Volume 83, Number 69 10 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735

Car wash setfor SundayHannah Doughman and Madison Jostes are raising money to compete in the Miss Kansas Teen pageant, and will have a car wash fund raiser from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, in the Western State Bank parking lot at Center and Eighth Streets.

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WEEKENDFriday, August 28,

2015

College teamplans runNorthwest Kansas Tech- nical College’s Maverick Dancers will hold a “Rock and Run” 5k run/walk on Saturday. Cost is $30 after or $15 with a current student identification. Register at nwktc.edu.

Teaching the basics

A taekwondo clinic was held Saturday at the Goodland Activities Center for kids. The clinic covered basic moves, physical fitness,

self-defense, bullying prevention, respect, listening skills and goal setting skills. Photo by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News

Giving blood

Dave Ruddell gave blood at an American Red Cross blood drive last Friday at the Goodland United Methodist Church. The Red

Cross holds regular blood drives in Goodland throughout the year.Photo by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News

By Pat Schiefenpjschiefen@nwkansas.com

Superintendent Bill Biermann told the Goodland School Board on Monday night that starting school in the middle of last week had been received well.

Preliminary enrollment figures so far have the district at nine less students on Aug. 24 than last year, Biermann said. The kindergarten class of 61was down from over 70 for last year. Goodland Junior-Senior High School Principal Greg Ferguson said the enrollment at the high school was up at 290. That would keep the school in its 4A clas-sification. It would be a smaller 4A in the bottom third of the division.

Biermann said they had 65 kids at the early childhood center. They are primarily four year olds with some three year olds.

The board was pleased with the number of people going to the open house at the junior-senior high school. Bierrmann said he thought about 150 attended the opening. There was a rush at the beginning and then it was steady.

Board President Gennifer House thanked Biermann for all his work on the renovation projects at the schools.

Any payments at this point for work at the junior-senior high school would come out of capital outlay funds, Biermann said. The bond money has been spent.

Ben Coumerilh gave an update on technology at the school. He said the iPad check out went much better with shorter waiting lines. He said most students got the same iPad they had last year. The filtering for the Internet usage by students on their iPads will be much better. He said now they are able to see where each student goes on the Internet. At home when students use their iPads, the Internet requests go to the school before they go out to the web.

The board voted to demolish the house at 1216 Cherry, the house the district owns across the street from the junior-senior high school. They had two bids. B&K Pumping bid $7,190 and Goodys $6,435. The board accepted the lowest bid.

Mid-weekstart going wellfor schools

By Pat Schiefenpjschiefen@nwkansas.comThe newest cleric at Our Lady of

Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Father Kyle Berens, joined Father Norbert Dlabal on July 1. The pair are responsible for the churches in Goodland, Sharon Springs, Bird City and St. Francis.

Father Berens said this is the first time the church in St. Francis will not have a resident priest. He is the associate priest and a paro-chial vicar.

“Being a priest is better than I thought could ever be possible,” he said.

In his first day in the area he said three masses, did one Baptism and two annointings.

He was ordained on May 30

at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina. His parents are Bernie and Carolyn Berens of Salina. Father

Berens grew up in Salina and went to college at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., for his bachelors. Then he went a year to medical school at University of Kansas School of Medicine. At that point he said he became aware that he was called to be a doctor of the soul instead of the body. After six years of studying at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis he was ordained.

Father Berens said he is respon-sible for the spiritual well being of all people in the area, not just the Catholics.

He said that if you order your spiritual life it simplifies things in your whole life.

“I absolutely love being a priest,” said Father Berens.

New cleric brings enthusiasmto Goodland, other churches

Father Kyle Berens

Advocateto speakon Sept. 13

Collegestudentgets on the job training

A best-selling author, animal sci-entist and autism advocate will give the first Max Pickerill Lecture of the year at 1 p.m. (Mountain Time) Sun-day, Sept. 13, in the Cultural Arts Center on the Colby Community College campus.

Dr. Temple Grandin, known as one of the most accomplished adults with autism, was the subject of HBO’s award-winning 2010 bio-graphical film, “Temple Grandin.” She has been featured on major television programs, including “ABC’s Primetime Live,” “The Today Show,” “48 Hours” and “20/20,” and has been written about in national publications such as People, Forbes, US News and World

Graduates aren’t the only ones experiencing success at Northwest Kansas Technical College. One student-athlete who is proving to find achievement in the field is Tevin Yen, a sophomore from the Cayman Islands.

Yen spent this past summer work-ing in the Cayman Islands complet-ing an internship with the Royal Cayman Island Police Service, Scenes of Crime Department. Dur-ing his internship, he assisted the police with crimes ranging from simple burglaries all the way to sexual assault.

“I really enjoyed my internship,” Yen said. “It helped me improve at CSI. I would say a lot the things that my teacher taught me in the first year, I got to experience first-hand, and I also found out what it felt like to not just learn about the subject, but actually take part in the field…I look forward to learning more…and to continue in this field.”

Northwest Tech encourages hands-on learning, internships are strongly encouraged. These types of experiences allow the students to continue their hands-on learning in a real-world situation. Yen brought back new techniques to the class as

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84°10 a.m.

Thursday

Today• Sunset, 7:23 p.m.

Saturday• Sunrise, 6:13 a.m.• Sunset, 7:21 p.m.

Midday Conditions• Soil temperature 77 degrees• Humidity 29 percent• Sky mostly sunny• Winds west 17-23 mph• Barometer 29.98 inches and rising• Record High today 100° (1954)

• Record Low today 40° (1964)

Last 24 Hours*High Wednesday 99°Low Wednesday 58°Precipitation none This month 0.33 Year to date 16.71 Above normal 1.14 inches

The Topside ForecastToday: Sunny with a high near

88, winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15 mph switching to the north in the afternoon and a low aroudn 57. Saturday: Sunny with a high 91, winds out of southwest at 5 to 10 mph and a low around 60.

Extended ForecastSunday: Sunny with a high

near 93 and a low around 62. Monday: Mostly sunny with a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon, a high near 93 and a low around 62. Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, a high near 91 and a low around 62.

10 a.m.Wheat — $4.26 bushel Posted county price — $4.16Corn — $3.45 bushel Posted county price — $3.42Milo — $3.43 bushelSoybeans — $7.98 bushel Posted county price — $8.55Millet — no bidSunflowers Oil current crop — $16.65 cwt. Posted county price — $18.66Pinto beans — $24 (new crop)

(Markets by Scoular Grain, Frontier Ag and 21st Century Bean. These may not

be closing figures. )

2 The Goodland Star-News / Friday, August 28, 2015 friendsabout our

memories wantedSherman County will celebrate

130 years on Sept. 20, 2016. Plans are to compile a book of memories from anyone who considers Sher-man County as home. Please submit your special memories of living in Sherman County. Describe how your experiences are unique and shaped you or your community. Consider projects in which you were involved, how progress and changes in the county affected you, something special about friendships or family, some event or individu-als that stands out in your memory or influenced who you are, or how storms and/or nature impacted your life. Although typed is preferred hand written will be accepted. Please include contact information: name, phone and address. You will be notified that your information has been received. For information call 890-3351. Send memories to Memory Book, 202 West 13th, Goodland, Kans. 67735.

genesis and salvation army

Genesis and the Salvation Army are available year round to help those in need. Call (785) 890-2299 to speak to a volunteer.

genealogyThe Family History Center,

1200 N. 15th, Burlington, run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, will be open from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Everyone is welcome to do free family history research.

activitiesTours of the 1907 Victorian

Ennis-Handy House at 202 W. 13th are from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednes-day through Monday. Closed on Tuesday.

The High Plains Museum, 1717 Cherry Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday through Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Tuesdays.

The Carnegie Arts Center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues-day through Saturday at 120 W. 12th. The center has new monthly exhibits and you are invited to visit the gift shop.

The Goodland Public Library is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Sat-urday. For information call (785) 899-5461 or stop by the library.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Sher-man County is seeking mentors and children to mentor. Call 890-3665.

The Good Sam Family Support Council meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of every month at the Goodland Elks Lodge. Meetings are open to all interested people. For information call 890-3117 or 890-5936.

Breast Cancer Support Group meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month. Any woman with cancer is welcome. Call Norma at 890-6629 for more information.

The Goodland Activities Center has the daily activities. For informa-tion call 890-7242. Memberships options for everyone including day passes for $5. Visit goodlandgac.com or stop by 808 Main. The hours are 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, Friday 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Aerobics are at 5:30 a.m. on Monday and

Wednesday. Insanity class meets at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Taekwondo with Wayne Luckert call for times and dates.

Weight Watchers meets at 5:30 p.m. for weigh in and 6 p.m. for the meeting every Tuesday at the Harvest Evangelical Free Church, 521 E. Hwy. 24. For information call (785) 890-6423.

Goodland Alcoholics Anony-mous, 1013 Center. If you drink alcohol, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. Call 821-3826 or 728-7491.

