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Monday, February 24, 2014
The Abilene
By TIFFANY RONEY
The smell of sizzling bacon and syrupypancakes lled the air, while hot coffeeand cold milk donated by Hildebrands
Dairy awaited early-morning attendees atFFAs annual community breakfast.
More than 120 students, faculty, Chap-man High School alumni and area resi-dents attended the breakfast Friday morn-ing.
They helped us through the year, soits great to be able to thank them in some
way thats free and thats early enoughthat they can still get to work and be able
to get on with their day on a Friday, CHSjunior Christina Hoffman said.
Hoffman, who serves as her schoolFFA chapters sentinel and north centraldistrict reporter, said the breakfast has
been a tradition for as long as she can
Thanks from FFACare cardscheap PR
for hospitalBy TIFFANY RONEY
Mistakes are inevitable, but Paula Din-kel, director of quality control for MemorialHealth System, shared how her department isworking to smooth things over no matter thefoible so customers leave not only healthy butalso happy.
The service recovery program offers threetypes of gift or reimbursement certicates for
patients who encounter a variety of potentia lroadblocks, such as an equipment malfunc-tion, an emergencyappointment thatdelays their sched-uled appointment,an internal miscom-munication or evena scheduling mistakethat may have beenthe patients fault.
The three certi-cate options: free
lunch at the cafete-ria, $5 to local busi-nesses or $10 to local
businesses, includ-ing a gas station, twogrocery stores andothers.
Its a way toapologize and showwere sorry that thishappened, Dinkelsaid. If someone is sitting there and theycame in over their lunch hour, we can givethem a certicate to go up to the cafeteria,versus sitting in the hall waiting. By the timetheyre back, we can give them their X-rayand theyll be on their way. Its a small tokenof our apology our way of saying, Were
working around it; let us give you this.Dinkel said not every patient uses the cer-
ticates, but the point as with any gift isthat its the thought that counts.
Patients are just grateful that we apologizeand very grateful they received it, she said.In 2013, the recovery program only cost us$322.62. Thats less than $400. Thats noth-ing. So I think this is a program we denitelywant to continue. We certainly want to the
patient to know that when we do make a mis-take, we truly are sorry and we do apologize.
MHS CEO Mark Miller said he doesnt wantto buy their forgiveness, but he feels mostcomfortable giving people money for gas.
Regardless of whose fault it is, if they haveto drive up a second time, Heres a couponto get back here well take good care of
you tomorrow, he said. It sends a muchbigger message than the cost of the programis to us.
Regardless ofwhose fault it is, ifthey have to driveup a second time,Heres a couponto get back here,well take good
care of youtomorrow. It
sends a muchbigger messagethan the cost of
the programis to us.
Mark Miller
Tiffany Roney Reector-Chronicle
Jumping for healthThomas Dillner (left), student at St. Andrews Parochial School and A.J. Wilson, teacher, circle the rope
for Aaron Hartman, student, during Jump Rope for Heart as Michael Dillner and Landen Barten look on.
Jump Rope for Heart is an annual nationwide pledge drive to raise funds for the American Heart Asso-
ciation and the American Stroke Association.
2013 law an issuein marriage debate
By JOHN HANNA
The Associated Press
TOPEKA A law enacted lastyear that prevents Kansas govern-ment agencies from infringing onresidents religious liberties has be-come an issue in the Legislaturescurrent debate on how best to pro-ceed in case federal courts invalidatethe states gay marriage ban.
Kansas Senate President SusanWagle said the 2013 law is a reasonfor her and other majority Repub-licans to avoid taking up a House-
passed anti-gay marriage bill thatprohibits administrative nes oranti-discrimination lawsuits against
people, groups or businesses refus-ing for religious reasons to providegoods, services, accommodations oremployment benets to gay couples.Senate Judiciary Committee Chair-man Jeff King said informationalhearings next month will deal withwhether the House bills promised
protections already are provided bylast years law.
The debate highlights an uncertainlegal climate for Kansas constitu-
tional ban on same-sex marriages,since federal judges recently struckdown bans in Utah and Oklahoma.Kansas falls under the same federalappeals court as those two states.
Backers of the House bill are skep-tical the 2013 law provides adequatelegal protections for churches, bak-ers, orists and photographers whodont want anything to do with gayweddings. But the measure inspired astrong backlash from both legislatorsand businesses because it applied tomore than wedding ceremonies, withcritics suggesting it would encouragewidespread discrimination.
We need to analyze whats in placefor Kansans to protect religious free-
dom, Wagle said during an inter-view last week. And we want to see
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67410 Telephone: 785-263-1000Monday, February 24, 2014Reflector Vol. 126, No. 208Chronicle Vol. 141, No. 249
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Members of the Newbern Wideawakes club met at theAbilene Food Bank Feb. 19 to drop off donations that werecollected at the February meeting.
Engagement
Walta, Bartley to wedMr. and Mrs. Danny Walta, of Caldwell, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Danna Nichol Walta, to Ross
Christopher Bartley, son of Keith and Jane Bartley of Abilene.
Danna is the granddaughter of Richard Dudley and the lateNorma Dudley of Ulysses; Dorthy Walta, Dale and Beverly
Walta, all of Caldwell. Ross is the grandson of Virginia Bart-
ley and the late Erle Bartley of Manhattan, and the late Glen
and Hazel Swedberg of Iowa.
The couple met at Kansas State University.
The future bride received her Bachelors Degree in busi-
ness nance and is currently in the mortgage department at
Kansas State Bank in Manhattan.
The future groom received his Bachelors Degree in micro-
biology and will graduate with a doctorate in podiatric medi-
cine from Des Moines University in May.
An April 2014 wedding is planned in Wichita.
4-H club news
Newbern WideawakesThe regular monthly meeting of the Newbern Wideawakes
4-H Club was held Monday, Feb. 3, at Rural Center School at
7 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by President Morgan
Rutter. The Flag Salute and Club Pledge were led by Parker
Oneal. Song leader Katelyn Shively led the club in singing
Im a little teapot. The roll call question of What is your
favorite sport? was answered by seven members, one
leader, four parents and one visitor.The minutes of last months meeting were read by Secre-
tary Braden Anguiano. Treasurer Sammie Rutter gave the
treasurers report, reporter Braden Anguiano reported that
last months report had been submitted and published in the
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle.
Council had no reports.
Leader Ashley Shively announced that the CKFF fair-
grounds cleanup is Sunday, March 16 at 2 p.m. She also said
that the new fair theme of Join the Club was decided and
that the club needed to decide what our banner should be,
and reminded the club members to look over the clover con-
nection for project specific requirements.
There were no ceremonies.
Secretary Braden Anguiano announced that the next meet-
ing would be March 3 at Rural Center School.
It was moved and seconded to adjourn with the Club
Motto. The club enjoyed refreshments provided by the
Oneal family and playing basketball before going home.
Braden Anguiano, reporter
Oldest-known Holocaust survivor diesThe Associated Press
LONDON Alice Herz-Sommer, be-lieved to be the oldest Holocaust survivor,died at age 110 on Sunday, a family mem-
ber said. The accomplished pianists deathcame just a week before her extraordinarystory of surviving two years in a Nazi pris-on camp through devotion to music and herson is up for an Oscar.
Herz-Sommer died in a hospital after be-ing admitted Friday with health problems,daughter-in-law Genevieve Sommer said.
We all came to believe that she wouldjust never die, said Frederic Bohbot, aproducer of the documentary The Lady inNumber 6: Music Saved My Life. Therewas no question in my mind, would sheever see the Oscars.
The lm, directed by Oscar-winninglmmaker Malcolm Clarke, has been nom-inated for best short documentary at theAcademy Awards next Sunday.
Another producer on the lm, Nick Reed,said telling her story was a life-changingexperience.
Even as her energy slowly diminished,her bright spirit never faltered, she said.Her life force was so strong we could nev-er imagine her not being around.
Herz-Sommer, her husband and her sonwere sent from Prague in 1943 to a concen-tration camp in the Czech city of Terezin
Theresienstadt in German where
inmates were allowed to stage concerts inwhich she frequently starred.
