The Concordia Blade

BLADE-EMPIRE
CONCORDIA
VOL. CVIII NO. 253 (USPS 127-880)
CONCORDIA, KANSAS 66901
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
CCCC proposal draws criticism
College proposes changing early retirement policy
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By Jessica LeDuc
Blade Staff Writer
A proposed change to Cloud
County Community College’s
early retirement policy had a
number of employees up in
arms at Tuesday night’s board
of trustees meeting.
At issue is a proposed change
to do away with the benefit of an
employee continuing to receive
health care coverage upon early
retirement. Currently, employees can take early retirement
after 15 years of service to the
college, if they are eligible for
the Kansas Public Employee
Retirement System (KPERS).
Instead of the minimum early
retirement age of 55, the age
would be increased to 62, and
an employee must also be eligible and have applied for KPERS
retirement.
At Tuesday night’s meeting,
Karen Leiszler, support staff
president, said the administrative and support staff had sent
a letter to college President
Danette Toone and board members regarding the change in
early retirement.
The letter, obtained by the
Blade Wednesday morning,
said the administrative and
support staff had recently
learned of the negotiation
process to consider the change.
“All employees of the college
were originally hired with this
as a component of the benefit
package,” the letter said,
“Therefore, it is distressing to
think this benefit can be suddenly changed without prior
discussion with all parties or
considering the grandfathering
option.”
The letter went on to say that
the staff members understood
the potential for early retirements could be costly to the college, but that there would also
be potential savings. Should a
person at the higher end of the
pay scale retire, that person
would likely be replaced by
someone at a much lower
salary, or the position might not
be filled at all.
The staff at the college “goes
above and beyond what is written in their job descriptions to
provide the best experience
possible for our students,” the
letter said. “As employees we
embrace the college vision, but
we are genuinely concerned
about the lack of communication and the potential loss of
benefits, and the resulting
impact on morale and the ability to move this college forward
in the future.”
Some of the staff already feel
that there are some morale
issues and cutting benefits on
short notice will only contribute
to low morale,” the letter said.
“Morale issues will cascade
beyond the college out into the
community, which could affect
the image of the college, recruitment and retention.”
The letter concluded by offering three options that would be
acceptable to the administra-
State to invest
$9.5 million in
mental health
Across Kansas
Charges added in
shooting rampage
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A southwest Missouri man accused of killing three people in a
shooting rampage outside Jewish facilities in
northeast Kansas is facing additional
charges.
The Kansas City Star reports Johnson
County prosecutors on Tuesday filed three
counts of attempted murder against 73-yearold Frazier Glenn Cross, of Aurora, Missouri.
The charges allege Cross tried to kill additional people during the April 13 rampage in
Overland Park, Kansas.
Cross remains held on $10 million bond.
He’s charged with capital murder in the
deaths of 69-year-old physician William Corporon and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat
Griffin Underwood, outside the Jewish Community Center. He’s also accused of firstdegree murder in the shooting of 53-year-old
Terri LaManno, of Kansas City, Missouri, outside a Jewish retirement facility where her
mother lived.
Two killed in
Wichita disturbance
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say two people died and two others were injured in a
disturbance at a south Wichita neighborhood.
Wichita police Capt. Jose Salcido said
three of the victims in the Tuesday night
incident were shot and one was stabbed.
But Salcido released few other details,
including the genders or ages of the victims.
He also would not provide any information
on a possible suspect.
Salcido says the disturbance occurred
outside and the crime scene was nearly a
block long in a residential area. He says the
motive for the altercation was not known.
Highway shooting
under investigation
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Douglas
County Sheriff’s Office say a man is
recovering in a hospital after being shot
while driving on a highway south of
Lawrence.
The shooting occurred late Monday on
Highway 59. The sheriff’s office says the
24-year-old man was taken to a Topeka
hospital after being shot late Monday.
Officers closed a three-mile section of
the highway for several hours Tuesday to
search for clues.
Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Steve Lewis
said authorities have no information on a
suspect or a vehicle.
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tive support and support staff:
Leave benefits as is; grandfather in all current employees; or
table it and negotiate a compromise.
Mark Whisler, chair of the
math department at the college,
asked the board if there had
ever been a situation where
everyone eligible for early retirement took it, or if employees
took it as soon as they could.“I
strongly suspect the answer is
no,” he said. “If no one takes
early retirement, then with the
proposed changes we will not
have saved a penny. It’s often
said what a great place the college is to work. It does not have
to stay that way. That is not
meant as a threat, but what will
we have lost?”
Trustee Tom Tuggle said he
supports the college, and
always has, but asked staff to
look at what benefits they
receive compared to a small
business owner in the county.
(see Proposal on page 8)
Hitting the forehand
Aubrey Stahlman hits forehand during Concordia Recreation Tennis Wednesday morning at
the City Park. (Blade photo by Jay Lowell)
County board approves hire
Cloud County Commission dealt with a
number of routine matters when it met
Tuesday. These included approving the
hire of Kurtis Bogart as a seasonal employee for the maintenance department effective May 27 at a rate of $7.25 per hour.
Commissioners also approved a resolution to appoint Scott D. Wright as acting
county attorney in Case 14-TR-323
because of a potential conflict of interest by
County Attorney Robert Walsh.
After talking with Andy Asch, highway
administrator about a utility use permit for
Jerry Sorell for a buried waterline across
110th Road between Gold and Fawn roads,
the board approved the permit.
Jim Bell and Betty Losh, Cloud County
Historical Society, presented the Museum’s 2015 budget appropriation request in
the amount of $36,000, the same amount
as requested in 2014.
In other matters the board:
•approved payrolls for all departments
totaling $133,453.40.
•reviewed monthly expense vouchers for
all departments.
•thanked the Extension office for planting the new flower bed east of the Courthouse and asked the maintenance
department to clean the area around the
flower bed.
•requested maintenance manager Troy
Shepard to check on the cost of repairing
the benches around the Courthouse
Square.
•acknowledged the resignation of Ashley
Forshee, Home Health RN, effective Friday,
May 30th.
•visited with Walsh about repairs at the
Health Department.
•reviewed the applications received for
the position of Solid Waste/Recycling
director.
Commissioner Gary Caspers reported
he attended the Essential Function Tabletop Exercise on May 21 at the Health
Department.
Adjournment was at 11:40 a.m. until 9
a.m., June 2.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican U.S.
Rep. Lynn Jenkins filed Wednesday for reelection in the 2nd Congressional District
of eastern Kansas, and both she and her
Democratic challenger said they’re eager
to debate issues so voters can see the contrast.
Jenkins, the senior member of the
state’s all-GOP delegation in the House, is
seeking her fourth, two-year term. She’s a
frequent critic of President Barack Obama
and fellow Democrats in Congress. She’s
the House Republicans’ caucus vice chairwoman, the chamber’s fifth-highest GOP
leader.
The only other candidate so far is
Democrat Margie Wakefield, a Lawrence
attorney and former party chairwoman in
Douglas County, one of only two Kansas
counties won by Obama both in 2008 and
2012.
Jenkins filed paperwork with the
Kansas secretary of state’s office and paid
a $1,760 fee to get on the ballot. Wakefield
filed last week and had a rally in Topeka.
Wakefield issued a statement saying
she wants to debate Jenkins “early and
often,” challenging the GOP incumbent to
“name the time and place.” Jenkins
responded that she’s sure there will be
multiple debates and she’s eager for them
because Wakefield is too liberal for the
GOP-leaning district on issues such as
health care, taxes and abortion.
Jenkins files for re-election
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam
Brownback and his administration
announced Tuesday an investment of $9.5
million in state and federal funds to expand
mental health services and agency coordination.
Brownback said the goal was to address
the causes of mental health problems and
provide treatment to people who use state
services or are in the corrections system. He
said he wanted to see Kansas increase services to provide access to mental health care
to people who are in need.
“This is about identifying people early
before a large tragedy happens,” Brownback
said.
The governor, who has supported legislation to expand the state’s concealed-carry
weapons laws, has said previously that
increased identification and treatment for
mental health issues should be a state and
national focus.