Goodland Al-Anon Family Group meets and for information call 890-5914 or 821-2862.

The “Freedom Today” group of Narcotics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and 8 p.m. on Sundays at 1013 Center. Call 890-8369.

Bird City Alcoholics Anony-mous group meets at 6:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Fridays at the Senior Center on 4th Street.

Narcotics Anonymous meets at 6:30 (Mountain Time) on Tues-days at the Senior Center. Call (785) 734-2734 for more information.

thrift storeThe Goodland Churches Thrift

Shop, 1002 Main, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Donations welcome. The daily specials are 50 percent off men’s department on Monday, 50 percent off housewares, furniture, electronics and crafts on Tuesday, 10 cent books on Wednesday, 50 percent off children’s department on Thursday and 50 percent of ladies’ department on Friday. For informa-tion call 890-2007.

health departmentThe Sherman County Health De-

partment at 1622 Broadway is open from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Blood pressures; infants’, chil-dren’s and adults’ immunizations; health assessments for Kan Be Healthy, daycare and school entry; fasting blood sugar and hemoglo-bin; and family planning available by appointment. Sharps containers are available for a fee. WIC program available. Call 890-4888 or go to www.sherman.kansas.com.

If you have questions, concerns or complaints about child care, call the health department.

Water Testing — The Northwest Local Environmental Protection Group does well evaluations, in-cluding testing for bacteria and nitrates. To schedule an evaluation or discuss environmental concerns, call the Health Department at 890-4888.

hospital volunteersGift shop hours are 9 a.m. to noon

and 1 to 4 p.m.; a.m. and p.m. vol-unteers are in the gift shop. Today: a.m. Avis Alcorn and p.m. Ramona Livengood. Monday: a.m. Helen Musil.

early head startEarly Head Start is a state funded

program for income eligible fami-lies with prenatal mothers and chil-dren up to age three. Families par-ticipate in a variety of educational activities and receive free medical and dental care.

Services include special needs of children with disabilities. If you have a family member with a special problem, such as drug or alcohol abuse, job loss or other family crisis, your family can qualify. Call 785-672-3125, ext. 187.

preschoolSherman County Head Start is

a free preschool for eligible 3 and 4 year olds. The federally funded program is targeted to families who

meet certain economic guidelines and provides hearing, vision, dental and educational screenings. Nutri-tious meals are served, and parents are encouraged to get involved in their children’s education. For in-formation call 890-2552.

mopsMOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)

meets the first Monday of every month October thru May. Meeting time: 6 p.m. -7:30 p.m. at the Har-vest Evangelical Free Church; 521 E Highway 24; Goodland. For more information email goodlandmops@gmail.com or call (785) 890-6423.

crimestoppersIf you have information about

any crime, call the Goodland Area Crime Stoppers “Look Line” at 899-5665. Your call will be confidential and you will not be asked your name. If the information results in the arrest and/or conviction of those involved, you could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Goodland Area Crime Stoppers is a nonprofit organization formed by citizens against crime.

The police department can also be called at 890-4570.

family shelterThe Northwest Kansas Domestic

and Sexual Violence Services pro-vides help day or night to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. For information or help, call (800) 794-4624. In the Colby area, call (785) 443-1130.

animal shelterLost a pet? Call 890-4575 or go to

www.petfinder.com and be sure to enter the Goodland zip code 67735.You can also call the Goodland Police Department at 890-4570 or Northwest Kansas Animal Shelter at 899-4398. Interested in adopting a pet? Call the animal shelter or go to the website www.nwkasgoodland.webs.com.

For personalized dog/cat tags for $12 each email LafieLd13@aol.com

the calendarcalendar

The Northwest Kansas Techni-cal College’s Maverick Dancers will have a Rock and Run 5K Walk/Run on Saturday. Visit nwktc.edu to register.

Jodie Tubbs of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Af-fairs will be in Goodland from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Assembly Room on the third floor of the courthouse to help veterans and dependents with claims. Call the office in Colby any Monday, Wednesday or Friday at (785) 462-3572.

The Pride of the Prairie Orchestra will begin rehears-als at 6:30p.m. (Mountain Time) on Monday, Sept 14th. in the band room on the Colby Commu-nity College Campus. New musi-cians are always welcome. Ques-tions or Concerns, please contact Mary Shoaff at (785) 462-2159 or Janet Hopson at (785) 462-5102.

Prairie Land Food sign up will be until Monday, Sept. 14. Distribution is 1 to 2 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 26. at Cat’s TnT, 115 E. 9th, or at the Bernadine Johnson residence, located at 704 Walnut. For information call 899-2338, 821-1275, 890-2287, 821-1827, 890-3793 or 899-4278 or order on-line at www.prairielandfood.com. The Prairie Pak will have fully cooked chicken strips, triple bacon pizzas, meat balls, fully cooked steak strips, chicken tacos and a

variety of seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables. The specials are breakfast flatbreads, Smithfield bacon, fully cooked chuck burg-ers, fully cooked fried chicken and lemon meringue pie.

The Goodland Farmers’ Mar-ket is open from 8 to 11 a.m. on every Saturday through October Fresh local produced and baked goods are for sale. For information on being a vendor go to goodland-farmersmarket on facebook or call (785) 899-5809.

senior menuToday: Tuna salad, potato sal-

ad, tomatoes and cucumbers, bun and fruit crisp. Monday: Smok-ies, macaroni and cheese, winter mix vegetables, bread and emer-ald pears. Tuesday:Smothered steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and rosy applesauce. Wednesday: Goulash, mixed vegetables, bread and fruit cob-bler. Thursday: Chicken salad sandwich, coleslaw with carrots, pea salad, bun and watermelon. Friday: Chopstick tuna casse-role, three bean salad, Mandarin oranges, bread and pudding.

school menuToday: Breakfast - French toast

sticks with syrup, fruit, fruit juice and milk. Lunch - Sloppy joe on a bun, roasted red potatoes, peas, fruit and milk. Monday: Breakfast - whole grain cinnamon roll, fruit, fruit juice and milk. Lunch - beef

and bean burrito, salsa, lettuce and tomato, corn, fruit and tortilla chips.

school calendarToday: 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. var-

sity and junior varsity volleyball triangular at Oakley. Monday: None. Tuesday: 2 p.m. girls var-sity golf at Cimarron. 3:30 varsity, junior varsity volleyball triangular at Max Jones Fieldhouse. 5:30 p.m. Multicultural potluck at West Elementary School. Wednesday: 7:30 a.m. professional learning community. Thursday: 11:15 a.m. senior officers and class rings meeting with Balfour. 2 p.m. girls varsity and junior varsity golf at Hugoton. 3 p.m. junior high football at Scott City. 4 p.m. high school and junior high cross country Goodland Invitational. 4 p.m. junior varsity football against McCook at Cowboy Stadium. Friday: 6 p.m. varsity football at Wray. Last day to add/drop gen-eral education classes and online programs for 100 percent refung.

nwktc calendarSaturday: 5 p.m. women’s

soccer at Colorado State Univer-sity at Fort Collins, Colo. 7 p.m. men’s soccer against Colorado State University at Fort Collins, Colo. Tuesday: 4 p.m. women’s soccer against Tabor at Hillsboro. 6:30 p.m. men’s soccer at Tabor College at Hillsboro. SkillsUSA advisor workshop at Hutchinson.

births

Duane E. (Mike) WhitemanDuane E. (Mike)

W h i te m a n , 7 3 , Goodland, crossed the river August 20, 2015.

He was born to Edwin and Edith (Conarty) White-man on August 20, 1942. They lived in Kanorado, KS, and Mike gradu-ated with the class of 1960. He attended Fort Hays State for two years.

Mike moved to Goodland in 1963, and worked as a trucker for Davis Implement, Short & Son, Inc., Cranston, and for Mid Night Express. He retired at age 65.

On February 4, 1973, Mike and Rosetta (Humrich) White-man were married.

Mike was a member of the Moose Lodge, and enjoyed foot-ball and NASCAR. He loved be-ing with his family and friends.

Mike is preceded in death by his parents, and sister Margaret Criswell.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Rosetta; sons Mike and Mark, both of Arapaho, Neb.; daughters Kim Dudley of Woodward, Okla.; Sonya (Steve) Schwartz of Topeka, Kan.; and Micki (Brad) En-sign of Goodland. Grandchil-dren Vanessa (Tanner) Vazee of Mooreland, Okla.; Katie Whiteman (Michael Sosanya) of

Oklahoma City, O k l a . ; Ky le ne W h i t e m a n o f Woodward, O k l a . ; S i e r ra , Chelsea and Ryan Dudley of Wood-ward, Okla.; Daw-son, Emmi and Kyan Ensign of Goodland; Sayler, Sage and Sawyer Schwartz of To-

peka, Kan.; Great-grandchil-dren Autumn and Wyatt Vanzee of Mooreland, Okla.; Delton Sosanya of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Lakyn Marlatt of Wood-ward, Okla.; Godsons Joe (Amy) Anderson and their children Andrew, Alexis and Riley, all of Grinnell, Kan. and Jim (Rita) Anderson and their daughter Emma of Michigan; extended family Pat and Denny Owens of Las Vegas, Nev.; Mary Hum-rich of Goodland; and Gladys Davisson of Campbell, Calif.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. MT at the First Baptist Church, with Pas-tor Rich Blanchette officiating, and inurnment to follow at the Goodland Cemetary.

