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Obama: U.S.
will overcome
new phase of
terror threat
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mid 40s.
Across Kansas
Court rejects appeal
from Kansas parents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.
Supreme Court has denied an appeal from
parents from the Shawnee Mission School
District.
The parents asked the court to consider
their case challenging a state cap on the
amount of local property tax money that
the district can spend on education. The
court’s decision Monday not to hear the
case leaves in place a decision from the
U.S. Appeals Court in Denver. The appeals
court ruled in June that the federal court
couldn’t override the state’s funding plan
At issue is a 2010 lawsuit arguing that
the state could not limit local school district funding because it creates a new
inequality that punishes school districts.
The parents also argued that the funding
restrictions violated their federal constitutional rights.
Man convicted in
death of woman
LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) — A man is set to be
sentenced next month for killing a Liberal
woman whose death initially appeared to
be a suicide.
The High Plains Daily Leader reports
that Foster Everette was convicted Thursday in Seward County District Court of
second-degree murder in the January
killing of 31-year-old Andrea Garrison.
Sentencing has been set for Jan. 4.
Liberal Police Capt. Pat McClurg said in
a news release that police responded Jan.
2 to a possible suicide. Garrison was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy was completed Jan. 5.
McClurg said there were “suspicious
circumstances.” He said that after talking
to witnesses, conducting search warrants
and collecting evidence, investigators
determined Garrison was the “victim of
foul play.”
Two men arrested
in double homicide
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have
arrested two men in connection with a
double homicide that occurred in Wichita
last week.
KAKE-TV reports that 24-year-old
Brent Carter and 19-year-old Jamion
Wimbley have been charged in the home
shooting death of Betty “Ann” Holloman
and a 24-year-old man last Tuesday.
Carter has been charged with two
counts of first-degree murder and criminal
discharge of a firearm. Wimbley faces
charges for two counts of first-degree murder, criminal discharge of a firearm and
criminal possession of a firearm.
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Monday, December 7, 2015
Seeking a higher bid
Volunteer auctioneer Dannie Kearn teases a potential bidder to raise the price on the Helping
Hands tree, behind him at left, as Susan LeDuc, right, looks on. LeDuc presented the tree during Friday’s Christmas Tree Lane and explained the work of Helping Hands, which is a ministry
of Manna House of Prayer.
Christmas Tree Lane raises
more than $10,000 for charities
From Sisters of St. Joseph
The Christmas Tree Lane gala party and
auction at the Nazareth Motherhouse provided early gifts totaling more than
$10,000 to 15 local nonprofit organizations.
Each group decorated a 4-foot Christmas tree that was auctioned off to the
standing-room-only crowd who turned out
for the fifth annual fundraiser Friday
evening (Dec. 4).
Thanks to the efforts of volunteer auctioneer Dannie Kearn, that portion of the
evening garnered $9,250 that goes directly
to the organizations taking part.
In addition, the tree decorated by NCK
Down Syndrome Society captured the People’s Choice Award, based on votes by people
attending
Thursday
evening’s
Christmas Reception and Friday’s party.
That $250 prize is provided by Robert and
Lorene Steimel.
A new addition this year was a “Dessert
Dash,” where partygoers were asked to
donate for the honor of picking one of three
special cakes, made and donated by Donna
Brummett, Jodi Rehbein and Janice Vignery. Those donations totaled $1,260, which
will be divided among the 15 charities.
Amber Rogers, playing a hammer dulcimer, provided musical entertainment for
the annual event.
The idea behind Christmas Tree Lane,
according to Holly Brown, development
director for the Sisters of St. Joseph, is to
give local nonprofit organizations a chance
to raise extra funds at the time of year
many of them need the money most. She
said it serves as something of a Christmas
gift from the Concordia Sisters to other
local charities.
Here are the organizations taking part,
the buyer and the amount the tree sold for:
Big Brothers, Big Sisters — Kathy
Warkentin, $250.
Brown Grand Theatre — Becky Kindel,
$250.
Christmas Lighting Committee (Chamber of Commerce) — Jeremy Will, $1,500.
Cloud County Community College Foundation — Danette Toone, $950.
Cloud County Health Center — Meredith
Rosenbaum, $300.
Cloud County Health Center Auxiliary —
Dana Brewer, $400.
Cloud County Resource Center — Tom
Tuggle, $250.
Concordia Elementary School Parents in
Education — Niki Henderson, $400.
Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas — Sarah Jenkins, $200.
Helping Hands, at Manna House of
Prayer — Marty Tatum, $400.
NCK Down Syndrome Society —Camey
Thurner, $2,100.
NCK Paws — Danette Toone, $375.
OCCK Inc. — Dana Brewer, $275.
Orphan Train Museum & Complex —
Kirk Lowell, $650.
Relay for Life — Lisa Brewer, $950.
Cases to put
spotlight on
Kansas judges
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two cases that will be
heard in Kansas courts this week could put a
political spotlight on the judges and justices
hearing them, potentially threatening the
careers of any who vote contrary to how
activist groups think they should.
All 14 judges of the Kansas Court of Appeals
on Wednesday will hear the state’s appeal of a
lower court ruling striking down a new abortion law. The next day, the state Supreme
Court will consider a case that involves the
court’s own power to supervise lower courts.
A majority of the jurists will be up for retention votes next year, and some experts are predicting the elections will draw a flood of money
from outside interest groups seeking to change
the makeup of the state’s highest courts, The
Lawrence Journal-World reported.
Kansas voters got their first taste of highpower electioneering in a judicial race last year
when Gov. Sam Brownback openly campaigned against the retention of two Supreme
Court justices.
Both of the cases this week already have
attracted national attention.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare Oval
Office address, President Barack Obama
vowed Sunday night the U.S. will overcome a new phase of the terror threat
that seeks to “poison the minds” of people here and around the world, as he
sought to reassure Americans shaken by
recent attacks in Paris and California.
“I know that after so much war, many
Americans are asking whether we are
confronted by a cancer that has no
immediate cure,” he said, speaking from
a lectern in his West Wing office. “The
threat from terrorism is real, but we will
overcome it,” he declared.
The president’s speech followed
Wednesday’s shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people and
wounded 21. Authorities say a couple
carried out the attack and the wife
pledged allegiance to the Islamic State
group and its leader in a Facebook post.
Obama said that while there was no
evidence the shooters were directed by a
terror network overseas or part of a
broader plot, “the two of them had gone
down the dark path of radicalization.”
“This was an act of terrorism designed
to kill innocent people,” he said in the
13-minute address.
In speaking from the Oval Office,
Obama turned to a tool of the presidency that he has used infrequently. His
decision to speak in prime time reflected
the White House’s concern that his message on the recent attacks hasn’t broken
through, particularly in the midst of a
heated presidential campaign.
Yet Obama’s speech was likely to leave
his critics unsatisfied. He announced no
significant shift in U.S. strategy and
offered no new policy prescriptions for
defeating IS, underscoring both his confidence in his current approach and the
lack of easy options for countering the
extremist group.
“Nothing that happened in the speech
tonight is going to assuage people’s
fears,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a
Republican presidential candidate, said
on Fox News.
Obama did call for cooperation
between private companies and law
enforcement to ensure potential attackers can’t use technology to evade detection. He also urged Congress to pass new
force authorization for military actions
underway against IS in Iraq and Syria,
and also to approve legislation to bar
guns from being sold to people on a nofly list.
And he implored Americans to not
turn against Muslims at home, saying
the Islamic State is driven by a desire to
spark a war between the West and Islam.
Still, he called on Muslims in the U.S.
and around the world to take up the
cause of fighting extremism.
Applauding their effort
Members of the Concordia High School boys’ basketball team get on their feet to applaud
the efforts of their teammates during the season opener against Beloit on Friday night.
The Panthers defeated the Trojans, 72-70. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
2 Blade-Empire, Monday, December 7, 2015
OPINION
Washington Merry-Go-Round
by Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars
By Jacqueline Bigar
A baby born today has
a Sun in Sagittarius and a
Moon in Libra if born before
6:26 a.m. (EST). Afterward,
the Moon will be in Scorpio.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Monday, Dec. 7, 2015:
This year others might be
surprised by the amount of
caring that emanates from
you. A female friend or a
family member could take on
unusual significance. If you
are single, you can’t be too
discriminating. You easily
could meet someone who is
not portraying his or her authentic self. Take your time
getting to know people. If
you are attached, the two of
you frequently are in different places at different times.
The importance of downtime
as a couple must be emphasized. Schedule more weekends away together. SCORPIO is a natural healer.
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)
* * * * You generally are
as extroverted and intense
as they come. You might not
understand what is going
on with you, but you’ll have
a need to retreat. Process a
matter about a loved one.
Don’t make the assumption
that this experience is negative; it’s just different. Tonight: As you like it.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20)
* * * * You could be in the
position of allowing others
to take the lead, when you
normally wouldn’t. Consider how you could change
the way you and others see
a situation, but keep those
thoughts to yourself unless
someone asks for feedback.
Tonight: The only answer is
“yes.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
* * * * * You could be concentrating on one specific
issue and doing some research. You might have difficulty indulging in conversations about other matters,
as your mind is elsewhere.
Be willing to take a risk.
Tonight: Take the time you
need for yourself and/or a
project.
CANCER (June 21-July
22)
* * * * You might not be
able to close down the muse
that lies within you. Your
creativity can’t be shut off
easily. You might want to remain relatively discreet. You
will know when the time is
right to share more of your
thoughts and ideas. Tonight:
Let the fun begin!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
* * * * You’ll want to rethink a personal situation.
