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The Stevens CountyLocal Emergency PlanningCommittee (LEPC) met at11:30 a.m. Wednesday,March 5 in the StevensCounty Fire Station meet-ing room. A working lunchwas served to ten membersand three guests.

The ten members pres-ent were Richard Barnes,RoGlenda Coulter, RichardEverett, Kathy Haynes,Rodney Kelling, CourtneyLeslie, Tony Martin, SusanSchulte, Greg Sohm andT.J. Steers. Guests signingin were Cathy Hernandez,Duane Topliss and DebMcFarlane.

President Paula Rowdenwas not present. She hadasked Vice PresidentRichard Barnes to serve inher absence.

Richard called the meet-ing to order. Minutes fromthe December 18, 2013meeting were handed outfor all to check over. Therewere no corrections or ad-ditions. Motion was madeand passed to accept theminutes.

Visitors were introduced:Cathy Hernandez withKDEM, Deb McFarlanewith the Stevens CountyHospital and DuaneTopliss with the StevensCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment. They were thankedfor attending the meetingas were all the memberswho were there.

Richard requested anyold business. RichardEverett said the environ-mental health plan stillneeds to be updated. Hewill get in touch with Paulato make sure it is done. Heasked Rodney if Paula forsure has access so she canmake changes to the plan.Rodney advised he did giveher access as well as Mr.Everett. Rodney got anemail back from the statesaying to contact them.This may concern the samematter.

Mr. Barnes asked fornew business. He called onMr. Everett to talk aboutthe upcoming emergencyexercise. He said the eventwill take place at theStevens County Library,April 8 from 10:00 a.m. to2:00 p.m. It will be an icestorm, killing all power. AnEOC will have to be acti-vated. Paula is working onthe lunch for the event.There will be a sign-upsheet at the door. All will beinvolved including the hos-pital. Mr. Everett gave theRed Cross phone numbersout. He also told Mr.Barnes the radio systemwould be nice to havethere.

Rodney said the Aben-goa conference room is nowopen. He might check intoseeing if they would hostthe next LEPC meeting.The LEPC members maynot get a complete tour ofthe facility, but may be ableto look around a little. Avisitor badge would proba-bly be needed.

Rodney said OfficerChris Beltz has his newdrug dog. It may be inter-esting to have him come

give a demonstration at ameeting sometime.

Tornado sirens werechecked out last week dur-ing the national test. One ofMoscow’s sirens needs tobe looked over. Public shel-ters were discussed. Theyare still the same: the highschool FEMA shelter and inthe Sheriff’s Office base-ment. Some of thechurches open for emer-gency shelters too. Thecourthouse and hospitalare no longer shelters. InMoscow the shelter is inthe Methodist Churchbasement. Discussion followed ofwhether to leave the futuremeetings as quarterly, thiswould be June 4. Rodneywill check with Abengoa, ifnot there, then back at thefire station at 11:30. Afterchecking, Richard Everettsaid that date will not workas he and Paula will haveto be gone for a meeting. Itwas decided to change thedate to June 18. Mr.Everett needs to be presentat the meeting to give thereport for the April event. Motion was made to ad-journ.

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It is for certain the LadyEagles are heading to theState Tournament thisweek! How did they getthere? It took a lot of workand the winning of the two

Sub-State games in Good-land this past week.

The Sub-State tourna-ment for the Lady Eaglesstarted with their first gameThursday against Scott

City. Hugoton played aclose first quarter ending itwith a two point lead. RileySosa scored two of her threethree-point field goals andAmy Scott added six points

of her own in the quarter.Ana Pena was fouled duringthe quarter and she addeda free throw. When the firstquarter ended Hugoton wasup 15 to 13.

Hugoton High School varsity girls’ basketball team wins Sub-State at Goodland Saturday! Pictured with their trophy are As-sistant Coach Miranda Ramsey, Ana Pena, Melissa Fabela,Estefani Armendariz, Riley Sosa, Megan Cornelsen, Taylor Fiss,

Amy Scott, Sofia Jimenez, Katy Heger and Sarah Johnson.Coach Jeff Ramsey and Matt Johnson are on the end. Kneelingin front are managers Maria Sanchez and Ferny Vera.

Varsity Eagles girls basketball team wins Sub-State

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE HUGOTON HERMES? -Milton and Eileen Gillespie and The Hugoton Hermes are seenwith a Maasai warrior on their recent trip to Africa. Highlightsof the trip to Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania were hiking to visitthe mountain gorillas and the thousands of animals seen on safari.

The second Legislative Update—scheduled for thisSaturday, March 15—has been cancelled. Senator Pow-ell had a scheduling conflict which has caused this can-cellation. The Chamber office is working with both theSenator and Representative Alford to reschedule theevent. As of Tuesday, the Chamber, along with theStevens County Economic Development Board and theStevens County Farm Bureau Association, is planningto have a Legislative Update April 19.

Besides winning first place in the senior division for her hula-hoop performance at the Pancake Day finals March 3, MariahRome also won the People’s Choice Award. The crowd let theirfingers and cell phones do the talking when they texted their votefor this Choice Award. In last week’s issue Mariah’s name wasspelled incorrectly. We regret the error.

Legislative Update cancelled

Stevens County LEPC come together to make plans

Hugoton City Council metin regular session Monday,March 10, 2014 in the coun-cil meeting room. Present atthe meeting were MayorJack E. Rowden, City ClerkThomas G. Hicks, ElectricalSystem Supervisor GaryRowden, Outside UtilitiesSupervisor Paul Nordyke,City Inspector JoshuaGrubbs and councilmen

Dean Banker, Mike Esh-baugh, Dan Corpening,Shannon Crawford andTron Stegman. Guests atthe meeting were Brad Mus-grove, Neal Gillespie, MickMantzke, Toni Mantzke,Nikki Martinez along withher daughter Rylea, JimPersinger, A.J. Owens, GregLoibl, Gerry Kost, Bob Pass-more, Waylon Forbes and

reporter Ruthie Winget. CityAttorney Wayne R. Tate andPolice Chief Courtney Lesliewere absent.

The council approved theminutes of the last meetingand the February municipaljudge’s report.

Joshua Grubbs reportedhe had attended the Inspec-tor School in Denver, Co.March 3-7. He stated hepassed the examination forResidential Building Inspec-tor.

Brad Musgrove of Mus-grove Insurance explainedthe city’s insurance packagerenewal. The councilmenapproved the motion to paythe premium of $164,480.The councilmen also ap-proved to pay the premiumof $677. for the municipalityIdentity Theft policy.

Many concerned taxpay-ers showed up to oppose thecity’s proposed annexation.City Clerk Hicks commentedsince the city had annexedthe Stevens County Indus-trial Park where KDI is lo-cated, it only makes sense toclose the gaps by annexingon the north side of the

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Masonic Grand Lodge of Kansas dignitariesfrom all over Kansas gathered in Hugoton tocelebrate its Centenial year. Later in the pro-

gram, the Masons formed a Grand Processionto rededicate the Lodge for use in the Hugotoncommunity.

Landowners oppose city annexation

The Hugoton USD #210Board of Education met in aspecially scheduled meetingTuesday, March 11, 2014 in theBoard Conference Room of theDistrict Office. Present at themeeting were board membersMatt Mills, Stephanie Heger,Martin Daharsh, Don Beesley,Paula Rowden and Todd Gayer.Also present were Traci Shields,Mark Crawford, Sonja Gayer,Nancy Johnson, Nikki Gilmore,Jake Gilmore, Jeff Hoskinson,David Gustafson, Susie Scott,Katie Gillen, Estella Peña, PeteOlson, Shelby Martin and KayMcDaniels. Not present wasBarry Hittle.

The Board approved theagenda.

Superintendent Mark Craw-ford talked about the tractorneeded for the Grounds Depart-ment. He also told the board

that the pep bus is full, includ-ing a full pep band and willtravel to Wichita to attend theState basketball game. ScottSchechter will be driving withMr. Newton and Mr. Crawfordriding on the bus. The bus willleave at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The motion to approve thelow bid for a tractor for theGrounds Department wastabled until the March 31 meet-ing.

Also approved was the mo-tion to change of status and payfor Mrs. Jacque Teeter begin-ning March 24, 2014.

After executive session a mo-tion was made and approved tosuspend the employment ofDoug Waters without pay untilthe March 31, 2014 board meet-ing.

The meeting was adjourned.

School Board meets for special session

Pioneer Manor residentsplay Bingo at 2:00 p.m.Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fri-days and Saturdays. Com-munity members are invitedto volunteer or play a gamewith the residents!AL-ANON Family Groupmeets at 1405 CemeteryRoad Mondays and Thurs-days at 8:00 p.m. Call 620-544-2610 or 620-544-2854for more information.HUGOTON LIONS CLUBmeets every Second andFourth Thursday of themonth at Memorial Hall at7:00 p.m. HUGOTON MASONICLODGE #406 AF&AM meetsevery second and fourthTuesday of the month at 7:30p.m. Wednesday nights

- Inside Out Kids at theHugoton Assembly of God,138 S. Main, beginning withdinner at 6:45 p.m. Programwill be from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.Rides are available by callingPastor Ben Coats at 620-428-1487 before 5:30 p.m.Wednesday evenings.- Moscow United Methodist

will host Kids Club, from3:45 to 4:45 p.m. Kids Clubis available for children agesKindergarten through fifthgrade. For more information,contact the church at 620-598-2426.Beginning in March- Project Hope will be open

from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Sun-day afternoons at 1030 S.Main.Now through May 1- Pioneer Communications

is accepting submissions fortheir phone directory coverphoto contest. Entry formsand information available atwww.pioncomm.net or at anyPioneer Communications of-fice. The contest is open toanyone who receives localtelephone service from Pio-neer or whose parent orguardian receives such serv-ice.March 2-29- Baker Arts Center will hostlocal student artists’ work attheir facility at 624 N. Persh-ing in Liberal. Museumhours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. Tuesday through Fridayand 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Satur-days.March 13- Hugoton Elementary first

graders will perform theirmusic concert at 2:25 p.m. inthe HES gym.- Stevens County Library

will host a kids’ movie begin-ning at 3:35 p.m.March 14-23- Spring Break for USD 210

students.March 15- Pioneer Electric Coopera-

tive’s annual meeting andhealth fair at the GrantCounty Civic Center. Thehealth fair will be open from7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, fol-lowed by a complimentarylunch.- ***Legislative update at theStevens County Library hasbeen cancelled.*** Upcom-ing date: April 19.

- Philip Porter will performat the Assembly of GodChurch at 7:00 p.m. A loveoffering will be taken.March 17- Stevens County Commis-

sioners will meet in the Com-missioners’ Room at theStevens County Courthouse,beginning at 8:30 a.m.- Stevens County Library

will host Caring Connectionsfor their monthly storytimestarting at 10:30 a.m.March 18- Hugoton Area Chamber of

Commerce will host theirmonthly luncheon at 12:00noon.March 19- Hugoton Senior Center willhost a Life Story Workshopat 9:00 a.m. at 624 S. Main.- Bridal shower for Jennie

McCaslin at 7:00 p.m. in theParlor Room at the FirstChristian Church in Hugo-ton.March 20- National Cotton Council ofAmerica will host a Farm Billinformation meeting in the 4-H Building at StevensCounty Fairgrounds inHugoton at 1:00 p.m. - Hugoton Senior Center willtake a van to Liberal for theLive on Stage performance of“Back on Broadway.” Formore information, call 620-544-2283.March 21- Stevens County Library

will host a kids’ movie start-ing at 3:35 p.m.March 24- Deadline to sign up for Co-Ed and Church volleyballleagues. Competitive leaguewill play Tuesday nights andchurch league will playThursday nights. Call 620-544-4675 for more informa-tion.March 25- Hugoton Elementary stu-

dents will take portraits.- Glenda Hopkins will be at

the Stevens County Libraryfrom 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. tohelp Veterans and their de-pendents apply for benefitsfrom the Veterans Adminis-tration. For more informa-tion, call 620-276-3102.- “Discover E-Mail” course

offered by Garden City Com-munity College from 6:00 to8:00 p.m. Call 620-275-3259or visit gcccks.edu/business-community for in-formation about registrationand payment.March 26- Hugoton Early Childhood

Development Center stu-dents will take portraits.- Circle Time at the Stevens

County Library at 10:30 a.m.for children ages 0-5 andtheir parents.March 27- Stevens County Library

will host Moscow ElementaryPreschool outreach studentsfor storytime at 9:30 a.m.- Hugoton Aglow will meet atthe Senior Center at 7:00p.m. for coffee and fellow-ship. A meeting will follow at7:30 p.m. All are welcome!Sharon Bennell will join thegroup for April’s meeting.Don’t miss out!March 28- Stevens County Library

will host Hugoton ECDC’sKinderPrep students for sto-rytime at 10:00 a.m. and1:15 p.m.- Stevens County Library

will host a kids’ movie start-ing at 3:35 p.m.March 29- Wedding shower for HayleyHarvey and Joe Bellingerfrom 10:00 a.m. to 12:00noon at the MoscowMethodist Church’s Fellow-ship Hall.March 31- Stevens County Commis-

sioners will meet in the Com-missioners’ Room at theStevens County Courthouse,beginning at 8:30 a.m.- USD 210 Board of Educa-

tion will meet at 6:30 p.m. inthe HMS Library.- Deadline for high school

students to submit scholar-ship applications and essaysfor the Southwest KansasBar Association Law DayScholarship Essay Contest.The essay must be about thesubject of the American BarAssociation 2014 Law Daytheme: “American Democ-racy and the Rule of Law:Why Every Vote Matters.”Essays and applications can

be picked up from highschool counselors or by mailto: Southwest Kansas BarAssociation, Law Day Schol-arship Essay Contest, c/oHon. Linda Gilmore, 200 E.Sixth, Hugoton, Ks. 67951.April 1-30- Stevens County Library

will host their annual Pho-tography Exhibit in the Com-munity Room. Call620-544-2301 for more in-formation.April 1

- Hugoton Elementary’sfourth grade class will per-form their recorder concertat 2:45 p.m.April 2- Circle Time at the Stevens

County Library at 10:30 a.m.for children ages birth to 5years old and their parents.April 3- Stevens County Genealog-

ical Society will meet at 1:00p.m. in the Kansas Room atthe Stevens County Library.April 4- Stevens County Library

will host a kids’ movie, start-ing at 3:35 p.m.April 5- Hugoton High School’s FFAchapter will host their an-nual banquet at 6:30 p.m.- A “Living Last Supper” willbe presented at the CliffordHope Auditorium in GardenCity at 6:30 p.m. There is nocost to attend the event. Freetickets are available at sev-eral Garden City businesses;contact Stan Wilson at 620-225-4677 or email [email protected] The Wizards of Harmony, abarbershop chorus, will be inthe Liberal High School audi-torium at 7:00 p.m. Also fea-tured will be The Four ManFishin’ Tackle Choir andFour-tay!April 6- A “Living Last Supper” willbe presented at the CliffordHope Auditorium in GardenCity at 3:00 p.m. There is nocost to attend the event. Freetickets are available at sev-eral Garden City businesses;contact Stan Wilson at 620-225-4677 or email [email protected].

