January 23, 2014

Volume 127, Number 4 Thursday, January 23, 2014 16 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

The Stevens CountyBoard of County Commis-sioners met in regular ses-sion Monday, January 20,2014 with all members,James Bell, Pat Hall andDave Bozone present. Alsopresent were County Coun-selor Robert Johnson,County Clerk Pam Benseland RoGlenda Coulter fromThe Hugoton Hermes. Thefollowing is just an agendafor the morning with a few

of the unofficial highlights.Official minutes will be pub-lished at a later date.

The commissioners’agenda for the morning waspretty full. It included: 8:30- Bills / Robert Rich - en-cumbrance letter / JaniceMorgan - mixer; 9:00 - GregWellbrock - appraisal en-cumbrance letter; 9:30 -Tony Martin - Road andBridge; 10:00 - tax sale /Roger Lynch, Karen Rich -

requesting matching fundsfor SWKS Area Agency onAging / Roger Lynch -Woods ADM Elevator site;10:30 - Rodney Kelling -EMS, Fire and Civil Defenseencumbrance letters; 11:15- Casey Settlemyer - con-tract for land; 11:30 - ChrisLund - special funding; and12:00 - Lunch.

When this reporter ar-rived at approximately 8:45the commissioners were

just finishing talking withRobert Rich. He brought inan encumbrance letter forthe fitness center. Motionwas made and passed toallow the encumbrance.Robert also asked aboutgetting bids for the roof. Hewill try to get some localbids.

Janice Morgan and Deb-bie Nordling came in to talkabout getting a new mixerfor the Memorial Hall. Theyhave been researching usedand new ones. They finallydid find one and brought inthe details for the commis-sioners to look over. Motionwas made and carried toallow them to get the mixer.Pam will order it.

Commissioners dis-cussed some other details.They have been asked for aroad/driveway to be built toa new house being built inthe county on Road M. Theyagreed a bus route is re-quired to be provided and it

is on a section line. Theyneed to talk to the neigh-boring landowners.

Greg Wellbrock came into talk to the commission-ers about purchasing a newcopier for his office since thelease will be up for the oldone. He would rather buy acopier outright instead ofleasing this time. Leasingcosts around $397 amonth. A maintenance con-tract can be purchasedalso. The one they are look-ing at will not require learn-

ing new ways to run it. Mo-tion was made and passedto allow the encumbrancefor the money to purchasethe copier.

Gary Baker popped in.He wanted to talk about thesummary judgement for thetax valuation. Bob told himthis will be discussed in anexecutive session later.

Tony Martin was next onthe agenda. He had drawnup a letter for the state

This Saturday, January25, the Hugoton UnitedMethodist men will behosting their annualGround Hog Supper at theMemorial Hall, Sixth andMonroe in Hugoton, from5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Comeand bring your family!

If you resolved to loseweight this past New Year’sEve, forget it for anevening! If winter’s going tolast six more weeks, youmay as well gain an inch or

two of insulation by eatingdelicious sausage, hot bis-cuits, mashed potatoeswith gravy, sauerkrautand ribs, applesauce andpie! Piping hot coffee andice cold milk will also beavailable.

Now that your stomachis probably growling — youcan even take some of thatdelectable sausage homein bulk! A free will offeringwill be gratefully accepted.

Monday morning the Commissioners’ MeetingRoom is filled to capacity for the tax foreclo-sure Sheriff’s sale. Over $86,000 was recovered

from proceeds from the sale for unpaid taxesin Stevens County and some happy bidderswent home with new property.

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The Stevens County Eco-nomic Development Boardmet Tuesday, January 14,2014 at the Senior Centercraft room. Attending themeeting were Director NealGillespie, Secretary RuthVan Horn, Hugoton Hermesreporter Ruthie Winget andboard members Doug Mar-tin, Josh Morris, Dan Cor-pening, Teresa Colantonio,Ray Hoggatt, Jody Wackerand Mark Crawford. Boardmember Jan Leonard wasabsent.

The minutes of the lastmeeting were read and ap-proved. The board voted topay the bills.

The treasurer reported thebalance of the checking ac-count was $2,237.90. Thetotal Special Projects balancewas $56,498.61, $7,699.17of which is the Housing In-centive balance. The boardvoted to transfer $1,000 fromthe Special Projects to thechecking account to paybills.

Director Gillespie intro-duced the two new boardmembers which were TeresaColantonio and Ray Hoggatt.Teresa was appointed by theMoscow City Council andRay was appointed by theStevens County Commis-sioners. They replaced BryneSullins and Steve Rome.

The board passed the mo-tion to pay the wKREDA an-nual dues of $850.

Neal informed the newboard members aboutEcoDevo’s funding. StevensCounty pays the salaries of

the director and the secre-tary. The City of Hugotoncontributes $20,000 per yearand the City of Moscow con-tributes about $750 peryear.

The board elected officers.Doug Martin was electedChairman of the Board.Mark Crawford was electedvice-chairman and JackRowden was re-electedtreasurer.

Neal announced the All-School Reunion will be dur-ing the Fourth of Julyweekend in 2015. This willbe the one hundredth an-niversary of the first gradu-ating class from HugotonHigh School. Neal agreed todo the alumni program forone more reunion. Workerswill be sought to help withthis reunion.

Neal reported Abengoa gottheir generator running.They had employed 1,300workers but it is slowingdown. Now they have about700 employees working atthis time. Making ethanol isthe next step.

Gillespie talked with theBest Western Plus motelpeople. They stated the ar-chitect is working on theplans. It will be a 50 unitmotel with an indoor swim-ming pool. The motel will besouth of the Kansas DairyIngredients. They hope tostart construction in thespring.

Rural Oportunity Zonehas two applicants approvedwith six applications pend-ing. This program pays a

portion of the student loansfor applicants who movehere from elsewhere.

The Moderate IncomeHousing grant was approvedfor a quarter of one milliondollars for Stevens County.This grant enables the unitsto be rented out at a lowerrate after they are built. Thecontractors plan to breakground by February. Con-tractor Duane West plans tobuild five duplexes and twosingle units. ContractorRichard Rome plans to builda triplex unit.

Rural Housing IncentiveDistrict requires the devel-oper to have the plans readyto go before this incentivecan be approved.

Kansas Dairy Ingredientshas applied for IndustrialRevenue Bonds which willallow them to apply for taxabatements. KDI is addingto their plant to double theirproduction.

The director had appliedfor the KDOT Economic De-velopment Grant andStevens County wasawarded $1.1 million for thehighway improvement eastof Hugoton. KDOT will builda three lane highway in frontof KDI with a turning lane.

Ruth reminded the boardmembers about the Legisla-tive Update which will beFebruary 15, 2014 at 4:00p.m. Senator Powell andRepresentative Alford will beattending.

The meeting adjourned.The next meeting will beFebruary 11, 2014.

The Hugoton USD 210Board of Education metJanuary 20, 2014 for a reg-ular Board of Educationmeeting. Stephanie Heger,President of the Board ofEducation called the meet-ing to order. Present at themeeting were Todd Gayer,Matt Mills, StephanieHeger, Martin Daharsh,Barry Hittle and DonBeesley. Also present wereTiffany Boxum, Mark New-ton, Lance Custer, GreggErrebo, Elise Heger, MarkCrawford, Traci Shields,Misty McSpadden, KerrinneFann and Kay McDaniels.Paula Rowden was absent.

The “I Make a DifferenceAward” was presented toMisty McSpadden and Ker-rinne Fann.

Hugoton High School isin the midst of a major sci-ence curriculum change.Mrs. Fann has worked tire-lessly as a leader in her de-partment. Her collaborativeleadership and positive ap-proach with both her col-leagues and her students isa big part of why she is anoutstanding scienceteacher. She was nomi-nated for this award by anadministrator. The Admin-istrative Team has praisedKerrinne for her influenceand her efforts to increasethe college and career readi-ness at HHS. Mrs. Fann hastruly made a difference thisschool year at USD 210.

Mrs. McSpadden is anoutstanding new teacher atHugoton High School. She

was nominated for thisaward by an administrator.The Administrative Teamhas praised Misty for herpositive demeanor, her hardwork and her ability to con-nect with her students.Mrs. McSpadden has trulymade a difference thisschool year at HugotonHigh School.

The agenda was ap-proved. The board acceptedthe resignations of RichardRome – HHS Industrial Artsinstructor – effective May23, 2014 and Jaime Pizzaro– second shift custodian.

The board accepted thenew hire of Dan Reed –HMS basketball assistant.Mr. Reed currently is aHPEC teacher at the middleschool.

Superintendent MarkCrawford talked about thegovernor’s state of the stateaddress and the impact itcould have on the schooldistrict. Mark explainedhow the all day Kinder-garten would be fullyfunded. He informed theboard if Governor Brown-back’s proposed budget isapproved the base pay perstudent would slightly in-crease. Mark also discussedthe school budget.

Mrs. Boxum, PrimarySchool Principal, discussedthe primary school improvement plan in theareas of reading and math.Ms. Boxum informed theboard the kindergarten stu-

UMC Groundhog Supper SaturdayEcoDevo welcomes new members

Stevens County tax sale brings large attendance to Commissioners’ Meeting

The Stevens County Economic DevelopmentBoard meets for their January meeting. Frontrow, left to right are Director Neal Gillespie,Teresa Colantonio, Jody Wacker, Ray Hoggatt

and Dan Corpening; back row are SecretaryRuth Van Horn, Mark Crawford, Josh Morris,Doug Martn and Jack Rowden.

Kerrine Fann and Misty McSpadden are presented the “I Makea Difference Award” at the USD 210 school board meeting Mon-day evening.

Veterans representative will be at Stevens County Library monthly

USD 210 presents “I Make a Difference” awards

Glenda Hopkins, theVeterans Service Repre-sentative from the KansasCommission on VeteransAffairs, will be at theStevens County Library inHugoton from 10:00 to11:00 a.m. the fourthTuesday of every month.She will be available to as-

sist Veterans and/or theirdependents in applying forbenefits from the VeteransAdministration.

For further information,or to make an appoint-ment, please call 620-276-3102 or visit her officelocated at 116 E. Chest-nut in Garden City.

Brayden Leeper is a newHugoton Hermes fan and onlyfive months old. He is the sonof Seth and Keshia Leeper.

Happy BirthdayKANSAS!

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Pioneer Manor residentsplay Bingo at 2:00 p.m.Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fri-days and Saturdays. Com-munity members are invitedto volunteer or play a gamewith the residents!AL-ANON Family Groupmeets at 1405 CemeteryRoad Mondays and Thurs-days at 8:00 p.m. Call 620-544-2610 or 620-544-2854for more information.CELEBRATE LIFE everyMonday night 6:30-8:00p.m. at Assembly of God, 138S. Main in Hugoton. Park inthe back lot.HUGOTON LIONS CLUBmeets every Second andFourth Thursday of themonth at Memorial Hall at7:00 p.m. HUGOTON MASONICLODGE #406 AF&AM meetsevery second and fourthTuesday of the month at 7:30p.m. Wednesday nights

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

will host Kids Club from 3:45to 4:45 p.m. Kids Club isavailable for children agesKindergarten through fifthgrade. For more information,contact the church at 620-598-2426.January 23

- Hugoton IntermediateSchool students - thirdthrough sixth grades - willtake group and classroompictures.

- Moscow Grade SchoolFamily Reading Night. Par-ents and students are askedto meet in the cafeteria at6:30 p.m.January 24- Heritage Christian Acad-

emy students will participatein the MidWinter Tourna-ment at Bible ChristianChurch in Garden City. - First evening in a series of

three evening classes entitled“Whole Brain ParentingClasses” with Nicole Crites,licensed marriage and familytherapist, at the PeaceHouse, 715 Van Buren inHugoton from 6:30 to 8:00p.m. Childcare will be pro-vided. Call Patty Bultman at620-428-2046 to sign up.January 25- Hugoton United Methodist

Men will host their annualGround Hog Supper at theMemorial Hall in Hugotonfrom 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. - Winter Wonderland Arts,

Crafts and Vendor Festivallat the Stevens County Fair-grounds from 9:00 a.m. to4:00 p.m. Concession standswill benefit Stevens County4-H.- Rolla Recreation Commis-

sion will host a third andfourth grade basketball tour-nament. If you would likeyour team to participate,contact the Rolla Rec at 593-4433 and leave a message.- 2014 Annual Winter Graz-

ing Conference - “Grazingand Soil Health” at RamadaHotel & Conference Center,1616 W. Crawford St. inSalina. begins at 7:30 p.m.Pre-register at www.kansas-graziers.blogspot.com.January 27

The Southwest KansasChambers of Commerce arehosting the fifth annual“Night Out in Topeka” from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at TheCapitol Plaza Hotel. Theevent is open to all south-west Kansas business enti-ties and community leaders.Call your local Chamber of-fice for more information at544-4305.January 28- Glenda Hopkins will be at

the Stevens County Libraryfrom 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. tohelp Veterans and their de-pendents apply for benefitsfrom the Veterans Adminis-

tration. For more informa-tion, call 620-276-3102.January 29- The State of Kansas cele-

brates its one hundred fifty-third birthday.January 31- Deadline to register for theHugoton Recreation Com-mission’s 2014 CommunityMeltdown. For more informa-tion, call 620-544-4675 orpick up a registration packetat HRC, 211 S. Madison.- Lone Star Friends Church

will host their annualGround Hog Supper from5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The churchbuilding is located 14 mileseast of Hugoton on Highway51. For more information,visit Lone Star FriendsChurch on Facebook.February 2- 2012 Heisman Trophy fi-

nalist Collin Klein is comingto Faith Tabernacle Churchto speak during the church’sSuper Bowl party. The partywill be at the Ag Building at1501 W. Eighth in Liberal.Doors to the Ag Building willopen at 5:00 p.m. There is nocharge to attend. Sponsor forthe event is Liberal Ministe-rial Alliance in partnershipwith Faith Tabernacle. February 3- Stevens County Commis-

sioners will meet in the Com-missioners’ Room at theStevens County Courthouse.February 3-7

- Hugoton ElementarySchool will host Book FairWeek in the library.February 4- Hugoton Elementary third

graders will perform theirmusic concert at 7:00 p.m. inthe HES gym.February 5- Hugoton Airport Board willmeet at 7:00 p.m.February 7- Hugoton High School will

be hosting Power Prep withCarolyn Devane from 8:15 to11:30 a.m. in the old cafete-ria. The course will includestrategies to improve stu-dents’ ACT scores. For moreinformation, contact the highschool office at 544-4311.There is a fee to attend. Reg-istrations must be turned inby Monday, February 3.February 7-14- National Marriage Week

February 8- Sew All Day at the Senior

Center, 624 S. Main in Hugo-ton. Call 620-544-2283 formore information.- Valentine Dance and BingoParty at the Hugoton SeniorCenter from 7:00 until 10:00p.m. All ages are welcome tojoin in the fun. OklahomaCowboy will play.February 10- Hugoton City Council will

meet at 5:15 p.m. February 11- Stevens County Economic

Development will meet at theSenior Center, Sixth andMain in Hugoton, at 12:00noon.February 12- Hugoton Area Chamber of

Commerce will meet at 12:00noon.- Early release for all USD

210 schools at 1:30 p.m.February 13- Sons of Thunder South-

west Kansas Chapter willmeet at the Grant CountyCivic Center, 1000 W. Patter-son Ave. in Ulysses from7:00 to 9:30 p.m. BobbyMassey of Wichita will speak.There will be a free meal, fel-lowship and worship. Re-member February is “BringYour Sweetheart” month!February 13-14- No school for USD 210 stu-dents due to Parent/ TeacherConferences. February 14- Happy Valentine’s Day!- Hugoton High School will

host a Winter HomecomingPep Rally at 2:00 p.m. February 15- Legislative update at the

Stevens County LibraryMeeting Room at 4:00 p.m.

