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CONCORDIA
VOL. CX NO. 47 (USPS 127-880)
CONCORDIA, KANSAS 66901
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Lawmakers
to reopen
debate on
body cameras
Good Evening
Concordia Forecast
Tonight, partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday, mostly sunny. Highs around
90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday night, partly cloudy with a 30
percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds up to 10 mph.
Friday, sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
East winds up to 10 mph.
Friday night, partly cloudy in the
evening then becoming mostly cloudy. A
40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
Saturday, mostly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s.
Saturday night, partly cloudy in the
evening then becoming mostly cloudy. A
30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
Sunday, partly sunny with slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower 90s.
Sunday night, partly cloudy with slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 60s.
Monday, mostly sunny. Highs in the
upper 80s.
Monday night, partly cloudy. Lows in
the upper 60s.
Tuesday, mostly sunny. Highs in the
upper 80s.
Across Kansas
Plane overturns
after hitting a deer
KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) — A single-engine
plane overturned after striking a deer during takeoff in south-central Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the
pilot was trying to take off from the Kingman Airport late Monday when the deer
ran in front of his plane. The patrol says
the deer hit the plane’s front tire, tearing it
off and causing the plane to overturn.
The pilot was treated for minor injuries
at an area medical center.
KAKE-TV reports there have been about
33 animal strikes at Kansas airports in the
last year, and all but one has involved
birds. The only other deer strike was last
August at Forbes Field in Topeka.
Missouri residents
killed in crash
GRAINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — Three members of a Kansas City area family have
been killed in a vehicle crash in western
Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the
accident occurred Tuesday on Interstate
70 in Gove County when the family’s SUV
rolled over into a ditch.
The patrol says 56-year-old Mark A.
Groom and his wife, 56-year-old Margaret
K. Groom were killed, along with another
family member, 85-year-old Richard E.
Nieweg. The family is from Lee’s Summit.
Three children in the vehicle survived
the accident and were hospitalized in
Wichita.
Fewer quakes with
drilling slowdown
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Oil drilling in
Kansas has slowed since winter, and so have
the frequency and intensity of earthquakes in
the southern part of the state.
State geologists say it’s no coincidence
that a reduction in drilling activity has resulted in fewer earthquakes. What they don’t
know is how much of that is caused by a
slowdown in the use of disposal wells for the
waste saltwater created as a byproduct of the
drilling.
The Wichita Eagle reports a panel of state
geologists and regulators gave an update to
the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association on Monday.
There have been 67 earthquakes with a
magnitude of at least 3.0 in the last year emanating from Harper and Sumner Counties,
but only 15 since April 1, and none in July.
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Opening soon
A grand opening at the new Arby’s restaurant in Concordia is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Arby’s to open restaurant
in Concordia on Wednesday
United States Beef Corporation, Arby’s
largest franchisee, headquartered in Tulsa,
Okla., is delighted to announce the Grand
Opening of its newest restaurant in Concordia, Kan., on Wednesday, August 11, at
10:00 a.m. at 1707 Lincoln Street (Highway
81), at the south end of town.
Arby’s newly converted restaurant will
occupy 2,700 square feet, with comfortable, full service seating for 60 guests, and
a convenient drive-thru for guests on the
go.
“We’ve really been excited about bringing
Arby’s to Concordia, and becoming a part
of this pleasant, welcoming community,”
said US Beef Chief Executive Officer John
Davis. “This is the first of two Arby’s we’re
building in Kansas that will showcase our
new ‘Inspire’ design on the exterior and
interior of the restaurant. If you’re familiar
with other Arby’s, you’ll notice at first
glance that this restaurant has a fresh,
new color palette, strong geometric shapes
and elements, and you’ll experience from
the moment you pull into our parking lot a
reinvigorated Arby’s look and feel that not
only reflects our brand’s 50-year iconic
brand evolution, but our dedication to
being Concordia’s modern day ‘meatcrafter.’”
On the interior of the restaurant, Davis
said, “when you walk into our dining area,
you’ll experience multicolor wood materi-
als, modern lighting, and chalkboard
graphics. We’re confident Concordia is
going to love having Arby’s in the neighborhood, just as we look forward to being a
good corporate citizen. And we’re certain
our food is going to delight and satisfy our
guests on every visit. With at least eight different, mouthwatering meats on the menu
from New York style corned beef to craft the
perfect Reuben, to brisket smoked for 13
hours, to the roast beef we’re famous for,
and you could probably come in every day
of the year and not order the same meal
twice. There’s that much variety on the
menu.”
Aside from focusing on form, function,
and guest comfort, Arby’s new restaurant
will also feature state-of-the-art Energy
Star compliant food service equipment,
with extensive LED lighting technology.
Architect for the new building is Chris
White, owner of the White Design Group in
Tulsa, with Concordia local contractors
and suppliers, including JR and Sons Contracting, Gerard Tank and Steel, Abrams
Ready Mix, Concordia Home Store, and
many other fine companies from the surrounding communities.
The new Concordia Arby’s will have an
immediate impact, hiring between 40-50
employees from the surrounding area.
Go to www.work4arbys.com for more
information.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has eliminated a $25-a-day limit on ATM withdrawals with cash assistance cards over
concerns from U.S. officials about the
much-criticized part of a larger effort to
ensure that poor families use their benefits
for necessities and not alcohol, gambling or
luxuries such as concerts or tattoos.
The state Department for Children and
Families announced Tuesday that it was
rescinding the cap before it was put into
effect for 15,000 poor residents receiving
cash assistance each month. Secretary
Phyllis Gilmore said the state agency
received an email Monday from a division of
the U.S. Health and Human Services
Department, saying the limit appeared to
prevent poor families from having “adequate access” to their benefits.
Legislators approved the limit on ATM
withdrawals in April as part of a broader
measure rewriting rules for cash assistance. Copies of emails obtained by The
Associated Press through an open records
request show U.S. officials had questions
weeks ago about how the limit would affect
poor families. In June, state lawmakers
passed a follow-up measure giving Gilmore
the authority to raise or rescind the limit.
The cap was aimed at preventing recipients from converting their benefits to cash
to get around limits on how the assistance
could be used. But even some Republican
lawmakers who support a limit acknowledged that $25 — set during a Senate
debate — was too low.
Gilmore noted that her agency did not
propose the $25 limit. DCF officials have
been trying for weeks to assess whether
U.S. officials opposed it enough to threaten
to withhold more than $100 million in federal welfare funds from Kansas.
Kansas ends withdrawal limit
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators
are reopening their debate over requiring
body cameras for police, and a key Republican says he’s determined to resolve issues
that kept lawmakers from enacting such a
policy in the year following a white officer’s
shooting of a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri.
But local officials and law enforcement
groups remained concerned Tuesday about
the potential costs and setting rules for
granting access to the recordings. They also
argued that decisions about body cameras
should be left to local departments, based
on community priorities.
