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SUNDAY February 14, 2016

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Liberal homecoming court
is, from left, Alfredo
Banuelos, Emma Galindo,
Dennis Nava, Karen
Banuelos, Fall Queen
Maria Nunez, flower girl
Yazlene Martinez,
Homecoming Queen
Carolina Limon,
Homecoming King King
Daniel Rivera, crown
bearer Bren Kappelmann,
Fall King Alejandro
Gutierez, Timothy
Fitzgerald, Victoria Rios,
Sylman Pando and
Katherine Covert.

SCCC/ATS announces
cast list for spring
musical, Hairspray
Special to the Leader & Times

The SCCC/ATS music and drama departments

have announced the cast list for the spring musical,
Hairspray. Performances of the musical will be
April 21, 22, and 23, in the Showcase
Theater. The cast includes a mixture of
SCCC/ATS students, concurrent
LHS students, and community
members from Liberal and
the surrounding area.
We are impressed by,
proud of, and grateful for
all who tried out, said
drama director Gloria
Goodwin.
These
decisions
were
extremely difficult
we wish we could have
rewarded all of the
talent
on
display.
the
Finding
correct mix of
age,
ability,
and
experience,
suitability for parts is a
subjective and mysterious
process.
Rehearsals for the musical are already
underway with direction by Dr. Magda Silva, vocal
music instructor at SCCC/ATS.
Tracy Turnblad: Alyssa Fisher
Corny Collins: JJ Widener/Brian Francis
Amber Von Tussle: Madison Hoelting
Tammy: Carol Brockman

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Mentoring matters
in Kansas
Celebrating five years of keeping
Kansas youth safe through
background check grant funding

heart
champions
of

Fitzgerald crowns inspiration

Rivera homecoming king
By EARL WATT
Leader &Times

When Timothy Fitzgerald was

announced as homecoming king, he
knew what he was going to do with the
crown.
Fitzgerald shook his head and took
the crown over to his special needs
classmate Dnaiel Rivera and placed the
crown on his head.

The crowd erupted, and Rivera was

announced as Homecoming King.
Ive had Daniel in some of my
classes, Fitzgerald said. Hes made a
big impact on my life. He doesnt give
up when I know it could be really hard
for him, and I felt like he deserved that
crown a lot more than I did.
Rivera, who is also on the Redskin
wrestling team, flashed a smile and said
he considered Timothy a friend. It was

Daniel Rivera flashes his rock star sign to the crowd after Timothy
Fitzgerald places the crown on his head during Homecoming festivities
Friday in The Big House. L&T photos/Earl Watt
great, Rivera said.
Fitzgerald then led the Redskins to a
triple overtime win over Hays to move

into first place int he Western Ahtletic

Conference.
For more, see Page 1C

Pancake
Board
presents
Salleys: The evolution
Baby Cakes Award

of a legacy

Special to the Leader & Times

TOPEKA Every January during the past five

years, in honor of Kansas Mentoring Month,
Volunteer Kansas has awarded background check
funding to Kansas Mentors for distribution to qualifying mentoring organizations. This grant funding
allows mentoring organizations in our state, that
meet minimum qualifications, the ability to conduct
Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) background
checks on potential mentors. Since the inception of
this grant, mentoring programs have been able to
safely match 9,554 youth with adult mentors.
Kansas mentoring programs are reporting significant declines in funding while an increase in the
need for services, said Cheri Faunce, director of
Kansas Mentors. These funds are a strategic
investment to ensure more young Kansans have
access to a safe and caring adult role model.
Background checks are an essential component of
the screening process to help guarantee the safety of
youth involved in mentoring programs. The cost of
criminal background checks, however, is substantial,

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Wrongfully convicted
Kansan seeks videotaped
interrogations
TOPEKA (AP) A Kansas man who spent
nearly 16 years in prison for a killing his brother later
admitted to testified for a measure that would
require law enforcement to record some interrogations.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and other law
enforcement groups oppose the measure, which
mandates recorded interrogations of suspects
arrested for capital murder, first-degree murder and
second-degree murder.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports a House
committee Thursday heard testimony from Floyd
Bledsoe, who was wrongfully convicted in the 1999
murder of Camille Arfmann in Oskaloosa. His
brother, Tom, originally admitted to the crime but
later recanted his confessions, which were not
recorded.
Floyd Bledsoe told the committee he might not

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By ROBERT PIERCE
Leader &Times
Looking around Liberal and
Seward County, its hard to find
something the families of Bill and
E.J. Salley have not touched.
While E.J.s family had lived in
the area even earlier than that, the
heritage of the families began in the
early 1900s.
The family of William Edward
Salley from Missouri moved to
Kingman County in 1908, and a
short time later, the oldest son, Ira
R. Salley, came to Liberal and

worked for the Light Grain and

Milling Company in 1914.
Ira would go on to graduate from
Salt City Business College as a
bookkeeper, and in 1916, he
became general manager of the
milling company. Upon his
retirement in 1956, he became
president.
Ira likewise had maintained
ranch and cattle interests in both
Kansas and neighboring Colorado.
In 1965, though, tragedy struck
when he became incapacitated

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The Pancake Day Baby Cakes Award this year goes to Jovany Abel
Bustos, who was born at 7:28 a.m. on Feb. 10, the day after Pancake Day,
to Sara Valezuela and Joseph Bustos. He weighed 7 lbs., 5 oz. and was 20
inches long. The Baby Cakes award is presented each year to the first
baby to arrive on Pancake Day, or the closest day after, at Southwest
Medical Center. Jovany received a miniature chef's hat embroidered with
the Pancake Day logo, a plaque, and a basket of baby necessities from
the Pancake Day Board. In addition, the family received child
development information and a gift of childrens board books from
Russell Child Development Center. Courtesy photo

Lundburgs named Good Sams King, Queen

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Vol. 130 Iss. 258 22 Pa ges

Police: Shooting at
Phoenix-area school
was a murder-suicide
By JACQUES BILLEAUD
and PAUL DAVENPORT
Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. A
shooting at a suburban Phoenix
high school that killed two 15year-old girls and caused panic
among parents was a murdersuicide, police said.
Police announced that a
suicide note was found at the
scene of the shooting Friday
morning near the cafeteria area
of Independence High School in

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