Volume 125, Number 17 Thursday, April 26, 2012 16 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

A certain television network appears not tohave exclusive rights to the rainbow peacock asevidenced by the parade of gorgeous color lastSaturday before the 2012 Prom. All the colors

of the rainbow, plus some, were displayed asboth male and female fanned their fineplumage on their way to the dance April 21.Photo courtesy of Ruth Bartel.

Dr. Thomas Robb, extreme left, speaks at theHugoton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting,stating the economic impact of Abengoa for re-

newable energy. Other speakers are, left toright, Erick Nordling, Senator Steve Morrisand KBA’s Tony Simpson.

The Stevens CountyTreasurer’s Office will beopen from May 1 throughMay 7, 2012, but will beunable to process registra-tions, title work or driverslicense. The state is con-verting to a new system fortitling and registering ve-hicles. The office will beunable to renew driver li-censes and identificationcards.

The Kansas Depart-ment of Revenue is puttinginto place a new DMV sys-tem that replaces threeaging mainframe systemsused for driver licensing,motor vehicle titling andregistration, and inventorymanagement with a sin-gle, modern system that iseasier to use, maintainand enhance.

The change will takeplace in two phases. Phaseone involves launching thepart of the system that af-fects vehicles. Phase two,which involves driver li-censing and other state-is-

sued identification cardsand permits, will occurlater, possibly as early asAugust.

The switchover mightinconvenience some cus-tomers, but it’s a neces-sary part of the transition.Please be patient while theoffice works through thischange.

Customers who need torenew a vehicle registra-tion need to be aware thatweb - based applicationsthat interact with the vehi-cle titling and registrationsystem will also be offlineduring conversion.

Kansas Web-Tags willshut down at midnightApril 26, 2012 and will notbe back online until May7, 2012. The Web site al-ready warns customersthat online renewals mustbe made at least ten daysprior to a registration’s ex-piration date, the last dayof the month, for the cus-tomer to be granted atimely renewal.

Vehicle owners whoseregistrations expire inApril, and who want torenew online, need to doso by midnight April 26,2012. Otherwise, they areencouraged to renew inperson in the StevensCounty Treasurer’s Officeto be sure their renewal isprocessed by the end ofday April 30.

Registration renewalsdue in May, which areprinted to be compatiblewith the new system, willbe mailed later thanusual. Typically, registra-tion renewals are mailedwithin the first two weeksof the month prior to theirexpiration. This cycle, Mayrenewals will mail thefourth week of April.

May registrations can’tbe renewed online untilafter May 2, 2012. How-ever, they can be renewedby mail and in person, butnot during conversion be-tween May 1 and May 7,2012.

The Southwest KansasRoyalty Owners Associa-tion (SWKROA) will havetheir sixty-fourth AnnualMeeting Saturday, April28, 2012 in Hugoton inthe middle school audito-rium at 115 West EleventhStreet. Registration startsat 9:00 a.m. with themeeting at 10:00 a.m.

Oil and gas lease bonus’in Kansas are going from$20 / acre to over$3,000/acre depending onwhere the leasing is hot.Leasing agents are leasingentire counties that hadnot been under an oil andgas lease in the past.These leases utilize termsand conditions for hori-zontal drilling not previ-ously seen in verticaldrilling leases. Accompa-nying the new "boom" inleasing are issues con-cerning unexpected in-creases on the taxation ofminerals and the use ofwater which would affect

land and mineral ownersin Kansas.

“There are a lot of differ-ent things going on in theoil and gas explorationand development area inKansas,” states Erick E.Nordling, Executive Secre-tary of the SWKROA.Land, mineral and royaltyowners, no matter wherethey are located inKansas, need to be awareof these changes and pro-tect their interests. Whilethere are no accuraterecords as to the numberof mineral and royaltyowners in Kansas it is es-timated there are over72,000 active gas and oilwells in Kansas. Each wellimpacts a number of peo-ple. For instance theremay be severed co-ownersof the surface estate, andon some wells there maybe 50 or more royalty own-ers.

SWKROA is knownacross the state for its ef-

forts in protecting, servingand educating all mineraland royalty owners ofKansas. The associationwas originally establishedin 1948 to protect andserve the mineral and roy-alty owners in the Hugo-ton Gas Field and relatedfields in southwestKansas. SWKROA has de-veloped over the years andhas assumed a role of ad-vocating for all Kansasmineral and royalty own-ers, according to K. TedMetcalf, President ofSWKROA.

In conjunction withSWKROA’s Annual Meet-ing Saturday, April 28,there will be presentationsby various speakers.

Rex Buchanan, Directorof the Kansas GeologicalSurvey will give a presen-tation of the MississippianFormation in Kansas andwhat secrets it may holdfor the future of oil and

Thursday, May 3,marks the sixty-first an-nual National Day ofPrayer. Cities andchurches throughout thenation will offer prayergatherings to recognizeGod’s goodness and tothank Him for the manyblessings He has pouredon America. Millions willgather to seek His guid-ance and protection fornational and local leaders,communities and families.Pastor Bob Rich of theHugoton Baptist Churchextends an invitation to allwho wish to come andpray from 8:00 a.m. to6:00 p.m. that day. First

National Bank has askedLarry Bradford to giveblessing in front of thebank around the flag poleat 7:45 a.m. Refreshmentswill follow the prayer.Other churches will alsoopen their doors that dayfor anyone wishing tocome in and pray.

February 16, 1795,President George Wash-ington proclaimed a day ofpublic thanksgiving, andsince that time there havebeen many days of na-tional prayer in America.In 1952 Congress estab-lished an official NationalDay of Prayer, and in1988 set aside the first

Thursday in May for thatpurpose.

“One Nation UnderGod” is this year’s themeof the National Day ofPrayer and is based uponPsalm 33:12: “Blessed is

the nation whose God is

the LORD,” and SecondChronicles 7:14: “If my

people, who call on My

name, will humble them-

selves and pray and seek

My face and turn from

their wicked ways, then I

will hear from heaven, I

will forgive their sins, and

I will heal their land.”

All are invited to partic-ipate in the National Dayof Prayer May 3.

The Hugoton AreaChamber of Commerceand Stevens County Eco-nomic DevelopmentBoard, in conjunction withKansas Bioscience Au-thority, sponsored aluncheon Tuesday, April17, 2012 at the StevensCounty Memorial Hall.The chicken dumplingluncheon cooked by Jan-ice Morgan was enjoyed byall. Neal Gillespie openedthe meeting by introduc-ing the Chamber boardmembers in appreciationof all their work. Chamber PresidentDebbie Nordling intro-duced the speakers of the

panel discussion which in-cluded Kansas SenatePresident Steve Morris,Dr. Tom Robb of AbengoaBioenergy and Director ofCommercialization TonySimpson of Kansas Bio-science Authority. ErickNordling monitored theprogram. Tom Robb was the firstspeaker, speaking aboutthe economic impactAbengoa has on renewableenergy. The Hugoton plantwill use about 1,000 tonsof biomass daily, produc-ing about 25 million gal-lons of ethanol annually.The Hugoton Abengoa Bio-mass ethanol plant willcost $500 million by the

time it is complete. Tom reported Abengoahas received some grantsfor this project. They havereceived a $17 millioncost-share grant from theDepartment of Energy tolearn how to do this proj-ect. This led to a $100million dollar grant fromthe Department of Energyfor the construction of thisplant. They have also ob-tained a $100 million DOEloan guarantee. The re-maining funds needed tobuild this plant come outof the Abengoa treasury.Thus their equity in thisfacility is over 50 percent. Robb stated this plant

Gregg Downing, father of newly pinned EagleScout Paul Downing, and an Eagle Scout him-self, proudly beams as Paul’s mother Lori doesthe honors. Paul is wearing his uniform fromthe National Scout Jamboree. He received hisEagle Scout pin in a ceremony at the Hugoton

United Methodist Church last Saturday. Pauland his parents are familiar to many in the areaas they once lived in Stevens County. They cur-rently reside in Guymon, Ok. Photo courtesy ofRuth Bartel.

Paul stands before pictures and memorabilia ofhis Scouting career, including pictures of vari-ous scouting activities such as campouts, flying,snow sledding, backpacking, scuba and scoutadvancement ceremonies. Also a National Jam-boree in Virginia in 2010, World Scout Jam-

boree in Sweden in 2011, and his Eagle Scoutproject. On the tables are also several uniformsfrom international scouts which Paul tradedfor at the jamborees. Photo courtesy of RuthBartel.

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County Treasurer’s office open May 1 - 7 with limited service

SWKROA will meet Saturday

National Day of Prayer is Thursday, May 3

Chamber hosts special panel discussion on bioscience

April 26

- ARGH! party at Rolla HighSchool gymnasium, 7:00 to9:00 p.m. Everyone’s invited!April 27

- Arbor Day- No classes for Hugoton

Learning Academy.April 29

- Seventh annual “SpringSing Bar-B-Que Thing”fundraiser for the SteppingStone Shelter, 1015 S.Washington in Liberal. It willbe catered by MeisenheimerBBQ. There will also bedrawings for a Kindle Fireand a flat screen TV. Call620-624-6024 for more in-formation. There is a sug-gested donation of $10 perplate.May 1-7

- Stevens County Treas-urer’s Office will be closed tovehicle and driver licensebusiness while the State con-verts to a new system. Therewill be no titling or register-ing vehicles, as well as no re-newals for driver licensesand identification cards. Notitling or registering vehicleswill be available online dur-ing this time as well.May 1

- Stevens County EconomicDevelopment Board will meetat 12:00 noon at the SeniorCenter- Grief Awareness Workshopat the St. Catherine HospiceConference Room at 602 N.Sixth St. in Garden City from7:00 to 8:30 p.m. The work-shop is free of charge and isfacilitated by Dr. KenneWhitson CHPCA, CT. May 3

- Moscow kindergarten grad-uation.- Sixty-first annual NationalDay of Prayer. Communitymembers are encouraged topray at the United MethodistChurch in Hugoton with Pas-tor Bob Rich any time from8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.May 4

- No classes for HugotonLearning Academy.May 6

- Moscow High School grad-uation at 2:00 p.m. in the IdaShriver Auditorium.May 7

- Stevens County Commis-sioners will meet in the Com-

missioners’ Room at theStevens County Courthouseat 8:30 a.m.- Hugoton City Council will

meet in the Council room ofthe City Office at 5:15 p.m.May 7-11

- Teacher Appreciation WeekMay 8

- Hugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce will host theirmonthly luncheon. For moreinformation, call ExecutiveDirector Kristin Farnum at544-4305 or email hugotonchamber@gmail.com.May 9

- Moscow City Council willmeet at 7:00 p.m. at the CityHall, 125 Main Street inMoscow. The public is invitedto attend.May 12

- Hugoton High SchoolGraduation at 10:00 a.m. inthe West Gym.- Seward County Commu-

nity College/ Area TechnicalSchool commencement.May 13

- Happy Mother’s Day- Early release at 1:35 p.m.

for Hugoton Elementary,Hugoton Middle and Hugo-ton Learning Academy.May 17

- All Saints Day at SewardCounty Community College.New Fall 2012 students cango to this orientation to learnabout the campus, enroll-ment, instructors, services,books and more. You canregister online at allsaints-days.com.- Hugoton Intermediate Tal-

ent Show at 1:30 p.m. in theElementary School Gym.May 18

- National Bike to Work DayMay 19

- USD 217 Eighth gradegraduation.- Armed Forces DayMay 20

- Rolla High School gradua-tion- Hugoton Learning Acad-

emy graduation at 3:00 p.m.at HLA building, 529 S.Main.May 21

- Stevens County Commis-sioners will meet in the Com-missioners’ Room at theStevens County Courthouseat 8:30 a.m.- Rolla kindergarten gradu-

ation- USD 210 Board of Educa-

tion will meet at 6:30 p.m.May 22

- Last day of school forHugoton Middle and Hugo-ton High Schools.- Glenda Hopkins, Veterans

Service Representative, willbe at the Stevens County Li-brary from 10:00 to 11:00a.m. She can assist veteransand their dependents in ap-plying for benefits from theVeterans Administration. Tomake an appointment,please call 620-544-3102 orvisit her office at 116 E.Chestnut in Garden City.May 23

- Last day of evening classesfor Hugoton Learning Acad-emy.May 24

- Last day of school for EarlyChilldhood DevelopmentCenter and Hugoton Elemen-tary School. Students will bereleased at 11:30 a.m.- Last day of school for USD217 studentsMay 27 - July 1

- Stauth Memorial Museumin Montezuma will host “SayIt with Snap! MotivatingWorkers by Design 1923-1929.” The exhibit will show-case workplace posters fromWorld War I through WorldWar II. The museum is lo-cated at 111 N. Aztec in Mon-tezuma. They are closed

Mondays. Please call 620-846-2527 for more informa-tion.May 28

- Memorial DayJune 1

- National Doughnut Day- Filing deadline for August

7 primary election at 12:00noon. Call the StevensCounty clerk at 544-2541 formore information.June 5

- Stevens County Commis-sioners will meet in the Com-missioners’ Room of theStevens County Courthouseat 8:30 a.m.- Stevens County Economic

Development will meet at12:00 noon at the SeniorCenter.June 8

- Best Friends DayJune 12

- Hugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce will host theirmonthly luncheon. Call Ex-ecutive Director Kristin Far-num at 544-4305 or emailhugotonchamber@gmail.comfor more information.June 14

- Flag DayJune 17

- Happy Father’s Day!June 18

- Stevens County Commis-sioners will meet in the Com-missioners’ Room at theStevens County Courthouseat 8:30 a.m.

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Obituaries

HUGOTON POLICE REPORTHUGOTON POLICE REPORTBusiness Hours,Call 544-4959

After Hours, Call 544-2020

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Dear Editor, If allowing thesales of alcohol in an eatingestablishment should affectanyone, it would be the re-covering alcoholic. I am arecovering alcoholic and Ienvy those who can sitdown and enjoy a glass ofwine or beer with theirmeal. I myself cannot.However, those opposed tosales of alcoholic drinks

should not in-fringe their op-

position on to a public orstate without taking awayour freedom of choice. Imyself would vote yes, al-though most would thinkwith my disease of alco-holism I’d vote no, but whytake the freedom of choiceaway from others?

