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CONCORDIA, KANSAS 66901
Friday, March 27, 2015
Districts ask court to block funding law
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Concordia Forecast
Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of showers. Lows around 33. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday, not as cool. Sunny. Highs
around 64. East winds 5 to 15 mph.
Saturday night, not as cool. Partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the south
after midnight. Gusts up to 25 mph.
Sunday, mostly sunny. Highs in the
upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
Sunday night and Monday, mostly clear.
Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid
70s.
Monday night and Tuesday, mostly clear.
Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper
70s.
Tuesday night, partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 40s.
Wednesday, mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower 70s.
Wednesday night and Thursday, partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
lower 70s.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Four
school districts that are suing
the state asked a court Thursday to block Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s
$4.1 billion overhaul of the
way the state distributes aid to
schools.
The law scraps the state’s
school funding formula and
replaces it with fixed payments directly to school districts in the form of “block
grants” and was signed into
law by the governor in a private ceremony Wednesday.
The plaintiffs claim in the
motion that the law would
cause “irreparable harm” to all
of the state’s school districts
by reducing overall funding
and distributing it unequally.
Brownback’s office referred
questions to the attorney general’s office.
Jennifer Rapp, a spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office said in an emailed
statement that the state had
not wavered in its support of
the rewritten law.
“We will continue to defend
the school finance law as written, and now rewritten, by the
people of Kansas, through
their elected representatives,”
she said.
The four school districts
filed the lawsuit in 2010
claiming the state’s funding
levels and distribution methods violated the Kansas Constitution, and a three-judge
panel issued an order in
December saying that the
state should be spending at
least $548 million more on
schools.
The three-judge panel will
hear arguments on whether
the state has met its obligations to distribute money fairly on May 7 and has said that
it may take measures to halt
Arrest made in alleged scam
Concordia Police Chief Bruce Johnson
reported to the Blade-Empire that an
arrest had already been made in an
alleged scam.
Cloud County Health Center CEO Cherri Waites had issued a release warning of a
possible scam in the Concordia area, in
which a person claiming to have scheduled appointments with elderly clients and
claming to be associated with Lifeline,
Hospice or the hospital, had been calling
and saying they need to do a home visit.
Once inside the home, the person says
they are checking medication, and prescription drugs, which are missing when
the person leaves.
Johnson said that law enforcement had
two verified cases, both in February, one
by the Police Department and one by the
Cloud County Sheriff’s Department.
A suspect was arrested and charged in
the cases.
“We caught her, and we charged her,”
Johnson said.
Across Kansas
Police solve mystery
of stolen casket
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have
solved the mystery of a stolen casket that
was found earlier this month along a road
in Wichita.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the casket was dug up in February because a
family wanted to exhume a relative who
died in the early 1990s so they could have
the body cremated. Lt. James Espinoza
said the cemetery doesn’t accept used caskets, so the family made arrangements to
have the casket hauled away.
The hauling company transported the
casket to its facility to be discarded. But
Espinoza said thieves stole the casket
before the facility’s staff could get rid of it.
The hauling company chose not to report
the theft to police.
Students injured in
science experiment
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A science experiment gone awry has injured three high
school students in Topeka.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports
that liquid from the experiment spilled
onto the floor and ignited during class
Wednesday afternoon at Highland Park
High School. District spokesman Ron Harbaugh said in an email Thursday that the
fire spread to the feet of three students.
Harbaugh said the students were taken
for medical treatment, but he didn’t elaborate on the degree of their injuries. The
email said two of the students were in
school Thursday and that the third student was expected to be at school Friday.
Harbaugh also didn’t go into much
detail about the science experiment,
except to say it “had been done numerous
times in the class.”
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Power pole cabin
Eldon Wisdom is constructing a cabin out of power poles on the east edge of Concordia.
(Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
USDA proposes changes to
payments to non-farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) has announced a proposed rule to
limit farm payments to non-farmers, consistent with requirements Congress mandated in the 2014 Farm Bill.
The proposed rule limits farm payments
to individuals who may be designated as
farm managers but are not actively
engaged in farm management. In the Farm
Bill, Congress gave USDA the authority to
address this loophole for joint ventures and
general partnerships, while exempting
family farm operations from being impacted by the new rule USDA ultimately implements.
“We want to make sure that farm program payments are going to the farmers
and farm families that they are intended to
help,” said Tom Vilsack, Agriculture secretary. “So we’ve taken the steps to do that,
to the extent that the Farm Bill allows.”
“The Farm Bill gave USDA the authority
to limit farm program payments to individuals who are not actively engaged in the
management of the farming operation on
non-family farms. This helps close a loophole that has been taken advantage of by
some larger joint ventures and general
partnerships.”
The current definition of “actively
engaged” for managers, established in
1987, is broad, allowing individuals with
little to no contributions to critical farm
management decisions to receive safety-
net payments if they are classified as farm
managers, and for some operations there
were an unlimited number of managers
who could receive payments.
The proposed rule seeks to close this
loophole to the extent possible within the
guidelines required by the 2014 Farm Bill.
Under the proposed rule, non-family
joint ventures and general partnerships
must document that their managers are
making significant contributions to the
farming operation, defined as 500 hours of
substantial management work per year, or
25 percent of the critical management time
necessary for the success of the farming
operation.
Many operations will be limited to only
one manager who can receive a safety-net
payment. Operators that can demonstrate
they are large and complex could be
allowed payments for up to three managers, only if they can show all three are
actively and substantially engaged in farm
operations.
The changes specified in the rule would
apply to payment eligibility for 2016 and
subsequent crop years for Agriculture Risk
Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage
(PLC) Programs, loan deficiency payments
and marketing loan gains realized via the
Marketing Assistance Loan program.
As mandated by Congress, family farms
will not be impacted.For more information
visit www.usda.gov/farmbill.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is moving
closer to issuing $1 billion or more in bonds
to bolster its pension system for teachers
and government workers, even though
many lawmakers see it as financially risky
and Gov. Sam Brownback acknowledged
Thursday, “I’d rather we weren’t doing this.”
The Republican governor is pushing the
GOP-dominated Legislature to approve the
borrowing as part of a larger plan to reduce
annual pension costs and help balance the
state budget for the fiscal year beginning
July 1. The House and Senate have
approved rival bills, and their negotiators
expect to work on a compromise next week.
The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System is on track to close a projected $9.8 billion gap between revenues and
the benefit costs from now until 2033,
thanks to laws enacted in recent years. But
those laws require increasing contributions
to KPERS by the state, and Brownback
argues that the payments will strain the
budget.
The state faces its own projected budget
shortfall of nearly $600 million for the next
fiscal year, which arose after lawmakers
aggressively cut personal income taxes in
2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging,
hoping to stimulate the economy. Brownback’s own plan — issuing $1.5 billion in
bonds and giving KPERS until 2043 to close
its long-term funding gap — would lower
the state’s costs in the next fiscal year by
$40 million.
But critics of Brownback’s proposal liken
it to decisions by past governors and legislators over decades to short the state’s payments to KPERS, creating the long-term
funding shortfall.
Kansas moving closer to issuing
bonds to bolster pension system
changes to the school funding
framework until the case is
concluded.
Senate Minority Leader
Anthony Hensley, a Topeka
Democrat, said in a statement
that it is no surprise that the
constitutionality of school
funding in the state is being
challenged given the many
“needless changes” to school
funding over the past 25 years.
“It’s time for the governor
and the Republican legislature
to get serious about adequately and equitably funding
Kansas schools,” Hensley said
in the statement.
Budget plan
approved
by Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans
muscled a balanced-budget plan through
the Senate early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President
Barack Obama over the GOP’s goals of
slicing spending and dismantling his
health care law.
Working into Friday’s pre-dawn hours,
senators approved the blueprint by a
near party-line 52-46 vote, endorsing a
measure that closely follows one the
House passed Wednesday. Both budgets
embody a conservative vision of shrinking projected federal deficits by more
than $5 trillion over the coming decade,
mostly by cutting health care and other
benefit programs and without raising
taxes.
The Senate was beginning a spring
recess after approving the measure, leaving Congress’ two GOP-run chambers to
negotiate a compromise budget in midApril. The legislation is a non-binding
blueprint that does not require Obama’s
signature but lays the groundwork for
future bills that seem destined for veto
fights with the president.
“Republicans have shown that the
Senate is under new management and
delivering on the change and responsible
government the American people
expect,” said Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Democrats viewed the document differently, saying it relied on gimmickry
and touted the wrong priorities.
“The budget we passed today is irresponsible and fails to effectively invest in
our future,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski,
D-Md.
The budget’s solidly ideological tenor
contrasted with a bipartisan bill the
House overwhelmingly approved Thursday permanently blocking perennial cuts
in physicians’ Medicare fees. It too will
wait until April for final congressional
approval by the Senate, with McConnell
saying his chamber will handle it “very
quickly when we get back.”
Though doctors face a 21 percent cut
in Medicare fees April 1, the government
can delay processing those payments
until Congress’ return. The measure,
which also provides money for health
care programs for children and lowincome people, would be partly financed
with higher premiums for top-earning
Medicare recipients.
On the budget, only two Republicans
voted no: Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and
Rand Paul of Kentucky, a pair of presidential hopefuls. Two other potential
GOP presidential candidates, Sens.
Marco Rubio of Florida and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, voted yes.
All voting Democrats were opposed.
The Senate completed its budget work
after enduring one of its more painful
traditions: A multi-hour “vote-a-rama” in
which senators repeatedly debate and
vote on a pile of non-binding amendments well past midnight. Senators offer
the amendments because the votes can
demonstrate support for a policy or be
used to embarrass opponents in future
campaigns.
Those approved included one by Sen.
Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, entitling married same-sex couples to Social Security
and veterans’ spousal benefits. It got 11
GOP votes, including from several
Republicans facing competitive re-elections next year.
Also adopted was one by McConnell
aimed at thwarting Obama administration efforts to reduce coal pollution.
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OPINION
Prairie Letters to the Editor
Pondering
by
Susan Martin
A treasure nearly lost . . .
My children keep reminding me I need to sort, really
begin to sort.
They aren’t talking about
money or jewelry or anything which would interest thieves.
That would
be slim pickings for a thief.
It’s stacks of obituaries
and birth announcements
and clippings. Beginning
to fade pages of college assignments with professors’
remarks penned on them none raving about any genius, but busily suggesting
how to improve on this and
that and urging me to work
harder, get with the program! English instructors
always were the most interested and helpful.
The mass of clippings and
scribbles need to be neatly
sorted and filed for the genealogy on which I never
get started.
Well, you never know!
Tentatively digging into one
stack I found Vivian Maier’s
saga, the needle in a haystack. She worked as a Chicago nanny for most of her
83 years. Her passion was
discovered after her death
by an “amateur historian
,” John Maloof, at a storage
facility sale –a box of undeveloped negatives which he
decided to open some two
years later. His blood pressure probably shot up when
he inspected a few and realized he had found a valuable collection which he and
a man named Siskel turned
into a documentary, “Finding Vivian Maier.”
They found nearly a hundred people who had known
her and almost 100,000
negatives, even though at
that time they found nothing at all on Google. Maier,
born in New York , had
never married, preferred
children and the homeless
as best subjects and had
been born in
New York
but reared in France by a
French mother and Austrian father who deserted
his family early on. She
had worked in a Manhattan
sweat shop before moving to
Chicago in the 1950s. She
had a camera which was
not obvious and often used
the name “Smith.” Her relations with children varied.
Some remembered her with
much affection while others remembered “ violent
outbursts.” (Wouldn’t that
depend on the children?)
Some of the parents remembered paying for her rent
and food in her later hard
times. They believed she had
an unhappy childhood and
never was able to make up
for it.
Peter Rainer, a film critic
writing in The Christian Science Monitor believes her
fame has not reached its
zenith and that her work
equals those best known in
the field.
Her entire life was
a
journey in which she never
seemed to desire a destination.
Dear Editor,
It is our opinion that everyone in Concordia will suffer
a financial loss and some (near the tower) will experience
negative health effects if Horvath, Inc. is allowed to construct a 170 foot cell phone tower at 15th & Hill Street.
There are many reports of reduced property values near
cell towers. The following information is taken from http://
realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2014/07/25/cell-towers-antennas-problematic-for-buyers
“An overwhelming 94 percent of home buyers and renters surveyed by the National Institute for Science, Law &
Public Policy (NISLAPP) say they are less interested and
would pay less for a property located near a cell tower or
antenna. What’s more, of the 1,000 survey respondents,
79 percent said that under no circumstances would they
ever purchase or rent a property within a few blocks of a
cell tower or antennas, and almost 90 percent said they
were concerned about the increasing number of cell towers
and antennas in their residential neighborhood.” (July 25,
2014) A significant and comprehensive study, entitled “The
Impact of Cell Phone Towers on House Prices in Residential Neighborhoods,” published in the Appraisal Journal in
2006, by Sandy Bond, Ph.D., and Kevin Wang, validates
the fact that a cell phone base station and antenna reduces
property value from 10 percent to over 20 percent in an
area up to 1000 kilometers or .62 miles from the site. In
conclusion the study states, “the results of the sales analysis show prices of properties were reduced by around 21
percent after a CPBS (cell tower) was built in the neighborhood.”
If property values fall near the tower in Concordia, as
in other localities, this is what will happen. We don’t know
exact figures, but, for example, if 20 percent of Concordia’s
homes are within even only .25 miles of this cell phone
tower and their value drops 20 percent, then the other 80
percent of homes in Concordia must increase in value by 5
percent to keep tax revenue at its present level. Destroying
property values for some and increasing property valuation
and taxes for others and/or reducing city services, are not
good avenues to sustaining Concordia’s present population. We all lose.
