July 11, 2013

Volume 126, Number 28 Thursday, July 11, 2013 16 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

A large crowd of spectators watchedthe flow of ducks down Canal Street dur-ing the eleventh annual Hugoton RotaryClub duck race at the Park Day activitiesJuly 4. After dumping all the ducks intothe water, the Rotary Club memberswalk along the side of the water watchingthem float to the end of the street. At theend of the street more Rotary Club mem-bers wait for the first through fifth placewinners to emerge.

First place winner this year was San-

dra Cox. Her quick little quacker crossedthe line first and won her $1,000 for firstplace! Other winners were second placeShannon Crawford $500, third place Pi-oneer Electric $300, fourth place RachelRobinson $200 and fifth place CarlaBrechbueler $100.

Hard Luck winners plucked from thepond and awarded $100 each were War-ren Willis, Stegman grandchildren, RobHeger, Josh Jordan and Walter Beesleygrandchildren.

Hugoton City Councilmet in regular session July8, 2013 at the council meet-ing room. Present at themeeting were Mayor Jack E.Rowden, City Clerk ThomasG. Hicks, Outside UtilitiesSupervisor Paul Nordyke,Electrical System Supervi-sor Gary Rowden, City In-spector Joshua Grubbs andcouncilmen Dean Banker,Mike Eshbaugh, ShannonCrawford and TronStegman. Also attendingthe meeting were City Attor-ney Wayne R. Tate, PoliceChief Courtney Leslie,Hugoton Hermes reporterRuthie Winget, Alvin Riley,John Akers and GregSteltzer. Councilman DanCorpening was absent.

Joe Holmes had called inrequesting again a stop signat Eighth and Madison dueto the speed of vehicles onthat street. The councilmenstated a stop sign was onlyone block from his corner onMonroe Street. There aredips on Eighth Street to slowtraffic.

JoAnn Blackburn re-quested a “Children Playing”sign in the 800 block ofAdams. The council passeda motion to install this sign.

The council discussedputting a unit train light atEleventh and West City Lim-its. They voted against in-stalling the light at this time.

The council reportedthere were some complaintsconcerning the late hours offireworks. Fireworks werestill exploding until 3:00a.m. bothering people’ssleep. The council passed amotion setting a time limitfor setting off fireworks. Fire-works will be only be al-lowed from 8:00 a.m. untilmidnight July 2, 3 and 4.

The council approved themotion for rezoning lots 1,2, 7 and 8 in Block 1 ofCoulter First Addition from“R-2” Two-Family residentialDistrict to “R-3” Multiple-Family Residential District.

Paul Nordyke reported tothe city council about thesanitation lagoons. LagoonOne already is in trouble.There is too much fat andgrease in the lagoon andthere is not enough oxygenin it. This means the lagoonis not working due to theextra wastewater comingfrom KDI. Kansas Dairy In-gredients is considering pre-treating before allowing thewastewater to go into thecity’s sanitary system. Thecouncil plans a specialmeeting with KDI for Fridayto discuss all the options.

City Clerk Hicks wentthrough the 2014 budgetwith the councilmen. Withthis budget, the tax mill levywill be 42.96 which is an in-crease of 3.35. The councilvoted to publish the pro-posed budget. The BudgetHearing will be at the Au-gust city council meeting.

Alvin Riley reported theyhad 119 members at theFourwinds Golf Course atthis time. The golf courseboard elected to purchase aused diesel rough lawnmower as the old one hasneeded so many repairs.They also decided to pur-chase a new greens mowersince the new models fornext year will feature a newdesign of cutting heads. Theaccessories they alreadyhave will not fit on nextyear’s models. The fundsfor these mowers will comeout of the golf course expan-sion fund of their budget.

Paul Nordyke informed

The Hugoton USD 210 Board of Education met in a spe-cially scheduled meeting Monday night in the Board Con-ference Room of the District Office.

There were no visitors at the special organizational meet-ing for the new fiscal year. New board members Paula Row-den and Matt Mills were present. Barry Hittle was absent.The highlights of the meeting included the nomination of anew Board president and the retirement of long time Main-tenance Director Bill DeCamp. BOE members reluctantlyaccepted Bill's resignation.

Superintendent Crawford presented draft ideas andplans for replacing Bill's position.

Stephanie Heger was elected president and presided overthe meeting. Vice president is Martin Daharsh, Board Clerkis Traci Shields and Board Treasurer is Lupe Camacho.

The Board took significant time to review half of the 24Kansas Association of School Board's (KASB) recommendedpolicy updates for 2013-2014. New policies adopted includeadditions to bullying prevention, emergency safety interven-tions and staff online activities.

The board established board meeting dates and times.All BOE meetings will be at the HMS Library at 6:30 p.m.unless listed differently.

Meeting dates are July 15, 2013 at Central Office, August26, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16,January 20, 2014, February 17, March 31, April 28, May19, June 16, June 26 - 6:30 a.m.-special 7:00 a.m. Thurs-day meeting for year end transfers at Central Office.

Appointments are as follows: KPERS Designation ofAgent - Max Williams, additional signer - Davonna Daharsh;Food Service Representative - Davonna Daharsh; DistrictAttendance Officers - the Building Principals; Federal Pro-grams Compliance Officer, Civil Rights Compliance andGrievance Officer and Section 504 Officer - Mark Crawford;Freedom of Information Officer - Lupe Camacho; and E-Rate - Stuart Scott.

The board committee assignments are: two members forthe Negotiations team - Todd Gayer, Don Beesley and MattMills. One member as the High Plains Education Coopera-

A members-only meetingof VFW Post 5391 andAmerican Legion Post 150has been called for Monday,July 15, at 7:30 p.m. at theVFW building located at 300Monroe in Hugoton.

The purpose of the meet-ing is to discuss the future ofthe Posts in Hugoton andthe possibility of joining theVFW membership of Post5391 with Liberal. Becauseof declining membership,absence of a functioningmembership and lack of in-terest, smaller posts arebeing shut down and arejoining forces with largercommunity Posts, especiallyin the Western region of theU.S.

The meeting will involve around table discussion withall members present. Allmembers of the VFW, Amer-ican Legion and all Auxil-iaries are encouraged toattend.

Council discusses lagoons

The Kansas Highway Pa-trol is releasing its Inde-pendence Day weekendholiday activity. The report-ing period for the holidayweekend ran from 6:00 p.m.Wednesday, July 3, through11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 7,2013. During that time, thePatrol worked one fatalcrash, which resulted in onedeath. That crash was notalcohol-related. The Patroldid not work any DUI-re-lated crashes over the re-porting period.

Activity 2013Total Fatal Crashes 1Total Fatalities 1DUI Related Crashes 0DUI Related Fatalities 0DUI Arrests 37Speed Citations 1,407Speed Warnings 1,160Adult Seatbelt Citations 525

Adult Seatbelt Warnings 70

Teen Seatbelt Citations 18

Teen Seatbelt Warnings 8Child Restraint Citations 70

Child Restraint Warnings 10

Motorists Assisted 1,559

Patrol reports Independence Dayweekend activity

VFW Post 5391will have a meetingMonday, July 15

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It is time to begin the signup for this year’s SorghumQueen Contest!

Entry forms can be pickedup at 1013 S. Polk. They willbe on the door and are to bereturned no later than July22.

This year the SorghumQueen Contest is Friday,July 26, at the Middle SchoolAuditorim at 7:00 p.m.

Contestants for theSorghum Queen Contestmust be a resident ofStevens County attendingschool in Moscow or Hugo-ton as a freshman through2013 senior. She must besingle and have no children.

Fireworks light up thenight sky during Hugo-ton’s Fourth of July cele-bration this year. With nofire ban in place, arearesidents took advantageand celebrated the holi-day in style with lots offireworks. During theday, the City Park was abee hive of activity withgames, entertainment,good food and contests.The evening of July 4, funcontinued with entertain-ment by Whiskey Red atthe Alco parking lot andfireworks to round outthe celebration.

The annual Hugoton RotaryClub duck race is a much an-ticipated event during theFourth of July celebrations.At 12:00 noon the ducks arereleased down the canal andthe race is on to see which onewill be the $1000 winner.Large crowds line the canal towatch the ducks swim downthe road. This year markedthe eleventh year of the race.

Rotary awards $2600 at duck race

Sign up for 2013Sorghum Queen!

USD #210 BOE hosts annualorganizational meeting July 8

Parents, precautions maykeep teen drivers safer

on the road More teenage motor vehiclefatalities happen in summerthan any other time of year.While teen driving statistics aretroubling, research shows teenswhose parents set rules are halfas likely to get in an accident. The National Association ofInsurance Commissioners(NAIC), of which the Kansas In-surance Department is a mem-ber, has compiled tips forparents and teens to make driv-ing safe and save money. The ultimate goal when ourkids start driving is to ensuretheir safety and the safety ofothers. That starts with estab-lishing expectations. The goodnews is setting boundaries pro-vides the opportunity for theroads to be safer for everyone,and fewer accidents is a goal wecan all get behind.Setting Expectations Inexperienced, distracteddriving, speeding and drug/al-cohol use are major contribu-tors to teen-related crashes.One way to help your teen be-come a safer driver is to talkopenly about your expectationsfor when they’re behind thewheel. Here are some discus-sion items. • Set a driving curfew. More

than 40 percent of teen autodeaths occur between 9:00 p.m.and 6:00 a.m.• Put a limit on the number ofpassengers allowed in yourteen’s car. For teenagers, therelative risk of a fatal crash in-creases as the number of pas-sengers increases.• Make the cell phone off limitswhile driving. Talking and tex-ting on a cell phone can doublethe likelihood of an accident.• Encourage your teen to exer-cise his or her rights as a pas-senger. Only 44 percent of teenssay they would speak up ifsomeone were driving in a waythat scared them. These safety measures alsomay help save money on autoinsurance, because even minorfender-benders can drive upcosts.Keeping Costs Down Parents know, too, that vehi-cle insurance for teenagers isexpensive. That’s why it pays tofollow some useful advice fromthe insurance experts in mak-ing sure you can keep premiumcosts as low as possible. Hereare some of them.• Encourage teen drivers tokeep his or her driving recordfree of accidents and moving vi-olations for at least three years.Many companies grant dis-counts to “safe drivers.”

• Enroll new drivers in a defen-sive driving course. Some com-panies offer discounts forcompletion.• Some companies may offerdriver awareness programs, ei-ther online or with a smart-phone app for young drivers.Ask your insurance agent orcompany if there is a discountfor using these programs.• Encourage teen drivers tokeep their grades up. Many in-surance companies offer dis-counts or preferred rates forteens at particular Grade PointAverage levels.• Ask your insurance companyabout an “accident forgiveness”clause that guarantees premi-ums will not increase after oneminor accident.• Consider a higher deductibleand only allowing the teen todrive the family’s oldest, leastexpensive car. The type of vehi-cle also will affect the policy pre-mium. SUVs, convertibles andperformance vehicles typicallycost more to insure than othercars. While education and prepa-ration can help, accidents still

happen. If you or your teen areinvolved in one, make sure youknow what steps to take to staysafe and protect your identitywhen exchanging informationfor a claim. The NAIC’s freeWreckCheck app (available atiTunes® and Google Play®)guides users through what todo - and not do - after an acci-dent. The app helps drivers col-lect necessary information onthe spot, then immediatelyemails a report to your homeand your insurance agent. For more teen driving tipsand resources, check ourKansas Insurance Depart-ment’s booklet “Auto Insuranceand Shopper’s Guide,” whichyou can print from our Web site,www.ksinsurance.org, or fromour Facebook page, www.face-book.com/kansasi nsurancede-partment. You can also visit theNAIC site InsureUOnline.org todownload a Teen Driving Con-tract and other helpful docu-ments, including adownloadable accident check-list. Staying safe on the road justmakes good sense.

Friday nights- Looking for something to do

Friday nights? You are invited tocome to Faith CommunityChurch at Sixth and Main forfood, music and fellowship everyFriday evening beginning at6:00 p.m. For more information,call Eunice Lunceford at 620-649-7644 or 620-428-5296.July 11- Fruit Storytime at Stevens

County Library beginning at10:00 a.m.- Hugoton Aglow will meet at

7:00 p.m. at the Senior Centerfor coffee and fellowship. Ameeting will follow at 7:30 p.m.All are invited!July 13-14- Cimarron Valley Golf Club in

Satanta will host a two manscramble golf tournament with8:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. shotgunstarts Saturday or tee timesSunday. A steak dinner atAntler’s in Moscow will takeplace Saturday night, with Cal-cutta immediately following. Toenter, contact Marcus Howe at620-255-1079 or Joe Heather-man at 620-453-0881. You canalso [email protected] 15- Stevens County Commission-ers will meet in the Commis-sioners’ Room at the StevensCounty Courthouse at 8:30 a.m.