Memorials will be designated by the family at a later date, and may be sent to Bateman Funeral Home, PO Box 278, Goodland, KS 67735.

Sherman County Community Services, Inc. (Home Owned Carnival Group) would like to say THANK YOU to all the businesses, volunteers and patrons that helped make this year’s fair and

home-owned carnival a success!

Without the support of our community, such an event would not be possible!

Big Thanks to Everyone!

Thank you!It was wonderful to receive so many cards with

congratulations and best wishes from you recently, for our 65th Wedding Anniversary. We had a fine party with

Hilltop Lodge friends, and our children, Tim and Pat, Kristi, and Tom, all here to celebrate with us. The pictures and

stories you sent along with cards, brought back memories of our friendships with you over the years. Thank you so much

for the thoughtfulness and the happy memories!Sincerely,

Ralph and Wave Duell and family

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Rook David McKeeRook David McKee was born on

Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at Citi-zens Medical Center in Colby. He weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long.

His parents are Jance and Taylor McKee of Brewster. Grandparents

are Jim and Judy McKee of Brews-ter and Brent and Shelly Weinland of Sharon Springs. His great-grand-parents are Ramona Weinland of Colby and Rich and Donna Pacha of Marysville.

Halle Grace SagerHalle Grace Sager was born on

Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, at Citi-zens Medical Center in Colby. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19.25 inches long.

Her parents are Chad and Rebec-

ca Sager of Atwood. Her grandpar-ents are Judy Sage of Bird City and Bruce and Mary Hill of Worthing-ton, Minn.

Sisters Quinn, 5, and Linden, 2, welcomed her home.

deathMichael Ginn

Michael Ginn, 80, Goodland brick layer, died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at his home.

Services are pending.

Arrangements are being handled by Bateman Funeral Home, 211 E. 11th, Goodland.

Controlling volunteer wheat is importantByJeanne Falk Jones

Kansas State Multi-County AgronomistHave you walked

through your wheat stubble lately? How about your neighbor’s wheat stubble? It might be worth spending a few minutes now look-ing because it could help your (or your neighbor’s) yields this next harvest!

Every year at about this time, you hear ‘Control your volunteer wheat’. This is especially important this year with the large number of small kernels that were kicked out of combines at harvest. We have had enough moisture for them to sprout and now we have volunteer wheat.

The primary reason for this is to decrease the threat of wheat streak mosaic virus infecting newly emerged wheat. Wheat streak mo-saic virus can be devastating to a wheat field. This virus is moved by the wheat curl mite. These mites live on volunteer wheat during the sum-mer and rely on it as a food source. They are microscopic and cannot be seen with the naked eye. In addition, the mites are highly mobile and can travel up to ½ mile on wind currents!

It is critical that all volunteer wheat within ½ mile be completely dead at least two weeks prior to planting. Volunteer wheat can be controlled by working the ground or by herbicide application. Grazing volunteer is not an effective option because there is green wheat mate-rial left and the mites can be living in that material.

As the summer progresses into

fall, these mites are looking for a new food source…and what better than young, tender, juicy wheat plants that have just emerged. The worst case scenario is that the volun-teer is dying, just as the new wheat is emerging.

Fall infections of wheat streak mosaic are the most devastating to the wheat crop. However, infec-tions can take place until late spring. The fall infections are the most detrimental to the crop because the plant is young and not completely established.

Think of the wheat streak mosaic virus like the flu virus in humans. It is the toughest on the young because they have a harder time fighting off the virus. In addition, there is no medicine or treatment to cure the virus. Wheat that is stressed will be more susceptible to severe symptoms. This includes stress from drought, lack of nutrients or poor growing conditions. The only difference is that humans can fight off the virus and wheat cannot fight it off.

So take a few minutes and check for volunteer wheat. It may save your (or your neighbor’s) wheat yields this next harvest. If you have any questions on wheat streak mo-saic or controlling volunteer, please contact me at the Extension Office.

jeanne falk jones• extension district

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Truck and Tractor Repair, Wilkens Truck and Trailer, Cheyenne Feed Yard, and

Broken J Ranch Show Stock for purchasing our Reserve Breeding Heifer

and Market Steer at the Cheyenne County 4-H Premium Sale.

THANK YOU!

Joslyn Ketzner Kyla Bandel

Short & Son Trucking,

Joan Banister Insurance,

Kite & Day, Leach Insurance

& JC Busse Farms for purchasing

my Market Lamb at the Cheyenne

County 4-H Premium Sale.

THANK YOU!

– Cooper Paugh

Herl Chevrolet, Republican Valley Vet Clinic, Smith

Family Farms, Doug and Karen Flemming, and

Neitzel Insurance for purchasing my Market Hog at the Cheyenne County 4-H Premium Sale.

THANK YOU!

Jake Faulkender

Department finishesreview for rate increasesBy Ken Selze, CPA

Kansas Commissioner of Insurance

After three months of review and discussions with Kansas health insurance companies, the Kansas Insurance Department announced today the completion of the rate review process for companies plan-ning to sell individual health plans on the 2016 federal marketplace in Kansas.

The range of average rate revi-sions by insurance companies for individual plans is from 9.4 percent to 25.4 percent, which is less than the increases originally requested in May, according to Ken Selzer, CPA, Commissioner of Insurance.

Less than five percent of Kansans are affected by the rate revisions, both on and off the marketplace, according to department statistics.

“Many factors contributed to the need for rate increases in 2016,” Commissioner Selzer said. “Guar-

anteed issue of policies, broad coverage requirements and other federal mandates continue to drive up health insurance costs in Kansas and throughout the country. Ad-ditional factors pushing rates up include changes in pharmacy costs and medical costs.”

Additionally, a new company entrant, UnitedHealthcare of the Midwest, Inc., has proposed plans to be sold on the marketplace in 2016. Also proposing to sell on the mar-ketplace are Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City; Coventry Health & Life Insurance Company; Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Inc.; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas; and BlueCross BlueShield Kansas Solutions, Inc.

These private companies also sell plans outside the government website.

“During the review process our department was able to lower many of the rate increase requests for

2016, saving significant money for Kansas consumers compared to the original requests,” Commissioner Selzer said. “We worked to find the balance between company claims trends and the need to hold down consumer costs.”

This is the first time since the federal marketplace began that in-surance companies have had a full year of claims experience on which to base their premium rate revisions. In almost every case, the claims experience has been worse than anticipated, the Commissioner said.

For 2016, a total of 96 plans have been proposed for sale during open enrollment for the Kansas federally-facilitated online marketplace. That number includes 74 individual plans, an increase of 10 individual plan choices from 2015.

Open enrollment begins Nov. 1, 2015, for the 2016 calendar year.

Local founding partner of group gains sponsor

LandLeader LLC, the largest national land marketing net-work, recently announced a ma-jor sponsorship of Safari Club International, the leader in pro-tecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. Hayden Outdoors of Goodland is a founding partner of LandLeader.

“This is a landmark partner-ship for LandLeader and all of our members?” said Dax Hayden of Goodland and LandLeader National Director. “Not only do we give our sellers the chance for their properties to be exclusively show cased to Safari Club Inter-

national members, but we are supporting an organization that believes in the future of hunting and land ownership. LandLeader is committed to supporting land-owners, stewardship, habitat enhancement, wildlife conser-vation and land access programs for American’s sportsmen and women. We are excited to sponsor Safari Club International and look forward to meeting their members at the 2016 Safari Club Interna-tional convention in Las Vegas.”

LandLeader, a network of qual-ity real estate brokers who spe-cialize in recreational, sporting, farm, ranch, timber and rural

land for sale, aligns perfectly with Safari Club International’s membership due to LandLeader’s massive inventory of rural land for sale. With over 1,500 proper-ties, LandLeader is not only the largest, but the only national or international real estate network to partner with Safari Club In-ternational. This is the first the organization has allowed a real estate marketing group of this nature to partner with them.

For information call (844) 281-4301 or visit www.landleader.com.

Kingman native designedtool for farm sprayersBy Ron Wilson

DirectorHuck Boyd National Institute

for Rural Developmentat Kansas State University

Phoenix, Arizona. February 2015. A new invention is being high-lighted at a national meeting. This invention, called a Chem-Blade, was selected as part of a national contest for agricultural entrepre-neurs. The invention was created by an entrepreneur in rural Kansas.

Ethan Eck is the founder and owner of Eck Fabrication, maker of the Chem-Blade. Ethan is being assisted by product developer Ralph Lagergren, whom we met in Kansas Profile last week.