ObituariesThe Hugoton Hermes Thursday, March 13, 2014

��Friends and family gath-

ered Wednesday to remem-ber and honor Charles W.Lucas, age 89, of Johnson.Mr. Lucas passed awayThursday, March 6, 2014 atStanton County Long TermCare Unit in Johnson.

Born January 16, 1925 inBelpre, Charles was the sonof Carl Lucas and the formerEstella McKinney.

When he was five yearsold, Charles moved to Stan-ton County with his family.He attended a one roomschool and graduated fromJohnson High School. Healso attended BethanyNazarene College in Bethany,Ok. for two years before com-ing home to farm.

Charles enjoyed jalopy carracing and was known as“Old 88”. He farmed in Stan-ton County and was a Pio-neer Seed dealer.

May 13, 1946, Charlesand Myrna Close were mar-ried in Bethany.

Mr. Lucas was an originalboard member of the Stan-ton County Hospital andserved on the board when it

was built. He also served onthe Stanton County Develop-ment and Bethel Church ofthe Nazarene boards.Charles was active and in-strumental in the building,renovation and addition tothe Bethel Church of theNazarene.

A private pilot, Charleswas a member of the FlyingFarmers.

Survivors include his wifeMyrna of their home; sons,Cameron Lucas and wifeAnita of Kooskia, Id. andLoren Lucas and wife Lynetteof Johnson; daughters,Kathy Patredis and husbandMark of Bethany and Cyn-thia Prowell and husbandScott of Lenexa; his sisterMary Jane Riggs of Okla-homa City, Ok.; 12 grand-children; and 11 greatgrandchildren.

Charles is preceded indeath by his parents.

Funeral services were at-tended Wednesday after-noon, March 12, 2014 at theBethel Church of theNazarene in Johnson withPastor Ken Armstrong offici-ating. Interment followed atthe Stanton County Ceme-tery in Johnson. GarnandFuneral Home of Johnsonwas in charge of the arrange-ments.

Memorial contributionsmay be given to the BethelChurch of the Nazarene orStanton County Hospital incare of Garnand FuneralHome, PO Box 715, John-son, Ks 67855.

Charles Lucas

Death has claimed the lifeof Jeffery “Jeff” Louis Kolb.Mr. Kolb, 48, passed awaySaturday, March 1, 2014 inTexarkana, Tx.

Born June 10, 1965 inMeade, Jeff was the son ofPerry Kolb and the formerKatherine Stoddard.

Jeff grew up in Moscowand attended school thereuntil moving to Satanta withhis family when he was injunior high. He then at-tended school in Satanta.Jeff went to work for the oilindustry working at variousoil fields. He was currentlyresiding in Atlanta, Tx.

Jeffery is survived by ason, Derek Kolb of Muskogee,Ok.; his father and step-mother, Perry and Judy Kolbof Newton; brother DannyKolb and wife Jeanie of Har-rison, Ar.; one stepbrother,Chris Muench of Hays; twosisters, Deborah Kolb of Par-

sons and Teresa Hendersonand husband Scott of Cam-denton, Mo.; one stepsister,Jennifer Fox of Wichita; andhis granddaughter Piper ofVirginia.

He is preceded in death byhis mother Katherine; adaughter Sarah Emily; andgrandparents, Pete and JuliaStoddard and Frank andHazel Kolb.

Memorial graveside serv-ices are planned for Friday,March 14, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.in Dudley Township Ceme-tery of Satanta. There will beno visitation as cremationhas taken place.

Memorials are suggestedto Jeffery Kolb MemorialFund in care of Swaim Fu-neral Chapel of Sublette.Thoughts and memories maybe shared in the online guestbook at www.swaimfuneralhome.com.

Jeffery “Jeff” Kolb

Word has been received ofthe death of Samuel H.“Sammy” Trutza. Mr. Trutzapassed from this life Monday,March 10, 2014 at MemorialHospital in Guymon, Ok.from complications of lungcancer. He was 63.

Born September 24, 1950at Austin, Tx., Sammy wasthe son of Philip Trutza andthe former Dorothy Finisher.

March 15, 1974 Sammyand Henriette Glim weremarried at Miami, Fl. Shesurvives.

Sammy attended St. LuciaCatholic School in Castries,St. Lucia and was a highschool graduate. He workedas Quality Control for GreatPlains Gas Compression Incin Hugoton for the past ten

years. Sammy enjoyed fish-ing, hunting and maintaininghis rural property.

Survivors include his wifeHenriette; two brothers,Robert Buder of Aztec, N.M,and Danny Buder of CorpusChristi, Tx.; and his sisterAnne Wermuth of San LuisObispo, Ca.

Those preceeding him indeath were his parents andbrother George Buder.

There will be no visitation.Funeral ceremony will be at2:00 p.m. Friday, March 14at Miller Mortuary. Burialwill follow.

Samuel “Sammy” Trutza

Surely goodness andmercy shall follow meall the days of my lifeand I will dwell in thehouse of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23:6

If you are like me, St. Patrick’s Day might be about watch-ing a parade, wearing green or for some, having a few drinksat the pub.

It is part of human nature to forget all-together or do a littlehistoric revisionism as time passes for significant events. Youknow, every year the fish story becomes more amazing. Thisis the case with St. Patrick’s Day. It was meant to honorPatrick and the incredible legacy he left, not just to celebrateIrish heritage.

Patrick was born British and lived 385-461. His parentswere very religious, but he wanted nothing to do with theirfaith. As a teenager his life dramatically changed when anIrish mob abducted and sold him into slave labor in Ireland.For six years he served as a shepherd watching over his mas-ter’s sheep. During those years of quiet suffering he came toknow the God of his parents. Eventually, he was led by Godto escape slavery in miraculous fashion. He made his wayback home to Britain. There Patrick prepared for a career inministry. In time, he was convicted by God that he must re-turn to the land of his slavery and spread the good news ofChrist. He boarded a boat that took him to the shores of Ire-land for a second time, this time of his own choosing. The dayhe stepped onto Irish shores began 29 years of a legendary

mission.Ireland in Patrick’s day was an evil and dangerous place.

Knowing this in advance, Patrick recounted in his writings,The Confession saying, "I am ready to be murdered, betrayed,enslaved - whatever may come my way." It was an epic battleof light versus darkness which made for mythical type storiesthat followed Patrick’s work. Upon his death in 461 light hadwon the battle setting a new course for the Irish. God usedPatrick to see over 120,000 people baptized and 300 churchesplanted.

St. Patrick’s Day is about remembering two things. 1 – Re-member what God can do through someone who is whollysurrendered to Him. 2 - Remember how God loved Patrickenough to rescue him from slavery and how He loved the Irishenough to send Patrick with His good news.

Remember the real Patrick and the good news whichchanged a nation. "Go into all the world and proclaim thegospel to the whole creation," as Jesus said in Mark 16:15.Like Patrick, may Jesus be your hope for today.

Clint Decker is President & Evangelist with Great Awaken-ings, Inc. Since 1990, he has reached over two million peoplewith his message of hope. Contact him [email protected] or call toll free 877-433-3220.

What is St. Patrick’s Day about? Remembering two thingsby Clint Decker

HUGOTON POLICE REPORTHUGOTON POLICE REPORTBusiness Hours, Call 544-4959

After Hours, Call 544-2020

Monday, March 3, 2014• Dog at Large, 400 Block of South

Madison, Owner Caught Dog, Offi-cer Crane

• Welfare Check, 500 Block of North-east Avenue, Everything Okay, Of-ficer Crane

• Shoplifting, 500 Block of SouthMain, Took Report, Sergeant John-son

• Welfare Check, West City Limits,Everything Okay, Sergeant John-son

Tuesday, March 4, 2014• Non Injury Accident, 100 Block of

West Sixth, Took Report, OfficerCrane

• Vehicle Unlock, 700 Block of SouthMonroe, Citizen Assist, OfficerLamatsch

• Medical Assist, Officer LamatschThursday, March 6, 2014• Domestic, 1200 Block of Jefferson,

Verbal, Officer Lamatsch• Medical Assist, 700 Block of South

Harrison, Public Service, OfficerLamatsch

Friday, March 7, 2014• Dog at Large, 700 Block of Van

Buren, Unable to Locate, OfficerCrane

Saturday, March 8, 2014• Child in Street, 500 Block of West

Eighth, Spoke to Parent and Child,Officer Crane

• Domestic Battery, 1600 Block ofSouth Eisenhower, Subject Ar-rested, Officer Crane

• Dogs at Large, Washington, Unableto Locate, Officer Hagman

• Vehicle Unlock, 700 Block of SouthMadison, Citizen Assist, OfficerHagman

Sunday, March 9, 2014• Welfare Check, 1000 Block of

South Monroe, Everything Okay,Officer Crane

• Vehicle Unlock, 1000 Block ofSouth Jackson, Citizen Assist, Of-ficer Crane

• Medical Assist, 1000 Block ofSouth Washington, Public Service,Sergeant Johnson

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FEBRUARY 2014Coronado, Rafael, Truck/Trailer

Parking $50.00Mantzke, Michael, Handicap Park-

ing $25.00Juarez, Rigoverto, Criminal Damage

to Property $290.00Rockwell, Jesse Radar, Battery AMD

from Domestic Battery $320.00 2 Days JailDoherty, Crystal, DUI $1,500.00 Bond ForfeitedJuarez, Dylan, Theft $560.00 30 Days Jail Suspended, 1 Year ProbationJuarez, Dylan, Minor in Possession $200.00 5 Days Jail Suspended

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The Hugoton AirportBoard met for their regularlyscheduled meeting Wednes-day, March 5, 2014 at theairport meeting room. Pres-ent at the meeting wereboardmembers Robert Davis,Kim Harper and Jeff Craw-ford. Also attending were air-port manager Gary Porter,secretary Risa Norton,Kirkham Michael’s CurtisHouser and Hugoton Hermesreporter Ruthie Winget.Boardmembers Dell Cullisonand Dax Gaskill were absent.

The minutes of the previ-ous meeting were read andapproved.

Curtis Houser presentedhis report. He informed theboard the contractor of theKDOT taxiway lane replace-ment is waiting for warmer

weather before beginning theproject. The project will prob-ably begin about the middleof April or the first of May.

The board discussed thepublic meeting attended lastmonth. They thought theKirkham Michael engineeringdid a good job conducting themeeting.

Manager Porter reportedthe fuel dispenser was work-ing now. He stated the prob-lem was a corroded wire.

Porter also reported AJOwens came out and fixedthe snowplow.

Chairman Davis com-mented that someone hasmade an offer to buy thesprinkler east of the airport.

He also stated that JohnChamberlain came out tocheck the main hanger door

that needs replaced. Davisasked to have a structuralengineer inspect the headeron the hanger door beforehaving the contractor startconstruction.

The board discussed thecurrent security system.They passed the motion tohave an extra security cam-era installed.

The board was informedthe fuel supply contract wasup for renewal June 16. Theboard decided to consider dif-ferent fuel suppliers at thenext meeting.

After going into ExecutiveSession for discussion withthe airport manager, themeeting adjourned. The nextmeeting will be April 9, 2014.

highway and at the same time,annex the Hugoton Industrialsubdivision on the south side ofthe highway. City utility serv-ices have been offered for manyyears in this area. City cus-tomers have to pay to extendthe water mains. Water andsewer are 100% property own-ers’ expense to attach to themain lines. The city does notshare in those costs whether in-side or outside city limits.

Hicks stated property own-ers received their property val-uations from the county lastweek. The city tax increase willbe .04 of the assessed valuationif the annexation takes place.The land-owners would be‘grandfathered in’ concerningpropane tanks, septic tanks,water wells and fences.

A.J. Owens asked what ben-efits would the landownershave if they are annexed. Hewas answered if there is a prob-lem with the street, the citywould have to fix them. Theowners will be charged 1¢ lessper kilowatt hour for electricity.The water minimum will be cutin half and the sewer charge willbe cut in half.

Toni Mantzke commented ifthis annexation takes place,their taxes would increase39.4%. She asked if the citylimits needs to be squared up,why not go up to Sixth Street onthe north side and down to Sev-enteenth Street on the southside. The council stated thatwas under consideration also.

Bob Passmore stated thelandowners definitely did notwant to come into the city lim-its. He hoped the councilmenwould vote against this annex-ation.

If the council decides to goforth on this annexation, Hicksstated a Public Hearing wouldhave to take place and othersteps would have to take placeaccording to state statutes.

The council asked Nordyketo get estimates for the cost oflift stations if the annexationswere voted in.

EcoDevo Director Neal Gille-spie brought in the Neighbor-hood Revitalization plan. Thisfive year tax refund plan had al-ready been agreed on but it nowneeds some amendments. Thecouncil voted to approve thenew plan.

