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10

inches of

snow Tuesday and

Wednesday crippled

Junction City and the

surrounding area,

breaking several snow-

fall records and setting

up the city to break even

more.

The 10.5 inches of snow

Tuesday into Wednesday

morning was the highest

single snowfall event in

recent history, according

to County Extension

Agent Chuck Otte, of the

Geary County Extension

Office. February 2014 has

also become the third-

snowiest month in recent history,

leaving the area four inches shy of the

all-time record, set in December 2009.

Breaking that record is a possibility

as well. The National Weather Service

reports a winter storm could move

through the Geary County area Mon-

day and Tuesday, bringing another

chance of accumulation. Possible accumu-

lation amounts are not yet known.

The recent storm caused many organi-

zations and businesses to close early Tues-

day and remain closed Wednesday. Fort

Riley operated at minimal manning both

days, and only

essential per-

sonnel were

required to

report to

Geary Com-

munity Hos-

pital. Meanwhile,

Unified School Dis-

trict 475 cancelled

class Tuesday and

Wednesday, not

only citing snow-

fall but cold tem-

peratures as well.

USD 475

an no un ce d Wednesday after-

noon it would be operating on a two-

hour delay today.

Junction City also closed all offices

Tuesday afternoon, but resumed nor-

mal operations Wednesday. The City

Commission meeting scheduled for

Tuesday evening was rescheduled for 7

p.m. tonight.

Residents spent much of Tuesday

night and Wednesday morning bundling

up and digging out their driveways, and

city crews spent the days trying to help

those residents.

The Junction City Fire Department

responded to 11 EMS calls and two fire

calls Tuesday. One fire call was a false

alarm, but the second, in the 1300 block of

Record-setting snowfall cripples JC

Snowiest events

to date:

-Feb. 2014: 10.5 inches (Feb. 4-5)

-Feb. 2001: 10.0 inches (Feb. 9-10)

-March 1998: 9.0 inches (March 8-9)Source: Chuck Otte, Geary County Extension Office

Story by Alix KunkleWinters Fury

Please see Fury, 8A

BYT IM WEIDEMAN

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Fair or not, State Rep. Allan Rothlisberghas become the poster boy for a small-but-growing group who says theyre fed upwith politicians speaking as though theywere doctors.

The group, Pissed Off Women over 50and Pissed Off Friends of Women over 50,began as a Facebook event and morerecently became a Facebook page for like-minded people to follow.

One of the groups leaders, Jan Stowe,told The Daily Union Rothlisbergs remarksabout obstetrics and gynecology servicesmade Jan. 14 during a House Stand-ing Commerce, Labor and Econom-ic Development meeting got the ballrolling.

A photo of Rothlisberg (R-Grand-view Plaza) quickly made the roundson social media following the meet-ing. The picture contains the pur-ported quote, If I was a womanover 50, I wouldnt need gynecologi-cal services.

Though The Daily Union has beenin contact with several people whoclaim to have credible sources who attend-ed the meeting, none of those sources havestepped forward to verify the quotes

authenticity.But what Stowe saw online was enoughto make her angry.

When I saw that quote, it just really,really pissed me off, said Stowe, a retiredOB/GYN from Michigan.

Rothlisberg has said the direct quote thatangered Stowe and her groups 1,600 Face-book followers was fabricated.

He said hes attempting to have the audio

clarified by either Legislative Administra-tive Services or the Kansas Bureau ofInvestigation.

I want to have that cleared up so itsvery clear, Rothlisberg said Wednesday. Iwould love to see that happen. That way,

nobody would have to go throughthe BS that Im going through.

The Daily Union also has submit-ted an open records request foraudio or a transcript, but hasreceived no official response.

Stowe said focusing on the accu-racy of the quote isnt important.

Whether or not he said it isirrelevant, at this point, she said.

The point, Stowe added, is thatRothlisberg has given a group of

people across the country and fromother countries a reason to unite for acause. Stowe said the group aims to speakout against politicians without medical

training making decisions about womenshealth.

Hes kind of like the poster boy of thismovement, she said of why the groupsfocused on Rothlisberg thus far.

Rothlisberg became the poster boy,Stowe said, following a phone conversationshe said they had Jan. 17.

Rothlisberg becomes posterboy of group speaking out

against politicians

ALLAN

ROTHLISBERGBYT IM WEIDEMAN

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Crime in Junction City

continues to decrease, with

2013 being no exception.Junction City Police

Chief Tim Brown this week

said 915 part-one crimes

were committed last year,

the lowest total of any year

available on record.

Available statistics date

back to 1989.

In that year, more than3,000 part-one crimes were

reported.The number of crimes

reported in 2013 is down

from 2012, too.Overall, for the year,

we had a 10 percent reduc-

tion in crime (comparedto 2012), Brown said.

Part-one crimes are

reported by local juris-dictions to the Kansas

Bureau of Investigationand Federal Bureau

of Investigation.The category is further

divided into two subcate-

gories violent and prop-erty.

Murder, rape, aggravat-

ed battery and aggravated

assault are violent crimes.Burglary, theft and

motor vehicle theft are

property crimes.Brown credited the

reduction in crime to the

publics increased aware-

Violence continuesto decrease in Junction City

2013 crime statistics

Please see Poster boy, 8APlease see Crime, 8A

Were not going to stop withjust targeting him because werealize hes just a small fish in areally big pond in the scope of

things.

JANSTOWE

LEADEROFPISSEDOFFWOMENOVER50

File photo by Ti m Weid emanViolent crime in Junction City decreased in 2013 from 2012, according to Junction City Police ChiefTim Brown.


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MANHATTAN A Kansas

State University survey of recent

graduates has found an increase in

the percentage of new graduates

with jobs -- more than half of them

in Kansas -- as well as rising sala-

ries and a broad range of career

choices.

Survey results show that 93 per-

cent of graduates who earned

bachelors degrees in 2012-2013 are

employed or pursuing further edu-

cation and advanced degrees apercentage increase from last year.

The universitys latest class of

graduates also had the highest

employment percentage of the last

five years at 72 percent.

Results for our most recent

class reflect the steady success of

K-State graduates in obtaining

employment or continuing their

education with a K-State degree,

said Kerri Day Keller, director of

the universitys career and employ-

ment services. Its exciting to see

them taking their first steps toward

their career aspirations.

As reported by the National

Association of Colleges and

Employers, the national averagestarting salary for 2013 college

graduates is almost 3 percent high-

er than last year. The universitys

survey shows that more than half

of all majors saw their salary offers

increase over the previous year.

Employer interest in this years

class appears strong as well,

Keller said. We have kicked off

the new semester with three sold-

out career fairs and are hosting

about 350 employers on-campus

within a 30-day time period this

spring.

According to the survey results,

the top corporate employers of

bachelors degree graduates are

Cerner, GTM Sportswear, KochIndustries, Cargill and Burns &

McDonnell; the top public and

nonprofit sector employers are

Saint Francis Community Servic-

es, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air

Force. Top unified school district

employers are Geary County, Man-

hattan-Ogden and Blue Valley. The

survey also showed that 62 percent

of employed bachelors degree

graduates accepted jobs in Kansas,

while Missouri, Texas and Colora-

do are the top out-of-state loca-

tions.

Students know that by choos-

ing Kansas State University they

will get an unparalleled under-

graduate experience, said PatBosco, vice president for student

life and dean of students. Whats

more, they can see from their peers

that the undergraduate experience

will pay off when they enter the

workforce or continue on to gradu-

ate and professional schools.

Conducted by the universitys

career and employment services,

the survey polled Kansas State

University graduates who received

bachelors, masters and doctoral

degrees during 2012-2013 and had

response rates of 86, 87 and 88 per-

cent respectively.

The breakdown of salaries, a list

of employers who have hired the

universitys graduates and morecan be found on the career and

employment services website,

http://www.k-state.edu/ces/stu-

dents/employmentinformation.

html.

Survey finds more jobs and advanced degrees for recent grads

MANHATTAN A teamof researchers from the

anatomy and physiology

department in the College

of Veterinary Medicine at

Kansas State University hasjust closed the book on an

important chapter on stemcell research.

