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Thursday, February 6, 2014

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KIDS toregistervotersat AHS

eventsSpecial to Reector-ChronicleThe Keep Improving District Schools

Committe (KIDS) will be manning vot-er registration tables at Abilene HighSchool athletic events Feb. 7, 14, 21,25.

The deadline for voters to register orchange their address is March 11 for theApril 1 election.

Advance voting at the DickinsonCounty Courthouse voting and mail ad-vance ballots begins on March 12.

To register, a voter must bring an ac-ceptable proof of citizenship documentwith them. KIDS volunteers will have

a copier at the table to copy their docu-ment to submit with their registrationform to the Dickinson County Clerk.

For citizens whose current addressdoes not match the address on le withthe county clerk, a change of addressmust be led by March 11 or the votermay only le a provisional ballot,which is not guaranteed to be counted.It will be up to a judge to decide if thatprovisional ballot is valid.

For questions contact County ClerkBarbara Jones at 785-263-3774.

Voters in the Abilene USD 435 SchoolDistrict will be deciding a $24 million

bond issue to upgrade facilities.

Registration

To register to vote you must: be a U.S. citizen and resident of thestate of Kansas;

have reached the age of 18 years be-fore the next election;

have received nal discharge fromimprisonment, parole, or conditionalrelease if convicted of a felony;

have abandoned your former resi-

Bravingthe cold

Greg Doering Refector-ChronicleSonya Ketcher (foreground) races against Autumn Fitzgerald and elise Ketcher near Abilene Middle School Wednesday afternoon. The triobraved single-digit temperatures for some afternoon fun.

Greg Doering Refector-Chronicle

Cleanup continuesThe Abilene Public Works Department clears the remaining snow from the downtown area Thursday morning. The department started clearing Abilenestreets at 4 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Kansas digs out from heavy snowBy JOHN MILBURN

The Associated Press

TOPEKA Kansas dug out Wednesday aftera thick blanket of snow closed schools and shutdown state government for a second consecutiveday, making streets and highways slick and forc-ing hundreds of homeless people to seek shelter.

The storm had dumped more than a foot ofsnow in some parts of northern Kansas, includ-ing the capital of Topeka. The Highway Patrollinked the weather to highway crashes Tuesdayin southeast and south-central Kansas that killeda total of three people.

Teams went out Tuesday and Wednesday inTopeka to coax hardcore outdoors folks tocome inside, said Barry Feaker, executive di-rector of the Topeka Rescue Mission. Then 308

homeless people sought refuge at the shelter,Feaker said.

We are out of room, he said, adding that thefacility could add more cots with the citys per-mission.

Some mentally ill residents who dont likebeing around others could be placed in hotel

rooms, he said. The shelter serves an averageof 1,200 meals a day from 5 a.m. through earlyevening.

The snow stopped falling early Wednesdayas the storm tracked toward the New Englandstates. The National Weather Service said 9inches of snow fell in Wichita, and more than afoot in Topeka and surrounding cities.

Temperatures for Wednesday were forecastto stay under 10 degrees for much of the state,

accompanied by wind chills well below zero.There was a slight chance of additional snow toreturn to Kansas through Monday with tempera-tures remaining below freezing.

Still, Gov. Sam Brownback declared that stateofces in the area would resume normal operat-ing hours Thursday, and the Legislature plannedto return to the Statehouse after two days of can-celed meetings.

Most schools and universities remained closedWednesday. Fort Leavenworth was operating ona four-hour delay at the northeast Kansas Army

post.

Two trafc deaths Tuesday afternoon from atwo-car crash on U.S. 69 south of Pittsburg inCrawford County were blamed on the weather

Anti-Obamacare

chorus off keyThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON New estimates thatPresident Barack Obamas health care lawwill encourage millions of Americans to leavethe workforce or reduce their work hours havetouched off an I-told-you-so chorus from Re-

publicans, whove claimed all along that thelaw will kill jobs. But some arent telling itstraight.

The analysis by the nonpartisan Congressio-nal Budget Ofce predicts the law will giveseveral million people an opportunity to workless or not at all, because they wont be stuckin jobs just for the sake of keeping the healthinsurance they get from employers. To someRepublicans, that amounts to wreaking hav-oc on working families, dire consequences

for workers and a shower of pink slips acrossthe land conclusions unsupported by thereport.

The study estimates that the workforce willbe reduced by the equivalent of 2.3 millionfull-time workers by 2021 as people chooseto leave it. More would take early retirement,work fewer hours or otherwise rearrange theirwork-home balance to take advantage of newsubsidies for health insurance and new mar-kets for individual policies that dont dependon having a job.

In a key point overlooked in the GOP re-sponse, the report says: The estimated reduc-tion stems almost entirely from a net declinein the amount of labor that workers choose tosupply, rather than from a net drop in busi-nesses demand for labor.

In other words, workers arent being laid off.They are taking themselves out of the work-

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The Abilene

Abilene SeniorCenter

Abilene Senior Center isopen from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday through Friday.Friendship Meals are servedat noon. Reservations mustbe made between 8 AMand 4 PM the day before bycalling Tiffany Ramey 263-7059. Reservations for freetransportation, if needed,may be made at the sametime. Home delivered meals

available from the center.Call 263-7059 for additionalinformation.

Monday 8 a.m. Coffee, Billiards,

Wii 9 a.m. Strong People 10 a.m. Pinochle

Tuesday 8 a.m. Coffee, Billiards,

Wii 9 a.m. Senior Site Council

Meeting

Wednesday 8 a.m. Coffee, Billiards,

Wii 9 a.m. Strong People 11 a.m. Angels

Thursday 8 a.m. Coffee, Billiards,

Wii

Friday 8 a.m. Coffee, Billiards,

Wii 10:30 a.m. Bible Study

ChapmanSenior CenterChapman Senior Center is

open from 9:30 a.m. until 2p.m. Monday through Fridayfor visiting, games and televi-sion. Friendship meals areserved daily at the center.Meals are delivered to homesin Chapman and Enterprise

for persons unable to cometo the center. For meal res-ervations call Thelma Lexow922-6958 by 2 p.m. the daybefore.

Monday 9:45 a.m. Coffee 11:15 a.m. Exercise Class 1 p.m. Bingo

Tuesday 9:45 a.m. Coffee

Wednesday 9:45 a.m. Coffee 1 p.m. Bingo after lunch

Thursday 9:45 a.m. Coffee 11:15 a.m. Exercise Class 12:45 p.m. Pitch

Friday9:45 a.m. Coffee

HeringtonSenior CenterHours are 7:30 a.m. until

3 p.m. weekdays. Weekdaymeals are served at noon;suggested donation for thenoon meal is $4 for age 60and older, $5 for under age60. Meals are also servedon the second Friday from 5to 7 p.m. with a suggesteddonation of $8. A Sundaybuffet with salad bar from11 a.m. to 1 p.m. has asuggested donation of $7.Games and activities areplayed throughout the week.On the second Friday eveningmusical entertainment isprovided. Call 258-2131forquestions.

Sunday 11 a.m. Buffet/salad bar 6 p.m. Progressive pitch

Monday Noon Buffet/salad bar

Tuesday 1 p.m. Board meeting

Wednesday 1 p.m. Bible Study

Thursday 3 p.m. Games and Activi-

ties

Friday 1 p.m. Progressive Pitch 5 p.m. Meal and music

Hilltop SeniorCenter

Nutritious lunch is servedMonday through Friday atnoon. Meals are deliveredto persons unable to cometo the center. Wellness/F it-ness programs are presentedmonthly. Reservations shouldbe called in by noon the daybefore, Lori Dornbusch 258-2956. Everyone welcome

Monday 8:30 a.m. Coffey/SPSY

Class 1 p.m. Dominoes/Quilting

Tuesday 8 a.m. Coffee 10 a.m. Pool Gang 1 p.m. Afternoon Pitch

Wednesday 9 a.m. Coffee and Rolls 9:30 a.m. Pitch Club 1 p.m. Dominoes

Thursday 8:30 a.m. SPSY 10 a.m. Pinochle 1 p.m. Dominoes 5 p.m. Valentines Party

Friday 8 a.m. Coffee

1 p.m. Dominoes

SolomonSenior CenterSolomon Senior Center is

open Monday through Fridayfrom 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Friendship meals are servedat noon daily. Meals aredelivered to persons unableto come to the center. Mealreservations should be calledin the day before by calling655-9435. Coffee and cook-ies are served each morn-ing from 8:30 to 10 a.m.Everyone is welcome. Pool

and dominoes may be playedeach afternoon.