- Members-only meeting ofVFW Post 5391 and AmericanLegion Post 150 at 7:30 p.m. atthe VFW Building, 300 Monroein Hugoton.- Garden City Community Col-lege fall enrollment day with ad-vance registration, placement

testing and orientation. Activi-ties begin at 8:00 a.m. and con-clude around 2:30 to 3:00 p.m.Parents welcome. Reservationsnecessary at 620-276-9608 oremail admission @gcccks.edu.- USD 210 Board of Educationwill meet at 6:30 p.m.July 15-18- Seward County Community

College/Area Technical Schoolwill offer an Environmental Agri-Science Camp for college stu-dents. Campers will stay in thedorms with adult supervision.For informaiton, please contactJames Choate at 620-417-1365or [email protected]. - Garden City Community Col-lege will host Adventure Campchallenge course for boys andgirls ages nine to 14. For infor-mation and registration, call620-276-9647 or [email protected] 16

- Representative Tim Huel-skamp will host hours at theStevens County Library’sKansas Room from 12:00 noonto 1:00 p.m.July 17- Craft-A-Palooza at the StevensCounty Library beginning at10:00 a.m. in the CommunityRoom.July 17-20

- - Garry Moore Amusementscarnival will be at the StevensCounty Fairgrounds!July 18

- The Earth Storytime atStevens County Library begin-ning at 10:00 a.m.- Camera Club will meet at 7:00p.m. at the Hugoton RecreationCommission at 7:00 p.m.

by Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy PraegerCommissioner’s Corner

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, July 11, 2013

Obituaries

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Henry Curtis Woods, age95, passed away Sunday,July 7, 2013 at GreeleyCounty Long Term Care Cen-ter in Tribune.

Henry was born May 28,1918 the son of Curtis Pauland Laura Juanita MorganWoods. A lifetime resident ofGreeley County, he was aFarmer/Stockman and hadserved his country as a StaffSergeant in the United StatesArmy during World War Two.

Henry was a member ofSt. Joseph Catholic Churchand a lifetime member of theV.F.W. Post #7521 in Trib-une.

October 9, 1945 Henrymarried Mary Agnes Dinkelat Tribune. Mary passedaway August 30, 2000 atTribune.

Henry’s surviving familyincludes three children: Eu-

gene and Dessa Woods andCurtis and Koreen Woods allof Tribune, and Mary Louiseand Jon Lund of Moscow;four siblings: HazelReynolds, Jennie Johnsonand Mary Stevenson all ofTribune; and Dale Woods ofBrighton, Co.; ten grandchil-dren, eight great grandchil-dren and one great greatgrandchild.

Those preceding him indeath were his parents, wife,two grandchildren: BryanLee Woods and Callie DawnWoods, and two siblings:Robert Woods and Laura LouPage.

Vigil services wereWednesday, July 10, 2013 atSt. Joseph Catholic Churchin Tribune. Funeral Masswill be at 10:00 a.m. (MST)Thursday, July 11, 2013 atSt. Joseph Catholic Churchin Tribune with Father MikeHelm officiating.

Burial will be in GreeleyCounty Cemetery in Tribunewith military honors pro-vided by the United StatesArmy Honor Guard from FortRiley. Price and Sons Fu-neral Home of Tribune werein charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be given toSt Joseph Catholic Churchor Greeley County HealthCenter in care of the funeralhome.

Condolences may be sentto the family through the fu-neral home Web site at price-andsons.com.

Henry Curtis Woods

Donald Allen

Lucinda Jones

Stevens County EmergencyServices Run Activity July 1through July 7.Fire Department

Hugoton Station Monday, July 1 - 5:23 p.m.– called to Highway 56 andHwy 25 North for motor vehi-cle accident. Tuesday, July 2 - 3:10 p.m.– called to 408 S Jefferson fora grass fire. Wednesday, July 3 - 8:37p.m. - call a quarter mile eastof First and Washington for agrass fire. Thursday, July 4 - 6:57p.m. -called to 1033 S. Jack-son for a dumpster fire. Friday, July 5 - 1:37 p.m. -called a quarter mile south of

Highway 51 on Road 20 for agrass fire. Saturday, July 6 - 2:44p.m. -called to 333 Road 19for a structure, tires andgrass fire. Saturday, July 6 - 10:29p.m. – called for a hay balerfire.Fire Department

Moscow Station Saturday, July 6 - 2:44p.m. - called to 333 Road 19for a structure, tires andgrass fire.

Ambulance Activity Two medical runs, onetransfer, one Life Flight, onefire standby and one motorvehicle accident.

Stevens County Fire Department and

Ambulance Report

HUGOTON POLICE REPORTHUGOTON POLICE REPORTBusiness Hours, Call 544-4959

After Hours, Call 544-2020

Lucinda Jones passedfrom this life Thursday, July4, 2013, at Stevens CountyHospital in Hugoton. She was93.

The daughter of Mr. andMrs. Jacob Humingbird, shewas born February 17, 1920in Oklahoma.

She and Bernard L. Joneswere married in 1946 inOklahoma. He preceded herin death. She lived in Ok-mulgee, Ok. for many years.She moved to Hugoton in1996 from Oklahoma.

Survivors include twodaughters, Jaunita Whet-

stone and husband Robert ofHugoton, Wanda Phillips andhusband Richard of Okla-homa City, Ok.; seven grand-children, eight greatgrandchildren, one greatgreat grandchild and otherrelatives and friends.

She was preceded in deathby her parents, two grand-sons: Harvey Lee Nolen Jr.and Anthony Carl Whetstone.

Services took place Tues-day, July 9, 2013 at HugotonCemetery.

Paul’s Funeral Home,Hugoton is in charge ofarrangements.

Monday, July 1, 2013• Welfare Check, 1000 Block of

South Washington, EverythingOkay, Officer Hagman

• Domestic, 300 Block of South Har-rison, Officer Hagman/ OfficerGoetzinger

Tuesday, July 2, 2013• Vehicle Unlock, 600 Block of South

Main, Citizen Assist, Officer Hag-man

• Vehicle Unlock, 500 Block of SouthMonroe, Citizen Assist, OfficerHagman

• Dogs at Large, 500 Block of Jay-hawk, Dogs Impounded, OfficerHagman

• Reported Fire, 400 Block of Jeffer-son, Notified the Fire Department,Officer Hagman

• Rp of Subject Throwing FireworksOut of Vehicle, Officer Hagman

• Dog at Large, 600 Block of Copper-stone, Officer Lamatsch

• Dog at Large, 1400 Block of SouthJefferson, Officer Lamatsch

• Fireworks, 200 Block of SouthMain, Officer Lamatsch

• Fireworks, 900 Block of SouthMonroe, Officer Lamastch

Wednesday, July 3, 2013• Medical Assist, 900 Block of South

Main, Public Service, OfficerLamastch

• Vehicle Unlock, 500 Block of SouthMonroe, Citizen Assist, OfficerLamatsch

Thursday, July 4, 2013• Dog at Large, 100 Block of South

Jackson, Unable to Locate, OfficerHagman

• Public Service, 900 Block of SouthMonroe, Public Service, OfficerHagman

• Non Injury Accident, Fifth andMain, Took Report, Officer Hagman

• Vehicle Unlock, 900 Block of SouthCoulter, Citizen Assist, Officer Hag-man

• Non Injury Accident, Tenth andJackson, Took Report, Officer Hag-

man• Dumpster Fire, 1000 Block of

South Jackson, Notified the FireDepartment, Sergeant Johnson

• Public Service, 500 Block of WestEleventh, Public Service, SergeantJohnson

• Shooting Fireworks at House, 1000Block of South Polk, Spoke to Sub-ject, Sergeant Johnson

• Vehicle Unlock, 200 Block of WestEleventh, Citizen Assist, SergeantJohnson

Friday, July 5, 2013• Vehicle Unlock, 400 Block of South

Adams, Citizen Assist, OfficerGoetzinger

• Dog at Large, 300 Block of West AStreet, Dog Impounded, OfficerGoetzinger

• Welfare Check, 500 Block of SouthHarrison, Unable to Make Contact,Officer Goetzinger

• Dog at Large, 300 Block of West AStreet, Dog Impounded, OfficerLamatsch

• Unwanted Subject, 1500 Block ofEisenhower, Subject Removed, Of-ficer Lamatsch

• Disorderly Conduct, 700 Block ofSouth Monroe, Subject Arrested,Officer Lamatsch

Saturday, July 6, 2013• Property Damage, 700 Block of

South Monroe, Officer Hagman• Welfare Check, 800 Block of South

Jackson, Officer Lamatsch• Aggravated Assault, 300 Block of

West Eighth, Subject Arrested, Of-ficer Lamatsch

• RP of Drunk Driver, Eleventh andAdams, Unable to Locate, OfficerLamatsch

• RP of Fight, 300 Block of EastEighth, Subject Was Gone on Ar-rival, Sergeant Johnson

Sunday, July 7, 2013• Vehicle Unlock, 600 Block of South

Harrison, Citizen Assist, OfficerHagman

Dear Editor,Michael A. Smith is an associate pro-

fessor of political science at EmporiaState University.Wichita Eagle

Leo Strauss coined the phrase “re-ductio ad Hitlerum” to describe the logi-cal fallacy of tying one’s opponent toAdolf Hitler by ridiculous means: a spe-cial kind of reductio ad absurdum. Forexample: Hitler was evil. Hitler had amustache. Therefore, mustaches areevil.

Hitler was one of history’s truly vi-cious agents, but similar fallacies can beused to tie an idea to anyone one dis-likes, such as President Obama.

A new term, “reductio ad Obam-nium,” might best describe the backlashagainst Common Core standards. Re-cently, an amendment to defund Com-mon Core failed by only four votes in theLegislature. Advocates vow a renewed ef-fort next year.

Common Core should be a conserva-tive triumph. Initiated by a bipartisangroup of governors, it aims to replace theconvoluted, overlapping regime of stateNo Child Left Behind standards. Instead,it proposes a relatively straightforwardset of principles, voluntarily and jointlyadopted by multiple states.

Supportive Republicans include cur-

rent and former governors and educa-tion secretaries: Mike Huckabee, JebBush, Bill Bennett, John Engler, ChrisChristie, Sonny Perdue, Bobby Jindal,Rod Paige and Mitch Daniels.

Though no consensus exists to repealthe decade-old No Child law outright, theObama administration found a work-around: granting the states waivers,upon approval of their own substitutesto the law. Conservatives have longchampioned such waivers, which por-tend less federal micromanagement.

I have helped many students wadethrough the baffling array of professionaljargon and detailed control making upmany pre-Common Core standards – notwo states alike. Viewable at core-standards.org, Common Core is a breathof fresh air. For example, the English lit-erature and social studies standards forhigh school juniors and seniors can beunderstood by a reasonable person withno education-school background.

English standards focus on students’understanding of the texts they haveread, including the authors’ use of lan-guage. For social studies, students eval-uate an argument, separate fact from

opinion, and review evidence for a claim.Common Core opponents see the

standards “paving the way to a federaltakeover” and “taking control away fromparents and communities.” I see little ev-idence for this in the actual standards.For example, regarding reading materi-als, the standards suggest a few booksthat are already classroom staples, butfinal decisions stay with teachers, com-munities, school boards or states.

Opponents rarely cite the standardsthemselves. Nor do they discuss Com-mon Core’s beginnings as a voluntary,bipartisan state effort, its Republicansupporters, or the waivers that softenthe No Child Left Behind law’s control-ling mandates. Only one thing matters:President Obama put his imprimatur onCommon Core by including funding forit in the 2009 stimulus bill. Therefore, itmust be stopped.

Opposed by the conservative Ameri-cans for Prosperity, Common Core isalso meeting resistance in Georgia,Utah, California and elsewhere. At thisrate, the standards may need revisionsto teach future students the identifica-tion and avoidance of reductio ad Obam-nium.

Submitted by Mark CrawfordSuperintendent of USD 210

Common Core standards a breath of fresh airSuperintendent Mark

Crawford

The death of Donald R.Allen of Hugoton has beenlearned. Donald passed awayMonday, July 8, 2013, inrural Stevens County, as theresult of a car/truck acci-dent. He was 67.

The son of James Lelandand Hazel M. (Basler) Allen,he was born April 15, 1946,in Shoemaker, Ca.

He enjoyed his family. Hewas a self-employed carpen-ter.

Survivors include hismother, Hazel M. Allen ofHugoton; one son, Bryan andwife Wendy Allen of Ton-gonxie; one daughter, BeckyRowley and husband Brian ofUdall; two brothers, James AAllen and wife Patti of Garden

City; Larry E. Allen and wifeBecky; seven grandchildrenand other relatives andfriends.

Donald was preceded indeath by his father.

A memorial has been es-tablished for the family. Me-morials may be mailed toPaul’s Funeral Home, PO Box236, Hugoton, KS 67951.

The family requests dona-tion in lieu of flowers.

Memorial service will beThursday, July 11, 2013 at10:00 a.m. at First Church ofGod in Hugoton with PastorRichard Martin. A privateburial will follow.

Paul’s Funeral Home is incharge of arrangements.


Stevens County FairBackyard Cook-Off

This fun and friendly competitionwill be held July 30. Showcase your

talents and possibly win a cash prize of up to $600.

Entry deadline

is July 22

Entry forms and rules are available at the Stevens County Extension Office.

For more information contact Theresa at 544-2707.

the council the water and sewerlines have been completed at thePioneer Manor addition. Workon the curb and guttering hasbegun. Stevens County will bedoing the asphalt.

City streets have been sealed.The work was contracted out.Paul reported he spoke to GaryBaker about the city waterrights. Baker stated Hugotonhas approval from the state todrill another water well ifneeded.

