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By CHASE JORDAN
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Karen Lewis, Dickinson County resident, feeds one of her bottle-baby goats in the trailer that Randy and Katie Purdue gave her after Lewis house was destroyed by a fire.

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After shivering with goats in a basic camper for two winters, a Dickinson County resident said she is now thankful for the simple things: water and warmth. Until a neighbor stepped in and gave her a trailer, she strolled out to a water spigot or, in the winter, trudged to the spigot through the snow to get liquid to mix with evaporated milk and heat on the stove to feed her baby goats. Over the course of 2013, the herd gave birth to 17 kids. Im so blessed to have a shower. I have sewer. I can wash my clothes now. I can take a bath, Karen Lewis said. I believe that God has been very strongly working in my life and teaching me a lot of things: patience, perseverance, tolerance and being able to live with nothing. The catalyst to her two-year stint in the camper was a fire that demolished her house in the winter of 2012. She had no insurance. I cried out to God when my house burnt down, Karen Lewis said. I said, Lord, what am I going to do? Im destitute. I have nowhere to live, nowhere to go. I cant leave my goats theyre going to have their babies soon. And He spoke to me and He said, Tiffany Roney Reflector-Chronicle Dont fret, Ill work out the details. Slowly but surely, Karen Lewis holds one of her younger goats on her property near Enterprise. A former hairstylist He worked out the details. and auto body repair worker, Lewis now spends her days caring for her goats, horses and other
See: Fire, Page 6 animals, many of which she raises to sell or auction.

CHAPMAN If there are no hiccups in development, a popular variety store may save more residents a trip out of town. The Chapman City Council has approved an economic development proposal from 5700 Holding, LLC. for the establishment of a Dollar General. City Manager Gerald Bieker said the site for the potential store is south of Irish Drive on North Marshall Street. The purpose of the addition is to promote the area for economic development. Its what we were looking for when we did this project and its moving in the direction of where we want to go, Bieker said. Its good for the community. Bieker said the city invested about $100,000 per lot. The Overland Park-based company is contributing $10,000 for a shared driveway with a nearby bank. Its coming along quickly, he said. Im excited. The store is expected to employ eight people and generate $1.2 million per year. It equates to about $12,000 in sales tax each year. Bieker said the property will not be a part of the Neighborhood Revitalizations Program (NRP). Therefore, its going to be on the citys tax roll. NRP funding for enhancements are accomplished by tax incentives and fundraising by governments, nonprofit groups and small businesses. After contracts are finalized, Bieker said its a done deal with an opening set for 2015. Council member Ron Kabat voted against the proposal. During the meeting, Kabat was concerned about the store taking money away from local businesses and another grocery store opening soon. But Bieker said it can help improve the marketplace in Chapman. He was told by the developer their goal is to have residents think twice before leaving town to shop at Walmart. Tim Jury, council member, said competition is a good thing. You get variety, more things done and ultimately more tax dollars, he said.
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Kan. Common Core foe: Get feds out of education

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TOPEKA An eastern Kansas Republican who is the main proponent of a House measure that would nullify Common Core reading and math standards in the state admits he hasnt read whats in them. Rep. Willie Dove told the Lawrence JournalWorld that the real impetus for House Bill 2621 is his belief that the federal government shouldnt be involved in education. It also would nullify recently adopted Next Generation Science Standards and prohibit school districts from administering any tests aligned to those standards. The Common Core standards, I do believe, are not addressing the problems of the children, said Dove, of Bonner Springs. When (No Child Left Behind) came along, that told me that individuals were teaching to the test. Now it seems the Common Core is just a replication of that in another format.

Dove serves on the House Education Committee, which on Wednesday will conduct a hearing on the bill. Leaders in both chambers say the measure isnt likely to go anywhere this year. I dont know if this year its got enough votes to come out of committee, House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stillwell Republican, said Friday. The longer that thing doesnt come to a vote, the less opportunity its going to be to change anything. The bill would set up a 19-member Advisory Council on Curriculum Content Standards within the State Department of Education, with members to be appointed by the governor, legislative leaders, the Kansas Board of Regents and State Board of Education. The panel would have a direct role in developing future standards in all content areas. Dove said hes not worried about the standards
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Carol Fick, treasurer of the Preceptor Alpha chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, presents a donation check to the director of The HOPE Center. Sheila Biggs, president of the group (far left), and Rocky Lowry, corresponding secretary, said the director ate with them at La Fiesta and shared about The HOPE Centers mission. The group responded by selecting The HOPE Center as this years annual Valentines charity.

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Chapman helping send vets to DC

By CHASE JORDAN
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Solomon crowned its Winter Court at the Gorillas game against Elyria Christian Friday night. Seniors Jamie Meagher and Jordan Rangel were named queen and king.

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Reiff to mark 85th birthday

Marvin Reiff will turn 85 on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Cards may be sent to Marvin at his home at 1659 Highway 15, Abilene, KS 67410. Friends are invited to call at 785-4795986.

CHAPMAN Inside the Chapman United Methodist Church, Mike VanCampen proudly held up a bright red shirt embedded with the bald eagle and American Flag before giving it to World War II veteran Ernie Wilkins. Along with his wife Kay, Wilkins organized a dinner with Valentines Day theme to help send hundreds of veterans to Washington D.C. for the Kansas Honor Flight program. The organization helps veteran from WWII and the Korean and Vietnam wars travel to the nations capital to visit their memorials. Wilkins reflected in his service in WWII, a war in which millions of veterans served. Many did not return and thats something that pops in your head when youre at the memorial, Wilkins said. They gave everything. With more than 100 tickets sold, the fundraiser collected $1,000 from the spaghetti dinner. Treasurer Lowell Downey said the organization began more than a year ago. Everything has been going well, Downey said. We got some really good volunteers. The organization is working to raise more than $200,000

Mike and Connie VanCampen dance together during the Honor Flight Sweetheart fundraiser dinner.

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to take more than 300 veterans to Washington, D.C. We need to raise the funds to accomplish that mission, Downey said. The trips for the veterans are completely paid for and cost between $600 and $700. VanCampen said the trips allow participants to bond and share comradeship. The biggest thing is to see

how the public reacts to them for what they did for our country, he said. The public that happens to be there are over them like rock stars. Contrary to popular opinion, VanCampen said a lot of WWII veterans did not receive big parades after coming home because a lot were still serving in the unoccupied countries of Japan and Germany.

