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CONCORDIA
VOL. CIX NO. 101 (USPS 127-880)
CONCORDIA, KANSAS 66901
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Shots ring out at Canadian Parliament
Good Evening
Concordia Forecast
Tonight, mostly cloudy. Showers likely,
isolated thunderstorms in the evening, then
slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog after
midnight. Lows around 53. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Thursday, mostly sunny. Patchy fog in
the morning. Highs around 75. Northwest
winds up to 5 mph shifting to the south
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday night, mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Friday, sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Friday night and saturday...Mostly clear.
Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper
70s.
Saturday night, mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s.
Sunday and Sunday night, partly cloudy.
Highs around 80. Lows in the mid 50s.
Monday, cooler. Mostly sunny. Slight
chance of showers in the morning, then
chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Monday night, colder. Partly cloudy with
a 20 percent chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 40s.
Tuesday, sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A
masked gunman dressed all in
black shot a Canadian soldier
standing guard at a war memorial in the country’s capital
Wednesday, then entered Parliament, where dozens of shots
rang out, authorities and witnesses said. At least three people were taken to the hospital.
People fled Parliament by
scrambling down scaffolding
erected for renovations, while
others took cover inside as
police with rifles and body
armor took up positions outside and blocked the normally
bustling streets around the
building.
“We believe there is more
than one” gunman, Ottawa
police Constable Marc Soucy
said.
The attack came two days
after a recent convert to Islam
killed one Canadian soldier
and injured another in a hitand-run before being shot to
death by police. The killer had
been on the radar of federal
investigators, who feared he
had jihadist ambitions and
seized his passport when he
tried to travel to Turkey.
Canada had raised its
domestic terror threat level
from low to medium Tuesday
because of “an increase in general chatter from radical
Islamist organizations,” said
Jean-Christophe de Le Rue, a
spokesman for the public safety minister.
On Wednesday, Tony Zobl,
35, said he witnessed the soldier being gunned down from
his fourth-floor window directly above the National War
Memorial, a 70-foot, arched
granite cenotaph, or tomb,
with bronze sculptures commemorating World War I.
“I looked out the window and
saw a shooter, a man dressed
all in black with a kerchief over
his nose and mouth and some-
thing over his head as well,
holding a rifle and shooting an
honor guard in front of the
cenotaph point-blank, twice,”
Zobl told the Canadian Press
news agency.
“The honor guard dropped to
the ground, and the shooter
kind of raised his arms in triumph holding the rifle.”
Zobl said the gunman then
ran up the street toward Parliament Hill. Shots were also fired
at a shopping mall near Parliament, police said. All three
sites — the war memorial, Parliament and the mall — are
within less than a mile from
each other.
Cabinet
minister
Tony
Clement tweeted that at least
30 shots were heard inside
Parliament, where Conservative and Liberal MPs were holding their weekly caucus
meetings.
“I’m safe locked in a office
awaiting security,” Kyle See-
Across Kansas
Riley County police
to test body cameras
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Some Riley
County police will begin testing body cameras as part of a pilot program that will be
evaluated after a year, according to police
officials.
Capt. Tim Hegarty said police will start
testing the 11 cameras on Nov. 5. Various
Aggieville officers, including bicycle officers and road officers from each of the
department’s three shifts, will wear the
cameras on their heads. The footage from
the cameras will be uploaded at the end of
every shift.
The department has paid nearly $6,000
to use the cameras for five years. If the
pilot program succeeds, the body cameras
could replace dash cameras on patrol cars,
Hegarty told the Riley County law board on
Monday, according to The Manhattan Mercury.
Hegarty said one of the current drawbacks of the cameras is that officers have
to turn them on manually.
Hit-and-run suspects
turn themselves in
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka police say
two people suspected of being involved in
a fatal hit-and-run have turned themselves in for questioning.
The accident Tuesday evening killed a
motorcyclist, whose name has not been
released. Two people in the car fled on foot
after the motorcyclist was hit.
Police said in a news release that an
adult man and an adult woman called
police late Tuesday and were taken to
police headquarters for questioning. No
further details were released.
The accident occurred on the Sardou
Bridge, which was closed to traffic for several hours before reopening early Wednesday.
Holton fire chief
charged with theft
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — A Northeast
Kansas fire chief has been arrested on
theft charges after authorities say he
embezzled money while acting as treasurer of an area organization.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports
45-year-old Ryan White was arrested this
week on two felony and five misdemeanor
counts of theft.
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says
the Soldier Fire Department chief stole
more than $2,000 from the Soldier Ball
Association in 2012 and 2013.
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With Halloween just over a week away, pumpkins in a display are dressed in costumes. (Blade
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CCHC ready to respond
in the event of Ebola case
Cloud County Health Center has been
working with the Kansas Department of
Health and Environment (KDHE) and the
public health system in Concordia to quickly and effectively respond in the event of a
case of Ebola in Cloud County.
Kansas has not had any confirmed cases
of Ebola at this time. Ebola virus disease is
spread only through direct contact with
bodily fluids of a person who is sick and
showing symptoms. Symptoms of Ebola
include: fever, headache, joint and muscle
aches, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and lack of appetite. Symptoms
usually appear 8-10 days, but may appear
up to 21 days after exposure to bodily fluids
of a person showing symptoms of Ebola.
Most cases related to this Ebola outbreak
have been contracted in the West African
countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone.
CCHC is working with community partners regarding the need for standardized
and effective infection control measures
required to control and contain Ebola virus
disease.
If a patient had a suspected or confirmed
case of Ebola, hospitals would be required to
isolate the patient in a private room with a
bathroom. The door to the room would need
to be closed at all times and all visitors
would need to be restricted and would need
to follow infection control measures per hospital protocols.
Healthcare workers would be required to
protect themselves from Ebola by wearing
protective clothing and equipment to prevent contact with bodily fluids.
Kansas has recommended additional
guidance for healthcare workers who have
been exposed to Ebola above and beyond
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines.
Kansas requires any healthcare worker
who has been exposed to Ebola to be excluded from providing direct patient care for a 21
day period following the last exposure.
KDHE has also recommended and provided
resources for hospitals and healthcare
workers, including EMS, to re-train on how
to properly put on and take off protective
equipment.
If someone is diagnosed with Ebola, an
investigation would immediately occur to
identify people who may have come in contact with the Ebola patient while they were
showing symptoms. Those people identified
would be monitored for signs of Ebola,
including fever.
For additional information about Ebola
visit
www.cdc.gov/ebola
or
www.kdheks.gov/ebola.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of older
Americans who rely on federal benefits will
get a 1.7 percent increase in their monthly
payments next year, the government
announced Wednesday.
It’s the third year in a row the increase
will be less than 2 percent.
The annual cost-of-living adjustment, or
COLA, affects payments to more than 70
million Social Security recipients, disabled
veterans and federal retirees. That’s more
than a fifth of the country.
The increase amounts to about $20 a
month for the typical Social Security recipient.
“The COLA helps beneficiaries of all ages
maintain their standard of living, keeping
many from falling into poverty by providing
partial protection against inflation,” said
Jo Ann Jenkins, who heads AARP.
Federal benefits to rise 1.7 percent
back, another member of Parliament, tweeted.
The top spokesman for
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
said Harper was safe and had
left Parliament Hill.
Ottawa Hospital said it
received three patients, two of
them listed in stable condition.
It would not comment on the
condition of the third patient,
the soldier shot at the memorial.
Officials also canceled two
events in Toronto honoring
Pakistani teenager and Nobel
laureate Malala Yousafzai,
including one in which she was
supposed to receive honorary
Canadian citizenship. The
teenager was shot in the head
by a Taliban gunman in 2012
for calling for schooling for
girls.
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police warned people in downtown Ottawa to stay away from
windows and rooftops.
Independent
campaigns
under the radar
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Greg Orman
has had barely a month to introduce himself
to Kansas voters since unusual events thrust
him into a neck-and-neck competition with
three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. Yet
the independent candidate’s schedule of
public campaign appearances has usually
ranged from slim to none.
Rather than hold rallies and give speeches
to make himself better known, Orman has
campaigned mostly under the radar at small
invitation-only events and on social media.
This week is the rare exception, with a
planned press conference and talk at the
University of Kansas.
In a race with an embattled incumbent,
he’s gambling that less information about
himself is generally better than more.
“I think his decision to stay away from
more traditional events and focus on paid
media and select events is unusual for firsttime candidates,” said veteran Democratic
consultant Tad Devine. “They need publicity
so voters get the chance to know them.”
But for Orman, whose chances surged
when the Democratic candidate suddenly
dropped out of the race, mystery has its
advantages, several strategists said.
“I would want this election to be about the
incumbent,” said Mitch Stewart, former
adviser to Barack Obama. “One way to
accomplish that is by not making waves.”
“Orman is running a masterful campaign,” said Mark McKinnon, a former top
adviser to Republican George W. Bush.
