The Concordia Blade

BLADE-EMPIRE
CONCORDIA
VOL. CX NO. 215 (USPS 127-880)
CONCORDIA, KANSAS 66901
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Jurors
recommend
death for
convicted killer
Good Evening
Concordia Forecast
Tonight, colder. Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15
mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
Friday, sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
to around 30 mph.
Friday night, mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 30s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
Saturday, not as cool. Sunny. Highs in
the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15
mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Saturday night, clear. Lows in the upper
30s.
Sunday, warmer, sunny. Highs in the
upper 70s.
Sunday night, mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 40s.
Monday, cooler, sunny. Highs in the mid
60s.
Monday night, mostly clear. Lows
around 40.
Tuesday, mostly sunny. Highs around
70.
Tuesday night, partly cloudy with slight
chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
Wednesday, breezy. Mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
Across Kansas
Parole considered
for man serving life
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Prisoner Review Board will consider parole for
a 58-year-old man serving a life sentence
for killing a man in 1993.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports
that Gregory L. Walls was convicted of
first-degree murder and sentenced to life
in prison for the shooting death of 18year-old Timothy Orr in 1993 in Topeka.
He’s a minimum-custody inmate at Lansing Correctional Facility.
The review board will hear public comments April 22 about the possible parole
of any of 28 eligible inmates, including
Walls.
The state Department of Corrections
says Walls has twice been considered for
parole.
Sheriff says
jail corporal arrested
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Sedgwick
County Sheriff’s office says that a detention corporal has been arrested on multiple counts of unlawful sexual relations
with an inmate.
Sheriff Jeff Easter said Wednesday that
authorities received a complaint from a
third party on March 25 that a corporal at
the Sedgwick County Jail and a female
inmate had sexual contact.
Easter said that the corporal, who has
not been identified, was arrested Wednesday on two counts of unlawful sexual
relations and one count of attempted
unlawful sexual relations.
The corporal, who is no longer with the
sheriff’s office, had been an employee
since October 2008. The woman is no
longer in the custody of the Sedgwick
County Jail.
The case will be handed over to Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett’s office for review.
Suspect arrested
after fatal shooting
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities
have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a bar in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe.
Police said in a news release that 38year-old man William Ray Schutkesting,
of Olathe, was shot late Wednesday at
the Double Nickel Bar & Grill and died at
the scene.
Police say a 28-year-old male suspect
from Augusta was taken into custody
near the area. Authorities are urging
anyone with information to come forward.
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Veteran: Marijuana use
led to his kid’s removal
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Navy veteran
seeking to get five of his children back
from state custody in Kansas says his
use of medical marijuana to treat PTSD
— not the family’s past scrapes with the
law — prompted the state’s action.
Raymond Schwab, 40, said the Kansas
Department of Children and Families
took the children in April 2015, which he
calls “illegally kidnapping” them, after
his wife’s mother told police they had
been abandoned. It happened as he was
preparing to move the family to Colorado,
where medical marijuana is legal.
Schwab has recently campaigned on
the Statehouse steps to get his children
back, and drawn national attention as
medical marijuana proponents describe
the case as an example of government
overreach against a disabled vet who
used cannabis to treat mental and physical conditions.
While the Department of Families and
Children has declined to specify exactly
why officials took custody of the children, ages 5, 7, 11, 13 and 16, it said last
week Schwab is not being truthful in his
contention that it was because of medical
marijuana. Officials have declined to
comment beyond that statement.
In the five months before the children
were removed from the home, Schwab’s
wife, Amelia Schwab, was arrested for
domestic battery after assaulting her
husband at a strip club, police were
called to the family’s home for a domestic
disturbance, and Amelia Schwab was
hospitalized for mental health issues,
according to Topeka police reports and
Shawnee County court documents
obtained by The Associated Press.
“None of those things were in the
state’s allegation,” Schwab said, but
added that marijuana was. He said the
state ordered him not to use cannabis for
four months if he wants the children
back. He said he is complying, though it
was not clear when that period began.
Schwab said he ended a hunger strike
Wednesday that began March 14. He said
he ended it after a California attorney
specializing in medical marijuana issues
came to Topeka with plans to file a federal lawsuit against the state, DCF and
several government officials. It had not
been filed by the close of business
Wednesday.
The lawyer, Matthew Pappas, and
Cheryl Shuman, a California resident
whose website describes her as a
“cannabis branding personality,” were
among about 40 people at a rally for
Schwab and his wife Wednesday. Schwab
said he plans to continue the Statehouse
vigil he began on March 14 and has permission from the state to stay for 30
days, with the possibility of applying for
more time.
Pappas said he was certain that the
family’s other problems, “if they played a
role in what’s going on in court, would be
in the transcript, but they’re not.”
Schwab said he was honorably discharged from the Navy after serving 18
months between 1994 and 1996, during
which time an incident he said he didn’t
want to discuss occurred that led to
PTSD. Suffering from chronic joint and
back issues, he said he became addicted
to pain medications and then to heroin in
2009.
He got treatment in 2011 and was able
to kick the heroin addiction with the use
of cannabis, he said. In 2013 he moved to
Topeka from Colorado to take a job with
the Veterans Administration, he said.
Legal issues involving the family, however, were numerous.
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — A jury recommended a death sentence Thursday for a
man who fatally shot three adults and an
18-month-old girl on an eastern Kansas
farm in 2013, and then hid the adult bodies and stuffed the girl’s remains in a suitcase that was later found in a creek.
Kyle Flack, 30, was sentenced by the
same Franklin County jury that convicted
him on March 23 of capital murder in the
deaths of Kaylie Bailey, 21, and her 18month-old daughter, Lana. He also was
convicted of premeditated first-degree murder for killing 31-year -old Steven White
and second-degree murder for killing
Andrew Stout, 30.
Kansas, which has 10 men on death row,
has not executed anyone since it reinstated
capital punishment in 1994.
Prosecutors have said it’s unclear what
led to the shootings.
Investigators believe White was killed
around April 20, 2013, and his body was
later found under a tarp in an outbuilding
near the farmhouse. Stout, 30, apparently
was shot April 29 and his body was found
in his bedroom under a pile of clothes. Bailey’s partially-clothed body was found in a
bedroom, with her hands bound behind her
back. Authorities believe she and her
daughter were killed on May 1.
The adults’ bodies were found about a
week later and search crews found the
child’s body in a suitcase floating in the
Tequa Creek the next week.
Flack’s lead defense attorney, Timothy
Frieden, urged the jury during the sentencing phase to recommend a life sentence
without parole, saying Flack was not the
“monster” they had heard about, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Testimony
during the sentencing phase indicated
Flack grew up in a chaotic home with several family members who suffered from
mental illness, was sexually abused as a
child, and suffered from depression, social
anxiety and schizoaffective disorder.
Frieden said Flack functioned well while
in prison for a 2005 shooting, and if sentenced to life in this case, the public would
be safe.
“He is salvageable,” Frieden said. “Vote
life when it comes down to the end.”
Deputy Attorney General Victor Braden
said during the sentencing phase that
jurors had to decide what justice entails.
“Each of you will have to ask yourself
what is appropriate justice?” Braden said.
He said the death penalty was justified
by three aggravating circumstances,
including a conviction for attempted second-degree murder in the May 2, 2005,
shooting of Steve Free; the fact that Flack
killed more than one person and the
killings of Kaylie and her daughter were
done in an “especially heinous, atrocious or
cruel manner.”
Prosecutors presented two weeks of testimony during the trial. The defense called
no witnesses.
Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma, 7 injured
NEW ORLEANS (AP) —
rumbled
Thunderstorms
across parts of the South on
Thursday, bringing the threat
of possible tornadoes, a day
after at least seven people
were injured when severe
storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma.
Hail and damaging winds
were moving across the lower
Mississippi River Valley, and
the National Weather Service
said the heavy rain may produce flash flooding in some
areas.
The
weather
service’s
Storm Prediction Center said
the greatest threat of tornadoes and large hail was in
northern Mississippi and
Alabama, along with parts of
Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Forecasters say more
than 8 million people will be
at an “enhanced” risk of
severe weather in parts of
Mississippi, Alabama and
Tennessee.
The National Weather Ser-
vice says it will investigate
storm damage in Lamar
County, Mississippi, that may
have been caused by a tornado Thursday morning. Meteorologist Joanne Culin in
Jackson said trees were down
in two areas of Purvis and one
crashed into a house. There
were no reports of injuries.
In Oklahoma, a tornado
touched down and lifted up
numerous times Wednesday
night as it swept through the
northern Tulsa and Owasso
areas, according to weather
service meteorologist Amy
Jankowski.
About a square mile of a
mostly residential area sustained damage, with one
home destroyed and other
residences and businesses
sustaining roof and structural
damage, Tulsa Fire Department spokesman Stan May
said.
Police and fire officials were
going door to door in the area.
There were no immediate
reports of anyone missing,
May said.
“We want to check each
house,” he said. “We’ve got
some elderly people in the
area. We want to make sure
people have the medicines
they need.”
Seven people were taken to
hospitals by Emergency Medical Services Authority, an
ambulance service provider,
spokeswoman Kelli Bruer
said. Bruer said one was in
critical condition and several
were in serious condition.
May said a few other people
suffered minor injuries but
declined treatment.
Tulsa streets and water
departments were assisting
with road barricades and
debris removal.
The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood
watch for northern parts of
Louisiana until 7 p.m. Thursday. Forecasters predicted
multiple rounds of strong
thunderstorms would produce 2 to 4 inches of rain, and
perhaps 6 inches in some
parts of the state.
“Heavy rain from waves of
storms could renew flooding
over north Louisiana,” said
Cynthia Palmer, a forecaster
at the weather service’s office
in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The ground remains saturated in that part of the state,
which saw record flooding
earlier this month, Palmer
said.
In northern Mississippi,
forecasters said thunderstorms would bring rainfall
amounts of 2 to 4 inches. A
flash-flood watch was in effect
through Thursday evening.
As the system moves east,
strong storms were expected
to develop Thursday over
Alabama, where forecasters
say the main threats will be
tornadoes, winds of up to 70
mph, quarter -sized hail and
heavy rains. In Georgia, forecasters said more than 4
inches of rain could fall in
western parts of the state.
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Alabama governor’s top aide resigns
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)
– A top political aide to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley
resigned Wednesday, a week
after he publicly admitted
making inappropriate remarks to her but denied the
two ever had an affair.
Soon after, a GOP lawmaker said he planned to in-
troduce a resolution to begin
impeachment
proceedings
against the Republican governor.
Rebekah Caldwell Mason announced her resignation in a statement sent by
the governor’s office, saying
she would no longer serve as
Bentley’s senior political ad-
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars
By Jacqueline Bigar
A baby born today has a
Sun in Aries and a Moon in
Capricorn.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Thursday, March 31, 2016:
This year you could make
some unusual friends who
expose you to a unique philosophy about living. Your
lifestyle, and even some of
your priorities, might transform and benefit from the
experience in ways that you
never knew were possible.
