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Wednesday, February 12, 2014The Abilene
Better to give
Elliott finds best gift is giving backBy TIFFANY RONEY
While other middle school girls are spending their money on lip-gloss, French fries and DVD rentals, one lo-cal 12-year-old has different goals in mind for where she wants her money to go.
“Don’t be selfish — start giving,” Macy Elliott said. “Giving’s a heck of a lot better than receiving.”
For two years, Elliott sent funds from her barrel race winnings — a recurring donation of $20 per month — to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
“When you give your money (to St. Judes’), that’s kind of like you’re sav-ing a life, so that’s a lot better (than spending it),” Elliott said. “You get money in your own way, but you can just give it to them. At St. Jude’s, they always send you a picture of who you’re saving a life for.”
This year, Elliott decided to do something bigger — and geographi-cally closer — by raising funds and garnering gift donations at area bar-rel racing events and on Facebook for patients of Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
“She just came up to me and said, ‘Mom, I want to do something for
sick kids,’” Elliott’s mom, DeDe Lor-son of Abilene, said. “She just wanted to make their Christmas better.”
Elliott’s mom and her grandma, Sharon Chase, also of Abilene, took her to local stores to buy items re-quested by a wish list on the hospi-tal’s website. In two months, she re-ceived more than $70 in donations. Elliot used the money to buy gifts on the list, which, when paired with other donations, totaled more than 150 gifts.
“When they were overwhelmed with gift items, another person de-cided to donate fuel money for the
Photo providedMacy Elliott stands next to gift bags she delivered to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Elliott collected donations through Facebook and at barrel racing events to donate items on the hospital’s wish list.
Photo provided
K.I.D.S receives $5,000 boostDr. Mike Whitehair, co-chair of the K.I.D.S. (Keep Improving District Schools) Committee and Tony Geiger, co-chair of the K.I.D.S. Ways and Means Committee accept a $5,000 donation from the Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation Hank Royer, executor, to assist with educating the community about the upcoming April 1 USD 435 bond issue election.
What’s going on at Garfield?
By TIM [email protected]
Dallas Meneley often re-lates to personal experiences as principal of Garfield El-ementary School.
During Meneley’s presen-tation “What’s going on at Garfield?” at the Abilene USD 435 Board of Educa-tion meeting Monday, he gave a few highlights of the facility for 4th and 5th grad-ers and he got a little per-sonal.
“Think back to when you were in school,” Meneley said. “I was that kid that was a struggling reader. I was stuck in the corner with the other two and the teacher said ‘read harder.’ I’m read-
ing as hard as I can.”Today with MTSS, teach-
ers are finding those kids that are struggling and what they are struggling with, he said.
“Not say ‘read harder’ but say ‘here’s why,’” Meneley told the board. “Let’s work on these skills and it has been amazing to see that. It’s not just saying try harder by osmosis. We know what’s wrong and we’re going to give you practice.”
Changes were made at Garfield in the AR (Acceler-ated Reader) Program.
“There is more focus on comprehension this year and not points,” he said. “We took the points and goals
Councilor resigns, mayor facing
no confidence voteReflector-Chronicle Staff
ENTERPRISE — An En-terprise councilman resigned Tuesday and the city’s may-or is facing a no confidence vote Thursday according to the city’s official meeting agenda Wednesday.
Councilor David Vilcot tendered his resignation in an email dated Feb. 9. En-terprise City Clerk Laurie Harding gave the letter to the council at a work session Tuesday.
“Lady and gentlemen of the council, I hereby ten-der my resignation,” Vilcot wrote. “Thank you for al-lowing me to be a part of the council.”
Vilcot couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday morning.
In an unrelated matter, Councilor Brett McKeeman said he was disturbed to re-cently discover Enterprise Mayor Larry Jantz has a criminal history in Kansas.
According to McKeeman, a Kansas Bureau of Inves-tigation report show Jantz has a felony conviction from 1988 for fraud. The Reflec-tor-Chronicle was unable to obtain the report at press time Wednesday.
McKeeman has request-ed a no confidence vote at Thursday’s meeting, aiming to strip the mayor of his ex-
ecutive duties.“I think it’s a terrible con-
flict of interest,” McKeeman said Wednesday morning. “We should not have a felon overseeing our law enforce-ment.”
Jantz said he hadn’t heard about the no confidence vote Wednesday.
Enterprise City Attorney Brad Jantz, no relation to Larry, said the alleged felo-ny conviction appears to be valid.
“I don’t have enough in-formation to do that at this time,” said Brad Jantz, of commenting on the mat-ter. “They didn’t really go through me on most of that.”
Brad did say that a felony conviction wasn’t necessar-ily a barrier to holding elect-ed office.
“Having a felony impacts your voter registration and it can then impact your abil-ity to be a qualified elec-tor, which is a requirement in order to run for office,” Brad said. “However, once you complete all of the re-quirements with regards to a felony, in other words you are on probation. Once you finalize all of that and com-plete you are eligible to re-register as a voter. You can restore those rights. I don’t believe it is necessarily and absolute bar.”
Kansas response to gay marriage advances
By JOHN HANNAThe Associated Press
TOPEKA — The state’s business climate would suf-fer if legislators grant special legal protections to Kansas residents, companies and groups that object to gay marriage for religious rea-sons, critics argued Thursday in a failed attempt to block the plan from advancing.
The Kansas House gave first-round approval to the so-called “religious freedom” proposal to shield people who don’t want to participate in same-sex weddings should
the courts eventually over-turn the state’s gay-marriage ban. The bill would prohibit government sanctions or anti-discrimination lawsuits against Kansans citing reli-gious beliefs about marriage for refusing to recognize a union or to provide goods, services, accommodations or employment benefits to couples.
After approving the mea-sure 72-42, the House is set to take another, final vote Wednesday, when it’s ex-pected to pass and go to the Senate. Supporters described the bill as a narrowly drawn
measure that allows Kansans to live out their religious be-liefs when it comes to mar-riage.
Critics argue the bill would encourage discrimination against gays and lesbians. They also zeroed in on lan-guage extending some legal protections to individual workers and government em-ployees, even if their views and the boss’ conflict.
Rep. Susan Concannon, a Beloit Republican, said small business owners have told her they’re concerned that they’d be unable to enforce
See: Giving, Page 6
See: Response, Page 6
See: Garfield, Page 6
Bond training
in AbileneJoseph Bond of Junction
City is participating in the American Family Insurance agent in training program and has been assigned to Brian Tajchman’s office in Abilene.
Bond has completed a sev-en-week instruction course through American Family Insurance agent in training program and will continue his training with Tajchman.
Bond will keep the title of agent in traing for up to 24 months before receiving the opportunity to open his own agent office.
Tajchman opened his Abilene location at 104 N.W. Third St., in 2007.
Rock Springs supper
Friends and neighbors of the Rock Springs 4-H Center are invited to the annual Community Soup Supper on Monday, March 10.
Chili, chicken noodle soup and cinnamon rolls will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Williams Dining Hall. No take-out meals will be provided. However, cinnamon rolls in packages of one-half dozen each, will be available for sale.
Originally the supper was held as a thank you to farm families living near Rock Springs that had to endure extra traffic and bustle dur-ing busy days at the 4-H Center, located at 1168 K-157 Highway.
Reservations are requested for the Community Soup Supper by calling 785-257-3221 by Friday, March 7. Pre-orders for cinnamon rolls sales also are welcome.
Hospice volunteers
meetingHospice of Dickinson
County will host the monthly
Hospice Volunteers meet-ing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Home Health and Hospice Office, 515 NE 10th St., Abilene.
The topic of the meeting is “Scam the Scammers,” pre-sented by Hospice Volunteer Coordinator Debbie Bielefeld. She will discuss the types of scams that affect the elderly and how to respond.
