December 10, 2014

A few weeks past itsfirst anniversary, AbengoaBioenergy’s Hugoton planthas shut down, resultingin dozens of layoffs forlocal workers.

The plant was hailed asthe first of its kind - a

commercial-sized biofuelplant designed to producecellulosic ethanol. Approx-imately 65 local full-timejobs were predicted, andthe company required over1000 workers during theplant’s construction.

Rumors circulated in lateNovember that the planthad idled, but it couldpossibly be reopened inthe spring. Unfortunately,the rumor mill was incorrect. Abengoa’s parent company filed forpreliminary creditor protection around thesame time, and now approximately 50 localresidents are out of work.

Stevens County Eco-nomic Development Exec-

Encouraging customersto mail early this holidayseason, the Hugoton PostOffice has released sug-gested mail-by dates toensure holiday cards andpackages reach their destinations in time.

Holiday cards andpackages destined for mil-itary addresses inIraq/Afghanistan/MiddleEast should have been inthe mail no later than December 3. The mail-bydate for all other militaryaddresses is December 10.To help the families andfriends of U.S. militarypersonnel, the USPS offersa $2 discount on itslargest Priority Mail FlatRate boxes.

For international desti-nations, mail-by datesrange from December 1 toDecember 11 dependingon the destination, withGlobal Express Guaran-teed service availablethrough December 19 formost countries. Suggestedmail-by dates for cardsand packages destined forU.S. addresses are: December 15 for StandardPost; December 19 for First-Class Mail, December 21 for PriorityMail, and December 23 for

Priority Mail Express.The Postal Service

expects to deliver morethan 15 billion cards, letters and packages thisholiday season, includingnearly 600 million pack-ages – a 10.5 percent in-crease compared to 2014.

Virtually all larger postoffices in the state are delivering packages sevendays a week throughChristmas, and somesmaller Post Offices aswell where package volumes merit.

“Customers can counton the Postal Service andour more than 600,000dedicated employees todeliver their holiday gifts,cards and letters on-timethis holiday season,” saidPostmaster TracyArchuleta, who remindscustomers they likely havea 24/7 Post Office insidetheir home or business.They are encouraged toskip the trip to the PostOffice and ship their pack-ages from the comfort oftheir home at usps.com.

In time for the holidays,the Postal Service will offerreal-time delivery notifica-tions - meaning customerswho sign up for alerts atmyusps.com will receive

email notification within afew minutes of the delivery

Volume 128, Number 50 Thursday, December 10, 2015 16 Pages, 69 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

Hugoton’s Main Street nativity scene is backup this year, thanks to the efforts of the Stevens

County Ministerial Association. Make sure tolook for it in Smith Pioneer Park!

The Stevens CountyBoard of County Commissioners met inregular session Monday,December 7 with allmembers, Pat Hall, DaveBozone and Joe D.Thompson, present. Alsopresent were County ClerkPam Bensel, CountyCounselor Paul Kitzke andRoGlenda Coulter fromThe Hugoton Hermes.

The following is just anagenda for the morningwith a few of the unofficialhighlights.

The agenda for themeeting this week wasvery light. It included onlyBills at 8:30; Ted Heatonand Rodney Kelling at9:00; Tony Martin at 9:30;and Warren Willis at10:00.

The Commissionerswere finishing talking withVanessa Willis when thisreporter arrived. Theywere talking about moneyissues. They also askedVanessa to look into howthey would go about raising the cost of delin-quent tax penalties.Vanessa was to look thisup along with some otherinformation for the Commissioners.

Motion was made to paythe bills. Then the Com-missioners moved into executive session with TedHeaton.

Tony Martin talkedabout a bad intersectionwhere a wreck had re-cently taken place. Muchdiscussion followed aboutyield signs versus stop

signs. After a lengthy debate, it was moved andpassed to have a resolu-tion written up and placestop signs at the intersec-tion of Road L and Road14. It was decided tochange the speed limitfrom 45 mph back to 65on the paved road byAbengoa. Tony updatedthe Commissioners aboutthe KDOT-KDI highwayproject. They (the roadconstruction company)are way past their completion date and arehaving to pay fines.

Warren Willis and Walter Beesley came in totalk about right-of-waysfor building a pipeline forirrigation gas since somefarmers have received notices of being shut off

from gas and have no electricity available. A verylong detailed discussionfollowed about this matter. Joe D Thompsonshared his 20 years of experience with a similargroup. It came down to thegroup needs to be a NPU(non-profit utility). If theytotally exhaust their abil-ity to cross a piece of land,then they can come backin and discuss the issuewith the Commissioners.

Commissioners movedinto another executivesession with plans to adjourn immediately following.

The Stevens CountyBoard of County Commissioners, Pat, Daveand Joe, met in specialsession Wednesday, December 2 with mem-bers of the StevensCounty Extension Board,Josh Morris, Nancy Honigand Nancy Johnson. Alsopresent were County ClerkPam Bensel and RoGlendaCoulter from The HugotonHermes.

At 6:00 p.m. the meet-ing opened with a confer-ence call with JimLindquist - area director ofthe northeast extensiondistrict and JD McNutt -the area director for thesouthwest and southeastextension districts.

The two state directorscalled to answer somequestions the Commis-sioners had for them froman earlier extension meet-ing the Commissionershad attended.

The subject for thequestions was aboutStevens County Extensionjoining with other countiesto form a district exten-sion and the budget num-bers in doing so. Nancyinformed the callers that

the Commissioners hadhandouts in front of them

The Hugoton CityCouncil met December 7,2015 at the council meet-ing room. Attending themeeting were Mayor JackRowden, City InspectorJoshua Grubbs, CityClerk Thomas G. Hicks,Outside Utilities Supervi-sor Paul Nordyke, ElectricSystem Supervisor GaryRowden and councilmenDean Banker, ShannonCrawford, FrankieThomas, Jason Teeter andDan Corpening. Also pres-ent at the meeting, Chiefof Police Courtney Leslie,City Attorney Wayne R.Tate and Hugoton Hermesreporter Ruthie Winget.

The council approvedthe minutes of the previous two meetings.They also approved theNovember municipaljudge’s report.

City Inspector JoshuaGrubbs reported the St.Helen Catholic Churchwas adding onto theirbuilding and was starting

to work on the foundationand plumbing. Best West-ern Hotel is working onlast minute details so theycan open soon. Joshua reported he attended theKansas Association CodeEnforcement conferencein November.

The council approvedCereal Malt Beverage li-censes for Whites Food-liner, Circle K - known asPresto, Nietos Cafe andDon Juan Bar.

The council passed aresolution finding theGeneral Accepting Accounting Principal financial statements arenot relevant to require-ments of the cash basisand budget laws ofKansas and are of no significant value to theCity of Hugoton.

Blue Cross and BlueShield insurance is up forthe yearly renewal. Ratesonly increased slightlyover one percent. Thecouncil voted to accept

the renewal. The council members

also voted to increase theamount the city pays forthe retirees’ insurance inorder to maintain thegrandfathered status.

As a part of the Pro-posal for Annexation Plan-ning Services with Evans,Bierly, Hutchison and As-sociates, an option was in-cluded to add the creationof an updated corporatelimits description of thecity. The council voted toauthorize an Addendumto Existing Contract withEBH for the city corporatelimits description at anamount not to exceed$3,000.00.

Paul Nordyke reportedtwo crews are working onthe new water well, layingnew water lines.

Gary Rowden broughtup his concern about thecity paying 100% of thecost of expensive trans-formers and materials to

City council meets Monday, December 7

County commissioners discuss possible county extension districting

Hugoton’s Abengoa shuts its doors, lays off 50+

Cindy Wood of Hugotonwas selected by theStevens County 4-HCouncil to receive the2015 Friend of 4-H Award.Cindy has been the 4-HConcession Stand Man-ager for the past sevenyears, and does an excel-lent job working with 4-H'ers and their parentsduring the StevensCounty Fair. The Councilappreciates everythingCindy does to help out.

Cindy was planning toattend the annual 4-HAchievement Banquet, butthen needed to decline theinvitation, so she was presented this plaque of appreciation at the Extension Office.

The time has come forthe Ninth Annual “ShopWith a Cop” event! TheHugoton Police Depart-ment will be shopping forthe kids at Walmart. Thenvolunteers will wrap thegifts. Tuesday, December22, the police officers willspend the afternoon withthe kids at Hugoton Rec’sgame room playing gamesand eating pizza. The kidswill take their gifts homefrom there.

“Shop with a Cop” is agreat way to help the lessfortunate families withChristmas gifts. More

importantly, however, it isa way to create a positiveexperience between kidsand police officers.

If you are interested inhelping make a difference,there are several ways todo so. You could make adonation to the “Shop witha Cop” program, voluteerto wrap gifts or you couldrecommend children toshop with a cop. To volunteer, or for more information, contact theHugoton Police Depart-ment at 405 East FourthStreet, or call 620-544-4959.

HPD plans “Shop with a Cop” event

Cindy Woodnamed Friendof 4-H for 2015

Cindy Wood2015 Friend of 4-H

One of Santa’s adorable reindeer stops by the carnival at theSenior Center Saturday afternoon to get her face painted.

Santa Claus visits with someone from his “nice” list Saturdayafternoon during the carnival sponsored by Hugoton’s SantaCommittee.

Post office announces mailing deadlines for Christmas

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Don’t forget HHS’s annual Blue and Red Classic basketballtournament this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Lady Ea-gles will face the Hooker Bulldogs Thursday, December 10 at6:30 p.m. in the West Gym, while the Eagles will take the WestGym court at 8:15 p.m. Thursday evening against Hooker.

Stevens County Healthcare’s

is ending soon. Be sure to drop off a new toy by

December 15. Boxes are located atStevens County Hospital,

Pioneer Manor, Dollar General and Flatlanders.

Toy Drive!!

The 3rd Annual

Overend “Cookie” CookFriends and family will

gather Thursday to rememberand honor Overend Otis“Cookie” Cook who passedaway Monday, December 7,2015 at Moore County Hospitalin Dumas, Tx. He was 94.

Born December 9, 1920 inGrand Cane, La., he was theson of Clyde Cook and the former Fannie Belle Pharis.

In 1946, after serving in theArmy Air Force during WorldWar II from October 8, 1940 toOctober 14, 1945, he moved toLiberal. He served a two yeartour in India. In 2010, hemoved to Dumas to reside withhis daughter Susan Hudson.

Mr. Cook worked for theCity of Liberal for 25 years,serving as a Police Officer for15 years and in the SanitationDepartment for ten years. Hewas a member of the KansasPeace Officers Association and

the VFW.July 9, 1948, he married

Jessie Beck in Overton, Tx.She preceded him in deathJanuary 13, 2004. He was alsopreceded in death by his parents; brother Norman Cook;two sisters, Jo Bewley andElsie Moffett; and grandsonTroy Strange.

Survivors include his son

Richard Cook of Overton, Tx.;three daughters, Jody Thomasand husband Clifford of Liberal, Susan Hudson andhusband Phill of Dumas andNancy Cypret and husbandMike of Liberal; his brotherDanny Cook of New London,Tx.; two sisters Berta Smires of New London and ShirleyGibbs of Overton; his tengrandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren.

Graveside service will be2:00 p.m. Thursday, December10 at Restlawn Cemetery withgrandson Cameron Strangepresiding. Military Honors willbe presented by the AmericanLegion Post #80.

Memorial contributions maybe sent to the Memorial Hospice in care of BrennemanFuneral Home, 1212 West Second, Liberal, Ks. 67901.

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, December 10, 2015

The death of Thanh CongDao of Liberal has beenlearned. Mr Dao, age 60,passed away Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center inLiberal.

Born March 11, 1955 inMy Tho, Viet Nam, he wasthe son of Van The and ThiBa (Dao) Nguyen.

Thanh served in the SouthViet Nam Air Force as a co-pilot. He arrived in theUnited States in 1977 andobtained his United StatesCitizenship in 1980.