Identical proposals to require officers on
patrol to use body cameras were introduced
in the House and Senate, but neither
cleared committee. The Joint Committee on
Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
plans to study the issue this summer and
fall because its chairman, Republican Rep.
John Rubin of Shawnee, believes body cameras protect the public while also shielding
officers from unwarranted allegations of
misconduct.
“It’s an accountability tool,” added Djuan
Wash, an organizer with Sunflower Community Action, a nonprofit advocacy group
that supports a body-camera requirement.
“It keeps everyone accountable.”
Lawmakers in nearly every state this
year proposed measures in response to the
Aug. 9, 2014, fatal shooting of Michael
Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old by a
white officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown’s
death triggered large protests and repeated
clashes between police and protesters, and
16 other states enacted measures dealing
with body cameras — though the policies
varied widely.
Wichita, the state’s largest city, decided
in June to spend $2.2 million over four
years on body cameras and records storage,
with all patrol officers to have cameras by
the end of the year.
Ed Klumpp, a former Topeka police chief
who lobbies for chiefs, county sheriffs and
peace officers associations, said local
departments see the value of cameras and
already are trying to determine how to pay
for them and manage the resulting recordings. He questioned the need for a state
mandate, given such interest.
“In three years, almost every officer is
going to be wearing them anyway,” Klumpp
said.
Rubin said he has no interest in imposing a state mandate without identifying a
way to pay for the equipment and records
storage, so that local governments aren’t
burdened. But Republican Sen. Greg Smith
of Overland Park said even if a source of
funds is identified, there’s no guarantee
that the money will continue.
“There are a lot of questions that need to
be answered,” Smith said. “Do we really
need to step in?
Smith also is concerned about the
release of recordings compromising investigations or violating the privacy of individuals pictured in them. Rubin said it’s a
significant issue, but he’s working on a proposal to address those concerns while providing some access.
Sen. David Haley, a Kansas City Democrat and advocate for a body-camera law,
sees such issues as “red herrings” and said
requiring their use is just “something we’re
going to have to do,” adding that both police
and the public will benefit.
Ten GOP candidates make cut for debate
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ten candidates have made the cut for
the first Republican presidential debate Thursday, with
polling front-runner Donald
Trump hoping for a civil evening
but ready to pounce if attacked.
The seven others lagging in
the polls and relegated to an
afternoon forum? Call them the
not-ready-for-prime-time players, at least in the eyes of debate
organizers.
Sharing the Cleveland stage
with the billionaire businessman will be former Florida Gov.
Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott
Walker, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz,
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul,
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio,
retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike
Huckabee, New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie and Ohio Gov.
John Kasich.
Candidates with time to
watch that debate are former
tech executive Carly Fiorina,
former Texas Gov. Rick Perry,
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal,
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey
Graham, former Pennsylvania
Sen. Rick Santorum, former
New York Gov. George Pataki
and former Virginia Gov. Jim
Gilmore.
The largest field of contenders in modern memory
challenged debate organizers.
Fox News relied on an average
of five national polls to decide
the lineups for the prime-time
debate and the forum four
hours earlier.
“We never ever envisioned
we’d have 17 major candidates,”
said Steve Duprey, New Hampshire’s representative to the
Republican National Committee
who helped craft the debate
plan. “There’s no perfect solution.”
Republican officials were
particularly concerned about
Fiorina’s status, hoping she
would help balance Democratic
front-runner Hillary Rodham
Clinton’s push to rally women.
Trump’s recent surge in the
polls, a surprise to many
Republican officials, damaged
Fiorina’s chances.
Some Republicans fear that
Trump’s rhetoric on immigration and other issues could hurt
the party.
“I probably am the target,” he
said Wednesday on ABC’s
“Good Morning America.” He
said he did not want to attack
any of his rivals and preferred
to “just discuss the issues” in
the course of a “very civil”
debate. Still, he made clear that
if attacked, he would have “to
do something back.”
OPINION
Trivial History of Concordia and Environs
By Clarence Paulsen
It is said that one day
in the fall of 1860 Moses
Heller, an early settler who
lived near the mouth of Elk
Creek, where the town of
Clyde is now in 1985, found
himself surrounded by Indians. They warned him, “The
Great White Father has told
us that the white man must
stay on this (east) side of
Wolf Creek. If he goes on the
other (west) side he will be
considered an invader, and
we will kill him. You go tell
others.” According to the
Indians, the United States
had signed a treaty under
which the Indians could
use as their perpetual hunting ground everything west
of a line from the Arkansas
River north to the mouth
of what we know as Pipe
Creek on the Solomon river
near where Minneapolis is
now, thence up Pipe Creek
to the divide and across to
the head of the creek on the
east side of which Daniel
Wolf had settled and which
we now know as Wolf Creek,
thence down Wolf Creek to
the Republican River, and
thence north to the Big Sandy in Nebraska.
Whether or not there was
ever such a treaty this writer does not know, but it is
a fact that most of the Indian raids on white people in
north central Kansas after
1860 occurred west of that
Pipe Creek-Wolf Creek line.
These Trivial History articles have told of redskins’
depredations against white
skins in the 1860’s – all
west of that line: “The Cassel Massacre” told of the
slaughter in May 1866 of
Lew Cassel and five other white men. “The Sarah
White Story” told of the killing of Benjamin White and
the captivity of his daughter,
Sarah, on August 13, 1868.
That story mentioned also
the capture of Anna Belle
Morgan and the wounding
of her husband later that
year in the Solomon Valley.
“Ezra Adkins” was the story
of the killing of an eleven
year old boy on the Republican River in 1869.
But there have been
many Indian depredations
which have not been men-
tioned in these Trivial History stories. Indeed, some
of them have not been recorded anywhere. Mrs. E.F.
Hollibaugh, in her History of
Cloud County, said at page
37:
The country was infested
with roving bands of savages; they were oftentimes
lurking in the most unexpected places, and, with the
stealth so characteristic of
their wily natures, would
appear as suddenly as if
they had been silently and
mysteriously
precipitated
from the clouds. Upon these
occasions their savage presence – for they were armed
“to the teeth” – would strike
terror to the stoutest heart.
There were numerous
Indian raids in Republic and Jewell counties in
the early days. One such
raid took place on April 9,
1867, by nine Indians on
White Rock Creek in Jewell
County. Several people were
killed, including Nicholas
Ward and the young son of
a Mrs. Sutzer. The Indians
took Mrs. Ward captive, after gravely wounding the
hired man and killing Mr.
Ward. Mrs. Ward’s given
name was Mary. The hired
man was named Bartlett.
The last any white person
ever knew of Mrs. Ward was
the finding of her footprints
in muddy places where she
had been forced to walk
with her mounted captors
in a southwesterly direction
from her home in the White
Rock settlement, the home
of Mrs. Sutzer had been
pillaged and her head had
been crushed with a rock.