Tuesday 11:30 a.m. Alice Thomas

and Don Johnson

Friday 11:30 a.m. Angel Care

bloos pressure and bloodglucose checks

6:30 p.m. Valentine Partyand card games

IndustrySenior CenterAll seniors are welcome.

Meetings are held the secondMonday of each month. For

more information contactWalter Mugler 388-2289

EnterpriseSenior CenterFor information regarding

the centers activities contactLola Londene at 479-5886.Meetings are held on thefourth Tuesday of eachmonth in the Enterprise CityLibrary Basement.

Hope SeniorCenter

The Hope Seniors meetthe second Tuesdayof each

month for a covered dishdinner. Meetings are held atthe Hope American Legion.

All citizens are welcome andencouraged to attend. CallEd Perry 366-7786 with ques-

tions.

TalmageSenior CenterTalmage Senior Center

meetings are held the secondFriday of each month atnoon. For information on thecenters activities, call Bar-

bara Wuthnow at 388-2166

Woodbine

Woodbine meetings areheld at 11:30 a.m. on thesecond Tuesday of eachmonth at the Woodbine Cafe.

Senior

Centercalendar

Block Play more than just playingBy META WEST

Special to Reector-Chronicle

Recently our Parents as Teachersfamilies had the opportunity to

participate in BLOCK FEST,a research-based interactive experiencethat emphasizes the educational value of

blocks. Its main premise is that play-ing with blocks helps children withearly math and science skills.

Lori Portelli, Abilenes PAT Coordina-tor and Parent Educator, explained to thegroup, When young children ask formore blocks, it shows they are begin-ning to understand the concept of quan-tity.

Portelli, who is a Certied BLOCKFEST trainer, not only shares her exper-tise with local families but also trainsearly childhood educators in North Cen-tral Kansas about the many benets of

block play.

Blocks can be used for counting, creat-ing patterns, sorting, and classifying all skills that later help children under-stand math and science concepts. Theylearn basic geometry (shapes) but theyalso acquire an understanding of word

phrases such as next to and on topof.

At the recent BLOCK FEST event,a small group of children stacked largecardboard brick blocks they wereinformally measuring how tall their tow-

er was in relation to their own height andeven making estimations of how manymore blocks were needed to achieve theirgoal. They were also engaging in prob-lem solving and critical thinking skills.

There are lots of different types ofblocks: soft foam blocks for infants,cubes, table blocks, unit blocks, hollow

blocks, even manipulatives like Duplos

and Legos.

By the way, Lincoln Logs were in-vented by John Lloyd Wright in 1918.His famous father, architect Frank LloydWright, used blocks to build his rststructures.

Literature accompanying BLOCKFEST makes several suggestions:

Add foam blocks to your childs bathwater and let him count them as they

oat. Invite your child to be the teacher

and to create a pattern for you to recre-ate with cubes. A set of 50 small cubes inassorted colors is inexpensive and plentyto start with.

As your child works, engage her inconversation. What would happen if

. . . Tell me about the tower you arebuilding.

In addition the math and science skills,blocks have many other benets:

Self Condence Whether a childstacks blocks to build a tower or arrangesthem to form an arch, nishing a struc-ture will not only boosts his self-esteem

but gives him the condence to take risksand try new things. The child will alsolearn to see something through from be-ginning to end.

Creativity Block play provides andopportunity for a child to use her imagi-nation and initiate her own ideas.

Social Skills - Playing with blocksis a great way for a child to gain socialskills. He learns how to work with oth-ers, share, take turns and ask for what heneeds or wants. Its also an opportunityfor a parent and child to enjoy time to-gether.

Block building is a fun playtime activ-ity but its also a chance for children tolearn the lessons of life.

Winter in the Gym! is the theme for theFebruary Family Connection, which isscheduled for will be held for Monday,Feb. 10, 2014, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at theAbilene Parks and Recreation gym, 1020

N.E. Eighth St. PAT families, or otherinterested USD 435 families with tod-dlers, may make reservations by calling263-4006.

Photo provided

Kristina Birdsey watches as her daugh-ter, Cora Vinduska, uses wooden blocksto build a structure, balancing blocks inthe process.

Found

F, TanChihuahuaFound on

N Brady StIf you have lost an animal

or are thinking about

adopting a pet

please call or stop by

The Abilene AnimalHospital

320 N.E. 14th Abilene

263-2301

ABILENE-CHAPMAN-SOLOMON

Senior Citizen Nutrition Site MENUFeb 10 - Feb 14

Senior Citizens Center 1st & Elm Streets, Abilene, Ks.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY FRIDAYCOST:DONATION

Participants Must Call AtLeast 1 Day In Advance.Menu subject to changewithout notification. Mustcall for lunch reservation:

263-7059Between 9a-3:30p

All meals include Coffee, Teaor Milk, while supplies last

Carry-Out Available

Goulash

Italian Vegetables

Tropical Fruit

Breadstick

Roast Beef

Mashed Potatoes &

Gravy

Peas

Pineapple

Bread

Sweet & Sour Pork

over Rice

Glazed Carrots

Mandarin Oranges

Roll

Ham

Scalloped Potatoes

Seasoned Cabbage

Rosy Applesauce

Roll

Mexican Cassarole

Corn

Cake

Bread

This Menu Is Brought To You As A Courtesy Of

Abilene Phy

sical Therapy

and Sp

ort

s Rehab, P.A.103 NW 15th 785-263-3646

Specialt to Reector-Chronicle

McPHERSON Sister

will set the audience straighton marriage in Late Nite Cat-echism 3, Till Death Do UsPart, a comedy play-ing at the McPhersonOpera House at 7:30

p.m. Feb. 14

The setting is aclassroom in a Catho-lic school in anywhereU.S.A. The audienceare the students. Sis-ters no fool, and tryas they may, the stu-dents cant put oneover on her.

Although the show is script-ed, Sister, played by actress

Mary Zentmyer, is quick asa cat in improvising accord-ing to her interaction with theaudience, which includes awacky version of the Newly-wed Game.

You dont need to be Catho-lic, or even married, to appre-ciate the humor.

This is our Valentines Daydate-night show, John Hol-ecek, Opera House executivedirector said. In addition toour usual concessions and bar

offerings, we havea $20 packagethat includes twoglasses of cham-

pagne, two fortunecookies and a $50wine card.

One of the for-tune cookiescontains a prize

two tickets tothe show of your

choice.

One thing that makes theLate Nite Catechism series

unique is the free will offer-ing taken at the end of theshow for the support of el-derly nuns. Over time, severalmillion dollars have been col-lected.

McPherson Opera Houseannounces performance

Mary Zentmyer

Mammogramclinic

Free screening mammo-grams and mammography

services are being offeredto uninsured in DickinsonCounty at Memorial Hospi-tals Imaging and RadiologyDepartment, 511 NE 10thSt., Abilene.

The next Impact the Curescreening mammographyclinic date is Tuesday, Feb.11. Candidates must be40 years of age or older;however, if candidate is35-40 years of age andhas a direct family history(mother, father, brother,sister) of breast cancer, amammogram is suggested.Those interested must

make an appointment bycalling Memorial Hospitalscheduling at 785-263-6660. Spaces are limited.

For more information onImpact the Cure and thefree screening mammo-grams and mammographyservices, visit ImpactThe-Cure.com.

Snowmanbuildingcontest

The Abilene Parks andRecreation Deparment isholding a snowman build-

ing contest through March31.

To participate, contes-tants must build a snow-man and submit a pictureincluding at least one ofthe builders to [email protected] or mailthe photo to 1020 N.W.Eighth St., Abilene, KS67410. Submissions canalso be dropped off at theoffice located at the sameaddress.

Local taxhelp available

Free tax help will beavailable at the AbilenePublic Library from 0 a.m.to 4 p.m. on the follow-

ing date: Feb. 14, 19, 20,

26; March 7; and April 11.

Appointments can be made

by calling 785-263-3082.

Volunteer Income Tax As-

sistance (VITA) is an IRS-

sponsored program that

offers free tax preparation

and filing to anyone that

earns a low to moderate

income (generally $55,000

and below).

