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Friday, June 3, 2016
Broadway Plaza project on schedule
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around 60.
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90.
Across Kansas
Former racetrack
owner sues Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The former owner
of the Heartland Park Topeka racetrack is
suing the city of Topeka for more than $4
million, alleging the city breached an agreement to purchase the park and assume the
plaintiff’s debt.
The lawsuit, filed in Shawnee County
District Court, also claims the city billed
the owner for storm water utility services
for more than 12 years but never provided
the service, The Topeka Capital-Journal
reported (http://bit.ly/288dWec ).
The city agreed in June 2014 to acquire
Jayhawk’s interest in Heartland Park and
agreed to expand the park’s STAR bond
district. The contract stipulated that the
city must make “good faith reasonable
efforts” to issue STAR Bonds and purchase
the park for an estimated $4.8 million to
$5.5 million. Attorney Wesley Weathers
said in the petition that the city stopped
trying to buy the park months before CoreFirst Bank and Trust filed deeds for the
track property in August 2015.
The city of Topeka issued a $10.4 million
STAR bond for park improvements in 2006.
The bonds are intended to fund projects by
borrowing from anticipated sales tax revenue, but that revenue was not enough to
pay off the bonds. The city was forced to
use general revenue bonds for the payments, spending up to $5.6 million since
2006.
The lawsuit alleges the contract was first
breached when the city decided in December 2014 to defer issuing STAR bonds until
after the first of the year after a petition was
filed to put the racetrack’s funding up for a
public vote. The city continued to assure
Jayhawk Racing that it intended to eventually purchase the park, according to the
lawsuit.
But in May 2015, city officials defeated a
plan to finance the purchase with $5.5 million in STAR bonds, forcing Jayhawk Racing to forfeit the land, the lawsuit claims.
Public warned
about synthetic drug
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas
Bureau of Investigation is warning the
public to be aware of a drug that has contributed to several accidental drug overdose deaths in the last month.
KBI spokesman Mark Malick says the
drug, U-47700, is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug that is nearly eight times more
potent than morphine. It causes sedation
and respiratory depression, which can be
harmful or fatal.
Malick says the drug can be obtained
from several sources and is available in
many forms.
The shipments usually come from overseas, particularly China. It is sold in vials
or plastic baggies that are labeled “Not for
Human Consumption” or “For Research
Purposes Only.”
Malick says the KBI is working with the
Kansas Board of Pharmacy and several
jurisdictions to quickly make the drug illegal in Kansas.
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By Kathleen McAlister
Blade-Empire Intern
As the Broadway Plaza nears
its completion date of August 1,
Concordia city Manager Larry
Uri says it looks like everything
is still on schedule, even after
all the rains this summer.
Despite the many iterations
the Plaza has gone through,
the final version will include
the five features that the community favored at the very
beginning of this process — a
stage, a movie screen, bathrooms, a water feature, and a
clock.
The screen support structure should go up within the
next few days; the concrete
stage should also be completely poured by the end of the next
week.
“The splash pad,” Executive
Director of CloudCorp Ashley
Hutchinson added, “was eliminated at first, but thanks to a
$60,000 contribution we were
able to add it back into the
plan.”
The bathrooms and concession space are also nearing
completion, but that is also the
feature that is projected to take
the longest, due just to the
nature of the structure and its
dual purpose of housing much
of the wiring for the screen and
sound system.
“The clock is my favorite feature,” Uri said, “but it has just
gotten smaller. It was just huge
and then the clock off the side
of the building was unfeasible,
but it will be smaller on the
side of the street and it’s paid
for with a corporate donation of
$15,000.”
The middle of the Plaza will
be a grassy area, as well as the
southeast corner, which will
have post holes set for a tent.
Usually the space will be
open and free, but with some
wrought-iron fencing and gates
it has the capability of being
rented for private events.
Jessica Brucken, administrative assistant at CloudCorp,
is the new events coordinator
Concrete work
Employees of Stupka Construction do concrete work at the Broadway Plaza on Thursday. The plaza is projected to be completed by Aug. 1. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
for the plaza and in charge of
the scheduling.
Events coordinated for the
Plaza currently include a ribbon cutting on August 5 with a
movie in the evening for kids
and a water balloon fight; a
community barbecue put on by
the Masonic Lodge sometime in
August; showings of Kansas
Stae University, Kansas City
Royals, and Kansas City Chiefs
away games; and, of course,
Fall Fest.
The goal for the Plaza is to
hold 100 events a year and
already around 70 have been
scheduled just for this coming
fall.
The whole project, which has
been funded by Tax Increment
Financing (TIF), will have a
final price tag of basically one
million dollars.
The thing about TIF, however, is that it must be used within its district (from the college
and Walmart, down the high-
Kansas school officials
uncertain after recent
Supreme Court ruling
SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — School
administrators across Kansas are
trying to figure out how a recent
state Supreme Court ruling will
affect their ability to provide critical summer programs and prepare
for the fall semester that begins in
August.
Some districts are taking a waitand-see approach to a stalemate
between the Legislature and the
court, which has threatened to
cease all school functions on July
1 if lawmakers don’t find a way to
resolve problems in the current
funding formula.
Other districts are busy creating contingency plans for what
they will do if the issue is not
resolved and the court follows
through with its threat.
The problem for most is that
they aren’t sure what the court’s
ruling means, said Mark Tallman,
a Kansas Association of School
Boards lobbyist.
“We’re in an unprecedented situation, complicated by the fact the
Supreme Court has not issued any
specific directives on what its
potential order might be,” he said.
“There are enormous questions
that we can’t answer.”
Summertime is when budgets
for the next year are written,
enrollment plans are developed,
school buses are maintained and
buildings are prepped for the new
year, said Jim Freeman, chief
financial officer for Wichita Public
Schools, the state’s largest district.
“If we’re shut down for any
length of time, even a day or two in
the summer, it will have some real
negative impact on whether we
way, and through sixth street)
to fund economic development
and must be used by the year
2020.
“That’s I think what confuses people,” said Hutchinson,
“when they say, well why didn’t
we use it for the hospital or on
a new pool? It could only be
used in the district.”
One of the concerns of some
going into this project was if
the Plaza would be worth the
money spent on it and how its
success could possibly be
measured.
Hutchinson and a few others
came up with a list of these
successes — high quality construction; 100 events per year;
a 20% increase in restaurant
sales tax after a year of programming, which will be
tracked through the quarterly
sales tax revenues of restaurants not only downtown, but
along the highway as well;
weekend hotel occupancy
can actually start school on time,”
he said.
The Wichita district has more
than 51,000 students, or about 11
percent of all public school students in Kansas. Its summer food
program feeds about 7,000 students at 41 sites through a federal
program, and has a summer
latchkey program that provides
day care for about 1,200 children.
Deputy Commissioner Dale
Dennis said officials at the State
Department of Education, legislative researchers and Gov. Sam
Brownback’s administration are
discussing whether school districts still could spend federal
funds and their cash reserves if the
Supreme Court declares the entire
school finance formula invalid.
Dennis said the state would
have to increase its aid between
$38 million and $51 million during
the 2016-17 school year to comply
with the latest court order. The
cost would depend upon whether
lawmakers want to prevent
wealthy districts from losing aid as
the state helped poor ones, he
said.
The Shawnee Mission School
District, one of the state’s most
affluent, plans to fully operate on
July 1 and ready for the start of
classes on Aug. 12, Superintendent Jim Hinson said Thursday.
There’s never been a delay to a
school year in the U.S. caused by
action of a court or legislature, and
lawmakers are smart enough to
not let their state be the first, he
said.
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increase; filling the empty
storefronts, some of which
have already been filled
because of the Broadway Plaza;
increased attendance at tourist
attractions; and a bigger sense
of community.
The last point is a little harder to track, but is perhaps the
greatest goal of this project.
“We can’t measure that,”
Hutchinson said, “but we want
to have a place to be together,
meet with friends and neighbors, and just have a place to
be proud of.”
Uri notes the influence of the
Project for Public Spaces
organization in the conception,
design, and execution of the
Broadway Plaza, which has
completed projects to grow
community in 3,000 cities in all
50 states and across the globe.
“So we didn’t come up with
this idea ourselves, but if it’s
successful we might say we
did,” Uri said.
Getting an early start
Marcy Johnson helps customers attending the garage sale at the
First United Methodist Church on Friday morning. Wtih the City
Wide Garage Sale scheduled for Saturday, the church got an early
start. (Blade photo by Kathleen McAlister)
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Prairie
Pondering
by
Susan Martin
Where are the difficult answers? . . .
Have you thought about the election lately? That was
a dumb question, but thoughts tend to swirl like clothes
in the washing machine and I still feel really queasy when
anything pertaining to candidates swirls to the top of the
load.
What's going on in the world? It would seem that if you
set your glasses squarely on your nose, get your sleep, are
patient, sweet and gentle with your children and husband
(and the longsuffering dog), don't speak ill of anyone, take
your medications religiously, get to church on Sunday . . .
but wait!
How much do you know or care about how the rest of
the world is doing? Not just US, but all the others in the
world we share. Trump may not care, but there are a lot of
people out there, a lot of wars, killing, starving, too many
people in too few prisons, which are not solving any problems. Not nearly as much brotherly love as there is racial
hatred, and reasons for that on both sides. They and We
keep increasing while the water, land, air and resources
keep decreasing. It's difficult to talk brotherly love when it
is scarce as hen's teeth because neither side gives much,
nor has sufficient to give.
Drugs, poverty, no jobs, crooked politics, crime, loss, the
future a stacked deck for many while the less fortunate are
being joined by many of the former middle class. And when
millions are in filthy, skimpy, crowded refugee camps, and
more are trying to sneak in, then something has to be done,
but what?
I turned my rumpled, faded, nostalgic box of idealistic,
past help upside down last night and way, way past midnight I gave up. No answers, all hopes and dreams with no
advice that is practical or doable. Concordia has meetings
which most of us don't even check to see what goes, and
that is more than much of the country is doing. I ended up
having bad dreams and waking to no story on time.
Where are the difficult answers? We can't let others
starve and we don't want to give up what we have gained
and will need. There is one Book with answers, but don't
sneeze on the gathered dust as it is opened, and don't expect the answers to be as simple as when it was written.
Thank You for Reading the Blade-Empire
OPINION
Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars
By Jacqueline Bigar
A baby born today has a
Sun in Gemini and a Moon
in Taurus if born before
11:01 p.m. (EST). Afterward,
the Moon will be in Gemini.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for
Friday, June 3, 2016:
This year you will need
to clear out a sufficient
amount of pessimism that
comes from others but affects you. Sort through random comments to find what
is relevant to the end game.
If you are single, you appreciate others’ attention,
but you’ll want to stay away
from negativity. You will
have a better relationship
with someone who is positive. If you are attached, the
two of you often misunderstand or misread the other
person’s behavior. Relating
more honestly will open the
door to better self-awareness. GEMINI can be very
moody.
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 have been struggling with someone’s lack of
communication. This person often shuts down in the
midst of sharing. You have
tried to work through this
issue to no avail. Refuse to
let yourself get triggered by
this person. Timing is everything. Tonight: You will
know what to do.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20)
**** Zero in on what you
want, but don’t expect an
easy time. You could be discouraged by an obstacle,
but you have come so far
that you are unlikely to give
up. A friend might display
aggravation, but know that
the issue doesn’t have to do
with you. Tonight: Go with
the moment.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20)
*** Whenever you try to
put your best foot forward,
someone seems to step on
your toes. You could feel
anxious and unwilling to
take a risk. This person
might feel as though you
are holding back. You could
throw certain associates
into a tizzy. Tonight: Stay
out as late as you want.
CANCER (June 21-July
22)
**** Your inclination to focus on a certain directive or
idea might be excellent, but
your timing is off. A money
issue could stop you in your
tracks. Play today casually,
without a rigid schedule. An
invitation comes along that
you can’t say “no” to. Tonight: Time for friends.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH You have a way
about you that makes others less sure of themselves.
Their judgment and subsequent insecurity comes
from you seeming so put together. Why not share a moment when your confidence
wanes and allow others to
see more of the real you? Tonight: Out and about.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
**** You could be on top
of a personal matter, but
there seems to be enough
tension around a work-related matter to throw your
plans and mood into chaos. Take a walk, and take
a deep breath. Listen with
awareness to a boss or higher-up. Tonight: You could go
till the wee hours.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHH Your ability to understand what is happening
behind the scenes comes
through. You are able to detach, even in an explosive
situation, and take a hard
look at what is happening.