�� The death of Doyle Ed-ward Beavers has beenlearned. Mr. Beavers passedaway Thursday, December12, 2013 in Bowie, Tx. at theage of 70.

Doyle was born June 30,1943 to Claude Beavers andthe former Pauline Horner inHugoton. Doyle attended high schoolin Hugoton and worked forhis family’s machine shop.He moved to MontagueCounty in 1963 where hewas co-owner of Beaver’sConstruction until 1985. Hecontinued to work in con-struction and heavy machin-ery from 1985 to 2006. Doylewas co-owner of Beaver’sDozer Service. Mr. Beavers was an entre-preneur in the heavy ma-chinery and constructionbusinesses and was cur-rently co-owner of Beaver’sDozer Service. He enjoyedmetal works, oil painting,sketching and flying. Those preceding him indeath were his parentsClaude and Pauline Beavers;brother Kenneth Beavers;

and his two sisters, ClaudineOder and Louise TrahernSmith. Doyle is survived by hiswife Rita Beavers of Bowie;two sons, Shane Beavers andwife Gayonne of Decatur, Tx.and Spencer Beavers andwife Kim of Bowie; seven stepchildren, Randy Polk andwife Ramonna of Bowie,Larry Archer and wifeMichelle of Mineral Wells, Tx.Gary Archer and wife Char-lotte of Arlington, Tx., Shan-non Edwards and husbandTroy of Haslet, Tx., CherissaMcConnell and husbandMichael Harrijgers ofCrafton, Tx., CourtneyMatthews of Bowie and San-dra Mitchell and husbandOdes of Arlington; his 18grandchildren, Seth andShaina Beavers, Bailey andTeague Beavers, Emily andTage Cunningham, BaileyPolk, T.J. Edwards and wifeSarah, Hunter Edwards,Casey Stark, Mason, Leah,and Meagan Mitchell,Latisha Grant and husbandPhillip, Natasha Burgess andhusband Daniel, Gary WayneArcher and wife Jessica,Stephanie Sullivan and hus-band Cory and Cory Archer;and seven great grandchil-dren. Funeral services were at-tended Sunday afternoon,December 15, 2013 at theMontague County CowboyChurch with Joe Caballeroofficiating. Burial followed atElmwood Cemetery of Bowie.Arrangements were en-trusted to the White FamilyFuneral Home of Bowie.

Doyle Beavers

Friends and family gath-ered Friday to remember andhonor Mary Ellen Grubbs.Mrs. Grubbs, now of Ulysses,passed from this life Tuesday,January 14, 2014 at Bob Wil-son Memorial Hospital inUlysses. She was 83. Born January 23, 1930 inGrant County, she was thedaughter of Archie Lee Turnerand the former Mabel Cox. Mary Ellen traveled as achild with her family. Theysettled in Ulysses where sheattended Grant County RuralHigh School. September 18, 1946 MaryEllen married Norman D.Grubbs in Ulysses. After theirmarriage, they moved to Hugo-ton and raised their familythere. In 1996 they moved toUlysses. Mary Ellen loved family get-togethers, dancing, singingand hummingbirds. She wasa member of the Shelton Me-morial Christian Church inUlysses. Survivors include her three

daughters, Linda Young andhusband O.D. of Ulysses, PamLewis and husband Jim ofJay, Ok. and Debbie SueArnold and husband Jerry ofSatanta; her eight grandchil-dren; and 16 great grandchil-dren. Those preceding Mary Ellenin death were her parents;husband Norman in 2008;daughter Donna Rae Jones;two brothers, John Turner,Pete Tuner; and sister SharonDumcum. Funeral services were at-tended Friday afternoon, Jan-uary 17, 2014 at the SheltonMemorial Christian Church inUlysses with Reverend KellyGindlesberger officiating. In-terment followed at the Hugo-ton Cemetery under thedirection of Garnand FuneralHome of Ulysses. Memorial contributionsmay be given to the AmericanCancer Society in care of Gar-nand Funeral Home, 405 W.Grant Ave, Ulysses, Ks 67880.

Mary Ellen Grubbs

Monday, January 13, 2014• Non Injury Accident, 100 Block of

West Eleventh, Took Report, OfficerHagman

Wednesday, January 15, 2014• Medical Assist, 100 Block of South

Washington, Public Service, OfficerCrane

• Vehicle Unlock, 1000 Block ofSouth Washington, Citizen Assist,Officer Crane

• Wants Subject Removed, 800 Blockof South Main, Advised This IsCivil, Sergeant Johnson

• Citizen Assist, 1000 Block of SouthMain, Public Service, SergeantJohnson

Thursday, January 16, 2014• Dogs at Large, 500 Block of West

Eleventh, Dogs Impounded, OfficerCrane

• Dog Complaint, 700 Block of WestEleventh, Spoke to Owner, OfficerCrane

• Released Dog to Owner, 1600 Blockof South Washington, Public Serv-ice, Sergeant Johnson

Friday, January 17, 2014• Dog at Large, Unable to Locate, Of-

ficer Lamatsch• Agency Assist, Public Service, Offi-

cer Lamatsch• Dog at Large, Unable to Locate, Of-

ficer Lamatsch• Medical Assist, 1500 Block of South

Main, Public Service, Officer Hag-man

• Rp of Stolen Vehicle, Unable to Lo-cate, Officer Hagman

Sunday, January 19, 2014• Loud Music, 1400 Block of South

Monroe, Officer Lamatsch• Injury Accident, First and Washing-

ton, Officer Lamatsch• Motorist Assist, First and Washing-

ton, Public Service, OfficerLamatsch

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Ambulance Report Stevens County EmergencyServices run activity for Jan-uary 13 through January 19.Fire Department

Hugoton Station Tuesday, January 14 -4:07 p.m. called to Highway56 and Road 9 for a grassfire. Saturday, January 18 -8:03 a.m. called to the alleybehind 100 S. Wilson for a

grass fire. Sunday, January 19 - 2:56p.m. called to First andWashington for a motorcycleaccident.Fire Department

Moscow Station No activity this period.

Ambulance Activity Five medical runs, twotransfers and one motorcycleaccident.

Word has been recieved ofthe death of Harvey T.Thompson. Mr. Thompson,78, passed from this life Sun-day, January 19, 2014 atSouthwest Medical Center inLiberal.

He was born February 4,1935 in rural SewardCounty, the son of EmilThompson and the formerPearl Ingraham. In 1953 Harvey marriedRetta Mangels. June 1, 1962he married Marilyn K. (Lewis)Freeman in Liberal. She sur-vives. A lifelong resident of Lib-eral, Harvey attended coun-try school at Green Valleyand graduated from LiberalHigh School in 1952. Heserved his country as a medicin the United States Armyfrom 1958 until 1960 duringpeacetime. After dischargehe worked for MidwesternDrilling. He attended tradeschools for diesel mechanicsand refrigeration while em-ployed at Liberal Truck Serv-ice. Mr. Thompson worked atseveral local trucking firms inLiberal during his career. Heand Marilyn owned and oper-

ated Thompson Rentalswhich was comprised of 28homes and rentals. Most re-cently he was a transferdriver for Kansas Truck Cen-ter. Harvey was a member ofthe former St. Paul UnitedMethodist Church, a formerElks Club member, and wasalso a member of the NRA.Survivors include his two

sons, Randy R. Thompsonand wife Janet of Liberal andAlan D. Freeman and wifeJanet K. of Liberal; twodaughters, Dena FreemanAllen and husband Larry ofLiberal and Vickie Thompsonof Liberal; his nine grandchil-dren, Trevor Thompson andwife Renee, Teresa Andradeand husband Jon, Jason Ottand wife Marilyn, KristyBrazeal and husband Billy,Rusty Allen and wife Julie,Misti McLain and husbandRobert, Mandi Cain and hus-band Heath, Preston Free-man and Heather Freeman;and 19 great grandchildren Those preceding Mr.Thompson in death were hisparents; infant daughterTeena Marie Thompson; hisbrother Eldon E. “Bud”Thompson; and sister EdnaP. Carlile Funeral services areplanned for 2:00 pm Friday,January 24, 2014 at FirstChristian Church Disciples ofChrist in Liberal with PastorJerry Odle and Pastor TerryFord presiding. Burial willfollow in the Liberal Ceme-tery. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, with

family present from 6:30 to8:00 p.m. at Brenneman Fu-neral Home. Memorial contributionsmay be given to the FirstChristian Church Disciples ofChrist in care of BrennemanFuneral Home, 1212 W. Sec-ond, Liberal, Ks 67901 Condolences may be sentto the family at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com.

Death has claimed the lifeof Vicky Lynn Allen, 65, ofEmporia. Mrs. Allen passedfrom this life Wednesday,January 15, 2014 at herhome.

Born September 10, 1948in Dodge City, Vicky was thedaughter of Henry Meyer andthe former June Boner.

In 1967 she was crownedMiss Grant County. She at-tended and graduated fromFort Hays State Universitywith a Bachelors Degree ofArts in Music Education,after which she taught musicin schools and private vocaland piano lessons. She re-tired from Social and Reha-bilitation Services as anAdministrative Specialist andteam member of the “Choos-ing Our Direction” project forcreating five online coursesfor training all SRS (nowDCF) employees.

Vicky also recently retiredas the choir director of theFirst Christian Church. Shewas a member of the FirstChristian Church in Emporiaand member and past presi-

dent of the Friends of the CityBand in Emporia.

August 15, 1970, Vickyand Don Allen were marriedin Ulysses.

She is survived by herhusband Don; two daugh-ters, Morgan Allen of Empo-ria and Reagan Kamran ofOlathe; and granddaughterLilah Kamran.

Cremation is planned. Amemorial service is plannedfor 10:00 a.m. Saturday,January 25, 2014 at the FirstChristian Church in Emporia

with Pastor Bob Colerick offi-ciating. Inurnment will be inUlysses at a later date.

Memorial contributionswill be designated at a laterdate and may be sent in careof Roberts - Blue - BarnettFuneral Home.

Online condolences maybe made throughwww.robertsblue.com.

Vicky Allen

God shall wipe awayall tears from their eyes;and there shall be no moredeath, neither sorrow, norcrying, neither shall therebe any more pain; for theformer things are passedaway.

Revelation 21:4

Harvey Thompson

dents in reading 92% mettheir expected target score forthe winter screening. In thefirst grade, 84% of studentsmet their target for the wintertesting. Of the second grade72% met their target basedon fluency only. In math,meeting the target score wasKindergarten 85%; first grade95%; and second grade85.3%.

Mark Newton, Intermedi-ate School Principal told theboard the elementary schoolhad concluded their secondtesting schedule. The Inter-mediate School Spelling Beefor fourth, fifth and sixthgrades will be Monday, Feb-ruary 3 with the CountySpelling Bee Friday, February7 at 1:00 p.m.

Lance Custer, MiddleSchool Principal, informedthe board peer tutoring willbe starting. Eleven studentsqualified to do the tutoringand they will meet twice aweek. Read 180 classes andmath classes were discussed.

Mr. Custer said some of thestudents left the classes andnew students were added.

The Hugoton MiddleSchool Science Fair is set forJanuary 29. Mr. Custer is ex-pecting more exhibits be-cause there are morestudents involved.

Gregg Errebo, High SchoolPrincipal informed the boardthe high school will have theirprom April 12. The studentswanted to do something dif-ferent this year and decidedto not have a dinner. Blueand Red Classic financialswere reported by Mr. Errebo.

Elise Heger, CurriculumDirector, talked about theprofessional day for teachersMonday. The next one will bea two-day work schedule setfor March 3 and 4. Mrs.Heger also talked about tran-sitional assessments at theschool.

The interviews for a newHHS principal for 2014-2015were all day Monday, Janu-ary 20 and one more inter-

view was scheduled for Janu-ary 21.

The new Kansas Legisla-tive Session is gearing up andthis could be a highly con-tentious session and a consti-tutional showdown set withthe school funding lawsuitruling coming soon from theKansas Supreme Court. TheGovernor’s proposed budgetdoes put forth some small in-creases into educationalfunding. The biggest increaseis in phasing in a plan tocount Kindergarten studentsas a full-time student. Thiscould net USD 210 with$46,000 in additional rev-enue.

Motion to approve Parentand Community Process/Flow Chart to increaseawareness of communicationprotocols at USD 210 was ap-proved. This is simply anawareness action item to givemore clout to the spreadsheetthe district wants to put ontheir Web site and on USD210 Facebook. Principals and

board members could usethis as a tool when calls orcomplaints come to them.Sometimes parents and com-munity members don’t un-derstand the board policy isto solve problems at the low-est possible level. The board’srole is to set policy, not en-force rules or solve minorproblems.

Motion to revise theKansas Teacher of the Yearnominee process was ap-proved. In the past, an ele-mentary and secondaryKTOY candidate were ap-proved each year. After muchinput from teachers, the BOEapproved only one KTOYnominee each school yearand offering them an extraday to prepare all the essaysrequired with this application/ competition. A survey wentout to all former KTOY nomi-nees still teaching at USD210. The results supportedthis motion. Also, at Super-intendent’s Council this topicwas considered and they sup-

ported this as well. The motion to pre-approve

a Letter of Intent to apply forHES Kindergarten-thirdgrade Reading Roadmapgrant was approved. This mo-tion is a grant pre-approval.Elise Heger, Davonna Da-harsh, Melisa Norton and Su-perintendent Crawfordtraveled to Dodge City in De-cember to hear a presenta-

tion for this topic. The groupliked what they heard. Theybelieve this grant could be upto $100,000 a year. It wouldsupplement the SummerSchool program budget andboost the K-3 reading pro-gram.

The meeting adjourned.

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Bradford turns90 years youngJanuary 25

Walter Bruce Bradford willcelebrate his ninetieth birth-day with a come and go re-ception for family and friendsSaturday, January 25 from1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at GracePlace, 802 S. Cleveland St.,Enid, Ok., right behindHobby Lobby. Cards may besent to him at 1201 Sunny-brook Lane, Enid, Ok.,73703.