Ethan grew up on a farm near Kingman. He went to Wyoming Tech where he studied automotive chassis fabrication. Ethan’s father had a commercial hay grinding business and his brother had a com-mercial spraying operation and sold agricultural chemicals to farmers, so Ethan helped with those enter-prises as well.

“I was a sprayer operator,” Ethan said. His job was to operate one of those large mobile spray rigs which are used to apply weed or pest con-trol chemicals onto farm fields. To put those chemicals into the sprayer, he would have to get a plastic jug of the chemical, pull off the foil seal, pour the jug into the sprayer, rinse the jug and then discard it safely. It was a time-consuming and some-what hazardous task.

After handling lots of these jugs, Ethan began to wonder if there was a better way. Using his metal fabrica-

tion skills, he built a device which was designed to cut open, empty, and rinse out a jug all in one action. It included a sharp blade on which the jug could be placed so as to open and empty it, plus built-in pressur-ized rotary rinse heads to rinse out the inside of the container.

It worked so well that he decided to commercialize the product. He named his company Eck Fabrica-tion. His new product was named Chem-Blade.

Ethan met with farm entrepreneur Ralph Lagergren. Ralph not only encouraged Ethan to pursue it, he joined in the venture. “It’s one of those great projects,” Ralph said. “Ethan has the work ethic and cre-ative mind to make it work.”

They developed the new Chem-Blade ES which stands for Enclosed System. In this system the Chem-Blade is housed in a sealed metal enclosure so the operator and the environment are protected from fumes, spills or splashes.

Ethan said that the benefits of this product involve safety, productiv-ity, efficiency and the environment. Use of the Chem-Blade enables a safer work environment and avoids skin contact. The operator does not have to fumble with a pocket knife to try to remove the foil seal. The Chem-Blade allows a container to be emptied in a matter of a second or less, rather than several minutes. In a day, this might save half an hour and mean that 25 to 45 more acres could be covered by the operator.

The Chem-Blade avoids waste and saves time and money. The automatic rinse feature means that

no valuable chemical is left behind in the container. It avoids having to rinse out jugs by hand at the end of the day and facilitates recycling.

“A producer can recoup his in-vestment in a Chem-Blade in a matter of weeks,” Ethan said.

In spring 2015, Eck Fabrication was selected to participate in the Launch A Business program by the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Kansas State College of Business. This initiative, supported by Kansas State Bank and others, provided training by Kansas State Univer-sity faculty for entrepreneurs plus networking and mentoring with business leaders.

This selection followed another award. In 2014, Successful Farm-ing magazine put on a national ag inventor’s contest. Out of more than two dozen entries, the Chem-Blade was selected as one of two winners. It was showcased at the 2015 Com-modity Classic put on by several national farm organizations.

Eck Fabrication has now sold hundreds of the Chem-Blade units across the nation. This is an impres-sive record for a rural business lo-cated on a farm outside of Kingman, Kansas, population 3,158 people. Now, that’s rural.

For more information, go to www.eckfab.com.

It’s time to leave Phoenix, Ariz., where the Chem-Blade product has been highlighted from a national competition. We commend Ethan Eck and Ralph Lagergren for mak-ing a difference with agricultural entrepreneurship. Like his blade, this entrepreneur is sharp.

Family band to performat Gateway on Saturday

Mama’s Wranglers will perform at the Oberlin Gateway Center at 6:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Saturday, sponsored by the Oberlin Arts and Humanities Commission.

The Jackson Family Band and Cloggers from Las Vegas, Nev., have performed in 49 states, Canada and Europe. They present on an av-erage of over 280 shows a year. The children range in age from 14 to 24. They sing in four-part harmonies, dance up a storm with clogging and play a variety of instruments including guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and more. The group began performing over 12 years ago.

Mama’s Wranglers were award-ed the largest Gateway Founda-tion Scholarship for outstanding achievement in music and contin-ued music study in December 2011. They were nominated for the West-ern Academy of Music and voted “Young Entertainers of the Year”.

They have released six compact discs and an autobiography. They recently were invited to the Shot-gun Red Variety Show, recorded in Nashville, Tenn., and aired on na-tional television. There were 2,500 applicants and Mama’s Wranglers felt privileged to be one of the few chosen.

The act appeals to people of all ages and the list of venues range from county to state fairs, per-forming arts centers, amusement parks, Country Music Association in Nashville, opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games, and Roy Clark’s music theater in Branson, Mo.

The group plans to “hang up their hats” after this season and open their own theater in Henderson, Nev.

This is a season ticket event or $12 for adults, $7 for students grades one to 12. For information call Mary Henzel (785)-470-0218.

Municipal CourtThese are cases decided by the

Goodland Municipal Court:May 30: Noah E. Roberts, care-

less driving and driving in violation of restriction, fined $360.

Nicholas F. Cleek, no seat belt, fined $10.

Justin J. Curran-Dilts, no parking zone, fined $155.

June 1: Kerry L. Lyne, disobey traffic control device, fined $135.

June 2: Joel W. Mosher, speeding

25 mph over limit, fined $210.Ashley L. Ray, speeding 12 mph

over limit, fined $117.June 5: Joseph R. Bondell, speed-

ing 15 mph over limit and illegal or no tag, fined $210.

June 6: Tanner R. Abbott, speed-ing 1-10 mph over limit, fined $105.

Kade D. Kleymann, racing exhi-bition of speed, fined $210.

June 8: William C. Pittman, dog at large and no animal license, fined $120.

Real estateThe following real estate trans-

actions have been reported by the Sherman County Register of Deeds.

Lois Sieck, Trustees of the Lois Sieck Family Trust dated August 29, 2007, to Becky J. Topliff, Lots 11, 12 and 13, Block 25, Third Addition to City of Goodland.

Larry Enfield and Jane Enfield quit claim to Jane Enfield, all of Lot 1 and N25 of Lot 2, Block 46, Beahm s Addition to City of Goodland.

Eileen D. Owens, Trustee of the Eileen D. Owens Revocable Trust UTD 6/19/1988, and Eileen D. Ow-ens, to Oura B. Garrett and Amanda K. Garrett, an undivided 1/2 interest and undivided 1/2 life estate interest in a tract of land in W/2 of NW/4 of Sec.31, T8S, R39W.

Gregory L. Owens and Teri Ow-ens, Paul B. Owens and Nancy Owens; Rodney B. Owens and Janice Owens; Brent A. Owens and Gail Owens, Cynthia A. Kickler and Gary Kickler, and Beth Johnson and Marty Johnson all convey and war-rant to Oura B. Garrett and Amanda K. Garrett, their undivided 1/2 inter-est in a tract of land in W/2 of NW/4 of Sec.31, T8S, R39W.

David L. Wiegers and Mariel L. Wiegers, Trustees of the David L. Wiegers Trust dated September 19, 2006, to Cecillio G. Cardona, Jr. and Peggy J. Cardona, a tract of land in W/2 of SW/4 of Sec.11, T10S, R40W, containing 37.27 acres more or less.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Washington, D.C., acting by and through the Federal Housing Commissioner, to Lincoln L. Wilson, the N50’ of Lot 1, Block 5, Kohler First Addition to City of Goodland.

City of Goodland to Northwest Kansas Housing, Inc., Lots 7, 8 and 9, Block 17, First Addition to City of Goodland.

City of Goodland to Northwest Kansas Housing, Inc., Lots 10, 11 and 12, Block 17, First Addition to City of Goodland.

Robert W. Madison and Beverly A. Madison to Robert W. Madison and Beverly A. Madison, Trustees under the Revocable Trust of Bev-erly and Robert Madison, the N/2 of Lots 4, 5, 6 and 7, Block 84, Original Town of Goodland.

Bruce A. Livengood and Kelly J. Livengood convey and warrant to Joey T. Knudson and Melody M. Knudson, a tract of land in N/2 of SE/4 of Sec.21, T8S, R40W.

Patricia A. Graves conveys and warrants to David Arthur Walker and Nancy Lee Walker, the N/2 of Lot 15, all of Lot 16, Block 8, Sharp’s Addition to City of Good-land.

Michael B. Cochran and Glenda

K. Cochran convey and warrant to Pinnacle Agriculture Distribution, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, a tract of land in SW/4 of Sec.21, T8S, R38W, except and subject to the grantor’s right, title and interest in all oil, gas and other minerals; a perpetual easement and right of way 25’ in width; and all water rights as-sociated with Kansas Water Right File No. 24,676 for agricultural use purposes.

Don F. McKenzie and Lori L. McKenzie convey and warrant to Jeromi K. Kummell and Lora Kum-mell, the S13’ of Lot 7 and all of Lots 8 and 9, Block 45, Second Addition to City of Goodland.

Rodney Dean Cody, Jr., Trustee of the Rodney Dean Cody, Jr. Fam-ily Trust dated May 13, 2012, to Charles L. Wilkens and Alicia Wilkens, a tract of land in S/2 of SE/4 of Sec.19, T8S, R39W.