All Hospice volunteers and individuals interested in vol-unteering are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Hospice of Dickinson County in Abilene at (785) 263-6630.
GPT auditions
The Great Plains Theatre will hold auditions for its 2014 Season on from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16.
This is the 20th Anniversary Season for GPT, which is a small regional professional theatre, operating under a Tier 6 contract with Actors’ Equity Association.
The mainstage season runs June through December and shows include: “Big River,” “The Boys Next Door,” “Al-ways... Patsy Cline,” “Moon-light and Magnolias,” “Shout! The Mod Musical,” “Driving Miss Daisy” and “White Christmas.”
Those trying out should bring a headshot, resume
and prepare a brief mono-logue and cutting of a song. For non-singing actors, prepare two monologues. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditions will be held at GPT, which is located at 300 N. Mulberry St., in Abilene.
To schedule an audition time or for any other inqui-ries, call 785-263-4574.
Sweetheart dinner
Hope CYO’s Annual Sweet-heart Dinner will be held Feb. 16 at the Catholic Hall. The three-course meal will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with a choice of smoked turkey or pulled pork as a main dish.
Advanced tickets are required — $10 for adults and $5 for children younger than 12. Carry out meals are available. Contact the Riedys at 257-3396 or Davidsons at 366-7822 in the evening.
This year’s fundraiser is a collaboration with the Hope after-prom committee.
Tickets on sale
Tickets for the annual St. Andrew’s Auction are now on sale. The annual event, which benefits St. Andrew’s Elementary School, is set for Saturday, March 1, beginning at 6 p.m. at the school gym.
Payment for purchases at the auction will be accepted
via debit or credit card. Re-served tickets are $30 each and include buffet dinner and drinks.
Tickets may be purchased at the school office. For more information, call 263-2453.
Local tax help
Free tax help will be avail-able at the Abilene Public Library from 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following date: Feb. 14, 19, 20, 26; March 7; and April 11. Appointments can be made by calling 785-263-3082.
Volunteer Income Tax Assis-tance (VITA) is an IRS-spon-sored program that offers free tax preparation and filing to anyone that earns a low to moderate income (generally $55,000 and below).
Items to bring to your appointment include: Social Security card or taxpayer identification number for everyone in the family; photo ID for you and your spouse; all income forms: W-2s, W-2Gs, 1099Rs, 1099s; Voided check for direct deposit; expense documents: depen-dent care, education-related expenses, home mortgage interest payments.
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OptimistBelle Barberi, a sophomore on the Abilene High School
Cowgirls basketball team was named the Optimist’s student athlete of the week. In the Salina Invitational Tournament, Barbieri had 18 points against Clay Center, 22 points and nine rebounds against Salina Central and 17 points against Salina South. She was also named to the all-tournament team. Barbieri’s parents are Ted and Katy Barbieri.
The guest speaker for the meeting was Tom Pike of Pike’s Productions of Lake Forest. Pike explained that he is making a movie of C. L. Brown that includes local actors.
ABWMEnterprise First Baptist ABWM ladies met Feb. 8 at the
home of Dona Myers, hostess. Members gathered around a beautifully decorated table with a Valentine theme. Nola Mae Jaderborg, president opened the meeting with a prayer. Secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were given and approved. Roll call was answered by six members and one guest, Ella Steele, with a verse from Joel the Bible Book of the month.
Correspondence was read from Corey Fields, our scholar-ship student and from Wichita Community Church, Anadar-ko, Okla., thanking us for all the white cross items sent.
The program was given by Janet Johnson Riffel on the project, which is Murow Indian Children’s Home. The project installs cameras and window and door alarms in all three cottages. She showed a DVD about the home. Murrow In-dian Children’s Home receives Native American children from state and tribal courts and cares from children from ages 3 to 18. Morrow was started in 1867 by the Rev. J.S. Murrow and, in 1910, the American Baptist Home Mission Society assumed responsibility. The home is located in Muskogee, Okla.,on the campus of Bacone College.
Janet closed with a prayer.The next meeting will be World Day of Prayer at the
Baptist Church with the Enterprise Methodist and Seven Day Adventist ladies assisting with the program at 7 p.m. March 7.
Briefly
Shirley Temple dies at 85
The Associated Press
Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and audi-tioned for “Annie” can only dream of being as beloved — or as important — as Shirley Temple.
Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depres-sion-era moviegoers and remains the ultimate child star decades later. Other pre-teens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time. But none of them helped shape their time the way she did.
Dimpled, precocious and
oh-so-adorable, she was America’s top box office star during Hollywood’s golden age, and her image was free of the scandals that have plagued Cyrus, Lindsay Lo-han and so many other child stars — parental feuds, or drug and alcohol addiction.
Temple remains such a symbol of innocence that kids still know the drink named for her: a sweet, non-alcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.
Her hit movies featured sentimental themes and mu-sical subplots, with stories of resilience that a struggling American public strongly identified with.
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The appropriate role forcash in your portfolio
Financial FactsAnita K. Miller, CFP®, CRPC®Angela M. Holt, CFP®Financial AdvisorCertified Financial Planner™Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.101 S. Buckeye Ave., Abilene, KS; (785) 263-0700 toll free 1-866-599-0700
There’s an old saying infinancial circles is that “cashis king.” The actual meaningof this phrase varies depend-ing on the context. Some in-vestors appeared to buy intothis philosophy during themarket’s turbulent periodfrom 2007 to 2009, andmoved significant sums ofmoney out of stock and bondinvestments and into cash-equivalent holdings likemoney market funds andbank CDs. That may haveprovided some short-termprotection. But, as many arefinding out in light of thestock market’s recovery overthe last five years, holdingtoo much cash can have anegative effect on long-terminvestment results.
Cash can be an effectivetool within a portfolio – buttypically when used in astrategic way to help achievelong-term goals, not as a hid-ing place when the market isgoing through its inevitabledownturns. The appropriaterole for cash in your portfo-lio should be dictated byyour investment goals. Hereare some guidelines.
Cash during your accu-mulation years
If you have years to letyour money grow to meet fu-ture needs (retirement, col-lege, costs for your children),cash may play only a minorrole in your portfolio. Theappropriate percentage de-pends on your circum-stances.
One way people chooseto invest their cash is by dol-lar cost averaging. Instead ofinvesting a single lump sumall at once, you investsmaller amounts of money atregular intervals (no matterhow the market is perform-ing). Dollar cost averagingcan’t guarantee a profit orprotect against a loss in a de-clining market. But, overtime your average cost pershare is likely to be less thanthe average market shareprice.
Cash for an incomeportfolio
Cash will typically play amore significant role forthose in retirement who aredrawing income from theirportfolio. The key, just aswith someone in the accu-mulation phase of life, is to
manage cash appropriately.Given today’s low yields onmoney market funds andCDs, keeping too muchmoney in cash may limit theamount of income you canafford to withdraw from yourportfolio.
One approach is to placea portion of your portfoliointo cash or other short-terminvestments that have littleor no risk of fluctuating invalue. Another strategy is toset aside enough money tomeet two-to-three years ofincome needs (in addition toother sources of income youhave such as Social Securityor a pension).
Many people find that ac-tively investing some of theirmoney in the market mayhelp them keep up with infla-tion or provide extra income.But, it varies for everyone.The types of investmentsyou have and how much youchoose to invest depends onyour situation.
In today’s low interestrate environment, it is moreimportant than ever that youpay close to attention to thepercentage of your assetsheld in cash-equivalent in-vestments. Think aboutmeeting with a local finan-cial advisor to determinehow to best manage the cashin your portfolio.
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Sen. Roberts faces questions about homeBy JOHN HANNATheAssociatedPress
TOPEKA — Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is facing questions about whether he lives in his native Kan-sas or the Washington, D.C., area.