Why do property values fall? They fall primarily because
of the threat of adverse health effects and unappealing
aesthetics. Many people do not want to own or live in a
home close to a tower and blinking lights that they consider annoying and unappealing. Even though we have been
reassured repeatedly by the telecom industry, the American Cancer Society, et al, that cell phone towers are safe,
there is much evidence to the contrary. Independent studies from the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Israel, France, and Egypt show adverse health symptoms and
even increased cancer rates for people living within 1500
feet of a cell tower. Please investigate this website, www.
electrosmogprevention.org which contains links to many
studies questioning the safety of electromagnetic and radio
frequency radiation. In the pediatrics Journal, an American
Academy of Pediatrics study reveals children have higher
sensitivity and absorption of radiation from electromagnetic and radio frequency fields. Should we take the gamble that this radiation will not harm our children? The cell
phone tower should be located away from populated areas,
including Hood Park and Concordia Elementary School
where children play.
The people of Concordia have not been adequately informed of the specifics of this proposed cell tower. A public
meeting should be called to address all of our questions.
Until we are sure they are safe, cell towers will function
well enough at a more distant location. Please contact city
and county officials and urge them to do whatever is necessary to move this cell phone tower away from town.
Sincerely,
Robin and Annette Hood
Dear Editor,
I began working at St. Joseph Hospital (now Cloud
County Health Center) in September, 1958 as a new nurse
having graduated from Marymount College, Salina, Kan.
I was so happy to get a position in surgery as that was
my first choice of jobs. I retired from Cloud County Health
Center in December of 1999 as Director of Surgery/ER and
Same Day Surgery. During my many years of working at
Cloud County Health Center (formerly St. Joseph Hospital),
the hospital had to make several difficult downsizing adjustments. Some of this downsizing was due to retirement
of physicians, physicians moving away from the Concordia
area, and the death of several physicians. One of the most
important factors for downsizing was the movement from all
inpatient care and treatment to more outpatient care and
treatment. Not as many inpatient beds were needed. That
trend has continued to this day. During all of the downsizing, the hospital has always been able to maintain and offer
quality care and service to Cloud County and North Central
Kansas.
With much sadness and dismay, I read the article in
the Blade Empire announcing that Cloud County Health
Center will no longer offer Obstetrics after March 31, 2015.
Our hospital has always been a full-service hospital offering
outstanding quality care for everyone from birth to death. I
am asking all of you, “What can we as community members,
health-care professionals, civic leaders, and all concerned
citizens do to get our hospital back to what Cloud County
and the surrounding area has appreciated and come to expect for over sixty years”?
I sincerely hope everyone will give some serious thought
and come up with some workable solutions.
Thank you.
JoAnne Balthazor
In the
“Mean Time”
by
Bill Dunphy
“I like things you don't have to explain because you
can't.” (Howard Nemerov) Knowing my penchant for short
and thought provoking quotations, you'll understand why
I love this one. I just like to say it and I can't explain why.
One thing I don't have to explain because I can't is my
fixation with love. It is something I like a lot. It's something I wish there was a lot more of in the world. “A Course
in Miracles” has something very interesting to say on this
subject, “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to
seek and find all of the barriers WITHIN YOURSELF that
you have built against it.”
Do we truly believe, as we say we do, that “God is love.”
If the answer is yes, then we need to think of another belief. That belief is that we are created in His image and likeness. If we take that second step, then we must conclude
that WE ARE love. We were created to be the word love
made flesh.
One weekend long ago, watching cartoons on TV with
my grandson when he was small, I was privy to another
revelation. I found that all the heroes and heroines became
something other than their ordinary selves in order to be
effective. Transformers, Power Rangers, Zoids, Metabots,
Spiderman, even my old buddy Superman, who is as old
as I am, became something OTHER. Ordinary people living
ordinary lives just doesn't cut it. How boring!
As I watched I couldn't help thinking of the quotation I
have previously used that refers to most cartoons as “frenetic and loud.” That word FRENETIC has stuck with me.
Life, to be exciting, must border on frenzy. It's not just
cartoons, however; most of television leans toward the frenetic. And, although we can control the volume, it is much
harder to control the emotional response to frenzy.
Almost every movie advertisement or preview of coming TV programs portrays actions that border on frenzy.
Frenzy may be likened to static on the radio. Because of it,
we are unable to get a clear message.
Whenever I feel myself being caught up in frenzy, and
that's easy to do these days, I most often return to these
words, also from “A Course in Miracles,” “There is a place
IN YOU where there is PERFECT PEACE.”
After contemplating these words for a few moments I go on to the
next phrase, “There is a place IN YOU where NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.” The perfect peace I was contemplating is
shaken for a moment. It's one thing to be at peace, but to
believe nothing is impossible is a pretty big leap of faith.
When I take that leap, I can move on to the third statement, “There is a place in you where the strength of God
ABIDES.” It doesn't come and go, it's always there!
There is a place in you where the strength of LOVE
abides. Your task is to seek and find all the barriers WITHIN YOURSELF that you have built against it. One of the
biggest barriers is the belief that ordinary people, living
ordinary lives need to do something frenetic to be effective. Other barriers are beliefs that strength is measured
by power and that true peace can be imposed by force.
My updates on the war come, not from television, but
in visits to that place in me where there is perfect peace.
There I gather ALL involved in the war and LOVE them
ALL. Then I believe with all my might that NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
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by Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift
WASHINGTON – The voters are just getting to know
the candidates running for
president on the Republican
side, and the months ahead
will allow plenty of time to
weigh their credentials and
assess how they perform
under pressure on the campaign trail. It will be a grueling experience for those
who accept the challenge,
and whoever emerges in the
spring of 2016 joins the battle again in the fall against
the Democratic standardbearer.
As the first official entry
into what promises to be a
crowded field, Texas Senator Ted Cruz got quite a ride
from the media for his announcement this week. He
and his wife appeared with
Matt Lauer on the “Today”
show, and he was the subject of numerous profiles attempting to divine what he
is all about, his motivations,
and whether he is presidential material.
The early line on Cruz is
that while he’s undeniably
smart, even brilliant, that
he has charted such a nar-
row path for himself on the
far right of his party that he
could not reach out to the
rest of America should he
manage to win the nomination. At Liberty University in
Lynchburg, VA, founded by
Rev. Jerry Falwell, Cruz told
a packed auditorium of students to “Imagine” a presidency where every word of
Obamacare is repealed, and
where the IRS is abolished –
a fantasy presidency where
everything on the Tea Party’s
wish list comes true.
It will take a whole lot of
imagining to believe that
Cruz could make these
things come true even if he
were king, let alone president. Yet he might just hit
upon a theme that could
catch on, that could make
him the leader of the angriest wing of the GOP, the
folks who cheer him for forcing the government to shut
down and want him to do it
again. Never mind the cost to
the country, and the workers who were displaced, the
shutdown put Ted Cruz in
the spotlight.
We’d all like to file our
taxes by postcard, but most
of us realize how impractical that would be, and that
it couldn’t happen unless
the tax code were completely
overhauled. Still, it’s the kind
of idea that Cruz specializes
in -- totally unachievable,
but sounds good.
That’s why he’s made for
the Tea Party, he can take its
obsession with a balanced
budget, add a touch of sophistication, and before you
know it, he’s got a proposal
and a presidential platform.
There’s a word for that, it’s
called demagoguery, and in
today’s fast-paced media environment, it could catch on,
at least for a while, until the
race gets serious.
That’s the bad news, but
the good news is that the
scrutiny will get more intense once we get past the
fun and games stage of the
presidential contest. That’s
when it will take more than
outsized ambition and ego to
reach the finals of this fierce
competition.
The great jurist, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, said Franklin Roosevelt, who steered
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the country through the Depression and World War II,
had a second-rate intellect
but a first-rate temperament.
By that yardstick, Cruz
has a ways to go. He has the
intellect, but he is among the
least liked members of the
Senate.
Among the rest of the
Republican field, there are
contenders whose smarts
don’t immediately jump out,
and there are problematic
personalities. Former Texas
Governor Rick Perry is the
most congenial of the candidates, and not the smartest if
we count his “oops” moment
in the 2008 debates. Jeb
Bush was always considered
the smartest of the Bush
brothers, but we don’t know
that much yet about his temperament. That’s what the
campaign trail is for, and so
the months ahead will be enlightening for the voters and
for the candidates too.
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@WMerryGoRound
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the U.S. should facilitate exploration in the offshore Alaskan Arctic now,” the study’s
authors wrote.
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study,
produced
by the National Petroleum
Council at the request of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz,
comes at a time when many
argue the world needs less
oil, not more. U.S. oil storage
facilities are filling up, the
price of oil has collapsed from
over $100 a barrel to around
$50, and prices are expected to stay relatively low for
years to come. At the same
time, scientists say the world
needs to drastically reduce
the amount of fossil fuels it
is burning in order to avoid
catastrophic changes to the
earth’s climate.
The push to make the Arctic waters off of Alaska more
accessible to drillers comes
just as Royal Dutch Shell is
poised to restart its troubled
drilling program there. The
company has little to show
after spending years and
more than $5 billion preparing for work, waiting for regulatory approval, and earlystage drilling. After assuring
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The
U.S. should immediately begin a push to exploit its enormous trove of oil in the Arctic
waters off of Alaska, or risk a
renewed reliance on imported
oil in the future, an Energy
Department advisory council
says in a study to be released
Friday.
The U.S. has drastically
cut imports and transformed
itself into the world’s biggest
producer of oil and natural
gas by tapping huge reserves
in shale rock formations. But
the government predicts that
the shale boom won’t last
much beyond the next decade.
In order for the U.S. to
keep domestic production
high and imports low, oil
companies should start probing the Artic now because it
takes 10 to 30 years of preparation and drilling to bring
oil to market, according to a
draft of the study’s executive
summary obtained by the Associated Press.
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to provide global leadership
and influence in the Arctic,
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regulators it was prepared
for the harsh conditions, one
of its drill ships ran aground
in heavy seas near Kodiak
Island in 2012. Its drilling
contractor, Noble Drilling,
was convicted of violating environmental and safety rules.
Environmental advocates
say the Arctic ecosystem is
too fragile to risk a spill, and
cleanup would be difficult or
perhaps even impossible because of weather and ice.
“If there’s a worse place to
look for oil, I don’t know what
it is,” says Niel Lawrence,
Alaska director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. “There aren’t any proven
effective ways of cleaning up
an oil spill in the Arctic.”
But global demand for oil,
which affects prices of gasoline, diesel and other fuels
everywhere, is expected to
rise steadily in the coming
decades – even as alternative
energy use blossoms – because hundreds of millions of
people are rising from poverty in developing regions and
buying more cars, shipping
more goods, and flying in airplanes more often.
In order to meet that demand and keep prices from
soaring, new sources of
oil must be developed, the
council argues. The Arctic
is among the biggest such
sources in the world and in
the U.S.
The Arctic holds about a
quarter of the world’s undiscovered conventional oil and
gas deposits, geologists estimate. While the Russian Arctic has the biggest share of
oil and gas together, the U.S.
and Russia are thought to
have about the same amount
of crude oil ‚Äî 35 billion barrels. That’s about 5 years’
worth of U.S. consumption
and 15 years of U.S. imports.
The council’s study acknowledges a host of special
challenges to drilling in the
Arctic, including the sensitive environment, the need to
respect the customs and traditions of indigenous peoples
living there, harsh weather
and sea ice.
But the council, which is
made up of energy company
executives, government officials, analysis firms and nonprofit organizations, says the
technology and techniques
needed to operate in the region are available now, and
the industry can safely operate there. The report contends the industry has developed improved equipment
and procedures to prevent a
spill and clean up quickly if
one occurs.
The council makes a number of suggestions designed
to make U.S. Arctic development more feasible. They include holding regular sales of
drilling rights, extending the
amount of time drillers are allowed to work each year, and
doing more scientific studies
of the wildlife in the region to
ensure it is disturbed as little
as possible.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I am so thankful for the opportunities to have served in
Concordia and wish to convey my sentiment to the community regarding the upcoming school board elections.
Had I known in my heart I’d be resigning from the hospital I would not have filed to run in the first place. I am
glad to see that concerned citizens have stepped up and
are running for offices in the city and on the school board.
Your choice of the board member replacing Jay Thomas is
crucial. It is imperative that a candidate with a sense of
strong fiscal responsibility and vision for our school district
be chosen. Someone who has first-hand knowledge of what
our children experience day in and day out in the hallways
of USD 333.
Obviously, with my pending relocation out of Concordia, I ask that you consider another candidate than myself.
I will miss those who have been incredibly supportive of
me and my children and wish the very best to Concordia
and USD 333.
Don Bates
Today in History
50 years ago
March
27,
1965—
Concordia’s
Presbyterian
Church voted to call the
Rev. David Seward to the
Concordia church. He, his
wife, 2 1/2-year-old daughter and infant son were moving to Concordia from Tulsa,
Okla. . . Thundercloud Park,
a horse racing track was
under construction at the
former POW Camp. It was
to have a grandstand and
barns to house 200 horses. Gordon R. Sutton and
Thomas G. Walker were to
provide year-around horse
training facilities.
25 years ago
March 27, 1990—Concordia High School seniors
Eric Carlson and Becket
Hinson teamed up to place
second in the two-man
competition at the Abilene
Invitational Golf Tournament in Abilene . . . Colleen
Brunkow won first place in
the jazz solo category with a
routine she choreographed
to the music, “Love in an Elevator” in the Starlight Productions dance competition
in Wichita.
10 years ago
March 27, 2005—Concordia Kids Wrestling Club
members who placed at the
Kansas Kids State Tournament were Drake
Hake,
Taelor Mendenhall, Tracer
Workman, Jarin Brown,
Dustin
Dooley,
Jason
Alquist and Skyler Hittle. . .
. Brice Bowers and the Flapjax were giving a concert to
benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters. Members were Bowers,
Clint Tate, Kenny Johnston,
Mikki Saltzman and Rod
Hartzell.
5 years ago
March 27, 2010—The
Kansas Certified Crop Advisor board recognized Roger
Barrett, Jamestown, for his
status as a CCA. . . . At the
AgMark Loading Facility in
Concordia, wheat was listed
at $3.90 and milo at $3.07
per bushel.
