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Monday, February 17, 2014

The Abilene

New singing group aims to entertain AbileneBy TIFFANY RONEY

[email protected]

The dream had been percolating inher heart for years. The actual plans had

been discussed for months. For the rsttime, Saturday, she declared a name forthe project: Ikes Hometown Singers.

A musician or a singer has this musicinside of them, and this is going to be anoutlet for them, assistant director Jea-neen Taplin said. It will be a very ful-lling outlet for a lot of people to comeand sing and just make music.

Taplin approached Parks & Recre-ation Department director Jane Foltzwith the concept of a community-widesinging group in the fall. After much

brainstorming with Foltz and longtimesinger and local musician Theresa Bri-erton, the trio has slated to hold the

groups public information meeting

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Senior Citi-

zens Center Tuesday.

Even people who are not musicians

will love to hear the music, Jeaneen

Taplin said. From performing all my

life and being in the (Sweet) Adelines

since 1969, Ive known people who say,

I cant sing a note, but I just love to

hear other people.

Foltz, who serves as the glue to

support and organize the group, put it

plainly: Music is joy.

Brierton, who plans to serve as thegroups director, said music has an

amazing ability to connect people with

each other.

I know there have been times where

the churches have gone together to have

a choir, and I know everybody would

always say, Why dont we do this more

often? This was a lot of fun, Brierton

said. Maybe we can share a gift that

weve been given. Thats what Ive al-

ways been brought up to understand: if

youre given a gift, you should share

it.

Foltz said it might seem odd to some

people that the parks and recreation de-

partment sponsors a musical group, but

she doesnt see it as odd at all.

Recreation can be a lot of things,

and singing is one of those, she said.

Some people look at recreation onlyas sports, but we want to look outside

just the sports realm. Thats why we

grabbed hold of this.

Foltz said the health and wellness

benets of singing are huge.

Obscenitypetition

rejectedby court

Reector-Chronicle Staff

A petition for a grand jury to inves-tigate allegations that the Lions DenAdult Superstore violated obscenitylaws was recently rejected by the 8thJudicial District Court.

The court cited a lack of properform in the petition, according to Pil-lip Cosby, the Kansas state directorof the American Family Association,who led the document.

The court pointed to the wordssufcient general allegations andstated the court nds that there is nomention whatsoever regarding evengeneral information upon which agrand jury could identify what theywere summoned to do

The Dickinson County petitionreads; cause a grand jury to besummoned in the county to investi-gate alleged violation of law, KansasStatute 21-6401 Promoting Obscen-ity at the Lions Den, Adult Super-store, 2349 Fair Road, Abilene.

Cosby said that Kansas statute 21-6401 is our cited road map contain-ing specic information with graphicverbiage as to how obscenity is de-ned. Much of the printing of theexplicit words contained in 21-6401would be a concern to a newspapereditor.

It was Cosby who introduced to the2013 Kansas legislature the wordssufcient general allegation as aresult of a 2012 Citizens Grand Juryin Johnson County being held to astrict single word in its citizen peti-tion.

Cosby testied to the 2013 legis-lature that a grand jury should enjoythe freedom to investigate, to roam,examine the laws and discover thewhole truth. The 2013 legislaturedid concur with Cosbys testimony

and suggestions. Their legislative in-tent was to not be more detailed with

petition specics but generalities.

This was the rst test of the new2013 amendment to the law. The 8thJudicial District seems to have in-terpreted sufcient general allega-tions as meaning more details than

just directing the Grand Jury to 21-6401 Promotion of Obscenity.

Judges do understand that a citi-zens grand jury petition effort is alay effort and it is our hope that the8th Judicial District will communi-cate to us an example of what suf-cient general allegations looks like

beyond the verbiage and guidanceprovided in 21-6401, Cobsy said in

a press release.As the citizen petitioner, Cosby will

Family affair

M&M sets plans to keep business in familyBy TIFFANY RONEY

[email protected]

Besides the circular shape sharedby tires and candies, there isnt

much in common between M&Msand automobiles, but like almost

everything at M&M Tire & Auto,Inc. the business name startedas a family conversation.

Jodi saw M&M Tire in thephone book and suggested it,

Butch Miller said of his daughter.There are a lot of M&M tire storesaround.

Their son, Ryan, worked for

M&M Tire on evenings and Satur-days while attending K-State. Butits their youngest, Dusty, who has

had the largest hand in the business.

Though he took a jaunt away tograduate from Fort Hays State Uni-versity with a degree in computer

information systems, Dusty hasworked at the shop since it openedwhen he was 16. Now a married

father of two, Dusty is becoming apartner in the family business, with

a lead into eventual ownership.

Hes progressed well, Butchsaid. If a car comes in and wontrun right, hes the one who digswith the computer, and hes prettygood at that. If it wouldnt be forhis technology, I dont think this

business would be nearly as easy-going as it is.

Butch said Dusty and his brothersgrew up playing mechanic.

As a child, Dusty said he remem-bers going along with his dad andbrother to rebuild older vehicles.Though he didnt know how every-thing worked at the time, he handedthem tools and took in all he couldsee.

That kept them pretty busy wherever they went, I went, hesaid. If they werent rebuildingcars, my brother was demoing, soI was helping him build derby carsand doing whatever I could.

Butchs wife, Diane, said that asshe and her husband reach retire-ment age, Dusty and his wife, Sar-ah, who currently serves as M&Ms

marketing specialist, will grow intothe roles of business owners.

Over the next few years, we willlet the next generation assume moreresponsibility, Diane said. But itwill continue to be run as the family

business that everyone i s used to.

Dusty said he has no plans tomake any changes to the business.

Theyve done pretty well forthemselves, he said. I dont thinktheres a whole lot I can do to makeit any better. I just want to keep it afamily atmosphere.

Looking to the following genera-tion, Dusty said he would never re-quire his children to work for thefamily business, but if they want towhen they reach employment age,it would be great to have them on

board.

Because of his trustworthy anddependable employees, Butch saidhe and Diane are able to take fre-quent trips to see Jodis and Ryansfamilies in Wineld and DodgeCity.

Dusty and Sarahs two children,

on the other hand, often spend time

at the shop on Buckeye.

When we get Rylee (6) down

here, she is on her play phone, and

she makes appointments for me,

Butch said. If its after 6 oclock,

she says, Were not doing anything

anyway, so come on down wellbe here until after 6:30. Its fun.

Its really cute just watching her.

By the time shes 10, shell take

over the ofce. Shes a character.

While Rylee has a propensity for

phones, Zach, 8, is more interested

in the automotive side.

He just does whatever his dad

wants to do, Butch said. He likes

to be with Dad.

Butch said M&M Tire has pro-

vided a good ride for their whole

family for the past 18 years.

Its been a positive experience

for all of us, he said. Its worked

out well. Were making a living,

and were able to take off when

we want to. So, what more do you

want? See: Petition, Page 6

Tiffany Roney Reector-Chronicle

Jeaneen Taplin, assistant director of Ikes Hometown Singers (left),listens as Theresa Brierton, director, discusses plans with JaneFoltz, director of the Parks & Recreation Department.

Tiffany Roney Reector-Chronicle

Butch Miller (left) owner of M&M Tire & Auto, Inc., stands at the hood of a car he was working on with new business partner Dusty Miller, his son andlongtime employee.

See: Singers, Page 6


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Tim Horan,Editor and Publisher

Janelle Gantenbein,Associate Publisher

Tammy Moritz,Advertising

Jenifer ParksAdvertising Assistant

Greg Doering,Managing Editor

Ron Preston,Sports

Tiffany Roney,Reporter

Daniel Vandenburg,Circulation/Distribution

(USPS 003-440)Official City, County NewspaperAbilene Reflector-ChronicleP.O. Box 8 Abilene, Kansas

67410 Telephone: 785-263-1000Monday, February 17, 2014Reflector Vol. 126, No. 203Chronicle Vol. 141, No. 244

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Anniversary

Beems to mark50th anniversary

Karen Berschauer and James Beem were united in marriageat Russell on March 2, 1964.

Early in their marriage they moved several times as Jimtrained, then worked for Western Union in Sikeston, Mo.They then moved to Navarre in May of 1968 when Jim washired by Civil Service at Fort Riley.

Karen and Jim have stayed in Navarre the rest of their mar-ried life where they raised their two daughters, Marilyn (who

married Daniel Whitlock in 1987) and Susanne (who marriedChuck Roberts in 1988).

The family will have a private celebration with Marilyn,Daniel and their daughter, Sara; and Susanne, Chuck andtheir daughter, Linnea.

