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Junction City police have confirmed the iden-tity of a body found last week in rural Geary County as that of Amanda Clemons, who was reported missing late Feb. 7.
According to a statement issued by Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown, an autopsy con-ducted Saturday determined the cause of death as sharp-force injury. Police are ruling her death a homicide.
Clemons was reported missing Feb. 10, after she was last seen leaving room 112 of the Budget Host Hotel, 820 S. Washington St. in Junction City on Feb. 7. Police received information stat-ing Clemons was observed “being placed” in a silver vehicle occupied by two males and two females.
Last week, Junction City detectives and Fed-eral Bureau of Investigation agents developed information leading them to execute a search warrant on Fort Riley involving the investiga-tion. Afterward, detectives and agents conducted interviews, which then directed law enforcement
Police identify body found
last week
By tim WeiDeman
Junction City will need creative options to fund the millions of dol-lars in needed repairs and upgrades at its water treatment plant and two wastewater treatment plants.
Following a lengthy discussion, the City Commission Tuesday voted 3-2 to select Raftelis Finan-cial Consultants to perform a water and sewer rate analysis and devel-
op a financial business plan that would include those creative options at a cost not to exceed $45,220.
City Manager Gerald Smith told commissioners it was important to select the most qualified firm, which city staff believed was Rafte-lis.
“There is no room for error here,” he said. “You want to know you’re getting the best business plan on the front end.”
Raftelis will develop a plan for
how the city can pay for projects at its water and wastewater facilities ones that could reach about $60 million.
The commission was briefed on the conditions of the water and wastewater plants Monday by city staff and HDR Engineering. HDR made recommendations for a three-phase construction process. Top priority proj-ects could begin as soon as early 2015, while other sug-gested projects would be completed in the following years.
The city would pay for the proj-ects over an even longer period.
How much the final bills actually
could amount to isn’t clear, Munici-pal Services Director Greg McCaf-fery said Tuesday.
“There’s significant contingency in (HDR’s estimates),” he said. “We’ve not gone out for competitive bids.”
Still, the final amount will be a hefty sum for a city with $150 million of debt always looming.
But that’s why Raftelis, the “most qualified firm,” was recommended, even though it was the most expensive of three firms to
submit proposals, McCaffery said.The city used a “qualification
City approves consulting firmCompany will develop business
plan to analyze water sewer rates
Gerald Smith
Chase Jordan • The Daily Union Although they weren’t asleep, Jefferson Elementary students received a visit from the Tooth Fairy Wednesday for National Children’s Month. The Tooth Fairy was assisted by Drs. Danielle Royer and Chad Olinger. Both are captains at Fort Riley. Madyson Treece is pictured with Olinger. “We’re just trying to raise awareness about good oral hygiene and dental health,” Olinger said. The dentists taught the children about the proper brushing of teeth, flossing and healthy eating habits. Royer said they wanted to make dental health fun for the children. “We want them to know that the dentist can be a fun thing,” Royer said. “They don’t have to be afraid of the dentist.”
Celebrating happy, healthy teeth
Special to the Daily Union
Unified School District 475 has selected Ret. Col. Bill Clark as the district’s new Director of Business Opera-tions, pending the Board of Education’s approval.
Clark brings 30 years of active duty service and expe-rience with the Army to the school district, culminating his military service as the Garrison Commander of Fort Riley. Upon retirement from the Army, Clark has been serving as the Execu-tive Director of the Flint Hills Regional Council. Clark has ties to USD 475. During his tenure as the Garrison Commander for Fort Riley, the district com-pleted the develop-ment of Seitz Elemen-tary, acquired funding and began construc-tion on the new Fort Riley Middle School, and applied for funding for an additional new elementary school on the installation.
“I am truly looking for-ward to becoming part of USD 475,” Clark said in a release. “Our school district has a tremendous reputation and does an excellent job of
educating our youth and pre-paring them to become tomorrow’s leaders. I am thankful for the opportunity to be part of such an impor-tant and dynamic organiza-tion; I am both excited and
anxious to begin.” “We are pleased
to be reunited with Clark,” said USD 475 Superintendent Ron Walker. “Our paths have crossed many times. Clark knows USD 475 very well. All of his children graduated from JCHS. Further, we
worked closely together dur-ing his tenure as Garrison Commander. Clark brings experience, expertise and wisdom to the Directors posi-tion. We are very pleased to continue our partnership and look forward to many fantastic days of productivi-ty.”
USD 475 names new Director of Business
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the Executive Director of the Flint
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GRANDVIEW PLAZA — Due to the crunch of envi-ronmental regulations, Grandview Plaza officials will most likely have to add to their lagoon system.
Currently, the city is not meeting state regulations for its lagoon system due to factors such as biochem-ical oxygen demand (BOD) and population. BOD is the amount of dissolved oxy-gen that must be present in water in order for micro-organisms to decompose the organic matter in water, used as a measure of the degree of pollution.
Engineer Stuart Porter of Schwab Eaton made a presentation to the council about the problem.
To help combat it, Eaton suggested the city add 8.8 acres to its existing lagoon system, which is made up 15.3 acres.
“It’s not that the city isn’t doing a good job,” Porter said. “The reality is that with finite-sized lagoons, there comes a point when something has to be done.”
During Tuesday’s meet-ing, city council members gave Porter the approval to conduct a preliminary engineering report on the matter.
The report could cost between $5,000 and $7,000. After completion, the report will be sent to state officials.
The Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking at lagoon system in Kansas because they natu-rally do not do a good job of ammo-nia treatment.
Porter said the water being dis-charged out of their lagoons is not meeting the mini-mal state standards because they’ve reached the limit.
“It’s definitely over capacity, given the fact that the lagoons have a significant amount of sludge buildup in them,” he said.
Porter said the sludge decreases the amount of detention available in the
lagoon. According to his calculations, the sludge is at 20 percent.
Grandview Plaza offi-cials will work on remov-ing sludge from the system
in the near future.
Porter advised them to pursue a lagoon project to avoid conflict with the EPA and the Kansas Depart-ment of Health and Environ-ment.
“It just creates a lot of turmoil that’s really not necessary,” Por-ter said.
A major reason for the issue is the Geary Estates apartment com-plex. The lagoon facility is operat-ing at 92 percent of treatment capacity, which does not leave
growth for wet weather events or city growth.
“Your population is pret-ty much maxed out for the size of the lagoons that you
Officials to consider increasing lagoon system
“It’s not that the city isn’t doing a
good job. The reality is that with finite-sized
lagoons, there
comes a point when something has to be
done.” Stuart porter
Schwab Eaton
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CORRECTIONIn the Feb. 15 edition of The Daily Union, the incorrect name of
a church was placed in the article “Chapman helping send veterans to Washington D.C.” The correct name of the church is Chapman United Methodist Church.
A soul-touching evening of pure joy
Press PhotoThe Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir was formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African gospel music at McCain at 7:30 p.m. March 30. The choir draws on the best talent from the many churches in and around Soweto and is dedicated to sharing the joy of faith through music and dance with audiences around the world, Formed in 2002, the Soweto Gospel Choir has achieved incredible success in a very short time. They have toured the world, recorded five albums and two DVDs, and have won count-less awards in South Africa, The United States and Australia. The choir has performed with some of the biggest names in music including Bono, Queen, Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. They are ambassadors for the Nelson Mandela Foundation and their patron is Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
MANHATTAN — Six university teams from the region will get the chance to compete for a grand prize of $2,000 in the Phil-lips 66-Enactus Business Ethics Case Competition, Feb. 20-22, hosted by Kan-sas State University and sponsored by the Phillips 66 Excellence in Business Ethics Initiative.
Teams competing are from the University of Kansas, Iowa State Uni-versity, Texas A&M Uni-versity, Truman State Uni-versity, University of Northern Colorado and University of Oklahoma.
Enactus is a nonprofit, global organization that uses entrepreneurial action to create and imple-ment community outreach projects around the world. Enactus teams get to decide how many projects and what type of projects they do. Enactus is open to all majors.
At the competition, the four-member student teams will have 36 hours to analyze a problem, plan a solution and present a professional PowerPoint for the judges.
Teams will be judged on three different compo-nents: the application of the ethical principles, business consideration and presentation skills.
The competition allows students to demonstrate their understanding of ethical leadership when faced with realistic busi-ness ethics dilemma. Stu-dents also will get the chance to improve their presentation skills and network.
In addition, the compe-tition lets students apply knowledge acquired through their college courses; network with other students, schools and business advocates; and explore future career strategies.
The winning team will receive $2,000; second place earns $1,500; third place, $1,000; and fourth, fifth and sixth places, $500.
The competition will take place at the Holiday Inn Manhattan at the Campus, 1641 Anderson Ave., which is across the street from the university campus.
For questions about the case competition contact Bryanna Wishcop, Kansas State University Enactus p r e s i d e n t , a t [email protected], or Donita Whitney-Bammer-lin, Enactus adviser and instructor of manage-ment, at (785) 532-9020 or [email protected].
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MANHATTAN — Kansas State University is now offering bakery science and management, feed science and management and grain handling operations as stand-alone minors through distance education.
The stand-alone minors are not only available to cur-rent K-State undergraduate and postbaccalaureate stu-dents, but also to graduates of other accredited four-year universities who need educational instruction in grain science disciplines.
“We have been approached by industry companies, associations and trade groups about making these minors available to non-K-State graduates so that hires without a grain-based background may learn basic information to help them better understand the indus-try in which they are working while also allowing employees to get college credit for a minor,” said Hus-eyin Dogan, instructor of grain science at Kansas State University.
Helping individuals earn these stand-alone minors will help increase the number of educated professionals in the grain science industry, Dogan said.
University now offering online minors in grain science
MANHATTAN — A Kan-sas State University epidemi-ologist is helping cats, pet owners and soldiers stay healthy by studying feline tularemia and the factors that influence its prevalence.
Ram Raghavan, assistant professor of diagnostic medi-cine and pathobiology, and collaborative researchers have found that a certain combination of climate, physical environment and socio-ecologic conditions are behind tularemia infections among cats in the region.
More than 50 percent of all tularemia cases in the U.S. occur in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas, Raghavan said.
Francisella tularensis, a bacterium that causes tula-remia, commonly circulates among ticks, rabbits and rodents in the wild, but also frequently infects domestic cats. Tularemia is a zoonotic disease that can spread to
humans through ticks or insect bites, eating under-cooked rabbit meat, close contact with infected ani-mals or even through air-borne means. If left untreat-ed, it can cause death in humans and animals, Ragha-van said. While it is not known exactly how many human tularemia cases are caused by exposure to infect-ed cats, it is possible for cats to transmit the disease to owners through bites and scratches.
Cats also can be reliable sentinels for recognizing dis-ease activity in the environ-ment. If cats hunt outdoors or come into contact with an infected rabbit or animal, they can bring tularemia back to their owners.
Raghavan’s research so far has found that tularemia is more likely to appear:
• In newly urbanized areas.
• In residential locations
surrounded by grassland.• In high-humidity envi-
ronments. Raghavan found that locations where tulare-mia was confirmed had high-humidity conditions about eight weeks before the dis-ease appeared.
For the research, Ragha-van is partnering with the university’s geography department and the Public Health Department of Fort Riley Medical Activity. Raghavan maps tularemia cases confirmed by the Kan-sas State Veterinary Diag-nostic Laboratory and then collaborates with John Har-rington Jr. and Doug Goodin — both professors of geogra-phy — to compile geospatial data for tularemia locations. By bringing in layers of data the researchers are deter-mining how different influ-ential factors -- such as cli-mate, land cover, landscape and pet owners’ economic conditions -- can lead to
feline tularemia.“Taking a multidisci-
plinary and computational approach helps us quickly understand the disease and make new discoveries,” Raghavan said. “We use diag-nostic information collected over time at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Labo-ratory and a wealth of extremely useful informa-tion from NASA and other agencies.
We can then put all these data in a framework where it is useful for public health and animal health.”
While tularemia is more common in young children and men, people also can get the disease when mowing lawns in a contaminated area, Raghavan said. Both human and feline tularemia cases peak through late spring and summer — when the weather is warmer, more ticks are present and more people are outside.
Research helps felines feel fine by understanding deadly zoonotic disease
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In briefSeatbelt
enforcement to run through March 7
Officers with the Junction City Police Department will be conduct-ing seatbelt enforcement in the Junction City High School area start-ing tomorrow and running through March 7.
There will be additional officers in the area to observe those who are not buckled up and will take enforcement action, according to Capt. Chuck Leithoff.
Officers are working in coopera-tion with the state of Kansas Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Safety and Technology.
Junction City Little Theater to hold
additional auditionsThe Junction City Little Theatre
will be holding an additional night of auditions at 7 p.m. today at the C.L. Hoover Opera House.
Junction City Little Theater offi-cials said not enough men showed up during Sunday and Monday’s auditions to fully cast the show.
For those who can’t attend, they can email [email protected] or call (785) 761-6070.
College Goal SundayManhattan High School will host
College Goal Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Manhattan High School’s West Campus, at 2100 Poyntz Ave. in Manhattan.
Financial aid professionals will be on hand to provide help with the Free Application for Federal Stu-dent Aid (FAFSA). There will be a drawing for a $500 scholarship. For more information, visit www.col-legegoal.org.
Butterflies! returns to Manhattan Town
CenterButterflies! returns to Manhat-
tan Town Center March 1-23. An interactive butterfly house will be set up, which features over 100 live butterflies. There will also be take-home butterfly kits available for sale, with a portion of those sales benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Manhattan. Field trip opportunities are available.
For more information, visit www.manhattantowncenter.com.
4-H/Senior Citizens Building annual
fundraiserThe 4-H/Senior Citizens Building
annual fundraiser will be held March 29 at the 4-H/Senior Citizens Building, located at 1025 S. Spring Valley Road in Junction City.
A catered dinner will be served from 6-7 p.m. Tickets are $10.
There will be silent auction items, raffle items and live auction items, to include pies baked by Geary County 4-Hers, two 47-inch by 57-inch throws — one Kansas State University and one Kansas University, and several gift baskets.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward building improve-ments and upgrades.
Tickets ar available at the Geary County Extension Office, the Geary County Senior Citizens Office, and from building committee mem-bers.
For more information, call the Geary County K-State Research and Extension Office at (785) 238-4161.
VITA site tax prep appointments
availableThe Volunteer Income Tax Assis-
tance program provides free tax preparation for individuals and families with a gross income less than $52,000. Volunteer tax assis-tors prepare federal and Kansas state returns.
Submitted photoThe Friends of Scouting held a campaign kickoff and Good Scout Award breakfast Friday honoring the Seitz family. Kirk Schulz, president of Kansas State University, was the keynote speaker. Shown are, from left: Duane Blythe; Richard Seitz; Kirk Schultz; and John Seitz.
By Chase Jordan
Health Department officials want residents to kick the tobacco habit.
