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BYCHASEJORDAN

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After months of waiting, GearyCounty School officials are lookingforward to building a new FortRiley Elementary School.

The Department of Defenseawarded the district with $16 mil-lion for construction of a500-student school to reduceovercrowding and improvefacility conditions.

Superintendent RonaldWalker said Unified School

District 475 is pleased to bethe recipient of funding toreplace the current schoollocated at 104 Morris Ave. onpost.

This is a project staff hasworked diligently on for the past 12months, Walker stated after theannouncement. We are ecstatic tosee the very tedious and difficultwork resulting in a new facility forour students, staff and parents whocall the Fort Riley Elementary Buf-falos their home.

Funding for the grant is providedunder the Departments PublicSchools on Military InstallationsProgram.

Due to the increased number ofsoldiers and families since 2006,Fort Riley was placed on a prioritylist for new funding.

According to a news release fromthe Kansas CongressionalDelegation, the school isthe 20th school on the Dep-uty Secretary of DefensePriority List.

I am pleased GearyCounty USD is getting thefunds it needs to improvethe education of the chil-dren of those who serve,U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts statedin a news release. Thesenew facilities are desper-

ately needed to address overcrowd-ing and aging infrastructure.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said fund-ing for a new building is a greatway to begin the new year.

The Kansas Delegation has beenworking to address the overcrowd-ing and overall condition of Fort

Rileys schools, which are well-beyond capacity, Moran stated.The Junction City community andthe Geary County SchoolDistrict have accommodat-ed for population growth atFort Riley, so its encourag-ing to see the federal gov-ernment carry out its com-mitment and prioritize edu-cation for the children ofthose who serve ournation.

U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskampsaid its an exciting day forsoldiers and families on post.

With this grant we are honoringthe brave men and women whoprotect our country, Huelskamp

said. I look forward to the contin-ued tremendous support of Fort

Riley by the local communities,counties, and region.

Community and military lead-ers have been discussing the needfor another elementary school atFort Riley for a long time, and I ampleased the Army is showing itscommitment to our soldiers fami-lies and children with this project,Rep. Lynn Jenkins stated. I lookforward to the expanded educationopportunities this new school willbring to one of Americas finestmilitary bases.

Previously, Walker said plans tobegin construction are set for thespring, with a completion time

frame of 2015.If we can actually begin

moving dirt by the first orsecond week in April, wellhave that facility ready toopen in the fall of 2015,Walker said.

Walker said the site willbe about three or four blocksnear Seitz ElementarySchool.

Hes expecting the samefloor plan of Seitz, but the outsidedesign will be different.

Additional source of fundingUSD 475 receives $16M in federal

funding for Fort Riley Elementary School

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Below-zero temperatures

were to blame for several

closings throughout Geary

County Monday morning as

well as several water main

breaks in Junction City.

A cold arctic air mass

caused temperatures to dip

below zero Sunday night

into Monday morning, with

recorded values reaching as

low as 2 degrees below zero.

Wind chill values dipped to

15 below zero by nightfall.A wind chill warning was

issued for the region Sun-

day night, and a wind chilladvisory was in effect until

9 a.m. Tuesday.Sunday afternoon, Uni-

fied School District 475announced that because of

dangerous temperatures,all schools in the districtwould be closed Monday.

USD 383 (Manhattan-Ogden)likewise decided to cancel

Baby, its cold outside ...Bitter weather forces

closures, causes problems

BYT IM WEIDEMAN

[email protected]

The Junction City Police Depart-ment is investigating recent reportsof cars having been spray-painted by

an unknown individual or individu-als.

Most of the reported incidents havebeen in the southwest part of town,

Sgt. Trish Giordano said Monday.Weve had six cars reported dam-

aged in the southwest part of townand one in the 1700 block of North

Adams, she said.The report from North Adams

Street may be related to the others.Its basically the same type of

damage, Giordano said.The cars arent being painted with

any specific markings.Its nothing like gang graffiti or

words, Giordano said. There wasnothing like any words or symbols.

Police are asking for help from thepublic in gathering more informationabout the damaged cars.

Anonymous tips may be submittedto Junction City-Geary County CrimeStoppers by calling (785) 762-TIPS(8477) or submitting a tip online at

www.gearycrimestoppers.com. Tipsalso may be submitted to the Junc-tion City Police Department by call-ing (785) 762-5912.

Tips leading to an arrest may beeligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

JCPD investigatingrecent spree of

vandalism to cars

If we can actuallybegin moving dirt by

the first or secondweek in April, well

have that facility readyto open in the fall of

2015.

RONALDWALKER

USD 475Superintendent

RONALD

WALKER

SEN. PAT

ROBERTS

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Issa David The Daily UnionThe Lyrics Arts Trio consisting of Elena Lence Talley, Sarah Tannehill Anderson, and Dan Velicer (not pictured) performed atThe C.L. Hoover Opera House on Sunday. One of the songs required the performers and audience members to wear amoustache. Go to yourDU.net to see a video of the performance.

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Alix Kunkle The Daily UnionJunction City Public Works crews repair a water main break near the intersection of West Sixthand North Garfield streets Monday morning.


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1st Infantry Division Public Affairs

Business and commu-nity leaders in the FlintHills Regional LeadershipProgram had the oppor-tunity to learn about the1st Infantry Division andexperience life as a Sol-dier for a brief time dur-ing a Dec. 19 visit to FortRiley.

This is always a fasci-nating part of the pro-gram, said Ailleen Cray,executive director, FlintHills Regional LeadershipProgram. Its usuallyone of the most memora-ble days of the program.

Cray said most partici-pants, whose professionalbackgrounds vary frombanking to education topublic relations, donthave much exposure tothe military.

Their visit to Fort Rileybegan with two presenta-tions by 1st Infantry Divi-sion and Fort Riley lead-ers, including Fort RileyGarrison CommanderCol. Andrew Cole and Lt.

Col. Peter Shull, deputycommanding officer, 2ndArmored Brigade CombatTeam, 1st Infantry Divi-sion.

Cole provided an over-view of the installationand discussed some of thechallenges in the currentfiscal climate.

Despite those challeng-es, Fort Riley is preparedto continue to upgradeinfrastructure, provideworld-class training forsoldiers and support fam-ilies, he said, and regionalpartnerships are part ofthat plan.

(There are) challengesahead, but were puttingour best foot forward, hesaid, as he welcomedideas of ways Fort Rileycan work together withits neighboring communi-ties for mutual benefits.

Cole also discussed theSoldier for Life program,which focuses on educa-tion, employment andhealth care opportunitiesfor soldiers separatingfrom the Army.

As we look at takingcare of those who took itupon themselves to raisetheir right hand and to

join our force s I wantto make sure that werereturning them to (civil-ian life) healthy, giving

them those opportunitiesto integrate in a positivefashion, Cole said.

Shull expressed his pas-sion for the Fort Rileyarea and thanked those inattendance for all they and the community as awhole have done forthe Soldiers and familiesin the area.

Then, he shifted hisattention globally to pro-vide an overview of theDagger Brigadesregionally aligned forcesmission in Africa.

Its extremely complexover there, he said. Wehave a long-term commit-ment to the continent ofAfrica. We are trying tobe preventative in nature.

Hopefully, we alsodevelop some allies alongthe way, Shull said.

Shull encourages hissoldiers to think of them-selves as ambassadors, hesaid, as they tackle four

imperatives: to be global-ly available, focus onoperations, demonstratetheater security coopera-

tion and integrate exer-cises with local forces.

Our soldiers areambassadors to (these)countries, he said. Wewant to get out of thebusiness of solving otherpeoples problems.

What we want to do isidentify some good part-ners that we want to team

with and give them thetools to solve their prob-lems, Shull said.

After the overviewbriefs, participants touredFort Rileys RegionalTraining Campus to seesome of the state-of-the-art technology at thefacility.

Participants got a lookat the Dismounted SoldierTraining System in action,and got hands-on experi-ence with state-of-the-artsimulators, like the CloseCombat Tactical Trainer.

That was kind ofstressful being a gunner,

said Jolene Keck, elec-tions supervisor, RileyCounty, as she exited oneof the training simula-

tors, adding, Its pretty

amazing.Bill Raymann, chief,Training Division, Direc-torate of Plans, Training,Mobilization and Securi-ty, explained how thefacilitys IntegratedTraining Environmentincorporates three keytechnologies: gaming, vir-tual and constructivetechnologies.

