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CONCORDIA, KANSAS 66901
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
School board approves contract extensions
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Concordia Forecast
Tonight, partly cloudy. A 20 percent
chance of showers and thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s.
South winds 5 to 15 mph.
Wednesday, mostly sunny. Highs in the
mid 90s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
Wednesday night, partly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday, mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
Thursday night, mostly cloudy with a 50
percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
Friday, not as warm. Partly sunny with
a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
Friday night, partly cloudy with slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 60s.
Saturday through Sunday night, partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the
mid 60s.
Extending administrative
contracts
with
a
slight
increase in pay was approved
by the Unified School District
333 board of education during
its August meeting Monday
night in the board meeting
room.
The board approved extending the contracts of Concordia
Junior -Senior High School
principal Bryce Wachs, Concordia Junior -Senior High
School assistant principal
Brandon Rice, K-6 principal
Derek Holmes, K-6 assistant
principal Krystal Breese and
Learning Cooperative of North
Central Kansas (LCNCK) director Audrey Pingel through July
30, 2018.
Each will receive a raise of
$750.
An annual raise of $750 was
also approved for board clerk
Marcia Sorell, director of technology Kelly Struebing and
school nurse Jayme Peterson.
A 10 cent an hour increase
to the base pay for certified
personnel for the 2016-17
school year was approved by
the board.
The board also approved
tentative agreement with the
teachers in the district during
the meeting.
The teachers will decide
whether or not to ratify the
agreement once they have all
returned from break.
Other action items approved
by the board included a memorandum of understanding
with Head Start and a memo-
Across Kansas
Grant to help
recruit firefighters
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The State Fire
Marshal’s office is offering a new grant
program to help recruit firefighters to volunteer or part-time departments around
the state.
The $200,000 Fire Marshal Fee Fund
will pay for firefighter safety gear, physical
exams and other regionally shared equipment. The grants will not require local
matches.
The Hutchinson News reports State Fire
Marshal Doug Jorgensen announced the
new grant program during a meeting of the
Kansas State Firefighters Association.
The grant program also could be used to
fund youth Explorer programs, to help
interested young people learn about firefighting.
Couple file suit
over internet glitch
POTWIN, Kan. (AP) — A couple who
rented a Kansas farmhouse is suing a
company over an internet glitch that
brought them numerous legal problems.
The glitch put the coordinates for the
center of the U.S. in the front yard of
James and Theresa Arnold near Potwin.
The farmhouse became the default location for any website owner that didn’t have
a specific IP address.
The Arnolds allege in a lawsuit filed
Monday that glitch meant more than 600
million IP addresses became associated
with the farmhouse. That led to them being
accused over the years of internet-based
crimes such as computer fraud and tax
fraud, as well as making pornographic
films.
The Wichita Eagle reports the couple is
suing MaxMind, which they say is responsible.
The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of
$75,000.
KU asks judge
to dismiss lawsuit
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas is asking a judge to dismiss a
lawsuit related to two alleged sexual
assaults.
Two former female rowers contend they
were raped in university housing by the
same man. The two women and their parents claim in the lawsuit that the university misled the public by saying campus
housing was safe.
The alleged assailant, a former football
player, was expelled last spring.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports
that during a hearing Monday in Douglas
County, university attorney Brian Fries
argued the lawsuit didn’t identify specific
injuries caused by the university’s actions,
which makes their lawsuit unwarranted.
He said the former students could be consumers at the university but their parents
are not.
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Wonda Phillips updates the board that displays the upcoming events at the
Brown Grand Theatre on Tuesday morning. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
Police: Boy killed on
waterslide had neck injury
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A
Kansas waterslide billed as the
world’s tallest remained off-limits as
authorities pressed to figure out
how a state lawmaker’s 10-year-old
son died of a neck injury while riding
it.
Details remained murky about
what happened Sunday to Caleb
Thomas Schwab on the 168-foot-tall
“Verruckt” — German for “insane” —
that since its debut two years ago
has been the top draw at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City,
Kansas.
Kansas City, Kansas, police
issued a statement late Monday
afternoon saying that Caleb suffered
a fatal neck injury around 2:30 p.m.
while he was riding the slide with
two women, neither of whom was
related to him. They suffered minor
facial injuries and were treated at an
area hospital, police said.
Emergency responders arrived to
find the boy dead in a pool at the end
of the ride, according to the statement, which offered no further
details.
In a statement Monday afternoon, Schlitterbahn said it was
“deeply and intensely saddened for
the Schwab family and all who were
impacted by the tragic accident.”
The park was tentatively scheduled
to reopen Wednesday, but “Verruckt
is closed,” according to the statement.
Officer Cameron Morgan, a police
spokesman, said no police report
about the incident was available. He
said police were investigating
because a death was involved and
they want to ensure no crime was
committed, but he noted that such
accidents are usually handled as
civil cases.
“It’s being investigated as a criminal case but we are not saying
something criminal happened,”
Morgan said Tuesday.
Schlitterbahn
spokeswoman
Winter Prosapio declined interview
requests Monday but told reporters
a day earlier that Caleb had been at
the park with family members,
adding that “we honestly don’t know
what’s happened.”
It wasn’t immediately clear
whether results of an autopsy Monday on Caleb would be publicly
released or, if so, how soon, said
Margaret Studyvin with the Wyandotte County coroner’s office.
Leslie Castaneda, who was at
Schlitterbahn on Sunday, told The
Kansas City Star that she saw
Caleb’s crumpled shorts or bathing
suit at the bottom of the ride, along
with blood on the slide’s white
descending flume.
“I’m really having a tough time
with it. I really am,” said Castaneda,
of Kansas City, Kansas. “I saw his
(Caleb’s) brother. He was screaming.”
On the waterslide certified by
Guinness World Records as the
world’s tallest, riders sit in multiperson rafts during “the ultimate in
water slide thrills,” subjecting
“adventure seekers” to a “jaw dropping” 17-story drop, the park’s website says. Passengers then are
“blasted back up a second massive
hill and then sent down yet another
gut wrenching 50 foot drop,” the
website adds.
randum of understanding with
Early Head Start. Both are currently using space at the USD
333 Service Center.
Early Head Start will pay
$300 per month for use of the
space and Head Start will pay
$500 per month.
The board approved the construction by JR & Sons General Contracting of an 8x14
concrete building at Harold M.
Clark Stadium to house the
speakers at a cost of $6,500.
(see Contracts on page 6)
County board
hears report on
work at LEC
When Cloud County commissioners met Monday with
department heads, Tom
Richard, Law Enforcement
Center consultant, discussed the work that will be
starting at the Law Enforcement Center (LEC) in the
next two weeks.
A bid of $17,600 has been
received for the exterior work
that needs done, including
more than 100 penetrations
and $18,300 for repairs to
the insulation.
Richard said he expects
out of pocket cost for the
County to be $52,000 until
everything is resolved.
Those funds will come
from the Special Building
dollars that were budgeted
in 2016 for a storage unit at
the LEC.
Richard said that the LEC
is a good solid building with
no structural issues, just
bad quality control.
Other work, such as
painting and ceiling tile
replacement will be done
when the bigger jobs are
complete.
Other reports given from
County officials were:
DISTRICT COURT CLERK
Lea Throckmorton said electronic filing is going well and
work will be going paperless
in the next couple of months.
SOLID WASTE director
Mike Hake reported the
Transfer Station has a generator that is not running
and his department needs a
new copier.
IT director Jerry Collins
reported he is setting up new
computers in the treasurer’s
office and will rotate them to
the Highway Department.
Also he has one new computer for the Health department. He discussed facts
about viruses and ransom
ware which he learned at a
symposium he attended.
HIGHWAY administrator
Andy Asch reported on
patching and trouble with
distributor. Employees will
be working on roads in the
southwest part of the County because of the recent
rains; will work on the Courthouse parking lot the first
part of September.
