The Stevens CountyBoard of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion Monday, May 5,2014 with all members,Pat Hall, James Bell andDave Bozone present. Alsopresent were CountyCounselor Robert John-son, County Clerk PamBensel and RoGlendaCoulter from The HugotonHermes. The following isjust an agenda for themorning with a few of theunofficial highlights. Offi-cial minutes will be pub-lished at a later date.

The commissioners’agenda included: 8:30 -bills and Justin Carter;9:00 - Susan Schulte;9:15 - Rodney Kelling andTommy Romero; 9:30 -Nancy Honig; 10:00 -Sherri Martin; 10:30 -Greg Wellbrock; 11:00 -Paula Rowden; 11:30 -Tron Stegman; and 12:00- lunch

When this reporter ar-rived at approximately8:45 the commissionerswere going over the bills.At near 9:00 they calledthe Carters, Justin and

Tom, to the front. Cartersrequested a 20 minute ex-ecutive session for tradesecrets.

Susan Schulte delayedher slot since the commis-sioners were running lateon the schedule.

Rodney Kelling came into talk to the commission-ers. He told them theschool had approachedhim to have him use thefire equipment to wash offthe high school and mid-dle school buildings. Re-cently Hugoton was peltedwith muddy sprinkles,

coating everything with alayer of mud. After muchdiscussion, the commis-sioners decided this couldpossibly cause some dam-age to windows or other li-abilities. They voted to notallow the fire departmentto wash down the build-ings at this time. Rodneytold the commissioners ofsome problems with someof his trucks in his fire de-partment fleet. He alsotold of the need of someadditional emergencysirens. Industrial siteseast and west of town

need some, Moscow needsat least one and in theManor addition sirens areneeded. He said their util-ities have raised with thechurch that is renting partof the EMS building. Withthese needs noted, Rodneypresented his 2015 budgetwith some increases. Bidsare to be in by May 19 for

the new fire truck.Tommy Romero with

FRA (Fireman’s Relief As-sociation) brought in a re-quest for an increase inthe funds for insurance forthe firemen. He started bythanking the commission-ers for the excellent equip-ment the commissioners

The meeting of the hos-pital board was called toorder Monday, May 5,2014 at 5:30 p.m. in thehospital community room.

Present were boardmembers Warren Willis,

Joyce Baughman, MiltonGillespie, Kirk Heger,Patty Lahey, Keith Romeand Dean Van Horn. Oth-ers present were hospitaladministrator Linda Stal-cup, Pioneer Manor Ad-

ministrator Kathie Harbi-son, health informationdirector Marilyn Crane,chief financial officer DavePiper, clinic director StacyHelget, human resourcesdirector Diane Porter, Pio-neer Manor director ofnursing Jennifer Feather-ston, Trevor Mangels fromhospital/Pioneer Manormaintenance, Ashley Fissof Fiss Architecture,County CommissionersDave Bozone and Pat Hall,Tony McBride, and LeighAngell and ArthurBohlmann from theStevens County RetailPharmacy.

The minutes of lastmonth’s meeting and thecurrent agenda were ap-proved unanimously.

Ashley Fiss of Fiss Ar-chitecture presented bidsfor the revised pharmacy

Volume 127, Number 19 Thursday, May 8, 2014 16 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

Mothers and grand-mothers of Hugoton re-joice! Mother’s Day isupon you, and the bestgifts to be had can befound right here inStevens County! Whileyour loved ones do all theerrands for you while yourest and relax, remindthem to sign you up forthe 2014 Super MomSweepstakes!

Sons and daughters - ifyou haven’t picked up giftsfor your beloved mother orgrandmother, help is rightaround the corner - liter-ally! Stop into one of thefollowing Hugoton busi-nesses for any number ofgreat prizes!

Janet’s Bridal and Bou-tique is offering a $25 giftcertificate to their winner,as is Finishing Touches.Citizens State Bank willgive their winning mom 20Gas Capital Dollars, andFirst National Bank will be

giving $25 to their winner.While you’re picking up

the perfect present atYardmaster or CreativeSpecialties, register her fora $25 gift certificate. Or, ifyou’d rather let the profes-sionals handle it, stop byto sign up at StevensCounty Retail Pharmacyor Country Garden, wherethey’ll award Gift Basketsto their winners! Or youcan leave it up to the realpro - Mom herself - bysigning up at Alco for a$30 gift card!

Give Mom a night offfrom cooking dinner byregistering at China,where she could receive a$25 gift certificate, or atNieto’s Cafe, where theprize is two #2 combina-tions and drinks. TheSteakhouse will give awaytwo free dinners to theirwinner. Cruise on down tothe Jet Drive-In wherethey’ll award two free din-

ners and drinks. RanchitoTex-Mex Cafe plans to giveaway two specials to theirSuper Mom winner. If yourspecial Mom is partial toItalian, stop by Pizza Hutto sign her up for a freelarge pizza!

Has Mom been a littlestressed about grocerymoney? Register atWhite’s Foodliner, and shecould win a $25 gift cardto help out! A calm nightin, might be just the ticketfor your special mom - ifso, sign up at The Show-place, where she can wintwo free video rentals, twolarge drinks and a largebuttered popcorn. You canalso help her “kick her feetup” in a lawn chair and ayear’s subscription to TheHugoton Hermes. Mom orGrandma can also com-pletely relax with a freepedicure and a half-hourfacial if she wins at Relent-less Salon!

If Mom’s pretty handyaround the house, sign upat Bultman Inc. where shecould win a $20 gift certifi-cate for some of her DIYprojects. Maybe she’s a bitmore mechanically-in-clined and would appreci-ate NAPA’s Car Carebasket.

Be sure to enter yourmom or grandma beforeMonday, May 12 at all ofthese Hugoton busi-nesses. Selection of SuperMom 2014 will take placeMonday, May 12. Winnersat each business will benotified by the merchant.Super Mom will appear innext week’s issue of TheHugoton Hermes, afterclaiming her prize of $50Chamber Bucks!

So there you have it -several gift ideas, alongwith fabulous prizes! Whocould ask for more - andall right here in StevensCounty!

ATTENTION! HugotonMiddle School and HighSchool choirs will presenttheir spring concert Mon-day, May 12 at 7:00 p.m.in the high school audito-rium. The date was origi-nally set as May 5, but hasbeen changed to May 12.

The Hugoton MiddleSchool and High Schoolbands have also changedthe date of their springconcert. They will performtheir last concert of theyear Monday, May 19 at7:00 p.m. in the highschool auditorium.

The National HistoryBee, sponsored by thepublishing companyHoughton Mifflin Har-court, has just concludedits fourth annual highschool National Champi-onships, which took placeSunday, April 27 in Ar-lington, Va. In the fresh-man - sophomorecompetition, ChandlerBurrows of Rolla Junior-

Senior High School, fin-ished as the runner up,after he had earlier led theRolla team to a secondplace finish in the SmallSchool Freshman-Sopho-more History Bowl compe-tition and ninth overallcompeting against suchteams as Notre Dame Prepand other large privatehigh schools.

Chandler Burrows

The Hermes recently re-ceived the news two for-mer well-known Hugotoneducators passed away re-cently. Teacher / Coun-selor / Councilman Robert"Bob" Mason, 62, of Ellis,passed from this life Sun-day, May 4, 2014 at HaysMedical Center in Hays.Teacher / Coach PhilipRobert Hower passed fromthis life Saturday, April19, 2014. He was 72.

Bob Mason served asthe Hugoton High SchoolCounselor for many yearsas well as a belovedteacher. He also did somecoaching during his timein Hugoton. Bob servedhis community too, byserving on the HugotonCity Council for manyyears. Mr. Mason left hismark in Hugoton and willcontinue to be fondly re-membered by many in thearea.

Mr. Hower also left hismark. He was the headfootball coach for HugotonHigh School in the mid1960s. Some will also re-member him as theirmath teacher, as Philtaught mathematics inHugoton and other schoolsystems for 48 years.Mostly though, Mr. Howerwas a coach who loved thegame of football and ledhis family on the adven-turous life of a coachingfamily, moving quite often.He coached every level ofthe sport from first gradeyouth football to collegiateball. He influenced manyduring his busy, busy lifeincluding many of his stu-dents and players inHugoton who rememberhim well.

Complete obituaries forthese two men can befound on page two.

Rowan has completed 1,000books in the 1,000 Books Be-fore Kindergarten challengeat the Stevens County Li-brary!! Way to go Rowan! Weare so proud of you! Rowan isposing with the Clifford Dictionary he received inhonor of his achievement.

Deric has completed the 1,000Books Before Kindergartenchallenge at the StevensCounty Library. You ROCKDeric! Great job!

The summer monthsare here. Please makesure there is always plentyof fresh water, food andshelter for your animals.Dogs with long matted furneed a summer haircut sothey don’t overheat or de-velop heat sores undertheir fur. Dogs, like peo-ple, do sunburn. Makesure there is always someshade present. Animalsare companions; everyonecan all enjoy the summerfun together.

From the Hugoton Animal Shelter.

Hospital Board accepts bid for pharmacy remodel

Hugoton remembers twopillars of the community

Chandler wins second

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Patsy Belford, at left, takes the prize for “Prettiest Hat” andTara Blair, at right, wins “Biggest Hat” at Project Hope’s SpringTea Saturday, May 2. Both fancy ladies hail from Liberal.

Super Mom 2014 drawing quickly approaches

Stevens County Economic Development Executive DirectorNeal Gillespie offers Tom Robb a key to the City of Hugoton atTom’s recent farewell party.

Stevens County Commissioners hear a multitude of items from bikes and fencing to budgets, bids and zoning

Please ensurepets are cool andcomfortable

HHS choirconcert movedto May 12

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ObituariesThe Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 8, 2014 Page 2

Friends and family gath-ered last week to rememberand honor Russ Mutdosch.Mr. Mutdosch passed fromthis life Friday, April 25,2014 at his home in Marlow,Ok. He was 76.

Born July 1, 1937 in Pitts-burgh, Pa., he was the son ofRussell J. Mutdosch and theformer Ruth Ramsey.

Russ grew up in Pitts-burgh where he attendedschool. After high school, hejoined the United StatesArmy in 1975. His militaryservice brought him to FortSill, Ok. He then worked forcivil service in finance andaccounting from 1976 untilhis retirement in 2000.

December 12, 1986, Russand Mary (Bohanan) Austinwere united in marriage inWichita Falls, Tx.

Russ enjoyed woodwork-ing and was a great story-teller to his grandkids. Hewas a member of the Central

High Baptist Church andwas reborn in November of2003. Russ will be missed byall who knew him.

Survivors include his wifeMary of the home; his sonDennis Austin and wifeTeresa of Hugoton; fivedaughters, Carrie White ofLawton, Ok., Lisa Hight ofLawton, Amy Mutdosch ofLawton, Debra Rogers andhusband Tom of Wolfeboro,N.H. and Donna Grubbs andhusband Lloyd of Lawton;two sisters, Pat Hughes andhusband Bill of Marlene, Ok.and Sue Bailey and husbandJim of Pittsburgh; brother-in-law Tom Lewis of Pitts-burgh; his grandchildren,Jason White, Christi White,Christopher Hight, Alesiaand Christopher Hinds,Brian and Marie Austin,Courtney and Brian Steers,Nicole and Troy Shupe, Brit-tney Rogers, Brandon andKayesha Austin, JoshuaGrubbs and Andrew Grubbs;15 great grandchildren; nu-merous nieces and nephews;and a host of loving friends.

Funeral services were at-tended Monday afternoon,April 28 at the Leticia BaptistChurch in Lawton with Rev.Lloyd Grubbs and Rev. JimSpurlock officiating. Burialfollowed in Sunset MemorialGardens of Lawton. LawtonRitter Gray Funeral Homewas in charge of the arrange-ments.

Russ Mutdosch

The death of Darrell DeanHeadrick, age 60, has beenlearned. Mr. Headrick passedaway Wednesday, April 30,2014 at Harry Hynes MemorialHospice in Wichita after a hardfought battle to regain hishealth following a sudden col-lapse about one month ago.

He was born April 23, 1954at Liberal, the son of E. DeanHeadrick and the former VernaJantzen.

A 1972 graduate of South-western Heights High School,Darrell was also a graduate ofSouthwest Kansas AreaVoTech.

Darrell was a dedicatedfarmer, farming all his life onthe family farm, HeadrickFarms. When he was younger,he loved to ride motorcyclesand go fishing. He was a collec-tor of John Deere and HarleyDavidson. He always madetime for family, whether mak-ing jokes at family get togeth-ers or attending ball games,school activities and even tripsto rock concerts.

Survivors include his wifeConnie of Liberal; his motherVerna Headrick of Kismet; one

step-son, Randy Johnson of St.Francis; two step-daughters,Ronda Staats and husbandBrent and Shelly Presley andhusband Matt, all of Liberal;his two brothers, Jeff Headrickand wife Liz of Kismet and DanHeadrick and wife Anita of HotSprings, Ar.; his sister ConnieCox and husband Steven ofLong Island; five grandchil-dren, Hailey Staats Parker,Taylor Staats, Chance John-son, Codi Presley and DaltonMoody; his great granddaugh-ter, Ellie Parker; threenephews, Aaron Green, An-drew Green and Nathan Head-rick; six nieces, AngelaMcKenna, Jessica Brewer,Amie Benson, Casie Headrick,Emily Headrick and SarahHeadrick; and many greatnephews and nieces.

He was preceded in deathby his father Dean Headrickand grandparents, Clyde andNell Headrick and Dan and IdaJantzen.

Funeral services were at-tended Wednesday morning,May 7, at Kismet UnitedMethodist Church with Rev.Larry Myers presiding. Burialfollowed at the Kismet Ceme-tery under the direction ofBrenneman Funeral Home ofLiberal.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to the MeadeState Park, Harry Hynes Me-morial Hospice or the GreatPlains Angels for Animals incare of Brenneman Funeral

Home, 1212 W. Second, Lib-eral, Ks. 67901.

Condolences may be sent tothe family at www.brenneman-funeralhome.com.

Stevens County EmergencyServices run activity for April28 through May 4.Fire Department

Hugoton Station Saturday, May 3 - 1:32p.m. dispatched to Road BBand Road 24 for a grass fire. Fire Department

Moscow Station Saturday, May 3 - 1:32p.m. dispatched to Road BBand Road 24 for a grass fire.

Ambulance Activity One medical run and oneLife Flight.

Monday, April 28, 2014• Welfare Check; 1100 South Madi-

son; All is Okay; Sergeant Johnson• Hit & Run; 400 Block of South Van

Buren; Took Report; SergeantJohnson

Tuesday, April 29, 2014• Citizen Assist; 500 Block of South

Monroe; Public Service; OfficerCrane

• Missing Juvenile; Located; OfficerCrane

• Vehicle Unlock; 600 Block of SouthMonroe; Citizen Assist; SergeantJohnson

Wednesday, April 30, 2014• Vehicle Unlock; 200 Block of West

City Limits; Citizen Assist; OfficerLamatsch

Thursday, May 1, 2014• Welfare Check; 500 Block of West

Eighth; All is Okay; OfficerLamatsch

• Medical Alarm; 500 Block of SouthWashington; All is Okay; OfficerLamatsch

• Medical Assist; 200 Block of Wil-son; Public Service; Officer Hag-man

Friday, May 2, 2014• Loud Music; 1000 Block of South

Monroe; Advised to Turn it Down;Sergeant Johnson

Saturday, May 3, 2014• Dog at Large; 1000 Block of South

Harrison; Returned to Owner; Ser-geant Johnson

• Possible Domestic; 1000 Block ofSouth Coulter; Verbal Argument;Sergeant Johnson

• Vehicle Unlock; 800 Block of Main;Refused to Unlock-Suspended DL;Officer Crane

Sunday, May 4, 2014• Non-Injury Accident; 400 Block of

Jackson; Took Report; SergeantJohnson

• Dogs at Large; 300 Block of SouthMadison; Dogs Impounded; OfficerCrane

• Criminal Damage; 400 Block ofEast Ninth; Took Report; OfficerCrane

• Vehicle Unlock; 800 Block of SouthMain; Citizen Assist; Officer Crane

• Citizen Assist; Public Service; Offi-cer Crane

Word has been received ofthe death of Annis BelleStremel, age 82. Mrs. Stremelpassed away Monday, April28, 2014 at High Plains Re-tirement Village in Lakin.

