Catie LeNeve, daughterof Joe and Lisa LeNeve ofHugoton, is officially head-ing to the Miss Kansaspageant at Pratt in June!She earned the privilege ofcompeting in the presti-gious contest thanks toher recently acquired titleof Miss Midwest. Catiewon Miss Midwest Febru-ary 20 at Baser-LinwoodHigh School in Baser. Sheis currently a senior atLiberal High School.

Catie began her pageantjourney to Miss Kansaswith the Miss Kansas Out-standing Teen Pageant inPratt in 2014 as a sopho-more in high school. She

placed in the top ten there,and the drive to MissKansas was underway!Catie competed in Miss

Liberal, but didn't snagthe crown. Fortunately,she didn't quit there, andopted to participate in thesweeps competition atBaser. “I keep going andI’m determined. If I don’twin something, I’m notjust going to quit, I’mgoing to keep trying,” Catieasserted. “One thing thatkept me going was thegirls – they’re so genuineand nice and they’re notjust preppy and only in itfor the crown, they’re re-ally in it to help make adifference in the commu-nity and truly have goodmindsets."

Catie has a personalpassion for her platformfor Miss Kansas which is“Changing Minds: MentalHealth Awareness”. She isexcited to change the stig-mas associated with men-tal illness, and to helpothers who struggle withthe stereotypes of mentalillness. The possibility ofsome scholarship moneyis also pretty enticing, asCatie remarked, "...nowa-days, who says no to freemoney for college?”

The Miss Kansas pag-eant will take place inPratt in June, and prom-ises to be a fun-filledweek. Catie is looking forgirls ages five to twelvefrom the community whoare interested in beingSunflower Princesses and

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Aiden has mastered the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten chal-lenge at the Stevens County Library. For his hard work, he re-ceived his very own Clifford Dictionary. Outstanding workAiden! Congratulations!

Moscow Forensics teammates Freddy and JJ Gonzalez displaythe medals they earned after earning the State Champions titlein Improvised Duet Acting. Congratulations!

Old Man Winter justmight be heading for thedoor – although he maydecide to hang around fora while longer; after all,this is Kansas. But evenwhen he is gone, Kansanswill still have to contendwith Mother Nature andher annual “In like a lion”arrival that heralds severeweather season, bringingwith it the potential for

tornadoes, severe thun-derstorms, high winds,hail and flooding.

To remind Kansans tobe prepared, GovernorSam Brownback signed aproclamation Friday, February 26 designatingMarch 14-18 as SevereWeather Awareness Weekin Kansas.

During the week, the

The Hugoton CityCouncil met March 7,2016 at the council meet-ing room. Attending themeeting were Mayor JackE. Rowden, City InspectorJoshua Grubbs, CityClerk Thomas G. Hicks,Outside Utilities Supervi-sor Paul Nordyke, ElectricSystem Supervisor GaryRowden and councilmenShannon Crawford,Frankie Thomas, JasonTeeter, Dan Corpeningand Dean Banker. Alsopresent at the meetingwere Police Chief CourtneyLeslie, City AttorneyWayne R. Tate, HugotonHermes reporter RuthieWinget, Toby Kehn, BradMusgrove, Bernard Smith,Ralph Sittingdown, AndyFarmer, Amanda Randle,Patricia Phillips, Katrina

Phillips and LynnetePhillips.

The council approvedthe minutes of February 8,2016. They also approvedthe February municipaljudge’s report.

City Inspector JoshGrubbs reported some ofthe building projects inprogress are Matt Esarey’sgarage at 1605 Jeffersonand Dan Corpening’sgarage located at 705 1/2S. Jackson.

Brad Musgrove broughtin the City of Hugoton in-surance renewal proposal.After some discussion, thepolicy along with a CyberLiability addition was ap-proved by the council.

Chamber of Commerceboard member Toby Kehnrequested the city to in-crease their chamber

membership to a $1,000Gold Membership. Thecouncil voted to approvethis membership.

City Attorney Tatebegan the EnvironmentalCode Hearings. The firstwas for the Ralph Sitting-down property located atat 215 S. Main Street.City Inspector Grubbsshowed the council photosof the property in violationof City Code Section 8-708of the EnvironmentalCode. Grubbs thenshowed photos of theprogress Sittingdown hasmade on the property.Tate stated Sittingdownhas been working almostnon-stop to alleviate thisproblem. Tate recom-mended, based upon

The Stevens CountyBoard of County Commissioners met inregular session Monday,March 7, 2016 with Com-missioners Pat Hall, DaveBozone and Joe D.Thompson all present.Also present were CountyCounselor Paul Kitzke,County Clerk Pam Benseland RoGlenda Coulterfrom The Hugoton Her-mes. Tron Stegman sat inon the meeting.

The following is just anagenda for the morningwith a few of the unofficialhighlights. The agenda in-cluded Bills / RichardVertrees at 8:30; TonyMartin and Rick Hansonwith HSW Energy at 9:30;Jack Rowden at 10:00;Paula Rowden at 10:30;Greg Wellbrock at 11:00;Neal Gillespie at 11:30;and Lunch at 12:00.

When this reporter arrived, Commissioners

were visiting about theprice of natural gas. It isreported to be $1.60 - thelowest it has been in onehundred years.

The subject came up ofthe money given to the golfcourse four years ago forexpanding the course. Theenlarging of the golfcourse has not been done,and it seems that it mightnot be extended in thenear future. It was ques-tioned if this money can

be taken back.Rodney Kelling came to

check in for the EMS/FireDepartments. He said helocated a possibility of ademo-ambulance. It wouldbe a big savings in the costand almost like new. Heshared the details. Rodneytold of some equipmentbeing donated to his department as well assome they bought at anextra cheap cost. Joe D.

Hugoton’s Eagles celebrate their Sub-State winSaturday night by hoisting the plaque they received. The Eagles will face Garnett-

Anderson County Thursday at 6:30 p.m. AHugoton boys’ team hasn’t been to State in 65years, since 1951. Congratulations Boys!!!

The 2015 State Champs claim a 2016 Sub-StateChampionship Saturday night after winningover the Holcomb Longhorns 62-28. The girlswill play Wednesday, March 9 against Wichita

Collegiate at 6:30 p.m. in Emporia. Girls’ andBoys’ State tournament brackets are availableat kshsaa.org. Congratulations Girls!!!!!

History has been made!Two Hugoton teams earn trip to the 2016 4A Division II State Basketball Tournament

Catherine LeNeve

Catie LeNeve to compete at Miss Kansas

Severe Weather AwarenessWeek is March 14-18

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In last week’s Hermes,public offices up for electionincorrectly included CountyCommissioner District 1.Only Districts 2 and 3 will beon the ballot this year.County Commissioner Dis-trict 1 will be included on the2018 ballot in two years.Commissioners’ seats beingvacated are those of Dave Bozone and Pat Hall.

Tron Stegman and CarolLee Burrows have filed for theDistrict 3 spot, and Pat Hallhas filed for re-election in theDistrict 2 seat.

For information about vot-ing in Kansas, please visitvoteks.org for voting loca-tions and important dates.

City Council begins Environmental Code Hearings

Avis NortonLongtime Hugoton resident

Avis Cecelia Norton passedaway Thursday, March 3,2016 at her residence inHugoton. She was 77.

The daughter of Lee RoyCraig and the former Nellie P.Carlile, she was born Decem-ber 14, 1939 in TexasCounty, Ok.

October 14, 1974, Avis andLinzey Norton were marriedin Clayton, N.M.

Avis was a lady with a bigheart who helped people evenwhen she couldn’t afford tohelp herself, and she madesure to always have a Pepsi

for you. Avis was very strongin her beliefs and a hardworker. She will be missed.

Survivors include her sonBruce Norton of Hugoton;brother Fred Craig and wifeSandy of Woodward, Ok.; hersister Neva Day of Tyrone,Ok.; granddaughter KathrynBowls; and many other rela-tives and friends.

Avis is preceded in deathby her parents; husband;brother William Craig; andfive sisters, Emmalee Wris-ton, Mallie Craig, PaulineRodkey, Ruthie Fields andDoris Gaut.

Graveside services were at-tended Wednesday afternoon,March 9 at the HugotonCemetery with Pastor HeathKelley presiding. Paul’s-Rob-son Funeral Home was incharge of arrangements.

A memorial has been es-tablished for the Family. Me-morials may be mailed toPaul’s-Robson Funeral Home,PO Box 236, Hugoton, KS67951.

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Friends and family gath-ered Tuesday afternoon to re-member and honor RichardLeroy Withrow Sr. Mr. With-row passed from this life Fri-day, March 4, 2016 hisresidence. He was 78.

The son of Roy Lee With-row and the former SarahJane Smith, he was bornJune 30, 1937 at Elkhart. October 16, 1960, Richardand Billie McKnight wereunited in marriage in Clay-ton, New Mexico. Mr. Withrow was a mem-ber of First Assembly of GodChurch in Guymon, Ok. Dick served in the UnitedStates Navy. He worked forPanhandle Eastern/Duke for38 years. He enjoyed IronArt, horses and fishing. Survivors include wife Bil-lie Withrow of Hugoton; sonRichard Withrow Jr. and wifeCyndi of Kanopolis; threedaughters, Linda DarleneKapple and husband Dave ofThe Woodlands, Tx., Lacinda

Jean Chance and Cindy ofElkhart and Deborah KayWithrow of Salina; two broth-ers, Bud Withrow and wifeBetty of Maryville, Ca. andPaul Withrow and wife Deb-bie of Bend, Or.; his sisterRosalind Coen and husbandRoger of Vancouver, Wa.;eight grandchildren, NatashaHumphrey and husband Je-remy, Krista Guenther andfiancé Jared, SamanthaWithrow, Thomas Withrow,Amanda Drake and husbandJosh, Sarah Osborne andhusband Mike, NicholasKapple and Douglas Kapple;five great grandchildren,Connor Humphrey, EvanHumphrey, Desmond Guen-ther, Calli Koski and CamrieKoski; and many other rela-tives and friends. Mr. Withrow was precededin death by his parents;brother Samuel Withrow;and sister Ruth Turkovich. Graveside services were at-tended Tuesday afternoon,March 8 at Elkhart Cemeterywith Pastor Billy Martin andRev. Richard Martin presid-ing. Paul’s-Robson FuneralHome was in charge ofarrangements. A memorial has been es-tablished for First Assemblyof God in Guymon and St.Catherine’s Hospice. Memo-rials may be mailed to Paul’s-Robson Funeral Home POBox 236, Hugoton, Ks67951.

Richard Withrow Sr.

Death has claimed the lifeof Joseph Keith “Joe” Fisher.Mr. Fisher passed awayTuesday, March 1, 2016 atSouthwest Medical Center inLiberal. He was 58.

He was born November14, 1957 at Portland, Or., theson of Gene Fisher and theformer Beverly Pierson. Hegraduated from GuymonHigh School in 1976.

Joe was self employedworking in the plumbing,heating and air industry andhad also been a truck driver.

September 1, 1994, Joemarried Linda Hickey Urwin

at Liberal. She survives.Other survivors include

two sons, Jason Urwin andwife Tammy of Sublette andKenny Urwin and wife Peggyof Brantford, ONT, Canada;his daughter Meghan Urwinof Sublette; father GeneFisher of Guymon, Ok.; threesisters, Donna Henden ofCanby, Or. and CatherineMarkin and Becky Lonctotboth of Portland, Or.; andfour grandchildren, AmandaBeaman, Michael Urwin, Jor-dan Urwin and Bryce Urwin.

Joe was preceded in deathby his mother.

A Celebration of Life wasattended Friday, March 4 atthe Mary Frame Park Build-ing.

Memorial contributionsmay be given to his family incare of Brenneman FuneralHome, 1212 West Second,Liberal, Ks. 67901.

Condolences may be sentto the family at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com.

Joseph “Joe” Fisher

Word has been received ofthe death of Norma OpalSmith. Mrs. Smith passedfrom this life Tuesday, March1, 2016 at Southwest Med-ical Center in Liberal. Shewas 84.

Born March 11, 1931 atLeedey, Ok., Norma OpalVaughn was the daughter ofWillie S. Vaughn and the for-mer Gladys E. Foster. Shewas a 1949 graduate of Lib-eral High School.

In 1950 she began a 29year career with Bell Tele-phone as a telephone opera-tor and switch boardconnector. She later workedfor National Beef PackingCompany as a trimmer for 22years.

February 5, 1956, shemarried Lawrence JamesSmith in Clayton, N.M.Lawrence passed away justsix months ago, September5, 2015. She was also pre-

ceded in death by her threebrothers, Lester Vaughn,Oscar Vaughn and JamesVaughn; and sister CarolynWarren.

Mrs. Smith was a dedi-cated member of FellowshipBaptist Church. She lovedbeing a mother and was veryself sacrificing always givingto others. Opal loved to walkat both the SCCC WellnessCenter and at SouthwestMedical Center. She was amember of the 5,000 milewalker club. She would begreeted by many people andstudents and always remem-bered their names.

Opal is survived by onedaughter, Brenda Cordovaand husband Herman of Lib-eral; sister Bette Penner ofFairview, Ok.; and twograndchildren, Anthony Cor-dova of Fort Worth, Tx. andStephanie Cordova of Dallas,Tx.

Funeral services were at-tended Saturday afternoon,March 5 at Fellowship Bap-tist Church in Liberal withPastor Bill Prater presiding.Burial followed at LiberalCemetery.

Memorial contributionsmay be given to the OpalSmith Memorial Fund in careof Brenneman FuneralHome, 1212 West Second,Liberal, Ks. 67901.

Condolences may be sentto the family at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com.

Opal Smith

The death of Kevin GlennWest of Wichita has beenlearned. Kevin passed fromthis life Monday, February29, 2016 at College Hill Nurs-ing and Rehab in Wichitaafter a yearlong battle withbrain cancer. He was 48.

Born July 18, 1967 inUlysses, he was the son ofHerschel and Joy West.

Kevin attended Ulyssesschools and worked at various trades after highschool until he found hiscalling as a carpenter. Heworked in southwest Kansason commercial and residen-tial projects.

In 1985 he married AmyClampett and had two chil-dren with her. In 2007, hemarried Melissa Knox in Satanta. Melissa and Kevinlived in Satanta until they relocated to Wichita for cancer treatment.

Kevin found comfort inreading the Bible, memoriz-ing scripture and witnessingfor the Lord. He loved to fishand watch Nascar. He alsoenjoyed racing at DirtonaRace Track in Hugoton andother tracks in the surround-ing area. Kevin loved to teaseand kept the staff at theNursing and Rehab Centerlaughing.

He is survived by his wifeMelissa of their home; sons,Brian West and fiancée Bai-ley of Haysville and BradyWest and wife Karissa ofWinfield; his five grandchil-dren; mother Joy West ofHugoton; brother DwayneWest of Hugoton; sisterPaula Shapland of Ulysses;and his nieces and nephews.

Kevin is preceded in deathby his father Herschel West;brother Ricky West; andgrandson Brian Allen WestJr.

Memorial services areplanned for 2:00 p.m. Satur-day, March 12 at the EasternStar Chapel in Wichita andMarch 17 at the SatantaBaptist Church in Satanta.Inurnment will be in theUlysses Cemetery.

Memorial contributionsmay be given to the AmercianCancer Society or charity ofdonor’s choice.

Kevin West

Obituaries

Former Hugoton residentFaye DeWitt, passed awayFriday, February 26, 2016 inYuma, Az. She was 94.