Nordyke is still not satisfiedwith the main left station. Hehas not gotten any responsefrom the company where thepumps were purchased. Thecouncil asked Attorney Tate tosend them a letter.

Gary Rowden reported two ofthe generators are being cleanedand should be finished by theend of the week.

Courtney Leslie reported thefirst class of women’s self de-fense taught by Cassie Hagmanstarted this week at the Hugo-ton Recreation Commission.

After going into ExecutiveSession, the council meeting ad-journed.

tive Representative plus an al-ternate - Paula Rowden; alter-nate - Martin Daharsh. Onemember as the Kansans forLocal Control Trustee Repre-sentative - Martin Daharsh.One member designated as theOfficial Voting Delegate toKASB - Stephanie Heger. Twoor three members to the Super-intendent’s Council - ToddGayer and Don Beesley.

The motion to approveBoard Policy Handbook up-dates recommended by KansasAssociation of School Boardswas approved.

Wayne Tate was appointedas School Board Attorney ofrecord.

Hay and Rice out of Liberalwas appointed as School Audi-tor Services.

Mark Crawford was ap-pointed as District PurchasingAgent, Compliance Coordinatorfor Title VI, Title VII, Title IX,Section 504 (ADA) and Home-less Children Reporting Officialfor 2013 – 2014.

The Building Principals wereappointed as Reporting Offi-cials Assigned to their build-ings.

The Board approved the mo-tion to adopt the school calen-dar and hourly calculation forinstructionals time of 1,116hours as the accredited schoolyear for USD 210 and causethe same to be mailed to KASBprior to September 15, 2013.

The board approved TheHugoton Hermes as the districtnewspaper of general circula-tion.

The board voted to approvethe motion to establish pettycash fund limits of ElementarySchool - $1,500, MiddleSchool - $1,500, High School -$1,500, and Central Office -$500.

The resolution to be ex-empted from GAAP require-ments for 2013-2014 schoolyear was approved.

The board approved theadoption of a resolution estab-lishing activity accounts in thesame name, title, and functionas ending in the fiscal yearJune 30, 2014 and to establishthe procedures and guidelinesfor activity funds and gate re-ceipts management in confor-

mance with the district’s ap-pointed auditors recommenda-tions for the KSDE guidelines.

The board reaffirmed drugfree school and workplace poli-cies on a continuance basisfrom 2012-2013 to 2013-2014.

The board approved the mo-tion to rescind all policy state-ments found in the minutes ofthe Board of Education prior toJune 1, 2013, and adopt thepolicy manual as presentedand recommended by the su-perintendent of schools to gov-ern this school district duringthe 2013-2014 school year,subject to periodic review,amendments, and revisions bythe USD 210 Board of Educa-tion.

The board approved the mo-tion to appoint a hearing officerfor free/ reduced meal applica-tions appeal.

Also approved was the mo-tion to establish mileage ratefor reimbursement at the rateof 50.0 cents per mile.

The board approved the mo-tion to renew food service/spe-cial milk program applicationand the meal rate of: Breakfast:Students at $1.60; Employeesat $2.75; and Guests at $2.75;Lunch Students at $2.50; Em-ployees at $3.60; and Guests at$3.85.

The board voted to approvethe motion to establish studentresources fees and textbookrental fees. The only changehere is the activity fee for sev-enth-twelfth grade goes from$5 to $10. This $10 activity feegets HHS students into theirhome contests free, but not freeadmittance into HMS events.The same is true for HMS stu-dents. They still have to pay toattend HHS events where agate fee is required.

Other fees include EarlyChildhood Development Center(Pre-school, Kinder Prep andKdg.): Classroom resourcesand software fees = $30. Ele-mentary School: (grades first-sixth): Classroom resourcesand software fees = $30. Hugo-ton Learning Academy: e2020software fee = $30. HugotonMiddle School: Laptop Air in-surance fee = $50; Softwareand eBook fee = $15; and Ac-tivity fee = $10. Hugoton High

School: Laptop Air insurancefee = $50; Software and eBookfee = $15; and Activity fee =$10.

The board voted to appointhearing officers for student oremployee appeals to be thebuilding principals, superin-tendent and school appointedattorney.

Also approved was the adop-tion of an early payment re-quest policy.

The resolution to destroyrecords over five years old wasapproved.

The motion to acknowledgepolicies and procedures relativeto ADA and Section 504 wasapproved.

The board approved the mo-tion to designate official bankdepository for school districtrevenue as Citizens StateBank.

The approval of biddingprocess to the two local banksto establish highest return oninvestment of idle funds wasapproved with First NationalBank at .80%.

The substitute teacher payat $90.00 per day, plus a freeschool lunch, was approved.

Building administrators willreview in regular August meet-ing the units of credit offered ateach attendance center tomake sure each center is incompliance with accreditationrules and list for board by firstand last name and their level ofassignment and license whoaccording to NCLB as eitherhighly qualified for those whoare certified was approved.

Building administrators willreview in the regular Augustmeeting the immunization pol-icy to make sure it is in compli-ance with statute was passed.

The motion Building Admin-istrators will review in regularAugust meeting those studentsby grade level who are identi-fied as at risk was approved.

Motion to accept the low bidon student accident insurancewas approved - K & K Option1 at $13,994.60.

The next Board meeting isthe regular July meeting July15 to be conducted at the Cen-tral Office.

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Hugoton’s cutest ambassadors gather undersome shady trees Thursday morning with their“entourages” after winning tiaras, crowns,

sashes and sceptors in the annual LittleMiss/Mr. Hugoton contest sponsored byStevens County Healthcare.

In the two and three year old group, boy winnersare Gavin Roybal, Jesus Baeza and BearRoberts.

In the 7-12 month old group are Payton Bennett,Alayna Persinger and Ellie Van Beekum.

Hugoton’s favorite little pag-eant took place Thursday, July4 at Park Day. Gents and ladiesfrom newborns to age threewere presented in their finestpatriotic apparel for this funcontest sponsored by StevensCounty Healthcare. Following isa list of the very cute and cuddlywinners.

In the zero to six months agebracket, winning girls were firstplace Mia Janae Rojas, daugh-ter of Yesica and Ezequiel Rojasof Hugoton; second place AzaleaRoberts, daughter of Rachel andTravis Roberts of Cheney; andthird place Jaelyn Miramontes,daughter of Jorge and Shay Mi-ramontes of Hugoton. Hand-some gentlemen who won werefirst place Jaxx Woodington,son of Shalee and Jarrett Wood-ington of Amarillo, Tx.; secondplace Kai Roybal, son of Melissaand Alex Roybal of Hugoton;and third place Kaiden Horner,son of Braun Horner and BethGlave of Hugoton.

For the seven to twelvemonth age group, beautifulbaby girls winning were firstplace Ellie Van Beekum, daugh-ter of Tami and Casey VanBeekum of Midland, Tx.; secondplace Alayna Persinger, daugh-ter of James Persinger and Na-taly Martinez of Hugoton; andthird place Payton Bennett,daughter of Marissa and Der-rick Bennett of Amarillo. Flashyfellas winning were first placeSean Andy Landa, son of Chanand Tiffany Landa of Hugoton;second place Chasse Peterson,son of Ty and Veronica Petersonof Hugoton; and third place An-tonio Urquidi, son of Ismael andMelinda Urquidi of Hugoton.

In the 13 to 18 month age

group, winners included firstplace Aubrey Martinez, daugh-ter of Justin and Anita Martinezof Rolla; second place KaydenceMengelkamp, daughter of Eliz-abeth Hansen and MichaelMengelkamp of Elkhart; thirdplace Hadley, daughter of Jor-dan and Lance of Liberal. In theboys’ division was first placeCarter Trujillo, son of ChelseaGhumm and Blake Trujillo ofHugoton.

Little beauties in the 19-24month division were first placeDanielle Johnson, daughter ofKirsty and Jeremy Johnson ofHugoton; and second placeXian Blackwell, daughter ofAmy and Emory Blackwell ofSpringfield, Mo.

Little misses in the two-threeyear division were first placeHolly Smith, daughter of AmikaSaucedo and K.L. Smith ofMoscow; second place ZipporahRoberts, daughter of Travis and

Rachel Roberts of Cheney; andthird place Alexis Hamill, grand-daughter of Vanessa and KenMarran of Hugoton. Little mis-ters in the two-three year divi-sion were first place GavinRoybal, son of Melissa and AlexRoybal of Hugoton; secondplace Jesus Baeza, son of Jesusand Kayla Baeza of Hugoton;and third place Bear Roberts,son of Rachel and TravisRoberts of Cheney.

In the 13-18 month old group are Aubrey Mar-tinez, Kaydence Mengelkamp and Hadley.

Winners in the two and three year old divisionwere Holly Smith, Zipporah Roberts and AlexisHamill.

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These good looking winners, along with their pretty mothers,are Sean Andy Landa, Chasse Peterson and Antonio Urquidi.

This beauty missed gettingher picture with the others.She is Danielle Johnson.

Little gents and ladies sport patriotic apparel

Average retail gasoline pricesin Kansas have fallen 3.0 centsper gallon in the past week, av-eraging $3.34 per gallon Sun-day, according to GasBuddy'sdaily survey of 1,329 gas outletsin Kansas. This compares withthe national average that hasfallen 0.5 cents per gallon in thelast week to $3.49 per gallon, ac-cording to gasoline price Web siteGasBuddy.com.

Including the change in gas

prices in Kansas during the pastweek, prices Sunday were 1.2cents per gallon higher than thesame day one year ago and are29.9 cents per gallon lower thana month ago. The national aver-age has decreased 14.4 cents pergallon during the last month andstands 7.8 cents per gallonhigher than this day one yearago.

"After blaming higher gasolineprices on refineries for much ofthe early spring and summer, itnow seems that higher oil pricesmay be to blame for an expected

up tick in the national average,"said GasBuddy.com Senior Pe-troleum Analyst Patrick De-Haan. "Oil prices have silentlybeen tracking higher after ten-sion in Egypt started to impactthe market, driving oil priceshigher. In turn, gasoline priceshave begun to stage a rally aswell. Oil closed last week at itshighest level in over a year, andit may lead to a gentler rally inretail gas price than what we sawearlier this year, but a rally nonethe less," DeHaan said.

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Welcome to the world,Jaxx! Jaxx Grant Woodingtonwas born April 19, 2013, atBaptist St. Anthony Hospitalin Amarillo, Tx. The sweetbaby boy weighed sevenpounds, 14 ounces and was20-1/2 inches long. He is theson of Shalee Woodington(Hall) of Hugoton and JarrettWoodington of Pampa, Tx.

Proud grandparents arePat and LaDonna Hall ofHugoton and Ben and GailWoodington of Pampa. Great

grandparents include Mickand Lynda Prine and Lonnieand Cleta Norris of Hugotonand Ray and Hilda Duncan ofPampa. Great great grand-parents include Flossie Bur-dett of Hugoton.

He is the first grandchildon both sides of the family, sohe may be a little spoiled! Thewhole family is already in lovewith this precious boy.

Look who’s newJaxx Grant joins the Woodington family

Jaxx Grant Woodington

Stevens County Sheriff’s De-partment again sponsored theirwildly popular - and wildly enter-taining - Back Seat Driving Con-test during Park Day Thursday,July 4.

Winning teams were Michaeland Lacey in first place with a51.5 second time. Second placewent to Jordan and Jessica afterthey posted a 63.1 second time.Nate and Jason took third, with

their time of 66.8 seconds.Fourth place winners were Blakeand Jared when they posted atime of 69.1 seconds. Brooklynand Gwen won fifth place aftergetting a time of 79.5 seconds.

Congratulations to these win-ners and thanks for your proofeveryone in the backseat reallydoes know how to drive betterthan whoever is operating thevehicle.


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Citizens State Bank601 S. Main - Hugoton

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PAUL'S FUNERAL HOMEDavid & Brandy Robson

314 S. Van Buren 544-4122

Faith Publishing LLC522 S. Main 620-544-4321

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER CHURCHPastor - Eric Mason

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ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551

Sunday - 11:00 a.m. English Mass- 1:00 p.m. - Spanish Mass

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH516 N.E. Avenue 544-2355Morning Worship - 9:00 a.m.

Fellowship/Refreshments - 10:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Larry Bradford, Interim Pastor544-9492 or 598-2400

YOU ARE WELCOME!UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

828 S. Main Hugoton 544-8715Harry Cross, Pastor

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

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ROLLAEMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH

202 Monroe St. - Rolla, Ks. 67954Henry McGuire, Pastor 593-4693

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening, AWANA’s - 6:45 p.m.

ROLLA PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

Corner of Third and Adams, RollaMarcus Light, Pastor

Church - 593-4626, Parsonage - 593-4796Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Worship - 11:00 a.m.Wednesday night meal - 6:00 p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHROLLA - RICHFIELD

593-4596 or 593-4781Sandy Ferguson, Pastor

Rolla Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Youth Groups - 5:00 p.m.

Richfield Morning Worship - 9:15 a.m.Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

MOSCOWMOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH598-2455 Church - 598-2400 Home

Rev. Larry Bradford, Pastor1 mile S. of Moscow, 1/2 mile E. of

Moscow/Hooker Rd.Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

Team Kids (Wed.) - 3:30-5:00p.m. Sept.-MayMOSCOW UNITED

METHODIST598-2426

Tim McCrary, Pastor 598-2421Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Kid’s Club - Wednesday 3:30 p.m.