Recent mass shooting incidents in Santa
Barbara, California, as well as Connecticut
and Colorado have increased calls for
stricter gun controls from several groups
including the Brady Center to Prevent Gun
Violence. Jennifer Fuson of the center said
one piece of legislation sought would allow
family members to petition the courts to
impose a restraining order on someone who
posed an elevated risk to themselves or others.
On the books in Connecticut and being
considered in California, Fuson said the law
requires a person facing the restraining
order to relinquish their firearms for the
duration of the order. Kansas lawmakers
haven’t considered such legislation.
Brownback said the coordination of various agencies at the state and local level
would result in better use of resources and
outcomes. He cited an example of uniting K12 schools with technical colleges in recent
years to increase the number of graduates
with advanced training by better aligning
education. The program has seen a 60 percent growth in the number of students
enrolled in technical education classes in
two years.
“To this point we have concentrating on
building our infrastructure. Now we are
beginning to invest in specific programs,” he
said.
Phyllis Gilmore, secretary of the Kansas
Department for Children and Families, said
$7 million in federal funds from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program
toward helping families with members who
have behavioral health problems. Gilmore
said specifics were still being worked out for
how the money would be spent, but the goal
was to help keep families together and to
find employment and treatment for individuals with mental illness.
Law enforcement will also use state funds
to improve training for officers to identify
people in crisis. That will include training to
better identify individuals in need of mental
health services who are either incarcerated
or whom law enforcement encounter when
responding to calls.
OPINION
Trivial History of Concordia and Environs
By Clarence Paulsen
art of war, and it would one
day be a dangerous rival.
Japan had just then taken
Formosa (now Taiwan) from
its giant neighbor, China.
Forty-six years after Hagaman made his prediction,
on December 7, 1941, Japan sneak-bombed Pearl
Harbor. It took almost four
years of terrible warfare,
and the atomic bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to
bring Japan to peace in August 1945. And now we are
overrun by its little automobiles.
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Eighty-six years ago the
following appeared in the
March 12, 1897, Concordia
Blade:
The old gentleman of
French descent, named
Ostigli, living near Aurora,
who killed himself recently,
was prevailed upon by an
evil spirit to commit the act
under the promise that if
he didn’t like the place he
could come back. Up to date
he is marked absent.
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The Concordia Blade of
May 31, 1900, told of a bad
wreck at midnight of the
previous Saturday when
a Santa Fe special freight
train carrying cattle ran into
the rear of another freight
train about where the track
crosses Seventh Street at
the east edge of Concordia.
Another squib in the same
paper said:
In the Santa Fe wreck
two cars were stood on end
forming an inverted “A”
and when help reached the
scene a calf was perched
safely on the apex, bellowing lustily.
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Elisha G. Minard was a
farmer in Summit township.
He had twin children, a boy
and a girl. Mrs. Minard, on
August 15, 1907, decided
that the family menu should
include fried chicken. She
told the twins to catch a
good fryer, kill it and bring
it to her. The boy caught a
bird, brought it to the chopping block, and handed
it to his sister. She carefully arranged the chicken
in her small hands so that
she could hold its feet and
the tips of its wings to keep
it from flapping. The boy
raised the axe. The girl put
the chicken’s neck on the
block. The sharp blade descended - missed the bird’s
neck and lopped off two of
the girl’s fingers.
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In 1906 the William
O’Reilly Barber Shop flourished at 514-6 Washington
Street. It was a large, elegant shop with five chairs.
Its white tile entrance floor
proclaimed in black tile letters the word “O’Reilly,” as
it does today in 1983 at the
entrances to the PfeutzeBergman Studio and the
Nickel Agency. Within the
past month a new sidewalk
has been laid past that entrance. But in 1906 there
was a coal room under the
old sidewalk, and above the
coal room was a coal chute
covered with a wooden grating at sidewalk level. On the
Sunday evening of August
19, 1906, Arthur Conner
and Henry Williams were
standing on that grating
exchanging
pleasantries.
Suddenly they found themselves, shaken but unhurt,
in the coal room, still standing on the decaying grating.
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Dr. Stephen Brownell
was a Bob Cratchit type of
fellow. He came to Concordia in 1870, and was a parttime practicing physician.
The rest of the time he did
DOONESBURY® by G.B. Trudeau
N.D. twister prompts
safety discussions
WATFORD CITY, N.D.
(AP) – No sirens or local alert
system warned an RV park
housing workers in North
Dakota’s oil patch about a
Memorial Day tornado that
injured nine people and
damaged or destroyed 15
trailers.
Even with warning, there
are scant places to take cover in the wide-open plain.
Though such weather
is rare in the area, officials
say the twister already has
prompted discussion among
companies and others about
how to better protect the
thousands of workers who
have taken to temporary
homes as they cash in on the
region’s booming industry.
McKenzie County Emergency Manager Jerry Samuelson said some oil companies have contacted him
inquiring about shelters. He
said the county might also
discuss adding conditions
to the zoning laws, though it
might be cost prohibitive.
“We never had zoning
laws in McKenzie County
before the oil boom and now
we do,” he said. “And maybe
that’s something that needs
to be incorporated into our
zoning – if you’re going to put
up a big man camp up there,
where is the shelter?”
The twister touched down
about 7:50 p.m. Monday just
south of Watford City, about
50 miles southeast of Williston. One of the nine people
hurt was a 15-year-old girl
who suffered critical injuries
and was flown to a Minot
hospital. The girl, who was
visiting an aunt and uncle,
was in an intensive-care
unit but expected to survive,
Samuelson said.
He did not release the
girl’s name or the community in which she lives. Eight
other people were treated at
a Watford City hospital for
less serious injuries.
Tornadoes are rarely reported in McKenzie County,
with only 14 since 1950,
with no fatalities, according to weather service data.
Monday’s tornado was an
EF-2 in strength on the 0-to5 enhanced Fujita or EF
scale, the weather service
said, adding that preliminary information suggests
the twister’s winds peaked
at 120 mph.
Many who have come to
the area looking for work
in wake of the oil boom live
in hastily assembled trailer parks, known as man
camps, which house prefabricated structures that
resemble military barracks.
Some companies rent blocks
of hotel rooms for employees, and some workers sleep
in their cars or in tents.
clerical work. He patiently
did such work while his
more aggressive fellowmen
grabbed the glory and the
better salaries. Brownell
was the draftsman who
drew Concordia’s recorded
plat. From its beginning
until 1885 he was the recording clerk in Concordia’s
U.S. Land Office. He acted
as clerk of the district court
at its first session in Concordia, in the old Land Office. He ran unsuccessfully
for Cloud County treasurer
in 1895. He died of dropsy
on January 28, 1908, at the
age of 72 years. Such is a
thumbnail biography of the
man who wrote the following letter to the editor of the
Concordia Empire who published it on December 12,
1907:
About a year ago a young
man excavating a cellar near
the normal college (facing
Seventh Street on the east
side of Valley Street - west
of where the Concordia Rest
Home is today in 1983), digging through fine river sand
to a depth of six feet, where
he discovered a black loam
and on that loam a copper
cent dated 1820. I think
that indicates that within
the last 87 years, and prior
to the settlement of the oldest inhabitant of this region,
this vicinity was overflowed
by the Republican River to
such a depth that six feet
of river sand was deposited
on the lower portion of this
townsite, and that the coin
was probably dropped by a
party of hunters, trappers,
or explorers before the overflow. The overflow was probably the great flood of 1844,
the greatest in the history
of the Kansas valley, which
includes the Republican
valley. (Signed) S. Brownell,
December 8, ‘07.
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Upon occasion a horse’s shoes were put on backwardsthe toe in front and the heel in back-to mislead a pursuing
enemy. It was used in the 11th century by King Alfonso in
his escape from Toledo, Spain.
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MORE INCIDENTAL INTELLIGENCE
Recently we rolled back
the calendar to learn what
folks in Concordia, Kansas,
were gossiping about in the
days of auld lang syne. Let’s
do it again.