Until recently, Orman, 45, was known
mostly in Kansas City business circles for
having turned an energy-efficient lighting
business into a division of the local electric
utility and for building an investment firm
that made him a multimillionaire. His only
venture into politics was a brief look at a Senate bid as a Democrat in 2008.
When he launched his independent campaign this year, he was one of four possible
options to Roberts, 78, who was being criticized for being out of touch with Kansas after
four decades in Washington.
Now that Orman is running even with
Roberts in the polls, what Kansas voters see
of him is mostly television ads showing a
trim, youthful man in shirt sleeves chatting
with workers in warehouses or other job
sites. Similar images adorn his mailings and
his campaign’s Instagram and Twitter
accounts. He portrays himself as disinterested in partisan politics and devoted to using
his business expertise to create jobs and
improve the state’s quality of life.
“I have actually always been independentminded, fiscally conservative, socially tolerant, but more focused on solving problems,”
Orman said earlier this month.
But seeing Orman in person is usually
somewhat akin to running into a movie star
at the grocery store. When Orman goes
somewhere or meets with a group, his staff
usually makes arrangements quietly with
only those involved. You probably won’t see
him on the TV news campaigning because
the media often doesn’t know where he is.
For example, last week, at the invitation of
a supporter in Ellsworth, a community of
3,000 people, he met with about 20 invited
voters at an antique mall. No one else knew
he was coming.
OPINION
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Trivial
History
of
Concordia
and
Environs
Today in History By Clarence Paulsen
50 years ago
Oct. 22, 1964—Senior
girls vying for Homecoming
queen at Notre Dame High
School in Concordia were
Sheryl Fleming, Alice Bisnette and Charlotte Charbonneau. . . . The Rev. Louis
Dale, pastor of the Concordia
First Presbyterian Church
since 1955, was dismissed
to the Presbytery of Wichita
and had received a call to
become senior pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in
Newton.
25 years ago
Oct. 22, 1989—A daughter, Rusti, was born to Randy and Nancy Greenwood,
Concordia. . . . Erika Nelson became the first female
Concordia High School cross
country runner to qualify for
state since Deb Whitney accomplished the feat in 1983.
Nelson, a sophomore, earned
the trip to the Class 4A State
Meet running 13:11 on the
two-mile course and placing
fourth in the regional run
on the campus of Fort Hays
State University.
10 years ago
Oct. 22, 2004—Cindy
Summers performed in concert at the Brown Grand,
paying tribute to Patsy Cline
and Karen Carpenter. . . .
Café Gaston was approved
by the Cloud County Commission as caterer for the
county’s Christmas dinner.
. . . Retired public school
teacher, Lavon Brosseau of
Concordia, pledged $3.5 million to the University of Kansas, partly to aid students in
the education field.
5 years ago
Oct. 22, 2009—Larry
and Anastasia Naillieux,
Concordia, announced the
birth of their son, Matthew
Joseph, born Sept. 17. . . . A
new original drama, “Pleasant Hill, written and directed by Susan Sutton, drama
director at Cloud County
Community College, was being presented at the Brown
Grand Theatre.
1 year ago
Oct. 22, 2013—Jamestown Markets and AgMark
showed wheat at $7.29. . .
. Democrat Paul Davis, gubernatorial candidate, introduced Jill Docking as his
running mate.
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Dear Editor,
One of the most important decisions we voters in the Big
First Congressional district have to make on November 4
is whether to give incumbent Tim Huelskamp another twoyear term or to elect Jim Sherow to replace him.
During the current Congressional session, we should
have been represented on the House Ag Committee but
were not. Whether it was because of Tim Huelskamp’s ideology or simply his inability to get along with people, he lost
the “Kansas” seat on the Ag Committee. Though he tried to
spin that into a “positive,” farmers, ranchers and townspeople throughout the Big First were not fooled. Nor were we
fooled when Huelskamp claimed to be leading the fight in
Washington budget battles, because we knew he had also
lost his seat on the House Budget Committee.
It is time to elect someone to Congress from the Big First
District who wants to be a public servant, not an ideologue.
It is time to elect someone to Congress who is seen as the
“go-to” person on Ag policy and water issues, not the oddball television personality Mr. Huelskamp has become.
We voters in the Big First Congressional District of Kansas should elect Jim Sherow. He is a humble person who
listens well. Currently on leave from his teaching position
at K-State, Jim has an agricultural background, served his
country in the Air Force and has a record of outstanding
public service in his home community of Manhattan and
the surrounding region.
Jim works well with others and asks for their input–
seemingly obvious qualifications for someone seeking the
important job of member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the First District but sadly lacking in the incumbent.
Teaching Kansas history for many years has given Jim
Sherow perspective and made him eager to serve the people
of our state. He understands that most Kansans are progressive and willing to work together. Give him your vote on
November 4.
Sincerely,
Joe Detrixhe
April 13, 1984
PROF. OLE OLSON
Magnetic healers have
gone the way of alchemists
and phrenologists. For five
hundred years they held
forth. As long ago as the
latter part of the fifteenth
century an Irishman named
Valentine Greatrakes cured
folks “by the stroaking of
the hands.” He believed he
could emit
an “effulgent aura”
w h i c h
would restore sick
parts.
A
century
later Dr.
Franz Anton Mesmer,
of
Vienna,
Clarence
m a d e
Paulsen, 1987
animal
magnetism a craze all over
the western world. It was
called “mesmerism.” Mesmer taught that a mysterious substance pervades
the human body. When its
proper flow is interrupted,
the resulting imbalance
causes sickness. Practitioners of mesmerism claimed
the ability to restore the
proper flow. And, in the
days of Benjamin Franklin,
Dr. James Graham, of Edinburgh, established in London a “Temple of Health,”
where he claimed to make
electro-therapeutical cures.
Magnetic healers believed that by the sheer
power of mind over matter
they could restore the interrupted flow of effulgent
aura and thereby effect
cures. They were, perhaps
unconsciously, making use
of hypnotism. They could,
and probably did, cure some
psychosomatic ailments and
maybe hypochondria.
Cloud County, Kansas,
as recently as sixty years
ago, had more than one
practitioner of magnetic
healing. Jacob Fulmer, a
farmer who lived two and
a half miles west of where
Jamestown is now, practiced magnetic healing as a
sideline. Fulmer was at one
time the postmaster of Fannie, Kansas. The post office
was in his farm home.
In 1902 a Dr. C.H. Carson, borrowing the title from
Dr. Graham, had a “Temple
of Health” at Twelfth and
Washington streets in Kansas City, Missouri, where
many Cloud Countians went
for treatment. The front page
of The (Concordia) Kansan of
October 2, 1902, carried an
article about Dr. Carson’s
“Temple of Health.” The article featured a testimonial
to the miraculous cure of
the tubercular elbow of William French, of Jamestown.
The article named thirty-one
other prominent local people who had received treatments there.
In February and March
1904 Professor J. Austin
Larson, “the great natural
Magnetic Healer,” opened a
temporary office in the Barons House Hotel in Concordia, “for the treatment of
those afflicted with chronic
diseases and ailments which
others have failed to cure.”
But Concordia had a local magnetic healer who
was neither an itinerant nor
a part-time practitioner. He
was Professor (sometimes
Doctor) Olaf August Olson,
known generally as Prof. Ole
Olson. For a while in 1912
he had an assistant, one
Edith Peck, also a magnetic
healer.
Olson was born in Sweden on November 14, 1859.
He was educated there,
and learned to be a stone
mason. He came at age 21
years to New York where he
arrived on June 14, 1880.
He stayed in New York but
five months. During those
months he met Johanna Johanson, and married her on
December 12, 1880. Shortly
thereafter they left New York
for Kansas together. They
arrived in Cloud County,
Kansas, on December 25,
Christmas Day, 1880. Ole
farmed in Cloud County for
a while.
On August 18, 1885, Johanna died. Ninety days later, on November 16, 1885,
Ole married Mary Larson in
the office of Probate Judge
Daniel L. Brown in Concordia. Ole and Mary were
each twenty-six years old.
To their union were born
six children: Carl August;
Albert Theodore; Lulu Augurora, later Mrs. R.D. Williams; Nettie Martina, later
Mrs. R.E. Starkey; and two
more children who died in
infancy.
Ole left the farm and
moved to 1217 Broadway, in
Concordia. He followed the
stone mason’s trade for several years. At about the time
Prof. J. Austin Larson came
to the Barons House, Ole
went to Nevada, Missouri,
where he took a course in
magnetic healing at the
Weltmer Institute which
then flourished there. Ole
graduated with high honors,
and took postgraduate work
at Dr. Carson’s Temple of
Health in Kansas City.
In 1907 Ole, then Prof.
O.A. Olson, began to practice magnetic healing in his
home at 1217 Broadway
in Concordia. For a while
he may have had an office
at 116 East Sixth Street,
over the Bon Marché store.