The team, headed by

associate professor MasaakiTamura, contributed

Umbilical Cord Matrix

Stem Cells for Cytotherapy

of Breast Cancer for the

book Stem Cell Therapeu-tics for Cancer, which was

published in December

2013.

Stem Cell Therapeutics

for Cancer was edited byKhalid Shah, an associate

professor at the Harvard

Medical School.

The book covers theapplication of stem cells in

various cancers, with anemphasis on the aspects of

these strategies that are

critical to the success offuture stem cell-based ther-

apies for human cancer.

This is very exciting,

Tamura said. A number of

researchers have shown apotential for the use of

umbilical cord matrix stem

cells for therapy in nerve

injuries, renal failure and

several organ-type cancers.Recent studies suggest there

may be potentially good

therapeutic cells for human

breast cancer treatment.

As stated in the book

chapter, breast cancer is the

most frequently diagnosedcancer in women in the

United States.

Approximately 1 out of 8

women develops breast can-

cer in her lifetime, and thiscancer-dependent mortality

is the second leading causeof cancer-dependent death

in women.

Kansas State UniversitysDeryl Troyer, a professor of

anatomy and physiology,

and a group of graduate

students, staff and postdoc-

toral fellows -- Naomi Ohta,Atsushi Kawabata, Deepthi

Uppalapati and Susumu

Ishiguro -- helped compose

the chapter on breast can-

cer.The chapter examines

immune evasion mecha-

nisms and tropism of

umbilical cord matrix stemcells to pathological lesions

as well as the impact oftherapies for primary breast

cancer and breast cancer

lung metastasis.Although cytotherapy

with umbilical cord matrix

stem cells seems to be a

very promising and practi-

cal therapy for human can-cer, inflammatory diseases

and degenerative disorders,

the potential for human use

has not been rigorously

studied, Tamura said.Our research will further

clarify the therapeutic

potential and contribute

significantly to the research

in humanstem cell-based

targeted cancer therapy.

Researchers writechapter on breastcancer for stem

cell book

K-STATE2A The Daily Union. Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014

Press p hotoA visually stunning blend of traditional and contemporary Chinese dance comes to K-state at 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 28. Elegant,sensual and captivating, the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company melds ancient Chinese forms with modern dance in an artistic and inven-tive marriage of styles. Dynasties and Beyond embarks on a dazzling journey of contrasts; from ancient Chinese dynasties to remoteregional cultures, and from the elegance of court dances to the dynamic brilliance of contemporary ribbon dancing. With vivid chore-ography and style, Lily Cai reveals the strength, beauty and complexity of the Chinese woman from the distant past to today. In thefirst six spellbinding minutes, Lily Cai served notice to her audience that they were in for an evening that would be not only exotic butbrilliantly theatrical a terrific show. Sacramento Bee

Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company Dynasties and Beyond

MANHATTAN A $2.5 million

national grant will be used by Kan-sas State University and four other

educational institutions in Kansas to

help students find success in science,

technology, engineering and math --or STEM -- careers, regardless oftheir race, ethnicity or economic sta-

tus.

The university is the lead institu-

tion for the five-year grant awardfrom the prestigious Louis Stokes

Alliances for Minority Participation,

or LSAMP, program of the National

Science Foundation. This program is

aimed at increasing the quality andquantity of students successfully

completing STEM baccalaureate

degree programs, as well as increas-

ing the number of students qualified,

prepared and accepted into graduatestudy programs. It is named in honor

of Louis Stokes, a longtime African-

American congressman from Ohio.

Kansas State University is part-

nering with Dodge City Community

College, Garden City CommunityCollege and Seward County Commu-

nity College/Area Technical School,

all in southwest Kansas, and with

Donnelly College, a minority-servingprivate institution in Kansas City,Kan., to establish the KS-LSAMP

program, Pathways to STEM. The

schools were selected because they

serve the rapidly growing Hispanic/Latino population of the state and

have strong existing ties to Kansas

State University.

An initial meeting to introduce the

program and its alliance memberswill be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 14, in

the Town Hall Room at the Leader-

ship Studies Building at Kansas State

University, Manhattan.

The schools will use Pathways toSTEM to build upon and expand

recruitment and retention strategies

of under represented students

including African-Americans, Native

Americans/American Indians and

Hispanic/Latino students andtheir ultimate transfer to Kansas

State University.

One of the exciting aspects of this

project is that it will develop an inno-vative pathway that reflects theunique institutional characteristics

and student demographics of each

partner institution. The pathway will

lead to an increase in the number ofdiverse students who receive STEM

degrees, which will in turn address

regional and state workforce needs,

said April Mason, principal investi-

gator of the project and Kansas StateUniversity provost and senior vice

president.

The project will include special-

ized activities at critical junctures in

the pathway, Mason said, such ashigh school to college; two-year to

four-year institutions; and the criti-

cal freshman-to-sophomore transi-

tion at four-year institutions.

Grant to help five postsecondary schools


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In briefNAACP meeting

The local branch of theNAACP is hosting a meetingfrom 10 a.m. to noon Satur-day at the Dorothy Bram-lage Public Library, 230 W.Seventh St.

Geary County Commis-sion Chair Larry Hicks isthe scheduled guest speak-er.

Community members areencouraged to attend.

For more information,contact President JackieLeeMcDonald at (785) 492-8380or (785) 762-4902.

Geary CountyDemocratic womenmeeting cancelledThe Geary County Demo-

cratic Womens meeting forFebruary has been can-celled.

Ground Hog supperrescheduled

The Lyona United Meth-odist Church Ground HogSupper has been postponeduntil Feb. 11. Serving willbegin at 3:30 p.m. and con-

tinue throughout the eve-ning.

Diabetes supportgroup meeting

The Geary County Hospi-tal diabetes support groupwill meet at 6 p.m. today inthe Fegan A meeting room,next to the Thomas B. FeganDining Room. Laurel Peter-son, RN, certified diabeteseducator at Geary Commu-nity Hospital, will present aprogram on fad diets.

The support group is freeand open to all people withdiabetes, and their support

families. For more informa-tion, or to sign up for diabe-tes counseling, contactPeterson at (785) 210-3344.

Aglow fellowshipmeeting

Pastor Mary Somrak willbe speaking at the nextAglow Fellowship meetingFeb. 6 at the Hampton Inn,located at 1039 S. Washing-ton St. Fellowship begins at6:30 p.m., and the meetingbegins at 7 p.m. All are wel-come.

Cootie sweetheartdance

Military Order of the Coo-ties/Military Order of theCooties Auxiliary ScratchMe No. 6 will host a cootiesweetheart dance from 9p.m. to 2 a.m. Feb. 8 at theVeterans of Foreign WarsPost 8773, located on SouthWashington Street. Tickets(donations) are $15 per per-son, and $25 per couple.There will be door prizes,drawings and snacks. Dressis semi-formal.

Sweetheart DinnerThe Junction City Arts

Council will host its annualSweetheart Dinner begin-ning at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 14 atthe C.L. Hoover OperaHouse in Junction City.Tickets are $30 per person,or $240 for a table of eight.The cash bar opens at 5:30p.m., with dinner-table ser-vice beginning at 6 p.m.Entertainment will be pro-vided by the JC Singers.

Attire is festive. RSVP isrequired by Feb. 10. To pur-chase tickets, contact theC.L. Hoover Opera House

box office at (785) 238-3906.

SAL roast beefsandwich dinner

The Sons of the Ameri-can Legion will hold a hotroast beef sandwich dinnerfrom 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 atthe American Legion, locat-ed at 201 E. Fourth St. inJunction City. Dinners willinclude a roast beef sand-wich, mashed potatoes,gravy and vegetables.DJing will be by FabelousF starting at 7 p.m. Tick-ets are $10. To RSVP (byFeb. 12), call (785) 238-2432.

BYCHASEJORDAN

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With a smile, JosephRichard sat by his fifth-grade son, Jerohn, as theydove into the world of mathtogether.

In the future, Jerohn willprobably have a similareducation experience withstudents across the UnitedStates.