They came back individually and didnt have a big welcome, he said. Seventy years later, when they come back from a Honor Flight as a group, they do get a huge welcome into Wichita. For more information visit www.kansashonorflight.org. Honor Flight donations can be sent to the Wilkins at 629 Glick, Chapman, KS 67431.

Lifetree program
The question Will mans best friend be there when we reach the pearly gates? will be examined at Lifetree Cafe at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. This Lifetree event, Do Good Dogs Go to Heaven? explores the intimate connection between pets and their owners, and whether or not pets have a place in heaven. A film will be shown that includes visits to a pet euthanasia expert and with pet cemetery caretakers. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Cafe is located at The Dish, 207 N. Cedar St.

Older Americans early winners under health law

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Soup luncheon
New Basel United Church of Christ will hole a soup luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 at the church, 1075 1100 Ave. Abilene. Soups and homemade desserts will be available for a free will donation.

Auction tickets on sale

Tickets for the annual St. Andrews Auction are now on sale. The annual event, which benefits St. Andrews Elementary School, is set for Saturday, March 1, beginning at 6 p.m. at the school gym. Payment for purchases at the auction will be accepted via debit or credit card. Reserved tickets are $30 each and include buffet dinner and drinks. Tickets may be purchased at the school office. For more information, call 263-2453.

Arts Council photo contest

The Arts Council of Dickinson County is seeking entries for its annual Photography Competition and Exhibit, which is open to any amateur photographer in Dickinson County. Photos must be submitted between 3 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 21 or Feb. 28, at the Arts Council office, 203 N. Cedar St. All entries should be mounted on mount board available for $1 per piece from the Dickinson County Extension Office. For more information, call 263-1884 or email director@ artscouncildc.org.

Local tax help

Free tax help will be available at the Abilene Public Library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates: Feb. 19, 20, 26; March 7; and April 11. Appointments can be made by calling 785-263-3082. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is an IRS-sponsored program that offers free tax preparation and filing to anyone that earns a low to moderate income (generally $55,000 and below). Items to bring to your appointment include: Social Security card or taxpayer identification number for everyone in the family; photo ID for you and your spouse; all income forms: W-2s, W-2Gs, 1099Rs, 1099s; Voided check for direct deposit; expense documents: dependent care, educationrelated expenses, home mortgage interest payments. If you are interested in being a VITA volunteer, contact Vicki Gieber at Quality of Life Coalition, 785-263-1550.
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CHICAGO For many older Americans who lost jobs during the recession, the quest for health care has been one obstacle after another. Theyre unwanted by employers, rejected by insurers, struggling to cover rising medical costs and praying to reach Medicare age before a health crisis. These luckless people, most in their 50s and 60s, have emerged this month as early winners under the nations new health insurance system. Along with their peers who are self-employed or whose jobs do not offer insurance, they have been signing up for coverage in large numbers, submitting new-patient forms at doctors offices and filling prescriptions at pharmacies. I just cried I was so relieved, said Maureen Grey, a 58-year-old Chicagoan who finally saw a doctor this month after a fall in September left her in constant pain. Laid off twice from full-time jobs in the past five years, she saw her income drop from $60,000 to $17,800 a year. Now doing temp work, she was uninsured for 18 months before she chose a marketplace plan for $68 a month. Americans ages 55 to 64 make up 31 percent of new enrollees in the new health insurance marketplaces, the largest segment by age group, according to the federal governments latest figures. They represent a glimmer of success for President Barack

Obamas beleaguered law. The Great Recession hit them hard and for some its impact has lingered. Aging boomers are more likely to be in debt as they enter retirement than were previous generations, with many having purchased more expensive homes with smaller down payments, said economist Olivia Mitchell of University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School. One in five has unpaid medical bills and 17 percent are underwater with their home values. Fourteen percent are uninsured. As of December, 46 percent of older jobseekers were among the long-term unemployed compared with less than 25 percent before the recession. And those financial setbacks happened just as their health care needs became more acute. Americans in their mid50s to mid-60s are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than other age groups, younger or older, accounting for 3 in 10 of the adult diabetes diagnoses in the United States each year. And every year after age 50, the rate of cancer diagnosis climbs. The affordable coverage is an answer to a prayer really, said Laura Ingle, a 57-yearold Houston attorney who had been denied coverage repeatedly because she has sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease. She recently had back surgery for a painful condition thats been bothering her for months.

One night in September, 64-year-old Glenn Nishimura woke up with wrenching pain that sent him to the emergency room. It was his gallbladder. A doctor recommended surgery. Instead, Nishimura went home. A consultant to nonprofit groups, he was self-employed and uninsured. I checked myself out because I had no idea what this was going to cost, the Little Rock, Ark., man said. They didnt want me to go, but they didnt stop me. Nishimura lost his coverage after leaving a full-time position with benefits in 2007, thinking he could land another good job. The recession ruined that plan. After COBRA coverage expired, he was denied coverage because of high blood pressure and other conditions. He made it until September without a major illness. A second night of gallbladder pain and a chat with a doctor persuaded him to have the surgery. After getting the bills, he negotiated the fees down to $12,000, which he considered a big hit, but it could have been worse. The average cost of a gallbladder removal in Arkansas was listed at three times that. Nishimura dipped into his savings to cover the bill. In December, he chose a bronze plan on the new insurance marketplace that costs him $285 a month after a

tax credit. The deductible is $6,300, so he hopes he doesnt have to use his coverage. He can get on Medicare in April, just in time for his annual checkup. Now theres the peace of mind of knowing the limits of my obligation if I have catastrophic health needs, he said. Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger said hes noticed a recent increase in patients in this age group at his family practice in Miami. Lots of them have untreated chronic conditions that have progressed to an advanced stage. Many have delayed necessary treatments due to costs and expect a total and quick workup on their first visit, he said, adding they want referrals to specialists and tests including colonoscopies and mammograms. The abundance of older patients signing up is no surprise to the Obama administration, which conducted internal research last year that showed the sick, active and worried would be the most responsive to messages urging them to seek coverage. Signing up younger, healthier enrollees is seen as more difficult, but crucial to keeping future insurance rates from increasing. The administration said those age groups may put off enrolling until closer to the March 31 deadline.

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Virginia Knopp, 64 of Riley, Kansas, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Virginia worked for the Walker Stone Company in Chapman for 10 years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at the Milford Congregational Church in Milford with Pastor Mike Lacer officiating. Respect calls may be made anytime Tuesday at the AnderesPfeifley Funeral Home in Riley where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Milford Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Virginia has requested that a memorial be set up to go toward improvements and additional items for the Riley County Grade School playground. Donations to the memorial can be made payable to RCGS Playground and sent to the Riley County Grade School District Office; PO Box 326, Riley, Kansas 66531 or left in care of the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home in Riley.