After arriving in theUnited States, he obtainedhis high school GED and inMay 1982 he graduated fromthe Liberal Area VocationalTechnical School’s Carpentry Program. Thanh graduatedfrom Seward County Com-munity College in July 1992with a degree of Applied Science in Criminal Justice.He graduated from theKansas Law Enforcement

Training Center in 1992 andwas employed as a Police Officer for the City of Liberalfrom March 1992 to Novem-ber 1995. Thanh also volun-teered translating forrefugees at the SewardCounty Community College.

A co-owner of Dao Laundry, Thanh also ownedand operated several rentalproperties in Liberal.

Mr. Dao was a member ofthe Elks Lodge #1947 of Liberal. He enjoyed animals,fishing, farming, dancing,singing and playing the guitar. He also enjoyed helping people in need.

April 1, 1974, he marriedNuong Ly in Can Tho, VietNam.

Survivors include his wife;two sons, Charlie Dao of Dallas, Tx. and ChristopherDao of Liberal; two daughters, Courtney Dao ofLiberal and Connie Nguyenand husband Minh of Houston, Tx.; and his sevengrandchildren, Alex Chim,Ayden Chim, Austin Chim,Avery Chim, BriahnaNguyen, Andrew Nguyen andCamryn Nguyen.

Thanh was preceded indeath by his parents.

Graveside services tookplace Monday, December 7 inLiberal Cemetery.

Condolences may be sentto the family at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com.

Thanh Cong Dao

Liberal resident Jose D.Vega, age 71, passed awaySunday, December 6, 2015at Southwest Medical Centerin Liberal.

He was born July 1, 1944in Chihuahua, Mexico theson of Pedro and Maria (delRefugio Quezada) Vega.

Jose had been a residentof Liberal since 1993. Heworked in the oil fields as aderrick hand.

Mr. Vega was a member ofthe Primera Iglesia BautistaHispana Church in Liberal.

December 26, 1973, hemarried Gloria Gonzales inHugoton. She survives.

Other survivors includehis son Jose Vega and wifeJaneth of Liberal; fourdaughters, Sylvia Romo andhusband Carlos of GreenForest, Ar., Victoria Landavazo and husbandLeonardo of Luther, Ok.,

Gloria Gandara and husbandAlonso of Liberal and MonicaVega of St. Marys, Md.; histwo brothers, Manuel Vegaand Jesus Manuel Vega bothof Mexico; four sisters, AidaVega of Liberal, Velia Vega ofHouston, Tx., Maria Vegaand husband Cecilio of ElPaso, Tx. and Celia Vega ofMexico; and his 13 grand-children, Alejandro Romo,Eric Romo, Irvin Landavazo,Isaac Landavazo, Gaby Landavazo, Karen Landavazo, Yahir Landavazo,Jaziel Landavazo, Axel Landavazo, Valeria Gandara,Sofia Gandara, Dianiley Vegaand Jose Vega III.

Jose was preceded indeath by his parents; brotherRuben Vega; and sisterBertha Vega.

Funeral services were attended Thursday morning,December 10 at the PrimeraIglesia Bautista HispanaChurch with Pastor Bernabe Aguilar presiding.Burial followed in the LiberalCemetery.

Memorial contributionsmay be sent to the Jose VegaMemorial Fund in care ofBrenneman Funeral Home1212 West Second, Liberal,Ks. 67901.


Jose Vega

Death has claimed the lifeof Jose Luis Rivas. Mr. Rivas,age 56, passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 atUlysses. The son of Faustino Rivasand the former EsperanzaGarcia, he was born January7, 1959 at Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua, Mexico. June 20, 1982 he andChristina Vazquez were mar-ried at Chihuahua, Mexico. Jose was a farm laborerwho loved to have his familyaround him. He enjoyed riding four-wheelers, playingpool and shooting guns. Survivors include his wifeChristina Rivas of Ulysses;four sons, Jose Rivas andwife Myra of Ulysses, CharlieRivas and Ivon of Elpeso, Tx.,Miguel Rivas of Ulysses andDimitry Rivas of Ulysses;daughter Clarybeth Rivasand husband David Garza ofUlysses; his mother Esper-anza Garcia Rivas of Mexico;three brothers, Arturo Rivasand wife Maria of Ulysses,Faustino Rivas and wifeRosie of Ulysses and Fer-nando Rivas and wife Almaof Mexico; his sister CeciliaRivas of Mexico; four grand-children Michelle Rivas,Isailh Garza, Aaliah Garzaand Myles Garza; and manyother relatives and friends. Jose was preceded indeath by his father and sisterMaricela Meraz.

Funeral services were attended Wednesday morn-ing, December 9 at GrantCounty Funeral Home inUlysses. Burial followed atUlysses Cemetery under thedirection of Grant CountyFuneral Home of Ulysses. Memorials have been established for the family.Memorials may be mailed toGrant County Funeral Home,218 S. Main, Ulysses, Ks.67880.

Jose Rivas

Obituaries

Friday, December 4, 2015,Neil J. Hibbert, age 90,passed from this life atWheatridge Park Care Centerin Liberal.

Born November 7, 1925 inBlackwell, Ok., he was theson of Floyd Raymond Hibbert and the former Esther Carmichael. Neil graduated from Braman High School in Braman, Ok. in 1943. Heserved in the United StatesArmy during World War IIfrom 1944 to 1946. He grad-uated from Oklahoma StateUniversity in 1950 with a degree in Agriculture. He wasan FFA teacher at Carrier, Ok. for five years. Hehad been a resident of Lib-eral since 1959. Neil was employed as themanager of Aetna MobileHomes in Liberal for 26 yearsand later was co-owner of Hibbert Mobile Home Trans-port with his wife Jody. Mr. Hibbert was a memberof the First United MethodistChurch, Past Exalted Rulerof the Elks Lodge #1947 Liberal, Vice President ofSouthwest Kansas Elks, PastWorthy Patron Eastern Star#104, Past Master Trusteefor 23 years, Past RainbowDad, Past High Priest LiberalChapter #65, PresentlyGrand Master of the 3rd Vail,District Deputy of GrandRoyal Arch Masons ofKansas, Grand Representa-tive of Florida near Kansas,Order of High Priest Hood,Past Illustrious Master ofLiberal Council #5 of theCouncil Order of SilverTrowel, Grand Steward of theGrand Council Cryptic

Masons of Kansas, PastCommander Liberal Com-mandery of Knights Templar#55, Warden-Past Comman-der’s Association, K.Y.C.HYork Rite, 33° Scottish right,Midian Shrine for 60 years,Great Plains Council #300Allied Masonic Degrees,Sword of Bunker Hill, PastPresident of SouthwestShrine, Scottish Rite PastMaster, Red Cross of Con-stantine & Sovereign, Mem-ber of Fargo Masonic Lodge#300 for 60 years, Master ofFargo Lodge in 1977, Treasurer for 35 years andSecretary for 20 years. Hewas District Deputy GrandMaster from March 16, 2005to March 15, 2006. He wasAssistant Grand Tyler fromMarch 16, 2003 to March 15,2004. February 17, 1979 he received his 25 Year ServiceAward, March 17, 2001 hereceived the OutstandingMason Award, March 16,2002 he received the MasterBuilder Award Bronze, February 17, 2004 he received his 50 Year ServiceAward and February 16,2014 he received his 60 YearService Award. December 15, 1951, hemarried Jody B. Walker atGuthrie, Ok. She survives.He met Jody as he hadserved in the Army with herfather. Other survivors includetwo sons, John A. Hibbert ofTulsa, Ok. and Joe R. Hibbert and wife Shelly ofCimarron; his daughter GayL. Andrade of Salina; ninegrandchildren, Alex, Zach,Nick, Katy and Chris Hibbert, Candice Behrns,Neil Andrade, Marcus Andrade and Lucy Murzyn;and 21 great grandchildren. Mr. Hibbert was precededin death by his parents; sis-ter Mildred Hibbert; andstepmother Thelma Hibbert. Funeral service will be2:00 p.m. Friday December11 at the Brenneman Funeral Home Chapel withRev. Keith Anglemyer presiding. Burial will be inthe Liberal Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m. Thursday withthe family present to greetfriends from 7:00 to 8:00p.m. at Brenneman FuneralHome. Memorial contributionsmay be sent to the MasonicFargo Lodge #300 in care ofthe Brenneman FuneralHome 1212 West Second,Liberal, Ks 67901.


Neil Hibbert The death of RichardDean Dudley is beingmourned. Mr. Dudley, age81 of Ulysses, passed fromthis life Sunday, December6, 2015 at Park View Assisted Living in Ulysses.

He was born May 5, 1934in Denver, Co., the son ofLee and Hermina Dudley. Richard grew up in Denver. He was honorablydischarged from The UnitedStates Navy after serving hiscountry for four years. Heran the Realto Theater inDenver. June 8, 1966 Richardmarried Norma Jean Seeleyin Las Vegas, Nv. Theyworked side by side operat-ing The Dash In Drive-Inand The Crystal Ice CreamParlor in Gunnison, Co.Norma and Richard movedto Ulysses in August of 1972and purchased and operatedThe Movies and UlyssesDrive-In. Richard was active in pro-moting downtown Ulyssesand helped others start nu-merous businesses. He hada part in raising many kidsin Ulysses. He was also amember of the Dexter D.

Harbour American LegionPost #79. Richard andNorma were Grant CountyCitizens of the Year in 2008. Survivors include hisdaughters, Terri Lynn Rylesand husband Bob of Tiger,Ga., Laurie Walta and husband Danny of Caldwelland Linda Velasquez andhusband Robert of Ulysses;brother Larry Dudley of Littleton, Co.; his six grand-children, Gara Lee, CrystalHagerman, Danna Bartleyand husband Ross, DylanWalta, Jordan Velasquezand Nicholas Velasquez; andthree great grandchildren,Rhett, Quintin and ColbyLee. Richard is preceded indeath by his parents; wife;daughter Tina Rader; andsiblings Lee, Doris, Maxineand Frankie. Funeral service will beSaturday, December 12 at10:00 a.m. at the CountryView Baptist Church in Ulysses with ReverendSam Bynum officiating. Interment will follow at theUlysses Cemetery with military graveside rites conducted by Dexter D. Harbour American LegionPost #79. Friends may callFriday, December 11 from10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. atGarnand Funeral Home inUlysses. Memorial contributionsmay be given to the American Cancer Society orAmerican Heart Associationboth in care of Garnand Fu-neral Home, 405 W. GrantAve., Ulysses, Ks. 67880.

Richard Dudley

Aaron ArellanoWord has been received of

the death of Aaron R. Arellano. Mr. Arellano, age50, passed from this life Fri-day, December 4, 2015 atHarry Hynes Memorial Hos-pice Center in Wichita.

He was born March 27,1965 at Hale Center, Tx., theson of Eliseo Arellano andthe former Patricia Ramos.

Aaron enjoyed bowling,swimming, dancing, music,

television, looking at pictures and was friendlywith people - especially children. He was a memberof St. Anthony of PaduaCatholic Church of Liberal.

He is survived by fivebrothers, Herbert Arellano ofLiberal, John Arellano ofGarland, Tx., Eliseo ArellanoJr. of Centralia, Mo., Armando Arellano of Alamogordo, N.M., GustavoArellano of Borger, Tx. andAlfred Arellano of Amarillo,Tx.; and his six sisters,Nieves Gerhart of Crowell,Tx., Anita Segura of UnionCity, Ca., Felicitas Baldivia ofJoliet, Il., Theresa Garza ofKismet, Maria Hall of Wichitaand Patricia Adame ofKismet.

Aaron was preceded indeath by his parents; twobrothers; and one sister.

Mass of Christian Burialtook place Tuesday, Decem-ber 8 at St Anthony of PaduaCatholic Church with Fr.James P. Dieker officiating.Burial followed at LiberalCity Cemetery.

Friends may send condo-lences to the family throughAaron's tribute Web page atthrough www.millermortuary.net.

Send your Santa letters to The Hermes!

