A uniform system for tax-ation of severed mineral in-terests in Kansas is not aseasy as it may appear. Thisis the information whichmineral and royalty ownersin Kansas heard at thesixty-fourth Annual Meet-ing of the SouthwestKansas Royalty Owners As-sociation (SWKROA) April28, 2012 in Hugoton.

SWKROA President K.Ted Metcalf from Liberalopened the sixty-fourth An-nual Meeting Saturday inHugoton before 210 mem-bers and participants.Members and guests of theAssociation came from Min-nesota, Illinois, and nineother states, as well asacross the state of Kansasto hear presentations on is-sues of interest to mineraland royalty owners.

Pam Palmer, Appraiserfor Chase County and Gre-gory J. Stucky, SWKROAGeneral Counsel, and amember of the law firm ofFleeson, Gooing, Coulson &Kitch, L.L.C., discussed theissue of taxation of severedminerals in Kansas. Mrs.Palmer presented the his-tory of taxation of mineralsin Kansas and the use ofthe “home rule” by countieswho choose not to tax sev-ered minerals. Fifty-threecounties in Kansas do nottax severed minerals; 52counties do tax severedminerals.

Many of the countieswhich have nominal oil andgas extraction or other pro-ducing minerals find it isnot economical to invokethe procedures necessaryfor a county to tax the sev-ered minerals when the taxrevenues received from thesevered minerals may notcover the costs to imple-ment the taxing procedures.

For those counties whichtax severed minerals, thecounty appraisers facemany challenges such asdetermining and locatingthe names and addresses ofthe mineral owners. Mineralowners who do not haveproducing minerals may bedifficult to identify. Owner-ship records such asrecorded deeds or probatescan be incomplete or inac-curate with regard to themineral ownership or thefractional ownership ofminerals may be misstatedor missing. In addition

there are situations wheremineral ownership is nar-rowed to certain depths orgeological formations soeach depth or formationmay have its own differentset of mineral owners,which makes it a challengeto then determine the taxvalue for those different lev-els. There may be situationswhere different mineralowners own different typesof minerals on the sametract such as those mineralowners of oil and gas andthose mineral owners of

Volume 125, Number 19 Thursday, May 10, 2012 16 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

The Board of StevensCounty Commissioners metin regular session Mondaymorning, May 7, 2012 withall members, Dave Bozone,Gary Baker and James Bellpresent. Also present wereCounty Counselor BobJohnson, County ClerkPam Bensel and RoGlendaCoulter from The HugotonHermes. The following isjust an agenda for the daywith a few of the unofficialhighlights. Official minuteswill be published at a laterdate.

When this reporter ar-rived the commissionerswere talking with Ron Mar-tin and Ralph Stoddard.They came in to talk about

the lots east of Hugoton andtheir interest in some ofthem. After much discus-sion the commissioners toldRon and Ralph a final pricestill has to be set for the lotsand also covenants drawnup. They asked Ron if hehad found anyone inter-ested in going in with himfor the waterline to be run.He came up with five whowould possibly be inter-ested. They will come backin at a later date.

Ted Heaton came in togive the report for the Sher-iff’s Department. All is good.Ted did have some ques-tions about the mud bogeast of town. He agreed tocome back when Rex

Brower was scheduled tocome in and talk about it.

JC Cantrell and PeteEarles talked about theplatting of the lots andstreets. Pete is to email up-dated plat maps to each ofthe commissioners and JC.JC is anxious to get thestreets started. The newplant will need roads byabout June 1.

Sherri Martin brought inthe 2013 budget for StevensCounty Soil Conservation.It is the same as last year.

Nancy Honig, Josh Mor-ris and Ben McClurebrought in the 2013 Exten-sion and 4-H budgets.They have close to a 3% in-crease. They told of trans-

porting children to campsand how many childrenthey take. Sometimes it isneeded to take more thanone vehicle so a personalvehicle is used. Ben told ofvisiting with other boardmembers at a meeting heattended for the westernthird of the state. As thelarge group took turnssharing activities they wereoffering, Ben took notes andStevens County is doingmost of the same activities.He got to get up then andshare that Stevens Countygroups are doing some ac-tivities no other groups aredoing. He said StevensCounty has an outstandingorganization and they are

very fortunate to have thesupport from the county.Ben also told how they aretrying to get some of theHispanic children involvedand would appreciate anysuggestions for how to dothis. They are working withthe group Latinos Make aDifference.

The commissioners wentover the bills and talkedabout the covenants for theeast lots.

Jim Karlan from South-west Guidance Centerbrought in their budget forthe commissioners to lookover. Mr. Karlan told of theprogress that has beenmade over the years formental health issues and

the institutions that treatthem. He told of the ex-penses of switching to elec-tronic medical records. Hetold the commissioners anykind of assistance fromthem would be greatly ap-preciated.

Rex Brower came to talkto the commissioners aboutinsurance for the mud bog.It is believed that the fair in-surance will only cover ac-tivities located on thefairgrounds. Rex said theirchurch youth group partic-ipated in activities out atthe ponds which also in-cluded cleaning up of thearea. They had around 250to 300 spectators. He said

The Hugoton City Coun-cil met for the May meetingMay 7, 2012 at the councilmeeting room of the citybuilding at 5:15 p.m. At-tending the meeting wereCouncilmen Gary Baugh-man, Mike Eshbaugh, KimHarper, Greg Gill and BobMason. Present also were MayorJack E. Rowden, CarrieBaeza, City Inspector TonyMartin, Police Chief Court-ney Leslie, Outside Utilities

Supervisor Dean Banker,Electric System SupervisorGary Rowden and City At-torney Wayne R. Tate.Guests were TourismBoard’s Neal Gillespie,Charles Wagner, city em-ployee Jan Leonard, EBH’sPaul Stoner, Hugoton Her-mes reporter Ruthie Wingetand Michael Gant for corpo-rate mobile homes. CityClerk Thomas G. Hicks wasabsent. The council members ap-

proved the minutes of pastmeetings and the April mu-nicipal judge’s report.Weed and grass violations Tony Martin reported hehas been sending out manyletters concerning weed andgrass violations. He alsostated a zoning hearing isplanned for May 17, 2012at 7:00 p.m. in the CouncilMeeting Room concerningproperty east of Hugoton.Safe Routes to Schools

Paul Stoner came in todiscuss the Safe Routes toSchools project. He reportedthe City of Hugoton was se-lected for a grant for$15,000 for putting to-gether a Safe Routes toSchool Plan. He submittedhis engineering plan whichthe grant will pay for. Theplan will have to be submit-ted by the end of May toqualify if selected for$250,000 to fund the newsidewalks. The motion waspassed to approve the engi-neering service contractand a resolution to supportthe Safe Routes to Schoolsubject to the city attorney’sapproval.

The Safe Routes toSchool Task Force hasbeen meeting recently inresponse to the awardingof Phase I grant funding.As you may recall, lastspring, the Task Forcebegan the process of ap-plying for a $250,000grant to improve side-walks around several coreareas of town in an effortto provide improved safetyfor the students to get toand from school. With thePhase I money in hand,

planning now begins inearnest for the Phase IIgrant of the $250,000. Anadditional “walk-about” ofthe updated core routeproposal will be done nextWednesday, May 16, at3:45 p.m. starting at theElementary School, withtransportation available atthe end of the route,Hugoton Middle School.Community members areinvited to join the groupand contribute to the discussion.

Is your mother, wife orgrandmother a SuperMom? Show her you careby signing her up to win theSuper Mom 2012 Sweep-stakes at participating localbusinesses this comingweek. Winners at each loca-tion will be drawn and noti-fied Monday, May 14, 2012.Super Mom 2012 will alsobe drawn at noon Monday, May 14.

Prizes for your speciallady run the gamut, fromgift certificates to free food.If your favorite mom likesthe finer things in life,Janet’s Bridal, Yardmasterand Creative Specialties willbe giving away a $25 giftcertificate. Country Gardenmakes your Mother’s Daygift easy, by designing aspecial gift basket for theirwinner.

However, if your mom orgrandma likes to work withher hands, she could alsowin a $25 gift certificate atFinishing Touches. If sheneeds some nuts and boltsor paint for her newest proj-ect, Bultman, Inc. will beawarding one lucky lady a

$20 gift certificate. NAPAwill be giving away a CarCare basket for the moremechanically inclinedwoman.

If the special woman inyour life might be feeling alittle frazzled, offer her somepampering at Ray’s Salon,where she could win a $25gift certificate. You can alsoregister Mom or Grandmaat LeRouge Beauty salon fora Free Pedicure. Tan’alon ispampering their specialmom with a Free Pedicureand Mane Hair Companywill be giving their winner aFree Hair Cut.

If dinnertime comes andyour wife or mother servessandwiches again, give hera night off! Register her atPizza Hut for a free largepizza or at China, whereshe can win a $25 gift cer-tificate. Ranchito will givetheir winner two free spe-cials. If you’d like to spendsome one-on-one time withyour wife, mother or grand-mother, sign her up atShowplace Video, whereshe could win two free videorentals, two free drinks and

a large popcorn.If the bills seem to be get-

ting her down, register herat White’s Foodliner, andshe could get a $25 gift cardfor groceries, or at StevensCounty Retail Pharmacy fora $20 gift certificate formedicine.

You could also give yourwife, mother or grand-mother a chance to splurgeon herself by registering herat Citizens State Bank for20 Gas Capital Dollars orthe Museum for 20 Cham-ber Dollars to spend intown. If you have no ideawhat your special ladywould like for Mother’s Day,let her pick out her own giftand sign her up to win a$10 gift card at Alco or atFirst National Bank for a$25 gift card to spend any-where.

Wherever you decide toregister your wife, motheror grandmother and what-ever you decide to get her,make sure to show thewomen in your life you carethis Sunday, May 13!

SWKROA annual meeting speakers are, fromthe left, Erick E. Nordling of Kramer, Nordling& Nordling LLC; Pam Palmer, Chase CountyAppraiser; Thomas Robb of Abengoa; Gregory

Stucky of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson and Kitch,LLC; Rex Buchanan, of the Kansas GeologicalSurvey; and Doug Smith of Pinegar, Smith &Associates.

Erick Nordling proudly presents Helium Litigation Scholarshipsto these students. In the center, Lauren Carter of Elkhart andon the right, Kaitlyn Horton of Kendall, show their scholarships.

Dr. Tom Robb shows a photo of an ethanol plant under con-struction. Dr. Robb was a featured speaker at the SWKROAmeeting.

Revised Safe Routes to Schoolwalk-about will be May 16

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Royalty owners meet in Hugoton

Sign up for Super Mom prizes

City Council approves annual confirmations

Stevens County Commissioners discuss platting of lots and streets east of Hugoton

March 11-May 20

- “The Nature of Dogs: Pho-tographs by Mary Ludington”will be the featured exhibit atStauth Memorial Museum at111 N. Aztec in Montezuma.The exhibit seeks to capturethe true nature of dogs, theirbeauty, character and spirit.For more information, call620-846-2527 or visit themuseum on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/stauthmemorialmuseum. The mu-seum is located at 111 N.Aztec in Montezuma. Theyare closed Mondays. Pleasecall 620-846-2527 for moreinformation.May 12

- Hugoton High SchoolGraduation at 10:00 a.m. inthe West Gym.- Seward County Commu-

nity College/ Area TechnicalSchool commencement.May 13

- Happy Mother’s DayMay 14

- American Legion Auxiliarywill meet at 2:00 p.m. at thehome of Hedy Lairmore.May 16

- “Safe Routes to School”walk-about tour of the pro-posed sidewalk additions willtake place at 3:45 p.m. start-ing at the Hugoton Elemen-tary School. Transportationwill be provided at the end ofthe route, which will beHugoton Middle School.Community members are in-vited to join and contributeto the discussion.May 17

- All Saints Day at SewardCounty Community College.

New Fall 2012 students cango to this orientation to learnabout the campus, enroll-ment, instructors, services,books and more. You canregister online at allsaints-days.com.- Hugoton Intermediate Tal-

ent Show at 1:30 p.m. in theElementary School Gym.- Zoning Hearing (Planning

Commission) for the propertyeast of town at 7:00 p.m. inthe City Council meetingroom.May 18

- National Bike to Work DayMay 19

- USD 217 Eighth gradegraduation.- Armed Forces DayMay 20

- Rolla High School gradua-tion- Hugoton Learning Acad-

emy graduation at 3:00 p.m.at HLA building, 529 S.Main.May 21-25

- Hugoton City-wide Clean-up. May 21

- Rolla kindergarten gradu-ation- USD 210 Board of Educa-

tion will meet at 6:30 p.m.May 22

- Last day of school forHugoton Middle and Hugo-ton High Schools.- Glenda Hopkins, Veterans

Service Representative, willbe at the Stevens County Li-brary from 10:00 to 11:00a.m. She can assist veteransand their dependents in ap-plying for benefits from the

Veterans Administration. Tomake an appointment,please call 620-544-3102 orvisit her office at 116 E.Chestnut in Garden City.May 23

- Last day of evening classesfor Hugoton Learning Acad-emy.May 24

- Last day of school for EarlyChilldhood DevelopmentCenter and Hugoton Elemen-tary School. Students will bereleased at 11:30 a.m.- Last day of school for USD217 studentsMay 25

- Stevens County Commis-sioners will meet at 8:30 a.m.in the Commissioners’ Roomat the Stevens County Court-house.May 27 - July 1

- Stauth Memorial Museumin Montezuma will host “SayIt with Snap! MotivatingWorkers by Design 1923-1929.” The exhibit will show-case workplace posters fromWorld War I through WorldWar II. The museum is lo-cated at 111 N. Aztec in Mon-tezuma. They are closedMondays. Please call 620-846-2527 for more informa-tion.May 28

- Memorial DayJune 1

- National Doughnut Day- Filing deadline for August

7 primary election at 12:00noon. Call the StevensCounty clerk at 544-2541 formore information.

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 10, 2012 Page 2

Obituaries

Admissions

5/1/12 One Patient5/2/12 None5/3/12 One Patient5/4/12 Martha Arange Geneva Carpenter Three Patients5/5/12 Avis Curtis Carolyn Warren5/6/12 None5/7/12 None

Dismissals

5/1/12 Two Patients5/2/12 One Patient5/3/12 None5/4/12 Martha Arange Geneva Carpenter Two Patients5/5/12 None5/6/12 Carolyn Warren One Patient5/7/12 Two Patient

Stevens County Hospital Report

Currently in the Hospital: Avis Curtis & One Patient

Former Hugoton residentKenneth H. Warner departedthis life Wednesday, March 14,2012 at the age of 57.

He was born June 26, 1954in the Stevens County Hospi-tal in Hugoton to his parentsWilliam A. Warner and the for-mer Lois J. Mangels. Ken graduated with theHugoton Class of 1972. Thesummer after graduation, hemoved with his family to Tuc-son, Az. He completed and re-ceived an A&P MaintenanceLicense from a community col-

lege in Arizona. He went on toearn a degree in Business andAccounting from the Univer-sity of Arizona and was inROTC while there. Ken went to work forHughes/Raytheon andworked for the company untilhe earned and received earlyretirement in 2009. Mr. Warner was loved by allhis co-workers and they nick-named him the “Jokester”.They had a memorial for himfull of love and stories of their“beloved Ken”. Kenny was preceded indeath by his father in 1969. Survivors include hismother Lois of Arizona; twobrothers, Mike Warner andfamily and Robert Warner andfamily, all of Arizona. Kenny will be greatly missedby his family and many friendswho all love him. He was aperson who always made youlaugh and hopefully continuesto make you smile when youthink of him.