An estimated 140,000 Jews were sentto Terezin and 33,430 died there. About88,000 were moved on to Auschwitz andother death camps, where most of themwere killed. Herz-Sommer and her son,Stephan, were among fewer than 20,000who were freed when the notorious campwas liberated by the Soviet army in May1945.
Yet she remembered herself as alwayslaughing during her time in Terezin,where the joy of making music kept themgoing.
These concerts, the people are sittingthere, old people, desolated and ill, andthey came to the concerts and this musicwas for them our food. Music was ourfood. Through making music we were keptalive, she once recalled.
When we can play it cannot be so ter-rible.
Though she never learned where hermother died after being rounded up, andher husband died of typhus at Dachau, inher old age she expressed little bitterness.
We are all the same, she said. Good,and bad.
Caroline Stoessinger, a New York concert
pianist who wrote a book about Herz-Som-mer, said she interviewed numerous peoplewho were at the concerts who said for thathour they were transported back to their
homes and they could have hope.
Many people espouse certain credos, but
they dont live them. She did, said Stoess-inger, author of A Century of Wisdom:
Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Som-mer, the Worlds Oldest Living Holocaust
Survivor.
She understood truly that music is a
language and she understood how to com-municate through this language of music.
Herz-Sommer was born on Nov. 26,1903, in Prague, and started learning the
piano from her sister at age 5.As a girl, she met the author Franz Kafka,
a friend of her brother-in-law, and delight-ed in the stories that he told.
She also remembered Kafka saying, In
this world to bring up children: in this
world?
Alice married Leopold Sommer in 1931.Their son was born in 1937, two years be-
fore the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia.
This was especially for Jews a very, very
hard time. I didnt mind, because I enjoyedto be a mother and I was full of enthusiasm
about being a mother, so I didnt mind somuch, she said.
Jews were allowed to shop for only halfan hour in the afternoon, by which time the
shops were empty. Most Jewish familieswere forced to leave their family apart-
ments and were crammed into one apart-ment with other families.
McKinleyspennies
Above: Sonja Ketcher(center) watches as BradyFitzgeralds donates to theMillion Penny Challenge,an annual drive for St.Judes Childrens Hospital.Roxanne, DJ of Y97.3 radiostation of Salina, said thedrive takes place each yearin towns surrounding Salina.
Right: Jacob Hanback, astudent at McKinley Elemen-tary School, opens his bagof pennies to donate to St.Judes Childrens Hospitalthrough the Million PennyChallenge, an annual drivethat takes place in townssurrounding Salina. Roxanne(left), DJ of Y97.3 of Salina,said Abilene is one of themost generous towns toparticipate in the drive.
Photos byTiffany Roney
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Rural Kan. hospitals fear re-designation proposalThe Associated Press
WICHITA Leaders atrural hospitals across Kansasare concerned about the fu-ture of their facilities in lightof proposed changes by thefederal government to criti-cal access designations forhospitals within 35 miles ofanother hospital.
Many rural hospitals al-ready are struggling to makeends meet, and removingthe critical care designation
would take a big chunk ofrevenue away from them. Ofthe states 83 critical accesshospitals more than in anyother state 72 would be af-fected by the change.
I dont think theres anyquestion that it would sendsome of those hospitals over
the edge, Tom Bell, presi-dent and CEO of the Topeka-
based Kansas Hospital As-sociation, told The WichitaEagle.
Theyre fragile right now,and in addition to this issuekind of looking over theirshoulder, there are so manyregulatory burdens.
The Department of Healthand Human Services issueda report last fall suggestingthe federal government re-think how rural hospitals aredesignated for purposes ofMedicare reimbursements.Among the reports propos-als was re-evaluating criticalaccess designations, whichallow those hospitals to re-coup 101 percent of theircosts from Medicare, andinstead pay them the same as
at other Medicare-certiedhospitals.
The change could affecthow much the nations 1,300critical access hospitals getreimbursed, part of the fed-eral governments effort tocontain the growth of Medi-care.
Roughly half of the criti-cal access hospitals in Kan-sas already operate at a loss,according to the AmericanHospital Directory, which
uses data based on Medicarelings by hospitals. The en-tire Kansas congressionaldelegation has signed a lettervoicing concerns to Healthand Human Services Secre-tary Kathleen Sebelius, thestates former governor.
Losing critical access hos-
pital designation would costKingman Community Hos-
pital in southern Kansasmore than $1 million a yearin reimbursements becauseits less than 35 miles fromHarper and Pratt Hospitals,CEO Ed Riley said.
The hospital has lost anaverage of $200,000 to$400,000 per year for the lastfew years, Riley said, with 65
percent of its patient volumebeing Medicare recipients .
When we already operatein the negative, that wouldmean this hospital probablywouldnt survive, he said.
Bill Widener, CEO ofHarper Hospital roughly 11miles away from the hospitalin Anthony, said losing thecritical access designation
would cause his facility tolose its emergency depart-ment.
Theyre not going to takeaway (the designation) fromone or the other. You take
both, he sa id.
Bell, the KHA president,said Medicare is the domi-nant payer for most criticalaccess hospitals. While there
were some reimbursementprotections built into the
program, those have been di -luted in recent years, he said.
The biggest issue is if that
designation were removed,it would literally kill a num-
ber of rural hospitals in our
state, Bell said. I just dontthink theres any questionabout that.
Senate hopefulapologizes for
Facebook postsThe Associated Press
OVERLAND PARK Atea party-backed Kansas radi-ologist who is trying to unseatlongtime Republican U.S. Sen.Pat Roberts has apologized for
posting X-ray photos of fatalgunshot wounds and medicalinjuries on his personal Face-
book page several years ago,but he called the revelationabout the images the work ofa desperate incumbent.
In addition to the images,Milton Wolf also participatedin online commentary layeredwith macabre jokes and de-scriptions of carnage, The To-
peka Capital-Journal reported.
The report about the images,which came from hospitals inthe Kansas City area on bothsides of the state line, drewcriticism from medical profes-sionals around the region whocalled their display on socialmedia irresponsible.
The dignity and privacyof the individual should be
protected, said John Carney,president of the Center forPractical Bioethics in KansasCity, Mo. It doesnt soundlike theyre being protected iftheyre, obviously, on Face-
book.
Carney said the summary ofWolfs postings provided tohim would be widely viewedas beyond alarming for a pro-fessional in the eld of medi-cine.
In an interview, Wolf told thenewspaper he received per-
mission from patients whenrequired before making use ofrecords or images. He claimedusage, including Facebook
posts, that didnt reveal anindividuals identity didnt re-quire prior authorization.
In a statement issued over theweekend, the Johnson CountyRepublican asked for forgive-ness from anyone who was of-fended by the images.
He also assailed Roberts forwaging a war on doctors bytelling people about them. The
Capital-Journals report didnot say how the newspaper ob-tained the photos.
Several years ago I madesome comments about theseimages that were insensitiveto the seriousness of what theimages revealed, Wolf said.Soon thereafter, I removed
those images and comments,again several years ago. Forthem to be published in a muchmore public context now, by a
political adversary who wouldrather declare war on doctorsthan answer serious questionsthat Kansans have, is trulysad.
A news release by Wolfscampaign accused Robertsof participating in a mislead-ing character attack in whatit called the most desperatemove of any campaign in re-cent history.
He said the medical images including an X-ray of a
man decapitated by gunre were uploaded to social mediasites and other online venuesfor educational purposes andthat they also served to dem-onstrate the evil lurking in theworld.
But an array of profession-als involved in medical ethicscondemned his airing of the in-formation outside the connesof a doctor-to-doctor consulta-tion, or for the purpose of for-mal medical research or text-
book construction.
Truman Medical Centers inKansas City, Mo., where Wolfobtained the decapitation X-
ray, said Friday it wouldnthave granted Wolf permissionto use images of a shootingvictim in that manner.
Ofcials at Shawnee Mis-sion Medical Center, which islinked to X-rays on the Inter-net depicting a person embed-ded with shotgun pellets andmarked as property of The-WolfFile.com, said Wolf had
pledged to request removal ofthe X-rays from a California
political website.
Death penalty debateshifts to House panelJOHN MILBURN,
The Associated Press
TOPEKA Convictedmurderers sentenced to deathin Kansas would face a short-ened appeals process under a
proposal a House committeeplans to consider next week,but critics of the plan say itneeds a much broader re-view.