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More than a century ago,
on April 27, 1882, this item
appeared in the Concordia
Empire:
L a s t
w e e k ,
a
family by the
name of
Belanger,
living in
Shirley
township,
butchered
a hog that
had been
Clarence
sick, but
Paulsen, 1987
to all appearances had recovered
but could not be fattened,
so it was killed and a portion of it made into sausage,
some of which was eaten
without cooking and the
consequence was, a genuine
case of trichinosis. One boy
11 years old died, and two
others are reported to be in
a precarious condition. Jas.
Bell, who lives in the same
township, says that he examined a piece of the meat,
not more than a quarter of
an inch square under a microscope and that it was
impossible to count the animals, there were so many.
We advise all to be exceedingly careful what they eat.
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With uncanny foresight,
J.M. Hagaman, editor of the
Concordia Blade, wrote in
his newspaper on August
16, 1895, that Japan was
destined to become the most
skilled nation on earth in the
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Annie’s
Mailbox
by Kathy Mitchell and
Marcy Sugar
Dear Annie: My 95-yearold father, "Fred," lives on
his own, far away from his
three children. Until now,
Dad has been in good health,
even still driving. My siblings
and I have been trying to
convince Dad to move near
one of us so we can care for
him, but he refuses.
Dad has a girlfriend,
"Gina," whom he met right
after Mom died seven years
ago. Gina is 20 years younger than Dad. At first, it was
companionship that kept
them together, but recently,
Gina is more of a caregiver.
Dad is increasingly dependent on this woman and
seems unable to make a
decision without consulting
her first. (They do not live together.)
We see Dad's health deteriorating, both mentally and
physically, and don't think
he is getting the basic care
he needs. How do we get him
to give up Gina and come live
with one of us? Are we doing
the right thing to even ask
it of him? We just worry we
aren't doing our best for our
father. What do you think?
— Confused Daughter
Dear Confused: We think
you are caring children who
want what's best for your father, but it can be traumatizing and frightening to move
to a new city, especially at
the age of 95. Dad has been
with Gina for seven years
and is undoubtedly quite attached to her. She is trying
to care for him, but this is a
big job.
Making these decisions
and knowing when Dad is
no longer capable of doing
so on his own may require
professional
assistance.
We suggest you pay an inperson visit to Dad as soon
as possible and assess the
situation. Does he need a
housekeeper? A full-time
caregiver? If he cannot afford in-home services, could
you move him to a continuing care facility near Gina?
Are there day-care facilities
nearby? Would Dad visit you
for an extended stay, perhaps becoming familiar with
your neighborhood and less
resistant to relocating? Contact the Eldercare Locator
(eldercare.gov) at 1-800-6771116 or a private geriatric
care manager (caremanager.
org) to help you figure out
the best plan for Dad.
Dear Annie: My twin girls
were born 10 weeks premature.
They are now 7 months
old, so we are getting out
more. I understand that people want to coo at babies, and
my girls always respond with
beautiful smiles. However,
touching a baby's hands can
transmit illnesses, as babies
frequently put their hands in
their mouths. This has happened in church, groceries
and doctors' offices.
I don't want to be rude and
ask well-meaning strangers
not to touch my daughters,
but I also do not want them
to get sick. A minor illness to
an adult could be life-threatening to a preemie. Please
tell your readers that we are
happy to stop and chat, but
touching any baby should
be avoided. — Proud Mom in
Lincoln, Ill.
Dear Mom: It is not rude
to protect your children, and
it can be done politely. Simply say with a smile, "I'd appreciate it if you didn't touch
the twins. They are prone to
illness. Thanks so much for
understanding." You also
can keep a hand sanitizer
nearby.
Dear Annie: My former
husband and I did not have
sex. I was trim, fit and attractive. He lost interest despite my efforts to involve
him, including counseling.
I finally decided life was too
short, and we divorced. My
second husband and I had
a wonderful sex life until he
died. I am now on the "post"
side of menopause, and I still
want sex.
To the women who avoid
sex with their husbands, do
them a favor and let them go.
You want a roommate, and
he wants a life partner. —
Still Like Sex
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“My Favorite Older Person”
(Note: The winning essays in Concordia Elementary
School fourth graders’ “My Favorite Older Person” writing activity selected by Sunset Home residents are being
published in the Blade as space permits. The following
essay was written by Taley Murdock.)
“My Favorite Older Person”
SUE and JOHN “JACK” McCONNELL
McConnells to celebrate
60th wedding anniversary
John “Jack” and Sue McConnell, Rogers, Ark., will
celebrate their 60th wedding
anniversary at a 1-3 reception, Saturday, June 7, at
their daughter’s home, 1402
Countrywood Place, Rogers,
Ark. Hosts will be their sons,
John of Levelland, Texas,
Paul and Mark of McPherson and daughter, Jo Ellen Dare, Rogers, Ark., and
their families. All friends
and relatives are welcome.
The McConnells were
married June 6, 1954, at
the First United Methodist
Church, Poteau, Okla. She
is the former Sue Ellen McIlroy. They lived most of their
married life in Concordia,
Kan. where they taught for
USD 333 for a combined total of 62 years. They retired
in 1994 and moved to Rogers, Ark.
The couple have 11
grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Cards may be sent to
8812 S. Park Road, Rogers
AR 72756.
CMS announces Fourth
Nine Weeks Honor Roll
Concordia Middle School
has announced the names
of those listed on the fourth
nine weeks Honor roll.
GOLD 4.0
5TH GRADE
Teresa Barnes, Chloe
Conway, Sajen Kemling,
Astoria Kindel, Haley Lewis, Kendall Reynolds, Terin
Rundus, Hunter Schroeder, Dylan Thoman, Shea
Trecek, Wyatt Trost, Nick
Vignery, Mikyna Voss.
6TH GRADE
Rachelle Anderson, Taylor Avicola, Chloe Beims,
Madelaine
Blochlinger,
Arista Bombardier,
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Sports
Astros
shut out
Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) —
Watching from the bullpen
as
journeyman
Collin
McHugh carved up the
Kansas City lineup, Astros
reliever Tony Sipp only
wished he had a bucket of
popcorn and a soda.
“It’s like watching a good
movie,” Sipp said, “and you
don’t want to mess up the
ending.”
After McHugh held the
light-hitting Royals at bay
over seven innings, Sipp and
Chad Qualls provided an
appropriate ending. They
worked the final two innings
without allowing a hit in a 30 victory Tuesday night that
gave Houston its first fourgame winning streak since
September.
The Astros own the worst
record in the AL, but have
won four in a row on the
road for the first time since
taking six straight away
from Minute Maid Park last
May 29-June 3.
“I mean, I think we’re
playing hard,” said McHugh,
who is already on his third
big league team in three seasons. “We’re coming to play
every day, and we’re putting
together a few games here.”
Houston rookie George
Springer’s homer streak
ended at four games. He hit
two flyballs to the warning
track and finished 1 for 4.
Matt Dominguez hit an RBI
single in the fourth, and the
Astros tacked on two more
runs against Tim Collins in
the eighth.
“That’s what you call an
extremely well-played baseball game,” Houston manager Bo Porter said.
McHugh (3-3) scattered
five hits while striking out
nine without issuing a walk
to earn his first win in five
starts. He stranded a runner
at third base in the second
inning and runners at second and third in the fifth,
but
otherwise
cruised
through the Kansas City
lineup.
The only run Jeremy
Guthrie (2-4) allowed came
when Dominguez followed
up a pair of one-out walks to
Dexter Fowler and Jason
Castro with a single in the
fourth inning.
Guthrie left after allowing
seven hits and three walks
in six innings. The righthander dodged plenty of
trouble, inducing doubleplay grounders in the third
and fifth, but still got stuck
with his fourth straight loss.
His last win came April 9
against Tampa Bay.
During a nine-start winless streak, Guthrie has
allowed just one run on
three occasions.
The Royals lost for the
sixth time in their last eight
games, and their pop-gun
offense has had a lot to do
with the futility. Kansas City
has been held to three or
fewer runs in four of its last
five games, including the 92 pounding that Houston
dished out on Monday
night.
Westbrook fires
Thunder past Spurs
Throwing to first
Concordia infielder Drake Hake makes a throw to first base during a regular season game.
