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BLADE-EMPIRE
CONCORDIA
VOL. CX NO. 151 (USPS 127-880)
CONCORDIA, KANSAS 66901
Monday, January 4, 2016
GOPhoping
legislature
can close
deficit quickly
Good Evening
Concordia Forecast
Tonight, mostly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 20s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
Tuesday, partly sunny. Highs in the
lower 40s. South winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph.
Tuesday night, cloudy with slight
chance of snow and patchy light freezing
drizzle. Lows in the lower 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around
25 mph.
Wednesday, cloudy. Slight chance of
snow and patchy light freezing drizzle in
the morning, then slight chance of rain
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph.
Wednesday night, cloudy with a 30
percent chance of rain. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
Thursday, rain likely. Highs in the
lower 40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Thursday night, rain, possibly mixed
with snow. Lows in the lower 30s.
Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Friday, cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain and snow. Highs around
40.
Friday night, cloudy with slight
chance of snow. Lows in the mid 20s.
Saturday, mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 30s.
Saturday night, mostly cloudy in the
evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows around 16.
Sunday, mostly sunny. Highs in the
mid 20s.
CHS Dancers to perform
The Disney Princesses (also known as
the CHS Dancers) will perform at half time
of both the girls’ and boys’ basketball
games with Clay Center Tuesday night.
Spectators will be able to meet the
princesses after each performance.
Across Kansas
Kansas has 124
confirmed tornadoes
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’
124 confirmed tornadoes in 2015 were
83 more than the previous year, tying
for the fourth highest number since
1990, according to the National Weather
Service’s preliminary data.
Eric Metzger, a meteorologist for the
weather service’s office in Wichita, says
moisture from a strong El Nino was a
possible factor in 2015’s higher number
of tornadoes because it influences climate systems to produce more tornadoes, The Hutchinson News reported .
Kansas typically has between 70 and
110 tornadoes every year.
More moisture makes severe storms
and tornadoes more likely, and upper
air is needed to produce tornadic activity, Metzger said.
Kansas received 42.02 inches of rain
in 2015, compared to the normal 32.61
inches — making for the sixth wettest
year on record, according to Metzger.
“It’s been a rather wet year,” he said.
“But just because there’s a lot of moisture doesn’t necessarily mean you’re
going to have a lot of tornadic activity.”
Florida and the “Tornado Alley,”
which stretches across the south-central United States, have a “disproportionately high” frequency of tornadoes,
according to the National Centers for
Environmental Information, formerly
called the National Climatic Data Center.
Kansas’s average of 96 tornadoes a
year is one of the highest average numbers of tornadoes in the region.
Oklahoma averages 62, Nebraska 57
and Texas 155, according to NCEI. In
Kansas, the number of tornadoes was
below average from 1994 to 2000, when
the state saw anywhere between 42 and
72 tornadoes.
As for 2016, the Storm Prediction
Center will issue its predictions for tornado activity in February or March.
The 2015 preliminary data is subject
to revision, and the NCEI will release
official statistics in six to eight months.
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Shrouded in fog
The city of Concordia water tower is shrouded in fog on Monday morning. (Blade photo by
Jay Lowell)
Improved economy creates
Kansas prison staffing crisis
ELLSWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Unemployment is down and wages are up in Kansas
— except for corrections officers.
They are leaving state prisons in droves
because of low pay, creating a public safety
crisis that legislators will have to deal with
on top of plugging a budget hole.
Their starting pay is about 33 percent
less than the state’s average hourly wage of
$20.20, and overall wages are about a
quarter lower than the national average.
The annual turnover rate is up to nearly 30
percent. Things are so bad that the state is
hiring 18-year-olds to manage hardened
criminals, despite some prison leaders’
misgivings.
“You don’t pay me enough to get urine or
feces thrown at me by an inmate,” said
Bruce Martin, who left his job at the state’s
oldest prison in Lansing in September, even
though he was earning a relatively goodfor-Kansas wage of about $18 an hour.
Kansas cut spending on prisons and
juvenile justice programs during the Great
Recession, and the current spending is still
below the 2008 amount. The state also has
struggled to balance its budget since
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback persuaded the GOP-dominated Legislature into
enacting massive income tax cuts in 2012
and 2013 as an economic stimulus.
Brownback and fellow conservatives
credit those cuts with boosting the state’s
economy and helping drop the unemployment rate to 4 percent in November, but
government spending still will be pinched
by at least $160 million next fiscal year.
Brownback said he favors higher wages for
corrections officers and he sees “decent”
support among legislators but added, “The
key here will be finding the resources to do
it with.”
In Ellsworth, where the central Kansas
hills give way to the Great Plains, local leaders wooed a prison three decades ago to
anchor the local economy. The area’s average weekly wage has grown nearly 23 percent in four years, to $18.60 an hour,
topping what some sergeants in the prison
complex’s red-brick buildings earn by
$3.50 or more.
“It’s made our work pool that we choose
from smaller and we have to draw from farther and farther away,” said Warden Dan
Schnurr, a 30-year prison system veteran.
Later, he added: “You’ve got people coming
and going all the time.”
To make the pay competitive, Kansas
would need to spend at least a few million
dollars a year, and the figure could be $20
million, according to state Sen. Laura Kelly,
of Topeka, the ranking Democrat on the
Senate budget committee.
And Republican Rep. John Rubin, of
Shawnee, caused a stir this fall by suggesting during a committee hearing that the
necessary funds should be diverted from
public schools, saying he’s worried prison
shifts are short-staffed, or staffed with officers working overtime or inexperienced
employees.
“I’m concerned that an incident could
occur in one of our correctional institutions,” Rubin said.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republicans are
hoping the Kansas Legislature can close a projected $160 million state budget deficit quickly this year and avoid the infighting that made
last year’s session the state’s longest ever.
Education funding is another looming
issue, but leaders of the two chambers’ GOP
majorities aren’t sure how far they will get in
drafting a new formula for distributing more
than $4 billion in state aid to public schools.
Key Republicans said late last summer that
they would like to enact a new school finance
law in 2016, but GOP Gov. Sam Brownback
and legislative leaders have said in recent
weeks that interest has waned.
Lawmakers also are waiting for the Kansas
Supreme Court to rule in an education funding lawsuit brought by four school districts.
The justices will decide whether the school
finance law enacted last year is fair and then
consider whether the state is spending enough
money to fulfill its duty under the Kansas Constitution to provide a suitable education to
every child.
The Legislature convenes Jan. 11, and its
agenda is packed with issues. But top Republicans said in interviews that their goal is to
wrap up the year’s legislating in less than the
traditionally scheduled 90 days after last
year’s session lasted a record 114 days.
“The big issue is going to be balancing the
budget, to get us out of here,” House Speaker
Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, said in a
recent interview.
The state has a projected a shortfall of about
$160 million in its $15.8 billion budget for the
fiscal year that begins July 1. But legislators
faced a much bigger budget gap last year,
when Republicans boosted sales and cigarette
taxes.
The state has struggled to balance its budget since Republican lawmakers enacted massive personal income tax cuts in 2012 and
2013 at Brownback’s urging, hoping to stimulate the economy. While Democrats and some
GOP legislators had last year wanted to revisit
some of the reductions, Brownback has ruled
out further tax increases this year and Merrick
said the projected budget gap represents “a
spending problem.”
The Legislature’s work on the budget could
be complicated by the Supreme Court’s rulings
in the education funding lawsuit.
GOP lawmakers last year junked a perpupil formula for distributing aid to the state’s
286 local school districts in favor of stable
“block grants” that don’t fluctuate with student populations. But passing the new law
always was meant to be temporary and it
expires in July 2017.
“The school funding formula needs to be
addressed,” said House Minority Leader Tom
Burroughs, a Kansas City Democrat. “We need
to expedite that.”
But many Republicans don’t appear eager
to pass another, more permanent school funding law this year. They expect the work to be
complex, as lawmakers try to figure out how to
focus spending on improving students’ performance while ensuring that poor districts
don’t fall behind wealthier ones.
Also, Senate President Susan Wagle, a
Wichita Republican, said the Supreme Court’s
coming rulings “are a big question for us.”
Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, a Nickerson Republican, added: “I’d like to take a
stab at it, but other folks are just not ready to
do that heavy lifting.”
Anti-government group takes over wildlife refuge
BURNS, Ore. (AP) — An
armed anti-government group
took over a remote national
wildlife refuge in Oregon as part
of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West, while federal authorities are keeping watch
but keeping their distance.