In the late summer and
early fall of 1868 bands of
hostile Indians struck many
white settlers west of Pipe
Creek along the Solomon
River. An account of the
killing of members of the
Bell and Bogardus families,
and the short captivity of
the two little Bell girls, was
related a couple of months
ago in the Trivial History article, “The Bell Girls’ story.”
This writer proposes to
relate in the next two chapters short accounts of some
of the legends of other Indian depredations along the
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Survey: Majority
of blacks say police
treated them unfairly
WASHINGTON (AP) –A
majority of blacks in the
United States – more than
3 out of 5 – say they or a
family member have personal experience with being treated unfairly by the
police, and their race is the
reason why.
This information, from
a survey conducted by the
Associated
Press-NORC
Center for Public Affairs
Research, comes as the
Michael Brown shooting
in
Ferguson,
Missouri,
approaches its first anniversary and the nation
continues to grapple with
police-related deaths of
black Americans.
African-Americans said
they felt especially targeted
by the police. Half of black
respondents, including 6
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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
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in 10 black men, said they from Monday to Friday.
personally had been treated
unfairly by police because
of their race, compared to 3
percent of whites. Another
15 percent said they knew
of a family member who
had been treated unfairly
by the police because of
their race.
White Americans who
live in more diverse communities – those where census data show at least 25
percent of the population
is non-white – were more
likely than other whites
to say police in their communities sometimes treat
minorities more roughly,
58 percent to 42 percent.
And they’re more likely to
see the police as too quick
to use deadly force, 42 percent to 29 percent.
Solomon. Doubtless some
legends will be unintentionally omitted.
Remember – they are legends, not history; but each
legend stands on a foundation of fact. Dead children,
women and men attest to
that. No effort will be made
to tell the stories in their
proper order or sequence,
and the reader is warned
that there are varying versions of each legend. Most
of the raids occurred in the
late summer or early fall of
1868. The Indians seem to
have come in two waves:
One in mid-August and another in mid-October. And
all the raids occurred west
of Pipe Creek.
The reader should know
that one characteristic peculiar to the plains Indian
was that he would not follow a fugitive into any place
of concealment. The white
settlers soon learned this,
and always tried to get into
some underbrush when Indians threatened.
There apparently were
two stockades where settlers on the Solomon River
could go in 1868 for protection against hostile Indians:
Howie’s and Dresher’s. Howie’s stockade was in Mitchell County, on Asher Creek.
Dresher’s stockade was
in Ottawa County, on the
claim of Henry Dresher near
the mouth of Lindsey Creek,
a couple of miles southeast
of the present Minneapolis,
and west of Pipe Creek. The
Dresher stockade was later
known as Fort Solomon.
Captain John Potts was
the commander of the local militia. After the August
1868 raids a warning came
that the Indians were on the
warpath again. Believing he
could head them off, Potts
organized a company of local settlers about October
1, 1868, and went to meet
them. His intentions were
the best, but what resulted was the stripping of the
settlements of their most
able-bodied men and much
of their arms and ammunition. The Indians fought a
guerrilla war, easily evaded
Potts’ militia, and preyed on
the settlers behind him.
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INDIAN RAIDS ON THE
SOLOMON
Chapter One
In 1858, “where we now
sit surrounded by all that
embellishes civilized life, the
rank thistle nodded in the
wind and the wild fox dug
his hole unscared.” In the
summer of that year a man
n a m e d
George
Cris
(or
Criss
or
C h r i s )
pitched
his
tent
near the
mouth of
an
undefiled
stream,
tributary
Clarence
to
the
Paulsen, 1987
Solomon
River, and christened the
stream Cris Creek. His tent
was about a mile and a half
south of where the town of
Glasco was to be in Solomon
Township, Cloud County,
Kansas. Cris did a little desultory farming, but he was
no farmer. He did a little
hunting and trapping, and
then moved on when some
other white men in the valley began to speculate that
he might be a horse thief.
Several years went by,
during which time more
white men infiltrated and
settled in the Solomon Valley, in Mitchell, Shirley
(Cloud) and Ottawa counties, between where Beloit and Minneapolis are
now located. That valley
had from time immemorial
been a hunting ground of
wild nomadic Indians, who
looked upon the land as
being incapable of private
ownership. To the migratory Indian the land was like
the air or the ocean; it was
there for the common use of
everybody. The white man’s
notion of private ownership
was a threat to the Indian,
because the white man
killed the Indian’s game and
deprived him of his food. He
made treaties with the white
man, but the white man’s
word proved to be worthless. The white man seldom
honored his treaties.
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PEOPLE
Annie’s
Mailbox
by Kathy Mitchell and
Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: Whenever
I'm at my parents' house
and they have guests, they
expect me to "perform." I
don't mean playing the piano or tap dancing. I mean
they insist I "tell them that
story you told me." Any story they select.
I feel I'm being treated as
some kind of circus freak.
This makes me very uncomfortable, and they know it
because I've told them. They
always promise not to do it
again, but then they always
do.
They can be incredibly
selfish. My mother doesn't
want me to speak at family
dinners, and lets my siblings bulldoze over everyone.
I hated this when I was a kid
and still do. Now, whenever
she tells people, "Tell them
what you told me," I will
say, "I think that story isn't
appropriate for now, if you
know what I mean."
Am I being unreasonable?
Did I also mention that my
parents
interrogate
me
about my job and then tell
me I'm doing it all wrong?
We have fights about what I
wear to work. The last time,
they told me to wear a shirt
and tie to a job where I get
my hands dirty. And they
did it in front of my extended family. What do I do? —
New Jersey Son
Dear New Jersey: You
learn to accept your parents
as they are, and then set
boundaries that will allow
you to be less upset.
Your folks apparently
think you are a terrific storyteller, but you do not have
to oblige. When they ask you
to relate something, it's fine
to say, "Not right now," and
then change the subject. A
useful skill is to do so while
being polite, even smiling.
Never lose your temper. Repeat as often as necessary
and take your leave if they
won't let up. Save your conversation for friends who appreciate it instead of siblings
who talk over everyone.
Some parents are notorious for criticizing their
children's choices in everything. Most children figure
out how to evaluate what
has merit and then ignore
the rest, nodding politely instead of arguing. We suggest
you practice.
Dear Annie: I would like
to respond to "At a Loss in
Ohio," whose brother died
and she received no condolences from anyone in her
boyfriend's family, including
his children, nor any of his
friends.
Why would you give people who behave poorly a pass
by saying she should forgive
them? She wasn't asking
them to mourn her brother,
so whether they knew him
is irrelevant. She was looking for emotional support
to help soften the sharp
edges of the pain. Isn't that
what family and friends do
for each other? Their indifference to her pain is inexcusable and she owes them
nothing more. She has every right to feel angry and
resentful. — Call a Spade a
Spade
Dear Call: We agree that
these people behaved terribly and said so. But finding
forgiveness is for her, not
them. She needs to let these
people know how disappointed she was in their lack
of condolences, but she also
needs to find a way to let it
go or it will poison her relationship with her boyfriend.