“We talk about tobacco and some people just see it as a choice,” Administrator Patricia Hunter said. “No, it’s not a choice, it’s very addictive.”
During a Wednesday meeting for the Junction City-Geary Coun-ty Joint Board of Health, Hunter discussed deterring tobacco use.
One way to accomplish that is through the Chronic Disease Risk Reduction (CDRR) program. Its purpose is to provide the depart-ment with multiple opportunities to provide outreach and health communication in the community. Although the department is work-ing to educate the public about the health risks of obesity, Hunter said they also want to focus on tobacco.
According to the Center for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, smoking risks include cancer, stroke, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which causes airflow blockage and breathing-related problems.
“Considering now that we have more evidence on the impact of tobacco, we feel strongly from a public health standpoint that we need to focus heavily on the tobac-co prevention component,” Hunter said.
The department is currently working to obtain CDRR grant money to raise awareness. The possible amount is unknown.
“We’re going to focus more on students and, if possible, combine it with some existing youth pro-grams,” Hunter said. “When they see commercials, we want them to dissect it so they don’t get influ-enced by the glamour aspect and to understand that their health is a lifetime thing that they need to take care of.”
One idea mentioned during the
program included “Tar Wars,” a tobacco-free education program for elementary students through the DARE program.
According to annual reports, the Community Health Assessment Group Evaluation (CHANGE) tool was established in 2012 to improve health. Some of the ongoing activi-ties included working with Geary County schools and the promotion of Kansas Quitline, a counseling service.
Department improving policy for treating minors Board members discussed the
current policy for treating minors.
One of the main issues with that policy is pregnancy.
Hunter would like to reinforce that pregnant girls should have parental involvement while receiving services at the depart-ment.
“The medical community could see them, but on our side it was perceived that we can do the same thing,” Hunter said. “As new employees come in, some-times that education diminishes. Now we need to put it in a policy format.”
Hunter said they’ll continue to work with the minors on life-changing issues such as preg-nancy.
“We go through the process with them and tell them that their parents must know at some point,” Hunter said. “It’s better to be early so we can provide good prenatal care, so the out-come is a healthy baby.”
Board of Health seeks to help locals kick tobacco habit“We talk about tobacco
and some people just see it as a choice. No, it’s not a choice, it’s very addictive.”
Patricia Hunter
Administrator, Junction City-Geary County Joint Board of
Health
Friends of ScoutingBy Tim Weideman
Heritage Park could soon be home to another memorial honoring mili-tary veterans.
The Junction City Com-mission accepted the planned memorial as a gift from the Flint Hills Rotary Club Tuesday night. The club is working to raise about $30,000 to fund the construction and installa-tion of the memorial.
Club member Steve Pringle told commission-ers veterans in the com-munity wanted to see a memorial that encom-passed more of those who served.
“They would really like to see a small memorial for the veterans that actu-ally sacrificed for our free-dom,” he said.
Other area veterans and motorcycle organizations are helping the club raise the needed funds. The project will be privately funded with no cost to the city.
Once funds have been raised, the memorial will be mounted on a concrete base measuring about seven feet wide and five feet tall. It will be placed north of the current Kan-sas Vietnam Memorial along the Washington Street side of the park.
The planned memorial depicts engraved seals in remembrance of all Pris-oners of War-Missing in
Action, Killed in Action and Wounded in Action veterans. The memorial’s rear would be engraved with two poems honoring veterans and brother-hood.
Pringle said the memo-rial would be a welcomed addition to the park’s cur-rent memorials.
“Through the year, that area they use for wed-dings, re-enlistments,” he said. “The veterans use that area a lot.”
The Flint Hills Rotary Club, Pringle said, has taken care of the area of the park near the Vietnam memorial since 1998. The organization has been working on the new memo-rial project for six months.
Pringle, who said he’s had people already asking about making donations, believes the memorial could be installed later this year.
“I see it done this fall,” he said.
Any leftover donations the club receives will be used for continuing main-tenance in that area of the park.
Vice Mayor Pat Landes told Pringle he appreci-ates the club keeping that area beautiful.
“Your group does a great job of maintaining that area,” Landes said.
For information on how to donate to the new memorial, call (785) 761-5740 or visit the JC Memo-rial Facebook page.
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Rago Cardiopulmonary At Geary Community Hospital
It’s here at
Geary!
Cardiac RehabRecovering from a heart attack and the heart surgery, angioplasty or stents that follows can be quite overwhelming. There is so much to deal with as you adjust to your new life and make changes to your life-long habits.
A part of those changes and recovery is your participation in a cardiac rehabilitation (cardiac rehab) program. Patients generally complete Phase I of cardiac rehab while still a patient in the hospital that did their surgery or procedure. Once released from the hospital you will then enroll in a Phase II course as offered by the Rago Cardiopul-monary department at Geary Community Hospital.
The Phase II rehabilitation course is a 12-week program done on an outpatient basis in Junction City. There is no need to go out of town to continue your rehabilitation. You would participate in a one-hour cardiac rehab session three times per week. During these sessions the caring staff provides education and counseling services; they demonstrate and have you participate inexercises; and provide nutritional guidance, drug consultation and equipment instruction, all with the goal of restoring you to your fullest physical potential, reduce cardiac symptoms, and reduce the risk of future heart problems, including heart attacks.
If you have heart disease and your physician prescribes cardiac rehab, call GCH’s Rago Cardiopulmonary department at 785-210-3393. Close to home, it’s here at Geary Community Hospital.
Bob Kimbrell, Unit ManagerTammy Moser, RRT
785-210-3393
GCH’s Tammy Moser, RTT adjusts the stationary bike for Loren Buxman of Chapman.
Rago Cardiopulmonary At Geary Community Hospital
It’s here at
Geary!
Cardiac RehabRecovering from a heart attack and the heart surgery, angioplasty or stents that follows can be quite overwhelming. There is so much to deal with as you adjust to your new life and make changes to your life-long habits.
A part of those changes and recovery is your participation in a cardiac rehabilitation (cardiac rehab) program. Patients generally complete Phase I of cardiac rehab while still a patient in the hospital that did their surgery or procedure. Once released from the hospital you will then enroll in a Phase II course as offered by the Rago Cardiopul-monary department at Geary Community Hospital.
The Phase II rehabilitation course is a 12-week program done on an outpatient basis in Junction City. There is no need to go out of town to continue your rehabilitation. You would participate in a one-hour cardiac rehab session three times per week. During these sessions the caring staff provides education and counseling services; they demonstrate and have you participate inexercises; and provide nutritional guidance, drug consultation and equipment instruction, all with the goal of restoring you to your fullest physical potential, reduce cardiac symptoms, and reduce the risk of future heart problems, including heart attacks.
If you have heart disease and your physician prescribes cardiac rehab, call GCH’s Rago Cardiopulmonary department at 785-210-3393. Close to home, it’s here at Geary Community Hospital.
Bob Kimbrell, Unit ManagerTammy Moser, RRT
785-210-3393
GCH’s Tammy Moser, RTT adjusts the stationary bike for Loren Buxman of Chapman.
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Mildred MannsOct. 18, 1926 — Feb. 12, 2014
Mildred Eileen Manns, a resident of Junction City, passed away Feb. 12, 2014 at her home at the age of 87.
Mildred was born Oct. 18, 1926 at a farm home near Solomon.
Her parents were Charles Edward and Mildred Eileen Buck Leister.
She attended school at Sacred Heart in Salina, and graduated from Sacred Heart High School with the class of 1944.
She worked for Consolidated Print-ing in Salina for several years.
She was married to Stephen Nicho-las Manns on Jan. 19, 1949 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salina.
They moved to Junction City, and
she was employed as a bookkeeper for Smith and Waddell Pharmacy and Dr. M. S. Wisby as a receptionist.
She was a member of St. Xavier’s Catholic Church in Junction City.
She is survived by her husband, Stephen of their home in Junction City; one son, Michael J. Manns and his wife Vickie of Topeka; two grand-children, Lacie Walker and Kaylee Manns; two great-grandchildren, Hallie Walker and Alexis Walker; and two sisters, Mary K. Peterson of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Patricia Mille-son Stole of Mulvane.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mildred.
The Funeral Mass for Mildred Eileen Manns will be held at St. Xavi-er’s Catholic Church in Junction City Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. Father Kerry Nine-mire will officiate. Burial of the ashes will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Junction City following the Mass.
The Rosary will be recited at St. Xavier’s Catholic Church Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m., followed by visitation with the family. Memorials may be given to St. Xavier’s Catholic Church.
Memorials may be sent in care of the Londeen Funeral Chapel, Box 429, Chapman, KS 67431.
By The Associated Press
TORONTO — Mavis Gal-lant, the Montreal-born writer who carved out an international reputation as a master short-story author while living in Paris for decades, died Tuesday at age 91, her publisher said.
The bilingual Quebecoise started out as a journalist and went on to publish well over 100 short stories in her lauded career, many of them
in The New Yorker maga-zine and in collections such as “The Other Paris, “Across the Bridge” and “In Tran-sit.” Random House in Can-ada confirmed the death, saying she died in her Paris apartment Tuesday morn-ing. American author Joyce Carol Oates compared Gal-lant to another Canadian short story master, Alice Munro, who captured the 2013 Nobel Prize for litera-ture.
Canadian writer Gallant dies at 91
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WASHINGTON — The Home-land Security has warned airlines that terrorists could try to hide explosives in shoes. It’s the sec-ond time in less than three weeks that the government has issued a warning about possible attempts to smuggle explosives on a com-mercial jetliner.
Homeland Security said Wednesday it regularly shares relevant information with domes-tic and international partners, but it declined to discuss specifics of a warning sent to airlines.
“Our security apparatus includes a number of measures, both seen and unseen, informed by the latest intelligence and as always DHS continues to adjust security measures to fit an ever evolving threat environment,” the department said in a state-ment.
A U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press that DHS released a notice to airlines reit-erating that liquids, shoes and certain cosmetics were of con-cern, all of which are covered under existing Transportation Security Administration security policies.
The latest warning was focused on flights headed to the United States from abroad.
The official said “something caused DHS concern, but it’s a very low threshold to trigger a warning like this.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.
Earlier this month Homeland Security warned airlines with flights to Russia to be on the look-out for explosive devices possibly hidden inside toothpaste. The Transportation Security Admin-istration then banned passengers from bringing any liquids in their carry-on luggage on nonstop flights from the U.S. to Russia. That warning became public just days before the opening ceremo-nies of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
It is unclear if the latest warn-ing, first reported Wednesday by NBC News, is related to the earli-er threats to Russia-bound flights.
Air passengers in the United States have had to take off their shoes at airport security check-points since shortly after Richard Reid tried to ignite explosives hid-den in his shoes on a Miami-
bound flight in late 2001. Reid pleaded guilty to terrorism charg-es and is serving a life sentence.
The traveling public has grown increasingly impatient with expanding security checks at air-ports.
TSA in recent years has changed some security proce-dures to allow young children and passengers 75 and older to keep their shoes on. The security agen-cy has also launched a fee-based program that allows willing fly-ers to submit to background checks and avoid having to remove their shoes, jackets and small amounts of liquids packed in car-ry-on luggage.
Taliban say they discussed prison swap
with USISLAMABAD, Pakistan —
Washington has held indirect talks with the Taliban over the possible transfer of five senior Taliban prisoners from Guantan-amo Bay in exchange for a U.S. soldier captured nearly five years ago, a senior Taliban official told The Associated Press.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 27, of Hai-ley, Idaho, was last seen in a video released in December, footage seen as “proof of life” demanded by the United States. Bergdahl is believed to be held in the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the only U.S. sol-dier to be captured in America’s longest war, which began with the U.S.-led ouster of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for shel-tering al-Qaida in 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The talks, which the Taliban official said took place sometime over the past two months in a Middle East country, would be the first significant movement toward an exchange since it was last discussed by the U.S. and the Taliban in June 2013.
That earlier initiative, along with the overall peace efforts, lost steam after Afghan President Hamid Karzai argued over the name of a Taliban political office that opened in the Gulf nation of Qatar. The office was eventually closed but several Taliban have remained behind in Qatar.
A U.S. official said the Ameri-cans are considering a prisoner exchange but would not comment
on whether any new talks have taken place.
The official, who has been closely involved with this issue and has knowledge of previous talks with the Taliban, refused to give more details.
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf would not confirm the efforts.
“We are not currently involved in active negotiations with the Taliban,” Harf said Wednesday. “Clearly if negotiations do resume at some point with the Taliban, then we would want to talk with them about the safe return of Ser-geant Bergdahl.”
In Kabul, a senior Afghan offi-cial said the U.S. has recently been in touch with Karzai’s gov-ernment over a possible exchange involving Berdahl, who was cap-tured on June 30, 2009.
Time might be ripe for a swap. Karzai has refused to sign a
bilateral security agreement that would allow the U.S. to leave a residual force in Afghanistan after the NATO-led combat mis-sion formally ends at the end of this year. Karzai says he must first see movement on reconcilia-tion with the Taliban. He main-tains that Washington has con-nections with the Taliban that can help with this process.
But there are potential road-blocks.
The five Taliban detainees cur-rently are not among those Guan-tanamo Bay prisoners who have been approved for transfer once their home countries provide security guarantees.
The Obama administration, which wants to close the facility, has argued that many approved transfers effectively have been blocked by rigid restrictions imposed by Congress. Recently, Congress eased the restrictions, including the toughest one, requiring the secretary of defense to “personally certify that there would be no recidivism for any detainee he certified,” according to Pentagon spokesman, Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale.
The transfer process, once it has begun, would take about two months, a senior U.S. official said, also speaking on condition of anonymity.
Both U.S. officials and the Afghan official spoke on condi-tion of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss
the issue publicly.It was not clear where the five
Taliban prisoners would go if released from Guantanamo Bay. Karzai has demanded that they be transferred to Afghanistan. The Taliban want them released to Qatar, suggesting they could be helpful with the peace process.
The senior Taliban official said leaders of the movement “are serious about the prisoners’ issue.” He said the talks were held through an intermediary and did not involve direct discus-sions with U.S. officials. He refused to give more details and spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar’s permission to talk to the media.
The five Taliban detainees at the heart of the proposal are the most senior Afghans still held at the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba. Each has been held since 2002.
They include:— Mohammad Fazl, whom
Human Rights Watch says could be prosecuted for war crimes for presiding over the mass killing of Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan in 2000 and 2001 as the Taliban sought to consolidate its control over the country.
— Abdul Haq Wasiq, who served as the Taliban deputy min-ister of intelligence and was in direct contact with supreme lead-er Mullah Omar as well as other senior Taliban figures, according to military documents. Under Wasiq, there were widespread accounts of killings, torture and mistreatment.