Tonya Lucas

Another look at liquor issueTonya Lucas

The death of Lawrence E."Gus" Gustason has beenlearned. Mr. Gustasonpassed from this life Wednes-day, April 18, 2012 at hishome in Liberal at the age of82. He was born October 9,1929 in Stevens County, theson of Edward and BessieDeCamp Gustason. Gus attended school inStevens County and was aVeteran of the Korean Con-flict. He served in the UnitedStates Marines. Following hisdischarge he worked atNash-Finch for five years,was manager of Sherwin -Williams Paint for 15 years,and owned and operatedDown Town Motors until hisretirement in 1993. Mr. Gustason was a mem-ber of the First BaptistChurch of Liberal. November 1, 1948, hemarried Barbara O. Pennerat Perryton, Tx. She passedaway August 3, 1981. Hemarried Christine PassmoreFebruary 16, 1986 at Hugo-

ton; she survives. Other survivors includeone son, Raymond "Gus"Gustason and wife Carla ofLiberal; his daughter TeresaWillis and husband Robert ofGoodland; two stepsons,Carlis Passmore and wifeLynda and Bob Passmoreand wife Sandra, all of Hugo-ton; one stepdaughter,Karolyn Schroeder and hus-band Kim R. of Hugoton; histen grandchildren; and 20great grandchildren. Mr. Gustason was pre-ceded in death by his par-ents, a brother, a sister andone grandson. Funeral services were con-ducted Saturday morning atthe First Church of theNazarene with Rev. RobertWillis and Pastor Arlen Anklepresiding. Interment followedin the Liberal Cemeteryunder the direction of MillerMortuary. The family suggests me-morials to Pheasant HeavenCharities, Inc. in care ofMiller Mortuary.

Lawrence “Gus” Gustason

Lifelong Stevens Countyresident Everett V. Rowden ofHugoton, passed awayThursday, April 19, 2012 atPioneer Manor Nursing Homein Hugoton. He was 82. The son of John WesleyRowden and the former EllenHoskinson, he was born May14, 1929 in Grant County. April 23, 1948 Everett andRuby May Shelton were mar-ried in Tucumcari, N.M. Mr. Rowden was employedwith the City of Hugoton andretired as superintendent ofutilities. Everett was a member ofthe First Christian Church,Masonic Lodge and theSouthwest Shrine Club. Healso served as a city council-man for the City of Hugoton. Survivors include his wifeRuby Rowden of Hugoton;two sons, Gary Rowden andwife Elaine and Jack Rowdenand wife Paula, all of Hugo-ton; his daughter ParmaMunson and husband Ken of

Sublette; seven grandchil-dren; 13 great grandchildren;and many other relatives andfriends. Everett was preceded indeath by his parents; sixbrothers, Emery, Lawrence,Forest, Leland, Larry andRichard Rowden; and hisfour sisters, Maxine Row-den, Shirley Rowden, Bar-bara Nicholas and BonnieKrisle. Funeral services were at-tended Monday morning,April 23, 2012 at First Chris-tian Church in Hugoton withPastor Randy Nash presid-ing. Burial followed in theHugoton Cemetery under thedirection of Paul’s FuneralHome of Hugoton. A memorial has been es-tablished for the First Chris-tian Church and ShrinersHospital. Memorials may bemailed to Paul’s FuneralHome, Box 236, Hugoton,Ks. 67951.

Everett Rowden

Friends and family gath-ered Wednesday to remem-ber Dominic Cole Esarey ofHugoton. Dominic passedaway Saturday, April 21,2012 at the young age of 14. He was born September24, 1997 in Elkhart.

A student at Hugoton Mid-dle School, Dominic excelledin all his classes and gotalong with everyone. He wasa Gold Key recipient in hisArt Class. Dominic was a member ofthe Fellowship of ChristianAthletes and attended BethelFriends Youth Group. Heloved being a big brother. Heenjoyed skateboarding withhis friends and often wentmudding and four wheelingwith his dad. Survivors include his fa-ther Matt Esarey and wife Al-

isha of Hugoton; motherCassandra Sandoval ofElkhart; his little brotherBently Esarey of Hugoton;sister Jazzlyn Corbin ofElkhart; grandparents, Donand Christy Esarey ofCheynne Wells, Co., Alanand Patty Bultman of Hugo-ton, Terry and Susan Oroscoof Elkhart, Trent and TammySlocum of Hugoton and Curtand Kathy Haynes of Hugo-ton; and his many other rel-atives and friends. Funeral services were at-tended 5:00 p.m. Wednesdayafternoon, April 25, 2012 atHugoton Middle School Audi-torium with Pastor BenCoats, Youth Pastor ZackJohnson and Lee Isaac pre-siding. Burial followed inHugoton Cemetery under thedirection of Paul’s FuneralHome of Hugoton. A memorial has been es-tablished for The Family.Memorials may be mailed toPaul’s Funeral Home, Box236, Hugoton, Ks 67951.

Dominic Esarey

Stevens County EmergencyServices run activity April 16through April 22.Fire Department

Hugoton Station

Friday, April 20, 11:33p.m., two miles north onHighway 25, one vehiclerollover. One patient trans-

ported to Stevens CountyHospital. Fire Department

Moscow Station

No activity this period. Ambulance Activity

Four medical runs, one LifeFlight and one motor vehicleaccident.

Stevens County Fire Department and

Ambulance Report

Monday, April 23, 2012

• Dog at Large, 200 Block of SouthVan Buren, Dog Impounded, ACOSmith

• Dogs at Large, 900 Block of WestCity Limits, Dogs Impounded, ACOSmith

• Returned Dogs to Owner, 1600Block of Washington, Citation Is-sued, ACO Smith

• Dog at Large, 800 Block of Adams,Returned to Owner, Officer Crane

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

• Dog Bite, 1000 Block of Jackson,Happened in Moscow, Officer Hag-man

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

• Non Injury Accident, 600 Block ofEast Eleventh, Took Report, OfficerHagman

• Domestic, 400 Block of South Mon-roe, Subject Arrested, Officer Hag-man

• Disorderly Conduct, 400 Block ofSouth Adams, Officer Goetzinger

• Dog at Large, 500 Block of WestEighth, Dog Impounded, ACOSmith

• Dog at Large, 100 Block of SouthMain, Dog Impounded, ACO Smith

• Returned Dog to Owner, 1600Block of Washington, Citation Is-sued, ACO Smith

• Public Service, 500 Block of SouthMonroe, Public Service, SergeantJohnson

• Dog Complaint, 500 Block of WestTenth, Spoke to Owner, SergeantJohnson

• Agency Assist, 1200 Block of Mon-roe, Public Service, Sergeant John-son

Thursday, April 26, 2012

• Contact Order Violation, 400 Blockof South Monroe, Warning Given toSubject, Officer Hagman

• Dog at Large, 1000 Block of SouthWashington, Dog Impounded, ACOSmith

• Dog at Large, 800 Block of SouthAdams, Made Contact With Owner,

Sergeant Johnson• Vehicle Unlock, 700 Block of South

Madison, Citizen Assist, SergeantJohnson

Friday, April 27, 2012

• Kids Returned to Parents, 200Block of South Main, Public Serv-ice, Officer Lamatsch

• Dog at Large, 800 Block of SouthAdams, Returned to Owner, OfficerLamatsch

• Dog Complaint, 500 Block of WestTenth, Spoke to Owner, ACO Smith

• Dog at Large, 700 Block of EastThird, Returned to Owner, OfficerCrane

• Barking Dog, 1000 Block of SouthHarrison, Spoke to Owner, OfficerCrane

• Loud Music, 100 Block of EastFourth, Advised to Turn It Down,Officer Crane

• Fight, 200 Block of West Third,Agency Assist, Officer Crane

Saturday, April 28, 2012

• Dog at Large, 500 Block of EastTwelfth, Reporting Party Kept Dog,Officer Lamatsch

• Medical Assist, 500 Block of SouthAdams, Public Service, OfficerLamatsch

• Dog Hit, 200 Block of Main, TookReport, Officer Crane

• Dog at Large, 200 Block of Monroe,Dog Impounded, Officer Crane

• Loud Music, 500 Block of SouthHarrison, Advised to Turn It Down,Officer Crane

• Suspicious Vehicle, 200 Block ofSouth Madison, Investigated, Offi-cer Crane

• Loud Music, 100 Block of SouthAdams, Advised to Turn It Down,Officer Crane

Sunday, April 29, 2012

• Dog at Large, 200 Block of SouthWashington, Unable to Locate, Of-ficer Lamatsch

• Vandalism, 900 Block of Coulter,Took Report, Officer Crane

Admissions

4/17/12 Hobart Quimby Two Patients4/18/12 Avis Curtis4/19/12 None4/20/12 Three Patients4/21/12 Kenneth Keith One Patient4/22/12 Charles Wagner4/23/12 None

Dismissals

4/17/12 None4/18/12 Two Patients4/19/12 Charles Littell One Patient4/20/12 Three Patients4/21/12 One Patient4/22/12 Kenneth Keith4/23/12 Charles Wagner

Stevens County Hospital Report

Currently in the Hospital

Hobart Quimby, Avis Curtis and Two Patients

The Hugoton Hermes misidentified the handsome fellow in thisphotograph in our April 12, 2012 issue. He is actually HunterWilliams, son of Nathan and Christina Williams. Gracie Gill isthe daughter of Josh and Sarah Gill.

CORRECTION

Heard at The HermesWhile attending the Kansas Press Association’s Annual Con-

vention this past weekend in Overland Park, The Hermes girlsagreed a few changes in the way we do things are warranted.One of the items first and foremost in our minds was a desirefor more input from our readers. Every week, The Hermes crewbrings you pertinent news for our area, but we will continue tostrive for quality news and variety in our coverage.

In other business, we also decided to illuminate further thefeatures of our new Web site. If you haven’t checked it out yet,give it a look! To view this week’s Hermes, simply point yourbrowser to hugotonhermesnews.com, click on “E-edition” in thetop right corner, then choose “April 26, 2012.”

Until next week - stay cool, dear readers!

Broadway Academy of Per-forming, a kid’s theatrecamp, is now accepting regis-trations. The camp dateswill be June 2 – 9 at SewardCounty Community College/Area Technical School. Kidsages 11 to 20 are eligible.The campers will arrive theafternoon of June 2 and au-dition and rehearse all weekfor this year’s production of“Pippin”, by StephenSchwartz, who also wrote“Wicked”. Broadway Acad-emy of Performing is now inits fifteenth year, and this isthe fourth year atSCCC/ATS.

The campers of BroadwayAcademy of Performing con-sist of residents from the fivestate area. While in re-hearsal, they are directed byprofessionals in the music,dance and theatre industries,including the Drama Directorfor SCCC, Alison BridgetChambers. Campers will live

on campus and eat in thecafeteria while preparing forthe performance. Past pro-ductions include “Footloose”,“Once Upon a Mattress”, “AChorus Line” and “Into theWoods”.

The production will be inthe Showcase Theatre on theSCCC/ATS campus June 9at 2:00 p.m. Reservationsare not required. There is a

cost for tickets.Broadway Academy of Per-

forming is sponsored byGypsy Theatre Company, Inc.and SCCC/ATS. For infor-mation for enrollment or abrochure, call Alison BridgetChambers at 620-417-1460or email gypsytheatrecompany@yahoo.com.

“Pippin” is licensed byMusic Theatre International.

Vivian Elizabeth Titus iseleven years old and in thefifth grade at Heritage Chris-tian Academy. She waspicked Student of the Month.Vivian was born June 10,2000, to Wayne and GinnyTitus. She has two brothers,Parker and Hudson. Vivianloves her pets. She has twodogs, Heidi and Baxter, onecat, Missy, and two kittensshe hasn’t named yet. Vivian enjoys school andsays her favorite subject isReading. When she is athome she also likes to readand play with her littlebrother Hudson. Vivian is amember of 4-H CloverleafCowboys, takes piano les-sons, and plays Hugoton Recvolleyball and basketball.Her favorite colors are red,white and black. When Vivian grows up shewould like to be a Kinder-

garten teacher and teachchildren to read. She alsolooks forward to being anaunt someday and spoilingnieces and nephews. Whenasked who she admires mostshe said with a big smile, hermom. Congratulations, Vivian!

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We treat each family like it’s our own family.

Our service doesn’t end the day of the funeral; we are

there for the family as long as they need us.

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Vivian earns new title:

“Student of the Month”

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Gas Capital Car Club donates $100 to Diana

Quillen, representing the Hugoton Music

Boosters. This money comes from the 50/50 pot

from the club’s car show last year. Left to right

are Ralph Rodgers, Jim Miller, Ron Martin,

Diana Quillen, Clayton Gerrond and Charlotte

Breeding.

Vivian Elizabeth Titus

Cherries I was excited to see thatmy mother´s cherry tree isfull of blooms. Hopefully wewill be able to enjoy tartcherry pies this summer, andhave some leftover to freeze.My grandmother grew cherrytrees, and I loved picking thetart, warm cherries and eat-ing them before they made itto the kitchen. Little did Iknow that those cherrieswere also chalk full of nutri-tion. They are packed withantioxidants, and one cupcontains 16% of your DailyValue of Vitamin C as well aspotassium and fiber. Cherries are derived fromthe wild cherry that origi-nated between the Black andCaspian Seas around 70 B.C.They quickly became a prizedfood among the Romans,Greeks and Chinese. Theyare said to be named for theTurkish town of Cerasus. There are two main groupsof cherries, sweet and sour.They are members of the rosefamily and are stone fruits,which means they have astone-like seed pit sur-rounded by fleshy fruit. Thesweet cherries are the largerof the two and usually appearheart shaped. They rangefrom dark-red to purplish-black in color, in the Bing,Lambert, and Tartarian vari-eties. Royal Ann cherries aregolden to red-blushed incolor. The bright redMaraschino cherries we eatare typically Royal Ann cher-ries that have been macer-ated and dyed in a flavoredsugar syrup, usually with analmond flavor for red and amint flavor for green. The sour cherries aresmaller and softer. They may

be too tart to eat raw, butmake excellent pies and pre-serves. Cherries contain severalcompounds that provide anti-inflammatory properties,shown to reduce symptoms ofarthritis and gout. In addi-tion, cherry properties alsohelp prevent muscle pain andenhance recovery of strenu-ous running. Some recentstudies have also shown im-provement in sleep durationand quality with the con-sumption of tart cherry juice. When selecting cherrieschoose brightly colored,shiny, plump fruit. Sweetcherries should be firm butnot hard and tart cherriesshould be medium firm.Leaving the stem on the fruithelps them last a little longer. Cherries are very perish-able and lose flavor and firm-ness in warm air. Refrigeratethem unwashed for two tothree days. Here is a recipefor cherry and nectarinesalsa that is great withchicken or fish. Cherry and Nectarine Salsa2 fresh nectarines1 cup fresh cherries2 Tbsp fresh cilantro1 Tbsp lime juiceSalt, to taste Peel and dice nectarinesinto small pieces and place inmixing bowl. Pit and chopcherries into small pieces andadd to mix. Finely chopcilantro and add to fruit. Addlime juice and salt, stirringuntil fruit is coated. Let sit 15minutes at room tempera-ture. Serve. Refrigerate anyremaining salsa.