Tom informed the councilCharles Wagner’s term on theKMEA Board of Directors wasexpiring. The council voted toreappoint him for another termsubject to Charles’ agreement.

Paul Nordyke brought inbids for repairs on dips in inter-sections Eighth and Madison,Fourth and Harrison, Fifth andMonroe. and Second and Mon-roe. The bids were from F&FConstruction and McBrideConstruction. F&F Construc-tion had the low bid of$24,430.00 which the council

voted to approve.Gary Rowden informed the

council he has an applicationthat he thinks would be good tohire. The council passed themotion to hire this individual ifhe passes the interview andtests.

Gary also reported his de-partment needed anotherpickup to replace an older vehi-cle. They told him to get bids bythe next meeting.

The meeting adjourned. Thenext meeting will be April 7,2014.

David Eckert, holding his wife Brenda’s hand, receives histwenty-five year recognition from Masonic Grand Master RickReichert.

Takota Eckert and Montana Beesley sing for the enjoyment ofthe Masonic Centenial Celebration participants.

Beryl Scranton, formerly of Hugoton and now living in Liberal,receives his fiftieth-year recognition from Masonic Grand Mas-ter Rick Reichert.

Masonic widows were honored at the Centennial celebration. Left to right are Joyce Leonard, Kay Cochran Thrall, Hedy

Lairmore, Gladys Nease and Jenny Saunders.On the far right is Grand Master Rick Reichert.

The Men’s Ensemble from Hugoton HighSchool performed beautiful music for the

crowd to enjoy at the Masonic Lodge #406 Centennial celebration.

Airport adds another security camera

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Average retail gasolineprices in Kansas have risen 8.8cents per gallon in the pastweek, averaging $3.41 per gal-lon Sunday, according to Gas-Buddy's daily survey of 1,329gas outlets in Kansas. Thiscompares with the national av-erage that has increased 3.4cents per gallon in the lastweek to $3.47 per gallon, ac-cording to gasoline price Website GasBuddy.com.

Including the change in gasprices in Kansas during thepast week, prices Sunday were17.3 cents per gallon lowerthan the same day one yearago and are 27.4 cents per gal-lon higher than a month ago.The national average has in-creased 18.5 cents per gallonduring the last month andstands 19.1 cents per gallonlower than this day one yearago.

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Kansas Attorney GeneralDerek Schmidt and the lead-ers of Kansas law enforce-ment organizations last weekreminded Kansans mari-juana possession remains il-legal in the State of Kansas.Schmidt was joined in thestatement by Kansas High-way Patrol SuperintendantColonel Ernest Garcia;Kansas Sheriffs Association

President, Gray County Sher-iff Jim Kramer; and KansasAssociation of Chiefs of PolicePresident, Wamego PoliceChief Mike Baker. The groupissued the following state-ment:

“With the recent coverageof ‘marijuana tourism’ sinceour neighbors in Colorado le-galized marijuana under theirstate law, we wish to remindKansans that the possession,sale or use of marijuana isstill a crime in Kansas.Kansas law enforcement hasseen and seized marijuanaacquired in Colorado andbrought illegally to Kansas.We remind Kansans never tobring marijuana into Kansasfrom Colorado. Doing so is acrime, and Kansas still en-forces its law.”


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for Jennie McCaslin bride to be of Derek Sullins.

March 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parlor Room at

First Christian Church in Hugoton.

Floyd and Edwina Daharsh

The community is invited to join the Daharsh family incelebrating 50 years of marriage for their parents, Floyd andEdwina Daharsh. The special event will take place Saturdayevening, March 15 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Pigs RUs at 110 East Seventh Street in Hugoton. Floyd and Edwina were married March 1, 1964, at theFirst United Methodist Church in Alexander. They movedto Hugoton in 1965 where Floyd resumed his teaching, atHugoton Elementary and Edwina resumed her nursing ca-reer, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. Floyd retiredfrom USD 210 in 2000 after 40 years in the Hugoton Dis-

trict and then retired in 2012 from active pastoring in theEpiscopal Diocese of Oklahoma. Edwina retired in 2002after 42 years of nursing at SWMC and Stevens CountyHospital. Floyd and Edwina have two sons and daughters-in-law; Martin and Davonna of Hugoton and Garrett andRenee of Towanda. They have four grandchildren: Haden,a fifth grader at Hugoton Elementary; Madelaine, a fresh-man at the University of Kansas in Lawrence; Drew, afreshman at Butler Community College in El Dorado; andCole, a junior at Circle High School in Towanda. The couplerequests no gifts but cards would be greatly enjoyed.

Daharshes celebrate golden anniversary

Buddy and Shandi (Cline-smith) Stewart, along withbig sister Megann Renee, wel-comed Kyten Kamaka Stew-art into this world February3, 2014 in Huntsville, Al.Kyten weighed in at sevenpounds, five ounces andmeasured 18.5 inches long.

Proud maternal grandpar-ents are Richard and DanaClinesmith. Great grandpar-ents include Lonnie andCleta Norris and Betty andthe late Robert Clinesmith.

Proud paternal grandpar-ents are Trudy and GaryMorgan and Kenneth Stew-art. Great grandparents areBob and Judy Schoeblen andMarjorie and the late Warren

Stewart.Great great grandma is

Faye Blankenchip. Kyten hasthree proud uncles: Riece Cli-nesmith, Bobby Baker andMatt Crane. Kendra Crane isthe proud auntie and Kytenalready has one beautiful girlcousin, Maisyn Crane, and aboy cousin is due to arrive inMay. Kyten is loved by all.

Look who’s newBaby Kyten blesses Stewart family

Gas prices up nearly a dime

Despite recent changes in Colorado,marijuana still outlawed in Kansas

Kyten Kamaka Stewart

Steve Gooch, son of Jim and Nina Gooch of Hugo-ton would like to announce his upcoming marriage toRachel O'Bryan, daughter of Rob and ElizabethO'Bryan of Burden and Avis Bishop of Wichita. Steve has been working in the avionics field for several years. He is a pilot for Bevan-Rabell in Wichita,where he also designs custom control panels. Rachelis a registered nurse and currently on staff at Wichita'sAvita Health and Rehab as a supervisor. The couple will be married March 29, 2014 atEberly Farm in Wichita.

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We celebrate with youThe golden years of life,

That day you came togetherTo join as husband and wife

The Lord has walked with youThrough every precious year

As you have trusted in His WordAnd gone to Him in prayer

And He'll still walk with youAs each new year unfolds

A future filled with blessingsAnd abundant grace untold.

By M.S.Lowndes

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Official Newspaper of Stevens County


What’s Happenin with Hugoton Students?

Hugoton’s Early Childhood Development Center students cele-brate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America this pastweek. Students were encouraged to “get mixed-up in a goodbook” and wore mismatching clothes to participate. Aurie Perry,Jonathon Kaiser, Rebecca Jays, Hailey Urquidi, Olivia Salmans,Gavin Salazar and Makinna Landa look pretty excited!

Isabelle Holt channels a fa-vorite Dr. Seuss story, “Howthe Grinch Stole Christmas”with her costume Friday.

Hugoton Judge Sherri Leonard leads the Hugo-ton Elementary School students in reciting theReaders’ Oath for Read Across America this

past week. Students were very eager to promiseto read every day in ALL sorts of locations andsituations.

USD 210 educators enjoy two days of West-Ed Professional De-velopment March 3-4. Presenters Lisa Wolf and Erin Stronawith ACT take a break with teachers Nathan Hawley, KerinneFann and Misty McSpadden.

Hugoton Middle School’s Spring Fling dance proves to be reallyfun for all the students who attended. Brooklyn Harper, AbrilValencia, Jaysa Featherston, Montana Holt, Zoe Valencia andKamry Miller take a moment from dancing to showcase theirsmiling faces and glow-in-the-dark accessories.

Hugoton High School’s choir received an overall “I” rating atLeague Music in Colby February 19. HHS Men’s Ensemble andthe mixed ensemble both earned “I” ratings. Both of theWomen’s Ensembles received “II” ratings. A rating of “I” meansoutstanding, and “II” means excellent. Trevor Waechter directsthe choir, and Angela Heger accompanies the vocalists on thepiano.

Mr. Mark Newton conducts the Hugoton High School band. Theperformers earned the only “I” rating awarded to a band at theLeague Music Festival in Colby February 19. Congratulations!

Hugoton Elementary students line up to send off the varsity Ea-gles to Sub-State action in Goodland last Friday. Players gaveall the elementary students high fives before boarding the bus.

Heritage Christian Academy fourth grader Lisa Fehr - in pink- takes some time out of her school day to help first gradersErynn Cantrell, Agatha Fehr and Lilly Martin with their read-ing assignments.

Adysen Norton is HeritageChristian Academy’s Studentof the Month. Adysen is thedaughter of Brooke Nortonand Jayme and Brittney Nor-ton. Photo courtesy of MistyMartin.

Big eventsplanned at HCA

Two big events are ap-proaching at Heritage Chris-tian. The first is a Fine ArtsFestival at First SouthernBaptist in Garden City March28. Students will competewith skits, memory verses,solos, artwork and more.

Then, April 14 will be the“Big Shake”! Communityleaders will stop by theschool, and fourth throughsixth grade students will beevaluated based on their in-teraction with the communitymembers. Students will beencouraged to make eye con-tact, shake hands and engagein appropriate conversation.

Contact HCA at 620-544-7005 to learn more.

Alexis Kelley, Emerson Williams and Deric Kelley chow downon some delicious pancakes during the Pancake Day lunch atHeritage Christian Academy Tuesday, March 4.

Fourth grade Heritage Christian students Chloe Martin, RossGrewell and Gavin Williams are really “eating up” their scienceexperiment illustrating plate tectonics.

Hugoton High School Lady Eagles win the Sub-State tourna-ment this past weekend! The Lady Eagles haven’t competed atState since 1993, so their 55-47 win at Sub-State was a landmarkevent. Team members include, left to right, Taylor Fiss, RileySosa, Estefani Armendrariz, Sofia Jimenez, Ana Pena, Sarah

Johnson, Megan Cornelsen, Katy Heger, Amy Scott and MelissaFabela. Coaches are Jeff Ramsey and Miranda Ramsey. Man-agers are Ferny Vera and Maria Sanchez. Hugoton is seedednumber three, and the girls will face six-seeded Holton at ParkCity Wednesday, March 12. The girls’ record stands at 19-3.

Go Lady Eagles!Go Lady Eagles!

Chance Bothe explains thedangers of texting and drivingto Hugoton High School stu-dents recently. Pioneer Natu-ral Resources was the sponsorfor the event. Several PNR em-ployees attended the seminarto show their support for theimportant information. WatchChance’s story at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqA3tzQneeE.


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Now that the Lady Eagleswere warmed up, the secondquarter was a breeze. Scottadded another six points, alongwith a three- and a two-pointbasket from Pena. Katy Hegerjoined her teammates with apair of twos and the first halfended with Hugoton leading 30to 22.

The second half was almosta repeat of the first with Hugo-

ton adding 16 points in thethird quarter and eleven in thefourth. When this game ended,Hugoton had won their place inthe tournament, 57 to 33.

Scott was the high scoremaker with 19 points followedby 13 from Heger. Sosa alsoreached double digits, addingeleven points mostly from out-side the key. Pena had six, Es-tefani Armendariz added four,and Taylor Fiss and MeganCornelsen each added two.

Game two was the one towin to go to the State champi-onship and the Lady Eagleshad to win Saturday’s gameagainst the Goodland girls.Both teams wanted the winand by half time the Lady Ea-gles had scored 23 to Good-land’s 18. The third quarterwas a battle with the Cowgirlscoming within three points asthe game headed into the finalquarter. Hugoton started thefinal quarter with a three-pointshot by Melissa Fabela. Good-land had a little run for the nexttwo minutes before Heger couldget the Lady Eagles back ontrack with a two-point drive tothe basket. Scott, Sosa, Fabelaand Armendariz all added

points in the final minutes toend the tournament victorious,55 to 47.

Katy Heger was the bigscorer with 18 points and Fa-bela had six rebounds andscored 16 points as well. Ar-mendariz had six points buttore Goodland’s defenses downwith seven steals and five de-flections. The team had a totalof ten turnovers but as a team,they had 14 steals and 12 de-

flections. Scott had elevenpoints, and Sofia Jimenez andSosa each had two points dur-ing the game.

The Lady Eagles will playHolton Wednesday at 8:15 p.m.at Wichita for their first game atthe State level. Hugoton hasnot gone to State basketballsince 1993. Hopefully this willbe the year to bring home astate trophy.

By Tom HicksGoing into last week’s

Arkansas River Middle SchoolLeague Tournament in DodgeCity with a 9-3 league recordand the number one seed, theHugoton Middle School eighthgrade boys were not able to du-plicate last year’s league tour-nament championship. March4, the Eagles lost to the DodgeCity Cardinals, 40-38, in thesemi-finals and bounced backto defeat Garden City’s Ken-neth Henderson, 44-39, in theconsolation game.

Number-two seed KennethHenderson was forced to playHugoton immediately after a36-32 overtime loss to HoraceGood of Garden City. The Fal-cons stayed with the Eagles inthe first half, trailing only 7-6and 14-13 at the breaks.HMS’s Isai Cabezas scored afield goal just before the thirdquarter buzzer sounded to give

the Eagles some breathingroom, 28-21. Paden Cornelsenopened the fourth quarter witha steal and a layup. Cabezasfollowed with a basket to giveHugoton its biggest lead of thegame, 32-21. The Falconsoutscored the Eagles, 18-12, inthe final four minutes of thegame. Luis Contreras scoredseven of the Eagles’ final 12points to play the big hand inholding Kenneth Hendersonoff.

Cornelsen topped the HMSscorers with a dozen points.Contreras was next with ninepoints. Nathan Leininger fol-lowed with eight points.Damyan Don Juan scored sixpoints. Cabezas totaled his twotimely baskets. Azarael Ro-driguez contributed threepoints. Erik Duarte andMitchell Hamlin added onepoint apiece.