Address:Santa Claus

% The Hermes522 S. Main

Hugoton, Ks. 67951

Monday, November 30, 2015• Citizen Assist, Public Service, Ser-

geant Johnson• Domestic, 1200 Block Commercial,

One Subject Left, Sergeant John-son

• Dogs at Large, 600 Block East El-venth, Dogs Impounded, OfficerHagman

Tuesday, December 1, 2015• Vehicle Unlock, 400 Block South

Madison, Citizen Assist, SergeantJohnson

• Citizen Assist, 600 Block SouthJackson, Public Service, SergeantJohnson

• Music Complaint, 900 Block SouthPolk, Talk to Subject, SergeantJohnson

Wednesday, December 2, 2015• Motorist Assist, 400 Block West

Eleventh, Public Service, OfficerCrane

• Vehicle Unlock, 700 Block EastFifth, Citizen Assist, Chief Leslie

• Vehicle Unlock, 500 Block SouthHarrison, Citizen Assist, ChiefLeslie

Thursday, December 3, 2015• Vehicle Fire, 600 Block East

Eleventh, Citizen Assist, Officer

Crane• Motorist Assist, Sixth and Adams,

Public Service, Officer Crane• Puppy at Large, 800 Block of Madi-

son/Jefferson, Puppy Impounded,Officer Crane

Friday, December 4, 2015• Vehicle Unlock, 500 Block West

Eighth, Citizen Assist, SergeantJohnson

• Vehicle Unlock, 800 Block East El-venth, Citizen Assist, SergeantJohnson

• Suspicious Vehicle, 1000 BlockSouth Washington, Officer Hagman

• Loud Music, Ninth and Adams,Spoke to Subject, Officer Hagman

• Suspicious Subject, Madison andTenth, Unable to Locate, OfficerHagman

Saturday, December 5, 2015• Dogs at Large, 900 Block South

Lincoln, Unable to Locate, Sergeant

Johnson• Dog at Large, 100 Block East First,

Dog Impounded, Sergeant Johnson• Hit and Run, 900 Block South

Madison, Took Report, SergeantJohnson

Sunday, December 6, 2015• Dog at Large, 400 Block of Jefferson,

Dog Impounded, Officer Hagman


WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

HUGOTON POLICE REPORTHUGOTON POLICE REPORTBusiness Hours, Call 544-4959 After Hours, Call 544-

