February 5, 2015

The world premiere ofthe locally filmed movie,“Blue Harvest,” will beshown Saturday, February7, at Mitchell Theater’s

Southgate 6 in Liberalstarting at 7:00 p.m.

Many local peoplehelped in the productionof this scary movie. Hugo-tonites Chris Beltz, Talon“Merc” Beltz, Dale Beltzand Johnny B. Lopez areall actors in the film. Themovie is directed by JoelTrujillo, formerly fromHugoton and Moscow, andthe assistant director isHugoton’s Randy Green-wood. Skelli Trujillo, Joel’swife, is the costume de-signer. This is Trujillo’sninth movie with worldpremieres in the localarea. More significantly for

The Stevens CountyBoard of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion Monday, February 2,2015 with CommissionersPat Hall and Joe D.Thompson present. Alsopresent were CountyCounselor Robert John-son, County Clerk PamBensel and RoGlendaCoulter from The HugotonHermes. Dave Bozone wasabsent. The following isjust an agenda for themorning with a few of theunofficial highlights. Offi-cial minutes may be pub-

lished at a later date.The agenda schedule

was a short one and in-cluded bills at 8:30, alongwith Vanessa Willis andDiane Peddicord; TonyMartin at 9:30; and lunchat noon.

When this reporter arrived at around 8:35,Commissioners were inexecutive session withVanessa Willis present.This turned into threeconsecutive closed-doorexecutive sessions for theCommissioners.

Rodney Kelling was

waiting to talk to the Commissioners followingthe executive sessions.Rodney came in to checkin for his department. Heexpressed his concern offorming some kind of aplan to rotate the emer-gency trucks and vehiclesso they do not get so farout of date. The vehiclesneed to retain some valueto be of use as a tradeableor sellable item later. Joetold Rodney he would ap-preciate it if he could fix alist with the value of allthe rolling stock in theemergency department forthe Commissioners tohave. Rodney said they dohave a pumper truck com-ing but no new ambu-lance. He said some of thevehicles are so old andoutdated that parts are nolonger available. For ex-ample, even a distributercap was not available. Hesaid Hugoton is gettingmore entities in town andas a result his departmentmay get more calls and

they need to be prepared.The discussion continuedabout ratings. Emergencydepartments are inspectedand rated constantly. Ifequipment does not meetcertain standards, the de-partment can get a badrating which could resultin the county residents’ in-surance rates beingraised. Rodney told ofsome counties that havealready had this happen.Joe said the state man-dates all buses to be lessthan 25 years old. Joeconcluded that if a schoolneeds this policy, emer-gency departments arelikely just as important.

Tony Martin from Roadand Bridge came in. Hetold of an opening in hisdepartment he may needto fill. Tony and the Com-missioners then discussedan idea Tony has beenputting figures to. He hasbeen figuring the savings ifhis department would goto a four day a week plan.

The meeting of the hos-pital board was called toorder Monday, February2, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. inthe Pioneer Manor confer-ence room. Present wereboard members WarrenWillis, Joyce Baughman,Patty Lahey, Keith Romeand Dean Van Horn. Ab-sent were Milton Gillespieand Kirk Heger. Otherspresent were StevensCounty Hospital/ PioneerManor administratorLinda Stalcup, Human Re-sources Director DianeMangels, Nurse Practi-tioner Steika Gilmore, Di-

rector of Nursing/HospitalDawn Maas, Director ofNursing/Pioneer ManorJennifer Featherston, Reg-istered Health InformationTechnician Jessica Reine-rio, Clinic Director StacyHelget, Dr. Samer Al-Hashmi (Dr. Sam) andHermes reporter Wilma

Valentine’s Day is com-ing around again, and ifyou haven’t picked up theperfect gift yet, local busi-nesses just might haveyou covered! Simply visit

area retailers and sign upfor a chance to win a tonof great prizes. Every win-ning couple will then beentered into the 2015Sweetheart Sweepstakesdrawing for a chance towin a $50 Chamber giftcertificate. For the Valen-tine’s sweepstakes, onlycouples are eligible to win.The winners will be drawnMonday, February 16.

While you’re orderingyour sweetheart’s Valen-tine bouquet, sign up atCreative Specialties for a$25 gift certificate or atCountry Garden for acarefully fashioned Valen-tine’s gift basket. If you’rebrowsing the aisles atYardmaster, you can reg-ister there for a chance towin a specially selectedSweetheart Gift.

Does your sweetheartlove to get pampered?Then get over to RelentlessSalon at 104 East Seventhand sign up for a chanceto win a free pedicure andmanicure! In case yourlove harbors a devotion to

shopping, Janet’s Bridaland Boutique has you cov-ered! Register at 1010 VanBuren for a chance to wina $25 gift certificate.

Do you love spendingtime together cuddled onthe couch with your lovedone? Sign up at Show-place Video next time youreturn a video for a chanceto win two rentals, a largebuttered popcorn - toshare - and two largedrinks.

If you and your sweetielike to dine out, severallocal restaurants will helpyou with the perfect set-ting! Pizza Hut is offering afree large pizza to theirwinners, while Jet Drive-In is giving away two freedinners and drinks. Prefermore exotic cuisine? Thenhead over to Nieto’s Cafe,Dominoes Mexican Grill orThe Steakhouse to registerto win a $25 gift certifi-cate! You can eat your fillof egg rolls and Chow Meinwith a $25 gift certificatefrom China!

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The following candidates have officially filed as ofnoon Tuesday, January 27. Included in the ballot willbe four positions of the USD 210 School Board, four po-sitions of the USD 209 School Board, two positions forboth Hugoton and Moscow City Councils and themayor’s office in both Hugoton and Moscow. Filing for USD 210 Board of Education were incumbents Todd Gayer and Barry Hittle and newcom-ers Dettra Crawford, Jason M. Dale and Buffie Schooley. For the two positions on the Hugoton CityCouncil were incumbent Tron Stegman and new candidates Stachia C. Nordyke, Jason Teeter andFrankie D. Thomas. Current Hugoton City Mayor JackRowden filed for re-election. Throwing their hats in the ring for the four positionson the USD 209 Board of Education are Kristy L.Brazeal, Brandi Lahey, Terry A. Pierson and BrianWhite. Kent Knoll has filed for an unexpired two yearterm on the USD 209 Board of Education. William Bellfiled for re-election as Moscow City Mayor and Jim Bellalso filed for Moscow City Mayor. Curtis Crawford, Low-ell D. Stanley and Mickey Whetstone are competing forthe two positions on the Moscow City Council. Don’t forget to get out and vote in the coming generalelection Tuesday, April 7. There will be no primary elec-tion.

Hugoton High School’s 2015 Winter Homecom-ing Court consists of front left to right: juniorattendant Keely Hittle, freshman attendantSkylynn Monoz and sophomore attendant Brit-tany Crocker. In the middle row are seniorQueen candidates Brissa Ordonez, MonicaBustillos and Kimberly Cabezas. In back aresenior King candidates Rance Ralstin, KellenWatkins and Jacob Teeter. February 9-13,

Hugoton High School is celebrating Homecom-ing Week. Friday, February 13, there will be aPep Rally at 3:10 p.m. in the West Gym. KingCoronation will take place at this time. TheQueen coronation will be Friday evening be-tween the girls’ and boys’ varsity games. Comeout and support the Eagles as they face theGoodland Cowboys. Photo courtesy of KathyPurcell.

Dave Eckert and Dave Conklin lay out an array of delicioushomemade pies offered at the Hugoton United MethodistChurch Ground Hog Supper. A crowd of over 500 was reported.

Les Adee adds a batch of biscuits for the Lone Star Ground HogSupper. There was a good turnout in spite of the wintry weather.

Tommy Drewel, Veter-ans Service Representa-tive of the KansasCommission on VeteransAffairs, Fort Dodge, will bein Hugoton at the StevensCounty Library Thursday,February 12, 2015 from1:00 to 3:00 p.m. TheKansas Commission onVeterans’ Affairs assistsVeterans, their depend-ents and relatives with in-formation, advice andassistance in filing claimsfor Veteran benefits. Hewill be able to furnish in-formation in the fields ofeducation, health, burialand memorials, VA pen-sions, and many otherprograms furnished by theVeterans Administration.

Attend Moscow’s Ground Hog Supper Veterans Repwill be in townFebruary 12

Moscow United Methodist Church will host theirGround Hog Supper this Saturday, February 7. Theywill begin serving at 4:30 p.m. and will go until 7:00p.m. at their church building. The Hillbilly Band willentertain those attending.

Register to win prizes in 2015 Sweetheart Sweepstakes

Election contenders announced

Seventh grader Jenna Martin beams after being named one ofsix regional winners of the “If I Were Mayor” essay contest.Jenna is surrounded by Hugoton Mayor Mr. Jack Rowden, Mrs.Emily Snyder, ELA teacher Mrs. Nicole Gold and HMS Princi-pal Mr. Lance Custer. Jenna is the daughter of Jim and PatsyMartin.

Jenna Martin wins “If IWere Mayor” essay contest

Jenna Martin, one of theseventh grade students inMrs. Gold's ELA class atHugoton Middle School,has been selected as theSouth West Regional win-ner of the “If I Were Mayor”essay contest.

Over 1300 seventh gradestudents submitted essay’sfor the League of KansasMunicipalities “If I WereMayor” essay contest, from50 schools across 49 citiesthroughout Kansas. SixRegional winners around

the state have been se-lected with one selected torepresent the entire state.The winners, along withtheir teachers, were recog-nized at a special ceremonyWednesday, February 4 inTopeka.

Jenna will receive a cashaward of $125 and aplaque. She was also in-vited to have lunch withthe Kansas Mayors Associ-ation. Congratulations toJenna and her parents,Jim and Patsy Martin!

Commissioners talk emergency vehicles and short work weeks

Hospital Board convenes forregular meeting February 2

“Blue Harvest” world premiereset for Saturday, February 7

ObituariesThe Hugoton Hermes Thursday, February 5, 2015

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The first three weeks ofmy tenure as Kansas Insur-ance Commissioner have re-inforced my desire to makethe Kansas Insurance De-partment (KID) as respon-sive, businesslike andconstituent-friendly as wecan. That is the only way todo our business of insuranceregulation.

The Kansas Statutes An-notated, the state’s book oflaws, identifies the depart-ment’s responsibilities as ed-ucating consumers andadvocating for them, regulat-ing insurance companies andlicensing insurance agents.

We also work closely withmany other departments andagencies in state govern-ment, including the KansasHouse and Senate insur-ance-related committees. Inall we do, we perform the reg-ulatory and administrative

functions as defined by law.But we don’t create law. TheLegislature has that respon-sibility.

We at KID are initiatingseveral projects that will helpyou as consumers. We areredesigning our web page tomake it more engaging forconsumers, easier to use andperhaps more intuitive. Weare also preparing a formal-ized disaster response so wecan be of greater consumerassistance when the next tor-nado or other major disasteroccurs in Kansas.

Also on our plate are is-sues relating to health insur-ance, long term carecoverage, homeowners insur-ance and other lines of insur-ance that we regulate.

The insurance departmentdirectly impacts nearly everyKansan. Accordingly, we willweigh all of our proposed ac-

tions carefully and wisely be-cause of the impact we canhave on so many people.

We will work to actively re-cruit more insurance and in-surance-related companiesto locate and operate inKansas. We recently formeda working group to exploreoptions to better attract com-panies for this Kansas busi-ness sector. We also willencourage those who are al-ready here to actively com-pete for your insurancebusiness.

We will always focus onthe consumer first. Kansansunderstand that a robust,competitive insurance mar-ket will benefit them becausemore companies will be com-peting for their business. Wewill look for ways to reducethe regulatory burden oncompanies so the companieswill be able to more aggres-

sively compete for your busi-ness with better coveragesand prices than what youmay have otherwise ob-tained.

Our goals in the depart-ment include being open,transparent and helpful. Thebusiness of insurance can bedaunting and overwhelmingfor consumers. That is whyconsumer education andawareness are top prioritiesfor KID employees.

We invite Kansans to useour toll-free Consumer Assis-tance Hotline, 800-432-2484, to talk to a consumerassistance representative.The hotline is staffed from8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.

We know insurance mat-ters. And we want you to feelthe same way.

Word has been received ofthe death of Beverly KayFaulkner, beloved daughterof Kenneth and BettyFaulkner. Beverly passedfrom this life to be with ourSaviour Saturday, January24, 2015 at Stevens CountyHospital in Hugoton.

She was born November25, 1949 in Spearville.

Beverly lived with her par-ents in Moscow and was pre-ceded in death by her father.

She is survived by hermother Betty of the home;two sisters, Dianna Spenserof Great Bend and Cherie

Freed and husband Tim ofMoscow; one brother, Bryanand wife Faye of Brenken-bridge, Tx.; and many familymembers and friends.

Bev endured and over-came many obstacles, but enjoyed life. She liked shop-ping and loved going tobingo. She will be missedmuch by those that love her.

Paul’s Funeral Home ofHugoton was in charge of thearrangments. Memorial services were attended Saturday afternoon, January31 at the Moscow BaptistChurch.

Beverly Faulkner

Long time Hugoton resi-dent Wallace Cook passedfrom this life Tuesday, Janu-ary 27, 2015 at PioneerManor Nursing Home inHugoton at the age of 93.

The son of Charles Cookand the former Lena Ruhnke,he was born January 7, 1922in Noel, Mo.

Wallace was married toBarbara K. Reissing July 1,1944 in Walnut.

Survivors include his wifeBarbara of Hugoton; twosons, Rodney Cook ofWellington and Phillip Cookand wife Rosie of San Anto-nio, Tx.; two daughters,

Jackie Walker and husbandFrank of Hugoton and KarenSchmidt and husband Wes-ley of Rolla; his seven grand-children; many greatgrandchildren; and his manyother relatives and friends.

Mr. Cook was preceded indeath by his parents; brotherCalvin Cook; and sister EllenCook.

Graveside services wereattended Thursday after-noon, January 29, 2015 atthe Hugoton Cemetery withFrankie Thomas presiding.Paul’s Funeral Home ofHugoton was in charge of thearrangements.

Wallace Cook

AL-ANON Family Groupmeets at 1405 CemeteryRoad Mondays and Thurs-days at 8:00 p.m. Call 620-544-2610 or 620-544-2854for more information.HUGOTON LIONS CLUBmeets every Second andFourth Thursday of themonth at Memorial Hall at7:00 p.m. HUGOTON MASONICLODGE #406 AF&AM meetsevery second and fourthTuesday of the month at 7:30p.m. MY HOPE SUPPORT GROUPfor adults grieving the deathof a loved one meets the sec-ond Tuesday of each monthfrom noon to 1:00 p.m. inClassroom 3 at St. CatherineHospital at 401 E. Spruce inGarden City. Call 620-272-2519 for more information.BREAST FRIENDS CANCERSUPPORT GROUP for breastcancer patients meets thesecond Wednesday of eachmonth from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.at the Legacy House, at 309E. Walnut in Garden City.For more information call620-272-2360.Every fourth Tuesday- Stevens County Heath De-

partment is at the SeniorCenter every fourth Tuesdayof the month from 11:00 a.m.to Noon to do free blood pres-sure checks.Wednesday nights

- Inside Out Kids at theHugoton Assembly of God,138 S. Main, beginning withdinner at 6:45 p.m. Programwill be from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.Rides are available by callingPastor Ben Coats at 620-428-1487 before 5:30 p.m.Wednesday evenings.Every Friday

- The Church of JesusChrist of Latter Day Saints isseeking community serviceprojects every Friday. Call620-770-9255 if you needhelp with yard work, housemaintenance, or otherchores.NOW- Stevens County Health De-partment has seasonal flushots, flu mist and high doseflu shots available at 505 S.Polk. Please bring your in-

surance information withyou.- Pizza Hut is having an

Easter coloring contest!Tuesday nights are kids’night - kids eat free with anadult. Crayons and picturesare provided at the restau-rant, and will be coloredwhile at Pizza Hut, 610 E.Eleventh in Hugoton.Until February 28- Pay your dog taxes at the

Office of the City Clerk beforeFebruary 28 to avoid apenalty. Call 620-544-8531for information.January 2-March 21- Adult winter reading pro-

gram at the Stevens CountyLibrary. Call 620-544-2301to find out more or visitstevenscountylibrary.com.February 2-27- Local Artists’ Exhibit at theStevens County LibraryMeeting Room.February 5- Stevens County Genealog-

ical Society will meet at 1:00p.m. in the Stevens CountyLibrary’s computer lab.- Liberal Hearing Aid Centerwill be at Pioneer Manor from1:00 to 3:00 p.m. - 1A Regional Scholars’ Bowlat Rolla, starts at 4:00 p.m.

- Valentine’s Banquet forSons of Thunder at the GrantCounty Civic Center, 1000W. Patterson Avenue inUlysses, beginning at 6:30p.m. RSVP online atwww.sonsofthunderswks.com or call Stephanie Cortez at620-575-5834. Matt Patrickof Boulder, Co. will be speak-ing. Visit http://boulder-well.org/who-we-are/leadership/ to find out more aboutMatt.February 5-6

- No school for HeritageChristian Academy or USD210 Hugoton students due toParent/Teacher Conferences.February 7- Moscow United Methodist

Church will host their an-nual Ground Hog Supper,starting at 4:30 p.m. Servingwill continue until 7:00 p.m.The Hillbilly Band will play.February 8- Trinity Baptist will host

Chapel services at Pioneer

Manor at 3:00 p.m.February 9- Hugoton Recreation Com-

mission will host a Basket-ball Clinic for first andsecond grade girls from 4:00to 5:00 p.m. Monday, Tues-day and Thursday, February9, 10 & 12. Sign up at HRC,211 S. Madison until Febru-ary 6. There is no cost forthe clinic.