The simulators let Sol-diers conduct multipleiterations of training in acontrolled, efficient andless costly environmentbefore going to the field,Raymann said.

Having soldiers repeatmissions in simulators asmany times as necessarygets them ready fasterand increases their learn-ing curve, especially whentraining as a team for thefirst time.

Im absolutely amazedand impressed at the tech-nology level of our train-ing, Keck said. We arereally lucky and blessedto have this facility righthere in our own region ...Most people dont get tosee this kind of stuff.

As part of the FlintHills Regional Leadership

program, which runsfrom September to Febru-ary, participants visitcommunities, like

Wamego, Junction City,

Manhattan, Pottawat-tamie County and Topeka,as well as Kansas StateUniversity, Manhattan, togain exposure to a varietyof topics and fields, likeindustry, economic devel-opment and legislation.

Each class also com-pletes a capstone projectby the end of June.

We try to show themthings that will eitherpique their interest orbring them back into thecommunity on their own,Cray said. One of theprimary purposes is tobreak down the barriers

between cities and coun-ties, (and to work) withone another more effec-tively because we all havea vested interest in thisarea.

Not only does the pro-gram encourage partici-pants to think morebroadly, she said, but italso helps them makevaluable connections inthe region.

Were making con-tacts, Keck agreed. I seethese as long-lastingfriendships and contactsthroughout our careers.

For more information

about the Flint HillsRegional Leadership Pro-gram, visit www.fhrlp.org.

Leadership members visit Fort Riley

Julie Fiedl er P ost

The 2013-14 Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program class poses for a group photo at the Global War on Terrorism Monument, along withFort Riley Deputy Garrison Commander Linda Hoeffner, second from right, during the groups Dec. 19 visit to Fort Riley. The groups visitto Fort Riley included presentations by 1st Infantry Division, and Fort Riley leaders, as well as a tour of Fort Rileys Regional TrainingCampus.

Despite those challenges, Fort Riley is

prepared to continue to upgradeinfrastructure, provide world-class trainingfor soldiers and support families, he said,and regional partnerships are part of that

plan.

BYJ. PARKERROBERTS

1st Infantry Divison PublicAffairs

Despite the brisk

weather and early hour

Dec. 17, friends and fam-

ily members packed into

Building 1986 at Fort

Riley to welcome home

soldiers with the 1stCombined Arms Battal-

ion, 63rd Armor Regi-

ment, 2nd Armored Bri-

gade Combat Team, 1st

Infantry Division.

About 200 Soldiers

returned at 4:30 a.m. to

post, following a six-

month deployment to

Djibouti, where they

conducted security

training.

The units colors also

were uncased, indicat-

ing the Dragon Battal-

ion had returned to

post.

It wasnt bad, said

Pfc. Thomas Keen, 1st

Bn., 63rd Armor Regt.,

2nd ABCT, 1st Infantry

Division, of his tour,

which he said wasnt dif-

ficult, aside from the

humidity.

Waiting in the stands

for Keen were his wife,

Brittany, and sons Trent,

2, Tobias, 4, and Thomas

Jr., 6.

It was great, Britta-

ny said about the rede-

ployment ceremony.

Im glad to have him

home.

Also glad to be home

was Staff Sgt. Josh Jen-

kins, 1st Bn., 63rd Armor

Regt., 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf.

Divison, whose girl-

friend, Hailee Trumbull,

was waiting to welcome

him home.

Its been OK, she

said about the deploy-

ment, with a mixture of

joy and rel ief.

Trumbull said she and

Jenkins had maintained

their nine-month rela-tionship through online

video calls and text mes-

saging.

DragonBattalionreturns


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AROUNDJCThe Daily Union. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 3A

In briefCurves workouts

Curves workouts with JillianMichaels now available at Curves ofJunction City

Curves of Junction City hasannounced it is now offering Curvesworkouts with Jillian Michaels,workouts featuring Curves Circuitstrength-training machines in con-junctio n with functio nal body-weight-based exercises that rampup metabolism and transform phy-sique.

The new workouts are designedfor women at every fitness leveland include simple modificationsfor each movement.

The workout will be showcasedon a large screen television, set toupbeat music, within each club, anda Curves coach will be present toensure safety and effectiveness.

Class times will vary by location.

For more information, call (785)762-0220 or email [email protected].

Alida UplandCooperative Parish

to host presentationThe Alida Upland Cooperative

Parish will host a special presenta-tion by David C arter, of Kansas StateUniversity, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday atthe church, located at 2243 3300Ave.

Carter will present a handwrit-ten, hand-illuminated fine artreproduction of the original St.Johns Bible, and share the processof the original.

The St. Johns Bible is the firstcompletely handwritten and illumi-nated Bible to have been commis-sioned by a Benedictine Abbeysince the invention of the printingpress.

For information, call Jean Boydat (785) 238-3237, or visit www.saintjohnsbible.org.

Register to voteThe Geary County Clerks Office

is offering additional time for resi-dents to register to vote on Tuesdayfrom 5 to 7 p.m.

This is the l ast day residents mayregister prior to the city of Grand-view Plaza special election on Jan.28.

Residents should register if theyhave moved or changed theirnames.

Advanced voting will begin Jan.8.

The last day a voter may requesta ballot to be mailed is Jan. 24.

Advanced voting in person endsat noon on Jan. 27.

Any questions should be directedto the clerks office at (785) 238-3912 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.

The office is located at 200 E.Eighth St.

New Year messageEvangelist Deborah will be speak-

ing a message for the New Year atthe next Aglow meeting on Jan. 9.

Fellowship is at 6:30 p.m.

Meeting starts at 7 p.m. at theHampton Inn, 1039 S. Washington.

All are welcome.

Hospice to hold annual

meeting Jan. 21Hospice of Dickinson County is

hosting the Hospice Volunteersannual meeting at 7 p.m. on Jan. 21at Frontier Estates, located at 601N. Buckeye in Abilene.

A year-end summary of Hospiceactivities will be presented by staffand advisory board members.

Light refreshments will beserved.

All Hospice volunteers and anyinterested community members

are encouraged to attend.

This meeting replaces the regu-larly-scheduled volunteer meet-ings.

For information, call the HomeHealth and Hospice of DickinsonCounty office at (785) 263-6630.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Linda Rush

Check out the back roads near Milford Lake. The graders were worked hard, but they were blowing shut as fast as they went through.

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DAILYUNION

STAFF REPORTS

Reviving a past local tra-

dition, the 2014 Dr. Martin

Luther King Jr. Day obser-

vance will return to down-

town Junction City Jan. 19

to 20 with events at the C.L.

Hoover Opera House.

A Gospel Tribute and

Musical Celebration fea-

turing the Wiley College A

Cappella Choir from Mar-

shall, Texas will open the

MLK Day community cele-

bration at 5 p.m. Jan. 19.

The Wiley College Choir

under the direction of Ste-

phen L. Hayes is known for

its recorded excerpts of

music used in the sound-

track of The Great Debat-

ers, the 2008 film directed

by and starring highly

acclaimed actor Denzel

Washington.sThe choir is

making a repeat appear-

ance in Junction City fol-

lowing its performance last

year.

At 10 a.m. Jan. 20, the

MLK Commemoration and

March will be highlighted

by musical selections from

the Wiley College Choir

and a keynote address by

Dr. Jose Soto, a 1967 JCHS

graduate well-known for

his work in the areas of

mental health and educa-

tion. Dr. Soto holds a Juris

Doctor degree from the

University of Nebraska-

Lincoln College of Law.

His areas of professional

involvement have centered

on Civil Rights, Fair

Employment Law, Affir-

mative Action and Equal

Opportunity.

The MLK events will

conclude with the revival

of the traditional MLK

March, which was led for

many years by Ruby Ste-

vens, the founder of the

annual MLK observances

in Junction City. During

the two-day event, free-will

offerings will be taken to

establish a Ruby Stevens

Scholarship to honor her

many years of leadership

in the community.

Events to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

BYT IM WEIDEMAN

[email protected]

Junction City commissionerswill ring in the new year tonightwith a brief agenda for the firstmeeting of 2014.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. inthe board room at the JunctionCity Municipal Building, 700 N.Jefferson St.