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Students lobby against sex education bills

By JOHN MILBURN
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Funeral services for Steven W. Keim, 61, of Enterprise, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home with Pastor Lindsey Brummer officiating. Mr. Keim passed away Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. He was born Sept. 6, 1952, in Abilene the son of Stanley and Sadie (Noble) Keim. Steve graduated from Abilene High School in 1970 and was an Area Superintendent for KDOT before retiring in 2011. On Jan. 4, 1985, he married Susan Talley in Abilene. They later divorced. Steve is survived by his daughter, Cassidy Keim, of Manhattan; sister Sharon Radke of Salina, and his ex-wife, Susan Keim, of Abilene. He was preceded in death by his brother Ronald, and his parents. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery. Friends may sign the register book until 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Dickinson County or to the Community Bible Church Worship Team and may be sent in care of the Martin-Becker Carlson Funeral Home 414 N.W. Third St., Abilene, KS 67410. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.martinbeckercarlson.com.

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TOPEKA College students lobbied Kansas legislators on Monday to reject bills that would change the way parents approve student access to sex education courses and materials. The bills would require school districts to receive parental or guardian consent before students would receive sex education instruction or access to materials. Currently, consent requirements are left to local districts. Students from the University of Kansas, Emporia State University and Wichita State University were lobbying Monday to encourage legislators to reject the changes, arguing they would ignore the wishes of local communities. The students are members of campus Choice USA, a national abortionrights organization that speaks out on reproductive rights issues.

We feel like its a legislative overreach to put a statewide mandate on this.

Paul Brink

The students lobby in Topeka each session and chose the sex education bill as their focus this year. We feel like its a legislative overreach to put a statewide mandate on this, said Paul Brink, a Wichita State senior majoring in economics and political science. The House bill will be heard Tuesday in the education committee. The Senate bill awaits a hearing. Both bills were introduced by Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Shawnee Republican, who was concerned about what materials are put in front of students.

Legislators say theyve heard reports of classroom and hallway posters suggesting sexual ways individuals could express their love for someone else. The materials, Pilcher-Cook said, were put up without parents knowledge. The bill would put parents back in control of what their children are being taught and the manner that it is being taught, she said. Brink said districts should retain control over the issue based on community norms. A lot of families really dont talk about that and we dont want students to fall through the cracks, Brink said. Brink, who graduated from Jefferson West High School, described his upbringing as very conservative in which sexuality wasnt a frequent topic at home. His school had an opt-out policy, meaning parents had to notify the school that their student wouldnt be receiving sex education.

Bills shift Kan. investment policy

By JOHN HANNA
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Richard Lee Botz

Richard Lee Botz, 71, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb 13, in Pueblo, Colo. He was born Nov. 15, 1942, in Abilene, the son of Harold and Gwendolyn (Mustard) Botz. Growing up in the Manchester community, Richard attended local schools and graduated from Abilene High School. In 1961, he entered the Army and served as a corporal in the 6th Missile Battalion, 60th Artillery. After his discharge in 1964, Richard was employed by Lockheed Martin in the aerospace industry where he worked on the Saturn 5 moon rocket and the NASA Cassini spacecraft. He was an avid sports fan with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas Jayhawks being his favorite teams. Richard was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Cleason. He is survived by his daughter Michelle (Lester) Moore of Port Townsend, Wash. He is also survived by his aunt, Maxiene Perkins of Abilene and his uncle, Jack (Masel) Mustard of Corpus Christi, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Prairiedale Cemetery north of Talmage with interment following. The family suggests memorial contributions in his name be made to the Richard Botz memorial fund, to be designated later. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Danner Funeral Home. Condolences can be left at http://dannerfuneralhome.net/.

Noah Gene Lohman, 15, of Abilene passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Martin-BeckerCarlson Funeral Home of Abilene.

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Tuesday
5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers, Nichols Education Center 7 p.m. Hospice Volunteer 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

Wednesday

6:50 a.m. Abilene Breakfast Optimists, Hitching Post Restaurant, Old Abilene Town, 100 S.E. Fifth St. 9:30 a.m. KPS Retirees 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 Community 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, Community 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

TOPEKA Kansas would lift restrictions on investments by its largest public pension fund in companies that do business in Sudan but impose new limits on investments in companies that do business with Iran under proposals reviewed by a legislative committee Monday. The House Pensions and Benefits Committee has two separate bills dealing with investments by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, the pension system for teachers, state workers and many local government employees. KPERS has about $4.5 billion in international investments. The panel took no action on either measure. One bill repeals a 2007 state law preventing KPERS from investing in companies that have oil, mining or energy interests in Sudan, have supplied military equipment in Sudan or have a demonstrated complicity in widespread killing in the Darfur region. Kansas enacted the law in response to vio-

lence in Darfur. Chairman Steve Johnson, an Assaria Republican, said the bill gives the House committee a chance to consider whether the policy is still appropriate, given the creation of South Sudan in an independence vote in 2011. However, the new African nation has been wracked by violence between pro- and anti-government forces since December. KPERS officials said investment restrictions come both with small administrative costs and the potential for losses as the pension system divests. Alan Conroy, the systems executive director, said KPERS already follows rules imposed by U.S. economic sanctions involving various nations, including Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. We think the federal government is in the best position to set foreign policy, Conroy said after the committees meeting. The bill on investments in Iran is being pushed by Rep. Scott Schwab, an Olathe Republican. It would require KPERS to divest from companies that have invest-

ed more than $20 million a year in Irans oil industry since 1996, if those firms decline to lessen their presence in the Islamic republic. Schwab said Kansas should do what it can to pressure Iran into abandoning its nuclear program. The U.S. and its allies believe the program is designed to produce a nuclear weapon, something Iranian leaders deny. Also, Schwab said the bill is in line with policies advocated by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and is meant as a strong pro-Israel statement. The Kansas House last week unanimously approved a nonbinding resolution declaring Israel the greatest friend and ally of the United States in the Middle East. The resolution also said peace will not come to the region without a whole and united Israel. We use what we can use to, one, make sure funds are not being used in Iran to threaten Israel and, also, to threaten our troops across seas, because Iran will fund attacks on U.S. interests, Schwab said.

The Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 in the CVB Conference Room. Agenda item include: additions or deletions to the agenda; introduction of guests; public comment; approval of January minutes; presentation of financials; new business; National Tourism Week Luncheon & Awards Reports Chisholm Trail Deb Sanders; Marketing - Samantha Kenner; education - Torey Berndt; signage Glenda Purkis; directors report, Glenda Purkis; city manager report; adjournment.

