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Cheyenne County Hospital has inte-grated specific maternity care procedures based on the proven health benefits as-sociated with breastfeeding, and now qualifies for the High 5 for Mom & Baby recognition.

The High 5 program–initiated, fund-ed, and provided at no charge to Kan-sas hospitals by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund -- is founded on key hospital practices crucial for a suc-cessful breastfeeding experience. High 5 for Mom & Baby was developed by the Hutchinson-based Health Fund in con-junction with the Kansas Breastfeeding Workgroup.

Of the 50 hospitals and birth centers around the state having made a commit-ment to the High 5 program, Cheyenne County is the sixteenth to qualify for the recognition. High 5 Program Coordina-tor, Gwen Whittit, RN, IBCLC, will ac-knowledge the accomplishment with an

award presentation during the hospital’s all-staff meeting Thursday, October 1, at 7:30 a.m.

Lori Raile, BSN RN, OB Manager, has guided the process of making the changes to adhere to the standards of breastfeeding practices established for the High 5 program. The educator for the High 5 program, Libby Rosen, PhD, RN, IBCLC, conducted on-site education classes at the hospital. A total of eight staff and interested community members participated.

In emphasizing the value of this pro-gram to the hospital and its maternity pa-tients, program coordinator Whittit said that research indicates a link between not breastfeeding and increased health risks for a baby including high blood pres-sure, type 1 and 2 diabetes, asthma, ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia, leuke-mia, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Studies also show a definite cor-

relation to childhood and adolescent obe-sity for those who were not breastfed. In addition, mothers derive health benefits according to Whittit. Those who breast-feed have a decreased incidence of pre-menopausal breast cancer, ovarian can-cer, and type 2 diabetes.

The five best practices comprising the High 5 for Mom & Baby standards are: assuring immediate, sustained skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby af-ter birth; giving newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated; allowing “rooming in” so mothers and infants can remain together 24 hours a day; not giving paci-fiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding infants; and providing mothers options for breastfeeding support in the commu-nity.

More information about the High 5 for Mom & Baby program is available at www.High5Kansas.org.

It’s October--and that means Tumble-weed Festival Time again in Haigler. The eighth Haigler Fall Tumbleweed Festival will be Saturday, Oct. 17, on the Haigler Museum grounds south of Golden Rod Highway 34 and Porter Avenue. Every-one is invited for this traditional event of fun-filled and enjoyable activities, great live music, and delicious food.

The museum grounds will be deco-rated, tents will be up, and flags will be flying. Event planners encourage you to bring your lawn chair for the afternoon activities. Admission is free but dona-tions for Museum projects would be ap-preciated.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a decorated tumbleweed. All registered tumbleweeds will be displayed in front of the One-Room Schoolhouse Museum, and cash prizes will be awarded.

Schedule of eventsThe day begins with village wide ga-

rage sales from 9 a.m. to noon mountain time. Site maps will be available at The Station on Hwy. 34 and Porter Avenue

Six high school and college students have completed a nine-week summer internship program through Nex-Gener-ation Round Up for Youth, lo-cated in Lenora. Among those students was Erik Nelson, a 2015 St. Francis high school graduate.

Erik was hired by Helen Dobbs, coordinator of the Cheyenne County Develop-ment Corporation. The Nex-Generation supplied curriculum and guid-ance throughout the program. Costs of pro-viding the internship were offset by a grant through the non-profit organization.

One of Nex-Generation’s primary goals is youth retention.

By providing high school and college stu-dents in northwest and north central Kansas with local employment opportunities, said Jacque Beckman, executive director, we believe we are giving them hands-on ex-periences that will shape their career goals. We are also helping them to recognize the variety of businesses that are available in their own and surrounding communities, so that they may build relationships with local professionals. In doing so, we hope to en-courage each student to remain in or return to their local communities in the future.

Erik reported that, at the Cheyenne County Development Corporation, we are responsible for tourism and promoting

businesses. Over the summer, I helped with brochures to help promote local events and up-dated a registry of about 300 lo-cal businesses – some of which I didn’t know were in St. Francis.

He told in an article that ap-peared in NexTech Connections, that as he talked to the business-es, it helped me to inform people about the Corporation and Nex-Generation. He said he also par-ticipated in local and regional

meetings, which allowed him to make valu-able connections and meet a lot of really neat people from all over the state who are really passionate about their communities.

Before this internship, he said, I had just graduated from high school and I was like, “I don’t want to come back – it’s a nice town, but I don’t want to come back.”

A number of things this summer – includ-ing this internship - have convinced me that these little towns are important, he said, and we should fight to come back. So, I’d like to come back and raise my kids here.

It was a pleasure to work with Erik this summer, said Mrs. Dobbs. After serving on the Development board for two years, he had knowledge that made him an excellent intern. His enthusiasm for learning more about Cheyenne County was exceptional, thus making him a fantastic person to pro-mote the area. Many thanks for a job well done, Erik.

Nelson

Hospital qualifies for new status

Haigler festival set for Oct. 17

Young man completesinternship program

AFTER AN EXCITING GAME Friday, the St. Francis Indians won the Yoke Bowl trophy, taking it away from the Rawlins County Buffaloes The game ended with a score of 20-12. Herald staff photo by Douglas Sloper

LORI RAILE, Obstetrics Manager, helps new mother Brianna Raile with positioning her daughter Kamryn Raile while nursing. Cheyenne County Hospital received an award for their mother and baby nursing program this month. Herald staff photo by Amanda Miller

CHARITY ENGLE enjoyed the PTA Fall Festival held at the St. Francis Grade School Monday evening. Herald staff photo by Tim Burr

and at the Haigler Country Cafe. Jel-lies, canned goods, fresh baked cookies, brownies, breads, and treats will be avail-able to purchase. The Sunshine Thrift at the Cornerstone Center for Community Service will be having a bag sale on mer-chandise, and the Mini-Mall shoppers will receive 50-percent off. The Haigler Depot Library at the center will also be open.

Lunch begins at 1 p.m. under the tents on the museum grounds. New this year is a Chili Cook Off. Your votes will choose the winner. If interested in be-ing a contestant, contact LaNeta at 308-340-1689. Hot dogs, relish, and chips will also be served. The Haigler Golden Inn will be serving homemade pies with ice cream.

Live music will be performed through-out the afternoon with The Garage Bunch Band from Burlington, and special guest guitarist/songwriter Phalen Sanford of Benkelman. Afternoon activities include treasure hunts, horseshoe pitching, on

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I believe I have stumbled upon another major difference between men and women. Perhaps this knowledge will aid me in the future.

As a guy, there are certain articles of clothing we become attached to. In fact, we can wear something un-til it is thread bare and still feel the same about it as we did on day one.

It is easy for me to look back and remember a particular baseball cap, T-shirt or pair of jeans and think to myself, “I looked pretty good in that,” and “Wish I still had it.”

Also, if I don’t remember it an old photo will help to recollect how much I liked that thing.

There is one piece of clothing I really wish was still in my closet.

I’ve written before about our next door neighbor, John McCormick, who played for the Denver Broncos in the 60s. I’ll never forget how one afternoon he had my twin brother, his son John, and me come into the master bedroom. He was holding some things behind his back and he asked each of us to pick an arm. My brother got a game-worn Minnesota Vikings T-shirt. I don’t recall what the other boy received. But my prize was a Broncos practice sweatshirt.

I’m thinking Mrs. McCormick wasn’t as fond to these objects and had her husband clean out a drawer. Anyhow, his loss was our gain.

I wore that grey sweatshirt with the simple lettering spelling out

“Broncos” regularly. With time it became worn at the cuffs and neck line, thinner than it used to be and sporting a stain or two in places. Maybe it was my mother, while I was still living at home, or another woman in my life who finally put her foot down and convinced me that the old weathered garment was not even good enough to be taken to Goodwill. For it went into the trash can because that is one of the differ-ences between a woman and a man.

As for using this lesson, I will try not to become as attached to cloth-ing and hide my baseball jerseys.

A man and his baseball jersey

Death NoticeWendell Warner, former St.