You might feel the need to
do this several times today.
Tonight: Cheer the weekend
in.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21)
*** You understand a
loved one’s needs, but it
might be helpful to have a
discussion about this person’s expectations as well.
You might feel as if you
know what is expected,
but a conversation is likely
to surprise you. Curb sarcasm. Tonight: Be present
in the moment.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)
**** You might get to the
bottom of a problem yet remain somewhat withdrawn.
What finally comes out in a
discussion could surprise
you. You have a better understanding of what needs
to happen. Follow through
accordingly. Tonight: Go
along with someone else’s
suggestion.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19)
*** You have a lot to do,
and might feel overwhelmed.
Take better care of yourself,
as your well-being is instrumental to accomplishing
what you want. Consider
taking more of a break for
yourself. A little downtime
helps you charge through
what you must. Tonight: On
center stage.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18)
**** You could be on top
of a change, but your creativity is being tapped by
others, which allows different paths to the same
end to emerge. Share your
thoughts with a trusted
friend. A child or loved one
might express some waywardness. Tonight: Express
your playfulness.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20)
*** Your excitement and
willingness to handle a diverse situation and/or problem will help to nip the issue
in the bud. You will have
to wade through someone
else’s negativity as well. Use
care with stress, as you unexpectedly could lose your
temper! Tonight: As perky
as you can be.
BORN TODAY
Singer/songwriter Dan
Hill (1954), poet Allen
Ginsberg (1926), journalist
Anderson Cooper (1967)
***
Jacqueline Bigar is on
the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
(c) 2016 by King Features
Syndicate Inc.
Today in History
50 years ago
June 3, 1966—Nine candidates were initiated into
the Concordia Elks Lodge:
Donald Jones, Frank Demanette, Max Smith, Loyd
Ringer, Oscar Newlin, Phillip Mullinix, Don Hass, Darrell Davenport and Robert
Heiniger . . . Eighth grade
All A Honor Roll students
at Concordia Junior High
School included Mike Machen, sixth grade; Terry
White and Marla Kalivoda,
eighth grade.
25 years ago
June 3, 1991—The Rev.
James Aikins was the new
pastor at First United Methodist Church in Concordia
. . . Doug Miller and Justin
Hattan were among the seventh graders from Kansas
who were honored for their
academic achievement by
the Duke University Talent Identification Program’s
11th Annual Talent Search.
10 years ago
June 3, 2006—Cunning-
ham Cable announced that
it had purchased the Concordia cable system from
Cebridge Cable . . . Donna
Collins Dejmal was honored
by the American Cancer
Society for her 50 years of
volunteer service in Cloud
County.
5 years ago
June 3, 2011—Concordia American Legion
Auxiliary selected Hannah Haist, Katia Matter and
Alyson Krohn as delegates
to Sunflower Girls State .
. . Janice Swenson, Jean
Buoy, Anne Severance and
Margo Hosie attended the
state P.E.O. Convention in
Wichita.
1 year ago
Jun
3,
2015—Noah
Strait was laying blocks for
the outdoor patio under
construction at Jitters . . .
Miranda Mansfield was preparing to go to Mobile, Ala.,
to participate in the 58th
Distinguished Young Women National Finals.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
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The
Concordia
Year of
Peace
by Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift
WASHINGTON – It could
be said that the U.S. 7th
Fleet is to the Pacific what
NATO is to Europe, which
makes the escalating scandal within its ranks all the
more devastating.
Leonard Glenn Francis,
aka “Fat Leonard,” was arrested in California almost
three years ago, on September 16, 2013, the result of
an FBI sting operation that
has since led to the convictions on corruption-related
charges of four Navy officers, an enlisted sailor and
a senior official with the
Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Several more
current and former naval
officers and contracting officials have been indicted,
and another 200 are under
investigation.
Dubbed Fat Leonard due
to his 350-pound girth,
Francis was a defense contractor based in Singapore
who got rich persuading
U.S. Navy personnel to steer
ships to ports and facilities
his company controlled, and
then bilking the Navy out of
an estimated $35 million.
Participating naval officers
received financial kickbacks
and sexual favors.
What makes this more
than a routine corruption
story is the breadth and
depth of the participation
by high-ranking officers
who had to know they were
sharing classified information with Francis by telling
him where ships were heading and docking. Revealing
routes and destination is
highly classified information
that can only be announced
by the Pentagon.
Perhaps these miscreants rationalized that they
weren’t
sharing
secrets
with an enemy, but even
so, that’s a weak defense for
the storied 7th Fleet. And
there’s likely more bad news
coming. Those initial six
indictments could well balloon to numbers that would
prove very challenging for
Navy Secretary Mabus and
Defense Secretary Carter to
write off as a few bad apples.
The inclination of leaders is always to try to isolate
wrongdoing, fault the few
and praise the many. But
the extent of this corruption and how high it reaches
within the 7th Fleet transform it from ordinary scandal into a breach of national
security.
The 7th Fleet is one of
the finest fleets in the greatest navy in the world. It has
kept the peace in the Pacific
since World War II, and its
greatest challenge right now
is keeping China at bay.
What these men and so far
the one woman who is implicated have done is a blatant remission of their oath
of office at a time when there
is the potential for a significant clash in the South China Sea.
Francis
has
pleaded
guilty to fraud and bribery,
and he’s cooperating with
authorities, or as they say,
singing like a bird. He is
likely to get a lighter sentence in exchange for implicating others. FBI prosecutors have painstakingly
reconstructed at least a decade’s worth of documents
that show how the shipping magnate infiltrated the
highest ranks of the Navy
and created ghost companies and contractors to run
kickback schemes.
At least one official
charged was bought off
for as little as a $1,000 a
month, a pretty meagre sum
for selling your nation and
your soul.
The Navy was rocked by
the Tailhook scandal in the
early nineties, when 14 admirals had to resign or lost
rank because they turned a
blind eye to sexual assaults
by Tailhook pilots at a convention in Las Vegas. That
culture of “boys will be boys”
endured for far too long
in professions dominated
by men, especially profes-
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sions involving travel away
from home. More recently
we heard the immature
mantra of some Secret Service agents when traveling
abroad: “Flaps up, rings off.”
But the Fat Leonard scandal
is different. It involves the
disclosure of classified information and the bilking of
the Navy for millions of dollars, and it went on for more
than a decade. His company, Glenn Defense Marine
Asia, is in ruins now, but it
was a primary supplier for
the 7th Fleet for 25 years.
In an election year when
so many of the country’s
institutions are under assault, the military consistently scores high in public
confidence. The U.S. Navy is
the greatest and most powerful navy the world has
ever known, and to keep it
that way, it must ruthlessly
follow every lead and prosecute every wrongdoer.
Douglas Cohn’s new
book, “The President's First
Year: None Were Prepared,
Some Never Learned – Why
the Only School for Presidents Is the Presidency,” is
available in book stores.
Twitter @WMerryGoRound
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California doctors grapple with new law
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Terry
Petrovich asked her oncologist point blank: “Am I going
to count on you to help me
achieve a good death?”
To her relief, he told her
he would have no problem
prescribing a lethal dose
of drugs under California’s
new law allowing such prescriptions for the terminally
ill.
But many in California’s
medical
community
are
grappling with the law that
goes into effect June 9. Some
physicians have told their
patients they are not willing
to play a role in intentionally
ending a person’s life.
Catholic hospitals will not
provide the prescriptions
because it goes against the
church’s stance on the issue, according to Alliance of
Catholic Health Care, representing 48 facilities, 27
of which provide hospice
services. The organization,
though, cannot bar its affiliated physicians from talking
about it, or referring patients to medical offices willing to prescribe such drugs.
How it plays out in trendsetting California, the country’s most populous state,
could determine whether
the practice spreads nationwide. Some see providing
the choice to the dying as a
logical evolution in a medical care system advanced
in helping people live longer
but limited in preventing
slow, painful deaths.
Petrovich was diagnosed
in 2012 with stage 4 nonHodgkin’s Lymphoma that’s
spread to her bone marrow.
“I’m not suicidal by any
means,”
said
Petrovich,
wearing a “Stupid Cancer
Get Busy Living” T-shirt. “I
want to keep hiking keep
loving my dog, just keep living until I can’t anymore –
and then I want that option.”
She fought for passage of
the law after identifying with
29-year-old California resident Brittany Maynard, who
was dying from brain can-
cer and moved to Oregon in
2014, the first state to make
it legal, so she could take the
drugs to end her suffering.
California has more safeguards than the other four
states – Oregon, Washington, Vermont and Montana
– where it is allowed. Still
there are concerns it will
lead to hasty decisions, misdiagnosis, and waning support for palliative care, in
which dying people can be
sedated to relieve suffering.
“I think everyone has that
personal, ethical dilemma
because we’re not really
taught in medical school to
cause someone’s death, and
yet we certainly think society
is moving toward wanting
the option,” said Dr. Daniel
Mirda of the Association of
Northern California Oncologists.
Mirda opposed the bill because he did not think it was
a doctor’s place to weigh in,
but now he plans to decide
on a case by case basis.
“The majority of physicians, it seems, are neutral,
nervous, not comfortable
prescribing it, but are not
going to stop someone from
seeking out another physician for help to do this,” he
said.
Jan Emerson-Shea of
the California Hospital Association says a terminally
ill person is more likely to
be prescribed the medicine
when they are at home or in
a hospice setting and not in
a hospital.
It is not known when the
first prescription could be
written. Patients must be
given six months or less to
live, make two verbal requests within 15 days of
each other and submit a
written request.
People with terminal illnesses, like Petrovich, are
preparing for when that time
may come.
After undergoing immunotherapy, Petrovich’s cancer appears stable and she is
still working as the adminis-
trator of the Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego.
But she is cognizant that
her cancer may become aggressive and the treatments
ineffective. She does not
want her daughter to see her
suffer like her own mother
who died from ovarian cancer.
“I just heard this heartache in her voice,” said
Petrovich, recalling one of
the last conversations with
her 77-year-old mother, who
was bedridden in diapers
after two rounds of chemotherapy. “She said Terry, if I
could get up out of this bed
and find a gun, I would kill
myself, and that just like
totally – I mean I still gets
goosebumps when I think
of it – because it was just
totally devastating for me
that my mom could be in so
much pain at the end stage
of her disease, where she
had done all the treatment
that she could, there was no
other option for her, but she
was still completely aware of
everything that was going on
and there was nothing that
she could do to get herself
out of this pain.”
Petrovich’s
ex-husband
died from blood cancer and
their daughter learned “what
a bad death looks like” at the
age of 18, Petrovich said.
After the law passed,
Petrovich talked to her
daughter about her wishes.
On the refrigerator at her
home in Julian, east of San
Diego, is the form giving her
33-year-old daughter the
power to make medical decisions when she is not physically capable of doing so.
“I don’t want to be conscious fully, my mind fully
there, but lying in my bed
unable to move, unable to
get up and go to the bathroom, unable to pet my dog,
unable to go outside,” said
Petovich, who hikes daily
with her dog, Piper.
She doesn’t know that
she’ll ever take the drugs,
but “I now have the reassurance that I don’t have to
have a bad death. That’s really comforting.”
‘Avenue of Flags’ a reminder
of what makes us great
By SUSAN SUTTON
I hope everyone was able
to drive or walk past Concordia’s Pleasant Hill Cemetery on Memorial Day this
past Monday and enjoy the
annual (weather permitting)
Avenue of Flags display.
For the past several
years, I had thought of helping when the call went out
from the American Legion
Post but didn’t until this
year. It goes without saying
that it was difficult to ignore
the numerous reminders
provided by the local media
asking for people’s help putting up and taking down flag
poles and 200 flags. These
were roughly one-third of
the total individual flags in
the Legion collection, all donated by the family of a veteran.
My best guess is that
around 50 people came to
help. Based on what a friend
told me, similar events usually relied on the same 10
people. But it was a beautiful day, which didn’t hurt.
Right away, the brigades
formed. Some were lifting
the flagpoles off a specially
designed trailer – 200 in all
– and then sliding each into
pre-installed holes along the
main drive of the cemetery.
Next, the flags were hung.