Roberts was born in Topeka, holds his degree from Kansas State University and makes a point of spending much of his congressional breaks crisscrossing the state. But he’s worked in Washington as an aide and member of Congress since the late 1960s, and he owns a home in suburban Alexandria, Va.
“Kansas is my home. It’s always been my home,” Roberts responded during an interview Monday. “It was my great-grandparents’ home.”
Where the 77-year-old Roberts stays when he’s not working in Washington is getting new scrutiny after a Feb. 7 New York Times story suggested he was “desperate” to re-
establish ties with his home state.“It’s a symptom of the greater
problem, which is the profound ar-rogance of Washington politicians,” said Roberts’ GOP opponent, Mil-ton Wolf, a 42-year-old radiologist. “This gets right down to the core.”
Wolf, who’s running as a tea party candidate, has promised to serve only two, six-year terms in the Sen-ate if he wins, and he said Monday that he’ll continue to practice medi-cine.
The three-term senator and his wife own a duplex unit in Dodge City, Kan., but it has a tenant. He’s registered to vote at another Dodge City address less than half a mile to the south, a home belonging to an-other couple, longtime friends and supporters, where he rents a room and a bathroom for $300 a month. The owners, Cecil Duane and Phyl-lis Ross, did not return a telephone message left on Monday.
Wolf said he was offended by Rob-erts’ joke, reported in the New York Times story, that at the home of his friends, the senator has “full access to the recliner.”
It’s not yet clear how much the questions hurt Roberts as he runs for re-election. The Kansas primary is Aug. 5. Roberts’ re-election cam-paign began the year with $2.24 million in cash on hand; Wolf’s had about $179,000.
Republican state Rep. Michael Houser endorsed Wolf publicly be-fore the issue arose and said his big-gest issue is that Roberts has been in the Senate “long enough.”
But state Rep. Scott Schwab, also a Republican, said the issue of Rob-erts’ home is insignificant, adding, “I send my Christmas card to Sena-tor Roberts in Dodge City, and he gets it every year.”
Roberts won his Senate seat in 1996, though his Democratic op-
ponent suggested that he’d already been in Washington too long. In 2008, Democratic challenger and former U.S. Rep. Jim Slattery raised the same issue, but Roberts ran neg-ative television ads noting Slattery’s work as a Washington lobbyist.
Burdett Loomis, a University of Kansas political scientist, said Rob-erts’ longevity in Washington is an issue but was skeptical that Wolf can topple the incumbent with it. Bob Beatty, a political scientist at Wash-burn University of Topeka, said Wolf must hit on the issue repeat-edly in mailers or ads.
“A very effective campaign slo-gan or campaign narrative is that the incumbent is out of touch,” Beatty said. “What a challenger wants is something to back that up.”
Property tax records available on-line from Ford County, Kan., where Dodge City is located, show that the duplex unit owned by Roberts and
his wife had an appraised value of $104,800 for 2013. The one-story unit has 1,172 square feet of space, two bedrooms and three baths with a full basement, according to the re-cords.
Those records also list the Roberts’ address as Alexandria, Va. Roberts said he purchased the Dodge City duplex unit in 1992, and his latest U.S. Senate disclosure form says he receives between $5,000 and $15,000 a year in rental income a year from it.
Also in the disclosure form, Rob-erts lists his Virginia home as being worth between $500,000 and $1 mil-lion.
Wolf said he and his wife have owned their Leawood home since 2005. Online Johnson County tax records said the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home was ap-praised in 2013 at $695,000.
Panel OKs small abortion law changesBy JOHN HANNATheAssociatedPress
TOPEKA — Abortion op-ponents in Kansas passed up an opportunity Tuesday to de-bate new restrictions on pro-viders, keeping the legislation focused on technical changes in anti-abortion laws as they pushed it out of a state House committee.
The Federal and State Af-fairs Committee took seven minutes to debate and ap-prove the measure, which ad-dresses issues raised in state and federal lawsuits filed by
abortion providers last year. The committee’s voice vote sends the measure to the en-tire House for debate.
The bill was technical enough that Planned Parent-hood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, which performs abortions at its Overland Park clinic, remained neutral.
The bill revises a require-ment that the home pages of abortion providers’ websites link to a state health depart-ment site with information about pregnancy and fetal de-velopment. Providers would
no longer be required to in-clude a statement with the link saying that state’s infor-mation is accurate and objec-tive — a rule on hold because of state and federal lawsuits arguing that it violates pro-viders’ free speech rights.
The measure also rewrites language in various provi-sions of state law dealing with medical emergencies in which abortion restric-tions are waived. Providers argued in a state lawsuit that language approved last year would make it virtually im-
possible for women to obtain abortions in medical emer-gencies. Abortion opponents disputed their arguments but acknowledged the wording was flawed.
Kansas has enacted multiple new restrictions on abortion and providers since Repub-
lican Gov. Sam Brownback, a strong abortion opponent, took office in January 2011.
“There’s no need to bulk this up or add anything to it,” said House committee Chair-man Steve Brunk, a Wichita Republican who also opposes abortion.
State closer to fighting fedsTheAssociatedPress
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators on Tuesday pushed the state closer to a confrontation with the federal government over protecting prairie chickens.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that the Senate gave first-round approval to a bill declaring that the federal government has no authority to regulate prairie chickens or hu-man activities that affect the birds’ habitat. The measure covers both the lesser and greater
prairie chicken.The Senate planned to take final action
Wednesday, when passage would send the measure to the House.
State Wildlife Parks and Tourism Secretary Robin Jennison has said he expects the federal government to list the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species or to impose a conser-vation plan. Western Kansas lawmakers and farmers worry they’ll face extra costs and new land-use restrictions.
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Frank and Earnest
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Baby Blues
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.19) -- Refrain from sharingyour secrets. Organize per-sonalpaperworkordealwithunfinishedprojectstoputanaccomplishedfeelontheday.Relaxationintheeveningwillberewarding.
PISCES (Feb.20-March20)-- Devote time to your fa-vorite hobby or one of yourmanytalents.Someonewhocomes from a very differentbackgroundwillinspireyou.
ARIES (March21-April 19)
-- Don’t damage your repu-tationbyrevealingsecretin-formation. In order to avoida problemwith your friendsor relatives, be very carefulwhatyousaytowhom.
TAURUS (April20-May20)--Achangeofscenerywillgoa longway toward reducingyourstress.Avoidpeopleandsituations that are gettingyou down, and plan a plea-surableoutingwithfriendsorfamily.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
-- Reflect on your past andthink about what you wantandneedoutoflifetobeginthe process of making yourdreams come true. No oneelsecandothisforyou.
CANCER (June21-July 22)-- Keep your anger at bay.You risk overreacting if youtake constructive criticismtooseriously.Findanenjoy-ableactivitythatwillhelpyoustaycalmandoutoftrouble.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --Speakupifyoufeelsomeone
is withholding important in-formation from you. Gettingall the facts and asking therightquestionscouldhaveapositiveeffectonyourfuture.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)-- Do something physical torelieveyourboredom.Ratherthandwellonyourproblems,check out your communityfor activities that interestyou. You will be pleasantlysurprised at what you dis-cover.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
--Youmayfeeldisappointedwiththewayyourlife isgo-ing.Don’tletyourfearspre-ventyoufromreachingyourgoals. Take positive stepsto make personal improve-ments.
SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22)--Todaywillbeasuccess ifyoudevoteyourenergyandenthusiasm to a cause youbelievein.Youwillmakenewfriendswithyourpleasantat-titudeanddesiretohelp.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-
Dec. 21) -- Attend to unfin-ished business. You mustsort through personal docu-ments carefully in order toavoidacostlymistake.Ifyouoffer assistance to someonewho needs it, you’ll receivesimilartreatment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19) -- Those who love youdeserve your attention. Ifsomething is seriously both-eringyou,nowisthetimetoclearitup.Problemswillcon-tinue togrow if youneglectthem.