UMYF Jr. High - 6:00 p.m.UMYF Sr. High - 5:00 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH531 S. Main 544-7077Michael Taylor, Pastor

Monday Bible Q & A - 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Book Study- 6:30 p.m.

Friday Prayer - 8:00-10:00 p.m.Saturday Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Coffee & Fellowship - 10:00 a.m.Sunday Services - 10:30 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

Christopher M. Fincher, PastorMorning Worship - 9:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Bible Study, Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

600 S. Van Buren - 544-2715Pastor Randy Nash

Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Fellowship - 10:15 - 10:30 a.m.Worship Hour - 10:30 - 12:00Children's Church, 10:30 a.m.

Jr. High Youth Group, 6:30-7:30 p.m.Sr. High Youth Group, 7:45-9:00 p.m.

Information on small groups call 544-2715FIRST CHURCH OF GOD801 W. City Limits 544-2652

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship - 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.Call 544-2652 fIor Church Bus

HUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCHEighth and Main 544-2210506 East Eighth - 544-2295Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.

LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP424 S. Jackson 544-4828

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Sunday Church - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.Pre-Service Prayer - half hour before service

LONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51

Church 624-3784 Home 624-3104Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Contemporary Worship Celebration - 10:45 a.m.Jr. High & Sr. High Youth Group - Sunday 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Evening Fellowship - 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Evening Adult Study - 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 8:00 p.m.Christian Life Club (age 2 - 18) - 6:30 p.m.

MY FATHER’S HOUSEA Full Gospel Church207 East 6th - Hugoton

Pam Peachey, Pastor544-2436Services

Sundays 10:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.PRIMERO BAUTISTA IGLESIA

HISPANO Congregación618 Main sur - Hugoton

620-370-1003Pastor Marcelino Auila

Servicio de la Iglesia11:00 a.m. - Domingo7:00 p.m. - Miércoles

AGAPE CHURCH OF HUGOTON

409 East Ninth, Hugoton453-2711

Pastor Bob RichSunday – 10:30 a.m.

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Martes 7:00 PMJueves 7:00 PM

Domingo 3:00 PM138 S. Main Hugoton

Pastores: Martinez620-544-7096

ASSEMBLY OF GODMain and Second Street

544-2773Ben Coats, Pastor

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening - 6:00 p.m.

Service Wed. Night - 7:00 p.m.Celebrate Recovery -

Every Monday at 7:00 p.m.BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH

11th & Jefferson - 544-8517Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Service - 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Evening Ministries - 6:30 p.m.

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CHURCH OF CHRIST1045 S. Van Buren

544-2825Matthew Russell, Minister

1041 S. Van BurenWednesday - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF LATTER DAY SAINTS520 E. First

544-2125Sacrament - 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.Priesthood - 11:00 a.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE500 S. Van Buren 544-2493

Pastor Dave PiperSunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.Evening Services - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.COWBOY CHURCH - HUGOTONSecond & Fourth Tuesday of every month

Stevens County Commercial Building at Fairgrounds 7:00 p.m.

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

Tenth and JeffersonLawrence Johnson, PastorSunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Bible Band (Tuesday) - 6:00 p.m.

Home and Forn. Miss. (Friday) - 6:00 p.m.Youth - 6:00 p.m.

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THE BEAUTY OF REPENTANCE (Part 2 of 2)By Pastor Eric MasonRomans 2:4(b) says this, “God’s kindness is meant tolead you to repentance."

Here, the Apostle Paul pens these astonishingwords from the Lord. This Holy God, who requiresperfection, gives us the only answer to our greatestneed. His kindness leads us to repentance. Repentance simplymeans that His kindness leads us to forsake our sin, our own way,and turn to the LORD, where we find genuine compassion andabundant pardon.

All of this is available because our Creator sent His only Son todie in our place, and to pay the price we could never afford. JesusChrist was born perfect, lived a perfect life, died a perfect death, androse from the dead. His work and sacrifice paid the penalty for oursin. We receive the payment for our sin, by forsaking our sin, andby simple faith, turning to Jesus as Savior, acknowledging Him asour great God and Redeemer. This is our answer, a pure gift. This ispure Gospel, or good news. He has made Himself known to you.By faith, receive Him today, know His compassion and pardon, andenjoy the forgiveness of your sin. And may you sleep well tonight,knowing the beauty of repentance.

MUSEUM UPDATEfrom The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum

Gladys Renfro and Beulah Carter

What a beautiful summerday! The Stevens County Fairwill be here before you know itand summer will be over. Mostof our young visitors are swim-ming - some are playing ball.Other visitors we have had thispast week were from Aurora, Co.and Sugar City, Co.; Masioutah,Il.; and Calina, Tx.

We wish to thank CaptainDavid Goetzinger for the uniformhe wore in Afghanistan and alsothe American flag that flew overOperation Battle Capt. TaskForce Outlaw. We also thankhim for his service to our coun-try. Mr. Goetzinger is now withour City Police Department.

Have you visited the Gas Mu-seum lately? If not, here are afew things you will see: pipe and

tobacco collection; glasses com-memorating World War II; cam-era collection; pictures of thekings and queens of the StevensCounty Fair from 1959 to 2012;pictures of former residents andevents that took place in StevensCounty; wedding dresses from1903 until 1970 (some brideswho are making their weddingdress come and see what thestyle was “long ago.” Did youever see a cucumber in a bottle?We have tractors, cars, movieprojectors and more in the shedin the alley.

We invite you to visit us. Oursummer hours are 10:00 a.m. to12:00 p.m. and 1:00 to 5:00p.m. Monday through Fridayand 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Saturday.We assure you a warm welcome!

Quite the collection of smoking pipes and tobacco cans are dis-played at the Stevens County Gas and Historical Museum.Come in to see all the exhibits!

Gas prices continue to fall

Back Seat Driving contest brings out the “best” drivers

Sheriff Ted Heaton, at left, stands next to the winners in the backseat driving contest. Winners are Lacey and Michael. Undersheriff TJ Steers stands to the right of the winners.

Sheriff Ted Heaton sits in the back seat driving contest cart withgrandsons Jonas Mauk and Blake Salmans. Standing behind isUndersheriff TJ Steers and at right are Jocelyn Shuck andDeputy Sheldon Shuck.

Two back seat driver contestants show what not to do duringthe contest Thursday morning. Cones mark the path for the cart.The object is to not hit the cones.

The back seat driver contestants are having a great time drivingthe course. A lot of cones are hit along the way but still the con-testants seem to be enjoying themselves.


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THANK YOU!The Hugoton Rotary Club would like to thank all of the individualsand organizations who helped to make the 11th Annual Duck Race asuccess. The winners are as follows: 1. Sandra Cox $1,000.00 2. Shannon Crawford $ 500.00 3. Pioneer Electric $ 300.00 4. Rachel Robinson $ 200.00 5. Carla Brechbueler $ 100.00

Hard Luck winners plucked from the pond and awarded $100 each are as follows:Warren Willis Josh JordanStegman Grandchildren Walter Beesley GrandchildrenRobb Heger

A BIG THANK YOU for Rotary Scholarships, Polio Eradication and Other Rotary Projects.

Rotary looks forward to another year of working in the City of Hugoton to helpmake our community an enjoyable place for everyone.

Dorcas Mead has been married to Georgefor nearly 67 years. They met in Liberal notlong after he returned from serving in WorldWar II. She was over at his sister’s house onenight and was supposed to be going on a blinddate with someone else that evening. She reallydidn’t want to go out with the fellow and wasin the driveway pouting about it. Then Georgewalked up and started talking to her and said,“You don’t have to go out with anyone youdon’t want to go out with.” She and Georgewere married not long after that and eventuallyhad three daughters and a son.

Dorcas fills her days at the Pioneer Manorby putting together jigsaw puzzles and readingbooks. She has skillfully put together 28 puz-zles plus the ones hanging in George’s room.She has given some of them away to hergrandchildren. Several of these colorful, nicely-framed puzzles decorate her walls as well.Most of them are pictures of nature, and herfavorite kinds are of horses and other animals.She works on a puzzle every day for awhileuntil she gets sleepy or tired of it. Then shestarts reading paperback books and enjoyswesterns and mysteries. She thinks LouisL’Amour is her favorite author because she has

read so many of his books.It seems Dorcas has always been a person

who loves to stay busy. For many years sheused to do a lot of tatting and embroidery. I’mglad she wasn’t too busy to take a few minutesto talk to me. Thank you, Dorcas!

Dorcas is showing one of the colorful jigsaw puzzlesthat she did. This one is of a Mediterranean harbor,and the one on the wall behind her is of a horse, oneof her favorite subjects.

It’s a beautiful Mondaymorning! There are a few cloudsaround which probably won’tbring us much.

We hope everyone had a safeand enjoyable Fourth of July. Itreally was a beautiful day! Nottoo hot and not too windy — aperfect day for the activities inthe park.

Rolla also had a perfect dayfor all the things going on overthere. The parade was just great.With the activities in the park, allin all, it was a very successfulhundredth birthday.

I think the carnival was thebiggest and cleanest one theyever had. Can you tell I’m a Rollaperson?

This week is busy. The boardmeets Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.,bridge Thursday, bingo Friday,Sew All Day Saturday, and adance Saturday evening. BobWalters will play for us. Comejoin us! Have a good week.

MenuJuly 11................................FishJuly 12.......................Pork Loin

July 15......Oven Fried ChickenJuly 16.....................Taco SaladJuly 17.................Birthday Day

..................................BrisketJuly 18.....BBQ Polish Sausage

Activities ScheduleThursday, July 11Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bridge.........................................Aglow..........................7:00 p.m.Friday, July 12Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bingo........................12:30 p.m.Saturday, July 13Sew All Day................................Cards .........................6:00 p.m.Dance.........................8:00 p.m.

..........................Bob WaltersMonday, July 15Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Line Dance.................7:00 p.m.Tuesday, July 16Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Wednesday, July 17Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Paint...........................1:00 p.m.Thursday, July 18Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bridge.........................................

STEVENS COUNTYActivity Center - 544-2283Nutrition Center - 544-8041

~ Barbara Beeks ~

The city park was hoppingand popping, and a-rockin’and a-rollin’ last Thursday forthe Independence Day celebra-tions. As it should be, it was afabulous day of family fun forchildren of all ages.

Citizens State Bank spon-sored a sack race and the win-ners were as listed:four-to-five-year-olds – KaylaTorres, first; Alan Baeza, sec-ond; and Olivia Salmans, third;six-to-seven-year-olds –Stormy Heger, first; LandonHewing, second; and GriffinHeger, third; eight-to-nine-year-olds – Adam Mendoza,first; Jaxen Mauk, second; andCarson Bennett, third; ten-to-eleven-year-olds – AllisonWilliams, first; Michael Men-doza, second; and Ryland Ben-nett, third; twelve-to-fourteen-year-olds – BradanSlemp, first; Bailey Williams,second; and Dawson Burnettand Branden Cales tied forthird; fifteen-year-olds andup – Nick Williams, first;Braden Slemp, second; andDawson Burnett, third.

Not far away, four-leggedhoppers were cheered on tovictory by proud owners - or

borrowers - of frogs in the an-nual Frog Jump sponsored bythe Chamber of Commerce.Overall champ was the frog ofCarson Medina. In the three-to-five-year-olds, winners wereMax McClure, first; TrayvenBertrem, second; and GavinPearcy, third. Winners in thesix-to-eight-year-olds wereCarson Medina, first; MorganAnderson, second; and Ty Bur-nett, third. In the nine-to-twelve-year-olds the winnerswere Jamyn Wolters, first;Chay Burnett, second; andSawyer Harper, third.

The rollin’ exhibited itself inthe rolling, ambling gait of theturtles at the great Turtle Race.Winners in the three-to-five-year-old division were AidenConner, first; Chandler Kolb,second; and Abbi, third. In thesix-to-eight-year-old divisionwinners were: Cooper Giudicy,first; Ty Burnett, second; andMarissa Scott, third. Winnersin the nine-to-twelve-year-oldgroup were: Cami Maravilla,first; Chey Burnett, second;and Mikayla McGee, third.

Congratulations to all thewinners, bi-peds and quadri-peds alike.

Park Day results in lots ofprizes for eager competitors

The sack race is a fun event for all ages - bouncing across thefield as fast as you can. Falling down is half the fun!

The participants shown here urge their frogs to jump faster sothey can win first prize.

The kids watch excitedly to see if their turtle entry wins theprize.

Jennifer Cervantes broughther pet turtle to the park.

Cami Maravilla

Ty Burnett and Cooper Giudicy

Competition in the sack race gets pretty intense as each partic-ipant jumps their fastest to win first place.

Max McClure Carson Medina

Aiden Conner

Park Day hosted a fewguests who were very glad fora respite from the heat asrepresentatives of Team Vet-eran Foundation celebratedIndependence Day with localresidents.

Tom L’Italien has under-taken the gargantuan task ofriding from Flagstaff, Az. toBoston, Ma. on a “CrossCountry Suicide Responsibil-ity Ride” to bring attention tothe startling epidemic of sui-cide among United Statesmilitary Veterans. Team Vet-eran Foundation, or TVF, as-serts 6,588 Veteranscommitted suicide in 2012,and 3,344 have followed suitin 2013. Over 181 active dutymilitary members have alsocommitted suicide, bringingthe total number to 3,525 for2013. Tom and his fellow rep-resentatives of Team Veteranare outraged at these figuresand so was born the idea forTom to ride his bicycle over2,700 miles to spread theword.