Some volunteers worked
alone and others in teams,
and all were ever vigilant
that the flags never touched
the ground.
I’d guess the display
stretched a quarter of a mile
north and south on both
sides of the drive. Appropriately, about the time the
last flag was hung, the first
breeze of the day began to
flutter the red, white and
blue visual symbols of our
larger American commitment to peace and freedom.
Dean Frazier spoke of this
in his public remarks at the
Veterans’ Memorial later in
the morning.
I do hope that everyone got the chance to see
the Avenue of Flags display
against the backdrop of a
perfect day. It was a joyous day among friends and
Susan Sutton
strangers; a genuine coming
together for a common cause
that each participant personalized in his or her own
heart and mind.
At 5 p.m., the poles and
flags came down. Back on
the special trailer went the
poles, the flags stowed and
taken to the Legion Post
Home where each was carefully folded into the requisite
triangle with the blue star
field on the outside and the
individual veteran’s name
written near the flag’s top
grommet.
To be sure, the Legion’s
flag inventory is carefully
accounted for as each is individually numbered and
listed in a master registry.
The list is located on a large
plaque at the Cloud County
Museum, Annex location.
The snapshot of the day
for me was one of three generations of the Everett Miller
family departing Pleasant
Hill on their way to the flag
folding, Ev and wife Marlene
(meant to be pronounced
Mar-lay-na like German
actress Dietrich), daughter Taunya and her daughter holding hands as they
swung along. Our town is
an accumulation of everyday citizens capable of great
things when we hold hands
and share.
— Susan Sutton is a retired Cloud County Community College dean.
***
Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little
music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.
—John Keats
***
SUDOKU
Sudoku is a number-placing
puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with
several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9
in the empty squares so that each
row, each column and each 3x3
box contain the same number
only once. The difficulty level of
the Conceptis Sudoku increases
from Monday to Friday.
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SUNDAY
AA, 10 a.m., Came to Believe, 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Grupo AA de Concordia-en Espanol, 317 W. 5th, Concordia
NA, 7 p.m., CCHC cafeteria
by Kathy Mitchell and
Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: My wife and
I have been good friends with
"Bill and June" for 30 years.
Twelve years ago, my wife
had surgery and lost all desire for sex. She isn't even
interested in cuddling. Last
year, Bill had a heart attack
and is now afraid to exert
himself in the bedroom.
Recently, June told me
that Bill has given her permission to seek satisfaction
elsewhere and asked if I was
interested. I am, but I do not
know how to approach the
subject with my wife. Last
year, when she discovered
that one of our friends was
cheating on his wife, she
stated that if I ever did that
to her, she would drop me
like a hot potato and take me
for everything I'm worth. I
don't want June's offer to end
our marriage or destroy the
friendship we have with Bill.
My wife goes on a lot of
overnight trips for work,
so I'm sure that June and I
could get together without
her finding out. But I do not
want to go behind her back.
What do you suggest? —
Confused Husband
Dear Confused: You cannot guarantee that your wife
will not find out, and the
worry and guilt would eat
at you. Please don't do this.
Instead, have a frank discussion with your wife. Tell her
that the lack of intimacy has
been difficult for you and that
you've had an offer for a commitment-free affair. (Do not
mention June's name.) Ask
her how she would feel about
this. If she agrees, the rest is
up to you, although sleeping
with a close friend is likely to
lead to all kinds of trouble.
Of course, your wife may
be appalled at the suggestion, so your next step is to
ask whether the two of you
can do something else to regain intimacy. Ask her to
discuss this with her doctor
or come with you for counseling. Do whatever you can to
repair the things that need
fixing within your marriage
before you start looking for
"solutions" that could destroy
it.
Dear Annie: This is in
response to "Morose Mom,"
whose children keep borrowing money and never pay it
back. Your advice was spot
on.
One of our sons is like
that. It was a continual cycle
of borrowing money, even
though he has a well-paying
job. No loan was paid back.
Since he also has children,
we were reluctant to say "not
another dime" for fear of getting locked out of our grandchildren's lives.
One day, we decided that
a financial counselor would
be the answer. We selected
one who understood both
the problem and the fact she
would most likely not be successful. We agreed ahead of
time that if my son "bailed,"
we would be responsible for
any unpaid fees. We then
contacted our son and gave
him the counselor's contact
information with the ultimatum that there would be no
more loans unless he met
with the counselor and followed her financial program.
After a couple of months,
the counselor billed us for
the unpaid balance and said
my son indicated he could
not work within the terms
of her findings. But it's been
five years with no further requests for money and, amazingly, we still have a good
relationship with our son. —
Relieved Mom and Dad
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MONDAY
AA, Belleville Crossroads Group, 24th and O Street,
Belleville
AA, Came to Believe, 6:30 p.m., 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Pinochle Club @ Senior Center
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
Booster Club, 1 p.m.
ROXANA (BENYSHEK) and LAVERNE MARCOTTE
Open house planned for
Marcottes’ 60th anniversary
Laverne and Roxana (Benyshek) Marcotte, Clyde, will
celebrate their 60th wedding
anniversary Sunday, June
12, with a celebration of Holy
Mass and renewal of vows.
The couple were married
June 9, 1956, at St. John
the Baptist Catholic Church,
Clyde, by the Rev. Daniel
Mulenhill. An open house at
the Clyde VFW ballroom will
be from 2-4 p.m.
The couple have a daughter, Annette, and a son, Steven and his wife Martha;
four grandchildren and three
great-granddaughters.
THURSDAY
Alcoholics Anonymous Primary Purpose Group, 7
p.m., 317 W. 5th, Concordia
VFW Auxiliary, home of Mary Jane Hurley, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Came to Believe Group, noon, 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Alcoholics Anonymous, Concordia Gateway Group, 8
p.m., 317 W. 5th, Concordia
Progressive cards, Senior Center
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 self-care.
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.
CCCC will offer class
on Backyard Beekeeping
My Favorite Older Person
(Each year the Concordia Elementary fourth graders
are asked to participate in an essay contest during nursing home week. The residents of Sunset Home, a local
nursing home, read the essays and select winners from
each class. The winners read their essays aloud to Sunset residents during National Nursing Home Week. The
essays will be printed in the Blade as space permits.)
My Grandma
By Keirstin Kingsbury
WAR! is a card game I like to play with my favorite older person. My favorite older person has glasses,
grey-blonde hair, a common hairdo and her own kind of
fashion. Some of the interests that my favorite older person are she likes to play cards, go swimming and do my
makeup. My favorite older person lives in Smith Center,
Kansas. She is my grandma on my dad’s side.
One activity that I do with my favorite older person is
go swimming. Another is we like to play cards. Finally,
she always spoils me! When I do these activities with my
favorite older person, I feel happy . . . happy to get to do
these activities with her while she’s still active. One quality about my favorite older person is she is very friendly.
She is also trustworthy. Finally, she is very very sweet!
These qualities make my favorite older person special because she is the most friendly person I know (well, besides my mom). She is beautiful inside and out!
My favorite older person is the best grandma I know.
She is a ray of sunshine every day. I love her so much!
“Happy as a clam” comes from the expression “happy as
a clam at high tide.” Clams are harvested only when the
tide is out.
Cloud County Community College will offer a class,
Backyard Beekeeping from
9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday,
June 25, at the college’s
wind energy hangar facility,
2015 Lincoln (between F&A
Food Sales and the Holiday
Inn).
Topics to be covered include the history of beekeeping and hives, organization
of a bee colony,equipment
needed to maintain a hive,
where to purchase bees and
how to harvest the honey.
Beekeeping equipment will
be on hand as well as a live
beehive.
Monte Poersch, instructor in Wind Energy at
CCCC, will teach the class.
Enrollment fee may be paid
the day of the class. To enroll, email Poersch at [email protected].
Country Schools topic for
Genealogical Society meeting
Dean Holbert and Larry
Blochlinger will speak about
Silver Arrow School at the
upcoming meeting of the
Cloud County Genealogical
Society at the Cloud County
Historical Society Museum.
Both men attended Silver
Arrow School. Others who
attended country schools
also will be sharing memories.
The meeting will start at 7
p.m., Tuesday, June 14.
Senior Citizens Menu
Monday, June 6—Chicken strips, French fries, baked
beans, fruit; 10 a.m.—Exercise; Pinochle Club.
Tuesday, June 7—Polish dogs on a hot dog bun, coleslaw, strawberries and bananas; VA representative.
Wednesday, June 8—Roast beef, tater tots, corn, fresh
pineapple; 10 a.m.—Exercise; 1 p.m.—Boosters.
Thursday, June 9—Ham salad sandwiches, potato salad, Jell-O® with fruit.
Friday, June 10—Fish, mac and cheese, broccoli, cinnamon apples; alt., hamburger patty; 10 am.—Exercise;
Progressive cards.
Milk, bread and butter served with meals
Cinnamon rolls and fresh coffee daily, 8-11 a.m.
Call Teddy Lineberry at 243-1872 for questions or to
make reservations.
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Blade-Empire Friday, June 3, 2016 5
Sports
Supporting cast sparks Warriors past Cavs, 104-89
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Stephen Curry realizes
every last man on the bench
can mean so much to winning a championship.
As he and Klay Thompson endured rare off nights
that even featured Curry
tossing his mouthpiece in
frustration,
the
MVP’s
“Strength In Numbers” supporting cast made all the
timely shots and all the difference for the defending
champions in Game 1 of the
NBA Finals.
Draymond Green had 16
points, 11 rebounds and
seven assists, Shaun Livingston scored a personal
postseason best of 20 and
Golden State’s bench came
up big as the Warriors beat
LeBron James and the
Cleveland Cavaliers 104-89
on Thursday night to move
three wins from a repeat
title.
The Splash Brothers?
They totaled — gasp! — 20
points on 8-for-27 shooting,
each knocking down a late
3-pointer.
“You don’t win championships without the entire
squad coming in and mak-
ing an impact on games,”
Curry said. “That’s why
we’re here.”
Golden State’s bench
outscored
the
Cavs’
reserves 45-10 in the opener of this finals rematch,
which the Warriors reached
even with Curry missing six
games with injuries in the
postseason.
Game 2 is Sunday night
back at Oracle Arena, and
James knows Cleveland
must adjust immediately.
“When you get outscored
45-10 on the bench and
give up 25 points off 17
turnovers, no matter what
someone does or doesn’t do,
it’s going to be hard to win,
especially on the road,”
James said. “Don’t matter
what you do with Steph and
Klay, don’t matter what you
do with Draymond.”
In a series with so much
star power on both sides,
this was a night for Livingston and fellow reserves
Leandro Barbosa and Andre
Iguodala. Barbosa returned
from a minor back injury to
shoot 5 for 5 on the way to
11 points, while 2015 finals
MVP Iguodala had 12
points, seven rebounds, six
assists and some stingy
defense on James.
“We play a lot of people,
and we feel like we have a
lot of talent on the bench
that can come in and score
when we need it,” coach
Steve Kerr said. “So it’s a
great sign, obviously, that
we can win in the finals
without those two guys having big games, but it’s not
really that surprising to us.
This has been our team the
last couple of years.”
It made for a strong start
while surrounded by those
thousands of golden yellow
“Strength in Numbers” T shirts worn by the raucous
fans throughout sold-out
Oracle.
“That’s our motto. That’s
what we believe in,” Livingston said. “We pick each
other up. We believe in each
other and we just fight.”
James kicked off his
sixth straight finals with 23
points, 12 rebounds and
nine assists, but coldshooting Cleveland went
38.1 percent from the floor.
Kyrie Irving, lost to a devastating knee injury in a
Game 1 overtime defeat last
year, scored 26 points, 11
on free throws.
Iguodala had moved into
the starting lineup Monday
for the Game 7 clincher
against Oklahoma City with
a primary duty of defending
Kevin Durant, but went
back to the bench and
played 36 minutes Thursday. He shook his head in
delight after a two-handed
slam off a pass from Curry
with 5:44 left and didn’t let
an aggravating, hard hit to
the groin by Matthew
Dellavedova derail his focus
for the final quarter.
Kerr stuck with regular
starter Harrison Barnes,
and he delivered 13 points.
Curry had 11 points, six
assists and five rebounds,
while Thompson scored
nine points.
“I thought our guys did a
great job of locking into
those guys,” Cavs coach
Tyronn Lue said. “Their
bench played well. So we’ve
got to go back to the drawing board and try to figure
out how to take those guys
out of the game.”