1 year ago
March 27, 2014—Concordia High School seniors
receiving Hansen scholarships were Cody Schmitz,
Rachel Hasch, Leyli Beims,
Hadrian Currier, Jordynn
Gumm, Clay Boley and Katie
Thompson. . . . Cloud County
commissioners announced
plans for an open house at
the new Cloud County Law
Enforcement Center would
be held March 29.
4 Blade-Empire, Friday, March 27, 2015
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars
By Jacqueline Bigar
A baby born today has a
Sun in Aries and a Moon in
Cancer.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Friday, March 27, 2015:
This year you and others often have many discussions, yet you might fully understand each other’s ideas.
Some of you could be signing
up for workshops with an eye
to better self-expression. You
have a tendency to daydream
at times. You find these short
escapes relaxing and stimulating to your imagination.
If you are single, fall could
bring an intriguing suitor.
Get ready! You will remember
this person for a long time. If
you are attached, the two of
you will experience a relationship pinnacle as the weather
becomes colder. Plan a special, long-discussed vacation
during this period. CANCER
can be emotionally draining.
The Stars Show the Kind
of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
* * * * You’ll want to look
at the big picture and consider your options. A sense of
discomfort might be slowing
you down. It would be wise to
take your time before making
a decision. Your instincts are
right-on with an emotional
domestic matter. Tonight:
Get carried away!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
* * * * At first, an idea
might not seem realistic, but
the more you discuss it, the
more plausible it will seem.
Work as a team, and you’ll
increase your chances for
success. Someone at a distance might be controlling.
Let this person take the reins
for now. Tonight: Try a new
spot with a friend.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
* * * Your ability to tap
into your intellect will make
you appear more grounded.
The unexpected could cause
a change in your plans. Take
a moderate risk. A partner or
associate will be maintaining
his or her control over a situation. Tonight: Make it your
treat.
CANCER (June 21-July
22)
* * * * You beam and bring
others toward you. Try to
work through some controlling issues that you seem to
manifest. The only way to
win a power play is not to
play. Consider changing your
schedule if you find that your
daily life needs a little more
excitement. Tonight: Early to
bed.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
* * * Assume a low profile.
A partner or loved one might
be very idealistic and could
share a long-term desire with
you. Have a discussion about
how to make this goal a reality. Mull over this issue for
several days, and you’ll find
a solution. Tonight: Happiest
at home.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
* * * * A meeting could
prove to be instrumental in
determining the path to a
long-desired goal. Confirm
that there are several ways to
get there, and then take the
one you are most comfortable
with. A friend or loved one
seems to be very idealistic
about you. Tonight: TGIF!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
* * * You might feel unusually tense and need to
reduce the stress. Make sure
to schedule a little extra free
time. Get some exercise or
schedule a massage. Be sensitive to a partner, even if you
and this person have very
different ideas about how to
have fun. Tonight: Let your
hair down.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21)
* * * * Understand someone’s expectations, but realize that you might not want to
meet them. How you tell this
person that you don’t want
to get involved could make
all the difference in your approach. Tonight: Listen to the
other side of the issue.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
* * * * Make time to relate directly to someone who
makes a difference in your
life. You might not be comfortable moving forward and
clearing the air right now. In
any case, stay on a one-onone level with friends and
loved ones. Tonight: Dinner
with a favorite person.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19)
* * * * Others can’t seem
to get enough of you. You’ll
want to consider canceling
plans for the sole purpose
of being able to let your hair
down. A conversation could
be uncomfortable at first, but
you might be surprised by
how good you feel afterward.
Tonight: An intense discussion.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18)
* * * You might want
to make plans for several
months ahead, but you could
feel uncomfortable with a situation and the other parties
involved. Go off and schedule
a massage or some other type
of stress-reducing activity,
then address the issue. Tonight: Make it cozy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20)
* * * * * Deal with others
who want things to go their
way. This attitude could
cause a problem, especially
if you are in the midst of a
negotiation. Try to find some
common ground. Let go of
a need to be right. Tonight:
Start the weekend with flair.
BORN TODAY
Singer Mariah Carey
(1970),
actor
Michael
York (1942), singer Sarah
Vaughn (1924)
***
Jacqueline Bigar is on the
Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
(c) 2015 by King Features
Syndicate Inc.
Week 10
As we concluded our
tenth week of the 2015 legislative session, we also ended
the time frame in which nonexempt committees could
meet and conduct business.
The three “exempt” committees: Ways and Means, Assessment and Taxation and
Federal and State Affairs are
the only exceptions to that
deadline and will continue
with any business they have
on hand. Next week, the
Senate will work three full
days debating legislation on
the floor and leave Thursday
and Friday open for Conference Committees to begin
negotiations.
Pages for Session 2015 –
March 16th and 17th
Macy Squires and Mikayla Brennan of Lincoln and
Taegen Larsen of Concordia
served as pages on Monday
and Angel Pfeifer, Jamestown, Maggie Malmburg,
Phillipsburg, and Russell
Dethloff, Concordia, served
as pages for the Kansas
Senate on the following day.
They met Governor Brownback, took the Dome tour,
worked in my office ran errands for the Senate during
session.
Senate Happenings for
this week
On Monday, the Senate
voted to concur with a measure passed by the House last
week to sunset the state’s 23
year old school finance formula with a vote of 25-14. I
have mentioned many times
in the past years that I believe the best legislation is
debated in each Chamber
and sent to the other after
a vote by the entire body. A
concur is a motion to agree
with the opposite Chamber
with no changes meaning
no amendments allowed. I
disagree with this process
as it takes away the ability to make a bill better as
in this case and I Voted no
on this bill. SB 7 repeals the
current school funding formula and uses block grants
to fund education and over
the next two years a new formula will be put together. It
is my hope that people from
across the state and in other
fields as well as education
have the opportunity to develop this plan in a special
committee which I hope will
be as successful as the K-12
Efficiency Committee which
met and reported back to the
legislature. Below are a few
bullet points on the bill.
For FY 2015 (school year
2014-15), the bill would
add $27,346,783 in General State Aid, $1,803,566
in Supplemental General
State Aid (Local Option Budget [LOB] State Aid), and
an amount not to exceed
$2,202,500 for the Capital
Outlay State Aid demand
transfer, all from the State
General Fund (SGF). In addition, the bill would transfer
$4.0 million from the SGF to
a newly created special revenue fund called the School
District Extraordinary Need
Fund.
For FY 2016 (school year
2015-16), the bill would appropriate
$2,751,326,659
from SGF as a block grant to
school districts. A demand
transfer from the SGF to
the School District Extraordinary Need Fund would be
made in an amount not to
exceed $12,292,000. An SGF
appropriation of $500,000
would be made to the Information Technology Education Opportunities Account
(extension of a program to
pay for credentialing high
school students in information technology fields, funded previously in the Board of
Regents’ budget).
For more information on
this legislation visit: http://
li.kliss.loc/li/b2015_16/
measures/sb7/
SB 175
SB 175 enacts law prohibiting postsecondary educational institutions from
taking any action that would
deny a religious student association any benefit available to any other student
association. The bill creates
a cause of action for a student or religious student association wronged by a violation of this provision and in
doing so the afflicted party
could assert such violation
as a defense or seek appropriate relief, including monetary damages. The Senate
approved the bill on a Final
Action vote of 30-8. For more
information on this legislation visit: http://li.kliss.loc/
li/b2015_16/measures/
sb175/
SB 86 – Kansas Transparency Act
Senate Bill 86 creates
the Kansas Transparency
Act which also expands the
Kansas Open Records Act.
The bill requires legislative
committees to have an audio
feed streamed live over the
internet. Four designated
committee rooms would be
equipped to allow for broadcasts by January 1, 2016
with the rest of the statehouse’s committee rooms
following by 2019. Those
first four rooms would be
designated by the Legislative Coordinating Council.
Archives of the broadcasts
would also be available to
the public on the Kansas
Legislative website. Proponents of SB 86 believe the
measure would allow more
people to participate in and
help citizen become more in-
formed about the legislative
process. The measure was
approved unanimously with
a vote of 38 to 0. For more
information on this legislation visit: http://li.kliss.loc/
li/b2015_16/measures/
sb86/
Kansas Open Records
Act Updates
Senate Bill 98 (SB 98)
updates the Kansas Open
Records Act by requiring
that minutes be taken at
all meetings that fall under
the Kansas Open Meetings
Act. The presiding officer
would determine the format
but minutes of all meetings would be required. SB
98 also updates how much
public agencies can charge
for black and white copies
of public records. Each copy
could not exceed $0.25 a
page. The measure has been
the result of over two years
of compromise and negotiations amongst a number of
stakeholders on both sides
of the issue. Proponents of
the measure believe that the
average citizen should have
the ability to easily access
public documents without
facing an unreasonable financial cost. SB 98 passed
unanimously with a vote
of 38 to 0. For more information on this legislation
visit: http://li.kliss.loc/li/
b2015_16/measures/sb98/
Public Funded Lobbying
Under Senate Bill 42 (SB
42), every registered lobbyist
must submit a report disclosing the amount of money they receive from public
entities. The reports will be
open to the public and must
be filed by January 10 for
the previous year. All reports will be available on the
Secretary of State’s website.
There were two amendments
added on the floor that would
ask governmental agencies
to disclose all public funds
that are used to lobby and
publish that information the
same way they publish their
annual budget either online
or in newsprint. Proponents
of the measure believe taxpayers deserve to know the
amount of public money being spent to lobby for more
tax dollars. The bill passed
unanimously with a vote of
38 to 0.
The Senate also debated
and passed out 16 other
bills: SB98, SB 161, SB 155,
SB175, HB 2006, HB 2025,
HB 2051, HB 2231, SB 246,
HB 2023, HB 2085, HB
2010, SB 276, HB 2066, HB
2267, HB 2364, HB 2090,
HB2231 and HB 2044. For
more information on these
bills visit: http://li.kliss.loc/
li/b2015_16/measures/
bills/
Kansas Job Growth
The state of Kansas saw
significant job growth this
past year. In fact, the last
time private-sector employment was this high was in
2007. The state’s unemployment rate remains at 4.2%,
with the national unemployment rate currently at 5.7.
Currently, Kansas ranks
second in the region with
regard to private sector job
growth.
What to look for next
week
Look for the Senate to
start debating the budget
next week. The Senate Committee on Ways and Means
spends the first weeks of
session breaking down the
state’s budget into sub-committees on designated areas
and hearing from stakeholders. They then report back
to the full committee, which
works to piece together
spending for the next two
fiscal years. The committee
passed out the budget on
Thursday to the full Senate to work before the first
adjournment deadline on
Friday, April 3, 2015, when
we will adjourn for a month
long break before returning
to Topeka for what is called
“veto session.” Veto session
in the past has been utilized
by the House and the Senate
to negotiate an agreement in
many areas where there are
major differences between
similar bills passed, most
notably tax and the budget.
However, our goal is to complete the bulk of this work
before we return for veto
session. We will be debating on the floor all day early
next week and small teams
of House and Senate negotiators will meet to reconcile
bills to be passed in what are
called “conference committee reports” before adjournment of the regular session.
As always, I’ll keep you
updated on the activities of
the legislature while we continue through the second
half of the session. I always
encourage you to stay informed of the issues under
consideration by the Kansas Legislature. Committee
schedules, bills, and other
helpful information can be
easily accessed through the
legislature’s website at www.
kslegislature.org. Please do
not hesitate to contact me
with your thoughts, concerns, and suggestions. An
email is the best at this point
in the session
Senator Elaine Bowers
Kansas State Capitol
Building
Room 223-E
300 SW 10th St.
Topeka, KS 66612
elaine.bowers@senate.
ks.gov
785 296-7389
www.kslegislature.org
PEOPLE
Annie’s SOCIAL
CALENDAR
Mailbox
by Kathy Mitchell and
Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: My youngest son is 34 years old and
lives with my wife and me.
He is an alcoholic and is unemployed, with no interest
in getting a job. He helps at
home by doing the cooking.
He is a great cook by trade.
He was laid off as head cook
at a restaurant and can't get
over it.
My son is a good person,
and I love him very much. He
claims he was blackballed.
He has had 10 good jobs
over the past 15 years, but
has had at least five DUIs
and has been in jail three
times.
Could this be true? Is
there any way I could get him
out of the house and into a
work program? My wife will
not back me up when I tell
him he has to get a job. —
Beside Myself
Dear Beside: Employers
routinely refuse to hire those
who have a drug or alcohol
problem and have been arrested multiple times. It has
nothing to do with being
"blackballed." Regardless of
his cooking skills, your son
is not a reliable employee.
Before you check out a work
program, please see if he will
go to an AA meeting (aa.org).
You and your wife could also
benefit from understanding
how you may be enabling
your son's drinking, which
undermines his efforts to
find employment. For you,
we recommend Al-Anon (alanon.alateen.org). Your son
can still turn his life around,
but he needs to get off the
booze first.
Dear Annie: I could have
written the letter from "Tired
of Sharing," the woman in
her 50s who was dating a
man who always had a group
of women around him. It
brought back vivid memories
of a crazy time in my own
life. I, too, met a man who
seemed witty and funny.
I fell hard, ignoring all the
signs of a lousy relationship
blooming on the horizon.
My guy had a harem of
women, too. They were only
"friends" whom he talked
about all the time. They
knew no boundaries and
would call him at any hour
for anything. If they wanted
help, he'd drop whatever
he was doing, leaving me to
handle stuff at home by myself. How stupid of me not to
know that the relationship
could only go downhill.
My life was a living hell for
a long time, culminating in a
nervous breakdown. I finally
had enough and moved out,
and it was the best thing I
ever did. He ended up marrying one of his "friends." I
dodged a big bullet.
There is life after such a
horrendous mistake if you
get out in time. I always
thought I had to have a man
in my life in order to be happy. But after years of dating
and being in unhappy relationships, I gave it all up,
and I've never been happier
or more free. It's exhilarating
to know you can do for yourself and be truly content with
life. I would never go back to
that crazy lifestyle. Tell that
woman to run away as fast
as she can. She'll be glad she
did. — Older and Wiser
Dear Older: No one
should remain in a relationship where you don't feel
valued, where you think you
have to put up with constant
mistreatment and disregard because otherwise you
would be on your own. There
are worse things than being
alone, as you have learned.