She was born March 3,1921 in Moscow, the daugh-ter of James Elliott Wrightand the former Mary Ann

Dickson. She graduated fromMoscow High School in 1938. From 1939 until 1941 sheattended Dodge City JuniorCollege and in 1965 she grad-uated from Fort Hays Statewith a Bachelor’s of Sciencedegree in Elementary Educa-tion. She had taught schoolfor 32 years teaching inCountry Schools, Moscowand Hugoton Grade Schools. Mrs. DeWitt was a memberof the NEA, or National Edu-cation Association. Life mem-ber of the DKG-Beta SigmaChapter, Life member of theVFW Aux Post 5391, SilverHaired Legislator, served asSpeaker Pro Tem – HouseLeader, held several offices inthe Federated Woman’s Cluband was the Recreation Man-ager of the Hugoton SeniorCenter. Faye loved dancing and

teaching other people todance. She was an avidreader and loved her flowergardens. She always loved totravel to her favorite placeslike Alaska and Australia. Shealso enjoyed antiques andcollectables, needle work, Jig-saw and Cross word puzzles. Survivors include her sonDennis Pearce of Wichita; twodaughters, Lois Ann Zimmer-man and husband Doug ofBeaver, Ok. and Carolyn SueLepper and husband Richardof Liberal; her brother JerryWright and wife Regina ofLubbock, Tx.; sister NinaSmith of Hutchinson; hercompanion and dance part-ner Wendell Ferguson; fourgrandchildren, Debbie andhusband Eugene, David andwife Susie, Charlene, andBecky; seven great grandchil-dren, Miranda, Shanae,

Stephanie, JJ, Malcom,Heather and Michael; ninegreat great grandchildren,Mya, Malcom Jr., Jaelyn,Olivia, Noah, Aiden, Kinley,Jaxson and Evelyn; andmany special nieces, nephewsand friends. Faye was preceded in deathby her parents; brotherJames Elliot Wright; and twosisters, Mary Belle Tomsonand Nell Fox. Memorial services were at-tended Wednesday morning,March 9 at the BrennemanFuneral Home Chapel withPastor Rex Petty presiding.Inurnment followed at theMoscow Cemetery. Memorial contributionsmay be sent to the AmericanHeart Association in care ofBrenneman Funeral Home,1212 West Second, Liberal,Ks 67901.

Faye DeWitt

Monday, February 29, 2016• Suspicious Person, 600 Block of

Copperstone, Officer Crane• Vehicle Unlock, Parsons Fields,

Citizen Assist, Officer Crane• Suspicious Person, 500 Block of

South Monroe, Spoke to subject,Officer Crane

Tuesday, March 1, 2016• Fire Alarm, 1200 Block of South

Jefferson, Public Service, OfficerCrane

Wednesday, March 2, 2016• Vehicle Unlock, 1000 Block of

Adams, Citizen Assist, SergeantJohnson

• Suspicious Vehicle, 1000 Block ofSouth Washington, Officer Hag-man

• Medical Assist, 1700 Block ofSouth Main, Public Service, OfficerFedelin

Thursday, March 3, 2016• Welfare Check, 500 Block of

French, Subjects Moved, SergeantJohnson

Saturday, March 5, 2016• Hit & Run, 600 Block of South

Madison, Took Report, OfficerCrane

• Loud Music Complaint, Advised toTurn It Down, Officer Crane

• Medical Assist, 400 Block of WestCity Limits, Public Service, OfficerCrane

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WHAT’SHAPPENIN’

March 9- Hugoton Lady Eagles will

face Wichita-Collegiate atWhite Auditorium, 111 E.Sixth Avenue in Emporia,during the Class 4A DivisionII State Basketball tourna-ment at 6:30 p.m.March 10- Hugoton Eagles will face

Garnett-Anderson County atWhite Auditorium, 111 E.Sixth Avenue in Emporia,during the Class 4A DivisionII State Basketball tourna-ment at 6:30 p.m.March 9 - 12- Girls and Boys State Bas-

ketball at Emporia.March 16- The Hugoton Area Cham-

ber of Commerce will hosttheir monthly luncheon.March 18

-Last day to submit col-ored picture to the HugotonHermes for the annualEaster Coloring Contest.Turn in at 522 S. Main inHugoton.March 19- Pioneer Communications

will have their annual meet-ing for members of the Tele-phone Association at 10:30a.m. in the South Room ofthe Grant County Civic Cen-ter in Ulysses. Lunch will beserved.- Legislative Update withSenator Larry Powell andRepresentative Stephen Al-ford at 3:30 p.m. at theStevens County LibraryMeeting Room.- Annual Health Fair at the

Walker Auditorium at theGrant County Civic Centerfrom 7:00 a.m. to 12:00noon, sponsored by PioneerTelephone and Pioneer Elec-tric. March 20- Community Worship Serv-ice, at Bethel Friends

Church at 6:00 p.m. PastorIsrael Franco will speak. Theevent is hosted by theStevens County Church Min-isterial Association.March 21- Stevens County Commis-

sioners will meet at 8:30a.m. at the Courthouse.- USD 210 Board of Educa-

tion will meet at 6:30 p.m. inthe HMS Library.March 28- Deadline to submit your

idea for the 2016 StevensCounty Fair. Submit entriesto the Sv. Co. Fair Associa-tion, PO Box 356, Hugoton,Ks. 67951 or email to stvnfair@pld.com. Include yourname and address.April 4- Stevens County Commis-

sioners will meet at 8:30a.m. at the Courthouse.- Stevens County Hospital

Board will meet at 5:30 p.m.in the Pioneer Manor Confer-ence Room.April 5- Hugoton Airport Board willmeet at 7:00 p.m. at the air-port.- Hugoton Sports Boosters

will meet at 7:00 p.m. in theHMS/HHS Link Cafeteria.April 11- Hugoton City Council will

meet at 5:15 p.m.April 12- Stevens County Economic

Development Board will meetat 12:00 noon in the ActivityRoom at the Senior Center.

FEBRUARY 2016Aguilar, Hector, Fail to Stop at

Stop Sign $135.50Aguilar, Hector, No Valid DL #2

$150.00Gonzalez-Terrazas, Araceli,

Speeding 34/20 $129.50Rosas-Rubio, Javier, Speeding

50/40 $105.50Pate, Christopher, Speeding

60/40 $165.50Miranda, John, No Driver’s Li-

cense $160.505 Days in Jail, Suspended

Miranda, John, Failure to ReportAccident $50.00

Maravilla, Ernesto, DrivingWhile Suspended #2$485.50

5 Days in Jail, SuspendedTinoco, Crystal, Dog at Large

$160.50Tinoco, Crystal, Untagged Dog

$24.50Bodtke, Randy W., Violation of

PFA $315.503 Days in Jail, Served

Tapia, David, Untagged Dog$25.00

Amado, Alfredo, Untagged Dog$25.00

Hugoton Municipal

Court

asked about checking thesirens in Moscow. Tron askedabout the possibilities of textnotifications for severeweather etc. Rodney told ofthe program he had visitedwith the Commissionersabout at an earlier meeting.He explained all other possi-bilities this program can beused for. It was agreed thismight need to be looked intomore.

Tony Martin was presentso he wanted to talk aboutdrug testing while Rodneywas still present. The persondoing the testing was sched-uled to come in at 2:00 p.m.This would cause the roadand bridge employees to missa half day of work for eachperson involved. Tony wouldlike to have this time changedin the future. Rodney said thelady has to travel a long dis-tance so this time is prettynecessary unless a motelstayover would be paid for.She also does the testing forother towns along her routeat the same time. They needto visit with her. It was de-cided to check with StevensCounty Hospital about doingthe testing. These tests are re-quired for CDL purposes withDOT.

Motion was made andpassed to pay the bills andminutes were accepted.

Ted Heaton came in. Hetalked about the dispatchbudget. He said he will becoming in until the budgethearing in July talking aboutthis. He thinks it should bechanged back to where thecity pays 50% again. He hasthe paperwork and recordsshowing when this waschanged to where the cityonly pays 30%. He left to goget the records.

Tony Martin gave the re-port for Road and Bridge. Hetold of the prices for asphaltmaterials being down. Thiswill help some. He said thesigns are ready for the road,that will not be built, south ofMain Street. Tony askedabout funding for the sealingof the Moscow airstrip. Healso talked about exchangingservices with Grant County.Insurance needs to bechecked into.

Rick Hanson, Jim Betts,Kirk Heger and Tron Stegmancame to talk to the Commis-sioners about right-of-ways

for HSW (Hugoton Southwest)Energy crossings. HSW is apublic utility that will be pro-viding gas to irrigators and afew homes also. A lengthy de-tailed discussion followed.This ended with a motion,that passed, to allow very lim-ited right-of-ways immedi-ately in front of the homeswith a map of the pipeline tobe attached to the minutes.This keeps the line out of theyards. The Commissionerswould also like to see the let-ters of notification to each ofthese homes.

Jack Rowden was next onthe agenda. He was there rep-resenting Citizens StateBank. Some papers needed tobe signed.

While there, Commission-ers also talked to Jack aboutthe golf course and possiblygetting the money back fromthe golf course. Jack said theland for the expansion hadbeen purchased already butno solid plans had been madesince then. The money shouldbe untouched. It was sug-gested that maybe the landshould be sold.

Ted came back in so Com-missioners asked him tocome talk with Jack present.It was in 2005 that it waschanged to where the cityonly pay 30%. The paperworkshowed the numbers and theletter. This all led to anotherlong discussion. It was sug-gested that the cost be figuredby population which wouldlead to the city paying evenmore than 50%. Ted pointedout the letter said other enti-ties were using the dispatch-ing including game wardensand highway patrol. This isnot true. The City of Moscowdoes not use the dispatchservice either. The only onesusing the dispatch are the Po-lice Department, Sheriff’s De-partment, EMS and Fire.After a lot more discussion,motion was made and passed

to bill the city half the ex-penses for the dispatchingservices starting with thecity’s new budget.

Paula Rowden from theHealth Department was nexton the agenda. She broughtin a proposed service agree-ment for the heat and air sys-tem. This provides services forthe system in the spring andfall. This was agreed to andthe contract was signed.Commissioners suggestedPaula investigate whatevercuts she would be able tomake to her budget so theywill not have to decide. Paulaassured them she has beenworking on doing that.

A suggestion had beenmade to change the court-house employees to a fourday a week plan. This wasdiscussed and it was agreedthat this would not really savethat much as the employeesare on salary and tempera-

tures would not change thatmuch. Also people will not ap-preciate the courthouse beingclosed whatever day of theweek was picked.

Stevens County Apprais-ers, Greg Wellbrock and TomFuhrmann came in. Theytalked about the county valu-ations. Statements have beenmailed out and may be ap-pealed. They visited for sometime with the Commis-

sioners.Neal Gillespie finished the

agenda. He came to talkabout a possible business in-terested in buying a lot in theStevens County Industrialnear Thriftway. Commission-ers agreed to negotiate on thelot with all the gas lines run-ning under it if the whole lotwill be purchased.

Meeting adjourned.

The Kansas RepublicanPresidential Caucus was inUlysses Saturday, March 5. Itwas conducted at 102 sites inKansas and one in St. Louis,Mo.

Over 81,000 people soughtto vote in the Kansas Repub-lican Caucus. The turnout in2012 was about 30,000.Some locations saw an in-crease of four to five timestheir 2012 turnout.

Stevens County and GrantCounty Caucus initial resultsfrom 489 credentialed voterswere Cruz with 232 votes;Trump with 144; Kasich with52; Rubio with 52 votes and

Carson with eight. There wasone uncommitted, and therewere also 47 Provisional Bal-lots.

The statewide initial re-sults were Cruz - 35,207;Trump - 17,062; Rubio -12,189; Kasich - 7,795; Car-son - 511; Bush - 78; Fiorina- 32 and Uncommitted - 242.

Provisional Ballots were6,200. These will be moved tothe state party office, fromcaucus sites and the staff willdetermine which of these bal-lots should be counted, andthe vote total will be added tothe initial numbers. Provi-sional ballots usually break

out the same as countedvotes.

There were 3,014 ad-vanced ballots requested andsent out. Approximately 500have been returned withmany more expected in thenext week. The cut off was tobe post marked on or beforeMarch 5. These ballots will becounted next week.

About 600 votes were castat St. Louis. They will be re-turned to the Topeka officeand counted next week.

The unofficial delegate al-location of 40 total delegateswent to Cruz with 24 dele-gates; Trump with nine ;

Rubio with six; and Kasichwas allotted one delegate.

The numbers will be re-viewed closely and the votetotals for the provisional, ab-sentee, and St. Louis num-bers will be added to thetotals and any modification tothe delegate allocation willbegin. The final resultsshould be released in thenext two weeks.

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Community Worship ServiceHosted by the Stevens County Church Ministerial Association - SCCMA

Sunday, March 206:00 p.m.

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The Lewis family celebrates Dean Lewis’ninety-third birthday and Gloria Lewis’ ninety-first birthday March 3, 2016. Their children allmade the trip to celebrate together, includingEd and Cindy Kilbourne of Denver, Co., Janet

and Jerry Campbell from Emporia and Butchand Jackie Lewis of Hugoton. Five grandchil-dren and five great grandchildren also came tocelebrate. Happy birthday Dean and Gloria!

Stevens County Republican voters traveled to Ulysses to vote inthe Presidential Caucus. Barbara and Garland Beeks showtheir ID in order to cast their vote.

Catie LeNeveContinued from page 1participating in pageant ac-tivities at the Miss Kansasevent. If your child is inter-ested, you can contact Catie'smentor Denae Weber at 620-440-0850 for more informa-tion. You can also visitmisskansas.org to find outmore about Miss Kansas,Miss Kansas Outstanding

Teen, Sunflower Princess,and the event itself.

Catie urged those even re-motely interested in pageantsto give it a try. “If you’re evenslightly interested, go and doit. There are all types of tal-ents and people who competein this and there’s such a va-riety so find your niche,”

LeNeve said. “And even if youdon’t actually come awaywith a title, you get experi-ence and interview skills soyou’re not terrified at job interviews. You can also getscholarship money!"

Congratulations and goodluck Catie!

Kansas Republicans vote at Caucus

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Ralph’s good faith efforts,that this hearing be contin-ued until the next councilmeeting which is April 11,2016.

The next EnvironmentalCode Hearing was for theMichael Randle property lo-cated at 815 and 815 1/2South Monroe. Becausethey were not able to servea personal five day notice,the formal EnvironmentalCode Hearing for the Randle property will be scheduled for April 11, 2016.

The Patricia Phillipsproperty at 509 E. FifthStreet was the next Envi-ronmental Code Hearing.Because she had made sig-nificant progress, the Envi-ronmental Code Hearingwill be April 11, 2016.

The Environmental CodeHearing for the Don Phillipsproperty located at 1205 S.Madison was next. The cityinspector showed photos ofthe property, showingwhere they were in violationof the city code. The coun-cil voted to approve the res-olution stating this propertywas in violation of Section8-708 and the propertyowners had failed to requesta hearing. At the end of 20days after this resolution ispassed, the city is author-

ized to abate these condi-tions causing these viola-tions. The city will bring inequipment to correct theseviolations and the costs willbe attached to the prop-erty’s tax statement.

The Andy Farmer prop-erty located at 516 W. NinthStreet was the next Envi-ronmental Code Hearing.Several letters had beensent to Farmer, stating theviolations. After showingthe city council photos ofthe violations, City AttorneyTate recommended thecouncil to pass a resolutionindicating this property isin violation of city code Sec-tion 8-708 and the ownersdid not request a hearing.This resolution will author-ize the city inspector andother agents of the city toabate the conditions caus-ing these violations. At theend of 20 days after passingthis resolution, the city willcorrect the conditions ofthese violations and thecosts of this operation willbe attached to the prop-erty’s tax statement. Thecity council voted to passthis resolution.

Next on the council’sagenda was an offer fromAmerican Tower Corpora-tion, asking if the city wants

to give American Tower aperpetual easement on thetower they have on cityproperty or if they couldhave a lease extension for30 years. The council votedto leave the lease agreementas it currently is.