— Mullah Norullah Nori, who was a senior Taliban commander in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif when the Taliban fought U.S. forces in late 2001. He previ-ously served as a Taliban gover-nor in two northern provinces, where he has been accused of ordering the massacre of thou-sands of Shiites.
— Khairullah Khairkhwa, who served in various Taliban posi-tions including interior minister and a military commander and had direct ties to Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden, according to U.S. military documents.
His U.S. lawyers have argued in court papers that his affiliation with the Taliban was a matter of circumstance, rather than ideolo-
gy, and that he had backed away from them by the time of his cap-ture. His lawyers also have argued that he was merely a civil servant and had no military role, though a judge found otherwise and said there was enough evidence to jus-tify holding him at Guantanamo. His lawyers have appealed.
— Mohammed Nabi, who served as chief of security for the Taliban in Qalat, Afghanistan and later worked as a radio operator for the Taliban’s communications office in Kabul and as an office manager in the border depart-ment, according to U.S. military documents. In the spring of 2002, he told interrogators that he received about $500 from a CIA operative as part of the unsuc-cessful effort to track down Mul-lah Omar. When that didn’t pan out, he says he ended up helping the agency locate al-Qaida mem-bers.
Body found believed to be missing Missouri girl’s
ST. LOUIS — A middle-school football coach has been jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder in the abduction and death of a 10-year-old girl in southwest Mis-souri, police said Wednesday.
A body believed to be that of Hailey Owens was found Wednes-day at a Springfield home owned by the suspect, Police Chief Paul Williams said at a news confer-ence. Official confirmation won’t occur until after an autopsy, but the chief said police “have a high degree of confidence” in the pre-liminary identification. He did not disclose the child’s cause of death.
Police say Craig Michael Wood, 45, is jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder but formal charg-es have not been filed.
The Greene County prosecutor is reviewing the case and sched-uled a news conference for late Wednesday afternoon.
Hailey was walking to a friend’s home in Springfield just before 5 p.m. Tuesday. Witnesses told investigators that a man in a gold 2008 Ford Ranger pickup truck drove down the street several times before abducting the child, who was just several blocks from her own home.
Wood was arrested late Tues-day inside the truck parked out-side his small, single-story home.
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Talk about sticker shock. The Junction City Commission was handed a doozie during a Monday work session when members were
told repairs and upgrades to the city’s water and wastewater facilities could cost $63 million over the next seven years. For a city that still owes $150 mil-lion it has been struggling and sacrificing to pay down over the past four years or so, that is not wel-come news.
As citizens become aware of the situation, there will be finger-pointing. Clearly the water and wastewater plants have not been properly main-tained and upgraded, so the city is now at a junc-ture where the situation has become critical. Veolia Water has operated the city’s three treatment plants since 1989. Now as City Manager Gerald Smith said, these expensive upgrades must be done to keep the plants running.
The city Tuesday night hired a consultant to fig-ure out the next steps, which will include rate hikes, borrowing money, and determining the true capital and maintenance needs.
It is going to be an expensive proposition, even if the $63 million price tag provided by HDR Engi-neering proves overly pessimistic. It is hard to see where city officials have any choice but to move forward. One thing is clear, however. Future plans must include adequate funding and manpower for proper maintenance.
The importance of working togetherWe agree that the chamber should have consult-
ed with the economic development commission before agreeing to pursue a capital campaign feasi-bility study, as some members have indicated. The commission is one of the umbrella agencies under the chamber, and as it name implies, economic development is its primary focus.
The community development fundraising cam-paign, if it takes place, would doubtlessly include economic development as one of its goals. Mem-bers of the economic development committee have voiced support for the study, even if they weren’t included in the decision.
The focus now should be on the study itself, while remembering in the future that including all stakeholders best ensures success.
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Animal quality of life becoming hot topicBy John Schlageck
Kansas Farm Bureau
Farmers and ranchers have always adhered to sound principles of animal care for their livestock.
Society’s views on animal welfare, on the other hand, continue to evolve.
Today, people are becoming more concerned for the animal’s quality of life.
While there are fringe groups, “activ-ists” if you will, many people have hon-est questions and concerns about the quality of life for food animals.
Who are these people?Some are like you. Others may be
like me.They are not opposed to eating meat.
They just want to know that while that sow is going through the production cycle, she has a reasonable quality of life.
Consumers want to know animals
are not abused or subjected to inhu-mane conditions. They believe animals should be well cared for and the people who care for them honestly care for them.
Farmers and ranchers cannot single out anyone and place blame for these changing societal views. Instead, the agricultural sector must view this as our culture and society coming to terms with new types of social issues. It just so happens animals have become integrated into this process.
One reason for this new interest in animal welfare may be that Western European, Japanese and U.S. consum-ers do not have to worry about where their next meal comes from.
U.S. citizens have time to contem-plate the quality of life for animals in this country, but few of us want to change our own lifestyles.
Farmers and ranchers – those people who provide our food – will have to continue to accept and use sound ani-
mal husbandry practices. If agricul-tural producers honestly show they are putting effort into meeting a standard of care that’s beneficial and conducive to a healthy living standard, the public will accept and embrace those who raise and care for livestock.
Agricultural producers must stay tuned to societal and consumer con-cerns and be responsive industry-wide while enhancing the well-being of their livestock.
That said, today’s consumers will continue to regard agriculture highly and embrace a food which they enjoy and feel good about.
John Schlageck is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas. Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwestern Kansas, his writing reflects a lifetime of experience, knowledge and passion.
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Another view
The following editorial appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Ga-zette on Monday, Feb. 17:
The three-day visit of French President Francois Hollande to the United States last week, once the fluff about his love life was brushed away, under-lined the importance of the relationship between America and France.
France has had particular value to the United States as an ally, starting in America’s revolution-ary period. Perhaps its most useful characteristic as an ally across the years is that it wields credible military power and is willing and able to use it. The French president is able to send troops into diffi-cult situations at the drop of a hat, generally with-out even grumbling from the parliament.
France and Mr. Hollande have done so, most recently in two of France’s former African colo-nies, Mali and the Central African Republic. France, with the United Kingdom, also signed on to Presi-dent Barack Obama’s intervention in support of rebels fighting against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in Libya. The Fezzan, Libya’s third region after coastal Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, was also part of France’s colonial domain.
France’s other value as an ally in 2014 is the fact that it is the strongest country, after Germany, in the 28-nation European Union and, after the United Kingdom, America’s most important partner in NATO, the trans-Atlantic military alliance. Its gov-ernments do not always agree with Washington, notably over the Iraq War, but are always an impor-tant interlocutor.
This visit, apart from the fussing over who at the White House state dinner sat in the place that was to have been occupied by Mr. Hollande’s former significant other, Valerie Trierweiler _ the Obamas put him between them _ permitted discussion between the two presidents of a range of important issues. These included the problems presented by the continuing Syria conflict, progress in the Israe-li-Palestinian negotiations and growing pressure for boycotts against Israel, and the discussions with Iran on curtailing its nuclear ambitions in return for easing the economic sanctions against it. Top-level U.S.-French contacts are always useful. These were particularly timely, given the critical issues on the tables at which both countries sit.
Beyond Affirmative ActionBy Dr. Ben carSon
Special to the Daily Union
As a child growing up in Detroit and Boston, I had many oppor-tunities to experience the ugly
face of racism and witnessed the devas-tating toll exacted by its mean-spirited nature.
I was a victim of the racism of low expectations for black children, but in retrospect, I can see that many of those attitudes were based on ignorance. Large numbers of white people actual-ly believed that blacks were intellectu-ally inferior, and there was a host of other inaccurate beliefs that whites held about blacks and that blacks held about whites.
Many of those misperceptions prob-ably would have persisted if measures had not been taken to abolish the sepa-ration of the races.
One of those measures was affirma-tive action, which was based on the admirable concept that we should take into consideration inherent difficulties faced by minorities growing up in a racist society.
I believe that I benefited from affir-mative action.
When I applied to Yale University, I thought my chances of being accepted were favorable only because I was somewhat naive about admissions requirements for a high-powered Ivy League institution.
I graduated third in my high school class rather than at the top, largely because my sophomore year was a total waste after I got caught up in the negative aspects of peer pressure and abandoned my studies for the sake of social acceptance. I had a healthy grade-point average by the time I grad-uated, and one of the Detroit newspa-pers printed an article that stated I had the highest SAT scores of any student graduating from the Detroit public schools in 20 years. I was also the city executive officer for the ROTC pro-gram and had a long list of extracur-ricular activities.
In my mind, I was pretty hot stuff. Only after I got to Yale and became cognizant of my classmates’ many accomplishments did I realize that the admissions committee had taken a sub-stantial risk on me and that I had been extended special consideration. My early academic experiences were trau-matic, and but for the grace of God, I would have flunked out.
Fortunately, I was able to adjust to the academic rigors necessary to quali-fy for medical school admission at the University of Michigan.
Medical school was transformative, and I was subsequently accepted into the selective neurosurgical residency at Johns Hopkins. By that time, no spe-cial considerations were expected or needed.
Today, there are many young people from a variety of racial backgrounds who are severely deprived economical-ly and could benefit from the extension of a helping hand in education, employ-ment and other endeavors. Such extra consideration is actually helpful to all of us as a society.
For each individual we prevent from going down the path of underachieve-ment, there is one less person who will need support from governmental enti-tlement programs. More importantly, there is one more person who may make substantial contributions that benefit mankind.
The real question is this: Who should receive extra consideration from a nation that has a tradition of cheering for the underdog? My answer to that question may surprise many, but I don’t believe race determines under-dog status today. Rather, it is the cir-cumstances of one’s life that should be considered.
For example, let’s take a child who is a member of a racial minority with parents who are successful profession-als who have given their child every imaginable advantage.The child applies to a prestigious university with a 3.95 grade-point average, excellent SAT scores and a great record of communi-
ty service. This child would obviously be an excellent candidate for admis-sion.
Let’s take another child who is white, but whose father is incarcerated and whose mother is an alcoholic. Despite these disadvantages, the child still has a 3.7 grade-point average, very good SAT scores and a resume that includes several low-paying jobs. Without tak-ing any other factors into consider-ation, the choice is clear: The first stu-dent would be admitted over the sec-ond.
However, I think extra consideration should go to the second child, who has clearly demonstrated the tenacity and determination to succeed in the face of daunting odds.
If that second child happens to be a member of a racial minority, obviously he would receive the extra consider-ation, as well.
I call this “compassionate action.” Such a strategy demonstrates sensitiv-ity and compassion, as well as recogni-tion of substantial achievement in the face of difficult obstacles. The groups who benefit from compassionate action will probably change over time, depend-ing on which ones have the greatest number of obstacles to overcome. The point is, it’s time to be more concerned about the content of character than the color of skin when extending extra consideration.
Some people are still willfully igno-rant and wish to look at external physi-cal characteristics in determining a person’s abilities. These people are unlikely to change even when equipped with information, because they already think they possess superior knowledge and wisdom. All we can do is pray that someday, they will have a change of heart.
Ben S. Carson is professor emeritus of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University. To find out more about Ben Carson and to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.
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Police & RecoRds6A The Daily Union. Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014
Junction City Police Department
The Junction City Police Depart-ment made 14 arrests and respond-ed to 154 calls in the 48-hour peri-od ending 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Monday• 1:20 p.m. — Accident, 521 E.
Chestnut St.• 1:32 p.m. — Burglary, 1325
Summit St.• 2:15 p.m. — Damage to prop-
erty, 1513 W. Ash St.• 4:06 p.m. — Theft, 521 E. Chest-
nut St.• 4:07 p.m. — Domestic, 500
block of S. Webster St.• 6:48 p.m. — Disturbance, 1517
W. Ash St.• 8:23 p.m. — Assault, 1441 West-
wood Blvd.
Tuesday
• 8:13 a.m. — Burglary, 236 W. 14th St.
• 12:55 p.m. — Theft, 118 E. 13th St.
• 1:21 p.m. — Theft, 1810 Caro-line Ave.
• 2:38 p.m. — Domestic, 1100 block of Saint Marys Road
• 3:40 p.m. — Accident, 924 W. Sixth St.
• 7:50 p.m. — Disturbance, 600 W. 12th St.
• 8:42 p.m. — Battery, 918 W. Eighth St.
• 8:55 p.m. — Accident, 1206 N. Adams St.
Grandview Plaza Police Department
The Grandview Plaza Police Department made no arrests and responded to 20 calls in the 48-hour period ending 12 a.m. Wednesday.
Junction City Fire Department
The Junction City Fire Depart-ment made 17 transports and responded to 24 calls in the 48-hour period ending 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Geary County Sheriff’s DepartmentThe Geary County Sheriff ’s
Department made eight arrests and responded to 102 calls in the 48-hour period ending 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Geary County Detention Center
The Geary County Detention Center booked the following indi-
viduals during the 48-hour period ending 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Monday• 5:20 a.m. — Rachel Faulkner,
driving under the influence, fol-lowing too closely, improper driv-ing on a laned roadway
• 12:15 p.m. — Ira Autry, driving while suspended, speeding
• 4:31 p.m. — Joshua Grant, fail-ure to appear
• 4:51 p.m. — Terrell Smith, criminal damage to property
• 7:02 p.m. — Roy Jones, proba-tion violation
Tuesday• 1:16 p.m. — Matthew Schoettle,
failure to appear, possession of opi-ates, opium or narcotic drugs (2); felony possession of drug para-phernalia
• 1:55 p.m. — Mariah Elamin, failure to appear, possession of hal-
lucinogenic, unknown severity• 3:46 p.m. — Myrtle Crawford,
failure to appear• 5:25 p.m. — Brian Flanary, out-
side warrant (2), failure to appear• 5:46 p.m. — Joshua Dantzler,
failure to appear, probation viola-tion
• 5:50 p.m. — Deontay Mays, battery, unlawful discharge of fire-arms, criminal use of weapons misdemeanor
• 7:39 p.m. — James Meredith, criminal threat
• 9:30 p.m. — Nolan Stutler, domestic battery
Wednesday• 12:20 a.m. — Willie Arnold,
driving while suspended, speeding• 3:45 a.m. — Isaac Johnson,
aggravated battery, criminal threat, theft
KANSAS NEWS
TOPEKA — The Kansas Republican Party is pushing legislators to change the dates of local elections and make them partisan, but a GOP-dominated state Senate committee rejected the sec-ond part of that plan Wednes-day.
The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee debated a bill to hold city, local school board and community col-lege board elections on the same schedule as legislative, congressional and statewide contests.
Primaries would be in August of even-numbered years and general elections in November. The committee rewrote parts of the measure extensively and doesn’t expect to take final action on it until at least next week.
Kansas holds nonpartisan local elections in the spring of odd-numbered years, with the general elections in early April. Voter turnout percent-ages can dip into the single digits, and Republican Party officials point out that hav-ing local elections coincide with state, congressional and presidential ones is certain to boost turnout.
