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Each September, emer- gency management agen- cies across the United States observe the month as “Emergency Prepared- ness Month” to highlight the need for everyone to be prepared for natural and man-made disasters of all kinds. Governor Sam Brown- back will hold a news con- ference Friday, September 7 at 10:30 a.m., to sign a proclamation designating September as “Emergency Preparedness Month in Kansas.” As part of the month-long observance, the Kansas Division of Emergency Management is sponsoring an “Emergency Preparedness Day” Mon- day, September 10, at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. “The unpredictability of Kansas weather is a re- minder of just how impor- tant it is to be prepared,” said Brownback. “This year, we have seen multi- ple tornadoes and severe storms, extreme tempera- tures and drought condi- tions resulting in several wildfires,” said Brownback. “Yet, it was only last year we had flooding problems. With winter just a few months away, we have the possibility of many more challenges.” “These are only a few of the possible disasters we face in Kansas,” said Brownback, “so making sure you are prepared for them is essential. Take time this month to think about what you would do if a disaster struck your community. It’s up to each of us to do our part to be prepared.” “Our state’s first respon- ders do a heroic job, but they can’t be everywhere at once,” said Maj. Gen. (KS) Lee Tafanelli, the adjutant general and director of the Kansas Division of Emer- gency Management. “That’s why it’s important to have a home emergency kit and a plan that allows you, your family, or your business to cope with a disaster until help arrives.” Home emergency kits should include a gallon of water for every person per day, nonperishable foods, flashlights and batteries, a battery-powered radio, a first aid kit, medicines, an alternate heat source, blankets and other neces- sities to sustain a family for a minimum of three days. Information on building a home emer- gency kit can be found on line at http://www. ksready.gov/default.asp?P ageID=3&Tab=3 , http:// www.redcross.org/pre pare/location/home-fam ily and at http://www. ready. gov/build-a-kit During the September 10 Kansas Preparedness Day event at the State Fair in Hutchinson, numerous state and local agencies, along with community emergency response or- ganizations, will be provid- ing disaster preparedness and public safety informa- tion, as well as displaying emergency response equipment. There will also be drawings for door prizes. Agencies and organiza- tions participating in the event include the Adjutant General’s Department/ Kansas Division of Emer- gency Management/ Kansas National Guard, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Citizen Corps, Civil Air Patrol, Kansas De- partment of Health and Environment, Kansas Fire Marshall, American Red Cross, Kansas Highway Patrol, Hutchinson Fire Department, Hutchinson Police Department, Com- munity Emergency Re- sponse Team, Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association, Reno County Emergency Management, Reno County Sheriff’s De- partment, Kansas Depart- ment of Transportation, National Weather Service and the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency. September 10 is Dillon’s Dollar Day at the Fair; ad- mission is one dollar or free with a Dillon’s card. Volume 125, Number 36 Thursday, September 6, 2012 14 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy The Kansas Wildland Fire Prevention and Edu- cation Team is urging citi- zens to adhere to local burning restrictions and take precaution when using equipment that can create a spark. The Team is a national multi-agency group of wildfire preven- tion specialists established to raise awareness of the severe threat of wildfire the state is experiencing due to the drought conditions. “Kansas is experiencing a unique and extreme level of wildfire activity this year compared to previous years,” said Tim Phelps, Public Information Officer with the Team. “Extreme caution and conservative judgment should be used when conducting any out- door burn where restric- tions are not currently in place or using equipment that can cause a spark - like brush mowers and hay balers.” Drought conditions are making the landscape par- ticularly vulnerable to the ignition and spread of fire. Since March, Kansas For- est Service officials have estimated that more than 41,000 acres have burned across the state, making it one of the worst years for wildfire on record. Last week alone there were seven fires resulting in over 8,000 acres burned. These fires are burning hotter and are more diffi- cult to control making suppression by firefighters more dangerous. Making matters worse is the fact that these wild- fires are resulting in greater property loss than in previous years. Accord- ing to the Kansas Forest Service, there were 26 structures lost due to wild- fire so far this summer. Compare that to the fact that no structures were re- ported lost over the past seven summers, and the severity of the situation re- ally comes to light. In ad- dition to structural losses, burned hay fields can now be considered property losses since the likelihood of regrowth is low due to extreme drought condi- tions. Many counties across the state have burn bans in place or are not issuing burn permits because of these extreme conditions. As always, citizens should check for local restrictions or burn ordinances issued by county or municipal governments prior to con- ducting any outdoor burn- ing. Where restrictions are not in place, the Council is recommending that citi- zens delay any outdoor burning until their area re- ceives a significant amount of rainfall. Field equipment, such as brush mowers and hay balers, should be equipped with fire extinguishers in case the equipment strikes a surface that could cause a spark and ignite the dry vegetation. According to the Na- tional Weather Service, much of Kansas is cur- rently experiencing ex- treme or exceptional drought conditions. Relief does not appear to be com- ing anytime soon as there is very little chance of pre- cipitation forecast into next week. Even a slight chance of a rain shower will do little to ease the drought or reduce the threat of wildfire. Aubrey Hamlin, Kolten Decker and Erendida Lopez paint their names on the senior sign. Each year seniors gather at the senior sign lo- cated behind the football bleachers to add their names marking the beginning of senior year for them. More pictures can be seen on page 5. Hugoton City Council convened for a special meeting August 30, 2012 at 7:30 a.m. Present at the meeting were Hugoton Mayor Jack Rowden, City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks and City Councilmen Mike Eshbaugh, Kim Harper and Gary Baughman. Also attending were Neal Gillespie, City Inspector Tony Martin and Hermes reporter Ruthie Winget. Councilmen Greg Gill and Bob Mason were absent. The council passed the motion unanimously to change the zoning on the remaining lots of the Stevens County Industrial Park east of Hugoton from Agriculture to Industrial. This will be listed in the Hugoton Hermes as Ordi- nance 792. They also passed a mo- tion to approve Ordinance 793 which rezones the lot on which Richard Claggett is building his house from Commercial to Residen- tial. The meeting adjourned. Hugoton City Clerk Tom Hicks received the welcome news that Hugo- ton’s Safe Routes to School has been selected for funding and will be in- cluded as part of the KDOT program. Hugoton has been awarded the maximum funding amount of $250,000. Hicks com- mented the contract still has to be signed before any work starts. The Safe Routes to School will provide side- walks as much as the money allows. The pro- posed route starts on the west side of Jackson from Sixth Street to Eleventh Street; the north side of Sixth Street from Polk to Jackson; the north side of Fifth Street from Monroe Street to Jayhawk Street; the west side of Jefferson from Sixth to Eleventh Street; the west side of Madison from Second to Fifth Street; the north side of Second Street from Madison to Adams Street; the east side of Adams from Second Street to the Heritage Academy; and the east side of Main Street from First to Sec- ond Street. Congratulations to everyone that worked hard to make this happen for our community! Drought conditions make landscape vulnerable to wildfires Hugoton’s Safe Routes to School receives $250,000 KDOT grant Hugoton City Council votes to rezone Stevens County Industrial Park Kids are running to jump in the Bounce House. Children came from all around to participate in the free carnival held at the First Christian Church at Hugoton. The weather allowed every- one to enjoy the evening outside. September is ‘Emergency Preparedness Month’

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Each September, emer-gency management agen-cies across the UnitedStates observe the monthas “Emergency Prepared-ness Month” to highlightthe need for everyone to beprepared for natural andman-made disasters of allkinds.

Governor Sam Brown-back will hold a news con-ference Friday, September7 at 10:30 a.m., to sign aproclamation designatingSeptember as “EmergencyPreparedness Month inKansas.” As part of themonth-long observance,the Kansas Division ofEmergency Management issponsoring an “EmergencyPreparedness Day” Mon-day, September 10, at theKansas State Fair inHutchinson.

“The unpredictability ofKansas weather is a re-minder of just how impor-tant it is to be prepared,”said Brownback. “Thisyear, we have seen multi-ple tornadoes and severestorms, extreme tempera-tures and drought condi-tions resulting in severalwildfires,” said Brownback.“Yet, it was only last yearwe had flooding problems.With winter just a fewmonths away, we have thepossibility of many morechallenges.”

“These are only a few of

the possible disasters weface in Kansas,” saidBrownback, “so makingsure you are prepared forthem is essential. Taketime this month to thinkabout what you would do ifa disaster struck yourcommunity. It’s up to eachof us to do our part to beprepared.”

“Our state’s first respon-ders do a heroic job, butthey can’t be everywhere atonce,” said Maj. Gen. (KS)Lee Tafanelli, the adjutantgeneral and director of theKansas Division of Emer-gency Management.“That’s why it’s importantto have a home emergencykit and a plan that allowsyou, your family, or yourbusiness to cope with adisaster until help arrives.”

Home emergency kitsshould include a gallon ofwater for every person perday, nonperishable foods,flashlights and batteries, abattery-powered radio, afirst aid kit, medicines, analternate heat source,blankets and other neces-

sities to sustain a familyfor a minimum of threedays. Information onbuilding a home emer-gency kit can be found online at http://www.ksready.gov/default.asp?PageID=3&Tab=3, http://www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family and at http://www.ready. gov/build-a-kit

During the September10 Kansas PreparednessDay event at the State Fairin Hutchinson, numerousstate and local agencies,along with communityemergency response or-ganizations, will be provid-ing disaster preparednessand public safety informa-tion, as well as displayingemergency responseequipment. There will alsobe drawings for doorprizes.

Agencies and organiza-tions participating in theevent include the AdjutantGeneral’s Department/Kansas Division of Emer-gency Management/Kansas National Guard,Kansas Department ofAgriculture, Citizen Corps,Civil Air Patrol, Kansas De-partment of Health andEnvironment, Kansas FireMarshall, American RedCross, Kansas HighwayPatrol, Hutchinson FireDepartment, HutchinsonPolice Department, Com-munity Emergency Re-sponse Team, KansasSearch and Rescue DogAssociation, Reno CountyEmergency Management,Reno County Sheriff’s De-partment, Kansas Depart-ment of Transportation,National Weather Serviceand the Federal Emer-gency ManagementAgency.

September 10 is Dillon’sDollar Day at the Fair; ad-mission is one dollar orfree with a Dillon’s card.

Volume 125, Number 36 Thursday, September 6, 2012 14 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

The Kansas WildlandFire Prevention and Edu-cation Team is urging citi-zens to adhere to localburning restrictions andtake precaution whenusing equipment that cancreate a spark. The Teamis a national multi-agencygroup of wildfire preven-tion specialists establishedto raise awareness of thesevere threat of wildfire thestate is experiencing dueto the drought conditions.

“Kansas is experiencinga unique and extreme levelof wildfire activity this yearcompared to previousyears,” said Tim Phelps,Public Information Officerwith the Team. “Extremecaution and conservative

judgment should be usedwhen conducting any out-door burn where restric-tions are not currently inplace or using equipmentthat can cause a spark -like brush mowers andhay balers.”

Drought conditions aremaking the landscape par-ticularly vulnerable to theignition and spread of fire.Since March, Kansas For-est Service officials haveestimated that more than41,000 acres have burnedacross the state, making itone of the worst years forwildfire on record. Lastweek alone there wereseven fires resulting inover 8,000 acres burned.These fires are burning

hotter and are more diffi-cult to control makingsuppression by firefightersmore dangerous.

Making matters worse isthe fact that these wild-fires are resulting ingreater property loss thanin previous years. Accord-ing to the Kansas ForestService, there were 26structures lost due to wild-fire so far this summer.Compare that to the factthat no structures were re-ported lost over the pastseven summers, and theseverity of the situation re-ally comes to light. In ad-dition to structural losses,burned hay fields can nowbe considered propertylosses since the likelihood

of regrowth is low due toextreme drought condi-tions.

Many counties acrossthe state have burn bansin place or are not issuingburn permits because ofthese extreme conditions.As always, citizens shouldcheck for local restrictionsor burn ordinances issuedby county or municipalgovernments prior to con-ducting any outdoor burn-ing. Where restrictions arenot in place, the Council isrecommending that citi-zens delay any outdoorburning until their area re-ceives a significantamount of rainfall.

Field equipment, suchas brush mowers and hay

balers, should be equippedwith fire extinguishers incase the equipment strikesa surface that could causea spark and ignite the dryvegetation.

According to the Na-tional Weather Service,much of Kansas is cur-rently experiencing ex-treme or exceptionaldrought conditions. Reliefdoes not appear to be com-ing anytime soon as thereis very little chance of pre-cipitation forecast intonext week. Even a slightchance of a rain showerwill do little to ease thedrought or reduce thethreat of wildfire.

Aubrey Hamlin, Kolten Decker and ErendidaLopez paint their names on the senior sign.Each year seniors gather at the senior sign lo-

cated behind the football bleachers to add theirnames marking the beginning of senior year forthem. More pictures can be seen on page 5.

Hugoton City Councilconvened for a specialmeeting August 30, 2012at 7:30 a.m. Present atthe meeting were HugotonMayor Jack Rowden, CityClerk Thomas G. Hicksand City Councilmen MikeEshbaugh, Kim Harperand Gary Baughman.Also attending were NealGillespie, City InspectorTony Martin and Hermesreporter Ruthie Winget.Councilmen Greg Gill andBob Mason were absent.

The council passed the

motion unanimously tochange the zoning on theremaining lots of theStevens County IndustrialPark east of Hugoton fromAgriculture to Industrial.This will be listed in theHugoton Hermes as Ordi-nance 792.

They also passed a mo-tion to approve Ordinance793 which rezones the loton which Richard Claggettis building his house fromCommercial to Residen-tial.

The meeting adjourned.

Hugoton City ClerkTom Hicks received thewelcome news that Hugo-ton’s Safe Routes toSchool has been selectedfor funding and will be in-cluded as part of theKDOT program.

Hugoton has beenawarded the maximumfunding amount of$250,000. Hicks com-mented the contract stillhas to be signed beforeany work starts.

The Safe Routes toSchool will provide side-walks as much as themoney allows. The pro-posed route starts on thewest side of Jackson fromSixth Street to Eleventh

Street; the north side ofSixth Street from Polk toJackson; the north side ofFifth Street from MonroeStreet to Jayhawk Street;the west side of Jeffersonfrom Sixth to EleventhStreet; the west side ofMadison from Second toFifth Street; the north sideof Second Street fromMadison to Adams Street;the east side of Adamsfrom Second Street to theHeritage Academy; andthe east side of MainStreet from First to Sec-ond Street.

Congratulations toeveryone that workedhard to make this happenfor our community!

Drought conditions make landscape vulnerable to wildfires

Hugoton’s Safe Routes to School receives $250,000 KDOT grant

Hugoton City Council votes to rezone Stevens County Industrial Park

Kids are running to jump in the Bounce House. Children camefrom all around to participate in the free carnival held at the

First Christian Church at Hugoton. The weather allowed every-one to enjoy the evening outside.