DEAR DOCTOR K: I’m an older woman in good health, but I can’t get a good night’s sleep because I keep waking up to go to the bathroom. What can I do?
DEAR READER: “Nocturia” is the medical term for the need to get up frequently to urinate during the night. It’s a common cause of sleep loss, especially among older adults. In severe cases, a person may get up as many as five or six times during the night. This can lead to sleep deprivation and daytime fatigue.
One common cause of nocturia is easily corrected. Watch (and consider cutting down on) how much you drink in the two hours before bedtime. Be particularly careful about drinks containing caffeine and alcohol: They both cause the kidneys to pass more water.
Nocturia becomes more com-mon with age, and several dif-ferent conditions can cause it. Some are just the result of aging and some are diseases.
As we get older, our brains produce less antidiuretic hor-mone. Normally, this hormone travels in the blood and causes the kidneys to make less urine. Since we make less hormone as we get older, we make more urine at night. Sometimes doc-tors treat this condition with a drug that causes the same effects as antidiuretic hormone.
Age also reduces the holding capacity of our bladder. Even when you don’t have that much fluid in the bladder, it senses that it is full. As a result, the blad-der sends urgent signals to your brain that you need to urinate.
There are several diseases that can cause nocturia. Heart failure causes blood to be pumped less efficiently through the kidneys. That leads to a buildup of excess fluid in the blood and the rest
of the body. And that, in turn, causes the heart and kidneys to do everything they can to pass as much of that excess fluid as pos-sible out in the urine.
Diabetes is another example. The higher levels of sugar in the blood that comes from diabetes “sucks” fluid out of the tissues and cells of the body and into the blood. The extra fluid in the blood then is eliminated by the kidneys into the urine.
Low-grade urinary tract bac-terial infections can cause fre-quent urination, usually of small amounts of urine. Sometimes an infection is suspected because it also hurts to urinate, but that’s not always the case.
Neurological conditions can affect the signals to and from the bladder, and the efficiency with which the bladder muscles function. One common example is “overactive bladder,” which causes increased contractions of the muscles that cause urina-tion. Muscle-relaxant drugs can help. (I’ve put an illustration of the female urinary system on my website, AskDoctorK.com.)
Medications, especially diuret-ics (widely used both to lower blood pressure and to rid the body of excess fluid), can cause nocturia as well.
Try the one thing that you can do yourself: Cut down on the amount of fluid you drink in the two hours before bedtime. If that doesn’t work, you should get checked out by your doctor.
(Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.)
Family Circus
Kit ‘n’ Carlyle
AskDOCTOR K.
Frequent urination at night becomes more
common with age
by Bernice Bede Osol
Big Nate
Count the cards in one suit
BRIDGE by PHILLIP ALDER
Vinoba Bhave, an Indian advocate for human rights who died in 1982, sa id , “Innumerable actions are go-ing on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.”
Luckily, it is not that tough at the bridge table. But the more counting you do, the bet-ter you will play -- our theme this week.
In today’s deal, look at the auction and the West and North hands. South is in four spades. West leads the dia-mond ace. How should he con-tinue the defense?
North, holding a low double-ton, reasonably chose to use Stayman. (If he had responded three no-trump, that contract could also have been defeat-ed.) South correctly rebid two hearts when holding four cards in each major. North jumped to three no-trump. And South, knowing his partner had four spades, corrected back to game in that strain.
When the dummy comes down, a good defender first checks out the high-card points. South indicated 15-
17, dummy has 13, and West holds seven. That leaves 3-5 for East. So East could have one winner to go with West’s diamond ace-king. But where is the fourth defensive trick?
Now count the suit lengths. Dummy has three hearts, South showed four, and West has five. East must have a sin-gleton.
This is West’s best chance. At trick two -- not after cash-ing the diamond king, a card needed as an entry -- West shifts to a heart. Then, East can take the first or second round of spades, return a dia-mond to his partner’s king, and receive a heart ruff to defeat the contract.
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CLERK of the DISTRICT COURT II:Permanent full-time position in GearyCounty District Court, Eighth JudicialDistrict. Job Description: This is ahighly supervisory, administrativeand participatory work as a Clerk ofthe District Court. Work involves theoverall management of the Civil,Criminal, Probate, Limited Actionand Juvenile functions of the districttrial level court. Education/Experi -ence: High School graduate with fouryears clerical experience, includingat least two years of court related orother legal related work. Collegehours may be substituted for someexperience. Classification: Grade 22,step I, and a starting salary of$1,400.72 bi-weekly. Send applica-tions and resumes to Cecil Aska,Court Administrator, Geary CountyCourthouse, 138 E. 8th. JunctionCity, KS 66441: (785) 762-5221x1445. Applications are availablefrom Clerk of District Court, GearyCounty Courthouse, 138 E. 8th St.,Junction City, KS 66441 OR may beobtained on the Internet by going towww.kscourts.org and clicking on the"Human Resources" link. Dedline:February 21, 2014 by 5:00pm. TheKS Judicial Branch does not discrimi-nate on the basis of race, religion,color, sex, age, national origin or dis-ability, EEO/AA.
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Jan. 15-30, 2014IRS vs. William Hieronymus
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IRS vs. Scott L. Kolling and Carolyn Pickett; filed January 27, 2014; $272.35
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JCD Rentals, LLC. A tract in Sec 19, Twp 12. Range 4, Pt of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4. Sec 30. Twp 12, Range 4, Pt of the NE Pt of the SE 1/4. of the NE 114.
Eugene A. Todd to Jessica R. Todd; Sec 33, Twp 12, Range 2. Pt of SW 1/4. of the NW 1/4.
Matthew J. Miller and Sarah J. Miller to Matthew J. Miller and Sarah J. Miller; a tract in the Sec 17, Twp 11. Range 4, Pt of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4.
Bank of New York Mellon to Derek N. Lipson and Jen-nifer L. Lipson; Southwick & Augustine’s Addition-Block:
6th lots 40. 42. Abilene. Edward L. Enyart Revocable
Trust and Judith A. Enyart Revocable Trust to Vance L. Enyart; Rice and Austin’s Ad-dition -B 4, Lot 5, Abilene.
Debra A. Budden and Bradley L. Budden to Danny S. Heller; Sheeran’s Third Addition, Block 5, Lots 6-8, Chapman.
Sheriff Gareth Hoffman to Bennington State Bank; Hope, Original Town Block 2, Lot 14, Hope.
JP Morgan Mortgage Acqui-sition Corp to George Kandt; Thompson’s Addition, Block 4, E2 Block 5 & Lots 1-11, Block 4, Lots 20-24, Abilene.
Lennis Marlene Johnson Re-vocable Trust to Lennis Yant; Lot 8, Northwood Heights Addition, a portion of Geau-que and Brenneman Addition to the City of Abilene.
Robert Jewell Manspeaker and Mary Karla Manspeaker to Robert Jewell Manspeaker Trust and Mary Karla Manspeaker Trust; Hen-quenets Addition, Block 4 Lot 14, 15, 16,17 & 18.
Red Bud Lake Association to Eric B. Hiatt and Jennie J. Hiatt; Red Bud Lake Block 1 Lot 9, Abilene.
Red Bud Lake Association to Leonard, LLC. Red Bud Lake Block 2 Lot 16. Abilene.
Red Bud Lake Association to Jo Lynn Wagner; Red Bud Lake Block 3 Lot 2, Abilene.
Red Bud Lake Association to Phillip Cosby and Cathy Cosby; Red Bud Lake Block 3 Lot 17, Abilene.
Red Bud Lake Association to Harold Dan Taylor and Cleo Van Taylor; Red Bud Lake, Block 3 Lot 8. Abilene.