Hake is hitting .410 for the Panthers heading into the state tournament. (Blade photo by Jay
Lowell)
CHS to face Baxter Springs
in first round of state tourney
PRATT — It is a different
division, but the same
approach for the Concordia
Panthers heading into the
state baseball tournament.
Concordia, after playing
in the Class 4A tournament
two years in a row, will be
making a first appearance
in the newly formed Class
4A-Division II tournament.
The Panthers (15-5) are
the number five seed, and
will play fourth-seeded Baxter Springs (18-4) in the
first round at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday at Pratt Community College.
“Whenever you get to
state you can throw out the
seeds,” Concordia coach
Brandt Hutchinson said,
“There are still eight quality
teams. You just have to
have the approach of win
one game at a time and try
to live to play another one.”
The winner of the Concordia-Baxter Springs game
will take on the winner of
the game between top-seeded Perry-Lecompton (19-3)
and eighth-seeded Goodland (7-13) in the semifinals
at 11 a.m. Friday.
Second-seeded Burlington (18-4) plays seventhseeded Bishop Ward (12-10)
in the first round. Third-
seeded Trinity Academy
(18-4) faces sixth-seeded
Russell/Victoria (14-8).
The second semifinal is
scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday.
The third-place game will
be played at 4 p.m., with the
championship game scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Concordia advanced to
state by scoring two runs in
the bottom of the seventh
inning to defeat Nemaha
Central in the championship game of the regional
tournament it hosted back
on May 19.
“Everybody has to deal
with it,” Hutchinson said of
the long layoff, “The good
thing about these guys is
they have been through the
ordeal of the layoff before.
We can’t use anything as an
excuse. We just have to go
in and play our best baseball.”
The Panthers will face a
Baxter Springs team that
Hutchinson said is peaking
late in the season.
“They are a quality team.
Like us, it looks like they
have improved throughout
the season, and they are
playing their best baseball
at the right time, just like
us,” Hutchinson said, “We
just have to remain disciplined on defense, and at
the plate. If we do that, we
should be okay.”
Senior Skyler Hittle will
get the start on the mound
for Concordia.Hittle is 7-1
with a 1.62 earned run
average. He has allowed 32
runs, 12 earned, in 52
innings, struck out 51 and
walked 24.
Should the Panthers
move on to the semifinals,
senior Jordan Mehl will be
the starter. He is 4-4 with a
3.19 earned run average.
Junior Braden Johnson
is 4-0 with a 0.60 earned
run average for Concordia.
Mehl leads the Panthers
with a .582 batting average.
He leads the team in hits
(39), runs batted in (41),
doubles (9) and home runs
(3).
Junior Drake Hake is
batting .410 with 27 runs
batted in and a team high
36 runs scored. He has
stolen 13 bases.
Hittle carries a .355 average into the state tournament. He has driven in 21
runs.
Tanner
Sophomore
Gilbert is batting .344 with
17 runs batted in and 25
runs scored.
Funk Pharmacy and
Cloud County Co-op picked
up wins on opening night of
Concordia Recreation Girls
Softball play Tuesday at the
Concordia Sports Complex.
Allison Poore tossed a nohitter to lead Funk Pharmacy to a 4-0 victory over
Subway.
Cloud County Co-op
rolled to a 19-3 win over the
American Legion.
Poore struck out nine
and walked three in blanking Subway.
Funk Pharmacy grabbed
a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
Scoring three runs on
three hits and three walks,
Funk Pharmacy made it a
4-0 game.
Poore and Jenna Bloom
had two hits each for Funk
Pharmacy.
Cloud County Co-op
jumped out to a 7-0 lead on
the American Legion in the
first inning.
The American Legion
scored one run in the second inning.
Four runs in the second
inning gave Cloud County
Co-op an 11-1 advantage.
Cloud County Co-op
added eight runs in the
third inning, to two runs for
the American Legion.
Wildcats in scoring as a
freshman, had been seeking
to transfer after coach Deb
Patterson was fired. The
school denied her request
amid concerns that members of the previous staff
were trying to persuade her
to follow them to another
school.
An appeals committee
upheld the decision, and
pundits ranging from Dick
Vitale to fellow college basketball analyst Jay Bilas
took to Twitter in Romero’s
support.
Making the situation even
more embarrassing was the
fact that Kansas State president Kirk Schulz is a member of the NCAA executive
committee, which has come
under fire in recent years for
a range of issues that
include the policies governing when and where athletes
may transfer.
In a letter to Schulz,
Kansas State athletic direc-
tor John Currie recommended on Monday the
change to the school’s transfer policy. The resulting provision gives the athletic
director power to retract a
denial of a release if new
information becomes available.
The policy change came
less than a week after a separate, confidential letter
from Currie to university
administrator Pat Bosco
surfaced.
Funk Pharmacy, Co-op win openers
KSU amends policy, grants release to Romero
Kansas State granted a
release to women’s basketball player Leticia Romero
on Tuesday after amending
its transfer policy, ending an
embarrassing spat that had
generated national attention.
Romero will be allowed to
transfer to any school outside the Big 12 after the KState Athletics Board of
Directors approved the policy change.
Romero, who led the
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—
Russell Westbrook is picking up where Kevin Durant
left off.
Durant hasn’t shown the
same consistent excellence
in the postseason that
earned the Thunder star the
MVP award after the NBA
regular season. Westbrook
has picked up the slack,
making a case for being
Oklahoma City’s best player
in the postseason.
Westbrook had 40 points,
10 assists and five steals in
Oklahoma City’s 105-92 victory over the San Antonio
Spurs on Tuesday night
that tied the series at two
games apiece.
The guard has been doing
similar damage throughout
the playoffs, averaging 26.6
points, 8.1 assists and 7.5
rebounds in 17 postseason
games. In one stretch, he
had three triple-doubles in
five games.
“Just his focus on every
possession on the defensive
end and his poise on the
offensive end — I think
that’s what’s fun to watch,”
Durant said. “People outside of our team don’t really
look at that type of stuff, but
that’s something we can definitely build on as a group,
is watching him wreak
havoc on the defensive end
and offensively, playing with
such patience.”
Tuesday’s performance
matched the second-highest
playoff point total of Westbrook’s career, falling short
of the 43 he scored in the
2012 NBA Finals.
“Coach told us he needed
maximum effort from us
tonight, and it starts with
me at point guard,” Westbrook said. “My job is to
play both sides of the ball. If
you want to win a championship, those are things you
have to do.”
At times, Westbrook has
been a maddening player for
Thunder fans to watch. He’s
a dynamic player whose
supreme confidence sometimes leads to ill-advised
shots and a tendency to
hold the ball at the expense
of offensive flow.
In Tuesday’s game, he did
almost everything right. He
shot 50 percent from the
field and took just five 3pointers. He made 14 of 14
free throws.
“Sometimes he’s going to
go off,” Spurs guard Manu
Ginobili said. “He’s capable
of doing that. If he makes a
lot of jumpers, it gets really
tough.”
In the midst of posting a
monster game, Westbrook
still managed to help
Durant score 31 points. It
was Durant’s highest-scoring game of the series after
the NBA’s leading scorer
was held to a 22.7-point
average in the first three
games.
Serge Ibaka added nine
points and eight rebounds
for the Thunder, who have
turned around the series
since he returned from an
injury that was expected to
keep him out for the rest of
the postseason.
“We just play well with
Serge,” Thunder coach Scott
Brooks said. “We can do
things with Serge in the
lineup that we can’t do with
other guys.”
Boris Diaw had 14 points
and 10 rebounds, and Tony
Parker added 14 points for
the Spurs, who also blew a
2-0 lead against the Thunder in this round two years
ago. San Antonio will host
Game 5 on Thursday and
won’t be worried about the
past.
“I think we shouldn’t
think like that,” Parker said.
“Each game is different.
Each series. Each year. We
worked hard all year to have
home-court advantage, and
now, it’s our job to protect
home court.”
Oklahoma City dominated for the second consecutive game after getting
blown out in the first two.
The Thunder committed
just seven turnovers and
shot 49 percent from the
field.