APPRAISER Barry Porter
discussed repairs that need
to be done to equipment and
the County vehicle.
HEALTH
Department
administrator Diana Gering
reported her department is
working on State immunization survey and will be doing
required testing with the
International college students.
TREASURER
JoDee
LeDuc reported delinquent
tax list is down $8,000 from
last year, totaling approximately $362,000. The list
will be published this week.
COUNTY CLERK Shella
Thoman reported the board
canvassed the election Monday morning. An Indepen-
dent filed for office, making
both commissioners’ races
having opponents in the
general election. She distributed the budget summary
draft for the 2017 audit.
Auditors were in Concordia
today.
COMMISSIONER
Bill
Czapanskiy reported the
spreadsheet the LEC created
to track expenses has been
helpful and department
heads should expect to do
something like it to help with
the budget process in 2017.
During regular session,
Asch discussed repairs to
Bridge #8331. The bridge
can be repaired without
completely
redoing
the
bridge. Crews are patching
the Aurora blacktop and
they hope to seal it this year.
The board approved the
request and petition from
Twin Valley Telephone, Inc.
of Miltonvale to place a telephone line on 250th from
Francis St. north to Camp
and east to the railroad
tracks.
Hake discussed taking
out-of-county recyclables,
the Recycling Center recently received a trailer from
Scandia that took three people one and a half hours to
unload. Dollars received
from the sale of those recyclables will not cover the
cost. If they continue to take
recycling from out-of-county
entities they would need
additional help.
Commissioners agreed
that if Scandia would provide help with the unloading,
Hake could continue to take
it, but should not do so at
the expense of the Cloud
County taxpayers.
LeDuc presented the
board with a list of delinquent taxes and the quarterly funds balance report.
The board returned a call
to Vanessa Tutos with EDP
Renewables and clarified
that a separate board
reviewed and made a recommendation on the Get In the
Cloud Grant applications.
The board approved the
following payroll expenses
totaling $94,237.39:
General
Fund,
$26,771.22; Juvenile Justice, $402.61; Appraisal,
$128.08; Noxious Weed,
$3,556.63; Solid Waste,
$5,033.21; Field Services,
$8.37; Vending Machines,
$38.40; Road and Bride,
$43,569.75;
Community
Corrections, $946.60; County Health, $9996.14; Election, $2,449.50; County
Tourism and Convention,
$336.88; Employee Benefits,
$1,000.
Adjournment was at 4:44
p.m. Next meeting will be 9
a.m., Aug. 15.
Commissioners are participating in a work study
session for the 2017 budget
today.
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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars Today in History
By Jacqueline Bigar
A baby born today has a
Sun in Leo and a Moon in
Libra if born before 12:51
a.m. (EST). Afterward, the
Moon will be in Scorpio.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016:
This year you make a
difference where it counts.
You have a lot of energy,
and you’ll choose to funnel
it into your family life. You
value beautiful surroundings more, as you feel they
are important to your wellbeing. If you are single,
you’ll meet someone with
ease. What happens and
how you meet this person
are not as important as the
interaction you have when
you do meet. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy
your quiet time at home.
Spend as much time together as possible. SCORPIO is
drawn to you, but he or she
can be very challenging at
the same time.
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)
**** Deferring is not your
style, but that is what you
are likely to do right now.
Someone else clearly wants
to reach a new level of handling matters, and he or she
seems to have an intuitive
hunch about what to do. Let
this person call the shots.
Tonight: Munchies with a
favorite friend.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20)
*** If you allow your associates to take a stronger
role, you’ll have an opportunity to create more free time
for yourself. Consider what
you would do with this extra
time. In any case, you have
nothing to lose by delegating tasks. Tonight: Go along
with a loved one’s wishes.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20)
**** You could have a
problem dealing with an
associate who wants more
responsibility. If you value
a well-oiled operation that
points to success, then let
this person have his or her
way. However, don’t expect
smooth sailing immediately.
Tonight: Squeeze in some
exercise.
CANCER (June 21-July
22)
**** The way you act and
the choices you make right
now might be unusually creative and dynamic, even for
you. A potential loved one
plays a strong role in your
choices, and this person is
likely to affect your feeling
of well-being. Tonight: Allow your inner child to come
out.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
*** Much goes on that you
will choose not to discuss.
You might consider making a major purchase that
is somewhat indulgent. This
item could be something you
use to update your home, or
perhaps it will be a gift for
a loved one. Tonight: Reach
out to a friend at a distance.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
**** Your words seem to
have the effect you desire.
The person or persons to
whom you are speaking are
likely to pick up on your
message. A friend will support you when you decide to
take risks; share with this
person more often. Tonight:
Decide to try something
new.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
*** Your love of good times
marks the next few days.
Once you let go and relax,
you could find that it’s close
to impossible to rein yourself back in. Be aware of the
long-term ramifications of
your actions. Reach out to a
friend for feedback. Tonight:
Do some shopping on the
way home.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21)
**** You easily could go
overboard once you tap into
your high energy. A friend
might question what you
are doing. Be realistic about
where you are heading.
Have a long-overdue conversation with someone who often stays behind the scenes.
Tonight: All smiles.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
*** You could be overwhelmed by everything you
need to do; the best approach is to dive right in.
If need be, get help from
someone who knows how
to follow through on the job
at hand. Take a break, and
you’ll feel a lot better. A little
R and R works wonders. Tonight: Feel free to vanish.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19)
**** Aim for what you
want, and don’t lose sight
of your objective. Because
of your strong drive and the
support of those who count,
you could hit a home run
once more. Information that
heads your way will need
careful evaluation. Tonight:
Hang out with friends.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18)
***** You might want to
try a different way of communicating with a higherup. Understand that your
messages are not being received in the way you would
like them to be. Listen to
your instincts with someone whose opinion you care
about. Tonight: Burn the
midnight oil.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20)
**** You might be caught
up in your own thoughts.
As a result, a compliment
from someone close to you
could fall to the wayside. A
big smile will go a long way
in patching up a misunderstanding. Tonight: Detach
and take another look at the
dynamics around you.
BORN TODAY
Singer Whitney Houston (1963), football player Deion Sanders (1967),
actress Gillian Anderson
(1968)
***
Jacqueline Bigar is on
the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
***
People who ask our advice almost never take it.
Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request,
for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.
—Brendan Francis
***
Thank You for Reading the Blade-Empire
50 years ago
Aug. 9, 1966—Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Nicholson and
family and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Matthew and family had returned from a vacation in Granby, Colo. . . .
The Tremendous Trolls were
playing for a dance at Pop’s
Pizza Parlor.
25 years ago
Aug. 9, 1991—Jason
Channel and Darrin Sterrett were named All-MidAmerica League for their
performance on the Concordia Blues American Legion
baseball team . . . California peaches were 39 cents a
pound at Larry’s Food Store.
307 W. 6th in Concordia.
10 years ago
Aug. 9, 2006— Mallory
Backstrom, Bianca Fischer
and Paige Champlin placed
in their respective events at
the 4th AAO Junior Olympics Games in Norfolk, Va.
. . . Former Concordian
and Chapman police officer
Brent Gering was training
Chap, a German Shepherd
and new canine officer on
the Chapman police force.
5 years ago
Aug. 9, 2011—Neighbor
to Neighbor, 103 E. 6th, was
host for two open houses to
show off its newly expanded space . . . Kevin Meyer,
Baar, Switzerland, had been
appointed vice president,
Global Sales and Operations for the Fisher Division
and international gas and
oil company. He was the
son of George and Laura Jo
Meyer of Concordia.
1 year ago
Aug. 9, 2016—Concordia City Commission approved a $340,451 contract
with Bryant and Bryant
Construction Co. Inc. for
construction of sidewalk
and curb and gutter along
Fifth Street. Work was to
be completed by March 15,
2016 . . . The NCK Got Talent Show, sponsored by the
POW Camp Concordia Society and the Brown Grand
had been canceled because
of a lack of entrants.