“The intent of trying to move these elections is really to drive voter turnout,” state GOP Chairman Kelly Arnold said after the committee’s meeting. “Part of it is taking the elections and moving them to where the voters are.”
But the committee removed language making local elections partisan. Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, a Leaven-worth Republican whose dis-trict includes Fort Leaven-worth, noted federal law pre-vents military personnel and federal workers from run-ning for partisan office.
“A number of them have served in city commissions or on school boards, and this would deprive us of some very good people,” said Fitzgerald, a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
Arnold and other Republi-
can Party officials argued that making the elections partisan would help voters pick candidates by at least letting party affiliation act as a rough guide to their phi-losophies in low-key races in which voters sometimes don’t see much campaign advertising.
Arnold said parties also can help candidates dissemi-nate their messages.
But some critics of the leg-islation see a push for parti-san elections as an attempt by conservatives to use their clout within the GOP, the dominant political party in most of the state, to assert more control over cities and school districts.
And the rewritten mea-sure is still drawing opposi-tion from local officials, who acknowledge the low turn-out in their elections but con-tend down-ballot races will get lost amid other contests in even-numbered years.
“They’re trying to change
things that don’t need to be changed,” said Mike Taylor, a lobbyist for the Unified Government of Kansas City, and Wyandotte County.
House panel reviews school standards bill
TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee has heard testimony from an overflow crowd on a bill that would bar use of the Common Core standards for reading and math in public schools.
Supporters and oppo-nents of the standards filled the House Education Com-mittee meeting room and the adjacent corridor for Wednesday’s hearing.
The measure seeks to reverse a 2010 State Board of Education decision to adopt the standards. It would also create an advi-sory group to develop new guidelines for math and
reading.Witnesses had 90 seconds
each to address the com-mittee, which asked no questions and took no action on the bill.
Kansas was part of a multi-state consortium that developed the Com-mon Core standards to cre-ate common material that students should master.
States were able to add content to the standards.
Woman in sex trafficking case
released on bondWICHITA — A former
Wichita massage parlor worker has been released on bond while she awaits sentencing in a sex traf-ficking case.
Xiuqing Tian (shoo-ching tee-AHN’) of Framingham, Mass., had been jailed since she pleaded guilty in November to helping
induce an immigrant to reside unlawfully in the United States.
The U.S. Attorney’s office says a federal judge on Wednesday granted Tian’s request to be released to a halfway house. The judge also ordered her to obtain lawful employment.
Tian has agreed to testify against her two former employers, who are await-ing trial.
In her plea deal, she admitted moving to Wichita to work for the pair and said they encouraged her to perform sex acts for patrons of two massage parlors where she worked.
House approves college textbook
tax breakTOPEKA — Students at
public and private colleges in Kansas would get a tax break on textbook purchas-es under a bill approved by the state House.
Wednesday’s 122-0 House vote sends the measure to
the Senate. The bill creates a state
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OrganizatiOns & Clubs The Daily Union. Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 7A
Geary County Landlords
AssociationThe Geary County Land-
lords Association meeting took place Feb. 10 at the Dor-othy Bramlage Public Library.
Doris Nelson was re-elect-ed Geary County represen-taive to The Associated Land-lords of Kansas (TALK). TALK brings together repre-sentatives of landlord groups from across Kansas, and serves the interests of all landlords.
The meeting discussion centered on a Q&A session addressing numerous issues related to rental properties, such as vacancies, home inspections, occupancy lim-its, poor housekeeping, among others.
Gary Olds introduced the members to the new Geary County website, www.geary-co.gov/appraiser, which gives access to properties throughout the county, through the Parcel Search link.
The date and place of the next meeting will be announced at a later date.
Walla Walla EEUThe Walla Walla EEU met
on a chilly day in February, with Karen Baldwin, presi-dent, opening the meeting with a saying, “Seven days of inspiration. Take care of one day at a time, and you will feel good all week.” Minutes were read by Kathryn Rog-ers, after which roll call was answered by sharing a spe-cial Valentine memory, which was quite entertain-ing.
We were pleased to have nine members present out of our 10 membership. Coun-cilmember Jackie Breeze reported our barn tour and lunch at the Hayes House might be changed to May 29, instead of May 28, depending on what day our presenter will be available.
Also, the Fall Festival will be on making tote bags out of plastic bags.
There was a discussion on material for our stuffed ani-mals at the hospital.
It was decided if we have flannel pieces at home or get it on sale, we should take advantage of it.
The club voted to donate money to the 4-H fundraiser on March 29, which is a worthwhile project. Marga-ret Hildebrand asked for Ag Day volunteers on May 2. We are pleased to say, of our nine members, seven volun-teered.
We will all be bringing items for the Crisis Center next month.
It was mentioned coloring books would be nice for the children.
Margaret gave a most interesting and informative lesson on “A President’s Day Presentation.” Abraham Lincoln, who was born in 1809 and would be celebrat-ing his 205th birthday this year, was our 16th president.
He came from a humble beginning.
His family lived on the land. When living in Illinois, he was elected president, and was such for five years, until he was assassinated.
He was honest, communi-cated with others, and was a hard worker.
He enjoyed reading, espe-cially the Bible. George Washington was the first president who did not repre-sent a political party. Marga-ret presented a fact about our first 43 presidents.
It was most informative. Kansas Tidbits were given
by Katheryn on Joe Mona-ham and his interesting life. The hostess prize was won by Katheryn. Karen closed the meeting by reading, “Dress with a sunny twist.” Dress with yellow, and it will brighten your day.
Our host, Barb Armstrong, served a lovely lunch.
Ladies Reading ClubIt was Fine Arts Day for
members of the GFWC Ladies Reading Club when
they met Feb. 13, with Pres-ident Andrea Mace presid-ing. Great harmony with ‘50s and ‘60s music was pre-sented by Just Us, consist-ing of Cindy Carlyon, Mary Louise Stahl, Janette Vogelsang and Sandy Wong.
Members then enjoyed two great numbers from the upcoming Junction City High School musical, “Once Upon a Mattress.” This show will be presented March 13, 14, and 15 at the high school auditorium. Cast member of the Junc-tion City Little Theater Show, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Rick Munson, pre-sented information about the show and told about the cast. The show was pre-sented Feb. 14, 15 and 16.
The program was pre-sented by Charlotte Grelk, who is the Geary County representative to the Barn Quilt Tour committee. She explained barn quilts and stated there are 22 counties of the Flint Hills involved, and a map is available where barn quilts are dis-played.
A display is featured at the Geary County Histori-cal Society Museum, and a barn quilt will soon be on display at the Spring Valley site.
The moment in history was presented by Nellie Stone, as she read the min-utes from Feb. 15, 1940, when Laura Rohrer told about her experiences of seeing the William Tell play in Switzerland.
Charlotte also reminded members of the Operation Smile workshop to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Little Theater Annex Building.
Florence Whitebread updated everyone on the Fourth District music audi-tions, to be held March 8 at the First Baptist Church, including the request for workers for the event, as well as the donation of snack items for the hospi-tality room.
The meeting closed with a lovely tea hosted by Mary Anderson, Mary Crites, Janet Hosler and Elaine Rucker. The next meeting will be Feb. 27.
JC Breakfast Optimist Club
The JC Breakfast Opti-mist Club met in the Hamp-ton Inn Meeting Room on Feb. 19. The meeting was called to order by President Tom Brungardt. Members recited the Pledge of Alle-giance, and the Optimist Creed, and Jim Sands offered a morning prayer.
The program was pre-sented by Montika Allen-Atkinson, who is a kinder-garten teacher at Westwood Elementary.
Allen-Atkinson grew up in an Air Force family.
Her mother’s grandfa-ther and her father’s grandmother were both
teachers. So, she got the “bug” for teaching natu-rally, she said.
Her bio-chemistry pro-fessor also noticed her skills and recommended Allen-Atkinson enroll in the education department of the university to become a teacher, and she did.
When she interviewed for a position in USD 475, she was interviewed by 13 different principals and was selected to teach at Westwood.
Allen-Atkinson believes it is important to teach all children, no matter their family or cultural back-grounds. She teaches her students to value order, paying attention in class, having respect for them-selves, respect for others and their environment. “We all make choices and with those choices come consequences,” she said.
Allen-Atkinson believes in talking through situa-tions when her students are not meeting expecta-tions.
She tells them “when someone disrupts the learning environment, someone is not learning” and she is about learning in her classroom. She shared the story told from one of her student’s par-ents: “I used to think I was high on my child’s list (when it came to the child seeking advice or infor-mation), but it is what you say that matters to my child,” she said.
Allen-Atkinson has taught for 30 years and is a National Board Certified Teacher, and serves on the Kansas Association of Teachers of English and the State Board of the National Board of Certi-fied Teachers.
She plans to retire in May 2016.
Next week’s program
will be presented by Mar-garet Kilpatrick, a teacher at Junction City Middle School.
She will share her expe-riences in USD 475.
The Optimists meet every Wednesday at the Hampton Inn, located at 1039 S. Washington St. in Junction City beginning at 6:30 a.m.
Come and enjoy your first breakfast on us and learn more about this growing civic organiza-tion, which is a “Friend of Youth.” We support many youth programs in our community. The Optimis-tic Quote for the week is: “I always like to be on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that is a complex matter.” — Walt Disney.
Social Duplicate BridgeThe Social Duplicate
Bridge group met Feb. 17, at Sterling House with 14 indi-viduals participating in the Howell movement.
The first place winners for the evening were Gary and Mary Devin. Winning second place were Allen and Anna Marie Ullmer. Ron Moon and Ramona Norcross placed third.
The group meets each Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Ster-ling House, 1022 Caroline Ave. All bridge players are welcome. For more infor-mation call Ramona at 762-2218.
Humboldt CreekThe Humboldt Creek 4-H
Club met Feb. 10. We had a busy evening of project talks.
The first project talk was from Elaina Schmidt, who she talked about her arts and crafts painting project. Jenna Weeks gave a talk about color markings on
horses. David McIIwain made rocky road squares, and Marques Story showed us a cool birdhouse he made.
The Geary County 4-H Club Days was Feb. 15. It was full of music, dancing, and talks. Our club received top purple for our model meeting, and many other members received ribbons for their events.
The next meeting is 7 p.m. March 10 at the Hum-boldt 4-H Clubhouse.
Kiwanis NotesPatty opened the meet-
ing. Joel led the song, Paul led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Ray gave the prayer.
The combination club and board meeting was held with these members in attendance: Ken Mortens-en, Mike Rhodes, Patty Maycroft, Mike Goodwin, Paul Arjona, Maureen Gustafson, Harold Marion, Keith Fine, and Ray Schmidt. Members absent were Gale Cynova, Trish Giordano. Don Wolf has undergone knee surgery. We wish him a speedy recovery.
The Kiwanis purpose has been revised slightly by International to now be, “Kiwanis is a global organi-zation of volunteers dedi-cated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.” Mau-reen presented the treasur-er’s report with mainly pancake ticket sales as income and filing fees for expenses. Kenny seems to be the lead sales generator. It was duly moved and sec-onded to accept the trea-surer’s report. Motion car-ried. Ken read the minutes from the last board meet-ing.
It was also duly moved and seconded to approve the minutes. Motion car-ried. Jack suggested giving
a donation to a local youth group. Patty was going to get more information on the needs and report back. Alex introduced Mark Kar-man, the Junction City-Geary County Building and Codes Administrator.
He is a native and has been employed by the city for 19 years. Blight seems to be his biggest challenge right now with 520 blight letters sent out already this year (that’s like a month and a half folks) and has about 50 cars waiting to be towed once the weather clears.
They have already towed 24 this year.
He explained that blight can be any public nuisance, like cars too inoperable, grass too high, trees too low and snow too deep.
The city had 118 single-family permits in 2012 and 43 in 2013. This has eased his workload but now his duties have expanded to include the blight and sign ordinances.
His territory includes not only JC but all of Geary County on the code inspec-tion and enforcement side. Snow has been a challenge recently and he said prop-erty owners are required to clean their sidewalk.
However, they are researching just how to issue tickets. He also said that your snow must be dis-carded on your property and off sidewalks.
In response to a question about the city’s responsibil-ity to clear alleys, the short answer is yes.
After all the other main roads, side roads, semi side roads, and cul-de-sacs and parking lots are completely done. they should.
But normally the snow is gone by then. Program chair next month is Paul Arjona. Kiwanis Pancake feed Knights of Columbus Hall March 1.
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have,” Porter said.According to the Kansas
Directory of Public Offi-cials, the current popula-tion is set at 1,782. Porter said it’s an important num-ber when dealing with lagoon systems.
He projected that the city would grow to more than 2,000 residents in the near future.
Along with the expan-sion, other suggestions included working with Junction City longterm on wastewater or building a wastewater treatment plant, which would cost more than $2 million.
Porter said an expansion project could include sev-eral stages and could involve grant funding to assist the city.
The city has about eight months to begin looking at the process.
LagoonContinued from Page 1A
to a remote location in rural Geary County, where Clem-ons’ body was found the night of Feb. 12.
Three people have been arrested in connection to the case. Marryssa Mony-que Middleton, 22, of Colo-rado, was arrested on charges of first degree murder, aggravated kid-napping and conspiracy, and Drexel Alexander Woody, 23, of Fort Riley, was charged with aiding and abetting a first degree murder, aggravated kid-napping and conspiracy. Both were arrested Feb. 12.
On Feb. 13, Larry Lama-
this Anderson, 25, of Man-hattan, was arrested and charged with first degree murder, aggravated kidnap-ping and conspiracy.
All three are expected to appear in Geary County District Court today for sta-tus hearings.
Police are still investigat-
ing the case, and anyone with information is asked to call the Junction City Police Department at (785) 762-5912, or Crime Stop-pers at (785) 762-TIPS (8477). Tips may be anony-mous and could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
Body FoundContinued from Page 1A
base selection” process to review the received propos-als.
Under that process, a selection committee of department heads reviewed the qualifications of three submissions, ranking each firm on its ability to address the overall scope of work and services. The firms then were ranked again based on costs.
“Our intent was to review applications of firms and then find the most qualified firm first,” McCaffery said.
City officials didn’t focus primarily on cost when reviewing proposals, though, Smith said.
“This is not an issue of bottom line,” he said. “This
is an issue of qualifica-tions.”
The other bidders, Smith added, didn’t specify a busi-ness plan, only a rate anal-ysis.
The business plan is what’s going to help Junc-tion City pay for the proj-ects. Though “reasonable” water and sewer rate increases are likely, McCaf-fery said, the city will need other funding options, too.
“We’re truly not looking at substantial rate increas-es,” McCaffery said, adding the city is looking for Rafte-lis “to get creative.”
Raftelis has a track record of working with communities both similar in size and larger than Junction City. The firm has offices across the nation. In Kansas, it has completed similar studies for Wichita
and Topeka.“I’d rather be hiring
someone who has experi-ence working with larger systems,” Commissioner Mike Ryan said.