September is ‘Emergency Preparedness Month’

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Obituaries

The death of Bonnie IreneStafford Davis of CovenantPlace, Sumter, S.C. has beenlearned. Mrs. Davis passedfrom this life Thursday, Au-gust 23, 2012 at the age of 85. She was the daughter of thelate William and Erca Garri-son Stafford. She was bornApril 29, 1927 in Iowa andspent her childhood in Dou-glas County, Mo. February 2, 1947, Bonniemarried Chester Ronald Davisand they moved to westernKansas. Mrs. Davis worked along-side her husband for 35 yearsin their State Farm Insuranceagency in Ulysses. Upon re-tirement, they moved to Bish-opville, S.C. to be closer totheir children. Mrs. Davis was a memberof the First Church of God ofUlysses and attended St. An-drews Church of God in Bish-opville. She loved toembroidery and spent many,many hours making beautifulquilts and baby quilts to giveto missionary families aroundthe world. Her favorite musicwas piano and instrumentalgospel hymns. A devoted wife,mother and grandmother,Bonnie loved her family. She is survived by two sons,R. Dwayne Davis and wife Lu-cinda of Spartanburg, S.C.and S. Mark Davis and wifeCindy of Bishopville; threegrandchildren, A.J. Davis andwife Renee of Pickens, S.C.,Kelly Ann Davis of Scott AirForce Base and Nolan Davis ofFlorence, S.C.; and her onegreat granddaughter, KamrynDavis of Pickens. Bonnie was the last surviv-ing member of her immediatefamily. She is predeceased bygrandson Cale Davis; brothersHarry Stafford and HarrisonStafford; and sisters, NadineMurray and Maxine Basler. Graveside services were at-tended August 26, 2012.

Bonnie Davis

Lifelong Stevens Countyresident Gerald “Jerry”Wayne Mills passed from thislife Friday, August 24, 2012in Wichita. He was 82.

The son of Oliver WayneMills and Daisy Bryan WilcoxDelay Mills, he was bornSeptember 1, 1929 in Lib-eral.

Jerry loved his family andenjoyed fixing up old cars.

Survivors include hisdaughter Tanya Andersonand husband Steve of Hugo-ton; two sons, Jeff Mills andwife Brenda and Jamie Millsand wife Stacie all of Hugo-ton; his brother Doug Millsand wife Rita of Hugoton; twosisters, Joan Popejoy and

husband Bernard of Spring,Tx. and Janell Burdett andhusband Kenneth of Whis-pering Pines, N.C.; his 12grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; and manyother relatives and friends.

Those preceding Mr. Millsin death were his parents;two brothers, Don and EarlMills; and grandson JeremyAnderson.

Funeral services were at-tended Tuesday morning Au-gust 28, 2012 at the UnitedMethodist Church in Hugo-ton. Jerrod, John andJustin Anderson, Clay andChase Mills, Luke Mills,Logan Mills and Austin andHeath Mills served as Jerry’spallbearers. Bernard Pope-joy, Steve Peterson, DarylSkinner, Benny Nix and CurtTackett served as honorarypallbearers. Paul’s FuneralHome of Hugoton was incharge of arrangements.

A memorial has been es-tablished for the Gas CapitalMuseum. Memorials may bemailed to Paul’s FuneralHome, Box 236, Hugoton,Ks. 67951.

Gerald “Jerry” Mills

The Board of StevensCounty Commissioners metin regular session Tuesdaymorning, September 4, 2012with all members, David Bo-zone, Gary Baker and JamesBell present. Also presentwere County Counselor BobJohnson, County Clerk PamBensel and RoGlenda Coulterfrom The Hugoton Hermes.The following is just anagenda for the day with a fewof the unofficial highlights.Official minutes will be pub-lished at a later date.

When this reporter arrivedthe commissioners had al-ready discussed the bills pre-sented them and heard fromJC Cantrell from Road andBridge. Loren with Nextechhad already been in aboutupdating the computers. Hewill be back in a couple ofweeks.

Debbie Nordling and JodyWacker came in to talk to thecommissioners about thepossibility of creating Eco-nomic Development andChamber brochures forStevens County. Theyshowed brochures fromUlysses and Liberal. Garycommented that other placeshand out such brochureswhen he attends meetings.Dave said Hugoton is a fastgrowing community. Hecomplemented The HermesCommunity Guide and saidhe didn’t realize what a largenumber of businesses are inthe area. Debbie said theirbrochures will not be likethat, they will include a lot ofhistory and informationabout the library, museumand other enticing entitiesStevens County has to drawpeople and businesses to thearea. Gary said that whenattending a Kansas Samplerevent he was disappointed inStevens County’s representa-tion. Dave complemented thegroundbreaking event Hugo-ton put together recently.Debbie said it was a large un-dertaking of a few differentpeople that came togetherjust in time. Dave said thatthe EcoDevo, Chamber andTourism Boards all have theirown funds for such things asthe brochures. He went on tosay that the commissionersare interested in seeing morenumbers for the project andto come back in.

Next on the agenda wasAshley Fiss to discuss theHealth Department / Physi-

cal Therapy / EMS Buildingproject. Ashley was joined byTony McBride. They pre-sented the drawn out plansfor each of the three differentprojects. They explained themany different details andcosts for the demolition andrebuilding. They also talkedabout the need for a special-ist to line up the plannedparking lot for drainage pur-poses seeing that Polk Streetalready is known for poordrainage. They would like tohire a civil engineer or a sur-veyor. The commissionersexpressed that that would becity problems but Tony saidtheir concern is just to getthe water out of the parkinglot. It would have to be ex-actly accurate on elevations.The commissioners agreed tolet Tony and Ashley handlethe situation as needed to getit right. Dave asked Tonynow that they are into the oldmanor if he felt it would havecost more to fix the oldmanor back into a workablenursing home or to build anew nursing home. Tony an-swered that it would be veryeasy to get into more ex-pense, per square foot, to re-model, getting the facilitysafe, presentable and usablethan to build a new facilityand have everything new andstable. They went on to talkabout different plan optionsfor the physical therapy de-partment. Jim expressed hisconcern for the dollar figures,he would like to see them.Tony and Ashley explainedthat only the north endwould be useable with no as-bestos removal. Tony said itwill be easy to get them num-bers for the demolition. Theyalso discussed all the positivethings being reported fromthe new manor residents.

After lunch the commis-sioners heard from the land-scape person for the newmanor. He explained hiswarranties for some of thetrees and shrubs that havebeen lost due to the dry hotwindy weather.

Meeting adjourned. Thenext commissioner’s meetingis September 17.

Official CommissionersProceedings

August 20, 2012The Board of County Com-

missioners met in regularsession with all memberspresent. Also present wereCounty Counselor Bob John-

son, County Clerk PamBensel and Ruthie Wingetfrom The Hugoton Hermes.Dave called the meeting toorder. Minutes of the lastmeeting were approved. Mo-tion was made and passed toapprove the county vouchersand the clerk was instructedto draw warrants on theTreasurer chargeable to thevarious funds of the countyfor the following amounts:General .. 32,448.58; Road &Bridge .. 27,875.75; Building.. 30,063.39; Noxious Weed ..4,339.81; Wellness CenterBequest .. 1,179.61; Ambu-lance Bequest .. 86.86; Com-munity Health .. 5,448.18;Fire Bequest .. 86.86; Em-ployee’s P/R Misc W/H ..64.62.

Bob Wetmore with GreatPlains Development of DodgeCity explained the projects,loans and grants availablethrough Great Plains Devel-opments list of programs.The membership dues forGreat Plains Development for2012 are $1,052.80. Motionwas made and passed to ap-prove the membership pay-ment of $1052.80 for GreatPlains Development.

Motion was made andpassed to go into executivesession for pending litigationand attorney/client for 20minutes with County Coun-selor Robert Johnson pres-ent. Meeting reconvened withno action taken.

Dale Noyes came in to in-form the commissioners heneeds a contract for Lot 4Block 1 in the StevensCounty Industrial Park. BobJohnson said he will email itto him and the closing will beSeptember 4, 2012.

JC Cantrell came in to giveupdates for the Road andBridge Department.

Pete Earles with EarlesEngineering presented plansfor the sewer set up for thelots south and west of the Pi-oneer Manor. Pete says someof the lots will drain northand some will need to drainsouth. Pete suggested settingup a pond south of the Pio-neer Manor at Main Streetand Twenty Third Street. Thedirt from the pond could beused to build up the 4000’ ofroad way. Pete will talk toTom of Thomas Landscapingabout shorting the irrigationlines on the east and westside of the Pioneer Manor.Motion was made and passed

to approve plans for thedrainage pond presented byPete Earles.

Ron and Cynthia Martinand Ralph and Norma Stod-dard came in to find out whatthe legal was for the propertythey bought from the county.They were asking about thepipelines on the property.Pete Earles has a map ofpipelines on that quarter andwill send a copy of the map toRon Martin and Pam Bensel.Bob Johnson will get a finallegal for the property andprepare the legal document.Ron asked about changingCemetery Road to a differentname.

Ted Heaton came in to re-port for the Sheriff’s Depart-ment.

Paula Rowden updated thecommissioners about thecomputer system for the WICprogram needs a new pro-gram.

Paula informed the com-missioners that she needs anelectronic alarm device forthe refrigerator for the vac-cine program. She will callNextech for more informationand come back later in theday to answer some of thequestions the commissionershave.

Motion was passed to gointo executive session for nonelected personnel for tenminutes with County Coun-selor Robert Johnson pres-ent. Meeting reconvened.

Jim moved, as a specialcase according to the StevensCounty Personnel handbooksection E-6 page 18, to allowRobert Rich to donate 80hours to Pedro Sanchez, anemployee of the Road andBridge Department. This willbe Pedro’s final pay check.Gary seconded. Motion car-ried.

Gary explained about theproperty tax exemption onMachinery and Equipment hehad learned from a KACmeeting in Topeka. He pre-sented Senate bill 317 statingany personal property insidethe buildings for businesseswill be exempt if passed.

Neal Gillespie came in andinformed the commissioners,due to some expenses run-ning higher than expected,that Tim Gomez with the milkfactory called to ask if theCounty could help with thecost of the asphalt for theparking lot.

Gene Leonard informed

the commissioners thatsomeone asked if he couldgrind some of the concrete, atthe landfill for the County forpayment in receiving some ofthe concrete for himself.Dave asked Gene to checkRoad P for bindweed.

Paula Rowden came backin to give answers on ques-tions the commissioners hadearlier. The contract term onthe security system on the re-frigerators is for five years.Dave moved to go with the 60mo/five year term at $47.07a month for the security sys-tem on the refrigerators andallow Paula to sign the con-tract with Nextech. Jim sec-onded. Motion carried.

The commissioners dis-cussed having a constructionmanager for the renovation ofthe old Pioneer Manor in-stead of a general contractor.Dave moved to offer the con-struction manager position toTony McBride, at the sameprice of 4 ½%, for the renova-tion of the old Pioneer Manor.Gary seconded. Motion car-ried.

Dave called the meetingback to order at 1:05 p.m.

Dave moved to hire AshleyFiss to continue with thedrawings on the old PioneerManor - Community Health,Physical Therapy and EMSbuilding restroom. She willcheck with Tony McBride andbring drawings to the nextmeeting.

Jim moved to approve themembership payment of$1,052.80 for Great PlainsDevelopment to be paid out ofthe Economic Developmentincentive account. Dave sec-onded. Motion carried.

By motion the Board ad-journed.

Stevens County EmergencyServices run activity August27 through September 2.Fire Department

Hugoton Station Tuesday, August 28 - 2:55p.m. called to a structure fireat 112 Liniger. Saturday, September 1 -3:44 p.m. - called to Road28 and Road R for a cornstubble fire.

Fire Department Moscow Station

Tuesday, August 28 - 2:55p.m. called to a structure fireat 112 Liniger. Saturday, September 1 -3:44 p.m. - called to Road 28and Road R for a corn stub-ble fire.

Ambulance Activity Three medical runs, twoLife Flights and two transfers.

Stevens County Fire Department and

Ambulance Report

Pioneer Manor residentsplay Bingo at 2:00 p.m.Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fri-days and Saturdays. Com-munity members are invited tovolunteer or play a game withthe residents!Enroll at Hugoton LearningAcademy today! Call 620-428-6374 or visit 529 S. Mainin Hugoton for more informa-tion. English classes for adultsavailable.Sign up for SCCC/ATS late-start online classes for thefall 2012 semester atedukan.org. Call 800-373-9951 or visit www.sccc.edu orfind them on Facebook -www.facebook.com/sccc ats formore information.AL-ANON Family Groupmeets at 1405 CemeteryRoad Mondays and Thurs-days at 8:00 p.m. Call 620-544-2610 or 620-544-2854 formore information.*** Enrollment began August20 at Rolla Community Learn-ing Center, 9:00 a.m. Enroll-ment is accepted all year long.For more information, visit204 Van Buren in Rolla or call620-492-1788.***August 28 - October 14- Stauth Memorial Museum inMontezuma will host “NewQuilts from an Old Favorite:Orange Peel.” It will featurewinners from the NationalQuilt Museum’s international

contest. Twenty other Kansasquilts will also be exhibited.The museum is located at 111N. Aztec in Montezuma. Theyare closed Mondays. Pleasecall 620-846-2527 for more in-formation.September 6- Band and Sing A Long at Pi-oneer Manor at 10:00 a.m.Community members are en-couraged to come participateor just enjoy some greatmusic!- Southwest Kansas Chapter

of Sons of Thunder will meet atthe Grant County Civic Cen-ter, 1000 Patterson Avenue inUlysses, from 7:00 to 9:30p.m. Men ages 12 and up areinvited. For more information,call Monty at 620-353-9507 orCary at 620-353-9601. Subse-quent meetings will take placethe first Thursday of eachmonth.September 6-8

- Seventeenth AnnualS.P.I.R.I.T. Conference at Mid-America Air Museum in Lib-eral. State and Federaltransportation updates, paneldiscussions, speakers andopen discussions will be fea-tured. In addition, there will bea free air show September 8.September 7- Coffee with the Community

at Pioneer Manor at 9:00 a.m.- Stevens County Farm Bu-

reau Association Open House

from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Stevens County Farm Bu-

reau Association’s 2012County Annual Meeting at1:00 p.m., 613 S. Main inHugoton.- Golden Senior Olympics in

Guymon, Ok. Hugoton’s Pio-neer Manor residents will par-ticipate.September 7-16

- One Hundredth KansasState Fair in Hutchinson. Formore information, visitwww.kansasstatefair.com.September 8- Sew All Day at the Hugoton

Senior Center.September 9- Pastor Ben Coats of the

Hugoton Assembly of God willspeak at Pioneer Manor at3:00 p.m.September 10- Hugoton City Council will

meet at 5:15 p.m. in the Coun-cil Room at the City Office, 631S. Main.September 10-14- Hugoton High School’s Na-

tional Honor Society chapterwill be gathering food for theirannual food drive. Contact thehigh school for more informa-tion: 620-544-4311.September 11

- Hugoton Senior CenterBoard meeting at 9:30 a.m.- Stevens County Economic

Development will meet at theSenior Center, 624 S. Main, at

12:00 noon.- Pioneer Manor Support

Group will meet at 1:00 p.m.in the Chapel at PioneerManor, 1701 S. Main in Hugo-ton.September 12- Ice cream social at Pioneer

Manor, 1711 S. Main, at 3:00p.m.September 13- Band and Sing A Long at Pi-oneer Manor at 10:00 a.m.Community members are en-couraged to come participateor just enjoy some greatmusic!