The group came to the frozen
high desert of eastern Oregon to
contest the prison sentences of
two ranchers who set fire to federal land, but their ultimate goal
is to turn over the property to
local authorities so people can
use it free of U.S. oversight.
People across the globe have
marveled that federal authorities
didn’t move to take back the
Malheur
National
Wildlife
Refuge. Residents say they have
not seen a large presence of officers, and the government’s tactic generally is to monitor
protesters from afar but leave
them be as long as they don’t
show signs of violence.
That’s how federal officials
defused a high-profile standoff
last year with Nevada rancher
Cliven Bundy over grazing
rights. Now, Bundy’s two sons
are leading the push in Oregon.
Ryan Bundy told The Associated Press on Sunday that he
hopes the takeover will prompt
others to take action across the
country to seize control of federally managed land.
“The end goal here is that we
are here to restore the rights to
the people here so that they can
use the land and resources. All
of them,” Bundy said.
That means ranchers can
graze their cattle, miners can
use their mineral rights, loggers
can cut trees, and hunters and
fishers can shoot and cast, he
said.
The latest dispute traces its
roots to the 1970s and the
“Sagebrush Rebellion,” a move
by Western states like Nevada to
increase local control over federal land. While ranchers and others complain of onerous federal
rules, critics of the push for more
local control have said the federal government should administer the public lands for the
widest possible uses, including
environmental and recreation.
Residents of the tiny town of
Burns, 30 miles south of the
wildlife refuge, are concerned
about the potential for violence.
Keith Landon, a longtime resident and employee at the Reid
Country Store, said he knows
local law enforcement officials
who fear their kids will be targeted by the group.
“I’m hoping most of it’s just
muscle, trying to push,” he said.
“But it’s a scary thing.”
If the situation turns violent,
Bundy contends that it will be
because of the federal government’s actions.
“I mean, we’re here to restore
order, we’re here to restore
rights, and that can go peacefully and easily,” he said.
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OPINION
Washington Merry-Go-Round
by Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift
By George Meyer
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars
By Jacqueline Bigar
A baby born today has a
Sun in Capricorn and a Moon
in Scorpio.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Monday, Jan. 4, 2016:
This year your ideas come
from a strong sense of direction and intuition. You often
might dress them up as being logical, but on some level
they are not. Your creativity
soars, and the people around
you are naturally positive.
A new group of friends who
reflect your most dynamic
self evolves. If you are single,
don’t even consider a commitment until you can accept
someone completely. Don’t
be critical of this person’s
unique qualities and limitations. If you are attached,
travel plays a significant
role in your relationship. As
a couple, you open up more
because of your exposure to
different cultures. SCORPIO
sticks to you like glue.
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)
* * * * Touch base with
your dreams early in the day.
You will be able to move with
certainty on a plan that you
have long thought about. Indulge a higher-up, but still
express your views. You are
in a position where you can
clear up snafus. Tonight:
Make time for a loved one.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20)
* * * * * Defer to a friend.
Detach some when speaking
to others, as they are likely
to come up with some controversial plans. Know that
nuggets of wisdom could be
embedded in this discussion.
You will need to sort through
what you hear. Tonight: Play
devil’s advocate.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
* * * * Though you certainly don’t approve of sloppiness
or incomplete work, you inadvertently might have created exactly that. Let a trusted
critic go over what you are
doing and point out problem
areas. Be grateful rather than
defensive. Tonight: Walk off
some stress.
CANCER (June 21-July
22)
* * * * * Evaluate a different point of view. Observe
what is happening behind
the scenes before coming to
a conclusion. Others might
be challenging, yet you could
see them as being negative
and controlling. Walk away
from defensiveness. Tonight:
Express an ability to identify
with others.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
* * * * A partner will present an option that could have
you pinching yourself. Evaluate a change and its effectiveness. You still might nix it
because of some of the implications involved. You would
prefer to wait, mull over what
you hear and find another
path. Tonight: Say “yes.”
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
* * * * * You are coming
from a grounded perspective,
but your views could differ
from those of the majority of
people. Controversy might
result in a plethora of ideas
and solutions. You might find
some ideas more ethical or
positive than others. Tonight:
Return calls and emails.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
* * * * Realize what is happening behind the scenes between you and a loved one.
Your personal life could be
controversial on some level,
but you refuse to be open
enough to receive comments
or criticism. Before you sink
more money into a project,
listen. Tonight: Gather bills.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21)
* * * * * Seize the moment,
and don’t create a problem
where there is none. If you
adjust your thinking and
open up some, you’ll empower your own ideas. Know
that you don’t always need
to be right. Use your intuition when sorting through
suggestions. Tonight: Others
seek you out.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
* * * As difficult as it might
be, take a step back and listen to suggestions. In fact,
you might not even want to
take the lead. If that’s the
case, you will see a true
learning experience evolve for
some of the people involved.
Tonight: Take some muchneeded personal time.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19)
* * * * You have always
aimed high, but you need to
know when you have pushed
yourself too hard. When you
use your talents, you add dimension to what is happening. Be willing to support a
friend or group in a project.
Tonight: Act as if you don’t
have a care in the world.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18)
* * * * You will attempt to
do something in a new way.
You might experience a certain amount of fatigue, as
you notice others becoming
more controlling. Consider
how many times friends or
loved ones have seen you in
the same light. Be less critical. Tonight: A must show.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20)
* * * * * While others might
push you too hard for your
taste, you’ll come to the conclusion that you need to get
more information, seek out
more opinions and detach a
bit. Understand that there
is a whole set of new ideas
and possibilities that you are
missing. Tonight: Follow your
sixth sense.
BORN TODAY
Actor Dave Foley (1963),
inventor
Louis
Braille
(1809), singer Patty Loveless (1957)
***
Jacqueline Bigar is on
the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
(c) 2016 by King Features
Syndicate Inc.
WASHINGTON – With the
presidential primary season
upon us, there is a great
deal of political identity confusion among the electorate. Are you an Eisenhower
moderate Republican or a
Reagan conservative Republican? A Kennedy moderate
Democrat or a McGovern
liberal Democrat? Or are
you a centrist Independent?
In fact, you may not be who
you thought you were, but
the following test may resolve your identity crisis:
1. Do you adhere to supply-side trickle-down Reaganomics that advocate tax
cuts for the wealthy who will
invest the money to create a
larger supply of goods and
services, which will, in turn,
create consumer demand?
2. Or do you adhere to
Keynesian demand-driven
economics that advocate
government spending during financial downturns to
increase the average person’s disposable income,
thereby increasing demand
for more supply of products
and services?
3. Do you believe a woman has the right to terminate
a pregnancy during the first
trimester of pregnancy? The
second trimester? The third
trimester?
4. Do you believe a balanced budget or government borrowing and spending limited to a percentage
of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) creates prosperity?
5. Is the flat tax or the
graduated tax more likely to
lead to income inequality?
6. Is the tax system fair?
7. Do believe that guns
and gun owners, like cars
and drivers, should be registered and licensed?
8. Should political campaign contributions be limited?
9. Should the borders be
aggressively patrolled and
existing illegal immigrants
be offered a pathway to citizenship?
10. Should all citizens
have access to medical
care?
11. Should the nation
remain militarily active or
increasingly inactive on a
global scale?
12. Should women be allowed to serve in combat?
13. Should the configuration of congressional districts and the method and
manner of voting be locally
or federally mandated?
DOONESBURY® by G.B. Trudeau
Today in History
50 years ago
Jan. 4, 1966—A son,
born to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Leiszler, Clifton, was the
first baby born in Concordia in 1966. His name had
not yet been chosen. Robin Lynn, first child of Mr.
and Mrs. Lennis Marcotte
of Concordia, was the first
baby born in Concordia in
1965. . . . Five high school
girls were candidates in the
local Junior Miss Pageant:
Notre Dame high school senior Karen McGreevey, Concordia High School seniors
Linda Van Kooten, Linda
Humes, Barbara Hobbie,
and Linda Chubbuck.
25 years ago
Jan. 4, 1991—A decision to lower railroad property values had angered
several county officials who
had to return thousands of
dollars. Cloud County appraiser Terry Ferguson said
he hoped to come up with
enough support to fight the
decision. . . . Bernard Newell and Cynthia Durham announced their Dec. 28 wedding, which took place at
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Church in Concordia.
10 years ago
Jan. 4, 2006—Charles
Pracht Lambertz and Amber
Leah Jackson announced
their Aug. 6 wedding, which
took place at Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Catholic
Church in Concordia. . . .