- No school for USD 209Moscow students due to Par-ent/Teacher Conferences.Grade school conferenceswill be from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m.and junior/senior high con-ferences will be from 5:00 to9:00 p.m.- Hugoton City Council will

meet at 5:15 p.m. in themeeting room at the City Of-fice.

- Stevens County LibraryBoard will meet at 5:30 p.m.February 9-12

- Hugoton ElementarySchool Book Fair Week.February 10- Stevens County Economic

Development will meet at theSenior Center, 624 S. Main,at 12:00 noon.- Hugoton Sports Boosters

will meet at 7:00 p.m. in thehigh school cafeteria.February 12- ***Deadline*** to RSVP for

the Sixty-Fifth Annual Con-servation District Banquetand Meeting. Call 620-544-2991, extension 3 to makeyour reservation.- Stevens County Genealog-

ical Society will meet at 1:00p.m.- Tommy Drewel, Veterans

Service Representative of theKansas Commission on Vet-erans Affairs, will be inHugoton at the StevensCounty Library from 1:00 to3:00 p.m.

- Hugoton High Schoolwrestling Senior Night.- Hugoton Aglow will meet atthe Hugoton Senior Center,Seventh and Main, beginning

with coffee and fellowship at7:00 p.m. Peggy Brecheisenwill speak at 7:30 p.m.February 13- Hugoton High School win-

ter homecoming, startingwith basketball versus Good-land at 4:45 p.m.- Baker Arts Center presents“Sweets, Wines and Valen-tines”, starting at 6:30 p.m.at the Center, 624 N. Persh-ing in Liberal. Call 620-624-2810 for more information.

Friends and family gatheredFriday to remember and honorErma Lee Logan, 89, of Hugo-ton. Mrs. Logan passed fromthis life Tuesday, January 27,2015 at Pioneer Manor inHugoton.

The daughter of Rollie Ken-nard and the former EthelMcAllister, she was born De-cember 4, 1925 at Malden, Mo.

December 23, 1944, Ermaand John Edward Logan weremarried at Malden. Johnpassed away October 27, 1999.Erma moved to Hugoton in2003.

Erma attended college andthen worked as a factoryworker in a computer business.She was a 50 year member ofEastern Star.

Survivors include her sonSteve Logan and wife Pat ofLakewood, Co.; daughters,Cora Wilson and husband Jimof Hugoton and Lee Ann Logan

of Waynoka, Ok.; her sevengrandchildren, Michelle Hol-camp, Sam Logan, John Wil-son, Clint Wilson, TammyKiley, Chris Baker and AmyGrimsley; eleven great grand-children; and one great greatgrandchild.

She was preceded in deathby her parents; husband; andher three sisters, Vera MaeSoto, Helen Kennard and Rose-mary Harris.

Funeral services were at-tended Friday afternoon, Janu-ary 30 at the Assembly of GodChurch in Hugoton with PastorBen Coats presiding. Burial fol-lowed at Aline Star Cemetery ofAline, Ok. Saturday, January31 under the direction of Paul’sFuneral Home of Hugoton.

A memorial has been estab-lished for the Shriners Hospital.Memorials may be mailed toPaul’s Funeral Home, Box 236,Hugoton, Ks 67951.

Erma Logan

The death of Betty JaneBaskin, age 88, has beenlearned. Mrs. Baskin passedaway Sunday, February 1,2015 at Southwest MedicalCenter in Liberal.

She was born September15, 1926 in Meade, thedaughter of Allan Seger andthe former Rhoda Basinger.

Betty attended school inPlains. She had resided inKansas, Wyoming, Coloradoand Oklahoma.

She married BernardCarlile September 11, 1946at Canadian, Tx.

December 9, 1973, shemarried Gene Baskin inBrighton, Co. He preceded

her in death April 26, 1993.Mrs. Baskin worked for

Wal-Mart as a people greeterand for the Sands Motel andRestaurant in Gillette, Wy.,as a hostess.

Betty loved her pets,working in her yard and tak-ing trips. Square dancingwas a passion of hers.

She was a member of theParis and Squares and Yel-low Rock Plus Square DanceClub.

Survivors include her twosons, Thomas Hartnett andwife Virginia of Houston, Tx.and James Carlile and wifeTheresa of Liberal; twodaughters, Sandra Dixonand husband Dale of Mus-tang, Ok. and Diana Elliottand husband Rick of Liberal;her ten grandchildren,Christopher Ford, Bret Ford,Preston Ford, Tracie Cross,Chad Osier, Ashley Osier,Kaitlin Carlile, Robin Odom,Gina Dawson and BradDixon; ten great grandchil-dren, Chandler Ford, SarahFord, Lillian Ford, BroganDawson, Ella Dawson,Hadley Odom, Ashlynn

Odom, Destiny Osier, NatalyOsier and Kora Osier; 13step grandchildren; andeight step great great grand-children.

She was preceded indeath by her parents; twodaughters, Debra Osier andRhonda Carlile; two broth-ers, Robert and Ralph Seger;and great granddaughterHaley Harley.

Funeral service is plannedfor Friday, February 6, 2015at 2:00 pm at BrennemanFuneral Home Chapel in Lib-eral with Pastor Jack Jacobpresiding. Burial will followin the Liberal Cemetery.

Visitation will be 10:00a.m to 8:00 p.m. Thursdayand 9:00 a.m. until servicetime Friday at BrennemanFuneral Home.

Memorial contributionsmay be sent to the GreatPlains Angels for Animals incare of the Brenneman Fu-neral Home, 1212 West Sec-ond, Liberal, Ks 67901.

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

Betty Baskin

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Stevens County EmergencyServices run activity for Jan-uary 19 through February 1.Fire Department Wednesday, January 21 -8:30 a.m. dispatched to RoadR and Road 20 for a baleloader fire. Thursday, January 22 -5:25 a.m. dispatched to 1043Road P for a structure/equipment fire. Tuesday, January 27 -5:45 p.m. dispatched to Hwy56 between Road 9 and Road

10 for a motor vehicle acci-dent. Wednesday, January 28 -12:01 a.m. dispatched to1043 Road P, for a struc-ture/equipment fire - falsealarm. Sunday, February 1 - 9:17p.m. dispatched to 1103 SMadison for a structure fire.

Ambulance ActivityTwo medical runs, one trans-fer, one motor vehicle acci-dent and three fire standbys.

Stevens County Fire Department and

Ambulance Report

HUGOTON POLICE REPORTHUGOTON POLICE REPORTBusiness Hours, Call 544-4959

After Hours, Call 544-2020

Monday, January 26, 2015• Vehicle Unlock, 100 Block of West

Eleventh, Citizen Assist, OfficerHagman

• Citizen Assist, 1100 Block of SouthMain, Public Service, Officer Hag-man

Tuesday, January 27, 2015• Domestic, 900 Block of South Coul-

ter, Chief LeslieWednesday, January 28, 2015• Unwanted Subject, 900 Block of

South Coulter, Subject Removed,Officer Lamatsch

• Unwanted Subject, 900 Block ofSouth Coulter, Removed Subjectagain, Officer Lamatsch

• Suspicious Activity, 900 Block ofWest City Limits, Investigated, Offi-cer Crane

Thursday, January 29, 2015• Motorist Assist, Public Service, Of-

ficer CraneFriday, January 30, 2015• Vehicle Unlock, 100 Block of West

Eleventh, Citizen Assist, Sgt. John-son

• Civil, 1500 Block of Eisenhower,

Public Service, Sergeant JohnsonSaturday, January 31, 2015• Vehicle Unlock, 100 Block of Wil-

son, Citizen Assist, Sergeant. John-son

• Dog at Large, 800 Block of SouthVan Buren, Dog Impounded, Ser-geant Johnson

• Released Dog, 1600 South Wash-ington, Public Service, SergeantJohnson

• Assault, 400 Block of South Madi-son, Investigated, Sergeant John-son

Sunday, February 1, 2015• Vehicle Unlock, 500 Block of West

Fourth, Vehicle was unlocked, Offi-cer Hagman

• Dog at Large, 1000 Block of SouthMain, Dog Impounded, SergeantJohnson

• Dogs at Large, 500 Block of WestEleventh, Unable to Locate,SergeantJohnson

• Disturbance, 400 Block of SouthMadison, Removed Subject, Ser-geant Johnson

He figured around a $30,000savings! He has ran this ideaby his employees also. Thiswould not be a year roundplan - just during a fewmonths out of the year. Allthe pros and cons were thor-oughly discussed. Tony put alot of work into the idea in-cluding the figuring of elec-tricity, fuel, overtime - etc.Employees would still beguaranteed 40 hours a week.He wanted to get the Com-missioners opinion. They

both agreed that this wouldbe up to Tony, maybe try itout for awhile. It was statedthat the KDOT entrance eastof town is getting closer.

Sheriff Ted Heatondropped by with a, nothingnew and all is good, reportfrom the Law EnforcementCenter.

Vernon Anderson came into talk more about the permitfees. Joe stated his concernabout the fees. He asked if nomore than the fees will be

bringing in, if it would be bet-ter to not add extra chargesto people trying to build inthe county. We are trying tobring people in and encour-age building. Vernon said hisbiggest expense for this ismileage. Pat said he thoughtJoe had a good point. It wassuggested to concentratemore on fines for not havinga permit.

Phil Willis stopped by forsome needed signatures andrepair requests.

Motions were made toallow some encumbrance letters. A few changes weremade to the minutes then amotion to accept them wasmade and passed. Motionswere made and passed to appoint Pat Hall as chairmanand Joe Thompson as vicechairman.

Following some more miscellaneous discussion,meeting adjourned.

The community is invitedto help Karoll Wagner cele-brate his eighty-fifth birthdaySaturday, February 7, at acome-and-go reception from2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Pioneer Manor coffee shop. Ifyou are unable to attend,take a minute to send him acard at:

Karoll WagnerPioneer Manor

1711 South Main St.Hugoton, KS 67951

Happy BirthdayKaroll!

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At the January 2015 annual meeting of the Hugoton AreaChamber of Commerce, Director Ruth Van Horn presents amembership plaque to new member Joshua Grubbs, agent forUnited Country Stutzman Realty and Auction.

For those “foodies” out therewho would rather assembletheir Valentine’s meal them-selves, White’s Foodliner is of-fering a $25 gift card to theirwinners. If you’re feeling ambi-tious enough to tackle one ofyour “honey-do” items in timefor Valentine’s Day, register towin at Bultman Inc. for a $20gift certificate while you pick upsupplies! Bultman Tire Centeralso has your back with a $50gift certificate for their winning couple, if your to-do listincludes some vehicle maintenance.

In the event you don’t know

what your loved one wants, asubscription to The Hermes isalways a good fit! Register atThe Hugoton Hermes for achance to win a free year’s sub-scription. You can also let yourhoney pick their own gift, bysigning up at First NationalBank for a chance to win $25 incold hard cash! Let CitizensState Bank handle the bankrollwith their $20 Gas Capital Dol-lars, good at any HugotonChamber member business.

No matter if you win anyprizes this year, remember thebest gift of all is your sweet-heart! Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Bartel.The minutes of the last

meeting and the agenda wereapproved unanimously.

Diane Mangels, HumanResources Director, gave theHuman Resources report.She reported that there hasbeen good participation in theBlue Cross/Blue Shield in-surance program and as a re-sult the cost of insurancepremiums has dropped.

Dawn Maas, Director ofNursing at the hospital, saidthey were a little busy withthe flu season. The hospitalgenerally has two to four in-patients.

Maas reported that theStevens County MedicalFoundation donated two vitalsigns machines to the hospi-tal which will be of huge ben-efit. The old machines weremaintaining but slowly begin-ning to not function properly.She also reported that Pheas-ant Heaven Charities pro-vides some gift cards that canbe given to patients who needa little help.

Stacy Helget, Clinic Direc-tor, reported the flu had keptthem busy in the last weeks.The flu has been “good forour numbers but hard on thecommunity,” she said, butthe patient numbers arestarting to go down.

Jennifer Featherston, Di-rector of Nursing/PioneerManor said the current cen-sus is 70. The Manor has hadsome cases of flu but has notbeen as badly hit as the gen-eral community. She re-minded the board that theCimarron household wouldbe implementing “culturechange” March 1. This will in-clude doing personal laundrywithin the household ratherthan the main laundry,preparing more “home-cooked” meals within thehousehold, moving awayfrom an institutional feel to-ward a more home-orientedatmosphere for the residents.

Linda Stalcup provided theCEO report. They have con-tracted with Pioneer Commu-nications to producecommercials highlighting themedical clinic, pharmacy,physical therapy clinic andPioneer Manor. The ads willsoon begin airing in primetime on five stations, includ-ing Fox & Friends and theFood Network.

Regarding the financials,Stalcup reported that ac-counts receivable and billingare doing really well whichhas allowed them to catch upon accounts payable.

Stalcup updated the boardon the Pioneer Manor bedtax. She said last month thatthey would be looking intogetting a Continuing Care Re-tirement Community desig-nation which could reducethe tax. An assessment hasshown that Pioneer Manordoes not qualify for this des-ignation. The current bed taxis $161,000 per year.

Pioneer Manor will behosting an Alzheimer’s edu-cation program in March,which staff and the commu-nity are invited to attend.However, seating is limited tothe first 40. Details with time,place and contact informa-tion will follow at a later date.

In old business, Stalcupupdated the board on some ofthe repairs that must bemade to the hospital facility.Trevor Mangels is in theprocess of obtaining esti-mates for the HVAC system.

Motion was made and ap-proved to adjourn the meet-ing following an executivesession.

The next meeting of thehospital/nursing home boardis scheduled for Monday,March 2, 2015, at 5:30 p.m.in the Stevens County Hospi-tal community conferenceroom.

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Blue HarvestContinued from page 1

Wish Karoll a happy birthday

Karoll Wagner

Trujillo, it features his grandfa-ther, Johnny Lopez, in a pivotalrole.

Joel Trujillo states,”I am in-troducing my grandfatherJohnny B. Lopez who is a descendant of the Zuni tribe.”

Growing up, Trujillo receivedmuch support from his grand-parents Johnny and JaneLopez. He compared his child-hood with his grandfather’schildhood and their shared loveof movies.

“My grandparents are mybiggest supporters and havecheered me on from the begin-ning…my first Dracula movie,being creative, playing and myfirst zombie movie. As a child inthe 1940s Grandpa was a fan ofWesterns and Cowboys and In-dians. When I mentioned thestory line of ‘Blue Harvest’ toGrandpa, he asked if he couldplay the part of the NativeAmerican. I already had him inmind and couldn’t think of any-one else to play that part.Grandpa helped immenselywith the dialogue in the movie,”Trujillo said.

In the movie, the present dayWelch family members includethree actual family members inkey roles. Chris Beltz of Hugo-ton plays the father GlennWelch, a Christian farmer whohad nothing to do with his an-cestors and the curse. Chris

Beltz’s son, Talon “Merc” Beltz,portrays Glenn Welch’s son,Tyler. Chris Beltz’s brother,Dale Beltz plays Sam Welch,the ancestor responsible for thecurse. Dale Beltz wore his authentic cowboy gear, usedhis horses and allowed filmingon his land.

“It was a privilege to workwith the Beltz family. Chris,who works for the StevensCounty Sheriff’s Department,and I have worked together be-fore and he was in my movie‘Dusk of the Living Dead.’Talon ‘Merc’ Beltz is also an experienced performer, havingdone other theatrical performances.”

Supporting writer and director Trujillo, was RandalGreenwood as assistant to thedirector. Trujillo’s childhoodfriend Evan Greenwood workedtirelessly behind the scenes andprovided aerial footage. TheGreenwoods are from Hugotonand Trujillo said the aerialshots were another big step forhis movies and takes “BlueHarvest” to another level.

“I can’t thank Evan enough,”he said.

DVDs of this movie will beavailable for purchase atSouthgate 6 the night of thepremiere. The stars will be atthe premiere to sign autographs.

Hugoton Aglow will meetThursday, February 12, at theHugoton Senior Center at Sev-enth and Main, starting at 7:00p.m. with coffee and fellowship.Peggy Brecheisen will speak at7:30 p.m.

Peggy asks you, “Have youever walked on water?” Peterdid, without anyone directinghim to do so. Furthermore, shenotes God has equipped Hispeople to do just that. Peggy isprepared to share more aboutthis hardly-discussed subject,so pull up a chair and take alisten! Peggy also notes, “Ittakes guts to do that - walk onwater!”

The following is a directquote from Peggy, “My messageis for both men and women,also for boys and young men aswell as girls of every age.” Peggy

was emphatic in welcoming themen and boys of this community, and this is the desire of Aglow.

Because this is the Valentinemonth, the group also empha-sizes the greeting is extended toeach of you, bring your Valen-tine to this joyous occasion ofworship, prayer, word, praiseand lots of hugs! Let yoursweetheart hear this presenta-tion about tough assignments.

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Heritage Christian Academy would like to recog-nize their school board mem-bers for all they do to makeHCA a great place to learn!

Board members Lanie McClure, Diana Crawford,Heath Kelley, JonathanPearcy, Cynthia Martin, Angela Cantrell and JeremiahJohnson are appreciated byHeritage Christian students,teachers and staff.

Heritage Christian Academy students Gavin Williams andJamyn Wolters are excited after performing well in their chessgame at the Mid-Winter Tournament in Garden City recently.

Thursday, January 29 marked Kansas’ one hundred fifty-fourthbirthday, and Heritage Christian students participated in a“Jeopardy!” style Kansas History trivia game to commemoratethe occasion.

Lisa Fehr, Chloe Martin, Jaelynn Kelley and Heidi Bogan perform their hilarious sketch illustrating incorrect and correctways to use measuring tools.

Rustin Pearcy and Mikyn Hamlin carefully measure liquids andfood coloring as they conduct a science experiment at HeritageChristian Friday, January 23.

Budding scientists Mikyn Hamlin, Rustin Pearcy, Mary BethCrawford and Agatha Fehr anxiously wait to perform their exciting science experiment at HCA.