We should not be so focused
on holding onto hurt and
anger that we lose track of
the other things that matter.
Annie's Mailbox is written
by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors
of the Ann Landers column.
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Hawkins will speak
at August CWO brunch
Danielle Hawkins will
share her story, “A Testimony Across Borders”
when Christian Women’s
Outreach meets at 9 a.m.,
Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Marla’s Joy Tea House.
Hawkins is from Black
Forest, Colo. She is a
homemaker,
business
owner and mother of two
sons.
Dwight Whitead will
provide special music.
To make reservation or
cancellation for the brunch
preceding the program call
Dorothy Morgan, 243.1807
its label). Preregistration
is required by e-mailing or
calling the RVD Concordia
office, so that participants
may receive a KDHE certificate of completion.
The class will be offered
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on:
Tuesday, Aug. 18—Clay
Center’s RVD Extension office, 322 Grant, Clay Center
Thursday,
Aug.
20—
Cloud County Courthouse
meeting room, 811 Washington, Concordia
Monday, Aug. 31—Colonial Acres meeting room,
350 Washington St., Washington
For more information,
contact the RVD Extension office in Concordia at
785.243.8185.
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars
By Jacqueline Bigar
A baby born today has
a Sun in Leo and a Moon
in Aries if born before 9:29
p.m. (PDT). Afterward, the
Moon will be in Taurus.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015:
This year you blossom
into a more dynamic and
creative person. You are
likely to become more of
a problem-solver as a result. This will be helpful,
as there will be issues surrounding your domestic
life. You also might decide
to establish a home-based
business. If you are single,
you could meet someone
quite easily, even in the
next week. This person will
be significant to your next
Biggest fish
year, if not longer. If you
Brad Miller Jr. holds the 12.36 lb. catfish which won him a are attached, you will explaque and $100 at the Glen Elder Dam/Waconda Lake As- perience a newfound closesociation’s 16th annual catfish tournament Aug. 1.
ness within your relationship. TAURUS can be a
stick in the mud.
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)
* * * * Your impulsiveness might cause a problem, especially if you trigger a partner because of it.
Good sense will make all
the difference. Your fiery
ways are likely to mark the
afternoon. Tonight: Make
it your day to do what you
want.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20)
* * * Follow through on
what is needed. You could
be overwhelmed by certain situations that arise
First place team
unexpectedly. It would be
Brad Miller Jr. (left) and his grandfather, Cecil Miller hold the
wise to take a step back
plaques they won for having the five fish with the largest total
for now. Be aware of what
weight, 28.76 lbs at the Glen Elder Dam/Waconda Lake Asis happening around you.
sociation’s 16th annual catfish tournament Aug. 1. Miller also
Tonight: Nap, then decide.
holds the plaque he won for catching the largest catfish.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20)
* * * * Honor a request
from a friend or an associate. This person often is a
supporter of yours. Make
sure you do the same when
he or she is in need. Look
for new solutions when
Brad Miller Jr., Concordia, and $50 were Slim Hughes, someone drops the ball.
won a plaque and $100 for Wellington, Mo., and Deann Tonight: As you like it.
his 12.36 lb. fish caught at Moffet, Nacogdoches, Texas.
CANCER (June 21-July
the Glen Elder Dam/Wacon- Third place team with 27.50 22)
da Lake Association’s 16th lbs. and winning $30 were
* * * * You might want to
annual catfish tournament John Stoeber, Jewell, and rethink a personal matter
Aug. 1.
Mike Stoeber, Salina. Win- that often bothers you. If
Miller also was a member ning fourth place with 24.30 you don’t handle this issue
of the first place team along lbs were Henry Park, Cawker appropriately, you will end
with his grandfather, Cecil City, and Jeremy Woodard, up feeling angry. Accept a
Miller for having the highest Hastings, Neb. They won $20. higher-up’s feedback, even
total fish weight, 28.76 lbs.
Chairman of the event if you don’t agree. Tonight:
for which they won a plaque was Roger Hardaway, Con- Accept an invitation.
and $100.
cordia, assisted by Janice
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Ten teams participated Miller, Cawker City.
* * * * Don’t stand on
in the tournament with only
Next meeting of Waconda ceremony with a situafive fish figured in for the to- Lake Association will be at tion that arises today. Detal fish weight contest. Sec- 7 p.m., Sept. 8, at Hopewell tach and read between the
ond place team with 28.36 Church, Glen Elder State lines. At the same time, be
lbs. and winning plaques Park.
aware of a tendency to get
angry and bottle up those
feelings; they can backfire
on you. Tonight: Follow the
music.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22)
* * * * You will discov-
Miller has largest fish
at Glen Elder tournament
Hints from
Heloise
Child care provider class
being offered by Extension
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Spaces=Healthy Children”
is the topic for the upcoming 2 credit hour class for
child care providers offered
by KSU River Valley Extension. The class will address
the association between
children’s health and their
indoor environments.
The group will be discussing how to set up an
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home/center. Topics covered include cleaning products (including those labeled as “green”), sanitizers,
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Participants are asked
to bring a cleaning product they use in their child
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er that a lot is happening
behind the scenes. Don’t
run away from these situations. In order to have a
calm life, you need to handle these issues. Know that
everything will work itself
out. Tonight: Chat over a
dinner.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
* * * * * You will gain insight through a conversation with a friend. Explore
your options carefully. You
could get some powerful
feedback from this person.
You don’t need to agree,
but you do have to listen.
Tonight: Where you want
to be.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21)
* * * * Evaluate what is
happening around you.
Consider how a minor
change could improve the
situation. There are many
options you might have
closed off. Now is the time
to open one of them up. Tonight: Do something just
for you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
* * * * You might need
to manage a situation differently from how you have
in the past. Your ability to
make a difference in someone’s life emerges. You are
likely to help this person
see a better idea as a result. Tonight: Off to the
gym.
CAPRICORN (Dec . 22Jan. 19)
* * * Pressure builds on
the homefront. You could
create more tension than
need be because of a judgment you are making.
Try to put less pressure
on yourself. Encourage a
brainstorming session. Tonight: Relax, and others
will too.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18)
* * * * * Speak your
mind, and allow others to
respond in the same way. A
boss could be very touchy
and difficult. In fact, you
might find yourself feeling
closed off from this person.
Know that this, too, will
pass. Tonight: Hang out
with a pal.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20)
* * * Be aware of your
spending patterns, and assess the likely outcome of
your choices. If you take
that information to heart,
you will be able to head
in the right direction. Do
whatever you can to empower yourself. Tonight:
Pay bills first.
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Sports
Chiefs willing to give players a second chance
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) —
The Kansas City Chiefs
have demonstrated a willingness under general manager John Dorsey and coach
Andy Reid to give players
who have run into trouble a
second chance.