In the disappointing loss to

the Cardinals, the Eagles broketo an early 5-0 lead on a three-point basket by Don Juan anda two-pointer by Contreras.Hugoton scored only one pointin the final 5:16 of the firstquarter and found itself in a15-6 hole. The deficit was 25-17 at halftime. Cornelsenrecorded seven of HMS’s ninethird-quarter points to trim theshortfall to 30-26. With 1:17 togo in the fourth quarter, theEagles finally caught up, 38-38, on a Duarte basket. Hugo-ton had what looked to be thefinal possession of regulationwith around ten seconds to go.After a time-out, Hugoton’s in-bounds play turned into disas-ter, as a Cardinal stole theinbounds pass near half-courtwith a full head of steam, enroute to the winning basketwith six seconds to go. The Ea-gles inbounded the ball with athree-quarter-of-the-court pass

and got two good shots but nei-ther fell.

Cornelsen’s 14 points ledthe Eagles in the loss. The Ea-gles would have been blownout in this contest without thecontributions of Duarte andRodriguez off the bench. Bothscored seven badly-neededpoints. The inspiring play ofRodriguez was the highlight ofthe tournament. Completingthe scoring against Dodge Citywere Don Juan with five points,Contreras with four points, andLeininger with one point.

The consolation game vic-tory enabled the eighth gradersto reach double-figures in winswith a final mark of 10-5.

The Eagles played their lastbasketball game of the seasonFriday. Hugoton traveled toGoodland to participate in theSub-State tournament wherethey were eliminated fromgoing to State after losing to theGoodland Cowboys by a nar-row margin. It was definitely abattle to the very end. Good-land would take the lead earlybut was passed several timesby the Eagles in the first half.Hugoton kept the scoring closeand by the end of the secondquarter the Eagles were downby one, 24 to 25. Goodland re-mained in the lead throughoutthe third quarter but onceagain lost it in the fourth quar-ter with a minute and a half leftto play. Hugoton fouled sixtimes in the final minute tryingto slow Goodland down but inthe end the Cowboys took thewin, 51 to 59, and moved up inthe Sub-State tournament.

The Eagles began the gamewith Reid Davis jumping forHugoton. Davis tipped the ballto the Hugoton side but it wasthe Cowboys scoring the firstpoints of the quarter. Bothteams battled for 45 secondsbefore Jeison Rodriguez landeda three-point field goal, puttingthe Eagles on top. Rodriguezadded eleven more points dur-

ing the game, making him theonly Eagle to reach double dig-its. Hugoton held on to the leaduntil a little less than two min-utes remained in the quarter.Goodland hit a three-point fieldgoal followed by a two-pointbasket and a free throw, givingthem a 10 to 14 lead headinginto the second quarter.

Goodland brought the ballin to start the second quarterbut this time it was the Eagleswho scored first. Logan Freder-ick added two points early,bringing the Eagles within twopoints of the Cowboys. Thegame continued for 30 secondsbefore Parker Titus added hisonly three-point basket of thegame, allowing the Eagles to re-gain the lead. With two and ahalf minutes left in the firstquarter, Goodland took thelead once again and held ituntil the end of the first half.Hugoton would be down by oneto start the third quarter.

The Cowboys had control ofthe ball to start the third quar-ter, and they were first to get onthe board with a pair of freethrows. Goodland continued tohit their shots and, with a littleunder four minutes left in thequarter, had a seven-pointlead. A minute and a half re-mained to play when Rodriguez

got a rally going for the Eagleswith a two-point basket. ZackLeininger followed next withanother two-point shot followedby a free throw by Titus. TheEagles had come to within fourwith seconds to play whenGoodland hit another threepoint field goal ending the thirdquarter leading Hugoton 37 to44.

Goodland held the lead inmost of the fourth quarter.With a minute and thirty nineseconds left in the game theEagles took a one point lead, 51

to 50, when Rodriguez landedthe last basket for the Eagles.The Cowboys again took thelead, shooting ten out of 12 freethrows to take the win.

Basketball season officiallyended for the Eagles at thatpoint. Disappointed playersand fans had to make the longtrip back home with hopes ofgoing to State next year. Mostof the players will go on to playbaseball or run track with fondmemories of a good basketballseason that ended too soon.

Sub-State winnersContinued from page 1

Varsity Eagles compete at Sub-State tournament in Goodland

Eighth grade boys finish in third place

Amy Scott tries to get past a Cowgirl on her way to the basket.

Ana Pena drives past a Cowgirl during Saturday’s Sub-Statechampionship.

Nic Frederick is in a little trouble trying to pass the ball duringthe Sub-State game at Goodland.

Kellen Watkins is not letting this Goodland player get withinscoring range. Zack Leininger is ready to back up Kellen if needbe.

Melissa Fabela takes a quicklook for a teammate while tak-ing the ball toward the LadyEagles’ goal.

Riley Sosa is up for two during the Sub-State tournament.The Lady Eagles won the game and the Sub-State champi-onship.

Sports byReece

McDaniels

Private companies in fivestates have now enrolledmore than 2.5 million acresin the Lesser Prairie-ChickenRange-wide ConservationPlan, representing oil andgas, pipelines, electric trans-mission and wind energy, re-sulting in nearly $15 millionfor habitat conservation overthe next three years. Addedto more than 1.3 millionacres of oil and gas leasesunder conservation agree-ments in New Mexico, thisbrings the total industrycommitment close to fourmillion acres.

Range-wide plan enroll-ment now includes 14 electrictransmission companies, rep-resenting most of the electricgrid across the species’ rangein New Mexico, Oklahomaand Texas. Also, eight oil andgas companies have enrolledmore than two million acresacross all five states. And,two wind energy develop-ments and one natural gaspipeline company havesigned on, with more in theprocess of enrollment.

Last Friday, the U.S. Fishand Wildlife Service an-nounced it had signed aRange-wide Oil and Gas In-dustry Candidate Conserva-tion Agreement withAssurances (CCAA) with thewestern association, underthe range-wide plan devel-oped by WAFWA and statewildlife agencies in Colorado,Kansas, New Mexico, Okla-homa and Texas. The servicealso announced an accompa-nying Environmental Assess-ment. The service hasproposed listing the bird asthreatened under the federalEndangered Species Act, witha final determination ex-

pected by March 31.“Under the range-wide

plan, a broad coalition of gov-ernment, industry, agricul-ture and conservationinterests is demonstratingunprecedented collaboration,showing we can take care ofthis bird and its prairie habi-tat without needing to list it,”said Bill Van Pelt, WesternAssociation of Fish andWildlife Agencies (WAFWA)grassland coordinator.

“When you consider allacreage enrolled in the range-wide plan, plus variousCCAAs, Farm Bill programs,and other conservation pro-grams across the lesserprairie-chicken’s range, thetotal area is about the size ofthe states of Vermont andNew Hampshire combined.This is also approximatelyhalf the size of the species’current range. We believe thissets a record for conservationdelivery on predominantlyprivate land for a speciesunder listing consideration.”

The range-wide CCAA pro-vides another option for oiland gas companies, whichcan also enroll directly in therange-wide plan. CCAAs areprelisting conservation tools,where enrollment must occurprior to a listing decision. Un-like the CCAA, enrollmentunder the range-wide plancan occur at any time beforeor after the listing decision.

Enrolling companies getregulatory assurancesthrough a special USFWSrule or a CCAA permit, sothat if the species is listed thecompanies have a pathway tocontinue operations and de-velopment in the region. Thecompanies agree to pay mod-est enrollment fees, follow a

list of guidelines to minimizeimpacts on the bird, andagree to pay for impacts theycannot avoid. The moneygoes to farmers, ranchers andlandowners to protect and re-store habitat for the bird.

Complementing the range-wide plan, landowner CCAAsoffer legal assurances forfarmers and ranchers in NewMexico, Texas and Okla-homa. These cover a total ofnearly 2.3 million acresacross the three states.Landowners in Colorado andKansas, who do not have ac-cess to a ranching CCAA, canenroll their lands under theRWP and receive the sameassurances.

The range-wide plan in-cludes habitat managementgoals and conservation prac-tices to be applied through-out the lesser prairie-chicken’s range, guided bythe Crucial Habitat Assess-ment Tool (CHAT) onlinedatabase and mapping sys-tem.

The range-wide plan canbe viewed on the WAFWA website. Industry representativeswith questions about theplan may contact Sean Kyle,chairman of the LesserPrairie Chicken InterstateWorking Group, [email protected]. Farm-ers, ranchers and landownersmay contact their local statefish and wildlife agency biol-ogist to answer questionsabout enrollment in the plan.

The second Legislative Up-date - scheduled for this Sat-urday, March 15 - has beencancelled. Senator Powell hada scheduling conflict which hascaused this cancellation. TheChamber office is working withboth the Senator and Repre-sentative Alford to reschedulethis event. As of Tuesday, theChamber, along with theStevens County Economic De-velopment Board and theStevens County Farm BureauAssociation, is planning a Leg-islative Update April 19. We willkeep you informed about anyrescheduled date and time herein The Hermes and on the MainStreet sign.

The Libraries of SouthwestKansas are bringing a very spe-cial program to SouthwestKansas about customer serv-ice. The Disney Way will bepresented by speaker J. JeffKober April 15 at the UnitedWireless Conference Centerin Dodge City. There will betwo sessions – the morning ses-sion, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.,is for managers, the afternoonsession, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.,is for front-line employees. Mr.Kober was formerly a leaderwith the Disney Institute anddesigned many of Disney’s cus-tomer service programs. Youcan register for either or both ofthe seminars by contacting theDodge City Area Chamber ofCommerce at 620-227-3119.The Stevens County Libraryhas complete details on thisprogram and as always you cancontact the Chamber office ifyou have any questions at 620-544-4305.

Kappa Eta, in conjunctionwith the Hugoton RecreationCommission and the HugotonArea Chamber of Commerce, issponsoring their annual EasterEgg Hunt Saturday, April 19starting at 9:00 a.m. This

event will be at the ParsonsSports Complex on Washing-ton Street and is for childrenages birth-nine.

The Hugoton Area Chamberof Commerce and StevensCounty Economic DevelopmentWeb site www.stevenscountyks.com is a great place toview a calendar of events goingon in the County. We also tryto keep the community in-formed of upcoming events onour Facebook pages GetHugoton! and Hugoton AreaChamber of Commerce. Giveus a “like” on Facebook.

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are the perfect gift for anyone,anytime! Chamber Gift Certifi-cates are the solution for all ofyour gift giving needs. Pur-chasing Chamber Gift Certifi-cates ensures that your moneyis staying in our local economymaking our local businessesstrong. Stop by the ChamberOffice and purchase a Cham-ber Gift Certificate. These cer-tificates can be written for anyamount and are redeemable atmost Stevens County busi-nesses. Shop Stevens CountyFirst!

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Hugoton High School Varsity Girls Basketball team wins Sub-State at Goodland. The team advancesto State competition in Wichita this week. Congratulations, team, for your victory!

In recognition of the state’slargest industry, March isrecognized as Kansas Agri-culture Month. To celebrate along and evolving history offarmers, ranchers andagribusinesses as well assupport neighbors in need,activities at the local andstate levels have beenplanned.

Kansas Agriculture Monthkicks off with the launch ofthe Neighbor to Neighborstatewide food drive March 3at Harvesters - The Commu-nity Food Bank in Topeka.The food drive is jointlyhosted by the Department ofAgriculture, Dillon’s FoodStores, Harvesters -The Com-munity Food Bank, theKansas Food Bank, The Sec-ond Harvest CommunityFood bank and the Kansasagriculture community. ln2013, nearly 75,000 mealswere collected for Kansans inneed. This year, the goal is toraise 100,000 meals throughfood collections and mone-tary donations. Collected fooditems stay in the area fromwhich they were donated.

Contribute to the fooddrive in Hugoton at theUSDA Service Center at 607E. Eleventh Street, StateFarm at 617 Main Street,and the Methodist Churchat 828 Main Street.

Each day of Kansas Agri-culture Week, March 23-29,focuses on a different agricul-ture theme, including eco-nomics, nutrition andhunger, technology andreach, environmental andsustainability, animal care,careers in agriculture andfood safety. Connect with theKansas Department of Agri-culture and Kansas agricul-

ture members by engagingwith Kansas Agriculture so-cial media activity. Follow thedepartment on Facebook andTwitter and follow the hash-tag #ksagday and #n2nks.

Kansas Ag Day is March25 and will be celebrated withseveral events at the statecapitol. The Neighbor toNeighbor statewide food drivewill culminate with an an-nouncement of the mealsraised and donation to thefood banks of Kansas. Cometo the capitol to visit withKansas agriculture organiza-tions and learn more aboutKansas agriculture.

Hugoton food drive dropoff locations: USDA ServiceCenter at 607 E. Eleventh St.,State Farm at 617 Main St.,and the Methodist Church at828 Main Street.

For more informationabout Kansas Agriculture cel-ebrations, please visit agriculture.ks.gov/ksagday.

Hugoton High School’s Fu-ture Business Leaders ofAmerican (FBLA) student or-ganization excelled in DistrictVIII competition, taking tophonors against competitorsfrom 12 other schools in west-ern Kansas.

“This year our studentsfaced the largest number of op-ponents in the three years I’vetaught in Hugoton,” said Spon-sor Cara Rogers, “and we tookmore top places than before.The results show our kids arebeing prepared to competesuccessfully in the workforce.”

Sixteen of the competitorsqualified to advance to theState Competitive LeadershipConference March 25 and 26in Topeka. One additionalmember is attending State tojoin top ranking members intwo competitive team events.

Each year, FBLA memberscompete in a variety of eventsusing the skills gained throughbusiness courses taught byBusiness Department Teach-ers Cara Rogers and PaigeRawlings.

Beginning their freshmanyear, students take introduc-tory computer courses leadingto technical and businesscourses in tenth and eleventhgrade, and eventually are pre-pared for application coursesin their senior year, if followinga business pathway.