However, the decision didn’t come without con-cerns over price raised from the commission. Com-missioners Jim Sands and Mick McCallister voted against approving the con-tract.
Sands said he had trouble picking Raftelis because it was by far the most expen-sive of the bidders by more than $21,000. The lowest bid was almost $16,000. That firm also is a one-man operation, according to McCaffery.
“It’s just hard for me to spend that much money,” Sands said.
But both Smith and
McCaffery noted Raftelis was the only proposal that met the city’s desired quali-fications. Commissioner Pat Landes agreed with their recommendation.
“You don’t want your family doctor performing a heart surgery,” he said.
The timetable moving forward will be “aggres-sive,” McCaffery said, with the rate study and business plan hopefully prepared by April. The amount of time
likely played a factor in why more bids weren’t received, he said.
McCallister said he was concerned the time factor may have influenced more than just the amount of bids received.
“I guess my only hangup is this aggressive timetable may have cost us $10,000 to $15,000,” he said.
City staff and consul-tants, including HDR, felt the timetable was realistic
and were comfortable rec-ommending Raftelis.
“We felt we did our work,” McCaffery said. “We feel that we’re giving you an honest, probably the best recommendation.”
Once the analysis and plan are complete, they’ll be brought back to the com-mission for review.
“They’ll give us a list of options that we can pick and choose from that will work for us,” Smith said.
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By Chase Jordan
Geary County and Junc-tion City officials approved a revised local interlocal agreement, which now includes Milford.
The interlocal agreement, which forms the Metropoli-tan Planning Commission, provides building code enforcement between Junc-tion City, Geary County and Milford.
“To date no one has expressed disagreement about how things are set up and arranged,” Commis-sion Chair Larry Hicks said. “It’s something that was long overdue.”
It was reorganized in 2009 and only covered Junction City and Geary County. An offer was extended to Mil-ford and Grandview Plaza, but both cities declined.
In 2013, Milford decided to join the organization, and that decision was officially approved Jan. 30 during their city council meeting.
“We’ve kicked this can around a lot,” said David Yearout, Director of Plan-ning and Zoning.
The plan also includes involvement in planning
commission meetings and allows them to utilize the services of inspection offi-cers. Milford will have to make ordinances for their city to fully implement action desired by the com-munity. The agreement will be sent to the Attorney Gen-eral for final approval.
Next, Milford will select a representative to sit on the Metropolitan Planning Commission. Code enforce-ment steps will begin soon and the new agreement will not require any funding from Geary County or Junc-tion City. Milford is contrib-uting $1,200 for their involvement.
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Submitted photoSt. Xavier Catholic School recently announced its Winter Homecoming Candidates. Shown are, from left: Princess candidates Leslie Reese, Logan Madrigal and Gretchen Martinez; Queen candidates Aaliyah Hutchinson and Kim Keating; King candidates Tony Reese and Keon Jackson; and Prince candidates Tyler Tanguay, Adam Carpenter and Jack Choi. Royalty will be announced at Friday night’s basketball game.
By Chase Jordan
Due to higher tempera-tures, the abundance of snow is disappearing.
Through the work of local road crews, much of it left the streets before temperatures rose. But it was not cheap.
The Geary County Pub-lic Works Department spent more than $76,000 and a total of 825 man hours clearing roads after the snowstorm stuck the
area two weeks ago. “A lot of folks tend not to
know or believe these efforts are extremely cost-ly whenever the county incurs any type of inclem-ent weather conditions,” Commissioner Larry Hicks said. “Taxpayers need to know exactly what their dollars are going towards.”
The work of the employ-ees began Feb. 4 and con-tinued through Feb. 7. Its road and bridge division maintains 125 miles of asphalt roadway and 255 miles of rock roadway.
Administrator Dennis Cox said it was a routine storm, but wind was the biggest factor.
“The wind was really worse for us in the rural areas,” Cox said. “That interfered with our snow removal process quite a bit.”
Cox said it was also cost-ly.
“The storm was during the work week, which helped to limit the amount of overtime,” Cox said.
Money for the removal came out of the county’s
road and bridge fund.“We’re fortunate that we
have not had a lot to date,” Hicks said about storms. “We’ve had an ample sup-ply of salt to meet the needs required to treat the roads in Geary County.”
Cox said officials usually budget and prepare for weather-related events throughout the year. According to the county, 800 tons of a salt/sand mix-ture were used to treat roads.
The total cost of salt was more than $18,000.
February snowstorm costs county more than $75K
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Tuesday’s scoresRock Creek 45, Chapman girls
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MLS
Sporting KC trades Bunbury to
Revolution for pickSporting Kansas City traded
forward Teal Bunbury to New England on Wednesday for allo-cation money and the Revolu-tion’s first-round pick in next year’s MLS SuperDraft.
Bunbury was the fourth over-all pick in the 2010 draft and has scored 21 goals with seven assists in 94 MLS games. Bun-bury tore his ACL two years ago and returned to the field last season, helping Sporting KC win its first MLS Cup championship since 2000.
The 23-year-old Bunbury also has made four appearances with the U.S. men’s national team.
Sporting KC now has two first-round picks in next year’s draft. The allocation money can be used to sign players new to MLS, re-signing an existing MLS player or buy down a player’s salary budget charge below the league maximum of $368,750.
NCAA Basketball
Workers find more loose plates in Assembly Hall
Indiana University officials say an inspection of the Assem-bly Hall roof revealed more loose steel plates on the ceiling but no imminent danger of them falling.
One day after the Hoosiers postponed a men’s basketball game against No. 15 Iowa because an eight-foot, 50-pound steel plate fell into some empty seats, athletic director Fred Glass said workers were trying to determine whether those plates were structurally neces-sary. If not, they will likely be removed.
The inspection, Glass said, confirmed that melting snow and ice from the harsh winter caused the plate to pop off Tuesday. School officials then cordoned off the building’s four corners.
But Wednesday night’s wom-en’s game was still expected to be played. Glass also said that the school was trying to resched-ule the Iowa game.
NFL
Falcons add former Rams GM Billy
Devaney as scoutFormer Rams general man-
ager Billy Devaney and Russ Bolinger are joining the Atlanta Falcons as player personnel scouts.
Devaney brings more than 30 years of NFL personnel experi-ence to the Falcons, including his time from 2008-11 as the St. Louis general manager. He was Atlanta’s assistant general man-ager from 2006-07.
Devaney served as San Diego’s director of player per-sonnel from 1990-2000 and has held pro personnel positions with San Francisco and Wash-ington.
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Indians feast on Blue Jays in 94-65 loss
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By Ethan Padway
MANHATTAN — After enduring a defensive slugfest in the first meeting between the Junction City boys basketball team and Manhattan, Blue Jays coach Pat Battle expected the second contest to be different.
But he didn’t expect Manhattan to light up the scoreboard quite the way it did.
The Indians scored 29 points in the first quarter before sending the Blue Jays trav-eling back home following a 94-65 defeat.
“We had to speed up the game, which wasn’t exactly what we wanted to do,” Battle said. “There were too many posses-sions in this game. Falling behind early hurt us, we just have to pick it up and be better.”
Manhattan’s Pierson McAtee opened the game by knocking down three 3-point shots in the first quarter on his way to 18 first-half points.
“They just got off to a good start early, obviously, shooting the three,” senior Semaj Johnson said. “And we just were
Manhattan stifles Junction City, 71-21
Ethan PAdway • The Daily UnionJunction City’s Kealee Rains dribbles against Manhattan Tuesday in Manhattan.
By Ethan Padway
MANHATTAN — The first four min-utes couldn’t have unfolded in a more perfect manner for the Junction City girls basketball team.
Sophomore Kealee Rains sank a layup and then drained a 3-point shot to give the Blue Jays an early 5-0 lead and, more importantly, the team was not only stop-ping Manhattan’s first shot, but then grabbing the defensive rebounds to pre-vent any second-chance opportunities.
However, it didn’t last.Manhattan scored 23 unanswered
points and compiled a 43-2 run that stretched into the third quarter before putting away Junction City, 71-21
“When we have leads and we come out with a ton of energy, we’re a tough bas-
ketball team,” Junction City coach Nate Parks said. “The problem that we have is once the game gets close, we don’t have the confidence to fight through the adver-sity.”
In the second quarter, senior Kori Kamm broke through for a bucket, mak-
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Name PointsKealee Rains 9Kori Kamm 8Darja Russell 2Bre Waterman 2
K-State overcomes lackluster first half to defeat TCU Horned Frogs, 65-53
By Ethan Padway
MANHATTAN — Kan-sas State looked as if it just spent two hours in the summer sun, lying shirt-less in the grass.
Because Texas Christian was the distinct, lingering itchy feeling that remains once the Wildcats stood up from their relaxing siesta.
And for 30 minutes Wednesday night, the Horned Frogs refused to go away, no matter what lineup ointment K-State coach Bruce Weber trotted out onto the court.
An offensive rebound finally awoke the Wild-cats.
Sophomore D.J. Johnson tipped the ball in to start a 9-0 run, before K-State (18-8, 8-5 in Big 12 play) sent
TCU (9-16, 0-13) away with a 65-53 win.
Weber said the stretch of three emotional games against Texas, Kansas and Baylor made it hard for his team to come out firing.
“No matter what we say, we’re probably not going to come out with great emotion and focus,” he said. “I think one of the worst things to happen was the 11-2 (start) because even if there was some fear I put into them, now it’s 11-2 and then we just went real flat.”
Not even the spectacular could ignite K-State.
With just under five minutes left in the first half, senior Will Spradling poked the ball loose. It bounced toward the bound-ary near midcourt.
Spradling grabbed the ball before it crossed out of bounds and threw it back over his shoulder toward midcourt, where freshman Marcus Foster caught it mid-stride and raced the rest of the way,
No. 8 Kansas hangs on to beat TTU
By BEtsy BlanEy
Associated Press
LUBBOCK, Texas — Kansas coach Bill Self felt more than a little fortunate that his No. 8 Jayhawks pulled out a 64-63 win against a very tough Texas Tech team.
Andrew Wiggins’ layup with 2 seconds left lifted Kansas to victory on Tuesday night.
“I think sometimes you could say they were a little lucky,” he said of the Red Raiders. “They threw some in at the end of the shot clock that maybe weren’t the highest percentage shots, and we were a little lucky that the ball just happened to bounce to Wigs there at the end. That’s part of it.
Stephen Spillman • Lubbock Avalanche-Journal/Associated PressKansas’ Naadir Tharpe looks to drive around Texas Tech’s Robert Turner Tuesday, in Lubbock, Texas.
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Orlin Wagner • Associated PressKansas State forward Thomas Gipson (42) reaches for the ball while covered by TCU forward Brandon Parrish (right) during the first half of the Wildcats’ 65-53 win Wednesday. Please see Wildcats, 2B
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“We’ve been unlucky and we’ve been lucky before, and they usually balance out over time.”
The freshman finished with 19 points, and Joel Embiid matched his career high with 18 to lead the Jayhawks (20-6, 11-2). Kansas reached 20 wins for the 25th con-secutive season, and 11 conference victo-ries for the 20th straight year.
Texas Tech’s Robert Turner sank two free throws with 16 seconds left to put the Red Raiders up 63-62, but Kansas brought the ball up and got it inside to Wiggins for the win.
Jordan Tolbert scored 16 points and Dejan Kravic added 13 to lead Texas Tech (13-13, 5-8).
The Jayhawks own a two-game lead in the Big 12 after Texas fell 85-76 at Iowa State on Tuesday night.
“It’s big, it’s big, but it doesn’t mean any-thing unless we win Saturday,” Self said of Kansas’ home game against the Longhorns. “That’s the game that would give us some serious breathing room, although we’ve got a little bit now, and it was big tonight.
“I wasn’t banking on them losing, all I wanted to do was win two games this week, and if we were able to do that then it would be a great week.”
The score was tied nine times and the lead changed 13 times.
“I was impressed with Tubby (Smith’s) team and how hard they played and how well they defended, how well they rebound-ed,” Self said. “They’re going to get better. The guy knows how to win. He’s a proven winner. Those kids played hard.”
Kansas held an early 10-point lead but Texas Tech started hammering the ball inside to make the game tight.
“There wasn’t much to say,” Smith said of his team. “They’re down, they’re despon-dent because it’s a tough loss. They felt like they played well enough to get the win, but you’ve always have to finish the game the right way.”
Tolbert made a bucket as the shot clock expired with 2:51 left to put the Red Raiders up 59-55. But Wayne Seldon, Jr. hit a clutch 3-pointer to pull within 59-58. Turner answered with a basket, and Embiid sank two free throws to make it 61-60 with 1:22 remaining.
On the Red Raiders’ next possession, a
scrum led to Kansas getting the ball. Embi-id dunked it to put the Jayhawks up 62-61.
Turner then made his free throws, and Kansas called a timeout to draw up the play to Wiggins.
Kansas scored 22 points from the free throw line, and Texas Tech netted only nine.
Texas Tech came out after halftime and hit four of its first five shots. Kansas made only one basket in four attempts, allowing the Red Raiders to take their first lead since early in the game, 37-32.
Jordan Tolbert capped Texas Tech’s 8-2 run.
But the Red Raiders’ effective defense also created foul trouble. With more than 13 minutes remaining, Jaye Crockett, Krav-ic and Kader Tapsoba each had three fouls.
Texas Tech sent the Jayhawks to the line often in the second half. Five free throws — by Jamari Traylor and Wiggins — on three possessions pulled Kansas within 46-45 with about 11 minutes remaining. But the Jayhawks regained the lead for the first time in 11 minutes, 52-51, on a pair of free throws by Naadir Tharpe with 7:14 remain-ing.
But with Kravic back in, and after a turnover by Tharpe, the 7-foot senior tied the game at 53 on a layup with 5:34 left.
KUContinued from Page 1B
Stephen Spillman • Lubbock Avalanche-Journal/APTexas Tech’s Dejan Kravic defends Kansas’ Joel Embiid, in Lubbock, Texas, Tuesday.
capping it with a one-hand-ed slam, giving K-State a 23-18 lead. Normally, that type of hustle play capped with crowd-raising flair sparks a run.
Instead, TCU’s Kyan Anderson continued to hit shots and the Wildcats entered the half clinging to a one-point, 27-26 lead.
“(It was) not a great crowd,” Weber said. “You couldn’t play off the crowd and we couldn’t get excited when we got a run. So you have to bring your own energy, just like on the road and that’s probably why we struggled on the road.”
Weber thought part of the inability to create ener-gy comes from relying on
so many younger players.In the first half, Ander-
son torched the Wildcats for 17 of his game-high 23 points. But K-State couldn’t stay in front of him.
“We just did a great job of helping,” Spradling said. “He’s a great one-on-one player but the bigs did a great job of hedging and the guards did a great job of shrinking the gaps and making him give it up.”