Nicole Crites, owner/director of Caring Con-nections Daycare Center and Preschool, ispoised to cut the ribbon at the open house last

Sunday at the Trinity Baptist Church. Centermanager Tammy Baehler stands to Nicole’sright.

about the use of other roads asa detour while Highway 51 isbeing worked on. This projectwill not start until 2015. Thecommissioners said they arenot comfortable signing theagreement until they have awarranty of some sort sayingthe roads will be fixed back ifthey get torn up while beingused for the detours. The mat-ter was tabled for now. Tonysaid the federal money was re-ceived and will be put in high-way material funds. He thentalked about the request forRoad M. Right now it is just agas company two track road.Tony brought in the couple re-questing the road. They talkedto the commissioners aboutthe matter. Commissionerstold them they are in favor ofbuilding the road, they justhave a few legalities they haveto take care of first. The couplesaid they need an address forthe contractors. Roger Lynchwent over to talk to Susanabout getting them an address.Tony went on to talk aboutroad work plans. He said thenatural gas change-over hasstarted for the asphalt plant.The subject of the bills forheating the shop came up.Tony said he has been watch-ing all the thermostats and hasbeen working at keeping themturned down.

Roger Lynch approachedthe commissioners’ desk andtalked to the commissioners.

Karen Rich and Rogertalked to the commissionersabout matching funds for theSenior Center. Roger said therequirements have been met.

A Sheriff’s sale was sched-uled at 10:00 a.m. in the Com-missioners’ Meeting Room tosell properties for tax foreclo-sures. Bob Johnson advised noone with ties to the previousowners could bid or buy theproperties. Eleven lots were tobe auctioned off by SheriffHeaton. The room filled to ca-pacity and the bids began. Wellover $86,000 was brought inby the tax sale.

Rodney Kelling came in totalk to the commissionersabout encumbrance for theEMS, Fire, and Civil DefenseDepartments. Motion wasmade and carried to allow theencumbrance. He told thecommissioners about an avail-able grant. He knows someonewho writes grants. Commis-sioners asked he get withPaula Rowden and see if shecan write the grant instead.Rodney also told them whenthe remodeling and tying in fora generator was done, thetraining center and shop wasnot tied in with the emergencygenerator. Motion was made toallow this to be done but getmore bids first and pick thecheapest.

Pastor Bob Rich came in totalk about storage of itemsfrom the VFW Building. He andDave went to find Ted Heatonand talk to him about possiblystoring these items in the base-ment of the Law EnforcementCenter.

Susan Schulte talked to thecommissioners about purchas-ing a second set of filters for

the heat/air system. Thiswould help since the filtershave to be taken out, washedand set out to dry every monthand there are 71 of them. Mat-ter was tabled at this time.

Casey Settlemyer came in tosee about the contract for thelot he bought west of town. Thecontract was ready, he justneeds to take it to Greg Bond.Casey asked about restrictionsand stipulations. He has oneyear to build a metal buildingand there can be no livingquarters on the property. Anapproach will be built, andCasey was informed to adviseTony Martin when it’s ready tostart.

Discussion followed abouthow to raise revenue forStevens County. Tighteningthe budget will have to bedone. It may be needed also toapproach voters about raisingthe sales tax 1%. It was sug-gested to form a committee tolook into the matter.

Thea Schnittker came in totalk to the commissionersabout a resolution. The resolu-tion is in opposition to a bill in

Topeka abolishing the mort-gage fee tax, which brings in atleast $100K annually to thecounty to help offset taxes. Ifthe county would lose this rev-enue, the funds would have tobe made up elsewhere. Motionwas made and carried to signthe resolution.

Chris Lund was scheduledto talk to the commissionersabout Stevens County helpingto fund City on the Hill.Stevens County is the onlyarea county not already help-ing fund this project. He wasrequesting $6000. Motion wasmade to give them $4,000. Mo-tion passed.

The commissioners thenneeded to be in executive ses-sion for the rest of the morning,following which the meetingadjourned.

School BoardContinued from Page 1

CommissionersContinued from Page 1

Sheriff Ted Heaton takes bids and CountyCounselor Bob Johnson supplies the legal de-tails for the tax sale Monday morning to a verylarge group of bidders. The sale took place in

the middle of the commissioners’ meeting. Sit-ting from left to right are Commissioners PatHall, Dave Bozone and James Bell, and CountyClerk Pam Bensel takes notes.

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If you cannot find theStevens County Health De-partment, it’s because theyhave moved to a new address.They moved from south of thehospital to the northern sec-tion of the old Pioneer Manor.Director Paula Rowden gavethis reporter a tour of the newfacilities listing the many fea-tures.

When entering the newHealth Department, the pa-tients have a waiting areathat is in an open area. Aplayroom is provided for thechildren to occupy them-selves.

A conference room fortraining classes is available.

It seats perhaps 20 people. Itwill be utilized for staff devel-opment and community edu-cation. They plan to offertraining classes for how tocare for diabetes, hyperten-sion and other conditions.

There are three examrooms for the nurses to use.The Health Department usedthe existing cabinets from Pi-oneer Manor. They alsobrought over the cabinetsfrom the old clinic since theywould not be used for the up-coming pharmacy. They sal-vaged all they could to savemoney.

The health departmenthas a special room to house

the vaccines. They have ap-proximately $65,000 worth ofvaccines in the clinic.

The department offers labservices for people who haveno insurance or are underin-sured. They charge a very re-duced rate for the lab work.

Foot care and ear washingservices are provided, so thedepartment needed laundryfacilities and a special laun-dry room was built in.

Trista Panjwani is themanager of the vaccine pro-gram. She also manages theirdisease investigation for re-quirements to satisfy thestate’s requirements for thehealth department.

Paula stated they wouldlike to incorporate nutritionand education for families,seniors and adults so theycan eat healthy. They nowoffer through the state “BobBoxes.” The Food Bank pro-gram specifically offers theseboxes of food staples for sen-iors. The only requirement forthese boxes is to come andask for food assistance. TheHealth Department only re-cently received the boxeswhich is a new program.Paula emphasized, “This is aHelping Hand, not a hand-out.”

The health department re-ceives funding from WIC toencourage and promotebreastfeeding because it isthe healthiest choice for in-fants. The infants whobreastfeed are reported to behealthier throughout their lifespan. The health departmenthas a special room devoted tobreastfeeding education andsupport of breastfeeding.They plan to place rockingchairs in this room for the

mothers.There is also a room

specifically for nutrition edu-cation. When families comeby to pick up their WICchecks for food assistance,they will be required to attenda class in nutrition for thefamily. WIC checks distrib-uted in Stevens County bringin a lot of money for local gro-cery stores.

The Health Departmenthas a “Healthy Start” pro-gram which offers classes de-tailing how to care for babies.They advise the new mothersabout the services availablein the community. They alsooffer a clothing exchange ofchildren’s clothes. A car seatprogram is also offered. Newchildren’s car seats are avail-able installed for $15.00.

In the future, the healthdepartment hopes to bringMedicaid dental care for chil-dren and adults who cannotafford these services.

Paula and Trista are plan-ning a trip to Norton the endof the month to take classesto teach the senior popula-tion about good physical ac-tivity, health, diseasemanagement and nutritionrelated to disease manage-ment.

Over 8,000 patrons takeadvantage of the services of-fered by the health depart-ment. They are payingcustomers who are not takingtax dollars.

The Stevens County Phar-macy will be moving intowhere the health departmentwas previously located at alater date.


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828 S. Main Hugoton 544-8715Reverend Jo Mead, Pastor

Monday Bible Study - 1:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.Wednesday Praise! Kids - 3:45 p.m.

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ROLLA PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

Corner of Third and Adams, RollaMarcus Light, Pastor

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

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCHROLLA - RICHFIELD

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

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

MOSCOWMOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH598-2455 Church - 598-2400 Home

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

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

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

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

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Kid’s Club - Wednesday 3:30 p.m.UMYF Jr. High - 6:00 p.m.UMYF Sr. High - 5:00 p.m.

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

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

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

600 S. Van Buren - 544-2715Pastor Heath Kelley

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

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

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

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship - 7:00 p.m.

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

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

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

LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP424 S. Jackson 544-4828

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

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

LONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51

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

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

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

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

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

Pam Peachey, Pastor544-2436Services

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

HISPANO Congregación618 Main sur - Hugoton

620-370-1003Pastor Marcelino Auila

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

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER CHURCHPastor - Eric Mason

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ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551

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

AGAPE CHURCH OF HUGOTON

409 East Ninth, Hugoton453-2711

Pastor Bob RichSunday – 10:30 a.m.

ASAMBLEA DE DIOSLOS REDIMIDOS DEL REY

Martes 7:00 PMJueves 7:00 PM

Domingo 3:00 PM138 S. Main Hugoton

Pastores: Martinez620-544-7096

ASSEMBLY OF GODMain and Second Street

544-2773Ben Coats, Pastor

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

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

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

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

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

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CHURCH OF CHRIST1045 S. Van Buren

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

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


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

OF LATTER DAY SAINTS520 E. First

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

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

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE500 S. Van Buren 544-2493

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

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

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

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

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

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

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

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

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You are invited tocome worship withfamily and friends at Pioneer Manor

January 26Church of God

February 2Church of Christ

Stevens County Health Department moves to new facility

Stevens County Health Department moves their offices to theold Pioneer Manor at 507 S. Polk Street. They are able to offermany more services in their new building.

One of the three exam rooms for the use of the patrons at thenew health department facility.

Director Paula Rowden shows the storage room which housesthe various vaccines her department offers the community.

When families come in to pick up their WIC checks, they arerequired to attend nutrition classes. This room is specificallyfor the nutrition education.

A children’s playroom, which joins the waiting room at thehealth department, makes the wait more enjoyable for kids.

The health department offers a room for education concerningbreastfeeding of infants.

A new program has come to the health department. It offersBob Boxes, which are boxes filled with food staples for seniors.Paula stresses the boxes are a “helping hand, not a handout”.

The conference room at the health department is available forstaff development and community education.

The health department offersa clothing exchange for babiesand children.

The Hugoton Middle SchoolHonor Rolls for the second nineweeks have been announced.Seventh grade students makingthe Eagle Honor Roll ~ All A’s areHannah Archuleta, LeonardoArmendariz, Brionna Beard,Claire Clark, Jonathan Flores,Sesthleng Garcia, Nick Gold,Bryan Gonzalez, Abby Heger,Rebecca Johnson, Josselyn Ju-rado, Dawson Kerbow, KobeLindstrom, Peter Loewen, MaloriMcSpadden, Brayden Moodie,Megan Newlon, Kara Rodriguez,Ashlyn Schechter, Jayla Stump,Vivian Titus and HallieWettstein.

Eighth grade students mak-ing the list are Britta Beesley,Jaysa Featherston, MitchellHamlin, Marlyn Heger, DallieHoskinson, Nathan Leininger,Claire Lewis, Nicholas Mahan,Eric Perry, JoHanna Rawlins,Rodrigo Sanchez and MadisonShuck.

Students named to the Red &White Honor Roll ~ All A’s, 1 Bfor the seventh grade are Aubri-anna Campbell, Ashley Escalera,Casle Heger, Jagger Hertel, Zay-den Littell and Jeff Persinger.

Eighth grade students namedare Daniela Acosta, MarcosBaeza, Dawson Burnett, AdysonGooch, Deana Guerrero, LaneyHoskinson, Ashli Huss, BaileeKiley, Caitlin Kiley, Caitlin Lewisand Azarael Rodriquez.

Honorable Mention ~ All A’s,2 B’s students named are sev-enth grade Wade Angel, AylinAvila, Katie Crawford, Luis Guer-rero, Kamry Miller and AustinStevenson.

Eighth grade students namedto the list are Salma Avalos,Henry Beesley, Luis Contreras,Abraham Garcia, Caitlin Lewis,Maria Lopez and Abigail Marioni.

The Middle School Honor Roll

for the first semester EagleHonor Roll ~All A’s has been an-nounced. The seventh grade stu-dents making the list areHannah Archuleta, BrionnaBeard, Claire Clark, JonathanFlores, Nick Gold, Bryan Gonza-lez, Jacquelynn Grewell, Meken-zie Hagman, Abby Heger,Rebecca Johnson, Josselyn Ju-rado, Dawson Kerbow, MaloriMcSpadden, Brayden Moodie,Megan Newlon, Kara Rodriguez,Ashlyn Schechter, Jayla Stump,Vivian Titus and HallieWettstein.

Eighth grade students namedto the list are Britta Beesley,Jaysa Featherston, MitchellHamlin, Marlyn Heger, DallieHoskinson, Laney Hoskinson,Nathan Leininger, Claire Lewis,Maria Lopez, Nicholas Mahan,Eric Perry, JoHanna Rawlins,Rodrigo Sanchez and MadisonShuck.

Red & White Honor Roll ~ AllA’s, 1 B students named are sev-enth grade Leonardo Armen-

dariz, Sethleng Garcia, JaggerHertel, Kobe Lindstrom, PeterFriesen, Cody Mills and JeffPersinger.

Eighth grade students namedto the list are Daniela Acosta,Marcos Baeza, Luis Contreras,Abraham Garcia, Adyson Gooch,Deana Guerrero, Ashli Huss,Bailee Kiley, Caitlin Kiley and

Abigail Marioni.Honorable Mention ~ All A’s,

2 B’s students from the seventhgrade are Ashley Escalera, Zay-den Littell, Aubriana Campbelland Kaleb Grubbs.

Eighth grade students on thelist are Salma Avalos, DawsonBurnett, Jahziel Garcia, CaitlinLewis and Azareal Rodriguez.

Congratulations to all of thesebright students and please keep

up the good work!


What’s Happenin with Hugoton Students?

Stevens County Family and Consumer Science Agent NancyHonig came to speak to Hugoton Primary School’s first gradestudents about staying strong and healthy last week. Evidently,the students were very pleased with how delicious healthy habitscan be as they snacked on yummy fruits and even some delec-table vegetables!

Hugoton’s student section, aptly named the “Rowdy Crowd”,shows their Eagle spirit during a break in the game againstGoodland last Friday.

Hugoton Middle School students enjoy a fun break from all thepressures of studying before Winter Break with an EPIC party. EPIC stands for Eagle Pride Incentive Celebration, and only stu-dents who meet the requirements are allowed to attend. Require-ments include grades, attendance and behavior. Eachcelebration involves games, movies and other fun activities.

Ashlyn Schechter, Jacquelynn Grewell, Hallie Wettstein, AdysonGooch and Mattison Taylor look like they’re having quite thegood time at last week’s StuCo sponsored HMS Winter Social.

Hugoton High School’s Pep Band, directed by Mark Newton,performs the Star Spangled Banner before the home gameagainst Scott City Friday, January 10.

Hugoton High School’s girls’ basketball team members supporteach other after a tough loss at Ulysses.

Former Heritage Christian Academy student Katie Crawford,who now attends Hugoton Middle School, stops by HCA Mon-day morning to help Dax Allen with a few flash cards. USD 210was out of school Monday for Teacher Development, but Katiewas still hard at work at her alma mater.

Carol Piper’s sixth grade class clearly enjoys this science exper-iment! David Barker observes, while Abby Hurtado and TobyMcClure are obviously amazed at the results.

The frosting goes on the house, not on you! Trudy Giesbrechtand Lena Fehr, both of Sublette, have a little fun with their gin-gerbread house building at Hugoton Learning Academy.

From left to right, HLA students Tina Dyck, Elizabeth Friesenand Heinrich Dyck work cooperatively to build a gingerbreadhouse that is both sturdy and pleasing to the eye.