Will Barker, Jaelynn Kelley, Gavin Williams and Lisa Fehr prepare feverishly for their Measurement skits at HeritageChristian Academy.

Weston Johnson, Dax Allen and Carter McClure are ready tocompete in the Bible Quiz bowl game at the Mid-Winter Tournament. HCA students attended the tournament Friday,January 30 in Garden City.

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Hugoton Middle Schoolstudent Eric Thompson mas-terminded a fundraiser thispast week for St. Jude’s Chil-dren’s Hospital. Eric is aneighth grader at HMS, as wellas a cancer survivor. Thank-fully, Eric is cancer free andis doing very well. He approached teachers and administrators with his ideato donate money to the hospital, and was enthusias-tically supported by thewhole school.

HMS Excel classes workedtogether to pool their moneyto send on to St. Jude’s. Mrs.Gold’s winning Excel classdonated $291.58, and Mrs.Szymczak’s class came insecond with $191.39. Mrs.Gold’s class enjoyed a pizzaparty. Teachers and staff donated $2.00 a day to wear

jeans, and more donationswere gratefully accepted fromCitizens State Bank andNurse Link Staffing Inc.

In all, Eric’s fundraiserbrought in an impressive

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generosity from Hugoton,will definitely be appreciatedby St. Jude’s!


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SCHEDULE CHANGEThe HES Third Grade Music Program

has been MOVED to March 9th @ 7:00p.m.Thank you!

2015 Winter Homecoming HHS/HMS Spirit Days‘Merican Monday: Wear Red, White & Blue

Tuesday: Twin DayWednesday: Pajama Day

Thursday: Gender Bender Day (HHS)/Color War (HMS) 7th = Red, 8th = Blue

Friday: Dress Up Day

2015 Winter HomecomingElementary School Spirit Days

Monday : Favor ite Sports TeamTuesday: Twin Day

Wednesday: Pajama DayThursday: Hat Day

Fr iday: Wear Red, White & Blue

Elementary students take aim in Ms. Daniel’s PE class while sheteaches fourth through sixth graders the basics of archery. Students study successful shooting, the history of archery andwhistle commands used to direct shooters’ movements.

“Chef Atom” brought the Chemical Change Cafe to Mrs.Heger’s fifth grade classroom January 22. Students studied thedifference between physical and chemical changes while enjoying some tasty pancakes.

Hugoton High students dissect a frog in Mrs. Fann's biologyclass. Students have been studying animal structure and bodysystems the past couple of weeks. Advanced Biology students dissected starfish.

Mr. Zweig's class has some pretty awesome projects going on inthe Industrial Arts shop. Students are assembling all manner ofwoodworking projects, including shelves, dressers, sheds andmore! The class is also working together to make a huge outdoorkitchen unit. Keep up the good work!

HES students Amya Johnsonand Lizeth Gonzales enjoy agame of “Dangling Donuts” atELD’s Fun Friday January 23.

Eric and HMS help raise over $2000 for St. Jude’s

Big hearts abound at Hugoton Middle School. Eighth graderEric (Reeve) Thompson spearheaded a fundraising effort at theschool, raising over $2000 for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Heis surrounded by Emily Snyder, Mrs. Nicole Gold and HMSprincipal Lance Custer.

Middle School basketball cheerleaders - and their peppy cheers- are very appreciated during the tough basketball contests.From left to right are Jayla Stump, Hannah Archuleta, SahaylaHaar, Claire Clark, Kamry Miller and Rebecca Johnson. Keepcheering!

Helping “psych up” Hugoton High School wrestlers are thewrestling cheerleaders: Ricki Rickers, Hannah Rodriguez, CarlyHittle and Maria Martinez.

Hugoton High’s Scholars’ Bowl team prepares to face toughcompetition when hosting two separate events. Triston Stegman,A.J. Madsen and Jackie Garcia, along with HHS Scholars’ Bowlsponsor Nathan Hawley, are not intimidated by their competitors!

HMS students Cole Martin and Wyatt Angell work on their science fair project for the HMS Science Fair, scheduled forWednesday, February 4.

Hugoton ECDC students celebrate the hundredth day of schoolwith a LOT of counting, including books, lollipops, and manyother fun items!

Pre-Kindergarten students greet Hugoton Police Officer MattLamatsch - and his cool police vehicle - during an exciting morning of meeting “Community Helpers”. Students also meta nurse and some bank employees!

HHS’s fantastically talented dance team performs at halftime ofthe home game against Ulysses January 13.

Hugoton Eagles squeeze together for a quick picture at the homegame versus Ulysses Tuesday, January 13. Basketball gamesbring out the Rowdy Crowd in full force, and that game was noexception! Go Eagles!

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The Hugoton Eagles trav-eled to Sublette Tuesday, Jan-uary 27, for a GWAC leaguegame. Hugoton defeated theLarks 61-46.

The game started with Sub-lette making a two-point fieldgoal in the first 40 seconds ofthe first quarter. This shot wasfollowed by Zack Leininger withtwo points and an assist fromKellen Watkins. Ulises Armen-dariz added one free throw andWatkins added two morepoints. During the time re-maining in the first quarter,Hugoton added six more pointsagainst Sublette’s three. Theplayers who contributed thosepoints were Wade Heger, Ar-mendariz and Watkins, withassists from Armendariz, TonyKinser and Colby Korf.

The second quarter beganwith Sublette in possession ofthe ball. Parker Titus saw theopportunity and stole the ballfrom the Larks. This stealhelped Titus make a two-pointshot. In the first 30 seconds ofthe second quarter, Sublettecommitted another foul on Ar-mendariz. He scored one out oftwo shots. Sublette got the de-fensive rebound but Watkinsquickly stole the ball back. Heused his steal to make a two-point field goal. Heger addedtwo points with free throws,thus bringing the score to 17-10. Sublette attempted a three-point shot but Watkins got therebound and passed it to Heger

for two. At the end of the sec-ond quarter Hugoton was up24-19.

The third quarter startedwith Sublette in possession ofthe ball, which they promptlylost, giving the ball to Heger fortwo points. Heger’s shot wasfollowed by a three-point shotfrom Armendariz. Sublette fol-lowed with two points, makingthe score 30-24. At 5:12, Sub-lette fouled Leininger. He madeboth free throws. Leininger’sfree throws were followed bySublette’ attempt at a two-point shot, Watkins got the de-fensive rebound. This reboundhelped Leininger made a two-point field goal, with assistfrom Armendariz. Subletteadded a three-point shot fol-lowed by a three-point shotfrom Parker Titus, and later atwo-point shot with an assistfrom Leininger. In the remain-ing minutes of the third quar-ter, Hugoton added eight morepoints to the already advancedscore. These points were addedby Heger, Kinser, Titus andKorf.

The final quarter began withthe Eagles in possession of theball. Heger used one of Sub-lette’s foul to make two freethrows, followed by Watkinsadding a two-point field goal,with assistance from Heger.These points added to scoremaking it 54-41. Leiningeradded another two points withan assist from Manuel Mendez.

The fourth quarter ended withTitus making a two-point shot,with assistance from Watkins.

The player who earned themost points and made it todouble digits was Heger with15 points. Close behind, alsomade it into double digits wasTitus with 13 points andLeininger with ten. Watkinsfollowed closely with eightpoints and Armendariz withseven. Kinser and Korf eachmade four points.

The player who earned themost rebounds was Leiningerwith nine rebounds, four offen-

sive and five defensive.Watkins earned the most as-sists with four. Armendarizearned the most steals, withfour. Tony Kinser again hadthe most blocks with three.Great job Hugoton Eagles!

The girls and boys will travelnext to Guymon, January 30.Girls’ varsity will play at 6:30p.m. and boys’ varsity will playat 8:00 p.m. Good luck Eagles!

The Hugoton Eagles trav-eled to Guymon Friday, Jan-uary 30, for a tough game.Guymon defeated Hugoton bya mere five points, 58-63.

The Tigers started thegame with ball possessionbut Parker Titus quickly stolethe ball. At 6:47 ZackLeininger made a two-pointfield goal, but this shot wasquickly followed by Guymonmaking a two-point shot.Leininger quickly made an-other two-point field goal,with an assist from Titus.Wade Heger added two pointsthanks to an assist fromKellen Watkins. With fiveminutes of the first quarterremaining, the Eagles madeseven points to Guymon’seight. By the end of the firstquarter, Hugoton was downby one point, 13-14.

The second quarter beganwith the Tigers making threetwo-point field goals; theseshots were answered with athree pointer by Wade Heger.Heger added two points to thescore with 3:57 on the clockwith an assist from Ulises Ar-mendariz. The score read 20-31. The Eagles were down by11 points with three minutesin the second quarter. In thelast minutes of the game,Heger and Titus both addedfour points. The second quar-ter ended 24-37.

Guymon started the thirdquarter in possession of theball, and they used it to makea three point shot in the first20 seconds. They attemptedanother two point shot butmissed, and Leininger got thedefensive rebound. This re-bound helped Watkins addtwo points to the score. Hegerthen made two two-point

shots, with assists fromLeininger and Watkins. Guy-mon fouled Heger and hemade both of the awardedfree throws. Kinser followedup Heger’s two points withtwo more, making his shotwith an assist from ManuelMendez. Hugoton was slowlygaining on the Tigers. Thescore read 33-47. Third quar-ter ended with Guymon mak-ing two two-point field goals.This quarter proved to be anintense quarter. It was filledwith adrenaline—both on thecourt and off!

The fourth quarter beganwith Hugoton in possessionof the ball. Heger sunk thefirst shot of the quarter: atwo-point field goal. Guymonattempted a two-point shotbut missed. The Eagles wereonce again in possession ofthe ball, and Heger addedthree more points to thescore. He shot a three-pointerwith an assist from Ulises Ar-mendariz. With four minutesremaining in the quarter,Hugoton had made ten pointsto Guymon’s zero. With fourminutes left in the game,Hugoton fouled against Guy-mon, and the Tigers madeone out of two free throws.Titus used the defensive re-bound to add two points tothe score. The score now read50-53, and the Eagles wereonly three points from Guy-mon. The Tigers followedTitus’ points by sinking atwo-pointer themselves.Leininger quickly followed byadding two points to thescore, with an assist fromWatkins. Guymon answeredwith yet another two-pointshot. Hugoton was now sixpoints behind, 52-58. An

Eagle fouled one of the Tigers,and the player made bothfree throws. Watkins andHeger added four points inthe last 30 seconds of thegame. In the end, the Eaglesfought hard but Guymon stillreceived the win. The endscore read 58-63. The Eaglesfought hard, especially in thefinal quarter as they made 25points against Guymon’s 11.

The player who earned themost points was Heger with27, The player with the mostrebounds was between Titusand Leininger, who were bothtied with four. The player

with the most assists was Ar-mendariz with six. Ulises alsoboasted the most steals withthree. The community isproud of you, Hugoton Ea-gles. Way to fight until theend!

Both the Eagles and theLady Eagles competed in Hol-comb Tuesday, February 3and will travel to Scott CityFriday, February 7. Girls’ var-sity will play at 6:30 p.m. andboys’ varsity will play at 8:00p.m. at Scott City.

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Sports ScheduleFriday, February 6-Basketball, Boys & Girls JV

at Scott City High School; 4:45p.m.-Basketball, Girls Varsity at

Scott City High School; 6:30p.m.-Basketball, Boys C-Team at

Scott City High School; 6:30p.m.-Basketball, Boys Varsity at

Scott City High School; 8:00p.m.

Saturday, February 7-Basketball, Boys 7th Grade

& 8th Grade A-Teams & B-Teams Tri at Holcomb HighSchool; 10:00 a.m.Tuesday, February 10-Sports Booster Meeting in

the HHS Cafeteria; 7:00 p.m.

Kellen Watkins stretches for the rebound against three GuymonTigers Friday night.

Wade Heger shoots a three-pointer at the game in Guymon lastweek. The Eagles were defeated 58-63 by the home team.

Zack Leininger goes up for a layup in the varsity game againstthe Sublette Larks Tuesday!

Parker Titus puts up a three-pointer as the Eagles face a toughGuymon team last Friday.

Melissa Fabela blocks against a Guymon player while herfellow teammates Amy Scott, Estefani Armendariz andRiley Sosa prepare to help her.

Ulises Armendariz blocks a Sublette player’s shot duringthe game last Tuesday evening.

Hugoton Eagles battle Guymon in tough game

Eagles defeat Sublette Larks 61-46


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Lady Eagles went againstGuymon Tigers Friday, Janu-ary 30. The Lady Eaglesfound no difficulty in gettinga big lead in the first twoquarters. The first quarterended with Lady Eagles up byone point. The second quar-ter proved to be better forHugoton. By the end of thesecond quarter, the score was30-18. The lead only contin-ued throughout the third andfourth quarters. The thirdquarter ended with Lady Ea-gles 52-27. Finally the gameended Lady Eagles 66 andGuymon 30.

The Lady Eagles playedgreat defense and applied alot of pressure on Guymonthroughout the game. Thispressure really wore downGuymon; the proof of thiswas Guymon only scoring 17points in the last three quar-ters. The player who earnedthe most points and made it

into double digits was AmyScott with 19 points. Alsowith double digits was KatyHeger with 15 points. Closebehind were Dallie Hoskinsonwith 13, Melissa Fabela con-tributed ten, and Estefani Ar-mendariz with nine points.

The player with the mostassists was Scott with threeassists. Armendariz, AnaPeña and Heger all had twoassists apiece. The playerwho earned the most stealswas a tie between Scott andHoskinson, both with fivesteals a piece. The playerwith the most blocks was alsoa tie between Armendariz andTaylor Fiss, both with oneblock. The most reboundswent to Hoskinson with ten -six defensive rebounds andfour offensive rebounds. Altogether the Lady Eaglesplayed a great game! Goodjob Lady Eagles!

The Hugoton Eagles Var-

sity both girls and boys trav-eled to Holcomb Tuesday andwill travel to Scott City Friday7. Girls’ varsity will play at

6:30 p.m. and boys’ varsitywill play at 8:00 p.m. Makesure to come out and supportthe Hugoton teams!

The Lady Eagles were the #6seed in the Sterling tourna-ment and their first round op-ponent was the #3 seeded 8-1Lyons Lions who were the 3Astate runner up in the March2014 KSHSAA state basketballtournament and returned fourof their five starters from thatteam. The first quarter was adraw as each team scored tenpoints, with senior Estefani Ar-mendariz and sophomore AmyScott each scoring four for theLady Eagles. The second quar-ter continued to be a defensivebattle with Hugoton scoring 11and Lyons ten to give Hugotona 21-20 halftime lead. Sopho-mores Melissa Fabela and KatyHeger led the scoring for Hugo-ton with six and three respec-tively. The game continued inthis same manner throughoutthe third quarter with Lyonsnow holding the lead at 31-34to start the fourth quarter.Scott hit two three-point fieldgoals in the third quarter.Lyons was able to score 15more points in the fourth quar-ter while holding the Eagles tofive and won the game 36-49.

Scott scored 12 points withHeger and Fabela each scoringeight and Armendariz con-tributed six for the Eagles. Fa-bela grabbed 11 rebounds,Heger had four assists andthree steals and Armendarizhad four steals.

Thursday, January 22, theLady Eagles got back to theirwinning ways by defeatingTrinity Catholic from Hutchin-son in the loser’s bracket semi-finals 51-29 to move onto thefifth place game.

The first quarter startedslowly for both teams with thescore 6-5 in favor of Hugoton atthe end of the quarter. SeniorAna Peña scored four points forthe Eagles in this quarter. TheEagles picked up their pace inthe second quarter andoutscored Trinity 16-6 to takea 22-11 half time lead. KatyHeger poured in eight pointswith Amy Scott netting four tohelp the team double up thescore at half and the Eaglescontinued to dominate defen-sively in the third quarter andtook a 37-16 lead to the fourth.Scott tossed in seven andHeger six in the third to againlead the team in scoring. TheLady Eagles kept on the attack,both offensively and defen-sively, to make the final score51-29.

Katy led the team in scoringwith 20 points and had sevensteals while Amy contributed13 points and four rebounds.Dallie Hoskinson scored sixpoints, grabbed eight re-bounds, had five assists andfive steals and Pena scored sixin the game.

Friday, January 23, theLady Eagles took on a verytough 8-3 SE Saline team inthe fifth place game and playedwith a lot of heart, passion andintensity from the opening tipto take an 18-10 first quarterlead with Melisa and Katy eachcontributing six points andDallie had four. The Eagleskept up the defensive pressurewhich led to many fast breakbaskets in the second quarterand a half time lead of 41-23.Amy scored seven and Ana had

four in this quarter. The half time break did not

slow the Eagles down as theyscored another 22 in the thirdto take a 63-40 lead into thefourth quarter. Katy and RileySosa each scored six pointswith Dallie having five. SESaline did not back down inthe fourth and outscored theEagles 8-27 to make the gamevery close at the end. The LadyEagles needed four free throwsfrom Katy and a three-pointbasket from Amy to eventuallyget the win with the final score71-67.

Katy led the scoring with 18and she also had five assistsand three steals. Amy scored13 points, had five rebounds,five steals and three assists.Dallie scored 12 points witheight steals, eight assists andeight rebounds. Riley andMelissa each scored nine andAna contributed six. T h eLady Eagles are now 9-2 on theseason and will get ready for anon conference game at Sub-lette Tuesday, January 27.

Amy Scott won the DougSillin Memorial three-pointshooting contest by scoring 44points in the three rounds ofshooting prior to each game.Amy scored ten in the firstround, 15 in the second andtallied 19 in the Friday roundto easily win the contest (sec-ond place was at 37). The con-test is similar to the NBA three-point contest where five shotsare taken from five differentspots on the floor with a timelimit of one minute to com-plete. The tournament wasextremely tough with the com-

bined records of the eightteams being 71 wins againstonly nine losses and the LadyEagles are looking forward toreturning and going after thechampionship in January2016.