Court deals blow to
N.J. sports betting
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) –A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt another defeat to
New Jersey’s yearslong attempt to legalize sports betting, setting aside the state’s
legal challenge to a federal
betting ban.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals’ ruling invalidated
a law passed by New Jersey in
2014 that would have allowed
sports betting at casinos and
racetracks. The court found
New Jersey’s law violated the
1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act,
which limits sports betting to
the handful of states that offered it at the time.
Currently, only Nevada
offers betting on individual games. Delaware offers
multigame parlay betting in
which players must pick several games correctly to win.
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.
Hundreds of billions of dollars are bet illegally on sports
annually.
The four major professional sports leagues and
the NCAA sued the state in
2012, claiming the expansion of legal sports betting
would damage the integrity of
their games and lead to more
game-fixing.
Several court rulings have
sided with the leagues and
NCAA, though there have
been dissents in two previous
three-judge rulings at the 3rd
Circuit.
One of the judges who dissented in an earlier ruling
also wrote a dissent Tuesday.
Judge Julio Fuentes wrote
that New Jersey’s action ‚Äî
repealing laws against sports
gambling – didn’t mean it was
actually authorizing sports
gambling.
PEOPLE
DEAR
ANNIE
by Annie Lane
A Good Fibbing
Dear Annie: Is lying something that is just more acceptable these days, or is it
particular to my family?
I try to be an honest person. I am beginning to feel as
though that is a fault in my
character. I don't "mis-recall"
events of the past. I don't
make up someone else's
words or attitudes to make
my narrative more interesting to my listener. I don't invent some past wrongdoing to
excuse my behavior. I think it
is a grave sin to outright tell a
lie about someone. But I have
family members who do all of
the above.
Is there a recessive gene
in my family? Or do I just see
this because they ARE family? Sometimes I think no
one values honesty anymore
or puts importance on accuracy when talking. At times,
I have had to confront family members about what they
have said. I am then called
self-righteous. Other times, I
have just curtailed contact to
avoid hearing the tales they
tell. They seem to feel that if
you can't prove what they say
to be a lie, then it is as good
as truth. OK, so everyone has
told a white lie or perhaps
lied if backed into a corner,
but this seems to be beyond
that. Is lying more acceptable in today's culture? Am
I an "honesty freak" or selfrighteous? — Still Believing
Honesty Is the Best Policy
Dear
Still
Believing:
Freak? No. Self-righteous?
Well...
I won't deny you your
props for always telling the
truth and encouraging others
to do so. Honesty is a virtue.
But so are patience and humility.
Look, I don't know exactly
what your family members
are lying about. If your aunt
exaggerates the number of
hours her flight was delayed
because she wants sympathy, let her have her pity party. Sometimes people take
artistic license to make their
anecdotes into more dramatic stories, and that's fine (as
long as it's not a lie that could
end up hurting someone).
The fact is that everybody
has faults, and keeping tally
of other people's transgressions doesn't make you any
happier or them any better.
It just makes you more judgmental.
Dear Annie: Perhaps this
is an odd letter to send to
you, but you have such a
huge readership that I am
hoping I can get an answer to
my query.
I am extremely allergic to
shellfish (a very common allergy) and was surprised
to find out restaurants fry
shellfish, chicken, potatoes,
etc., in the same oil. Can this
create a dangerous situation
for those allergic to shellfish?
Thanks for your help. — Hoping Not to Be "Shell-Shocked"
Dear Shell-Shocked: It's
dangerous for those with
allergies to consume food
cooked in the same oil as
shellfish. The Food Allergy
Research & Education organization (http://www.safefare.org) offers a template
to create a chef card — a
wallet-sized breakdown of
your allergies you can present to servers to make everyone's life easier (and you
safer) when you're eating out.
FARE also offers a searchable database of allergyaware restaurants. Be careful of sitting near kitchens in
restaurants, too, as shellfish
protein can become airborne
in the steam released during
cooking.
Because allergic reactions
to shellfish often constrict
breathing, it's advised that
you carry an epinephrine auto-injector at all times.
People who aren't sure
whether they have food allergies should visit an allergist.
About 60 percent of people
who are allergic to shellfish
experience their first reactions as adults.
Send your questions for
Annie Lane to dearannie@
creators.com. To find out
more about Annie Lane and
read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists
and cartoonists, visit the
Creators Syndicate website
at www.creators.com.
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CCCC instructor to teach
evening watercolor class
Starting Thursday, Aug.
25, Cloud County Community College’s new art
and visual communications instructor will be offering a watercolor course.
Brian White will offer the
three-credit-hour course on
Thursday evenings from 5-9
p.m.
Students will explore the
many uses and applications
of watercolor painting. The
associations of color in illustration will be applied
through various media techniques to master balance
through contrast, property
of light, shadows, and simultaneous contrasts and
tints.
“I like the idea of manipulating water,” White said
of his fascination with watercolor. “Water is the most
powerful, yet formless, element on earth. I want stu-
dents to take colors and add
water to them, asking them
to do something with water
it doesn’t want to do.”
White, a Nebraska native, has taught K-12 and
college classes in Kansas
and Nebraska since 2003.
He earned a bachelor’s degree of fine arts from the
University of Nebraska at
Kearney, his master of arts
in teaching from Hastings
College, and a doctorate/
master of fine arts degree
from Fort Hays State University.
The watercolor class is
for students who have little
or no experience with watercolor, as well as for those
who have extensive experience. For more information on enrolling, contact
White at 785.243.1435, ext.
326, or by email at bwhite@
cloud.edu.
Club notes
From the
Kitchen
FAL Club members began their Monday afternoon
Zucchini and Squash
meeting with lunch at El
Puerto followed by cards
Au Gratin
at the home of Dolores DeIngredients
neault.
2 Tbsp butter
Winners were Neva Dem1 large zucchini
anett, first; Charlene Lesper1 large squash
ance, second; and Deneault,
2
medium
shallots,
third.
minced
Odella Yaksich will be
1 tsp garlic (fresh or jar)
hostess for the next meeting
1/2 c heavy cream
Sept. 12.
shredded cheese, just a
handful to sprinkle
salt and pepper to taste
Senior Citizens Menu
sprinkle of oregano
Wednesday, Aug. 10—
Parmesan cheese, to taste
Salmon patties, mac and
Directions
cheese, baked beans, fruit;
Preheat your oven to 450
alt., hamburger patty; 10
a.m.—Exercise; 1 p.m.— degrees.
In a large skillet saute
Boosters.
Thursday,
Aug.
11— your shallots and garlic in
Chicken pot pie with biscuit your butter. Cook until shallots are translucent.
topping, fresh fruit.
Add
your
zucchini,
Friday,
Aug.
12—Hot
Roast Beef Sandwiches, w/ squash and heavy cream.
Mashed Potatoes, Crock Pot Add your salt, pepper, and
Corn, Jell-O® with fruit; 10 Parmesan cheese.
Cook 8 to 10 minutes or
a.m. Exercise; Progressive
until mixture is bubbly.
Cards.
Transfer to an oven safe
Milk, bread and butter
baking dish and sprinkle
served with meals
Cinnamon rolls and fresh with a little more parmesan
and your shredded cheese.
coffee daily, 8-11 a.m.
Bake for 10 to 14 minutes
Call Teddy Lineberry at
243-1872 for questions or to or until mixture is bubbly
and golden brown on top.
make reservations.
To sing for KMEA Convention
Concordia High School Chamber Choir has been chosen to sing at the Kansas Music Educators Association Convention in February.
Parker Gerald Forshee
Birth
Sarah and Matthew Forshee, Shawnee, announce
the birth of their son, Parker
Gerald Forshee, born June
21, 2016, at Shawnee. He
weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 3/4” long.
Parker has a sister, Kaitlyn,
4.