Francis resident, died Friday, Oct. 2, in Hays, Kan. Cards can reach the family by sending them to 1903 E. 24th Street Unit E, Hays, KS 67601.

Public Transportation MeetingAny member of the public

interested in helping draft a local public transportation program is welcome to join an open meeting on Friday, Oct. 9, at 9 a.m. at the St. Francis Emergency Building, 125 W. Highway 36. Contact Carol at 785-332-2560 for details.

Annual meetingThe Western Prairie Resource

Conservation and Development annual meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Sunflower Restaurant, St. Francis. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. Reservations must be made by Oct. 8.

Courthouse closedThe Cheyenne County

Courthouse will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12 in observance of Columbus Day.

Booster Club BarbecueFollowing the junior high games

on Thursday, Oct. 15, there will be a free will barbecue at the high school sponsored by the St. Francis Booster Club. Following the barbecue, the bonfire will be lit to build spirit for the weekend football and volleyball activities.

‘Two Faces of Islam’ISLAM. A talk “The Two Faces

of Islam” by Conny Paulsen is open to the public free of charge on Sunday October 18 at 7 p.m. at Community Church, 209 N. Quincy, St. Francis. Conny has lived in Islamic countries for 17 years and has many insights to share about living among muslims.

Christmas Treasure HuntWestern State Bank is starting

preparations for the upcoming Christmas opening scheduled for Nov. 27. Businesses will be receiving a phone call in the near future regarding participating in the 2015 Treasure Hunt. For more information, please contact Erika Wieck at 332-3100 by Oct. 23.

Thanksgiving Dinner BenefitOn Sunday, Nov. 1, from 11:30

a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the St. Francis Catholic Church is sponsoring a Thanksgiving Dinner Benefit for the St. Francis Senior Center.

The meal will be served at the St. Francis High School.

Cheyenne County WildlifeCheyenne County Wildlife Inc., is

collecting Chronic Wasting Disease samples this hunting season for the state of Kansas. CCWI highly recommends that all white tails be tested. For information, contact Francis O’Leary, 785-772-7382.

FFAOn Wednesday, October 7 the

St. Francis FFA will begin sales for fruit, meat, spices and cheese. For more information or to be put in contact with an FFA member, please contact Tiffany Poet, tpoet@usd297.org or check out the St. Francis FFA Facebook page.

Cheyenne County MuseumAnyone interested in gathering

or recording stories and photos of businesses along old main street, St. Francis, please meet at the Cheyenne County Museum on Wednesday, October 14 9:30 to discuss ways to do it.

Historical AssociationThe Bird City Historical

Association, Inc. will be meeting on Friday, October 9th at our office in the Robertson, Griffin and Bacon Memorial Building in Bird City at 2:00 p.m. Anyone who is interested in preserving the history of Cheyenne County and especially Bird City is welcome to join us as we work on projects for this area.

Emergency NumberThe phone number for Cheyenne

County Communications Center (Dispatch) for non-emergency calls: 785-332-8822, Dial 9-1-1 for an emergency.

Angel TreeThe employees of Western State

Bank have begun working on the

Angel Tree project in St. Francis. If you know of a child who would benefit fron the Angel Tree, please contact Erika Wieck or Sidnee Crabtree-Jarmin at Western State Bank at 332-3100.

Lions ClubThe St. Francis Lions club

collects wheelchairs, bicycles, and bicycle parts that are then taken to the correctional facility in Norton for repair. After being repaired, these items can be brought back to St. Francis for use here or distributed to persons needing them in the US or other countries. Persons wishing to donate for this purpose, please call: 785-332-3119 or 785-332-2950. 35

Narcotics AnonymousNarcotics Anonymous meetings

will be held at 405 S Lorraine on Monday (closed) and Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 785-332-4853.

Alcoholics AnonymousAA meetings will be held at 405

S Lorraine on Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. (starting Oct. 6). For more information call 785-332-4867.

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Date High Low PrecipSept. 29 60 54 0.10Sept. 30 66 55Oct. 1 69 53Oct. 2 58 45 0.21Oct. 3 57 45 0.03Oct. 4 62 49Oct. 5 69 43

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Oct. 12 - 16High School Menu

MondayNO SCHOOL - Columbus Day!

TuesdayBreakfast: Breakfast tornado,

cereal, fruit juice.Lunch: Pizza, seasoned corn,

tossed salad, orange wedges. Wednesday

Breakfast: French toast with syrup, fruit yogurt, cereal, fruit juice.

Lunch: Beef and cheese tacos, lettuce and tomato, refried beans, black bean salsa, chips, sliced pears.

ThursdayBreakfast: Breakfast tacos with

salsa, cereal, fruit juice.Lunch: Baked rotini, baby

carrots, green pepper strips, wheatberry bread and jelly sherbet, fudge brownie.

FridayBreakfast: Glazed donut, string

cheese, cereal, fruit juice.Lunch: Fried chicken, mashed

potatoes and gravy, green beans,

wheat roll, jelly, mandarin oranges. Grade School Menu

MondayNO SCHOOL - Columbus Day!

TuesdayBreakfast: Blueberry scone,

banana, apple juice, milk.Lunch: Cheese pizza, corn,

oranges, milk.Wednesday

Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, peaches, orange juice, milk.

Lunch: Hot ham and cheese on a bun, potato wedges, carrots, applesauce, milk.

ThursdayBreakfast: Scrambled eggs,

toast, apples, grape juice, milk.Lunch: Taco salad, corn chips,

salad mix with tomatoes, peaches, milk.

FridayBreakfast: Mini waffles,

applesauce, orange juice, milk.Lunch: Chicken sandwich,

lettuce and tomato, sweet potato fries, broccoli and cauliflower, oranges, milk.

School Menu

In late April 2015, the Dane G Hansen Foundation granted $1.3 million to assist with community projects in 26 Northwest Kansas counties. Each of these counties received $50,000 each in grant funding to benefit the communities within, or the county as a whole.

Official confirmation has been released that the $50,000 grant funding for each of these counties has been renewed on behalf of the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. Funds have been established for ten of the Northwest counties, including:

Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, and Wallace, through (GNWKCF) Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation in Bird City; the other 16 counties funded have been established through (GSCF) Greater Salina Community Foundation in Salina.

Grant applications are currently being accepted online through the Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation at www.gnwkcf.org/hansen-grant;

qualifying applicants must be a 501(c)(3) organization; or an educational, governmental or religious institute per IRS. Grant criteria and required documentation is outlined in detail online. Awards will be determined based on stated criteria through a competitive application process reviewed by advisory committees established within each county.

The first round of funding had a maximum cap of $5,000 per grant request. Those maximum limits have been lifted; however, they are still focusing on smaller, community-oriented projects or programs, particularly those that include or promote volunteer involvement. If your request is for significant dollars, (more than $10,000), covers multiple counties within the service area, is a multi- year request, or if it is a project that was previously funded directly by the Hansen Foundation, it is suggested the applicant apply directly to the Dane G. Hansen Foundation.

Grant applications for the Dane G. Hansen Foundation Community Grant Fund are due the first day of each month; applications will continue to be accepted until all funding has been awarded.

Grant funding for counties renewed

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Celebrating our 1 year anniversary Sept. 1!!

Kansas revenue belowfirst quarter estimates

From Kattie Wurm, Reporterexcept where noted otherwise.

SeptemberThe September club meeting was

called to order by acting President Jasper Hunt on Sept. 29 at the court-house. Kattie Wurm led the club in the flag salute. Roll call was answered by eight members and one leader. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. There were no commu-nications to be read.

Andi Culwell reported that she will be the leader of the teen leaders this year and she will let us all know when she will get those meetings started. Leader Lynn Laten reported on the 4-H Council meeting. Under old business, food booth invoices were passed out. Under new business the club talked about what they wanted to do for 4-H Week. We will do cookie plates to the businesses, we will de-liver on Tuesday after school. We will also have a window display at Andi’s. Lynn told us the record books were due to the extension office on Oct. 15; Herald Office needs the write up and picture by Oct. 5.