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

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Through its CommunityImpact Grants Program, theHome Depot Foundation hasawarded $5,000 to VFW Post5391. The donation will beused to renovate and upgradeexisting VFW building facili-ties.

The VFW Post building hasneeded facility renovationand upgrades to comply withcurrent Americans with Dis-abilities Act Federal require-ments. "Our existingrestroom facilities are inmuch need not only of ADAupgrades, but new flooring,wall and ceiling repairs aswell," said Vernon Anderson,Post 5391 Quartermaster."We were delighted to receivea $5,000 gift card from TheHome Depot Foundation. Our

post members and work forcevolunteers were very happy toget the supplies they needed!" The Home Depot Founda-tion's Community ImpactGrants Program supports thework that local nonprofit or-ganizations, public schoolsand other community organi-zations are doing to improvethe physical health of theirneighborhoods. "We are delighted to sup-port local volunteer projectsaimed at creating and main-taining stable and healthycommunities," said Kelly Caf-farelli, president, The Home

Depot Foundation. "Yourlocal VFW Post 5391 deservesenormous credit for the workit is doing, and we are glad tobe part of their efforts." About VFW Post 5391—The VFW Delay Smith Post5391 was recognized andchartered by the NationalVFW Organization in 1946. Ithas since been a vibrant partof the Hugoton communityfor the past 66 years. As agroup of Veterans, AmericanLegion and Auxiliaries, theyare proud to be a part of, andservice to the local commu-nity.

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EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH202 Monroe St. - Rolla, Ks. 67954Henry McGuire, Pastor 593-4693

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

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

ROLLA PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

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

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

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lanny Bollacker, Pastor800 S. Van Buren - 544-2763Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

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

HUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCH-Eighth and Main 544-2210

Bob Rich, Pastor506 East Eighth - 544-2295Sunday School - 6:00 p.m.

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

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424 S. Jackson 544-4828Michael Taylor, Minister 428-5686

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

Bob Sanders, PastorChurch 624-3784 Home 624-3104

Sunday 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

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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.BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH

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

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

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

500 S. Van Buren 544-2493Pastor Dave Piper

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

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

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

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

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

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

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Jeff and Tonya HillApril 25, 1982

Jeff and Tonya HillApril 2012

Jeff and Tonya Hill are celebrating their thirtieth wed-ding anniversary April 25. The couple was married April25, 1982 in Hooker, Ok. at the Gospel of Grace Church.The couple met while attending high school at Hooker HighSchool. After high school they attended Oklahoma StateUniversity for a year and then went on to Texas A&M

where they graduated. They have lived in Hugoton sincegraduating from college. Tonya is a second grade teacherat Hugoton Elementary and Jeff is a crop consultant. Theyhave three children, Brittany, Brooke and Cody. Happy anniversary from Marion and Doug, Brittany,Brooke and Cody, Elizabeth, Matt, Marcus and Lukas!

Jeff and Tonya celebrate 30 years

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County Kansas Appraiser,and Gregory Stucky,SWKROA General Counsel,will discuss the recentKansas controversy over tax-ation of severed mineral in-terests.

Erick Nordling, SWKROAExecutive Secretary, willpresent information mineralowners need to know whensigning an oil and gas leasewhich contains tenns for hor-izontal drilling.

Thomas Robb, Manager ofIndustrial Relations for Aben-goa Bioenergy Corporation,will provide informationabout the new cellulosicethanol plant in Hugoton.

There will also be legisla-tive updates of interest toland, mineral and royaltyowners provided by DougSmith, of Pinegar, Smith andAssociates.

Again, the SWKROA An-nual Meeting will be April 28,

at 10:00 a.m. CST, in theHugoton Middle School Audi-torium in Hugoton. The pub-lic is invited to attend at nocost. Additional informationmay be found atwww.swkroa.com.

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will take around 300 con-struction workers to com-plete. It will be completedhopefully in about two years.Once the plant is in opera-tion, a total of 65 full timeemployees will be hired witha $5 million annual payroll.About $9 million in othergoods and services will be re-quired annually from theHugoton community to keepthe plant up and going. Senator Steve Morris, thenext speaker, commented theAbengoa plant is a cutting

edge example of biotechnol-ogy and bioscience. He re-marked, “We are veryfortunate to have this projectin our community. A $500million project in our countyis huge.” Morris stated the KansasBioscience Authority was es-tablished by the state legisla-ture in 2004 to help grow thebioscience sector into a pillarof the Kansas economy. Tony Simpson of KBA ex-plained what Kansas Bio-science Authority does. KBA

promotes animal health,human health, bioenergy,biomaterials and plant biol-ogy in Kansas. He said KBAtakes taxpayer dollars andreinvests them in biosciencesover a time period. President Debbie Nordlingreminded the chamber mem-bers of the Chick-fil-A leader-cast which will be May 4,2012 at 8:00 p.m. The meeting adjourned.

Hugoton’s FFA chapter competes at the South-west District livestock contest at SewardCounty Community College. The senior teamof Mitchell Shelton, Lance Sandoval and MicahBaehler placed fourth as a team, Mitchell Shel-ton won seventh individual and Lance Sandoval

placed eleventh individual. From the left areFFA members Dalton Hawk, Chase Clinking-beard, Wyatt Stanley, Ben Weibe, Lance San-doval, Dillon Hawk, Josie Mueller, MitchellShelton, Devin Kraisinger and Micah Baehler.Photo courtesy of Les McNally.

The FFA eighth graders did a great job at theSouthwest District livestock contest at SewardCounty Community College. Hugoton boastedthe top eighth grade team competing. LacieSwafford is first, Alyson Kiley second and Jes-sica Harper fifth as individuals. Zac Jones,

Tyler Goode, Courtney Green and Alex Gonza-les did well also. Eighth graders are Zac Jones,Lacie Swafford, Alyson Kiley, Jessica Harper,Alex Gonzales, Tyler Goode and CourtneyGreen. Photo courtesy of Les McNally.

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The Eagles have reboundedfrom early season troubles onoffense and blasted out tenruns in the opening inningagainst Holcomb last week.

The varsity baseball team ofHugoton High hit the road fora doubleheader that ended inback-to-back wins for the Ea-gles.

"That really got us off on theright foot and we cruised to an18-point victory in the firstgame," Coach Clint Merritt re-ported.

Cody Frederick pitched allthree innings and recorded sixof the possible nine outs viastrikeouts. The Eagles won 18-0. Reid Davis backed themound with solid defense as hecompleted two put-outs.

Alfredo Licon had one. Hol-comb produced four hits andcommitted three errors. Hugo-ton played error-free.

Hugoton produced the winwith 11 hits. Nic Frederick hadthree, Reid Davis and RossDavis had two each, and onehit came from Cody Frederick,Lance Sandoval, JamesPersinger and Alfredo Licon.

The Eagles downed Hol-comb in an amazing 31-5 fin-ish for game two.

"During game two, weswitched up the line-up a bit.The game was 10-4 going intothe top of the sixth when weexploded for 21 runs on 17hits," Coach Merritt said. "Hon-estly, I've never seen anythinglike that inning. Several play-ers game to the plate threetimes that inning."

Pitching the win was JamesPersinger. He went five inningsand struck out seven. LanceSandoval finished on themound and retired two. Hugo-ton produced 26 hits through-out the game. Chalen Talberthad four hits, along with sixRBI and three runs scored. NicFrederick put together five hits,two RBI, a triple and threeruns. Yates Sutton had fourhits, Reid Davis and Jeison Ro-driguez three each, Cody Fred-erick, Dillon Taylor and RossDavis had two apiece andJames Persinger put down one.Ross Davis completed threeput-outs.

Junior Varsity BaseballThe junior varsity Eagle

baseball team played Syracuseat home Tuesday while the var-sity squad was on the road.

Hugoton won game one 7-0.Andrew Mendoza pitched theone-hit shutout with threestrikeouts and no walks.Michael Baeza, Zane Littell and

Maverick Mills each had a hitin the game. Mills producedtwo. HHS scored seven runs onfour hits with one error and leftseven runners on base.

"Andrew pitched a reallygood game. He was keepingthe ball down forcing them tohit a lot of grounders. We dida great job defensively too, aswe only committed one error,"said Coach Stuart Scott.

Hugoton had a repeatshutout victory in game two,this time with a final score of13-0.

Hits came from Zane Littell,Maverick Mills with there,Bradley Campbell with two,Baeza with three and DakotaMoodie with two. Thirteen runsand no errors led to the win.Eight runners were stranded.Moodie was the winningpitcher for Hugoton. He wentthree innings with three strike-outs and two walks. Baeza fol-lowed with one inning of work,two walks and one strikeout.Adam Scott finished with thesave and two strikeouts.

"We hit the ball well thisgame. Eleven hits and no er-rors this game...we played wellon in the field and at the plate.Our three pitchers only gaveup one hit in this game," saidCoach Scott. "Pitching lookedgood today in both games."

The pitching staff wasbacked by a great defense aswell.

"Only committing one errorin two games is impressive.That really helps the pitchersout," said Coach Scott.

The JV Eagles are is now 5-5 on the season.

The varsity softball team ofHugoton High has played sixgames in as many days, start-ing last Tuesday with a double-header against Holcomb, andending Monday with back-to-back wins over SouthwesternHeights. Between the two op-ponents, Hugoton facedElkhart on the road.

Against Holcomb, the Eaglesplit wins. Game one went toHolcomb 4-7. Cassidy Reedpitched for the Eagles asChastity Parsons caught. Fan-tasia Easton led the hitting ef-forts as she went 3-for-4 withtwo singles and a double. Tay-lor Haar was 2-for-2 with sin-gles. Hugoton scored two in thefourth and two in the sixth.

"Cassidy pitched a goodgame," commented CoachLance Cornelsen. "If it weren'tfor the fourth inning where wehad several errors and let themscore three runs on one hit, wewould have won."

After the loss, Hugotonturned the tables on Holcombwith an 11-1 win in the secondgame of the night. Nataly Mar-tinez pitched the win and Par-sons caught. Parsons wastwo-for-four with a pair or RBI.Haar was one-for-one with twowalks.

"We didn't hit the ball allthat well. They made mistakesand we capitalized on them,"Cornelsen said.

The Eagles scored five runsin the second, making theLonghorns pay for three un-timely errors. Two additional

runs came in the fourth andfour in the sixth.

Late last week, Hugotonwent to Elkhart for two games,winning both. Game one was a21-5 win for Hugoton andgame two ended 9-3.

"Everybody hit," statedCoach Cornelsen.

Kelsey Hittle hit the ballwith fury, going four-for-four.Josie Mueller swung a heavybat, slapping out a double andshe also walked on a couple oftimes. Parsons set her batablaze in this game and contin-ues to shine as she went three-for-four.

Martinez pitched the gametwo win. Hittle was two-for-twowith a sacrifice bunt, andMueller was four-for-five withtwo doubles and two singles.Parsons batted three-for-fourwith a double, triple and single.

"This was one of the betterdefensive games we've playedall year," credited Cornelsen."We made some plays in thefield and this was Nataly's bestgame she has pitched all sea-son."

Monday evening the Eaglesplayed two more games in amake-up contest againstSouthwestern Heights. Thegames were landslide wins forthe home team as Hugotonwon 15-4 and 26-0.

The first game went five in-nings. Parsons hit extremelywell, knocking out two doublesand a triple. Sherelle Shuckwas three-for-four with a dou-ble and two singles. The Eagles

batted around multiple timesin game two. The score was 16-0 after one inning.

The varsity softball team ofHHS now holds a record of 7-5. Friday the Eagles hostGoodland in a make-up game.

Junior VarsityThe junior varsity softball

team hosted SouthwesternHeights Monday. HugotonHigh picked up its first win ofthe season in a 20-16 finale forgame one. Game two went to

SWH 11-14. Toni Meltonpitched the win for HHS. BaileyHaynes pitched game two.

"Overall, we played one ofour best games yesterday. Wedid some of our best hittingthis season," reported CoachKara Stump. "We scored 12runs our first inning, witheveryone scoring at least once.Our second game due to timewas cut short with us only get-ting one at-bat, scoring 11runs!"

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Thursday, April 26High School Boys Golf JV

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Home (Quad); 3:00 p.m.Friday, April 27

High School Boys Golf V atHome; 3:00 p.m.

High School Track atHome; 3:00 p.m.Saturday, April 28

Middle School Track atUlysses; 10:00 a.m.

Monday, April 30High School Boys Golf JV

at Ulysses; 9:00 a.m.High School

Baseball/Softball V/JV vs.Lakin at Home; 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, May 1

Middle School Track atSublette; 1:00 p.m.Thursday, May 3

High School Boys Golf JVat Home; 3:00 p.m.

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The defense is ready for a move by the opponent in last

week's home varsity softball game against Holcomb. Eagle

third baseman Josie Mueller and shortstop Sherrelle Shuck

are prepared.

Junior varsity baseball pitcher Andrew Mendoza works his way

to one-hit shutout victory for Hugoton last week with three

strikeouts and no walks. Hugoton won the game 7-0.

Fantasia Easton catches a fly ball and makes the out in last

week's varsity softball game against Holcomb.

Abbi Wheeler makes an infield play for the Eagles.

Brady Heger fields the ball for

Hugoton at last week's junior

varsity doubleheader at home.

Splitting wins with Elkhart,the varsity baseball team ofHugoton High hosted the Wild-cats Thursday of last week. Inthe win, Hugoton dominated13-4. Elkhart edged HHS 0-1in a close defensive battle.During the Eagle victory,Hugoton produced 14 hits anddid not commit any errors.Elkhart put together ten hitsand had one error, but leftrunners stranded as Hugotonbacked the pitching staff.

HHS scored three runs inthe top of the first. Elkhart re-sponded with a single tally.Hugoton posted three more inthe second and Elkhart mir-rored the Eagle effort withthree of their own. From thereit was Hugoton trickling in ad-ditional scores that wentunanswered for the win.

Ross Davis pitched five andone quarter innings. Hewalked three and struck outthree. Jeison Rodriguezpitched the remainder of the

outs, retiring one batter onstrikes.

Rodriguez hit a homerun forHugoton. He had two RBI inthe game. Reid Davis had threehits to lead Hugoton. JamesPersinger and Cody Frederickhad two hits apiece. Yates Sut-ton, Dillon Taylor, Ross Davis,Alfredo Licon and Chalen Tal-bert each had a hit. Suttoncompleted five putouts andFrederick had three.