On December 12, 1907, he
ran an advertisement, with
his picture, in the Concordia Empire. Among other
things, it said:
It is not necessary for
me to tell you of the people
I have helped by treating
them or the ones I have
cured, but you may ask any
of the following what I have
done for them: C.E. Sweet,
Howard Green, Tom Burns,
Hi Burns, Colonel Brown,
Mrs. Earl Brown, Mrs. A.
Linville, Mrs. A. Johnson, or
Mrs. S. Hogart. By my system of treatment I am especially well prepared to take
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kidneys, rheumatism, female troubles and stomach
troubles.
Curiously, Olson was
himself destined to die of
stomach trouble.
Late in 1907 Prof. Olson opened an office on the
second floor of the Burrus
Building, which still stands
in 1984 on the southeast
corner of the intersection of
Concordia’s Broadway and
Sixth Street. There Prof.
Olson practiced magnetic
healing until a stomach cancer forced him to bed about
1919. After a lingering illness which kept him bedfast
for five years, he died on the
evening of July 15, 1924, at
his home at 1009 Broadway.
He now rests in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery.
The professor is one
of Concordia’s once wellknown, but now almost
forgotten characters. Concordia city directories for
1908 through 1911 list his
residence at 719 West Sixth
Street. That was the Brownstone Hall residence of Col.
and Mrs. N.B. Brown. For
several years Ole and Mary
lived in the servants’ quarters in the basement of
Brownstone Hall while Mary
cooked for and took care of
the Browns. The 1920 directory indicates that the professor was then living and
practicing at 1009 Broadway, where he died.
This writer, when he was
about nine years old, saw
Prof. Olson on the street one
day. The professor made an
unforgettable
impression.
He was a giant of a man, of
powerful physique, with a
unique mode of dress which
included an enormous grey
felt hat. He had a long flowing beard, and eyes that
were piercing and positively
hypnotic. It is easy for this
writer to believe that, under
Prof. Olson’s treatment, one
just wouldn’t dare not to get
well.
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Students molested by friar settle claims
PITTSBURGH
(AP)
–
Eighty-eight former students who were sexually
molested by a Franciscan
friar who worked as an athletic trainer at a Catholic
high school have settled
their legal claims for $8
million, according to two attorneys who represent more
than half the victims.
Altoona attorney Richard
Serbin represents 13 exstudents from the former
Bishop McCort High School
in Johnstown, and Boston
attorney Mitchell Garabedian represents 33. The students said they were abused
by Brother Stephen Baker,
who worked at the school,
60 miles east of Pittsburgh,
from 1992 to 2001.
Baker, 62, committed
suicide at his monastery
in Newry by stabbing himself in the heart in January
2013. That occurred days
after the Youngstown, Ohio,
diocese disclosed abuse
settlements with 11 former students who said they
were abused by him at John
F. Kennedy High School in
Warren, Ohio, from 1986 to
1990.
News of those settlements prompted many of
the Bishop McCort victims
to come forward.
Serbin has been pursuing clergy abuse claims for
nearly 30 years but said,
“What’s unique here is the
sheer number of students
that were abused.”
“I’ve filed claims against
child predators who have
had multiple victims, but
this certainly was a predator that was prolific, and the
position he was given as an
athletic trainer allowed him
to have such easy access to
young people,” Serbin said.
Garabedian said the victims settled for amounts between $60,000 and slightly
more than $120,000 each,
depending on the duration of abuse, its impact
on their lives and other
factors, including whether
their claims would have
been barred by the statute
of limitations.
“The settlements will
help the victims gain a degree of closure and assist
them in trying to heal from
these terrible acts of sexual
abuse,” Garabedian said.
The school was owned
and operated by the diocese, based 85 miles east of
Pittsburgh, when the abuse
occurred but has been operated since 2008 by an
independent board, which
renamed it Bishop McCort Catholic High School.
The school’s principal, who
served when Baker was on
the staff, resigned in June
2013 as the abuse allegations surfaced.
School spokesman Matthew Beyon confirmed the
settlement but declined to
elaborate.
Altoona Bishop Mark
Bartchak said in a statement: “The diocese hopes
that this outcome will allow
the victims to seek counseling and find the healing and
comfort they deserve. We
continue to pray for them
and all victims of sexual
abuse.”
Diocesan
spokesman
Tony DeGol announced in
August that the sale of the
bishop’s home was pending and that money from
the nearly $1 million asking price might be used to
care for sexual-misconduct
victims. Bartchak, who was
not targeted in the abuse
claims, has moved into the
rectory at Cathedral of the
Blessed Sacrament in Altoona.
“Once again, you’re dealing with dioceses and religious orders that appear to
be doing the right thing but
are only reacting to getting
caught,” Garabedian said.
The
settlement
also
named a former Altoona
bishop who headed the diocese when the abuse occurred; Baker’s order, the
Franciscan Friars of the
Third Order Regular, based
in Loretto; and the related
Province of the Immaculate
Conception. Franciscan officials didn’t immediately
return calls for comment.
The
Diocese
of
Youngstown, Ohio, also
participated in the settlement. It said Tuesday that,
although it was not named
in any lawsuits filed in
Pennsylvania, it elected to
participate in the settlement “for reasons of pastoral concern and healing.”
The settlement is believed to cover nearly all the
former Bishop McCort students, nearly all males, who
have alleged abuse. Garabedian said another former student had just come
forward and separate legal
action will be taken on his
behalf.
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ago, I obtained a quote from
a company for a manufacturing service. My business
ended up not using them.
Two months later, I received an invitation from this
company to an open house. I
initially thought, "How nice."
However, on reading further,
it said a religious organization would give a presentation and donations would be
encouraged. I felt I was being used.
Within the week, I received a follow-up call regarding the original quote.
I informed them that their
prices were not in our range,
and at some point during
the conversation, I gently
mentioned that I thought
the open house invitation
was in poor taste. I probably should have been more
diplomatic, but I thought
the person on the other end
could use some constructive
criticism. In return, I was
blasted. It turns out she was
the daughter of the owner.
In yelling at me, she also
said that one of her sisters
suffers from a genetic birth
defect and that the presentation was to raise funds for
the disease.
After all this time, it still
bothers me. I just figured
this family-owned business
was giving jobs to relatives
who perhaps were unaware
of appropriate business
practices. Was it OK for this
company to use its business
contacts to try to raise funds
for a charity this way? — A
Reader
Dear Reader: First of all,
if the religious presentation was to raise funds for
a specific medical cause, it
should have been stated on
the original invitation. Otherwise, people could easily
get the wrong idea, as you
did. And while we cannot
blame a family for wanting to reach out to as many
contacts as possible, it was
inappropriate to use their
minor business contact with
you to solicit funds for a personal charity. But it would
have been better had you
not chastised the company
employee over the phone,
even with good intentions.
A simple "yes" or "no" to
the invitation would have
sufficed, and then this
wouldn't be bothering you
years later. Please try to let
it go.
Dear Annie: My sister
lives 30 minutes away. We
all pile into my parents' car
for the ride. The problem
is, my sister serves disgusting food: fish that's not
fresh, and salad drenched
in dressing that she makes
hours in advance, so it gets
soggy. She covers the table
in glitter, which gets into the
food. Bringing a dish is not
allowed.
I usually eat lunch before
going so I won't be hungry.
When my sister asks why
I'm not eating, I make some
excuse. What should I do? I
don't want to say her cooking is horrible. Should I just
put up with it? — Big City
Dear Big City: How often
do you go? If it's less than
once a month, we'd put up
with it. How sensitive is your
sister to criticism? If you go
every week, you might offer to bring a dish by saying, "You host so often, I feel
guilty not helping out. I insist on bringing the salad."
Your sister may also learn
(in time) to be a better cook
and get the glitter off the
table. Right now, she's still
trying to impress you.
Dear Annie: I read the
letter from "Salem, Ore.," the
couple wondering how to tell
friends and family not to buy
them Christmas gifts. Years
ago, our parents told us the
same thing. They asked that
instead of buying for them,
we buy for someone else.
Many stores in our area
have a "giving tree." Each ornament has a gift idea and
a child's age and size. I was
thrilled to find a tag for a
little girl who wanted Barbie
doll clothes, as I make those.
The gifts are then taken to
the area social services to be
distributed. The stores are
also involved with the food
pantry at our church. There
are so many people in need.
— Giving
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by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
Sugar, longtime editors of
the Ann Landers column.
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to anniesmailbox@comcast.
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Club notes
Chapter EV of P.E.O. met
Oct. 17 at the First United
Methodist Church. Amy
Gerber, Marjorie Cruzen and
Connie Bentz were hosts.
Debbie Dumler, Lyons,
gave the program on behalf
of P.E.O. state officers. She
gave ideas on how to grow
membership and strengthen
the current membership.
Kansas has about 12,000
Blake Richard Helzer
members.