Its the reason his fatherattended Lincoln Elemen-tarys Common Core Nightwith him. I think it wascool learning math and

doing stuff with the Com-mon Core, Jerohn Richardsaid. I had a good time.

The purpose of the recentevent was to help introduceparents to the Kansas Col-lege and Career ReadyStandards, which are basedon the Common Core Stan-dards.

The Kansas College andCareer Ready Standardswere developed to bringtogether a single set of edu-cational standards in Eng-lish, language arts, mathand science.

Joseph Richard said edu-

cational programs acrossthe country are not equaland thats another reasonhe favors the program.

He believes everythingshould be equal across theboard.

I dont think its fair tosay were going to have aset of standards across thecountry when the resourc-es in one city or county arenot equal, Joseph Richardsaid.

During the event, RitaPowell watched her sonSean work with teacherChelsea Faulkner as sheshowed him multiplicationstrategies.

Theyre building on

what they learn from eachgrade, Rita Powell said.They can change schoolsand theyll be on the samestandard if they move to adifferent school district.

Faulkner, a third gradeeducator, noticed a differ-ence since Common Corewas recently implemented.

Theyre more willing toexplain what theyre doing,as theyre actually under-standing what theyredoing, instead of just giv-ing an answer, Faulknersaid.

Although many parentsare in favor of it, the sys-tem has sparked some con-troversy. Some peopleopposed believe it takesaway educational rightsfrom states and places itthe federal governmentshand.

But many educators pre-fer the method over multi-ple choice testing. Lincolnsacademic coach MarilynReynoldson shares a simi-lar opinion.

Its going to createthinkers that perform thekind of things that areneeded later in life, Reyn-oldson said.

Common Core Night brings students, parents together

Chase Jordan The Daily UnioniJoseph Richard helps his son, Jerohn, during Common Core Night last week at Lincoln ElementarySchool. Jerohn is a fifth-grade student at Lincoln Elementary School.

The Geary County Volunteer Income Tax Assistanceprogram (VITA) site is now scheduling appointments foreligible families to have their tax returns prepared.

Appointments are available between 5 and 8 p.m. onMondays and Wednesdays, and will be held at the UnitedWay, 139 E. Eighth St. in Junction City. Appointments areavailable between Feb. 10 and April 14.

Individuals and households with a gross income lessthan $52,000 are eligible for the free service. IRS volun-teer tax assistors will prepare federal and Kansas state

returns. Returns are prepared by appointment only.After making an appointment, individuals and house-

holds will be required to bring proof of identification; allwage and earning statement forms; Social Security cardsfor spouse and dependents; bank account routing num-bers and account numbers for direct deposit; a copy oflast years federal and state returns (if available); andany other pertinent documents or papers.

For more information, or to make an appointment, callthe United Way office at (785) 238-2117.

Geary County VITA sitescheduling appointments

TAX SEASON

Special to The Daily Union

Jody Hittle, a registered nurse at GearyCommunity Hospital (GCH), recentlypassed the certification exam knownas CNOR (certified nurse operatingroom). Hittle is the nurse managerof the Geary Community HospitalSurgery Center.

I am very proud of her accom-plishments, said Dawn Engel, RN,interim chief nursing officer. Jodydemonstrates her dedication to qual-ity and excellence in the surgerydepartment. Obtaining her certifica-

tion confirms her competence andcapabilities.

As the only accredited credential pro-gram for perioperative registered nurses,CNOR certification is the gold standard.

Earning the CNOR credential is a markof distinction and a highly sought-after

personal as well as professional accom-plishment.

The CNOR credentialing program is forperioperative nurses interested in enhanc-

ing as well as validating their spe-cialized knowledge and skills.

Speciality nursing certificationis an objective measure of knowl-edge, which validates that a nurseis qualified to provide specializednursing care.

More than 34,250 perioperativenurses currently hold the CNORcredential.

Candidates have three hours

and 45 minutes to complete theCNOR exam, which has 200 multiple-choice questions.

These questions assess a nurses profi-ciency in nine comprehensive periopera-tive nursing subjects.

GCH nurse receives CNOR certification

JODY

HITTLE


Sheridan Elementary

School was one of 42schools recently recog-nized as part of the sev-enth annual GovernorsAchievement Awards,which honors the top per-forming schools in thestate.

The GovernorsAchievements Award is asignificant recognition forKansas schools, said Kan-sas Education Commis-sioner Dr. Diane DeBacker.The accomplishment rec-ognizes a schools high

expectations and the abil-ity of the school staff toassist students in achiev-

ing to those expecta-tions.

The school must havebeen among the top fivepercent of schools in bothreading and mathematicson the state assessmentsat its respective level andmet one additional mea-sure. For elementaryschools and middle/juniorhigh schools that addi-tional measure is atten-dance and for high schools,the measure is the gradu-ation rate.

Sheridan Elementaryreceives Governors Award

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CardiologyAt Geary Community Hospital

Its here at

Geary!

An important part of the healthcare provided at Geary Community Hospitalis the specialty physicians that bring their expertise and services to us on a part-time basis. These outreach clinics allow you to see your physician in a way thatis much more convenient than having to drive to Manhattan, Topeka, or evenKansas City. Depending on the physician and your needs, you may be able tohave initial consults, follow-ups, or maintenance visits in the familiar ofces ofGCH, saving you the time and expense of the drive.

American Heart Month is a great time to shine the light on the excellentcardiologists - physicians certied in diagnosing and treating conditions of theheart and blood vessels - that provide outreach clinical services at GCH:

Priyantha Ranaweera, M.D. (785) 256-0332Ofce hours available 1st Wednesday of the month.

Thaju Salam, M.D. (913) 632-9870*Shawnee Mission Cardiology AssociatesOfce hours available 1st and 2nd Tuesday / month.

Rajya Malay, M.D. (913) 632-9870*Shawnee Mission Cardiology AssociatesOfce hours available 4th Wednesday of the month.

Amit Kumar, M.D. (785) 233-9643Arnold Graham, M.D.*St. Francis Heart and Vascular CenterOfce hours available every Tuesday.

James Birkbeck, M.D. (800) 468-0177Gilbert Katz, M.D.*Cotton ONeil Cardiology Clinic

Ofce hours: Some Mondays. Call for schedule.

Stephen Kaine, M.D. (888) 550-3880Pediatric Cardiology*Childrens Mercy HospitalOfce hours available by referral only.

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OBITUARIES/NEWS4A The Daily Union. Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014

Dorothy SmithDec. 30, 1951 Feb. 2, 2014

Clark MorrowAug. 15, 1962 Feb. 1, 2014

Dorothy Star (Root) Smith, 62, of Manhattan, passedaway Feb. 2, 2014, after a courageous and extensive battlewith lung disease at Mercy Regional Health Center.

Dorothy was born Dec. 30, 1951, in Jersey City, N.J. andspent her childhood on a farm in rural Dwight. She gradu-ated from St. Xaviers High School in Junction City in 1969,where she excelled as a student and was the recipient of asedes sapientiae key for her outstanding citizenship andacademic excellence.

Upon graduation, Dorothy spent several years traveling,spending time in France, Austria, Switzerland and Ger-many.

Little did she know her travels wouldprepare her well for her future role ofhousewife to a military man.

On May 29, 1987, Dorothy was united inmarriage to Ret. Staff Sgt . Steven BradSmith in Junction City.

She was by his side to move the familyfive different times, and was the head ofhousehold for three deployments.

Dorothy was a member of Seven DolorsCatholic Church and volunteered as a cat-echist educator for several different par-ishes.

She was extraordinarily devoted to her faith and livedit.

Dorothy was of quick wit, humor and was the enter-tainer of the family.

She was an exceptional mother, sister, aunt, grandmoth-er and friend who had a compassionate heart and was alsoa breast cancer survivor.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Etta and RalphSchmedemann of Dwight; her brother, Peter Charowhas ofJunction City; and her sister, Valerie Terzi of St. George.