You might feel as if you see
eye to eye with the other party involved and can come to
an agreement. You rarely feel
strongly about these type
of situations, but decide to
make it OK anyway. Tonight:
Head home early, if you can.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
* * * * * You might want
more free time to visit with
a partner. You could be
overwhelmed by an option
you never expected to have
in your life. Enjoy the moment, but be rational in your
choices. What a loved one
feels could be off as well. Tonight: Continue the happy
moment.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
* * * * You will be very
tempted to make a certain
purchase and/or head in a
certain direction. You will
find the experience or the
item to be close to impossible
to turn down. Make sure you
are aware of the costs of this
expenditure. Tonight: Meet a
friend for some eggnog.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21)
* * * * * Sometimes, when
we overthink a personal matter, we get into trouble. Perhaps you need to take some
time off for holiday shopping,
if nothing else. You could be
taken aback by how much
fun you have doing what often has seemed like a chore.
Tonight: The world is your
oyster.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
* * * Several friends might
notice a serene quality emanating from you. It more
than likely stems from a personal matter. In fact, some of
you might be upset about an
issue, but you are on your
way to letting it go, or at least
seeing it from a different perspective. Tonight: All is well.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19)
* * * * Stay focused on
the long term. Often, you
find that others don’t seem
to understand where you are
coming from. All the activity
that surrounds you needs to
be pushed away if you are to
accomplish anything. Politely isolate yourself. Tonight:
Open the door for others.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18)
* * * * * One-on-one relating takes on a new level of
caring that somehow leaks
into other areas of your life.
The possibilities for change
are many, should you decide
to take a leap of faith. Understand that your expectations
sometimes are off. Tonight:
Out till the wee hours.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20)
* * * * Look at the big picture, and you will make a
much better decision. A situation that you might have
perceived as being hostile
likely has become one of caring. You feel much better
once you break down barriers between you and others.
Tonight: Start hanging up
some mistletoe.
BORN TODAY
Basketball player Larry
Bird (1956), businessman
Richard W. Sears (1863),
baseball player Johnny
Bench (1947)
***
Jacqueline Bigar is on
the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
(c) 2015 by King Features
Syndicate Inc.
WASHINGTON – Leaders say the insanity must
end. No, the insanity must
be stopped. Lamentations
must be replaced with actions. Preventive actions necessitate fewer reactions.
America is facing a crisis of confluence in which
lethal technology, weak
laws, too few law enforcers,
and too many ordinary, deranged, and fanatical criminals, foreign and domestic,
have combined to create an
emerging reign of terror.
There is nothing ordinary
about this, and ordinary
measures have proven insufficient to the task. It is
time for a new regimen.
First, law enforcement
must be consolidated. The
mass murder in San Bernardino witnessed a superb
coordinated response by local police, county sheriffs,
ATF agents, FBI agents, and
other personnel, but cooperation needs to be replaced
with structure. Unity of command is a military principle
that is equally applicable in
law enforcement, which is
why a better protocol must
be established that immediately and clearly designates
which agency is in charge
when an incident occurs,
even if this entails subordinating federal officers to local officers or vice versa.
Second, law enforcement
numbers must be increased.
New York City’s leaders
understood this. They increased the number of officers on patrol, especially on
foot, and crime rates dramatically dropped. It is a reality of modern society that
this surge of police on the
beat be emulated throughout the nation.
Third, Americans need to
get past their false attachment to the ethos of a guntoting Old West and pass
effective gun legislation. Of
course, people should be allowed to protect themselves,
but protection is not the
purpose of automatic and
semi-automatic
weapons.
These should be banned.
Guns should be registered
and gun-owners should be
licensed – licensing that in-
cludes assessment of competency and criminal backgrounds.
Fourth, enhanced surveillance is critical. Congress passed the Patriot Act
following 9/11 and subsequently tweaked it. Even
so, that and other measures
came into conflict with
the Constitution’s Fourth
Amendment
concerning
search and seizure. And
while safety trumps liberty,
a balance must be struck.
The follow-up attacks Americans expected after 9/11
never materialized, and we
can assume surveillance
and infiltration were the
reason. These must be continued to the greatest degree
possible under the Constitution.
Fifth, places of congregation, whether business,
government, or religious,
should look upon physically
fit, armed, and trained security guards as necessary
employees.
And finally, President
Johnson’s War on Poverty
must be reinstituted. Cre-
DOONESBURY® by G.B. Trudeau
ating safe environments
through increased police
presence is the first step.
Money is next – for supplemental income, urban
renewal, education, and
healthcare. There is no excuse for the existence of poverty in the world’s wealthiest
nation. Poverty is a preventable blight creating hopelessness, and hopelessness
breeds alienation, hatred,
and crime, while providing
prime recruiting grounds for
domestic and foreign zealotry.
Douglas
Cohn’s
new
book, “The President’s First
Year,” analyzing every president’s freshman year, is
available for presale by Rowman & Littlefield through
Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.
com/The-PresidentsFirst-Year-LearnedWhy/
dp/1493011928
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Climate pact talks shift to higher gear
LE BOURGET, France (AP)
– Talks on a universal climate
pact shifted to a higher gear
Monday with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon urging governments to set off an
“energy revolution” to rein in
heat-trapping carbon emissions and avert disastrous
global warming.
Foreign and environment
ministers joined the talks
outside Paris after lower-level negotiators who met last
week delivered a draft agreement with all crunch issues
left unresolved.
Warning that “the clock is
ticking towards climate catas-
trophe,” Ban told ministers
the world expects more from
them than “half-measures.”
“It is calling for a transformative agreement,” he said.
“Your work here this week
can help eradicate poverty,
spark a clean energy revolution and provide jobs, opportunities and hope for tomorrow.”
The Paris conference is the
21st time world governments
are meeting to seek a joint solution to climate change. The
talks are focused on reducing
emissions of carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse gases,
primarily by shifting from oil,
coal and gas to cleaner sources of energy.
The envisioned Paris agreement is supposed to be the
first deal to ask all countries
to rein in their emissions;
earlier pacts only required
wealthy nations to do so.
“Developed countries must
agree to lead, and developing
countries need to assume increasing responsibility in line
with their capabilities,” Ban
said.
How to define those responsibilities is the biggest
challenge in the Paris talks.
India and other major developing countries insist on their
right to use some fossil fuels
to advance their economies
– just like Western nations
have done since the Industrial Revolution. They argue the
West therefore is historically
candidate for graduation in responsible for raising levels
bakery science and management at Kansas State University was a member of a
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Today in History
50 years ago
Dec. 7, 1965—Seniors on
the “B” Honor Roll at Concordia High School were Daryl Burt, Ed Detrixhe, Mike
Groom, Anita Jackson, Linda
Kearns, Jill Kennedy, Rosemary Lathrop, Jack Mitchell, Cynthia Perry, Brenda
Swiercinsky, Kathy Trost,
Sharon Trost and James Tyler. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Martin entertained at their
home for the Martin Drug
Store employees Christmas
party. Those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Venning,
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Martin,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fletcher,
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Martin, Joan and David, Mr.
and Mrs. Dolar Martin, Mary
Holdren, Kay Dempsey and
Tom Sharp.
25 years ago
Dec. 7, 1990—Santa
Claus figures from Pete
Jackson’s collection were
on display at First Bank &
Trust in Concordia. . . . Jacob Dorman gave a project
talk on his market steer and
Kim Lauer led the group in
a song at the Hollis Hustlers
4-H Club meeting.
10 years ago
Dec. 7, 2005—Teri Istas,
Aurora, a December 2005
SUDOKU
5 years ago
Dec. 7, 2010—Nathan
Koerber, son of Lyle and
Rose Koerber, was the December Student of the Month
at Concordia High School. .
. . In high school basketball
play, the Concordia Panthers finished off Republic
County, 56-38. Sophomore
Gabe Bergmann, recored a
double-double for Concordia by scoring 10 points and
grabbing 12 rebounds.
1 year ago
Dec. 7, 2014—Bidders
donated more than $6,000
to local charities and went
home with the 15 beautiful
entries on the 2014 Christmas Tree Lane at the Nazareth Convent. . . . Concordia High School students
dressed up in costumes
to cheer for the basketball
teams during the season
opener against Beloit.
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of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
“India is here to ensure
that rich countries pay back
their debt for overdraft that
they have drawn on the carbon space,” Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
Another major issue is
helping
poor,
vulnerable
countries cope with dangerous warming effects, from
rising seas to intensifying
droughts and heat waves. Developing countries are asking
wealthy nations for promises
of financial support in the
Paris deal.
U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres called on ministers to produce an agreement
“that safeguards the most
vulnerable and unleashes the
full force of human ingenuity
for prosperity for all.”
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By George Meyer
4 Blade-Empire Monday, December 7
Sports
Pratt hands CCCC
third straight loss, 88-77
three that went in and out
that would have cut it to
eight.”
Santos finished with 14
points and seven assists for
the T-Birds.
Devonte Dixon added 10
points.
The T-Birds hit 27 of 57
field goal attempts for 47
percent and just 14 of 25
free throws for 56 percent.
“If you are going to win on
the road in this league you
have to hit free throws. We
missed 11 free throws,”
Eshbaugh said.
Wright led six Pratt players in double figures with
21 points.
Anthony Naimie scored
14 points for the Beavers.
Brian Wright finished
with 13 points.
Devin Campbell scored
11 points.
Dennis Jones and Byron
Smith had 10 points each.
The Beavers were 32 of
62 from the floor for 52 percent and 15 of 25 from the
line for 60 percent.
Cloud County will look to
snap a three-game losing
streak when it plays at
Southeast (Neb.) Community College on Wednesday
night.
“I think it is kind of a
combination of things,”
Eshbaugh said of the losing
skid, “Attention to detail is
number one, which is frustrating.”
PRATT — For better than
29 minutes the Cloud
County Thunderbirds were
good enough to pick up
their first Jayhawk Conference win of the season.