In the 0-1 loss, Hugotonhad six hits and no errors.Elkhart produced their win-ning run on three hits and noerrors.

Ross Davis and Nic Freder-ick had a pair of hits each,while Sutton and Cody Freder-ick each had one.

Licon made eight putoutson defense.

Sutton pitched the completegame, striking out six andwalking two.

Varsity softball team plays six games in six days

JV Eagles are 5-5 for the season

Eagles split wins with Elkhart

Hugoton Middle Schooltrack and field athletes trav-eled to Holcomb Friday for ameet. Pedro Ordonez, OscarRubio, Valentino Degollado,and Jack Stalcup set a newschool record in the seventhgrade boys 4 x 100m relayand placed first. Catie LeNeveplaced first in the high jumpevent.Seventh GradeGirls 1005 Amy ScottBoys 1006 Jack StalcupBoys 4005 Pedro OrdonezGirls Mile2 Katy HegerBoys Mile2 Eddie Marquez5 Miguel MartinezGirls 4x1003 Melissa Fabela, WendyVela, Ismerai Guzman, AmyScottBoys 4x1001 New School RecordPedro Ordonez, Oscar Rubio,Valentino Degollado, JackStalcupBoys 4x4002 Daniel Bustillos, OscarRubio, Valentino Degollado,Pedro Ordonez

Boys 4x2002 Mosas Carillo, DanielBustillos, Ben Caberera,Austin NewtonBoys 4x8002 Mosas Carillo, OscarRubio, Miguel Martinez,Eddie MarquezGirls 4x8003 Hannah Rodríguez, LaceyBrecheisien, Taylor Cox, KatyHegerHigh Jump5 Eddie MarquezPole Vault3 Thomas FrederickLong Jump4 Zeida Betance6 Melissa FabelaGirls Triple Jump2 Zeida Betance5 Melissa FabelaBoys Triple Jump6 Romano BurgerEighth GradeBoys 1003 Wade Heger4 Noel CamachoBoys 2002 Wade Heger6 Noel CamachoEighth Grade boys 4003 Issac CastroBoys 8004 Issac CastroGirls 100 Hurdles

2 Keely HittleBoys 4x1003 Wade Heger, Miguel Ma-cies, Manuel Mendez, NoelCamachoBoys 4x4003 Tyler Goode, Jose Salas,Wade Heger, Issac CastroGirls High jump1 Catie LeNeveGirls Discus5 Carly HittleBoys Shot Put3 Nick EvansGirls 4x2004 Kristan Crawford, MarissaShuck, Brandi Holmes, KeelyHittleBoys 4x8003 Alex Gonzales, JesusQuevedo, Issac Castro,Parker TitusGirls 4x8003 Erin Perry, Carly Martin,Sarah Johnson, MariahReynolds

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Nicole Kinser flies through the air during a jump event. She rep-

resented the Eagles at the Shocker Pre-State Meet Challenge/KT

Woodman Meet. Kinser won both the triple jump and long jump

events. Photo courtesy of Greg O'Loughlin.

Relay runner Melissa Fabela

takes her turn with the baton

at a recent middle school

track meet for the Eagles.

Jesus Quevedo runs a leg of

the boys 4 x 800 meter relay

for Hugoton Middle School at

a recent meet.

Two Eagle track athletestraveled to Wichita to repre-sent Hugoton High at theShocker Pre-State Meet Chal-lenge/KT Woodman MeetApril 14. Nicole Kinser andSkylar McLain were in atten-dance from the Eagle squad.

Kinser won both the triplejump and the long jump elitedivisions. She recorded

jumps of 36'9" and 16'10".The elite division is composedof the best 1A through 6Astudent-athletes.

Kinser placed thirteenth inthe 100m dash among 4Athrough 6A girls. She ran atime of 13.71. In the 200mKinser placed ninth in a timeof 27.32.

McLain won the 800m

with the top boys time in 4Athrough 6A with 2:01.68.

"We came home with threegold medals," said CoachChristine O'Loughlin. "Verynice hardware. We are allvery excited about greatthings to come yet this sea-son."

A junior varsity golf meetwas in Elkhart last week.Typically, such meets are notscored by teams, but just in-dividually. However, thismeet did include team talliesand Hugoton High Schooltied for first with Cimarron.The Eagles won a tie-breakerto claim the first place titleand plaque.

The four best scores makeup the team score. Hugotonand Cimarron both had 194points with this addition. Forthe tiebreaker, the teamswent to the fifth score. Bothteams turned in a 57, contin-uing the tie. The sixth andfinal players' scores were tab-ulated and Hugoton won.

Cimarron only had fivemembers.

"Five of our six golfers shottheir best round of the yearand if we could have got allsix there would have been noneed for a tiebreaker. Wewould have easily won," saidCoach Jeff Livengood. AustinCox tied for first for the sec-ond time this season but lostin a playoff.

Christian Heger tied forfourth but also lost in a play-off with two other guys andfinished sixth.

Cox shot a 43 for secondplace. Heger shot a 45 forsixth. Adam Seaman shot a52, followed by Paul Nashwith 54, Aaron Seaman with57 and Matt LeNeve with 59.For team scores, Hugoton

and Cimarron both had 194,followed by Liberal with 196,Stanton County with 201,Rolla 210, Elkhart 216, Syra-cuse 223, Ulysses 224, BoiseCity 235, Lakin 235 andSouthwestern Heights 235.

The varsity and junior var-sity golf squads of HugotonHigh traveled in different di-rections last Tuesday. Thevarsity Eagles played an 18-hole tournament at Plainshosted by SouthwesternHeights while the JV Eagles

headed for Syracuse and anine-hole tournament.

Lawson Fiss placed sev-enth in the varsity tourna-ment as he took 87 strokeson the course. He was fol-lowed by teammate KoltonDecker with a 97, Matthew

Nash and AJ Scott with 98,Kevin Omo and LoganBrecheisen with 101 andLaton Heger with 118.

In the JV competition,medals were awarded to thetop 15 placements. AustinCox tied for the final spot but

lost out on a scorecard play-off to Christian Heger accord-ing to the coach. They bothshot a 52. Paul Nash led theEagles with the low score atthe meet, shooting a 51 foreleventh place. Adam Sea-man turned in a 57 on hiscard. Baxter Self took 66strokes and Aaron Seaman67.

The junior varsity golfers placed first as a team

in Elkhart last week. They are pictured here

with their first place plaque. Photo courtesy ofJeff Livengood.

Holcomb HMS track and field results are listed

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The Board of County Commission-ers met in regular session April 3,1911 at 11:20 a.m., all members pres-ent; also W.E. Eddy, County Attorneyand C.F. Bell, Clerk. The following billswere presented, examined and al-lowed; and the County Clerk in-structed to draw warrants.Friday, April 14, 1911

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

State leaders: Governor W.R.Stubbs, Lieutenant Governor R.J.Hopkins, Secretary of State Chas. Ses-sions, Treasurer Mark Tully, AttorneyGeneral John Dawson, Superintend-ent of Public Instruction K.T. Fairchild,Auditor W.E. Davis, Superintendent ofInsurance I.S. Lewis. In the U.S. LandOffice: Register H.F. Millikan and Re-ceiver L..J. Pettijohn. District Court Of-ficers: Judge William H. Thompson,Stenographer Albert E. Jones andclerk C.E. Harbour. Stevens CountyRepresentative J.W. Phillips, CountyClerk C.F. Bell, County Treasurer E.W.Joslin, County Attorney, W.E. Eddy,Superintendent of Public InstructionC.A. Thompson, Register of Deeds J.A.Kelley, Probate Judge J.E. Cunning-ham, Sheriff D.S. McCoy, SurveyorW.S. Bayles, Coroner Dr. W.E. Bundyand W.V. Crotts, County Commission-ers O.W. Woodcock and S.S. Holloway.Friday, April 19, 1912

FARM NOTES

The telephone is not a convenience,it is a necessity. Look over trees andshrubs for final pruning before growthstarts. Sow clean, new crop of cloverseed; old seed will not germinate freely.

Many large stones, in the way of culti-vation, may be lifted out by the plow.Weeds crowd the cultivated plants, de-priving them of light and space in bothsoil and air. The covered barn yard israpidly coming into favor as a com-modity to the farmer and dairyman.The germinating power of the middlekernels of an ear of corn is muchstronger than that of the tip and buttkernels. Feed well and keep good stockor else quit. Halfway work never paidanyone in the livestock or dairy busi-ness. No matter whether the corn isbought or saved from your own farm itshould be stored in a dry, well-venti-lated place. Experts of the departmentof agriculture advocate the use of limein a limited and experimental way inevery locality. A well-bred animal costsvery little to purchase, and generallyless to feed, than a bad one, while theprogeny is always salable. Farm laboris high, and some of the hours of win-ter months can be spent to no betteradvantage than planning economy offarm labor next season. Good cleanfood, pure water, fresh air and cleansurroundings, such as stables andyards, will keep stock healthy and in-crease the profits on the place. When-ever smut appears treat the seed grainwith formalin solution. Get the for-mula and method from the state ex-periment station. The treatment is verysimple and effective.

"Why Clink Glasses?"

“What have you got against thatman at the corner table?" asked thebartender of the regular customer."That was a positive insult you handedhim a minute ago. You never offered toclink glasses with him." "What's the use?" said the cus-tomer. "He is deaf, and deaf men seldomclink glasses. Why should they? Theycouldn't hear it. People only clinkglasses to satisfy the fifth sense. At anyrate that was why the originators ofthe practice did it, and succeedinggenerations have perpetuated the cus-tom. In the ordinary process ofquaffing a glass of liquor we are in-evitably bound to see the stuff, touchit, smell it and taste it. That leaves theear alone unsatisfied. So we clink forits gratification."

"Behind a Lady"

"Did you go to the theater lastnight?" "I did." "And what did you see?""A bow of chiffon, some tortoise shellcombs, a couple of black plumes, avelvet knot and a stuffed bird aboutthe size of a hen."Friday, April 4, 1913

Deep Dissimulation

"You seem inclined to encour-age your wife to be a suffra-gette." "Yes," replied Mr.Meekton. "If I can thoroughlyconvince her that I desire herto march and makespeeches, maybeshe'll get resentfuland refuse to do so."

Remembering

125 years of the Hermes

Karessa Nordyke and Jeffrey Mueller stop and pose for the cam-era on their way into the HHS 2012 Junior/Senior Prom. Photocourtesy of Ruth Bartel.

Hayley Dunlap and Denise Torres show off their gowns as theyenter the Hugoton 2012 Junior/Senior Prom. Photo courtesy ofRuth Bartel.

Yessenia Reyes and Kevin Omo display their matching pinkdress and pink tie to the camera as the couple attends the Hugo-ton 2012 Junior/Senior Prom. Photo courtesy of Ruth Bartel.

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If you’d like a taste of cul-ture this weekend, simplystop by Baker Arts Center at624 N. Pershing in Liberal.They will be hosting an “ArtyParty Wine Tasting” Satur-day, April 28 at 5:00 to 8:00p.m.

You can enjoy twenty dif-ferent wines, complementingfoods at six different stations.Let your palette do the workfor you as you savor all thedelicious samplings available.

As tempting as 20 wines

sound, if they aren’t enoughto persuade you to attend -silent auction items will alsobe available. These will beseasonal and wine relateditems for you to bid on as youwend your way through themyriad of decadent morsels.

The tasting is presented byBaker Art Center friends,Rafter J Liquor and Glazers ofKansas. You can purchaseadvance tickets at the Center.You must be 21 to attend.

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Spring is officially here,and a trip to the playgroundis an activity that both par-ents and kids enjoy. Whilethe risks and dangers associ-ated with swimming or ridinga bike might seem more obvi-ous, Safe Kids Kansas re-minds parents to payattention when their kids areplaying on the playground.Active supervision and cer-tain safety precautions arenecessary to ensure theirkids remain healthy and safe.

Each year, approximately15 children die from injuriesinvolving playground equip-ment and more than 200,000are treated in emergencyrooms in the United States.Falls account for 80 percentof playground injuries; how-ever, most playground fatali-ties are caused bystrangulation and tend tooccur on home playgrounds,not on public property. InKansas from 2005 to 2009,there were 158 hospital dis-charges for accidental fallsfrom playground equipmentamong children 0-14 yearsold. Approximately 88 per-cent of all hospital dischargesfor accidental falls from play-ground equipment in this agegroup were to treat fractures.Another nine percent were fortreating injury to the internalorgans.

“Nothing can take theplace of active supervision,but we do need to make sureour kids are playing in safeenvironments in the firstplace,” says Cherie Sage,State Director for Safe KidsKansas. “Playgrounds shouldbe separate for children agestwo to five and five to 12 andthey should have safe surfac-ing beneath and surroundingall playground equipment.”

Grass and soil are notgood playground surfacesunder climbing equipmentand swings. On public play-grounds, over half of the in-juries occur as a result of thechild climbing on equipmentand falling. “The groundshould be covered 12 inchesdeep with energy-absorbingmaterials like shredded rub-ber, wood chips or sand, ex-tending at least six feet in alldirections around the equip-ment,” says Sage. “It won’tprevent falls, but it can pre-vent injuries or reduce theirseverity.”

The U.S. Consumer Prod-uct Safety Commission’s

Handbook for Public Play-ground Safety providesguidelines for protective sur-facing and age-appropriateplayground equipment forchildren.

Parents and caregiversneed to actively supervisekids on the playground.“Simply being in the sameplace as your child isn’t nec-essarily supervising,” saysSage. “Kids on a playgroundneed your undivided atten-tion.”

Safe Kids Kansas also re-minds parents and caregiversto:• Make sure playgroundequipment is inspected fre-quently and kept in good re-pair.• Remove hood and neckdrawstrings from children’sclothing and outerwear and

don’t let kids wear helmets,necklaces, purses or scarveson the playground.• Don’t allow your kids toengage in (or play near) anypushing, shoving or crowdingaround playground equip-ment.• Keep toddlers under agefive in a separate play area,away from equipment de-signed for bigger kids.

The Consumer ProductSafety Commission (CPSC)handbook is available atwww.cpsc.gov or 800-638-2772. For more informationabout playground safety, callSafe Kids Kansas at 785-296-0351, or visit www.safekids.org.

Visit us at www.safekidskansas.org and on Facebook.

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Good Monday morning! Anice cool one. We had 16folks go to Ulysses Saturdayevening to the Grant County"Senior Citizen Prom." Wehad a very nice time as al-ways. There were lots of peo-ple there to dance and manymore to play Bingo. Thankyou, Ulysses!