Items to bring to your ap-

pointment include: Social

Security card or taxpayer

identification number for

everyone in the family;

photo ID for you and your

spouse; all income forms:

W-2s, W-2Gs, 1099Rs,

1099s; Voided check for

direct deposit; expense

documents: dependentcare, education-related

expenses, home mortgage

interest payments.

If you are interested in

being a VITA volunteer,

please contact Vicki Gieber

at Quality of Life Coalition,

785-263-1550.

Briey


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By DAVID A. LIEB


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri lawmakers ap-pear ready to embrace a pro-posed truce with Kansas in along-running business battlethat has waived hundredsof millions of dollars of taxrevenues in order to shufe

jobs around the Kansas Cityregion.

No one spoke in opposi-tion Wednesday as MissouriHouse and Senate committeeseach heard testimony on leg-islation that would impose amoratorium on tax incentivesfor businesses in the KansasCity region relocating fromone side of the state line toanother.

The proposal appeared sopopular that some Missourilawmakers suggested it could

be labeled a consent bill,placing it on a fast-track forapproval that precludes anyamendments during Houseand Senate debate.

The leading witness at theMissouri hearings was BillHall, assistant to the chairmanof Kansas City-based Hall-mark Cards Inc. and presidentof the Hall Family Founda-

tion. His key evidence wasa recent foundation reportexamining the money spentthrough two of the states pri-mary incentive programs.

Since 2009, one Kansasprogram has waived $141

million of tax revenues to re-locate 3,343 jobs from Jack-son County, Mo., to Johnsonor Wyandotte counties inKansas, Hall said. Mean-while, one Missouri programhas waived $76 million intax revenues to move 2,929

jobs from those two Kansascounties to Jackson County,he said.

The net result: a collectivetax waiver of $217 millionthat produced a net gain of414 jobs in Kansas.

Its a wasteful economicborder war, Hall said. Nei-ther state benets. In fact,

both are losing.

But there is a perceptionamong some Kansas and Mis-souri ofcials that Missouri islosing more often. That couldhelp explain the eagerness toadvance the moratorium leg-islation in Missouri.

Sen. Ryan Silvey, who issponsoring the measure, saidthe proposed truce shouldmake nancial sense for bothstates.

The tax incentive battle hastaken millions of dollars outof the states economic devel-opment ability and trapped it

in whats basically a wash-ing machine, just churningthe same jobs back and forthacross the state line, said Sil-vey, R-Kansas City.

The moratorium legislationwould apply to businesses

moving between the Mis-souri counties of Jackson,Clay, Platte and Cass and theKansas counties of Wyan-dotte, Johnson, Douglas andMiami. It would bar Mis-souri from offering tax incen-tives for businesses to movefrom those Kansas countiesto those Missouri counties,

but only if Kansas adopts asimilar prohibition throughlegislation or a gubernatorialorder.

The pact has the support ofmany Kansas City-area lead-ers. Among those testifyingfor it Wednesday were lob-

byists for Kansas City, theGreater Kansas City Chamberof Commerce and the Civic

Council of Greater KansasCity.

Theres great frustrationamong Kansas City-area

business leaders when wesee people doing the borderhop at the disadvantage ofthose of us who stay put,said Shannon Cooper, a lob-

byist for the regional cham-ber.

The Missouri legislationwould not prohibit individualcities and counties from con-tinuing to offer tax incentivesfor businesses to move acrossthe state line.

That omission was citedby an aide to Missouri Gov.Jay Nixon as one of severalthorny issues that could stillcreate problems for the pro-

posed truce.

Chris Pieper, a senior legaland policy adviser for Nixon,

said another challenge is howthe legislation affects a busi-ness with locations in bothstates that wants to consoli-date. If the legislation wontallow incentives in that situa-tion, it could be harder for theKansas City region to com-

pete against other cities to re-tain that business, he said.

This legislation has a verylaudable goal, and its onethat we all agree that we needto get to, Pieper said. I

think theres some differenc-

es, some nuances in how you

get there strategically.

Nixon held a news confer-

ence in Kansas City in No-

vember to call for a morato-

rium in the tax-break battle.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback

has suggested a similar pact.

One of the sponsors of the

Missouri measure is House

Speaker Tim Jones, a Repub-

lican from the eastern Mis-

souri city of Eureka.


TOPEKA Utilities in Kansasare lobbying legislators to rewrite astate renewable energy law to pro-

vide less of a nancial benet toconsumers who install solar panelsor windmills.

However, a solar energy advocatesaid bills introduced in the Houseand Senate would make Kansas oneof the worst states in the country forsolar businesses, The Topeka Capi-tal-Journal reported.

Under the states net meteringlaw, consumers who use renewableresources and generate more elec-tricity than they need get full creditfor each extra kilowatt hour theysend to the electric grid.

Westar Energy, the states largestelectric company, said the practicedoes not account for utilities xedcosts, such as power plants andlines.

When a customer generates someof his or her own power and gets

paid the ful l reta il rate of 10 cents,

the result is that other customerspay his share of the cost of the en-tire infrastructure that he continuesto use, Mark Schreiber, Westarsexecutive director of governmentaffairs, told legislators Tuesday.Rooftop solar systems dont re-move a customers reliance on theutility grid of power plants they

just save fuel.

Mark Moser, of Manhattan, is in-ventor and owner of the Konza So-lar Tracker, which moves solar pan-els with the sun to make them more

efcient. He warned solar busi-nesses would move to other statesif net metering billing ended.

I would be left with few op-tions, Moser said, noting that 43states have net metering. As the

proverbial solar tracking mustardseed, the Konza Solar Tracker willhave to nd more fertile ground togrow in elsewhere.

Schreiber said the proposed billswould still compensate consumersat a premium for their excess elec-tricity but lower the reimburse-

ment to the utilitys avoided cost

rather than the full retail price.

Otherwise, he said Westar might

have to raise rates on customers

who dont generate their own elec-tricity.

Kansas Interfaith Power and

Light, a group of religious leaders

against climate change, has made

the net-metering bills a top priority,

along with measures to roll back re-

newable standards that are expected

to come before lawmakers this year.

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Calendar

Thursday8:30 a.m. TOPS 595,weigh-in, meeting at FirstChristian Church, Seventhand Buckeye

5:15 p.m. TOPS 444,weigh-in and meeting FirstChristian Church, Seventhand Buckeye

7 p.m. NA, First UnitedMethodist Church, 601 N.Cedar St., upstairs library

7 p.m. Bingo, Frater-nal Order of Eagles AerieNo. 2934, 207 Eagle Drive

8 p.m. AA, St. JohnsEpiscopal Church, Sixth andBuckeye

Friday12:10 p.m. AbileneRotary Club, Mr. Ks Farm-house Restaurant, 407 S.Van Buren.

8 p.m. AA, non-smok-ing, Catholic Parish Center,210 E. Sixth St., Chapman

Saturday6:30 a.m. Christian

Businessmens Association,Green Acres Bowl

7 a.m. Gideons PrayerBreakfast, Hitching PostRestaurant, Old AbileneTown

11:30 a.m. AbileneChapter of Daughters of

the American Revolutionmeeting at the Farm HouseRestaurant, RSVP to Jeanat 655-3827

6:30 p.m. BuckeyeSaddle Club meeting atM&R Grill

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The Planning Commission for the City of Abilene wil l meet

at 4 p.m. for a study session and 4:30 p.m. for its regular

meeting Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Abilene Public Library.

Agenda items include:

call to order;

approval of the agenda;

approval of the Jan. 14 minutes

business;

public hearing, PC 14-1, a request for a Conditional

Use Permit by Dustin DeWeese, Chisholm Trail Classic Auto,

LLC for a classic auto warehousing internet sales businesslocated at the property addressed 209 Texas Street;

overview of the 2014 Zoning Regulations update, Jim

Kaup;

adjournment.

The next meeting will be held on March 11.

Utilities seek change in green energy law

Notice

Jane Schultz-ShinnJane Jean Schultz-Shinn 89, of Council Grove, formerHerington resident, died Saturday, Feb 1, 2014, at the Diver-

sicare Nursing Home, Council Grove.

Christian Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7,

2014, at the St. Johns Catholic Church, Herington; with the

Rev. Mark Wesely ofciating; burial will follow at Sunset

Hill Cemetery, Herington. A Rosary will be held at the Pen-

well-Gabel Funeral Home, Herington Chapel, Thursday, Feb.