To become an FBLA mem-ber, students must be enrolledin at least one of the technicalor application courses, and ac-tively participate in all commu-nity event and fundraising

activities.Results listed by District

Placing, and participation inState Competitive Team:• Business Calculations: fifthplace tie - Kelsey Quillen,Edgar Villa and Roger Figueroa• Business Communications:fifth place Courtney Heckel• Business Law: fourth placeMarisol Don Juan• Business Procedures: fifthplace Jackie Garcia• Computer Problem Solving:second place Jimmy Eves• Cyber Security: third placeJimmy Eves and fifth place IanPomeroy• Economics: fifth placeBradley Campbell• Health Care Admin: secondplace Ricki Rickers, fourthplace Julia Romo, tie sixth

place Marissa Romero andIvone Baez• Intro Business Comm: sec-ond place Grace Orosco• Intro Information Tech: firstplace Ian Pomeroy, third placeJulia Romo and fourth placeGrace Orosco• Sports Management: tiesecond place Bradley Campbelland Courtney Heckel and sixthplace Genesis Martinez• Spreadsheet Application:first place Jessica Harper• Entre Team: BradleyCampbell, Jimmy Eves andKatie Weaver• Sports Team: BradleyCampbell, Genesis Martinezand Ricki Rickers• Hospitality Team: KelseyQuillen and Katie Weaver.

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Hugoton’s FFA President Micah Baehler presents Hermes edi-tor RoGlenda Coulter with a token of appreciation.

Congratulations to 17 Hugoton FBLA Mem-bers who placed in the top six in District and/orwill be a part of a Team Event at State Compe-tition in Topeka: Ivone Baez, President KelseyQuillen, Marisol Don Juan, Vice PresidentKatie Weaver, Grace Orosco, Historian Roger

Figueroa, Secretary Jackie Garcia, JimmyEves, Julia Romo, Ian Pomeroy, CourtneyHeckel, Genesis Martinez, Jessica Harper,Bradley Campbell, Ricki Rickers, TreasurerEdgar Villa and Marissa Romero.

The U.S. Senate passed bi-partisan legislation offered byU.S. Senator Jerry Moran thatwill reauthorize the NationalIntegrated Drought Informa-tion System (NIDIS). NIDISprovides vital drought informa-tion to farmers, ranchers andother industries affected byweather conditions.

“During a time when pro-ducers are still grappling withthe devastating effects ofdrought, the passage of thislegislation provides them withmuch-needed certainty,” Sen-ator Moran said. “The reautho-rization of this program will aidfarmers and ranchers, and en-able agricultural operations tocontinue across our state.”

Government agencies haveworked to develop a long-termplan for drought prevention,research and education sincethe NIDIS Act was signed into

law in 2006. The legislation ex-tends the program for fiveyears and supports an interac-tive “early warning system” oftimely and accurate droughtinformation, as well as an inte-grated weather monitoring andforecasting system. The NIDISReauthorization Act of 2013 isthe companion bill to the

Drought Information Act,which was introduced in Feb-ruary 2013.

The bill now heads to thepresident for his signature. Thelegislation was sponsored byU.S. Senators John Thune,Tom Udall, Mark Pryor andMark Udall.

Three hundred forty-twostudents in the University ofOklahoma College of AlliedHealth were named to theDean’s Honor Roll for the fall2013 semester. HugotonHigh School graduate KaylaD. Ortiz was among the stu-dents. She is the daughter ofAllen and Karen Goode ofHugoton. Kayla is pursuingher Doctorate of Physical

Therapy.In the College of Allied

Health, professional and un-dergraduate students are re-quired to have completed atleast 12 grade point hoursand earned a minimum 3.5grade point average on a 4.0scale to be included on thehonor roll, while graduatestudents must earn a mini-mum 3.8 GPA.

Ortiz earns OU College of AlliedHealth Dean’s Honor Roll spot

Kansas individual incometax receipts for February, re-leased Friday, were $100.7million more than expectationsfor the month.

Individual income tax re-ceipts were bolstered by severallarge one-time tax deposits to-taling at least $50 million plushigher than expected withhold-ing taxes. Withholding taxesnot only beat expectations, butwere also higher than the

amount collected during Feb-ruary 2013 - indicating morepeople are working or receivedraises.

“We’re very excited that taxreceipts continue to exceed es-timates,” said Revenue Secre-tary Nick Jordan. “This showsthat the Kansas economy ishealthy and jobs are continu-ing to grow.”

February puts the state$118.4 million more than ex-

pected for the fiscal year and$97.6 million, or 42.2 percent,more than estimates for themonth.

Corporate income tax rev-enue receipts beat the projec-tion by $4.8 million or morethan four times the estimatefor the month. It is the thirdconsecutive month of strongreturns for corporate incometax receipts.

March recognized as Ag Month

FBLA wins prizes at District

State tax brings in more than planned for March

Moran reauthorizes critical drought info program

The Oklahoma State Uni-versity/A&M Board of Re-gents approved OSU’srequest to introduce a blocktuition plan for the fall se-mester during its regularmeeting Friday in Stillwater.

The new plan, called “Fin-ish in Four”, offers a flat ratefor tuition and university-wide fees for full-time under-

graduate students taking 12to 18 hours in a semester.

“We are pleased to intro-duce this block tuition modelfor our students,” said OSUPresident Burns Hargis. “It isdesigned to help studentsgraduate quicker, while po-tentially reducing the totalcost of an OSU degree.”

Hargis said with the

change to a block tuitionplan, the university hopes tokeep tuition and university-wide fees flat for the 2014-15school year. Rates for thenext academic year will beannounced when the 2014-15 budget is approved inJune.

For most degrees, complet-ing at least 15 hours of appli-cable coursework eachsemester puts a student ontrack to graduate in fouryears, which means severalbenefits to students:• Eliminating additional se-

mesters or years of expensefor room, board and othercosts• Reducing student loandebt upon graduation• Allowing entry into theworkforce earlier

Many of the universitiesacross the country that haveadopted a block tuition planhave seen significant im-provement in graduationrates. Currently, only 31 per-cent of OSU students gradu-ate in four years and around60 percent graduate in sixyears.

This plan can reduce con-siderable cost by reducingthe time to earn an OSU de-gree.

Part-time undergraduatestudents – those taking lessthan 12 hours – and graduatestudents will continue to becharged on a per-credit-hourbasis. Other exceptions alsowill be considered.

Hargis thanked the OSUStudent Government Associ-ation and students for theirfeedback as the university de-veloped its plans.

“OSU already is recognized

nationally as one of the bestvalues in higher education,and that value only increasesif our students graduatefaster,” Hargis said. “Thisplan offers even greater valueto students and makes anOSU degree more accessibleand affordable.”

More information aboutOSU’s “Finish in Four” planis available at https://bursar.okstate.edu/block-rate-information.

Submitted by OklahomaState University.


Philip Porter at the

Hugoton Assembly of God Church Saturday, March 15

7:00 p.m.Philip is a Worship Pastor in St. Louis, Mo. He is married to his beautifulwife Melissa Porter. Phil has a huge passion for Christ and longs tospread the good news of Christ through the songs he writes. He releasedhis first album called “Legacy” in 2011 and has now released his secondalbum called “Shadows”. He got saved at a young age and started play-ing music during his freshman year in high school in his local churchyouth band. Since then God stirred up a tremendous desire in Philip tosee people reached through music for Him. God challenged Philip, soPhilip is making that challenge his prayer and focus. His prayer is to giveaway 10,000 copies of his album to people who do not know Christ. Ad-ditionally, he is partnering up with organizations such as Teen Challengeand others to give away his CD to people who are needing hope andmaybe aren’t in the best of circumstances, extending Christ’s love tothem at no cost just as Christ teaches us to give.

Please hear Philip’s music.“I hope to encourage people to be radical in their faith and to pursue

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Tobias A. Stutzman receives his diploma from Texas AuctionAcademy President, Mike Jones, CAI, GPPA, BAS.

Tobias Stutzman graduates fromTexas Auction Academy

OSU introduces “Finish in Four” block tuition plan

Tobias A. Stutzman withUnited Country StutzmanRealty & Auction of Ulysses,has just returned from Dal-las, Tx., where he graduatedfrom the Texas Auction Acad-emy February 16, 2014.

While in Dallas, he com-pleted 83 hours of intensiveauctioneer training. Classescovered during the nine-daycourse included auctioningreal estate, agricultural land,estates, antiques, heavyequipment, purebred andmarket livestock, automo-biles, government sales, farmsales and fundraising events.Students were taught therapid fire chant of the auc-tioneer, how to contract auc-tions, public speaking,ethics, auction bookkeeping,sales tax regulations, com-munity involvement, stateand federal laws, auctiontechnology and the impor-tance of the internet intoday’s auction world. Stu-dents were instructed by andinteracted with some of theworld’s most successful auc-tioneers including past presi-dents of the NationalAuctioneers Association,state organizations and past

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Family Place Libraries™ in southwest Kansas:

an update Due to the vision of Rus-

sell Child Development Cen-ter, the western part of thestate had the first FamilyPlace Libraries™ sites inKansas. “Family Place Li-braries™ is a network of li-brarians nationwide whobelieve that literacy beginsat birth, and that librariescan help build healthy com-munities by nourishinghealthy families.” Nourish-ing families through infor-mation, education, andopportunity is accomplishedby providing up-to-date in-formation relevant to par-ents and caregivers, offeringa welcoming environmentfor families, creating a pre-literacy learning space in thelibrary, and facilitating con-tact with health-service pro-fessionals.

The initial three FamilyPlace Libraries/FPL sites insouthwest Kansas wereFinney County Public Li-brary, Grant County PublicLibrary, and Liberal Memo-rial Library. Funding wasprovided through the SmartStart Block Grant from theChildren’s Cabinet andTrust Fund. In 2013, Stan-ton County Public Libraryand Dodge City Public Li-brary were added to the FPLnetwork via the BuildingBlocks Early ChildhoodBlock Grant. Family PlaceLibraries will be at TopekaShawnee County Public Li-brary with plans for furthergrowth in Kansas.

Staff from all the south-west Kansas sites have at-tended the FPL traininginstitute and most have in-corporated the core ele-ments of FPL into locallibrary services. Core ele-ments include enhanced col-lections of library materialsfor families and a welcomingenvironment, a carefully de-signed early literacy learningspace, and the signatureprogram, the Parent/ChildWorkshop™. As a conse-quence of providing the coreelements, the librarianshave engaged in coalitionbuilding with health serviceagency staff and, ideally, thelibraries are reaching non-traditional library users

through partnerships withlocal agencies.

Through the BuildingBlocks Family Place Li-braries grant, all of the SWKansas FPL sites have beenable to increase the breadthand depth of their parentingresources which includeprint books, DVDs, CDs,magazines, as well asbrochures providing infor-mation on local and regionalsupport for families. Parent-ing materials have beenmoved from the adult collec-tion to be featured in thechildren’s department, inadherence to the FPL model,in order to enhance the li-brary experience for thecaregiver.

While an increase incheckouts reflects the re-newed interest in parentingmaterials, the newly createdchildren’s spaces are themost popular aspect of FPLin our libraries. Librariansin each of the sites havetransformed their children’sdepartment to provide op-portunities for learningthrough play. Developmen-tally appropriate toys for thetarget ages (0-3 years) havebeen carefully selected andare always available foryoung library patrons, sib-lings, and caregivers toenjoy in the library. Visits tothe children’s departmentsin the libraries have in-creased; one of the libraries’annual statistics show thatvisits to the children’s de-partment have doubledsince the FPL environment

was installed.Opportunities for chil-

dren and parents to interactthrough play are extended tothe Parent/Child Workshop,a five-week series of weeklymeetings. For each Work-shop session, librarians setup play centers, much likethose in a preschool, andthe children lead the discov-ery. Each hour long sessionfeatures a health-care pro-fessional who, rather thanlecturing, circulates amongthe families and is availableto answer questions or ad-dress parental concerns.The play-based environmentis a natural setting for pro-fessionals to unobtrusivelyobserve children and theWorkshops have alreadyproven to be a catalyst forreferrals and hopefully sub-sequent critical early inter-vention for children in need.Librarians report some ofthe most popular workshopsessions involve profession-als who provide guidance ontantrums and behavior ingeneral.

The Workshop series willbe offered twice in 2014 yearat each of the participatingFPL sites in southwestKansas. As the libraries con-tinue with Family Place pro-gram, we look forward tostrengthening partnershipswith RCDC staff, perhapsgoing beyond the FPL modelto provide opportunities toserve families in our com-munities through qualityprograms.

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Every 68 seconds someonein America developsAlzheimer’s disease – a dev-astating and irreversiblebrain disease that slowly de-stroys an individual’s cogni-tive functioning, includingmemory and thought.Alzheimer’s currently affectsmore than 5.2 million peoplein the United States andmore than 35.6 millionworldwide. As the populationages, the number of peoplediagnosed with Alzheimer’safter age 65 will double everyfive years, while the numberof individuals 85 years andolder with this disease willtriple by 2050.

These statistics provide amuch-needed Alzheimer’s re-ality check; this terrible dis-ease is the sixth leadingcause of death in the UnitedStates, and there is currentlyno diagnostic test, no treat-ment and no cure.

The U.S. Senate recentlyheld a hearing in the SenateAppropriations Committee onthe devastating impacts ofAlzheimer’s – both personaland economic – and the stateof current research initia-tives. I invited my friend andformer colleague, Congress-man Dennis Moore of Lenexa,to share his personal testi-mony at the hearing. Repre-sentative Moore wasdiagnosed with Alzheimer’s inJune 2011, after servingKansas’ Third District from1999 to 2011.

“An epidemic is upon usand too many families are insituations like mine facing afatal disease that currentlyhas no way to prevent, cureor even slow its progression,"Representative Moore told theCommittee.