It was the final 6:45 of
the first half and first four
minutes of the second half
that did Cloud County in.
Pratt outscored the T Birds 18-5 to finish out the
first half and 16-4 to start
the second on its way to an
88-77 conference win on
Saturday afternoon.
Cloud County led the
Beavers
29-28
when
Demonte Ojinnaka hit a
three-point shot with 7:00
to play in the first half.
Pratt put together the 185 run to go up 46-34 at halftime.
A dunk by Cadarius
Williams early in the second
got Cloud County within 10
points, 46-36.
The Beavers scored the
next 12 points to open up a
58-36 lead on their way to
the win.
“We had such severe foul
trouble in that first half,
and we were just trying to
kind of maintain things. We
did a pretty good job of
hanging in there and then
they hit a little run at the
end of the half,” Cloud
County coach Chad Eshbaugh said, “They came out
and hit some shots early in
the second half and we
spent the rest of the game
battling back into it.”
Cloud County falls to 7-6
overall and 0-3 in conference play.
Pratt is now 8-4 overall
and 1-1 in the Jayhawk.
A pair of three-point baskets by Ojinnaka and one
by Aamahne Santos helped
Cloud County get out to an
11-4 lead in the game.
Ojinnaka was 6 of 10
from the field and two of two
from the free throw line in
leading Cloud County with
17 points. He also pulled
down six rebounds.
Pratt would score eight
straight points to go up 1211.
There would be eight lead
changes and four ties over
the next seven minutes.
Cloud County led 24-22
when Dujuan Sherman
scored on a drive with 9:42
remaining in the first half.
A follow by Julian Wright
and a jumper by Devin
Campbell put Pratt up 2624.
Henry Cornelious scored
on a drive to tie the game,
26-26.
Byron Smith scored for
the Beavers, but Ojinnaka
hit a three, and the T-Birds
were up 29-28.
With Cloud County battling foul trouble, the
Beavers were able to grab
control.
The Beavers knocked
down two threes and got a
three-point play on its way
to building the 46-34 halftime lead.
A Williams dunk early in
the second half left Cloud
County trailing 46-36.
Pratt poured in 12 points
in 1:53 to open up a 58-36
advantage.
Cloud County trailed by
as many as 24 points, 6238, but kept battling.
Nine straight points left
the T-Birds trailing 62-47.
Pratt pushed the lead to
16 points, but four straight
points by Sherman made it
73-61 with 8:34 to play.
Cloud County fell behind
by 15 points, 77-62 when
Ojinnaka made a three to
again make it a 12-point
game, 77-65.
A basket by Andrew Newbill and a three by Campbell
pushed the Beavers‚’ lead to
82-65 with just over six
minutes to play.
Cloud County would not
get closer than the final
margin of 11 points the rest
of the way.
“We put ourselves in a
nice position, but could
never quite get over the
hump,” Eshbaugh said,
“We had it to 11 and had a
Cloud County FG FT R
1-4 0-0 1
Lyle
3-6 2-2 2
Sherman
4-10 4-5 2
Santos
3-7 3-4 2
Dixon
0-0 0-0 2
Allen
2-4 0-0 4
Williams
Maduegbunam 2-6 0-2 2
Ojinnaka
6-10 2-2 6
2-3 1-4 6
Fall
1-3 1-2 3
Cornelious
Patrick
2-3 2-2 2
1-1 0-0 2
Martin
0-0 1-4 1
Cato
27-57 14-25 35
Totals:
FG FT R
Pratt
B. Wright
5-10 2-5 5
2-7 5-8 0
Jones
6-10 5-5 3
J. Wright
Naimie
6-8 2-3 6
4-7 1-4 7
Newbill
4-9 0-0 4
Campbell
5-11 0-0 10
Smith
33-62 15-25 35
Totals:
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Marcus Peters and Tyvon
Branch made the Oakland
Coliseum feel just like home.
Peters, an Oakland native
who grew up attending
Raiders games, set up
Kansas City’s go-ahead
score with an interception
and former Oakland safety
Tyvon Branch put the game
away with an interception
return for a touchdown that
gave the Chiefs their sixth
straight win, 34-20 on Sunday.
“It was a whole lot more
than I expected,” said Peters,
who gave the ball from his
interception to his mother.
“It was hard, man, I can’t lie,
to come out there and stay
focused. My nerves were up
and down.
“Early in the game my
emotions were everywhere
so it took for coach and the
other leaders on the team to
just bring me back. I made
some silly mistakes early,
but they reeled me in.”
Peters and Branch helped
key a momentum-changing
fourth quarter as Kansas
City (7-5) turned three interceptions by Derek Carr into
three touchdowns to remain
in the AFC wild-card lead.
Alex Smith threw two TD
passes to Jeremy Maclin
after Carr’s first two interceptions to lead the opportunistic Chiefs to another
win.
“We knew we dug ourselves in a hole in the beginning of the year, but we’ve
been battling back every
week — just working hard
and believing in each other
and coming out with victories,” said linebacker Josh
Mauga, whose interception
started the fourth-quarter
barrage.
Carr became the third
Raiders quarterback since
the team moved back to
Oakland in 1995 to throw
three fourth-quarter interceptions to send the Raiders
to their fourth loss in five
games and likely a 13th season without a playoff berth.
“I played a lot of football in
my life, won a lot of games,
lost a lot of games. But today
was probably one of the
hardest losses I’ve been a
part of in my career,” safety
Charles Woodson said. “That
was a tough loss.”
The game turned odd late
in the third quarter after the
Raiders took a 20-14 lead on
a 5-yard TD pass from Carr
to Lee Smith. But Sebastian
Janikowski hit the upright
on the extra point, ending a
streak of 225 straight
makes.
The Raiders then forced a
punt and were driving to
make it a two-score game
when Carr tried to make
something out of nothing
and it cost him. He tried to
throw the ball away to avoid
a sack, but was hit on the
play and the ball went right
to Mauga, who rumbled 65
yards to the 2 on the return.
“The only thing in my
mind was try to get as close
to the goal line or even
score,” Mauga said. “I was
hoping I could score, but I
ran out of gas.”
Maclin then scored on a
1-yard pass from Smith. But
the holder Dustin Colquitt
couldn’t get the snap down
and the Chiefs missed the
extra point, keeping the
game tied at 20.
Carr then threw another
interception on the next possession after Michael Crabtree tripped and Peters
returned it 58 yards to the
13. Maclin then took a short
pass and ran 13 yards for
the go-ahead score only to
have kicker Cairo Santos
miss the point after attempt.
The botched kicks proved
contagious as Janikowski
hit the upright again on
Oakland’s ensuing possession on a 49-yard field goal
try.
The Raiders got another
chance, but Branch scooped
up a pass that deflected off
Cooper’s hands and ran it
back 38 yards for the score.
“I’m pretty ticked off,
especially on how some of
them happened,” Carr said.
“I get pretty upset. Those
things will happen. It just
(stinks) that it happened all
back to back like that.”
The Raiders took a 14-7
lead going into the half after
Woodson ripped the ball
away from Kelce with the
Chiefs in field goal range and
returned it 38 yards to the
Kansas City 36. It was Woodson’s second fumble recovery of the game and set up
Michael Crabtree’s 25-yard
TD catch.
A
0
0
7
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
17
A
5
12
5
0
0
0
1
23
T
0
2
3
3
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
14
T
1
6
1
2
0
1
0
11
F
0
0
0
2
0
5
1
3
2
3
3
2
0
21
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TP
3
8
14
10
0
4
5
17
5
3
6
2
1
78
TP
13
10
21
12
9
11
10
88
Chiefs steal one from Raiders
Passing it along
With Beloit’s Luke Hesting (11) chasing after him, Concordia’s Ethan Bechard passes the ball
to a teammate during the Panthers’ 72-70 win over the Trojans Friday night. (Blade photo by
Jay Lowell)
Panthers hang on to
defeat Trojans, 72-70
BELOIT — A six point
outburst by Cooper Holmes,
a three-point basket that
wasn’t and a clutch free
throw by Dyelan Reed
allowed the Concordia Panthers to escape with a 72-70
victory over Beloit in the
season opener Friday night.
Concordia, up by as
many as 13 points in the
second half, surrendered
the lead to Beloit, 66-65,
when Paxton Harris made a
layup with 2:14 remaining
in the game.
Holmes, who had a huge
night for Concordia, made
two free throws and then
got a steal and a layup to
put the Panthers back up
69-66.
Following an empty possession by Beloit, Holmes
was fouled again. The senior made both free throws,
and Concordia led 71-66
with 1:19 to play.
Holmes hit 10 of 19 field
goal attempts and all 15 of
his free throws in scoring 35
points. He also pulled down
17 rebounds, including
nine offensive.
Beloit scored on a drive
by Harris with 30 seconds
left to make it a 71-68 game.
Concordia turned the
ball over, and Luke Hesting
buried a three-point shot
that would have tied the
game with 21 seconds to
play, but a whistle blew just
before the shot went up.
“The official told me that
he thought he traveled so he
blew the whistle, but then
he realized he didn’t. It was
just an inadvertent whistle,”
Concordia coach Michael
Roe said.
Beloit got the ball out of
bounds, but Hesting missed
a three-point attempt, and
the Panthers grabbed the
rebound.
Reed, a freshman, was
fouled with 10 seconds left,
and he made the first free
throw to put the Panthers
up 72-68.
He missed the second,
but a three-point attempt
by Hesting was no good.
A jump ball gave the ball
back to Beloit, and a shot at
the buzzer made the final
margin two points.
“I thought it was a great
win for us. We kind of
accomplished our goal. We
got great contributions out
of everybody,” Roe said,
“Beloit is a great team. Any
time you can win over there
it is a great accomplishment.”