Kenneth WarnerMonday, April 30, 2012

• Public Assist, 1000 Block of SouthMain, Public Service, Officer Goet-zinger

• Vehicle Unlock, 300 Block of SouthVan Buren, Citizen Assist, OfficerGoetzinger

• Domestic Battery, 100 Block ofWest Sixth, Subject Arrested, Offi-cer Goetzinger

• Loud Music, 1000 Block of SouthVan Buren, Advised Them to TurnIt Down, Officer Goetzinger

• Civil Standby, 100 Block of SouthMain, Public Service, Officer Goet-zinger

• Civil Standby, 100 Block of WestSixth, Public Service, OfficerLamatsch

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

• Dog at Large, 200 Block of EastFirst, Dog Impounded, SergeantJohnson

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

• Dog Complaint, 1600 Block ofSouth Madison, Spoke to Owner,Officer Crane

• Dog Complaint, 1600 Block ofSouth Madison

Thursday, May 3, 2012

• Non Injury Accident, 500 Block ofEast Fifth, Took Report, OfficerHagman

• Injury Accident, North Highway 56,Agency Assist, Officer Hagman

• Medical Assist, 600 Block of Polk,

Public Service, Officer Hagman• Welfare Check, 300 Block of West

Sixth, Public Service, Officer Hag-man

Friday, May 4, 2012

• Non Injury Accident, Alley 100Block of West Eighth, Took Report,Officer Crane

• Vehicle Unlock, East Highway 51,Citizen Assist, Officer Crane

• Medical Assist, Citizen Assist, Offi-cer Crane

• Missing Dog, 300 Block of SouthLincoln, Unable to Locate, OfficerLamatsch

• Barking Dog, 300 Block of SouthJefferson, Officer Lamatsch

Saturday, May 5, 2012

• Vehicle Unlock, Fairgrounds, Citi-zen Assist, Officer Crane

• Vehicle Unlock, 700 Block of SouthJefferson, Citizen Assist, OfficerCrane

• Fight, 1600 Block of South Madi-son, No Charges, Officer Lamatsch

Sunday, May 6, 2012

• Dog at Large, 1600 Block of SouthMadison, Dog Impounded, OfficerCrane

• Vehicle Unlock, 600 Block of EastEleventh, Citizen Assist, OfficerCrane

• Medical Assist, 100 Block of WestSeventh, Public Service, OfficerCrane

HUGOTON POLICE REPORTHUGOTON POLICE REPORTBusiness Hours,Call 544-4959

After Hours, Call 544-2020

Word has been received ofthe death of Bertha RiosLopez of Denver, Co. Mrs.Lopez, a former Garden Cityresident, passed away unex-pectedly Saturday, April 28,2012 at her home. She was43. The daughter of ArturoDeLa Rosa Paloma and OfeliaGarza, she was born October9, 1968 in Dodge City. Bertha loved her familyand enjoyed her girls andbeing with them. She workedas a dietary aide in thekitchen of Denver Health.Her hobbies were bingo,dancing and shopping. Survivors include her twodaughters, Jasmine NicholeRios and Stephanie MarieRios, both of Denver; her fa-ther Arturo Palomo and wifeSusan of Gladstone, Mo.; hermother Ofelia Garza ofUlysses; four brothers,Robert Palomo and wifeRenne and Arturo PalomoJr., all of Kansas City, Mo.,Brian Palomo of Woodward,Ok. and Raymond Garza ofFort Worth, Tx.; four sisters,Sylvia Lopez and husbandOmar of Haltom City, Tx.,

Rose Marie Palomo of FortWorth, Maria Christina Parraof Fort Worth and DebbiePalomo of Oklahoma City,Ok.; her numerous nephewsand nieces; and many otherrelatives and friends. Funeral services were at-tended Friday afternoon, May4, 2012 at the Primera IglesiaBautista in Ulysses with Min-ster George Devora presiding.Burial followed in the UlyssesCemetery under the directionof Grant County FuneralHome of Ulysses. A memorial has been es-tablished for the Children’sEducation Fund. Memorialsmay be mailed to GrantCounty Funeral Home, 218S. Main, Ulysses, Ks 67880.

Bertha Rios Lopez

Friends and family gath-ered Monday morning to re-member and honor RandyLynn Maytum of Hugoton.Mr. Maytum passed awayThursday evening, May 2,2012 at UT SouthwesternMedical Center in Dallas, Tx.due to complications follow-ing the removal of a cerebralaneurysm. He was 42.

Born September 21, 1969in Dalhart, Tx., Randy wasthe youngest of six childrenborn to Wayne and BillieMaytum. He spent most ofhis childhood growing up inDalhart before moving toGuymon, Ok. where he grad-uated from high school withthe Class of 1988. February 16, 1991, Randymarried his high schoolsweetheart Lynette Simpson.The two were married for 24years and in 1994 the couplewas blessed with their son,Brady Lane. The Maytums made their

home in Hugoton whereRandy was employed withOccidental Petroleum Corpo-ration. Randy enjoyed huntingand fishing and spendingtime with family and friends. Those preceding Mr. May-tum in death are his fatherWilliam Wayne Maytum;nephew TJ Womble; father-in-law Harold Simpson;mother-in-law Janet Simp-son; and best friend MarkHardesty. Survivors include wifeLynette of Hugoton; his sonBrady of Hugoton; motherBillie Maytum of Amarillo,Tx.; sisters Trivone Maytumof San Antonio, Tx., LauraIngram and husband Gary ofKeyes, Ok., Belinda Cobo ofAmarillo and StephanieStricker and husband Scottof Dumas, Tx.; brotherWayne Maytum and wifeJoanne of Zephyrhills, Fl.;brothers-in-law Joe Simpsonand wife Teresa of Hooker,Ok,. Doug Simpson and wifeStephanie of Oklahoma City,Ok. and Chris Simpson ofSuquamish, Wa.; and manyother close family membersand friends. Services were attendedMonday morning, May 7,2012 at First ChristianChurch in Hugoton withRusty Callahan officiating.Following the service, Randywas placed to rest in Hugo-ton Cemetery with arrange-ments by Pauls FuneralHome of Hugoton.

Randy Maytum

Lifelong Stevens Countyresident James M. Campbell,68, of Hugoton passed fromthis life Thursday, May 4,2012 at Via Christi St. Fran-cis in Wichita. The son of James CurtisCampbell and the formerWilma Newberry, he wasborn August 2, 1943 inStevens County. October 22, 1965, Jamesand Sandra S. Dimmitt weremarried in Denver, Co. Mr. Campbell enjoyed hisfamily. Survivors include his wifeSandra Campbell of Hugo-ton; daughter Jackie Ander-son and husband Andy ofHugoton; his four brothers,Curtis Tackett and wife Veldaof Hugoton, Dennis Campbelland wife Barbara of Rollaand Mike Campbell andRonald Campbell both ofEnid, Ok.; three sisters,Anita Wappes and husband

Fred of Denver, Co., CarolineReynolds and husband Rickof Hugoton and PamelaAdams of Enid; his eightgrandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; and manyother relatives and friends. James was preceded indeath by his parents; onedaughter, Jana Campbell;and two brothers, JerryTackett and Bobby Camp-bell. Funeral services were at-tended Tuesday afternoon,May 8, 2012 at Assembly ofGod Church in Hugoton withPastor Ben Coats presiding.Burial followed in the Hugo-ton Cemetery under the di-rection of Paul’s FuneralHome of Hugoton. A memorial has been es-tablished for The Family.Memorials may be mailed toPaul’s Funeral Home, Box236, Hugoton, Ks. 67951.

James Campbell

Stevens County EmergencyServices run activity April 23through May 6.Fire Department

Hugoton Station

Tuesday, April 24, 11:00a.m., one and a half mileswest of Hugoton on Highway56 a one vehicle rollover.Three patients were trans-ported to Stevens CountyHospital. Thursday, May 3, 10:04p.m., north Main at thecurve. A motorcycle accident.One patient was transported

to Stevens County Hospital. Saturday, May 5, 1:43p.m., one mile west of Hugo-ton on Highway 56, smallgrass fire. Fire Department

Moscow Station

No activity this period. Ambulance Activity

Four medical runs, eightLife Flights, two motor vehi-cle accidents (four trans-ported to hospital) and twotransfers.

The death of David RussellJesseph of Leon is beingmourned. Mr. Jessephpassed away Friday, May 4,2012 at the age of 56.

He was born March 23,1956 in Tulsa, Ok., the son ofWilliam Russell Jesseph andthe former Delores A. God-dard. David graduated fromFlinthills High School. He at-tended Butler CommunityCollege and then two years atFort Hays, graduating withhonors. He was a ranch man-

ager and had served in theUnited States Marine Corps. Mr. Jesseph was a memberof KLA, enjoyed bowling andphotography. His favoritehobby was his job and hewas always there to help afriend. July 2, 2005, David andStacy Martin were marriedon the Ranch near Leon. Those who survive includ-ing his wife of the home are,two sons Kris Jesseph andwife Elizabeth of Towandaand Paul Jesseph of OsageCity: daughter Amy Evansand husband Tim of El Do-rado; his parents William andDelores Jesseph of El Do-rado; sister Lori Colbern andhusband Gary of Wellsville;son Joshua Bowles of Wi-chita; and grandchildrenCierra and Amelia. He was preceded in deathby his sister Cyntha Debita. Services were attendedThursday morning, May 10,2012 under the direction ofCarlson Funeral Home of ElDorado. Cremation precededthe services. Condolences tothe family may be sent towww.carlsoncolonial.com.

David Jesseph

Stevens County Fire Department and

Ambulance Report

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

HUGOTON MUNICIPAL COURTHUGOTON MUNICIPAL COURTAPRIL 2012

Maravilla, Jose Luis, Driving in Viola-tion of Restriction $160.00 DL Suspended 30 DaysQuillen, Cassandra, Parking in WrongDirection $10.00Wolters, Cathy, Dog at Large $110.00Beeman, Dalton Z., Criminal Damageto Property $722.32 Ten Days Jail Suspended, Six Months ProbationBeeman, Dalton Z., Criminal Tres-pass $100.00 Six Months ProbationBeeman, Dalton Z., Disorderly Con-duct $100.00 Six Months ProbationDelgado-Ibanez, Alfonso, Wrong Wayon One Way $105.00Ochoa, Esther, Dog at Large x2 $160.00Loya, Alondra, No Driver’s License

$160.00 40 Hours Community ServicePlummer, Meagan E., DUI-First $870.00 Five Days Jail, Serve Two, Suspend ThreeFreissen-Fehr, Eva, No Driver’s Li-cense $420.00 Five Days Jail, Serve Two, Suspend ThreeJuarez, Julio Cesar, No Driver’s Li-cense-Second $680.00 Ten Days Jail, Serve FiveBaeza, Shasta Ann, No Liability In-surance $360.00Batey, Tonya Laynette, No Driver’s Li-cense $420.00 Five Days Jail, Serve Two, Suspend ThreeDavis, Troy A., Trespassing $160.00Davis, Troy A., Disorderly Conduct $100.00

Thou hast also givenme the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy righthand holdeth me up, andThy gentleness hath made me great.

Psalm 18:55

oil and gas and those mineralowners of sand, coal or gravel.Another difficulty in appraisingminerals is the lack of recentand comparable sales data tobe able to properly value the in-terests and many of the inter-ests are split fractionally amongmany owners.

The counties can also faceadditional costs in sending taxbills to fractional interest own-ers with small interests; costswhich could exceed the incomethe county may see in return.Each county must performmapping of the property inter-est and it be tied to the interestowners. The costs of initiallysetting up of such titlesearches, computerized map-ping, and the personnel tomaintain such process couldbe very costly for the counties.

Mrs. Palmer felt with the di-versity of mineral ownershipand production in Kansascounties, that it would be veryunlikely for all Kansas countiesto embrace and implement auniform system in Kansas forthe taxation of minerals. And ifsuch system was implementedthere still remained the issuesof determining the proper valueof the interests, the minor valueinvolved for fractional interests

and the difficulty in locatingand maintaining ownershiprecords.

Mr. Stucky discussed therequest which SWKROA re-ceived from the Office of theKansas Attorney General forthe Association to offer input tothe Attorney General so theiroffice could render an opinionon the constitutionality of thecurrent taxation of severedminerals in Kansas. Such re-quest followed a ComancheCounty’s substantial across-the-board increase in the as-sessed tax value for thetaxation of severed minerals.

As a consequence, the taxa-tion of severed minerals movedto the forefront as a challengingissue for mineral owners andfor taxing authorities in theState. Litigation has been initi-ated to challenge ComancheCounty’s revised tax formula.

Legislation was also introducedbefore the Kansas Legislatureto eliminate taxation of miner-als.

Currently, Kansas taxesfarm land on an “agricultureuse” basis; whereas severedminerals are to be taxed on a“fair market value” basis. Fortaxpayers who own both thesurface and the minerals to-gether, they pay taxes as one“unit”. However, if the surfaceinterests are owned by differentowners than the owners of sev-ered mineral rights, the severedmineral owners could pay moretax on their mineral intereststhan the surface owner wouldpay on the minerals which theyown. This can result where thesurface owner with ‘intact’ min-erals could pay less tax on themineral interests, than a sev-ered mineral owner would payon their mineral interests.Herein lies the constitutional

issue of “equal protectionunder the law” as to how onegroup can be taxed more forthe same tract of real estatethan another group?

Mr. Stucky reported theKansas Attorney General andthe Kansas Legislature havedeferred any future actionpending resolution of the courtcases.

Other presenters at themeeting included Mr. DougSmith, of Pinegar, Smith & As-sociates, who spoke on legisla-tive issues of interest to land,mineral and royalty owners inKansas.

Dr. Thomas Robb, fromAbengoa Bioenergy Corpora-tion, spoke on the new state-of-

the-art cellulosic ethanol plantbeing built west of Hugoton.Abengoa’s objective is to builda first-of-its-kind commercial-scale enzymatic hydrolysis con-version of biomass to ethanol.

The plant in Hugoton will bea second generation plant forAbengoa, building off of tech-nology from their first genera-tion plant’s knowledge, withanticipated start up operationsto begin in 2013. The plant willtake corn stover, wheat straw,milo stubble and switchgrassand convert it into ethanol.

Dr. Robb emphasized Aben-goa sees this technology asbeing just one component ofthe energy solution for the U.S.and it will co-exist with fossilfuel and solar energy re-sources.

Dr. Robb stated the plantslocation was carefully deter-mined based on the variety ofplant biomass located in a 60mile radius of Hugoton. It alsowas based on a “dry” climate lo-cation which provided littlemoisture damage to stored un-covered biomass which wouldbe stockpiled for the plants use.The plant is currently contract-ing for current bio-mass so itwill have an adequate supplyonce the plant goes on-line in2013.

Afternoon presentationswere given the membership byMr. Rex Buchanan, of theKansas Geological Survey, onoil and gas activity in Kansas.His presentation included adiscussion of the Mississippianplay in Kansas. Mr. Buchananexplained the ‘Mississippian’ isnot a formation but rather a ge-ological event, associated witha period of time when rock for-mations created ideal traps tocapture and hold potential re-serves of gas and oil, which cannow be extracted using hori-zontal drilling techniques. Thedrilling and detailed explorationof the Mississippian is still rel-

atively early and it is not yetpossible to determine how suc-cessful the Mississippian playwill be in Kansas for oil and gasextraction.

Mr. Erick Nordling, an attor-ney at Kramer, Nordling &Nordling LLC, and as SWKROAExecutive Secretary, made apresentation on oil and gasleasing. As Mr. Nordling stated“there is no such thing as a‘standard’ oil and gas lease,”

and his presentation outlinedwhat clauses and languagemineral owners might en-counter when presented withan oil and gas lease. He alsodiscussed what lease clausesthey may want to include fortheir benefit in any lease theyare offered. Additional discus-sion included changes whichproducers have been includingin oil and gas leases to makeconsiderations for horizontaldrilling.

SWKROA President TedMetcalf wrapped up the annualmeeting by announcing the re-sults of the caucus of membersand the elections or re-electionsof the Association’s Directors.The Directors elected for a twoyear term (2012-2014) fromtheir respective counties are:Finney County- Caverly Hart;

Grant-Steve Alford; Greeley –Tom Bergner; Hamilton – TerryBoy; Haskell – Gerald Lightcap;Kearny – Bob Beymer; Morton– Wayne Breeding; Seward –Ted Metcalf; Stanton – GlenTeeter; and Stevens – TomLahey. These Directors will jointhe current mid-term (2011-2013) Directors.

The Southwest Kansas Roy-alty Owners Association is anon-profit corporation with astated purpose to “foster,protect and further in all properrespects the rights and inter-

ests of the mineral owners”.While the Association was in-corporated in 1948 to protectthe interests of mineral, royalty,and landowners in the nine(later expanded to ten) south-west counties of Kansas, it istruly an Association which hasserved the interests of mineral,royalty, and landowners acrossKansas for 64 years. More in-formation may be found atwww.swkroa.com or by calling(620) 544-4333.

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Thank you seems so inadequate. He used you to comfort us;

the incredible outpouring of love was shown to us with

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The roots of “Pomp and Circumstance”

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SWKROAContinued from page 1

When asked to listrenowned classical composers,Mozart or Beethoven may cometo mind. Many people may notthink to mention EdwardElgar. But there's an excellentchance thousands of peopleare very familiar with the mostfamous work by Elgar.

"Pomp and Circumstance"is undoubtedly Elgar's biggestclaim to fame. It has becomethe standard to which manysoon-to-be graduates proceedinto their graduation cere-monies, both in high schooland college. As such, it has be-come one of the most recog-nized concert marches.

The song—the trio section ofthe first march in a series writ-ten by Elgar—was not writtenwith the intention of being agraduation processional. Elgarbuilt up his reputation as acomposer of works for greatchoral festivals throughoutEngland. In 1901, Elgar begancomposing five marches thatwould be named "Pomp andCircumstance Marches." He isperhaps best known for thefirst of the marches, whichwent on to be simply named,"Pomp and Circumstance," or"The Graduation March." Since1905, it has been use at virtu-ally all high school and univer-sity graduations in America.

The first time "Pomp andCircumstance" was played in agraduation setting was whenElgar received an honoraryDoctorate from Yale Universityin 1905. At the end of the cere-mony, the march was per-formed as recessional music. Itwas so well received that it wassoon expected to be playedduring graduation ceremoniesat many other prominentschools. Today it is rare to hear"The Graduation March"played outside of commence-ment ceremonies.

Many graduates have fondmemories of hearing "Pompand Circumstance" at theirschool commencement, evenremembering the exact mo-ment they received their de-grees. For those attending agraduation ceremony in thenear future, expect to hear thispowerful march.

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in visiting with some of the sur-rounding people the only worryseemed to be a curfew beingset. Rex asked if they could getsome signs to put up stating nodumping and a curfew time.Their group would put up thesigns if the county could supplythem. He was told to check withJC about ordering the signs.Rex also said they had beenmowing the area. The insur-ance is a worry though. Bob willdo some more checking in thematter. Rex said he would gotalk to Ted Heaton since thesheriff was unable to be pres-ent. Also Rex asked about pos-sibly getting on the list forcommunity service to help outthere. He will talk to the judgeand the county attorney aboutthis.