The Spurs scored the first
eight points of the game, but
things went downhill from
there. A steal and dunk by
Westbrook gave the Thunder a 42-32 lead with just
under five minutes left in
the first half. Back-to-back
3-pointers
by
Durant
pushed Oklahoma City’s
lead to 50-36.
The Thunder led 58-43 at
halftime. Durant scored 22
points and Westbrook added
17 points, eight assists and
four steals before the break.
Parker shot 6 of 9 in the
first half, but the rest of the
Spurs made just 11 of 32
before the break.
A lob from Reggie Jackson to Durant for a twohanded
slam
bumped
Oklahoma City’s lead to 6043. A steal and jam by Ibaka
made it 66-49, and a dunk
by Westbrook made it 7649.
The Spurs closed the
quarter on an 18-7 run and
cut their deficit to 83-67.
San Antonio’s Matt Bonner
made a 3-pointer with 3:31
remaining in the game to
trim Oklahoma City’s edge
to 12, but the Thunder
maintained control.
“We were just not focused
coming out,” Spurs forward
Kawhi Leonard said. “We’re
not playing consistently
throughout the whole game.
We’re playing in spurts or
increments. We’ve just got to
play the whole game.”
MAYETTA — Concordia
High School senior Grant
Holmes finished in a tie for
46th place in the Class 4A
state golf tournament Monday at Firekeeper Golf
Course.
Holmes shot an 87 for the
Panthers.
Concordia had senior
Christian Wetter shoot 91 in
the tournament. Freshman
Brennen Acree carded a 99.
Marc McClain, Bonner
Springs, fired a 3-under-par
69 to earn medalist honors.
He finished three strokes
ahead of Drew Sandburg,
Tonganoxie (72).
Topeka Hayden easily
won the team title with a
314. Buhler was second
with 329 and Ottawa was
third with 333.
Holmes ties for 46th
in state tournament
Class 4A State
at Firekeeper
Team Scores
Topeka Hayden 314, Buhler 329,
Ottawa 333, Iola 334, Larned 340,
Andale 341, Bonner Springs 348,
Kansas City-Piper 349, El Dorado
352, Independence 354, Goodland
355.
Individual Medalists
1. McClain, Bonner Springs, 69; 2.
Sandburg, Tonganoxie 72; 3. Gage
Ihrig, Goodland, 74; 4. Elder,
Wamego, 74; 5. Ernst, Bishop Miege,
74; 6. Carro, Wichita Trinity, 75; 7.
Wuellner, Kansas City-Piper, 75; 8.
Falley, Topeka Hayden, 76; 9. Waters,
Wamego, 76; 10. Walden, Iola, 76; 11.
Shanks, Wichita Trinity, 76; 12. Becker, August, 76; 13. Schmitt, Buhler,
76; 14. (tie) Holoday, Holton, 77;
Alleen, Fort Scott, 77; Olmsted,
Ottawa, 77; Amrein, Topeka Hayden,
77; 18. (tie) Krewson, Labette County,
78; Gannon Ihrig, Goodland, 78; Walter, Anderson County, 78.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) –
Google will build a car without a steering wheel.
It doesn’t need one because it drives itself.
The two-seater won’t be
sold publicly, but Google
said Tuesday it hopes by
this time next year, 100
prototypes will be on public
roads. Though not driving
very quickly – the top speed
would be 25 mph.
The cars are a natural
next step for Google, which
already has driven hundreds
of thousands of miles in California with Lexus SUVs and
Toyota Priuses outfitted with
a combination of sensors
and computers.
Those cars have Googleemployed “safety drivers”
behind the wheel in case of
emergency. The new cars
would eliminate the driver
from the task of driving.
No steering wheel, no
brake and gas pedals. Instead, buttons for go and
stop.
“It reminded me of catching a chairlift by yourself,
a bit of solitude I found really enjoyable,” Sergey Brin,
co-founder of Google, told
a Southern California tech
conference Tuesday evening
of his first ride, according to
a transcript.
The electric-powered car
is compact and bubbleshaped – something that
might move people around
a corporate campus or congested downtown.
Google is unlikely to go
deeply into auto manufacturing. In unveiling the prototype, the company emphasized partnering with other
firms.
The biggest obstacle could
be the law.
Test versions will have a
wheel and pedals, because
they must under California
regulations.
Google hopes to build the
100 prototypes late this year
or early next and use them
in a to-be-determined “pilot program,” spokeswoman
Courtney Hohne said. Meanwhile, by the end of this
year, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles must
write regulations for the “operational” use of truly driverless cars.
The DMV had thought
that reality was several years
away, so it would have time
to perfect the rules.
That clock just sped up,
said the head of the DMV’s
driverless car program, Bernard Soriano.
“Because of what is potentially out there soon, we
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(First published in The Concordia
Blade-Empire, Wednesday, May 21, 2014.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLOUD
COUNTY, KANSAS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
DAVID WAYNE FOWLER, Deceased.
Case No. 14PR18
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a petition
was filed in this Court by Phillip R. Fowler, interested party in the estate of David
Wayne Fowler, deceased, praying descent
be determined of the following described
real estate situated in Cloud County, Kansas:
Lots Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight
(8) and Nine (9), Block Sixty-0ne (61),
College Addition to the City of Miltonvale,
Cloud County, Kansas, commonly described as 615 Williams St., Miltonvale, KS
67466.
and that such real estate owned by the
decedent at the time of death be assigned
pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before June 16,
2014, at 11:00 o’clock a.m. in the District
Court, Cloud County, Kansas, at which time
and place the cause will be heard. Should
you fail therein, judgment and decree will
be entered in due course upon the petition.
Phillip R. Fowler, Petitioner
Submitted by:
Robert A. Thompson, S.C. #11594
316 N. Santa Fe, P.O. Box 2237
Salina, Kansas 67402-2237
Attorney for Petitioner
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In many areas of your life, you’re probably aware that
it’s useful to keep emotions out of your decision-making
— and that’s certainly the case with investing. However, it
can be difficult to keep your feelings from influencing your
investment decisions. But you may find it easier to invest
with your head, rather than your heart, if you know a little
something about two different cycles: the market cycle and
your emotional cycle.
Let’s start with the market cycle. If you’ve been investing
for a while, you’re aware (probably highly aware) that the financial markets are rarely static — they are always moving
up and down, at least in the short term. (Over the very long
term, a period of many decades, the markets have trended
up.) But these short-term movements, while perhaps appearing as “zigs” and “zags” on a daily basis, actually form a
pattern, or a cycle, that can last for months or years. These
cycles are known as bull (up) or bear (down) markets. Going
back to the Great Depression, the average bear market has
lasted 21 months, while the average bull market has extended for 57 months, according to research from Standard
and Poor’s Index Services.
These market cycles greatly influence investors’ attitudes
and behavior. In fact, they lead to the formation of investors’ emotional cycles. During bull markets, investors tend
to feel optimism, excitement and even euphoria. But once
a bull market ends and a bear market begins, investors
start getting nervous. And the longer and deeper the bear
market, the greater the depth of emotion felt by investors.
These emotions can begin as anxiety and then progress to
denial, fear, desperation and panic.
Furthermore, market cycles and emotional cycles don’t
really align. For example, investors may well experience euphoria when the market has reached its high point and a
bear market has just begun. For a while, then, these investors, fueled by their euphoric feelings over the big gains
they’ve achieved, may continue pouring money into the
market, even as it’s declining. This type of behavior, though,
is probably better suited for when the market is already at
a low, when investors’ dollars will buy more shares. Conversely, investors may reach the peak of their fearfulness
at the end of a bear market, just when things are about to
turn around. At this point, their fear may hold them back
from investing — even though, with prices low, it can be a
good time to invest. Clearly, basing investment decisions on
emotions can lead to poor choices.
So don’t get caught up in this pattern. Instead, strive to
follow a disciplined approach to investing. Build an investment portfolio that reflects your objectives, risk tolerance
and time horizon, and seek to hold appropriate investments
for the long term. Of course, you may well need to make
adjustments along the way, but do it for the right reasons
— such as a change in your goals or in the investments
themselves — rather than as a reaction to the current market cycle.
