Garden City Telegram March 31, 2012

This photo shows four generations of

Davises taken when Randy was 1, fol-lowing their first

airplane ride with their great grand-

father Ray Davis as pilot. From

left: Ray Davis, with Randy in his arms, and

Ron Davis, with Jeff in his arms.

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Dr. Eric Tuller, of Garden City Veterinary Clinic, vaccinates Pepper, a 5-year-old Dalmatian, on Friday at the clinic.

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Randy Davis, an American Airlines pilot originally from Syracuse, will be fly-ing Tuesday’s inaugural American Eagle flight from Dallas to Garden City. His older brother, Jeff Davis, also is a commercial airline pilot for the airline.

Syracuse native to pilot first Dallas to Garden City flight .

By SHAJIA [email protected]

On his 16th birthday, Randy Davis didn’t head to the local department of motor vehicles like many youngsters do to get his driver’s license.

Instead, following in the foot-steps of other family members and with his new pilot’s license in hand, the Syracuse native made his way to the municipal airport to make his first solo flight, mark-ing a personal rite that day nearly a dozen years ago.

“Growing up, I can remember flying around with my brother and my dad. As a kid, what it meant to fly is totally different from now,” he said. “Before I had a Kansas driver’s license, I successfully flew an aircraft by myself for the first time. It was a really cool milestone and a tre-mendous accomplishment, to

A pilot’s special flight

By JOSEPH [email protected]

A rally for Beef Products, Inc. employees is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. today at Stevens Park.

The rally, which organizers say is designed to help spread the word about the safety of the

company’s lean, finely textured beef product, is open to the com-munity.

BPI suspended operations at three of its four plants Monday, including the Holcomb plant, because of recent national news reports about the report-ed unhealthy nature of its lean,

finely textured beef, causing a potential loss of 236 local jobs if the closings become permanent.

Detractors and activists who believe the product should be banned have dubbed the product “pink slime.”

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Thursday questioned

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about the safety of lean, finely textured beef. Moran asked that Vilsack specifically explain to consumers about the product.

“It is beef, and it is safe, and it’s got less fat — something we’ve been saying for literally

almost a month now,” Vilsack said.

Despite the federal govern-ment’s stamp of approval, the fast-food franchise Wendy’s on Friday had full-page advertise-ments in eight major newspa-

Rally aims to dispel ‘pink slime’ reports

By ANGIE [email protected]

The Kansas Department of

Health and Environment on Thursday reported that 13 animals in the state have been tested posi-tive for rabies since Jan. 1.

“We have a significantly higher number of confirmed rabid ani-mals this year, 13, compared to just four during the same time in 2011,” KDHE State Public Health Veterinarian Dr. Ingrid Garrison stated in a press release sent out Thursday. Since 2007, there has been an average of 68 cases of rabid animals a year in Kansas.

While most people attribute the disease to dogs, the 13 cases confirmed by KDHE include four skunks, two bats, two horses, two cows, one cat, one coyote and one raccoon.

Animal rabies is common in

Kansas, and skunks are the ani-mals most likely to have the dis-ease. However, skunks can pass the virus to other animals, such as dogs, cats, cattle and horses.

“People understand the impor-tance of vaccinating dogs and cats against rabies, but often for-get about vaccinating horses,” Garrison said in the press release. “Although vaccination of all cat-tle and sheep is not practical, we encourage vaccination of valuable breeding stock and show animals.”

Vaccines are available for dogs, cats, ferrets, horses, cattle and sheep. Animals need to have peri-odic boosters of vaccine to main-tain proper protection.

Dr. Eric Tuller, DVM at Garden City Veterinary Clinic, said that in Kansas, pets are required to be vac-cinated after the age of 16 weeks.

“And then the following boost-ers are good for three years, and

it depends on city legislation if they accept the three-year vaccina-tions or not. In Liberal, I believe they only accept one year vaccina-tions,” he said. “It’s three years for Holcomb and Garden City.”

Tuller said that so far this year, the clinic hasn’t seen any cases of rabies, and that while it is rare for domestic animals to contract the disease, it is better to take caution and get pets vaccinated.

“Cats are a lot less likely to come to the vet to get a vaccination, and they’re the ones out there catching the birds and doing stuff like that, and one of the cases they found (in the state) so far is in an unvacci-nated cat. Cats and dogs are equal-ly likely to become exposed to it,” he said.

Symptoms of rabies are com-mon among all species.

KDHE: Rabies cases up statewide

Census appeal increases city’s population by 7

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The U.S. Census Bureau has responded to Garden City’s chal-lenge of 2010 Census figures by increasing the city’s population by only seven people.

That message is from Planning and Community Development Director Kaleb Kentner, who said the results were received from the federal agency on Thursday, according to a Friday memo to city commissioners. The 2010 Census figures released in March 2010 indicated that Garden City lost 6.3 percent of its population over the last decade: from more than 28,000 people in 2000 to 26,658 in 2010.

The response brings Garden City’s new U.S. Census approved population to 26,665.

The city, which filed its chal-lenge to the federal agency in July 2011, was petitioning for a count that better reflected what local officials believe is Garden City’s true population: between 28,000 and 30,300.

“(City) staff felt that documen-tation in the form of active utility accounts reflected that the popula-tion of the city would fall into this range depending on the average household size the Census Bureau used to resolve the challenge,” Kentner wrote to city commission-ers in the same memo.

City commissioners who meet Tuesday will hear more from city officials about the Census results.

During Tuesday’s meeting, city commissioners also will interrupt their regularly sched-uled meeting around 1:40 p.m. to meet at the Garden City Regional Airport at 2 p.m.

A reception will be held at the airport to celebrate the arrival at that time of the inaugural Dallas regional jet flight to the munici-pal airport in Garden City.

Commissioners plan to recon-vene around 3:45 p.m.

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The following reports are from local law enforcement and fire logs:

Garden City Police Department Arrests/Citations

FridayArmando Aguilar,

32, 825 Maize Court, was cited and released at 3:15 a.m. in the 2000 block of East Kansas Avenue on an allegation of no proof of insurance.

ThursdayMin Aung, 20, 305 W.

Mary St., Apt. E3, was cited and released at 8:41 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Mary Street on an allegation of no proof of insurance.

Angel Ramirez, 21, 4101 E. U.S. Highway 50, Lot 271, was cited and released at 5:45 p.m. in the 4100 block of East U.S. Highway 50 on an allegation of battery from a previous incident that occurred in October 2011.

Sylvester Mitchell, 18, 810 Summit St., was arrested at 4:50 p.m. on two municipal bench war-rants.

Edith Jaco-Monterroza, 37, 2012 N. Third St., was cited and released at 3:10 p.m. in the 1900 block of Third Street on an allega-tion of no proof of insur-ance.

Thomas Taylor, 712 1/2 N. Seventh St., was arrest-ed at 1:14 p.m. in the 700 block of North Seventh Street on a county war-rant.

Amber Prince, 22, 1921 Harding St., was cited and released at 1:10 p.m. in the 500 block of East Kansas Avenue on an allegation of no proof of insurance.

Miguel Herrera, 19, 2220 Commanche Drive, was arrested at 12:49 p.m. in the 2700 block of Buffalo Way on allegations of no valid driver’s license and no proof of insurance.

Carlos Mendoza, 22, 5800 E. Mansfield Road, was cited and released at 11:59 a.m. in the 2400 block of North Seventh Street on an allegation of no proof of insurance.

Erica Rodby, 29, Holcomb, was arrested at 8:28 a.m. on a bench war-rant.

Adrian Garcia, 19, 611 Campus Drive, Apt. 103, was cited and released at 1:15 a.m. in the 600 block of Campus Drive on an allegation of possession of drug paraphernalia.

WednesdayJonha Taylor, 19, 1301

New York, was cited and released at 8:45 a.m. in the 200 block of West Kansas Avenue on an allegation of no proof of insurance.

Matthew Cronin, 35, 706 Pershing Ave., was arrest-ed at 6:30 p.m. in the 800

block of Pershing Avenue on multiple county war-rants.

Edmundo Mancinas Jr., 34, 340 S. Farmland Road, was cited and released at 7:40 a.m. in the 400 block of West Kansas Avenue on an allegation of no proof of insurance.

TuesdayArmando Perez, 19, 611

N. Second St., was arrested at 8:38 p.m. on allegations of interference with a law enforcement officer, a municipal violation, and a municipal bench warrant.

Jorge Melendez-Vaque, 18, 1201 N. Third St., was arrested at 5:47 p.m. on an allegation of theft.

Arely Sosa, 20, 1602 Labrador Blvd., was arrest-ed at 3:27 p.m. on an allega-tion of domestic battery.

Lizebeth Limon, 20, 2720 N. Fleming St., was arrest-ed at 2:23 p.m. on allega-tions of theft by deception, forgery, and criminal use of a financial card.

Zarai Flores, 19, 6165 Old Post Road, was arrest-ed at 2:23 p.m. on an alle-gation of driving with a suspended license.

Criminal DamageThursday

Between 10 and 11 p.m. in the 2900 block of Fleming Street, a person used a BB gun to shoot a vehicle. Damage $2,900.

Thefts/LossesWednesday

Between 4 and 7:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Kansas Avenue, someone took money by deception. Loss $150.

MiscellaneousThursday

At 11:01 p.m. in the 500 block of North 10th Street, a known suspect struck a fam-ily member and then fled. Investigation continues.

SaturdayBetween 6:40 and 6:45

p.m. in the 300 block of West Mary Street, a person entered a residence and hit a person after an alterca-tion. Investigation contin-ues.

Finney County Sheriff’s Office

ThursdayRobert Franco, 34,

Liberal, was arrested at 12:45 p.m. on a detainer and a bench warrant.

Brance Phelps, 21, Ulysses, was arrested at 10:55 a.m. on an allegation of probation violation.

Glenn McCreery, 36, 705 Safford Ave., was arrested at 10:45 a.m. on an allega-tion of battery on a law enforcement officer.

David Cokeley, 24, 2605

E. Pawnee Road, was arrested at 10:35 a.m. on an allegation of aggravated battery.

Abdullahi Budeye, 25, 605 E. Labrador Blvd., was arrested at 8:33 a.m. on an allegation of possession of opiates.

WednesdayLeonardo, Morales-

Bautist, 56, 1185 T-Bone Drive, was arrested at 10:06 p.m. in Finney County on an allegation of domestic battery.

Kevin Alantraa Rivers, 19, 611 Campus Drive, was arrested at 6:42 p.m. in Finney County on allega-tions of theft by deception, entering a dwelling to com-mit felony, theft or sexual battery, theft of property and criminal damage to property.

Francisco Javier Valdez, 33, 2801 N. Eighth St., was arrested at 10:25 a.m. in Finney County on an alle-gation of driving without a valid license.

Alonso Cordero, 36, 6065 Skyline Drive, was arrest-ed at 10 a.m. in Finney County on an allegation of driving without a valid license.

TuesdayLina Biernacki, 36, 902

1/2 First St., was arrested at 2:55 p.m. on allegations of burglary, theft by decep-tion, making false infor-mation, criminal damage, and theft.

Michael Barnes, 21, 1907 A St., was arrested at 2:52 p.m. on allegations of burglary, theft by decep-tion, criminal damage, and theft.

Tabitha Tofoya, 31, 2601 W. Mary St., was arrested at 11:20 a.m. on an allega-tion of theft.

Homero Ollarzabal, 22, 1420 W. Campbell St., was arrested at 9 a.m. on a detainer.

MondayBrian Kinney, 30, 1614

Pioneer Road, was arrested at 10:45 p.m. on an allega-tion of driving with a sus-pended license.

Garden City Fire Department

ThursdayAt 4:31 p.m. at 10199 W.

U.S. Highway 50 — dis-patched and cancelled en route.

TuesdayAt 11:54 p.m. at 7200

River Road — grass fire.At 9:20 p.m. at 3002 E.

Schulman Ave. — false alarm or false call.

At 10:19 a.m. at 6000 Weldon Road — false alarm or false call.

MondayAt 8:40 a.m. at Mary and

Eighth Streets — extrica-tion of victim(s) from vehi-cle.

At 12:28 a.m. at 400 N. Evans St. — motor vehicle accident with no injuries.

Larry Harrison

Larry Dean “Hoe” Harrison, 67, died Thursday, March 29, 2012, at his home i n Garden City.

H e w a s b o r n Aug. 16, 1944, in Garden City, to G e o r g e a n d B e t t y Grippin Harrison.

A lifetime resident of Garden City, Mr. Harrison had been a backhoe oper-ator and then an asphalt plant operator for Finney County.

On Nov. 25, 1973, he married Traci Yardley in Garden City. She died March 20, 2009, in Wichita. He also was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.

Survivors include three sons, Mike, Greg and Rich Harrison, all of Wichita; a daughter, Dena Muniz of Fort Smith, Ark.; two broth-ers, Kevin Harrison of Dighton, and Rex Harrison of Garden City; two sisters, Debbie Jordan of Garden City, and Kathy Rhodes of Beaver, Okla.; 15 grandchil-dren; and eight great-grand-children.

Funeral will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Garden City. Burial will be at Valley View Cemetery in Garden City.

Visitation hours are 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent at www.price-andsons.com. Memorials to the Larry Dean Harrison Memorial Fund may be sent in care of the funer-al home, 620 N. Main St., Garden City, KS 67846.

Ethelyn Settles

SCOTT CITY — Ethelyn Georgia Settles, 86, died Thursday, March 29, 2012, at Scott County Hospital in Scott City.

She was born March 18, 1926, in Gove, to George C. and Mabel E. Lillia Roemer.

A longtime resident of Scott City, Mrs. Settles had taught at a country school, was a school bus driver and worked as a florist for sev-eral years. She was a mem-ber of the United Methodist Church in Scott City.

On June 6, 1948, she mar-ried Vincent E. Settles at her parent’s home in Healy. He died May 1, 1996, in Scott City. She also was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.

Survivors include a son, Steve Settles and his wife, Kathy, of San Angelo, Texas; a daughter, D’Ann Markel of Scott City; a brother, Reece Roemer and his wife, Delores, of Healy; five grandchildren, Jeff and Barry Markel, Jennifer Young, James Settles and Kelly Randell; and six great-granddaugh-ters, Marissa and Madison Markel, Laura Bean, Alyssa Randell, Kathryn Young and Lyla Settles.

Graveside service will begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Healy Cemetery in Healy. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Scott City, with the Rev. Dennis Carter pre-siding.

Visitation hours are 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City. Condolences may be sent at www.price-andsons.com or [email protected]. Memorials are suggested to Park Lane Nursing Home or the United Methodist Church, both in care of the funeral home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, KS 67871.

Geraldine Benton

CIMARRON — Geraldine M. Benton, 87, died Friday, March 30, 2012, at The Shepherd’s Center in Cimarron.

She was born Jan. 1, 1925, in Wichita, to Clarence J. and Rose Crawford Kerr. She was a 1943 graduate of Cimarron High School.

A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Benton was homemak-er, farmer and stockman.

On Nov. 2, 1948, she married Clifford D. “Tiny” Benton in Cimarron. He died Nov. 2, 1990. She also was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Gerald Kerr and Clarence Kerr Jr.

Survivors include two sons, Gilbert Benton of Cimarron, and Erle Benton of Overland Park; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cimarron United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Cimarron Cemetery.

Visitation hours are noon to 8 p.m. Monday at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, Cimarron. The casket will remain closed. Condolences may be sent at www.zieglerfuneral-chapel.com. Memorials are suggested to The Shepherd’s Center, in care of the funeral chapel, Box 446, Cimarron, KS 67835.

Gerald Young

SCOTT CITY — Gerald E. Young, 68, died Thursday, March 29, 2012, at Scott County Hospital in Scott City.

He was born Jan. 27, 1944, in Scott City, to Clarence and Audrey Duff Young.

A lifetime resident of Scott City, Mr. Young was a farmer. He was a mem-ber of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Scott City.

On Aug. 7, 1968, he married Emily M. Cox in Scott City. She died Aug. 22, 2007, in Scott City. He also was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Lynnette Bergen; a son, Robert Young; and a broth-er, Elvin Young.

Survivors include two sons, Jerry Young of El Paso, Texas, and William Young and his wife, Bettye, of Dodge City; a daughter, Michelle Lightner and her husband, Lonnie, of Scott City; 26 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral will begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Scott City. Burial will be at Scott County Cemetery in Scott City.

Visitation hours are 1 to 8 p.m. Monday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City. Condolences may be given at www.priceandsons.com or [email protected]. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, in care of the funeral home, 401 S. Washington St., Scott City, KS 67871.

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Friday, April 6 at 7 pmJoin us for a visual story of Jesus going to His death, which will be presented by Garden City Church of the Brethren and the Salvation Army

youth group at 7 pm at the church. The public is invited to this Good Friday event.

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K-25 project north of Leoti set to start

The Kansas Department of Transportation expects work to begin Monday on a resurfacing project on Kansas Highway 25 from I Street in Leoti, north to the Wichita/Logan County line.

The project calls for milling one inch of the existing asphalt surface and then overlaying the roadway with one inch to one-and-a-half inches of hot mix asphalt.

Traffic will be reduced to one lane through the work zone during daylight hours, guided by a pilot car. Drivers can expect delays of 15 minutes or less. KDOT reminds drivers to pay attention to all work zone warning signs, slow down and be prepared to stop.

The primary contractor on this approximately $1.2 million T-WORKS preservation project is APAC-Kansas Inc., Shears Division, of Hutchinson. KDOT expects this project to be complet-ed by May, weather permitting.

KDOT also reminds driv-ers that K-25 is closed in Logan County from Russell Springs, north to the west junction of K-25 and U.S. Highway 40. The official detour route follows K-96 to US-83 to I-70. For information about con-struction progress across Kansas visit www.kandrive.org.

For more information con-tact Larry Meyer, construction manager, at (620) 384-7821, or Kirk Hutchinson, public affairs man-ager for the southwest district, at (877) 550-5368.

Downtown rally to support BPI employees

A rally for Beef Products, Inc. employees will be held at Stevens Park from 2 to 4 p.m. today. The rally is open to the community and is planned to help spread the word about the safety of the company’s lean, finely textured beef product, known pejoratively as “pink slime.”

BPI suspended operations at three of its four plants Monday after national news reports about the reported unhealthy nature of the product, causing a potential loss of 236 local jobs if the closings become permanent.

BPI Quality Assurance Supervisor Eugene Martinez will speak at the event.

“We just want to get the word out and educate,” Martinez said.

YMCA to hold Easter egg event tonight

The Garden City Family YMCA will have its 11th annual “Easter Eggstravaganza” event from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight. The event is free and will feature an Easter Egg hunt, swimming, carnival games, and refreshments. There also will be drawings for candy jars and Easter baskets.

For more information, contact the Garden City Family YMCA at 275-1199.

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Artists and poets with Kansas roots or connections to the state have combined work to create pieces and poems for an upcoming show at Garden City Community College’s Mercer Gallery.

The show, “Illustrious: Artists Respond to Poets,” will be on display from Monday through April 28.

A public reception is scheduled for 5 p.m. April 14 at the gallery, followed by a poetry reading in the auditorium of the fine arts building.

Brian McCallum, GCCC art instructor and gallery director, said the show will reflect the connection between art and poet-ry.

“Oftentimes there’s a visual component to the written language. This happens in journalism and novels, but it’s most evident in good poetry. The two go hand in hand,” he said.

McCallum said the art and literary con-nection has been around for ages, since pieces coming out of Greece were based on the Iliad and the Odyssey.

“There’s a natural connection between the two,” he said.

To create work for the show, artists were given various poems.

“They selected works of theirs that would lend themselves well to illustra-tions,” he said.

McCallum said the show is shaping up to be wonderful.

“Poets from Kansas, or with ties to the state, have generously provided numerous works of poetry, and selected visual artists have been busily interpreting the works of those poets in two-dimensional or three-dimensional form.”

The poets include Ramona McCallum, Marsha Wright, Kevin Rabis, Shauna Carpenter, Linda Lobmeyer, A.J. Rathbun, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Ed Skoog, Colby Gates, Leonard Hitz and Keith Downer. Mirriam-Goldberg is the poet laureate of Kansas, and she has made two visits to Garden City and GCCC over the past year, once to conduct a writer’s workshop and once just recently to participate in a round robin reading event.

Those expected to be on hand at the reception and reading are Carpenter, Hitz, Lobmeyer, Ramona McCallum and Wright.

The artists are Elizabeth Baker, Kyle Chaput, Jesus Lazoya, Linda Ganstrom, Devlin Goldworm, Carole Geier, Brian Nelson, Miriam Climenhaga, Vivian Kinder, Colton Newell and Brian McCallum, the gallery director.

Brian McCallum said the show will fea-

ture a variety of media for the artworks. “The poets were asked to provide works

that lent themselves to illustration,” he said. “The artists were selected from across several media, including photography, painting, printmaking and sculpture.”

Each artist was provided with several works to interpret, but purposely given only limited instruction. In each case, the direc-tions were, “Please illustrate this poem visually, however you like, in any medium you choose.”

McCallum said he thinks of the exhibi-tion as a bit of a singles mixer, or potluck in visual form.

“Both poet and artist stand to benefit from one another’s work, and both are on equal footing.”

In addition to the primary exhibition, the satellite gallery will feature a parallel display with works by Valarie Ann Smith, whose images from El Salvador also are being shown downtown at the Garden City Arts Gallery.

Kansas artists, poets contribute to upcoming art show

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This piece by Linda Ganstrom, who leads the ceramic arts program at Fort Hays State University, is one of the pieces to be included in the exhibit “Illustrious: Artists Respond to Poets.” A 30-year veteran of the ceramic arts, Ganstrom recently has placed a series of public sculptures in China. The exhibit opens Monday at the Mercer Gallery.


After having heard presen-tations at previous meetings regarding a proposal to equip every Garden City High School student with an iPad, USD 457 Board of Education members are expected to make a decision on the issue Monday at their regu-larly scheduled meeting.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming St.

Rick Atha, USD 457 superin-tendent, has said the money to fund the iPads for the first year would come out of bond money saved by the new high school coming in under budget. Board

members could approve spending $1,042,937.64 of the bond money on the initiative.

In the second and third years, the money would come out of the supplemental general fund, Atha has said.

The cost for the second and third year to the district would be $452,577.14 and 349,600, respec-tively.

Individual cost for the iPad is $531, which includes the cost of the device, protective case, license and core applications or “apps,” according to Atha.

The $92.5 million project to build the new high school has come $2,060,000 under budget after the board approved several top priority items, including adding

money to the budget for convert-ing Abe Hubert Middle School into Abe Hubert Elementary School and converting the cur-rent high school into Horace J. Good Middle School. The board also approved new technology at the high school and installing electrical wiring and fiber on the high school football field.

About $600,000 of that leftover money will go toward finish-ing the stadium at the new high school.

The technology team has been researching implementation practices from different schools. They have consulted with 15 dis-tricts nationwide with large iPad implementations, vendors for management, security and stor-

age options and other Kansas schools’ implementation of iPads.

Layne Schiffelbein, instruc-tional technology coordinator for the district, has consulted with Fraser Spears of Scotland, who implemented the first 1-to-1 iPad program in the world. He now works with schools and technol-ogy companies to enhance 21st century skills, teaching and mod-ern technology provision.

Schiffelbein said he evaluated the USD 457 model.

“Your team has done a thorough and comprehensive job in developing the project. I can’t think of anything you have overlooked,” Spears told Schiffelbein.

School board expected to decide on iPads

County commission to meet with FCEDCBy The Telegram

Finney County Commissioners who meet next week will hear from local economic development offi-cials.

The county commission which meets Monday will hear a quar-terly update from Finney County Economic Development Corp. President Lona DuVall about vari-ous business prospects and other updates.

County commissioners also will hear from other county officials about discussion of county proper-ty and zoning issues about animals from county residents.

The county commission meets at 8:30 a.m. at the Finney County Administrative Center, 311 N. Ninth St.

Visit www.GCTelegram.com for a full look at Monday’s agenda.


A Finney County burn ban still is in effect despite the area’s recent precipitation.

The ban, which was put into place April 5, 2011, and has remained in effect since, is part of the Garden City Fire Department’s plan to keep the community safe from fire during a period of dryness and soon-to-be increasing temperatures.

People who wish to burn crop residue or other household waste in the county must first contact the fire department for a permit to burn. According to GCFD Chief Allen Shelton, the department is not permitting recreational fires such as bonfires along with any open fire in Garden City city lim-its due to a city ordinance.

“Things we’re approving right now absolutely have to be burned,” Shelton said.

To ask for a burn, Finney County residents must first call the fire department, who then sends out either the fire mar-

shal or a battalion commander to check the material and area for safety and compliance with state fire regulations. While crop residue and brush from the prop-erty may be burned, other mate-rial such as plastic or treated lumber is not permitted. Shelton said that the department tries to make same-day visits to permit the burning as time allows.

Some of the requirements for allowing a burn include having a clear day for smoke to escape, a 5 to 15 mph wind, and other weath-er conditions such as temperature and humidity. The ban has helped to curb the spread of wild land fires, which Shelton said already have began to pick up in the last few weeks.

Shelton said that since that the recent rains have allowed the department to better work with residents so that they can have necessary material burned. But even with the moisture, Shelton said that the area is far from being in the clear in regard to lifting the burn ban.

“Even with moisture, we’re

still in a drought,” Shelton said, adding that he would only lift the ban once the National Weather Service has removed the drought classification from the area.

In the last few weeks, the department has seen about three to four calls for burn permits dur-ing the weekday with about 10 on the weekends. While a major-ity of those requests are granted, Shelton said that there still are some people who burn despite not receiving a permit to do so. In the last month, the fire depart-ment responded to approximately 10 calls of unauthorized burn-ing, though Fire Marshal Dan Wimmer said that is often caused by ignorance of the ban.

A first unauthorized burn results in a warning from the fire department, while further unau-thorized burns can result in cita-tions that can reach $500. Shelton said that most people follow the ban after the first incident, with only approximately 10 citations in the time since the ban was put into place.

“We seldom see a second

offense,” Wimmer said.While recreational fires are

prohibited, Shelton said that organizations such as church or school groups wishing to have a bonfire can call the fire depart-ment to have the burn permit-ted. Each organization receives two permits for bonfires per year, Shelton said.

Other stipulations for burning come from Kansas state regula-tions. Some requirements are: constantly supervising a fire, ensuring a fire does not cause visibility problems for highways or airports, and putting no more material on a fire after two hours before sunset.

Even with the weather some-times making it difficult for approved burns to occur, Shelton said that he feels the ban has been successful on the whole.

“We’ve had really good success in the county with the burn ban,” Shelton said.

For information on how to have a burn approved, contact the Garden City Fire Department at 276-1140.

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— Online comment at GCTelegram.com in response to a story about Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and other gover-

nors learning about the process of creating finely textured lean beef, a product at the center of con-troversy that reportedly led to the closing of the Beef Products Inc. plant in Holcomb.

“Before I had a Kansas driv-er’s license, I successfully flew an aircraft by myself for the first time.”

— Commercial airline pilot and Syracuse native Randy Davis, from a story in today’s edition about the Davis family’s involve-ment in aviation.

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Financial support vital to economic development.

When it comes to economic develop-ment in southwest Kansas, nothing

comes easily. The region, after all, has challenges: a

lack of interstate highway access and a housing shortage, for example.

The difficult task of enticing businesses to set up shop here became even more daunting dur-ing the reces-sion as many businesses had to streamline operations instead of pur-suing plans to grow.

While it was a gloomy situation in a region eager to create good jobs needed to power the local economy, success stories did materialize on various fronts.

“Progress Report 2012” in today’s edi-tion outlines a number of encouraging developments and possibilities locally and in the area.

A few examples:• Garden City’s new high school, the

cornerstone of a $97.5 million school facili-ties improvement plan approved by voters as a way to addressing changing needs in education.

• A proposed $67.2 million retail devel-opment project in Garden City that would include two anchor stores and other retail-ers.

• Scott City’s new $24 million hospital.• Holcomb could see a new hotel, and

a senior housing project may breathe life into the old Windsor Hotel in Garden City.

More recently, however, Finney County suffered a blow in the closing of the Beef Products, Inc., plant near Holcomb. Controversy stemming from production of lean, finely textured beef — a prod-uct unfortunately dubbed “pink slime” — reportedly led the company to close the Holcomb plant and two other facilities that turned out the lean beef product used in hamburger and other foods, and long con-sidered safe to eat.

Some 236 local BPI workers lost their jobs amid the public relations fiasco.

Such setbacks only reinforce the need to be aggressive in efforts to build the local business community, to include seeking adequate funding to compete against other communities offering incentives to busi-nesses.

With that in mind, local officials need to make another run at a sales-tax plan to fund economic development efforts. Having visitors help pay for initiatives that draw and retain businesses — and boost the local tax base — eases the local burden.

Such strategies must be in place if we’re to enjoy the kind of progress that fuels long-term prosperity.

By STUART LOWRY

Providing reliable electric-ity at the most affordable

cost has been a challenge since 1935 when the Roosevelt administration focused on electrifying rural America by implementing the Rural Electric Administration, the outgrowth of which were electric cooperatives. Though much has changed in 77 years, much remains the same.

There continues to be a growing demand for electricity, and this is certainly true of the Sunflower system. While technology has improved, our nation’s reliance on electricity has increased substantially. In fact, a 2010 study by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that by 2035, the projected electricity demand in the U.S. will grow by 30 percent. This underscores the key role that electric ser-vice plays in making our lives more convenient, our homes more comfortable and our busi-nesses more productive. But the future will not be without its challenges.

One formidable challenge in the electric industry has always been the ability to project and meet customer demand; overestimating imposes unnecessary costs on the customer and underesti-mating can create reliability problems. The lengthy time frame to obtain the permits necessary to construct almost anything necessitates planning future transmission and gen-

eration resources many years in advance. With so many mov-ing parts — fuel prices, lengthy construction time, variable costs, environmental require-ments, permitting procedures — having infrastructure in place to reliably meet demand is extremely challenging.

In 2012, meeting that chal-lenge will include upgrading

transmission lines, costing approxi-mately $30 million, to accommo-date not only increased demand for electricity but also the intercon-

nection of wind energy to our system. It will also include acquiring additional genera-tion resources both by means of construction and by market purchases. Moreover, all of this will happen as we continue to navigate the very uncertain regulatory climate, which, more than ever, is in a state of flux.

As we move forward in 2012 and beyond, what won’t change is our commitment to our cooperative principles. This year has been named the International Year of the Cooperative, celebrating a business model based not on profit but on shared principles and the commitment to build-ing a better world through teamwork. Sunflower’s mem-bers serve more than 400,000

Kansans, all of whom can be confident that our goal is to protect the way of life that they value by continuing to generate affordable, reliable power for central and western Kansas.

During the last year, Sunflower and its sister com-pany, Mid-Kansas Electric Company, LLC, have seen changes to both management and operations. In August, I became the fifth person to take the helm at Sunflower, replac-ing Earl Watkins who served as Sunflower’s legal counsel and later as president and CEO.

Sunflower’s board of direc-tors has also experienced changes due to the retire-ments of Neil Norman, man-ager of Wheatland Electric Cooperative, and Dave Jesse, manager of Pioneer Electric Cooperative. Watkins, Jesse and Norman had a combined total of 74 years of service to Sunflower. That experience is difficult, if not impossible, to replace. Be assured, how-ever, that the current board of directors and I, along with a competent staff, will continue following the example set by so many that have come before us, fulfilling our long-standing mission of providing a reliable, long-term power supply and transmission services to our member-owners at the lowest possible cost consistent with sound business and cooperative principles.

Lowry is president and CEO of Sunflower Electric Power Corp.

Ideal time to laugh out loud

Laughing out loud. Think about it. When was the last

time you had the pleasure of that experience? Well, your opportunity has arrived. Allow me to explain.

Last fall, Oct. 7, my friend and I decided to tough it out after a challenging day for both of us and go downtown to check out the rec center play at the State Theater, a comedy titled “Bloody Murder.” We found some seats off to the side and settled in. The house lights dimmed, the stage lit up and the performance began. No less than one-fourth of the way into the play we found ourselves fully engaged and ... laughing out loud with the rest of the audience. The laughter continued throughout the entire performance. When the house lights came on at the end of the play, we found ourselves walking out like everyone else, fully refreshed, grinning from ear to ear and realizing that “theater is alive and well” at

the State.Opportunity knocks again,

for laughing out loud. The act-ing crew from the Garden City Recreation will be presenting the comedy “See How They Run” downtown at the State through Sunday. Join us as we laugh out loud again.

TIM REGAN,Garden City

Much improvement in beef products

Pink Slime. Where did this come from? Think about

it, it’s beef. There had to be a very mad person to come up with a name like that. If people only knew what the past was in the meat industry compared to now. The beef is so much cleaner now than in the past. I was in the meat business for 40-plus years and some of the things that were done then, there would be convictions and fines now.

In 1958 in meat school, the ground beef was one-fourth water. We took 75 pounds of meat and added 25 pounds

of ice and ground it together — this made 100 pounds of saleable product. The ham salad sandwich spread was all the moldy and outdated prod-uct ground together. The relish and mayonnaise was added, along with red food coloring. The old lunchmeat was a sad gray in color, but the red food coloring made it a bright red.

They came up with a “soy protein concentrate” to add to ground beef, three pounds of soy would absorb 12 pounds of water. Mix that in 35 pounds of beef, you had 50 pounds of sale-able product. These things I’m throwing out are a tip of the iceberg from the past.

Pink Slime is a political ploy to tarnish the beef prod-ucts business. I like beef and eat a lot of it. What would you think if a quarter of beef was on your table and you had to trim crap from the inside of it and boot prints off of the outside to clean it up. Think about it.

A meat cutter for 40-plus years,

JERRY LALICKER,Garden City

One month later, some of us fail to understand what

this is about. One month later, some of us are using the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to advance their own selfish aims or are throwing up smoke to divert our attention from what matters. One month later, a reminder seems sadly neces-sary.

Though, perhaps it is easier to explain what this is about by explaining what it is not about.

For instance, GOP presi-dential aspirants have sought to incorporate the tragedy into their Obama Always Does All Things Wrong narrative. As in Rick Santorum blasting a moving statement from the president — “If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon” — as “divisive” and “tragic.”

But this is not about the fur-therance of Santorum’s fading political hopes.

Meantime, an African-American hate group, the so-called New Black Panther Party, has put a price on the head of George Zimmerman, the white Hispanic police wannabe who shot the unarmed teenager.

But this is not about the pro-motion of some opportunist’s extremist agenda.

This week, someone leaked information that Martin had been suspended from school for possessing an empty marijuana baggie. It was also reported that Zimmerman claims Martin attacked him from behind, a version of events supposedly corroborated by witnesses. This would contradict other witness-es (the ones police initially blew off or never even bothered to contact) who paint Zimmerman as the aggressor who followed and shot a black kid he found “suspicious.”

And beg pardon, but if some armed, unknown person were stalking you for some unknown reason, might you not choose to hit first and ask questions later?

But this is not about Trayvon Martin being an angel.

Geraldo Rivera of Fox “News” said last week that Martin died because of his choice of clothing. “His hoodie killed Trayvon Martin as surely as George Zimmerman did,” he said, arguing that seeing a “kid of color” wearing a hoodie ignites certain feelings of “scorn” and “menace.”

Rivera called the statement, for which he later apologized, “politically incorrect.” Actually, it was just cowardly and dumb. Unlike, say, sagging pants, a hooded sweatshirt is a func-tional garment, (i.e., it provides protection against cold and wet) that is worn by black, white, male, female, young, old, college kids and street kids. Martin wore his against a persistent drizzle as he walked home from 7-Eleven, but apparently, Rivera finds something sinister in black and brown kids wearing what everybody else wears in the rain. Shall we restrict them to umbrellas from now on?

But this is not about a fash-ion statement.

As to what it is about, con-sider a passage in Michelle Alexander’s book, “The New Jim Crow,” in which she argues that “what it means to be a criminal in our collective consciousness has become con-flated with what it means to be black, so the term white crimi-nal is confounding, while the term black criminal is nearly redundant.”

Nearly redundant.This, then, is what killed

Trayvon Martin, the fact that we are so stubbornly convinced of that redundancy that a boy walking home carrying nothing more threatening than Skittles and iced tea can become a source of terror sufficient for a George Zimmerman to stalk him and to kill him.

It doesn’t matter if he wore a hoodie.

It doesn’t matter if he punched Zimmerman.

It doesn’t matter why he was suspended from school.

What matters is that he is unavailable for comment about those things, and always will be. What matters is that none of them changes the essential truth of what this is about.

Though innocent of any crime, Trayvon Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman. He was sacrificed for all our fears.

Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Email him at

[email protected].

During a recent city coun-cil meeting, the mayor of

Keene, N.H., leaned over to a council member and whis-pered excitedly: “We’re going to have our own tank.”

Yes, the tank (or, more specifically, the “armored personnel vehicle”) is the lat-est must-have toy for mayors and police departments. Even in this picture-perfect and tranquil New England town of about 23,000 residents, officials hurl common sense to the wind at the very thought of having such a cool ride parked in front of town hall. Maybe they’ll even get to drive it in the next 4th of July parade! Never mind that Keene has no crime that would warrant roll-ing out a tank.

Nonetheless, thanks to such richly funded boon-doggles as the “war on drugs” and the “war on terrorism,” the federal government is

throwing money at cities and states to militarize their vari-ous police forces. Thus, Keene was granted $285,000 by the Department of Homeland Security to buy its very own “Bearcat,” an eight-ton com-bat vehicle.

Of course, corporations that peddle such pricey hard-ware testily insist that Keene needs a tank. A sales execu-tive for Lenco Industries, which makes the Bearcat, snapped to an inquiring reporter: “I don’t think there’s any place in the country where you can say, ‘That isn’t a likely terrorist target.’ Wouldn’t you rather be pre-

pared?”The sensible people of

Keene, however, aren’t swal-lowing the fearmonger pill, and they’ve forced the town council to reconsider. Local businesswomen Dorrie O’Meara says she hasn’t met a single person who’s in favor of having “this militaristic thing in Keene.” She calls the tank “completely unnecessary. But it’s more than that,” she adds. “It’s just not who we are. It’s about what kind of town we want to be.”

Wherever you live, take heart in the Keene example. Reject the corporate nonsense and insist on being the town you want to be.

Jim Hightower is a radio com-mentator, writer, public speaker and editor of the populist news-letter, The Hightower Lowdown.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The case of a Vietnamese ex-con accused of brutally slaying five people in a San Francisco home has shed harsh light on Supreme Court rulings that have allowed the release of thou-sands of criminal immi-grants into U.S. commu-nities because their own countries refused to take them back.

After Binh Thai Luc, 35, spent years behind bars in San Quentin for an armed robbery, an immigration judge ordered him deport-ed six years ago. Instead, he resumed his old life in a quiet San Francisco neigh-borhood because his native Vietnam never provided the travel documents required for his return.

While Luc’s case is a par-ticularly striking one, it is far from uncommon. From 2009 through the spring of last year, records show about 8,740 immigrants were ordered to leave the country after serving time in prison, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials let them go because their native countries wouldn’t take them back by the time they had to be released from an immigra-tion jail.

Two Supreme Court rulings have established that immigrants who have committed a broad range of criminal offenses can’t be locked up in detention

indefinitely while they await deportation, and should be released after 180 days unless they are likely to be deported soon. If the government decides they pose a terrorist threat or deem they are especially dangerous, such as sex offenders, some provisions allow for them to be held for a longer period.

ICE put a new immigra-tion hold on Luc this week, and officials said the agency was following the law when they released him after the Vietnamese government ignored their request for his travel documents. The country is one of the slow-est in the world to respond to the U.S. government’s paperwork requests.

Now, as the investiga-tion into the gruesome San Francisco homicides continues, the political debate over the legal stan-dards that allow criminal immigrants to remain on U.S. soil if their own coun-tries refuse them is flaring again, as it did following a few other high-profile mur-ders at the hands of immi-grant ex-felons lingering in the country.

“It is a tragedy that five Americans lost their lives because a dangerous crimi-nal immigrant could not be deported to his home coun-try,” said Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, who is sponsoring a bill that would challenge the high court’s

rulings by expanding the pool of immigrants who could be detained for more than six months, perhaps indefinitely, if they can’t be repatriated. “Dangerous criminal immigrants need to be detained.”

It is “a public safety problem” to release any-one who has committed a violent crime, countered Ahilan Arulanantham, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. “But the Constitution doesn’t give the government the power to lock people up forever, regardless of their citizen-ship.”

Gary Mead, ICE’s execu-tive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations, testified before Congress in May that he anticipated more than 4,000 immigrant former felons would be released into the community in fiscal year 2011 because their native countries did not cooper-ate.

ICE statistics provided to Smith’s office show 1,012 immigrants with criminal records had been released by April of last year, in addition to 3,882 released in 2010 and 3,847 in 2009. ICE would not provide details about the nature of their criminal offenses, the timing of their previous convictions, or whether they ever were removed.

About 4,040 immigrants without criminal records also were released during that time because their home countries would not cooperate.

“Every alien’s removal requires not only coopera-tion within the U.S. govern-ment but also the coopera-tion of another country,” Mead testified in May.

Luc’s native Vietnam is one of about 20 countries that is slow to cooperate, if it does at all, according to ICE. While Cambodia is least cooperative, the agency said Vietnam was the second-slowest country, taking an average of 218 days to respond to paper-work requests.

International rela-tions also come into play. Citizens of Cuba, which doesn’t have diplomatic relations with the U.S., represent about 40 percent of all the criminal immi-grants released after serv-ing time, the ICE statistics show. About one of every eight was Vietnamese.

Iran, Laos and Pakistan also “are generally uncoop-erative,” the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General wrote in a recent report.

The high court’s rulings make things difficult for ICE officials. Government auditors, however, have raised concerns about whether ICE is doing enough to monitor immi-

grants who have served prison terms and been released.

In 2007, the inspector general said ICE needed to do more to ensure that dangerous foreign nation-als were removed, or that their release was adequate-ly supervised.

In 2008, Cuban national Abel Arango was released after serving time in prison for armed robbery, because the Cuban government would not take him back. He went on to fatally shoot Ft. Myers, Florida police officer Andrew Widman.

Following Luc’s arrest Sunday, ICE officials revealed this week that he originally entered the U.S. legally in October 1989 as the child of intending immigrants. But an immi-gration judge ordered Luc’s deportation in 2006, after he served eight years in prison for armed robbery and assault.

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pers like The New York Times and USA Today, saying Wendy’s never used the “pink slime” product because of qual-ity concerns about the product.

“We’ve never used what some are calling ‘pink slime,’ because it doesn’t meet our high quality standards,” Wendy’s President and CEO Emil Brolick said.

The product was fea-tured in a 2008 documen-tary called “Food, Inc.” and as part of a New York Times investiga-tive report in 2009. The connective tissue used in the process also has been used in products like dog food and cooking oil in the past, which has been a sticking point for peo-ple looking to remove the product from shelves.

The pink slime name came from the New York Times report when it filed for email records from the USDA. A 2002 email from former USDA microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein called the prod-uct “pink slime” and said that it was not labeled properly as ground beef.

More recently, BPI’s product was a part of an ABC investigative report on March 8 that detailed how to find out if the product was added to meat at local super-markets. A week follow-ing the report, the USDA announced it would allow school districts to stop using the product if they desired. Following the reports, a number of retail chains, including Safeway, Kroger and Food Lion, announced they would stop stocking beef containing the product.