- Pioneer Manor SupportGroup will meet at 5:15 p.m.in the Chapel at PioneerManor, 1711 S. Main in Hugo-ton.- Hugoton Aglow will meet at

7:00 p.m. for coffee and fellow-ship, with the meeting follow-ing at 7:30 p.m. at theHugoton Senior Center, 624 S.Main.September 14- Coffee with the Community

at Pioneer Manor at 9:00 a.m.- Deadline for “Put the Brakeson Fatalities Day” poster con-test, sponsored by the KansasDepartment of Transportation.For more information, visitwww.ksdot.org and click onthe “Put the Brakes on Fatali-ties Day” logo.- Hugoton High School Fall

Homecoming.

WHAT’SHAPPENIN’

Stevens County Commissioners hear old and new Pioneer Manor issues

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the HERE WE ARE AGAIN tour

Saturday, October 67:00 p.m.

(Doors for the concert open at 6:00 p.m.)

Meade High School Auditorium409 School Addition, Meade, Kansas

Concert Tickets: $20A German Supper of Verenika, Sausage, Cole Slaw, Pies andCake will be served in the High School Commons Area from

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.Tickets for the supper sold separately

(All proceeds from the supper go to Emmanual Mennonite Church Ministry and Scholarship Program)

Ages 0-5 - Free • 6-10 $5 each • 11-Adult $10 each

To purchase tickets to the concert and supper, contact Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Meade at (620) 873-2742.

WOLTERS CONSTRUCTION, LLCGeneral Contractor

Hugoton, Ks.

OPEN HOUSEChief Custom Homes & Wolters Construction

MODEL HOME708 East 4th Street

Friday 6 - 8 p.m.Saturday 8 - 11 a.m.

Model Home is for sale orwe’ll build to your budget.

www.woltersconstruction.net620-544-2500

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

Take Time Away FromTechnology at Home

Technology—computers,cell phones, mp3 players andsuch—make information andentertainment readily avail-able. However, too much of agood thing can harm personalrelationships. With parents and childrenvying for time on the com-puter, or three children eachtuned in to their own mp3player, interaction among fam-ily members may be nil. Intoday´s world, screen time canreplace personal interactionwith family and friends,health-promoting physical ac-tivity, and other personalgrowth opportunities, such asreading a book or researchinga topic for a school paper usingmultiple resources at a library. Separating appropriate use

from abuse can challenge par-ents. Some tips for using tech-nology in the home include:* Place the family computer ina shared space—a corner ofthe family room or kitchen.* Limit computer time, andmonitor its use.* Set boundaries for the Inter-net, so children do not view itas the only source of informa-tion.* Check the content of interac-tive computer/video games,and don´t be afraid to say "no."* Model appropriate use, whilecontinuing personal and fam-ily-style activities, such asreading a book, game night,cooking together or taking awalk as a family after dinner.* Turn off technology duringfamily meals and activities.* Balance time with technologyand time without.* Encourage kids to sharetechnology tips they learn atschool. Establishing guidelines andrules for computer use andposting them near the com-puter can be helpful in curbingdisagreement. Make technol-ogy fit into your lifestyle, with-out letting it drive yourlifestyle.

Thinking Kids Activities Back-to-school days are a

good time to rethink kids´schedules and your own. Anew school year typically offersnew opportunities, but in aneffort to give children a varietyof experiences, parents andchildren may find themselvesstressed to the max. We allneed down time, as taking timeout is like charging the batteryin the car. This year, plan to focus ona few activities that will stillallow time for family membersand the family as a unit. In-cluding children in the deci-sion-making process isadvisable, it gives them someownership in the decision-making process. Charlotte Shoup Olsen, K-State Research and ExtensionSpecialist in Family Studiesand Human Services, offerssome tips to consider:* Look at the schedule or no-tices that come home fromschool together;* Talk with your child abouthis or her interests to narrowdown the list, and* Make a list of potential bene-fits and negative impacts foreach activity to help in the de-cision-making process. Taketime to think it through beforemaking a commitment. If achild signs up for a sport thatpractices until 5:30 p.m. fivedays a week, what else can heor she reasonably manage?Should a family sign up for anactivity that meets at 6:30 p.m.when parents can´t possiblyget home from work before six? Choosing a limited numberof activities allows a child toexplore interests, without feel-ing pressured to move on tothe next activity.

Spotting thatSweepstakes Scam

My office receives callsand complaints from con-sumers who have been toldthey have won a prize suchas cash, or a cruise, televi-sion or electronic device.These folks have been sur-prised to learn this becausethey do not recall enteringthe sweepstakes. Sadly, theyare likely being scammed. Ifyou receive a letter, email orphone call saying you’ve won,be cautious. Scammers oftenuse the lure of prizes to stealyour money and your per-sonal financial information.

I often am asked how toknow if a prize you’re offeredis a scam. Scammers will fol-low the exciting news thatyou’ve won with a requestthat you first send themmoney to cover taxes, fees,shipping or other costs —even though it’s illegal inmost places, includingKansas, to require purchasesor the payment of fees andtaxes upfront before you can

receive a prize. Also, remem-ber, the Kansas Lottery is theonly legally operating lotteryin Kansas. Anyone claimingyou have won a foreign lot-tery is in violation of Kansaslaw.

In some cases, the scam-mers may send you a legiti-mate looking check that issupposed to cover those so-called taxes and fees. Butonce you deposit the check inyour account and then wirethe money back to them, thecheck turns out to be fakeand any amount you ad-vance the scammer will belost. Additionally, your bankmay charge you overdraftfees.

Our Consumer ProtectionDivision staff works hard tocrack down on these phonychecks and fraudulent wiretransfers. People are gettingwiser about avoiding them,so fraud artists are comingup with other ways to get youto send them money. For ex-ample, they may ask you toorder expensive items online,

such as computers and bigscreen televisions, and havethem delivered directly to thescammer. Many of thesesweepstakes and lotteryscams originate in othercountries.Suggestions to identify a

scam:• Never give personal infor-mation, such as your socialsecurity number or bank ac-count number, to someoneyou don’t know who calls youor sends you an email or let-ter.• Never agree to wire orsend money in order to claima prize. It’s illegal to requirean upfront fee for a prize, soanyone who asks you to payone is a scam artist.• Be very skeptical. If youdon’t remember entering thecontest, it’s probably a scam.Never deposit legitimate look-ing checks that come with aletter telling you that you

“have won.”• Report possible scams tothe Attorney General’s Officeby calling our ConsumerHotline at 1.800.432.2310 orgo to our web site atwww.ag.ks.gov.To reduce the number ofsweepstakes offers and so-licitations you receive:• Sign up for the Do Not CallRegistry, by calling1.888.382.1222 or by goingto www.donotcall.gov.• Don’t enter any sweep-stakes or buy anythingthrough a sweepstakes.• Have your name taken offof mail marketing lists. Writeto: Direct Marketing Associa-tion Mail Preference Service,PO Box 64, Carmel, NY10512.• Use a reliable spam filterto cut down on phony emailsabout sweepstakes and lot-teries.

Contributed by Kansas Attorney General Derek SchmidtConsumer Corner

Jeff Parker, Senior Field Supervisor for ExxonMobil andStevens County Fair Board President Tony Martin stand beforethe newly built cattle ties at the fair grounds. ExxonMobil do-nated all the material for these cattle ties. The Fair Boardgreatly appreciates their donations.

We will be closed starting Sept. 1 and will re-open Oct. 30.

We hope to see you when we re-open.

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Many people are fully at-tentive when they get behindthe wheel of a motor vehicle.Motorists are increasinglyconcerned about rollovers,which are more prevalent invehicles with a higher profile,such as SUVs and trucks.Rollovers may be caused byimproper tire pressure, badweather, potholes and over-correcting of a vehicle whenswerving out of the way. Mo-torists can, however, reducetheir risk of being in arollover accident.* Select SUVs with a widerdistance between the tires inthe back of the vehicles. Thiswider stance gives an SUVmore stability than thosethat are narrow and tall.* Keep driving speeds withinthe recommended range.Higher speeds often con-tribute to rollovers.* Slow down when navigating

turns, especially those on offand on ramps of highways.Slow down by taking yourfoot off of the acceleratorrather than pressing hard onthe brakes.* Maintain proper tire pres-sure and regularly check ifyour tires are in good shape.Tire blow-outs may causerollover accidents.* Distribute items in the carevenly so weight is spreadthroughout.* Keep an eye out for pot-holes and other road ob-structions that could causethe vehicle to go off balance.

Did you know?

The girl above is trying her best to dunk the boy on the dunkingboard at the free carnival at the First Christian Church.

Children enjoy rides in the fun train at the carnival at the FirstChristian Church.

ERNIE HAASE +SIGNATURE SOUND

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Fun and learning can extendbeyond the classroom.  Frommusic and the arts to organizedsports, after-school activitiescan help kids stay active andmake lifelong friends.

Here are some great tips tokeep kids active and engagedduring the afternoon:

Sign up early: Many pro-grams fill up fast. Be sure tosign your kids up for programsas soon as possible to ensuretheir enrollment.

Listen to your kids: As muchas you would like your child toparticipate in certain activities,don’t push too hard. Let themexplore all their options to findactivities they actually enjoydoing.

Make scheduling convenient:If your child is active, you will betoo. Plan activities close to homeor school to limit time spent inthe car.

Whether you’re setting upplay dates, forming a time-sav-ing carpool or heading up thePTA, mommy calling cards froman online stationery store likeMinted.com is a unique way tomake an impression, and shareyour contact informationquickly with teachers, coachesand other parents.

Go informal: When theweather is nice, consider organ-izing an impromptu neighbor-hood bike ride or soccer game.If your child is artistically in-clined, invite his or her friendsover for craft time.

Encourage academic inter-ests: At-home supplies can in-spire your child to get excitedabout learning. A science kit, forexample, can be found at anyhobby store and will augmentlesson plans with fun hands-onexperiments. Personalized jour-nals for kids, will encourageyour young writer to put pen topaper and compose stories oressays.

Don’t overschedule: As witheverything great in life, modera-tion is key. With rich, full schooldays, homework and after-school activities, don’t forget togive your kids time to unwind.

With the right after-schoolprogramming, you’ll be sure tokeep your kids safe, active andhappy, long after the bell rings.

From StatePoint Media.

LIBRARY CARDSMany children come to the

library directly after schoolfor activities, homework,reading and computer use.This experience can becomefrustrating for the child ifthey do not have access totheir own library card. Li-brary cards are free, butthose under 18 must have aparent’s signature on thecard. Additionally, if thechild plans to check outmovies or use the computerlab, they must have writtenparental consent on file. Forsecurity and safety purposes,that consent form must bepresented to library staff bythe parent or guardian.Please help make your child’slibrary experience enjoyable.Get them a library cardtoday!

WINTER HOURSWinter hours are now in

effect at the SCL. They areMonday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to7:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The libraryis closed Sunday.BOOK SALE FINAL DAYS!!

Remaining materials atthe book sale are now a bagfor a buck! The book sale willbe GONE after Saturday,September 8!!!

ARTIST EXHIBITThis year the Local Artists’

Exhibition will begin Septem-ber 17. If you or an artist youknow is interested in showingworks at the library, come into pick up a form or go to ourwebsite at stevenscountyli-

brary.com and find an onlineversion.

CIRCLE TIMECIRCLE TIME IS A STO-

RYTIME OPPORTUNITY DE-SIGNED FOR CHILDRENFROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE.

Sessions are Wednesdaysat 10:30 a.m. Register yourchild online athttp://www.stevenscountylibrary.com/youth-services/circle-time/ or at the library.Contact Stacey for additionaldetails.

1000 BOOKS BEFOREKINDERGARTEN

You are your child’s firstand most important teacher!Enjoy books together whileyour child develops skills thatwill prepare him/her to learnto read independently.

Register your child for1,000 Books Before Kinder-garten. Any child that has notyet enrolled in Kindergartenis eligible for this program.Count any books that areread to your child, no matterwho reads the books:brother, sister, babysitter, oreven a librarian at CircleTime! Register your child atthe library or contact Staceyfor additional details.“THE WAY WE WORKED”

DOCENTSThe first “TWWW” docent

meeting will be Thursday,September 20 at 7:00 p.m. Ifyou are interested in volun-teering during the Smithson-ian Exhibit, please contactEunice at the library.

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522 S. Main Hugoton, KS 67951 - 620-544-4321

Owner/OperatorFaith Publishing LLC

RoGlenda Coulter, Kay McDaniels and Ruthie Winget

RoGlenda Coulter, Bookkeeper/Classifieds/Obituaries

Kay McDaniels, Advertising/Circulation/Layout

Ruthie Winget,Composition/Layout

Lori Demers, Sports EditorWilma Bartel, Asst. CompositionMarie Austin, Asst. CompositionToni Hamlin, Asst. MailingJean Coulter, Asst. Mailing

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Subscriptions $30.00 (including KansasState Sales Tax) for Stevens and adjoin-ing Kansas Counties, $35.00 elsewherein state (including Kansas State SalesTax), and for all out of state subscrip-tions. Online subscriptions are $25.00 ayear. Online and printed subscriptionscombined are $10.00 plus the cost of thesubscription. Foreign Subscription Rate$40.00. School Subscriptions and Mili-tary Personnel $25.00 (including KansasState Sales Tax) payable in advance. Ad-vertising Rates Noncommissionable$5.00 per column inch, Commission-able Rates $6.25 per column inch, Clas-sified $5.00 per column inch. Frequencyis weekly every Thursday. PeriodicalsPostage paid at Hugoton, Ks. 67951.POSTMASTER: Send address changesto The Hugoton Hermes at 522 S. Main,Hugoton, Kansas 67951.

Opinion PageOur opinion page is open to the public.We encourage comments from readersin the form of letters to the editor or guestcolumns. All letters must be signed andmust include the address and telephonenumber of the sender. (names will be pub-lished but not address & phone#) Lettersshould be no more than 300 words. Nolibelous or offensive letter will be pub-lished. The guest column or letter to theeditor does not reflect the opinion of thisnewspaper or its representatives.

Citizens State Bank601 S. Main - Hugoton

Pyramid Agency, Inc.521 S. Main - Hugoton

PAUL'S FUNERAL HOMEDavid & Brandy Robson

314 S. Van Buren 544-4122

Faith Publishing LLC522 S. Main 620-544-4321

ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551Saturday - 1:00 p.m. - Spanish MassSunday - 11:00 a.m. English Mass

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

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

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

YOU ARE WELCOME!UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

HugotonUMC.com

ROLLAEMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

ROLLA PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

Corner of Third and Adams, RollaMarcus Light, Pastor

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

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHROLLA - RICHFIELD

593-4596 or 593-4781Sandy Ferguson, Pastor

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

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

MOSCOWMOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH598-2455 Church - 598-2400 Home

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

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

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

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

METHODIST598-2426

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

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

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

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

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

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

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

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

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

Information on small groups call 544-2715FIRST CHURCH OF GOD801 W. City Limits 544-2652800 S. Van Buren - 544-2763Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Wednesday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.