The measure creates a 3-year time limit for the ap-
peals to be heard and decidedby the court. It also sets limitson the length of documentsthat can be led in death
penalty to appeals to thestate court, and requires theappeals to be placed aheadof all other cases pending
before the justices. It wouldnot affect any subsequent ap-
peals, including those madeto the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supporters have arguedthat the Kansas death penalty
process takes too long to getfrom a capital murder con-viction to an execution. No
one has been executed in thestate since 1965. Nine menare under death sentences instate prisons, and no execu-tion dates have been set be-cause appeals are still pend-ing in state courts. There are
nine men on death row, andno defendant has been ex-ecuted since the penalty wasreinstated in 1994.
The measure passed theSenate on Feb. 13 and wasassigned to a conferencecommittee in the House foran organizational hearingthis week.
Rep. John Rubin, chairmanof the House Corrections andJuvenile Justice Committee,
said he intended to deviatefrom the normal process for
bills placed in conferencecommittee and would holdhearings to hear from moreHouse members about the
bill.
I want the wisdom and in-put of my committee, saidRubin, a Shawnee Republi-can.
The normal conferencecommittee process involvesthree members from theHouse and three from theSenate to negotiate a nalversion of a bill without ad-ditional hearings or testi-mony.
House Speaker Ray Mer-rick said he would preferthe measure go through Ru-
bins full committee and bebrought to the House oor
for debate.
Its a very important is-sue, said Merrick, a StilwellRepublican. I just thinksomething like that needs to
be debated and not stuck inconference committee.
House Minority LeaderPaul Davis, a LawrenceDemocrat, agreed with Mer-rick that the bill deserved aHouse debate and neededfull discussion.
Opponents of the plan sayrushing the appeals processincreases the chances that aninnocent person will be ex-ecuted.
Kansas Coalition Againstthe Death Penalty is one ofthe opponents to the bill.Mary Sloan, executive di-rector of the coalition, saida number of concerns wereraised during the Senate de-
bate of the bill, including thefact death penalty appealswould push to the front of theline ahead of other non-cap-ital cases awaiting SupremeCourt action.
The bill weakens the safe-guards to protect the wrong-fully convicted, and that itwill increase costs to the tax-
payer in an already expen-sive system, Sloan said.
Davis calls for shorter sessionBy JOHN HANNA
The Associated Press
TOPEKA Republicanleaders should slash 20 daysfrom Kansas lawmakersannual session because theGOP-dominated Legislatureisnt doing anything to create
jobs or improve schools, theHouses top Democrat saidFriday.
House Minority Leader PaulDavis, a Lawrence Democratwhos challenging Republi-can Gov. Sam Brownbacksre-election this year, said theshorter session would at leastsave taxpayers money. Repub-lican leaders dismissed Daviscomments as political and said
theyre working on a raft ofbills that arent getting muchattention but will boost theeconomy.
Davis red his verbal broad-side at GOP leaders and
Brownback after more thana week of relatively negativenational attention for Kansas.It culminated in The DailyShow comedian Jon Stew-arts scathing mockery Thurs-day night as he describedstates as the meth labs of de-mocracy.
Kansas garnered some at-tention over a religious free-dom proposal from GOP con-servatives aimed at protecting
people, groups and businessesrefusing for religious reasons
to supply goods, services andaccommodations to gay cou-
ples. But much of the mockerycentered on a Democratic law-makers failed bill to rewrite alaw on corporal punishment so
that it would explicitly allowparents and others to spanktheir children hard enough toleave redness or bruising.
Davis derided this years an-nual session as a circus, andsaid Republican leaders haveshown little interest in legisla-tion to create jobs, rein in lo-cal property taxes and boosteducation funding. He said his
proposal to cut the session to70 days from the traditional90 days, taxpayers would save$1.3 million.
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DEAR DOCTOR K: Im recov-ering from an episode of low backpain. How quickly (or slowly)should I resume my normal activi-ties? I dont want to reinjure myback.
DEAR READER: Youre right:Its a balancing act. Too rapid a re-turn may precipitate a relapse, buttoo timid a return can delay -- oreven prevent -- recovery. I cantgive you a denitive answer be-cause I dont know the details ofyour condition. But heres somegeneral advice.
-- Pain is a warning sign. Letyour symptoms be your guide.Avoid doing anything that hurts. Ifyou feel pain, stop the offendingactivity.
-- Avoid twisting your trunk ormaking sudden off-balance move-ments. Try to rid your house ofclutter that can trip you up. Slip-pery surfaces and throw rugs arenotorious for causing falls. Liftingobjects while your body is in anawkward position can also causeproblems.
-- Exercise regularly. After anepisode of low back pain, resumeexercise. Do it at a much lowerlevel of intensity and duration than
what you were doing before yourinjury. Many conditions that causelow back pain are made worse byexercises that jar the spine, suchas jogging. Exercises that dont jarthe spine -- swimming, walking orbicycle riding (either stationary orregular) -- should become part ofyour regular exercise routine.
Why exercise? Most often, lowback pain is caused by condi-tions of the spine and the musclesaround it. The muscles that liealong the spine, and muscles inthe wall of your abdomen, protectyour spine. Build strength in thosemuscles. Do it slowly over severalmonths.
Stretching exercises also are im-
portant. A common cause of lowback pain is muscles that have notbeen strengthened and stretched
by regular exercise. When those
muscles are challenged by some
activity -- like carrying a heavy
object -- they are easily injured.
Stretching and strengthening ex-
ercises that target both your back
muscles and abdominal muscles
not only will help treat any exist-
ing low back pain; they will also
help prevent a recurrence of the
problem. (On my website, Ask-
DoctorK.com, Ive put descrip-
tions and illustrations of several
back-strengthening exercises.)Stop the exercises if you experi-
ence any pain.
-- Hold on to good habits. Dur-
ing your episode of low back pain,
you may have found yourself
instinctively moving more cau-
tiously: bending your knees when
picking something up, carrying
objects close to your body to mini-
mize leverage on your back, and
sitting down and getting up more
carefully. Try to turn these back-
saving maneuvers into lifelong
habits. Practices such as these can
help keep your back injury-free.
Fortunately, Ive had only one
episode of low back pain in my
life, but it really knocked me out
of action. I was fairly young and
feeling invincible. I wasnt exer-
cising regularly at the time, and I
never did any stretching exercises.
One day I picked up a heavy ob-
ject and carried it way out in front
of my body, instead of holding
it against my body. Pow! Never
again: I learned an ergonomic les-
son.
(Dr. Komaroff is a physician and pro-
fessor at Harvard Medical School. To
send questions, go to AskDoctorK.
com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston,
MA 02115.)
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remember. It coincides withnational FFA week, whichChapman students celebrate
by dressing in different out-ts each day from gettingdecked out in FFA colors tosuiting up for hick day.
While wearing a differ-ent set of clothes than on a
typical school day may be aneasy switch, Hoffman said
preparation for the big break-fast is a load of work.
We get here around 5 inthe morning to be able tomake all the food, set every-thing up, hang our bannersand get everything ready,she said.
Though some studentsmissed a couple hours of
sleep, Hoffman said the ear-
ly-morning serving is well
worth the time and effort.
Everybody in the commu-
nity truly does help us out.
They donate their time and
money, and everything they
do is so greatly appreciated
by us, Hoffman said. We
just want to thank them and
give this back to them.
FFAContinued from Page 1
if there are any holes in that.
Some House members al-ready had questioned whethera new law was necessary af-ter last years, which saysgovernment shall not sub-stantially burden someonesexercise of religion unlessit can show that doing so fur-thers a compelling interestand the burden is the least re-
strictive way.The bill approved by the
House on Feb. 12 would bannes or lawsuits when in-dividuals, groups and busi-nesses cite religious beliefsin refusing to provide goods,services, accommodationsand employment benetsrelated to a marriage, civilunion, domestic partnershipor a celebration of such re-lationships. It also protectsreligiously afliated adoptionagencies that refuse to placechildren with gay couples.
Critics of the bill zeroed inon language extending pro-
tections to individual work-ers or government employees
which would have allowedthem, for religious reasons, todecide against providing law-ful services, though their em-
ployers would have to nd awork-around if it were not anundue burden.