Red Bud Lake Association to William E. Dearmond and Mary C. Dearmond; Red Bud Lake, Block I Lot 10, Abilene.
Department of Veteran Affairs to Sheila Metcalf: Murray’s Addition, Block 283. Lots 2,4,6, Herington.
Sheila A. Metcalf and Robert D. Metcalf to Sheil aA. Metcalf and Robert D.
Metcalf; Murray’s Addition, Block 283. Lot 2,4,6. City of Herington.
Jonathon K. Stephen and Angela Maria Stephen to James D. Varejcka; Lots 20, 22, & 24 Block I, Murrays Addition to the City of Her-ington.
Orrin Book Trust and Alta Book Trust to Ronald D. Schmalzreid and Gerald L. Schmalzreid; The SW 1/4; of Sec 8, Twp 12, South, Range 3 East of the 6th PM, Dickin-son County.
Danny Hern to Charo-lais Pride, LLC; Grandview Subdivision. Block 3; Part of lot 32 & 34, All of lot 33; Sec 5, Twp 12, Range 2-Pt of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4; Sec 5, Twp 12, Range 2, Pt of the NE 1/4.
Sheriff Gareth Hoffman to JP Morgan Chase Bank NA; East Abilene Town Co First Addition, Block 19. Lot 14-16, Abilene.
William F. Gragg to Diane E. Sampson; The NW 1/4 of Sec 33, Twp 12 Range 3 of the 6th PM , Dickinson County.
William F. Gragg Trust to J.
Michael Brierton Trust; Sec 4. Twp 14, Range 2, NW, SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4.
William F. Gragg Trust to Clifford D. Hammond and Mary C. Hammond; Sec 9 Twp 14 Range 2, NE, NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4.
William F. Gragg Trust to Levi R. Felbush and Kristen A. Felbush; Sec 13, Twp l4, Range I, NE, NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4.
Loren D. Rock Living Trust to Tobey R. Watt and Susan L. Watt; Sec 32, Twp 11 , Range 1 all of the NW 1f.t.
Peerless Properties to Shawni J. Sheets; Sec 16, Twp 13, Range 2, Pt of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4.
Carol L. Visser to Jeanine Bennett; Sec 7, Twp 12, Range 2, Pt of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4.
William Brian Schaulis and Jennifer Schaulis to David W. Mills Living Trust; Sec 7, Twp 11, Range 3 SW, SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and all of the SW 1/4.
Joseph Blake Schaulis to David W. Mills Living Trust; Sec 7, Twp 11, Range 3 SW,
SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and all of the SW 1/4.
Susan Ann Cox and Clint Cox to David W. Mills Living Trust; Sec 7, Twp 11 , Range 3; SW, SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4; all of the SW 1/4.
Mason Harold. Schaulis to David W. Mills Trust; Sec 7 Twp 11, Range 3; SW, SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and all of the SW1/4.
Edna J. Polston Revocable Trust No. 1 to Kerry A. Haag and Diana M. Floyd; Thur-stons & Swayze’s Addition Block 5 Lots 1-2,and Sec 28, Twp 15, Range 3, all of the NE 1/4, all of the SW 1/4, NE, NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, and NE, SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4.
Kerry A. Haag and Dale A. Haag, Diana M. Floyd and Lee A. Floyd to Marvel Revocable Trust; Thurstons & Swayze’s Addition Block 5 Lots 1-2,and Sec 28, Twp L5, Range 3, all of the NE 1/4, all of the SW 1/4, NE, NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, and NE, SE 1/4 the SE 1/4.
Dawn M. Melcher and Scott Melcher to Mary M. Tharp; Sec 12, Twp 16, Range 4,
Pt of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 .
Twenty First Inc. to Sticker Patch Properties, LLC, Cruse Addition, Lots 3 & 4.
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expense of the trip to Kansas City,” Macy’s grandma, Sharon Chase of Abilene, said.
Though she didn’t get to personally deliver the gifts, Elliott said she enjoyed visiting the hospi-tal, meeting the staff and seeing the room where gifts for future birthdays and special occasions are stored.
“My favorite part was probably getting to go up there and see it, getting the gifts and knowing how much that means to those kids,” she said. “Getting to look around the hospital and just see how it all works. And then we got to go to the Cheesecake Factory.”
Elliott said she wants to continue to make annual donations to children in need. The one thing she would do differently next year: timing.
“We did it at the last barrel race, and not a whole lot of people knew,” she said. “I had the idea, but to get started quicker would have been better.”
While Lorson said she is impressed with her daughter’s desire and initiative to give, she said generosity is part of the family values Elliott has been raised with.
Elliott said the first giving project — making personal pledges to St. Jude’s — was her mom’s idea. But after Elliott got started, she discovered the joy of giving, and the Children’s Mercy gift drive was an idea all her own.
“We try to give as much as we are able, and I try to raise my kids with that knowledge,” Lorson said. “I want to show them the feeling of giving and help them establish that in them-selves.”
“My youngest daughter, (Myah Elliott), who’s 10, is now wanting to do something next year on her own for pet adoption places,” Lorson said. “I think it’s been good for my youngest daughter because it’s encouraged her to do the same type of thing.”
Lorson said she is glad to see her children choosing generosity over selfishness, and she hopes even more children will take the road of giving.
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away. All we did was said that if you are giving great effort every day, you have good comprehen-sion and you focus every day and try to do your best, you make it. We also focused on informa-tional text. Too often they were just reading novels. That’s great, but in the world that I live in you have to be able to read informa-tional text.”
He said reading output has ris-en 24 percent.
“We realized that the last two or three weeks of the nine weeks, kids were stressing. They were saying, I have nine points left in reading a book they didn’t care about and rushing through it,” he said of the old point system. “It was not working. We found out we gained two to three weeks of reading each nine weeks, up to 12 weeks of reading a year. Overwhelmingly, more nonfic-tion books are being read.
“You ask the kids what they liked about the day, AR was not something they talked about,” he said of past years. “Now they are saying they like it. I can read a book about trucks and not get in trouble for it.”
Meneley, a first-year princi-pal, said that Garfield is unique in that students are assigned to homerooms but there are also four periods of class switching.
“Each student that comes to school has a homeroom, a home base,” he added. “Through-out the day we also have class switching like AMS and AHS. It’s kind of a best of both worlds. We try to blend the two together;
what works best for our students. We have Mother Hen looking af-ter them but we also allow teach-ers to really focus on one or two content areas.
“If you have ever been around 4th or 5th graders, having them move every 50 minutes always helps a little bit with their atten-tion span,” he added.
Meneley said the use of the iPad is also key to education.
“It seems to me at Garfield, and across the district, technol-ogy represents a bridge between home and school,” he said. “You have a kid at home texting and playing video games while watching TV. That is their world. That is what they are used to.
Then we would have them come to school and sit down with a pencil and paper, sit down and say ‘pay attention.’
“The iPad bridges that gap. We still maintain our core principles in what we teach. We focus on what we deem important like we have done forever. Just now we have a powerful tool in their hands.
“We want to push creativity to show understanding,” he said. “When we were kids, we would sit there a lot of times and we’d have to write it out on a piece of paper. Well, that didn’t work for some kids. We also train them on skills that are vital for AMS, ac-ademic and responsibility. A lot
of times we sit here and think of technology and what it is doing as the academic, which it is, but it is also responsibility.”
He said students are comfort-able with the iPad.
“Students are now using the iPads naturally and that is the key,” he said. “They will grab an iPad and start to write notes where we would use a notepad or a Sticky Note, especially, with our 5th graders who, this is their third year doing it. They aren’t even thinking. They just grab it and go with it.