Erin Vance was the Concordia High School Student of
the Month.
5 years ago
Jan. 4, 2011—An anonymous tip that an individual
was making methamphetamine led Cloud County
Sheriff’s
deputies
along
with the Concordia Police
Department to execute a
warrant resulting in the arrest of Kevin E. Mendenhall
who was taken to the Cloud
County Jail. . . . Concordia
firefighters went through
the front door to extinguish
a fire at an unoccupied residence owned by Courtney
Charest, 512 Spruce St.
1 year ago
Jan. 4, 2015—Drake
Hake, son of Mike and Brandi Hake, was the Concordia
High School Student of the
Month. . . . Shella Thoman,
Cloud County Clerk, was
sworn in by Judge Guy Steier.
14. Should all bills receive an up or down vote in
Congress?
15. Should the federal
government provide substantially more funding for
local law enforcement?
16. Should a basic college or trade-school education be free?
17. Should English be
established as the sole national language?
18. Should the minimum
wage be increased to a living-wage level that reduces
the need for food stamps
and housing assistance?
19. Should welfare recipients be cut off after a specific time period?
20. Should the president
be limited to one six-year
term?
21. Should Supreme
Court justices and members of Congress be compelled to retire at age 75?
Age 80? 85?
22. Should prayer in
school be allowed?
23. Are civil rights laws
sufficient as written and enforced?
24. Should the federal
government intervene in
eradicating homelessness?
25. Is the legal-justice
system economically accessible for the average citizen?
26. Have some large financial institutions and
other corporations become
too big to fail?
27. Is the consumer adequately protected from
predatory business practices by current law?
28. Are you willing to
relinquish some constitutional rights if, as a result,
public safety is enhanced?
The list goes on, and there
are no correct answers, only
diverse opinions, and it is
up to the test-takers to determine what they are, Republicans, Democrats, or
Independents.
Douglas
Cohn’s
new
book, “The President’s First
Year,” analyzing every president’s freshman year, is
available by Rowman & Littlefield through Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.
com/The-PresidentsFirst-Year-LearnedWhy/
dp/1493011928
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TRAFFIC
Dec. 26-30
All Subtypes
The following people received fines for Speeding:
Robert X. Hoffman, $207;
Thomas P. Holthaus, William T. Killman, Jordan T.
Moubry, Brittany J. Novak, Jacob Kasper Orphan,
Stewart R. Terbush, $153;
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license, $208.
Annie’s
Mailbox
by Kathy Mitchell and
Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: My wife and
I are recently married, and
we moved to a new town a
year ago. Our neighbor is
an art professor at a community college. He is a kind
gentleman, and we spend a
fair amount of time together,
having each other over for
dinners, cookouts, etc.
Last summer, he asked
my wife to would work as a
model for two of his drawing
classes. He has trouble finding models during the day,
and she is a homemaker.
She agreed. Well, she recently brought home one of the
professor's sketches from
class and I was shocked to
see that she posed in the
nude. She assumed I knew
what kind of models work
for college art classes, but
I was really upset. She said
she enjoys the work and
would like to keep doing it.
Now I find myself uncomfortable when the three of us
are together, knowing that
he sees her naked on a regular basis. If the class were
taught by a stranger, I would
have less of a problem with
it. He has already asked her
back for next semester, and
I'd like her to say no. She
says I am being unreasonably jealous. Is she right? —
The Husband
Dear Husband: Art class
models are not objects of
sexual desire. They are simply a way to help students
draw the human form. We
doubt the professor thinks
about your wife in any way
other than as a friend and
colleague. Here's our recommendation: Attend the class
a few times to see exactly
what's going on. If you still
feel that the professor or the
students have a prurient interest in your wife, or if you
believe your wife is doing
this because she wants to be
seductive, you should ask
her to stop for the health of
your marriage.
Dear Annie: I am concerned about a friend who
consumes large quantities of
alcohol every night.
Since his liver tests come
back OK, he thinks it isn't
a problem, and that he can
drink a lot because he's a big
guy.
Would you be able to elaborate with factual information on what harm may be
done to the body other than
the liver? Most discussions
about alcohol refer to the
damage it does to relationships and job, and the risk of
driving under the influence.
But I think there's more
than temporary impairment.
I want him to make a more
informed decision on how to
deal with stress. I love him
and would like to see him
have a long life. — Hoping
for a Change
Dear Hoping: We doubt
this knowledge will change
his attitude about drinking,
but according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism, alcohol
interferes with the brain's
communication pathways,
and can affect the way the
brain looks and works.
While moderate drinking
can prevent coronary heart
disease, drinking a lot over
a long time, or too much on
a single occasion can cause
cardiomyopathy,
arrhythmias, stroke and high blood
pressure. Alcohol causes the
pancreas to produce toxic
substances that can lead to
pancreatitis. Too much alcohol can increase your risk
of developing cancer of the
mouth, esophagus, throat,
liver and breast, and can
weaken your immune system. This is in addition to
liver damage, which you already know about. By the
time his liver tests aren't
"OK," it may be too late.
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Wagon winner
Rhett Sipe, Concordia, was the winner of the Radio Flyer wagon in the Christmas Open House drawing at the Elk State Bank
in Concordia.
Doll winner
Maddie Wilson, Jamestown, was the winner of the Our Generation doll with canopy bed at the Christmas Open House
drawing at the Elk State Bank in Concordia.
Gift card winner
Lynette Fredrickson presents Blake Leiszler with a $25 gift
card at the Christmas Open House drawing at the Elk State
Bank in Concordia.
Elk State Bank has
Open House drawings
Elk State Bank in Clyde
and Concordia had their annual Christmas Open House
Dec. 18-24. Highlights included prize drawings at
each location.
Both banks gave away
a Radio Flyer wagon, Our
Generation doll with canopy
bed, two $25 VISA gift cards,
a spiral cut ham and turkey.
Clyde drawing winners
were Barb George, Clyde,
turkey; Dan LeDuc, Clyde,
ham; Luke Anderson, Con-
Tim Parker, owner of Taco John’s, presents a check for $449.60 to Joe and Deb Morales to
help with Joe’s medical expenses. The money was raised from Crunch for a Cause and Nachos
Navidad, two of Taco John’s fundraisers. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
cordia, $25 gift card; Gracie
Reed, $25 gift card; Indie
LeDuc, Clyde, doll and bed;
and Boedy Chavey, Concordia, wagon.
Winners at the Concordia branch were Darrell Nelson, Concordia, turkey; Gary
Appleby, Concordia, ham;
Blake Leiszler, Concordia,
$25 gift card; Hannah Dittmer, Linn, $25 gift card;
Maddie Wilson, Jamestown,
doll and bed; and Rhett Sipe,
Concordia, wagon.
LEGAL TRANSFERS
Warranty Deeds:
Margaret Nobert to Michael L. Snavely and Lisa
M. Snavely, the east 34’ of
lot 8 in block 1 in the city of
Clyde, Cloud County Kansas described by metes and
bounds, see record.
Republican Valley Landscape LLC to Nicholas D.
Jackson and Amy L. Jackson, all that part of the
northwest quarter southeast quarter of section 345-3 west of the 6th P.M. in
Cloud County Kansas lying
east of the center of said
northwest quarter southeast quarter of said section
34 and north of the rightof-way of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
and excepting therefrom the
right-of-way of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad and highways except and subject to
all easements visible and of
record.
Gregory J. Schneider and
Larae M. Schneider to Brandon Lee Bennett and Emily
Hata Bennett, lots 17 and
18 in block 59 original town
of Concordia, Cloud County
Kansas.
Bruce E. Sicard and Kimberly K. Sicard to Michael
Trost and Heather L. Trost,
lot 15 of block 118 in the
city of Concordia, Cloud
County Kansas according to
the recorded plat thereof.
Garry P. McGinnis and
Julia A. McGinnis to Bruce
E. Sicard and Kimberly K.
Sicard, lots 1 and 2 all in
block 13 in the city of Concordia, Cloud County Kansas according to the recorded plat thereof.
Quit Claim Deeds:
Scott Dinger and Dana
Dinger to Scott Dinger and
Dana Dinger, tracts of land
in the southwest quarter
northwest quarter 35-5-3,
see record.
Felisha Roberts to Thomas E. Colby, a tract of land
in Hannan’s tract, said
tract being located in the
southwest quarter northeast quarter of section 148-5 west of the 6th P.M. in
Cloud County Kansas, see
record.