Food critic Jamie Oliver made a YouTube video about the product which has more than 1 million views. In the video, Oliver demonstrat-ed how the product was made by putting meat in a washing machine and then pouring a mixture of ammonia and water over it.

Eugene Martinez, a BPI Quality Assurance supervisor at the Holcomb plant for 11 years, is scheduled to speak at today’s local rally.

“We just want to get the word out and edu-cate,” Martinez said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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take an aircraft like that and put it in the air.”

On Tuesday, the 28-year-old American Airlines pilot will be flying the inaugural American Eagle flight from Dallas to Garden City.

It’s a flight that has sig-nificant meaning for the southwest Kansas native, who grew up in and around planes and part of a family where flying is very much a tradition, to say the least.

“Having flown in the air in a 1946 Ercoupe in our hometown, to flying a jet I get to take all over the American continent, it’s just really, really cool,” he said. “(Tuesday’s flight) is to come full circle from where I started, and now all the way back.”

Randy’s 29-year-old brother, Jeff Davis, hap-pens to be an American Airlines pilot, too.

For the pair of brothers, whose father was a pilot for the U.S. Navy, whose uncle served in the Kansas Air

National Guard, and whose grandfather and great-grandfather also were pri-vate pilots, playing a part in bringing regional jet ser-vice to southwest Kansas is more than a routine takeoff and landing.

Jeff, the older brother, was instrumental in getting Randy the gig on Tuesday, petitioning the right people at the airline and jumping through the right hoops to make his request a reality.

“I thought it would be a great opportunity for him,” said Jeff Davis, who is based out of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and is looking to pilot future flights on the Garden City to Dallas route. “From my end, I feel it’s a huge benefit to Garden City. ... Part of our job en route is to obtain connec-tion gates for passengers and pass that back through (our) flight attendants. From places like Manhattan or Grand Island (Neb.), we see people connecting to London, São Paulo, and

everywhere in the world. You’re going, ‘Wow.’ You can go from a rural airport to anywhere on the planet, and only make one stop in Dallas. That’s exciting to have that same level of ser-vice in Garden City.”

Randy agreed. “We talked about the

Olympics the other day. You could drive your car to Garden City, walk into the airport, hop on a plane, and the next thing you know you’re driving on the left hand side of the street on your way to the Olympic stadium,” Randy said, referring to the London 2012 Summer Olympics. “It’s pretty cool to imagine you could do that out of Garden City, Kan.”

Growing up in Syracuse, a town of about 1,800 in Hamilton County, the pair of brothers admit that the Garden City Regional Airport seemed like a huge, magnificent airfield to their young minds at the time.

Today, the airport that boasts its own control

tower unlike other south-west Kansas airports, is liv-ing up to its name.

American Eagle’s bid for service in Garden City is replacing Great Lakes Aviation’s former service to and from Denver.

Local officials are hope-ful the move to the new Dallas destination will boost passenger traffic at the local airport and help wean the community off its federal subsidy from Essential Air Service, a U.S. Department of Transportation program that makes commercial air service possible in remote or rural communities across the nation.

For Mark Davis, father of Jeff and Randy, being able to pass on the love for flying has been meaningful.

“Like me, they grew up knowing how to fly and they got the love for it, hav-ing been around my dad and grandad. ... We’re all aviation nuts,” said Mark Davis, who runs Davis Motors, a Ford dealership in Syracuse. “(Jeff and

Randy) fly for a living for American Eagle, and then they fly for fun when they come home.”

For the brothers, flying has — and always will be — a form of freedom.

“What I really enjoy is the view, to be able to spend sometimes over seven hours a day in the air,” Jeff said. “You look down, and you watch the entire country go past underneath you. You go into Canada and Mexico, and you see mountains from seven miles up in the sky ... and sunsets from 30,000 feet that no artist could ever paint.”

Randy echoed similar sentiments.

“Anybody who flies an aircraft catches the bug. ... It’s a huge feeling of free-dom,” he said. “Now, at the regional level, it’s great because I’m getting paid to fly an airplane. Before, it was just pure enjoyment, but now someone wants to pay me. There’s a thrill of flying, and there’s the free-dom to travel.”

“You will see changes in the nervous system, so you’ll see drooling, the tremors, shaking, they’ll become comatose, they’ll have aggression or even fear, and so behavior chang-es are the most likely thing you’ll notice,” Tuller said. “A lot of times, depending on what stage they are, they go fairly quickly. They can be exposed to the virus and then it will be dormant for awhile, and then when they start actually being able to transmit the virus, they go

pretty quickly from normal to usually very aggressive, but they can be fearful, as well.”

For humans, caution is the best course of action, but one early symptom is a lack of feeling in the area where a bite occurred. He said most people are not aware that if, for instance, they wake up and see a bat in their room, they should assume they have been bit-ten and assume they have contracted rabies from the bite. He also said that peo-ple should not touch wild animals, like skunks.

“Especially if they’re out during the daytime — that’s one of the big clues. If you see a skunk in the daytime, you call ani-mal control and have them remove it because chances are, it’s rabid,” he said.

Prevention of human rabies depends on vaccinat-ing domestic animals, elim-inating human exposures to stray and wild animals and providing exposed persons with prompt post-exposure rabies treatment.

“Vaccinating animals against rabies not only pro-tects our pets, but our fami-

lies, as well,” Garrison said in the KDHE press release.

KDHE offers these tips to prevent rabies:

• Have your veterinar-ian vaccinate all dogs, cats, ferrets, horses and valuable breeding stock and show animals (cattle and sheep) against rabies.

• If bitten by an animal, seek medical attention and report the bite to your local public health department or animal control depart-ment immediately.

• If your animal is bit-ten, contact your veterinar-ian or local health depart-

ment for advice.• If you wake up in a

room with a bat present, even if there is no evidence of a bite or scratch, seek medical attention.

• Do not handle or feed wild animals. Never adopt wild animals or bring them into your home.

• Do not try to nurse sick wild animals back to health. Call animal control or an animal rescue agency for assistance.

• Teach children never to handle unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic, even if they appear friendly.

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The proposed state spending blueprint for the fiscal year beginning July 1 includes $700,000 for a new Creative Industries Commission. The Republican governor pro-posed establishing the com-mission but recommended that the GOP-controlled Legislature give the pro-gram $200,000, which arts advocates considered inad-equate.

Brownback has argued that arts programs should rely more heavily on pri-

vate funds, and last year he vetoed the entire budget of the Arts Commission, mak-ing Kansas the only state to eliminate its arts fund-ing. His decision gener-ated national criticism and cost the state $1.3 million in funding from the federal government and a regional arts alliance.

The proposed budget being considered Friday was drafted by negotiators for the House and Senate, and it settles dozens of dif-ference between the cham-bers on spending issues. The House planned to vote first on the compromise, fol-lowed by the Senate, and legislative leaders expect-ed the measure to go to Brownback before lawmak-ers adjourned Friday for

their annual spring break.“There’s been a lot of

interest around the state in trying to make sure that Kansas is not the only state without an arts program,” said Senate President Steve Morris, a Hugoton Republican.

The governor hasn’t backed away from his posi-tion that arts programs should rely primarily on private funding so state tax dollars can be used for core government functions, Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said. Brownback has the power to veto individual budget items, but Jones-Sontag would only say that the governor would care-fully review the arts provi-sion.

The proposed budget deals with most of the spending issues facing state government during the next fiscal year. It would cut overall spending by 4.2 per-cent, or about $620 million, and leave the state with cash reserves of $523 mil-lion at the end of June 2013.

But the governor wants to overhaul the state’s indi-vidual income tax code to lower top tax rates and eliminate income taxes for 191,000 businesses, and leg-islators haven’t decided how much to cut taxes. Also, the compromise doesn’t resolve some questions about fund-ing for public schools, spending on social services, or pay raises and longev-ity bonuses for some state workers.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Marc Rhoades, a Newton Republican, compared drafting the compromise to cleaning out a cluttered garage halfway. Legislators return from their spring break on April 25 to wrap up business for the year and should know the fate of the proposed arts funding by then.

The Senate pushed for the additional funding, while the House did not include it. Negotiators for the two chambers are still working on the final version of a bill to set up the Creative Industries Commission, which would merge the Arts Commission with the Film Services Commission.

The budget compromise would permit the Creative Industries Commission to hire three new staffers. Last year, Brownback vetoed not only $689,000 in funds for the Arts Commission, but a provision allowing it to keep its small staff.

Sarah Carkhuff Fizell, a spokeswoman for Kansas Citizens for the Arts, said arts advocates hope the new staff jobs will allow the Creative Industries Commission to draft a plan to regain federal funding by mid-2013.

Fizell said advocates remain concerned about a potential veto but are hope-ful that Brownback won’t eliminate the funding, noting that “he decided to restart the conversation.”

Arts key issue in $14.1B Kansas compromise budget

TOPEKA (AP) — The Kansas House won’t debate a bill to modify the state’s 2007 gambling laws after supporters failed Friday to force the issue to the floor.

Members rejected a procedural motion from Democrat Rep. Bob Grant of Frontenac to pull a gambling bill out of the Federal and State Affairs Committee and place it on the debate calendar. The vote fell 20 shy of the 70 needed to complete the procedure, keeping gam-bling most likely bottled up for the remainder of the 2012 session.

Grant and Rep. Doug Gatewood, a Columbus Democrat, have sought to make changes in the law

lowering the minimum investment required for constructing a casino in Cherokee or Crawford counties. Republican House and Senate lead-ers, along with GOP Gov. Sam Brownback, have opposed opening debate on gambling.

“It’s one of those deals where the gauntlet was thrown down and they said we weren’t going to work on it this session,” Grant said. “It’s disap-pointing. It seems like southeast Kansas is the unwanted stepchild.”

State law requires the investment to be $225 mil-lion, which developers have been unwilling to pay because of the econ-omy and proximity of

American Indian casinos just across the Oklahoma border. There are near-ly a dozen casinos in northeast Oklahoma that would compete direct-ly with any southeast Kansas venture.

House Speaker Mike O’Neal said the vote Friday illustrated the lack of interest in chang-ing the gambling laws as they were passed in 2007.

“We debated gambling. All the gambling inter-ests got together. They had to have this bill, no changes, not one comma changed. They got exact-ly what they wanted. They need to live with that legislation,” said O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican.

Kansas House blocks debate over gambling laws

TOPEKA (AP) — House Republicans who want to avoid a political dispute over cracking down on ille-gal immigration succeeded Friday in blocking a debate, and the chamber’s leader said he doesn’t plan to bring the issue up again this year.

Yet it wasn’t clear that Speaker Mike O’Neal, of Hutchinson, can prevent the Kansas House from discussing immigration, an issue that divides fellow Republicans. The mem-ber who pushed for debate Friday said she expects legislators to have another chance — and for pressure to build on GOP lawmakers.

The House sided with O’Neal and voted 91-31 against a request from Rep. Charlotte O’Hara, an Overland Park Republican, to dislodge an immigration bill from committee. The measure would require state and local government agen-cies and businesses holding contracts with those agen-cies worth more than $5,000 to use the federal E-Verify

database to check whether new employees are in the U.S. legally.

A narrower bill, requir-ing state agencies to use E-Verify starting in 2013, cleared committee Thursday. But O’Neal said he won’t schedule a debate on it because he’s sure House members will insist on debating other, broader proposals to crack down on illegal immigration, as well as a plan backed by busi-ness groups to place some illegal immigrants in hard-to-fill jobs, particularly in agriculture.

“I don’t think we need to debate immigration this year, but if we do, it’s got to be something that people can agree on,” O’Neal told The Associated Press. “That consensus has not been reached, and so I have no intention of debating it if I can help it.”

Friday was the last day in session for lawmakers before their annual spring break. They plan to recon-vene April 25 to wrap up the

year’s business, and O’Hara said the public will have a chance to influence legisla-tors while they are away from the Statehouse.

O’Hara said the House’s rejection of her request wasn’t disappointing because it was difficult for GOP members to vote against their leaders.

“It’s sown some seeds. We’ll see what the grass-roots do with it,” she said. “I’m sure we’ll have another opportunity.”

A fellow GOP conserva-tive, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, also is pushing for immigration legislation. Kobach is a former law professor who helped write tough immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, and he’s been visible nationally.

Kobach said if the House doesn’t debate immigra-tion, members running for re-election this year will have a hard time explaining their lack of action as they campaign because Kansans want lawmakers to tackle the issue.

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“My name is RJ Brewer and I’m from Phoenix, Ariz.,” the wrestler pro-claims in a video of a recent match provided by the pro-moter. Taunts from inside the arena get louder.

He proceeds to rail against Mexican beer and to demand that people speak English. Then he points to the mes-sage painted on the backside of his red trunks: “SB1070” — a reference to Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The crowd, some wear-ing masks of their favorite Mexican wrestlers, shrieks ever louder. He then brags that his “mother,” Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, is helping “save” America by pushing policies that limit immigra-tion (he’s not really her son).

When his masked oppo-nent in a red cape appears, the crowd erupts into cheers.

Lucha libre — or “free wrestling” in Spanish — is a brand of Mexican wres-tling that dates to the 1930s. The sport came north to the United States, along with Mexican immigrants,

and over the years spawned clubs in some larger U.S. cit-ies with large Latino com-munities.

More recently, as the sport’s promoters target growing Mexican immigrant and Mexican-American markets, they and their wrestlers’ fictional personas have begun to adopt a more overtly political storyline revolving around immigra-tion. It’s a move akin to what U.S. wrestling promoters did in the 1980s and 1990s, when they took on race and the Cold War, but with one key twist — now, the American is the bad guy.

One lucha libre promo-tion is leading the charge away from the slapstick and simple storylines with a tour in U.S. cities with sizable Latino populations, including events in Reno, Nev., and San Jose, Calif., this week. It’s using the recent events in Arizona as a backdrop while pitting popular masked Mexican wrestlers against American “bad guys.”

“It’s something that we’ve been building in our TV shows and we’ve got-ten a lot of positive reac-tion to it,” said Steve Ship, CEO of Lucha Libre USA, which this week is launch-ing a “Masked Warriors” tour that will also stop in Phoenix, Los Angeles and Houston. “So we are bring-ing it right to our audience.”

Lucha libre uses immigration to attract U.S. fans

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he was plow-ing ahead with potential sanctions against countries that keep buying oil from Iran, including allies of the United States, in a deepen-ing campaign to starve Iran of money for its disputed nuclear program.

The world oil market is tight but deep enough to keep the squeeze on Iran, Obama ruled.

The sanctions aim to further isolate Iran’s cen-tral bank, which processes nearly all of the Iran’s oil purchases, from the global economy. Obama’s move clears the way for the U.S. to penalize foreign finan-cial institutions that do oil business with Iran by bar-ring them from having a U.S.-based affiliate or doing business here.

Obama’s goal is to tight-en the pressure on Iran, not allies, and already the administration exempted 10 European Union coun-tries and Japan from the threat of sanctions because they cut their oil purchases from Iran. Other nations have about three months to significantly reduce such imports before sanctions would kick in.

Still, administration officials said that Obama is ready to slap sanctions on U.S. partners and that his action on Friday was another signal.

At issue for Obama was ruling, by Friday, whether oil supplies were sufficient to keep demanding that nations cut off Iran — not an insignificant matter in a time of high election-year gas prices at home.

Obama gave his OK after considering available reserves, increased oil pro-duction by some countries and global economic con-ditions. The White House emphasized that he would continue to keep an eye on the oil market to make sure that it — and its consumers — could withstand shrink-ing purchases out of Iran.

Obama: Oil supply enough to squeeze Iran

Associated Press

This undated image provided by Lucha Libre USA shows “Blue Demon Jr.”, a popular Mexican wrestler who says he’s a defender of immigrants and U.S. Latinos. As more promotions of lucha libre aka Mexican-style wrestling, expands into U.S. and targets growing Mexican immi-grant and Mexican American markets, they are begin-ning to adopt more political tones and tap into strong sentiments over immigration to draw an audience.

Southwest Life

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By GORDON D. FIEDLERSpecial to The Telegram

SALINA — Retired bookkeeper George Aden calculated that, even at 94, he can’t be the oldest

Kansan still working, but that’s what the ledger shows, according to the Kansas Department of Commerce and the Older Kansans Employment Program.

Aden was scheduled to be honored Friday in ceremonies in Topeka.

“I don’t know how they came up with my name,” Aden said as he took a break from processing roses at Salina floral firm Designs by Cunningham.

It was a surprise to him.“I’m not the oldest employee in

Kansas, I’m sure,” he said.Well, if not, there can’t be many his

age maintaining his schedule. Good luck trying to find Aden occupying one spot for very long. He hasn’t surrendered to the rocker but instead is continually on the go volunteering at his church, visit-

ing the Salina Public Library, getting his jones on with his coffee buddies and din-ing at the Salina Senior Center, besides working twice weekly at the flower shop, a job he’s had for 24 years.

Not too many workers can say they truly love what they do, but Aden is among the lucky few who can say that about his former and latter occupations.

“I loved bookkeeping,” said the former Brown Mackie student from Norton. He retired after 27 years as bookkeeper and office manager for Bacon-Clark Dodge in Salina.

Flower processing is a close second.“I love working here,” Aden said.

“I love the flowers. It’s such a relaxing place.”

Jo Cunningham, wife of Gib Cunningham, who hired Aden, said he’s been a highly valued employee since Day One.

“I’ve never seen George unhappy, I’ve never seen him showing anger,” Jo Cunningham said. “In all the years work-

ing with him, I could not say one negative thing about him. He always has a cute little smile on his face.”

Turned in his keysWhen Aden turned 85, he approached

the Cunninghams and thought it best he turn in his delivery keys and retire a second time. The Cunninghams had other ideas.

Jo Cunningham said she and her husband knew the day would come when Aden aged out of the delivery van and were prepared.

“We decided, as long as George could come in the back door, he would have a job,” she said. “There will always be a place for George.”

They switched Aden to processing flowers, which can be a demanding and technical job.

“When those flowers come in, the dif-ferent ones are treated differently,” Jo

Cunningham explained.“Some stay out (of the cooler) longer,

some go in immediately, some go through different chemical processes. George did that until about four years ago. Nobody had ever done that before but Gib.”

Now, it’s just the rosesA few years ago, Aden was advised

to slow down, so now he does just roses. On Mondays and Thursdays, he can usually be found in the greenhouse work area in his denim apron trimming bunches of long-stemmed roses, wrap-ping them in tissue and preparing them for display.

When he’s not at the flower shop, or having coffee, or at the library, or driving friends to the library, he’s volunteering at his church, First Christian, where he helps with the bulletins and performs other duties in advance of Sunday ser-vices.

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Photo contributed by Paul Karkiainen, Garden City.

TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas State University researcher and former National Park Service ranger Tyra Olstad is studying the aesthetics of landscapes — particularly the open spaces of prairie — in order to develop new ways to promote and celebrate Kansas tourism, his-tory and geography.

Olstad, a 30-year-old doctoral student in geography who grew up in North Tonawanda, N.Y., said the prairie project didn’t sprout from her research work at the university but from her personal experiences tied to the prairie. Her first time to see the prairie came the summer after her high school graduation when she and her father were in a plane flying over Nebraska.

“I’d never seen so much space before,” she said. “I fell in love with the space in the West. I was intrigued by the sense of place and why people become attached to it and why others see it as desolate.”

Olstad earned an undergradu-ate degree in folklore, Earth studies and Russian in 2004 at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and a

master’s degree in geography and environment/natural resources in 2007 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

Over the past 10 years she has worked as a paleontologist for the National Park Service in such plac-es as the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, Badlands National Park in South Dakota, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado and Fossil Butte National Monument in Wyoming.

Olstad, who came to K-State in 2008, said she became interested in the pejoratives that people assign to prairie landscapes.

“I wanted to study how we psy-chologically interact with places and what this interaction means for the different places,” she said.

Olstad’s research included sci-entific analysis, ecology and envi-ronmental history. She traveled throughout Kansas and visited the Konza Prairie Biological Station, the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Mount Sunflower and other landmarks.

She took photographs and wrote about her own experiences with the prairie. By applying the same techniques used in photogra-phy, literature and visual arts, she discovered new, positive percep-tions of the prairie landscape.

Olstad said the conventional definition of beautiful scenery includes mountains, forests, sea-shores — not the open spaces of the Kansas landscape. Consequently, it is difficult to persuade people, including Kansans, that the prai-rie is anything but flat and dull. If Kansans learn to celebrate the beauty and rhythm of the prairie landscape in new ways, she said, they can deepen their own sense of place and promote pride and tourism in rural communities.

In many instances, eco-tourism involves visiting a site, snapping a photo and then continuing on one’s trip. But to appreciate the prai-rie, Olstad said, one must witness the rhythms and cycles that take place over time — at sunset, when there’s a storm, during burning season or when wildlife is visible.

Still going strong

Associated Press

Kansas State University researcher and former National Park Service ranger Tyra Olstad is studying the aesthetics of landscapes — par-ticularly the open spaces of prairie — in order to develop new ways to promote and celebrate Kansas tourism, history and geography.

Tom Dorsey / Salina Journal

George Aden, 94, unpacks and inspects a shipment of roses while working Thursday at Designs by Cunningham.

Kansas State researcher taking new look at the prairie

Salina’s Aden recognized for being oldest working Kansan

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By EMILY PARKE CHASE

You can’t live a perfect day without doing some-thing for someone who will never be able to repay you. — John Wooden

•••

Hot tears seared my eyes. I clutched the

phone like a lifeline. “Tom, can you come?” In desperation, I was calling a family friend for help. For three months, my hus-band had lived in extreme pain. After shoveling two feet of snow off our drive-way, Gene had injured his back. He had seen doc-tors and specialists. They ordered X-rays, blood-work, MRIs and physical therapy. They prescribed pills. Nothing relieved my husband’s agony.

Each visit to the doc-tor involved taking more tests, waiting for results and scheduling yet anoth-er appointment. Days turned into weeks. Weeks turned into months. Now Gene could barely stand. He had lost more than 30 pounds. Nights were filled with long hours of prayer since sleep was impossi-ble. An avid reader, Gene no longer had the strength to hold up a book. Because he could barely sit up, I was feeding him by hand.

Our bedroom looked more and more like a hospital. A full-body back brace, an electrical stimulation apparatus, a cane, a walker, a por-table commode and now a wheelchair transformed the area into a steel jun-gle. The end table held a pharmacy of painkillers, muscle relaxants and anti-

biotics.Both of us were dis-

couraged. For months, I had tried to handle my husband’s health needs by myself. Nothing seemed to help. I was not strong enough to move Gene by myself. One night, I spent almost an hour helping him walk from the living room to his bedroom, a distance of only 20 feet.

At my wits’ end, I punched Tom’s number into the phone. Our chil-dren had married and moved out of state. Tom was like an adopted son, and still lived nearby.

Strong and capable, Tom was a tree I could lean on in a storm. Just hearing his voice on the other end of the phone was good medicine. I felt even better as I heard him say, “I’ll be right over.”

Twenty minutes later, Tom stood grinning at our door. Under his arm was a stack of DVDs, treasured movies from his child-hood. He greeted Gene and then set up the laptop next to his bed. Together we watched a film that trans-ported us all to a world far from our troubles.

During the next weeks, Tom helped me get Gene

in and out of the car as we went to medical appoint-ments. He listened not just to Gene’s pain, but to my sorrow as well. When I needed to go out of town overnight, Tom volun-teered to stay with Gene.

At last, after Gene spent more than a week in the hospital, the orthope-dist discovered that Gene had a staph infection hid-den deep inside his spine. No amount of painkillers or physical therapy would ever have cured the infec-tion. For six more weeks, Gene traveled daily to the hospital for infusions of high-powered antibiot-ics. I drove him there and back during the first weeks, but by the end of the time, Gene was well enough to drive himself. After six long months, the dark curtain over our lives slowly lifted. Today, Gene is able to do every-thing he wants ... except shovel snow.

And Tom? He per-formed no delicate sur-gery. He offered no mira-cle drug. But the hope and encouragement he infused into my caregiver’s heart were better medicine than any prescription written by a doctor.

All I had to do was call.

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Engagement AnnouncementsHolloway-Molz

Dave and Mikelyn Holloway of Sublette announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Elizabeth Holloway, to Ryan James Molz. He is the son of Ron and Kristi Molz of Kiowa.

Grandparents of the bride-to-be are Joanne Sims, the late Charles Sims, and Ralph and Mary Holloway. Her fiancé is the grandson of Jim Molz, the late Beverly Molz, Mary June and the late William J. Terwort.

The bride-to-be gradu-ated from Kansas State University with a bache-lor’s degree in kinesiology. She is a physical therapist assistant at Share Medical Center in Alva, Okla.

Her fiancé earned a bach-elor’s degree and master of business administration degree from Southwestern College. He is employed by Chieftain Oil Co.

They plan to marry April 28, 2012, at Sublette Christian Church.

Ryan MolzBrooke Holloway

McDonnell-Carlson/O’Neal

James and Donna Carlson of Garden City, and Roger and Rebecca McDonnell of Ormond Beach, Fla., announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Marie McDonnell-Carlson, to Adam Charles O’Neal. He is the son of Keith and Judy O’Neal of Satanta.

The bride-to-be is a music major at Garden City Community College.

Her fiance is a 2011 grad-uate of AAS, Automotive Technology. He is employed by the Kansas Department

of Transportation. They plan to marry

June 2, 2012, in Garden City.

Adam O’NealErin McDonnell-Carlson

Hernandez-Flores

Octavio and Sandra Hernandez of Dodge City announce the engagement of their daughter, Julisa Hernandez, to Naaman Flores. He is the son of Benjamin and Dina Flores of Garden City.

The bride-to-be gradu-ated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in education and an ESOL endorsement.

Her fiancé graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is the manager of Redline

Motors in Garden City.They plan to marry April

21, 2012, in Dodge City.

Julisa HernandezNaaman Flores

Harkness-Weinman

Wanda Harkness of Scott City announces the engagement of her daugh-ter, Lori Harkness, to Daniel Weinman, the son of Tom and Bonnie Weinman of Phillipsburg. The bride-to-be is the daughter of the late Rex Harkness.

The bride-to-be and her fiancé graduated from Colby Community College with associates degrees in applied science. She is employed by St. Francis Community Services, Colby. He works for A & A Coors, Colby.

They plan to marry April 14, 2012, at Camp Christy, Scott City.

Daniel WeinmanLori Harkness

Wedding AnnouncementsHahn-Regan

Kristina Hahn and Nathan Regan, both of Wichita, were married March 1, 2012, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The bride is the daugh-ter of Richard and Diann Hahn of Garden City.

The groom’s parents are Shawn and Jenise Regan of Garden City.

Maid of honor was Elizabeth Herrman-Shotton of Scotland, United Kingdom. Bridesmaid was Jessica Bernal of Leawood.

Best man was Jerod Harsh of Pratt. Groomsman was Chase Brandenburgh of Arlington, Texas.

A reception, given by the couple’s parents, took place later at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Garden City.

The bride earned a degree in graphic design

from Fort Hays State University. She is a graphic designer at Wichita State University.

The groom earned a Bench Jeweler certificate from Texas Institute of Jewelry Technology. He is a goldsmith at Burnell’s Creative Gold.

After a honeymoon in Las Vegas, the newlyweds are at home in Wichita.

Nathan and Kristina Regan

Esaiah Thomas Banda is the son of Miranda Unruh and Adrian Banda of Holcomb. Born March 6, 2012, he has two sisters, Exxi Unruh, 7, and Asia Unruh, 4. Grandparents are Randy and Ann Unruh of Holcomb; Ann Unruh and Chuck Taylor of Dodge City; and Gregoria Banda of Holcomb.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — An annual Easter egg hunt attended by hundreds of children has been canceled because of misbehavior last year. Not by the kids, but by the grown-ups.

Too many parents deter-mined to see their children get an egg jumped a rope marking the boundaries of the children-only hunt at Bancroft Park last year. The hunt was over in sec-onds, to the consternation of eggless tots and the rules-abiding parents.

Organizers say the hunt in Old Colorado City has gotten too big for the hun-dreds of children and par-ents now attending. They canceled this year.

Last April’s egg hunt, sponsored by the Old Colorado City Association, experienced a few techni-cal difficulties, said Mazie Baalman, owner of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and sponsor of the event.

There was no place to hide the plastic eggs, which were filled with donated candy or coupons redeem-able at nearby businesses. So thousands of eggs were put in plain view on the grass. A bullhorn to start the event malfunctioned, so Baalman, master of ceremonies, used a public address system that was hard to hear.

“So everybody thinks you said ‘Go,’ and every-body goes, and it’s over in seconds,” Baalman said. “If one parent gets in there, other parents say, ‘If one can get in, we all can get in,’ and everybody goes.”

Parenting observers cite the cancellation as a prime example of so-called “heli-copter parents” — those who hover over their chil-dren and are involved in every aspect of their chil-

dren’s lives — to ensure that they don’t fail, even at an Easter egg hunt.

“They couldn’t resist getting over the rope to help their kids,” said Ron Alsop, a former Wall Street Journal reporter and author of “The Trophy Kids Grow Up,” which examines the “millennial children” generation.

“That’s the perfect met-aphor for millennial chil-dren. They (parents) can’t stay out of their children’s lives. They don’t give their children enough chances to learn from hard knocks, mistakes.”

Alsop and others say the parenting phenom-enon began in earnest when baby boomers who decorated their cars with “Baby on Board” signs in the 1980s began having

children. It has prompted at least two New York com-panies to establish “take your parent to work day” for new recruits as parents remain involved even after their children become adults.

Lenny Watkins, who lives a block away from Bancroft Park, took his friend’s son, then 4, to the hunt in 2009. “I just remember having a won-derful time, him with his Easter basket,” Watkins said, adding he can under-stand why a parent would step in.

“You have all these eggs just lying around, and parents helping out. You better believe I’m going to help my kid get one of those eggs. I promised my kid an Easter egg hunt, and I’d want to give him an

even edge.”Jennifer Rexford, who

used to live near the park, said she participated in public Easter egg hunts with her boys, ages 3, 8 and 14. She doesn’t anymore, because of “pushy par-ents” that she said she has dealt with at the hunts.

“It just seems to be the mindset. People just want the best for their kids,” Rexford said.

Alsop said that dynamic is at play with parents who hover over their children, even into adulthood.

“I don’t see any sign of it abating,” he said. “It seems everything is more and more and more com-petitive, fast paced, and I think parents are going to see they need to do more to help their kids get an edge.”

Parents force egg hunt cancellation

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Children dash to collect as many eggs as possible at the Old Colorado City Easter Egg Hunt on April 23, 2011, in Colorado Springs Colo. Organizers have canceled this year’s event, complaining of parental behavior. They say that last year aggressive parents swarmed into a tiny Colorado Springs park last year, determined that their kids get an egg.

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NEW YORK (AP) — For some school kids around the country, the odds have been ever (and awesomely!) in their favor as they’ve scored the ultimate field trip — an outing to “The Hunger Games.”

“All of my friends who don’t go to my school are all really jealous,” said 15-year-old David Schwartz. He was among about 500 ninth-grade English stu-dents from New Rochelle High School in suburban New York City who were taken to the movie on open-ing day last Friday.

Lexis Eberly was among 120 seventh-grad-ers treated to opening day from Tuslaw Middle School in Massillon, Ohio. Her review: “If I had the chance, I would go see the movie 20 more times!”

For both, the field trip was the result of a block-buster movie coinciding with their curriculum: They were assigned “The Hunger Games,” the first book in Suzanne Collins’ best-selling trilogy, as sum-mer reading heading into the school year.

In New Rochelle, the book has anchored much of the work in freshman English since the first day of school. They’ve written letters from the point of view of main characters and created maps of the arena where kids fight other kids to the death as the bawdy ruling class

watches on TV in Collins’ dystopian world.

Some teachers and par-ents said they hoped the field trips would help their reluctant readers.

Brigid Barry, the English program adminis-trator at Greenwich High School in Connecticut, said about 50 ninth- through 12th-graders from Literacy Workshop, a program at the school, were treated to the movie.

“Sometimes you get a kid in the program who has never read a full book,

so to see them excited to read this one, to accom-plish that, is really some-thing,” Barry said.

Mered Kopstein, one of the New Rochelle teach-ers who arranged pri-vate screenings at a local theater, said the outing achieved something else at her school, where more than 3,000 students are bro-ken into smaller “learning communities”: It provided a rare chance to bring them together through text they’ve all devoured.

That point wasn’t lost

on at least one of the stu-dents, 14-year-old Adrian McCullough. “It was more about unity, I think, as a group,” he said. “It wasn’t about getting out of class.”

While it’s generally gotten favorable reviews, some film critics have torn into the movie like a blood-thirsty “muttation” — in the book’s parlance, an ani-mal genetically altered for use as a weapon. But these students hadn’t read any reviews, and didn’t care much what the grown-ups thought, anyway.

They were too busy comparing the movie to the book, and comparing the story to others from class, like “Lord of the Flies,” “Great Expectations,” “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game.”

The first of a series of planned “Hunger Games” films broke the record for a non-sequel over the week-end with a $153 million haul at the box office in the United States and Canada, surpassing predictions and giving it the third-highest opening weekend ever.

Not all parents were pleased about the field trip to see the movie, which earned a PG-13 rating based on a toned-down script co-written by Collins herself. Some school outings for younger kids, in fifth and sixth grade, were canceled after small numbers of parents complained.

Hamilton International Middle School in Wallingford, Wash., bagged a sixth-grade trip to see the movie because parents were concerned about violence, accord-ing to The Seattle Times. School administrators did not return calls from The Associated Press for com-ment.

At the private Seattle Girls School in Washington, only one family decided to opt out of a movie outing for about 20 students later this week.

“It’s clearly a pretty

violent book,” said Rafael del Castillio, the head of school. “But I do wonder why we collectively are so worried about violence in this particular book and this particular movie,” he added, noting the pitfalls of video games and other media kids consume heav-ily.

In California, Carol Stevenson’s sixth-grader, 12-year-old Jacob, and his schoolmates from Santa Clarita International Charter School were taken to the movie on open-ing day after his teacher read the book aloud to his class.

“This is a widely diverse group in ethnicity, talent, ability,” Stevenson said. “He was the envy of his friends who don’t go to that school.”

And Jacob’s take?“I don’t really recom-

mend the movie,” he said. “The book was much bet-ter.”

Tool kits for teachers looking to hop on “The Hunger Games” bandwag-on are all over the Internet. Some teachers have made quick classroom lessons of the movie after students returned from the film.

“If I was not in Literacy Workshop this year, I might not have read this book, but I would have seen the movie,” 16-year-old Sydney Curley, a soph-omore at Greenwich High, wrote to her teacher.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have been walking on con-crete sidewalks for exercise for about 10 years. I walk two miles in 35 minutes, three times per week. Lately my shins hurt when I walk. What could cause this? — W.G.

THE REflEx ANswER to your question is shinsplints. That, how-ever, is a meaningless diag-nosis. It indicates that you have shin pain, something you knew on your own. A cause isn’t identified. The term should be swept into history’s dustbin.

A number of conditions cause shin pain. The shin, by the way, is the tibia, the larger of the two leg bones. You can feel it on the medi-al side of your lower leg. Medial is the side next to the opposite leg. One of the most frequent causes of shin pain, and the one that I believe pertains to you, is medial tibial stress syn-drome. It’s an inflammation of the covering of the tibia, the periosteum.

An increase in the inten-sity, frequency or duration of exercise is one cause. You didn’t mention any of these. Running on an unyielding surface is another cause. That does fit your picture. Shoes that don’t provide

adequate cushioning when the foot strikes the ground are often to blame. An exag-gerated turning of the foot to the big toes side when the foot hits the pavement is another possibility. Look at your shoes. If there’s more wear on the big toe side, your foot strike could be the trouble. The process is called overpronation.

Take a two-week break. If you want to exer-cise, swim or pedal a station-ary bike. Ice the shins for 10 minutes three times a day. If icing doesn’t ease the pain, try heat. Light compression of the leg with an elastic wrap like an ACE bandage helps. For pain, use Tylenol, aspirin or a nonsteroidal anti-inflamma-tory like Advil or Aleve. You might want to invest in a new pair of walking shoes. If you don’t do that, buy foot cushions to insert in your shoes. They’re found in all drugstores.

If the pain hasn’t resolved in two weeks, you must see the family doctor. Medial tibial stress syn-drome is only one cause of shin pain.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I would like to combine weight training with my jazz and modern dancing regimen. I want to bulk up a considerable bit instead of been reed-thin like most

male dancers. I do, however, want to main-tain flexibility. My specific ques-tions are: How many sets and reps? How fast or slow should the movements be? How long should a workout be? What is the best balance between

weightlifting and dancing? — D.M.

MUsclE bUilDiNg DOEsN’T make you inflex-ible. That’s an old canard without an iota of truth. Dancers do require extreme flexibility. Don’t abandon stretching and flexibility exercises.

The best exercise for building up muscles is hotly debated. A safe way is to determine the amount of weight you can lift eight times consecutively. Leg muscles can withstand heavier weight than upper-body muscles.

When you can perform three sets of 12 repetitions

with a two-minute rest between sets, then add more weight and drop back to three sets of eight repeti-tions.

The speed of lifting is another area of contention. Some say slow lifting builds strength and power. Others are adamant in saying a fast rate of movement improves strength. Take your pick. An old rule that has stood the test of time is to lift the weight to a count of one-two and lower it to a count of one-two-three-four.

A typical workout should last about an hour.

Devote three days a week to weightlifting. Muscles need time to recuperate and regenerate. You can prac-tice dancing daily, even on the days you lift weights. Go at this slowly, so you don’t injure yourself.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I got hit by a bat directly in my stomach. It knocked the wind out of me. I liter-ally could not breathe. Why? — E.O.

MiDwAy bETwEEN THE bellybutton and the breastbone is a network of nerves that supplies the dia-phragm, the breathing mus-cle, and a blow there causes a temporary paralysis of that muscle. It’s a short-lived but frightening experience.

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DEAR ANNiE: My wife and I have been married 42 years, and she plans to retire in a few months. I am unemployed, cannot find a job and consider myself retired already.

I do the grocery shopping and have dinner on the table by the time my wife returns from work, except two days a week when we go out to eat. However, my wife won’t let me touch the laundry, the dishes, the hardwood floors, the bathrooms or the vacuuming. It’s hands off, her way or no way. I know I need some training. I cer-tainly don’t want to use the wrong cleaners on a $5,000 floor. But my wife refuses to teach me and argues when I ask.

Our friends often com-ment on how spotless our house is. I ask my wife all the time what she wants me to do, but she won’t say. Am I supposed to read her mind? I have even asked her to please leave me notes, and the answer is “no.” So my wife has decided to resolve our arguments by sleeping by herself. I don’t feel this helps matters at all. Any suggestions? — Jim in Peoria

DEAR JiM: First, please know how refreshing it is to hear from a man who actually wants to do more housework. The problem, of course, is that your wife considers this her “terri-tory,” and she is reluctant to

give up control. She believes if you can do what she does, it makes her less valuable and necessary. There is no reason to fight over this. Do what you can and ignore the rest. If she doesn’t like it, let her complain. We suspect she enjoys doing that.

DEAR ANNiE: I under-stand why “Over-Seventy Attitude” doesn’t care for email cards. Here’s an even more egregious etiquette error.

After attending the wedding of a relative, we received a pre-printed card saying, “Thanks for sharing in our day and for your gift, Love (names).” Not even a personal signature, never mind an acknowledgement of the actual (generous) gift. We would have opted for a personal email any day. — Baffled

Annie’s Mailbox is writ-ten by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edi-tors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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DEAR HElOisE: Can you please help me? My son was in school, and someone shook a bottle of typewriter correction fluid and got stains all over his brand-new shirt, and he is very upset. Is there any-thing that can help remove this type of stain? Thank you so much! — Keisha, via email

OH NO! TRy rubbing a citrus-based, grease-cutting spray cleaner on the stains. This type of cleaner contains petro-leum distillates, so work in a well-ventilated area. This hope-fully will emul-sify, or break apart, the spotting. Then launder as usual.

You also can take it to your dry cleaner and say what the stain is. It should be treated as would an oil-based paint stain. Good luck! — Heloise

P.S.: If the stains don’t come out, use the shirt as an “artist’s smock”!

Store hoursDEAR HElOisE: Most

stores post their hours of operation on their doors. I take a picture with my cell-phone of the hours at the stores I shop at frequently so I can check them at a moment’s notice. — Jill in Tustin, Calif.

A gREAT wAy to save time! — Heloise

Shapely shampoo bottles

DEAR HElOisE: Shampoo bottles seem designed with no place to grip. I solved this by pouring my shampoo into a small, empty, plas-tic honey bottle shaped

like a bear. It is easy to hold, doesn’t slip out of your hands, and the lid pops open to dispense the shampoo. Just be careful that the bottle doesn’t find its way back to the kitchen!

— Marcia B., Spring, Texas

Electric-blanket hints

DEAR READERs: Do you own an electric blan-ket? Here are some hints about these blankets:

• Check for signs of wear or damage to the wiring. If you see any, throw the blanket away, and do not use it! It’s a fire hazard.

• Don’t use safety pins on the blanket; this could lead to shock or fire.

• Never use an electric blanket with an infant.

• Completely unfold the blanket before using.

• Always unplug the blanket after each use. — Heloise

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The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Make plans around friends and family. You want to stay close to home, yet visit with loved ones as well. Decide to throw a spring gath-ering or a dinner -- that way you can have it all. Tonight: A special person wants his or her time with you, too.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Return calls and respond to a special invitation, whether it is for today or not. Don’t let oth-ers’ attitudes color your day. Choose your mood and your company. Break away from your normal weekend style. Try something new, be it food, people or location. Tonight: You do not have to go far.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Be aware of the expenses you might be adding to your budget. A discussion will help put some-one at ease. Use sensitivity with a child or loved one. This person is not as upbeat as you are right now. Tonight: Time to treat someone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Share some of your ideas with others; the feedback could be quite surprising. You will learn a lot about those you hang out with. Be spontaneous. A domestic matter plays into your plans. You can see people relax as their personalities bloom. Tonight: You call the shots.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Know when to pull back. You have a shining personality, but often your rays prevent other personali-ties from emerging. Let a loved one and/or neighbor create more of what he or she wants. Reverse roles from leader to follower. You can do it. Tonight: Donpush. In fact, vanish while you can.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH No hemming and hawing allowed. You might want to take a stronger role in handling a new purchase and your finances. You might be unusually hard on your-self. Accept an invitation out, and

you will see many friends. Tonight: You are the party!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH Curb negativity, and you’ll be able to enjoy yourself. See where the negativity is coming from and whether you can correct those thoughts. Others are thrilled to see you while you visit with an older relative or friend who you have included in your plans. Tonight: To the wee hours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Keep reaching out for oth-ers you do not often speak to. Make plans that allow for at least a mini-escape, be it a movie, drive or other activity. Give yourself a break from the daily grind. Tonight: Share this adventure.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)HHHH A special relationship cre-ates a stronger bond between the two of you. The level of caring is so intense that someone around you could feel as if he or she is iso-lated. You might see this attitude develop today. Tonight: Add a touch of spice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You have little tolerance for anything but agreement. Someone also could make a request that you feel you have no choice but to respond to. Try to curb resentment, knowing that it is still your choice. Tonight: Among friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Go off and do what you have wanted to do. Go to the gym, take a walk and/or finish up your taxes. Once you clear these tasks, you will be up for some socializing. For one day only, do what you want. Tonight: Be with a favorite person.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Think in terms of gains and greater happiness. You need to let go of stressful situations, and open up to a new sense of possibili-ties. A partner might not go along easily until he or she notices how very content you are. Tonight: Let your hair down.