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Call to order, roll call, flag salute, approval of agenda; commissioner comments and committee reports; presentation of petitions, proclamations and other public comments; reports of county officers; weekly report from county administrator Brad Homman; notices and communications;

introduction and consideration of resolutions; consider resolution for Navarre Kan Step project; unfinished business; other business; adjournment. Commission Meetings are open to the public. Commissioners can be contacted by emailing them at commission@dkcoks.org

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The Dickinson County Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Thursday for a work session and a regular meeting at 11 a.m. at the Dickinson County Courthouse, 109 E. First. Agenda items scheduled as of Monday morning include: 9 a.m. work session review items for consent agenda; minutes of the Feb. 13 work session and regular meeting, fund expenditures $37,470.40; 10:30 a.m. update with GIS Director Sherry Massey; 11 a.m. regular meeting

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DEAR DOCTOR K: Alzheimers runs in my family. Will it help to get gene testing for this disease? DEAR READER: Family history is indeed a risk factor for Alzheimers. If you have a parent or sibling with Alzheimers, youre more likely to develop the disease than someone who does not have a close relative with this condition. Genetics is most important in families with a history of earlyonset Alzheimers (occurring between ages 30 and 60). The early-onset form accounts for less than 1 percent of all Alzheimers cases, but in most people with early-onset disease, the cause is one of several altered, or mutated, genes that the person has inherited from a parent. Several genes responsible for early-onset Alzheimers have been identified. They are called APP, PSEN1 and PSEN2. If someone inherits one of these mutated genes, it is very likely (but not certain) he or she will develop the disease. Testing for these genes is costly and is not usually covered by insurance. At this time, there is no treatment proven to prevent or slow the onset of Alzheimers disease. However, some people want to know if they have one of these genes so they can use that information in planning for their future. If one of my parents had developed early-onset Alzheimers, I would have wanted to know if I had inherited the gene. If so, I might have planned my career and my non-professional life differently. Fortunately, my parents did not develop this disease. You also may choose to be tested. For you, like me, perhaps bad news is better than living with uncertainty. Or you may want the opportunity to enroll in trials for experimental treatments. Everything Ive said so far applies only to early-onset Alzheimers disease. Most cases of the disease start after age 60. We know of just one gene that is a reasonably strong predictor of this more typical form of Alzheimers: APOE. People who inherit two copies of the APOE4 type of the APOE gene are at much higher risk for developing Alzheimers compared with people who have no copies of the gene. However, most authorities do not recommend getting tested for the APOE4 gene. Thats because the gene does not provide a solid answer. If you inherit two copies of the gene, you may still avoid Alzheimers. And if you inherit no copies, you may still get it. Nevertheless, some people want to know if they are at increased risk. I have not had myself tested for this gene. Human genetics has developed enormously in the past 30 years. In the 1980s, few scientists imagined that we would discover the structure of every human gene in their lifetime, or even their childrens lifetime. But we have. And we have identified thousands of genes that are linked to particular diseases. However, this information has not yet led to many highly accurate predictions of what diseases a person is at high risk for, or to many cures. In tomorrows column, Ill explain why.
(Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.)

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TRACTORS AND EQ. ( Approx 1:00 PM) Late 1974 1070 Case Tractor, White cab, 5744 hrs, power shift, w/GB 900 high lift loader, 3 spool valve, dual hyds, cab & ac,18.4X38 tires 50%; Gehl 1870 big round baler elec. tie, 540 rpm,( Shedded); Hesston 1014 hydro-swing swather 14;136 JD BWA tandem disk; 12 ft. fertilizer spreader; 5X16 Oliver semi-mount plow; 61/2 X 9 utility trailer; 8 ft, 3pt shop built rear blade; 21 ft. car trailer (shop built) 6 ft wide; bale spear for loader; Tractor Supply 3 pt.post hole digger, 6 and 12 bits (used very little); 300 gal. fuel barrel w/gauge, hose & nozzle on stand; JD 160 riding lawn mower; Craftsman 17hp, lawn tractor w/42 deck (hydro); Great Plains 6 ft., 3 pt. rotary mower;

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Misc Farm Items: 4 rolls of 8ft. netting; Duel burner propane heater; 6 hp multi power gas air compressor; Snap-On rollaway 6 drawer tool box w/ lift off 5 drawer tool box; 3000 watt milti power gas generator; 3 in 1 framing nailer (new in box); various elec. items including 125 amp. Sq. D braker box; many rolls of elec. wire; shop lights, and many others; 12ft & 24 ft sections of commercial grade shelving; Troy Bilt gas powered 2550 psi pressure power washer; 12 ton shop press; 32 ft. alum. Ext. ladder; 3 round bottom feed bunks; 16 western pleasure saddle; many other items. 2-3tailers of misc. farm items, construction tools, hand tools, hard ware, etc. Several big round bales of prairie & brome hay. Household Items: (sales after farm eq.) 2 cast iron sewing machine stands; Kenmore black & aluminum elec. Stove(like new); 18 CU. FT. Whirlpool refrig.; Metal futon w/6 pad; Bauhaus tan Couch & chair; 10 gun Oak gun cabinet; 2 4 drawer tan file cabinets; paint supplies; office supplies; 21 plastic totes; lg decorative planters & hangers; picnic table and other household items. AUCTIONEER NOTE: This is only a partial listing. For complete listing & additional pictures go to ksallink.com click on Market Place then auctions. Or Kansasauctions.net. Be on time, sale over approx. 2:30 3:00. Lunch served Loader available day of sale.