Survivors include her husband, Brad Smith of Manhat-tan; five daughters, Raven (Damon) Fairchild of Manhat-tan, Robin (Troy) Alotis of Haleiwa, Hawaii, Scarlett (Lam-ont) Rankin of Fort Meade, Md., Halley Campbell, andMary-Etta Smith of Manhattan; one son, Thatcher Camp-bell of Manhattan; two sisters, Cherie Minkowitz of Ger-mantown, N.Y., and Anita Schmedemann of Dwight; onebrother, Ralph Schmedemann of Acton, Maine; and 10grandchildren, five nephews and three nieces.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Feb.7 at Seven Dolors Catholic Church with Father Joseph S.Popelka as celebrant. Interment will follow in the KansasVeterans Cemetery at Fort Riley.

The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Feb. 6at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home.

A Christian Wake Service will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 inthe funeral home chapel.

Online condolences may be left for the family throughthe funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Seven DolorsCatholic Church and may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Man-hattan, KS 66502.

Clark Morrow, 51, of Olathe, passed away unexpect-edly on Feb. 1, 2014 at his home.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Feb. 8 at theCollege Church of the Nazarene, located at 2020 E. Sheri-dan in Olathe. The family will receive friendsfrom 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 7 at the church.

He was born Aug. 15, 1962 to Robert and Bar-bara Morrow in Fort Knox, Ky.

Clark worked as a police officer in the city ofOlathe from Jan. 19, 1989 until he retired onMarch 18, 2013.

During his service to the community of Olathe,he worked as a Police Officer in Patrol and Inves-tigations; a Sergeant in Patrol and Police Admin-istration; a Lieutenant in Investigations; a Cap-tain in Investigations and Patrol; and a Major in

Support Services.During his time of service he was the recipient of theKansas Association of Chiefs of Police Silver Award forValor in 1993, as well as the departments Medal of Valorand Purple Heart uniform bar.

Additionally, Clark received the highest award givento law enforcement officers with the city of Olathe threetimes the William A. Shepard Award.

He was the commander for the first few days inGreensburg after the devastating tornado strike there.

He proudly served the citizens of Olathe and theregional area for 24 years.

For more than a decade, Clark has been writing films,plays and books.

In 2006 his screenplay Peepers was a finalist in theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NichollFellowship.

He went on to write several original screenplays andteleplays, and was working with producers inHollywood developing film and TV projects.

Since retirement, he has been dividing histime between Olathe and Los Angeles. His play,The War Room, was selected for presentationand workshop as part of PlayLab at the GreatPlains Theater Conference in 2012.

He recently completed his first novel Hitch inthe City.

He was a proud member of the Writers Guildof America, West and the Dramatists Guild ofAmerica.

Clark was a genuine, caring man who had a deep lovefor his family and friends. He will be deeply missed bymany.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisterBrenda Lee Miller.

Clark is survived by his wife of 32 years, Andrea Mor-row; and his loving daughters, Emma and Mairen; andhis adopted son, Andrew Whiteside and his brotherDanny Morrow.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to AndreaMorrow for a college fund to be supplemented for Emmaand Mairen.

To leave a special message for the family please visitwww.PenwellGabelOlathe.com.

DOROTHY

SMITH

Robert L. LudoweseFuneral services for Robert L. Ludowese, 76, of Wake-

field, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6 at the WakefieldFuneral Chapel. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. untilthe time of services Feb. 6 at the funeral home.

Death notice

CLARK

MORROW

By The Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. JoanMondale, who burnished areputation as Joan of Artfor her passionate advocacyfor the arts while her hus-band was vice presidentand a U.S. ambassador, diedMonday. She was 83.

Walter Mondale, sonsTed and William and otherfamily members were byher side when she died, thefamily said in a statementreleased by their church.

The family hadannounced Sunday thatshe had gone into hospice

care, but declined to dis-cuss her illness.

Joan was greatly lovedby many. We will miss herdearly, the former vicepresident said in a writtenstatement. An arts loverand an avid potter, JoanMondale was given a grandplatform to promote thearts when Walter, then aDemocratic senator, waselected Jimmy Cartersvice president in 1976. Cart-er named her honorary

chairwoman of the FederalCouncil on the Arts andHumanities, and in thatrole she frequently traveled

to museums, theaters andartist studios on the admin-

istrations behalf.She lobbied Congress

and states to boost public

arts programs and fund-ing.

She also showcased thework of prominent artistsin the vice presidential res-

idence, including photogra-pher Ansel Adams, sculp-

tor David Smith and painterGeorgia OKeeffe.

She was exemplary inusing the opportunitiespublic service provided to

advance the arts and otherissues important to her andmany Americans, Carter

and his wife, Rosalynn, saidin a written statement.

Her enthusiasm for thecause earned widespreadpraise in the arts commu-

nity, including from JimMelchert, director of the

visual arts program for theNational Endowment for

the Arts during Cartersadministration.

Your rare fire hasbrightened many a day for

more people than you mayimagine, Melchert wrote

to her after the 1980 Carter-Mondale re-election defeat.What youve done with

style and seeming ease willcontinue illuminating our

world for a long time tocome.

President Barack Obama

and first lady MichelleObama also praised those

contributions Monday.Through her contribu-

tions to the Federal Councilon the Arts and Humani-ties and the Kennedy Cen-

ter, she passionately advo-cated for the role of art inthe life of our nation and

the promotion of under-standing worldwide, the

Obamas said in a state-ment.

As Carters No. 2, Walter

Mondale was seen as atrusted adviser and credit-

ed with making the officeof the vice president more

relevant. It was naturalthat his wife would do thesame for her role. Vicepresidential aide Al Eisele

once said of his boss: Itwas important to him that

Joan not just be the vicepresidents wife, but hispartner.

Joan Mondale wouldlater take her cultural zeal

overseas when her hus-band was named U.S.ambassador to Japan dur-

ing President Bill Clintonsadministration.

Minnesota Sen. AmyKlobuchar first met Joan

Mondale while working asan intern for the vice presi-dent in 1980. Klobuchar still

has two coffee mugs on herkitchen table that weremade by Joan.

She was always down toearth, Klobuchar said

Monday. She was just ashappy going out to ruralfarms in Elmore (Minn.) as

she was mixing it up atfancy receptions at the

ambassadors residence inJapan.

Former 2nd lady Mondale dies at age 83

By The Associated Press

BAGHDAD Multipleexplosions rocked Baghdadon Wednesday, killing atleast 34 people and sendingplumes of smoke into thesky across the street from amajor government buildingin a brazen reminder of theability of insurgents to pen-etrate the heart of the capi-tal.

The attacks come as al-Qaida-led militants are bat-tling for control of mainly

Sunni areas to the west inthe first test of the Shiite-led government to maintainsecurity in the countrymore than two years afterthe withdrawal of U.S.troops.

The deadliest of Wednes-days attacks took placeacross the street from thehigh-rise building housingthe Foreign Ministry, shat-tering the windows of near-by apartment buildings.Two parked car bombswent off simultaneously indifferent parking lots, kill-ing at least 12 people,including three policemen,

and wounding 22, a policeofficer said.

Shortly afterward, a sui-cide bomber blew himselfup in a nearby falafel res-taurant frequented by offi-cials or visitors waiting forsecurity escorts to takethem inside the GreenZone, a walled-off area thathouses the prime minis-ters office and the U.S. andother foreign embassies.

Five people were killedand 12 wounded in thatattack, the officer said.

All the roads leading tothe blast sites place weresealed off by police as work-

ers cleared debris andwashed away bloodstainsfrom the sidewalks.

Another parked car bombexploded in Khilani Square,a busy commercial area incentral Baghdad, killingfive people and wounding11, another police officersaid. Security forces sealedoff the area as firefightersstruggled to put out theblaze ignited by the bomb-ing. Smoke billowed fromseveral stores and stalls asvendors hurriedly stuffed

their goods into big bagsand carried them away ontheir backs.

Shortly before sunset, atriple car bombing struckan outdoor market in themainly Shiite suburb ofJisr Diyala in southeasternBaghdad, killing nine peo-

ple and wounding 24. Min-utes later, a rocket landednear the western gate ofthe green zone, killing onepasser-by and woundingseven others, police said.