Cards may be sent to the couple at 1541 Strole St., Navarre,KS 67451.

Photo provided

Eisenhower internsBrian Snodgrass and Kayla Eaton were both recently selectedfor internships at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Mu-seum and Boyhood home. Snodgrass and Eaton are bothKansas State University students in the journalism and masscommunications program. They will be working on a numberof projects in the areas of communications, marketing andpublic relations.

BrieyA cattle producers meeting presented by Dickinson CountyExtension at Sterl Hall on Monday, Feb. 24 will begin with abrisket dinner.

Dr. Dale Blasi of Kansas State University will discuss nutri-tional considerations for the cowherd and stockers, as wellas the latest research to come out of the K-State StockerUnit.

Following Blasis presentation, there will be an open dis-cussion with county producers regarding possibilities for aDickinson County cattle association.

The event will begin with registration at 5:30 p.m. followedby dinner served 6. The presentation will begin at 6:30.A drawing for door prizes will also be held during the eve-

ning. Cost to attend is $10 per person. RSVP to the Exten-sion office by calling 785-263-2001 or emailing [email protected] by Thursday, Feb. 20.

United Way applicationsThe United Way of Dickinson County is currently accept-

ing applications for fiscal year 2015. Qualified applicants are501 (c) 3 agencies operating for at least two years that helpyouth reach their potential, help individuals become finan-cially stable and independent or improve peoples health.Agencies must serve Dickinson County residents and have

offices in Dickinson County. All former and new agencies areencouraged to apply.Applications are due no later than March 15. For more in-

formation or an application contact Jeni Green at the UnitedWay at 785-200-6260 or [email protected].

Rock Springs supperFriends and neighbors of the Rock Springs 4-H Center are

invited to the annual Community Soup Supper on Monday,March 10.

Chili, chicken noodle soup and cinnamon rolls will beserved from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Williams Dining Hall. Notake-out meals will be provided. However, cinnamon rolls in

packages of one-half dozen each, will be available for sale.Reservations are requested for the Community Soup Sup-

per by calling 785-257-3221 by Friday, March 7. Pre-ordersfor cinnamon rolls sales also are welcome.

Lego Movie blocks RoboCopThe Associated Press

LOS ANGELES The Lego Moviebuilt a huge lead on top of the weekends

new releases at the box ofce.In its second outing, the Warner Bros.

animated lm featuring the voices ofChris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and WillArnett earned $48.8 million to take rst

place, according to studio estimates Sun-day. That brings the lm based on the toy

brick-building franchises domestic boxofce total to $129.1 million, cementingit was one of the biggest blockbusters ofthe year.

Its crossing over to all audiences,said Paul Dergarabedian, senior me-dia analyst for box-ofce tracker Rent-rak. Its not just a kids movie. Theressomething for boys, girls and adults, aswell. The likeability is astronomical.

That across-the-board appeal is givingThe Lego Movie unstoppable momen-tum, even in a weekend loaded with new

competitors.

The Lego Movie earned an addition-al $27.7 million from 42 internationalterritories, including the United King-

dom, Holland, Sweden and Norway. Theworldwide total box ofce for LegoMovie now stands at $180.3 million.

Sonys romantic comedy About LastNight starring Kevin Hart and MichaelEaly came in second place with $27 mil-lion. The strong showing further demon-strated Harts clout as a box-ofce draw.The actor-comedians other lm, the

buddy-cop comedy Ride Along withIce Cube, nabbed $8.8 million in its fthweekend to take the sixth spot at the boxofce.

I dont think theres anyone funnierout there today than Kevin Hart, saidRory Bruer, head of distribution forSony. Hes at the top, and he couldnt

be a nicer or more hardworking guy. Hegot out there and promoted About LastNight really, really hard. The chemistry

that he brings to the table is just infec-tious. You cant help but wanna take theride with him.

The action-packed RoboCop rebootfrom Sony and MGM featuring JoelKinnaman, Gary Oldman and MichaelKeaton captured third place with $21.5million. The update to the original 1987sci- lm starring Peter Weller as a ro-

botic ofcer performed better overseas,earning $35 million from 37 internation-al markets, including France, Australiaand Germany.

The weekends other new releases,Universals coming-of-age drama End-less Love and the Warner Bros. noveladaptation Winters Tale, respectivelyearned the fth and seventh spots at the

box ofce. Endless Love, starring AlexPettyfer and Gabriella Wilde, wooed$13.4 million, while the Colin Farrelldrama Winters Tale made a chilly$7.8 million.

Valentines

Day funAbove: Ana Thompson uses sugar cookies asheart-shaped glasses while Tessa Cunninghamtakes a drink of her pop-and-ice cream oatduring the Valentines Day party Friday at En-terprise Elementary School.

Right: Ana Thompson uses her Twizzler asa smile at the Valentines Day party Friday atEnterprise Elementary School. As part of theparty, students drank pop-and-ice cream oatsthrough Twizzler straws, received more snacksto take home and created works of art usingcoffee lters, water and markers.

Photos by Tiffany Roney

Reflector-Chronicle

Snake-handling pastor dies from snake biteThe Associated Press

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. Asnake-handling pastor whoappeared on the National Geo-graphic television reality showSnake Salvation has died af-ter being bitten by a snake dur-ing a weekend church servicein Kentucky.

Jamie Coots was handling

a rattlesnake at his Full Gos-pel Tabernacle in Jesus NameChurch in Middlesboro when

he was bitten on the hand Sat-urday night, another preacher,Cody Winn, told WBIR-TV.After the bite, Coots droppedthe snakes, but then pickedthem back up and continuedon. Within minutes, Winn saidCoots headed to the bathroom.

He had one of the rattlers inhis hand, he came over and he

was standing beside me. It wasplain view, it just turned itshead and bit him in the back ofthe hand ... within a second,

Winn said.

When an ambulance arrivedat the church at 8:30 p.m. Sat-urday, they were told Cootshad gone home, the Middles-

boro Police Department saidin a statement. Contacted athis house, Coots refused medi-cal treatment.

Emergency workers left

about 9:10 p.m. that night.When they returned about anhour later, Coots was deadfrom a venomous snake bite,

police added.

The snake-handling pastorsson, Cody Coots, told the tele-vision station his dad had been

bit eight times before, butnever had had such a severereaction. The son said he hadthought the bite would be justlike all the others.

Were going to go home,

hes going to lay on the couch,hes going to hurt, hes goingto pray for a while and hes go-ing to get better.


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CalendarMonday

6 p.m. Hospice Be-

reavement Group, St. Pauls

Lutheran Church, 114 N.

18th St., Herington

7 p.m. Boy Scout

Troop 40, First United

Methodist Church, 601 N.

Cedar

7 p.m. NA, Solomon

Senior Center, 119 W.

Fourth St.

Tuesday5:30 p.m. Weight

Watchers, Nichols Educa-

tion Center

7 p.m. Hospice Volun-

teer Meeting, Home Health

and Hospice Office, 515

N.E. 10th St.

8 p.m. Closed AA,

step meeting, St. Johns

Episcopal Church, Sixth and

Buckeye

Wednesday6:50 a.m. Abilene

Breakfast Optimists, Hitch-

ing Post Restaurant, OldAbilene Town, 100 S.E.

Fifth St.

9:30 a.m. KPS Retir-

ees Coffee, McDonalds,

2013 N. Buckeye

12:10 p.m. Abilene

Noon Lions Club, Abilene

Community Center, 1020

N.W. Eighth St.

6 p.m. Abilene Table

Tennis Club, Abilene Com-

munity Center, 1020 N.W.

Eighth St.

6:30 p.m. Duplicate

Bridge, Abilene Elks Club,

417 N.W. Fourth St.7 p.m. Bingo at

Abilene Elks Lodge, 417

N.E. Fourth St.

7 p.m. Al-Anon, Com-

munity Bible Church, 121

W. Fifth St., Abilene

7 p.m. Youth Group,

First Baptist Church, 501 N.

Spruce St., Abilene

7:30 p.m. Chapman

Rebekah Lodge No. 645,

Chapman Senior Center

Notice

Audrey J.CooleyAudrey J. Cooley, 84, for-

merly of Manchester, diedThursday, Feb. 13, 2014.

A memorial service willbe announced at a later date.

A memorial is establishedwith York College, 1125 E.Eighth St., York, NE 68467.Arrangements are withSmith Mortuary, Derby, KSwww.SmithFamilyMortuar-ies.com.

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Kansas town losing last schoolThe Associated PressMARQUETTE A central Kan-

sas school boards decision to close asmall towns last remaining school has

prompted anger, dismay and sugges-tions that the cost-cutting move willultimately backre as parents transfertheir children out of the district.