Kevin Love made an
impressive finals debut
with 17 points and 13
rebounds after missing last
year’s run with a dislocated
shoulder that required surgery. His basket with 3:57
left in the third put the Cavs
ahead before Green’s dunk
moments later.
With 34.1 seconds left in
the third, Iguodala took
issue with Dellavedova’s
swat into his groin that
after review was ruled a personal foul and no flagrant.
Iguodala knocked down a 3pointer less than 8 seconds
later and Golden State took
a 74-68 lead into the final
12 minutes.
Livingston,
whose
remarkable comeback from
a potentially career-ending
left knee injury nine years
ago has so inspired Kerr
and many others, made a
key follow shot late in the
third on the way to his first
20-point performance in
the postseason.
James has scored 20 or
more points in a careerbest 25 straight playoff
games, topping his previous
mark of 24 in a row from
May 12, 2008, to April 25,
2010.
CLIPBOARD CHOP
Kerr karate chopped his
white clipboard in half in
the third quarter, frustrated
how his team came out of
the break as the Cavs
grabbed some momentum.
He felt better afterward.
“Destruction tends to
ease some of the anger,” the
Coach of the Year said. “So I
try to take it out on a clipboard instead of a player.
So it’s better that way.”
TIP-INS
Cavaliers: The Cavs, who
were allowing 94.3 points
per game, dropped to 12-3
this postseason and 5-3 on
the road. ... Averaging a
playoffs-high 14.4 3s per
game, the Cavs shot 7 of 21
from beyond the arc.
Warriors: Longtime Cavs
big man Anderson Varejao
got on the floor in the opening quarter for the Warriors,
the first player to have been
on both finals teams in the
same season. ... Andrew
Bogut scored 10 points, his
entire total from last year’s
finals. ... Curry has made a
3 in a record 52 straight
postseason games.
Gilliland hired as
Defense lets Royals down in 5-4 loss
CCCC baseball coach
Eric Gilliland has been
hired as the new head baseball coach at Cloud County
Community College.
A graduate of Concordia
High School, Gilliland was
serving as the sports information director at Cloud
County. He helped launch
the school’s new athletic
website and social media
marketing network.
“It is the opportunity of a
lifetime for me and my family. To be the head coach at
my alma mater and in my
hometown is both humbling and rewarding for me
personally and professionally,” Gilliland said, “The
past year as the sports
information director was a
refreshing experience for
me and allowed me to help
elevate the profile of all of
our programs and attract
the best talent. My desire to
coach baseball is strong. I
am passionate about Cloud
County athletics and will
strive to make T-Bird baseball a point of pride in the
college and the community.”
Gilliland played at Cloud
County Community College
for two years from 2006-08.
He was a two-time All-MIAA
selection as a pitcher at
Fort Hays State University
in 2008 and 2009. He ranks
in the top 10 all-time in
strikeouts and innings
pitched.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in health and
human performance from
Fort Hays State in 2009,
Gilliland earned his master’s degree in sports
administration in 2001.
Gilliland served as the
assistant baseball coach at
Garden City Community
College from 2011-15.
As the pitching coach at
Garden City, Gilliland guided a staff that ranked in the
top 20 in the nation in
strikeouts twice (2014 and
2015) and the 2014 staff
posted the lowest earned
run average in the Jayhawk
Conference Western Division.
Gilliland served as a
graduate assistant at Fort
Hays State. He spent one
season as a pitching coach
and one as an outfield
coach. He also interned
under current sports information director Ryan Prickett.
Following his collegiate
career, Gilliland played
three years of Independent
Baseball. He pitched for the
Wichita Wingnuts in 2011
and played for the Gateway
Grizzlies in Sauget, Ill. in
2010 and the Midwest Sliders in Ypsilanti, Mich. in
2009.
Funk Pharmacy used a
pair of eight-run innings to
defeat the American Legion
17-8 in Concordia Recreation Girls’ Softball action
Thursday night at the Concordia Sports Complex.
The American Legion led
the game 2-1 after one
inning of play, and put up
five runs in the top of the
second to go up 7-1.
Funk
Pharmacy
responded with eight runs
in the bottom of the second, and led 9-7.
One run in the top of the
third inning left the American Legion trailing just 98.
Funk Pharmacy pushed
across eight more runs in
the bottom of the third to
open up the 17-8 advantage.
Teggan Workman did
the pitching for Funk Phar-
macy.
In the other game played
Thursday night, Cloud
County Co-op scored four
runs in the fifth inning to
pull out a 16-15 win over
Subway.
Subway led the game 83 after one inning of play.
Subway picked up one
run in the third inning.
Cloud County Co-op
scored eight runs in the
third, and led 11-9.
Subway added six runs
in the fourth inning.
Scoring one run in the
fourth, Cloud County Coop trailed 15-12.
Cloud County Co-op
then rallied for the win in
the fifth inning.
Jara Nordell scored four
runs for Cloud County Coop.
Terin Rundus scored
three runs.
Funk Pharmacy
tops American Legion
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Defense played a big part
in Kansas City’s World
Series run last season.
On Wednesday night, it
cost them a game in Cleveland.
Three errors over the
final two innings by the
Royals allowed the Indians
to score three runs,
including two in the ninth,
and secure a 5-4 walk-off
win.
The loss ended Kansas
City’s six-game winning
streak.
“Normally, we’re so
strong defensively, that
wins games for us,” Royals
manager Ned Yost said.
“Tonight, we just made a
series of errors in the
eighth and ninth innings
that cost us the game.”
Paulo Orlando entered
the game as a defensive
replacement in right field
in the ninth and booted a
base hit by Carlos Santana, allowing him to
advance to second base to
start the inning.
After Jason Kipnis bunted pinch-runner Michael
Martinez to third, Francis-
co Lindor hit a line drive to
right
field.
Orlando
attempted a diving catch,
but the ball rolled the wall.
Martinez scored to tie the
game and Lindor slid headfirst into third with a triple.
Mike Napoli then hit a
sacrifice fly to left that
scored Lindor to win the
game for the Indians.
With runners on first
and second in the eighth
inning, Yan Gomes hit a
one-out grounder to shortstop that looked as if it
would be a double play.
Alcides Escobar tossed the
ball to Omar Infante for the
force out at second, but
Infante made an errant
throw to first. Tyler Naquin
hit a two-out single following the error that cut
Kansas City’s lead to 4-3.
“We basically gave a
game away today,” Yost
said. “It feels like we let
that one get away and that
never feels good.”
Joakim Soria pitched
the ninth for the Royals as
closer Wade Davis was
unavailable.
“Just didn’t want to use
him three days in a row,”
Yost said of Davis. “It was
one of those things where
he needed a day.”
Drew Butera and Cheslor Cuthbert homered for
the Royals and Jarrod
Dyson’s fourth-inning single broke a 3-all tie.
Butera’s homer was just
the second of his career.
Ventura
Yordano
allowed two runs in seven
innings, while Carlos Carrasco allowed three runs
over five innings.
The start for Carrasco
was his first since April 24,
when he strained his left
hamstring covering first
base. He was activated
from the 15-day disabled
list before the game.
CAVS FAN
Escobar has made it
clear he’s rooting for the
Cleveland Cavaliers to
defeat the Golden State
Warriors in the NBA
Finals. Escobar wore a
gold Cavaliers No. 2 Kyrie
Irving jersey during batting
practice Thursday.
“I like him,” Escobar
said. “He’s doing good.
That’s my second favorite
player. LeBron (James)
and him.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: 3B Mike Moustakas had successful surgery on his right knee to
repair a torn ACL on
Thursday. . C Salvador
Perez could pinch hit this
weekend. He took part in
running and throwing
drills Thursday.
Indians: OF Michael
Brantley (inflammation in
right shoulder) could start
hitting soft toss Friday.
He’s been taking swings off
a tee the last several days.
Brantley is on the DL for
the second time this season.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Edinson
Volquez has lost his last
three starts to the Indians.
He’s 2-5 in eight career
starts against Cleveland.
His 8.25 ERA is his worst
against any team he’s
faced.
Indians: RHP Danny
Salazar will make his 11th
career start against the
Royals. He pitched 7 2/3
scoreless innings against
them at Progressive Field
on May 6.
Cubs blast four homers, topple Dodgers
CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle
Hendricks dominated over
eight innings and the Chicago Cubs backed him with
four home runs, beating the
Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2
Thursday for their eighth
win in nine games.
Javier Baez, Jason Heyward and Kris Bryant connected against 19-year-old
Julio Urias (0-1). Anthony
Rizzo hit a leadoff homer
against J.P. Howell in the
eighth as the major leagueleading Cubs took three of
four from the Dodgers.
Hendricks (4-4) allowed
two runs and three hits,
struck out six and walked
one. He pitched a complete
game in his previous outing
to beat Philadelphia.
Urias was simply overpowered in his second
career start. The top
prospect gave up six runs
and eight hits in five
innings.
Mariners 16,
Padres 13
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle
Seager, Dae-Ho Lee and the
Seattle Mariners scored 14
times in two innings to erase
a 10-run deficit and stun
San Diego, the latest pratfall
for a Padres team that was
ripped in a radio interview
by its executive chairman a
day earlier.
Trailing 12-2 after five,
the Mariners benefited from
a bullpen meltdown by the
Padres and rallied for the
biggest comeback in franchise history. Seager hit a
two-run single in the sixth
to chase starter Colin Rea,
followed by Lee’s pinch-hit,
three-run homer off Brad
Hand.
The Mariners then sent
13 batters to the plate in
their nine-run seventh, getting seven straight hits with
two outs. Seager had a tworun single followed by an
RBI single from Lee. Pinchhitter Stefen Romero singled
in the tying run, and Shawn
O’Malley’s RBI single gave
the Mariners a 13-12 lead.
Hand and fellow relievers
Ryan Buchter, Brandon
Maurer (0-2) and Matt
Thornton combined to allow
10 runs on nine hits in 1
2/3 innings.
Cody Martin (1-0), just
called up from Triple-A, got
the win. Steve Cishek
earned his 13th save.
Jon Jay had his first
career five-hit game for San
Diego, one night after going
4 for 6.
Giants 6,
Braves 0
ATLANTA (AP) — Madson
Bumgarner won his sixth
straight decision to match a
career best and hit a tworun homer in a six-run fifth
inning that led San Francisco past Atlanta.
Bumgarner (7-2) allowed
four hits in 7 2/3 innings,
struck out 11 and walked
two, lowering his ERA to
1.91. The NL West-leading
Giants have won 17 of their
last 21 games and are
unbeaten in Bumgarner’s
last eight starts.
Bumgarner hit his second homer this season and
13th of his career, a 411-foot
drive into the left-field seats.
He reached double digits in
strikeouts for the 28th time
during the regular season,
including three this year.
Joe Panik and Buster
Posey also hit two-run
homers in the fifth inning off
Aaron Blair (0-4). Bumgarner and Panik connected following walks and Posey after
Matt Duffy was hit by a
pitch.
Diamondbacks 3,
Astros 0
HOUSTON (AP) — Zack
Greinke struck out a season-high 11, and Arizona
used a three-run seventh
inning to beat Houston and
Dallas
Keuchel
in
a
matchup of AL Cy Young
Award winners.
Greinke (7-3), the 2009
winner with Kansas City,
allowed a season-low four
hits — all singles — over
seven innings and walked
none. He won his fourth
straight start and stopped
Arizona’s three-game skid.
Keuchel (3-7), last year’s
Cy Young winner, gave up
three runs and six hits in
six-plus innings. He has lost
six of seven decisions.
Daniel Hudson struck
out two in a perfect eighth.
Brad Ziegler allowed one hit
in the ninth and got his
franchise-record
38th
straight save, his 10th this
season. He has the longest
active saves streak among
big league relievers.
Yankees 5,
Tigers 4
DETROIT (AP) — Yankees
closer Aroldis Chapman
pitched out of his own
bases-loaded, no-out jam in
the ninth inning, helped by
a slick double play and New
York held off Detroit.
6 Blade-Empire, Friday, June 3, 2016
CDL DRIVER
ONE PLACE HAS IT ALL
THE CLASSIFIEDS
Card Of Thanks
GARAGE SALE- 604 E. 6th, in alley,
Sat. 8-? Lots of misc.