The council approved themotion to re-appointCharles Wagner to theKMEA Board.

Paul Nordyke brought ina bid to replace a tractorand mower. Their currentequipment is 20 years old.The model 6135E tractorcosts $71,700 and the flexmower costs $16,750 mak-ing a total of $88,450. Thecouncil voted to approve thepurchase.

Jason Teeter represent-ing the Tourism Board re-quested $1,000 for the HighPlains Music Fest and $500for the “Annie, Get YourGuns” project. The councilapproved this request.

Police Chief Leslie re-ported that three weeksago, they had their trainingin the usage of tasers. Allcity police officers are nowcertified to carry in-usetasers.

The meeting adjourned.The next meeting will beApril 11, 2016.

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The Lady Eagles battledthe Holcomb Lady Longhornsin the title game at Sub-Statelast Saturday night. Hugotontook over from the very begin-ning of the game and kepttheir lead until the end of thecontest.

In the first quarter, theLady Eagles built their leadby attacking on offense andlocking down on defense togain an advantage over theiropponent. Katy Heger hit athree pointer early in thegame to put her team up onthe scoreboard. Later, AmyScott drove to the basket andmade a two pointer. Also, shewas fouled during the shotand converted her free throwto successfully complete thethree point play.

The Lady Eagles openedup the second quarter withan impressive 19-4 lead overHolcomb. During the period,the Lady Eagles more thandoubled their scoring outputof the first quarter. KatyHeger had a pair of two point-ers before the half to add toHugoton’s lead. Hugoton wasin control of the title game athalf with a comfortable ad-vantage with a 40 – 12 score.

With the precision of aclock, the Lady Eaglesreached their 30 point leadover their opponent early inthe third quarter. This land-mark happened at the 5:37

mark of the third period.Heger and Scott contributeda three pointer and a twopointer, respectively.

The fourth quarter had amilestone as Amy Scott hither thousandth career point.The Lady Eagles went on toclinch the Sub-State title andearn their third trip to theKansas High School StateTournament in as manyyears.

Heger had 22 points andfive rebounds for the LadyEagles. Scott and Brooklyn

Harper scored 16 points and15 points for Hugoton, re-spectively. Dallie Hoskinsonscored three points and hadsix assists for her team. Jo-Hanna Rawlins, RebeccaJohnson and Laney Hoskin-son all had two points eachfor the Lady Eagles.

Coach Gillen said, “Anytime you win your sub stateand get the opportunity toplay in a state tournament itis very special.  We have hadthe unique opportunity to doit three years in a row.  It hadbeen over 20 years since thegirls’ program had been tothe State tournament justthree years ago, so for thesegirls to do it three years in arow is an amazing accom-plishment. We are very ex-cited to compete in the Statetournament next week, butwe know every game is verydifficult and that we will haveto play at a very high level tohave a chance to advance.”

The Lady Eagles will openup the State tournament inEmporia against Wichita-Col-legiate High School at 6:30p.m. Wednesday, March 9. Ifsuccessful, their secondgame would be Friday at 6:30p.m. Then, the Finals will beSaturday afternoon at 4:00p.m. All of the games willtake place at White Audito-rium.

The Hugoton Eaglesclinched a spot in EmporiaSaturday night after theycame out on top in the titlegame. The Eagles engineereda come from behind win todefeat the defending 2015state champions, HolcombLonghorns.

Hugoton and Holcombhave battled each other threetimes this season. Eachgame has gone to the wire asthe Eagles and the Longhornshave given their all to win thegame. And, both teams’ fanbases have shown great sup-port to cheer on their favoritebasketball team.

Holcomb sprinted out toan early lead over Hugoton inthe first quarter of play at theMax Jones Field House inGoodland. Tony Kinser andParker Titus combined forfive points to help the Eaglesstay close to the Longhorns.Kinser had a turnaroundbasket for two points, whileTitus swished a three pointshot seconds before the endof the opening quarter.

As the second quarterbegan, Holcomb had forgedan early lead over Hugoton bythe score of 18 – 10. However,the Eagles fought back to bewithin one point of the Long-horns at the 5:40 mark of the

period. Colby Korf was re-sponsible for this as he hit athree pointer to close thescoring gap by Holcomb.Later, Kinser hit a twopointer and then convertedon a free throw attempt. Atthe half, Hugoton trailed Hol-comb by the score of 22 – 26.

After the half time inter-mission, the game swungmore towards Holcomb asthey increased their lead overHugoton by 11 points. ZackLeininger had a very em-phatic two pointer and hewas also fouled, then he con-verted the free throw attempt.This seemed to energize theteam and show Holcomb thatthey were in for a heated con-test. Yet, Holcomb pushedfurther ahead of the Eaglesas the game was entering thelate stages of the third quar-ter. The score at this pointwas Holcomb with 41 pointsto the Eagles who had 27points with only 3:47 left inthe third. The triple threat ofTitus, Korf, and Kinser man-aged to hit some buckets toerase the Longhorn 14 pointlead down to a five point leadin the last 3:47 of the period.

The Eagles narrowed theLonghorns lead to one pointwhen Manuel Mendez hit atwo pointer with 5:30 left in

the game. Kinser, Titus andLeininger all hit two pointersto keep a three point leadover Holcomb.

It was still anyone’s gameuntil Mendez used his speedto steal the ball on a Holcombout of bounds possession.Mendez raced from near mid-court to grab the pass fromout of bounds as it bouncedoff of the floor. This was verycrucial in the game as the Ea-gles took the opportunity tobuild their lead over Hol-comb. The Hugoton Eaglesdefeated the Holcomb Long-horns for the third and finaltime this season by the scoreof 59 – 51.

The Eagles won the Class4A Division II Sub-State Titlein Goodland. They joined theLady Eagles who had wontheir title game earlier thatevening.

Parker Titus led the Eagleswith 18 points, which in-cluded going nine for tenfrom the free throw line.Colby Korf had 12 points andfour assists. Tony Kinser had11 points and six rebounds.Wade Heger scored ninepoints for the Eagles. ZackLeininger had seven pointsand eight rebounds. ManuelMendez had two points and

three steals for Hugoton.Coach Korf said, “I just

told the team that theyshowed a tremendousamount of heart and re-siliency tonight and that Iwas so proud of each andevery one of them. To comeback from a 14 point deficitlate in the third quarter, andfind a way to win just tellsyou so much about theseguys. They believe in them-selves and in each other. Itold them to enjoy this, be-cause they have earned it,and to come in ready to workMonday because we havethree more games to win.”

Hugoton will play theirnext game at the state bas-ketball tournament in Empo-ria. They will play againstGarnett-Anderson CountyThursday, March 10 at 6:30p.m. The game will b at WhiteAuditorium. If successful theEagles next possible gameswill be Friday at 8:15 p.m.,then on to the Finals Satur-day at 6:15 p.m.

Please show your supportfor the Eagles whether youtravel to Emporia or rootthem on from home. This is agreat group of players that dotheir best to exemplify sports-manship and Eagle Pride.

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Sports Schedule

Thursday, March 10- HS Basketball -4A DivisionII Boys’ State in Emporia atWhite Auditorium, 111 E.Sixth Avenue.Friday, March 11- HS Basketball -4A DivisionII Boys’/Girls State in Empo-

ria at White Auditorium, 111E. Sixth Avenue.Saturday, March 12- HS Basketball -4A DivisionII Boys’/Girls’ State in Empo-ria at White Auditorium, 111E. Sixth Avenue.

Sportsby

Gregg Tanner

Paden Cornelsen tries for a two pointer against Holcomb during the Sub-State finals Saturday eveningat Goodland.

Hugoton’s Lady Eagles surround a Colby player, tryingfor a turnover. The ladies won the game Thursday by30 points, 57-27.

Three wins and still charmed: Eagles triumph again

Eagles pull together to defend the basket against the Holcombteam Saturday night during the final game.

The Lady Eagles’ defense swarms around a Holcomb playerduring the Sub-State finals Saturday.

Amy Scott brings the ball upthe court during the Sub-Statefinals Saturday night. TheLady Eagles ended with a winand a well-earned trip to Statethis coming weekend.

Katy Heger goes for a layupfor the Lady Eagles during thegame against Holcomb.

HHS’s famous Rowdy Crowd cheers on the Eagles during Sub-State action. The group was recently recognized as one of thetop ten student sections by KWCH’s Catch It Kansas.

All eyes - both Longhorn and Eagle - are on the basketball tosee if a rebound will be possible.

HHS ladies claim Sub-State title

The Hugoton Eaglesstarted their second seasonFriday night against Colby atthe Sub-State tournament.Hugoton played an all aroundgame that shut down Colby'soffense.

During the first quarter,the Eagles clamped down onColby and kept them in singledigits. Hugoton's offense splitColby defenders to rack up14 points during the openingperiod of play.

Tyler Goode was effectiveon offense as he made severaldrives to the bucket and wasfouled by slower Colby play-ers. Tyler went to the freethrow line and successfullysank three out of four freethrow attempts. Later in thequarter, Tony Kinser used hisreach to lay in two morepoints for the Eagles. Beforethe half, A Wade Heger' threepointer swished the nets toadd to Hugoton's lead. At the

break, Hugoton was ahead ofColby by the score of 33 - 18.

In the third period, Hugo-ton continued to play greaton defense and smart on of-fense. Tyler Goode made an-other quick drive to thebucket and once again wasfouled in the process. Hemade another free throw tohelp his team maintain theirlead. Then, Colby Korf tookaim from behind the threepoint line and skillfully putthe basketball in the net.Manuel Mendez added athree pointer before the endof the third quarter. Next,Mendez stole the basketballand passed it to Goode whomade a layup to push thescore to 55 - 31 at the end ofthree quarters.

The Hugoton Eagles fin-ished off their win by keepingColby on the short side of thescoreboard. Parker Titus re-bounded the basketball and

sank a two pointer to bringthe Eagles score to 61 pointscompared to Colby with only38 points as time was quicklyrunning down. The HugotonEagles defeated the Colby Ea-gles by the score of 65 - 47.

Hugoton now awaited theirSaturday matchup againstHolcomb. It will be their thirdmeeting with the defending2015 champions.

Zack Leininger led the Ea-gles with 16 points, 11 re-bounds and also was perfectgoing four for four at the freethrow line. Colby Korf had 11points and five assists.Parker Titus had nine pointsto go along with his three as-sists. Wade Heger had ninepoints and five rebounds.

Tyler Goode had sevenpoints, with five of the pointsearned at the free throw line.Tony Kinser had four pointsand seven rebounds. AlexGonzalez and Manuel Mendezhad four points and threepoints, respectively. CarlosMontiel had two points forthe Eagles.

Coach Korf said, "I told theteam that we were now 1-0and that we needed to keep itgoing and get another win to-morrow night. It's tough towin in the postseason and it'sbig anytime you can get a W.Still have some areas that weneed to improve on, but Ithink we will be ready for Hol-comb tomorrow night."

The Hugoton Lady Eaglesflew past the Colby Eagleslast Thursday, March 3 at theMax Jones Fieldhouse inGoodland. It was the firstgame of the sub-state tourna-

ment for Hugoton.The first quarter of play

had the Lady Eagles buildinga ten point lead over Colby.At the end of the quarter, thescore had Hugoton over

Colby by the score of 19-9.Then, the next quarter had

Hugoton doubling their firstperiod points and pushing to38 on the scoreboard. DallieHoskinson contributed to theteam as she hit a threepointer before the break athalf. The score going into theintermission was the Hugo-ton Lady Eagles over Colby38 – 15.

As in past games, Hugotonincreased their lead over theiropponent by 30 points asearly as the 4:40 mark of thethird quarter. This is themark of a great team to beable to put up such a largedifferential in points thatearly in the game.

The final quarter had theLady Eagles running out therolling clock to win their way

to the finals Saturday night.The Hugoton Lady Eagles de-feated Colby by the score of57 – 27.

Amy Scott led the Lady Ea-gles with 23 points and foursteals. Dallie Hoskinson had14 points and five steals.Katy Heger had 11 points andfour steals. JoHanna Rawlinshad five points for the LadyEagles. Rebecca Johnson andBrooklynn Harper had twopoints each for Hugoton.

Coach Gillen said, “Themost important thing rightnow is that we stay focusedon the moment.  Every teamyou play in the post season istrying to keep their seasongoing, so no one is going to goout without a fight.  We can-not afford to take any team,or opportunity for granted.”

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Lady Eagles make quick work of Colby

Lady Eagles celebrate their win over Colby Thursday night atGoodland.

JoHanna Rawlins is on defense against Colby during Sub-Stateaction in Goodland.

JoHanna Rawlins and Katy Heger execute their offense againstColby last week.

Lady Eagles show off their ability to pass the basketball no matter where they happen to be on the court.

Wade Heger goes in for a layup against Colby during Sub-Stateaction last week. The Eagles are headed to State after defeatingColby and Holcomb.

Alex Gonzales fakes out a defender before shooting the basketball.

Eagle teammates gather at midcourt after a timeout.

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Kansas Division of Emer-gency Management will urgeKansans to check their emer-gency kit supplies for theirhome, office and vehicle, andreview their emergency plansto make sure they are pre-pared for whatever severeweather is thrown our way.

Stevens County will beparticipating in the tor-nado safety drill Tuesday,March 15 at 6:30 p.m. Incase of inclement weather,the drill will be resched-uled for Thursday, March17 at 6:30 p.m.

“It doesn't take a lot oftime or a lot of money to en-sure you and your family areprepared,” said Angee Mor-gan, KDEM deputy director."If you don't already have anemergency kit, start now bybuying a few extra batteriesand high-energy snacks dur-ing your weekly shopping.Throw a change of clothes, anold pair of glasses and a pairof shoes in your kit.

“Check your first aid kitand make sure it's complete

and up-to-date,” said Mor-gan. “Doing a little bit eachweek makes it easier to pre-pare for unexpected events,particularly when you get theentire family involved in gath-ering the supplies and mak-ing an emergency plan.

“If you don't have a spe-cially - constructed stormshelter or a basement, do youknow where the safest placein your home is? Do youknow how to safely shut offthe gas or electricity? If youbecome separated, do youhave a meeting area? Howwill you communicate withfamily members who may notbe at home when a disasterhits or your loved ones whowill be wondering about yoursafety? These are the thingsyou will need to think aboutwhen making your plan.”

Morgan said more infor-mation about emergency pre-paredness and building anemergency kit can be foundonline at www.ksready.gov.

Kansans are also urged totake part in the statewide tor-

nado safety drill Tuesday,March 15, at 6:30 p.m.across most of the state;Atchison, Doniphan, John-son, Leavenworth, Linn,Miami and Wyandotte Coun-ties will conduct their drill at1:30 p.m.

Again - if severe weather isimminent for a community,the tornado drill will be post-poned until Thursday, March17 for that community.

According to the NationalWeather Service, the first tornado of 2015 occurredApril 2 in Labette County andthe last tornado was Novem-ber 16. Last year, there were33 days with more than onetornado reported. The mosttornadoes reported in oneday was 22.

In all, there were 126 con-firmed tornadoes in the statelast year, 85 more than hitthe state in 2014. On average, Kansas experiences96 tornadoes a year.

Submitted by the AdjutantGeneral’s Department.

The Hugoton USD 210Board of Education met in aspecial meeting Tuesday,March 1. Members presentwere Matt Mills, Todd Gayer,Stephanie Heger, MikePersinger, Dettra Crawford,Paula Rowden and Barry Hittle. Also present wereAdrian Howie, Traci Shields,Davonna Daharsh, TiffanyBoxum, Larry Lyder, JohnGirodat, Scott Strom, ClaytonReitz, Aaron Buys, Arick

Miller, Mitch Walters and KayMcDaniels.