We then moved on to the program which was the election of officers. New officers this year will be: Jylian Laten - president, Jasper Hunt - vice president, Bryce Raby - treasurer, Kattie Wurm - secretary, Kattie and Schuyler Lennox - historians, Hayden Lennox, Dallas Laten, and Jenae Moberly - song leaders/recreation Leaders. Council members will be Andi, Gina Hunt, Bryce and Jylian.

Bryce moved we adjourn the meet-ing. Meeting was adjourned.

AugustThe regular monthly meeting was

called to order by acting president Lynn Laten on August 24th at the court house. Jasper Hunt led the club in the flag salute. There was no song. The roll call was answered by Are you ready for school to start by 6 members and 1 leader. The minutes were read and approved. There were no commu-nications and no treasurers report was given. The pre-fair fun committee will have to meet again and try to re-schedule to a different time. Only two families were able to go the dates that were decided on in the last meeting, so we decided to reschedule. Under Old business, t-shirts were given out to the members who didn’t pick them up during the fair. Under new busi-ness, the food booth was discussed. There was no program. Next meeting will be the election of officers. The 4-H pledge was led by Kattie Wurm. Jasper moved to adjourn the meeting, meeting was adjourned.

JulyThe monthly meeting of the Lawn

Ridge 4-H Club was called to order by President Valerie Wurm at the park on July 16th. Roll call was answered by 4 members and 1 leader. No min-utes were read and no treasurer report was given. Under new business, the food stand was discussed. We signed up for the work schedules and talked about some last minute details. The pre-fair fun committee talked about the plans of going to Denver on July 25th. The club will leave town at 10 and will tour the Hammond Candy Factory, Paintball and then have Din-ner. We will stay the night, go to Jump Street Sunday morning and then head home.

There was no program due to lack

of members attending. Jylian moved to adjourn the meeting, meeting was adjourned.

MayThe monthly May meeting of the

Lawn Ridge 4-H Club was called to order by President Christy Wurm. Gina Hunt led the club in the flag salute. Andi Culwell led the club in singing Mary Had a Little Lamb. Roll call was answered by what is your favorite project by 11members, and 1 leader. Minutes were read and ap-proved. The treasurer report was giv-en. There were no communcations.

Andi reported that the teen leaders will get started again after school gets out. The pre-fair committee needs to start getting some ideas and dates fig-ured out and report at the next meet-ing.

Under new business, the food booth was discussed. We will buy a new fry-er this year. We will also set up to use the square register in the food booth. We will be able to keep better track of what food we sale. Club t-shirts were discussed also. We will go with a simple grey shirt with a Lawn Ridge logo that Kattie, Stepanie and Andi will work on.

The 4-H pledge was led by Lynn Laten. Gina moved to adjourn the meeting, meeting was adjourned.

Christy Wurm, ReporterApril

The regular monthly meeting of the Lawn Ridge 4-H Club was held on April 26th at the club house. Presi-dent Valerie Wurm called the meeting to order. Flag salute was led by Kattie Wurm. Song was led by Dallas Laten. Roll call was answered by 9 mem-bers and 1 leader. The minutes of the

previous meeting were read and ap-proved. Treasurers report was given.

Leader Lynn Laten reminded us that May 1st is the last day to enroll in 4-H if we had not done it. There was no old business. Under new business, Echoe moved and Bryce seconded that the club donate to the cancer re-lay for life.

Kattie gave a project talk about cooking. Jasper led the club in the 4-H pledge. Ryan moved to adjourn the meeting, adjourned.

MarchThe regular monthly meeting of

the Lawn Ridge 4-H Club was held on March 2nd at the extension office. President Valerie Wurm called the meeting to order. Kattie led the club in the flag salute. Dallas led the club in a song. Roll call was answered by 10 members and 1 leader. The min-utes of the previous meeting were read and approved. No treasurer’s report was given.

Club leader, Lynn Laten reminded us that we needed to go online to en-roll by May 1st. She also reported that at 4-H Council, they reported that we will be needing a new food stand coordinator for the council food stand this year. Under old business, we discussed club t-shirts, we will table until the next meeting. Under new business, we decided to deliver cookie plates to all the trophy spon-sors this year. We will deliver them in April.

For the program, we practiced the model meeting. Announcements were read, 4-H pledge was led by Echoe Lennox. Jylian moved to ad-journ the meeting, and meeting was adjourned.

Lawn Ridge 4-H ClubClub Clip

Across the CountyBy Marty Fear,

County Extension AgentWe haven’t experienced a

freeze yet this fall, but soon will. And remember, a freeze can cause hazards for using some forag-es. When plants freeze, changes occur in their metabolism and composition that can poison live-stock.

But you can prevent problems. Sorghum-related plants, like cane, sudangrass, shattercane, and milo can be highly toxic for a few days after frost. Freezing breaks plant cell membranes. This breakage al-lows the chemicals that form prus-sic acid, which is also called cya-nide, to mix together and release this poisonous compound rapidly.

Livestock eating recently fro-zen sorghums can get a sudden, high dose of prussic acid and po-tentially die. Fortunately, prussic acid soon turns into a gas and dis-appears into the air. So wait 3 to 5 days after a freeze before grazing sorghums; the chance of poison-ing then becomes much lower.

Freezing also slows down me-

tabolism in all plants. This stress sometimes permits nitrates to ac-cumulate in plants that are still growing, especially grasses like oats, millet, and sudangrass.

This build-up usually isn’t haz-ardous to grazing animals, but green chop or hay cut right after a freeze can be more dangerous. Alfalfa reacts two ways to a hard freeze, down close to twenty de-grees, cold enough to cause plants to wilt.

Nitrate levels can increase, but rarely to hazardous levels. Freez-ing also makes alfalfa more likely to cause bloat for a few days after the frost. Then, several days later, after plants begin to wilt or grow again, alfalfa becomes less likely to cause bloat.

So waiting to graze alfalfa until well after a hard freeze is a good, safer management practice. Frost causes important changes in for-ages so manage them carefully for safe feed.

Contact the Cheyenne County Extension office at 332-3171 or cfear@ksu.edu with questions or comments.

By Amanda Millera.miller@nwkansas.com

It is Physician Assistant Week, and here in Cheyenne County there are three physician assistants who work hard to keep the community healthy. Dana Jewell, Kristle Raile and Tyler Raile all work at the Cheyenne County Hospital.

Physician assistants are in high demand, thanks to the growing need for healthcare services com-bined with a shortage of physicians, according to Business Insider. That, and a great annual salary have helped the position earn a rating as one of the best jobs in America in 2015 on a list by Glassdoor, a jobs and recruiting site.

Jeffrey Katz, a family practice physician assistant and president

and chair of the board of the Ameri-can Academy of Physician Assis-tants, said that being a physician assistant, or PA, is the best of all worlds.

“PAs get to do what they love, practice medicine. This is a career for those who have a passion for caring for others, who want to affect change in healthcare, and, ultimate-ly, who want to positively influence lives and heal.

In addition to accomplishing meaningful healthcare, career flex-ibility and work-life balance are the hallmarks of the PA profession. A typical PA may practice in two to three specialties throughout his or her career, making PAs uniquely versatile in today’s healthcare in-dustry.

The PA schedule can also be fam-ily friendly, and PAs have more control over their work environ-ments which leads to higher levels of professional satisfaction,” Mr. Katz said.

Medical school education is lon-ger than a typical physician assistant program. A typical student entering the program has a bachelor’s de-gree and about four years of health-care experience. It takes about 26 months to complete a PA program, according to Mr. Katz. After class-room study, the students complete a minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical rotations in outpatient clinics and in hospitals. A physician assistant must then get licensed in their state, which requires graduation from an accredited PA program and passage

Local physican assistants recognized

Freeze effects explained

Total receipts for the first quarter of the fiscal year, reflecting money collected by the Kansas Department of Revenue and other agencies, totaled $1.35 billion. That was $42.5 million, or 3.06 percent, below estimates for the quarter.

Revenue sources – corporate franchise fee, insurance premiums, interest, net transfers, agency earnings and miscellaneous – collected by agencies other than the Department of Revenue brought the total $523.8 million receipts collected by the state for the month, $13.2 million

more than what was collected in September 2014 but $31.7 million or 5.7 percent below estimates for the month.