CARD OF THANKS
GARAGE SALE- 1704 E. 6th St. Sat.
8-3, used furniture and appliances,
misc. things.
Thank you for honoring
us on our 65th Wedding
Anniversary with cards and
notes. We appreciate the
kind thoughts of so many
friends. Each one reminded
us how you have been a part
of our life journey.
Alvin and Jo Cook
For Rent
FOR RENT- 4 bedroom house in Concordia, $495. 785-447-3478.
FOR RENT
TOWER ESTATES
3 bed/2 bath and 2 bed/1bath
units at $435-$480. 3 bed
available. Modern. Stove/fridge/
dishwasher, w/d hookups, some
vaulted ceilings. Call for current
specials! Affordable Housing
Property. Restrictions apply.
Equal Housing Opportunity.
620-236-3557
www.mpireproperties.com
SPLASH!
**Summer Savings**
Quiet! Nice! Roomy!
Efficient!
2 Bedrooms
Up to $1000 in Savings!
Ask Frances How!
Office 785-818-5028
Cell 785-614-1078
Xtra Savings: Vets & 55+
516 E. 16th
Office at 1610 Archer St.
Call for Availability,
Frequent Openings,
785-243-4464
Clean, safe, income-based
housing
1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartments
“Equal Housing Opportunity”
FOR RENT- Nice 2 bedroom home
on corner lot with garage. $575/mo.
785-275-2062.
FOR RENT- Country home, newly
decorated, CA, taking applications.
785-827-2333.
COMMERCIAL SPACE
FOR RENT
2700 Sq. Ft. One 10x10 ft.
overhead door. Small office
area and restroom. 1918 E.
7th St., Concordia, Kans.
For more information,
Contact Richard Coons
785-275-1701.
FOR RENT
1 bedroom apartment with
appliances, laundry room
and utilities included in rent.
Call 785-243-3325 Ext. 2
or stop by 212 E. 6th for
Rental Application
FOR RENT-Storage spaces, various
sizes, reasonable, locally owned.
785-243-4105.
FOR RENT- Very nice 1&2 bedroom
apartments, ($450 & $650) in quiet,
safe building, close to downtown, most
utilities. 785-275-2062.
For Sale
FOR SALE- Lift for power chair, 4yrs.
old, good condition. 818-203-9210.
Furniture Refinishing
NOTICE- Experienced Furniture Refinishing. Call Janice, 785-614-0703.
Garage Sales
GARAGE SALE
701 W. 8th St.
Sat. 8-?
Clothes- juniors/womens,
oak gun cabinet, hunting/
fishing equipment, tools,
furniture, TV’s, quilt rack,
rowing machine. Too many
items to list.
GARAGE SALE- 1414 Spruce, Sat.
8am-12, WWE collectibles, 05 - 09 GT
Mustang parts, misc.
GARAGE SALE
Saturday, 8-?
409 E. 17th
Clothing, knickknacks, and
lots of misc.
GARAGE SALE- 1510 Quail Rd, Sat.
8:00am-? More goodies added.
GARAGE SALE- Saturday, 605 E. 7th
St. Misc- something for everyone.
GARAGE SALE- Saturday, June 4th,
8am-1pm. 609 E. 11th St. Ladies tops,
bottoms, dresses, and shoes ranging
from XS-medium. Some men’s clothes
Medium-large and household items.
JUNK JAMBOREE
Located on Washington St.
(between 6th & 7thStreet)
In Concordia
Saturday, June 4,
8am to 2pm
Community
Rummage Sales
Over 22 booths to pick from
multiple vendors.
Garage Sale Items, Antiques,
Craft Goods, and Much More!
Help Wanted
Full Time Position
Available
MAIN STREET
VISION CENTER
In Belleville
Is looking for outgoing,
confident, and energetic
individual with exceptional
communication/customer
service talent. Must be selfmotivated, reliable, and willing
to learn new skills. Applicants
should be well organized and
able to multi-task in a fast
paced environment. A basic
understanding of computer
systems necessary. Customer
service and sales experience
helpful but not required.
Competitive starting salary
with opportunity to move up
quickly to right candidate.
No weekend hours required.
Great position in a fun and
friendly team atmosphere
for individuals with a positive
attitude.
Send resume or apply
in person at 2204 M St.,
Belleville, KS. Position
available immediately
HELP WANTED- Attn: CDL drivers:
Openings now available with Salinabased company... step deck, or van
or grain. Benefits. Competitive wages,
per diem. Call 785-476-5076. Home
most weekends.
CLOUD COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
is seeking a qualified LPN
or RN to assume the duties
of immunization Coordinator
at the Health Department.
This individual must pass
an interview, background
check, reference check and
be self-motivated, efficient
and accurate. He or she must
possess excellent computer
skills to work with KIPHS,,
Web-IZ and Vax-Care and
the ability to learn a lot of
information in a relatively
short time. Applicant will be
responsible for calculating
and giving all injections
from Pediatrics to Senior
Citizens. Be responsible for
all immunization records
and sending all information
as requested by the State of
Kansas and be responsible
for utilizing and providing
information regarding the
immunization Action Plan
Grant. Must be able to
react quickly in emergency
situations and possess
knowledge of anaphylactic
reactions and what to do.
Able to follow state rules and
regulations and work closely
with other staff members.
Work hours are from 8
to 4:30 pm Monday thru
Friday. Applicant will work for
one full month with current
immunization Director before
being allowed to assume the
title of immunization Director.
Applicant will start on July
1, 2016 with training and
assume full responsibility on
August 1, 2016. Interested
individuals may contact
the Health Department for
an application at 785-2438140 or may stop by and
pick one up. Only nurses
with at least three years of
good clinical experience will
be considered. For more
information contact: Diana
Gering RN, Administrator
Cloud County Health
Department.
Champlin Tire Recycling
Is hiring for a full time Class
A CDL Driver to operate
truck with self-loading
boom. 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.
The Concordia
Chamber of Commerce
is accepting applications for
President
This position is part time
with flexible hours. Other
responsibilities include
working with business owners
and managers, effectively
communicating upcoming
events and promotions in the
community, and supporting
various communitydriven committees while
managing operations
including bookkeeping.
Apply by sending your
cover letter and resume
to concordiaKSchamber@
gmail.
EOE.
Full Time
Fleet Maintenance
Technician
Applicant must meet the
following criteria:
*Have a working knowledge
of Fleet Maintenance for Air
Brakes, Tire Repair, Annual
DOT Requirements
* Have own hand Tools
* Be able to Travel
* Highly Motivated
* Safety Oriented
Salary will be based on
experience. We also offer
Quarterly Attendance
bonuses, Paid Holidays,
p a i d Va c a t i o n D a y s ,
Life Insurance, AFLAC
Supplemental Insurance,
Simple IRA, Cell Phone
Allowance.
Apply in person at 301
Cedar, Concordia, Kan. or
call for application.
POLICE OFFICER I
Looking for a rewarding career
in law enforcement and have a
positive impact on the community
of Concordia, Kansas? Join the
Concordia Police Department,
where you can serve and protect
nearly 5400 citizens. Officers
perform general duty police
work consisting of patrol work
on an assigned shift, preliminary
investigation, and miscellaneous
duties. Excellent benefits
package.
Applicants must be at least 21
years of age, a U.S. citizen,
possess a valid Kansas driver’s
license at time of employment,
have a high school diploma or
GED, no felony convictions,
diversions, or expungements, no
conviction for domestic battery,
reside in Concordia and/or
Cloud County within 1 year, and
have the ability to successfully
complete all steps in the hiring
process. Certified officers are
encouraged to apply.
Complete job description and
applications are available
online at: www.concordiaks.
org. or contact City Clerk’s
Office, 701 Washington, P.O.
Box 603, Concordia, KS
66901, 785-243-2670.
Reasonable accommodations
are available for persons
needing assistance. Requests
for accommodations should be
made at the time of application.
The position will be open
until filled. Resumes may be
submitted with the application.
EOE
HELP WANTED
CNA/CMA for all Shifts
Full or part time including
every other weekend. Shift
differential, paid holidays
after probation period.
Apply in person,
Park Villa
114 S. High St., Clyde,
Kan. 785-446-2818
P/T CLEANING/PAINTING
Seeking a self-motivated
part-time cleaner/painter
for a multi-family apartment
complex in Concordia, Kan.
Pay negotiable depending
on experience/performance.
Send resume to P.O. Box
1789, Great Bend, KS
67530 or e-mail accounting@
mpirecompanies.com for an
application. EOE.
DRIVERS NEEDED
Part time,
in the Concordia Area
Please call Tonya at 785543-7314, leave message.
SUNSET HOME, INC.
is accepting applications
for motivated individuals
interested in joining our staff.
Positions include:
CNA or CMA Evening
Shifts, Full and Part Time
Dining and Dietary Service
Staff, Full and Part Time
All applicants should be
reliable and ready to work.
Starting wages are based
on experience, with benefits
including $500 sign-on
bonus.
For an opportunity to work
in the growing healthcare
industry, please apply online
at www.sunsethomeinc.com
or in person at 620 Second
Avenue in Concordia.
Sunset Home, Inc. is EOE.
Sunset Home, Inc. does drug
testing.
CLOUD CERAMICS
is currently accepting
applications for open
positions in multiple
departments. Competitive
wages and benefits.
Apply in person at
1716 Quail Road,
Concordia, KS
HELP WANTED- Class A CDL driver,
full/part time hauling local grain. 785262-1042.
DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPMENT
The Sisters of St. Joseph
are seeking an experienced
professional to lead our
Development Office.
Position requires strong
relational skills, creativity,
and demonstrated abilities in
professional fundraising and
data management. We offer
competitive pay, excellent
benefits, and a long history of
organizational stability.
Send resume to:
Doug Herman, Treasurer
Nazareth Convent &
Academy
P.O. Box 279
Concordia ,KS 66901
or e-mail to:
[email protected].
Submission deadline:
Fri. June 10
Nazareth Convent
& Academy
785-243-2149
Energetic, outgoing,
creative, self-motivated
individuals needed in multiple
departments.
Is hiring for positions in
Activities, Dietary and
Environmental Services
Activity Personnel
responsible for planning,
implementing, and executing
daily, individual and group
activities for our residents.
Cook/Dietary Aide
responsible to prepare and
serve meals.
Environmental Services
personnel responsible to
make available a clean and
organized living environment.
Part-time and Full-time
positions available. Health,
Dental, Vision, Life, Disability,
401k, Paid Time Off and many
other benefits available for FT
employees. EOE
Please apply in person or send
detailed resume to:
1110 W. 11th St.
Concordia, KS 66901
or
[email protected]
Call with questions
785-243-1347
Notice
NOTICE- For all your Classified Ad
needs, call the Blade-Empire, 785243-2424.
Wanted to Buy
WANTED TO BUY
Good Used
SMALL GARDEN
TILLER
785-614-2995
Legals
(Published in the Concordia BladeEmpire on Friday, June 3, 2016)
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-2047
A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE
ADVISABILITY OF CERTAIN INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF CONCORDIA, KANSAS, AND AUTHORIZING
SUCH IMPROVEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE
GOVERNING BODY & K.S.A. 12-6a01 ET
SEQ.
WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-6a02 authorizes
the governing body of any city to make or
cause to be made municipal works or improvements which confer a special benefit
upon property within a definable area of the
city and to levy and collect special assessments upon property in the area deemed
by the governing body to be benefitted by
such improvements for special benefits
conferred upon such property by any such
(First published in The Concordia
improvements and to provide for the payment of all or any part of the costs of the Blade-Empire, Friday, May 20, 2016.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLOUD
improvements with the proceeds of such
COUNTY, KANSAS
special assessments; and,
IN THE MATTER OF THE
WHEREAS, a petition, executed by all
GUARDIANSHIP AND
of the owners of certain properties property
CONSERVATORSHIP OF
within certain proposed improvement disDelbert James Edwin Nelson d/o/b
tricts, has been filed with the city clerk of
the city of Concordia, Kansas (the "City"), 03/06/2016
Child under the age of eighteen
requesting certain improvements be made
Case 16 PR 13
in accordance with K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq.;
NOTICE OF HEARING
and,
STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERWHEREAS, in accordance with K.S.A.