Concordia jumped out to
a 10-5 lead in the game.
Beloit rallied to pull even at
12-12 heading into the second quarter.
A pair of three-point baskets by reserve guard
Manny Mares helped the
Panthers take an 18-14
advantage.
There would be five lead
changes over the next five
minutes.
Beloit led 27-26 when
two free throws by Ethan
Bechard ignited a Concordia run.
Ian Nordell then scored
inside, Holmes completed
three-point plays on consecutive possessions and
then made two free throws
to give the Panthers a 38-27
halftime lead.
“He was a beast inside.
He wasn’t going to be
stopped,” Roe said of
Holmes, “We had other guys
shoot which gave Coop an
opportunity for an offensive
rebound.”
A layup by Bechard 13
seconds into the second half
put Concordia up 40-27.
“I kind of thought we
might be able to stretch it
out to 20, but Beloit
knocked down a couple of
threes,” Roe said.
The two teams would
exchange baskets over the
next four minutes, and Panthers led 55-42 when Mares
hit his third three with 4:01
to play in the third quarter.
Mares finished with 11
points in the game.
Hesting
and
Colson
Reames hit threes during a
12-2 Beloit spurt that
closed the gap to 57-54.
A basket by Bechard gave
Concordia a 59-54 lead
heading into the fourth
quarter.
Holmes made two free
throws early in the final
period, and the Panthers led
61-54.
Beloit scored five straight
points, and trailed just 6159.
A follow by Holmes and
two free throws by Billy
Bechard pushed Concordia’s lead to 65-59 with 3:40
left.
Beloit got a basket by
Caydren Cox, a three-point
play by Hunter Budke and a
layup by Reames to take its
first lead of the second half,
66-65.
Six straight points by
Holmes gave the Panthers
the lead back, and they
were able to hold on for the
win.
“I thought we responded
very well to their run. It was
good to see our guys rally
and play some solid basketball the last three or four
minutes,” Roe said.
Ethan Bechard finished
with 10 points, seven
rebounds and four assists.
Nordell scored eight
points and grabbed 11
rebounds.
Concordia finished 20 of
22 from the free throw line.
Reames and Hesting led
three Trojans in double figures with 19 points each.
Budke scored 17.
Concordia plays its second of three straight road
games at Republic County
on Tuesday night.
CONCORDIA (72)
Mares 4-0-3 11, B. Bechard 1-2-4
4, James 0-0-1 0, E. Bechard 4-2-4
10, Nordell 4-0-1 8, Reed 1-1-1 4,
Holmes 10-15-1 35.
BELOIT (70)
Riemann 0-02-3 2, Smith 2-0-4 5,
Cox 2-0-2 4, Budke 8-1-3 17, Hesting
1-5-2 19, Reames 8-1-2 19, Travis 20-3 4, Mason 0-0-2 0. Totals: 28-6-22
70.
Trojans turn back Panthers, 68-60
BELOIT — An up and
down season opener ended
on a down note for the Concordia High School girls’
basketball team.
Concordia got out to an
8-2 lead in the game, and
then gave up a 16-4 Beloit
run to fall behind.
The Panthers used a 20-3
spurt to open the second
half to turn a 39-27 deficit
into a 47-42 lead, but were
outscored 26-13 the rest of
the way in suffering a 68-60
loss to the Trojans on Friday night.
“We are a young team, I
have to remember that,”
Concordia coach Michael
Wahlmeier said, “When you
turn the ball over that many
times it is going to be hard
to win.”
The Panthers committed
27 turnovers in the game.
Concordia, after going up
8-2 early, went nearly four
minutes without scoring.
Beloit reeled off eight
straight points to go on top
10-8.
Two free throws by
Mykah Eshbaugh and a
layup by Jennifer Garcia
gave Concordia the lead
back at 12-10.
Beloit got consecutive
threes by Taryn Post and
Alana Budke and a layup by
Budke to reclaim the lead,
18-12.
The Trojans knocked
down 10 three-point shots
in the game, seven in the
first half.
“It would help if we would
have guarded the perimeter.
I wasn’t very pleased with
how we guarded the threepoint line,” Wahlmeier said.
Concordia got as close as
three points, 20-17, in the
second quarter on a layup
by Cydney Bergmann.
Budke buried a three and
Josie Wilson completed a
three-point play to put
Beloit up 26-17.
The Trojans had a 39-27
lead at halftime.
Two free throws by Jordan Eshbaugh and a steal
and layup by Bergmann in
the first 1:56 of the second
half left Concordia trailing
39-31.
Wilson hit another three
for Beloit to make it 42-31.
he Eshbaugh sisters then
combined to score 16
straight Concordia points.
Jordan and Mykah Eshbaugh hit back to back
threes.
Mykah knocked down a
jumper, and then Jordan
sandwiched a pair of threes
around a 15-foot jumper,
and Concordia had the lead
back 47-42 with 1:05 to
Strait places first,
CHS finishes fifth
WAMEGO — Led by
sophomore Zach Strait, the
Concordia High School
wrestling team had four
wrestlers place in the top
three at the Wamego Invitational on Saturday.
Strait won all five of his
matches to place first in the
113-pound class for the
Panthers.
Cameron Miller (138),
Tracer Workman (160) and
Austin Higbee (285) finished second for the Panthers.
Jared Knapp placed third
in the 182-pound class.
Concordia finished fifth
as a team with 149 points.
Salina Central won the
tournament
with
256
points. Abilene was second
with 214 and Wamego was
third with 159.
Strait defeated David
Rook,
Wamego;
Chris
Botkin, Tonganoxie; and
Landon Randall, Ottawa, by
fall. He defeated Julion
Falco, Salina Central, 7-6
and then pulled out a 1-0
win over Dylan Bloom,
Wamego.
Miller pinned Devin Garcia, Wamego; Blaise Chambers, Ottawa; and Dawson
Bennett, Tonganoxie. He
won by fall over Isaac
Korinek, Salina Central,
and then dropped a 6-4
decision to Alex Pierson,
Wamego.
Workman was also 4-1 in
the
tournament. He pinned
Eyes on the prize
Marcos Gonzalez, Wamego,
Eyes on the prize
and Dalton Peters, Salina
Concordia guard Cydney Bergmann eyes the basket as she drives in for a shot against Beloit Central; Kevin Wilson, Abiin the season opener Friday night. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
lene; and Nicolas Desch,
both free throws to make it Topeka Hayden. He then
advantage.
play in the third quarter.
lost by fall to Peters in the
Concordia would battle 63-58.
“On the offensive end
A jumper by Bergmann championship match.
they were making good deci- back to within two points,
Higbee posted a 3-2
sions and hitting shots,” 59-57, when Bergmann closed the gap to 63-60 with
record in the tournament.
scored on a drive with 2:07 32 seconds left.
Wahlmeier said.
Beloit would score the
Jordan Eshbaugh led to play in the game.
Bergmann finished with final five points of the game
Concordia with 19 points
16 points, six rebounds, to secure the win.
and also had 13 rebounds.
“We know there are some
Mykah Eshbaugh scored nine assists and five steals.
Blaise Spangler scored younger players who can
13 points in her varsity
debut and grabbed nine off an offensive rebound, play, it is just going to be
and Beloit led 61-57 with finding that consistency so
rebounds.
GREAT BEND — The Conwe know they can do it
A three-point basket by 1:24 on the clock.
Peyton Reynolds was night in and night out,” cordia Junior High School
Budke left Beloit trailing 47wrestling team went 2-3 and
45 heading into the fourth fouled 14 seconds later. She Wahlmeier said.
Budke paced Beloit with placed fifth in the Great Bend
made the first free throw,
quarter.
Tournament on Saturday.
20 points.
Six straight points by but missed the second.
Concordia downed Dodge
Behrends
added
18
Bergmann grabbed the
Remi Behrends in the first
City
48-42 in the opening
1:42 of the final period gave offensive rebound, but points for the Trojans.
round
of the dual tournaConcordia
plays
at
Beloit the lead back, 51-47. missed a follow attempt,
Mykah Eshbaugh scored and Concordia trailed 61- Republic County on Tues- ment.
Anguish,
85
Jordan
day night.
on a drive, but the Trojans 58.
pounds; Jacob Williams, 100
Beloit ran the clock down
got two free throws by
pounds; Wyatt Trost, 120
CONCORDIA (60)
Budke and a three by to 41 seconds before SpanVines 1-0-1 8, Bergmann 8-0-3
Behrends to grab a 56-49 gler was fouled. She made 16, Miller 1-0-2 2, Reynolds 1-1-0 3, pounds; won by pin for the
Panthers.
Jacob Rosenbaum, 110
pounds, and Robert Trost,
141 pounds, won by decision.
six points in 1:04 to make four free throws and got a er than 12 points over the
Sajen
Kemling,
75
three-point play by Lexi final eight minutes.
it 24-17.
pounds; Tristan Mikesell,
“It was a win we need- 115 pounds;
Consecutive threes by Shamberger to get within
Hunter
ed,” Erkenbrack said.
Kaley Broeckelman and four points, 47-43.
Schroeder, 127 pounds; and
Alexander scored 15 Eyann Zimmerman won by
Gabrielle Figgers and
Chelcie Kizart stretched
knocked points and grabbed six forfeit.
the T -Birds’ lead to 30-17. Broeckelman
Cloud County connect- down threes and Kizart rebounds for the T -Birds.
Eman Funk, 90 pounds,
Cloud County was 25 of Dylan Thoman, 95 pounds;
ed on 10 of 28 three-point completed a three-point
attempts for 36 percent in play to put Cloud County 57 from the floor for 44 Anthony
148
Bieker,
percent and 17 of 22 from pounds; Lucas Burchfiel,
up 56-43.
the game.