6, at 7 p.m.

The family request memorials to the St. Johns Catholic

Church at Herington, or the Alzheimers Association; and

they may be sent in care of the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home

& Crematory, Herington Chapel, 404 S. Broadway, Hering-

ton, KS, 67449.

Sen. Roberts outraisesprimary challenger

By JOHN HANNA


TOPEKA Kansas Sen.Pat Roberts raised more thantwice as much money as hisRepublican primary challeng-er during the last three monthsof 2013, and contributionsfrom political action commit-tees were a key reason, cam-

paign nance reports show.

The three-term incumbents

advantage with PACs ledGOP rival Dr. Milton Wolfscampaign to label him PAC-Man Pat in the headline ofa statement Wednesday. ARoberts spokesman describedWolfs fundraising as pal-try.

Roberts re-election cam-paign said in its most recentnance report that it receivednet contributions of $613,912from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.Wolfs latest report showednet contributions of $238,031and disclosed that the chal-lenger loaned his campaignan additional $30,000.

But Roberts re-electioncampaign disclosed receiv-ing $291,963 from non-partycommittees, compared withonly $15,000 for Wolf.

And incumbency helped

Roberts in another key waythat boosts his chances forre-election. He began 2013with $886,894 already in histreasury, and he increasedthat total to more than $2.24million by years end. Rob-erts cash on hand was morethan 12 times as much as the$179,233 Wolf reported at theend of last year.

Roberts began this yearwith sufcient funds to run a

strong, statewide re-electioncampaign in Kansas. Hartmansaid Wolf will run a lean op-eration, but the challengerstill has signicant fundrais-ing ahead unless he loans hiscampaign larger sums.

Roberts was rst elected tothe U.S. Senate in 1996; hiscareer in politics has spanned47 years, and he enjoys thesupport of anti-abortion andgun rights groups that arekey GOP constituencies inKansas. Wolf, a Leawood ra-diologist, is running as a tea

party candidate. The primaryis Aug. 5.

It doesnt really come asa surprise that Roberts is ex-tending his hand to his fel-low Washington insiders inhis quest to recast himself asa conservative in an election

year, Wolf spokesman BenHartman said.

But Leroy Towns, the sena-tors executive campaignmanager, said Roberts abil-ity to raise money shows hehas strong support across thestate, including among con-servatives. Towns dismissedthe criticism from Wolfscampaign about PAC contri-

butions.

His complaints about that

would seem to me to be sortof sour grapes, Towns said.

Wolfs campaign reportedcontributions from individu-als totaling $215,647, withWolf himself chipping in$7,474, aside from his loan.Roberts campaign disclosedcontributions from individu-als totaling nearly $318,949.

Hartman said when onlyindividuals contributions areconsidered, The money dif-ference closes considerably.

But Towns noted that theSenate Conservatives Fund,founded by former South

Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint,says on its website that as ofearly January, its membershad donated $78,506 to Wolf.

That makes his own fund-raising effort look even more

paltry, Towns said.

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The Grizzwells

The Born Loser

Frank and Earnest

Beetle Bailey

Alley Oop

For Better For Worse

Baby Blues

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.19) -- Investments will payoff. Fixing up something youwant to sell will add to its val-ue and give you a sellers ad-vantage. Dont worry aboutpleasing everyone. Do whatsbest for you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March20) -- Participate in commu-nity events to develop newfriendships. A journey thattakes you somewhere men-tally, spiritually or physicallywill be enlightening. Strive

for perfection.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)-- Discuss your plans withsomeone you respect ortrust and you will find a wayto make your dreams cometrue. Concentrate on whatsimportant; taking on toomuch will deter progress.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)-- Review your personal situ-ation and consider how youcan make an important rela-tionship better. Special planswill help bring you closer tothe one you love.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

-- Look for ways to get aheadand come up with a plan.Lady Luck is in your cornerso take advantage of a mon-eymaking endeavor. A contri-bution will raise your profile.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)-- Participate in somethingin order to make interestingconnections. Trips will proveeye-opening and adventur-ous. Friends will help bringgreater clarity to a situationthat youve been question-ing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --

Dont make unrealistic ges-tures. Think twice before youretaliate. Make sure you havethe correct facts. Focus onwhats important and whatwill help you get ahead.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

-- Invest in your skills, talent

and knowledge, and you willraise your profile. Instigatea move and make decisionsthat will allow you greaterfreedom to explore avenuesof interest.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-- Emotions will escalate ifyou have ignored a situationthat can affect your personallife. Dont overreact whenstability is required. Put yourenergy into physical ratherthan mental encounters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-

Dec. 21) -- Throw a creativeslant into the mix when itcomes to your work, and youwill outshine any competitionyou encounter. Make a pur-chase that will grow in value.Invest in yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19) -- Social events shouldalso broaden your outlookand bring you in contact withinteresting people. You willgain popularity through yourability to please others. Loveis highlighted and romance

encouraged.

DEAR DOCTOR K: Im both-ered by pain and stiffness in myhands. Its nothing signicant,

but enough to interfere withsome tasks. Are there any exer-cises that might help?

DEAR READER: You neverrealize how many different andessential things you do with yourhands until something happensto them. Pain, stiffness or swol-len joints can transform even asimple task into a painful ordeal.And millions of people have

problems using their hands.

Fortunately, the right exercisesmay help. Start by asking yourdoctor if you should work with ahand therapist -- an occupationalor physical therapist who hasspecialized education and train-ing in hand rehabilitation.

The rst thing the therapistwill do is evaluate your handsrange of motion and strength,as well as any pain, swelling or

physical limitations. Based onthese observations, he or shewill suggest specic exercises tosuit your needs.

When a joint hurts, you use itless -- and thereby experience

less pain. So far, so good. Butwhen you dont use a joint, ittends to stiffen further. Some-times it gets frozen and can nolonger do everything it once did.

Take your thumb, for example.Hold your hands straight outin front of you, palms down.Spread the ngers wide apart and

point the tips of your thumbs asfar as they will go up toward theceiling. Now with the tip of thethumb touch the very bottom ofthe little nger of the same hand.If you could not do that, the fullrange of motion of your thumbshas been lost. And you may havetrouble doing many things each

day that you previously took forgranted, such as opening a jar.

Exercises can help increase

the range of motion of a joint

such as a thumb. The exercises

involve gentle stretching (a little

pain, but worth the gain).

The exercises also involve

strengthening the muscles that

move the joint. Put a nger on

the skin below the base of your

thumb. Now with the tip of the

thumb touch the bottom of your

little nger again, and feel whats

happening under the skin. You

can feel the muscle that moves

your thumb get thick and tense.Thats because its working.

But when you avoid using your

thumb and ngers, the mus-

cles that move them get weak.

To regain the full use of your

hand, you may need exercises

to strengthen muscles that have

weakened from disuse.

If you do repetitive tasks, such

as typing or gripping gardening

tools, your muscles may shorten

and become tight and painful.

Stretching exercises help length-

en your muscles and tendons.

These exercises are particularly

helpful for people who work at

computers for long time periods.

On my website, AskDoctorK.

com, Ive put illustrations and

descriptions of a few exercises

commonly recommended for

hand and wrist problems. Per-

form these exercises slowly and

deliberately to avoid pain and

injury. If you feel numbness or

sharp pain during or after ex-

ercising, stop and contact your

doctor. Usually, however, care-

ful and regular exercises yield

only benets.(Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at

Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go

to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10

Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.)

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Interestingchances forboth sides

BRIDGE by

PHILLIP ALDER

When you look at all 52cards of some bridge deals,it is not clear how either the

idding or the play will go.This layout arose during a so-cial game with strong players.What was the outcome in sixclubs after West led the heart

ing?The auction was involved.

Nor th s ne ga t ive do ub leshowed his four-card spadesuit. Then, when South indi-

cated extra values by jump-ing to three no-trump, North

id his long diamond suit.South control-bid (cue-bid)our hearts to suggest a slam.

Wests double was futile. And,inally, South chose six clubs.

Both six clubs and six dia-onds can be made, but each

equires double-dummy play.(Declarer must know where allof the cards lie.)

The expert in six clubs ad-opted a sensible line. After

inning with his heart ace,South ran his diamond queeno Easts king.

East, thinking his partnerould have led a singleton ife had one, returned a heart.