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For a support group to be included, call The Telegram at 276-6862 Ext. 242 or (800) 475-8600. For information about other support groups in the state, call the Self-Help Network of Kansas at (316) 978-3843 or (800) 445-0116, or visit www.selfhelpnetwork.wichita.edu.

Domestic violence

Family Crisis Services (HEART), Garden City. Support group for those in abusive relationships, shel-ter for domestic violence victims and rape crisis support. Transportation and child care services are provided. Contact: 275-2018; Referral Hotline, 275-5911; (800) 275-0535. FAX: 275-2761.

Substance abuse

Tuesday Night Get-Along Group. A 12-Step recovery for co-dependents and adult children of alcoholics. Time/Location: 6:30 p.m. Mondays, Community Congregational Church, 710 N. Third St. Contact: Jim Good, 275-7365.

Alcoholics Anonymous Hotline. Information for AA groups in the Garden City area. Contact: Hotline, 272-5623.

Garden City 12 x 12 Al-Anon Family Groups. For families and friends of alcoholics/addicts. Time/Location: 7 p.m. Thursdays at 116 Chestnut (A.A. Hall).

Narcotics Anonymous. Time/Location: 7 p.m. Mondays and Saturdays, and book study at 6 p.m. Saturday at St. Catherine Hospital’s Classroom 1 (north entrance, west of emergency room, follow the hall to the first eleva-tor, go to LL, exit eleva-tor, turn left, then right, it’s the first room on the right). Children are wel-come; parents are respon-sible for their children. Contact: (620) 899-5420.

Health

Garden City Area Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias Support Group. The support group welcomes any family members or friends car-ing for someone with

Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias. Time/Location: 2 to 4 p.m. the third Monday of each month in the main parlor of First United Methodist Church, Main Street and Kansas Avenue (use entrance off Main Street). Contact: Mary Seibert, 276-8933, or Barbara McKenna, (620) 937-1766.

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). To aid and sup-port people with brain injuries and their fami-lies. For information, con-tact Logie Asebedo, (620) 384-5048.

Builders of Hope Cancer Support Group. Open to all patients, family and/or friends touched by this disease. Time/Location: 2 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month at Downtown Vision, 413 N. Main St. Contacts: Builders of Hope mentor hotline, 290-3970; Chaplain Remy Ekweariri, 272-2513; Kris Hughes, 272-2526.

Builders of Hope men-tor program/hotline. Providing information, support and hope by matching newly diag-nosed patients with those who are survivors of the same or similar condi-tion, providing comfort and education. Contact: Builders of Hope mentor hotline, 290-3970, available seven days a week.

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Support Group. For patients, friends, family and care-givers. Time/Location: 7 to 8 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at St. Catherine Hospital, 401 E. Spruce St. For details, email [email protected].

Garden City “Wolf Pack” Consumer Run Organization Inc. A non-profit organization that serves persons with self-identified mental illness. It is a member run organization that is centered on peer sup-port. The CRO focuses on leadership, education and community involvement. Time/Location: 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at 409 N. Eighth St. Contact: Alexis Fluellen,

260-9970.

Social groups

Gay Men’s Support Group. Weekly support group meeting. Time/Location: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Area Mental Health Center, 2101 W. Highway 50 Bypass, Dodge City.

Weight loss

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). An affordable group for those wanting to lose weight. Time/Location: Weigh-in is from 8:15 to 9 a.m., with the meeting starting at 9 a.m. each Thursday in the Blue Room at the Senior Center of Finney County, 907 N. 10th St. Contact: Kathy Howard at 276-7919 or Patti Barton at (620) 521-1672.

Garden City Weight Watchers. Time/Location: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church, 1106 N. Main St. (use the east entrance on Seventh Street). Contact: Norma Nolte, 276-2520.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). Nonprofit organi-zation providing weight-loss support since 1948. Contact/more information: (800) 932-8677 or email [email protected].

OtherCelebrate Recovery. A

faith-based, Christ-cen-tered, 12-Step recovery pro-gram for people struggling with all kinds of issues and is not just for those struggling with chemical and alcohol addiction. Time/Location: 7 p.m. Mondays, 308 W. Fifth St., Scott City. Contact (620) 872-2339 for additional information.

Grief Support Group. To allow participants to share their feelings and gain the tools to help them after suffering the loss of a loved one. These are open support groups with no age limits; par-ticipants may join or exit the groups at any time and all groups are free. Time/Location: 7 to 8:30 p.m. on

the first Tuesday of each month and 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the Senior Center of Finney County, 907 N. 10th St. Contact: Chaplain Billy Kryger or Gina Cash, St. Catherine Hospice, 272-2519 or (800) 281-4077.

Divorce Care. You don’t have to go it alone, find support from others who understand at the weekly Connect Group meetings. Time/Location: 7 p.m. each Tuesday at Garden City Church of the Nazarene, 2720 N. Campus Drive. Contact: 275-4278.

Celebrate Recovery. A faith-based, Christ-cen-tered, recovery program for people struggling with all kinds of issues and not just for those struggling with chemical and alcohol addiction. Time/Location: 12-Step Program at 7 p.m. Mondays and the Open Share Group at 6:15 p.m. Fridays, both at Bible Christian Church, 1501 E. Mary St., Garden City. Contact 276-8356 for addi-tional information.

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III, Garden City Community College”, Garden City, Kansas will be received by the

Board of Trustees.

Contractors shall submit Bid Proposals by 2:00 PM Local Time, Wednesday, April 18, 2012, in the Conference Room of the

Administration Center, Garden City Community College, 801 Campus Drive, Garden City, Kansas. Bid Proposals will be

publicly opened at the above stated time. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, certified check or other security

in the amount of 5% (five per cent) of the bid. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held prior to the acceptance of bids for all interested parties at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the project site. All General Contractors are required

to attend and major sub-contractors are encouraged to attend this conference.

Plans and Specifications for the Project will be on file at the Garden City Community College, Garden City, Kansas.

Bidders may obtain the Contract Documents upon payment of a refundable deposit of $100.00 per set from the office of the Architect, GIBSON, MANCINI, CARMICHAEL & NELSON,

P.A., Architects and Planners, 115 East Laurel Street, Garden City, Kansas 67846 (620-276-3244).

Plans and Specifications for the Project may also be viewed online on the Architect’s File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site.

Contact the Architect for more information regarding this Project and access to view documents on this FTP site.

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Special Events

TODAY, MARCH 31Pancake and sau-

sage supper: 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Pawnee Acres Community Building, located six miles west and four miles north of Kalvesta. Proceeds from the event will go toward building improvements.

Garden City Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers: 5 p.m. at the Senior Center of Finney County, 907 N. 10th St., with a carry-in supper served from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., followed by more music until 9 p.m. (bring a favorite covered dish for the meal and sign in to take a turn in the rotation of musicians and singers). Admission is free to the public.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3Musical program:

Old-time fiddlin’ music featuring brothers Joe and Jon Irsik, 7 p.m. at Garden Valley Retirement Village, 1505 E. Spruce St. The public is encouraged to attend at no charge.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4

Dance: Featuring “The Blue Notes Variety Band,” 7:30 p.m. at the Senior Center of Finney County, 907 N. 10th St. Open to the public.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6Musical pro-

gram: Featuring “The Humdingers,” 7 p.m.

at Homestead Assisted Living, 2414 N. Henderson St. The public is encour-aged to attend at no charge.

“Stations of the Cross”: A visual story of Jesus going to His death presented by Garden City Church of the Brethren and the Salvation Army youth group, 7 p.m. at the church, 505 N. Eighth St. For more information, call 276-7391.

Health Department

Hours at the Finney County Health Department, 919 Zerr Road, are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Friday hours are 8 a.m. to noon.

For more information, call the health department at 272-3600.

Senior Center

The following events are scheduled at the Senior Center of Finney County, 907 N. 10th St., unless otherwise noted. Anyone 55 years of age or older is welcome to par-ticipate.

Open pool: 1 to 4 p.m. today.

Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers: 5 p.m. today.

Duplicate bridge: 2 p.m. Sunday.

Dominoes and open pool: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Lunch: Served at noon

Monday through Friday.Walking Club: 8:30 a.m.

Monday.Humdinger Band prac-

tice: 12:30 p.m. Monday.Double pinochle: 12:30

p.m. Monday.Upbeats Band practice:

3 p.m. Monday.Zumba: 5:30 p.m.

Monday.Duplicate bridge: 7 p.m.

Monday.Gentle exercise: 11 a.m.

Tuesday.Pitch: 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday.Bridge: 1:15 p.m.

Tuesday.

Line dancing: 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Pinochle: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Life Writing: 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Dance: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday featuring “The Blue Notes.”

TOPS: 9 a.m. Thursday.Art class: 10 a.m.

Thursday.Gentle exercise: 11 a.m.

Thursday.Ambassador Singers: 1

p.m. Thursday.Dominoes tournament:

1 p.m. Thursday.Computer class: 3:45

p.m. Thursday.Yoga: 6:30 p.m.

Thursday.Line dancing: 8:30 a.m.

Friday.Bridge: 12:45 p.m.

Friday.Meals on Wheels is

available by calling 272-3620; Mini-bus, 272-3626; Senior Center, 272-3620.

What’s Up is published each Saturday. Submit calendar items for upcom-ing events by 5 p.m. Wednesday by calling 276-6862 Extension 242 or (800) 475-8600.

Area public meetings

These meetings are open to the public under Kansas law. Portions of the meetings may be closed to the public, but only under specific exemptions cited in Kansas law.

MONDAY, APRIL 2GARDEN CITY — Traffic

Advisory Board: 5:30 p.m. in the commission chamber on the second floor of the City Administrative Center, 301 N. Eighth St.

GARDEN CITY — USD 457 Board of Education: 6 p.m. in the board meeting room of the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming St.

KEARNY COUNTY — Kearny County Commission: 8 a.m. in the county courthouse, 304 N. Main St., Lakin.

LEOTI — Leoti City Council: 7 p.m. in the council meeting room at Leoti City Hall, 406 S. Main St.

SCOTT CITY — Scott City Council: 7:30 p.m. in the council meeting room at Scott City Hall, 221 W. Fifth St.

LAKIN — Lakin City Council: 6:30 p.m. in the council meet-ing room at the Administrative Building, 121 N. Main St.

STANTON COUNTY — Stanton County Commission: 10 a.m. in the commission meeting room at the county courthouse, 201 N. Main St., Johnson City.

LANE COUNTY — Lane County Commission: 9 a.m. in the commission meeting room at the county courthouse, 144 S. Lane St., Dighton.

WICHITA COUNTY — Wichita County Commission: 8:30 a.m. in the commission meet-ing room at the county courthouse, 206 S. Fourth St., Leoti.

FINNEY COUNTY — Finney County Commission: 8:30 a.m. in the commission meeting room at the County Administrative Building, 311 N. Ninth St., Garden City.

JOHNSON CITY — Johnson City Council: 7:30 p.m. in the council meeting room at Johnson City Hall, 206 S. Main St.

HUGOTON — Hugoton City Council: 5:15 p.m. in the council meeting room at Hugoton City Hall, 114 E. Fifth St.

CIMARRON — Cimarron City Council: 7:30 p.m. in the council meeting room at Cimarron City Hall, 119 S. Main St.

MONTEZUMA — Montezuma City Council: 7:30 p.m. in the council meeting room at Montezuma City Hall, 300 W. Geronimo St.

SUBLETTE — Sublette City Council: 7 p.m. in the council meeting room at Sublette City Hall, 103 N. Cody St.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3GARDEN CITY —

Environmental Issues Board: 6 p.m. in the commission chamber

on the second floor of the City Administrative Center, 301 N. Eighth St.

GARDEN CITY — Zoo Advisory Board: 5 p.m. at the Finnup Center, 312 E. Finnup Drive.

DEERFIELD — Deerfield City Council: 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 622 N. Main.

GARDEN CITY — Garden City Commission: 1 p.m. in the commission chamber on the second floor of the City Administrative Center, 301 N. Eighth St.

SCOTT COUNTY — Scott County Commission: 1 p.m. in the commission meeting room at the county courthouse, 303 Court St., Scott City.

STEVENS COUNTY — Stevens County Commission: 8:30 a.m. in the commission meet-ing room at the county courthouse, 200 E. Seventh St., Hugoton.

GRANT COUNTY — Grant County Commission: 9 a.m. in the commission meeting room at the county courthouse, 108 S. Glenn St., Ulysses.

HAMILTON COUNTY — Hamilton County Commission: 8:30 a.m. MST in the commission meeting room at the county court-house, 219 Main St., Syracuse.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4SATANTA — Satanta City

Council: 7 p.m. in the council meeting room at Satanta City Hall, 503 Ponca Ave.

What’s upListing of southwest Kansas events published each Saturday. Calendar listings are published free of charge. Submit information by 5 p.m. Wednesday to: Garden City Telegram, 310 N. Seventh St., Garden City, KS 67846, or call 276-6862, ext. 242, or toll-free at (800) 475-8600. Include a brief description of the event, a contact person and a phone number.

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your toilet flush a disappointing four? Are you experiencing an unsatisfying “ultra-slow flush?” Have you found yourself flush-ing twice or occasionally using a plunger to finish the job? If this is happening to you, then you know that a toilet doesn’t have to backup and overflow to be a nuisance. Well, help is on the way.

There are five conditions that can slow a toilet flush.A flapper with a hole in itPartially clogged bowl washing jetsA partial clog in the toilet trapA partial clog in the vent lineA partial clog in the sewer line

We have listed the possible causes in order of difficulty to diagnose – with the easiest to di-agnose first. The flapper is defi-nitely the easiest component to inspect. All you have to do is remove the tank top and flush the toilet. If the flapper closes before the tank is empty you have discovered the problem. A flapper with a hole fills with wa-ter and loses it buoyancy. So, in-stead of floating until the tank has emptied, the flapper sinks as soon as the flush lever is re-leased preventing the tank from providing the amount of water needed for a proper flush.

Use a compact mirror to in-spect the holes at the underside of the toilet rim. If there is a buildup of calcium that has re-duced the diameter of the holes, all you need to do is clean them.

A partially clogged trap can be inspected with a small mirror on a long handle (about $2 in many hardware stores). From toys to cell phones a mir-ror finds most items wedged in the trap. Slide the mirror into the trap face up so that you can see “what’s up.” Pour bleach into the bowl to sterilize the water and then reach in with a hooked dental tool (about $2 in many hardware stores). You will be known as the household wizard from that point on.

Vent pipes promote sewer drainage by equalizing the pressure within the drainage system. Hop onto the roof and check the vent pipes with a flashlight. You may find a dead squirrel or a bird’s nest. Believe it or not we once found a Play-boy magazine. Use a bent nail on a stick to hook and remove the obstruction.

If the first four conditions prove not to be a problem then you diagnosed the fifth condi-tion which is a partially clogged sewer line. Sometimes a short snake known as a toilet auger can be used to remove the clog. In other cases a longer snake – or a plumber – will be needed. And that’s all there is to it.

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By Kim CooKFor The Associated Press

Small may be in when it comes to homes, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to decorate.

A few simple guide-lines, however, can turn a small space from Dilemma to De-Lovely.

Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, founder of the decor blog Apartment Therapy and author of “The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces” (Clarkson Potter, 2010), thinks it’s all about light.

“The single most pow-erful influencer in a room is the lighting,” he says.

Every room should have three sources of illumination, which will

bounce off walls and create a visual expanse, Gillingham-Ryan says. Track lighting is a good alternative to free-stand-ing fixtures if space is a problem.

“Track has really improved in the past few years. You don’t have to buy a big section with large lights; there are many smaller, attractive options,” he says.

Rather than buy adjustable furniture for a multi-purpose small space, “it’s better to find good pieces that do what they’re supposed to,” he says. For example, instead of an ottoman with a lid that flips into a tray, buy a great ottoman and a great tray. “You’ll appreci-

ate both pieces so much more.”

Gillingham-Ryan sug-gests limiting the color palette of a small room. He likes off-white in all its iterations, with bright white on ceilings. “Keep floors dark — they’re calming and grounding, and will make the walls seem higher,” he says.

Use accessories, such as a great rug, to add color. “You can’t change your square footage, but you can change the way the space feels,” he says.

Elaine Griffin, a New York-based designer and author of “Design Rules” (Gotham, 2009), says a wel-coming foyer is near the top of her list for small spaces.

“It’s an important part of the psychological expe-rience of coming home. I like to create a ‘faux foyer’ by sitting a decorative cube or box adjacent to the door with a tray for mail, and perhaps a shelf above for keys, a flower and a fragrant candle. Mount a mirror above the shelf,” she says.

In the living area, “avoid the temptation to put your sofa on the long wall. Put it on the short wall, and you’ll have more room to cre-ate dicor zones,” Griffin says. Loveseats — popu-lar purchases for small apartments — are “a no-no. Truthfully, they only sit one. Go for the better-proportioned 72-to-76-inch

‘apartment-sized’ sofa.”In tiny bathrooms,

Griffin says, “I’m a big fan of wall-mountable, square mini-shelves, which I sta-tion in multiples behind the door. Save the most visible space above the toilet for art.”

Janice Simonson, IKEA’s design spokes-person, seconds that approach. “Often people only look at the ‘foot-print’ of the room,” she says. “Look for space on the verticals — railings, hooks and shelves on doors and walls can hold baskets and clothing, and serve as drying areas for laundry.”

She thinks many people err by buying too much storage, ending up

with more stuff that takes space.

“Take the time to plan; don’t buy anything till you’ve moved in and unpacked, to see what’s needed,” she says.

Some other general tips:

— Downsize. What do you need and what can you live without? Rip all your CDs to a hard drive, then sell or donate them. Get rid of anything you rarely use.

— Sight lines are important. Benches, open shelves, furniture with legs, light materials — these help the eye perceive a room as more spacious.

— Mobilize. Rolling tables and carts can serve as dining, work or play pieces.

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Right at Home: living large in a small space

By Sarah WolfeFor The Associated Press

Ceilings are the Rodney Dangerfield of homes. They get no respect.

But there are plenty of easy ways to make over this oft-overlooked area, from the quirky charm of Victorian-era, pressed-tin tiles and beadboard to a simple splash of color.

“Historically, ceilings were highly decorated, but it seems as houses have become more mod-ern they have been forgotten,” says San Francisco-based interior designer Cecilie Starlin. “Once again, though, ceilings are starting to get the attention they deserve.”

Here are some sugges-tions — from the simple to the complex — to transform your ceilings from drab white squares into the focal point of a room.

C E I L I N G MEDALLION

Probably the easi-est way to bring the eye upward in a room is with a ceiling medal-lion, a white or colored decorative disk typically mounted around a light-ing fixture.

The pieces come in a variety of styles and can be found in any home improvement store. Another bonus? Today’s lighter polyurethane models are much sim-pler to install and easier on the wallet than those from decades past, says Alex Bandon, online edi-tor of Thisoldhouse.com.

“I personally like that look in the bedroom,” she says. “It’s a really unusual thing, but it makes a simple bedroom much more romantic and exciting.”

PAINTIf you have tall ceil-

ings or want a cozy feel, extend the wall color onto the ceiling, or go bold and throw a darker or contrasting color up above to make the area appear smaller.

“Color on the ceiling is not forbidden,” Bandon says. It’s “something you can play around with a bit.”

Go with a flat paint on ceilings to minimize light reflection and mask imperfections, says Puji Sherer of the eco-paint manufacturer YOLO Colorhouse in Portland, Ore.

“Since ceilings are not in danger of greasy fin-gerprints and the regular wear and tear that walls receive, higher gloss fin-ishes are not necessary,” she says.

PANELINGFor a classic New

England cottage look, you can’t beat the charm of wood paneling such as beadboard on the ceil-ing.

Amy Matthews, a con-tractor and host of the DIY Network’s “Sweat Equity,” prefers the ease of gluing and nailing larger beadboard sheet panels to the ceiling rather than tacking up individual tongue-and-

groove pieces.The panels, which

can be cut with a power or handsaw, should be nailed to ceiling joists, and can then be stained or painted.

Bandon likes the look in bathrooms, where wainscoted walls are common, or on front-porch ceilings, in a tra-ditional light-blue color that was thought to keep insects away.

P R E S S E D - T I N PANELS

These are a popular ceiling option if you’re looking for a folksy, vintage feel, and they also come in larger pat-terned-metal sheets for easier installation, Bandon says.

The panels can be nailed in place with a hammer or nail gun onto furring strips that must first be nailed up, according to thisold-house.com.

Overlap the edges and seal the panels with a clear polyurethane or paint them with an oil-

based paint.DROP PANEL

CEILINGMany people shudder

at the thought of a drop panel ceiling, envision-ing the white utilitar-ian grids and fluores-cent lighting common in 1960s basements and office buildings.

But Matthews says today’s drop ceilings are handsomer, designed in many more colors and textures. Several compa-nies even make individ-ual panels in materials such as wood and tin that fit into existing metal grid systems, giving homeowners a cheaper way to bring their drop ceiling into the 21st cen-tury, Matthews says.

COFFERED CEILINGOriginally used dur-

ing the Renaissance and popularized in the late 19th and early 20th cen-turies, coffered ceilings are one of the more com-plex ceiling projects, but also the most formal and dramatic.

The process involves

attaching flat or more intricately molded beams to the ceiling to create a square, grid-like pattern that is then typi-cally trimmed out with crown molding, Bandon says.

It drops your ceilings down, so use caution in a small room, but it adds instant classic elegance to a dining or living room.

“It’s a great way to hide flaws in your ceil-ing,” Bandon says. “It’s also a great way to hide duct work or something you have to put in your ceiling.”

Building a soffit box around the perimeter of a ceiling also can give the look of a layered, cof-fer-like ceiling, says Ken Collier, editor-in-chief of The Family Handyman magazine.

Install recessed light-ing in the soffit box or run downlights along the top to make the light “kind of wash along the walls. It looks very dra-matic,” Collier says.

Remember the ceiling when decorating a room

By Dean foSDiCKFor The Associated Press

A creative sideline for gardeners is plant propa-gation, or enhancing the landscape through repro-duction.

It’s also a cheap way to fill flowerbeds and herbal containers while prices continue to climb.

Methods of propaga-tion range from seed sow-ing to grafting, and all require varying degrees of skill.

“For propagation, you don’t need an education but you may need some guidance,” said Ken Druse, author of the new “Making More Plants: The Science, Art and Joy of Propagation” (Stewart, Tabori and Chang). “Most often, though, it’s all about starting plants from seeds.”

Seeds are an eco-nomical way to grow in bulk, even if you must buy them in commer-

cially prepared packets. “Getting your seeds from a proven source is a good way to ensure high pro-duction,” Druse said.

Here is a propagation glossary, describing the most commonly used methods:

-- Sowing seeds: Druse starts his seeds indoors three at a time in half-inch pots, topping the soil with fine sand. “Moist soil is a great medium for seeds but also for fungus, which can kill a great many sprouts in just a couple of weeks,” he said. “Gravel is not a hospitable medium for fungus.”

-- Stem, leaf or root cuttings: Pieces of the parent plant are cut and placed in water or a suit-able growing medium until roots develop. They become clones, or junior versions of the originals and soon are ready for transplanting.

-- Layering: A practice

usually done with woody plants where living stems are placed on the ground with their tips forced downward. They receive nourishment from the parent plants while roots form on the planted ends, enabling them to even-tually be separated and grow unaided.

-- Grafting: Branches are removed from one woody plant and secured to another until they “take” or begin to grow. That unites certain desir-able characteristics from one plant — say hardi-ness, dwarfing or faster fruiting — with those of its host. Apple trees com-monly are grafted, as are Japanese maples.

-- Dividing: Perennials should be divided once they outgrow their sites. That improves their health, bulks up foliage and produces more flow-ers. “Depending upon the species, these divisions may grow to be as large

as the original plant by season’s end: more plants for free,” Druse said.

“Sowing seeds, cut-tings and division are the most prevalent forms of propagation done by home gardeners,” said Rosie Lerner, an exten-sion consumer horti-culturist with Purdue University. “It’s a little work but well worth the effort. It’s a matter of knowing which parts of the plants to split off and divide. Many have a high degree of success.”

And then there are plant swaps, which add a social component to gar-den building.

Be careful of those pass-along plants from neighbors and friends, though — the kind they’re willing to trade because they have so many. Some could be infested with mites, while others may be invasive.

“Some plants are thugs,” Druse said.

“Anything so easy to propagate may not be

that great to have around your yard.”

Propagation a cheap way to build plant collection

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Aerial Applicator needsseasonal help. DLneeded. 620-275-5941

K & G Trucking is seek-ing FULL TIME DRIV-ERS for local posi-tions. Must have ClassA CDL and 3 years ex-perience.620-272-7905.

Klatt Farms!

hiring 12 Farm MachineOperators (FMO) and15 Farm worker Grain 1(FWG1) positions Start:05/01/12-12/31/12 forUS Harvest, commenc-ing Syracuse, KS !thruto !MT, !FMO & FWG1operates self-propelledharvesting machines toharvest grain & oilseedcrops, must Adjust,Maintain and Servicemachine using handtools, make infield re-pairs.! FWG1 mustdrive heavy truck totransport produce toelevator & harvestingmachinery to worksites,CDL w/ air brake en-dorsement req"d.! Bothpositions temp; req 3mo exp, & current Driv-er"s abstract w/ accept-able driving record.Wages, AEWR hourly$11.61 in KS, $10.19 inMT. or !PWR of $2000 /Month! in KS & MT,!plus board, housing,tools, supplies, & equip-ment provided at nocost to all employees.Employer to reimbursereasonable transporta-tion & subsistence ex-penses after 50% jobcompletion. Employ-ment guaranteed for ?specified time. Apply tonearest KS, NM, OK.SWA Office, reference!FMO Job Order#8632555 or FWG1Job Order #8632552

Skyland Grain, LLChas the following

employmentopportunities available:!CDL DRIVERS -

JOHNSONThe ideal candidate!must be able to multi-task, be mechanicallyinclined, and have adriving record in “goodstanding”; farming/agri-cultural backgroundand CDL are preferred.!This position requiresthe employee to workoutdoors in variousweather conditions andhave the ability to lift upto 50 lbs.!!DRY FERTILIZERRIG OPERATOR –

SYRACUSEThis position is respon-sible for the accurateapplication of dry fertil-izer.! 1 – 2 years" expe-rience with a CDL ispreferred but willing totrain the right candi-date.! Must be able toobtain a CDL and havea clean driving record.!This position also re-quires the employee towork outdoors in vari-ous weather conditionsand have the ability tolift up to 50 lbs.

!ELEVATOROPERATOR -SYRACUSE

This position is respon-sible for grain invento-ries, conditioning, load-ing and unloadinggrain, warehousing andgeneral cleaning andmaintenance.! 1 – 2years" experience work-ing in a grain handlingfacility is preferred butwilling to train the rightcandidate.! A valid CDLwith a clean driving re-cord is also preferred.!!This is an awesomeopportunity to join areputable company.!Each position offerscompetitive pay and ex-cellent benefits pack-age that includes healthinsurance, retirement,life insurance, and paidtime off.! Interestedcandidates may stop bythe main office locatedin Johnson, KS or thelocation in Syracuse,KS to complete an ap-plication packet or mailyour resume and coverletter to Skyland Grain,LLC, PO Box 280,Johnson, KS! 67855.!EOE.

Help WantedThacker Harvesting


DriversCROP PRODUCTIONServices Has an Imme-diate opening for aFull-Time/ SeasonalDelivery Drivers. Musthave CDL/Haz Mat orpursuing with clean re-cord. Must be able towork in yard and ware-house. Equal Opportu-nity Employer. Pre-em-ployment & randomdrug screening re-quired. Apply in person.715 N. VFW Rd.Garden City, KS 67846

NEED WEEKENDTRUCK DRIVER for lo-cal truck driving posi-tion. Must have class Aand have minimum 3years experience. (620)272-7905

Food/ BeverageNOW HIRING! LeotiCommunity Restaurant— Route 96 Cafe — isseeking restaurantmanager. Prior experi-ence in the restaurantindustry and Quick-books is preferred.Send resume to: POBOX 345, Leoti, KS67861.

PetsFree to a good home:Border Collie/Chow mixabout 8 weeks old.620 -271 -1372 o r620-276-3497

Autos1984 CHEVY Celebrity.Low miles, one owner,g a r a g e d . ( 6 2 0 )276-7429.

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Concrete IndustriesREDI-MIX DRIVER

Concrete Industries, a division of Dodge City Concrete Inc.

is looking for an experienced redi-mix driver. Must have Class B CDL with clean driving record.

We offer competitive starting wages with growth opportunity and a complete benefits package.

Apply in person at:

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May the Sacred Heart ofJesus be adored, glorified,loved and reveredthroughout the world nowand forever. Sacred Heartof Jesus, pray for us. St.Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude,helper of the hopeless,pray for us. AmenSay this prayer 9 times aday. By the 8th day yourprayers will be answered.It has never been knownto fail. Publication mustbe promised. Thank You,St. Jude. MK

LostLOST! 10 year anniver-sary SLAWSON Brace-let. Has EM engravedinitials. If found pleasecall Eldon McWithey at(620) 214-2464. Re-ward if found!

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LostLOST MONDAY fromCollege/Pats Drivearea,! all black femaleterrier mix, about 25pounds, no collar ortags.! Annie is a fosterdog from the local shel-ter.! If found, please callthe shelter 276-1152,the po l i ce dept276-1300, or DannaJones 271-3478.

LOST! SMALL brownPomeranian near LongBlvd. Family misseshim dearly! Please call(620) 290-8858.

FoundFOUND! BLACK &white FLUFFY puppynear 3rd & Mary. Hewas wearing a flea col-lar and appears to be a“big dog” puppy. Pleasecall (620) 276-3497 or271-1372.

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FoundLarge female dog,black w/ white markingsleather collar. Shereally misses her fam-ily. 620-640-7788

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Help WantedADMINISTRATOR

Garden CityApplicants must have apositive attitude and ex-perience with officework is preferred. If in-terested, email coverletter & resume to [email protected] or pick up an appli-cation @ 4565 E. Hwy50 Plaza in GardenCity, Kansas.

Aerial Applicator needsseasonal help. DLneeded. 620-275-5941

APC INC.

has a second shiftand third shift Mainte-nance Technician po-

sitions available.Electrical and me-

chanical experiencepreferred. Startingwage is negotiable

depending onexperience.

Send Resumes tosteve.steele@func-

tionalproteins.com orfill out an application

at 1197 USHighway 83

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Auto Tech

Independent auto repairfacility, specializing in re-pairing cars and light tomedium duty trucks anddiesel experience pre-ferred.. is looking for anhonest hardworking tech-nician. Successful candi-date will take pride intheir work and wants tobe a team player. Techmust have own tools anda valid drivers license.

Apply in person at:All-Pro Auto Repair

2413 Jones Ave.

Garden City

CASTING CALL!Actors/ Singers/

Dancers needed forThe Goodbye Girl.!Auditioning April 2 & 3620-276-1200 orwww.gcrec.com for

more details.

CDL DRIVER Wanted.Experienced. Local de-liveries.(620) 640-7213.

CLASS A CDL Driverwanted. 2 years experi-ence. Clean Record.Please Contact #620-287-3505.

CLASS A OTR DRIV-ERS: WE CARE ANDARE COMMITTED TOYOU, YOUR HOMETIME, FAMILY ANDMONEY .36 Per MilePlus Insurance Refrig-e r a t e d F r e i g h t913-928-6713

CRANE OPERATOR• Hydraulic Crane Op-erators needed in Gar-den City at the WindDistribution Center• Applicants must beNCCO hydraulic certi-fied.• All shifts available,OT required.• Must have a reliableform of transportation• Must be willing tosubmit to a drugscreening

Apply in person at110 S. Jennie Barker

Road or contactJustin at

(307) 262-4336

EXP. FLATBED Driv-ers:! Regional opportu-nities now open withplenty of freight & greatpay! 800-277-0212 orprimeinc.com

EXPERIENCED FULLTIME OR PART TIMECOOK, BARTENDER &WAITRESS. Must be atleast 18 years of age.Apply in person at TimeOut.

FARM/ FEEDYARDnear Garden City seek-ing long-term help.Must have valid driver'slicense/clean drug re-c o r d . ! C a l l620-271-8464 or emailresume to [email protected].

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Come join our growing team! At Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, located in Arkansas City, KS 67005 we define superiority by our com-mitment to quality. Our program is unique to the beef industry be-cause it combines superior Black Angus genetics, exceptional cattle management practices, carefully controlled high quality feeding, and state of the art processing of only genetically verified Black Angus Beef. Not only are we committed to our quality products, we strive to employ quality people and hire only the best for our organization.

We currently have immediate needs and are looking for premium people to fill the following positions: Skilled Production Workers, Refrigeration and Maintenance Mechanics.

If you are looking for challenge and are interested in a career which offers competitive compensation, outstanding benefits, Low Chain Speed and a diverse work environment, we have it.

Applications, interviews and Immediate Hiring Decisions will be conducted on Friday and

Saturday 30-31, March from 8:00-am - 4:00pm atthe Hampton Inn, 2505 Crestway, Garden City, KS.

Candidates must be able to pass a company physical and drug test which will be conducted on site. We are an EOE company.

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Únete a nuestro equipo de calidad! En Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, Arkansas City, Kansas 67005, definimos superioridad por nuestro com-promiso con la calidad. Nuestro programa es único en la industria de la carne de vacuno porque combina genética superior de Angus negro, prácticas de manejo de ganado excepcional, alimentación cuidadosa-mente controlada de alta calidad y procesamiento de vanguardia de sólo carne de Black Angus genéticamente verificados. No sólo estamos comprometidos a la calidad de nuestros productos, también nos es-forzamos por emplear a personas de calidad y contratar sólo lo mejor para nuestra organización.

Tenemos actualmente las necesidades inmediatas: trabajadores calificados de producción y refrigeration y mecánicos de mantenimiento. Estamos buscando a gente de prima para cubrir estas posiciones.

Si buscas reto y están interesados en una carrera que ofrece salarios competitivos, beneficios sobresalientes, baja Velocidad de cadena y un ámbito laboral diverso aquí lo tenemos.

Aplicaciones, entrevistas y decisiones de contratación se llevarán a cabo el viernes y el sábado 30-31, de marzo de 2012 desde las 8:00-am - 4:00 pm en el Hampton Inn, 2505 Crestway en Garden City KS 67846.

Los Candidatos deben pasar un físico de la compañía y una prueba dedrogas que se realizará en el sitio. Somos una empresa de EOE.

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Job Fair for 1 + 2 Industrial Maintenance ProgramHow will this program work?

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Pete’s Painting Interior/Exterior

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Would you like the opportunity to earn $30,000 working on your schedule? Do you want to be on the cutting edge of the agricultural industry?If so, this is the opportunity for you. MachineryLink is looking for motivated people to work closely with our exceptional team of Regional Sales Managers to generate interest in MachineryLink and our innovative new product Spectrayield. You create the interest and we help you close the deal! We are filling positions now. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity! Visit www.machinerylink.com and click on IndependentProduct Representative to learn more. 214151

(Published in The Garden City Telegram on the 24thday of March and 31st day of March, 2012)

RESOLUTION NO. 2464-2012

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE REMOVAL OFMOTOR VEHICLE NUISANCES FROM CERTAINPROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF GARDEN CITY, KAN-SAS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-63 OF THE CODEOF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARDEN CITY,KANSAS.

WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the Cityof Garden City has declared it unlawful for any personto maintain a motor vehicle nuisance on private prop-erty within the City of Garden City, and

WHEREAS, the resident and/or owners ofthe private property at the addresses listed herein havebeen notified pursuant to Section 38-63 of the Code ofOrdinances and have neither abated the nuisance con-ditions nor requested a hearing before the GoverningBody.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED bythe Governing Body of the City of Garden City, Kansas:

SECTION 1. Ten (10) days after passageof this Resolution the Public Officer is hereby author-ized to abate the following motor vehicle nuisance con-ditions: 2507 A–Inoperable & unregistered vehicle parked inback yard on an unimproved surface. One ford silver &blue van 2511 A-Inoperable & unregistered vehicle parked inback yard on an improved surface. One green jeep 615 Conkling-Inoperable & unregistered vehicleparked on yard within city limits. Silver Pontiac grandAM1211 N. Tenth-Inoperable & unregistered vehicles

parked on an unimproved surface. One primer grayHonda accord with no tags & one gray ford rangerpickup 1401 E. Johnson-Inoperable vehicle parked on theproperty. One blue dodge durango

SECTION 2. The abatement costs incurredby the City shall be charged against the lots or parcelsof ground on which the motor vehicle nuisance is lo-cated.

PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governing Body ofthe City of Garden City, Kansas, on this 20th day ofMarch, 2012.

John Doll, MAYOR

ATTEST:Celyn N. Hurtado, CITY CLERK

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Help WantedFinisher & Form Setter2 positions available.Must have drivers li-cense. Bilingual and ex-perience person onlyneed to apply.Brent!s Concrete2305 W. Jones Ave orcall 620-275-7575.

www.gctbargains.com

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Help WantedK & G Trucking is seek-ing FULL TIME DRIV-ERS for local posi-tions. Must have ClassA CDL and 3 years ex-perience.620-272-7905.

Are you Experienced?

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fieds.

Help WantedMID STATE FarmersCoop, Inc. is seekingapplicants for a FullTime FUEL TRUCKDRIVER. The appli-cants mpossess the fol-lowing: at least oneyear of CDL experi-ence, a Class A CDLwith current Hazmatand Tanker endorse-ment, fuel delivery ex-perience preferred,clean background withno felonies, and a gooddriving record. MidState Farmers Coop,Inc. has competitivewages and benefits.Please send resume toPO Box 195, RushCenter, KS 67575 orCall 785-372-4239 foran application EOE.

General Pest ControlHas an opening for a

Full-TimeService TechnicianNo experience neces-sary-will train the rightperson. Sales/Serviceexperience beneficial.

Equal OpportunityEmployer. Pre-employ-ment & random drugscreening required.15609 S. Hwy 23

Cimarron, KS 67835620-855-7768800-362-0124

www.gctelegram.com

Help Wanted

HELP WANTEDUlysses Feedyard is

looking for aShop Mechanic.

Duties will includeworking on feed trucks,tractors, changing bear-ing and maintenance ofcompany vehic les .Benefits include afford-able health, dental & vi-sion insurance andESOP retirement pro-gram. Please call formore information.

Ulysses Feedyard1765 E. Rd 21

Ulysses, KS 67880(620) 356-1750

MID STATE FarmersCoop, Inc. is seekingapplicants for a Fulltime Location Manager.The applicants will beresponsible for handlinggrain, agronomy, re-lated logistics as wellas be in charge ofsafety and complianceissues at the location.Mid State FarmersCoop, Inc. has competi-tive wages and bene-fits. Please send re-sume to PO Box 195,Rush Center, KS 67575or Call 785-372-4239for an application EOE.

Classifieds do the

work!

Help WantedKlatt Farms!


OFFICE ASSISTANT NEEDED. Part time ap-ply in person at MoneyLenders. 607 1/2 Kan-sas Plaza.

Career Opportunities

Are Updated Everyday

in The Telegram and at

www.gctelegram.com

Help Wanted

HIRING ALL SHOP AND FIELD MECHANIC POSITIONS

Sporer Land Development is hiring all team oriented:

Equipment Manager, Shop Foreman, Shop Mechanics,

Field Mechanics, Maintenance Technicians, Parts Clerk, Detail and Cleanup Shop Personnel.All who apply shall be skilled and take pride in the repair and

maintenance of Light Duty Trucks, Over-the-Road Trucks,

Farm Equipment and Heavy Construction Equipment.

• Salary range is $40,000 to $120,000, dependent on level

of experience• Full Time Career Opportunity

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Insurance

• 401K Retirement Plan with 100% Employer Match

• Paid Vacation• Equal Opportunity

Employment

Apply at www.sporerland.comor Call (785) 672-4319

MACHINIST WANTED:

Must have documentedexperience in bothmanual lathe and mill-ing machine operation.!Should to be mechani-cally inclined, as well ashave general weldingexperience. Also look-ing for SHOP HAND -

must be mechanicallyinclined, have a VALIDDriver's License andClean MVR. Refer-ences required forboth.! Apply at 631 E.Pancake Blvd., Liberal,KS 67901 OR send re-sume to same address.

MINTER WILSON

DRILLINGIs taking applicationsfor Drilling andPump Crews. Com-petitive wages &Benefits. Must haveCDL & good drivingrecord. Apply at2007 W. Jones, Gar-den City, KS.

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Help Wanted

OTR DriversWell Established OilField Company nowhiring experiencedOVER THE ROAD FLAT-BED DRIVERS. 36 Centsper/mile with dedi-cated runs. AttractiveBenefit Package.

E-mail your resume [email protected]

or call (620) 655-4535.214155

PRESTOConvenience StoresNOW HIRING

24 HoursApply in person at:

511 E. KansasGarden City, KS2522 N. Taylor

Garden City, KS516 N. Main

Lakin, KS

Apply online:www.kangaroocareers.com

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SERVICE MANAGERGarden City, Kansas

Applicants must havestrong farm equipmentknowledge and experi-ence with diesel me-chanics, as well as theability to manage em-ployees. If interested,email cover letter & re-sume to [email protected] orpick up an application@ 4565 E. Hwy 50Plaza in Garden City,Kansas

!“YOU GOT the drive,We have the Direction”OTR Drivers APUEquipped Pre-PassEZ-pass Pets/passen-ger policy. Newerequipment. 100% NOtouch. 1-800-528-7825

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Help Wanted

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DENTAL HYGIENIST

Are you a team player

with a great attitude? Do

you enjoy a busy, fast-

paced day? If so, we are

looking for you. We are

hiring for a full-time li-

censed dental hygienist.

Prairie Vista Dental in

Ulysses, KS, is a newly

built, state-of-the-art

growing practice. We

value providing quality

care to our patients and

helping each other! Em-

phasis is placed on per-

sonal development

through continuing edu-

cation, team building,

and high achievement.

Please email your re-

sume along with a cover

letter describing how

you can be an asset to

our team to Bret Hol-

man, DDS at ulysses-

[email protected].

SERVICETECHNICIAN

Garden CityApplicants must haveextensive knowledge ofagricultural equipment,diesel trucks, and re-lated engines andequipment. Call Terryat (785) 735-2651 formore info, or email yourresume to [email protected].

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C5SATURDAY, March 31, 2012GARDen CiTY TeleGRAM

HOMEOWNERS MARKETPLACECall Sharynn to list your home in the Homeowners Marketplace. We have a special “Priced to sell” package for you!

405 Evans StreetOPEN HOUSE

Saturday & Sunday • 9am -6pm3 bedroom, 1 bath, new interior/exterior paint, move in ready!

620-277-2395

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620 E. Mary St.3 bdrm, 2 bath, brick ranch home on largelot - move in ready. Large jetted tub in main bath, 2 fireplaces, main floor laundry. Partial basement with family room. Large covered vinyl & Trex deck. Many mature trees, sprinkler system. SA garage, large detached two part shop 16’ x 40’ with ve-hicle lift and 20’ x 24’ insulated and heated with alley access. Property will garage 4/5 vehicles. $170,000. For private viewing

call, 620-275-2688 or 620-640-2961.

107 Jeremy, Holcomb4 bedroom, 2 bath, main floor family room, modern kitchen,

finished basement, all appliances stay, D/A garage.

$136,500. 620-277-2035.