The McPherson County town of Mar-quette, population 650, saw its highschool close in the 1980s and its ju-nior high school shut down three yearsago, despite a fundraising effort that

brought in $114,000 in 10 days.

At a recent meeting packed by 200

emotional residents, the Smoky ValleySchool District board voted to closeMarquette Elementary School at theend of the current academic year andtransfer its 67 pupils to SoderstromElementary in Lindsborg. Marquettesfourth-graders were already movedfrom their hometown school to Soder-strom, 10 miles away, last fall.

Smoky Valley superintendent GlenSuppes expects the district to savemore than $400,000 by shuttering Mar-quette Elementary. Still, he told TheSalina Journal, there were no victo-ries in the boards vote.

It was not fun for anybody, Suppessaid.

The fate of Marquette Elementary

which had nearly 130 students just afew years ago is becoming familiarin Kansas as districts cope with declin-ing enrollment and reduced state fund-ing.

But the dollars-and-cents reasoningbehind the Smoky Valley boards vote,which member Chris Bauer said he castwith tears in his eyes, is scant comfortto Marquette residents who fear theerosion of their community.

Several parents at the meeting heldup pieces of paper showing the num-

bers of ch ildren they would pull out ofthe Smoky Valley district schools andenroll them in the neighboring LittleRiver district.

Denae Birdsong told the board herve children would go to Little Riverschools if Marquette Elementary wereshut down, The McPherson Sentinelreported.

Closing the school will cause more

problems, Birdsong said. As enrol l-ment declines, you could lose morethan you actually gain.

Thats because Kansas provides statefunding to schools on a per-pupil ba-sis. Another supporter of Marquette El-ementary, 57-year-old farmer Ron Lar-son, predicted the closing would startan avalanche of departures that couldeventually cost the district $1 millionin revenue.

If parents do choose to send theirchildren to Little River located 24miles from Marquette the districtwould be happy to have them and thestate aid that would accompany them.

More than 30 children from Mar-quette already attend Little Riverschools, and district ofcials believethey have room to accommodate manymore, interim superintendent MaryTreaster told The Sentinel.

Marquette Elementary School wasamong the schools receiving the Gov-ernors Achievement Award, givento schools that have placed in the top5 percent in reading and math on thestate assessments and met attendanceor graduation goals.

It is a wonderful little school, saidSusan Higbee, who teaches orchestra

there. We are so sad.

Closing the school willcause more problems.

As enrollment declines,you could lose more

than you actually gain.Denae Birdsong

Ag-based curriculum invigorates schoolBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH

The Associated Press

WALTON The door to a henhouse burst open on a chilly winterday and several south-central Kansascharter school students scrambled in-side, squealing Thank you! to thechickens as they checked for eggs andreplenished their grain.

Its a morning ritual at Walton 21stCentury Rural Life Center, whose fo-cus on agriculture saved it from clos-ing. The school now attracts a steadystream of visitors from around thecountry who watch students learnthrough projects that range from sell-

ing eggs to showing pigs at the countyfair.

The farm curriculum, although stillrelatively unusual, has been replicatedin other Kansas schools and provensuccessful in more urban environ-ments, including Chicago and Phila-delphia.

Kids love it, said Walton PrincipalNatise Vogt, adding that the studentsght over cleaning up the animalsdroppings. Thats one of the thingsthats important to us. We want kidsto enjoy school. We want them to behappy and want to come to school,and thats what the hands-on learningdoes.

Located in a farming communityof 235 people, the Walton school had

barely 80 students when the schooldistrict decided to transform the kin-dergarten to fourth-grade building intoan agriculture-focused charter school.Since making the switch in 2007, en-rollment has grown to 183 students.

Only about 10 percent of the stu-dents at the school about 30 milesnorth of Wichita live on farms. Butall of the kids beg to give Freckles thecalf his bottle and Eeyore the donkeyhis breakfast ration.

Cody Eye, 10, of Newton, said stu-dents learn math by measuring foodand make money for the school byselling the animals.

It teaches us responsibility, hesaid. It teaches us how to take careof animals.

The schools prole got a boostwhen the U.S. Department of Educa-tion, which provided a grant to get the

school started, produced a video aboutthe transformation. The communityalso bought into the project, with onefarmer donating runt pigs and anotherloaning the donkey during the schoolyear.

Today, parents frequently call theschool, eager to nab a spot for theirchildren; one of the latest additionsto the waiting list was a 3-week-old

baby.

The farming theme also has a longtrack record of success at the ChicagoHigh School for Agricultural Sci-ences, where students care for piglets,chickens and horses and grow plants.More than 3,000 students apply eachyear for about 180 freshman-class

openings, principal William Hooksaid.

The nice thing is that even the kidswho never revisit the idea of agricul-ture; they still benet from their ageducation, the ideals of get up early,work hard and stay late, Hook said.

In Philadelphia, the W.B. Saul HighSchool of Agricultural Sciences 130-acre campus features an area for eldcrops and livestock pastures. Studentsat the magnet school have designed anexhibit for a ower show and partici-

pate in meat and dairy cattle judgingclubs.

The ag curriculum efforts arentwithout bumps, though. Next Fron-tier Academy, an Akron, Ohio-basedcharter school serving seventh- toninth-graders, had a goal of 150 stu-dents when it opened last fall. But byJanuary, its enrollment was hoveringaround only 45 students, said JohnHairston, one of the founders.

Still, Hairston was encouraged, say-ing the school is receiving more appli-cations and that businesses are com-ing forward with donations, includinga greenhouse.

The whole premise of agriculture issustainability, and thats what we aretrying to teach our kids, to learn howto sustain themselves, Hairston said.

The Walton school, though neverlow-performing, has seen test scoresincrease by about 8 percentage pointssince switching to the agriculturetheme. For the past four years, allof its third- and fourth-graders havemeasured procient or higher in math,Vogt said, crediting that to the excel-

lent problem-solving skills studentslearn.

Vogt said agriculture-themedschools owe much of their success tothe hands-on projects.

Some fall at, she says, recalling theboys who tried to make their own in-

cubator to hatch duck eggs. The eggswent bad, but Vogt didnt mind be-cause the students gured out that thereason was the incubator wasnt keep-ing the temperature consistent.

Other projects are wildly success-ful. Take the students who worriedthe barn wasnt warm enough for thenewborn lambs, and designed a solar-

powered heater.

Kindergartners make lip balm fromsoybeans, one of the crops they study,and sell it for $3 a tube. Students learnabout liquids and solids, ll the orderthemselves and have used the moneytheyve raise to purchase two iPadsfor the classroom.

The kindergartners also hatch chick-en eggs in an incubator to help themlearn about the life cycle and help outwith the schools pigs. After two rst-graders show the hogs at the countyfair, the animals are processed and themeat is used in school meals.

My kids understand farm to plate,kindergarten teacher Rhonda Rouxsaid. We love (the animals). We carefor them. But they understand that wedo it to raise a quality product.

The older students are responsiblefor the sheep. During a recent class

period, some turned raw wool intothread, while others practiced weav-ing and knitting using store-bought

yarn.Clayton Smith, 10, said he likes that

students dont just sit around.

We dont want to do papers allday, said Smith, who lives on a farmin Walton. We can just learn from ourteachers and being outside.

Familys gifts detailed in bookThe Associated Press

TOPEKA A Topeka mansnew book about the lives of aKansas couple tells the story ofhow their success in the chemi-

cal and coal industries turnedinto a life of philanthropyacross the state.

Ken Crocketts work, Ken-neth and Helen Spencer ofKansas: Champions of Cul-ture & Commerce in theSunower State, traces thecouples background and howthey shared the wealth thatthey built. The couple donatedmillions of dollars to help es-tablish various research librar-ies, art museums and researchinstitutes in Kansas and Mis-souri.

No one had written their sto-

ry in a book, Crockett told theTopeka Capital-Journal. Al-though they had been in Timeand Forbes magazine, therewas no biography.

Kenneth Aldred Spencergrew up in Pittsburg in south-east Kansas, the son of CharlesFavor Spencer, owner of Pitts-

burg & Midway Coal MiningCompany. After graduatingfrom the University of Kan-sas in 1926, Kenneth Spencerwent to work for his father as

a junior engineer and movedthrough the company ranks.

The Spencers were asked in1941 by the War Department tooperate a chemical plant near

Galena that used anhydrousammonia and other chemicalsto produce munitions for thewar effort. Two years later,Military Chemical Works Inc.,was started as a subsidiary ofthe coal company.