Call 544-2652 fIor Church BusHUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCH

-Eighth and Main 544-2210Bob Rich, Pastor

506 East Eighth - 544-2295Sunday School - 6:00 p.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Youth Service - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 6:00 p.m.LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP

424 S. Jackson 544-4828Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

Pre-Service Prayer - half hour before serviceLONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH

14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51Bob Sanders, Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

Pam Peachey, Pastor544-2436Services

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

HISPANO Congregación618 Main sur - Hugoton

620-370-1003Pastor Marcelino Auila

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

ASAMBLEA DE DIOSLOS REDIMIDOS DEL REY

Martes 7:00 PMJueves 7:00 PM

Domingo 3:00 PM138 S. Main Hugoton

Pastores: Martinez620-544-7096

ASSEMBLY OF GODMain and Second Street

544-2773Ben Coats, Pastor

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

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

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

Eric Mason, PastorZac Johnson, Youth Pastor11th & Jefferson - 544-8517Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

(Children, Youth, & Adult)CHURCH OF CHRIST

1045 S. Van Buren 544-2825

Matthew Russell, Minister1041 S. Van Buren

Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER DAY SAINTS

520 E. First 544-2125

Sacrament - 9:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Priesthood - 11:00 a.m.CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

500 S. Van Buren 544-2493Pastor Dave Piper

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.Evening Services - 6:00 p.m.

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

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

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

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

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

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

Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

Worship with your loved ones at Pioneer Manor

September 9Pastor Ben CoatsAssembly of God

September 16Pastor Michael Taylor

Light House Fellowship

September 23Barbara Williams

Hillbilly Band

September 30Rev. Richard Martin

Church of God

@ YOUR LIBRARYYour Information Source for 98 Years

500 MonroeHugoton, Ks. 67951-2639

Phone: 620.544.2301 • Fax: 620.544.2322Email: [email protected]

With The Littlefolks& Ginger Ingram Brown

Saturday, September 810:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

at My Father’s House207 E 6th St, Hugoton

Ages 5 - 12 yearsChildren under 5 must be accompanied by a parent or grandparent.

For more information call 428-5883.

Ginger Ingram will also be ministering - with The Littlefolks -

at My Father’s House Sunday, September 9 at 10:30

Hot DogsHo t Dogs

Boun c e Hou s eBoun c e Hou s e

Game sGame s

Pr i z e sP r i z e s

Pupp e t sPuppe t s

Pony Ride sPony Ride s

Vicki Martinez and Mo Mowery were married July 7 in theirbackyard in Tyro.

Vicki is the daughter of Linda and Stan McGill of Moscowand the granddaughter of George and Dorcas Mead from Pio-neer Manor. Mo is the son of Joyce and Ron Freed, formerlyof Moscow.

They are home in Tyro with son Dallas Martinez.

Martinez - Mowery

Bingo time at Pioneer Manor. Kenny Keith shows his talent forbingo.

Community visitors Betty Willis and Jessie Thompson enjoybingo at Pioneer Manor.

Mable Roland shows her talent for bingo during activities at Pioneer Manor.

Mary Parrott and Donna Little enjoy bingo time at PioneerManor.

Plan after school activities for your kids

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Dance kicks offschool year

By Micah BaehlerNHS had the annual “Back

to School Dance” August 24.The dance started off underthe stars, but was soonrained out. This did not stopthe students as the dancewas quickly moved inside tothe auditorium commons.

With a little help from thefootball team, the DJ equip-ment was moved and thedance was under way again.The students and a fewteachers, especially Mr. Wa-ters, enjoyed dancing thenight away.

By Desiree FellersThe annual senior sign

painting took place August26. Seniors and family mem-bers gathered around towatch as the Class of 2013signed their names on thesenior board located behindthe football bleachers. The

sign painting marks the be-ginning of senior year formany.

Above, students enjoy theBack to School Dance. Start-ing outside the dance soonmoved indoors due to rain.The rain did not stop the stu-dent from enjoying a fun filledevening.

Mr. Waters, at left, HHS Art,shows off his dance moves.

Nic Goode, senior and KristanCrawford, freshmen at rightparticipate in the traditionalsenior/freshmen dance.

Sign painting marks the beginning of senior year

Manuel Calzadillas Lance Sandoval Jeffrey Mueller

Kaitlyn Leininger

From the August 27, 1948, issue of The Hugoton Hermes

KANSAS HEALTHOur Deadly Drivers

Your car may have all kinds of safety fea-tures. it may be in perfect running condition.But if you are not a careful, responsibledriver—your car becomes a dangerous vehi-cle, and you are a deadly driver, a menace toyour own safety and to the safety of everyonewith whom you share the highway. The motor vehicle accident death rates inKansas are steadily climbing. The Vital Sta-tistics Division of the Kansas State Board ofHealth, after a study of these deaths, makethe following statements: Motor vehicle accidents continue to be adisappointing factor in general mortality sta-tistics, as the already high rate continues toclimb. This June’s motor vehicle death rateof 31.2 per 100,000 population is 18 percenthigher than that for the preceeding monthand 68 percent above the rate for June of1947. “Except for motor vehicle accidents, thecombined mortality figures for the first sixmonths of 1948 are generally favorable, whencompared with those for the first half of 1947.” With the rise in motor vehicle accidents inthe state, there have been many newspaperreports of these accidents, in which little chil-dren have been seriously injured—some ofthem fatally. Are these deaths really necessary? Re-ports on official forms show the leading causeto be carelessness—human failure. Therewere 208 motor vehicle accident deaths in thefirst six months this year—172 such deathsin the same period last year. When are we going to followthe example of other states, andreduce these needless deaths by

passing an effective driver’s license law andseeing that it is enforced? (NOTE: There were 382 fatalities onKansas highways in 2011. From KansasDept. Transportation.)

From the September 3, 1948, issue of The Hugoton Hermes

Welder hurt when acid tank explodes Clair Gregg, operator of the Gregg WeldingShop, was injured about 7:20 Wednesdaymorning when an acid tank filled with acid so-lution blew up while Mr. Gregg was doingsome welding on the tank. He was on top of the tank doing weldingaround the manhole and an accumulation ofgas in the tank was ignited by the flame fromthe torch. The explosion blew the cover off themanhole, the full force of the explosion hittingGregg in the face. The glass mask which wasover his face to protect his eyes from the torchwas shattered and the glass blown into hiseyes, making the damage to the eyes bothfrom the gas and shattered glass. There was 1000 gallons of acid-water so-lution in the tank and about one-third of itblew out. The tank belonged to the ChemicalProcess Co. and was in charge of James Teel. Mr. Gregg was taken to the St. Anthonyhospital in Dodge City in the Prine FuneralHome ambulance. We are told that welding on theseacid tanks has not been considered haz-ardous and has been done many timesin the past. This time there was evi-dently an accumulation of gas in themanhole recess which caused theexplosion.

The explosion washeard all overtown.

Remembering

125 years of the Hermes

Eagle’s Cryby Hugoton High School Journalism Class

Time...Keeps On TickingBut Our Deadline Is Always The Same!

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Three matches at Ulyssesmarked the start of the 2012season for Hugoton HighSchool volleyball. The varsityand junior varsity teams hitthe road for a quadrangularmeet that netted two varsitywins and a victorious sweepfor the JV Eagles.

The varsity squad of HHStook home wins over Subletteand Stanton County. TheLarks fell prey to the Eagles25-11, 25-23 for the two-setwin. Ulysses faced off withHugoton in the second Eaglematch. Despite great effort onthe part of Hugoton, theTigers were able to take thematch in two close games, fi-nalizing the scores at 23-25,27-29. Game two was an in-tense battle for the gamepoint with both teams teeter-ing on victory before Ulysseswas able to ultimately gainthe two-point spread neces-

sary to claim the win.The final match of the

night for Hugoton was thewin over Stanton County.Scores were 25-19, 25-15 inthe swift match.

"The girls played hard andhad a great first evening ofvolleyball. The defense wason fire," said senior Eagle Ka-ressa Nordyke. "They weregetting blocks and the backrow was swift and digging theball. The offense was alsogood, passing the ball up tothe setter for a good set sothat the hitters could havegreat hits contributing to thesuccess of the night."

Junior VarsityA clean sweep was se-

cured by the JV Eagles, de-feating Ulysses, StantonCounty and Sublette.

Riley Sosa and TaylorHaar were noted for solid hitsthat put an exclamation on

Eagle plays. Megan Cor-nelsen and Sofia Jimenezwere noted for consistentserves.

"All together the JV team

fought hard, and started offthe season in a great way!"stated sophomore Eagle Lau-ren Fox.

Friday night football re-sumed play last week withHugoton High School's var-sity football team hostingGoodland. The Eagles mettough opposition in the sea-son opener, dropping 24-13to the visiting team. Good-land scored in the first quar-ter to take the early lead of6-0.

The Eagles found the end-zone in the second quarterand two more touchdowns byGoodland put the score at18-6 for halftime. Each teamscored one second-halftouchdown. Goodland addedsix points to the scoreboardin the third and Hugotonadded seven in the fourthquarter.

"Unfortunately, we did notplay well enough to win thisballgame. I did not have themready to play and as the headcoach, I take responsibilityfor that," said coach ClintMerritt. "We made too manymistakes in the form ofturnovers and crucial penal-ties that cost us dearly. Wewill work harder in the com-ing week to correct those mis-takes."

Hugoton rushed for 183yards on 48 carries. GarettWalker totalled 80 yards on14 plays. Cordell Barnes had45 yards on nine carries,Ross Davis 34 yards on eightplays and Yates Sutton heldonto the ball for 24 yards on17 snaps. He scored Hugo-ton's running-play touch-down. Quarterback YatesSutton connected five passes

on the night for 95 receivingyards. Tanner Barrells had a65-yard touchdown recep-tion. Reid Davis caught twopasses for 16 total yards.Logan Frederick snagged aten-yard reception. CordellBarnes was on the receivingend of a pass for four yards.

Jeison Rodriguez scoredthe fourth quarter extra-pointfor Hugoton. Bradley Camp-bell came through on defensewith a quarterback sack.Mitchell Persinger, AlfredoLicon and Reid Davis eachhad a hurry. Campbell ledthe team in total tackles with15.

Hugoton will prepare forround-two of the regular sea-

son with a road game at Hol-comb. Kickoff is set for 7:30

p.m. Friday.

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Sports ScheduleThursday, September 6

Middle School Football vs.Ken Henderson at Home; 4:00p.m.Friday, September 7

High School Football atHolcomb; 7:30 p.m.Saturday, September 8

Cross Country at Wamego;9:00 a.m.

High School VolleyballHugoton Tournament V/JV;9:00 a.m.

Middle School Volleyball8A, B at Ulysses; TBA

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Eagle quarterback Yates Sutton works hard for some extra yards with a Goodland defender intow.

Eagle football is back in full swing. The varsity team hosted thefirst game of the season Friday against Goodland. The visitingteam took home the win 24-13.

Abbi Wheeler chips a shot to the green. Wheeler scored a63 for the varsity Eagles in the season opener hosted byHHS.

Middle school footballkickoff was a victorious startto the season Thursday withtwo wins. The eighth gradeEagles defeated Liberal South52-6 and the seventh gradeteam doubled the wins with a52-8 victory. Hugoton hostedboth games.

In the eighth grade game,Liberal South was first topossess the ball, fumblinginto the hands of the Eagles.Hugoton had 41 yards to findthe endzone and did so in twoplays. Jack Stalcup took theball in on a 30-yard run.Valentino Degollado addedthe two-point conversion.

The next drive series forHugoton had similar resultswith a two-play touchdown.Degollado connected a passto Eddie Marquez for a 55-yard touchdown reception.Stalcup completed the two-point conversion and Hugo-ton had the early 16-0 lead.

After another Liberal 3-and-out, Marquez put Hugo-ton in fine field position aftera 39-yard punt return to the25-yard line. A three-playdrive spanned those yards asOscar Rubio ran the ball infor a touchdown. Degolladoboosted the scored to 24-0wtih the two-point conver-sion.

Pedro Ordonez scored atouchdown on a four-play,31-yard series. The two-pointconversion set the score at

32-0.A good kick by Bernabe

Mendoza set up a safety. AsafRuiz then had a seven-yardreturn to put the ball on theLiberal 37. A rare Eagle fum-ble inside the ten gave Liberalthe ball again. Liberal thengot a safety as they steppedout of the back of the end-zone. The scoreboard read36-0.

Marquez and Ruiz addedtouchdowns as Hugoton wenton to win 52-6.

"Overall I was pleased withour effort," said coach Scott

Schechter. "We only had onepenalty and one turnover.These two things are an em-phasis with our MS team; wemust hang on to the ball.Next week we play KennethHenderson at home 4:00p.m., it will be good test forus."

Hugoton had 286 rushingyards and 64 passing yardsagainst Liberal South.

Seventh Grade FootballThe seventh grade Eagles

defeated Liberal South 52-8,scoring seven touchdowns.Eagles credited with the

touchdowns were NathanLeininger, Marcos Baeza, andBraden Slemp with oneapiece, and Nick Mahan andMitchell Hamlin with twoeach.

"There really was notmuch South could do. Wejust had too much speed andour offensive line is very goodand athletic as well," saidcoach Brent Mahan. "Defen-sively our first unit gave upno first do wns. Paden Cor-nelsen and Damyan DonJuan had a few tackles forloss each."

Landan Hickey and Eddie Marquez tackle aLiberal South opponent in Thursday's eighthgrade football game. Eagle players Moses Car-

rillo and Valentino Degollado are nearby on theplay.

BayLee Hoskinson dives for the ball to keep the play going.Hugoton traveled to Ulysses last week for the first quad meetof the season. HHS went 2-1 in varsity play and 3-0 in juniorvarsity.

Hugoton Eagles football team competes against Goodland

Middle school football teams win twice

Volleyball teams travel to Ulysses for quadrangular meet

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Under temperatures in themid-90s, Hugoton HighSchool's cross country run-ners have gotten out of thegates with the 2012 season ofracing underway. The teamstraveled to Meade Thursdayof last week for the Meade In-vitational.

"I was surprised by somethings," noted coach Nick Ro-driguez. "I thought we ranwell for an early season meet.But we were not used to run-ning with it being so warm. Iwould say we were not wellhydrated going into themeet."

Despite the heat as anadded contender, Hugotonplaced third in the girls var-sity race, improving upon re-cent group placement.

"Not too bad for our firstresults," Rodriguez said.

The varsity Eagles boyscross country team toppedthe schools on hand, placingfirst for the team win.

Patrick Weaver won theboys race with a time of17:33. Jacob Martin came infourth in 18:12, followed byChase Hittle in sixth at19:01, Luis Castro seventh in19:21, Isaac Castro eleventhat 19:30, Kole Kahl 20:41(twenty-first), and Edgar Villa21 (twenty-sixth).