Superintendent AdrianHowie informed the boardabout the legislative updatelast Saturday. He also talkedabout the state tax receiptsbeing $49.9 million below expectation for the month ofFebruary.

Scott Strom, Clayton Reitzand Aaron Buys of 360 En-ergy Engineering updated theboard on the work that needs

to be done at the elementaryschool. They discussed theelectrical work, air condition-ing, water heaters, ceilingtiles and interior finishesalong with the windows andlighting fixtures. The groupalso talked about the asbestos removal in some ofthe ceilings at the elementaryschool and the total cost ofthe process.

Mitch Walters of Gilmoreand Bell talked to the board.He discussed the processused to acquire bids from financial institutions for theloan on the construction atthe elementary school. Pinnacle Public Finance, Inc.turned in the lowest bid at2.09 percent.

The board approved themotion to claim old copiers,gas stoves from the SPEDroom and a pop machine assurplus items.

The board accepted an icemachine donated by Abengoa.

The motion to approve theadditional spring coaches formiddle and high school trackand softball passed.

The board approved theEngineered Savings Contractwith 360 Energy Engineersfor a project cost not to ex-ceed $4,130,068, contingentupon attorney approval.

The board authorized itselfto adopt the resolution enter-ing into the finance agree-ment with Pinnacle PublicFinance, Inc. for an amountnot to exceed $4,485,000 ona term of 15 years at 2.09percent interest.

The board also granted Mr.Howie permission to seek

bids for asbestos removalfrom Hugoton ElementarySchool.

At the February 15 meet-ing the board accepted thenew hires of Nancy Hernan-dez as Hugoton ElementarySchool ESL aide, MarylinPierce as Substitute Custo-dian, Eileen Gillespie asHugoton Middle School/HighSchool contest accompanistand Gwen Lock as Learn andPlay Grant helper. Resigna-tions accepted were MakaylaGirodat as Hugoton Elemen-tary School library aide,Raquel Juarez-Don Juan asEarly Childhood Develop-ment Center Pre-K Aide andJan Kilbourne as SummerDrivers Education only.

The meeting adjourned.

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

Israel Franco, PastorSunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

Call 544-2652 for Church BusHUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCH

Eighth 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.

LONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51

Church 624-3784 Home 624-3104Pastor Gary Damron

Sunday 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

RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH(formerly Lighthouse Fellowship)

424 S. Jackson 544-4828Don Quattlebum, PastorSunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Church - 10:30 a.m.Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER CHURCHPastor - Eric Mason

Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Coffee/Fellowship - 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

620-544-6386www.sovereignredeemerchurch.orgST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH

1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551Sunday - 11:00 a.m. English Mass

- 1:00 p.m. - Spanish Mass

AGAPE CHURCH OF HUGOTON

409 East Ninth, HugotonSunday – 10:30 a.m.

428-1135

ASSEMBLY OF GODMain and Second Street

544-2773Ben Coats, Pastor

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.

Life Groups Sunday Nights - 6:00 p.m.Inside Out Kids Wed. - 6:30 p.m.

Student Ministry @ The Turnaround - Wed. 7:00 p.m.

BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH11th & Jefferson - 544-8517

Roy Bogan, PastorSunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

(Children, Youth, & Adult)

CHURCH OF CHRIST1045 S. Van Buren

Church: 544-2825 Home: 453-0965Lee Rottman

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 CHRISTOF LATTER DAY SAINTS

520 E. First 544-2125

Sacrament - 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.

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

Tenth and JeffersonSunday 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.

Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

Kurt Hering, PastorMorning Worship - 9:00 a.m.

You are invited to join the residents and staff for Sundayafternoon worship beginningat 3 p.m. at Pioneer Manor.

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February Students of the Month for HugotonMiddle School are seventh graders BryanCabezas and Karina Rodriguez and eighth

graders Toby McClure and Luis Ramos. Photocourtesy of Morey Mecklenburg.

Scott Strom and Aaron Buys of 360 Energy Engineering discussupdated construction work at the Hugoton Elementary School.They explained what changes were made after the last meetingwith the USD 210 Board of Education at a special meetingMarch 1. They also talked about the removal of the asbestos inthe building.

Congressman Tim Huel-skamp is now taking applica-tions for Military ServiceAcademy nominations. Thedeadline for submission isOctober 1, 2016.

Congressman Huelskamphas the privilege of nominat-ing a limited number of

young men and women aged17 to 23 to attend four of thenation's five service acade-mies. The process requires anapplicant to have a history ofpersonal discipline and acommitment to his or herschool and community.

For more information and

to view the application,please visit http://huels k a m p . h o u s e . g o v / s e rvices/military-academy-nominations. You can also call Al-lison Reed in CongressmanHuelskamp's Hutchinson of-fice at 620-665-6138.

USD 210BOE discusses elementary school repairs

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Workshop highlighting thelink between a child’s neuro-logical development and howeducators react to misbehav-ior—without creating a scene.

Russell Child DevelopmentCenter is pleased to bring forthe second year in a row, Dr.Tina Payne Bryson to speakwith professionals who workwith children ages birth tofive years. All are invited tothe event especially individu-als in the following fields:teachers, parents, early inter-vention/tiny-k staff, earlychildhood special education,child care providers, homevisitors- PAT, EHS, etc., headstart staff, nurses, school ad-ministration, mental healthprofessionals, WIC staff andcounselors.WHERE: Nazarene Church,

2720 Campus DriveGarden City, KS 67846WHAT: Workshop with KDHEcredits (status pending) fo-cusing on the No-Drama Dis-cipline approach torelationships presented byDr. Tina Payne Bryson.WHEN: Friday, April 15, 20159:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Registration begins at 8:00a.m.

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson isthe co-author (with DanSiegel) of two New York BestTime Sellers: The Whole-Brain Child and No-DramaDiscipline. She is a pediatricand adolescent psychothera-pist, the Director of Parentingfor Mindsight Institute, andthe Child Development Spe-cialist at Saint Mark’s Schoolin Altadena, Ca. She

keynotes conferences andconducts workshops for par-ents, educators and clini-cians all over the world.

During this workshop, Dr.Bryson will highlight the fas-cinating link between achild’s neurological develop-ment and the way educatorsreact to misbehavior, provid-ing an effective, compassion-ate roadmap for dealing withtantrums, tensions andtears—without causing ascene. This opportunity hasbeen made possible for$10.00 to participants. KDHEcredits (status pending) andlunch will be provided.

For registration or moreinformation, please visitrcdc4kids.org or call 620-275-0291 to learn more!

Congressman Huelskamp seeks applications for Military Service

Russell Child Development announces workshop

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In celebration of KansasMasons Day March 18, 2016National, State and local dig-nitaries will join the GrandLodge of Kansas to rededicatethe cornerstone of the StateCapitol Building.

In addition to the rededica-tion, Governor Brownbacksigned a proclamation makingMarch 18, 2016 Kansas Ma-sons Day, in appreciation andrecongition of the Brother-hood’s philanthropic workduring more than a century inthe Sunflower State.

Freemasonry in Kansaswas chartered in 1856, fiveyears before Kansas became astate. The organization is abrotherhood fraternity repre-senting fellowship, integrity,leadership, and philanthropy;it is an ideology that early Ma-sons used to help build thestate and Kansas StateHouse. October 17, 1866, Ma-sons placed the original cor-

nerstone for the State Capitol.Known for organizing the

popular East-West ShrineBowl band camp that featuresmore than 200 star highschool students from acrossthe state, there are nearly18,000 Kansas Masons repre-senting 225 lodges across thestate. A large proponent forcancer research, the KansaMasons have donated morethan 25 million dollars to theUniversity of Kansas CancerResearch Center. Universityand technical students inKansas have been the benefi-ciaries of more than 5 milliondollars in scholorships, andthe Kansas Masons havepledged another 20 milliondollars in new programmingto support Kansans andKansas communitiesthroughout the state.

The Kansas Masonic Foun-dation is a nonprofit 501©(3)foundation benefiting

Kansans and Kansas commu-nities. The foundation wasfounded in 1966 to encouragephilanthropy from KansasMasons, their families andfriends for charitable, educa-tional, and scientific pro-grams. One hundred percentof all donations go toward thevarious charitable programsthrough the state.

The Grand Lodge of Kansasis the governing body of FreeMasonry in Kansas, formedMarch 17, 1856, five years be-fore statehood. Freemasonryis the oldest and largest andmost widely recongnized fra-ternal organization in theworld. Freemasons are men,18 years and over, of goodcharacter who strive to im-prove themselves and makethe world a better place. Thereare 18,000 Kansas Masonsand 25 lodges in the state.

Southwest Friends of theArts has been gracing Hugotonstages for several years now,and this year will be no excep-tion! They offer two plays an-nually, and this spring’soffering will be a tad different,due to the noticeably youngerages of the cast.

Hugoton area young people- some quite young - will bepresenting “Trash Bags andPixie Dust” by Alex ParrishApril 1-2 at the Memorial Hall.Performances will begin at 7:00p.m. both evenings. Doors willopen at 6:30 p.m. Early birdtickets are available at a dis-count from Yardmaster Lawn& Landscape at 221 S. Main inHugoton until Friday, March18.

Angela Piper will direct theplay, and cast members in-clude Morgan Anderson,Lakota Persing, Kaden Moody,Jaelynn Kelley, Nathaniel Esh-baugh, Nicole Piper, ColtonMoody, Clayton Grubbs, Whit-ley Cruz, Tobias Grubbs,Reuben Cruz, Stanton Custer,Kaden Johnson, Kimberly Cas-tro, Carter Moody, GenesisLanda, Dalton Cruz, CooperGiudicy, Soe Lin Maung,Annha Eshbaugh, BreckynSalazar, Madeleine Johnsonand Jetta Giudicy. All mem-

bers of the cast had to attend aworkshop covering theater ba-sics in order to be able to per-form in this play.

Southwest Friends of theArts is a nonprofit organiza-tion. Proceeds from ticket salesgo toward purchasing cos-tumes and set pieces, as wellas a scholarship to be awardedto a local graduate.

It’s a sign of the season –campaigning to support yourfavorite political candidate.However, if your plans involveplacing a political sign, theKansas Department of Trans-portation (KDOT) reminds youto make sure it’s not located onhighway right of way.

By law, all right of way onstate highways is to be used ex-clusively for public highwaypurposes. Only regulatory,guide signs and warning signsare allowed on the state high-way system. KDOT has juris-diction over all interstate,Kansas and U.S. routes on thestate’s 9,500-mile system.

The public should be awarethat all political campaign signsor billboards are prohibited onthe state right of way.

When KDOT maintenancecrews find political or businessadvertising on state right ofway, the signs will be removedimmediately without notice. Allsuch signs will then be taken tothe closest KDOT subarea officewhere they can be picked up bythe owner with the agreementthey will not be placed on stateright of way again. All politicalcampaign signs not picked upwill be disposed of after theelection.

Political campaign advertis-ing is allowed on private prop-erty bordering state right ofway. However, people erectingsigns on private property mustfirst obtain permission from theproperty owner.

Submitted by the Kansas De-partment of Transportation.

Kansas Weekly Gas PricesAverage retail gasoline prices

in Kansas have risen 11.3 centsper gallon in the past week, av-eraging $1.76 per gallon Sun-day, according to GasBuddy'sdaily survey of 1,329 gas outletsin Kansas. This compares withthe national average that has in-creased 6.8 cents per gallon inthe last week to $1.81 per gallon,according to gasoline price Website GasBuddy.com.

Including the change in gasprices in Kansas during the pastweek, prices Sunday were 58.6cents per gallon lower than the

same day one year ago and are28.5 cents per gallon higherthan a month ago. The nationalaverage has increased 7.6 centsper gallon during the last monthand stands 64.4 cents per gallonlower than this day one year ago.

According to GasBuddy his-torical data, gasoline pricesMarch 7 in Kansas have rangedwidely over the last five years:$2.34 per gallon in 2015, $3.40per gallon in 2014, $3.62 pergallon in 2013, $3.61 per gallonin 2012 and $3.39 per gallon in2011.

Areas nearby Kansas andtheir current gas price climateinclude Wichita at $1.77 per gal-lon; Lincoln, Ne. at $1.98 pergallon; and Topeka at $1.77 pergallon.

“Taking a cue from the priorweek’s price rebound, retailgasoline prices continued its up-ward push by increasing nearly9 cents per gallon on average na-tionwide," said Will Speer, Gas-Buddy senior petroleum analyst."While most of the gasoline mar-ket was pricing in the premiumassociated with the transition tosummer-blend gasoline, lastweek’s strength in crude futuresprices provided no relief for therising gas prices. Althoughcrude oil production fell to thelowest since November 2014,crude and petroleum stocks re-main the highest ever recordedin US history. This oversupplywill provide a ceiling for gasprices over the next couple ofmonths as spring refinery main-tenance and the summer-blendgasoline transition put upwardpressure on prices," he said.

For LIVE fuel price averages,visit http://media.gasbuddy.com.

Adrian Gomez is congratulated by HugotonLearning Academy Director Jan Kilbourneafter earning his high school diploma.

Jacob Neufeld proudly accepts his high schooldiploma from HLA Director Jan Kilbourne.

Masons to rededicate cornerstone of State Capitol Building

Hugoton area young people will present“Trash Bags and Pixie Dust” April 1-2

No political signsare allowed onstate highwayright of ways

LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERStevens County Library

accepts applications from cit-izens interested in serving onthe Stevens County LibraryBoard on a continuous basis,whether or not there is a cur-rent opening. Applicationsare kept on file for a period ofone year from date of receiptand are considered each timea position becomes available.Applicants may be contactedto discuss the responsibilitiesof the position and interest inserving. The Stevens CountyCommissioners affirm ap-pointments based on the rec-ommendation of the currentStevens County LibraryBoard.

To obtain an applicationform for a current or futureStevens County Library

Board opening:1. Contact the Stevens

County Library Director at lib r a r y @ s t e v e n s c o u n t ylibrary.com or 620-544-2301or

2. Stop by the StevensCounty Library at 500 Mon-roe, 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Monday through Friday, or

3. Download applicationform from our Web site atwww.stevenscountylibrary.com.

4. Mail or deliver com-pleted application in personto the Stevens County Library Director.PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

April is the month for pho-tography. Letters have goneout to previous participants.We would like to add to ournumbers! If you would like tobe included in the Photogra-

phy Exhibit this year, contactEunice at the Library. CIRCLE TIME REMINDER

There will be no CircleTime during Spring Breakweek.ADULT WINTER READING

PROGRAMThe adult winter reading

program “Fire It Up” will beover Saturday, March 19.You can still participate - reg-ister today and begin reading.Turn in what you have readfor prizes! Prizes will beawarded weekly. Winners’names and the prizes they se-lected will be posted on the Library’s Facebook page.Check it out at www.facebook.com/StevensCountyLibrary!

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It’s hard to tell what you’ll findLooking for a place to live?...a car?...even a pet?

There is always something new and exciting waiting to be discovered. So go ahead and glance through our classifieds...

you may be surprised!Give us a call!

544-4321

TheHugoton

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516 NE Ave (Inside Trinity Baptist Church)Hugoton, KS 67951 • 620-544-2050

State Regulated and Nutritionally Balanced Meals & Snacks

HOURS7 a.m. - 6 p.m. M - FJanuary - December

(Closed a total of 8 days per year!)Never scramble for last minute

childcare back ups again!

Call us to set up an appointment to tour our facility and get anyquestions answered you might have!

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• “Watch Me Grow” observational cameras in each classroom (watchmegrow.com)• Password protected secure access locked entrance/locked down facility• Building is professionally cleaned & disinfected once per week and cleaned by the teachers daily• Each child has 1 hour of outdoor playtime, minimum, per day• Circle time, free play time, kid yoga! • Age divided playground space, so big kids don't run over little kids• Identified cooking staff means classroom teachers' attention gets to remain on the kids, always!