But declarer ruffed in the

dummy, cashed the club king,

crossed to the spade king, and

drew trumps, squeezing Eastin spades and diamonds (not

that it mattered, because South

could have established dum-

mys diamond suit).

East should have returned a

diamond. If South had had a

singleton queen, he was un-

likely to have rebid three no-

trump. Also, even if he had,

the diamond lead probably

would not have cost. West

would have needed a trump

trick to defeat the contract,

which was not likely to evapo-

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Public Notices 310

(First Published in theAbilene Reector Chronicle

Thursday, January 30, 2014)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OFTHE DICKINSON COUNTYCONSERVATION DISTRICT

To all qualied electors residing within

the boundaries of the Dickinson

County Conservation District, noticeis hereby given that pursuant to

K.S.A. 2-1907, as amended, on

the 13th day of February, 2014, at6:30 p.m. an Annual Meeting of the

Dickinson County Conservation

District will be held at Sterl Hall,

Fairgrounds, Abilene, Kansas. Themeeting agenda shall include the

following business items:

ONEThe Supervisors of the Dickinson

County Conservation District shall

make full and due report of their

activities and nancial affairs sincethe last annual meeting.

TWO

They shall conduct an election by

secret ballot of qualied electors,there present, of two supervisors to

serve for a term of three years from

date of said meeting. The terms ofJared Morgan and Matt Gustin are

expiring. All in the county of Dickinson

in the State of Kansas.By:

JARED MORGAN

District Chairman

Dickinson County ConservationDistrict

ATTEST:CINDY WOOFTER

District Manager

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CitizenshipProof of U.S. citizenship is

required if registering for therst time in Kansas. A list of

the acceptable documents(copy on paper or electroni-cally is acceptable) includesthe following:

birth certicate;

U.S. passport (may be ex-pired);

U.S. naturalization docu-ments;

Bureau of Indian Affairscard number;

U.S. Hospital record ofbirth, U.S. military record ofservice with name and U.S.

birthplace.

You will need to ll out anapplication that requires your

current Kansas drivers li-

cense number or non-driversidentication card number. Ifyou do not have either one,you may use the last fourdigits of the Social Securitynumber.

If you have moved sinceregistering in Kansas, youwill need to complete the

change of address form. Nobirth certicate is required.You can still vote in an elec-tion, but your ballot will beheld as a Provisional ballot.

College students may reg-ister in Dickinson County ifthey use their parents addressas their legal address.

Voter registration closes 21days before any election.

Where to register Dickinson County Court-

house 1st Floor-County ClerkOfce 109 E. First

www.kdor.org/voterregis-tration (For those current and

valid Kansas drivers license)

RegisterContinued from Page 1

conditions. In a separate ac-cident, also believed to beweather-related, a truck driverwas killed when his truck col-

lided with another Tuesdaymorning on Interstate 135 justnorth of Hesston in south-cen-tral Kansas.

The highway patrol said thedriver, 58-year-old RichardLynn Conquest of Moun-dridge, died Wednesday in ahospital.

The Kansas Department ofTransportation reported mostother major highways werestill covered with snow or iceWednesday morning.

In Topeka, Jason Wills, anelectrician for the agencythat maintains state buildings,used a blower to clear snow

from the sidewalks around hisand neighbors homes near the

public library after spendingpart of his morning doing thesame outside his church. Thefather of four installed a sparecarburetor to get it running.

Down the block, Pat Fire-baugh, an investigator withthe Kansas attorney generalsofce, braved the cold to tryto extricate his car from the

parking lot of his apartmentcomplex. He said he spent

Tuesday holed up in his apart-ment.

Im going to get out andget moving, he said. Immore worried about gettingout of the parking lot than thestreets.

In Wichita, the city was us-ing sand to treat its roads be-cause the cold made salt lesseffective, said Joe Pajor, thedeputy public works director.

Rural areas were diggingout, too. Near Brewster innorthwest Kansas, rancherMike Schultz was up at 6 a.m.to start his tractors and feed

his 80 head of cattle. He usedthem to plow a snow-driftedcounty road to reach his herdin a pasture 14 miles from hishome.

It is kind of miserable, hesaid.

WeatherContinued from Page 1

force, in many cases openingjob opportunities for others.

As if recognizing that fellowRepublicans were getting a bitoverheated, Rep. Paul Ryanof Wisconsin, House BudgetCommittee chairman, intro-duced a reality check whenquestioning Douglas Elmen-dorf, budget ofce director,during a hearing Wednesday.So just to understand this,its not that employers arelaying people off, its that ...

people arent working in theworkforce, arent supplyinglabor, he posited.

That is right, Elmendorfreplied.

A look at some of the Re-publican claims and how they

compare with the facts:

SEN. MARCO RUBIO ofFlorida: Just yesterday, theCongressional Budget Ofcefound that Obamacare willcost millions of Americanstheir jobs.

REP. JOHN KLINE ofMinnesota: The presidentshealth care law is destroyingfull-time jobs.... This fatallyawed health care scheme iswreaking havoc on workingfamilies nationwide.

REP. PHIL GINGREY of

Georgia: Obamacare createsunprecedented uncertaintyfor job creators that, accord-ing to the non-partisan Con-gressional Budget Ofce, willleave millions of people look-ing for work in the next fewyears.

THE FACTS: No one knowswhether the health care lawwill turn out to be good or badfor jobs and the economy. Ev-erything is guesswork, how-ever educated the guess.

The budget ofce, generallyrespected by both sides butnot infallible, predicts someelements of the health carelaw will help job growth andother parts will hurt it.

On the plus side, for exam-ple, it expects lower-incomepeople to have more money to

spend because more of themwill have their health insur-ance partially or fully paid for

by government under the law.On the negative side, Elmen-dorf told Ryans committee

that in the short run, the lawwould increase employerscosts for their workers andreduce the number of peoplethey hire. Over time, thiscould put downward pressureon wages, he said.

But those effects, good andbad, are expected to be mod-est. Of more consequence isthe expectation that millionswill take themselves volun-tarily out of the labor force

because they can afford to

The budget ofce forecast

that over the next severalyears, there will be plenty ofunemployed people availableto ll those jobs. But over thelonger term as the economyimproves, the supply will

shrink, and because of that,total employment and thenumber of hours people workwill be less than it would have

been without the health carelaw.

A smaller workforce meansfewer people producing goodsand services, which translatesinto slower economic growth.The CBO report also forecaststhat an aging population willcause more Americans to re-tire, further reducing the workforce. Thats the main reason

it expects growth will averageroughly 2.5 percent over thenext 10 years, below its long-run pace of about 3 percent.

Some Republicans pickedtheir words more carefully than

others in reacting to the report.

House Speaker John Boeh-ner, for example, said thereport backs up Republicanarguments that Obamacarehurts take-home pay, a plau-sible point as far as it goes.Ryan said the availability ofhealth insurance subsidieswill be a disincentive to ndwork, a claim supported bythe study.

But the predicted withdraw-al from the labor market is nomore a killer of jobs than to-

days surge of retirements bybaby boomers entering oldage. If anything, it could open

job opportunities for peoplewho cant get in the work-force now.

LawContinued from Page 1

Slowdown fears put focus on jobs reportThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON Fears of an eco-nomic slowdown are heightening antici-

pation of what Fridays U.S. jobs reportfor January might reveal.

Stock markets have sunk after signs of

weaker growth in the United States, Eu-rope and China. Turmoil in developingcountries has further spooked investors.The upheaval has renewed doubts aboutthe Federal Reserves next steps.

Evidence of healthy U.S. job growthwould help soothe those jitters. It wouldsuggest that the worlds biggest economyis still expanding solidly enough to sup-

port global growth.

The best antidote right now for allthese problems is a robust U.S. econo-my, said Carl Riccadonna, an economistat Deutsche Bank. The whole world iswatching, even more so than usual.

Yet anyone looking to Fridays reportfor a clear picture of the U.S. economyshealth might be disappointed. Unseason-

ably cold winter weather could distortJanuarys hiring gures. Revised es-timates of job growth last year and thesize of the U.S. population might furtherskew the data.

Another complication: A cutoff of ex-tended unemployment benets in De-cember might have caused an articialdrop in Januarys unemployment rateand perhaps a misleading snapshot of the

job markets health.