Corporate income was $7.5 million less than expected while individual income tax receipts were $12.2 million shy of estimates for the month. State sales tax receipts were $12.5 million less than estimates.

“Many sectors showed growth, but the dramatic drop in oil, gas and farm income experienced across the Midwest states, also affected Kansas revenue,” said Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan.

of the certification exam adminis-tered by the National Commission on Certification of PAs.

The physician and physician as-sistant work together as part of a healthcare team. And while there is no “typical day” for a PA, it can encompass everything from deliv-ering babies to diagnosing illnesses, performing procedures, and coun-seling patients.

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Opinion 131st Year, Number 41 Thursday, October 8, 2015

Kansas drivers get offhook for driving drunk

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The GardenerBy

KayMelia

In something of a revolt by district judges, Kansas drivers are getting off the hook for Driving While Intoxicated charges after refusing to take a breath or blood test when arrested.

Two Shawnee County judges have dismissed cases, citing similar logic that a person cannot give up their Fifth Amendment rights just because they accept a driver’s license.

Another three cases from other districts have been heard by the state Supreme Court, but no decision has been rendered. The new cases may put a little more pressure on the justices to do something about this conflict between basic rights and an interest in public safety.

There’s no doubt, the push over the last two or three decades to reduce drunk (or drugged) driving and the consequent injuries and death involved has worked. There’s no doubt it was needed.

But – and this is a big but – the courts and society, as always, need to be mindful of basic civil rights that all of us, even drunk drivers, share. And one of those is the Fifth Amendment right that prevents us from being forced to incriminate ourselves by answering questions – or perhaps, by submitting a blood-alcohol test.

States have been operating on the theory that driving is not a right, but a privilege granted by a benevolent government. When we accept the privilege, we give up our right to refuse a test. But what could be more invasive than being forced to have a needle stuck into your veins to take blood?

Certainly, the state has a legitimate interest in

finding and arresting drunk drivers. Statistics show that paying attention to the problem, once widely ignored, has saved thousands of lives. But as in many things, if we want to remain the Land of the Free, we have to protect people’s rights.

The same principle applies to government snooping through our phone-call records, our bank records, our suitcases or our vehicles. The Fourth Amendment right forbidding unreasonable search and seizure is important, if little understood.

While the Fourth Amendment pretty clearly requires a judge’s signature on a warrant for government intrusion into our lives, even when trying to prevent terrorism. It’s not quite so clear that the Fifth bars forcing someone to take a blood test against their will – or convicting that person and lifting his or her driver’s license for refusing.

Here is the language: “Nor shall any person … be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.”

But other courts have held that taking such a test might be equivalent to testifying against one’s self. It’s going to be interesting to see how the state Supremes sort this out, and more so to see a national resolution.

Our basic constitutional rights are more precious than about anything else. If we let them slip way, we will wake up some day no longer free. – Steve Haynes

Letters to the Editor

Reader concerned about reptilesSt. Francis City Council and

city residents:We are not able to make an ac-

tual appearance before the city council due to our current health. However, we want this letter to serve as our objection to the pro-posed use of a reptile sanctuary at 500 S. Benton Street.

Two of our residential proper-ties are located within 150 feet of the subject property: 422 S. Benton is a well maintained rental home and our own residence is 416 S. Benton. We believe the market value of both properties would be impacted in a negative way if such a use is allowed.

After reading the front page ar-ticle in the October 1 edition of The Saint Francis Herald, many questions came up. First, after the council heard the initial request

from Mr. McCoy, why would ad-ditional consideration be granted? The subject property is located in the middle of a well-established, well-maintained residential neigh-borhood totally surrounded by homes with many of 50 years old. Second, does anyone believe that the proposed use of a reptile sanc-tuary in the middle of a residential neighborhood would not have a negative impact on home values?

Third, how will the interior or exterior of the property be main-tained? With the current build-ing in only poor to fair condition, what public or private funds are available to improve or just main-tain the property?

Finally, we are not convinced

from two or three statements in the newspaper that 100+ caged and fenced reptiles create very lit-tle odor. During the summer time, when windows are open and the wind is from the south, we would be the first to detect an odor.

We wish Mr. McCoy well in his desire to establish a reptile sanctu-ary. Our hope is that the council simply apply some common sense and reject the current proposed location. Rather, direct him to a commercial or agricultural use area.

Thank you for your time.Sincerely, Dale and Alma

NeitzelSt. Francis

Letter to the Editor:Every year, Knights of Colum-

bus organizations from across the state conduct their annual Tootsie Roll Drives for the benefit of people with disabilities. The people served by Developmen-tal Services of Northwest Kansas have been many of the fortunate recipients from this fundraiser. For many years, the generosity of the Knights have allowed us to of-fer additional support to those we

serve through a variety of ways. One of those ways is DSNWK’s

Consumer Medical Fund. This fund was established due to the contributions made through the K of C Tootsie Roll Drive. Thanks to the Knights, DSNWK has been able to assist individuals with dis-abilities with the cost of medical items and care that are not cov-ered by Medicaid such as dental expenses and adaptive equipment.

So as the area K of C’s gear

up for this annual fundraiser, we would like to take the time and wish all of them the best of luck and encourage everyone to stop and support their efforts. We truly appreciate their kindness and sup-port.

Steve KeilDirector of Development

Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas

2703 Hall StreetHays, KS 67601

Knights of Columbus plan fundraiserKay Meliavkmelia@yahoo.com

As a gardener, I have always believed that it is of utmost importance to find and plant the most productive variety of every vegetable I plant. Some varieties are more productive and offer more disease resistance than other varieties. Therefore it becomes incumbent on those who plant gardens to select those high producing varieties if they expect gardening success.

Not everyone who plants a garden actually believes that a certain variety of green beans, or of cucumbers, or of cabbage, is better than another. If it says green beans, or cucumber, or cabbage on the packet, then that’s all they need to know. That just isn’t true!

End of sermon. The importance of knowing something about the different names, or cultivars of plantlife became of interest to me as a kid when my Dad made his selections of wheat, corn, and maize seed at planting time. But after harvesting those crops, he would spend a lot of time making comparisons of the growing habit, the quality, and the total production of the varieties he planted on his own farm. He would also compare notes with friends and neighbors about their varietal thoughts and concerns. And he would also study the Extension reports about available varieties and their history of success.

Most older farmers will remember that the earliest variety of available seed wheat was one named Turkey. Turkey was a hard, red, winter wheat, and the story of

Turkey’s introduction in the wheat growing areas is memorable. In the early years of the 20th century, Mennonite immigrants, fleeing Tsarist persecution in the Crimea area of Russia, fled to Kansas with trunkfuls of hand selected Turkey seed wheat, and planted it on their new farms. They settled primarily in areas around Reno, Harvey, and Marion counties.

Turkey quickly became the dominant variety of hard red winter wheat in the Great Plains area.

It was a short sturdy type of wheat that stood well, threshed easily, and millers loved it. Some farmers in the day would insist that they could taste the difference of bread made from Turkey wheat flour.

But Turkey fell out of favor in the late 1940’s when higher yielding varieties were introduced. And now in the 21st century, only hobbyists plant small plots of it, and they have begun an effort to bring the variety back to the marketplace. A “quality preserved” program has been put in place, modeled after the existing certified protocol in Kansas.

I remember riding the combine

when my family and several neighbors harvested Turkey wheat. I also remember that Turkey basically disappeared from the scene when such varieties as Early Blackhull, Heberle, and Wichita were introduced. And then came the “beardless” craze as Chieftan and Red Chief cultivars came along, and then quickly were abandoned after only a few years of popularity because the millers and bread bakers despised it!

Tenmarq and Comanche varieties made their entry, and exit, on the farm scene as well. Both were big improvements over those that preceded them, but proved to be later maturing at a time when much earlier varieties came on the scene. Today, the list of viable cultivars is longer than your arm and test plots everywhere struggle to find enough space to grow them.

Plant geneticists have worked overtime, not only developing new wheat varieties, but also shiny new cultivars of corn, milo, soybean, cotton, alfalfa, and almost every other crop grown today. Those who eat, are the true beneficiaries of their work!