She was born January 14,1932 in Stevens County, thedaughter of Howard Willisand the former Lenora AmenHodges.

Annis grew up in Hugotonand attended Hugoton

schools. She graduated fromCosmetology School andowned her own salon in Lib-eral. She also worked in thecafeteria at McKinley GradeSchool after retiring from thesalon.

Annis married WillieWilliams. He preceded her indeath.

Survivors include twosons, David Stremel of Mon-tana and Carl Stremel of Ala-bama; her daughter CarolineMays of Tennessee; numer-ous grandchildren; and greatgrandchildren.

Those preceding her indeath were her parents andeight siblings.

Graveside services wereattended Friday afternoon,May 2, 2014 at the HugotonCemetery with Pastor BobBates officiating.

Arrangements were in careof Garnand Funeral Home,423 S. Main, Hugoton, Ks67951.

Annis Belle Stremel

Longtime Stevens Countyresident Larry Lee Lewis, 67,passed from this life Thursday,May 1, 2014 at StevensCounty Hospital in Hugoton.

The son of Edgar D. Lewisand the former Mary E. Fellers,Larry was born July 9, 1946 inLiberal.

August 20, 1966, Larry andNancy G. York were united inmarriage in Kismet.

Larry and his family movedto Hugoton in 1973 fromKismet.

Survivors include his wifeNancy G. Lewis of Hugoton;two sons, Arron Lewis and wifeJanis of Olathe and Kelly Lewisand wife Melissa of Hugoton;daughter Monica Lewis andcompanion Dana Davis of Wi-chita; two brothers, RichardLewis of Dodge City and Rod-ney Lewis and wife Susan ofKismet; his nine grandchil-dren; and his many other relatives and friends.

Larry was preceded indeath by his parents.

Memorial services were at-tended Tuesday morning, May6, 2014 at the First ChristianChurch in Hugoton with Pas-tor Bob Rich presiding. Burialfollowed in the Kismet Cemetery under the directionof Paul’s Funeral Home ofHugoton.

A memorial has been estab-lished for the Family. Memori-als may be mailed to Paul’sFuneral Home, PO Box 236,Hugoton, Ks 67951.

Larry Lewis

Former Hugoton residentRobert "Bob" Mason, 62, ofEllis, passed from this lifeSunday, May 4 2014 at HaysMedical Center in Hays.

Born October 13, 1951 inIndependence, Bob was theson of King Mason and the for-mer Sylvia Kimzey.

Bob was a 1969 graduate ofMcCracken High School andattended Fort Hays State Uni-versity. He married LoisBerland at St Ann CatholicChurch in Zurich August 4,1979.

Robert was employed as aneducator / counselor at USD210 in Hugoton and USD 241in Sharon Springs. He servedmany years with the city coun-cil in Hugoton until his healthinfluenced him to retire.

Mr. Mason was a memberof the St Mary's CatholicChurch in Ellis. He was wellknown for his love of the out-doors and wildlife. Bob wasalso noted for his craftsman-ship, entrepreneurship and in-ventions.

Survivors include wife Lois;daughter Courtney Espinozaand husband Sylvester of Dal-las, Tx.; and his two adoredgranddaughters, Sofia andAdriana Espinoza of Dallas.

Bob was preceded in deathby his parents and sister-in-law Carol Slingsby.

Funeral services were at-tended Wednesday morning,May 7, 2014 at Sacred HeartCatholic Church in Plainville.Burial followed in St. AnnCemetery in Zurich.

Memorials are suggested tothe St Mary's Grade School inEllis in care of Brock’s FuneralChapel, 2509 Vine, Hays, Ks67601.

Condolences may be sent towww.keithleyfuneralchapels.com. or Lois Mason, 121Country View Lane, Ellis, Ks.67637-1892.

Robert “Bob” Mason

Former Hugoton teacherand coach, Philip RobertHower went to be with theLord Saturday, April 19,2014. Mr. Hower was 72 andhad made his home in Winfield.

He was a beloved hus-band, father, grandfather andgreat-grandfather.

Phil was born January 26,1942 in El Dorado, the son ofRobert Theodore “Bob” Howerand the former Mildred RuthDeLong.

October 4, 1962 Phil andSandra Flick were married atGrace United MethodistChurch. To this union theywere blessed with two daugh-ters, Paige and Shawn.

When Phil graduated fromcollege, the adventurous lifeof a coaching family began.They had moving down to ascience. Phil was active in theFellowship of Christian Ath-

letes program and the wholefamily attended several sum-mer FCA Camps at EstesPark. Over the years wonder-ful friendships evolved be-tween the players and theirfamilies. Many of the playersstill kept in touch with Phil.

Phil taught mathematicsin high school for 48 years.Even though he was a suc-cessful teacher his love wasfor football. In 1963, as astudent at Southwestern Col-lege, he was named to theMethodist All-American Uni-versity and Elevens team. Hecoached every level of thesport from first grade youthfootball to collegiate ball.

Mr. Hower was a headcoach for Hugoton HighSchool in the mid 1960’s;also later for Kiowa HighSchool, Independence HighSchool, Scott City HighSchool, Southwestern Collegeand Winfield High School. Hewas a Shrine Bowl coach in1975 and Head Shrine Bowlcoach in 1976.

In later years Phil workedas an assistant football coachat Friends University. Hecoached in six conferenceteams and six NAIA games. Inhis spare time he coachedGirls’ Softball, Track, Girls’Basketball, wrestling, andtaught drivers’ education. He

also taught math at BurdenHigh School and CowleyCounty Community Collegeevening classes.

Phil moved to Winfieldwhen his father Bob becamea coach at Southwestern Col-lege. He graduated from Win-field High School andSouthwestern College. Whileattending Southwestern heworked as a fireman and po-liceman to earn extra income.He also did graduate work atFort Hays State University,Wichita State University,Northwestern State College inOklahoma, and was awardedtwo National Science Foun-dation Scholarships.

Mr. Hower was awardedthe Master Teacher Award1997, inducted into theSouthwestern College Hall ofFame 1992, Society of John

Wesley, Community Corner-stone Award 2012, Coach ofthe year 1988-1989, Excel-lence in Education Award1997, and the FoundationBuilder Award.

Phil was preceded in deathby an infant brother Steveand his parents Bob and Mil-dred Hower.

Survivors include his wifeSandra ”Sandi”; children,Paige Camp and husband Boand Shawn Shriver and hus-band John; his grandchil-dren, Sam, Eliza, Jenifer andDustin; great grandchildren,Skylar, Damien, Levi, Jaylenand Jade and husbandBrian; great great grandchil-dren Paiton and Cassidy; andhis sisters, Susan Fronk andhusband LeRoy and KrisBreidenbach and husbandKen.

Memorial services for Mr.Hower were attended Satur-day morning, May 3, 2014 atthe First United MethodistChurch in Winfield.

Memorials are suggestedto Southwestern College andthe First United MethodistChurch. Inurnment will takeplace at a later date.

Condolences may beemailed to funeraldirector@stmfh.com. Swisher-Taylor &Morris is the funeral home incharge of arrangements.

Philip Hower

Darrell Headrick

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Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if anyman hear My voice, and open the door, I willcome in to him, and will sup with him, and hewith Me.

Revelation 3:20

In the future, cars maynot be built and assembledat automotive warehousesand factories full of auto-mated robots. They may bethe product of more efficientmanufacturing thanks to 3Dprinting, which can producerelatively inexpensive, lightand efficient automobiles.One pioneer, Jim Kor,founder of the Urbee 2, a 3D-printed vehicle, made athree-wheel, two-passengervehicle with plastic throughFused Deposition Modeling,or FDM. This involves spray-ing molten polymer layer by

layer to build the car chassis.The entire car, which isroughly ten feet long, tookabout 2,500 hours to build.What would normally be sev-eral pieces of metal and othercomponents in a traditionalcar is now made from fewerand larger pieces that resultin a lighter vehicle. And a carwith less weight can use fuelmore efficiently. Vehiclesmade through 3D printingmay be the wave of the fu-ture, potentially revolutioniz-ing automobile construction.

From Metro Editorial Serv-ices.

Believe i tOr Not

A University of Kansas re-searcher has found earlyUnited States compulsoryschooling laws produced hid-den gains in school atten-dance and educationalattainment among minoritystudents.

Emily Rauscher, an assis-tant professor of sociology,said results in her studycould support calls for allstates to require Americanstudents to attend schooluntil they are 18.

"Based on these findings,if you raise the minimumlevel of schooling, you are bydefault lifting the bottom end,so that should increaseequality," said Rauscher,whose study was publishedthis month online in theAmerican Educational Re-search Association's journalEducational Evaluation andPolicy Analysis.

In the study, Rauscher ex-amined U.S. Census data onschool attendance from 1850to 1920, which includes thetime period in which all U.S.states passed compulsoryschooling laws requiring stu-dents to attend school up toa certain age. Massachusettspassed the first law in 1852,and Mississippi was the lastin 1918. She included datafor all youth ages six to 13who had valid informationabout their father’s occupa-tional status in order to in-vestigate how effects of thecompulsory laws varied bysocial background.

To investigate the effects ofcompulsory education on ed-ucational attainment,Rauscher relied on data fromthe 1940 census, which in-cludes information about the

highest grade level each per-son in the household com-pleted. This was the firstcensus to record educationalattainment, and it was alsoenough years removed thatthe adults in each state hadcompleted their schooling,but were still young at thetime of the compulsoryschooling laws.

Rauscher said past re-search on the history of com-pulsory schooling hadconcluded the laws had no ef-fect.

"They found little to no ef-fect of the early laws," shesaid.

However, Rauscher saidthose studies mostly meas-ured the average effect ofcompulsory education lawsand did not examine how re-forms would bump up stu-dents who were previouslyleast likely to attend school,such as students of immi-grants, racial minorities andthose of lower socio-economicstatus. In the late 1800s toearly 1900s, poorer familieslikely relied on their childrento produce income, so theywould forgo sending them toschool.

"They would be the oneswho would most likely needthe added push of the com-pulsory schooling laws,"Rauscher said.

Her analysis found thatthe compulsory laws didweaken the relationship be-tween social background andschool attendance over time.The largest gains occurredamong young men in non-Southern states, where thelaws reduced class inequalityin attendance by 25 percentand race gaps by 30 percent.

Rauscher said the socialclimate of the time period shestudied likely contributed to

finding the highest gainamong young men in theNorthern states. School seg-regation especially in South-ern states was not outlaweduntil the Brown v. Board ofEducation U.S. SupremeCourt decision in 1954, andshe said male students likelyhad a higher incentive to at-tend school in the first half ofthe 20th century becausethere were fewer jobs avail-able for women at the time.

Applying her results to thecurrent context, Rauschersaid today's U.S. educationsystem most closely resem-bles schooling in the Northduring the late 1800s andearly 1900s.

"If we did extend the com-pulsory schooling law, itwould be much more stronglyenforced, so it probablywould be more effective,"Rauscher said. "This shouldhelp increase equality in edu-cational attainment by raceand class,"

President Barack Obamain 2012 urged all states to re-quire students to attendschool until age 18. Accord-ing to the National Center forEducation Statistics, compul-sory schooling extends to age18 in more than 20 states,but a few of those states alsohave exemptions allowing astudent to stop attendingschool with a parent's per-mission, for example. Therest have a maximum age of16 or 17.

Rauscher said her study istimely as the federal govern-ment and states seek ways toclose the achievement gap,especially among minoritymale students who scorelower on standardized teststhan white students. Obama

in February also unveiled his"My Brother's Keeper Initia-tive," aimed at helping minor-ity male students becomemore successful.

School districts also grap-ple with reducing dropoutrates as they face tougherstate and federal standards.

"Anyone who is staying inschool longer is at least learn-ing something in those years,while dropouts are learningin other settings that areprobably less structured andless valued by society," shesaid. "Everybody's learning,but I would think that if youwant test score achievement,that's going to get boostedmore by staying in schoollonger, as opposed to beingon the street."

She said schools couldboost vocational programsand job training to help stu-dents who are closer to 18but may seek to enter the jobmarket as opposed to college.Additionally, school districtscould use compulsory educa-tion as a focal point to pre-pare elementary students.

"It might encourage teach-ers to invest more and seeevery student as a long-runstudent because the school isgoing to have them for thelong run rather than be donewith them at 16," Rauschersaid. "It could encouragehigher graduation rates, too.It should."

Submitted by the University ofKansas.

Stevens County elected of-ficials gathered in the diningroom at Ranchitos to bid afond farewell to Tom Robb ofAbengoa. Tom will be work-ing out of Saint Louis, Mis-souri from now on.

Tom Robb has been Aben-goa’s Public Relations agentin Hugoton for the past sevenyears. Tom commented thathe has really enjoyed workingin this area. What has trulyimpressed him is the qualityand the character of the peo-ple that he was dealing with.

He informed the officialsthat Abengoa plans to beginshipping out the first ethanolin July 2014. It is Tom’sguess that it will be a year or18 months before they will gointo full production.

Tom reported that the gen-erator at the plant is runningat a lower level. They are notgenerating enough electricityto run the entire plant at thistime because the biomassline is not up to full capacity.

Robb stated that this plantis over-engineered. The cost

of construction is high be-cause of this practice. Some-day, Abengoa may beginconstruction on a plant calledHugoton II in the future.

Abengoa plans to have 79permanent positions avail-able in this plant when it is infull production. There willalso be contracted positionsavailable when the celluloseis harvested. Positions willbe offered for 24 hour secu-rity.

Remembering the dirtyweather that Hugoton has

endured this past week,Stevens County EconomicDevelopment Director NealGillespie presented Tom a jarof Hugoton dirt so he wouldnot forget this part of thecountry. Neal joked that ifTom really got homesick, hecould throw the dirt in the airand stand under it. Tomwas also presented a ‘GoldKey’ to the city.

Hugoton will miss seeing-Tom Robb at all the localmeetings.

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Dustin E JohnFinancial Advisor.

608 S Main Street

Hugoton, KS 67951

620-544-8818

Dustin E JohnsonFinancial Advisor

Elected officials bid Tom Robb farewell

Stevens County Commissioner Pat Hall gives Abengoa’s TomRobb a farewell handshake. Robb has been transferred to beginwork at Saint Louis, Mo.

Ruth Van Horn

Ammie Weaver-Schibler

Evelyn McBride

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plan Phase I, which includesthe new drive-thru window, allelectrical, cabinets, new light-ing, new finishes, some drywork and some concrete work.Painting will be done by themaintenance crew to cut someof the construction costs. Phar-macist in charge ArthurBohlman added shelving pur-chased from Bloodhart’s Drugwhen it closed will be used tocut down costs. He also saidthat security for narcotics willbe “the best there is”. Two bidswere received: Aqua Shield –$117,641 and McBride Con-struction – $86,850. The boardvoted unanimously to acceptthe bid from McBride Construc-tion.

Diane Porter updated theboard about the positions openin the hospital and Manor. Shesaid the new Facebook pagehas been well received.

Stacy Helget presented theclinic report. She said numberswere fairly steady even with theexodus of Abengoa workers.She said Friday had been JanaMorris’s last day and thatSteika Gilmore would return towork May 7. (If you see her,offer best wishes as she is re-turning from her honeymoon.)