It was decided to move theMay 21 Commissioners’ meet-ing to May 25.

The commissioners broke forlunch.

After calling the meetingback to order Linda Stalcupand Rachel Crane came in fromthe Pioneer Manor. Rachel wasneeding to know how to presentthe bills and was told to bringthem in the next meeting. Somemoving has already begun. May23 will be the official movingday. July 11 is planned for theopen house. Rachel said thelandscaping person was there.Also they have approximately80 volunteers to help themmove. Among them are thelocal Christian Motorcyclegroup, a group of around 40students from the high schooland the Lions Club. Fifty-sevenresidents will move from the oldmanor. After a month to leteverything and everybody getsettled in, new residents will beadmitted. Rachel says the

manor will be full and there is awaiting list of more than theycan take. They think they havea full staff as well.

The commissioners reviewedthe minutes from last meetingand approved.

Neal Gillespie came in to talkabout the truck traffic. He hadbeen talking with KDOT. Nealsays that our four lane isscheduled to be redone in 2015,and Main Street is not even onthe schedule. Discussion fol-lowed of possible truck routesfor the new plant east of town.

Pam told the commissionersof the date in July for the audi-tors. Meeting adjourned.

Official Minutes forApril 13, 2012

Chairman Dave Bozonecalled a special meeting for theafternoon of April 13, 2012 at2:00 p.m. with all memberspresent. County Clerk PamBensel was also present.

Tony McBride explainedwhat stage the Pioneer Manorproject is in. The Fire Inspectorcame and everything is a “go” atthis time. The inspection for thebuilding’s electrical and me-chanical systems is gettingworked out with Vince Mancini.Tony explained next week thetraining for the equipment withthe workers will start. Tonybrought in one bid fromThomas Landscape from Lib-eral for the landscape project.Charles Thomas with ThomasLandscape came in for the bidopening. The bid proposal fromThomas Landscape for irriga-tion system, drip irrigation,landscape installation, waterfeature, seed turf and sod turfper plans and specifications –price $207,809.00Alternate #1: change buffaloand native grass areas to Fes-cue turf with sprinkler system –add price to bid - $117,009.00Alternate #2: change ten poundone gallon switch grasses in is-land areas to seeding of thoseareas to prairie sky switch grassand shenandoah switch grass –subtract from bid - $15,000.00

Commissioners discussedchanges in the bid so CharlesThomas will present a new bidwith the changes at the Mon-day, April 16, 2012 meeting.

Motion was made andpassed to go into executive ses-sion for trade secrets for 25minutes with Neal Gillespiepresent. Meeting reconvenedwith no action taken.

By motion the Board ad-journed.

Official Minutes forApril 16, 2012

The Board of County Com-missioners met in regular ses-sion with all members present.Also present were CountyCounselor Bob Johnson,

County Clerk Pam Bensel andRoGlenda Coulter from TheHugoton Hermes. Dave calledthe meeting to order. Garymoved to approve the minutesof the last meeting. Jim sec-onded. Motion carried. Motionwas made to approve thecounty vouchers. Motion car-ried. The clerk was instructedto draw warrants on the Treas-urer chargeable to the variousfunds of the county for the fol-lowing amounts: General ..144,125.93; Road & Bridge ..23,157.83; Building ..10,938.19; Noxious Weed ..3,345.80; Diversion .. 292.00;Community Health .. 2,063.50;County Equipment .. 2,592.76;Wekando .. 3,750.00; Em-ployee’s P/R Misc W/H .. 64.50.

Motion was made andpassed to execute the petitionsfor utilities around the land atthe new Pioneer Manor site.

Rodney Kelling came in withconcerns of the scheduling ofthe on call shifts for the EMSDepartment. He reported to thecommissioners it is hard to findindividuals to fill the daytimeshifts. The evening and week-end shifts are easier to fill. Rod-ney informed thecommissioners there is a train-ing session set for the fall to tryand recruit more volunteers tohelp for the department. Therecould be a possibility of this de-partment becoming full time inthe future. Rodney asked if hecould be on the Kansas Inci-dent Management Team. Heneeds a contract signed and aletter of approval from the com-missioners. Motion was madeand passed to approve RodneyKelling to be on the Kansas In-cident Management Team.

Dax Gaskill came in to dis-cuss putting a road up to hisfeed yard and trucking busi-ness. The road would be be-tween Road J and Road K off ofRoad 13 west. Dax asked if JCCantrell could help with build-ing the road and then he wouldmaintain it. Motion was madeto have Road and Bridge De-partment build a road to thefeedyard and trucking companybut the County will not be re-sponsible for maintaining it.Motion carried.

The commissioners movedto go into executive session fornon elected personnel for tenminute with County CounselorRobert Johnson present. Mo-tion carried. Meeting recon-vened with no action taken.

Motion was made andpassed to go into executive ses-sion for attorney/client for tenminutes with County Coun-selor Robert Johnson present.Meeting reconvened with no ac-tion taken.

Dave Bozone adjourned themeeting at 9:50 a.m. so thecommissioners could listen to aspecial announcement in theMemorial Hall. Dave Bozonecalled the commissioners meet-ing back to order at 11:00 a.m.

Motion was made to go intoexecutive session forattorney/client for five minuteswith County Counselor RobertJohnson present. Motion car-ried. Meeting reconvened withno action taken.

Ron Martin, Ralph Stoddardand Ryan Martin came in to in-quire about purchasing land inthe Stevens County IndustrialPark being the NW of SE15-33-37. Ron asked about having thecontractor continue putting the

water line down the west side ofthe section along CemeteryRoad.

Dale Noyes and Brian Noyescame in to ask to purchase afrontage lot in the StevensCounty Industrial Park area.

Dave moved to go into exec-utive session for land acquisi-tion for 15 minutes with CountyCounselor, Robert Johnsonand Dr. Kevin Cuccinelli pres-ent. Motion carried. Meeting re-convened at 12:00 p.m. Allcommissioners were in mutualagreement. Motion was made togive the earnest money of$5,000.00 back to Dr. KevinCuccinelli. Motion carried.

Tony McBride and CharlesThomas came in to present thenew bid proposal for the land-scape project for the new Pio-neer Manor. Linda Stalcup,Rachel Crane and Celain Bakerwere also present.Option #1: original plan – fes-cue sod, irrigation, drip irriga-tion buffalo-seed, nativegrass-seedOption #2: everything fescuesod and irrigation Option #3:fescue seed, irrigation insidestreet and parking, buffalo-seedwest and south

The commissioners dis-cussed the options and decidedto take Option #2 with revi-sions. Thomas Landscape willbegin in approximately 45 dayswith a one year warranty on allirrigation. Motion was made toaccept Option #2 as modifiedfor a price of $244,418.00. Mo-tion carried. Jim voted no.

Dean Banker came in to ex-plain about the water line at theStevens County IndustrialPark. Dean says MiddlecreekCorporation will extend thewater line north 1645’ at a costof $38,751.25.

Ashley Fiss discussed thedifferent projects she hasstarted for the County. She in-formed them the old PioneerManor/ Community Healthproject will go for bid; the EMSbuilding bathroom is waiting forbid; and the Courthouse re-roofand heating/air project is puton hold at this time.

Motion was made and car-ried to accept the contract fromFaulkner Real Estate to sellCounty land-NE 2-31-39 for aprice of $650.00 an acre.

By motion the board ad-journed.

Official Minutes forApril 25, 2012

Vice Chairman Jim Bellcalled a special meeting for theevening of April 25, 2012 at6:00 p.m. with members JimBell and Gary Baker present.Also present were County ClerkPam Bensel, Neal Gillespie andRoger Lynch.

Motion was made to go intoexecutive session for trade se-crets on real estate for ten min-utes with Neal Gillespiepresent. Motion carried. Meet-ing reconvened with no actiontaken.

Motion was made and car-ried to allow zoning changes fora 20 acre tract in the StevensCounty Industrial Park, east oftown, from agricultural to heavyindustrial. Jim signed the con-tract with the City of Hugotonon behalf of the commissionersto allow zoning changes for the20 acre tract from agriculturalto heavy industrial and PamBensel notarized the document.

By motion the board ad-journed.

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Citizens State Bank601 S. Main - Hugoton

Pyramid Agency, Inc.521 S. Main - Hugoton

PAUL'S FUNERAL HOMEJerry, Violet, David & Brandy Robson

314 S. Van Buren 544-4122

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ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551Saturday - 1:00 p.m. - Spanish MassSunday - 11:00 a.m. English Mass

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH516 N.E. Avenue 544-2355Morning Worship - 9:00 a.m.

Fellowship/Refreshments - 10:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Larry Bradford, Interim Pastor544-9492 or 598-2400

YOU ARE WELCOME!UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

828 S. Main Hugoton 544-8715Harry Cross, Pastor

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

ROLLA

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH202 Monroe St. - Rolla, Ks. 67954Henry McGuire, Pastor 593-4693

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

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

ROLLA PENTECOSTALHOLINESS CHURCH

Corner of Third and Adams, RollaMarcus Light, Pastor

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

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHROLLA - RICHFIELD

593-4596 or 593-4781Sandy Ferguson, Pastor

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

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

MOSCOW

MOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH598-2455 Church - 598-2400 Home

Rev. Larry Bradford, Pastor1 mile S. of Moscow, 1/2 mile E. of

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

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

Team Kids (Wed.) - 3:30-5:00p.m. Sept.-MayMOSCOW UNITED

METHODIST598-2426

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

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

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

FAITH LUTHERANTenth and Adams 544-2092

Christopher M. Fincher, PastorMorning Worship - 9:00 a.m.Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Bible Study, Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

600 S. Van Buren - 544-2715Pastor Randy Nash

Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Fellowship - 10:15 - 10:30 a.m.Worship Hour - 10:30 - 12:00Children's Church, 10:30 a.m.

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

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

Lanny Bollacker, Pastor800 S. Van Buren - 544-2763Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

Wednesday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.Call 544-2652 fIor Church Bus

HUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCH-Eighth and Main 544-2210

Bob Rich, Pastor506 East Eighth - 544-2295Sunday School - 6:00 p.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.Youth Service - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 6:00 p.m.LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP

424 S. Jackson 544-4828Michael Taylor, Minister 428-5686

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.Sunday Church - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.Pre-Service Prayer - half hour before service

LONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51

Bob Sanders, PastorChurch 624-3784 Home 624-3104

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

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

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

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

Pam Peachey, Pastor544-2436Services

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

HISPANO Congregación618 Main sur - Hugoton

620-370-1003Pastor Marcelino Auila

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

ASAMBLEA DE DIOSLOS REDIMIDOS DEL REY

Martes 7:00 PMJueves 7:00 PM

Domingo 3:00 PM138 S. Main Hugoton

Pastores: Martinez620-544-7096

ASSEMBLY OF GODMain and Second Street

544-2773Ben Coats, Pastor

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening - 6:00 p.m.

Service Wed. Night - 7:00 p.m.BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH

Eric Mason, PastorZac Johnson, Youth Pastor11th & Jefferson - 544-8517Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

(Children, Youth, & Adult)CHURCH OF CHRIST

1045 S. Van Buren 544-2825

Matthew Russell, Minister1041 S. Van Buren

Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER DAY SAINTS

520 E. First 544-2125

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

Priesthood - 11:00 a.m.CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

500 S. Van Buren 544-2493Pastor Dave Piper

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.Evening Services - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.COWBOY CHURCH - HUGOTONSecond & Fourth Tuesday of every month

Stevens County Commercial Building at Fairgrounds 7:00 p.m.

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCHOF GOD IN CHRIST

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

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

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

Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

Worship with your loved ones at Pioneer Manor

May 13Rusty Callahan

May 20Pastor Bob RichHugoton Baptist

May 27Pastor Bob Sanders

Lonestar Friends Church

Country Garden524 S. Main 544-2816

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Hugoton High SchoolHugoton High School

Sports BanquetSports BanquetAll Sports 2011-2012When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Where: New CafeteriaTime: 6:00 p.m.

Sports Boosters will provide meatDrink and table service will also be provided

Families with last namesA-M are asked to bring

salad or vegetable dish.Families N-Z are asked to

bring dessert.

Stevens County Commissioners Continued from page 1Inside this

edition of

The Hugoton

Hermes are

the 2012 HHS Graduates!

Katherine Lulf of Hugotongraduated from Chadron StateCollege during the institution'scommencement exercises Sat-urday, May 5.

Lulf graduated cum laude,which requires a grade-pointaverage of 3.6 to 3.74. Thegraduate was awarded a Bach-elor of Arts in business admin-istration.

CSC conferred degrees to318 graduates during two com-mencement ceremonies, in-cluding an institutional record74 master's degrees.

The 244 undergraduate de-grees were conferred in theArmstrong Physical EducationBuilding, and the master's de-grees were presented at Memo-rial Hall.

The commencement speak-ers were Dr. James Wright,

CSC professor of business, andStan Carpenter, J.D., chancel-lor of the Nebraska State Col-lege System.

Sale of city natural gas Consultant Charles A.Wagner brought in a proposalto change the purchaser ofthe natural gas producedfrom the city gas wells. DCPMidstream at Kismet offersmore net income as they areextracting hydrocarbon liq-uids from the gas. Anadarkowill still transport the gas. Themotion passed to accept Wag-ners proposal subject to ap-proval of the contract by CityAttorney Tate. The change willtake place effective June 1,2012.

Corporate mobile homes Michael Gant of corporatemobile homes explained to thecouncil their plan to bring intempory housing to Hugotonduring the construction peri-ods. He suggested putting inmobile homes in one area,perhaps outside of the citylimits. No action was taken atthis time.

Tourism Board Neal Gillespie asked thecouncil to approve the re-newal appointments of DianePorter and Greg Errebo to theTourism Board. The councilpassed the motion to approve. Neal also brought in therecommendations of theTourism Board for the follow-ing donations: Dirtona,$1,000; Hugoton Park Day,$1,000; Stevens County FairBoard for entertainment,$1,000; and Pheasant Heavenannual partnership, $1,000.He also asked for the TourismBoard expenses for KansasSampler of up to $1,000. Thecouncil approved all the dona-tions. Neal then thanked every-

one who helped get the KDIplant into Hugoton. TheKansas Dairy Ingredientsplant is planning their groundbreaking for June 2, 2012.He had asked if the proposedplant would have an odor butthey told him the ingredientswould be enclosed, thus noodor.

Annual Confirmations Kim Harper was reelectedas President of the City Coun-cil. First National Bank andCitizens State Bank were des-ignated the official deposito-ries. The Hugoton Hermeswas designated the official citypaper. Carrie Baeza as treas-urer, Tony Martin as city in-spector, Thomas G. Hicks ascity clerk, Police Chief Court-ney Leslie, Dean Banker asoutside utilities supervisor,Gary Rowden as electric sys-tem supervisor, Wayne R.Tate as city attorney, andSherri Leonard as municipaljudge were all approved andconfirmed.

Clean up week Dean Banker informed thecouncil 2012 CitywideCleanup will be the week ofMay 21 through May 25. Dean also stated the defec-tive lift station is operatingbetter but is still not workingright. The company that soldthe lift station sent some rep-resentatives out to look at itbut it still needs work.

Loud music Police Chief Leslie reportedthe police department re-sponded to about five dis-patch calls this last month forloud music around the park.The police patroled the areamore than usual and the loud

music appears to be quieting.When summer gets here,there may be more problems.

The council went into exec-utive session. Afterward, themeeting adjourned.

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Lynne Webb of Hugoton is proud to announce theengagement of her son Brody Webb to Ashley Hines ofUlysses, daughter of Rusty and Laurie Hines ofUlysses. The groom-to-be is a 2007 graduate of HugotonHigh School and graduated from Seward County Com-munity College with certification in Natural Gas Com-pression Technology. He is employed with Exterranas an Operations Mechanic. Grandparents of thegroom are Cleo Webb and the late Ralph Webb. The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate from UlyssesHigh School and also earned a Bachelor of Science atFort Hays State University. She will pursue her Mas-ters in the fall of 2012. Ashley is employed at Fosterand Harvey Law Firm in Midland, Tx. Grandparents ofthe bride-to-be are Corky and Birdie Hines of CañonCity, Co. and Mary Dolan also of Cañon City and thelate Bob Dolan. Brody proposed August 5, 2011 and both bride andgroom set the wedding date for June 23, 2012, afterthey both graduate from college. The wedding cere-mony will be at Country View Baptist Church inUlysses with reception immediately following weddingceremony. The newlywed couple will enjoy their hon-eymoon in Las Vegas, Nv. and then reside in Midland.

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Echoes From The Past

Roy and Ruth Horton-Forever FansEver sit in at a basketball game, and look up into the stands to find . . . “the

faithful couple”? How about a long hot track meet? Better yet a cold windy baseballgame . . . and there they sit: Roy and Ruth Horton. For years they’ve followed thesports schedules of the Hugoton Eagles. Why do they do it? They love the kids andthey love the sports. I remember sitting at track meets while my husband scannedthe crowd, and after awhile he’d say, “Oh, there they are, I knew the Hortons wouldbe here.”