504 Taylor Jones, HolcombPerfect Location

NEW under construction, 3 bedrooms 2 full baths up includes master bath, with double sinks, beautiful maple kitchen cabinets with appliances, full basement with partial finish, 2 car attached garage 20x24, oversized deep lot, great for large shop or garage. Real estate tax incentive on this new home. Also meets rural housing loan requirement. Still time to

individualize with colors & flooring! For sale by builder $151,200. Call (620) 272-2964.

Call 276-6862 ext. 202 or 1-800-475-8600.

Seeking qualified Sales Person for SW Kansas.Knowledge of pulling units and fishing and rental tools required. Must have valid drivers license and be able to pass criminal background check and drug screening. Travel is required. We offer health, dental, vision, and life insur-ance. Also 401K. Submit resume to: [email protected]. NO PHONE CALLS. We are an

E-Verify employee. 214045

Established company is expanding.We are seeking qualified applicants

for the following position:

Machinistfor water well drilling industry

- Competitive benefits & wages- Overtime - Must have own hand tools

We offer excellent pay and benefits.Submit resume to:

Hydro Resources / Mid Continent3795 West Jones, PO Box 639

Garden City, KS 67846Or fax resume to (620) 277-0224

213898

Front Desk Staff MemberUnited Methodist Mexican American Ministries (UMMAM) currently seeks a full time Front Desk Staff Member to handle scheduling and front desk duties at the Garden City Dental Clinic. Qualified applicants will have a high school diploma or GED and basic computer skills, be professional in ap-pearance, friendly, enjoy working with a diverse population and be proficient in speaking English and Spanish. Experience is preferred, but training will be provided. Benefits include a four day work week, uniforms, health insurance, paid holiday and

vacation time.

To apply for this position, please send resume to: UMMAM, attn: Personnel, PO Box 766, Garden

City, KS 67846214084

Laundry/HousekeepingKEARNY COUNTY HOSPITAL

Applications may be picked up at the KCH Business Office or at www.kearnycountyhospital.com.

Contact:Donna Winright, Human Resource Director

Kearny County Hospital500 Thorpe St., Lakin, KS 67860

620-355-1520EOE.

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Kearny County Hospital is looking to hire an aide who would work Laundry and Housekeeping. This

is a Full-Time Position with benefits.

Pension Plan

REGISTERED NURSEKearny County Hospital has aPRN Position Opening

Applications may be picked up at the KCH Business Office or at www.kearnycountyhospital.com.

Contact:Donna Winright, Human Resource Director

Kearny County Hospital500 Thorpe St., Lakin, KS 67860

620-355-1520EOE. Kansas license required.

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For an experienced Obstetrical Nurse6 pm - 6 am

LABORER I

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The City of Garden City is accepting applications for the position of LABORER I in the Cemetery Department. This position requires that you be 18 years or older, high school diploma or GED, a valid Kansas driver’s license with a good

motor vehicle record.

Salary ranges from $18,550 - $28,520 plus an excellent benefit package.

Please apply at the City Administrative Center, 2nd floor, 301 N. 8th St, Garden City, KS 67846 or submit your application

online at www.garden-city.org. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. E.O.E

STAFF ACCOUNTANTAmerican Implement, Inc. is currently seeking a qualifiedindividual to fill the position of Staff Accountant.Responsibilities of this position are to provide assistance to the Controller by performing accounting, financial and administrative tasks. Additional duties may involve financial analysis, preparation of reports and account reconciliations. Qualified candidates should have two years of job-related experience. Knowledge of current financial and accounting computer applications isessential. The ability to handle multiple projects, meet

deadlines and adapt to rapid change is necessary.

Qualified candidates may send a cover letter and resume to the Director of Human Resources,

American Implement, Inc., 2611 West Jones Avenue, Garden City, KS, 67846 or call (800) 475-4114

213592

(Published in the Garden City Telegram March 31, April7 & 14, 2012.)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FINNEY COUNTY,KANSAS

CIVIL DEPARTMENTBank of the West

Plaintiff,vs.

Norma Isela Garcia, et al.Defendants.

Case No. 11CV30Court Number:

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60Notice Of Sale

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale is-sued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of FinneyCounty, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of FinneyCounty, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction andsell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the FrontDoor of the Courthouse at Garden City, Finney County,Kansas, on April 24, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the followingreal estate:Lot Twenty-One (21) Block Seven (7) Heritage PlaceAddition No. 1 a Subdivision in the City of Garden City,Finney County, Kansas according to the recorded Platthereof., commonly known as 3622 Westport Avenue,Garden City, KS 67846 (the “Property”)to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. Thesale is to be made without appraisement and subject tothe redemption period as provided by law, and furthersubject to the approval of the Court. For more informa-tion, visit www.Southlaw.com

Kevin Bascue, SheriffFinney County, Kansas

Prepared By:South & Associates, P.C.Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804)6363 College Blvd. , Suite 100Overland Park , KS 66211(913)663-7600(913)663-7899 (Fax)Attorneys For Plaintiff (126135)

213998

(Published in The Garden City Telegram on March 17,March 24 and March 31, 2012.)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FINNEY COUNTY,KANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate ofGARY G. BIRKLE, deceased

CASE NO. 11 PR 64NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED:You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed inthis court by Marilyn Webb, duly appointed, qualifiedand acting administrator of the estate of Gary G. Birkle,deceased, praying petitioners! acts and payment offees be approved; the heirs be determined; and, theestate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; theadministration of the estate be closed; upon the filing ofreceipts the petitioner be finally discharged as adminis-trator and be released from further liability.You are required to file your written defenses theretoon or before April 12, 2012, at 11:00 o'clock a.m. in theDistrict Court, in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas,at which time and place the cause will be heard.Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will beentered in due course upon the petition.

Marilyn Webb, PetitionerMichael K. Ramsey, S.C. #10,764Hope, Mills, Bolin, Collins & Ramsey607 North Seventh Street, P.O. Box 439Garden City, Kansas 67846(620) 276-3203Attorneys for Petitioners

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POLICE OFFICERThe City of Garden City, KS is accepting applica-tions for POLICE OFFICER. Lateral entries are en-couraged. The GCPD is a highly professional &progressive agency which offers many opportuni-ties for career development. Interested personsmust be a U.S. Citizen, 21 yrs. of age, possesses aH.S. diploma or GED, & a valid driver's license.GCPD offers an exc. benefit pkg. including healthinsurance, vacation, sick & KP&F retirement bene-fits. Pay incentives are given for College, MilitaryPolice Service, prior Law Enforcement experience& bilingual skills.SELECTION PROCESS: Includes written test, oral in-terview board, background investigation, poly-graph, psychological eval, medical exam, physicaltesting & urinalysis/drug screen.

LATERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Must be a cur-rent certified Police Officer with at least two yearsof continuous experience as a sworn Police Officer.The starting salary depends on experience.

SALARY RANGE: $30,959 to $47,600 annually.Written tests to establish an eligibility list will be

administered on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 with interviews to follow on the 24th and 25th.

For more information about the testing process and toapply online, please visit www.gcpolice.org.

Applications will be accepted until April 20, 2012. EOE 213982

RNs, LPNs, CNAsWe are looking fordedicated professionals

to assume these key positions on our nursing team.

We offer an excellent starting wage, advancement opportunities, and much more!

Stop by and fill out an application today or fax your resume in confidence to

(620) 275-6582.Garden Valley Retirement Village

1505 East SpruceGarden City, KS 67846

EOE213078

LLC

AUCTION

OWNERS: Milton ThomasVisit us on the Web: www.larryjohnstonauction.com

Phone: 620-276-6397

Saturday, April 7, 2012 • 9:00 amLocation: 4-H Building in Garden City, KS located on the Finney County Fairgrounds

214138

Vehicle: (the following vehicle belongs to Fi.Co. Shreriff’s)2007 Dodge Quad Cab Pick-up, 4x4, Short box, auto. trans., 5.7 Hemi Motor, 81,273 mi. Furniture & Appliances: Ranch Oak Accessory Pcs., Hammond Organ, Hide-a-bed - Trundle Bed, Wood Desk & Chair (nice), Desk Chair - Hall Table, 2 Chest of Drawers, 2 Single Beds w/ Bookcase Headboards, End Tables - Stereo & Cabinet, Quilt Rack - Desk, Frigidaire Refrigerator - Small Refrigerator, Washer & Dryer Tractor: 8 N Ford Tractor w/ loader, 3 pt Harrow - 3 pt. Post Hole Digger Yard & Shop: JD RX95 Lawn Mower, 3 Aluminum Step Ladders, Lawn Furniture - BBQ Grill, Shop Vac - 6” Shop Vice - Air Bomb, Wheel Barrow - Fertilizer Spreader - Weed Eater, Walking Sprinkler - 30 gal. sprayer w/ ele. pump, Rakes - Shovel - Wire Stretchers, Lots Yard Tools Antique & Collectible: Saddle - Fredmueller Saddle, Cream Can - High Chair, 2 Wood Ducks - School Bell - Anvil, Painted Saw, Skillet, Kraut Cutter Tack & Horse Equipment: 30 Cattle Panels - 20 Landing Mats, Wire Cattle Panels, Horse Walker - 2 Gate Wheels, Round Bale Feeder - Roping Steer Head - Saddle Rack - Chaps - Several Buckets, Complete Set of AQHA Stud Books 1 - 56, Lots Tack Miscellaneous: Aero-fit 1000 Treadmill, Vacuum Sweepers - Ele. Heater - Dog Carrier, Cast Iron Skillets - Computer - Wall Clock, Small Cabinet - Plant Stand - Sewing items, Card Table & Chairs - Longaberger Baskets, Step Stool - Floor & Table Lamps - Fan, Lots Books - Adding Machine; Typewriter, Pots & Pans - Dishes & Kitchen Appliances, Crystal Dishes - Oneida Silverware, Wood TV Trays - Bread Maker - Projector Screen -Coal Bucket - Lots Christmas Decorations, Lots Not Listed

SFCS is acceptingapplications for thefollowing positions:

SOCIAL WORKERLBSW, LMSW, LPC, LMFT

Provide Case Management to children & fami-lies in Foster Care Reintegration. Requires oneof above licenses, a clear MVR/KBI, exp work-ing with children & families, dependable trans-portation & at least 21 yrs. of age.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTProvide clerical support to the office. RequiresHS diploma/GED, administrative experience,clear MVR/KBI & at least 21 yrs of age.

SFCS offers an excellent benefit package& competitive wages.

Send Resume to [email protected],fax to 620-276-4485 attn Kerri, or

website: www.st-francis.org.EOE 214158

Help WantedCheck out Hundreds of

Homes for Sale - In

Saturday!s Real Estate

Weekly Section.

Help WantedDon!t be shy...

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tion to your ad!


213361

KEYSTONE RANCH PROPERTIES

AUCTION5 SURFACE TRACTS, 4 MINERAL TRACTS

MEADE COUNTY, KS - SOUTHERN KANSASMonday, April 16th, 1:00 p.m.

The Forest Center, 500 W. Carthage, Meade, KS 67864

Tract #1: 2575+/- Acres - Keystone Ranch -steel corrals, good grass, water & fences

7 mile W. & 4 1/2 S. of Meade, KSTract #2: 187+/- Acres - CRP, $41.26/acre, water well, 1

mile E. of Meade, KSTract #3: 32.8+/- Acres - CRP, $41.26/acre, borders Tract

#2Tract #4: 8.6+/- Acre - Keystone Headquarters -

Home, Shed, Barn, Arena, Pens, 1 mile from Meade, across hwy from Tracts #2&3

Tract #5: 197+/- Acres with 145.5 acres grass, 51.5 acres CRP $38/acre, borders Tract #4

4 MINERAL TRACTS SELL AFTER SURFACE - Call for details. View more information at www.stutzmanrealty.com

Online bidding at www.proxibid.com. Call Jerry Stutzman, Broker at 620-353-9411 or email, [email protected].

UNITED COUNTRY/STUTZMAN REALTY & AUCTION214101

ChrisFaulkner 620-575-6555 mobile 620-356-5808 office

866-365-2243 Toll Free 120 S Main Street, Ulysses, Kansas

Bidding will not end prior to Tuesday April 3, 2012.

2nd Street RD

Tract#1 SW/4 of 1 & SE/4 of 2-35-34. Tract #2 5-acre homesite. Tract #3 W/2 of 10-35-34. Tract #4 W/2 9-35-34. Tract #5 NE/4 & N/2 of SE/4 of 17-35-34.

Selling for: John S. Grover Trust

OPEN HOUSE:

Thurs.March 22nd 8 PM &

Sun. March 25th 2-4 P

Two homes &nice shop on 5 Acres offered separately!

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR II

213900

The City of Garden City is currently taking applications for EQUIPMENT OPERATOR II in the Public Works Department.

Responsible for work activities for the repair and maintenance of streets, alleys, and drainage ways.

Operate and maintain heavy road and specialized street maintenance equipment. Knowledge of safety practices

and procedures. Skill in the operation of heavy road equipment in various weather conditions. Knowledge of the operation, maintenance and servicing of heavy

equipment, traffic laws, ordinances and regulations involved in operating equipment, occupational hazards and safety

practices and procedures. Ability to perform physical work activities in various weather conditions. Ability to understand verbal and written instructions. Ability to communicate with City employees. REQUIREMENTS:

High school diploma or GED. One to three years’ experience operating and maintaining heavy equipment required.

Street department experience in municipal government preferred. Valid Kansas Class CDL Driver’s License is required. Applicant must make available drug testing history and pass

drug test. SALARY: $12.53 TO $19.27 plus an excellent benefit package which includes family health insurance,

vacation and sick leave and retirement benefits.

Please apply at the City Administrative Center, 2nd floor, 301 N. 8th St, Garden City, KS 67846 or submit your

application online at www.garden-city.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. E.O.E.

Child Care Aware® of Southwest Kansas1. Provider Outreach Consultant2. Provider Outreach Consultant/

Kansas Quality ImprovementRating Systems Coach

Provide professional development and techni-cal assistance to child care providers in a multi-county service area. Both positions require minimum Bachelor’s degree in early childhood or related field, ability to work effectively with adult learners, excellent organizational and communication skills, and willingness to travel and work a flexible schedule. Full-time, year-round positions with competitive pay based

upon qualifications and experience.

3. RCDC Communication andMultimedia Specialist

Support agency programs in the use of current technologies for public awareness, fund devel-opment and program delivery activities. Bach-elor’s degree in education, business, technol-ogy, marketing or communications preferred. Part- or full-time considered. Pay based upon

qualifications and experience.

TO APPLY, send resume to Deanna Berry, Ex. Director, 714 Ballinger, Garden City, KS 67846, [email protected], or find link

for online application at www.rcdc4kids.org.

is seeking qualified candidates for three following positions:

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AQUATICS DIRECTORSeek dynamic professional to lead overall program

development for Aquatics department. Responsible for department budget, management of the pool schedule,

coordinate all the aquatic programs with an emphasis on swim lessons, water aerobics and a passion for

quality member service. Swim team development and coordination of swim meets utilizing volunteers is critical.

General knowledge of pool maintenance and chemicals is preferred. Strong customer service skills and a self-

motivated team player is a must. A Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Health, Wellness, Physical Education or

a related field is helpful. Experience preferred, but willing to train the right person. Excellent benefits including 12%

retirement and cell phone.

Will accept resumes until 4/9/2012. Please contact Jackie Regan @ (620) 275-1199 for more information.

Resumes can be sent to Garden City Family YMCA, 1224 Center Street, Garden City, Kansas 67846 or e-mail at

[email protected]. 2140

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Seeking qualified applicantsfor the following full time positions:

FT RN Med / Surg - DaysFT RN House Supervisor - Nights

FT RN Admit / Recovery - DaysHealth Info Management ManagerFT or PT Physical Therapy Assistant

Dietary ManagerPT Cook / Aide - Evenings

Executive Services Coordinator(Administrative Assistant)

Offering full benefit package. New facility.Please contact Human Resources

for an application at (620) 356-6073 or (620) 356-6043

or email [email protected] Employer 213929

The Finney County Health Department is ac-cepting applications for a full time Staff Nurse. Requires a minimum of an associate degree in nursing and must be licensed in the State of Kan-sas. Pre-employment drug and alcohol screen-ing are also required. An offer of employment is conditional upon testing and the results thereof. Great clinic hours, excellent benefit package in-cluding medical/dental plan, KPERS retirement, vacation and sick leave plus paid holidays.

Apply to:Finney County Health Department919 Zerr Rd.Garden City, KS 67846620/272-3600

An Equal Opportunity Employer

RegisteredNurse

214160

HEALTHCARE WITH HEART

SATANTA DISTRICT HOSPITAL, CLINICS &

LONG TERM CARE

Immediate Openings for Registered Nurses

Night and Day Shifts Available

Satanta District Hospital is seeking dependable Registered Nurses for 14 bed critical access hospital

in Satanta, Kansas

Sign-on Bonus

Friendly staff –Modernized facility –Quality atmosphere

To obtain an application or for more information, contact Samantha Hett, at (620) 649-2200, ext. 347 or email

[email protected]

SDH is an EOE facility213833

CLERK/CASHIER

213903

The City of Garden City is accepting applications for a CLERK/CASHIER in a very progressive, active and fast pace work area in the Service/Finance Department. This extensive customer

service position requires an individual who possesses exceptional time management skills, proficient cashier

expertise, and a financial management background. Valid Kansas driver’s license. Typing and clerical test required.

Salary Range: $10.35 to $15.91 per hour DOQ plus excellent benefit package.

Please apply at the City Administrative Center, 2nd floor, 301 N. 8th St, Garden City, KS or submit your application online

at www.garden-city.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. E.O.E.

Help WantedSkyland Grain, LLC

has the followingemployment

opportunities available:!CDL DRIVERS -

JOHNSONThe ideal candidate!must be able to multi-task, be mechanicallyinclined, and have adriving record in “goodstanding”; farming/agri-cultural backgroundand CDL are preferred.!This position requiresthe employee to workoutdoors in variousweather conditions andhave the ability to lift upto 50 lbs.!!DRY FERTILIZERRIG OPERATOR –

SYRACUSEThis position is respon-sible for the accurateapplication of dry fertil-izer.! 1 – 2 years" expe-rience with a CDL ispreferred but willing totrain the right candi-date.! Must be able toobtain a CDL and havea clean driving record.!This position also re-quires the employee towork outdoors in vari-ous weather conditionsand have the ability tolift up to 50 lbs.

!ELEVATOROPERATOR -SYRACUSE

This position is respon-sible for grain invento-ries, conditioning, load-ing and unloadinggrain, warehousing andgeneral cleaning andmaintenance.! 1 – 2years" experience work-ing in a grain handlingfacility is preferred butwilling to train the rightcandidate.! A valid CDLwith a clean driving re-cord is also preferred.!!This is an awesomeopportunity to join areputable company.!Each position offerscompetitive pay and ex-cellent benefits pack-age that includes healthinsurance, retirement,life insurance, and paidtime off.! Interestedcandidates may stop bythe main office locatedin Johnson, KS or thelocation in Syracuse,KS to complete an ap-plication packet or mailyour resume and coverletter to Skyland Grain,LLC, PO Box 280,Johnson, KS! 67855.!EOE.

Thacker Harvesting hiring 10 Farm MachineOperators (FMO) and17 Farm worker Grain 1(FWG1) positions Start:05/01/12-12/31/12 forUS Harvest, commenc-ing Syracuse, KS !thruto !MT, !FMO & FWG1operates self-propelledharvesting machines toharvest grain & oilseedcrops, must Adjust,Maintain and Servicemachine using handtools, make infield re-pairs.! FWG1 mustdrive heavy truck totransport produce toelevator & harvestingmachinery to worksites,CDL w/ air brake en-dorsement req"d.! Bothpositions temp; req 3mo exp, & current Driv-er"s abstract w/ accept-able driving record.Wages, AEWR hourly$11.61 in KS, $10.19 inMT. or !PWR of $2000 /Month! in KS & MT,!plus board, housing,tools, supplies, & equip-ment provided at nocost to all employees.Employer to reimbursereasonable transporta-tion & subsistence ex-penses after 50% jobcompletion. Employ-ment guaranteed for ?specified time. Apply tonearest KS, NM, OK.SWA Office, reference!FMO Job Order#8633028 or FWG1Job Order #8633029

HELP US HELP YOU!

Advertise in the classifieds.

Help WantedDrivers

CROP PRODUCTIONServices Has an Imme-diate opening for aFull-Time/ SeasonalDelivery Drivers. Musthave CDL/Haz Mat orpursuing with clean re-cord. Must be able towork in yard and ware-house. Equal Opportu-nity Employer. Pre-em-ployment & randomdrug screening re-quired. Apply in person.715 N. VFW Rd.Garden City, KS 67846

LOCAL DRIVER:

Class A CDL, Line haulor CD driver.

Full time positions. Price Truck Line,

240 N. Industrial Drive,Garden City, KS.

NEED WEEKENDTRUCK DRIVER for lo-cal truck driving posi-tion. Must have class Aand have minimum 3years experience. (620)272-7905

Truck DriversJoin a winning team!

Crop Production Services has an

immediate opening for a Truck Driver

to make deliveries and still be at home

every night. This position requires

a Class B CDL with Hazmat Endorsement.

Responsibilities include delivering products from our warehouse to our

retail and wholesale customers.

To join our team, please apply in person

at 2025 South Old Highway 83,

Garden City, KS. Phone: 620-275-4271

EOE M/F/V

T R U C K D R I V E RNeeded: Must have 2Years experience, CDLclass A license, a cleanMVR and pass drugtest. Local hauling,home every night. Call271-2271 ask for Rick.

Food/ BeverageNOW HIRING! LeotiCommunity Restaurant— Route 96 Cafe — isseeking restaurantmanager. Prior experi-ence in the restaurantindustry and Quick-books is preferred.Send resume to: POBOX 345, Leoti, KS67861.

Miscellaneous for SalePallets of firewood forsale in Syracuse, KS.Oak & mesquite pallets$165. 620-384-5313

Storage cabinets forcargo van. $600.620-275-8240

Household ItemsKITCHEN CABINETSoak raised panel, 6base/9 wall. great forgarage/remodel/rental$1500 OBO 290.5993

Sporting Equipment1989 CRESTLINER,16!, inboard; trailer.$1500 OBO. (620)804-0441

WORLD!S LARGESTGUN SHOW - March31 & April 1 - Tulsa, OKFairgrounds. Saturday8-6, Sunday 8-4.WANENMACHERPRODUCTIONS. Freeappraisals. Bring yourguns! www.tulsaarm-show.com

Tools & EquipmentBluebird Power Rakewith Honda engine.$475 on ly one .620-275-0465 Big LRentals

Classen Sodcutter withHonda engine. $875B i g L R e n t a l s620-275-0465.

New & used trailers,utility, cargo, storage.B i g L R e n t a l s620-275-0465

Nice 6!8”x16 V-NoseStock trai ler-white$2500 Big L Rentals620-275-0465

Bargain BlowoutBLACK & Decker 19”cordless mulchingrear-bag mower. In-s t ruc t ion manual ,charger & keys. $100OBO. (620) 521-1492.

GIVE AWAY - Woodpallets. Pick up on theeast side of The Tele-gram, 310 N. 7th, Gar-den City.

PetsDACHSHUNDS. 3 cute,adorable Miniaturemale black & tan pup-pies. Has 1st shots, areregistered. $300. Call(620) 860-4353 or cells290-2868 or 290-1256,leave message.

FREE LOYAL Lovingenergetic Red Heelermix. Excellent watchdog. FREE to goodhome please - Call(620) 272-6643

Free to a good home:Border Collie/Chow mixabout 8 weeks old.620 -271 -1372 o r620-276-3497

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SHIH TZU puppies,males, ready for newhomes. AKC, $300. 620-874-5091

Farm Machinery1999 15 T ValleyPivot, Model 8000,2613! 6-160! (8 5/8”)Spans, 9 – 180! (6 5/8”)Spans, 27! End Boomw/Hose Drops & 38”Tires. $56,000 Call785-462-6755 West-ern Sprinklers, Inc.,Colby, Ks

Autos06 Pontiac Torrent, sil-ver, leather interior, sunroof, 6 disc changer,heated seats. 80kmiles. Asking $10900OBO. Have financingavailable.620-271-4798 leavemessage.

08 Dodge Avenger,60000 miles. $11,000OBO 620-272-7460.

1984 CHEVY Celebrity.Low miles, one owner,g a r a g e d . ( 6 2 0 )276-7429.

1991 Camero RS$1400 OBO. Runsgreat for age and miles.620-260-0843

1998 CHEVY mediumduty truck, gas engine,5 w/ 2 sp. axle, 60 ba.fiberglass water tank, 3”Boyd pump. Truck runsgreat, excellent for wa-tering cattle. $10,000.Located in Ulysses,620- 356-1206.

2005 CADILLIC CTS.$12,500 OBO. 54kmiles. (620) 804-0441.

2005 Ford Mustang GT45,XXX miles. Leatherseats, 6 disc CDchanger, Shaker 1000sound system. Whitelouvers. Excellent con-ditions. Asking $18,500620-640-7778

2005 Nissan ArmadaLE, 2 WD, loaded, ex-ce l len t cond i t ion .84,300 mi. $16500.620-474-4917

For Sale: 2004 Thun-derbird. Low mileage.620-275-4904.

Selling your vehicle?Did you know parkingyour vehicle on citystreets, right-of-waysand other public prop-erty is prohibited inGarden City? The Cityof Garden City ordi-nance No 86-2 (88)states in part “No per-son shall park a vehicleupon any roadway forthe principal purposeof: (a) Displaying suchvehicle for sale (b)Washing, greasing orrepairing such vehicleexcept repairs necessi-tated by an emer-gency”. Violations ofthis ordinance May re-sult in a $40 fine andcourt costs.

SUVs & Vans2005 NISSAN MuranoSL. 90K miles, frontwheel drive. $13,000.(620) 275-0838 or (620)521-5577.

Pickups & Trucks2004 CHEVY Ava-lanche, Crew Cab 15002WD, 52,000 miles, Ex-ce l len t cond i t ion .$16,000.! 620.290.7742

Motorcycles & ATVs2003 ANNIVERSARY V

RODE UPGRADES

12K MILES SERVICED

READY TO RIDE 7000

785-628-8726

2003 Yamaha 1100Classic. Top of the linesaddle bags and trunk,excellent shape, haswindshield. 25363 mi.$ 3 7 0 0 O B O .620-214-2186.

2004 HARLEY Heri-tage, 2 tone, 11k miles,always garaged, likenew, $11,900 OBO;2009 Harley Bobber, allnew parts, 1340 ccEvo, 5 speed, way coolride. $8900 OBO.(620) 384-5377.

2006 SUZUKI LTR 450,many modifications,paddle tires included.$4000 negotiable. (620)260-7911.

2007 LMTD. EditionSuzuki Boulevard.Fully loaded only 5000miles. Excellent condi-tion. $3800 OBO. Call(620) 290-1872

RVs & Campers1975 WINNEBAGOChieftain motorhome.Runs good, interiorneeds a little TLC.$1000 OBO. (620)276-1565.

2004 39 S

Fleetwood ProvidenceMotorhome, 350 Cum-mins, 6 sp AT, 3 slides,49k. (620) 275-8607.

Classifieds do the

work!

Residential Rentals

Garden GroveProperties LLC

Beautifully remodeled

1 bdrm apts.$439- $449 month

(620) 272–9595

Commercial Rentals

MEADSTORAGEUnits Available

Call Homefinders at(620) 275-9308

Commercial Real EstateFor Sale By Owner

42!x66! Round top bldgon a 150!x150! lot. Lo-cated north of Mary Ston 10th St, Garden City290-9432 or 271-2978.

Real Estate2425 Belmont Place-1496 SF w/ full base-ment. 5 bdrms, 3 baths.D/A garage. Many up-dates. huge yard withsprinkler system, verynice home. Asking$ 1 9 5 , 0 0 0 C a l l620-275-8171 withquestions or to see.

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606 TAMPA St. LakinKS. 3 bdrm., 2 baths.Spacious ranch. Closeto schools. Half blockfrom grocery store. Lotsof cabinet space. Fullyapplianced. Updatedheating/cooling. At-tached 2-car. Fencedyard. Owner-occupied.New exterior paint. Newinterior paint in bed-rooms and hallway.Great fireplace in livingroom. $125,000 785-798-0304

Mobile Homes1998 SHULT 16X803bedroom, 2 bath, stove,refr igerator , d ish-washer. $17,000 OBO.(620) 275-6815

Classified: A Bargain Hunters ParadiseCall The Garden City Telegram 275-8500

By KEVIN [email protected]

ULYSSES — Perfect condi-tions. For the first track meet of the season, Ulysses couldn’t have ordered anything better.

Tate Annis won three indi-vidual golds in front of his home crowd.

And Garden City High School walked away with both team titles.

For Garden City, it was a great way to see what the Buffaloes had for teams.

Coach Mike Smith liked what he saw, as both the boys and the girls won their team titles, and both captured a number of individual and relay titles.

The girls won nine events―including all three relays, as they cruised to a 203.5-99.5 win over rival Dodge City and Ulysses (87).

Chelsea Jackson won both

the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, and four other girls won individual titles to go along with the relay sweep to pace the Lady Buffaloes.

On the boys side, the Buffaloes won the final race of the night, the 4x400 relay, to overtake Dodge City by half a point, 139.5-139.

The Buffalo boys won just five events, but they placed second or third nine times.

Jonathan Duvall won both hurdle events, Jeremy Enz won the high jump, and Garden City won two relays for their claims to gold.

Smith was all smiles after the meet, especially after hearing the margins of vic-tory over Dodge City.

“We feel that we have a lot of depth with our girls’ side. They scored in a lot of events,” he said. “It would be hard to single anybody out.”

The only events Garden

City did not score in the top three were the two hurdle races. Other than that, the Buffs’ depth took charge.

Taryn Tempel of Garden City was second in triple jump at 31-05.

Garden City’s Audrey Gerber got the Lady Buffaloes’ a win in the field with a pole vault of 8-0.

The Lady Buffaloes’ Kristen Heiman won the long jump with a leap of 15-05.5, beating out teammate Alex Telfair.

Garden City got an early track win in the 4x800 meter relay, winning by almost half a minute in 10:15.96, just a sec-ond off the meet record.

Three sophomores and a freshman ran a dominating race. Alex Miller led off with a half-mile split of 2:31.

“I’m proud of how we com-pete,” Miller said after hear-ing her team’s time. “Every day, even in practice, we push each other and we’re so blessed with good coaches surrounding us.”

Kayla Doll anchored that relay team, then she turned around and won the open 800, just ahead of Miller.

“For starting out, (my time) was a lot faster than I would have thought, so I was happy with it,” Doll said. “That sec-ond lap, that’s when I start dying, so you just have to let your heart carry you. That was my effort for this meet.”

The girls’ distance domi-nance continued in the 1600 meters as Chelsea Jackson won the event in 5:50.23, with teammates Katy Doll and Jessica Bernasky finishing second and fourth.

Jackson also won the 3200 meters.

Nine golds and nine silvers showed a consistent effort for the Lady Buffaloes.

“It was a good start on the girls’ side,” Smith said.

On the boys’ side, he said, they didn’t know as much about depth coming in as they did afterwards.

“We had a lot of inexperi-ence, but we started off with a win (Enz) in the high jump,” Smith said. “I think that set

the tone for day.”Duvall picked up Garden

City’s first boys track gold in the 110-meter hurdles.

His 15.4 was just .3 seconds behind his best race last year.

“I think I’ll be able to improve later on in the sea-son, but for now, that was pretty good,” Duvall said.

He followed up that win with a gold in the 300 meter hurdles, winning in 40.39.

Duvall injured a hip in the regional meet last year, which hampered him, but he said that injury is behind him

now.Now his athletes know what

their times and distances are, Smith said, and his team gained a lot of confidence in this first meet.

“But we know we’ve got to get better,” he said.

The first record of the day went to Ulysses’ Annis as he eclipsed a 14-year-old meet-record and an 8-year-old school-record 22-10 in the long jump, set by his cousin, Cody Annis.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Welcome to “The Other Game” at the Final Four.

OK, so, the Ohio State-Kansas matchup may not have the fantastic fresh-men, the outspoken coach-es or blood-feud story line of the opening semifinal between Kentucky and Louisville. But this one still should be worth a two-hour investment in front of the TV set Saturday night.

Besides the chance to watch two top-line teams play for a spot in the national title game, the Buckeyes-Jayhawks game offers a rare opportunity to see two All-Americans going at it with everything on the line.

Ohio State is led by Jared Sullinger, the sopho-more forward who missed the first matchup between these teams with a bad back. Kansas’ best player is Thomas Robinson, who had 21 points and seven rebounds in the Jayhawks’ 78-67 win on Dec. 10.

“In my eyes, he’s the college player of the year,” Sullinger said of Robinson. “I know some think differ-ent. But with his season, the way he took his team to the top, you’ve just got to give it to him.”

In fact, it’s Kentucky’s Anthony Davis who took player of the year awards from The Associated Press and college basketball writ-

ers Friday. But while Davis is a story of an ultra-tal-ented freshman trying to lead his team to a champi-onship in what likely will be his only year with the Wildcats, Sullinger and Robinson approach college in a different way.

At one point last season, Sullinger was viewed as a surefire lottery pick, a one-and-done prospect with nothing much left to prove in college. He never saw it that way, however, and when Ohio State was elimi-nated from last year’s tour-nament as a No. 1 seed, the 6-foot-9 forward committed to staying in college.

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Ulysses High School’s Tate Annis makes a leap in the boys’ long jump Friday and sets a school record at 22 feet, 10 inches on his way to winning the event during a home track meet.


Garden City High School’s Neysa Harman, left, grabs the baton from Alex Miller to begin her leg of the 4x800-meter relay Friday during the Ulysses track meet. The Lady Buffs’’ squad took first place in the event.

GCHS teams win, Tigers’ Annis sets long jump record

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CIMARRON — Make no mis-take about it, track athletes and coaches love warm weather with virtually no wind.

Mother Nature must have been listening on Friday.

The seven teams which compet-ed at the Cimarron Invitational to help start the 2012 season took full advantage of near-ideal conditions (76 degrees, 7 mph wind at start time) to compile marks that would normally not be seen until mid to late season.

“It’s just a reflection of the great warm weather we’ve had for preseason,” said Cimarron coach Dennis Hornung. “Everybody feels like they’re way ahead of where they normally are.”

The host Lady Bluejays cap-tured the team title with 165 points to runner-up Ellinwood’s 147. The Ellinwood boys rallied in the final

events to overtake Holcomb and capture the team chase with 103 points to 98 for the Longhorns.

Highlighting the day’s perfor-mances was Moscow’s Osvaldo Granillo, the four-time gold medal-winner from the Class 1A state track meet in 2011, who won three individual events to celebrate the first meet of his senior season.

On the girls side, Cimarron senior Lindsay Wehkamp came within an inch of her school record in the high jump when she cleared 5-04 and just missed a chance at the new mark when she barely brushed the bar at 5-06. She had a season-best 5-05 a year ago while claiming the Class 2A state cham-pionship. Lady Bluejay freshman Kari Blattner was a double-winner in claiming the 800-meters (2:42.26) and 1,600-meters (5:53.29). Her freshman running mate, Joisan Smith, captured the 3,200-meters in 12:27.17.

Another double-winner on the

girls side was Holcomb sophomore Kyshia Prieto, who swept the two hurdle races, winning the 100-meters in 16.82 while posting a winning mark of 48.93 in the 300-meter hurdles. She had placed fifth and third in those events in the 2011 Class 3A state meet.

Holcomb’s boys were paced by sophomore Heath Tucker, who gar-nered firsts in the triple jump (40-11.50) and the 300-meter hurdles (40.19) while finishing second in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.51) and anchoring the Longhorns’ winning 4x400-meter relay team (3:29.41). Tucker, along with team-mates Tyler LaSalle, Brendan Thomas and Michael Bandaras captured the Class 3A state 4x4 in 2011 and Friday’s mark was less than 1.5 seconds off their state winning time.

The day’s top performance, though, came from Granillo, who swept the 100-meters (11.07), 200-meters (22.67) and the 400-meters

(50.01). He ran on the Wildcats’ runner-up 4x400-meter relay team as well.

It was, in Granillo’s words, “a good day to get some extra work in and see where my marks are to know what I’ve got to do.”

Granillo was impressive in cruising to easy wins in all three of the sprints. He defeated Meade’s Jett Little by 0.35 of a second in the 100 before blowing by South Gray’s Wyatt Slaven in the 200 (0.73 of a second) and in the 400 (2.44 sec-onds). Slaven was the 2011 Class 1A champion at 400-meters. His top marks a year ago were 11.01 and 22.44.

“It was a lot better day than I expected, I didn’t plan on any big times,” Granillo said of his season debut. “We just found out a couple of days ago that we were coming up here, so it’s good to see where I’m at. It was a good way to make a statement.”

Granillo signed in February

to attend Central Missouri State University where he will compete in the decathlon (10 events).

“I’m a lot stronger, leaner this year, so I feel like I can run bet-ter than last year,” Granillo said. “I ran summer track, did football and basketball so I’ve stayed in good shape. Plus, we’ve had good weather to train in the last couple of weeks.”

Holcomb’s Tucker, too, said he was pleased with his first competi-tion of the season.

“I’ve gained about 15-20 pounds and we’ve got a lot of guys out there pushing each other in prac-tice,” Tucker said. “It just feels good, but it was tough coming off the curve and hitting that breeze I knew I just had to keep attacking the next hurdle.”

Tucker’s hurdle time was just 0.03 off the school record while his triple jump mark established a

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Major League BaseballSpring Training GlanceBy The Associated PressAMERICAN LEAGUE W L PctToronto 22 5 .815Oakland 14 5 .737Detroit 16 7 .696los Angeles 17 10 .630Seattle 12 8 .600Minnesota 17 13 .567Boston 13 11 .542new York 13 11 .542Kansas City 14 13 .519Baltimore 11 12 .478Chicago 12 15 .444Texas 9 17 .346Tampa Bay 8 16 .333Cleveland 6 20 .231NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PctSt. louis 15 8 .652San Diego 18 12 .600San Francisco 16 11 .593Colorado 15 11 .577los Angeles 13 12 .520Houston 13 13 .500Miami 10 11 .476Chicago 14 16 .467Milwaukee 12 14 .462Philadelphia 12 14 .462Cincinnati 13 16 .448Washington 10 14 .417Arizona 11 16 .407Atlanta 9 15 .375Pittsburgh 8 17 .320new York 7 17 .292nOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

———Friday’s GamesSt. louis 4, n.Y. Mets 3Minnesota (ss) 4, Toronto 1Boston 9, Minnesota (ss) 7Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 3, tieDetroit 6, Baltimore 3l.A. Angels 9, Arizona 2Milwaukee 9, l.A. Dodgers (ss) 4l.A. Dodgers (ss) 6, Chicago Cubs 3Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 5Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 6:05 p.m.Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., nightPhiladelphia vs. n.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., nightAtlanta (ss) vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., nightChicago White Sox vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., nightSan Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., nightTexas vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., nightToday’s GamesToronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh (ss) at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m.St. louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 12:05 p.m.Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.n.Y. Yankees vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.Boston vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m.n.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.Milwaukee vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.Arizona (ss) vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.l.A. Angels vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.l.A. Dodgers vs. Arizona (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.Cincinnati vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 5:05 p.m.San Diego (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.Texas vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationThe Associated PressEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBBoston 29 22 .569 —Philadelphia 28 23 .549 1new York 26 26 .500 3½new Jersey 17 35 .327 12½Toronto 17 35 .327 12½Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 37 13 .740 —Orlando 32 20 .615 6Atlanta 31 22 .585 7½Washington 12 39 .235 25½Charlotte 7 42 .143 29½Central Division W L Pct GBx-Chicago 42 11 .792 —indiana 30 20 .600 10½Milwaukee 24 27 .471 17Detroit 18 33 .353 23Cleveland 17 32 .347 23WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBSan Antonio 35 14 .714 —Dallas 30 23 .566 7Memphis 27 22 .551 8Houston 28 24 .538 8½new Orleans 13 38 .255 23Northwest Division W L Pct GBOklahoma City 39 12 .765 —Denver 28 24 .538 11½Utah 27 25 .519 12½Minnesota 25 28 .472 15Portland 24 27 .471 15Pacific Division W L Pct GBl.A. lakers 31 20 .608 —l.A. Clippers 29 21 .580 1½Phoenix 25 26 .490 6Golden State 20 29 .408 10Sacramento 18 33 .353 13x-clinched playoff spotFriday’s GamesDenver 99, Charlotte 88Miami 113, Toronto 101Washington 97, Philadelphia 76Atlanta 100, new York 90Milwaukee 121, Cleveland 84Chicago 83, Detroit 71Houston 98, Memphis 89

Boston 100, Minnesota 79Dallas 100, Orlando 98Sacramento 104, Utah 103new Jersey at Golden State, nightPortland at l.A. Clippers, nightToday’s Gamesnew Orleans at l.A. lakers, 2:30 p.m.Charlotte at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Cleveland at new York, 6:30 p.m.Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.indiana at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.Memphis at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.new Jersey at Sacramento, 9 p.m.Utah at l.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.Sunday’s GamesChicago at Oklahoma City, NoonMiami at Boston, 2:30 p.m.Washington at Toronto, 5 p.m.Denver at Orlando, 5 p.m.indiana at Houston, 6 p.m.Minnesota at Portland, 8 p.m.new Orleans at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Golden State at l.A. lakers, 8:30 p.m.

COLLEGE MENNCAA TournamentBy The Associated PressEAST REGIONALSemifinalsAt TD GardenBostonThursday, March 22Syracuse 64, Wisconsin 63Ohio State 81 Cincinnati 66ChampionshipSaturday, March 24Ohio State 77, Syracuse 70

SOUTH REGIONALSemifinalsAt The Georgia DomeAtlantaFriday, March 23Baylor 75, Xavier 70Kentucky 102, indiana 90ChampionshipSunday, March 25Kentucky 82, Baylor 70

MIDWEST REGIONALSemifinalsAt Edward Jones DomeSt. LouisFriday, March 23north Carolina 73, Ohio 65, OTKansas 60, N.C. State 57Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 25Kansas 80, north Carolina 67

WEST REGIONALSemifinalsThursday, March 22At US Airways CenterPhoenixlouisville 57, Michigan State 44Florida 68, Marquette 58ChampionshipSaturday, March 24louisville 72, Florida 68

FINAL FOURAt The SuperdomeNew OrleansNational SemifinalsTodayOhio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 7:49 p.m., approx.Kentucky (37-2) vs. louisville (30-9), 5:09 p.m.National ChampionshipMondaySemifinal winners, 8 p.m.Final FourKANSAS (31-6)100 Towson 54 65 at Kentucky 75 67 Georgetown-x 63 72 UClA-x 56 61 Duke-x 68 77 FAU 54 70 South Florida 42 88 long Beach St. 80 78 Ohio St. 67 74 Davidson 80 63 at Southern Cal 47 89 Howard 34 84 north Dakota 58 67 Kansas St. 49 72 at Oklahoma 61 81 at Texas Tech 46 82 iowa St. 73 92 Baylor 74 69 at Texas 66 64 Texas A&M 54 64 at iowa St. 72 84 Oklahoma 62 71 at Missouri 74 68 at Baylor 54

81 Oklahoma St. 66 59 at Kansas St. 53 83 Texas Tech 50 66 at Texas A&M 58 87 Missouri, OT 86 70 at Oklahoma St. 58 73 Texas 63 83 Texas A&M-y 66 72 Baylor-y 81 65 Detroit-z 50 63 Purdue-z 60 60 nC State-z 57 80 north Carolina-z 67x-EA Sports Maui invitationaly-Big 12 Conferencez-nCAA

———COLLEGE WOMENNCAA Women’s Tournament GlanceBy The Associated PressDES MOINES REGIONALSemifinalsAt Wells Fargo ArenaDes Moines, IowaSaturday, March 24Tennessee 84, Kansas 73Baylor 83, Georgia Tech 68ChampionshipMonday, March 26Baylor 77, Tennessee 58FRESNO REGIONALSemifinalsAt Save Mart CenterFresno, Calif.Saturday, March 24Duke 74, St. John’s 47Stanford 76, South Carolina 60ChampionshipMonday, March 26Stanford 81, Duke 69RALEIGH REGIONALSemifinalsAt PNC ArenaRaleigh, N.C.Sunday, March 25Maryland 81, Texas A&M 74notre Dame 79, St. Bonaventure 35Tuesday, March 27Championshipnotre Dame 80, Maryland 49KINGSTON REGIONALSemifinalsAt The Ryan CenterKingston, R.I.Sunday, March 25UConn 77, Penn State 59Kentucky 79, Gonzaga 62ChampionshipTuesday, March 27UConn 80, Kentucky 65FINAL FOURAt Pepsi CenterDenverNational SemifinalsSundaynotre Dame (34-3) vs. UConn (33-4), 5:30 p.m.Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (35-1), 8 p.m.National ChampionshipTuesdaySemifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.