Kenneth Spencer formedSpencer Chemical with thehelp of J.H. Whitney & Com-

pany, which focused on thefertilizer business with plantseventually in Texas, Illinois,Kentucky and Mississippi. Helater would take over Pittsburg& Midway from his father.

Helen Foresman Spencer wasborn in nearby Joplin, Mo. She

grew up in Texas and attendedhigh school in Pittsburg. Shemarried her husband in 1927and the couple established afoundation in 1949 that begandonating to community causes.

Among the facilities that bearthe family name are the Ken-neth Spencer Research Libraryand Helen Foresman SpencerMuseum of Art, both at theUniversity of Kansas in Law-rence; Spencer Art ReferenceLibrary at the Nelson-Atkins

Museum of Art in Kansas City,Mo.; a chemistry building and

performing arts center at theUniversity of Missouri-KansasCity and the Medieval Wing

housing the Quayle Bible Col-lection at Baker University inBaldwin City.

When Kenneth Spencer diedin 1960, his wife liquidatedthe companies and sold Spen-cer Chemical to Gulf Oil. Shespent the remainder of heryears overseeing the founda-tion until her death in 1982.

Crocketts family had tiesto the Spencers when his fa-ther worked at a Pittsburg &Midway mine in Missouri.He wrote his rst book in2011 about the mining indus-try in tribute to his father. Thestory tells of miners who were

loyal to the company and notthe union and paid the conse-quences.

In the process of writing thetribute to my father, I went toKU to the Spencer ResearchLibrary and read through the

portion of (Kenneth Spencers)writings in the collection,Crockett told the newspaper. Ialready knew the backgroundof the Spencers, but I had noawareness of their philanthrop-ic interests.

Senate leader:Bill needs work

By JOHN MILBURN

The Associated PressTOPEKA The Kansas

Senate will not pass a bill inits current form that would

prevent lawsuits againstsomeone who refuses, forreligious reasons, to provideservices to gays and lesbians,the chambers president saidFriday.

Senate President Susan Wa-gle said the bill, which wasapproved Wednesday in theKansas House, goes beyond

protecting religious freedom.She raised concerns abouthow the measure could im-

pact businesses that would re-fuse services to gay couples.

I believe the intent of theHouse was to protect reli-gious liberties. We respectthat, but the business impli-cations are going to harm the

practice of employment inKansas, said Wagle, a Wich-ita Republican.

The measure would prohibitgovernment sanctions or law-suits over faith-based refusalsto recognize same-sex unions

or to provide goods, services,accommodations or employ-ment benets to couples.

The Houses passage of themeasure prompted strongreactions across the countryand from several businessesorganizations and employersin Kansas, including AT&T,who issued statements urginglegislators to stop the mea-sure or rework it. The busi-nesses said the provisionswould hurt them and in somecases place them at odds withtheir own nondiscrimination

policies.

What Wagle said she wantsto see emerging from theSenate is a measure that re-moves the language extend-ing protections to individualstate and local governmentemployees, allowing them

because of religious beliefsto refuse to provide services,such as re and police protec-tion, in certain circumstancesto gays and lesbians.

Public service needs toremain public service for theentire public, she said.


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Distance yourself from thesituation and spend timedoing something that makesyou happy.

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suits similar to yours.

DEAR DOCTOR K: I see transfats listed on food labels, andIve read that the FDA may banthem. Can you remind me whattrans fats are, and why theyre

bad for me?

DEAR READER: Trans fatsare a type of unsaturated fat.Once upon a time, we consumedonly small amounts of naturallyoccurring trans fats in somemeat and dairy products.

But by the end of the 20thcentury, trans fats were every-where. Thats because chem-ists discovered that they couldturn liquid vegetable oil into asolid or semi-solid by bubblinghydrogen gas through it (thinkmargarine). When hydrogen is

bubbled through liquid oils, theyare called partially hydrogenat-ed oils, or trans fats.

Why would chemists want tocreate trans fats? They dontspoil or turn rancid as readily asnon-hydrogenated fats, and theyrespond better to repeated heat-ing.

Those characteristics madetrans fats a workhorse of thefood industry. By the late 1990s,nearly all prepared cookies and

crackers contained trans fats.Restaurant frying oils were alsorich in trans fats.

At rst, doctors and nutritionscientists thought that trans fat infood might be a healthy substi-tute for saturated fat, which wasknown to increase blood choles-terol levels and the risk of heartdisease. So people hoped thatsubstituting trans fats for satu-rated fat would reduce the riskof heart disease. For example,my mother stopped using butterand started using stick marga-rine. Thats what I did, and thatswhat I recommended to my pa-tients.

I cant recall any medical col-league of mine challengingthe practice of promoting stick

margarine over butter. In fact,the only person I knew whodisagreed was my very shrewdsister. She stuck with butter. Shesaid she knew you should golight on the butter, but she justsuspected that stick margarineswere even worse. Not for therst time, I should have listenedto her.

In the 1990s, nutrition sci-entists -- led by my Harvardcolleague Dr. Walter Willett --discovered that trans fats were

at least as heart-unhealthy assaturated fats. Eating trans fatsboosts LDL (bad) cholesteroland lowers protective HDL cho-lesterol. Trans fats also have un-healthy effects on triglycerides.They increase the risk of bloodclots and they feed inamma-tion, which plays a key role inheart disease, stroke and diabe-tes.

And yet, for years the U.S.Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA) labeled trans fats asgenerally recognized as safe(GRAS). That allowed them to

be used without testing or ap-proval.

In November, the FDA pro-posed removing trans fats fromthe GRAS list. That means com-

panies will have to prove thattrans fats are safe if they wantto continue to put them in their

products.

The FDAs proposal, if nal-ized, should eliminate articialtrans fats from our food supply.Food companies have alreadyfound healthier alternatives, soyour taste buds are unlikely toeven notice the change. But yourheart and the rest of your bodymost certainly will.(Dr. Komaroff is a physician and pro-fessor at Harvard Medical School. To

send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston,MA 02115.)

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We are pretty sure the courtis not implying that the citi-zen petitioners need to submittheir own investigations, headded.

Cosby said he felt the peti-tion had adequately addressedthe Who? (Lions Den), What?(Promoting Obscenity) How?(K.S.A 21-6401).

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Cosby said he is respectfulof the process and if his groupneeds to gather the necessarysignatures again with addi-tional details, then they willcomply.

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Kevin Smiley speaks at a public information session on USD 435s proposed $24 million bondissue Sunday afternoon at Gareld Elementary. If voters approve the bond, every school inthe district will be impacted, including Gareld, which will be replaced with Eisenhower UpperElementary.

Recreation (departments)across the state are looking at

how to be more holistic, andsinging is right there at thetop, she said. So I want thisgroup to grow I really do.

The new musical group willbe open to men and women ofall ages, as well as high schoolstudents. The group is seekingaltos, sopranos, basses andtenors. People dont have toknow how to read sheet mu-sic to join.

The group will practice from7 to 8:30 p.m. on the rst andthird Tuesday of each monthat the senior center.

We have a lot of talented

high school kids that I knowperform in different areas,and theyve got that perfor-mance in them to where theycant help it they just wantto give, Foltz said. We wantit to be somewhat intergen-erational. I think the youngkids can learn from the oldersingers and vice-versa. That isgoing to be the beauty of thisgroup.

Brierton said she envisionsmembers discovering andlearning music they have nev-

er heard before.

I know when I was singingwith Sweet Adelines, therewere plenty of older songs

that I wasnt familiar with,and a lot of seasonal ones,she said. When we were do-ing the St. Patricks songs,wed have all the Irish tunes.So theres an opportunity tolet people experience somedifferent kinds of music thanwhat theyre used to.

Taplin said she plans for thegroup to sing songs from the1920s up to present-day. Shesaid they will sing a variety ofgenres, from pop and countryto Gospel and patriotic.

Theres a whole lot ofmusic out there that we cantackle and get into, Briertonsaid. Its the idea of comingtogether as a community andhaving fun and bringing thatto other people. Its a sharingof the love of music.

Foltz said she hopes thegroup performs for 4th ofJuly festivities and Christ-mas activities downtown, aswell as other area events andgatherings presented by theArts Council of DickinsonCounty, service organizationsand churches.

She said she is thinking ofthe group performing for Sis-ter City delegates when theyvisit from Japan. She said she

would like the group to per-form at the Eisenhower Presi-dential Library, Museum andBoyhood Home sometime.

Taplin said the group mighteven have a oat in the West-ern Downtown Parade andsing their way down Buck-eye Avenue and along ThirdStreet in August.