Nobody claimed respon-sibility for the attacks, butcar bombings and suicideattacks targeting govern-ment buildings, securityforces and Shiites are typi-cally carried out by al-Qai-das affiliate in Iraq. InAugust 2009, the groupclaimed responsibility for

massive suicide attacks onthe Foreign Ministry aswell as the Finance Minis-try that killed more than100 people.

The network now knownas the Islamic State of Iraqand the Levant has beenemboldened by the success-

es of its fellow militants inthe civil war next door inSyria and by widespreadSunni anger at the govern-ment in Baghdad.

A bomb went off laterinside a cafe in the mainlySunni neighborhood ofDora, killing two peopleand wounding six, officialssaid. It was unclear whowas responsible for thatattack. Sunni insurgentsfrequently target rivalswithin the community whohave allied with the govern-

ment. Shiite extremists alsosometimes plant bombs inSunni areas, raising fearsof a new wave of retaliatoryviolence that pushed thecountry to the brink ofcivil war in the years fol-lowing the 2003 U.S.-ledinvasion that toppled Sadd-

am Hussein.Medical officials con-

firmed the casualty figures.All officials spoke on condi-tion of anonymity becausethey were not authorized totalk to media.

Iraqi Interior Ministryspokesman Saad MaanIbrahim said the recentattacks in Baghdad repre-sent a futile reaction bythe terrorist groups towardthe defeats they are suffer-ing at the hands of the secu-rity forces in the western

Anbar province.Since late December, al-

Qaida-led militants havetaken over parts of theAnbar provincial capital ofRamadi and the center ofnearby Fallujah, promptinga standoff with governmentsoldiers.

More than 200 militantshave been killed in air-strikes and clashes withsoldiers since the govern-ment and allied tribeslaunched an offensive towrest control of the citiesin Anbar province on Jan.26, according to the IraqiDefense Ministry.

The government has notprovided casualty figuresfor security forces, but theIslamic State of Iraq andthe Levant has claimedresponsibility for the exe-

cution-style killings of fourIraqi commandos near Fal-lujah last month.

Human Rights Watchcondemned the killings,which were recorded on avideo that shows the menbeing forced to kneel, thenshot in the back of the head.

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Official Geary County NewspaperOfficial City Newspaper

Junction City Grandview Plaza Milford

THEDAILYUNION.

To the PublicWe propose to stand by the progressivemovements which will benefit thecondition of the people of these United States.

John Montgomery and E.M. GilbertJunction City Union

July 28, 1888

John G. Montgomery

Publisher Emeritus

Tim Hobbs

Publisher/Editor

Penny Nelson

Office Manager

Lisa SeiserManaging Editor

Jacob KeehnAd Services Director

Grady MalsburyPress Supervisor

Our viewSupporting FHRC

The seven member counties of the Flint Hills

Regional Council are united in their desire to

support the establishment of a Flint Hills

Economic Development District, which will require

state approval. We urge the governor and attorney

general to provide that approval as soon as practi-

cable.

This would be a major step toward increasing

collaboration among the seven counties and vari-

ous cities in the Flint Hills region in order to pos-

sibly secure funding from the United States Eco-

nomic Development Administration.

If approved, the economic development district

would work to create a brand for the region, helpexisting businesses to expand, recruit new indus-

tries and businesses and work on other projects to

improve the regional economy.

Not all projects would necessarily include all

members of the council; it would depend on the

size and scope of the project.

What is important is the sense of collaboration

and cooperation that is evident in this latest move

and the realization by working together, the

Flint Hills region is much more likely to prosper

and grow.

Cleanup program importantThe latest snowfall has covered up much of the

unsightly trash and debris that still mars the

appearance of our city, but that wont last long.

Meanwhile, an effort to come up with a countywide

cleanup program still has not materialized despite

the efforts of a chamber committee.One holdup is that a countywide cleanup effort

could overwhelm the countys solid waste transfer

station, which is used by other counties as well and

then hauled off by a private company.

The next step is to try to strike a one-time deal to

see if a private contractor might donate a private

container for a cleanup drive.

We hope a solution can be reached. Once this

snow melts, the trash will still be around. We cer-

tainly support efforts to make Junction City and

Geary County more attractive by making it easier

for citizens to have somewhere affordable to haul

off their debris in a one-time cleanup effort.

Opera House has new leaderWe join the community in welcoming Randal

West as interim director of the C. L. Hoover Opera

House. He certainly brings a wealth of experience

to the position, as our story last weekend indicated.

His most recent stint was as Executive/Artistic

Director of Way Off Broadway, Iowas only profes-

sional musical theater company.

Our hope is that West can bring stability to the

leadership and administration of the opera house,

which is also home to all of Junction Citys art

agencies. As we have said many times, we consider

the facility to be a crown jewel of the city and con-

sider its success vital to the cultural quality of life

of the area.

The Daily Union

The end of the line?BYJOHNSCHLAGECK

Kansas Farm Bureau

In some areas of western Kansas the

winter wheat crop continues toshow signs of stress. Constant

windy conditions and a lack of snow-fall or other moisture is turning the

crop bluish brown in color.

Hamilton County crop and stockmanSteven Hines says the winds have beenterrible.

Gusts from 40 to 60 miles per hourseem to sweep through our country

nearly every other day, Hines says.

Temperatures have been one rollercoaster ride after another. For a few

days its 50 or 60 degrees then wellexperience a cold snap in the teens or

near zero.How well the wheat stands up

depends on how well the crop is rooted,Hines says. It could winter kill if it isnt

rooted firmly in the soil. The groundwill heave until it pulls the roots lose

and the wheat will die.Most of ours is pretty well rooted

down with the moisture we received inAugust and September, the southwest-

ern Kansas farmer says. That drink ofwater started our wheat crop with a

bang.Unfortunately the moisture ranging

from one to three inches in August and

one-half to four inches in Septemberwasnt enough to provide much needed

subsoil moisture. Until more moisturearrives this years wheat crop is livingon borrowed time.

February can be a really good month,if wet snows blanket the crop. Theground is generally thawed enough sothe snow melts and the moisture insu-lates the wheat.

On the other hand, if moisture con-tinues to be scarce this does not bode

well for the young crop.Blowing soil has been another prob-

lem this winter. When this happensfarmers chisel their ground in anattempt to keep their fields from blow-ing. Hines, his two brothers and neph-ew chiseled 240 acres of their winterwheat ground recently.

Theres not enough cover on theground to keep the soil from movingwhen its dry like this, Hines explains.We had to run pretty deep with thechisel to pull up any clods, but I feelgood about what we accomplished.

Certain regions of western Kansashave been in some degree of droughtsince 2007. The Hines family farmdidnt harvest any fall crops to speak of

last year. The 2013 wheat crop was atotal bust.We harvested 1246 bushels from

2,200 acres planted, Hines says. Lastyear was the first time in 40 years I hadto buy wheat seed to plant back in theground.

Hines hopes February will bringsnow and spring rains. He understands

if his wheat receives moisture at the

right time his region of the state can

raise a tremendous crop on 10-12 inches

of moisture if temperatures dont

get too hot.

Because of the sparse fall harvest,

the Hines family kept its entire milo

crop to use for cattle feed. This grain

shortfall hit them hard in the pocket-

book.

The extended drought has also

resulted in downsizing their momma

cow herd.

Were down between 50-75 head,

Hines says. Any cows that havent pro-

duced calves were sold and we havent

replaced them.

Other Kansas cattlemen have been

forced to liquidate or down-size their

herds as well. Hines fears cattlemen in

his region will not restock their herds

when, and if, better times return.

A lot of the guys that sold their

herds are older and some will retire or

find it too difficult to take a chance

with cattle again, he says.

JOH N SCHLAGECK is a leadingcommentator on agriculture andrural Kansas. Born and raised on adiversified farm in northwesternKansas, his writing reflects a lifetime

of experience, knowledge andpassion.

The Daily Union. Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 5A

OPINION

Letter to the Editor

Other viewpoints

Farmers not greedy at allTo the Editor:

So, Congress finally passed a Farm Bill. Con-gratulations. I kind of hesitant to call it a farmbill since 80 percent of the thing consists of

food stamps but I will set that aside for just a sec-ond.