Maternal
grandparents
are Sandra and Gerald Parkinson, Lawrence. Paternal
grandparents are Mike and
Virginia Forshee, Concordia.
Great-grandmother is Shirley Forshee, Concordia.
CHS Chamber Choir to sing
at KMEA State Convention
The
Concordia
High
School Chamber Choir, under the direction of Kevin
Johnson, has been selected
to sing at the 2017 Kansas
Music Educators Association State Convention in
Wichita in February 2017.
Choirs submit audition
recordings to KMEA in May.
There is an extensive series
of steps that involve an independent review of the
auditions. KMEA receives
many outstanding audition
submissions each year,
and the review committees
work diligently to blindly
screen and prioritize each
submission to find the best
of the best. Only three to
four high school choirs are
selected each year. Concordia High School Chamber
Choir was selected through
this audition process.
Not only is it a great
honor to be selected to
perform at KMEA, it is the
greatest honor a choir from
the State of Kansas can
achieve. The 2017 KMEA
State Convention will be
held in Wichita at the Century II Performing Arts and
Convention Center on Feb.
23-25, 2017. The choir’s
specific performance date
and time will be announced
at a later date. The performance will be held in the
Mary Jane Teall Theater.
The concert is free and
open to the public.
The 2016-2017 CHS
Chamber Choir has 74
members.
CHS
Chamber Choir is an auditioned
group and the top choir
at Concordia High School.
The CHS Chamber Choir
was also selected to perform at the KMEA Convention in 2010.
Looking Back
Today is Tuesday, August 9, the 222nd day of 2016.
There are 144 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress codenamed Bockscar dropped a nuclear device (“Fat Man”) over
Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people.
On this date:
• In 1842, the United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
• In 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” which described Thoreau’s experiences while living near Walden
Pond in Massachusetts, was first published.
• In 1902, Edward VII was crowned king of Britain following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order nationalizing silver.
• In 1936, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the
Berlin Olympics as the United States took first place in the
400-meter relay.
• In 1944, 258 African-American sailors based at Port
Chicago, California, refused to load a munitions ship following a cargo vessel explosion that killed 320 men, many
of them black. (Fifty of the sailors were convicted of mutiny,
fined and imprisoned.)
• In 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people
were found brutally slain at Tate’s Los Angeles home; cult
leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were
later convicted of the crime.
• In 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation’s 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon’s
resignation took effect.
• In 1982, a federal judge in Washington ordered John
W. Hinckley Jr., who’d been acquitted of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others by reason of insanity,
committed to a mental hospital.
• In 1995, Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead,
died in Forest Knolls, California, of a heart attack eight
days after turning 53.
• In 2010, former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, 86, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, was killed in a
plane crash in the southwestern part of his state while on
his way to a fishing trip (four others also died in the crash
outside Dillingham).
• In 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed 18-year-old
black man, was shot to death by a police officer following
an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri; Brown’s death led to
sometimes-violent protests in Ferguson and other U.S. cities.
Ten years ago: The White House said neither Israel nor
Hezbollah should escalate their month-old war, as Israel
decided to widen its ground invasion in southern Lebanon.
Physicist James A. Van Allen, discoverer of the radiation
belts surrounding the Earth that bear his name, died in
Iowa City, Iowa, at age 91.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama announced
new fuel efficiency standards for work trucks, buses and
other heavy duty vehicles. In a surprise announcement, the
Federal Reserve said it would likely keep its Fed funds rate
at near zero through 2013 to help the ailing U.S. economy.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced in San Angelo, Texas, to life in prison for sexually assaulting one of
his child brides, and received the maximum 20-year punishment for a separate child sex conviction.
One year ago: A year after the shooting that cast greater
scrutiny on how police interacted with black communities,
the father of slain 18-year-old Michael Brown led a march
in Ferguson, Missouri, after a crowd of hundreds observed
4 1/2 minutes of silence. Frank Gifford, the Pro Football
Hall of Famer who led the New York Giants to the 1956 NFL
title and later teamed with Howard Cosell and Don Meredith in the “Monday Night Football” booth, died in Greenwich, Connecticut, at age 84.
Today’s Birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Cousy
is 88. Actress Cynthia Harris is 82. Tennis Hall of Famer
Rod Laver is 78. Jazz musician Jack DeJohnette is 74. Comedian-director David Steinberg is 74. Actor Sam Elliott
is 72. Singer Barbara Mason is 69. Former MLB All-Star
pitcher Bill Campbell is 68. College Football Hall of Famer
and former NFL player John Cappelletti is 64. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Doug Williams is
61. Actress Melanie Griffith is 59. Actress Amanda Bearse
is 58. Rapper Kurtis Blow is 57. Hockey Hall of Famer Brett
Hull is 52. TV host Hoda Kotb (HOH’-duh KAHT’-bee) is 52.
Actor Pat Petersen is 50. Pro and College Football Hall of
Famer Deion Sanders is 49. Actress Gillian Anderson is 48.
Actor Eric Bana is 48. Producer-director McG (aka Joseph
McGinty Nichol) is 48. NHL player-turned-assistant coach
Rod Brind’Amour is 46. TV anchor Chris Cuomo is 46. Actor Thomas Lennon is 46. Rock musician Arion Salazar is
46. Rapper Mack 10 is 45. Actress Nikki Schieler Ziering is
45. Latin rock singer Juanes is 44. Actress Liz Vassey is 44.
Actor Kevin McKidd is 43. Actress Rhona Mitra (ROH’-nuh
MEE’-truh) is 41. Actor Texas Battle is 40. Actress Jessica
Capshaw is 40. Actress Ashley Johnson is 33. Actress Anna
Kendrick is 31.
Thought for Today: “The truth is lived, not taught.”
– Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet and author
(born 1877, died this date in 1962).
More Highlights in History
• In1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, an engineering
student at the University of Texas in Austin, went on an
armed rampage that killed 14 people, most of whom were
shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower
of the main campus building. Whitman, who had also slain
his wife and mother hours earlier, was finally gunned down
by police.
• In 1946, President Harry S. Truman signed measures
establishing the Fulbright Program and the Atomic Energy
Commission.
• In 1957, the United States and Canada agreed to create
the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
• In 1971, the Concert for Bangladesh, organized by
George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, took place at New
York’s Madison Square Garden.
4 Blade-Empire, Tuesday, August 9, 2016
MUTTS® by Patrick McDonnell
ZITS® by Scott and Borgman
BABY BLUE® by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
For the Oxen used to move
Record historic schoolhouse
Police Dept. Report
Accidents—Officers investigated an accident at
8:55 p.m., Aug. 9, in the 100
block of East College Drive
involving a vehicle driven by
William Bechard, Concordia, and property owned by
Walmart.
At 6:20 p.m., Aug. 8, officers investigated an accident which had occurred
in the 1000 block of Willow
involving a vehicle driven
by Rachel Kueker, Concordia, and property owned by
Southwestern Bell.
Arrest—On Aug. 8 at 1:30
p.m. officers arrested Alan
Day, 31, of Concordia in the
1100 block of West 11th on
a Cloud County Warrant for
Felony Criminal Damage to
Property. He was transported to the Cloud County Law
Enforcement Center.
Sales Calendar
BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH® by John Rose
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE® by Chris Browne
•Saturday, August 13,
2016 – Public Auction at
Kearn Auction House, 220
West 5th, Street, Concordia,
Kansas. Misc. and Antiques,
Die Cast Farm Toys and
WWII Memorabilia. Dannie
Kearn Auction.
• Thursday, August 18,
2016– Public Auction at
6:00 p.m. located at 1316
Rust Road, Concordia, Kansas. Misc. and Antiques.
Dannie Kearn Auction.
• Thursday, August 18,
2016– Real Estate Auction at 6:00 p.m. located at
1316 Rust Road, Concordia,
Kansas. 2 bedroom, 1 bath
Home. Greg Askren Auction.