The third place girls teamwas led by Maria Martinez.She ran a seventh place racein 18:50. Aubrey Hamlin ranthe race in 20:19 for six-teenth overall. Katie Weaverplaced twenty-second in21:29, followed by teammateMariana Shuck in twenty-third at 21:30. Jackie Garciarecorded 23:25 (thirty-eighth), Sadie Wood 24:12(forty-first), and Mandy Mills26:33 (forty-eighth).

In junior varsity competi-tion, Hugoton's Lawson Fissplaced second with a racetime of 21:16, Zack Littellplaced third in 21:20, Danny

Tapia fifth in 21:25, WadeHeger sixth in 22:06, ReedRome seventh in 22:10, Gar-rett Hamlin eighth in 22:11,Chance Ghumm ninth in22:36, Takoda Eckerteleventh in 22:52, Nic Goodetwelfth in 22:56, and MiguelRubio thirteenth in 23:24.Girls third placeMaria Martinez 18:50 7Aubrey Hamlin 20: 19 16Katie Weaver 21:29 22Mariana Shuck 21:30 23Jackie Garcia 23:25 38Sadie Wood 24:12 41Mandy Mills 26:33 48Boys first placePatrick Weaver 17:33 1Jacob Martin 18:12 4Chase Hittle 19:01 6Luis Castro 19:21 7Isaac Castro 19:30 11

Kole Kahl 20:41 21Edgar Villa 21:00 26JV resultsLawson Fiss 21:16 2Zack Littell 21:20 3Danny Tapia 21:25 5Wade Heger 22:06 6Reed Rome 22:10 7Garrett Hamlin 22:11 8Chance Ghumm 22:36 9Takoda Eckert 22:52 11Nic Goode 22:56 12Miguel Rubio 23:24 13Alfonso Villa 24:13 16AJ Scott 24:26 17David Kurt 24:27 18Matt Nash 24:28 20Tucker Martin 25:22 25Maverick Mills 26:19 28Denver Knox 28:37 34Matt LeNeve 32:39 40Vicente Flores 32:54 41

The Hugoton High Schoolgirls golf team hosted theopening competition of theseason Thursday with a tour-nament at Forewinds GolfCourse. Both varsity and jun-ior varsity golf teams com-peted in the event. Eightschools were represented.Goodland won the varsitytournament with a combinedtotal of 193 and Hugotonplaced fifth with a team score

of 237."The girls as a whole did a

great job," coach Rex Evanssaid. "They all drove the ballwell. If there are any issues,it is in the short game and weare working on that."

Junior golfer CourtneyFerguson led the Eagles withher score of 48. This wasgood for a medal as sheplaced eleventh individually.She returns to the team as a

State Qualifier."Courtney played up the

level she ended at last seasonat state," coach Evans said."She is only going to get bet-ter."

Tessa Rindels shot a 59,

followed by Abbi Wheelerwith a 63, Bailey Haynes 67and, Gabby Rawlins 70.

In junior varsity competi-tion, Abby Crawford shot an86 and Alyson Kiley turned ina 78,

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Aubrey Hamlin races across the cross country course at Meade.The girls team placed third in the meet.

Patrick Weaver won the boys race with a time of 17:33. Thevarsity Eagles boys cross country team placed first at MeadeInvitational.

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Bailey Haynes putts the ball during Thursday's varsity tourna-ment at Forewinds Golf Course. Haynes finished the round ofgolf with a score of 67.

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bands used on ducks andgeese that hunters may bemore familiar with. KDWPTstaff and volunteers bandedmore than 3,000 doves in2012, and more than 20,000in the last 10 years all acrossthe state. The majority ofbanded doves recovered inKansas were banded inKansas, with birds banded inMissouri, Iowa and Nebraskaalso commonly harvested.Birds banded in Kansas arealso frequently recovered inTexas, Missouri, and Okla-homa, and as far away assouthern Mexico.

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Soil Water and WinterWheat Prospects

Parts of Kansas received upto six inches of rain August24-26, while other partsmissed most of that rain. Allareas remain in a prolonged,severe drought. Where itrained several inches, howdeep into the profile will mois-ture go? Where it did not rain,or did not rain very much,how much precipitation will beneeded at this point to provideenough moisture to make awheat crop?Filling the profile with water

Most soils in central andwestern Kansas are loam, siltloam, or silty clay loam in tex-ture. In general, soil profiles ofthese textures have potentialto hold about two inches ofavailable water per foot of soildepth. A four-foot profile willhold about eight inches ofavailable soil water. To fill theprofile to that depth will takemore than eight inches ofrainfall, however. If you followthe math, you might concludethat a six-inch rain wouldmoisten a loam, silt loam, orsilty clay loam soil to a depthof three feet. But not all therain that falls gets into the soilbecause of runoff. And not allof the rain that infiltrates thesoil remains there because ofevaporation, transpirationfrom weeds, or drainage as theprofile becomes wetter.

As a general rule, about 80percent of the first inch of raingets into the soil and remainsthere. The next inch of rain ina single rainfall event is a bitless efficient. In a two-inchrainfall event, about one and ahalf inches of water could typ-ically be expected to remain ina silt loam soil – about 75 per-cent intake efficiency. This isunder reasonably good soilsurface and rainfall condi-tions. Runoff is affected bymany conditions such as soilroughness, residue cover, soilsurface sealing, rainfall rateand amount, soil slope, soiltexture, soil compaction, andinitial soil water content. Ifsurface runoff is increased bythose negative factors, thenthe infiltration efficiencywould be less than the 75 per-cent value for the two-inchrain.

Evaporation will work todeplete the soil of water after arainfall event. In the five toseven days after a rainfallevent, total evaporation wouldlikely be from about fifteenhundredths to a half inch –with evaporation being in-creased by certain conditions,such as tillage, reducedresidue cover, high tempera-ture and wind speed, and lowhumidity. If weed growth ispresent, that will obviouslyfurther reduce the stored soilwater.

Using those general figures,here’s how much rainfall itwould take to fill the profile ofa loam, silt loam, or silty clayloam soil that is at the lowerlimit of available soil water tothe four-foot depth, using anexample of two-inch rains oc-curring at five to seven day in-tervals.* Target amount of availablesoil water in four feet of siltloam soil: eight inches

* Amount of water infiltratinginto the soil profile from a two-inch rain: one and a halfinches* Amount of soil water lost toevaporation in the five to sevendays after the rain: fifteenhundredths to a half inch* Net amount of water remain-ing in soil after a two-inchrain, followed by five to sevendays of no rain: one inch (if ahalf inch of evaporation) to oneand thirty-five hundredthsinch (if fifteen hundredthsinch of evaporation)* Number of two-inch rainfallevents occurring every five toseven days needed to reachthe target of eight inches ofavailable soil water: six (if fif-teen hundredths inch evapo-ration) to eight (if a half inch ofevaporation)

Total amount of rainfallneeded to fill the four-foot pro-file of a silt loam soil: 12 to 16inches, occurring in two-inchevents every five to seven daysover a six-week period (12inches if fifteen hundredthsinch of evaporation per rain or16 inches if a half inch ofevaporation per rain). This as-sumes a rather optimistic in-filtration efficiency of 75percent. If the heavy rains ofAugust 24-26 fell slowlyenough that there was very lit-tle runoff, however, the effi-ciency could be at least thathigh since the deeper themoisture soaks into the soil,the less likely it is to be lost toevaporation.

Coarser-textured soils thathave little to no availablewater will also need consider-able rainfall to fill the profile.A coarser-textured sandy loamsoil has a smaller availablewater holding capacity (aboutone and a half inches per footof depth) than the loam, siltloam, and silty clay loam soils.So it takes less water to fill theprofile of a sandy loam soilwith available water than itdoes a silt loam soil. With ourexample for the silt loam soils,we gained about one inch perrainfall event if a half inch ofevaporation or about one andthirty-five hundredths inchesper rain if fifteen hundredsinches of evaporation. Assum-ing similar conditions for thesandy loam soil, to fill thesandy loam soil profile to thefour-foot depth would requireabout nine inches of rain if fif-teen hundredths inches ofevaporation after each two-inch rain or 12 inches of rainif a half inch of evaporation

after each two-inch rain.Relative importance of avail-able soil water and in-seasonprecipitation

A full soil profile at plantingtime is not required for a de-cent wheat crop. However, in-creased available soil water atplanting does improve greatlythe odds of getting a goodwheat crop. Inseason precipi-tation and available soil waterat planting are both importantin determining the ultimateyield of a wheat crop. The fol-lowing table is based on re-sults from 30 years ofresearch data collected at theK-State Southwest Research-Extension Center at Tribune.The wheat yields listed werecalculated from equation 3.5,table 3, page 1361 of “Yield—Water Supply Relationships ofGrain Sorghum and WinterWheat”, L.R. Stone and A.J.Schlegel, 2006, Agron. J.98:1359-1366. Wheat yieldswere calculated in response toboth available soil water atemergence and total in-seasonprecipitation.

In the table below, keep inmind that two inches of avail-able soil water is equivalent tohaving moisture to a depth ofone foot in a silt loam soil,since a silt loam soil holdsabout two inches of availablesoil water per foot. Likewise,four inches of available soilwater means a silt loam soil ismoist to a depth of two feet. Ina sandy loam soil, two inchesof available soil water wouldbe moisture to a depth ofroughly 1.33 feet.

The chart shows the influ-ence of available soil waterand in-season precipitation atproducing long-term yield re-sults. Having water in the fallis critical for germination,emergence, stand establish-ment, and vigor. Precipitationduring winter is closely relatedwith yield potential, providingfor winter survival and in-creased soil water at the be-ginning of spring regrowth.Water in spring is normallymost effective at increasingwheat yields if received atabout boot throughhead extension, providing fordecreased water stress at flow-ering and grain development.-- Loyd Stone, Soil and WaterManagement--Alan Schlegel, Agronomist-in-Charge, Southwest Re-search-Extension Center,Tribune

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The Kansas Water Office isexcited to announce the firstGovernor’s Water Conferenceto be Tuesday, October 30and Wednesday, October 31,2012 at the new Hilton Gar-den Inn & Conference Centerin Manhattan.

The Governor’s Conferenceon the Future of Water inKansas will highlight the lat-est policy and research devel-opments of water issues inKansas.

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•Opportunities to improveKansas’ water quality

•Meeting water demandsfor energy and agriculture

Day one speakers includeDr. William Blomquist, au-thor of Embracing WatershedPolitics and Lieutenant Gen-eral Thomas P. Bostick, Com-manding General of the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers.Panel presentations with atown hall format are plannedfor the afternoon. Day twowill build on the water policydiscussions from Day 1 withtechnical presentationposters and talks.

Legislators, state, federal,city and county officials, or-ganizations and citizens whoshare an interest in ourstate’s water resources areencouraged to attend.

Registration is now avail-able online at www.kwo.gov.Registration deadline is Octo-ber 15. Conference details,brochure, speakers andsponsors can be found onlineas well.

The Governor’s Conferenceon the Future of Water inKansas is co-sponsored bythe Kansas Water Office(KWO) and K-State /KansasWater Research Institute.Sponsors for the event comefrom multiple diverse waterinterests. Major sponsors forthe event include Black andVeatch, Burns and McDon-nell and Select Energy.

If accommodations areneeded for persons with dis-abilities, please notify theKWO, 785-296-3185, at leastfive working days prior to themeeting.

As the state’s water office,KWO conducts water plan-ning, policy coordination andwater marketing as well as fa-cilitates public inputthroughout the state.

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Farmers turned out for theStevens County Corn PlotTour which took place Tues-day, August 28, 2012, twoand a half miles west of

Hugoton on Highway 56. With 40 different corn va-

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After the tour hamburgersand cold drinks were served.

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A panel from the KansasHistorical Society and theFoundation will judge entries.Winners will be announcedand recognized at the annualmeeting of the Native Sons andDaughters of Kansas Friday,January 25, 2013, in Topeka.

For more information, contactTerry Marmet, Director of Op-erations for the Kansas Histor-

ical Foundation, at 785-272-8681, ext. 209 or [email protected].

Pollina Corporate Real EstateInc. announced that Kansas hasbeen named a top 10 “Pro-Busi-ness State” for 2012. The annualranking is compiled by Pollina, aglobal real estate brokerage andconsulting firm, and the Ameri-can Economic Development In-stitute. The ranking is based on32 factors controlled by stategovernment, including taxes,human resources, education,right-to-work legislation, energycosts, infrastructure spending,workers compensation laws,economic incentive programsand state economic developmentefforts.

“It is nice to receive this recog-nition as one of the top states forbusiness,” said Kansas Com-merce Secretary Pat George. “Wehave worked diligently over thepast 18 months to create an en-vironment that will encouragebusiness expansion and jobgrowth in our state.”

The top 10 states for 2012are: 1. Utah; 2. Virginia; 3.

Wyoming; 4. North Dakota; 5.Indiana; 6; Nebraska; 7. SouthDakota; 8. Kansas; 9. Missouri;and 10. Oklahoma.

George cited the enactment ofmajor tax reform that eliminatedmost non-wage income on smallbusinesses and lowered tax ratesfor individual Kansans as amajor boost to the state’s effortsto expand the economy and addjobs.

“Kansas has gone from one ofthe highest taxed states in theregion to one of the lowest,”George said. “The elimination oftaxes on non-wage income isgoing to really help the 191,000small businesses in Kansasgrow. That’s what we need to getour economy growing.”

Brent Pollina, vice presidentof Pollina Corporate Real Estateand co-author of the ranking,said that Kansas has provedwhy it has a reputation for un-derstanding the needs of busi-ness. In 2004, Kansas wasranked No. 23 in the survey.

“[Kansas’] consistent ap-proach to creating a pro-busi-ness environment has paid offbecause the state has continu-ously adapted and changed to fitthe needs of business, refusingto sit back and rely on past suc-cess,” Pollina said. Pollina alsopraised the state’s economic de-velopment tools as an asset inrecruiting companies.

Since January 2011, therehave been almost 21,000 jobscreated, almost 4,000 jobs re-tained and $2.8 billion in capitalinvestment in the state, accord-ing to Department data.

In addition to the recognitionby Pollina, Area Developmentmagazine recently gave a SilverShovel Award to Kansas. Theaward recognizes state economicdevelopment agencies that drivesignificant job creation. Forbes’also ranked Kansas 12th in thepublication’s most recent “BestStates for Business” report.

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Tuesday, August 28Low - 61˚ High - 94 ̊

Wind speed - 16 Wind gust - 26Wednesday, August 29Low - 53˚ High - 94 ̊

Wind speed - 16 Wind gust - 20Thursday, August 30Low - 56˚ High - 98 ̊

Wind speed - 15 Wind gust - 22Friday, August 31

Low - 58˚ High - 94 ̊Wind speed - 15 Wind gust - 18

Saturday, September 1Low - 56 ̊ High - 99˚

Wind speed - 16 Wind gust - 23 Sunday, September 2Low - 63 ̊ High - 103˚

Wind speed - 22 Wind gust - 29Monday, September 3Low - 64 ̊ High - 101˚

Wind speed - 28 Wind gust - 33Wind speed is shown in MPH.