“We hit a number of big the line for 77 percent.
“All of the threes we hit
155 pounds; and Chas CarlBreanna Baxter scored gren, 165 pounds, lost by
were big,” Erkenbrack shots, and especially right
there at the end of the 13 points for Pratt.
said.
fall.
Mattison Dusen finPratt, 7-4 overall and 1- third quarter when they
Zane Reed, 105 pounds
1 in the league, trimmed had made a run at us,” ished with 12 points and and Layton Kindel, 134
Ortiz added 10.
Erkenbrack said.
the deficit to 32-25.
pounds, lost by decision.
The T -Birds now have a
Broeckelman was four
A three-point play by
Concordia was beaten 63Erin Alexander gave Cloud of nine from three-point week off before hosting 29 by Garden City.
range in scoring 20 points, Neosho County on Sunday
County a 35-25 lead.
Anguish, Mikesell and
A 7-2 run to open the and had five rebounds and afternoon.
Wyatt Trost won by fall.
“It was very much needsecond half left Pratt trail- four assists.
Zimmerman
won
by
“Kaley Broeckelman hit ed,” Erkenbrack said of the techinical fall.
ing just 37-32 when Kizart
buried a three to make it some big threes, and for break, “We can get some of
Robert Trost and Schroedthe second night in a row this sickness out of us and er won by decision.
40-32.
Kizart was 7 of 15 from was more aggressive offen- get ready for Neosho on
Kemling, Funk, Thoman,
Sunday.”
the field, including three of sively,” Erkenbrack said.
Reed, Rosenbaum, Kindel,
A layup by Jazzmen
seven from three-point
Bieker, Burchfiel and CarlCounty FG FT R A T F TP
range, and six of seven the Ortiz as time ran out in the Cloud
7-15 6-7 8 10 3 2 23
Kizart
free throw line in scoring third quarter left Pratt Figgers
3-11 0-0 1 3 2 1
9
Farber
1-4 1-4 8 2 0 5
3
23 points. She also had trailing 56-45.
Flach
0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0
0
The Beavers scored the Broeckelman 7-12 2-2 5 4 7 2 20
eight rebounds and 10
4-5 7-7 6 1 0 4 15
first two points of the Alexander
assists.
BELOIT — Tyler Stupka
7
3-6 1-2 3 4 1 3
“Chelcie Kizart made a fourth period on a basket Price
and
Garrett
Lawrence
Thomson
0-2 0-0 1 0 0 2
0
lot of plays throughout the by Megan Poole.
scored
20
points
each to
Totals:
25-57 17-22 33 24 13 19 77
FG FT R A T F TP
Kizart answered with a Pratt
course of the night. She hit
lead the Concordia junior
3-7 4-4 2 3 4 2 10
some big threes and made three. Poole scored again Ortiz
varsity boys’ basketball
2
0-3 2-2 2 1 1 3
Nuest
a number of nice passes,” for the Beavers.
team to a 66-57 win over
Taylor
0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1
0
9
3-7 3-4 0 0 2 3
Cloud County got a bas- Poole
Erkenbrack said.
Beloit on Friday night.
Hoenscheidt
1-6 0-0 1 4 1 2
2
Cloud County extended ket by Alexander and a free Jones
Concordia also got nine
2-4 1-6 1 0 0 0
6
the lead to 10 points, 47- throw each by Kizart and Baxter
6-14 1-4 13 1 3 1 13
points by Isaac Mehl, eight
0-0 0-0 3 2 0 2
0
37, when Pratt made Darby Price to go up 63-49 Dusin
by Matthew James and
Rhode
5-15 2-5 12 1 1 3 12
with 8:18 remaining.
another push.
seven by Corben Monzon.
2
1-1 0-0 2 1 0 4
Broadus
24-63 14-26 43 24 14 21 64
Totals:
Pratt would get no closThe Beavers hit three of
The Panthers bolted to a
Thunderbirds fend off Beavers, 77-64
PRATT — Going wire to
wire, the Cloud County
women’s basketball team
picked up a Jayhawk Conference road win by knocking off Pratt Community
College 77-64 Saturday
afternoon.
Cloud County jumped
out to a 9-3 lead in the
game, and then fended off
a number of challenges by
Pratt to bounce back from
a loss at Cowley Community College on Wednesday.
The
Thunderbirds
improve to 10-4 overall
and 2-1 in conference
play.
“I don’t think we played
particularly well, but we
weren’t terrible,” Cloud
County coach Brett Erkenbrack said, “We were good
enough to win. That was
our fifth game in nine days
with four of those away
from home, and I think in
a lot of ways it showed.”
Scoring the first three
points of the game, Cloud
County would never trail.
The T -Birds got out to a
9-3 lead in the game.
Pratt would score five
straight points to close the
gap to 9-8.
A 10-3 spurt over the
final 3:48 of the first quarter gave the T -Birds a 1911 cushion.
Cloud County led 24-11
when the Beavers scored
Blade-Empire Monday, December 7, 2015 5
He pinned Aaron Gomez,
Topeka Hayden, and Breck
Schlup, Chase County; and
won by injury default over
Taven Haith, Salina Central. He lost by fall to Kaden
Niemeyer, Rock Creek, and
to Tyler Patrick, Wamego.
Knapp won four of his
five matches on his way to
placing third. He pinned
Dalton Hull, Tonganoxie;
Brayden Collins, Topeka
Hayden; and Trevor Jones,
Herington; lost by fall to
Kyle True, Salina Central;
and then pinned Cade Gibb,
Chase County.
Concordia had Brenton
Edwards, 126 pounds, and
Brent
Beaumont,
220
pounds, finish 2-3 and
place fourth in the tournament.
Logan
Higbee,
170
pounds, went 2-3, and did
not place.
Blake Leiszler was 0-3 in
the 106-pound class.
“This was a good start to
our season as everyone had
some tough-fought matches,” Concordia coach Kevin
Brown said, “At the end of
the day I felt we competed
well, but left a few matches
out there that we were in
position to win, however
didn’t finish the matches.
We are going to need to do a
better job of staying disciplined and setting up our
attacks and making the
most of our scoring opportunities.”
Concordia
had
two
wrestlers compete in the
Salina South junior varsity
tournament on Saturday.
Alec Ngo went 4-1 and
placed first in the 106pound class.
Carson McMillan was 1-2
in the 113-pound class.
CJHS wrestling team
places fifth in tourney
gren, lost by fall.
Williams lost by decision.
Hays downed Concordia,
63-28.
Anguish,
Schroeder,
Robert Trost and Carlgren
won by fall.
Zimmerman won a major
decision.
Kemling, Anguish, Funk,
Reed, Kindel, Bieker, and
Burchfiel lost by fall.
Thoman, Williams, Rosenbaum and Wyatt Trost lost
by decision.
he Panthers suffered a
narrow 43-42 loss to Junction City.
Kemling,
Thoman,
Schroeder and Zimmerman
won by fall.
Kindel and Robert Trost
won by decision.
Anguish and Wyatt Trost
won by forfeit.
Williams lost by decision.
Reed and Carlgren lost by
major decision.
Rosenbaum lost by technical fall.
Funk, Bieker and Burchfiel lost by fall.
Concordia then rolled past
Chapman, 58-18.
Anguish,
Rosenbaum,
Mikesell, Kindel, Bieker and
Zimmerman won by fall.
Carlgren won by major
decision.
Kemling, Funk, Wyatt
Trost and Schroeder won by
forfeit.
Thoman lost by decision.
Williams, Burchfiel and
Robert Trost lost by fall.
CHS JV boys win
17-10 first quarter lead.
Beloit poured in 24
points in the second stanza,
and allowed just 11, to go
up 34-28.
Concordia outscored the
Trojans 21-11 in the third
quarter to reclaim the lead
at 49-45.
The Panthers added 17
points in the final quarter to
12 for Beloit.
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Is now accepting applications
for
Assistant Managers,
Shift Leaders &
Restaurant Management.
Open interviews on December
8th at 1707 Lincoln Street
from 10-5. Please send
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Motivation and willingness to
work as a team are a must.
Starting wages are based
on experience, with benefits
including:
*401(k) Retirement Plan
* Paid Days Off, Sick leave,
and Six Annual Holidays.
* Supplemental Insurance
Plans
* Sign on Bonus of $500
($250 after 3 months and
$250 after 6 months)
For an opportunity to work
in the growing healthcare
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at www.sunsethomeinc.com
or in person at 620 Second
Avenue, Concordia.
Sunset Home, Inc. is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Sunset Home, Inc. does drug
testing.
SUNSET HOME, INC.
Is accepting applications for
various positions
CNA Day and Evening
Shifts, Full and Part
time: Positions would
include working every other
weekend.
Qualifications- 2+ years of
drumming, age 13-17 years
old.
CMA Day Shift, Full
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include working every other
weekend.
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DUTIES &
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Ad design & layout for
both print, web and email
* Establish & maintain good
customer relationship
* Ad Sales
DESIRED SKILLS AND/
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* Knowledge of Indesign,
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Starting wages are based
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EATONVILLE, Fla. (AP) –
As part of Michelle Obama’s
healthy eating initiative, a
group of major food retailers promised in 2011 to open
or expand 1,500 grocery or
convenience stores in and
around neighborhoods with
no supermarkets by 2016. By
their own count, they’re far
short.
Moreover, an analysis of
federal food stamp data by
The Associated Press reveals that the nation’s largest
chains – not just the handful involved in the first lady’s
group – have since built new
supermarkets in only a fraction of the neighborhoods
where they’re needed most.