12-6a04, upon receipt of a sufficient peti- SONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a Petition, the Governing Body of the City may
(a) make findings by resolution as to the tion has been filed in this Court by Glenn
advisability of the improvements requested Nelson and Theresa Nelson, praying for an
in the petition, the nature of the improve- Order Appointing Guardians and Conserments, the estimated cost, the boundaries vators, you are hereby required to file your
of the improvement district, the method of written defenses thereto within 21 days, or
assessment and apportionment of cost, if appear in court for hearing on the Petition
any, between the improvement district and on June 15, 2016, at 2:30 o’clock p.m. of
the city-at-large and (b) order the improve- said day, in said Court, in the City of Conments without notice or public hearing; and cordia, in Cloud County, State of Kansas,
WHEREAS, the Governing Body finds at which time and place said cause will be
it necessary to make its final findings heard. Should you fail, judgment and deby resolution as to the advisability of the cree will be entered in due course upon the
proposed improvements and finds and Petition.
Glenn Nelson, Petitioner
determines it necessary to authorize the
Theresa Nelson, Petitioner
improvements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF
THE CITY OF CONCORDIA, KANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Governing Body finds
and finally determines that:
(a)
It is advisable to make the following improvements:
•Saturday, June 4, 2016–
(1) 435 W. 7TH ST., HASCH-HEMPHILL: curbing and guttering along the north Estate
Auction at 9:00
edge of the improved surface of 7th Street
a.m.
at
the
Kearn Auction
adjacent to the following described real
House, 220 West 5th Street,
estate:
Original Town, Block 132, Lots 29 thru Concordia, Kansas. Misc.
32, & N 9.5’ of Vac 7th st adj, in the City of and Collectibles. Selling for
Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas. ESTILaura Rivers. Dannie Kearn
MATED OR PROBABLE COST OF PROAuction.
POSED IMPROVEMENT: $4,704.50.
(2) 720 W. 7TH ST., OSTROM: Curb•Saturday,
June
11,
ing and guttering along the south edge of 2016– Public Auction at
the improved surface of 7th Street adjacent
10:00 a.m. located at 1111
to the following described real estate:
Gaylord & Matthews Addition, tr beg Thayer Ave. or the North
202’ W of SE corner of Block 8; th W 50’, End of Main Street and
N 113’, E 50’, S113’, to POB, in the City of
Highway 8 in Chester, Neb.
Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas. ESTIMATED OR PROBABLE COST OF PRO- Pickup, Tractor, Machinery,
Tools, Lawn Equipment, AnPOSED IMPROVEMENT: $3,578.80.
(3) 129 W. 12TH ST., MIRANDA: tiques, Household and OfCurbing and guttering along the north edge
fice Equipment. Foote Serof the improved surface of 12th Street adjacent to the following described real estate: vice & Charles Kleveland
Original Town, Block 81, E 1/2 of lot 11 Estate, Seller. Novak Bros.
& W 1/2 of lot 12, in the City of Concordia, & Gieber Auction.
Cloud County, Kansas. ESTIMATED OR
Saturday,
June
11,
PROBABLE COST OF PROPOSED IM2016– Public Auction at
PROVEMENT: $3,572.20.
(b)
The method of assessment is 9:30 a.m. located at 1116
equally per front foot against all lots and East 7th Street in Concorpieces of
dia, Kansas. Real Estate,
land in the improvement district.
(c)
The apportionment of the cost Cars, Tractor, Antiques, Colof the improvements between the improve- lectibles, Mowers, Golf Cart,
ment
Tools and Household. Ron
district and the city-at-large is 100% to
and Blanche Deal Estate,
be assessed against the improvement
district and 0% to be paid by the city- Seller. Thummel Auction.
at-large.
•Saturday,
June
25,
SECTION 2. The approved estimated
2016–
Public
Auction
at
cost of the Improvements is the estimated
cost of the Improvements as set forth in 9:30 a.m. located at the
this Resolution. The Finance Director shall National Guard Armory in
prepare a proposed assessment roll for Concordia, Kansas. Trailer,
the Improvements which shall set forth the
Lawn Mowers, Tools, Anproposed maximum assessment against
each lot, piece or parcel of land within the tiques, Household and Colimprovement district for the Improvements lectibles. Harvey M. Olson
in the manner set forth in this Resolution Trust & Rosalee Olson Rebased on such estimated cost of the Improvements. The proposed assessment vocable Trust, Seller. Noroll shall be maintained on file with the vak Bros. & Gieber Auction.
City Clerk and be open for public inspec•Monday,
June
27,
tion. Following preparation of the proposed
2016– Farmland Auction
assessment roll, the Governing Body shall
hold a public hearing on the proposed at 7:00 p.m. at the Glasco
maximum assessments on November 19, Senior Center at 109 East
or the first regularly scheduled City Com- Main Street, Glasco, Kanmission meeting thereafter after complisas. 155.57 + Acres of Cloud
ance with the notice provisions set forth in
this paragraph. The City Clerk shall publish County Farmland. James
notice of the public hearing for the improve- and Patricia Lamay Family
ment district at least once not less than 10 Trust,
Sellers.Crossroads
days prior to the public hearing, and shall
Auction,
Salina,
Ks.
mail to the owner of the property liable to
pay the assessments, at its last known
post office address, a notice of the hearing and a statement of the cost proposed to
be assessed all in accordance with K.S.A.
12-6a09.
SECTION 3. This resolution shall be
published one time in the official City newspaper.
ADOPTED by the Governing Body of
the City of Concordia, Kansas, June 1, 20
16._______________________________
Charles P. Lambertz
Mayor Pro-Tem
(Seal)
_____________________________
Stacey Crum
City Clerk
Sales Calendar
Blade-Empire, Friday, June 3, 2016 7
Ask the Guys
Dear Classified Guys,
Remember the days of cassette
tapes? You know those things that
came between the 8-track and the
CD. Well I have literally hundreds of
them and I don't know what to do
with them all. Were talking thousands of hours of Billy
Joel, Madonna, U2 and the
Beatles, to name a few.
Throwing them out seems
like a downright crime.
Today I have everything on
my MP3 player so the tapes
just sit in the closet taking up space.
I can't bring myself to toss them
since I spent most of my allowance
on them growing up. My parents are
lucky. They saved all their 45 records
from their youth and put them in a
gorgeous jukebox that they can still
listen to every day. But my generation, the one with cassette tapes, is
left out in the cold. Is there anything
I can do with them or are they destined to sit in my closet forever?
• • •
Carry: It seems like some things
become classics and others just become
obsolete. The hard part is trying to
guess which ones will be the classics.
Cash: Take vinyl records, for example. Like you stated, the 45 rpm
Duane “Cash” Holze
& Todd “Carry” Holze
05/29/16
©The Classified Guys®
records of the 50's and 60's became
nostalgic, synonymous with the "DoWop" era. However, most of my
records from the 70's barely get an offer
at a yard sale.
Carry: Neither do my 8-track tapes!
Cash: It's not just music mediums
though. All kinds of electronics and
related items are becoming obsolete.
Videotapes have been replaced by
DVD's, Blue-Ray or online viewing.
Carry: And when it comes to TV's,
everyone today wants the latest high
definition sets.
Cash: However, that doesn't mean
there isn't a market for your cassette
tape collection. You may be surprised
to learn that there is a collector for
practically everything, even those items
bought with your hard earned
allowance.
Carry: If your tapes are originals and
not copies, then take out a short ad in
your newspaper. There may be someone right in your area who collects
them. You could be surprised at the
number of calls you get.
Cash: Fortunately, cassette tapes are
not completely obsolete just yet. Most
used cars are still equipped with a cassette deck to play your collection.
Carry: And remember the bright
side. At least you didn't spend your
allowance on Betamax videos.
Fast Facts
Speeding Along
Reader Humor
Lessons Learned
Before CD's and MP3's, vinyl records
were all the craze. But why did they come
in three speeds: 78 rpm, 33-1/3 rpm and
45 rpm? While some of the reasoning
had to do with sound quality, most was a
result of marketing. The 78's were the
standard up until the late 1940's when
Columbia mass released their 33-1/3 rpm
"Microgroove" system. The 12" record
held more music and became the new
standard. However, at the same time
RCA developed the 45 rpm record that
was only 7" in diameter. It became the
popular choice for releasing single songs.
My co-worker and I are music
teachers and were traveling to a conference together recently. About an
hour into the trip, I pulled out a map
and completely unfolded it across the
dashboard. Its size was quite obnoxious.
After finding our route, I then struggled to refold it back to its original
shape. After several failed attempts, I
was convinced it wasn't possible. As
my desperation grew, my co-worker
finally pulled the car over to help. He
grabbed the map and like magic folded it perfectly into its original form.
"That's amazing" I told him, "How
did you do that?"
"I've had a lot of practice," he
smiled at me. "As a kid I played the
accordion!"
(Thanks to Alvin M.)
Staying Hip
With the advances in technology, most
of us need a technical dictionary to keep
up with the lingo. Previous generations
used terms such as "record" or "cassette"
to describe the medium. Today, the lingo
is far more encrypted using abbreviations
like CD, DVD or MP3. While most of us
recognize the term "Compact Disk"
(CD), fewer know the term "Digital
Versatile Disk", formerly "Digital Video
Disc" (DVD). And for those not aware,
MP3 stands for MPEG-1 (Moving
Picture Experts Group) Audio Layer 3.
It's a good thing they shortened that!
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Got a question or funny story? Email us at:
[email protected].
Laughs For Sale
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Courthouse
District Court
LIMITED CIVIL
Filed:
Credit Management Services Inc. seeks a judgment
of $460 plus interest and
costs from Linda Rudolph,
Clyde.
Discover Bank seeks a
judgment of $1,511.61 and
costs from Zak D. Duncan,
Concordia.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC seeks a judgment of $1,227.85, costs
and such further relief as
the Court deems just and
proper from Jessica Chaput, Concordia.
TRAFFIC
All Subtypes, May 26June 1
The following people received fines for Speeding:
Nancy C. Arends, Bobby L.
Bush, Kesha N. Dougan,
Darrel R. Deville, Alfson E.
John, Lindsay Ann Miller,
Robert A. Rosenbaum, Francisco J. Santin-Ramirez,
Deborah K. Schuette, Vincent Anthony Valentine,
Mary K. Welch, $153; Melody June Crotinger, $189;
Shawn B. Evans, $177;
Alessandria
Hagemeyer,
$207; Andrea Lynn Kellogg,
Robert F. Peitz, $183; William D. Nixon, Juliana E.
Peterson, $195; Caleb W.
Schultz, $267.
The following people received $10 fines for failure
to wear seat belt: Scott D.
Bauman, Thane C. Beckman, Daniel L. Bergstrom,
Ricky Allen Bos, Bryan M.
Feight, George E. Kisby, David Lee Lanoue, Clarence
Mendenhall, Garrett L. Peterson, Jay Lynn Rhudolph,
Lisa D. Smith,
Linden
P. Snavely, Karl H. Tyler,
Mathew C. Whitmer, Logan
S. Widen.
Ian D. Robedeaux received a fine of $60 for failure to wear seat belt (14-17).
Receiving a fine of $183
for driving on left in nopassing zone was Donna M.
Speake.
LEGAL TRANSFERS
Transfer on Death Deed:
James D. Anderson and
Doreen D. Anderson to
Adam Junek, the west 103
feet of a tract situated in the
northeast quarter northwest
quarter of 26-5-1; except a
tract and the north 77 feet
of the south 167 feet of tract
6 in the northeast quarter
northwest quarter 26-5-1,
see record.
Warranty Deeds:
John A. Chrisco and Maria A. Chrisco to Barrett
Jones and Whitney Jones,
east 12’ of Lot 14, west 38’
of lot 15, block 108, City of
Concordia, Cloud County
Kansas.
Edra Lee Ann Hanson to
Laurie Ann Strait Lemeiux,
trustee and Edra Lee Ann
Hanson revocable living
trust, a tract of land in the
SW quarter 16-5-4; except a
tract and subject to the reservation of a 30’ easement.
See record.
Sherry R. Walton to Brett
N. Holechek and Pamela K.
Holechek, the west 60 feet of
lot 2 in block 40 in the city
of Concordia, Cloud County
Kansas.
Steven L. Kearn aka Steve
Kearn and Clara M. Kern to
Genevieve M. Heath, trustee, and Raymond and Genevieve Heath trust, the west
14 feet of lot 20 and all of lot
21 in block 132 in the city
of Concordia, Cloud County
Kansas according to the recorded plat thereof.