Junction City Area Chamberof Commerce CEO TomWeigand will present tocommissioners his annualprogress report on theorganizations consolida-tion, which now has beenin effect for two years.

Weigand will detail theaccomplishments andfuture goals of the cham-bers sub-organizations Chamber Activities, Junc-tion City-Geary County Econom-ic Development, Geary CountyConvention and Visitors Bureauand the Military Affairs Council.

Last week, Weigand told TheDaily Union the chamber isworking to develop a cleareridentity as a consolidated orga-nization, but is prepared togrow.

I think we will accomplishmore in 2014 than weve done inthe last two years, he said.

Funding publictransportation

In an effort to help ATA Busreceive federal funds fortransit services in urbanareas, the Flint HillsRegional Council is pro-posing the creation of anew public entity.

With the establishmentof the Manhattan UrbanArea, which includesJunction City and GearyCounty, up to $1 millionper year in federal funds

for urban transit are now avail-able.

However, because ATA Bus isnot a public entity, it is not eli-

gible to directly receive thosefunds. As a solution, the Flint

Hills Regional Council wants tocreate the Flint Hills RegionalTransit Administration, a publicentity that could receive thosefunds and have the authority toprovide them to regional transitservices through contracts orgrants.

Tonight, the commission isexpected to decide whether itwill enter an interlocal agree-ment establishing the Flint HillsRegional Transit Administra-tion.

The transit administrationsmission would be to provide thearea with a cost-effective, pub-lic transit system, according toa draft of the agreement.

The Junction City Commission

has supported ATA Buss

attempts to receive these funds

in the past.

In June, the City Commission

issued a letter supporting the

direct use of urban transit funds

for nonprofit organizations such

as ATA Bus.

The agreement would be

between six members Geary,

Pottawatomie and Riley coun-

ties; Junction City, Manhattan

and Kansas State University.

Each member would appoint

one representative. Fort Riley

would have a nonvoting repre-

sentative.

The urban transit funds would

be a possible source of addition-

al federal dollars for ATA Bus,

which already is eligible for fed-

eral rural transit funds.

The service operates in Man-

hattan, Junction City, Fort Riley,

Riley County and parts of Potta-

watomie County.

City commission preview

TOM

WEIGAND

The Geary County Com-

missioners will be recog-

nizing several employeesfor service milestones

attained during a ceremo-

ny beginning at 2 p.m. Jan.

13.

In total, 22 employeeswill be recognized for years

of service; among those to

be recognized include Rod-

ney Christenson, publicworks, 35 years of service;Garry Berges, emergency

management, and Bertram

Mathis, Geary County

Sheriffs Department, 30

years of service; and Lisa

Eickholt, human resourc-

es, Margie Wildman, trea-

surer, Linda Caraballo,

treasurer, and Rudolph

Goetsch, Jr., GCSD, 25

years.Those also to be recog-

nized include Florence

Whitebread, commission-

er, Teresa Mahieu, register

of deeds, and Richord Witt,public works, 20 years of

service; Janet Lockwood,court trustee, 15 years; and

Luisa White, attorney,

Tracy Sharp-Marion, court

trustee, and Catharina Bal-lard, GCSD, 10 years.

Those to be recognized

for five years of service

include Lloyd Graham,

attorney, Vicky Budinas,attorney, Joan Rairden,

GCSD, Lawrence Palmer,

community corrections,

LaRonda Graham-Smith,

GCSD, Jovina Moreno,

GCSD, Kristen Hallum,community corrections,

and Suzan Smith, commu-

nity corrections.

Geary County employeesto be honored for service milestones

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OBITUARIES/NEWS4A The Daily Union. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014

Joseph HammondNov. 11, 1952 Jan. 4, 2014

Joseph N. (Joe Baby) Hammond, 61,

of Topeka, passed away on Jan. 4, 2014at Via Christi Village in Manhattan.

Cremation has taken place.A memorial service will take place.

His life will be celebrated by a host offamily and friends

Joseph was born Nov. 11, 1952, in St.Louis, the son of Joseph and Hazel(Smith) Temple.

Joseph did home repair work inJunction City and Topeka.

He was a great host and cook. Heenjoyed entertaining friends and fam-

ily.

Joseph is survived by two sons,Joseph Hammond and his wife Dawn

of Junction City, and Nathan Ham-mond of Augusta, Ga.

He is also survived by five brothers,John H. Hammond of California,McKinnley Hammond and his wife

Gloria of Ohio, Jesse Hammond andhis wife Carol Ann of Junction City,

Louis Hammond, and Earl (Ricky)Temple, both of Topeka.

He is survived by two sisters, VeraLately of Topeka, and Shirley Temple

and her husband Tom of Wichita.He is also survived by his father,

Joseph Temple of St . Louis. He is sur-vived by a host of nieces, nephews

and grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his

mother, Hazel Temple; one brother,Nathan Temple; and two sisters, Elno-

ra (Pigg) Duvernay and her husbandWendell (Wimp), and Venetta (Nita)

Hammond-Ellis. He was also precededin death by his brother-in-law, Wiley(Sonny) Lately; sister-in-law, Linda

Abbey; and nephew, Leslie Abbey.To leave a special message for the

family, visit www.PenwellGabelJunc-tionCity.com.

By The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO Saul Zaentz, a music pro-ducer whose second careeras a filmmaker brought himbest-picture AcademyAwards for One Flew Overthe Cuckoos Nest, Ama-deus and The EnglishPatient, has died. He was92. Zaentz (zants) died Fri-day at his San Franciscoapartment after sufferingfrom Alzheimers disease,Paul Zaentz, the producersnephew and longtime busi-

ness partner told the Asso-ciated Press. Zaentz wasnever a prolific movie pro-ducer, but he took on classyproductions, specializing incomplex literary adapta-tions that Hollywood stu-dios generally find too intri-cate to put on film. Sincemoving into film at age 50with 1972s low-budgetcountry-music drama Pay-day, Zaentz made just 10movies, giving him aremarkable three-for-10 bat-ting average on best-picturewins at the Oscars.

Zaentz dies at 92

NEWS TO KNOW

Headlines from around the worldSvaty: Aquifer

depletion affectseastern Kansas

LAWRENCE Watersupply issues and depletionof the Ogallala aquiferarent just western Kansasproblems, a former Kansas

agriculture secretary told agroup of Lawrence envi-ronmentalists.

Josh Svaty, a formerthree-term state represen-tative who was named sec-retary of agriculture in2009 by then-Gov. MarkParkinson, is now a vicepresident at the Salina-based Land Institute, anagricultural and environ-mental research center.

He told members of theEcoTeam part of aninterfaith network of envi-ronmental groups knownas Lawrence Ecology TeamsUnited for Sustainability,or LET-US that waterlevels in parts of westernKansas have declined rap-idly because of large-scaleirrigation that began therein the 1970s, the LawrenceJournal-World reported.

Think about the econo-my that transfers to easternKansas, coming out of west-ern Kansas, Svaty said.The beef industry obvi-ously is very important toKansas, but a huge amountof that industry is based, orhas large footprints, in east-ern Kansas, especiallyaround Kansas City and

Johnson County.The Ogallala aquifer is avast network of under-ground water locked in theporous limestone deepbelow the surface in theHigh Plains region of theU.S., stretching from Wyo-ming and South Dakota tothe Texas and Oklahomapanhandle regions. It is theprimary source of freshwater for the entire area.

Roughly 90 percent of thewater is used for irrigationto grown corn, soybeansand milo, which are used asfeed grains for the livestockindustry.

Central-west Kansas,around Scott City and Tri-bune, is already considereda dead zone where irriga-tion has all but ceased,Svaty said. While there ismore water available forfeedlots and processingplants in Gaden City, Lib-eral and Dodge City in the

southwest, he said, farmersare pumping vastly largeramounts which consumemore energy because thewater is deeper below thesurface.

Few people in westernKansas even speak aboutstopping the depletion, hesaid, but instead talk aboutmanaged decline.

Some people out therecomplain that they are theonly mining interest in thestate that is not allowed tomine out all of theirresource, he said.

Pro-Hillary Clintongroup courts NH

politiciansCONCORD, N.H. She

has yet to decide her politi-cal future, but a grouppushing Hillary Clinton torun for president is alreadyworking to strengthen her

support in New Hamp-shire.