Just when we need it most, the em-ployment report may fall short, Ricca-donna said.

All the anxiety marks a reversal from afew weeks ago, when most analysts werefeeling hopeful about the global econo-my. U.S. growth came in at a sturdy 3.7

percent annual pace in the second halfof last year. The Dow Jones industrialaverage nished 2013 at a record high.Europes economy was slowly emergingfrom a long recession. Japan was nally

perking up after two decades of stagna-tion.

Yet in just the past few weeks has comea barrage of dispiriting economic news.U.S. hiring slowed sharply in Decem-

ber. Employers added just 74,000 jobs,barely a third of the average gain in theprevious four months.

On Monday, an industry survey foundthat manufacturing grew much moreslowly in January than in December.A measure of new orders in the report

plummeted to the lowest level in a year.That report contributed to a dizzying326-point plunge in the Dow Jones in-dustrial average.

Also Monday, automakers said salesslipped 3 percent in January. And lastweek, the government said orders to U.S.factories fell in December. So did signed

contracts to buy homes, according to theNational Association of Realtors.

A gauge of Chinas manufacturing fellto a six-month low in January. And a re-

port Wednesday said retail sales in the 18European countries that use the euro fellin December by the most in 2 years.

For all that, most economists remainrelatively optimistic about U.S. growth.They attribute the recent weakness inthe United States in part to unseasonablycold weather, which disrupted truckingand shipping. The weather might havelowered hiring in December by up to50,000 jobs, according to several econo-mists estimates. Few Americans want totest-drive cars or search for a new homein poor weather.

I think the US economy is still doingjust ne, said Bob Baur, chief globaleconomist at Principal Global Investors.Maybe people are overreacting a bit.

Baur still thinks U.S. growth will comein at nearly a 3 percent pace this year.That would be the best showing since

2005.Growth at that level would also be

enough for the Fed to continue windingdown its monthly bond purchase pro-gram, Baur said. The Fed is buying $65

billion in bonds this month to try to keepinterest rates low and encourage bor-rowing and spending. It has pared those

purchases from $85 billion in December.Fed ofcials have said they will likelyend the purchases by years end if theeconomy improves further.

Some positive signs have emerged. Asurvey of service sector companies, in-cluding retailers, banks and restaurants,found that they grew faster in Januarythan in December. The service compa-

nies, which represent about 90 percent ofall private rms, also stepped up hiring,the survey found.

And payroll processor ADP saidWednesday that businesses added175,000 jobs in January. Thats roughlyin line with the average monthly gains ofthe past two years. It suggests that hiringcould have rebounded a bit from Decem-

bers disappointing result. Still, ADPsgure was also lower than the 227,000

jobs it said were added in December.

Yet ADPs gures cover only business-es and frequently diverge from the gov-ernments more comprehensive count.

Another unknown is the effect of theexpiration of emergency unemployment

benets on Dec. 28.

Hagel orderspush for ethics

crackdownThe Associated PressWASHINGTON De-

fense Secretary Chuck Ha-gel wants military leadersto inject more urgency intoensuring moral charac-ter and moral courage ina force suffering a rash ofethical lapses.

Hagel has been worriedby a s tring of scandals thathas produced a wave of un-welcome publicity for themilitary. But in light of newdisclosures this week, in-

cluding the announcementof alleged cheating amongsenior sailors in the nuclear

Navy, Hagel on Wednes-day demanded a fuller ac-counting of the depth of the

problem.

Last month the Air Forcerevealed it was investigat-ing widespread cheatingon prociency tests amongnuclear missile launch of-cers in Montana, and nu-merous senior ofcers inall branches of the armedforces have been caught inembarrassing episodes of

personal misbehavior, in-

side and outside the nuclearforce. The Air Force also is

pursuing a drug use investi-gation, and a massive brib-ery case in California hasensnared six Navy ofcersso far.

At the same time, hun-dreds of soldiers and othersare under criminal inves-tigation in what the Armydescribes as a widespreadscheme to take fraudulent

payments and kickbacksfrom a National Guard re-

cruiting program.The steady drumbeat ofone military ethics scandalafter another has causedmany to conclude that themisbehavior reects morethan routine lapses.

He denitely sees thisas a growing problem,Hagels chief spokesman,

Navy Rear Adm. John Kir-by, told a Pentagon newsconference Wednesdayafter Hagel met privatelywith the top uniformedand civilian ofcials of theArmy, Navy, Air Force andMarine Corps.


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Special to Reector-Chronicle

Twelve Chapman High School stu-dents competed at a Future BusinessLeaders of America district contest inTopeka Jan. 21.

The CHS FBLA students will headback to Topeka on March 25-26 to com-pete in the state competition. Studentswho place in the top three at that contestwill have the opportunity to compete at

nationals in Nashville, Tenn., this sum-mer.

Results:Clinton Henderson and Lindsey Hur-

ford 1st digital design & promotionLindsey Hurford 1st word process-

ingClinton Henderson 1st desktop

publishing, 3rd public speaking II, 3rdMr. FBL

Reagan Emig and Brittni Atkinson 1st business presentation

Hannah Diercks 2nd job interview,7th business communications

Lane Coberly 3rd job interviewLane Coberly, Kyler Langvardt and

Hannah Diercks 2nd emerging busi-ness issues

Clinton Henderson, Lindsey Hurford

and Nathan Nelson 3rd emergingbusiness issuesAshley Roberts 5th client service,

6th business law, 3rd impromptuspeaking

Nathan Nelson 3rd insurance andrisk management

Les Parks 4th cyber security, 8thbusiness law

Kyler Langvardt 7th agribusinessReagan Emig 5th public speaking IBrittni Atkinson 7th public speak-

ing ICameron Richardson 6th public

speaking II

Photo provided

Front row (from left): Stephanie Mead, Brittni Atkinson, Reagan Emig, Lindsey Hurford, Hannah Diercks and Ashley Roberts.Back row: Lane Coberly, Nathan Nelson, Clinton Henderson, Les Parks, Cameron Richardson and Kyler Langvardt.

Chapman FBLA competes in Topeka

Photo provided

Rural Center marks Kansas DayThe 31st Annual Rural Center Elementary Kansas Day program was held on Wednesday, Jan. 29 and included unit memberJean Smith as the speaker. She showed a presentation about the ice age in Kansas, dinosaurs that roamed the area nowknown as Kansas, names of Indian tribes connected to several towns in Kansas and rivers. Several students recreated theKansas ag and learned about each symbol. Homemade cookies were served to students and guests.

School newsK-State announces honorsMore than 3,500 Kansas State University students have

earned semester honors for their academic performance in thefall 2013 semester.

Students earning a grade point average for the semesterof 3.75 or above on at least 12 credit hours receive semesterhonors along with commendations from their deans. The hon-ors also are recorded on their permanent academic records.Area students earning semester honors include:

AbileneKyle Anderson, Mollie Barbee, Robert Bolin, Carly Gassman,

Emily Harris, James Jones, Nicole Knox, Reed Koop, DavidLeach, Lacey Lokken, Sophia Pitney, Casey Sexton, Collin Sex-ton, Grace Sexton, Janay Wilson and Sarah Zey

Carlton

Emmy MeyerChapman

Stephen Calovich, Timothy Coles, Garrett Crane, Crystal Ed-wards, Jerrad Gillen, Jared Gross, Jonathan Norton and JustineWoofter

EnterpriseRussell Canter and Jamie Linder

HopeMatthew Lorson

SolomonLydia Brundage, Laura Bush and Marcella Newcomer

WoodbineJordyn Barten

$500 teaching scholarshipThe Dickinson County Retired School Personnel will provide

a $500 incentive scholarship for a college student who hasgraduated from a Dickinson County public high school and hasteaching potential.Applicants must be currently enrolled or plan to enroll in a

four-year accredited Kansas university in the school of educa-tion. Students also must be in their junior or senior year.

The award will be based on character, academic scholarship,teacher potential, need and application.

Those interested may contact any of the following for infor-mation: high school guidance counselors, School of Educationoffice at their university, DCRSP scholarship chair Ellinor Haas,901 N. Brady, Abilene.

The application deadline is June 1. The recipient will be noti-fied on July 1.