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PHILADELPHIA A quick-moving storm brought several inches of snow as well as rare thundersnow to parts of the winterweary East Coast, prompting speed restrictions on Pennsylvania highways on Tuesday, days after the Southeast and Northeast were paralyzed with heavy snow, ice and massive power outages. By the morning rush hour, the National Weather Service had reported 4.5 inches of snow in Mercer County in western Pennsylvania and 3.5 inches in Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, between 2 and 3 inches was reported. The storm brought thundersnow, an area of heavy snow with embedded thunder, from near downtown Pittsburgh to Dubois. Forecasters said moderate to heavy snow would follow with snowfall rates over 1 inch per hour. The storm led Pennsylvania Turnpike officials to reduce speed limits to 45 mph along the entire 360-mile highway system. State transportation officials followed suit on some interstates and other roads. Last week, a series of crashes on the turnpike outside Philadelphia injured 30 people and left cars stranded in a miles-long backup for hours. Forecasters predicted many East Coast states would see 3 to 6 inches of snow on

Tuesday after a storm moved in overnight from the Great Lakes and through the MidAtlantic. Some areas were getting rain, sleet or a snow-rain mixture. Were looking at a relatively short duration event, said the weather services John Cristantello. Temperatures above freezing on Tuesday should move up to the 40s to mid-50s for the remainder of the week, he said, giving people a reprieve from shoveling and shivering. Coastal areas in Maine and Massachusetts saw blizzard-like conditions with more than a foot of snow on Saturday, and thousands on Cape Cod were left without power. Maine was expected to get another 4 to 8 inches of snow on Tuesday. Boston was forecast get 1 to 3 inches but Worcester, located west of the capital, could get as much as 6 to 8 inches. On Monday, several inches of snow fell across the Great Lakes, causing Chicagos two airports to cancel more than 1,000 flights. In Michigan, crashes closed portions of Interstate 96 in Grand Rapids and the Muskegon area saw whiteout conditions. Last week, about 1.2 million utility customers lost power as the storm marched from the South through the Northeast. Schools, businesses and government offices closed. The storm was blamed for at least 25 deaths stretching from Texas to Maine. of Liberty, three firefighters hanging the American flag at Ground Zero and two giant flags that run the full height of the silo all as a tribute to the victims of 9/11. A lot of people said they really appreciated what I did with the silo, and thats what prompted them to help me, she said. A man from Detroit who was ex-military gave me a check and they gave me this promise that if I ever needed any help, to let them know. A few people stopped by and each gave her checks for $100. The Knights of Columbus gave her three nights in a hotel. She said she also owes a debt of gratitude to Dustin Parks, planning and zoning administrator of Dickinson County, who worked with her to zone the trailer, since it is older than county standards but is fully up to code. The Seventh Day Adventist Church of Enterprise, area nonprofits and families brought her hot meals, water, furniture, money and animal feed. Additionally, a man from Herington who shed never met sent hay via Terry Whitehair of Abilene. Also, someone who apparently knew about her partially burnt lighthouse collection anonymously dropped off a box of lighthouse figurines on her

Council Member Luan Sparks said Dollar General will offer a lot to Chapman. Sparks said the store will offer things the grocery store cant, 5 and vice versa. She also said its important for residents to spend their money in Chapman. When you go to other towns, youre investing your money in them, Sparks said.

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themselves, which he hasnt read. I do not believe it is within the scope of our federal government to put something together when it comes to education, he said. The Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards were cooperative efforts initiated by states, not by federal mandates. However, opposition groups in many states, including Kansas, argue that the Obama administration and U.S. Department of Education have pressured states into adopting the standards. doorstep. There are a lot of good people out there there really are, Lewis said. And I praise the Lord that they are out there. Since receiving all this help especially the gift of the trailer from the Purdues Lewis said her life has changed dramatically. Its wonderful. I feel like I lived three years of hell, and now I live more stress-free, she said. Now, I feel that Im living in a little piece of heaven. This trailer is pretty. I did the living room up in lighthouses and ships. In addition to upgrading her living area, Lewis said she enjoys taking her baby goats to Enterprise Estates to show them to her mother, who is a resident there. Lewis said residents flock to see the furry babies, and an employee who had said she was interested in owning a goat bought one on the spot for $100. God let me know all along that He was with me and that He loved me, she said. Its been a lot better since the trailer came in. The icing on the cake that the Purdues didnt even know: That trailer came in a day before my birthday, she said. It was my birthday present.

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cat. Though Foth pays for the animals feed and hay, caring for them when she had little resources to care for herself took a toll on Lewis. For three years, she lived in a borrowed trans-van, a motor home and then a camper on her property, which held herself, two space heaters and during the winter months baby goats and heat lamps. A former auto body repair worker in Salina and hairstylist at salons like The Mane Event and JC Penney, Lewis had not always lived in such rough conditions. I cried out again I said, Lord, I cant live like this. I have no running water and no working facilities, Lewis said. And He just spoke to me again, and He said, Ill work out the details. Two weeks later, a neighbor knocked on her door. Katie Purdue, who lived about a mile away with her husband, Randy, and their 2-year-old, Charlie, asked Lewis if she

would like to receive their two-bedroom, one-bath trailer. The Purdues had lived in the trailer and rented it out off and on in Colorado and Kansas while they remodeled their Jeep Road barn into a house. We knew she was just living in the camper, and we had to get rid of our trailer because we couldnt have two houses on our property at the same time, Katie said. She helped us out and we helped her out by giving it to her. Since the trailer exchange, Katie said she and Lewis talk more often. Katie took Lewis cookies for Christmas, and Lewis wrote the Purdues a thank-you card and dropped off hay for the Purdues horses. Lewis said she sees their kindness as not only a personto-person act of generosity that warms her heart, but also as divine grace. Hes there and He listens, she said. Weve just got to talk to Him more. In addition to Foth and the Purdues, Lewis said many people have served as Gods hands and feet to take care of her. She said many of those who have come to her aid are former members of the military who noticed her silo. About 12 years ago, Lewis painted the silo with the Statue

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Accidents stir Oscars rich in tales worries about of wealthy, poor crude transport
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Heimlich pens memoir

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BILLINGS, Mont. At least 10 times since 2008, freight trains hauling oil across North America have derailed and spilled significant quantities of crude, with most of the accidents touching off fires or catastrophic explosions. The derailments released almost 3 million gallons of oil, nearly twice as much as the largest pipeline spill in the U.S. since at least 1986. And the deadliest wreck killed 47 people in the town of LacMegantic, Quebec. Those findings, from an Associated Press review of U.S. and Canadian accident records, underscore a lesserknown danger of Americas oil boom, which is changing the global energy balance and raising urgent safety questions closer to home. Experts say recent efforts to improve the safety of oil shipments belie an unsettling fact: With increasing volumes of crude now moving by rail, its become impossible to send oil-hauling trains to refineries without passing major population centers, where more lives and property are at risk. Adding to the danger is the high volatility of the light, sweet crude from the fastgrowing Bakken oil patch in Montana and North Dakota, where many of the trains originate. Because it contains more natural gas than heavier crude, Bakken oil can have a lower ignition point. Of the six oil trains that derailed and caught fire since 2008, four came from the Bakken and each caused at least one explosion. That includes the accident at Lac-Megantic, which spilled an estimated 1.6 million gallons and set off a blast that levelled a large section of the town. After recent fiery derailments in Quebec, Alabama, North Dakota and New Brunswick, companies and regulators in the U.S. and Canada are pursuing an array of potential changes such as slowing or rerouting trains, upgrading rupture-prone tank cars and bolstering fire departments. Company executives were expected to offer a set of voluntary safety measures in the coming days at the request of U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Im absolutely positive the railway industry will come up with techniques to define how to minimize risk, said Allan Zarembski who leads the railsafety program at the University of Delaware. The key word is minimize. You cant eliminate risk. Since 2008, the number of tanker cars hauling oil has increased 40-fold, and federal records show thats been accompanied by a dramatic spike in accidental crude releases from tank cars. Over the next decade, rail-based oil shipments are forecast to increase from 1 million barrels a day to more than 4.5 million barrels a day, according to transportation officials. By rail, its roughly 2,000