We talked about next yearhaving Val-o-grams for busi-nesses, she said. Maybesomeone could hire a quartetfrom this group to go into anofce and sing Happy Birth-day. Thats how we couldraise funds to maybe get moremusic. We just know there are

people out there who enjoysinging, and this might be away for them to share theirtalent.

Additionally, Taplin said shehopes the group grows largeenough that if four or vemembers cannot make it toa performance, their absencewill not affect the quality ofthe sound.

The more the merrier, shesaid.

SingersContinued from Page 1

Ice storm puts end toIkes Tree at Augusta


The Eisenhower Tree, so much a part ofAugusta National that not even a sitting U.S.

president could have it taken down, was re-moved from the 17th hole this weekend be-cause of damage from an ice storm, the clubsaid Sunday.

The loss of the Eisenhower Tree is difcultnews to accept, club chairman Billy Paynesaid. We obtained opinions from the bestarborists available and, unfortunately, wereadvised that no recovery was possible.

With the Masters only two months away,Payne said there was no other signicantdamage to the course.

The loblolly pine, which sat about 210 yardsoff the left of the 17th fairway, was among themost famous trees in golf. Players either hadto hit over the 65-foot tree to keep the ball

in the fairway, or try to shape the ball fromright-to-left to avoid it.

And it infuriated one of the club membersafter whom the tree eventually was named former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Eisenhower, an Augusta member from 1948until his death in 1969, was said to have hitthe tree so often on his tee shot that he cam-

paigned to have it removed and proposed dur-ing an Augusta National governors meetingthat it be cut down. This was in 1956, whenEisenhower was nishing the rst of his twoterms as president. Clifford Roberts, the clubchairman and co-founder, overruled the pres-ident and adjourned the meeting.

It has been known as Eisenhowers Tree

ever since.

The Eisenhower Tree is such an iconic x-

ture and symbol of tradition at Augusta Na-tional, said Jack Nicklaus, a six-time Mas-ters winner and Augusta National member.It was such an integral part of the game andone that will be sorely missed.

Over the years, its come into play many,many times on the 17th hole. When I stoodon the 17th tee, my rst thought, always, wasto stay away from Ikes Tree. Period. ... I hit itso many times over the years that I dont careto comment on the names I called myself andthe names I might have called the tree. IkesTree was a kind choice. But looking back,Ikes Tree will be greatly missed.

While players appreciated the history, someof them werent terribly fond of the century-old pine.

Did it get in my way? two-time U.S.Open champion Curtis Strange said Sunday.It was like George Brett at third base for me.It caught more line drives from me than Imallowed to admit. That doesnt hurt my feel-ings.

David Duval, who contended four times fora green jacket at the Masters, played a fadeoff the tee and had to be mindful of the Eisen-hower Tree. Told the news Sunday evening,he was stunned.

Are you kidding me? Thats terrible, Du-val said. That tree made you really pay at-tention to where you were driving it. It madefor a very narrow tee shot. You either had togo up over it or around it.

Western wrinkleon eminent domain


BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. The view from the deckof the small, century-oldcabin was a dream cometrue for Andy and Ceil Bar-rie a sweeping panoramaof 13,000 and 14,000-foot

peaks towering above the

forest of centuries-old bris-tlecone pines.

It convinced the couple tobuy a 3-bedroom home ina subdivision below, wherethey could live year-round,and the 10-acre parcel sur-rounding the cabin in themidst the White River Na-tional Forest.

Now the county govern-ment, alarmed that the cou-

ple drives their ATV up a1.2-mile old mining road tothe cabin, wants to take theBarries land and its do-ing so by claiming eminent

domain. Rather than usingthe practice of governmentseizure of private property to

promote economic develop-ment, the county is using itto preserve open space.

The move shocked the Bar-ries. They have allowed hik-ers to travel through their

property, had no plans todevelop the land and werenegotiating with the countyat the time it moved to con-demn the property.

Open space is all its everbeen, said Andy Barrie. Ifeel like I cant trust my gov-ernment.

Summit County AttorneyJeff Huntley said the countyhad to act after the Barriesinsisted on being able to usemotorized transport to getto the cabin. People in thiscommunity are very intent on

preserving the back country,he said.

Experts in eminent domainsay its rare for governmentsto use that power to create

parks or open space.

Its not that you cant doit, but they dont do it much,said Dana Berliner, who wasco-counsel in the 2005 U.S.

Supreme Court case uphold-ing the constitutionality ofeminent domain. Therestypically other ways of doingopen space than just takingland.

But in Colorado, wherepicturesque mountain townsare bursting with tourists

and second-home-owners,and outdoor recreation isthe state religion, there have

been a few instances of citiesdeciding to conscate land to

preserve it.

The most signicant waswhen Telluride in 2004seized 572 acres that theowner wanted to developalong the San Miguel Riverand left it as open space.The state Supreme Court up-held the conscation, sayingthat especially overcrowdedmountain towns need to pre-serve their recreational andnatural assets.

Breckenridge is the proto-typical Colorado ski townthat attracts hordes of ski

bums, tourists and residentsbecause of its position at thefoot of the sweeping Tenmilerange, swaddled in preservedland.

Among those it lured arethe Barries, who run a rmthat provides Christmaswreaths to nonprots andhave a residence in the Chi-cago suburbs.

The couple came to Colo-rado annually on golf tripswith some of Andys old highschool pals.

On a 2011 journey, Ceilmet friends in Breckenridgeand found a restored cabinnestled in a woodsy subdi-vision just outside the town

boundaries. It was a century-old property built on top of acreek that one could watch

burble below through atransparent oor in the mas-ter bedroom. And it was forsale along with 10 acres justup the ridgeline.

The Barries stayed therethat summer and hiked up thecounty open space trail onthe old mining road behind

the lower house, through thenational forest, to the oldcabin at tree line.

The view won them over.They decided to sell theirsecond home on a Wisconsinlake and buy the lower andupper property in a packagedeal for $550,000. The trans-

action closed in late 2011 andcame with a converted All-Terrain vehicle they coulduse to drive up the road inthe winter.

Thats when the trouble be-gan.

The U S. Forest Servicetold the Barries they couldntuse a motorized vehicle onthe road to access their 10acres, which oat like an is-land in the 2.1 million acresof the White River NationalForest.

The Barries counteredthat they had a legal rightto traverse the old road and

prepared a court challenge.Summit County contactedthe Barries and asked to buythe land. The Barries said itwasnt for sale.

The county commissionersvoted to condemn the prop-erty on Oct. 25, endorsing astaff report that found thatpublic motorized accessto the property could dam-age the alpine tundra andstreams, as well as habitat forthe endangered lynx.

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JV wrestlers compete at ChapmanReector-Chonicle Staff

CHAPMAN The AbileneCowboy junior varsity wres-tling team competed at Chap-man Saturday against 10 otherschools in the Chapman Invi-

tational Tournament.Abilenes Jacob Berven

(106) won over his teammateTanner McGivney with a 7-0decision to place rst in thetournament.

McGivney nished secondand fellow Cowboy JustinMarbut nished fourth.

Cole Whitehair placed rst in113 and Felix Strauss broughthome the honors in 126.

Cole Hiatt (132) placed thirdand Tristan Kanz (138)nishedsecond. Kiel Beals (160) andDylan Holt (170) each nishedfourth in their weight classes.

Results:Chapman JV InvitationalResults for Abilene

High School JV 106 - JacobBervens place is 1st and hasscored 22.00 team points.

Quarterfinal - Jacob Berven(Abilene) won by fall overTaylon Whitley (Concordia)(Fall 0:12)

Semifinal - Jacob Berven(Abilene) won by fall overJustin Marbut (Abilene) (Fall3:51)

1st Place Match - JacobBerven (Abilene) won by deci-sion over Tanner McGivney(Abilene) (Dec 7-0

High School JV 106 - Tanner

McGivneys place is 2nd andhas scored 16.00 team points.

Quarterfinal - Tanner Mc-Givney (Abilene) won by fallover Daniel Evans (CouncilGrove) (Fall 3:33)

Semifinal - Tanner McGivney(Abilene) won by decisionover Diego Dominguez (Beloit)(Dec 4-2)

1st Place Match - JacobBerven (Abilene) won by deci-sion over Tanner McGivney(Abilene) (Dec 7-0)

High School JV 106 - JustinMarbuts place is 4th and hasscored 10.50 team points.