Estimated time for a Vet-

eran to receive mental healthassistance from the VeteransAdministration is approxi-mately 449 days. To put thatinto perspective, if a Veteranrequested mental health as-sistance January 1, 2012, heor she didn’t receive careuntil March 30, 2013.

A bill was recently intro-duced into Congress to help

reduce the time a Veteranmust wait to receive assis-tance.

You can follow “Tommy”throughout his journey athttp://teamveteran.org/whereswaldoscousintommy/.

You can also find out moreabout Team Veteran Founda-tion at www.teamveteran.org.

Boasting body weights thatcan easily reach a quarter-ton, elk are one of the largestland mammals to roamKansas. Known for theirbrute strength and the ex-traordinary antlers of males,these members of the deerfamily are prized by big gamehunters far and wide, and

were native on the Kansasprairie before settlement.

Although individuals andsmall herds exist throughoutthe state, most Kansas elk areconcentrated on Fort Riley inelk management unit 2a. Thissummer, hundreds ofhunters and military person-nel will apply for a Fort Rileyelk permit, however onlyabout 25 will receive one. FortRiley elk permits issued thisyear will include ten either-sex and 15 antlerless-only.The 15 antlerless-only per-mits will be divided evenlyamong three segments: Octo-ber, November and Decem-ber.

For other who wish to huntelk outside of Fort Riley, gen-eral resident, landowner/ten-ant, and hunt-own-landpermits are available. An un-limited number of residentand landowner/tenant either-sex or antlerless-only permitsauthorized for Unit 3 areavailable online and over-the-counter July 30, 2013through March 14, 2014. Un-limited hunt-own-land either-sex and antlerless-only elkpermits authorized for Units 2and 3 will also be made avail-able online and over-thecounter through March 14,2014. Hunt-own-land permitsare valid during any season

with equipment authorizedfor that season.

Elk permit prices are asfollows:*Any-Elk (Either-sex)

•General Resident:$252.50

•Hunt-own-land: $127.50•Resident Youth (15 and

younger): $127.50*Antlerless-Only Elk

•General resident: $102.50•Hunt-own-land: $52.50•Resident Youth (15 and

younger): $52.50*Elk season dates are as fol-lows:

*On Fort Riley (Elk man-agement unit 2a)

•Muzzleloader and ArcherySeason: September 1 - Sep-tember 30, 2013

•Firearms Season for Hold-ers of Any-Elk Permits: Octo-ber 1 - December 31, 2013

•Firearms Antlerless FirstSegment: October 1- October31, 2013

•Firearms Antlerless Sec-ond Segment: November 1 -November 30, 2013

•Firearms Antlerless ThirdSegment: December 1 - De-cember 31, 2013

*Outside Fort Riley (Elkmanagement units 2 and 3)

•Muzzleloader Season:September 1 - September 30,2013

•Archery Season: Septem-ber 16 - December 31, 2013

•Firearms Season: Decem-ber 4 - December 15, 2013and January 1 - March 15,2014

To apply for or purchasean elk permit, visit ksoutdoors.com and click “Hunting/ Applications and Fees / An-telope & Elk.” A fee of $7.69will be applied to every elkpermit application and tothose purchasing a bonuspoint.

The Stevens County 12-year-old All-Stars played inthe District 1 Tournament inLiberal at Rosel Field Satur-day, July 6. For their firstgame they played CimarronRiver (Liberal Rattlers) andlost 3-22. Dawson Kerbowpitched the first two innings,Carlos Montiel the third in-ning and Rollin Richard andJ.J. Gonzalez pitched thefourth inning. Nick Gold re-ceived the WOW Award forhis great hit out to right fieldand Dawson Kerbow receivedMVP.

Stevens County playedright after their first gameagainst Garden City. Theboys brought home a winwith a score of 5-1. Dawsonpitched three innings andCarlos pitched three innings.The WOW Award went to J.J.Gonzalez for his awesomedouble play at third. He doveto catch a line drive andreached out to touch thirdbase for the double play andthird out. That game’s MVPwas announced as LeonardoArmendariz.

Sunday, Stevens County

went back to play Ulysses.They won 12-2 in the fourthinning. Rollin pitched threeinnings and Wade Angellpitched the fourth inning.The WOW Award was earnedby J.J. Gonzalez and the MVPwas awarded to Carlos Mon-tiel for having four RBIs andcatching an awesome game.

The team’s last game Sun-day was against Scott City.Stevens County’s team wasbehind the entire game untilthe sixth inning. Then theyscored eight runs againstScott City in the top of the

sixth, which brought thescore to 13-14! The boys wereable to hold Scott City andZayden Littell saved the gameby catching the last out be-tween first and second. It wasan awesome play! Rollin, J.J.and Carlos all pitched thisgame and also helped to getthe win for Stevens County.The WOW Award wasawarded to Rollin Richardand MVP was awarded toNick Gold.

Stevens County playedagain Monday night againstCimarron River in the District1 Championship Game.Cimarron River won 12-2 inthe fourth inning. StevensCounty was named District 1runner-up and received theSportsmanship Award aswell. Dawson Kerbow andWade Angell pitched thisgame. Rollin Richard receivedthe WOW Award and ZaydenLittell received MVP.

The 12-year-old All-Starteam would like to expresstheir appreciation to First Na-tional Bank for sponsoringthem in the Holcomb Tourna-ment this last weekend. Theywould also like to expresstheir appreciation to ExxonMobil and White’s Foodlinerfor providing drinks theselast two weekends of playingbaseball.

**Correction: Last week’sarticle about the Holcombtournament should have read“Koy Shields” and not “Bren-nan Featherston”.


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Tom L’Italien of Team Veteran Foundation pauses during hisbike ride from Flagstaff, Az. to Boston, Ma. to chat with citizensof Hugoton and attend Park Day while encouraging people tosupport him, and TVF, in a country-wide act of solidarity to in-crease awareness and help for Veterans in need.

Team Veteran Foundation stops by Hugoton

Stevens County’s 12-Year-Old All-Stars bask inthe glory of the runner-up title they earned thisweekend. In the back row left to right areCoach Dave Littell, Rollin Richard, Wade An-gell, Coach Matt Richard, Carlos Montiel,

Dawson Kerbow, Leonardo Armendariz,Coach Jamie Gold and Nick Gold. In the frontrow left to right are Zayden Littell, Ethan Fox.J.J. Gonzalez, Koy Shields and Luis Jimenez.Photo courtesy of Carla Kerbow.

Stevens County boys return as District 1 runners up

Elk permits up for sale as of Tuesday, July 30

Unlimited resident and landowner/tenant either-sex or antler-less-only permits will be available from July 30, 2013 to March14, 2014.

In a display of teamworkand camaraderie, St. Cather-ine Hospital associates andother community agenciesraised almost $6,000 for vic-tims of the Moore, Ok., tor-nado. Other team members

were the Western KansasAmerican Red Cross and theFinney County CommunityHealth Coalition.

Proceeds of $5,857 werecollected at a free-will dona-tion hot-dog feed and bake

sale held recently at St.Catherine. Approximately350 attended.

“The mission of St. Cather-ine Hospital has always beento serve the community,” saidEdward Smink, executive di-rector of mission and min-istry. “We know the term‘community’ has many rip-ples, as we reach out to peo-ple locally, regionally and inthis case nationally. It is whatwe do as part of our missionof nurturing the health ofpeople in our communities.

“St. Catherine employeeswere eager to help the peoplein Moore because they realizesouthwest Kansas is also vul-nerable to Mother Nature,”Smink added. “The turnoutat this special event wasspectacular.”

The idea for the fundraiserbegan with Scott Taylor, St.Catherine president and chief

executive officer. Taylorasked the hospital’s Missionin Action Committee to ex-plore options and it decidedon this project in partnershipwith the Red Cross.

“Scott and his wife, Lisa,also issued a challenge – theywould match proceeds of upto $1,000,” Smink said. “Weare very grateful to them andto all who contributed withfood and cash donations in-cluding Scheopner’s WaterConditioning, Myer’s Ice,McKenna Trucking and Con-nie McKenna, Sodexo as wellas numerous hospital associ-ates.”

He also noted that theAmerican Red Cross espe-cially appreciates cash dona-tions so that specific needscan be met.’

Submitted by St. CatherineHospital.

Off to the Park? So is Social Security!

Now, in the heart of sum-mertime, is time to thinkabout spending some fun timewith family and friends. So itis fitting that July is both Na-tional Vacation Month and Na-tional Park and RecreationMonth. Going on vacation —whether to visit some of thenation’s great national andstate parks or traveling toother fun destinations — does-n’t mean you need to discon-nect completely. In fact, ournew mobile Web site makes iteasy for you to get the SocialSecurity information you needwhen you’re on the go. As longas you have an Internet con-nection, you’re connected toSocial Security. You might not take yourlaptop with you to a nationalpark, but you’ll probably haveyour phone. You may be won-dering: just how much SocialSecurity business can I do on asmartphone? You may be sur-prised. We recently released SocialSecurity Mobile to allow for asmoother and more enjoyableonline experience for peoplewho want to access www.socialsecurity. gov using asmartphone. Most people whowant to access Social Securityby smartphone are interestedin getting the information theyneed quickly and efficiently. Toaccommodate this “grab it onthe go” frame of mind, we’vedesigned a mobile site that isas easy on the eyes as it is tonavigate. Social Security Mobile fea-tures ten items of interest,easily accessible by touchingthe tiles on your smartphone’sscreen. These items includepopular topics from our stan-dard Web site, such as fre-quently asked questions,Social Security card and num-ber, and publications. For ex-ample, you can either read orlisten to our entire library ofpublications on your smart-phone. The quick summarieswill make it easy to make sureyou access the publication youwant. As you relax beneath atree, you may want to use themobile site’s “decision tree” tohelp identify documents you

need for a new or replacementSocial Security card. Will everything on our Website be included in the mobileWeb site? No. Instead, our mo-bile site is designed to bringyou the content you’re mostlikely to want on the go. Keep in mind that this isnot an app you have to down-load. The Web site is conve-niently designed to run onyour smartphone’s browser.You don’t have to downloadanything from an app store;just visit www.socialsecurity.gov on your smart-phone and you will automati-cally visit the mobile Web site.And if you decide you need tobrowse the full Web site, youcan do that easily. Remember, Social Securityis happy to help you evenwhen you’re enjoying a day atthe park. We are always work-ing for you, even when you arerelaxing. Visit our mobile Website at www.socialsecurity.govfrom your smartphone today.


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SWKLS librariesIn 2011, SWKLS became a

Summer Food Service Sponsorso qualifying libraries in ourarea could offer reimbursablenutritious snacks and meals tochildren during the summer.The basis of qualification forthis program is the needshown at the local schoolbuilding level. Three of our li-braries, Grant County, Kinsleyand Morton County joined usthe first year. Bucklin came onboard last year and all will con-tinue in 2013. We’ve had greatsuccess with the program dueto the hard work of the partic-ipating librarians and volun-teers. Program service hasranged from regular morningand afternoon snacks to majorhotdog parties in the park toevening cooking classes. TheSFSP is administered inKansas by the Kansas Depart-ment of Education’s Nutritionand Wellness division. If youare interested in participating,please contact us to see if yourlibrary qualifies for the pro-gram.Library Champion Summer

Reading Yard Signs Coming to SW KansasSWKLS staff who attended

the Lead the Change workshopin Topeka last Fall broughtback a fabulous idea to recog-nize young readers. TheLouisville Free Public Library

in Kentucky initiated a pro-gram which recognized sum-mer reading accomplishmentsby awarding a yard sign withthe slogan “A Library Cham-pion Lives Here” to those whocompleted the program. Signrecipients were encouraged topose with their sign and sendthe photo to the library. The li-brary then put all the photoson a crawling slide show on thelibrary’s Web site. The signshave changed from year to yearand they have become a collec-tor’s item for summer readingparticipants.

This summer, SWKLS willsubsidize the cost of producingyard signs with I Dig Reading@ the Library / Library Cham-pion 2013 printed on one side.Thanks to Cimarron City Li-brary for the slogan idea. Al-though the 9x12 signs willcome with a metal frame so itcan be staked in the ground,they could easily be placedwithout the frame in a window.Public libraries will awardsigns to those readers whocomplete their local summerreading program. We hope tosee lots of pictures on libraryWeb sites and in newsletters ofproud readers posing withtheir “Library Champion”signs!

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Leona Breeden of Smoky Hills Public Television vis-ited the Stevens County Library's Summer ReadingProgram July 3. One hundred thirty audience mem-

bers were treated to an episode of Curious George, areading of “Diary of a Worm” by Doreen Cronin, andgiven a book and craft to take home!

St. Catherine Hospital sends nearly $6,000 to Moore, Ok.

Leona Breeden of Smoky HillsPublic Television alwaysbrings her friends to theStevens County Library. Hereshe introduces her friendMartha from Martha Speaks.

Bingo is one of the exciting games offered at Park Day duringthe Fourth of July celebration. The participants are hoping towin prizes for having so much fun!