2020

9th Annual

Shop With a Cop

If you would like to make a donation or recommend a child

in need, please contact the Hugoton Police Department

at 620-544-4959Mail donations to

PO Box 788Hugoton, Ks. 67951

~~~You can also drop off

donations at the Hugoton Police Department

405 E. Fourth Streetin Hugoton

Participants will enjoy an afternoon of fun & games

with HPD officers at the Hugoton Rec game room

December 22

AJ &FRIENDS

FUNDRAISING EVENTAn afternoon of Voice & Piano

December 13th at 3:00 p.m.Hugoton High School Auditorium

AJ has been selected to sing at Carnegie Hall in February !!!

Please help him get there!!!

Kristen Howie’s third grade class walked to theStevens County Law Enforcement Center todecorate the Sheriff’s Department’s Christmastree last Friday. Kristen said it had been a

tradition for her class in Valley Center, and shefelt it would be great to start the tradition inHugoton.

Until December 15- Stevens County Healthcare’s

Third Annual Toy Drive. Newtoys may be dropped off atStevens County Hospital, Pio-neer Manor, Dollar General and

Flatlanders. All toys will go tochildren in and around StevensCounty. If you know of a childwho needs a Christmas gift,please contact Alisha at 620-544-6162.Until December 18- Christmas Coloring Contest,

sponsored by Ghumm’s AutoCenter, open to children agesthree to 11. Cut the picture outof page 8B of this week’s Her-mes, or stop by Ghumm’s at531 S. Jackson in Hugoton. Pic-tures are due by December 18.December 10- Stevens County Library will

host their annual Recipe Swapbeginning at 11:30 a.m. - Hugoton Aglow will meet at theSenior Center beginning at 7:00p.m. with coffee and fellowship.There will be no speaker; officerswill conduct praise and worship. December 10-12- Hugoton High School Blue

and Red Classic basketball tour-nament.December 12- Mistletoe Market in the Fair

Office Building at the StevensCounty Fairgrounds from 9:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eat, Shop andBe Merry!- Santa will make an appear-

ance at Yardmaster, Third andMain in Hugoton, from 2:00 to4:00 p.m. Kids will get a free pic-ture with Santa, and the first100 get a free goody bag!December 13- AJ Madsen and friends will

host an afternoon of music inthe Hugoton High School Audi-torium, beginning at 3:00 p.m.AJ has been chosen to performat Carnegie Hall in New YorkCity, and all proceeds will go to-ward his trip in February. December 14-19- Hugoton Recreation will host

third through sixth grade girls’basketball signups from 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday and from 9:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday.December 14- Stevens County Library Boardwill meet at 5:30 p.m.- USD 210 Board of Education

will meet at 6:30 p.m. in theHugoton Middle School Library.- Ladies’ Night at Flatlanders

Farm & Home from 7:00 to 9:00p.m. There will be a fashionshow, wine, refreshments andgiveaways! Call 620-544-8500for more information.December 15- Hugoton Area Chamber of

Commerce will host theirmonthly luncheon at 12:00noon.- Hugoton High School/ MiddleSchool Choir concert starting at7:00 p.m. in the HHS audito-rium.December 17- Hugoton High School/ MiddleSchool Band concert starting at7:00 p.m. in the HHS audito-rium.December 18- January 4- Winter Break for USD 210

students.December 21- Stevens County Commission-ers will meet at 8:30 a.m. in theCommissioners’ Room at theStevens County Courthouse.

Rentals go FAST in Rentals go FAST in

The HermesThe HermesClassifiedsClassifieds

Call 544Call 544--4321 today!4321 today!

City CouncilContinued from page 1serve large power customers.After discussion trying to find aline of demarcation on the sizeof service for the city to set, forwhat the city would pay and forwhen the customer would berequired to pay, it was decidedto consider requests on case-by-case basis. The councilvoted to require the StevensCounty Hospital to pay for thetransformer and materials forits upcoming project for newheating and air conditioning.

The agreement with KDIconcerning waste water termi-nates December 31. The coun-cil voted to extend theIndustrial Wastewater Treat-ment Agreement contract for

one more year. Courtney Leslie informed the

council the Hugoton Police De-partment applied for and re-ceived $3,000 from the ParsonsFund to purchase two tasers.They hope to have them in op-eration by the end of January.

She also stated the ninthyear of the Shop with a Copprogram will be December 22during the afternoon at theHRC’s game room.

A special meeting is plannedfor the city council December15, 2015 at 5:15 p.m. to dis-cuss the proposed KDI addi-tion.

After going into an executivesession, the meeting adjourned.

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The 2015 Winter Carnivalwas a huge success with over100 of Hugoton’s smallest citi-zens coming to the Senior Cen-ter to see Santa and play lots ofgames and win lots of prizes.They also ate lots of candy andyes, I had my share. Check outthe Hugoton Area Chamber ofCommerce’s Facebook page forall the pictures.

Most of us have very similarChristmas traditions such asthe Christmas Tree, Stockings,Caroling and Nativity Scenes.But did you know there are lotsof places all over the world withsome “weird” holiday stuffgoing on?

For example during Christ-mas Day in South Africa theyserve up and eat fried caterpil-lars. Yum...

There is no cleaning in Nor-way for Christmas Eve. All thebrooms are hidden away care-fully because they believe thatis the night witches steal thebrooms and beat them withthem. I like the not cleaningpart though.

In Japan, residents eat atKFC on Christmas Eve thanksto an aggressive advertisingcampaign by the chicken placein 1974. Whatever they saidhas most of the country eatingthere ever since. They musthave had a great advertisingcompany!

Greenland’s Christmas din-ner is called Mattak and con-sists of raw whale skin servedwith blubber. They eat thiswith Kiviak which sounds re-ally good - it’s made from deadbirds stuffed into seal skin andleft to ferment for sevenmonths.

In Iceland, the Yule Catwanders the hills outside oftown and if residents don’thave new clothes by Christmashe will devour them. In Italy,they have a much friendlier vis-

itor when the Christmas witch,Befana, delivers sweets andtoys January 5.

In Guatemala, each house-hold sweeps out their house onChristmas Eve and makes apile of dirt. The dirt is then ac-cumulated and a figure - repre-senting the devil - is put on topand is burned to rid the townand houses of him. Hey,whatever it takes!

In the Czech Republic un-married women stand at thedoor and throw a shoe overtheir shoulder. If the shoe ispointing towards the doorwhen it lands they will be mar-ried within the year. Better notstand behind her!

I do apologize for the nextentries but this is a story aboutweird traditions and this is theweirdest thing I have everheard about Christmas.

In Catalonia - which is inSpain - residents always in-clude a figure of a defecatingman in their nativity scenesright there by Mary, Joseph,Baby Jesus and the Angel.They also have the Tio de Nadalwhich means the “pooping log”which is decorated with a blan-ket and a face and thrown halfway into the fire on ChristmasEve and beaten with sticks.These people are obsessed withsomething but everyone hastheir thing I guess.

Whatever your holiday tra-ditions are - enjoy them! Enjoyyour family and friends as longas you can. This is a lesson Ilearned 18 years ago and it wasdriven home. Put away bitter-ness and forgive each other; it’snot that hard if you try.

And remember with all thefun and shopping and what-not, we are celebrating Jesus’birthday and what it all means.Peace on earth may not happenbut peace can be found in Him.

AbengoaContinued from page 1utive Director Neal Gillespiestated all displaced workersfrom the Abengoa plant are eligible for training from theKansas Department of Commerce’s Rapid Responseoffice. You are encouraged tocall 785-230-8158 or [email protected]. You can also find out more about the Rapid Response office at kansascommerce.com/index.aspx?NID=266.

Mr. Gillespie went on to saythe plant may still be usable inthe future, whether for Abengoa or another ethanolcompany, as “...there’s a lot ofvalue in that plant out there.”

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to look over. The Commission-ers were informed there are 16districts formed across thestate with 45 counties partici-pating already. These districtsstarted forming 20 years ago.

How the districting works isthat after those involved agree,a resolution has been passedand a time of protest has beenserved, County Commissionerswill appoint four members fromeach county the first year. Laterthese four will be elected bytaxpayers in a general electionduring November of odd years.

Two members will serve two-year terms and two memberswill serve four-year terms in thebeginning.

The budget will be determined by the assessedvalue from each county. TheCommissioners had a chart infront of them with the budgetnumbers. The numbers werefurther discussed and explained in more detail withthe Commissioners.

The question was askedabout how many agents wouldbe required. This will be a question for the members afterthe district is formed. There canalso be a 4-H program assistant. These details can bechanged later.

After asking, the Commis-sioners were informed that sofar every county has kept theirown office space provided bythe County Commissioners, ifthat’s the way it had been donein the past.

The Commissioners gavethe directors the new StevensCounty valuation numbers sothey could plug them in. Thedirectors were informed bothMorton and Stevens Countyhave lost around 25% of theirvaluation this year. The samething may happen next year.Commissioners were con-

cerned about comminglingfunds with other counties.

The Commissioners discussed many more detailswith the extension officials from4-H funds to other control issues. They were assured anylocal 4-H money would staywith the local 4-H.

Some positives would bevarying programs each countycan bring to the table. For example - Morton County hasa person who writes grants andhas a cooking program andStevens County has AgentJosh who teaches shooting.These were just a few of thepositives brought up. If anothercounty wants to join later, theyhave to go through the sameprocess as the orignal counties.

Commissioners said theirmain concerns were to watchout for taxpayer money andkeep a strong 4-H and Exten-sion program. They agreed itlooks like it’s working from themap of all the other joined dis-tricts. Commissioners were assured the district can be dissolved if it is not working outright. Nancy Johnson urgedthe commissioners to visit withother commissioners whose extension programs haveformed districts. The matterwas tabled for now.

Care Givers and StressThe holidays are stressful for

a number of people. For part-time or full-time caregivers, itcan be even more difficult. Ontop of the normal stress that ac-companies caregiving, they mayhave to deal with holiday shop-ping, preparations, family visit-ing, etc. That might also includeout of town families offering ad-vice and suggestions on how youshould be giving care differently!

During the busy holiday sea-son consider asking others forhelp with holiday chores, or eventhe daily caregiving tasks. Don'tput extra stress on yourself tohave the "perfect" holidays; it'sokay to be "good-enough". Agood-enough caregiver strives togive the best care he or she cangive, without sacrificing his or

her own physical or mentalhealth in the process. A care-giver who is worn out and ex-hausted isn't going to be as goodat giving care. Realize that tryingto be perfect every day and ineverything will lead to "burnout".

Even through the busynessof this season, try to take a littletime for yourself to relax, listento some Christmas music,watch a holiday show on TV andjust take a little down time.Learning to care for oneself isone of the most difficult parts ofcaregiving. This is one of the pri-mary areas addressed in thePowerful Tools for Caregivers(PTC) Program to be hosted be-ginning in January at theStevens County Extension Of-fice.

These six weekly classes helpcaregivers develop a wealth ofself-care tools to reduce personalstress; change negative self-talk;communicate their own needs tofamily members and healthcareor service providers; communi-cate more effectively in challeng-ing situations; recognize the

messages in their emotions, dealwith difficult feelings; and maketough caregiving decisions.

Research and OutcomesResearch studies find high

rates of depression and anxietyamong caregivers, as well as in-creased vulnerability to healthproblems. Caregivers frequentlycite restriction of personal activ-ities and social life as problems.They often feel they have no con-trol over events, and that feelingof powerlessness has a signifi-cant negative impact on care-givers' physical and emotionalhealth.

In the years since the pro-gram began, a great deal of re-search, evaluation and revisionhas been done to ensure its con-tinued value and success. Thesix-week PTC class has beenshown to have a positive impacton caregiver health for a diversegroup of caregivers, includingrural, ethnic minorities, adultchildren of aging parents, well-spouses/partners, caregivers atdiffering stages in their caregiv-ing roles, living situations, and

financial and educational back-grounds. Data from class partic-ipant evaluations indicates thePTC program improves: • Self-Care Behaviors: (in-creased exercise, use of relax-ation technique and medicalcheck ups) • Management of Emotions:(reduced guilt, anger, and de-pression) • Self-efficacy (increased confi-dence in coping with caregivingdemands) • Use of Community Re-sources: (increased awarenessand utilization of social services)

The classes will be Thursdayevenings from 6:30 to 8:00 p.mat the Stevens County ExtensionOffice. There will be a fee for theclass, and the caregivers guide-book can be purchased.

The class begins January 7and continues through Febru-ary 11, 2016. Class size is lim-ited. Please enroll by calling theStevens County Extension Officeat 544-4359 by December 28.


Citizens State Bank601 S. Main - Hugoton

Pyramid Agency, Inc.521 S. Main - Hugoton

PAUL'S FUNERAL HOMEDavid & Brandy Robson

314 S. Van Buren 544-4122

Faith Publishing LLC522 S. Main 620-544-4321 TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

516 N.E. Avenue 544-2355Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service - 10:45 a.m.Rev. Larry Bradford, Interim Pastor

544-9492 or 598-2400YOU ARE WELCOME!

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH828 S. Main Hugoton 544-8715Reverend Rebecca Davison, PastorWednesday Praise! Kids - 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday Jr. High Youth Fellowship - 5:30 p.m.Wednesday Sr. High Youth Fellowship - 7:00 p.m.

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

HugotonUMC.com

ROLLAEMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH

202 Monroe St. - Rolla, Ks. 67954Henry McGuire, Pastor 593-4693

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

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

ROLLA PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

Corner of Third and Adams, RollaMarcus Light, Pastor

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