PREPSTRACK AND FIELDFridayUlysses InvitationalGirls Team Scores1. Garden City, 203.50; 2. Dodge City, 99.50; 3. Ulysses, 87; 4. Scott City, 63; 5. Hugoton, 58; 6. Goodland, 42.Individual Results100m dash—1. Wycoff, Scott City, 14.15; 2. Ekweariri, GC, 14.18; 3. Telfair, GC, 14.24; 4. Eslick, UlY, 14.42; 5. Moore, DC, 14.98; 6. Heiman, GC, 15.05.200m dash—1. Ekweariri, GC, 26.36; 2. Wycoff, SC, 26.57; 3. Eslick, UlY, 28.20; 4. Moorer, DC, 28.80; 5. Hoskinson, HUG, 28.88; 6. linenberger, GC, 29.31.400m dash—1. Wycoff, SC, 1:00.42; 2. Tempel, GC, 1:02.31; 3. Heiman, GC, 1:02.95; 4. Kling, GOOD, 1:03.61; 5. Arnold, UlY, 1:03.79; 6. Durler, DC, 1:-3.81.800m run—1. Kayla Doll, GC, 2:26.61; 2. Miller, GC, 2:31.66; 3. Branscum, UlY, 2:37.15; 4. Thornburg, SC, 2:39.63; 5. Hess, SC, 2:47.12; 6. Corral, UlY, 2:50.36.1600m run—1. Jackson, GC, 5:50.23; 2. Katy Doll, GC, 5:59.39; 3. Branscum, UlY, 6:07.37; 4. Bernasky, GC, 6:34.50; 5. DelaCruz, DC, 6:39.98; 6. Murphy, SC, 6:43.80.3200m run—1. Jackson, GC, 12:23.76; 2. Bernasky, GC, 13:29.63; 3. Calderon, DC, 14:04.61; 4. Hamlin, HUG, 14:05.58; 5. Ramirez, DC, 14:08.79; 6. DelaCruz,

DC, 14:21.89.100m hurdles—1. Wilson, DC, 16.70; 2. Kinser, HUG, 17.43; 3. Fiss, HUG, 18.50; 4. K. Calderwood, UlY, 18.74; 5. Mock, DC, 18.99; 6. Palacios, GC, 20.58.300m hurdles—1. Arnold, UlY, 50.24; 2. Kinser, HUG, 51.24; 3. Wilson, DC, 52.35; 4. Fiss, HUG, 53.40; 5. Bedore, GOOD, 53.83; 6. Hinde, GC, 54.58.4x100m relay—1. Garden City, 52.19; 2. Ulysses, 53.13; 3. Dodge City, 54.29; 4. Goodland, 1:00.08.4x400m relay—1. Garden City, 4:16.66; 2. Scott City, 4:29.74; 3. Hugoton, 4:34.15; 4. Goodland, 4:40.88; 5. Dodge City, 4:45.55; 6. Ulysses, 4:46.70.4x800m relay—1. Garden City, 10:15.96; 2. Ulysses, 10:44.65; 3. Dodge City, 11:19.81; 4. Scott City, 11:31.91; 5. Goodland, 11:37.08.High jump—1. Thompson, DC 4-08; 2. Hurtado, DC, 4-06; 3. Hinde, GC, 4-06; 4. Coates, GOOD, 4-02; 5. Rendon, DC, 4-02; 6. Bedore, GOOD, 4-02. Long jump—1. Heiman, GC, 15-05.5; 2. Telfair, GC, 15-01; 3. Unruh, DC, 14-0.75; 4. Eslick, UlY, 14-0.25; 5. Romero, DC, 13-08; 6. Moore, DC, 13-05.75.Triple jump—1. Kinser, HUG, 36-08.5; w. Tempel, GC, 31-05; 3. Branscum, UlY, 30-10; 4. Hurtado, DC, 30-09; 5. Sederstrom, GOOD, 30-04; 6. Thompson, DC, 30-03.25.Pole vault—1. Gerber, GC, 8-00; 2.Knight, GOOD, 7-06, 3. Sain, DC, 7-06; 4. Coates, GOOD, 7-00; 5. linenberger, GC, 7-00; 6. Calderwood, UlY, 6-06.Shot put—1. Britton, UlY, 40-07.5; 2. McClelland, GC, 30-06; 3. Griffith, SC, 29-03.75; 4. Bojorquez, HUG, 28-08; 4. Cowan, GOOD, 28-00; 6. Connolly, DC, and Josserand, GC, 27-05.Discus throw—1. Britton, UlY, 119-01.5; 2. Heatwole, GC, 89-08.5; 3. Bojorquez, HUG, 89-00.5; 4. Cowan, GOOD, 85-02; 5. Winston, GOOD, 84-11; 6. Perez, UlY, 79-09.Javelin throw—1. Griffith, SC, 105-03; 2. Durler, DC, 103-05; 3. Caine, GC, 98-08; 4. Heatwole, GC, 94-09; 5. Bellows, GC, 90-02; 6. Hurtado, DC, 88-04.

Boys Team Scores1. Garden City, 139.50; 2. Dodge City, 139; 3. Ulysses, 108; 4. Scott City, 65; 5. Hugoton, 54.50; 6. Goodland, 47.Individual Results100m dash—1. Annis, UlY, 12.37; 2. Smith, SC, 12.39; 3. Buehler, SC, 12.50; 4. Sandoval, UlY, 12.69; 5. Jarnagin, UlY, 12.88; 6. Middleton, DC, 13.04. 200m dash—1. Annis, UlY, 22.87; 2. Sandoval, UlY, 23.47; 3. Gr Tempel, 24.17; 4. Snethen, GOOD, 24.37; 5. McKnight, GC, 24.42; 5. Cardenas, SC, 24.44.400m dash—1. Mclain, HUG, 52.02; 2. Du Temple, GC, 52.16; 3. Gottsponer, GC, 53.07; 4. Degollado, UlY, 53.47; 5. Robinson, SC, 53.91; 6. nichols, UlY, 54.62.800m run—1. Estrella, DC, 1:59.56; 2. Carmona, DC, 2:00.64; 3. Meyer, SC, 2:01.10; 4. Delarosa, GC, 2:07.22; 5. Galindo, UlY, 2:20.82; 6. Zerr, UlY, 2:21.05.1600m run—1. Carmona, DC, 4:34.35; 2. Estrella, DC, 4:42.33; 3. Meyer, SC, 4:42.31; 4. Carmona, DC, 4:46.45; 5. Mendoza, UlY, 4:53.69; 6. Colindres, DC, 5:01.45.3200m run—1. Martin, HUG, 10:36.79; 2. Carmona, DC, 10:49.94; 3. Rendon, DC, 10:51.47; 4. Thomas, GC, 11:05.95; 5. Armendariz, HUG, 11:11.39; 6. nagel, GC, 11:20.24.110m hurdles—1. Duvall, GC, 15.48; 2. Couchman, SC, 15.89; 3. Bradshaw, DC, 16.62; 4. Stapleton, DC, 16.68; 5. Jarnagin, UlY, 16.68; 6. Bellamy, GOOD, 16.72.300m hurdles—1. Duvall, GC, 40.39; 2. Bellamy, GOOD, 41.31; 3. Bradshaw, DC, 41.92; 4. Widder, UlY, 44.38; 5. Bonsall, GOOD, 44.70; 6. Stapleton, DC, 44.80.4x100m relay—1. Garden City, 44.22; 2. Ulysses, 45.05; 3. Goodland, 45.50; 4. Hugoton, 46.55.4x400m relay—1. Garden City, 3:30.78; 2. Scott City, 3:34.21; 3. Goodland, 3:37.12; 4. Ulysses, 3:38.96; 5. Dodge City, 3:42.47; 6. Hugoton, 3:42.70.4x800m relay—1. Hugoton, 8:35.73; 2.

Ulysses, 8:39.79; 3. Garden City, 8:49.95; 4. Dodge City, 8:52.35; 5. Scott City, 9:03.97; 6. Goodland, 9:36.98.High jump—1. Enz, GC, 6-00; 2. Rodriguez, UlY, 5-10; 3. P. Dominguez, GC, 5-10; 4. Kissell, UlY, 5-10; 5. Degollado, UlY, 5-08; 6. Stapleton, DC, 5-04.Long jump—1. Annis, UlY, 22-10; 2. Du. Temple, GC, 21-00; 3. Enz, GC, 20-09; 4. Robinson, SC, 20-04.75; 5. Howard, GC, 20-03.5; 6. Bradshaw, DC, 20-01.Triple jump—1. Bradshaw, DC, 42-01.5; 2. Couchman, SC, 41-03.5; 3. G. Tempel, GC, 39-10.5; 4. Rodriguez, UlY, 39-01.75; 5. nichols, UlY, 38-09.75.Pole vault—1. Witman, GOOD, 12-00; 2. Cady, GC, 11-00; 3. Jauche, GC, 11-00; 4. Ortiz, DC, 10-00; 5. Frederick, HUG, 10-00; 6. Dominguez, HUG, 9-06.Shot put—1. Sonday, DC, 49-00.5; 2. Tate, DC, 48-09.5; 3. Stegman, HUG, 48-09; 4. Alexander, GC, 47-04; 5. Gutierres, DC, 45-10; 6. Bohl, UlY, 43-11.Discus throw—1. Sonday, DC, 161-09; 2. Tate, DC, 138-00; 3. Wilson, SC, 131-08; 4. Cortez, UlY, 129-07; 5. Bohl, UlY, 124-05; 6. Torres, UlY, 122-08.Javelin throw—1. Ruhs, GOOD, 148-07.5; 2. Sonday, DC, 133-07; 3. Stegman, HUG, 132-03.5; 4. Alexander, GC, 131-01.5; 5. Hawk, HUG, 130-03; 6. Sanchez, HUG, 124-07.

———Cimarron InvitationalGirls Team Scores1. Cimmaron (CiM) 165; 2. Ellinwood (Ell) 147; 3. Meade (MEA) 84; 4. South Gray (SG) 50; 5. Holcomb (HOl) 49; 6. lakin (lAK) 35; 7. Moscow (MOS) 22.Individual Results100m dash—1. Wiens, MEA, 13.49; 2. Cook, MEA, 13.65; 3. Elsen, Ell, 13.97; 4. Friesen, CiM, 13.99; 5. Stegman, Emilee, HOl, 14.23; 6. Dewell, MEA, 14.25.200m dash—1. Cook, MEA, 28.61; 2. Elsen, Ell, 29.43; 3. Rugan, Ell, 30.22; 4. Bogner, CiM, 30.71; 5. Ardery, SG, 30.82; 6. Walker, CiM, 31.01.400m dash—1. Panning, Ell, 1:04.88; 2, Thomas, Ell, 1:05.94; 3. Friesen, CiM, 1:06.32; 4. Wehkamp, CiM, 1:07.31; 5. Walker, CiM, 1:09.70; 6. Cecenas, MOS, 1:12.38.800m run—1. Blattner, CiM, 2:42.26; 2. Strecker, Ell, 2:48.30; 3. Snell, Ell, 2:49.19; 4. Miller, MEA, 2:53.35; 5. Kasper, Ell, 2:54.33; 6. White, lAK, 2:54.88. 1600m run—1. Blattner, CiM, 5:53.29; 2. Strecker, Ell, 5:53.43; 3. Snell, Ell, 6:00.47; 4. Martinez, lAK, 6:05.28; 5. Kasper, Ell, 6:12.95; 6. White, lAK, 6:28.52.3200m run—1. Smith, CiM, 12:27.17; 2. Snell, Ell, 13:36.94; 3. Martinez, lAK, 13:53.15; 4. Davis, MEA, 15:56.93; 5. Thornton, HOl, 16:07.57; 6. Flores, MOS, 16:12.12. 100m hurdles—1. Prieto, HOl, 16.82; 2. Hayes, Ell, 17.11; 3. Koopman, CiM, 17.71; 4. Rudzik, MEA, 17.80; 5. Simmons, lAK, 17.92; 6. Dobie, MOS, 19.03. 300m hurdles—1. Prieto, HOl, 48.93; 2. Hayes, Ell, 50.37; 3. Ediger, CiM, 50.55; 4. Simmons, lAK, 51.85; 5. Rudzik, MEA, 53.09; 6. Moshier, MEA, 54.57. 4x100m relay—1. MEA, (Cook, Rudzik, Koons, Wiens), 52.47; 2. Ell 53.27; 3. HOl, 54.20; 4. CiM, 58.02; 5. SG 58.68. 4x400m relay—1. Ell (Panning, Hayes, Thomas, Strecker), 4:22.66; 2. CiM 4:22.79; 3. MEA, 4:32.68; 4. SG 5:00.14; 5. MOS 5:01.81. 4x800m relay—1. Ell (Strecker, Snell, Panning, Hayes), 10:45.49; 2. CiM 11:03.36; 3. MEA 12:02.01; 4. MOS 13:16.65. High jump—1. Wehkamp, CiM, 5-04; 2. Koopman, CiM, 5-02; 3. Dewell, MEA, 4-08; 3. Pena, HOl, 4-08; 5. Hoskinson, CiM, 4-06; 6. Reimer, CiM, 4-04.Pole vault—1. Woodrow, lAK, 7-06; 1. Elsen, Ell, 7-06; 3. Contreras, HOl, 6-00; 3, Meis, CiM, 6-00. 3, Rosales, lAK, 6-00.Long jump—1. Wiens, MEA, 16-10.75; 2. Wehkamp, CiM, 16-09.75; 3. Koopman, CiM, 16-02.25; 4. Stegman, HOl, 15-02.75; 5. Horton, lAK, 13-09.25; 6. Starkey, SG, 13-05.75.Triple jump—1. Waters, CiM, 30-11; 2. Friesen, CiM, 30-06.50; 3. Walker, CiM, 27-08.50; 4. Starkey, SG, 27-04.50; 5, White, lAK 26-04.25; 6. lauppe, MEA,

25-06. Shot put—1. Watkins, SG, 33-02; 2. Peters, SG, 31-06.50; 3. Clark, MOS, 30-09.50; 4. White, CiM, 29-06.50; 5. Reichmann, MEA, 29-02; 6. Tucker, Ell, 28-01.Discus throw—1. Tucker, Ell, 96-03; 2. Watkins, SG, 93-08; 3. Clark, MOS, 84-11; 4. White, CiM, 81-04; 5. Bryant, CiM, 80-08; 6. Peters, SG, 76-09. Javelin throw—1. Torres, SG, 90-07; 2. Bryant, CiM, 83-10; 3. Pfeifer, Chloe, HOl, 79-09; 4. Tucker, Ell, 78-00; 5. Richmeier, HOl, 75-05; 6. Bucher, MOS, 69-05.Boys Team Scores1. Ellinwood (Ell) 103; 2. Holcomb (HOl) 98; 3. Meade (MEA) 97; 4. Moscow (MOS) 77; 5. Cimarron (CiM) 68; 6. South Gray (SG) 56; 7. lakin (lAK) 55. Individual Results100m—1. Granllo, MOS, 11.07; 2. little, MEA, 11.42; 3. Croft, SG, 11.85; 4. McCombs, lAK, 12.18; 5. Cox, HOl, 12.24; 6. Clark, CiM, 12.39. 200m—1. Granllo, MOS, 22.67; 2. Slaven, SG, 23.40; 3. little, MEA, 24.07; 4. Ringering, Ell, 24.09; 5. Williams, Ell, 24.83; 6. Stanley, CiM, 25.26. 400m—1. Granllo, MOS, 50.01; 2. Slaven, SG, 52.45; 3. Bandaras, HOl, 53.08; 4. Manriquez, MOS, 53.85; 5. laSalle, HOl, 54.13; 6. Boersma, CiM, 54.79. 800m—1. Oglesbee, Ell, 2:05.86; 2. Roop, MOS, 2:08.90; 3. Montoya, Ell, 2:18.21; 4. Esquivel, lAK, 2:18.40; 5. Ponce, SG, 2:19.09; 6. Ward, Ell, 2:20.45. 1600m—1. Thamas, HOl, 4:44.90; 2. Montoya, Ell, 4:46.86; 3. Roop, MOS, 4:54.67; 4. Stanley, CiM, 5:10.28; 5. Koehn, SG, 5:18.70; 6. Clancy, SG, 5:23.90. 3200m—1. Montoya, Ell, 10:22.68; 2. Feemster, Ell, 11:35.59; 3. Garcia, lAK, 11:46.59; 4. Salter, HOl, 11:47.50; 5. Martinez, CiM, 11:57.43; 6. Stewart, HOl, 12:03.08. 110m hurdles—1. n. Borth, MEA, 15.48; 2. Tucker, HOl, 15.51; 3. H. Borth, MEA, 16.65; 4. Ramsey, Ell, 17.04; 5. Trevino, CiM, 17.98; 6. Starkey, SG, 18.59.300m hurdles—1. Tucker, HOl, 40.19; 2. n. Borth, MEA, 41.49; 3. H. Borth, MEA, 43.04; 4. Trevino, CiM, 43.51; 5. Hardaway, MEA, 45.03; 6. Griebel, SG, 46.10. 4x100m relay—1. Ellinwood (Ringering, Oglesbee, Miller, Williams), 45.66; 2. South Gray, 46.50; 3. lakin, 47.36; 4. Cimarron, 48.80; --. Holcomb, DQ. 4x400m relay—1. Holcomb (laSalle, Thamas, Bandaras, Tucker), 3:29.41; 2. Moscow, 3:40.32; 3. Ellinwood, 3:45.60; 4. Cimarron, 3:50.93; 4. South Gray, 3:50.93; 6. lakin, 4:02.11. 4x800m relay—1. Ellinwood (Feemster, Oglesbee, Ward, Ringering), 9:11.78; 2. lakin, 9:33.78; 3. Moscow, 9:38.59; 4. Holcomb, 9:40.54; 5. Cimarron, 9:48.16; 6. South Gray, 10:21.04. High Jump—1. Clark, CiM, 6-00; 2. Birzer, Ell, 5-08; 3. Swank, Ell, 5-06; 4. Stanley, CiM, 5-06; 5. Foskuhl, SG, 5-00. Pole Vault—1. McAtee, lAK, 11-00; 1. Savoy, HOl, 11-00; 1. Aparicio, lAK, 11-00; 4. Roth, HOl, 10-06; 4. Welch, HOl, 10-06; 6. McVey, SG, 8-00; 6. Flores, HOl, 8-00; 6. Eisenbise, HOl, J8-00. Long Jump—1. Hardaway, MEA, 20-02.25; 2. laSalle, HOl, 19-04.25; 3. Williams, Ell, 19-02; 4. Chavez, lAK, 18-07.50; 5. Boersma, CiM, 17-11.50; 6. Ramsey, Ell, 17-06.25.Triple Jump—1. Tucker, HOl, 40-11.50; 2. Boersma, CiM, 39-02; 3. Chavez, lAK, 38-06.25; 4. Clancy, SG, 38-02.50; 5. Byrne, lAK, 37-10.50; 6. Valdez, MOS, 35-10. Shot Put—1. Davis, MEA, 42-10.50; 2. Bustillos, MOS, 42-08.50; 3. Bennett, HOl, 41-11.50; 4. Fields, CiM, 41-03.50; 5. Peters, SG, 40-06.50; 6. Castillo, MEA, 39-08. Discus Throw—1. Davis, MEA, 135-08; 2. Fields, CiM, 127-07; 3. Carter, SG, 118-03; 4. Reimer, MEA, 112-03; 5. Smith, Ell, 109-04; 6. Friesen, SG, 107-07. Javelin Throw—1. Reimer, MEA, 169-11; 2. neuschafer, CiM, 146-07; 3. Davis, MEA, 145-05; 4. Manriquez, MOS, 131-00; 5. Bustillos, MOS, 126-09; 6. Swank, Ell, 121-07.

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Boxing— 1:30 p.m., FSn, Dyah Ali Davis vs. Francisco Sierra.Pro Golf — 2 p.m., Shell Houston Open, Third Round, from Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas.College Softball — 3 p.m., FSn, Baylor at Missouri.

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TodayCollege Baseball — 1 p.m./3 p.m., Garden City C.C. at Seward County C.C.College Softball — TBD, Garden City C.C. at Butler Tournament, El Dorado.Prep Baseball — 3 p.m., Word of life at Garden City.Prep Boys Tennis — 9 a.m., Garden City at Great Bend inv.

SundayCollege Baseball — 1 p.m./3p.m., Garden City C.C. at Seward County C.C.

MondayPrep Baseball— 4 p.m., Syracuse at Sublette; Wichita County at Satanta.Prep Boys Golf— 3 p.m., Dighton at Chase inv.

Prep Softball— 4 p.m., SW Heights at lakin; Sublette at Satanta; Elkhart at Stanton County.

TuesdayPrep Baseball— 4 p.m., Holcomb vs. Spearville; Scott City at lakin; Garden City at TMP-Marian.Prep Softball— 4 p.m., Holcomb at Spearville; Scott City vs. Hoisington.Prep Track— 4 p.m., SW Heights at Satanta; Cimarron, lakin, Sublette, Syracuse, Wichita County at HPl Divisional (Sublette).

WednesdayCollege Baseball — 3 p.m., Otero (Colo.) J.C. at Garden City C.C.College Softball — 3 p.m./5 p.m., Garden City C.C. at Colby C.C.

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“Coming into high school, I always knew I’d get that record because it was my cousin’s and I have to kind of be competitive with him,” Annis said.

He set the meet record on his first jump (22-5), and went five inches better on his next leap to best the school’s top mark..

“Once I jumped 22-5, I k n e w I had more in me and I want-ed the s c h o o l record,” he added.

Annis also won the 100 meters by just 0.02 seconds over Dalton Smith of Scott City. He won the 200 by 0.6 sec-onds over teammate Armando Sandoval.

“Unbelievable,” is how Ulysses coach Eric F l a t o n described A n n i s ’ overall per-formance. “For him to do that the first meet I asked him what’s next?”

Not only was his jump incredible, but so was his performance over the likes of Scott City, Dodge City and Garden City, Flaton said.

“He just came out great out of the blocks and was great finish-ing,” he said.

Ulysses’ Kaylea Britton had a good start to her senior season, winning the discus and

setting a meet record in winning the shot put.

“It was a good start to the season,” Britton said of her discus throw of 119-1.5, or 14 feet bet-ter than her first meet a year ago and only about eight feet from her sea-son best in 2011.

“On days like this when it’s warm, you can relax and enjoy and not worry about that wind,”

she said.“ I ’ m

hoping I can get in the 130’s, may a 140 by the time state c o m e s around,” B r i t t o n added.

Shelby Heatwole of Garden City placed sec-ond with a throw of 89-08.5.

Britton’s record shot put throw of 40-77.5 also

felt good“ I ’ m

m o v i n g a c r o s s t h e a r e n a b e t t e r

this year and getting

the shot up a lit-tle bit more,” she said. “Last year my best throw was 4 1 - s o m e -thing, so start out at 40 is a good start.”

F l a t o n said he chal-lenged Britton to go for the meet record in the shot, and she did.

“She continues to do everything we ask, no matter what the sport,”

he said.Scott City got two

golds from Kelly Wycoff in the 100 and 400 meters and a silver in the 200, losing to Chinasa Ekweariri of Garden City.

The 100-meter race inadvertently started at the 110-meter line, so

times were record-ed slower

than they s h o u l d h a v e b e e n . S t i l l , Wycof f

felt good about her

race.“I got out the blocks

better than I usually do,” she said, “so it was one of my better 100 races.”

Her best 100, though, happens at the end of the 400 meter races, and Friday’s race was no dif-ferent.

Nicole Kinser of Hugoton broke a meet record set in 2005 with a triple jump of 36-08.5. She also placed sec-ond in the 110 hurdles behind Jessi Arnold of Ulysses.

Maris Griffith was Scott City’s other gold-medal athlete on the day, winning the javelin throw.

The Hugoton boys got a win from the 4x800 relay team and Jacob Martin in the 3,200 meters, while Dodge City picked up wins in four events.

See Results in Scoreboard, Page D2.

D3SATURDAY, March 31, 2012THE GARDEn CiTY TElEGRAM

Ulysses: GCHS teams sweep team titles, Annis sets record

Cimarron: Good day for Moscow’s Granillo, Holcomb’s Prieto

Ulysses High School’s Carlos Gallindo, left, and Hugoton’s Chase Hittle begin the last lap of the boys’ 4x800-meter relay race Friday at Ulysses.

Photos by Brad Nading/Telegram

Garden City High School’s Jonathan Duvall, left, gains a half-hurdle lead on Scott City’s Colborn Couchman mid-way through a 110-meter high hurdles race and holds on for the win Friday during a heat race at the Ulysses Invitational.

By ADAM [email protected]

The Garden City Community College softball team had been struggling recently to get some clutch hits in close games. So it was a relief when first baseman Melissa Marshall’s bat helped the Broncbusters win two of three games on Friday in a tournament hosted by Butler Community College in El Dorado.

Marshall went 6-for-11 and drove in six runs as Garden City (23-8) finished the day with a 4-3 win over Western Nebraska, a 6-0 win over Maple Woods (Mo.) and a 4-3 loss to Iowa Central.

“As always, doing what she needed to help the team,” GCC head coach Trina Moquett said of Marshall.

Moquett was also pleased with her pitchers, as Emily Hurlbert went 1-1 in two starts, Sarah

Cochran pitched a three-hit shut-out and Kallie Hoover added a scoreless inning of relief.

“I thought our pitching staff as a whole all day just did a great job for us,” Moquett said. “Couldn’t ask for anything more from them today.”

In the final game of the day, Garden City jumped to a 4-0 lead, but Western Nebraska got on the board in the sixth inning and drew within one in the top of the sev-enth.

The Lady Cougars started with two singles off of Busters pitcher Emily Hurlbert. Kasey Cash hit a two-run double with one out to make it 4-3, but ended up getting out on the play and Hurlbert got a groundout to end the game.

GCCC added to a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning. Alyssa Strobehn scored Mekayla Aguiniga with a sacrifice fly and Hurlbert added an RBI single.

“Finally, I felt like we got a cou-ple runners on, did what we need-ed to at the plate,” Moquett said.

Marshall hit a line-drive single to center to score the Busters’ first two runs and put GCCC up 2-0 after one inning.

In the second game of the day, Cochran threw a three-hit shutout as Garden City beat Maple Woods, 6-0.

Marshall was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and Cassee Ames was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer and two runs scored.

Cochran had a 6-0 lead head-ing into the last half-inning and pitched around two baserunners to preserve the shutout.

“She finally, I think, found her niche,” Moquett said of Cochran.

Ames hit a three-run homer in the sixth for Garden City’s final runs, and all of the Busters’ runs came with two outs.

“Cassee’s been that sparkplug,

too, that we’ve needed,” Moquett said.

Marshall singled to cen-ter on a fly ball in the third to score Brittany Knabe and put the Busters up 1-0.

Marshall would increase the lead with a two-out double that scored Ames and Ashley Gibson in the fifth to make it 3-0.

Garden City managed just three runs in a 4-3 loss to Iowa Central to start the tournament. The Tritons’ Molly Cox scattered 10 hits and held GCCC scoreless through the first five innings as ICCC took advantage of some Busters’ mis-cues to build a 4-0 lead.

The Busters had seven hits through the first six innings, but still trailed 4-1 heading into the seventh inning.

Ames was hit by a pitch to start the seventh, but was out on a short-stop-to-second base fielder’s choice grounder by Brittany Knabe.

Gibson doubled to score Knabe, and Gibson would move to third on a fly ball out by Marshall. Alyssa Strobehn singled Gibson home, but Jaclyn Annis grounded out to the pitcher with two on to end the game.

“I think we should have hit that girl a lot better, a lot sooner than we did,” Moquett said of Cox.

Garden City found itself down 2-0 after the first, as Iowa Central scored on a passed ball and groundout. An error and ground-out allowed Iowa Central to add two more runs in the fourth to push the lead to 4-0.

The Busters were scheduled to play Indian Hills (Iowa) at 1 p.m. and Rose State (Okla.) at 5 p.m. today to end a stretch of 11 games in six days.

“We’re kind of seeing daylight here and we’d really like to get the two wins and get the girls some much-needed rest,” Moquett said.

Garden City C.C. softball goes 2-1 in first day of Butler tourney

meet record for the Bluejay Invite.

“I really hadn’t worked much on the triple jump, so to get that felt really good,” Tucker said.

Wehkamp, who is head-ed to Western Nebraska Community College on a volleyball scholarship, said she was more than thrilled with her jump of 5-04.

“I hadn’t even really tried to do any jump work until early in the week,”

said Wehkamp. “I felt like my second try at 5-06 was my best. If I can get my approach just a little fur-ther from the bar and get my peak position, I think I can go higher. It feels good, and it’s a good start to the season.”

Wehkamp was pushed in the event by her freshman teammate, Eva Koopman, who cleared 5-02 and just missed 5-04.

“It’s fun having her jumping,” Wehkamp said. “I like it, she really motivates

me and keeps me focused.”Wehkamp also finished

second in her other special-ty — long jump — going 16-09.75 to just finish behind Meade’s Tarah Wiens (16-10.75). All this despite the fact she spiked herself on the left leg when going through stretching drills prior to the long jump.

“I was just doing my usual stretch and my foot slipped down and I gouged my leg pretty good,” said Wehkamp. “It was pretty bloody. They cleaned it up,

put a wrap on it and I just went and jumped. It didn’t really bother me much.”

For Prieto, the season opener came less than three weeks after the Lady Longhorns’ basketball sea-son came to a close at the 3A state tournament. Unsure about whether she would compete this season, Prieto just began practicing less than two weeks prior to the season opening meet.

“Now that I’m out, it feels better, but I didnt’ meet my expectations,” Prieto said.

“The 100 was good and I know it’s early, but I know my time can improve.”

Her 300 time was just 1.17 seconds slower than her best mark of 2011 (47.76) and it came against a head-wind which hit the runners coming off the final curve.

“You just try to fin-ish the 300 and coming off the curve it was just tough,” Prieto said. “I actu-ally thought I did a good job with my steps because I didn’t have to stutter today. It’s a good starting point.”

Holcomb boys coach Lindall Cox said he was pleased with the overall per-formance of his team.

“Brendan (Thomas) ran his personal best in the 1,600 (4:44.90) and Heath (Tucker) got off to a great start today,” Cox said. “I thought out 4x4 really did a great job to run that kind of time today. They weren’t in the 3:20s until nearly the end of the season a year ago.”

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DENVER (AP) — For the first time since 1989, all four top seeds reached the NCAA women’s Final Four.

This year’s field of Baylor, Stanford, UConn and Notre Dame is argu-ably the strongest ever, with all four programs motivated by unfinished business from last season and out to add yet another crown to their crowded tro-phy case.

“All four of us, I think, pretty much we’re the top four teams in the coun-try all year long. I’m not sure if anybody ever fell to fifth,” Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said. “I think all four teams are probably the most talented teams in the country. So I guess we all achieved our expectations.”

Yet, Baylor, behind 6-

foot-8 star Brittney Griner and a lineup loaded at every other position, is a prohibitive favorite to cut down the nets at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night.

To become the first team in NCAA hoops his-tory to win 40 games in a season, the Lady Bears will have to get past Stanford, led by superstar sisters Nnemkadi and Chiney Ogwumike, on Sunday and then either UConn or Notre Dame in the title game.

“Whoever wins this tournament this coming weekend will have earned it, because they’ll have beat-en two of the best teams in college basketball in quite some time,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said.

Auriemma, whose Huskies played all three of the other semifinalists this season, said the common

thread is a dedication to defense and “people that are OK with the spotlight. They’re OK with the big moment. They’ve had enough failure and enough frustration to kind of harden them and toughen them.”

Only one other time, 23 years ago, did all four No. 1 seeds reach the Final Four, which speaks to the parity in women’s basketball.

“I’m kind of glad in a sense because it tells you that women’s basketball is growing,” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said.

This year, however, the top four teams have reached Denver, as expect-ed.

All thrived on high expectations, especially Baylor, which never shied away from the champion-ship chatter.

“Not one time this year have we ever felt pres-sure, we haven’t,” Mulkey insisted. “It’s just a case of we want to win a national championship. And if we lose it, what have we lost? I mean, we have had a great year.”

The Lady Bears are much more than just Griner. There’s defensive stopper Jordan Madden, who hounds the oppo-nents’ best player, Destiny Williams, Na Hayden and Odyssey Sims, one of the best point guards in the country.

This field is full of tradi-tion, coaches who are great tacticians and recruit-ers and all four teams are loaded with talented and athletic players.

“We don’t really get to be an underdog very often, so we’re kind of enjoying

it,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said.

Asked to name the one thing that concerns her the most about the unbeaten Lady Bears, VanDerveer couldn’t.

“They give you so many puzzles to solve,” she said. “First, you’re not used to playing against 6-foot-8. How do you score? Second would be how do you defend 6-8? And then Baylor is a lot more than just Brittney Griner. They have Odyssey Sims, Na Hayden. They have perim-eter shooters, rebounders, they have depth. They have a very experienced coach. So it’s not one thing. It’s probably many things.”

Stanford, like UConn, reached the Final Four for the fifth straight season.

But the Cardinal hasn’t played Baylor in a

long time and Stanford’s players haven’t seen the likes of Griner up close. VanDerveer prepared her players for this matchup by having a 6-8 guy practice with them, so “I don’t see it as a disadvantage at all.”

The Big East’s power pair of UConn and Notre Dame are certainly famil-iar with each other.

This will be their fourth meeting this season and eighth in the last 14 months.

Therefore, Auriemma suggested the game will come down to which team plays better and won’t turn on some strategic surprise.

“I just don’t know that you can hide that much from each other. We’ve seen each other way too much, know too much, have way too much insight into each other,” Auriemma said.

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“I wanted to make a statement, that not everybody is using col-lege basketball as a pit stop to go the next level,” he said. “That there’s more than money and endorsements. There’s championships that you’ve got to win at every level. That’s what I pride myself on. I’ve won a championship all the way from elementary to now. I pride myself on winning. That’s the big-gest thing. That’s why I came back.”

“Pride,” was also one of the first words Robinson used when asked about his decision to return for his junior year.

He spent most of his first two seasons play-ing limited minutes behind the Morris twins, Markieff and Marcus. NBA scouts were telling Robinson he could be a first-round draft pick if he left.

“It was a pride issue,” Robinson said. “I didn’t want people to guess and be like, ‘I think he can play. We’ve seen glimps-es.’ I wanted to come back and prove to every-body that I’m a good player.”

He did. Widely viewed in the preseason as a player who might nudge his way onto some All-America lists, Robinson outperformed the predic-tions. He averages 17.7 points and 11.8 rebounds a game and is learning the difference between coming off the bench as a role player and leading a team.

“Guys can be pre-pared to get a check, but I’m not sure they’re all prepared to make a living,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “Thomas wasn’t prepared to make a living. I mean, let’s call it like it is. He never had to carry the water. To me, it wasn’t a hard deci-sion. He needed to show everybody and himself that he was a guy who could make plays to impact a game.”

While Kentucky coach John Calipari, never one for understatement, said he thinks Game 1 will be played in the 90s, Las Vegas oddsmakers dis-agree. The over-under for Louisville-Kentucky is the exact same as it is for Ohio State-Kansas: 136.5. The Buckeyes are 2.5-point favorites over Kansas — a sign of how big a difference Sullinger and a neutral court mean in the eyes of the “experts.”

Of course, both teams have changed consider-ably over the past three months.

“Guys were still find-ing their own way. Guys

were trying to define their own role to the coaching staff,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said of the December meeting. “Eventually it hits and guys say, ‘OK, this is what I need to do.’ I know that has been a big thing for us.”

The game has other intriguing matchups, namely how the rematch between guards Aaron Craft of Ohio State and Tyshawn Taylor of Kansas will play out. In the first game, Taylor had 13 assists despite playing with a bulky brace on his knee. Craft, known for his on-ball defense, had 11 points and six assists.

“From December 10th until now, I think I’m a completely different player,” Taylor said.

There’s also the coach-ing matchup of Self, who snapped a 20-year title drought at KU in 2008, against Matta, who restored Ohio State’s program after scandal during the Jim O’Brien era.

These are two pro-grams with 62 wins this

year and 24 Final Four appearances overall between them.

Some undercard, huh?

Ever the well-spo-ken diplomat, Sullinger naturally said he appre-ciated the intensity of Louisville-Kentucky.

“Two great coaches, two great basketball teams that are playing very, very well right now,” he said. “But we

can’t focus on that game. Because if we overlook Kansas, we’ll be packing our bags up and heading home.”

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Kansas StatisticsBy The Associated PressPlayer G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA PctRobinson 37-37 1169 31.6 247-482 .512 7-14 .500 154-226 .681Taylor 37-36 1230 33.2 215-446 .482 57-148 .385 131-192 .682Johnson 37-36 1190 32.2 137-322 .425 65-194 .335 32-46 .696Withey 37-37 902 24.4 109-199 .548 0-0 --- 123-155 .794Releford 37-36 1138 30.8 113-226 .500 24-77 .312 63-98 .643Teahan 37-2 784 21.2 67-181 .370 50-147 .340 26-31 .839Young 36-0 410 11.4 47-96 .490 3-9 .333 33-49 .673Juenemann 15-1 47 3.1 8-18 .444 1-6 .167 2-6 .333Wesley 37-0 324 8.8 17-30 .567 0-0 --- 11-26 .423lindsay 12-0 26 2.2 5-9 .556 1-3 .333 0-1 .000Tharpe 32-0 175 5.5 11-38 .289 6-22 .273 1-2 .500Roberts 7-0 14 2.0 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 .000Garrett 7-0 15 2.1 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 ---West 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 ---KANSAS 37 976-2051 .476 214-621 .345 576-834 .691Opponents 37 783-2061 .380 222-658 .337 490-685 .715

Player Off Def Tot Avg PF DQ AT TO BS ST Pts AvgRobinson 105 333 438 11.8 104 2 71 101 34 41 655 17.7Taylor 7 77 84 2.3 75 0 174 128 6 50 618 16.7Johnson 14 100 114 3.1 87 2 134 65 2 54 371 10.0Withey 77 153 230 6.2 93 1 28 44 129 22 341 9.2Releford 60 97 157 4.2 77 0 67 37 7 43 313 8.5Teahan 24 55 79 2.1 62 1 38 36 1 27 210 5.7Young 48 58 106 2.9 57 0 23 27 14 20 130 3.6Juenemann 1 7 8 0.5 4 0 2 2 1 1 19 1.3Wesley 26 33 59 1.6 69 1 1 11 14 6 45 1.2lindsay 0 3 3 0.3 3 0 1 0 1 1 11 0.9Tharpe 3 7 10 0.3 12 0 21 22 0 7 29 0.9Roberts 0 2 2 0.3 4 0 3 2 0 2 0 0.0Garrett 1 1 2 0.3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0West 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0KANSAS 426 966 1392 37.6 647 7 564 480 209 274 2744 74.2Opponents 397 786 1183 32.0 686 - 413 510 119 242 2278 61.6

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kentucky coach John Calipari likes to say there are no rivalry games at this point in the season.

Try telling that to the Bluegrass State, where basketball’s version of the civil war — Kentucky vs. Louisville, winner plays for the NCAA title — has so divided the small state that senior citizens have actually come to fisticuffs.

“The fans take it as, whoever loses, it’s their funeral, really,” Louisville senior guard Chris Smith said. “It’s really cut-throat, I would say.”

The game Saturday is the fifth time top-seed-ed Kentucky (36-2) and fourth-seeded Louisville (30-9) have met in the NCAA tournament. They split the previous four meetings.

Basketball purists may argue Duke-North Carolina or Kansas-Missouri are the game’s biggest, most intense rivalries. But those are like quaint tea parties compared with the ani-mosity between Kentucky and Louisville, which required government intervention to get them to schedule each other.

No, think Auburn-

Alabama on the hard-court, and you get the idea.

“We get along with most of them,” Kentucky fan Pat Stahl said of Louisville fans, “as long as they don’t talk to you.”

Or, heaven forbid, say something at a dialy-sis appointment. A 71-year-old Louisville fan punched a 68-year-old Kentucky fan earlier this week after their dis-cussion over Saturday night’s game got out of hand.

To be fair, police say the Kentucky fan did flip off the Louisville fan.

“It all started with the racial lines in Kentucky,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino said of the rival-ry. “Now (it’s) no longer racially motivated. It’s just pure hatred.”

It’s a given that Louisville and Kentucky would be rivals, their campuses a mere 70 miles apart in a state where basketball is king. To hear fans of both schools tell it, however, the pro-grams might as well be on different planets.

Kentucky is a college basketball blue blood, its seven national titles sec-ond only to UCLA, while Louisville has a nice lit-

tle tradition going with two national titles.

Kentucky is the bigger school, and its campus is set in bucolic hill coun-try. Louisville sprawls over several city blocks, smoke from a soy pro-cessing plant billowing overhead and railroad tracks cutting through the center of campus. (If the Louisville lacrosse coach never sees a train again after she retires, it’ll be too soon.)

Big Blue counts most of the state among its fan base, too, while Louisville isn’t necessarily even No. 1 in its own city.

In fact, about the only thing the two schools have in common is Pitino, who led the Wildcats to one national title and two other Final Four appear-ances in eight years at Kentucky.

Forget that engen-dering any warm-and-fuzzy goodwill with the Kentucky folks, however. Now that Pitino isn’t theirs, Kentucky fans hate him, too.

“Since we got Rick, (the rivalry) is more on their part,” Robert Coke said. “They’re used to getting the cream of the crop and being top-notch, so it’s hard when they

see someone else doing well.”

Think it’s a coinci-dence that Kentucky sped up its plans to renovate Rupp Arena after Louisville decided to build the KFC Yum! Center?

But the bad blood has been simmering for gen-erations.

Kentucky never sched-uled in-state schools under coach Adolph Rupp, and former assis-tant Joe B. Hall dutifully followed suit when he took over as coach. Gov. John Y. Brown stepped in following their matchup in the 1983 NCAA Mideast Regional finals, now known around the state as The Dream Game, and told the schools to start playing each other.

Kentucky currently holds bragging rights in the annual in-state rum-ble, winning 18 of the 29 games, including a 69-62 victory at Rupp Arena on Dec. 31.