Faith Nyswonger gave the
Coats for Kids report.
Next meeting will be Nov.
Eric Helzer and Dana
7 with Nancy Reynolds.
Bradfield, Salina, announce
the birth of their son, Blake
Richard Helzer, born Oct. 6,
Senior Citizens Menu
Thursday, Oct. 23—Chili 2014. He weighed 6 pounds
soup with crackers, diced 15 ounces and was 19 1/2”
long.
peaches, cinnamon rolls.
Grandparents are RodFriday, Oct. 24—Tuna
casserole, seasoned peas, ney Helzer, Topeka; Devra
chocolate
pudding;
10 (Hiner) Tribbett, Ames; Hank
a.m.—Exercise; progressive Bradfield, Junction City;
and Janet Bradfield, Leoncards.
Fresh coffee and cinna- ardville.
mon rolls daily, 9-11 a.m.
Call Teddy Lineberry at
243-1872 for reservations or
www.bladeempire.com
questions
Birth
Concordia Middle School
has announced the names
of those listed on the first
nine weeks honor roll.
GOLD 4.0
5th Grade
Luke Anderson, Tucker
Arnold, Juana Ayala, Ashley
Bartlett, Drew Benfer, Drew
Brown, Cav Carlgren, Shelby Giersch, Jordan Gilkeson, Tyler Hobrock, Liberty
Limon, Riley McMillan, Ariel
Miller, Aidan Poore, Taryn
Roush, Madeline Schlyer,
Phillip Shirkey, Isaiah Steffen, Kellan Stupka, Bethany
Trost.
6th Grade
Eastan Atwood, Alice Aytes, Teresa Barnes, Isaac
Bombardier, Dylan Bray,
Lucas Burchfiel, Chloe Conway, Abby Donovan Abby
Fredrickson. Keegan Grogan, Sierra Gropp, Kinley
Hanson, Liah Huff, Sajen
Kemling, Astoria Kindel,
Michael Kling, Haley Lewis, Emma Losh, Lacey McGuire, Fatima Nava, Chloe
Nelson, Kendall Reynolds,
Tyson Roush, Terin Rundus, Hunter Schroeder,
Trenton Senters, Taylor
Smith,
Cole
Stahlman,
Keidra Strait, Yancey Tantuico, Dylan Thoman, Connor Thrash, Shea Trecek,
Wyatt Trost, Mikyna Voss.
SILVER 3.0-3.99
5th Grade
Kennedy Anderson, Keghun Avery, Hunter Blackwood, Nathan Brown, Kiana
Champlin, Malachi Carder,
Tessa Christensen, Hayden
Dvorak, Shaeleigh Eakins,
Kylee Hower, Samantha
Jeardoe, Keaden Kearn,
Kira Kearn, Braxton Kindel,
Will Kindel, Ryah Klima,
Elizabeth Lambert, Courtney LeDuc, Logan Leiszler,
Treyton Marsh, Andrew
Mikesell, Keyan Miller, Taley Murdock, Claudia Nava,
Hugo Nava, Dalton Owen,
Kale Pearson, Skylar Plush,
Taye Retter, Dylan Sulanka,
Abby Valeka, Toby Wahlmeier, Meagen Wheeler,
McKensie Widen, Teggan
Workman.
6th Grade
Cade Anderson, Nicole
Ashland, Zoe Bechard, Wyatt Barleen, Gunner Boden,
Chas Carlgren, Eman Funk,
Javier Gallardo, Venessa
Henriksen, Gabby Jackman, Adrian Lewis, Oaklyn
Limon, Brendan Michaud,
Daniel Moreland, Chase
Parker, Zane Reed, Mikayla Schartz, Emily Strommen, Noah Thoman, Gavin
Thomas, Aaron Thornton,
Phoenix Vansant, Nicholas
Vignery, Hailey Webb.
CE class offered
on fetal monitoring
A nurse continuing education class, The ABCs of
Fetal Monitoring will be
offered by Cloud County
Community College from
9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday,
Nov. 20, at the Abilene Memorial Hospital, 511 NE
10TH, Abilene. This course
will be taught following the
Association of Women’s
Health, Obstetrical, Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) curriculum.
Participants will receive
basic intermediate fetal
monitoring guidelines and
practicum education. This
course will be beneficial to
all participants who work in
the obstetrical department.
Instructor will be Crystal
Young, RN, MSN.
For
further
information or to preregister, call
1.800.729.5101, ext. 372
or 785.243.1435, ext. 372
at CCCC.
Alpha Sigma Chapter
sponsors documentary
Alpha Sigma Chapter of
Delta Kappa Gamma International sponsored a
screening of a new documentary, “The Marion Ellet
Story,” last Saturday afternoon at Cloud County Community College.
Ellet was a talented
Concordia, Kansas, native
who honed her journalistic
skills as a beat reporter for
the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper. As shown in the film,
Ellet was an extraordinary
woman and professional
who was recognized as such
among prestigious editors of
her day including “The Sage
of Emporia,” William Allen
White.
In the 1970s, Ellet was
invited to become an honorary member of Alpha Sigma
chapter Society of Women
Educators.
While working and writing in New York, Ellet grew
tired of beat reporting and
proposed a return to her
hometown where she might
be given more latitude writing about topics of her
choosing.
Although hesitant at first,
Concordia
Blade-Empire
editor Ray Green hired Ellet
in 1926. There, she wrote
hundreds of columns which
were syndicated throughout
the region under the editorial heading, “Mugwump
Musings.”
Ellet’s subject matter covered introspections
about Kansas, wildlife, politics, youth, human compassion and cruelty, the Dustbowl, capitalism, and every
topic in-between. She continued her weekly columns
and reporting for nearly 70
years.
Documentarian Tom
Nelson of Elon University
in South Carolina said that
Ellet “ranks among the best
short columnists to write
about World War II . . . I
thought this woman truly has a gifted touch with
words. The more I learned,
the more I wanted to tell her
story.”
According to Brad Lowell,
editor of The Blade-Empire,
“Ellet was a much respected and heralded columnist.
In 1930, the Wichita Eagle
recognized her as one of the
10 most outstanding journalists in the state. . . . The
Eagle added that she was
the woman who had done
the most constructive good
in Kansas journalism.”
Ellet’s last column appeared on May 1, 1996. Her
topic was the growing threat
of terrorism in the Middle
East—nearly five years before the 9/11 attacks.
Ellet’s close friend, Lee
Lowell, opened the documentary event by reading
“In Sibley Earth,”Ellet’s
moving and well-regarded
tribute to a young Austrian
soldier who took his own life
while held as a WWII POW
in the camp north of Concordia.
Alpha Sigma members
Dana Nelson, Alice Boschek
and Tonya Merrill also read
from Ellet’s work. President
Susan Sutton introduced
presenters and filmmaker
Nelson. A public reception
sponsored by Alpha Sigma
followed the documentary
event.
Born today, you are often
a bit too wrapped up in what
others think -- about you,
about what goes on in the
world and about the world
at large. Whether an issue
is grand and significant or
minute and forgettable, you
always want to know what
others are saying about it
before you formulate your
own opinions; this can often prove to be a doubleedged sword. On one hand,
you are able to fit in nicely
at all times because you can
mold your views -- and perhaps even your character -to suit the situation and the
crowd you’re with. On the
other hand, you risk losing
touch with your core, with
your true self and with the
currents that control your
own individual thoughts and
emotions.
You aren’t likely to find a
lasting love until relatively
late in life, though this certainly doesn’t mean that
you’re destined to be alone
through your early years. On
the contrary, you’re likely to
enjoy a great many trysts
and affairs, and they are
likely to be quite important
to you at the time. You take
love -- and lust -- quite seriously indeed.
Also born on this date
are: Annette Funicello, actress; Sarah Bernhardt, actress; Catherine Deneuve,
actress; Jeff Goldblum, actor; Tony Roberts, actor;
Timothy Leary, psychologist; Brian Boitano, Olympic figure skater; Karl Jansky, physicist.
To see what is in store
for you tomorrow, find your
birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let
your birthday star be your
daily guide.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
23
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21) -- What you’re told may
not mesh completely with
what you were led to believe.
You’ll have some adjustments to make.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- What you say and
do are likely to be remembered, but not necessarily
for the right reasons. You
can increase your odds.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Sharing is an essential component of the day
-- unless you actually want
to find yourself in conflict
with a formidable opponent.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18) -- Your confidence is
your greatest single asset.
Much happens that will require you to act spontaneously.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20) -- You don’t want to do
or say things the way others
are doing them and saying
them. Originality is your key
to instant progress.
ARIES (March 21-April
19) -- You may find yourself
in the middle of something
that you don’t entirely understand, but you can learn
quickly and come out on top.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) -- What goes on near
your home will have an unexpected impact on you and
your affairs. It may be time
to have an honest discussion.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- You’re eager to share your
experiences with one who
can appreciate all you have
gone through and all you
have learned.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) -- Domestic affairs take
on a strange new tone. This
is nothing to be worried
about -- yet. See if new opportunities open up.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
-- You’ll be intrigued by an
offer that comes your way
through unofficial channels.