Not only have they supported the kids over the years with their presence but theyhave also encouraged on the average 70 kids a year with special letters four times ayear. How did this come about? . . . One year Roy and Ruth were youth coaches forthe First Christian Church. They were getting ready to head south for the winter(Snow Birds) and the youth didn’t want them to leave. Ruth gathered their addressesand promised to write. Once Ruth started she couldn’t stop. Before she knew it, shewas writing to kids outside of the church, too. She has written to kids for 20 years.That’s approximately 5,600 letters of encouragement to about 1,400 kids! The letterswere packed with words of wisdom and Bible verses to help the kids get throughtheir school year. (How do I know this? We have piles of letters our kids received).

How did the Lord bring these two together? . . . Well, they were born only a fewtowns apart. Roy was born and raised in Hugoton, and Ruth was born and raisedin Satanta. Roy’s father, Hiram, worked for a new government program called WPA-Works Progress Administration - which provided jobs for the unemployed during theGreat Depression. With this job he was on the construction crew in Hugoton whichbuilt the local swimming pool.

Ruth’s father passed away from dust pneumonia during the dust bowl when shewas two months old. Her mother had to carry on a living as a school teacher.

When Roy was eleven, his father died from a heart attack. This left nine childrenfor his mother to raise alone. She took up housecleaning, sewing and ironing shirtsfor ten cents each. While in high school, Roy played many sports. During the footballseason, he played center. Garden City asked him to play football for them, so heplayed one year and then ran out of money and had to return to Hugoton to get ajob. Northern Natural Gas hired him. He stayed with them for 34 years.

Ruth, on the other hand, only had one opportunity to play a sport; she playedbasketball for two years in high school. Then the coach moved and basketball ended.However, she grew to love sports by watching her youngest brother play. She at-tended college at Baker University and then transferred to Fort Hays where she finished her degree for Elementary Education. Her first job was as a first gradeteacher in Hugoton. One afternoon Roy spotted her at a local restaurant and askedhis cousin who she was. Before she knew it, he was calling and asking her out.Their first date was to a basketball game and they’ve been going ever since.

They will have been married 51 years this July. They adopted two children: Scottand Kay, and have been blessed with six grandchildren.

The Hortons not only support local sports but they love national sports as well.For 18 years they have attended National and Collegiate baseball games. They alsoattended the National Junior College Basketball Tournament at Hutchinson. Thebest game they’ve watched was when Wichita won the College World Series.

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The varsity baseball teamof Hugoton High School suf-fered two sweeps last week atthe hands of Lakin and ScottCity. Against the LakinBroncs, Hugoton fell 0-10 ina three hit, one error per-formance by the Eagles. NicFrederick, Ross Davis andJeison Rodriguez producedthe hits for HHS. Cody Fred-erick pitched four inningsand Lance Sandoval pitchedone. Each pitcher struck outtwo batters.

The second loss to Lakinwas 9-18 with five Eagle hitsand no errors in the game.Lakin had 14 hits and two er-rors. Yates Sutton, JamesPersinger and Davis each hada hit. Cody Frederick hadtwo. Sutton and a two-RBIdouble. Davis had three RBI.

Persinger and Rodriguezshared pitching duties.Persinger struck out threebatters and Rodriguez retiredone on strikes.

Against Scott City, Hugo-ton fell 3-4 in game one. The

Eagles had seven hits as didScott City. Both teams com-mitted three errors apiece.Ross Davis produced threehits for HHS. Slade Shuck,Nic Frederick, Cody Frederickand Rodriguez each had onehit. Shuck and Nic Frederickeach produced an RBI andRoss Davis had a triple forone of his hits. Ross Davispitched the full game, strik-ing out 11 batters.

The final game was 6-13 infavor of Scott City. Hugotonhad nine hits and two errors.Scott City scored the winningruns on five hits and two er-rors. Ross Davis repeatedwith a triple, three hits, andtwo runs scored. Sutton hada double, two RBI and onerun scored. Shuck, Persingerand Alfredo Licon each pro-duced one hit. Cody Freder-ick, Sutton and Sandovalpitched, striking out a com-bined eight batters.

Junior Varsity BaseballThe junior varsity baseball

team of HHS lost in two to

Scott City Friday of last week.The Eagles lost 7-8 in theopener, then 8-9 in the sec-ond game. Andrew Mendozapitched game one for Hugo-ton. Going five innings, hegave up four runs, five hitsand struck out three batters.Dakota Moodie came in andpitched the remaining two in-nings, giving up four runs,three hits and retiring onebatter on strikes.

Offensively, Michael Baezaproduced two hits, whileAdam Scott, Maverick Millsand Bradley Campbell eachhad one. Four Eagle errorswere recorded in the loss.

"Our errors were costly.We made too many errors towin this close game," saidcoach Stuart Scott. "Our baserunning wasn't very good ei-ther. We made some mis-takes on the bases that Iwished we could have back.We scored four of our runs inthe last inning and left thebases loaded."

Game two was also a closeloss, but only two Eagle er-rors were committed in thisgame.

Adam Scott started on themound for Hugoton andpitched two innings. He gaveup four runs, five hits andstruck out two batters. Baezpitched one inning, giving uptwo runs and a hit, thenMoodie finished two inningswhere he gave up three hits,two runs and finished withtwo strikeouts. Mendoza andMills each had two hits.Baeza, Zane, Moodie andEcxon Vela each had one hit.

"We played a little better ingame two, we just came upshort again. We got eight hitsand had two errors. This wasbetter than our first gamestats of five hits and four er-rors," said coach Scott of his5-7 team. "We have beenclose in every game we havelost. Five of our seven losseshave been by one run."

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Chalen Talbert slides safely into home after a wild pitch.

Jeison Rodriguez lets a low pitch go by during last week's home

games against Lakin.

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courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Hugoton High School'strack and field teams traveledto Lakin last week. The boys’team of HHS placed thirdoverall and the girls tookhome fifth. Nicole Kinserbrought home another top-spot finish in the triple jump.She won the event with amark of 35'9". Kinser tookfourth in the 300 meter hur-dles and the long jump aswell. Additionally, she wasthe second leg of the fourthplace 4x100 meter relayteam, along with teammatesBayLee Hoskinson, SofiaJimenez and Taylor Fiss.

On the boys' side, the3200 meter run saw back-to-back Eagles cross the finishline. Patrick Weaver placedsecond with a time of 10:00.9followed by Jacob Martin inthird at 10:02.48.

Avory Stegman won theshot put event with a throw of47'11-1/2". He also placed inthe discus event, taking sec-ond with his throw of 132',and fourth in the javelin witha toss of 148'11". The 4x800

meter relay placed secondwith Luis Castro, Ulises Ar-mendariz, Jacob Martin andPatrick Weaver combining fora time of 8:34.51.Girls ResultsTeam Place fifth800 meter Run6 BayLee Hoskinson 2:35.66300 meter Hurdles4 Nicole Kinser 49.414 x 100 meter Relay4 Baylee Hoskinson, NicoleKinser, Sofia Jimenez, TaylorFiss 54.344 x 800 meter Relay5 Taylor Fiss, Aubrey Ham-lin, Ana Pena, Sofia Jimenez

11:36.95Long Jump4 Nicole Kinser 16’ 2”Triple Jump1 Nicole Kinser 35’ 9”Shot Put4 Enddy Borjorquez 32’ 8”Discus4 Enddy Borjorquez 82’10 ½”Javelin6 Taylor Fiss 81’ 4”Boys ResultsTeam Place Third800 meter Run

4 Chase Hittle 2:06.203200 meter Run2 Patrick Weaver 10:00.903 Jacob Martin 10:02.484 x 400 meter Relay4 Luis Castro, Jorge Mon-toya, Ulises Armendariz,Chase Hittle 3:43.064 x 800 meter Relay2 Luis Castro, Ulises Armen-dariz, Jacob Martin, PatrickWeaver 8:34.51

Pole Vault5 Logan Frederick 11’ 6”Triple Jump5 Fisher Hewitt 39’ 1 ¼”Shot Put1 Avory Stegman 47’ 11 ½”5 Luis Sanchez 43’ 1”6 Colten Lissolo 42’ 8”Discus2 Avory Stegman 132’Javelin 4 Avory Stegman 148’ 11”

The Hugoton High Schoolboys’ golf team traveled toUlysses Saturday for a morn-ing round of golf. With beauti-ful conditions on the course,six Eagle golfers played the18-hole tournament.

Kolton Decker broughthome the low score of the dayfor Hugoton, shooting a 93.Lawson Fiss shot a 96, fol-lowed by Matthew Nash with101. AJ Scott took 104strokes on the course, KevinOmo 105 and LoganBrecheisen 122.

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Varsity softball action wasin full swing last week. TheHugoton High School teamplayed Lakin at home. Gameone was a 11-8 win for theEagles, but Lakin took homegame two 0-13. Cassidy Reedwas the winning pitcher ingame one.

"As a team we hit the ballconsistently this game. Casspitched well in this game butdidn't get a lot of help in thefield," said coach Lance Cor-nelsen.

Reed pitched the secondgame as well. However, thedefense struggled for Hugo-

ton."We didn't hit the ball very

good in this game. And if wedid it was right at them," saidCornelsen.

Hugoton hosted Scott CityFriday. Game one went to thevisitors 5-7, but Hugotonturned things around for agame two win of 9-5. HHSscored four runs in the sec-ond inning of the first game.Fantasia Easton and ChastityParsons each put down a sin-gle, and Abbi Wheeler droveboth runners in on a one-outtriple. Wheeler scored on awild pitch. Kelsi Hittle singled

to reach base and made ithome on a play by TessaRindels. The final Eagle runcame in the fourth as TaylorHaar reached base with alead-off double, followed by aRindels hit to bring heracross home.

Nataly Martinez pitchedthe win in game two. The Ea-gles found themselves down0-5 after three innings ofplay. They fought back with anine-run unanswered rally totake the win. Three runs werescored in the fourth, two inthe fifth and four more in thesixth by Hugoton.

"We played some of ourbest softball for three inningsFriday night," said coach Cor-nelsen.

In the fourth inning,Rindels walked on then stolesecond. Reed drove her inwith a single. Reed then ad-vanced to second on a field-ers choice and third on a wildpitch. Parsons drove her inon a single, then went on toscore on a two-out double byMartinez.

In the fifth Sherelle Shuckhad a one-out single, as didRindels. Reed drove themboth in with a single. In thesixth inning, Josie Muellerhad a one-out double. Haarreached on an error thatscored Mueller. Haar wasdriven in by Hittle. Shuckhad a two-out single andRindels reached on an error.Both were driven in by Reed.

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City Swimming Pool Ordinance

For personal safety, the City of Hugoton has an ordinance regulating the use of

family swimming pools. The term “Family Swimming Pool” means ANY artifi-

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bathing. This refers to the owner or renter, friends, adults, children or anyone

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If you own a blow-up, self-standing or constructed pool, you must follow these

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1. The location of the family pool must be at least eight (8) feet from any side or

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As city inspector I will hold you to the above rules.

The complete city ordinance and codes are available at the city office. The ordi-

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Cassidy Reed pitches the ball for Hugoton at last week's varsity

softball games. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Taylor Haar keeps her eye on the ball, waiting for her moment

to advance the bases for Hugoton. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hit-

tle.

Chastity Parsons slides across home plate for the Eagles.

Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Ross Grewell, pictured here at the far left, races down the track

as part of the HCA Knights team last Friday in Garden City.

Heritage Christian Academy competes in the meet every year.

Photo courtesy of Toni Grewell.

Chloe Martin soars through the air and lands a mark in the

sand pit for Hugoton's Heritage Christian School Knights. The

student athletes traveled to Garden City last Friday for the an-

nual track and field competition. Photo courtesy of Misty Mar-

tin.

Hugoton Middle School'strack and field teams traveledto Ulysses for a competition.Medals were awarded to ath-letes in the top three finishesfor each event. Hugotonbrought home medals in 19catagories, and a new schoolrecord was set by Isaac Cas-tro in the eighth grade boys800 meter run.Seventh Grade Girls

100 meter dash

3 Amy Scott200 meter dash

3 Amy Scott1600 meter run

1 Katy Heger4x800 meter relay

1 Katy Heger, Hannah Ro-driguez, Lacey Brecheisen,Brecklyn StumpTriple Jump

1 Zeida Betance3 Brecklyn StumpEighth Grade Girls

3200 meter run

1 Maria MartinezHigh Jump

Tied for 1 Catie LeNeveSeventh Grade Boys

400 meter dash

3 Pedro Ordonez4x800 meter relay

2 Pedro Ordonez, ValentinoDegollado, Miguel Martinez,Daniel BustillosPole Vault

2 Thomas FrederickTriple Jump

3 Romano BurgerEighth Grade Boys

100 meter dash

3 Wade Heger200 meter dash

2 Wade Heger800 meter dash

1 - New School RecordIssac Castro3200 meter run

1 Issac Castro4x100 meter relay

2 Wade Heger, MiguelRubio, Manuel Mendez, NoelCamacho4x400 meter relay

3 Miguel Rubio, Jose Salas,Wade Heder, Isaac Castro4x800 meter relay

3 Zach Littell, Miguel Rubio,Jesús Quevedo, Parker Titus

Varsity girls’ softball team win one, lose one

Castro sets new school record

Hannah Rodriquez runs the

course for a first place finish

with fellow 4x800 runners.

Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Brandi Holmes jumps for a

fourth place finish with a dis-

tance of 22’ 2” at the Hugoton

Invitational meet. Photo cour-

tesy of Kerry Hittle.

Aysia Harper clears another

hurdle in the 100 meter hur-

dles at the Ulysses Middle

School track meet recently.

Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Carly Martin and Sarah

Johnson fix their eyes on the

finish line. Photo courtesy of

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The Hugoton Middle Schooltrack and field team hosted theannual Hugoton Invitationalmeet April 26. Hugotonsported 41 first place finishesthroughout the meet.

"All year we have been mix-ing around who we are puttingin relays, so we can be readyfor our league meet with ourbest kids in their best events.I felt that each of our relays arecoming together with the rightkids in them and the kids areworking really hard," saidcoach Jill Nech. "Each grouphas a goal they want to accom-plish and they are workingvery hard to complete thosegoals!"Girls Eighth Grade

3200 Meter Run

1 Martinez, Maria 14:38.56100 Meter Hurdles

1 Hittle, Keely 18.352 Cornelsen, Megan 19.454 Harper, Aysia 19.83100 Meter Dash

1 Hittle, Keely 14.202 Shuck, Marissa 14.468 Salinas, Cecy 15.849 Rawlins, Gabrielle 16.7713 Harper, Jessica 18.761600 Meter Run

2 Johnson, Sarah 7:01.503 Martin, Carly 7:01.796 Perry, Erin 7:35.194x100 Meter Relay

1 Girls 'A' 1:00.93400 Meter Dash

6 Salinas, Cecy 1:24.374x200 Meter Relay

1 Girls 'A' 2:11.17Triple Jump

2 Cornelsen, Megan 26-02.754 Holmes, Brandi 22-02.008 Harper, Jessica 18-02.25800 Meter Run

1 Martinez, Maria 2:56.782 Reyonlds, Mariah 3:10.45Discus Throw

1 Hittle, Carly 66-06.502 Rawlins, Gabrielle 54-09.503 Romo, Julia 53-0110 Crawford, Abby 40-0114 Montoya, Lupe 32-0315 Tinoco, Natalie 31-05.50Long Jump

4 Reynolds, Mariah11-07.505 Romo, Julia 11-01.507 LeNeve, Catie 10-07.758 Harper, Aysia 10-06.00

12 Harper, Jessica 8-03.50High Jump

1 LeNeve, Catie 4-06.002 Crawford, Kristan 4-00.00Shot Put

1 LeNeve, Catie 28-00.504 Hittle, Carly 24-01.006 Montoya, Lupe 23-08.0010 Rawlins, Gabrielle21-10.0012 Crawford, Abby 19-08.0015 Tinoco, Natalie 19-01.504x800 Meter Relay

1 Girls 'A' 12:53.42Boys Eighth Grade

3200 Meter Run

1 Castro, Isaac 11:22.83100 Meter Hurdles

1 Rodriguez, Ulises 18.523 Crawford, Jackson 19.90100 Meter Dash

1 Heger, Wade 11.892 Camacho, Noel 11.936 Mendez, Manuel 12.9412 Chavez, Carlos 15.7013 Rosas, Alex 15.711600 Meter Run

1 Littell, Zach 5:58.482 Quevedo, Jesus 6:03.354 Rome, Reed 6:10.267 Wiebe, David 6:46.574x100 Meter Relay

1 Boys 'A' 50.13400 Meter Dash

1 Castro, Isaac 1:00.832 Rubio, Miguel 1:02.543 Macias, Miguel 1:02.825 Goode, Tyler 1:04.377 Montoya, Israel 1:08.3012 Persinger, Mark 1:12.324x200 Meter Relay

1 Boys 'A' 1:53.78Triple Jump

2 Salas, Jose 34-00.005 Montoya, Israel 30-00.008 Chavez, Carlos 22-06.50Long Jump

2 Salas, Jose 14-02.003 Montoya, Israel 14-00.004 Titus, Parker 13-09.007 Quevedo, Jesus 11-03.0011 Chavez, Carlos 10-00.00800 Meter Run

1 Castro, Isaac 2:28.842 Quevedo, Jesus 2:40.093 Gonzales, Alex 2:43.734 Rome, Reed 2:51.737 Wiebe, David 3:07.95High Jump