Foundation scholarshipsApplications are now available for 2014 scholarship awards

from the Community Foundation of Dickinson County. Studentsof Abilene, Chapman, Solomon, Herington, and Hope shouldcheck with their high school guidance counselors offices formore information.Applications should be obtained from any high school guid-

ance counselor office in the county and may also be availableon some school websites. Counselors may also advise appli-cants about potential eligibility. The deadline for CommunityFoundation scholarship applications is April 1, 2014.

Donald Stewart scholarshipsFour $3,000 Donald M. Stewart Scholarships are available to

be awarded this May. These scholarships are available to anypast or present graduates of any Dickinson County high schooland is attending or plans to attend the University of Kansas topursue a health-related career.

These annual scholarships are made possible by endowmentfunds provided by the Kansas Health Foundation in honor ofDonald M. Stewart.Applications may be obtained at any Dickinson County high

school or at the law offices of Royer & Royer in Abilene.Completed applications must be returned to Royer & Royer

by April 15.

FACS scholarshipApplications are now available for the Family and ConsumerSciences Scholarship sponsored by the Dickinson CountyExtension Education Unit (EEU) Council. The student may bein any post-secondary year of study from freshman throughgraduate school. Past scholarship winners are eligible tore-apply. Any full-time student at any college or universitymaintaining residency in Dickinson County and majoring in anyarea of Family and Consumer Sciences is eligible

Selection is based on the students interest in a career infamily and consumer sciences, leadership in activities, andscholastic achievement. The recipients will be selected by thescholarship committee of the Dickinson County EEU Council.

The scholarship is funded by donations from DickinsonCounty EEU groups. Applications are available at the Dickin-son County K-State Research & Extension Office, 712 SouthBuckeye Ave., in Abilene (785-263-2001), at www.dickinson.ksu.edu under the forms section of the 4-H and Youth page, orfrom high school guidance counselors. All scholarship applica-tions are due by April 1.

4-H scholarshipsApplications are now available for the Dickinson County 4-H

Scholarships. Applications are due April 1.The scholarships are limited to current Dickinson County

4-Hers who are graduating high school seniors with at leastthree years of 4-H membership. The scholarship may be usedfor any full-time postsecondary educational program (college,university, or vocational/technical program).

The memorial scholarships were established in honor of vari-ous leaders in Dickinson County: Orren and Marjorie Hottman,

Abilene Aggies 4-H Club; Merle Brehm, Jolly Jayhawkers 4-HClub; Jack Sexton, Harmony Hustlers 4-H Club; Loyd and LeolaBlack, Mt. Ayr Go-Getters 4-H Club; Dorothy Fager Taylor, theWillowdale 4-H Club; Nadine Abeldt Memorial, Holland Sun-flowers 4-H Club; Melvin Beetch Memorial, Holland Sunflow-ers; and the Frank Garten Memorial Scholarship, Sand SpringsRustlers 4-H Club.

More information about the scholarships can be obtained bycontacting K-State Research & Extension, Dickinson County,712 South Buckeye Ave., in Abilene, 785-263-2001 or from

high school guidance counselors.

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Board clerk

Years in this posi-tion: A little overtwo years, but was

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What brought youto Abilene? I was born in

Junction City but my fam-ily moved to Abilene before I

started school

A memorablemoment: As

board clerk, I dontget much interac-tion with the kids.However, as aschool secretary,the teaching mo-ments are too nu-merous to mention!You dont have to

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Sportsshorts:

Auburn getsESPN 300 OL

Braden SmithBraden Smith (Olathe,

Kan./Olathe South) hasbeen a recruiting enigma,keeping his favorite teamsclose to the chest. OnWednesday, the ESPN 300offensive lineman gave

Auburn his verbal pledgeon ESPNU.

Smith is the grandson ofRon and Sandy Bolliger of

Abilene.

Cassel to optout of deal

with VikingsMinnesota Vikings quar-

terback Matt Cassel plansto void the final year of hiscontract worth $3.7 million,according to a report.

The 31-year-old veteranwill test the free-agentmarket, ESPN 1500 re-ported, with the uncertainlysurrounding his status withthe Vikings as new coachMike Zimmer takes over af-ter Leslie Frazier was fired.

The Vikings ended lastseason with three quarter-backs -- Cassel, ChristianPonder and Josh Freeman-- on the roster. Cassel

passed for 1,807 yards with11 touchdowns and nineinterceptions in nine gamesand had a 81.6 quarterbackrating.

NFLDraftScout.comprojects that Vikings willselect a quarterback, pos-sibly Derek Carr of FresnoState with the No. 8 pick inthe 2014 NFL Draft, furtherclouding the picture in Min-nesota.

Cassel signed a two-yearcontract with the Vikingslast season with the abilityto opt out of the secondyear of the deal after hecame to the team from the

Kansas City Chiefs, wherehe spent four seasons.

He still could return to theVikings. NFL.com reportedthat Minnesota is interestedin keeping him.

Freeman will become afree agent in March

NFL awardsThursdaycontractto CBS

NEW YORK (AP) TheNFL says CBS will televiseeight of its Thursday night

games next seasonCBS won bidding for the

games, an increasinglyvaluable property for net-work television. The gameswill be simulcast on the NFLNetwork and come duringthe first half of the season.The leagues cable networkwill keep the second-halfgames for itself.

The NFL says the contractis for one year, and theleague has an option toextend it for 2015. The CBSlead broadcasting team ofJim Nantz and Phil Simmswill be in the booth for all16 games.

Schedule:Basketball

makeup datesAbilene @ Wamego, Feb.

20Chapman @ Clay Center,

Feb. 17Herington @ Council

Grove, Feb 10Solomon @ Centre, Feb.

27Rural Vista @ Wakefield,

Feb. 25

FridayMarysville @ AbileneChapman @ SESSolomon @ PeabodyRural Vista @ St. XavierMission Valley @ Hering-

ton

WrestlingThursdayClay Center @ Abilene,

now Feb. 11Chapman @ ConcordiaCouncil Grove @ Hering-

tonSaturday

Abilene @ PhillipsburgTourney

AHS JV wrestling competes at ManhattanResults for Abileneat Manhattan JV on

Jan. 31Justin Marbut (2-1) 106: Dylan Anderson (Em-

poria) won by pin over JustinMarbut (Abilene) 5:26.

106: Justin Marbut(Abilene) won by pin overDanial Evans (Council Grove)1:52.

106: Justin Marbut(Abilene) won by majordecision over Millie Ybarra(Junction City) 17-9

Tanner McGivney (3-1) -106: Tanner McGivney

(Abilene) won by decisionover Phillip Hoang (BishopCarrol ) 4-3.

106: Angel Negron(Wamego ) won by deci-sion over Tanner McGivney(Abilene) 5-1.

106: Tanner McGivney(Abilene) won by pin overGavyn Fairchild (Salina Cen-tral) 4:23.

106: Tanner McGivney(Abilene) won by decisionover Phillip Hoang (BishopCarol) 4-0.

Cole Hiatt (3-0) -132: Cole Hiatt (Abilene)

won by decision over (SalinaCentral) 10-7.

132: Cole Hiatt (Abilene)won by decision over IsiTrujillo (Emporia) 8-4.

132: Cole Hiatt (Abilene)won by decision over RamonDeluna (Junction City) 10-4.

Tristan Kanz (3-1) -

138: Tristan Kanz (Abilene)won by tech fall over MichaelPerniece (Manhattan) 4:0017-1.

138: Tommy Seccord(Emporia) won by pin overTristan Kanz (Abilene) 1:07.

138: Tristan Kanz (Abilene)won by decision over Westley

Jennings (Salina Central)12-5.

138: Tristan Kanz (Abilene)won by decision over(Bishop Carrol ) 4-2.

Issiah Lopez (0-1) -145: Wyatt Stevens (Free

Stat) won by pin over IssiahLopez (Abilene) 4:48.

Rouven Heid (1-1) -

152: Christian Fleury (Man)

won by pin over Rouven Heid

(Abilene) 4:14.

152: Rouven Heid (Abilene)

won by pin over David Heck

(Marysville) 4:11.

Rouven Hied (1-0) -

152: Rouven Hied (Abilene)

won by pin over Nick Guisti

(Bishop Carroll ) 2:04.

Kiel Beals (1-1)

160: Michael Schaeren

(Silver Lake) won by decision

over Kiel Beals (Abilene) 8-4.

160: Kiel Beals (Abilene)

won by pin over Aubrey Rech

(Emporia) 1:11.Dylan Holt (1-1) -

170: Jeff Irvin (Emporia)

won by pin over Dylan Holt

(Abilene) 2:42.