Our emotions are powerful, and their power can increase
when applied to such a meaningful aspect of our life as our
finances. But if you can detach yourself, as much as possible, from the emotional cycle of investing, you can avoid
considerable angst — while helping clear the path to pursue your goals.
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•Saturday,
May
31,
2014– Public Auction at
9:00 a.m. located at the Kearn Auction House, 220
West 5th Street, Concordia,
Kansas. Vehicles, Misc. and
Collectibles. Dannie Kearn
Auction.
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Public Auction at 4:00
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Blade-Empire, Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7
Today in History Plant becomes model for cleaner operation
50 years ago
May 28, 1963—Mrs. Ellen Hammer wrote in the
Norway News that eighth
grade graduates from Norway were Gerald Bray, Dennis Burt, Lee Hedstrom and
Charles Casper. From Stony
Point were Ina May Lirmer,
Samuel Awalt, Melvin Jeardoe and Randy Jeardoe. . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Barr,
Manhattan, announced the
engagement of their daughter, Linda Sue, to Jarold
Mervin Hayden, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mervin A. Hayden,
Concordia.
25 years ago
May 28, 1989—A Concordia Chamber of Commerce
ribbon
cutting
marked the opening of Budreau Muffler and Custom
Exhaust at 1908 Lincoln,
owned by Ben and Julie Budreau. . . . Concordia VFW
Auxiliary donated two flags
(Kansas and American) to
be flown at the Concordia
Municipal Swimming Pool.
Presenting the flags were
Diane Hinson and Dorothy
Lawyer.
10 years ago
May 28, 2004—Brandi
Gallagher received the Outstanding Senior Softball
Player Award at a banquet
honoring the team. Coach
David Gieber made the presentation. . . . Campbell &
Johnson Engineers P.A. was
celebrating 35 years of service. Employees included
Eric Johnson, Paul Johnson, Ralph Campbell, Don
Dean, Darrin Saenger, Ken
Johnson, Lisa Gropp, Bill
Lahodny, Dennis Burdick
and Jennifer Jones.
5 years ago
May 28, 2009—Concordia High School girls’ track
and field team won a fifth
consecutive Class 4A state
championship in Wichita.
Members of the team were
Melissa Hartsel, Jordan
Mastin, Leah Haden, Paige
Champlin, Richelle Luongo, Skyler Muff, Page Reed,
Heather Bergmann, Alex
Muff, Kaitlin Woellhof, Hannah Haist, Taryn Johnson,
Karly Buer and Briana Anderson. . . . The Sisters of
St. Joseph were capping off
their 125th anniversary celebration.
1 year ago
May 28, 2013—At the
Cloud County Commission
meeting Lois Lervold suggested to Solid Waste director Justin Murdock and the
board that hours the station
is open be extended to all
day on Saturdays and until 8 p.m. one day a week.
She was asked by commissioners to gather signatures
from patrons who would like
to see the hours changed
and present them to the
board before any change
was made. . . . Allissa Kearn
received the Outstanding
Senior Softball Player Award
during the Concordia High
School softball banquet.
Panther coach Larry Metro
made the presentation. Panthers receiving varsity letters were Kearn, Nikki Blankenbeckley, Chelsey Martin,
Autumn Zimmerman, Olivia Leif, MaKayla Nelson,
Amanda Lawrence, Tristen
Leiszler, Madeline Hoard,
Autumn Sicard and Robin
Daniels.
Your Birthday
By Stella Wilder
Born today, you always
seem to harbor a great secret. It is anyone’s guess
whether you are actually
keeping something concealed from the world, or
whether this is just a notion projected by your complicated personality. There
is much about you that is
unknown -- that much is
given -- but you do not intentionally keep most things
hidden. What is true is that
you do not always do your
best to reveal yourself, and
so the outward effect is that
you are quite private and
secretive. When it comes to
your friends and loved ones,
however, you are an open
book -- but even so, that
book can sometimes be misinterpreted.
You have an adventurous
spirit, and you seem drawn
to endeavors that are hard
to learn and difficult to execute well. You never seem
daunted by a challenge, but
there are times when you
may actually stand in your
own way. This usually happens when you are conflicted about the choices you
have to make.
Also born on this date
are: Kylie Minogue, singer;
Gladys Knight, singer; Michael Oher, football player; Colbie Caillat, singer;
John
Fogerty,
singer;
Ian Fleming, author; Jim
Thorpe, football player;
Carey Mulligan, actress;
Justin Kirk, actor; Phil
Vassar, singer; Ekaterina
Gordeeva, Olympic figure
skater; Rudy Giuliani, politician.
To see what is in store
for you tomorrow, find your
birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let
your birthday star be your
daily guide.
THURSDAY, MAY 29
GEMINI (May 21-June
20) -- You’ll derive a great
deal of pleasure from doing
something quite old-fashioned. You may find other
“throwback” activities rewarding, too.
CANCER (June 21-July
22) -- Your contact with a
friend or loved one will take
on a strange tone, probably
because you don’t quite
know what’s happening on
his or her end.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -There’s a secret that may be
told before the day is out. Be
sure that you’re on the right
side of the fence when the
news breaks.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
-- You may be compelled to
engage in activities that you
would normally avoid. Is
this someone else’s doing,
or your own choice?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
-- You feel as though you’ve
been waiting long enough
for someone else to come
through; today, you’ll want
to make your true feelings
known.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21) -- You can combine
business with pleasure in
a most unusual way. Don’t
give someone else’s warning more weight than it warrants.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Much needs to be
completed by day’s end, yet
you are likely to move at a
slower pace than expected.
What’s your secret?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Questions are
asked and answered all day
long, but you may still find
yourself in need of some
pertinent -- and elusive -information.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18) -- You may require the
protection of one who knows
the territory better than you
do. Make clear your intentions -- and your motivations.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20) -- You will proceed
steadily if you simply put
one foot in front of the other.
There is no need to complicate matters!
ARIES (March 21-April
19) -- If you are acting on
the advice of one who claims
to have been in your shoes,
you’ll want to check and
double-check his or her story.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20) -- Appearances can
be deceiving, but you’ll be
struck by how one thing appears to be so similar to another, and why it matters.
HOMER CITY, Pa. (AP)
–A massive coal-fired power
plant in western Pennsylvania is turning from one of the
worst polluters in the country
to a model for how such a facility can clean up its act.
Homer City Generating
Station is expected to make
the transformation in a few
years. When it does, it will
end four decades of nearly
limitless pollution from two
of its units that had long escaped regulation.
Three years ago the plant
was the first to sue the Obama
administration over a rule to
force it to reduce its sulfur
dioxide pollution, arguing it
would spike electricity prices
and cause “immediate and
devastating” consequences.
None of those dire predictions came to pass, and the
Supreme Court has upheld
the Environmental Protection
Agency’s rule in the case initiated by the plant.
The story of the Homer City
plant reflects the precarious
position of older coal-fired
plants these days, squeezed
between cheap and plentiful natural gas and a string
of environmental rules the
Obama administration has
targeted at coal, which supplies about 40 percent of the
nation’s electricity.
The latest regulation, the
first proposal to curb earthwarming carbon dioxide from
power plants, is due next
week and will pose yet another challenge to coal-fired
power plants. Dozens of coalfueled units have already announced they would close in
the face of new rules.
Homer City also shows
how political and economic
rhetoric sometimes doesn’t
match reality. Despite claims
by Republicans and industry
critics that the Obama administration’s regulations will
shut down coal-fired power
plants, Homer City survived –
partly because it bought itself
time by tying up the regulation in courts. Even environmental groups that applaud
each coal plant closing and
protested Homer City’s pollution now say the facility is setting a benchmark for air pollution control that other coal
plants should follow, even if it
takes decades.
“If there is a war on coal,
that plant won,” said Eric
Schaeffer, the executive director of the Environmental
Integrity Project and a former
enforcement official at EPA.
The owners of the western
Pennsylvania power plant – it
releases more sulfur dioxide
than any other power plant in
the U.S. – have committed to
installing $750 million worth
of pollution control equipment by 2016 that will make
deeper cuts in sulfur than the
rule it once opposed.