The 9-2 Lady Eagles en-joyed the shorter bus ride toSublette Tuesday, January 27,and came out of the lockerroom focused and on a missionand pounced all over the LadyLarks in the first quarter 29-5.The full court press caused alot of problems for the Larksand they were unable to findways to break the pressure.Katy Heger scored ten points,

Amy Scott nine, Dallie Hoskin-son four and Melissa Fabelaand Riley Sosa each hit a threepointer in the 29-point bar-rage.

The second quarter wasmuch of the same with AnaPeña scoring five, Dallie fourand Amy hitting a three pointerto give the Eagles 14 morepoints and a half time lead of43-18. Coach Gillen reminded

the team during half time thatthey must remain focused andcontinue to force the Larks intoturnovers/bad decisions andthe Lady Eagles certainly lis-tened as they outscored Sub-lette 22-9 and had a 65-27 leadto start the fourth. Amy hit fortwo more three-point basketsand had nine points with Katyscoring five and Melissa four.Coach Gillen freely substitutedin the fourth quarter withMelissa scoring nine of theteam’s 12 points and juniorSarah Johnson burying athree-pointer with seconds leftin the game to make the final77-40 and move the Lady Ea-gles to 10-2 for the season.

Amy led the scoring with 19and she also had five assists.Melissa scored 16 and grabbednine rebounds. Katy scored 15and had five assists and fivesteals and the fourth Eagle indouble figures was Dallie withten points as well as sevensteals and six rebounds. Anascored seven points, had sevenrebounds and also dished outtwo assists.

The team shot 44% in two-point FGs (22-50) and hit ablistering hot 50% in three-point shots (9 for 18) and hitsix out of eight free throws.The defensive pressurethroughout the game was evi-dent in Sublette's low pointtotal of 40 and the fact thatthey only shot 28% from the

field.For the season the Lady Ea-

gles have scored 782 points (65points per game) while allowingonly 513 points (42.8 ppg).The team has scored morethan 70 points in six of their 12games and have held the oppo-nents to 40 points or less in sixof the 12 games as well. Teamshooting is at 46% for two-point baskets (210-456) and32% for three-pointers (77-241) and 67% in free throws(126-187). Team steals are at224 (18.7 steals per game) andthis team's offense flourisheswhen the defense is causinghavoc and creating steals sothis is a very important stat forthe team. The team also tab-ulates a grading system foreach game and each player hasa "formula score" based on allof the things that occur on thecourt such as steals, deflec-tions, rebounds, points scored,etc. etc. as well as the negativethings such as turnovers,missed free throws and fieldgoals, and defensive collapses.Senior Stef Armendariz is thecurrent formula scoring leaderwith a 4.10 average per game.

The Lady Eagles headed toGuymon, Ok., for a non-con-ference game against the LadyTigers Friday, January 30, andwere back on the home courthosting Holcomb Tuesday,February 3, in a GWAC leaguegame.

Amy Scott struggles with the Guymon shooter for the ball. BothEagles and Tigers stand ready to rebound.

Estefani Armendariz and Taylor Fiss try for the block againstthe Lady Tiger during Friday’s Pink Out game at Guymon.

Melissa Fabela goes up for a layup against Sublette’s LadyLarks Tuesday, January 27. The varsity Lady Eagles defeatedthe Larks on their home court.

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Lady Eagles defeat Guymon 66-30

Lady Eagles continue their winning streak

Lady Eagles compete in Sterling tournament

Amy Scott proudly shows herDoug Sillin Memorial plaque.

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Saturday, January 31, sixmore wrestlers went to a jun-ior varsity tournament inLarned. This was a greatshowing for the Hugotonwrestlers, placing everywrestler that went for the sec-ond week in a row. This wasthe last tournament for theJV but they will havematches against Ulysses inHugoton’s home dual February 12.

“Daniel and Brian will beVarsity for this weekend.Rickey, Jack, Romano, Asaf,Panda and Landan will haveto wrestle off this week to seewho gets the varsity spot. Wewill wrestle-off Tuesday andagain Thursday if we need to.Landan is the established220 pounder so Panda wouldhave to beat him twice beforeLandan wins one in order totake his varsity spot for theweek. The same applies forRickey who will challengeJack, and Asaf Ruiz who willchallenge Romano Burger,”said Coach Brian Campbell.Daniel Bustillos Third placeRickey Burrows Fourth place Asaf Ruiz Fourth place Panda Third placeLandan Hickey Third place Brian Flores Fourth place

The Hugoton Wrestlingteam traveled to Garden Cityfor a two-day tournament Friday and Saturday. Eight ofHugoton’s varsity traveled toGarden City for the tournament.

“We had a tough first daylosing half of our wrestlers.The competition in GardenCity is at a very high levelwith most of the bracketshaving more than 25wrestlers and multiple Stateplacers in each. The boys bat-tled hard and for the mostpart better wrestlers beat us,we did not beat ourselves.We wrestled well but came upshort in a couple of matches,losing multiple matches bytwo points or less. This was agreat tournament to see ex-actly where we stand andwhat we need to work on,”said Coach Brian Campbell.

Hugoton will host theGWAC tournament Saturday,February 7, in Hugoton.

Varsity:Bradan Slemp Did not placeIsrael Montoya Did not placeDanny Tapia Did not placePedro Ordonez Sixth placeEdgar Villa Did not placeMarcos Baeza Fifteenth placeGenesis Martinez FourteenthplaceNoel Camacho thirteenth

placeLineup for the GWAC duals

is as follows106: Daniel Bustillos160: Open113: Bradan Slemp170: Genesis Martinez120: Israel Montoya182: Romano Burger (Asafchallenging)

126: Danny Tapia195: Noel Camacho132: Pedro Ordonez220: Landan Hickey (Pandachallenging)138: Jack Stalcup (Rickeychallenging)285: Brian Flores145: Edgar Villa152: Marcos Baeza

Winners of the 2015 Knights of Columbus FreeThrow Championship are, left to right, EmmaCornelsen, Desean Lewis, Zevin Littell, Cade

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Out of more than 600 pre-proposals and 200 full pro-posals submitted, twoKansas initiatives have beenawarded state-level grantfunding as part of the U.S.Department of Agriculture’snew Regional ConservationPartnership Program (RCPP).The regional program, whichfocuses heavily on public-pri-vate partnerships, aims toprovide private companies,local communities, and othernon-government partners away to invest in efforts relat-ing to land, water, agricul-ture, construction, tourism,and outdoor recreation. Boththe Kansas Pheasant Initia-tive and the Regional Grass-land Bird and Grazing LandEnhancement Initiative, amulti-state effort that also in-cludes Missouri, Iowa andNebraska, will receive fund-ing from RCPP.

PHEASANT INITIATIVEThe Kansas Department of

Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism(KDWPT), alongside the Nat-ural Resource ConservationService (NRCS), PheasantsForever, Star Seed Inc., Na-tional Wild Turkey Federa-tion, Quail and UplandWildlife Federation, TheKansas Wildlife Federation,and Safari Club Interna-tional, have developed a pro-gram geared at managinghabitat for pheasants. Thisinitiative uses a focus-areaapproach, providing cost-share and incentives for prac-tices that create andmaintain pheasant habitat.Because widespread, isolatedefforts have proved less effec-tive, the Pheasant Initiativewill direct resources intofocus areas to promote con-nectivity of projects and facil-itate landscape-levelpopulation increases.

The initiative will use sev-eral traditional managementpractices to meet this goal,including the ConservationReserve Program, but willalso incorporate agriculturalpractices that have the poten-tial to provide habitat.

“It seems that there is awidespread misconceptionthat modern production agri-culture and wildlife manage-ment are not compatible,”KDWPT small game special-ist, Jeff Prendergast said.

“The funds from the RCPPprogram will give us the op-portunity to promote modernproduction practices that arebeneficial to wildlife, whilebeing economically favorableto producers.”

The two focus areas in-clude portions of NortonCounty and Mitchell/Os-borne counties and both fea-

ture public wildlife areas. TheRCPP funds will be utilized toimplement cover crops andrelated practices to increasethe availability of nesting andbrood rearing cover whilepartners’ funds will be usedto incentivize enrollment inother practices with the samegoal.

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The Regional GrasslandBird and Grazing Land En-hancement Initiative is a five-year project that will aidranchers in enhancing andprotecting the Flint Hills andSmoky Hill native prairies.Opportunities will be offeredthrough key USDA conserva-tion programs, including theEnvironmental Quality In-centives Program, the Con-servation StewardshipProgram and the AgriculturalConservation Easement Pro-gram (ACEP). Eligiblelandowners will be able toutilize practices such as pre-scribed burning, brush man-agement and prescribedgrazing to meet their manage-ment objectives. Through

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“The goals of this projectare to implement manage-ment strategies that promotebiodiversity and enhancegrassland ecosystem func-tions, as well as addresssmoke management issues,”said KDWPT Farm Bill coor-dinator, Matt Smith. “By fo-cusing additional resourceson our native grasslands, itcreates a win-win situationfor our wildlife and the landstewards who manage thesecritical landscapes.”

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By Michael GerardiPop quiz: if you're having chest

pains, should you go to an urgentcare center or the emergencyroom?

The answer should be obvi-ous. Yet according to a new poll,patients suffering from real med-ical emergencies like this one arenot heading to the ER.

Seven in ten emergency physi-cians treat patients who end upin the ER only after first going tourgent care centers—and learn-ing that their medical problemswere too serious to be treatedthere.

As urgent care centers explodein popularity, it's critical thatAmericans understand the differ-ence between urgent care andemergency care. Choosing an ur-gent care center over an ER dur-ing a medical emergency couldcost a patient his life.

There are currently some9,000 urgent care centers nation-wide. These facilities fill an impor-tant gap in the health caresystem for patients who needtime-sensitive care but can't waitto see a primary care physician ordon't have one.

Urgent care centers are oftenopen on weekends and evenings,in addition to normal businesshours. Most don't require ap-pointments. They're generallyable to provide routine treatmentfor simple health problems, suchas ear infections, strep throat, orsprains, on a first-come, first-served basis. And they often haveon-site X-ray machines to diag-nose simple fractures.

Emergency departments, onthe other hand, are always openand ready for whatever comesthrough the door. The sickest pa-tients in an ER generally go to thehead of the line.

Some emergency conditionsare more obvious than others.Most people would not hesitate togo to the ER for a gunshotwound, for instance.

But something like slurredspeech also requires a trip to the

emergency room. It's a symptomof stroke, which can kill 2 millionbrain cells a minute. Delayingtreatment by even minutes canbe the difference between a fullrecovery and death.

Patients may not think thattheir condition screams "emer-gency." But even fairly benignsymptoms can be warning signsof a life-threatening condition.

Consider abdominal pain.Perhaps it's just an intestinalvirus. But it could be a rupturedbowel, which requires emergency,life-saving surgery. It's an emer-gency physician's job—not a pa-tient's—to know the difference.And these emergencies can onlybe managed at one place—theemergency department.

Part of the problem is that pa-tients are misinformed about therole of urgent care centers. Con-sumers are often swayed by theirrelatively low prices and market-ing. Indeed, more than half of ERphysicians say that urgent carecenters in their communities ad-vertise themselves as an alterna-

tive to emergency rooms.Take Nason Medical Center,

which offers urgent care servicesin South Carolina. It was recentlyordered by the state's Depart-ment of Health and Environmen-tal Control to stop using the word"emergency" to advertise itself be-cause it confuses patients.

Such intervention by govern-ment officials is valid, consideringthat misinformation can put pa-tients at risk. BroMenn MedicalCenter in Chicago has reportedthat since last August, five pa-tients have come to the ER withheart attacks—after first seekingcare elsewhere for their chestpains.

Patients can't be expected todiagnose themselves. Those withthe symptoms of a medical emer-gency should go to the emergencydepartment. Delaying critical careby going to the wrong medical fa-cility might make the differencebetween life and death.

Michael Gerardi, M.D., is pres-ident of the American College ofEmergency Physicians.

I’m collecting stories aboutmarriage proposals for a funactivity to celebrate Valen-tine’s Day. If you have an in-teresting story to tell aboutyour marriage proposal,please write it down andbring it to the center by Fri-day, February 6. I’ll be typingthem up and sharing themwith the lunch crowd.

Friday, February 13, wewill crown our Valentine’sKing and Queen during lunchtime. Please join us!

We’re gearing up for ournext big Bingo party anddance February 14 from 7:00to 10:00 p.m. It will be a Sen-ior Prom sponsored by the 4-Hers, and Craig Stevens willbe providing the live countrywestern music.

I teach a Life Story writingclass once a month at thecenter. A group of us get to-gether in a very informal set-ting, write about our lives,and share our stories witheach other. Our goal is towrite our life story and pub-lish it in a book for our fami-lies. Our next Life StoryWorkshop is Saturday, Feb-ruary 21, from 10:00 to 11:00a.m. I invite you to join us.

Our next blood pressurecheck day will be Thursday,February 24, from 11:00 a.m.to noon.

If you are interested in

being the Silver Haired Legis-lator for our area, please callthe center. You must be over60 years old and be willing totravel to Topeka once a yearand to Dodge City once ayear.

If you are low income andneed assistance with your en-ergy bills or with weatheriza-tion, the state of Kansas hasa program to help you. Pleasecome by the center for an ap-plication.

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.

MenuFeb. 5 .....................Swiss SteakFeb. 6 .....................Beef BurritoFeb. 9..........................SpaghettiFeb. 10......Oven-Fried ChickenFeb. 11...........Smothered SteakFeb. 12.....................Sloppy Joe

ActivitiesThursday, February 5Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Friday, February 6Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bingo........................12:30 p.m.Saturday, February 7Cards & Games .........6:00 p.m.Monday, February 9Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Line Dancing..............7:00 p.m.Tuesday, February 10

Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Wednesday, February 11Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Paint...........................1:00 p.m.Thursday, February 12Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

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Jane Nix will be turning 80 years old on February 11. Her children and grandchildren will be hosting a birthday

celebration on Saturday, February 7, from 10:00 a.m. till noonat Lone Star Friends Church fellowship hall. The church is

located 14 miles east of Hugoton on Highway 51. All friends and family are invited to join us in

honoring Jane on her special day. Cards may be sent to her

home address at 12487 Road J, Liberal, Ks. 67901

This Lovely Lady Is Turning 80

Project Hope’s volunteers Dot Mueller,Kendrea Hall, Dwain Towner and Adena

Towner show some of the food delivered to thenew facility.

Project Hope brings hope to many for the holidays

If you think it’s an emergency, go to the emergency room

Project Hope’s new locationbrought new challenges andopportunities for the 2014season.

The new location offeredlimited space to get around100 families served. So thisyear starting November 1,2014, with proof of residencyand a one box per householdlimit Project Hope began theholiday food assistance. Eachhousehold received a regular

monthly box of supplies and aholiday sack. With the help ofmany donations they wereable to customize the holidaysacks. When people receivedthe holiday sack early andsaw what they could counton, Project Hope receivedmany smiles and much ap-preciation. With the help ofthe Hugoton, Moscow, Rollacommunities, individual do-nations, the Kansas Food

Bank, and Whites IGA, theywere able to fill 120 sacks forThanksgiving and 110 sacksfor Christmas.

There are so many smileswhen Project Hope can fill theboxes and add meat. Takingdonations they are able topurchase meat for 16 cents apound from the Kansas FoodBank. They recently took de-livery of 1,000 pounds of meatmaking even the volunteerssmile. Project Hope continuesto need all kinds of supplies.Canned goods are extremelyhelpful; they never seem tohave enough fruit, meat,tomatoes, soups, and babyfood. Please remember ProjectHope; they are 100% volun-teer and operating on giftsand prayers.

December 2014 Snap ShotProject Hope does a

monthly report to the KansasFood Bank with some inter-esting information.Families served 82New Families 17Persons served 310New persons served 67Numbers by ageSeniors 34Adult females 67Adult Males 58Children 15

Stop by Project Hope lo-cated at 1045 S. Jackson,Suite C (north of the middleschool), PO Box 341, Tuesdayor Thursday from 8:30 to11:30 a.m. or call 544-2245for assistance.

NEWS FROM

STEVENS COUNTYSENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER

Shila Moore, Director544-2283 - Activities 544-8041 - Meals

624 S. Main, Hugoton

Proud great grandmotherKathy Barber welcomed twingreat grandsons to her familylate last year. Grayson Eric andMichael Kent Jinks were born

November 25, 2014, to Kayleeand Talor Jinks. Talor is theson of Jeannie (Barber) Hernand grandson of Kathy Barberand the late Jack Barber.

Look who’s newProud great grandma Kathy welcomes twins

Michael Kent JinksGrayson Eric Jinks


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Dr. Plomaritis Orthopedics Mon. 2/2Dr. Farhoud Cardiology Tue. 2/3Dr. Frankum General Surgeon Fri. 2/6Dr. Ansari Orthopedics Mon. 2/9Sam Gross Dietitian Wed. 2/11Dr. Brown Podiatry Thu. 2/12Dr. Plomaritis Orthopedics Mon. 2/16Dr. Farhoud Cardiology Tue. 2/17Dr. Frankum General Surgeon Fri. 2/20Dr. Ansari Orthopedics Mon. 2/23Sam Gross Dietitian Wed. 2/25

Stevens County Hospital Specialty ClinicsSpecialty ClinicsScheduled for February 2015

For appointments with:Dr. Ansari 624-6222; Dr. Brown 544-8339;

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For all other appointments please call 544-8339 or 544-6160.

Anita Reed’s sister, Roberta Boystun prepares the wonderfulpies for the Lone Star Groundhog Supper Friday evening.

Scott Carr gives the gravy one last stir in preparation for theLone Star Groundhog Supper. They had a big turnout despitethe cold weather.

Kirk Heger stirs the homemade gravy for the United MethodistChurch Groundhog Supper. The men did a great job cooking.