James A. Gill and Jacqueline M. Gill to Shearwater Property LLC, lots 1, 2
and 3 in block 19 in Chaput’s first addition to the
city of Aurora, Cloud County Kansas according to the
recorded plat thereof.
EARLY HISTORY OF
CLOUD COUNTY
BY H.E. SMITH
AN
EXTRAORDINARY
TRAGEDY
Albert remained at the
store. At about 9 o’clock in
the forenoon he left it with
a substitute and walked out
to his father’s, approaching the house through the
woods. In the kitchen he
learned from the servant
girl that his father was in
his room and his mother in
hers. He tried his father’s
door and found it locked.
His mother was sleeping. He
went out and sat for nearly an hour on a hand-cart,
ten paces southwest of the
house.
He then went to the
south door and again tried
his father’s door. Finding it
still locked, he kicked it several times with all his force,
and succeeded in breaking
in. The lock pressed off the
door-check held by seven
nails. The father retreated
through the east door, and
turned as if to escape at
the south gate. Albert saw
him through the east window, turned and, going out
at the south door, headed
his father southeast of the
corner of the house about
five paces. He threw up his
hands and cried, “Oh, Albert, don’t, don’t.” Albert
fired at him with his “fiveshooter” as fast as he could
empty its contents. The father screamed: “Murder,
murder; help, help! Oh, Albert, Albert,” with a painfully agonizing voice. He
also had a revolver and fired
one shot, which ran under
the skin around Albert’s abdomen. The father fell, and
was prostrated full length
on his back. The son put
the muzzle of the pistol to
his father’s head and discharged its fifth cartridge
into it—the father still crying agonizing.
He then picked up a
hatchet and pounded the
head with it, breaking the
skull at every stroke, until
the poor man’s last “Oh! Oh!
Ceased. Neighbors, at work
in the fields, were approaching, some having heard the
cries a mile distant. Albert
ran and climbed over the
west fence, and ran about
thirty paces into the woods.
He stopped.
(continued)
Register of Deeds
Judy Lambert
Legals
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This is a salaried position
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with vacation and sick leave
benefits. A job description
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Concordia Senior Center
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bonuses. Benefits available.
Home weekends and most
evenings. Apply in person
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or call 785-243-3345. EOE.
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Is accepting applications for
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CNA Day and Evening
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CMA Day Shift, Full
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All applicants should be
reliable and ready to work.
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,
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* Supplemental Insurance
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* Sign on Bonus of $500
($250 after 3 months and
$250 after 6 months).
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in the growing healthcare
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or in person at 620 Second
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Sunset Home, Inc. is an
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Sunset Home, Inc. does drug
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Position is for a motivated
team player who has a
positive attitude and can
assist individuals with daily
support needs. Experience
is preferred but not required.
Applicant should possess
strong communication skills
and an ability to work well with
a diverse group of people.
Valid KS Driver’s License is
required. PT/FT hours. ASI
offers:
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Holiday Pay
Profit Sharing
Health Insurance
Competitive Wages
Flexible Scheduling
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Responsibilities include
meal setup, service and
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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,
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* Supplemental Insurance
Plans
* Sign on Bonus of $500
($250 after 3 months and
$250 after 6 months)
(Published in the Blade-Empire on
Monday, January 4, 11, 18, 2016.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
CLOUD COUNTY, KANSAS
TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ) OF CLOUD COUNTY, KANSAS,
PLAINTIFF,
vs.
Case No. 2015-CV-41
LARRY D. BERGSTROM, et al,
DEFENDANTS.
NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO:
James K. Bisnette, Certificate of Title
No. 15-02
Discover Bank, Certificate of Title
Nos. 15-05, 15-06, 15-07.
Susan Charest, Certificate of Title
No. 15-08
April Dennis, Certificate of Title No.
15-12, 15-13
Glen S. Enoch, Certificate of Title No.
15-15
Frank L. Enoch, Certificate of Title
No. 15-15
Leroy John Enoch, Certificate of Title
No. 15-15
Emma B. Enoch, Certificate of Title
No. 15-15
Dwight O. Gray, Certificate of Title
No. 15-16
Lonnie L. Lewellyn, Certificate of Title
No. 15-17
Don Allison, Certificate of Title No.
15-33
National City Mortgage Co., Certificate of Title No. 15-39
Western Light & Telephone Co., Inc.
Certificate of Title No. 15-39
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Certificate of Title No. 15-40
The Bank of New York Mellon, Certificate of Title No. 15-40
The unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of
any defendants; the unknown officers,
successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendant that are existing,
dissolved or dormant corporations, the
unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors
and assigns of any defendants that are
or were partners or in partnership; the
unknown guardians, conservators and
trustees of any defendants that are minors or under legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators,
devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns
of any person alleged to be deceased,
and all other persons who are or may be
concerned.
You are hereby notified that a Petition
for Tax Foreclosure has been filed in the
District Court of Cloud County, Kansas,
by the Board of County Commissioners
of Cloud County, Kansas praying for judicial foreclosure and sale of real property
upon which there is unpaid delinquent
real estate taxes, and you are hereby
required to plead to the petition on or before February 16, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock
a.m., in the District Court of Cloud County, Kansas, in Concordia, Cloud County,
Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment
and decree will be entered in due course
upon the petition.
The following are descriptions of all
real property which will be subject to
foreclosure and sale, the name of such
of you as are owners or parties having
some interest therein, and the sum of the
delinquent real estate taxes, charges, interest and penalties attributable to such
tract as of September 1, 2015, to-wit:
Certificate of Title No. 15-02 (CC
2088)
Interested Parties: James K. Bisnette, Deceased
Legal Description:
The South Forty-four (44) feet of
Lots Seven (7), Eight (8), and Nine (9),
in Block One Hundred Ninety-one (191),
in the City of Concordia, Cloud County,
Kansas, according to the recorded Plat
thereof.
Property physical address:
111
Broadway, Concordia, Kansas 66901
Delinquent tax Amount/Interest/
Penalties: $659.66
Certificate of Title No. 15-05 (MI
0385)
Interested Parties: Discover Bank
Legal Description:
Lot Six (6) in Block Thirty-eight (38)
in North Addition to the City of Miltonvale,
Cloud County, Kansas, according to the
0384)
Legal Description:
The South One-Half (S ½) of Lot Four
(4) and all of Lot Five (5) in Block Thirtyeight (38) in North Addition to the City of
Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
408
Starr, Miltonvale, Kansas 67466
Penalties: $1,065.64
0056)
Legal Description:
Lot Six (6), in Block Four (4), City of
Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
Starr
Street, Miltonvale, Kansas 67466
Certificate of Title No. 15-08 (AC
0042)
Interested Parties: Susan Charest,
Deceased
Legal Description:
All Lots Seventeen (17) and Eighteen
(18) in Block Two (2) in the town of Aurora, Cloud County, Kansas, according to
the recorded Plat thereof.
Property physical address: 391 East
Main Street, Aurora, Kansas 67417
0132)
Interested Parties: April J. Dennis
Legal Description:
The West half (W ½) of Lot Four (4)
in Block Ten (10) in the City of Miltonvale, Original Townsite, Cloud County,
thereof.
Property physical address: 112 Railroad Avenue, Miltonvale, Kansas 67466
Penalties: $502.44
0136)
Interested Parties: April J. Dennis
Legal Description:
Lot Nine (9) and the East Ten (10)
feet of Lot Eight (8) in Block Ten (10) in
the City of Miltonvale, Original Townsite,
recorded Plat thereof.
Property physical address: 112 Railroad Avenue, Miltonvale, Kansas 67466
0586)
Interested Parties: Glen S. Enoch;
Frank L. Enoch, Deceased; LeRoy John
Enoch, Deceased; Emma B. Enoch, Deceased
Legal Description:
Beginning at a point Twenty (20) feet
South and Eighty Six (86) feet West of
the Southwest corner of Block Forty Nine
(49) in West Addition, City of Miltonvale, thence West Ninety Four (94) feet,
thence North One Hundred Ten (110)
feet, thence East Ninety Four (94) feet,
thence South One Hundred Ten (110)
feet to point of beginning, being a part
of Block Fifty Nine (59), West Addition,
City of Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, together with that portion of vacated
Streets adjoining and abutting thereto,
according to the recorded Plat thereof.