miles from the heart of the oil boom on the Northern Plains to some of the East Coast refineries that turn the crude into gasoline. Trains pulling several million gallons apiece must pass through metropolitan areas that include Minneapolis, Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo. Some cities such as Chicago have belt railroads that divert freight traffic from the metropolitan core. But elsewhere, railroad representatives said, the best-maintained and safest track often runs directly through communities that were built around the railroad. Trains sometimes have no option but to roll deep into populated areas. Thats the case in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Albany, N.Y., and Tacoma, Wash. Experts say the explosive nature of Bakken oil derailments caught everyone off guard from regulators to the railroads themselves. I dont think people understood the potential for a problem if there were a derailment, said Jason Kuehn, a former railroad executive and now vice president for the industry consulting firm Oliver Wyman. A major accident was narrowly avoided last month in Philadelphia, where six tanker cars carrying oil derailed near the heart of the city on a bridge over the Schuylkill River. The CSX freight train had picked up North Dakota oil in Chicago and was headed for a refinery in South Philadelphia. Nothing was spilled, but the accident rattled nerves. Sandy Folzer, a retired professor in Philadelphia, said she worries about oil cars travelling alongside commuter rails. During rush hour, I imagine there are a couple hundred people on each train, Folzer said. That scares me, that theres explosive material so close to where commuters are. Proposals to route trains away from population centers are modeled on rules adopted after the 2001 terrorist attacks to restrict cargoes even more hazardous than oil explosives, radioactive material and poisonous gases. When the rules were being written, California regulators pushed their federal counterparts to include oil. But Transportation Department officials said they were not persuaded. Federal safety officials say its time to reverse that decision, given the huge growth in tank cars carrying crude and ethanol, another flammable liquid involved in recent derailments and explosions. The rules gave railroads broad discretion, and routing decisions are not automatically reviewed by regulators. But the Federal Railroad Administration is authorized to reject any routes found to be too risky. That has never happened since the rules took effect, said FRA Associate Administrator Kevin Thompson.

NEW YORK Early in Captain Phillips, the cargo ship captain (Tom Hanks) and his wife (Catherine Keener) drive from their Vermont home to the airport where hell take a flight to his next job, one that will bring him face-to-face with the less fortunate on the other side of the globe. Like the chatter of so many couples, their conversation turns to their general feeling of economic uncertainty. It just seems like the worlds movin so fast, says Phillips, wondering about the future their kids will inherit. Big wheels are turning. This year, many of the Academy Award-nominated films bubble with such undercurrents of worry, navigating the deep waters that separate the haves and the have-nots. The lavish Oscar ceremony may be one of the highest profile parties of the year for the chosen few, but the theme of inequality is just as visible in the seasons nominees from the dusty, dying towns of Nebraska to the Madofflike fall-from-grace in Blue Jasmine. Tales of con-artists striving to short-cut their way to wealth (American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street) are joined by stories of detached observers of decadence (The Great Beauty, The Great Gatsby). Of these films, Martin Scorseses The Wolf of Wall Street, with five nominations, including best picture, is the most hotly debated. Though set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, its portrait of stock broker excess has struck a chord with contemporary viewers. But it has polarized moviegoers over whether it glorifies the overindulgence of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). Whats the emotion behind making the picture? says Scorsese. Theres a lot of anger. I didnt go hang out in Zuccotti Park, so this is a way of expressing the frustration and also recognizing it. Its not going to go away if you dont look at it. Since a film typically demands years of work, the

movies can take a while to catch up to societal trends. Many of this years Oscar candidates were being written or planned as Occupy Wall Street protesters swarmed downtown New York in late 2011, and outrage grew at the expanding distance between the poor and wealthy. Though some films were initially conceived before such issues were in the headlines, movies can take on the energy of their times during production. Paynes Nebraska, nominated in six categories including best picture, is about an aging working-class man (Bruce Dern) who believes hes won $1 million from a junk mail sweepstakes. Payne says his black-andwhite film about barren Midwest lives, while a little comedy, has a sub-basement theme of waste and depression and forlornness. ... So, yeah, all those elements showed up even more palpably in the film because of the time in which we were making it. Woody Allens Blue Jasmine, up for three Oscars including best actress for Cate Blanchett, was inspired, Allen has said, by a New York family ruined by the financial collapse. Playing a Manhattan socialite both before and after her husbands fraud is revealed, Blanchett drew from interviews with Ruth Madoff. It wasnt the monumental, historic fraud that her husband perpetrated, says Blanchett. It was the domestic betrayal of the affair that in the end she found most painful and morally repugnant. Blanchetts Jasmine lives a life of fiction as bankrupt as her checking account. In David O. Russells American Hustle (nominated for 10 Oscars including best picture), nearly everyone is living some kind of fantasy and hoping to cash in. Were all conning ourselves one way or another, just to get through life, says Christian Bales Irving Rosenfeld as he combs over a hair piece.

Theres also a pervasive theme of simple survival in some of the best films of 2013, from the lost-in-space adventure Gravity (10 nominations) to the slave odyssey 12 Years a Slave (nine nods). In the minimalistic shipwreck drama All Is Lost (one nomination), a sailors boat is randomly damaged by the detritus of global commerce: a shipping container. Baz Luhrmanns Gatsby (two nominations) and Italys The Great Beauty (the foreign-language film favorite) both revel in and recoil at the nightlife of decaying eras: late 20s New York or modern Rome. DiCaprio, star of Gatsby and The Wolf of Wall Street, marvels at historys redundancy. Look at us right now, he says. Weve had this gigantic economic crash but a few years later, here we are and everythings sort of recalibrated itself and the economys booming. Yet while period films with contemporary overtones have been lauded by the Academy, many of the most current films were passed over: Harmony Korines neon nightmare Spring Breakers, Sofia Coppolas teenage robbery caper The Bling Ring and Michael Bays beefed-up satire Pain & Gain. All depict runaway materialism, warped by delusion and sunshine. Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips, up for six awards including best picture, might have easily been just from the perspective of the American hero, says lead Tom Hanks. But the film gives equal attention to the story of the terrorizing Somali pirates, who live in poverty and corruption but alongside a well-trafficked trade route. Every ship that goes by has BMWs and tennis shoes and TV sets and peanuts on it, says Hanks. So the source of their hopelessness is worthy of some degree of examination and some degree of dramatization. Its not the same movie unless you have that element to it.