Our Senior Center will beclosed Wednesday, April 25.The kitchen staff will be goingto Amarillo, Tx., to the food

show there.Thursday evening is the

last "Live on Stage" concertfor this season. The bus willbe leaving here at 6:30 p.m.

Friday at 10:00 a.m. thelawyer from Senior Law Proj-ect will be here. If you havequestions or need help,please call and let me know.Otherwise they may not stophere if there are no appoint-ments. This service is free toSenior Citizens.

Menu

Apr. 26 ..............Beef & NoodlesApr. 27 ...................Baked HamApr. 30.....................Sloppy JoeMay 1 .....................Swiss SteakMay 2.......................Roast PorkMay 3 .........................Spaghetti

Activities Schedule

Thursday, April 26

Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bridge.........................................“Live on Stage” ..........................

..................Chinese acrobatsBus will leave at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 27

Senior Law Project...10:00 a.m.Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Bingo........................12:30 p.m.Monday, April 30

Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Line Dance.................7:00 p.m.Tuesday, May 1

Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Wednesday, May 2

Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Paint...........................1:00 p.m.Thursday, May 3

Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

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Tuesday, April 17Low - 38˚ High - 63 ̊

Wind speed - 25 Wind gust - 30

Wednesday, April 18Low - 46 ̊ High - 80˚

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The Santa Fe Trail Coun-cil: Boy Scouts of America ofSouthwest Kansas earned theQuality Council Gold Journeyto Excellence Award. Therecognition is awarded by theNational Boy Scouts of Amer-ica to Councils who achievequality standards of the pro-gram. The Santa Fe TrailCouncil has achieved theQuality Council award fortwo years in a row. The GoldAward is the highest recogni-tion awarded by the NationalBSA. The Santa Fe Trail Councilwas presented their AnnualCharter by BSA Area Presi-dent Rick Boeshaar and BSAMission Impact ChairmanHal Dick, April 12 in GardenCity. The Council was recog-nized for an outstanding per-formance in membershipgrowth, fiscal management,and quality programs foryouth. The Santa Fe Trail Councilserves 2,466 youth and 588

adult leaders. The Scoutingprogram has 79 Cub ScoutPacks, Boy Scout Troops,Venture Crews, Career Ex-ploring Posts, and Learningfor Life Groups in 19 South-west Kansas counties. TheCouncil is funded by annualFriends of Scouting dona-tions from businesses and in-dividuals, popcorn sales,foundations and trusts, en-dowments, camping and ac-tivity income, and the United

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Smiles that might only appear during a camping trip aresported by members of the Boy Scouts Santa Fe Trail CouncilApril 12. Council Administrative Chairman John McLoughlin,Council President Victor Hawkins, Scout Executive John Hogg,and Council Commissioner David Clinton proudly accept theGold Journey to Excellence Award from the National BoyScouts of America.

Santa Fe Trail Scout leaders earn highest award

Stevens County Hospital Auxiliary memberspause during their many activities for a photo.In the front row, left to right, are Jessie Thomp-son, Pam Moore, Shirley Rome, Yvonne Pierceand Betty Willis. In back, left to right, are Gin-ger Mostrom, Judy Persinger, Judy Seaman,

Sandy Skinner, Marci Isaac, Barbara Sheltonand Beth Moser. Auxiliary members not pic-tured are Tami Bond, Francis Russell, Jill Jor-dan, Teresa Gerrond, Patty Bultman and OpalHall.

The Auxiliary of StevensCounty Hospital meet once amonth, September throughMay. Their purpose is tosupport the hospital and Pio-neer Manor as well as healthcare in Stevens County ingeneral. The members organizeevents to thank the hospitalstaff on Nurses’ Day in Mayand at Christmas time, theyrun the canteen at many of

the community blood drives.They help at the Health Faireach year and sponsor a res-ident at Pioneer Manor. Recently the group re-opened the gift shop at thehospital. For Easter a draw-ing was offered and TinaChavez was the winner of theStuffed Dog prize. They havemany wonderful gifts, jew-elry, toys, snacks and gour-met coffees for sale.

Currently they are open Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fri-days. The auxiliary uses the pro-ceeds from the gift shop toaward scholarships toStevens County studentspursuing a degree in themedical field. They are al-ways looking for more auxil-iary members. All men andwomen of Stevens County arewelcome to join at any time.

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MOSCOW NEWSby Melissa Moore

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Moscow Elementary Schoolwas treated to a wonderful per-formance last week. Mrs. B’s(aka. Cindy Broaddus) fourthgraders presented puppet playsto the other classes and then asecond formal performance totheir families. There were fourdifferent plays written and per-formed by the fourth grade stu-dents. With the assistance ofMrs. B., Joyce Cox and Jill Cli-nesmith, the students all createdtheir own sock puppets, wrotethe scripts, and designed thebackdrops. The students alsocreated the artwork for the pro-grams handed out. CristopherBarreras did a wonderful job asstage manager; he stayed busythe entire time.

The first play, “ClassroomTrouble,” was written and per-formed by Alyson Christensen,Nolan Megenity, Lydia Owensand Madison Snyder. In thisplay, a rude student had to learnto use self-discipline and respect.When asked how she felt abouther performance, Lydia Owensproudly said, “I was loud anddidn’t mess up in any part!”

Students in the second partwere Calista Clark, Reed Brazeal,Timothy Madden and StaceyEnns. Their play was about a lit-tle sister getting lost while play-ing in the park and it was titled,“Going to the Park.” Stacy Ennswas excited and nervous aboutthe performances. She added,“My favorite part was when thepuppets were fighting about whowas supposed to watch me.”

Cali Clark said Mrs. B.wanted them to write their playsabout “fairness, kindness andstuff, but mine was on respectand cooperation.” She thinksMrs. B. picked those topics be-cause the class was having prob-lems with those things then, butshe’s not sure.

“Problem at the Store” wasthe next play and it was createdand performed by BraxtonJohnson, Alikx Briggs and As-mariah Martinez. In this play, adishonest cashier steals moneyand has to learn about honestyand trustworthiness. Whenasked why the class createdthese plays, Braxton Johnson

commented, “Mrs. B. and Mrs.Cox said we could do a play if theclass did good on our assess-ments. And we did good so wegot to do a play.”

The final play was “BasketballTrouble,” written and performedby Austin Snyder, Heidi Hernan-dez, Yamilet Rojo and ClementeRojo. In it a bully must learn toplay fair. A favorite part of thisplay by many crowd memberswas when the basketball (gluedto a stick) went in the basket.

At the conclusion of the per-formances, the fourth grade stu-dents presented Mrs. Cox withan adorable sock puppet planterthey made to resemble her toshow their appreciation for all ofher help. Mrs. Cox stated, “Thestudents just gave their all and Iwas really surprised with the gift!The play has been the best partof the school year.”

Following the performances,the class hosted their familyguests in a nice reception includ-

ing punch, mints, cookies,nuts... the works. PrincipalAaron Roop commented, “I wasproud of the kids’ performances,but I was more proud of the waythey treated their family mem-bers during the reception. Theyserved cookies and drinks, used

appropriate manners, andtreated everyone with respect.”

Apparently the theme of theplays really stuck! The teachersand students really appreciateeveryone who attended theshows.

The regular meeting of theMoscow City Council wascalled to order Wednesday,April 11 at 7:00 p.m. byCouncil President Jon Lund.Council members Jim Rawl-ins, Denise Shoff, LindaShaddix and Bill Suddethwere present. Others presentwere Janie Gaskill, BryanMuncy and T.J. Steers.Mayor Billy Bell and ClerkSandy Mitchell were absent.

Minutes from the lastmeeting, March 14, 2012were approved unanimously.April's accounts payable werepresented and council mem-bers voted to pay the bills.

Janie went over the trea-surer's reports. She ex-pressed a need for employeesto keep track of overtime tosatisfy federal auditing pur-poses.

T.J. Steers was announcedas the new undersheriff. Hehad no concerns at this time.

Sandy will begin sendingout weed removal letterssoon. The council needs toset a specific charge for mow-ing when a violation occurs.Discussion followed. Thecouncil agreed to set the rate

at $50 per hour with a mini-mum of one hour.

Discussion persistedabout the current dog ordi-nance. Sandy will get pricesof dog tags and talk to thelocal veterinarians about thepossibility of giving shotsonce a year at the fire station.No decisions were made.Bryan reported he had notyet obtained information fromHugoton's Animal Control Of-ficer.

City Superintendent BryanMuncy spoke about mowingand reported the KRWA con-ference was enjoyable. Helearned a lot and appreciatedthe opportunity to go. Dis-cussion about weed controlfollowed. Bryan mentioned aclass he would like to attendabout Wastewater LagoonOperation and Maintenance.The council approved.

City Clerk Sandy Mitchellwas absent, so there was noclerk's report.

The council adjourned.The next regular meeting ofthe City Council will be May9, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Thepublic is invited to attend.

The fourth graders present Mrs. Cox with her "puppet planter". Photo courtesy of Stacy Roop.

Asmariah Martinez serves her grandmother refreshments asAustin Snyder picks out some goodies for his family too.Photo courtesy of Stacy Roop.

Butch and Janet Whitham find the bright orange toilet seat intheir yard. They are helping to “flush” Multiple Sclerosis.

Bill and Linda Harvey show the bright orange toilet seat goingaround Moscow. When you find it donate to help “flush” Mul-tiple Sclerosis.

Mike McCrary helps “flush”Multiple Sclerosis.

Marcie Knoll

Alejandra Manriquez

Candace Trujillo, KrissannRoland and Allison Lahey areworking hard to “flush” Mul-tiple Sclerosis! In order toraise awareness and moneyfor the cause, a bright orangetoilet seat is traveling aroundto various yards in Moscow.When it winds up in your,yard please donate to helperadicate this disease.

Fourth graders present puppet plays to classes

Howard and Jennifer Owens help “flush” Multiple Sclerosis.The bright orange toilet seat is traveling around to variousyards in Moscow to raise awareness.

City Council discusses weed violations

Tit le sharedfor Moscow’sBiggest Loser

Orange toilet seat promotesfunds for Multiple Sclerosis

Sometimes it’s good to be aloser. Alejandra Manriquez andMarcie Knoll proudly share thetitle of Moscow’s Biggest Loserand each received $500 cashfrom the Moscow RecreationCommission for their efforts.Congratulations to both winners!

The Moscow Junior Highhosted several teams for atrack meet last Tuesday. TheWildcat track athletes placedgreat at this meet. Many girlsearned medals by placing inthe top six. Adriana Salcedoplaced sixth in the 100m dash.Grayson Christensen placedthird in the 400m dash andsecond in the 800m run.Gillian Rios placed first in theShot Put with a distance of 25’10” and first in the Discus witha throw of 56’ 5”. Tina Cantuplaced sixth in the Shot Put.Monica Gonzalez placed sec-ond in the Softball Throw. Mi-randa Christensen placed sixthin the 400m dash. MaggieWhite placed third in the 800mrun. Talley White placed thirdin the Softball Throw, fifth inthe 800m run, and first in the1600m run with a time of8.23.44. Keeley Roop placedsecond in the Shot Put andthird in the Discus. BriannahDavidson placed third in theLong Jump, second in the100m hurdles, and third in the200m hurdles. Madilyn Flem-ing placed fifth in the SoftballThrow and sixth in the 200mhurdles. Madison Owensplaced sixth in the Shot Putand sixth in the Discus. KelsiMueller got first in the eighthgrade girls’ softball throw witha distance of 153’ 1⁄2”. The sev-enth grade girls’ relay team ofMiranda, Maggie, Keeley andRachel placed third in the4x100m, and first in the4x200m with a time of 2:27.51.

On the boys’ side there wereseveral medals also. JavierMarquez placed fifth in theLong Jump, fourth in the100m dash, and fifth in the200m dash. Jaxon Rios placedfirst in the 200m dash with atime of 30.49 seconds, secondin the 400m dash, and secondin the 800m run. Jace Crossplaced third in the 400m dash,third in Long Jump, and fourthin the 200m dash. BryanErives placed fourth in the400m dash and fifth in the800m run. Jalen Shaddixplaced second in Shot Put andsecond in Discus. GabyGranillo placed third in ShotPut and third in Discus. ChrisHernandez took home first

place in three of his four eventsincluding the Discus with athrow of 126’ 2”, the LongJump jumping 15’ 4.5”, and200m dash at 26.94 sec. Healso placed second in the100m dash. Jesse Stuckeyplaced fourth in Discus andsixth in the 400m dash. BryanGarcia placed fifth in the 800mrun. Vance Thompson placedsecond in Shot Put and third inDiscus. Alex Pierson placedsixth in Discus.

In the overall team rank-ings, Moscow seventh gradegirls came in third while thesixth and eighth grade girlsboth placed fourth. The sixthgrade boys came in second asa team, the seventh gradersplaced fourth, and the eighthgrade boys finished in sixthplace. The next meet is Tues-day at Deerfield. Results willcome in next week’s paper.

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PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, April 26, 2012) 1t

PUBLIC HEARING FORZONING DISTRICT CHANGE

OFFICIAL NOTICE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN ANDTO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:

You are hereby notified that theHugoton City Planning Commissionwill conduct a public hearing on May17, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the CityCouncil meeting room located at 631South Main in Hugoton, Kansas. Thepurpose of the public hearing is toconsider a request by the Board ofCounty Commissioners of StevensCounty Kansas, to rezone the follow-ing described real estate from A-LAgricultural, to I-2 Heavy Industrial:

TRACT 1: The West Half (W/2) of Lot Seven(7) and all of Lots Eight (8)and Nine (9), Block Two (2) of theStevens County Industrial ParkPlat No. 1, according to the dulyfiled and recorded plat thereof;and

TRACT 2: A tract of land in the SoutheastQuarter (SE1/4) of Section Fif-teen (15) Township Thirty-threeSouth (T33 S), Range Thirty-sevenWest (R37W) of the Sixth Princi-pal Meridian, Stevens County,Kansas, being more particularlydescribed as follows:

Commencing at the Southwestcorner of said SE1/4; Thence onan assumed bearing of N00°10’48” W along the West lineof said SE1/4 a distance of858.09 feet, said point being theNorthwest corner of StevensCounty Industrial Park, Plat No.1; Thence N 89°56’04” E along theNorth line of said Industrial Parka distance of 1121.66 feet to thepoint of beginning; Thence con-tinuing N 89°56’04” E along theNorth side of a 20 foot alley thatis adjacent to Lots 9, 8 and theWest ½ of Lot 7, Block 2, StevensCounty Industrial Park, Plat No. 1a distance of 754.85 feet; ThenceN 00°13’20” W a distance of292.45 feet; Thence S 89°56’04”W a distance of 734.69 feet;Thence S 03°43’23” W a distanceof 293.09 feet to the point of be-ginning. This tract contains 5.00acres more or less; and

TRACT 3:

A tract of land in the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section Fif-teen (15) Township Thirty-threeSouth (T33 S), Range Thirty-sevenWest (R37W) of the Sixth Princi-pal Meridian, Stevens County,Kansas, being more particularlydescribed as follows:Commencing at the Southwestcorner of said SE1/4; Thence onan assumed bearing of N00°10’48” W along the West lineof said SE1/4 a distance of858.09 feet; said point being theNorthwest corner of StevensCounty Industrial Park, Plat No.1; Thence N 89°56’04” E along thenorth line of said Industrial Parka distance of 1121.66 feet; ThenceN 03°43’23” E a distance of293.09 feet to the point of begin-ning; Thence continuing N03°43’23” E a distance of 611.68feet; Thence N 89°56’04” E a dis-tance of 692.69 feet;Thence S 00°13’20” E a distanceof 610.35 feet; Thence S89°56’04” W a distance of 734.78feet to the point of beginning. Thistract contains 10.00 acres moreor less.