There was a long line at the Hugoton United Methodist ChurchGroundhog Supper Saturday evening at Memorial Hall. Every-one was anxious to sample all the delicious offerings.

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Stevens County Library isa busy place. The LocalArtists’ Exhibition beganFebruary 2 and continuesthrough the month of Feb-ruary. Stop by the Library tosee the work of local artists.And since you are stopping bythe Library, why not have a“Blind Date with a Book.” Li-brary staff members have se-lected titles that fit incategories found in the 2015Reading Challenge. Some ti-tles qualify for more than onecategory, so the reader canselect which category theywish. Books have beenwrapped in brown paper andmust be checked out withoutpeeking!

There is a Happy Valen-tine’s Day Dance Saturday,February 14, from 7:00 to10:00 p.m. at the StevensCounty Senior Activity Cen-ter. This free dance andbingo party is provided by theStevens County 4-Hers. LiveCountry Western Music byCraig Stevens.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran(R-Kan.) will be visitingHugoton as part of hisKansas Listening TourTuesday, February 17,2015, at 2:00 p.m. at theStevens County LibraryMeeting Room, 500 SouthMonroe. The Hugoton AreaChamber of Commerce in-vites and encourages arearesidents to attend and sharefeedback with Sen. Moran onthe critical issues facingKansas and the nation. Theissues Sen. Moran focuses onand the work he does inWashington, D.C., are largelybased on the conversationshe has with Kansans duringthese town hall meetings.Throughout his time in Con-gress, Sen. Moran has madeit a priority to stay connectedto the people he representsdespite a distance of morethan 1,000 miles betweenCapitol Hill and Kansas.

Now is the time to learnand grow with Business &Industry at Seward CountyCommunity College/AreaTechnical School. Theyhave several classes in Feb-ruary you might be inter-ested in! Keep pace with achanging world by taking theSocial Media for Businessclass February 10, 11:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m. Enrich your lifeby learning new skills withBasic Computer or Internet(both in Spanish) Saturday,February 14; Computer-Google Plus Saturday, Febru-ary 21; Hooked on Crochet,

Saturdays from February 21to March 7 or Floral DesignTuesdays from February 24to May 5. There is also a Con-cealed Carry class Saturday,February 7, and ForkliftTraining Wednesday, Febru-ary 11. For information onthese classes or to enroll, callSCCC at 620-417-1170. Thisis Education for YOUR life!

Legislative Updates havebeen scheduled for Febru-ary 21, March 21 and April18 at 2:30 p.m. at theStevens County LibraryMeeting Room. SenatorLarry Powell and Representa-tive Stephen Alford are sched-uled to be at all three of theseupdates. The public is invitedto attend to find out what ishappening this year in theKansas Legislature. Theseevents are sponsored byStevens County EconomicDevelopment, Stevens CountyFarm Bureau Association andthe Hugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce.

Chamber Gift Certifi-cates are the PERFECT giftfor Anyone, Anytime!Birthdays, Anniversaries,Employee Bonuses…Cham-ber Gift Certificates are thesolution for all of your giftgiving needs. PurchasingChamber Gift Certificates en-sures that your money isstaying in our local economymaking our local businessesstrong. Stop by the ChamberOffice and purchase a Cham-ber Gift Certificate. Thesecertificates can be written forany amount and are re-deemable at most StevensCounty businesses. A NOTETO STEVENS COUNTY BUSI-NESS OWNERS: The Cham-ber issues gift certificates allyear to residents who are try-ing to keep shopping dollarsin Stevens County, we arehoping you will accept thesefrom your customers. As theowner of the business, yousimply bring the gift certifi-cate into the Chamber officeand we write you a check thatyou can put in your daily de-posit. If you want to makesure a gift certificate is fromthe Chamber, simply call theoffice. We will help you makesure it is authentic. Whenyou give a Chamber Gift Cer-tificate your money stays local– It goes to the merchants inStevens County who paysales and property tax in thiscommunity. Shop STEVENS COUNTY First!The Hugoton Area Chamber of

Commerce is here for YOU!

LOCAL ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION

We have a phenomenal ex-hibition this year! Thirty-twoartists are showing a total of114 pieces. Some of themediums include pencil,acrylic, oil, stone lithograph,ceramics, wood, and papersculpture. Ages of our artistsrange from 11 - ??? Come inand spend some time enjoy-ing the talent of our StevensCounty artists.

BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK

During the month of Feb-ruary, the library will besponsoring “Blind Date Witha Book.” Library staff mem-bers have selected titles thatfit in categories found in the2015 Reading Challenge.Some titles qualify for morethan one category, so thereader can select which cate-gory they wish. Books havebeen wrapped in brown paperand must be checked outwithout peeking! We encour-age our patrons to stretchtheir reading wings and go ona blind date with a new genreor author.YOUTH WINTER READING

PROGRAM – THE PETEPLEDGE

Bring your completed PetePledge sheets to the libraryand Stacey will give you yourreading prize!ADULT WINTER READING

PROGRAM

There is still time to regis-ter for the Adult Winter Read-ing Program. Choose yourgoal (how many books youwill ready by March 21) andpick up a list of ideas tostretch your reading comfortzone! We’d love to know howyou’re doing – let us know thenext time you come in to thelibrary. Those that completetheir goal will be eligible forprizes.

SUMMER READING T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST

SCL’s fourth Annual Sum-mer Reading T-Shirt DesignContest is now underway.This year’s theme is HE-ROES. The contest is open toschool-aged children andmore than 300 kids andadults will wear the winningdesign! Full details are onthe library’s website, or youcan contact Stacey at the li-brary.

UPCOMING EVENTS ATTHE SCL

January 2 – March 21 -Adult Winter Reading Pro-gram

February – Local Artists’Exhibit

February 9, 5:30pm – Li-brary Board

February 12, 1:00pm –SCGS Meeting

March 6 – Deadline for T-Shirt Design entries

April – Photography Ex-hibit

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Kansas Department ofWildlife, Parks and Tourism(KDWPT) fisheries staff will belaunching a new program toincrease the amount of fish-attracting structures inKansas lakes. Traditionally,biologists have used cut treesto create brush piles to at-tract and hold fish, providingangling hotspots. However,attaching concrete blocks totrees can be labor intensiveand time consuming and thetrees don’t last very long oncesubmerged in the water. Thenew specially-designed PVCstructures are in the shape ofa cubes three feet tall, fourfeet wide, and four feet deep.Cost-effective, easy to placeand proven in other states,the new structures not onlylast more than three timeslonger than natural brushpiles, but they also have beenshown to hold as many fishas the natural counterpartwithout affecting water qual-ity. Anglers can expect to seethe implementation of thesestructures as soon as earlyFebruary.

“Our goal is to produce150-300 of these PVC cubeseach year,” said BryanSowards, KDWPT fisheriesprograms specialist. “For2015, structures will go in

Milford, Wilson, Melvern, ElDorado, and Cedar Bluff, aswell as a variety of other com-munity and state fishing.”Sowards added the struc-tures will immediately attractfish for angler harvest, butthe overall goal is to accumu-late enough structures to im-prove fish populations.

Known as “GeorgiaCubes,” the structures wereoriginally designed by theGeorgia Department of Natu-ral Resources (DNR). Stack-ing more than 50 feet ofcorrugated pipe on the PVCframe, Georgia DNR staffhave been able to create opti-mum surface area to attractfish while still maintaining anopen design. They have alsofound that the structuresquickly accumulate periphy-ton, a complex mix of algae,fungi, and bacteria, which

further attracts insects andfish – an ideal result for bothfisheries staff and anglers.

Thanks to the involvementand commitment of KansasB.A.S.S. Nation (KBN) clubs,KDWPT staff will have assis-tance in constructing andplacing these cubes in selectKansas waters.

“These cubes will not onlyprovide habitat for adult fishof all species, but also providecritical nursery habitat.” saidJeff Nolte, Conservation Di-rector for KBN. “We at KBNare very excited and encour-aged by the fisheries staff’scommitment to improvingKansas fisheries in general.We have had a great relation-ship with KDWPT in the pastand this cooperative effortbodes well for a continued re-lationship that will benefit allfisheries, not just bass.”


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65th Ranch, Farm and Producer’sAnnual Appreciation

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USDA Accepting Applications for the

Conservation StewardshipProgram

The U.S. Department ofAgriculture’s (USDA) NaturalResources Conservation Serv-ice (NRCS) will make available$100 million this year throughthe Conservation StewardshipProgram (CSP) and althoughapplications are accepted allyear, farmers, ranchers, andforest landowners should sub-mit applications by February27, 2015, to ensure they areconsidered for this year’sfunding.

“CSP is a way of encourag-ing farmers, ranchers, andprivate forest managers whomaintain a high level of con-servation on their land andagree to adopt higher levels ofstewardship,” said Eric B.Banks, NRCS State Conserva-tionist in Kansas. “By focus-ing on multiple resourceconcerns, landowners are ableto achieve a sustainable land-scape and maintain or in-crease the productivity of theiroperations.”

Through CSP, participantstake additional conservation

steps to improve the resourceconditions on their land, in-cluding soil, air and habitatquality, water quality andquantity, and energy conser-vation.

The 2014 Farm Billbrought changes to CSP in-cluding an expanded conser-vation activity list that willoffer participants greater op-tions to meet their conserva-tion needs and protect thenatural resources on theirland. These conservation ac-tivities, called enhancements,include cover crops, intensiverotational grazing, andwildlife-friendly fencing.

CSP will also help broadenthe impacts of NRCS Land-scape Conservation Initiativesthrough a new pilot effort,which accelerates privatelands conservation activitiesto address particular goals,such as creating habitat forat-risk species and conservingwater. In Kansas, they in-clude the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative and theOgallala Aquifer Initiative.

Applications should besubmitted to local NRCS of-fices. As part of the CSP ap-

plication process, applicantswill work with NRCS field per-sonnel to complete a resourceinventory of their land, whichwill help determine the con-servation performance for ex-isting and new conservationactivities. To be eligible forthis year’s enrollment, eligiblelandowners and operators inKansas must have their appli-cations submitted to NRCS bythe February 27, 2015, closingdate.

A CSP self-screeningchecklist is available to helpproducers determine if theprogram is suitable for theiroperation. The checklist high-lights basic information aboutCSP eligibility requirements,stewardship threshold re-quirements, stewardshipthreshold requirements, andpayment types.

For the checklist and addi-tional information, visit theCSP Web site http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/nat iona l/pro -grams/financial/csp/ or visityour local USDA NRCS office.USDA is an equal opportunityprovider and employer.

The Kansas Department ofAgriculture (KDA) has re-leased an interactive map de-picting the economic impactof agriculture in each of the105 counties in Kansas.

“Kansas agriculture con-tributes to 37 percent of oureconomy. Each county in ourstate plays a key role in mak-ing that economic percentageas significant as it is,” saidSecretary Jackie McClaskey.“Breaking down statisticscounty-by-county provides abird’s eye view of our state’smost prominent industry.”

The map, located on theKDA website, can be used tofind agricultural economicfacts for each county in the

state of Kansas. By interact-ing with the map and select-ing a county, users can seedetailed agriculture statisticsincluding farm numbers,crop production and leadingagricultural sectors. Data forthese facts are pulled directlyfrom National AgricultureStatistics Service’s (NASS)Farm Facts. The economicimpact data is sourced fromIMPLAN.

To find the map, visit:http://agriculture.ks.gov/countystatistics.

For those who are inter-ested in sharing theircounty’s agriculture produc-tion via social media, info-graphics containing county

facts can be found at:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kansasagriculture/with/15468342964/. Each graphicgives statistics, unique to thecounty selected. KDA encour-ages sharing these facts toprovide more agricultureknowledge across the state.

The Kansas Department ofAgriculture is committed toproviding an environmentthat enhances and encour-ages economic growth of theagriculture industry and theKansas economy.

For more information onKansas agriculture, pleasevisit: http://agriculture.ks.gov/about-ksda.

The January meeting ofthe Cloverleaf Cowboys wascalled to order January 26,2015 with Sydney Beesely aspresident, Claire Clark assecretary, and Faith Beeselyas vice president. For musicClaire and Claudia Clark ledthe school fight song. Devo-tions was led by Mikayla Mar-tin. There was no new or oldbusiness. Project talks andrecreation were done. Themeeting was then adjourned.

Submitted by CloverleafCowboys reporter MikaylaMartin.

Synthetic structures are forty-eight cubic feet and can last more than ten years.

KDWPT is working on new fish attractors for Kansas lakes

County-level agriculture impact data now available

KDWPT releases the legislative update report with 2015 Bills

Cloverleaf Cowboys 4-H Club have January meeting

SB46 -- This bill would re-quire domesticated deer thatenter a premises alive or leavea premises alive or dead forany purpose, other than for di-rect movement to a licensed orregistered slaughter facility inKansas, have official identifica-tion, as prescribed by rulesand regulations of the animalhealth commissioner. The billpassed out of the SenateCommittee on Agriculture.

SB50 -- This bill wouldamend K.S.A. 79-1439, whichdeals with property tax valua-tion classification of bed andbreakfast properties. The pro-posed amendment would allowoutbuildings or adjacent prop-erties to be included as long asthe total number of bedroomsdoes not exceed five. This billwas referred to the SenateCommittee on Assessmentand Taxation.

SB97 -- This bill wouldamend K.S.A. 32-1301 whichregulates contact with danger-ous animals. The amendmentwould allow clouded leopardsand certain dangerous animalsweighing 25 pounds or less fullphysical contact with membersof the public and incidentalcontact with the public for an-imals weighing 40 pounds orless. This bill was referred tothe Senate Committee onNatural Resources and has ahearing scheduled Wednes-day, February 4, 8:30 a.m.,RM 159-S.

SB112 -- This bill amendsK.S.A 32-1049, relating to vio-lations of wildlife, parks andtourism laws to clarify thatcounty attorneys can filecharges without a written cita-tion. The bill was referred tothe Senate Committee onJudiciary.

SB113 -- This bill amendsK.S.A. 32-1001, relating toKDWPT licenses, permits,stamps, specifying that only

physical licenses, permits orstamps shall be surrenderedunder judges' orders of forfei-ture or suspension. Thisamendment is proposed to pre-pare for the advent of electroniclicensing. The bill was re-ferred to the Senate Com-mittee on Judiciary.

SB120 -- This bill wouldamend K.S.A. 32-833, relatingto land purchases by KDWPT,to exempt lands purchasedwith Natural Resource DamageRestoration Funds from re-quired legislative approval. Thebill was referred to the Sen-ate Committee on NaturalResources.

HB2029 -- This is the com-panion bill of SB46 regardingidentification of domesticateddeer. The bill was referred tothe House Committee onAgriculture and Natural Re-sources and had a hearingJanuary 27.

HB2116 -- This bill woulddesignate the channel catfishas the official fish of the stateof Kansas. The departmentsupports this bill. The bill wasreferred to the House Com-mittee on Agriculture andNatural Resources.

HB2117 -- This bill wouldrequire anyone born on or afterJanuary 1, 1995 to completean approved boater safety edu-cation course before operatinga motorboat or sailboat onKansas waters. The currentlaw only requires boater safetyeducation of boaters youngerthan 21. The department sup-ports this bill. The bill was re-ferred to the HouseCommittee on Agricultureand Natural Resources.

HB2168 -- This is theHouse companion bill forSB50, which would allow out-buildings or adjacent proper-ties to be classified as a bedand breakfast for tax valuationpurposes. This bill was re-

ferred to the House Commit-tee on Taxation.

House Concurrent Resolu-tion No. 5008 -- This resolu-tion would amend the stateconstitution to guaranteeKansas residents the right tohunt, fish and trap wildlife. Ifapproved by two-thirds of theSenate and House, the pro-posed amendment would bevoted on in a November generalelection.

The National Park Service(NPS) is inviting comments onits Draft Chisholm and GreatWestern National HistoricTrail Feasibility Study/Envi-ronmental Assessment. The170-page study evaluateswhether the two historictrails are eligible for designa-tion as national historictrails. Once comments are re-ceived and evaluated, thefinal study and recommenda-tion will be sent to Congressfor its consideration and ac-tion. The comment periodends March 6, 2015.

The draft study recom-mends designating theChisholm National HistoricTrail and the Western Na-tional Historic Trail and ad-ministering them as acombined unit of the NationalTrails System. The NPS alsoevaluated a No Action alter-native.

Both trails originated inthe vicinity of San Antonio,Texas. The Chisholm Trailentered Kansas near Cald-

well, ran through Wichitaand ended at Abilene. Sec-ondary segments of the trailran to Hays and Ellsworth.The Great Western Trail en-tered Kansas near Ashland,continued north to DodgeCity and then on to Ogallala,Nebraska, branching in sev-eral places along the way.The study focuses on the pri-mary routes of each trail, andthere are a combined 680miles of study trails inKansas.

To read the draft studyand make comments, go toparkplanning.nps.gov, select“National Trails System –Chisholm and Great WesternNHT Feasibility Study/Envi-ronmental Assessment,” fromthe project list, then click onDocument List to find thedraft study. There is also aComment Now link on thedraft study page.(http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=456&projectID=30803&docu-mentID=63251)

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Saturday,February 7th

5:00 to 7:00 P.M.

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Biscuits, BBQ Baked Beans, HomemadePies, Coffee, Tea, and Pink Lemonade.

FREE WILL OFFERINGTake Out Plates $6.00

Hillbilly Band plays 5:30 to 6:30 Free will donation

MOSCOW NEWSby Judy Hickert

February 7- Moscow United Methodist Church will host their Ground Hog

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Livestock equipment sell.TUESDAY: Farm equip., Irrigation. equip., RVs/

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Wonderful progress hasbeen made on the renova-tions and remodeling at theMoscow Baptist Church. Thework has progressed enoughthat services are taking placein the sanctuary again.

Much was accomplishedthis last week with lots ofman hours and hard labor. Itis looking really good andthey will be planning an openhouse in the near future.