Time after time while reading the news I readleft-leaning columnists wailing and whiningbecause the food stamp program got a disgustinglymodest cut of 1 percent. They go on about howgreedy farmers are taking money away from theneedy and cashing in big time on crop subsidies.This was in evidence in a column published by syn-dicated left-wing hack Cynthia Tucker in thisweekends paper.

Those arguments are so phony and disingenuous

it makes my stomach turn. As I mentioned earlier,8 of every 10 dollars of the Farm Bill go to foodstamp payouts. Two of every 10 go to actual farmprograms such as price supports, direct payments,and crop insurance.

Few people around here have forgotten the 3-yeardrought we just went through (still ongoing inWestern Kansas by the way) and the level of pain itinflicted on those who grow our food for a living.

I would challenge Mrs. Tucker to bring herselfout here to where food is actually grown and tell afarmer here in Kansas who went through this mostrecent drought, and many others, to his face thatcrop insurance is unnecessary as she asserted inher column this weekend. The reaction would beepic.

Rob Zlotow

Junction City

How safe is your credit card?The following editorial appeared in theLos Angeles Times on Tuesday, Feb. 4

The blockbuster theft of creditcard data from Target during theholiday shopping rush was just

one example of the way outdated cardsare leaving Americans more vulnera-ble to fraud and identity theft thanshoppers are in other developed coun-tries.

The good news is that the credit cardindustry is in the process of fixing partof the problem. The bad news is thatsquabbling among retailers, banks andpayment processors is getting in theway of a more complete solution.

The United States is one of the fewremaining places where credit anddebit cards rely on a magnetic stripe,rather than a microchip, to store andtransmit account information.

Magnetic stripes are easy to stealinformation from and to counterfeit,but thats next to impossible with chips.Thats why, as other countries switchedto chip-based smart cards, hackersshifted their attention to U.S. targets.

Belatedly, the companies that pro-cess credit card transactions (such asVisa and MasterCard) have given banks

and retailers until October 2015 toadopt smart cards. If a bank issues thenew cards but a retailer doesnt equipitself to read them, liability for anylosses caused by fraud will shift fromthe bank to the retailer. Thats as far asbanks and credit card companies wantto go; thus far theyre refusing torequire consumers to use personalidentification numbers with smartcards, arguing that many retailersdont the necessary PIN pads.

But requiring PIN use would helpcombat the unauthorized use of legiti-mate cards, which seems worth thecost that the added equipment wouldimpose on some retailers.

Unfortunately, even more sophisti-

cated cards cant stop fraud in onlineshopping, where there are no smart-card readers or PIN pads. The keythere is to prevent hackers from steal-ing account information in the firstplace, which means that any company

storing such data must keep it encrypt-

ed.

Several Senate Democrats have

called for federal regulators to set min-

imum standards for protecting stored

data. As tempting as this may be, how-

ever, the federal government should

not be telling companies which tech-

nologies to use.

Such mandates cant possibly keep

pace with the techniques being devel-

oped by hackers and the security com-

panies trying to stop them. Instead,

lawmakers should make it more expen-

sive for companies that lose credit card

data by requiring them to do more to

protect customers in the event of a

breach. For starters, companies could

be required to cover the cost of issuing

new cards and, in the case of stolen

debit card data, new checks.

Today, too many retailers behave as

if its costlier to protect credit card

numbers than to lose them. Its time to

flip that equation around.

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better informed and to make decisions that will better our community. Our View editorials represent the opinion and institutional voice of The Daily Union.All other content on this page represents the opinions of others and does not necessarily represent the views of The Daily Union.

Letters to the editor may be sent to The Daily Union. We prefer e-mail if possible, sent to [email protected]. You may also mail letters to theEditor, P.O. Box 129, Junction City, KS 66441. All letters must be fewer than 400 words and include a complete name, signature, address and phone num-ber of the writer for verification purposes. The Daily Union reserves the right to edit letters for length. All decisions regarding letters, including whether aname withheld letter will be honored, length, editing and publication are at the discretion of the managing editor.

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POLICE& RECORDS6A The Daily Union. Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014

Junction City

Police DepartmentThe Junction City Police

Department made five

arrests and responded to 130calls in the 48-hour periodending 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Monday 12:17 p.m. Accident,

Seventh St. and WashingtonSt.

1:21 p.m. Theft, 416

W. Sixth St. 3 p.m. Theft, 1703

McFarland Road

3:08 p.m. Accident,

802 N. Washington St.

4:28 p.m. Damage to

property, 1810 Caroline Ave.

7:13 p.m. Battery, 820N. Monroe St.

Tuesday 6:45 a.m. Accident,

700 block of N. Jefferson St.

11:39 a.m. Battery,

1102 Saint Marys Road

11:56 a.m. Accident,

Spruce St. and Franklin St.

1:08 p.m. Domestic,

100 block of W. Fourth St.

8:14 p.m. Accident,

Sixth St. and Adams St.

Wednesday 2:34 a.m. Battery, 820

N. Webster St.

Grandview Plaza

Police DepartmentThe Grandview Plaza

Police Department made

two arrests and responded

to 10 calls in the 24-hour

period ending 12 a.m.

Wednesday. A report for

Monday wasnt received.

Tuesday 12:02 a.m. Domestic,

500 block of Janice

8:38 a.m. Accident,

113 W. Flint Hills

11:30 a.m. Burglary,

101 Continental

Junction City

Fire DepartmentReports from the Junction

City Fire Department for

Monday and Tuesday

weren t recei ved as of

Wednesday afternoon.

Geary CountySheriffs

DepartmentThe Geary County Sher-

iffs Department made five

arrests and responded to 93

calls in the 48-hour period

ending 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Tuesday

5:01 a.m. Accident,I-70 westbound mile marker

313

12:30 p.m. Accident,

I-70 mile marker 313

Wednesday 12:45 a.m. DUI, 100

block of East Chestnut St.

4:24 a.m. Accident,

I-70 mile marker 303

Geary CountyDetention CenterThe Geary County Deten-

tion Center booked the fol-

lowing individuals duringthe 24-hour period ending 7

a.m. Wednesday. A reportfor Monday wasnt received.

Tuesday 1:35 p.m. Kimberly

Ortiz, battery 2:31 p.m. Diabllo

McFarland, outside warrant 11:25 p.m. Alton Hall,

disorderly conductWednesday 12:15 a.m. Vanessa

Colunga, probation viola-tion

1:10 a.m. Bruce Cox,driving under the influenceof alcohol or drugs, refusal ofpreliminary breath test

KANSAS NEWS

TOPEKA Kansas dug

out Wednesday after a thick

blanket of snow closedschools and shut down

state government for a sec-

ond consecutive day, mak-

ing streets and highwaysslick and forcing hundreds

of homeless people to seek

shelter.

The storm had dumpedmore than a foot of snow insome parts of northern

Kansas, including the capi-

tal of Topeka.

The Highway Patrol

linked the weather to high-way crashes Tuesday in

southeast and south-cen-

tral Kansas that killed a

total of three people.

Teams went out Tuesdayand Wednesday in Topeka

to coax hardcore outdoors

folks to come inside, said

Barry Feaker, executive

director of the Topeka Res-cue Mission. Then 308

homeless people sought

refuge at the shelter, Feak-er said.

We are out of room, he

said, adding that the facili-

ty could add more cots with

the citys permission.

Some mentally ill resi-dents who dont like being

around others could be

placed in hotel rooms, he

said.

The shelter serves anaverage of 1,200 meals a

day from 5 a.m. through

early evening.

The snow stopped falling

early Wednesday as thestorm tracked toward the

New England states.

The National Weather

Service said 9 inches of

snow fell in Wichita, andmore than a foot in Topeka

and surrounding cities.

Temperatures for

Wednesday were forecastto stay under 10 degrees for

much of the state, accom-

panied by wind chills well

below zero.

There was a slight chanceof additional snow to

return to Kansas through

Monday with temperatures

remaining below freezing.

Still, Gov. Sam Brown-back declared that state

offices in the area wouldresume normal operating

hours Thursday, and the

Legislature planned toreturn to the Statehouse

after two days of canceled

meetings.