GE Energy Financial Services, the plant’s majority
owner, now says it can do it
– and without electricity bills
increasing for the 2 million
households it provides with
power.
“We believe in the plant’s
long-term value, and that installing equipment will enable
it to comply with environmental regulations,” said Andy
Katell, a spokesman for GE,
which has been the plant’s
primary owner since 2001
and did not participate in the
litigation.
The operator of the facility, Edison Mission Energy,
couldn’t raise the money to
pay for the pollution controls
and filed for bankruptcy before the case made it to the
Supreme Court. Numerous
states, environmental groups
and other companies operating power plants joined the
litigation keeping it alive.
Not all have fared so well.
The parent company of Luminant, another challenger
to the EPA rule and Texas’
largest power generator, filed
for bankruptcy in April after
it was faced with more stringent environmental regulations and cheap natural gas
prices that made it difficult to
pay down its debt.
For more than 40 years,
Homer City has spewed sulfur dioxide from two of its
three units completely unchecked, and still does because it is largely exempt
from federal air pollution laws
passed years after it was built
in 1969. Last year, the facility
released 114,245 tons of sul-
fur dioxide, more than all of
the power plants in neighboring New York combined.
“It is an emblem, a poster
child of the challenge of interstate air pollution,” said
Lem Srolovic, the head of the
Environmental
Protection
Bureau for the New York Attorney General’s Office, in an
interview with The Associated
Press.
New York, along with New
Jersey and Pennsylvania and
the EPA, sued Homer City in
2011, arguing it was operating in violation of the Clean
Air Act because it failed to
install pollution control technology in the 1990s, when
it made upgrades that increased emissions. A federal
judge dismissed the case, arguing it fell outside the statute of limitations.
But U.S. District Judge
Terrence McVerry said in his
opinion that he appreciated
the frustration “that society
at large continues to bear the
brunt of significant sulfur
dioxide emissions from that
grandfathered facility.”
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"Does he have paid vacation? Does he or she have
paid sick leave? Overtime?"
he asked. "Is someone paying half his Social Security
as we are here at the college? That guy downtown
doesn't have anyone paying
into KPERS on his or her behalf."
Tuggle said it was the
"man on the street" who is
paying taxes to support the
college.
"Our local employers, by
and large, support the college," he said. "But they are
small employers, small businesses, and they cannot afford to pay what we're paying in benefits."
Most people support the
college, he said, but could
not afford to give raises or
pay for the types of benefits
the college offers its employees.
"There are many benefits
you have as employees here
you wouldn't have in other
positions," Tuggle said. "I
believe I can speak for everyone here in saying that
if you can better yourselves
by moving on to something
else, in way of compensation or a job you prefer, we
would hate to lose you, but
we would wish you the best
in your striving to do better
for your life."
The policy changes will
come before the board in
June for approval.
In other business, on a
4-2 vote, the board approved
a $30,882 two-part change
order from Budreau Construction for the roof resurfacing project.
The first part was to
spend an additional $12,000
to repair low spots on the
roof. Vice President for Administrative Services Amy
Lange said the power washing of the roof revealed several areas where water was
ponding, causing leaks.
The second part of
the change order was for
$18,882 to replace the guttering on the west side of
the gymnasium. Lange said
the guttering has rusted
through and water runs
down the side of the building. Water then sits along
the foundation, which could
cause structural issues in
the future. Replacing the
guttering, also to be done by
Budreau Construction, will
not be done until the fall.
Dave Clemons and Greg
Askren both cast nay votes
against the change order because replacing the guttering was not being put out to
bid.
"I feel like maybe we owe
it to our local contractors to
give them a chance to bid
(on the guttering)," Clemons
said.
Askren said the college is
continually trying to reduce
costs, and perhaps having
the project bid could save
the college money.
The board rejected bids
for the construction of an
auxiliary parking lot at
Thunder Heights. Lange
said bids came in much
higher than the engineer's
estimate of $11,000, and
she recommended postponing the project.
A $24,000 professional
services contract with Jenzabar for remote server services was also approved.
Lange said the server management services provide ongoing support to ensure the
server housing the Jenzabar
software is maintained.
The original $247,800
contract approved in 2013
also included 1,600 hours
of onsite training and support. Lange said the pool of
hours provided staff necessary training and support
to implement the Jenzabar
software. She said she anticipates having 653 hours
remaining in the 2013-2014
contract,
which
expires
July 6, 2014. Jenzabar has
agreed to allow the college to
continue to use the hours at
the discounted rate of $120
per hour through the end of
the year.
The board authorized the
amendment to the 20132014 contract to provide the
time extension to use the remaining hours.
In personnel matters, the
board approved the contract
renewals for administrative
personnel, and hired Kimberly Wagner as an admissions
counselor/military
liaison at the Geary County
campus. Regina Mize was
also hired as the new director of assessment and accreditation.
Chris Wilson, director of
Human Resources, presented the resignation of Brady
Jasper, assistant women's
basketball coach. She said
he has accepted a head
coaching position in the Hiawatha school district. The
board also accepted the resignation of math instructor
Tim Warkentin, who Wilson
said will be taking a position
in Kansas City.
The board also approved
the non-renewal of Darrin
Jones as coordinator of online services, effective June
30. Jones was hired in December 2013, and began
work at the college on Jan.
2, 2014.
Thousands mourn
shooting victims
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) –
Thousands mourned the
deaths of their classmates
at a California university,
lawmakers proposed ways
to prevent the next round
of deaths, and the rampant
presence of guns were at
the forefront of both discussions as a rampage that
left seven dead reverberated across the state.
Richard Martinez, whose
son, Christopher MichaelsMartinez, 20, died in the
attacks, spoke at Tuesday’s
memorial on the campus of
the University of California, Santa Barbara, emphasizing that he did not
speak for all the victims’
relatives or even his former
wife, Michaels-Martinez’s
mother.
But he urged students to
fight for tougher gun laws,
and placed the blame on
what he called the inaction
of politicians.
“They have done nothing, and that’s why Chris
died,” Martinez said. “It’s
almost become a normal
thing for us to accept this.”
He got much of the crowd
to repeatedly chant “Not
one more,” in reference to
such massacres, a phrase
he shouted before reporters and television cameras
the day after Friday’s massacre.
The
school
canceled
classes and declared a day
of mourning and reflection,
four days after the shootings and stabbings in the
Isla Vista community by
22-year-old
community
college student Elliot Rodger, who had posted an Internet video outlining his
plan to slaughter as many
people as possible.
Rodger had legally obtained three semi-automatic handguns and still
had 400 unspent rounds of
ammunition when he shot
himself to death, authorities said.
On the same day, two
California Assembly members proposed legislation
that would create a gun
violence restraining order
that could be sought from
a judge by law enforcement
at the request of family
members and friends.
California couple’s Weather
gold coins go on sale
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A
treasure trove of rare gold
coins discovered by a California couple out walking their
dog has gone on sale, with
one coin selling for $15,000
on Tuesday.
The coins date from 1847
to 1894 and have been valued at $11 million.
Several coins were auctioned at the Old San Francisco Mint at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, and one of them – an
1874 $20 double eagle that
is usually worth $4,250 –
sold for $15,000.
Don Kagin, whose firm is
handling the sale, says most
of the remaining 1,400 coins
had gone on sale on Amazon.
com and Kagins.com after
the auction.
The couple, whom Kagin
declined to identify, found
them last year buried under
the shadow of a tree on their
rural Northern California
property.
Here are five things to
know about the coins and
their origin:
WHY ARE THEY SO
VALUABLE?
Experts say paper money
was illegal in California until
the 1870s, so it’s extremely
rare to find any coins from
before that period. Additionally, most of the coins are in
mint condition, having been
stashed away seemingly immediately after they were
minted. They were valued by
Don Kagin, a numismatist
who is handling the sale and
marketing of the coins.
WHO FOUND THEM?
Kagin says the couple – a
middle-aged husband and
wife – does not want to be
identified in part to avoid
a gold rush on their rural
Northern California property
by modern-day prospectors.