Annie's Mailbox is written
by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy
Sugar, longtime editors of
the Ann Landers column.
Please email your questions
to anniesmailbox@comcast.
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Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To
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From the
Kitchen
CROCK POT CHICKEN & RICE
CASSEROLE
4 lg. chicken breasts
1 sm. can cream of chicken soup
1 sm. can cream of celery soup
1 sm. can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 c. diced celery
1 c. minute rice
Mix in crock pot the 3 cans of soup and rice. Place the
chicken on top of the mixture, then add the diced celery.
Cook for 3 hours on high or 4 hours on low. Makes 4 servings.
More rice, about 1/2 cup and 2 other pieces of chicken
breast, makes 6 servings.
***
How often things occur by the merest chance,
which we dared not even hope for!
-Terence
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Senior Citizens Menu
Monday, March 30—Spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, pudding; 10 a.m.—Exercise.
Tuesday, March 31—Scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy,
Mandarin oranges.
Wednesday, April 1—Baked chicken, mashed potatoes/
gravy, corn, Cherry Jell-O®; 10 a.m.—Exercise. BINGO,
12:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 2–Goulash, Cauliflower, Peaches
Friday, April 3–Fish, Mac & Cheese, Peas, Jell-O® w/
fruit, Alt. Chicken Strips, 10 a.m.- Exercise.
Call 243-1872, Teddy Lineberry, for questions or to make
reservations.
Fresh coffee and cinnamon rolls daily, 9-11 a.m.
(Clip and Save)
SUNDAY
AA, 10 a.m., Came to Believe, 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Grupo AA de Concordiaen Espanol, 317 W. 5th,
Concordia
NA, 7 p.m., CCHC cafeteria
MONDAY
AA, Belleville Crossroads
Group, 24th and O Street,
Belleville
AA, Came to Believe,
6:30 p.m., 317 W. 5th, Concordia
TUESDAY
AA Concordia Gateway
Group, 8 p.m., 317 West
5th
Alanon, 8 p.m., We Care,
6th and Valley, Concordia
WEDNESDAY
TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly), 9 a.m., Catholic
Religious Education Center,
232 East 5th
AA, 8p.m., Scandia Helping Hands group, United
Methodist Church basement
Came to Believe Group,
Brown Baggers meeting at
noon, 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Agenda AA Literature
Study, 8 p.m., 18 Delmar
Street
Fibromyalgia/Arthritis Support Group, 7 p.m.,
United Methodist Church,
Beloit
Red Hat Club, Heavy’s
BBQ
THURSDAY
Alcoholics Anonymous
Primary Purpose Group, 7
p.m., 317 W. 5th, Concordia
American Legion Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Came to Believe Group,
noon, 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Concordia Gateway Group,
8 p.m., 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Chapter EV, P.E.O.,
Faith Nyswonger
Call Cloud County Chemical Dependency Committee
(CCCDC) 24/7 hotline for
assistance including area
addiction group meetings.
They also have a website
that lists all of its AA, NA,
Al-Anon and OA meeting
times and places. Freedom Club Website is www.
freedom-club.org. Freedom
Club address is 317 W. 5th
Street.
DVACK Weekly Support
Groups in Concordia
Tuesdays—Domestic
Violence Support Group;
the dynamics of domestic
violence, safety planning,
healthy relationships and
boundaries; Sexual Assault/Women Empowered
Support Group; trauma,
coping techniques and selfcare.
Wednesdays—Survivors with Disabilities Support Group; navigating
various systems, accessing
universal services without
discrimination, individual
rights and opportunities
and empowerment; Economic
Support
Group,
budgeting, individual assessment and reflection of
financial literacy, gaining
employment and financial
goal setting.
Thursdays—Domestic
Violence Parent Support
Group; cycle of abuse, identifying children’s emotions
and coping behaviors, establishing solid family connections and support; Sexual Assault Parent Support
Group; child trauma, triggers and coping techniques.
Call 785.243.4349 for
times/location and to preregister for support group
meetings.
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Vanished towns dot
prairie in Kiowa County
GREENSBURG,
Kan.
(AP) – Traveling down a dirt
path sandwiched between a
wheat field and pasture, Ed
Schoenberger abruptly motions to stop the car.
“You’re now in downtown
Reeder,” he says as he steps
out of the vehicle - facing the
cold wind that whips across
the wide-open prairie on this
early March day.
But all around him, there
is nothing but farmland and
grass. Reeder, once a bustling community where residents dreamed of a railroad,
has disappeared.
Underneath the ground,
however, the memory of
Reeder still exists. Reeder began in 1885 but only lasted
a handful of years, with the
post office closing in 1891.
The railroad never came, and
the community eventually
died with its remains buried
in shallow graves below the
prairie grass.
Schoenberger pulls out
his metal detector and begins
finding century-old trash on this day largely sardine
cans that settlers left behind.
Reeder’s
tale
mirrors
countless towns across Kansas, including several in Kiowa County. Schoenberger
has been working to preserve
those memories through his
research and amateur archeology.
Reeder, he said, once was
part of Comanche County
before the Kansas Legislature redrew the county lines.
It had a newspaper - the Comanche Chief, which eventually was changed to the Kiowa Chief. There was a hotel
and other businesses.
“They built Reeder on the
anticipation of a north-south
railroad, but it never happened,” he said.
Reeder soon disappeared.
In 1903, the Kansas
House passed HB 221, an
act vacating the townsite
of Reeder, according to the
Kansas House Journal.
Schoenberger, a longtime
Greensburg resident and
past board member of the
Kiowa County Historical Society, has been researching
the county’s ghost towns for
decades. In the margins of
an old Kiowa County history
book - which survived the
May 2007 tornado that destroyed his home and much
of the city - he scribbles his
own notes of his findings,
and corrects the inaccuracies.
“History belongs to the
person who tells it,” he quips,
noting that stories that are
passed down from generation to generation change
over time. However, if you dig
deep enough, the truth often
comes to the surface.
Finding the truth, however, hasn’t always been easy.
For instance, Janesville, the
county’s first town, is located roughly two miles west
of Greensburg. Janesville,
however, has no official paper trail. The town was never
platted and had such a brief
life that Schoenberger has
found few documents and
newspaper articles, along
with a case full of artifacts.
A July 1884 issue of the
Kinsley Graphic noted the
happenings in town in its
Janesville Jottings. It said
that Andrew J. McWilliams
was busy running a store,
lumberyard and blacksmith
shop.
By August 1884, building in town, it seemed, was
booming.
“Lumber is sold so rapidly
in our yards here, that it is
simply impossible to keep
a good stock on hand,” the
writer reported.
And, by September, the
town had a post office, The
Hutchinson News ((http://
bit.ly/1FQ17r6 ) reports.
Janesville, however, would
soon be just a memory. And
some of the accounts of its
ending stretch the truth, including one in history books
and stated on the Kansas
State Historical Society website:
“When the town of Greensburg was being established,
the townspeople attempted
to have the post office moved
from the nearby town of
Janesville. Jacob Barney,
who had established Janesville and was also the postmaster, refused to allow the
post office to leave. One night
several Greensburg men were
playing cards and drinking
with Barney in the Janesville
Post Office. Late in the evening, Barney fell asleep. The
Greensburg men hoisted the
9-foot-by-12-foot
building
onto a sled, and with Barney
inside, moved the building to
Greensburg. Barney awoke
the next morning in what
was now Greensburg’s post
office.”
“In these old stories
there is always some truth,”
Schoenberger said.
Schoenberger said he
found Janesville’s first postmaster was McWilliams, who
had the daughter named
Jane. Documents also show
that Jacob Barney most likely participated in the relocation to Greensburg. Barney
had a store in Janesville.
Janesville
consolidated
with Greensburg in October
1884, according to a county
document. It noted that that
Greensburg acquired all the
houses and buildings in
Janesville, including the post
office, and that McWilliams
would remain postmaster.
McWilliams didn’t take the
job, however. Emma Conwell, did. The post office in
Janesville was formally discontinued in January 1885
and moved to what postal officials called Greensburgh.
The post office dropped
the H in 1892.
Whether
Barney
disagreed with the move, it’s
long been buried with him,
as Barney signed the document and was paid $5.52 for
nails, rope and other items
for the moving of Janesville.
Schoenberger also said residents who agreed to move
to Greensburg were paid for
their expenses and received a
free lot in Greensburg.
For Schoenberger, one
easy way to find townsites
is from the trash settlers left
behind.
There was no trash Dumpster, after all, on the prairie.
Pioneers often left their trash
behind, said David Webb, assistant director of the Kansas Heritage Center in Dodge
City.
“Canned food - sardines
and fruit, some vegetables,
that was pretty common,”
Webb said. “They didn’t have
trash pickup so it all got
dumped somewhere - state
archaeologists say the outhouse sites are great - that’s
where a lot of things got
thrown.”
The town site of Brenham
was actually south and west
of the present day elevator
that travelers pass as they
head west into Greensburg,
Schoenberger said, noting
he’s found several items in
this location, including the
town’s well. Brenham had a
good well and people from all
over came to get water from
it.
The town, formed in 1884,
had several businesses, including a doctor. Brenham
had a post office for 10 years,
through 1894. Southern
Plains Cooperative still operates the elevator, using it for
food-grade milo.
There were other towns as
well, almost all of which have
been reclaimed by the prairie
or plowed over by farmers.
Some, however, never really
were more than a post office
stop with maybe a store.
That
includes
Nickel,
which had a post office from
1886 to 1908; as well as
Crescent in northwestern Kiowa County. Crescent’s post
office operated from 1892 to
1905.
The towns of Belvidere
and Wellsford still have small
populations and a few structures.
Kansas has nearly 6,000
dead towns across the prairie. Some died because they
lost the county seat battle.
Others, said Webb, disappeared because they didn’t
get a railroad. Those towns
would typically move their
buildings to a neighboring
community, leaving little remains on the surface.
Often, said Webb, the last
remaining evidence above
ground is a rural cemetery.
Schoenberger continues
to metal detect the townsites - some of which have
moved a little from the original platting. He has permission from the landowners.
He also thinks he has found
the undocumented town of
Gresham, which the Kinsley
Mercury in 1884 noted was
one of three voting precincts
in the county.
At the proposed site of
Gresham, which he thinks
is by the Joy elevator area
west of Greensburg, he
found square nails and tools.
Around the Janesville site,
he has found horseshoes,
bridle bits, square nails and
bullets with his metal detector, among countless other
metal items used in the day.
He’s found similar items at
Brenham.
Those items are hanging
in the Kiowa County Courthouse.
From Reeder, in Schoenberger’s home collection,
he has buttons and money,
bullets and more decorative
pieces, including jewelry and
pocket knives.
He enjoys it, he said, adding he probably has more
than 4,000 hours of research.
“I’ve always been interested in history,” he said, adding he used to be the cemetery sexton at Greensburg.
“But I’m even more so now.”
6 Blade-Empire, Friday, March 27, 2015
Check for Honor Flight
Award presentation
Janet Lowell (right), president of Central National Bank presents a check for $225 for Honor
The late Mike Foster’s family and Twin Valley employees traveled to Phoenix to accept his Flight to Bev Mortimer. Also pictured are bank employees who raised the money through their
Lifetime Achievement Award on his behalf. Pictured are (l-r): Peg Foster, Mike’s sister; Jackie Blue Jeans for Charity project. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
Foster, Mike’s wife; his son, the current president and CEO Ben Foster; Kendra Howze, Mike’s
daughter; Chuck Howze, Mike’s son-in-law; Scott Leitzel, VP operations; Joe Greene, marketing and sales manager; and Shaley Johnson, marketing specialist.
Foster honored with National Award
NTCA, the Rural Broadband Association, honored
the late Mike Foster, former
president and chief executive
officer (CEO) of Twin Valley
Telephone in Miltonvale, with
a national award recognizing
his many achievements and
service to the telecommunications industry.
Foster, who died in
the fall of 2014, was honored with the 2015 Lifetime
Achievement Award for leading Twin Valley to become
an early adopter of several
advanced technologies and
carrying out an acquisition
that tripled the size of the
company.
Foster served Twin Valley for more than 40 years,
including 20 years as president and CEO. Foster’s leadership was not limited to his
role at Twin Valley. He also
took an active part in promoting the best interests of
the rural telecommunications industry as a member
of NTCA and through leadership roles with several industry organizations.
“Over the course of his
life and career, Mike demonstrated a remarkable dedication to his company, the
rural
telecommunications
industry and rural communities everywhere,” NTCA
CEO Shirley Bloomfield said.
The award was presented
during the 2015 Rural Telecom Industry meeting and
EXPO in Phoenix, Ariz. Accepting the award on Foster’s behalf were his wife,
Jackie Foster; his son and
successor, current president
and CEO Ben Foster and his
daughter Kendra.
NTCA’s national award
recipients are selected by the
association’s Awards Committee, comprised of NTCA
members. Bloomfield presented the awards during
the Rural Telecom Industry
meeting and EXPO Awards
Banquet March 11.
Student of the Month
Gage Canfield, Concordia High School Student of the Month, receives his commemorative
plaque from Cyndi Williams, employee of Central National Bank, Student of the Month sponsor.
(Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
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were low but understanding
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could be far worse.
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of the Oklahoma City and
Tulsa areas during Wednesday’s evening rush hour.
The mayor in Moore, an
Oklahoma City suburb devastated by a massive tornado two years ago, called the
storm that hit his city a “junior tornado.” But residents
of a hard-hit Sand Springs,
just west of Tulsa, said the
storm was agonizing.
“Tornadoes mean a loss
for a lot of people and their
property,” Lisa Reagle said
as she rummaged through
her father’s demolished mobile home looking for photographs of him playing music
with Merle Haggard.
Deidre Maxwell scoured
the debris for her parents’
prescription
medications
and any family keepsakes.
She also was looking for
the family car, a PT Cruiser
that had been parked beside
their mobile home.