Weather Watch

Weather data is taken from the Aviation WeatherSystem at the Hugoton Municipal Airport.

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PFC Haller graduates from U.S. Marine Corp boot camp

Roybal graduates in top 10% of his USAF basic training class

Hazel Allen takes a moment to enjoy her back-yard with all the flowers blooming and the rest-ful pond nearby. The goldfish in her pond are

waiting impatiently to be fed breakfast. Shehas seen many birds and even hummingbirdswho come to feast on her many flowers.

Kansas named in top 10 pro-business states by Pollina Corporate Sunflower

Kansans invited to enter annual Kansas factual story contest

Private First Class Ty JohnHaller, age 18, of Hugotongraduated from United StatesMarine Corps boot camp atMarine Corps Recruit DepotSan Diego, Ca., August 31,2012. PFC Haller success-fully completed 13 weeks ofintensive basic training atMCRD San Diego as one of 85recruits in Training Platoon1023. This Platoon is part of1st Battalion Bravo Companythat graduated 504 Marines.

Following ten days homeon leave he will report toCamp Pendleton for onemonth at Military Combat

Training then Military Occu-pation Specialty school.

Zackery Roybal graduatedfrom the United States AirForce Basic Training at Lack-land Air Force Base in SanAntonio, Tx. August 17,2012. He was among the topten percent of the class ofover 700 airmen trainees.

He went through eightweeks of intense physicaltraining, weapons training,and learning Drill and Cere-mony and military courtesies.

Zackery is the son ofRichard and Shelly Roybal ofHugoton and Bill andSamantha Hancock of Hoyt.

His grandparents are Ray-

mond and Phyllis Mendes,David Ackerman and the lateKathy Saldana all of Hugo-ton.

PFC T.J. Haller

Airman Zackery Roybal

Hope everyone had a niceweekend. Last chance for va-cation for a while.

Guess the storm passedus by as far as any moisture.

Have a very busy weekahead of us. Always welcom-ing new people to take part inthe activities and to eat lunchwith us.

Have a good week!Menu

Sept. 6 ................................FishSept. 7.......Oven Fried ChickenSept. 10 .....................Meat LoafSept. 11 ..............Ham & BeansSept. 12................Birthday Day

..................................BrisketSept. 13.........Baked Potato Bar

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

.........................MoonshinersMonday, September 10Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Line Dance.................7:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 11Board Meeting ...........9:30 a.m.Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bridge.........................................Wednesday, September 12Birthday Day .............................Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Paint...........................1:00 p.m.Thursday, September 13Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bridge.........................................Aglow..........................7:00 p.m.

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Hot summer days across thecountry contributed to at least23 child deaths so far this yearfrom heat stroke when childrenwere left unattended in vehicles.The Kansas Department ofHealth and Environment’s(KDHE) Safe Kids Kansas re-minds caregivers to never leavechildren alone in cars. As a de-termined advocate in preventingheat stroke, Safe Kids Kansasand Safe Kids Coalitions nation-wide have united to educate par-ents and caregivers withpreventative tips to avoid thesetragedies.

These horrific incidents arehappening far too often,throughout the year and innearly all 50 states. Safe KidsCoalitions across the US haveworked diligently to host hun-dreds of “Never Leave Your ChildAlone” events, which include adcampaigns, brochures, tipsheets, posters and flyers, andheavy engagement from the localcommunity.

"As these tragedies continueto occur, Safe Kids Kansas is in-tensifying our efforts to get themessage out that the inside of avehicle is an extremely danger-ous place for a child alone in hotweather," said Cherie Sage, SafeKids Kansas. “Even on a mildday, the inside of a car canquickly become very hot. This isa place no child should be alone,and because children’s bodiesheat up 3 to 5 times faster thanadults, this makes them muchmore susceptible to heat stroke.”

Although most would as-sume this would never happento them, there is no common de-scription of the caregiver that

has experienced this tragedy. Ithas happened to the rich andpoor, educated and less edu-cated, women and men, citydwellers and suburbanites, andin all but four state, between1998-2011. In that same timeperiod, Kansas had eight chil-dren die in vehicles.

“Reaching parents and care-givers with ways to prevent thesetragedies will no doubt help keepkids safe. These heartbreakingincidents can happen to anyone,and public education is vital tocombating these preventable oc-currences,” said Sage.

Nine out of ten parents reportthat they never leave their childalone in a car, but for the oneparent that does, things can endtragically. Never leave your childalone in a car, even for a minute.Together, we can cut down thenumber of deaths and near-misses by remembering to ACT.• Avoid heat stroke-related in-jury and death by:

Never leaving your child alonein the car, even for a minute.

Consistently locking unat-tended vehicle doors and trunks.• Create reminders and habitsthat give you and your child’scaregiver a safety net:

Establish a peace-of-mindplan. When you drop off yourchild, make a habit of calling ortexting all other caregivers, so allof you know where your child isat all times.

Place a purse, briefcase, gymbag, cell phone or an item that isneeded at your next stop in aback seat.

Set the alarm on your cellphone or computer calendar asa reminder to drop your child off

at childcare.• Take action if you see an un-attended child in a vehicle:

Dial 911 immediately and fol-low the instructions that emer-gency personnel provide – theyare trained to determine if a childis in danger.For more information on pre-venting child heat stroke deaths,please visit www.ggweather.com/heat and www.safekids.org/heatstroke.

Safe Kids Kansas works toprevent unintentional childhoodinjury, the leading cause of deathand disability to children ages 1to 14. Its members include over70 statewide organizations,agencies and businesses. SafeKids Kansas is a member of SafeKids Worldwide, a global net-work of organizations dedicatedto preventing unintentional in-jury. Safe Kids Kansas wasfounded in 1991 and is led by

the Kansas Department ofHealth & Environment.

Beginning in 1997, GeneralMotors and the GM Foundationhave served as Safe Kids BuckleUp's exclusive funding sourceand helped build the programinto a multifaceted national ini-tiative, bringing motor vehiclesafety messages to children andfamilies through community anddealer partnerships. To date,more than 21 million peoplehave been exposed to Safe KidsBuckle Up events and commu-nity outreach efforts. Certifiedchild passenger safety techni-cians working through Safe Kidscoalitions have examined over1.4 million child safety seats atover 75,000 events and the pro-gram has donated over 520,000seats to families in need.

Visit us at www.safekid-skansas.org and on Facebook.

The fall athletic season atRolla Schools officially openedlast week with junior high foot-ball and volleyball, high schoolcross country, high school vol-leyball, high school football, andthe annual bonfire. The juniorhigh lady Pirates played Moscowin their season opener and de-feated the Lady Wildcats in thevarsity game, winning two ofthree matches. In the junior var-sity match, the Pirate girls wereagain successful, downing theWildcats in two matches for thevictory.

On the football field, the Wild-cats scratched their way to a vic-tory over the hometown Pirates,winning by a score of 7-20. Thisweek, the Pirate football teamwill be in action in Tyrone, Ok.,and the junior high volleyballgirls will compete at a tourna-ment in Ulysses.

The high school volleyballsquad has not yet landed a onein the win column, but they areplaying extremely close to theiropponents, and the girls arelooking toward improvementand future success. They com-peted in the Healy tournamentand a quad invitational at Rolla.This week, they travel to Mon-tezuma for a quad at South GrayHigh School.

A tough Tyrone, Ok., teamtackled the hopes of the season

opener for the high school foot-ball team. Though they fell to atough team, the Pirate team isencouraged by its improvementover last year, and young, enthu-siastic players.

The cross country team wasin Meade for the season opener.Katy Howe ran a great openingtime. She is the veteran of the

team as a junior, and is lookingforward to great success thisyear. Sophomore, Brent Peitz,and freshman, Garry Norton,ran outstanding races in theheat and hills of Meade, and feelthey will have a terrific 2012 sea-son.

The 2012-2013 High Schoolcheerleading squad led the fes-

tivities for the annual bonfire.The Rolla Fire Department pro-vided safety equipment, so thebonfire could proceed asplanned. Introduction of thehigh school athletic teams, piethrow for the cheerleaders, andthe snake dance were importantelements of the evening.

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Rolla Community Learning CenterCome Join Us!

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Monday through Thursday

Rolla Community Learning Center204 Van Buren, Rolla, Kansas 67954620-492-1788

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 620-492-1788 or 620-492-1940

Alternate Address for Contactingyour friendly

CLC Coordinator is:Stanton County Community Learning Center

502 N. Main (south side doors under sign)Johnosn City, KS 67885

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ROLLA NEWSBy Mary Courtney

FOR SALE: GRANT COUNTY, KANSAS

Royalty & Mineral interests in SE/4 17-30-36 & W/2 & SE/4 of 21-30-36 in Grant County.

Earnings: Prior 5 year average $10,915 annuallyChristian Unit .00781250 (40 acres)

Curtis Unit .0234375 (120 acres)To be bid as a total unit

Sealed written bids only w/ contact information by Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 @ 4:00 PM CDT.

Send to: Hathaway Law Office, LLPPO Box 10, 123 N. Glenn

Ulysses, KS 67880 Inquiries call: 620-424-2335

Seller reserves right to refuse any & all bids.

September 6, 2012Junior High Football at Ty-

rone; 6:00 p.m.September 7, 2012

High School Football at Deer-field; 7:00 p.m.

No ARGH!September 8, 2012

Junior High Volleyball Tour-nament at Ulysses; 9:00 a.m.

High School Cross Countryat South Gray; 10:00 a.m.September 10, 2012

Junior High Volleyball/Fot-ball at Deerfield; 4:30 p.m.

Board of Education Meeting;6:30 p.m.September 11, 2012

Yearbook Workshop; 8:15a.m.

High School Volleyball Tri atMoscow; 4:30 p.m.September 12, 2012

Rec Board Meeting; 6:30 p.m.High School Band State Fair

at HutchinsonSeptember 13, 2012

High School/Junior HighVolleyball at South Baca(Campo); 4:30 p.m.

Meredith Light waits in line to sign up to compete in AmericanIdol at Dodge City. Meredith is the daughter of Marcus andBeverly Light.

Ryan Burrows wins second

Meredith Light auditions for American Idol

Many deaths occur due to children left unattended in vehicles

Ryan Burrows, son of Larry and Wilene Burrows, shows off themedal he won at the Little World’s Fair in Kismet.

Rolla Pirate cheerleaders lead the festivities forthe annual bonfire. Left to right are KatieMurray, Kaleigh Barrett, Karly Clinesmith,

Meredith Light, Kennedie Dixon, HannahDunn and Jada Maravilla.

Ryan Burrows has begunhis athletic career followingmany years of success andaccolades in academia. Ryanran in the Little World's Fair5K in Kismet. He finished in28:50 and finished second inhis age group. That agegroup would be over thirtyand just barely under forty.

Ryan teaches English inSatanta and has been a suc-

cessful scholars' bowl coachand the Kansas State Presi-dent of the Kansas HighSchool Scholars' Bowl Associ-ation. Perhaps, inspired bythe summer Olympics, Ryan,riding on his outstanding runand finish, may be lookingforward to distance competi-tion in the 2016 Olympics.Ryan's parents are Larry andWilene Burrows of Rolla.

Meredith Light rushed offto Dodge City to audition forthe mobile, small town,American Idol. In a large busjudges were checking outsmall town talent and Mered-ith wanted to share hers withthem. The volleyball teamand other supporters loadedcars to support this singingsensation.

Though Meredith was not

selected for the show, thejudge pointed at her and said,"You have talent. Try outagain next year and show usmore." Meredith will be takenby force, if necessary, asfriends are anxious to see herget the star recognition sheso richly deserves. Meredithis the daughter of Marcusand Beverly Light.

Rolla Pirates fall athletic season officially begins

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Thursday, September 13,2007

At long last, the M60 Se-ries Tank (Patton Series) hasarrived in Hugoton. Troopsunloaded the tank to its finalresting place on a concreteslab in front of the VFW Hall.Thursday, September 12,

2002The Lahey farm in Moscow

was recognized as a CenturyFarm at the Farm Bureau an-nual meeting last week. ACentury Farm is one contin-uously owned by generationsof a single family.Thursday, September 10,

1992

Carol Swinney has beenselected as the winner forsecondary (middle/highschools) from the first districtand is now one of eight final-ists from the four congres-sional districts in Kansas forOutstanding Teacher of theYear Award. Swinney will behonored at a reception inHays where she will speak inacceptance for her award.

Thursday, September 9,1982

Paul Thomas recently re-tired from Phillip’s FuneralHome after seventeen yearsof service. Paul Williamsonwill be the new funeral direc-

tor. Williamson operated aLamar, Mo. funeral home forsixteen years prior to movingto Hugoton.Thursday, September 14,

1972Oleta Wilson was named

second place winner in theKansas Authors Club adultcontest in Great Bend Sep-tember 9, 1972. Her entrywas named ‘Strollers neverpay Rent.’ Mrs. Wilson hasbeen a consistant winner formany years.Thursday, September 13,

1962A special election will be

held for the purpose of voting

the approval of a bond issuefor additional funds to con-struct and equip a home forthe elderly. Thursday, September 11,

1952Earl Peachey suffered a

broken back and left legTuesday when he fell fromthe roof of his home. He isrecovering in the StevensCounty Hospital. He fell fromthe roof of the one story homewhile shingling the roof.Friends and neighbors of theinjured man took over theshingling job Wednesday.Those helping were MerlPeachey, Austin Lynch, Don-nie Kinser, Glen Phifer,Bernard Brubaker, GarlandPersinger, Ralph Persingerand Louis Lohse.If any readers have picturesfor the history page of theHermes, please bring them into Ruthie Winget at TheHugoton Hermes.

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An optimistic approach to the growing needs of Stevens Countyyields positive outcomes for future generations.

• Debt in 2000 $6,613,230

• Debt in 2012 $6,916,213

We have made significant improvements in the county with the new longterm care facility and law enforcement center. Improvements that wereneeded to satisfy state mandates, and provide for the future needs of thiscounty. While mandated improvements were made, major increases inour county debt were controlled.

I am against unnecessary spending and believe we have reached aplateau with aggressive projects. The county has two projects left to com-plete: Remodel of the north and south ends of the old Pioneer Manor toaccommodate the health department and physical therapy. These tworemaining projects will not add to our existing debt because there areadequate funds available in the existing building fund.

A vote for Dave Bozone is a vote for leadership that is concernedabout the needs of future generations, and against unnecesaryspending.

Pol. Ad. paid for by Dave Bozone for County Commissioner.

LEAGUE WINNERS — The Hugoton Lions Club baseball team wonfirst place in the Kansas-Colorado League this summer and was pre-sented the first place trophy in ceremonies at Syracuse Friday night. Theteam members, front, left to right, Dick Perry 3B-P; Jack Bryan P;Bernie Groom OF; Bob Alexander 2B; Rodney Langley SS; Don Aycock

SS-2B; Roy Cooley, manager and coach. Back row, Roy Horton player-coach; Carl Mac Thurow OF; George Slocum OF; B.C. Bullard OF;Mel Howard OF; Phil Parker OF-1B; Frank Swafford 1B; Bob SuddethOF; and inset Jan Kilbourne, catcher. The season record was 8 winsand 2 losses. From the September 6, 1962, issue of The Hugoton Hermes.