Its a small state wherepersonal relationshipsmean a lot. And both Billand Hillary Clinton havedeep personal relationshipswith a whole lot of peoplein New Hampshire, CraigSmith, a senior adviser forthe super PAC known asReady for Hillary, saidwhile visiting the stateMonday. That createsopportunities for us here.

Ready for Hillary is build-ing a national network tobenefit Clinton should shedecide to seek the presiden-cy in 2016. As a super PAC,the organization can raiseand spend unlimitedamounts of money but can-not formally coordinatewith the Clinton family orits representatives.

Smith, former WhiteHouse political directorunder President Bill Clin-ton, spent the day courtinglocal political officials,including union leadersand Democratic Partychairman Raymond Buck-ley.

The New Hampshire visitis part of a broader effort to

expand the groups politi-cal clout in key states aheadof the 2014 midterm elec-tions. Smith confirmed thatin recent days, Ready forHillary rented the 2008Clinton campaigns list ofsupporter email addresses.

He said his group wouldlikely phase out and give

its assets to another superPAC should Clinton enterthe 2016 race.

Before then, he said hisorganization would mobi-lize thousands of volun-teers in New Hampshireand other states with com-petitive contests in 2014.Gov. Maggie Hassan andSen. Jeanne Shaheen, Dem-ocrats and likely Clintonsupporters, both face re-election.

In some places, the 2014elections are really impor-tant, like New Hampshire,Smith said. We want to behelpful.

The state is expected tohost the nations first presi-dential primary contest in2016. Smith said he wouldvisit Iowa later in themonth, the state that tradi-tionally hosts the first cau-cuses.

New Hampshire votershave been good to the Clin-

tons in the past.Hillary Clinton scored a

narrow victory in the 2008presidential primaryagainst then-Sen. BarackObama. Her husband wasdubbed the comeback kidafter scoring a surprisinglystrong second-place finishhere in 1992.

UN: Half of CentralAfrican Republic

needs aidUNITED NATIONS

U.N. officials are warningthe Security Council thatCentral African Republic ison the brink of a catastro-phe, with half the popula-tion made homeless sinceethnic warfare broke out.

U.N. political affairs chiefJeffrey Feltman told thecouncil Monday that about2.2 million people through-out Central African Repub-lic need assistance, abouthalf the total population.

About half the people ofBangui have been drivenfrom their homes, a total ofabout 513,000, he said.About 100,000 are jamminga makeshift camp at the

airport near the capitol.The Central African

Republic has been plungedinto chaos as the countrysChristian majority seeksrevenge against the Muslimrebels, who seized power ina coup in March. Fightingbetween Christian andMuslim militias intensified

in December.An attack on Bangui by

the Christian militia call-ing itself the anti-Balakaon Dec. 5 triggered heavyunrest in the capitol, Felt-man said. A report in lateDecember by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonreported 600 deaths in Ban-gui in those attacks, andFeltman put the currenttotal at 750 casualties inthe capital.

The death toll outsideBangui is likely to be sub-stantial, he said.

Killings in Bangui andthe rest of the country con-tinue every day, and thepopulation remains dividedalong religious affiliation,Feltman said.

The U.N. Childrens Fundwarned at the end ofDecember, that childrenare being recruited into themilitias, and verified thekillings of at least 16 chil-

dren since Dec. 5 two ofwhom were beheaded.

In December the SecurityCouncil authorized a multi-national African peace-keeping force, which isexpected to increase itstroop strength from about2,500 to 3,500, to keep a lidon the violence. France sentin about 1,600 troops onDec. 9 to back them up.

US moves to stopairplane engineexport to Iran

ISTANBUL The UnitedStates Commerce Depart-ment has issued an emer-gency order using U.S. anti-terrorism export controllaws against a Turkishcompany in an attempt tostop it from exporting twoBoeing airplane engines toIran.

Commerce Departmentofficials say that suchorders are used rarely toprevent the imminentexport of restricted U.S.items to certain countries.

The order posted onlinewas issued Friday becauseU.S. officials believed that

an Iranian cargo companywas set to pick up the sec-ondhand engines Tuesday.The order also targeted theIranian company, PouyaAirline.

H. Engin Borluca , thedirector of the Turkishcompany, 3K Aviation &Logistics, says that he was

unaware that U.S. restric-tions applied to transac-tions outside of the U.S.,and that the company istrying to resolve the mat-ter.

Argentina: newprice controls to

fight inflationBUENOS AIRES

Argentinas government islaunching its latest pricecontrol program to curbhigh inflation.

The one-year programstarted Monday sets priceson 194 supermarket items.They include staples likemilk bread and meat as wellas other items like cannedgoods and cleaning prod-ucts.

Consumer prices are oneof the most pressing wor-ries for Argentines.

The government says

inflation is running around10 percent a year. But inde-pendent economists say therate is really more thandouble that.

The International Mone-tary Fund also says the offi-cial statistics agency under-reports inflation. The IMFis now working with thegovernment on a newindex.

President Cristina Fer-nandez must also deal withlow economic growth anddwindling reserves. Argen-tinas union leaders areexpected to demand payraises in line with the high-

er inflation rate.

Terror groupthreatens France

over MaliDAKAR, Senegal A

terror group active in WestAfrica has threatened totarget the interests ofFrance and her allies inretaliation for Frances mil-itary intervention in Malilast year, according to aMauritanian website fre-quently used by local jihad-ists to communicate with

the outside world.The statement from the

Mourabitounes group, sentSaturday to the NouakchottInformation Agency, alsodetailed terrorist opera-tions carried out by thegroups members last year,including attacks in Nigerand Mali, and the killing of

foreign hostages at a natu-ral gas plant in southeast-ern Algeria.

Mourabitounes wasformed in August, when theone-eyed terror leaderMoktar Belmoktar official-ly joined forces with theMovement for Oneness andJihad in West Africa, a rad-ical al-Qaida-linked jihadistgroup that once controlledpart of northern Mali andhas claimed responsibilityfor a series of attacks in theGao region since Franceintervened.

In a statement last monthdesignating the Mourabi-tounes group as a foreignterrorist organization, theU.S. State Department saidit constitutes the greatestnear-term threat to U.S. andWestern interests in Afri-cas Sahel region.

France intervened inMali in January 2013 afterthe countrys northern halffell under the control ofIslamic extremists follow-ing a March 2012 militarycoup. Later that month,Belmoktar staged his mostnotorious operation target-ing the Algerian naturalgas facility at Ain Amenas,taking hundreds hostagebefore the army attacked,killing nearly all the mili-tants. At least 40 hostagesdied in the standoff.

The State Departmenthas said three U.S. citizenswere killed in the attackand that seven Americansescaped.

More recently Belmoktar

and the Movement for One-ness and Jihad in WestAfrica claimed joint respon-sibility in May for attacksin Niger. Suicide bombersdetonated two car bombssimultaneously there, oneinside a military camp inthe city of Agadez andanother in the remote townof Arlit at a French-operat-ed uranium mine, killing atotal of 26 people andwounding dozens.

The latest message fromthe Mourabitounes groupaccused France of killingpeaceful children, womenand old men during its

operations in northernMali.

The mujahedeen willnot rest with arms crossedfacing this situation, evenif, today, the voice of injus-tice prevails, the Nouak-chott Information Agencywebsite quoted the messageas saying.

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THEDAILYUNION.

To the PublicWe propose to stand by the progressivemovements which will benefit thecondition of the people of these United States.

John Montgomery and E.M. GilbertJunction City Union

July 28, 1888

John G. Montgomery

Publisher Emeritus

Tim Hobbs

Publisher/Editor

Penny Nelson

Office Manager

Lisa SeiserManaging Editor

Jacob KeehnAd Services Director

Grady MalsburyPress Supervisor

From the News EditorWelcome to Kansas,

six states later

One of the first things to appear on mydesk was a tin of Christmas cookies. Itsfilled with all kinds of goodies roasted

almonds, fudge, peanut butter cookies, andjust about everything in between.

That tin had quite the journey getting to mydesk, and it never left my side the whole time.

See, the cookies were all baked at home, inLatrobe, Pa., a city slightly smaller than Junc-tion City. Home is where I spent Christmas,with my family and closest friends.

From Pennsylvania, that cookie tin wascrammed into a suitcase and stuck on an air-plane from Pennsylvania to Louisiana, with astop in Atlanta. There were a few casualtiesalong the way, but with bumpy plane rides,thats to be expected.