Most schools and univer-

sities remained closedWednesday. Fort Leaven-

worth was operating on a

four-hour delay at the

northeast Kansas Armypost.

Two traffic deaths Tues-

day afternoon from a two-

car crash on U.S. 69 south

of Pittsburg in CrawfordCounty were blamed on the

weather conditions.In a separate accident,

also believed to be weather-

related, a truck driver waskilled when his truck col-

lided with another Tuesday

morning on Interstate 135

just north of Hesston in

south-central Kansas.The highway patrol said

the driver, 58-year-old Rich-

ard Lynn Conquest of

Moundridge, died Wednes-

day in a hospital.The Kansas Department

of Transportation reported

most other major highways

were still covered withsnow or ice Wednesday

morning.

In Topeka, Jason Wills,

an electrician for the agen-cy that maintains state

buildings, used a blower to

clear snow from the side-

walks around his andneighbors homes near the

public library after spend-

ing part of his morning

doing the same outside hischurch.

The father of four

installed a spare carbure-

tor to get it running.

Down the block, Pat Fire-

baugh, an investigator withthe Kansas attorney gener-

als office, braved the cold

to try to extricate his car

from the parking lot of his

apartment complex.He said he spent Tues-

day holed up in his apart-

ment.

Im going to get out and

get moving, he said. Immore worried about get-

ting out of the parking lot

than the streets.In Wichita, the city was

using sand to treat its roads

because the cold made salt

less effective, said Joe

Pajor, the deputy public

works director.Rural areas were digging

out, too. Near Brewster in

northwest Kansas, rancher

Mike Schultz was up at 6

a.m. to start his tractorsand feed his 80 head of cat-

tle.

He used them to plow a

snow-drifted county road

to reach his herd in a pas-ture 14 miles from his

home.

It is kind of miserable,

he said.

Kansas FedExdriver threatened

at gunpointCOLWICH A subur-

ban Wichita man is accused

of pointing a shotgun at a

FedEx driver who deliv-

ered a package to the wronghouse.

The Sedgwick County

sheriffs office says the

incident happened aroundnoon Tuesday near Col-

wich, in the northwesternpart of the county.

The driver told deputies

he had just left the packageat a home when a man

opened the door, pointed a

shotgun at him and told

him to come and take it

away.The driver obeyed, then

called 911.

Deputies arrested the

71-year-old man and

booked him into jail onsuspicion of aggravated

assault.

Sheriffs Lt. Dave Mat-

tingly says the package

should have been delivered

to the house next door, butauthorities still arent sure

why the resident reacted to

the mix-up with a firearm.

Kansas utilitiesseek for change ingreen energy lawTOPEKA Utilities in

Kansas are lobbying legis-

lators to rewrite a state

renewable energy law toprovide less of a financial

benefit to consumers who

install solar panels or

windmills.

However, a solar energy

advocate said bills intro-

duced in the House and

Senate would make Kansasone of the worst states in

the country for solar busi-

nesses, The Topeka Capi-

tal-Journal reported.Under the states net

metering law, consumers

who use renewable resourc-

es and generate more elec-tricity than they need getfull credit for each extra

kilowatt hour they send to

the electric grid.

Westar Energy, the

states largest electric com-pany, said the practice does

not account for utilities

fixed costs, such as power

plants and lines.

When a customer gen-

erates some of his or herown power and gets paid

the full retail rate of 10

cents, the result is that

other customers pay hisshare of the cost of the

entire infrastructure that

he continues to use, Mark

Schreiber, Westars execu-tive director of governmentaffairs, told legislators

Tuesday. Rooftop solar

systems dont remove a

customers reliance on the

utility grid of power plants they just save fuel.

Mark Moser, of Manhat-

tan, is inventor and owner

of the Konza Solar Tracker,

which moves solar panels

with the sun to make themmore efficient.

He warned solar busi-

nesses would move to other

states if net meteringbilling ended.

I would be left with few

options, Moser said, not-

ing that 43 states have netmetering. As the prover-bial solar tracking mustard

seed, the Konza Solar

Tracker will have to find

more fertile ground to grow

in elsewhere.Schreiber said the pro-

posed bills would still com-

pensate consumers at a

premium for their excess

electricity but lower the

reimbursement to the util-itys avoided cost rather

than the full retail price.

Otherwise, he said

Westar might have to raiserates on customers who

dont generate their own

electricity.

Kansas Interfaith Powerand Light, a group of reli-gious leaders against cli-

mate change, has made the

net-metering bills a top pri-

ority, along with measures

to roll back renewable stan-dards that are expected to

come before lawmakers

this year.

Kansas slowly digs out from heavy snow, cold

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SocialDuplicate BridgeThe Social Duplicate

Bridge group met Feb. 3 atSterling House with 14individuals participatingin the Howell movement.

The first place winnersfor the evening were MaryMinick and Ramona Nor-cross. The second placewinners were Gary andMary Devin. Joel and JudyHofer placed third.

There were 18 individu-als participating in theHowell movement on Jan.

27. The first place winnersat that meeting were Garyand Mary Devin. Winningsecond place were TomGelvin and Art Cohen.Ron Moon and RussellGaston placed third.

The group meets eachMonday at 6:30 p.m. at Ster-ling House, 1022 CarolineAve. All bridge players arewelcome. For more infor-mation call Ramona Nor-cross at (785) 762-2218.

Kiwanis clubmeeting

Patty presided and some-where between talkingabout her proud grand-mother, she urged all tosell pancake tickets for theMarch 1 pancake feed.

Ray Schmidt and TomDill were our guest speak-ers, reminiscing abouttheir African safari.

It all started when Tombid on this trip for two fora 10-day safari at a Nation-al Wild Turkey Federationbanquet.

This past August, thetwo of them flew 16 hoursto Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, flew another two

hours north and thendrove another two hoursalmost to the Zimbabweborder.

There was a fenced-inhunting ranch consistingof tens of thousands ofacres. This was a huntingranch, but there are alsobreeding ranches that justbreed the animals and sellthem to the hunting ranch-

es.Ray and Tom were

allowed three animals eachand had the opportunity tohunt other animals on an ala carte basis.

This trip included allmeals, nice accommoda-tions, and guides.

They were assigned aprofessional hunter and aprofessional tracker.

They were warned to notget bitten by the blackmamba snake because it ishighly venomous and noth-ing could be done.

Just sit back and die.They did take their own

weapons and went througha lengthy process beforethey left.

Their day started at 6a.m. and they hunted everyday. In the mornings whena little cooler (40s) theydrove looking for theirprey and in the afternoons(50-70s) they would go tothe watering holes.

They also were able togo hunting from a helicop-ter.

They were able to dineon the meat they shot, andthe rest is fed to the ranchhands or sold to helpfinance the ranching busi-

ness.Some of the animals

they either saw or killedincluded zebra, gemsbok,kudu, warthog, impala,and cape buffalo.

The hides and skulls arebeing shipped back to JC,but first have to undergo asix-to eight-month processof disinfecting them.

They will then take to alocal taxidermist to finish.

Board meeting nextWednesday and Don Wolfhas the program on Feb.12. Pancake Feed is March1.

JCLT Guild meetingThe Guild members of

the Junction City LittleTheater met Jan. 29 at 9:30a.m. in the TheaterAnnex.

Hostesses Mary KayMunson, Jennie Mae Heck,Sheila Markley, and NancySampson served a sumptu-ous Valentine-themed

brunch to 20 members andtwo guests: Mickie Daviesand Flora Lewis.

After President AnessaLocke called the meetingto order, the minutes andtreasurers reports weregiven and approved.

Wrapping up old busi-ness, the group was givenreports on the successfulrun of our Christmasshow, Its a WonderfulLife.

It was reported that theGuild had a successful saleof hot chocolate, coffee,and Christmas cookies.

Ellen Westerhaus report-

ed the Tuesday volunteergroup made headway inorganizing the storage ofcostume pieces in the attic,and the prop room hasbeen successfully sortedand cleaned, giving morespace for important items.

She also explained theprocedure for renting cos-tumes is easy for anyone touse. She keeps meticulousrecords of what pieces ofclothing are checked outand stated costume rentalof our extensive costumesupply is open to all orga-nizations and individuals.