They’ve
also
proven
there’s no such thing as a
third.
Take the case of Justin
Cox, a defensive back from
Mississippi State. He went
undrafted after missing the
final three games and the
Orange Bowl last season following a domestic violence
arrest — a charge that was
ultimately dropped — and
the Chiefs gave him a shot.
But when Cox was arrested
again this summer, it took
them less than 24 hours to
send him packing.
“I wouldn’t say there’s a
hard and fast policy
because every situation is
different,” Chiefs Chairman
Clark Hunt said. “It’s up to
John and his staff to do the
research when a player has
an incident and make a
judgment call whether it’s
going to work out. That particular situation, it didn’t,
but John is very aware we
don’t want guys who are
going to be a problem.”
The Chiefs do want players who can help them win,
though, and therein lies the
balancing act that all NFL
teams face: Who do you
take a risk on? When do
take a pass?
In the three years since
Dorsey and Reid have been
in charge, the Chiefs have
added numerous players
with checkered pasts, and
so far they’ve mostly steered
clear of trouble.
Tight end Travis Kelce
was their third-round pick a
couple years ago, even
though he had been suspended in college for violat-
ing team rules. Not only has
Kelce developed into one of
the most dynamic tight
ends in the game, he has
also matured into a locker
room leader.
“A little bit more accountability,” Kelce replied, when
asked how he’s changed.
The Chiefs also took a
chance
on
cornerback
Phillip Gaines in last year’s
draft. He had run into trouble at Rice, but his size and
speed made him an intriguing prospect. Fast-forward
to this year’s training camp
and Gaines is competing for
one of the starting jobs.
But perhaps never have
the Chiefs taken on so many
players with spotty pasts as
this past season, beginning
with the draft and continuing right on through free
agency.
Their first-round pick,
Marcus Peters, was thrown
off his team at Washington
was docked $1 million and
two draft picks after a NFLsanctioned investigation
by Wells found the Patriots
supplied improperly inflated footballs for the conference championship game
against the Indianapolis
Colts, which New England
won 45-7.
Brady appealed the
punishment.
Goodell
decided to hear the appeal
himself and upheld the
penalty. Both sides went to
federal court, and U.S. District
Judge
Richard
Berman told the sides to
work out a settlement. To
encourage
them,
he
ordered both Brady and
Goodell to appear in court
in person during the NFL
preseason.
The transcript filed by
the NFL Players Association included the appeal
testimony from Brady and
Wells on June 23. Wells
explained that he did not
believe Brady had nothing
to do with the ball deflation
because the quarterback
refused to provide all of the
documents
that
were
requested.
“In my almost 40 years
of practice, I think that was
one of the most ill-advised
decisions I have ever seen
because it hurt how I
viewed his credibility,”
Wells testified. “It hurt my
assessment of his credibility for him to begin his
interview by telling me he
declined to give me the
documents.”
investigation
Wells’
found
text
messages
between Brady and a pair
of equipment managers —
îone of whom referred to
himself as “the Deflator” —
discussing the preparation
of footballs for the Jan. 18
because he could not get
along with new coach Chris
Peterson. But the Chiefs
insist that they researched
the star cornerback, who
might’ve been a top-10 pick
had he stayed out of trouble, and came away confident that Peters had
learned from his mistakes
and was unlikely to repeat
them.
“It was an emotional situation and he didn’t handle it
the right way. I think he’s
learned from it, just from
our experience with him,”
Reid said. “He was up front
with us. He said, ‘I goofed,’
and that’s half the battle.”
Defensive lineman David
Irving has also acknowledged his mistakes, a big
reason Kansas City was
willing to give him a shot as
an undrafted free agent.
The former Iowa State
standout was suspended
after he was charged with
domestic abuse against the
mother of his child, a charge
that was later dropped.
Then, during a riot near
campus during a studentrun festival, Irving was photographed holding a stop
sign that he argued was
handed to him by another
person. He was charged
with theft, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.
When he did make it onto
the field, Irving was one of
the best defensive linemen
in the Big 12, and he could
help the Chiefs absorb the
loss of nose tackle Dontari
Poe to injury.
“We knew he was a good
football player,” Reid said.
“He had some issues, obviously. John Dorsey and his
crew, I thought, did a nice
job getting in there and
making sure with him that
he would fit in here and that
he kind of had things going
in the right direction.”
Dorsey and Reid also
thought that Cox was headed in the right direction,
only to proven wrong. But
that is the tightrope they are
willing to walk — star
potential on one side of a
very thing line, and more
trouble looming just on the
other.
“John and I talk about it,
and he knows that we want
to be a leader in the NFL,”
Hunt said, “not a team that
has a lot of guys that are
getting in trouble.”
NOTES: Chiefs defensive
coordinator Bob Suttons
said Tuesday that LB Derrick Johnson “is back to
where he was” before his
season-ending
Achilles
injury. ... Gaines left practice early with an injury. It
did not appear to be serious. ... WR L’Damian Washington, who signed with the
Chiefs on Monday, participated in his first practice.
DETROIT (AP) — Salvador Perez can’t explain his
success against Justin Verlander. He just hopes it continues.
Perez had three hits off
Verlander,
including
a
homer, and drove in three
runs as the Kansas City
Royals beat the Detroit
Tigers 5-1 Tuesday night.
Perez is now hitting .474
(18-for-38) in his career
against Verlander.
“He’s a great pitcher, and
I don’t know any secret,”
Perez said. “I’m just up
there trying to do my job
and he’s trying to do his job.
Today he left a couple fastballs up, and I was able to
hit them.”
Verlander (1-4) struggled
in his ninth start of the season, allowing five runs on 10
hits in seven innings. He
didn’t walk a batter for a
career-best third straight
start, but the Tigers are now
1-8 in his outings this year.
The game was overshadowed by an afternoon
announcement that Dave
Dombrowski was being
replaced as Detroit’s general
manager by his top assistant, Al Avila. In 14 years
with the Tigers, Dombrowski took one of the worst
franchises in the game and
took it to six postseason
appearances
including
World Series losses in 2006
and 2012.
Detroit came into the season looking for a fifth
straight AL Central title, but
now trail the Royals by 12
1/2 games.
“It is strange to come here
and see some of their big
guys gone and then to hear
about Dave Dombrowski,”
said Eric Hosmer, who
scored twice, both on Perez
RBIs. “That has to be really
tough for them, especially
after the last few years.”
Danny
Duffy
(5-5)
allowed one run on five hits
and four walks in seven
innings, only striking out
two.
“Danny was outstanding
tonight,” Royals manager
Ned Yost said. “
After Perez drove in
Kansas City’s first three
runs, former Tiger Omar
Infante doubled to lead off
the fifth, took third on
Alcides Escobar’s sacrifice
fly and scored on Ben
Zobrist’s sacrifice fly to deep
right.