“Students are creating things that we never thought possible. Kids are shining,” he said. “Stu-dents at Garfield are teaming up with the Eisenhower Foundation to create some project so others that come from around the coun-try can look at it. They are going to be creating Garfield commer-cials and put them on our web-site. Kids that move in from 3rd grade can see what is going on at Garfield. The kids are creating these.”
Meneley said it is important at Garfield to make sure that the students are trained for the mid-dle school and the high school.
“In our unique situation we are looking at the whole picture more than we ever have,” he said “Since we are all in separate buildings and we are all kind of doing our own thing, we are tak-ing an approach now to say that there are needs above us that we need to prepare for (AMS, AHS) and there are thing going on below us (Kennedy, McKin-ley) that we need to validate and continue.”
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Tiffany Roney • Reflector-ChronicleDallas Meneley, principal of Garfield Elementary School, talks with a Chamber of Commerce Business After-Hours attendee Tuesday evening. This month’s after-hours event was held at Garfield so the administration could present their perspective of the bond issue. Meneley gave tours of the school and Superintendent Denise Guy discussed the building proposal with others who stopped by.
Opinionwww.abilene-rc.com Wednesday,February12,2014 7
Tee TimeTim Horan
Go for a runSince November, I’ve become a run-
ner. It’s been a long process that started with the Couch to 5K app
on my smartphone, and after three months, I’m happy to say came to fruition this past weekend. I ran my first 5K, the Run 4 Love, in Manhattan this past weekend in 33 minutes and 35 seconds, under my goal time of 35 minutes.
I got to thinking about not only what run-ning taught me and helped me with, but the other types of “running” that having a business entails. The first is probably the most obvious: running a business. Running a business involves the everyday activities of what type of product to offer, hours to be open, staffing, answering emails, answer-ing phones, and everything else you do in your normal business day.
Another running in the professional world is running a system. There are many types of systems involved in a business, including the point of sale system. Some
people use paper and pen, some use a computerized system and some use a com-bination of both. Another system in the workplace is one we use at the Chamber: a financial management system. Quickbooks & Quicken are popular ones and these sys-tems keep your finances in line.
A final type of running that’s used in the business world is one that has very close and recent meaning to the Chamber of Commerce right now: running events & services. We try to enhance all types of services for our members as well as pro-
viding events for them and the community on a monthly and annual basis. Running events and services is not exclusive to us however: many businesses in the Abilene area host events for the community, from open houses and receptions to big events such as the Central Kansas Free Fair or Flour Power.
Running has become something that’s not only grown into a habit, but a hobby that I’ve grown to love. Hard work, dedi-cation, & perseverance are skills that you learn and develop while running long miles working on your pace. Becoming a better runner physically has enabled me to be-come a better runner professionally. Try it out…go for a run!
As always, you can contact the Chamber at 785-263-1770, or at [email protected].
_____________________________Torey Berndt is the executive director of
the Abilene Area Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber ConnectionTorey Berndt
His legacy lives onFebruary 17 is President’s Day.
Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George
Washington, Presidents’ Day is now viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presi-dents, past and present.
It is indeed a privilege to live in the hometown of our nation’s 34th president. Dwight D. Eisenhower graduated from Abilene High School in 1909 and is one of our most famous graduates. His legacy continues to be honored at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.
Being so close to this facility affords our students many educational opportunities that range from creative onsite programs to special events, even a chance to work with researchers while accessing original documents.
Our first graders typically go to the Eisenhower Center for a field trip, tour-ing the grounds and making a quick trip through the museum as well.
Garfield students attend the Constitu-tion Day Ceremony in September. Also according to Principal Dallas Meneley, students work with Mitzi Gose and the Eisenhower Foundation. He said, “She comes to our classrooms and works with our After School Program. Currently we have a challenge going on where students have the opportunity to create a presenta-tion about Eisenhower’s childhood. The winning presentation will be used by the Eisenhower Foundation.”
According to Tom Schwartz, principal at McKinley, this year’s third graders viewed a video that provided an overview of Ike’s
life and were involved in an “I Spy” ac-tivity where they checked off items about Ike’s home and family life as they toured his boyhood home. He added, “In the mu-seum they went through artifacts that the staff had assembled reflecting Ike’s work, play and school days. It was set up so our kids could see what life was like back then.”
Seventh graders look forward to go-ing to Eisenhower Day each year while Abilene High School’s English classes use the Eisenhower Library for primary research projects. Ms. Ashley DeLange said, “Having the Eisenhower Presidential Library in our community is just one of the many great things about Abilene. The Eisenhower Museum and Library gives students the opportunity to immerse them-selves in history in a new way. Through the sophomore speech project students can experience first hand what it is like to do research at a Presidential Library. This year they even had the opportunity to do research alongside visiting scholars from various locations. This is a fantastic opportunity for students, unheard of in most other communities. The staff there
is fantastic and they work very hard to make each visit a worthwhile educational experience. Kim Barbieri, Kevin Bailey, and Chalsea Millner have been invaluable resources for students and myself. They do everything from making sure materi-als are ready for our scheduled visits to helping students one-on-one when they go back for additional research. To sum it up, the Eisenhower Center is an exceptional resource that truly gives our students an advantage that most students not from this area don’t have.”
Ms. Janeal Schmidt, Abilene High School’s U.S. History and Government In-structor also reiterated, “The Eisenhower Library is an invaluable resource in bring-ing history alive for our students. Ameri-can History students have the opportunity to participate in the Five-Star Leaders Program which uses documents and news clips to lead them through the process that President Eisenhower and his advisors fol-lowed when deciding to use troops to forc-ibly integrate Little Rock’s Central High School. The students gain valuable histori-cal thinking and leadership skills through their participation in this program.”
We value our relationship with the Eisenhower Library and Museum and as President’s Day approaches, it seems like a good time to acknowledge how fortunate we as a district and as a community are to have such an amazing treasure in our own backyards.
_____________________Dr. Denise Guy is superintendent of
USD 435 schools.
Abilene SchoolsDr. Denise Guy
Shockrock
Fifty years ago last Sunday, Feb. 9, 1964, I was among the 70 million tuned into the Ed Sullivan Show.
Our family wasn’t particularly interested in the line-up that night,ß which included four Brits — Paul, John, George and Ringo. We just always watched the Ed Sullivan Show each week. Naturally we only received two stations on our black and white TV set so our choices were limited to channels 12 and 13, both CBS stations.
The Ed Sullivan Show, as most people who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s will recall, was the longest running variety show on TV. It featured entertainers, comedians like Joan Rivers and Rodney Dangerfield, jugglers (just how did they spin that many plates on those poles?), puppeteers, etc. Sullivan booked some of the top singing groups of the time like the Supremes, Jackson Five and the Mamas and Papas. They played what Kathy and I call today “top of the pool songs.”
The group that called themselves The Beatles had several hits on the Top 40 before setting foot on American soil in 1964. We sometimes listened to The Beatles songs on the radio while milking the cows and feeding the live-stock.
I don’t recall being that impressed with The Beatles. I was wondering more about why all those girls were screaming but, hey, I was 7.
Jump ahead to 50 years and, after watching music award programs of late, I probably get somewhat of an idea what my dad was think-ing when the Beatles and others performed on the Ed Sullivan Show. Kenny Rogers with the Fifth Edition had an earring. My folks prob-ably enjoyed the Dave Clark Five more than Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones but, not being able to recall any of Dave’s songs, I checked YouTube and found out that “Be-cause” was definitely a “top of the pool” song.
Herman’s Hermits was pretty tame with “Henry the VIII.” There was no Herman in the band, though. The lead singer was Peter Noone.
Now in my younger days I was certain I would not experience a generation gap when it came to music. I liked a wide variety of music then. That quickly changed with the onset of rap music and the buzzed hair look.