Board chairman WarrenWillis reported about the healthnetwork conference he andPatty Lahey had attendedwhere they had gained new per-spectives for health care and

had been updated with changescoming with the implementa-tion of the affordable care act or“Obamacare”.

Kathie Harbison updatedthe board for Pioneer Manor.The current census is 68. Shesaid the residents had really en-joyed the Cinco do Mayo cele-bration.

Jennifer Featherston, Direc-tor of Nursing at Pioneer Manor,gave a brief update for the im-plementation of the new elec-tronic health record system.

Hospital administrator LindaStalcup updated the board forthe strategic planning retreatdesigned to get everyone on thesame page, helping everyone tounderstand their roles and the

importance of supporting eachother. This retreat will involvehospital staff, board membersand some community leaders.

She shared with the board areport of The Importance of theHealth Care Sector to theKansas Economy. This year’sdata confirms that the healthcare sector is among thestrongest in the state’s econ-omy. Kansas hospitals employ81,303 people or 4.3 percent ofall job holders in the state. Theentire health care sector inKansas employs nearly224,000 people. This includesmedical personal, veterinarians,gyms, fitness centers, etc.

Chief financial officer DavePiper updated the board aboutsome of the impact the afford-able care act will have on thebudget. He presented the 2015proposed budget. The boardvoted unanimously to approvethe proposed budget which willbe referred to the county com-missioners.

In old business, the boardvoted unanimously to approvethe amended employee hand-book.

Motion was made andpassed unanimously to adjournfollowing an executive session.

The next meeting of the hos-pital/nursing home board isscheduled for Monday, June 2,2014, at 5:30 p.m. in the Pio-neer Manor conference room.

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Citizens State Bank601 S. Main - Hugoton

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314 S. Van Buren 544-4122

Faith Publishing LLC522 S. Main 620-544-4321

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH516 N.E. Avenue 544-2355

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Worship Service - 10:45 a.m.

Rev. Larry Bradford, Interim Pastor544-9492 or 598-2400

YOU ARE WELCOME!UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

828 S. Main Hugoton 544-8715Reverend Jo Mead, Pastor

Monday Bible Study - 1:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.Wednesday Praise! Kids - 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday Jr. High Youth Fellowship - 5:30 p.m.Wednesday Sr. High Youth Fellowship - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

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ROLLAEMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH

202 Monroe St. - Rolla, Ks. 67954Henry McGuire, Pastor 593-4693

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening, AWANA’s - 6:45 p.m.

ROLLA PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

Corner of Third and Adams, RollaMarcus Light, Pastor

Church - 593-4626, Parsonage - 593-4796Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Worship - 11:00 a.m.Wednesday night meal - 6:00 p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHROLLA - RICHFIELD

593-4596 or 593-4781Sandy Ferguson, Pastor

Rolla Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Youth Groups - 5:00 p.m.

Richfield Morning Worship - 9:15 a.m.Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

MOSCOWMOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH

598-2455 Church 1 mile S. of Moscow, 1/2 mile E. of

Moscow/Hooker Rd.Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

Team Kids (Wed.) - 3:30-5:00p.m. Sept.-MayMOSCOW UNITED METHODIST

598-2426Tim McCrary, Pastor 598-2421

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Kid’s Club - Wednesday 3:30 p.m.UMYF Jr. High - 6:00 p.m.UMYF Sr. High - 5:00 p.m.

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

Christopher M. Fincher, PastorMorning Worship - 9:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Bible Study, Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

600 S. Van Buren - 544-2715Pastor Heath Kelley

Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Fellowship - 10:15 - 10:30 a.m.Worship Hour - 10:30 - 12:00Children's Church, 10:30 a.m.

Jr. High Youth Group, 6:30-7:30 p.m.Sr. High Youth Group, 7:45-9:00 p.m.

Information on small groups call 544-2715FIRST CHURCH OF GOD801 W. City Limits 544-2652

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.Call 544-2652 for Church Bus

HUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCHEighth and Main 544-2210506 East Eighth - 544-2295Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.

LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP424 S. Jackson 544-4828

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Sunday Church - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.Pre-Service Prayer - half hour before service

LONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51

Church 624-3784 Home 624-3104Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Contemporary Worship Celebration - 10:45 a.m.Jr. High & Sr. High Youth Group - Sunday 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Evening Fellowship - 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening Adult Study - 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 8:00 p.m.Christian Life Club (age 2 - 18) - 6:30 p.m.

MY FATHER’S HOUSEA Full Gospel Church207 East 6th - Hugoton

Pam Peachey, Pastor544-2436Services

Sundays 10:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.PRIMERO BAUTISTA IGLESIA

HISPANO Congregación618 Main sur - Hugoton

620-370-1003Pastor Marcelino Auila

Servicio de la Iglesia11:00 a.m. - Domingo7:00 p.m. - Miércoles

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER CHURCHPastor - Eric Mason

620-544-6386www.sovereignredeemerchurch.org

ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551

Sunday - 11:00 a.m. English Mass- 1:00 p.m. - Spanish Mass

AGAPE CHURCH OF HUGOTON

409 East Ninth, Hugoton453-2711

Pastor Bob RichSunday – 10:30 a.m.

ASAMBLEA DE DIOSLOS REDIMIDOS DEL REY

Martes 7:00 PMJueves 7:00 PM

Domingo 3:00 PM138 S. Main Hugoton

Pastores: Martinez620-544-7096

ASSEMBLY OF GODMain and Second Street

544-2773Ben Coats, Pastor

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Life Groups Sunday Nights - 6:00 p.m.Inside Out Kids Wed. - 6:30 p.m.

Student Ministry @ The Turnaround - Wed. 7:00 p.m.

BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH

11th & Jefferson - 544-8517Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Service - 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Evening Ministries - 6:30 p.m.

(Children, Youth, & Adult)

CHURCH OF CHRIST1045 S. Van Buren

Church: 544-2825 Home: 453-0965Lee Rottman

1041 S. Van BurenWednesday - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF LATTER DAY SAINTS520 E. First

544-2125Sacrament - 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Priesthood - 11:00 a.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE500 S. Van Buren 544-2493

Pastor Dave PiperSunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.Evening Services - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.COWBOY CHURCH - HUGOTONSecond & Fourth Tuesday of every month

Stevens County Commercial Building at Fairgrounds 7:00 p.m.

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

Tenth and JeffersonLawrence Johnson, PastorSunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Bible Band (Tuesday) - 6:00 p.m.

Home and Forn. Miss. (Friday) - 6:00 p.m.Youth - 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

You are invited tocome worship withfamily and friends at Pioneer Manor

May 11Hillbilly Band

May 18First Christian Church

The parents of Britney Maria Crane and VanceCameron Marlin are happy to announce the recent en-gagement of their children. Britney is the daughter ofVance and Kendrea Hall and the late Ronald E. Craneof Hugoton and Vance is the son of Monty and EllenMarlin of Sublette. The couple plan to marry September 6, 2014 at theSublette Southern Baptist Church in Sublette. A re-ception will follow the ceremony.

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provide the fire departmentwith. He reminded the commis-sioners of the new industriesthat have been added and someof the danger aspects that haveconsequently been added forfiremen. The county needs tomake sure the firemen are wellinsured. Tommy went into detailabout the policies for each fire-man and what is provided byeach. The state helps with thepolicies by paying 85%. Thereare now 30 firemen in service forStevens County. Commissionerssaid they will discuss this somemore.

Martin Daharsh stopped into discuss a concern he has. Hesaid this thing out at the pondsis just getting ridiculous. Hestated he was mowing on hisown property, near the alley oneast city limits. As he stepped offhis mower he was buzzed by adirt bike going 45 to 55 miles perhour. He said the Sheriff’s De-partment was quick to take careof the incident and admitted hedoes see them patrolling thearea. But he said they have a

bad problem with bikes andATVs flying down the alleys outthere. He said besides the safetyof the residents they are causinga dirt fog problem. He said heread in the paper last year afence might be in the plans buthe said he hasn’t seen it. Heknows of no other solution buthad been visiting with other res-idents in the same area. Muchdiscussion followed. The factthat the city allows these bikesand ATVs to travel down alley-ways does not help the situa-tion. If they had to be loaded upand hauled out to the ponds itmight help with the control ofthem. Possibly a property tax oran off road permit might help.Dave and Ted both agreed afence will be probably the bestthing. Bob Johnson said thecounty’s hands are a little tied ifthe city allows them down thealleys. Pat commented he seesthat there is not much for kidsto do in Hugoton, but safety hasto be seen to. Daharsh said he isgoing to go talk to the city coun-cil. Dave said to let him know,he wants to go with him. Tedsaid when the ponds are full ithelps but since it is dry it ischaotic. Summer is here and itwill be a mess. He says he onlysees a fence as a help. Martinsaid he has no problem with thekids riding but there needs to berespect. They all agreed thecounty cannot do this alone, thecity will have to help also. Tedsuggested from First Street to al-most Sixth really needs to befenced. That will help the Sher-iff’s Department have some con-trol.

Josh Morris and NancyHonig were next on the agenda.Josh said he is acting countydirector for Nancy while she ison sabbatical. They brought inthe 2015 budget for the StevensCounty Extension. They havenot increased their budget for anumber of years but saw it nec-essary to increase it somewhatfor 2015. Dean Van Horn andAbel Sullivan came along insupport. Commissioners com-mended the Extension for thegood job they are doing.

Sherri Martin from StevensCounty Conservation brought intheir budget for 2015. She saidthey have not increased theirbudget since 2005 but have toincrease it for 2015. Things havebeen increasing since 2007 butthey have been trimming downwherever they could and usingsome of their backup funds. Herdepartment is very conservative.They will probably be put out oftheir office for a short time againas they were last year. Shewants to be prepared for that.Last year they set up shop in herdining room. It didn’t work outtoo well. The commissionerssaid they will look their budgetover.

Susan Schulte talked aboutsome issues for the Memorial

Hall.Greg Wellbrock came in and

requested an executive session.No action was taken.

Miscellaneous items: BobEyestone will be asked to serveagain on the Library Board.Phillip Willis stopped in to getsome signatures. Pat Hall wasappointed to make up a pro-posal for the city. They dis-cussed the roads that are doneby the Manor addition. Theylook really good. Commissionersdiscussed the Fireman ReliefFund. They agreed this shouldbe done. Rus-sell Child Development and an-other entity brought in theirbudgets and request for con-tracts.

Paula Rowden brought in thebids for the sprinkler system atthe Health Department. Thebids were far apart. Paula hadalready left so the commission-ers decided to ask her to comeback after lunch to explain whatshe specified in her request forbids.

Next on the schedule was agroup of gentlemen requestingthat Road M be extended. Theysaid they have to travel throughtown to move their equipment toother fields and would really liketo have the road extended. Theyalso feel it is a safety issue as thegood road comes to an end andgoes into a two track road. Thiscould be a wreck waiting to hap-pen. Bob will check with thelandowners involved. It may be-come a legal issue, but it will bepursued.

Some changes in meetingdates were discussed andtabled. The bids for the healthdepartment were discussedsome more.

Janet Smith came in to dis-cuss the trailer issue from a fewmeetings ago. She had drawnout plans for their trailer as wellas statistics for it. Bob suggestedgetting a copy of the zoning lawsfor Hugoton/Stevens County.She already had one. Bob saidthere is a procedure to follow torequest an exception. Janet leftsaying she understands thematter is still on the table then.

The commissioners took theirlunch break and returned at1:00 p.m.

The subject of meeting datechanges came up again. It wasdecided to change the May 19meeting to May 20. A legal no-tice will be published in the May15 newspaper.

The commissioners dis-cussed putting their lots in theManor addition on sale. Thiswas agreed to and it was decidedto sell them for half price untilSeptember 1, 2014.

Paula Rowden came in. Aftermuch discussion it was decidedto accept the low bid from Gray’sYard Service. Paula is to get adetailed list of what all their bidentails before they start.

Meeting adjourned.

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The 2013 - 2014 schoolyear is quickly drawing to aclose! Pre-enrollment for highschool students will be May19 in the MS/HS cafeteria.Incoming seniors/2015 grad-uates will enroll from 8:15 to9:30 a.m.; juniors/2016graduates from 9:30 to 10:45a.m.; and sophomores/2017graduates from 10:45 a.m. to12:15 p.m.

Incoming freshmen/2018graduates will receive enroll-ment forms May 12. Studentswill choose six electives withthe help of Mrs. Mahan andMrs. Gaskill. Over the sum-

mer, the counselor will buildthe freshmen schedulesusing two of the six selectedelectives. Freshmen enroll-ment forms must be handedin no later than May 20 at theFreshmen Transition meet-ing.

No students will be al-lowed to enroll early. If youare unable to attend enroll-ment, a parent can attend orMrs. Mahan can assist you.

Regarding checkout proce-dures for the end of the year,students will be given a checkout sheet next week. Friday,May 16, high school students

may start checking out byturning in books and otherclassroom items to theirteachers. Some students mayalso be able to clean out their

lockers and have teacherssign the check out form. Stu-dents may complete thecheck out process Monday,May 19.

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What’s Happenin with Hugoton Students?

Fifth Grade Choir Students present their concert in the Elementary School Gym. Students are directed Tuesday,

April 29 by Mrs. Lindsay Denton and accompanied by Mrs. Cynthia Hancock at the piano.

Hugoton Middle School Tracksters CarlosTinoco, Nathan Leininger, Azareal Rodriguez,Brooklyn Harper, Damyan DonJuan, Ivan

Villa, Ismael Urquidi and Adan Vera beam atthe recent middle school track meet at Holcomb.

Bradley Campbell proudlydisplays his plaque denotinghis record 39 wrestling wins,the most this season by anEagle. Bradley also competedat State wrestling in Salina.

Mr. Mark Newton presents the sixth grade band at their concertlast Tuesday evening. Students entertained the crowd with sev-eral impressive pieces of music.

Carolina Sanchez, Alondra Camacho and Elizabeth Froese par-ticipate in speed stacking plastic cups at the recent Mini Relayfor Life.

Abengoa representatives Aren and Hannah visit HCA to sharethe basics of making bioethanol. Their visit was very appreciatedby the students and teachers.

Audra Perry, Taylor Grubbs, Ella Martin and Aracely Riveralook a bit taken aback at the Mini Relay for Life last week atthe Hugoton Elementary School. Students gathered donationsin the amount of $6,826.43 in the fight against cancer.

Aren and Hannah from Abengoa wow the students at HeritageChristian with their impressive demonstration of the ethanolmaking process.

Ross Grewell, at far left, and Will Barker, second runner fromright, compete at the recent track meet in Garden City. Officialresults from the track meet will be featured in an upcoming issueof The Hermes.

Heritage Christian Academy athletes McKenna Hamlin, at left,and Annha Eshbaugh, at right, sprint down Garden City Com-munity College’s track during the track meet Friday, May 2.

Heritage Christian’s Rustin Pearcy leaps across the sand duringthe long jump event at the track meet last Friday. Student-ath-letes from several schools showed their skills at the meet.

Ross Grewell, Will Barker, Gavin Williams, McKenna Hamlinand Molly McClure are excited to dig into the Passover meal atHeritage Christian Academy before Easter.

HCA teachers help all the students wash their hands properlybefore the Passover meal recently. Teachers and students cametogether to learn about the Easter holiday and its significance.

End of year procedures for high school students outlined

schedule changeThe May 5 Hugoton Middle/High School Choirconcert has been moved to Monday, May 12 at

7:00 p.m. in the HHS Auditorium. TheHMS/HHS bands will perform Monday, May 19

at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium(The calendar is incorrect.)