Quarterfinal - Justin Marbut(Abilene) won by fall over

Travis Gyuran (Council Grove)(Fall 0:42)

Semifinal - Jacob Berven(Abilene) won by fall overJustin Marbut (Abilene) (Fall

3:51)Cons. Semi - Justin Marbut

(Abilene) won by tech fall overDaniel Evans (Council Grove)(TF 17-0)

3rd Place Match - DiegoDominguez (Beloit) won by

major decision over JustinMarbut (Abilene) (Maj 8-0)

High School JV 113 - ColeWhitehairs place is 1st andhas scored 18.00 team points.

Round 1 - Cole Whitehair(Abilene) won by fall overSkyler Ballman (Marysville)(Fall 2:18)

Round 2 - Cole Whitehair(Abilene) won by fall overDustin Weichman (St. John`sMilitary) (Fall 0:32)

Round 3 - Cole Whitehair(Abilene) won by decisionover Cole Larsen (Concordia)(Dec 7-6)

High School JV 126 - FelixStrausss place is 1st and hasscored 17.00 team points.

Round 1 - Felix Strauss(Abilene) won by majordecision over Skylar Widmer(Marysville) (Maj 11-2)

Round 3 - Felix Strauss(Abilene) won by fall overKatelynn Street (Lincoln) (Fall0:09)

Round 4 - Felix Strauss(Abilene) won by fall overDavid Koralek (Ellsworth) (Fall3:00)

Round 5 - Felix Strauss(Abilene) won by fall overColby Harrison (St. John`s

Military) (Fall 1:56)High School JV 132 - Cole

Hiatts place is 3rd and hasscored 8.00 team points.

Round 1 - Cole Hiatt(Abilene) won by majordecision over Dustin Williams(Beloit) (Maj 8-0)

Round 2 - Cory Peckham(Salina South) won by fallover Cole Hiatt (Abilene) (Fall4:00)

Round 3 - Matthew Whitley(Concordia) won by decisionover Cole Hiatt (Abilene) (Dec4-3)

High School JV 138 - TristanKanzs place is 2nd and hasscored 10.00 team points.

Round 1 - Tristan Kanz(Abilene) won in sudden vic-

tory - 1 over Caleb Osborne(Clay Center) (SV-1 5-3)

Round 2 - Tristan Kanz(Abilene) received a bye ()(Bye)

Round 3 - Tracer Workman(Concordia) won by majordecision over Tristan Kanz(Abilene) (Maj 12-1)

High School JV 152 - IssiahLopezs place is unknown andhas scored 0.00 team points.

Quarterfinal - Brodey Watts(Beloit) won by fall over IssiahLopez (Abilene) (Fall 0:54)

Cons. Round 1 - MichaelPayton (Beloit) won by fallover Issiah Lopez (Abilene)(Fall 2:23)

High School JV 160 - KielBealss place is 4th and hasscored 6.00 team points.

Quarterfinal - Michael Crome(Marysville) won by decisionover Kiel Beals (Abilene) (Dec4-1)

Cons. Round 1 - Kiel Beals(Abilene) won by decisionover Collin Craig (CouncilGrove) (Dec 4-1)

Cons. Semi - Kiel Beals(Abilene) won by decisionover Cody Bird (Ellsworth)(Dec 7-2)

3rd Place Match - MichaelCrome (Marysville) won insudden victory - 1 over Kiel

Beals (Abilene) (SV-1 4-2)High School JV 170 - Dylan

Holts place is 4th and hasscored 8.00 team points.

Quarterfinal - Evan Brandt(Beloit) won by fall over DylanHolt (Abilene) (Fall 1:12)

Cons. Round 1 - Dylan Holt(Abilene) received a bye ()(Bye)

Cons. Semi - Dylan Holt(Abilene) won by fall over

James Nixon (Council Grove)(Fall 1:05)

3rd Place Match - MichaelMar (Salina South) won by fallover Dylan Holt (Abilene) (Fall2:48)

Chapman Results:Chapman JV Invitational

Results for ChapmanHigh School JV 145 - Leon

Andersons place is unknownand has scored 0.00 teampoints.

Quarterfinal - Leon Anderson(Chapman) received a bye ()(Bye)

Semifinal - Blaze Payeur(Concordia) won by tech fall

over Leon Anderson (Chap-man) (TF 16-0)Cons. Semi - James McCabe

(Concordia) won by fall overLeon Anderson (Chapman)(Fall 2:00)

Prep basketball roundupSolomon splits with Elyria

ChristianSOLOMON The Solomon Gorillas split

with the Elyria Christian Eagles of McPher-son in basketball games played Friday atSolomon.

Senior Mason DeMars led the Gorillaswith 14 points in its 57-11 victory over thevisiting Eagles. Sophomore Andrew Mea-gher had 13 points and junior Blake Hom-man added 11.

The Gorillas took immediate control ofthe game with a 20-0 rst quarter and wentto break leading 34-5.

The Gorillas outscored the winless Eagles23-6 in the second half on the way to Go-rilla rout.

Homman had two of the ve threes madeby the Gorillas and led the team in reboundswith ve.

The win by the Gorillas improved theiroverall record to 9-7.

The Lady Gorillas stayed even with the

Eagles through the rst half but the Eaglescame out after the intermission and out-scored Solomon 30-14 inroute to their 45-29 victory.

Jaimie Meagher led the Lady Gorillaswith 11 points on the night.

Solomon fell to 5-11 and will host Hering-ton Tuesday.

Boys summary:El. Christ. 0 5 5 1 - 11Solomon 20 14 15 8 - 57Elyria Christian (0-14) Price 6, Kaufman1, Knackstedt 4.Solomon (9-7) Meagher 13, Homman 11,Neilson 2, Fowles 2, Wiese 2, Aylward 2,DeMars 14, Rangel 7, Webb 2, Garrett 2.

Girls Summary:

El. Christ. 6 9 17 13 - 45Solomon 8 7 5 9 - 29Elyria Christian Anderson 5, Thiessen2, R. Adamyk 11, Fields 3, A. Adamyk 21,Redenbaugh 3.Solomon (5-11) Cross 2, Aylward 5,Ritter 2, Ballue 1, Clark 2, Meagher 11,Homman 6.

Concordia takes two fromIrish

CHAPMAN The Concordia Pantherstook both basketball games played at theDistrict Gym Friday in Chapman.

Concordia continued on its quest to winthe North Central Kansas League title inthe boys game by defeating the Irish 59-36. Concordia is 6-1 in the conference andshare the lead with Abilene and Wamego.

Cooper Holmes led all scorers with 23points and his brother Garret scored 13 tolead Concordia.

The Panthers took control of the game in

the second quarter with a 21-4 advantage

over the Irish to lead 33-15 at intermission.

Kade Stroud scored six points for the Irish

in the rst quarter as Chapman trailed by

one 12-11

Chapman was led in scoring by Stroud

with eight points and Kade Sims and BrandtBlixt shot in seven points.

The Fighting Irish girls could not over-

come a 20-point decit in the rst half even

though they mounted a second half charge

against the Panthers.

Lindsey Hurford led the Lady Irish with

11 points while Macey Langvardt shot in

nine and Rachel Sutter added seven points.

The Lady Panthers were led by Tristen

Leiszler with 19 points and Megan James

with 14.

Boys summary:Con. 12 21 16 10 - 59Chap. 11 4 7 14 - 36Concordia (11-4)- Mares 4, Coppoc 4,Pounds 5, Bechard 6, G. Holmes 13, Nor-

dell 2, C. Holmes 23, Streeter 2.Chapman (1-15) Winters 3, Sims 7, Blixt3, Blatt 7, Stroud 8, Canaday 4, Harris 4.

Girls Summary:Con. 16 18 7 8 - 49Chap. 6 8 12 8 - 36Concordia (9-6) - Lambert 2, Edibaugh 7,

Adams 2, Boley 5, Leiszler 19, James 14.Chapman (4-12) Hurford 11, Sutter 7,Beemer 4, Wise 2, Langvardt 9, Anderson1.

Cowboy junior varsitydowns Wamego

The Abilene Cowboy junior varsity used

a strong second quarter to put away the

Wamego Red Raiders 64-47 Friday.

After a 7-7 tie at the end of the rst quar-

ter, the Cowboys adjusted to the team speed

of Wamego and worked to get a 24-6 run to

lead going into halftime 31-13.

Andrew Schwarting led all scorers with

16 points and Reggie Koop shot in 11 to

lead the Cowboys. Harley Hazlett led the

Cowboys in rebounds with eight.

It was a good game, coach Tim Klein

said. Its a league win and these young men

are continuing to improve in many areas.