The public is invited to appear atthe hearing to speak in favor of oragainst the granting of such rezoningfor the above described land. ThePlanning Commission may continuetheir respective hearing date to a fu-ture date, if necessary, without fur-ther notice.

Anyone seeking additional informa-tion concerning this rezoning requestmay contact the City of Hugoton Plan-ning Commission, c/o Tony Martin, atthe City Office, 631 South Main,Hugoton, Kansas 67951 during theirnormal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m., Monday through Friday or call544-8531. A complete legal descrip-tion is available for public inspectionat the City offices at the hours and ad-dress listed above.

Property Owners within 1,000 feet ofthe property described above wantingto protest the proposed change willhave fourteen days after the PlanningCommission makes its recommenda-tion regarding the requested rezoningto submit protest petitions. If thelandowners of twenty percent (20%) ormore of the area to be rezoned within1000 feet of the boundaries of the pro-posed change file valid protest peti-tions prior to the deadline, the changecan be approved only by at least a 3/4majority vote of the City Council.

The Moscow Wildcats trav-eled to South Gray for their trackmeet last Friday. The boys’ teamtied for second as a team withmany earning gold medals.

For the ladies, Maria Cecenasplaced seventh in the 200mdash. Daisy Flores placed sev-enth in the 1600m run. KaitlynDobie placed second in the100m hurdles and second in the300m hurdles. The 4x400mrelay of Kaitlyn, Brianna, Daisy,and Maria placed sixth. The4x800m relay of Maria, Daisy,Brianna, and Tapanga placedfourth.

Leading the male point effortswas Osvaldo Grannilo, placingfirst in the 100m dash at 10.75,first in the 200m dash at 22.56 -setting a new meet record, andfirst in the 400m dash at 50.72 -setting another meet record.Jonatan Manriquez placedfourth in the 400m dash. BreckRoop placed first in the 800mrun at 2.06.83. Rigo Bustillosplaced second in the shot put.Alexis Manriquez placed third inthe Javelin. The 4x800m relay ofJonatan, Brice, Alexis, andBreck placed second. The4x400m relay of Jonatan, Breck,Brice, and Osvaldo placed first at3.40.99. Coach Roop and Mrs. Bare very proud of the hard work

all the tracksters have done.They have been performing verywell.

The next meets are Tuesdayat Satanta and then Hugoton onFriday. Results will come in nextweek’s paper.

The Wildcat’s Baseballteam traveled to Leoti lastweek for regular season play.The Wildcats easily won thefirst game 14-8 behind LaneMiller and Ty Herman whoeach had three hits apiece.Codye Walbe pitched one anda half innings for the wildcatsand had three strikeouts, andtwo earned runs. CuylorCross pitched 1.1 inningswith an earned run. LaneMiller finished the job pitch-ing three innings for Moscowand recording nine strike-outs.

The second game Moscowwon again by a score of 14-7behind Herman’s four hits.Ty Herman pitched four in-nings recording 11 strikeoutsand no earned runs. CuylorCross pitched 2.2 inningswith three earned runs andsix strikeouts. Tad Stuckeypitched .1 innings with three-earned runs.

Moscow traveled to Syra-cuse Saturday for weekendbaseball. Moscow won thefirst game 9-3 behind Ty Her-man’s three hits. Lane Millerwent the distance pitchingeightinnings with ten strike-

outs and one earned run.The second game Moscow

couldn’t put away Syracusewho won 2-6. Easton Bohland Ty Herman each had twohits for the Wildcats. Ty Her-man pitched six innings withone earned run and tenstrikeouts.

The Cats play at homeTuesday and at SyracuseThursday.

Rosario Miramontes, Henry Cantrell and Sandra Garcia are

the winners of the gas cards that were given away at the Ele-

mentary School parent meeting Monday, April 23. The topic of

discussion was the on-line grade book, Edu-star. Parents were

shown how to use it and told how to sign up for it. Teachers dis-

cussed when they posted grades and how their grades are

weighted. Twenty-three parents attended the meeting.

Ty Herman winds up to pitch

a strike. Photo by MarcieKnoll.

Tapanga Dahle shows her

strength in the shot put.

Photo by Marcie Knoll.

Brice Valdez flies through the

air in the triple jump. Photoby Marcie Knoll.

With a look of determination,

Bryan Erives runs the 800m.

Competing in the eighth

Grade Girls' 100m hurdles is

Madilyn Fleming.

MOSCOW NEWS, Tooby Melissa Moore

Sports by Breck Roop

South Gray track meet results announced

Wildcats win double-header

Up to bat for the Wildcats is...

Jace Thompson. Photo byMarcie Knoll.

Thursday, April 26-J.V. Base-ball at Liberal-4:00

Third Grade Field Trip to Al-abaster Caverns

Friday, April 27-Dear Day forsecond-fifth grade

High School Track Meet at Hugo-ton-3:00

Saturday, April 28-State Musicfor Solos and Ensembles-Wichita

Monday, April 30-No School(trade for parent/teacher confer-

ences)High School Baseball at Sublette-

4:00, High School Softball at Hugo-ton-4:00

Tuesday, May 1- High SchoolTrack at Jetmore-10:00 a.m., Comeand Go Retirement

Reception for Lisa Whitham andLorrie Nicodemus honoring theirservice to USD #209, 1:00-3:00 atthe Early Childhood Center-Preschool Classroom.

Seventeen students traveledacross the state for the KansasHistory Day event in Topeka.The students researched theirprojects that centered aroundthe theme, “Reaction, Reform,Revolution.” In the senior divi-sion, Jennifer Easterwood, Gar-rett Littlefield and Obie Telfordcreated a Web site entitled“Frederick Douglas.” KatieMurray and Chandler Huddle-ston presented a performanceabout Emma and Charles Dar-win. Murray and Huddlestonplaced third, which makesthem the alternates for the na-tional event in Washington,D.C.

In the junior division, SarahEasterwood and Jessica Pinkleydisplayed their exhibit of “TheRed Scare,” the story of JosephMcCarthy. Chandler Burrowsalso made an exhibit entitled,“The German Revolution.”Chandler taught the judges alot about the revolution, a sel-dom discussed topic in Ameri-can schools. Panches Maravillaand Eric Reza wrote a docu-mentary about Jackie Robin-son. They discovered in theirresearch that Robinson was notthe first African-American pro-fessional baseball player. Theyfocused a lot of their documen-tary on the work Jackie Robin-son did in the Civil Rightsmovement. Miesha Gonzalez,Kyri Brummett and JoyannaGuerrero also wrote and cre-ated a documentary. Theirtopic was the Freedom Riders,white and black young peoplewho suffered atrocities whilebringing the Civil Rights move-ment to light from North toSouth.

Shaylee Chapman andJoseph Mendez developed aWeb site about Prohibition.They integrated the work of

Suffragette demands to elimi-nate the production and sale ofalcohol in America. Garry Nor-ton also worked with the team,but was unable to attend theState competition. SheldonWasson and Zach Chapmanalso created a Web site. TheirWeb site “Paul Revere” showedwhat Revere did after the fa-mous ride to help with theAmerican Revolution. The stu-dents received complimentarycomments from the judgesabout their projects, andlearned a lot during their ad-venture.

Thursday, the groupstopped first at Cheyenne Bot-toms where they learned aboutthe history of the wetlands andthe importance of the area formigratory birds. A guide fromthe education station took themthrough the wetlands wherethey were able to view the birdsup close. Pelicans, on their waynorth, were viewed through thebinoculars provided by the cen-ter. Then, the students headednorth to tour the EisenhowerMuseum and library. Therethey saw the life and accom-plishments of the thirty-fourthpresident, Dwight D. Eisen-hower.

Friday morning, the bus leftfor the state capitol where thestudents toured, enjoying thebeautiful murals, stenciling,legislative rooms, and a mar-velous singing tour guide. Thenext stop was the Brown vs.Topeka Board of Education na-tional historic site. Several ofthe groups centered their proj-ects around the Civil Rightsmovement and were able to seeexhibits that complementedtheir work. After lunch, thetravelers headed to LeComptonwhere they toured the LaneMuseum and the First Territo-

rial Capital. Re-enactors de-lighted the students with theirfiery speeches from the territo-rial days of Bleeding Kansas.While heading home Saturdaynight, shouts of “Huzzah!”“Burn it down,” and “Hear,hear!” were heard on the bus.Finally, the students stopped atthe Kansas Museum of History

before spending an evening re-laxing at the mall for supperand fun.

After the competition, thebus headed back to Rolla withtired, but enlightened studentswho took history out of the text-book and brought it into theirhearts.

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ROLLA NEWSBy Mary Courtney

Thursday, April 26

ARGH! party - Everyone isinvited; 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Junior High/High SchoolStuco Elections Friday, April 27

High School Track atGreensburg; 3:00 p.m.Saturday, April 28

State High SchoolBand/Choir at Wichita

Dermot Monthly supper;7:00 p.m.Sunday, April 29

Benefit Dinner forWaynette Bowers; 11:00 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.

COMMUNITY

CALENDAR

The school year is rapidlycoming to a close, and the RollaLibrary wants parents to beaware of the policies concerningcheck-outs at this time.

From April 30 to May 3, stu-dents may check out up to threebooks only if they have no over-due/damaged books and owe nofines. No renewals or reservesfrom this point on.

Then from May 7 to May 10,students must turn in all booksin order to check out up to threebooks. Students with overduebooks or fines may check outwhen they bring back books orpay the fines.

May 10 is the last day for stu-dent check out of materials.Teachers may still check out.Students may read and test inthe library, but check out is over.This is to allow the library to in-ventory and get books back.Students wishing to pay finesshould bring a check made out

to the Rolla Library. Informationon the amount owed is availablefrom the library.

By May 16 seniors and eighthgraders should have all booksturned in to the library and allfines paid. May 19 is eighthgrade graduation. All books andmaterials should be in and finespaid before graduation. Seniorsgraduate May 20. All books andmaterials should be in and finespaid before graduation. Kinder-garten student need to have their

books turned in or fines paid byMay 21.

May 21 at 5:00 p.m. is thelast day to get points for the Li-brary Reading IncentivesAwards. Grade School and Mid-dle School awards are May 23.For the William Allen White TripAward, students have until May24 to read and test, but if theywant to be recognized at theawards, they must turn in theirthermometer by May 21 at 5:00p.m.

Jacob Smith placed eighthThursday at the Elkhart GolfCourse, shooting a 47. Thisis the second meet Jacob hasmedaled in, and he is looking

for a great season. The sea-son is early, and the RollaHigh School golf team is ex-cited about the great playthey are delivering.

Remember to attend thecommunity wide party Thurs-day evening, April 26, at thehigh school! ARGH! will behosting a family fun time forall residents in the area.Games, cake walk, fun, andsurprises will be free ofcharge for all attending.  The

twenty-first Century grantencourages schools to bringfamilies together for educa-tional and exciting activities.Come and enjoy a wonderfulcommunity gathering!  It willbe in the Rolla High Schoolgymnasium from 7:00 to 9:00p.m.

Kyri Brummett, Miesha Gonzalez and Joyanna Guerrero take

a moment to learn even more about their topic, “Freedom Rid-

ers.” The girls created a documentary about the young white

and black people who helped change the United States’ view of

civil rights. Through their sacrifices, today’s young people don’t

face nearly as much injustice due to their skin color.

Don’t forget the ARGH! party

RHS golfers take to the links

for another good season

Sponsors help students reach goals

Library reminds patrons of summer rules

Rolla students study Kansas history exhaustively

Students admire the sheer craftsmanship of the state capitol

building in Topeka. Murals, stenciling and a singing tour guide

completed the experience, in addition to all the important leg-

islative decisions that have taken place in the building.

Chandler Huddleston and

Katie Murray perfect their

performance as Charles and

Emma Darwin for the Kansas

History Day event.

At the Lane Museum, in LeCompton, students learned about

“Bleeding Kansas” and the United States’ Civil War.

The Rolla History Club isgrateful for the support of thecommunities in helping studentsreach goals locally, at the statelevel, and at national events.

Chandler Burrows will beheading to Washington, D.C., inMay to compete for the top titleat the National History Bee.Many businesses are becoming

sponsors of this outstandinggroup of social studies studentsand historians. Despite budgetcuts, community support forthese incredible opportunities ishigh. The students at Rolla Jun-ior High and High School trulyare grateful for the encourage-ment and support of their en-deavors.

Actors portray the fiery spirit

of Kansas pioneers at the

First Territorial Capitol site

in LeCompton. Students were

enthralled with their per-

formance.

Students who studied civil rights are thrilled to learn more at

the national historic site of Brown vs. Board of Education.

Thursday, May 3, 2007Shane Valdez, a Moscow

junior, won the State Cham-pionship 1A PowerLifting atBushton. She is the daugh-ter of Marcie Valdez and TomValdez.

James Langley, Quarter-master VFW Post #3391 ofHugoton, was elected VFWCommander of the Sixth Dis-tric April 15. The district cov-ers an area from Tribune toElkhart to Ashland to Ran-som.

Thursday, May 2, 2002Jeffrey Adam Newton II of

Rolla has been selected toserve as Ambassador Scholarfor 2002-2003 at Garden CityCommunity College. Adam isthe son of Jeff and DawnellNewton. Thursday, April 30, 1992

Mrs. T.A. Dudley cut theribbon to officially dedicatethe new Citizens State Bankand T.A. Dudley InsuranceAgency office.