170: Dylan Holt (Abilene)

won by pin over Brennan

Bard (Rock Creek) 2:08.

Logan Riekeman (1-1)

182: Logan Riekeman

(Abilene) won by pin over

Travis Bryant (KMCCHS)

1:03.

182: Rueban Juarez (Sea-

man) won by pin over Logan

Riekeman (Abilene) 1:08.

Kansas announces 2014 classSpecial to Reector-Chronicle

LAWRENCE Kansas headfootball coach Charlie Weisofcially announced his 2014recruiting class Wednesdayafternoon. Weis, along withhis staff, put together a classof 25 signees, including threestudent-athletes who signed in

December and two transfers.Im very pleased with this

recruiting class, said Weis.Our staff had to show good

patience and through hardwork we lled almost every

pressing need.

Kansas previously an-nounced receiving signaturesfrom the junior college trioof cornerback Ronnie Davis(Oklahoma City, Okla./North-eastern Oklahoma A&M),offensive lineman KeyonHaughton (Baltimore, Md./Georgia Military College)and safety Anthony FishSmithson (Baltimore, Md./Hartnell College) during themid-year signing period inDecember. KU also releasedthe addition of two transfers,in quarterback T.J. Millweard(UCLA) and tight end KentTaylor (Florida) prior to 2014signing day. On Wednesdaymorning 20 more prospectsfaxed in their scholarship pa-

pers to bring the total numberto 25.

Kansas 2014 class includes15 high school signees, eight

junior college transfers andthe two previously referencedDivision I transfers. There are

12 defensive players and 13

offensive players in the group.

The 2014 KU signees rep-resent nine different statesand Canada, with Texas lead-ing the way providing 11 newJayhawks. Three local play-ers signed letters of intentwith KU as safety Joe Dineen(Lawrence, Kan./Free StateHS), offensive lineman ApaVisinia (Grandview, Mo./Grandview HS) and run-ning back Traevohn Wrench(Gardner, Kan./Gardner Edg-erton HS) each joined the pro-gram.

In addition to the 25-mem-ber signing class, Weis andthe Kansas program honoredthe memory of cornerback/wide receiver Andre Maloney.Maloney, who had verballycommitted to play at Kansas,tragically passed away onOct. 4, 2013.

The Jayhawks signed fourfour-star players according

to ESPN.com in high schoolrunning back/wide receiverCorey Avery (Dallas, Texas/Carter HS), offensive line-man Jacob Bragg (Nacogdo-ches, Texas (NacogdochesHS), linebacker Kyron Wat-son (East St. Louis, Ill./EastSt. Louis HS) and Wrench.Wrench was also tabbed afour-star player by Rivals.com.

The Jayhawks open up their15-practice spring practiceslate on Tuesday, March 4,and the schedule will con-clude with the 1 p.m., SpringGame on Saturday, April 12.

KU will get ve practices in

before taking a one-week hia-tus for Spring Break, and thenreturn for three-straight weeksof practice leading up to theannual scrimmage.

Other important springdates include: Hannah andFriends Football Clinic withCharlie Weis and the Kan-sas Football Team (Saturday,April 5), Kansas FootballCoaches Clinic (Friday/Sat-urday, March 28-29) and theTrain Like a Jayhawk KidsClinic (Saturday, April 12).

Kansas will enter springfootball returning 34 letter-winners and 16 starters fromthe 2013 season.

Ron Preston Reector-Chronicle

Hunter Kiser (113) wrestlers in an exhibition match against Marysville recently. Kiser wonthe match by a fall.

Wildcats address defenseBy ADAM SUDERMAN

Associated Press

MANHATTAN The loss of six seniorstarters on defense provided Bill Snyder witha clear direction when building his 2014 sign-ing class.

Snyder turned to the junior college ranks andreeled in a group that is headlined by two high-ly touted players in defensive tackle TerrellClinkscales and linebacker DVonta Derricott.

Kansas State announced 27 signings Wednes-day, with eight coming from community col-leges. Five of those are defensive players.

Every community college guy that we have,we have a rm and honest belief that they havea chance to come in and compete immediatelyand to help this program, Snyder said. Allof them and with incoming freshman certainlyhave that over a period of time.

Derricott holds an immediate opportunityto step in for departing senior linebacker TreWalker. Despite a late recruiting push fromMiami (Fla.), the Garden City CommunityCollege product honored his longstandingcommitment to the Wildcats.

Clinkscales, who had previously commit-ted to Nebraska, chose the Wildcats over of-fers from the Cornhuskers as well as Alabama,Ohio State and Oregon. The 2013 second-team

NJCAA All-American tallied 40 tackles and

helped Dodge City Community College to a6-4 overall record.

Ryan Muellers return gives the Wildcats animportant piece moving forward, but nding

a group to step alongside the reigning Big 12defensive lineman of the year was a priority.The Wildcats didnt lose a commitment fromthe beginning of the day and added a late sign-ing in linebacker Isaiah Riddle from ScottsdaleCommunity College.

The mid-year entries of Danzel McDanielfrom Dodge City, Luke Hayes of Butler Com-munity College and Andre Davis of SantaRosa Junior College were also ofcially an-nounced on Wednesday.

After rebounding from a 2-4 start last sea-son, the Wildcats nished 8-5 with a 31-14

victory against Michigan in the Buffalo WildWings Bowl. Kansas State will return 11 start-ers when it opens spring practices on April 2.Practices will conclude with the annual springgame on April 26. The Wildcats season openson Aug. 30 against Stephen F. Austin.

KANSAS STATE

National rankings (Rivals 52; Scout 57)

Best in class: DVonta Derricott, lb, Hen-rico, Va.

Best of the rest:Terrell Clinkscales, dt, May-wood, Ill.; Dalvin Warmack, rb, Blue Springs,Mo.; Dalton Risner, ol, Wiggins, Colo.; ElijahLee, lb, Blue Springs, Mo.

Late addition: Isaiah Riddle, lb, Newnan,Ga., picked the Wildcats on signing day overMemphis and Louisville despite never visitingthe school.

One that got away:Aaron Sharp, qb, Hum-ble, Texas, who committed to Kansas State lastJuly but switched to UCLA in January.

WSU remainsundefeated

The Sports Exchange

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Travel problems and an op-

ponent with a lot to play forcouldnt keep Wichita Statefrom staying unbeatenWednesday.

Forward Cleanthony Ear-ly scored a game-high 19

points and guard TekeleCotton added 14 as the No.4 Shockers held off IndianaState 65-58 in a MissouriValley Conference show-down.

Wichita State (24-0, 11-0)remained one of two un-

beaten teams in Divis ion I,top-ranked Syracuse beingthe other. The Shockers alsoopened up a three-gamelead on the Sycamores inthe conference standings.

Forward Manny Arop ledIndiana State (17-6, 8-3)with 16 points, but scored

just one point over the

games nal 19 minutesand 25 seconds. Guard JakeOdum and reserve forwardKhristian Smith each con-tributed 11.

It was a damaging lossfor the Sycamores at-largetournament hopes, whichreally doesnt contain ameaty out of conferencewin. They will likely haveto win the Valley tourneyMarch 7-9 in St. Louis tomake the NCAA Tourna-ment.

Indiana State had a chanceto tie, but center JustinGants layup was blocked.Early responded with a3-point play with 1:03 left,giving Wichita State a 61-56 lead. Center ChadrickLule contributed fourclinching free throws in thenal 43 seconds.

Although the Shockersdid not arrive in town until

nine hours before the 8:05p.m. tipoff the charteright Tuesday was can-celled because of WinterStorm Niko, which rippedthrough Terre Haute Wichita State began thegame hot.

The visitors scored on

ve of their rst six pos-sessions, building an 11-3lead on a fast-break layup

by guard Ron Baker lessthan three minutes into thegame.

The Shockers maintainedtheir lead throughout thehalf, expanding it to 28-19 when Baker stuck a3-pointer from the leftwing. They led 31-22 aftera 3-pointer by guard TekeleCotton.

Indiana State nished thehalf on a 13-5 run, thanksmostly to forward Man-ny Arop. He scored nine

points over the last 3:18,including a high-arcing

jumper with a toe b arely onthe 3-point line just beforethe halftime buzzer that cutWichita

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