Explore all possible outcomes.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- You may experience something that is difficult to describe, but its importance is
such that you will want to do
so!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
-- What appears before you
almost invisibly will be worth
a closer examination. This
may not be something that is
real to everyone around you.
4 Blade-Empire, Wednesday, October 22, 2014
ONE PLACE HAS IT ALL
THE CLASSIFIEDS
For Rent
FOR RENT- Small 1 bedroom house,
$345/mo. 785-275-2062.
FOR RENT- Taking applications,
4-bedroom country home, no horses.
785-827-2333.
FOR RENT- 1&2 bedroom apartments,
furnished, most utilities, $500+/mo.
785-275-2062.
FOR RENT-Storage spaces, various
sizes, reasonable, locally owned.
785-243-4105.
FOR RENT
1 bedroom apartment with
washer/dryer, stove and
refrigerator. Utilities included
in rent. $450 per month.
Call 785-243-3325 ext. 2.
FOR RENT- 2 bedroom house, 785614-3121.
FOR RENT
Large, newly remodeled 3
bedroom, 1 1/2 bath house
with 2 car garage, full
finished basement on corner
lot. Refrigerator and stove
furnished, w/d hookups. Nice
neighborhood. Available
12/1, $650/mo.
St. Francis Community
Services, Inc.
Is seeking applications for
the following position:
Driver (Part-time)
Concordia:
Safely transports children/
families to various
appointments from varied
locations statewide.
Requires evening &
weekend transports.
Must be 21 years of age,
have a valid KS driver’s
license & pass background
checks. Saint Francis offers
an excellent benefit package
& competitive wages.
Submit resume to heather.
[email protected] or
visit our website: www.
st-francis.org. EOE.
Help Wanted
DINNER BELL CAFE
Belleville, KS
Has immediate openings
for supervisor, cooks, and
waitstaff for nights and
weekends.
Apply within
1301 18th St., Belleville.
785-527-1220
EARN EXTRA INCOME
W O R K I N G D AY O R
EVENINGS
Needing self-motivated
individuals who can work
independently cleaning office
buildings. Part-time, evening
and day positions available.
Above minimum wage.
NO WEEKENDS
BACKGROUND CHECKS
PERFORMED.
GOOD DRIVING RECORD
R E Q U I R E D F O R D AY
POSITION.
Call 785-243-1965, Mon.Fri., 8am-5pm to make
appointment to apply.
ServiceMaster of N.C.K.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) –
Military personnel are investigating the southeast Kansas site where an Oklahoma
Air National Guard fighter
jet crashed after a midair
collision with another jet
from the same unit during a
training exercise.
The F-16 crashed Monday in a pasture about three
miles northeast of Moline,
an Elk County farming and
ranching community. The
pilot ejected and was taken
to a clinic at McConnell Air
Force Base in Wichita, where
he was treated and released
for slight injuries, the Oklahoma National Guard said
in a news release Tuesday.
The second pilot wasn’t
injured and landed the
other F-16 safely at a Tulsa
base, where crews were assessing damage. The release
said both pilots have been
reunited with their families
but declined to release their
names.
“The main thing is no one
was hurt on the ground and
our pilots weren’t seriously
injured or killed,” said Col.
Max Moss, an Oklahoma
National Guard spokesman,
in the news release. “The Air
Force will conduct a thorough investigation of the
incident and we have the
upmost faith in the investigatory process.”
The release said additional information would
be released when the investigation was completed.
The pilots were part of the
138th Fighter Wing, an F-16
unit that routinely trains in
designated airspace over
sparsely populated areas.
Moline Clerk Lisa Townsley said Tuesday that helicopters were flying over the
area and that military personnel had been swarming
the community. After the
crash, she helped dispatch
rescue workers and track
down volunteer firefighters
to send to the scene.
She said that she could
see the smoke from the
town’s main street and that
at least one piece of debris
fell into the yard of a resident on the outskirts of the
community of about 480
residents.
“I’m
very
thankful it did not crash in
town,”
Townsley
said.
***
Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you
are and taking your rightful place in the world.
-Real Live Preacher
***
Call 785-243-1489 or
785-243-6534
Ebert Construction Co. Inc.
Wamego, Kansas
Has immediate openings in the
Concordia area for Equipment
Operators. Experience
operating multiple types of
equipment including Excavator,
Dozer, Blade, Scraper and
Roller preferred. Competitive
wages and excellent benefits.
Request application at
785-456-2455 or email @
ebertconstruction.com. PreEmployment Drug Screening.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Women and minorities
encouraged to apply.
Military investigating
Kansas Classifieds
site of fighter jet crash
Sunset Home, Inc.
is in need of caring and
energetic CNAs for day
shift. Positions would include
working every other weekend.
Submit application to:
Sunset Home, Inc.
620 2nd Ave.
Concordia, KS 66901
Or apply in person or online at
www.sunsethomeinc.com. An
Equal Opportunity Employer.
We do pre-employment drug
screening.
CONCORDIA BUSINESS
Has Immediate Opening
for
FULL TIME
RECEPTIONIST/
CLERK POSITION
Must possess good people
and computer skills, be able to
multi-task and communicate
effectively. Some knowledge
of accounting/accounts
receivable/accounts payable
a plus. Competitive salary
and benefits offered. EOE.
Send resume to
Box B
c/o The Blade Empire
P.O. Box 309
Concordia, KS 66901.
Notice
READ THE BLADE-EMPIRE
ON-LINE
at
www.bladeempire.com
Sales Calendar
•Thursday, October 23,
2014– Public Auction at
5:00 p.m. located at the
home, 2418 N. Street, Belleville, Kansas. Van and
Car, Household and Tools.
William and Donna Stark,
Sellers. Thummel Auction.
•Saturday, October 25,
2014– Real Estate Auction
at 10:00 a.m. located the former Greenleaf School Building, 412 Park Street, Greenleaf, Kansas. 1.6 acre lot in
downtown Greenleaf with
school building in excellent
condition. USD 108, Seller.
Raymond Bott Auction.
•Saturday, October 25,
2014– Antique Auction at
10:00 a.m. located at the
farm 2 miles East of Clyde,
Kansas on Highway 9. Guns,
Tools, Farm Equipment,
Blacksmith, Horse Equipment, Collectibles, Antique
Tractors, Caterpiller, Trailers, Lawn Equipment, Mowers, Car Parts,Tractor Parts,
Automotive, Woodworking
Equipment and Household.
Eddie and Leona Charbonneau Estate, Sellers.
Thummel Auction.
•Saturday, October 25,
2014– Public Auction at
9:00 a.m. located at Kearn
Auction House, 220 West
5th Street, Concordia, Kansas. Misc. and Collectibles.
Dannie Kearn Auction.
•Sunday, October 26,
2014– Estate Auction at
1:00 p.m. located at the
house, 599 Woodland Drive,
Washington, Kansas. Steel
carport, Furniture, Household and Misc. Doris Cole
Estate, Seller. Raymond
Bott Auction.
•Monday, November 3,
2014– Real Estate Auction at 10:00 a.m. located
at National Guard Armory
on the South edge of Concordia, Kansas. Farm is located on Union Road and
240th Road. 141.99 acres
with 139.5 cropland acres.
Norman and Pattie Elliott,
Sellers. Thummel Auction.
•Tuesday, November 11,
2014– Real Estate Auction
at 6:00 p.m. located at 1425
and 1431 East 6th St. Trafficway, Concordia, Kansas.
Commercial Property, 4,300
sq. ft. Lot size 175 x 200.
Larry Lagasse Auction.
•Saturday,
November
15, 2014– Land Auction at
10:00 a.m. at the American
Legion Building, 3070 Frontier Road, Clifton, Kansas.
Two Farms, 160 acres and
145 acres. Wilcid E. and
Edna Mae Michaud Trust,
Sellers. Raymond Bott Auction.
•Monday, November 17,
2014– Real Estate Auction
at 10:00 a.m. located at the
Miltonvale Community Center in Miltonvale, Kansas.
317 Acres Ottawa County
Cropland and Pasture. 2
Tracts of Land. Marjorie
J. Bulleigh Trust, Sellers.
Larry Lagasse Auction.
•Saturday,
November
22, 2014– Public Auction
at 10:00 a.m. located at the
Cloud County Fairgrounds
on the East edge of Concordia. Guns, Ammo, Hunting
Gear and Apparel. Melvern
D. Giersch Estate, Seller.
Larry Lagasse Auction.
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IF YOU USED THE BLOOD THINNER XARELTO and suffered internal bleeding, hemorrhaging, required
hospitalization or a loved one died
while taking Xarelto between 2011
and the present time, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney
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Blade-Empire Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5
Sports
Giants slam door on Royals’ postseason run, 7-1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)
— Win or lose, Jake Peavy
is a treat to watch when he
pitches.