New business consisted

of preparing for the upcom-ing Valentines show, The25th Annual Putnam Coun-ty Spelling Bee to beshown Feb. 14 and 15 at7:30 p.m. and Feb. 16 at 2p.m. Signups and instruc-tions were given to callers,program folders, conces-sion workers, for makingValentine-themed cookiesand for selling the refresh-ments during intermis-sions of the show.

It was announced theshow is progressing well,and audiences will delightin the humor. It was also

mentioned that parentaldiscretion is advised sincethe show is more appropri-ate for adults and willmake a great Valentinedate opportunity for cou-ples. The meeting wasadjourned until the nextmeeting to be held in lateMarch preceding the Aprilmusical, Jesus Christ,Superstar.

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(From left) Red Dunham and Lawrence Long, who have been members of the JC Breakfast OptimistClub for 45 years each spoke last Wednesday at the Hampton Inn to the club.

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Once upon a time, therewas a middle school princi-pal who retired after manyyears in the education field.

This principal had a clearidea of what retirementwould be like: some familyobligations, a bit of time topursue personal interestssuch as good music, and, lastbut not least, serving thecommunity.

It is not surprising thenthat when this retired middleschool principal, Dr. Ferrell

Miller, found it necessary toresign as president of theI.C.A.R.E. board, I.C.A.R.E.executive director VickieBobbitt began her expressionof appreciation with the fol-lowing statement: Our pur-pose in life, with the time wehave, should be gearedtoward giving back to thecommunity through volun-teer services such as school,organizations and church.

Miller and fellow retirededucator Mike Ritchie,I.C.A.R.E. treasurer, whoalso resigned from the board,have been attentive and com-mitted board members who

helped make it possible toincrease the number of youthand older adults formingpositive relationships, whichis the mission of the I.C.A.R.E.organization.

Community surveys timeand time again show localresidents want choices thataccommodate their enter-tainment, competitive, andother interests and needs.

Sometimes, there is a dis-connect between wantingthose activities and beingwilling to contribute so thatsuch things can happen.

Big events such as Sun-

down Salute and Jammin inJC certainly require a com-

mitment of time from manypeople to happen.

The majority of time isdonated by volunteers whohelp because help is needed,and they are willing to pitchin.

The same can be said ofthose who volunteer for orga-nizations that enrich thecommunity suchas I.C.A.R.E., theArts Council, theHistorical Societyand many others.

One of the firstlife lessons young

people learn isthey dont havetime to do all thethings they wantto do, as well asall the things theymust do.

As adults, weface the samedilemma.

Over time, thethings we want todo and those wemust do may havechanged, but westill have to decidehow to spend ourtime.

A young-minded olderlady who volunteered hertime by serving the commu-nity in numerous ways onceremarked to me that as longas a person lives, they havethe responsibility to giveback to the community.

Giving what one can in theservice of others is the smallprice we pay for occupyingspace on this earth.

Her advice is as validtoday as when I first heard itover 30 years ago.

When researchers studywhat makes life meaningfulthe answer is always thesame: relationships.

I.C.A.R.E. strives to buildpositive relationships

between young people andolder adults.

As young people and olderadults begin interacting, theslate for all is fresh.

Acceptance is uncondi-tional. You dont have to earnthe privilege of building apositive relationship thatis a gift you give yourself

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Becoming anI.C.A.R.E. volun-teer is an invest-

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I . C . A . R . E .matches groupsof young peoplewho would like toget to know andlearn from olderpeople, and olderpeople who wouldlike to get to knowand learn fromyounger people.

V o l u n t e e r swho serve on the

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Additional informationabout I.C.A.R.E., includingboard opportunities, is avail-able from Vickie Bobbitt,Executive Director, at (785)761-6278.

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ness and participation inreporting crimes to lawenforcement agencies andorganizations such asJunction City-GearyCounty Crime Stoppers.

In addition, the PoliceDepartment and the GearyCounty Sheriffs Depart-ment have been proactivein their approach to stop-ping crime, Brown said.

This is a partnershipthat kind of led to thisreduction in crime, hesaid.

Another likely factor,

Brown said, was Opera-tion Adabag, a multi-agency drug bust carriedout in May that nettedmore than 100 arrests inJunction City, GrandviewPlaza, Manhattan andOgden.

In a two-day span, law

enforcement agencies inthose areas, along withthe KBI and assistingagencies from other juris-dictions, executed searchand arrest warrants.

Officials seized cocaine,vehicles, firearms, otherillegal drugs and para-phernalia during the bust.The bust was the culmina-tion of a 13-month investi-gation into an area crackcocaine distribution ring.

Brown said OperationAdabag knocked thatcriminal element (in Junc-tion City) back on theirtoes.

Statistics provided byBrown show, of violentcrimes, aggravated

assaults decreased themost from 156 in 2012 to134 in 2013. Robberiesdecreased from 16 in 2012to 15 in 2013.

Other violent crimesactually increased.

Criminal homicidesincreased from one in 2012

to three in 2013 and forc-

ible rapes increased from

14 in 2012 to 15 in 2013.

All three crimes con-

tained in the property

crime statistics decreased

from 2012 to 2013.

The number of burglar-

ies fell from 177 in 2012 to

128 in 2013, thefts fell from

622 in 2012 to 598 in 2013

and auto thefts fell from

27 in 2012 to 22 in 2013.

Brown said the overall

reduction in crime has

been a theme for many

years.

Its been in decline all

the way since 1989, he

said.

CRIMEContinued from Page 1A

Overall, for theyear, we had a 10

percent reduction incrime (compared to

2012).

TIMBROWN

Junction City Police Chief

Stowe claims Rothlisberghung up on her in the mid-dle of their phone conver-sation. Stowe later sent anemail to Rothlisberg voic-ing her displeasure of howtheir previous conversationended. She also sent an

email to Speaker of theHouse Ray Merrick(R-Stilwell).

The email requests Mer-rick make Rothlisberg post

a written apology for thepublic to see, receive sensi-tivity training and take ananger management course.

Rothlisberg said hedoesnt recall Stowe, spe-cifically, because hesreceived so many phone

calls and emails since hiscomments made therounds on social networks.Stowe said the group plansto target politicians from

other areas of the coun-try.

Were not going to stopwith just targeting himbecause we realize hesjust a small fish in a reallybig pond in the scope ofthings, she said.

POSTERBOYContinued from Page 1A

Candlelight Lane, was a kitchen fire. Junc-

tion City Fire Chief Kevin Royse said the

crew operated two men short but was able

to contain the fire to the kitchen. Estimat-

ed damages were roughly $10,000, and no

injuries were reported.

Meanwhile, the Junction City Police

Department spent part of the two days

assisting motorists who were stuck on the

road. Tuesday, the JCPD reported three

accidents and responded to 71 calls. Mean-

while, the Geary County Sheriffs Office

reported three accidents Tuesday and

Wednesday, all on Interstate 70, and the

Grandview Plaza Police Department

reported one accident. There was no word

on injuries.Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown

said citizens generally responded well to

warnings issued by the city over the

impending storm.

For the most part everyone was well-

behaved during the storm, and there were

very few incidents or accidents, he said.

Overall, I was very proud with the way

our citizens handled one of the worst

snow events in recent history.

The department initiated emergency

snow procedures Tuesday afternoon,

which stated officers would not respond tovehicle accidents with less than $1,000 in

damage, or accidents without injuries.

Those procedures were still in effect

Wednesday night, but could be lifted today,

he said.

Brown said roughly 18 vehicles were

ticketed and towed for failing to comply

with the emergency snow route declara-

tion issued by the city Tuesday afternoon,

which prohibited residents from parking

on posted emergency snow routes. Brown

said that number was a lot less than I

thought.

If they do not comply with the signage

they are subject to get ticketed and

towed, he said. We will try to contact

them but if we cant, they will be towed.The emergency snow route declaration

was also still in effect Wednesday evening.

Brown also indicated it would take time

for public works crews to clear residential

streets.

An email sent to Junction City Director

of Public Works Ray Ibarra was not

returned by Wednesday evening.

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