BROWNINGTON, Vt. (AP) –
With dozens of oxen leading
the way, a historic schoolhouse has been relocated
to the original spot where a
prominent African-American
scholar and legislator was
once its schoolmaster.
For decades, the Orleans
County Grammar School
served as a Grange hall in
Brownington, a hilltop village near the Canadian border. But town officials decided they wanted to move
the 30-by-40-foot white clapboard-sided house a third of
a mile up the road to restore
the village’s historic district
to its 19th-century condition.
The 105-ton timber-frame
school building was moved
Monday up a hill by an engine on the back of a bargelike rolling platform that
filled both lanes of the narrow country road. The 44
oxen, well, they were there
more for show and to give the
900 or so onlookers a feel of
what it might have been like
to move the house back in
the day.
“We were going to let the
oxen take it if they could and
help them out if they needed
it,” said Peggy Day Gibson,
director of the Old Stone
House Museum in Brownington. “So we’re doing this for
show, and we’re doing it for
fun, and we’re doing it to get
the community involved.”
The schoolhouse, first relocated in 1869 to be closer to
the town center, is now back
at the small hilltop campus
where Alexander Twilight
opened it in 1823 and was its
schoolmaster. Twilight is the
town’s central historical figure and was the first AfricanAmerican to graduate from
an American college or university, getting a degree from
Middlebury College.
The impetus for the move
came two years ago, when
the town was told it could
no longer get insurance for
a building without indoor
plumbing or a modern heating system. Residents voted
to offer the building to the
Orleans County Historical
Society, which oversees the
Brownington historic district.
Besides the engine pushing the schoolhouse up the
hill, utility crews lowered
power lines and communications cables so the 34-foothigh building could have
clearance.
The event appeared better attended than organizers
hoped.
“We should be selling Tshirts,” said Brownington
resident Dawn Perry, who
suggested the shirts might
say, “I was there for the second moving of the schoolhouse.”
Caught up in the mighthave-been
entrepreneurial
spirit, her husband, Everett
“Sonny” Perry, surveyed the
crowd and replied, “Too bad
I wasn’t ready for our yard
sale. That would have been
good.”
The
schoolhouse
was
placed next to a newly built
foundation and will be slid
onto that later this week. The
foundation will be fronted
with slabs of granite, to give
it a more historically accurate appearance.
The building is “solid as a
rock,” said Bob Hunt, education director for the museum.
Once in place, he said, “it
should be good for another
200 years.”
The bird with the longest feathers is the onagadori, a domestic strain of red junglefowl. Its feathers span more
than 34 feet.
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Sports
King stares down Efimova, beats her in 100 breaststroke
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) —
This one will surely be seen
as a victory for clean athletes
over the dopers.
No doubt, that was Lilly
King’s take.
The
feisty
American
stared down Yulia Efimova, a
swimmer at the center of
Russia’s doping scandal,
and then beat her in the pool
Monday night.
King could hardly contain
her satisfaction at capturing
gold in the 100-meter
breaststroke — especially
given who was in the next
lane.
“It just proves you can
compete clean and still come
out on top with all the hard
work you put in behind the
scenes, behind the meet, at
practice and weight sessions,” the 19-year-old Indiana University student said
giddily. “There is a way to
become the best and do it the
right way.”
Efimova arrived in Rio as
one of the symbols of the
massive Russian doping
operation, an athlete who
had already served a 16month suspension and tested positive again this year for
the now-banned substance
meldonium.
Efimova was initially
banned from the Olympics,
but that decision was overturned on appeal. King took
umbrage at Efimova’s No. 1
finger wag during the semifinals, and the bad blood carried over to the final.
After glaring at Efimova in
the ready room and giving
her a look of disdain on deck,
King led all the way to take
the gold in 1 minute, 4.93
seconds. Efimova settled for
the silver, more than a halfsecond behind. The bronze
went to another American,
Katie Meili.
Efimova was booed by
many in the crowd when
introduced before the race,
though a smattering of Russian fans cheered her on.
“I really don’t know how I
even reached the final,” Efimova said, her face red from
crying. “It would have really
been the end of a fairytale, a
horrible dream, if I’d won
gold. But that was all I could
do right now.”
King didn’t acknowledge
Efimova during a raucous
victory celebration.
While Efimova hung on
the rope separating their
lanes in the middle of the
pool, King took off in the
other direction to congratulate Meili. The medalists all
climbed out of the pool
together, but the Americans
quickly got back to celebrating on deck. Efimova walked
away by herself.
Finally, as the swimmers
were picking up their
Olympic credentials, King
gave Efimova a quick pat on
the shoulder.
Nothing more.
“I basically said what
everybody’s thinking,” King
said, adding that other
swimmers “were glad I spoke
out and had the guts to say
that and I appreciate their
support.”
Efimova said she’s been
treated unfairly, having
already served a penalty for a
doping
violation
that
occurred while she was
training in Los Angeles with
one of America’s most prominent coaches, Dave Salo. As
for the second positive test,
any possible sanctions were
put on hold while the World
Anti-Doping Agency does
more research on meldonium, which was only put on
the banned list at the beginning of the year.
“Athletes used to be outside politics,” Efimova said.
“It’s really painful for me that
a lot of athletes don’t understand that and just watch
the TV and accept everything
that’s said there.” She called
on them “to swap places with
me and understand how I
feel.”
King’s victory highlighted
another big night for the
Americans, who also extended their domination in the
men’s 100 backstroke with
Ryan Murphy’s victory and
wound up with six medals in
all.
Murphy was fourth at the
turn, but rallied on the
return lap to give the Americans their sixth straight gold
medal in the 100 back. Their
last loss came at the 1992
Barcelona Games.
For good measure, David
Plummer — a 30-year-old
Olympic rookie — claimed
the bronze.
Hungary’s
Katinka
Hosszu became the first twotime gold medalist at the
Olympic Aquatics Stadium,
adding the women’s 100
backstroke title to her worldrecord victory in the 400
individual medley.
Hosszu, known as the
Iron Lady for her grueling
schedule, propped herself on
the lane rope and made a
heart sign in the direction of
her coach and husband,
Shane Tusup.
The silver went to American Kathleen Baker.
“I knew that I could win,”
Hosszu said. “But I was so
tired that I told the Hungarians before the race that I
could get anything from first
place to eighth place.”
In another result sure to
stir the doping debate,
China’s Sun Yang captured
gold in the men’s 200 free.
Two years ago, he served a
three-month suspension for
taking a banned stimulant.
Yang rallied from his customarily slow start to pass
South Africa’s Chas le Clos,
who went out fast and tried
to hang on.
It nearly worked.
Yang surged to the front
on the final lap, but Le Clos
still managed to grab the sil-
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) —
Red, white and blase for one
quarter, the U.S. Olympic
team woke up and won with
ease.
Shaking off a sluggish,
sloppy start and maybe
some Brazilian boredom,
the Americans regrouped in
the second quarter and
romped over Venezuela
113-69 on Monday, taking
another step toward a possible third straight gold
medal.
Kevin Durant scored 16
points and Carmelo Anthony 14 for the U.S. squad,
which may have grown a
touch overconfident following a 57-point blowout of
China in its tournament
opener.
The Americans were tied
at 18-all after one quarter,
but stopped turning the ball
over and fouling, unleashed
their defense and outscored
Venezuela 30-8 in the second period. They cruised
from there, improving to 821 under coach Mike
Krzyzewski and reminding
everyone it’s going to take a
special performance for 40
minutes to deny them
another Olympic title.
“Everything’s not going to
be easy,” Durant said. “We
know that, even with this
great team.”
It was similar to the
meeting between the teams
in Chicago on July 29,
when the U.S. shot poorly
and still won by 35 on their
pre-Rio exhibition tour.
Maybe this was a reminder
that no team can be taken
lightly — and there is little
margin for error — once the
Olympic flame is ignited.