2 Persinger, Mark 4-10.004 Gonzales, Alex 4-06.00Discus Throw

2 Rodriguez, Ulises 97-08.50

3 Nordyke, Austin 88-046 Rosas, Alex 78-11.507 Gonzalez, Josue 74-11.50Shot Put

1 Evans, Nick 39-01.005 Nelsen, Maverick32-00.007 Nordyke, Austin 30-10.008 Gonzalez, Josue 30-09.0011 Rosas, Alex 26-03.004x800 Meter Relay

1 Boys 'A' 10:31.75Boys Seventh Grade

100 Meter Hurdles

1 Lindstrom, Roman 22.41100 Meter Dash

1 Stalcup, Jack 12.152 Newlon, Austin 13.003 Burger, Romano 13.366 Garcia, Carlos 13.7711 Wells, Zach 15.5916 MacIntre, Marshal 16.061600 Meter Run

1 Marquez, Eddie 5:31.612 Martinez, Miguel 5:47.374x100 Meter Relay

1 Boys 'A' 51.70400 Meter Dash

1 Ordonez, Pedro 1:00.832 Degollado, Valentino1:03.913 Rubio, Oscar 1:05.017 Peterson, Trace 1:14.1812 MacIntre, Marshal1:24.544x200 Meter Relay

1 Boys 'A' 1:57.77Long Jump

1 Stalcup, Jack 15-05.003 Burger, Romano 14-08.004 Caberea, Ben 14-04.007 Ruiz, Asaf 12-10.008 Frederick, Thomas12-07.00800 Meter Run

1 Marquez, Eddie 2:29.542 Carrillo, Moses 2:50.353 Peterson, Trace 2:59.58Triple Jump

2 Burger, Romano 29-11.005 Ruiz, Asaf 25-05.50Discus Throw

1 Stegman, Dalton 92-04.504 Hickey, Landon 77-01.505 Leininger, Zach 77-0010 Silva, Braden 62-03.5012 Cruz, Aaron 61-01.5014 Flores, Luis 45-07High Jump

1 Marquez, Eddie 5-00.004x800 Meter Relay

1 Boys 'A' 10:32.25Pole Vault

1 Frederick, Thomas 7-00.00Shot Put

1 Leininger, Zach 33-11.00

3 Stegman, Dalton 31-07.004 Talbert, Tanner 30-01.005 Mangels, Logan 28-07.008 Cruz, Aaron 26-09.5017 Padilla, David 18-03.5018 Flores, Luis 16-03.00Girls Seventh Grade

100 Meter Dash

1 Scott, Amy 13.643 Vela, Wendy 14.584 Guzman, Ismerai 14.647 Gastelum, Yacyeny 15.8010 Rubio, Diana 16.5812 Augustine, Emily 16.651600 Meter Run

1 Heger, Katy 6:29.194 French, Emma 7:39.104x100 Meter Relay

1 Girls 'A' 59.08400 Meter Dash

3 Scott, Amy 1:17.944 Rodriguez, Hannah1:18.996 Vela, Wendy 1:19.864x200 Meter Relay

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2 Rodriguez, Hannah 3:10.853 Brecheisien, Lacey 3:12.686 Crocker, Brittany 3:20.508 Sauzameda, Isabel 3:25.59Triple Jump

1 Betance, Zeida 27-04.252 Stump, Brecklyn 26-11.253 Fabela, Melissa 24-10.505 French, Emma 21-10.508 Armendariz, Jackie20-09.00Long Jump

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1 Stump, Brecklyn 4-02.00Discus Throw

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1 Girls 'A' 12:16.22

The seventh grade boystrack and field team of Hugo-ton Middle School are secondplace in the league. Theteams competed this pastweek in the Great West Activ-ities Conference meet in Hol-comb. The top threeindividuals earned medals ineach event. Multiple schoolrecords were broken by Eaglerunners at the meet. A newbest has been set in the sev-enth grade boys 4 x 400meter relay by the GWACchampions Eddie Marquez,Valentino Degollado, OscarRubio and Pedro Ordonez, aswell as in the seventh gradeboys 4 x 800 meter relaychampions Moses Carillo,Daniel Bustillos, Degollado,Ordonez, and the seventhgrade boys 4 x 100 meterrelay champions Ordonez,Rubio, Degollado and JackStalcup.

The seventh grade girls 4 x

800 meter relay took secondat the GWAC and set a newschool record. This was ac-complished by BrecklynStump, Hannah Rodriguez,Yaczeny Gastelum and KatyHeger.

Eddie Marquez set a newschool record in the seventhgrade boys mile run. Heplaced second at the meet.Issac Castro was the leaguechamp in the two-mile runand set a new school record.Eighth girls High jump

1 Catie LeNeveSeventh girls Long Jump

3 Zeida BetanceSeventh girls Triple Jump

2 Zeida Betance3 Brecklyn StumpSeventh Boys Discus

2 Dalton StegmanEighth Boys Shot put

3 Nick EvansEighth Girls 2 mile

1 Maria MartinezEighth Boys 2 mile

1 Issac Castro-New SchoolRecordSeventh Girls 4x800-NewSchool Record2 Brecklyn Stump, HannahRodriguez, YaczenyGastelum, Katy HegerSeventh Boys 4x800-NewSchool Record1 Moses Carillo, DanielBustillos, Valentino Degol-lado, Pedro OrdonezEighth Girls 100 Hurdles

3 Keely HittleSeventh Girls 100

1 Amy ScottSeventh Boys 100

3 Jack StalcupEighth Boys 100

2 Wade HegerSeventh Girls Mile

1 Katy HegerEighth Girls Mile

2 Maria MartinezSeventh Boys Mile

2 Eddie Marquez-NewSchool Record3 Miguel MartinezSeventh Girls 4x100

2 Melissa Fabela, WendyVela, Ismeri Guzman, AmyScottSeventh Boys 4x100

1 New School RecordPedro Ordonez, Oscar Rubio,Valentino Degollado, JackStalcupEighth Boys 4x100

2 Wade Heder, MiguelRubio, Manuel Mendez, NoelCamachoSeventh Boys 400

2 Pedro OrdonezSeventh Girls 4x200

3 Jackie Armendáriz, ZeidaBetance, Wendy Vela, IsmeriGuzmanSeventh Boys 800

2 Eddie MarquezEighth Boys 800

1 Issac CastroSevnth Boys 200

3 Jack StalcupEighth boys 200

2 Wade Heger3 Noel CamachoSeventh Boys 4x400-NewSchool Record1 Eddie Marquez, ValentinoDegollado, Oscar Rubio,Pedro OrdonezEighth boys 4x400

3 Miguel Rubio, Miguel Ma-cies, Wade Heder, Isaac Cas-tro

Seventh graders Eddie Marquez, Valentino Degollado, OscarRubio and Pedro Ordonez grin tiredly after they broke theGreat Western Athletic Conference League record at the Hol-comb meet last week. The boys’ 4x400 meter team shattered theformer record with a time of 4.777 seconds. Team membersValentino and Pedro also broke three other school records withother relay teams and Oscar broke a school record in anotherevent. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Degollado.

Keely Hittle leaves an orange competitor in the dust as she hurdles over obstacles in the April 26 Hugoton Middle SchoolInvitational Meet. Keely took first in the event, with a time of18.35 seconds. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Jack Stalcup is the picture ofpure effort as he tears throughthe 200 meter dash at theLeague meet in Holcomb lastweek. The seventh grade boysbrought home a silver medalfor Hugoton Middle School.Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Megan Cornelsen places sec-ond due to her incredible hur-dling ability in the 100 meterhurdles at the Ulysses trackand field competion recently.Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Seventh graders set new records at GWAC meet

Hugoton Middle School hosts Invitational

Hugoton Aglow will meetThursday, May 11 at 7:00p.m. for fellowship and coffee,

with a meeting following at7:30 p.m. Kathy Hamlin andRuth Farmer will speak about

their experiences at the re-cent Aglow conference inOklahoma City, Ok.

Looking over the weatherofferings for the United Stateseach day, too often one sees90s popping up. Almosteveryone rejoices when thereis the possibility of scatteredshowers and they materializein Hugoton. Driving acrossthe state, it is encouraging tosee a lot of rich green wheatfields. Satisfying!

Over the recent weekend,April 27-29, several Aglowmembers attended a trainingconference in Oklahoma City.Kathy and Ruth will be shar-ing some highlights from theconference. Aglow chaptersfrom western Oklahoma andthe Texas panhandle met.Each time Aglow chaptersmeet with this enlarged con-ference group, it is a pleasureto see new friends and a spe-cial joy comes as one gets toknow more and more of thespiritual family. The hope isthat more Hugoton peoplecan attend this conferencenext year. There are severalother meetings coming up inthe next few months - moreopportunity for you to attend!Mary Ann will share some in-formation about dates and lo-cations.

As the fields turn gold andharvest in nature one is re-minded there is another har-vest. Scripture encouragesone to pray for the laborerswho are to reap those spiri-tual fields that are ripe andbountiful. You are the la-borer!

Hugoton Aglow looks for-ward to seeing you and shar-ing a time of fellowship,praise and worship. Refresh-ments available. Invite some-one to come along!

This article was con-tributed by Ruth Farmer.

Southwest Medical Centeris proud to announce the ar-rival of general surgeon, Dr.Rory Howard to the local medical community.

Originally from Buffalo,N.Y., Dr. Howard is excited tobe a part of a rural community.

“I don’t like the rush of thebig city - I prefer the smalltown feel here,” he said,adding that the people andSouthwest Medical Centerwere a big draw for this area.“The people here are nice andthe facility upgrades are veryimpressive at the hospital.”

Howard has been aroundmedicine most of his life - hismother is a nurse. He knewwhen he went into highschool that being a physicianwas the direction he wantedto take with his life.

“The most rewarding partof being a physician is that Ican help people,” he said.“Most patients go away with acure - and that’s what it’s allabout.”

Patients can expectHoward to be “straight for-ward” with them about theircare.

Prior to coming to Liberal,Howard served as the Chief ofGeneral Surgery at BassettArmy Community Hospital inFt. Wainwright, Alaska, a po-sition he had held since De-cember of 2006. He enteredthe United States Army in August of 1978.

Howard completed medicalschool at the University ofKansas School of Medicine inKansas City in December of1997 and his undergraduateeducation at the UnitedStates Military Academy inWest Point, N.Y. He com-pleted his surgical residencyat Upstate Medical UniversityState University of New Yorkin Syracuse, N.Y.

He and his wife Rhondahave two children: Deanna,

19; and Rory II 15. Prior tocoming to Liberal, Rhondawas working as a human re-source director in Alaska.Deanna is a student at theUniversity of Alaska in Fair-banks and Rory II is currentlya sophomore in high school.In his spare time, Howard en-joys hunting, fishing andreading. An active communitymember while in Alaska,Howard plans to continuethat practice as a new resi-dent of the Liberal commu-nity.

Dr. Howard arrived in Lib-eral April 9 and began April16. To make an appointmentwith Dr. Howard, call 620-624-4946. His practice will be

located at Advanced SurgicalAssociates, 1411 West Fif-teenth Street in Liberal withDr. John Buie.

ValedictorianEmily (Emmy) Diane Hittle

has been named valedicto-rian of Moscow High SchoolClass of 2012. While at MHSEmmy accumulated manyawards including NationalHonor Society, Superinten-dent's Honor Roll-four years,State Track Qualifier-Javelin-one year, Regional RunnerUp Track-Javelin-one year,All League Volleyball-fouryears, All League Basketball-four years, All League Track-two years, KU Honor Pro-gram, MVP-Rolla BB Tourna-ment, All-Tournament Team -Rolla BB Tournament,Moscow Volleyball Tourna-ment Champions-one year,Football Homecoming Queen,Rolla BB Tournament Cham-pions-one year, and Best Ac-tress-All School Play-oneyear.

Emmy participated inmany activities during herHigh School career includingvolleyball, basketball, andclass treasurer for four years.She did track, class leader-ship, and student council forthree years. She participatedin KAYS and yearbook for twoyears and band and StuCopresident for one year. Shewas named volleyball captainand basketball captain oneand two years respectively.She also traveled to Roten-burg, Germany.

When asked about herfondest memories of MHS,Emmy replied, “Competingin State track my sophomoreyear. Watching State base-ball, and winning the Moscowvolleyball tourney my senioryear. Also winning the Rollabasketball tourney my senioryear.’

When questioned aboutwhat she has liked best aboutattending Moscow Schoolsshe said, “I like the small

school atmosphere. Theteachers have also been agreat help in getting me readyfor college.”

Emmy’s favorite teacherswere Mr. Holt and Mr.Mitchell. Emmy stated, “I loveMr. Mitchell's classes be-cause he had a dry sense ofhumor. Mr. Holt because hetaught me so many newthings about computers andhe is just a cool guy to talkto!” Her favorite class wasCollege Anatomy class withMr. Bixler because he was solaid back and easy to talk to,but “yet he wouldn't cut youany slack for your tests”.Emmy’s future plans includeattending SCCC in the fall tostudy Nursing. Then she willtransfer to a four-year collegeto get a Bachelors in Nursing.Congratulations to Emmy!

SalutatorianMoscow High School pres-

ents Alexandra Davidson asthe Class of 2012’s salutato-rian. Alexandra has earnedthe following awards duringher time at MHS: Principal’sHonor roll, Superintendent’shonor roll, volleyball and bas-ketball SFTL Honorable men-tion all league, four-yearletterman in basketball, KU

honors program, All-Schoolplay honorable mention bestactress, four-year lettermanin volleyball, and volleyballSFTL All League first team.Her leadership activities in-cluded KAYS youth nationsdirector, StuCo class repre-sentative, secretary, and vice-president. CLASS leadership,4-H Club, Council and Juniorleadership officer.

Alexandra’s fondest mem-ories of high school are the2012 volleyball and basket-ball seasons. Her all time fa-vorite teacher is Mrs. ShirleyMay. She has enjoyed sci-ence classes and biology themost because they are interesting.

The chance to be involvedin everything is what Alexan-dra has liked best about at-tending Moscow High School.

She would like to thankher parents, grandparentsand family for always beingthere for her. Alexandra’sparents are Harley and AmyDavidson.

Alexandra’s future plansinclude attending Dodge CityCommunity College and thenKansas University majoringin Pre-med. Congratulations,Alexandra!

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newspaper has been soldMay 16, 2007, to Faith Pub-lishing LLC. Faith PublishingLLC is owned by RoGlendaCoulter, Kay McDaniels andRuthie Winget. The newspa-per has been in businesscontinuously since 1887.

Thursday, May 16, 2002Jill Jordan won a spectac-

ular trip to Nashville, Tn. toreceive a special award fromgospel music star Michael W.Smith. Jill’s name wasdrawn out of the KJIL radiostation pot.

The 2002 Super Mom win-ner is Sherri Martin, wife ofLarry Martin. Sherri andLarry are the proud parentsof four children and onegrandchild.Thursday, May 14, 1992

Judy Lynch has received

her Bachelor of Science de-gree in Radiologic Science.Judy has been employed atStevens County Hospitalsince 1976. She is the wife ofRoger Lynch and mother oftwo daughters, JoHanna andSheena.

Thursday, May 13, 1982Scout Troop 188 begins

the process of transferringinto Troop 189. Difficulty insecuring adult leadership hasforced the merger. Troop 188had been sponsored by theHugoton Rotary for the pastfifty years.

Thursday, May 18, 1972Thirteen year old Gena

Willioughby has won ten rib-bons and three first place tro-phies in riding competitionduring the past seventeendays. Gena, atop her sevenyear old mare, Tom’s Love-land, has competed in fivemajor shows in the Texas-Oklahoma area since the lastof April.

Thursday, May 17, 1962Hugoton High School ath-

letes were given citations asoutstanding and valuableplayers in their fields ofsports at the QuarterbackClub spring banquet. Thosecited were Bill Hittle in foot-ball and basketball, EddyJohnson in track and DougTitus in wrestling.

Thursday, May 15, 1952Lillie Ricord, Stevens

County Register of Deedsfiled for re-election to the of-fice. She is seeking a fifthterm in the office which shehas held since January 1945.Before becoming Register ofDeeds, she taught school forfourteen years in StevensCounty rural schoolsthroughout most of thecounty.If any readers have picturesfor the history page of the Her-mes, please bring them in toRuthie Winget at The Hugo-ton Hermes.

The Moscow Hillbilly Bandtraveled to Guymon, Ok. forthe Pioneer Days celebrationSaturday, May 5. The themefor the festival’s parade was“Music in No Man’s Land.”The group had a great timeseeing all the children andthe grown up “kids” viewingthe parade along the way.The parade route went fromthe North Mall out by Wal-mart to the fairgrounds.

Spectators lined the streetthe whole way. Mike andNancy Owens rode theirhorses in the parade. Thosepresent were Dan Hamilton,Duane and Barb Williams,Sally Adee, Roy and DebbieStoddard and Terry Miller.Omar and Betty Norton drovethe pickup and trailer for theband and also threw candy.

Everyone was impressedby the herd of longhorn cattle

leading the parade, herded bycowboys. The Hillbilliesagreed this was the biggestparade they’d participated in.

The Hillbillies were alsopresented a certificate andpins from Legacy andParkview of Ulysses last Sun-day for being volunteers andbeing faithful to entertain thehomes’ residents on a regularbasis.