He scowls, he shouts, he
grimaces, he grins. Never
hard to tell how things are
going for him.
And depending how he
does for the San Francisco
Giants on Wednesday night
against Kansas City rookie
Yordano Ventura, this
World Series could quickly
shape up as an even match
or a mismatch.
Madison
Bumgarner,
who shows virtually no
emotion on the mound, got
the Giants off to a terrific
start in Game 1. Given an
early cushion by Hunter
Pence’s home run, the man
called MadBum by his
teammates
carried
a
shutout into the seventh
inning and beat the Royals
7-1 Tuesday night.
“He doesn’t get flustered
out there,” Giants manager
Bruce Bochy said.
Back on the field after a
five-day layoff, the Royals
looked nothing like the
fresh team that had
become baseball’s darlings
by starting the playoffs
with eight straight wins.
“Big Game James” once
again failed to live up to
that billing and left in the
fourth when the Giants
made it 5-0.
“It just wasn’t my night,”
Shields said.
Kansas City threw two
wild pitches, slick-fielding
third baseman Mike Moustakas misplayed a ball, and
sure-handed right fielder
Nori Aoki let one get past
him. The fleet Royals managed only four hits and didn’t get a chance to run.
“Well, we never got on
base,” manager Ned Yost
said. “That disrupts a lot of
things when you don’t get
on base. The old adage is
you can’t steal first, and
Bumgarner did a great job
of keeping us off base.
When you do that, we can’t
utilize our speed.”
The Giants led 3-0 after
the first inning at Kauffman Stadium and won
their seventh World Series
game in a row. The Royals’
string of 11 straight postseason wins, dating to
their last Series appearance in 1985, came to sudden halt.
Bumgarner added to his
sparkling World Series
resume, improving to 3-0
and extending his scoreless streak to 21 innings
before
Salvador
Perez
homered with two outs in
the seventh.
“I would tell you I wasn’t
thinking about it, but you
know,” Bumgarner said.
“There’s no way around it.
You know. There’s so much
talk about it. Obviously, a
World Series game is not
something you tend to forget.”
Bumgarner
stretched
his
road
postseason
shutout streak to a record
32 2-3 innings as the
Giants cruised. He pitched
three-hit ball for seven
innings, struck out five
and walked one.
Next up, it’s time for
Peavy.
The 33-year-old Peavy is
1-3 with a 7.03 ERA in
seven postseason starts,
including an outing for
Boston in last year’s World
Series. He beat Washington
in the NL Division Series
and was pulled after four
innings vs. St. Louis in the
NL Championship Series.
Naturally, he’s fired up.
“I really have, yeah, just
the old Southern, digyour-toes in the mud, and
try to make your stand,” he
said.
“For me ... outwardly it
comes out in ways that I
look back and my children
go, ‘God, daddy, you were
really excited.’ They had
me turning into the Hulk in
Washington after the double play, when I was looking at my guys,” he said.
Ventura will become the
first Royals rookie to start
a World Series game at any
position.
“I think we all know how
talented he is, and we’ll try
to hopefully take advantage of some of the excitement,” Peavy said. “He’s
going to throw balls close
to 100 miles an hour with a
really good slider.
“He’s young and he’s,
I’m sure, going to come out
guns a-blazing and be really excited, as he should be.
It’s the World Series.”
UP NEXT
Giants: Peavy lost 12
straight decisions this season, spanning his July
trade from Boston to the
Giants. ... Royals DH Billy
Butler is 14 for 33 (.424)
with three HRs off Peavy.
Royals: No Giants hitter
has faced the 23-year-old
Ventura.
...
Ventura
pitched well in an ALDS
start against the Angels
and struggled vs. Baltimore in the ALCS, leaving
with a tight shoulder.
KUNG FU PRODUCTION
Pablo Sandoval hit an
RBI double in the first
inning and singled home a
run in the seventh. The
2012 World Series MVP
extended his streak of
reaching base to 24
straight postseason games.
Cowboys release Sam Waters leaves impression on Sooners
from practice squad
IRVING, Texas (AP) —
Michael Sam will have to
wait for a third team to give
the NFL’s first openly gay
player a chance to appear in
a regular-season game.
The Dallas Cowboys
released Sam from the practice squad Tuesday, dropping the rush end as they
prepare for several potential
reinforcements to return to
the defensive line.
Sam spent seven weeks
with the Cowboys after joining their practice squad
Sept. 3, four days after he
was among the final cuts by
the St. Louis Rams at the
end of the preseason. He
was never placed on the 53man active roster.
The Rams drafted the former SEC defensive player of
the year from Missouri late
in the seventh round in
May. He was pick No. 249
out of 256. Sam had three
sacks in the preseason with
St. Louis playing mostly
against second- and thirdstringers.
Sam thanked the family
of Cowboys owner Jerry
Jones on Twitter, along with
“friends, family, teammates,
and fans for their support.”
“While this is disappointing, I will take the lessons I
learned here in Dallas and
continue to fight for an
opportunity to prove that I
can play every Sunday,”
Sam wrote.
The signing of Sam by the
Cowboys brought an overflow crowd to coach Jason
Garrett’s daily news conference, and he was surrounded by about two dozen
reporters in the only interview he conducted on the
same day.
But he mostly blended in
after that, making occasional appearances in the locker
room when it was open to
the media and earning
praise from Garrett and
defensive coordinator and
defensive line coach Rod
Marinelli the few times they
were asked about him.
“Comes to work every day
and practices hard,” Garrett
said last week. “One of 10
practice roster guys that we
have, so he’s working on his
skills, trying to develop, but
also doing a lot of other
things. Playing offense,
defense, playing the kicking
game. That’s what a lot of
those guys do.”
Sam came out to his Missouri teammates before his
senior season, when he had
11 1/2 sacks. He told the
rest of the world three
months before the May
draft. After Sunday’s 31-21
win over the New York
Giants, Cowboys owner
Jerry Jones told USA Today
that Sam’s sexuality was “a
dead issue.”
The Cowboys (6-1), off to
their best start since they
were 12-1 in 2007, are playing their second straight
NFC East opponent at
home, with Washington (25) visiting Monday night.
The Rams didn’t keep
Sam because they had
depth on the defensive
front. The same situation is
developing for the Cowboys,
who are among the league’s
worst in sacks but have
been getting solid production with a rotation in the
front four of a defense
exceeding expectations.
Sports in Brief
The Associated Press
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The NCAA and Oklahoma State
announced Tuesday that allegations of widespread misconduct in the football program outlined in a Sports Illustrated expose last year were “fundamentally unfounded.”
A joint inquiry by the NCAA and an independent investigator retained by the school, former NCAA enforcement
official Chuck Smrt, reviewed approximately 50,000 emails
and documents, and included nearly 100 interviews of current and former administrators, coaches, staff, athletes,
students and prospects as well as alumni and donors.
TENNIS
SINGAPORE (AP) — Maria Sharapova’s chances of
claiming the season-ending No. 1 ranking were hurt Tuesday after a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-2 loss to Caroline Wozniacki
at the WTA Finals.
Sharapova had 15 double-faults, including two while
serving for the first set, and 76 unforced errors. Wozniacki
finished the match, which has 12 breaks of serve, with 35
unforced errors.
It was Wozniacki’s second straight victory over Sharapova. The Dane also won in the fourth round of this year’s
U.S. Open.
Sharapova needs to at least reach the final in Singapore
and hope Serena Williams loses her two remaining group
matches to overtake the American and finish the season
with the top ranking for the first time.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP)
— Kansas State is the only
team still unbeaten in the
round-robin meat-grinder
of the Big 12, and the
biggest reason why has
been the impassioned play
of
quarterback
Jake
Waters.
Need proof of just how
good he’s been? Simply
ask somebody from Oklahoma.
After watching the senior quarterback shred their
defense on the ground and
through the air, the Sooners gushed about his performance last Saturday.
Waters ran for 51 yards
and a score, threw for 225
yards and two more touchdowns, and helped the No.
11 Wildcats to a 31-30 victory.
“There’s just so many
things he can do, from the
run to throwing the ball
while he’s on the run. He’s
just a really tough quarterback to scheme against,”
Sooners cornerback Zack
Sanchez said.
Now, the Wildcats (5-1)
are 3-0 in the Big 12 heading into Saturday’s game
against Texas.
The fact that Waters is
rapidly rewriting record
books is a testament to his
productivity.
After arriving last season from Iowa Western
Community
College,
Waters found himself splitting time with elusive
quarterback Daniel Sams.
He didn’t really take over
the full-time job until midway through the season,
ultimately leading the
Wildcats to eight wins and
a bowl game.