Teachers are excited to hand out some healthy snacks to theirfirst grade students Thursday, January 16. From left to rightare FACS Agent Nancy Honig and HES employees RosemarieCabezas, Traci Goode, Sue Omo, Misti Nixon and Rhonda Ray.

Edmar Sosa, Emily Saucedo, Julienne Rodriguez and JesusSanchez line up for some delicious food after hearing NancyHonig speak about healthy choices.

Mid-Winter Tournament approachesHeritage Christian Acad-

emy’s first through sixthgrade students have beenstudying the Word of Godcarefully all year in order tocompete at the illustriousMid-Winter Tournament.Every year, the best andbrightest students from areaChristian school assemble to

compete against others infriendly contests testing theirBible knowledge. This year’stournament will be Saturday,January 25 at Bible ChristianChurch, 1501 E. Mary St. inGarden City. Competition willbegin at 8:30 a.m. Good luck,HCA Knights!

Hugoton Middle School Honor Rolls announced for second nine weeks and first semester

Hugoton Middle School Student Council mem-bers take a moment from their busy schedulesfor a quick snap shot. Left to right on the bot-tom row are Jayla Stump, Rebecca Johnson,Marlyn Heger, Madison Shuck, Mekenzie Hag-man, Ashlyn Schechter, Brionna Beard, KaraRodriguez, Eric Perry, Brennon Featherston,

Jalen Rosales and Cole Martin. Top row left toright are Dawson Kerbow, Nicholas Gold,Azarael Rodriguez, Hallie Wettstein, MeganNewlon, Jaysa Featherston, Abby Heger, Aubri-anna Campbell, Nicholas Mahan and proudHMS StuCo sponsor Emily Snyder.

HHS will offer Power PrepHugoton High School will

host Power Prep with CarolynDevane, Friday, February 7from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. inthe old cafeteria. The coursedetails strategies to help stu-dents improve their ACTscores. High school studentswishing to take the coursewill be excused from regularclasses so they can attendthe workshop. Any student at

Hugoton High School is eligi-ble to sign up. There is a feeto attend. Please have yourregistration turned in byMonday, February 3 at thehigh school office.

If you have any questionsor want more information,please feel free to contactHHS counselor BrittaniMahan at 620-544-4311.

It was a battle to the endTuesday night, January 14,when the Eagles played theUlysses Tigers on the Tigers’own court. Starting off slow inthe first quarter, the Eaglespicked up the pace in the sec-ond to end the first half tied, 30to 30. The momentum was stillgoing in the third and the Ea-gles pulled ahead by five goinginto the final quarter. Ulyssesthen took the lead about themiddle of the fourth quarter. Itwas a back and forth gameuntil mere seconds remainedon the clock. A two-point basketby Ross Davis nudged the Ea-gles up to tie up the game.Hugoton scored four morepoints at the end of the game,securing the Eagles’ a 62 to 59win.

Ulysses got the ball on thejump but it was Jeison Ro-driguez who scored the first twopoints of the game. Rodriguezscored 16 points during thegame including a three-pointbasket in the first quarter. TheTigers took the lead with sevenminutes on the clock and heldthe lead until the end of thequarter. Hugoton was down, 11to 17, heading into the secondquarter.

The second quarter startedoff with the Eagles in control ofthe ball. They were able to addthe first points of the quarter.Nic Frederick scored a freethrow followed by a two-pointbasket by Kellen Watkins. Thefirst four minutes was all Eagles

as they added points to theirside of the scoreboard. Aftercatching the Tigers, point wise,it was a back and forth quarterto the last second. Ulises Ar-mendariz scored a two pointshot, giving the Eagles a two-point lead with seconds on theclock. Ulysses fired a shot at thebuzzer tying up the score, 30 to30 at half time.

The Tigers started the sec-ond half by bringing down theball. After a failed attempt toscore, the Eagles regained pos-session of the ball and RossDavis got the first basket of thequarter. Hugoton controlled theball throughout most of thequarter, adding another 13points while holding the Tigersto only 8. By the end of the thirdquarter Hugoton had a fivepoint lead.

It took only two minutes ofthe fourth quarter for theUlysses team to take the lead inthe fourth quarter. The gamerocked back and forth until thelast seconds of the game. RossDavis tied up the game, 59 to59. Time was running out andUlysses had the ball but not forlong. Zackary Leininger saw anopportunity and stole the balland scored a fast lay up givingthe Eagles a two-point lead.Five seconds remained in thegame when Armendariz went tothe line and hit a free throw.Rodriguez was fouled with twoseconds left on the clock. Goingto the line he scored one, givingthe win to the Eagles.


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Thursday, January 23Boys’ Varsity Basketball

Tournament @ Colby HighSchool; 3:00 p.m.

Eighth Grade Boys’ Basket-ball - B-Team vs Liberal WestMiddle School @ Home; 4:00p.m.

Seventh Grade Boys’ Bas-ketball - B-Team @ Liberal WestMiddle School; 4:00 p.m.

Girls’ Varsity BasketballTournament at Colby HighSchool; 4:45 p.m.

Eighth Grade Boys’ Basket-ball - A-Team vs Liberal WestMiddle School @ Home; 5:00p.m.

Seventh Grade Boys’ Bas-ketball - A-Team @ Liberal WestMiddle School; 5:00 p.m.Friday, January 24

Boys’ Varsity BasketballTournament @ Colby HighSchool; TBA

Girls’ Varsity BasketballTournament @ Colby HighSchool; TBA

Varsity Wrestling Tourna-ment @ Hays High School; 2:30p.m.

JV Wrestling Tournament @Cimarron High School; 3:00p.m.

Boys’ Varsity BasketballTournament @ Colby HighSchool; TBA

Girls’ Varsity BasketballTournament @ Colby HighSchool; TBA

Varsity Wrestling Tourna-ment @ Hays High School; 2:30p.m.Monday, January 27

Eighth Grade Boys’ Basket-ball B-Team @ Dodge City Co-manche MIddle School; 4:00p.m.

Seventh Grade Boys’ Bas-ketball B-Team vs Dodge CityComanche Middle School @Home; 4:00 p.m.

Eighth Grade Boys’ Basket-ball A-Team @ Dodge City Co-manche Middle School; 5:00p.m.

Seventh Grade Boys’ Bas-ketball A-Team vs Dodge CityComanche Middle School @Home; 5:00 p.m.Thursday, January 30

Seventh Grade Boys’ Bas-ketball B-Team @ Dodge CityMiddle School; 4:00 p.m.

Eighth Grade Boys’ Basket-ball B-Team vs Dodge City Mid-dle School @ Home; 4:00 p.m.

Seventh Grade Boys’ Bas-ketball A Team @ Dodge CityMiddle School; 5:00 p.m.

Eighth Grade Boys’ Basket-ball A-Team vs Dodge City Mid-dle School @ Home; 5:00 p.m.

Sports Schedule

Nick Evans tries to pin his opponent during a recentwrestling match. Photo courtesy of Brandy Littell.

Noel Camacho battles his opponent during wrestling ac-tion at Baca County, Co. Photo courtesy of Brandy Littell.

The Eagles lost a very toughgame Friday night to Goodlandon the Eagles’ home court.Goodland pulled ahead in thefirst half by nine and remainedin the lead throughout the sec-ond half. Hugoton played theirbest quarter in the fourth com-ing within two of the Cowboysin the final thirty seconds.Goodland hit three free throwsnear the buzzer giving them a47 to 52 win over Hugoton.

Hugoton had their only lead-ing score in the first minute ofthe first quarter. Goodland hadone point on the board beforeYates Sutton could squeeze in atwo point basket for the Eagles.Nic Frederick added the onlyother basket during the firstquarter along with a pair of freethrows by Parker Titus. Thefirst quarter ended with Hugo-ton down, 6 to 14.

The Eagles had a better sec-ond quarter adding 14 points.Ross Davis sent the ball in toNic Frederick to start the quar-ter. Goodland had one chanceto score but wasn’t able to getthe point at the beginning of thequarter. Jeison Rodriguezscored seven points for Hugo-ton while the team did not allowthe Cowboys any shots in thefirst part of the quarter. ZackLeininger added seven points inthe last part of the quarter tak-ing the Eagles to 20 at half time.Goodland was still in the lead

by nine however going into thesecond half. Rodriguez went onto score a total of 15 points andLeininger added 13 total points.They were the only two Eaglesto score in the double digits.

Hugoton added another 14points in the third quarter butallowed Goodland to score 13keeping the Cowboys in thelead. Titus got his only threepoint basket of the game in thisquarter, helping the Eagles tocome closer to their opponents’score. The game was very fastpaced in this quarter with lotsof turnovers. The Eagles werestill trailing at the end of thequarter, 34 to 42.

Like most basketball gamesthe final seconds would deter-mine the winner. The fourthquarter started with Ross Davisthrowing the ball in to KellenWatkins. A turnover by the Ea-gles allowed Goodland to scorebig with a three point field goalvery early on. The turn aroundfor the home team came fromtwo free throws by Rodriguezwith under five minutes left toplay. Manual Mendez soon fol-lowed with a two point basketfrom under the goal. The Eagleskept scoring while holding theCowboys from their goal untilonly 24 seconds remained inthe game. Unfortunately, Good-land hit three free throws inthose final seconds, ending thisgame for the Eagles.

It was a very exciting gameMonday night, January 13, asthe Eagles faced the SubletteLarks on the Eagles’ homecourt. Hugoton got off to a goodstart, leading the Larks in thefirst quarter and then trailingby one at half time. The gameremained close throughout thethird quarter and through mostof the fourth. Hugoton led byone with two minutes left in thegame but gave up the win in thefinal minute and a half. Finalscore in this game was theLarks going home victorious, 57to 62.

Hugoton started the gamewith Yates Sutton tipping theball to Kellen Watkins on thejump. After a missed shot bythe Eagles, Sublette got the re-bound and was first on theboard with a two-point basket.After four minutes of the quar-ter, Ross Davis put the Eaglesin the lead with two points fromunder the basket. The last scoreof the quarter was from NicFrederick coming from two freethrows. After a fast first quarterthe Eagles led 10 to 9 going intothe second quarter.

Logan Frederick threw theball in to Watkins to start thesecond quarter, and with a fastbreak toward the goal, Watkinsscored another basket for theEagles. The battle continuedthroughout the quarter and

with only 39 seconds left in thefirst half, Ross Davis scored an-other two points, tying up thegame once more. Sublette gotone last chance to score beforethe game ended hitting one freethrow allowing the Larks to takethe lead, 24 to 25.

Sublette threw the ball in tostart the second half andquickly scored a three pointfield goal. The Larks led the en-tire quarter. When the thirdquarter ended, it was still aclose game, 41 to 43.

In basketball it can comedown to the last second to de-cide the winner. In the case ofMonday’s game it was the lasttwo minutes. Watkins had justlanded a two-point basket, tak-ing the Eagles to a two-pointlead. Sublette answered with abasket of their own tying thegame at 54 all. Sublette addedsix points in the last minute ofthe game while giving up a two-point basket to Watkins. Thevery close game ended with theEagles taking a close loss of avery well played game by bothteams.

After a bad Friday game, Jei-son Rodriguez had a much bet-ter game scoring 16 pointsagainst Sublette. Watkins fol-lowed with ten and was the onlyother Eagle to reach double dig-its.

The JV Eagles played aone-sided game against theSublette JV boys Mondaynight, January 13. Hugotonjumped into a big lead in thefirst half leading 47 to 5. The

Eagles slowed down the pacein the second half adding 23points while holding theLarks to 10. By the end of thegame the Eagles took a bigwin, 70 to 15.

The JV Eagles battled Good-land Friday night, January 18,where they punished the Cow-boys on Hugoton’s own court.Hugoton took the lead in thefirst quarter and continued tooutscore the Goodland team inevery quarter. By halftime theEagles led 23 to 12 and whenthe final buzzer sounded it wasthe Eagles’ game, 52 to 26.

Hugoton scored nine pointsin the first quarter while keep-ing Goodland at seven. The Ea-gles continued to pull ahead inthe second quarter adding an-other 14 points by halftime.Zack Leininger scored twopoints in the first quarter thenadded another six in the secondquarter, giving the Eagles aboost toward the half time lead.

The Eagles came backstrong in the third quarter,adding another 15 points while

holding Goodland to only threepoints. Manuel Mendez andMark Persinger each added fourpoints in the third quarter alongwith points from three otherEagles. The Eagles dominatedin this quarter, giving the Hugo-ton team a huge lead.

Mendez added the onlythree-point field goal in thefourth quarter. He ended thegame with nine points, only onepoint behind the leading scoremaker, Alex Gonzales, whoscored ten points throughoutthe game. Persinger also gotclose to the double digits addingnine points. The hard work paidoff and Hugoton adds anotherwin to their record.

Jeison Rodriguez scores two points against Goodland during therecent home game.

Manuel Mendez employs some tricky manuvering Friday nightagainst the visiting Cowboys.

Zack Leininger steadies his aim at the free throw line in the Ea-gles’ recent home game. The Eagles narrowly lost 47 to 52.

Sports byReece McDaniels

Eagles suffer nailbiting loss to Goodland at home

Win against Sublettebarely evades HHS

Boys bring home a narrowwin against Ulysses Tuesday

JV Eagles stomp Sublette

Boys’ JV adds another “W”


Sports by

Reece

McDaniels

Who:Anyone wanting to be healthier and get in shape.

What:Individual program to push yourself to lose those extra pounds.

When:Register by Friday, January 31st at Hugoton Recreation Commission.

Weigh-In:Monday, February 3rd starting at 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Where do we sign up:Sign up at Hugoton Recreation Commission 211 S. Madison

Why:Individuals participating to lose weight, become healthy, and feel good about

yourself. All participants are eligible to win prizes.Goal:

Becoming a healthier, happier you!Duration:

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The Lady Eagles hosted theGoodland Cowgirls Friday nightwhere they battled in a veryclose game. Hugoton trailed atthe end of the first two quartersbut came back strong in thefinal half to take the win by ninepoints. Both teams going intothe home game were 7 and 1.The Lady Eagles came togetherin the second half to win, 55 to46, holding on to their winningstreak.

Goodland got the ball on thejump and after severalturnovers, put up the first pointon a free throw. Katy Hegerscored eight of the nine pointsmade by the Hugoton team inthe first quarter. Amy Scottadded a single point from a freethrow, taking the team to nineat the end of the quarter. Good-land was leading by three atthis point.

It was Heger in to Scott tostart the second quarter. It tookthe Lady Eagles 13 seconds towork the ball inside the lane soHeger could get the first twopoints up for the quarter. Hugo-ton was in the lead after twominutes of play but lost the leadwith less than three minutesleft in the quarter. Goodlandpulled ahead by three when aCowgirl hit a three-point bas-ket. The first half ended with

Goodland leading, 22 to 28.The third quarter was domi-

nated by the home team. Good-land added another four pointswhile the Lady Eagles pushedtheir team forward by 13. AnaPena scored a second basket forHugoton early in the quarterwhen she rebounded a missedshot by Riley Sosa. The hometeam moved ahead of the visit-ing Cowgirls by one point withone minute left in the quarter.Heger added a last two-point layup from a steal. The third quar-ter ended with the Hugotongirls leading by three.