Detroit loaded the bases
with one out in their half of
the fifth, but Anthony Gose
grounded into a force at the
plate and Rajai Davis
popped out.
“That was huge,” Yost
said. “With that offense, you
don’t want to give them anything that lets them get
back into the game.”
Alex Rios increased the
Royals lead to 5-0 with a
bloop double in the sixth,
scoring Kendrys Morales,
but the Tigers got a run
back in the bottom of the
inning on Victor Martinez’s
RBI single.
Detroit threatened again
in the seventh, as Nick
Castellanos led off with a
triple and Jefry Marte followed with a walk. Gose
grounded to third baseman
Mike
Moustakas,
who
looked Castellanos back to
the base before throwing to
second for the force.
Castellanos then broke
for the plate, and Omar
Infante threw home to easily
retire him and end the
threat.
“My initial reaction was
that if he wanted to go to the
plate I was a sitting duck,”
Castellanos said. “Then
when I saw that he was
turning two, then I decided
to go. I should have just
taken off as soon as he hit
it.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: Duffy continued
to pitch very well since
returning from the disabled
list with biceps tendinits.
Duffy is 3-2 with a 2.66 ERA
in eight starts since returning from the injury in late
June.
Tigers: LHP Kyle Lobstein
(shoulder) threw on the side
with Triple-A Toledo. Lobstein, who has been out
since May 24, is expected to
begin a rehab stint with the
Mud Hens this week. ...
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus did not have any
update on Miguel Cabrera
(calf), who has begun agility
drills in advance of an
expected return later this
month.
UP NEXT
The teams play the second of their three-game
series Wednesday afternoon, with both teams
pitching deadline acquisitions. Johnny Cueto (7-6,
2.70) makes his second
start for the Royals, while
Matt Boyd (0-2, 14.85) will
make his Tigers debut after
being acquired for David
Price. In Boyd’s last majorleague start — the second of
his career — he faced seven
Red Sox without retiring a
batter.
RARE LOSS
Verlander came into the
game with a 31-1 record in
37 career starts where he
didn’t walk a batter. His only
previous loss came to the
White Sox on August 11,
2006.
Brady’s testimony to NFL released Perez powers
Royals past Tigers
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom
Brady denied under oath to
NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell that he tampered
with footballs before the
AFC title game, and investigator Ted Wells said in a
transcript that he never
warned the New England
Patriots quarterback he
would be punished if he
didn’t turn over his cellphone.
In a 457-page transcript
on
Tuesday,
released
Brady maintained his
innocence in the NFL scandal known as “Deflategate.”
He denied discussing air
level with the ballboys or
even thinking about how
inflated the footballs were
when he selected them. He
also said he’s never asked
anyone from the Patriots to
tamper with footballs.
Brady was suspended
four games and the team
Sports in Brief
The Associated Press
BASEBALL
The National Hockey League is passing its digital puck to
Major League Baseball in an unusual sports partnership.
Major League Baseball will distribute the hockey league’s
Internet streaming service and run the NHL’s cable-television
network as part of an alliance announced Tuesday.
Terms of six-year contact between the two sports leagues
weren’t announced.
The deal entrusts the baseball league with the NHL GameCenter app that allows fans to watch most hockey games live
on smartphones, tablets and other Internet-connected
devices. Annual subscriptions to the NHL app typically have
cost $160, though the pricing for the upcoming year wasn’t
announced Tuesday.
Major League Baseball is taking over the app rights from
NeuLion in January. The NHL’s cable-TV network will operate
from the Secaucus, New Jersey, headquarters of the MLB network.
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto pitcher Aaron Sanchez was suspended for three games and manager John Gibbons for one for
their roles in Sunday’s brawling game between the Blue Jays
and Kansas City Royals.
Major League Baseball on Tuesday also fined Sanchez an
undisclosed sum for intentionally throwing at Alcides Escobar
with warnings in place during the top of the eighth inning of
Toronto’s 7-6 win. Sanchez contends his pitch just got away.
Gibbons was to miss Monday night’s home game against
Minnesota. He was disciplined for coming back on the field
when the benches cleared following Sanchez’s pitch. Gibbons
already had been ejected in the seventh inning.
Sanchez’s suspension was to start Monday night. If he
appeals, his penalties will be held until the matter is settled.
Sanchez was ejected by umpire Jim Wolf, who had put a
warning in place in the first inning when Royals starter Edison Volquez hit Toronto third baseman Josh Donaldson.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants to
ban chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city.
The mayor is expected to discuss a proposed new ordinance
Wednesday morning at a city park. Public health officials,
advocates, local youth and former Red Sox pitcher Curt
Schilling are expected to attend.
Schilling, now an ESPN analyst, revealed earlier this year
he was diagnosed and treated for mouth cancer. He believes
chewing tobacco was the cause.
Walsh plans to officially file the ordinance with the City
Council Monday.
The proposal would cover professional, collegiate, high
school and organized amateur sporting events. It would be
effective in next April. Violators would be subject to a $250
fine.
San Francisco became the first U.S. city to outlaw chewing
tobacco from its playing fields in May.
game.
The
Patriots
advanced to the Super
Bowl and beat the Seattle
Seahawks
28-24
for
Brady’s fourth NFL title.
Although Wells asked
repeatedly for Brady’s cellphone, the investigator
also testified: “I did not tell
Mr. Brady at any time that
he would be subject to
punishment for not giving
— not turning over the
documents. I did not say
anything like that.”
Brady’s lawyers have
said that the league made
up its rules without proper
notice to Brady, and that it
didn’t follow its rules at all
in some cases. They have
also questioned whether
Goodell was independent
enough to conduct a fair
hearing, even though the
collective bargaining agreement gives him that
authority.
Dombrowski out
as Detroit GM
DETROIT (AP) — The end
of Dave Dombrowski’s tenure
in Detroit came suddenly and
unexpectedly — like so many
of the moves he made to build
the Tigers into an American
League powerhouse.
Dombrowski is out after
nearly 14 seasons as president and general manager of
the Tigers. The four-time
Central Division champions
announced the move Tuesday, catching people at Comerica Park and beyond by
surprise. Dombrowski was
fresh off making several big
trades last week, and his exit
set off rampant speculation
about where he would next
work.
Dombrowski was in the
last season of his contract
and overseeing a team stuck
below .500, so there was
already speculation about
whether he’d be back in
2016. But his abrupt exit —
accompanied by a somewhat
cryptic explanation from the
team — was unusual.
He is being replaced by Al
Avila, who has served as his
top assistant since 2002.
Avila’s son, Alex, catches for
the Tigers.
“I’ve decided to release
Dave from his contract in
order to afford him the time
to pursue other career opportunities,” owner Mike Ilitch
said in a statement. “I feel
this is the right time for the
Tigers to move forward under
new leadership.”