608
Duckworth Avenue, Miltonvale, Kansas
67466
0505)
Interested Parties: Dwight O. Gray
Legal Description:
All that part of Lots numbered Six (6),
Seven (7), Eight (8), and the West Thirty
five (35) feet of Lot Nine (9), lying South
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway, (formerly Chicago, Kansas and
Western Railroad) all in Block Forty-nine
(49), West Addition to the City of Miltonvale, Kansas, and the North Twenty (20)
feet, vacated, of Railroad Street abut-
ting and adjoining said Lots, according
to the recorded Plat thereof, EXCEPT a
tract described as follows: Beginning at
the Southwest corner of Lot Seven (7)
in said Block Forty-nine (49), running
thence South Twenty (20) feet; thence
East Forty (40) feet; thence North One
Hundred ten (110) feet; thence West
Forty (40) feet; thence South Ninety (90)
feet to place of beginning, Cloud County,
thereof.
AND
All that part of the East Fifteen (15)
feet of Lot Nine (9) and all of Lots Ten
(10), Eleven (11), and Twelve (12) lying
South of the A.T.& S.F. Railroad right-ofway, in Block Forty-nine (49), West Addition to the City of Miltonvale; and the
North 20 feet of vacated Railroad Street
abutting and adjoining said lots, Cloud
County, Kansas, according to the recorded Plat thereof.
518
Duckworth Avenue, Miltonvale, Kansas
67466
1591)
Interested Parties:
Lonnie L.
Lewellyn, Deceased
Legal Description:
Lot Three (3), in Block One Hundred
Forty One (141), in the City of Concordia,
6th Street, Concordia, Kansas 66901
1192)
Interested Parties: Don Allison
Legal Description:
The North Sixty-five feet (N 65’) of
Lot Ten (10), and the North Sixty-five
feet of the West Eight Feet (N 65’ W 8”)
of Lot Eleven (11), Block One Hundred
Sixteen (116), in the City of Concordia,
Property physical address: 815 Kansas, Concordia, Kansas 66901
Certificate of Title No. 15-39 (LI
0108)
Interested Parties:
National City
Mortgage Co.; Western Light & Telephone Co.
Legal Description:
A tract of land in the East Half of
the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter (E½ NW¼ SE¼) of Section
Thirty-two (32), Township Five (5) South,
Range Three (3) West of the 6th P.M.,
Cloud County, Kansas, described as:
Beginning at a point on the East line
of said East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (E½ NW¼
SE¼) of said Section Thirty-two (32),
216.00 feet South of the Northeast corner of said East Half (E½); thence West
168.00 feet to a point 216.30 feet South
of the North line of said East Half (E½);
thence Southwesterly on a curve to the
left forming an arc of a circle having a
radius of 2,814.93 feet, to the point of
intersection of the West line of said East
Half of the Northwest Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter (E½ NW¼ SE¼) of
said Section Thirty–two (32), which point
is 431.50 feet South of the Northwest
corner thereof; thence South along said
West line, to the point of intersection of
said West line with the center of Sixth
Street in Gaylord & Matthews Addition
to the City of Concordia, Cloud County,
Kansas, if extended Westward which
point is 536.40 feet North of the South
line of said East Half of the Northwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (E½
SW¼ SE¼) of said Section Thirty-two
(32); thence East along the said extended centerline of said street, to a point
150.00 feet West of the East line of said
East Half of the Northwest Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter (E½ NW¼ SE¼)
of said Section Thirty-two (32); thence
North parallel with said East line, 238.00
feet; thence East 150.00 feet more or
less, to said East line of said East Half of
Quarter (E½ NW¼ SE¼) of said Section
Thirty-two (32); and thence North to the
point of beginning;
Less a tract of land in the East Half
of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (E½ NW¼ SE¼) of Section
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Property physical address: 12 Pine
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Range Three (3) West of the 6th P.M.,
Beginning at a point on the East Line
of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (E½ NW¼
SE¼) of Section Thirty-two (32), and 216
feet South of the Northeast corner of
said East Half (E½), thence West 168.00
feet to a point 216.30 feet South of the
North line of said East Half (E½); thence
Southwesterly on a curve to the left forming an arc of a circle having a radius of
2,814.93 feet, to the point of intersection
of the West line of said East Half (E ½),
which point is 431.50 feet South of the
Northwest corner thereof; thence South,
along said West line, 80.00 feet; thence
East, at right angles to said West line,
116.00 feet; thence North, parallel to said
West line, 106.43 feet; thence Northeasterly on a curve to the right forming an arc
of a circle having a radius of 2,784.93
feet, 136.13 feet; thence South, parallel to said West Line, 15.00 feet; thence
Northeasterly on a curve to the right
forming an arc of a circle having a radius
of 2,679.93 feet, to a point 261.30 feet
South of the North line of said East Half
(E ½) and 168.00 feet West of the East
line of said East Half (E½); thence East,
parallel to the North line of said East Half
(E½), 168.00 feet to the East line of said
East Half (E½); thence North, along the
East line of said East Half (E½); 45.00
feet, to the point of beginning;
Subject to an easement to the Grantors to use the road for ingress and
egress, and the road will be a tract described as follows:
A tract of land in the East Half of
Quarter (E½ NW¼ SE¼) of Section
Range Three (3) West of the Sixth P.M.,
Beginning at a point on the East line
of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (E½ NW¼
SE¼) of Section Thirty-two (32) of said
Section Thirty-two (32), and 216.00 feet
South of the Northeast corner of said
East Half (E ½) thence West 168.00
feet to a point 216.30 feet South of the
North line of said East Half (E ½); thence
Southwesterly on a curve to the left forming an arc of a circle having a radius of
2,814.93 feet, to a point which is 375.07
feet South of the North line of said East
Half (E½) and 116.00 fee East of the
West line of said East Half (E ½); thence
South, parallel to the West line of said
East Half (E½) , 30.00 feet; thence Northeasterly on a curve to the right forming
an arc of a circle having a radius of
2,784.93 feet, 136.13 feet; thence South,
parallel to said West line, 15 feet; thence
Northeasterly on a curve to the right
forming an arc of a circle having a radius
of 2,769.93 feet, to a point 261.30 feet
South of the North line of said East Half
(E½); and 168.00 feet West of the East
line of said East Half (E½); thence East,
parallel to the North line of said East Half
(E½) 168.00 feet to the East line of said
East Half (E½); thence North, along the
East line of said East Half (E½), 45.00
feet, to the point of beginning, said easement containing p.56 acres, more or less.
(Said easement shall be an easement
running with the adjoining real estate
owned by Grantors.)
Property physical address: 3rd Avenue, Concordia, Kansas
Penalties: $698.48
1587)
Interested Parties:
Countrywide
Home Loans, Inc.; The Bank of New York
Mellon
Legal Description:
The East Half (E ½) of Lot Sixteen
(16) and the West Thirty-three (33) feet
of Lot Seventeen (17) in Block One Hundred Forty (140) in the City of Concordia,
recorded Plat thereof, and that portion of
Vacated Seventh Street, adjoining said
Lots on the South thereof.
7th Street, Concordia, Kansas
The Board of County Commissioners
of Cloud County, Kansas
Robert A. Walsh
Cloud County Attorney
Cloud County Courthouse
785-243-8175
3M
Blade-Empire Monday, January 4, 2016 5
Sports
T-Birds cage Grizzlies 78-73 for first conference win
EL DORADO — Ringing in
the new year in style, the
Cloud County Thunderbirds
snapped a five-game losing
streak by knocking off the
Butler Community College
Grizzlies 78-73 on Saturday
night.
Cloud County, which hadn’t played since a 73-70 loss
to Neosho Community College back on Dec. 13, got a
big game from Demonte Ojinnaka and was perfect from
the free throw line down the
stretch in picking up its first
Jayhawk Conference win of
the season.
It was the 100th victory for
Cloud County head coach
Chad Eshbaugh.
“Our biggest milestone
was getting our first league
win,” Eshbaugh said, “I
thought we had a really good
week of practice and just
played well. We defended well
and we executed the game
play well.”
Ojinnaka scored 27 points
and
pulled
down
11
rebounds for the T-Birds in
the win. He hit 9 of 14 field
goal attempts, including five
from three-point range, and
four of five free throws.
“He was great. He shot the
ball well. Everybody is going
to see the points, but he had
10 defensive rebounds. He
showed a lot of leadership,”
Eshbaugh said of Ojinnaka.
A Cloud County team that
had struggled to finish off
games prior to the semester
break, was able to make the
free throws and get the
defensive stops it needed
down the stretch to improve
to 5-6 overall and 1-4 in the
Jayhawk Conference.