Vegetable productivity

On Thursday, Oct. 15, Congress-man Tim Huelskamp will add to his town hall tradition, hosting five meetings in northwest Kansas to take questions from Kansans and hear their thoughts and concerns so he can bring them back to Wash-ington.

He will be in St. Francis for the Cheyenne County town hall meet-

ing at 8 a.m. in the commissioners’ room in the courthouse. For those who missed the meeting in St. Francis, the congressman will be in Atwood at 10 a.m. in the Midwest Energy Community Room.

Other towns he will visit on Oct. 15 will be Oberlin, Hoxie and Quinter.

Congressman Huelskamp has held more Town Halls than any

sitting member of Congress. This summer, Huelskamp passed 300 town halls since taking office in 2011.

Everyone is invited to attend. The events are open to members of the media.

Learn more about upcoming and past Town Halls at http://huels-kamp.house.gov/about/events.

Huelskamp to hold town hall

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FESTIVALmaypole merry-go-round rides, pumpkin decorating, games, face painting and kids sparkly manicures.

New this year will be craft tents along with the Haigler Street Cat assistance program and jellies and baked goodies tents. There will be name drawings for many great prizes donated by commu-nity businesses and individuals throughout the tri-state area. Be sure to get your name in the jar. The annual Maypole Award will also be presented.

At 3:30 p.m., the traditional Tumbleweed/Spook Parade for kids of all ages (includes adults) will begin in front of the Coun-try Schoolhouse Museum. People (costumed and plain), bicycles, tricycles, wagons, pull floats are

all welcome; but no large motor-ized vehicles.Open house at Haigler Museums

Throughout the afternoon of Tumbleweed Festival, there is open house at the Haigler One Room Country Schoolhouse 67 South Museum, the Haigler Cor-nerstone Museum, The Station, and the Haigler Jail. Festival goers will find many new items on dis-play inside the museums and also notice the new outside stucco and paint work at the Cornerstone Mu-seum and the Station. Donations to support the museums are tax de-ductible through the Haigler Com-munity Foundation.

It’s Happening again in Haigler - so come spend the day in Haigler on Oct. 17 and enjoy the Tumble-weed Festival.

Hospital Guild listens to Dr. WalzThe Cheyenne County Hospi-

tal Guild met on Monday, Oct. 5 at 2:00 p.m. at the Senior Citi-zen’s Center. Twenty-five mem-bers and two guests were pres-ent.

President Betty Louden in-troduced the guest speaker, Dr. Dallas Walz. Dr. Walz spoke to us on flu symptoms and what a

person should do if contacting the flu. He encouraged all to get their flu shot.

President Louden then called the meeting to order. Kathy We-ber read the minutes from the May meeting. They were cor-rected and approved. Dolores Kincheloe gave the treasurer’s report.

For old business, Carol Lar-son’s name was added to the membership list as it was acci-dentally omitted.

For new business, a new mem-ber Geri Lampe was welcomed. Consideration is going to be giv-en to donating to the hospital to-wards the purchase of Tonopens that measure eye pressure.

The next meeting will be Mon-day, Nov. 2 at the Senior Citizen Center at 2:00 p.m. Justin Lohr will present the program. Host-esses will be Sherry Schultz and Anita Miller.

The meeting was adjourned and delicious refreshments were served by Shirley Bracelin and Betty Louden.

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Indians win hard-fought game at homeBy Douglas Sloper

dsloper@nwkansas.comIn one of the more exciting games

of the season, the St. Francis Indians and Atwood Buffaloes played a tough contest where neither team was going to give up. The Indians over came three turnovers in the first half and held off the Buffaloes forcing three Atwood turnovers in the second half to down the visitors 20-12.

“In my first annual Yoke Bowl, I could sense the electricity in the air. The atmosphere was fantastic and the crowd turnout was overwhelming. I cannot tell you how proud I am of the Indian football team, they have done a tremendous job week after week preparing for that week’s opponent and this week we put some extra effort in for Atwood. Taylor Rogers had 26 carries for 251 yards and 3 touchdowns. Garrett Brunk and Taylor Rogers had 12 tackles each followed by Justin Pacheco’s 10. The entire team needs recognition for the team win and our leadership from Lane Hobrock and Jude Faulkender has been fantastic. Both of are captains of this team along with Quinton Cravens, Taylor, Garrett, and Justin. I’d like to give a special thanks to Carl Werner, his help throughout the year during the day has helped me personally put a great deal a detail into our team success. A big thank you to all who attended the game on Friday night!” said coach Yates.

The Indians won the toss and deferred to the second half. Dalton Straub kicked off to Braden Leitner of the Buffaloes. Leitner returned the ball bake to the Atwood 23 yard line. The Indians defense held the Buffaloes to no gains on first and second down carries. On third down, quarterback Maverick Green’s pass to Nick Withington fell incomplete, forcing the Buffaloes to punt on fourth and long.

Taylor Rogers received the punt and had a nice return, and was tackled by Withington. The Indians were flagged for an illegal block in the back and began their first offensive series inside their own 10 yard line.

On first down, Cravens lateralled to Taylor Rogers who was stopped for no gain. Rogers went over the left side for a gain of 2. On third down, Cravens hit Rogers on another short pass. The Indians were forced to punt on fourth and 6, and Atwood took over on their own 35 yard line.

On first and ten, Green handed off to running back Cole Sramek, who made a nice run around the right side. The Buffaloes were flagged for a chop block on the play, and were moved back to their own 30 yard line. Facing a first and 25, Sramek again ran over the right side for a short 4 yard gain. On second down, Green went up the middle for another short gain. On third and a long 18 yards, Green took the handoff and was hit hard in the backfield by Justin Pacheco and Brock Waters for a loss. The Buffaloes punted on fourth and long, and the ball sailed into the end zone for a touchback. Sainty took over on their own 15 yard line.

On first down, Rogers scampered up the right side for 14 yards and an Indian first down. Rogers powered up the middle for a short two yards on first down. Rogers again went over the right side and was pushed out of bounds at the 27 yard line and another Indian first down. The first turnover of the game came on the Indian’s next play when they fumbled, and Leitner recovered for the Buffaloes on the 26 yard line.

On first down, Sramek went around the right side for a gain of 5, stopped by Cravens for the Indians. Tyler Beckman took the second down handoff for no gain, On third and five, Green sprinted up the left side, just making enough yardage for a Buffaloes first down. On first down, Beckman drove up the center for a small gain. Justin Pacheco stopped Green for a short 2 yard gain. On third down, Green was forced to scramble up the middle and was stopped. On fourth and 6, Brock Waters broke through and blocked the Atwood punt attempt. Indians took over with good field position on the 38 yard line.

On first down, Rogers was caught in the backfield by Vrbas of Atwood for a 2 yard loss. On second and 12, Cravens was caught in the backfield, for no gain. On third and 12, Cravens went over the left side for a nice gain of 7. Facing a fourth and 5 at the Buffaloes 37, the Indians went for it. Cravens hit Pacheco with and nice pass at the 31 yard line, for an Indians first down. On first down, Cravens was stopped for a loss of one by McCain of Atwood. On second down, Cravens

went up the middle and was hit hard and fumbled. Atwood recovered on their own 24 yard line.

On first down, Green was stopped for a loss of 2 by Lane Hobrock and Trayton Doyle. On second and 12, Sramek took the handoff and was stopped on a nice tackle by Tate Busse. The quarter ended scoreless, St. Francis 0, Atwood 0.

As the second quarter began, and with the Buffaloes facing a third and long, Green’s pass to tight end Shelton McCain fell incomplete. Atwood punted on fourth down and long, with the ball going out of bounds at the 39 yard line.

With the Indians having good field position, Cravens handed off to Rogers, who sprinted through for a big 17 yard gain, and an Indian first down. Cravens then tossed to Rogers, who sprinted around the right side and was caught just short of the goal line. Rogers then powered through the middle for the Indians first touchdown of the game, at 11:27 of the second quarter. The extra point conversion was missed when running back Justin Pacheco was stopped by Maverick Green. St. Francis up 6-0.