From Louisiana, the cookie tin then sat shot-gun in a U-Haul as I traveled through the nightfrom Louisiana to Junction City, by way ofTexas and Oklahoma. At times, those cookieswere the only thing keeping me awake duringthat trip, especially at 5:30 a.m. as I wasattempting to navigate extremely narrow lanesthrough Dallas.

But the cookies made it, and thus, so did I.Kansas marks the 10th state Ive stepped foot

in, not counting states I passedthrough.

Being from Pennsylvania, thiscold weather weve had isnt newto me Ive just had to get usedto it again, having spent the lastfew years in sunny Louisiana.

You probably learned quite abit about me in Thursdayspaper, when I formally intro-duced myself. But here are fivemore things you probably did

not know about me. I have an ever-growing collection of Pitts-

burgh Pirates jerseys. I bought my first Piratesjersey approximately 10 years ago two ofthem, actually. Since then, Ive tried to pick upauthentic (preferably game-worn) jerseyswhen I have an opportunity. The only caveat ...I dont go after the big names. The moreobscure the player, the more intriguing for me.

My highlights thus far include a Chance San-ford black alternate jersey and a Britt Reamesspring training jersey.

My favorite bands include some youveprobably never heard of. Out of my top five all-time favorites, only one is well known (JimmyEat World), two are somewhat known (AriHest and Ingram Hill), and two are Pittsburgh-based bands (The Clarks and Donora). Thefunny thing is, all five are of a differentgenre.

My other passion is historical railroadresearch. I grew up a mile away from an aban-doned railroad tunnel and my interest in thatarea quickly expanded. Since then, Ive triedto acquire as many documents and books aspossible concerning railroads in the south-western Pennsylvania area. My goal is to writeat least one book on the subject, but I believe

theres plenty of work left to do to accomplishthat. Speaking of which ...

I am also working on a novel. I wont revealwhat its about, because I like to keep thatinformation close to the vest, but I have beenworking on it for more than 10 years. It evolvedout of a movie script, which I will admit waspretty awful. But I think Im a year or twoaway from evolving from the writing phase tothe getting published phase, which may be anew adventure in itself.

And finally, my favorite movie/televisioncharacter is Horatio Caine, of CSI: Miami.Sure, the one-liners might be cheesy, but Iloved them. If you asked me, CSI: Miami endedmuch too abruptly. A close second is Ron Bur-gundy from the Anchorman movies.

That is me in a nutshell, I guess. Feel free tostop in and say hello. Id love to meet as manyof you as I can, if nothing else just to say hello.There are some cookies left, too, if youd like afew. Theyre really good, I promise.

ALI X KUNKLE is the new news editor at TheDaily Union and he may be contacted at [email protected].

Trying to get re-elected

Just a week from now, 165 Kansans

will be savoring lunches, dinnersand drinks bought by someone

else ... and trying to figure out how tomake themselves irreplaceable to theirlegislative constituents, their campaigncontributors and enough voters thatthey get to come back in 2015.

The 2014 Kansas legislative sessionstarts Jan. 13. Theres plenty to do, butthe key this election-year session forstatewide elected officials and mem-bers of the Kansas House is to get re-elected. Keep the state operating, ofcourse, but primarily, get re-elected.

So, dont look for massive changes inthe face of the state or major new ini-tiatives by the Legislature on behalf of how do we say this politically cor-rectly? Kansans who either dontvote in primary elections or from thestandpoint of legislators vote wrong.

There is really just one issue thatmay or may not confront the Legisla-ture with dramatic effect a decisionby the Kansas Supreme Court onfinancing of K-12 public education thatcould trigger more than $400 million inadditional spending for schools.

Thats the biggie out there, and law-makers will likely get the decision earlyin the legislative session.

Thats the decision which couldrange from a scolding of lawmakers forcutting taxes instead of making suit-able provision for finance of publiceducation to a demand by the courtthat lawmakers actually appropriatethe money to better provide for the costof public education.

It comes down to that.And the Legislatures reaction is

likely to range from just grumblingabout separation of powers and pony-ing up the money the court demands(dont bet on that) or rejecting the deci-sion and turning the education of chil-dren into an us vs. those folks in blackrobes.

Besides education funding, thingsget ... well ... scattered.

Theres just how much informationyou have to provide to vote to whereelse people can carry concealed weap-

ons to those electric cigarettes and

where they can be smoked.And, of course, talk about examin-

ing, but probably not doing anything

memorable about, tax rates for busi-

nesses and individuals because law-

makers typically are not interested in

election year tax changes that dont

show up on your paycheck before you

vote.

Booze in grocery stores? That might

heat up, and there are always the puppy

mill regulations and abortion prohibi-

tion expansion measures that are good

for quotes in newspaper stories.

But earthshaking? Nope. Look for

this to be a relatively low-key session

if the Supreme Court doesnt shake

things up.

Look at it as the legislative equiva-lent of comfort food ... and just wish

you were a legislator, that unique breed

of Kansans who never have to double-

check to make sure they have lunch

money

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OPINION

Common Core

My TV producers asked ourFacebook audience to vote fora topic theyd most like to hear

discussed on my year-end show. Theoverwhelming winner, for some rea-son: the education standards programCommon Core.

Most Americans dont even knowwhat that is. But they should. Its thegovernments plan to try to bring thesame standard to every government-run school.

This may sound good. Often, statesdumb down tests to try to leave nochild behind. How can governmentevaluate teachers and reward success-ful schools if there isnt a single nation-al standard?

But when the federal government

imposes a single teaching plan on 15,000school districts across the country,thats even more central planning, andcentral planning rarely works. It bringsstagnation.

Education is a discovery process likeany other human endeavor. We mightbe wrong about both how to teach andwhat to teach, but we wont realize itunless we can experiment compareand contrast the results of differentapproaches. Having one plan makesit harder to experiment and figure outwhat works.

Some people are terrified to heareducation and experiment in thesame sentence. Why take a risk withsomething as important as my childseducation? Pick the best educationmethods and teach everyone that way!

But we dont know what the best wayto educate kids is.

As American education has becomemore centralized, the rest of our liveshave become increasingly diverse andtailored to individual needs. Every

minute, thousands of entrepreneursstruggle to improve their products.Quality increases, and costs oftendrop.

But centrally planned K-12 educationdoesnt improve. Per-student spendinghas tripled (governments now routine-ly spend $300,000 per classroom!), buttest results are stagnant.

Everyone who has children knowsthat theyre all different, right? Theylearn differently, observed SabrinaSchaeffer of the Independent WomensForum on my show. In the workplace,were allowing people flexibility to tele-commute, to have shared jobs. In enter-tainment, people buy and watch whatthey want, when they want. Havingone inflexible model for education is

so old-fashioned.No Child Left Behind programs were

an understandable reaction to atro-cious literacy and graduation rates but since school funding was pegged tostudents performance on federallyapproved tests, classroom instructionbecame largely about drilling for thosetests and getting the right answers,even if kids did l ittle to develop broaderreasoning skills. So along comes Com-mon Core to attempt to fix the problem and create new ones.

Common Core de-emphasizes cor-rect answers by awarding kids pointsfor reasoning, even when they dontquite get there.

A video went viral online that showeda worried mom, Karen Lamoreaux amember of the group Arkansas AgainstCommon Core complaining to theArkansas Board of Education aboutcomplicatedly worded math problemsmeant for fourth-graders. She read tothe Board this question: Mr. Yamatosclass has 18 students. If the class counts

around by a number and ends with 90,what number did they count by?

Huh?

But I could be wrong. Maybe this is a

clever new way to teach math, and

maybe Lamoreaux worries too much.

Unfortunately, though, if Lamoreaux

is right, and the federal government is

wrong, government still gets to decree

its universal solution to this problem.

Promoters of Common Core say,

Dont worry, Common Core is volun-

tary. This is technically true, but

states that reject it lose big federal

money. Thats Big Governments ver-

sion of voluntary.

Common Core, like public school,

public housing, the U.S. Postal Service,the Transportation Security Adminis-

tration, etc., are all one-size-fits-all gov-

ernment monopolies. For consumers,

this is not a good thing.

With the future riding on young peo-

ple consuming better forms of educa-

tion, Id rather leave parents and chil-

dren (and educators) multiple choices.