“Once we settled down,
made our adjustments to
the way they were calling
the game, the way that
Venezuela wanted to play
the game, that second quarter we picked it up defensively
and
turned
it
around,” Anthony said.
The Americans continue
pool play on Wednesday
against unbeaten Australia.
The Aussies, featuring five
NBA players, four of them
league
champions,
improved to 2-0 on Monday
with an impressive 95-80
win over Serbia. Australia
has never won an Olympic
medal in men’s basketball,
but Krzyzewski knows the
team from Down Under will
be up for the Americans.
“I don’t think they’ve
gone back to their boat or
apartment or wherever
they’re staying thinking
they can’t beat us,” the
coach said. “They feel like
they can beat us and we
understand that.”
Anthony, the four-team
Olympian and two-time
gold medalist playing in his
record 25th game for the
United States, provided a
much-needed spark in the
second quarter.
With the Americans leading just 28-22 and looking
anything
but
golden,
Anthony came across the
lane and stripped the ball
away from Venezuelan center Gregory Echenique and
passed it to Kyrie Irving.
Anthony followed Irving up
the floor, accepted a feed on
the wing and knocked down
a 3-pointer that lifted some
of the pressure — and fog
— off Team USA.
“That
changed
the
game,” said Paul George,
who led the U.S. with 20
points. “Melo made that
three and it gave us all confidence.”
Anthony moved past
ver. Conor Dwyer took the
bronze, adding to the U.S.
medal haul.
Even on a red, white and
blue night at the pool, Missy
Franklin endured another
stunning disappointment.
The darling of the London
Games failed to qualify for
the final of the 200 freestyle,
extending a mystifying loss
of form since turning pro last
summer.
Franklin finished last in
her semifinal heat with only
the 13th-fastest time among
16 swimmers. She actually
went slower than she did
during the afternoon preliminaries.
As a bubbly, 17-year-old
high schooler, Franklin won
four golds and a bronze at
London, where she competed in seven events. This time,
she struggled just to qualify
for two individual events and
it looks like her only realistic
shot at a medal will be on the
4x200 free relay.
“It’s so hard,” she said,
“knowing all the work you
put in every day, and then to
get here and be so far behind
where you feel like you can
be.”
Crawford has seven U.S. starts slow, blasts Venezuela
hits, Giants win 8-7
MIAMI (AP) — Brandon
Crawford became the first
major leaguer in 41 years to
get seven hits in a game,
finally putting the San Francisco Giants ahead to stay
with an RBI single in the 14th
inning of an 8-7 victory over
the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
Crawford tripled, doubled
and had five singles in eight
at-bats, tying an NL record.
The previous player to get
seven hits in a game was
Pittsburgh Pirates infielder
Rennie Stennett on Sept. 16,
1975, at the Chicago Cubs.
Stennett set a modern-era
record by accomplishing the
feat in a nine-inning game.
The only other player to do
that was Wilbert Robinson for
the old Baltimore Orioles of
the National League in 1892.
Johnny Burnett holds the
major league mark for an
extra-inning game with nine
hits for Cleveland in a 1932
contest that lasted 18
innings.
George
Kontos
(3-2)
pitched two scoreless innings
to earn the victory for the
Giants, who were without
manager Bruce Bochy after
he was hospitalized in the
morning with an illness.
The Giants went 6 for 21
with runners in scoring position and left 18 on base in a
game that took 5 hours, 34
minutes — the longest of the
season for both teams.
San Francisco threatened
in the 13th when Crawford
hit a one-out triple off Dustin
McGowan (1-3). After the second out, Marlins manager
Don Mattingly intentionally
walked two batters to get to
the pitcher’s spot in the
order.
The Giants were out of
position players, leaving ace
pitcher Madison Bumgarner,
a .183 hitter with legitimate
power, to pinch-hit with the
bases loaded. He struck out
to end the inning.
Mariners 3, Tigers 0
SEATTLE (AP) — Hisashi
seven
Iwakuma
threw
shutout innings for his seventh win in his last eight
starts, Mike Zunino and Kyle
Seager both had RBI singles
off Michael Fulmer in the second inning and Seattle beat
Detroit.
Seattle won its fourth
straight and moved within 2
1/2 games of Detroit and
Boston for the second wild
card in the American League
thanks to another gem from
Iwakuma (13-7). The righthander allowed five hits and
struck out eight, running his
streak of scoreless innings at
Safeco Field to 21 1/3.
Fulmer (9-3) suffered his
first loss since June 17 —
îalso the last time the Tigers
lost when he started.
Rookie Edwin Diaz pitched
the ninth for his fifth save.
Blue Jays 7, Rays 5
TORONTO (AP) — Devon
Travis had a career-high four
hits, including the go-ahead
single in the seventh inning,
and Toronto beat Tampa
Bay.
Edwin Encarnacion hit his
299th career home run as the
Blue Jays snapped a threegame losing streak against
the Rays.
Encarnacion and Jose
Bautista both had three RBIs
as Toronto scored more than
four runs for the first time
since a 9-1 win over Baltimore on July 30.
Joaquin Benoit (2-1)
worked one inning for the
win. Roberto Osuna gave up
Logan Forsythe’s solo homer
in the ninth but finished for
his 25th save.
Xavier Cedeno (3-4) took
the loss.
Dodgers 9, Phillies 4
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Corey Seager homered twice
and Chase Utley and Yasmani Grandal also went deep
for Los Angeles.
Seager has 21 homers,
breaking Hanley Ramirez’s
record for homers by a
Dodgers shortstop. He’s also
the eighth L.A. rookie with 20
or more homers in a season.
The Dodgers built a 5-0
lead after one inning off Zach
Eflin (3-5).
Julio Urias (2-2) started for
the first time in nearly three
weeks. He gave up five hits
and three runs (one earned)
in five innings.
Athletics 3, Orioles 2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Kendall Graveman pitched
seven strong innings, Billy
Butler hit a tiebreaking single
in the sixth and Oakland beat
Baltimore despite another
home run from slugger
Manny Machado.
Machado, who hit home
runs in his first three at-bats
Sunday, belted his 26th
home run of the season with
two outs in the eighth.
It wasn’t enough to prevent the Orioles from losing
and falling into a first-place
tie with Toronto in the AL
East.
Michael Jordan on the
career scoring list and now
only trails LeBron James
and David Robinson for the
most points by an American
Olympian.
“I never even knew that,”
Anthony said. “Anytime you
can break a record or make
history or pass somebody
like Michael Jordan, it’s an
honor. We still have more
games to go so hopefully we
can break more records.”
Jimmy Butler scored 17
— most of them coming in
extended garbage time —
and DeAndre Jordan added
14 and nine rebounds in
the first Olympic matchup
between the nations.
Venezuela’s John Cox, a
cousin of American superstar Kobe Bryant, scored 19
and Echenique 18.
Although this may not be
the best made-in-America
team as James, Stephen
Curry and others chose to
skip the first games held in
South America for a variety
of reasons, the U.S. squad
that came to Brazil appears
to be in a class by itself.
There will likely be tougher
games ahead, but they
haven’t had one yet.
Chiefs’depth chart leaves fans wondering
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) —
The Kansas City Chiefs
released their initial depth
chart ahead of their preseason opener, and it left fans
wondering just how good
they might be once the
games start counting.
Assuming all those pieces
stay healthy. Or get healthy.
Jamaal Charles is the
starting running back, even
though he has been sitting
out camp after surgery to
repair his ACL. Eric Berry is
the starting safety, even
though he has yet to sign a
franchise tag and report to
camp. Justin Houston is
one outside linebacker and
Tamba Hali the other, even
though both of them are
also coming back from knee
injuries — Houston may be
out for a while.
Still, the Chiefs were
required to put something
on paper and they sent it
out late Sunday.
What they came up with
is a roster that, if everyone
was healthy, might be their
best in years
“The job (general manager) John Dorsey and his
staff have continued to do in
terms of bringing in young
players and some veteran
players who can fill in and
make us stronger, I think
this is the most complete
team we’ve had since Andy
(Reid) and John have been
here,” chairman Clark Hunt
said.
