun-day, all 48 lower U.S. statessaw averages under $3 pergallon, with New York beingthe last of the lower 48 tojoin. Motorists are saving$270 million dollars everyday versus pump prices ayear ago, but motorists usingthe GasBuddy app are savingeven more - an additional tento 30 cents per gallon - as thedifference between stationswidens as gas prices fall atvarying rates," he noted.

Submitted by GasBuddy.com.

Nancy Honig joins Phi Kappa Phi

Gasoline prices fall further


As we celebratethis special season,

our hearts arewarmed by

memories of themany good folks

we’ve had theprivilege to serve.

Thanks!

Cel ebra t e the

MIRACLE!

Pearcy Irrigation Services

620-541-1049 or 620-453-0079

Wishing all of our friends muchpeace, harmony and joy at this inspirational season.

We know you’ve been an inspirationto us, and we thank you for yourcontinued support.

Stevens County Fitness Center

Hwy 51 East620-544-7852

Happy HolidaysWith our thanks for your valued patronage at

this special time of year. It’s been both aprivilege and a pleasure serving you.

DILLCO FLUID SERVICE INC.

513 W. 4th St. 544-2929

Tate & Kitzke, LLC1024 S. Trindle

(620) 544-TIRE (8473)Highway 51 East

Hugoton, KS 67951

BULTMANTIRE CENTER

We thank you for your valuedbusiness, and wish you and yourloved ones a bounty of glad tidingsthis holiday season.

Dirks, Anthony &Duncan, LLC

104 N. Main St.Ulysses

(620) 356-4951

Pioneer Manor decks the halls with scenes of Christmas.

In This BlessedSeason

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, we recount our many blessings and

your kind friendship is at the top of the list!

Merry Christmas to all and many thanks for helping to make this past year a fruitful one for us.

Jordan Air, Inc.Terry and Jill Jordan

Gary and Gracie Jordan

This Saturday evening we willbe having a pot luck at 6:00 p.m.then playing Dirty Bingo after-wards. Please bring a wrappedwhite elephant gift.

Tuesday, December 23 is ournext blood pressure check day.Also December 23 is Bingo at12:30 p.m. with Sara Lee Ander-son’s family. Their family pro-vides the prizes and calls Bingofor this fun annual event.

Please make plans now tospend New Year’s Eve with us atthe dance from 8:00 p.m. untilmidnight. Craig Stevens is theband. Please bring food to share.We will have prize drawingsthroughout the evening.

If you have questions con-cerning caregiving, legal matters,disability, health insurance,housing, etc., please call MichaelJohnston at Southwest KansasArea Agency on Aging at 620-225-8240.

MenuDec. 18...............................StewDec. 19................................Fish

Dec. 22...........................BrisketDec. 23................Ham & BeansDec. 24.....................Sloppy JoeDec. 25........................CLOSEDDec. 26........................CLOSED

ActivitiesThursday, December 18Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Friday, December 19Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bingo........................12:30 p.m.Saturday, December 20Potluck.......................6:00 p.m.Dirty Bingo follows supperMonday, December 22Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Line Dancing..............7:00 p.m.Tuesday, December 23Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Blood Pressure ChecksBingo with the Andersons

............................12:30 p.m.Wednesday, December 24Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Paint...........................1:00 p.m.December 25 & 26

The Center will be closed for the holidays.

Merry Christmas!

NEWS FROM

STEVENS COUNTYSENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER

Shila Moore, Director544-2283 - Activities 544-8041 - Meals

624 S. Main, Hugoton

Early DeadlineFriday, December 19

at 12:00 Noon

At the Birth of Our Savior

As we recall the Miracle that tookplace so long ago, we give thanks tothe Lord for the many blessing we

enjoy, incuding the gift of yourfriendship, Merry Christmas!

Plunging gas prices haveAmericans saving an estimated$250 million per day on gasolinecompared to a year ago but don’texpect to see more chestnutsroasting on an open fire.

A GasBuddy survey of morethan 100,000 respondents finds83 percent say they will save orpay off debt with the extra sav-ings, while only 14 percent saywe’ll spend it on holiday pres-ents.

Among those planning totravel, 23 percent said thatrecord-low gas prices are im-

pacting their plans. This in-cludes traveling greater dis-tances - 29 percent; purchasingmore gifts - 35 percent; spendingextra on food - 11 percent andupgrading accommodations -eight percent.