The Hillbillies will be atLegacy in Ulysses forMother’s Day, May 13. Theywill also be at Good Samari-tans in Liberal for Father’sDay, June 17. Come join allyour senior relatives andtheir families while everyonesings along. You’ll have agreat time!

This was contributed by

Moscow Baptist Hillbilly

Praise Band.

The three “little” Hillbillieshave gone to school togetherand sung and played musictogether most of their lives.Debbie Stoddard, BarbWilliams and Terry Miller areall 60 years old now and aresinging strong for the Lord.

Their greatest ministriesare in the area nursinghomes. The Hillbillies have somany friends there becausethey sing music that toucheshearts. Most of them don’tdon’t talk a lot anymore, butthey sing along when the Hill-billies come to visit! The Hill-billy Praise Band performs at

Pioneer Manor in Hugoton,Legacy and Parkview inUlysses, Good Samaritan andWheatridge in Liberal,Elkhart Nursing Home, Sa-tanta Nursing Home and lotsof area churches as well. Godhas blessed the group somuch by the encouragementfrom these older folks. Theygenerally have one hour ofmusic and one hour of one-on-one visiting. Many resi-dents don’t talk muchanymore, but the smiles areworth much more thanwords.

Debbie, Barb and Terry all

have powerful testimonies forthe Lord. They have all trav-eled different roads, but areon the same one now andhave a lot of support fromfamilies and friends.

Terry and Debbie playedtrumpets and Barb playedsnare drum in school, start-ing in fifth grade. All of themlearned guitar in high school,but the music they playedwas considered “noise” totheir parents and others. Nowthey make a joyful “noise”unto the Lord, but they thinkHe likes it. All three arestrong on vocals and add alot to the band. All the bandmembers have the same com-mitment to the Lord.

The Hillbilly Praise Bandhas practiced every Fridaynight for the past sevenyears. The Band is a blessingto all involved. The love anddedication it takes to be aChristian Hillbilly is prettyamazing, but God’s love ispretty amazing too.

Come join the MoscowBaptist Hillbilly Praise Bandwhen they go to nursinghomes in your area. You willhave a great time and so willthey!

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Debbie Stoddard, Barb Williams and Terry Miller have beenplaying music and praising the Lord together for many years.

Moscow’s Hillbilly Praise Band perches atoptheir float at Guymon’s Pioneer Days celebra-tion this past weekend. They personify the pa-

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Help your lovedones celebrate OlderAmericans Month

May is Older AmericansMonth and communities acrossthe country are gearing up toshow appreciation for seniors.The theme this year is “NeverToo Old To Play!”

Older Americans are stayingactive and involved - here aresome ways you can join the cel-ebration:

Fun with fitness: Take les-sons in tai chi, water aerobics,yoga, or even dancing to get theblood flowing.

Trivia:  Do you know thecapital of Djibouti? Exerciseyour mind and show off somebrainpower with a friendly triviacompetition.

Group outing: Bridge thegeneration gap by joining com-munity members at a baseballgame, barbecue or other fun ac-tivity.

Big hair, fancy dresses and spiffy suits have always been part ofProm, including this group from 1948. In the front row are:Janell Mills, Dorothy McCoy, Sheila Simmons and EldaLouPhillips. In the back row: Kenneth Burditt, Bruce Richardson,Val Barnes and Marvin Bradfield. Names were taken from theback of the picture. Photo courtesy of Joan Popejoy.

The winter conditions andspring climate for Kansas ledGovernor Sam Brownback toupdate the Drought Declarationfor Kansas counties with an Ex-ecutive Order 12-07 Friday.The update involves 91 countieseither in a warning or watchstatus.

“Despite recent rains, theoverall dry conditions that havepersisted for more than a yearnow require us to continue tomonitor the situation,” Gover-nor Brownback said. “Meetingthe needs of crops is a concernas moisture demands increasewith the growing season.”

The updated drought decla-ration has 16 counties in awarning status and 75 in watchstatus. This action was recom-mended by Tracy Streeter, Di-rector of the Kansas WaterOffice and Chair of the Gover-nor’s Drought Response Team.

“While 14 counties havebeen removed from the monitor,the overall total moisture for thepast year is below normal andtemperatures are projected tobe above normal this yearagain,” said Tracy Streeter. “It is

important we monitor condi-tions for the state as they coulddeteriorate quickly with no re-serves.”

This Executive Order shallremain in effect for those coun-ties so identified until rescindedby Executive Order or super-seded by a subsequent Execu-tive Order revising the droughtstage status of the affectedcounties. Effective immediately:• Declare a Drought Emergency,Warning or Drought Watch forthe counties identified below;• Authorize and direct all agen-cies under the jurisdiction of theGovernor to implement the ap-propriate watch or warninglevel-drought response actionsa ssigned in the OperationsPlan of the Governor’s DroughtResponse Team.

The Governor’s Drought Re-sponse Team will continue towatch the situation closely andwork to minimize the effects thedrought has on Kansans.

For more detailed informa-tion about current conditions,see the Kansas Climate Sum-mary and Drought Report onthe Kansas Water Office website

at: www.kwo.orgCounty Drought Stage Dec-

larations:Drought Warning:Barber, Clark, Comanche,Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell,Kearny, Kiowa, Meade, Morton,Pratt, Seward, Stafford, Stan-ton, StevensDrought Watch:Allen, Anderson, Barton, Bour-bon, Butler, Chase, Chau-tauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne,Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley,Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson,Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth,Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove,Graham, Greeley, Greenwood,Hamilton, Harper, Harvey,Hodgeman, Jewel, Kingman,Labette, Lane, Lincoln, Linn,Logan, Lyon, Marion, McPher-son, Miami, Mitchell, Mont-gomery, Morris, Neosho, Ness,Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ot-tawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Rawlins,Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley,Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline,Scott, Sedgwick, Sheridan,Sherman, Smith, Sumner,Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Wash-ington, Wichita, Wilson, Wood-son

Nuts! Crack one open and discover apowerhouse of nutrition at yourfingertips. Over the past 20 yearsresearchers have begun to focuson the health benefits of tree nuts.They are an excellent source of vi-tamin E and magnesium. Peoplewho consume them also havehigher intakes of folate, beta-carotene, vitamin K, phosphorus,copper, selenium, potassium andzinc. The list goes on, but it is safeto say this nutrient-dense foodhas many great things going for it. The greatest benefit from eat-ing nuts is a reduction in the riskof coronary heart disease, prima-rily by lowering unhealthy choles-terol levels. Nuts are part of theDASH (Dietary Approaches toStop Hypertension) eating plan,which recommends eating four tofive weekly servings of nuts, seedsand beans to combat high bloodpressure. Besides having ahealthy fat ratio, nuts are a low-glycemic-index food, which is goodnews for diabetics. Most nuts are sold bothshelled and unshelled and comein many different styles. Whenbuying nuts in the shell, look forones that are heavy for their size,with shells that have no cracks orholes. The nut’s kernel should notbe loose enough to rattle whenshaken. Shelled nuts should beplump, crisp and uniform in size.It is best to purchase nuts as freshas possible, as they can becomerancid due to their high fat con-tent. Nuts are one of the oldestrecorded foods in history and havebeen found throughout the world.Though we lump them all in onegroup, one of the most popular“nuts” we think about is actuallyfrom a different botanical family.The peanut is actually a legumethat grows in the ground ratherthan on a tree. Let’s take a look atsome of the more popular treenuts. Almonds. They are thought tohave originated in China or Cen-tral Asia, but currently about 80%of the world’s almonds come fromCalifornia. They are one of themost popular tree nuts and areamong the highest per ounce inprotein, fiber, calcium, vitamin E,riboflavin and niacin. Almond ex-tract doesn’t come from the sweetalmond we eat, but rather from abitter almond variety that whenraw, contains a lethal acid. Theacid’s toxicity is destroyed by heat,and the oil is extracted and addedto ethyl alcohol to make almondextract. Brazil Nuts. They are found inthe Amazon rain forests of Braziland are highest among all nuts insaturated fat, but they are an ex-cellent source of magnesium andamong the richest dietary sourcesof selenium. Cashews. This tree producesfruit with two distinct parts: afleshy, rounded stalk called acashew “pear” or “apple”, and akidney shaped nut that hangs

from its lower end. Among treenuts it is highest in zinc, copperand iron. Macadamias. The tree wasoriginally grown as an ornamen-tal. Because of its hard shellmacadamia nuts are almost al-ways sold shelled. It is highest incalories and total fat, most ofwhich is mono-unsaturated fat.Because of its high fat contentthey are best stored in the refrig-erator to prevent rancidity. Pecans. Developed in theAmericas, the pecan is calculatedto be the highest in total antioxi-dants. It has a fat content of over70%, and is popular for eating outof hand, as well as in a number ofsweet and savory dishes. Peanuts. Though a legumethey are nutritionally similar totree nuts. Peanuts are a goodsource of vitamin E, fiber, magne-sium and folate, and an excellentsource of niacin. Pistachios. This is the only nutwhose shell partially opens, mak-ing it the sole tree nut that can beroasted in its shell. They are highin potassium and vitamin B6. Walnuts. The two most popu-lar varieties are English and BlackWalnuts. A close relative is theButternut, also called the whitewalnut. They are highest inpolyunsaturated fat, and make afragrant and flavorful oil. Though each nut varietyboasts its own specific benefits,choose the one you like best toenjoy. They all have needed nu-trients, just remember they arecalorie-dense, so a little goes along way.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate ofMARYRUTH GREENWOOD, Deceased

Case No. 2011-PR-33

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition has been filed in this Court byWade D. Greenwood, duly appointed,qualified and acting Administrator ofthe Estate of Maryruth Greenwood,deceased, praying Petitioner's acts beapproved; the account be settled andallowed; the heirs be determined; theEstate be assigned to the persons en-titled thereto pursuant to the laws ofintestate succession; fees and ex-

penses be allowed; costs be deter-mined and ordered paid; the adminis-tration of the Estate be closed; theAdministrator be discharged and Pe-titioner be released from further lia-bility.

You are hereby required to fileyour written defenses thereto on orbefore May 21, 2012, at 1:30 o'clockP.M. in the District Court, Hugoton.Stevens County, Kansas, at whichtime and place the cause will beheard. Should you fail therein, judg-ment and decree will be entered indue course upon the Petition.

Wade D. Greenwood, Administrator

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As Hugoton lawns grow greener, flowers can’t be overshadowed

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Moscow Elementary School students learn about the impor-

tance of agriculture during Agriculture in the Classroom con-

ducted by Stevens County Farm Bureau and the Stevens

County Conservation District.

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Drought Declaration updated by Brownback

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This is a migratory mothwhich will soon leave as theytravel to Colorado. Anyway,control is virtually impossibleas those killed will be re-placed by others migrating in.

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office: 620-544-4359

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Think of the number five. Eatat least five fruits and vegetables

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Kansas Foundation for Agri-culture in the Classroom (KFAC),in conjunction with StevensCounty Farm Bureau Associa-tion and Stevens County Con-servation District, presented anassembly for 84 grade schoolstudents at Moscow Elementaryin Moscow April 12, 2012.

The assembly presented stu-dents with an opportunity togain hands-on experience inthree areas of agriculture andnatural resources. Cathy Mu-sick, KFAC executive director,gave presentations on farm ani-mals, grains and oil seeds andnatural resources.

“The assembly at Moscow El-ementary was a great success,”said Musick. “The students wereinteractive and positive to thelearning opportunity. Teachingyouth about the importance ofagriculture is one step to provid-ing agricultural leaders for thefuture.”

During the farm animal as-

semblies, kindergarten, first andsecond grade students learnabout the different food sourcesin Kansas, including beef, dairy,pork and poultry. The grains andoils presentation gives third andfourth grade students the oppor-tunity to learn about corn,wheat, sunflowers, soybeans,cotton and grain sorghum inKansas. Fifth and sixth gradestudents learn about Kansas'soils, conservation of natural re-sources and fuels and otherproducts made from renewableresources.

The assemblies also serve asa model for teachers for how toincorporate information aboutagriculture into existing class-room curriculum.

“We provide additional tools,such as lesson plans, that teach-ers can use to connect their stu-dents to the sources of food,fiber, food and other items theyuse daily,” Musick said.

Assembly at grade school provides ag education

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MOSCOW NEWSby Melissa Moore

Sports by Breck Roop

The 4x400 meter relay teamdoes their pre-race ritual.

Lisa Whitham and Lori Nicodemus enjoy the cake and show offriendship at their retirement reception.

Three longtime employees retire from Moscow School

MHS Class of 2012to soon begin therest of their lives

Wildcats finish third at Bucklin

Tad Stuckey gets ready forthe ball in center field.

Larry Phillippi

Moscow eighth graders wait for the word to be given to cross the stageto receive their certificates of completion. Eighth grade graduates areBriannah Davidson, Madilyn Fleming, Amir Granillo-Viurquiz,Yaritza Maldonado, Sammir Martinez, David Miramontes, KelsiMueller, Madison Owens, Alexander Pierson, Sara Pinkham, VanceThompson, Justin Torres and Tate Williams.

The Moscow High School Class of 2012 awaitstheir diplomas onstage during MHS gradua-tion May 6. The former seniors will soon begin

the rest of their lives. Each student has thoughtcarefully of their plans for the future.

The Class of 2012 of MoscowHigh School graduated Sunday,May 6. Graduation began withthe processional played by ZoRoland. Alexandra Davidsongave the salutatorian address,followed by Emmy Hittle’s vale-dictorian speech. Jaron Thomp-son sang a vocal solo.

This year’s commencementspeaker was Isaac Pena, distin-guished Moscow Alumni. Theaudience displayed a moment ofappreciation for retiring Super-intendent of Schools LarryPhilippi. Mr. Aaron Roopawarded scholarships to theSeniors. A slide show and par-ent appreciation followed. BrianWhite, Vice President of theSchool Board, presented theDiplomas. Mr. Stu Moore wasthe emcee of the ceremony.

Future plans for the Class of2012 are as follows:

Alexandra Davidson will at-tend DCCC, majoring in pre-med. Yajaira Garcia will attendSCCC majoring in Nursing.Kiara Granados is undecidedabout her future plans. OsvaldoGranillo will attend the Univer-sity of Central Missouri andmajor in computer informationsystems. Trevor Haines will at-tend SCCC, majoring in dieseltechnology. Ty Herman will at-tend SCCC and major in corro-sion technology. Emmy Hittlewill attend SCCC, majoring innursing. Brock Lahey will attendFull Sail University in Florida.Jonaton Manriquez will attendDCCC. He is undecided abouthis major at this time. LeslieMarquez will attend SCCC andmajor in nursing. Breck Roopwill attend GCCC and major incommunications. Kylie Sheetswill attend OPSU and major inElementary Education. JaceThompson will attend Full Cir-cle, Masters Commission. Heplans to pursue youth ministry.Tessa Whitham will attendFHSU, she is undecided abouther major.

Congratulations to the Classof 2012!

Moscow Schools are losingthree beloved long-time employ-ees who are retiring and settingoff for their next adventures, LisaWhitham, Lori Nicodemus andLarry Philippi.

Starting in 1996 the threeand four year olds coming toschool have been greeted by LisaWhitham. Mrs. Whitham hastaught in Moscow for 16 years asthe Migrant Family Literacy Di-rector, with 14 at the Preschooland two years as the ESL direc-tor. The last four years she hasalso been the Daycare Director.Lisa also taught in Liberal forone year after graduating fromPanhandle State University. Shehas announced her retirementfrom Moscow Schools.

Mrs. Whitham is most proudof working with Mr. Philippi andthe school board to build thenew Early Childhood buildingand providing quality childcarefor students, teachers and thecommunity. She is also pleasedwith helping families through theMigrant Family Literacy Program.

Two major changes Mrs.Whitham has seen in her EarlyChildhood tenure are theKansas State Board of Educa-tion’s involvement in EarlyChildhood Education and tech-nology in the classroom.

Lisa plans to spend more

time with family and friends asshe retires. She will be visitingthe daycare on occasion becauseshe will miss all of “her kids” aswell as the great group of ladiesshe has had the pleasure ofworking with.

The community of Moscowappreciates Mrs. Whitham’s ef-forts and wishes her well in herretirement.

After nine years of working inMoscow’s Daycare, Lori Nicode-mus announces her retirement.Mrs. Nicodemus plans to helpothers in the community withtheir homes and illnesses in herretirement, as well as spend timewith her 13 grandchildren.

Mrs. Nicodemus has beenblessed by working in the day-care. She realizes you don’t justwatch kids, rather you do learn-ing activities with them. She hasgained an appreciation for theteaching profession throughworking in the daycare. Whenasked what she liked best shesaid she enjoyed the relation-ships she developed with thefamilies, both parents and chil-dren.

Lori is hoping to be invitedback now and then. The com-munity of Moscow appreciatesMrs. Nicodemus for her commit-ment to the families in the day-care!

Mr. Larry Philippi announced

his retirement after 30 years ineducation. Mr. Philippi has spent20 of those years working inMoscow Schools, first as a Prin-cipal for two years and 18 yearsas Superintendent of Schools.

The accomplishment he ismost proud of in his tenure arethe building of the Early Child-hood Center funded partiallywith grants. Building a newtrack and weight room alsomade the list of admired accom-plishments. The addition of a fulltime technology position, as wellas, the proliferation of technologyin the school system, is anotherachievement Mr. Philippi isproud of.