Straub’s kickoff sailed into the end zone for a touchback, so the Buffaloes started out on their own 15 yard line. On first down, Sramek was stopped by Pacheco, after a 2 yard gain. On second down, Sramek took the direct snap and gained 2 more yards. Sramek’s third down pass attempt to McCain was incomplete, leaving Atwood with a fourth and 6. Robby Brown’s punt was very short and the Indians took over on the 35 yard line.

On first down, Rogers was hit in the backfield for a loss of 2. On second down, Rogers cut up the left side gaining 7. Cravens pass in third down was intercepted on a diving catch by Braden Leitner of the Buffaloes at the 24 yard line.

On first down Green kept the ball and was hit hard by Waters and Cravens of the Indians for a gain of 2. Green went around the left side for a gain of 3. On third and 5 Green was smothered in the backfield by Hobrock, Brunk and Doyle. Atwood again was forced to punt. During the return, the Indians were penalized for a blow to the head and took over on their own 24 yard line.

On first down, Rogers took the pitchout and, running left, gained 7, stopped by Sramek of Atwood. On second and three, Cravens went throug the center on a keeper, stopped by Vrbas of Atwood at the 36, Indians first down. On first down Cravens tossed to Pacheco for a gain of 2. On second down, Cravens pass to Rogers just skipped off his hands, incomplete. On third down, Cravens, under tremendous pressure from the Buffaloes, was forced out of the pocket and scrambled for a Sainty first down. Another Indians pass on first down was incomplete. Cravens pass to Hobrock on second down was high and over his head. On third and ten, a pass to Pacheco in the end zone was broken up. The fourth down pass attempt to Rogers was incomplete, and Sainty turned over the ball on downs, at the 26 yard line of Atwood.

Green slipped in the backfield on first down and was down for a loss of 5. On second and 15, Sramek had a strong run off the right side, taking several Indians to get him down after a gain of 7. Sramek took the direct snap up the middle for a gain of 4. After attempting to draw the Indians offside on fourth and 3, Atwood called a timeout. When play resumed, Maverick Green took the snap and bulled his way through the center for a Buffaloes first down. With a new set of downs, Green then hit Nick Withington on an over the middle pass , down by Busse. Green went over the left for a short gain. On third down Sramek took the pitchout and was brought down 2 yards short of the first down. On fourth and 2, Sramek broke through the Indian line and galloped for a Buffaloe touchdown, with 2:26 left in the half. The extra point conversion was missed and the scored was tied at 6.

The next Indians offensive series gained some yardage, but the Indians were forced to punt the ball away, on fourth and 3. On a good punt the Indians downed the ball at the Atwood 6 yard line. Two running plays by the Buffaloes were stopped for no gain and the half ended with the score tied at 6.

Tyler Beckman kicked off for Atwood to begin the third quarter. The ball went into the end zone for a touchback and St. Francis began on their own 15 yard line. The Indians offense sputtered on their first series. Rogers gained 3 on first down, then was caught in the backfield for a lost off 3. On third and 10 Rogers

gained 5 and then Indians punted the ball away. The short punt into the wind was downed at the Indians 38 yard line.

On first down, Sramek went over the right side for a long carry down the Indians 25 yard line. On the next play, Sramek was stopped by a combined effort of Doyle and Rogers for a gain of 1. Sramek took the pitch out from Green and went to the right for 6 yards. On third and short, Green went over the left side, again stoppped by Doyle and Rogers, but made enough for the first down, inside the Sainty 15. The Indians defense appeared to have the Buffaloes, when they went nowhere on two successive plays. On third and 15, Green hit McCain in the end zone for an Atwood score. Joel Hill for the Indians broke up the extra point conversion attempt and Atwood took the lead 12-6.

The Buffaloes kickoff went through the end zone and St. Francis took over at their own 15. St. Francis answered Atwood back quickly. On first down, Taylor Rogers took the pitchout and sprinted over the right side for a 65 yard touchdown run, The extra point was converted when Cravens hit Rogers in the end zone, and the Indians were back on top 14-12.

Sramek received the kickoff for the Buffaloes, and returned the ball out to the Atwood 34 yard line. Tyler Beckman took the ball over the right side for an 8 yard gain on first down. Beckman got Atwood and new set of downs with a gain of 2 for the first down. Sramek gained 2 yards on first down. On second down, Green was sacked in the backfield by Brunk on a great tackle. A third down pass fell incomplete. The Buffaloes were forced to punt on fourth and 10. Indians took over on their own 15.

Rogers went over the right side for a gain of 2. On second and 8, Cravens hit Justin Pacheco over the middle on a great 30 yard reception, down to the Atwood 33 yard line. On first down Rogers slammed into the middle for a gain of 5. Second and 5 Rogers again up the middle for a short gain. On third down, Cravens pass to Hobrock in the end zone was broken up. Another pass from Cravens on fourth down fell incomplete. Sainty turned the ball over on downs at the Atwood 27.

As the third quarter wound down, the Buffaloes offense was again stopped on first and second down for little or no gain. On third and long running back Brad Leitner took a reverse and made a great run up the left side. Atwood was called for a block in the back on the play and pushed back to their own 21 yard line. On third and 15 Green hit Beckman over the middle for a nice gain. On the play Cravens was hit with a pass interference call, and Atwood was on the move, first down at the 37 yard line.

The Indians defense rose up again, stopping Atwood on two downs for no gain.

The third quarter came to an end with St. Francis out in front 14-12.

As the fourth quarter got under way, the Buffaloes faced a third and 10. Green’s pass to Beckman was completed for a gain of 7. The Buffaloes went for it on fourth and 3 , but were stopped when Leitner was dropped in the backfield by a host of Indians led by Garrett Brunk. Indians took over on the 36 yard line.

On first down Taylor Rogers powered over the left side for a great 16 yard gain down to the Atwood 27 yard line and an Indians first down. The Indians were flagged for a 5 yard illegal procedure penalty. Rogers took the handoff on first down and 15 and escaped out of the backfield and turned a loss into a 6 yard gain, up the left side. On second down, the pitchout to Rogers a mishandled, with Taylor recovering for a loss on the play. On third a 17 from the Buffaloes 35 yard line, Cravens long pass to Rogers, was juggled and fell incomplete. St. Francis punted on fourth down, with the punt going through the end zone for a touchback. Atwood took over on their own 15. Beckman was stopped for a loss on first down. Green’s pass to Withington was broken up, but Sainty was called for pass interference on the play and penalized 15 yards. With a new set of downs, Green carried over the right side for a gain of 4. On second and 6, Sramek broke through for big gain. Brock Waters brought down Sramek at the Indians 36 yard line. Green had a short gain on first down. On second down Green again went over the left side for a short 4 yard gain, tackled by Trayton Doyle. On third and short Sramek carried the ball and came up just inches short of a first down. Atwood went for it on fourth down, and on a hard count, were flagged 5 yards for movement, leaving them with a fourth and 5. Atwood went for it on fourth and 5, but Sramek’s pass attempt intended for Brown was picked off by the Indians, at the Sainty 14 yard line.

St. Francis was unable to move the ball on offense and were not able to gain the first down. On fourth and 2 the snap was mishandled by Cravens, who under pressure flipped a toss to Lane Hobrock who was snowed under, short of the first down. The Indians were flagged for ineligible receiver downfield, which was declined by Atwood and they took over with great field position on the Indians 18 yard line.

On first down Sramek was stopped cold for no gain, by Pacheco, Hobrock and Doyle. On second down Green’s pass over the middle was tipped and intercepted by Garrett Brunk of the Indians at the 17 yard line.

Taylor Rogers took the handoff and went over the left side for a 12 yard gain out to the Indians 29. Pacheco was stopped for a loss of one on the next play. On second down St. Francis was flagged for a delay of game. On the replay of second down Rogers was stopped for no gain. On third down, Rogers took the direct snap from center and ripped around the right side for a

57 yard touchdown run. The extra point was missed and and Indians had some breathing room 20 -12 with 1:49 left in the game.

The Buffaloes brought the kickoff out to their own 17, first and ten. After an incomplete pass attempt on first down, Sramek’s pass was tipped and picked off by Tate Busse at the Indains 36 yard line.