The German ExchangeGroup students will have asilent auction during the highschool basketball games Feb-

ruary 10. They will have sev-eral gift baskets filled withgreat items on which you canplace a bid.

Students in Valerie Thompsons’s third grade class reallyenjoy spending time reading in the reading nook in her room.The backdrop was painted several years ago by Jill Clinesmithfor use in one of the grade school Christmas plays.

The Moscow SchoolsSpelling Bee took place Monday morning at 10:00a.m. in the High School

Auditorium. The fourth and fifth grade

students were first spellers,starting with 12 students.

Finalists were thirdplace–Lizette Gonzalez,fourth grade; secondplace–Zarion Mohamed,fourth grade; and firstplace–fifth grader AudricRoland.

It was quite a match withAudric and Zarion spelling 22

rounds before a winner wasselected.

The Senior Bee began with18 students. Finalists weresecond place–J.C. Blakeley,eighth grade and first place–J.D. Robson, sixth grade.

The county bee will be Fri-day at Moscow at 1:00 p.m.

Lizette Gonzalez is the third place finisher in the fourth grade.First place finisher is fifth grader Audric Roland and secondplace fourth grader is Zarion Mohamed.

Second place winner in the Moscow Spelling Bee is eighth graderJ.C. Blakeley and first place is sixth grader J. D. Robson

Average retail gasolineprices in Kansas have risen6.5 cents per gallon in thepast week, averaging $1.87per gallon Sunday, accordingto GasBuddy's daily survey of1,329 gas outlets in Kansas.This compares with the na-tional average that has in-creased 2.7 cents per gallonin the last week to $2.05 pergallon, according to gasolineprice Web siteGasBuddy.com.

Including the change ingas prices in Kansas duringthe past week, prices Sundaywere 123.7 cents per gallonlower than the same day oneyear ago and are 5.1 centsper gallon lower than amonth ago. The national av-erage has decreased 15.7

cents per gallon during thelast month and stands 122.7cents per gallon lower thanthis day one year ago.

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Spellers take to the stage in Moscow Bee

German students offer silent auction

Turn Valentine’s Day green

Moscow Baptist Church services are back in the sanctuary again

2015 MHS Winter Homecoming

The world may turn red,pink and white come Febru-ary, but environmentalistsurge the public not to forgetabout going green this time ofyear. Valentine's Day can bemade more earth-friendlywith a few extra tips andsome heightened awarenesswith regard to the planet.

Send a card made of recy-cled materials. Save paperand trees when purchasingcards by choosing thosemade of recycled materials.Or make your own cards frommaterials found around thehome. A handmade card mayappear more heartfelt any-way.

•Give eco-friendly choco-lates. Purchase chocolatesthat were made under sus-tainable conditions and fromcompanies that provide farm-ers and other workers with

good working conditions. TheRainforest Alliance, for exam-ple, lists companies that arecertified as environmentallyresponsible.

•Research jewelry produc-tion. Gold mining can be de-structive and causeenvironmental blight. Aim topurchase from retailers thatlimit mining waste and envi-ronmental damage. Anotheridea is to recycle old gold jew-elry into new items. Jewelrystores can melt down pre-cious metals and turn theminto entirely new and beauti-ful pieces.

•Give thoughtful gifts. If aloved one is involved with orsupports a particular charityor environmental actiongroup, consider giving a do-nation to that organization inlieu of a traditional Valen-tine's Day gift.

Moscow’s 2015 WinterHomecoming is approachingfast! Next week will be SpiritWeek, and dress-up days willbe as follows:

No School MondayDon’t come to school!Time Hop Tuesday

Be your favorite Disneycharacter!

Wake Up WednesdayWear your pajamas!

Throw Back ThursdayWear your decade clothes!

Black & Gold FridayWear your Moscow High

School Black & Gold!PEP RALLY at 2:40 p.m.

Go Wildcats!The Moscow Wildcats will

face the Walsh Eagles Friday,February 13 at home. Coro-nation will follow the boys’varsity game.

Erich Glave, GeorginaBrown and Robert Fosdickhave a lot to be proud of.Their Boy Scout/Pack Troop#40 were guests at the RollaHigh School basketball gameFriday, January 30. Theypresented the flag to a won-derful homecoming crowd ina traditional flag ceremony.The troop stood at attentionas the junior high band stu-dents played “The Star Span-gled Banner.”

Members who helped withthe ceremony are ThomasBrown, Monte Fosdick, Ken-neth Fosdick, Tuckyr Russell,Brayden Stewart, EthanGlave and Aiden Allen.

The crowd was very im-pressed by the boys’ patrioticspirit. Ethan Glave was theflag bearer and reported thatthe flag is “heavy!” He was

very proud of his part. Great job, troops and lead-

ers!


Rolla News��

Thursday, February 5- KSH-SAA Scholars’ Bowl

1A, Division I Regionalshosted by Rolla at 4:00 p.m.

- Rolla hosts RegionalScholars’ Bowl beginning at 3p.m.February 6 & 7

- Quest at TopekaFriday, February 6

- Parent Teacher Confer-ences 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7

- HS Basketball with Trib-une; 4:00 p.m.Sunday, February 8

- Fundraiser Dinner forMarcus Light trip to Israel inthe multi-purpose room;

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Monday, Febuary 9

- Junior High Scholars’Bowl at Elkhart; 4:00 p.m.

- School Board Meeting;6:30 p.m.Tuesday, February 10

- Junior High Scholars’Bowl at Ulysses; 4:00 p.m.

- High School Basketball atIngalls; 4:30 p.m.Wednesday, February 11

- English interviews; 9:00a.m. – Noon

- Rolla Rec Meeting; 6:30p.m.Thursday, February 12

- High School Basketball vsMoscow at Home; 4:30 p.m.

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The basketball teams ofboth junior high and highschool had a busy week. Allthe teams played at home andfought hard.

The junior high playedagainst the Yarbrough LobosMonday, January 26, and bothboys and girls were victorious.The junior high teams playedagain against Felt’s BulldogsFriday, January 30, and werevictorious again.

The high school teams werenot quite as lucky, pulling outwins against Yarbrough Monday, January 26, but los-ing Friday, January 30, to Felt.

Rolla is still very proud of allthe teams and looking forwardto supporting the high schoolteams as they continue theirseason.

The next home game will beFebruary 7 at 4:00 p.m.against Greeley County.

The Morton CountySpelling Bee took place Thurs-day, January 29, at Rolla.Participants from both Rollaand Elkhart in grades fourthrough eight spelled challeng-ing words for part of theevening.

The winner of the juniorhigh section was seventhgrader Maria Kroeker, daugh-ter of David and SusanaKroeker. She will be invited toparticipate in the NationalSpelling Bee in Amarillo, Tx.

Congratulations, Maria!

A benefit dinner will beserved Sunday, February 8, atthe Rolla High school cafeteriafrom 11:00 a.m. until 2:00p.m. for Pastor Marcus Lightwho is going to the HolyLand with his son Steffan inthe middle of February. Themenu includes stew and chili.Cinnamon rolls will be offeredfor dessert.

“I am excited about going tothe places that I have read

about in the Bible. Every min-ister teaches about the Holysites, but most don’t get theopportunity to actually go to Is-rael”, Marcus stated.

He will be traveling withGarry Bryant, a Bishop whoworks with Steffan in Bethany,Ok. Any donation will be ap-preciated and can be made outto the Pentecostal HolinessChurch.

Kansas Day is a big cele-bration for Rolla Elementarystudents. Every year, theytry to travel to Elkhart to par-ticipate in the Morton CountyMuseum’s celebration.

Students from kinder-garten through third gradetraveled to Elkhart Thursday,January 29, for a morningsession and then the fourthand fifth grade students wentin the afternoon.

The tour included a lookinto a teepee or wigwam andan old dugout. First grade

students were especiallypleased to see the stuffedbuffalo, which came fromtheir teacher’s, Miss Jarvis,farm. Miss Jarvis’s fatherraised buffalo for severalyears and donated the largebull for display for manyyears to come.

Students were allowed todress as cowboys, Indians, orpioneer travelers. Superin-tendent Kim Mauk joined thestudents for their fun filledday. Everyone had a greattime!

The Rolla Booster Clubhosted another successfulsilent auction with the help ofa long list of donators.

There was lots of good na-tured ribbing when one personwas outbidding another andseveral who were watchingitems very closely toward theend of the third quarter of theboys’ game. The auction wouldnot have been the success itwas without the help of thisgreat community.

Pat Floyd, Cassie Thrall, Ar-leen Clinesmith, Hester Mille-mon, Scott Power in Elkhart,American Implement, ElkhartTrue Value, Dollar General ofElkhart, Moore’s Foodpride,Epic Touch, Elkhart AutoParts, Paisley Parlor (Tesk

Bentley), The Flying Monkey(Carrie Easterwood Tucker),Napa Auto Parts in Elkhart,Pizza Hut in Elkhart, BlossomBoutique of Elkhart, Cat Tales,Seaboard Foods, Melody Ellis,Toni Easterwood, Mitchell The-atres, Kelly Schnable, ShawnSchwindt, Rolla Corner Stop,Rolla Recreation, Betty Stout,Betty Bushey, Rolla HighSchool boys and girls basket-ball teams, Lois Dunn, SkylineGrain, Sonic, Duane Greene,Jeff Braun, Robert Veatch,Larry Burrows, Zeta Greene,Liz Easterwood, Rachel Dunn,Kris Hall, Cheyrl Archuleta,Diane Lambrecht and DawnHart all donated one or moreitems for the fundraiser.

Way to go, Rolla Boosters!

The Rolla Hope Foundationwants to keep all its membersup to date with everything thefoundation is doing. In thelast year the foundation hasbeen able to help several fam-ilies in the community. RollaHope is constantly looking forways to raise money to helpanyone in the community.They would like for theirmembers to become activelyinvolved in this process.

The community is invitedto become members and helpkeep Rolla the caring commu-nity that it is. Please get theword out to everyone so the

membership list will continueto grow.

Rolla Hope Foundationjust had their appreciationdinner to thank their 2014members and signed up sev-eral 2015 members. Enter-tainment was provided by thefollowing during the annualmeeting: Liz Easterwoodsinging, Buzz Lambrechtplaying the guitar, and SamEiland playing the saxo-phone.

Contributed by John Bar-rett, Stacy Burrows, ArleenClinesmith, Toni Easterwoodand Cassie Thrall.

Janelle King signs a letter of intent with Southwestern ChristianUniversity. Seated are Coach Andy Pinkley, Janelle King andAD Jeff Braun. King’s parents, Robert and Teresa King, standbehind her.

Janelle King signs letter of intent

Benefit dinner will be Sunday

Silent auction is great success

The troop stands at attention. In front, left to right are ThomasBrown, Monte Fosdick, Kenneth Fosdick, Tuckyr Russell, Bray-den Stewart and Aiden Allen. In back are Erich Glave,Georgina Brown and Robert Fosdick.

Rolla Hope seeks members

Boy Scouts present flag ceremony

Morton County Museum employee Myrna Barnes talks withRolla students and teachers.

Rolla students celebrate Kansas Day

Presenting the 2015 Basketball Homecomingcourt. In back, left to right are Jonathan Madi-son, Dalton Dunivent, King Coleman Kirby,Colten Clemans, Tayton Wasson and Trey

Hall. Seated are Brianna Smith, NeNe Green,Queen Janelle King, Maria Olvera and TreTreCooper. In front are Omar Cortez and LyzaGonzalez.

King crowned queen

RJH and RHSb a s k e t b a l lteams compete

Maria Kroekerwins Spelling Bee

Ethan Glave leads the Troopin with the American flag.

“Under the Light of a Thou-sand Stars” might have beenthe homecoming theme forRolla for the 2015 basketballseason, but there were no starsshining as the gentle rain camedown. However, no one in thegym was worried about the rainFriday, January 30. All thatwas important to the gueststhat had gathered was whowould be crowned king andqueen!

Freshmen candidates, Tre-Tre Cooper, granddaughter ofTroy and Shirley Cooper andTayton Wasson, son of Barrettand Melinda Wasson arrivedfirst. Sophomore candidates,Brianna Smith, daughter ofStacy and Michelle Smith andJonathan Madison, son of Re-bekah and Rodney Denton

came next. Junior candidatesNeNe Green, granddaughter ofTroy and Shirley Cooper andDalton Dunivent, son of JerryDunivent and Candace Koskiwere the next to arrive. SeniorTrey Hall escorted flower girl,Lyza Gonzales, daughter ofLaura Holcomb-Gonzales ofHugoton and Michael Gonzalesof Oklahoma City, Ok., andgranddaughter of Joe andLinda Holcomb of Hugoton andcrown bearer, Omar Cortez, sonof Eloy and Celia Cortez. Seniorcandidate Janelle King, daugh-ter of Robert and Teresa Kingarrived with fellow senior can-didate Colten Clemans, son ofHeath and Lisa Clemans. Thefinal senior candidates, MariaOlvera, daughter of Ishmaeland Maria Olvera and Coleman

Kirby, son of Kent and JamieMilburn entered the gym.

After minutes of anticipa-tion, senior Coleman Kirby wasannounced king. More agoniz-ing minutes passed before itwas revealed that senior JanelleKing would be the queen.Queen Janelle took the King’scrown and placed it on Cole-man’s head. Then Colemanhanded Janelle the flowers andplaced the crown on her head,with a nice hug. The Queenand her court headed to thecommons area for many pho-tos.

After the games were over,the StuCo hosted a dance untilmidnight with Jeff Braun asDJ.

Congratulations to all thecandidates!

Rolla High School Seniorguard and co-captain JanelleKing signed a letter of intentlast Thursday afternoon to playbasketball at SouthwesternChristian University in Okla-homa City. Coach Andy Pink-ley, Athletic Director Jeff

Braun and Janelle’s parents,Robert and Teresa King, werethere for her signing along withher teammates.

Janelle is a three-year letterearner for the Lady Pirates andhas helped guide them to a 9-3 record so far this season.

Hugoton Middle School re-leased the Honor Rolls for thefirst semester. Studentsnamed to the Eagle HonorRoll–All A’s–for seventh gradewere Jenna Beesley, SydneyBeesley, Trevor Bogan, DanielFraire, Frances Gaskill,Gavin Heger, Alexis Jays,

Jonathan Mancera andJenna Martin.

Eighth grade studentsmaking the Eagle Honor Rollwere Brionna Beard, Aubri-ana Campbell, Claire Clark,Jonathan Flores, NicholasGold, Bryan Gonzalez, KalebGrubbs, Mekenzie Hagman,Rebecca Johnson, JosselyneJurado, Dawson Kerbow,Peter Loewen, BraydenMoodie, Megan Newlon, KaraRodriguez, Ashlyn Schechterand Vivian Titus.

Red & White HonorRoll–All A’s, 1 B–studentsnamed for seventh gradewere Shelby Brechbuhler,Magdalena Cabrera, DrakeKnier, Mikayla Martin andJayden Salazar.

Eighth grade studentsnamed to the Red & WhiteHonor Roll were HannahArchuleta, Sesthleng Garcia,Abby Heger, Meaghan Mc-Clure, Cody Mills, JeffPersinger and Koy Shields.

Students named Honor-able Mention–All A’s, 2B’s–for the seventh gradewere Laramie Brecheisen,Alondra Camacho, TiffanyMangels, Toby McClure andTerron Stegman.

Eighth grade studentsnamed Honorable Mentionwere Katie Crawford, AshleyEscalera, JacquelynnGrewell, Thania Hermosillo,Montana Holt, Zayden Littell,Luz Romo, Jayla Stump andHallie Wettstein.

The Hugoton MiddleSchool has released theHonor Rolls for the secondnine weeks. Students namedto the Eagle Honor Roll–AllA’s–were seventh gradeJenna Beesley, SydneyBeesley, Trevor Bogan,Shelby Brechbuhler, Mag-dalena Cabrera, Austin Dale,Daniel Fraire, FrancesGaskill, Gavin Heger, AlexisJays, Gabriela Lopez,Jonathan Mancera, JennaMartin and Mikayla Martin.

Students in the eighthgrade making the EagleHonor Roll were BrionnaBeard, Aubrianna Campbell,Claire Clark, Jonathan Flo-res, Sesthleng Garcia,Nicholas Gold, Bryan Gonza-

lez, Mekenzie Hagman, Re-becca Johnson, JosselyneJurado, Dawson Kerbow,Cody Mills, Megan Newlon,Jeff Persinger, Kara Ro-driguez, Ashlyn Schechter,Vivian Titus and HaleyWettstein.

Students making the Red& White Honor Roll–All A’s, 1B–for the seventh grade wereLaramie Brecheisen, DrakeKnier, Brianna Mangels,Tiffany Mangels and TobyMcClure.

Eighth graders making theRed & White Honor Roll wereHannah Archuleta, KalebGrubbs, Abby Heger, PeterLoewen, Meaghan McClure,Brayden Moodie, ValleryPersing and Jayla Stump.

Students named as Honor-able Mention–All A’s, 2B’s–for the seventh gradewere Amber Baeza, AlondraCamacho, Vanessa Fedelin,Jayden Salazar, ShaylaShank and Terron Stegman.

Eighth graders makingHonorable Mention wereLeonardo Armendariz,Jacquelynn Grewell and Tha-nia Hermosillo.


If so, you could win $25.00!Submit your idea to:

Stevens County Fair AssociationPO Box 356

Hugoton KS 67951or email to [email protected]

Include your name and address.

Entries must be received by February 23, 2015.

Do you have a great idea for a theme for theStevens County Fair?

NOTICENOTICEAll Dog Taxes Are Due AndPayable At The Office of TheCity Clerk From And After

January 1 Of Each YearThrough February Without

Penalty.A certificate from a licensed veterinarian showing that thedog has been vaccinated or inoculated with a recognizedrabies vaccine which shall be effective for the entire periodfor which the tax is paid must be presented at the time ofsecuring the license.