One of the biggest changes hehas witnessed over his reign inMoscow School’s is a change inthe population of students, withmore Hispanic and GermanMennonite students in theschools. Mr. Philippi has enjoyedworking with three differentturnovers in school boards.

After retirement Mr. Philippi,along his wife Marty, plan to livein Topeka to be near their chil-dren Chris and Whitney andtheir respective spouses, as wellas their future grandchild ex-pected this fall.

The community of Moscowappreciates Mr. Philippi for hisservice to USD # 209!

Wednesday, May 9High School Awards Ban-

quet; 6:30 p.m.Grades 3-5 State Assess-

ment Reward-Field Trip tothe Movies!Thursday, May 10

Last Day of School - Dis-miss at 11:30 a.m.

High School Track meet athome; 1:00 p.m.Sunday, May 13

Retirement Reception atthe High School concessionsarea, come and go 3:00-5:00p.m.

Happy Mother’s Day!Monday, May 14

Summer School beginsonly for invited students.

Free School Breakfast andLunch program for ages 1-18,others may eat for a smallcharge. Breakfast is servedfrom 8:00 to 8:30 a.m.,Lunch is served from 11:30a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.Tuesday, May 15

Regional baseball atElkhart, TBA

Behind a strong showingfrom Osvaldo Granillo and BreckRoop, the Moscow Wildcats fin-ished third in the Bucklin trackmeet May 4, 2012.

Osvaldo Granillo won fourgold medals in the 100 meter,200 meter, 400 meter and an-chor leg on the 4x400 meterrelay. In the 400 meter he brokehis own school record in a timeof 49.46 seconds. Breck Roopplaced first in the 800 meter runwith a time of 2:02.51 and ransecond on the 4x400 meterrelay. Jonatan Manriquez andBrice Valdez were the other two

runners on the 4x400 meterrelay, which ran its fastest timeof the season at 3:28.68. RigoBustillos placed fifth in both theshot put and discus.

On the girls’ side, CourtneyClark threw her best throw of theyear in the shot put and 36’3”,placing her second. KaitlynDobie placed fourth in the 300intermediate hurdles and sixthin the 100 meter high hurdles.

The next Moscow high schooltrack meet will be May 10 atMoscow starting at 1:00 p.m.

The Moscow High Schooltrack team traveled to JetmoreMay 1, 2012 for a tough meet.This was the most competitivetrack meet the Wildcats havebeen to by far. The Moscow boysended up third overall with 61points, trailing Lacrosse andMacksville.

Osvaldo Granillo broke hisown school record in the 400meter dash with a time of 49.96seconds. He was first in the 400meter dash, while placing sec-ond in both the 100 meter dashand the 200 meter dash. RigoBustillos placed second in thediscus with a throw of 131 feet,his personal best for the year. Healso placed third in the shot put.Breck Roop placed second in the800 meter run with a time of

2:04.46. Jonatan Manriquezplaced fifth in the 400 meterdash with a time of 52.56 sec-onds. The 4x400 meter relayteam consisting of Jonatan Man-riquez, Breck Roop, Brice Valdezand Osvaldo Granillo placed firstwith a time of 3:37.23. The4x800 meter relay team consist-ing of Jonatan Manriquez, BriceValdez, Jonatan Manriquez andBreck Roop placed sixth with atime of 9:00.12.

On the girls’ side of the meet,Courtney Clark and KaitlynDobie were the only two medal-ists. Courtney placed first in theshot put with a distance of 35’1”.Kaitlyn placed fifth in the 300 in-termediate hurdles with a time of50.91 seconds.

The Kindergarten Class of 2012 graduated Thursday evening.The students performed “Let’s Go On A Safari” under the di-rection of Gale Dale and Melissa Moore. After the performance,certificates of completion were presented by Aaron Roop, gradeschool principal, to the following students, from left to right,Aidan Cullison, Anay Rodriguez, Angel Flores, Megan Whet-stone, Kate Gonzalez, David Lahey, Conder DeVaughan, JacieJames, Aiden Miramontes and Jose Moran.

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Track team travels to Jetmore

Twelve Rolla High Schoolstudents competed last week-end in Salina at the KSHSAAspeech festival and speechchampionships. Jessica Johnsmedaled with a sixth place fin-ish with her prose presentationat the champs competition.John Glave and Garrett Little-field finished in seventh for Im-provised Duet Acting, just outof the medals.

At the festival, five studentsreceived medals for their supe-rior performances. They wereTaylor Cameron, Extempora-neous Speech; Chandler Hud-dleston with his informativespeech about P.T. Barnum;Robbie Munn, Kyler Telford,and Katie Murray in prose, andJordan Schwindt in poetry.Kaleigh Barrett earned two ex-cellent ratings for her humor-ous solo and her IDAperformance with JordanSchwindt. Danae Sullivan alsowas rated excellent for herprose piece.

Coach Tina Huddleston andParent Erich Glave escortedthe students to Salina, wherethey enjoyed a marvelous Ital-

ian meal to celebrate the occa-sion at Martinelli’s Little Italyrestaurant.

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Thursday, May 10High School SFTL Track at

Moscow; 1:00 p.m.Friday, May 11

ARGH!Sunday, May 13

Mother’s Day

Piano Recital at the RollaUMC; 4:00 p.m.Monday, May 14

High School Regional Golfat Cimarron; 10:00 a.m.

Board of Education Meet-ing; 6:30 p.m.

Recreation Board Meeting;6:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 15

Third-Fifth Grades Field

Trip to Liberal and Dairy; 8:15a.m.

Sixth-Twelfth GradesSpring Concert; 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 16

School Sports Physicals atRolla High School; 8:30 a.m.Thursday, May 17

K-Second Grade Field Tripto Garden City’s Lee Richard-son Zoo; 8:15 a.m.

Senior Graduation Practice;8:30 a.m.

Eighth Grade GraduationPractice; 9:30 a.m.

Junior High and HighSchool Awards Night; 7:00p.m.

COMMUNITY

CALENDAR

Rolla High School students celebrate their success at the speechfestival at Salina by enjoying an Italian meal at Martinelli’s Lit-tle Italy restaurant.

John Glave, Garrett Littlefield and Jessica Johns compete atthe KSHSAA speech festival. Jessica placed sixth with her prosepresentation. John and Garrett both finished seventh for Im-provised Duet Acting.

Marcus and Beverly’s children, Steffan and Lyndsay both grinwidely after they received their degrees from SouthwesternOklahoma Christian University this past weekend.

A delighted Lyndsay Light accepts an anxious Dillyn Sprecher’srequest for her hand in marriage.

A family of Lights pause for a moment at the Cheescake Fac-tory. Left to right are Larry Stilwell, Meredith Light, KennedieDixon, Steffan Light, Tara Light, Whitney Stilwell and LyndsayLight.

ARGH! students filled 30 bags with trash while cleaning theschool grounds in preparation for graduation weekend.

Light family competes in marathon

ARGH! students clean grounds for graduationShe said “Yes!”

Huddleston claims more medals

Light’s children graduate

Five State medals for RHS

Marcus and Beverly Lighthad an exciting weekend inOklahoma City, Ok. as theywatched their son Steffanand daughter Lyndsay, grad-uate from SouthwesternOklahoma Christian Univer-

sity in Bethany. Steffan graduated with his

Bachelor’s degree in BusinessLeadership and Lyndsayearned her degree in multi-disciplinary studies, scienceand behavioral science.

As the end of the year ap-proaches, ARGH! studentstook to the grounds of USD#217 to beautify the gardensand clean up trash as theschool prepares for gradua-tion weekend. Students infirst and second gradegrabbed plastic bags andheaded for the football andbaseball fields and the citypark to clean up trash. Theseyoung people filled thirtybags with trash they picked

up around the area.Older students pulled

dead vegetation and weeds inthe gardens surrounding thedifferent school buildings.They had many large plasticbags filled with the remnantsof past years, along with thesurging weed crop. In spite ofthe heat, the young peopleworked diligently all after-noon, then relaxed with somelemonade and popcornserved by Mrs. Hall.

Chandler Huddlestonbrought home more medalsfrom the golf tournament atSouth Gray. At the SouthGray Varsity meet there wasa three-way tie forfourth place.  The golfers whotied went back to the score-

cards on the number onehandicap hole, and Chandlerended up finishing insixth place.  He shot his bestscore of the season so farwith a 38. Huddleston, onlya freshman, has medaled atevery tournament this year.

Of course, she said, “Yes!”After her graduation from theUniversity, Lyndsay Lightwas thrilled to find her long-time boyfriend, DillynSprecher, on his knee to askfor her hand in marriage.

Lyndsay says they have notyet set a date, but she is en-joying the excitement of themoment.

Lyndsay is the daughter ofMarcus and Beverly Light.

Meredith Light andKennedie Dixon joined Whit-ney Light Stilwell and TaraLight for the Oklahoma CityMemorial Marathon. It is theRace to Remember, a race inmemory of the OklahomaCity bombing. This is thetwelfth year of the race.Whitney, Meredith andKennedie ran the half

marathon, while Steffan’swife, Tara, ran the entiretwenty-six mile race. Whit-ney improved her time fromlast year, finishing the thir-teen miles in two hours andsix minutes. Following therace, the ladies replenishedall the calories they burnedrunning by eating at theCheesecake Factory.

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, April 26, 2012) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFLinly K. Timken, DECEASED,

CASE NO. 12-PR-08

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER-SONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that onApril 10, 2012, a Petition for Probateof Will and Issuance of Letters Testa-mentary was filed in this Court byJanice E. Turner, an heir, devisee andlegatee and executor named in the

Last Will and Testament of Linly K.Timken, deceased.

All creditors of the decedent arenotified to exhibit their demandsagainst the Estate within the latter offour months from the date of firstpublication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or ifthe identity of the creditor is known orreasonably ascertainable, 30 daysafter actual notice was given as pro-vided by law, and if their demands arenot thus exhibited, they shall be for-ever barred.

Janice E. Turner, Petitioner

BROLLIER, WOLF & KUHARICBox 39, Hugoton, KS 67951(620) 544-8555Attorney for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in the Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, May 10, 2012) 3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSTEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFGALE REESE, Deceased

Case No. 12-PR-10

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

The State of Kansas to All PersonsConcerned:

You are hereby notified that a Pe-tition for Determination of Descenthas been filed in this Court by EthyleFaye Reese, as the Petitioner and oneof the heirs of Gale Reese, deceased,praying for the determination of the

descent of the property of the de-ceased. You are hereby required to fileyour written defenses thereto on orbefore June 5, 2012, at 1:30 p.m., ofsaid day, in the District Court ofStevens County, in the City of Hugo-ton, Kansas, at which time and placesaid cause will be heard. Should youfail therein, judgment and decree willbe entered in due course upon saidpetition.

Jason E. Maxwell, SC #18089Attorney for Petitioner

Gilmore, Shellenberger & Maxwell, P.A.500 North Kansas AvenueLiberal, KS 67901Ph:(620) 624-5599Fax:(620) 624-5525

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The City of Moscow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. (2c19)

Executive AssistantPioneer Electric Cooperative is seeking highly

motivated, professional individual for the position of Exec-utive Assistant. Responsibilities include performing Administrative Assistant duties for CEO, Assistant CEOand Board of Trustees, maintaining filing system and assist-ing with administration of Cooperative’s human resource,compensation and benefit programs. Interested applicantshould have minimum of three years of progressive Admin-istrative Assistant experience performing general and ad-vance advanced office procedures. Successful candidatemust require minimal supervision, be resourceful in seek-ing solutions, a good listener, have excellent typing andgrammatical usage, strong organizational and people skills,proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel,PowerPoint), ability to work with members, business part-ners and employees, all while maintaining confidentiality.

Salary commensurate with education and experience.Benefit package includes employer provided family med-ical, dental, vision and life insurance, pension and 401(k)plan with employer matching contribution, holidays, vaca-tion and sick leave.

Finalist will be required to successfully pass post-offerroutine physical examination, alcohol/drug test, possessvalid Kansas driver’s license and reside within service ter-ritory.

Resumes may be sent to Pioneer Electric, ATT: Human Resources,

PO Box 368, Ulysses, KS 67880, hand-delivered to Pioneer Electric, 1850 W. Oklahoma,

Ulysses, Kansas or emailed to rmagnison@pioneerelectric.coop.

Deadline for submitting resumes is May 21, 2012. Pioneer Electric is an E.O.E.

(2c19)

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MOSCOW RECREATION COMMISSIONis currently looking to fill an open seat on the RecreationBoard. If you are interested in this position, please senda letter of interest to: PO Box 68, Moscow, Ks. 67952

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in The Hugoton Her-mes, Thursday, May 10, 2012) 1t

DRINKING WATER NOTICE Monitoring or Reporting Requirements Not Met

by City of Hugoton The City of Hugoton public water

supply system violated a drinkingwater standard. Even though this wasnot an emergency, as our customers,you have a right to know what hap-pened and what we are doing to cor-rect this situation.

We are required to monitor yourdrinking water for specific contami-nants on a regular basis. Results ofregular monitoring are an indicator ofwhether or not our drinking watermeets health standards. During No-vember 2011 we did not complete allrequired monitoring or testing for co-liform bacteria and therefore cannotbe sure of the quality of our drinkingwater during that time.

We are routinely required to testfor coliform bacteria no fewer thanfour times a month. Additional sam-ples are required following a coliform-positive or rejected sample. Amonitoring violation occurred becauseof failure to collect two of the four rou-tine microbiological samples requiredduring November 2011. Six samples

were taken in December 2011. All sixsamples came back absent for col-iform.

There is nothing you need to do atthis time. Since it is our desire to pro-vide the safest water possible to ourconsumers, we have taken the actionof paying closer attention to ourmonthly sampling program and dailyrecord keeping to prevent future vio-lations. We will call our laboratoryearly in the month if we haven't re-ceived bottles needed for sampling.

For information regarding this no-tice, please contact Roy Jackson, 620-453-1210.

Please share this information withall the people who drink this water,especially those who may not have re-ceived this notice directly (for exam-ple, people in apartments, nursinghomes, schools and businesses). Youcan do this by posting this notice in apublic place or distributing copies byhand or mail. Este informe contieneinformación importante acerca de suagua potable. Haga que alguien lotraduzca para usted, o hable con al-guien que lo entienda.

This notice is being sent by City ofHugoton. PWS IDs State Lab L5000EPA KS2018901.

Date distributed 1 June 2012

New Zimmatic Dealer in Hugoton lookingfor Center Pivot Service Man.

Competitive wages and benefits. Experience not necessary. Call Jonathan at 620-541-1049 (2c16)

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 10, 2012 Page 7B

BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

S (620)544-7777 UPERIOR 510 E. 3rdOLUTIONS Hugoton

HOME REPAIR & LAWN CARE Alan D. Higgins, Owner

Great Deals ~ Easy Financing ~ Quality ServiceOffice: (620)544-7800

531 S. JacksonHugoton, Ks. 67951

(tfc6)

LAWN PRO

Will Schnittker

620-544-1517

(tfc46)FDT ELECTRICFrankie Thomas, owner

Licensed & InsuredOver 30 years experience in Residen-

tial & Commercial Wiring

544-5915 or 544-7776

(tfc34)

O.D.’s SHOPSmall Engine Repair

Your Snapper Dealer620-428-6063 113 S. Main Hugoton(tfc12)

(620) 428-65181182 Road Q • Hugoton

600 E. 11th

IN STOCK*Carpet *Tile

*Laminate *Vinyl

Licensed and Insured544-7095

All Types of Roofing(eot48)

YOUR AD HEREOnly $17.50/month!!!

Call 544-4321TODAY

to find out more!!!

THANK YOU

WANTEDWANT TO PURCHASE:Minerals and other oil/gasinterests. Send details toP.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co.80201. (104p5)

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NEEDED: Gas stove, refrig-erator, full size or queen sizebox springs and mattressand love seat. Call 544-5616.

(tfc31)

--------------WANTED TO PURCHASE:Used refrigerator in goodcondition with icemaker.Please call 544-2261, ext1207. (tfc18)

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SERVICES

INFORMATIONWANTED

GENEALOGY INFORMA-TION: Looking for Gross-man/ Beavers descendants.Please write to 30 TroonDrive, Lakeway, Tx. 78738.

(4p17)

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FOR RENT: 1 & 2 BedroomApartments. Furnished orunfurnished. Bills included,washer and dryer, and cable.Call 544-2232. (tfc)

---------------FOR RENT: Trailer Lot, 17miles from Hugoton in theMoscow school district. 620-544-9239. (4c18)

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FOR RENT: Large Office orStore building, 625 S. MainSt., Hugoton. Call Edna orJim at 544-2229. (2c18)

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FOR RENT

ROLLA PLAZAAPARTMENTS

1 & 2 Bedroom.RentalAssistance Available.For more informationcall Shelli at 620-492-3698 (tfc40)

SUNFLOWER PLAZA1 bedroom newly

decorated apartmentfor Senior Citizens

For Information Call

Plaza Office - 544-4011 or

Selia Crawford - 544-2182

if no answer, leave message(tfc48)

FunkyFunkyA funky little cupcake,cookie & cake shop in

SW Kansas

MunkyMunky GoodiesGoodies

“We specializein making

people smile”620-952-2915 Find us on Facebook!