Despite Common Core, Schaeffer

pointed out that this year did bring

some victories for educational free-

dom. We saw new education tax credit

programs and expansion of tax credit

programs in numerous states Ala-

bama, Indiana, Iowa and others. Edu-

cation Savings Accounts expanded in

other states; voucher programs expand-

ed.

This is good news. Vouchers, Educa-

tion Savings Accounts and tax credits

create competition and choice.

JOHNSTOSSELis host of Stossel onthe Fox Business Network.

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community. Our View editorials represent the opinion and institutional voice of The Daily Union. All other content on this page represents the opinions of others and does not necessarily represent the views of TheDaily Union.

Letters to the editor may be sent to The Daily Union. We prefer e-mail if possible, sent to [email protected]. You may also mail letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 129, Junction City, KS 66441. All letters mustbe fewer than 400 words and include a complete name, signature, address and phone number of the writer for verification purposes. The Daily Union reserves the right to edit letters for length. All decisions regard-ing letters, including whether a name withheld letter will be honored, length, editing and publication are at the discretion of the managing editor.

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POLICE& RECORDS6A The Daily Union. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014

Junction City

Fire DepartmentThe Junction City Fire Depart-

ment made 21 transports andresponded to 30 calls in the 72-hourperiod ending 8 a.m. Monday.

Junction CityPolice Department

The Junction City Police Depart-ment made nine arrests andresponded to 194 calls in the72-hour period ending 6 a.m. Mon-day.

Friday 1:55 p.m. Damage to prop-

erty, 1309 Highland Drive

3:23 p.m. Theft, 1802 N.Washington St.

3:44 p.m. Accident, Wash-ington St. and Madison St.

4:31 p.m. Theft, 1033 S.Washington St. 4:34 p.m. Domestic, 1800

block of Caroline Ave. 4:43 p.m. Disturbance, 223

E. 15th St. 6:26 p.m. Theft, 521 E. Chest-

nut St. 11:27 p.m. Assault, 210 E.

Ninth St.

Saturday 2 a.m. Shots fired, 1515 W.

Ash St. 2 a.m. Shots fired, Valley

View Drive 4:32 a.m. Shots fired, 300

block of Grant Ave. 12:24 p.m. Damage to prop-

erty, 316 W. Walnut St. 12:29 p.m. Accident, 521 E.

Chestnut St. 1:33 p.m. Damage to prop-

erty, 505 Sheridan Drive 2:51 p.m. Damage to prop-erty, 425 W. Second St.

9:23 p.m. Accident, US-77

and I-70

Sunday 6:05 a.m. Domestic, 200

block of S. Jefferson St. 9:56 a.m. Accident, 1810

Caroline Ave. 11:23 a.m. Accident, US-77

and Ash St. 11:52 a.m. Accident, 419 W.

14th St. 1:57 p.m. Damage to prop-

erty, 1001 E. Sixth St. 2:47 p.m. Damage to prop-

erty, 410 W. Chestnut St.

3:50 p.m. Damage to prop-erty, 223 W. Chestnut St.

4:15 p.m. Damage to prop-erty, 215 W. Chestnut St.

11:09 p.m. Domestic, 100block of E. Elm St.

11:45 p.m. Battery, 607 W.

Spruce St.

Grandview PlazaPolice Department

The Grandview Plaza Police

Department made one arrest andresponded to 11 calls in the 24-hourperiod ending 12 a.m. Monday.

Geary CountySheriffs DepartmentThe Geary County Sheriffs

Department made no arrests andresponded to 56 calls in the 48-hour

period ending 7 a.m. Monday. A

report for Friday wasnt received.

Saturday 10:03 p.m. Accident, US-77

and Old Highway 77

Geary CountyDetention Center

The Geary County Detention

Center booked the following indi-viduals during the 24-hour periodending 7 a.m. Monday. Reports for

Friday and Saturday were not

received.

Sunday 6 a.m. Dakota Wagenblast,

probation violation (recommit) 11:25 p.m. Kimberlyn

Chaney, driving while suspended,driving without headlights

News from around Kansas

NEWS TO KNOW

Ranchers bravedeep freeze to care

for cattleWICHITA Kansas cat-

tle rancher Debbie Lyons-Blythe actually rejoiced

Monday when school was

cancelled for her twin

teenage sons, because it

meant she would have

extra help on the family

farm in the Flint Hills

amid the frigid tempera-

tures.

The kids are pretty

excited about it too, but itmeans they are not sitting

by the TV playing video

games, she said. They

are outside working with

us.

High school seniors

Tyler and Eric Blythe,both 18, were helping

water and feed cattle and

rolling out straw so the

animals would have awarm place to lay down.

They got help from a

19-year-old brother, Trent

Blythe, who was home

from college.

Temperatures at the

farm dipped to minus 9

degrees overnight, cold

enough to freeze even

some of the electric water-

ing troughs. As long ascattle have fresh water to

drink they can survive,

even if it is icy cold water,

Lyons-Blythe said. Cattlehave a thick hide and hair

that helps protect them

from the cold, particularly

when there is not much

snow on the ground to get

them wet.

When the farm pond

freezes over, the familychops the ice to make sure

there is a hole where their

cattle can drink. To thaw

out the water in their fro-

zen electric troughs, the

teens made lots of trips

back and forth from the

house to the pens carrying

5-gallon buckets of hot

water.

It makes the kidsunderstand the responsi-

bilities on the farm,

Lyons-Blythe said, adding

that her children have

bundled up and come in

from time to time to warm

up and make sure nobody

gets frostbite.

They still have that sat-

isfaction at the end of the

day that weve got some-where around 500 head of

animals here and they

took care of everything

that was needed, Lyons-

Blythe said.

She said she put on three

layers of clothing to try to

keep warm, bulky enoughthat it made it difficult

maneuvering into and out

of a tractor. But the extra

help from her children

allowed her to come in

from the cold earlier so

she could fix a big pot ofbeef enchilada soup for

lunch and start on the

chicken and dumplings the

family would have for din-

ner.The coldest places in

Kansas on Sunday nightinto early Monday morn-

ing were in Garden City

and Cottonwood Fallswhere the temperatures

dipped to a minus 12

degrees, said Vanessa

Pearce, a meteorologist

with the National WeatherService. Temperatures

varied widely, with south-

east Kansas and northeast

Kansas seeing low temper-

atures hovering aroundminus 11 degrees. It was

minus 5 degrees in Wichita

at 6:25 a.m. Monday.

In north-central Kansas,

Jon Ferguson ventured

outside Monday to checkon the calves he is raising

at his ranch in Kensington

near the Kansas-Nebraska

border. Temperatures

overnight had fallen tominus 10 degrees. He made

sure he had on insulated

boots and his usual heavy

coat, but he wasnt plan-ning on doing a whole lot

of outside chores. What

little snow there was had

melted away, so the calves

were dry and weathering

the cold well.Most of us in the cattle

business, as least in this

part of the world I live in,

understand you have todeal with these kinds oftemperatures, Ferguson

said.

While having little snow

on the ground is good for

cattle when temperatures

dive, it leaves winter wheat

without an insulating

cover and can lead to crop

loss.

But Ferguson was not

giving much thought to his

winter wheat right now,

and he wont know untilspring the extent of the

freeze damage. He hoped

his wheat was not dam-

aged, but took comfort in

the fact he could still get

some income from it

thanks to crop insurance.

Wheat has nine lives.

There is absolutely no

point in worrying, you

cant do anything about

it, Ferguson said. It is

not one of those things I

am going to sit and worry

about.

Chilly temperatures

closed schools across

northeast and north-cen-

tral Kansas, including inthe Kansas City area,

Topeka, Lawrence, Man-

hattan and Salina. Schools

were open in Wichita.

In Topeka, the Rescue

Mission had four people

out searching for home-

less people. Its director,

the Rev. Barry Feaker, said

the team goes out regular-

ly to help the homeless,

connecting them with ser-

vices and helping them

find shelter, but the arctic

weather is making the job

more urgent.

He said the team began

making the rounds of

homeless camps last week

to warn their residentsthat the severe cold was

coming,

Some will just hunker

down and stay there,

Feaker said.

He said the team willensure that people who

insist on staying on the

street have warm, dry

clothing or tents.He said the mission was

housing more than 300

people.