Effie Sullivan was selected

as one of the few to qualify fora certificate naming her as a1992 Academic All-State Bas-ketball player.Thursday, April 29, 1982

The Hi-Plains LumberCompany has opened a facil-ity at 507 S. Main. The build-ing at 323 S. Main willcontinue to serve as a ware-house for the business. BobDavis, owner and managerdescribed Hi-Plains Lumberas a center for home buildingand remodeling.

Thursday, May 4, 1972Beverly Broaddus, Nikki

Blevins and Belinda Hoggettwill compete in the fourth an-nual Miss Southwest KansasScholarship Pageant at John-son.

The Harold Robinson fam-ily Samoyed dog won firstplace “Best of Class” award inDenver, Co.

Thursday, May 3, 1962Lee Stoops, Hugoton pilot

and aerial crop spray opera-tor is in the Stevens County

Hospital as a result of a crashof his light plane nine mileseast of Hugoton. The planehe was flying hit two tele-phone wires across the high-way west of the field.Spraying was being done onland farmed by Lee’s fatherEarl Stoops. The plane wascompletely demolished.

Thursday, May 1, 1952Union employees of the

Panhandle Eastern PipelineCompany went out on strikeWednesday and started pick-eting the compressor station

east of Hugoton and thewarehouse of the productionand gathering department atnorth city limits. The strikewas called to enforce de-mands for an average wageboost of 25¢ an hourthroughout the industry andhigher differential for nightwork.

If any readers have pictures

for the history page of the Her-

mes, please bring them in to

Ruthie Winget at The Hugo-

ton Hermes.

History From The Hermes

Compiled by Ruthie Winget

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MUSEUM UPDATEfrom The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum

Gladys Renfro and Beulah Carter

Do you remember the soda

fountain at Bloodhart Drug Store?

The front was orange tile. They

served many cokes, sodas, malts

and dishes of ice cream. There

were about four booths on the

south wall in the drug store. This

was a great place for high school

students to gather for a vanilla

coke. I remember going once or

twice a week after school dis-

missed at 4:00 p.m. Great times!!

Bloodharts had beautiful jew-

elry, gifts, cosmetics and Hall-

mark greeting cards.

Some members from Topeka

of the Kansas Historical Society

visited The Stevens County Gas

and Historical Museum Friday af-

ternoon.

We were glad to have Allen

Boyd and his wife from Independ-

ence stop for a visit. He was the

boom operator for the aircraft

crash near Hugoton January 5,

1960.

These lively ladies were called The Three Musketeers back in

the middle 1940s when they attended Hugoton Rural High

School. They are, left to right, Willa Mueller Allman, Geral-

dine Moser Rowden and Betty Heger Lee.

Farris McClung was the pharmacist and owner of Bloodhart

Drug Store for many years. The recent removal of the sign from

its perch on Main Street triggered many memories, made both

in front of and behind its iconic counter.

Gladys Renfro, curator of the Stevens County Gas and Historical

Museum, and Al Boyd hold up pictures of the January 5, 1960 air-

plane crash. He was part of the refueling crew in the other plane.

Memories of Bloodhart Drug

Three Musketeers are back in town The Three Musketeers ofthe middle 1940s met inHugoton for a nostalgic re-union. Betty Heger Lee andGeraldine Moser Rowden,both of Hugoton, and WillaMueller Allman of Ft. Collins,Co., met for a joyous get-to-gether. Willa Mueller Allman cameout to Hugoton from Ft.Collins, Co., to visit her for-mer classmate, Betty Lee.Willa has been a nurse for 40years and when she heardBetty was back home afterbeing sick, she decided tocome out to see for herselfhow Betty was faring. The classmates were allborn in 1931, making themeach 81 years of age. Betty’s father would let herdrive her 1941 Plymouth toschool every day on conditionthat she did not drive anyfaster than 35 miles per hour.She said she obeyed the rulesso she could continue drivingthe vehicle. Willa commented whenshe was in the first grade, herfather bought a dairy for$200. All seven of theMueller kids had to get upearly to milk the cows. Willastated she was the weakling,so she got assigned to bot-tling the milk. She had to lifta five gallon bucket over herhead to fill the bottles. Shewasn’t very weak! Her fathersold the dairy when she wasin the eighth grade. The Three Musketeerswere known as the blond(Geraldine), the redhead

(Betty) and the brunette(Willa). They were in thesame grade throughout theirfour years of high school.Geraldine used to go out toWilla’s house to get peacheswhen she was younger. They said they did not getinto any trouble while theywere in high school as theywere considered good girls.They all stated if they got intotrouble, their parents wouldhave jerked them out ofschool. They all had verystrict fathers. Betty, Willa and Geraldineall went to different countryschools before they went tohigh school. Betty remembered drivinga Hudson vehicle to townonce and the gearshift cameoff in her hand. Her aunthad to walk a quarter of amile to tell Betty’s folks aboutthe faulty gearshift. After thatshe got to drive the new carwhich was the 1941 Ply-mouth. Willa remembered all theflats they had on their vehi-cles. World War II had beenin progress so new tires werehard to get. They had flattires several times a week ontheir way to school which wasonly seven miles away. Geraldine remarked shehad three brothers so she didnot have to work outside asmuch. However she did a lotof housework. The girls shared a lot ofmemories as well as muchlaughter at their reunion.

by Joan Popejoy I have many memories ofBloodhart Drugs. They hadeverything a person neededor wanted. If you wanted a nice gift,the person to help you wasHazel Thompson. She workedin the cosmetics department.Hazel knew all about everyperfume, and she recom-mended "Evening in Paris"fragrance. Now Hazel was aclassy lady who wore black,and had her black hair pulledback in a bun. She couldmake the best peanut brittleyou ever tasted! There was a luggage de-partment at Bloodhart, wherethey sold Samsonite Luggage.(We bought a set of three - Istill have them, and use theovernight case quite often.) Atthe front of the store was themagazine and book depart-ment, where my daughterShari remembers buying"Classics Illustrated Comic

Books". Down the middle aisle wasthe greeting card display.When you bought a gift, theywrapped it for free. My hus-band Bernard bought me abeautiful pink, satin heartshaped box of chocolate forValentine's day February 14,1950. He bought it at Blood-hart Drug, and I still have it!!! At the back of the storewas where you picked upyour prescription. (This nextpart is very unique!) Blood-hart’s was located next doorto Dr. Kenoyer's office. Therewas a small opening in thewall between Bloodhart's andthe Doctor's Office, each sidewith a little door. The doctorwould put your prescriptioninside, and the pharmicistwould pick it up on the otherside, so your prescription wasready when you were! There was no other placelike Bloodhart's!

Selena, Jose, Zacharias andChristopher need a foreverfamily that is very loving andconsistent. Selena is an ani-mal lover, so much so thatshe would like to become aveterinarian someday. Herhobbies include listening tomusic, hanging out withfriends and riding horses. Se-lena does well in school andtakes pride in her grades.She interacts well with othersand has many friends. Shewould like a family with lotsof animals; especially horses.Jose is a typical teenager,who is a loving and kindyoung man. He likes beingoutside, playing sports andplaying video games. He willneed a family that is willingto provide support, encour-agement and advocate forhim. Jose interacts well withboth peers and adults.Zacharias is a loving, caringyoung man who enjoys beingthe center of attention. Helikes playing sports, ridinghis bike, swimming and justbeing outside. Zachariasstates that he would like tobe a soldier when he grows

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If interested, please apply in person at Riley Ford Co., 430 S. Arapahoe Street, Ulysses, Ks.

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New Zimmatic Dealer in Hugoton lookingfor Center Pivot Service Man.

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HELP WANTED: Hugoton USD 210 school district is accept-ing applications for the Central Office secretary/reception-ist. This is a 35-40 hour a week, 12 month position whichincludes a single health insurance benefit. Applicationdeadline is 4:00 p.m., Friday, May 4, 2012. Applications areavailable at Central Office, 205 E. Sixth Street, Hugoton, oronline at www.usd210.org. For more information, please callMelanie Hickey at 620-544-4397. (3c16)

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HELP WANTED: Mechanic needed for oilfield equipmentin Hugoton area. Call for more information 620-453-9179Sam’s Engine Service. (4p17)

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

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PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, April 12, 2012) 3t

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, April 19, 2012) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate of ALFASIGNE NORTON, a/k/a ALFA S.NORTON, a/k/a ALFA NORTON, De-ceased(Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter59)

Case No. 2012-PR-9

NOTICE OF HEARINGTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are notified that a Petition toAdmit Foreign Will to Probate andRecord was filed in this Court byLinda M. Schuback, personal repre-sentative named in the Last Will andTestament of Alfa Signe Norton, pray-ing that the real property and per-sonal property of the decedent,including but not limited to the follow-ing described real estate situated inStevens County, Kansas, to wit: Anundivided interest in and to the oil,gas and/or other minerals located in,on, under, or that may be producedfrom, the Northeast Quarter (NE¼) ofSection 23, the Southwest Quarter(SW¼) of Section 25, and the South-west Quarter (SW¼) of Section 35, all

in Township 32 South, Range 37 Westof the 6th P.M., Stevens County,Kansas; and an undivided interest inand to the oil, gas and/or other min-erals located in, on, under, or thatmay be produced from, the NortheastQuarter (NE¼) of Section 3, and theSouthwest Quarter (SW¼) of Section3, all in Township 33 South, Range 37West of the 6th P.M., Stevens County,Kansas, be distributed in accord withthe terms and conditions of the Willand the allegations in the Petition.You are required to file your writtendefenses to the Petition on or beforeMay 10, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. in thisCourt at which time and place thecause will be heard. Should you failto file your written defenses, judgmentand decree will be entered in duecourse upon the Petition.

Linda M. Schuback, Petitioner

PREPARED BY:Tony A. Potter #16907Potter Law Office, P.A.323 N. Pomeroy Ave.P.O. Box 278Hill City, Kansas 67642(785) 421-2129: Telephone(785) 421-3603: Facsimiletpotter@ruraltel.netAttorney for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, April 19, 2012) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Bank of America, N.A., Successor byMerger to BAC Home Loans Servicing,LP FKA Countrywide Home LoansServicing LPPlaintiff,

vs.

Brenda Lee Peterson a/k/a BrendaLee LaShell Peterson; The unknownheirs of Noel Dean Peterson, de-ceased; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant);Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); CapitalOne Bank (USA), N.A.; Earl Dean Pe-terson,Defendants.

Case No. 12CV8Court Number:

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknownheirs, executors, administrators, de-visees, trustees, creditors and assignsof any deceased defendants; the un-known spouses of any defendants; theunknown officers, successors,trustees, creditors and assigns of anydefendants that are existing, dis-solved or dormant corporations; theunknown executors, administrators,devisees, trustees, creditors, succes-sors and assigns of any defendantsthat are or were partners or in part-nership; the unknown guardians,conservators and trustees of any de-fendants that are minors or are underany legal disability; and the unknownheirs, executors, administrators, de-visees, trustees, creditors and assignsof any person alleged to be deceased,

and all other persons who are or maybe concerned.

You are notified that a Petition hasbeen filed in the District Court ofStevens County, Kansas, praying toforeclose a real estate mortgage on thefollowing described real estate:

All of Lot Three (3) and the NorthForty feet (N 40") of Lot Four (4),Block Thirteen (13), City of Hugo-ton, according to the duly filedand recorded plat thereof,Stevens County, Kansas, com-monly known as 205 South VanBuren Street, Hugoton, KS 67951(the “Property”)

and all those defendants who havenot otherwise been served are re-quired to plead to the Petition on orbefore the 30th day of May, 2012, inthe District Court of Stevens County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgmentand decree will be entered in duecourse upon the Petition.

NOTICEPursuant to the Fair Debt CollectionPractices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), noinformation concerning the collectionof this debt may be given without theprior consent of the consumer givendirectly to the debt collector or the ex-press permission of a court of compe-tent jurisdiction. The debt collector isattempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be used forthat purpose.

Prepared By:South & Associates, P.C.Megan Cello (KS # 24167)6363 College Blvd., Suite 100Overland Park, KS 66211(913)663-7600(913)663-7899 (Fax)Attorneys For Plaintiff(112164)

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFLinly K. Timken, DECEASED,

CASE NO. 12-PR-08

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that onApril 10, 2012, a Petition for Probateof Will and Issuance of Letters Testa-mentary was filed in this Court byJanice E. Turner, an heir, devisee andlegatee and executor named in the

Last Will and Testament of Linly K.Timken, deceased.

All creditors of the decedent arenotified to exhibit their demandsagainst the Estate within the latter offour months from the date of firstpublication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or ifthe identity of the creditor is known orreasonably ascertainable, 30 daysafter actual notice was given as pro-vided by law, and if their demands arenot thus exhibited, they shall be for-ever barred.

Janice E. Turner, Petitioner

BROLLIER, WOLF & KUHARICBox 39, Hugoton, KS 67951(620) 544-8555Attorney for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, April 26, 2012) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate ofMARYRUTH GREENWOOD, Deceased

Case No. 2011-PR-33

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition has been filed in this Court byWade D. Greenwood, duly appointed,qualified and acting Administrator ofthe Estate of Maryruth Greenwood,deceased, praying Petitioner's acts beapproved; the account be settled andallowed; the heirs be determined; theEstate be assigned to the persons en-titled thereto pursuant to the laws ofintestate succession; fees and ex-

penses be allowed; costs be deter-mined and ordered paid; the adminis-tration of the Estate be closed; theAdministrator be discharged and Pe-titioner be released from further lia-bility.

You are hereby required to fileyour written defenses thereto on orbefore May 21, 2012, at 1:30 o'clockP.M. in the District Court, 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.