Your enthusiasm and willingness to learn how to communicate in different ways
point to an exciting period.
If you are single, you could
meet someone who is assertive and quick-witted. Hopefully, the two of you will meet
on a mental level; otherwise,
boredom could set in. If you
are attached, your spontaneity and willingness to let go
of heavy issues adds to the
caring between you and your
sweetie. CAPRICORN can be
controlling, but also can be
wise.
The Stars Show the Kind
of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
***** Anything can happen
when you give in to spontaneity. Others will find you to
be exciting. Your willingness
to detach yet still find a solution makes you a winner.
Stay focused, as you could be
accident-prone. Tonight: Play
a game online and meet new
people.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
**** Take an overview of
the situation. New options
might appear. If you’re feeling a vague sense of irritation, dig deep for answers as
to why. It might have nothing
to do with what you thought
was bothering you. Tonight:
Someone is likely to surprise
you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
**** A friend’s idea could
inspire you to reach for a
goal in a unique way. Try it
-- what do you have to lose?
You’ll feel revitalized as a result. A friend’s thoughts will
help you to solve a domestic
problem. This issue needs
some attention. Tonight: Respond to someone’s fun idea.
CANCER (June 21-July
22)
**** Continue to defer to
others. You might not believe
what comes out of someone’s
mouth! In a few hours, you
could decide that this person is more rational than
you had originally thought. A
friend is likely to be possessive. Tonight: Embrace the
unexpected; you can’t control
everything.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
*** You might not feel
up to snuff in the morning.
You’ll feel better as the day
goes on. Taking an overview
of a hassle could lead to some
very interesting and exciting
discoveries. Consider how to
increase your income. A controlling associate has several
ideas. Tonight: Early bedtime.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
***** A sudden discovery
could change your perspective. Your positive attitude
adds to your creativity. A
loved one will try unsuccessfully to manipulate you. This
person will learn through
your resistance that he or
she cannot control you. Tonight: Observe, then decide.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
***** Do you believe in love
at first sight? You might after
today. Love seems to be in the
air. You might want to help
someone less fortunate than
yourself. It could be difficult
to keep up with a friend’s
quick and/or convoluted
thinking. Tonight: Be careful
with a family member.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21)
**** A close associate could
have a brilliant idea. Give it
time to sink in; you just might
run with it. A discussion with
a friend generates even more
positive vibes. A neighbor or
sibling could throw a temper
tantrum; handle this diplomatically. Tonight: A cozy
chat over dinner.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
***** A project gets a sudden boost today. Your expertise and ideas frequently help
others, and they seek you out
as a result. A personal matter
could encourage some moping, but not for long. Walk
out the door and get a breath
of fresh air. Tonight: Say “no”
to frivolous spending.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19)
***** You could receive
some excellent financial or
tax advice from an older,
more knowledgeable individual. Be grateful. This person
might seem somewhat eccentric at times, as though he or
she seems to live in another
world. Let your intensity
reign. Tonight: As you like it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18)
***** You might spend
much of the day dealing with
a personal matter. Nevertheless, a loved one could inspire
you to take a risk, but only
if he or she knows what is
going on. A dear friend will
present an adventuresome
idea. Are you going to say
“no”? Tonight: Make it early.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20)
**** A risk could become
complicated. Stay financially
independent right now, but
listen to what others have to
say. Remember that you are
your own person, responsible
only for yourself. Follow your
intuition, and have an important talk with a loved one. Tonight: Hang with a friend.
BORN TODAY
Former U.S. Rep. Barney
Frank (1940), singer Anita
Carter (1933), actor Ewan
McGregor (1971)
***
Jacqueline Bigar is on the
Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
(c) 2016 by King Features
Syndicate Inc.
viser and would no longer be
paid by his campaign fund or
work for a nonprofit organization formed to promote the
his agenda.
“My only plans are to focus
my full attention on my precious children and my husband who I love dearly. They
are the most important people in my life,” she said.
As Bentley’s confidante,
sounding board, adviser and
message molder, Mason has
been there for the biggest moments of his political career,
from his improbable 2010
election to the development
of his major policy initiatives.
More recently, she has been
at the center of the lowest
moment of his political career.
Last week, Mason was
thrust into the spotlight when
former Law Enforcement Secretary Spencer Collier– a day
after being fired by Bentley
– accused the 73-year-old
governor of having an inappropriate relationship with
Mason. Collier, in making the
claim, cited a recording he
heard in 2014. The scandal
has engulfed Bentley, a mildmannered dermatologist and
former Baptist deacon whose
political ascendency was
based partly on his morally
upright, honest reputation.
Today in History
50 years ago
March 31, 1966—Concordia
businesses
were
closing from noon-2 p.m.
for Good Friday services . .
. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Clark of
Concordia announced the
engagement of their daughter, Janet Sue, to Robert A.
Layton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
D.L. Layton, also of Concordia.
25 years ago
March
31,
1991—
Boogaarts finished second
in the Concordia Youth
Basketball League tournament for fifth and sixth
grade girls. Team members
were Amber Strait, Cassi Carter, Andra Brosius,
LeAn Brosius, Stacy Gering,
Amanda Siebecker, Melissa
Vopat, Shania Fitzgerald,
Jill Caspers, Cara Dobberstein, Beth Anderson and
Mary Frances Gregory . . .
Members of the Concordia
VFW Kids’ Wrestling Club
who qualified for the state
tournament in Salina were
Brandon Mauch, Doug Zimmerman, Aaron Hake, Doug
Miller, Darrel Zimmerman,
Mike Wills, Chris Ngo, Travis Aggson, Jared LeDuc,
Jordan Metro, John Hake,
Steven Shanks, Austin Aggson, Gwen Lehman and
Richard Kroulik.
10 years ago
March 31, 2006—Peggy Powell, deputy Cloud
SUDOKU
Sudoku is a number-placing
puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with
several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9
in the empty squares so that each
row, each column and each 3x3
box contain the same number
only once. The difficulty level of
the Conceptis Sudoku increases
from Monday to Friday.
County Clerk, was honored
at a retirement reception at
the Courthouse. She had
worked at the Courthouse
since 1972 . . . Concordia
High School girls won the
team title at the Belleville
track and field meet. Christa Bergmann threw 115-4 to
take first in the discus.
5 years ago
March 31, 2011—Members of the Concordia Kids
Wrestling Club who placed
in the state tournament in
Topeka were Briana Kennedy, Kassidy Leiszler, Zach
Strait, Alec Ngo, Keyan
Miller, Cameron Miller, Skyler Hittle, Drake Hake and
Eyann Zimmerman . . . Nathan Koerber placed first for
Concordia in number one
singles and Joel Timme and
James Tyler placed second
in number one doubles at
the Concordia High School
tennis Quadrangular.
1 year ago
March 31, 2015—Matt
Farmer, assistant manager of the Jamestown and
Lovewell Wildlife areas, received the 2014 Kansas
Wetlands Manager of the
Year Award at the Ducks
Unlimited State convention
in Olathe . . . Three candidates were seeking the open
seat on the Concordia City
Commission: Chuck Lambert, Marty Tatum and Sam
Sacco.
PEOPLE
Annie’s
Mailbox
by Kathy Mitchell and
Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: I come from
a large family. We haven't
had any truly rough times,
but our sister-in-law is proving to be a problem for me.
"Jennifer" has never liked
me. At her wedding, my other siblings were attendants,
but not me. She often invites
my siblings for dinner, but
never me.
I could live with that, but I
am bothered by the way she
treats my mother.
My brother has five children. For years, my mother
has babysat for free. She attends all their events to show
her support. She invites the
kids to fun activities. Mom
recently took on a full-time
job and can no longer babysit. Jennifer always seemed
a little jealous of how close
Mom is to the kids, and now
she's found a way to exclude
her. Jennifer has stopped
communicating with either
of my parents. She declines
invitations to family events
at my parents' house, and
won't invite them anywhere.
She won't tell them when the
kids' events are. Last week,
Mom saw Jennifer at the
grocery, and she wouldn't
look at her or say hello.
Jennifer's attitude is having an effect on my brother.
He's starting to behave the
same way. This is awful for
my mother and an injustice to the kids. Mom is too
nice to say anything, and if
I speak up, it will only make
things worse.
My older sister has told
me that I will soon be excluded from any family event
involving Jennifer if I don't
"change my ways." I don't
understand what I have
done wrong or how to fix it.
Could you please give me
some suggestions? — Frustrated
Dear Frustrated: We
don't know what you have
"done wrong," other than to
respond to Jennifer in the
same negative way she responds to you. But we can
tell you that improving the
relationship will require
major effort from you, since
Jennifer is unlikely to bother. Please talk to your older
sister and ask her to explain
what might help you get
along better with Jennifer.
Don't criticize her. Be sincere. Do this for your mother's sake, and see if anything
works to get this sister-inlaw to behave with more
compassion. (And shame on
your brother for permitting
his wife to treat Mom this
way.)
Dear Annie: I read the
letter from "Mother-In-Law,"
who regrets the way she
treated her husband's mother now that she is the recipient of her son's wife's disdain. I was happy to see you
point out that many women
have wonderful relationships
with their mothers-in-law.
I could not have asked for
a better woman to fill this
role in my life. My mother-inlaw did an outstanding job
raising her son and accepted me into her family with
grace and love. Sadly, she
developed Alzheimer's and
we had to watch a beautiful,
active and engaging woman
fall victim to the ravages of
this insidious disease. It was
heartbreaking to see this
decline, but she was always
happy to see us when we visited. She knew we belonged
to her in some way.
I learned a lot from her,
and can only pray that I have
the same type of relationship
with my son's wife when
that day comes. — Grateful
Daughter-in-Law
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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
Sugar, longtime editors of the
Ann Landers column. Please
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4-H news
The Special meeting run
by the parents of the Hill and
Dale 4-H Club was called
to order on Monday, Feb. 1
at 7 p.m. at the Lutheran
Church by President Taley
Murdock’s mom, Megan
Murdock.
The Pledge of Allegiance
and 4-H Pledge were led by
Angel and Gunner Hale’s
mom Myra Hale.
There was no song.
Roll Call was answered by
your favorite vacation spot.
There were 23 members, 2
leaders, 12 parents, and no
Guests.
Minutes for the last meeting were read by Ashley
Bartlett’s dad, Jeff Morgan.
There was no correspondence. The treasurer’s report
was given. There were no reporter or historian reports.
Council
reports
gave
some important dates: Feb
27, Club days; March 19, regional 4-H days; Project fairs
April 2nd and 23rd; May
14, tractor safety training.
Council has also adopted
new scholarship policies.
Leader report was given
by Nicole Collins’ son, Trey
Collins. He reminded everyone that the Cuba rocka-thon was coming up if
anyone wanted to perform.
Senior Citizens Menu
There will be a photography
project meeting Feb 14 and
March 13 at 2:30 in Washington. Feb 21 at 2 p.m. will
be shooting sports meeting.