There were few major
surprises on the depth chart
ahead of Saturday’s game
against Seattle.
Charcandrick West was
listed ahead of Spencer
Ware at running back,
meaning he is the de factor
No. 1 until Charles returns.
West and Ware split reps
after the Pro Bowler went
down last season.
Chris Conley was listed
ahead of Rod Streater at one
wide receiver spot, both of
them trailing Albert Wilson,
who has missed time with a
calf injury. Tyreek Hill is
listed deep on the chart but
has been making enough
plays that it would hardly be
a surprise to see him quickly climb it.
Demetrius
Harris
appears to have a slight
edge on Ross Travis at the
second tight end spot.
“Typically in this offense
we count on tight ends,” cooffensive coordinator Brad
Childress said. “Travis
(Kelce) will continue to up
his game and hopefully the
guys behind him will up
their game.”
The only surprise along
the offensive line was more
like an affirmation: rookie
Parker Ehinger has been
impressive
throughout
camp and was listed with
the starts at left guard.
Another rookie, defensive
end Chris Jones, is backing
up Jay Howard on the opposite line. Dontari Poe and
Allen Bailey return from last
season at the other two
starting spots.
The linebacker situation
is still fluid, though.
Houston’s injury means
that former first-round pick
Dee Ford will get his opportunity in the spotlight. He
has been inconsistent —
some might say ineffective
— during his first two seasons, rarely playing at all as
a rookie and making just 5
1/2 sacks his first two seasons.
“I’m here to do what I’ve
always wanted to do. As far
as my goals, I see this as an
opportunity,” he said. “I
knew at some point this is
where I would be. So the last
couple of years I’ve been
working to get to this point.
This is a chance for me to
step up and really show
what I can do.”
Safety Daniel Sorensen
could just as well say the
same thing.
He made the team a couple years ago as an undrafted free agent, and has
slowly earned more playing
time. But he’s due to get a
whole lot of it if Berry refuses to sign his franchise tender.
Sorensen has already
earned a reputation in camp
for being a big hitter.
“He’s a smart player and
we’re asking him to do a lot
back there,” Chiefs coach
Andy Reid said, “but that’s
what that position holds.
Him and (Ron) Parker are
close. Until E.B. gets in, he’s
going to have to hold down
the fort for us.”
One glance at the Chiefs’
first depth chart and there’s
a lot of holding down the fort
happening.
“We’re trading punches
kind of back and forth, and
they’re challenging each
other in a positive way,”
Reid said. “For the most
part, I appreciate the effort
they’re giving.”
6 Blade-Empire, Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Obituaries
BONNIE L. OLSEN
Bonnie L. Olsen, 70, of
Clyde, Kan., passed away
Aug. 6, 2016, at St. Luke’s
Hospice House surrounded
by her loving family. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, at Clyde
Grade School Community
Center 600 Broadway Ave.,
Clyde, Kan. Memorial service will be 1 p.m., Saturday,
August 13, 2016, at Clyde
Christian Church, corner of
Campbell and Grant, Clyde,
Kan. In lieu of flowers: Donations to Eagles for Excellence
in Education or E3.
Bonnie was born March
8, 1946, in Topeka, Kan.,
the daughter of Ellis E. and
Laura Lynn (Land) McDougal. Bonnie was preceded
in death by her parents and
niece, Holly McDougal.
Bonnie is survived by husband of 50 years, Scott Olsen; son, Doug Olsen (Crystal
Matthews); daughter, Martha
Mann (Doug); brother, David M. McDougal (Barbara);
sister, Jean Ramsey; and
four grandchildren, Delaney,
Dylan, Madeline and Drake.
Bonnie attended Kansas
State University and graduated from Fort Hays State
University. She began her
teaching career in Smith
Center, Kan. After two years
there, she transitioned to
Clifton-Clyde
where
she
spent the balance of her 35year teaching career. Her unmatched patience level was
put to great use with kindergarten and preparing kids for
school.
Bonnie was a member of
the Clyde Christian Church,
Christian Women’s Fellowship and The Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post #7515 in Clyde,
Kan.
Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, Mo.
(816) 322-5278
Contracts
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Superintendent of schools
Quentin Breese reported to
the board that speakers had
been donated to the district
to upgrade the speaker system currently in use.
All of the speakers would
be housed in the new building, which will have metal
siding and two rollup security doors.
Breese also informed the
board that several donors
are willing to assist with
the cost of constructing the
building.
The building will be paid
for out of the capital outlay
fund and the donors will
then repay the fund.
“I am confident it will all
be repaid,” Breese said.
The board gave approval
to a $130,733.17 grant for
Kansas Reading Roadmap,
a program that takes place
during the school year and
in the summer. The funds
will be used for salaries,
transportation,
materials
and training.
An LCNCK occupational
therapy agreement with Rachel Kueker was approved
by the board.
The rehires of school psychologists Ron Elniff and
Christy Hasch for the 201617 school year were approved by the board.
The board approved the
transfers of Danele Wendland from interrelated to
.4 at Washington County
Elementary/.6 early childhood; Angela Gabel-McConkey from early childhood to
.5 K-2 interrelated/.5 early
childhood at USD 333 and
David Hughes from .76 interrelated to 1.4 K-4 interrelated teacher at Concordia
Elementary School intervention room.
Breese presented a report
to the board on the 2016-17
budget.
The budget will be published in the newspaper this
week and a budget hearing
will be set for Aug. 23 at
noon.
“Marcia (Sorell) and I
worked a lot of hours putting this budget together,”
Breese said.
The budget calls for an
estimated tax rate of 48.715
mills compared to 48.936
mills for 2015-16.
“We feel very confident of
a good budget,” Breese said.
The board heard options
for the purchase of a new
bus for the district.
Breese told the board that
the Kansas Department of
Education has done a lot of
the leg work on a bid specification solution. He said that
there are vendors who have
already submitted bids.
USD 333 received bids
for a 47-passenger Blue
Bird bus of $87,495 and a
47-passenger Thomas bus
of $82,685.
District
transportation
director Luciana Thrash
said that she would prefer
the Thomas bus.
A new bus would replace
the bus used on the preschool route, and it would
be placed on a main bus
route.
The possible replacement
of band instruments was
discussed by the board.
Breese said that like a lot
of the capital improvements
in the district, the replacement of band instruments
has been delayed.
Working with band director Stuart Roegge and Kenny Johnston of Tom's Music
House, a five-year plan was
put together to replace several instruments at a cost
of between $16,000 and
$18,000 per year.
An option of purchasing all of the instruments
on the list at one time and
then making a yearly lease
payment each year over a
six-year period was also presented.
“These are some really
outstanding bid prices. He
(Johnston) is doing us a really good job,” Breese said.
The board could take
action on the band instruments at the September
meeting.
Also discussed by the
board was the use of the
district's facilities, including
the track and gymnasiums,
by Cloud County Community College and other outside
groups.
Board president Mark
Nordell reported that the
college had previously paid
$28,500 to help resurface
the track.
Nordell said he would like
to see the district work with
the college on determining
what can be done to get the
track refurbished.
“We need to do something
soon,” Nordell said.
The use of the other facilities in the district, including
the gymnasiums was also
discussed by the board.
There is a sheet at each
district facility outlining the
cost of using the gymnasiums, but there have been
exceptions made for certain
groups.
“I think the biggest problem is the exceptions,”
Holmes said.
It was determined that
administration would work
to update the facility use
sheets, and action could be
taken at the next meeting.
Also discussed by the
board was the disposal of
a 1996 Dodge Intrepid, a
maintenance van and
a
school bus.
Action will be taken at the
September meeting.
***
If a human is modest and satisfied, old age will not be heavy on
him. If he is not, even youth will be a burden.