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Hugoton High Schooltrack and field team traveledto Scott City for an Invita-tional Track meet April 22,2014.Girls’ Results800m Run4 Katie Heger 2:45.473200m run2 Katie Heger 13:25.28Triple Jump4 Ana Pena 32-03.00High Jump6 Catie LeNeve J4-06.00Javelin Throw1 Taylor Fiss 109-03Team placed eighth Boys’ Results4x800m Run2 Ulises Armendariz, LuisCastro, Edgar Don Juan,Manuel Mendez 8:54.371600m Run1 Issac Castro 5:02.215 Miguel Martinez 5:07.27400m Run5 Pedro Ordonez 55.61300m Hurdles2 Brad Hemann 43.53

800m Run4 Luis Castro 2:15.81200m Run5 Jack Stalcup 25.316 Wade Heger 25.453200m Run1 Issac Castro 10:56.322 Miguel Martinez 11:03.574x400m Relay6 Hugoton, Ulises Armen-dariz, Luis Castro, WadeHeger, Pedro OrdonezPole Vault6 Logan Frederick 11-06.00Shot Put3 Luis Sanchez 45-02.00Discus Throw3 Luis Sanchez 125-00Javelin Throw1 Logan Frederick 149-07Team placed third

The Hugoton High Schooltrack team really had a greatevening for a track and fieldmeet Friday, May 2 in Hugo-ton. “We had some good per-formances. The kids continueto make good progress,” saidCoach Nick Rodriguez.

The team is getting intothe last few weeks of trackand field. There will be ameet at Lakin May 9, andHugoton will host the leagueTrack meet May 15. The Re-gional track meet will be May23.Girls’ ResultsHigh Jump6 Catie LeNeve 4-08.00Long Jump6 Ana Pena 14-03.25Triple Jump1 Ana Pena 33-02.006 Taylor Fiss 30-09.00Javelin2 Taylor Fiss 109’ 3” 1600m Run5 Jackie Garcia 6:09.913200m Run2 Katie Heger 12:30.49

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Thursday, May 8, 2014Boys’ Junior Varsity Golf In-

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sity Baseball Doubleheader vsColby at Home; 4:00 p.m.

Girls’ Varsity & Junior Var-sity Softball Doubleheader atColby High School; 4:00 p.m.Friday, May 9, 2014

Varsity Track Invitational atLakin High School; 3:00 p.m.

Boys’ Varsity Baseball Dou-bleheader at Scott City HighSchool; 4:00 p.m.

Girls’ Varsity & Junior Var-sity Softball Doubleheader vsScott at Home; 4:00 p.m.Saturday, May 10, 2014

Boys’ Varsity Golf Invita-tional at Ulysses High School;9:00 a.m.

Seventh & Eighth GradeTrack Tournament at LiberalSouth Middle School; 10:00a.m.Monday, May 12, 2014

Boys’ Junior Varsity Golf In-vitational at SouthwesternHeights; 10:00 a.m.Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Boys’ Varsity & Junior Var-sity vs Ulysses at Home; 4:00p.m.

Girls’ Varsity & Junior Var-sity at Ulysses High School;4:00 p.m.Thursday, May 15, 2014

Boys’ Varsity Golf Tourna-ment at Ulysses High School;3:00 p.m.

Varsity Track Invitational atHome; 3:00 p.m.

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Estefani Armendariz races towards the finish line during Hugoton’s Invitational track meet.

Caleb Gayer glides over the hurdles as he makes his way to thefinish line.

Taryn Garza throws the softball to first base for the out during the game against Lakin Monday.

Taylor Fiss throws the javelin as far as possible during a recent track meet in Elkhart.

Edgar Don Juan hands the baton to team mate Ulises Armendariz during Hugoton’s Invitational Track Meet.

The Hugoton High Schooltrack team traveled to Rollato compete in the Fifty-thirdAnnual Ron Reed HighSchool Invitational April 28,2014.Girls’ Results100m Dash2 Anna Trotter 15.245 Ana Escobar 15.51200m Dash2 Ana Escobar 34.213 Anna Trotter 35.78Shot Put1 Anna Trotter 31-04.003 Carly Hittle 29-11.004 Abigail Crawford 21-06.50Discus Throw2 Anna Trotter 86-063 Carly Hittle 63-054 Abigail Crawford 48-02.50Javelin Throw2 Abigail Crawford 52-01Boys’ Results100m Dash2 Miguel Rubio 12.094 Ben Cabrera 12.81

Oscar Rubio 13.11200m Dash2 Miguel Rubio 25.313 Noel Camacho 27.07400m Dash3 Tony Kinser 1:01.634 Ben Cabrera 1:01.88800m Run2 Takoda Eckert 2:35.95

3 Trace Peterson 2:59.711600m Run1 Kole Kahl 5:40.572 Takoda Eckert 5:42.473 Ian Pomeroy 6:42.903200m Run1 Kole Kahl 12:51.692 Hunter Dale 13:53.54110m Hurdles1 Marshal Nightingale 18.442 Caleb Gayer 19.144x100m Relay2 Ben Cabrera, Noel Cama-cho, Oscar Rubio, MiguelRubio 48.784x400m Relay1 Ben Cabrera, Kole Kahl,Trace Peterson, MarshalNightingale 4:44.03High Jump1 Tony Kinser 5-10.00Long Jump2 Caleb Gayer 17-07.003 Rance Ralstin 17-02.504 Tony Kinser 15-06.00Shot Put2 Moses Carrillo 32-05.003 Alfredo Luna 32-00.004 Kole Kahl 31-01.00Discus Throw1 Moses Carillo 100-042 Alfredo Luna 89-01Javelin Throw1 Alfredo Luna 110-11.503 Moses Carrillo 100-10.50

Hugoton High SchoolTrack and Field team trav-eled to Holcomb to competein the Holcomb High SchoolInvitational April 25, 2014.Girls Results1600m Run6 Katie Heger 6:03.69Long Jump4 Ana Pena 14-01.25Triple Jump3 Ana Pena 32-01.25Team place eleventh Boys Results 200m Run6 Jack Stalcup 23.984x800m Relay1 Luis Castro, ManuelMendez, Miguel Martinez,Issac Castro 8:32.931600m Run6 Edgar Villa 5:10.85400m Run

1 Ulises Armendariz 53.00300m Hurdles2 Brad Hemann 42.45800m Run4 Luis Castro 2:09.215 Edgar Don Juan 2:09.983200m Run2 Issac Castro 10:04.294 Miguel Martinez 10:37.334x400m Relay4 Wade Heger, Luis Castro,Manuel Mendez, Ulisses Ar-mendarizDiscus Throw6 Luis Sanchez 117-09.50Javelin Throw4 Logan Frederick 138-01Long Jump3 Mitchell Persinger19-07.00Shot Put2 Luis Sanchez 44-01.00Team placed third

Hugoton High Schooltrack and Field team traveledto Johnson for the StantonCounty Invitational April 22,2014.Girls’ ResultsShot Put4 Anna Totter 29’ 4”Discus Throw2 Anne Trotter 79-075 Carly Hittle 71-03.50200m Run6 Ana Escobar 32.31Team placed fifth Boys’ Results110m Hurdles1 Caleb Gayer 18.44100m Dash4 Ben Cabrera 11.715 Miguel Rubio 11.721600m Run

3 Edgar Villa 5:22.124 Kole Kahl 5:28.956 Takoda Eckert 5:59.374x100m Relay3 Ben Cabrera, MiguelRubio, Oscar Rubio, Noel Ca-macho400m Run5 Ben Cabrera 1:00.26800m Run3 Hole Kahl 2:23.764 Edgar Villa 2:26.606 Takoda Eckert 2:41.963200m Run5 Dale Hunter 13:09.664x400m Run4 Takoda Eckert, TonyKinser, Trace Peterson, KoleKahlTeam placed fifth

Hugoton High School hosts track meet

Track athletes compete at Rolla

Boy’s team placesthird at Holcomb

Eagles compete at Scott CityInvitational Track meet

Girl’s and boy’s teams bothplace fifth at Stanton County

The Hugoton MiddleSchool traveled to HolcombMiddle School April 25. Thetop three places receivedmedals at the meet.Seventh grade boys 4x100 meter2 Hugoton 4x200 meter Relay3 Hugoton 200 meter Dash2 Dawson Kerbow 4x400 meter Relay2 Hugoton 4:28.83Shot Put 1 Cristian Landa Discus Throw 1 Cristian Landa 120-02Eighth grade boys 3200 meter Run1 Jahaziel Garica 100 meter Hurdles 3 Armando Martinez 200 meter Hurdles3 Nick Mahan400 meter Dash3 Nick Mahan4x200 meter Relay3 Hugoton200 meter Dash

1 Mitchell Hamlin4x400 meter Relay1 Hugoton 3:46Broke the school record!4x800 Relay1 HugotonHigh Jump3 Mitchell HamlinTriple Jump 3 Ivan VillaPole Vault3 Azareal RodriguezSeventh grade girls 100 meter Dash 2 Rebecca Johnson 4x100 meter Relay 2 Hugoton 200 meter Dash3 Rebecca Johnson 4x400 Relay 3 Hugoton 4x8002 Hugoton Shot Put3 Mattison Taylor Discus Throw 3 Mattison TaylorHigh Jump2 Rebecca Johnson

Eighth grade girls 4x100 meter Relay 2 Hugoton 4x200 meter Relay2 Hugoton

Shot Put3 Johanna Rawlins Long Jump1 Dallie Hoskinson

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The Eagles traveled toGuymon Thursday wherethey put away the Tigers infive innings. Jumping to a 9to 2 lead in the first inning,the Hugoton boys continuedto hold Guymon until thethird, where the Tigers scoredtheir last run of the game.Hugoton again exploded inthe fourth, where they addedanother eight runs andsealed the win. Hugoton tookthe win 17 to 3, run rulingthe Tigers.

Yates Sutton took themound for the first three in-nings, taking the Eagles to-ward a big win. Suttonallowed two hits and threeruns during the three in-nings. Two of the runs wereearned. With two batters

walked and two strike outsSutton ended his three in-nings with .577 percent afterthrowing 52 balls; 30 of thosewere strikes.

Dakota Moodie came in tofinish up the last two innings.Moodie had two hits and onestrike out during the fourthand fifth innings. Throwing18 balls with 13 of thosebeing strikes he ended with a.722 ball/strike percentage.

Hugoton sent 34 battersto the plate racking up 14hits, 12 RBIs, five walks andone strike out. Sutton led inruns, scoring three on fourhits and getting one RBI. Allin all, the team ended with a48 percent batting average forthe game.

Hugoton Hurricanes traveling basketball teamplaces first at the MAYB Basketball Tourna-ment in Garden City Saturday, April 26, 2014.Pictured are, back row Coach Pam Hamlin,Bailey Miller, Jordyn Beard, McKenna Hamlin

and Coach Lalane McClure. In the middle isMikyn Hamlin. In the first row are BrooklynMiller and Molly McClure. Not pictured areOlivah Archeleta and Jaelyn Kelley. Picture courtesy of Beth Beard.

Brooklyn Harper clears the bar with room to spare during thetrack meet in Hugoton last week.

Yates Sutton winds up for the throw to the Lakin baseball player.Hugoton won both games in the doubleheader. Story will be innext week’s Hermes.

Enti Guzman is up and over the high jump bar during the trackmeet in Hugoton.

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HMS athletes place at Holcomb track meet

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFLORETTA CAVNER, A/K/ALORETTA MAE CAVNER

DECEASED

Case No. 08-PR-4

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are notified that on May 2,2014, a Petition was filed in this Courtby Kelly R. Cavner, an heir, devisee,legatee and named fiduciary in the Last

Will and Testament of Loretta Cavner,deceased, dated February 23, 2001, re-questing Informal Administration and toAdmit the Will to Probate.You are required to file your written de-fenses to the Petition on or before May30, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. in this Court, inthe City of Hugoton, in Stevens County,Kansas, at which time and place thecause will be heard. Should you fail tofile your written defenses, judgment anddecree will be entered in due courseupon the Petition.

/s/ Jeremiah JohnsonJeremiah Johnson, #21968

Graber & Johnson Law Group, LLC701 Vilymaca, PO Box 450

Elkhart, KS 67950(620) 697-2163

Attorneys for Petitioner

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cant Impact (FONSI) for the improve-ments identified at the Hugoton Mu-nicipal Airport, Stevens County,Kansas. The FONSI is being madeavailable to the public pursuant toPart 1506 of the Council on Environ-mental Quality Regulations concern-ing implementation of the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act. Copies ofthe FONSI can be viewed at the Hugo-ton Municipal Airport, Kansas High-way 56, Hugoton, Kansas 67951 or atthe Federal Aviation Administration,Airports Division, 901 Locust, KansasCity, Missouri 64106.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate of: MELVABONSALL, deceased(Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter59)

Case No. 14-PR-14

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The State of Kansas To All PersonsConcerned:

You are hereby notified that on the28th day of April, 2014, a Petition forProbate of Will and for Issuance ofLetters Testamentary was filed in thisCourt by Roger Bonsall, one of theheirs, devisees and legatees and asthe Executor named in the “Last Will

and Testament of Melva Bonsall,” de-ceased, and upon Voluntary Entry ofAppearance and Waiver of Notice filedtherein by all of the heirs at law, de-visees and legatees of said decedent,Roger Bonsall was duly appointed Ex-ecutor of the Last Will and Testamentand Estate of Melva Bonsall.

All creditors of the decedent arenotified to exhibit their demandsagainst the Estate within four (4)months from the date of the first pub-lication of this notice as provided bylaw, and if their demands are not thusexhibited they shall be forever barred.

s/ Roger Bonsall

James C. DodgeSharp McQueen, P.A.419 N. Kansas, P.O. Box 2619Liberal, KS 67905-2619Phone: (620) 624-2548Attorney for Petitioner

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The April 2014 meeting ofthe Wranglers 4-H Club wascalled to order by JuniorPresident Frances Gaskill.Flag salute, pledge and mottowere led by Vallery andLakoda Persing. Junior Sec-retary Jewels Kraisinger thencalled roll which was an-swered by "What do you wantto be when you grow up?"Jewels then read the minutes

from the last month’s meet-ing. Garrette Hinds gave thetreasurer’s report.

Junior Reporter ConnorWells reported Club ReporterRaegan Hinds had submittedan article to the HugotonHermes. McKenzie Hindsthen gave her Historian Re-port. At this time there wereno 4-H Council or JuniorLeadership reports for the

club. Leader Carla Kerbowthen gave the leader’s report.She reminded club membersabout various importantdates from the newsletter.There was no new or unfin-ished business for the club.

Program for the eveningincluded a project talk fromGarrette Hinds titled "Fromthe Show Ring to the Table".His talk was over goat meatcuts. Kaitlyn Dobie gave a

project talk about "HealthyChoices". Jacob Bell finishedthe program by giving a talkabout the weather. Emmettand Frances Gaskill led theclub in an Easter CandyHunt for Recreation.

Refreshments and cleanup were provided by theWells and Kerbow families.

Submitted by WranglersClub Reporter Raegan Hinds.

Symptoms of a heart at-tack can include radiatingpain down the arm and tight-ness in the chest. While thesemay be universally recog-nized symptoms of heart at-tacks for men, new studieshave shown such symptomsare not necessarily whatwomen can expect if they'rehaving a heart attack.

Research indicates womenmay experience symptomsquite different from menwhen it comes to heart at-tacks. Dismissing the symp-toms of a heart attack candelay life-saving actions. It iscritical for women to recog-nize warning signs. Evenwhen signs are subtle, the re-sults can be deadly.

The American Heart Asso-ciation notes a heart attacksoccurs when blood flowbringing oxygen-rich blood to

the heart is slowed down orcut off. Arteries supplyingblood flow to the heart maygradually become blocked bycholesterol, fat and plaque.The National Institutes ofHealth indicate women oftenexperience new or unusualphysical symptoms as earlyas a month before experienc-ing a heart attack.