Breakfast (milk, whole grain, fruit)Lunch (milk, dairy, whole grain, protein, fruit, & vegetable)

Snack (2 components- either dairy, whole grain, protein, fruit or vegetable)

Kids brush their teeth after breakfast and lunch

Contracted Rates & Drop In Rates Available

Drop In: $5 (preschool aged +) or $6 (infant-toddlers) per hour

Contracted rates per day: 5 half days 5 full daysPRESCHOOL/SCHOOL3-12 year olds $13 $20TODDLERS1yr-3 years $15 $25INFANTS0-1yr $17 $30

3 half days 3 full daysPRESCHOOL/SCHOOL 3-12 year olds $15 $25

TODDLERS1yr-3 years $17 $30

INFANTS0-1yr $20 $35

*3 & 5 DAY CONTRACTS AVAILABLE!! Our flexibility in contracts make us the most affordable child care around!

Age Separated ClassroomsInfants (2 weeks-1 year)

Toddlers unpotty trained (1yr-2.5yrs)Toddlers potty trained (2.5-3.5yrs)

Preschool (3-6 yrs)School aged (6+yrs)

3 year old preschool (3 yrs)

All staff are trained in:Pediatric CPR/First Aid

Safe Sleep PracticesChild Abuse & Neglect Identification

Child DevelopmentSigns & Symptoms of

Childhood Illness

Hugoton students recentlyattended a college and careerfield trip hosted by EmporiaState University.

Nineteen sixth and sev-enth grade girls participatedin a math and science confer-ence on the campus of Empo-ria State University March 5.The participants spent theday fostering awareness ofcareer opportunities in math-ematics and science-relatedfields. The goal is to increaseyoung women's interest andconfidence in science and

mathematics. This is thetwelfth year the conferencehas been attended by StevensCounty students. Every yearthe girls report with enthusi-asm that they had a greattime and the workshops werefun and interesting.

In these tight economictimes, the participants wantto express a huge thank youto the Stevens County Med-ical Foundation for partiallyfunding the trip. Those attending were Brighton Clinesmith, Alysia Amado,

Cami Maravilla, Cynthia Garcia, Emily Reimer, Maria Caraveo, AubreyBrechbuhler, Reygan Kiley,Brooke Topliss, Nathali Hernandez, Trudy Groening,Taylor Grubbs, EmilyUrquidi, Dafne Monroy, AbbyNichols, Grace Dillinger,Katie Loewen, Daisy Maravilla and Aracely Rivera.

Sponsoring the trip wereteachers Stacy Dillinger,Hannah Abernathy andSusan Ellsaesser.

Applications for $1,000scholarships from Black HillsEnergy for continuing educa-tion are being accepted by theKansas natural gas utilitynow through March 18. Fif-teen of the scholarships areavailable to graduating highschool seniors with a parentor guardian served by thecompany in Kansas.

“Black Hills Energy ispleased to award scholar-ships to hard-working stu-dents for their dedication toself-improvement through ed-ucation and their display ofmany of the same values werespect in our own employ-ees,” said Nick Gardner, gen-eral manager for Black HillsEnergy’s Kansas gas opera-tions, which serve 113,000customers in 64 communi-ties. “We consider thesescholarships to be a worth-while investment in the com-munities we serve, and weencourage eligible students toapply.”

The company will acceptcompleted applications at theaddress listed on the formuntil the postmark deadlineof Friday, March 18, 2016.Applications are available fordownload at www.blackhil lsenergy.com/scholarships.

“Black Hills Energy be-lieves in living out our mis-sion of ‘improving life withenergy’ from generation togeneration,” Gardner said.“Our commitment to the edu-cation of future leaders in thecommunities we serve isdemonstrated in our annualscholarship program.”

Gardner said Black Hillsalso is increasing its use ofsocial media to provide up-dates on the company,money-saving energy tipsand other valuable informa-tion. “This year we will an-nounce the recipients of the$1,000 Black Hills Energyscholarships on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/blackhillsenergy in

addition to providing the in-formation to local media.”

Here are the eligibility re-quirements:• The applicant must plan toattend one of the communitycollege/technical school oruniversities listed on theBlack Hills Energy web siteand plan to obtain the de-grees as noted in thechanges. • The applicant must rankin the top 35 percent of his orher class or score 21 orhigher on the ACT or 980 orhigher on the SAT.• Parent or guardian mustbe a current Black Hills En-ergy customer in Kansas.They may be a residentialcustomer or the owner or op-erator of a commercial or in-dustrial account.• Relatives of employees andretired employees of BlackHills Energy are not eligibleto apply. Relatives are definedas spouses, children, grand-children, brothers, sisters,stepchildren, foster childrenand in-laws.• Fully completed applica-

tions must be received (post-marked) by Friday, March 18,2016.

For additional informationplease contact Monique Popewith Black Hills Energy at316-941-1648.

Black Hills Energy is anatural gas and electric util-ity serving 1.2 million cus-tomers in eight states:Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa,Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,South Dakota andWyoming. Black Hills Energyis part of Black Hills Corp.(NYSE: BKH), a growth-ori-ented, vertically integratedenergy company based inRapid City, South Dakota,with a tradition of improvinglife with energy and a visionto be the energy partner ofchoice. Black Hills Corp. alsogenerates wholesale electric-ity and produces natural gas,oil and coal. More informa-tion is available atwww.blackhillscorp.com andwww.blackhillsenergy.com.

Submitted by Black HillsEnergy.

500 MonroeHugoton, Ks. 67951-2639

Phone: 620.544.2301 • Fax:620.544.2322

Email: svcolib@pld.com

Hugoton students attend the math and scienceconference at Emporia. Attending are BrightonClinesmith, Alysia Amado, Cami Maravilla,Cynthia Garcia, Emily Reimer, Maria Caraveo,Aubrey Brechbuhler, Reygan Kiley, BrookeTopliss, Nathali Hernandez, Trudy Groening,

Taylor Grubbs, Emily Urquidi, Dafne Monroy,Abby Nichol, Grace Dillinger, Katie Loewen,Daisy Maravilla, and Aracely Rivera. Sponsoring the trip are teachers StacyDillinger, Hannah Abernathy and Susan Ellsaesser.

Lucas has experienced 500 books in the 1,000 Books BeforeKindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Way togo Lucas!

The antique dolls shown here are displayed at the StevensCounty Historical and Gas Museum. They originally belongedto Goldie Williams, donated by Goldie’s daughter.

Many antique dolls are

displayed at the Stevens

County Gas and Historical

Museum. The dolls originally

owned by Goldie Williams

were donated to the museum

by her daughter, Juanita

Clark. Doll furniture and

beds are also on display.

Various toys and other

items of all kinds can be seen

at the museum.

The Stevens County Gas

and Historical Museum is

located at 905 S. Adams. You

are invited to visit Mondays

through Fridays from 1:00 to

5:00 p.m. and Saturdays

from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

MUSEUM UPDATEfrom The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum

Beulah Carter, Curator Heather McCrary and Billy Woodworth

Students attend math and science conference at Emporia

Black Hills Energy offers $1,000 scholarships

Perhaps in part to its wide-spread use in St. Patrick’s Daydecorations and imagery, theshamrock is widely consideredthe official symbol of Ireland. Butwhile St. Patrick is believed tohave used the shamrock to teachthe Christian notion of the HolyTrinity, the clover was never anofficial symbol of Ireland. Thatdesignation is held by the harp,which has been featured on thecoat of arms of Ireland for cen-turies. The harp also wasadopted as the emblem of theIrish Free State when it separatedfrom the United Kingdom in1922.

Submitted by Metro Editorial.

Avoid these most-commonscams of 2015

By Kansas Attorney GeneralDerek Schmidt

This week – the first fullweek of March – we observeNational Consumer ProtectionWeek. While our office focusesyear-round on protecting con-sumers from scams and rip-offs, this week in particular weremind Kansans to be diligentin keeping themselves safe.

It is also one of our customsthis week to report to you someof the most common scamsour office received complaintsabout over the past year. Thesescams have been around foryears and yet we hear com-plaints about each of thesenearly every day. So, stay onthe lookout for these ways thecrooks are trying to get a holdof your money:

IRS/Government Im-poster. In these scams, thefraudster calls impersonating agovernment employee. Themost common one is a scam-

mer impersonating the IRSsaying you owe back taxes andneeding you to pay immedi-ately via your credit card or bypurchasing a pre-paid cardand calling them back with thecard number. Other variationsinclude scammers calling say-ing you’ve missed jury dutyand need to pay a fine. We’veeven had scammers call im-personating the attorney gen-eral’s office saying they weregoing to come arrest you if youdon’t pay a fine immediately.Even the IRS does not usesuch threatening tactics to tryto get you to pay up. Mostoften, when you owe money toa government agency, they aregoing to send you notices bymail. If you do get something inthe mail, it’s a good idea to lookup that agency’s number inthe blue pages of a phone bookor on their official website andcall to make sure it’s a legiti-mate letter.

You’re a Winner. This age-old scam still hasn’t gone

away. Whether it’s a foreignlottery or a government grant,scammers are still luring peo-ple to send money with thepromise of a future “prize,” ifonly they will send in themoney to pay for the taxes orprocessing fees now. We al-ways remind consumers thatthe Kansas Lottery is the onlylegitimate, legally operating lot-tery in Kansas, and you shouldnever have to pay money up-front to claim a prize.

Card Services. One of ourmost common complaints isabout these robo-calls claim-ing to be from “Card Services”wanting to help you lower yourrates. This is a scam looking tocollect your personal informa-tion, including your credit cardnumbers. The callers ignorethe Do-Not-Call registry andeven the requests from con-sumers to be removed fromtheir lists. Often, the recordedmessage says to press 1 tospeak to a representative orpress 2 to be removed. We rec-ommend you press no buttonsand just hang up. Pressing abutton will confirm to the robo-dialer that they’ve found aworking number and someonewho will answer their phone.They then sell this informationto other scammers, meaningyou’ll get even more calls.

IT Support. In this scam,the caller claims to be from awell-known computer com-pany telling you they’ve de-tected a virus on yourcomputer and offers to helpyou remove it by connectingremotely to your computer.The irony here is that the scamartist is actually trying to in-stall a virus on your computerto give them access to all yourfiles and your personal infor-mation that is in them. Thescammer may also be trying to

hack into your machine tosend out spam emails fromyour account. If your computerreally does have a problem,take it to a reputable, localcomputer repair shop. Nevergive a stranger access to yourcomputer over the phone.

Utility Bill Collectors.Similar to the government im-poster scam described above,in this one, the scammer is im-personating a utility company.Almost all of the major utilitiesin the state have been imper-sonated. The caller willthreaten to shut off your elec-tricity, water or other utilitiesunless you pay them immedi-ately. Usually they want you towire money or give them a pre-paid card number. This makesit very difficult or nearly impos-sible to get the money backonce it is sent. The scammersoften target small businesses,where they know a businessowner would rather pay thanrisk having their utilitiesturned off and have to closethe business. Again, your bestsolution is to hang up. If youhave questions about the sta-tus of your utility bill pay-ments, call the utility directlyat the phone number printedon your bill.

More information on how toprotect yourself from these andother scams is available on ourconsumer protection Web siteat www.InYourCornerKansas.org or by calling ourconsumer protection hotline at800-432-2310.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFJerald Craig Curtis, deceased,

CASE NO.09-PR-48

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that Peti-tion for Final Settlement has beenfiled in this Court by Rosella Arellano,Administrator of the Estate of JeraldCraig Curtis, deceased, praying Peti-tioner’s acts be approved; the Peti-tioner’s account be settled andallowed; the laws of intestate succes-sion be applied and estate be assignedto the persons entitled thereto; theCourt find the allowances requestedfor Administrator’s compensation andexpenses, and the Administrator’s at-

torneys’ fees and expesnes, are rea-sonable, should be allowed, and or-dered paid; court costs be determinedand ordered paid; the administrationof the estate be closed; upon the filingof receipts the Petitioner be finally dis-charged as the Administrator of theEstate of Jerald Craig Curtis, de-ceased, and the Petitioner and thesurety on Petitioner’s bond be re-leased from further liability.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or beforeMarch 21, 2016 at 2:30 P.M., in thisDistrict Court in the City of Hugoton,Stevens County, Kansas, at whichtime and place the cause will beheard. Should you fail therein, judg-ment and decree will be entered indue course upon the Petition.

Rosella Arellano, Administrator

James A. Kuharic, #08952Brollier, Wolf & KuharicBox 39, Hugoton, KS 67951(620) 544-8555Attorney for Administrator

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Kris and Marreta Campbell of Hugoton are pleased toannounce the engagement of their daughter, Kristyn Campbell to David Reust, son of Michelle Cator of Wheeler,Tx. and Tommy and Tammy Reust of Hugoton. Kristyn is enrolled at Fort Hays State University, completing classes online to finish her bachelor’s degree ininternational business. Currently, she is working as themarketing coordinator/brand-specialist manager for SunTan City in Jacksonville, N.C. David is a sergeant in the United States Marine Corpswhere he recently returned from deployment in Romania.He is now stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Wednesday afternoon, March 2, exemplifiedthe old saying “in like a lion and out like a

lamb”. Let’s see if the latter part of the sayingis true this year.

Legislative UpdateLegislative Update

Saturday, March 19, at 3:30 p.m.at the Stevens County Library Meeting Room

WithSenator Larry Powell and Representative Stephen Alford

Co-Sponsored byStevens County

Economic Development Board

Stevens CountyFarm BureauAssociation

and theHugoton Area Chamber of Commerce and their Gold Members

This is the first of four legislative updates scheduled this session. Future dates: April 16 & May 21 - same time and location.

Ghumm's Auto Center; Jordan Air, Inc.; MasCow Dairy; Pioneer Communication; Pioneer Electric; Stevens County Healthcare

St. Paddy’s Day Karaoke Party

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by Kansas Attorney General Derek SchmidtConsumer Corner

Did YouKnow?

MushroomsI love food and I love cook-

ing. For me, pure entertain-ment is watching the FoodNetwork, and learning aboutnew foods, new cookingmethods and flavor combina-tions. That is why it some-times surprises me when, forexample, my husbanddoesn’t know that differentmushrooms have differentflavors.

Mushroom varieties do in-

deed taste differently, andmushrooms can be an excel-lent substitute for somemeats, providing fewer calo-ries and less cholesterol andfat, and giving a punch ofumami flavor. According toJean-Xavier Guinard, PhD, aprofessor and sensory scien-tist at the University of Cali-fornia Davis, "Umamiprincipals, such as glutamatein mushrooms, elicit a sa-vory, earthy, meaty flavorthat naturally complimentsbeef. The natural moistnessof mushrooms also improvestexture."

When selecting mush-rooms, make sure they arefresh. The cut end should notbe stiff or dried out. Theyneed to be firm and evenlycolored, with tightly closedcaps. If the gills are showingthey are past their prime.Rinse and dry them beforeusing, or wipe them with adamp paper towel. Neversoak mushrooms, they willbecome spongy. They are de-licious raw as well as cooked.

As I mentioned, mush-room flavors vary, and theseare the most common foundin our area.• The most popular varietyis cultivated white mush-rooms, which have a mildearthy flavor. They vary insize from one half to threeinches in diameter.• Crimini are a dark brown,slightly firmer mushroomthan the white; they have afuller flavor and are typicallyone half to two inches in di-ameter.• The Portobello is the ma-ture version of the Crimini,and can measure up to six-inches across. Because it isthe elder of the species, thegills are fully exposed andsome of the moisture hasevaporated. The stems arevery woody and should be re-moved. Portobello mush-rooms can be used sliced andcut, but are often grilledwhole and served as a sand-

wich or cut into thick slicesfor a salad or entree.