Worship - 11:00 a.m.Wednesday night meal - 6:00 p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHROLLA - RICHFIELD

593-4596 or 593-4781Buzz Lambrecht, Pastor

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

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

MOSCOWMOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH

598-2455 Church 1 mile S. of Moscow, 1/2 mile E. of

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

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

Team Kids (Wed.) - 3:30-5:00p.m. Sept.-MayPastor Sean Schraeder

MOSCOW UNITED METHODIST598-2426

Tim McCrary, Pastor 598-2421Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Kid’s Club - Wednesday 3:30 p.m.

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

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH600 S. Van Buren - 544-2715

Pastor Heath KelleySunday School - 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

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

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

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

Israel Franco, PastorSunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

Call 544-2652 for Church BusHUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

LONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51

Church 624-3784 Home 624-3104Pastor Gary Damron

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Contemporary Worship Celebration - 10:45 a.m.Jr. High & Sr. High Youth Group - Sunday 6:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Pam Peachey, Pastor544-2436Services

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

HISPANO Congregación618 Main sur - Hugoton

620-370-1003Pastor Marcelino Auila

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

RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH(formerly Lighthouse Fellowship)

424 S. Jackson 544-4828Don Quattlebum, PastorSunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Church - 10:30 a.m.Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER CHURCHPastor - Eric Mason

Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Coffee/Fellowship - 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

620-544-6386www.sovereignredeemerchurch.orgST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH

1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551Sunday - 11:00 a.m. English Mass

- 1:00 p.m. - Spanish Mass

AGAPE CHURCH OF HUGOTON

409 East Ninth, HugotonSunday – 10:30 a.m.

428-1135

ASSEMBLY OF GODMain and Second Street

544-2773Ben Coats, Pastor


Life Groups Sunday Nights - 6:00 p.m.Inside Out Kids Wed. - 6:30 p.m.

Student Ministry @ The Turnaround - Wed. 7:00 p.m.

BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH11th & Jefferson - 544-8517

Roy Bogan, PastorSunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

(Children, Youth, & Adult)

CHURCH OF CHRIST1045 S. Van Buren

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

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


Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER DAY SAINTS

520 E. First 544-2125

Sacrament - 9:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Priesthood - 11:00 a.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE500 S. Van Buren 544-2493

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

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

Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

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

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

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

Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

Kurt Hering, PastorMorning Worship - 9:00 a.m.

TheHugoton Hermes(USPS 253-820)

522 S. Main Hugoton, KS 67951 - 620-544-4321

Owner/OperatorFaith Publishing LLC

RoGlenda Coulter, Kay McDaniels and Ruthie Winget

RoGlenda Coulter, Bookkeeper/Classifieds/Obituaries

Kay McDaniels, Advertising/Circulation/Layout

Ruthie Winget,Composition/Layout/Advertising

Rebecca Garza, Asst. CompositionMarie Austin, Asst. CompositionGregg Tanner, SportsToni Hamlin, Asst. MailingLouressa Gill, Asst. MailingPhoebe Brummett, Rolla CorrespondentJudy Hickert, Moscow Correspondent

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Subscriptions $30.00 (including Kansas StateSales Tax) for Stevens and adjoining KansasCounties, $35.00 elsewhere in state (includingKansas State Sales Tax), and for all out of statesubscriptions. Online subscriptions are $25.00 ayear. Online and printed subscriptions combinedare $10.00 plus the cost of the subscription. For-eign Subscription Rate $40.00. School Subscrip-tions and Military Personnel $25.00 (includingKansas State Sales Tax) payable in advance. Ad-vertising Rates Noncommissionable $5.00 per col-umn inch, Commissionable Rates $6.25 percolumn inch, Classified $5.00 per column inch.Frequency is weekly every Thursday. PeriodicalsPostage paid at Hugoton, Ks. 67951. POSTMAS-TER: Send address changes to The Hugoton Her-mes at 522 S. Main, Hugoton, Kansas 67951.

Opinion PageOur opinion page is open to the public. We en-courage comments from readers in the form ofletters to the editor or guest columns. All lettersmust be signed and must include the address andtelephone number of the sender. (names will bepublished but not address & phone#) Lettersshould be no more than 300 words. No libelousor offensive letter will be published. The guestcolumn or letter to the editor does not reflect theopinion of this newspaper or its representatives.

You are invited to join the residents and staff for Sundayafternoon worship beginningat 3 p.m. at Pioneer Manor.

December 13Moscow UMC

December 20Trinity Baptist

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

Cards of encouragement neededJot down a quick note of

encouragement on a prettycard and send it on to Elwanda Irwin!

You can mail your card to:Elwanda Irwin

108 Oakwood CourtWeatherford, Tx. 76088

Dr. Alex Neira is still in business!

Office Hours:9:00 am - 12:00 Noon

1:30 - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday

402 W. Eleventh - Hugoton

Mary Beth Crawford is Heritage Christian Academy'sStudent of the Month. MaryBeth is a fifth grader and is thedaughter of Shannon andDiana Crawford. Photo courtesy of Misty Martin.

CommissionersContinued from page 1

Santa Claus and one of his elves wait patientlyfor customers and their pets to come out to Flatlanders’ Pet Portrait Day Saturday. Customers brought out their pets already

dressed or picked out costumes from Flatlanders’ pet selection so they could get theirpets’ (any pets) pictures taken with Santa andits people family members.

NOVEMBER 2015Flores, Crystal, Dog at Large

$160.00; 100 Days in Jail,Suspended; Must Rehome Dog

Flores, Crystal, Untagged Dog$50.00

Dadilla-Delacruz, David, ExpiredRegistration $110.00

Holt, Chuck, Battery $260.00Buse, Tyson Paul, Improper

Parking $105.00Buse, Tyson Paul, Driving Over Curb

$45.00Marquez-Anaya, Jose Sr., Posses-

sion of Marijuana $260.0030 Days in Jail, Suspended

6 Months Probation

Flores-Garcia, Ana R., No Driver’s Li-cense $160.00

2 Days in Jail, SuspendedSaucedo, Jaime, Dogs at Large (2)

$260.00McDaniels, Sara E., DUI-Second Of-

fense $1,785.00Serve 5 Days in Jail; 85 Days Suspended

One Year Supervised ProbationTarin, Zulema; Dog at large

$110.00Tarin, Zulema; Untagged Dog

$25.00Bowers, Terisa, Battery $260.00

10 Days in Jail, SuspendedOne Year Unsupervised Probation

Hugoton Municipal Court

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The High Plains HeritageFoundation is again this yearmaking grants in an effort tosupport the various charitableneeds and opportunities in theregion. Grants of up to $500each will be made based onthe applications received and for the purpose or causesupported.

The High Plains HeritageFoundation (HPHF) is a com-munity foundation servingsouthwest Kansas and thePanhandle region. HPHF is atax-exempt, publicly sup-ported institution with a long-term goal of building andadministering permanentfunds to carry out charitableinterests for the benefit of thearea residents.

“A community foundationis created by and for the people in local areas. It existsto help people and businessesplan and carry out their char-

itable giving easily and effec-tively,” said John Smith,chairman of the HPHF. Smithadded, “The Heritage founda-tion administers over a dozenscholarships awards annuallyand has facilitated manythousands of dollars going toother charitable activities andprograms benefiting our arearesidents.”

The Heritage foundationadministers not only fundscreated by donors to aid intheir own directed charitablegiving, but also administersfunds for making grants to address area needs andcauses. “It is this second goalthat is the basis of the annualyear-end grant program. It is

the earnings from the en-dowed funds and from Giv-ingTuesday donations thatprovide the funds for the year-end grants,” said Smith. Inthe past HPHF has assisted insuch programs as CrossroadsCenter, park playgroundequipment, Bright Futures,speech therapy equipment,and Communities in Schools.

No specific form is necessary for making thegrant application. The application must only be inwriting, for a non-profit pur-pose, and less than 300 words(one page) describing the problem, need, use, benefit orpurpose to be addressed withthe funds requested. The

application shall be signed bythe applicant or nominatorand provide contact or follow-up information.

All applications must besubmitted with post mark ordelivery by Saturday, December 12, 2015. The application should be submit-ted to the HPH Foundation,PO Box 1278, Liberal, Ks67905-1278. Applicationsmay also be sent to [email protected]. Review of applica-tions and final selection inboth number and amount willbe by the HPHF board of direc-tors. Selection and distribu-tions will be made before Christmas.


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Let Us Cook YourMeet All Your Holiday Needs

with Party TraysParty Trays• Meat & Cheese • Veggie • Fruit

• Sandwiches • Cookies

Call a Deli Associate at 620-428-6707 910 E. 11th, Hugoton, KSOpen 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Everyday

We also have Salads, Sandwiches, Parfaits, Pork Chops,

Roasted Chicken & Ribs FRESH DAILY

Thrifty King’s DeliCelebrations Made EasyWith Thrifty King’s Deli

Agricultural Sales and Service, Local and Direct

APPLICATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, SEEDING AND FERTILIZING

Moscow location(formerly Kubin Aerial)

598-2356

Hugoton location1114 Road A

428-6086

Thanks to everyone whocame out and played DirtyBingo last Saturday evening! Itwas well attended and a fun ac-tivity!

Saturday, December 12,2015, is our monthly dance.Live country music by Cotton-wood from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.Please bring a potluck. Also De-cember 12, Sew All Day beginsat 8:30 a.m. and the Canastaplayers have a potluck at 6:00p.m. with cards afterwards.

Make plans now to attendour New Year’s Eve dance from8:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnightBob Walter will be providing thelive country music. There willbe door prize drawings allevening. Please bring a potluck!

If you have questions aboutMedicare, please call theMedicare Hotline 1-800-742-9531 in Dodge City.

Kansas Department of Chil-dren and Families Servicesponsors a LIEAP programwhich helps qualifying house-

holds pay winter heating bills.Please call the toll free phonenumber 1-866-445-4327 to re-ceive information about low in-come energy assistance.

Senator Pat Roberts office isavailable to assist you withproblems you may be havingwith federal agencies like SocialSecurity, Veterans’/VA issues,military cases, Medicare, pass-ports, and IRS. If you need help,please call his Dodge City officeat 620-227-2244.

We deliver lunch Mondaythrough Friday to homeboundpeople. If you are in need of ourservices or you know someonewho is, please call the SeniorCenter. We will give you infor-mation on cost, menus, etc.

If you have questions con-cerning caregiving, legal mat-ters, disability, healthinsurance, housing, etc., pleasecall Michael Johnston at South-west Kansas Area Agency onAging at 620-225-8240.

MenuDec. 10................Ham & BeansDec. 11.........................BierocksDec. 14 ...........................Chili &

....................Cinnamon RollsDec. 15..........Baked Potato BarDec. 16...........................BrisketDec. 17................................Fish

ActivitiesThursday, December 10Exercise ...................10:30 a.m.Friday, December 11Exercise ...................10:30 a.m.Bingo .......................12:30 p.m.Saturday, December 12Cards & Games .........6:00 p.m.Sew All Day ...............8:30 a.m. Dance .....7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.Monday, December 14Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Line Dancing..............7:00 p.m.Tuesday, December 15Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Wednesday, December 16Exercise....................10:30 a.m.Paint...........................1:00 p.m.Thursday, December 17Exercise ...................10:30 a.m.

NEWS FROM

STEVENS COUNTYSENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER

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

624 S. Main, Hugoton

High Plains Heritage Foundation supports various charitable needs

This is the fourteenth year Hugoton Rotary Club has handedout dictionaries like those shown above to each student in thethird grade classes.

Hugoton Rotary members wait to begin handing out dictionariesto the third graders. Left to right are Adrian Howie, PaulNordyke, Derick Reinerio, Brent Inkelaar, June Trentham, GlenMcQueen, Scott Schechter and Brad Neihues.

The third graders of Hugoton ElementarySchool excitedly look over the new dictionaries

they were just given by the Hugoton RotaryClub.


Sportsby

Gregg Tanner

600 E. 11th 544-8686

Jordan Air IncCall Terry at620-544-4361

1026 S. MainHugoton

620-544-8011

Hi-Plains Lumber507 S. Main 544-4304

620-544-8908 • www.fnbhugoton.com • Member FDIC

113 W. 6TH HUGOTON, KANSAS

Phone (620) 544-4920Hugoton, Kansas 67951

Commodity Hauling

Jeff Ramsey 613 S. Main • 544-4303 • Hugoton

BROWN-DUPREEOIL CO INC.

1400 S Washington St. 356-3926

or 1-800-682-4143

GOOD LUCKON YOUR

WINTERSPORTS

A Nursing/Ancillary Resource Company620-417-5679 Office • 620-544-7629 Fax

Ed Stevenson RN • Alicia Stevenson404 Jayhawk Ct. • Hugoton, KS 67951

www.nurselinkstaffing.com • [email protected]

Member FDIC www.csbks.com

Hugoton/Liberal

First National BankHUGOTON UPTOWN

AUTOBODY624 S. Monroe 544-4683

Hwy 51 East Hugoton, KS

K-C Oil Company &Main Street Laundry

218 S. Main St. • 544-4660

Sports ScheduleThursday, December 10- Basketball: Seventh and

Eighth grade girls’ B at Guy-mon, 4:00 p.m.- Basketball: Seventh and

Eight grade girls’ A at Guy-mon, 5:00 p.m.- Basketball: High School

Blue and Red ClassicFriday, December 11- Basketball: High School

Blue and Red Classic.- High School V/JV Wrestlingat Ulysses, 4:00 p.m.Saturday, December 12- Basketball: High School

Blue and Red Classic.- High School V/JV Wrestling

at Ulysses, 9:00 a.m.- High School Girls/Boys C

Team Basketball at DodgeCity at 9:00 a.m.Friday, December 18- High School JV Boys/Girls

at Scott City at 4:45 p.m.- High School Varsity

Girls/Boys C at Scott City at6:30 p.m.- High School Varsity