“All you hear from the fans is, ‘Don’t lose to the Cardinals. Whatever hap-pens, Big Blue Nation bet-ter not lose to Louisville,’” recalled former Kentucky guard John Wall.

Fan is short for fanat-ic, after all.

Bluegrass State rivalry makes for an intense semifinal

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Kentucky’s Marquis Teague shoots under pressure from Louisville’s Gorgui Dieng in a Dec. 31 game. This time the win-ner not only gets bragging rights, but a trip to the title game.

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I always hate to lose the home-opener — even if “home” was in Japan this season.

Baseball season started for this house in the middle of March, when the high school season got under way. But it started a second time for me at 6:10 a.m. Wednesday when my Oakland A’s played the Seattle Mariners in Tokyo.

The A’s lost 3-1 — the eighth straight season they have lost the first game of the season.

There are some games every sports fan wants to win. Besides beating hated rivalries and win-ning championship games, open-ing day is right up there.

Immediately, that old feeling I had last season, and the sea-son before that, and the season before that, and, well you get the picture, returned.

All my optimism — and

believe me you have to be opti-mistic to think Oakland has a chance in a division with Texas and Anaheim — sunk.

I still have hopes — everyone has hopes until the first long los-ing streak — but it sure would have been nice to get that first game.

I may be one of the few peo-ple who cares about baseball at this point. It’s not like this is the Yankees and Red Sox playing, it is the two bottom-feeders in the American League West Division.

There is the NCAA Final Four (go Kansas) this weekend, and the rest of Major League Baseball does not open until the middle of next week, so the little opener went unnoticed for the most part.

This is the second time Oakland and Seattle have opened a season in Japan. I

would think it was quite an honor if it was not for the fact it was Oakland and Seattle.

Don’t forget that after this two-game mini series, the two teams head back to the United States to play, get this, more exhibition games.

How do teams get up for a regular season game, even if it’s in another country, then back off the intensity to play mean-ingless games?

I am not sure what Major League Baseball gains by these Japanese games. Baseball is

already massively popular in Japan. Look at the crowds that showed up to watch Oakland and Seattle. No one stateside cares about Oakland and Seattle except me and my doppelganger in Seattle.

I guess it’s a nice cultural exchange. We send them bad baseball teams that score few runs, and we get baseball at 6 in the morning played by bad teams that score few runs.

I’m sure the Oakland players enjoyed themselves. They got to play in front of actual fans.

When they return to Oakland and play their actual home open-er, the fans will flock to their run-down stadium because it’s the first game of the season.

After that, they will spend the rest of the year at home complaining about why the A’s think they have to move to

another city or build another stadium in order to generate some interest.

I love sports fans. We are spoiled, never understand los-ing, never understand rich, spoiled owners who operate on the cheap and love our teams until they lose.

But we are loyal. No matter how many losses, poor drafts, bad decisions by executives or complaining our players do, we keep rooting for them.

That’s why I will hang on every game, even in July when Oakland is so far behind Texas and Anaheim a GPS won’t be able to find them.

Go team.

Patrick Murphy, of Columbus, Neb., is a former assistant managing

editor of The Telegram.

GC Boxing Club brings home titles

The Garden City Boxing Club competed in a boxing show on March 17 at Oklahoma City, Okla.

In the 9-year-old division at 77 pounds,

Carlos Lopez was a win-ner over Jose McDonald of Lawton, Okla. Oscar Acevedo defeated Cervando Carpio of Oklahoma City in the 13-year-old 97-pound division. Noah Aldana defeated Ashton Barrera of Amarillo, Texas, in the 8-year-old 60-pound

division.Jose Mier competed

in the 15-year-old, 150-pound division where he was a winner over Darrel McDonald of Lawton, Okla. Robert Landeros defeated Jose Long of Oklahoma City in the 15-year-old, 119-pound divi-sion.

According to GC Boxing Club manager/coach Juan Aldana Jr., Garden City’s Brandon Rios will be fighting April 14 in Las Vegas against Cuban Richard Abril for the World Boxing Association lightweight division title. Abril is the interim champion.

Softball leagues being formed

Summer softball leagues are now being formed at the Garden City Recreation Commission.

Packets are available at the GCRC Office, 310 N. 6th. Sponsor fee is $180 plus a fee of $22 per play-er. The fee includes a 16-game schedule beginning in May and ending in July. Registration deadline is April 12.

For more information, contact Jared Rutti at 276-1200.

Youth baseball, softball set

The deadline for regis-tration for youth baseball and softball leagues spon-sored by the Garden City Recreation Commission will be April 19.

Baseball leagues will be for boys ages 7 to 15 and softball leagues for girls will be ages 7 to 16. Age is determined as of May 1 for boys and Jan. 1 for girls.

Workouts will be held to evaluate each participant to ensure balanced team assignments, not including

Pee Wee, Zodiac and Girls Rainbow.

All teams will play a 10-game schedule begin-ning in May and ending in July. There also will be a competitive T-Ball league offered for boys and girls, ages 4 and 5. The league will hold practice for three weeks and then have a 6-game season schedule.

Volunteer coaches are needed and parents can coach their own children. Registration deadline for the T-Ball league is April 19.

For more information, contact Jared Rutti at 276-1200.

3 on 3 basketball event set

The GCRC is sponsored the Spring Shoot-Out 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on April 21, with the tour-nament starting at 10 a.m. at the Finnup Park Basketball Courts.

The tournament will have three divisions — Men’s, Women’s and High School. The winning team of each division will receive t-shirts.

Entry fee is $30 per team

with the deadline for regis-tration set for April 20.

For more information, contact Amber Rogers at 276-1200.

Coed softball tourney set

The GCRC is sponsor-ing the April Lightning Tournament on April 14 and 15.

The coed tourney has a three-game guarantee with prizes for the first and sec-ond place teams.

Divisions include Men’s

C, D,E, Equalizer and Coed Open.

The entry fee is $160 per team plus $20 sanction fee for teams not sanctioned and must be paid at the time of registration.

Registration deadline is April 9. For more infor-mation, contact the GCRC office at 276-1200.

Tae Kwon Do classes start

Instruction for Tae Kwon Do is being offered by the GCRC.

The instruction includes practice and effective self-defense training and is being taught by Richard Burnett.

The martial arts pro-gram provides a tradition-al avenue of ranking for those desiring to earn a black belt.

Classes will be on

Monday and Wednesday evenings at the Garden City Community College mat room. Instruction is for persons ages 3 to adult. Registration fee is $35 for the six-week program and starts on Monday.

For more information, contact the GCRC office at 276-1200.

Spinning classes are offered

The Garden City Family YMCA is conduct-ing its Spinning Class Session 2.

Two different classes are offered — Winter Conditioning, Lean & Mean and Sweating Buckets.

Sessions begin May 21 and run through June

14. All sessions are $10 for members and $20 for program participants. Lean & Mean meets on Monday and Wednesday from 6:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sweating Buckets meets

on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Each class is only open to 10 participants. For more information con-tact Stacy Crase at 620-275-1199.

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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Alex Gordon went from a bust to busting the bank.

Gordon, who had a breakout 2011 season after a mediocre first four years in the majors, agreed to a $37.5 million, four-year deal that includes a player option for 2016 to remain with the Kansas City Royals.

The team had been work-ing on a long-term deal with Gordon for several months. It was finally announced Friday, one week before the start of the regular season.

Gordon will make $6 mil-lion this season, $9 million next season, $10 million in

2014 and $12.5 million in 2015. The player option is also for $12.5 million.

“This is where I want-ed to be,” Gordon said. “I’m thrilled it’s done and over with. I can look to the future now. I’m liking what I see. Our goal was to get it done by the beginning of the year, before the season started. It’s a very exciting day for me.

“Ever since Dayton (Moore, general manager) came into this organization, you kind of saw something change and he turned this organization around. We’ve got a great clubhouse right

now. I’m excited to be part of it. I couldn’t be happi-er to be here for five more years.”

Gordon hit .303 with 23 homers, 45 doubles and 87 RBIs. He also won his first Gold Glove, setting a fran-chise record with 20 outfield assists. The Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera, the Yankees’ Robinson Cano, and the Red Sox’s Jacoby Ellsbury and Adrian Gonzalez were the only others to hit.300 with 45 doubles and 20 homers last season.

Gordon, 27, was the sec-ond player picked in the 2005 draft and after one

minor league season was the Royals starting third baseman in 2007. Curt Schilling struck him out with the bases loaded in his first big league at-bat, but he was projected to be a superstar, maybe the next George Brett.

In 2010, Gordon hit .215 in 74 games and spent more time in the minors than he did in the majors. He entered last season with a career .244 batting average. He had hip surgery in 2009 and hit .232 with 22 RBIs in 49 games.

Gordon altered his swing last year under the

tutelage of hitting coach Kevin Seitzer and put up the best numbers by far of his career.

“This is a special, special individual who broke into the major leagues the way he did with all the expecta-tions and all of the hype and where our organization was and then to go and switch positions for the good of the team,” Moore said. “Who knows if he was ever going to make it back to the major leagues?”

Gordon is one of the lon-gest tenured Royals.

“I feel like one of the old guys around the clubhouse,”

Gordon said. “It’s good to part of this, all these young guys coming up.”

Moore said manager Ned Yost believed in Gordon from day one.

“Alex most importantly believed in himself,” Moore said. “To do what he’s done is an incredible to his char-acter and leadership. You have to have examples of greatness on your team if you’re going to win champi-onships. The way Alex pre-pares and focuses as a base-ball player is an example of greatness in our minds. We live with him every day. We see it. He’s won us all over.”

Royals lock up LF Alex Gordon with 4-year contract extension

Request for ProposalsSealed bids subject to the conditions and provisions

presented herein will be received until 10:00 AM (CDT) on Monday, April 23, 2012, and then publicly opened and read at the

City Engineer’s Office of the City of Garden City, forfurnishing all labor, materials and equipment and

performing all work necessary for the Wildlife Fence Phase II and Apron Lighting.

Copies of the plans and specifications and wage rate are on file and may be inspected at:

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deposit of $100.00. A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 AM (CDT) Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Office of the Aviation Director,

Garden City Regional Airport, 2225 S Air Service Road, Suite 112. Attendance is strongly encouraged, but if you are unable to attend,

please contacts Mark Williams, HNTB, 913-312-4820 or [email protected] for conference call information.

Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid guaranty in the amount of five (5) percent of the total amount of the bid. The bid guaranty may be by certified check or bid bond made payable to

the City of Garden City, Kansas.Bids may be held by the City of Garden City, Kansas until July 22,

2012 for the purpose of evaluating bids prior to award of contract.The City of Garden City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to accept the bid deemed to be in the best

interest of the City. This project is subject to the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. The Contractor is required to comply with wage and labor provisions and to pay minimum wages in accordance with

the schedule of wage rates established by the United States Department of Labor.

Award of contract is also subject to the following Federal provisions:

Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity

and Suspension and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-free Workplace

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Barry, age 11

Barry is an easy going young man with a great sense of humor! He loves learning new things and being active. His hobbies include wrestling, putting things together and playing video games. Barry would like to one day become a video game de-signer! Barry is comfortable in his own skin and makes good choices, despite life’s ups and downs. Barry would like a family that will allow him to maintain appropriate relationships with those people that are important to him.To learn more about adoption visit www.adoptkskids.org or call 877-457-5430. Barry’s case number is CH-5581.

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V-W-X-Y-ZValueClick 19.74 -.61+21.2VeecoInst 28.60 -1.75+37.5Velti 13.55 +.60+99.3VBradley 30.19 -.64 -6.4Verenium u4.15 +1.07+90.4Verisign 38.35 +.21 +7.4Verisk u46.97 +.97+17.0VertxPh 41.01 -.33+23.5ViacomB 47.46 +.82 +4.5Vical 3.40 +.31 -22.9VirgnMdah 24.98 +1.00+16.8Vivus 22.36 +1.05+129.3Vodafone 27.67 +.02 -1.3Volcano 28.38 +.08+19.3WarnerCh 16.81 +.67+11.1WebMD 25.58 -.13 -31.9WendysCo 5.01 +.09 -6.5WstptInng 40.92 -3.45+23.1WetSeal 3.45 +.17 +5.8WholeFd 83.20 -.25+19.6Windstrm 11.71 +.05 -.3Wynn 124.88 -1.69+13.0XOMA 2.77 +.58+140.9Xilinx 36.48 +.41+13.8Yahoo 15.22 -.17 -5.6Yandexn 26.87 +2.86+36.4Zagg 10.63 -.20+50.4Zalicus 1.20 +.16 -.8Zhongpin 11.25 +1.65+32.0ZionBcp 21.46 -.27+31.8ZollMed 92.63 -.12+46.6Zyngan 13.15 -.25+39.7

JiveSoftn u27.16 +.38+69.8JosABank 50.41 -3.96 +3.4KITDigitl d7.20 +.87 -14.8KLATnc u54.42 +1.54+12.8Kulicke u12.43 +.06+34.4LamResrch 44.62 +.80+20.5Lattice 6.43 +.02 +8.2LeapWirlss 8.73 -1.03 -6.0LibGlobA 50.08 -.19+22.1LibtyIntA u19.09 -.06+17.7LifeTech 48.82 +.75+25.5LimelghtN 3.29 -.13+11.1Lincare 25.88 -1.10 +.7LinearTch 33.70 +.48+12.2LinnEngy 38.15 +.19 +.6lululemngs 74.73 -1.15+60.2

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P-Q-RPDLBio 6.36 +.02 +2.6PMCSra 7.23 +.20+31.2Paccar 46.83 +.38+25.0PanASlv 22.06 +.42 +1.1ParamTch u27.94 +.28+53.0Patterson 33.40 +1.65+13.1PattUTI 17.29 -.60 -13.5Paychex 30.99 -.75 +2.9Pendrell 2.61 +.12 +2.0PeopUtdF 13.23 -.06 +3.0PerfectWld 16.18 -.10+54.5PetSmart 57.22 -.10+11.6Polycoms 19.07 -.32+17.0Popular 2.05 -.04+47.5Power-One 4.55 -.09+16.4PwShsQQQ u67.55 +.61+21.0Powrwvrs 2.05 -.10 -1.4Pozen 6.00 +.67+51.9PriceTR 65.30 +1.28+14.7priceline u717.50 +2.51+53.4PrUPShQQQ d10.79 -.32 -45.2PrUltPQQQ u119.64 +3.03+76.0ProspctCap 10.98 +.36+18.2QIAGEN 15.57 +.57+12.7QlikTech 32.00 +1.93+32.2Qlogic 17.76 +.06+18.4Qualcom u68.06 +1.38+24.4QuantFuel d.69 -.05 -5.5QuestSft 23.27 -.75+25.1Questcor 37.62 -.83 -9.5RFMicD 4.98 +.16 -7.8Rambus 6.45 -.18 -14.6Randgold 87.98 -3.34 -13.8Regenrn u116.62 -2.56+110.4RentACt u37.75 +2.33 +2.0RschMotn 14.70 +1.04 +1.4RexEnergy 10.68 -.05 -27.6RiverbedT 28.08 +.52+19.5RosettaR 48.76 -2.77+12.1RossStrss u58.10 +.99+22.2RoviCorp 32.55 +.10+32.4

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Name Last Chg Wkly

AQR Funds:DivArbIn 11.09 +.01

AllianceBern A:GloblBdAr 8.43 +.03HighIncoAp 9.01 -.02

Allianz Admin MMS:NFJSmCpVlt 29.69 -.02

Allianz Fds Instl:NFJDivVal 12.48 +.01SmCpVln 31.22 -.01

Allianz Funds A:NFJDivValt 12.39 +.01SmCpVA 29.73 -.02

Alpine Funds:TaxOptIncox 10.05 ...AmanaGrthn 27.11 +.29AmanaIncon 33.73 +.25

Amer Beacon Insti:LgCapInst 21.28 +.12SmCapInst 21.39 -.03

Amer Beacon Inv:LgCapInv 20.20 +.12

Ameri Century 1st:Growth 28.72 +.26

Amer Century Adv:EqtyIncAp 7.69 +.05

Amer Century Inv:DivBondn 11.01 +.01DivBond 11.01 +.01EqGroInvn 24.22 +.14EqInco 7.69 +.05GNMAI 11.21 +.01GrowthI 28.48 +.26HeritageI 23.11 ...InfAdjBond 12.85 -.03IntTF 11.48 +.02MdCapVal 12.86 +.11SelectI 44.80 +.40Ultran 26.48 +.22ValueInv 6.23 +.05

American Funds A:AmcapFAp 21.24 +.12AmMutlAp 27.62 +.17BalAp 19.70 +.13BondFdAp 12.64 ...CapInBldAp 51.34 +.19CapWGrAp 35.57 +.15CapWldApx 20.91 -.09EupacAp 39.47 +.04FundInvAp 39.36 +.24GlblBalAx 25.91 -.02GovtAp 14.34 +.01GwthFdAp 32.92 +.26HITrstAp 11.07 +.01HiIncMuniA 14.55 +.03IncoFdAp 17.49 +.06IntBdAp 13.64 +.01IntlGrIncAp 29.67 +.06InvCoAAp 29.96 +.16LtdTEBdAp 16.15 +.03NwEconAp 27.74 +.20NewPerAp 29.75 +.18NewWorldA 51.81 +.21STBFAp 10.08 ...SmCpWAp 38.79 +.24TaxExAp 12.71 +.02WshMutAp 30.42 +.25

American Funds B:BalanBp 19.64 +.12CapInBldBp 51.40 +.18CapWGrBt 35.39 +.13GrowthBt 31.90 +.25IncomeBp 17.37 +.06

Arbitrage Funds:ArbitrageIn 13.20 +.03

Ariel Investments:Arieln 49.23 -.05

Artio Global Funds:GlbHiIncIrx 9.69 -.06IntlEqIr 25.42 +.03IntlEqA 24.82 +.03IntlEqIIIr 10.69 +.01TotRetIx 13.64 -.01

Artisan Funds:Intl 22.90 +.17IntlInstl 23.03 +.17IntlValur 27.92 +.10MidCap 39.79 +.09MidCapVal 21.55 +.07SmCapVal 16.41 ...

Aston Funds:FairMidCpN 33.45 +.03M&CGroN 25.23 +.26

BBH Funds:BdMktNx 10.35 -.01

BNY Mellon Funds:

MulSStAp 4.85 ...WM Blair Fds Inst:

IntlGrwth 14.16 +.10WM Blair Mtl Fds:

IntlGrowthIr 21.82 +.15Waddell & Reed Adv:

AssetSp 9.64 +.03Bond 6.48 +.01CoreInvA 6.52 +.06HighInc 7.20 +.01NwCcptAp 10.39 +.01ScTechA 10.70 +.06

Wasatch:IncEqtyx 14.36 +.01SmCapGrth 43.18 +.18

Weitz Funds:ShtIntmIcoIx 12.48 -.06

Wells Fargo Adv A:AstAllAp 12.61 +.02

Wells Fargo Adv Ad:AssetAll 12.69 +.02

Wells Fargo Adv C:AstAllCt 12.16 +.02

Wells Fargo Adv :GrowthInvn 40.71 +.35STMunInvn 10.00 ...SCapValInvp 31.66 -.38

Wells Fargo Ad Ins:TRBdS 12.90 ...DJTar2020I 14.51 +.04Growth 43.93 +.38UlStMuInc 4.82 ...

Wells Fargo Admin:Growth 42.78 +.37

Wells Fargo Instl:UltSTMuA 4.82 ...

Westcore:PlusBd 11.04 -.02

Western Asset:CrPlusBdF1p 11.25 -.01CorePlusI 11.26 ...CoreI 11.98 ...Wintergreent 14.64 -.06

Yacktman Funds:Fundp 18.82 +.15Focused 20.05 +.15

LTInGraden 10.18 -.09LTTsryn 12.33 -.23MidCapGro 21.62 +.06Morgann 20.47 +.20MuHYn 10.91 +.02MuIntn 14.09 +.02MuLtdn 11.14 ...MuShrtn 15.93 +.01PrecMtlsMinr 19.28 -.12PrmCpCorern 14.74 +.13Prmcpr 68.14 +.70SelValur 20.50 +.13STARn 20.39 +.08STIGrade 10.74 +.01STFedn 10.81 -.03STTsryn 10.75 -.01StratEqn 20.94 +.06TgtRetInc 11.94 -.02TgtRet2010 23.72 +.06TgtRet2015 13.18 +.05TgtRet2020 23.46 +.10TgtRet2025 13.39 +.06TgRet2030 23.02 +.11TgtRet2035 13.88 +.07TgtRe2040 22.82 +.11TgtRet2050n 22.72 +.12TgtRe2045n 14.33 +.07USGron 21.34 +.05Wellslyn 23.58 -.11Welltnn 33.48 -.06Wndsrn 14.62 +.17WndsIIn 28.97 +.28

Vanguard Idx Fds:DevMkInPlnr 97.84 +.20EmMkInPlnr 91.33 +.02ExtMktIn 111.09 +.35MidCpIstPln 110.14 +.48SmCapInPln 108.85 +.37TotIntAdmnr 24.46 +.04TotIntlInstnr 97.82 +.15TotIntlIPnr 97.84 +.15TotIntSignr 29.34 +.04500n 129.78 +1.09Balancedn 23.35 +.01DevMktn 9.47 +.02EMktn 27.47 ...Extendn 44.99 +.14Growthn 36.54 +.33ITBondn 11.71 -.02LTBondn 13.43 -.11MidCap 22.27 +.09REITr 21.15 +.39SmCapn 37.68 +.13SmlCpGrow 24.45 +.10SmlCapVal 16.85 +.05STBondn 10.61 +.01TotBondn 10.94 -.01TotlIntln 14.62 +.02TotStkn 35.19 +.26Valuen 22.51 +.16

Vanguard Instl Fds:BalInstn 23.35 ...DevMktInstn 9.39 +.02EmMktInstn 27.46 +.01ExtInn 45.01 +.14FTAllWldIr 86.99 +.09GrowthInstl 36.53 +.32InfProtInstn 11.34 -.06InstIdxn 128.94 +.52InsPln 128.94 +.51InstTStIdxn 31.85 +.09InstTStPlus 31.85 +.09MidCapInstln 22.33 +.09REITInstr 13.96 +.25STIGrInst 10.74 +.01SmCpInn 37.71 +.13SmlCapGrIn 24.49 +.09TBIstn 10.94 -.01TSInstn 35.20 +.26ValueInstln 22.50 +.15

Vanguard Signal:ExtMktSgln 38.68 +.12500Sgln 107.20 +.90GroSign 33.83 +.30ITBdSign 11.71 -.02MidCapIdxn 31.90 +.14STBdIdxn 10.61 +.01SmCapSign 33.98 +.12TotalBdSgln 10.94 -.01TotStkSgnln 33.97 +.25ValueSign 23.42 +.16

Vantagepoint Fds:EqtyIncn 9.20 +.05Growthn 9.64 +.06MPLgTmGrn 22.33 +.09MPTradGrthn 23.29 +.08

Victory Funds:DvsStkAx 16.37 +.08

Virtus Funds:EmgMktI 9.78 +.13

Virtus Funds A:

Goldt 70.91 -.20Touchstone Family:

SandsCapGrI 17.83 +.06Transamerica C:

AsAlModGrt 12.34 +.06Tweedy Browne:

GblValue 23.79 +.01USAA Group:

CornstStrn 22.52 +.06HYldInconx 8.37 -.05IncStknx 13.54 +.12Incomenx 13.17 -.01IntTerBdn 10.58 +.01Intln 24.64 +.10PrecMM 30.23 +.08S&PIdxn 21.08 +.07S&PRewrd 21.09 +.07ShtTBndn 9.18 ...TxEITn 13.41 +.03TxELTn 13.50 +.01TxEShn 10.80 ...

VALIC :MidCapIdx 21.17 +.08StockIndex 26.25 +.22

Van Eck Funds:GlHardA 46.16 -.44

Vanguard Admiral:BalAdmln 23.35 ...CAITAdmn 11.48 +.02CALTAdm 11.64 +.02CpOpAdln 75.90 +.93EMAdmnr 36.09 ...Energyn 115.58 -1.54EqIncAdml 49.40 +.12EuropAdml 57.50 -.20ExplAdml 75.88 +.24ExntdAdmn 45.02 +.15500Admln 129.78 +1.09GNMAAdmn 11.01 -.01GroIncAdm 48.95 +.43GrwthAdmln 36.54 +.33HlthCaren 58.56 +1.24HiYldCpn 5.84 ...InflProAdn 27.84 -.15ITBondAdml 11.71 -.02ITsryAdmln 11.51 -.04IntlGrAdml 59.25 +.07ITAdmln 14.09 +.02ITCoAdmrl 10.08 -.04LtdTrmAdm 11.14 ...LTGrAdml 10.18 -.09LTsryAdml 12.33 -.23LTAdmln 11.48 +.02MCpAdmln 101.09 +.43MorgAdm 63.48 +.64MuHYAdmln 10.91 +.02NJLTAdn 12.07 +.03NYLTAdm 11.48 +.01PrmCapr 70.70 +.73PacifAdml 65.67 +.76PALTAdmn 11.48 +.02REITAdmlr 90.22 +1.64STsryAdml 10.75 -.01STBdAdmln 10.61 +.01ShtTrmAdm 15.93 +.01STFedAdm 10.81 -.03STIGrAdm 10.74 +.01SmlCapAdmln 37.71 +.13TxMCapr 70.43 +.56TxMGrIncr 63.12 +.25TtlBdAdmln 10.94 -.01TotStkAdmn 35.19 +.26ValueAdmln 22.50 +.15WellslAdmn 57.12 -.28WelltnAdmn 57.83 -.11WindsorAdmn 49.34 +.59WdsrIIAdm 51.42 +.49TaxMgdSCr 30.51 +.11

Vanguard Fds:CapOppn 32.86 +.40Convtn 12.89 -.05DivAppInvn 23.43 +.29DividendGro 16.60 +.17Energy 61.56 -.82EqIncn 23.57 +.07Explorern 81.54 +.25GNMAn 11.01 -.01GlobEqn 18.07 +.08GroIncn 29.97 +.26HYCorpn 5.84 ...HlthCaren 138.78 +2.92InflaPron 14.17 -.08IntlExplrn 14.79 +.11IntlGr 18.63 +.03IntlValn 29.89 +.01ITIGrade 10.08 -.04ITTsryn 11.51 -.04LIFEConn 16.96 -.03LIFEGron 23.23 +.11LIFEIncn 14.43 -.05LIFEModn 20.60 +.07

UtilityA 11.23 +.07Prudential Fds Z&I:

MidCapGrZ 32.95 +.35SmallCoZ 23.08 +.01

Putnam Funds A:CATxAp 8.11 +.01DvrInAp 7.62 -.01EqInApx 16.75 +.03GrInAp 14.43 +.08MultiCpGr 56.71 +.41VoyAp 23.58 ...

RS Funds:RSNatResnp 35.84 -.18

RidgeWorth Funds:GScUltShBdI 10.14 ...HighYldI 9.69 -.01LgCpValEqI 13.77 +.12MdCValEqI 11.07 +.05

Royce Funds:LowPrSkSvcr 15.96 +.04PennMuIrn 12.06 +.02PremierInr 20.68 +.01SpeclEqInvr 21.85 +.07TotRetIr 13.77 +.01ValPlusSvc 13.81 +.05

Russell Funds S:GlobEq 9.06 +.01IntlDevMkt 29.90 +.01StratBd 11.08 +.01USCoreEq 30.50 +.21

SEI Portfolios:CoreFxInAn 11.21 ...HiYldn 7.40 +.01IntlEqAn 8.24 +.02LgCGroAnx 25.35 +.11LgCValAnx 17.76 +.08TaxMgdLCx 13.72 +.07

SSgA Funds:EmgMkt 20.32 +.01

Schwab Funds:CoreEqty 18.87 +.11DivEqtySelx 14.46 +.02FunUSLInstr 10.51 +.06IntlSSr 16.28 +.031000Invr 39.87 +.31S&PSeln 22.02 +.18SmCapSel 21.37 +.01TSMSelr 25.50 +.19

Scout Funds:Intl 31.77 +.24

Selected Funds:AmerShsD 43.89 +.15AmShsSp 43.89 +.15Sequoian 161.15 +.96

Sit Funds:USGovn 11.31 +.01

Sound Shore:SoundShoren 33.94 +.06

St FarmAssoc:Gwthn 56.19 +.47

Sun Capital Adv:IbbotsBalSvp 12.38 +.05

TCW Funds:EmMktInc 8.83 +.01TotlRetBdI 9.91 +.02

TCW Funds N:TotRtBdNp 10.24 +.01

TFS Funds:MktNeutralr 15.00 +.05

TIAA-CREF Funds:BdIdxInst 10.77 +.01BondInst 10.59 +.01EqIdxInst 10.72 +.08IntlEqIInst 15.68 +.03LgCVlInst 13.74 +.07

Templeton Instit:ForEqS 18.70 -.08

Third Avenue Fds:REValInstr 23.98 +.12ValueInst 45.52 -.01

Thornburg Fds C:IntValuCtx 25.06 -.03

Thornburg Fds:IntlValApx 26.68 -.07IncBuildAt 18.64 -.01IncBuildCp 18.64 -.01IntlValueIx 27.26 -.10LtdMunAp 14.53 +.02LtTMuniI 14.53 +.02ValueI 34.74 -.36

Thrivent Fds A:LgCapStock 23.69 +.14MuniBdx 11.62 +.01

Tocqueville Fds:Delafield 31.32 +.31

Parnassus Funds:EqtyInconx 28.28 +.10

Pax World:Balanced 23.65 +.15

Perm Port Funds:Permanent 48.74 +.12

Pioneer Funds A:CullenVal 18.63 +.11HighYldAp 10.12 ...PionFdAp 42.30 +.34StratIncAp 10.93 -.01ValueAp 11.94 +.12

Pioneer Funds C:PioneerFdY 42.44 +.34

Pioneer Fds Y:CullenValY 18.68 +.11StratIncYp 10.93 -.01

Price Funds Adv:EqtyIncnx 25.47 +.05Growthpn 37.52 +.32HiYldn 6.72 -.01R2020Ap 17.46 +.07R2030Advnp 18.44 +.08

Price Funds:Balancenx 20.63 ...BlueChipGn 45.90 +.41CapAprn 22.58 +.14DivGronx 25.62 +.16EmMktBn 13.40 -.01EmMktSn 32.13 -.02EqIncnx 25.52 +.03EqIdxnx 37.96 +.16GNMn 10.10 +.01Growthn 37.92 +.32HlthScin 38.45 +.53HiYldn 6.74 ...InstlCpGrn 19.26 +.19InstHiYldn 9.49 -.01InstlFltRtn 10.09 +.01MCEqGrn 30.52 +.11IntlBdn 9.87 +.03IntlDisn 43.74 +.57IntlGr&Incn 12.89 +.03IntStkn 13.99 ...LatAmn 43.82 -.41MdTxFrn 10.84 +.01MediaTln 55.08 +.18MidCapn 59.70 +.21MCapValn 23.84 +.01NewAmn 35.82 +.15NAsian 15.85 +.10NewEran 44.58 -.36NwHrznn 35.99 +.14NewIncon 9.70 +.01OverSeaSFn 8.18 +.01PSBalnx 20.43 ...RealAssetsr 11.13 +.02RealEstnx 20.55 +.27R2010n 16.21 +.05R2015 12.65 +.05Retire2020n 17.56 +.07R2025 12.90 +.06R2030n 18.57 +.08R2035n 13.16 +.06R2040n 18.74 +.08R2045n 12.48 +.06RetIncomen 13.70 +.02SciTchn 31.16 +.32STBdn 4.84 ...SmCapStkn 35.46 +.08SmCapValn 38.17 -.01SpecGr 19.27 +.10SpecInn 12.67 +.01SumMuIntn 11.75 +.01TxFreen 10.27 +.01TxFrHYn 11.33 +.02TxFrSIn 5.68 ...Valuen 25.32 +.15

Primecap Odyssey :Growthr 16.74 +.13

Principal Inv:BdMtgInstl 10.75 ...DivIntlInst 9.79 +.02HighYldAp 7.63 -.01HiYldIn 10.64 +.01LgLGIIn 10.49 +.09LgCV1In 11.60 +.08LgGrIn 9.16 +.04LgCpIndxI 9.88 +.08LgCValIn 10.51 +.10LfTm2020In 12.35 +.04LT2030In 12.25 +.05LT2040In 12.46 +.06MidCGIIIIn 11.62 +.04PreSecsInx 9.98 -.06SAMBalAx 13.49 +.01

Prudential Fds A:MidCpGrA 31.76 +.34NatResA 48.83 -.65STCorpBdA 11.49 +.01

IntmDurMuBd 9.20 +.01HYMuniBd 15.94 +.04TWValOpp 31.82 -.36

Nuveen Cl Y:RealEstx 20.86 +.24

Oakmark Funds I:EqtyIncr 29.19 +.26GlobalIr 22.99 +.14IntlIr 19.33 -.09IntlSmCpr 14.36 +.25Oakmark 47.71 +.21Select 32.34 +.11

Old Westbury Fds:GlobOpp 7.29 +.02GlbSMdCap 15.23 +.09LgCapStrat 9.92 +.05RealReturn 9.60 -.05

Oppenheimer A:AMTFrMuAx 6.77 +.01CapAppAp 48.80 +.35CapIncAp 8.87 +.04DevMktAp 33.67 +.29EqIncAp 25.30 +.08GlobalAp 61.52 +.86GblAllocA 14.81 ...GlblOppA 31.73 +.14GblStrIncoA 4.20 -.01Goldp 34.16 +.13IntlBdApx 6.33 +.01IntGrowp 29.15 +.23LtdTrmMux 14.84 +.01MnStFdA 37.01 +.48MnStSCpAp 22.69 -.08RisingDivA 17.48 +.16SenFltRtAx 8.25 +.02

Oppenheimer C&M:DevMktCt 32.32 +.27GblStrIncoC 4.20 ...IntlBondCx 6.30 ...SenFltRtCx 8.25 +.01

Oppenheimer Roch:LtdNYApx 3.36 ...LtdNYCtx 3.34 ...RoNtMuCtx 7.18 +.01RoMuApx 16.55 +.05RcNtlMuAx 7.20 +.01

Oppenheimer Y:DevMktY 33.29 +.28IntlBdYx 6.33 +.01IntlGrowY 28.98 +.23ValueY 23.09 +.27

Osterweis Funds:StratIncome 11.56 +.01

PIMCO Admin PIMS:RelRetAdp 11.95 -.03ShtTmAdp 9.80 ...TotRetAdn 11.09 +.02

PIMCO Instl PIMS:AllAssetAutr 10.63 -.01AllAsset 12.14 ...CommodRR 6.69 -.09DiverInco 11.64 +.01EmgMktCur 10.53 +.03EmMktsBd 11.67 +.02FltgIncr 8.69 -.01FrgnBdUndr 10.87 +.06FrgnBdn 10.75 +.04HiYldn 9.29 ...InvGradeCp 10.60 ...LowDurn 10.40 +.02ModDurn 10.74 +.02RERRStgr 5.10 +.08RealReturn 11.45 -.10RealRetInstl 11.95 -.03ShortT 9.80 ...TotRetn 11.09 +.02TRIIn 10.70 +.02TRIIIn 9.76 +.01

PIMCO Funds A:AllAstAutht 10.56 -.01AllAssetp 12.04 ...CommodRRp 6.56 -.09LowDurA 10.40 +.02RealRetAp 11.95 -.03TotRtA 11.09 +.02

PIMCO Funds C:AllAstAutt 10.46 ...AllAssetCt 11.90 ...RealRetCp 11.95 -.03TotRtCt 11.09 +.02

PIMCO Funds D:LowDuratp 10.40 +.02RealRtnp 11.95 -.03TotlRtnp 11.09 +.02

PIMCO Funds P:AstAllAuthP 10.62 -.01EmgLocalP 10.75 +.02RealRtnP 11.95 -.03TotRtnP 11.09 +.02

InvGrBdCp 12.29 +.02InvGrBdY 12.40 +.02

Lord Abbett A:IntrTaxFr 10.73 +.03AffiliatdApx 11.83 +.03FundlEq 13.48 +.11BondDebAp 7.94 -.01ShDurIncoAp 4.60 ...MidCapAp 17.58 +.09RsSmCpA 33.65 -.01TaxFrAp 11.03 +.02

Lord Abbett C:BdDbCp 7.96 -.01ShDurIncoCt 4.63 ...

Lord Abbett F:ShtDurInco 4.60 +.01

Lord Abbett I:SmCapVal 35.71 -.01

MFS Funds A:IntlDiverA 13.61 +.10MITA 21.35 +.23MIGA 17.61 +.16EmGrA 48.01 +.45IntlValA 25.87 +.22ModAllA 14.15 +.06MuHiAt 7.90 ...RschA 27.80 +.24TotRAx 14.97 +.07UtilAx 17.71 +.03ValueA 25.08 +.25

MFS Funds I:ResrchBdIn 10.77 +.01ReInT 15.25 +.06ValueI 25.19 +.25

MFS Funds Instl:IntlEqtyn 18.20 +.09

MainStay Funds A:HiYldBdAx 5.93 -.03LgCpGrAp 8.04 +.08

MainStay Funds I:ICAPSelEqx 38.00 +.19

Mairs & Power:Growthn 81.39 +1.87

Managers Funds:Bondnx 26.66 -.06

Manning&Napier Fds:WorldOppAn 7.67 +.02

Matthews Asian:AsiaDivInvr 13.86 +.19AsianG&IInv 16.73 +.21ChinaInv 23.44 +.10PacTigerInv 22.55 +.17MergerFdn 15.76 -.01

Meridian Funds:Growth 46.97 +.46

Metro West Fds:TotRetBd 10.56 +.02TotalRetBondI 10.56 +.03MontagGrI 25.35 +.27

MorganStanley Inst:IntlEqIn 13.71 +.03MCapGrIn 38.72 +.39MCapGrPp 37.33 +.37

Munder Funds Y:MdCpCGrYn 32.13 +.18

Mutual Series:BeaconZ 12.91 ...GblDiscovA 29.14 +.03GlbDiscC 28.88 +.03GlbDiscZ 29.51 +.03QuestZ 17.47 ...SharesZ 21.81 +.10

Nationwide Instl:S&P500Instln 11.77 +.10

Neuberger&Berm Fds:Genesisn 35.31 +.31GenesInstl 49.60 +.44

Neuberger&Berm Tr:Genesisn 51.45 +.45

Nicholas Group:Nicholn 47.85 +.24

Northern Funds:BondIdx 10.86 ...EmgMEqIdx 11.65 -.02FixInn 10.46 ...HiYFxIncn 7.31 ...IntTaxExn 10.69 +.03IntlEqIdxr 9.96 +.02MMEmMktr 18.67 +.07MMIntlEqr 9.25 +.02SmlCapValn 16.57 +.05StockIdxn 17.46 +.07

Nuveen Cl A:HYldMuBdp 15.95 +.04

Nuveen Cl R:

Chartp 17.74 +.08CmstkA 17.10 +.09Constlp 24.95 +.22DevMktp 32.23 +.28DivrsDivp 13.04 +.14EqtyIncA 8.95 +.06GrIncAp 20.35 +.17HYMuA 9.68 +.02IntlGrow 27.82 +.19MidCpCEqp 23.43 +.10MuniInA 13.55 +.02

Invesco Funds P:SummitPp 13.13 +.09

Invesco Funds Y:BalRiskY 12.55 +.10

Ivy Funds:AssetSCt 24.67 +.06AssetStrAp 25.44 +.07AssetStrIr 25.67 +.08GlNatRsAp 17.76 -.24HighIncoAp 8.30 ...

JPMorgan A Class:CoreBondAx 11.85 -.01InvBalpx 12.84 +.01InvConpx 11.60 +.02InvGr&InApx 13.65 +.04MdCpValp 25.98 +.28

JPMorgan C Class:CoreBondpnx 11.90 -.02

JP Morgan Instl:MidCapValn 26.39 +.28

JPMorgan R Cl:CoreBondnx 11.85 -.01HighYldrx 7.89 -.02MtgBackedx 11.47 -.03ShtDurBondx 10.97 -.01

JPMorgan Select:MdCpValu 26.17 +.28USEquitynx 11.30 +.07

JPMorgan Sel Cls:CoreBondnx 11.84 -.01HighYldx 7.89 -.03IntmdTFBdnx 11.24 ...IntlValSel 12.49 ...IntrdAmer 25.78 +.21LgCapGr 25.05 +.22ShtDurBdSelx 10.97 -.01TxAwRRetnx 10.41 -.01USLCCrPlsn 22.59 +.23

Janus S Shrs:Forty 36.93 +.18

Janus T Shrs:BalancedTnx 26.65 -.02Grw&IncTnx 34.09 +.16JanusT 31.74 +.18OverseasTr 37.68 -.70PerkMCValT 22.21 +.08ResearchTn 32.39 +.21ShTmBdT 3.09 +.01TwentyT 61.34 +.18

Jensen Funds:QualGrowthI 29.38 +.43QualityGrthJ 29.37 +.43

John Hancock A:StrIncAp 6.59 ...

John Hancock Cl 1:LSAggress 12.70 +.05LSBalancex 13.25 ...LSConservx 13.09 -.05LSGrowth 13.26 +.05LSModerx 13.01 -.02

Keeley Funds:SmCpValAp 25.94 -.06

Lazard Instl:EmgMktI 19.71 +.10

Lazard Open:EmgMktOpp 20.16 +.10

Legg Mason A:CBEqBldrAx 14.31 +.01CBAggGrp 125.65 +1.77CBApprp 15.31 +.15CBFdAllCVA 14.01 +.05WAMgMuAp 16.69 +.02

Legg Mason C:CMValTrp 42.50 +.64

Longleaf Partners:Partners 30.09 +.01Intln 13.27 +.01SmCap 27.73 -.29

Loomis Sayles:LSBondI 14.67 +.04StrIncC 15.25 +.03LSBondR 14.61 +.04StrIncA 15.17 +.04

Loomis Sayles Inv:InvGrBdAp 12.39 +.02

GrthAv 18.27 -.06Frank/Temp Tmp B&C:

GlBdCp 13.16 +.04Franklin Templ:

TgtModApx 14.52 -.01GE Elfun S&S:

S&SIncomen 11.75 +.01TaxEx 12.08 +.02Trustsn 46.75 +.19USEqtyn 44.39 +.39

GE Instl Funds:IntlEqn 10.60 +.03

GE Investments:TRFd3p 16.96 +.07

GMO Trust:USTreasx 25.00 ...