About an hour after
announcing Dombrowski’s
departure, the Tigers held a
news conference at the ballpark, introducing Avila
before Tuesday night’s game
against Kansas City. Ilitch
wasn’t at the news conference and neither was Dombrowski. A message was left
with Dombrowski seeking
comment.
“The only conversation I
had with Dave was basically
when he left, we said our
goodbyes, and obviously
we’re still great friends. I
don’t know how or why Mr.
Ilitch made the decision,”
Avila said. “Really that’s a
question more for him. That’s
something that I really had
nothing to do with.”
Avila said Ilitch hired him
Saturday, a day after Dombrowski completed the last of
his trade-deadline deals. But
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said he didn’t know
about the switch until Tuesday.
“I would like to thank Dave
Dombrowski for his 14 years
of service,” Ilitch said in his
statement. “Together we’ve
enjoyed some success, but
we’re still in aggressive pursuit of our ultimate goal: to
bring a World Series title to
Detroit and Michigan.”
Detroit has won four consecutive division titles, a
streak that seems almost certain to end this year. The
Tigers lost Tuesday to fall 12
1/2 games behind the firstplace Royals.
Dombrowski’s last major
act at the helm in Detroit was
to trade away some of the
team’s top players with an
eye toward the future. David
Price, Yoenis Cespedes and
Joakim Soria were all dealt
last week.
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6 Blade-Empire, Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Obituaries
ELDON G. “BUTCH” HARTLEY JR.
Eldon G. “Butch” Hartley
Jr., 61, Miltonvale, died July
22, 2015, at Salina, Kan. He
was born Oct. 9, 1953, at
Hiawatha, Kan., to Eldon G.
and Mary J. (Clark) Hartley
Sr.
Butch married Gloria Jorgensen Jan. 25, 1975. They
moved to Clay Center in the
late 1970s. Butch owned and
operated Butch’s Body Shop.
He completed many paint
jobs and numerous repairs
for much of the Clay Center
community. After dealing
with health issues the last
several years, Butch spent
time teaching and assisting
cé, Brandon Myers in building a drag racing car. He also
enjoyed helping his brother,
Don, with recycling. He is
preceded in death by his
parents and daughter Kattie
Hartley.
Survivors include his
wife, Gloria Hartley of Mil-
tonvale, Kan.; sons, Rick
and wife Tammy Millikan of
Miltonvale, Kan., and Ryan
and wife Barbara Millikan of
Clay Center, Kan.; daughof Miltonvale, Kan.; brother,
Donald and wife Christine
Hartley of Concordia, Kan.;
sisters, Mary and husband
Steve Johnsen of Ocean
Shores, Wash., Carol and
husband Barney Schuh of
Clay Center, Kan., and Barbara O’Connor of Concordia,
Kan.; 10 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be
at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Aug. 7,
at the Greenwood Cemetery
in Clay Center, Kan.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Kattie, Gloria and Triton at GoFundMe
or to Gloria at Clay County
National Bank.
Online condolences may
be made at www.nsrfh.com.
KATTIE HARTLEY
Kattie Hartley, 30, Miltonvale, died July 22, 2015,
in Clay County, Kan.
She was born Jan. 27,
1985, in Manhattan, Kan.,
to Eldon Jr. and Gloria
cé, Brandon Myers, through
mutual friends on Sept.
1, 2010. They had a wedding date set for April 23,
2016. Born to this engagement was their son, Triton
Carlisle Myers on Aug. 19,
2012. Both survive of the
home. Kattie was a stay-athome mother to Triton. She
enjoyed spending time with
her father, Butch and her
ing car. Kattie was always
available for any of her family and friends when they
needed help with a project.
She was followed in death
by her father and preceded
by grandparents, Eldon Sr.
and Mary Hartley.
Survivors include her
son, Triton Myers, Milton-
Myers, Miltonvale, Kan.;
mother, Gloria Hartley, Miltonvale, Kan.; brothers, Rick
and wife Tammy Millikan of
Miltonvale, Kan., and Ryan
and wife Barbara Millikan of
Clay Center, Kan.; uncles,
Donald and wife Christine
Hartley of Concordia, Kan.,
James and wife Connie Jorgensen of Clarinda, Iowa;
and Robert Jorgensen of
Audubon, Iowa; aunts, Mary
and husband Steve Johnsen of Ocean Shores, Wash.,
Carol and husband Barney
Schuh of Clay Center, Kan.,
and Barbara O’Connor of
Concordia, Kan.; numerous
nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be
at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Aug.
7, at the Greenwood Cemetery in Clay Center, Kan.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Kattie, Gloria and Triton at GoFundMe
or to Gloria at Clay County
National Bank.
Online condolences may
be made at www.nsrfh.com.
WASHINGTON (AP) –
About 1.8 million housefor health insurance under
President Barack Obama’s
law now have issues with
their tax returns that could
jeopardize their subsidies
next year. Administration
ers will have to act quickly.
“There’s still time, but
people need to take action soon,” said Lori Lodes,
communications
director
for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs HealthCare.
gov.
The health care law provides tax credits to help
people afford private insurance. Nationally, that aid
averages $272 a month,
covering roughly threefourths of the premium. By
funneling the aid through
the income tax system,
Democrats were able to
call the overhaul the largest middle-class tax cut for
health care in history. But
they also spliced together
two really complicated areas for consumers: health
insurance and taxes. Confusion has been the result
for many.
Consumers
who
got
health care tax credits are
that properly account for
them, even if they are uncause their incomes are
low. Unless they follow
through, “they will not be
able to receive tax credits to
help lower the cost of their
health insurance for 2016,”
Lodes explained.
1.8 million households
are at risk of losing subsidies for next year, and that
number breaks down as
follows:
– About 710,000 house2014 tax return, although
they were legally required
to account for health insurance tax credits that they
received.
– Some 360,000 households that got tax credits
and requested an extension
have until Oct. 15.
– About 760,000 households that got tax credits
LANCASTER, N.H. (AP)
– It’s unclear why after a
widespread warning of impending severe weather a
circus put on its planned
show in a tent that ended up
collapsing in a storm, killing
a spectator and his 8-yearmarshal said Tuesday.
More than 30 other people were taken to hospitals
after the collapse Monday
night at the Lancaster Fairgrounds, 90 miles north of
Concord.
Fire Marshal Bill Degnan
said it’s the responsibility of the circus operator to
monitor the weather. The
show began seven minutes
after the National Weather
Service issued a severethunderstorm warning. The
storm blew through about
15 minutes after that, with
about 100 people inside the
tent.
Spectator Heidi Medeiros,
who attended the circus
with her 3-year-old son, told
WMUR-TV that the metal
poles holding up the tent
slammed onto the bleacher
where they had been sitting.
Degnan said the storm
cut a track of a half-mile to
a mile that included downed omitted a new form that is
trees while it approached the the key to accounting for
tent.