Co-pilot hijacks plane

The Associated Press

GENEVA It seemed like a routine overnight flight until the Ethiopian Airlines jetliner went into a dive and oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling. Only then did the terrified passengers bound for Italy from Addis Ababa realize something was terribly wrong. The co-pilot had locked his captain from the cockpit, commandeered the plane, and headed for Geneva, where he asked for political asylum, although authorities say a prison cell is more likely. One passenger said the hijacker threatened to crash the plane if the pilot didnt stop pounding on the locked door.

Another said he was terrified for hours Monday as the plane careened across the sky. The Boeing 767-300 took off from the Ethiopian capital on an overnight flight to Milan and then Rome, but it sent a distress message over Sudan that it had been hijacked, an Ethiopian official said. Once the plane was over Europe, two Italian fighter jets and later French jets were scrambled to accompany it. Italian Air Force Col. Girolamo Iadiciccio said the order to scramble came from NATO to ensure the plane didnt harm national security and didnt stray off-route. The plane landed in Geneva

at about 5 a.m. Officials said no one on the flight was injured and the hijacker was taken into custody after surrendering to Swiss police. The pilot went to the toilet and he (the co-pilot) locked himself in the cockpit, Geneva airport chief executive Robert Deillon told reporters. (He) wanted asylum in Switzerland. The alleged hijacker was identified as Hailemedhin Abera, a 31-year-old Ethiopian man who had worked for Ethiopian Airlines for five years and had no criminal record, Ethiopias communications minister, Redwan Hussein, said, adding that Ethiopia will seek his extradition.

CINCINNATI The Cincinnati surgeon who wrote the book on saving choking victims through his namesake Heimlich maneuver has now penned a new book: his memoir. Dr. Henry Heimlichs views on how the maneuver should be used and on other innovations he has created or proposed have put him at odds with some in the health field. But he hopes his recently published memoir will preserve the technique that has cleared obstructions from windpipes of choking victims around the world for four decades and made his name a household word. I know the maneuver saves lives, and I want it to be used and remembered, the 94-year-old retired chest surgeon told The Associated Press this month. I felt I had to have it down in print so the public will have the correct information. Much of his autobiography Heimlichs Maneuvers: My Seventy Years of Lifesaving Innovation focuses on the maneuver, which involves thrusts to the abdomen that apply upward pressure on the diaphragm to create an air flow forcing food or other objects out of the windpipe. Heimlich says thousands of deaths reported annually from choking prompted him in 1972 to seek a solution. Over the next two years, leading a team of researchers at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, he successfully tested the technique by putting a tube with a balloon at one end down an anesthetized dogs airway until it choked. He then used the maneuver to force the dog to expel the obstruction. By 1974, I knew I needed to get the maneuver to the public as soon as possible to save lives, he said. He appeared on radio and television shows including Good Morning America and The Late Show Starring Johnny Carson and started hearing from people who had used the maneuver or been saved by it. The maneuver made headlines again this month. Clint Eastwood was attending a golf event in Monterey, Calif., when the 83-year-old actor saw the tournament director choking on a piece of cheese and successfully performed the technique. The best thing about it is that it allows anyone to save a life, Heimlich said. Anne Jutt of Mason, a Cincinnati suburb, said Heimlich will always be a hero to her family. She used the maneuver last spring when her 6-year-old son was choking on a cherry tomato. Heimlich says the maneuver is very effective when used correctly, but he does not approve of American Red Cross guidelines calling for back blows followed by abdominal thrusts in choking cases that dont involve infants or unconscious victims. Red Cross officials say evidence shows using multiple methods can be more effective, but Heimlich says blows can drive obstructions deeper into a windpipe. The American Heart Association backs abdominal thrusts.

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Schedule:
Abilene @ Hays Rock Creek @ Chapman Herington @ Solomon Hartford @ Rural Vista

basketball Tuesday

Chapman wins two at Clay Center

CLAY CENTER The Chapman Fighting Irish won two North Central Kansas League basketball games against Clay Center Monday. This was the make-up date for the Feb. 4 weather postponements. In the boys game Chapman led at the end of each quarter to claim a 46-35 victory. The Irish led at the break 19-13 and outscored the Tigers 27-22 in the second half. Gavin Canaday led Chapman with 15 points while Bryce Winters added 11. The Lady Irish rallied from a one-point first quarter deficit to gain momentum in the second quarter to finish off the Lady Tigers 40-35. The Irish had balanced scoring from its team with Macey Langvardt leading the way with seven points. The wins by both Irish teams are their first NCKL wins of the season.

Thursday Friday

Abilene @ Wamego Clay Center @ Abilene Chapman @ Marysville Solomon @ Otis-Bison Rural Vista @ Mission Valley

Boys summary:

Syracuse is still No. 1 in the Associated Press top 25 poll, but is no longer the unanimous choice. The Orange (25-0) top the poll for the third straight week but received 64 of 65 first-place votes. The poll was released Monday. Florida (23-2), which moved up from third to No. 2, received the other firstplace vote. Wichita State (27-0), the only other unbeaten Division I team, climbed from fourth to No. 3. Arizona (23-2), which lost to Arizona State last week, fell from second to No. 4. Duke (20-5) moved up from eighth to No. 5. San Diego State, Cincinnati, Kansas, Villanova and Saint Louis rounded out the top 10. No. 23 UCLA and No. 25 Gonzaga returned to the poll, replacing SMU and Pittsburgh

Syracuse still No. 1; Florida up to No. 2

Sports shorts:

CHS 9 10 9 18 - 46 CC 8 5 6 16 - 35 Chapman (2-15) Winters 14, Sutter 2, Stroud 6, Lexow 9, Canaday 15. Clay Center (3-12) Liby 9, Penner 2, Wallace 3, Wilson 3, Moon 2, Richardson 2, Hamel 10, Ford 4.

Girls Summary:

Abilenes Blake Anguiano (138) wrestles against Chapmans Robert Steck recently.