For example, the bills op-ponents argued, a clerk couldrefuse to issue a marriage li-cense even if same-sex mar-riages were legal, and indi-vidual police ofcers couldrefuse to intervene in domes-tic disputes between gay andlesbian couples. Rep. CharlesMacheers, a conservativeShawnee Republican and at-torney advocating the bill,called such examples far-fetched.
Wagle has said the Senatewill not take up the measureand King declared it dead,though both promised hear-ings to discuss the legal land-scape. But The Wichita Eaglereported that a tea-party groupheadquartered in that city hasstarted an email campaign toget the House bill resurrected.
Tom Witt, executive direc-tor of Equality Kansas, the
states leading gay rights
group, said Kansans didntneed last years law or a newone to avoid nes or lawsuits
because state anti-discrimina-tion laws dont cover sexualorientation or gender identity.
Even a federal court rulinglegalizing same-sex marriagewould not help gays and les-
bians facing discrimination,he said.
The discrimination thatsmost typical is in employmentand, sometimes its in hous-
ing, Witt said. They haveno recourse.
House Judiciary Commit-tee Chairman Lance Kinzer,an Olathe Republican, said
passing a bill this year wouldbe akin to enacting religiousliberty accommodations forthose against gay marriagein states where the unions arelegal.
It makes sense to say,What kind of legislationwould we have passed had welegislatively enacted same-sex marriage? and, Letslook at doing that in advanceof a ruling that would imposeit judicially, Kinzer said.
Last years law said that ifpeople believed governmentwas limiting their religiousliberties, they could contestthe governments actions incourt. The law mentions thestate constitutions ban onsame-sex marriage in passing.
Supporters said this yearsbill is focused on protectinggay-marriage opponents from
being sued or punished foracting in line with their reli-gious beliefs. It also would al-low administrative complaintsto be transferred to district
courts and would give courtstwo months to settle any case,with limits on what evidencecan be considered.
It would immediately bedealt with instead of justwinding through the court for,what is a lot of times, a num-
ber of years, said Rep. JanPauls, a Hutchinson Demo-crat and former judge who op-
poses same-sex marriage andother gay-rights measures.
King said last week that theSenate Judiciary Committeehearings will be an opportuni-ty for both supporters and crit-ics of the House bill to have
national legal experts testify.
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APD:Phone
callsnotlegit
By TIFFANY RONEY
Abilene Police Depart-ment Detective JasonWilkins said the depart-ment has received mul-tiple reports of a telephonescam in the last two weeks.
The caller tells the tar-get that they have won asweepstakes through Pub-lishers Clearing House,and the money will be de-livered that afternoon. Allthe person has to do is go
buy a Green Dot card andthen call back with thecard information. Suppos-edly, the card serves to payfor the taxes associatedwith the prize.
It is 100 percent a scam it is not legit imate,Wilkins said. The indi-vidual will not get anymoney.
Instead, the caller takesthe money off the GreenDot card, and the personwho received the call be-comes yet another victim.
Wilkins said anyone whothinks they may have beena victim or attempted vic-tim of this or any otherscam is advised to contacthim at 263-1213.
Ukraine issues warrant for missing leaderThe Associated Press
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine Ukraines acting government issuedan arrest warrant Monday for Presi-dent Viktor Yanukovych, accusing himof mass crimes against the protesters
who stood up for months against hisrule. Russia sharply questioned its au-thority, calling it an armed mutiny.
Yanukovych himself has report-edly ed to the Black Sea peninsulaof Crimea, a pro-Russian area inUkraine.
Calls are mounting in Ukraine to putYanukovych on trial, after a tumultu-ous presidency in which he amassed
powers, enriched his allies and fam-ily and cracked down on protesters.Anger boiled over last week aftergovernment snipers killed scores of
protesters in the bloodiest violence inUkraines post-Soviet history.
The turmoil has turned this strate-
gically located country of 46 millioninside out over the past few days. Theparliament speaker is now nominallyin charge of a country whose ailingeconomy is on the brink of defaultand whose loyalties are sharply torn
between Europe and longtime rulerRussia.
Russia and the European Union ap-
peared to be taking opposing sides inUkraines new political landscape.
Russian Prime Minister DmitryMedvedev questioned the legitimacyof the new Ukrainian authorities onMonday. According to Russian news
agencies, he said the acting authoritieshave come to power as a result of anarmed mutiny, so their legitimacy iscausing big doubts.
In Brussels, European Commissionspokesman Olivier Bailly referred to
parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchi-nov as the interim president andsaid Turchinov will meet with Mon-day visiting EU foreign policy chiefCatherine Ashton in Kiev.
Turchinov said he hopes to form anew coalition government by Tues-day.
Ukraines acting interior minister,Arsen Avakhov, said on his ofcialFacebook page that a warrant has
been issued for the arrest of Yanu-kovych and several other ofcials forthe mass killing of civilians.
At least 82 people, primarily protest-ers, were killed in clashes in Kiev lastweek.
Yanukovych set off a wave of pro-tests by shelving an agreement withthe European Union in November and
turning instead for a $15 billion bail-out loan from Russia. Within weeks,the protests expanded to include out-rage over corruption and human rightsabuses, leading to calls for Yanu-kovychs resignation.
After signing an agreement Fridaywith the opposition to form a unitygovernment, Yanukovych ed Kievfor his pro-Russian power base ineastern Ukraine. Avakhov said he triedto y out of Donetsk but was stoppedthen went to Crimea on Sunday.
Yanukovych then freed his ofcialsecurity detail and drove off to an un-known location, turning off all formsof communication, Avakhov said.
Yanukovych has disappeared, hesaid.
Security has been tightened acrossUkraines borders, the Interfax newsagency quoted the State Border Guardservice as saying.
Avakhov published a letter that hesaid was from Yanukovych, datedMonday, in which he gave up his se-curity guard. Yanukovychs aides andspokespeople could not be reachedMonday to verify the reported letter
they have been rapidly distancingthemselves from him as his hold on
power disintegrates.
Activist Valeri Kazachenko saidYanukovych must be arrested and
brought to Kievs main square fortrial.
He must answer for all the crimeshe has committed against Ukraine
and its people, he said, as thousandscontinued to ock to the area to lightcandles and lay owers where dozenswere shot dead during clashes with
police last week. Yanukovych mustbe tried by the court of the peopleright here in the square.
Tensions have been mounting inCrimea in southern Ukraine. Russiamaintains a large naval base in Sev-astopol that has strained relations be-tween the countries for two decades.
Pro-Russian protesters gathered infront of city hall in the port of Sev-astopol on Monday chanting Russia!Russia!
Extremists have seized power inKiev and we must defend Crimea.Russia must help us with that, saidAnataly Mareta, head of a Cossackmilitia in Sevastopol.
The head of the city administrationin Sevastopol quit Monday amid theturmoil, and protesters replaced aUkrainian ag near the city hall build-ing with a Russian ag.
Wiretaps, aides led to drug lords arrestThe Associated Press
CULIACAN, MEXICO As Mexican troops forced
their way into Joaquin ElChapo Guzmans main hide-out in Culiacan, the coun-trys most powerful druglord sneaked out of the housethrough an escape tunnel be-neath the bathtub.
Mexican marines workingwith U.S. authorities chasedhim but lost the man knownas Shorty in a maze of tun-nels under the city, a U.S.government ofcial and a se-nior law enforcement ofcialtold The Associated Press onSunday.
It would be a short-lived
escape for Guzman, who wascaptured early Saturday hid-
ing out in a condominium inMazatlan, a beach resort townon Mexicos Pacic Coast.
He had a military-style as-sault rie with him but didntre a shot, the ofcials said.His beauty queen wife, EmmaCoronel, was with him whenthe manhunt for one of theworlds most wanted drugtrafckers ended.
The ofcials spoke on thecondition of anonymity be-cause they were not autho-rized to discuss specic de-tails of how U.S. authoritiestracked down Guzman.
For 13 years Guzmanwatched from western Mexi-cos rugged mountains as au-thorities captured or killed the
leaders of every group chal-lenging his Sinaloa cartels
spot at the top of global drugtrafcking.