Women's symptoms maynot be as predictable asmen's, but there are stillsome signs to consider:

* sweating,* pressure in the chest and

back that may feel like a ropebeing tightened around thebody,

* nausea,* pain in the back, neck,

jaw or stomach,* shortness of breath with-

out having exerted yourself,* lightheadedness,

* chest pain may be pres-ent, but fewer than 30 per-cent of women actuallyexperience any pain in theirchest,

* unusual fatigue,* indigestion, and/or* sleep disturbances.If a woman experiences

any of the above symptomsand suspects a heart attack,it is better to be safe thansorry. First, call 9-1-1 andmake sure to follow the oper-ator's instructions. Chew andswallow an aspirin (325 mg) ifyou have one available. As-pirin will prevent platelets inthe blood from clotting andfurther blocking up an af-fected artery. This preventsany other heart muscle cellsfrom dying from a clot ob-struction.

If you suspect you are hav-ing a heart attack, do not

drive yourself to the hospital.Wait for paramedics or havesomeone else drive if youhave no other choice. Liedown and try to remain ascalm as possible until emer-gency responders arrive. Besomewhere safe in case youlose consciousness and havethe door unlocked so EMTscan get inside your homeshould you lose conscious-ness.

One of the best ways to re-main healthy with regard toheart attack is to take certainpreventative measures to re-duce your risk of heart at-tack. Quitting smoking,walking 30 minutes per dayand choosing foods lower infat and dietary cholesterolcan help prevent heart at-tacks.

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Akela Clark Miller will begraduating from Fort HaysState University Saturday, May17, at 10:00 a.m. in the GrossMemorial Coliseum at Hays.Akela has earned a Bachelorsof Business Administration inMarketing from FHSU.

If you are unable to attendthe commencement exercises,don’t fret! Akela and her familywill be hosting a graduationparty Saturday, May 24, from2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at 411 Jeffer-son in Hugoton. There will berefreshments, and cards andgifts are welcome. Everyone iscordially invited to attend tocongratulate Akela for herachievement.

Mariah Rome dances in Wichita at the Stageone dance compe-tition. On her solo dance she received a platinum. She also gotfirst place in her division. The four songs her troupe performedall got high golds. Photo courtesy of Lori Rome.

Quillen awarded scholarship at CCC-Hastings

State leaders unveil new effort to help foster parents

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Congratulations 2014Graduates!

The Stevens County LibrarySummer Reading Program –Fizz, Boom, Read – sign upsfor all ages are going on now atthe library. Brochures areavailable at the signup desk inthe front hallway.

Hugoton is looking forwardto having Biking AcrossKansas come through townSaturday, June 7. Nine hun-dred riders and support crewswill be coming through townon the start of their week-longtrek across the state. Theystart either at the Coloradostate line or Elkhart at about7:00 a.m. and should startcoming through town around8:00 a.m. for most of themorning and early afternoon.They will be traveling alongHighway 56 through Hugoton,Moscow and on to Satanta tospend the night. The Chamberplans to put out the “welcomemat” with a free water stop at

the City Park that morning tohelp the riders on their way.We also hope many of themwill be stopping at our localbusinesses for refreshments ora meal, to see what our com-munity has to offer, or pick upsupplies or gifts for family andfriends. If you have any ques-tions about this event comingthrough town, give me a call atthe Chamber office.

Be sure to get your wife,mother or grandmother regis-tered at participating mer-chants for the Super Momcontest. There are 21 partici-pating merchants includingThe Showplace, Whites Food-liner, NAPA Auto Parts, Citi-zens State Bank, China, FirstNational Bank, StevensCounty Retail Pharmacy, Fin-ishing Touches, Hugoton Her-mes, and Pizza Hut. Eachbusiness has a special prize fortheir winner and the HugotonArea Chamber of Commercewill give the grand prize winner

$50 in Chamber Bucks. Thedrawing for SUPER MOM willbe Monday, May 12, 2014.

The girls at Peace Househave been working to get readyto open a Thrift Shop at 715South Van Buren. If you haveany items you would like todonate to this ministry, con-tact Patty Bultman at 620-428-2046. They are currentlyopen Tuesdays.

Next race coming up atDirtona Raceway – Saturday,May 31 – Pit Opens at 3:00p.m., Go Kart Races (spon-sored by the Parsons Trust)and Grandstands open at 4:00p.m., Races start at 7:00 p.m.Go Karts, Micros, Hobbys,Elkhart Auto Supply StockCars, Sport Mods, Aqua ShieldConstruction Modifieds. Let’sgo out to the races!!

Shop STEVENS COUNTYFirst! The Hugoton AreaChamber of Commerce is herefor YOU!

This Saturday, May 10, is afull day at the Activity Center.The Sew All Day Activity startsat 8:30 a.m. The Canasta play-ers will begin playing at 6:00p.m., and the dance begins at7:00 p.m. and ends at 10:00p.m. with Bob Walter providingthe live music. You are wel-come to join us for any or all ofthese activities.

Mother’s Day is Sunday,May 11. I wish all you moms ahappy day with your family!

The next Life Story Work-shop is Wednesday, May 14,from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. I alsohave one scheduled for Satur-day, May 24, from 10:00 to11:00 a.m. This is an ab-solutely free workshop meantto help you start writing yourlife story. Please call me at theActivity Center if you are inter-ested in doing this. Your chil-dren, grandchildren, niecesand nephews will thank you forwriting your memoirs!

If you have questions con-cerning caregiving, legal mat-ters, disability, healthinsurance, housing, etc.,please call Michael Johnston atSouthwest Kansas AreaAgency on Aging at 620-225-8240.

MenuMay 8..................Ham & BeansMay 9..................................FishMay 12 .......................SpaghettiMay 13 ...........................BrisketMay 14..............Birthday Meal

.............Chicken Fried SteakMay 15 ................................BLT

ActivitiesFriday, May 9Bingo..................12:30 p.m.Saturday, May 10Sew All Day .........................Cards & Games.....6:00 p.m.Dance ...................7:00 p.m.

with Bob WalterMonday, May 12Line Dancing ........7:00 p.m.Wednesday, May 14Paint.....................1:00 p.m.Daily – Monday thru FridayExercise ..............10:30 a.m.No Bridge until September

Among approximately 160individuals planning to at-tend Central Community Col-lege in Hastings, Ne., whohave received scholarshipsfor the 2014-15 academic

year is 2014 Hugoton HighSchool graduate KelseyQuillen. Kelsey is the daugh-ter of Bryan and DeannaQuillen.

Kansas Department forChildren and Families (DCF)Secretary Phyllis Gilmore an-nounced last Wednesday,May 1, in Topeka, a new ef-fort to help foster parents. AFoster Care and Family Serv-ices Ombudsman will beginserving foster parents whohave specific issues or con-cerns that need to be ad-dressed.

Niomi Burget currentlyserves as Director of ClientServices for DCF. She will as-sume the new role of Om-budsman beginning July 1.Her office will be located inthe Topeka DCF Service Cen-ter. A new toll free phonenumber will be establishedby that date for foster parentsto call when they need helpresolving a problem.

“Niomi has a heart forhelping others and she will doa tremendous job serving fos-ter families in Kansas,” Sec-retary Gilmore said. “Creatingan Ombudsman position tohelp foster parents is just astarting point; we will con-tinue to look at other ways wecan let foster parents knowthey are needed and appreci-ated.”

The announcement wasmade during a foster care in-formational event at theKansas State Capitol Build-ing. A packed room was filled

with foster families and fostercare stakeholders who heardfrom Governor Sam Brown-back, Secretary Gilmore andTopeka foster parent Tim Wil-son. The Governor urgedKansans to consider fostercare.

“There is a need and if wedon’t step up to help, we’ll seemore kids struggling,” Gover-nor Brownback said.

The Governor commendedthe Wilson family who havefostered 18 children. Tim Wil-son shared his story of fostercare with those in atten-dance.

“All of the children we havefostered have been reunitedwith their biological families,and that’s the goal,” Wilsonsaid. “If you have love and ahome, consider foster care.”

The informational stake-holder groups included KVC,St. Francis, Children’s Al-liance, DCCCA, Ember Hope,Global Orphan Project, KCSL,KFAPA, KYAC, Project Be-long, Safe Families, TFI andWichita Children’s Home.

The news conference wasfollowed by lunch provided byKVC and St. Francis, andmusic was performed by theTopeka High School jazzband. Legislators were invitedto speak with foster familiesand organizations to learnmore about the foster care

system.Foster Care Statistics•There are currently 6,019

children in foster care inKansas.

•Approximately 2,500 fam-ily foster homes are licensedin Kansas.

•Approximately 380 chil-dren are available for adop-tion in the state.

•96 percent of children infoster care are placed in afamily-like setting.

•The average age of a fos-ter child is eight.

•43 percent of children infoster care are under six; 15percent are 16 or older.

•Children who will be re-united with their parents,spend an average of eightmonths in foster care.

•To be a foster parent youmust:

– Be at least 21– Pass background checks– Have sufficient income– Participate in a family

assessment– Complete training– Obtain sponsorship– Complete first aid train-

ing– Be licensed by the

Kansas Department of Healthand Environment

Submitted by Kansas De-partment for Children andFamilies.

Brother and sister duo,Khalid and Aminah Gabriellaboth want an active familythat will adopt both of themtogether.

Older brother Khalid likeshelping around the houseand doing chores, includingdoing the dishes. In schoolKhalid’s favorite subject ismath, which he says is easyfor him. He enjoys havingfamily game night and alsolikes to go bowling. Khalid isa happy and friendly childwho enjoys being aroundother children. He is respect-ful of adults and gets alongwith them very well.

Younger sister AminahGabriella, who goes byGabby, also enjoys helpingaround the house. She en-joys going swimming andbowling as she considersthose activities to be a lot offun to do. Gabby’s favorite

class in school is art, as shelikes to paint and be creative.She is an outgoing andhappy little girl that is kindand polite to her peers andadults.

Both children want a fam-ily that will take the time toinclude them in family activ-ities and give them the loveand stability they deserve. Ahome with pets is a bonus aswell. To learn more aboutadoption visit www.adoptkskids.org or call 877-457-5430. The children’s casenumbers are CH-5496 andCH-5497.

Khalid and Aminah Gabriella,ages 13 and eight

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The Kansas Department ofAgriculture (KDA) announcedlast Wednesday, May 1 its thirdannual statewide photo con-test. KDA invites individuals tosubmit photos that showcasehow agriculture touches theirlife by capturing the specialmoments, hard work, locallygrown and breath-takingbeauty of agriculture acrossthe state.

The contest includes fiveseparate categories, focusingon how agriculture impacts allKansans. The categories areFarm Faces, Picture PerfectPrairie, Agriculture at Work,Farm Animals and a Youth Di-vision. There is a place for everykind of photo. Descriptions ofeach category can be found onthe photo contest web page.

Finalists from each categorywill be selected based on socialmedia feedback through KDA’sFacebook and Pinterest ac-counts. Judging on KDA’s so-cial media platforms will closeFriday, June 13. Points will beallocated as listed below:

•Likes – one point each •Comments – five points

each •Shares/Repins – ten points

eachThe top five photos from

each category will advance tothe final round and will be re-viewed by board members andselected members of theKansas Legislature.

Photos will be judged oncreativity and composition.They may be used on the de-partment’s Web site, socialmedia pages and various othermarketing materials.

Photos submitted shouldnot be digitally manipulated orenhanced. Digitally manipu-lated or enhanced photos willbe disqualified. Normal crop-ping, color correction, etc. areacceptable.

Winners in each categorywill receive $100 gift cards.Second place winners will re-ceive $50 gift cards. Winningphotos as well as select photosfrom the contest will be dis-played throughout the newKDA building in Manhattan,Kansas. Photographers of theselected photos will be notifiedthat their photo will be on dis-play.

Photo entries should be sentin .jpg format to PhotoCon-test@kda.ks.gov. Entries mustinclude:

•A title and brief descriptionof each photo

•When and where the photowas taken

•Photographer’s full nameand age

•Photography category •Hometown •Email address Alternatively, CDs contain-

ing photo files and accompa-nied by all of the requiredinformation may be mailed orhand-delivered to: Kansas De-partment of Agriculture, Attn.:Communications, 109 SW 9thSt., 4th Floor, Topeka, KS66612.

Photos must be submittedno later than 5:00 p.m. CDT onFriday, May 30. Winners will beannounced by August 1, 2014.

In submitting photos, thephotographer gives the KansasDepartment of Agriculture per-mission to use them in anypublications, social media,websites, displays and otherplaces without payment orother consideration. Addition-ally, by submitting a photo thatincludes human subjects, thephotographer is indicating theyhave obtained full permissionfrom those subjects for thephotograph to be used in thesemanners as well.

For more information aboutthe photo contest and photocategories, please visitwww.agriculture.ks.gov/photocontest.

Submitted by the KansasDepartment of Agriculture.

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Hugoton FFA members are recognized for outstanding work atSouthwest Kansas FFA Banquet. State Degree recipients areMegan Bryan, Micah Baehler, Brady Marshall and BradyHeger. District Proficiency Award winners are Megan Bryan-Small Animal Production, Micah Baehler- Veterinary Science,Brady Marshall- Vegetable Production, Brady Heger- SwineProduction, Austin Nordyke- Turf Grass Management, and Ka-

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Holding the nation's No. 2800 time in hand from lastSaturday, Colorado School ofMines men's track and fieldfreshman Patrick Weaverearned his second RMACTrack Athlete of the Weekaward of the outdoor seasonThursday.

Weaver established theJack Christiansen Invita-tional track record in the 800behind the second-fastest Di-vision II automatic qualifica-tion of 1:49.14 (1:49.78),placing first among 32 overallin Fort Collins.

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keyed the 4x400 to runner-up out of ten in a provisionaland season-best 3:12.50(3:12.06) as the second leg.

Weaver has ran qualifyingtimes in 12 of 13 races in the800 between the indoor andoutdoor seasons, amassingsix wins – two at Division Imeets – and two runners-up.

The weekly recognition isthe third of his career andsixth by the Orediggers dur-ing the outdoor campaign.

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During American StrokeMonth in May, the AmericanHeart Association/AmericanStroke Association asks allKansans to learn two thingsthat may save a life.1. Know if you are at risk forstroke.2. Know the stroke warningsigns and what to do in astroke emergency.

Stroke is the number onepreventable cause of disabil-ity and the fourth leadingcause of death in the UnitedStates. Someone in theUnited States has a strokeevery 40 seconds, yet 80 per-cent of strokes are preventa-ble.

“Knowing if you are at riskfor stroke is highly important,because many risk factorscan be modified and con-trolled,” said Tony Nunn,Stroke Outreach Coordina-tor/Operational Lead Tele-Stroke-TeleHealth TheUniversity of Kansas Hospitaland American Stroke Associ-ation volunteer. “The numberone stroke risk factor is highblood pressure. Nearly 78million Americans have highblood pressure and manymore aren’t even aware thatthey have it. It’s important tocheck your blood pressureregularly and talk to yourdoctor about healthy levelsfor you.”

Through the AmericanStroke Association’s Togetherto End Stroke initiative, theassociation provides informa-tion and tools to help peopleto prevent, treat and beatstroke. A free stroke risk as-sessment, available atStrokeAssociation.org/strokemonth, helps individuals toevaluate their personal strokerisk and to work with theirdoctor to begin a preventionplan.

Together to End Stroke,nationally sponsored by Covi-dien, a global healthcareproduct company, teachesthe acronym F.A.S.T. to helppeople to recognize a strokeand what to do if one occurs:• F - Face Drooping: Doesone side of the face droop oris it numb? Ask the person tosmile.• A - Arm Weakness: Is onearm weak or numb? Ask theperson to raise both arms.Does one arm drift down-ward?• S - Speech Difficulty: Isspeech slurred, are they un-able to speak, or are theyhard to understand? Ask theperson to repeat a simplesentence like, “The sky isblue.” Is the sentence re-peated correctly?• T - Time to call 9-1-1: Ifthe person shows any of

these symptoms, even if thesymptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get them to thehospital immediately.