Summary:Wamego 7 6 19 15 - 47

Abilene 7 24 16 17 - 64Wamego Blaine 12, Patrick 10, Elder 7,

Gamino 4, Main 4, Malin 4, Chapman 2,Besthorn 2, Rowden 2, Pachta 2, Hitch 2.Abilene Schwarting 16, Koop 11, Hazlett7, D. Goodwin 6, Base 6, Johnson 4, Rob-inson 4, Barbieri 3, Gassman 2, Carroll 2,Ford 2, Veach 2, Berry 1.

Ellis leads KU over TCU, 95-65The Sorts Exchange

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Sophomore for-ward Perry Ellis scored a career-high 32

points as No. 7 Kansas broke away aftera tight rst half Saturday to throttle TCU,95-65, in Allen Fieldhouse.

The Jayhawks led by only seven pointsat the break, as the Horned Frogs madeeight of their rst 11 shots and led by asmany as six points.

To begin the second half, Kansas went

8-of-11 and held TCU without a eldgoal until forward Amric Fields connect-ed for a 3-pointer at the 14:47 mark. The

Jayhawks opened the half on a 23-5 tear.

Freshman guards Andrew Wiggins andWayne Selden added 17 and 15 points,respectively, as Kansas climbed to 19-6

overall and at 10-2 maintained sole pos-session of rst place in the Big 12.

The Jayhawks were coming off anovertime defeat at Kansas State.

In addition to his career-best in scor-

ing, Ellis led the Jayhawks with eightrebounds and ve assists. Wiggins and

Selden added four assists each. Kansasenjoyed a 34-18 advantage on the glass.

Although Kansas came out uninspiredon defense, it corrected those issues dur-ing the halftime break and kept last-placeTCU (9-15, 0-12) winless in the Big 12.

Fields 3-pointer was the Horned Frogsonly basket on their rst seven second-half shots.

Guard Kyan Anderson led TCU with25 points, 21 in the rst half. The 5-11

junior did not made a eld goal in thesecond half until 2:30 remained, butwent 8-of-9 from the eld and also ledthe Frogs with ve assists.

TCU ranked last in the Big 12 witha 64.9-point average on 40.9 percentshooting, yet made eight of its rst 11shots. It held a six-point lead at the 12:32mark of the rst half.

Anderson netted 21 rst-half pointson 7-for-8 shooting. Collectively theHorned Frogs went 13-of-23 (56 per-cent) from the oor before the break.

Kansas used a 15-3 surge midwaythrough the half to go up, 34-28. Selden

scored three buckets during that spreeand nished with 11 rst-half points toshare team-high honors with Ellis andWiggins. Together, the trio went 15-of-22.

NOTES: Kansas C Joel Embiid missed

the game because of injuries that haveprevented the freshman from practicingsince a loss at Kansas State on Monday.Embiid is dealing with a strained knee,as well as a back injury he sustainedon Feb. 8 against West Virginia. SeniorTarik Black replaced Embiid in the start-ing lineup. ... G Brannen Greene alsomissed the game because of what Kansasofcials termed a pattern of irrespon-sible behavior. ... F Jamari Traylor, whomissed the Kansas State game, also foracting irresponsibly according to coachBill Self, entered for the Jayhawks be-fore the rst TV timeout. ... TCU wonnine- of-10 before entering Big 12 playand losing 12 straight. The Horned Frogswent 2-16 and nished last in the Big

12 a year ago, but split the league serieswith Kansas

Royals aim tobuild on 13

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SURPRISE, Ariz. The

Kansas City Royals arelooking to take that nextstep, one that has avoidedthem for 29-years, advanc-ing to the playoffs for thefirst time since beating theSt. Louis Cardinals in the1985 World Series.

This could be the Royalsbest chance of playing in toOctober in more than twodecades. They went 86-76last year, their most vic-tories since the 1989 clubfinished 92-70 behind CyYoung Award winner BretSaberhagen and an offensethat included George Brett,

Bo Jackson, Danny Tart-abull and Kevin Seitzer.

It was predicated pri-marily on our pitching anddefense, Royals generalmanager Dayton Mooresaid of the Royals turn-around 2013 season afterthe club had dropped 90 ormore games the previousfour years and compiledthree consecutive 100-lossseasons from 2004-06.

The Royals 3.45 ERA ledthe American League andreturns ace right-handerJames Shields, who went13-9 with a 3.15 ERA,righty Jeremy Guthrie, whologged a career best 15 vic-tories, and righty-handedcloser Greg Holland, whosaved a club record 47games with a 1.21 ERA.

The defense includesGold Glove winners AlexGordon in left, Salva-dor Perez catching andEric Hosmer at first base.Lorenzo Cain might havemade it four in center, butwas limited to 115 games

because of inj uries .

The offense, however,was mediocre and if the

Royals are to make it to the

playoffs, they need more

productio n from th ird base-

man Mike Moustakas and

shortstop Alcides Escobar.

Moustakas, the second

player s elect ed i n the 2 007

draft, hit .233 with 12 home

runs and 42 RBIs last year.

He had only 38 extra-base

hits and a .364 slugging

percentag e. After hitt ing

.293 in 2012, Escobar fad-

ed to a .234 batting average

with a puny .259 on-base

percentag e las t year.

Escobar and Gordon

thrived under the tutelage

of hitting coach Seitzer,

who was fired after the

2012 season. Gordon hit.303 in 2011 and .294 in

2012, but dropped to .265

last year, although his 20

home runs topped the team.

Designated hitter Billy

Butler led the team with 81

RBIs, but that was a drop

off from his 107 in 2012.

Butler also had 29 home

runs that season, but only

15 last year. His average

dropped from .313 in 2012

to .289 last year, his worse

since hitting .275 in 2008.

If the Royals are to con-

tend for a playoff spot, they

will need more productive

years from Gordon, Butler,

Escobar and Moustakas.

Acquiring leadoff-hitting

right-fielder Norichika

Aoki in a trade with the

Milwaukee Brewers allows

manager Ned Yost to drop

Gordon into the middle of

the lineup, where he should

be a more of a ru n produc -

er.

Free agent signee Omar

Infante fills a hole at sec-

ond base, where many were

tried but none succeeded in

2013

KSU falls to Baylor in 2 OTsThe Associated Press

WACO, Texas With Bay-lor needing a 3-pointer to tieand the clock about to expire,Isaiah Austin didnt have timeto consider that Brady Hesliphad missed all six of his shotsfrom beyond the arc.

Not that Austin would havecared. Hot or not, Heslip is thelong-range guy for the Bears.

Heslip hit a tying 3-pointer atthe buzzer in regulation, Ken-ny Chery used the extra timeto nish off a triple-double andBaylor rallied to beat KansasState 87-73 in two overtimesSaturday night, snapping afour-game home losing streak.

We dont care if hes 0 for6 or 0 for 9, Austin, who had18 points and a career-highnine blocks, said of the Big12s leading 3-point shooter.We tell him to shoot the ball.Thats what he does. And hemade that one.

The Bears (16-9, 4-8 Big

12) trailed by 10 with 9 min-utes left before rallying to end

their longest home skid in nineyears.

Baylors Taurean Princebanked in a tiebreaking

3-pointer in the second over-time, and had a three-point

play on a dunk to put Baylorup by 11 with a minute remain-

ing. Prince had seven of his 12points in the second extra pe-riod.

Nino Williams had a career-

high 20 points for the Wildcats(17-8, 7-5), who led by 10

points in both halves but ended

up losing their fth straight onthe road after consecutive wins

over ranked opponents, includ-ing an upset of No. 7 Kansas,

also in overtime.

Weve been in position to

win the last four road games,Williams said. I think last

year around this time we werewinning these games and I

think this year were losing

these games.

Chery had the sixth triple-double in school history andrst in a conference game

with 20 points and career highsof 12 assists and 10 rebounds.Baylors last triple-double was

by Ekpe Udoh on Jan. 6, 2010.

My teammates have beenpushing me really hard in prac-

tice and that kept me in shape,said Chery, who played aseason-high 44 minutes after

being limited in recent gamesby turf toe. I was probably alittle tired at the end of that last

overtime. But my teammateskept me on my feet.

Marcus Foster, the hot Kan-sas State freshman playing 200

miles from his Texas home,had 18 points and 10 assists

but missed a free throw late in

regulation before Heslips ty-ing shot. He also missed one

with the game tied in the nalminute of the rst overtime.

It denitely hurts me a little

when I had two chances to put

the game away, said Foster.

Ive just got to keep getting

better. I cant get down about

this.

Heslips swish from well

beyond the arc for a 57-all tie

came after a wild sequence of

three missed shots before Aus-

tin came up with a loose ball

and passed to Heslip, who let

the ball go with the clock in-

side 2 seconds.

The Bears were 2 of 20 from

3-point range before Heslips

tying shot. He ended up 1 of

8 from long range and scored

seven points.