Unscathed and his legend
growing, the stocky son of apeasant farmer grabbed a sloton the Forbes billionaireslist and a folkloric status asthe capo who grew too pow-erful to catch. Then, late lastyear, authorities started clos-ing in on the inner circle ofthe worlds most-wanted druglord. Bit by bit, they got clos-er to the crime boss.
Then on Feb. 16, investi-gators from Mexico alongwith the Drug EnforcementAdministration, the U.S.Marshals Service and Im-migration and Customs En-forcement caught the break
they badly needed when theytracked a cellphone to one
of the Culiacan stash housesGuzman used to elude cap-ture.
The phone was connectedto his communications chief,Carlos Manuel Ramirez,whose nickname is Condor.By the next day Mexicanauthorities arrested one ofGuzmans top couriers, who
promptly provided details ofthe stash houses Guzman andhis associates had been using,the ofcials said.
At each house, the Mexi-can military found the samething: steel reinforced doorsand an escape hatch belowthe bathtubs. Each hatch ledto a series of interconnectedtunnels in the citys drainage
system.The ofcials said three tons
of drugs, suspected to be co-
caine and methamphetamine,were found at one of the stash
houses.An AP reporter who walked
through one of the tunnels had
to dismount into a canal andstoop to enter the drain pipe,which was lled with waterand mud and smelled of sew-age. About 700 meters (yards)
in, a trap door was open, re-vealing a newly constructedtunnel. Large and lined withwood panels like a cabin, the
passage had lighting and airconditioning. At the end ofthe tunnel was a blue ladderattached to the wall that ledto one of the houses Mexican
authorities say Guzman usedas a hideout.
GOP highlighting health care woesThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON HouseRepublicans intent on high-lighting the woes of PresidentBarack Obamas health carelaw need to look no furtherthan their own back yards,some of which are tradition-ally liberal strongholds.
Marylands online health
care exchange has been
plagued by computer glitches
since its rollout last year, re-
ected in abysmal enrollment
numbers well below projec-
tions through January. Thestates lone Republican in
Congress, Rep. Andy Harris,
has asked the inspector gen-
eral of the federal Health and
Human Services Department
to investigate.
In Oregon, the online por-
tal has struggled to sign up
a single individual, and Re-
publican Rep. Greg Walden
recently sent a letter to the
Government Accountabil-
ity Ofce pressing for an in-
quiry. Ofcials in both states
insist they are working to x
the problems.
Policeinvestigate
abductionattempt
Special to Reector-Chronicle
CLAY CENTER Po-lice are on the lookout fora man they say attemptedto abduct a 13-year-old girlfrom Clay Center. KCLYradio in Clay Center reportsthe man is between the agesof 20 and 30, six feet tallwith a thin build with darkhair and a big nose. Hewas wearing a red shirt with
black stars and blue jeans.He was driving a white two-door truck.
According to WIBW, ClayCenter police say the younggirl was walking in the areaof Lincoln School when theman attempted to abducther. The girl was able to runaway and lose the man in analley.
Anyone with informationis asked to call the ClayCenter Police Departmentat 785-632-2121.
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Clay Center upsets CowgirlsBy RON PRESTON
The Clay Center Tigers cameinto Friday nights North CentralKansas League contest against theAbilene Cowgirls with a little bitmore energy and intensity. TheLady Tigers defeated the Cowgirls33-23 in a low-scoring game.
Both teams came into Fridayscontest having already played twogames during the week. Clay Cen-ter had a little advantage as they
played Monday and Tuesday withthe Cowgirls playing Tuesday andThursday.
It was a tough night, coachJanelle Geist said. It was toughfor our seniors. We nally get ahome game. This has been a longweek with two long bus trips. Thekids are going to school ve daysa week, its a long haul for them.
The game started off well for theCowgirls as Nichole Taylor hit a
jumper early to give Abilene a 2-0lead. Then the fatigue set in andthe Clay Center defense took over.
The Cowgirls committed eightfouls in the rst quarter and ClayCenter went on to score eight un-answered points to end the rst
period 8-2. Taylor and Belle Bar-bieri, Abilenes inside scoringthreat both picked up two fouls inthe period and sat out the secondquarter.
This was not the result wewanted, Geist said. Its kind ofthe story of our season thoughwith foul trouble, tired legs andshots just werent falling for us.
The second quarter saw theCowgirls get a little offensivelife as Courtney Geist and TaylorThompson hit back-to-back threesto tie the game 8-8 at the 5:47mark of the second quarter.
Geist led the Cowgirls withseven points and Thompson shotin six.
Clay Center took a 15-9 leadmidway through the period. TheCowgirls closed the quarter withthree free throws and a McKenzie
Funston jumper to pull with three17-14 to end the half.
Thompson connected her sec-ond three of the game to tie thescore 17-17 in the early minutesof the third quarter. Clay Centerfollowed with an 8-0 run to jumpahead 25-17 with two minutes to
play.
Barbieri found the bucket at
the one minute mark for her onlypoints of the night as Clay Centertook a 27-19 lead into the nalquarter.
Clay Center played a triangle-two defense on our guards andwe didnt solve that, Geist said.Then they packed three in thelane and we just couldnt get ad-
justed to it.
Taylor picked up her fourth foulon the rst play of the fourth quar-ter and Clay Center used a 6-0 runto increase its lead to 33-19. TheCowgirls got a three-point play
from Geist and a free throw fromTaylor to end the scoring as ClayCenter could not connect ve freethrow attempts to end the game33-23.
The Cowgirls have two gamesremaining before the start of sub-state tournament week. Tuesday,the Cowgirls will host Chapman.Thursday, Concordia comes totown to play a weather delayedgame that was originally sched-uled for Jan. 31.
The Cowgirls record slips to8-10 on the season and 2-6 in the
NCKL.
SummaryCC 8 9 10 6 - 33
AHS 2 12 5 4 - 23Clay Center Williams 5, Franson10, Wright 1, Edmunston 1, Ebert4, Diekmann 12.
Abilene (8-10) Geist 7, Thomp-son 6, Barbieri 2, Funston 3,Hayes 2, Taylor 3.
Basketball roundupSolomon splitswith Otis-Bison
OTIS The Solomon Gorillas split apair of basketball games Friday nightin Otis.
The Gorillas defeated the Cougars48-30 in the boys game but lost 58-40
in the girls game.Blake Homman led the charge forthe Gorillas with 15 points and eightrebounds. Mason DeMars added 12
points.
Solomon used a strong rst andfourth quarters to put away Otis-Bison.The Gorillas took a 16-5 advantage af-ter one and led 26-15 at the break. TheCougars rallied in the third to close thegap to seven points but Solomon useda 14-3 fourth quarter to put away thegame.
In the girls game, Solomon led 12-9after the rst quarter only to see theCougars came out strong in the secondquarter to take a 24-17 lead at intermis-sion. The Cougars extended the lead
in the third period and the two teamsplayed even in the fourth quarter butthe Cougars prevailed by 18 points.
Jaime Meagher led the Lady Gorillaswith a game-high 25 points.
Solomon nishes up its regular sea-son at Bennington Tuesday beforehosting sub state action.
Boys summary:SHS 16 10 8 14 - 48OB 5 10 12 3 - 30Solomon (11-7) Homman 15,Fowles 6, Meagher 2, DeMars 12,Rangel 8, Shirack 3, Garrett 2.Otis-Bison scoring not available
Girls summary:SHS 12 5 8 15 - 40
OB 9 15 19 15 - 58Solomon (5-13) Cross 2, Ballue4, Clark 4, Rohleder 2, Meagher 25,Homman 1, Hagen 2.Otis-Bison Regan 22, Steinert 1,Kraesinger 7, Bartonek 11, Bannister6, Vandracek 2, Tammen 7.
Marysville ralliesto defeat Irish
MARYSVILLE Marysville foughtoff a charging Fighting Irish boys teamto squeak out a 66-63 win Friday.
The Chapman Fighting Irish continueto improve at the end of the season andtook the Bulldogs into the fourth quar-ter tied at 49.
The Irish trailed by three at the end
of one, by one at the break and tied thegame in the third quarter.
Logan Lexow led Chapman with14 points while Kade Stroud shot 12,Gavin Canaday had 11 and Kade Sims
put in 10.