His big breakthrough
may have come in that
bowl game, too. Waters
completed 21 of 27 passes
for 271 yards and three
touchdowns without an
interception in a 31-14
rout of Michigan. He also
rushed for 42 yards in a
sign of things to come.
Sams transferred in the
offseason and Waters
became entrenched as the
starting quarterback, and
he’s played marvelously
ever since. He’s thrown for
at least 200 yards in every
game this season, has nine
touchdown passes and
only three picks, and has
also run for more than 100
yards twice.
His dual-threat ability
was on display a couple
weeks ago against Texas
Tech, when he threw for a
career-best 290 yards and
four touchdowns while
running for 105 yards and
another score.
Fast-forward to Saturday’s game against the No.
17 Sooners.
Oklahoma took a 7-0
lead. Waters hit fullback
Glenn Gronkowski with a
tying touchdown pass. The
Sooners later tied the game
14-all.
Waters
helped
Kansas State regain the
lead with a pass to Tyler
Lockett, his favorite target.
The Sooners tied the game
24-all later in the third
quarter, and Waters took
the Wildcats 75 yards in
just five plays, scoring the
go-ahead touchdown on a
5-yard run.
At one point late in the
game, Waters took such a
hard hit that coach Bill
Snyder was left wondering
whether his quarterback
would be able to continue.
He shouldn’t have wondered.
“When I asked Jake,
‘Can you do this?’ he said,
‘I can do it, coach,’” Snyder
recalled. “I asked if there
was anything we need to
be restrictive of and he
said, ‘I can do it all. If you
want me to run it, tell me.
If you want me to throw it,
I’ll throw it.’”
That toughness is reminiscent of Heisman Trophy
finalist Collin Klein, a similar dual-threat QB who
played for the Wildcats a
couple years ago — and
happens to be an assistant
coach now.
In fact, the play of
Waters even impressed
Oklahoma
counterpart
Trevor Knight.
“He’s a great quarterback and he has the runpass option as well,” the
sophomore quarterback
said. “He conducts the
offense very well, and he
just did a great job.”
The run-pass option is
what makes Waters so
dangerous.
Many
quarterbacks
these days have the ability
to run the read-option, or
bootlegs
and
other
designed runs. But the
Wildcats have designed
plays in which Waters will
start running and literally
throw while he’s moving
forward, toward the line of
scrimmage.
It was precisely that
play on which Waters connected with Gronkowski
for a 62-yard touchdown
pass on Saturday. Nobody
was within 10 yards of the
fullback when Waters let
go of the ball.
“They are ridiculously
well-coached and efficient,” said Sooners defensive coordinator Mike
Stoops, who spent six
years working as an assistant to Snyder in the
1990s. “There are only so
many things you can do —
and Jake Waters is an
incredible player.”
Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison
PRETORIA, South Africa
(AP) — Oscar Pistorius was
sentenced to five years in
prison Tuesday for killing
girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp,
completing a transformation
from an acclaimed sprinter
at the 2012 Olympics to a
convicted criminal led away
in a police van with barred
windows.
Wearing a dark suit, the
double-amputee athlete was
subdued
when
Judge
Thokozile
Masipa
announced the punishment
in a Pretoria courtroom,
ending a televised trial that
was closely followed at home
and abroad by those who
once admired him.
The man known as the
“Blade Runner” because of
his carbon-fiber running
blades will have to serve 10
months, or one-sixth of his
sentence, in prison before
he is eligible to be moved to
house arrest, legal analysts
say.
South Africans seemed
torn between acceptance of
the ruling, touted by some
as an example of judicial
accountability in a nation
that shed white racist rule
20 years ago, and nagging
concern
that
Pistorius
received leniency because
he was rich and famous.
“Crime is crime and you’ll
pay for it,” said Petrus Lekota, a Johannesburg resident
who noted that Pistorius’
well-paid legal team was
unable to keep him out of
jail.
However, law student
Yazeed Mia was surprised
that Masipa had earlier
acquitted Pistorius of murder and instead convicted
him of the lesser crime of
culpable homicide, or negligent killing.
“He’s now set a precedent
for future crimes,” Mia said.
“If a man wants to kill his
wife, all he has to do is wait
for her to go to the bathroom
and shoot her through the
door.”
Even if he leaves prison
early, his running career is
in doubt. The 27-year-old
Pistorius, who has won six
Paralympic gold medals, will
be ineligible to compete in
those events during the
entirety of his five-year
prison sentence, “regardless
of where it is served,” the
International Paralympic
Committee said. Pistorius
still could challenge that
decision.
The sight of Pistorius racing around the track on his
blades was one of the enduring and inspirational images
of the London Olympics.
Born without fibula bones
due to a congenital defect,
he had his legs amputated
at 11 months old, but grew
up playing sports with prosthetics.
Pistorius won his first
gold medal at the 2004 Paralympics but was banned
from competing against
able-bodied
athletes
because it was argued that
his blades gave him an
unfair advantage. He successfully appealed that ban
and later qualified for the
London Olympics.
Although he did not win
an Olympic medal, Pistorius
was cheered for his achievement, and he reveled in his
appearance. Even though he
finished last in a semifinal
heat of the 400 meters, he
said: “To step out in front of
a crowd this massive, it’s a
mind-blowing experience.
I’ve had support in the last
couple of days like I have
never felt before.”
Millions around the world
and in South Africa saw Pistorius as a symbol of determination over adversity, and
he enjoyed lucrative sponsorship deals, all of them
now canceled.
His work with charity,
including disabled children,
burnished his image, and
people warmed to his easygoing, charismatic side. But
he also took personal risks
with fast cars and motorbikes, and he said in a 2012
interview with The Associated Press that a 2009 highspeed boat crash made him
realize “that I need to make
some changes, and some of
them need to be with my
lifestyle.”
In reaching the verdict
against
Pistorius
last
month, Masipa accepted his
account that he accidentally
shot Steenkamp, a 29-yearold model and television
personality,
through
a
closed toilet door in his
home after mistaking her for
an intruder on Valentine’s
Day 2013.
At the sentencing, Masipa
delivered an hour-long,
nuanced argument that
dwelled on case law, the
principle of clemency, the
danger that a light sentence
could embolden victims to
take the law into their own
hands, and the difference
between public opinion and
what is in the interests of
society.
6 Blade-Empire, Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Obituaries
RUTH ALKIRE
Ruth Alkire, age 90,
of Concordia, Kan., died
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014
at Salina Regional Health
Center. Funeral services
will be Friday, Oct. 24, at 2
p.m. at the First Christian
Church, Concordia. Visitation will be Thursday, Oct.
23, at Nutter Mortuary Chapel from 1-8 pm. with family
receiving friends from 6-8
p.m. Nutter Mortuary is in
charge of arrangements.
BESSIE HOLECHEK
Bessie Holechek, age 85,
of Concordia, Kan., died
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014,
at Sunset Home. Funeral
services will be Saturday,
October 25, at 10:30 a.m.
at the First Presbyterian
Church, Concordia. Visitation will be Friday, October 24, at Nutter Mortuary Chapel from 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. Nutter Mortuary,
Concordia, is in charge of
arrangements.
SISTER JEANETTE WASINGER
Sister Jeanette Wasinger, age 76, died Wed., Oct.
22, 2014, at the Nazareth
Motherhouse,
Concordia.
Arrangements are pending
with Chaput-Buoy Funeral
Home, Concordia.
Florida governor’s
debate gets heated
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)
– Florida’s leading candidates
for governor clashed fiercely
during their final debate on
Tuesday night, sniping at
each other over everything
from the economy and the
minimum wage to the death
penalty.
Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist and Republican Gov. Rick Scott,
essentially tied in the polls,
used their final moments before the television cameras
to come up with some of the
most personal attacks leveled
so far in what has already
been an extremely negative
campaign.
The debate’s sponsors, including CNN, did not allow
still photographers or reporters inside the studio during
the event, preventing them
from capturing the full context of how the candidates
performed outside the view of
the TV cameras.
Crist called Scott “out of
touch” with regular Floridians, while Scott called Crist
a “divider” who switched parties and policies to further
his political career.
“What is he saying this
year that he actually believes,
whether it’s on taxes, education, or abortion?” Scott
asked.
As they debated the economy and who was responsible for the recovery, Scott
contended that Crist, the son
of a doctor, grew up rich and
didn’t know the struggles of
poor people like he did. Crist
fired back by saying that
Scott, who is now a multimillionaire after growing up
poor, didn’t care about the
middle class and spent all
his time in a private jet and a
seaside mansion.
Crist used that line to
stress the need to raise the
minimum wage to $10.10 an
hour, which Scott opposes
because he argued it could
prompt some businesses to
pare back the number of jobs
they offer.
“How can somebody get
by on $7.93 cents an hour?”
asked Crist, who noted that
some Floridians have to work
extra jobs to make ends
meet. “That’s not an economy
that’s humming along.”