The Grammy Awards last month offered a unique variety of music, some of which I actu-ally liked. Macklemore has a unique sound as does Daft Punk, though I have no idea what the robots were doing.
Living through the days of singer Vincent Damon Furnier who went by the stage name Alice Cooper, I fully understand the need to push the envelope.
Alice Cooper’s performances with Guil-lotines, electric chairs, blood and one huge snake made Pink’s trapeze Grammy perfor-mance look pretty tame.
I totally missed Miley Cyrus’ performance at this year’s Music Video Awards. From what I hear, I might have been lucky.
But if you missed the Grammy Awards, you missed Willie Nelson and Kris Kristfferson and Chicago performing with Robin Thicke.
Also that night, two old music legends, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, reunted. John Lennon was killed in 1980 and George Har-rison died in 2001 of cancer.
Paul and Ringo teamed up again for the show broadcast a week later on the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Beatles original performance in America.
It was amazing. Every word of every song was audible. None of the lyrics were beeped out which is a pet peeve of mine. My thought? Please, you know the program is on TV during prime time, sing a song that a7-year-old can hear.
While no one will remember Beyonce and Jay Z’s “Drunk in Love” at the Grammy’s years from now, someone will be singing “Let It Be,” “Yesterday,” “Hey Jude,” “Get Back” and maybe even “I Want To Hold Your Hand” for another 50 years.
LegislativesessionunderwayThe 2014 legislative session is well
underway, and upon my return to Topeka I was greeted with a new
committee assignment. House Speaker Ray Merrick appointed me to serve as Vice Chair of the House Post-Audit Commit-tee, which reviews select state programs for effectiveness and determines whether tax dollars allocated to those programs are properly spent.
Another change awaiting legislators is the absence of construction cranes and scaf-folding surrounding the Capitol. The Capi-tol restoration project has finally reached completion. While the $330 million cost is rightly the subject of debate and critique, there is no argument about the restored Capitol being a stunning monument and ready to serve another 150 years. Please let me know when you are next in Topeka. I would be happy to arrange a tour of the People’s House for you.
More good news can be found in our re-cent labor report. Kansas unemployment has fallen below 5% and is now in line with pre-recession levels. Thousands of new jobs have been created. Tax policies enacted by the Legislature, along with the hard work and ingenuity of Kansas entre-preneurs are spurring our economy firmly into positive territory.
An interesting note about tax revenues
– though we significantly reduced the tax burden for every Kansas taxpayer, state tax revenues are exceeding estimates. That means we are running ahead of budget, our bills are being paid on time, and our balance sheet is strong.
Regarding education, Gov. Brownback announced during his State of the State Ad-dress his proposal for all day Kindergarten. There are divergent views in the Legislature about the proposal, prompting the appoint-ment of special legislative panel to examine the concept and its merits. The panel will report its findings later in the session to the full House.
Some parts of Kansas have been deal-ing with propane shortages and a spike in prices during the recent cold snap. Gov. Brownback has issued an executive order suspending certain regulations to ease the supply of propane to affected communities. The Governor has also ordered the Dept. of
Children & Families to give propane users priority when processing eligible applicants for state utility assistance.
Lastly, I have had the honor of hosting several young constituents here at the Capi-tol. Twenty-seven students from Solomon High School spent a day touring the Capi-tol and conversing with me. It was great visiting with them explaining many of the legislative processes, answering their ques-tions, and hearing their ideas and opinions on things happening here in Topeka. Anna and Beth Holmes, of Abilene, also served as my pages for a day while their father was volunteering as the doctor on call at the Capitol. I truly enjoy getting visits from our younger generation and watching them learn the political process.
Please share your thoughts with me on these or any other issue of concern. I can be reached by email at [email protected] or drop me a letter at Rep. John E. Barker; 103 Wassinger Ave.; Abilene, KS 67410. I can be reached via phone in Topeka during the legislative session at (785) 296-7674 or in the district at (785) 479-7519. Thank you again for the honor of serving as your representative.
_____________________________John E. Barker is the Kansas House of
Represenative for District 70
Legislative UpateRep. John E. Barker
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Cowgirl frosh win two
TheAbileneCowgirlswontwobasketballgamesthisweek.MondaytheydefeatedChapman55-17andTuesdaytheywerevictoriousoverSilverLake59-54.TheCowgirlsusedastrongthirdquarterperfor-mancebyscoring24pointsagainstChapmanMondaytosecurethewin.“Wefinallygotontrackinthesecondhalf,”coachSteveRiedysaid.“Itwasmainlyjustmakingshots.Wemadeaslightchangeinthethirdquarteronouroffense,whichseemedtoopenthingsup.Itwasareallygoodgroupeffort.”PresleyClarkledAbilenewith12points,OliviaGassmanadded11andRaeSchwartingputin10.TheCowgirlswentto14-0withthe59-54winatSilverlake.“Thiswasthetoughestgameoftheyearsofar,”Readysaid.“Bothteamshadgoodoffensesandplayedreallyhard.Ourpressgotusofftoagreatstartwithsomestealsforlayupsandthenweplayedsolidonoffensetheentirenight.”TheCowgirlsjumpedouttoa16-7leadafteroneandled32-19atthebreak.SilverLakecamebackinthesecondhalf33toAbilene’s28togetthescorewithinfivepoints.Monday Summary:CHS3 6 0 8 - 17Abilene4102417 - 55Chapman–Harris4,Thomas4,Erlandson1,Medrano2,Neal6.Abilene–Halliewarren6,Oliviagasman11,MyrandaPatrick6,MadisonAnderes2,PresleyClark12,RaeSchwarting10,AlanisClark2,ClaudiaHess2,KileyKohler4.
Tuesday Summary:
AHS16161116 - 59SL7 14 617 - 54Abilene–OliviaGassman13,MadisonAnderes2,PresleyClark11,JessicaHayes16,RaeSchwarting9,ClaudiaHess8.SilverLake–scoringnotavailable.
Solomon hosting ‘Black
Out’ nightTheSolomonMiddleSchoolcheerleadingteamwillbehavinga“BlackOut”nightonFeb14attheSolomonbasketballgameversusElyriaChristian.Thecheerleadingsquadwillbesellingt-shirtsandhavingspecialeventsatthebasketballgame.Theproceedsaregoingtocancerawareness.
Ruth ball sells for $250,000AbaseballsignedbyBabeRuthduringthe1926WorldSeriessoldatanauctionfor$250,641recently.Theballisconsideredoneofthemostfamousbe-causeitwasautographedbyRuthwithapromisetohitahomerunforanailing11-year-oldboy.ItwassoldbyGreyFlan-nelAuctions.AnofficialtoldESPNthatthebuyerwantstoremainanonymous.Theboy,JohnnySylvester,whowasinjuredafterfall-ingoffahorsein1926.
Scores:Basketball
Boys:Abilene57,SilverLake43Wamego69,Chapman34RuralVista53,Goessel43LittleRiver59,Solomon43
Girls:Silverlake65,Abilene58Wamego60,Chapman34Goessel45,RuralVista38LittleRiver42,Solomon25NorthernHeights64,Herington39
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Cowboys glide by Golden Eagles, 57-43By RON PRESTON
SILVER LAKE – It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but the Abilene Cowboys connected on enough buckets to offset the loss in style points in their 57-43 non-league basketball game victory Tuesday night at Silver Lake.
“It wasn’t a real good ball-game for us tonight,” coach terry Taylor said, “But if you find a way to win and winning ugly sometimes is obviously better than a good looking loss.”
The Cowboys led the entire game but they had trouble shaking the scrappy Silver Lake Golden Eagles.
“It was a little bit physical tonight,” Taylor said. “We got banged on the arm and we got to complaining that we weren’t getting any fouls called and our shots didn’t fall. We missed a ton of bas-kets at the basket tonight. We have to adjust to the officiat-ing and finish those kinds of
plays and we didn’t do a good job of that tonight.”