Stephen Kmetz, the

executive director of the

Salina Rescue Mission,said the shelter added

three or four people over

the weekend as its popula-

tion climbed slightly to 82

people.They know to come to

us, Kmetz said.

Officials confirmcause of illness

outbreakGARDEN CITY State

health officials have con-

firmed the cause of an ill-

ness that struck patrons of

a southwest Kansas restau-

rant last month.The Kansas Department

of Health and Environ-

ment said Monday the gas-

trointestinal upset among

people who ate food from a

Jimmy Johns GourmetSandwiches in Garden City

was caused by norovirus.County and state agen-

cies began investigating theoutbreak Dec. 18.

KDHE says it found that209 people came down with

norovirus symptoms suchas vomiting and diarrhea

within three days of eatingthe restaurants food

between Dec. 10 and Christ-mas Eve.

The Jimmy Johns closedfor three days in late Decem-

ber for a special cleaningand disinfection. State offi-

cials say no new cases ofthe illness have been report-

ed since the restaurantreopened on Dec. 27.

Wichita policefrustrated over four

unsolved killingsWICHITA Though

Wichitas 16 homicides in2013 were among the lowestrecorded in a decade, police

officials are frustrated by

the four that remain

unsolved, saying witnesses

arent coming forward tohelp bring the killers to jus-

tice.

Two of the unsolved

homicides were gang-relat-ed, said police spokesman

Lt. Todd Ojile, while the

other two involved gang

members. Solving those

cases remains stubbornlyelusive, he told The Wichita

Eagle.

We know someone out

there holds the key to solv-

ing these cases, Ojile said.

Either we havent foundthem, or they havent given

us the information we need

on them.

James Gary Jr., 27, was

shot to death early on themorning of July 14 during a

fight outside a warehouse,

while Kolby Hopkins, 25,

was killed when someone

opened fire in a parking lotin the citys Old Town dis-

trict early on the morning

of Sept. 22.In both of those cases,

the victims were shot in themidst of large crowds, Ojile

said.

We do believe there are

people out there who saw

what happened, he said.

The other two victimswere Lemmie Alford, 25,

who was shot in the street

July 24, and Damon Wil-

liams, 47, who was shot in a

parking lot Oct. 29 and latercrashed his car.

In addition to bringing

the killers to justice, Ojile

said, finding the gunmen

would help families of the

victims.Its almost impossible to

start the healing process

until you know whos

responsible for it, saidAaron A.J. Bohannon,

who was with Hopkins

when he was shot to death.

Its disheartening, really,

to lose somebody that closeto you and for somebody

not to be held responsible

for that.

Even though all four

unsolved homicides have

connections to gangs, Ojilesaid, he doesnt blame the

gang culture for the lack of

information needed to solve

the cases. Instead, its areflection of society in gen-eral, he said.

I think sometimes peo-

ple are scared to get

involved, he said. They

dont know what it entails,and theyre scared to get

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Dear Annie:When I was afreshman in high school, Ibecame friends with Agnes,who was (like me) something

of a social outcast.Agnes still considers me to

be her best friend.That was 10 years ago.We have both grown up to

be very different people.I am repelled by Agnes life-

style of promiscuity and high-risk behaviors.

Although she is free withpraise and is loyal in an oddsort of way, she is incrediblynarcissistic and often conde-scending.

Add to that a volatile andsometimes violent temper, andshe is a person I no longerwant in my life.

Still, we have a history.When she says I am the

only one who has stuck withher, I feel a responsibility tomaintain the friendship.

I am also fond of her 5-year-old son.

I dont want to be dishonestby pretending that her deci-sions, her manner and herlifestyle dont bother me.

It seems dishonorable. Butif I tell her any of this, I knowit will lead to a nasty confron-tation.

The truth about my feelingswould crush her.

She considers friendshipand loyalty to be sacred and

would take my disapproval asa betrayal of her trust.Should I tell her the truth

for my sake or continue thedeception for hers? Con-flicted

Dear Conflicted:It dependson what you want.

If your goal is not to seeAgnes anymore, go ahead andlet loose.

People outgrow friendshipsall the time.

You dont have to maintainthis one, although it meansyou would not be around toshow her son what a stableperson looks like.

You also could slowly make

yourself less available toAgnes so there is no confron-tation at all while the relation-ship withers.

But a true friend would tellAgnes gently and kindly thatyou are worried about her.

In turn, Agnes, while notpleased, would accept yourconcern and not cut you out ofher sons life.

Dear Annie: My husbandand I have been married fortwo years, and we have beentogether for 16.

This is my third marriageand his second.

He is 61, and I am 58.I work out of the home, and

he is now semi-retired.I would appreciate some

help with cooking or cleaning,but he always says I wouldntbe happy with the way he doesit.

Ive told him this is a cop-out

I honestly do not care howwell he does, only that there is

effort and validation of my

feelings.Im exasperated.We get along great other-

wise, but he is such a horsesbutt about this.

Just yesterday, he madehimself a sandwich for dinnerand never even asked whetherI wanted anything.

He doesnt pressure me to

cook.I do it because I know he

likes to have dinner and I enjoycooking.

But I would certainly never

eat in front of him and notoffer something.

Am I being overly sensi-tive?

Is it too much to ask for helpwith cleaning and cooking orto have my feelings taken seri-ously? Hurt and Exasper-ated

Dear Hurt:We think your

husband is a little lazy and hasbeen trained to be waited on.

He needs to step up and bemore of a full partner.

Separate the householdchores and assign specific

tasks for each of you.If you enjoy cooking, you

could do more of that, and hecould do more cleaning.

Ask what hed prefer.

If he doesnt follow through,

do NOT pick up after him.Or, if you can afford it, hire

someone.Dear Annie:Ms. Bit said

she was having trouble reach-ing certain body parts to cleanthem.

I suggest she upgrade hertoilet to a bidet toilet that pro-

vides a warm water bath and adrying fan for the parts inquestion.

My elderly parents had oneinstalled years ago, and it

served them well. A Fan ofBeing Clean

ANNIESMAI LBOXis writtenby Kathy Mitchell and Marcy

Sugar, longtime editors ofthe Ann Landers column.Please email your questionsto [email protected], or write to: AnniesMailbox, c/o CreatorsSyndicate, 737 3rd Street,Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Garfield

Peanuts

Beetle Bailey

Blondie

Baby Blues

Wizard of Id

Hi and Lois

Dennis the Menace Marmaduke

Zits

ARIES (March 21 April 19). If yousee it every day, its not strange -- and if itsnot strange, then it cant be beautiful.This is why updating your style or chang-ing the way you relate to people will beworth the effort and expense.

TAURUS(April 20 May 20). A messyroom and an organized mind seldom gotogether, though the untidy person inyour life will claim they do. Use negativeexamples as inspiration to get your ownroom/act/head together.

GEMINI (May 21 June 21). If youaccused someone close to you of beingout of touch with what you need, youwould be right. But what good would thatdo? Instead, dont make anyone guess.Say what you need.

CANCER (June 22 July 22). Thereare the people who say, What can I do to

help? and there are the people who justget in there and help. The problem ispretty obvious now, so join the latter cat-egory.

LEO (July 23 Aug. 22). When theconversation gets awkward or boring,you will be aware enough to change thesubject. You dont think of this as a talent,but you should. Your astute socializing willsave the day.

VIRGO(Aug. 23 Sept. 22). Of all thethings you compare, comparing yourselfto another person is the most unfair. Youknow all of your flaws and shortcomings;whereas, they are doing their best tomask theirs. Focus exclusively on beingyour best you.

LIBRA(Sept. 23 Oct. 23). Go down

the list of your many blessings, and

remind yourself that your life right now is

pretty great. If you dont appreciate yourassets, its impossible to present them in

such a way that others will.

SCORPIO(Oct. 24 Nov. 21). Youll bemeeting new people. The tone you set

will be a starting place. If you start out tooseriously, people will be frightened of

whats next. Thats why its best to keepthings light while making a first impres-

sion.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 Dec. 21). To

manage the full range of your emotions,you must first embrace the full range of

your emotions. Losing your temperdoesnt always mean you lose the situa-

tion. Some effectively use temper out-bursts as a tactic.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19).Change occurs because you focus all of

your energy on building a new way of

doing things. You dont have to wastetime tearing the old way down. It will

crumble on its own.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 Feb. 18). If it is

at all possible to lower your defenseswhile raising your standards, youll do it.