Boys/Girls C at Scott City at8:00 p.m.Saturday, December 19- High School JV Wrestling

at Holly, Co. at 9:00 a.m.- High School V Wrestling at

Goodland at 10:00 a.m.

620.544.43881012 S. Main St.

Hugoton, KS 67951

509 West 11th Street - Hugoton, KS620-544-8500

Eagles huddle together with Coach CJ Korf right beforethe game starts at Syracuse.

Edwin Peña challenges his opponent during the homematch against Liberal.

A tough Eagle defense puts overwhelming pressure on the Bull-dogs’ offense.

The reigning State cham-pionship team from 2015 de-molished the SyracuseBulldogs Friday, December 4.Hugoton started off the gameslow and then as it went onthe Lady Eagles really got ona roll! The defense was keyfor Hugoton as they heldSyracuse to 17 points for theentire game.

The first quarter of playshowed the strength of theEagle defense as theyoutscored the Bulldogs 12-5.

The scoring for Hugotoncontinued in the second pe-riod as they scored 20 morepoints compared to ten forSyracuse. The score goinginto the half was the Eagleswith 32 points and the Bull-dogs with 13 points.

The half time break musthave energized the Eagles asthey came out with more de-fensive pressure on Syracuse.Hugoton had a total of 52points to Syracuse who hadonly 15 points as the gamewent to the end of the third

quarter.The Eagles finished the

game with a victory of 54 - 17over Syracuse.

Coach Gillen said, "I washappy with our effort. Ithought our defense did agood job of never letting themget comfortable. We hadgood pace on offense. Ourspacing was not always great,but I thought for the mostpart we took good shots. Wedid not have a great threepoint shooting night, howeverwe made up for it by having agood offensive reboundingnight. The bench came inand did a good job. This is ayoung team, and the firsttime for this group of girls toplay together. We need tocontinue to practice hard andget better."

Of Hugoton’s 54 points,Dallie Hoskinson and MelissaFabela tied for the high-scorer honor with 12 apiece.Katy Heger and Amy Scottwere close behind with 11each. Johanna Rawlins con-

tributed three, and LaneyHoskinson and BrooklynnHarper each earned one forthe Eagles. The Lady Eaglesshot 50 percent from the fieldand 61 percent from the freethrow line. The ladies alsomade three three-pointers.

Hugoton will next play

Thursday, December 10 at6:30 p.m. in the Blue andRed Classic in Hugoton. Thetournament goes throughSaturday night.

Be sure to join the rowdycrowd all weekend at HHS tocheer on the Eagles and theLady Eagles!

The Junior Varsity Eaglesdefeated Syracuse Friday,December 4. The game wasclose during the first half andHugoton pulled away duringthe final two quarters of play.

The Eagles had a veryclose game during the firsthalf of play. After the firstquarter, Hugoton had a nar-row three point lead overSyracuse, with the scorebeing 10-7. Then, the secondquarter had the teams evencloser as the Eagles led theBulldogs going into the halfby a score of 22 -20.

The speech at half musthave fueled the Eagles’ de-fense. Syracuse only scoredtwo points during the entirethird quarter. The Eagles’ of-fense was productive as they

scored 13 points during thethird period of play.

As the game went into thefinal quarter of play, Hugotonincreased their point total,sinking 15 points in thefourth quarter. Hugoton wonthe game over Syracuse bythe final score of 50-31.

Of Hugoton’s 50 points,Paden Cornelsen contributedover half, totaling 26. CarlosMontiel earned ten, whileErik Duarte scored four.Valentino Degollado, MitchellHamlin, Carlos Tinoco, JeffPersinger and Isai Cabezashad two points each.

The next game for the Jun-ior Varsity Eagles will be Fri-day, December 18 at 4:45p.m. at Scott City HighSchool.

Dallie Hoskinson concentrates on her free throw.

Nonstop defense was key for the Eagles against the Bulldogs.

Melissa Fabela lays up the ball during the game against Syra-cuse last Friday. Melissa ended up with 12 points for the night.

Syracuse tries unsuccessfully to stop Katy Heger from makinganother Eagle layup, while Brooklynn Harper watches for therebound.

Brooklynn Harper pours on the pressure while the Bulldogs attempt an inbound play.

Katy Heger directs the offensive play as the Lady Eagles tookon the Bulldogs at Syracuse.

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Hugoton’s JV defeats Syracuse


Sports by Gregg Tanner

The Varsity Eagles trav-eled to Syracuse Friday, De-cember 4 and came awaywith a win. The Eaglesjumped ahead of the Bulldogsand held them off for the win.

Tony Kinser used hisheight to rebound and put uptwo points. Then, ManuelMendez took advantage of hisspeed to break away from thedefenders to score a layup forthe Eagles. The defense forHugoton held Syracuse toonly five points in the firstquarter. After one period ofplay. Hugoton was cruisingover Syracuse by a score of23-8.

Parker Titus led all of theEagles with 17 points for thegame. The leader in reboundsfor the Eagles with 12 wasZack Leininger.

The second quarter saw athree pointer by Leininger.Hugoton extended its 15point lead to a 20 point leadby half time. The Eagles werecruising after the first twoquarters of play. Hugoton enjoyed a 41-21 lead overSyracuse at the break.

Hugoton started the thirdquarter enjoying a nice 20point lead. The Bulldogswould take small bites intothe scoreboard getting asclose as 17 points. The Eagleswould push back and notallow them to get too close totheir score. At the end ofthree quarters, Syracuse hadonly moved one point closerwith the score now being a 19point advantage for the Ea-gles.

It was a good thing thatthe Eagles had a big leadgoing into the final quarter ofplay. The Bulldogs were tena-cious and did not give up onthe game. Syracuseoutscored Hugoton by a 17 to11 point production duringthe fourth quarter. However,the Eagles had a big enoughlead to fend off Syracuse. The

score at the buzzer wasHugoton 64 to Syracuse whohad 51. The Eagles had wonthe game.

Coach C.J. Korf said, "Iwas really happy with the energy and enthusiasm thatwe started the game with. Weplayed really well in the firstquarter and the first few min-utes of the second, but oncewe got the big lead we kind oflet up. In the second half wedid not play at the same leveland allowed Syracuse to nar-row the gap. We have to learnto play consistently for all 32minutes. It was great to getthe win, but there is definitelya lot of things we need towork on and improve ongoing forward."

Parker Titus was the high

scorer with 17 points, fol-lowed closely by Wade Hegerand Zack Leininger with 13apiece, while Tony Kinsersunk 12 points. Also con-tributing to Hugoton’s 64points were Colby Korf withfive and Garrett Hamlin andManuel Mendez with twoeach.

Hugoton shot 45 percentfrom the field, seeing 20 oftheir 44 two point attemptsthrough the net, and 46 per-cent of their three pointers.Team members made six of11 free throws for 55 percent.

The next game will be inHugoton Thursday, Decem-ber 10 at 8:15. It is their firstgame for the 3 day Blue andRed Classic Tournament thatgoes through Saturday.

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NO PHONE REGISTRATIONS. Register and pay program fees at HRC offices, 211 S. Madison.

The Hugoton Varsitywrestling team hosted atough Liberal Tuesday, De-cember 1. The visitors fromLiberal were too much forHugoton and dominated thematch.

Posting wins for the Hugo-ton team were NathanLeininger, David Cruz andBrian Flores with two winsfor the JV team. Also partici-pating at the tournamentwere Luis Guerrero, JorgeTinoco, Alfredo Luna, Dante

Duran, Jalen Rosales, Ro-mano Burger, LandenHickey, Zayden Littell, PedroOrdonez and Edwin Peña.Rickey Burrows, HomeroVilla and Marcos Baeza didnot wrestle.

The next match for theJunior Varsity will be Satur-day, December 19 at HollyHigh School at 9:00 a.m. TheVarsity will have their nextmatch Saturday, December19 at Goodland High Schoolat 10:00 a.m.

Parker Titus lays in two points for the varsityEagles during the game against Syracuse

Friday night. The Eagles were victorious overSyracuse, ending the night 64-51.

HHS varsity Eagle Manuel Mendez completes a layup for histwo points during the game against Syracuse.

Garrett Hamlin goes up for hisjump shot. Garrett tallied twopoints for the Eagles duringthe game against the BulldogsFriday, December 4.

Zack Leininger with his free throw attempt. Zack was a highscorer for the game, contributing 13 points to the Eagles’ 64 total

Brian Flores confidently faces his Liberal opponent during ahome match. Brian ended the tournament with a win for HHS.

The Eagles listen intently to Coach Korf during a quick time outat the Syracuse game Friday.

HHS wrestlers host match

Wade Heger runs the offense against a tough Bulldog defenseFriday evening at Syracuse.

Coach Greg Salmans instructs Alfredo Luna during the homematch against Liberal.

Alfredo Luna fiercely faces hisopponent at the HHSwrestling match Tuesday.

Luis Guerrero fights hard against his opponent at the matchwith Liberal Tuesday.

Eagles triumph over Syracuse

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Hats off to the more than500 candidates for Decembergraduation at Emporia StateUniversity. Anna IngeleivWold of Hugoton will graduate Saturday, Decem-ber 12 with a Master of Sci-ence degree in Mathematics.

Undergraduates will receive their degrees duringbaccalaureate ceremonies at9:30 a.m. at White Audito-rium, 111 E. Sixth Avenue inEmporia At 2:00 p.m., gradu-ate students will be hooded atAlbert Taylor Hall in PlumbHall on the Emporia Statecampus.

Kansas Regent Zoe Newton of Sedan will give re-marks during both cere-monies. Dr. James Persinger,psychology professor and2015 Roe R. Cross Distin-guished Professor will address the undergraduates.

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Christmas TreesNational estimates of re-

ported home structure firesderived from the U.S. Fire Ad-ministration’s National FireIncident Reporting System(NFIRS) and NFPA’s annualFire Department ExperienceSurvey show that in the years2009 through 2013, Christ-mas trees were the item firstignited in an estimated aver-age of 210 reported homestructure fires per year, re-sulting in an annual averageof seven civilian fire deaths,19 civilian fire injuries, and$17.5 million in direct prop-erty damage.• Look for flame-resistantartificial trees. Keep the treeat least three feet away fromheat sources.• Ensure your natural treeis kept fresh in waterthroughout its recommendedtwo-week life.

Watch a video demonstrat-ing how quickly a dried-outChristmas tree will burncompared to a well-wateredtree at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNjO3wZD-VlA.

CandlesDecember is the peak time

of year for home candle fires.In December, 11% of home

candle fires began with deco-rations compared to four per-cent the rest of the year.• Never leave a burning can-dle unattended.• Make sure candles are instable bases and have plentyof space around them. Placethem where they cannot beeasily knocked down orturned over.• Flashlights or battery-powered lamps should beused during a power outage(not candles). Be sure to keepfresh batteries on hand.

Holiday Lights• Inspect holiday lights be-fore using for frayed wires,bare spots, gaps in the insu-lation, or broken sockets.• Only use lights that havebeen tested and labeled by arecognized testing laboratory.• Avoid overloading - do notlink more than three strands.• Unplug decorative lightswhen leaving the home.

CookingCooking is, and has long

been, the leading cause ofhome structure fires andhome fire injuries, and ac-cording to the records col-lected from reporting firedepartments in Kansas,home cooking fires increasesignificantly around the timesof major holidays such asChristmas. • Always stay in the kitchenwhile frying, grilling or broil-ing food. If you have to leavethe kitchen for even a shortperiod of time, turn off thestove. Have a lid handy toslide over a skillet or pot thathas caught on fire.• Keep things that can catchfire such as oven mitts,wooden utensils, food pack-aging, towels and curtainsaway from the cooking area.

Heating and FireplacesDuring the holidays, a nice

roaring fire in the fireplacecan add to the season’s ambi-ence, but can also increasethe chances of a home fire.The use of portable spaceheaters also increases signif-icantly during the coldermonths, which is also amajor cause of home fires.Half (50%) of all home heatingfires occurred in December,January and February.• Make sure the fireplacehas a sturdy screen to stopsparks from flying into theroom. Ashes should be coolbefore putting them in ametal container. Keep thecontainer a safe distanceaway from your home.• Keep anything that canburn at least three feet awayfrom heating equipment, likethe furnace, fireplace, woodstove, or portable spaceheater.• Have a three-foot “kid-freezone” around open fires andspace heaters.• Have heating equipmentand chimneys cleaned andinspected every year by aqualified professional.• Remember to turn offportable heaters when leav-ing the room or going to bed.

Smoke Alarms• Working smoke alarmsshould be a priority at anytime of the year.• Test smoke alarmsmonthly to ensure they arefunctioning properly and re-place outdated smoke alarmswith units featuring ten-yearsealed lithium batteries.

For more fire safety tips,visit the Web site for the Of-fice of the State Fire Marshalat http://firemarshal.ks.gov.

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Young ‘reindeer’ color their Christmas pictures at the Christmas Carnival at the Stevens County Activity Center Saturday afternoon while waiting for their turn to see Santa.

Marshal offers fire safety tips for holidays

Anna Wold will graduate from ESU

Ava McDaniels and Aiden Evans enjoy the Christmas Carnivalat the Senior Center. The two enjoyed visiting Santa and tellinghim ALL about their Christmas lists!

Santa Claus listens intently to the Christmas requests from ayoung man.

A cute little Rudolph attendingthe Christmas Carnival.

Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce Director Kay Shurtleff,along with a group of Hugoton high school girls, stand ready togreet the children at the Chamber Christmas Carnival. Therewas a crowd of 132 kids attending the carnival.

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Abengoa began the dirtwork as one of the first stepsfor construction of the newproposed biomass ethanolplant. They hope to beginconstruction of the new plantthis spring.


Tom Hicks received theHugoton Recreation Commis-sion Distinguished VolunteerAward during the varsityboys’ half-time break. Hickscoached Little League base-ball for 19 years from 1974 to1992, coached the All-Starbaseball team for nine yearsand coached Hugoton Recre-ation Commission basketballfrom 1987 to 1994.

Thursday,December 19,1985

Jamie Morris, eight yearold daughter of Greg andSherry Morris, won the dollhouse the Pollyanna Clubsponsored as a money raisingactivity for the scholarshipfund. Roger Lynch built thedoll house and donated it tothe club. Members of thePollyannas decorated andfurnished the three foot talldoll house.


Sheriff O.D. Littrell an-nounced the appointment ofa new deputy, Russ E. De-Witt, who began his dutiesDecember 17, 1975. Russcame to Hugoton from Delta,Co., where he had been em-ployed for five years by theDelta Police Department.