I asked my friend whathealth care professionals aretelling him he can do abouthis diagnosis. Dennis re-sponded, “Basically to takethe medication that they di-agnosed for me… and also toget some exercise, which I tryto do on a daily basis. My wifevery much encourages me todo that. I’m a smart hus-band, I say, ‘yes dear.’ ”

I truly appreciate Con-gressman Moore’s willingnessto testify before the Senate onbehalf of the thousands ofAmericans and peoplearound the world who haveencountered Alzheimer’s dis-ease. The way he is living hislife gives others courage andhope, and I commend himand his wife Stephanie fortheir continued public serv-ice.

As a nation, it is critical weconfront the pendingAlzheimer’s health care crisisand its financial costs as thebaby boomer generation ages.Caring for those withAlzheimer’s and other de-mentias is expected to cost$203 billion this year, with$142 billion covered by the

federal government throughMedicare and Medicaid. Astudy by the RAND Corpora-tion stated that the cost ofdementia care is projected todouble over the next 30years, surpassing health careexpenses for both heart dis-ease and cancer.

Without a way to prevent,cure or effectively treatAlzheimer’s, it will be difficult– if not impossible – to rein inour nation’s health carecosts. Alzheimer’s has be-come a disease to define ageneration, but if we focusand prioritize our researchcapacity, it does not need tocontinue as an inevitable partof aging.

It is time to truly committo defeating this disease inthe next decade. Yet, for every$270 Medicare and Medicaidspends caring for individualswith Alzheimer’s, the federalgovernment currently spendsonly $1 on Alzheimer’s re-search. Research suggestsmore progress could be madewith a boost in investment.One study found that abreakthrough againstAlzheimer’s that delays theonset of the disease by fiveyears would mean an annualsavings of $447 billion by2050.

A sustained federal com-mitment to research forAlzheimer’s will lower costsand improve health outcomesfor people living with the dis-ease today and in the future.As Ranking Member of theSenate Appropriations Sub-committee that funds the Na-tional Institute of Health(NIH) I am committed to pri-oritizing funding forAlzheimer’s research.

Last year, the omnibus ap-propriations bill increasedfunding for the NIH by $100million to supportAlzheimer’s research, andsupported the initial year offunding for the new initiativeto map the human brain.Both projects will increaseour understanding of the un-derlying causes ofAlzheimer’s, unlock the mys-teries of the makeup andfunctioning of the brain, andbring us closer to effectivetreatments and one day –hopefully – a cure.

Alzheimer’s is a definingchallenge of our generation.We must commit to a na-tional goal to defeat this dev-astating disease over the nextdecade by supporting thecritical research carried outby the scientists and re-searchers across our nation

supported by the NIH. Thehealth and financial future ofour nation are at stake andthe United States cannot af-ford to ignore such a threat.Together, we can make a sus-tained commitment toAlzheimer’s research that will

benefit our nation and bringhope to future generations ofAmericans. The challenge isours and the moment to actis now.

Submitted by the Office ofSenator Jerry Moran.


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MUSEUM UPDATEfrom The Stevens County Gas & Historical MuseumGladys Renfro, Beulah Carter and Linda McCrary

Come butter comeCome butter come

Peter stands at the gateWaiting for a buttered cake

(An old poem or song to help churn cream into butter.)Bread and butter. My job

is my bread and butter! Theyare my bread and butter. It’smy bread and butter. Wehave all used that phase atleast once in our lives and ifyou haven’t, you’ve mostlikely at least heard it before.“I cannot work anymore; mysavings is my bread and but-ter.” The old “symbol” is rep-resentative of our dailystaple, the simple things inour lives we need to stayalive, our daily food. Thephrase itself refers to themoney we need to buy ourfood. A simple phrase for sim-ple staples, “bread and but-ter.”

However, have you everconsidered the work requiredto make butter? It is not sosimple if you have ever triedto. It takes patience, time andstamina. Something notmany of us have in this “in aninstant” world.

The first time churningbutter was mentioned wasfound on a limestone tablet“illustrating” how to makebutter. The tablet dated backabout 4,500 years. Thatwould make it about the timeNoah was landing on themountain of Ararat!

I do not know how it wasmade back then, I could notfind the original recipe, butthat would be a really neatthing to try and make butterthe same way Mrs. Noah didfor her family.

Since then people have

come up with all types ofgadgets to make it easier onthe muscles to churn. Someof the gadgets include theDazey Butter churn, barrelchurn, paddle churn, and theplunge churn, also known asthe dash churn. The plungechurn is the type you haveprobably seen or even used.The tall clay pot with a lidand a round disk attached toa pole that is moved up anddown. The barrel churn is alarger churn that turns andthe Dazey churn is a smallerglass jar with a handle thatturns a set of paddles inside.

Churning butter was notsimple; you collect the milkfrom the cow and let it sit fordays or until the cream sepa-rates and rises to the top. Atthat point a “skimmer” isused to skim the cream off ofthe milk and put into achurn. Evidently, a little fer-mentation adds to the flavorof the butter, but it is not agood idea to leave it too long.Then the cream is churneduntil it becomes solid. Whatis left is “buttermilk”!

Mr. and Mrs. RussellSmith, long time Hugo-tonites, brought a number ofchurns into the museum andthe churns are now dis-played! We have Dazey(Daisey) churn, a barrelchurn and box churns, andwould love for you to comeand see. Oh and if you have a“hankering to make somehomemade butter” we willprovide the “bread”.

We are open 1:00 to 5:00p.m. Monday through Friday,and our new hours Saturdayare 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Y’allcome!!

Stevens County Historical and Gas Museum has many butterchurns displayed. The large churns are commercial butterchurns.

Senator Moran continues fight against Alzheimer’s

Our Dinner Theater trip isApril 11 – 12 to Cowtown inWichita. The Diamond WWranglers will perform tradi-tional Western music. Pleasecall the Activity Center byMarch 14 if you would like togo.

Live on Stage will beThursday, March 20. We’ll betaking a van from the ActivityCenter at 6:15 p.m. for thisevent.

The Southwest KansasArea Agency on Aging hastwo Certified MarketplaceNavigators who can assistcommunity members with Af-fordable Health Care. If youhave questions and needhelp, please call 620-225-8230 and ask for Lyn Weath-erhead or Lyle Dotson. If youhave questions concerningcaregiving, legal matters, dis-ability, health insurance,housing, etc., please callMichael Johnston at thesame phone number.

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ActivitiesThursday, March 13Bridge.................12:30 p.m.Friday, March 14Bingo..................12:30 p.m.Saturday, March 15Cards & Games.....6:00 p.m.Monday, March 17Line Dancing ........7:00 p.m.Tuesday, March 18Bridge.................12:30 p.m.Wednesday, March 19Paint.....................1:00 p.m.Thursday, March 20Bridge.................12:30 p.m.Live on Stage

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Joint county local workgroup meeting

announcement for Morton, Stevens and

Seward CountiesEric B. Banks, state con-

servationist for the NaturalResources Conservation Serv-ice (NRCS), who serves aschair of the Kansas TechnicalCommittee (KTC), said localwork groups are importantsubcommittees of the KTC.The KTC provides advice con-cerning a number of issueswithin a variety of conserva-tion programs to the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture(USDA) agencies. Althoughthe KTC has no implementa-tion or enforcement authority,USDA gives strong considera-tion to the KTC’s recommen-dations.

“Local work groups are im-portant, because they providerecommendations on localand state natural resourcepriorities and criteria forUSDA conservation activitiesand programs to the KTC,”said Banks.

Responsibilities of LocalWork Groups

Banks provided the re-sponsibilities of local work

groups (LWG) as identified bythe USDA Conservation Pro-gram Delivery manual. LWGrecommendations will be re-viewed by the KTC for submit-tal to USDA agencies.• Ensure that a conservationneeds assessment to identifypriority resource concerns isdeveloped using communitystakeholder input and use theconservation needs assess-ment to help identify programfunding needs and conserva-tion practices.• Recommend the USDAconservation program appli-cation and funding criteria, el-igible practices (includinglimits on practice payments orunits), and payment rates.• Assist the NRCS and con-servation districts with publicoutreach and information ef-forts, and identify educationaland producers' trainingneeds.

Membership of LWG“Membership in USDA

LWG should be diverse andfocus on agricultural interestsand natural resource issuesexisting in the community,”said Banks. “Membershipshould include agriculturalproducers representing the

va-riety of crops, livestock, andpoultry raised within the localarea; owners of nonindustrialprivate forest land, represen-tatives of agricultural and en-vironmental organizations;and governmental agenciescarrying out agricultural andnatural resource conservationand activities.” Banks saysLWG also takes into accountconcerns of particular histori-cally underserved groups andindividuals including but notlimited to women, personswith disabilities, socially dis-advantaged and limited re-source groups.

Responsibilities of Conservation Districts (CD)

The local CD is responsiblefor developing the conserva-tion needs assessment, as-sembling, and conducting theUSDA LWG.

For more informationabout LWG, or to become amember, contact your localCD office or NRCS staff at theUSDA Service Center.

Stevens, Seward and Mor-ton County Local WorkGroup meeting will be at7:00 p.m. March 27, 2014 atRanchito Tex Mex - MeetingRoom- Main Street, Hugo-ton, KS 67951. Please callthe SV CO NRCS office ifyou will be attending 620-544-2261

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When to Take Cattle OffWheat Pasture

As wheat greens up andbegins growing with warmertemperatures, producersshould start thinking aboutwhen to pull cattle off pas-ture to protect grain yields.After greenup is underwayand before the wheat hasreached jointing, it is impor-tant to scout fields closely forsigns of the “first hollowstem” (FHS) stage. This stageoccurs as the wheat switchesfrom the vegetative stage tothe reproductive stage ofgrowth.

When the leaf sheaths be-come erect, the developinggrowing point, which is belowthe soil surface, will soonbegin to form a tiny head. Al-though the head is quitesmall at this point, it has al-ready established some im-portant yield components. Atthis stage, the maximum po-tential number of spikelets isdetermined. Sufficient nitro-gen (N) should already beavailable in the root zone atgrowth stage in order to af-fect the potential number ofseeds per head.

Once the embryo head hasdeveloped, the first internodewill begin to elongate push-ing the head up through theleaf sheaths. This first in-ternode will be hollow. Thiswill be visible before you canactually feel the first node(joint, located just above thefirst internode). Prior to thisstage the nodes are all

formed but tightly packed to-gether and hard to see. FHSis the point at which a half-inch or so of hollow stem canfirst be identified above theroot system and below thedeveloping head. FHS occurswhen the developing head isstill below the soil surface,which means that producershave to dig plants out of theground to do the examina-tion.

To look for FHS, start bydigging up some plants fromfields that have not beengrazed. Select the largesttillers to examine. Cut off thetop of the plant, about aninch above the soil surface.Then slice the stem open

from the crown area up. Lookfor the developing head,which will be very small.Next, see if you can find anyhollow stem between the de-veloping head and the crownarea. If there is any separa-tion between the growingpoint and crown, the wheatplant is at FHS. FHS willoccur between a few daysand a week or more prior tojointing, depending on tem-peratures.

If the wheat has reachedFHS, cattle should be re-moved to prevent grain yieldloss. Yield losses from graz-ing after FHS may be up to1.25 bushels per day accord-ing to OSU data, although

losses may not be this greatfor the first few days of graz-ing after FHS. Still, it is easyfor producers to be late by afew days in removing live-stock as they wait for obviousnodes and hollow stems toappear, and even the first fewdays can be significant.

Two things are observedwhen wheat is grazed toolong: 1) fewer heads per acrebecause the primary tillerhas been removed and 2)smaller and lighter headsthan expected because leafarea has been removed. Ascattle continue grazing, thewheat plant is stressed andbegins to lose some of thetillers that would producegrain. A little later, if there isnot enough photosynthate,the plant begins aborting thelower spikelets (flowerswhere seed develops) or someof the florets on each head.Finally, if there is not enoughphotosynthate during grainfilling, the seed size will bereduced and if the stress issevere enough, some seedwill abort.

Submitted by Jim Shroyer,Crop Production Specialist

The February meeting ofthe Cloverleaf Cowboys wascalled to order by PresidentElizabeth Johnson. Flagsalute and pledge were led byMontana Beesley, FaithBeesley and Laney Cox. Rollcall was answered by “Whatis your favorite cartoon char-acter?” Rebecca Johnsonpresented a devotion fromGalatians 5:22. Amya John-son led the club in singingthe Hugoton school song.

There was no old business.Under new business the clubdiscussed the pool party.Montana Beesley moved torefer it to the pool party com-mittee, and Rebecca Johnsonseconded the motion. Mem-bers also discussed the deco-rations for the businessman’sdinner. Montana Beesleymoved to refer the discussionto the committee, and Re-becca seconded the motion.

Club project talks wereAudrey Gilmore teaching thebasics of photography,Thomas Willis discussing

handheld pets, Zachary Willisteaching about swine, LaceyBrecheisen presenting differ-ent dog breeds, LandonBrecheisen teaching how topin insects, and LaramieBrecheisen showing the dif-ferent food groups.

For recreation the club

practiced the skit for Regionalclub days. The Newlon familyand the Gilmore family pro-vided snacks. MontanaBeesley moved to adjourn themeeting, and Claudia sec-onded it.

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Hugoton FFA students attend a Speech Contestand Ag Sales Contest. Members attending arefrom the left Jessica Harper, Thomas Freder-ick, Romano Burger, Bernabe Mendoza andRoman Lindstrom. These students represented

Hugoton very well at the recent Southwest Dis-trict Prepared Public Speaking, where Bern-abe, Romano and Thomas competed, and at theAg Sales, where Jessica and Roman competed.

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The Kansas Department ofTransportation announcedpermits will be issued tolandowners wanting to har-vest hay on Kansas highwayright of way.

Those with land adjacentto the right of way will begiven permit priority fromJanuary 1 until March 31.After March 31, permits toharvest will be issued in theorder in which they are re-ceived. The permits will ex-pire September 30.