“Prevention is the bestcure, but in the event of astroke emergency, quickrecognition and treatmentmay have a dramatic impacton the outcome,” said MarkTurco, M.D., chief medical of-ficer, Covidien Vascular Ther-apies. “If you are at risk forstroke or spend time withsomeone who is, learning andsharing the stroke warningsigns should be a priority.”

Additional stroke signs in-clude sudden severeheadache with no knowncause; sudden trouble walk-ing, dizziness, loss of balanceor coordination; sudden trou-ble seeing in one or both eyes;or sudden confusion or trou-ble understanding.

Together to End Stroke of-fers a free “Spot a StrokeF.A.S.T.” mobile app for iOSand Android, including thewarning signs and a search-able map to find local hospi-tals recognized for heart andstroke care.

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Average retail gasolineprices in Kansas have fallen1.9 cents per gallon in thepast week, averaging $3.48/gSunday, according to Gas-Buddy's daily survey of 1,329gas outlets in Kansas. Thiscompares with the nationalaverage that has fallen 1.4cents per gallon in the lastweek to $3.64/g, according togasoline price website Gas-Buddy.com.

Including the change ingas prices in Kansas duringthe past week, prices yester-day were 7.8 cents per gallonhigher than the same day oneyear ago and are 2.5 centsper gallon higher than amonth ago. The national av-erage has increased 9.2 centsper gallon during the lastmonth and stands 13.4 centsper gallon higher than thisday one year ago.

"Finally, the news mo-torists have been waitingfor—it appears that at leastfor now, the national averagehas peaked," said Gas-Buddy.com Senior PetroleumAnalyst Patrick DeHaan."Since February 7, gasolineprices have been on an up-ward trajectory in a majorityof the U.S., and at least fornow, prices have broken thatupward trend and have stabi-lized. This is great news, as itlikely means in the next cou-ple weeks that gasoline priceswill begin seeing more down-ward momentum. By Memo-rial Day, if there aren't majorrefinery kinks that develop,we could see the national av-erage dropping into the$3.50s, or perhaps evenlower," DeHaan said.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009Kaiti Hemann, daughter of

Brian and Stephanie Hemann,was crowned Miss Teen andJunior Teen Kansas-World atWichita and was awarded apageant Persistence Award forher persistence and dedica-tion. (She competed even witha fractured foot.) She will nowgo on to compete at the Na-tional Miss Teen UnitedStates-World pageant takingplace in Houston, Tx. in July2009.

Common Grounds CoffeeShop had their Grand Open-ing and Ribbon Cutting on thecorner of Sixth and Main.

Thursday, May 6, 2004Nathaniel Beau Hancock

was honored at the UniversityDance Company concert byreceiving the Elizabeth Sher-bon Dance Award. Hancock isa graduate of Hugoton HighSchool and has attended KUfor the past four years.

Thursday, May 5, 1994Hank Nichols of Moscow

has filed as a candidate for theposition of County Commis-sioner for the First District ofStevens County.

Thursday, May 10, 1984Mary Allen was honored by

the Hugoton school employeesfor her twenty-three years as acook at the school.

The float built by Hugoton’sBuilders Service won FirstPlace at the Pioneer Day Cele-bration in Guymon.

Thursday, May 2, 1974

Sally Johnson has tenderedher resignation as elementaryschool music teacher aftertwelve years of service. Shenow plans to open her newshop called “Happiness Is.”

Thursday, May 7, 1964Don Crane was elected

Hugoton Jaycees president,succeeding Jim Gooch.

Thursday, May 6, 1954Hugoton High School

teacher Arlene Garrett an-nounced she has given pins to

some of her students. Car-malita Betsworth and ArvellaWatkins have each received a100 word per minute short-hand pin.

Friday, May 5, 1944The Hugoton Chamber of

Commerce went on record asfavoring the importation ofprisoner of war labor or secur-ing American-Japanese re-leased by the WRA for labor inthis county during the comingcrop season.

Friday, May 5, 1939Ivan Mills purchased the

stock and equipment of theJ.D. Borth Shoe Shop ofHugoton. Mr. Mills came herelast fall from Chase where hehad been employed in a shoeshop.

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

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J.E. Webber erected this building in 1913, inwhich he operated the first authorized Fordagency in Hugoton. The building was 40 by 60feet in size and was located on Sixth Street, di-rectly across the street north of the Harris The-atre, which is now Barb’s Den. In the picture,

Mr. Webber is on the left leaning against a car.Other persons are unidentified. In 1916, Mr.Webber advertised a Ford Runabout at $390and a Ford touring car at $440, F.O.B. Detroit,Mi. Photo taken from “The History of StevensCounty and Its People”.

SUMMER READINGSummer Reading signups

for all ages are underway atthe library. Brochures areavailable at the signup desk inthe front hallway.UNATTENDED CHILDREN

AT THE SCLAccording to library policy,

children under the age ofeight must be accompaniedby a parent, guardian, or careprovider unless they are ac-tively participating in a sched-uled library program oractivity. Children who are overthe age of eight may be in thelibrary without an adult pres-ent. Children between theages of eight and 15 shouldnot be expected to be respon-sible for younger siblings.Please make arrangements tocome to the library with yourchild under the age of eight,so they may learn appropriatelibrary behavior from you.

The library is open until 7:00p.m. each weekday and from9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Satur-days to allow working parentsto accompany their children.

FAXING VS. SCANNINGDid you know the library

can scan your documents andsend them via email? Thecost is the same for scanningand faxing, but if you requirecolor or have a document thatmay not fax well (like coloredpaper), scanning is your op-tion.

JIGSAW PUZZLESWe have been trying jigsaw

puzzles in the main area ofthe library. After several at-tempts that failed spectacu-larly, we discovered when wesurrounded the table withstanchions, it seemed to “pro-tect” the table from vandal-ism. If you would like toparticipate, feel free to removethe stanchion tape while you

help construct the puzzle inprogress, and replace thetapes when you are finished,to keep the puzzle “safe.”Thanks!

UPCOMING EVENTS ATTHE SCL

May 8, 1:00 p.m. – SCGSMeeting

May 12, 5:30 p.m. – Li-brary Board Annual Meeting

May 20, 12:00 p.m. –Chamber Luncheon in Meet-ing Room

May 26 – Library Closed forMemorial Day

May 27 – Summer HoursBegin – Monday-Friday 8:00a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Saturday9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

June 2 – Summer Readingbegins for all ages

July 7 – 11 – Library Cen-tennial Celebration

July 8, 6:30 p.m. - JerryBarlow, Celtic FingerstyleGuitarist in concert

Kansans safely disposed ofnearly six tons of unusedmedicines during last week-end’s National Drug Take-Back Day, Kansas AttorneyGeneral Derek Schmidt saidThursday.

Kansas law enforcement of-ficers collected 11,687 poundsof medicines at 117 locationsthroughout the state during

last Saturday’s event, accord-ing to a report from the federalDrug Enforcement Agency.Law enforcement agenciesturn the drugs they collectover to the DEA, who safelydestroys the medications.

“Kansans recognized theimportance of safely removingthese unused drugs frommedicine cabinets, where they

could be accidentally or inten-tionally misused,” Schmidtsaid. “These medicines arenow out of harm’s way and ontheir way to safe destruction.”

The total was the most thathas been collected on a drugtake-back day, surpassing theprevious record of 10,193pounds collected at last April’sevent. Since the semi-annual

event began in 2010, Kansanshave safely destroyed 56,214pounds of medications.

Unused prescriptions canbe turned in year-round atmany local law enforcementlocations. Kansans shouldcontact their local sheriff’s of-fice or police department formore information.

GIVE YOUR MOM SOMEEXTRA HELP

Mother’s Day is rightaround the corner. It’s alwaysnice to give Mom a card, flow-ers or candy, but this year,people all over the countryare helping their moms savean estimated $4,000 annu-ally on the cost of Medicareprescription drugs. You canhelp your mom too - and itwon’t cost you a dime. If your mother hasMedicare coverage and haslimited income and re-sources, she may be eligiblefor Extra Help - availablethrough Social Security - topay part of her monthly pre-miums, annual deductiblesand prescription co-pay-

ments. To figure out whether yourmother is eligible, Social Se-curity needs to know her in-come and the value of hersavings, investments and realestate (other than the homeshe lives in). To qualify for theExtra Help, she must receiveMedicare and have: Income limited to $17,505for an individual or $23,595for a married couple living to-gether. Even if your mom’sannual income is higher, shestill may be able to get somehelp. Some examples whereincome may be higher in-clude if she and, if married,her spouse: - Support other familymembers who live with them;

- Have earnings fromwork; or - Live in Alaska or Hawaii. Resources limited to$13,440 for an individual or$26,860 for a married coupleliving together. Resources in-clude such things as bankaccounts, stocks and bonds.We do not count her house orcar as resources. We have an easy-to-useonline application you canhelp Mom complete. You canfind it at www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp. Toapply by phone or have anapplication mailed to you,call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) and ask for theApplication for Help with

Medicare Prescription DrugPlan Costs (SSA-1020). To learn more about theMedicare prescription drugplans and special enrollmentperiods, visit www.medicare.gov or call 1-800-MEDICARE(1-800-633-4227; TTY 1-877-486-2048). This Mother’s Day, giveyour mom a gift she can re-ally use without spending adime - savings of around$4,000 a year on herMedicare prescription drugcosts! Flowers wither andcandy won’t last long, but theExtra Help through Social Se-curity will keep on givingthroughout the year. Andkeep in mind as Father’s Dayapproaches, you can get thesame “free gift” of Extra Helpfor Dad! Learn more by visit-ing www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp.

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The Moscow High Schooltrack team attended a meet inHugoton Friday, May 2. The niceweather attributed to many per-sonal records being attained bythe team. Brice Valdez placedsecond in the triple jump andthird in the high jump for themen’s team while Maria Cecenasplaced fourth in the 200 meterand sixth in the 100 meter forthe women. Tapanga Dahle,Vance Thompson, Zachary Pier-son and Sammir Martinez com-peted for the first time in theWeightmen’s Relay, which theyenjoyed. Their unofficial timewas 59.89. Girls’ ResultLong Jump23 Maggie White 11’

Discus6 Dahle 81’2”Javelin19 Dahle 61’5.25”Shot Put7 Dahle 27’11.5”100m Hurdles7 Briannah Davidson 18.42100m6 Cecenas 13.6419 Davidson 15.18400m14 Miranda Christensen1:20.52800m15 White 2:58.9117 Paloma Moran 3:09.54200m4 Cecenas 28.6024 Christensen 35.20Boys’ ResultsHigh Jump3 Valdez 5’10”Long Jump5 Valdez 18’8”18 Freddy Gonzalez 17’1”Triple Jump2 Valdez 40’4”Discus16 Pierson 90’1”21 Zac Slemp 74’7”22 Thompson 74’6” Javelin5 Alexis Manriquez 134’5.5”17 Thompson 103’8.25”28 Pierson 60’9.5”Shot Put14 Thompson 36’9.75”25 Slemp 31’8.7526 Martinez 31’1”100m22 Gonzalez 12.6126 Amir Granillo 12.80200m26 Gonzalez 26.51

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The Moscow Forensics team traveled to Wichita East HighSchool Saturday, May 3 for State. Those attending were MarkiAnton, Hailey White, Zachary Pierson, Carley Hockett, YaritzaMaldonado, Brice Valdez, Vance Thompson, Maggie White,Talley White, Briannah Davidson, Freddy Gonzalez and Madi-lyn Fleming. Vance, Marki, Hailey, Briannah, Freddy, Talley,Maggie, Carley, Yaritza and Brice all earned a I in ImprovisedDuet Acting,

The following students earned a II rating: Marki Anton -Poetry, Madilyn Fleming - Original Oration, Zachary Pierson -Extemporaneous Speaking and Brice Valdez - Humorous Solo.

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Maggie White and Paloma Moran run the 800 meter. Photocourtesy of Marcie Knoll.

The Weightmen’s Relay Team are Zachary Pierson, SammirMartinez, Tapanga Dahle and Vance Thompson. Photo courtesyof Marcie Knoll.

MHS track team earn personal bests

Vance Thompson and Brice Valdez earned a I in IDA at StateForensics. Photo courtesy of Tina White.

MHS 12 take I in 4N6

Marki Anton and Hailey White earn a I in IDA at State Forensics. Photo courtesy of Tina White.

Maggie White and Vance Thompson earn a I in Duet Acting atState Forensics. Photo courtesy of Tina White.

Briannah Davidson and Freddy Gonzalez earn a I in IDA atState Forensics. Photo courtesy of Tina White.

The Moscow High School Class of 2014 mugs for the camera.Photo used by permission from The Cat’s Claw.

Class of 2014 bids farewell to the hallowed halls

Carley Hockett and Yaritza Maldonado earn a I in IDA at StateForensics. Photo courtesy of Tina White.

Maggie and Talley White earn a I in IDA at State. Photo courtesy of Tina White.

by Aysia HarperWe get out of school on the

Thursday, May 8, 2014, andthe Class of 2014 [got] out ofschool on Thursday, May 1,2014. The Class of 2014 [grad-uates] on Sunday, May 4, 2014at Moscow High School’s oldgym. The class [graduated] at 2o’clock that afternoon.

In the Class of 2014 there isMarki Anton, Jorge Araiza,Cuylor Cross, Daisy Flores,Kendra Haines, Junior Olivas,Morganne Owens, MathewPearson, Mandee Saucedo,Codye Walb, and Jasmin Gra-cia. In the fall Marki will be at-tending Colby CommunityCollege; Jorge doesn’t knowwhere he would like to attendyet, Cuylor will be joining thework force, Daisy will be attend-ing Garden City CommunityCollege, Jasmin will be attend-ing Seward County CommunityCollege, Kendra will be attend-ing Ottawa University, Juniorwill be attending Fort HaysState University, Morganne willalso be attending Fort HaysState University, Mathew will beattending Cowley County Com-munity College, Mandee will beattending Seward County Com-

munity College, and Codye willbe attending Barton CountyCommunity College.

Their sponsor is PattySiefried that works at thelunchroom. The Class of 2014will be going on a senior trip onMay 17, 2014 to Myrtle Beach.The class decided where theywere going at the beginning ofthe year, but not all of the classis going on the trip. The onesthat are going are Marki, Jorge,Daisy, Kendra, Junior, Mathew,Mandee, Codye, and Jasmin.The Class of 2014 is going todrive to Myrtle Beach becausesome of them were too scared tofly on the airplane. They de-cided to drive to save moremoney, so they could spendmore money on the places theywere going to and where theystop at along the way and whilethey are there. They are plan-ning to spend a lot of time at thebeach getting tan and meetingnew people along the way thereand at the beach, and alsobonding with the class andmaking really good memorieswith each other.

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The City of Rolla is going tohave a large fireworks displayagain this year. RainbowFireworks will host the dis-play July 5, 2014. If anyone

would like to donate to thedisplay you can make yourdonations at City Hall or theycan be mailed to PO Box 125,Rolla, Ks. 67954.

Chase Boekhaus of Rolla,along with his partner,Ethan Fox of SouthwesternOklahoma State University,went into their final regularseason rodeo at Guymon,Ok. knowing they had al-ready earned enough pointsto qualify them for the Col-lege National Finals Rodeo.The one question that hadyet to be answered waswhether they would placefirst or second in their re-gion. Fox and Boekhauswere leading the CentralPlains Regions by 95 points

but knew the second placeteam had them in theirsights. In order to maintaintheir lead, they were going tohave to rope smart.

After roping their firststeer, Fox and Boekhaus in-creased their lead by 20points - but it still wasn'tover. Catching their secondsteer in the short-roundwould seal the championshipfor the pair, and that was ex-actly what they did.