“Fortunately we were able
to make enough plays
against the defending (Jayhawk) West champs to get it
done,” Eshbaugh said.
Cloud County and Butler,
now 11-6 overall and 2-3 in
the Conference, went back
and forth throughout the
game. There were eight lead
changes and six ties, and neither team led by more than
nine points.
The T-Birds jumped out to
an 8-2 lead in the game.
Butler would battle back
to tie the game at 29-29.
A three-point basket by
Ojinnaka and two free
throws by Alex Martin put
Cloud County up 39-35.
Cloud County led 40-35 at
halftime.
Scoring the first six points
of the second half, the Grizzlies took their first lead of
the game, 41-40.
The game would be tied
three times over the next
seven minutes.
It was knotted at 51-51
when Cloud County got two
free throws and then a threepoint basket by Aamahne
Santos to reclaim the lead at
56-51.
Santos, a freshman guard,
scored 17 points. He connected on three of five threepoint attempts and all six of
his free throws.
Trailing 61-57, the Grizzlies got a jumper by Ken
Perkins and a three-point
basket by Derrick Bryd to go
Smith threw a couple of
interceptions, one that was
returned by David Amerson for a touchdown, and
the Kansas City offense
slowed to a crawl.
The Chiefs (11-5) got
back on track in the second half, when Smith connected with tight end
Demetrius
Harris
for
another touchdown. But
Derek Carr led Oakland
back with a touchdown
pass of his own to Michael
Crabtree, and Oakland had
the ball with 1:34 left and a
chance to win the game.
Kansas City’s defense
sacked Carr for the sixth
time to help put the game
away.
“We didn’t win this game
but there was no lack of
determination or grit,”
Raiders coach Jack Del Rio
said. “I love that about how
we developed, how we can
stay in it.”
It was the final game of
Charles Woodson’s sterling
18-year career, and came
in the same stadium where
Oakland’s star defensive
back made his debut. It
was also quite possibly the
final game for the Raiders
(7-9) representing Oakland; the team is expected
to file for relocation this
week.
Carr finished with 194
yards passing, leaving him
13 short of 4,000 for the
season. Latavius Murray,
the AFC’s rushing leader
coming in, carried 11 times
for just 31 yards, while
David Amerson had a picksix late in the first half for
their only other touchdown.
“We sputtered,” said
Carr, who hurt his right
hand during the game.
“Sometimes when we needed it the most, we looked
like ourselves. But other
times we just looked sloppy.”
Not a good thing when
the Chiefs are looking so
sharp.
Some things to know
from Kansas City’s win
over Oakland:
INJURY FRONT: Chiefs
C Mitch Morse was evaluated for a concussion and
did not return to the game,
which caused more jumbling along the offensive
line with offensive tackle
Jah Reid inactive with a
knee injury. Wide receiver
Jeremy Maclin also left
with a bruised hip when he
landed hard while leaping
for an overthrow, though
he did return to the game
after a visit to the locker
room.
SPEAKING OF MACLIN:
He had three receptions for
back on top, 62-61.
Ojinnaka buried a three,
and Cloud County led 64-62.
A layup by Perkins tied the
game at 64-64.
Consecutive baskets by
Henry Cornelious and Ojinnaka put the T-Birds on top
to stay, 68-64.
Two free throws by Caelan
Neal closed the gap to 68-66.
A pair of free throws by
Cornelious with 1:20 remaining in the game gave Cloud
County a 70-66 cushion.
Cornelious went six of six
from the line, and scored 16
points for the T-Birds. He
also had five rebounds.
Perkins made one of two
free throws, and Butler
trailed 70-67.
A jumper by Cornelious
pushed the Cloud County
lead to 72-67 with 36 seconds remaining.
Travis House connected
on a three just 11 seconds
later, and the Grizzlies were
down just 72-70.
Ojinnaka was fouled with
17 seconds left, and he made
both free throws.
Butler again got within
two points when Byrd went
two of two from the free throw
line with 13 seconds to play.
Santos was fouled one
second later, and he made
both free throws to make it
76-72.
A free throw by Perkins left
Butler trailing 76-73.
Cornelious knocked down
a pair of free throws to seal
the Cloud County win.
“I was really proud of their
competitive spirit,” Eshbaugh said, “To finish the
ball game, especially on the
road. To step up and make
critical free throws with a lot
of pressure on them, made
me proud.”
Cloud County finished 21
of 22 from the line for 96 percent.
The T-Birds made 24 of 54
field goal attempts for 44 percent, and were 9 of 23 from
three-point range for 39 percent.
“We executed well, and we
finished some tough plays. I
don’t know if those shots we
took were better or worse
than in previous ball games,
we just got it done,‚” Eshbaugh said.
Byrd paced Butler with 20
points. Perkins scored 14
points for the Grizzlies, and
Chapman added 10 points.
Cloud County will host
Coffeyville Community College on Wednesday night.
Cloud County FG FT
0-1 0-0
Sherman
0-0 0-0
Williams
Maduegbunam 1-6 2-2
Ojinnaka
9-14 4-5
Cornelious
5-12 6-6
4-7 6-6
Santos
2-7 0-0
Dixon
0-0 0-0
Allen
0-1 0-0
Fall
Patrick
1-3 2-2
Martin
2-3 1-1
Totals:
24-54 21-22
FG FT
Butler
Neal
3-8 2-2
Byrd
7-11 4-4
1-4 1-2
House
4-6 1-1
Adler
1-4 2-2
Joseph
1-3 0-0
Harvey
Akao
0-3 0-0
Chapman
4-11 2-3
Perkins
6-10 2-6
0-0 0-0
Walker
0-1 0-0
Jacob
Totals:
27-61 14-20
R
0
1
1
11
5
1
3
1
2
1
0
27
R
3
1
0
3
4
0
1
5
7
1
1
28
A
1
0
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
2
1
11
A
2
3
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
10
T
0
1
2
2
0
0
5
0
1
2
0
14
T
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
0
10
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0
4
1
2
2
3
0
1
1
4
2
20
F
3
4
1
1
3
0
0
3
2
2
1
20
TP
0
0
5
27
16
17
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78
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73
Chiefs sack Raiders, head into playoffs CCCC women
fall to Butler, 65-62
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)
— The Kansas City Chiefs
scrapped and fought for
more than two months to
piece together a franchiserecord 10-game winning
streak, allowing them to
return to the playoffs after
a one-year absence.
“It doesn’t mean anything now,” safety Ron
Parker said.
The Chiefs kept their
run going with a 23-17 victory over the Oakland
Raiders
on
Sunday,
though they were denied
the AFC West title when
Denver beat San Diego.
And now they’ll head to
Houston next weekend to
face the same team they
beat in their opener knowing that a loss ends their
season.
“Our
mindset
has
changed a lot since then,”
Chiefs defensive tackle
Dontari Poe said. “We have
a certain grit about us.
That’s big, I think, why
we’re on the winning
streak we’re on now.”
That
grit
showed
through once more on
Sunday.
The Chiefs raced to a 140 lead on the Raiders on a
touchdown pass from Alex
Smith to Jeremy Maclin
and short TD plunge by
Spencer Ware. But then
54 yards, breaking the
franchise record for catches by a wide receiver of 86
set by Dwayne Bowe in
2008. Maclin has 87 catches — fifth-most in Chiefs
history behind a quartet of
seasons by tight end Tony
Gonzalez.
UNDER PRESSURE: Not
only was Carr sacked six
times, a career-high, he
was relentlessly hounded
by Kansas City’s defense.
“You can’t stand back there
and hold it,” Del Rio said.
“When the ball comes out
on time, guys are getting
open on time, the protection holds up.”
MACK’S MISSES: The
Raiders’ Khalil Mack had
10 tackles, two of them for
loss, but narrowly missed
on a couple of sacks. He
needed one to match the
franchise record of 16 set
by Derrick Burgess.
RUN, RUN, RUN: The
Chiefs finished with 189
yards rushing, getting production from Charcandrick
West along with Smith and
Ware. Oakland managed
just 48 on the ground. “The
offensive line, those guys
are playing great,” West
said. “We’ve got a great fullback, the coaches are calling great plays. We just
have to go out there and
execute.”
Manning helps Broncos defeat Chargers
DENVER (AP) — It could
be Peyton Manning starting
for the Denver Broncos
when they open the playoffs
in two weeks.
Or it could be Brock
Osweiler.