“I don’t even know how
I’m going to get in this,” she
said, struggling to lift the
front door from the nearly
demolished trailer.
Wednesday’s
storms
broke a months-long tornado drought in Oklahoma; a
day earlier, an Arkansas waterspout was the first twister to hit the U.S. in a month.
Reagle credited “a God
thing” for the low casualty
count, and Tulsa County
Undersheriff Tim Albin said
the area fared surprisingly
well through tornadoes, hail
and heavy rains.
“I’ll tell you, when we got
to pulling up on the scene
you just thought we were
going to be pulling a hundred bodies out of here,” Albin said.
Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency
for 25 counties ahead of a
visit to Moore, where seven
school children were among
24 people killed in a topscale EF-5 tornado in 2013.
Wednesday’s storms were
considerably weaker, and
the governor said damage
was still being assessed.
“We’ve been down this
road before. We know what
to do,” Fallin said after touring an elementary school
that lost its roof.
Moore has been hit by
22 tornadoes since 1893,
and since 1999, four storms
have been rated near the
top of the scale for tornado
damage. The city’s longtime
mayor, Glenn Lewis, described the recent twister as
“kind of like a junior tornado for us” as he assessed the
damage Thursday.
Back in Sand Springs,
where Fallin also planned to
visit, Desiree Roberts said
the mobile home she lost
in the storm was likely her
last.
“The risk is just too great,”
she said.
The U.S. had had an unusually quiet start to the
tornado season. After a series of storms in early January from Mississippi to
Georgia, cold air settled into
much of the country, suppressing violent weather.
Tuesday’s waterspout over
Bull Shoals Lake in Arkansas was the nation’s first
twister in March; the month
typically has 120.
The last time the U.S.
had no twisters in March
was nearly 50 years ago, but
a slow start means nothing
once the atmosphere becomes ripe for storms, according to the U.S. Storm
Prediction Center.
“We always know it’s a
possibility, and it may be
‘You’re next,’” Reagle said.
Blade-Empire Friday, March 27, 2015 7
Sports
Hot-shooting Irish oust Shockers
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Gregg Marshall could have
searched for excuses. The
pod system that gives certain NCAA teams more rest
than others. A two decades
in the making win over rival
Kansas that felt in some
ways as satisfying as his
Wichita State program’s
run to the Final Four two
years ago.
There was no point, really. The Shockers’ decisive
81-70 loss to Notre Dame in
the Sweet 16 on Thursday
night had nothing to do
with lack of rest or emotional hangovers and everything to do with the Irish’s
brilliant offense.
There will be no rematch
with Kentucky. There will
be no trip to Indianapolis.
Another sublimely successful season for the Shockers
ended under a torrent of
Notre Dame 3-pointers and
layups.
Wichita State led just
once, going up 38-37 on a
basket by Darius Carter
with 16:37 to go. Momentum seized, the Shockers
appeared poised to set up a
potential rematch with the
Wildcats, who spoiled
Wichita State’s perfect season last spring. It proved
fleeting. A 38-18 deluge by
the Irish and the Shockers
were shocked.
“I’ve never seen a 1-point
lead get out of hand so
quickly,” Marshall said. “It
did tonight because of their
fire power.”
The Irish (32-5) shot 75
percent (18 of 24) in the
second half, easily pulling
away from the seventhseeded Shockers (30-5).
Notre Dame will play topranked and unbeaten Kentucky on Saturday night
with a trip to Indianapolis
on the line. The Wildcats
beat West Virginia 78-39.
Fred VanVleet led Wichita State with 25 points and
Carter finished with 22 in
the arena where distant
cousin LeBron James plays
but Wichita State simply
couldn’t keep up.
“I think we gave them too
many easy looks inside and
we can live with the 3s but
they just shot layup after
layup, it seemed like, and
we just for whatever reason
couldn’t stop them,” VanVleet said.
The Shockers appeared
ready to take control after
climbing out of a 13-point
deficit but Notre Dame’s
Demetrius
Jackson
knocked down a 3-pointer
to put the Irish back in
front and Wichita State
couldn’t respond.
Notre Dame didn’t give
the Shockers a chance.
Once Irish point guard
Jerian Grant decided to
become a distributor after
missing all five of his firsthalf shots, Notre Dame
soared. Wichita State said
it had the firepower to keep
pace with Notre Dame. The
Shockers did for 25 minutes, after that the ACC
Tournament champions
took flight.
“It’s like blood in the
water, you feel it and you
want to keep getting stops
so you can keep running,”
Irish guard Pat Connaughton said. “It’s something you can’t get enough
of.”
It’s a feeling the Shockers have thrived on during
their rapid rise under Marshall. There was the sprint
to the Final Four two years
ago and the 32-0 start last
year. The Shockers had
similar designs this time
around, racing past Indiana then dominating instate rival Kansas in the
round of 32. It was equal
parts milestone and statement that Wichita State —
which was left off Kansas’
nonconference schedule for
years — could no longer be
ignored.
Baker admitted toppling
the Jayhawks was like
reaching Cloud Nine before
adding it doesn’t sound
quite to appealing when
Cloud 10 is two steps away.
The Shockers didn’t even
get halfway there. Notre
Dame picked Wichita State
apart in the early going.
The Irish hit eight of their
first 10 shots and led by as
many as 13 points before
the Shockers settled in
behind Carter, Ron Baker
and VanVleet, who long ago
grew accustomed to performing in the unique crucible
the
tournament
provides.
VanVleet scored Wichita
State’s final seven points of
the first half to pull within
33-30 but it merely set the
stage for another Notre
Dame blitz.
SHORT TURNAROUND
Marshall isn’t exactly a
fan of the tournament
setup that gave the Irish an
extra day of rest but
stressed it was not an
excuse.
“I just don’t like the pod
system or whatever they
call it,” Marshall said before
adding, “I don’t like that,
it’s not good, but that has
nothing to do with the
game. The better team won
tonight.”
TIP-INS
Wichita
State:
The
Shockers are 4-2 all-time in
the Sweet 16. ... The Shockers shot 40 percent (26 of
65) and made just 3 of 18 3point attempts. ... Baker
had nine points, all in the
first half. He missed all five
of his shots in the second
half.
Notre
Dame:
Connaughton played in his
138th game for the Irish, a
school record. ... Notre
Dame made 9 of 19 3-point
attempts, with Jackson
making 4 of 5.
UP NEXT
Wichita State: Shockers
lose starters Carter and
Cotton while Baker and
VanVleet weigh whether to
return or go pro.
Notre Dame: Irish try to
move on to first Final Four
since 1978, when they lost
to Duke in the national
semifinals.
Wisconsin holds off Tar Heels, 79-72
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Wisconsin looked like a
beaten team for much of the
game.
Frank Kaminsky got off
to a slow start, his team
couldn’t make a shot in the
first half and then fell
behind by seven midway
through the second half.
It looked like a repeat of
the Big Ten Conference title
game, when the Badgers
were left for road kill against
Michigan State before coming back to win in overtime.
The top-seeded Badgers
again proved their grit, rallying in the final 10 minutes
to hold off North Carolina
79-72 Thursday night and
advance to the final eight of
the NCAA Tournament.
Sam Dekker had a
career-high 23 points and
10 rebounds, Kaminsky
added 19 and Nigel Hayes
12 to send Wisconsin (34-3)
into the West Regional final
Saturday against No. 2 seed
Arizona, which beat sixthseeded Xavier 68-60. Wisconsin beat Arizona in
overtime last season in the
Elite Eight.
“The toughness that they
showed today was really
something,” North Carolina
coach Roy Williams said.
“It’s strange, the difference
between winning and losing
is so small.”
Marcus Paige hit consecutive 3-pointers that drew
Carolina within one with 54
seconds to go, but Wisconsin made all eight of its free
throws ‚— four by Kaminsky
— over the closing seconds.
“Everyone knows that
once we get to free throw
time at the end of the game,
we’ve got to make our free
throws or they’re going to
come down and score,”
Kaminsky said. “We’ve been
through that a lot this season with situations like
that. So it’s just nice to be
able to go out there and do
it.”
Zak Showalter came off
the bench to score six
points in the Badgers’ 19-7
comeback run after they
were forced into tough positions by Carolina’s perimeter defense.
“The plays he made for us
in that two-minute span, we
wouldn’t have won without
them,” Hayes said. “This
was similar to the Michigan
State game except it didn’t
go to overtime. We weren’t
really playing our type of
basketball. We were letting
them have their way and
their will. All we needed was
a couple plays to get us
going.”
The teams shot exactly
the same — 46 percent —
for the game, but the Badgers improved to 58 percent
in the second half and made
20 of 23 free throws to keep
their hopes of a second
straight Final Four berth
alive.
“These guys have been
through a lot. They’ve seen
the good runs. They’ve seen
the bad runs,” Badgers
coach Bo Ryan said. “But
this group never gets discouraged to the point where
they get down on themselves or their teammates,
and that’s what’s fun.”
Brice
Johnson
and
Justin Jackson scored 15
points each for the fourthseeded Tar Heels (26-12),
who got within one with
4:21 remaining but couldn’t
retake the lead. Paige finished with 12 points.
“We wanted to pressure
them and not allow them to
be comfortable, and we did
that for the most part,”
Paige said. “The problem
was we couldn’t finish our
defense on key possessions.”
The Tar Heels appeared
to have the game in hand
when they were up by seven
and Kaminsky went down
with his hands covering his
eyes, having gotten hit by
Isaiah Hicks.
Turns out “Frank the
Tank” was just getting his
team revved up.
With Kaminsky on the
bench,
the
Badgers
launched the 19-7 run that
put them back in front, 6560.
Kaminsky
quickly
returned to hit a 3-pointer,
and Showalter scored four
straight, including a layup
off his own steal, putting
the red-clad Wisconsin fans
in full-throated cheers.
“It’s just great to have so
many voices understanding
what needs to happen and
what we need to do out on
the court, which was getting
stops,” Kaminsky said, “and
then coming down and getting good, easy looks at the
bucket and we were able to
do so.”
Carolina’s
Kennedy
Meeks returned from a
sprained left knee last
weekend to bother Kaminsky early before getting in
foul trouble.
Trailing by one, the Tar
Heels outscored the Badgers 14-6 to take their
largest lead, 53-46. Berry
and Hicks had four apiece
while the Badgers struggled
to make a shot.
LOS ANGELES (AP) —T.J.
McConnell shook off his terrible first half and a Xavier
defender with equal poise,
sliding around a screen and
finding an open 3-pointer.
The senior’s shot split the
net in the waning minutes
and he put Arizona on its way
back to the brink of the Final
Four.
“He has the ability to take
the big shot and make it,”
coach Sean Miller said.
“That’s one of the reasons
we’re here today.”
McConnell scored 13 of his
17 points in the second half,
freshman Stanley Johnson
added 12 and second-seeded
Arizona made a dominant
late rally for a 68-60 victory
over sixth-seeded Xavier in
the West Regional semifinals
on Thursday night.
Kaleb Tarczewski had 12
points and 12 rebounds as
the Wildcats (34-3) weathered a major scare from the
Musketeers (23-14) and
clamped down defensively
during a game-ending 19-7
run. On both ends of the
court, Arizona’s late surge
was led by McConnell, the
point guard who turned 23
this week.
“Over this season, T.J. has
really developed into the rock
on our team, the leader,” Tarczewski said. “He’s someone
that in clutch situations,
everybody on our team is
confident with the ball in his
hands. He always makes the
right play.”
McConnell doesn’t exactly
share his teammates’ confidence in him, but in his
138th career college game, he
wasn’t scared to shake off his
mistakes to take a huge 3pointer.
“In the first half, you could
have said I was practically
playing for Xavier, how many
times I passed them the ball,”
McConnell said. “I couldn’t
hit water if I fell out of a boat
from (3-point range). But we
kept fighting.”
With its third Elite Eight
berth in five years, Arizona
gets another shot its first
Final Four under coach
Miller, who led Xavier for five
years until 2009.
The Wildcats will face topseeded Wisconsin (34-3) on
Saturday at Staples Center in
a rematch of last season’s
West final. The Badgers beat
Arizona in overtime last
spring just down the I-5 freeway in Anaheim, California.
“The next step is a big
one,” Miller said. “The fact
that we’re playing Wisconsin
... it’s almost as if we had a
summer to think about it,
and we have to somehow
make that to our advantage.”
Matt Stainbrook had 17
points and 10 rebounds in
his final game for Xavier,
which fell just short of its first
trip to the Elite Eight since
2008. Those Musketeers
were coached by Miller and
assistant Chris Mack, who
replaced his boss and close
friend.
Arizona rallies late to defeat Xavier
Three Panthers
earn all-state honors
Three members of the
Concordia High School girls’
basketball team that placed
fourth in the Class 4A-Division II state tournament
have received all-state
recognition.
Tristen Leiszler and Jordan Eshbaugh were named
Class 4A-Division II firstteam all-state by Sports in
Kansas.
Cydney Bergmann was a
second team selection.
Leiszler was also selected
4A-Division II first-team allstate by the Wichita Eagle
and 4A (combined) thirdteam all-state by the Topeka
Capital.
Eshbaugh was a secondteam all-state selection by
the Wichita Eagle and
Bergmann was third team.
A 5-6 senior guard, Leiszler led Concordia in scoring
(17.3). She also averaged
6.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists
and 2.5 steals.
Leiszler finished her
career with 1,090 points,
and ranks second all-time
in Concordia history in
scoring behind Karly Buer.
She also ranks second alltime in assists with 202 and
is tied for fifth all-time in
steals with 148.
Eshbaugh, a 5-8 sophomore, averaged 10.7 points,
and led the North Central
Kansas League in rebounding (10.7).
Bergmann, a 5-8 freshman, averaged 10.9 points,
5 rebounds and 3.1 steals
per contest for a Concordia
team that finished 14-9.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Like
a massive, unstoppable
blue wave, Kentucky hit
quickly and just kept coming. There was no escape for
West Virginia, no place to
hide.