K-State held a distinct size advantage down low, outrebounding the Horned Frogs 47-24.
Junior forward Thomas Gipson used his strength to lead the Wildcats with 16 points.
Junior Nino Williams grabbed four offensive rebounds, all in the second half, as his team finally found some breathing room.
“First half, our defen-
sive energy wasn’t like how we played against Texas and Kansas and our intensity wasn’t there,” Gipson said. “We were los-ing on our play hard chart and in the second half, we just got it together and started playing better team defense”
K-State heads to Nor-man, Okla. Saturday for a game against Oklahoma (19-7, 8-5) in a game that will impact the final con-ference standings.
The Wildcats are 1-5 in true road games this sea-son, with the only win coming at TCU on Jan. 7.
“It would be nice to get (a road win),” Weber said. “Obviously, the whole thing is building a resume. We have some great wins at home, some neutral wins, it would be nice to get a nice win on the road, there’s no doubt.”
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Orlin Wagner • Associated PressKansas State forward Ryan Schultz (24) dives after the ball with TCU center Karviar Shepherd (1) during the first half of the Wildcats’ 65-53 win Wednesday.
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2014 OLYMPICSUS tops Czechs 5-2, moves to Olympic hockey semis
By Larry Lage
Associated Press
SOCHI, Russia — Dustin Brown banged in a go-ahead goal late in the first period and the United States went on to dominate the Czech Republic 5-2 Wednesday, earning a spot in the Olympic hockey semifinals for the second straight time.
On Friday, the U.S. will play Canada — a rematch of the 2010 gold-medal game — for a shot to become an Olympic champion. The Canadians held off Latvia
2-1, and they beat the Americans in overtime four years ago.
“It’s a great opportunity,” American forward Max Pacioret-ty said. “They’re obviously the favorite coming into the tourna-ment, and we’ve opened up a lot of eyes with our play, but we have more in the tank to give and to show.
“We keep getting better every game and hopefully we’ll keep getting better after this one.”
James van Riemsdyk gave the Americans a lead 1:39 into the game.
They lost it a few minutes later
when one of their defenseman, Ryan McDonagh, tried to clear the puck away from the front of the crease and it went off the left skate of Ryan Suter and got past Jonathan Quick.
The Czechs were not as suc-cessful scoring on their own against Quick, who started ahead of 2010 silver-medal winning goaltender Ryan Miller and had 21 saves.
Ales Hemsky was credited with a goal that two Americans touched after he did. Hemsky legitimately scored his second one, skating to the slot and snap-ping off a wrist shot that got past Quick’s blocker with 7 minutes left in the game.
Brown put the U.S. up 2-1 at the 14:38 mark of the first, and David Backes made it 3-1 with 1.8 seconds in the period.
Zach Parise piled on, pushing the Americans’ lead to 4-1 mid-way through the second period to chase goalie Ondrej Pavelec after he made just eight saves. He was replaced by Alexander Salak.
The Americans shaped their roster with players who skate fast, hit hard, share the puck and score.
“It starts off the ice,” Pacio-retty said. “Everyone on this team realizes you have to play for the team and check your ego
at the door. All of us are the top players on our team back home and you come here and you’re asked to play different roles.
“You see everyone in the room, willing to go to the dirty areas, block shots, make hits. It’s nice to see when you see a guy like Patty Kane backchecking as hard as he can across the ice. It kind of puts things in perspec-tive.”
The U.S. has been tested only once in a 3-2, eight-round shoot-out against the host Russians in the preliminary round. The Americans have crushed the
Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia by a combined score of 17-4.
While the Czechs had to play for a second straight day because they had to beat Slovakia in the qualification round just to reach the quarterfinals, the rested Americans were ready to roll after having two days off.
The U.S. seemed to take advan-tage of having fresh legs, beating the Czech Republic to loose pucks all night long.
“They had more energy,” Pavelec said. “It’s not an excuse, it’s just the way it is.”
Brian Snyder • The Associated PressUSA forward David Backes reacts as forward Zach Parise’s shot gets by Czech Republic goaltender Ondrej Pavelec Wednesday in Sochi, Russia.
Matt Slocum • The Associated PressUSA goaltender Jonathan Quick catches a shot on the goal against the Czech Republic Wednesday in Sochi, Russia.
Canada holds off Latvia 2-1 in thrillerBy greg Beacham
Associated Press
SOCHI, Russia — Canada put shots by the dozens on Kristers Gudlevskis, and Latvia’s kid goalie stopped nearly everything in a performance that grew from sensational to a bit super-natural.
Late in the third period, Canada finally replaced all that quantity with quality. Shea Weber’s slap shot is widely considered the best in hockey, and it put the defending Olympic champions past the lively underdogs — and into a rematch with their neighbors.
Weber scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 6:54 to play, and Canada survived an enormous scare from Lat-via to advance to the Olympic men’s hockey semifinals with a 2-1 victory Wednesday night.
Carey Price made 15 saves for the Canadians, who were stretched to the limit by Gudlevskis. The 21-year-old Tampa Bay Lightning prospect made 55 saves in a spectacular performance, nearly pulling off one of the biggest upsets in hockey history largely by himself.
“That was one of the best goaltend-ing performances I’ve ever seen,” said Price, the Montreal Canadiens’ three-time NHL All-Star goalie.
Weber unleashed his peerless slap-per late in a power play, and Canada finally took the lead on its 54th shot. An entire hockey-worshipping nation exhaled, and Canada advanced to a semifinal meeting with the similarly
unbeaten United States on Friday in a rematch of the gold-medal game in Vancouver four years ago.
“We had a lot of chances, but we knew it was going to be tough,” said Weber, who injured Latvia defense-man Oskars Bartulis with his slap shot earlier in the third. “You saw how many shots we had to take. You just have to stay focused and patient and stick to what you do well. Eventu-ally, finally, it paid off for us.”
One night after 11th-seeded Latvia recorded its first Olympic victory in 12 years to reach its first quarterfi-nals, Buffalo Sabres coach Ted Nolan’s team improbably tested the champs.
“I play for my teammates, because they play so good every game,” said Gudlevskis, who has played mostly
for the Lightning’s AHL affiliate in Syracuse lately. “They did everything tonight and I just wanted to give them the opportunity to win this game. ... You start to believe and then you just work hard.”
Lauris Darzins scored a breakaway goal in the first period for Latvia, which lost all three of its preliminary-round games before surprising Swit-zerland 3-1 on Tuesday. The Baltic nation of 2 million people has been in the last four Olympic fields after a 66-year absence, but hadn’t won a game since 2002.
“It doesn’t matter how many shots you get, it’s how many go in the net,” Nolan said. “So to play them tough the way we did, I’m extremely proud.”
Bruce Bennett • The Associated PressLatvian Kristaps Sotnieks reaches over goalie Kristers Gudlevskis to grab the puck and keep it from crossing the goal line against Canada Wednesday, in Sochi, Russia.
Andy Wong • The Associated PressRussia’s Vic Wild poses with his wife, Alena Zavarzina, after each won a medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday.
Russian couple medals togetherBy eddie PeLLs
Associated Press
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Vic loves Alena. Alena loves Vic.
Russia loves them both.The edgy world of snow-
boarding took on a softer side Wednesday, weaving a Holly-wood-ready story about love and marriage, gold and bronze, lifelong goals fulfilled amid just a touch of political intrigue.
Vic Wild, an American native who now competes for Russia, captured the Olympic gold medal in parallel giant slalom about 15 minutes after his wife, Russia’s Alena Zavar-zina, won the bronze.
“For both of us to have suc-
cess on the same day, it’s truly incredible,” Wild said. “I don’t know how this happened.”
It started five years ago while they were traveling in the same pack on the World Cup snowboard racing cir-cuit. Vic, born and raised in White Salmon, Wash., com-peted for the United States. Alena, a native of Novosi-birsk, rode for Russia.
“When I first met her, I knew something was a little different, so I was very careful with how our relationship went,” Wild said. “Very, very, very careful.”
Love bloomed. Zavarzina, the 2011 world champion, doesn’t enjoy sharing every little detail. “I’ll tell them when I’m old, in my memoir,” she said.
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SPORTSUS striker Johannsson back in form
By Brett Martel
Associated Press
Aron Johannsson’s oppor-tunistic goal on a lunging header between two defend-ers in Dutch league action last weekend provided the latest evidence that he could emerge as an American scor-ing threat in Brazil this June.
Johannsson scored in the 21st minute for AZ Alkmaar in a 1-1 tie with Utrecht in the Eredivisie. Johannsson played a pull match, a relief for U.S. Soccer Federation officials after the striker had left a match early this month with a groin pull.
Last weekend’s goal was Johannsson’s team-leading 14th of the season in Eredi-visie action, which ranks third in the league. It was also his 22nd goal in 35 matches in all competitions.
Johannsson is relatively new to the U.S. national team. The 23-year-old was born in Alabama to Icelan-dic parents, but moved back to Iceland in his youth and was a member of that nation’s under-21 national side. He missed out on his first opportunity to play for Iceland’s senior national team in late 2012 because of a groin injury and last year filed to make himself eligible to compete for the United States.
Johannsson made his U.S. national team debut last
August and since has scored one goal for the Americans in a 3-2 victory over Panama in World Cup qualifying. He is showing increasing signs of pushing top U.S. forward Jozy Altidore for playing time in Jurgen Klinsmann’s preferred 4-2-3-1 formation.
Klinsmann, who wants U.S. players honing their skills in Europe, had this to say on the USSF website a few months ago, as Johanns-son started making his mark as AZ Alkmaar’s premier scoring threat: “Seeing Aron Johannsson breaking through and scoring goals at AZ Alkmaar, especially the way he scores goals, is really
nice. ... He has the qualities to be cold blooded in front of the goal. ... We hope to see him grow now every month a little bit more.”
Other developments: GOING GREEN: German-
American Julian Green, an 18-year-old winger who made his debut with Bayern Munich in a Champions League game last November, has accepted an invitation to train with the U.S. team lead-ing up to its March 5 exhibi-tion at Ukraine.
Klinsmann posted his thoughts on the matter on the social media website Twitter on Monday evening, writing: “We are excited that
Julian Green will be joining the (hash)USMNT Senior National Team training camp for two days in Frank-furt.”
It’s too early to tell wheth-er the decision by Green, who was previously on Ger-many’s under-19 roster, has any significance for the U.S. World Cup squad. While Green would be unlikely to take playing time from Alti-dore, Johannsson and Eddie Johnson up front, he is ver-satile enough to slide into one of the outside midfield.
GOALS ABROAD: Johannsson wasn’t the only American to find the back of the net last weekend. Boyd, Sacha Kljestan and Daniel Williams also scored in European action.
Boyd scored for Rapid Vienna as a late substitute in a 2-1 loss at Admira Wacker Moedling in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Williams scored a 10th minute goal for Reading in a 3-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers in the English League Championship, that nation’s second-tier profes-sional league.
Kljestan scored for Ander-lecht of the Belgian Pro League in a 2-0 triumph over Mons. He found the net with a leaping header in the 37th minute, directing the ball downward and inside the left post. He used another deft header in the 18-yard box to assist on Venezuelan Ronald Vargas’ 49th-minute goal.
Scott Heppell • The Associated PressUnited States’ Aron Johannsson vies for the ball with Scotland’s Charlie Mulgrew on Nov. 15, 2013 ] in Glasgow, Scotland.
Russian fans lament hockey
team’s lossBy leonid Chizhov
Associated Press
SOCHI, Russia — When it was all over, when the mighty Russian men’s hockey team with the big stars and the massive expectations failed to earn a medal for the third straight Winter Olympics, thousands of their demanding fans streamed out of the shiny new arena and squinted as their eyes caught the setting sun.
Many had no words to express the disappointment that came with Russia’s 3-1 loss to Finland on Wednes-day. This was supposed be the team to end a 22-year gold medal drought and provide a hopeful nation with the defining moment of an Olympics on home turf.
Instead, they were a massive flop, and the fans in attendance had difficulty reconciling the failure.
“For seven years we have been waiting and prepar-ing for the Olympics and most of all we waited for the ice hockey and today it was a catastrophe and shame for Russia,” said Sergey Kazakov, a 58-year-old retiree from Moscow.
Alex Ovechkin. Pavel Datsyuk. Ilya Kovalchuk. Evgeni Malkin. The stars all seemed to be aligning this time around in Russia, where hockey is a national trea-sure and the fans yearn for the dominant days of the old Soviet Red Army teams. And they were aligning at home, in this resort town on the Black Sea, in an arena built to show off the nation’s hockey prowess.
With all this in mind, the fans were certain that the glory days were returning. They packed the Bolshoy Ice Dome, painted their faces in the national colors and blew horns as they walked the steps into the arena to cheer on their heroes. The team got off to a roaring start with a 5-2 win over newcomer Slovenia, but they followed that with a shootout loss to the Americans and a shootout win over Slovakia before they were bounced by the Finns.
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State of KansasAmendment
2014
2014Actual Amount of Tax Proposed Amended
Fund Tax Rate that was Levied Expenditures ExpendituresGeneral Fund 10.813 1,864,834 18,825,436 18,955,436Fire Reserve 2.000 344,900 563,093 1,763,093
Special Highway 990,000 990,000 1,590,000Solid Waste 1,362,901 1,362,901 1,647,901
Special Law Enforcement 384,534 384,534 2,384,5340 0
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The governing body of City of Junction City
will meet on the day of 2-18-2014 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall Commission Meeting Room for the
Official Title: City Clerk
Notice of Budget Hearing for Amending the2014 Budget
purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed amended use of funds.
Detailed budget information is available at City Hall, 700 N. Jefferson Street, Junction City, KS
Summary of Amendments
and will be available at this hearing.
Adopted Budget
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ORDINANCE NO. 14-03
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A CITYRETAILERS’ SALES TAX IN THEAMOUNT OF ONE PERCENT(1.0%) WITHIN THE CITY OFGRANDVIEW PLAZA, EFFECTIVEJULY 1, 2014.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOV -ERNING BODY OF THE CITY OFGRANDVIEW PLAZA, KANSAS:
SECTION 1. A majority of the elec-tors voting thereon having approved,at a special question election held onthe 28th day of January, 2014, thelevying of a retailers’ sales tax in theCity of Grandview Plaza, for the pur-poses of improving and maintainingpublic streets and such other generalgovernmental purposes as may be inthe best interest of the City, asauthorized by K.S.A. 12-187 et seq.,and amendments thereto, there ishereby levied a city retailers’ salestax in the amount of one percent(1.0%) to take effect on the 1st dayof July, 2014.