Penalty At The Rate Of 50¢ Per MonthBeginning March 1.

Male/Spayed Female - $500 • Unspayed Females - $750

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Gavin has experienced 400 books in the 1,000 Books BeforeKindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Way togo Gavin!

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A Taste of IndiaLast week my Knowledge

at Noon program featured in-formation and tasting of foodcommonly found in India.Those that attended enjoyedthe smells and tastes, but forthose who could not, I wantedto share some of the informa-tion about the rich culinaryhistory of the country.

Some say that the Indiancuisine is almost as diverseas the entire European cui-sine. Historical incidentssuch as foreign invasions,trade relations and colonial-ism have played a role in in-troducing certain foods to thecountry. A normal diet inearly India consisted oflegumes, vegetables, fruit,grain, dairy products, honey,and sometimes eggs andmeat. Over time, segments ofthe population embraced veg-etarianism. The advent ofBuddhism and Jainism af-fected this shift, as well as anequitable climate permitting avariety of fruit, vegetables,and grains to be grownthroughout the year.

Staple foods of Indian cui-sine include pearl millet rice,whole-wheat flour, and a va-riety of lentils, especially redlentils, pigeon pea, blackgram, and mung bean.Lentils may be used whole,dehusked, or split, and areused extensively. Otherlegumes include chickpeas orkidney beans, especially inthe northern regions; some ofthese are also processed intoflour and used in the manyflat breads.

India is known for its useof spices, and some of themost important and fre-quently used spices in Indiancuisine are whole or pow-dered chilli pepper (intro-duced by the Portuguese inthe 16th century), black mus-tard seed, cardamom, cumin,turmeric, ginger, coriander,and garlic. One popular spicemix is garam masala, a pow-der that typically includes fiveor more dried spices, espe-cially cardamom, cinnamon,and clove. Each culinary re-gion has a distinctive garammasala blend—individualchefs may also have their ownmixture. Goda masala is acomparable, though sweet,spice mix popular in Maha-rashtra. Some leaves com-monly used for flavoring

include bay leaves, coriander,fenugreek, and mint leaves.The use of curry leaves androots for flavoring is typical ofSouth Indian cuisine. Sweetdishes are often seasonedwith cardamom, saffron, nut-meg, and rose petal essences.

Curry is often associatedwith India, but what is curry?Curry is most often referredto as the complex combina-tions of spices or herbs, usu-ally including fresh or driedhot chillies. Curry powder, acommercially prepared mix-ture of spices, is largely aWestern notion, dating to the18th century. Such mixturesare commonly thought tohave first been prepared byIndian merchants for sale tomembers of the British Colo-nial government and army re-turning to Britain. Some limitthe use of the term curry todishes prepared in a sauce,but curries may be "wet" or"dry". A curry blend may bespiced with leaves from thecurry tree, but many curriesdo not have this ingredient.Dishes called "curry" maycontain meat, poultry, fish, orshellfish, either alone or incombination with vegetables.Many dishes are instead en-tirely vegetarian. Curriescome in all different colors,tastes, and heat levels, andare common in many differ-ent countries.

Of the different foodstasted at the program thehighest approval was receivedfor the following dish. If youwant a little less heat you canreduce or eliminate thecayenne pepper in the dish.The original recipe called fora cup of butter and 3 cupsheavy cream, but it wastweaked to make it a littlehealthier!Indian Butter Chicken½ cup butter, divided1 onion, minced1 tbsp. minced garlic1 15-ounce can tomato sauce1 15-ounce can evaporatedskim milk2 tsp. salt1 tsp. cayenne pepper1 tsp. garam masala1½ pounds skinless, bonelesschicken breast, cut into bite-sized chunks2 tbsp. vegetable oil2 tbsp. tandoori masala

Preheat oven to 375 de-grees F. Melt 4 tbsp. butter ina skillet over medium heat.

Stir in onion and garlic, andcook slowly until the onioncaramelizes to a dark brown,about 15 minutes.

Add remaining butter,tomato sauce, evaporatedmilk, salt, cayenne pepper,and garam masala. Reduceheat, cover, and simmer for15 minutes.

Toss cubed chicken breast

with vegetable oil untilcoated, then season with tan-doori masala and spread outonto a baking sheet. Bake inpreheated oven until nolonger pink in the center,about 12 minutes. Oncedone, add the chicken to thesauce and simmer for 5 min-utes before serving.

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

Bridgette has experienced 400 books in the 1,000 Books BeforeKindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Greatjob Bridgette! Learn more at www.stevenscountylibrary.com/youth-services/programs-activities/1000-books-be fore-kindergarten/.

Quintin and Benjamin have experienced 200 books in the 1,000Books Before Kindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Great job boys!

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Throughout the months leadingup to the reunion, The Hermes will be includingphotos of the past. If you’re still stumped aboutthe identity of the GUESS WHO photos by nextweek, names will appear in the next issue. If any-one has any photos to share from school daysgone by, you may email them to [email protected] or bring or mail them in to have themscanned. If you need the photo returned, pleasestate so and include your mailing address.

DID YOU KNOW?

Classof

1963

Donna PerryDonald Perry

Guess who Guess who

HUGOTON HIGH SCHOOL

100TH YEAR

ALUMNI CHATTER

Hugoton’s new, modern Junior High Schoolopened in the fall of 1961 with 269 students and11 new faculty members. The school, which isunder the direction of Mr. Ronald Stafford andthe high school board of education, is combinedwith the Senior High as one school. Students useboth buildings, bringing the total number of stu-dents in secondary education to 465.

Besides regular classrooms, the building has

the latest science equipment, a cafetorium, an artdepartment, adequate music departments, and aspacious gymnasium.

Dr. James McCain, president of Kansas StateUniversity, was speaker for the dedication andopen house October 15.

The building was built by the Hugoton community and should provide many years of education to many future classes.

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STATE OF KANSAS, STEVENSCOUNTY, ss:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JERRY L. ROBSON, DECEASED

Case No. 15PR2

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIONFOR APPOINTMENT OF

ADMINISTRATOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified a petitionhas been filed on January 26, 2015,in this Court by Violet M. Robson,praying for the appointment of DavidRobson as administrator of said Es-tate and for the issuance of letters ofadministration to him as administra-tor.

You are hereby required to file

your written defenses thereto on orbefore the 20th day of February,2015, at 1:15 p.m. of said day, in thedistrict courtroom at the countycourthouse, 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.

All creditors of the decedent arenotified to exhibit their demandsagainst the estate within the later offour (4) months from the date of thefirst publication of this notice underK.S.A. 59-2236 and amendmentsthereto, or if the identity of the credi-tor is known or reasonably ascertain-able, 30 days after actual notice wasgiven as provided by law, and if theirdemands is not thus exhibited, theyshall be forever barred.

VIOLET M. ROBSONPetitioner

TATE & KITZKE L.L.C.1024 S. Trindle, P. O. Box 909Hugoton, KS 67951-0909Attorneys for Petitioner Telephone: 620-544-2103

PUBLIC NOTICE

(First published in the Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, January 29, 2015) 2t

State of Kansas

ORDER

for closing registration books before the city/school primary election March 3, 2015

Pursuant to the provision of K.S.A. 25-2311 (c), notice is hereby given thaton the 10th day of February, 2015, all registration books for the city/schoolprimary eletion will clsoe at the end of regular business hours. Registrationbooks will remain closed until the 4th day of March, 2015.

WITNESS MY HAND and seal of my office this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2015

KRIS W. KOBACHSecretary of state

PUBLIC NOTICE

This house located at 621 S. Jackson was owned in years past by Bob and Thelma McIlrath. Theyhad rented the upper story to some people named Jewell and Blackie, aka Bonnie and Clyde.When Bob discovered they were selling moonshine whiskey he asked them to leave. The smallchild shown above is LaVon McIlrath Holt. Retha Wagner spotted this picture when she was helping her sister LaVon celebrate her ninetieth birthday. Thanks Retha for sharing the photo.

PUBLIC NOTICE(First Published in The Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, February 5, 2015) 1t

Thursday, February 11,2010

Randy Bane of Rolla wasinducted into the KansasState High School ActivitiesAssociation Hall of Fame. Mr.Bane started the scholars’bowl program at Rollaschools. In twenty-one yearsof coaching, his teams quali-fied for State Competition six-teen years, placing in the topfour 15 times and winningnine class 1A state titles andfive runner-up places.

Gary Porter has beennamed the new Hugoton Air-port manager. Porter haslived in Stevens County mostof his life.

Thursday, February 7,1985

Pearl Phillips opens up thenew Cradle Shop located at622 S. Main Street. Her storeoffers everything for the ba-bies and also carries a line ofporcelain art objects.

Scott Norris, son of Mr.and Mrs. Lonnie Norris, grad-uated from Salina AreaVoTech School, specializingin welding.

Thursday, February 11,

1965Nine Hugoton High School

students will attend theKMEA Music Festival in Wi-chita this weekend. Bandmembers who will attend areMike Tate, Sherry Harper,Patty Massey, Jane Saundersand Barbara Ellsaesser.Chorus members attendingare Gwen Ellis, Pat Reese,Jerry Teel and Cynthia Mor-gan.

Joe B. Guerrero, Cubmas-ter of Pack 189, was pre-sented the Scout Key and athree-year award for out-standing service to scoutingat the Blue and Gold Ban-quet.Friday, January 6, 1950

L.L. Morgan, 46-year-oldHugoton attorney, wasnamed Judge of the 39th Ju-dicial District Court. JudgeMorgan is a native of StevensCounty. He has practiced inHugoton the past twentyyears.Friday, February 18, 1940

Ads in this week’s Hermes:Dr. H.B. Lamborn, Phone 94;R.L. Smith, Oil and GasLeases, Phone 54.

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.

History From The HermesCompiled by Ruthie Winget

The decision to use a pacifier—or not—

is up to youMost babies have a strong

sucking reflex. Some babieseven suck their thumbs orfingers before they’re born.Sucking is necessary forbaby’s nutrition and has acalming and soothing effect.The desire to suck often re-mains after feedings are com-plete. Many parents providepacifiers to their infants forcontentment between feed-ings.

Some studies have shownthat babies who use a pacifierduring naptime or nighttimehave a reduced risk of Sud-den Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS). Pacifiers can help ba-bies learn to control theirfeelings, relax them andmake them feel secure.

If you decide to use a paci-fier for your baby follow theseguidelines to keep her safe:*DO use a pacifier that isbisphenol-A (BPA) free.*DON’T secure a pacifier toyour baby with a cord-it’s astrangling hazard.*DO use the right size foryour baby’s age to make sureit fits her mouth.*DON’T let kids share a paci-fier, to avoid sharing germs.Also, wash pacifiers in soapand water to keep them cleanbetween uses.

Pacifiers are disposable.

When it’s time to stop usingthem you can throw themaway. If your child prefersher thumb or fingers, break-ing the habit is more difficult.Most children stop suckingtheir thumb by around ageone or two. The AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics recom-mends eliminating pacifieruse between 12 and 15months. Children who con-tinue to use the pacifier be-yond this age can sufferproblems with teeth and de-veloping speech skills.

To wean your baby frompacifier use consider thesetechniques:

Younger infants: Swad-dling, rocking, singing, play-ing soft music and infantmassage can be effective al-ternatives to pacifier use.

Older infants and tod-dlers: Activities, toys or otherobjects of affection such as ablanket might help distractyour child from his desire forthe pacifier.

Toddlers and older chil-dren: Allow your child totrade in her pacifier for a spe-cial book or toy.

More information on Rus-sell Child Development Cen-ter’s early childhoodprograms in your communityis available on our website atwww.rcdc4kids.org or callour office at 620-275-0291.

714 Ballinger • Garden City620-275-0291

www.rcdc4kids.org

By Tara York,Speech Language Pathologist

Be wary of fake invoicescams

Kansas Attorney GeneralDerek Schmidt warned con-sumers to be on the lookoutfor fake invoices for servicesor products not ordered. Theyare likely being generatedfrom disreputable companiesperpetrating fraud.

Schmidt’s office has re-ceived more than 150 com-plaints from school districtsand other entities across thestate about fraudulent in-voices being sent from an or-ganization doing business asAmerican Yellow Group, Inc.,American Yellow Corporation,Inc., and American YellowDistribution, Inc. The in-

voices are purportedly for “di-rectory listing” and demand$496.95 for a one-year listingor $685.95 for a two-year list-ing. The geographical originof the invoices include SanDiego, Ca., Dallas, Tx., NewYork, N.Y., and Varna, Bul-garia.

Earlier this month,Schmidt’s office sued a NewJersey company doing busi-ness as Scholastic SchoolSupply for falsely billing morethan 317 Kansas public

schools for textbooks thatwere never purchased or de-livered. This company is notaffiliated with Scholastic,Inc., the well-known chil-dren’s book publisher.

Schmidt asks that anyKansans who may have re-

ceived fraudulent invoices forservices or products they didnot order to contact his Con-sumer Protection Division bycalling 1-800-432-2310 or byfiling a complaint online atwww.InYourCornerKansas.org.

by Kansas Attorney General Derek SchmidtConsumer Corner

(First Published in The Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, February 5, 2015) 1t

PUBLIC NOTICE

The City of Hugoton will be making anappointment to the golf course board.If interested in serving, please delivera letter of interest to 631 S. Main ormail the letter to PO Box 788, Hugo-ton, Kansas 67951. Letters must bereceived by Monday, February 9,2015 at 5:00 p.m.

PUBLICNOTICE

(First Published in The Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, February 5, 2015) 2t

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OFTHE STEVENS COUNTY

CONSERVATION DISTRICT

To all qualified electors residingwithin the boundaries of the StevensCounty Conservation District, noticeis hereby given that pursuant toK.S.A. 2-1907, as amended, on the21st day of February, 2015, at 6:30p.m. an annual meeting of theStevens County Conservation Districtwill be held at the Stevens County Me-morial Hall, 6th & Monroe St., Hugo-ton, KS.

The meeting agenda shall include thefollowing business items:ONE:The supervisors of the Stevens

County Conservation District shallmake full and due report of their ac-tivities and financial affairs since thelast annual meeting.

TWO:They shall conduct an election by se-cret ballot of qualified electors, therepresent, of two supervisor to serve aterm of three years from the date ofsaid meeting.

All in the county of Stevens in theState of Kansas.

By Tron Stegman, ChairmanStevens County Conservation District

Attest:Sherri MartinDistrict Manager

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Kansas Attorney GeneralDerek Schmidt Friday formallyasked the three-judge panel inthe state school finance litiga-tion to provide a clear explana-tion of what information itrelied on to reach its conclu-sion last month that the state’sfunding of public schools is in-adequate.

Schmidt filed a motion ask-ing the panel to “alter and

amend” its December 30,2014, order so that it complieswith the Kansas SupremeCourt’s instruction for thepanel to engage in fact-findingas to the state’s school-fundingsystem. Both the State and theplaintiffs submitted numerousproposed “findings of fact” tothe panel, but instead of sort-ing through them and statingwhich the panel believes to be

correct and which are incorrectbased on the evidence in therecord, the panel stated that“all facts, by whomever pre-sented, could not reasonablybe discussed individually,” andinstead merely stated “[f]actsinconsistent with our originalOpinion and our Opinion is-sued following are rejected im-plicitedly [sic].” The panel alsoasserted that the plaintiffs'

findings of fact "speak thetruth" without explanation ofwhich of the numerous pro-posed findings of fact the panelwas referring or whether thatalso referred to several findingproposed by the plaintiffs thatthe panel previous rejected.

“The ‘speak the truth’ and‘spoke the truth’ statementsare, to be candid, extremelyambiguous and largely un-

helpful for meaningful appel-late review,” Schmidt wrote.“The ‘implicit’ rejection withoutexplicit findings will requireboth the parties and theKansas Supreme Court to en-gage in rank speculation and ahigh stakes guessing game asto what the Panel has deter-mined are the actual facts andwhether such facts are consis-tent or inconsistent under thePanel’s legal conclusions.”

Schmidt noted that withoutthe sort of specific fact-findingthat the Kansas SupremeCourt ordered, and that Courtsordinarily provide, it will be dif-ficult or impossible for theKansas Supreme Court to en-gage in proper appellate reviewof the panel’s most recent deci-

sion.In the motion, Schmidt also

noted that the panel refusedthe state’s request to engage indiscovery and provide thepanel with additional evidenceafter the Kansas SupremeCourt’s ruling, which had clar-ified what needed to be proven,but then seemed to concludethat the State had not providedevidence to the panel’s satis-faction.

The case is Gannon v. Stateof Kansas, Case No.2010CV1569. A copy of themotion can be found athttp://1.usa.gov/1yE4f6I.

Submitted by the Office ofthe Kansas Attorney General

Free E-File income taxpreparation help will be avail-able at sites across Kansasstarting Monday, Jan. 26.

One of the largest sites willbe at the Docking State OfficeBuilding, 915 SW HarrisonSt., Room 130.

The assistance sites are apartnership between theKansas Department of Rev-enue and the Internal Rev-enue Service’s VolunteerIncome Tax Assistance Pro-gram, called VITA.

Community IRS trainedand certified volunteers, withsupport from the United Wayof Greater Topeka, will be onsite to help complete elec-tronically filed Federal andState individual income taxreturns and limited KansasHomestead Claims & Prop-erty Tax Relief Claims. Theprogram offers tax help tolow- and moderate-incomepeople who desire assistancepreparing their tax returns.

The volunteer tax prepar-ers can help taxpayers claimspecial credits, such asEarned Income Tax Credit,Child Tax Credit and Creditfor the Elderly or the Dis-abled for which some filersmay qualify.

The Docking site will beopen 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mon-day through Friday throughthe April 15 filing deadline.

AARP Kansas also offersTax-Aide through the IRS-sponsored Tax Counseling forthe Elderly program at addi-tional sites throughoutKansas. Those sites providefree tax help to seniors.