Jim Reynolds, son of Mr.and Mrs. Larry Reynolds, hasbeen picked to play in theShrine Bowl All-Star footballgame at Wichita State Uni-versity. The Shriners fromLiberal are sponsoring Jim.


Gary Hendershot has beenhired to teach a class of biol-ogy, chemistry and seventhgrade science at the Hugotonschools. Gary is a native of

Burdett.Friday, December 22, 1950

Eugene Renfro recently leftfor Denver, Co., where he en-listed in the U.S. Air Force.He is now stationed at SanAntonio, Tx.

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As delegates from 195 na-tions meet in Paris to debatemankind’s response to globalclimate change, scientists fromthe University of Kansas andRothamsted Research in Eng-land issued a study Monday ofa major crop pest underlininghow “climate is changing inmore ways than just warming”.

Their paper, appearing inNature Climate Change, showshow large-scale climaticchanges drive a coordinated riseand fall of numbers of aphidsacross Great Britain, even whenindividual aphid populations inthat nation are separated bygreat distance.

The researchers studied aphenomenon called “spatialsynchrony,” revealing howchanging climate can affect eco-logical populations through in-creases in average temperatureand changes in how climaticfluctuations in different areasrelate to each other.

“If you care about crops, youhave a reason to care about howclimate change affects croppests like aphids,” said DanielReuman, associate professor ofecology and evolutionary biologyat KU and senior scientist withthe Kansas Biological Survey,who co-authored the paper.

“If you eat, you have a reasonto care about crops,” he said.

The scientists looked atdecades’ worth of populationsurveys of 20 aphid species car-ried out with suction trapsthroughout Britain. In the data,they searched out triggers forshifts in spatial synchronyamong aphid numbers overmultiple timescales - triggersthat, until now, have been hardfor researchers to determine.

“There are a lot of possiblecauses. With so much complex-ity it can be hard to work outwhat’s driving things,” Reumansaid. “It’s like a baseball teamthat might be great for a decade,but with good years and badyears within that decade - thenthey might be terrible for adecade. There are long-termchanges and shorter-term fluc-tuations. We needed to separatethese timescales from eachother to understand that thecauses of overall changes werelinked to climate.”

Using “wavelets” - a statisti-cal technique for dissecting vari-ations by time and timescale -the researchers found the keyinfluence on aphid flight timingsare winter temperatures, eventhough aphids first fly in spring-time.

“For most aphid species,winter temperatures were themain things that drove syn-chrony of when they first fly inspring or summer,” Reumansaid. “That was interesting be-cause winter temperatures aremonths apart from when theyfly. Temperatures in January af-fect when they fly in May andJune. April and May tempera-tures had much less impact on

when they fly than these wintertemperatures. The coldest timesof year affect when they’re flying.If it gets colder, they fly later.”

The researchers linked theirresults to the North Atlantic Os-cillation. The NAO is a large-scale climatic oscillation, like ElNiño in that respect, but mostlyover Europe and the North At-lantic.

“These oscillations affectmany species and also humanindustries like fishing,” Reumansaid.

The timing and populationsize of aphids have a major ef-fect on a number of importantcommercial crops, according tothe KU researcher.

“Aphids aren’t just a pest inBritain - they’re a pest world-wide,” Reuman said. “A pestaphid makes its living suckingsap out of the crops. When theyget to high levels, they can suckenough to stunt plant growth,and they spread plant viruses.Cowpea aphids, also calledblack aphids, affect alfalfa inKansas. The wheat aphid, alsoknown as the Greenbug, has

been a serious wheat pest inKansas for more than 100 yearsand attacks other crops.”

Beyond aphids, Reumansaid the team’s findings woulddeepen understanding of howclimate influences spatial syn-chrony in many differentspecies of animals and couldhave implications for publichealth and commercial endeav-ors.

“Synchrony can be seen inall sorts of species and inhuman disease epidemics,” hesaid. “There’s good reason to be-lieve that similar phenomena towhat we observed in aphidsmay occur in other species. Weshould look to El Niño for simi-lar effects, as a next step.”

Reuman’s collaborators onthe research were Lawrence W.Sheppard at KU and James R.Bell and Richard Harrington atRothamsted Research.

The UK Natural Environ-ment Research Council, Na-tional Science Foundation andKU supported this work.

Submitted by the Universityof Kansas News Service.

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Charles E. Dudley built this 24 room hotel in1920 to help improve “new Moscow.” The hotelstood several years after his death in 1940.

Charley came to Stevens County from Missourias a young man in 1885. Taken from the Historyof Stevens County and Its People.

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Kyle has experienced 700 books in the 1,000 Books BeforeKindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Wow!Way to go Kyle!

LIBRARY CLOSINGA REMINDER: The library

will close from 11:00 a.m. to1:00 p.m. Thursday, Decem-ber 10, 2015 so our staff mayattend the Recipe Swap.

HOLIDAY CLOSINGThe library will be closed

Thursday, Friday, Saturdayand Sunday, December 24 –27. No materials are due dur-ing this time, but the bookdrop will be checked severaltimes if you wish to returnitems. Have a wonderfulChristmas holiday, and we’llsee you Monday, December28!

RECIPE SWAPThe Recipe Swap will be

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will be admitted free ofcharge. If you didn’t enter arecipe before the deadline,you may attend for $25.00.(The fee entitles you to themeal, a cookbook, and give-aways.) The library will beclosed from 11:00 a.m. to1:00 p.m. to allow our staff toattend. KIDS’ WINTER READING

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CIRCLE TIMECircle time will take a

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Moscow Recreation sponsored Buddy Day forgrade school students to come and learn bas-ketball skills from high school players Satur-day, December 5. There were 31 participantswho received t-shirts and cookies. The kidsmoved from station to station where they

learned skills like defense, dribbling and pass-ing. The high school kids had a three-point con-test at the end of the event. Then everyoneenjoyed cookies and gatorade and signing eachother's shirts. Buddy Day was a lot of fun forall involved. Photo courtesy of Marcie Knoll.


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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFLois M. Sullivan, deceased,

CASE NO.13-PR-28

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition for Final Settlement has beenfiled in this Court by Loren K. Sulli-van, Executor of the Estate of Lois M.Sullivan, deceased, praying Peti-tioner’s acts be approved; the Waiverof Petitioner’s account be settled andallowed; heirs be determined; the Willbe construed and the estate assignedto the persons entitled thereto; theCourt find the allowances requestedfor attorney’s fees and expenses are

reasonable, should be allowed and or-dered paid; the Court costs be deter-mined and ordered paid; theadministration of the Estate beclosed; and upon the filing of receiptsthe Petitioner be finally discharged asthe Executor of the Estate of Lois M.Sullivan, deceased, and Petitioner bereleased from further liability.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or before De-cember 18, 2015 at 1:30 P.M., in thisDistrict Court in the City of Hugoton,Stevens County, Kansas, at whichtime and place the cause will beheard. Should you fail therein, judg-ment and decree will be entered indue course upon the Petition.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Douglas and Lorrie Nicodemus1965

Douglas and Lorrie Nicodemus2015

Douglas and Lorrie Nicodemus of Moscow were honored guests at a fiftieth anniversary celebration in theirhonor given by their children November 28 at the ClarionInn in Garden City.

The couple were married at Aurora, Co. November 20,1965, while Doug was serving in the Army.

Attending the celebration were their sons Dale and LuNicodemus and grandsons, Gordon and wife Sharanda,Dane, Joel and Raymond all of Garden City; daughter Jodiand Tiny Rosalez and daughters Heather, Ashlyn and Aerrianna of Guymon and Delcina and Adrian from Liberal; and son Troy and Lana Chenoweth and familyBrett, Jolie, Aidan and Jurni from Thermopolis, Wy., SherriSintas and son Coleman and fiancé Leslie and son Tannorfrom Guymon.

Special guests attending were Lorrie's 91 year oldmother Shirley Snyder from Evans, Co. and Aunt Marylou

Burke from Hubbard, Or.Also attending were Lorri's two sisters, Terry Valdez

from Henderson, Co. and Valarie Bosanko from Greeley,Co.; Doug's cousin Warren Nicodemus and wife Berniefrom Cheyenne, Wy.; Gordon Karney and wife Tre fromHemingford, Ne.; and Race Chenoweth and wife Janet ofSpringfield, Co.

Lorrie and Doug were surprised with the gathering ofso many family and friends, as they were just expectingtheir children. The evening included a wonderful cateredmeal and a wedding cake topped with a cowboy groom andbride on a horse. Everyone had a wonderful time visitingand most spent the night at the Clarion, then gathered forbreakfast together before heading home.

Lorrie and Doug have 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Nicodemus couple celebrates 50 years of marriage

Thursday, December 10High School Basketball

tournament at RollaFriday, December 11

High School Basketballtournament at RollaSaturday, December 12

High School Basketballtournament at RollaSunday, December 13

- Caroling and tree light-ing party at Moscow BaptistChurch at 6:00 p.m. Comewelcome in the ChristmasSeason. There will be ciderand hot chocolate.Tuesday, December 15

Junior/Senior High Music

Program 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 16

Senior Citizens ChristmasParty 1:30-2:30 p.m.Thursday, December 17

Junior/High School Bas-ketball here vs DeerfieldFriday, December 18

End of Semester - GradeSchool Music programDecember 21-January 1

Christmas Break - NoSchoolMonday, January 4

No School - Teacher Inser-viceTuesday, January 5

Second semester begins

The Moscow High Schoolgirls basketball team took onthe Ingalls girls at Moscowlast Friday, December 4. Afterfour quarters of play the Ingalls team emerged thewinners with a score of 35-62.

The top scorer for Moscowwas Kelsi Mueller with 20points. Mueller scored fivepoints in the first quarteralong with Madilyn Laheyand Adriana Salcedo scoringtwo points each for a firstquarter score of 9-19.

Ingalls scored 21 points inthe second quarter whileholding Moscow to only eight.Mueller, Briannah Davidsonand Brittney Stuckey scoredtwo points each in the secondquarter. Morgan Robson shottwo free throws.

At the start of the thirdquarter, Ingalls was in thelead with 40 points whileholding Moscow to only 17.Mueller scored seven pointsin the quarter and MonicaGonzalez scored a three-point basket. Moscow pickedup the pace in the quarter tooutscore the visiting team byone point, ending the quarter27 to 49.

In the fourth quarterMoscow only added eightpoints to the score while Ingalls added 13, ending thegame with the win. Muellerscored six points in the finalquarter and Robson scoredtwo.

Total scores for the playerswere Mueller with 20, fol-lowed by Robson with four,Gonzalez with three. David-son, Stuckey, Lahey and Sal-cedo scored two points each.

City employee, Randy Maxwell takes advantage of the nice daysthis week to install the city lights along Main Street. Moscow is really looking good with residents getting their decorations putup. Winners of the lighting contest sponsored by the MoscowRecreation will be announced at the School Christmas ProgramFriday, December 18.

There was a great turnout for the Annual Pancake supper last Thursday night. The menof the community cooked lots of pancakes, biscuits, gravy, eggs and sausage and bacon, all

to raise money for the great bags of candy, fruitand nuts for Santa to give out at the AnnualChristmas program at school December 18.

Time out! Javier Marquez, Jesse Stuckey, Kage Allen, CoachBrett Harp, Jaylen Mendez, Jalen Shaddix and Assistant CoachCJ Madison take a time out during the basketball game againstIngalls last week. Photo courtesy of Marcie Knoll.

Kelsi Mueller drives down thecourt in the first basketballgame of the season. Photocourtesy of Marcie Knoll.

Lady Wildcatslose seasonopener to Ingalls


Rolla NewsBy Phoebe Brummett

Emma Schnable has thebest news ever to share witheveryone! She is a big sister,as of Friday, December 4,2015. Averie Grace Schnablewas born at 7:42 am. Averieweighed nine pounds, eightounces and was 20 incheslong.

Parents are Jon and Anne

Schnable of Manter. Maternalgrandparents are Jim andMary Behan of Rolla, pater-nal grandparents Gardell andKelly Schnable of Rolla, great grandmother NancySmith of Ulysses and greatgrandfather Bill Hoffeditz ofHoxie. Welcome to the worldAverie Grace!

Look who’s new

Averie Grace joins Schnable familyEmma Schnable holds her new baby sister Averie Grace Schnable. Photo courtesy of Anne Schnable.

Mary Frances Chambers and James Light on their wedding day, December 7, 1947. Photo courtesy of Karen Light.

Mary Frances and James Light on their sixty-eighth wedding anniversary.

Photo courtesy of Marcus Light.

A marriage lasting 68 years is a rarity in this day andage. But James and Mary Frances Chambers Light arerare, in more ways than one. They both attended schoolin Rolla but were not close, as Mary Frances was only afreshman when James was a senior. All that changedwhen James returned from the war and Mary Frances returned from a business college in Denver. December7, 1947, this lovely couple was wed.

Life has not always been easy for the children of pioneers but perseverance and a strong faith in the Lordhas kept their focus on the important things in life.

Five boys and one lovely girl were born to this union.

Their family has naturally grown to include thirty-sevenpeople total. Their sons and their wives are Ronnie andSharon Light of Yukon, Ok., Courtney and Karen Light ofRolla, Marcus and Beverly Light of Rolla, Kevin andJackye Light of Hugoton and Nolan Light of Bethany, Ok.Their daughter Megan and her husband Michael Tuckerlive in Wichita. The family also includes 16 grandchildrenand 11 great grandchildren.

Mary Frances, or Pete, as she is affectionately called bythose who know her, stated that Rolla is a good place tolive and raise children. Faith in God is the glue that keepsthings together.

Lights celebrate 68 years of marriage

Thursday, December 10- Rolla Basketball Showcase

games begin at 3:30 p.m.Friday, December 11

- Rolla Basketball Showcasegames begin at 3:30 p.m.

- ARGHSaturday, December 12

- Rolla Basketball Showcasegames begin at 3:30 p.m.Sunday, December 13

- Mrs. Kelling’s PianoRecital at Rolla UnitedMethodist ChurchTuesday, December 15

- Junior High Pep Rally at3:15 p.m.

- Junior High Basketball vsTyrone at 4:30 p.m.

- Board of Education meet-ing at 6:30 p.m.Thursday, December 17

- First-Twelfth ChristmasConcert at 7:00 p.m.Friday, December 18

- Santa Day at 12:30 p.m.- Staff Christmas Party at