Here are some ways youcan incorporate mushroomsinto a variety of dishes.* Meatloaf: Replace half ofthe beef with four cups of cri-mini mushrooms (saute firstfor the best flavor and bind-ing).* Tacos: Instead of steak,use slices of large Portobellomushrooms that have beensauteed. They will have asimilar look and taste withfewer calories.

* Stir-Fry: Load up your stirfry with several vanities ofmushrooms. Try oyster andshiitake for something moreunusual.* Burgers and Meatballs:Try swapping out half of theground beef with cooked,finely chopped mushrooms.

Find ways to incorporatemore mushrooms into yourmeals. It will save some calo-ries and add a delightful tasteto your dishes!

Thursday, March 23, 2006Iva Jean Munson cele-

brated her eighty-first birth-day and Rosie Lang herseventy-first one when theMoscow Baptist Church hada surprise party for them.Both ladies thought theywere going to the church tohelp with some clean-up ac-tivities. They were shockedwhen walking into the Fel-lowship Hall, everyone sang“Happy Birthday” to them!Thursday, March 21, 1996

Area corn grower JerryStuckey of Moscow was rec-ognized recently as Statewinner in the 1995 NationalCorn Yield Contest spon-sored by the National CornGrowers Association. He waspresented the award duringthe recent Commodity Clas-sic in Phoenix.Thursday, March 20, 1986

Wayne DeCamp and his“Kansas T-Bird” were listedin the International ShowCar Association point stand-ings at the end of January1986. DeCamp has overeighteen months of work onthe Ford Thurderbird project.The car had been abandonedby its former owner in a pas-ture near Rolla for about twoyears before Wayne acquiredthe car.

Carolyn Gaskill and KimHarper were married at theFirst Christian ChurchMarch 7, 1986. After a trip toColorado, the couple will re-side in Hugoton.Thursday, March 25, 1971

Hugoton ElementarySchool Principal CharlesStone was awarded the

Stevens County Bar Associa-tion’s Liberty Bell Award.The award is given to thosewho has displayed outstand-ing leadership in the area ofteaching respect for the lawand is believed to be the onlysuch award ever presented insouthwest Kansas.Thursday, March 22, 1956

It took a Future Farmersof America team from thebeef country to win first placein the District Dairy CattleJudging Contest at Kinsley.The FFA team consisted ofStanley Packer, Tex Demuth,Raymond Johnson, Carl MacThurow, Delmar Hemphill

and Wilmer Perry.Karen Lee Peachey, age

16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Merl Peachey, and Sandy LeeKilbourne, age 16, daughterof Mrs. Huldah Kilbourne,have been chosen as dele-gates to represent the Ameri-can Legion at Girls’ State inJune.

Friday, March 15, 1946Forrest Thompson and

Danny Thompson, brothers,recently purchased the CityFood Market from EmersonKneller of Rolla. Forrest is re-entering the grocery businessafter a short stay in therestaurant business. Danny

is a returned Veteran whohas experience as a meatcutter in the Army.

Wednesday, March 17,1886

From the Hugoton Herald -It is now pretty generally set-tled that the name of ourtown will be changed oramended. The name of Hugo-nia has been sent in and willprobably be adopted.

If any readers have pic-tures or memories for thehistory page of the Hermes,please bring them in toRuthie Winget at the Hugo-ton Hermes Newspaper.

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, March 10, 2016 Page 4B

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UNDEFEATED - Hugoton grade school Long-horns would up their basketball schedule lastThursday night, defeating Ulysses 32-18 fortheir first undefeated season under Coach DonHarsh. Front row left to right are Dick Rowden,Aaron Ponder, Mike May, Robert Patton, Don

Gregg and Jim Chilcott, trainer. Back row areCoach Harsh, Ernest Horton, Doug Mills, BillDumcum, Dick Perry, George Solcum andCoach Don George. Taken from the Thursday,March 1, 1956 issue of the Hugoton Hermes.

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Southwest Guidance CenterCall 624-8171 for an appointment

“Notes From Nancy”by Stevens County FACS Agent Nancy Honig

Wednesdays from 1:00p.m. until 3:00 p.m., pleasejoin us at the Senior Centerto either paint or join the newadult coloring group. Pleasebring your own supplies.

Saturday, March 12 begin-ning at 8:30 a.m. is Sew AllDay and at 6:00 p.m. is thepotluck and Canasta group.Our dance is that evening be-ginning at 7:00 p.m. with theband Cottonwood. Pleasebring a potluck to the dance.

Life Story Workshop iscoming up Saturday, March19 from 10:00 a.m. until11:00 a.m. We meet eachmonth to write about our life.

We deliver lunch Mondaythrough Friday to home-bound people. If you are inneed of our services or youknow someone who is, pleasecall the Senior Center. Wewill give you informationabout cost, menus, etc.

Senator Pat Roberts’ officeis available to assist you withproblems you may be havingwith federal agencies like So-cial Security, Veterans’/VAissues, military cases,Medicare, passports, andIRS. If you need help, pleasecall his Dodge City office at620-227-2244.

If you have questions con-cerning caregiving, legal mat-ters, disability, healthinsurance, housing, etc.,please call Michael Johnstonat Southwest Kansas AreaAgency on Aging at 620-225-8240.

MenuMar. 10.............Chicken Pot PieMar. 11...........................BrisketMar. 14.....Chicken Fried SteakMar. 15 ..Spaghetti & MeatballsMar. 16.......Chicken & NoodlesMar. 17..........Smothered Steak

ActivitiesThursday, March 10Exercise ...................10:30 a.m.Friday, March 11Exercise ...................10:30 a.m.Bingo .......................12:30 p.m.Saturday, March 12Cards & Games .........6:00 p.m.Sew All Day ...............8:30 a.m.Dance ............. 7:00-10:00 p.m.

...........................CottonwoodMonday, March 14Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Line Dancing..............7:00 p.m.Tuesday, March 15Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Wednesday, March 16Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Paint...........................1:00 p.m.Thursday, March 17Exercise ...................10:30 a.m.

History From The HermesCompiled by Ruthie Winget

It’s a JUNGLE out there,so don’t MONKEY

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3 Grand Prize Winners3 Large Easter Baskets will begiven to the lucky grand prize

winners. Good Luck, Everybunny!

Coloring Contest Entry Form: Child’s Name: ______________________________________________________________________

Age: _____________

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Address: _____________________________________________ City: ______________________________ State: ______ Zip: _____________

Mail to: The Hugoton Hermes, 522 South Main Street, Hugoton, KS 67951

Color It Hoppy!

Cut the picture out of the newspaper or stop by the Hermes at 522 S. Main

Top 3 Winners Will Each Receive a Jumbo Easter Basket of Egg-citing Prizes! Contest Open to Junior Artists Ages 3-11.

Color in the Easter scene below, and send it to us for your chance to win!

Kids! Easter is coming and you can get in on all the “eggs-citment” by entering our annual

EASTER COLORING CONTEST

Coloring Contest Rules:1. Contest is for three age categories,

children ages 3-5, 6-8 & 9-11. 2. Contestants may use crayons, markers or

colored pencils to color the pictures. Adults may assist in completing the contestentry form, but may not assist in coloring.

3. Entries are considered property of this newspaper and may be

printed by this newspaper. 4. All entries must be in the HugotonHermes office by March 18, 2016 for

consideration.

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In back are Barb Williams, Iva Jean’s daughter; and JenniferTurpin, granddaughter. Seated are Iva Jean, Brittney Colvin,great granddaughter and baby Slade, great-great grandson.Photo courtesy of Duane Williams.

Iva Jean Munson celebratesninety-one years with a partywith family and friends. Photocourtesy of Duane Williams.

Iva Jean Munson celebrates her ninety-firstbirthday with family. Pictured is a double fifthgeneration group standing are Barb Williamsand Jennifer Turpin. Seated are Holly Owens

and son Pryce, Iva Jean, and Brittney Colvinand son Slade. Photo courtesy of DuaneWilliams.

David has experienced 900 books and Emma has experienced300 books in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge atthe Stevens County Library. Nothing can stop you now Davidand Emma!

Iva Jean Munson, ofMoscow, celebrated her ninety-first birthday at the LegacyCare Home in Ulysses. Shehad several of her children,grandchildren, great grand-children and great-greatgrandchildren to wish her a"Happy Birthday".

Barb and Duane Williams,Ken Munson and JenniferTurpin sang "Happy Birthday"and many other songs for allthe family and residents in attendance to enjoy.

Barb made cupcakes toshare with everyone andParma, Ken's wife, and daugh-ter Keely, and Parma's momRuby served some tasty punchand ice cream. Keely's sonBraxton and a friend werebusy passing out refreshmentsto everyone.

Iva Jean’s oldest daughter,Janie Gilbert was there toenjoy the day with Mom, aswell as Janie's daughterRachel Cline.

Another event was also cel-ebrated that day, a double fifthgeneration picture was taken.Iva Jean, daughter BarbWilliams, granddaughter Jennifer Turpin, and greatgrandaughters Brittney Colvinand son Slade, the newest ad-dition to the family, whichmakes Slade great-greatgrandson to Iva Jean and HollyOwens and son Pryce, whichwas the first great-great grand-son. What an awesome thingto be able to celebrate! Fivegenerations with two greatgranddaughters and their veryhandsome little boys.

Iva Jean always likes to seethe babies, they grow up sofast. Iva Jean's Birthday wasMarch 8. HAPPY BIRTHDAYTO HER!

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Mango is free for all librarypatrons and can be accessedanywhere with an Internetconnection. Each lesson com-bines real life situations andaudio from native speakerswith simple, clear instruc-tions. The courses are pre-sented with an appreciationfor cultural nuance and real-world application by focusingon the four key elements oflanguage learning: vocabu-lary, pronunciation, gram-mar, and culture.

Mango offers access to 60foreign language courses and17 English courses taughtcompletely in the user’s na-tive language. In addition totraditional language courses,Mango also offers the oppor-tunity to learn through for-eign film with MangoPremiere™ and access to avariety of specialty minicourses, like Pirate, Medical

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Iva Jean Munson celebrates her ninety-first birthday

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Over half of the water we use at homeis used outdoors, which makes watering efficiently one of the best andeasiest ways to save water. Proper watering will also keep your landscapeplants healthy and beautiful throughout the year.

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Hugoton FFA Agronomy Team wins SW District Crops Contest.Members are Kaleb Grubbs team member, Elias Mendoza first,and Bernabe Mendoza second. Photo courtesy of Les McNally.

Cloverleaf Cowboy 4-H Club member Lainey Cox presents a project talk about how to make apple dip.

Megan Newlon reads a devotion during the Clover-leaf Cowboys 4-H Club February meeting.

Hugoton FFA Vet Science team places fifth as ateam. Members of the team are from the leftMatty Taylor, Emma McClure High Indivdual,

Adyson Gooch, Jaysa Featherston, MeganNewlon, Casle Heger and Ashlyn Schechter.Photo courtesy of Les McNally.

Hugoton FFA member JessicaHarper competes in the FoodsScience Contest. Photo courtesy of Les McNally.

The February meeting ofthe Cloverleaf Cowboys wascalled to order by PresidentSarah Johnson. ClaudiaClark and Lainey Cox led theclub in saying the Flag Saluteand 4-H Pledge. Roll call wasanswered by “What’s your fa-vorite candy?”. There was aquorum present.

Secretary, Mikayla Martin,read last month’s minutesand they were approved as

read. Megan Newlon read adevotion to the club. Theclub performed their countyclub day’s skit instead of hav-ing a song. Lacey Brecheisengave the treasures report,Claire Clark gave the re-porters report, AshlynSchechter gave the historiansreport, and Linda Gilmoregave the leaders report.

There was no old businessbut under new businessRenee Beesley was presenteda gift for being a leader. Car-son Gilmore moved to ordernew 4-H club T-shirts and wediscussed the possible op-tions. It was voted that webuy new shirts. MeganNewlon moved we refer it to acommittee to make the deci-sion and Sydney Beesley sec-onded it. Megan Newlon

moved that we sponsor a beltbuckle for the StevensCounty Fair and CarsonGilmore seconded it.

Kynna Crawfored gave aproject talk about pig meat,Lainey Cox gave a talk abouthow to make apple dip, andFaith Beesley gave a talkabout the different colors ofhorses. Ashlyn and CarsonSchechter led the club inrecreation.

Vice President, SydneyBeesley, read next month’sagenda and Jayden Burrowsled the motto. CarsonGilmore moved we adjournthe meeting and MeganNewlon seconded it. TheSchechter ‘s were host andclean up family.

Submitted by Claire Clark.

No-till on The Plains willbe scheduling events in Ne-braska, Oklahoma and a newlocation on the Kansas/Okla-homa border. See no-tillmanagement, cover cropsand other soil health prac-tices in the field coming thissummer. One of your mem-ber benefits is adiscounted  registration toany of the events scheduledin the same calendar year.Enjoy a 50% discount to fieldevents in 2016.  

Join them in Nebraska fortwo Whirlwind Expo fielddays in partnership withNRCS and Nebraska Exten-sion, sponsored and fundedby the Nebraska Environ-mental Trust. 

There will be two fieldevents in Oklahoma in part-nership with Oklahoma StateUniversity, funded throughan NRCS Conservation Inno-vation Grant. 

No-till On The Plains is ex-cited to announce a newevent along the Kansas-Okla-homa border hosted by No-tillon the Plains and their part-ners. This event will show-case soil health stewardshipon both farm ground and

grazing lands.    Be sure to stay up-to-date

on the recording availability,as well as future events.  Visit

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The Seward County Agri-cultural Scholarship Founda-tion is offering a one-year$1000.00 scholarship to anyqualified applicant who isseeking a bachelor’s or higherdegree in an agriculturalfield. Applicant (or their fam-ily) must be a Seward,Stevens, Haskell, MeadeCounty, Kansas or Beaver or

Texas County, Ok. resident.Applicants must be a full-

time student and have com-pleted their third semester atany institution of higherlearning including a tradeschool, a community collegeor four-year college. Appli-cants must have and main-tain at least a 3.0 grade pointaverage and must be seeking

a degree in Agriculture or related curriculum.

To apply for this scholar-ship, applicants can requesta form from the SewardCounty Conservation Districtoffice at 2310 North KansasAvenue, Liberal or by calling(620)624-2421 extensionthree. Applications deadlineis April 30, 2016.

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It is not officially spring yet but the trees, bushes and flowersare saying otherwise. Colorful blossoms can be seen all aroundthe area right now.

No-Till on the Plains schedule events

Cloverleaf Cowboys performtheir County Club day’s skit

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MOSCOW NEWSBY JUDY HICKERT

you can learn a lotfrom the Newspaper!

Celebrate Newspaper inEducation Week, March 7-11

You can encourage each student toread the newspaper and help start

conversations in the classroom.

Call 620-544-4321.

Encourage your children to makereading the newspaper a part of theireveryday routine for lifelonglearning. Newspapers are livingtextbooks, helping students developreading, math, social studies andlanguage skills while exploring theissues affecting our world today.

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Mrs. Wester and her Kindergarten studentsspend much of the day reading Dr. Seuss books

and celebrating his birthday. Photo courtesy ofStu Moore.

In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday March 2, the Kindergartenroom at Moscow Grade School is transformed into Seussville.Photo courtesy of Stu Moore.

The Moscow Kindergartenclass celebrated Dr. Seuss'birthday Wednesday with aDr. Seuss Day. The classbegan the day eating greeneggs. Dr. Seuss books wereread throughout the day.Teacher Kayla Wester led activities including rhymingsocks, neat photo props andCat in the Hat snacks wereenjoyed by the class.