Committee reports were
given. The t-shirt committee
placed an order and hoped
to have t-shirts for 4-H days.
Unfinished
Business:
None.
New Business: Rachelle
Anderson’s mom Charlotte
Anderson, suggested that we
make a spring educational
tour committee.
Program was Gunner
Hale giving a demonstration
on leather crafts. Angel Hale
gave a project talk on “How
to take a perfect picture,”
and Mason Berk gave a project talk on “woodworking
and shooting sports.”
Announcements were beef
kids meet after the meeting, and Junior gavel games
practice will be held after
the meeting. The next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on
Monday March 7, at the Lutheran Church.
Meeting was adjourned by
Gunner Hale.
Treats and drinks were
provided by Berk’s.
Submitted by Lacie Duvall’s mom, Mary Frances
Duvall
Friday—Menu will be published next week.
Looking Back
Today is Thursday, March 31, the 91st day of 2016.
There are 275 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson
stunned the country by announcing during a televised address that he would not seek re-election.
On this date:
•In 1889, French engineer Gustave Eiffel unfurled the
French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower, officially marking
its completion.
In 1923, the first U.S. dance marathon, held in New York
City, ended with Alma Cummings, who had danced with
six consecutive male partners, setting a world record of 27
hours on her feet.
In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the
Emergency Conservation Work Act, which created the Civilian Conservation Corps.
In 1943, “Oklahoma!,” the first musical play by Richard
Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway.
In 1949, Newfoundland (now called Newfoundland and
Labrador) entered confederation as Canada’s 10th province.
In 1953, Stanley Kubrick’s first feature, a war drama titled “Fear and Desire,” premiered in New York.
In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Ann Quinlan, a young woman in a persistent vegetative
state, could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan,
who remained unconscious, died in 1985.)
In 1986, 167 people died when a Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashed in a remote mountainous region of Mexico.
In 1991, the Warsaw Pact was formally dissolved.
In 1993, actor Brandon Lee, 28, was accidentally shot to
death during the filming of a movie in Wilmington, North
Carolina, when he was hit by a bullet fragment that had
become lodged inside a prop gun.
In 1995, Mexican-American singer Selena QuintanillaPerez, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by
the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
In 2005, Terri Schiavo, 41, died at a hospice in Pinellas
Park, Florida, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed
in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.
Ten years ago: Auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. unveiled
a broad restructuring plan that would cut 8,500 salaried
jobs and shut or sell a third of its plants worldwide. Seventy deaths were reported after three strong earthquakes
struck western Iran. A Brazilian airliner crashed, killing all
19 people on board.
Five years ago: Moammar Gadhafi struck a defiant
stance after two high-profile defections from his regime,
saying the Western leaders who had decimated his military with airstrikes should resign immediately – not him.
(Gadhafi’s message was in the form of a scroll across the
bottom of state TV as he remained out of sight.) Baseball
fan Bryan Stow, a paramedic from Santa Cruz, California,
suffered traumatic injuries and brain damage as he was
brutally beaten following the Dodgers’ home opener against
the Giants in Los Angeles. (Two men, Louie Sanchez and
Marvin Norwood, pleaded guilty in the attack; Sanchez was
sentenced to eight years in prison, while Norwood received
a four-year sentence.)
One year ago: Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) rested
their case in his federal death penalty trial, a day after they
began presenting testimony designed to show his late older
brother, Tamerlan, was the mastermind of the 2013 terror attack. Muhammadu Buhari (moo-HAH’-mah-doo booHAH’-ree), a former general who once rose to power in a
military coup, won Nigeria’s presidential election, defeating
President Goodluck Jonathan.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor William Daniels is 89. Hockey
Hall-of-Famer Gordie Howe is 88. Actor Richard Chamberlain is 82. Actress Shirley Jones is 82. Country singersongwriter John D. Loudermilk is 82. Musician Herb Alpert
is 81. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is 76. Former U.S. Rep.
Barney Frank, D-Mass., is 76. Actor Christopher Walken is
73. Comedian Gabe Kaplan is 72. Former Vice President Al
Gore is 68. Author David Eisenhower is 68. Actress Rhea
Perlman is 68. Actor Ed Marinaro is 66. Rock musician Angus Young (AC/DC) is 61. Actor Marc McClure is 59. Actor
William McNamara is 51. Alt-country musician Bob Crawford (The Avett (AY’-veht) Brothers) is 45. Actor Ewan (YOO’en) McGregor is 45. Actress Judi Shekoni (TV: “Heroes Reborn”) is 38. Rapper Tony Yayo is 38. Actress Kate Micucci
is 36. Jazz musician Christian Scott is 33. Pop musician
Jack Antonoff (fun.) is 32. Actress Jessica Szohr is 31.
Thought for Today: “An optimist may see a light
where there is none, but why must the pessimist always
run to blow it out?”
– Rene Descartes, French philosopher (born this date
in 1596, died 1650).
More Highlight in History:
•In1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted in
New York of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet
Union. (They were executed in June 1953.) The Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical “The King and I” opened on Broadway.
•In 1638, Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware.
•In 1790, the 10th president of the United States, John
Tyler, was born in Charles City County, Virginia.
•In 1936, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler claimed overwhelming victory in a plebiscite on his policies.
•In 1943, World War II rationing of meat, fats and cheese
began.
•In 1962, Jack Paar hosted NBC’s “Tonight” show for the
final time, although the network aired a repeat the following
night. (Johnny Carson debuted as host the following October.)
•In 1971, Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of
murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai (mee ly)
massacre. (Calley ended up serving three years under house
arrest.) A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the
1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. (The sentences were later
commuted.)
•In 1973, the last United States combat troops left South
Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the
Vietnam War.
Blade-Empire, Thursday, March 31, 2016 3
Johns Hopkins begins
first HIV-positive
organ transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) –Surgeons in Baltimore for the
first time have transplanted
organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive
recipients, a long-awaited
new option for patients with
the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing.
Johns Hopkins University
announced Wednesday that
both recipients are recovering well after one received a
kidney and the other a liver
from a deceased donor –organs that ordinarily would
have been thrown away because of the HIV infection.
Doctors in South Africa
have reported successfully
transplanting HIV-positive
kidneys but Hopkins said
the HIV-positive liver transplant is the first worldwide.
Hopkins didn’t identify its
patients, but said the kidney
recipient is recuperating at
home and the liver recipient
is expected to be discharged
soon.
“This could mean a new
chance at life,” said Dr. Dorry Segev, a Hopkins transplant specialist who pushed
for legislation lifting a 25year U.S. ban on the approach and estimates that
hundreds of HIV-positive
patients may benefit.
For patients who don’t already have the AIDS virus,
nothing changes — they
wouldn’t be offered HIV-positive organs.
Instead,
the
surgeries, performed earlier this
month, are part of research
to determine if HIV-to-HIV
transplants really help.
The reason: Modern anti-AIDS medications have
turned HIV from a quick killer into a chronic disease —
meaning patients may live
long enough to suffer organ
failure, either because of the
HIV or for some other reason. In the U.S., HIV-positive patients already are eligible to receive transplants
from HIV-negative donors
just like anyone else on the
waiting list.
That list is long – for kidneys, more than 100,000
people are in line – and
thousands die waiting each
year. There’s no count of
how many of those waiting
have HIV, but Segev said it
increases the risk of death
while waiting.
If the new approach
works, one hope is that it
could free up space on the
waiting list as HIV-positive
patients take advantage
of organs available only to
them. Segev estimated that
300 to 500 would-be donors who are HIV-positive
die each year, potentially
enough kidneys and livers
for 1,000 additional trans-
plants.
“It increases the pool of
potential organ donors and
allows more people to be
transplanted. That’s the advantage of this whole thing,
but it is a research project
so we are going to monitor
it very carefully,” said Dr.
David Klassen of the United
Network for Organ Sharing,
which oversees the nation’s
transplant system.
Hopkins is the first hospital given permission for HIVto-HIV transplant research.
Two others – Hahnemann
University Hospital in Philadelphia and Mount Sinai
Medical Center in New York
– also are approved for studies, according to the UNOS.
Segev helped spur a 2013
law – the HIV Organ Policy
Equity, or HOPE, Act – that
lifted a federal ban on any
use of HIV-infected organs
and paved the way for that
research.
UNOS says at least 1,376
people with HIV have undergone transplants using
HIV-negative organs since
2005. Special expertise is
required to coordinate both
the anti-HIV medications
and anti-rejection drugs
those patients require, but
large studies have shown
that HIV patients fare well
after transplant.
Using an HIV-positive organ adds an extra concern:
Transplant recipients are
exposed to a second strain
of the virus from the donor,
explained Dr. Christine Durand, a Hopkins infectious
disease specialist. Doctors
have to consider what antiAIDS medications the donor
took to avoid introducing
HIV drug resistance.
Hopkins’ first HIV-to-HIV
transplants were possible
thanks to a deceased donor. The New England Organ Bank, which arranged
for that donation, issued
a statement from the unidentified woman’s family expressing gratitude that
someone who fought HIV’s
stigma was able to donate
and help others.
But Segev said his team
also is exploring how to
safely attempt kidney transplants using living donors
who have HIV.
And advocates said it’s
time for more people to ask
about becoming organ donors.
“If you have considered
donation but think that no
one would want your organs,
let the doctors decide that,”
said Morris Murray, an HIVpositive Maryland man who
waited years before receiving
an HIV-negative liver transplant in 2013.
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Sports
A look at the Final Four
March Madness lived up
to its billing with all those
upsets, crazy finishes and
memorable performances.
Now that the calendar is
turning to April, it’s time for
the main event: North Carolina, Oklahoma, Villanova
and Syracuse in the Final
Four.
Houston, here they come
— and it figures to be quite a
show.
To get you ready, we’ve
got a rundown of the
matchups, the top teams
and players before the
games start on Saturday:
___
THE MATCHUPS
Oklahoma vs. Villanova.
These teams met earlier in
the season and the Sooners
turned it into a laugher
behind a barrage of 3-pointers, making 14 behind the
arc in the 78-55 win. Expect
this one to be much closer
and more entertaining.
Syracuse vs. North Carolina. Round 3 for the ACC
rivals. The Tar Heels won
both regular-season meetings by wrecking Orange’s
zone with their strong post
play. Fail to figure out how to
stop North Carolina inside
and the Tar Heels could
sweep into the title game.
___
THE STARS
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma.
Don’t know who Buddy
Buckets is, you haven’t been
following college hoops — or
sports, for that matter.
Brice Johnson, North
Carolina. All-American is a
matchup nightmare on
offense and has become a
shot-blocking menace late in
the season.
Josh Hart, Villanova. On a
team with no true stars, Hart
stands out because of how
hard he plays — on every
play.
Michael Gbinije, Syracuse. Need a basket,
rebound, assist or steal?
He’s the man for the Orange.