Fox and Boekhaus fin-ished their season as theCentral Plains Region Cham-

pion Header and Heeler.They will travel to Casper,Wy., in June to compete atthe College National FinalsRodeo. Cheering the team onwere Chase's parents Rodneyand Tami Boekhaus, grand-parents Wayne and Irma LeeHoskinson, and cousinsJerry and Charla Webb.

Rolla High School has anew cheerleading squad andsponsor. Toni Easterwoodwas selected as the 2014-2015 cheer sponsor and sheheld try outs last week.

The new squad membersare Katie Murray, Kyri Brum-mett, Sarah Easterwood,Paige Claassen, Ellie Easter-wood, Alexis Fisher and De-serae Schwindt. The girls

have already begun theirfundraising by selling cinna-mon rolls to raise the moneyto purchase the new uni-forms they will need. Katie,Kyri and Sarah are the re-turning cheerleaders fromlast year.

Congratulations to thegirls and have a great seasonnext year.

May 3-11 marks NationalTravel and Tourism Weekacross the United Sates andthere’s no better time to makeplans to join the 32 millionpeople who enjoy travelingand visiting in Kansas eachyear.

"Kansas offers so manyunique experiences, and notjust for visitors,” said LindaCraghead, Assistant Secre-tary for Parks and Tourismwith the Kansas Departmentof Wildlife, Parks andTourism. “We encourage allKansans to get out and ex-plore their beautiful state.When we meet someonewho’s ‘just passing through,’we can be ambassadors forall there is to see and dohere.”

A great way to start plan-ning a trip is to downloadnew Yellow Brick Road TripPlanners at TravelKS.com.These sample itineraries arepacked with attractions,events and experiences tohelp visitors chart plans forexploring specific regions ofthe Sunflower State, such asthe southern central plainsand northern western plains.Itineraries covering eight geo-graphic regions are in theworks. Or, travelers can cre-ate custom itineraries usingthe handy “Plan Your Trip”link or by ordering a colorful136-page Official KansasTravel Guide from the site.

Road trip passions will be

stirred by new, inspiring tele-vision ads airing on many TVstations around the state.They feature music by Clear-water native Logan Mize, nowa Nashville recording artist.His original song, “Sunflow-ers” provides the backgroundto moving imagery of Kansaslandscapes and destinations.The spots are also beingshown in select cities in Ne-braska, Missouri and Okla-homa.

Mize will share personalKansas stories at his concertson social media and his Website; make short videos fea-turing his favorite places tovisit; appear at Kansastourism events and include athe Official Kansas TravelGuide with all online musicsales.

And, watch for print adsfeaturing beautiful images ofKansas experiences, such ashorseback riding through theFlint Hills and kayakingalong the Kansas River WaterTrail. The ads will appear inupcoming issues of maga-zines such as Family Circle,Good Housekeeping, MidwestLiving and O Magazine.

Learn more about LoganMize and Kansas tourism atwww.travelks.com/noplacelikekansas-presskit/, or call785-296-2009. Find Kansason Facebook at www.facebook.com/TravelKS and onTwitter at @TravelKS.

The 1A State Forensics meetwas Saturday, May 3, in Salinaand junior Chandler Huddlestonand sophomore Garry Norton at-tended. Garry did not break fi-nals, but Chandler earnedfourth place in extemporaneousspeaking and fifth in informativespeaking.

Congratulations to both boysfor qualifying for State and givingit their best! Coaches BeverlyLight and Katherine Ulloa arevery proud.

Junior Chandler Huddle-ston continues to score low inhigh school golf. Chandlertraveled to Hugoton to partic-ipate in the Hugoton Varsitymeet Thursday, May 1. Hewas fourth overall.

Congratulations to Chan-dler, Coach John Barrett,and Chandler’s parents,Mickey and Tina Huddleston.

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- Junior High Cheer Prac-tice & Tryouts; 6:00 p.m.Friday, May 9

- High School Golf at John-son; 3:00 p.m.

- High School Track atBucklin; 3:00 p.m.

- ARGHSaturday, May 10

- Junior/Senior Prom: Pho-tos at 6:00 p.m.; Meal at 6:30p.m.; Dance from 8:00 p.m.to Midnight

- After PromSunday, May 11

- Rolla Piano Recital atUMC; 6:00 p.m.Monday, May 12

- High School Varsity Golfat Garden City; 9:00 a.m.

- High School Junior Var-

sity Golf at SouthwesternHeights; 10:00 a.m.

- High School Track at Sa-tanta; 3:00 p.m.

- Board of Education Meet-ing; 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 13

- High School Varsity Golfat Elkhart; 1:00 p.m.

- Junior High/High SchoolSpring Concert; 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 14

- Junior High/High SchoolSFTL Track Meet at Home;9:30 a.m.

- Rolla Rec Board Meeting;6:30 p.m.Thursday, May 15

- Senior Graduation Prac-tice; 8:00 a.m.

- Eighth Grade GraduationPractice; 12:30 p.m.

- Junior High/High SchoolAwards Night; 7:00 p.m.

City of Rolla accepting donationsfor Fourth of July fireworks displayRHS introduces next year’s cheer squad

Travel and tourism weekis great time to plan a trip

Boekhaus wins Region Rodeo Championship

Chase Boekhaus and his partner Ethan Fox,finish the season as Central Plains RegionChampion Header and Heeler. Pictured are

Shelbie Weeder, student director, ChaseBoekhaus and Jim Boy Hash, faculty directorof the Central Plains Region.

Huddleston takesfourth overall atHugoton golf meet

Huddleston andNorton go to Stateforensics meet

Over 330 students from asfar away as Saipan took partin six rounds of preliminaryand three rounds of playoffcompetition to determine aNational Champion.

Individually, Burrowsfaced a number of toughcompetitors from much largerschools, many of which arehome to thousands of stu-

dents. In comparison, Bur-rows’ class has 14 total stu-dents, and his high school ishome to just 62 students.Chandler’s finish earned hima spot on the 2015 Interna-tional Olympiad team, whichwill compete at a site to bedetermined later. Chandler isthe son of Stacy and ShelliBurrows of Rolla.

National History BeeContinued from page 1

Solution to last week’s puzzle may be found on page2B of this week’s Hermes.

FORTUNE COOKIE WISDOM: Life is like a dogsledteam. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 8, 2014 Page 6B

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8 Officers NeededOfficers - $10-$12/hour

Lead Officers - $11-$13/hourNo Experience Needed - We Will Train You!

Located IN Hugoton

Call 866-840-2066Ask for Carl (tfc4)

TRANSPORT & BOBTAIL DRIVERS WANTED

for very progressive, family-oriented company.Benefit package includes uniforms, health insurance, paid vacation and sick leave. Competitive pay based on experience.Clean CDL required. Applicant must pass physical, drugscreen and back exam.

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HERMES CLASSIFIEDSDeadline for all classified advertising is MONDAY at 5:00 p.m. All Garage, Yard and/or Moving Sale Ads MUST Be Pre-Paid.

1) Classified ad rate is $.20 per word per insertion. The weekly minimum is $3.35. 2) Classified display advertising rate is $5.00 per column inch. 3) All cards of thanks are charged at the display rate. 4) All real estate advertising in this newspaperis subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, children, or national origin or an intention to make any suchpreference, limitation, or discrimination." This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on anequal opportunity basis.

HELP WANTED

Tarbet Constructionis currently seeking a Truck Driver.

CDL required. Benefits offered. Drug test required. Call 620-356-2110 to apply.

(tfc13)

HELP WANTED: Handymanto do some small jobs onrental property. Call 620-544-8202 or 620-428-5033. Ask forJames. (4c18)

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HELP WANTEDTruck Driver/Mechanicw/ current CDL license.

Benefits included. Please inquire at 428-5180/544-8889

Premier Alfalfa, Inc. (tfc)

Grain Truck Driver - Full-TimeHome at nightResponsibilities:

Grain delivery, on-farm loadingtruck maintenance, comply with safety rules &

regulations, customer serviceRequirements:

Commercial CDL with clean driving record,2 years verifiable, relevant experience,

mechanical aptitude, referencesCall: 620-675-8088Fax: 620-675-8588

Email: mikeb@hansenmueller.com(4c16)

THANKS FOR READING

Official Newspaper of Stevens County, Kansas

Position Open for the 2014/2015 School Year

At

Heritage Christian Academy4th–6th Grade Math & Science Teacher

Music TeacherPart-Time Aide

Has the Lord instilled you with the gift of service,teaching, etc.? Do you believe in the ministry of Christian education?Do you feel that God might be calling you to a ministryat HCA?

If so, please contact us at:505 E 1st Street, PO Box 744 Hugoton, KS 67951Phone 620-544-7005

Heritage Christian Academy’s mission is to produceChristian leaders by transforming the hearts andminds of students through Superior Academics, aScriptural Worldview and a sustained Relationshipwith Jesus Christ.

(4c18)

HIRING CONCRETE WORKERS• Concrete Setters

• Concrete FinishersWork will be at the Hugoton Wastewater Treatment Plant

and Hugoton Airport.Sporer Land Development, Inc.

785-672-4319, Oakley, Ks. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Women and minorities encouraged to apply. www.sporerland.com

(2c18)

HELP WANTEDShop Mechanic

Willing to put out good effort and work well with others.Benefits include affordable health, dental and vision.

ESOP retirement program.Apply at: Ulysses Feedyard

1765 E. Road 21Ulysses, Ks. 67880

620-356-1750(2c19)

Service Tech & ServiceHelper Needed

Need valid Driver’s LicenseCall 620-544-4488 or

come by 928 E. 11th topick up an application

LAWN PRO is looking for an experienced Lawn Irrigation Technician

To apply, call 620-544-1517(2c19)

is looking for a Field Mechanic.Preventive/predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, andrepair of oilfield surface equipment.  This includes perform-ing root cause failure analysis, and an understanding ofequipment and piping requirements.• 3+ years oilfield experience with a responsible attitude for per-sonal safety and the safety of co-workers, contractors & the public.• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.• Ability to troubleshoot complex mechanical problems and per-form root cause failure analysis• Thorough knowledge of surface equipment types, mechanicsand applications including centrifugal pumps, positive displace-ment pumps, pumping units, gas compression, both screw and re-ciprocating packages and knowledge of other pertinent equipment• Some electrical experience preferred, 12 & 24 volt systems anddiagrams• Ability to repair mechanical problems on all required equipment• Ability to perform preventative maintenance and to participatein RCM analyses• Knowledge of equipment “best practices” – API specifications,inspection, installation, operation, preventive/predictive mainte-nance and repair• Valid driver’s license and an excellent driving record• Preferred experience in directing contract labor• Basic computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Excel, Word,etc.)• High School grad or G.E.D.• Preferred welding and fabrication experience

Please submit resumes to:Merit EnergyPO Box 1293

Liberal, KS 67905Or take to Merit Office: 1701 N. Kansas Ave.

Fax # 620-629-4281Or Email to Vickie.sexton@meritenergy.com

(2c19)

is looking for a Field Mechanic – Machinist.Preventive/predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, andrepair of oilfield surface equipment.  This includes perform-ing root cause failure analysis, and an understanding ofequipment and piping requirements.• 3+ years oilfield experience with a responsible attitude for per-sonal safety and the safety of co-workers, contractors & the public.• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.• Ability to troubleshoot complex mechanical problems and per-form root cause failure analysis• Good machine shop abilities including the ability to operatelathes, mills, drill presses. reading all types of measuring devices.• Thorough knowledge of surface equipment types, mechanicsand applications including centrifugal pumps, positive displace-ment pumps, pumping units, gas compression, both screw and re-ciprocating packages and knowledge of other pertinent equipment• Some electrical experience preferred, 12 & 24 volt systems anddiagrams• Ability to repair mechanical problems on all required equipment• Ability to perform preventative maintenance and to participatein RCM analyses• Knowledge of equipment “best practices” – API specifications,inspection, installation, operation, preventive/predictive mainte-nance and repair• Valid driver’s license and an excellent driving record• Preferred experience in directing contract labor• Basic computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Excel, Word,etc.)• High School grad or G.E.D.• Preferred welding and fabrication experience

Submit resumes to:Merit EnergyPO Box 1293

Liberal, KS 67905Fax: 620-629-4281

Hand deliver to Merit Office: 1701 N. Kansas Ave.Or email to Vickie.sexton@meritenergy.com

(2c19)

FOR SALE: Black Angus Bulls,Registered, Tested, 2 year olds,Yearlings, Heifer Bulls, Delivery,Conformation, Performance.Contact: Black Velvet Ranch,Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, KS620-384-1101. (19c13)

---------------FOR SALE: 2007 Jaycee 25-footpull camper. Has 1 slide-out andwill sleep 6. Clean. Asking$11,000. Call 620-544-4952. (2c18)

FOR SALEFIREWOOD FOR SALE

Oak, Piñon, Mesquite,Pecan & More

Delivery & stacking availableCall DJ @ 620-430-1273 Days

620-428-6127 Evenings (tfc)

150 HP Electric Motor with a soft start panel.

Call 620-544-5916

FOR SALE

(tfc9)

JONES MONUMENTSpring Sale1-800-833-4055

810 N. Kansas - Liberal, KSPrices start at $99

jonesmonument.com(6c17)

Subscribe to the

$30 a year - local

FOR SALE2003 Harley Davidson Sportster

14,000 miles, brand new tiresAsking $4700 OBO620-360-5532 (2c19) WANT TO PURCHASE: Minerals and other oil/gas in-

terests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co.80201. (150p49-12)

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WANTED

CIRCULATION CLERK POSITION AVAILABLEThe Stevens County Library is seeking a reliable full-time af-

ternoon/evening circulation clerk to begin work immediately.Hours are 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and Sat-urdays 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Weekday hours change seasonally.High School diploma or equivalent required. Computer experi-ence required. Fluency in Spanish a plus. Library and/or super-visory experience is preferred, but not required. Minimum startingsalary is $20,000 per year plus medical and dental insurance, andretirement benefits. Interested parties may pick up an applica-tion at the front desk of the library.

(1c19)

REAL ESTATE

SUPPORT GROUPS

FOR SALE BY OWNER

PREGNANT? NEED HELP?Call Birthright of GardenCity, 620-276-3605 or Birth-line of Liberal, 1404 N. West-ern, 620-626-6763. (tfc3)

--------------ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS will help you if yousincerely want to stop drink-ing. Call 544-8633. (tfc1)

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Project HopeOpen Tues & Thurs

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 1st Sunday each month

1:30-3:30 p.m.1030 S. Main (tfc37)

Pioneer ManorFamily Support Group3rd Tuesdays - 1:00 p.m.3rd Thursdays - 5:15 p.m. Chapel at Pioneer Manor

(tfc15)

AL-Anon Family GroupMen & Women of alcoholic family &

friends meet at 1405 Cemetery Rd. Mon. & Thurs. 8 pm

544-2610 or 544-2854kansas-al-anon.org (tfc)

BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

Call 620-544-4321 or email hermesma@pld.com to see YOUR business

or professional service HERE!

(620)544-7777UPERIOR 510 E. 3rd

OLUTIONS HugotonHOME REPAIR & LAWN CARE

Alan D. Higgins, Owner

SGreat Deals ~ Easy Financing ~ Quality ServiceOffice: (620)544-7800

531 S. JacksonHugoton, Ks. 67951 (tfc6)

FDT ELECTRICFrankie Thomas, owner

Licensed & InsuredOver 30 years’ experience in

Residential & Commercial Wiring544-5915 or 544-7776

(tfc34)

(620)428-65181182 Road Q • Hugoton

(tfc12)600 E. 11th

IN STOCK*Carpet *Tile

*Laminate *Vinyl(tfc)

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 8, 2014 Page 7B

LAWN PROWill Schnittker

620-544-1517

(tfc46)

NEED AFIREARM?AMMO? FFL DEALER?