“Nearly half of us - 44 percent- find year-end travel stressfuland the greatest single cause ofit, apparently, is traffic - 37 per-cent, with inclement weather -27 percent - followed closely bycost - 26 percent,” said PatrickDeHaan, senior petroleum ana-lyst with GasBuddy.com. “But

with some extra cash in ourpockets, that may help many ofus get an early start and avoidthe traffic with 36 percent oftravelers saying they’re hittingthe road Saturday, December20, or Sunday, December 21.”

Additional findings from theGasBuddy December HolidayTravel 2014 survey: • Saturday, December 20 willbe the busiest travel day with29% planning to hit the road tostart the holiday season.• The metropolitan cities whereresidents find it the most chal-lenging to escape: 1. Los Angeles

2. New York3. Atlanta4. Seattle5. Washington, D.C.• The cities where the residentsfind it the least challenging to es-cape: 1. Cleveland 2. Philadelphia 3. Phoenix4. Denver 5. San Francisco

To see the national survey,visit http://media.gasbuddy.com/content/docs/December-Travel-National.pdf.

Submitted by GasBuddy.

Thanks ForDropping In!

Morning, evening or in-between, we’re always happy to see you and look forward to serving

you again next year. With best wishes for a

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

We will be open regular hours for Christmas and New Year’s

700 S Main • Hugoton620-544-2220 • Closed Mondays

• Open 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday

Residents of 1406 Madison show their holiday spirit with abeautiful nativity scene on the front porch.

Lower gas prices save Americans $250 million per day

Mick and Lynda Prine at 108 West Ninth show the spirit of theholidays with the baby Jesus and Santa in the front yard.

The lighted car at 809 S. Madison has a Christmas tree on top,ready and waiting to be unloaded and decorated for the holi-days.

Holiday lights at 1407 S. Adams sparkle at night and bringthoughts of Christmas to the minds of all those who view them.


The American Red Crossasks eligible blood donors tomake a resolution to giveblood regularly in 2015, be-ginning with National BloodDonor Month in January.American Red Cross will bein Hugoton January 7,2015, from 12:00 to 5:00p.m. at St Helen CatholicChurch, 1011 Jefferson.

National Blood DonorMonth recognizes the impor-tance of giving blood andplatelets while honoringthose who roll up a sleeve tohelp patients in need. It hasbeen observed during Janu-ary since 1970, and that’s nocoincidence. Winter is an es-pecially difficult time to col-lect enough blood to meetpatient needs. Unpredictablewinter weather can result inblood drive cancellations, andseasonal illnesses, like theflu, may cause some donorsto be unable to make or keepblood donation appoint-ments.

Donors of all blood typesare needed, especially thosewith O negative, A negativeand B negative. With a shelflife of 42 days, red blood cellsmust be constantly replen-ished to maintain an ade-quate supply for patients.Individuals who come out togive blood January 1-4 willreceive a long-sleeve RedCross T-shirt, while supplieslast.

To learn more about do-nating blood and to schedulean appointment, downloadthe Red Cross Blood DonorApp, visit redcrossblood.orgor call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Upcoming blood donationopportunities*Garden CityJanuary 5, 2015: 2:00-7:00p.m., Trinity LutheranChurch, 1010 FlemingJanuary 6, 2015: 12:00-7:00p.m., Trinity LutheranChurch, 1010 Fleming*Dodge CityJanuary 14, 2015: 12:00-6:00 p.m., Senior Center,2408 Central Ave.January 15, 2015: 7:45a.m.-1:30 p.m., Senior Cen-ter, 2408 Central Ave.*UlyssesJanuary 8, 2015: 12:00-6:00p.m., Grant County Fair-ground, 1000 West PattersonAve*SatantaJanuary 5, 2015: 2:00-6:00p.m., Satanta CommunityBuilding, 108 West PawneeStreet*ElkhartJanuary 6, 2015: 11:45a.m.-5:00 p.m., Elkhart CityHall, 433 Morton Street*LiberalJanuary 15, 2015: 12:00-6:00 p.m., Western AvenueChurch of Christ, 215 S.Western Ave.

Red Cross needs eligible blood donors


History From The HermesCompiled by Ruthie Winget



In the Matter of the Estate of LOISELLIOTT JONES, Deceased.