Feterita at 6:00 p.m.- End of First Semester

Saturday, December 19- Brush Therapy Event at

6:30 p.m.December 21-January 1

- No School Winter BreakFriday, December 25

- Christmas January 1

- New Years Day

The Rolla High SchoolScholars’ Bowl team traveled toTopeka Friday and Saturday tocompete in the QUEST compe-tition at Washburn University.Randy Bane and Becky Sohmhave much to be proud of, asonce again, the mighty Piratestook first place in the 1ASchools division, scoring 1700points. They will continue onand compete again in Januaryfor the television rounds. Congratulations to the teamand their coaches!

Scholars’ Bowl team competes and wins firstplace at the QUEST competition at WashburnUniversity. Pictured are back row left to rightGarry Norton, Henry Wiebe, Coach Randy

Bane and Chandler Burrows. In front areCoach Becky Sohm, Allyson Norton and PaigeClaassen. Photo courtesy of Stacy and ShelliBurrows.

Dorothy Milburn had herpicture taken with Ron Bakerat a reception in Scott City acouple years ago. Her quote“If I had to have my picturetaken with any celebrity, Icouldn't ask for a better ex-ample". Ron Baker, a sen-ior, is a starter on the WSU

Basketball team. He's anAll-American young manand a prime example of a rolemodel for young people.Dorothy says she had toknock all the “teeny-boppers”out of the way to get thisphoto with Ron.

WSU basketball star Ron Baker poses with fan Dorothy Milburn during a reception. Photo courtesy of Todd Steele.

Rolla Hope will be playingpick a player at all the homehigh school basketball games this season. StartingDecember 12 you pick yourplayer before the game startsand donate one dollar for

every point your playermakes to Rolla Hope at theend of the game. They willhave a table set up in front ofthe new gym. Come out andsupport our teams and RollaHope!

John and Shelley Barrett with daughter Kaleigh enjoyed theGarth Brooks concert in Wichita over the weekend. Shelley saidthey have waited 18 years for this! John certainly looks excited!Photo courtesy of Kaleigh Barrett.

The Rolla Hope angel tree islocated in the Rolla High Schooloffice. The tree has tags that youcan choose to help a child or afamily in need this Christmas.Stop by and pick your Angelfrom the tree or call Arleen Clinesmith for more information.

Pick a player for Rolla Hope

Dorothy Milburn gets a picture with Ron Baker

Get your name tagfrom Rolla Hopeangel tree now

Scholars’ Bowl team places first in QUEST competition

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John and Linda Milburn ofRolla are proud to announcethe birth of their first greatgrandson, Hunter Lee Rodriguez. Hunter was bornThursday, December 3, 2015,at 3:55 p.m. to Sommar Rodriguez at Garden City. Heweighed five pounds, tenounces and was 19 incheslong.

Maternal grandparents areLana and Benny Rodriguez ofUlysses. Maternal greatgrandparents are Sally andthe late Benny Rodriguez ofUlysses. Maternal great greatgrandmother is LavernaHobbs of Elkhart. Hunter willbe loved by many aunts, un-

cles and cousins, too. Con-gratulations to all!

Look who’s newMilburns welcome first great grandson

Hunter Lee Rodriguez Photo courtesy of Sommar

Rodriguez.

Each year the children,grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Keith Jarviscome from all over the coun-try to be together as a familyfor Thanksgiving. Keith andthe late Beulah Jarvis havefour children, five grandchil-dren plus spouses, and 18great grandchildren. Thefamily totals 33 plus a fewother relatives who come tothe farm for the Thanksgivingevent.

Keith and Beulah estab-lished a home of love andfaith when their familybegan; gathering together forthe Thanksgiving holiday hasbeen a tradition for decades.Everyone wants to comehome to the Jarvis farm! Thisyear we are all wonderinghow we were going to fit all 33of us in Keith's three bed-room farmhouse, let aloneentertain so many kids infreezing weather. Our aunt

Lana Jarvis suggested maybewe go to a school and havethe Thanksgiving dinnerthere.

Sure enough, she con-tacted Karick and PhoebeBrummett, caretakers, andwe were signed up at the Dermot School. The familiesall loaded up in their vehicleswith our Thanksgiving mealand drove on the icy roads tothe school. Upon entering thedouble doors we instantly fellin love with the darlingschoolhouse. It was perfect!We were captivated by its history, authenticity, size andhome-town feel. It almostseemed magical as if theschool had been preservedsince it was in use, with vintage school books still onthe shelves.

We moved right in, withcrafts in the gym, our familyband on the stage, Thanks-giving cooking in the kitchen,

and family games and toys inthe classroom. We enjoyed awonderful day and meal, withmuch love and laughter. Wehad such a good time we decided to come back thenext day and repeat the fun.When it was time to go, we allfelt sad and wanted to hangaround longer.

Until next time DermotSchool, thanks for being ourgathering spot and the answer to our prayers!

Written by Linsay Jarvis,granddaughter-in-law to KeithJarvis.

Saturday, December 5 wasthe Southwest Kansas MusicEducators Association (SWK-MEA) District Honor Choirand Band concert in DodgeCity. Freshman BrookeHinds traveled with her choirdirector, Sam Eiland, to par-ticipate in the all day event.

The choir and band memberspractice all day and thenhave a concert for the publicin the afternoon. Brookestated the day was long butlots of fun. Brooke is thedaughter of Christopher andAlesia Hinds of Hugoton.Congratulations Brooke!

Brooke Hinds and Sam EilandPhoto courtesy of Alesia Hinds

The Rolla Roller Rink willonce again be open, undernew management. The Rink,operated by the Rolla Recreation Commission, willhave Lori Sheedy and MandyKey managing the day to dayactivities. The Rink will beopen Thursdays from 6:00until 9:30 p.m. and Fridaysand Saturdays from 5:00 to9:30 p.m. It will not be openif there are home basketballgames. It is also available forrent for parties. Please contact Lori 620-453-2505 orMandy at 918-805-9367 for

rental information. The ladieshave created a Facebookpage, called Rolla Roller Rink,which will have updates as

the season goes along. It’sgreat to have traditions continuing in Rolla.

Skaters of all ages enjoy the Rolla Roller Rink.Come out and refresh your skills! Photo

courtesy of Lori Sheedy, Rolla Roller Rink manager.

Santa Day is right aroundthe corner and with budgetsbeing tighter and tighter, theSanta Day budget has alsotaken a hit. If you enjoyed thefestivities and wish to see theunique tradition continue,please consider donating.

Donations can be mailedto Rolla Santa Day, PO Box167, Rolla, Ks. 67954. Yoursupport of this very specialday is greatly appreciated.

The Jarvis family celebrates Thanksgiving with lots of good foodand visiting. Photo courtesy of Linsay Jarvis.

Jarvis family celebrates Thanksgiving at Dermot School

Brooke Hinds participates in District Honor Choir

Santa Day is fast approaching

Rolla Roller Rink is once again open

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The Jarvis family band performs for the familyat Dermot School at the Thanksgiving Day get-

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OPERATOR - CONESTOGA ENERGY PARTNERS-ARKALON ETHANOLThe Plant Operator is responsible for collecting and analyzing samples throughout the Ethanol Process including the areas of Milling,Cook, Fermentation, Evaporation, Distillation/Dehydration, Centrifuges/Dryers and Water Treatment. The Plant Operator will reportto the Board Operator and the Lead Operator any analyses that are not in operating specification so changes to the process can be made.The Plant Operator will be trained to handle and mix various chemicals that are added to the process. The Plant Operator will also learnthe process flows throughout the plant and will assist other team member in trouble shooting of the plant process. The Plant Operatorwill also be trained to operate the plant from the Distributive Con- trol System. The Plant Operator will be part of a four team membercrew.Required Qualifications: High School Diploma or GED preferred; previous related plant work experience preferred; ability to work suc-cessfully in a team environment; ability to follow direction and Standard Operating Procedures in a safe manner; ability to speak, read,write and comprehend basic English. Preferred Qualifications: six months experience in similar position within an ethanol plant

MAINTENANCE TECH - Conestoga Energy Partners-Bonanza BioEnergyThe maintenance staff is responsible for all maintenance issues including installs, repairs, and equipment transfers within the plant toensure the plant remains operational.Required Qualifications: High School Diploma or GED; one year of related maintenance work experience; ability to operate companyequipment; strong mechanical aptitude; knowledge of plumbing and water treatment; ability to follow direction and standard operatingprocedures; ability to speak and comprehend basic English; ability to stand and walk frequently; twist, bend and reach on a regularbasis; work with caustic chemicalsPreferred Qualifications: three years of proven maintenance work experience; experience in welding, metal fabrication, milling machinesand electrical work

Please send resume to Conestoga Energy Partners, Attn: Monica Turrentine, HR Coordinator,1701 Kansas Ste. 101, Liberal, KS 67901 or email to [email protected].

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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran re-leased the following statementafter the Senate passed theRestoring Americans’ HealthcareFreedom Reconciliation Act(H.R.3762) to repeal Obamacare:

“It has been more than fiveyears since Obamacare wasrammed through Congress on apurely partisan basis in the faceof significant public opposition.After all this time, most Ameri-cans still oppose this unprece-dented expansion of federalgovernment intrusion into healthcare decisions for families andjob creators.

“This 2,700 page law has bur-dened millions of Americans witha litany of broken promises,higher taxes and costs, reducedhealth care choices, and newregulations that have stifled theeconomy. Individuals, familiesand employers continue to faceincreasing health insurancecosts, new taxes overseen by apolitically-biased IRS, burden-some mandates, and great un-certainty because of this flawedlaw. By repealing Obamacare, wecan replace it with step-by-stepimprovements to enable individ-uals to purchase affordablehealth coverage that meets theirunique needs and lower overallcosts.”Background• Senator Moran was the firstMember of Congress to call to re-

peal Obamacare in January2011.• Obamacare will raise taxes bymore than $1 trillion over thenext decade, according to thenonpartisan CongressionalBudget Office. For Kansans, ad-ditional taxes from Obamacarewill be more than $949 millionover the next 10 years.• Health insurance premiumsunder Obamacare have in-creased between 2015 and 2016.• President Obama promisedthat Obamacare would bringdown premiums by $2,500 peryear for the typical family. How-ever, a November 2015 Galluppoll shows nearly one in threeAmericans delay receiving healthcare for themselves and theirfamilies because of cost. • For 2016, the premium in-crease for benchmark silverplans on the Obamacare federalexchange is 7.5 percent – morethan triple last year’s increase.By comparison, this cost in-crease is far more than the payraises most Americans receivedas average hourly earnings haverisen by just over two percentover the past year.• In Kansas, premiums forbenchmark silver plans onHealthCare.gov rose by morethan 16 percent compared to theprevious year.

Submitted by the office of Sen-ator Jerry Moran.

Moran issues statement aboutSenate’s attempt to repeal ACA

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In the Matter of the Estate of K.ELEINE P. BARKER a/k/a KATHER-INE ELEINE PIERCE BARKER, Deceased.

Case No. 15 PR 47

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are notified that a Petition hasbeen filed in this Court by Charles A.Brown, an heir, devisee and legatee ofK. Eleine P. Barker, deceased, re-questing that: the foreign Will of K.Eleine P. Barker, deceased, datedSeptember 20th, 2008, be admitted toprobate and record in this Court; noadministration of the Estate is neces-sary; the will be construed, and thefollowing owned by the decedent, sit-uated in Stevens County, Kansas:

1. Mineral interest located in Section

Two (2), Township Thirty-five (35), Range Thirty-five (35).

2. Mineral interest located in Section Eleven (11), Township Thirty-five (35), Range Thirty-five (35).

be assigned in accordance with theterms of the Will.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses to the Petition on or be-fore January 7th, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.in the District Court, in the city ofHugoton, Stevens County, Kansas, atwhich time and place the cause will beheard. Should you fail to file yourwritten defenses, judgment and de-cree will be entered in due courseupon the Petition.

Charles A. BrownPetitioner

Jessica E. Akers, SC#24336AKERS LAW FIRM, P.A.123 N. GlennP.O. Box 708Ulysses, Kansas 67880Phone (620) 356-3088FAX (620) 356-3098Attorney for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE

(First Published in The Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, December 3, 2015) 3t

STATE OF KANSAS, STEVENSCOUNTY, ss:


IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY L. LAMBERT, DECEASED

Case No. 15PR46

NOTICE OF HEARING

You are hereby notified that Ray F.Lambert, one of the heirs, deviseesand legatees of the will and estate ofShirley L. Lambert, deceased, hasfiled a petition in the above Court, to-gether with authenticated copy of theforeign probated will of the decedent,Shirley L. Lambert, and the proceed-ings admitting her will to probate inthe General Court of Justice, SuperiorCourt Division, Warren County, NorthCarolina, on November 12, 2014. ThePetition alleges, among other things,the decedent was the owner at thetime of her death of certain real estatesituate in Stevens County, Kansas,upon which decedent's will operates,as more fully described in the petitionfiled in this proceeding.

The petitioner prays the Court for

an order admitting proceedings had inthe General Court of Justice, SuperiorCourt Division on November 12, 2014,Warren County, North Carolina, toprobate and record in the DistrictCourt of Stevens County, Kansas, andadjudging administration of the estatewithin the State of Kansas is unnec-essary and should not be required;the decedent's real estate, includingmineral interests, described in the Pe-tition, owned by the decedent, ShirleyL. Lambert, be assigned to the per-sons entitled thereto, pursuant to theterms of decedent's will, and for fur-ther relief.

You are hereby required to fileyour defenses to the petition on or be-fore the 29th day of December, 2015,at 10:30 a.m. of said day, in saidCourt, in the district courtroom at thecounty courthouse, in Hugoton,Kansas, at which time and place thecause will be heard. Should you failtherein, judgment and decree will beentered in due course upon the peti-tion.

Ray F. LambertPetitioner

TATE & KITZKE L.L.C. 1024 S. Trindle, P. O. Box 909Hugoton, KS 67951 Telephone: 620-544-2103Attorneys for Petitioner

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