Scott said he did believe
there should be some sort
of minimum wage in place,
but when asked how much
it should be, he responded:
“How would I know? I mean
the private sector decides
wages.”
But Scott then maintained
it was just as important to
have economic policies that
help stimulate the economy.
He faulted Crist for pursuing policies while he was governor that he said hurt the
economy and led to job losses
during the Great Recession.
“Just because you set a
minimum wage doesn’t mean
you get a job,” he said.
The debate on CNN also
featured questions about
Cuba, immigration, medical
marijuana and whether exconvicts deserve voting rights
after they are released from
prison. The candidates disagreed on nearly every one of
them.
There was no direct mention of the controversy generated at last week’s debate, when Crist’s campaign
brought in an electric fan and
placed it beneath his lectern.
Scott’s campaign said that
violated debate rules, and in
response, Scott did not appear on stage for seven minutes.
CNN moderator Jake Tapper did make a sly reference
to the issue Tuesday night,
however, asking both candidates if they were comfortable.
Crist uses a fan at almost
every public appearance.
Asked after the debate how
he felt without it, he responded, “It was great. It felt great.”
During the debate, Crist
and Scott each took digs at
the other’s past, with Crist
attacking Scott over his time
as the head of the hospital
chain HCA/Columbia, which
was fined $1.7 billion for
Medicare fraud. Crist repeated a line from one of his ads,
saying that Scott once invoked his Fifth Amendment
right against self-incrimination while questioned about
an unrelated civil lawsuit.
Scott recounted the lines
from one of his ads claiming that associates of Crist,
including the former head
of the Republican Party and
Ponzi scheme organizer Scott
Rothstein, wound up going to
jail.
But one of the sharpest
exchanges may have been
while they discussed the
death penalty.
Both men said they supported it, but Crist questioned how serious Scott
takes the duty because he
delayed an execution when
the date conflicted with a political fundraiser for Attorney
General Pam Bondi. Bondi
later apologized for the incident and Scott said at the
time he was unaware of the
reason for the delay.
But Crist hammered away
at Scott, asking him outright
if he knew the delay was due
to a fundraiser. Scott finally replied, “She apologized,
Charlie. What would you like
her to do?”
Crist
responded,
“He
doesn’t answer questions.
Pleads the Fifth.”
***
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
-W. Somerset Maugham
***
Weather
Brownback cites
murder case in last
debate with Davis
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) –
Gov. Sam Brownback assailed Democratic challenger Paul Davis Tuesday as a
liberal who would appoint
Kansas Supreme Court justices overly sympathetic to
violent criminals, and Davis
accused the Republican incumbent of trying to exploit
a high-profile Wichita murder case to boost his re-election chances.
The confrontation during their fourth and final
debate came on the same
day Brownback’s campaign
released a television ad referencing brothers Reginald
and Jonathan Carr, whose
death sentences for a quadruple homicide were vacated by the state Supreme
Court in July. The Carr
brothers were convicted of
killing four people at close
range in December 2000 at
a Wichita soccer field.
Brownback
has
long
sought more power to directly appoint justices rather than use a longstanding merit system in which
a committee comprised of
lawyers and members of
the public send up suggestions. The system was
changed during his administration to give him more
power over appointments
to the Kansas Court of Appeals, but it takes a constitutional amendment to give
him similar authority to appoint justices to the Kansas
Supreme Court.
“It matters what judges
you appoint and whether
they stick with the law and
constitution or they rewrite
it, this is important it hasn’t
been discussed much in
this campaign, but it critical
on how you move forward in
this state,” Brownback said
during the debate. “I will appoint judges that stay within the bounds of the law and
the constitution.”
Davis told reporters after
the debate that he believes
the governor doesn’t need
more control over the selec-
tion of judges.
“Gov. Brownback has a
long record of trying to get
more and more and more
power,” Davis said. “We
have a system of selecting
judges that has worked very
well.”
The attack that culminated in the December 2000
deaths of 29-year-old Aaron
Sander, 27-year-old Brad
Heyka, 26-year-old Jason
Befort, and Heather Muller,
began when the brothers broke into a Wichita
home, prosecutors said. The
armed intruders forced the
five people there to have sex
with each other and later
to withdraw money from
ATMs. Two women were
raped repeatedly before all
five were taken to the soccer field and shot. Four of
the people died. One woman
survived a gunshot wound
to the head.
Davis said after the debate that he had known
Heyka since high school,
when the two competed in
youth golfing events.
“When I decided to get
into this race I knew that
Gov. Brownback would run
an ugly campaign of personal attacks, but I didn’t think
the ads could get any sleazier,” Davis said.” I turned on
my television this morning
and I saw an ad that is running linking me to the Carr
brothers’ murders. I knew
one of the victims of the
Carr brothers. Governor,
you trying to exploit that
terrible tragedy to help get
re-elected is disgraceful.”
Heyka’s father, Larry
Heyka, told The Associated
Press he had not yet seen
the ad and did not want to
comment on it.
The Supreme Court vacated three of the Carr
brothers’ four capital murder convictions and said
sentencing on the fourth
one was flawed. The brothers remain in prison, and
the state is appealing the
court’s decision.
Wyoming to allow
same-sex marriages
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) –
Wyoming has become the
latest state to allow samesex unions, bringing the
wave of legalizations to
a place where the 1998
beating death of Matthew
Shepard galvanized a national push for gay rights.
Gay couples began to apply for marriage licenses
Tuesday morning, albeit far
more quietly than in other
states where bans were recently struck down.
Hundreds of same-sex
couples in Idaho and Nevada flooded clerk’s offices
and courthouses in recent
weeks and married immediately afterward to cheering
crowds.
In Wyoming, however,
only a handful of couples
received licenses across the
state as the change went
into effect.
In the state’s largest city,
Cheyenne, two couples were
licensed right away, and
Jennifer Mumaugh and A.J.
McDaniel became the first
gay couple to legally marry
in the state’s most populous
county.
Mumaugh said attitudes
in Wyoming have shifted
in recent years to be more
open to gay couples. She
said she expected gay marriage to eventually become
legal, but didn’t expect it to
happen so quickly.
“With Wyoming being the
Equality State, it’s kind of
like, ‘Well, duh,’” she said.
“But Wyoming does have a
stigma. I’m surprised with
the progress of the state and
that of the people throughout the state over time.”
About 175 miles north, in
Casper, Dirk Andrews and
Travis Gray were the first of
three couples licensed after
the state formally dropped
its defense of a law defining marriage as a union
between one man and one
woman.
“It’s surreal,” Andrews
said. “We can’t believe it’s
happening.”
They plan to marry in a
ceremony in few weeks and
say they, too, have experienced support.
“Neighbors and friends
have been great,” said Andrews,
a
kindergarten
teacher. “Co-workers, for
the most part, if they don’t
agree, they just don’t talk
about it, but they haven’t
been mean or negative
about it.”
Today’s weather artwork by
Emma ‘Lee Pfertsh,
a 1st grader in
Mrs. Thompson’s class
Today’s weather artwork by
Hunter Chaput,
a 4th grader in
Mrs. Thoman’s class
Business Interest
B&B acquires
Dickinson Theatres
B&B Theatres, a family
owned cinema chain which
serves Concordia’s The Majestic 4 Theatre, recently acquired Dickinson Theatres,
a Midwest Theatre chain
with 15 locations and 169
screens across seven states.
The combined company
will retain the B&B Theatres
name and brand and has
now become the ninth largest theatre chain in America, with 50 locations and
408 screens across eight
states.
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LOCAL MARKETS -EAST
Wheat ...........................$5.67
Milo ......(per bushel) ....$3.50
Corn .............................$3.15
Soybeans .....................$9.02
Oats ..............................$3.25
AGMARK
LOADING FACILITY
LOCAL MARKETS - WEST
Wheat ..........................$5.67
Milo .....(per bushel) .....$3.50
JAMESTOWN MARKETS
Wheat ...........................$5.62
Milo ...(per bushel) ........$3.43
Soybeans .....................$8.97
Nusun .........................$14.35
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks
slipped in afternoon trading
on Wednesday, a day after
the Standard & Poor’s 500
index had its biggest gain of
the year. The Dow Jones in-
For the
Record
Fire Dept./EMS Report
At 10:11 a.m., Tuesday,
Medic-5 went to 700 Cloud
and transported an 82-yearold female to Cloud County
Health Center.
At 7:59 p.m., Tuesday,
Medic-5, Truck-1 went to the
1900 block of North 145th
Rd. for a one motor vehicle
accident and transported a
27-year-old male to Cloud
County Health Center.
dustrial average is on track
to end three days of gains after a stretch of tumultuous
trading in recent weeks.
KEEPING SCORE: The
Dow Jones industrial average fell 57 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,557 as of 1:14
p.m. Eastern time. The S&P
500 slipped three points, or
0.1 percent, to 1,938. The
Nasdaq composite fell 14
points, or 0.3 percent, to
4,405.