Would either decision
really come as a surprise for
the Broncos, whose 27-20
victory over the Chargers fit
the script of their season —
by being anything but routine?
A recap of Sunday’s mad-
ness:
— Manning came off the
bench to trigger a comefrom-behind win, yet only
completed five passes for 69
yards.
— Osweiler started and
threw for 232 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown,
and got pulled even though
his coach conceded the
quarterback did nothing
wrong.
— Denver had five giveaways and became the first
team since 2012 to win
despite going minus-4 in
turnovers.
— The Broncos (12-4)
earned home-field advantage in the AFC less than
two weeks after heading
into their 15th game on a
two-game losing streak and
two games behind New England.
“It’s been,” Manning said,
“a pretty different year.”
Coach Gary Kubiak shifted the momentum with his
decision to pull Osweiler
early in the third quarter,
after C.J. Anderson lost a
fumble for Denver’s fifth
turnover. That one wasn’t
Osweiler’s fault. And it
could be argued that his
two interceptions, one of
which hit receiver Jordan
Norwood in the hands
before being picked, weren’t
either.
“I don’t think Brock did
anything wrong,” Kubiak
said.
Wrestling club has 33 place in tournament
Led by 13 individual
champions, the Concordia
Kids Wrestling Club had
33 competitors place in
the top five in the Kansas
Nebraska
Throwdown
Tournament on Saturday.
Concordia
wrestlers
placing first include:
Colton McWhorter, 37
pounds,
6-and-under;
Jaydin
Morrissey,
43
pounds,
6-and-under;
Ayden Krier, 49 pounds, 6and-under; Trent Baker,
64 pounds, 6-and-under;
Keigan Guy, 58 pounds, 8and-under; Kale Schroed-
er, 58 pounds, 8-andunder; Drake Blochlinger,
Drew Sterrett, 67 pounds,
8-and-under; Tracer Murdock, 125 pounds, 8-andunder; Koby Tyler, 64
pounds,
10-and-under;
Ethan
Sterling,
76
pounds,
10-and-under;
Drew Brown, 100 pounds,
12-and-under;
and
Nathan
Brown,
105
pounds, 12-and-under.
Placing second include:
Kolby
Buckley,
46
pounds,
6-and-under;
46
Cooper
Wogomon,
pounds,
6-and-under;
Treyton Biery, 58 pounds,
6-and-under; Trent Peltier, 58 pounds, 6-andunder; Jaycer Hake, 73
pounds,
6-and-under;
Grayson Palmgren, 95
pounds,
6-and-under;
55
Chauncie
Tyler,
pounds,
10-and-under;
and Gracy Drury, 67
pounds, 10-and-under.
Third-place
finishers
include:
Landen
Belden,
37
pounds,
6-and-under;
Braytin Hake, 61 pounds,
6-and-under; Rush LeDuc,
Chane Parker, 88 pounds,
8-and-under;
Christian
Belden, 55 pounds, 10and-nder; Keiran Reid, 64
pounds,
10-and-under;
Torxsten
Kindel,
67
pounds,
10-and-under;
76
Dustin
Sterrett,
pounds,
10-and-under;
Bergun Kindel, 76 pounds,
10-and-under;
Kamryn
Price, 79 pounds, 10-andunder; and Treyton Gropp,
84 pounds, 12-and-under.
Tucker
Davis,
37
pounds,
6-and-under,
placed fifth.
EL DORADO — Overcoming a number of obstacles,
the Cloud County Thunderbirds were in position to pick
up a Jayhawk Conference
road win.
Despite early foul trouble
and 19 turnovers, the TBirds trailed Butler Community College just 61-60 with
under two minutes to play.
Two costly turnovers and
three missed shots by Cloud
County allowed the Grizzlies
to escape with a 65-62 victory Saturday night.
Cloud County trailed Butler by one point when Erin
Alexander scored with 2:04
to play in the game.
Kristina Farber came up
with a steal, but the T-Birds
turned it over 19 seconds
later.
Following
another
turnover by the Grizzlies, the
T-Birds gave it up once
again.
Tamara Lee made two free
throws with :39 seconds to
play, and Butler led 63-60.
Kaley Broeckelman couldn’t connect on a three-point
attempt to tie the game.
Cloud County grabbed an
but
rebound,
offensive
Gabrielle Figgers missed a
three.
Two free throws by Alecia
Gulledge gave the Grizzlies a
65-60 advantage with 14 seconds on the clock.
Cloud County would get a
basket by Chelcie Kizart in
the final seconds to make the
final margin three points.
“Too many mistakes in a
lot of different areas,” Cloud
County coach Brett Erkenbrack said, “We had some
critical turnovers throughout
the course of the game. It was
a game that we did not play
well from beginning to end.”
Cloud County falls to 11-5
overall and 3-2 in the Jayhawk Conference with the
loss.
Butler is now 13-3 overall
and 3-2 in Conference play.
Playing their first game following a lengthy semester
break, the T-Birds fell behind
13-4 and had a couple of key
players get into early foul
trouble.
“We had a lot of different
lineups going, and that made
us uncomfortable,” Erkenbrack said.
Cloud County was able to
hang around, and pulled
even at 30-30 when Figgers
made a three-point shot with
42 seconds in the first half.
Figgers was three of eight
from three-point range in
scoring 13 points.
Hitting one of two free
throws in the final seconds of
the first half, Figgers gave
Cloud County a 31-30 lead.
“I played 10 people that
first half. I was running them
in and out of there. Somehow, through all of that, we
ended up leading,” Erkenbrack said.
The game was tied at 3333 early in the second half
when Broeckelman took over.
Broeckelman, a freshman,
knocked down two threes
and a pair of jumpers in scoring 10 straight points to give
Cloud County a 43-33 lead.
“We played pretty good to
start the second half. Kaley
Broeckelman hit a couple of
threes and a couple of
jumpers,” Erkenbrack said.
Broeckelman led all scorers with 17 points. She was 7
of 15 from the field.
Butler hit six straight free
throws to start a 16-4 run,
and led 49-47.
A jumper by Kizart pulled
Cloud County even at 49-49
heading into the fourth quarter.
Kizart finished with 14
points and four assists
A layup by Broeckelman
39 seconds into the final period gave the T-Birds a 51-49
lead.
The Grizzlies scored seven
straight points to go up 5651.
Cloud County would fight
back to tie the game at 56-56.
Janee Arnold scored for
Butler, but Farber made two
free throws to tie it once
again at 58-58 with 4:55 left.
A layup by Tamara Lee
and a free throw by Nakylia
Carter gave the Grizzlies a
61-58 cushion.
The T-Birds got within a
point on the layup by Alexander, but Cloud County
wouldn’t score again until
Kizart’s layup with time running out.
“A bad loss for us,” Erkenbrack said.
Lee led Butler with 16
points.
Cloud County will host
Coffeyville in a Conference
game on Wednesday night.
Cloud County FG FT R
Kizart
6-12 2-2 0
Figgers
3-9 4-4 1
1-4 3-4 6
Farber
Broeckelman 7-15 0-0 3
Alexander
3-5 0-0 5
Freed
1-4 0-2 0
Broeckelman
3-8 2-2 5
Thomson
0-0 0-0 2
1-1 0-0 0
Jones
2-3 2-5 5
Price
Totals:
23-49 11-1523
FG FT R
Butler
Lee
4-11 7-8 2
Pauls
2-5 1-1 7
2-6 3-4 4
Gulledge
Carter
3-10 1-2 5
Leeper
1-1 0-0 2
1-1 0-0 1
Arnold
Roberts
4-7 0-0 0
Franklin
0-2 0-0 1
Prince
1-4 7-7 3
Bell
4-8 0-2 4
Totals:
22-55 19-24 30
A
4
2
1
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
9
A
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
6
T
4
2
3
5
1
0
4
2
1
2
21
T
3
1
3
6
1
1
1
0
1
1
19
F
4
3
4
1
4
0
3
1
1
2
20
F
4
3
3
0
0
2
1
0
1
4
18
TP
14
13
5
17
6
2
10
0
3
6
64
TP
16
5
7
8
2
2
8
0
9
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65
For the
Record
Obituaries
JOHN ISTAS
John Istas, age 77, longtime Concordia resident,
died Dec. 31, 2015, at the
Salina
Regional
Health
Center. He was born June
29, 1938, in North Branch,
Kan., to Caliste J. and Evon
R. (Demars) Istas.
He attended school in
Aurora.
John was a member of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Church, Concordia. He sold Grit papers to
many of his friends.