___
THE OTHERS
Marcus Paige, North Car-
olina. His senior season
hasn’t lived up to his standards, but Paige is peaking
at just the right time. Has
made a big shot or two in
his career.
Kris Jenkins, Villanova.
Wildcats’ second-leading
scorer can fill it up from
long range.
Isaiah Cousins, Oklahoma. The perfect backcourt complement to Hield,
he can shoot and is the
Sooners’ best perimeter
defender.
Malachai
Richardson,
Syracuse. Scored 21 second-half points against one
of the nation’s best defenses
(Virginia’s). That’s pretty
good.
___
THE COACHES
Roy Williams, North Carolina. Hall of Famer vying
for his third national title.
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse.
Was suspended the season’s first nine games season for NCAA violations.
May have done the best
coaching job of his Hall of
Fame career after he came
back.
Lon Kruger, Oklahoma.
Only coach to take five
schools to the NCAA Tournament eyeing his first title.
Jay Wright, Villanova.
Proved the critics wrong by
getting the Wildcats to the
final dance after all those
early exits as high seeds.
___
NUMBERS
8-Final Four appearances by Roy Williams, with
Kansas and North Carolina.
10-Syracuse’s seed in the
NCAA Tournament, making
the Orange the first No. 10
and fourth double-digits
seed to reach the Final
Four.
13-Losses by Syracuse
this season, most by a Final
Four team since Wisconsin
and North Carolina in 2000.
16-North Carolina’s average margin of victory in four
NCAA Tournament games.
19-Times the Tar Heels
have reached the Final
Four. This is North Carolina’s first since 2009.
22-Years
since
Lon
Kruger last coached in the
Final Four, with Florida.
29.3-Hield’s
scoring
average in the NCAA Tournament.
2,835-Combined victories by the four Final Four
coaches.
___
NOTABLE ALUMNI
North Carolina: Actors
Andy
Griffith,
Louise
Fletcher and Jack Palance;
comedian Lewis Black;
composer Richard Adler;
basketball player Michael
Jordan; soccer player Mia
Hamm; runner Jim Beatty;
NFL player Dre Bly; twoterm West Virginia governor
Gaston Caperton; Big Ten
Commissioner Jim Delaney.
Syracuse: Marmaduke
creator Brad Anderson; NFL
player Jim Brown; TV personality Dick Clark; sports
announcers Bob Costas
and Mike Tirico; actors
Jerry Stiller and Taye
Diggs; fashion designer Betsey Johnson; TV anchor
Ted
Koppel;
playwright/screenwriter
Aaron Sorkin.
Villanova: actors Maria
Bello and Victor Buono;
musicians Jim Croce and
Toby
Keith;
astronaut
Andrew M. Allen; Secret
Service directory Joseph
Clancy; second lady Jill
Biden; NFL player Howie
Long; New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte; former
Pennsylvania Governor and
chair of Democratic National Convention Ed Rendell;
former Connecticut governor John G. Rowland; basketball player Paul Arizin.
Oklahoma: Actors James
Garner, Ed Harris and
Olivia Munn; former House
majority leader Dick Armey;
New
Mexico
Governor
Susan Martinez; astronauts
James Alan Abrahamson
and Shannon Lucid; Denver
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen;
football players Adrian
Peterson and Troy Aikman.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—
Stephen Curry scored 31
points, including six straight
in overtime, and the Golden
State Warriors continued
their historic run with a 10396 victory over the Utah Jazz
on Wednesday night.
The Warriors (68-7) surpassed last season’s victory
total and can break the
1995-96 Chicago Bulls’
record of 72-10 with five
wins in their last seven
games.
Golden
State’s
Klay
Thompson hit a tying 3pointer with 15 seconds
remaining in regulation after
an offensive rebound and
kick-out from Shaun Livingston after Thompson
missed the previous attempt.
The Jazz (37-38) fell into a
tie with Houston for the No. 7
slot in the Western Conference playoff race.
Curry
had
seven
rebounds and four assists,
while Thompson finished
with 18 points.
Gordon Hayward led the
Jazz with 21 points and Rodney Hood added 20.
Spurs 100,
Pelicans 92
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
Manu Ginobili scored 20
points and the Spurs beat
the injury-depleted Pelicans
for their NBA-record 38th
straight home victory to open
a season.
San Antonio topped the
37-0 start by the Chicago
Bulls during their record 72victory season in 1995-96.
Golden State has an existing
36-game home winning
streak to open the season,
giving the Warriors a chance
to end up with the record.
San Antonio’s Kawhi
Leonard had 16 points in his
return from a three-game
absence, showing no discomfort after bruising his
right
quadriceps
last
Wednesday.
Alexis Ajinca had 18
points for New Orleans,
which was without nine
players due to injury. Jordan
Hamilton added 14 points in
his first start in his third
game with the team.
Raptors 105,
Hawks 97
TORONTO (AP) — DeMar
DeRozan scored 26 points,
Jonas Valanciunas added 19
points and nine rebounds,
and Toronto earned its franchise-record 50th victory of
the season.
DeRozan added six assists
and five rebounds, while
Kyle Lowry finished with 17
points, 11 assists and six
rebounds as the Raptors (5024) won for just the second
time in five games.
Jeff Teague had 18 points
for the Hawks (45-31), who
had won four in a row. Tim
Hardaway Jr. added 15
points and Paul Millsap had
seven points and nine
rebounds.
Lakers 102,
Heat 100, OT
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Julius Randle hit a tiebreaking hook shot in the paint
with 1.9 seconds left in overtime, and Los Angeles rallied
late in a tumultuous day to
beat Miami.
Jordan Clarkson scored
six of his 26 points in overtime for the Lakers, who
snapped a four-game skid
with just their 16th win of
the season.
Los Angeles hung on
when Joe Johnson badly
missed a 3-pointer at the
buzzer for the Heat, who had
won four of five.
D’Angelo Russell scored
five of his 16 points in overtime after receiving light
boos from Lakers fans at several points early in the night.
The rookie guard apologized
profusely before the game for
recording an unflattering
video of teammate Nick
Young.
Nuggets 109,
Grizzlies 105
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) —
Will Barton scored 25 points,
Emmanuel Mudiay had 17
and the Nuggets beat the
reeling Grizzlies.
Barton split a pair of freethrow attempts with 3.2 seconds left to help Denver hold
on after Memphis pulled
within three.
The Grizzlies (41-34) have
lost four in a row. Their
advantage over idle Portland
for the fifth seed in the Western Conference is down to
two games.
Zach Randolph led Memphis with 26 points, while
Jordan Farmar finished with
14.
Kings 120,
Wizards 111
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)
— DeMarcus Cousins had
29 points, 10 rebounds, five
steals and four blocks, and
the Kings hurt the Wizards’
playoff hopes.
The Wizards dropped their
second straight and fourth in
five games, falling 3 1/2
games behind Indiana for
the eighth and final playoff
berth in the Eastern Conference.
Warriors down Jazz in OT
Devilering the pitch
Cloud County Community College sophomore Kasey Biddle delivers a pitch in the first game
of a doubleheader against the Hastings College junior varsity on Wednesday. (Photo by Jessica LeDuc)
T-Birds sweep Hastings JV
Racking up 25 runs, the
Cloud County Community
College baseball team swept
a doubleheader from the
Hastings College junior varsity Wednesday at the Concordia Sports Complex.
Chris Langin and David
Johns combined on a twohitter as Cloud County won
the second game 15-1 in
five innings.
The Thunderbirds hung
on to take the first game,
10-8.
Langin gave up one run
on two hits, struck out two
and walked one in five
innings to pick up the win
in game two.
Johns worked a perfect
fifth inning. He struck out
one.
Cloud County got out to a
2-0 lead in the first inning.
Jacob Grady doubled to
drive in Jake Wells and
scored on a single by Ryan
Cornell.
The T-Birds extended the
lead to 5-0 with three runs
in the third inning.
Wells led off with a single
and Bryce Lievens doubled.
A triple by Grady got two
runs home.
Grady scored on an error.
Hastings scored its only
run in the top of the fourth
inning.
Sending 15 batters to the
plate, the T -Birds erupted
for 10 runs in the bottom of
the fourth.
Wells led off with a double and Leivens singled.
Grady hit a three-run
home run.
Cornell followed with a
solo homer.
Cloud County loaded the
bases, and Sherwin Salim
walked to force home a run.
Lievens followed with a
grand slam home run.
Grady singled and scored
on a base hit by Garrett
Graveline.
Cloud County pounded
out 15 hits in the game.
Grady was 4-for-4 at the
plate with six runs batted
in. He scored thee runs.
Lievens had three hits in
four at bats and drove in
four runs. He scored three
runs.
Cornell had three hits
and knocked in two runs.
Wells was 3-for-3 with
three runs scored.
Graveline had two hits.
Hastings got out to a 3-0
lead on Cloud County in the
top of the first inning in
game one.
Wells led off the bottom of
the first with a double, and
Jose Chacin singled.
A passed ball allowed
Wells to score.
Anthony Johnson singled
to drive in Chacin.
Two runs in the top of the
second inning gave Hastings a 5-2 cushion.
Wells tripled and scored
on a passed ball in the bottom of the second, and
Cloud County trailed 5-3.
Hastings picked up two
runs in the top of the fifth
inning to go up 7-3.
The T -Birds tied the
game at 7-7 with four runs
in the bottom of the fifth.
Chacin knocked in one
run with a single.
Trace Nelson homered
with Emilio Escamilla and
Alixon Herrera aboard in
the sixth inning to give
Cloud County its first lead
in the game, 10-7.
Hastings added one run
in the seventh inning.
Kasey Biddle pitched the
first four innings for the TBirds and allowed five runs
on six hits. He struck out
three and walked one.
John Stiger worked one
inning to get the win. He
gave up two runs on one hit,
struck out four and walked
two.
Bryce Girdner allowed
one run on one hit in twothirds of an inning. He
struck out two and walked
one.
Cole Otto struck out the
only batter he faced to get
the save.
Wells, Chacin and Salim
had two hits each for the TBirds.
Nelson drove in three
runs.
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) —
Cole Hamels pitched five solid
innings in his final spring
start, and the Texas Rangers
beat the Kansas City Royals
5-1 on Wednesday.
Hamels, who is slated to
start on opening day Monday
against Seattle, allowed one
run and two hits. The lefthander struck out five and
walked none.
“What I was trying to
accomplish in spring, I feel
pretty good and confident
what I was able to do especially today,” Hamels said. “It
was getting that four-seam
fastball in the bottom half of
the zone and get the groundouts. I wanted to establish
early contact. It’s nice to at
least have some quick
innings.”
Royals
starter
Ian
Kennedy was led off the field
by trainer Nick Kenney while
making warmup tosses in the
fourth inning. The preliminary diagnosis was left hamstring tightness.
Kennedy, who signed a
$70 million, five-year contract in January, was on the
disabled list last April with
the San Diego Padres with a
left hamstring injury.