The Wildcats were as
advertised: too big, too
strong, too everything. Just
too good.
Perfect and pulverizing.
Trey L yles scored 14
points, Andrew Harrison
added 13 and the unbeaten
Wildcats, chasing history
and a ninth national title,
made their 37th straight
win look easy, blowing past
the Mountaineers 78-39 on
Thursday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals of
the NCAA Tournament.
“They were what I
thought they were,” West
Virginia coach Bob Huggins
said. “That’s the best defensive team I think that I’ve
ever coached against. And
when they’re making shots,
there’s nobody going to beat
them.”
The tourney’s top seed
and
an
overwhelming
favorite to cut down the nets
next month in Indianapolis,
the Wildcats (37-0) jumped
to an 18-2 lead, built it to 26
in the first half and
advanced to Saturday’s
regional final to play thirdseeded Notre Dame, an 8170 winner over Wichita
State.
The Fighting Irish may
need to call Rudy, consult
with Digger Phelps and
wake up the echoes from
some of those stunning
upsets in football and hoops
they have pulled off in the
past.
Kentucky is a monster
this March.
“They did what they had
to do,” West Virginia forward
Devin Williams said. “You
can’t stop something that’s
destined.”
With stunning ease, the
Wildcats took apart the
Mountaineers (25-10), who
led the nation in steals and
figured their full-court press
would at least bother Kentucky into some turnovers.
Not only did the press not
work, West Virginia shot
only 24.1 percent (13 of 54)
against the Wildcats, who
resemble a forest of bluetinted redwoods inside the
paint.
didn’t
Virginia
West
eclipse 20 points until the
11:41 mark of the second
half.
The Wildcats were fueled
by
comments
made
Wednesday by West Virginia
freshman guard Daxter
Miles Jr., who predicted the
Mountaineers would end
Kentucky’s title run. Some
of the Wildcats said they
wanted to win by 50.
“Well, that didn’t come
from me because that’s not
how I coach,” Kentucky’s
John Calipari said. “I mean,
what, someone’s going to
come in and say we’re going
to lose and they’re going to
say they’re going to win.
But we say at some point
you have to step in the ring,
we’ll lift the rope, you’ve got
to come in here.”
At halftime, the Mountaineers had nearly as many
fouls (14) as points (18) and
there was no hint they
would be able to cut into
Kentucky’s lead. The Wildcats, seeking to become the
first team to go undefeated
since Indiana in 1976,
seemed to be sending a
message to the rest of the
tournament that everyone
else is playing for second
place.
Five years ago in the Elite
Virginia
Eight,
West
stunned a top-seeded Kentucky team that’s a lot like
this one, loaded with high
school All-Americas and
future NBA players. But the
Wildcats weren’t going to let
that happen again, and they
blistered the Mountaineers
in the opening 20 minutes,
leaving the court with
superfan/actress Ashley
Judd dancing along with
the thousands who made
the trip north to Cleveland.
Aaron Harrison scored 12
points in the first half,
Devin Booker dropped two
3-pointers and Marcus Lee
and Willie Cauley-Stein took
turns soaring to convert
alley-oop passes into dunks
that had West Virginia fans
longing to take the country
road back home.
Dakari Johnson scored
12 points and Cauley-Stein
added 10 rebounds for Kentucky, which hasn’t faced
Notre Dame in the tournament since 1970.
Juwan Staten scored 14
points to lead West Virginia.
West Virginia’s players
promised they wouldn’t be
intimidated by Kentucky’s
spotless record, the school’s
blue-in-the-face fans or
championship pedigree. In
fact, Miles Jr. took it further, saying, “They’re gonna
be 36-1.”
Miles didn’t score and
didn’t say much afterward,
repeating “Kentucky played
good” to every question.
Kentucky’s fans came
prepared for a tougher
matchup after easy wins
over Hampton and Cincinnati to start the tourney. At
“The Corner Alley,” a
restaurant bar where UK’s
faithful gathered before tipoff, a T-shirt was being sold
that said: “They Hate Us
Because They Ain’t Us.”
Kentucky throttles
Mountaineers, 78-39
8 Blade-Empire, Friday, March 27, 2015
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Makes & services all types of
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A junior level officer position,
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requires a minimum of 40 hours
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Minimum Bachelor’s degree in
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Minimum 2-3 years of
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Part-Time/Weekends
In Jamestown
Weekly Pay
New Grads Welcome to apply.
Contact 785-493-0340
or apply online at
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EOE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
REPRESENTATIVES
Full-Time & Part-Time
Concordia
We’re looking for an efficient,
friendly individual to provide
excellent customer service
and clerical support in our
busy medical office. One
full time and one part time
position are available with the
part time position consisting
of 25 hours per week. High
School diploma or equivalent,
strong organizational and
Microsoft Office skills required.
Related experience is strongly
preferred. Some travel to
satellite offices and evening
hours may be necessary.
Offering $10.00/hr and benefits
based on position status.
To apply please visit our
website at:
www.pawnee.org
Equal Opportunity Employer
HELP WANTED
FOR PLUMBING, HEATING
& COOLING
Excellent benefits, BCBS Ins.
Retirement.
Apply in person
127 E. 6th St., Concordia
or call 785-243-3704
GREAT EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Cloud County Health Center
is accepting applications for the
following positions:
FOR RENT- 1 & 2 bedroom apartments, trash and water included, $325/
mo. & $400/mo. 785-275-2062.
FOR RENT- 1 & 2 bedroom apartments in quiet building, most utilities,
$650/mo. 785-275-2062.
CNA/CMA
Full or part time includes
every other weekend. All
shifts available. Differential
paid for 2nd and 3rd shifts.
CDL DRIVER
Champlin Tire Recycling
is hiring for a
Full-time
Class A CDL Driver
Sign-on bonus plus eligible
for attendance/safety
bonuses. Benefits available.
Home weekends and most
evenings. Apply in person
at 301 Cedar, Concordia
or call 785-243-3345. EOE.
Help Wanted
CONCRETE LABORERS
for Culverts
in Belleville
Call 785-819-3655 (leave
message). Good benefits.
Must be 18 or older. Drug/
alcohol test required. Equal
Opportunity Employer
complying with Americans with
Disabilities Act. Females and
minorities encouraged to apply.
HELP WANTED
Salina based company
needs OTR-CDL Drivers
for step-deck or box van
trailers. Good wages,
benefits. Call 785-476-5076.
CDL DRIVERS
Midwest Concrete Materials, a
construction materials supplier
with locations in Abilene, Junction
City, Manhattan, Wamego,
Perry, & Lawrence is accepting
applications for truck drivers.
These positions are full-time with
excellent benefit packages and
competitive wages. Minimum
requirement is a valid class “B”
CDL with airbrake endorsement.
Please submit applications
in person to 701 S. 4th St. in
Manhattan; through email to
[email protected]; or fax to
785-776-1147. Call 800-8135195 with questions. MCM
is a drug free work place and
an equal opportunity employer.
Applications are available on
our website www.4mcm.com.
Hunt Buried Treasure
right in your backyard, attic, basement or garage.
To place your Garage Sale Ad call 243-2424
HOUSEKEEPER
Full or part time includes
every other weekend.
DIETARY AIDE/
COOK’S ASSISTANT
Full or part time includes
every other weekend.
(2) Full-time Registered Nurses
for night shift. (7pm-7am) shift
with every other weekend/holiday
rotation. Willingness to train in
other areas of nursing.
Park Villa is looking for
dependable, caring team
members to ensure the
best care for our residents.
(1)Full-time Licensed
Practical Nurse /
Registered Nurse
for night shift. 7pm-7am shift with
every other weekend/holiday
rotation and willingness to train in
other areas of nursing.
Apply in person
PARK VILLA
114 S. High St.
Clyde, KS 66938
785-446-2818
(1) Full-time
House Supervisor
experienced Registered Nurse
for night shift. (7pm-7am) with
every other weekend and holiday
rotation. Typically handles nursing
staffing, patient admissions and
assignments, ER duties and
provides clinical expertise and
nursing leadership to the staff
during their shift.
PRN Registered Nurse/LPN for
evening/night shift and possibility
of some days. Willingness to train
in other areas of nursing.
Jobs Wanted
SUNSET HOME, INC.
is in need of a
caring and energetic
CMA
Position is for the 2-10pm shift
and every other weekend.
Submit application to:
Sunset Home, Inc.
620 2nd Ave.,
Concordia, KS 66901
Sunset Home, Inc. is
an Equal Opportunity
Employer. We test for drugs.
Physical Therapy
Lawn, Tree & Garden Care
Communications
KYMER LAWN CARE
Accepting new lawn
customers! Mowing,
weedeating, bagged if
requested. Free Estimates!
(1) Full-time Physical Therapist
Assistant, Monday-Friday flexible
8 hour days. Current PTA license
is required.
(1) full-time Communications
Coordinator. Monday-Friday
7:00am-3:30pm with rotation of
weekends, holidays and call.
(1) Part-time Communications
Coordinator. Monday-Friday 3:007:00pm with rotation of weekends,
holidays and call.
Benefits include- vacation/PTO,
sick, and holiday pay, health,
dental, life and AD&D insurance.
Forward your application to the
Human Resources Department
o r a p p l y o n l i n e a t w w w.
cchc.com under the Career
Opportunities section.
EOE
Call 785-275-1773 or 785243-4648
Devin & Bailey Kymer
You Grow It......
We Mow It!
Looking for small to
medium lawns to mow.
Contact Charity Brown at
785-243-2705 or 275-1086
for a quote
36, 1 mile East to Dollar
General Store, then 4 miles
South from Belleville, Kansas; From Concordia, KanREAD THE BLADE-EMPIRE
sas North on US Hwy 81
ON-LINE
to K 148 Jct., follow Hwy
at
148 Jct. 2 1/2 miles East
www.bladeempire.com
to 180th Road, and 4 miles
North from Concordia, KanReal Estate
sas. Tractors, Truck, StockFOR SALE- Updated 4 trailer, Hay Equipment, Catbedroom, 2 bath home, tle Equipment, Machinery,
close to school and park. Gravity Wagons and Misc.
$ 11 8 , 0 0 0 . C a l l 7 8 5 - Gary and Lois Nutter, Sell243-0759 for showing. ers. Novak Bros. & Gieber,
Seller.
•Saturday,
April
11,
2015– Public Auction at
10:00 a.m. located at 206
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2015– Honor Flight Auc- Machinery, Quilting Mation at 9:00 a.m. located at chine, Honda Goldwing and
the Kearn Auction House, Railroad Items, Tools, An220 West 5th Street, Con- tiques, Household Goods,
cordia, Kansas. Collectibles, and Misc. Leroy and RoberMisc. and Tools. Dannie Ke- ta Newell, Sellers. Kretz &
arn Auction.
Bloom Auction.
•Saturday, March 28,
•Saturday,
April
18,
2015– Consignment Auc- 2015– Public Auction at
tion at 10:00 a.m. located 10:00 a.m. located 1 mile
at the 4-H Building at the North, 1 1/2 miles East,
Fair Grounds in Belleville, and 1/4 Mile South of MorKansas. Machinery, Gun, rowville, Kansas. Tractors,
Car Parts, Tools and Misc., Combine, Headers, MachinHousehold and Collectibles. ery, Gravity Wagons, Hay
Belleville High Banks Hall Equipment, Cattle Equipof Fame and Museum, Sell- ment and Misc. Alan Peterer. Novak Bros. and Gieber, son, Seller. Novak Bros. &
Sellers.
Gieber Auction.
•Saturday, April 4, 2015–
•Saturday, May 9, 2015–
Public
Auction
located Public Auction at 9:00 a.m.
at the Cloud County Fair- located at Commercial Buildgrounds, East edge of Con- ing at the Cloud County
cordia, Kansas. Antiques, Fairgrounds, in Concordia,
Furniture, Household and Kansas. Coins, Antiques,
Misc. Pearl Townsend Es- Collectibles,
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tate and Others, Sellers. Tools and Misc. Fred CampLarry Lagasse Auction.
bell Estate and Patience
•Saturday, April 4, 2015– Campbell, Sellers. Larry LaFarm Equipment Auction gasse Auction.
at 10:00 a.m. located at the
farm located 1 3/8 miles
North of Belleville, Kansas.
Skid Loader, Baler, Grain
Drill, Plow, Stock Trailer and
Misc. Roger and Charlene
McCartney, Sellers. Mikkelsen Auction.
•Saturday,
April
11,
2015– Public Auction at
10:00 a.m. located at 816
180th Road Belleville, Kan- Devils Tower in Wyoming
sas, or from US Hwy 81 and was designated as the first
US Hwy 36 Jct. follow Hwy. National Monument in 1906.
Notice
Sales Calendar
MUTTS® by Patrick McDonnell
DIETARY AIDE
Full time A.M.
Responsibilities include meal
setup, service and clean-up.
Includes flexible scheduling,
starting wage above minimum,
every other weekend off.
For the opportunity to work
in the growing health care
industry, apply in person at:
ZITS® by Scott and Borgman
620 2nd Ave.
Concordia
EOE
We do pre-employment drug
testing.
Part-time
Administrative Assistant
Must possess good people
and computer skills and
be able to multi-task and
communicate effectively. EOE.
Send resume to:
WADDELL & REED
213 W. 6th St.,
Concordia, KS
Email:
[email protected]
or 785-243-9977, ask for Luke
FULL TIME OR PART TIME
OPPORTUNITY
Some weekends required,
cashiering, stocking and etc.
Pick up an application at:
Concordia Town & Country
1516 Lincoln, Concordia
BABY BLUE® by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH® by John Rose
Sunset Home, Inc.
is in need of caring and
energetic CNAs for Day &
Evening Shift. Positions would
include working every other
weekend.
Submit application to:
Sunset Home, Inc.
620 2nd Ave.
Concordia, KS 66901
Or apply in person or online at
www.sunsethomeinc.com. An
Equal Opportunity Employer.
We do pre-employment drug
screening.
HAGER THE HORRIBLE® by Chris Browne
Ask the Guys
Dear Classified Guys,
No wonder my male co-worker can
afford a new convertible. He's making $6000 more than I am!