Joseph E. Kearn aka Joe
Kearn and Kimberly A. Kearn to Genevieve M. Heath,
trustee and Raymond and
Genevieve Heath trust, the
west 14 feet of lot 20 and
all of lot 21 in block 132 in
the city of Concordia, Cloud
County Kansas according to
the recorded plat thereof.
Patrick Kearn aka Pat
Kearn and Myra S. Kearn to
Genevieve M. Heath, trustee, and Raymond and Genevieve Heath trust, the west
14 feet of lot 20 and all of lot
21 in block 132 in the city
of Concordia, Cloud County
Kansas according to the recoded plat thereof.
Judy A. Prim to Dawn R.
Thoman, lot 7 and 8 in block
7 Thomas’ second addition
to the city of Jamestown,
Cloud County Kansas.
Quit Claim Deeds:
Justin J. Schmidt and
Darlene A. Schmidt to Butlerville Farms LLC, northeast quarter of 25-8-5 west
of the 6th P.M. Cloud County Kansas, see record.
Justin J. Schmidt and
Darlene A. Schmidt to John
Pickham, northeast quarter
of 25-8-5 west of the 6th
P.M. Cloud County, Kansas,
see record.
Larry G. Merrill and
Elaine R. Merrill aka Elaine
Merrill to Larry G. Merrill and Elaine R. Merrill,
a rectangular tract near
the southeast corner of the
southeast quarter 11-8-5;
south half northwest quarter 6-7-2; an undivided 1/6
interest in northwest quarter and north half southwest
quarter 29-6-2, see record;
an undivided 1/6 interest
in northwest quarter and
north half southwest quarter 29-6-2, see record.
EARLY HISTORY OF
CLOUD COUNTY
A MYSTERIOUS LODGER
BY H.E. SMITH
The upper apartment of
our boarding house, that is
to say, a portion of the garret, was hired at an exceeding low price of the landlady,
by a young gentleman, who
gave his name as Barnabas
Stoller.
He was about twenty-five
years of age, dressed in a
rusty suit of black, and the
unfortunate possessor of a
countenance which would
have secured his success
as the poor apothecary in
“Romeo and Juliet.” He seldom has any communications with the other boarders, and there was a certain
air of mystery about him
that puzzled everybody in
the house; no one could
tell the nature of his business, nor give information of
the slightest circumstance
touching his general course
of life. No one ever inquired
for him at the house, excepting at meals, at which
he was punctual, and which
he devoured voraciously.
He remained, while within
the walls, secured in his
apartment—the partitioned
portion of the garret above
mentioned.
The landlady, who certainly possessed as much
curiosity as any member
whom it has even been my
good fortune to have any
dealings with, had sounded
everybody, in order to gain
a clue to the mystery which
enveloped Mr. Stoller, but
without satisfaction. She
had even propounded many
circuitous inquiries to the
gentleman himself, but received only vague replies,
which but increased her excitements. He regularly paid
his board every Saturday
night, and always in coins
of the smallest description,
which he drew from a wellworn leather purse.
(continued)
Jana Roush
Register of Deeds
ZITS® by Scott and Borgman
BABY BLUE® by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH® by John Rose
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE® by Chris Browne
***
No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you
are, you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.
—Tommy Lasorda
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8 Blade-Empire, Friday, June 3, 2016
K-State
Research and Extension
Physical activity provides
cognitive and emotional
benefits in children
As children wrap up another year of school, a K-State
specialist shares tips on how to get them physically active
over the summer, which is necessary for their full development.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – With all of the technology used for
entertainment in today’s society, it can prove troublesome
getting your child up from the couch and out onto the playground. But the trouble is worth it. Studies continually
show physically active children outshine their peers in the
classroom.
The classroom is just the beginning of the benefits of a
physically active child, according to Bradford Wiles, assistant professor in Kansas State University’s School of Family Studies and Human Services, who said physical activity
helps build connections between the body and brain.
“Kids who are physically active are much better at getting along with peers and adults,” Wiles said. “They also do
better on standardized tests; the impact of physical activity
cannot be underestimated.”
Wiles, an early child development specialist for K-State
Research and Extension, said that in fact, physical activity could positively affect both the cognitive and emotional
development of children.
“Physical activity as a pursuit doesn’t necessarily need
to be in a team environment, but it often is,” Wiles said. “So
they’re learning cognitive development skills, how to work
with one another, and how to handle winning and losing.”
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) –
It’s important to realize that the cognitive and emotional
Army
teams and emergency
development children experience by participating in physical activity can’t happen if they are playing alone, he add- crews searched early Fried. Being involved as a parent is essential for developing a day for four Fort Hood soldiers missing after a truck
well-rounded child.
“Physical activity with an adult, preferably a parent, overturned in a fast-flowing
is so much more beneficial not only for the child but for flooded creek during a trainthe parent as well,” Wiles said. “We have an obesity issue ing exercise at the sprawling
with young children and adults. It doesn’t matter what you Army base in Central Texas.
At least five soldiers died
choose to do to be physically active; what matters is that
and three more were injured
you’re doing it consistently.”
Consistently kicking the soccer ball around or playing when 2 ¬Ω-ton truck overcatch will not only improve the physical abilities of both turned in Owl Creek Thursthe parent and the child, but this also works to improve the day morning.
Fort Hood spokesman
relationship between the two, he said. Being flexible and
open to opportunities to new and unique kinds of physi- Chris Haug said teams found
cal activity is also important. There are multiple ways to the bodies of two soldiers
perform any type of activity, and adults need to remember who had been in the vehicle
late Thursday night. Three
to be patient.
“While we may think the right way to play soccer is to others were found dead
kick the ball back and forth to one another, if a child de- shortly after the overturned.
cides they want to kick the ball all around the yard and Three soldiers were rescued
and hospitalized in stable
then finally kick it to you, that’s ok,” Wiles said.
At times, it can be a struggle to get children physically condition.
Haug said the search for
active. One of the best ways to get a child out and about
the
four missing servicemen
is to model it, the specialist advises. If a child sees his or
continued
Friday.
her parent being physically active, that child is much more
Aerial
and
ground crews
likely to follow suit.
were
searching
the 20-mile
What is not advisable, said Wiles, is using video games
creek that winds through
as a reward for being physically active.
“You’re teaching them that being sedentary is a reward,” heavily wooded terrain on
he said, adding that a better approach would be to make the northern fringe of the
base. Army aircraft, canine
being active just part of their everyday schedule.
Kids should be moving, no matter how young they are. search teams, swift-water
For kids younger than age 3, Wiles advises that they should rescue watercraft and heavy
be active for half of the time that they’re awake. Whether trucks were being used.
The Army has not yet rethat be crawling or walking – whatever they are capable of
– it’s important for their cognitive development that they be leased the names of the dead
because it is still notifying
active early in life.
“There’s a time to sit and relax, but that time is not early relatives.
Parts of Texas have been
or middle childhood,” Wiles said. “That’s where we grow;
inundated
with rain in the
play and physical activity are the work of early childhood.”
“As kids get into elementary school, the recommenda- last week, and more than
tion is physical activity for an hour a day,” he continued. half of the state is under flood
“I would echo that. I think even more importantly, physical watches or warnings, including the counties near Fort
activity with an adult is much more beneficial.”
Physical activity is even beneficial in keeping consistent
sleeping schedules. Wiles said kids are much more ready
for bed, when it’s bedtime, if they’ve been outside playing.
Wiles recommends looking toward the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Association for
A slide in financial and
the Education of Young Children, the U.S. Department of consumer stocks led U.S.
Agriculture and your local extension office for more infor- indexes lower in midday
mation on the benefits of physical activity for children.
trading Friday as investors
weighed the implications
of a key government report
showing that hiring slowed
sharply in May. The downbeat job survey was a sign
of economic weakness that
The Cloud County Health may attend the funeral of could dissuade the Federal
Department will be closed James D. Johnson. They are Reserve from raising interest
from 9:30-11:45 a.m., Mon- sorry for any inconvenience. rates this month. The dollar fell sharply against most
day, June 6, so that staff
major
currencies,
while
bond prices surged as investors sought safety in U.S.
government-backed debt.
Crews search for
Weather
soldiers missing after
truck overturns
Hood. At least six people died
in floods last week in Central
and Southeast Texas.
Fort Hood spokesman
John Miller said the crossing was flooded by two days
of intermittent heavy rains
when the floodwaters swept
the Light Medium Tactical
Vehicle from the road. The
vehicle resembles a flatbed
truck with a walled bed and
is used to carry troops.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement saying the
state “stands ready to provide any assistance to Fort
Hood as they deal with this
tragedy.”
The base has seen fatal
training accidents before.
In November 2015, four
soldiers were killed when
a Black Hawk helicopter
crashed during a training exercise. And in June 2007, a
soldier who went missing for
four days after a solo navigation exercise died from hyperthermia and dehydration
while training in 90-degree
heat.
Thursday’s accident came
the same day the Navy said a
pilot was killed when his Blue
Angels fighter jet crashed
near Nashville. Speaking in
Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter expressed
condolences to the families of
those killed in both accidents
and said once investigations
are complete, the military
will take actions designed to
prevent such incidents in the
future.
Markets
Health Department closed
for Johnson’s funeral
LOCAL MARKETS -EAST
Wheat ...........................$4.07
Milo ......(per bushel) ....$3.28
Corn .............................$3.62
Soybeans ...................$10.52
CONCORDIA TERMINAL
LOADING FACILITY
LOCAL MARKETS - WEST
Wheat ..........................$4.07
Milo .....(per bushel) .....$3.28
JAMESTOWN MARKETS
Wheat ...........................$3.97
Milo ...(per bushel) ........$3.23
Soybeans ...................$10.42
Nusun .........................$14.95
Today’s weather artwork by
Wyatt Franz,
a 4th grader in
Mrs. Loring’s class
“Deaths of despair”
cut life expectancy
for white Americans
NEW YORK (AP) – Rising
drug and alcohol overdoses,
suicides, and disease from
chronic alcoholism – labeled
“deaths of despair” by one
expert – are cutting the lives
of white Americans short by
nearly a half a year on average.
Increases in these types of
deaths among whites means
that life expectancy for
whites is not increasing as
fast as it is for other groups,
according to a government
report that offers an unusual
look at how different threats
are affecting U.S. lifespans.
“Things are moving in the
wrong direction,” said Anne
Case, a Princeton University
researcher, of what she calls
“deaths of despair.”
Drawing from death certificate data, the new report
from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention focuses on what happened
to white life expectancy between 2000 and 2014.
The work was a reaction
to recent research that suggested drug overdoses and
suicides have caused alarming increases in death rates
for middle-aged white Americans. The new report, which
did not perform the same
analysis for blacks and Hispanics, was posted online
Friday.
Overall, white life expectancy still grew because
other things were improving.
Deaths from heart disease
– the nation’s No. 1 killer
– dropped significantly, and
that alone added a year to
white life expectancy. Nearly
one more year was added because of falling death rates
from cancer, stroke, and motor vehicle crashes, the researchers found.
But then drugs and alcohol subtracted about 4
months from life expectancy,
according to Kenneth Kochanek, a CDC statistician
who was the report’s lead
author. No other cause of
death had a bigger negative
impact, he said.
Increasing suicides had
the second largest negative
impact, subtracting roughly
6 weeks from white life expectancy. The growing impact of Alzheimer’s disease
was third, reducing longevity
by about 3 weeks.
Falls also whittled down
white life expectancy gains,
the researchers found. So
did chronic liver disease, often the result of heavy alcohol consumption or injection
drug use that spreads the
liver-destroying hepatitis C
virus.
Experts cite several possible reasons that drug overdose deaths and suicides
are occurring far more often
among middle-aged whites
than other groups. They say
whites have had an easier
time getting access to the
powerful painkillers that
have been the root of the
current drug overdose epidemic. And whites may more
quickly turn to suicide because often they don’t have
the kind of family and social
support often seen in black
and Hispanic communities,
they say.
Though the gap is closing,
white life expectancy is still
significantly greater than life
expectancy for blacks.
White life expectancy grew
to nearly 79 in 2014, from
about 77 1/2 years in 2000.