SECTION 2. Except as otherwise beprovided by law, such tax shall beidentical in its application and ex -emptions therefrom to the KansasRetailers’ Sales Tax Act and all lawsand administrative rules and regula-tions of the Kansas Department ofRevenue relating to the state retail-ers’ sales tax shall apply to such cityretailers’ sales tax insofar as suchlaws and regulations may be madeapplicable. The services of the Kan-sas Department of Revenue shall beutilized to administer, enforce andcollect such tax.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall bepublished one time in the official citynewspaper and a copy duly certifiedand submitted to the state director oftaxation.
Passed by the Governing Body ofthe City of Grandview Plaza, this18th day of February, 2014.
Rick Geike, Mayor
Attest:Janet Young, City Clerk
A13232/20, 2014
ORDINANCE NO. 14-03
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A CITYRETAILERS’ SALES TAX IN THEAMOUNT OF ONE PERCENT(1.0%) WITHIN THE CITY OFGRANDVIEW PLAZA, EFFECTIVEJULY 1, 2014.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOV -ERNING BODY OF THE CITY OFGRANDVIEW PLAZA, KANSAS:
SECTION 1. A majority of the elec-tors voting thereon having approved,at a special question election held onthe 28th day of January, 2014, thelevying of a retailers’ sales tax in theCity of Grandview Plaza, for the pur-poses of improving and maintainingpublic streets and such other generalgovernmental purposes as may be inthe best interest of the City, asauthorized by K.S.A. 12-187 et seq.,and amendments thereto, there ishereby levied a city retailers’ salestax in the amount of one percent(1.0%) to take effect on the 1st dayof July, 2014.
SECTION 2. Except as otherwise beprovided by law, such tax shall beidentical in its application and ex -emptions therefrom to the KansasRetailers’ Sales Tax Act and all lawsand administrative rules and regula-tions of the Kansas Department ofRevenue relating to the state retail-ers’ sales tax shall apply to such cityretailers’ sales tax insofar as suchlaws and regulations may be madeapplicable. The services of the Kan-sas Department of Revenue shall beutilized to administer, enforce andcollect such tax.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall bepublished one time in the official citynewspaper and a copy duly certifiedand submitted to the state director oftaxation.
Passed by the Governing Body ofthe City of Grandview Plaza, this18th day of February, 2014.
Rick Geike, Mayor
Attest:Janet Young, City Clerk
A13232/20, 2014
(First Published in The Daily Unionon Thursday, February 20, 2014)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGJUNCTION CITY/GEARY COUNTY
METROPOLITAN PLANNINGCOMMISSION
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that onThursday, March 13, 2014, at 7:00p.m. in the City Commission MeetingRoom of the Municipal Building, 700North Jefferson, Junction City, Kan-sas, the Junction City/Geary CountyMetropolitan Planning Commissionwill conduct a public hearing onCase No. SUP-03-01-14, the appli-cation of Todd Godfrey, owner, re-questing a Special Use Permit tomanufacture ammunition on prop-erty zoned “CC” Central Commer-cial District at 920 North Washing-ton Street, Junction City, Kansas.A copy of the legal description of theproperty in question is available forinspection at the Planning and Zon-ing Department office in the Munici-pal Building in Junction City duringnormal business hours.
Any person wishing to be heard re-garding this matter may submit writ-ten comments to the MetropolitanPlanning Commission prior to or atthe public hearing, or may presentwritten and/or oral comments at suchpublic hearing. All persons wishingto be heard concerning this mattershall be afforded an opportunity todo so. Upon conclusion of said pub-lic hearing, the Metropolitan PlanningCommission may make recommen-dations to the governing body re -garding this application or may con-tinue consideration of this matter atthe conclusion of the public hearingto a future date without further no-tice.
Dated this 20th day of February,2014
/s/ David L. YearoutDavid L. Yearout, AICP, CFM, Sec-retary
A13202/20, 2014
Public Notices 310
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFGEARY COUNTY, KANSAS
Case No. 10-PR-37
IN THE MATTER OFTHE ESTATE OFSEYMOUR COLBERT, Deceased
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETI-TION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
The State of Kansas to All PersonsConcerned:
You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition has been filed on February 10,2014, in said Court by Diann L. Col-bert, Executor of the Will of SeymourColbert, deceased, praying for a finalsettlement of the estate, approval ofher acts, proceedings and accountsas Executor, allowance for attorneys'fees and expenses, determination ofthe devisees and legatees entitled tothe estate and assignment of thesame in accordance with the Will ofSeymour Colbert, deceased. Youare hereby required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or beforeMarch 10, 2014, on said day, in saidCourt, in the City of Junction City,Geary County, at which time andplace said cause will be heard.Should you fail therein, judgmentand decree will be entered in duecourse upon said Petition.
Diann L. Colbert, Petitioner
HOOVER, SCHERMERHORN,EDWARDS, PINAIRE & ROMBOLD811 North Washington StreetJunction City, Kansas 66441(785) 238-3126Attorneys for Petitioner
A13072/13, 2/20, 2/27 2014
IN THE UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSASUNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Plaintiffv.DAISY S. PARIS; and FEDERALHOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA,DefendantCivil No. 13-1210-RDR-KGS
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE
By virtue of an Order of Sale issuedout of the United States DistrictCourt for the District of Kansas, atWichita, Kansas, in the above enti-tled case, I will, on Wednesday, the12th day of March, 2014, at 9:30clock A.M. at the front door of theGeary County Courthouse, JunctionCity, Kansas, offer for sale at publicauction and sell to the highest bidderfor cash in hand, all of the right, titleand interest of Defendant Daisy S.Paris in and to the following de -scribed real estate, located in GearyCounty, Kansas, to-wit:Lot Eight (8) less the West 30 feetand less the East 5 feet, BlockTwenty-Two (22), Railroad Additionto Junction City, GearyCounty, KansasPayment must be in the form ofCash, Cashier's Check, Money Or-der or Certified Check made payableto the U.S. District Court and will beaccepted as follows:• Less than $25,000: Entire amountdue at conclusion of sale;• $25,000 - $100,000: 10% downwith the remainder delivered to theU.S. Marshal's Service Office byclose of the business day;• More than $100,000: 10% downwith the remainder delivered to theU.S. Marshal's Service Office withinfive working days.The contact person regarding inquir-ies about the above property is KentA. Colwell, Rural Development, U.S.Department of Agriculture, (785)628-3081.The real property levied on is theproperty of Defendant Daisy S. Parisand will be sold without appraisal,subject to any unpaid real propertytaxes or special assessments andwith a three month right of redemp-tion to satisfy the Order of Sale.United States Marshal's Office,Topeka, Kansas, this 23rd day ofJanuary, 2014. CRAIG BEAM Acting United States MarshalA1295 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27 2014
Public Notices 310 First Published in the Daily Union:Thursday, February 13th, 2014.
Subsequently published: Thursday,February 20th, 2014; Thursday,
February 27th, 2014
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
GEARY COUNTY, KANSAS
Case No. 2013 DM-000366
In the Matter of the Marriage ofAndrew Jacob Lee, Petitioner
vsIda Brittany Lee, Respondent
NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO IDABRITTANY LEE AND ALL OTHERPERSONS WHO ARE OR MAY BECONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a pe-tition has been filed in the DistrictCourt of Riley County, Kansas, byAndrew Jacob Lee, praying for a de-cree of divorce, and you are herebyrequired to plead to said petition onor before Tuesday, March 25th, 2014at 1:30 o’clock p.m., in said court atJunction City, Kansas. Should youfail therein, judgment and decree willbe entered in due course upon saidpetition.
ANDREW JACOB LEE Petitioner
Sarah E. Nolting #24855KNOPP AND BANNISTER, P.A.620 Humboldt, PO Box 369Manhattan, KS 66502(785) 776-9288Attorney for Petitioner
A13002/13, 2/20, 2/27 2014
(First Published in The Daily Unionon Thursday, February 20, 2014)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGJUNCTION CITY/GEARY COUNTY
METROPOLITAN PLANNINGCOMMISSION
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that onThursday, March 13, 2014, at 7:00p.m. in the City Commission MeetingRoom of the Municipal Building, 700North Jefferson, Junction City, Kan-sas, the Junction City/Geary CountyMetropolitan Planning Commissionwill conduct a public hearing onCase No. Z-03-01-14, the applica-tion of Kaw Valley Engineering,agent, for Kansas CVS Pharmacy,LLC, and Crown Investment Com-pany, owners, to rezone certainproperty generally located in the200 Block of East Spruce Street,Junction City, Kansas, from “CG”General Commercial and “MH”Mobile Home Park to “RM” Multi-ple Family Residential District. Acopy of the legal description of theproposed property in question isavailable for inspection at the Plan-ning and Zoning Department office inthe Municipal Building in JunctionCity during normal business hours.
Any person wishing to be heard re-garding this matter may submit writ-ten comments to the MetropolitanPlanning Commission prior to thepublic hearing; or may present writ-ten and/or oral comments at suchpublic hearing. All persons wishingto be heard concerning this mattershall be afforded an opportunity todo so. Upon conclusion of said pub-lic hearing, the Metropolitan PlanningCommission may make a recom -mendation to the governing body onthe rezoning or may continue consid-eration of this matter to a future datewithout further notice.
Dated this 20th day of February,2014
/s/ David L. YearoutDavid L. Yearout, AICP, CFM, Sec-retary
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFGEARY COUNTY, KANSAS
CIVIL DIVISIONCase No. 13 CV 350
GESO 13-3294 STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel.GEARY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DE-PARTMENT,Plaintiff,v.ONE 2007 DODGE CHARGER,VIN: 2B3KA53H87H695923;IPAD SN: DMPJ8VSVDKPH;$1,023.81 U.S Currency, more orless;$2,073.78 U.S. Currency, more orless,Defendants._____________________________Pursuant to the Kansas StandardAsset Seizure and Forfeiture Act
K.S.A. 60-4101 et seq.
To: Steven Michael Smith,315 Dickenson, Springfield, IL62704
PUBLICATION NOTICE(Pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4101, et seq.)
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIEDthat this property and contents wereseized by Geary County Sheriff’s De-partment on September 5, 2013, inJunction City, Geary County, Kan-sas, because an investigation con-nected it directly or indirectly to drugpossession or trafficking. The GearyCounty Attorney’s office has since in-stituted civil forfeiture proceedingsauthorized by state law. If you havean ownership or legal interest in anyof this currency, and wish to contestthe forfeiture, you must file a “petitionfor recognition of exemption” or claimwithin 30 days of this publication.Your document must be sworn to be-fore a notary public (under penalty ofperjury), and contain all of the infor-mation required by K.S.A. 60-4111.Anyone intending to file such apleading should first report to thecounty attorney’s office and meetwith the plaintiff’s attorney in order toreceive an official summary of thedrug investigation, an explanation forwhy the property was seized, a copyof relevant forfeiture statutes, andwritten answers to some frequentlyasked questions. The 30-day dead-line is mandatory and will not be ex-tended.Tony Cruz #18366Assistant Geary County Attorney801 N. Washington, Suite AJunction City, KS 66441
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFGEARY COUNTY, KANSAS
(Pursuant to Chapter 60 of K.S.A.)
Case No. 14-CV-19
FREDRICK D. REID,Plaintiff,
vs.
CHRISTOPHER A. MULLINGS, JR.AND SARA A. MERRITT, AND THEUNKNOWN HEIRS, LEGATEES,DEVISEES, GUARDIANS, ADMIN-ISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, TRUS-TEES AND ASSIGNS OF ANYSUCH DEFENDANTS WHO ARENOW DECEASED.Defendants.
NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO:CHRISTOPHER A. MULLINGS, JR.AND SARA A. MERRITT, AND THEUNKNOWN HEIRS, LEGATEES,DEVISEES, GUARDIAN, ADMINIS-TRATORS, EXECUTORS, TRUS-TEES AND ASSIGNS OF ANYSUCH DEFENDANTS WHO ARENOW DECEASED, and all other per-sons who are or may be concerned:
You are hereby notified that a Peti-tion for Quiet Title was filed on Janu-ary 31, 2014, in the District Court ofGeary County, Kansas by FredrickD. Reid, praying for an Order De -creeing Quiet Title for the Plaintiff inand to a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix,VIN 1G2WJ52M2RF306622, andother related relief. You are herebyrequired to plead to said Petition forQuiet Title on or before March 24,2014, in said Court, at the GearyCounty Courthouse in Junction City,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judg -ment and decree will be entered indue course upon the Petition. Fredrick D. Reid, Plaintiff.
Richard A. PinaireHOOVER, SCHERMERHORN,EDWARDS, PINAIRE & ROMBOLD811 North Washington StreetJunction City, KS 66441(785) 238-3126Attorneys for Plaintiff
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Mobile Homes For Rent 750 2-3-4BR. Clean, good condition.Near Post, schools, Lake. W/D hook-ups. Refrigerator, stove furnished.785-463-5321
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2BR house, 1032 Northwest Ave.$600.00mo/deposit. Pay own utili-ties. 785-238-7714 or 785-238-4394
3BR house, 124 E. 4th St.$650.00mo/deposit. Pay own utili-ties. 785-238-7714 or 785-238-4394
2 bedroom house. 746 W 1st. Totallyremodeled. $600.00 rent. No pets.785-223-7352.
2BR new paint, LR, DR, 1 1/2BA,hardwood floors. Garage. Near Post,Lake, schools. 785-463-5321
3 BR house, located at 1739 N. Jef-ferson, $750 rent, $750 deposit.No Pets. Call Charlie 785-210-8535.
3BD House, fenced yard, pets al -lowed, $700/mo & deposit.785-238-3126 or 785-375-5376
3BR, new paint, carpet. 1 Block toschool. W/D hookup. Near Post.785-463-5321
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Very nice 3BR, 1 Bath, 1 car garage,hardwood floors. Privacy fencedyard. New furnace & A/C. $850 permonth rent. Phone 785- 375-4189
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Help Wanted 370 Social Worker
Part-time social work opportunity isavailable in Manhattan, KS. LMSWrequired. Medical!social work back-ground is preferred. Attractive bene-f i t s . E m a i l r e s u m e t [email protected] .
Full Time Dental Biller!
Konza Prairie Community Health &Dental Center has an immediateopening for a full time Dental Biller tojoin our family. Must have experi -ence in performing the duties of Den-tal Biller. Preference given to Bi-Lin-gual in Spanish candidates. Com-petitive pay,! paid health and dentalinsurance, vacation, holidays, sickand a retirement plan is available.Resumes can be sent to Michael Do-lan. Email is: mdolan@konza -prairiechc.com! or mail to KonzaPrairie Community Health Center,361 Grant Ave, Junction City KS,66441. For further information call785 238-4711 ext 231.
The Manhattan Mercury is searchingfor a dedicated and hardworking indi-vidual to deliver in the Clay Center,Fort Riley and surrounding areas.Reliable transportation, valid driver’slicense and insurance and a phonenumber are required. This is an inde-pendent contractor’s position. Con-tact Kari or Ronnie at 785-776-8808.