A home has been moved into the lot across the street from theschool lunchroom near the water tower. It is nice to see a hometo replace the house that Avis Curtis had lived in for so long.The home is being moved in by Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Staggers.

Dorothy McClure and Virgea Smith greet guests as they arriveat the Gideons Annual Pastor Appreciation Banquet in Liberalat the Seward County Community College. Photo courtesy ofDuane Williams.

The Gideons display theirmany Bibles they have givenaway. Photo courtesy of DuaneWilliams.

Moscow’s Hillbilly Band plays for the Churchof the Nazarene in Garden City. Everyone “hill-billyed out” with overalls and red bandanas, jar

rings for bracelets, and hillbilly teeth. Photocourtesy of Duane Williams.

Shirley Rome hostedbridge at the Hugoton SeniorCenter Thursday afternoon.Dorothy Hagman and Barbara Maertz tied for thelow score. Donita Grahamand Midge Greenwood tiedfor the high score.

The Moscow Baptist Hill-billy Band was busy with twoevents this last week. Thefirst was the Gideons AnnualPastor Appreciation Banquetin Liberal at the SewardCounty Community College,February 29.

The Gideons had all oftheir many Bibles that theygive out on display. WalterMcClure facilitated the eventwhile his lovely wife Dorothyand Virgea Smith greeted theguests as they arrived.

The Hillbilly Band playedwhile the guests arrived, andduring the delicious mealthat was provided for all toenjoy, and also played specialmusic during the meeting.

The Hillbilly's are alwayshumbled to be able to servefor this very special group ofpeople that not only serveswithin their communities,but throughout the world.Personal testimony wasshared by one of the of theWomen's Auxiliary, as well asone of the men that had beento several countries on othercontinents.

What a great thing to be apart of doing God's work, ifyou would like to learn moreabout The Gideons Interna-tional, visit their website atgideons.org.

The Hillbilly's also playedfor the Church of theNazarene in Garden City, Fri-day March 4. Everyone wasall "hillbillyed out" with over-alls and red bandanas, jarrings for bracelets, and letsnot forget those hillbillyteeth. It was a "fun" nightjust to kick back and enjoyfriends, fellowship, greatfood, and lots of music,funny stories and testimonies of part of theHillbilly's last 14 years on theroad.

Mike surprised six peoplein the audience by havingthem come up and play "Hill-billy Idol". The three coupleshad to play a song on theirbrand new kazoos. The au-dience got to listen to, JesusLoves You, Amazing Graceand another song from these"talented" people. What funwas had by all listening totheir great talents.

The Hillbilly's will be inNess City, playing for CedarVillage Care Home Saturday,March 12.

God bless you all andthank you for all yourprayers as The Hillbillystravel around to share Hisword in song.

Time...Keeps On TickingBut Our Deadline Is the Same!

Monday at 5:00 p.m.

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Mrs. Wester’sKindergartenclass celebratesDr. Seuss Day

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Although Frank and LizzieStout were the first in 1887 tohomestead the area whatwould become the Rolla com-munity, they were neither theonly Stouts nor the only Cli-nesmiths, or people for thatmatter, to flock to the area.Other Clinesmiths followed in1907, and we’ll cover theirhistory when we get a fewyears down the line, butsomeone who came soonerwas the little brother of Frank

Stout, John Solomon Stout,not to be confused with theirfather, John Solomon Stout,“Ole Sol” as he was known,[pictured here]. I say this be-cause Ole Sol “The Dad” wasa bit of a scoundrel, but JohnSolomon Stout “The Son” wasnot. Very shortly after Frankand Lizzie homesteaded theirproperty, along came littlebrother John Solomon, alsoin 1887, and he homesteadedhis place a half-mile south-east of Frank and Lizzie’splace, the property adjacentto the east of where Ron De-garmo now lives.

It’s reported that UncleJohn was preceded to this lo-cality by Henry Carter, ElbertHargrove, Thomas Harde-man, James Hardeman, EllisLee, William Benson, JohnBenson, James Miller, theJohn Miller families, ThomasLittle and Miss Jane Little,but when I was growing up inRolla during the 1940s and1950s I never knew any fam-ilies by these names, so theymusta’ not stuck ‘round long.Wonder why.

Like many of us who grewup in and around Rolla (suchas my mother, even), JohnStout recognized that Hugo-ton to the east was where thereal action was because in1894, just seven years afterhis arrival, he moved toStevens County, initially en-gaging in the grocery busi-ness in Hugoton, buteventually – politics.

In 1898, he was electedcounty clerk of StevensCounty, succeeding HermanCann. He served two fullterms and the “holdover”year.

In 1904, he was elected tothe state legislature as therepresentative of Morton andStevens counties. In this ses-sion, he introduced a bill forthe relief from state taxes of

Stevens County for the sumof $6,000, for which thecounty was delinquent be-cause of the action of theBoard of County Commis-sioners in the making com-promises with landowners inthe matter of their taxes. Hewas successful in getting hisbill passed. And he did thisas a Democrat! I wonder howhe accomplished that!?

In 1908, Uncle John S.Stout was again elected to thelegislature, and after servingonly one term, Uncle Johnwas again out of the house.In the 1911 session, repre-sentation of Morton andStevens Counties was split,so in 1914 Uncle John re-turned as the successor ofJames Phillips, also servingin 1915, 1916, and 1917 asthe Representative of StevensCounty, which became the124th District after its sepa-ration from Morton County.(While Uncle John was in of-fice in 1916, following in thebaby shoes of my UnclesPrice and Merle Stout, my fa-ther, Virgil David Stout wasborn 1½ miles north of Rollaon the Ed and Minnie Stouthomestead.)

Uncle John S. Stout firstmarried back east in WilsonCounty, Kansas, March 22,1876, to Miss Martha Ridlon,who died January 20, 1910,and was buried in Hugoton.They were the parents of fivechildren, Blanche Edith, whomarried Tris Hubbard of Lib-eral; Lulu Gertrude, whomarried William Thornburg,also of Liberal; Ada MyrtleStout who never married butlived with her brother Robertin Liberal; Eva (Elliott), whomoved with her husband toHaviland; and one son RobertA. Stout, also of Liberal.

After Aunt Blanche’sdeath, Uncle John married awidow, Mrs. Clara E. Har-

grove in Stevens CountyMarch 18, 1911, a widowwho had her own brood.

When the Stouts first set-tled in this southwestern cor-ner of Kansas, a commonsight was herds of wildhorses roaming the country-side. The range cattle stillheld sway over the country,and the settlers had to guardtheir crops to keep the cattleout. Uncle John and AuntMartha entered Hugoton be-hind an ox-team, their onlymode of transportation forthe first five years. UncleJohn Stout witnessed manychanges in Seward, Stevens,and Morton Counties duringhis lifetime, as did all theother Stouts who came afterhim.

(Now, I just have to givecredit where credit is due. Icopied much of this informa-tion from The History ofStevens County and Its Peo-ple, but I sprinkled in some in-formation from my family’sprivate collection of the historyof our family in Morton,Stevens and Seward Coun-ties. For a more comprehen-sive view, see:https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/8661965 andhttp://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/1919ks/s/stoutjs.html#219104).

A “three-peat” was in orderfor seventh grader AspenSohm, when it came time forthe school-wide geographybee test January 20. For thethird year in a row, Aspenwalked away with first placein the local exam. The test ishosted every year in Januaryand the winner at this levelgoes on to test at the Statelevel, then National. Aspenhas been increasing herknowledge of all things byparticipating in junior highscholars’ bowl this year. Sheis the daughter of Greg andBecky Sohm of Rolla.

Congratulations to Aspenand her family!

It’s all relative when itcomes to History. ChandlerBurrows and his youngercousin, Ella Burrows of Sa-tanta, both wrote historicalpapers for the right to com-pete at the State History Daylater in the year. Ella’s paperwas about the history of bas-ketball and Chandler’s paperwas about the decline of theRoman Empire. Ella is the

daughter of Ryan and KarenBurrows of Satanta andChandler is the son of Stacyand Shelli Burrows of Rolla.Both are the grandchildren ofWilene and Larry Burrows ofRolla and great grandchildrenof Margaret Burrows of Hugo-ton. Hopefully, they will con-tinue on from State toNationals! Good luck to bothof you!

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Rolla’s junior high schol-ars’ bowl team is following inthe high school team’s foot-prints by taking first place atMoscow’s junior high schol-ars’ bowl meet Wednesday,March 2. These studentstake extra time in their day tostudy things that aren’t al-ways part of Rolla’s curricu-

lum so that they will be readyto answer any questions thatcome their way. Congratula-tions to the team and theircoaches, Cody Ratliff andKris Hall. Keep up the goodwork! They will finish theirseason with the Rolla meetMarch 7.

The science fair has al-ways been a favorite projectfor Mrs. Zeta Greene, Mrs.Kim Clark and Mrs. Kris Halland this year it would seemRolla will be taking a recordnumber of students to thestate competition, with 21students qualifying! Rollatraveled to Liberal to competein the regional science fairSaturday, March 5. Anyonewho qualified at Rolla in No-vember was able to take theirproject to Regionals. Statequalifiers were JaxonSchwindt, Rylan Williams, TyDixon, Luis Martinez, Alexan-dra Hart, Garry Norton,Ethan Garcia, DeseraeSchwindt, Audra Langley,Teagan Simmons, Ashly Hart,Paige Claassen, Tracy Pietz,Brooke Hinds, Abby Garcia,Matthew Garcia, CarissaSohm, Jamie Sheedy, AbbyEasterwood, Maria Kroekerand Gavin LaRue.

The big winners of the daywere Audra Langley, overallintermediate project winner,

and Paige Claassen and De-serae Schwindt, overall sen-ior project winners. The

overall winners each earned$300 for their project. Con-gratulations to all the stu-

dents who participated andgood luck to the ones whowill travel on to State in April!

Gold Medal winners are as follows: in back, left to right, TyDixon and Alexandra Hart; in the middle row are Ethan Garcia,Deserae Schwindt, Audra Langley, Ashly Hart and PaigeClaassen; and in front are Matthew Garcia, Abby Garcia andCarissa Sohm. Photo courtesy of Zeta Greene.

Overall senior project winner Deserae Schwindt, Overall intermediate project winner Audra Langley and Overall seniorproject winner Paige Claassen show off their awards withteacher Zeta Green. Photo courtesy of Zeta Greene.

Regional Science Fair participants are at topleft to right Jaxon Schwindt and RylanWilliams. In the middle are Tyrel Wagner, TyDixon, Luis Martinez, Alexandra Hart andGarry Norton. In the second row are EthanGarcia, Brianna Smith, Deserae Schwindt, AlanPerez, Aileen Cruz, Teagan Simmons, Ashly

Hart, NeNe Greene, Paige Claassen, TracyPietz, Raegan Hinds, Brooke Hinds, MariaKroeker and Gavin LaRue. In front kneelingare Abby Garcia, Matthew Garcia, Audra Langley, Carissa Sohm, Abby Easterwood andJamie Sheedy. Not pictured is Santana Key.Photo courtesy of Shala LaRue.

Rolla Junior High Scholars’ Bowl Team members are EthanGarcia, Gavin LaRue, Aspen Sohm, Lena Martens and AlexHernandez. Photo courtesy of Shala LaRue.

Seventh grader Aspen Sohm isthe school wide geography beewinner for the third year in arow.

Chandler Burrows and Ella Burrows Photo courtesy of Karen Burrows.

Rolla Stouts settled in Hugoton and Liberal, John Solomon Stout, the secondfrom David Stout

Rolla NewsBy Phoebe Brummett

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RJH scholars’ bowl team wins first

Burrows cousins each qualify for State

Aspen Sohm wins for third year in a row

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“Finding A Golfing Buddyin the Rain”

In 1970, I developed a severe case of the “gotta playgolf” affliction. At the time, Iwas a rank beginner, butwhether the weather broughtsunshine or pouring rain, Icouldn’t wait for four o’clockto arrive so I could head forthe Alva, Ok. golf course afterwork. On one particular day, byfour PM a continuing lightdrizzle had turned into asteady rain. But neverthe-less, I donned a slicker andprepared for a sloggy eveningof mud-stained semi-gloriousgolf. And believe it or notwhen I got to the course, itwas virtually deserted. Onlyone car was in the parkinglot, and a lone person wasstanding under a large treeanxiously peering up at thegray clouds. (The tree is nowgone, but its branches usedto hang over part of the firsttee.) As I grabbed my clubs andapproached the first tee, thestranger called to me, “I’mDanny Thompson, and I’mjust getting started in golf.How about playing a round?”I replied, “Okay by me, I justhope we don’t need an oar tofinish the round.” Like virtually everyone inthose days, we walked duringplay, and after finishing thefirst hole, the rain began tolet up. As we prepared to teeoff on the second hole, Iglanced at Danny’s golf clubsin his bag, and noted that hisclubs were made byLouisville Slugger – a namemore commonly associatedwith baseball, not with golfing equipment. I asked Danny, “What’sthe deal with your “Slugger”brand of clubs?” He replied,“I’ve just signed a contract toplay pro baseball for the Minnesota Twins, and theyoffered me a signing bonus of$100, or a set of golf clubs.So I took the golf clubs.” (Re-member, it was 1970.)Danny had been taken in thesecond round of the baseballdraft, and was offered asalary of $12,000. Danny had been a college

All American at OklahomaState University, where hehad played the short stop po-sition. During his pro base-ball career, he played severalyears with the Twins (playingat second and third base, aswell as short stop), and thenwas traded to the TexasRangers. But when he wasvisiting his home town ofCapron, Ok., he might callme on the phone to play around of golf. Physically, Danny had anathletic lean and lanky build,and also had one of thelargest set of hands that Ihad ever seen. With thosepowerful hands, he could hita golf ball a country mile.One of those hands came inhandy for me at a time that Iwas short of golf tees, andour golf shop was sellingthem for 25 cents for a hand-ful, which the purchaser wasto withdraw from a wide-mouthed gallon jar. As I paid the two bits andwas starting to reach for thetees, Danny said, “Here, letme do that for you.” He musthave been able to grasp 100tees in his hand as he with-drew both hand and teesfrom the jar. By the nextday, the tee purchasingarrangement at the club hadbeen changed to 25 tees for aquarter. About this time, I wascoaching little league base-ball and seeking advice con-cerning defense. My formersandlot baseball coach** hadadvised me to position mybest players up the middle ofthe field (at the pitcher’s position, shortstop and/orsecond base, and centerfield.)Danny agreed, saying thatduring his early teens, teamsbenefitted greatly from hav-ing him in the middle of thediamond, able to cover alarge part of the infield areabetween first and third base,plus a considerable part ofshallow left and center field. At some time while Dannywas playing for the Min-nesota Twins, I heard fromseveral persons that he hadcontracted leukemia. But hewas a private person abouthis health, and never men-tioned it to me directly.

Then near the end of the1976 baseball season atTexas, word came thatDanny’s condition had wors-ened. My family and I droveto Arlington, Tx. to seeDanny’s last game in whichhe started, where Danny’sbaseball play was goodenough that he was severaltimes referred to by the announcer as “Mr. Every-thing.” In November of thatyear, he entered the Mayoclinic for spleen surgery, anddied several weeks later atthe age of twenty-nine. In 1977, Danny’s formerTwins teammate, legendaryhome run hitter and baseballhall of famer, Harmon Kille-brew, started The DannyThompson Memorial GolfTournament to benefit re-search for curing leukemiaand cancer. When Killebrewlater also died of cancer, thename of the tournament waschanged to The Killebrew-Thompson Memorial GolfTournament. To date, thegolf tournament has raisedmore than ten million dollarsfor cancer research. If you happen to be drivingthrough Capron, you mighttake notice of a stone memo-rial to Danny on the southside of the highway. A recentarticle in Alva’s Newsgram re-minded me of Danny’s far tooshort life.(** My sandlot baseball coachwas Hugoton’s venerable(and crafty) Earl Bryan. Hecoached, financed, and men-tored the early 1960's Hugo-ton, KS town team. He also“packed” its membership withCarl Mac Thurow fromMoscow, KS, who played onthe Arizona State Universitybaseball team. Along withThurow, the Hugoton townteam also included three othermembers of the Arizona Statebaseball team, who were em-ployed during summers bythe Thurow family business.To this “imported potency,”Earl added Hugoton local tal-ents – Jackie Bryan (Earl’sson), Jan Kilbourne (mybrother), Dick Perry, and DickHoskinson. I don’t recallHugoton’s town team of thisera losing a single game.)