Goodland regained the leadduring the first three minutes ofthe last quarter. A little underfive minutes was left in thisback and forth game whenScott put the Lady Eagles backon top by one. Hugoton contin-ued to hold the lead until thefinal buzzer sounded. Hugotonsent the Goodland girls homewith a second loss to theirrecord.

Katy Heger was the Lady Ea-gles’ big score maker with 24points, followed by Scott with17. Hugoton will travel to Colbythis weekend to participate inthe three-day tournament. Thistournament should prove to bean exciting three days for LadyEagles fans.

The Lady Eagles just didn’thave their game Tuesday nightas they played the Ulysses LadyTigers at Ulysses. Hugoton gotoff to a slow start, only scoringseven points in the first quarter.The second quarter was not anybetter, as they only added fivepoints to end the first half trail-ing by 21 points.

Hugoton started getting theirgroove back in the third quarterand added 26 points againstUlysses. The Lady Eagles couldnot get the momentum going inthe final quarter and when thelast buzzer sounded Hugotonhad lost this battle, 49 to 65.

Ulysses got the ball on thejump and was first on the boardwith a two-point basket. AnaPena answered the Lady Tigers’basket with one of her ownwhen she stole the ball andraced down court to score on alay up. Ulysses controlled thecourt with unanswered basketsuntil four minutes remained inthe game. Katy Heger got thebreak and scored a three-pointfield goal, bringing the Hugotonteam to within three points.Amy Scott scored the last twopoints of the quarter on two free

throws to end the first quarter7 to 17.

Hugoton only added fivepoints in the second quarter.Heger scored a two-point bas-ket and Estefani Armendarizand Megan Cornelsen addedfree throws to bring the LadyEagles to 12 at half time.Ulysses dominated the Hugo-ton girls in the first half endingthe first half in the lead with 33.

The Lady Eagles’ best quar-ter came in the third when theyadded 16 points. Riley Sosascored a three-point basketearly, along with three-pointshots from Heger and MelissaFabela. Hugoton had played agood third quarter and waswithin eleven points going intothe fourth quarter.

The final quarter was a gameof fouls. Riley Sosa scored athree-point basket before shewas fouled out. Minutes laterPena also fouled out, taking twokey players out of the game.The last five minutes, scorescame from mainly free throws.With eleven seconds left in thegame, Armendariz scored thelast point hitting a free throw.

The Lady Eagles dominatedthe Lady Larks Monday, Janu-ary 13, in a lopsided homegame. Hugoton trailed Sublettefor the first two minutes thenroared past the visiting teamand never looked back. By halftime the Lady Eagles had a 14-point lead, expanding it to a 68to 35 win.

Ana Pena tipped the ball toEstefani Armendariz on thejump to start the first quarter.Hugoton failed to score after sixattempts from under the bas-ket. Sublette took the ball andscored a three-point shot al-most immediately, puttingthem on the scoreboard first. Ittook the Lady Eagles fifty sec-onds to get on the board with atwo-point basket from KatyHeger. Heger went on to add tenpoints in the first quarter andended the game with 19 points.With two seconds left in the firstquarter, Megan Cornelsenscored a final shot with the as-sistance of Heger to end thequarter with Hugoton on top,18 to 8.

Melissa Fabela threw theball in to Heger to start the sec-

ond quarter and after oneminute Pena added another twopoints to Hugoton’s side of thescoreboard. During the fastpaced quarter set by the LadyEagles, the home team addedanother 17 points. Amy Scottand Cornelsen each addedthree point field goals, pushingthe team’s score to a winninghalf time score of 35 to 21.

The Lady Eagles kept thepressure on Sublette, only giv-ing up six points. Scoring wasfast and furious in this quarterby the home team taking themto 56 points while leaving theLady Larks at 27 going into thefinal quarter.

The final quarter sloweddown some and more of thesecond string saw action. De-spite a slower pace Hugotoncontinued to add points. SofiaJimenez came in and got on theboard quickly with a two pointbasket near mid quarter. Sub-lette added another eight pointswhile the home team added 12.The game ended with the LadyLarks shooting two on a foulbut missing both shots.

By Tom HicksFor the first game of the sea-

son, the Hugoton and Holcombeighth grade boys put on a dis-play of highly competitive bas-ketball in Thursday’s battleroyale in Hugoton. There wereeleven ties and nine leadchanges in 24 minutes of war.But in the end, the HugotonEagles fell just short to theLonghorns, 52-50.

Hugoton’s Paden Cornelsenand Mitchell Hamlin were menon a mission. Hamlin recordedthe game’s first five points. Cor-nelsen then fought his way tothe Eagles’ next ten points.HMS led 16-13 at the end of thefirst quarter. Cornelsen contin-ued his torrid play with sixmore points in the second pe-riod. But Holcomb had takenthe lead, 27-26 by halftime.Hamlin recorded ten of Hugo-ton’s 12 points in the thirdquarter. The Eagles were up 38-36 going into the final session.

With under a minute to go,the Longhorns held a 49-46 ad-vantage. Hugoton failed on twocontested three-point attemptsbut got the ball back for an-other try. After a hard screenfrom Cornelsen, Abraham Be-tance got a good look at a three-pointer from the corner thatjust rimmed out.

This game was decided frombehind the arch. Holcomboutscored Hugoton, 21-0, onlong-range bombs, with five ofthose coming in the first half.The Longhorns recorded onlysix two-point baskets in the firsthalf.

Cornelsen led the Eagleswith 22 points. Hamlin nearlymatched him with 20 points.Luis Contreras chipped in sixpoints. Isai Cabezas and IssacSanchez each contributed asingle free throw.

Despite the hard-luck loss,Hugoton Coach Lance Cor-nelsen commented, “The guys

played well. I am happy. It is aphysical game and we didn’tback down. I want to give creditto AB and Isai. They didn’t get alot of minutes. But, theystepped up and played well inpressure situations theyhaven’t been in before. Thisgame was a good indicator ofwhat we need to work on —boxing out and rebounding andgetting in better shape.”

The Longhorns showed nomercy with a 45-16 stampedeof the Eagles in the “B” game.Scoring for Hugoton were IvanVilla with five points. MarcosBaeza with three points, andArmando Martinez, Azareal Ro-driguez, Rodrigo Sanchez, andColton Swinney with two pointsapiece.

Hugoton did win the “extra”quarter, 11-2. Jalen Rosalesconnected for six points. Mar-tinez and Villa scored twopoints each. Dawson Burnettadded one point.

Eighth grade boys fall just short

Great job Hurricanes! The Hurricanes’ traveling basketballteam places second at the MAYB Tournament in Liberal Satur-day, January 18. Back row left to right are Mitchell Hamlin,Oliviah Archuleta, Bailey Miller, McKenna Hamlin, JaelynnKelley and Jordyn Beard. In the front row are Mikyn Hamlin,Molly McClure and Brooklyn Miller. Picture courtesy of BethBeard.

Amy Scott fires a free throw during the recent game adding an-other point for the Lady Eagles.

Taylor Fiss has to shoot quickly to keep the Cowgirl from block-ing the shot. Hugoton hosted Goodland Friday night.

Ana Pena does an offensive maneuver against the visiting Good-land girls. The Lady Eagles won the battle Friday night.

Hugoton Recreation Commission

Tumbling & Gymnastics

6 week programClasses will take place Sundays starting

January 26th-March 2nd

Cost is $35 per student for the full 6 weeks

All sign-ups will be conducted at the Hugoton Recreation Commission

3 year olds - 5 year olds 1:30-2:001st and 2nd graders 2:00-2:453rd and 4th graders 3:00-4:005th grade - High School 4:15-5:15

If you have any other questions or concerns please contact Karessa Schwindt at 541-1661

The JV Eagles traveled toUlysses where they were suc-cessful in winning another bat-tle. Hugoton jumped out to athree-point lead in the firstquarter and ended the first halfwith a big lead, 33 to 15. TheTigers came out more aggres-sive in the third quarter andadded 20 points while holdingHugoton to 13. A big final quar-ter sent the Eagles well into thewin adding another 24 pointsand a final score of 68 to 45.

Wade Heger led the team inthe first quarter adding seven ofthe 13 points. Zack Leiningerwas able to slip inside the lanetwice adding four points alongwith a basket from Ulises Ar-mendariz. Heger and Leiningereach finished the game as topscorers, adding 15 points each.

The Eagles was all over thecourt in the second quarteradding 18 points while holdingUlysses to five. Manuel Mendezhit a pair of three point fieldgoals while Armendariz scoredthree times from under the bas-ket. It was definitely the Eagles’

game, taking them to a 16 pointlead at half time.

Ulysses had a good quarterstarting the second half whenthey added 20 points. Hugotonadded another 13 points com-ing from five players. TylerGoode, Issac Castro and Hegereach scored one basket alongwith another three-point shotfrom Mendez. Leininger scoreda free throw, giving the team a44 to 35 third quarter score.

The Eagles were on fire inthe final quarter with almostevery player scoring. Hugotonadded 24 points in this quarterwhile holding the Tigers to 10.Leininger scored the most,adding another eight points tothe scoreboard. Alex Duarte gotinside to add a pair of twopointers, along with four pointsfrom Heger. Alex Gonzales alsogot on the scoreboard with atwo point basket of his own.Mendez scored a pair of freethrows and was the only otherEagle to get into the double dig-its throughout the game withten points.

Ladies pull off win against Cowgirls

Girls struggle against UHS

JV Eagles shut down TigersHHS schools Larks

Nine boys and girls werenamed local champions ofthe 2014 Knights of Colum-bus Free-throw Champi-onship and have earned theright to compete at the dis-trict level. The St. HelenKnights of Columbus Councilsponsored the local competi-tion Sunday, January 19, atthe Hugoton Middle SchoolGymnasium.

The eight and under divi-sion winners were EmmaCornelsen and Karson Perezof Hugoton. The nine-year-old winners were Cami Mar-

avilla and Carson Bennettboth from Hugoton. AlexaSanchez of Hugoton and Ger-ardo Garcia from Moscowwere the ten-year-old cham-pions. In the 11-year-olds’bracket, Haden Daharsh ofHugoton won his division.

The 12-year-old winners inthe girls’ division was JennaMartin from Hugoton and theboys’ division winner was We-ston Maravilla of Hugoton.Each contestant was allowed15 free-throw attempts in thecontests.

Local council winners ages

will compete in the districtcompetition Sunday, Febru-ary 9, at 1:00 p.m. at theHugoton Middle School WestGymnasium with an eye to-ward moving on to the re-gional, state andinternational levels.

The Hugoton WrestlingTeam traveled to the Clear-water Invitational Saturday,January 18 at Clearwater.The team placed tenth.

Hugoton had two champs— Pedro Ordonez at 126pounds, and Bradley Camp-bell at 195 pounds.

Israel Montoya placedfourth at 106 pounds andwas named Warrior of theWeek. Zane Littell at 132pounds and Genesis Mar-tinez at 145 pounds placedfifth each.

“This may have been theworst week we have ever hadfor getting kids on the mat.

We have had a few injuriesand those three or four won’tbe back this season. But wehave had some illness andskin issues this past weekthat kept several guys on thesidelines this weekend,” saidCoach Brent Mahan.

Hugoton only wrestledfour varsity kids last week atClearwater. Surprisingly theteam finished above sometraditionally strong 4A teamsat the tournament. The high-est placer was Bradley Camp-bell. Bradley looked good inall his matches, very much incontrol of all his opponents.Unfortunately in his final

match Bradley got caughtand pinned. He was beating#3 Dalton Weidl of Ottawa 2 -1.

Noel Camacho finishedthird. He had a similar situ-ation in his semi-final match;he was winning easily and gotthrown in a head lock andpinned. Noel won his nexttwo matches convincingly totake third place. Zane Littelltook fourth place. He went 3and 2 on the day. He wrestledJake Wilson of Rose Hill in avery tough match in his semi-final only giving up a deci-sion. Wilson is currentlyranked #2 in 4A.

Nick Evans went 1 and 2at Heavyweight. He lost aheartbreaker in overtime tothe kid who eventually wonfourth.

Results from ClearwaterAt 132 pounds Zane Littell

fourth place 15 Team Pointswon by fall 1:39 against Dal-ton Kastning of Caney Valley;won by decision 9 - 3 againstGage Canfield of Concordia;lost by decision 3 - 9 to JakeWilson of Rose Hill; won bymajor decision 14 - 3 againstConagher Welch of Independ-ence; and lost by major deci-sion 2 - 10 to Blake Cusick ofMulvane.

At 182 pounds Noel Cama-cho third place, 15 TeamPoints won by fall 1:17against Kyle Dillon of Mul-

vane; lost by fall 3:52 to NoahStroble of Independence; wonby major decision 12 - 3against Garrett Gross of Ot-tawa; and won by decision 5- 2 against Brabender Cabr-era of Andover.

At 195 pounds BradleyCampbell second place 19.5Team Points won by tech fall15 - 0 against Riley Rahe ofMulvane; won by fall 4:19against Mike Lopez of An-dover; and lost by fall 5:02 toDalton Weidl of Ottowa.

HWT Nick Evans 4 TeamPoints won by fall againstBrody Hingst of Rose Hill; lostby fall 5:25 to Stephen Bakerof Caney Valley; and lost bydecision 1 - 3 (ot) to ZacRomo of Concordia.

Hugoton sent six kids toBaca County, Co. last week-end. Placers there wereEdgar Villa - second place -138 pounds; Genesis Mar-tinez - third - 145 pounds; Al-fredo Luna - second - 195pounds and Champion Lan-dan Hickey at 195 pounds.He was also named Warrior ofthe Week.Results from Baca County,

Co.At 120 pounds Reed Rome

2 Team Points lost by fall31:30 to Colton Gunthrod ofCrowley County, Co.; won byfall 5:30 against JeremiahSummers of Crowley County,Co.; lost by fall :23 to Jardon

Barrela-Valdez of Swink, Co.;and lost by fall 1:23 to CruzMuniz of Crowley County, Co.

At 138 pounds Edgar Villasecond place 12 Team Points.won by fall 3:53 against Cur-tis Anderson of CrowleyCounty; won by decision 12 -5 against Dominick Gregoryof Swink; and lost by fall 1:10to Baca County, Co.

At 145 pounds GenesisMartinez third place 12 TeamPoints won by fall 3:35against Josh Kirby of Hugo-ton; lost by major decision 3- 11 to Blake Denton ofSwink; won by fall 2:31against Teo Dorado of Mc-Clave, Co.; won by tech fall24 - 8 against Vlad Kovalenkoof Cheyenne Wells, Co.; andwon by decision 5 - 1 againstJohn Doe of Eads, Co.

At 145 pounds Josh Kirby

2 Team Points lost by fall3:35 to Genesis Martinez ofHugoton; lost by fall 1:28 toBlake Denton of Swink; lostby fall :39 to Teo Dorado ofMcClave, Co.; and won by fall2:24 against Vlad Kovalenkoof Cheyenne Wells, Co.

At 195 pounds AlfredoLuna second place 14 TeamPoints won by fall 1:32against Sam Cox of McClave,Co.; won by fall 4:50 againstNate Dorrow of Eads, Co.;and lost by decision 6 - 10 toLandan Hickey of Hugoton.