One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Treasure!Find yours at one ofStevens County’sgreat garage sales!

By John Schlageck, KansasFarm Bureau

With every passing year,farm machinery becomeslarger and larger. Some ofthis new equipment is solarge it extends into the on-coming traffic lane and farbeyond the tractor pulling it.

Farms are also largertoday than in the past andfarm operators are forced totravel longer distances on thehighways between fields.Fewer people have farm back-grounds. Many do not recog-nize that caution must beexercised when approachingfarm equipment on the road-way.

There is also more andmore traffic on today’s road-ways. Farm equipment with-out side markings may not beseen, especially in low-lightconditions. That’s why col-ored, fluorescent film is thelatest innovation to helpmake rural life safer. Properlyplaced on farm equipmentthese vibrant-colored, acrylicsafety devices immediatelyattract the attention of ap-proaching motorists.

Sometimes referred to as“perimeter marking materi-als,” the micro prism usedwith fluorescent films use upto 75 percent of its surface toreflect incoming light. Someof the glass bead reflective el-ements use only about 25percent of the surface to re-turn light.

“These new, long-lastingsafety strips were not de-signed to replace slow-mov-ing-vehicle emblems,” saysHolly Higgins, Kansas FarmBureau safety and healthprograms director. “Ourfarmers, ranchers and ruralpeople could use them fortheir own protection and forthose who may be travelingnear them.”

Higgins notes approxi-mately 50 percent of all acci-dents with farm equipmentare sideswipes. The longerlasting reflective tape canprovide greater safety by in-creasing visibility when ap-

proaching slow moving farmequipment from behind.

“The ideal scenario is touse yellow reflectors on theside and front of the equip-ment while red and orangestrips should be placed onboth sides of the back withthe slow-moving-vehicle em-blem in the middle,” Higginssays.

Until recently, most fluo-rescent materials used out-doors faded quickly – in amatter of months. Some ofthe new products on the mar-ket today will last a minimumof two years and as long asthree to five years, dependingon weather conditions.

The most critical time toprovide high visibility forslow-moving farm machineryis in poor lighting conditions,including twilight, and in in-clement weather such assnow, rain or fog, Higginssays. During such condi-tions, headlights are not al-ways turned on promptlybecause they do not help toimprove visibility.

Bright colors depend ondirect sunlight and lose theirattracting attention in mar-ginal lighting conditions, theFarm Bureau safety coordi-nator says. The new fluores-cent films continue to providea high level of visibility duringall lighting conditions.

The sooner you recognize aslow moving vehicle on theroadways, the better yourchances are for avoiding anequipment collision, Higginssays. In Kansas during thelast two years there havebeen 11 reports of crashes in-volving farm machinery onroadways.

For example, a motoristtraveling 65 miles per hourwill need 4.5 seconds to per-ceive, react and slow downwhen approaching a tractortraveling 15 miles per hour.

That’s why this new tech-nology is important to adaptand use, Higgins says.

“When your life and that ofyour loved ones is concerned,it’s important to utilize every

edge you can,” the Farm Bu-reau safety specialist says.“Using fluorescent films cangive you one advantage thatwill help protect you andthose traveling around you.”

While law in Kansas doesnot require these reflectivestrips, it makes good sense touse them. Install these fluo-rescent strips and drive moresafely today.

John Schlageck is a lead-ing commentator on agricul-ture and rural Kansas. Bornand raised on a diversifiedfarm in northwestern Kansas,his writing reflects a lifetimeof experience, knowledge andpassion.

Submitted by Kansas Farm

Bureau.

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Once known as ADD,ADHD has a very strong neu-rological basis. While there isno known cause, researchersnow believe heredity plays asignificant role. In instanceswhere heredity is not a con-tributing factor, ADHD maybe linked to problems duringpregnancy, prenatal exposureto alcohol and tobacco, pre-mature deliver, low birthweight, and postnatal injuryto the prefrontal regions ofthe brain.

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

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Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time and PRNCNAs to work the night shift at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home from6 pm - 6 am. All interested candidates must have a Kansas CNA licenseto be eligible. We offer excellent benefits and competitive wages. Appli-cations may be picked up at the Information Desk by the Medical Clinic. Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time, Part-timeand PRN RNs or LPNs to work the Med/Surg floor. These positionsare for both day and night shifts (7 am-7 pm and 7 pm-7am). All can-didates must have a Kansas RN/LPN license to be eligible. We offer out-standing benefits, competitive wages, sign-on bonus (FT and PT only)and mileage reimbursement if individual lives 15 miles or more outsideof Stevens County. (tfc15)

Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time RNs, LPNsand CMAs to work at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home. These positionsare for the night shift (6 pm - 6 am). Interested candidates must be cer-tified with a Kansas license to be eligible for these positions. We offerexcellent benefits and competitive wages. (3c30)

Stevens County Healthcare is searching for a Full-time MedicalAssistant to work in our Rural Health Medical Clinic. This positionis Monday through Friday and one Saturday morning every five to sixweeks. Interested candidates must have completed the Medical Assis-tant program and be licensed to be considered for this position. Weoffer an excellent benefits package and competitive wages. (4c29)

Please contact Robyn Medina in Human Resourcesfor an application 620-544-8511

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

FILED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 59OF THE KANSAS STATUTES

ANNOTATED

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFBETTY JEAN HEGER, a/k/a BETTYJ. HEGER, Deceased

Case No. 12-PR-32

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition bas been filed in this Court byMarion Wayne Heger beneficiary ofBetty Jean Heger, a/k/a Betty J.Heger, deceased, requesting that theforeign will of Betty Jean Heger a/k/aBetty J. Heger, deceased, dated Jan-uary 19, 2007, be admitted to probateand record in this Court; no adminis-tration of the Estate is necessary; thewill be construed, and the followingKansas real estate owned by the dece-dent, situated in Stevens County,Kansas:

Mineral interests in the SoutheastQuarter (SE/4) of Section Twenty-three (23), Township Thirty-three(33) South, Range Four (4) West ofthe 6th P.M., all in StevensCounty, Kansas; AND

The Northwest Quarter (NW/4) ofSection Seven (7), in TownshipThirty-three (33) South, RangeThirty-eight (38) West of the 6thPrincipal Meridian, all in StevensCounty, Kansas; AND

Lots Three (3) and Five (5), theSoutheast Quarter (SE/4) of theNorthwest Quarter (NW/4), andthe Southwest Quarter (SW/4) ofSection Six (6). Township Thirty-three (33) South, Range Thirty-eight (38) West of the 6th P.M., allin Stevens County, Kansas; AND

The Southeast Quarter (SE/4) ofSection Twelve (12), TownshipThirty-three (33) South, RangeThirty-nine (39) West, all inStevens County, Kansas.

be assigned in accordance withthe terms of the Will.You are required to file your writ-

ten defenses thereto on or before the24 day of September, 2012, at 1:30 o’-clock P.M. in the District Court, in thecity of Hugoton, Stevens County,Kansas, at which time and place thecause will be heard. Should you failtherein, judgment and decree will beentered in due course upon the Peti-tion.

Marion Wayne Heger, Petitioner

VIGNERY & MASON, L.L.C.214 E. 10th, P.O. Box 767Goodland, KS 67735Telephone: 785-890-6588Attorneys for Petitioner

Position available for ELECTRICIAN’S APPRENTICEMust have good work ethic, positive attitude and willing to be partof an energetic team. Current driver’s license required (CDL aplus). Must undergo drug & alcohol screening. Hourly positionwith overtime (8-12 hr workday) Position offers room for advance-ment. Pay and benefits based upon experience.

Pick up application at Hancock Electric, 513 W. First St. or send resume to PO Box 429,

Hugoton, Ks. 67951.Email: [email protected] (1c36)

Help Wanted: Part Time Elevator PersonnelUnited Prairie Ag, LLC is seeking part-time elevator per-sonnel at our Hugoton and Moscow locations. Candidatesmust be able to work flexible hours, weekends andevenings.

Employment is subject to successful completionof drug screening.

Interested persons should apply in person at 509 NW Ave. in Hugoton or 300 N. Road 20 in Moscow

United Prairie Ag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug free workplace

(2c36)

HELP WANTED: PART TIME SCALE OPERATORSUnited Prairie Ag, LLC is seeking applications for HarvestScale Operators in our Hugoton office. This is a part-timeposition working evenings and weekends a must.

Interested persons should apply in person at 509 NW Ave. in Hugoton.

United Prairie Ag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug free workplace

(2c36)

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, September 6, 2012) 1t

ORDINANCE NO. 793

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE“OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP”OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON,KANSAS BY REZONING THE FOL-LOWING REAL ESTATE, TO WIT: ATRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THENORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OFSECTION TWENTY-ONE (21), TOWN-SHIP THIRTY-THREE SOUTH (T33S),RANGE THIRTY-SEVEN WEST(R37W) OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, STEVENS COUNTY,KANSAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED IMMEDIATELY BELOW.

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

Section 1. That pursuant to therecommendation of the Hugoton CityPlanning Commission, the “ZoningDistrict Map” referred to in OrdinanceNo. 692, the Zoning Ordinance of theCity of Hugoton, Kansas, is herebyamended by rezoning the following de-scribed property from “B-1” Commer-cial Business District to “R-1”Residential District,:

Surface and surface rights only inand to the North One HundredFifty feet (N 150’) of a tract of landlocated in the Northeast Quarter(NE/4) of Section Twenty-one (21),Township Thirty-three (33) South,Range Thirty-seven (37) West ofthe Sixth Principal Meridian, moreparticularly described as follows:Beginning at a point Fifty feet (50’)South of the center line of U.S.Highway 270 on the right-of-wayline of said highway, this pointbeing Four Hundred Eighty-fourFeet (484’) West of the East line ofsaid Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of

Section 21-33-37, thence SouthTwo Hundred Twenty-five feet(225’) on a parallel with the Eastline of said quarter section to thepoint of beginning, thence SouthOne Hundred Seventy-five Feet(175’) on a line parallel with theEaster boundary line of said quar-ter section, thence West Two Hun-dred Feet (200) on a line parallelto the Northern boundary line,thence North One Hundred Sev-enty-five feet (175’) on a line par-allel with the Eastern boundaryline of said quarter section, thenceEast Two Hundred Feet (200) on aline parallel to the Northernboundary line to the point of be-ginning;

Section 2. Upon the change in zoningbecoming effective as set forth in Sec-tion 3 below, the City Clerk of the Cityof Hugoton, Kansas, is hereby di-rected to change the designation de-scribed herein is in zoning district“R-1” Residential District and said of-ficial zoning map as changed ishereby reincorporated by reference aspart of said Zoning Ordinance.

Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Thisordinance shall take effect and be inforce from and after its adoption andpublication in the Hugoton Hermes,the official city newspaper; and the re-quested change in zoning is approvedat this time

Passed and approved by the Govern-ing Body of the City of Hugoton,Kansas, this 30th day of August,2012.

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

(S E A L)

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

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, September 6, 2012) 1t

ORDINANCE NO. 792

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE“OFFICIAL ZONING DISTRICT MAP”OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON,KANSAS BY REZONING THE FOL-LOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE,TO WIT: LOT ONE (1), LOT TWO (2),LOT THREE (3), LOT FOUR (4), LOTFIVE (5), LOT SIX (6) AND LOTSEVEN (7), BLOCK ONE (1), OF THESTEVENS COUNTY INDUSTRIALPARK PLAT NO. 1, ACCORDING TOTHE DULY FILED AND RECORDEDPLAT THEREOF; AND LOT ONE (1),LOT TWO (2), LOT THREE (3), LOTFOUR (4), LOT FIVE (5) AND LOT SIX(6) AND THE EAST HALF OF (E/2)LOT SEVEN (7), BLOCK TWO (2), OFTHE STEVENS COUNTY INDUSTRIALPARK PLAT NO. 1, ACCORDING TOTHE DULY FILED AND RECORDEDPLAT THEREOF STEVENS COUNTY,KANSAS

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

Section 1. That pursuant to therecommendation of the Hugoton CityPlanning Commission, the “ZoningDistrict Map” referred to in OrdinanceNo. 692, the Zoning Ordinance of theCity of Hugoton, Kansas, is herebyamended by rezoning the following de-scribed properties from “A-L”, Agricul-tural District, to “B-1” CommercialBusiness District:

Lot One (1), Lot Two (2), LotThree (3), Lot Four (4), Lot Five(5), Lot Six (6) and Lot Seven (7),Block One (1), of the StevensCounty Industrial Park Plat No.1, according to the duly filed andrecorded plat thereof; and

Lot One (1), Lot Two (2), LotThree (3), Lot Four (4), Lot Five(5), Lot Six (6) and the East Half(E/2) Lot Seven (7), Block Two(2), of the Stevens County Indus-trial Park Plat No. 1, according tothe duly filed and recorded platthereof;

All of the above described real estateis outside the corporate limits of theCity of Hugoton but within three (3)miles of the city limits and under thejurisdiction of the city through Ordi-nance No. 700 and through the Zon-ing Ordinance and zoning districtmaps adopted by Ordinance No. 692.

Section 2. Upon the change in zoningbecoming effective as set forth in Sec-tion 3 below, the City Clerk of the Cityof Hugoton, Kansas, is hereby di-rected to change the designation ofthe “Official Zoning Map” for the Cityof Hugoton, Kansas to show that theproperty described herein is in zoningdistrict “B-1”, Commercial BusinessDistrict and said official zoning mapas changed is hereby reincorporatedby reference as part of said Zoning Or-dinance.

Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. Thisordinance shall take effect and be inforce from and after its adoption andpublication in the Hugoton Hermes,the official city newspaper; and the re-quested change in zoning is approvedat this time

Passed and approved by the Govern-ing Body of the City of Hugoton,Kansas, this 30th day of August,2012.

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

(S E A L)

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

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WANT TO PURCHASE: Minerals and other oil/gas inter-ests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co. 80201. (104p5)

---------------NEEDED: Gas stove, refrigerator, full size or queen size boxsprings and mattress and love seat. Call 544-5616. (tfc31)

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

---------------FOR RENT: Space for smalltrailer or RV. Call James 544-2129. (3c34)

---------------APARTMENT FOR RENT: 2bedroom, 1 car garage, CentralHeating/Air, all appliances, 620-544-1714. (tfc33)

---------------FOR RENT: 4 bedroom, 2 bathhouse south of Ulysses. Preferwork crew, $750/mo. No pets.620-356-4203. (4p36)

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FOR RENT: 2 bedroom apart-ment in Moscow. Call 598-2104.