With 1:30 left in the game the Indians attempted to run out the clock. Rogers carried for no gain on first down. Rogers again went

off the left side for a nice 5 yard gain. On third and 5 the Indians were again stopped. A fourth down punt went into the end zone for a touchback. Atwood took over on their own 15.

As the clocked ticked down, the Buffaloes gained 9 yards on first down. McCain gained 2 yards on a short pass, good for a first down. As time ran out Green scrambled and was brought down on a big hit by Brock Waters.

Game over, St. Francis Indians 20, Atwood Buffaloes 12.

By Douglas Sloperdsloper@nwkansas.com

The Lady Indians played hard and got back to their winning ways, when they hosted the Sharon Springs Wildcats and Weskan Coyotes on Thursday, October 2 in St. Francis.

B Team vs. Sharon SpringsThe B team took on the Wildcats

in the first match of the afternoon. In the first set, both teams had trouble with returning serves and getting plays set. The Lady Indians got themselves together and soon built up a comfortable 20-11 lead, and finished off the the Wildcats 25-14

In set number two, Sharon Springs jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead, as the Lady Indians had trouble returning serves and getting their offense set up. As the set progressed, Sainty began to claw their way back into the set, trailing 10-8. Both teams battled back and forth, with neither

team getting the momentum or advantage. With the score tied at 15, the Indians made their move and began to get their plays set up, taking a 19-16 lead. The tide had shifted, and the Lady Indians never looked back, taking the second set, 25-16 and the match.

B Team vs. WeskanThe Lady Indians agin played

well against the Coyotes, sweeping them in straight sets. They took the first set 25-16 and the second set easily 25-8.

A Team vs. Sharon SpringsSt. Francis play a hard and

coordinated match against the Wildcats. The Lady Indians took the first set 25-14 and the second set 25-8.

A Team vs. WeskanAs in their match against the

Wildcats, St. Francis continued to get good returns of service to set up their offense. The Lady Indians took the first set 25-12 and the second set 25-17.

Junior high LadyIndians win games

TAYLOR ROGERS, NO. 4, pushes his way past the Buffaloes line to score a touchdown in Friday night’s exciting game.Herald staff photo by Douglas Sloper

SIERRA ROBBINS, NO. 13, reaches to return the ball as her teammate Perla Yanez, No. 4, prepares to assist.

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On Friday, the St. Francis Indians won the football game against the Atwood Buffaloes, 20-12, taking back the wooden yoke trophy.

At the Game

Varsity ladies lose game to Hoxie`By Douglas Sloper

dsloper@nwkansas.comThe Lady Indians did not fare

well with Hoxie or Dighton on Thursday, October 1 in Hoxie. St. Francis varsity and junior varsity dropped their matches against both.

Lady Indians vs. HoxieThe Lady Indians lost to

Hoxie in straight sets, 25-8 and 25-18.

Lady Indians vs. Dighton

St. Francis lost in straight sets to the Hornets, 25-10 and 25-11

Junior Varsity vs. DightonThe Lady Indians played well

but lost to the Hornets in three sets. Dighton took the first set 25-15, Sainty came back and knocked off Dighton, 25-14 in set two. The Indians lost the third and decisive set 15-9.

Junior Varsity vs. HoxieThe lady Indains had an easy

time of it in the first set against

Hoxie, defeating them 25-8. In the second set Hoxie came back and defeated the Lady Indians 25-13. In the third and deciding set Hoxie squeaked by 16-14.

“This was a tough night for the young Lady Indians. Normally our serving is what gets us match wins and in both matches we went through rotations where we missed several serves. Both of our opponents were good at serve receive and serving. So

when we missed a serve they would score a couple of points on their serves,” said Coach Jeff Olofson.

“The young ladies played hard but simply got behind too often and then did not have time to get back in the set. We continue to improve in the fundamentals and are getting better at communicating during the match” said Olofson.

Varsity girlssweep Oberlinand Cheylin

By Douglas Sloperdsloper@nwkansas.com

The varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams came away with a sweep against the Oberlin Red Devils and Cheylin Cougars on Tuesday, Sept 29 in Oberlin. The Indians played very well dropping only one set during match play.

Varsity vs. OberlinThe Lady Indians took down

the Red Devils in two sets. Win-ning a hard fought close first set 25-20, then dumping Oberlin easily in the second set 25-12.

“The girls came out strong and played well. As a whole we are making improvements everyday and the girls should be proud of themselves. I can’t stress enough I think the girls are coming to-gether more and are playing to-gether as a team more each time we play” said Head Coach Sarah Raile.

“Like I said in articles posted, the girls work hard. We as a team have overcome so much and the season is just half way over. When one person makes a mis-take another girl is there to help improve that mistake. It is nice as a coach watching each girl grow and become a better volleyball player.”

Individual statistics: Katie Schmidt had 16 kills, Kylie Sher-lock and Journey Lee both had 12 kills each, and Zoe Sundstrom had 6 kills. Maddie Tice had 12 digs, Kylie Sherlock had 9 digs, and Journey Lee had 7 digs. Han-nah Bracelin had 35 set assist and 21 set assist. Kylie Sherlock had 4 stuff blocks, Jessica Confer had 2 stuff blocks.

Varsity vs. CheylinThe varsity came out in their

next match against the Cheylin Cougars, and again put together a strong performance. The Lady Indians dropped the first set to the Cougars 25-23. In a closely fought second set Sainty pre-vailed 25-22, and took the third set 25-18.

“Cheylin was not going to hand us the game. They fought hard in all three sets. They are a great passing team and hitting

team. I am very proud of how the girls stepped it up had energy and knew that they could do it if they worked together as a team . Cheylin is not a team we over-look. They have great players and they fought hard” said Coach Raile.

Individual statistics: Katie Schmidt lead the lady Indians in kills against they Cheylin Cou-gars with 18 kills in all three sets averaging 6 kills per set, Ky-lie Sherlock had 14 kills in the three sets, Journey Lee had nine kills in three sets, and Zoe Sund-strom had 7 kills in all three sets . Madison Tice lead the night with 18 digs against the Cougars, and Kylie Sherlock as not far behind with a season all time high of 15 digs in the three sets, Journey Lee had 8 digs. Emily Elfers had 4 stuff blocks. Hanna Bracelin had 65 set attempts with 49 set assist in all three sets. The ladies pulled it together and played as a team.

“We are looking more and more like a team each time we play. We have a really tough week this week being on the road in Hoxie Thursday night and then the tournament this weekend in Oberlin. We would like to thank our fans that come out and sup-port us .”

Junior Varsity vs. OberlinThe junior varsity came out and

again played very well against the Red Devils. The Lady Indians cruised through the first set, 25-8 and completed the sweep 25-17 in the second set.

“The young Lady Indians had a good evening against the young Red Devils. In the first set we out served them and kept them out of their offense. In the second set we had a major lapse in concen-tration. Because of this lapse, the young ladies passed very poorly and allowed the Red Devils to get back in the match. It took some very good serves on our part to win the match. Volleyball is often a game of momentum and we lost ours for awhile. We will continue to work on playing through the tough points in a set” said Coach Jeff Olofson.

By Douglas Sloperdsloper@nwkansas.com

The St. Francis Indians contin-ued to roll this season, with an impressive 46-0 shutout of the Sharon Springs Wildcats Thurs-day evening at Greene Field. The Indians had little trouble han-dling the Wildcats, as they held the lead from the opening kick-off, until the game was stopped midway through the third quarter, due to the 45 point rule.

In first quarter action, the Indi-ans won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff from the Wildcats. Brady Din-kel took the kickoff at his own 30 yard line motored around the right side behind a convoy of great blocking and took the ball into the end zone for the Indi-ans first touchdown of the game. The extra point was good and St. Francis was up 8-0.

The Wildcats started their first offensive series on their own 25 after the Indians kickoff went out of bounds. The Sainty defense stopped Sharon Springs in three plays, and on fourth and four the Wildcats fumbled the handoff and were stopped on downs.

The Indians took over on the Sharon Springs 25 yard line.

On first down, quarterback Brady Dinkel called his own number and scampered over the left side for a 25 yard touchdown. Dinkel ran in the extra point and the Indians extended their lead to 16-0.