You have excellent taste, and whats evenbetter is that you dont feel like you have

to constantly prove that to people.

PISCES(Feb. 19 March 20). If you

do it first, youre the leader. Those whomerely instruct others to do it first may

have the title of leader, but the one whowill be respected and followed is the one

who did it first.

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Youll see some differenc-es on the outside, Walkersaid. We dont like to buildall of our schools alike, sowell have some unique differ-ences to that facility.

Other plans include LEED(Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) certi-fication. Created by the U.S.Green Building Council, theprogram is intended to helpincrease environmentalresponsibility and useresources efficiently.

SCHOOLContinued from Page 1A

classes Monday.

USD 475 announced

Monday evening that

classes would resume

Tuesday.

Three water main

breaks were reported inJunction City Monday

morning, all attributed to

the cold weather.

Two breaks one at the

intersection of Oak and

South Jackson streets, and

one near Hale Drive and

West 17th Street were

repaired by 9:30 a.m. Mon-

day, according to city offi-

cials.

A third, at the intersec-

tion of West Sixth and

North Garfield streets, left

customers in the 900 and

1000 blocks of West Sixth

Street to be without water

for much of the morning.

NWS forecasts expect

temperatures to reach the

mid-30s throughout the

remainder of the week,

with highs to approach 50

degrees by Monday.

WEATHERContinued from Page 1A

FROM PAGE ONE/NEWS

BYCHASEJORDAN

[email protected]

The Geary County Sher-iffs Department recentlyimplemented security

changes at the courthouse.

During a recent depart-

ment head meeting, Geary

County Sheriff Tony Wolf

said everything is running

smoothly.

We got that up and

going, Wolf said.

Securing the historic

courthouse and Kansas

House Bill 2052 has been anongoing topic since theearly months of 2013.

It allows conceal-and-

carry permit holders tocarry guns into publicbuildings, such as the court-house and other offices, ifthere are no metal detec-tors or security guards atentrances.

Wolf believes the court-house should be securedbecause of the emotionaldecisions taking placeinside.

Now, the only entrance to

the courthouse is the west-ern portion of the building,on ground level.

Security includes the

installation of metal detec-tor devices and deputies tomonitor the entryway.

About five deputies willbe assigned to handle secu-rity Monday through Fri-day, or anytime court is insession.

With a bigger docket andmore people coming to thecourthouse in upcomingdays, Wolf expects theirskills to be put to

work more.Everybody knows it a

work in progress, Wolfsaid. Were going have to

keep plugging away it.Officials also plan to

secure the Geary Countyoffice building as well withdifferent entrances for thepublic and employees andthe installation of securitycameras.

Wolf recently sent docu-mentation requesting afour-year extension withthe assistance of othercounty officials.

Fire calls down in 2013The Geary County Rural

Fire Department received a

total of 141 calls in 2013.

That amount is 69 less than

2012.

Fire Chief Garry Berges

presented a report to Geary

County Commissioners

during a Monday session.

Officials believe the

decrease is weather relat-

ed.

We were in a drought

last year, Bennett said.

We had a little more mois-

ture this year so we didnt

have near the grass fires we

had a year ago.

The total amount of grass

and brush fires dropped

significantly to 40 incidents.

The total in 2012 was 85.

Medical assists toppped

the list with 55.

According to the depart-

ment, the average response

time was 7 minutes, 33 sec-

onds, and the total amount

loss was more than $292

million.

Safety measures continue to improve at courthouse

By The Associated Press

BAGHDAD Iraqs prime min-ister urged Fallujah residents onMonday to expel al-Qaida militantsto avoid an all-out battle in thebesieged city, a sign that the gov-ernment could be paving the wayfor an imminent military push inan attempt to rout hard-line Sunniinsurgents challenging its territo-rial control over the westernapproaches to Baghdad.

The militants seizure of Fallu-jah and parts of nearby Ramadi,once bloody battlegrounds for U.S.troops, has marked the most directchallenge to Prime Minister Nourial-Malikis government since the

departure of American forces twoyears ago.Both the U.S. and its longtime

rival Iran view the escalating con-flict with alarm, with neither want-ing to see al-Qaida take firmer rootinside Iraq. Washington has ruledout sending in American troops butrecently delivered dozens of Hell-fire missiles to help bolster Iraqiforces.

Tehran signaled Monday that itis willing to follow suit, saying it isready to help Iraq battle al-Qaidaterrorists by sending militaryequipment and advisers shouldBaghdad ask for it. It is unclearwhether Baghdad would take upthe Iranian offer, made by Gen.

Mohammad Hejazi, the IranianArmy deputy chief-of-staff, in com-ments to Iranian state media. Heruled out the sending of groundtroops across the border.

Any direct Iranian help wouldexacerbate sectarian tensions fuel-ing Iraqs conflict, as Iraqi Sunnisaccuse Tehran of backing whatthey say are their Shiite-led govern-ments unfair policies against them.Iran has the power to sway al-Mali-kis political fortunes ahead ofupcoming elections through itsdeep ties to Iraqs major Shiite fac-tions, which have dominated gov-ernment offices and security forcessince the U.S.-led invasion toppledIrans arch-foe Saddam Hussein in

2003.Iraqi government troops havesurrounded Fallujah, which wasoverrun by fighters from al-QaidasIraq branch last week.

The city is just 40 miles west ofthe Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

It is located in the vast Sunni-dominated and largely desert prov-ince of Anbar, which borders Syria,where al-Qaida-linked groups areamong the most formidable fight-ers among the rebels trying to top-ple President Bashar Assad.

Al-Maliki did not say how heexpects Fallujah residents and pro-government tribesmen to push outthe militants. In his message, broad-cast over state TV, he also urgedIraqi troops to avoid targeting resi-dential areas. Dozens of familieshave begun fleeing Fallujah tonearby towns, crammed in carsloaded with their belongings.

Ahmed Ali, an Iraq researcher atthe Washington-based Institute forthe Study of War, cautioned that amilitary assault on Fallujah wouldlikely lead to civilian casualties andpossibly invoke other violent trib-al responses. It could also give al-

Qaida a chance to launch attacks inother parts of the country given theconcentration of forces in Anbar.

It is important to recognize that(al-Qaida) cannot be decisivelydefeated in Anbar. The (Iraqi mili-tary) presence in Anbar is thereforelikely to be long-term, whichincreases the opportunities for (al-Qaida) to exert control elsewhere inIraq, he wrote.

The Iraqi al-Qaida group, knownas the Islamic State in Iraq and theLevant, also took control of mostparts of the Anbar provincial capi-tal of Ramadi last week.

Iraqi troops have been trying to

dislodge the militants from the twocities. On Sunday, fighting pittingthe militant extremists against gov-ernment forces and allied tribes-men in Anbar killed dozens of peo-ple, including 22 soldiers, 10 civil-ians and an unknown number of

militants.U.S. Secretary of State John

Kerry said Sunday that Washing-ton was very, very concerned bythe recent fighting but would notsend in American troops.

Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagonspokesman, said Monday that theU.S. is expediting the delivery of 10Scan Eagle drones and 100 Hellfiremissiles, and expects they will getto Iraq in the spring. He said theU.S. is not participating in any mis-sion planning.

Vice President Joe Biden calledIraqs prime minister and parlia-mentary speaker Monday to dis-

cuss the escalating sectarian vio-lence and its ties to al-Qaida. TheWhite House said Biden told al-Maliki that the U.S. stands withIraq against the local al-Qaidabranch that has overrun Fallujah.The White House said al-Maliki

affirmed it was important to workwith Sunni groups to isolate extrem-ists.

Biden also spoke with ParliamentSpeaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a Sunnileader. The White House said thetwo discussed ways to sustain coop-eration between Sunni communi-ties and the Shiite-led government,and that Al-Nujaifi said hes com-mitted to fighting terrorism.

Fallujah residents said clashescontinued into Monday along themain highway that links Baghdadwith neighboring Syria and Jor-dan.

Al-Qaida fighters and their sup-

porters maintained control of thecity center, spreading out over thestreets and surrounding govern-ment buildings. Al-Qaida blackflags have been seen on govern-ment and police vehicles capturedby the militants during the clashes.

Iraq calls on Fallujah residents to expel al-Qaida

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