At 195 pounds LandonHickey first place 18 TeamPoints won by fall 4:50against Nate Dorrow of Eads,Co.; won by decision 10 - 6against Alfredo Luna ofHugoton; and lost by fall 1:52to Sam Cox of McClave, Co.


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Josh Kirby is after a pin during wrestling action at Clearwater.Photo courtesy of Lisa Rome.

Edgar Villa wins second place at the Clearwater InvitationalSaturday. He is trying for another win with a pin. Photo courtesyof Lisa Rome.

Alfredo Luna tries to take down his opponent at the ClearwaterInvitational. Photo courtesy of Lisa Rome.

Landon Hickey places first at the Baca County tournament.Landon wrestles at 195 pounds. Photo courtesy of Lisa Rome.

The Knights of Columbus 2014 Free ThrowChampions pictured are, front row, left to right,Alexa Sanchez, Carson Bennett, Cami Mar-

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Results announced from various wrestling tournaments

Nine athletes will compete at district level

September 13, 2013,Tammy D. Hinds was pro-moted to Chief Petty Officerand was pinned by her par-ents Gary and RosemaryHinds in a ceremony atRuocco Park in San Diego,Ca.

Chief Hinds enlisted in theNavy in 2003 and attendedBoot Camp at Great Lakes, Il.After Boot Camp she at-tended Cryptologic Techni-cian Technical “A” School inPensacola, Fl. She graduatedCTT “A” School with honorsand went on to attend SLQ-32 Shipboard Operations “F”School where she graduatedsecond in her class.

She received orders to theUSS Comstock LSD-45 inAugust of 2004 and wasflown out to the Comstockwhere it was deployed to theNorthern Persian Gulf during“Operation Iraqi Freedom”.The Comstock was assignedto patrol and provide securityto Iraqi oil pipelines.

In 2006 Hinds deployed toboth 5th and 7th Fleet AOR(Area of Responsibility) for anine month deployment withthe Comstock and the 15thMEU (Marine ExpeditionaryUnit). During this deploy-ment Hinds was selected forconversion to the IntelligenceSpecialist rating. She trans-ferred from the USS Com-stock in 2008 to theIntelligence Specialist “A”School in Dam Neck, Va.,where she graduated withhonors. She was selected forOperational Intelligence “C”

School where she was theHonor Graduate.

In November 2008 Hindsreceived orders to the Officeof Naval Intelligence (ONI) inSuitland, Maryland. Her firstassignment at ONI was fillinga critical gapped watch sta-tion as the Electronic WarfareWatch Officer. Hinds pro-vided support to COMSIXTH-FLT, COMMANDER NAVALFORCES EUROPE (CNE) andCOMMANDER NAVALFORCES AFRICA (CAN) dur-ing a six month temporaryassignment in Naples, Italy.

Upon her return to ONI,she assumed the position ofSenior Watch Supervisor forthe Global Maritime Intelli-gence Watch Floor. Afterspending two years on thewatch floor, Hinds was se-lected as the OPNAV N2/N6Attaché Affairs OperationsChief. As the OperationsChief she was responsible for170 Navy attaché personnelin 80 countries.

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The 4-H Junior LeadershipClub helps sponsor a SeniorAdult Prom for area seniorsSaturday, January 11, at theSenior Center. The 4-H groupprovides dancing to livemusic, refreshments andsnacks and bingo. Around100 people (adults and 4-Hers) attended the dance.The group enjoyed the musicand dancing. Photos courtesyof Joshua Morris.

At right, Garland and Bar-bara Beeks, Prom King andQueen, are having their roy-alty dance with music by Cot-tonwood.

At left, attendees of the SeniorAdult Prom enjoy playingbingo at the Senior CenterSaturday night.

Chief Petty Officer Tammy D. Hinds

Tammy D. Hinds promoted to Chief Petty Officer

Baby shower for Heather Whetstone

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STEVENS COUNTYSENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER

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

624 S. Main, Hugoton

Last weekend was rela-tively calm compared to theprevious one. Friday eveningwe took a van load of peopleto Liberal to a Live on Stageperformance and enjoyed themusic of the Depue BrothersBand. We’ll plan to provide aride March 20 to go see Backon Broadway.

We’re not planning a Sen-ior Social February 1 becausethat is the day the MoscowUnited Methodist Church ishaving its Ground Hog Sup-per. We encourage you tosupport them.

Our next big event is Sat-urday, February. 8. First Na-tional Bank is sponsoring ourValentine Dance and BingoParty beginning at 7:00 p.m.and going until 10:00 p.m.Please make a note of thesenew times. They are provid-ing food and prizes. We wel-come all ages to join us in afamily-friendly environment.The band is Oklahoma Cow-boy.

If you have questions con-cerning caregiving, legal mat-ters, disability, healthinsurance, housing, etc.,please call Michael Johnstonwho is the representativefrom Southwest Kansas AreaAgency on Aging. His phonenumber is 620-225-8230.

Did you know we have asnooker table and two pooltables here at the ActivityCenter? We welcome you tocome play!

MenuJan. 23..............Polish SausageJan. 24...............................ChiliJan. 27 .......................SpaghettiJan. 28 ...................Baked Ham

Jan. 29......Chicked Fried SteakJan. 30..................Hamburgers

ActivitiesThursday, January 23

Bridge.............12:30 p.m.Daily – Exercise...10:30 a.m.Mondays – Line Dancing

....................... 7:00 p.m.Wednesdays – Paint

....................... 1:00 p.m.Fridays – Bingo

......................12:30 p.m.Saturdays – Cards & Games

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There will be a babyshower for Heather Whet-stone at the Hugoton Recre-ation Game Room, 304 E.

Third Saturday, January 25from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Every-one is invited to share in thisjoyous occasion!

Listening to the song “Loveis Everything” by GeorgeStrait, five beautiful girls rep-resented Rolla High School atthe basketball coronation Fri-day, January 17. Senior Ser-ena Turpin, daughter of Dougand Rosa Turpin, was es-corted by senior AlejandroSilva, son of Jesus and IrmaSilva. Senior Katy Howe,daughter of Cindy Howe, wasescorted by senior FrankyFlores, son of Frank andThelma Flores. Junior JanieMartinez, daughter of Juanand Eloisa Martinez was es-corted by junior Trey Hall,son of Bret and Ellen Hall.

Sophomore representativeShaylee Chapman, daughterof Aaron Chapman and Jen-nifer Shults and freshmancandidate Teagan Simmons,daughter of Ernie and AmyWagner and Jason Simmonswere the final candidates.

Senior Garrett Littlefield,son of Mick and Christy Lit-tlefield, was in charge ofKindergarten flower girl, Han-nah McCurry, daughter ofDanny and Teresa McCurryand Kindergarten crownbearer, Elijah Torres, son ofJessica Gonzalez and EricTorres.

Seniors Kaleigh Barrettand Jessica Johns an-nounced all the candidatesthen read the names of thelucky King and Queen, Ale-jandro and Serena! Alejandropresented Serena with hercrown, sash and flowers andproceeded to dip her for aheart felt kiss! Although Ser-ena was surprised, it was allin good fun! Congratulationsto King Alejandro and QueenSerena!

A fabulous dance, withmusic provided by Rolla’sown Jeff Braun, took place inthe multipurpose room.Those who attended had agreat time, especially watch-ing Mr. John Barrett dancethe “Dougie” by request of thestudents. The Greenes andthe Milburns showed the stu-dents their two-stepping styleas well.


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Junior High Basketball vsTyrone @ Home; 4:30 p.m.

High School Basketball @South Baca; 6:00 p.m.

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Rolla Hope Fundraiser Din-ner in the Multipurpose Room @RHS; 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Monday, January 27

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Junior High Basketball vsTyrone @ Home; 4:00 p.m.

Morton County Spelling Bee@ Elkhart; 7:00 p.m.

High School Speech @Southwestern HeightsFriday, January 31

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Spirit week ended for Rollawith a Black-Out Pep RallyThursday, January 16. Thecheerleaders sported light upshirts and gloves and Mr. SamEiland directed the band usinglight up gloves. All who attendedthe rally received a glow sticknecklace. The crowd was veryenthusiastic and yelled rightalong with the cheerleaders.

The cheerleaders performed adance in the dark, to the delightof the crowd. Then all the home-coming candidates were an-nounced. The skit was for thecandidates to perform a cheer asa team, then as individuals. Mr.John Barrett was the emcee forthe event. He announced thatthere was a special surprise instore to compete against thecandidates for the best cheer.

The “1905” national cheer-leading champions had comeout of retirement to show off their

best cheers. Zeta Greene,Suzanne Murray, Holly Denton,Kelly Schnable, Greg Bentleyand Sam Eiland cheered andyelled their way into everyone’shearts! They won the cheer off,hands down!

Prizes were awarded to highschool students who partici-pated in Spirit Week. KylerTelford and Mallory Hoyt wonPajama Day. Obie Telford wonthe Favorite Team Day. JanelleKing and Panches Maravilla wonWacky Wednesday. JessicaJohns won the Overall awardwhile Tina Huddleston won theTeacher Participant award.

The Black-Out Pep Rally trulywas a great way to build teamspirit! Coaches Andy Pinkleyand Scott Ellis introduced theirteams and encouraged everyoneto attend the homecominggames Friday. Thanks to all whoattended and participated!

Friday, Janaury 17, wasthe Rolla Pirates basketballhomecoming games againstDeerfield. The high schoolgirls ran away from the Deer-field Spartans, winning thegame easily, while the boys’teams, both varsity and jun-ior varsity, played well but

came up short. Congratulations to

Coaches Andy Pinkley andMegan Taylor! Good lucknext time to all the coachesand players, especially newRolla coaches Scott Ellis andGardell Schnable, highschool boys’ coaches.

Seniors Alejandro Silva and Serena Turpin are crowned kingand queen of Winter Homecoming 2014.

Senior Katy Howe is escorted by fellow senior Franky Flores.

Juniors Trey Hall and Janie Martinez are part of the royal courtat Winter Homecoming 2014.

Joining the list of court are freshman Teagan Simmons andsophomore Shaylee Chapman.

Senior Garrett Littlefield takes charge of Kindergarten flowergirl Hannah McCurry and ring bearer Elijah Torres.

The Pirate cheerleaders light up the night at the pep rally beforethe homecoming game Friday night.

The “1905” national cheerleading champs come out of retire-ment to show the young’uns how it’s done.

Rolla Pirates play close game for the royal court

Black-Out Pep Rally sparks fun for fans

Homecoming 2014 Court — In the back roware Trey Hall, King Alejandro Silva andFranky Flores; seated are Teagan Simmons,

Janie Martinez, Queen Serena Turpin, KatyHowe and Shaylee Chapman. In front are Han-nah McCurry and Eric Torres.

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Students listed on thePrincipal’s Honor Roll for thefirst semester for Rolla JuniorHigh and High School are:

Sixth grade: Abigall East-erwood, Alexanddra Hart andAnna Hull.

Seventh grade: KaberlinHull, Brookelynne Johnson-Hinds, Raegan Johnson-Hinds and Cacee Milburn.

Eighth grade: PaigeClaassen, Aaliyah Earl, An-gelina Fosdick, Micah Hall,Jaylen Mendez, Carson Mil-

burn, Vanessa Reza and De-serae Schwindt.

Ninth grade: Ashly Hart.Tenth grade: Sarah East-

erwood, Ruben Maravilla andJessica Pinkley.

Eleventh grade: ColtenClemans, Trey Hall, JanelleKing, Janie Martinez andBrent Peltz.

Twelfth grade: HannahDunn, Katy Howe, GarrettLittlefield, Jacob Smith andDanae Sullivan.

The Rolla Junior Highgirls’ basketball team contin-ues to dominate the court,winning at Balko Tuesday,January 14, and defeatingDeerfield at Rolla Friday,January 17. Coaches JohnBarrett and Toni Easterwoodhave had a great season so

far and everyone is lookingforward to the next game!

The Rolla Junior Highboys’ won their game againstDeerfield Friday, keeping thespirit alive! Coaches GregBentley and Cory Lewis havea great squad on their hands!Keep winning!

Saturday, January 18,was the High School Questcompetition in Topeka.Rolla attended with four oftheir scholars’ bowl mem-bers. Junior Chandler Hud-dleston, sophomoresChandler Burrows andGarry Norton and freshman

Artemio Villa competed allday and will be travelingback to Topeka February 1for the semi-finals. Thisevent will be aired on thePBS station after the finals.Stay tuned for more infor-mation!

Mary Courtney took fresh-men scholars’ bowl teammembers Teagan Simmons,Brianna Smith and JonathanMadison to Sublette Satur-day, January 18 to compete.

The team won two games andlost two close ones, with onlythe three players. They aresure to be a force as they gainexperience. Congratulationsand keep practicing!

Rolla Recreation Commis-sion will be hosting a thirdand fourth grade basketballtournament January 25. Ifyou would like to have your

teams participate, pleasecontact the Rolla Rec Com-mission at 593-4433 andleave a message.

Sunday, January 26, willbe the Rolla Hope Fundraiserdinner in the multipurposeroom of the Rolla school. The

meal will be served from11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Please come and support theRolla Hope!

The Rolla Recreation Com-mission and the High SchoolBoys and Girls Basketballteams and coaches will behosting basketball skills campfree of charge for all girls andboys in the third through sixth

grades February 1, February 8,February 15, March 1, March8, and March 15 from 9:00 to11:00 a.m. Everyone is wel-come to attend and learn skillsnecessary for the basketballcourt. Join the team!

The Rolla High Schoolscholars’ bowl team is stillundefeated! Rolla went toHugoton Thursday, January16, with junior ChandlerHuddleston, sophomoresGarry Norton and Chandler

Burrows, and freshmen Bri-anna Smith and JonathanMadison.

This team brought homethe first place trophy again.Congratulations and keepup the good work!

Students listed on the Super-intendent’s Honor Roll for RollaJunior High and High Schoolhave been announced.

The only sixth grader to makethe list was Maria Kroeker andseventh grader was Preston Bur-rows.

Two eighth graders made thelist; they were Allyson Nortonand Henry Wiebe. Also two ninthgraders Mica Ratzlaff and Tea-

gan Simmons were on the list.Tenth graders named were

Chandler Burrows and WilliamNorton.

Eleventh grade studentsnamed were Chandler Huddle-ston, Coleman Kirby, Katie Mur-ray and Tori Simmons.

Seniors named to the listwere Kaleigh Barrett, Karly Cli-nesmith, Jessica Johns, JadaMaravilla and Katharina Wiebe.

Megan Taylor of Rollagraduated from OklahomaPanhandle State Universitywith a Bachelor of Science

degree in Mathematics and aBachelor of Science degree inChemistry December 12,2013.

Rolla News 2By Phoebe Brummett

Four Rolla Scholars Bowl Team members take part in the HighSchool Quest competition in Topeka.