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE 26TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DISTRICT COURT OF STEVENSCOUNTY, KANSAS

CASE NO. 16-CV-6

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OFNazareth Del-Elizabeth Martinez

To Change His/Her Name to:Nazareth Del-Elizabeth KnoxPURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 60

NOTICE OF HEARING-PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHOARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that

Nazareth Del-Elizabeth Martinez, filed aPetition in the above court on the 3rdday of March, 2016, requesting a judg-ment and order changing his/her namefrom Nazareth Del-Elizabeth Martinez toNazareth Del-Elizabeth Knox.

The Petition will be heard in StevensCounty District Court, 200 E. Sixth,Hugoton, Kansas, on the 27th day ofApril, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.

If you have any objection to the re-quested name change, you are requiredto file a responsive pleading on or beforeApril 19, 2016 in this court or appear atthe hearing and object to the requestedname change. If you fail to act, judg-ment and order will be entered upon thePetition as requested by Petitioner.

/s/Nazareth Del-Elizabeth MartinezPetitioner, Pro Se

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Aiden has experienced 900 books in the 1,000 Books BeforeKindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. WowAiden! You're almost there! You can do it!

Hugoton had some inter-national visitors at the airportWednesday evening. Theseyoung people flew threeplanes in from Winnipeg,Canada. They had left homeWednesday morning andlanded here at the HugotonAirport Wednesday evening.

The students’ ultimatedestination is Los Angeles,

Ca. but they are not in anyhurry. Thursday the plan isto fly to Arizona to view theGrand Canyon. They esti-mate it will take two moredays for them to get to California. The group statedthey were flying to LA just tokill time. They remarked theirtrip involved flying over 5,000miles.

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Visitors from Canada drop by Hugoton

This group of young people drop by the Hugoton Airport for theevening for their end-of-the-day stop. They had flown three

planes from Winnipeg, Canada on the fun vacation trip. Theirnext stop will be Arizona to view the Grand Canyon.

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ROOMS FOR RENT: Sin-gles and Doubles available.Call Wade at 620-282-6017.

(tfc10)

--------------FOR RENT: 2 bedroomhouse, handicap accessible,central heat/air, no pets, de-tached garage, fenced back-yard. Call 620-290-6453. (2c10)

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FOR RENT: 1 & 2 BedroomApartments. Furnished orunfurnished. Bills included,washer & dryer and cable.One apartment has becomeavailable and one house isavailable. Call 544-2232. (tfc)

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REAL ESTATE

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL

DIRECTORY

Great Deals ~ Easy Financing ~ Quality ServiceOffice: (620)544-7800

531 S. JacksonHugoton, Ks. 67951 (tfc6)

600 E. 11th

IN STOCK*Carpet *Tile

*Laminate *Vinyl(tfc)

SUPPORT GROUPSPREGNANT? NEED HELP?Call Birthright of GardenCity, 620-276-3605 or Birth-line of Liberal, 1404 N. West-ern, 620-626-6763. (tfc3)

--------------ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS will help you if yousincerely want to stop drink-ing. Call 544-9047. (tfc1)

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Project HopeOpen Tues & Thurs

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Please Bring Your Own

Food Containers1042 S. Jackson Suite C (tfc37)

Support for family & friends of problemdrinkers meet Mondays & Thursdays at 8 p.m.

1405 Cemetery Road544-2610 or 544-2854

kansas-al-anon.org (tfc)

AL-Anon Family Group

WANT TO PURCHASE: Minerals and other oil / gasinterests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co.80201.

(150p45-15)

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WANTED

Your Ad Here! Call 620-544-4321 or email hermesma@pld.com

for all your classified needs!

(620)428-65181182 Road Q • Hugoton

(tfc12)

LAWN PROWill Schnittker

620-544-1517

(tfc46)

SERVICES OFFERED

Underground Sprinkler System DESIGN & INSTALLATION

Call Lawn Pro TODAYfor your FREE estimate and a more

beautiful lawn! (tfc11)

FOR RENT

FOR SALE

HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES

FOR SALE: 2 beautiful size16 prom dresses. 1 Navy, 1Purple. Call 620-598-2232. (tfc)

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HOUSE FOR SALE

1024 S. Harrison3 bedroom/2 bath, newer

kitchen, granite countertops,large family room, large 2 car

detached garage, and much more.

Recently reduced: $95,000Call to schedule your showing today

Julie West 620-453-1234(tfc40)

CARD OF THANKS

(tfc35)

Beautiful 3 bedroom/ 2bath apartment homes, all appliances, washer/dryerconnection, private patio

or balcony, kids’ playground,

pets welcome.

910 S. Coulter, Hugoton, KS.620-544-7605

KIWANIS AUCTIONMarch 25 & 26, 2016

Turn in your consignments to:Walter McClure 544-4202, Ron Brewer 544-8985

or any other Hugoton Kiwanis Club MemberConsignments are due by March 10

to be included on the sale bill (tfc2)

TAKING CONSIGNMENTS

ROLLA PLAZAAPARTMENTS

1- and 2- bedroomapartments available(Rental Assistance Available)

Equal Housing Opportunity

620-492-6608 Office(tfc16)

THANK YOUThe Claggett family would like to give a huge THANK YOU to

the Stevens County Conservation District and community for award-ing Richard with the 2015 Community Service award. A special thankyou goes to Sherri Martin and Loren Seaman for all their hard workon an incredible presentation and banquet.

Richard was so surprised and it was such a wonderful evening forour family to celebrate together.

We have been blessed in many ways by our community and ap-preciate each of you for doing your part in making our hometown sucha pleasant place to live.

Thank you!!

FOR SALE: Gayle’s Farm Fresh EggsPlease Call 544-1755

(8p4)

307 N. Kansas, Suite 101Liberal, KS 67901

(620) 624-1212

1103 S. Jefferson St. - $70,000 - This nicehome is ready to move into. New paint onthe exterior and interior. New laminate andvinyl floor coverings. Remodeled bathroomwith tile floor, granite countertop, modernsink and new tub/shower unit. Immediatelyavailable.

625 Road N - $125,000- Minimize yourutility bills with this energy efficient passivesolar home. Supplemental heat, if needed,supplied by a pellet stove. Central H/A isducted if needed. The domestic water wellis shared with adjacent property. There is abonus room above the garage with a smallmotel heat/cooling unit. All bathrooms havebeen updated recently.

REDUCED

Sean’s Handyman ServiceServing Christ one day at a time

620-789-2315(4p6)

KIRBY SUPPLIES: Kirby Vacuum Owners - for factoryauthorized sales, service and supplies, please call Jeffat 800-821-5050. (6p7)

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RECENTLY

REDUCED!!

FOR SALE BY OWNERHome for Sale by Owner

404 S. Jackson

For more information 817-692-2741

Older 2 bedroom 1½ bath fixer upper home in great location for primary residence or rental investment.

House can be removed and lot used as commercial.

$29,000 CASH

4c9

Angel Martinez

Concrete Construction

C: 620-757-3645H: 620-428-6519

1032 S. Van BurenHugoton, Ks. 67951

(2c9)

(First published in The Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, March 3, 2016) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFRANDALL DAVID KARLIN, DE-CEASED

Case No. 13-PR-10

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIONFOR FINAL SETTLEMENT

AND APPROVAL OF VALID FAMILYSETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Peti-tion has been filed on February 24,2016 in said Court by Benjamin Karlinand Raynetta Karlin, Co-Administratorsof the estate of Randall David Karlin, de-ceased, praying for a final settlement ofthe estate, approval of a valid family set-tlement agreement, approval of their

acts, proceedings and accounts as Co-Administrators, allowance for attorneys'fees and expenses, determination of theheirs entitled to the estate and assign-ment to them in accordance with thelaws of the State of Kansas. You arehereby required to file your written de-fenses thereto on or before March 28,2016 at 10:00 o'clock a.m., on said day,in said Court, in the City of Hugoton,Kansas in Stevens County, at whichtime and place said cause will be heard.Should you fail therein, judgment anddecree will be entered in due courseupon said Petition.

Benjamin Karlin and Raynetta Karlin,

Petitioners

YOXALL, ANTRIM,FOREMAN & FRYMIRE, LLP101 West Fourth StreetLiberal, Kansas 67901(620) 624-8444Attorneys for Petitioners

PUBLIC NOTICE

(First Published in The Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, February 25, 2016) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFLORRI RAE CULLISON, Deceased

15-PR-1

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition has been filed in this Court byTara Shaddix, the duly appointed,qualified and acting representative ofthe Estate of Lorrie Rae Cullison, De-ceased; praying that Petitioner’s actsbe approved; the accounting bewaived; the heirs be determined; thesettlement agreement be approved;the Court approve the payment of pro-

fessional fees; the costs be determinedand ordered paid; the administrationof the estate be closed, and upon thefiling of receipts the Petitioner be fi-nally discharged from further liability.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses to the Petition on or be-fore March 21st, 2016, at 10:00 am inHugoton, in the District Court ofStevens County, Kansas, at whichtime and place the cause will beheard. Should you fail therein, judg-ment and decree will be entered indue course upon the Petition.

TARA SHADDIX, Petitioner

LYNN KOEHN SC # 23139The Koehn Law Firm L.L.C.217 N. WashingtonLiberal, Kansas 67901Attorney for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE

GARAGE SALE: Friday, March 11, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., and Saturday,March 12, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 625 S. Main

---------------LEFTOVER ITEMS FROM FLEA MARKET: Friday, March 11, 9:00a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 12, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., 718 S.Adams, NEW Sunglasses, Bras, Tools, Knives, Baby Clothes, Flags,Lighters, Ladies’ Purses, Sheets, Curtains.

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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 - SalespersonChance Yoder- Cellphone 544-1907

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

112 S. Main • 620-356-5808 • Ulysseswww.faulknerrealestate.com Se Habla Espanol-356-5808

108 West 11th - Ranch Style, Brick, 3bed/5 b, basement, 2 kitchens, att & detgarage, "Man Cave". $176,500

821 S Polk Street - Cute bungalow! 3bed/1 bath, updated kitchen bath. Move inready! Det garage and carport, fence anddog run. $78,000

415 S. Main Street - Ranch Style, 2 bed/2bath, Cen H/A, fence, carport. $75,000.Call today!!

1003 S. Adams - Beautiful, 1 1/2 story, 5bed3 bath, fpl, 2 decks, oversized garagew/workshop, storage shed and much,much more! $275,000

810 East 6th Street - Residential lot forsale! 3.7 acres +/-. Call for details!!

“Specializing in Agricultural Land, Residential and Commercial Property!”

REDUCED

408 E. Fifth - Ranch style, 3 bed/3 bath, partbsmt, att garage, cen H/A, sheds. $125,000

202 S. Jackson - Nice Ranch Style!! 2 bed/2b, kitchen w/island, nice updates, sheds, attcarport, covered patio. $115,000

THE CITY OF ROLLAwill be accepting applications for a

Part-time Assistant in the Clerk’s OfficeApplications are available at

City Hall in Rolla, 304 Washington Street. Upon request, an application can also be emailed.

Resumes can be emailed to rollaclk@pld.com.Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. (4c8)

Truck Driver WantedMust have CDL and clean MVR. You are home everynight, health insurance provided and 401K available.You must fill out application at office 1 mile south

of Cimarron at Tim Dewey Trucking.Office: 620-855-3188 or Darren 620-357-1710. (tfc26)

Security Lights provide anytime

access. All units have

concrete floorsand secure locks.

515 Northeast Avenue • Hugoton, Ks.

620-428-1115620-544-5785 para español

Facebook.com/StarStorage

Sizes Available:5x10, 10x10, 10x15,

10x20, 12x24

for readingThe Hermes

Official Newspaper of Stevens County

Jay D's SatelliteYour LOCAL DirecTV & Dish Provider in all of SW

Kansas, OK and TX PanhandlesCALL: 800-952-9634

EMAIL: jaydsat@gmail.comWEB: jaydsatellite.com

TEXT: 620-360-0520(tfc11)

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601 S. Main544-4331

www.csbks.com

STEVENS COUNTYSTEVENS COUNTY

Girls Scout Troop 60077 is pictured back row Toni Crawford, LexiCrawford, Yoanna Vergara, Leslie Martinez, Lakota Persing, MykaEvans, Vallery Persing and Emily Johnson. In front are GwenOwens, Samantha Goode, Shae Noyes, Kara Horn, Kimberly Castro

and Lyla Evans. Not pictured are Lupita Hernandez, Brisa Farmer,Mylee Miller, Kalisa Livesay, Emery Anderson, Lily McKinney, Jocelyn Saucedo, Crystal Saucedo, Angelica Saucedo, MaddeleineJohnson and Caitlyn Johnson.

Lin Goode & Company

519 S. Jackson620-544-4349

Plumbing • ElectricHeat & Air

Jeff C. Ramsey, Agent613 S. Main

(620) 544-4303

502 S. Jackson, Hugoton, Ks 67951620-544-8908

www.fnbhugoton.comMEMBER FDIC

Hugoton/LiberalFirst National Bank

(620) 428-6086Agricultural Sales and Services,

Direct and Local2094 High School RoadMoscow, KS 67952aerial office: (620) 598-2356

1114 Road AHugoton, KS 67951

toll-free office (866) 476-5136

Serving You At 612 East 11th

Hugoton

Pate Agency, LPThe Crop Insurance Specialists

Office: 620-544-8068Cell: 620-544-6888Equal Opportunity Provider

Don Beesley,Agent

Jordan Air Inc.Complete Aerial Applications

SPRAYING - SEEDING - FERTILIZING10% discount on 30 day accounts

Hugoton - 544-4361 • Elkhart - 697-2657

Terry Jordan, Manager1-800-264-4361

Yvonne, Kim, Kirk, Teri, Dennis, Linda & Mari1026 S. Main 620-544-8011

Girl ScoutsWhere Girls Grow Strong

Girl Scout Troop #60077Leaders: Toni Crawford & Emily Johnson

Lexi Crawford, Yoanna Vergara, Leslie Martinez, Lakota Persing, Myka Evans, Vallery Persing, Emily Johnson, Gwen Owens, Samantha Goode, Shae Noyes, Kara Horn, Kimberly Castro, Lyla Evans, Lupita Hernandez, Brisa Farmer, Mylee Miller, Kalisa Livesay, Emery Anderson, Lily McKinney, Jocelyn Saucedo, Crystal Saucedo,

Angelica Saucedo, Maddeleine Johnson, Caitlyn Johnson.

NATIONAL GIRL SCOUTWEEK

MARCH 6-12, 2016CELEBRATING OVER 100 YEARS

AlertAlarmKansas.comMoscow, Kansas • 620.598.2564

Curtis & Toni Crawford

225 S. Main Hugoton, Ks.

620-544-8030yardmasterks.com

Commodity Hauling

Phone: 620-544-4920Hugoton, Kansas 67951

673 Road 12Hugoton, Ks. 67951

Office: 620.428.6400Email: cpsoperating@gmail.com

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

debbie.nordling.c2v4@statefarm.comLike a good neighbor, State Farm is there.