“It’s slight. We were just
being more precaution than
anything right now,” Royals
manager Ned Yost said. “He
felt some tightness and a little
bit of cramping in his leg. We
said let’s get him out and see
where we are the next day or
two, but we don’t think it’s
very serious. He caught a
spike the inning before and
felt it a little bit.”
Delino DeShields tripled
twice and scored two runs for
Texas.
“If it’s in the gap or down
the line, just automatically
I’m thinking triples,” he said.
I’m just an aggressive runner.
I don’t want to pull up at second base. I want to be on
third base.”
STARTING TIME
Royals: Kennedy allowed
two runs and three hits. He
struck out four and walked
none.
The right-hander, who
struck out the side in the
third, is penciled in to start
the second game of the season on Tuesday against the
Mets, but that could be in
jeopardy with the tight hamstring.
“We’re going to wait and
see how it feels tomorrow and
the next day,” Yost said. “But
as of right now (he’ll start).
We’re going to see where he’s
at. We’ve got 48 hours to
make a decision if we want to
adjust (Yordano) Ventura’s
load or Chris Young’s.”
Royals lose to Rangers, 5-1
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLOUD
COUNTY, KANSAS
GNB MORTGAGE COMPANY
PLAINTIFF
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Div. No.
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage
Foreclosure
DOUGLAS KROEGER, et. al.;
DEFENDANTS
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale
issued by the Clerk of the District Court in
and for the said County of Cloud, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 2015CV-000043, wherein the parties above
named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for
sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the front door
of the courthouse in the City of Concordia
in said County, on April 25, 2016, at 10:00
a.m., of said day the following described
real estate located in the County of Cloud,
State of Kansas, to wit:
LOT ONE (1) TO FOURTEEN (14)
INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK SIXTY-TWO (62)
AND LOTS ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3),
FOUR (4), NINE (9), TEN (10), ELEVEN
(11), AND TWELVE (12) IN BLOCK SIXTY-THREE (63), ALL IN COLLEGE ADDITION, AN ADDITION IN THE CITY OF
MILTONVALE, CLOUD COUNTY, KANSAS Commonly known as 705 Milton, Miltonvale, Kansas 67466
This is an attempt to collect a debt and
any information obtained will be used for
that purpose.
Brian K. Marks
SHERIFF OF CLOUD
COUNTY, KANSAS
SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, LLC
Attorneys for Plaintiff
4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite 418B
Fairway, KS 66205
(913)831-3000
Fax No. (913)831-3320
Our File No. 15-008527/jm
3th
Model 3 is Tesla’s biggest test
DETROIT (AP) – Tesla
Motors built its reputation
making sporty, sexy and
very expensive electric cars.
It’s staking its future on
something more affordable.
Tesla plans to unveil its
Model 3 electric car Thursday night at its Los Angeles
design studio. At a starting
price of $35,000 – before
federal and state government incentives – the Model
3 is less than half the cost
of Tesla’s previous models. The car is expected to
have a range of at least 200
miles when fully charged,
about double what drivers
get from competitors in its
price range, such as the
Nissan Leaf and BMW i3.
The Model 3 is the most
serious test yet of 13-yearold Tesla’s ability to go
from a niche player to a
full-fledged
automaker.
It could be the car that
finally
makes
electrics
mainstream – or customers could be scared off by
Tesla’s limited number of
stores and service centers.
Either way, the Model 3 is
already changing the industry, spurring competitors to speed development
of electric cars and improve
their battery range.
“The Model 3 is going
to be a pivotal model for
Tesla,” said Patrick Min, a
senior analyst with the car
buying site TrueCar.com.
Tesla didn’t release details about the car before
the event. Potential buyers
could start putting down
$1,000 deposits Thursday
for the Model 3. It’s scheduled to go on sale at the
end of next year.
Right now, Tesla sells
two vehicles: The Model
S sedan, which starts at
$71,000, and the Model X
SUV, which starts around
$80,000. But a lowerpriced car has been a longtime goal of Tesla CEO Elon
Musk. In a 2006 blog post,
Musk said Tesla planned to
build “a wide range of models, including affordably
priced family cars” in order
to speed the world toward a
solar-powered future.
The Model 3 puts Tesla
within reach of millions
more customers. Last year,
only 2.1 percent of new
cars purchased in the U.S.
cost $75,000 or more, but
35 percent — or 5.5 million
— cost $35,000 or more,
according to TrueCar. The
Model 3 is a critical part of
the money-losing automaker’s plan to increase sales
from around 85,000 this
year to 500,000 by 2020.
MUTTS® by Patrick McDonnell
ZITS® by Scott and Borgman
Sales Calendar
Mount Joseph Senior Village
1110 W. 11th St.
Concordia, KS. EOE
785-243-1347
•Saturday, April 2, 2016–
Public Auction at the farm
located 15 miles South of
Concordia, Kansas on 81
Highway to Camp Road, 4
Concordia KS Post Office
miles East to 180 Road and
now hiring a
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rison, Seller. Larry Lagasse
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alty, LLC, Auction.
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cordia, Kansas. 160+ Acres
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I would appreciate your vote for
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• Resident of Concordia area since 1985
• School Psychologist for USD #333 for 31 years
•Secretary of The Foundation Cloud County Health Center
•Current Mayor of Concordia, 3 years on City Commission
I believe Concordia is a great community in which to live & raise
a family. I will be a positive influence for growth who supports
existing business, & fosters new development.
Your vote on April 5th will be appreciated!
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Concert Association kicks off
annual membership campaign
Concordia Concert Association will kick off its annual
membership campaign April
3-15 offering tickets for four
performances that represent
an outstanding variety of musical talent. All performances
will be at the Brown Grand
Theatre.
WYLIE & THE WILD WEST
The season will open with
Wylie & the Wild West at 7
p.m., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016,
Wylie Gustafson, the original
world-famous Yahoo! Yodeler, and his band have played
thousands of shows around
the world with their unique
brand of good-time cowboy
music and are said to be a
family favorite.
In addition to The National Folk Festival, Kennedy
Center, Lincoln Center and
A Prairie Home Companion,
the band has performed more
than 50 times at the Grand
Ole Opry. They got their
start on Ronnie Mack’s Barn
Dance at the Palomino Club
in North Hollywood.
WYLIE & THE WILD WEST
A BAND CALLED HONALEE
BRAVISSIMO BROADWAY
Bravissimo Broadway is
the program scheduled for
Oct. 14, 2016. Taking the
Brown Grand stage at 7 p.m.
will be three talented performers, members of the O
Sole Trio, who will present a
unique mixture of Broadway
favorites with solos, duets
and some special piano-violin
performances.
This new musical ensemble based in NYC features the
voices of soprano Erin Shields
and baritone Giuseppe Spoletini, along with David Shenton on violin and piano.
Program highlights include
songs from Les Miserables,
Cabaret, Sound of Music and
South Pacific, just to name a
few.
A BAND CALLED
HONALEE
O SOLE TRIO of BROVISSIMO BROADWAY
power of these songs to inspire people and bring them
together.
A Band Called Honalee
has a roster of eight different
vocalists who are all members
of the Honalee family. Each
maintains an active solo career, in addition to frequently
appearing with A Band Called
Honalee.
SERAPH BRASS
Final concert of the season will be Seraph Brass at 3
p.m., Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Featured will be a charismatic ensemble comprised of
America’s top female brass
players who have won international acclaim, performing
in many of the world’s most
prominent concert halls and
prestigious competitions.
On Friday, March 3, 2017,
at 7 p.m., A Band Called Honalee will be presenting timeless music of the 60’s. The
three talented young artists
will take audience members
for a stroll down memory
lane.
This modern-day folk trio
is inspired by the music and
legacy of Peter, Paul and Mary
and is said to keep crowds
captivated by its love of the
music and stories of the 60s.
The group believes the
melodies and messages of
the 1960s folk/rock era are
just as relevant today as they
were when they were first
sung, perhaps even more so.
Their mission is to share this
uniquely American music
with new audiences, while
rekindling the passion of lifelong fans. They celebrate the
The five women of Seraph Brass represent a new
generation of brass players
committed to challenging audiences with engaging and exciting programming.
Their program will include
original transcriptions, newly
commissioned works and
well-known classics.
Seraph members Mary
Elizabeth Bowden and Amy
McCabe, trumpet; Katy Ambrose, horn; Beth McDonald, Tuba; and Alexis Smith,
trombone have performed
with such esteemed ensembles as the San Francisco
Symphony, the Philadelphia
Orchestra and Musicians
from Marlboro and the Royal
Scottish National Orchestra.
_____
Admission to concerts is by
membership only with options
for adults, students, families
and single parent families. No
single performance tickets are
sold. Membership cards will
be delivered prior to the first
concert. Volunteer workers
will contact members about
membership opportunities.
Susan
Regan
(785)
275.1600 is membership
chairman.
Concerts for Beloit and
Fairbury concerts with whom
Concordia has reciprocity
are: Tribute to the King, Piano Conversations, Acte II,
New Odyssey, Beloit; Wylie
& the Wild West, New Odyssey Christmas Show, Rhythm
Future Quartet, Tribute to
the King, Fairbury.
SERAPH BRASS
Heartland Chorus to sing in Salina Program explores history of
Heartland Men’s Chorus,
Kansas City’s gay men’s chorus, is hitting the road with
their unique style of entertainment while promoting social justice, personal healing,
and inspiration.
In April, a motor coach
filled with members of this
nationally renowned chorus
will be rolling west into Hays
and Salina to perform songs
that range from pop to classical, serious to fun, and everything in between.
Fresh off a sold-out performance at Kansas City’s
1,000+ seat historic Folly
Theater, the members of
HMC are always using their
music to fulfill their vision
statement: Our Voices Enlighten, Inspire, Heal and
Empower.
About 65 singers will be
appearing at at Trinity United Methodist Church in Salina at 2 p.m. Sunday, April
24. Both concerts are open to
the public, and any free-will
offering will go to support a
cause important to the hosting congregations.
Heartland Men’s Chorus was founded in 1985
Arikaree Breaks at Pawnee
The dramatic canyons of northwest Kansas contrast
sharply with other topography in the state. There in the
far corner with its deep ravines and gullies is a fascinating history that brings together the Pawnee, Cheyenne,
and other tribes who went in search of bison herds. These
stones include some well-known people like Black Kettle,
Roman Nose, Buffalo Bill Cody and George Custer.
Film producer and native Kansan Audrey Kalivoda explores these stories in a special program, Kansas Canyon
Lands: The Arikaree Breaks, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April
6, at Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site near Republic. Admission will be charged. The Friends of Pawnee Indian Museum will serve refreshments following the
program. The Museum’s regular hours are 9 a.m-5 p.m.,
Wednesday-Saturday.
Upcoming events
Heartland Men’s Chorus
to make music, but quickly
transformed to a safe and affirming creative space for a
community scarred by discrimination and under siege
by a virus. Thirty years later,
HMC has become a leader in
the international gay choral
community and is a vital part
of the robust arts and cultural scene of Kansas City.