Case No. 14 PR 63

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICETO CREDITORS


You are hereby notified that on orabout November 24th, 2014, a Peti-tion was filed in this Court by PauletteJones Rose, an heir, devisee and lega-tee, and executrix named in the LastWill and Testament of Lois ElliottJones, deceased, dated January 14th,1970, praying that the Will and theFirst Codicil, filed with the Petition beadmitted to probate and record, thatshe be appointed as executrix withoutbond, that she be granted Letters Tes-

tamentary.You are required to file your writ-

ten defenses thereto on or before De-cember 29th, 2014, at 11:00 o'clockA.M. of said day, in this Court, in theCity of_Hugoton, in Stevens County,Kansas, at which time and place thecause will be heard. Should you fail,judgment and decree will be enteredin due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibittheir demands against the estatewithin four months from the date offirst publication of this Notice, as pro-vided by law, and if their demands arenot thus exhibited, they shall be for-ever barred.

Paulette Jones Rose Petitioner

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Pfc. Craig Bates, son of LeisaCunningham and Ron Bates,left Fort Carson, Co., for Kan-dahar, Afghanistan. Pfc. Batesis the grandson of Leila Pate.He comes from a family withvaried military service, includ-ing his grandfathers, MerlePate and Robert Bates whoboth served in WWII.


Hugoton Elementary SchoolWalk for Diabetes collected$4,064.17 this year. As thiswas over their goal of $3,000,Principals Tiffany Brewer andRex Richardson were both re-quired to kiss a pig in front ofthe entire school. Dr. Sarchet,who provided the freshlybathed porker, confided, “Thepig is really nervous.”


Four city employees werepresented ten year awards atthe annual Christmas Party.Receiving the awards are Steve

Pinkham, Jan Leonard, GaryThomas and Robert Suddeth.


New officers for the HugotonOrder of Eastern Star were in-stalled Sunday evening.Among the officers installedwere Ruby Warren, WorthyMatron; Robert Nease, WorthyPatron; Robert Dutcher, Asso-ciate Patron; Roberta Dean,Associate Matron; andMaryruth Greenwood, Mar-shall.


Winning many honors,Hugoton High School’s talentedtrumpet trio are Tommy Davis,George Titus and Rodney Hin-kle. In their many public ap-pearances, they played classic,pop and jazz numbers.Friday, December 23, 1949

Carter N. Prine, Hugotonbusinessman and ex-service-man, was appointed Sheriff ofStevens County by GovernorFrank Carlson to fill the unex-pired term of the late Earl

Kernes. Earl Kernes was serv-ing his third term as sheriffwhen he died last Tuesday of aheart ailment.Friday, December 23, 1944

The Bethel Church south-east of Hugoton was destroyedby fire Sunday. The only thingssaved were a piano and twopulpit chairs.

Friday, January 4, 1934Hunters and sportsmen of

Stanton County including men,women and children havekilled 2,500 rabbits in threedrives during the last threeweeks. The method used forthe kill was to drive the rabbitsinto a net or pen and dispatchthem with clubs.Friday, December 20, 1929

The free show advertised forSaturday afternoon has beenpostponed due to the smallpoxquarantine.

If any readers have pic-tures or memories for thehistory page of the Hermes,please bring them in toRuthie Winget at the Hugo-ton Hermes Newspaper.

Joe and Jennie Titus, with Velma and Katie,stand before their homestead house with the

addition. Photo courtesy of “The History ofStevens County and Its People.”

Custodians Dave Helget and Oscar Kagarice pause during theirbusy schedule. From the 1963 HHS yearbook.

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Early Deadline for the December 25 paper will be Friday, December 19 at 12:00 Noon.Thursday, December 25 issues of The Hugoton Hermes will be available Tuesday afternoon, December 23.

Early Deadline for the January 1, 2015 paper will be Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 12:00 Noon.

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825 S Polk - Ranch style, 4 bed/2 b, 2 detgarages, cen H/A, circle drive, basement,corner lot location! Call today to view thishome!!

806 S Monroe - Investment Property - 2 bed/1b, shed. Call today to see this property.

808 S Monroe - Ranch style, 3 bed/1 b, kitchenw/built in appliances, island, central heat, detgarage w/bath, shed w/carport. Call today tosee this home!

810 S Monroe - Investment Property - 50 x190 lot with 2 mobilehome hookups. IncomeProducing!

130 N Jackson - New Price Reduction!!4 bed/4 bath, cen H/A, new roof, att garage,pool, fence. Great Location! $200,000

531 S Main Street- New Reduced Price!!Commercial Property - Porter Building -5,886 SF, retail and office, central H/A.Prime Location!!! Call to view this property!!