The Partnership for a
Healthier America, which
also promotes good nutrition
and exercise in its anti-obesity mission, considers improving access to fresh food a key
part of the solution. But the
AP’s research demonstrates
that major grocers overwhelmingly avoid America’s
food deserts instead of trying
to turn a profit in high-poverty areas.
Among the AP’s findings:
– The nation’s top 75
food retailers opened almost
10,300 stores in new locations
from 2011 to the first quarter
of 2015, 2,434 of which were
grocery stores. Take away
convenience stores and “dollar stores,” which generally
don’t sell fresh fruits, vegetables or meat, and barely
more than 250 of the new supermarkets were in so-called
food deserts, or neighborhoods without stores that offer fresh produce and meats.
– As the largest supermarket chains have been slow to
build in food deserts, dollar
stores have multiplied rapidly. Three chains – Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar
Tree – made up two-thirds of
Sales Calendar
new stores in food deserts.
And the dollar store sector
is consolidating: Dollar Tree
merged with Family Dollar
this year, creating the largest
dollar-store chain in the nation and, in the process, less
competition and less incentive to diversify what these
stores offer.
– Excluding dollar stores
and 7-Elevens, just 1.4 million of the more than 18 million people the USDA says
lived in food deserts as of
2010 got a new supermarket
in the past four years.
On top of all that, it’s difficult to say how many more
people live in newer food deserts created by recent store
closures.
Viola Hill used to walk
several times a week to a
Schnucks supermarket a
block away from her apartment in her struggling north
St. Louis neighborhood, until
that store shuttered last year.
Now, she can get to a supermarket only once a month,
when she pays a friend $10 to
drive her to one several miles
away.
“I have to get enough food
to last me a whole month,”
said Hill, a retiree who likes
to cook chicken and green
beans. “It hurt us really badly
when they closed because we
depended on the Schnucks
for medication and my food
there. It was a lot of people
hurt, not just me.”
Schnucks officials said
they were losing money on
the store, which now sits
boarded up with weeds growing in its parking lot.
The
U.S.
Department
of Agriculture considers a
neighborhood a food desert if
at least a fifth of the residents
live in poverty and a third live
more than a mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or
more than 10 miles in rural
areas, where residents are
more likely to have cars.
The first lady’s group’s
2014 progress report, its
most recent, says the companies that made pledges have
opened or renovated 602 grocery stores or other food retail
locations, well below halfway
toward their collective goal.
The partnership counted
companies as having met
their commitments if the
stores they opened or renovated fell within a mile of a
USDA-designated food desert
in a city, or within 10 miles of
Sunset Home, Inc. is an
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Sunset Home, Inc. does drug
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City of Concordia
CDBG FINAL PERFORMANCE PUBLIC HEARING
The Concordia City Commission will hold a public hearing on December 16, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.
at City Hall 701 Washington St. in Concordia for the purpose of evaluating the performance of
Community Development Block Grant project No. 13-CR-002 which was for the purpose of rehabilitating the commercial building located at 101 E. 6th Street in Concordia, Kansas.
Work included door restoration and repair; window restoration and repair; stained glass repair;
repair and restoration of glass prisms and cast iron steps; painting; tuck re-pointing; electrical
repair and roofing repair. Work done in support of these activities included, but was not limited to
mobilization, traffic control, site preparation, architectural design/inspection and administration.
This project was funded in part by Kansas Department of Commerce Small Cities Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The remaining funds were provided by private sources. All aspects of the grant will be discussed and oral and written comments will be recorded and
become a part of the Concordia CDBG Citizen Participation Plan.
Reasonable accommodations will be made available to persons with disabilities. Requests
for accommodations should be submitted to the City Clerk at 785-243-2670, by December 14 at
noon.
•Saturday, December 12,
2015– Cloud County Real
Estate Auction at 10:00
a.m. located at the farm 12
miles South of Concordia, MUTTS® by Patrick McDonnell
Kanas on Hwy. 81, 1 mile
East on Eagle Road and 3/8
mile South on 150th Road.
(475 N. 150th Road, Aurora,
Kansas). 144 Acres Tillable
and Creek w/Home. Jim
White Estate, Seller. Larry
Lagasse Auction.
•Saturday, March 12,
2016 – Optimist Club Annual Consignment Auction.
ZITS® by Scott and Borgman
BABY BLUE® by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH® by John Rose
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Apply in person, M-F, 8:30-4:30.
Mount Joseph Senior Village
1110 W. 11th St.
Concordia, KS. EOE
Notice
a rural one. The AP analyzed
which of the new stores that
opened lie directly within food
deserts.
Research has shown that
a lack of access to healthy
foods contributes to health
problems, such as obesity
and diabetes. Proximity to a
supermarket can make a big
difference in what people eat,
especially if they don’t drive,
although other factors such
as food culture also play a
role.
Even though a neighborhood without a supermarket
may have a corner grocer,
the large chains have much
greater leverage and economies of scale to bring a wider of variety of products at
cheaper prices.
Jock Riggins likes to cook
and tries as often as he can
to make his favorite meal of
cube steak with bell peppers,
rice and gravy. But getting
to the supermarket nearest
to his home in Eatonville,
Florida, north of Orlando, requires pedaling his rusted bicycle down a clogged, six-lane
road with narrow shoulders,
and balancing bags of groceries in each hand on the way
back.
(Published in the Concordia Blade Empire the week of December 7, 2015)
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Grocery chains leave food deserts barren
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE® by Chris Browne
Blade-Empire, Monday, December 7, 2015 7
Courthouse
District Court
LIMITED CIVIL
Settled:
Discover Bank received
a judgment of $5,717.85
and costs from Joseph
Henry Urban, Concordia.
Central National Bank
seeks
a
judgment
of
$1,552.01 plus costs of
$74 from Corey G. Haskins,
Belleville.
NexTech Wireless received a judgment of
$927.40 plus interest and
costs from Harold Mildrexler, Clyde.
NexTech Wireless received a judgment of
$1,408.42 plus interest
and costs from Ryan Liby,
Clyde.
TRAFFIC
All Subtypes
Nov. 25-Dec. 2
The following people received fines for Speeding:
Timothy J. Ahmann, $231;
Miguel Andrade-Cardenas,
Derick J. Burns, George B.
Daguio, Phillip W. Daugherty, Chris Detsadachanh,
Trellis Haynes, Eric Dean
Johnson, Christopher W.
Piszczek, Brock Sallman,
$153; Leonard H. Corporan, $81; Peyton M. Cotten,
$438; Kenneth Washington
Crawford, $75; Aramando Esparza Duran, $303;
Caroline K. Elliston, $285;
William D. Finke III, $195;
Natalie B. Garcia, $207;
Rebecca E. Kidder, Sotero
Mares Jr., $240; Antonie
J. Mcclain, $276; Leroy F.
Nithman, $213; Jose M.
Torres Rodriguez, $189;
Michael J. Schooler, $231;
David C. Splain, $183.
Receiving fines for other
violations were: Timothy
J. Ahmann, operating motor vehicle without a valid
license, $100; Leonard H.
Corporan, driving while
suspended, first conviction, $208; Kenneth Washington Crawford, driving
while suspended, third or
subsequent
conviction,
$358; Christina K. Deal,
operating motor vehicle
without a valid license,
$158; Christina K. Deal,
driving while license canceled/suspended/revoked,
$100; Christina K. Deal,
vehicles: unlawful registration, $158; Aramando
Duran Esparza,
driving
while license canceled/
suspended/revoked, $100;
Wendy Marie Huff, child
passenger safety, $249;
Wendy Marie Huff, failure
to wear seat belt, $10; Rebecca E. Kidder, vehicles,
unlawful registration, $50;
Noah Quentin Rice, driving
while suspended, first conviction, $289.
CRIMINAL
Amanda M. Russell appeared Dec. 3 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of Driving While License
Suspended, Third Offense.
She was sentenced to 60
days in the Cloud County
Jail and ordered to pay a
fine of $150, attorney fees
of $100 and costs of the
action, $108. Defendant’s
sentence shall be suspended, with the exception of a
five-day term, on the condition that all fines and costs
are paid in full by Dec. 31.
Defendant shall report to
the Cloud County Jail to
serve two days on Dec. 31
at 11:30 o’clock a.m. The
balance of three days shall
be served on house arrest.
Defendant shall report
to the office of the Cloud
County Attorney on Dec.
31 prior to reporting to jail
to sign the Journal entry.
Christopher D. SuttonKearn appeared Oct. 8
and was found Guilty and
convicted of No Driver’s License and No Liability Insurance. He was sentenced
to 30 days in the Cloud
County Jail and ordered to
pay a fine of $50, and costs
of the action, $108 for the
no driver’s license violation and sentenced to 30
days in the Cloud County
Jail and ordered to pay a
fine of $300 for the no liability insurance violation.
Defendant’s sentence was
suspended on the condition that all fines and costs
are paid in full by Dec. 11,
2015.
Brett Eugene Barleen
appeared Dec. 2 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of Obstructing or Interfering with Law Enforcement,
Transporting an Open Container and Driving Left of
Center. He was sentenced
to 12 months in the Cloud
County Jail and ordered
to pay costs of
the action, $158, a fine of $125,
an alcohol/drug testing
fee of $40, a probation supervision fee of $60 and
all other assessed fees for
the obstructing or interfering with law enforcement
charge. For transporting an
open container he was ordered to pay a fine of $100.
For driving left of center he
was ordered to pay a fine of
$75. Defendant’s sentence
was suspended and he was
placed on supervised probation with Court Services
for six months following
specific terms and conditions.