Ron Preston Reflector-Chronicle

Wrestling regionals begin Friday

By RON PRESTON
ron.preston@abilene-rc.com

Kansass high school wrestling regional tournaments begin Friday in multiple locations across the state. In Class 4A, Abilene and Chapman will travel to Colby and compete against Buhler, Clay Center, Colby, Concordia, Goodland, Hugoton, Larned, Smoky Valley, McPherson, Nickerson, Russell, Scott City and Ulysses. Other 4A regionals are being held at Burlington, Holton and Winfield. Each regional will qualify four wrestlers per weight class to advance to the state wrestling tournament Feb.

28 and March 1at Salinas Bicentennial Center. Last year coach James Stout had five Cowboys qualify at regional. Logan McDowell (106), Zane Baugh (113), Junior Morgan (120), Seth Strauss (132) and Jacob Hagedorn (152). Morgan finished second to Hunter Price of Holton and Baugh medaled at third place. Morgan and Hagedorn graduated last spring. Currently McDowell (106) is ranked second in the state behind a freshman from Basehor-Linwood. Baugh is wrestling at 120 this season and is ranked second in 4A behind Ceasar Regalado of Pratt. Strauss (145) has been ranked during the season but

has missed some matches due to injury. We are really looking forward to the regionals, coach James Stout said. We will continue to work this week and prepare for a very tough tournament. Everyone should be healthy and ready to go but it will be a challenging tournament. Chapmans Jason Zook (285) qualified as a freshman last year and was two points away from placing at state. Irish coach Jeff Sheets looks for Zook to qualify again and he believes that Chapman could have as many as four or five qualifiers if everyone wrestles to their capabilities.

CHS 4 11 13 12 - 40 CC 5 7 13 10 - 35 Chapman (5-12) Hurford 4, Sutter 6, Beemer 4, Wise 7, Langvardt 9, Anderson 6, Heiman 4. Clay Center (5-12) Williams 11, Franson 3, Wright 3, Bonhenblust 4, Ebert 2, Diekman 12.

The Abilene Dynamite 6th grade basketball team placed second at the Minneapolis Lion Backers basketball tournament recently. Pictured (front, from left): Megan Anguiano, Michelle Young, Makenna McGivney, coach Mike Olberding. Back row: Elisabeth Sweatland, Grace Wells, Jayden Keu and Hannah Snowball.

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Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said Monday that running back Ray Rice is still in the teams plans, despite his arrest. Newsome met with coach John Harbaugh and other team officials after learning Rice and his fiancee were arrested early Saturday morning following an altercation at a casino, according to Atlantic City, N.J., police. When I left my office 20 minutes ago, and John had probably been there 15 minutes before then, Ray Rice was still a big part of what we plan to do in 2014, Newsome said, according to the Baltimore Sun. Newsome said he has not spoken to Rice since the arrest but that he planned to soon. Rice, 27, and Janay Palmer, 26, were reportedly captured on security cameras engaging in a physical struggle with each other and were both charged with simple assault-domestic violence. No injuries were reported.

Ravens GM: Rice still in teams plans

Guthrie had eventful offseason

By ALAN ESKEW
The Associated Press

SURPRISE, Ariz. Jeremy Guthrie toured Spain with catcher Salvador Perez and climbed Chinas Great Wall before reporting to the Kansas City Royals camp. Guthrie, who led the Royals with 15 victories last season, said he has been to 18 countries, but this was his initial trip to China. He was with several other players representing Major League Baseball in giving clinics and promoting the game. I saw a few players that are very talented and would have a chance to come over here and play professionally and I think sooner than later, Guthrie said Monday. Thats the whole goal of the Major League Baseball center to have the game grow. It certainly takes a native player of that country to really spark interest in the sport. China is even more like that any country, like Li Na, the tennis player. The country is crazy for tennis now be-

cause of her. A baseball player in the Major Leagues, a native to China, will send shock waves through that country and excite them even more for baseball. Its in its infancy over there for sure, the game of baseball. Guthrie walked on the Great Wall. That really for me was No. 1 on my list, Guthrie said. It was something I always wanted to do was go to China and go on the Great Wall, so I was very excited. Guthrie has gone the past four years to Spain, where he spent a two-year missionary trip when he was 19-to-21 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I think Salvy really loved it. He had never been to Europe before and so it a real awesome experience. We were together at a hotel in Barcelona when they announced he won the Gold Glove. Guthrie established career highs in victories and innings, 211 2-3, while posting a 4.04 ERA last season.

Elimination games begin in Olympic hockey

By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer

SOCHI, Russi Thanks to that memorable shootout loss to the U.S., Russia must win four games in six days to bring home its first Olympic mens hockey gold medals in 22 years. Alex Ovechkin and his teammates begin attempting this daunting task Tuesday against Norway when elimination games begin in Sochi. Russias fourth game of its home Olympics is the highlight of the four-game qualification schedule. The Czech Republic faces Slovakia in the renewal of a rivalry, while Switzerland has a rematch with Latvia, and tiny Slovenia goes for its second-ever Olympic victory against Austria. The top four teams from preliminary-round play all get the day off to prepare for their quarterfinal matchups. Canada, Sweden, the U.S. and Finland have an extra day of rest, but that hasnt always been an advantage in this tense tournament. No team that went unbeaten in group play has won an Olympic gold medal since the NHL joined the games in 1998. Every champion was forced to regroup after getting beaten early in the tournament, from the Czech Republic in 1998 to the host Canadians four years ago in Vancouver. That history suggests the Russians have a

shot, and its impossible to write off their entertaining roster and all of its flaws. If Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk can get their offense going, the Russians are a rough matchup for anybody in Sochi even without a raucous home crowd roaring each time its team gets the puck over the opposing blue line. Norway hasnt won an Olympic match since the home Lillehammer Games in 1994, and theres little reason to suspect the Russians will be in any trouble but its dangerous to assume anything in the Sochi tournament. Olympic veterans realize the tone of this 12-day event changes after the opening-round games. Although nobody is under as much pressure as the host Russians, every player realizes one mistake in the second week can destroy their nations Olympic aspirations. Obviously these (elimination) games always have a bit more of a different feel, but you dont want to have to change the way you play a whole lot, Canada captain Sidney Crosby said. I think weve been playing the right way here for three games. I think weve gotten better. Even practice can be a hazard in Sochi, however. Goalie Henrik Lundqvist, Swedens 2006 Olympic star, had a nasty collision with defenseman Erik Karlsson during practice Monday and needed a few minutes to recover. Lundqvist said hell be fine.