48 N Baca, Elkhart - Good location!! 5 bed/3bath, cent H/A, fence, garage for the handyman, corner lot. Lots of room for the growingfamily!!

906 S Polk- Great starter home!! 3 bed/1bath, basement, cen H/A, shed, appli-ances. Call today!!

715 S Adams St- Corner lot location!! 2bed/2 bath, lg master with WIC, fence, detgarage, covered patio, cen H/A. Nicestarter!!

1109 S Jefferson St- Nice Starter, 3 bed/2bath, basement, fence, cen H/A. KallenbachAddition. Call today !!

500 Copperstone Pl- Frame, ranch style, 5bed/2 b, Cen H/A, basement, fence, deck. Calltoday to set up your private showing.

201 East 14th- Price Reduction!! Three levelsof beauty!! 6 bed/5 baths, fpl, 2 master suites,sprinkler, cen H/A, att garage, Over 4600 sf.Call to see this beautiful home!!

1283 Road 6- Country Living, 3 bedroom,2 bath, basement, cen H/A, fpl, 9 acres.Call for details!!

1015 S Washington- Cute ranch stylehome. Well maintained! 3 bed/2 b, updatedkitchen with appliances, 30 x 40garage/shop. Nice property!! Call for de-tails!!

1012 S Lincoln - This could be a very ver-satible property. 1 bed/1.5 bath, 1260 sf,also has a cooler, and drive up window.Hmmmm....the possibilities!!

917 S Polk St - New Reduced Price!!Seller offers $5K Buyers Incentive!! WOW!3 bed/2 bath, kitchen w/appliances, fam-ily/dining combo, living room with access tocovered deck, fence, cen H/A. Cal to seethis property!!

914 S Washington-Ranch style, 3 bed/3 bath,basement, att garage, fence, vaulted ceiling,18x36 Morton building, sprinkler, much more!!Call for details!!

828 East Fourteenth- Commercial Property -60 x 40 Steel Building, heated floor, Office,Bath, Loft w/storage. Call for details!!

1001 S Harrison St- Brick, ranch style, 5bed/2.5 bath, fpl, kitchen w/appliances,screened patio, full basement, att garage.Move in ready!!

201 S Lincoln- Manufacture home onpermanent foundation. 3 bed/2 bath,appliances, central heat on corner lot.Call for more details!

1003 S. Adams - Beautiful 1/2 story,5 bed/3 bath, fpl, 2 decks, oversizedgarage w/ workshop, storage shed,fenced yard, appliances and much,much more!! Call for details!

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SOLD

SOLD

SOLD

ACREAGE FOR SALE4.6 acre tract in the NW/4 of Sec 29 Twp 32Rge 34, Seward County. Call for details!!

1407 S EISENHOWERNice location!! 100 x 124 lot! NO SPE-CIALS!! Call today!!

LOTS FOR SALE504 S. Wildcat Ct - Nice lot in cul de sac.19,427 sf. Spikes Addition. Call for details!!401 & 403 S. Jayhawk Ct - Nice lot & a halfin cul de sac. 27,641 sf. Spikes Addition.Call for details!!713 East Fifth Ave - Nice lot in cul de sac.21,855 sf. Spikes Addition. Call for details!!

SOLD

SOLD

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905 S. Jackson St.- This home is well taken care ofand only minutes away from shopping. The 2 roomsin the basement used as bedrooms, do not have es-cape windows.

1409 S. Jefferson St. - This Move-in ready home setson a huge corner lot and in the Kallenbach Additionin South Hugoton. The kitchen is larger enough to im-press the most sophisticated chef.

103 E Fourth St. –Rolla, KS- This property is lo-cated on two large city lots. The back yard has a stor-age shed as well as a 20x40 foot metal building withboth 220 and 110 electrical already wired inside.

408 S. Jefferson - This is a Fannie Mae HomePathProperty.

307 N. Kansas, Suite 101Liberal, KS 67901

(620) 624-1212

609 E. 4th Street - This 4 year old home offers anewly painted interior. All bedrooms have walk-inclosets and the unfinished basement is ready for yourown design touches.

New Listing 107 S. Madison St. - This brickhome has nice street appeal and a very large fencedback yard. Beautiful hardwood floor. The 3/4 bathin the basement is being remodeled.