“When you consider the
state of LGBT affairs in Kansas, with a governor who has
rescinded civil rights protections from gay state employees, it is more important than
ever that we go to a part of
Kansas where residents need
to hear our voices,” says
HMC Artistic Director Dustin
Cates. “If ever there was a
place and time to sing out
and give hope, it is in Kansas,
and it is now!”
The Testimony Tour is
based upon one of the numbers to be performed, Testimony, which reflects the
postings by a cross section
of society to the famous “It
Gets Better” website that
encourages LGBT youth to
overcome social and personal
pressures to live a good and
productive life.
Sunday, April 3—Homemade chicken and noodles and
lasagna, 11:30-2 p.m., bazaar items available for purchase,
First United Methodist Church, 740 W. 11th, Concordia.
Wednesday, April 6, Pawnee Indian Museum—Kansan
Audrey Kalivoda explores stories of The Arikaree Breaks,
7 p.m.
Sunday, April 24, 2 p.m., Trinity United Methodist
Church in Salina—Heartland Men’s Chorus in concert.
Tuesday, April 26, 7 p.m., Brown Grand Theatre—Comedy Pet Show.
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Obituaries
ZELLA I. HAMEL
Zella I. Hamel, age 96,
Concordia, left her earthly
home on Wednesday, March
31, 2016, at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia. She
was born on Oct. 2, 1919, in
Oakley, Kan., to Louis J. &
Georgiana (Benoit) Hamel.
Zella lived in Goodland,
Kan. She worked as a waitress in the Goodland area
and was a member of the
Catholic Church in Goodland. She returned to Concordia in 1995.
She is survived by several
nieces and nephews, great
nieces and great nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; brothers,
Wilbert and Elmer Hamel
and sisters, Leda Ribordy
and Delena Marcotte.
Visitation will be from 1-8
p.m., Sunday, April 3, 2016,
with a Rosary at 6 p.m. Family will greet friends after the
Rosary all at Chaput-Buoy
Funeral Home.
Zella I. Hamel
Funeral services will be
10 a.m., Monday, April 4,
2016, at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery,
St. Joseph, Kan.
The family suggests memorials to Guardians of the
St. Joseph Church in care of
the funeral home.
For online condolences,
please visit www.chaputbuoy.com.
ROBERT “TED” RYSER
Robert “Ted” Ryser, age
66, Clyde resident, died
March 29, 2016, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. He was born on
Jan. 6, 1950, to Edward C.
and Ruth K. Ryser.
Ted attended Dist. 59
grade school in Ames, Kan,,
and graduated from Clyde
High School in 1968. He
also graduated from NCK
Beloit AVTS Heavy Equipment Operator Program. Ted
worked most all his life as a
truck driver for several companies. He was an auxiliary
member of the V.F.W. Post
#7515. Ted enjoyed hunting, fishing, grilling and his
dog Max.
Survivors: wife, Jane of
the home in Clyde; daughter, Sarah Brown (Jeff),
Great Bend, Kan.; son,
Ricky Tremblay, Navarre,
Fla.; two brothers, Mark Ryser, Spanaway, Wash.; Dale
Ryser, Concordia, Kan.; four
sisters, Linda Hammans
(John), Augusta, Kan.; Kay
Friend (Buck), Clay Center,
Neb.; Melody Hanchett (Leland), Phillipsburg, Kan.;
Lisa Koch, Lawrence, Kan.;
sister-in-law, Donna Ryser
Pierce (Bob), Clyde, Kan.;
brother-in-law, Darrel Conn,
Asherville, Kan.; four grandchildren, Siriah, Alexis, Jasmine and Austin.
He was preceded in death
Robert “Ted” Ryser
by his parents, brother,
Wendell, two sisters, Rita
Conn, Karla Cauley.
Cremation
has
taken
place and a memorial service
will be held on Saturday, 2
p.m., April 2, 2016, at the
Chaput Mortuary in Clyde,
with Pastor Jeff Nielsen officiating. A private inurnment
will be held at a later time in
the Hawks Cemetery, Cuba,
Kan.
Visitation will be held on
Friday, April 1, 2016, from 1
p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Chaput Mortuary Clyde. Family
will receive friends from 6
p.m. until 7 p.m.
Memorial
contributions
may be given to American
Diabetes Association, in care
of Chaput Mortuary, Clyde.
Online condolences may
be sent to www.chaputbuoy.
com
Weather
Today’s weather artwork by
Peyton Zadina,
a 2nd grader in
Mrs. Zimmerman’s class
Have a
Sun-Shiny Day
and
Thank You
for Reading
the
Blade-Empire
Average snowpack
will likely prolong
California water rules
ECHO SUMMIT, California (AP) – A nearly average
spring snowpack in the Sierra Nevada will likely prolong
tough water conservation
measures in drought-stricken California — although
the restrictions could be
loosened in some areas after an El Nino storm system
drenched the northern half
of the state this winter, officials said Wednesday.
“The message is still very
strong: Conservation measures are still going to be
important,” Frank Gehrke,
chief of the California Cooperative Snow Survey Program, said after he trudged
through the snow to manually measure the snowpack
at nearly 95 percent of normal.
A year ago, Gov. Jerry
Brown stood on the same
spot –then a dusty patch
of ground with no snow –
to announce that the dire
drought required residents
to cut back water use by 25
percent.
Californians are now under orders to use at least 20
percent less water. To comply, many have let lawns
turn brown, flushed toilets
less often and taken other
measures aimed at saving
water.
Northern California has
seen the most rain and
snow this winter, lifting its
three largest reservoirs to
above-normal levels. Southern California, meanwhile,
saw relatively little precipitation leaving most of its reservoirs low and threatening
to further deplete dwindling
groundwater.
George Kostyrko of the
State Water Board said officials will consider the difference in those regions while
setting new conservation
targets in the months ahead.
The snowpack in California – now in its fifth year of
drought – is typically at its
deepest on April 1 before
the snow melts in the warm
months,
rushing
down
streams and rivers into
lakes and reservoirs.
The melted snow provides
roughly one-third of the water consumed by thirsty cities and farms in the nation’s
leading agricultural and
most populous state.
San Joaquin Valley farmer Shawn Stevenson said the
nearly average snowpack
provided a bit of encouragement after five tough years
forced him to cut back his
farming operation by nearly
half.
“It’s certainly not the
kind of news where we can
breathe a sigh of relief and
think the drought’s over,”
Stevenson said. “It’s going
to take a number of years to
recover.”
Strong El Nino storms in
early March led some water
districts to question whether
a drought emergency still existed and if residents should
still be required to live under
conservation orders.
Leaders of local water districts say the state needs to
save the emergency declaration for the true emergencies, fearing they will lose
credibility with the public
the next time drought hits
and they are asked to conserve.
“I think there is a strong
case to be made that portions of the state are not in
emergency conditions anymore,” said Deven Upadhyay of the Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California, which provides water to
about 19 million residents.
“I do think that needs to be
considered.”
Tracy Quinn, a senior policy analyst with the Natural
Resources Defense Council,
said the state should keep
some conservation mandates in place in the south
and make other measures
permanent.
For the Record
EMS report
Calls for March 30
At 5:23 p.m. M-1, T-2
went to the 400 block of
East 5th and transported a
53-year-old female to Cloud
County Health Center.
At 7:29 p.m. M-2 went to
Cloud County Health Center
for long distance transfer of
a 53-year-old female to Sa-
lina Regional Health Center.
At 11:56 p.m. M-1, T-2
went to Mt. Joseph and
transported a 97-year-old female to Cloud County Health
Center.
At 3:25 a.m. M-1, T-2
went to the 200 block of
West 1st and transported a
77-year-old female to Cloud
County Health Center.
Markets
Today’s weather artwork by
Alex McDaniel,
a 3rd grader in
Mrs. Balthazor’s class
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks
are slightly higher Thursday afternoon, a tranquil
start to the last trading day
of what has been a stormy
first quarter. Health care
stocks, which have suffered
this year, are inching higher. The gains are adding to
a strong March that wiped
away steep losses from the
start of the year.
KEEPING SCORE: The
Dow Jones industrial average gained 37 points, or
0.2 percent, to 17,743 as
of 12:06 p.m. Eastern time.
The Standard & Poor’s 500
index added four points, or
0.2 percent, to 2,067. The
Nasdaq composite index
rose 19 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,888.
LOCAL MARKETS -EAST
Wheat ...........................$4.06
Milo ......(per bushel) ....$2.79
Corn .............................$2.96
Soybeans .....................$8.36
CONCORDIA TERMINAL
LOADING FACILITY
LOCAL MARKETS - WEST
Wheat ..........................$4.06
Milo .....(per bushel) .....$2.79
JAMESTOWN MARKETS
Wheat ...........................$3.96
Milo ...(per bushel) ........$2.96
Soybeans .....................$8.26
Nusun .........................$13.75
Kansas Profile –
Now That’s Rural:
Mark Galloway - Blacksmith Coffee
By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd
National Institute for Rural Development
at Kansas State University.
Bali. Brazil. Guatemala. Himalayan highlands. Kenya.
Antigua. What do these diverse regions of the world have
in common? The answer is, they all serve as sources of
coffee for a remarkable coffee roasting business located in
rural Kansas.
Last week we learned about The Old Grind, a coffee
shop located in Lindsborg. In the coming months, The
Old Grind will be joining with an amazing coffee roastery
which is also located in Lindsborg and is named Blacksmith Coffee Roastery.
Mark Galloway is the founder of Blacksmith Coffee
Roastery. Mark grew up in Colorado. His father loved
to drink coffee. “I learned how to roast coffee and even
worked for Starbucks for a while,” Mark said.
Mark met and married a young Kansas woman who had
gone to Bethany College in Lindsborg. “We were looking
for a more authentic lifestyle,” Mark said. They moved to
Lindsborg where his wife took a teaching position.
Mark was looking for a place to start an artisan, coffee roasting business. In downtown Lindsborg, he found
a historic blacksmith shop which was being restored and
available for rent. In 2008, the Blacksmith Coffee Roastery opened its doors.
“We wanted to bring great coffee to rural Kansas,” Mark
said. The old brick building still has the blacksmith name
painted in large letters on the outside. The brick forge still
stands inside. A sliding rail still hangs on the wall where
sliding doors opened so wagons could be pulled in, and
there are iron rings on the wall where horses were tied.
Also inside is a modern, coffee bean dual-fuel microroaster which utilizes both propane and electricity to roast
coffee. The roastery has commercial coffee grinders, a bag
weigh-and-fill machine and bag sealers. Rooftop solar
panels provide 70 percent of the building’s energy needs.
The wonderful aroma of coffee immediately wafts to
anyone who enters. This is not your everyday coffee. “We
specialize in the high end, the top one percent of coffees,”
Mark said. “We use the finest Arabica beans, which only
grow at high altitudes and result in the richest, most dynamic flavors.”