Rodney Dean Cody, Jr., Trustee of the Rodney Dean Cody, Jr. Fam-ily Trust dated May 13, 2012, to Charles C. Bohme, the E3’ of Lot 20 and all of Lots 21 and 22, Block 50, Subdivision of Blocks to Original Town of Goodland.

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Keystone: the high cost of indecision

It’s up to me

As the Keystone XL pipeline extension remains mired in poli-tics, more than 50 pipeline expansions are approved and underway. The delay in the Keystone project has already cost Clay County taxpayers and utility ratepayers millions and the loss remains ongoing.

The Keystone project remains jammed up even though the Obama administration reviews have been recommended continu-ing. Only politics remain as an issue.

Whereas most pipeline approvals take 478 days, the Keystone decision has been delayed for nearly 7 years.

Already six reviews of the project have been conducted by ev-eryone from the EPA to the State Department and all concluded...ALL concluded...that the pipeline was safe and in the interest of national security.

But we’re still waiting for a decision. That’s important to Clay County and Clay Center because the

delay has cost us money. A lot of money If the pipeline is approved, a branch from Steel City, Neb.

through the Dakotas will be added to the existing Alberta to Texas pipeline that currently runs through Clay County. If that happens, an electric pumping station will be built in Clay County that will require 28 megawatts of electricity supplied by the Clay Center Public Utilities.

That compares with 16 megawatts the local utility sells today to all local customers combined.

Had the pipeline been approved on schedule and when the con-tract was signed in September, 2011, the city of Clay Center would have received an estimated $1.65 million in franchise fees by now, beginning when the four 6500 horsepower pumps first fired up.

And the Clay Center Public Utilities would have had a $2.1 million profit over that same period for all that extra energy sold which, by law, must be used to lower costs to the PUC’s regular customers. That would be mean $4.8 million in reduced power costs Clay Center Public Utilities customers.

Clay County and the other five Kansas counties along the pipe-line each are losing an estimated $1 million a year in property taxes because the Kansas legislature gave pipelines a 10 year abatement. The pipeline’s property taxes, which are computed annually by the state, should come on line in 2018, however, whether the pipeline is extended or not.

Meanwhile, more than a billion barrels of crude oil has moved through the existing pipeline, the equivalent of 3.3 million truck-loads or 1.1 million train tanker cars.

The fear mongering continues as though we needed more trucks hogging the nation’s highways. Oil cars for trains are in such high demand in Canada now that shippers complain it is becoming nearly impossible to find trains to ship grain.

Also meanwhile, 54 pipelines have been approved by the Obama administration to cross international borders including a 32 inch and another 36 inch pipeline that will carry natural gas 600 miles out of Texas to Mexico. And hundreds of miles of pipeline are be-ing built around the country uninterrupted, out of sight and mind of the environmental activists who have selected the Keystone pipeline as the political symbol for their cause.

A decision on Keystone will come, probably before President Obama leaves office. We’re guessing it will be sometime after the presidential election in 2016. If a Republican is elected, the decision may be left for the new president in which case it would be virtually assured.

If Hillary Clinton is elected, President Obama will probably approve the project to save Clinton the stress of dealing with it.

There is no rational reason, after all, for rejecting the application.– The Clay Center Dispatch, via the Kansas Press Association

Any idea how much packaging we throw away in every household across the United States?

The volume of plastic waste and packaging amounts to roughly 75 billion pounds per year, according to the Butte Environmental Council, an education, advocacy and recycling organi-zation in northern California.

In this country, plastic represents roughly one-third of municipal waste, 50 to 80 percent of the litter collected from roads, parks and beaches and 90 percent of floating marine litter.

During the last decade, Americans wasted 7.1 million tons of cans – enough to manufac-ture 316,000 Boeing 737 airplanes.

Figures like that make my head hurt, not to mention the harm to our planet. And the irony of this?

It’s estimated the global food packaging industry is worth approximately $115 billion a year and growing 10 to 15 percent each year.

As the amount of packaging increases, so does waste and environmental costs, not to

mention the added costs to consumers. The plastic bottle containing your favorite soda or the aluminum can that holds your favorite brew costs more than the cola or beer.

On average a beer can or bottle costs five, six, seven maybe 10 times the cost of the beverage. The same is true for sodas. It depends on the company and the product.

Convenience, marketing and profit come with a price – additional waste for this nation’s landfills and the rest of the globe. In this coun-try and other wealthy nations, a decrease in the size of households has resulted in more people purchasing smaller portions of food, and that means more packaging.

A higher living standard around the globe has also resulted in the desire to acquire and eat

“exotic” foods from other lands. Transporta-tion of such food and the ability to keep it fresh also costs more in packaging.

Another contributing factor is the desire for convenience food. You know, that processed, tasteless food you can pop out of your freezer, microwave and eat in a jiffy.

Encouraging sustainable packaging requires changes not only in our lifestyles but in our habits.

While it’s only a start, as consumers we can buy more local food that is better tasting, has less of an impact on the environment through reduced transportation costs and supports our own economies.

Support companies that use packaging most efficiently. Avoid buying disposable items, such as non-refillable razors, alkaline batter-ies, etc. Recycle. Buy in bulk. Reuse shopping bags and buy only recycled products.

Change comes with personal responsibility and the ability to look in the mirror and say, “It’s up to me.”

Agriculture is more than an economic indus-try in Kansas; it is a way of life that relies on hard work, responsibility, and family.

Growing up on a farm, I understood that success relied on hard work and commit-ment, values we see every day in our farming and ranching communities. This week, I am traveling the state, meeting with agricultural businesses to reaffirm our commitment to the success of this important industry.

Farming is a source of growth and opportu-nity for Kansans.

Agriculture is the largest economic driver in our state, valued at more than $63 billion, accounting for 43 percent of the state’s total economy. Farmland accounts for 88.9 percent of all Kansas land, and more than 21 million acres in Kansas are harvested for crops while another 16 million are used for grazing ani-mals.

Not only is Kansas a leader in beef cattle, wheat and sorghum, our state is one of the fastest-growing dairy regions in the United States, growing by 7.5 percent in 2014. Agri-culture employs more than 229,000 Kansans.

Kansas farmers and ranchers are feeding the

world, exporting nearly $4.9 billion in agricul-tural products like wheat, beef, soybeans, feeds and fodder and corn. Not only is agriculture big business in Kansas, it’s a family business, as more than 86 percent of Kansas farms and ranches are family-owned.

Ensuring the future strength of Kansas agri-culture requires us to provide the support that allows our farmers to succeed while encourag-ing more farming and agriculture businesses to expand or relocate to Kansas. Towards this end, I signed into law bills that better connects farmers to the market, creates voluntary, lo-cally driven and flexible water conservation tool and created a 50-year vision for Kansas water resources.

At its core, conservation is a conservative value as we act as good stewards of the valuable resources with which Kansas is blessed. We

will continue to protect the rights of Kansans by fighting the federal government’s efforts to infringe on our state’s water and private property rights. And we will continue to work with our partners at the state and local levels, providing voluntary, flexible tools to help farmers and ranchers conserve resources.

Any long-term vision for Kansas’ water resources will only be successful if we rec-ognize that a one-size-fits-all federal policy does not work. Today, the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Kansas Water Office, Kansas Water Authority, the Departments of Health and Environment and of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, and the Governor’s Council of Eco-nomic Advisors, are partnering to preserve our precious water resources in Kansas for years to come.

The values of Kansas agriculture make our state stronger. Family, hard work, community, and concern for the future inspire all of us to build a brighter future for Kansas. Together, we will continue the success of this important industry and ensure more opportunity and hope for future generations.

Agriculture reflects the ethic of our state

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We seem to always have lots of leftovers, some of them things we never bought or ate, and some things we probably won’t ever eat.

Let me explain.Each year, we try to spend several weeks

in the Colorado house where we raised our children while we ran our first newspaper. These visits have to be scattered out over the spring, summer and fall because we’re still working and the crew expects us to not only get the papers put out each week, but make sure that minor details like paying the bills and the employees get done.

So we are hit-and-run visitors. We arrive in the spring, stock the fridge with whatever will keep for most of the summer and add to things as we finish them off or realize that you can’t have cereal without milk.

But we always seem to come up with odds and ends.

In early July, Steve’s sister Barb and our niece Elsie stayed at the house for about a week. I left them a loaf of zucchini bread and some frozen soup. They left us with everything they had purchased and didn’t eat.

We arrived right after they left, and within

a couple of days we had devoured all their leftovers.

Just in time, for Steve’s brother Ken and his wife Chris to show up on our doorstep. They had just spent two weeks at a guest ranch up-river, and were heading home to California. Could we use anything from the box of provi-sions that they couldn’t take with them?

Sure, why not? There was flour, sugar, pea-nut butter, mayonnaise, salad dressing, real butter, carrots and celery.

There weere also two partial jars of jelly, an unopened container of hummus, pancake mix and real maple syrup, all stuff we can’t or won’t eat.