Christina K. Deal appeared Dec. 2 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of No Driver’s License. She
was sentenced o 30 days
in the Cloud County Jail
and ordered to pay a fine
of $100 and costs of the
action, $108. Defendant’s
sentence shall be suspended on condition that all
fines and costs are paid in
full by Jan. 27. Defendant
was also found Guilty of
Driving While License Suspended, First Offense and
No Registration. For drivig
while license suspended,
first offense, she was senenced to 60 days in the
Cloud County Jail ad ordered to pay a fine of $100
and costs of the action,
$108. For no registration,
she was ordered to pay a
fine of $50. Defendant’s
sentence was suspended
on condition that all fines
and costs are paid in full
by Jan. 27, 2016.
Cory Allen Guinn appeared Dec. 1. The Court
found that the unpaid balance of his case was referred to the Court Trustee
for collection. Defendant’s
probation shall be terminated as unsuccessful,
effective once the Court
trustee’s office establishes
jurisdiction.
Aramando Duran Esparaza appeared Dec. 2
and was found Guilty and
convicted of Driving While
License Suspended, First
Offense. He was ordered
to pay a fine of $100 and
costs of the action, $108.
He was also convicted of
Speeding, 100/70 and ordered to pay a fine of $195
forthwith.
Kathleen C. Rice appeared Dec. 2. The Court
found that Defendant had
violated the terms and
conditions of her probation
and the same should be revoked. She was remanded
to the custody of the Cloud
County Jail to serve 10
days beginning Dec. 1. The
Court found hat the unpaid balance of this case
was referred to the Court
trustee for collection. Defendant’s probation shall
be terminated as unsuccessful once the Court
trustee’s office establishes
jurisdiction.
Defendant
forfeits ownership of all the
animals seized to the City
of Concordia for the purposes of adoption.
Noah Quentin Rice appeared Dec. 1 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of Driving While License
Suspended, First Offense.
He was sentenced to 30
days in the Cloud County
Jail and ordered to pay a
fine of $100 and costs of
the action, $108. His sentence was suspended on
condition that all fines and
costs are paid in full by
Jan. 27, 2016. Division of
Motor Vehicles shall be notified of this conviction.
LEGAL TRANSFERS
Trustee’s Deed:
Bogutz and Gordon P.C.,
successor trustee and Max
Clayton trust to Deanna
Richardson and Deanna
Richardson trust, an undivided one-half interest
in and to the southwest
quarter and the south half
southeast quarter in 32-64 except a tract, see record.
Quit Claim Deed:
William S. Drury and
Amy R. Drury to William S.
Drury and Amy R. Drury,
lot 14 and the west half of
lot 13 in block A Erickson’s
addition to the city of Concordia Cloud County Kansas.
Warranty Deeds:
Matthew Cody Moulton,
Wendy Moulton, Robert
Anthony Moulton, Pamela
J. Moulton and Kimberly
Kaye Fowler to Steven E.
Lindsey and Priscilla A.
Lindsey, west half of northeast quarter of 21-5-2
west of the 6th P.M. Cloud
County Kansas, see record;
northeast quarter of 21-5-3
west of the 6th P.M. Cloud
County Kansas, see record.
Kevin D. Wright and
Kimberly R. Snyder to
Kevin D. Wright, lot 5 in
Troup’s sub-division of
block 1 in Gaylord and
Matthews Addition to the
city of Concordia Cloud
County Kansas according
to the recorded plat thereof
except and subject to all
easements visible and of
record.
Joe E. Warner, Darlene
M. Warner and Brandon
L. Prochaska to Mary K.
Prochaska, beginning at a
point 31 rods 7 feet 6 inches west of a stone situated 2
rods south and 2 rods west
of the northeast corner of
section 14 township township 8 south range 5 west
of the 6th P.M. running
thence west 18 rods 8 feet
11 inches thence south 17
rods, thence east18 rods 8
feet 11 inches to the place
of beginning of this tract
north 140’3” thence west
152’-11 1/2” thence south
140’-3” thence east 152’11 1/2” to the place of beginning being a fractional
part of section 14 township
8 south range 5 west of the
6th P.M., Cloud County
Kansas town of Dell Ray
now city of Glasco.
Dana A. Embree to Kelly
Cool, Laurie Cool and Michael J. Dwyer, southwest
quarter 2-8-4.
EARLY HISTORY OF
CLOUD COUNTY
BY H.E. SMITH
MY NIGHT IN A STAGE
COACH
I looked into the face of
the woman who said this,
and I saw that her eyes were
red with weeping. I disengaged the hand she held,
and turned my face to the
wall. The woman laid her
hand upon my arm. “You
must not feel like that. It is
better so. He had only one
friend, and he is with Him
this beautiful Christmas
morning. He had no home
here. It is Christmas day,
and he is at home there.”
I took in mine the comforting hand that lay upon
my arm. “I would like to
see him,” I said.
“He gave his life for me.”
They took me down afterward to what had been he
family sitting room. There
were warm red curtains
at the windows; a bright,
glowing carpet on the floor;
there were bunches of holly and laurel scattered here
and there, and over all was
the atmosphere of home.
They left me at the door.
I went in and stood by the
side of the couch on which
they had laid him. The eyes
of tender blue were closed
forever, the yellow hair
was parted over the boyish brows, and still about
the brave, sweet mouth
the bright smile played as
it did at the first moment
of our meeting, when my
implied doubt of him called
it there. He lay before me
dead, in all the glow and
promise of his youth.
The smile which triumphed
above
death’s
ruin, rebuked me, and as
I stooped to kiss the lips of
the beautiful boy, I knew,
as well as man could could
know, that he was not
dead; that He who had only
gone farther on his journey
than I—into a sweeter, fuller, more gracious life than
he had ever known. I also
knew that I should see him
again if I had only made my
own life as brave, unselfish
and true as his had been.
Register of Deeds
Judy Lambert
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Obituaries
SISTER MARGARET ANN BUSER
Sister
Margaret
Ann
Buser died Dec. 7, 2015, at
Cloud County Health Center
in Concordia, Kan. She was
98 years old and a Sister of
St. Joseph for 79 years. She
was born in Halstead, Kan.,
on Dec. 31, 1916, to Daniel
and Ida Winterscheidt Buser, the sixth of eight children,
and was baptized Edith Marguerite. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, Kan., on Sept. 8, 1935.
On March 19, 1936, Edith
received the habit of the Sisters of St. Joseph and was
given the name Sister Margaret Ann. She pronounced
first vows on March 19,
1937, and final vows on August 15, 1940.
Sister Margaret Ann received a B.A. in English from
Marymount College, Salina,
and an M.A. in English from
Notre Dame, Indiana. Her
mission work began teaching English in Tipton, Beloit,
Aurora, Junction City, Salina, Kan., and in Silver City,
N.M. and in the English department at Marymount College, Salina, Kan. She served
the community as Secretary
General from 1965-1971.
After leaving this office, she
served a total of 28 years in
Grand Island, Neb., with 11
of those years in the Marriage Tribunal. In 2004 she
retired to the Motherhouse
in Concordia, followed by a
move to Mount Joseph Senior Village in June of 2015.
Sister Margaret Ann was
preceded in death by her
parents and six sisters. She
Sister Margaret Ann
Buser
is survived by one sister, S.
Mary Angela (Clarice) Buser,
BVM of Chicago, Ill. A Bible
Vigil Service will be held Dec.
9 at 7 p.m. in the Nazareth
Motherhouse Chapel with
Sister Jean Rosemarynoski
as the eulogist. The Mass
of Christian Burial will be
Dec. 10 at 10:30 a.m. in the
Motherhouse Chapel, Father
Jim Hoover presiding. The
burial will be in the Nazareth Motherhouse Cemetery.
Chaput-Buoy Mortuary, 325
W. 6th St., Concordia, Kan.,
is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials for Sister Margaret Ann Buser may be given
to the Sisters of St. Joseph
Health Care/ Retirement
Fund or the Apostolic Works
of the Sisters; P.O Box 279,
Concordia, KS 66901. For
online condolences, please
visit www.chaputbuoy.com.
LELA DON GERMAN
Lela Don German, 80,
Deshler, Neb., died Dec. 1,
2015. She was born Dec.
11, 1934, in Concordia to
Richard (Dick) Kenneth Fox
and Evelyn Lucille Krohn
Fox. Survivors: husband
Kenley German of Deshler;
children: Craig Allan German of Edgar, Neb; Deborah Linn (David) Zucker of
Deshler; and Randall Lee
(Cathy) German of Ray-
more, Mo.; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by:
great-grandchild,
Evan,
and daughter-in-law, Shelley. Cremation selected.
Memorial services at a later
date at Zion Cemetery, rural
Bellevile, Kan. Memorials:
United Methodist Church,
Agenda. Condolences: www.
bachelor-surber.com
PEGGY JEAN LOVELAND
Peggy Jean Loveland,
Concordia, age 77, died Dec.
5, 2015. She was born August 5, 1938, in Miltonvale,
Kan. to Harvey Lee and
Kate Ellen (Ennis) Loveland.
Celebration of Life will be
held Tuesday, December 15,
2015 at 10 a.m. at First
United Methodist Church,
Concordia, with the Rev.
Tessa Zehring officiating.
Full obituary will run in tomorrow’s Blade-Empire.
Markets
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S.
stocks are dropping in midday trading Monday as investors dump energy companies. Benchmark U.S. crude
is trading near its low for the
year following a decision by
OPEC last week not to cut
production. Airline stocks
rose on the prospect of lower
fuel costs.
KEEPING SCORE: The
Dow Jones industrial average gave up 152 points, or
0.9 percent, to 17,695 as of
12:10 p.m. Eastern time. The
Standard & Poor’s 500 index
fell 19 points, or 0.9 percent,
to 2,072. The Nasdaq composite dropped 39 points, or
0.8 percent, to 5,102
ENERGY DROP: Oil drillers and other energy companies are falling sharply as
benchmark U.S. crude continues its 1 ¬Ω year tumble.