They discovered the coins
in eight cans buried in the
shadow of an old tree on the
property. They plan to keep
a few of the coins themselves
and use the money from the
rest to pay off bills and donate to local charities. Money
from Tuesday’s auction will
benefit the effort to turn the
Old Mint into a museum.
WHERE DID THE COINS
COME FROM?
Most of the coins were
minted at the San Francisco
Mint, according to Kagin. It’s
not clear, however, who put
them in the ground or how
they were obtained, though
theories have abounded. Kagin says people have linked
the coins to stagecoach bandit Black Bart, outlaw Jesse
James and a theft at the San
Francisco Mint, but none of
the theories has panned out.
WHAT IS IN THE COLLECTION?
The treasure consists of
four $5 gold pieces, fifty $10
gold pieces, and 1,373 $20
double eagles. Among the
coins that will be on display
Tuesday is the crown jewel of
the collection – an 1866-S No
Motto $20 gold piece valued
at more than $1 million.
HOW DOES THIS DISCOVERY COMPARE TO
OTHER COIN FINDS?
Kagin calls this coin find
the largest such discovery
in U.S. history. One of the
largest previous finds of gold
coins was uncovered by construction workers in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1985 and
valued at $1 million. More
than 400,000 silver dollars
were found in the home of a
Reno, Nevada, man who died
in 1974 and were later sold
intact for $7.3 million. Gold
coins and ingots said to be
worth as much as $130 million were recovered in the
1980s from the wreck of the
SS Central America. But historians knew roughly where
that gold was because the
ship went down off the coast
of North Carolina during a
hurricane in 1857.
Norway News
By Marilyn Sorenson
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Elaine Plowman visited
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Cheek in
Newkirk, Okla., Thursday
through Sunday and attended Chelsea Hurtig’s college graduation at Norman,
Okla. on Saturday.
Aileen Carlgren stayed all
night Monday the 19th with
Elaine Sedlacek.
Jerry and Marilyn Sorenson attended a graduation
cookout to celebrate Grant
Thayer’s High School graduation at the home of Jason
& Tammy Thayer in Salina
on the 17th. Sunday, they
attended Grant’s graduation
from Salina South at the BiCenter.
Marilyn Sorenson enjoyed lunch in Salina with
Bill & Lucille Sanderson,
Wednesday.
Bill headed
home for a nap while Marilyn & Lucille enjoyed an afternoon of visiting & shopping.
A nice crowd enjoyed the
Norway Community Alumni,
Friday evening.
Saturday, Jerry & Marilyn Sorenson decorated family graves in Minneapolis,
Salina & Gypsum. That evening they attended Jerry’s
alumni in Gypsum. I have
never encountered as much
traffic as we did on the way
home Saturday night. I began to wonder if they were
evacuating Nebraska and it
was well after 10:00 p.m. I
even had to wait for a break
in the traffic to get onto 148
Hwy.
Sunday morning it was
up bright & early for Jerry &
Marilyn Sorenson to head to
Salina to meet Marilyn’s sister Sharon & her husband
Glen Damon from Wichita.
Then it was off on an allday adventure. We traveled
to Portis, where I was born;
then on to Cedar where my
Mother’s family is from.
We decorated the graves of
my mother, father, sister &
grandparents at the Cedar
cemetery.
Then it was on to Lebanon to decorate the grave
of my brother. Smith Center was the last cemetery we
paid a visit to where Glen
decorated the graves of his
family.
We all enjoyed lunch in
Smith Center before continuing on our journey.
There were many drive-bys
to see where different family
members had lived through
the years with many stories
told.
I discovered Sharon &
I have one more little trait
alike. We both have “monkeys” that come out when
our husbands aren’t driving
or behaving properly. Monkeys are pinches–the severity of which is determined
by how serious the infraction is. Some of the stories
Glen shared required quite
serious monkey intervention. We stopped by our
house for a quick visit so
they could see where we live.
Last Thursday all our grass
was dead & brown, but the
very light rain (about .4”)
we got Friday sent it towards the sky. I was quite
embarrassed by how our
yard
looked,
especially
since Glen’s yard is mowed
at least twice a week & is
perfect. I guess we were an
inspiration to him though.
Sharon has been trying to
get him to buy a new mower for quite some time &
he has been resisting. She
emailed me Monday to say
Glen’s new riding mower &
shed to put it in would be
delivered Tuesday!
Nothing like a bad example to get
you motivated. After a short
visit we headed back to Salina to pick up our vehicle &
Colby who had been visiting
his friends at the kennel all
weekend then home again.
It was a wonderful day of
sharing & learning made
possible by finding my sister just a year ago. Jerry & I
spent Monday mowing.
Today’s weather artwork by
Cierra Roberts,
a 2nd grader in
Mrs. Lambert’s class
Today’s weather artwork by
Hayliegh Jack,
a 1st grader in
Mrs. Peltier’s class
Unstable conditions
end search for
three in Colorado
DENVER (AP) – Authorities braced for the possibility of another landslide in
a remote part of western
Colorado as they surveyed a
massive debris field Tuesday
amid dangerously unstable
conditions that led them to
call off the search for three
ranchers missing there.
Mesa
County
Sheriff
Stan Hilkey said the search
eventually could resume for
Clancy Nichols, 51, who also
worked as a county road and
bridge employee; his son
Danny Nichols, 24; and Wes
Hawkins, 46.
But it might not be safe
enough to do so until summer.
“We don’t want to create
any more tragedy than we
already have,” Hilkey said.
The three men were
checking on irrigation problems caused by an initial
slide Sunday when a large
chunk of a ridge broke off,
sending soggy earth spilling
like wet cement.
The slide happened in a
sparsely populated area. It
is 3 miles long, about threequarters of a mile across at
its widest and several hundred feet deep at the center.
Even at its edges, the pile is
30 feet deep, Hilkey said.
The slide most likely was
triggered by runoff from
Grand Mesa – one of the
world’s largest flat-topped
mountains –following two
days of strong rain, Hilkey
has said.
Jonathan White, a Colo-
rado Geological Survey geologist at the site, told reporters Tuesday another slide
seemed inevitable because of
a buildup of water in a depression created by the first
big slide.
“We’re having a significant
amount of runoff that’s flowing into that depression right
now,” White said. “That’s a
big concern.”
White said it was impossible to predict when the
next slide would occur. It
could be years from now,
when people have forgotten
the danger and no longer are
taking precautions, he said.
Mudslides are common
in the region, which sits on
soft sandstone and layers
of weak rock, said state geologist Karen Berry. The area
saw a spate of them in the
1980s.
It was the size of Sunday’s
event that made it unusual.
The sheriff said the slide
at one point roared up a hill
and then down again.
“The power of the slide
itself is enormous,” Hilkey
said.
For now, little can be done
to minimize the risk of another slide. The terrain is too
unstable for the work necessary to try to drain the water,
geologists said.
Jonathan Godt, a Colorado-based landslide group
leader for the U.S. Geological Survey, said the “practical engineering measures for
things of this size are pretty
limited.”
Markets
NEW YORK (AP) – The
Standard & Poor’s 500 index held at a record level
on Wednesday as a rally in
the bond market increased
demand for stocks that pay
dividends. Investors were
unimpressed with a second
bid by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for Botox maker Allergan.
KEEPING SCORE: The
S&P 500 was unchanged at
1,912 as of 12:07 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones
industrial average fell 17
points, or 0.1 percent, to
16,658. The Nasdaq composite dropped three points,
or 0.1 percent, to 4,233.
RECORD RUN: The stock
market has edged up to record levels against a backdrop of reports that have
shown the U.S. economy is
gradually strengthening after a winter slump. The S&P
500 closed above 1,900 for
the first time on Friday. On
Wednesday, telecom and
utilities stocks, traditionally companies that pay big
dividends, rose as the bond
market rally continued.
DRUG DEAL: Valeant
Pharmaceuticals
added
more cash to its offer to buy
Botox maker Allergan in a
bid that could now be worth
more than $50 billion. The
Canadian drugmaker is now
offering $58.30, $10 more
than its previous offer, and
a portion of its own stock
for each Allergan share. Allergan fell $7.89, or 4.5 percent, to $157.10. Analysts
and investors had been expecting a bigger bid.
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