I left the jelly and hummus in the fridge, knowing that our next set of visitors liked hummus and might enjoy the jelly, and took

the pancake mix and maple syrup over to the neighbors, who watch our house all winter and don’t mind, in turn, receiving most of our end-of-season leftovers.

Our next visitors, son Lacy and daughter and son-in-law Felicia and Nik, must have eaten the hummus but didn’t do any noticeable dam-age to the jelly. They left us a box of pancake mix and a bottle of maple syrup. Really.

The neighbors had already finished their last stack of pancakes with maple syrup, and were delighted to get another round.

I’ll just have to figure out what to do with the giant can of green chilis, the box of mint tea bags and the raw sugar cubes my children left me.

We finished off the green chili stew our daughter made right away.

We’re not expecting anymore visitors this year, so the leftovers will just be whatever we don’t get eaten.

I wonder if the neighbors would like a couple of jars of jelly and a giant can of chopped green chili?

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There was discussion on how many credits a student needed to have to get a diploma from the Goodland Community Learning Center. The board said that it would like more information of using 21 credits for graduation, the require-ment of the state, for students older than 21.

The board discussed the locking down of Sherman County Early Childhood Center at Central El-ementary. The school has a buzzer for people to use if they wanted in. Members of the board said it did not make any sense to lock down the other three schools and not the pre school facilities. The discussion would be ongoing because when the administration moves to that build-ing they want people to be able to walk in if they have questions. The learning center would also have to be able to get in on the second floor.

They talked a long time about what the future plans for improve-ments for the district. Board mem-ber Jessica Cole said since they are

using Central Elementary that it needs some things done. The board wants to develop a multiple year plan on when they plan to do things such as the parking lot at the Max Jones Fieldhouse and the rerouting of traffic at West Elementary School for example. The discussions will continue.

In other business the board:• Paid $52,640 in bills.• Hired Shahad Mustafa as a para-

professional at North Elementary, Cassie Davis as a paraprofessional at the junior-senior high school, Linda McKee part-time Title I tutor at West Elementary School, Mi-chelle Simoneau paraprofessional at West Elementary, Jodie Kear substitute cook and Jackie Buller as substitute cook.

• Hired Jackie Elliott as the men-tor for first year teacher Jessica Leiker, Sharon Hall mentor for first year teacher Ryan Jorgenson, James Meyers mentor for first year teacher Dustin Wiley, Kara Smith mentor for first year teacher Stephanie Kling and Nona Mason mentor for first year teacher Ali Hollern.

• Approved supplemental con-tract for Johnny Mercer as Pep Club Sponsor, Media Club Sponsor and Assistant Musical Director.

• The next meeting of the board will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, at the administration building.

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Instructor Jason Showalter spoke about the benefits reaped from Tevin’s internship, saying: “Mr. Yen has brought back a lot of information that not only shows the other students what work-

ing in the career field is like, but he also now has that first hand knowledge. We’re proud of him and all of our CSI students.”

As a soccer player at Northwest Tech, Yen is learning to balance different priorities in his life as a student-athlete. He plans to graduate with his Associate De-gree in May.

College student gets on the job training

Tevin Yen, a student in the Crime Scene Investigation program at Northwest Kansas Technical College, recently completed an internship with the Cayman Islands Police Service.

Report and The New York Times, and in 2010, Time included her in the magazine’s annual “Time 100 List” as one of the most influential people in the world. In addition, Dr. Grandin has written books and produced several video disks.

Dr. Grandin did not talk until she was 3 1/2. Considered “weird” in her school years, she later de-veloped her talents into a success-ful career as a livestock-handling equipment designer.

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Emergency preparedness includes ag disastersWhen thinking of the Federal

Emergency Management Agency, most probably envision the FEMA jackets and trailers seen at the aftermath of natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina.

But emergency preparedness encompasses agricultural disasters, too, including disease outbreaks such as this year’s wave of avian influenza. Kansas State University’s National Agricultural Biosecurity Center is helping FEMA provide training to ensure state and local first responders are adequately prepared.

The biosecurity center’s animal disease response training course curriculum for awareness-level training of agricultural emergency first responders has been approved for including in FEMA’s National

Preparedness Directorate National Training and Education Division course catalog. This catalog pro-vides high-quality training to equip first responders to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from both manmade and natural catastrophic events.

Animal disease response train-ing focuses on the best practices and safety isues associated with an agriculture emergency, including quarantine, biosecurity, euthanasia and disposal, use of personal pro-tective equipment, and cleaning and disinfection. The course also helps increase coordingation of responders across jurisdictions, lines of authority and disciplines by examining the integration of response efforts.

Marvin Meinders, chief of the Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense Division of the Department of Homeland Security, sponsored by the centers training for FEMA inclusion. He said that this year’s highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in the U.S. brought more attention to agricultural emergency preparedness and the necessity of coordinating responders.

“Animal Disease Response Training brings the whole com-munity together,” Meinders, “The response isn’t just one specialty — you normally need to have a lot of resources that come together. If you’re enforcing quarantine, you need law enforcement. You may need the Environmental Protec-tion Agency for disposal or burial.

It takes a community, and a lot of courses don’t do that.”

Targeting local responders rather than national and state authorities is also key. “Our local people are our first level of defense and will be our first responders in a disease outbreak,” Meinders said.

Ken Burton, program director at the biosecurity center, emphasized the need for local responders to be educated.

“Those responding will be much more effective if they bring with them an awareness level of knowl-edge concerning why and how things need to be done,” Burton said.

“I know from my years in vet-erinary practice that minimizing the impact from this kind of emergency

will require complex coordination between many individuals, organi-zations and government agencies,” he said. “It will be essential that those involved understand and can communicate the basic concepts necessary for an effective response. We’re excited to have our training course included in the nation’s premier emergency management curriculum.”

Animal Disease Response Training will help many responder groups, including emergency medi-cal services, veterinarians, firefight-ers, law enforcement, producers, environmental agencies and public health and elected officials. Ac-ceptance in the FEMA National Training and Education Division catalog means that the course meets

nationally recognized standards and uses adult learning principals, including problem-based learning. All courses undergo rigorous vali-dation and continuous assessment processes and are tested through state and local exercises that help enhance disaster plans and training course development.

“We hope we never have to see our training put into action, but we feel better knowing our first re-sponders are well trained,” Burton said. “We’re glad to translate re-search from Kansas State and other institutions around the country into training that helps protect our global food systems.”

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Scientists only know one percent of microbesMore than a billion different bac-

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“It’s fascinating, at least for mi-crobiologists, because some would argue soil has the most diverse ecosystem. The most unknown living organisms are in the soil,” said Chuck Rice, a soil microbi-ologist and distinguished profes-sor of agronomy at Kansas State University.

Many people understand that soils are necessary for growing plants, Rice said, and they help clean water. But, what most people don’t understand is the value of soil microbes directly for human health.

“If you realize that we only know

one percent of those microbes in the soil,” Rice said, “what are the other 99 percent doing for us or have the potential to do for us?”

In addition to supplying humans with micronutrients in foods for growth and development, and drugs to ward off diseases, soil microbes are the key components for health in all features of the planet — such as water, air and other aspects of the environment. “Soils Support Health” is the August theme for the 2015 International Year of Soils.

History of efforts in medicineRice said perhaps the two most

famous instances of using soils to create disease-fighting drugs are Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin and Selman Waksman’s discovery of several antibiotics including streptomycin — the first effective antibiotic to treat tuber-culosis. These drugs, discovered in 1928 and 1943 respectively, were

discovered using cultures of soil microbes.

Traditionally, these drugs have been discovered on agar plates. The scientists examined these plates to find where disease cultures were growing and where they were not. The microbes fought culture growth in the bare areas; therefore, they could be isolated, replicated and used in medicines.

“We have concerns about the over-use of antibiotics and anti-biotic resistance,” Rice said. “By digging down into the soil, we can now find new antibiotics that will help overcome the resistance that has occurred naturally from use in humans and animals.”

Most of the unknown soil organ-isms — that 99 percent — don’t grow on agar plates, he said. Re-cently, scientists have been using a modern technique called metage-nomics that allows them to extract

the DNA of microbes directly from the soil. In fact, a new class of anti-biotics was discovered earlier this year using this new method.

Extracting the DNA from the soil is a lot like how forensic scientists extract DNA from a crime scene, he said. Finding new DNA means understanding the genetic makeup of those unknown microbes and appreciating their diversity. Eventu-ally, scientists will need to find ways to grow them and make more useful drugs for the health industry.

“It’s not well appreciated that the microbes that live in soil live in a harsh environment,” Rice explained. “They’re used to that, but when we try to put them in a perfect environment, they don’t grow easily.”

Continued need for soil healthSoil is an extremely valuable

resource, Rice said, and if we lose the healthiness of the soil, we lose

potential organisms that could help us directly through disease man-agement and through the foods we consume.

Nutrients, particularly micro-nutrients like zinc, are critical for human physical and mental devel-opment, he said.