He is survived by his sister, Lela Blochlinger, Minneapolis; several nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, two brothers, Bernard and Medore Is-
tas, a sister, Norine Rheault.
Visitation will be from
9 a.m. until 9 p.m., Mon.,
Jan. 4, 2016, at the Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home.
Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m.,
Tuesday, January 5, 2016,
at Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Catholic Church with
Fr. Brian Lager officiating.
Burial will follow in the
St. Concordia Cemetery,
Concordia.
Memorial contributions
may be given to Our Lady
of Perpetual Help Catholic
Church c/o Chaput-Buoy
Funeral Home.
Online condolences may
be sent to www.chaputbuoy.
com
HAROLD C. GRANERE
Harold C. Granere, of
Clyde, age 98, died Monday,
Jan. 4, 2016, at Park Villa
Nursing Home, Clyde. Arrangements are pending with
Chaput Mortuary, Clyde.
Data: Hundreds of
military kids are
sexually abused
SUDOKU
Sudoku is a number-placing
puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with
several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9
in the empty squares so that each
row, each column and each 3x3
box contain the same number
only once. The difficulty level of
the Conceptis Sudoku increases
from Monday to Friday.
episodes of abuse cast a pall.
Those numbers fall wellshort of offering a full picture.
The ages of the offenders
and victims, the locations of
the incidents and the branch
of service that received the
report of sexual abuse were
omitted. The Defense Department said in a statement
that “information that could
unintentionally
uniquely
identify victims was withheld
from release to eliminate
possible ‘re-victimization’ of
the innocent.”
It’s also unclear how many
of the incidents resulted in
legal action. The cases represent substantiated occurrences of child sexual abuse
reported to the Defense Department’s Family Advocacy
Program, which does not
track judicial proceedings,
the department said.
An AP investigation published in November found
more inmates are in military
prisons for child sex crimes
than for any other offense.
But the military’s opaque
justice system keeps the
public from knowing the full
extent of their crimes or how
much time they spend behind bars.
Responding to AP’s findings, three Democratic senators have urged Defense
Secretary Ash Carter to lift
what they called the military
justice system’s “cloak of
secrecy” and make records
from sex-crimes trials readily accessible.
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12/31
Motherhouse pool used
as dive training facility
Legals
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Cpl.
Aaron C. Masa became fast
friends with a fellow Marine during field training in
North Carolina. But behind
his buddy’s back, Masa was
sexually abusing his friend’s
3-year-old stepdaughter. He
also took sexually explicit
photos of the girl and the
Marine’s infant daughter.
A military judge convicted Masa last year of sexual
abuse of a child and production of child pornography,
according to court records
and other documents detailing the case. Under the
terms of a pretrial agreement, he pleaded guilty and
received 30 years in prison.
In total, incidents involving sexual assault in which
the children of service members are victims occur hundreds of times each year,
data the Defense Department provided exclusively
to The Associated Press
show. The abuse is committed most often by male enlisted troops, according to
the data, followed by family
members.
The figures offer greater
insight into the sexual abuse
of children committed by
service members, a problem of uncertain scale due
to a lack of transparency
into the military’s legal proceedings. With more than 1
million military dependents,
the number of cases appears
statistically small. But for a
profession that prides itself
on honor and discipline, any
Police Dept. Report
Lost and found—Concordia Police Department has a
number of items that were
found and turned in during
November and December.
Following are the items and
dates and location found:
(Second Notice)
Socket wrench, Nov. 2,
200 block of West 6th St.;
bicycle, Nov, 8, 200 block of
West 5th St.; child’s jacket,
Nov. 10, City Park; K-State
Hoodie, Nov. 10, City Park;
two keys on ring, Nov. 13,
900 block of Cedar; tie strap,
Nov. 24, 1800 block of State;
personal items, Nov. 24, 600
Dive training
Concordia fire chief and divemaster Eric Voss (left) explains a scuba exercise to those taking block of East 7th Street;
(First Notice)
part in Sunday’s dive training in the Motherhouse swimming pool. Firefighter John Mastin, who
Fleece jacket, Dec. 1,
had taken part in Saturday’s Training, looks on.
Brown Grand Theatre; polo
shirt, Dec. 1, Brown Grand
Theatre; man’s billfold, Dec.
3, no location reported; Bicycle, Dec. 13, 1000 block
of Cedar; cellphone, Dec. 14,
300 block of West 13th St.;
bicycle, Dec. 31, 1000 block
of Broadway.
From: Sisters of St. Joseph with assistance from Con- of family members completThe Sisters of St. Jo- cordia Police Officer Marc ed the scuba training over
seph pride themselves on Henry, who is also an expe- the course of the weekend.
Voss, who first worked in
using their historic Naza- rienced scuba diver.
With only two indoor the Concordia department
reth Motherhouse to serve
the community, and last swimming pools available early in his firefighting caweekend Fire Chief Eric in Concordia—the other one reer, returned when he was
Voss took advantage of that is at the Holiday Inn Ex- hired as fire chief in 2012.
He said that while dive
service to provide unusual press hotel—Voss said using the Motherhouse facility and water rescue courses
training for his firefighters.
On both Saturday and seemed an easy choice for are available elsewhere, this
Sunday, Voss and his crew this first-ever training. “This is the first time he has been
took over the indoor swim- is the perfect pool,” he said able to offer them in Concordia. He believes the skills
ming pool in the basement Sunday morning.
The pool ranges from 3 learned this weekend will
of the 114-year-old building
for dive and water rescue feet to 8 feet deep and is be critical if his firefighters
heated year round.
are called on for search and
training.
Seven Concordia fire- rescue operations in nearby
Voss, a certified dive instructor, led the training fighters, along with a couple ponds and lakes.
Illinois, Missouri
Weather
assess flood damage
KINCAID, Ill. (AP) – Sharon
Stivers mustered a smile as a
visitor walked into her muddy
yard.
“Welcome to my flood sale,”
Stivers joked, nodding to a tall
stack of water-soaked furniture, appliances and belongings pulled from her home
and piled high by the road in
the flat central Illinois town
of Kincaid. “You can have the
whole thing for 50 cents.”
The Mississippi River and
most other waterways in Missouri and Illinois flooded last
week after 10-14 inches of
rain fell over a wide swath of
the two states. The water receded in most places Sunday
but continued to rise in a few.
Cleanup and damage assessment was only beginning, and
could take weeks.
Twenty-five deaths in the
two states were blamed on
flooding, nearly all of them
the result of vehicles driving
over flooded roadways. The
death toll rose Sunday when
the body of a second teenager
missing for several days was
found near Kincaid, a town of
about 1,400 residents along
the South Fork Sangamon
River near Springfield.
The Mississippi River was
receding except in the far
southern tip of both states.
After that, flooding is expected
to worsen in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other
southern states, though the
breadth of the flooding there
isn’t expected to match what
happened in Missouri and Illinois.
The Meramec River, the
St. Louis-area tributary of
the Mississippi that caused
so much damage last week,
already was below flood stage
in the hard-hit Missouri
towns of Pacific and Eureka
and dropping elsewhere, just
three days after reaching record levels. The worst was
still to come along the Illinois River, where near-record
crests are expected early this
week in the Illinois towns of
Beardstown, Meredosia and
Valley City.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner
toured flood-damaged homes
in Kincaid and urged residents to be careful, noting
the rare cold-weather flood
carries its own burdens, including the prospect of hypothermia for those wading into
water.
Stivers and many of her
neighbors spent Sunday removing ruined items from
their homes and placing
them along the street for
trash crews to pick up. Stivers shares a home with a
45-year-old daughter battling
breast cancer, along with a
granddaughter and four dogs.
Floodwaters got 4 feet into
their home, located in an area
where flood insurance wasn’t
available.
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Saturday, Jan. 9
12pm–6pm
Sunday, Jan. 10
Kansas Coliseum Pavilions • I-35 & 85th St N., Exit #17
Markets
LOCAL MARKETS -EAST
Wheat ...........................$4.04
Milo ......(per bushel) ....$2.96
Corn .............................$3.01
Soybeans .....................$7.94
CONCORDIA TERMINAL
LOADING FACILITY
LOCAL MARKETS - WEST
Wheat ..........................$4.04
Milo .....(per bushel) .....$2.96
JAMESTOWN MARKETS
Wheat ...........................$3.94
Milo ...(per bushel) ........$2.86
Soybeans .....................$7.84
Nusun .........................$13.90
Blade-Empire 243- 2424
www.bladeempire.com

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