High School Quest competition to air on PBS

Rolla Scholars bring home trophy

Scholars still strong after narrow losses in Sublette

Rolla Rec offers basketball camp

Rolla Rec to host basketball tournament

Rolla Hope Fundraiser reminder

Principal’s honor roll students named

Taylor earns Bachelor of Science degree from OPSU

RJH girls dominate basketball court

Superintendent’s honor roll released

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Above — It is a wonderful displayof good sportsmanship betweenRolla and Moscow Junior Highgirls. Great job to both teamsMonday night in the last games ofthe season. The community isproud of the MJH girls.

At right — Moscow Junior Highboys finish their basketball year12-1 with their win over RollaMonday night. Good job boys!The community is proud of you.The coaches do a fantastic job andare appreciated.

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Time is running out! If youwant to nominate someone forthe Chamber of CommerceCitizen of the Year and/orLifetime Achievementawards for 2013, your nomi-nation must be received in theChamber office by January31, 2014. These awards willbe presented to the honoredrecipients at our AnnualAwards Banquet Saturday,April 26, 2014. Anyone who isa resident of Stevens Countycan make a nomination for ei-ther of these two awards.Nominations must be sub-mitted in writing to theHugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce to be considered.

This Saturday, January25, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m. the Winter WonderlandArts, Crafts and Vendor Festi-val will be at the StevensCounty Fairground. There willbe over 40 booths for your en-joyment. Concessions standare to benefit Stevens County4H.

The Southwest KansasChambers of Commerce ishosting their fifth Annual“Southwest Kansas Night Outin Topeka”. Each year thegroup (of which the HugotonArea Chamber of Commerce isa member) hosts Kansas StateSenators and State Represen-tatives in the capitol city dur-ing the legislative session. Thisevent will be Monday, January27, at the Capitol Plaza Hotelin Topeka from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. This event is to introducethe legislators to SouthwestKansas business and commu-nity leaders. It is open to allsouthwest Kansas businessentities, and all communityleaders are invited and encour-

aged to attend. No reserva-tions are needed. Contact theChamber office if you wouldlike more information aboutthis event.

Legislative Updates havebeen scheduled for February15, March 15 and April 19 at4:00 p.m. at the StevensCounty Library Meeting Room.The public is invited to attendto find out what is happeningthis year in the Kansas Legis-lature.

The Chamber of Commercewas very excited to share in theOpen House of Caring Connec-tions last Sunday, January 19.This is an absolutely wonderfuladdition to the Stevens Countycommunity. It is so wonderfulthe members of Trinity BaptistChurch have opened up theirchurch to allow this businessto be housed in their facility. Ifyou are in need of daycare foryour children, be sure to giveCaring Connections a call.

The Hugoton Area Chamberof Commerce and StevensCounty Economic Develop-ment Web site www.steven-scoun tyks.com is a great placeto view a calendar of eventsgoing on in the County. I havejust put information about twoupcoming programs thatmight be of interest to some ofthe residents of StevensCounty. One of those events is“Growing Rural Businesses”starting Thursday, January16. Wichita State UniversityCenter for Entrepreneurship inpartnership with Ford CountyEconomic Development, Net-Work Kansas and Dodge CityCommunity College is launch-ing an entrepreneurial certifi-cate program. For moreinformation about this andother events of interest to ourcommunity, be sure to visit ourWeb site. We also try to keepthe community informed ofupcoming events on our Face-book pages Get Hugoton!and Hugoton Area Chamberof Commerce. Give us a LIKEon Facebook.

Chamber Gift Certificatesare the perfect gift for anyone,anytime! Chamber Gift Certifi-cates are the solution for allyour gift giving needs. Pur-chasing Chamber Gift Certifi-cates ensures your moneystays in our local economymaking our local businessesstrong. Stop by the ChamberOffice and purchase a Cham-ber Gift Certificate. These cer-tificates can be written for anyamount and are redeemable atmost Stevens County busi-nesses. Shop STEVENSCOUNTY First!

The Hugoton Area Chamberof Commerce is here for YOU!

The Board of Directors of theHelium Litigation ScholarshipFund, Inc., is pleased to an-nounce the availability of schol-arships for the Fall semester of2014. The fund was establishedin 1992 in the wake of the litiga-tion regarding helium processedfrom natural gas produced fromthe Hugoton Field in Kansas,Oklahoma and Texas.

Under the guidelines estab-

lished by the Scholarship FundBoard, incoming college fresh-men from this area will be se-lected to receive scholarships forthe Fall semester of 2014.

The successful scholarshipapplicants will be eligible to an-nually renew their scholarshipsin pursuit of a college degree.The scholarship amount is de-termined by available funds. In2013 the scholarship amountwas set at $1,000.

To be eligible, applicantsmust be residents of one of thefollowing counties: the South-west Kansas counties of Hamil-ton, Kearny, Finney, Stanton,Grant, Haskell, Stevens, Sewardand Morton; the Oklahoma Pan-handle counties of Texas, Beaverand Cimarron; or the Texas Pan-handle counties of Moore, Sher-man, Hansford, Ochiltree andHutchinson. Further, theprospective scholarship recipi-

ents must be students who willbe engaged in agricultural, envi-ronmental or energy relatedstudies at an accredited college,university or junior college.

The Board will accept schol-arship applications from stu-dents, who will be eligiblefor scholarship funds beginningwith the 2014 Fall semester. Thedeadline for such applications isFebruary 1, 2014.

For more information, pleaseContact The Helium LitigationScholarship Fund, Inc. at P.O.Box 248, Hugoton, Kansas67951, call 620-544-4333, oremail at erick.nordling@nordlinglawcom. The applica-tion form, along with informationabout the scholarship programis also available online atwww.swkroa.com under Forms& Publications.

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N O T I C EAs of December 30, 2013, O.D.’s SHOP will be o!cially closing during regular business hours as we are going to close our doorsand semi-retire. We will be available on an on-call business only.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN PARTS AND SERVICE ONCOUNTRY CLIPPER MOWERS WE HAVE SOLD.Also, we will still sharpen chain saw chains and do some repairwork. To set up an appointment, call 620-541-1863 or 620-428-6063.

We want to thank the general public and community of StevensCounty for their trust and business over the last 13+ years.

“Purple Christmas Bulb” by LeAnn Akins is second place win-ner in the January photo contest of the Hugoton Camera Club.

Judy Hickert captures a bit of Christmas spirit and third placewith “Anticipation” in the January photo contest of the Hugo-ton Camera Club.

LeAnn Akins takes first place with “Explosion” in the Januaryphoto contest of the Hugoton Camera Club.

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Six “Scouters” from CimarronRiver District, Boy Scouts ofAmerica, were recognized as2013 Leaders of the Year.

The 2013 Cubmaster of theYear is Patty Volden, Cubmasterof Pack 43, Liberal. Scoutmasterof the Year for 2013 is KellyBrown, Scoutmaster of Troop142, Sublette. Elizabeth Irby ofTroop 73 is the 2013 Unit Com-mittee Member of the Year. The2013 Unit Commissioner of theYear is Pete Lux of Elkhart. MarkRobison from Forgan is the 2013District Committee Member ofthe Year. Each awardee wasnominated by “Scouting” peers.Patty Volden of Pack 43, Liberalwas awarded the highest honora Scouting District can presentto a “Scouter”, The DistrictAward of Merit was presented toher by Santa Fe Council Execu-tive Michael Stewart.

The opening was the Pledge ofAlliagiance by John Wayne fol-lowed by the Prayer and a mo-ment of silence for “Scouters”who had passed on.

Top popcorn sellers werePack 43 and Troop 73, both fromLiberal. Individual popcorn sell-ers were Kyle Waggenseller,Troop 73, Liberal, with first;Ayden Harper, Pack 189, Hugo-ton with second and third wasDammion Brown from Pack 43,Liberal.

All “Scouters” and theirspouses were recognized andpresented a Thank You writingpen. Shelly Salley-Jarrett, SPSRCamp Director spoke about theevents that happened the day ofthe fire at Spanish Peaks ScoutRanch.

Two Eagle Scouts, not pres-ent but mentioned, were JakeHale, Troop 191, Ulysses andJacob Martin, Hugoton Troop189. Michael Stewart, Santa FeTrail Council spoke about the

merits of leadership in youth andadults. Ted Bansemer presentedthe District Chair Minute aboutremembering events and theones to remember are not worldevents but teachers, parents andScout leaders.

Drawings took place through-out the evening with a PhilmontScout Ranch limited additionbelt buckle as the grand prize.Liberal Trinity Faith Churchhosted the event and the churchladies prepared the meal.

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ARTIST EXHIBITThe annual artist exhibit will

begin Monday, February 3. Theexhibit is open to all mediumsand ages of artists. Forms areavailable online, or you maystop in the library to pick uppaper forms.

CELEBRATE 100The Adult Winter Reading

Program, “Celebrate 100”, is akickoff for the SCL centennialcelebration. Participants maycontinue to register to partici-pate in the program, which runsthrough March 21, 2014.Books may be entered individu-ally, or BINGO cards may befilled out for additional awards.

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gram will end Friday, January31. Kids, you still have time toturn in reading logs to earnawards!

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Thursday, January 22,2009

Kilah Bond recently grad-uated from Kansas State Uni-versity at the 2008 fallcommencement ceremoniesin December. She was recog-nized with a Bachelor’s De-gree in Kinesiology throughthe Arts and Sciences De-partment.

Construction is continuingon the city pool’s new bathhouse. The project is set to becompleted in March.


Mr. and Mrs. Roy Walke-meyer celebrated theirGolden Wedding AniversaryJanuary 23, 2004. They weremarried in Cold Springs, Ok.,January 23, 1954. They havelived and farmed near Hugo-ton nearly all their fifty yearstogether.


Kerri Passmore, a junior atSouthwest College, completeda recent trip to New York Cityover Christmas break. Thetrip was an opportunity forfour students to not only seethe largest city in the UnitedStates, but to experience thelife of people living there.


Billy Bell, Moscow sopho-more, was a unanimouschoice for the all-tournamentboys’ team of the Santa FeTrail League Basketball.

Marcy Leeper, a freshmanstudent at Panhandle StateUniversity is one of elevencandidates for the title ofMiss Panhandle State. She isbeing sponsored by the PSUband.


After operating Bloodhart

Drug for more than thirty-fiveyears, Farris McClung, or“Mac” as he is affectionatelycalled, has sold his interest ofthe building to his partnerRichard Marquardt.


The congregation of theFirst Southern BaptistChurch will meet in the newbuilding for the first timeSunday. The church is lo-cated at the corner of Firstand Northeast Avenue. Rev.John Williams is the pastor.


Hugoton is to have a bowl-ing alley is the statement ofSteve Akers, who is remodel-ing his building on East SixthStreet to accommodate six al-leys.


Eugene Tush of Garnett, arecent graduate of Emporia

State Teachers College, hasbeen employed by HugotonRural High School to fill a va-cancy in the teaching staff.Friday, January 25, 1929

We understand that T.B.Porter, our popular druggist,will begin the erection of anew store building in theearly spring. This buildingwill be built on the presentcorner that has been the lo-

cation of the Rexall Store formany years.Friday, January 25, 1924

You should order your newFord car now for only$295.00.

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


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Bloodhart Drug as it looked in 1935. It is not known who the people in the picture are. Takenfrom the January 31, 1974 issue of the Hugoton Hermes Newspaper.

Emersyn has experienced 600books in the 1,000 Books Be-fore Kindergarten challengeat the Stevens County Li-brary. You're doing an excel-lent job Emersyn!

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January is InternationalBrain Teasers Month. Whatbetter time than now to testyour knowledge and learn afew things at the same time?With that in mind (pun in-tended), tease your brainwith these bits of Social Se-curity trivia. Brain Teasers:1. When was the Social Secu-rity Act signed into law, andwho signed it?2. Who received the very firstSocial Security check? (Care-ful - this may be a trick ques-tion!)3. When did Social Securitybegin paying disability bene-fits?4. Who received the firstmonthly Social Securitycheck? (Not the same personas in question number two!)5. When did Social Securitybegin paying SupplementalSecurity Income benefits, orSSI?6. Is there any significance tothe digits in your Social Secu-rity number - or are they justrandom?Answers:1. The Social Security Actwas signed into law August14, 1935, by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt. In fact,we even have a picture of it atwww.socialsecurity.gov/history/fdrsign.html. 2. The first person to receivea Social Security paymentwas Ernest Ackerman. Buthe did not receive a monthlybenefit. During the start-upperiod of Social Security, be-tween January 1937 and De-cember 1939, people whopaid into the system receiveda lump-sum payment whenthey retired. Mr. Ackermangot a whopping lump-sumpayment of 17 cents. Not badconsidering he only con-tributed a nickel.3. Although there were dis-cussions about disabilitybenefits between Congressand the White House as early

as 1936, Social Security dis-ability benefits did not be-come law until 1956. Learnmore about disability benefitsand how they can help atwww.socialsecurity.gov/disability.4. Ida May Fuller was thefirst person to receive a regu-lar monthly Social Securitypayment. Her monthly pay-ment was more than ErnestAckerman’s lump sum. Be-ginning January 31, 1940,she received $22.54 eachmonth. She collected benefits(with no payment increase forthe first ten years) until shepassed away at the age of100, in 1975. 5. Social Security beganmaking SSI payments in1974. SSI pays benefits topeople who have low income,limited resources, and whoare 65 or older, disabled orblind. Learn more about howSSI can help at www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi. 6. Whether the digits in yourSocial Security Number haveany meaning depends whenit was originally issued toyou. Until June 2011, thefirst three digits were as-signed based on the geo-graphical region in which theperson resided. Generally,numbers were assigned be-ginning in the northeast andmoving westward. So peopleon the east coast have thelowest numbers and those onthe west coast have the high-est numbers. The remainingsix digits in the number aremore or less random and fa-cilitated the manual book-keeping operations thatbegan with the creation of So-cial Security in the 1930s. Asof June 2011, all numbersare randomly assigned with-out regard to region. Want to learn more aboutSocial Security and theagency’s history? There’smore to enjoy on Social Secu-rity’s history page. Tease yourbrain at www.socialsecurity.gov/history.

SOCIAL SECURITY NEWSBy Rich FowlerSocial Security Operations Supervisorin Dodge City


Current Openings at Stevens County Hospital, Medical Clinic

• Stevens County Healthcare is accepting applications for Full-timeCertified Nurse Aides to work at Pioneer Manor. These positionsare for all shifts, including days, nights and weekends. We offer com-petitive wages and an outstanding benefits package. Qualified appli-cants must have current Kansas CNA licensure. • Stevens County Healthcare is seeking highly qualified candidatesfor Part-time employment in the Health Information Manage-ment department of the Stevens County Hospital. Applicants mustbe computer proficient, detail-oriented, and have a strong knowledgeof medical terminology. This position is three days per week and in-cludes a full benefits package.• Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Part-time House-keepers to work at the Hospital. These positions are 32 hours eachweek and include a full benefits package. Interested candidates mustbe willing to work flexible hours, including some weekends. • Stevens County Hospital is searching for Full-time, Part-timeand PRN RNs or LPNs to work on the Med/Surg floor. These po-sitions are for night shift (7 pm-7 am). All candidates must have aKansas RN/LPN licensure to be eligible. We offer an outstanding ben-efits package, competitive wages, sign on bonus of $2000 with oneyear contract for FT RNs/LPNs; $1000 with one year contract for PTRNs/LPNs; and mileage reimbursement to RNs or LPNs that live 15miles or more outside of Stevens County. • Stevens County Hospital is looking for a team-oriented Radi-ographic Technologist to work PRN shifts. All eligible candidatesmust have a current Kansas license, be a registered ARRT, and be ableto perform routine diagnostic X-rays and CT exams without supervi-sion. If you are interested please contact Diane Porter in HumanResources at 620-544-6141 or send your resume to 1006 S. Jack-son, Hugoton, Ks. 67951.• Stevens County Healthcare is searching for a Dietary Cook towork at the Hospital. This position is PRN (as needed) with less than20 hours per week; does include some weekends. Interested candi-dates must be willing to work flexible hours.