Hay harvesting on right-of-

way along state and federalhighways without a permit isillegal and is trespassing, ac-cording to KDOT.

Permits can be canceled atany time by either party andall operations shall be in ac-cord with requirements andguidelines set by KDOT. Anyperson, firm or corporationwanting to mow or bale haywill need to submit a permitapplication to the KDOT of-fice in their area. No hay har-vesting will take place alongInterstates, and access to any

right of way shall be deter-mined by KDOT.

For additional information,contact your local KDOT of-fice listed below; or call theKDOT Bureau of Mainte-nance in Topeka at 785-296-3576. Southwest KansasGarden City, 620-276-3241Syracuse, 620-384-7821Liberal, 620-624-4451Dodge City, 620-227-6122

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Rolla was once again thesite of a State-sanctionedevent, hosting the Division II-1A Sub-State basketballplayoffs during the week ofMarch 3 – 8. Rolla’s own Pi-rates played Monday andTuesday nights.

The boys played MoscowMonday, March 3, and weredefeated. The girls playedMoscow Tuesday, March 4,and were also defeated by theWildcats.

Bucklin was the Sub-Statechampion in the girls’ bracketwhile Fowler took the boys’championship.

The Rolla combined juniorhigh and high school band,under the direction of SamEiland, played for the firsttwo nights of the games, en-tertaining all who came. Abeautiful trio consisting ofsenior Jessica Johns, juniorKatie Murray and sophomoreSarah Easterwood sang “TheStar Spangled Banner”Thursday, March 6. KyriBrummett provided the Na-tional Anthem Friday, March7, while Sarah Easterwoodprovided the song for the finalnight of the games, Saturday,March 8.


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Thursday, March 13NHS Inductions (Com-

mons Area); 7:00 p.m.Friday, March 14

ARGHMarch 15 - 23

Senior TripMarch 17-21

NO SCHOOLMonday, March 24

High School Golf PracticebeginsTuesday, March 25

Spring Sports Banquet;6:30 p.m.

Coach/Parents Meeting;7:45 p.m.Wednesday, March 26

High School Speech @ Sa-tanta; TBAFriday, March 28

ARGHSaturday, March 29

High School Band/ChoirRegionals @ Garden CitySunday, March 30

History Bee FundraiserDinner; 11:00 a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Rolla Elementary wasquite a sight last week, withevery class celebrating Dr.Seuss’s birthday. Dr. Seussstories were read every day inthe library for Kindergartenthrough the fifth grade.Mandy Dunn, children’s li-brarian for Rolla and CindyHittle, head librarian, keptthe children entertained witha newer version of an over-head projector showing thebook on a big screen.

Dr. Seuss’s birthday is anevent the elementary stu-dents look forward to all yearlong. Thanks to all who par-ticipated and allowed theirchildren to participate.

The cheerleaders for the2013-2014 school year havedone a fantastic job of tryingto keep up with the sports.This year’s leaders are sen-iors Kaleigh Barrett, KarlyClinesmith and Jada Mar-avilla. The junior class mem-ber is Katie Murray.Sophomore members are KyriBrummett and Sarah Easter-wood and freshman yellleader is Artemio Villa. Thesestudents met most Mondayand Thursday mornings at6:45 a.m. to practice cheers,dances and a few stunts.Their sponsor is Mrs. ShelleyBarrett. The squad did agreat job encouraging allteams and showing theirschool spirit. Be sure to rec-ognize them for all they didthis year!

The singing group Wild &Sweet, featuring former Rollaresidents and students Whit-ney Light Stilwell, her hus-band Larry, Steffan Light andhis wife Tara, Meredith Light,and Johnny Bland, closefriend of the family, per-formed the National Anthemat the Oklahoma City Thun-der basketball game March 4.Their performance was stellarand every Rolla resident whogot to see the You Tube videowas very proud! Congratula-tions to them and to theirparents, Marcus and BeverlyLight, who still reside in Rollaand their grandparents,James and Mary FrancesLight, also from Rolla.

Rolla pulls out all the stops for Sub-State

Rolla’s Junior High and High School bandmembers perform together under the direction

of Sam Eiland for the Sub-State tournamentlast week.

Moscow and Rolla High School basketball play-ers gather for a prayer after their game at Sub-

State. Rolla hosted the tournament March 3-8.

Rolla High School cheerleaders for the 2013-2014 school year are, back row left to right,Kyri Brummett, Katie Murray, Sarah Easter-

wood and Artemio Villa, and front row left toright Karly Clinesmith, Jada Maravilla andKaleigh Barrett.

RHS cheer squadrecognized forhard work

Rolla Elementary students are enthralled by“Wacky Wednesday” by Dr. Seuss. Students inKindergarten through fifth grade were read to

every day last week in celebration of Dr. Seuss’birthday.

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Wild & Sweet performs the National Anthem at the OKC Thun-der game March 4. Left to right are Johnny Bland, MeredithLight, Whitney Stilwell, Steffan Light, Tara Light and LarryStilwell.

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Sandy Praeger, KansasCommissioner of Insurance,announced Thursday, March6 the Kansas Insurance De-partment will allow compa-nies selling health insurancein the state to continue torenew policies that don’t meetthe requirements of the Af-fordable Care Act (ACA) thatwent into effect January 1,2014.

Under this transitional

policy, companies will be al-lowed to renew certain “non-grandfathered” plans forpolicy years beginning on orbefore October 1, 2016. Non-grandfathered plans arethose issued after March 23,2010, but prior to January 1,2014.

The decision comes follow-ing the announcement lastWednesday by the ObamaAdministration to extend thetransitional policy originallyannounced in November2013, which allowed the re-newal of plans with policyyears beginning on or beforeOctober 1, 2014. The insur-ance department had previ-ously allowed a modifiedversion of the first transi-tional policy and had advisedcompanies about the decisionin December 2013.

“We are telling companiesselling health insurance inKansas today that, at theirdiscretion, they can renewnon-grandfathered policiescurrently in force through thenew deadline,” CommissionerPraeger said. “We still haveconcerns about the delay andthe potential long-term ef-fects on the health insurancemarket, but the departmentwill give our companies andconsumers the flexibility towork through the ACAchanges.”

Commissioner Praegersaid as soon as the federalHealth and Human Servicesannouncement about thehealth care rule came out lastweek, department personnelreached out to the companiesto get input.

“Earlier, the departmentand the companies believed itwas in the best interest tophase out non-compliantACA plans at the end of2014,” Commissioner Praegersaid, “but with the new an-nouncement we acknowledgethe administration’s decisionand will comply with the flex-ibility provided under the ex-tension.”

Submitted by Kansas In-surance Commissioner SandyPraeger.

One of the most popularsports in the United States,NASCAR has a rich historysteeped in tradition. The fol-lowing are some of the moreimportant moments in thehistory of stock car racing’sgoverning body.• December 1947: By late1947, stock car racing wasgrowing in popularity, andtracks were struggling to han-dle the crowds and cars. Rec-ognizing this and other issues,including less than trustwor-thy promoters who wouldoften leave events before pay-ing drivers, facing his sport,Bill France, Sr. organized ameeting in Daytona Beach, Fl.France, Sr. gathered owners,drivers and even mechanics atthe Streamline Hotel, settingthe foundation for NASCAR.Within months, the NationalAssociation for Stock Car AutoRacing would form.• February 1948: Behind thewheel of his Ford Modified,Red Byron wins the first sanc-tioned NASCAR race on abeach course in Daytona.• September 1950: Darling-ton International Raceway be-comes the first asphalt superspeedway to host a NASCAR

event. Driving a 1950 Ply-mouth owned by France, Sr.,Johnny Mantz won the 500-mile event.• July 1952: The firstNASCAR competition to takeplace outside of the UnitedStates takes placeon a dirttrack in Stamford Park, On-tario, Canada. The 200-mileevent was won by Buddy Shu-man and marked the only vic-tory of Shuman's career.• February 1959: The firstDayton 500 takes place atwhat is now the Daytona In-ternational Speedway in Day-tona Beach, Fl. The event,which remains the sport’smost prestigious race, coin-cided with the opening of thespeedway. Lee Petty won therace, which featured a prize ofjust more than $19,000. By2013, when Jimmie Johnsonwon his second Daytona 500,the winner's purse had bal-looned to more than $1.5 mil-lion.• December 1963: WendellScott wins a NASCAR race atJacksonville Speedway, be-coming the first African-Amer-ican in NASCAR history to wina premier division race. • November 1979: Richard

Petty, the son of inauguralDaytona 500 winner Lee Petty,wins his seventh series cham-pionship, a record at the time.Dale Earnhardt would later tiePetty, and both men still holdthe record today.• February 1998: Racing inhis twentieth Daytona 500,Dale Earnhardt wins his firstone, snapping a 59-race win-less streak in the process. • 2003: Brian France, thegrandson of NASCAR founderBill France, Sr., takes over asAmerican CEO and Chairmanof NASCAR, taking over theposition from his father. • 2004: The Chase for theNASCAR NEXTEL Cup is an-nounced. This announcementgave the sport a postseason

similar to a playoff. Since2008, this has been referred toas the "Chase for the SprintCup," a name change madenecessary by the merger ofNEXTEL and Sprint.• November 2009: JimmieJohnson becomes the firstdriver to win four consecutivechampionships. Johnsonwould add to his legend thefollowing season by winninghis fifth consecutive champi-onship and then again in 2013by winning his sixth overallchampionship, leaving himone shy of the all-time recordof seven championships heldby Richard Petty and DaleEarnhardt.

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Ike and Farrah have read 700 books in the 1,000 Books BeforeKindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Greatjob Ike and Farrah! You're doing great!

Lane has experienced 300 books in the 1,000 Books BeforeKindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Way togo Lane!

The third quarter honorrolls for Moscow HighSchool have been released.

Students making the Super-intendent’s Honor Roll areCodye Walb, Brice Valdez,Zachary Pierson, CarleyHockett, Kaitlyn Dobie,Tapanga Dahle, VanceThompson, Madison Owensand Maggie White.

Students named to thePrincipal’s Honor Roll areMorganne Owens, KendraHaines, Mathew Pearson,Kelsi Mueller, BriannahDavidson, Yaritza Maldon-ado, Maria Cecenas and Mi-

randa Christensen.The Moscow Junior High

School students named tothe Superintendent’s HonorRoll are Axel Granillo, Mor-gan Fleming, ClementeRojo, Stacey Enns andYamilet Rojo.

Students on the Princi-pal’s Honor Roll are AlysonChristensen, Reed Brazeal,Alikxavier Briggs, Heidi Her-nandez, Braxton Johnson,Austin Snyder, JC Blakeley,Luis Jimenez, JJ Gonzalez,

Morgan Robson and Adri-ana Salcedo.

There will be a bridalshower for Jennie McCaslin.She is the bride to be of DerekSullins. The shower will beMarch 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. inthe parlor room at the FirstChristian Church in Hugoton.

There will be a weddingshower for Hayley Harvey andJoe Bellinger at the MoscowMethodist Church's FellowshipHall. The shower will be March29, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. untilnoon. Hayley is registered atJ.C. Penney's and Macy's.

Moscow schools announce honor rollsShower plannedfor Derek’sblushing bride

Hayley & Joe’swedding showerwill be March 29

Pivotal moments in NASCAR history detailed

Praeger approves renewal of non-conforming insurance policies

More than 100 Kansas hos-pitals statewide have joined orrenewed their commitment toa national patient safety initia-tive in 2014, according to offi-cials at the Kansas HealthcareCollaborative (KHC). KHC, anon-profit organization basedin Topeka, is the designee ofthe Kansas Hospital Associa-tion to administer the KansasHospital Engagement Network(HEN). While 11 hospitals arenew to the Kansas HEN, 90are expanding their efforts intoa third year. Stevens CountyHospital and Morton CountyHealth Center are among thelist of hospitals committed topatient safety.

The Kansas hospitals areamong 3,700 across the na-tion that are working toachieve a shared goal of re-ducing hospital-acquired con-ditions by 40 percent andpreventable readmissions by

20 percent. The Kansas HENis part of the American Hospi-tal Association/Health Re-search & Educational TrustHEN, a group of nearly 1,500hospitals in 31 states that areworking together to conductquality and patient safety im-provement projects aimed atimproving patient care in tenareas of focus, ranging fromfalls and surgical site infec-tions to preventable readmis-sions.

“Kansas hospitals have de-voted tremendous effort to thisinitiative and have achievedsignificant gains over the pastyear,” said Kendra Tinsley,KHC executive director. “Werealize it takes time for hospi-tals to become engaged inlarge-scale improvement ef-forts and implement improve-ment strategies. We commendKansas hospitals andproviders for their tireless ef-

forts to deliver the safest carefor their patients.”

The collective efforts of hos-pitals in the Kansas HEN haveyielded some early successes,including widespread estab-lishment of obstetric policiesto prevent early elective deliv-eries as well as success in re-ducing readmissions for heartfailure patients and in reduc-ing central line-associatedbloodstream infections.

In support of the initiativethe Kansas HEN has providedmany resources, includingmore than 60 performance im-provement coaching webinarsand more than 50 on-site vis-its to help Kansas HEN hospi-tals meet the national “40/20”goals.

KHC officials say highlightsfor the coming year include:• Increased engagement andcontinued implementation ofbest practices through a com-prehensive education programand networking structure.• Enhanced technical assis-tance and support for datacollection and analysis toidentify opportunities for im-provement and measureprogress toward goals.• Targeted professional de-velopment and leadershiptraining through the nationalImprovement Leader Fellow-ship program.• Increased efforts tostrengthen patient and familyengagement through collabo-ration with nationally recog-nized experts in the field.

KHC is a provider-led501(c)(3) nonprofit organiza-tion with a mission to trans-form health care throughpatient-centered initiativesthat improve quality, safetyand value. Founded in 2008

by the Kansas Hospital Asso-ciation and the Kansas Med-ical Society , KHC embodiesthe commitment of two of thestate’s leading health careprovider groups to act as a re-source and continuously en-hance the quality of careprovided to Kansans.