Wondering how I know? Some
yahoo in HR accidentally emailed a
department salary memo to the
entire company instead of just to the
president. I knew women were
underpaid, but this is ridiculous. I'm
going job shopping and need to
know how a woman can get the big
bucks and a new convertible. My
only solace is that I'll look better with
the top down since I still have all
my hair!
• • •
Cash: Well, if you're
looking for a new job, there
may be a new opportunity in
your HR department!
Carry: You have to love the age of
technology. An error like that just didn't
happen with paper memos.
Cash: As for your salary discrepancies, you are correct in thinking there are
differences between men and women.
According to the US Census Bureau,
women are generally paid about 30% less
than men, and that's unfair.
Carry: A situation like this happened
when I worked for a large company several years ago. Except our HR "yahoo"
Duane “Cash” Holze
& Todd “Carry” Holze
03/29/15
©The Classified Guys®
emailed the amounts of the manager's
Christmas bonuses. It became a merrier
Christmas when the company restructured the program to give bonus checks to
everyone in the company.
Cash: Your company may take action
to rectify this new dilemma as well.
Before you jump ship, make an appointment to talk with your HR department.
Since your salaries are now public knowledge within the company, you can openly
discuss the discrepancies.
Carry: But be prepared to wait. After
this incident, there may be a line at the
door.
Cash: They may also be short-handed
after firing the "yahoo".
Carry: Before you storm down to HR,
ask yourself if there are real reasons for
the salary difference. Has your co-worker been there longer? Does he have more
job experience? What about education
level? Are there any differences besides
gender that may contribute to the salary
difference?
Cash: If gender is the only difference
and your company does not rectify the
situation, then maybe a new job is in
order. For your next interview, do what is
recommended for any professional, male
of female. Know the salary range of the
job you are applying for. With that
knowledge, you'll know if you are being
offered a reasonable salary.
www.ClassifiedGuys.com
Legals
(First published in The Concordia BladeEmpire, Friday, March 27, 2015.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF CLOUD COUNTY, KANSAS
CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,
DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA
TRUST,
NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY
BUT
SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE
FOR
BRONZE CREEK TITLE TRUST 2013NPL1,
Plaintiff
Case No. 15-CV-3
Title to Real Estate Involved
vs.
BRENDA BUSS; DEREK BUSS et al.
Defendants.
NOTICE OF SUIT
STATE OF KANSAS to the above
named Defendants and all other persons
who are or may be concerned:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a
Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been
filed in the District Court of Cloud County,
Kansas by WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND
SOCIETY, FSB, doing business as CHRISTIANA TRUST, not in its individual capacity
but solely as legal title trustee for BRONZE
CREEK TITLE TRUST 2013-NPL1, praying
for foreclosure of certain real property legally
described as follows:
A TRACT OF LAND IN BLOCK FOUR
(4), IN EAST CONCORDIA, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CONCORDIA,
DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT
SIXTY SIX (66) FEET WEST OF THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW 1/4) OF SAID
BLOCK FOUR (4) AND RUNNING THENCE
WEST FORTY FOUR (44) FEET; THENCE
NORTH TO THE ALLEY; THENCE EAST
FORTY FOUR (44) FEET AND THENCE
SOUTH TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING
(“PROPERTY”)
and for a judgment against Defendant
Brenda Buss, Derek Buss and any other interested parties and you are hereby required
to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure on or
before May 8, 2015, at Cloud County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree
will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.
Respectfully submitted,
MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS &
FRITZLEN, P.C.
March 27, 2015
Beverly M. Weber KS #20570
Dustin J. Stiles
KS #25152
[email protected]
[email protected]
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN,
P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT
AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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Upcoming events
Friday, March 27, 5:30-7 p.m.— Knights of Columbus
host for fish fry at the Catholic Church Parish Hall, freewill
donation.
Friday, March 27, 10 a.m.–Reading with Friends storytime for children 3 to 5 years at Neighbor to Neighbor with
Jim Wahlmeier as guest reader, featuring this week the
book Frederick by Leo Lionni.
Saturday, March 28, 1:30 p.m.—An open house with
Phil Dixon, where he will talk about the KC Monarchs and
the Concordia Travelers Baseball Club at the Cloud County
Historical Society Museum.
Sunday, March 29, 1 p.m.—Book tour with author Scott
Martelle at the Cloud County Historical Society Museum.
Martelle will discuss his book, “The Madman and the Assassin, The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the man who
killed John Wilkes Booth.”
Monday, March 30, 7 p.m.—The Brown Grand Classical
Music Series will feature Heather Henning on the oboe.
Tuesday, March 31, 6-7 p.m.—Open casting call auditions for the shows, “Mad Breakfast” and “When a Door
Jam Malfunctions” at the Brown Grand Theatre.
Thursday, April 9—One More Round: A Tribute to Johnny Cash, 7 p.m., Brown Grand Theatre.
***
Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in
the position to look too close.
-Robert Frost
***
Fast Facts
Daycare Dad
Reader Humor
Math Wiz
We all like to ridicule the Mr. Mom
image of Dad under piles of laundry,
and kids running and screaming
around the house. But today, the
stay-at-home Dad is more popular
than ever before. There are an estimated 2 million children who spend
more time with their Dad than any
other care provider, including Mom.
It's also estimated that there are over
100,000 stay-at-home Dad's who care
for the kids while Mom goes to work
to pay the bills.
When I was looking for a job, I
answered every ad, even ones where I
wasn't qualified. So I was surprised
when an accounting firm called me for
an interview, considering I had no
experience as a CPA. The interview
went surprisingly well until the gentleman asked me, "What's 12 times 7?"
Stunned by such a weird question, I
quickly replied, " 82." Later I realized
my answer was incorrect and thought
the job was lost. However, two weeks
later they offered me the position.
On my first day, I asked the HR
manager, "You realize that my answer
was completely wrong."
"I know," he laughed, "But out of all
the interviews, you were the closest."
(Thanks to Lucille P.)
Two Weeks Notice
The average American changes his
or her job every three and a half years.
Although, the number of years spent
at any one company does vary
between men and women. Since
1983, the proportion of men who stay
at their job for more than ten years
has continually declined. Conversely,
the number of women who stay on
the job for extended periods of time
has increased during the same time
period.
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Obituaries
District Court
CHRISTIE W. KUNTZ
Christie W. Kuntz, 65,
passed away Wednesday,
March 25, 2015. She was
born Aug. 31, 1949, in
Neodesha, the daughter of
William H. and Luella M.
(Myers) Kirk.
Growing up in Fredonia
and Salina, she attended local schools graduated from
Salina Central High School
and attended Cloud County
Community College. She had
been married to Gene Leonard and lived in Concordia
where she owned and operated A Touch of Glass and
was a licensed insurance
agent. They later divorced.
On Jan. 4, 1996, Christie married Roland Kuntz.
All of their married life has
been spent in the Abilene
area. She enjoyed traveling,
spending time with family and friends and church
work. Christie attended the
4 C’s Church and had been a
board member of the Brown
Grand Theatre in Concordia.
She was preceded in death
by her father.
She is survived by her
husband, Roland Kuntz,
Abilene; three daughters:
Julie
Dillon,
Louisville,
Colo., Toni Carpenter, Stillwater, Okla., Mandi Olberding, Eudora; two sons, Chad
Leonard, Colorado Srings,
Colo.; Shane Kuntz, Lawrence; 13 grandchildren; her
Christie W. Kuntz
mother, Luella Kirk of Salina; two sisters, Andrea Kirk
and Jaimie (Ben) Treece, of
Salina.
Funeral services will be
at 11 a.m., Monday, March
30, at the Danner Funeral Home with Pastor John
Marks officiating. Interment
will follow in the Union Cemetery. The family will receive
friends 2-3 p.m., Sunday,
March 29, at the Danner Funeral Home. The family suggest memorial contributions
in her name be made to the
4 C’s Church. They may be
left at or sent in care of the
Danner Funeral Home, P.O.
Box 758, Abilene, KS 67410.
Condolences: http://dannerfuneralhome.net/.
MARION D. NINEMIRE
Marion D. Ninemire, 65,
Santa Monica, Calif., formerly of Concordia, died March
24, 2015.
He was the brother of Leo
Ninemire, Concordia. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Markets
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S.
stocks were flat to slightly
higher Friday, giving investors a break after four
straight days of losses. The
price of oil slipped following
a big gain the day before,
when traders worried that
the escalating conflict in the
Middle East would affect the
flow of crude from the region.
KEEPING SCORE: The
Dow Jones industrial average was unchanged at
17,681 as of 12:10 p.m.
Eastern. The Standard &
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DENVER (AP) – Prosecutors say a Colorado woman
accused of removing a baby
from an expectant mother’s
belly will not face murder
charges, but they have not
explained the decision or disclosed what charges she will
face.
Investigators
say
Dynel Lane lured Michelle
Wilkins, 26, to her Longmont home March 18 with
an ad on Craigslist offering
baby clothes. Inside, police
say, Lane attacked Wilkins
and cut the unborn baby girl
from her belly.
Lane’s husband found
the infant in a bathtub and
rushed the child to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Wilkins survived the attack and was
discharged from the hospital
on Wednesday.
Catherine
Olguin,
a
spokeswoman for the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office, said Thursday
night that prosecutors won’t
bring the murder charge in
the baby’s death.
District Attorney Stan
Garnett is expected to release
more information Friday
about that decision, and the
coroner’s office is expected to
release the findings of an autopsy performed on the baby.
After rejecting a fetal homicide law in 2013, Colorado
legislators did pass a measure that makes it a felony to
violently cause the death of
a mother’s fetus. The maximum punishment under
that provision is 32 years in
prison. The maximum punishment for homicide in Colorado is the death penalty or
life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The gruesome attack revived the highly-charged debate over when a fetus can
legally be considered a human being.
Even though the baby
girl died, legal experts say
the situation is complicated
by the fact that Colorado is
one of 12 states that do not
have laws making the violent
death of an unborn child a
homicide. State legislators
in 2013 voted down such a
measure over fears it would
interfere with abortion rights,
and voters overwhelmingly
agreed when they rejected
a similar ballot measure in
2014.
Advocates say the attack
shows the need for a fetal homicide law.
Legal experts say a person
can still be charged with homicide for an unborn child’s
death under existing Colorado law if the baby was alive
outside the mother’s body
and the act that led to its
death also occurred there.
Prosecutors: Co-pilot
may have hidden
evidence of an illness
MONTABAUR, Germany
(AP) – Germanwings co-pilot
Andreas Lubitz appears to
have hidden evidence of an
illness from his employers,
including having been excused by a doctor from work
the day he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain,
prosecutors said Friday.
The evidence came from
the search of Lubitz’s homes
in two German cities for
an explanation of why he
crashed the Airbus A320
into the French Alps, killing
all 150 people on board.
Prosecutor’s spokesman
Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a
written statement that tornup sick notes for the day of
the crash “support the current preliminary assessment
that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and
colleagues.”
Such sick notes from doctors excusing employees
from work are common in
Germany and issued even
for minor illnesses. Herren-
brueck didn’t reveal details
of what illness Lubitz was
suffering from.
Herrenbrueck said other
medical documents found
indicated “an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment,” but that no
suicide note was found. He
added there was no indication of any political or religious motivation for Lubitz’s
actions.
Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, refused to
comment on the new information.
Investigators had removed
multiple boxes of items from
Lubitz’s apartment in Duesseldorf and his parents’
house in Montabaur, near
Frankfurt.
A German aviation official told The Associated
Press that Lubitz’s file at
the country’s Federal Aviation Office contained a “SIC”
note, meaning that he needed “specific regular medical
examination.” Such a note
could refer to either a physical or mental condition, but
the official – who spoke only
on condition of anonymity
because he was not authorized to release the information, said the note does not
specify which.
However, neighbors described a man whose physical health was superb.
Small Claims
Settled:
M&D Properties received
a judgment of $950 plus 12
percent per annum interest
from Josephine E. Cox, Topeka.
Tower Estates received a
judgment of $3,702.50 from
Shelbi Havel, Concordia.
Mike’s TV & Appliance
received a judgment of
$2,716.91 plus 12 percent
per annum interest from
Tim Rowland, Concordia.
CIVIL
Settled:
Cloud County received
forfeiture of $233.36 used
in violation of the Uniform
Controlled Substance Act
by Guadalupe Villa, Cloud
County Jail.
Dismissed:
The case of BOKE, a National Banking Association
vs. Billie Jean Rowland et al,
Clyde, has been dismissed
without prejudice.
LIMITED CIVIL
Settled:
LVNV Funding LLC received
a
judgment
of
$13,342.22 plus interest
and costs from Nancy J. Demars, Glasco.
Clyde Apartments received a judgment of $2,339
plus interest and costs from
Jessica Evans, Concordia.
Kansas Gas Service received a judgment of $449.15
plus interest and costs from
Timothy D. Wogomon Jr.,
Concordia.
Filed:
Mike Strong Inc. dba
Mike’s Payday Loans seeks a
judgment of $200 plus costs
and 36 percent per annum
interest from Sarah Kaye
Thornburgh, Beloit.
Discover Bank seeks a
judgment of $3,941.82 and
costs from Aaron Hake,
Concordia.
Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems seeks a
judgment of $8,985.89 plus
interest and costs from Jeffery L. Arnold, Glasco.
Carter D. LLL seeks a
judgment of $2,836.74 plus
interest and costs from Gary
Coon, Concordia.
Young Management Corporation seeks a judgment
of immediate possession
of property and damages,
costs and such other and
further relief as the Court
deems just and equitable
in the premises from Doug
Chapman, Concordia.
TRAFFIC
All Subtypes
March 18-24
The following people received fines of $153 for
Speeding: Samir A. Ali,
Jonathan R. Boehler, Timothy D. Davis, Jeremiah S.
Doxey, Wendy Lynn Drush,
Matthew A. Forshee, Clark
Robert
Geurian,
Timothy Ernst Larsen, Anthony
Johnson Lloyd, Tracey J.