—Plato
***
Caution urged after
Weather
woman killed in woods
PRINCETON, Mass. (AP)
– Residents of a small Massachusetts town are being
urged to take caution after
a woman visiting her mother was found slain in the
woods after going out for a
weekend walk or jog.
Police found the body of
Vanessa Marcotte on Sunday night about a half-mile
from her mother’s home
in the town of Princeton,
Worcester District Attorney
Joseph Early Jr. said. She
was visiting from New York
City, where she worked at
Google. She was reported
missing Sunday after she
didn’t return home.
The 27-year-old’s death
appears to be a homicide,
and an autopsy was set to
determine the exact cause,
Early said.
“We have a horrible set of
facts; a horrible set of circumstances right now,” he
said.
Police say they don’t know
if the attack was random. At
a Monday news conference,
authorities repeatedly urged
the public to use caution
and report any suspicious
activity.
“We are concerned about
the safety of our town residents and visitors that enter
our town,” Princeton Police
Chief Michele Powers said.
“We would ask people to pay
attention to their surroundings.”
Princeton is a town of
about
3,500
residents
around 40 miles west of
Boston. There hasn’t been a
homicide in the town in the
27 years Powers has worked
there, she said.
Marcotte worked as an
account manager in New
York for Google. In a statement Monday, Google said it
is “deeply shocked and saddened.”
“Vanessa Marcotte was a
much loved member of the
Google team, working in our
New York office for the last
year and a half, and known
for her ubiquitous smile,
passion for volunteer work
and love of Boston sports,”
the company said.
Marcotte was a 2011
graduate of Boston University, which also mourned
her death.
“We’re so terribly sad
for her family and friends,”
Colin Riley, the executive
director of media relations
at Boston University, told
ABC News. “They’re in our
thoughts and prayers.”
Marcotte’s death is similar to that of a New York
City woman killed while on a
run through a Queens park
last week. Like Marcotte,
30-year-ol Katrina Vetrano
was killed while running
alone during daylight hours
in a secluded area. There is
no indication the deaths are
connected.
Train derails in Iowa,
hits DeRailed bar
CHARLES CITY, Iowa
(AP) – Police say a freight
train car that derailed in
northern Iowa rolled into
and damaged a trackside
tavern called DeRailed.
Police Chief Hugh Anderson says the accident occurred around 4 a.m. Tuesday as crews moved rail cars
and changed connections
in Charles City. He says
it appears that the track
separated and the grain car
tipped about 45 degrees into
the back of the bar.
Anderson says a patrol
officer called him to say a
train car had derailed into
Derailed, adding that “it’s
not every day you get to say
that.”
No one was injured. The
bar owner estimates damage at $10,000.
Charles City is about
140 miles northeast of Des
Moines.
***
I am thankful for the taxes I pay because
it means that I’m employed.
—Nancie J. Carmody
***
Published in the Blade-Empire on Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Today’s weather artwork by
Jaci Brown,
a 2nd grader in
Mrs. Cypher’s class
Dolphin snatches
iPad from woman
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A
woman trying to take a picture of a dolphin at SeaWorld
in Florida with an iPad apparently got a bit too close
because it snatched the device right out of her hands.
Video shot by another
parkgoer shows the dolphin
reaching over the side of the
viewing tank at SeaWorld
Markets
Gains in health care, technology and consumer-focused
companies helped nudge U.S.
stock indexes higher in midday trading Tuesday. Energy
stocks lagged as an early rally
in oil prices evaporated. Investors were poring over the
latest batch of company earnings from retailers and other
companies.
LOCAL MARKETS -EAST
Wheat ...........................$3.13
Milo ......(per bushel) ....$2.39
Corn .............................$2.74
Soybeans .....................$9.28
CONCORDIA TERMINAL
LOADING FACILITY
LOCAL MARKETS - WEST
Wheat ..........................$3.13
Milo .....(per bushel) .....$2.39
JAMESTOWN MARKETS
Wheat ...........................$3.03
Milo ...(per bushel) ........$2.34
Soybeans .....................$9.18
Nusun .........................$14.50
Orlando, where visitors can
touch the dolphins. After
the dolphin grabs the iPad
and tosses it into the water,
the woman retrieves the device and then quickly walks
away.
A voice can be heard over
a loudspeaker saying, “As
you can see, the dolphins
can reach your loose items.”
Legals
Legals
(Published in the Blade-Empire Tuesday,
August 9, 2016)
CLOUD COUNTY TREASURER’S
QUARTERLY REPORT
Ending July. 31, 2016
FUNDS
FUND BALANCE
Co. General
799,289.07
Road & Bridge
1,599,555.60
Special Machinery & Equipment
25,893.19
Special Highway Improve. Fund
82,467.25
Special Bridge
280,915.74
Juvenile Justice
55,987.25
Community Corrections Doc 105,783.69
Community Corrections Co
168.46
Appraiser
98,229.59
County Health
118,788.85
Noxious Weed
99,978.26
Noxious Weed Capital Outlay 23,614.40
Election Expense
155,959.28
Election Capital Outlay
52,610.40
Co Special Building
121,321.19
Community College Tuition
0.17
Solid Waste
700,135.25
County Tourism
82,410.26
Acct. #2
9,371.45
Swip
978.00
Heritage Trust
442.00
Spec Economic Development Fund
545,934.40
Law Enforcement Center
370,650.05
Court Service
48,402.06
Register Of Deeds Tech Fund 47,583.50
Field Service
15,331.42
Employee Benefits
748,502.45
County Bond & Interest
1.01
Vin Inspection
3,420.00
P.A.T.F.
7,153.65
Administrative Handling
110.00
Surveillnace Fund
797.00
Diversion Fund
3,090.50
Special Drug & Alcohol
16,664.71
Kpers
558.78
Kpers Life
146.83
Oasi
131.19
Unemployment Ins.
15,121.56
Cafeteria Plan
810.00
Medical Ins. Premium
258,199.49
Payroll Clearing
511.85
Luth-Saron Cd #12Cr Gen
241.41
Clyde Cd #14 NFW
85.69
Fire Dist #1Cr
1,155.73
Fire Dist #2
310.35
Fire Dist #3
12,480.27
Fisher-Criss Creek
993.80
Fisher-Criss Creek NFW
8.68
Buffalo Creek Watershed
36.78
North Lawrence Drainage
14.61
Buffalo Inc
40.04
Pleasant Valley Dd
38,402.06
Republican Valley Dd
37,981.92
Current Tax
478,772.16
Vehicle Tax
376,432.10
Rv Tax
6,406.95
Kcovrs Cmv Intra Fee
3,237.50
Kcovrs Cmv Irp Fee
3,371.67
Rental Motor Veh Excise
170.28
Kovrs County Fee
2,846.25
Advance Tax
622.24
Redemptions
27,134.89
Sheriff Coll/Clk Dist Court
7,388.14
County Unclaimed Estates
1,084.82
Escrow
27,238.22
S Escrow
351.79
Motor Vehicle Registration
0.50
Vehicle Sales Tax
20,824.12
Auto Special
48,605.51
Delq Specials
1,564.00
Current Specials
2,293.96
Principal & Interest - NFW
246,056.51
Cost Of Issuance-NFW
1,668.75
Treasurer Tech Fund
2,486.50
Clerk Tech Fund
4,220.50
Vending Machines
1,502.71
Total Available Cash
7,853,051.21
BANK BALANCES:
Jamestown State Bank
256,062.06
American State Bank & Trust Co
66,603.31
Elk State Bank
376,454.36
Citizens National Bank
44,502.10
First National Bank Of Hope
80,914.48
United Bank & Trust
60,953.88
Central National Bank
4,054,489.02
Certificates Of Deposit
2,808,093.98
TOTAL IN BANKS
CASH AND CASH ITEMS
TOTAL AVAILABLE CASH
7,748,073.19
104,978.02
7,853,051.21
JoDee LeDuc
Cloud County Treasurer
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