Blacksmith Coffee is also very selective about its sources of coffee beans. “Our coffee is the best of the best,”
Mark said. “We source from small, independent growers
who produce it ethically, both in terms of environmental sustainability and how laborers are compensated and
treated. In many ways, specialty coffee is becoming similar to wine.”
Mark seeks the top quality varieties from around the
world. For example, one variety is called Mt. Everest Supreme. It is grown 100 kilometers from the summit. Another variety is St. Helena coffee, which comes from an
Atlantic Ocean island that is only accessible by boat. The
beans are delivered to Lindsborg in burlap bags or barrels.
Then comes the roasting process. “It is a cross between
cooking a recipe and an art form. Sometimes it resembles
a mad scientist experiment,” Mark said with a smile. With
his years of experience, he is able to manage the roasting
process so as to maximize richness and flavor.
“We get it into the bag within two hours of roasting for
maximum freshness,” he said.
Blacksmith Coffee roasts, packages and ships both
whole bean and ground coffee. The company also custompackages coffee for other customers.
Exciting changes are ahead for Blacksmith Coffee. The
company has been bought by the family which owns the
nearby coffee shop that will be moving into the blacksmith
shop with the roastery. The old brick building is being further remodelled so that the roasting operation can go into
the back and the front can be a restaurant.
The company’s product has been described as exquisite
coffee, artisan roasted. Blacksmith Coffee has shipped coffee as far away as Indonesia and Munich, Germany – very
impressive for a company in a rural community like Lindsborg, population 3,458 people. Now, that’s rural.
For more information, go to http://blacksmithcoffee.
com/.
Bali. Brazil. Guatemala. Himalayan highlands. Kenya.
Antigua. All these serve as sources for the top quality coffee being prepared at the Blacksmith Roastery in Lindsborg. We salute Mark Galloway for making a difference by
serving those who are coffee connoisseurs.
***
The gap in our economy is between what we have and
what we think we ought to have—and that is a moral problem,
not an economic one.
—Paul Heyne
***
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Extension Extra
By Kelsey Hatesohl
River Valley Extension Agent-Horticulture
Ten Tips for Planting New Trees
N.C. law could be decided in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) –
The fate of North Carolina’s
new law aimed at restricting
restroom use by transgender people could be determined in Virginia, where a
school board has ordered a
teenager to stay out of the
boys’ room.
The 4th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in Richmond could rule any day
now in the case of Gavin
Grimm, who was born female but identifies as male.
Grimm says he has to take
a “walk of shame” to use a
restroom at Gloucester High
School.
Whatever the judges decide, the impact will be far
more sweeping than what
Grimm envisioned when he
challenged the policy last
year.
“I did not set out to make
waves – I set out to use the
bathroom,” Grimm says.
North Carolina’s bathroom bill was unveiled, debated and signed into law in
a single day last week, two
months after the appeals
court in Richmond heard
arguments
in
Grimm’s
case. But two workers and a
transgender student at the
University of North Carolina
are making similar arguments as they seek a federal injunction preventing
enforcement of the new law.
Among other things, the
law directs public schools,
public universities and government agencies to designate bathrooms and locker
rooms for use only by people based on their biological sex, and says transgender people can only use
bathrooms matching their
gender identity if they’ve
had their birth certificates
changed, which in North
Carolina usually requires
sexual reassignment surgery.
The law has prompted
a national backlash. Businesses
and
politicians
have announced boycotts
of North Carolina, and legal challenges ensure that
the wedge issue will dominate the Republican gover-
nor’s re-election campaign
against
his
Democratic
challenger.
Advocates on all sides
will closely read the ruling,
since U.S. District Judge
Thomas Schroeder in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, an appointee of President George W. Bush, will
have to adhere to any precedents set by the appellate
court, said Joshua Block,
the American Civil Liberties
Union lawyer representing
Grimm.
“One way or another,
what happens in Gavin’s
case is likely going to set the
rules of the road for how the
North Carolina case proceeds,” Block said.
Our world is finally greening up just a bit. Isn’t it refreshing! Spring always gets me thinking about landscaping. Trees and shrubs are starting to leaf out and soon will
be full of color. I’m sure some of you are thinking, “wow I
need to plant some new trees”, well you are in luck, I have
some helpful tips for you on planting your trees correctly.
First, you want to make sure you have the right tree for
your site. To avoid problems be sure to choose trees that
are adapted to our location. Consider whether the tree
produces nuisance fruit or if there are disease-resistant
varieties available. For an example, there are a number
of crabapple varieties that are resistant to apple scab and
rust diseases. Also be sure to consider what the mature
size of your tree will be. You want to make sure your tree
has enough room to grow to its full size.
Second, be sure to keep the tree watered and in a shady
location until you are ready to plant. Keeping the tree wet,
and in a cool shady location will keep the tree from getting
to stressed out and will make the transplant transition
easier. When you are moving the tree, lift it by the root ball
or pot. Don’t lift the tree by the trunk because you could
damage the trunk or the top of the root ball.
Third, before you plant your tree, be sure to remove all
wires, labels, cords or anything else tied to the tree. If left
on, they could eventually girdle the branch, and kill that
section of your tree.
Fourth, you need to make sure you have dug a proper
hole. Make sure the hole is deep enough so that the tree
sits slightly above nursery level. Make sure the root flare of
the tree (point where trunk and root meet) is visible when
you plant the tree in the ground. If the root flare isn’t visible, remove any excess soil from the bottom of the hole. If
the root flare still isn’t visible, then you need to dig a bigger
hole. When you get the tree into its hole, be sure the tree
is sitting on solid ground, not fill dirt. So in other words,
don’t dig the hole too deep and then add soil back into the
hole before placing the tree in the hole. You want the tree
to be sitting on a solid base so it doesn’t move after you
have it exactly the way you want it. The width of the planting hole is also very important. The hole should be three
times the width of the root ball, and only deep enough to
make the root flare be at ground level.
Fifth, remove all containers from the root ball. Cut away
plastic and peat pots; roll burlap and wire baskets back
into the hole, cutting as much of the excess away as possible. If you can remove the wire basket completely without
disturbing the root ball, do it. If the roots have started to
circle around in the container, cut them and spread them
out so they don’t continue to grow in a circle inside the
hole. You want the roots to grow outward from the trunk
to make a good support system for years to come.
Sixth, you want to be sure you backfill the hole with the
same soil that was removed from the hole. Soil amendments such as peat moss likely do more harm than good,
and there is no need to fertilize at planting. Make the soil
that you are adding back into the hole is loosen, with no
clods or clumps. Add water to the hole as you fill the soil
back in to insure good root to soil contact and to prevent
air pockets.
Seventh, after you have the tree planted, don’t cut back
the branches of the tree, except those that are rubbing
against each other or ones that are damaged. The leaf
buds release a hormone that encourages root growth. So if
the tree is cut back then there is a reduced number of leaf
buds which results in less hormones released and therefore fewer roots are being formed.
Eighth, you want to water the tree thoroughly right after
you have planted it, and then once a week for the first season if there is insufficient amount of rain. Newly planted
trees take more water than most people realize, so if it
hasn’t rained a couple of inches total in few weeks, you
need to water your new tree.
Ninth, you need to mulch around the tree. Mulch should
be two to four inches deep and cover an area two to three
times the diameter of the root ball. Mulching reduces competition from other plants, conserves moisture and keeps
the soil temperature cooler. When mulching be sure you
don’t have a mulch volcano around the trunk of the tree.
You want the area around the tree to be mulch, but not
directly touching the base of the tree.
Lastly, only stake a tree if it is necessary. Tress will establish more quickly and grow faster if they are not staked.
However, larger trees or ones in windy locations may need
to be staked the first year. Movement is necessary for the
trunk to become strong. If you do decide your tree needs to
be staked, it should be designed to limit movement of the
root ball rather than immobilizing the trunk of the tree.
Those are ten tips that I have for planting new trees into
your landscape. Trees not only add character to your yard,
but they also add color and shade. So if you are looking
at your landscape this spring and thinking it needs something new, plant a tree!
Saturday, April 2
36th Annual Cloud County
Community College Foundation
Scholarship Auction
Hard Hats
& High Heels
Ames
Gold Crystal & Pearl Bracelet &
Matching Crystal Earrings
Dr. Warren & Joann Freeborn
Belleville
Two Rounds of 18 Hole Golf & Cart
Rental
Belleville Country Club
Four Tickets to August 27th Show
Belleville High Banks Speedway
Gift Certificate for One 8”
Ice Cream Cake
Dairy Queen Grill & Chill
Rustic Black Old World Coffee Table
Chuck Westin
Live Floral Arrangement
Crossroads Floral Creations
Red Hall Tree
Dr. Andy Walker
Children’s Play Set
Edward Jones Investments Kaleb Brzon
Wood Framed Mirror
The Feathered Nest
Custom 1’x3’ Rock
Fisher Rocks
Photo Shoot & 1-11x14 Mounted
Portrait
Hedstrom Photography
100 30 Second Commercials
KREP-FM
Beloit
Bud Light Super Bowl Mirror
Pestinger Distributors
Rustic Turquoise Box Décor
Mark & Natalie Post
Clay Center
Paradise Spice Yankee Candle
Central Office Service & Supply
Sonicare Toothbrush
Clay Center Family Dental Care
Children’s Play Table
Kansas Crossroads RC&D
$50 Short Stop Gift Card
Leiszler Oil Company
Clyde
Gold Crystal & Pearl Bracelet &
Matching Crystal Earrings
George Motor Co.
Sterling Silver Amethyst & White
Sapphire Pendant
JoAnne Balthazor
Assorted Popcorn Gift Basket
Loveland Acres
Decorative “Eat” Sign
Reed & Chris Wilson
Three Units of Pioneer Hybrid Corn
Seed
Reed Seed Sales
Onyx & Diamond Pendant
Seifert’s Jewelry
Concordia
Navy Purse
6th Street Fashion & Footwear
Resin Wicker Outdoor Cooler
Aaron & Jenny Acree
Stepping Stones
Abram Ready-Mix
Essential Oil Basket
Alliance Insurance Group
Wine Picnic Basket
American AgCredit
Metal Thor & Kansas City Royals
Signs
ARVOS Inc.
Tailgate Grill & Accessories
Baumann’s Repair
Therapeutic Water Pillow
Blackwood Chiropractic
Full Page Ad
Blade-Empire Publishing Co., Inc.