Several participate in the cakewalk at the Hugoton City Park aspart of the Park Day festivities in hopes of winning a cake.

SOCIAL SECURITY NEWSBy Tonya MathenySocial Security Acting Operations Supervisor, Dodge City


4th of JulyFestivities

Fireworks for the Fourth of July are set off at10:00 p.m. Thursday night.

Whiskey Red performs for a good sized crowdThursday evening before the fireworks in the

Alco parking lot in Hugoton.Poppa D. Clown entertains thecrowd at the park Thursdaymorning.

Children and adults get to try their luck at hitting the basketduring the activities at the City Park Thursday.

Face painting is an enjoyable event at the park during theFourth of July celebration Thursday.

The huge slide brings out the kid in everyone during the July 4activities at the park Thursday.

Climb the mountain and reach the top is what this youngster isstriving for during the celebration Thursday.

Pop the balloon and get a prize! Lots of children and adults trytheir luck at the game.

Who wouldn’t want to splash a fireman?! This is just one of themany activities available during the Fourth of July celebrationThursday.

The dunking board proves yet again to be a favorite at the parkduring the Fourth of July celebration Thursday.

Abby Crawford’s three- and four-year-old dance class partici-pants perform their routine to the Lion King’s “I Just Can’tWait to Be King.”

Toss the ring on the bottle and win the bottle. It looks simpleenough but participants found out it was harder than it looked!

Park Day kicks off with an official presentation of the Americanflag by Hugoton’s Boy Scouts.

Eunice Schroeder, Stevens County Library director, gives outfree cotton candy during the activities at the park Thursday.

Teeters’ roasted corn is a delicious food many patrons enjoyedat the park day activities last Thursday.

Kansas’ state highway sys-tem is ranked the nation’ssecond best in overall high-way performance and effi-ciency in a report releasedlast week by the ReasonFoundation.

The Annual Highway Re-port measures the conditionand cost-effectiveness ofstate-owned roads in 11 cat-egories, including pavementcondition, deficient bridges,spending per mile and more.

“Kansas was able toachieve this performancewhile spending 24 percentless than the U.S. average inper-mile disbursements,” thereport states.

The report’s rankings arebased on data states reportedto the federal government for2009, the most recent yearwith full spending statisticsavailable. Kansas has consis-tently scored well in the Rea-son report, having beenranked number three in thenation in both 2008 and2007.

“Kansans make the con-nection between good roadsand the safety and economicwell-being of the state. Theyhave long supported trans-portation improvements notonly to highways, but to theentire transportation network

that includes aviation, railand transit,” said KansasTransportation SecretaryMike King.

The current transportationprogram T-WORKS, passedin 2010, is the state’s thirdtransportation program ap-proved by Kansas legislatorsand governors since the late1980s. In 2010, Kansas high-ways were ranked the na-tion’s best in a reportpublished in Reader’s Digestmagazine.

“The T-WORKS programwill address 100 percent ofthe state highway preserva-

tion needs over a ten-year pe-riod so we will continue tohave a world-class trans-portation system in Kansas,”Secretary King said.

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The Hugoton FFA officer team attended the State Conferencefor chapter leaders at Rock Springs Camp July 1–3, where theywere instructed in Chapter Leadership and Teaming by theState FFA Officers. Pictured above in the front row are JessicaHarper, Mariah Reynolds and Micah Baehler. In back are NickEvans, Jacob Teeter and Austin Nordyke.

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Senator Moran introduces bill to preserve rural health care access

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PARTS Act would protectKansans’ access to importanttherapy services

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran,a member of the Senate RuralHealth Caucus, last week in-troduced S. 1143, the Pro-tecting Access to RuralTherapy Services (PARTS)Act, to make sure that ruraland other patients have ac-cess to a full range of outpa-tient therapeutic services intheir own communities. “Out-patient therapeutic services”include services such as druginfusions, blood transfu-sions, and cardiac and pul-monary rehabilitationservices. U.S. Senators JonTester and John Thunejoined as original cosponsorsof this bipartisan bill.

These health care serviceshave always been adminis-tered by licensed, skilledmedical professionals in hos-pitals under the overall direc-tion of a physician. However,in its attempt to clarify exist-ing regulations in 2009, theCenters for Medicare & Medi-caid Services (CMS) retroac-tively interpreted existingpolicy in place since 2001 torequire that a supervisingphysician be physically pres-ent in the department at alltimes when Medicare benefi-ciaries receive outpatienttherapy services, the majorityof which are low risk.

“CMS’ policy does not takeinto account the realities ofrural health care. ManyKansas hospitals, and otherrural hospitals across thecountry, find these supervi-sion requirements impossibleto meet – jeopardizing contin-ued access to these impor-

tant health care services,”Senator Moran said. “Smalland rural hospitals, wheremedical workforce shortagesare most severe, need reason-able flexibility to appropri-ately staff their facilities sothey can continue to providea full range of services totheir communities. ThePARTS Act is a commonsensesolution that would preservepatient safety and ease un-reasonable regulations onhospitals.”

“CMS’ physician supervi-sion policy poses a threat tothe delivery of health care inrural Kansas hospitals,” saidKevin Miller, president andchief executive officer ofHutchinson Regional MedicalCenter. “We need a perma-nent solution that recognizeshow we operate hospitals inrural America. The PARTSAct fixes this problem by pro-viding rural hospitals withthe flexibilities necessary tocontinue providing the muchneeded therapy services topatients in their own commu-nities.”

“In rural Kansas, the abil-ity to provide accessible,timely care is critical. ThePARTS Act creates a reason-able approach to the physi-cian supervisionrequirements,” said DennyHachenberg, chief executiveofficer at Anderson CountyHospital. “Without this legis-lation, our hospital wouldface difficulties in meeting thechallenging requirements,thus causing many of our pa-tients to delay care or seekthe services outside of ourlocal community.”

In response to concerns

raised by Senator Moran,other lawmakers from ruralstates, and hospitals, CMSdelayed enforcement of its di-rect supervision policythrough 2013 for Critical Ac-cess Hospitals (CAHs) andother small, rural hospitals.However, the regulations arescheduled to go into effect in2014.

The PARTS Act would:- Allow general supervisionby a physician or non-physi-cian providers for many out-patient therapy services;- Require CMS to allow a de-fault setting of general super-vision, rather than directsupervision, for outpatienttherapy services;- Create an advisory panelto establish an exemptionprocess for risky and complexoutpatient services;- Create a special rule forCAHs that recognizes theirunique size and Medicareconditions of participation;and- Hold hospitals and CAHsharmless from civil or crimi-nal action regarding CMS’current direct supervisionpolicy for the period 2001through 2014.

Go towww.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=f73fad0c-c681-4fbe-aa7e-3486ac5912b9 for asummary of the PARTS Actand http://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=d6b6b42e-0 a 3 3 - 4 0 8 b - a 9 8 7 -6e061a2f0254 to read the fulltext of the bill. Senator Moranintroduced a version of thislegislation last Congress as S.778. The Kansas Hospital As-

sociation endorses the PARTSAct.

Senator Moran believesthe special way of lifeKansans enjoy would not bepossible without access toquality health care. This pastFebruary, he introduced aresolution in the Senate, S.Res. 26, describing the im-portance of hospitals andother health care providers tothe survival and success ofcommunities across ourcountry. Additionally, inMarch he helped introducelegislation, S. 616, to helpbring more physicians torural America and other med-ically underserved communi-ties.

Submitted by the Office ofSenator Jerry Moran.

A 2012 study published inthe journal Pediatrics foundthe average American child isexposed to nearly four hours ofbackground television eachday. Background television iswhen the television is on butchildren are not watching it.That kids are exposed to somuch background televisionon a daily basis is significant,as numerous studies haveshown too much television,even background television,has an adverse effect regardingchildren's development. Ac-cording to the study, back-ground television in particularhas been linked to poorer in-teractions between parent andchild as well as poorer per-formance on cognitive tasks.The study was conductedusing a nationally representa-tive telephone survey of 1,454parents with at least one childbetween the ages of eightmonths and eight years old.Children in that age group typ-ically watch about 80 minutesof television each day, meaningtheir daily exposure to televi-sion is roughly five hours. Thestudy also found that childrenwho are younger, African-American or come from poorerfamilies are exposed to evenmore television on a dailybasis, with children frompoorer families exposed to tel-evision for nearly six hours perday.

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may call the pool at 593-4349to sign their children up or toget more information aboutclass times.

Kelsey Light announced herengagement to Andrew Merkerat the Rolla Centennial celebra-tion. This is the unofficial ver-sion, but family and friends werethrilled when Kelsey came hometo share her big announcement.Andrew planned the proposal

just before the centennial soKelsey would have plenty of peo-ple to show off her handsome fi-ancé and her beautiful ring.

Kelsey is the daughter ofCourtney and Karen Light andthe granddaughter of James andMary Frances Light.

Everyone loves a parade! Clockwise, from above, Beulah Light,Rolla’s oldest citizen – at 98 – wears her tiara with pride andloves the new bug; at right are vehicles in the parade, ScholarsBowl State Champs trailer, Light Family Farms with one of theirpiece of equipment and old cars.

Second session of swimminglessons is announced

And, oh! the food! Tri-State Well Service provided meals fornearly six hundred hungry souls, a welcome respite for the“work” of having fun.

Kelsey is engaged!

Volunteers share oral historyof the 100 years of Rolla.

Rolla’s Hundredth Anniver-sary was a four-day extrava-ganza of food, fun, friends andfrenzy! The parade kicked offthe festivities and featured manycelebrities. Frances Richardson,Faith Nugent and many otherfamily members were honoredbecause Rolla was named fortheir grandfather, RollieWilliamson. Beulah Light,Rolla’s oldest citizen at ninety-eight, wore her tiara proudly inthe parade. When Beulah wasthe music teacher in Rolla, shewould take her marching bandto the depot during World War IIto play patriotic songs each timea local man shipped off to theservice.

Gathered in Rolla were hun-dreds of former residents,friends and family members.The population swelled to nearly

a thousand as people poured infrom Massachusetts, Connecti-cut, Tennessee, Nevada, Califor-nia and every state in between.Tri-State Well Service provided ameal at the park following theparade, and where 250 were ex-pected, nearly 600 came for thelunch. Games, dunk tanks, facepainting, carnival rides andmore went on until the weehours of the night.

More activities continuedthroughout the weekend withbingo, poker run, two-mile funrun, smashball and mud volley-ball drawing large crowds. Theclass of 2003 had its tenth yearreunion and the class of 1963had its fiftieth reunion. The end-less fun, games, thrills and spillsdelighted the residents and visi-tors, and left lasting memoriesfor many years to come.


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Some of the activities throughout the weekend consisted of atwo-mile fun run. Pictured above are the two medalists.

The class of 1963 gathers during Rolla’s one-hundredth birthday celebration. The class

mates got together and reminisced about thelast fifty years.

The class of 2003 came together for their tenthyear reunion. The classmates enjoyed the com-raderie and the celebration of Rolla’s one-hun-

dredth birthday during the Fourth of July hol-iday.

There is all kinds of fun inRolla during their CentennialCelebration! Activities contin-ued throughout the weekendwith lots of good food, facepainting, mud volleyball,smash ball and a poker run.The weather was great for theoutdoor activities all weekendlong. Pride in the USA wasdisplayed in the park asAmerican flags and red, whiteand blue adorned many out-fits.

At left and below - The carni-val brings smiles and laughterto Rolla in celebration of theirFourth of July and Centen-nial celebration.

At right - motorcyclists collectfor a poker run during Rolla’scentennial celebration.

ROLLA NEWSBy Mary Courtney

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The Moscow United Methodist Church is celebrating its one-hundredth birthday this year. July 2, a group of church mem-bers met to erect a giant birthday cake for a float for theMoscow Fourth of July parade. The four tier cake reached 11feet in height and was decorated with many candles. Picturecourtesy of Jacob Bell.

Moscow residents and visitors alike enjoy watching the oftenhilarious back seat driving contest.

Jacob Bell shows off a working combine in the Moscow paradeThursday.

Geo targeting gives users precious extra minutes during nasty weather

The Moscow parade is fun for all during theFourth of July Centennial Celebration. The

four wheelers and motorcycles display the cus-tomary red, white and blue for the occasion.

Moscow’s one-hundredth anniversary paradecontains the Moscow United Methodist

Church VBS kiddos walking with colorful bal-loons.

Fourth of July lunch is well attended by all thecommunity members plus more!! This dinner

will benefit the MHS students planning to go toGermany.

Digging in the sand for “treasure” is a full eventfor children of all ages. The Moscow residents

celebrate their one-hundredth anniversaryduring the July 4 celebration.

Tornado season may be over,but the danger from potentialdeadly storms still exists. Howcan the 65,000,000 residents ofTornado Alley stay out of harm’sway?

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Anyone who lives in the mid-western United States fromNorth Dakota, south to Texasand east to Ohio, Kentucky andTennessee knows when torna-dos strike, early warning may bethe difference between life anddeath. Peak tornado seasonthreatens residents from April toJune. The average tornado is onthe ground for about five min-utes and every second counts.An alert from ping4alerts! couldgive those extra precious mo-ments needed to reach safety.

Nighttime tornadoes areabout two times more likely tokill people as those occurring inthe daytime. No public safetywarning system can turn on aTV or radio, but ping4alerts! canoverride the mute settings, wake

up a mobile device and deliveran audible alert.