The Wildcats took over on their own 28 yard line, and again their offense went no where. On first down, quarterback Jacee Mack-ley handed off to Zach Clyncke for a short two yard gain. Mack-ley pass to Zach Schemm fell incomplete on second down. On a third and eight, Mackley was

dropped for no gain. The Wild-cats punted on fourth down.

On the Indians next offensive series, they again moved the ball with a run by Shadryon Blanka, who gained 3 yards on first down. Runs by Adam Krien on second and Brady Dinkel on third down moved the ball out to the Sharon Springs 35 yard line, and a new set of downs. From there the Indians drive stalled, and on a fourth and 9, Dinkel was stopped just short of the first down marker on a fake punt attempt.

The Wildcats could not take advantage when on first down a pass attempt from Zach Clyncke was intercepted by Kobe Tice of the Indians.

The Indian offense did not waste this opportunity, Dinkel handed off to Krien for short gains on first and second down. Facing a third and 8, Dinkel again handed off to Krien, who this time sprinted through the Wildcats defense for the 30 yard touchdown. Krien also scored the extra points and the rout was in progress, Indians 24-0.

The Wildcats began their next series on their own 38 yard line. On first down, Mackley went up the middle for a gain of one. The quarter ended with the Indians up 24-0

As the second quarter got un-der way, the Sharon Springs of-fense again was stopped by the aggressive Indians defense. On second and nine, a handoff to Zach Schemm gained 2 yards. On third and seven, a handoff to Corbin Smith lost 1 yard on a great stop by the Indian’s Jesse Baxter. Baxter made another great play on fourth down when he dropped Mackley in the back-field, forcing the Wildcats to turn the ball over on downs.

The Indians could not take advantage, when on first down they fumbled the handoff and the Wildcats recovered on their own 37 yard line.

The Wildcat offense was stopped again, and facing a fourth and 15, punted the ball back to the Indians. Adam Krien took the kick and ran the ball back 50 yards untouched for the Indians fourth touchdown of the game. Brady Dinkel ran the ball over the right side for the two point conversion and St. Francis led 32-0.

The Wildcats offense wewnt nowhere, stopped on three suc-cessive downs and facing a fourth and 15, punted the ball away. The punt went out of bounds at their own 29 yard line.

A first down handoff to Krien up the middle went for no gain. On second down, Dinkel faked to Krien and scampered over the left side for a gain of 19, down the the Wildcat 10 yard line. On first down, Blanka was stopped for a loss. On second down, Dinkel just missed a wide open Adam Krien and the ball fell incomplete. On third and 12, a Dinkel run for a score was negat-ed when the Indians were called for a 10 yard holding penalty. Facing a third and 20, Dinkel’s pass was incomplete. On fourth down, Dinkel’s hard count drew the Wildcats defense offsides, and they were penalized 5 yards for encroachment. Replaying fourth down, Dinkel hit a wide open Shadryon Blanka in the end zone for another Indian score. Adam Krien powered in the two point conversion, and St. Francis was comfortably ahead 40-0 late in the second quarter.

The Wildcat offense moved the ball on a great second down

run by quarterback Jace Mackley who gained 32 yard on a nice run. He would have scored, but was run down by Shadryon Blanka, who made a nice open field tack-le. The drive was stopped when a Mackley pass was intercepted by the Indians as time ran out in the second quarter. Indians up 40-0 at the half.

Jesse Baxter kicked off for the Indians to begin the second half. Zach Schemm of the Wild-cats was dropped at the 24 yard line. A first down handoff was fumbled for a loss of 5 yards. A second down handoff gained 6 yards. Clyncke was stopped by Brady Dinkel for a short gain on third down. On fourth and 9, the Indian’s Dinkel broke through the line and blocked the Wild-cats punt. He scooped up the ball and returned it to the Sharon Springs 15.

Shadryon Blanka took over the quarterbacking duties for the Indians offense. On first down, a hand off to Aaron White gained 1 yard. Tyson Poling lost a yard on second down. On third and 10, Blanka took the ball over the right side for a four and a half yard gain. On fourth down, a hard count by Blanka drew the Wildcats offside again. The five yard penalty gave the Indians a fourth and a foot for a first down. Blanka drove over the right side behind a great surge by the of-fensive line and took the ball down to the Wildcats two yard line. On first down, White was stopped for no gain. On second and goal, Blanka called his own number, and powered over the right side for an Indian touch-down. Indians up 46-0. The game was called due to the 45 point rule in eight man football.

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New business is fun for kids, adultsBy Norma Martinez

bc.times@nwkansas.comSaturday brought extremely

cold weather to Bird City for the opening of the Crow Haven Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch. That didn’t keep people from taking advantage of being the first ones to check it out. Tracy Neitzel esti-mated close to 70 adults and chil-dren, including a group of 40 from Goodland, had fun keeping active doing fun things like bouncing in the bounce house and riding on the barrel train. On Sunday, Amy Hendricks and Kaylynn were manning the ticket booth. By 2 p.m. they said over 100 adults and children had purchased tickets.

Rodney Neitzel, the friendly conductor, was having fun driv-ing the barrel train with a monkey on his shoulder and large spider crawling on his back. He was en-tertaining young riders by telling them to locate the 5 stuffed chick-ens along the trail.

Sunday was warmer but still cool enough for the small kids

to bundle up and ride in wagons around the pumpkin patch and se-lect a pumpkin or gourd. Colton Neitzel and Brady Dinkel were tending the pumpkin booth, mea-suring the pumpkins for size and pricing them. They were later re-lieved by Todd Neitzel and Karen Neitzel, and Karen’s son-in-law John Simmonds. Todd estimated they had sold around 250 pump-kins in different sizes since Sat-urday’s opening. Several of the families with small children were selecting one to two dozen extra small pumpkins at $1 apiece. The small pumpkins are selling for $2, medium $4 apiece, and large at $6. Goards and squash are sell-ing for $2 for the small, and $4 for the large. There is a mixture of all sorts of styles and colors to select from.

At the entrance, Laci Gree-son from Goodland was tak-ing pictures of Kim and Jacob Breininger, and their son Parker, sitting on the straw bales deco-rated with pumpkin, gourds and

daisies. In the pumpkin patch, hunting for the right pumpkin, was Des Shields, Lucas Linner and Elsie Larson who was pulling their son Creed in the wagon.

Every hour to hour and a half, Caleb Todd welcomed everyone to the pumpkin patch to draw the crowd to the area where benches were set up. Tim Neitzel and Ma-son Paxton set up the ladder and loaded a pumpkin in the Pumpkin Chunkinator and fired it off to see if it could hit Tim the scarecrow at the end of the pumpkin patch. The first one ended up breaking in mid air so it didn’t go very far. Second try had a large crowd rooting for it, and it was a perfect blast, bring-ing it past the end of the pumpkin patch.

Over in the game section, Kash, Acen and Chris Zimmerman were digging for nickels in the Corn Dig. The nickels were donated by The Bank.

Kinley, Klaire and Kamdyn Kizer from Colby were showing off their art skills by drawing with

chalk on the drawing board. Sev-eral children were playing in the bounce house, and young Casen Todd was going down the small slide, exiting the bounce house. Dayton and Paxton Neitzel were playing ring toss, and Kim and Jacob Breininger from Goodland were dressing the scarecrows.

Tracy Neitzel’s niece, Makayla Fitzgibbons, was manning the treat booth. It is decorated with carmel corn, candied apples, decorated pumpkins, donuts, cup-cakes, candy bars and assorted drinks.

Next to the parking lot were the stacks of hay bales with lose straw in the middle for jumping in. Casen Todd and Wyatt Terry – a cowboy from Phillipsburg- were climbing on the wall and jumping in the straw.

This weekend is supposed to be in the upper 80s, so it should draw out a bigger crowd. It is open ev-ery weekend in October, Satur-days 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays noon-6 p.m.

BRADY DINKEL loads a pumpkin into the Chunkinator as one of the activities at Crow Haven Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, Bird City. Herald staff photos by Norma Martinez

CASEN TODD jumps on the hay bales at Crow Haven.