Please contact Human Resources at 620-544-6141 for more information regarding any current openings.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOF JOSEPHINE C. SHERWOOD, (Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter59)

Case No. 14 PR 2

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION TO ADMIT FOREIGN WILL

TO PROBATE AND RECORD ANDNOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified thatJosephine Ann Peartree and Robert C.Sherwood, Co-Executors of the willand estate of Josephine C. Sherwood,deceased, also known as JosephineCook Sherwood and JosephineAmanda Sherwood, have filed a peti-tion in the above Court, together withan authenticated copy of the Last Willand Testament of Josephine C. Sher-wood, deceased, dated September 8,1980, and other probate proceedingsadmitting the same to probate inCounty Court of Hays County, Texas,in Cause No. 12265-P. The Petitionalleges, among other things, that thedecedent was the owner at the time ofher death of certain real estate situ-ated in Stevens, Seward and PrattCounty, Kansas, as more fully de-scribed in the Petition filed in this pro-ceeding.

Petitioners pray the Court for an

order admitting the authenticatedcopy of the decedent’s will and theproceedings had in the County Courtof Hays County, Texas, Cause No.12265-P to probate and record in theDistrict Court of Stevens County,Kansas, and for an order determiningand adjudging that administration ofthe estate within the State of Kansasis unnecessary and should not be re-quired; that the real estate referred toin the Petition to Admit Foreign Will toProbate and Record, and all other realestate or interests therein, includingmineral interests, and all personalproperty, or interests therein, ownedby the decedent, Josephine C. Sher-wood, within the State of Kansas atthe time of her death, be assigned tothe persons entitled thereto, pursuantto the terms of the decedent=s willand for further relief.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses to the Petition on or be-fore February, 14 2014, at 9:30 a.m.of said day, in said Court, in the dis-trict courtroom at the county court-house in Hugoton, Stevens County,Kansas, at which time and place thecause will be heard. Should you failtherein, judgment and decree will beentered in due course upon the Peti-tion.

Josephine Ann PeartreeRobert C. Sherwood

Co-Petitioners

KRAMER, NORDLING & NORDLING,LLC209 East Sixth StreetHugoton, Kansas 67951Telephone: (620) 544-4333Attorneys for Petitioners

PUBLIC NOTICE

(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, January 23, 2014) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOF PAULYNA JO WISE, DECEASED

NO. 14 PR 3

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIONTO ADMIT WILL TO PROBATE AND

RECORD AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS(Chapter 59)

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified a petitionhas been filed on January 15, 2014,in this Court by Robert E. Wise, as ex-ecutor named in the will, praying foradmission to probate of the Last Willand Testament, dated January 19,2010, of Paulyna Jo Wise, deceased,which duly authenticated copy ofsuch will is filed with the petition, andfor his appointment as executor ofsaid will and estate, to serve without

bond, and for the issuance of LettersTestamentary to him as executor.

You are hereby required to fileyour written defenses thereto on orbefore the 14th day of February,2014, at 9:30 a.m. of said day, in thedistrict courtroom at the countycourthouse, in the City of Hugoton,Stevens County, Kansas, at whichtime and place the cause will beheard. Should you fail therein, judg-ment and decree will be entered indue course upon the petition.

All creditors of the decedent arenotified to exhibit their demandsagainst the estate within four (4)months from the date of the first pub-lication of this notice as provided bylaw, and if their demands are not thusexhibited, they shall be foreverbarred.

Robert E. Wise, Petitioner

KRAMER, NORDLING & NORDLING,LLC209 East SixthHugoton, Kansas 67951Attorneys for PetitionerTelephone: (620) 544-4333

PUBLIC NOTICE

Advertising DeadlineMondays 5:00 P.M.!!!

Small, nonfarm businessesin 45 Kansas counties andneighboring counties in Col-orado, Nebraska and Oklahomaare now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loansfrom the U. S. Small BusinessAdministration (SBA). “Theseloans offset economic losses be-cause of reduced revenuescaused by the drought thatbegan November 15, 2013, inthe following primary counties,”announced Tanya N. Garfield,Acting Director of SBA’s Disas-ter Field Operations Center-West.

Primary Kansas counties:Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche,Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford,Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray,Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell,Hodgeman, Kearny, Lane,Logan, Meade, Morton, Ness,Norton, Pawnee, Phillips, Rawl-ins, Rooks, Rush, Scott, Seward,Sheridan, Sherman, Stanton,Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wal-lace and Wichita;

Neighboring Kansas coun-ties: Barber, Barton, Edwards,Kiowa, Osborne, Russell, Smith

and Stafford;Neighboring Colorado coun-

ties: Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, KitCarson, Prowers and Yuma;

Neighboring Nebraska coun-ties: Dundy, Franklin, Furnas,Harlan, Hitchcock and Red Wil-low;

Neighboring Oklahomacounties: Beaver, Cimarron,Harper, Texas and Woods.

“SBA eligibility covers boththe economic impacts on busi-nesses dependent on farmersand ranchers that have sufferedagricultural production lossescaused by the disaster andbusinesses directly impacted bythe disaster,” Garfield said.

Small, nonfarm businesses,

small agricultural cooperatives,small businesses engaged inaquaculture and most private,nonprofit organizations of anysize may qualify for EconomicInjury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) ofup to $2 million to help meet fi-nancial obligations and operat-ing expenses which could havebeen met had the disaster notoccurred.

“Eligibility for these loans isbased on the financial impact ofthe disaster only and not on anyactual property damage. Theseloans have an interest rate of 4%for businesses and 2.625 % forprivate, nonprofit organizations,a maximum term of 30 years,and are available to small busi-

nesses and most private, non-profits without the financial abil-ity to offset the adverse impactwithout hardship,” Garfield said.

By law, SBA makes EIDLsavailable when the U. S. Secre-tary of Agriculture designates anagricultural disaster. SecretaryTom Vilsack declared this disas-ter on January 15, 2014.

Businesses primarily en-gaged in farming or ranching arenot eligible for SBA disaster as-sistance. Agricultural enter-

prises should contact the FarmServices Agency (FSA) about theU. S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) assistance made avail-able by the Secretary’s declara-tion. However, in droughtdisasters nurseries are eligiblefor SBA disaster assistance.

Applicants may apply onlineusing the Electronic Loan Appli-cation (ELA) via SBA’s secureWeb site at https://disaster-loan.sba.gov/ela.

Disaster loan information

and application forms are alsoavailable from SBA’s CustomerService Center by calling (800)659-2955 or e-mailing [email protected]. Indi-viduals who are deaf orhard-of-hearing may call (800)877-8339. For more informa-tion about SBA’s disaster assis-tance programs, visithttp://www.sba.gov/disaster.

The deadline to apply forthese loans is September 15,2014.

The Wranglers 4-H Club metMonday, January 7 for theirmonthly meeting. The meetingwas led by acting presidentJacob Bell. Secretary BrookeHinds called roll, which was an-swered by “What did you do overChristmas Break”. Brooke thenread the minutes from the previ-

ous month. Reports were thengiven by the officers. McKenzieHinds stated the Historian bookis starting to fill up with good pic-tures of club members. GarretteHinds gave the Treasurers reportand Raegan Hinds gave the Re-porters report. During new busi-ness the club voted to have amodel meeting for County ClubDays February 8, 2014. After allbuisness was taken care of, act-ing vice president Garrette Hindsread the meeting’s program.Jacob Bell then gave a talk aboutthe bucket calf project. Forrecreation the club played agame called “over and under”provided by Jacob Bell. Themeeting was then adjourned.

Submitted by Wranglers ClubReporter Raegan Hinds.

Factors in Wind Erosion Potential on Sparsely

Covered SoilWind erosion rates are

often at their highest duringthe winter and early springmonths, primarily Novemberthrough April. Severe episodesof blowing soil have already oc-curred in parts of westernKansas, the most recentepisode having occurred Jan-uary 16.

When vegetation is insuffi-cient, ridges and large soilclods (or aggregates) are fre-quently the only means of con-trolling erosion on large areas.Roughening the land surfacewith ridges and clods reducesthe wind velocity and trapsdrifting soils. A cloddy soil sur-face will absorb more wind en-ergy than a flat, smoothsurface. Better yet, a soil sur-face that is both ridged andcloddy will absorb even morewind energy and be even moreeffective in reducing the poten-tial for wind erosion. Soilcrusts and frozen ground alsocan increase resistance of thesurface soil to wind forces, butthis effect is only temporaryand should not be relied on forerosion control.

Crosswind RidgesCrosswind ridges are

formed by tilling or plantingacross the prevailing wind ero-sion direction. If erosive windsshow no seasonal or annualprevailing direction, this prac-tice has limited protectivevalue. In Kansas, the prevail-ing winds in the winter arefrom the north, and in earlyspring the prevailing winds arefrom the south. Crosswindridges at this time of year,therefore, should be in aneast-west direction to protectfrom both northerly andsoutherly winds.

Tillage implements canform ridges and depressionsthat alter wind velocity. Thedepressions also trap saltatingsoil particles and stopavalanching of eroding mate-rial downwind.

However, soil ridges pro-trude higher into the turbulentwind layer and are subject togreater wind forces. Therefore,it is important that cloddinesson top on the ridge is sufficientto withstand the added windforce, otherwise they willquickly erode, and the benefi-cial effects will be lost. Ridgingsandy soils, for example, is oflittle value because the ridgesof sand are erodible and soonleveled by the wind.

Soil Aggregates and “Cloddiness”

Clod-forming tillage pro-duces aggregates or clods thatare large enough to resist thewind force and trap smallermoving particles. They are alsostable enough to resist break-down by abrasion throughoutthe wind erosion season. Ifclods are large and stableenough, as smaller particlesare removed or trapped, thesurface becomes stable or “ar-mored” against erosive action.The duration of protection de-pends on the resistance of theclods to abrasion or changesin the wind direction.

Of the factors that affect thesize and stability of soil aggre-gates, most notable is soil tex-ture. Sandy or coarse-texturedsoils lack sufficient amounts ofsilt and clay to bind particles

together to form aggregates.Such soils form a single-grainstructure or weakly cementedclods, a condition that is quitesusceptible to erosion by wind.Loams, silt loams, and clayloams tend to consolidate andform stable aggregates that aremore resistant to erosivewinds. Clays and silty claysare subject to fine granulationand more subject to erosion.Many other factors also affectaggregate consolidation andstability — climate, includingmoisture; compaction; organicmatter; lime; microorganismactivity; and other cementingmaterials.

Any process that reducessoil consolidation also in-creases erodibility. The per-sistence of aggregates isgreatly affected by the climaticprocess of wetting and drying,freezing and thawing, orfreeze-drying, which generallydisintegrates clods and in-creases erodibility. Mechani-cal action, such as tillage,animal or machine traffic, andabrasion by saltating soil par-ticles also can affect cloddi-ness. Tillage may eitherincrease or decrease clods atthe surface, depending on thesoil condition in the tilled layerand the type and speed of theimplement. Repeated tillageusually pulverizes andsmooths dry soils and in-creases their erodibility, espe-cially if done with implementsthat have an intensive me-chanical action, such as tan-dem disks, offset disks, orharrows.

Soil water at the time oftillage also has a decided effecton cloddiness. Research hasfound that different soils havediffering water contents atwhich soil pulverization ismost severe. If the soil is ex-tremely dry or extremelymoist, smaller clods are pro-duced than at intermediatewater contents. —DeAnn Presley, Soil Man-agement Specialist—John Tatarko, Soil Scientist,USDA-ARS


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Presentations:Matt Overturf - Grain Manager / Justin Ochs - Agronomy Manager

Paul Sack - Energy Director of SWKS

Skyland Grain, LLCProducer Marketing Meetings

January 20-29, 2014

All meetings will begin and lunch will be served at NOON, respective of their time zone

RSVP Encouraged: Please contact Cassie Teeter @ (620) 492-6210 or the location you plan to attend

Mon. Jan 20 Walsh, CO Walsh Community CenterTues. Jan 21 Johnson, KS 4H BuildingWed. Jan 22 Elkhart, KS Morton County Civic CenterMon. Jan 27 Buckeye, CO Skyland Grain LocationTues. Jan 28 Springfield, CO Baca County Fairgrounds BuildingWed. Jan 29 Syracuse, KS Hamilton County Fairgrounds

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PUBLIC NOTICE Joshua Morris, Stevens County Extension Agent A.N.R. [email protected] office: 620-544-4359

Ag Wise

Wranglers vote for model meeting

SBA economic injury disaster loans available to Kansas small businesses

Statements made about oil and gas depletion trust fundDuring the 2013 Kansas

Legislative Session a budgetwas passed reducing theamount Kansas counties re-ceived from the Oil and Gas De-pletion Trust Fund. Due to amisunderstanding between leg-islators and counties aboutwhen the reduction would beenacted the Governor has de-cided to increase the paymentsto counties by $7.5 million infiscal year 2014.

“I understand the confusionand frustration by members ofthe Kansas House and countiesin western Kansas,” said Gover-nor Brownback. “This is why Ihave agreed to propose increas-ing the payments to counties.”

“I am pleased the Governoris taking steps to assure the in-tent of the 2013 legislature re-garding distribution of oil andgas depletion trust funds to

counties is being met in hissupplemental budget proposal,”said Representative Russ Jen-nings. “I appreciate the willing-ness of the Governor and hisBudget Director to discuss andconsider our request to correcttechnical errors in bill draftinglast year that resulted in confu-sion and distribution of fundsin an amount significantly lessthan anticipated by counties.”

“Several of us worked withthe Governor and LegislativeLeadership on the Oil and Gasissue over the summer and ampleased the Governor has takenaction in his supplementalbudget request to fix this im-portant issue for our oil and gasproducing counties,” said Rep-resentative Kyle Hoffman.

“This fund is a very impor-tant safety net for the countiesand I am pleased that we were

able to work with GovernorBrownback to find a solution,”said Representative Don Hine-man. “It is important that thecounties have funds set asidefor the day when the wells fi-nally begin to run out. Thisagreement insures that moneywill be there for them.”

“I am glad to have been apart of a resolution to clarifylegislative intent that is good formy district and Kansans alike,”said Representative Ron Ryck-man, Sr.

“I appreciate the Governor'ssupport of this program thatwill help provide current or fu-ture property tax relief to manyof my constituents andKansans all across our state. Ithas been a priority of mine andwill continue to be,” said Sena-tor Garrett Love.

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