In the last three monthsalone, ping4alerts! has sent over1,000 tornado warnings. Thisstate of the art alert system isnot just for tornadoes, though.With hurricane season under-way, ping4alerts! is a valuableaddition to everyone’s safetypreparedness. According to offi-cials at the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administra-tion (NOAA) the 2013 hurricaneseason will likely be “above nor-mal and possibly extremely ac-tive.”

Ping4 Inc.’s software allowsofficials to notify users within anextremely localized area uniqueto each emergency. Each alert ishighly targeted and relevant tothe individual who receives it.Alerts from this app will not beignored. “These types of value-added services are designed to

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Ping4 Inc., based in NewHampshire, is an innovativesoftware communications com-pany utilizing the latest in pushnotification technology with itsping4alerts! This app enablesthe delivery of real-time, loca-tion-based, multimedia alerts toany smartphone of crucial,time-sensitive information withtext, pictures, audio, links andmaps, including extremeweather events and fast-mov-ing, dangerous situations. Thereis no downside. All informationis anonymous and user infor-mation is never shared. Help usget the word out and help savelives. For more information, goto www.ping4.com.

Incentive Cost-Share Programs

Sign Up Ends July 15Stevens County landown-

ers with resource concernson their property are encour-aged to visit the StevensCounty Conservation Districtto discuss the soil and waterconservation incentive pro-grams. Funding is providedthrough a cost-shared pay-ment to landowners for eligi-ble practices such as, fieldand homestead windbreaks,native or critical area seeding/planting, livestock watersupplies, cross fencing andfailing on-site waste watersystem abandoned well plug-ging.

For more information,please contact the StevensCounty Conservation Districtat 620-544-2991.

Sign-up does not guaran-

tee approval of cost-share fi-nancial assistance. Projectsstarted or completed prior tobeing approved for fundingare not eligible for thesefunds.


Summer’s here! The regularmeeting of the Wrangler’s 4-HClub was called to order Mon-day, July 1, 2013, at the 4-HBuilding by acting PresidentHunter Kerbow. Flag Salutewas led by Emmett Gaskill andFrances Gaskill. Acting Secre-tary Brooke Hinds led roll call.Roll call was, “What is your fa-vorite thing about 4-H?” Gar-rette Hinds gave the Treasurer’sReport. Jacob Bell gave the Re-porter's Report. McKenzieHinds gave the Historian’s Re-port. Leader Carla Kerbow gavethe Leader’s Report. There wasno unfinished business.

Under new business, the fairparade float committee gavesome ideas for the float design.Also under new business, theclub went over the fair respon-sibilities for the 4-H’ers.

Acting Vice President JacobBell announced the program.Raegan Hinds gave a projecttalk about his hermit crabs.Catie Gooch gave a talk aboutceramics. Frances Gaskill gavea demonstration about how totie a calf or a horse up. Sheused the aide of her brotherEmmett Gaskill playing as thehorse. Recreation was the

Hinds Family. They arrangedan egg toss.

The acting Vice Presidentannounced next month’s meet-ing overview. There will be nomeeting in August. The Sep-tember Meeting will be the lastmeeting of the year. There wasa motion to adjourn the meet-ing. The meeting was ad-journed.

Leaders signed record booksafter the meeting. Setup, re-freshments and cleanup werethe Bell and Dillinger Families.

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This threshing machine was owned by Well Jerman. Ed Jonesis on the engine, Mrs. Lenora Jones is at the back of the cookshack and Carl Jones is on the water wagon. Photo taken from“The History of Stevens County & Its People”.

Wranglers discuss county fair activities

Catie Gooch shows the Wrangler 4-H Club about her ceramicsproject.

Frances Gaskill with her brother, Emmett, shows the club howto tie a slip knot.

Raegan Hinds tell the Clubabout his hermit crabs.

History From The HermesCompiled by Ruthie Winget

Thursday, July 17, 2008The Hugoton FFA Chapter

officers assisted with tornadocleanup at Chapman. MattRome, Carrie Stoddard, KenzeySandoval, Brittany Muncy andChance Campbell were part ofthe group who picked up debrisat the ravaged town.

Thursday, July 17, 2003Grant Stafford has just re-

turned from a wrestling tour toparts of Russia with the Ath-letes in Action Christian Organ-ization. Only the top fourteenwrestlers from across the na-tion were included in the pro-gram which took them toUlan-Ude and Moscow for twoweeks.

Thursday, July 15, 1993Dr. Nelson Bryant will serve

as superintendent of schools inHugoton for one more schoolyear. Bryant had turned in hisresignation from the districtduring the 1992-93 school yearbut the school board has notfound a new superintendentyet. So Bryant consented tostay one more year.

Thursday, July 14, 1983Betty Lee and Erma Heger

recently opened Butterflies andBullfrogs at 622 S. Main inHugoton. The new businesswill feature kid’s clothing aswell as unique arts and Bibles.Religious books and recordswill also be sold.

Thursday, July 12, 1973While waiting to watch the

fireworks July 4, Mr. and Mrs.Pat Talbert received word theirhome in the country was onfire. According to Mrs. Talbert,it is believed the 14’x70’ mobilehome caught fire due to a faultywater heater. The home wascompletely destroyed.

Thursday, July 18, 1963Kathryn Curtis opens up the

flower shop under the newname of The Flower Nook. Mrs.Curtis will be assisted by herdaughter Connie. Mrs. Curtiswill leave her present employ-ment at Bloodhart Drug Store.

Thursday, July 16, 1953The Hugoton Baptist

Church, forced to host servicesin the Memorial Hall while re-pairing the church building,will be back in their ownchurch soon. Falling plaster inthe auditorium made thechurch unsafe for services sev-eral weeks ago.

Friday, July 2, 1943Application forms for renew-

ing basic gasoline rations arenow available at service sta-tions and should be picked upby motorists as soon as possi-ble, R.L. Larrabee, Chairman ofthe Stevens County War Priceand Rationing Board, remindedthe public today.

If any readers have pic-tures for the history page ofthe Hermes, please bringthem in to Ruthie Winget atThe Hugoton Hermes.

Meet Dylan, a great kid whoenjoys sports, especially bas-ketball, which he says helikes to both watch and play.He also really enjoys videogames and in school he likesscience and math, because itis challenging. Dylan sayswhen he grows up he wouldlike to become either a pro-fessional basketball player ora scientist. He is proud of hisgrades in school and workshard. Dylan would do well ina home that can provide himwith structure and consis-tency, and most importantlybe committed to having himbe a permanent member ofthe family. A nurturing envi-ronment that makes sure he

receives everything he needsto succeed is ideal as well. Tolearn more about adoptionvisit www.adoptkskids.org orcall 877-457-5430. Dylan’scase number is CH-5890.

Dylan, age 12

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HERMES CLASSIFIEDSDeadline for all classified advertising is MONDAY at 5:00 p.m.All Garage, Yard and/or Moving Sale Ads MUST Be Pre-Paid.

1) Classified ad rate is $.20 per word per insertion. The weekly minimum is $3.35. 2) Classified display advertising rate is $5.00 per column inch. 3) All cards of thanks are charged at the display rate. 4) All real estate advertising in this newspaperis subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, children, or national origin or an intention to make any suchpreference, limitation, or discrimination." This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on anequal opportunity basis.

Pioneer Manor is seeking flexible individuals for the Household Co-ordinator Wheatfield. Duties include social services, day to day func-tioning of households, direct resident care, scheduling and staffing,and resident care planning. This job is for 8 hour shifts 5 days a weekwith some weekends and holidays. Requirements: CNA licensure, BasicLife Support, Social Service Designee preferred but not required. Otherrequirements include a love of geriatrics, sense of humor and being ateam player. Please inquire through Human Resources at StevensCounty Hospital. Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time RNs andLPNs to work at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home. These positions arefor the night shift (6 pm - 6 am). Interested candidates must be certifiedwith a Kansas license to be eligible for these positions. Stevens County Healthcare’s Long Term Care Unit is currentlysearching for a Full-time CMA to work the day shift at PioneerManor from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. All interested candidates musthave or be eligible for a Kansas CMA License. We offer a great benefitspackage and an incentive for CMA experience. Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time, Part-timeand PRN RNs or LPNs to work on the Med/Surg floor. These posi-tions are for night shift (7 pm-7 am). All candidates must have a KansasRN/LPN licensure to be eligible. We are also searching for PRN CNAsto work as needed. All candidates must have a Kansas CNA license tobe eligible. We offer outstanding benefits, competitive wages, sign onbonus of $2000 with one year contract for FT RNs/LPNs; $1000 withone year contract for PT RNs/LPNs; and mileage reimbursement to RNsor LPNs that live 15 miles or more outside of Stevens County.

Please contact Robyn Medina in Human Resources 620-544-8511 with any questions.

Applications can be picked up at the Information Desk located by the Medical Clinic.

CURRENT OPENINGS AT STEVENS COUNTY HOSPITAL,

MEDICAL CLINIC ANDPIONEER MANOR NURSING HOME

IMPERIAL SECURITY8 Officers Needed

Officers $9-$11 per hourLead Officers $11-$13 per hour

No experience needed - we will train you!Located in Hugoton

Call 866-840-2066Ask for Carl (tfc4)

TRUCK DRIVER WITH CURRENT CDLBenefits Included ~ Home Every Night

Please inquire at 428-5180 or 544-8889

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THE CLASSIFIEDS ATTRACT BUYERSLooking to sell your used car, television, sofa, baseball card collection or anything else underthe sun? Place an ad in the Classifieds! It’s a fast, easy and profitable way to get rid of your un-wanted merchandise. Call 620-544-4321 or email [email protected] today to place YOURad in The Hugoton Hermes Classifieds!

HELP WANTED

SALES REPRESENTATIVEAmerican Implement, Inc. is currently seeking a qualifiedindividual to fill the position of Sales Representative inthe Hugoton location.Responsibilities are to promote and sell our agricultural lineof products. Qualified candidates will have the ability to de-velop loyal customer relationships. Excellent communica-tion and interpersonal skills are necessary. Three to fiveyears experience in sales and a background in agricultureor a related field is essential.American Implement offers competitive wages and an ex-cellent benefits package, which includes life, health and sup-plemental insurance and 401(k) Plan.

Send cover letter and resume to Joe Ford, Store Manager,

American Implement, Inc., East Highway 51, Hugoton, Ks. 67951 or

call (800)544-9833 or (620)544-7722. (3c26)

ROUSTABOUT LABORERClean valid Kansas driver’s license. CDL preferred but not required.

Apply at Kynco LLC, 914 Commissioners Ave.Hugoton, Ks. 67951 or call 620-544-2558 or 620-544-1873

(1c28)

CURRENT OPENINGS AT ABENGOA BIOENERGYWe are recruiting for the following positions at our first-

of-its-kind facility in Hugoton:Plant Engineers; Laboratory Supervisor; LaboratoryTechnicians; Microbiologist; Electrical Maintenance

Technicians; Plant Operators (Shift Workers). Applicants should have a good work ethic and the ability

to work closely within a team environment. Good payand great benefits with Health, Dental, Vision and

Life Insurance plus a matching 401k plan. Apply online at www.abengoabioenergy.com

Click “English” then “Employment” at the bottom of the page.

Then click “Job Location” to find the Hugoton positions.

You can also fax your resume to the attention of ABBK HR Manager at 636-728-1148

or email [email protected].(4p27)

HELP WANTED: Project Coordinator - Hugoton, Ks. Descriptionof primary duties and responsibilities: helping with scheduling, es-timating, procurement, helping at job site, deliveries, pick ups. Skills:computer literate, construction background. Years experience: 1 yearof administration (preferred in construction). Please apply via thislink: https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=5371981. (2c27)

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, June 27, 2013) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

ROY T. CLOUD II, ET AL. PLAINTIFFS

v.CLAUDE D. WHITFIELD TESTAMENTARY TRUST, ET AL.DEFENDANTS

Case No. 13CV14

NOTICE OF SUIT(Chapter 60)

To Claude D. Whitfield Testamen-tary Trust, Gary Herriford Whitfield,Elizabeth Whitfield, Robin MarieWhitfield, Charles Day Whitfield,Mindy Whitfield, Michael David Whit-field, Marcus W. Gile, StephanieStephenson, Barbara A. Gile Estate,Jo Ann Wolf, ARJO Properties, LTD,Robert Hannifin, Katherine L. Thomp-son, David Thompson, Melanie E.Hickey, Donald R. Hickey, Swen E.Nordling, Brenda K. Nordling, Betty R.Sturdy, Lyle G. Sturdy Estate, the un-known heirs, executors, administra-tors, devisees, trustees, creditors,assigns and spouses of any deceaseddefendants; the unknown officers,successors, trustees, creditors andassigns of any defendants which areexisting, dissolved or dormant corpo-rations; the unknown executors, ad-ministrators, devisees, trustees,creditors, successors and assigns ofany defendants who are or were part-ners; the unknown guardians, con-servators and trustees of any minordefendants or those under legal dis-

ability; and all other concerned per-sons:

You are notified that a petition hasbeen filed in the District Court ofStevens County, Kansas, by Roy T.Cloud II, George William Cloud, Mar-garet A. Cloud, Riva E. Cloud (Kansas)Trust, dated March 2, 1994, DanielW. Cloud, Amy E. Cloud, Erwin A. Ul-brich, Jr., Myrna Rose Ulbrich, RuthAnne Wicks-Farthing, David FloydFarthing, Philip S. Wadsworth, GloriaP. Wadsworth, Patricia A. Elliott,praying that title to real estate situatein Stevens County, Kansas, to wit:The SW/4 of Section 1-33-38, West ofthe 6th P. M. (surface and minerals),be quieted in them and certain nameddefendants in the proportions set outin the Petition, and that you be foreverbarred, restrained and enjoined fromsetting up or claiming any right, title,interest, estate, equity, lien or claimin and to said real estate, adverse tothat set forth in the Petition.