Youve just got to hope and

pray it bounces to you, Kan-

sas State coach Bruce Weber

said. If it goes out of bounds,

I call timeout and we tell them

to foul. But it didnt. Youve

got to give their kids credit for

having the savvy to throw it

out.


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Sportsshorts:

Agent: Manzielwont throwat combine

The agent for JohnnyManziel confirmed on Twit-ter that the former Texas

A&M star quarterback willset his own schedule forthrowing in front of NFLtalent evaluators.Agent Erik Burkhardt

wrote that Manziel will notthrow at the upcoming NFLScouting Combine or the

Aggies Pro Day on March5. Instead, he will hold hisown Pro Day for scoutsMarch 27 and work out pri-

vately for individual teams.The decision to delay his

personal audition for NFLscouts suggests that hewants to do some fine-tuning before he displayshis passing mechanics.

Manziel has been workingwith his longtime quar-terbacks coach, GeorgeWhitfield, on his passingtechnique and apparentlywants to take some extratime so he can be com-pletely prepared.

Report:

Goodell paid$44 millionNFL commissioner Roger

Goodell earned $44.2 mil-lion in compensation duringa 12-month span thatended March 31, 2013, ac-cording to Sports BusinessDaily.

However, that amountincludes $9.1 million in de-ferred pension and bonusesearned the previous year.

Goodells reported com-pensation a year ago wasnearly $30 million. He hadnot made more than $11.5million in a season before

the 2011 lockout.Goodells compensation

reflects our pay-for-per-formance philosophy andis appropriate given thefact that the NFL under hisconsistently strong leader-ship continues to grow,owners Arthur Blank (At-lanta Falcons), Robert Kraft(New England Patriots) andJerry Richardson (CarolinaPanthers) wrote in a letterto the NFLs other ownersFriday.

The amount likely makesGoodell the highest-paidexecutive in sports. Major

League Baseball commis-sioner Bud Selig made $22million in 2012, accordingto ESPN. However, othersources indicated the figuremay have actually exceed-ed $30 million. In recentyears, MLB changed its taxstatus to for-profit, so it isnot required to publicize itsearnings

Lamar firesPat Knight

Pat Knight has beendismissed as Lamars headcoach, athletic director Ja-son Henderson announcedSunday.

Knigh, who is the son offormer Indiana and TexasTech coach Bob Knight,posted a 29-62 overallrecord during his three sea-sons in Beaumont, Texas.

Knight guided the Car-dinals to a 23-12 overallrecord, and a berth in theNCAA Championships inhis first season as coach in2011-2012. That team wonsix straight games to closeout the regular season andwin the Southland Confer-ence tournament title, butthe program has struggled

since its postseason berth

Scores:Basketball

BoysAbilene 63, Wamego 43Concordia 59, Chapman

36Solomon 57, Elyria Chris-

tian 11GirlsWamego 48, Abilene 16Concordia 49, Chapman

34Elyria Christian 45, Solo-

mon 29

Cowboys thump Wamego, share league leadBy RON PRESTON

[email protected]

The Abilene Cowboys had twothings on their mind entering Fridayscontest with Wamego. First, theywanted to win to gain a share of the

North Central Kansas League leadand secondly they wanted to play withmore energy and intensity than theyshowed Tuesday at Silver Lake.

They accomplished both with a63-43 thumping of league leadingWamego. The Red Raiders entered thegame undefeated in league play at 5-0and the Cowboys were 4-1.

Junior Tanner Hoekman set the tone

early for playing with intensity andenergy against the Red Raiders. Hoek-man scored the rst two points of thegame for the Cowboys from the freethrow line and he ended the period atthe line connecting two more.

In between his four points in thequarter, Hoekman was all over thecourt getting steals, creating turnoversand dishing out assists to his team-mates as Abilene jumped to an 18-10lead.

I was pleased with how we playedtonight, coach Terry Taylor said. We

just came out and played pretty welltonight. We had a lot better energy andintensity than we did Tuesday over atSilver Lake. Tuesday we didnt have

much energy but tonight we got theemotion of the crowd involved in itand our kids picked it up a step.

Tanner had a lot of energy. He wasour leader energy wise. He got us go-ing.

The Cowboys used an 8-0 run tostart the second quarter to take a 26-10lead before the Red Raiders connectedon their rst eld goal of the period atthe 5:42 mark.

Abilene followed with a 6-0 run toextend the Cowboy lead to 33-12 withless than three minutes in the rst half.

The Cowboys pressure defenselimited Wamego to eight points in thesecond quarter as they took a 35-18

advantage to the locker-room.I thought the second quarter wedid some really nice things, Taylor

said. We kind of got them on theirheels and they missed some shots. We

played pressure and then fell back totwo-one-two zone defense in the quar-ter. Our zone was good to us.

Senior captain Keil Kelly led allscorers with 19 points, with 13 com-ing in the rst half. Senior co-captainJesse Patrick had 13 points and Hoek-man shot in 12.

The Cowboys opened the third quar-

ter with a 7-2 run sparked by a cornertrey and an inside bucket by Patrickto stretch the Cowboy lead to 42-20

with three minutes gone in the pe-riod. Following a pair of free shots

by Wamego, the Cowboys rattled offanother 9-3 run. This time Kelly hittwo baskets, Hoekman hit a jumperand Eric Harms added an inside shotto give the Cowboys a 51-25 lead.

The Cowboys entered the fourthquarter leading 51-28 and Taylor be-gan clearing his bench as all 14 play-ers saw minutes in the nal period.

Junior Reggie Koop made his varsi-ty debut by going four-for-four at thefree throw line in the closing minutes

of the game that helped provide the -nal score 63-43.

Their kids will be inspired when we

go to their place next Thursday, Tay-lor said. Theyll shoot the ball much

better than they did tonight, we knowthat.

Tonight our kids responded to the

challenge and now we have a share ofthe league lead. Wamego, Concordia

and we all have one league loss andthere are four games left. We will ndout where we stand and who wants to

win the championship in a couple ofweeks from now.

Our goal every year is to win the

league championship and dominate

the people that you are going to playyear after year twice a year. Weve gotthe best schedule left. There is only

one road game and three at home andnow it is up to us to take care of busi-

ness.

Obviously our game at Wamego ishuge. There is no way we are going to

overlook them and think it is going tobe easy. It is not going to be easy, we

know that.

Prior to replaying the Red Raiderson Thursday, the Cowboys will travel

to Hays to take on the 15-0 Indians ina non-conference contest.

Tuesday we get the opportunity to

go play a team that is undefeated,

Taylor said. It is a great opportunityjust to go play and relax. The pressureis not on us, its on them to keep theundefeated string going.

This game is just going to make usa better team, win or lose. There is re-

ally no pressure on the kids. They canfocus and give the kind of energy andgame plan we will need and we will

see what happens.

SummaryWHS 10 8 10 15 - 43

AHS 18 17 16 12 - 63Wamego (7-9) Eyck 4, Totten 2,Gamino 2, Ayers 3, York 7, Snyder 2,

Alderson 9, Blain 5, Miller 9.Abilene (11-4) Schwarting 2, Hoek-

man 12, Kelly 19, Wilson 5, Patrick13, Harms 2, J. Goodwin 4, Barbieri2, Koop 4.

Red Raiders run by CowgirlsBy RON PRESTON

[email protected]

The defending state champion Wamego Red

Raiders remained undefeated after running by theAbilene Cowgirls 48-16 Friday.

Although the score was lopsided, the Cowgirlsplayed well on defense but struggled offensively.

Defensively, the Cowgirls kept the North Central

Kansas League leaders below their 55 points pergame average and also limited senior Kaylee Pageto nine points, seven of which came in the secondhalf.

I thought defensively, we pretty much did every-thing we could do, coach Janelle Geist said. Of-fensively we struggled with some composure han-dling pressure by their guards.

The Cowgirls offensive struggles shown as onlythree players found the net and Wamegos defenseforced turnovers and they out rebounded the Cow-girls on both ends of the court.

Belle Barbieri, who scored 32 points Tuesday, hadtroubles against the much taller Wamego defense.She led the Cowgirls with seven points with McK-enzie Funston shooting in six and Taylor Thompsonhit a three-point basket.

We struggled with getting the ball inside to-night and we are going to keep working on that,Geist said. I saw a lot of good things in this game.I thought we competed very hard on the defensiveend and got out and defended well enough to not

just let them do what they wanted to do. I thoughtwe competed hard.

Junior Lanie Page led the Red Raiders with 18points and Allison Seufert shot in 13. Kaylee Page,who has

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