The Lady Bulldogs broke away fromChapman in the second quarter afterthe two teams tied at 11 to end the rst.
Marysville took a 34-22 lead into in-termission and led 57-45 at the end ofthree quarters.
Lindsey Hurford and Milea Andersonled the Irish with 11 points each whileJessie Heiman added eight points.
The Irish will play at Abilene onTuesday.
Boys summary:CHS 14 17 18 14 - 63MHS 17 15 17 17 - 66Chapman (2-17) Winters 9, Sims 10,Blixt 5, Meuli 2, Stroud 12, Lexow 14,Canaday 11.Marysville Stohs 2, Piesci 16, Wright14, Kort 11, Koeperich 5, Forst 6,Watts 12.
Girls summary:CHS 11 11 13 12 - 47MHS 11 23 23 18 - 72
Chapman (5-14) Lovett 2, Hur-ford 11, Sutter 6, Beemer 3, Wise 2,Langvardt 6, Anderson 11, Heiman 8.Marysville Hamer 2, Kurt 20, Cudney4, Heiman 14, Degenhardt 8, Wicks15, Lerdell 7.
Heat holds off VikingsESKRIDGE The Rural Vista Heat
boys basketball team held off the Mis-
sion valley Vikings 59-51 Friday night.
Sam Morgan led the heat with 27
points and Adam Adkins added 18
points. Both Heat players connected
on three treys for Rural Vista.
The Heat led by nine after the rst
quarter but by four at the break as the
Vikings made up some ground in the
second period.
This was a tough road win, coach
Joel Kahnt said. We didnt capitalize
on their mistakes in the rst quarter.
Following the intermission the Vi-
kings worked the score within two
points after three quarters 38-36, but
the Heat held on and made some free
throws down the stretch to earn their
15th victory on the season.
It was a hard fought game by both
teams, Kahnt said. We made them
turn the ball over early. We have some
work to do to get ready for next week.
The Heat (15-3) will host Lebo Tues-
day at Hope High School.
Summary:RV 15 15 8 21 - 59MV 6 20 10 15 - 51Rural Vista (15-3) A. Adkins 18,Blythe 6, Egger 2, Morgan 27, Brown6.Mission Valley Schumakcer 18, Mar-cotte 6, Walker 6, Allen 3, Boyd 18.
Mission Valleyclips Rural Vista
ESKRIDGE The Mission Valley
Lady Vikings held off the rallying Ru-
ral Vista Heat 53-52 Friday night.
The Heat were down by seven most
of the game and made a valiant rally in
the fourth quarter but came one point
short.
The girls played so hard as they kept
battling and never gave up, coach
John Keating said. On a couple of oc-
casions, Mission Valley extended their
lead to 10 but the girls never gave up.
Alexis Campuzano led the Heat with
23 points and Paula Young had 13.Campuzano scored nine of the Heats
20 points in the fourth quarter come-
back.
The Heat held a one-point lead in
the nal seconds but a Mission Valley
bank shot went in as time ran out to
give the Vikings the victory.
For the girls to get the lead late in
the game shows the kind of character
and toughness that theyve displayed
all season, Keating said. Unfortu-
nately, that bank shot that fell was so
disappointing, but give the young lady
credit, she hit the shot while being well
defended. We just have to bounce back
on Tuesday.
The Vikings took a 27 to 22 lead tointermission and 39-32 advantage go-
ing into the nal period.
Summary:RV 12 9 10 20 - 52MV 20 7 12 14 - 53Rural Vista (11-7) Ink 4, Young13, Campuzano 23, Kahnt 5, Ash 4,
Aumiller 3.Mission Valley Schwant 2, Wayman6, R. Cain 6, Hodge 4, Kraus 14, N.Cain 2, Hill 19.
Earnhardt wins 2nd Daytona500The Sports ExchangeDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. In a race that started
in broad daylight and ended 42 minutes before mid-night, and with a swatch of tape covering part of hisgrille, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the rain-interrupted56th running of the Daytona 500 Sunday night atDaytona International Speedway.
Earnhardt was a car-length ahead of Denny Hamlinwhen NASCAR threw the seventh caution of the racea split second before Earnhardt crossed the nish lineto win the Great American Race for the second timein his career.
Under NASCARs new Chase for the Sprint Cupformat, Earnhardts 20th career Sprint Cup Seriesvictory almost assuredly locks him into the 10-race
postseason playoff, set to start at Chicagoland Speed-way in September.
Hamlin came home second as the race ended un-der caution, with Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon andreigning series champion Jimmie Johnson runningthird through fth, respectively.
In Victory Lane, Earnhardt didnt even try to con-tain his elation. After all, he had just broken a 55-racewinless streak. After nishing second in three lastfour Daytona 500s, he had just won the NASCARSprint Cup Series season opener in his last year withcrew chief Steve Letarte, who is headed for the TV
booth in 2015.
And he had just won his second Daytona 500 a de-cade after winning his rst, holding off Hamlin in a
dramatic two-lap dash to the nish.
Man, winning this race is the greatest feeling thatyou can feel in the sport, aside from obviously ac-
cepting the trophy for the championship, Earnhardtall but shouted over the din of the celebration. Ididnt know if Id ever get a chance to feel that again,
and it feels just as good, if not better than the rst be-cause of how hard we tried year after year after year,running second all those years and wondering why
and what we needed to do.
Ive got to get my head together ... This race carwas awesome. We showed them all night long how
good a car we had, and its because of these guysright here (his team) putting it together in the shop.We could ght off battles after battles. We got a little
help from Jeff (Gordon) to get away on that (last)restart and tried to take care of it from there.
This is amazing. I cant believe this is happen-ing. Ill never take this for granted, because this just
doesnt happen twice, let alone once. Im so thankful.Thanks to all my fans out there for supporting. We
pretty much might be in the Chase? We get that offour chest and we are two-time Daytona 500 cham-
pion!
McDowell (Abilene) 30-4
won by decision over AustinEldredge (McPherson) 28-9(Dec 6-1)
113 - Hunter Kiser (18-9)placed 1st and scored 20.00team points.
Champ. Round 1 -Hunter Kiser (Abilene) 18-9received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - HunterKiser (Abilene) 18-9 won bydecision over Cole Larsen(Concordia) 19-17 (Dec 11-5)
Semifinal - Hunter Kiser(Abilene) 18-9 won by deci-sion over Chance Maynard(Buhler) 21-7 (Dec 13-11)
1st Place Match - HunterKiser (Abilene) 18-9 won bydecision over Tristen Cooper(Goodland) 29-13 (Dec 10-6)
120 - Zane Baugh (34-2)placed 1st and scored 26.50team points.
Champ. Round 1 - ZaneBaugh (Abilene) 34-2 won byfall over Justin Hershberger(Buhler) 13-20 (Fall 3:25)
Quarterfinal - ZaneBaugh (Abilene) 34-2 won bytech fall over Jayden Raigoza(Nickerson) 9-4 (TF-1.5 0:00(16-1))
Semifinal - Zane Baugh(Abilene) 34-2 won by fallover Zach Miller (Ulysses)17-13 (Fall 5:37)
1st Place Match - Zane
Baugh (Abilene) 34-2 wonby major decision over Aaron
Avelar (Goodland) 35-8 (MD14-2)
126 - Caysen Smith (32-5)placed 1st and scored 23.00team points.