ANDERSON FIREARMSANDERSON FIREARMSCALL620-544-3000

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THIS SPACE FOR RENTONLY $17.50/month

Call 620-544-4321 or email hermesma@pld.com today!

See YOUR ad here!

Elkhart Motel20-room Motel w/ Apartment

Offered at$199,000

Hotel General Information:• 20 Rooms, 10 non-smoking• 770 SF 1-bedroom apartment• Approx. $110,000 gross annual income• Rooms include telephone,

microwave, refrigerator and cable TV

Terms: Cash or terms agreeable to SellerThis information is simply an approximate guide;

any person that relies on this information and consid-ers it material to the purchase as to satisfy themselvesas to its accuracy and condition of the structure in-cluding fixtures and appliances.

David Light 620-544-9763 mobile620-356-5808 office

120 Main Street, Ulysses, Kansaswww.FaulknerRealEstate.com

(tfc10)

Deadline: Monday 5 pm

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Custom digital vinyl signsfor windows, yard signs,vehicle decals, trucks,

trailers & more. DOT signage & Logos.

Teri’s Signs & Designs620-541-1077 (tfc11)

110 West 7thTwo Unit Brick Apartment

FOR SALE BY OWNER1200 square feet upstairs

and 1200 in downstairs unit.Upstairs - 2 bedroom & bath

Downstairs - 3 bedroom & 1 1/2 bathCall 544-7350 or 544-1936

(14tfc)

(tfc19)

218 N. Jackson

Ranch Style, 4 bedroom, 3.5 baths,

full finished basement

Call for appointment 544-5759 or 544-6825

FOR SALEBY OWNER

ACCEPTING BIDS

1003 S. Adams - This home is richly adorned withup to date modern color schemes and top gradewood trim and solid wood doors throughout. Thekitchen cabinets and full wall of pantry has morethan enough room for the most exotic chef's needs.Solid surface counter tops make cleaning thekitchen and bathrooms a snap. Enjoy that cup ofcoffee on the balcony/deck off the master bedroomon the upper level. The 45X24 morton garage con-tains a 24'X17.5' work shop which is insulated,heated & cooled and also has a sink

848 Road G. - This home has 2 new electric heatand A/C units. House formerly on free gas. The gascompany pays for up to 20,000 KW of Electricusage in lieu of free gas. The seller has purchaseda used updated fireplace insert, but it has not beeninstalled. The site also contains a mobile home sitewith septic, water and electric available. Lots ofbuilt in storage and a 10' x 10' concrete storm shel-ter accessed from within the house. Additional ad-jacent acreage is available for purchase.

307 N. Kansas, Suite 101Liberal, KS 67901

(620) 624-1212Now see these and other SW. Kansas properties at www.hugotonhomes.com

UNDER CONTRACT

Sniff out a bargain in theClassifieds!

Give Us A Call at544-4321

The Virgil Stout LLC has an 11.02 Acre homestead for sale 11/2 miles North of Rolla. Three bedroom, one bath 2400 sq. ft.home with a detached one car garage and nice 40 x 80 steel shedand outbuildings, located in the NW of NW of the NE of 35-33-40.

Mr. Ellis has ahome for sale thatsets on two lots inRolla, it is a three bed-room two bath, with anice shed. He is asking45,000.00 (tfc17)

David Light 620-544-9763 mobile620-356-5808 office

120 Main Street, Ulysses, Kansaswww.FaulknerRealEstate.com

(4c17)

Beautiful 2 story home withfull basement, 5 bedrooms,

3 1/2 baths, 2 fireplaces,balcony off of master BR.

Established trees and landscaped yard with

sprinkler system, fencedback yard, Victorian

Garden Shed in back yardwith heat & air. Gourmetkitchen & much more!

620-544-7335 or 620-453-1730

1606 EISENHOWER

GARAGE SALESGARAGE SALE: Friday,May 9, 8:00 a.m - 8:00 p.m.,and Saturday, May 10, 8:00a.m. - 8:00 p.m., 412 S. Mon-roe

---------------TWO-FAMILY GARAGESALE: Friday, May 9, 4:00 -7:00 p.m., and Saturday, May10, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 611 S.Harrison, Boys’ and Girls’Clothes, Women’s and Men’sClothes, and MUCH MORE

---------------GARAGE SALE: Friday,May 9, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., andSaturday, May 10, 8:30 a.m. -12:00 Noon, 4-H Building atStevens County Fair-grounds, Microwave, TwinMattress Set, Women’s Cloth-ing, Girls’ Clothing, TV,Household Items, Lots ofMiscellaneous

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MULTI-FAMILY GARAGESALE: Saturday, May 10 8:00a.m. - 12:00 Noon, 135 S.Monroe, Baby Things, Exer-cise Bike, Clothes, Etc.

--------------GARAGE SALE: Saturday,May 10, 8:00 - 11:00 a.m., 1036S. Polk

---------------GARAGE SALE: Saturday,May 10, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00Noon, 801 S. Harrison, Col-lectibles, Furniture, Strollers,V-Tech Infant Toys, Ride OnToys, and LOTS MORE!

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ATTENTION!!!E-mail

Classified Ads tohermesma@pld.com

BRICK HOME FOR LEASE510 E. Third, HugotonAlan & Deana Higgins

3 bedroom, 2 remodeled baths, new carpet and tile through-out, fresh neutral paint, new stained wood trim, windowblinds, ceiling fans, wood burning fireplace, all new built-inkitchen appliances, soft water unit, over-sized double cargarage with openers, privacy fence, patio, lawn care in-

cluded. No smoking and no pets. Call 544-2839, 453-0936 or 353-3862

Call Selia Crawford at 544-2182If no answer, leave message

FOR RENTFOR RENT: 1 & 2 BedroomApartments. Furnished or un-furnished. Bills included,washer and dryer, and cable.Call 544-2232. (tfc)

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LL2 Senior Apartments Available• Must be 62 or disabled to qualify• Rent based on adjusted income• All electric appliances• Coin-operated laundry facilities• Rental assistance available

(tfc6)

atSunflower Plaza

ROLLA PLAZAAPARTMENTS

1&2 Bedroom Apts (Rental Assistance Available)

Equal Housing Opportunity

For more informationcall Dayna Folger at620-492-3698. (tfc46)

This institute is an Equal Opportunity Provider

and Employer

109 W. Seventh - Hugoton544-4011

Beautiful 3 bed/ 2 bath apartmenthomes, all appliances, washer/dryerconnection, private patio or balcony,kids’ playground, pets welcome.

Call today to schedule a tour!(620) 544-7605

910 S. CoulterHugoton, KS April Special

$250 off 1st

month’s rent

(tfc)

**Sunflower Plaza has approval to temporarily rent apartments to all persons without regard to income restrictions.**

The Board of Education of Moscow USD 209 willreceive sealed bids for the sale of a

1999 Chevrolet Suburban sold “as is”. Bids will be received until 1:00 p.m. local time May 12,2014 at the office of the Superintendent located at 301

High Road in Moscow, Ks. 67952. The bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at 1:00 p.m. inthe board room May 12, 2014. All bids must be in the hands of theSuperintendent of Schools before the date and time stated. No bidwill be received after that time. All bids shall be clearly labeled onthe outside of the sealed envelope. The owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive infor-malities and to determine the selected bidder that he feels is in his ownbest interest.Moscow USD #209, Attn: Stu Moore, Superintendent

PO Box 158, Moscow, Ks. 67952 • 620-598-2205(1c19)

10,284 sq. ft. - total lot size — 1,997 sq. ft. - total building sizeBuilding features large lobby, reception area, fireplace in entryway, 3 of-fices, kitchen w/ space for fridge & stove, wheelchair accessible publicbathroom, 2 private staff bathrooms, and private office space. Large graveland asphalt parking area. SERIOUS BUYERS ONLY!

402 W. Eleventh

Move-InReady Office

Building

Call 620-544-7200(2c19)

Feature Of The Week

Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AND KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

Mark Faulkner-BrokerKaren Yoder - Associate/Broker

Residential & Commercial SpecialistKaren Yoder- 544-4161 or Cellphone 544-3730

Chance Yoder - SalespersonAgricultural Land

Residential & Commercial SpecialistChance Yoder- Cellphone 544-1907

“Call Us For All Your Real Estate Needs”Karen Yoder Chance Yoder

112 S. Main • 620-356-5808 • Ulysseswww.faulknerrealestate.com Se Habla Espanol-356-5808

708 Adams, Rolla - Beautiful, ranchstyle, brick home. 5 bed/3 bath, Oak cab-inetry, finished basement, sprinkler, attgarage, workshop, fence, dog run...andmuch more!! Call to view this lovelyhome!!

1101 S Monroe St - 3 bed/3 b, woodfloors, att garage, fence and much, muchmore! Great location!!! Call today for de-tails!!

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

510 W. 8th Street- 3 bed/2 b, cen H/A, fire-place, 2 car attached garage, includes ap-pliances. Call for details!!

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

901 S Trindle Ranch, 4 bed/3 bath, fpl, fence,sprinkler, att garage, beautiful oak detailing! Callto see this beauty!!

1108 S Main StreetBeautiful Ranch, 4 bd/2 bath,fpl, open floor plan, 2 livingareas, WIC. A MUST SEE!!

SOLD

SOLD

SALE PENDING

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

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

Deadline: Mondays 5:00 p.m.

Nationwide, states haveseen a significant decline intax receipts. For example,Michigan tax receipts aredown 42.6 percent, Wiscon-

sin is down 31 percent, Penn-sylvania’s revenue receiptshave dropped by 26.5 percentand Vermont is down 11.9percent. With the exception ofWisconsin, none of the stateslisted had enacted tax cuts in2013.

In Kansas, the tax receiptsfor April are about 45 percentbelow April 2013. April 2013balance due receipts in-creased dramatically from theprevious year, about 53 per-cent, because of taxpayers re-alizing capital gains andother income in tax year2012 to take advantage ofmore favorable federal taxrates set to expire January 1,2013. The reduction in therevenue numbers reflects afirst quarter 2014 gross do-mestic product that wasmuch lower than anticipatedat the national level, at 0.1percent.

“This is an undeniable re-sult of President Obama’s

failed economic policies of in-creasing taxes and over-regu-lation,” said RevenueSecretary Nick Jordan. “Ourstate coffers are seeing the ef-fect of poor policy decisions atthe federal level which haveseen a 7.6 percent drop in ex-ports and a slow rate of in-ventory replenishment.”

Revenue tax receipts forthe fiscal year to date fell$92.8 million short of the rev-enue estimates, or two per-cent. Because the consensusrevenue estimating groupjust recalculated estimates inApril, the fiscal year to datefigure and the monthly rev-enue receipt number areidentical.

Kansas’s state economy

depends greatly on export ofgoods – agricultural productsand aircraft – and when ex-ports are down that will affectKansas. This is the slowestgrowth recorded since thelast quarter of 2012 and hasaffected Kansas along withmuch of the nation. Whilesome economists expectedthis slowdown in GDP due toweather related issues, thenumbers recently released in-dicate other factors such asweakness in export, perhapsreflecting weak global eco-nomic activity, also played asubstantial role in the slow-down during the first quarterof 2014.

Submitted by the KansasDepartment of Revenue.

Stumbling upon a seem-ingly-abandoned nest ofyoung cottontails may haveyou thinking it’s time to makea trip to the store for a card-board box and some carrots,but this act of kindness mayactual kill the very wildlifeyou’re trying to “save.” Everyyear, well-intentioned peopleattempt to “rescue” what theyassume to be neglectedyoung, often with deadly con-sequences. In almost allcases of young wildlife foundalone in the wild, the motheris typically feeding nearby,keeping a distant eye on heroffspring. When concernedindividuals decide to retrievethese young animals andcare for them, they are unin-tentionally giving the young apremature death sentence.

The notion that a younganimal found in the wild willdie if not given care is wrong.Not only are most youngfound in the wild not aban-doned, picking them up isagainst the law. The KansasDepartment of Wildlife, Parksand Tourism and the Kansas

Department of Health andEnvironment have regula-tions against such activitythat can result in a fine up to$1,000 or more. In additionto legal repercussions, wildanimals can pose a numberof health risks, including dis-eases such as distemper, ra-bies, Lyme disease,roundworms, tapeworms,mites, tularemia and more.

Additionally, if a “rescued”animal were to bite someone,it must be put to death andtested for diseases. Even ifthey don't bite, the young

usually fail to survive in cap-tivity because most peopleare not equipped to handlewild animals, especially asthey mature. On the offchance the animal does sur-vive in captivity, it typicallyloses instincts that allow it tosurvive in the wild.

It is important to remem-ber that although youngwildlife may be cute, they be-long in the wild. Wild animalscannot legally be inoculatedby veterinarians, and fewpeople really know how tocare for them.

If you should see a younganimal in the wild this springor summer, observe at a dis-tance and consider yourselflucky. But remember, justbecause they are temporarilyalone, that doesn’t mean theyare abandoned.

If you really want to help,leave young in the wild wherethey were born and belong.

If you find an injured ani-mal, a list of licensed rehabil-itators can be found atksoutdoors.com, by clicking"Services/Rehabilitation."

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Young animals may appear alone, but that doesn’t mean they’re abandoned.

Doting on young wildlife can be deadly

The Kansas Department ofAgriculture Animal HealthCommissioner Dr. Bill Brownreported last Thursday, April29, a horse in northeastKansas has been confirmedpositive with a wild type of anon-neurotropic case ofEquine Herpes Virus (EHV-1).

The affected horse was eu-thanized and samples weresent to Kansas State Veteri-nary Diagnostic LaboratoryFriday, April 25. Preliminarytests showed lesions consis-tent to EHV-1. Additionalsamples were then sent to theEquine Diagnostics Servicesin Lexington, Ky. Results

from a PCR test were receivedTuesday afternoon confirm-ing the positive nature of thesamples.

This horse had previouslybeen to a large barrel racingevent in Lincoln, Ne. April 10-13, where in the days follow-ing the event, a Wisconsinhorse has also been con-firmed positive for EHV-1 andeuthanized.

Horse owners are encour-aged to monitor animalscarefully for signs of the dis-ease, including checking tem-peratures twice a day forchanges and implementinggood biosecurity practices foran equine facility.

The virus is easily spreadby airborne transmission,horse-to-horse contact andby contact with nasal secre-tions on equipment, tack,feed and other surfaces.Caregivers can spread thevirus to other horses if theirhands, clothing, shoes or ve-hicles are contaminated.

Symptoms of the diseasemay include a fever, nasaldischarge, wobbly gait, hind-end weakness and dribblingof urine. The neurologicalform, including wild strains,of the disease is often fatal.

Due to the nature of thisdisease, the Kansas Depart-ment of Agriculture Division

of Animal Health is not im-posing any restrictions onequine events or movementsat this time, however horseowners are encouraged totake precautionary measureswhen traveling or participat-ing in equine events. If horseowners are planning to par-ticipate in upcoming horseevents across Kansas, pleasecall ahead to event plannersto confirm if the event is stilltaking place.

For more informationabout EHV-1, please contactyour local veterinarian.

Submitted by the KansasDepartment of Agriculture.

According to the AmericanHeart Association, relaxationthat calms tension in themind and body can be a greatway for men and women tocombat stress. Deep breath-ing is one relaxation tech-nique that's simple andeffective when done the rightway. The AHA recommendsmen and women looking torelax through deep breathingshould first sit in a comfort-able position with their feeton the floor and hands intheir lap (lying down is alsoacceptable). Once they havegotten in position, men andwomen can close their eyesand picture themselves in apeaceful place, holding thescene in their mind, all thewhile inhaling and exhalingslowly and deeply. This slowbreathing should continue forat least ten minutes.

From Metro Editorial Services.

Relaxation is a great way tocombat stress

Federal tax changes affect Kansas revenues

EHV-1 case is confirmed in Kansas

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