Abilene led by six at the end of one 17-11, by three at the break and held a 42-33 advan-tage at the end of three.
Senior co-captains Keil Kelly and Jesse Patrick led the Cowboys in scoring with 20 and 12 points respectively.
Kelly carried the Cowboys in the first and fourth quarters while Patrick led the charge in the second and third quar-ters for Abilene.
The Cowboys struggled in the first half to defend the Eagles perimeter shooting as they connected on five three-point shots. Abilene made the
adjustment at the break and Silver Lake was contested the rest of the game.
“The first half we thought we were over reacting and trying to steal every pass,” Taylor said. That put us in bad positions sometimes and they would get open for a corner shot and they made five threes in the first half.”
The Eagles scratched their way back into the game in the third quarter with a 6-0 run, trimming Abilene’s lead to 33-32 with just over four minutes to play in the period. The Cowboys then took off on a 9-1 run of their own to get the lead to nine points at the end of three.
“The end of the third quar-ter was very positive for us,” Taylor said. “We continued on into the fourth quarter playing better.”
Free throw shooting was important to the win as the Cowboys shot 65 percent on the night with Kelly connect-ing on five of six in the fourth
quarter to increase Abilene’s lead.
The Cowboys will host Wamego in a North Central Kansas League contest Fri-day.
“Hopefully we’ll be more focused on Friday against Wamego,” Taylor said. “It’s a league game and they are leading the league and I saw where they beat Chapman tonight so they are 5-0 and we are 4-1 and it should be a good game at our place.
“Hopefully we’ll have a good crowd, it should be ex-citing and our kids will re-spond. It would nice to walk off the court with a share of the league Friday.”
Summary:AHS17131215 - 57SL1116 610 - 43Abilene(10-4)–Schwart-ing3,Hoekman8,Kelly20,Wilson3,Patrick12,Harms6,J.Goodwin3,Barbieri2.SilverLake(11-4)–Hallacy2,Byers9,Baird2,Boyd10,Renfro9,Matzke2,Smith7,Cross2.
Barbieri’s 32 not enough for CowgirlsBy RON PRESTON
SILVER LAKE – On a night when sophomore center Belle Barbieri set her career high in points, it still wasn’t enough to give the Cowgirls a victory over Silver Lake Tuesday.
Barbieri scored 32 in a 65-58 loss to the Golden eagles.
Barbieri’s previous high had been 23 points, which she matched three times this sea-son.
The Cowgirls came out flat in the first half with multiple turnovers and missed opportu-nities to score.
“We just let the pressure kill us early,” coach Janelle Geist said. “We had too many turnovers and mistakes and missed opportunities.”
The Lady Eagles (9-6) jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter and led by as much as 10 points with three minutes left to play in the pe-riod.
McKenzie Funston scored off of a Courtney Geist as-sist, followed by a pair of free throws from Taylor Thomp-son and buckets by Nichole Taylor and Funston at the end of the quarter to trail 18-14 af-ter one.
Silver Lake took off on a 13-2 run to begin the second quarter before Barbieri got three inside buckets and Tay-lor ended the Cowgirls scor-ing with jumper inside the paint to go to the break down 40-24.
The Lady Eagles led by 20 at
the end of three quarters 58-38 “Overall for the first three
quarters it wasn’t our best effort out there,” Geist said. “We kind of hung in there and started clawing our way back into the game and just ran of time at the end.”
Barbieri, Funston and Taylor led the Cowgirls in a come-back attempt in the fourth quarter but ran out of time. The Cowgirls cut the final margin to seven points.
Of Barbieri’s 32 points, 22 came in the second half. She was a perfect 10 for 10 at the free throw line. In fact, the team shot 100 percent going 13 for 13 on the night.
“When Belle is on, we have to keep getting her the ball,” Geist said. “And if she stays out of foul trouble then we have a lot of offensive oppor-tunities.”
Funston ended the night with 16 points, including two three-point plays - one trey and an old-fashion three point play.
Taylor added eight points for the Cowgirls.
Silver Lake was led by se-nior Ashlyn Lane with 29 points and sophomore Alexis Gifford with 16 points, 12 coming on four three pointers.
“Silver lake had a great night shooting the ball tonight,” Geist said. “To be able to con-nect on seven treys, that didn’t help our cause any at all.”
The Cowgirls must now re-group and prepare to host the North Central Kansas League-
leading Wamego Red Raiders Friday night.
“Tonight’s game was a game we still could have won and we let it get away from us,” Geist said. “We’ve had too many of those this season that we could have or should have won and we aren’t winning them.
“Wamego will show us simi-lar pressure Friday but they’ll just be a lot bigger.”
Summary:AHS14 101420 - 58SL182218 7 - 65Abilene(7-7)–Thompson2,Barbieri32,Funston16,Taylor8.SilverLake(9-6)–Johnson7,White2,Wagner9,Lane29,Gifford16,Yoder2.
JV Summary:AHS6 810 9 - 33SL1213 511 - 41Abilene–Lillich2,Olberd-ing8,Brooks2,Hagedorn2,Wilson3,Collette7,Anderes6,Geske3.SilverLake–Johnson10,Simone6,Shoemaker3,Bur-kardt1,Calerwood2,Lane1,Pridey5,Ferguson2.
Cowboys pin Clay Center 56-14
Reflector-ChronicleStaff
The Abilene Cowboy wres-tling team rolled over the Clay Center Tigers 56-14 in a North Central Kansas League wrestling dual Tuesday night.
The Cowboys racked up six pins on the night against Clay Center. Logan McDow-ell (106), Zane Baugh (120), Blake Anguiano (138), Trey Bender (170), Jaron Chris-tiensen (182) and Andy tope (285) all won by falls.
The Cowboys Seth Strauss (145) returned to matt from injury and defeated his oppo-nent 3-2.
Abilene’s Hunter Kiser (113) and Caysen Smith (126) each won by a major deci-sion while Dausen Whiteley (145) won in overtime 13-11. Seth Strauss (145) earned a decision over his Clay Center opponent and Blaise Lehman (195) won by forfeit.
The Cowboys return to the mat at Chapman Thursday.
Results:Abilene (ABIL) 56.0 Clay
Center (CC) 14.0106:LoganMcDowell,ABIL,pinnedLukeMartin,CC,2:59.113:HunterKiser,ABIL,maj.dec.JakeWynn,CC,12-3.120:ZaneBaugh,ABIL,pinnedMartyRobin-son,CC,4:22.126:CaysenSmith,ABIL,maj.dec.TristianMeadors,CC,13-4.132:DausonWhiteley(ABIL)sv-1HunterMullin(CC)13-11.138:BlakeAnguiano,ABIL,pinnedAdamEbert,CC,2:00.145:SethStrauss,ABIL,dec.GradyWare,CC,3-2.152:ThomasRickley,CC,maj.dec.RouvenHeid,ABIL,12-1.160:GabeWare,CC,maj.dec.KevinWilson,ABIL,11-3.170:TreyBender,ABIL,pinnedRyanTiers,CC,2:00.182:JaronChris-tiensen,ABIL,pinnedZebBloom,CC,3:54.195:BlaiseLehman,ABIL,forf..220:EvanStandlea,CC,forf..285:AndyTope,ABIL,pinnedJohnLudwick,CC,0:47.
Ron Preston • Reflector-ChronicleAbilene’sZachBarbierishootsfortwoagainstSilverLakeTues-day.TheCowboyswonthenon-conferencegame57-43.
Ron Preston • Reflector-ChronicleCowgirlBelleBarbierigetstwoofhercareerhigh32pointsagainstSilverLakeTuesday.SilverLakewonthenon-confer-encegame65-58overtheCowgirls.