The volunteers must see aSocial Security card for allpeople listed on a return.Items taxpayers should bringwith them to have their taxreturns prepared include:

•A copy of last year’s fed-eral and state income tax re-turn, if they have one

•Photo identification forthe taxpayer and their spouse

•Birth dates and social se-curity cards, or a social secu-rity letter with the fullnumber, for the taxpayer,spouse and any children inthe household born beforeDec. 31, 2014

•Wage and earning state-ments such as W-2 formsfrom all employers, W-2Ggambling income, and1099(R) from pension, annu-ity, retirement or profit-shar-ing plans, IRAs, andinsurance contract distribu-

tions, interest and dividendstatements from banks(form1099 INT), unemploy-ment insurance benefit state-ments received any time in2014 (1099-G), and all other1095A, 1098 and 1099 forms

•Statements received froma mortgage company during2014

•College expense informa-tion for college students

•Other relevant informa-tion about income and ex-penses such as total amountpaid for day care and the daycare provider's federal identi-fying number

•Any notices sent to thetaxpayer by the IRS in 2014

•Workers with IndividualTaxpayer Identification Num-bers (ITINS) should bring theITIN card sent to them by theIRS

•Those wanting to use di-rect deposit for their refundshould bring a check fromthe account where they wantthe money deposited

Homeowners planning tofile for a Homestead Claimmust bring proof of real es-tate taxes paid.

Anyone who purchasedhealth insurance through themarketplace will need tobring a 1095A form whichwill be sent in the mail or canbe printed out through theaccount used to sign up forthe health insurance.

Both spouses must bepresent to sign the requiredforms if they are filing jointly.

The department’s year-round Taxpayer AssistanceCenter is located in room 150of the Docking Building. Italso offers Kansas income taxreturn and homestead claimassistance and is open 8 a.m.to 5 p.m., Monday throughFriday.

No appointment is re-quired at either location, as-sistance is provided on firstcome first served basis. For more information, call theKansas Department of Rev-enue, 785-368-8222.

To locate the nearest VITAsite, call 1-800-906-9887. Alist of AARP Kansas Tax-Aidesites is available by calling 1-888-227-7669. A listing oftimes, locations and servicesoffered for Shawnee County is available atwww.shawnee.ksu.edu/.

Submitted by the KansasDepartment of Revenue.

The Kansas Historical Soci-ety announced that the DaltonGang Hideout and Museum inMeade and Little StrangerChurch and Cemetery in Leav-enworth County are among thenewest Kansas propertiesadded to the National Registerof Historic Places. The Keeperof the National Register of His-toric Places entered six Kansaslistings into the Register onJanuary 7. The Keeper also re-moved a fire-damaged churchand a demolished bridge.These actions bring the totalnumber of Kansas listings inthe National Register to 1,383.

The National Register ofHistoric Places is the country’sofficial list of historically signif-icant properties. Authorized bythe National Historic Preserva-tion Act of 1966, the NationalPark Service's National Regis-ter of Historic Places is part ofa national program to coordi-nate and support public andprivate efforts to identify, eval-uate, and protect America'shistoric and archeological re-sources.

Eligible properties must besignificant for one or more of

the four criteria for evaluation.Properties can be eligible if theyare associated with events thathave made a significant contri-bution to the broad patterns ofour history. They can be eligi-ble if they are associated withthe lives of persons significantin our past. Distinctive con-struction can qualify propertiesfor the National Register if theyembody the characteristic of atype, period, or method of con-struction, or represent thework of a master, or possesshigh artistic values, or repre-sent a significant and distin-guishable entity whosecomponents may lack individ-ual distinction. Lastly, proper-ties may be eligible for theNational Register if they haveyielded or may be likely to yieldinformation important in pre-history or history. The NationalRegister recognizes propertiesof local, statewide, and na-tional significance.

Below are listings added:•Hotel Roberts – 120 W.

Fourth Street, Pratt, PrattCounty

•Ray L. Smith House – 812W. Central Avenue, El Dorado,

Butler County•Wirkler-Krehbiel House –

2727 N. Main Street, NorthNewton, Harvey County

•Little Stranger Church andCemetery – LeavenworthCounty

•Ira E. Lloyd Stock Farm –1575 Avenue JJ, Ellsworth,Ellsworth County

•Dalton Gang Hideout &Museum – 502 S. PearletteStreet, Meade, Meade County

The Dalton Gang Hideoutand Museum is a product ofthe auto-tourism era of theearly and middle 20th century.The Meade Chamber of Com-merce, with assistance fromthe Work Projects Administra-tion (WPA) and the NationalYouth Administration, devel-oped the site in 1940 aroundthe former residence of Johnand Eva (Dalton) Whipple, asister of the famed outlaw Dal-ton brothers known for theirrobbery of trains and banks.Although stories of the DaltonGang visiting Meade in the late1800s surfaced in the early20th century, primary sourceevidence to support these

claims has remained elusive.Nevertheless, local officialshoped to attract visitors usingthe colorful Dalton Gang talesand showcase history throughthe collections of local historybuffs at this site. WPA officialsreportedly turned down thecommunity’s first proposal be-cause it romanticized a gang ofoutlaws. The plans were resub-mitted under the name MeadeHistorical Park and greater em-phasis was given to developinglocal history at the site. Thismid-20th century roadside at-traction was nominated as partof the New Deal-era Resourcesof Kansas and RoadsideKansas multiple property nom-inations under Criterion A forits local significance in theareas of social history, govern-ment, and tourism.

A summary of each site isavailable atwww.kshs.org/news/re-leases/pdfs/2015_kshs_na-tional_register_approval_january_2015.pdf.

Submitted by the KansasHistorical Society.

National Register of Historic Places adds two news sites

AG Schmidt asks school-funding panel for clarity

Free help preparing taxes isavailable throughout the state

The Hugoton Hermes February 5, 2015 Page 9B

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FOR SALEFIREWOOD FOR SALE

Oak, Piñon, Mesquite,Pecan & More

Delivery & stacking availableCall DJ @ 620-430-1273

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KIWANIS AUCTIONMarch 27 & 28, 2015

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

FOR RENTFOR RENT: Office Space - 120W. Sixth, call 620-544-4318. (3c5)

---------------FOR RENT: Beautiful 3 bed/2bath apartment homes, all ap-pliances, washer/dryer connec-tion, private patio or balcony,kids’ playground, pets welcome.Westfield Apartment Homes,910 S. Coulter, Hugoton, KS.620-544-7605. Equal Housing Op-portunity, Handicap Accessible.

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FOR RENT: 1 & 2 BedroomApartments. Furnished or un-furnished. Bills included, washer& dryer and cable. Call 544-2232.

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FOR RENT: Two 2-bed-room apartments. Appli-ances furnished. Centralair and heat. 1 car garage.Call 620-544-1714.

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ROLLA PLAZAAPARTMENTS

1&2 Bedroom Apts (Rental Assistance Available)

Equal Housing Opportunity

For more informationcall Dayna Folger at620-492-3698. (tfc46)

Beautiful 3 bed/ 2 bath apartmenthomes, all appliances, washer/dryerconnection, private patio or balcony,kids’ playground, pets welcome.

Call today to schedule a tour!(620) 544-7605

910 S. CoulterHugoton, KS

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

LL2 Senior Apartments Available &1 Handicap Accessible Available• Must be 62 or disabled to qualify• Rent based on adjusted income• All electric appliances• Coin-operated laundry facilities• Rental assistance available

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atSunflower Plaza

This institute is an Equal Opportunity Provider

and Employer

109 W. Seventh - Hugoton544-4011

SOLAR HOME FOR SALE6 miles west of Hugoton; sits on 1.1 acres! Asking $120,000

Need to see to appreciate. Conventional loan with 20% down.Serious inquiries only - 719-510-7391 (4c3)

JONES MONUMENTWINTER SALE

1-800-833-4055810 N. Kansas - Liberal, KS

Prices start at $99jonesmonument.com

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HOMES FOR SALE

PRIVATE AUCTIONS

FARM LAND FOR SALEGrant County, Kansas

1280 Acres Irrigated, Dryland, Grass & CRP

“If it’s important to you, it’s important to us.”

212 N. Main, Ulysses, KS | 620-356-1954 |Jerry Stutzman – Owner/Broker, GRI – 620-353-9411Burla Stutzman – Owner/Agent, GRI – 620-353-8382

Tobias Stutzman – Agent – 620-952-1478Joshua Grubbs – Agent – 620-544-9788

www.stutzmanrealty.com

919 S. Monroe3 br, 1 bath$75,000

1501 Rd 95 br, 4 bathOn 5 acres$299,000

1505 S. Madison3 br, 2 bath$127,500

1028 S. Van Buren3 br, 2 bath$39,000

Call Joshua Grubbs @ 620-544-9788 for a free Marketing Analysis.

Grant County160 Acres Native Grass

Bid by February 3, 2015

Grant County520 Acres Producing Minerals


Meade County160 Acres Dryland


Grant County150 Acre Expiring CRP Bid by March 3, 2015

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CARD OF THANKSTHANK YOU

The family of Helen Higgins would like to say thank you, for theprayers, food, cards and the many memorials to Rolla Library, RollaHope and others.

Thanks to Pastor Mary Courtney and Pastor Marcus Light for thespecial words about Helen’s life. Randy Bane is a special person inHelen’s life, and ours. His words mean a lot to us.

We thank you,Jack Higgins

Cindy & Katy HoweJack & Michelle Higgins, Derek and AlexisGreg & Trena Higgins, Reagan and Rylee

1409 S. Jefferson St. - This Move-in ready home setson a huge corner lot and in the Kallenbach Additionin South Hugoton. The kitchen is larger enough to im-press the most sophisticated chef.

103 E Fourth St. –Rolla, KS- This property is lo-cated on two large city lots. The back yard has a stor-age shed as well as a 20x40 foot metal building withboth 220 and 110 electrical already wired inside.

307 N. Kansas, Suite 101Liberal, KS 67901

(620) 624-1212

609 E. 4th Street - This 4 year old home offers anewly painted interior. All bedrooms have walk-inclosets and the unfinished basement is ready for yourown design touches.

107 S. Madison St. - This brick home has nicestreet appeal and a very large fenced back yard.Beautiful hardwood floor. The 3/4 bath in the base-ment is being remodeled.

205 S. Van Buren - This is a Fannie Mae HomePathproperty.

1606 S. Eisenhower St. - This 4,560 sq ft., 2 storyhome has it all. The gourmet kitchen has it all withgranite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, builtin refrigerator, microwave, and dual energy 6 burnerrange/oven.

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912 S. Van Buren - This home is ready to moveright into. Remodeled kitchen and bathroom andupgraded windows. Nice covered patio in frontmake this a great buy as a first home or rental op-portunity.

129 N. Jackson St. - This beautiful brick home isready to move into. Huge back yard. Enjoy theheated enclosed patio through the cooler months andthe updated kitchen (2005) features a 6-burner cooktop, double ovens, and an abundance of pantry andcabinet space.

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Feature Of The Week

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

Mark Faulkner-BrokerKaren Yoder - Associate/Broker

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

Chance Yoder - SalespersonAgricultural Land

Residential & Commercial SpecialistChance Yoder- Cellphone 544-1907

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

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

825 S Polk - Ranch style, 4 bed/2 b, 2 detgarages, cen H/A, circle drive, basement,corner lot location! Call today to view thishome!!

806 S Monroe - Investment Property - 2 bed/1b, shed. Call today to see this property.

808 S Monroe - Ranch style, 3 bed/1 b, kitchenw/built in appliances, island, central heat, detgarage w/bath, shed w/carport. Call today to seethis home!

810 S Monroe - Investment Property - 50 x190 lot with 2 mobilehome hookups. IncomeProducing!

130 N Jackson - New Price Reduction!!4 bed/4 bath, cen H/A, new roof, att garage,pool, fence. Great Location! $200,000

531 S Main Street- New Reduced Price!!Commercial Property - Porter Building -5,886 SF, retail and office, central H/A.Prime Location!!! Call to view this property!!

48 N Baca, Elkhart - Good location!! 5 bed/3bath, cent H/A, fence, garage for the handyman, corner lot. Lots of room for the growingfamily!!

906 S Polk- Great starter home!! 3 bed/1bath, basement, cen H/A, shed, appli-ances. Call today!!

903 S Madison- Ranch style, 3 bed/1 bath,cen H/A, covered patio, fenced yard. Callfor details!!

715 S Adams St- Corner lot location!! 2bed/2 bath, lg master with WIC, fence, detgarage, covered patio, cen H/A. Nicestarter!!

1109 S Jefferson St- Nice Starter, 3 bed/2bath, basement, fence, cen H/A. KallenbachAddition. Call today !!

500 Copperstone Pl- Frame, ranch style, 5bed/2 b, Cen H/A, basement, fence, deck. Calltoday to set up your private showing.

1283 Road 6- Country Living, 3 bedroom,2 bath, basement, cen H/A, fpl, 9 acres.Call for details!!

1015 S Washington- Cute ranch stylehome. Well maintained! 3 bed/2 b, updatedkitchen with appliances, 30 x 40garage/shop. Nice property!! Call for de-tails!!

1012 S Lincoln - This could be a very ver-satible property. 1 bed/1.5 bath, 1260 sf,also has a cooler, and drive up window.Hmmmm....the possibilities!!

917 S Polk St - New Reduced Price!! Selleroffers $5K Buyers Incentive!! WOW! 3bed/2 bath, kitchen w/appliances,family/dining combo, living room with ac-cess to covered deck, fence, cen H/A. Calto see this property!!

914 S Washington-Ranch style, 3 bed/3 bath,basement, att garage, fence, vaulted ceiling,18x36 Morton building, sprinkler, much more!!Call for details!!

828 East Fourteenth- Commercial Property -60 x 40 Steel Building, heated floor, Office,Bath, Loft w/storage. Call for details!!

1001 S Harrison St- Brick, ranch style, 5bed/2.5 bath, fpl, kitchen w/appliances,screened patio, full basement, att garage.Move in ready!!

201 S Lincoln- Manufacture home onpermanent foundation. 3 bed/2 bath,appliances, central heat on corner lot.Call for more details!

1003 S. Adams - Beautiful 1/2 story,5 bed/3 bath, fpl, 2 decks, oversizedgarage w/ workshop, storage shed,fenced yard, appliances and much,much more!! Call for details!

SOLD

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ACREAGE FOR SALE4.6 acre tract in the NW/4 of Sec 29 Twp 32 Rge34, Seward County. Call for details!!

1407 S EISENHOWERNice location!! 100 x 124 lot! NO SPE-CIALS!! Call today!!

LOTS FOR SALE504 S. Wildcat Ct - Nice lot in cul de sac.19,427 sf. Spikes Addition. Call for details!!401 & 403 S. Jayhawk Ct - Nice lot & a halfin cul de sac. 27,641 sf. Spikes Addition.Call for details!!713 East Fifth Ave - Nice lot in cul de sac.21,855 sf. Spikes Addition. Call for details!!

SOLD

SOLD


613 S. Main, P.O. Box 610, Hugoton, KS 67951(620) 544-4303 / Fax: (620) 544-4925

HUGOTON, KANSAS620-544-2189 620-544-7226

Jeff C. Ramsey, Agent

We SaluteSCOUTINGin Stevens County

HUGOTON & MOSCOW

WHITHAMENTERPRISES

200 S. Rd. 20 Moscow, Ks. 67952

620-598-2388

These are the Stevens County Cub Scouts Troop 189. Front row,left to right, are Seth Mason, Ayden Harper and Kaden Johnson;second row, Rustin Pearcy, Mason Jenkins, Isaac Moreland, TabRobbins, Storm Heger, CJ Beard and Roman Miller; back row,

Ashley Pearcy, Felicia Moreland, Arick Miller, Michael Jenkinsand Jayden Hill. Not pictured are John Shelton, David Beesleyand Montana Johnson. Inset is Firas Gallah.

Boy Scout Troop 189 from the left are, front row, Andrew Stevenson, TylerAguilar, Aidan Schooley, Austin Stevenson and Scout Master Ted Bansemer.In back are Leader Ed Stevenson, Committee Chairman Erick Nordling,

Assisstant Leader Alan Thomas and Assistant Leader Brian Schooley. Troopmembers and leaders not pictured are Alex Pierson, Zach Pierson andAssistant Leaders Terry and Hope Pierson.

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Kramer, Nordling& Nordling, LLC

Erick E. NordlingShelley K. Kurt

Attorneys209 E. 6th St.

544-4333

BOY SCOUT TROOP#189

Scout Master-Ted Bansemer

Committee Chairman-Erick Nordling

Assistant Scoutmasters-Alan Thomas, Ed Stevenson,

Brian Schooley, Terry Pierson, Hope Pierson

BOY SCOUTSAlex Pierson

Andrew StevensonAustin Stevenson

Tyler Aguilar

Zach PiersonAidan Schooley

CUB SCOUT TROOP#189

Scout Master- Felicia Moreland

Leaders- Ashley Pearcy

Arick Miller Michael Jenkins

Montana Johnson

CUB SCOUT TROOP#189

Roman MillerMason JenkinsDavid Beesley

Ayden HarperCJ Beard

Rustin Pearcy Isaac MorelandKaden Johnson

Seth MasonTab RobbinsStorm Heger

Jayden HillFiras GallahJohn Shelton

Charter OrganizationKiwanis Club

601 S. Main620-544-4331www.csbks.com

Serving Southwest Kansas Since 1980•Commercial & Residential • Concrete Contractors

• Curb & Guttering Our Speciality613 E. 11th, Hugoton • 544-7146

502 S. Jackson, Hugoton, Ks 67951620-544-8908 www.fnbhugoton.com

MEMBER FDIC

Hugoton/LiberalA Nursing/Ancillary Resource Company620-417-5679 Office • 620-544-7629 Fax

Ed Stevenson RN • Alicia Stevenson404 Jayhawk Ct. • Hugoton, KS 67951

www.nurselinkstaffing.com • [email protected]

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