Black life expectancy rose to
a little over 75 from about 71
1/2. Life expectancy for Hispanics rose to 82 years from
79.
Things may be taking a
turn for the worse, however.
Earlier this week, CDC issued a report on preliminary death data for 2015
that showed the U.S. death
rate rose slightly – the first
increase in a decade. The
report did not break down
what was happening in different racial groups, but
experts say whites death
trends are likely the primary
reason.
Report: Prince died of fentanyl overdose
MINNEAPOLIS
(AP)
–
Prince died of an overdose of
fentanyl, a powerful opioid
painkiller that is up to 50
times more potent than heroin, autopsy results released
Thursday show.
The findings confirm suspicions that opioids played
a role in the death of the superstar musician, who was
found dead April 21 at his
Minneapolis-area estate.
It was not immediately
clear whether Prince had
a prescription for the drug
and, if not, how he obtained
it. At least one friend has
said he suffered from intense
knee and hip pain from many
years of stage performances.
The results raised the
possibility that anyone who
provided the drug illegally
could face criminal charges.
Although the death was for-
mally ruled an accident, that
merely signified that it was
not intentional and in no way
precludes prosecution.
After Prince died, authorities began reviewing whether
an overdose was to blame
and whether he had been
prescribed drugs in the preceding weeks.
According to a one-page
report released by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Of-
55 years
The class of 1961 - the 55 year class. (From left to right) Janice Slate Schumacher, Carol Jones
Divel, Wayne Owen, Nancy Dalrymple Streit.
45 years
The class of 1971 - the 45 year class. ( From left to right) Nick Keiss, Marsha Willmeth Bartsch,
Melinda Headrick Rose, Betty Bourbon Harding, Greg Wilson.
fice, Prince administered the
drug himself on an unknown
date. The office said the
death investigation is complete, and it had no further
comment.
Confirmation that Prince
died of an opioid overdose
was first reported by The Associated Press. The autopsy
report was released hours
later.
Fentanyl is a synthetic
drug that has legitimate
medical uses. It is also partly
responsible for a recent surge
in overdose deaths in some
parts of the country. Because
of its risks, it is tightly controlled by the Food and Drug
Administration, but much of
it is manufactured illegally.
Pain patients who have
built up a tolerance to other
prescription painkillers, or
who have become addicted,
sometimes seek out stronger
drugs such as heroin or fentanyl.
More than 700 fentanylrelated overdoses were reported to the Drug Enforcement Administration in late
2013 and 2014.
Prince, 57, died less than
a week after his plane made
an emergency stop in Moline,
Illinois, for medical treatment
as he was returning from an
Atlanta concert. The Associated Press and other media
reported, based on anonymous sources, that he was
found unconscious on the
plane, and first responders
gave him a shot of Narcan,
an antidote used in suspected opioid overdoses.
The autopsy was conducted the day after Prince’s
body was found. When his
body was examined, he was
5 feet 3 inches tall, weighed
112 pounds and was dressed
almost entirely in black. He
had scars on his left hip and
right lower leg. The report did
not say whether those scars
were evidence of any past
surgery to relieve pain.
The focus of the investigation will now probably turn
to determining who supplied
the fentanyl and whether the
sources were legitimate or illegal, said Gal Pissetzky, a
Chicago-based attorney who
has represented multiple clients facing drug charges. He
has no link to Prince.
Authorities may also look
to the singer’s associates.
“The investigation may expand to people who surround
him,” Pissetzky said. “If fentanyl was obtained illegally,
I don’t think Prince would
have gone out to meet someone in a dark alley to get the
substance.”
Upcoming
events
50 years
The class of 1966 was the 50 year honored class at the Jewell Alumni Association Banquet.
Friday, June 3, 7:00 p.m.,
(From left to right) Front row: Nola Everson, Randy LaCoe, Steven Heiman. Middle Row: MariBrown Grand Theatre, viewlyn Bourbon, Carl Knarr, Steven Hutchison, Diane McCune Brown, Coni Seamans Grennan,
ing of the new Iowa PBS docDennis Grennan. Back Row: Tom Kadel, Bill Menhusen, Jim Nulty.
Jewell Alumni have reunion
The 57th annual Jewell
Alumni banquet was held
May 28, 2016 at the Jewell
Community Center. Nearly
100 alumni and guests were
on hand to partake of the
meal.
President, Kerma Headrick Crouse, class of 1968,
presided over the business
meeting where the following officers were elected for
2017: President, Arlan Folsom, class of 1967; vicepresident Annette Baxa
Burks, 1968; and secretary-treasurer, Pat Oplinger
Zentz, class of 1959.
Joanne McCollough Allen, class of 1967, was the
master of ceremonies. Steven Hutchison, from the
50-year class (1966) introduced his class members.
Two individuals who went to
school with the class but did
not graduate with the class
were in attendance: Marilyn Bourbon of Jewell, and
Randy LaCoe from Texas.
Members of 50-year class in
attendance were Nola Everson of Salina, Kan.; Dennis
and Coni Seamans Gren-
nan from Columbus, Neb.;
Steven Heiman, Belleville,
Kan.; Steven Hutchison,
Noblesville, Ind.; Tom Kadel,
Beloit, Kan.; Carl Knarr,
Jewell; Dianne McCune
Brown, Farmersville, Texas; Bill Menhusen, Joplin,
Mo.; and Jim Nulty, Topeka, Kan.. Three members of
the class are deceased: Bill
Belden, Carol Boden Moody,
and Marilyn Ross Topliff. A
red rose was placed on the
table in memory of Carol by
her family.
Class members unable
to attend were Janis Bass
Johnston, Marilyn Goldsberry Zimmerman, Brenda
Reece Weeks and Alan Varney.
Recognized as the oldest
member present was Marjorie Divel Hartsel class of
1941. Other members of the
class of 1941 in attendance
were Carol Oplinger Bourbon and Eleonora Bartsch
Leech. The youngest member present was Judy Westgate Edwards, class of 1988.
The John Edwards family was recognized with the
most members present.
John graduated with the
class of 1943 and his children, Dick in 1974 and David in 1981 and David’s wife,
Judy Westgate Edwards in
1988.
Kevin McCune, class of
1974, was recognized as
traveling the greatest distance from Kenai, Alaska to
attend the 2016 reunion.
Lola Abram was the only
former teacher present this
year.
Entertainment for the
evening was the debut of
“The Boots Trio” (Kerma
Headrick Crouse, Linda
Hutchcraft Woerner, and
Neita Blacker Colin.) They
performed a comical routine
to the tune of “These Boots
were made for Walkin”.
(Their boots needed the aid
of their canes to amuse the
crowd).
Approximately 60 people
signed the register at the afternoon reception hosted by
Amy Wilson Arasmith, Betty
Bourbon Harding, Melinda
Headrick Rose and Kerma
Headrick Crouse.
umentary “West By Orphan
Train.”
Saturday, June 4, 10:30
a.m., Brown Grand Theatre,
“The Chosen,” original Orphan Train play.
Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m.5 p.m.—Mountain Man Rendezvous, Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site.
Saturday, June 4, 8 a.m.2 p.m.—Junk Jamboree,
downtown Concordia, downtown rummage sale. Call
243.4290 to reserve a booth.
Saturday,
June
11—
Concordia
Chamber
of
Commerce annual Awards
Ceremony and Business
Recognition Banquet, Cloud
County Fairgrounds Commercial Building, theme is
“Flappers and Fellas.” Reservations due by June 3 at
the Chamber office.
Have a Great Day !
Looking Back
Today is Friday, June 3, the 155th day of 2016. There
are 211 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 3, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the
National Defense Act of 1916, which, among other things,
created the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
On this date:
•In 1808, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was
born in Christian County, Kentucky.
•In 1888, the poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published in the San Francisco Daily
Examiner.
•In 1924, author Franz Kafka, 40, died near Vienna.
•In 1937, Edward, The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson
in a private ceremony in Monts, France.
•In 1948, the 200-inch reflecting Hale Telescope at the
Palomar Mountain Observatory in California was dedicated.
•In 1955, convicted murderer Barbara Graham, 31, was
executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison
in California, as were Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins, for
the 1953 slaying of Mabel Monahan.
•In 1963, Pope John XXIII died at age 81; he was succeeded by Pope Paul VI.
•In 1965, astronaut Edward H. White became the first
American to “walk” in space during the flight of Gemini 4.
•In 1972, Sally J. Priesand was ordained as America’s
first female rabbi at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio.
•In 1983, Gordon Kahl, a militant tax protester wanted
in the slayings of two U.S. marshals in North Dakota, was
killed in a gun battle with law-enforcement officials near
Smithville, Arkansas.
•In 1989, Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini, died. Chinese army troops began their sweep
of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations. SkyDome (now called Rogers Centre) opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
•In 1992, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton appeared on “The Arsenio Hall Show,” where he played
“Heartbreak Hotel” on the saxophone.
Ten years ago: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld,
attending a security conference in Singapore, branded Iran
the world’s leading terrorist nation yet hoped that Tehran
would seriously consider incentives from the West in exchange for suspending suspect nuclear activities. Gunmen
attacked a car belonging to the Russian Embassy in Baghdad, killing one diplomat and kidnapping four employees
who were later slain.
Five years ago: Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards admitted he had “done wrong” and hurt
others but strongly denied breaking the law after federal
prosecutors charged him with using $925,000 in underthe-table campaign contributions to hide his mistress and
baby during his 2008 White House run. (After a 2012 trial
in North Carolina, jurors acquitted Edwards on one count
of accepting illegal campaign contributions and deadlocked
on five other counts; prosecutors decided against retrying
the case.) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when rebel rockets barraged his palace; he later went
to Saudi Arabia for treatment. Physician-assisted suicide
advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian died at a Michigan hospital
at 83. Actor James Arness (TV: “Gunsmoke”), 88, died in
Brentwood, California.
One year ago: The Pentagon disclosed that it had inadvertently shipped possibly live anthrax to at least 51 laboratories across the U.S. and in three foreign countries over
the previous decade, but said that public health was not
at risk.
(Stations: Single name “Lalaine” is correct)
Today’s Birthdays: TV producer Chuck Barris is 87.
The president of Cuba, Raul Castro, is 85. Actress Irma
P. Hall is 81. Author Larry McMurtry is 80. Rock singer
Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople) is 77. Actress Penelope Wilton is 70. Singer Eddie Holman is 70. Actor Tristan Rogers
is 70. Musician Too Slim (Riders in the Sky) is 68. Rock
musician Richard Moore is 67. Singer Suzi Quatro is 66.
Singer Deneice Williams is 65. Singer Dan Hill is 62. Actress Suzie Plakson is 58. Actor Scott Valentine is 58. Rock
musician Kerry King (Slayer) is 52. Actor James Purefoy
is 52. Rock singer-musician Mike Gordon is 51. TV host
Anderson Cooper is 49. Country singer Jamie O’Neal is 48.
Writer-director Tate Taylor (Film: “The Help”) is 37. Singers
Gabriel and Ariel Hernandez (No Mercy) are 45. Actor Vik
Sahay is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lyfe Jennings is 43.
Actress Arianne Zucker is 42. Actress Nikki M. James is 35.
Tennis player Rafael Nadal is 30. Actor Josh Segarra is 30.
Actress-singer Lalaine is 29. Actor Sean Berdy is 23.
Thought for Today: “Never be haughty to the humble;
never be humble to the haughty.” – Jefferson Davis,
Confederate president (1808-1889).
More Highlights in History
•In 1916, the Chicago Tribune published an interview
with Henry Ford in which the automobile industrialist was
quoted as saying, “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the
history we make today.”
•In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began at the
Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.
•In 1810, Argentina began its revolt against Spanish
rule with the forming of the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires.
•In 1935, Babe Ruth hit his last three career home runs
Рnos. 712, 713 and 714 — for the Boston Braves in a game
against the Pittsburgh Pirates. (The Pirates won, 11-7.)
•In 1946, Transjordan (now Jordan) became a kingdom
as it proclaimed its new monarch, Abdullah I.
•In 1959, the U.S. Supreme Court, in State Athletic Commission v. Dorsey, struck down a Louisiana law prohibiting
interracial boxing matches. (The case had been brought by
Joseph Dorsey Jr., a black professional boxer.)
•In 1961, President John F. Kennedy told Congress: “I
believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving
the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the
moon and returning him safely to the earth.”