205 S. Van Buren - This is a Fannie Mae HomePathproperty.

1606 S. Eisenhower St. - This 4,560 sq ft., 2 storyhome has it all. The gourmet kitchen has it all withgranite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, builtin refrigerator, microwave, and dual energy 6 burnerrange/oven.

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912 S. Van Buren - This home is ready to moveright into. Remodeled kitchen and bathroom andupgraded windows. Nice covered patio in frontmake this a great buy as a first home or rental op-portunity.

REDUCED

129 N. Jackson St. - This beautiful brick home isready to move into. Huge back yard. Enjoy theheated enclosed patio through the cooler months andthe updated kitchen (2005) features a 6-burner cooktop, double ovens, and an abundance of pantry andcabinet space.

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The Hugoton Rotary Club and District 5690 present Project Hope with $1,200. Pictured are, infront left to right, Project Hope Vice President Dwain Towner, Adena Towner, Christina Huffman,Stacey Ghumm, Adria Kaiser, May Ray, Debbie Nordling, Erick Nording and Kendrea Hall. Secondrow are Danny Allison, June Trentham, Jim Ghumm, Dustin Johnson, Jeremy Campbell, DonTrentham, Glen McQueen and Gary Gold. In back are Brent Inkelaar and Brad Niehues.

The Hugoton Rotary Club presents the Pioneer Manor with a grill. Pictured are, in front left to right, Ruby Reed and Karoll Wagner. Inback are Gary Baker, Glen McQueen, Toby Kehn, Don Trentham, June Trentham, Mike Colvin, Neal Gillespie, Jim Ghumm and DebbieNordling.

The Hugoton Rotary donates dictionaries to the Moscow third grade class. Rotary memberspresent are Debbie Nordling, Gary Gold and Dustin Johnson.

The Hugoton Rotary donates dictionaries to the Rolla third grade class. Rotary members present are Brent Inkelaar, Stacy Ghumm and Jim Ghumm.

The Hugoton Rotary donates dictionaries to the Heritage Christian Academythird grade class. Rotary members present are Don Trentham and June Trentham.

The Hugoton Rotary donates dictionaries to the Hugoton Elementary third grade class. Rotary members present at the event are Glen McQueen, Erick Nordling, Dustin Johnson, Gary Gold, TobyKehn, June Trentham, Don Trentham and Courtney Leslie.

The Hugoton Rotary Club presents the Boy Scouts with a trailer. Pictured are left to right ErickNordling, Brian Schooley, Scoutmaster Ted Bansemer, Aiden Schooley, Glen McQueen, Toby Kehn,Debbie Nordling, Tyler Aguilar and Alan Thomas.

The Hugoton Rotary Club presents Peace House Ministries with $3,200. Pictured from left to right areErick Nordling, Toby Kehn, Glen McQueen, Verna Kay McQueen, Mark Crawford, Gary Gold, JuneTrentham, Don Trentham, Celain Baker, Gary Baker, Linda Stalcup, Stacey Ghumm and Jim Ghumm.

The Hugoton Rotary Club presents Pioneer Manor with a grill. Pictured are, in front left to right, Bea Anderson, Neal Gillespie andBetty Sturdy. In back are Gerri Rowden, Toby Kehn, Glen McQueen,June Trentham, Don Trentham, Jim Ghumm, Gary Baker and Debbie Nordling.

The Hugoton Rotary Club presents the Pioneer Manor with a grill. Pictured are, infront left to right, Gene Renfro, Martha Arange, Neal Gillespie, Glenna Beckett andDebbie Nordling. In back are Gary Baker, Toby Kehn, June Trentham, Glen McQueen,Don Trentham and Jim Ghumm.

Hugoton Rotary donates a refrigerator and two laptops to HeritageChristian Academy. From left to right are Rotary members Danny Allison, Christina Huffman, Glenn McQueen, Don Trentham, ScottSchechter and June Trentham. In front, HCA students Chloe Martin,at left, and MaryBeth Crawford show off the two new computers.

The Hugoton Rotary Club has had a busy year in 2014. The Club distributed 5 Grants which were provided by

District 5690 and Hugoton Rotary Club.

We wish to express our thanks to the community for yoursupport which makes

it possible for our club to distribute these grants.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

The Rotary Club has just competed its thirteenth year of distributing dictionaries.

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