Champ. Round 1 -Caysen Smith (Abilene) 32-5won by major decision overTristian Meadors (Clay CenterComm.) 15-22 (MD 13-5)
Quarterfinal - CaysenSmith (Abilene) 32-5 wonby major decision over NoahLackey (Lindsborg Smoky
Vall.) 27-14 (MD 9-1) Semifinal - Caysen Smith
(Abilene) 32-5 won by majordecision over James Jurgens(Scott Community) 21-11(MD 9-1)
1st Place Match - CaysenSmith (Abilene) 32-5 won bydecision over Cameron Miller(Concordia) 30-8 (Dec 3-2)
132 - Dauson Whiteley(18-9) place is unknown andscored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 -Dauson Whiteley (Abilene)18-9 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - MarioRodriguez (Ulysses) 29-15won by decision over DausonWhiteley (Abilene) 18-9 (Dec5-2)
Cons. Round 2 - DausonWhiteley (Abilene) 18-9 wonby fall over Nathan Elliott(Buhler) 5-15 (Fall 1:14)
Cons. Round 3 - Austin
Hernandez (Goodland) 23-6won by decision over DausonWhiteley (Abilene) 18-9 (Dec4-0)
138 - Blake Anguiano (24-9) placed 3rd and scored18.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - BlakeAnguiano (Abilene) 24-9 wonby fall over Alex Snell (Nick-erson) 11-19 (Fall 2:51)
Quarterfinal - Blake An-guiano (Abilene) 24-9 won byfall over Robert Steck (Chap-man) 17-18 (Fall 1:15)
Semifinal - Brook Bahe(Goodland) 35-11 won byfall over Blake Anguiano(Abilene) 24-9 (Fall 3:15)
Cons. Semi - BlakeAnguiano (Abilene) 24-9 wonby fall over Jesse Anchondo(Scott Community) 14-21(Fall 3:34)
3rd Place Match - BlakeAnguiano (Abilene) 24-9 wonby decision over Brett Schro-eder (Colby) 18-15 (Dec 7-2)
145 - Seth Strauss (19-3)placed 1st and scored 25.50team points.
Champ. Round 1 - SethStrauss (Abilene) 19-3 wonby tech fall over Blaze Payeur(Concordia) 10-15 (TF-1.50:00 (16-0))
Quarterfinal - SethStrauss (Abilene) 19-3 wonby fall over Nathan Nelson(Chapman) 13-11 (Fall 2:48)
Semifinal - Seth Strauss
(Abilene) 19-3 won by fall
over Kelton Suchy (Russell)25-12 (Fall 1:59)
1st Place Match - SethStrauss (Abilene) 19-3 won
by decision over Grady Ware(Clay Center Comm.) 11-3(Dec 6-3)
152 - Kevin Wilson (18-16)place is unknown and scored0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - KevinWilson (Abilene) 18-16 re-ceived a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Ricky Milke(Goodland) 33-11 won by fallover Kevin Wilson (Abilene)18-16 (Fall 2:44)
Cons. Round 2 - KevinWilson (Abilene) 18-16 re-ceived a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - BaileyDaniels (Nickerson) 21-23won by decision over KevinWilson (Abilene) 18-16 (Dec5-2)
160 - Alex Henely (11-9)place is unknown and scored2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - KobyUnruh (McPherson) 17-22won by decision over AlexHenely (Abilene) 11-9 (Dec11-7)
Cons. Round 1 - AlexHenely (Abilene) 11-9 re-ceived a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - AlexHenely (Abilene) 11-9 won bydecision over Matthew Pieper(Colby) 17-22 (Dec 2-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Angel
Moncayo (Ulysses) 16-18
won by decision over AlexHenely (Abilene) 11-9 (Dec1-0)
182 - Jaron Christiensen
(11-14) place is unknownand scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - JaronChristiensen (Abilene) 11-14received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - AndrewTaylor (Colby) 33-4 won byfall over Jaron Christiensen(Abilene) 11-14 (Fall 1:11)
Cons. Round 2 - JaronChristiensen (Abilene) 11-14 won by fall over DylanBaldwin (McPherson) 6-17(Fall 1:14)
Cons. Round 3 - RobertWalsh (Chapman) 20-8 wonby fall over Jaron Chris-tiensen (Abilene) 11-14 (Fall0:35)
195 - Blaise Lehman (19-11) place is unknown andscored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - BlaiseLehman (Abilene) 19-11won by decision over JacobStoneberger (Chapman) 16-15 (Dec 2-1)
Quarterfinal - SkylerHittle (Concordia) 4-0 wonby fall over Blaise Lehman(Abilene) 19-11 (Fall 0:23)
Cons. Round 2 - BlaiseLehman (Abilene) 19-11won by fall over Ross Regier(McPherson) 7-24 (Fall 2:59)
Cons. Round 3 - JayZiegelmeier (Colby) 27-
10 won by fall over Blaise
Lehman (Abilene) 19-11 (Fall0:57)
220 - Logan Riekeman(6-12) place is unknown and
scored 4.00 team points. Champ. Round 1 -
Evan Standlea (Clay Cen-ter Comm.) 21-17 won byfall over Logan Riekeman(Abilene) 6-12 (Fall 1:22)
Cons. Round 1 - LoganRiekeman (Abilene) 6-12won in sudden victory - 3over Nils Peterson (LindsborgSmoky Vall.) 14-22 (SV-32-1)
Cons. Round 2 - LoganRiekeman (Abilene) 6-12won by fall over Alfredo Luna(Hugoton) 8-6 (Fall 4:42)
Cons. Round 3 - SethHutchins (Larned) 19-16 wonby fall over Logan Riekeman(Abilene) 6-12 (Fall 2:40)
285 - Andy Tope (10-15)place is unknown and scored3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - AndyTope (Abilene) 10-15 re-ceived a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Jason Zook(Chapman) 30-4 won by fallover Andy Tope (Abilene) 10-15 (Fall 1:04)
Cons. Round 2 - AndyTope (Abilene) 10-15 won byfall over Dalton Keller (Rus-sell) 8-13 (Fall 3:27)
Cons. Round 3 - BradenRedenbaugh (Buhler) 17-9won by fall over Andy Tope
(Abilene) 10-15 (Fall 2:18)
WrestlingContinued from Page 1
Ron Preston Refector-Chronicle
Cowgirl Jessica Hayes (30) prepares to shoot against the Clay Centerdefense in Fridays NCKL game.
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By RON PRESTON
Eric Harms led the Cow-boys with 17 points inAbilenes 66-51 North Cen-tral Kansas League victoryover the Clay Center Tigers.
After a slow start, the Cow-boys used a 23-6 secondquarter to pull away.
It was just a solid win forour team, coach Terry Tay-lor said. Mainly now it isnding a way to win and con-
tinue to stay alive in that huntfor the share of the NCKLtitle.
Clay Center opened the rstquarter with two quick buck-ets with less than two min-utes off the clock. AbilenesJesse Patrick popped in acorner trey to jump start theCowboys.
Harms followed Patricksbucket with a three pointplay at the 5:19 mark andhe ended the quarter with a
buzzer-beating baseline shotto give the Cowboys a 19-16rst quarter lead.
Keil Kelly scored sevenpoints in the rst period ona lay-up following a stealand two jumpers, one beinga three.
After we kind of got overthe initial shock of them
playing better than us, Tay-lor said. We kind of tookcare of business and had a19-16 lead, but 16 points istoo many to give them in aquarter, we told the teamthat.
Their kids, I thought, hadsome energy tonight and itshowed early in the game.They came out the rst cou-
ple or three minutes and theirenergy was better than ours.
The second quarter be-longed to the Cowboys.Harms began the quarter withan inside shot and Ryan Wil-son hit a jumper before ClayCenter called a time out.
Following the time out theCowboys went on an 8-2 runto have a 31-18 lead with justunder four minutes left inthe period. Tanner Hoekmanfound the net twice within 30seconds during that run.
Kelly and Wilson ended thequarter with back-to-backtreys for the Cowboys, giv-
ing them a 42 22 lead at in
termission.
Our defense got better inthe second quarter, Tay-lor said. Offensively it al-lowed us to get out and runin transition and grab somerebounds.
Clay Center came backfrom the break and outscoredthe Cowboys 20-10 in thethird quarter to cut Abileneslead in half.
The Tigers Lane Libyscored eight of his team high
14 points in the third period.Harms scored six of theCowboys 10 third quarter
points.
The Cowboys opened thefourth quarter on a 9-1 runstarted by a jumper fromHoekman and ending witha layup by Hoekman at the5:17 mark. Patrick had anoffensive rebound put-back
bucket and Harms had ahigh ying bank-in shot off aHoekman assist.
The Tigers followed a timeout with a 6-2 run of theirown to make the score 63-49with three minutes to play.
Patrick hit an inside shotand Wilson connected on afree throw to end the Cow-
boy scoring following a pairof free throws by the Tigersfor the 66-51 nal.