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FOR RENT

ROLLA PLAZAAPARTMENTS

1 & 2 Bedroom.RentalAssistance Available.For more informationcall Dayna Folger at620-492-3698 (tfc40)

SUNFLOWER PLAZA1 bedroom newly

decorated apartmentfor Senior Citizens

For Information CallPlaza Office - 544-4011 orSelia Crawford - 544-2182

if no answer, leave message(tfc48)

SUPPORT GROUPSPREGNANT? NEEDHELP? Call Birthright ofGarden City, 316-276-3605 orBirthline in Liberal, 1404 N.Western, 620-626-6763. (tfc3)

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

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CELEBRATE RECOVERYevery Monday night 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Assembly ofGod Fellowship Hall, 138 S.Main. (tfc25)

Project HopeOpen Tues & Thurs

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

AL-Anon Family GroupMen & Women of alcoholic family &

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

544-2610 or 544-2854kansas-al-anon.org (tfc)

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

(tfc15)

FOR SALE: Black Velvet Ranch,Registered Black Angus Bulls,Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, Ks.620-384-1101. (9c31)

---------------FOR SALE: Kenmore Refriger-ator with icemaker and waterdispenser inside. Very nice, $300.Electric Wheelchair, needs bat-teries, $1200 negotiable. CallPhil @ 544-1511. (3c34)

---------------MAKE AN OFFER: 2700 gallon(2 compartment) fiberglasstank. Comes with frame fortruck. Never used. Call 598-2466for more info. (3c36)

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FOR SALE: Pinto Beans. $37 for50 pounds. 709 S. Main. Call 620-544-2376 or cell 620-428-1022.

(2p35)

---------------FOR SALE: Window watercooler, Jayco popup camper,cable cherry picker, 2 new 6-ply13x24 tractor tires. 620-335-5344or 620-640-2036. (2p35)

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1986 Harley Davidson FLH ElectraglideSale includes

new tourpack & solo seat, $5500Text or call

620-453-0427

FOR SALE

HELP WANTED

FOR SALE BY OWNER

CARD OF THANKS

2 slideouts, electric jack,queen size bed, good

condition, lg bathroom

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2 new spare tires

FOR SALE BY OWNERVery well-built, beautiful brick home.4 bedrooms, 2 baths, office, bonusroom, full finished basement with hugestoreroom, fenced patio, oversized 2-car garage, underground sprinkler.620-544-5499 or 620-428-2929

603 Madisonin Rolla

Must see!

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2003 Coleman Caravan 25 ft. pull camper

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FIREWOOD FOR SALEOak, Piñon, Mesquite,

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$12,500$11,995

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GARAGE SALETHREE FAMILY GARAGE SALE: Saturday, September 8,9:00 a.m., 105 1/2 Lincoln Street, Furniture, Tools, Etc.

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UPCOMING AUCTIONLIVING ESTATE AUCTION: The Canny Team Associatesof Swenson Real Estate & Auction Service Inc. 620-492-4244.Visit www.thecannyteam.com to view pictures and flyer.Living Estate Auction Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10:00a.m. CT. Antiques, Primitives, Tools & More of Leonard &Nita Baker, 915 S. Jackson, Hugoton, Ks. (2c35)

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WANTED

PO Box 473 - Hugoton, Ks. 67951

(tfc33)

THANK YOUThe family of Willard Link sends heartfelt thanks to those

who sent cards, prepared foods, gave memorials, sent flowersor plants, and offered prayers upon the passing of our father,grandfather and great-grandfather. We are humbled by the out-pouring of support we have received during this difficult time.

Genevieve Link, Larry & Wilene Burrows and family, Gene & Nancy Link and family, Bill & Cynthia Mangels

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

848 Road G. - This all electric 2 story home with5 bedrooms comes with 6 acres of land and 2 newheating and air conditioning systems. $145,000.00Additional acreage available. Call today!

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1501 Road 9 - Very well maintained brick homeon 3.7 acres only 3 miles from town. 5 bed/4 bath.New roof 2010. Hardwood floors & new carpet onmain level in 2009. A/C unit and Furnace replacedin 2011. Double oven & microwave new in 2011,refrigerator & dishwasher 2.5 years old.

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At its regular quarterly meet-ing at the Kansas Historical So-ciety in Topeka Saturday,August 11, the Historic SitesBoard of Review voted to list twoproperties in the Register ofHistoric Kansas Places and toforward 17 nominations to theoffice of the Keeper of the Na-tional Register of Historic Placesin Washington, D.C., to be eval-uated by their professionalstaff. If they concur with theboard’s findings, the propertieswill be included in the NationalRegister. Twelve of the NationalRegister nominations are theresult of a partnership betweenthe Kansas Historical Societyand the National Trails Systemof the National Park Service todocument historic resourcesalong the Santa Fe Trail. In con-junction with these nomina-tions, the board approved arevision of the “Historic Re-sources of the Santa Fe Trail”National Register Multiple Prop-erty Documentation Form,which originally was approvedin 1994. This document servesas a cover document ratherthan a nomination to the Na-tional Register, with the pur-pose of establishing a basis ofeligibility for related properties.In other action, the board votedagainst retaining the NationalRegister status of a school-house that is to be relocated,but the board voted in favor ofthe school remaining in theRegister of Historic KansasPlaces after it is moved.

The National Register of His-toric Places is the country’s of-ficial list of historicallysignificant properties. Author-ized by the National HistoricPreservation Act of 1966, theNational Park Service's NationalRegister of Historic Places ispart of a national program tocoordinate and support publicand private efforts to identify,evaluate, and protect America'shistoric and archeological re-sources. Eligible propertiesmust be significant for one ormore of the four criteria for eval-uation. Properties can be eligi-ble if they are associated withevents that have made a signif-icant contribution to the broadpatterns of our history. Theycan be eligible if they are asso-ciated with the lives of personssignificant in our past. Distinc-tive construction can qualify

properties for the National Reg-ister if they embody the charac-teristic of a type, period, ormethod of construction, or rep-resent the work of a master, orpossess high artistic values, orrepresent a significant and dis-tinguishable entity whose com-ponents may lack individualdistinction. Lastly, propertiesmay be eligible for the NationalRegister if they have yielded ormay be likely to yield informa-tion important in prehistory orhistory. The National Registerrecognizes properties of local,statewide, and national signifi-cance.

The Register of HistoricKansas Places is our state’s of-ficial list of historically signifi-cant properties. Propertiesincluded in the National Regis-ter are automatically listed inthe State Register. However, notall properties listed in the StateRegister are included in the Na-tional Register. The same gen-eral criteria are used to assessthe eligibility of a property forinclusion in the state register,but more flexibility is allowed inthe interpretation of the criteriafor eligibility.

One site in Grant Countyand two in Morton County areincluded on the list of nomina-tions to the National Registry:

Santa Fe Trail – GrantCounty Segment 1 (Klein’sRuts): The Santa Fe Trail –Grant County Segment 1, alsoknown as Klein’s Ruts, is lo-cated in Grant County, insouthwest Kansas. This seg-ment is part of an approxi-mately 40-mile branch of theCimarron Route that was lo-cated entirely within the water-less area known as La Jornadaand connected the MountainRoute at the Upper Crossing ofthe Arkansas River near Lakin,Kansas, with the CimarronRoute. Relatively little is knownabout this branch between thetwo rivers, but the first knownuse of the Upper Crossing in re-lation to the trail was during asurvey expedition led by GeorgeSibley in 1825 (though he didnot survey this site). The nomi-nated property includes severalvisible trail swales where atleast 20 shallow ruts convergeto form four main arterial ruts.It is nominated to the NationalRegister of Historic Places for itssignificance in the areas of

transportation and commerce,and it has the potential to yieldadditional important informa-tion about this 40-mile branchroad between the Arkansas andCimarron Rivers in Kansas.

Point of Rocks – MiddleSpring Santa Fe Trail HistoricDistrict – Morton County: ThePoint of Rocks – Middle SpringHistoric District in MortonCounty includes multiple rem-nants of the Cimarron Route.Travel over this segment of thetrail began in 1822 and endedwith the arrival of the railroadat the Kansas-Colorado stateline in 1872. Middle Spring wasthe next reliable water sourcewest of the Lower Cimarron (orWagon Bed) Spring. Almost alltravelers looking for the waterpromised at Middle Springwould have used neighboringPoint of Rocks as a navigationalaid. This large light-colored rockformation with a high flat sur-face, referred to as Mesa Blanco(white table) by Mexicanfreighters, could be seen forseveral miles. In evidence of therole this natural landmarkplayed, visible trail segmentscurve around Middle Springand directly to the south ofPoint of Rocks. The nominatedproperty includes four trail seg-ments, a spring, a natural nav-igational aid, and a latercommemorative marker erectedin 1914 by the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution. It is nom-inated to the National Registerof Historic Places for its signifi-cance in the areas of trans-portation, commerce, and socialhistory, and it has the potentialto yield additional important in-formation about the trail.

Santa Fe Trail – Cimarron

National Grassland Segments1-5 – Morton County: In addi-tion to the Point of Rocks – Mid-dle Springs Santa Fe TrailHistoric District, there are fivesegments of the Santa Fe Trailin the Cimarron NationalGrassland that are nominatedto the National Register. Travelover these segments of the trailbegan in 1822 and ended withthe arrival of the railroad at theKansas-Colorado state line in1872. This trail segment isclosely related to nearby Pointof Rocks and Middle Spring,which was the next reliablewater source west of the LowerCimarron (or Wagon Bed)Spring at the western end of LaJornada. Documented trail seg-ments in western Kansas andin the Cimarron NationalGrassland have confirmed thepattern of traffic in this regionhistorically tended to follow thefour-parallel-column formation.The nominated segments in-clude trail swales and two com-memorative markers erected in1907 and 1914 by the Daugh-ters of the American Revolution.They are nominated to the Na-tional Register of Historic Placesfor their significance in theareas of transportation, com-merce, and social history, andthey have the potential to yieldadditional information on theuse of the trail during its initialperiod of significance.

For more information on theKansas Historical Society go to:kshs.org. For more informationon the National Register of His-toric Places go tohttp://www.nps.gov/nr/.

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, September 6, 2012 Page 6B

MOSCOW NEWSby Melissa Moore

KUBIN AERIALFOR

APPLICATIONSOF

AGRICULTURALCHEMICALS

SEEDING AND FERTILIZING

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MOSCOW, KS. 598-2356

CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY Mon. 9/3Dr. Farhoud Cardiology Tue. 9/4Michelle Gooch Dietician Thu. 9/6Dr. Frankum General Surgeon Fri. 9/7Dr. Ansari Orthopedics Mon. 9/10Dr. Brown Podiatry Tue. 9/13Dr. Frankum General Surgeon Fri. 9/14Dr. Farhoud Cardiology Tue. 9/18Michelle Gooch Dietician Thu. 9/20Dr. Ansari Orthopedics Mon. 9/24Dr. DeCardenas Ear, Nose & Throat Wed. 9/26

Stevens County Hospital Specialty ClinicsSpecialty ClinicsScheduled for September 2012

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

Dr. Farhoud 1-877-449-1560; Michelle Lock-Gooch 544-8339; Dr.Frankum 544-8339

For all other appointments please call 544-8339 or 544-6160.We are proud to announce that Dr. DeCardenas from GardenCity will be starting an outreach clinic here for Ear, Nose &

Throat. To make an appointment please call 275-3070.

**Free Daily Hugoton Delivery**Same Day Delivery Even on Saturdays

***Independently owned and operatedby Brett and Holli Horyna***

Phone 620-624-4065Hours Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.1033 N. Kansas Avenue in Liberal

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Brice Valdez competes in the varsity boys race at Meade. AlexPierson and Zachary Pierson both compete in the junior varsitycross country. There were close to 100 runners on the course.Photo courtesy of Marci Knoll.

Opening night of the 2012 football season finds the Wildcat var-sity football team competing against the Balko/Hardesty Bison.

Wildcats travel to Balko/Hardesty

Cross country competes at Meade

Moscow Schools host Open House

Kansas Historical Society nominates sites for evaluation

Lady Cats lose some, win some

MJH Wildcatsbegin fall sportsseason at Rolla

Brianna Bucher competes atMeade for the first action ofthe year. She placed twenty-sixth in the girls varsity race.Photo courtesy of Marci Knoll.

Thursday, September 6Junior High Pep Rally; 3:15Junor High Volleyball; 4:00Junior High Football at

home; 5:30Friday, September 7

Homecoming Coronation at6:30

First National Bank TailgateGame starts at 7:00Saturday, September 8

Junior High Volleyball Tour-nament at Ulysses; 8:30 p.m.

High School Volleyball at Jet-

more; 9:00High School Cross Country at

South Gray; 10:00 Alicia (Dale) Burns Baby

Shower at the United MethodistFellowship Hall 10:00 a.m.Monday, September 10

Lifetouch Pictures, Individualand Sports School Board Meet-ing; 7:00Tuesday, September 11

High School Volleyball athome (Senior RecognitionGame); 4:30

The Moscow High Schoolcross country teams sawtheir first action of the year atMeade August 30. The lonegirl competitor was seniorBrianna Bucher. She placedtwenty-sixth in the 54 girlvarsity race.

Sophomore Brice Valdezran in the varsity boys raceand finished a respectable

thirtieth. In their first meetever, freshman Alex Piersonand sophomore Zachary Pier-son placed thirty-seventh andthirty-ninth respectively inthe junior varsity event. Inthe combined boys’ racesthere were close to 100 run-ners on the course. The har-riers next race will be atSouth Gray Saturday.

The high school volleyballteam played at Rolla August28. They lost a tough tussleto Elkhart, 14-25, 25-21, 19-25. In their second matchthey defeated the host schoolby the narrowest of margins

25-23, 26-24. In the night-cap, the Lady Cats dropped amatch to Guymon in straightsets 18-25, 14-25. Next ac-tion for Moscow is at SouthGray Tuesday and at JetmoreSaturday.

Opening night of the 2012season found the Wildcat varsityfootball team in the panhandle ofOklahoma to take on theBalko/Hardesty Bison August31. The beautiful, but warm,evening did not go as plannedwith the Bison cruising to a 14-46 victory.

Scoring touchdowns forMoscow were Brock Brazeal andRigo Bustillos, both recipients ofpasses from Lane Miller.

This week the Wildcats hostSatanta at 7:00 p.m. It is home-coming in Moscow and the coro-nation ceremony will take placeprior to the game.

Moscow’s Junior HighWildcats opened their fallsports seasons at Rolla Au-gust 30. The A team volley-ball team played a tightmatch with the Pirates, butcame up short in the threeset match. The B team vol-leyball team met with a simi-lar fate losing in two sets.The gridiron Cats fared bet-ter, bringing home a 22-6victory.

The junior high teams willbe in action Thursday as theyhost the Eagles from Walsh.

Monday, August 27,Moscow Schools had an OpenHouse. Over 50 parents andgrandparents attended theevent. Each teacher ex-plained expectations of theirclassroom. Everyone thenconvened in the old Art Roomwhere Mr. Roop explained anew program where parentsand grandparents were in-vited to volunteer at MoscowSchools. Mrs. Moore gave abrief overview of the new afterschool program beginning

September 17. The Open House was

sponsored by the REAL(Recreation, Education, Aca-demics and Learning) afterschool program in conjunc-tion with Title 1 and the Mi-grant Program.

Mr. Roop served cookiesand had a drawing for three$10.00 gas cards from TheStore. Winners of the gascards were: Rupa Johnson,Veronica Chaffin, and Tru-man Cross.


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