Situations Wanted 380 Looking for a room for a Barton stu-dent from India. Need until finishingschool at Barton in 4m.785-320-6878
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RV’s, Campers 660 Camper parking spaces, large lots,lawns, sidewalks. Off-street parking.Near lake, Post, school, park.785-463-5321
Rooms, Apts. For Rent 740 1BR Apartments, pay electric. 1BRApartment all bills paid.Call 210-0777, 202-2022 or375-5376 .
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Help Wanted 370 EXPERIENCED HVAC & APPLI -ANCE service person. Must have ex-perience. 785-258-3355 Herington.
Part time cook w/cashier experienceneeded immediately at TJ’s Nest.Call 785-579-4152 after 5 p.m. topick up an application or send re -sume to 1034 W 8th, Junction City.
Part-time Custodial Assistant – RockSprings 4-H Center, located 8 milessouth and 4 miles west of JunctionCity, is accepting applications for apart-time custodial assistant. Experi-ence with electric buffer and sham-poo machines preferred. Workschedule is flexible with some week-ends required. For an application tomail in go to www.rocksprings.netand click on Employment/YearRound. No phone calls please.
Reliable experienced house cleanersneeded for summer in/out cleans onFt Riley. Several positions available.Must have own transportation, Driv-ers’ License, and cell w/voicemail.263-9871, leave message.
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Are you looking for a quality lifestyleand fulfilling employment? Join us atLafene Health Center at KansasState University. You will be provid-ing comprehensive primary medicaland/or urgent care to our diverse stu-dent population as well as a largerfocus/emphasis on sports related in-jury and health issues, in a full-timemedical clinic with laboratory, radiol-ogy, physical therapy and pharmacy.Manhattan is a rapidly growing uni-versity community that offers ahometown atmosphere with goodschools and many metropolitanamenities. Also enjoy a generousbenefit package along with NOCALL! If you are interested in thisposition, a more thorough list of re-sponsibilities can be obtained bycontacting: Robin at (785)532-7755or [email protected].
Screening of applications begins03/07/2014 and continues until theposition is filled. Submit your C.V., acopy of your current medical license,DEA Certificate, and names and ad-dresses of three professional refer-ences to: Search Committee, LafeneHealth Center, 1105 Sunset Ave.,Manhattan KS 66502. Backgroundcheck required. Kansas State Uni-versity is an Equal Opportunity Em-ployer.
Help Wanted 370 Automotive Service Technician.! Ex-perience helpful.! Bonus offered forChrysler Certification.Bolton Chrysler Dodge Jeep, CouncilGrove, KS! Call 1-800-835-8019
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Screening of applications begins03/07/2014 and continues until theposition is filled. Submit your re -sume, a copy of your current nursinglicensure, and names and addressesof three professional references to:Search Committee, Lafene HealthCenter, 1105 Sunset Ave., Manhat-tan KS 66502. Background checkrequired. Kansas State University isan Equal Opportunity Employer.
Construction help wanted. Full timeemployment with medical, dental and401k. Call 785-223-1786 or785-479-6687.
Full Time Manufacturing OperatorVentria Bioscience, Junction City, islooking for a full time ManufacturingOperator to manufacture productsutilizing chromatography, filtration,microfiltration and freeze dryingequipment in a safe manner. Previ-ous manufacturing experience in achemical or pharmaceutical plant isdesirable but is not required. Salarywill be commensurate on experi -ence. Please email resume and acover letter to [email protected] phone calls please.
B&B Busing is now hiring transporta-tion monitors for Headstart routes.Obtain job description from B&BBusing, 2722 Gateway Court. Junc-tion City. 238-8555. EOE
HIRING FULL TIME & part timecook. Apply in person at Ikes Place,100 NW 14th, Abilene.
Help Wanted 370
Assistant teacher: !Positive, ener -getic assistant teacher needed towork with young children in a loving,learning environment. !Hope Lu -theran Early Learning Center785.587.9400
CDL Drivers
Irish Express Inc. located in Alma,KS, is seeking qualified Class A CDLdrivers. Applicants must be self moti-vated. Great Pay and benefits. Oneyear verifiable OTR experience re-quired. Home most weekends. NiceEquipment. 1-800-417-0702.
Clerk of the District Court II: Perma-nent full-time position in GearyCounty District Court, Eighth JudicialDistrict.
Job Description: This is a highly su-pervisory, administrative and partici-patory work as a Clerk of the DistrictCourt. Work involves the overallmanagement of the Civil, Criminal,Probate, Limited Action and Juvenilefunctions of the district trial levelcourt.
Education/Experience: High Schoolgraduate with four years clerical ex-perience, including at least two yearsof court related or other legal relatedwork. College hours may be substi-tuted for some experience.
Classification: Grade 22, step I, anda starting salary of $1,400.72bi-weekly.
Send applications and resumes toCecil Aska, Court Administrator,Geary County Courthouse, 138 E.8th, Junction City, KS 66441: (785)762-5221 x1445
Applications are available from Clerkof the District Court, Geary CountyCourthouse, 138 E. 8th St., JunctionCity KS 66441 OR may be obtainedon the Internet by going towww.kscourts.org and clicking on the“Human Resources” link.
Deadline: February 21, 2014 by5:00 p.m.
The KS Judicial Branch does not dis-criminate on the basis of race, relig-ion, color, sex, age, national origin ordisability, EEO/AA
Public Notices 310 First published in The Daily Union on
the 20th day of February, 2014.IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
GEARY COUNTY, KANSASCase No.: 13 DM 821
In the Matter of the Marriage of:ASHLEY GREEN AndCURTIS GRAY
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State of Kansas to Curtis Grayand all other persons who are ormay be concerned. You are herebynotified that a Petition for Divorcehas been filed in the above DistrictCourt by Ashley Green. You haveuntil on or before April1, 2014, to fileyour answer with the Court in Junc-tion City, Kansas. If you fail to file ananswer, judgment and decree will beentered against you based upon thePetition filed with the Court. Ashley Green, Petitioner
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Dear Annie: One of our darling granddaughters started to pull out her eye-lashes at around age 9.
We expressed our concern to our son.
Shortly after, we were told that our granddaughter was seeing a counselor to address this behavior.
We were so relieved when she stopped.
But about a year later, she started again.
Now her 9-year-old broth-er is pulling hair out of his head. He has a bald spot about two inches in diame-ter.
Our son and his wife have education degrees.
The marriage and family appear OK.
The kids seem happy, and they do well in school.
I recently brought up the counseling to our son, but he said, “We tried that.”
He indicated that the kids will stop on their own.
Is stress causing this? How involved should we get? Right now, we feel like it’s the elephant in the room. — Blue-Collar Grandparents
Dear Grandparents: Tri-chotillomania is a disorder that results in compulsive hair pulling.
It is currently considered to be a “body-focused repeti-tive behavior.”
There also may be a genet-ic predisposition, which would explain why both of your grandchildren suffer from it.
Sometimes stress, anxiety or fatigue can trigger the hair pulling, but not always.
Doctors do not know the underlying cause but believe it may develop due to a com-bination of genetic, hormon-al, emotional and environ-mental factors.
Appropriate treatment involves cognitive behavioral therapy, sometimes in com-bination with medication, hypnosis and relaxation techniques.
Your son and his wife may already be taking the neces-sary steps, but either way, you can get more informa-tion through the Trichotillo-mania Learning Center at trich.org.
Dear Annie: I recently learned that a friend’s son died from a heart attack.
He was relatively young. I was both saddened and shocked.
I was more despondent that my friend and his cur-rent (third) wife did not attend his son’s funeral. They live in another state, but still.
It was his son.We’ve been friends for
more than 50 years, but it makes me realize he wouldn’t bother attending my funeral, either.
Annie, should I dissolve our friendship?
Should I tell him how shocked and disappointed I am?
Or should I simply over-
look it? — Sensitive, Caring Person
Dear Sensitive: While not attending his son’s funeral seems callous, is it possible that your friend has health issues that prevented him from traveling?
Might he and his son have been estranged and his pres-ence at the funeral unwel-come?
You can let him know that you were surprised he didn’t attend the funeral, but he is under no obligation to satisfy your curiosity.
Limiting the friendship because you believe he no longer cares enough about you is a legitimate concern, but cutting off a 50-year friendship because he might not attend your funeral is excessive.
How your friend treats you while you are alive is what counts
Dear Annie: This is in response to those individuals who invite family, friends and neighbors to their home for dinner and then feel slighted because the invita-tion is not reciprocated.
Many years ago, when invited to someone’s home, I did return the invitation.
But it always made me nervous to entertain. I’d lose sleep, worry about what to serve, wonder whether I’d have enough food or whether my dinner would turn out well.
I finally decided that it just was not worth the anxiety to keep having people over.
I will occasionally host an informal gathering at my home, nothing fancy.
Thank goodness I have friends who know that enter-taining makes me anxious. They still invite me to their homes and ask me to bring a salad, a dessert or a bottle of wine.
Some of us just aren’t meant to host parties. — I’m Not
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ARIES (March 21—April 19). The per-son who has the best ideas isn’t necessar-ily the one who should be in charge. Leadership and creativity are two differ-ent strengths —something to consider as you assemble your team.
TAURUS (April 20—May 20). Rarely do the circumstances of a project coalesce in a manner as serendipitous as today’s events. As you recognize the element of magic at work here, you will attract more of it.
GEMINI (May 21—June 21). You find a certain person’s proximity to be agree-able. That doesn’t mean you’re in love, and it doesn’t mean you’re not. For now, you’re willing to enjoy the relationship without labels.
CANCER (June 22—July 22). The pow-erful effects of habit will save the day, keeping you on the straight and narrow, doing the things that are good for your health, work, relationships and life.
LEO (July 23—Aug. 22). You’ll find other people’s opinions interesting, although you are not likely to agree with many of them. Because you’re willing to listen to many points of view, you’ll come up with better solutions.
VIRGO (Aug. 23—Sept. 22). Belly up to the banquet! Life’s offerings are all-you-can-eat style today. Therefore, if you’re hungry, you’re in for a treat. But self-gov-erning will be necessary to avoid overin-dulgence.
LIBRA (Sept. 23—Oct. 23). With some-thing time consuming now behind you, you may wonder what to do next. Pick a goal, any goal. Every goal comes with an automatic guidance system.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24—Nov. 21). Make-overs and do-overs are favored today, and both will happen with a minimal amount of effort. Tonight, those who say they don’t care usually care the most.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22—Dec. 21). An unusual circumstance is indicated. A bat-tle can be won before it is even fought. Think your way through this. There’s a way to succeed with minimal sacrifice on both sides.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22—Jan. 19). You’re in tune with everyone, not just the popu-lar and powerful people. There’s some-one the others are discounting. Listen carefully to what he or she has to say, and take the message seriously.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20—Feb. 18). The old saying goes that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. These days, many apples don’t want to leave the tree at all, a trend that will affect you in one way or anoth-er.
PISCES (Feb. 19—March 20). Recog-nize the limits of the people you’re deal-ing with. Fair—weather friends are still friends. They are best enjoyed for what they can do. Problems only come if you expect more from them.
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out of sync, not focused from the first drive.”
But Junction City didn’t lie down.The aggressive play, attacking the Man-
hattan ballhandlers as they attempted to bring the ball up the court, proved especial-ly effective.
Senior Ja’Male Morrow routinely punched the ball loose in the back court, giving the Blue Jays another chance as they closed the gap to eight-points, 42-34 at halftime.
“He plays so hard,” Battle said. “Ja’Male just plays so hard. That’s the number one thing, you can have all the talent in the world but effort always trumps talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
At the outset of the third quarter, senior Jonathan Wilds delivered a crisp bounce pass on a fast break to Johnson for a buck-et.
Then, after Wilds forced a turnover, John-son grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back to bring the Blue Jays within four, 42-38.
But that was as close as Junction City would get.
Manhattan stretched the lead first to dou-ble-digits and then it kept growing.
“They just knocked down shots and we turned the ball over too much,” Wilds said.
“We didn’t play good defense all game, that’s why the score was the way it was.”
Wilds led Junction City with 17 points and Johnson scored 16 in the contest.
Junior Jordan Lawrence scored seven points and guards Danny Thornton and Tanner Lueker each scored six points.
But the pace was just too fast for Junction City, which is more comfortable in half-court contests.
“Everyone just has to pitch in,” Wilds said. “I can’t make somebody want it, coach can’t make somebody want it. Everyone on the team just has to come on board.”
Junction City (5-11) travels to Topeka High Friday.
Morrow said the effort was there, but the players weren’t focused enough in the prac-tices leading up to the game.
“I think we took the game lightly,” he said. “Yeah, it’s a really big game for us, but Monday, it was probably one of our worst practices of the year. We could’ve done a lot better.”
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ing it 33-7 and splitting up the Indians’ daunting run.
But outside of that, the Blue Jays couldn’t get anything going.
“We started trying to run offense without running our plays and it got us in a lot of trouble and a lot of turn-overs,” Kamm said.
Junction City struggled to get open looks near the basket and instead was forced to settle for longer jump shots.
But the Jays couldn’t sink them.Parks said Manhattan’s softer man
defense, which collapses on the basket, made second-chance opportunities nearly impossible to come by.
“When any team’s not knocking down shots and all you’re getting is one shot and they’re going the other way, that’s going to hurt quite a bit and that’s what they did to us,” he said. “We had no con-fidence to knock down a shot and no one to grab the offensive rebound.”
In the third quarter, Rains hit another
trey and Kamm found the twine again, but it wasn’t enough to keep pace with the Indians.
Rains finished with nine points and Kamm scored eight in the contest.
Junction City had its best offensive output in the fourth but still could not post a double-digit quarter.
Senior Bre Waterman and freshman Darja Russel each scored a basket in the final period.
Parks believes his team could learn something from how Manhattan plays.
“That team is disciplined, but it’s defi-nitely not the best team in state,” he said. “But they believe they are and that’s what it’s all about. If you have the confidence and you believe you’re the best, a lot of times that’s going to help.”
Junction City falls to 3-14 on the sea-son.
The Blue Jays travel to Topeka High Friday.
“It’s Manhattan, so it’s always a little more of a slap in the face. I think it showed us we need to put in extra time out of season to keep up in the Centen-nial League.”
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Junction City ScoringName PointsJonathan Wilds 17Semaj Johnson 16Jordan Lawrence 7Tanner Lueker 6Danny Thornton 6Ja’Male Morrow 5Josh Bryan 3Reggie Summerall 3Jake Adkins 2Byrale Carter 2
Ethan Padway • The Daily UnionJunction City’s Semaj Johnson shoots over Man-hattan’s Payton Stephens Tuesday, in Manhattan.
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Junction City’s Darja Russell pass-es the ball inside against Manhat-tan in Manhattan on Tuesday.
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