Wade D. Greenwood, Administrator

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AUCTION2 DAY ANTIQUE AUCTION: May 4 & 5, Civic CenterUlysses, 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 4, will auction 400 Toy Trac-tors. Saturday, May 5, will auction 16 antique cars, Indianartifacts, coins, western items, antique furniture and muchmore. Auctioneers Michelle Carrey and Jim Cunningham620-360-0249. See web for list www.kansasauctions.net. (2c17)

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INFORMATION WANTEDGENEALOGY INFORMATION: Looking for Grossman/Beavers descendants. Please write to 30 Troon Drive, Lake-way, Tx. 78738. (4p17)

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

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Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time, Part-time and PRN RNs or LPNs to work the Med/Surg floor. These po-sitions are for both day and night shifts (7 am-7 pm and 7 pm-7am).All candidates must have a Kansas RN/LPN license to be eligible. Weoffer outstanding benefits, competitive wages, sign-on bonus (FT andPT only) and mileage reimbursement if individual lives 15 miles ormore outside of Stevens County. (4c15)

Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time, Part-timeand PRN CNAs. These positions are for both day and night shifts aswell (7 am-7 pm and 7 pm-7 am). All candidates must have a KansasCNA license to be eligible. We offer excellent benefits as well as compet-itive wages. (4c15)

Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time RNs andLPNs to work at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home. These positions arefor the night shift (6 pm-6 am). All candidates must have a KansasRN/LPN license to be eligible. We offer outstanding benefits, compet-itive wages, sign-on bonus and mileage reimbursement if individuallives 15 miles or more outside of Stevens County. (4c10)

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

CURRENT OPENINGS AT STEVENS COUNTY HOSPITAL,

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Wanted to Lease by USDAREQUIREMENT: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agencyin Hugoton, Kansas is interested in leasing approximately 4498 rentable squarefeet of office and related space together with approximately 30 onsite, pavedparking spaces. The rentable space shall yield a minimum of 3725 to a maxi-mum of 3911 contiguous ANSI/BOMA office area square feet (OASF) of firstclass, high quality office space. Preference will be given to first floor space.DELINEATED AREA: The area to be considered must be within an areabound on the north by Road Q; on the east by Road 14; on the south by RoadM, and on the west by Road 10.OCCUPANCY: Space to be ready for occupancy within nine (9) months afterlease award.EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:1. Building Name and Address, and location of space within the building2. Rentable Square Feet offered and full-service rental rate per square foot3. ANSI/BOMA Usable Square Feet and the Common Area Factor4. Amount of on-site paved parking available5. Contact Information for Owner or Authorized AgentWRITTEN NOTICE of availability of space must be received by 4:00 PM onMay 11, 2012.

ADDRESS ALL REPLIES TO:Patricia Hageman, Realty Specialist

USDA, Farm Service Agency3600 Anderson AvenueManhattan, KS 66503Phone: 785-564-4752

Email: patty.hageman@ks.usda.gov

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

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

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AL-Anon Family GroupHelp for families & friends

of alcoholics. Mon & Thurs

8:00pm, 1405 Cemetery Road

544-2610 or 544-2854

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Project HopeOpen Tues & Thurs

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Sunday 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

1030 S. Main (tfc37)(tfc)

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

(tfc15)

GARAGE SALESaturday, April 28, 7:00 a.m. - ???

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615 - 623 S. Monroe- Commercial property-formerly Ann's Port and Motel. Great Busi-ness opportunity with ample parking. Call tosee this property today!!!

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20579 Road D, Moscow, KS - Reduced

Price! Completely remodeled and reno-vated 2bd/1b home with 5 acres!$40,000!!

928 S. Jackson - Frame, 2 bed/2 b., lgfamily rm, basement, cen H/A. Call for de-tails!

515-517 West 6th - Commercial Building andLot - 40x140 Metal building with land. Call fordetails!!

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522 West 7th - 4 bed/2 b, full basement, cen. heat,open parking, corner lot. Call for details!!

1277 Rd W - Country Home with acreage!Brick 5 bed/3 b, fpl, basement, deck, allelectric, 69x48 ship. A Must See!!

402 S. Main Street - Commercial Property-over 5,000 sf zoned B-2, 75 x 190 lot, park-ing. Call for details!

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

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

612 E. 4th St. - Nice 2001 Manufactured home onfull basement. Each bedroom on main level has itsown private bathroom. 2 bedrooms in basementwith possibility of more. Basement also hashookup for second utility room. Can access base-ment from inside house or from garage.

New Listing 1609 S. Madison St- Very nice 4bedrooms, 3 bath home. 4th bedroom is separatefrom others & has its own bath, great guest room.Family room includes fireplace. Formal dining aswell as kitchen dining. Large office/craft area &media room.

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

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204 W. 8th St. - This exclusive home has 4 BD , 3BA, with a full basement. There is a vinyl fence,shed, 1 car att. and, 2 car det. garage. Great loca-tion. To view this must see call Angie today! Agentowned!

1109 S. Madison St. - All you could ever want ina home. Home has 8 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms,2 Living areas. Basement family room is equippedwith cabinets, sink, and cook top. Bathroom down-stairs has a large whirlpool tub. Kitchen and up-stairs bath recently remodeled. New appliances inkitchen. Back porch remodeled and enclosed andnice sitting patio next to porch.

708 E. Fourth St. NEW CONSTRUCTION!! 3BR, 2 BA, 2 Car Garage, Full Basement!! Buyerhas opportunity to pick colors & other amenities ofhome. Allowances will be given for paint, flooring,and appliances.

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Setting out TomatoesGardeners often try to get

a jump on the season byplanting tomatoes as early aspossible. Though this can besuccessful, there are certainprecautions that should beobserved.

Harden off plants

Plants moved directly froma warm, moist greenhouse tothe more exposed and coolerconditions outside may un-dergo transplant shock.Transplant shock causesplants to stop growing for atime. Plants can be accli-mated to outside conditionsby placing them outdoors in alocation protected from windand full sunlight for a fewdays before transplanting.Another way to harden offplants is to transplant themand place a cardboard tent orwooden shingle to protectthem from wind and sun fortwo to three days. The bestconditions for transplantingis an overcast, still day.

Protection from frost

Tomatoes cannot toleratefrost. Though we are past theaverage date of the last frostin most of Kansas, watch theweather and cover the plantsif frost threatens. A floatingrow cover or light sheets canbe used for protection. Actu-ally a floating row cover canbe left on the plants for two tothree weeks to increase therate of growth and establish-ment.

Adequate soil temperature

Tomato roots do not dowell until soil temperaturesreach a fairly consistent 55degrees F. Check the temper-ature at two inches deep dur-ing the late morning to get agood average temperature forthe day. Plastic mulch can beused to warm soil morequickly than bare ground.Purple leaves are a sign ofphosphorus deficiency due tocool soils. Other tips for get-ting tomato plants off to afast start include: 1. Usesmall, stocky, dark greenplants rather than tall,spindly ones. Smaller plantsform roots rapidly and be-come established morequickly than those that areovergrown. 2. Though toma-toes can be planted slightlydeeper than the cell-pack, donot bury the plant deeply orlay the stem sideways.Though roots will form on thestems of tomatoes, this re-quires energy that would bebetter used for establishmentand growth. 3. Use a trans-plant solution (starter solu-tion) when transplanting to

make sure roots are moistand nutrients are readilyavailable.4. Do not mulch until theplant is growing well.Mulching too early preventssoil from warming up.

Sweet Corn PrimerIt used to be simple to de-

cide which sweet corn toplant. You simply chose acultivar and planted whenthe soil temperature reached55 degrees. Now it has be-come more complicated dueto genetic advances in sweetcorn. Breeders have foundcertain genes that improve“standard” sweet corn. Belowis an overview of the typescommonly available to home-owners.

Standard (su)

This is our “normal” sweetcorn and contains a “sugarygene” (su). Standard sweetcorn should be isolated fromfield corn, popcorn, super-sweets and ornamental corn.To isolate one type of cornfrom another, do not plantone type within 200 to 250feet or be sure to have a dif-ference of 12 to 14 days intime to maturity. Plant whenthe soil temperature reachesat least 55 degrees. Recom-mended varieties includeHoney and Cream, SilverQueen, Sterling Silver, Ju-bilee, or Merit.

Supersweet (sh2)

Though supersweets haveup to three times the sweet-ness of standard sweet cornsand hold their sweetnesslonger after harvest due tothe sh2 gene, they do havesome drawbacks such astougher kernels and a lack ofsome of that good “corn” fla-vor. They also need to be iso-lated from other sweet corntypes and are very sensitiveto cooler soils. Wait until thesoil temperature reaches 65degrees before planting. TryCandy Store, FloridaStaysweet, Sugar Loaf, SweetTime, or Sweetie.

Sugar Enhanced (se)

These are probably themost popular type of sweetcorn grown due to their ten-der kernels, good flavor andless sensitivity to cool soils(60 degree soil temperaturefor planting). They hold theirpost-harvest sweetness long -er than standard types butwill not hold sweetness aslong as the supersweets. Thesweetness from the sugar-en-hanced types is due to the “segene.” If both parents were setypes, the variety is known asan se+ or se se. If only oneparent was an se type andthe other an su type, then thevariety will be listed as se.They do not need to be iso-lated other than from the su-persweets. Suggestedvarieties include Bodacious,Ambrosia, Sweet Temptation,Delectable and Miracle.

Triplesweet (synergistic)

The newest types of sweetcorns blend the su, se andsupersweet types with thegoal of combining the bestcharacteristics of each. Wedon’t have firm recommenda-tions yet but you may want totry Serendipity, Polka, Avalonor Frisky.

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The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, April 26, 2012 Page 8B

HOME FOR SALE

1202 S. MainHUGOTON, KANSAS

The Janet Nordling Estate is currently selling her home located at 1202 S. Main by sealed bid. The homecontains approximately 2,750 square feet on the main floor and approximately 1,370 square feet in the base-ment. The main floor has 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, 2 family rooms, an office, a wood burning fireplace and abeautifully landscaped yard. The basement has 1 bedroom and a full bath. The Estate will be accepting sealedbids for the sale/purchase of the home until 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2012. Please submit your bid in writing toWayne R. Tate, P.O. Box 909, 1024 S. Trindle, Hugoton, Kansas 67951. The home will be sold “as is” andwithout any warranties, express or implied. The sale will include garage door openers, all ceiling fans, windowcoverings and all built in kitchen appliances. It will not include any other appliances. The Estate reserves theright to reject any and all offers or further negotiate with any of the bidders. Please contact Melanie Hickey

at 544-7227 if you or would like to look at the home before submitting your bid.

Each day people take a spoonof food and put it in their mouth.Where does all of that food comefrom? How does it get from thesoil to the spoon?

When you picked up yourspoon to eat some food today,did you think about where thefood came from? Did you makea connection as you ate a bowl ofcereal to the dairy and grainfarmer? Or the hay the dairycow ate? Or the fact that the haygrew in the soil? We sometimestake for granted that it’s so easyto go to the grocery store to buyour food. But it’s a long processto get the food from the soil to thegrocery store shelf.

The world population is onthe rise, while agricultural landis shrinking. Responsible landmanagement and care of our soilmakes it possible to feed an in-creasing population. A carefulbalance will be required to makemore room for more people,while at the same time, morefood to feed those people.

America’s network of agricul-ture conservation offices acrossthe country are working on theground each and every day withlocal farmers, ranchers, produc-ers and landowners to protectour soil, water and air for futuregenerations. Each of us has aresponsibility to our family andcommunity to make the connec-tion from where our food comesfrom, to the agricultural commu-nity which not only helps pro-duce the food, but cares for theland where it grows.

Here in Hugoton, we are anagriculture community withmany farmers, cattle and diaryand hog producers. Be sure tothank your local agriculture pro-ducers for their role in caring forthe land, while providing the foodto our nation and the world.

2012 marks the fifty-seventhyear of the National Associationof Conservation Districts Stew-ardship Week. Help us celebrateNational Soil and Water Stew-ardship Week – Soil to Spoon,April 29 to through May 6.

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County Conservation District, 607

East Eleventh Street, Hugoton.

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Heartland 4-H’ers plan float theme

Sandy McElreath of Cimarron turns the second barrel during

the open race at the Southwest Barrel Racing Association/Bar-

rel Patch Productions race Saturday, April 21 at the Stevens

County Fairgrounds. Photo by Kylene Scott.Delores Toole of Manter rounds the second barrel during the

open race at the Southwest Barrel Racing Association/Barrel

Patch Productions race this past Saturday in Hugoton. Photoby Kylene Scott.

The April 17, 2012 meetingof the Heartland 4-H Club tookplace at the Stevens County 4-H building at 7:00 p.m. Themeeting was called to order byJunior President Casle Heger.The flag salute, 4-H Pledgeand motto were led by J.C.Blakely, Abbey Goode andKyra Shelton. Roll call was an-swered by “What toothpastedo you use?” There were nominutes read as the Secretarywas not present. No other offi-cers gave reports. April birth-days were announced. Theywere Allen Shelton, Emma Mc-Clure and Molly McClure.

Leader Ron Honig gave an-nouncements. The float com-mittee will meet duringrecreation time to discussideas for the Fair Float. Heasked for junior high and sen-ior high volunteers to helpserve at the Southwest KansasRoyalty Owners dinner April28. They would work fromabout 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.at the High School Cafeteria.Ron also announced thatCamp applications are due byMay 1 as are applications fromanyone who wants to apply forcamp counselor. RSVPs for theBusinessmen’s Dinner April29 are due at the ExtensionOffice. Heartland is in chargeof setup. Zack Leiningermoved that the club meetSunday morning at 9:00 am todo the set up at Memorial Hall.Brady Heger seconded the mo-tion. Motion carried.

Ron reminded the membersthat Swine PQA is in June andeveryone involved in the swineproject must attend. Checkthe newsletter for time anddate. Ron also informed themembers there have beensome changes in the fair andeveryone in livestock is onlygoing to be allowed to enterthree of one kind of species inthe fair.

Josh Morris was guestspeaker. He announced thereare some changes to therecord books. If memberswant to turn in record books

they can use the simplifiedproject forms if they so desire,but in order to be eligible forcounty champion, awardstrips and to compete at the re-gional level, members mustuse the KAP form. If they haveany questions members are tocontact the Extension Office.Josh also announced he needsvolunteers to help set up atthe arena for the Gas CapitalLivestock show. The set up willbe April 29 after the Business-men’s Dinner. He will take anyhelp he can get.

There was no unfinishedbusiness.

In new business Bradymoved to change the Maymeeting date to May 14 asthere are other things going onin town that will interrupt theregular meeting schedule. JCseconded the motion and themotion carried.

The program was providedby Emma McClure and MollyMcClure. Emma discussed herrabbit project and what to lookfor in a Polish rabbit. Mollydemonstrated different partsof a bow and arrow in herarchery project.

The meeting recessed forrecreation and for the floatcommittee to discuss the float.When the meeting returned toorder, the committee ex-plained the float theme andidea. Details will be finalized atthe next meeting in May.

The club adjourned to re-freshments.

Submitted by Megan Bryan,

Heartland 4-H Club Reporter.

Molly McClure talks about archery at the 4-H Club meeting.

Emma McClure gives a proj-

ect talk about her Polish rab-

bit.

Joshua Morris, Stevens County Extension Agent A.N.R.

jcmorris@ksu.edu office: 620-544-4359

Ag WiseSolution to April 12, 2012 puzzle.

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