Microbes live on plant roots and supply the plant such nutrients. So, low zinc levels in depleted soils can affect zinc levels in plants and the development of children who consume them.

Nutrients, particularly micro-mutrients like zinc, are critical for human physical and mental devel-opment, he said. Microbes live on plant roots and supply the plant such nutrients.

So, low zinc levels in depleted soils can affect zinc levels in plants and the development of children who consume them.

Likewise, soil health helps pro-

tect the environment. Microbes in soil help sequester carbon, Rice said. They take carbon out of the atmosphere through plants and help store it in the soil, which helps moderate and protect the climate.

Scientists at Kansas State and beyond are studying how toxicity in the soil that comes from lead and arsenic, as examples, can be combated with microbes that bind to those elements and prevent water contamination. Rice said soils are commonly used in septic tanks and help purify wastewater.

“We count on the microbes to clean up that water, so as it leeches through to groundwater or runs off the surface, that water is drinkable,” he said. “With water shortage, we’re looking at ways to use recycled water for other uses, and it’s the microbes that help clean it up.”

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Unified School District 352 quit claims to Melvin L. Musil, a tract of land in SE/4 of Sec.22, T8S, R38W, containing 6.3 acres more or less, except and subject to road and utility easement in SE/4 of Sec.22, T8S, R38W, containing .71 acres more or less.

Randy Zimmerman and Susan Zimmerman convey and warrant to Douglas B. Amend and Belinda K. Amend, Lots 22, 23 and 24, Block 27, First Addition to City of Goodland.

Michael Dunekack quit claims to Tatum Dunekack, an undivided 1/2 interest in SW/4 of 1-8-42, Sherman County, Colorado, and an undivided 1/2 interest in SE/4 of 2-8-42, Sherman County, Kansas.

Keith W. Bracelin, Beverly Jo Barrows and Debra Gay Lindsten, trustees of the Jeanette F. Bracelin Trust dated October 31, 1991, to Beverly Jo Barrows and Debra Gay Lindsten, the NE/4 of Sec.4, T6S, R42W.

Jase Landon Herl conveys and warrants to The Carol A. Deeds Revocable Trust UTD 12/14/2012, the S50’ of Lot 4, Block 2, Kohler First Addition to City of Goodland.

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Bible Baptist ChurchPastor: Clifford Middlebrooks

Fifth & Broadway890-7368

Sunday: Sunday School: 9 a.m.Morning Service: 10 a.m.

Evening Service: 6:30 p.m.Wednesday: Evening Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Calvary Gospel Church Lead Pastors: Randy and Mary Payne

Executive Pastors: Dan and Ginger Beilfuss Care Pastors: Darrell and Jeri Schmid

Children’s Pastors: John and Mary Ellen Coumerilh

Fourth & College • 890-3605Sunday: Kid’s Church: 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

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Church of Christ1630 Sandy Road

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Worship Service: 10:45 a.m.Wednesday: Bible Study: 7 p.m.

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ChurchPastor: Bill Linde

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Worship Service: 10 a.m.

United Methodist ChurchBrewster:

Pastor: Mike BaughnWorship Service: 10:45 a.m. CST

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Minister: Sheryl JohnsonWorship Service: 9 a.m. CST

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Our Lady of Perpetual HelpCelebrant: Father Norbert Dlabal

Associate Pastor: Father Kyle Berens307 W. 13th • 890-7205

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 5-5:45 p.m. Saturday or by appointment

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Spanish Mass:Sunday: 12 pm

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Pastor: Perry BairdSunday: Worship Service: 9 a.m.

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Pastor: Tim BonebrightSunday: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

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1160 CattletrailPastor: Jim McCurdy

Saturday: Sabbath School: 9:30 a.m.Worship Service: 11 a.m.

Church of the NazarenePastor: Bob Willis

Third & Caldwell899-2080 or 899-3797

Sunday: Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.Worship Service: 10:50 a.m.

Evening Service: 6 p.m.Wednesday: Evening Service: 7 p.m.

First Baptist ChurchPastor: Rich Blanchette

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Sacrament Meeting: 10 a.m.Sunday School: 11:15 a.m.

Priesthood/Relief Society: 12 a.m.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church13th & Sherman • 890-6161

Pastor: Darian HyblSunday: Christian eduction/fellowship:

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Goodland United Methodist Church

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St. Paul’s Episcopal ChurchCelebrant: Father Don Martin

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One of biggest changes in basketball is roughnessBy Kay Melia

vkmelia@yahoo.comHere in my waning years, I have

become an avid television sports nut! I feel like I’m similar to other old duffers who sit in their Lazy Boys all Saturday and Sunday af-ternoons and watch the games, all the while critiquing the officials, the coaches and other old duffers. About the only time I’m not watch-ing is when Kansas University or Kansas State is playing. When they’re in action, off goes the televi-sion and on goes the radio, because I want to hear commentary from the guys who know all about the players and the team, and not someone from Montpelier, Vt., who never saw a Big 12 game before.

Sometimes, while listening or watching, it is not difficult to see how much basketball and football

have changed since I played the games 214 years ago! Especially basketball. I’m glad I didn’t have to wear the ankle length trunks they wear now. But the biggest change to me is the roughness of the game. When I last played in 1950, if you looked cross eyed at an opposing player, you were whistled for a foul. Nowadays, particularly in the pro-fessional ranks, if you fail to knock somebody down, you have to sit on the bench for awhile!

And it seems like the general

mechanics of the game have changed over the past seven decades. In my day, you shot a two-handed set shot, not a one-hand-ed jumper! I was taught that you had much better control of the ball when you shoot if you had both hands on the ball when you

released it. Always keep your feet on the floor when you shoot. Never jump up in the air and throw the ball at the basket! Never! And then there was the under handed “scoop shot” free throw.

I played guard in high school and college at a time when guards were discouraged from driving to the basket. You stayed out front where you belonged. That’s why you were called a guard. You guarded against an opposing player getting the ball

and dribbling the length of the floor for a lay in.

But I could hit the outside two-handed set shot fairly regularly. But it was worth only two points in those days, not three as today. As a junior varsity guard at Southwest-ern College in Winfield, I once hit nine of those outside shots for 18 points against Bethel. Or it might have been Bethany. If those baskets would have counted for three points each, I woulda had 27 points and might have been promoted to the varsity! Probably not, with the likes of Dan Kahler, Marvin Webster and Jim Farney on the team. Not to mention Bob Roberts, Max Rife, and Bob Sneller.

Football rules and individual activities have seemingly remained constant, except for the bird cage helmets, and the noticeable effort to

protect the quarterback by invoking the “no touch” rule. I know, there’s no such rule. What would football be like without the handsome star quarterback? Protection from con-cussion remains the most difficult problem now. That, and deflating footballs.

Baseball doesn’t change much either, does it? The Rockies are still in last place, just like they were last year.

I love watching a good television report of a professional golf tourna-ment. It’s so very relaxing. And I will like it even more when they do something to keep me awake.

If golf makes you sleepy, then switch the channel to a women’s professional tennis match. Each participant has a completely differ-ent tone quality of screaming when they hit the ball. They’re getting louder every year. What’s with the screaming tennis players?

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Elm leaves turning brown, fallingI started to notice Siberian Elm

turning brown and, with some of the wind, a number of leaves drop-ping. When you get up close and look at the leaves, and especially the lower leaves, you see they are being skeletonized by small larva. These are the larva of the elm leaf beetle. There are normally two generations per year of this insect in Kansas but sometimes three.

All species of elms are attacked, but Siberian elms (often referred to as Chinese elms) are preferred. Elm leaf beetles are serious nuisance pests of elms. Both adults and larvae feed on the elm leaves. Adult beetles are green-and-yellow striped and about 1/3-inch long. Young larvae are black and hairy but become

yellow with two longitudinal dark stripes as they mature. The larvae cause most of the injury by window-feeding on foliage, resulting in a skeletonized appearance.

Heavily infested leaves turn brown as if scorched by fire and often will drop prematurely. After several weeks of feeding, the larva crawls down the trunk or fall to the ground where they pupate. Elm leaf beetles overwinter as adults.

Active larvae can be controlled with a number of insecti-cides.

However, check to make sure that larvae are still active before spraying. In many

cases, the larvae have dropped from the trees and are pupating. Spraying is ineffective and unnecessary once

pupation starts. Effective sprays for larvae (and

adults) include carbaryl (Sevin), acephate (Acephate, Orthene), spinosad (Conserve; Captain Jack’s Dead Bug Brew, Borer; Bagworm, Leafminer & Tent Caterpillar Spray) lambda-cyhalothrin (Scimi-tar, Spectracide Triazicide, Bonide Beetle Killer).