GMO Trust II:EmergMktr 11.74 -.01

GMO Trust III:CHIE 22.24 -.09IntlIntrVal 20.35 -.13Quality 24.15 +.34

GMO Trust IV:EmerMkt 11.67 -.02IntlGrEq 23.06 +.14IntlIntrVal 20.33 -.13Quality 24.17 +.34

GMO Trust VI:EmgMktsr 11.68 -.01IntlCoreEq 27.54 -.07Quality 24.16 +.34StrFixInco 16.45 +.09

Gabelli Funds:Asset 52.13 +.40EqIncpx 22.20 +.13SmCapGn 35.15 +.16

Gateway Funds:GatewayA 27.05 +.10

Goldman Sachs A:MidCapVAp 37.59 +.39

Goldman Sachs Inst:CoreFxc 10.36 +.01GrthOppt 25.85 +.25HiYield 7.14 ...HYMunin 8.91 +.03MidCapVal 37.87 +.39ShrtDurTFn 10.61 ...SmCapVal 45.50 +.02

Harbor Funds:Bondx 12.44 -.02CapAppInstn 43.94 +.32HiYBdInstrx 10.88 -.13IntlInvt 59.43 +.16IntlAdminp 59.60 +.16IntlGrnr 12.04 +.04Intlnr 60.01 +.17

Harding Loevner:EmgMktsr 49.10 +.28

Hartford Fds A:CapAppAp 33.58 +.20DivGthApx 20.70 +.08FltRateApx 8.83 +.02MidCapAp 20.50 +.33

Hartford Fds C:CapAppCt 29.74 +.17FltRateCtx 8.82 +.02

Hartford Fds I:DivGthInx 20.63 +.07

Hartford Fds Y:CapAppIn 33.60 +.21FltRateIx 8.84 +.02

Hartford HLS IA :CapApp 43.18 +.25Div&Grwth 21.34 +.16Advisers 21.11 +.13Stock 45.26 +.34IntlOpp 12.21 +.09TotalRetBd 11.81 +.01

Heartland Fds:ValPlusInvp 30.37 +.27

Henderson Glbl Fds:IntlOppAp 20.76 +.11

Hussman Funds:StrTotRetrx 12.26 -.01StrGrowth 11.60 +.03

IVA Funds:IntlIr 15.70 +.07WorldwideAt 16.31 +.01WorldwideCt 16.20 +.01WorldwideIr 16.32 +.01

Invesco Fds Instl:IntlGrow 28.19 +.20

Invesco Funds A:BalRiskA 12.48 +.10

Ovrsean 30.59 +.14Puritan 19.52 +.12PuritanK 19.52 +.12RealEIncr 10.88 +.06RealEstn 30.81 +.58SrAllSecEqF 12.80 +.07SCmdtyStrtn 9.02 -.14SCmdtyStrFn 9.04 -.14SrsEmrgMkt 16.49 -.05SrEmgMktF 16.53 -.04SrsIntGrw 11.43 +.07SerIntlGrF 11.45 +.07SrsIntVal 8.77 ...SerIntlValF 8.79 +.01SrsInvGrdF 11.69 ...ShtIntMun 10.82 +.02STBFn 8.53 ...SmCapDiscn 22.66 -.01SmallCapSnr 18.85 +.17SmCapValur 15.65 -.01StkSlcACapn 27.82 +.16StkSelSmCap 20.21 -.01StratDivInc 11.92 +.09StratIncn 11.06 +.01TaxFreeBr 11.36 +.04TotalBondn 10.97 ...USBIn 11.74 +.01Valuen 72.52 +.34

Fidelity Selects:Biotechn 103.26 +1.87Energyn 52.66 -.68EngSvcn 68.20 -1.19Goldrn 40.77 -.08Healthn 136.70 +2.87NatResrn 33.32 -.45Softwrn 93.45 +.56Techn 105.64 +.89

Fidelity Spartan:ExtMktIndInv 40.57 +.14500IdxInvn 50.08 +.42500IdxI 50.09 +.42IntlIndxInv 33.10 +.06TotMkIdxFr 40.78 +.30TotMktIndInv 40.78 +.30USBondI 11.73 ...

Fidelity Spart Adv:ExtMktAdvr 40.57 +.13500IdxAdv 50.09 +.42IntlAdvr 33.11 +.06TotlMktAdvr 40.78 +.30USBondI 11.73 ...

First Eagle:GlobalA 49.01 +.20OverseasA 22.13 +.09SoGenGoldp 28.10 -.16

Forum Funds:AbsolStratIr 11.07 +.02

Frank/Temp Frnk A:AdjUSpx 8.89 +.01BalInvp 42.42 +.09CalInsAp 12.52 +.02CalTFrAp 7.31 +.03FedIntermp 12.24 +.04FedTxFrAp 12.37 +.03FlexCapGrA 51.54 +.45FoundFAlp 10.76 +.01GoldPrMA 35.23 -.32GrowthAp 50.43 +.51HYTFAp 10.54 +.01HiIncoA 2.01 ...IncoSerAp 2.18 ...InsTFAp 12.28 +.01NYTFAp 11.94 +.01RisDivAp 37.35 +.67SMCpGrA 38.92 +.09StratIncpx 10.46 -.02TotlRtnAp 10.19 ...USGovAp 6.89 +.01UtilitiesAp 13.30 +.15

Frank/Tmp Frnk Adv:GlbBdAdvn 13.10 +.04HYTFAdv 10.58 +.02IncomeAdv 2.16 ...TGlbTRAdv 13.07 +.03USGovAdvp 6.91 +.01

Frank/Temp Frnk C:FoundFAlp 10.59 ...IncomeCt 2.20 ...StratIncCpx 10.45 -.02USGovCt 6.85 +.02

Frank/Temp Mtl A&B:SharesA 21.64 +.10

Frank/Temp Temp A:DevMktAp 23.57 -.02ForeignAp 6.65 -.04GlBondAp 13.13 +.03GrowthAp 18.27 -.06WorldAp 15.41 -.07

Frank/Temp Tmp Adv:FrgnAv 6.58 -.04

SmallCapAp 23.90 +.04StrInA 12.35 +.01TotalBdAr 10.97 ...

Fidelity Advisor C:NwInsghtstn 21.40 +.19StratIncCnt 12.32 +.01

Fidelity Advisor I:FltRateIn 9.81 +.02NewInsightI 22.90 +.20SmallCapI 25.22 +.05StrInI 12.49 +.01

Fidelity Advisor T:NwInsghtsp 22.30 +.20StrInT 12.34 +.01

Fidelity Freedom:FF2010n 13.99 +.03FF2010K 12.93 +.03FF2015n 11.69 +.02FF2015K 12.98 +.02FF2020n 14.16 +.03FF2020A 12.35 +.03FF2020K 13.42 +.03FF2025n 11.81 +.03FF2025A 11.91 +.03FF2025K 13.59 +.04FF2030n 14.07 +.04FF2030K 13.75 +.04FF2035n 11.68 +.03FF2035K 13.88 +.04FF2040n 8.15 +.02FF2040K 13.93 +.04FF2045n 9.65 +.03FF2045K 14.07 +.04FF2050n 9.51 +.03FF2050K 14.11 +.05IncomeFdn 11.60 +.01

Fidelity Invest:AllSectEq 12.80 +.07AMgr50n 16.11 +.04AMgr70nr 16.98 +.05AMgr20nr 13.13 +.02Balanc 19.85 +.08BalancedK 19.85 +.08BlueChipGr 50.38 +.31BluChpGrFn 50.48 +.31BluChpGrK 50.43 +.31CAMunn 12.57 +.02Canadan 52.95 +.01CapAppn 28.89 +.19CapDevelO 11.71 +.03CapInconr 9.21 +.01ChinaRegr 27.89 -.01Contran 77.54 +.69ContraK 77.51 +.69CnvSec 25.54 +.03DisEqn 24.24 +.23DiscEqF 24.22 +.23DiverIntln 28.74 +.12DiversIntKr 28.70 +.11DivStkOn 16.84 +.10DivGthn 30.10 +.09EmergAsiar 28.32 +.08EmrgMktn 23.08 +.16EqutIncn 45.55 +.33EQIIn 19.06 +.19EqIncK 45.55 +.33Exportn 23.45 +.21FidelFd 35.57 +.26FltRateHir 9.81 +.01FourInOnen 28.71 +.15GNMAn 11.81 +.01GovtIncn 10.67 +.01GroCon 98.01 +.99GroInc 20.69 +.18GrowCoF 97.94 +.99GrowthCoK 97.95 +.99GrStratnr 21.24 +.08HighIncrn 9.00 ...Indepndncen 25.65 +.09InProBnd 12.86 -.03IntBdn 10.90 +.01IntmMunin 10.49 +.03IntlDiscn 30.96 +.13InvGrBdn 11.69 ...InvGBn 7.74 +.01LgCapValn 11.31 +.06LatAmn 55.39 +.20LevCoStock 29.40 +.05LowPrrn 40.72 +.20LowPriStkKr 40.70 +.20Magellann 73.28 +.46MagellanK 73.22 +.46MAMunin 12.45 +.02MidCapn 30.23 +.08MidCapKr 30.22 +.08MuniIncn 13.21 +.05NewMktnr 16.52 -.01NewMilln 32.64 +.15NYMunn 13.39 +.01OTC 64.11 -.13OTCK 64.53 -.12100Index 9.95 +.09

DWS Invest S:CoreEqtyS 18.16 +.11GNMAS 15.53 +.01MgdMuniS 9.30 +.02

Davis Funds A:NYVenA 36.26 +.13

Davis Funds C:NYVenC 34.94 +.11

Davis Funds Y:NYVenY 36.65 +.13

Delaware Invest A:DiverIncp 9.19 +.01

Dimensional Fds:EmMkCrEqn 19.84 -.06EmgMktVal 30.01 -.29IntSmVan 15.85 +.02LargeCo 11.11 +.10STExtQualn 10.86 +.02STMuniBdn 10.31 ...TAUSCorEq2 9.70 +.03USVectrEqn 11.59 +.02USLgVan 21.57 +.05USLgVa3n 16.51 +.04USMicron 14.84 ...USTgdVal 17.17 -.01USSmalln 23.11 +.02USSmVal 26.26 -.04IntlSmCon 15.83 +.10GlbEqInst 13.80 +.04EmgMktSCpn 20.90 -.11EmgMktn 27.01 +.02Fixdn 10.33 ...STGovtn 10.81 +.01IntGvFxInn 12.80 +.02IntVan 16.38 -.06InflProSecs 12.34 -.01Glb5FxInc 11.07 +.02LrgCapIntn 18.70 +.02TMUSTgtV 22.63 -.01TMIntlValue 13.49 -.04TMMktwdeV 16.19 +.04TMUSEq 15.15 +.112YGlFxdn 10.12 ...DFARlEstn 25.54 +.47

Dodge&Cox:Balancednx 74.33 -.24GblStock 8.74 +.02IncomeFdx 13.56 -.12IntlStk 32.96 +.09Stockx 114.63 -.12

DoubleLine Funds:CoreFxdIncI 11.12 +.04TRBdI 11.24 +.02TRBdNp 11.24 +.03

Dreyfus:Aprec 44.50 +.35DreyMidre 29.36 +.09Drey500Inte 38.65 +.32MunBdr 11.61 +.01NYTaxnr 15.26 +.02DreihsAcInc 10.59 +.02EVPTxMEmI 47.36 +.18

Eaton Vance A:GblMacAbRp 9.97 ...FloatRate 9.31 +.02IncBosA 5.81 ...LgCpVal 18.87 +.21NatlMunInc 9.87 +.01StratIncomeClA8.07 ...

Eaton Vance I:FltgRt 9.00 +.01GblMacAbR 9.96 -.01IncBost 5.81 ...LgCapVal 18.92 +.21ParStEmMkt 14.60 +.06EdgwdGInstn 13.68 +.12

FMI Funds:LargeCapp 16.94 +.06

FPA Funds:NewInc 10.70 +.01FPACresn 28.56 +.11Fairholme 30.36 +.61

Federated A:KaufmAp 5.52 +.06MuniUltshA 10.04 ...TtlRtBdp 11.40 +.02

Federated Funds:TtlRtnBdSvc 11.40 +.02

Federated Instl:KaufmanR 5.53 +.07MunULAp 10.04 ...TotRetBond 11.40 +.02StaValDivISx 4.87 ...

Fidelity Advisor A:FltRateAr 9.83 +.02FF2030Ap 12.48 +.03MidCpIIAp 18.20 +.06NwInsghtsp 22.61 +.20

CrimsnExp 4.15 +.78+45.1Crocs 20.92 +.59+41.6Ctrip.com d21.64 -1.19 -7.5CubistPh u43.25 -.59 +9.2Curis 4.82 +.30 +3.0CypSemi 15.63 +.07 -7.0

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Berwyn Funds:Incomex 13.47 -.06

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Buffalo Funds:SmallCap 28.54 +.42

CGM Funds:FocusFdn 29.86 -.28Realtyn 29.84 +.46

CRM Funds:MidCapValI 30.00 +.37

Calamos Funds:Gr&IncCt 33.35 +.06Grth&IncAp 33.21 +.06GrowthAp 54.12 +.31GrowthCt 48.54 +.28GrowthI 59.35 +.34

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Cohen & Steers:InsltRltynx 43.34 +.55RltyShrsnx 66.82 +.87

Columbia Class A:Acornt 30.74 +.17DivEqIncA 10.50 +.07DivrBd 5.09 -.01DiviIncoA 14.64 +.13DivOpptyA 8.63 +.03LgCorQAp 6.48 +.04SelLgCpGrt 14.28 +.05TxExAp 13.88 +.04SelCommA 49.95 +.47

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CG Cap Mkt Fds:LgGrw 16.62 +.06

Credit Suisse Comm:CommRett 8.26 -.11

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J-K-LJPMorgCh 45.98 +.82+38.3Jabil 25.12 -.38+27.8Jaguarg 4.67 -.37 -26.8JanusCap 8.91 -.63+41.2JohnJn 65.96 +1.41 +.6JohnsnCtl 32.48 +.40 +3.9JoyGlbl 73.50 -1.69 -2.0JnprNtwk 22.88 +1.77+12.1KBHome 8.90 -1.39+32.4KBRInc 35.55 -1.06+27.6KKR 14.83 +.32+15.6KeyEngy 15.45 -.53 -.1Keycorp 8.50 +.14+10.5KimbClk u73.89 +.76 +.4Kimco 19.26 +.06+18.6KindMorg u38.65 +.05+20.1Kinrossg d9.79 -.24 -14.1KodiakOg 9.96 -.59 +4.8Kohls 50.03 +1.93 +1.4Kraft 38.01 +.05 +1.7Kroger 24.23 -.21 ...LSICorp 8.68 +.02+45.9LVSands 57.57 +.04+34.7

13,289.08 10,404.49 DowJonesIndustrials 13,212.04 +131.31 +1.00 +8.14 +6.755,627.85 3,950.66 DowJonesTransportation 5,253.16 +35.34 +.68 +4.65 -2.18467.64 381.99 DowJonesUtilities 458.93 +6.17 +1.36 -1.24 +10.378,718.25 6,414.89 NYSEComposite 8,206.93 +26.87 +.33 +9.76 -3.102,498.89 1,941.99 AMEXIndex 2,405.92 -1.20 -.05 +5.60 +.383,134.17 2,298.89 NasdaqComposite 3,091.57 +23.65 +.77 +18.67 +10.821,419.15 1,074.77 S&P500 1,408.47 +11.36 +.81 +12.00 +5.7114,940.48 11,208.42 Wilshire5000 14,805.55 +97.81 +.67 +12.25 +4.45868.57 601.71 Russell2000 830.30 +.27 +.03 +12.06 -1.95

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Gainers ($2 or more)Name Last Wkly %Wkly

CSVInvNG 95.09+25.39 +36.4XinyuanRE 3.47 +.81 +30.5TrnsRty 2.41 +.55 +29.6ProUShtNG 148.04+28.19 +23.5Pentair 47.61 +8.74 +22.5

Losers ($2 or more)

CSVLgNGs 20.92 -8.93 -29.9FortunaSlv 4.52 -1.62 -26.4OiSA 15.90 -5.11 -24.3ProSUltNG 7.48 -1.92 -20.4Vipshopn 4.39 -1.11 -20.2

DiaryAdvanced 1,816Declined 1,340NewHighs 315NewLows 61Totalissues 3,213Unchanged 57

DiaryAdvanced 274Declined 234NewHighs 23NewLows 13Totalissues 532Unchanged 24

DiaryAdvanced 1,409Declined 1,278NewHighs 348NewLows 58Totalissues 2,745Unchanged 58

Gainers ($2 or more)

MGTCaprs 2.86 +1.38 +93.2GoldRsvg 3.98 +.97 +32.2AvalonHld 5.60 +1.08 +23.8MastechH 6.25 +.92 +17.3AmDGEn 2.12 +.28 +15.2

Losers ($2 or more)

FieldPnt 4.51 -1.21 -21.2DocuSec 3.02 -.54 -15.2VoyagerOG 2.43 -.37 -13.2Barnwell 3.30 -.49 -12.9Richmntg 7.78 -1.12 -12.6

Gainers ($2 or more)

OptiBkrsh 3.52 +2.81+395.8PrincNtl 3.69 +2.06+126.4SpanBrdrs 6.75 +2.67 +65.4Amylin 24.96 +9.44 +60.8SCmtyIIpf 9.69 +2.85 +41.7

Losers ($2 or more)

AsteaIntl 3.35 -2.48 -42.5ChelseaTh 2.56 -1.06 -29.3BostPrvwt 3.37 -1.26 -27.2SmtHeatrs 2.73 -.99 -26.6ReconTh 2.18 -.78 -26.4

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Name Last Wkly %Wkly Name Last Wkly %Wkly Name Last Wkly %Wkly

most active ($1 or more)Name Vol (00) Last Wkly

BkofAm 11856123 9.57 -.28S&P500ETF 6047378 140.81 +1.16SPDRFncl 4180207 15.80 +.07BariPVix 2678641 16.78 -.52iShEMkts 2487355 42.95 +.05

CheniereEn 220428 14.98 +.59NovaGldg 197397 7.18 +.17Rentech 173639 2.08 -.02NwGoldg 166500 9.88 +.50RareEleg 137382 6.28 +.27

SiriusXM 3275866 2.31 +.05MicronT 2048967 8.10 -.31PwShsQQQ 1974971 67.55 +.61Cisco 1840929 21.15 +.62Microsoft 1803997 32.26 +.25

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Wkly YTDName Div PE Last Chg %ChgAT&TInc 1.76 47 31.23 -.29 +3.3AlcatelLuc ... ... 2.27 -.04 +45.5BPPLC 1.92 6 45.00 -.59 +5.3Baxter 1.34 15 59.78 +.47 +20.8BlkHillsCp 1.48 32 33.53 +.28 -.1Boeing 1.76 14 74.37 +.40 +1.4Cimarex .48 12 75.47 -1.54 +21.9Citigrprs .04 10 36.55 -.59 +38.9CocaCola 2.04 20 74.01 +2.52 +5.8CmcBMO .92 14 40.52 +.42 +6.3ConAgra .96 15 26.26 +.21 -.5ConocPhil 2.64 9 76.01 -.50 +4.3DukeEngy 1.00 16 21.01 +.22 -4.5ExxonMbl 1.88 10 86.73 +1.18 +2.3FordM .20 7 12.48 +.26 +15.9HarleyD .62 19 49.08 +.02 +26.3

HelmPayne .28 12 53.95 -1.57 -7.6IBM 3.00 16 208.65 +3.17 +13.5Kroger .46 26 24.23 -.21 ...McDnlds 2.80 19 98.10 +2.55 -2.2NCRCorp ... 66 21.71 +.75 +31.9OcciPet 2.16 11 95.23 -2.39 +1.6PepsiCo 2.06 16 66.35 +1.05 ...Schlmbrg 1.10 19 69.93 -3.25 +2.4SouthnCo 1.89 18 44.93 +.81 -2.9TorDBkg 2.88 ... 84.95 +.15 +14.6Tyson .16 12 19.15 -.33 -7.2ValeroE .60 7 25.77 -.92 +22.4WalMart 1.59 14 61.20 +.45 +2.4WendysCo .08 ... 5.01 +.09 -6.5WestarEn 1.32 14 27.93 +.41 -3.0

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Market Summary

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398,729,410 8,558,312,456Volume VolumeVolume

Mick HunterFinancial Consultant

1807 E. Mary St. Ste. #2Garden City, KS 67846

620-271-0008213267

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TIME: can anyone describe it??? It can be your enemy or your friend. The past several years have brought with them dramatic changes to the world’s financial markets. Now more than ever it takes patience and diligence to be successful. And TIME plays an important part. I have had a lot of people tell me that they don’t have time to make time work for them. I now offer evening appointments so there won’t be a TIME problem. Call today for your

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* Subject to John Deere Financial approval and dealer participation. For purchases on agricultural, commercial, and consumer Multi-Use accounts only. No down payment required. A statement of account will be provided monthly. †Taxes, set-up, delivery, freight, and preparation charges not included and may increase price or monthly payment(s). See dealer for details. Program subject to change, without notice, at any time.

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Adopt a pet today! 620-276-1152

Listen to Bobby Wild show on Q97 FM each Thursday morning at 8:40am for the Pet of the Week

Check out the new FCHS website at finneycohs.org

Many other animals are available for adoption at theAnimal Shelter at 124 Fleming • Mon.-Sat. 12-6pm

Prince is a big lovable guy. He enjoys being able to get out and stretch is legs and would love to have that forever home.

Romeo is a dachshund mix that received his name do to his lovable temper-ment. He just wants to snuggle!

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Area businesses earn awards

The Kansas Small Business Development Center has announced the 2011 Emerging and Existing Businesses of the Year. Each of the eight KSBDC regional centers selected one emerging and one existing business for the award.

The Main ARTery in Ulysses was selected as a 2011 Existing Business of the Year, and Project Fitness in Garden City was selected as a 2011 Emerging Business of the Year.

Jeani Gustafson is the owner of The Main ARTery. Pat Veesart, direc-tor of the Small Business Development Center at Garden City Community College, was the KSBDC consultant for the gallery.

Joey Kelch is the owner of Project Fitness, an exer-cise facility/CrossFit gym. Cheryl Schmale, assistant director of the SBDC at GCCC, was the KSBDC con-sultant for the business.

Sixteen Kansas small businesses were recognized at a ceremony March 13 in Topeka. The businesses were selected from more than 2,500 entrepreneurs who received KSBDC ser-vices in 2011.

“The businesses were selected after careful con-sideration by our regional directors and consultants,”

said Greg Panichello, KSBDC state director.

Business owners partici-pated in video interviews, which were presented at the awards ceremony. In addition, the award recipi-ents were presented with a plaque by their state legis-lators.

BBB warns of summer scam

Door-to-door sales can increase as the climate becomes more hospitable for those who pedal maga-zine subscriptions, home siding and even beef steaks

But what’s a consumer to do if they get caught up in a heated sales pitch and later find they’re stuck with something they really didn’t need after all? The Better Business Bureau would like to remind you of the Federal Trade Commission’s three-day cooling off rule, which can help you deal with whatev-er it is you purchased but haven’t warmed up to.

According to the FTC, you have three days to cancel any purchase of $25 or more and receive a full refund. The rule applies to any sales at the buyer’s home or workplace, or at facilities like hotel rooms rented by the seller. Even if you have invited the sales person to make a pre-

sentation in your home the rule applies.

The salesperson is obli-gated under the cooling-off rule to tell you about your cancellation rights at the time of the sale. They must give you two copies of a cancellation form, one to keep and one to send. They must also give you a copy of your contract or receipt.

Sign and date a copy of the cancellation form and mail it to the address pro-vided. Remember that it must be postmarked before midnight of the third busi-ness day after the contract date. You might consider sending the form by certi-fied mail so you can have a return receipt. Another option, if the address is local, is to hand deliver the cancellation. In the event that the seller did not pro-vide a cancellation form then you may write your own letter of cancellation.

Vigil joins Sunflower Electric

Sunflower Electric Power Corporation has announced that Rhonda Vigil has joined the com-pany as a transmission administrative assistant. Vigil joined Sunflower on March 19. She will provide administrative and clerical support for professional, management and other staff.

Business Briefs

BEIJING (AP) — A pledge by the manufactur-er of Apple’s iPhones and iPads to limit work hours at its factories in China could force other global corpora-tions to hike pay for Chinese workers who produce the world’s consumer electron-ics, toys and other goods.

Foxconn Technology’s promise comes as Beijing is pushing foreign companies to share more of their rev-enues with Chinese employ-ees. It follows a report by a labor auditor hired by Apple Inc. that found Foxconn was regularly violating legal lim-its on overtime, with factory employees working more than 60 hours per week.

“I think whatever Foxconn did will have an impact, certainly, on all Chinese workers in all trades,” said Willy Lin, managing director of Hong Kong-based Milo’s Knitwear, which makes clothing in three factories in China for European clients.

Foxconn, owned by Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., promised to limit hours while keeping total pay the same, effec-tively paying more per hour. Foxconn is one of China’s biggest employers, with 1.2 million workers who also assemble products for Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co.

Japan’s Toshiba Group, which employs 32,000 work-ers in China to make goods such as refrigerators and

TVs, said it too is taking measures to reduce over-time work and create safe working conditions at its factories.

China has long been a low-cost manufacturing center for goods sold under foreign brand names. But wages already were rising quickly as companies com-pete for workers and com-munist leaders try to push the country up the technol-ogy ladder to make more profitable products.

After a lull following the 2008 global crisis when Beijing froze the minimum wage to help exporters com-pete, Chinese workers have received big pay hikes over the past two years, though salaries still are low by Western standards.

Foxconn responded to a spate of suicides by employ-ees at one of its mainland factory campuses in 2010 by more than doubling its basic monthly salary to 1,800 yuan ($290). The same year, Toyota Motor Corp. and other Japanese auto-makers granted pay hikes following a wave of strikes that had tacit government support.

Communist leaders have promised to double the country’s minimum wage from 2010 levels by 2015.

The minimum wage in Shanghai, one of the world’s most expensive cities, is about 1,200 yuan ($200) a month after an increase of more than 10 percent last year. The northern city of Tianjin raised its minimum

wage to 1,070 yuan ($175).Beijing has tightened

enforcement of wage and hour rules “because there has been a general lack of compliance — greater than in other countries,” said K. Lesli Ligorner, head of the China employment group for law firm Simmons & Simmons.

“China is trying to make sure that at least at the low-est level of unskilled work-ers there are greater protec-tions in place for them,” she said.

Export-driven manufac-turers along China’s boom-ing east coast also have to pay more to get and keep workers as rising living standards in the country-side mean fewer people migrate to cities for factory jobs.

U.S. and European clients might push Chinese suppli-ers to pay more so they look better in front of consum-ers, Ligorner said.

Higher wages at Foxconn “will have a ripple effect,” she said.

Pay and working and environmental conditions are a sensitive issue for U.S. and European companies, some of which have been criticized by activist groups. Companies such as Nike Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. set specific standards in contracts with producers of toys, athletic shoes and other goods sold under their brands and send auditors to enforce them.

Apple pledge could lead to China wage hikes

By JOSHUA FREEDAP Business Writer

Rising consumer spending boosted stocks on Friday, and Wall Street closed its best first quar-ter since 1998.

The Dow Jones indus-trial average rose 66.22 points to close at 13,212.04. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 5.19 points to close at 1,408.47. The Nasdaq composite barely moved, falling 3.79 points to close at 3,091.57.

For the quarter, the Dow posted an 8 percent gain and the S&P a 12 percent gain, the best for those indexes in 14 years. The gain was 19 percent for the Nasdaq, its best since 1991.

The Commerce Department said con-sumer spending rose in February at the fastest rate in seven months. Strong hiring over the past three months has added up to the best jobs growth in two years, putting more people back to work.

Americans spent more even though their income has stagnated for two months after taxes and inflation. Some of the increased spending has gone to gasoline, which is the most expensive on record for this time of year. Oil prices rose again

on Friday, up 23 cents in New York to $103.02 per barrel.

Nine out of 10 indus-try groups in the S&P 500 rose. The biggest-gain-ing category was energy stocks, although refin-ers fell because of the higher oil prices. Health care stocks rose, too, with two of the biggest gain-ers being health insur-ers UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc. Technology stocks fell slightly.

Some of the buying could be driven by end-of-the-quarter efforts by fund managers to get into stocks now that they have become popular again, said Jim Russell, a regional invest-ment director for US Bank Wealth Management. And individual investors who have been relying on bonds appear to be getting back into the market, too, he said.

“We are very heartened to see the retail investor stop playing one key on the piano — that is, all bonds, all the time,” he said.

Apple fell 1.7 percent after a company that makes its iPhones and iPads said it would effec-tively raise per-hour wages at its factories in China, suggesting that manufac-turing prices could rise.

Stocks rise, extending best start since 1998

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In this May 26, 2010, photo, staff members work on the production line at the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, southern China.

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GPCU holds two events as part of grand opening.

By DEREK [email protected]

Golden Plains Credit

Union’s new headquar-ters is officially open for business.

The credit union hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning at its new 48,757-square-foot, two-story facility. The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce was on hand for the event, which con-cludes the more than year-long process to open the new building, located at 1714 E. Kansas Ave.

“I was just really tickled with the great response we had from the community,” Erich Schaefer, member-presi-dent with Golden Plains, said about the opening.

Between 350 and 400 people made it out for the grand opening, Schaefer said. The event Friday was one of two events to commemorate the occa-sion.

On Thursday night,

the credit union hosted a VIP event, complete with a performance by the Garden City High School jazz band and a full offer-ing of hors d’oeuvres and an ice sculpture provided by the Clarion Inn.

“We had a full house,” Schaefer said, adding that several tours of the build-ing were given.

Though the new build-ing has been open for a few months, Friday marked the official opening of the

new headquarters. Work on the facility began with a groundbreaking ceremo-ny in October 2010.

Momentum, a Seattle-based design firm that specializes in financial institutions, designed and

oversaw construction of the new headquarters, though local contractors did much of the work.

“About two-thirds to 70 percent of the building costs went to local con-tractors,” Schaefer has

said previously.The new state-of-the-

art structure includes 10 drive-thru lanes with two ATMs, a customer service call center, a member cof-fee café, a training facil-ity, an employee fitness center, six teller dialogue stations and an expanded parking lot.

The former Golden Plains building and four adjacent homes were razed to make room for the new facility, which should accommodate growth at Golden Plains for the next 20 years, according to the credit union.

Since moving into the new building, Golden Plains has created 11 1/2 new positions in the accounting, special accounts, call center and member finance depart-ments, as well as a greet-er.

According to the Garden City Community Development office, the permit filed for the build-ing project is valuated at $7.4 million.

Golden Plains has 10 locations throughout cen-tral and western Kansas, with about 52,971 mem-bers and $386 million in assets.


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Members of the Garden City High School Senior Jazz Combo entertain guests at a VIP party on Thursday night in preparation for Friday’s grand opening of the new Golden Plains Credit Union.

New Golden Plains heaquarters open for business

NEW YORK (AP) — The 104-year old company that makes Etch A Sketch is launching new political-themed ads, after the toy made headlines when an aide for presidential hope-ful Mitt Romney compared it with his fall election strategy.

Rivals said the com-parison with a drawing toy that’s fun because of the way it erases implied that Romney would do the same — and flip-flop on issues once the general election campaign starts. And the toy became a buzzword.

“I have not written my public policy pro-

nouncements on an Etch A Sketch,” GOP rival Rick Santorum said while cam-paigning in Wisconsin, for example. “They are writ-ten on my heart.”

The Ohio Art Co. said the “Shake it Up, America” ads will appear on social media including Facebook and Twitter. They poke fun at politics in general, while maintaining that the toy, first marketed in 1960, is politically neutral.

“Etch A Sketch is a lot like politics, there’s a lot of gray area,” reads one ad.

“We have a left knob and a right knob for each politi-cal party,” reads another.

“(But remember, when both work together, we can do loop de loops.)”

Other ads encourage viewers to register to vote. The campaign was creat-ed by the ad agency Team Detroit.

“We’re just having a ball with it,” said Ohio Art President Larry Killgallon. “I thought a week ago it would have died down by now.”

The company came up with the idea last weekend and plans to add yard signs and bumper stickers soon.

“We tried to look at what’s our appropriate place,” Killgallon said.

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New Garden City High School set to open in August.


In the fall, students at Garden City high school will be switching from the

campus on North Main Street to a 21st century state-of-the-art building on East Mary Street.

The building upgrade comes with many improvements to technology, security and educa-tion, according to USD 457 and construction officials.

Sports experiences for fans and athletes also will be enhanced.

In early March, the USD 457 Board of Education approved finishing the stadium at the new high school. The project will not exceed $912,000 and the district has received $300,000 already in sponsorships and donations. The $92.5 million high school project also had come $2,060,000 under budget.

The board approved convert-ing Abe Hubert Middle School into Abe Hubert Elementary School at a cost of $1,000,000, approved $1,600,000 toward new technology at the high school, including surveillance cameras, computers, printers, Smart

Boards, distance learning sys-tems, hardware and labor costs.

The board also approved more money to convert the cur-rent high school into Horace Good Middle School at an

estimated cost of $900,000. Originally, just $1 million was approved total for both of those projects, but the district had to spend more than anticipated. Atha said the district would

have used capital outlay money, if needed.

The board approved $140,000 to install electrical wiring and fiber on the new high school football field.

Coming in under budget allowed the school board to approve construction of a $975,000 ticket/concession/rest-room and storage building. This also allowed the asphalt park-ing to be changed to concrete and for adding artificial turf to the football field, which should save on such future costs. Lead Architect Stewart Nelson of Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael and Nelson, noted that main-tenance of artificial turf costs much less than natural turf, which requires water among other amenities in an area with a generally dry climate.

The current high school covers 225,000 square feet, and the new school will be 384,000 square feet on 160 acres with 120 classrooms.

Academy-style learning

Roy Cessna, public informa-tion officer, said the four dif-ferent academies will enhance learning for students.

“We’re taking the fourth or fifth largest high school in the state of Kansas and breaking it up into four different acad-emies,” he said.

The academies are: the Academy of Trade and Health Science, the Academy of Arts


New signage at the Mary Street entrance is in place at the new Garden City High School.


TOP: Work continues in September 2011 on the competition gym at the new Garden City High School. The gym has since been completed as workers are now putting the finishing touches on the new school.

ABOVE: USD 457 Superintendent Rick Atha, center, explains how a typical class-room will be set up during a tour of the new Garden City High School.


The football stadium, practice areas and student parking are seen from the student entrance on the north side of the new Garden City High School in September 2011.


Crews move the buffalo sculpture in to place in front of the new Garden City High School building. The sculpture had been in front of the main entrance at the current GCHS.

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Where to shop and eat in Garden City could get a lot more interesting if and when a new shopping cen-ter comes to fruition.

City officials have been working for several months with Charlotte, N.C.-based Collett & Associates, a com-mercial real estate compa-ny that has proposed a $67.2 million shopping complex with 400,000 square feet of retail space.

The proposed retail expanse is planned for a location just north of Schulman Avenue and south of Sam’s Club, directly east of the U.S. Highway 50/83/400 bypass, on about 61 acres of pri-vate land.

City Manager Matt Allen has spoken in favor of the project, and already city commissioners have approved a “memoran-dum of understanding” with Collett, a move made in mid-January, with the intention to help secure financing for the first phase of the project.

The first phase of the shopping center includes development and construc-tion of one large big-box retail store about 160,000 square-feet in size; four outlots for retail, parking and related infrastructure; and necessary highway, street and infrastructure improvements.

The identities of the retail stores that could be part of the development remain undisclosed by both city officials and the devel-opment company.

Allen has said the retail development could signifi-cantly boost Garden City’s regional retail pull from surrounding communities, in addition to benefits of higher sales tax revenues, the creation of retail jobs, and a more diversified shopping experience in Garden City.

“We are the regional retail hub,” the city manag-er has said. “If we’re going

to preserve that, we’re going to have to stay on top of that.”

City officials are hop-ing to cover the public contribution of the project — estimated at nearly $17.8 million for both phases and nearly $5.3 million for the project’s first phase — by creating a tax-increment financing district at the location.

Better known as a TIF district, the move would hold the property tax liabil-ity of the development at its current appraised value for the next 20 years.

Creating a TIF district will allow the city to issue bonds to raise money for the retail project, using the future revenue stream

— foregone property taxes — as a debt repayment tool. The popular financing mechanism is used to sub-sidize infrastructure and other community-improve-ment projects across the country, city officials have said.

The property taxes still are paid by all the new property owners, but the tax increment is devoted to paying the debt service on the bonds issued, in order to make the project a real-ity.

John Collett, chairman of Collett & Associates, said his real estate company has been looking at Garden City for about a year.

“We identified Garden City as a market because

we felt it could attract a nice sized community (of shop-pers),” he has said. “Even though there’s 30,000 to 35,000 people, with the huge geographic draw, it adds up to 175,000 to 200,000 custom-ers. It’s an area we think we can assemble many of these regional tenants we typically deal with.”

Already, the company has worked with addition-al Kansas communities including Kansas City and Olathe in development of shopping centers Collett referred to as “power cen-ters.”

Collett said city officials in Garden City have been incredibly cooperative in working with his company, exhibiting a “can-do spirit”

that has moved the process-es along.

The chairman of the North Carolina business said it’s his company’s hope that if all goes according to plan, building for the pro-posed shopping center will begin this late summer to early fall, with an opening for the largest anchor store in the spring of 2013.

“We very much have an open book with the city, and a high confidence level in the city,” Collett has said. “They’ve been very cooperative and helpful in response to making these transactions real.”

Collett & Associates has built shopping centers in several major Oklahoma cities, in addition to

Arizona and eight states in the southeastern United States.

In the nearest state — Oklahoma — some of the largest retail stores in Collett’s properties include Lowe’s Home Center in Edmond; a Kohl’s store at the University Town Center II in Norman. The company has a Barnes & Noble store at their Shoppes At Plainview mall in Louisville, Ky.

Some examples of vari-ous other smaller chain stores at other Collett properties include the fol-lowing: Ross, OfficeMax, Petco, Payless Shoe Source, Babies ‘R’ Us, Target, and Starbucks, according to the company’s website.

City looks ahead to proposed new shopping center

Courtesy photo

This map shows the plan, in stages, for a proposed new retail center to be built in Garden City.


Traffic makes its way along the U.S. Highway 83/50 Bypass at the Schulman Avenue intersection.

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new GPCU headquarters among city’s newest buildings.

By DEREK [email protected]

With 1,290 building per-

mits filed in Garden City, 2011 was a down year for the overall building envi-ronment.

That’s according to Kaleb Kentner, director of Planning and Community Development with the city of Garden City.

According to the 2011 Planning Community Development Annual Report, 1,290 building per-mits were filed in Garden City, down from 1,492 in 2010 and 1,966 in 2009. Those permit numbers include various types: sin-gle-family residential, sin-gle-family manufactured, multi-family, residential remodel, commercial, industrial, commercial and industrial remodels,

and miscellaneous permits such as utility, religious, public or nonprofit proj-ects.

The number of residen-tial single-family permits is the barometer by which the department gauges development, Kentner said.

“As long as you’re hav-ing new single-family resi-dential being constructed, you’re doing good. That means things are moving forward and people are adding to your commu-nity,” he said. “When that number drops down below a certain number, that gets difficult to say where our health really is.”

According to the 2011 report, 10 single-family residential permits were filed last year. That dou-ble-digit number is at the threshold where the health of development becomes an issue. Though that num-ber is low, Kentner said, it is higher than the seven single-family permits filed in 2010. Ten single-family permits were filed in 2009; 10 in 2008; eight in 2007; 12 in 2006; 13 in 2005; and 31

in 2004.“Back in 2004 is when

really we hit a brick wall, in essence. We dropped to less than half of what we were doing prior to 2004,” he said.

Kentner attributes the drop off in the number of permits after 2004 due to the fire at the ConAgra beef processing plant in 2000. Families stayed in the area for several years in hope of the plant reopen-ing its doors. When that didn’t happen, the number of single-family permits dropped. That, coupled with a tanking economy in 2008, contributed to the area’s slump, Kentner said.

The last year did have a few bright spots, however.

Construction of The Reserves at Prairie Ridge on North Campus Drive got under way in late 2011. The planned 32-unit afford-able housing complex is the largest project start-ed in 2011, and makes up $2.5 million of the year’s $15,452,605 in total build-ing permit valuations. Developed by Overland

Property Group, based out of Topeka, the project is expected to be completed in June.

“It’s not really big proj-ects, it’s a lot of smaller projects that add up to quite a bit,” Kentner said.

A total of 50 per-mits were filed in 2011 in Holcomb for various build-ing projects, according to the annual report. That number is down from 83 total permits in 2010 and 144 in 2009.

In rural Finney County, excluding Garden City and Holcomb, 336 total permits were filed in 2011. That number is slightly higher than the 2010 total of 319, though it is lower than the 404 permits filed in 2009.

While 2011 was a down year for construction proj-ects, two major projects that started in 2010 contin-ued into 2011 and 2012. The $92.5 million new Garden City High School, coupled with the $7.4 million new Golden Plains Credit Union headquarters, saw major changes to Garden City’s building environ-ment.

Golden Plain’s 48,757-square-foot corporate head-quarters officially opened with a late March grand opening. The two-story facility has changed the landscape of East Kansas Avenue. The former Golden Plains building and four adjacent homes were razed to make room for the new facility.

Expanding the former building had been a long-term goal at the credit union. In the 1980s, the credit union purchased the four residential buildings and leased them out with the intent of eventually razing and expanding the headquarters.

Erich Schaefer, mem-ber-president with Golden Plains, said the credit union considered a tempo-rary fix of adding on to the former building. That building already had been expanded twice before, and another addition would give the building about 10 more years until more space was needed. Another expansion just didn’t make economical sense, Schaefer said.

“We had a lot of pent up demand for some staff. Since we moved into this building, we added 11 1/2 positions — 11 full-time and a part-time position. We had that need already, and we just had to do some-thing,” Schaefer said.

The new state-of-the art structure includes 10 drive-thru lanes with two ATMs, a customer service call center, a member cof-fee café, a training facility, an employee fitness center, six teller dialogue stations and an expanded parking lot.

“We wanted it to be noticeable, and we want-ed people to look at it and think, ‘That’s a really nice looking building and how neat is that?’ ... We just wanted to be noticed,” he said.

Work on the facility began with a groundbreak-ing ceremony in October 2010, and local contrac-tors did much of the work, Schaefer said.

“About two-thirds to 70 percent of the building costs went to local contrac-tors,” Schaefer said.

Building permits in Garden City down in 2011Brad Nading/Telegram

A crew from Lee Construction works on demolishing the old Golden Plains Credit Union building west of the new facility in the 1700 block of East Kansas Avenue.



As you travel through downtown Garden City, it is difficult to miss the Windsor Hotel. Opened in 1889, the Windsor Hotel has been a centerpiece of the city, though it’s seen some changes along the way.

The Windsor served as a hotel until 1977, when it was closed by the Kansas State Fire Marshal. It was also home to other small businesses, including a post office, a furniture store and a movie theater.

Since the late 1990s, the Finney County Preservation Alliance has been the group in charge of both preserving the Windsor and preparing it for reentry into the commu-nity. Incorporated in 1997, the organization originally came together after rais-ing $10,000 for an architec-tural evaluation to deter-mine if the Windsor would be suitable for the then-proposed move of county offices. When the Finney County Commission turned the proposal down, the FCPA came together and eventually gained ownership of the build-ing following its donation from Western State Bank and a subsequent purchase of the remainder from Ron Crook, then owner of Crook’s Shoe Store.

“That was a big deci-sion on our part to accept,” said FCPA President Don Harness.

The biggest change currently on the horizon for the Windsor Hotel is a proposal from develop-ment firm GC Windsor Developers, LLC., to turn the Windsor into a mixed-use senior housing develop-ment. The proposal, which was narrowly approved by a 5-4 vote on Jan. 4, would turn the Windsor Hotel into 23 apartments for seniors along with space for retail development on the ground floor and reserved space for a museum and public access. The group made a presentation to the board in December 2011 to pres-ent the plan, which had to be quickly approved so the group could apply for senior housing tax credits.

Ross Vogel, a member of the GC Windsor develop-ment group, said in an ear-lier interview that he feels the development could be a catalyst to spark growth in the rest of downtown Garden City. He declined to comment on any develop-ments regarding the senior housing tax credits.