The tiredness factorshowed up in the secondhalf, Taylor said. We didnt
have the legs, our free throws
were short, and we misseda number of easy basketsagain. I have been saying
that now for several games,but we jus t have got to nish
plays under the basket.
We had a 20-point lead at
half that fell to 10 at the end
of third. I thought the Clay
Center kids really played
well in the third quarter and
then we kind of took care of
business in the fourth and
moved it back out to the 15
points at the end.
The Cowboys improved to12-6 on the year and 6-2 inthe conference and will hostChapman Tuesday for seniornight and then host Concor-dia Thursday in a makeupgame.
Andrew Schwarting waskind of under the weather to-night and didnt get to play,Taylor said. Jesse (Patrick)is still nursing an anklethat he tweaked in practiceWednesday, we are a little
beat up and tired right now
and we need the two days off.Chapman is improving
and they beat Clay Center upthere recently. Tuesday wewill honor our seniors andtheir parents. We are lookingforward to playing our rival.
Normally on senior night theseniors play pretty well.
In the NCKL title race,Concordia has one leagueloss and Abilene andWamego both have two. Ifthe Cowboys continue to winand win out it will be a three-way tie for the title.
Summary
CC 16 6 20 9 - 51AHS 19 23 10 14 - 66Clay Center (3-16) Liby 14,Wilson 10, Carlson 2, Moon3, Richardson 6, Borch 2,Hamel 8. Ford 6.Abilene (12-6) Stalder 2,Hoekman 8, Kelly 13, Wilson8, Patrick 16, Harms 17, J.Goodwin 2.
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Sportsshorts:
KSU OT Lucassidelined withstress fracture
Kansas State offensivetackle Cornelius Lucas willbe sidelined for six-to-eightweeks with a stress fracturein his left foot. He suf-fered the injury during hispre-Combine training, butit was just discovered thisweek in Indianapolis.
Its too early to predictif Lucas will be healthyenough to work out forNFL teams prior to the NFLDraft in May. Widely con-sidered a mid-to-late rounddraft choice, the injurycould force Lucas to go theundrafted route to the NFL.
A native of New Orleans,Lucas is the tallest playerat the 2014 NFL Combineat 6-foot-8 and 316 poundswith 10-inch hands andthe longest arms (36 3/4inches) as well. He startedat left tackle the last twoseasons for the Wildcatswith his large wingspanto engulf rushers, but hisheavy feet and bad habit ofoverextending are concernsas he makes the jump tothe NFL game
Giants hire
Bonds asinstructorThe San Francisco Gi-
ants are bringing backformer star Barry Bondsas a special spring traininginstructor.
Bonds will work with theGiants hitters.Hes part of what well
do here, Giants managerBruce Bochy said Saturday,according to the San JoseMercury News. Hes goingto be part of the group ofinstructors, like (Will) Clark,(J.T.) Snow or (Jeff) Kent.Hes going to be like the
other guys and help wherehe can. I dont have anyconcerns.
Bonds, 49, has expressedinterest in returning to theteam in some instructionalcapacity. He spent 15 of his22 major-league seasonswith the Giants.
Yanks, Gardneragree on
4-year dealTAMPA Outfielder Brett
Gardner and the New YorkYankees have agreed to afour-year contract worth$52 million.Yankees general manager
Brian Cashman announcedthe deal on Sunday. Thenew pact starts in 2015.
The deal includes a fifth-year club option for $12.5million and a $2 millionbuyout. If traded, Gardnerwould receive $1 million.
Gardner has a $5.6 mil-lion, one-year contract forthis season.
The Yankees are movingGardner to left field thisyear after the signing offree agent center fielderJacoby Ellsbury to a $153million, seven-year contract
in December
Scores:Basketball
BoysAbilene 66, Clay Center 51Marysville 66, Chapman 63Wabaunsee 61, Herington24Rural Vista 59, MissionValley 51Solomon 48, Otis-Bison 30
GirlsClay Center 33, Abilene 23Marysville 72, Chapman 47Wabaunsee 59, Herington30Mission Valley 53, RuralVista 52Otis-Bison 58, Solomon 40
Schedule:
BasketballTuesday
Chapman @ AbileneInman @ HeringtonSolomon @ Bennington
ThursdayConcordia @ AbileneSolomon @ Centre
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Cowboys qualify six for state wrestlingReector-Chronicle Staff
COLBY The AbileneCowboy wrestling team notonly placed second as a teamin the Colby 4A regionaltournament but qualied sixCowboy wrestlers for thestate tournament in Salinanext weekend.
Abilenes Logan McDow-ell (106), Hunter Kiser (113),Zane Baugh (120), CaysenSmith (126), Blake Anguiano(138) and Seth Strauss (145)all qualied for the state tour-nament and will wrestle in theClass 4A state championships
Feb. 28 and March 1 at theBicentennial Center in Salina.
Qualifying six is about av-erage for us if you average itout over the 18 years that Ihave been here, coach JamesStout said.
Kiser, Baugh, Smith andStrauss all won their weightclasses while McDowell andAnguiano nished third at theregional.
We actually won the naleight matches of the tourna-ment, Stout said. The twokids to qualify on the back-side, they both won by fallto qualify for state and they(McDowell and Anguiano)nished third.
Then the four in the nalswon all four of their matches.We won eight consecutivematches to nish the tourna-ment which is outstandingand that sets them up in awhole better predicament forthe state bracketing.
McDowell (106) won overLuke Martin of Clay Center
before a one-point loss to TateWithington in the semi-nalmatch. He then won by a fall
over Israel Montonya to winthe consolation semi-nalsand then defeated Austin El-dredge of McPherson 6-1 to
place third.
Logan (McDowell) lost toa kid he had beaten earlier inthe year on a controversial
penalty point that stuck himin the backside. He battled
back and got third.
Kiser (113) became a rsttime state qualier with threewins by decision. Kiser de-feated Cole Larson of Con-cordia 11-5, Chance Maynardof Buhler 13-11 and TristenCooper 10-6 in the champion-ship match.
Hunter (Kiser) wrestledan outstanding tournament,Stout said. I would almostsay it was the tournament ofhis life so far. He went in asthe No. 4 seed and knockedoff a ranked and return-
ing state place winner in thesemi-nals and then avengedan earlier loss of the seasonin the nals over Cooper ofGoodland.
Baugh (120) won fourmatches to claim the rst
place medal He pinned Jus-tin Hershberger of Buhler,
jayden Raigozza of Nicker-son, Zach Miller of Ulysses
and a major decision (14-2)over Aaron Avelar of Good-land.
Smith (126) won fourmatches by decision as headvanced to the state. Smithwon by a major decision overTristian Meadors 13-5, NoahLackey of Smoky Valley 9-1and a 3-2 decision over Cam-eron Miller of Concordia.
Caysen (Smith) had to beata 3-2-1A state champion kidfrom Scott City in the semi--nals, not only did he beat him,
he majored decision him 9-1,then beat the Miller kid fromConcordia for the third timethis year in the nals.
Anguiano (138) won hisrst two matches by fall overAlex Snell of Nickerson andRobert Steck of Chapman.Anguiano lost in the sem-nals but bounced back pinJesse Anchondo of Scott Cityto advance to the third placematch. He then decisionedBrett Schroeder of Colby7-2 to garner the third placemedal.
Blake (Anguiano) is a se-
nior, rst time state qualierand we are really happy forhim. Hes done everythingright for four years. He de-nitely earned his qualicationand he is just a good kid andwe look forward to him get-ting a chance in state.
Strauss (145) defeatedGrady Ware of Clay Center(6-3) to win the Champion-ship match. Strauss had ad-vanced by winning a techni-cal fall over Nathan Nelsonof Chapman, pinning KeltonSuchy of Russell before thenal match.
Zane (Baugh) and Seth
(Strauss) pretty much domi-nated their weight classes.Stout said.
This was a team win,Stout said. Every kid thatstarted the tournament con-tributed to our team score. Wehad several kids that didntqualify but they scored pointsand bonus points on Saturdayand that all adds up.
While the six kids are get-ting the glory of getting to bea state qualier everybodythat was in that room this year
and everybody that was wres-tling in that tournament allcontributed.
These guys dont backdown and we are just goingto go in and take it one matchat a time and let the chips fallw