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WANTED: truck driver and forklift to make one haul from Norton to Colby. Cargo is 3 printing press units weighing 5000 lbs each. Call Gary at The Goodland Star-News 785-899-2338.-8-5-tfn-

-------Junk batteries, non-ferrous metals and iron. Darrel Bowen. Phone 785-899-2578. -tfn-

NOTICE S&M Repair, LLC in Goodland, KS, will be holding an auction for a 2004 Dodge Intrepid vin# 2B3HD46R74H607715 thirty days from today, August 24, 2015. The auction for this vehicle will be at 9 a.m. MT on September 23, 2015. For further information please contact Drew Miller at (785) 821-1313. -8-28-9-8-

-------Rocky Ford Cantaloupes and Watermelon will be at Short & Sons in Goodland (junction of Hwys. 24 and 27) starting at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 27. Will be there until sold out! -8-25-8-28-

-------Paintless Vehicle Hail Dent Repair in Colby. Reliable, professional, high-quality work! We do this for a living! Available discounts usually cover your deductible. For appointments or information call Steve at (785) 462-0625 or Becky at (785) 443-5693. - cfp 8-25-8-28-

-------Protect your investment and keep grain safe from water and insects by sealing leaky bins. Ask Vap Construction about our Bin Treatment System. (785) 626-9400 or (866) 492-1978. -8-25-9-18-

-------Choices, Chances, Changes! E a r n y o u r H i g h S c h o o l Diploma? Learn to speak English? Contact the Thomas County Learning Center at (785) 465-7900 or stop by 485 North Chickamauga to find out your eligibility requirements. -8-11-9-18-

-------Rawl ins County Denta l Clinic in Atwood KS offers Comprehensive Dental Care with State of the Art Equipment. Dental Insurance accepted and Sliding Fee Scale available. Call now (785) 626-8290 to schedule your appointment with Dr. Minneman or Dr. Schmidt. -7-3-tfn-

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Advertising Deadlines (box and line ads): Tuesday edition (Friday at noon). Friday edition (Wednesday at noon. Please check your ad the first time it runs. If you find an error, please call us at (785) 899-2338 so it can be corrected, since we will not be responsible for errors after that first day. Thank you! The Goodland Star-News.

HELP WANTEDFrontier Ag rewards loyalty and reliability. Do you like working for a reputable company? We invest in benefits, incentives and give you the opportunity to grow with a Northwest Kansas leader. A CDL is beneficial. Our Kansas positions include: Brewster- Spray Applicator. Contact Bobby Holtz 785-694-2281. Colby- Seed Sales. Contact Jonathan Dansel 785-728-7873. Grainfield- Grain. Contact Jack Farber 785-421-7196. Goodland- S u n f l o w e r Wa r e h o u s e . Contact Dave Ruddell 785-899-5607. Goodland- Truck Driver. Contact Greg Duncan 785-728-7444. Kanorado- Grain and Agronomy. Contact Jeff McNeely 785-728-7228. Mingo- Grain and Agronomy. Contact Josh Gilliland 785-462-2033. Drug Screen required. EOE. -8-21-9-1-

--------Help wanted: a farm worker w h o i s c o n s c i e n t i o u s , aggressive and has experience in i r r igat ion, harvest and planting. Call (785) 821-2122. -8-14-9-8-

--------The team at Kansasland Tire of Norton has an immediate

opening for a service truck operator/genera l serv ice person. Must have a valid driver’s license. Competitive wages, 401k, insurance and uniforms. Experience preferred, but not necessary, we will train. Please stop by 11101 Rd. E1, Norton, and pick up an application or call (785) 877-5181. EOE. -2-14-tfn NORTON-

FOR SALEF o r s a l e b y o w n e r i n Goodland-504 W. 10th. Newly remodeled, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, brand new inside and out. Inquiries: Brad (303) 669-9668. -8-25-9-18-

-------Certified seed wheat for sale: SY Wolf and Tam111. Call Dave Shields at (785) 899-5851 or (785) 821-1446. -8-21-9-22-

-------1991 Cadillac DeVille, vinyl top, excellent condition, a must see! In Atwood. Call (785) 626-3310. -8-21-9-1-

-------2 JET SKI TRAILERS FOR SALE. 1 has 13 inch tires, the other has 12 inch tires. Also have Roll-N-Go Ramp. Call (785) 443-0136. -8-21-9-1-

-------4 (4x8) aluminum stages, put together makes a portable stage. Has 2 different leg lengths, plus steps. Call (785) 443-0136. -8-21-9-1-

--------KCIA Certified SEED WHEAT- Harvest Moon, Inc., Goodland. Let Fred Schields utilize his 35 years of seed experience and Test Plot Research to help you find the wheat variety selections that match your needs. Our 13 variety selection is the largest anywhere, and the opportunity

to uti l ize seed treatments will pave your road to profit! Please consider the following varieties: Brawl CL Plus, Byrd, Denali, KanMark, LCS Mint, LCS Wizard, Oakley CL, T-158, Tam 112, Tam 114, WB 4458, WB Grainfield and Winterhawk. Call (785) 899-5979, or email: fjschields@st-tel.net -8-7-9-1-

-------Cer t i f i ed Seed Wheat -Wheatridge Farms, LTD. Edson/Goodland, Kansas. KCIA inspected, tested and approved. Heavy test weight, high quality cleaned and graded seed. Bulk or 2,000 lb. tote bags available. Call Mike Sieck at (785) 694-3737 or email: mtsieck@st-tel.net to inquire or place orders now. Westbred varieties available: Winterhawk, WB Cedar, WB Grainfield, WB 4458. Kansas Wheat Alliance varieties: Denali, Kanmark, Oakley CL. Agseco varieties: Tam 113, Tam 114. -7-21-10-9-

--------Aluminum printing plates, 23 5/8 x 30, never been inked. 50 cents each. Goodland Star-News. -1-24-tfn

-------1 9 4 8 P h i l c o R a d i o /Phonograph cabinet, good condition. Both radio and phono work. $100. Call (719) 350-0705. -12-31-tfn-

-------2 Harley Davidson die cast models. 1-1:10 scale Hot Wheels HD Softail. 1-1:10 scale Maisto FLSTS Heritage Springer. Still in original boxes! Call Gary at (719) 350-0705. -9-24-tfn

FOR RENTROOMATE WANTED: cal l (785) 891-3761. Goodland. -8-21-9-1-

-------FOR RENT IN GOODLAND: 1 bedroom ($375/month) and 2 bedroom ($475/month) apartments. 1 month free! $300 security deposit. Call Shelly at (720) 240-1414. -8-21-9-1-

-------House for rent in Goodland. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 2 story with single car garage. $650.00 per month. References required. Damage deposit $650.00 Call 785 821-2305. -7-24-tfn-

-------Houses and apartments in Goodland. All sizes. Call for details. (785) 890-6538. -6-5-tfn-

-------Houses and apartments. Cole Real Estate. 785-899-2683. -tfn-

SERVICESAlmanza’s Interior Services, Inc . . D rywa l l spec ia l i s t . Drywal l hanging, drywal l finishing, texture and paint. Free estimates. References available. Spanish call (785) 332-5353. English call (785) 890-6223. -3-7-tfn-

-------CAT’S TNT for vinyl graphic designs, massages, quilting and more! Stop by 115 E. 9th, Goodland – 3-23-tfn

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Gearing up for the season

The Goodland Junior High School football team was out practicing this week. The team is split into seventh and eighth graders. Their first game will be Thursday at Scott City, with kickoff at 3 p.m.

(Mountain Time). The first home game will be Monday, Sept. 14, against Hays.Photo by Kevin Bottrell/The Goodland Star-News

The Northwest Kansas Technical College men’s soccer team got their season started with a win.

The Mavericks beat St. Mary’s College 4-3 on Aug. 14. The next day, the team fell 5-1 to Fort Hays State University.

Last weekend, the team traveled to Western Wyoming Community

College in Rock Springs for games against Western Wyoming and Utah State University – College of East-ern Utah. The Mavericks lost both games 2-1.

Against Western Wyoming, Co-neil Beckford scored unassisted 10 minutes and 45 seconds into the game. The Mavericks held off the

Mustangs for another 21 minutes, until they tied the game 1-1. With two minutes remaining in the sec-ond period, Western Wyoming’s Taylor Flitton put in a goal to make the final score 2-1.

Against Eastern Utah, the Maver-icks allowed one goal seven minutes into the first period, then tied it up

35 minutes later with an unassisted goal from Tevin Yen. Eastern Utah pulled ahead with a goal in the sec-ond period, winning 2-1.

The women’s soccer team, back after a year’s hiatus, got started with a 4-4 tie against St. Mary’s College on Aug. 14. They lost 1-0 to West-ern Wyoming last Friday, then on

Saturday lost 4-1 to Eastern Utah. Samatha Teller scored the goal for the Lady Mavericks, assisted by Melisa Lopez.

The men’s team will play at Colo-rado State University on Saturday and Tabor College in Hillsboro on Tuesday before having its first home game at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

5, against Crowder College from Neosho, Mo.

The women’s team will also play on the road against Colorado State and Tabor College. The first home games will be Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 and 12, against Western Wyoming. Games will start at 3 p.m. Sept 11 and noon Sept. 12.

College soccer teams get started on the road

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