U.S. crude fell $1.95, or
nearly 5 percent, to $38.02 a
barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after another sharp drop on Friday.
Natural gas prices also fell.
Among energy stocks, Consol
Energy plunged $1.05, or 13
percent, to $6.67 and Chesapeake Energy lost 35 cents,
or 8 percent, to $4.19.
THE QUOTE: “No one in
the energy patch is willing
to support the price (of oil)
and if they aren’t willing, the
price will keep dropping,”
said Mizuho Securities Chief
Economist Steven Ricchiuto.
“The whole world is facing
excess supply as the global
economy slows.”
TAKING
OFF:
Airline
stocks rose sharply as investors anticipated that lower
fuel costs would help the
companies fatten their profit
margins. JetBlue Airways
jumped $1.03, or 4 percent,
to $26.51, Southwest Airlines rose $1.54, or 3.1 percent, to $50.98 and Delta Air
Lines gained $1.43, or 2.9
percent, to $51.20.
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Brownback’s new commerce
secretary has unique past
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) –
Kansas’ new commerce
secretary has played professional soccer in Italy,
written a romance novel
and filmed a commercial
with Danny DeVito.
Gov. Sam Brownback
cited Antonio Soave’s experience in international
business as the head of
Capistrano Global Advisory Services when he made
the nomination last month,
The Wichita Eagle.
However, Soave also was
a college soccer coach until
just a few weeks ago.
In June, Soave was
named men’s soccer coach
for Ave Maria University, a
Catholic university in Florida that competes in the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and
coached for one season.
“Literally the season
ended and then he ... was
appointed the next week,”
said Kimberly King, the
university’s athletic director.
Soave, a Michigan native with Italian roots,
played
semi-professional
soccer in Italy during the
1980s and has stayed involved since then, founding
the Global Foundation for
Peace Through Soccer in
2003 and writing a soccerthemed romance novel.
When he realized professional soccer wasn’t going
to work out as a career,
Soave said, he returned
to school. That led to an
internship in the Reagan
White House, a law degree
and a career in international business.
He started work Tuesday
as interim commerce secretary - pending confirmation
by the state Senate - and
says he is focused on his
new role.
But he doesn’t see the
dual career paths as disconnected. All of these
pursuits are related to a
broader goal of peace, he
says.
“I learned that we as
members of the human
family have a basic integrity. All members of the human family are created in
the image of God,” he said.
“And as a result, there
is a fundamental respect
that’s owed to all members of the human family,” he continued. “And
that is something that I’m
passionate about, whether
it’s peace through sports,
peace through commerce
or peace through the arts
- all of which, by the way,
I’ve done.”
Soave called coaching at
Ave Maria part of a “ministry and a mission.”
King described Soave
as “a very faithful man”
and said he had originally
planned to move his business to Florida, where “he
would be able to coach,
which I think is more of his
passion, his heart” before
deciding to take the commerce job.
Brownback offered relatively few details when
asked about Soave.
“You know, I don’t remember how he got up on
our view screen,” Brownback said. “But, yeah, he’s
got a fascinating background, got a real impressive background, so I was
very pleased to get him,
and I think he’s going to really help us on focusing in
on the areas where we need
to be particularly focused
for economic growth.”
Soave donated $500 to
Brownback’s
re-election
campaign, according to
campaign finance records.
Brownback called Soave
“a big soccer guy” and noted “we’re obviously making a big play for soccer.”
Last year, U.S. Soccer announced plans to build a
national training center in
Kansas City, Kan., which
the
governor
promised
would bring $1 billion into
the Kansas economy.
Capistrano,
Soave’s
company, has “assisted
with many businesses to
expand their operations
abroad,” commerce spokeswoman Nicole Randall said
in an e-mail. She added
that he had experience in
numerous business sectors, including oil and gas,
construction and heavy
manufacturing.
Soave and his business
associates were reluctant
to share details.
“Many of the businesses
that we helped like to remain confidential. They
really don’t want the release of the information,”
said Soave, who founded
the company in 1989. “The
common thread for the past
27 years has been assisting
companies to expand. . So
if a company in the U.S. is
looking to expand abroad,
we help them do that.”
Assisting
small
and
midsized companies with
exporting would be a major priority for him at the
Commerce Department, he
said.
John Menghini, a Johnson County businessman
who knows Soave, described the firm as “kind
of matchmakers,” saying
it serves as a conduit between business interests in
the Middle East and elsewhere.
Jameel
Murshed,
a
Dubai-based attorney who
works for the firm on international projects, said in
an e-mail that Capistrano
“assists U.S.-based companies to establish joint ventures and strategic alliances in Europe, the Middle
East and Latin America.”
He did not respond to a
follow-up e-mail requesting
the names of specific businesses.
Soave was also executive
director of Benedictine College’s School of Business
from 2008 to 2009. Steve
Sharpe, an Overland Park
investor, said Soave organized a “Big Idea” competition at Benedictine where
students could showcase
their ideas for investors.
Soave flew in CocaCola executives and Arab
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cer Academy” from 2003 to
2007. Soave was the host.
His Seattle-based distributor, John McLean, said
the show aired throughout
the Middle East and in the
U.S. on Bridges TV, a cable
channel aimed at a Muslim
audience. It shut down in
2012.
In an episode found online, Soave travels to Damascus, Syria, and visits the Temple of Jupiter,
which was built by the Romans and later served as a
place of worship for Christians and Muslims.
Soave said his production company focused on
making material that was
uplifting and that he was
able to pursue such projects because of the stability his consulting business
provided.
Capistrano Productions
is not his only venture into
the entertainment world.
Kansas City-based modeling agency Agency Models & Talent offers a modeling profile for Soave on its
website. It features images
of him in a business suit
and a soccer jacket.
Soave laughs off a question about this and says he
is not actively modeling.
Soave’s novel, “The Consequence: A Soccer Romance,” published in 1998,
tells of a soccer prospect
who begins a love affair
with the wife of a Colombian drug cartel boss. It is
described on Amazon as a
“romantic, action-packed
story, filled with deceit,
dishonor, intrigue and adventure.”
Soave has been a prolific
writer, commenting about
financial matters on a blog
titled The Soave Report and
about spiritual matters
on a blog called Catholic
Grounds. Both blogs have
been scrubbed of posts, but
cached versions still exist.
In a post on Catholic
Grounds, Soave calls the
U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision legalizing
same-sex marriage nationwide a day of “sadness and
infamy.”
“It does not matter how
many people think that a
certain behavior is acceptable; this will not modify or
shift the nature of what God
has created,” he writes.
Another post decries
what Soave calls “the emasculation of society,” while
another extols how soccer
can be used as a tool to
foster peace in places like
Syria and bridge gaps between communities.
“It is a true ‘passion’ for
much of the world’s population. It transcends cultural boundaries, race, color and creed.”
Soave said faith has
played a major role in his
life.
“When you have a common core of beliefs . those
common values extend beyond boundaries,” he said.
“I’m a big believer in living
your faith in that regard
and understanding how we
can spread good will.”
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sheikhs for the event. “Antonio never does anything
small,” Sharpe said.
It was through Soave
that Sharpe met his business partner, John Bergida, who was an MBA
student. Their company,
Frosty Cold, has developed
a refrigeration system that
does not emit greenhouse
gases, Sharpe said.
“He used to go to the
Middle East nearly every
month,” Sharpe said about
Soave. “He has business
contacts around the world
. and he speaks the languages of most.”
Capistrano is based in
Overland Park, but it’s registered in Missouri rather
than Kansas.
Eileen Hawley, the governor’s spokeswoman, said
in an e-mail that Soave
moved his business to
the Kansas City area from
Michigan when he took his
post at Benedictine. At the
time, “his attorney advised
him that the business climate in Missouri was more
favorable than in Kansas
and the company was incorporated there.”
Soave has ended his role
in the company, according
to Stefano Radio, Capistrano’s director of business
development. Radio is also
a former professional soccer player and is involved
in
Soave’s
foundation,
which puts on soccer clinics in Kansas City, Kan.,
and Topeka.
The foundation’s website
says it plans to host the
First Annual Soccer Peace
Tournament next month in
Abu Dhabi in the United
Arab Emirates. But Radio
said now that Soave has begun working for the state,
they think it would be nice
to hold the tournament in
Kansas instead. He said no
details have been worked
out but that such a tournament would involve teams
from all over the world.
Soave said it usually
takes about a year to plan a
tournament and that Radio
would oversee it. He touted
both Wichita and the Kansas City metro area as budding soccer hubs.
The foundation’s website lists Doug De Luca,
co-executive producer of
the “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
show, and Rudy Besserra,
a senior vice president at
Coca-Cola and former aide
to President Ronald Reagan, as members of its advisory board. Besserra refused to be interviewed for
this story.
The website includes a
public service video for One
Voice International about
efforts to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It features Soave
alongside Danny DeVito,
Elliot Gould and “Seinfeld’s” Jason Alexander.
“Antonio has done a lot
of stuff in his life,” Radio
said. “He had an office in
Hollywood for a little while.”
That office, Capistrano
Productions, made a television show called “The Soc-
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Monday, Dec. 7, 5-7 p.m.—Business After Hours, The
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Monday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.—Christmas Concert, CCCC
Choir along with the NCK Community Band, free and open
to the public.
Thursday, Dec. 10, 11 and 12, 7 p.m.— “A Charlie Brown
Christmas,” Brown Grand Theatre, CCCC Theatre Department. Admission may be paid at the door.
Sunday, Dec. 13, 6:30 p.m., Brantford Covenant
Church—Christmas
cantata,
“Emanuel—Celebrating
Heaven’s Child.”
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