THANK YOUThanks to all the parents who supported my daycare

for 24 years! R House Daycare will close Friday, May 11,2012. I’ll miss you all and all the great memories weshared!

I will begin a new chapter in my life in June, after clos-ing my daycare. Beginning in August, I will be the man-ager of the new Little Caeser’s Pizza in Liberal.

Love,Rebecca Greenwood

THANK YOUI want to thank everyone who helped me celebrate my

one hundredth birthday and the many cards I received. Ihave been blessed with all my friends and family.

Fanny Kagarice

THANK YOUThe family of Pat Little would like to thank everyone

at Pioneer Manor, Stevens County Hospital, St. Cather-ine Hospital, and St. Catherine Hospice for the care andsupport you gave our dad over the last two years of hislife. Thank you Pastor Sandy, Paul’s Funeral Home, andthe Navy Honor Guard for the wonderful service. We giveour appreciation to the Richfield Methodist Church,Hugoton Christian Church, Dodge City Bible BaptistChurch and to all our family and friends for the prayers,food, flowers, cards and support you gave our family. Tothe “girls” at Pioneer Manor - we cannot even begin toexpress our thanks for the devotion and tender loving careyou give every day. May God bless you.

Donna LittleRandy & Sandy Bane and family

Vivian Highfill and familyAmy Little and family

Gary & Mary Barker and familyBarbara Little and family

Robert LittleTom & Leslie Oder and family

GARAGE SALES

SUPPORT GROUPSPREGNANT? NEEDHELP? Call Birthright ofGarden City, 316-276-3605 orBirthline in Liberal, 1404 N.Western, 620-626-6763. (tfc3)

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS will help you if yousincerely want to stop drink-ing. Call 544-8633. (tfc1)

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AL-Anon Family GroupHelp for families & friends

of alcoholics. Mon & Thurs

8:00pm, 1405 Cemetery Road

544-2610 or 544-2854

kansas-al-anon.org

Project HopeOpen Tues & Thurs

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Sunday 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

1030 S. Main (tfc37)

(tfc)

Pioneer ManorFamily Support Group3rd Tuesdays - 1:00 p.m.3rd Thursdays - 5:15 p.m. Chapel at Pioneer Manor

(tfc15)Feature Of The Week

615 - 623 S. Monroe- Commercial property-formerly Ann's Port and Motel. Great Busi-ness opportunity with ample parking. Call tosee this property today!!!

Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AND KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

Mark Faulkner-BrokerKaren Yoder - Associate/Broker

Residential & Commercial SpecialistKaren Yoder- 544-4161 or Cellphone 544-3730

Chance Yoder - SalespersonAgricultural Land

Residential & Commercial SpecialistChance Yoder- Cellphone 544-1907

“Call Us For All Your Real Estate Needs”Karen Yoder Chance Yoder

112 S. Main • 620-356-5808 • Ulysseswww.faulknerrealestate.com Se Habla Espanol-356-5808

20579 Road D, Moscow, KS - ReducedPrice! Completely remodeled and reno-vated 2bd/1b home with 5 acres!$40,000!!

928 S. Jackson - Frame, 2 bed/2 b., lgfamily rm, basement, cen H/A. Call for de-tails!

515-517 West 6th - Commercial Building andLot - 40x140 Metal building with land. Call fordetails!!

623 East 4th - Custom built, 5 bed/3.5 b, finbsmt, appl, fence, att grge, 2 yrs old. Much-more... Call for your personal showing!

509 Recreation Drive, Moscow - BrickRanch, 4 bed/3 b, fin bsmt, fpl, wood floors,deck, and much more!!! Call for your privateshowing!

101 S. Madison- $2,500 BUYER INCENTIVE!!! 3bed/2 bath, central H/A, fence, attached garage. storage shed. Call for details!!!

1277 Rd W - Country Home with acreage!Brick 5 bed/3 b, fpl, basement, deck, allelectric, 69x48 ship. A Must See!!

402 S. Main Street - Commercial Property-over 5,000 sf zoned B-2, 75 x 190 lot, park-ing. Call for details!

522 West 7th - 4 bed/2 b, full basement,cen heat, open parking, corner lot. Call fordetails!!

SOLD

SOLD

KIRBY SERVICES: To our val-ued Kirby vacuum cleaner cus-tomers for factory authorizedsales, service and supplies,please call 800-821-5050. (4p18)

---------------PERSONAL CARE ATTEN-DANT: I can work nights andsome weekends. Please callMonica at 806-477-8949 or 544-6197. References avaiable on re-quest. (2c19)

--------------LANDSCAPING: If you needlandscaping, call Nic at 428-5282. (2p19)

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FREE TOGOOD HOMEFREE TO GOOD HOME:Kittens to give away to agood home. Please call 544-2963. (2c19)

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To see YOUR business here,call 544-4321 or email hermesma@pld.com

TODAY!

FOR SALE BY OWNER

HOME FOR SALE

1202 S. MainHUGOTON, KANSAS

The Janet Nordling Estate is currently selling her home located at 1202 S. Main by sealed bid. The homecontains approximately 2,750 square feet on the main floor and approximately 1,370 square feet in the base-ment. The main floor has 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, 2 family rooms, an office, a wood burning fireplace and abeautifully landscaped yard. The basement has 1 bedroom and a full bath. The Estate will be acceptingsealed bids for the sale/purchase of the home until 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2012. Please submit your bid in writ-ing to Wayne R. Tate, P.O. Box 909, 1024 S. Trindle, Hugoton, Kansas 67951. The home will be sold “as is”and without any warranties, express or implied. The sale will include garage door openers, all ceiling fans,window coverings and all built in kitchen appliances. It will not include any other appliances. The Estate re-serves the right to reject any and all offers or further negotiate with any of the bidders. Please contactMelanie Hickey at 544-7227 if you would like to look at the home before submitting your bid.

GARAGE SALE: Friday, May 11, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., 501 W.Tenth

---------------GARAGE SALE: Friday, May 12, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and Sat-urday, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., 1006 S. Trindle, Ford Expedition,Loveseat, Men’s, Women’s, Children’s and Baby Clothing,Knick Knacks, Bedding and Home Decor

---------------YARD SALE: Saturday, May 12, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon, 630S. Trindle

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Gas company pays up to 20,000 KW of electric usage per year.

848 Road G. - This all electric 2 story home with5 bedrooms comes with 6 acres of land and 2 newheating and air conditioning systems. $145,000.00Additional acreage available. Call today!

612 E. 4th St. - Nice 2001 Manufactured home onfull basement. Each bedroom on main level has itsown private bathroom. 2 bedrooms in basementwith possibility of more. Basement also hashookup for second utility room. Can access base-ment from inside house or from garage.

New Listing 1609 S. Madison St- Very nice 4bedrooms, 3 bath home. 4th bedroom is separatefrom others & has its own bath, great guest room.Family room includes fireplace. Formal dining aswell as kitchen dining. Large office/craft area &media room.

1501 Road 9 - Very well maintained brick homeon 3.7 acres only 3 miles from town. 5 bed/4 bath.New roof 2010. Hardwood floors & new carpet onmain level in 2009. A/C unit and Furnace replacedin 2011. Double oven & microwave new in 2011,refrigerator & dishwasher 2.5 years old.

307 N. Kansas, Suite 101Liberal, KS 67901(620) 624-1212 BUSINESS

Now see these and other SW. Kansas properties atwww.hugotonhomes.com

(620) 544-2496 RESIDENCE

(620) 544-3821 CELLULAR

(620) 428-1042 CELLULAR

darrin.hewitt@fbfs.com

slemp@pld.com

ANGELICA SLEMPREALTOR® Associate

DARRIN HEWITTREALTOR® Associate

Lots in Spikes Addition504 S. Wildcat Ct.

617 E. 4th712 E. 5th St.

UNDER CONTRACT

204 W. 8th St. - This exclusive home has 4 BD , 3BA, with a full basement. There is a vinyl fence,shed, 1 car att. and, 2 car det. garage. Great loca-tion. To view this must see call Angie today! Agentowned!

1109 S. Madison St. - All you could ever want ina home. Home has 8 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms,2 Living areas. Basement family room is equippedwith cabinets, sink, and cook top. Bathroom down-stairs has a large whirlpool tub. Kitchen and up-stairs bath recently remodeled. New appliances inkitchen. Back porch remodeled and enclosed andnice sitting patio next to porch.

710 S. Van Buren- Great opportunity with this 3bedroom and 2 bath home. This home includescarport, shed, and a fenced yard with a pool.

708 E. Fourth St. NEW CONSTRUCTION!! 3BR, 2 BA, 2 Car Garage, Full Basement!! Buyerhas opportunity to pick colors & other amenities ofhome. Allowances will be given for paint, flooring,and appliances.

PENDING

PRICE REDUCED

FOR SALE: Black Angus Bulls,registered, tested, guarantee, ex-cellent bloodlines, confirma-tion and performance,discounts. Facebook.com/black-velvetranch. Contact Black Vel-vet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett,Syracuse, Ks. 620-384-1101.

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FOR SALE: 2004 LS 4x4 Chevro-let Trailblazer. Excellent condi-tion, well maintained with newbrakes. Reliable and dependablevehicle. Gold exterior; tan clothinterior. Asking $8000. CallJason at 620-474-6819. (2c18)

---------------FOR SALE: 2006 Outlaw 500cc4-wheeler, $2500; 2008 800 Po-laris 4x4, $3500; 2005 Y2125Yamaha, $2000. Call 544-5223.

(tfc18)---------------

FOR SALE: 2004 yellow JeepWrangler, hard top and soft top,manual transmission, lowmileage. Call 544-8288. (tfc15)

---------------FOR SALE: 1988 Viking popupcamper, A/C, heater, sink, stove-top, $1000. 544-4770. (2p18)

1986 Harley Davidson FLH Electraglide

85ci big bore kit, custom built 17” Z-Bars, sale includes new tourpack and solo seat.Call 620-453-0427

for more information or to view

(tfc)

FOR SALE

FIREWOOD FOR SALEOak, Piñon, Mesquite,

Pecan & MoreDelivery & stacking available

Call DJ @ 620-430-1273 Days620-428-6127 Evenings (tfc)

Classifieds also availalble online!hugotonhermesnews.com/classifieds

What a beautiful springday!!! We have been busywith the visitors, includingthree from Denmark. Theytold us it is always cold inDenmark - b-r-r-r!

Be sure to come by andsign up for the Mother’s Daydrawing.

We found the followingand hope you enjoy it:

Reward offered for lostlady’s pocketbook con-taining: wrist watch, nailfile, powder puff, hair-pins, mirror, checkbook,bead, earrings, toiletteraxor, perfume, dish cloth,curling iron, railway tick-et, copy of “Jurgen”, 32x4casing rubber reducinggarment, three pounds ofsteak and a potato mash-er! Return to Miss AdaNoidz.

Good MorningThis is your Heavenly

Father. Today, as with every

day, I will be handling allyour problems. Pleaseremember that I do not needyour help. If the devil hap-pens to deliver a situation toyou that you cannot handle,do not attempt to resolve it.Kindly put it in the SFJTD(Something For Jesus ToDo). It will be addressed inMy time...not yours. Pleasebe patient. Once the matteris placed in the box, do nothold onto it, do not becomeimpatient and take it backout to see if you can find asolution. Holding on orremoval will only delay theresolution to your problem.You must surrender theproblem to me completely forproper resolution. If a situa-tion that you think you canhandle arises, please consultme in prayer. Together, wewill come up with the properresolution. If you do notreceive what you anticipateas proper response fromMe...remember, some ofGod’s greatest gifts areunexpected answers toprayers. Because I do notsleep, that is no need for youto lose sleep. Rest, My child.If you need Me, I am but aprayer away.

With all My love, God

We invite you to visit us atthe Gas Museum. We arelocated 905 S. Adams. Ourhours are 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.Monday through Friday and2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Saturday.See you soon!

Paula, Enjoy YourRetirement!

My hair and I will miss you!

The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 10, 2012 Page 8B

Located within Stevens County Hospital1006 S. Jackson Hugoton, KS 67951

• Free in Town Delivery!• Friendly “Hometown” Service • Accept Major Insurance Plans

• Open Saturdays!

Open Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Closed 1:00pm to 1:30 p.m. for lunch

Open Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.Closed Sunday

Call Us Today! 620-544-8512

FOR SALE: This lovely estate located only three miles southof Rolla, KS, on County Highway 24, is a four-bedroom, three-bath home with a good size kitchen and living room and it hasa fireplace. The home and a 40x80 steel shed are located on aten-acre parcel of grass. A rare opportunity. Please call DavidLight at 544-9763.

David Light620-544-9763Fax: 620-356-5462Office: 620-356-5808faulkner@pld.comwww.FaulknerRealEstate.com

South of Rolla

Come celebrate

Ruby Rickman’s 89th Birthday with us at

The Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-Day Saints

Saturday, May 12

520 East 1st Street, Hugoton

2:00 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

PUBLIC NOTICE(First published in The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 10, 2012) 1t

Edith Duarte and Karoll Wagner dance at the fiesta...Karoll is

an avid Polka Dancer and turns out the tune is very close for

the two “not-so-different” types of music. Photo courtesy ofLacey Kurts.

Edith Duarte and Maria Ramos pose with Ellinor Cox for a

photo. Photo courtesy of Lacey Kurts.

Edith Duarte, Yvonne Cox and Maria Ramos, wearing authen-

tic Spanish wear, dance for residents at Pioneer Manor. Photocourtesy of Lacey Kurts.

The Stevens County Gas and Historical Museum entertains

visitors from around the world. Thursday afternoon three gen-

tlemen from Denmark visited the museum and saw a sample of

area history. Claus Christensen, Frank Kellberg and Mads

Krogh stopped at the museum for the afternoon to explore the

history of the area.

MUSEUM UPDATEfrom The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum

Gladys Renfro and Beulah Carter

SUMMER READINGSIGNUP

Summer reading signupfor all programs is under-way!!! Come in to the libraryand pick up an information-al/registration brochure forthe program that fits you!!!Programs begin June 1,2012.

SUMMER STORYTIMEVOLUNTEERS

The SCL is looking for afew community story readersfor our Summer ReadingProgram. If you would beinterested in leading a 30minute storytime for kidsages 0-12 on a Tuesday orThursday morning this sum-mer, please contact Stacey.

We have a few storytimekits available, or you cancreate your own!

TWWW CELL PHONE SEGMENTS

The preparations forTWWW, or the Smithsonianexhibit The Way We Workedthat is scheduled to be at theSCL from October 27 –December 9 are well under-way. Four 90-second scriptsabout the way we worked inSouthwest Kansas havebeen written and approvedby the Smithsonian. Thelibrary is looking for some-one to record these segmentsfor the time the exhibit will

be in Hugoton. The scriptsmust be recorded before July1, 2012. If you are interest-ed in helping with therecording of the scripts,please contact Eunice.

LIBRARY CLOSINGThe library will be closed

Monday, May 28 forMemorial Day.

COMING SOON!!!The Stevens County

Library is presenting SteveEulberg in a FREE concertWednesday, May 30, at 6:30p.m. An Award-winningmulti-instrumentalist andsinger-songwriter, SteveEulberg weaves mountainand hammered dulcimersand guitar with a variety ofunusual instruments to cre-ate thought-provoking,smile-inducing, toe-tappingacoustic experiences.  Hehas sung and composed forreligious communities, unionhalls, picket lines, inter-faithretreats, mountain-topyouth camps, as well as themore familiar venues:  festi-vals, clubs, coffeehouses,house concerts, bookstores,charity benefits and show-case concerts. Clear yourcalendar for an evening ofenjoyment. Remember,there is no charge to attendthe concert!

@ YOUR LIBRARYYour Information Source for 97 Years

500 MonroeHugoton, Ks. 67951-2639

Phone: 620.544.2301 • Fax: 620.544.2322Email: svcolib@pld.com

Nice little showers we aregetting now and then. Onejust a few minutes ago thisMonday morning.

A busy week ahead.Board meets this Tuesday.Bridge plays a couple times,Snooker each day, BingoFriday, Saturday is Sew AllDay and a dance Saturdayevening.

Saturday is also gradua-tion day for our seniors.Congratulations. seniors!

Have a great week andenjoy the beautiful weatherwe are having.

MenuMay 10...................Beef BurritosMay 11..............Salisbury SteakMay 14........................Meat LoafMay 15.........Chicken & NoodlesMay 16.........................Pot RoastMay 17...............................B.L.T.

Activities ScheduleThursday, May 10Exercise.....................10:30 a.m.Bridge...........................................Aglow...........................7:00 p.m.

..Meeting Starts at 7:30 p.m.Friday, May 11Exercise.....................10:30 a.m.Bingo .........................12:30 p.m.Saturday, May 12Sew All Day .................................Cards...........................6:00 p.m.Dance ..........................8:00 p.m.

...................Wes Fox will playMonday, May 14Exercise.....................10:30 a.m.Line Dance..................7:00 p.m.Tuesday, May 15Exercise.....................10:30 a.m.Wednesday, May 16Birthday Day...............................Exercise.....................10:30 a.m.Paint.............................1:00 p.m.Thursday, May 17Exercise.....................10:30 a.m.Bridge...........................................

STEVENS COUNTY

Activity Center - 544-2283Nutrition Center - 544-8041

~ Barbara Beeks ~