The victims of the collapse
old Robert Young and his
daughter Annabelle, of Concord, Vermont. An autopsy
showed they died of bluntforce trauma, Degnan said.
The
yellow-and
redstriped tent was still on the
ground Tuesday afternoon,
away from the bleachers.
Items including concession-
confusing for people,” said
Elizabeth Colvin of Foundation Communities, an
that helps low-income people with health insurance
and taxes. “It could have
been worse, quite honestly.
I think a lot of tax preparers didn’t know how to do
these (forms) either.”
The 1.8 million households with tax issues represent 40 percent of 4.5
million households that
had tax credits provided
on their behalf and must
account for them. The rest
had their returns successfully processed by the IRS
as of the end of May.
Earlier this summer, a
Supreme Court decision
preserved health care tax
credits for consumers in
all 50 states, turning back
a challenge from conservatives opposed to “Obamacare.” Because of the law’s
built-in complexity, some of
those consumers may now
be at risk of losing their assistance.
say they’re working hard
to prevent that. An estimated 16 million people
have gained health insurance since HealthCare.gov
opened for business in late
2013, and the White House
does not want any slippage.
The IRS has started
reaching out to consumers
with tax issues. HealthCare.gov is reporting an increase in tax-related calls
to its consumer assistance
center.
That telephone
number is 1-800-318-2596.
The Health and Human
Services department plans
another outreach campaign
in the fall, coordinated with
the start of the 2016 signup season on Nov. 1.
“What the IRS is doing
here is sending these people a not-so-gentle remindthey will put their subsidy
at risk,” said Mark Ciaramitaro, vice president for tax
and health care at H&R
Block, the tax preparation
company. He cautioned
that many consumers will
some, so they should waste
no time getting started.
Today in History
50 years ago
Aug.
5,
1965—Dennis McDaniel of Concordia
ers” competition at the state
Jaycees quarterly meeting in
Great Bend. . . . Larry Deneault announced he had
purchased the Standard
Service Station at 6th and
Degnan said the operaLincoln from Red Worley
tor, Sarasota, Florida-based
who had owned the business
Walker International Events,
for 15 years.
has been cooperating in the
investigation into what hap25 years ago
pened. Walker didn’t return
Aug.
5,
1990—Joan
repeated phone calls and
Finney, the candidate none
emails from The Associated
of the pundits thought had
Press seeking comment.
a chance, pulled off one of
Walker’s president, John
the stunning upsets in KanCaudill Jr., has a history
sas political history when
of violations with the U.S.
she defeated Gov. John CarDepartment of Agriculture,
lin to claim the Democratic
primarily while operating
nomination for governor
another company, Walker
and would challenge Gov.
Brothers Circus Inc.
Mike Hayden in the NovemA decade ago, Caudill and
ber general election. Finney,
his associates agreed to pay
65, had served 15 1/2 years
as state treasurer. . . . In
of violations in 2001 while
Concordia regular gas was
operating without an Ani$1.29.9 and no lead, 1.26.9.
mal Welfare Act license. The
license, which allows busi10 years ago
nesses to display animals
Aug. 5, 2005—Marilyn
publicly, had been suspendSorenson reported in the
ed in 1997 for other violaNorway News in the Blade
tions.
that the Norway Coffee Ladies had met on Saturday
***
morning for breakfast, Those
Birth, life, and death-each took
attending were Belva Morplace on the hidden
gan, Evelyn Heltne, Aileen
side of a leaf.
Carlgren, Norma Carlgren,
-Toni Morrison
Naomi Barleen, Helen Nor-
***
the subsidies. Called Form
8962, it was new for this
ris, Pat Jensen, Sadie Kenyon, Elaine Plowman and
Opal Thompson. . . . Spending habits of former Cloud
County Community College
president George Knox were
being scrutinized. A review of
some of Knox’s expenses the
past year by The Blade-Empire revealed expenditures
ranging from $3.39 for a Diet
Coke and a bag of ChexMix
on the college’s credit card
at the airport in Salt Lake
City to more expensive items
such as an iPAQ pocket personal computer at a cost of
$612.97 which included a
$62.29 shipping and handling cost and a digital camera from Radio Shack at a
cost of $329.99.
5 years ago
Aug. 5, 2010—Amber
and Erin Rogers were playing and singing with their
father, Doug Rogers at Big
Foot Freddy’s in Belleville. .
. . Monique & Co. welcomed
Terri Paugh to its staff.
1 year ago
Aug. 5, 2014—In the sixyear-old division of Cloud
County Farm Bureau Pedal
contest Sydney Huncovsky
won second. . . . Kristina
Brodie was the keynote
speaker at the Cloud County
Relay for Life at Harold M.
Clark Stadium.
a 4th grader in
Markets
NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S.
stock market crept slightly
higher Wednesday as investors sifted through the latest
round of corporate results.
Strong earnings from First
Solar and Priceline sent their
shares higher, while Disney
slumped. Oil prices fell, dragging energy stocks lower.
KEEPING SCORE: The
Standard & Poor’s 500 in-
cent, the biggest gain in the
S&P 500, following news that
the country’s largest solar
company turned in results
that beat estimates and also
raised its outlook for full-year
percent in the quarter thanks
to more income from its Silver
State South plant in Nevada
and the sale of stakes in two
projects. First Solar’s stock
jumped $7.98 to $52.48.
percent, to 2,098 as of 1:30
ON THE ROAD: Priceline
p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Group climbed 5 percent afJones industrial average sank ter the online-booking service
23 points, or 0.1 percent, to
17,569, while the Nasdaq that easily beat analysts’ forerose 33 points, or 0.7 percent, casts, helped by rising reserto 5,139.
vations for hotel rooms and
CABLE TV: Walt Disney rental cars. Its stock gained
dropped 9 percent, tugging $65.70 to $1,349.76.
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a decrease in subscribers to Milo ......(per bushel) ....$3.68
Corn .............................$3.32
in the coming years. Disney’s Soybeans .....................$9.00
stock dropped $10.70 to
AGMARK
$110.99.
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First Solar soared 17 per- LOCAL MARKETS - WEST
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Wheat ..........................$4.60
Milo .....(per bushel) .....$3.68
JAMESTOWN MARKETS
Wheat ...........................$4.50
Milo ...(per bushel) ........$3.53
Soybeans .....................$9.00
Nusun .........................$16.95
Police Dept. Report
Arrest
ed to the 100 block of West
11th at 10:45 p.m., Aug. 4
In the July 31 Today in
and upon investigation arHistory
one year ago, it was
rested Sharon Valeka, 52,
incorrectly
stated that ArlinConcordia, for Driving Unda Worthen who was retiring
PBT (breathalyzer), Refusal had worked as manager of
of Testing, Resisting Ar- the Family Care Center for
rest and Hit and Run. Vale- 26 years. She had worked at
ka was transported to the the Family Care Center but
Cloud County Law Enforce- not as manager. The Blade
regrets the error.
ment Center.
Correction