Lockard, Alan David Perish,
Robert D. Prochaska, Kevin
L. Reid, Robert S. Robinson,
Cody Seth Runft.
The following people received fines of $10 for failure
to wear seat belt: Matthew
C.E. Davies, Danielle R. Jacobson, Matthew E. Tate.
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CRIMINAL
Andrew John Zenger appeared March 25 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of Driving While license Suspended Third Offense. He
was sentenced to 30 days in
the Cloud County Jail and
ordered to pay a fine of $200
and costs of the action, $108
by April 22. Defendant’s sentence was suspended with
the exception of a five day
term, on the condition that
all fines and costs are paid
in full by April 22, 2015. Defendant shall serve five days
in the custody of the Cloud
County Jail as follows: two
days, beginning March 27,
and three days, beginning
April 2.
Helen Eranes Johnson
appeared March 25 and was
found guilty and convicted
of Possession of a Hallucinogenic Drug, Marijuana. Defendant was sentenced to 12
months in the Cloud County
Jail and ordered to pay costs
of the action, $158, an alcohol/drug testing fee of $40,
a probation supervision fee
of $60 and all other assessed
fees. Attorney fees were
waived. Defendant’s sentence was suspended with
Defendant being placed on
supervised probation with
Court Services for a period of
12 months following specific
terms and conditions.
Skyler Wayne Jacobs appeared March 12 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of Possession of a Hallucinogenic drug, Marijuana, a
Class A. misdemeanor. He
was sentenced to 12 months
in the Cloud County Jail and
ordered to pay costs of the
action, $158, an alcohol/
drug testing fee of $40, attorney fees of $150, a probation supervision fee of $60
and all other assessed fees.
The fine and the KBI lab fee
were waived. Defendant’s
sentence was suspended
with Defendant being placed
on supervised probation for
12 months following specific
terms and conditions.
Dalton Thor Fraser appeared March 17 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of Criminal Damage to Property. He was sentenced to six
months in the Cloud County
Jail and ordered to pay costs
of the action, $158, a restitution to Casey Fraser in
the sum of $150, an alcohol/drug testing fee of $40,
a probation supervision fee
of $60, a BIDS administrative fee of $100 and all other
assessed fees. Attorney fees
were waived. Defendant’s
sentence was suspended
with Defendant being placed
on supervised probation with
Court Services for a period of
12 months following specific
terms and conditions.
Billie Jo Junek appeared
March 17 and was found
Guilty and convicted of Battery. She was sentenced
to six months in the Cloud
County Jail and ordered
to pay costs of the action,
$158, and a BIDS administrative fee of $100 by July 8.
Defendant’s sentence shall
be suspended with Defendant being placed on unsupervised probation for six
months following specific
terms and conditions.
Robert A. Mason Jr. appeared March 17 and was
found Guilty and convicted
of Theft. He was sentenced
to 12 months in the Cloud
County Jail and ordered
to pay costs of the action,
$158, restitution to the
Mitchell County Rural Water
District in the sum of $475,
a BIDS administrative fee of
$100, a probation supervision fee of $60 and all other
assessed fees. Defendant’s
sentence was suspended
with Defendant being placed
on supervised probation for
12 months following specific
terms and conditions.
Church Directory
4J COWBOY CHURCH
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
221 West 2nd Street, Phone 955-0455
Pastor Paul McGuire
1022 E. 11th Street
243-9773, 243-9767
CONCORDIA FIRST UNITED METHODIST
740 W. 11th Phone 243-4560
Pastor Tessa Zehring
Sunday, 10 a.m.—Worship
Branch President, Kenneth Hansen, 785.280.1638
Missionaries, Elder and Sister Hooks, 620.770.6474
HUSCHER UNITED METHODIST
VICTORY FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Sunday, 9:30 a.m.—Sacrament; 10:40 a.m.—Sunday School.
R.R. 3, Concordia Phone 243-3049
Majestic 4 Theatre, 229 W. 6th St.
Sunday, 9:30 a.m. –Worship
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CROSSPOINT CHURCH
6th & Archer, Home 243-3043
Pastor Cory Shipley
9:30 a.m.—Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.—Worship Service and Children’s Ministry
Pastor Joe Koechner
Sunday, 9:30 a.m.—Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.—Worship;
Matthew Carder, Campus Pastor
10:30 a.m. – Sunday School.
6 p.m.—Evening service.
Andy Addis, Senior Pastor
JAMESTOWN UNITED METHODIST
Wednesday, 6 p.m.—IMPACT Youth Ministry; 6:30 p.m.—Victory Kids Outreach.
Sunday, 10 a.m.—Worship.
BAPTIST
EPISCOPAL
2376 N. 60th Road, Jamestown
Church, 439-6488 Lay Minister, Randy Whitley, 439-6353
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY
333 West 7th Phone 243-3756
117 W. 8th, P.O. Box 466, Concordia 243-2947 (O)
10:45 a.m.—Worship.
Pastor David M. Fabarez
Saturday, March 28, 5:00 p.m. – Holy Communion.
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST
Saturday, April 4, 5:00 p.m. – Holy Communion.
Lincoln at Eighth Phone 243-3049
Living Hope Foursquare Church
Sunday, 11 a.m.—Worship.
9:15 a.m.—Sunday School;
10:15 a.m.—Coffee fellowship;
FOURSQUARE
10:45 a.m.– Worship. 6:30 p.m. – Youth Group.
Wednesday, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.—AWANA (during school year);
7:00 p.m.—Prayer meeting.
Pastor Stuart Johnson
Handicap Accessible
129 W. 6th Phone 243-2289
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday, 10:30 a.m.—Service.
18th & Archer Phone 243-3230
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. – Bible Study
LUTHERAN
Pastor Brian Hughes
Sunday, 9:30 a.m.—Sunday School;
Pastor Joe Koechner
PRESBYTERIAN
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
233 W. 7th 243-3785
Pastor Bob Frasier
Sunday, 9:45 a.m. – Sunday School;
For pickup, call 243-3230
PEACE PARISH LUTHERAN CHURCHES
Sunday, 10 a.m.—Sunday School; 11 a.m.—Worship; 6:00 p.m.—Service.
Parish Office, 785.335.2267
Monday, 7:00 p.m.– Prayer Shawl with Debra Fahlstrom.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.—Mid-Week Service. We love kids!
Pastor Thomas Kamprath
Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – Maundy Thursday Dinner; Worship Service and Communion.
Bethel Church
Wednesday, 9 a.m -11 a.m.; Friday, 10a.m. to Noon.
BETHEL CHURCH
Office Hours: Tuesday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
11:00 a.m.–Worship service; One Great Hour of Sharing; Communion.
PROVIDENCE REFORMED
FELLOWSHIP
(nondenominational)
ADA LUTHERAN CHURCH, Rural Courtland
7 miles east and 1 mile south of Glasco or
Sunday, 11 a.m. – Worship.
www.providencereformedfellowship.com
2 miles west of 81/24 junction and 1 mile south.
AMANA LUTHERAN CHURCH, Scandia, Phone 335-2265
Sunday, 9 a.m. – Sunday School; 10 a.m. – Worship.
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, Belleville
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday, 9 a.m.—Worship.
307 E. 5th Phone 243-1099
OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, Norway, 785-335-2628
CATHOLIC
Sunday, 9 am.—Worship.
122 West 6th (the Dance Company building)
SCOTTSVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Commercial Ave. Scottsville Phone 785-534-3227
Pastor Joshua Krohse
THE WESLEYAN CHURCH
Father Brian Lager
Sunday, 11 a.m.—Worship.
Priest’s residence, 420 Kansas
CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH
Pastor David Redmond, Lead Pastor
16th and Cedar, Phone 243-4071
Pastor Bob Burns, Assistant Pastor/Visitation
MASS SCHEDULE:
325 E. 8th, 243-2476
Sunday, 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Saturday evening, 5 p.m.
Sunday, 9:15 a.m. – Sunday School;
Pastor Josh Blain, Assistant Pastor/Youth
Weekdays, 7:15 a.m
10:30 a.m. – Worship and Communion. Coffee Fellowship.
Sunday, 9:15 a.m.—Traditional Worship; 10:45 a.m.—Contemporary Worship;
ST. PETER’S CHURCH
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. – Bible Study;
*Nursery is available for newborn thru 36 months during both worship services.
Aurora
Fr. Larry Letourneau
First, Third and Fifth Saturdays, 7 p.m.—Mass.
Second and Fourth Sundays, 8:30 a.m.—Mass.
MOUNT JOSEPH CHAPEL
Sunday, 11 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 11:15 a.m.
5:30 p.m. – Confirmation/ Pre-Confirmation.
Children’s Worship is available for children ages 4 through 1st grade and meets
Thursday, 6:30 p.m.– Maundy Thursday Service.
during the 10:45 worship service after the worship medley;
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN
Friday, 6:30 p.m. – Good Friday Service.
9:15 a.m.—Sunday School for all ages.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
7:00 p.m. (during the school year) – FW Friends for
Glasco, Kansas
children ages 4 yrs - 4th grade.
Phone 785-568-2762
Rt. 56 for kids in 5th and 6th grades.
9:00 a.m. – Worship. Coffee Fellowship following.
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. – Delta Chi for kids in Jr. and Sr. High; Adult Bible Studies.
MANNA HOUSE
6th and Cedar Phone 243-3449
Jeff Nielsen, Pastor
MANNA HOUSE OF PRAYER
Sunday, 9:30 a.m.—Bible School; 10:40 a.m.—Worship.
323 E. 5th 243-4428
CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GLASCO
Betty Suther C.S.J., Contact
Dennis McAlister, Pastor 568-2344
Retreats, workshops, spiritual direction, bookstore and video tapes.
Sunday, 9:30 a.m.—Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.—Worship;
5 p.m.—God and Country Rally.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1646 N. 9th St., Salina, Kan. 67401
Nursery is available for newborn - 36 months during the school year.
For more information visit www.wesleyan.org/beliefs.
North Central Kansas Teens for Christ
P.O. Box 9, Concordia, Kansas
243-1154
Kent Otott, Director
UNITED METHODIST
Hosting TFC Rallies on the 3rd Saturday of each month at the Brown Grand
GLASCO UNITED METHODIST
Theatre at 7:00 p.m. Providing Christian encouragement and programs
David Geisler, Pastor
to students and families throughout the area.
Sunday, 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School; 11 a.m.—Worship.
(785) 827-2957
Sunday, 7:30 a.m.— “Search for the Lord’s Way,” Channel 13.
DELPHOS UNITED METHODIST
CONCORDIA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
Sunday, 9:30 a.m.—Worship; 10:40 a.m.—Sunday School.
President—Matthew Carder; Vice President, Robert Frasier;
Treasurer, Tessa Zehring; Secretary, Rose Koerber.
We offer tribute to these
Church Sponsors
Trinity and Huscher
United Methodist Churches
C&C Truck Lines, Inc.
Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home
Cloud County Co-op Elevator
Concordia Blade-Empire
Brown Comfort Professionals
Bruce Brown and Employees
Taco John’s
and Employees
ServiceMaster of N.C.K.
Dennis and Nancy Smith and Employees
Schendel Pest Control
and All Employees
Rod’s Food Store
Rodney & Kathy Imhoff and Employees
The Pizza Hut
and All Employees
Family Health Mart Pharmacy
Steve Palmquist, Ken & Mary Ann Palmquist
and Employees
Nutter Mortuary
Hood Heating, Air,
Plumbing, Electric
and Staff
John L. Fischer DDS
and Staff
EcoWater of N.C.K.
Jason Martin and Employees
Duis Meat Processing
All the Duises
Concordia Blade-Empire
and Employees
Cloud County Health Center
Officers and Staff
Cloud County Co-op Elevator
Association
Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home
Bruce G. Nutter, Owner
Joshua Meyer and Staff
Richard J. Kueker O.D., P.A.
Michael E. Miller O.D.
C&C Truck Lines, Inc.
and Staff
Martin LeSage Post No. 588
Ladies Auxiliary to the V.F.W.
The Jamestown State Bank
F.D.I.C. Officers and Staff
Funk Pharmacy
Doug Funk and Employees
Adolph and Beth Charbonneau
Concordia Chevrolet/Buick
and Employees
Walmart Supercenter
and Employees
LeDuc Memorial Design
Troy and Shirley LeDuc, owners
As we enter the final week of Lent, we need to reflect on what takes place in Jesus Christ’s life. Sunday
March 29th, Palm Sunday, we recall the crowds celebrating and paying homage to Jesus as He enters the
city. Robes and palm branches were covering the road
the same as we today would put down the red carpet
for honored guests.
Pastor Joe Koechner
Thursday, we find Jesus eating His last supper with
his disciples. As Master and Teacher, He disrobed and
washed the feet of these men to teach them the meaning of humility. Later, He blessed
the bread and wine, making a new covenant with mankind, that we now share this supper in our services to honor His death on the cross.
Later that evening, He is betrayed and led off to be tried. Friday we see Jesus
beaten, mocked, tried, and condemned to death on a cross. He was forced to carry the
cross to the hill where He would be crucified (a death saved for the worst of evil men),
and then He was nailed to the cross and it was dropped into a hole to hold it upright.
Crucifixion is a death where the person slowly suffocates as the leg muscles give out,
and the weight of the body hanging with outstretched arms makes it hard to breathe.
It was customary for the soldiers to break the legs of those being crucified to speed up
the dying process, but Jesus had already died by the time they came along, so one of
them took a spear and forced it into his side to hit his heart. Blood and water came out
of Jesus’ side, which is normal for someone who died of congestive heart failure.
He was laid in a borrowed tomb without having his body anointed because it was
the beginning of the Sabbath. Jesus was the only man who ever lived without sin, but
He has taken the sins of the world upon Himself so we sinners can be forgiven. Easter
Sunday celebrates Jesus’ resurrection, purified by death, He is our salvation. The Son
of God paved the pathway to our heavenly Father. Have you repented today?
–Rev. Joseph Koechner
Trinity United Methodist Church
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