Those tax credits are integral to the imple-mentation of the current Windsor proposal. Filed on Feb. 3, the news of whether the tax credits are awarded will not be known until sometime in May. The plan also has to be approved by the Kansas State Historical Society.

“It’s a real competitive application,” Harness said. “But this is a viable avenue to make it part of the com-munity.”

The last proposal to turn the Windsor into a hotel came from a development group out of Denver, New Communities, LLC. From 2007 to 2008, Harness said, the FCPA worked with the

group to develop the build-ing into a hotel, but financ-ing could not be secured due to the economic tur-moil that occurred that year. At the time, Harness said the FCPA board was beginning to get anxious to move forward on plans for the Windsor.

Harness said that the group is moving forward with its current restoration and stabilization efforts in case the senior housing tax credits are not awarded. In the Jan. 25 annual meeting of the FCPA, Harness said plans for the Windsor need to move forward as if no proposal exists.

“It’s a big if,” Harness said. “It bodes us well to continue as if there were no senior housing propos-al.”

Those efforts include a $129,375 Heritage Trust Fund grant and a $711,755 Transportation Enhancement grant for stabilization work on the Windsor. The group also has a $180,000 grant from the Lois Kay Walls Foundation for repairs to the cupola and lobby. The overall plan for the grants is to renovate the Windsor in stages, from the ground floor up.

The issue with continu-ing grants in the future is that many of them have a 20 percent match, which equals significant fund-raising for the group.

“I hope the May appli-cation is successful,” Harness said. “But we’ll keep striving for renova-tion no matter what.”

FCPA board member Norma Nolte is passionate about the Windsor. She said that if it even came to the Windsor being torn down, she would be the one stand-ing in front of the bull-dozer. Through her decade of service with the FCPA, Nolte tries to preserve the memories she had about the Windsor when it was still operational.

Nolte, who voted against the senior housing pro-posal, said that she always had dreams of white table-cloths and gala events at the Windsor Hotel. She recounted a story of a development in Ireland she visited that had a large courtyard with multiple levels of balconies around the perimeter filled with shops and boutiques of various types. Essentially a kind of upscale mall, Nolte loves the idea but admitted that such a project would require a large amount of money and vision.

“In my heart, I didn’t feel that senior housing would be anything good for downtown and that’s not what the Windsor was meant to be,” Nolte said, explaining her Jan. 4 vote. “But I hope it works out.”

Whatever the outcome, the Windsor remains an important part of the com-munity. In a recent Feb. 22 celebration that recog-nized the 125th anniversa-ry of the Windsor ground-breaking, 100 to 150 people came out to show support. Harness said that the turn-out, which also included tours of the building, dem-onstrated how important the building is to the com-munity.

“I was really pleased

with that,” Harness said. “It demonstrates the importance of the Windsor to the community.”

Finney County Preservation Alliance Windsor timeline

1996 — “Save the Windsor” group formed. The group raised $10,000 to hire Brent Bowman and Associates to complete first preliminary feasibil-ity study. The study deter-mined the building was structurally sound and worthy of renovation. the FCPA presented the plan to Finney County com-missioners to renovate the Windsor for the new County Administration Center, but the proposal was denied.

1997 — FCPA orches-trates successful cleanup of hotel and holds the first public tour in 20 years.

1998 — FCPA presents a proposal to the Kansas State House of Representatives Committee on Tourism requesting $500,000 to sta-bilize the former hotel. The bill makes it out of committee but fails on the floor. FCPA works with Kansas State Department of Architecture. A student project generated the first working blueprints and various end use ideas.

1999 — FCPA applies for T-21 Federal Grant with participation from both the city of Garden City and Finney County agreeing to participate with match-ing funds. The grant was unsuccessful.

2000 — FCPA hosts Community Breakfast to “Brainstorm” about best use for building. Fifty local business and community leaders participate, help-ing develop first master plan.

2001 — FCPA applies for second T-21 Grant for pur-chase and restoration of hotel. Grant request fails.

2002 — Western Building Corp. (Western State Bank) purchases Garnand portion of hotel and donates it to organi-zation. FCPA purchases Ron Crook’s portion of the building for $35,000.

2003 — FCPA is awarded $40,000 Kansas Heritage Grant and $10,000 in match-ing funds from the Finnup Foundation for a Historic Structures Report. Work is awarded to Treanor Architects of Lawrence.

2004 — Historic Structures Report is completed by Treanor Architects. FCPA is award-ed $82,944 Heritage Trust Grant for emergency stabi-lization work. The Alliance enters into agreement with the Pioneer Development Group to find a developer.

2005 — FCPA works on stabilization with Heritage Trust Fund Grant work and has fall tour in con-junction with Garden City Downtown Vision.

2006 — FCPA solic-its developer New Communities, LLC of Denver for hotel redevelop-ment.

2007 — FCPA works with New Communities, LLC on business plan and

securing financing. 2008 — FCPA dissolves

relationship with New Communities and seeks new developer.

2009 — FCPA sub-mits Heritage Trust fund

Grant and Transportation Enhancement Grant appli-cations.

2010 — FCPA awarded $112,500 HTF and $711,757 TE grants and 20 per-cent local match from

Stracklejohn fund. 2011 — FCPA awarded

extra $13,500 for HTF and $180,000 from Lois Kay Walls Foundation for cupo-la and lobby.

Source: Don Harness


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Tours are given at the Windsor Hotel by the Finney County Preservation Alliance volunteers Feb. 22 during the 125th anniversary celebration of the hotel’s ground-breaking.


new hospital, energy projects among regional developments.


Counties around the region have some notewor-thy projects and construc-tion planned or ongoing, including a new hospital in Scott City.

Scott City’s new $24 million hospital is set to open on April 9. The 68,000-square-foot building had an original completion date of May 28, but con-struction of the facility has been proceeding ahead of schedule. Scott County vot-ers approved the $24 mil-lion bond to construct the new hospital in September 2009 by a margin of 52 per-cent in favor and 48 percent against. Groundbreaking for the hospital was on Aug. 30, 2010.

The new hospital was designed to be as efficient as possible, with Scott County Hospital President and CEO Mark Burnett saying that every effort was made to conserve staff time and improve the patient experience. Even the direction the hospital faces was designed with service in mind, with the southwest face opening to a parking lot that is able to receive more sun and melt snow and ice better than a north-facing lot during the winter months.

The hospital will have 20 acute care beds, two oper-ating rooms, two delivery rooms, 30 exam rooms for resident and out-of-town physicians and four ER patient rooms. The hospital also will provide various rehabilitation and imaging services, a women’s care section and an outpatient clinic. There are approxi-mately 200 Scott County Hospital staff, with the core medical team consist-ing of four family practice physicians, four mid-level caregivers and a surgeon who recently was hired specifically to work at the new facility. Surgeries pre-viously were done by trav-eling physicians.

Burnett said that the hospital isn’t meant to compete with larger facil-ities in the area, but he intends the facility to be top-of-the-line for the popu-lation it serves.

“The colors are right, the design is right, and the architecture is right,” Burnett said. “In the seg-ment we provide, we aren’t going to be second to any-one.”

Wind farmA proposed wind farm

looks to bring addition-al income to Grant and Haskell counties. The 405-megawatt, $600 mil-lion Buffalo Dunes Wind Project, developed by Lenexa-based TradeWind Energy, is expected to gen-erate enough power to serve 120,000 homes at full capac-ity. As soon as the company establishes a power pur-chasing agreement to sell

the energy the farm will generate, construction on the project will begin.

The company has spent the last three years secur-ing 40,000 acres of land through long-term leases for the placement of 100 to 200 turbines across northeast Grant County and northwest Haskell County. Through agree-ments with the two coun-ties, TradeWind has agreed to pay $3,750 per megawatt in Payments in Lieu of Taxes, with that amount compounding by 2 percent annually for the next 19 years.

According to county officials, that number could mean $350,000 a year for Grant County and $500,000 for Haskell County in the first year, based on the TradeWind’s 210-megawatt first phase.

Finney County stands to benefit from the wind farm, as well, since transmission lines are set to run through the county to attach to the power grid into a substation just south of the Sunflower Electric Corp.’s Holcomb station. Finney County will receive $500 per megawatt, per year, also compounding at 2 percent annually for the next 10 years. According to county commissioners, that translates to an estimated $100,000 for Finney County in the first year.

Hog farmGreeley County is

slated to be the next home of a 144,000 capac-ity hog farm operated by Shawnee Mission-based Seaboard Foods. The com-pany received a green light for its wastewater permit from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Jan. 4 fol-lowing a December 2011 public meeting in Tribune to discuss the issue.

Bioenergy plantIn Stevens County, two

major projects are ongoing. The first is the Abengoa Bioenergy plant located northwest of Hugoton. The $350 million commer-cial-scale facility aims to turn crop residue like corn stalks and materials such as switchgrass into

biofuel. The plant origi-nally was proposed in 2007 and is slated to produce 23 million gallons a year of ethanol fuel from the plant matter, known as cellulosic ethanol.

The Spain-based compa-ny received a $132.4 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2011 to assist in develop-ment of the project.

Hugoton City Clerk Tom Hicks said construc-tion was ongoing and that workers currently are mov-ing dirt and building fence around the property.

“It’s been a several year process,” Hicks said.

The plant is estimated to bring 300 construction workers to the area prior to its estimated late 2013 or early 2014 operation date. After its opening, the plant aims to bring 65 perma-nent jobs to the area with an annual payroll of $5 million.

Nursing homeThe second development

is the ongoing construc-tion of the new Pioneer Manor nursing home, 1711 S. Main St., Hugoton. The 88,000-square-foot facil-ity is meant to replace the current facility, which does not meet fire safety codes.

The 83-bed facility will have four “households” of 20 beds that surround a common kitchen, living room and dining room. Three additional rooms are slated for married couples. Every room will have its own private bathroom and shower.

“It’s going to be more of a home-like setting,” said Pioneer Manor Administrator Rachel Crane. “Breakfast will be made to order in the house, for example.”

The facility, slated for a mid to late-April open-ing, also plans to feature a “Main Street” with store-fronts for a post office, beauty salon, coffee shop, chapel and physical ther-apy. Crane said the idea behind the design was to try to emulate a commu-nity inside a facility.

Crane said the new facil-ity will try to maintain cur-rent staff levels, about 60 nurses. Certified Nursing

Assistants at the new facil-ity will be cross-trained to be able to attend to house-keeping and dietary needs so they can perform more tasks without calling for additional support from other staff.

“It’s going to be amaz-ing,” Crane said.

Industrial parkLane County has devel-

oped a 63-acre industrial park on Kansas Highway 96 and Industrial Park Road, just west of the Dighton city limits. The park, divided up into two-acre lots and one larger 10-acre lot, has one current tenant, Pro Stim Inc., an oil field service and chemi-cal supplier, and another company on the way. The upcoming company’s name has not been disclosed, but local officials said it was in the energy sector.

Economic Development Director for Dighton and Lane County Dan Hartman said the industrial park currently has all the utili-ties on site and roads completed. He said that planning for the develop-

ment began in 2007, with construction beginning about a year and a half ago. Construction officially completed on Dec. 31, 2011.

“I believe that because it is developed and because it exists that there are small-er businesses ... that will be attracted to that kind of development,” Hartman said.

There are about $300,000 dollars in the project cur-rently, and Hartman said it would be easy to put anoth-er $500,000 in, as well. He said that as tenants come in to the development, plans for further develop-ment at the site will con-tinue.

To ensure that the lots facing the city entrance are kept orderly, he said that the city will be closely vetting companies wishing to relocate to those par-ticular lots. He said that executive-level people from companies such as British Petroleum have already been in the area scouting for potential new locations.

Hartman said that he originally thought the industrial park was a bad choice for the communi-

ty because it was expen-sive. Now, he has mostly changed his mind because the project fills a niche and provides a good opportuni-ty for residents in the area.

“I’m excited about it,” Hartman said.

Hartman said that the county is also in the early planning stages for an airport to replace the cur-rent Lane County Airport on the northwest side of town. He said that the plan is to have a 4,000- to 5,000-foot runway at the new air-port to allow pilots to more easily take off and land, something he said is some-what tricky at the cramped conditions at the current airport. He said the issue originally was brought up about a year ago.

Other projectsHamilton County is

expecting a new restaurant on its Main Street soon, according to Hamilton County Economic Development Director John Kennedy. The family owned restaurant, named “Porky’s,” began construc-tion a month ago and will be located on the corner of Kansas Highway 27 and U.S. Highway 50.

Kennedy said the devel-opment is significant because it will bring a needed economic boost to the downtown area.

“It cleans up the area and makes the town look more attractive,” Kennedy said.

Other developments for Hamilton County include a new bathroom facility and picnic shelter at the Sam’s Pond Park. The shelter was donated by the local Rotary Club and was erected at the end of last year, with the bathrooms installed a few weeks ago.

Two new lodging facili-ties for Hamilton County also opened in the fall of last year, filling what Kennedy said was a need for the county. The Trail City Bed and Breakfast opened in Coolidge and The Loft opened in down-town Syracuse.

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In December, Finney County Economic Development Corp. President Lona Duvall presented a development proposal to the Holcomb City Council for land located near the U.S. Highway 50/Big Lowe Road intersection in Holcomb.

The new T-shaped intersection at Big Lowe Road and Buffalo Jones Avenue is part of the recently-com-pleted, four-lane project along U.S. 50/400 from west of Holcomb to Third Street in Garden City and that includes the new overpass.

KDOT officials have said the combined numbers of all three legs of the T-intersection justify the addition of traffic signals, which are likely to be completed by the end of the year, according to Holcomb officials.

DuVall said she had been approached by some business prospects that showed interest in the property. One of the busi-ness prospects is a hotel company. State transportation officials and developers are drafting a site plan. Eventually, the site also could include one or two restaurants and

possibly a gas station.Holcomb Mayor Gary Newman

is behind the plan.“It’s an opportunity to kind

of build an infrastructure for tax base dollars we need, in order to do more things for streets, new neigh-borhoods, and even go back and fix some of the old streets that don’t have pavement on them today,” Newman said. “I think it’s a great opportunity. A hotel is going to bring restaurants and potentially a gas station.”

Newman said he thinks the addition of a gas station would be invaluable.

“My primary focus is to try to get a gas station out there simply because every truck that goes to Tyson has to go by their twice,” he said, adding that the closest gas stations are currently in Deerfield and Garden City.

Costs that the city of Holcomb would need to cover for develop-ment of the land involve the infra-structure.

“The sewer out there, the water and sewer out there, we have an opportunity in how we’re going to have to do that. We can come up with a big chunk of money initially to start to do it 100 percent

right away, or we can kind of build it as we go,” Newman said.

The consensus of the Holcomb City Council favored the plan.

“We would like to do the development. We’d like to see the growth, the potential for sales tax revenue coming in,” Council Member Tracy Davis said, adding that costs will be at the forefront.

“With any kind of growth, there will be expenses, but we are all in support of it,” she said.

Newman said that while feed-back he has received from Holcomb residents has been mixed, most have favored the plan.

“The one thing I hear with concern from the public is, ‘If we have the hotel and it brings in a couple of restaurants, what’s that going to do to the small-town stuff like Thirsty Dawg, El Rancho,” he said, referring to the local bar and eatery. “I don’t see them losing a whole lot because they’ve built great names for themselves. Ron’s Market, they’ve all built great names.”

Both DuVall and Newman said one advantage would be the devel-opment’s location.

“It’s kind of like I told their city council, the great thing about that

property is we can develop it, they get the benefit of it and really they don’t have to look at it. ... Holcomb, that’s what they are prided on, it’s a small town, everybody knows everybody and that property is perfect because it kind of keeps it out on the edge of town. ... It’s not going to increase traffic to them. It’s kind of a sweet deal,” DuVall said. “That is the only access point to Tyson, that road is the way you get there, and it’s a good opportu-nity for Holcomb to capitalize on that traffic going by.”

Newman agreed with this aspect of the site.

“We’re a bedroom community. There are a lot of people who have lived in Holcomb for a long, long time and they’re used to that small town. ... This benefits the residents because it will be in the city limits, yet it’s out there,” he said. “By no means is Holcomb ever going to be a bigger city, but there’s the need, and there is certainly a desire for some growth. The people want it to be small growth and not at a very fast pace.”

Newman said that the project also could be a source of employ-ment opportunities.

“That gives opportunity for

more jobs out there, certainly temporary while it’s being con-structed. There’s a lot of labor out here — both skilled and unskilled — that could use that full-time employment, and then there will be long-term, full-time employ-ment,” he said. “Teenage jobs, too. If we get a gas station and a couple of restaurants, there’s wait staff, busboys — teenage opportunities. There aren’t a lot of jobs for teen-agers to get in Holcomb. ... If we have something that’s right there, that’s a whole new picture for Holcomb youth that we’ve never had.”

The developer is interested in two acres, out of 38 acres of land owned by Everett Miller.

“We’re in a unique position because we have landowners who want to see Holcomb be successful, and are very willing to work with the city. As long as the schools benefit and the city is benefiting, they are willing to work. We’re fortunate in that they have been in the community a long time, and they want to see the communi-ty successful, so up to this point, none of them have been opposed to any type of attempt at growth,” Newman said.


Since the completion of the U.S. Highway 50/North Big Lowe Road overpass last summer, city officials in Holcomb have envisioned development in and around the busy intersection. Most recently, city council members are considering a hotel company that would like to build southwest of the highway’s intersection. The area pictured in this photo is to the northwest of the intersection.

and Communications, the Academy of Public Service and the Ninth Grade Academy. Each career academy will have teach-ers from different subjects who will combine their efforts as a means of inte-grating academic and tech-nical curriculum. Students will be able to participate in different academies each year, with the ulti-mate purpose of better preparing them for college and careers than tradi-tional educational systems, Cessna said.

The academies will help hone students’ talents and interests while possibly setting them on a career path.

In addition, students can leave GCHS with cer-tifications in various areas including:

• American Welding Society (AWS) Certification - Welding

• CNA - Certified Nurse Aide

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• ProStart Certification - Certification of Culinary Skills - Endorsed by National Restaurant Hotel Association.

“Students can essential-ly get their certification at the high school and move right into the workforce if they want,” Cessna said.

Each career academy will have teachers from different subjects who will combine their efforts as a way to integrate academic and technical curricula. Students will be able to participate in different academies each year, with

the ultimate purpose of better preparing them for college and careers than traditional educational systems.

School officials also hope the resulting smaller populations of students will increase motivation and decrease dropout rates.

The school also has the potential to expand and accommodate up to 2,500 students. Currently, the building can house 2,000 students.

“As the community grows, we’ll have the facil-ity to meet those needs,” he said.

The school district is the largest employer in the city, at 1,300 employees, and the second in the county behind Tyson Fresh Meats. In the general fund for the 2011-12 school year, the dis-trict had $46 million, and the total overall budget for the district is $80 million. The monthly payroll for the district totals about $5 million.

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There’s plenty to see and do in southwest Kansas.

Garden City — the jewel of the southwest — has been a draw for travelers through the High Plains since the founding fathers first laid claim to the fer-tile river bottomland more than a century ago.

Today, annual festivals such as Beef Empire Days and the Mexican Fiesta, along with the commu-nity’s mainstays — the Big Pool, Buffalo Dunes Golf Course and Lee Richardson Zoo — contin-ue to pull in folks not only from surrounding coun-ties but from other parts of the state, too.

And things are only looking up.

Convention and tour-ism in this corner of the state continues to flour-ish, according to Lynn Schoonover, director of the Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau.

The independent enti-ty, chartered by a Finney County resolution, has been raking in the tran-sient guest tax receipts to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars annu-ally, signs of a healthy and growing patronage at area hotels and motels.

What’s more, the CTB currently is hiring an event planner to grow its staff of two to three full-timers, to focus this upcoming year on a couple of initiatives: sports mar-keting and conferences or conventions.

“In order to grow and expand, we need that extra person to fill that role,” Schoonover said.

Last year, the focus for Finney County was targeted marketing at in-state shows such as the state fair and various other trade shows around Kansas.

Finney County had a presence at several of those shows geared toward shoppers and hunters, for

example, to tout to fami-lies looking for short trips or weekend vacations all that Garden City has to offer.

“We knew gas was high and funds were short,” Schoonover said, refer-ring to the continued slug-gish economy and cash-strapped consumers.

This year, with the help of a full-time event planner, Schoonover said the CTB’s goal is to solicit a greater number of sports events such as tournaments, partner-ing with groups such as the local school districts and municipal golf course professionals for access to venues and volunteers.

“There’s so much more we can do and go after,” Schoonover said, adding that tourism officials are also looking outside the box, such as for monster truck rallies and rodeos, which are huge target audiences in this part of the state.

Following the loss of the 3i Show last summer, a decades-old agricul-tural expo held bienni-ally at the Finney County Fairgrounds, area county officials lamented the loss of the event that brought thousands of out-of-town-ers to the area.

In the wake of the loss — Dodge City is building a new facility to house the ag-expo permanently — officials began a discus-sion about what improve-ments could and should be made to the Finney County Exhibition Building, one of the largest and most used facilities in Garden City.

Some members of the public, in addition to some tourism officials, have expressed their desire to not only make improve-ments to the expo building known by the misnomer ‘3i Building,’ but to build a brand new convention center, as well.

Schoonover said she agreed with residents who at a town hall meeting in January indicated Garden City needs such a place,

even as a public venture. “I do think we need a

convention center-type facility,” Schoonover said, adding that her office often gets outside requests for facilities to accommo-date 500-plus member con-ventions.

Unfortunately, one of the major missing links is a facility that size that also boasts break-out rooms, she said, an integral piece to hosting a convention or conference of any size.

“I think we’re getting

closer,” Schoonover said. Then, there’s also the

internal tourism efforts across southwest Kansas.

Many smaller-sized communities hold their own when it comes to lur-ing visitors and tourists.

In Scott County, where Lake Scott State Park brings recreational travel-ers from all over, tourism efforts also are brewing beyond the staple sightsee-ing.

Katie Eisenhour, an executive director of the

Scott City Chamber of Commerce, said her orga-nization has taken on the role of tourism develop-ment over the past few years, from sponsoring local events to taking part in their promotions.

“The promotion of our area is critical to the community’s success,” Eisenhour said. “Last year, we had a booth at the Garden City Home and Garden Show. We were surprised by the number of people who knew about

Scott City, but didn’t know about Lake (Scott), and many people who knew about the lake but who never really stopped into town.”

Scott City’s marketing efforts also have been bol-stered, Eisenhour said, due to the city’s recent naming as an All-America City, a title bestowed last summer by the National Civic League, which awards 10 communities across the nation the title each year.

“Tourism is working for our community, (and) we’ve also learned that the chamber and tourism and economic development all need to work together to create that success,” Eisenhour said.

In Ulysses, which sits near the historic Santa Fe Trail and boasts an accred-ited Grant County Historic Museum, visitors also are lured from all over the state and country, accord-ing to Lynda Fort, a local tourism chairwoman.

Some of those draws include small-town shop-ping and oil and gas busi-ness interests in addition to Ulysses’ mainstays: an 18-hole golf course and recreation lake. But those draws to the community also include more unique endeavors, such as hunt-ing and bird-watching, according to the tourism chairwoman.

“We pull in from all over the state. We bring hunting people in from Maine and Chicago and Dallas and Oklahoma City. ... Pheasant Fest is a big thing down here,” Fort said. “We’re pretty proud of our community and what we’ve been able to do through harmony and planning.”

As for Garden City, making the gem of the southwest a destination attraction continues to be at the top of the priority list.

“We’re excited and thrilled to death,” Schoonover said. “We see the opportunities and pos-sibilities.”

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The housing dilemma, or what some call the housing crisis, has been in the spot-light for some time now. It has prompted city officials to try to come up with vari-ous incentive plans aimed at spurring development. Some of these plans have gone by the wayside, but in some cases, the conversa-tion itself has spurred peo-ple into action.

One argument that com-munity members make is that government should allow the market to fix itself and just let free enterprise run its course. Others say that there are just too many hurdles standing in the way of that happening.

Regardless of one’s view-point about it, most commu-nities in southwest Kansas are facing some type of hous-ing shortage. Because it is such a widespread problem, Lona DuVall, director of the Finney County Economic Development Corp., also serves on the Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance, a regional task force that aims to address the hous-ing issues faced throughout western Kansas. From serv-ing on that, DuVall said, she sees a number of similari-ties among communities.

“We did some surveys just among our group, ask-ing ‘What is it going to take in your community to get houses built, what are you short, what will your com-munity throw in?’ And in these surrounding commu-nities, where their school district owns excess land, they’re saying ‘We would donate the land, if some-one would just come build a house,’” she said.

The lack of new hous-ing starts in Garden City is driven by several factors, including lot availability, land values and infrastruc-ture costs.

“Probably the biggest complaint I hear from builders is that there aren’t enough lots within the city limits for them to build on,” Kaleb Kentner, planning

and community develop-ment director for Garden City, said. “We have lots available. It’s just we haven’t had any new subdivisions built in quite awhile, which means the lots that are left are not the most desirable lots to build on.”

Another obstacle is land values.

“Besides not having enough lots, developers when they come in, prob-ably their biggest issue is the cost of land. ... They’re saying people are wanting from $10,000 to $20,000 per acre for land in Garden City, which is probably on the very high market side, espe-cially if you compare the land prices in some of the big metro areas,” he said.

Infrastructure costs, which include electricity, gas, water and sewer lines, as well as carving out roads, alleys and easements, range from $12,000 to $16,000 per lot, Kentner said. Those costs, coupled with the maximum price buyers are willing to pay for homes in Garden City, are the main factors hindering develop-ment.

“Our market at the top end, as far as houses sell-ing quickly, whether new or used, are between $100,000

and $180,000. And if you go higher than that, you nar-row the number of buyers that you have,” he said.

Because of this hur-dle, the city does offer the Residential Incentive Program, which waives building permit fees and offers a $3,000 cash incen-tive to builders, but Kentner said this hasn’t had enough of an impact on the costs, so it hasn’t driven much in the way of development.

This prompted he and Mike Muirhead, public utilities director, to pro-pose another type of incen-tive, the Neighborhood Development Incentive Program, in which the city would burden the costs of developing the utility infra-structure. It also would provide cash incentives for building single- or multi-family homes. The proposal was to add a $2.50 surcharge to utility bills, the proceeds of which would have gone to further incentivize build-ers. The city commission, however, voted it down as residents expressed resis-tance to the plan.

DuVall said that while she understood this resis-tance, the benefits were not explained well enough to residents.

“You’re spreading out that mill levy a little bit further so you’re reducing your own costs. And that’s not in anyway to put down the mentality of the citizen-ry. It’s just hard to under-stand that. Even economists struggle to show you how it works, but it does work, and it does help when you can spread it out like that,” she said. “I think really, that’s the piece that we were miss-ing. The builders were say-ing that would work ... get this much more as an incen-tive to build it, then it takes the edge off and we can sit on it for another month if we have to. Didn’t work out that way.”

Kentner said that he has asked DuVall to have a housing market study prepared for 2012, similar to one completed in 2009, in which the population and housing availability in Garden City, Holcomb and Finney County is evaluated. The 2009 report found that there was a replacement need of five housing units annually.

“We are looking at upgrading that report because we haven’t really addressed any of those shortcomings yet. ... This is pretty telling when you

look at these numbers and, unfortunately, an update is probably not going to show that we’ve made much improvement at all,” DuVall said.

Scott City is an exam-ple of the way that simply opening the topic up for discussion has prompted action by its citizens. Katie Eisenhour, executive direc-tor of the Scott County Development Committee, said that is the most positive result she has seen from the housing evaluation, which came about when The Scott County Development Committee contracted with RDG Planning and Design of Omaha, Neb., to evaluate the community’s housing situation in November 2010.

“Sometimes you plant the seed just by making the discussion a topic that’s out in the open and it seems to raise awareness and people watch a little more closely to assess for them-selves whether or not there is need,” Eisenhour said. “It took us a year. It was a little slow there for a while, and a lot of people thought we weren’t getting anything accomplished, but what we learned is, it was in that quiet time that the commu-nity was digesting the infor-

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munity members who own land have stepped forth and a local businessman, after selling his business, reinvested it into housing by building four duplexes and three single-family resi-dences.

“It’s kind of just been the private market that has been doing this,” Eisenhour said.

In their proposal to city, county and the plan-ning and zoning commis-sion, Eisenhour said she and other members of the task force said, “We don’t see any developer wanting to come to our community to just dig in and go, until our own community puts some skin in the game ... so less than two weeks after we met, the county and the city discussed it — to make some land, some options available for people who wish to build.”

Eisenhour said, “This conversation and the sub-sequent article brought a lot of interest in from the community. Some individu-als with land — contigu-ous to town — maybe now they’re interested where they weren’t before. So the best thing that the housing task force has done is get the conversation rolling. It’s a little slow and deliberate, but that’s kind of the Scott City way.”

DuVall describes Garden City in much the same light.

“One of the things that protects us so nicely from recessions and so forth is we really are a risk-averse community out here. ... We make really solid deci-sions,” she said.

She also said that one way or another, the housing shortage will be addressed.

“We’ve proven that when the need arises, we will make it happen. ... Most of the builders we have here are longtime residents of Finney County and Garden City, and they know that when the time comes, we’ll be ready. We’ll all mobilize and we’ll have houses,” she said.

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Homes are for sale in a cul de sac under development in the first phase of a project in the 3300 block of East Spruce Street in Garden City.



A steady drizzle of rain wet the streets and sidewalks early in the morning on a Wednesday in late March in Garden City.

John McClelland, Garden City Co-op CEO, looked out the window of his office, hoping it would continue.

Usually a wetter than average year follows a dry year, he said.

And area producers could sure use the mois-ture.

Local meteorologists said the “bullseye” for the storm that day was on Garden City, and the rain set a record for March 22, with 1.59 inches. The previous record was 1.28 inches in 1979.

As of that rainfall, Garden City was a half-inch from normal rainfall this year.

In 2010 it was drier in Finney County than it was during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

McClelland says it’s thanks to farmers the area didn’t experience Dust Bowl-like condi-tions, with blowing dirt and sand.

“It’s as dry as it’s his-torically ever been. Even with the drought and the winds, we haven’t expe-rienced Dust Bowl condi-tions. For the most part, it hasn’t been too bad. And the reason for that is farming practices,” he said.

Technology has enabled producers to leave soil more undisturbed with minimum tilling.

“Farmers are doing lots of things that leaves enough plant residue on top that the winds don’t start moving dirt,” he said.

They’ve also taken up practices that use less water, which lessens the demand on the Ogallala Aquifer, the main water supply in the region. The aquifer has been the dis-cussion of regional pro-

ducers over the past year who had come up with a plan to conserve the aqui-fer.

In early March, Gov. Sam Brownback signed House Bill 2451, which eliminates the state’s “use it or lose it” water policy and gives landown-ers incentive to conserve water because they won’t feel that they must use their maximum amount of water when they don’t need to just so they don’t lose water rights, he said.

Senate Bill 272 amends multi-year flex accounts to expand irrigators’ capabilities and options so they can manage their crop water with-out increasing long-term water use under their water right, he said.

Discussions to come up with a plan to conserve water began last year in

Colby at a summit on the Ogallala Aquifer.

Much of the High Plains region relies on the Ogallala for water, but the resource is being depleted due to widespread irri-gation use in the High Plains states.

The Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer, is a vast but shallow underground water table located beneath the Great Plains. It is one of the world’s largest aquifers and cov-ers an area that includes portions of eight states: Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.

Brownback said that in addition to these bills, he anticipates the passage of another bill that would promote local control.

The proposal includes

supporting legislation to provide a process for pro-active conservation plans, called Local Enhancement Management Area Plans (LEMAs). LEMAs call for mandatory reduc-tions if supported by the Groundwater Management District, have corrective measures that address conservation needs, and are approved by the chief engineer.

McClelland said many local producers are happy with the bills.

“The bills will be effec-tive in conserving the water of the Ogallala,” he said.

McClelland said despite the drought, the agriculture industry is thriving in western Kansas. And that’s after southwest Kansas produc-ers at Garden City Co-op missed out on roughly $85

million in crops. The safety net of farm

insurance helped out those farmers and the economy, McClelland said.

“Last year we took about 40 percent of the wheat, 30 percent of the milo and 60 percent of the corn we should have. That translates into millions of bushels, and at these pric-es, that’s many millions of dollars,” he said.

He also said other busi-nesses miss out on money during poor agriculture years.

Truck drivers didn’t have as much grain to haul, trains didn’t take out as much grain and custom harvesters were fewer in 2011, he said.

McClelland said farm-ers are still spending money with the co-op.

“They’re still trying to

grow a crop,” he said. McClelland said it’s

still a good time in agri-culture.

“We take comfort in the fact that weather in western Kansas is cycli-cal. You have to plan for the wrong run,” he said.

He said co-op officials are optimistic about the future and opportunities in agriculture.

McClelland said the weather will decide a lot of what happens this spring, summer and fall for crops. He expects moisture because the gen-eral trend is to not have two dry years in a row.

“In order to live in western Kansas, you have to believe that and be opti-mistic,” he said.

McClelland is confi-dent the rain will come.

“It’s raining today,” he said.

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In an era of big-box retail, downtown Main Streets can sometimes be overlooked. While small, independent stores may not have the large fluorescent retails-capes of big-box stores, what they do have is a piece of the core retail district of a city or town.

In 2004, Garden City Downtown Vision was cre-ated to help maintain the history and integrity of Garden City’s Main Street. Co-founded by State Rep. Reynaldo Mesa, R-Garden City and former Garden City commissioner, and former Finney County Historical Museum Assistant Director Pat Baughman, the organiza-tion was created to preserve the Main Street experience. Downtown Vision is a part of the Kansas Main Street Program and the National Main Street Organization.

Mesa, who was mayor of Garden City at the time, said when he saw all the empty storefronts he wanted to do something to make down-town more active.

“I felt that to a certain extent, and I’m not point-ing any fingers here, that our downtown was being neglected,” Mesa said.

Mesa reached out to then Hutchinson City Manager Joe Palacioz. Hutchinson, at the time, had a program with their downtown that had been running for 20 years, and Mesa asked Palacioz to come to Garden City to do a presentation about the program here. After the presentation, Mesa said the rest was history.

“It got us together, it got us organized, and it got us in place,” Mesa said.

GCDV Executive Director Beverly Schmitz Glass said that the downtown area had 23 empty storefronts in 2004. That number has since decreased to six empty storefronts with the advent of the early February open-ing of Fresh Bites Cafe, 416 N. Main St. In July, Glass will have been director for six years. Before Glass, Cathy McKinley had been executive director for GCDV. McKinley is now dean of continuing education at Garden City Community College.

A large part of what Glass does is ensuring the downtown experience is dif-ferent from the experience a shopper gets at a big-box store. She said that the way people shop at big-box stores is not the way people shop downtown, highlighting the more personal connection and the unique items.

Glass said she helps businesses any way she can through GCDV. She offers continuing education for business topics, offers a cen-tral hub of information for potential and existing busi-ness owners and gives busi-ness recommendations to improve sales and service. She said that the help gives people who are looking to start a small business the full picture of what their venture entails. Even the office space of the GCDV is used for the community, as it is the meeting site for groups such as the Finney County Preservation Alliance and a local cancer support group.

“With the advent of

Downtown Vision in 2004, what it became was a vehi-cle of change,” Glass said. “As the years progress, we just keep getting better.”

GCDV has various lev-els of membership, ranging from the benefactor level at $1,000 annually to the indi-vidual level of $50 annu-ally. The cost for business memberships is $195 annu-ally. Glass said the prices for membership are among the lowest among communities of this size.

The office has approxi-mately 128 members and has brought in $5,464,509 in both public and private rein-vestment since its 2004 open-ing. It has logged 25,137 vol-unteer hours and $439,835.72 in volunteer contributions. GCDV also boasts a net gain of 51 businesses and 143 jobs since its inception.

One big shift in focus for the office is the trend away from being events driven to being more focused on economic development. Glass said that in the last 18 months, GCDV has been looking at ways to do things like add more second-floor apartments downtown, something she said could drive new forms of evening entertainment or a small downtown grocery store. She said that the new focus is for an urban feel in a rural area while keeping every-thing pedestrian friendly.

Mesa agreed that a focus on entertainment, food and

music would help bring a lively atmosphere to down-town. Currently, the office is working on replacing and adding trash cans down-town, trimming the trees to create a canopy, and hang-ing baskets of flowers to add color. People also can purchase new benches for downtown at a cost of about $1,100.

Glass said that some of the office’s most notable achievements over the years are the lowered empty store-front numbers and the work spent to develop different partnerships in the commu-nity. She said she is happy about the success of events like Third Thursdays, the Banner Art Program, and the holiday “Paint the Town” program.

Moving forward, Glass said that it is important to invite more young pro-fessionals to come to the downtown area. She said those kinds of individuals drive the kind of develop-ment that the office is striv-ing for, bringing with them potential for entertainment, food and more downtown residences. Glass said young people drive new ideas and have a different way of thinking about downtown than older generations.

Glass said that downtown is more than just a collec-tion of storefronts.

“It’s the heart of the com-munity,” Glass said. “I think we’ve brought the focus

back downtown.”Eldon Clemence has

owned The Americana Shoppe, 414 N. Main St., for 38 years. He said that Glass has been an excellent direc-tor at GCDV, keeping Main

Street issues on the “front page.”

Clemence was a mem-ber of GCDV for a few years before he rescinded his membership for financial reasons. He said he main-

tained good relations with Glass and her office.

When The Americana Shoppe opened 38 years ago, Clemence said, there were no big box stores, only Main Street stores. Since his open-ing, he saw the decline of Main Street, only to have it rise up again in part due to the work of GCDV.

“It’s been a definite plus for the revitalizing of Main Street,” Clemence said. “I’d hate to think where we’d be downtown with-out Downtown Vision. The future looks promising, and to a great extent thanks to Bev and Downtown Vision.”

At The Corner on Main, 324 N. Main St., co-owner Jewel Richmeier is also a GCDV supporter. Richmeier said that GCDV has been instrumental in listening to the needs of downtown merchants and that Glass is good at making recommen-dations to businesses to bet-ter serve their customers.

“I think the our down-town is the healthiest it has been in 16 years,” Richmeier said.

GCDV does have its detractors, however. One person who doesn’t agree with how GCDV does things is Joan Lobmeyer, co-owner of The Family Bookhouse, 519 N. Main St. Lobmeyer said that she did not like the addition of music over loudspeakers downtown and asked to have the speaker in front of her store turned off. She also doesn’t like the idea of painting her windows for the holidays because she has a nativity scene that she displays instead.

Lobmeyer, who is not a member of GCDV, said that her son started the business in 1997 and it is still going strong. She said rather than GCDV’s methods, personal rapport with customers is the real draw for a down-town business.

“Their vision is not my vision,” Lobmeyer said,

The Garden City Downtown Vision Office is located at 413 N. Main St. For more information on GCDV, call 276-0891.

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Shonda Collins, right, owner of Wheatfields on Main, assists Jennifer Dougherty with a purchase during Downtown Vision’s Third Thursday event.


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With plans to build a new coal-fired electric generation plant still tied up in the courts, local offi-cials say the community continues to grow at its own pace, regardless of the delay on the Sunflower Electric Power Corp. proj-ect.

Sunflower’s plans to build an 895-megawatt coal-fired power plant received its blessing from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment at the end of 2010, when the state agency granted an air-quality permit to the Hays-based electric generation and transmis-sion utility.

But since that time, the estimated $2.8 billion expansion project has remained in limbo, facing continued opposition from special-interest groups and federal judges, who have put the project on hold.

Some state lawmakers in favor of Sunflower’s plans to build its Holcomb expansion adjacent to its existing Holcomb facil-ity have called the holdup “death-by-litigation,” as U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler, has put it.

For more than a decade, Sunflower officials have been considering how to add new coal-fired gener-ating capacity, first seek-ing permission to build two 700-megawatt plants at the Holcomb site in 2006, a move that eventually was shelved by state officials.

Over those years, many housing developers have drafted big plans to build, if and when the project comes to fruition, only to find that their plans, too, remain in limbo in antici-pation of Sunflower.

Planning and Community Development Director Kaleb Kentner said that sentiment has been shifting, especially in the last year or so.

“The comments about someone developing based on Sunflower coming in,

those comments have dropped by 50 percent or more,” Kentner said. “People are moving ahead based on meeting the needs of the community and based on their (own) timelines.”

With or without the commencement of Sunflower’s Holcomb expansion project, the need for housing — espe-cially affordable housing — continues to be in huge demand.

Kentner said the rental vacancies continue to be few and far between in the community.

“From what we’re hearing from landlords, it’s still at a 99 percent occupancy rate. It’s still extremely difficult to find a rental property in Finney County and Garden City,” Kentner said. “Even if Sunflower was announced tomorrow that they would start this fall, no one

could build houses and have them ready by then. It would be extremely dif-ficult, even for the fastest builders. ... We have such a demand right now. As fast as houses are coming on the market and either getting bought or sold, or rented, it’s really difficult to say what a big project could do.”

State Rep. Reynaldo Mesa, R-Garden City, acknowledged that while the delay of the multi-bil-lion Sunflower project has hurt the community some-what, the community also has held its own.

“Anytime those things don’t pan out, it hurts us in moving forward,” said Mesa, who served for about a decade as a Garden City commission-er. “Have we been directly hurt? No, because Garden City and Finney County, for one, are pretty proac-tive, looking at enticing

other industry or business to come. ... It’s a double-edged sword because we also have to prepare ourselves. We don’t have adequate housing here, so when (big projects) are withheld, they could be a blessing to some degree. But also there’s got to be certainty so people will build housing. It’s like a catch-22.”

Mesa, who also serves as president of the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce, said the most direct and devastating impact of Sunflower’s delay has been the avail-ability and cost of energy, both locally and in the region.

“There’s no doubt that it’s somewhat hurt us from growing, but more so in making sure elec-tricity rates are reason-able and that electricity itself is ... available, not just for our growth, but

for the region,” he said. “In a small way, it has hurt us. My hope is that they’re still working on it. ... Hopefully that will move forward. I’m grateful the investors and coopera-tives and partners are still together on this deal.”

The Associated Press reported in February that U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan had ruled that an environmental impact study must be completed before construction of the expansion project could begin.

The ruling requires the Rural Utilities Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to com-plete the environmental study before granting any approvals to Sunflower to build its new plant.

Officials have said con-struction of the expan-sion project will lead to $2 billion in economic activity and will create

nearly 2,000 jobs at peak construction. Proponents of the project also draw attention to its long-term economic benefits, which include 70 full-time jobs that could generate $5 mil-lion in annual wages.

Critics of the project oppose the production of carbon dioxide emis-sions from the burning of coal, which they believe contributes to man-made climate change and global warming.

According to the EPA, scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believe most of the Earth’s warm-ing since the 1950s has been due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

A separate challenge of the Sunflower project is pending before the Kansas Supreme Court, as well, likely to be heard some time this year.

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The number of blessings imparted upon this hospital has been remarkable this year. Growth in the areas of facilities and physician recruitment are significant factors to support our regional presence. In 2011 St. Catherine Hospital opened 64 new patient care rooms, added helicopter air medical services and installed a new cardiac catheterization laboratory. Our active medical staff grew to reach the largest range of medical specialists in our history.

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As we live out our mission each day, the Staff and Physicians at St. Catherine Hospital are committed to creating healthier and safer communities through health and education initiatives, striving to be on the cutting edge of medical services, and by planting the seed of quality healthcare for future generations.

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