You are hereby required to answeror plead otherwise to said petition onor before the 5th day of August, 2013,in said Court, by filing said answer orpleading with the district court at thecounty courthouse in Hugoton,Stevens County, Kansas. Should youfail therein, judgment and decree willbe entered in due course upon the pe-tition.

KRAMER, NORDLING& NORDLING, LLC

209 East Sixth StreetHugoton, KS 67951

Telephone: 620-544-4333Fax: 620-544-2230

Email: [email protected] for Plaintiffs

TWO PARAPROFESSIONALS NEEDEDUSD #209 - Moscow is needing two

Spec Ed Paraprofessionals. Leave message for Hope Pierson at 620-598-2205 for info

or applications are available at the District Office.(2c27)

TRANSPORT & BOBTAIL DRIVERS WANTED

for very progressive, family-oriented company.Benefit package includes uniforms, health insurance, paid vacation and sick leave. Competitive pay based on experience.Clean CDL required. Applicant must pass physical, drugscreen and back exam.

Apply in person at:Lathem Water ServiceHwy 25 S, Ulysses, KSOr call 620-356-3422 tfc


PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, July 11, 2013) lt

ORDINANCE NO. 798

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE"OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP"OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON,KANSAS BY REZONING LOTS ONE(1), TWO (2), SEVEN (7) AND EIGHT(8) IN BLOCK ONE (1) OF THE COUL-TER FIRST ADDITION OF THE CITYOF HUGOTON, KANSAS.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERN-ING BODY OF THE CITY OF HUGO-TON, KANSAS:

Section 1. That pursuant to the rec-ommendation of the Hugoton CityPlanning Commission, the "ZoningDistrict Map" referred to in "Section16-209 of The Code of the City ofHugoton, Kansas", is hereby amendedby rezoning the following describedproperty from "R-2" Two-Family Resi-dential District to "R3" Multiple-Fam-ily Residential District.

All of Lots One (1), Two (2), Seven(7) and Eight (8) in block One (1) ofthe Coulter First Addition of the Cityof Hugoton, Kansas.

Section 2. The City Clerk of the Cityof Hugoton, Kansas, is hereby di-rected to change the designation ofthe "Official Zoning Map" for the Cityof Hugoton, Kansas to show that theproperty described herein is in zoningdistrict "R-3", Multiple-Family Resi-dential District and said official zon-ing map as changed is herebyreincorporated by reference as part ofsaid Zoning Ordinance.

Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Thisordinance shall take effect and be inforce from and after its adoption andpublication in the Hugoton Hermes,the official city newspaper.

Passed and approved by the Govern-ing Body of the City of Hugoton,Kansas, this 8th day of July, 2013.

/s/ Jack E. RowdenJack E. Rowden, Mayor

(SEAL)

/s/ Thomas G. HicksThomas G. Hicks, City Clerk

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GARAGE SALE: Saturday, July 13, 7:30 a.m. - ???, 101 W. BAve., Sony TV, Entertainment Center, Bedding, Baby Clothes,Miscellenous Baby Items, Maternity Clothes, Women’sClothes and Home Decor.

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Call Selia Crawford at 544-2182If no answer, leave message

FOR SALE: Black AngusBulls, registered, tested,guarantee, excellent blood-lines, confirmation and per-formance, discounts.Contact: Black Velvet Ranch,Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse,KS 620-384-1101. (14c17)

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FOR SALE: 2009 Camry Hy-brid, tan, 61,000 miles, excel-lent condition, $16,000. 2011Kia Sportage, silver, fullyloaded, sun roof, navigation,20,000 miles. $26,000. Call806-679-7282. (3c28)

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS will help you if yousincerely want to stop drink-ing. Call 544-8633. (tfc1)

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Project HopeOpen Tues & Thurs

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 1030 S. Main (tfc37)

Pioneer ManorFamily Support Group3rd Tuesdays - 1:00 p.m.3rd Thursdays - 5:15 p.m. Chapel at Pioneer Manor

(tfc15)AL-Anon Family GroupMen & Women of alcoholic family &

friends meet at 1405 Cemetery Rd. Mon. & Thurs. 8 pm

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BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

Call today to see your business here!620-544-4321 or email [email protected]

(620)544-7777UPERIOR 510 E. 3rd

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HOME FOR SALE201 6th Ave, RollaDallas Bressler (owner)

THANK YOUThe family of Lloyd Jones would like to thank the Hugoton com-

munity for the kindness in thoughts and deeds you have shown andgave to our family with the loss of our husband, father and grandfa-ther Lloyd. Your prayers and actions have shown the many open andloving hearts of people in this community.

THANK YOUMy dear friends and family,

I was so happy to have so many of you help me celebrate my 99thbirthday. It was wonderful to see all of you again and I'm lookingforward to my hundredth birthday next year! Thank you for a veryspecial day. Love, Clementine

THANK YOUWe just want to say thank you to everyone for your concern, calls

and most of all your prayers for our granddaughter Teagan Adele Bur-rows, who was in Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Special thanksto Pheasant Heaven Charities for your compassionate kindness to ayoung couple with a seriously ill baby. What a blessing to live in asmall town where people really do care! Most of all, we give thanks tothe LORD Jesus Christ for giving us His peace that passes under-standing and His inexpressible joy during a very scary time! Teaganhad two surgeries for a bowel blockage, was in the hospital for threeweeks and her dad says she is doing GREAT!

Michael and Kenny BurrowsRoman and Melissa Burrows and Teagan

Travis and Rachel Roberts, Zipporah, Bear and Azalea

Handy HaulersLawn Mowing/Odd Jobs

Kelly Mace910 Van Buren

544-4403 or 453-909826p12

Celebrate L i f eAn Encouragement Group

7:00 ~ 8:00 p.m. MondaysAssembly of God, 138 S. Main

(park in back lot) (tfc13)

FOR SALE

FIREWOOD FOR SALEOak, Piñon, Mesquite,

Pecan & MoreDelivery & stacking available

Call DJ @ 620-430-1273 Days620-428-6127 Evenings (tfc)

1003 S. Adams

3325 sq ft5 bed/3 bath2 living roomsMaster suite

upstairs

Car portDet. garage

in backFenced yard

Call 620-544-3201(tfc25)

Gas company pays up to 20,000 KW of electric usage per year.

848 Road G. - This all electric 2 story home with5 bedrooms comes with 6 acres of land and 2 newheating and air conditioning systems. Additionalacreage available. Call today!

307 N. Kansas, Suite 101Liberal, KS 67901

(620) 624-1212Now see these and other SW. Kansas properties at

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17957 Road B, - Liberal - 125' Guyed Tower,concrete block building with chain link fence on4.6 acres. West side of property adjacent to Black-top Road.

UNDER CONTRACT

NEW LISTING

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CLASSIFIED DEADLINE:MONDAY 5 PM

2340 Road 20, Moscow - BeautifulArkansas stone home, 4 bd/3 b, cen H/A, fpl,fin bsmt, 40 x 70 shop, much, much more!!All on 6+ acres! Call today for appt!!

902 S. Harrison - Move in ready!!! 2 bed/1b, beautiful kitchen, wood floors and carpet,deck, paved patio, fence, cen H/A!! Greatstarter home!! Call for appt!!

Feature Of The Week

Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AND KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

Mark Faulkner-BrokerKaren Yoder - Associate/Broker

Residential & Commercial SpecialistKaren Yoder- 544-4161 or Cellphone 544-3730

Chance Yoder - SalespersonAgricultural Land

Residential & Commercial SpecialistChance Yoder- Cellphone 544-1907

“Call Us For All Your Real Estate Needs”Karen Yoder Chance Yoder

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600 S. Jefferson - Price Reduced!! 3bed/2 bath, cen H/A, fence, 30 x 40 build-ing. Call for details!!

1029 S. Van Buren- Ranch, 2 bed/1 b, fpl,att garage, storage shed. Call to set up ashowing!!

928 S. Jackson - Frame, 2 bedroom/ 2 bath, large family room,basement, central heat/air. Call for details!

217 N Jackson- Nice Brick Ranch, 3 bed/3b, full basement, fpl, fence, workshop...much,much more!! Call today!!

1035 S Van Buren-Nice 2 bed/1 b, cen H/A,att garage, circle drive, sprinkler, fence, stor-age shed. A Must See!!

314 West 4th-Complete remodel w/updatedkitchen, 2 bed/1 bath, central H/A, carport,fence...corner lot. A must see!!!

1111 S Jefferson- 3 bed/1 b, cen H/A, fence,carport, storage bldg. Call for details!!

SOLD

SOLD

SOLD

915 S. Jackson - 2 Bed/2 bath, partialbsmt, 45 x 24 Morton bldg, fence, centH/A. Call for showing!!

SOLD

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1155 Road 25, Rolla - PRIVATE AUCTION!!Beautiful Brick 4 bed/3 bath, att garage, fpl,8-stall horse barn, 40’x60’ metal equip shed,feeding facility w/600’ bunk line, working fa-cilities, much, much more, all on 60 acres!Call for our private showing!!

WANT TO BUYSchwinn Airdyne

Stationary BicycleCall 544-5934

Exciting Opportunity Providing Cutting Edge Serviceswith a Progressive Company in Southwestern Kansas

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist with interper-sonal skills and the ability to work with children, ages 0 to 8, and theirfamilies to provide a full array of mental health services. Also, the Infantand Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist must demonstrate theability to work collaboratively with child care providers and early learn-ing professionals.Candidate will also provide Case Management Services. We work di-rectly with children and their families in their homes, schools and com-munity. These children are experiencing an emotional disturbance andneed help to learn new skills and remain safe in their environment.

Come be a part of our professional team as we work cooperativelywithin the agency and with outside providers to meet the needs of

our children. This very rewarding position lets you see positivechange take place in a child’s life.

A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a related human service field orequivalently qualified by work experience is required. Base pay startingat $12.98/hr., also additional compensation is given for experience. Can-didates must pass KBI, SRS, motor vehicle screens, and have a valid dri-ver’s license.Benefits Include:Retirement: fully vested at time of employment; Health/Dental Insur-ance - portion of premium paid by AMHC; Life Insurance & Long-TermDisability - premium paid by AMHC; Holiday, Bereavement and Vaca-tion/Sick days

Applications are available at: www.areamhc.org. Resume/Applications can be sent to: Fax: 620.272.0171 or [email protected]

Or Mailed to AMHC Attn: HR PO Box 1905, Garden City, KS 67846

Area Mental Health CenterServing Southwest Kansas Since 1961

EOE – Drug Free Workplace (2c27)

HELP WANTED

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Stevens County’s great garage sales !


Jordan Air Inc.

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513 W. First StreetHugoton • 544-2195

GLB SERVICES

1026 S. Main544-2121

HoskinsonWater Well

Service“Your Complete Domestic Well Service”

544-7978

BULTMANINC.

110 E 6th St. Hugoton544-2620

Express Inc.1015 W. City Limits

544-7500

A respected leader in the grain industry since 1979.

Hansen-Mueller Company1182 Road Q, Hugoton, Kansas 67951

(620) 428-6518

Debbie L. Nordling, State Farm Agent617 S. MainHugoton, KS 67951620-544-8528 - Phone620-544-8527 - Fax

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is [email protected]

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Hugoton, Kansas 67951

620.544.4388MusgroveInsuranceServices, Inc.

“Helping You Put The Pieces Together.”1012 S. Main St., P.O. Box 308, Hugoton,

KS 67951

BAKERIrrigation & Pump

Serving SW KansasFull Irrigation & Pump Service

620-544-8064

715 E. 11th St.Hugoton544-7323

BROWN-DUPREEOIL CO INC.

1400 S Washington St. 356-3926

or 1-800-682-4143

Bartlett GrainCompany, L.P.

Moscow 598-2144

601 S. Jackson Hugoton

620-544-2975

(620) 544-TIRE (8473)Highway 51 East

Hugoton, KS 67951

528 S. Main St Hugoton544-8820

Triple H Farms LLC620-544-4557

Hugoton

Jeff C. Ramsey, AgentTanner Rindels, Agent

613 S. Main(620) 544-4303

KramerSeed Farms

1114 S. Monroe Street544-4330

or1-800-848-1988

1026 S. Main StreetHugoton • 544-8011

Fax • 544-2184

PARAMOUNT SERVICE

& SUPPLY835 East 11th St • Hugoton

(620) 544-4464Clifford & Paula Shuck

[email protected]

“Supplying all yourcustom farming needs”

Thank you to theThank you to theFFarmersarmers ofof Stevens Stevens CCountyounty

for providing our for providing our daily bread.daily bread.

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