Gourmet Basket
Britt’s Soda Fountain & Gifts
One Free Four Wheel Alignment
Budreau Muffler Automotive & Tow
Moscow Mule Gift Basket
Cairn’s Repair
Assorted Harley Davidson
& Motorcycle Cleaning Products
California Phil’s
Lake Tahoe Airfare
OLPH Catholic Thrift Shop
6’ Green Bench
Champlin Tire & Recycling
Wichita Children’s Trip
Central National Bank
Brown Leather La-Z-Boy Recliner
Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home
Baggallini Purse & Two Scarves
Christine Smith
Rustic Farm Table & Two Chairs
Cloud County Community
College Administrative
& Support Staff
Handmade Wild Game Calling Kit
Cloud County Community College
Ag Department
Trip to Puerto Rico
Cloud County Community
College Alumni
Athletic Department Basket with
Camp Passes & Apparel
Cloud County Community College
Athletic Department
The Ultimate T-Bird Fan Package
Cloud County Community College
Bookstore
Decorative Lamp
Cloud County Community College
Faculty Association
News Sponsorship on KVCO 88.3
Cloud County Community College
KVCO Radio Station
Sofa Table & Décor
Cloud County Community College
Retired Faculty & Staff
Rustic Porch Swing
Cloud County Co-op Elevator
Two Silver Coins Minted from
Reclaimed Silver of Old X-Ray Film
Cloud County Health Center
“It’s a Good Day” Decorative Sign
Cloud County Title Company
Cattle Canvas
Cloud County Travel & Tourism
Spa Day at Urban Couture
Coldwell Banker – Laura Krier
Five Certificates for One Free Oil
Change, Tire Rotation & Detail
Concordia Chevrolet/Buick
Black & Decker Circular Saw
Concordia Homestore
One Family pass to Concordia
Municipal Pool
Concordia Municipal Swimming Pool
Three Nights Boarding
Concordia Small Animal Clinic
Pillow & Biofreeze Package
Concordia Spine & Sport
Crescent Anniversary Tool Bag
Concordia Town & Country
John Deere Pedal Tractor
Concordia Tractor, Inc.
T-Bird Rock
Coppoc Sports, LLC
Sauza Tequila Margarita Set & Two
Bottles of Sandra Lee Cocktail Time
Premium Tequila
Corner Liquor Store
Window Tinting for Car, Truck, or
SUV
Curt’s Body Shop
“Believe There is Good in the
World” Sign
Dale & Madlyn Swenson
Electric Oil Lamp
Downtown Smoke Shop
Long Gold Necklace & Beige & Gold
Wallet
Dragastin Insurance Company Connie Walenta
Eight Tickets to Auction to Support
& Administrative Staff
Dr. Danette Toone
Two Decorative Wall Hangings
Dr. Everett & Marlene Miller
Nesting Tables
Dr. Greg Hattan, D.D.S.
Hotel Stay & Restaurant Gift Card
for KC Royals Trip
Dr. Richard & Rachel Kueker
30 lb. Beef & Pork Bundle
Duis Meat Processing
Three Month Membership
Dumbbells Fitness
500 lb. Water Softener Salt
Ecowater of NCK
Red Chalk Message Board with Hooks
Elk State Bank
Two $25 Gift Certificates to El Puerto
El Puerto
“Spookcase”
Eric Andersen
Children’s Play Set
F&A Food Sales, Inc.
Willow Tree ‘The Christmas Story’ Set
Family Health Mart Pharmacy
Patio Set
Farm Management Services Inc.
Decorative Candle Arrangement
Floral Expressions & Modern Design
Silk Floral Arrangement
Flower Gallery
Cloud County Fairgrounds
Commercial Building
5:30 p.m. – Open Bar & Appetizers
Silent Auction Begins
6-8 p.m. – Dinner
8 p.m. – Live Auction
For more information, call the Foundation Office
at 785.243.1435, ext. 235
Two Night Stay at Holiday Inn &
Suites in Concordia, KS
Frontier Lodging of Concordia, LLC
Meridian Car Race Stopping Point
at the Baron’s Hotel
Funk Pharmacy
Gift Certificate & Product from
Fusions
Fusions Hair Salon
Four $25 Gift Cards
Gambino’s Pizza
50’ of Seamless Guttering
& Installation
Greg Wiesner Construction
Romantic Dinner for Two
Heavy’s Whitewater Sales, Inc.
One Night Stay at the Kansas Creek
Inn Bed & Breakfast
Kansas Creek Inn Bed & Breakfast
American Tourister Carry-on Bag
Kearn Auction House
Craft Beer Basket
Koch CPA Chartered
Yeti Hopper 20 Cooler
Krier Mower & Electric
Two $50 Gift Certificates to Kristy’s
Kristy’s Family Restaurant
14 K White Gold Peridot Ring
Lavon Brosseau
Custom Limestone Fire Pit
LeDuc Memorial Design
Mystery Mini Liquor Bottles
Liquor Outlet
Date Night for Two
Marla’s Joy Tea House
Granite Chess Set
McDaniel Memorial
Me & Ma’s Bakery Gift Basket
Me & Ma’s Bakery
Auto Transmission Flush with AC
Evac & Recharge
Miller’s Automotive
Three Months of Unlimited Infrared
Therapy Sessions for One
Monique & Co. Salon & Day Spa
National Orphan Train Complex Gift
Basket
National Orphan Train Complex
Nex-Tech Gadget Basket
Nex-Tech Wireless
Traditional Area Rug
NCK Carpet Plus
Chime Clock
Nutter Mortuary
Chef Dinner for Two
Paul Dillman
Patio Set
Peoples Exchange Bank
Meridian Car Race Stopping Point
at the Baron’s Hotel
Picture This
Free Pizza a Month for a Year
Pizza Hut
Produce & Meat Gift Basket
Prairie Produce
Masonry on Custom Limestone
Fire Pit
Republican Valley Landscape
Lawn & Garden Set
Rod’s Food Store
Naughty Spot Chair
Schendel Pest Control
Blues, Brews & BBQs
Scott & Mindy/Condray &
Thompson, LLC
Vacuum
Sears
1,000 lb. of Shredding
Secure Shred of N.C.K.
Kansas Capitol Copper Earring &
Bracelet Set, Kansas Seal Coasters
& Tumblers & Decorative Kansas Seal
Sen. Elaine Bowers
Lady Bug Porcelain Tea Set
Sheila Caspers
Charging Station
Sherwin Williams
Four $25 Gift Cards
Sonic Drive-In
Six Gift Certificates for One 6” Sub
Sandwich
Subway
Abyss Blue & Hazelnut Area Rug
Square One Flooring & Hood
Heating, Air, Plumbing & Electric
Ten Breakfast Burrito Gift
Certificates & Ten Taco Tokens
Taco John’s
Blues, Brews & BBQ
Tim Halfhide
Three Nights Boarding & Office Visit
for Dog or Cat
Tallgrass Veterinary Hospital, PA
Custom Painted Life-size Santa
Claus
Ted & Carol Lillie
Women’s K-State Apparel
& Accessories
The Luxe Leopard
Wolverine Electric Guitar
Tom’s Music House
Christmas Carriage Ride for Eight
United Bank & Trust
His & Hers Urban Couture Gift
Basket
Urban Couture
Custom Fire Pit
U.S. Stone
Three Pinterest Party Certificates &
Three Moscato Monet Certificates
Valley Rental Center
Rolling Planter
Womack Sunshine Ford
Courtland
Fire Pit Package
Johnson Insurance Agency
Rustic Black Old World Coffee Table
Norman Hoard
Kansas City Royals Trip
Swedish American State Bank
Cuba
Dove Hunt for Three
Czechland Outfitters
Delphos
Traeger Grill & Pellets
Kevin Kline
“Vino” Wine Box with Wine
& Corkscrew
Stephen & Jane Richard
Glen Elder
Six Months Free Extreme Level
Highspeed Internet from Cunningham Communications
Cunningham Communications
Gypsum
Four 10 Round Sporting Clays at
Gypsum Valley Sporting Clays II, LLC
Gypsum Valley Sporting Clays II,
LLC
Jamestown
Blues, Brews & BBQ
Big Stack BBQ
Personal Protection Basket
Opening Day Firearms
Junction City
Decorative Lantern Decor
Robert Munson
K-State Apparel
Screen Machine Sports
Kansas City
Autographed Will Shields Photo
Kansas City Chiefs Football Club
Four Hy-Vee Infield Seats
Kansas City Royals Baseball Club
Lansing, Iowa
Floral Chandelier Arrangement
Robert & Susan Maxson
Manhattan
Rustic Star
Blue River Traders
Condo in Lake Tahoe
Mark & Pamela Hatesohl
Mayetta
One Weekend Stay at Prairie Band
Casino & Two Golf Passes at
Firekeeper Golf Course
Prairie Band Casino & Resort
Miltonvale
Ginger’s Uptown Basket
Ayres Insurance Agency, LLC
$50 Gift Certificate to Grassland
Gardens Nursery & Flowers
Grassland Gardens Nursery
& Flowers
“Happiness is” Crescent Sign
Linda Richard
Two $50 Gift Certificates to Any
Miltonvale Business
Miltonvale Senior Citizens Club
$50 Gift Certificate to Miltonvale
Lumber Company
Miltonvale Lumber Company
Minneapolis
Sonicare Toothbrush
All Smiles Dental Care
Overland Park
Trip to New York & Stihl Leaf Blower
Zach Hamel Family
Mankato
Couples Kansas City Retreat
Mark & Beth Whisler
Salina
Blue Miller Lite Golf Bag
Crown Distributors
Kindle Fire with Case
Pepsi Bottling Company
Electric Smoker with Smoke Chips,
BBQ Rubs & Sauce
Pickel & Bruckner, LLC
Two Reserved Tickets to “Singing in
the Rain”
Salina Community Theatre
Green Desk with Hutch
Salina Sports Medicine &
Orthopedic
Four Children’s Passes to the
Rolling Hills Wildlife Refuge
Rolling Hills Wildlife Refuge
Scandia
Antique Iron Planter
Scandia Antique Mall
Smith Center
Airfare to Lake Tahoe
The Peoples Bank
Washington
Silk Floral Arrangement in Vase
Owen Originals Floral
Direct Scholarship
Donations:
• Anastasia Blundell, Phoenix, Ariz.
• Alberta Neel, Jamestown
• Brad & Lee Lowell, Concordia
• EDP Renewables, Concordia
• Luke Malone, Concordia
• Tim & Julie Gottschalk, Belleville
• KNCK AM/NCK 94.9 FM,
Concordia
Donations toward the
evening’s success
ARVOS Inc. – Use of equipment
CCCC IT Department – IT Help
CCCC Maintenance Staff –
Assistance with setup
CCCC Marketing Department – Auction Marketing Materials
CCCC Students – Hosting &
Serving the Meal
Concordia Homestore – Use
of Cinder Blocks & Wood
Diane Leif – Arranged Auction
Baskets
Feldkamp’s Furniture – Window
Display
Kearn Auction House –
Auctioneer
KNCK AM/NCK 94.9 FM – Radio
Advertisement
KREP FM – Radio Advertisement
The Peoples Bank (Smith
Center) – Cashier Services
Sarah Chavey – Display Window
Painting
Auction Committee
Ashley Brzon
Sheila Caspers
Heather Gennette
Jolene Harper
Rachel Kueker
Norlene Letourneau
Joshua Meyer
Carleen Nordell
Seth Retter
Kim Reynolds
Alisha Sipe
Molly Skocny
Amanda Strait
Landee Thyfault
Scott Thyfault
Rachel Zohn