KHC leads a number ofstatewide quality and patientsafety initiatives in Kansas, in-cluding CUSP: Stop BSI;CUSP: Stop CAUTI; InfluenzaImmunization; and theKansas Hospital EngagementNetwork. For more informa-tion about the Kansas Health-care Collaborative and itsinitiatives, visit www.khconline.org.


(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, March 6, 2014) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National As-sociation,Plaintiff, vs.Perry D. Crane, et al Defendant(s).

Case No. 13CV18Div. No.

K.S.A. 60Mortgage Foreclosure

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order ofSale issued by the Clerk of the DistrictCourt of STEVENS County, Kansas,to me the undersigned Sheriff ofSTEVENS County, Kansas, I will offerfor sale at public auction and sell tothe highest bidder for cash in hand atthe main lobby of the STEVENSCounty Courthouse at Hugoton,Kansas, at 10:00AM on March 27,2014, the following real estate:

THE SURFACE AND SURFACERIGHTS ONLY IN AND TO A TRACTOF LAND LOCATED IN THENORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OFSECTION TWENTY-ONE (21),TOWNSHIP THIRTY-THREE (33)SOUTH, RANGE THIRTY-SEVEN(37) WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.,MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ASFOLLOWS:BEGINNING AT A POINT 805 FEETSOUTH AND 1620 FEET WEST OFTHE NORTHEAST CORNER OFTHE NORTHEAST QUARTER OFSECTION 21-33-37, THIS POINTBEING ON THE SAME LINE ASTHE WEST SIDE OF BLOCK TWO(2), KALLENBACH'S FIRST ADDI-TION TO THE CITY OF HUGOTON,STEVENS COUNTY KANSAS, AND355 FEET SOUTH OF THESOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID

BLOCK TWO (2), THENCE EASTPARALLEL AND 295 FEET FROMTHE SOUTH LINE OF TWELFTHSTREET A DISTANCE OF 130FEET, THENCE SOUTH 75 FEET,THENCE WEST 130 FEET,THENCE NORTH ON THE SAMELINE AS THE WEST SIDE OF SAIDBLOCK 2 A DISTANCE OF 75FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING.

ALSO DESCRIBED AS: LOT FIVE(5) IN BLOCK TWO (2), KALLEN-BACH'S THIRD ADDITION TO THECITY OF HUGOTON, STEVENSCOUNTY, KANSAS, ACCORDINGTO THE DULY FILED ANDRECORDED PLAT THEREOF.

commonly described as 1208South Madison, Hugoton, KS67951

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be madewithout appraisement and subject tothe redemption period as provided bylaw, and further subject to the ap-proval of the Court.

If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the Purchaser at the sale shall beentitled only to a return of the depositpaid. The Purchaser shall have nofurther recourse against the Mort-gager, the Mortgagee or the Mort-gagee’s attorney.

Sheriff of STEVENS County, Kansas

PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY:SINGER JONES & LOCK, P.A.

_____________________________Kenneth C. Jones #[email protected] W. Lock #[email protected] MartyOverland Park, KS 66212Phone: (913) 648-6333Fax: (913) 642-8742ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

PUBLIC NOTICE


GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROLNOXIOUS WEEDS

The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A.2-1314 et seq requires all personswho own or supervise land in Kansasto control and eradicate all weeds de-clared noxious by legislative action.The weeds declared noxious are: fieldbindweed, musk thistle, John-songrass, bur ragweed, Canada this-tle, sericea lespedeza, leafy spurge,hoary cress, quackgrass, Russianknapweed, kudzu and pignut. _____and _____ is/are County Option Nox-ious Weed/Weeds declared noxiousby the Board of County Commission-ers of Stevens County. Notice ishereby given pursuant to the KansasNoxious Weed Law to every personwho owns or supervises land inStevens County that noxious weedsgrowing or found on such land shallbe controlled and eradicated. Controlis defined as preventing the produc-tion of viable seed and the vegetativespread of the plant.

Failure to observe this notice may re-sult in the County:

1. Serving a legal notice requiring con-

trol of the noxious weeds within aminimum of five days. Failure to con-trol the noxious weeds within the timeperiod allowed may result in thecounty treating the noxious weeds atthe landowners expense and placinga lien on the property if the bill is notpaid within 30 days or,

2. Filing criminal charges for non-compliance. Conviction for non-com-pliance may result in a fine of $100per day of non-compliance with amaximum fine of $1500.

The public is also hereby notified thatit is a violation of the Kansas NoxiousWeed Law to barter, sell or give awayinfested nursery stock or livestockfeed unless the feed is fed on the farmwhere grown or sold to a commercialprocessor that will destroy the viabil-ity of the noxious weed seed. Customharvesting machines must be labeledwith a label provided by the KansasDepartment of Agriculture and mustbe free of all weed seed and litterwhen entering the State and whenleaving a field infested with noxiousweeds. Additional information may beobtained from the Stevens CountyNoxious Weed Department or by con-tacting the Kansas Department ofAgriculture, 109 S.W. 9th St., Topeka,KS 66612.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Thursday, March 12, 2009The Hugoton Eagle Choir,

comprised of fifth and sixthgraders from Hugoton Ele-mentary School, performed atthe state capitol in TopekaMarch 11, 2009. The talentedyoung singers were invited bythe Kansas Citizens for theArts.Thursday, March 11, 2004

Hugoton artist RogerLynch has accepted an invi-tation to show his metalsculptures at the LovelandColorado Art Show. Lynchhas displayed creative imagi-nation in making art objectsfrom scrap metal.

Bob Davis was presentedthe Lifetime AchievementAward by Hugoton AreaChamber of Commerce thisyear at their annual Chamberbanquet.Thursday, March 17, 1994

Rosie Lang stepped downfrom her position of teaching

EMT classes after twelveyears of selfless service. Shestarted teaching First Aidcourses in 1980 and becamean EMT teacher in 1982.Thursday, March 15, 1984

Two Hugoton High Schoolbasketball players have beenselected as members of theAll-League Basketball team.Junior Denise Knier has beenselected to the girls’ team andsenior Chris Swan for theboys’. Denise is the first girlplayer from Hugoton to everbe picked for this honor.Thursday, March 14, 1974

Alfred Olinger, a senior atHugoton, has been selectedto accompany the U.S. HonorBand and Choir in its fourthcoming Summer 1974 con-cert tour of Scandinavian andEastern and Western Europe.Thursday, March 13, 1969

SP4 Frankie D. Thomas,son of Mr. and Mrs. JamesThomas of Moscow, was cred-

ited with saving the life of hisplatoon leader in an ambushin South Vietnam. Sky Sol-diers from Alpha Company,173rd Airborne Brigade, am-bushed a marijuana-totingNVA unit as the enemy sol-diers were in the process ofdamaging a fuel pipeline.Lieutenant Ehrlich and hismen descended to the road tomop up. He was standing inthe middle of the road direct-ing the operation when a NVAsoldier concealed behind alog took aim at the lieu-tenant. “I heard somethingmove,” said Thomas, whowas Lt. Ehrlich’s radio opera-tor. “Looking off the road, Isaw a leg moving from behindthe log.” Thomas reacted witha burst from his M-16 hittingthe NVA in the leg, savingthat lieutenant’s life.Thomas, who was PFC beforethe operation, received a pro-motion to his present rank of

Specialist Four.Thursday, March 18, 1954

James Logan Gooch, sonof Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gooch,and Glen Wallace Claggett,son of Mr. and Mrs. RichardClaggett, left Thursday,March 11, 1954, as volun-teers for induction, accordingto Ruth A. Prine, clerk of localboard 76.

Friday, March 15, 1929Marion Rice had the mis-

fortune to get her arm caughtin the wringer Saturday. Shewas running some clothesthrough and her sweatersleeve got caught. She wastoo excited to release thesafety catch and as a conse-quence, she is caring for apretty badly bruised arm.

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

History From The HermesCompiled by Ruthie Winget

The Coffeehouse PhilosopherThe Coffeehouse Philosopherby Randy Kilbourne

“Stephen Dorsey and HisMansion” Part 4

After the Star Route trial,Stephen Dorsey was report-edly nearly destitute, but notanywhere near out of moneymaking ideas. He tried hishand at sheep raising, con-verted the mansion to a sana-torium for patients withtuberculosis, and formedmeat packing companies, realestate companies, and miningcompanies. Many of hisschemes were international inscope, and lawsuits merelybecame incident to his stockin trade. Because of the constantlawsuit hazard, he placed alarge part of his asset hold-ings in his wife’s name, andthereby she accumulated herown set of legal problems.Eventually the Dorseys hadenough of New Mexico, andmoved to Colorado, wherethey continued to entertainlavishly, and Stephen specu-lated on a grand scale in min-

ing in Arizona and California, Helen Dorsey passed awayin 1897. At the time, Stephenwas in London, trying to raisecapital for his many ventures.Stephen died in 1916 whileliving in the high rent districtof Los Angeles, at the age of74. The mansion thereafter be-came owned by a successionof private individuals, and in1973, it was acquired by theMuseum of New Mexico. In1987, it was again sold to pri-vate parties, and today it hasbeen converted to raising Al-pacas. According to the man-sion’s website, it is notavailable for group tours. But in closing, the readermost likely would like to knowwhat it was like to be presentat one of the mansion partieswith host, Stephen Dorsey.The following is an abbrevi-ated account of one providedin the “Rogue!” publication.Dorsey, enjoying himself im-mensely with drink in hand,

had just sat down to give a re-porter the following first handaccount of one of his exploits. “Years ago when I was inParis on business, I happenedto meet a very despondentCharles Dickens when he wasnot yet successful in his cho-sen field of writing. I asked“Charley” why he was sodowncast. He answered thathe was heavily indebted, andhis creditors were houndinghim unmercifully. In response, I asked himfollow me to my customaryhotel suite, which by the way,is normally reserved for thePrince of Wales whenever heis in town. At my hotel, wehad a very fine dinner, afterwhich we had a luxurioussmoke and engaged in themost pleasant of conversa-tions. Afterwards, I suggestedthat we two shut ourselves upfor two weeks in my luxurysuite, and combine to write abook – the details of which I

would gladly furnish.“Charley” was most apprecia-tive of my generous offer. During those two weeks, Igave the details of the plot forthe book to “Charley,” alongwith the necessary characterdevelopment. He added liter-ary polish to my tale, suchthat it would appeal to a finerclass of readers. We saw no one, except ser-vants when they came tobring us our meals. When wefinished the book, “Charley”suggested that my name begiven equal credit, but I wasadamant in my wish to re-main anonymous – for busi-ness as well as personalreasons. The book was suc-cessful beyond our wildestdreams, selling millions ofcopies, and being translatedinto several languages.” The spellbound reporterthen asked Dorsey, “Tell usSenator, what was the nameof the book?” Dorsey replied,“The Tale of Two Villages.”

Russell Smith and May Webber in their “courting days” in 1913.Photo is from The History of Stevens County and Its People.

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1003 S. Adams Street -This home is richlyadorned with up to date modern color schemesand top grade wood trim and solid wood doorsthroughout. The kitchen cabinets and full wall ofpantry has more than enough room for the mostexotic chef's needs. Solid surface counter topsmake cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms a snap.Enjoy that cup of coffee on the balcony/deck offthe master bedroom on the upper level. The45X24 morton garage contains a 24'X17.5' workshop which is insulated, heated & cooled and alsohas a sink.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOF BENJAMIN G. MASON, DECEASED

Case No. 14PR10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS(Chapter 59)

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You and each of you take notice thaton the 4th day of March, 2014, pur-suant to her petition, Margaret A.Mason was appointed as administratorof the estate of Benjamin G. Mason, de-

ceased. Letters of Administration wereissued to her on said date by the DistrictCourt of Stevens County, Kansas. Allparties interested in the estate will gov-ern themselves accordingly. All credi-tors of the decedent are notified toexhibit their demands against the estatewithin four (4) months from the date ofthe first publication of this notice asprovided by law. If their demands arenot thus exhibited, they shall be foreverbarred.

Margaret A. Mason, Administrator

KRAMER, NORDLING & NORDLING,LLC 209 East Sixth StreetHugoton, Kansas 67951Attorneys for PetitionersTelephone: (620) 544-4333

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1111 S Jefferson- 3 bed/1 b, cen H/A,fence, carport, storage bldg. Call for de-tails!!

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSASCIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT

GENERATION MORTGAGE COM-PANY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BETTY L. PARKS AKA BETTY PARKS,ET AL.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13 CV 22

Title to Real Estate Involved

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thatunder and by virtue of an Order ofSale issued by the Clerk of the DistrictCourt of Stevens County, Kansas, inthe case above numbered, whereinthe parties above named were respec-tively plaintiff and Defendants, and tome, the undersigned Sheriff ofStevens County, Kansas, directed, Iwill offer for sale at public auction andsell to the highest bidder for cash inhand at the front steps of the StevensCounty Courthouse, 200 E. 6th St. inHugoton, Kansas on March 21, 2014,at 10:00 AM of said day, the followingdescribed real estate situated in the

County of Stevens, State of Kansas,to-wit:

THE SURFACE AND SURFACERIGHTS ONLY, IN AND TO THESOUTH ONE HUNDRED FEET(S100`) OF THE WEST ONE HUN-DRED FEET (W100), OF LOT SIX(6), BLOCK NINETY-TWO (92),CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS; ANDA UTILITIES RIGHT OF WAY OVERAND ACROSS THE EAST 100 FEETOF THE SOUTH 100 FEET OF LOT6 IN BLOCK 92.

(“Property”)

said real property is levied upon asthe property of Defendant Betty L.Parks and all other alleged ownersand will be sold without appraisal tosatisfy said Order of Sale.

_____________________________STEVENS COUNTY SHERIFF

Submitted by:MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN,P.C._____________________________Beverly M. Weber KS #20570Dustin J. Stiles KS #[email protected]@mllfpc.comATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN,P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE.

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