Patricia A. “Pat” (McKenna) Hartzog, of Hoxie, KS, passed away on November 14, 2022, at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, KS, at the age of 85. 

She was born on October 29, 1937, to Theodore and Ruby (Rolland) McKenna in&nbsp;Oberlin, Kansas.&nbsp;She married Lloyd Krizek,&nbsp;and after he passed away&nbsp;on March 21, 1957,&nbsp;she married Earl Hartzog on April 20, 1958. She&nbsp;was&nbsp;blessed with 3 children:&nbsp;Mike,&nbsp;Virginia, and&nbsp;Harold.&nbsp;

Pat graduated from Jennings High School in 1956.&nbsp;She&nbsp;kept busy raising her children and later, Grandma Pat’s Daycare. She loved&nbsp;kids – everybody’s kids, and especially her family. She enjoyed working in her garden and giving away the fruits of her labor, oftentimes in the form of the jellies she made&nbsp;and her famous chocolate chip cookies. She very&nbsp;much&nbsp;loved&nbsp;traveling with Earl. She was an active&nbsp;member of the Christ Community Church.&nbsp;

Pat is survived by her children:&nbsp;Virginia Fullbright (Irlan) of Ellinwood,&nbsp;KS&nbsp;and&nbsp;Harold Hartzog of Hoxie; sister, Donna Chambers of McCook, NE; sister-in-law, Gloria McKenna of Colby, KS; 3 grandchildren: Brad Fullbright (Jodi), Cody Holzmeister (Christie), and&nbsp;Megan&nbsp;Jacques (Ryan); and 6 great-grandchildren: Kolton&nbsp;and Carli&nbsp;Fullbright, Kaylynn Holzmeister, Gabe,&nbsp;Rhythm and Ranger Jacques.&nbsp;

She is preceded in death by her parents,&nbsp;Theodore&nbsp;and Ruby McKenna; husbands,&nbsp;Lloyd Krizekand&nbsp;Earl Hartzog; son, Mike Krizek; brother, Edward&nbsp;McKenna; grandson&nbsp;Alan Fullbright; and daughter-in-law Yvette Hartzog.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 18, 2022, at 10:30 AM at the Christ Community Church in Hoxie. Visitation will be Thursday 1:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the funeral home.&nbsp;

In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to Sheridan Co Health Complex/Sheridan Co Benefit Walk and may be sent in care of Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, PO Box 987, Hoxie, KS 67740. Online condolences may be left for the family at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mickeyleopoldfuneral.com/">www.mickeyleopoldfuneral.com</a>

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 </figure>Patricia A. “Pat” (McKenna) Hartzog, of Hoxie, KS, passed away on November 14, 2022, at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, KS, at the age of 85. She was born on October 29, 1937, to Theodore and Ruby (Rolland) McKenna in&nbsp;Oberlin, Kansas.&nbsp;She married Lloyd Krizek,&nbsp;and after he passed away&nbsp;on March 21, 1957,&nbsp;she married Earl Hartzog on April 20, 1958. She&nbsp;was&nbsp;blessed with 3 children:&nbsp;Mike,&nbsp;Virginia, and&nbsp;Harold.&nbsp;Pat graduated from Jennings High School in 1956.&nbsp;She&nbsp;kept busy raising her children and later, Grandma Pat’s Daycare. She loved&nbsp;kids – everybody’s kids, and especially her family. She enjoyed working in her garden and giving away the fruits of her labor, oftentimes in the form of the jellies she made&nbsp;and her famous chocolate chip cookies. She very&nbsp;much&nbsp;loved&nbsp;traveling with Earl. She was an active&nbsp;member of the Christ Community Church.&nbsp;Pat is survived by her children:&nbsp;Virginia Fullbright (Irlan) of Ellinwood,&nbsp;KS&nbsp;and&nbsp;Harold Hartzog of Hoxie; sister, Donna Chambers of McCook, NE; sister-in-law, Gloria McKenna of Colby, KS; 3 grandchildren: Brad Fullbright (Jodi), Cody Holzmeister (Christie), and&nbsp;Megan&nbsp;Jacques (Ryan); and 6 great-grandchildren: Kolton&nbsp;and Carli&nbsp;Fullbright, Kaylynn Holzmeister, Gabe,&nbsp;Rhythm and Ranger Jacques.&nbsp;She is preceded in death by her parents,&nbsp;Theodore&nbsp;and Ruby McKenna; husbands,&nbsp;Lloyd Krizekand&nbsp;Earl Hartzog; son, Mike Krizek; brother, Edward&nbsp;McKenna; grandson&nbsp;Alan Fullbright; and daughter-in-law Yvette Hartzog.A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 18, 2022, at 10:30 AM at the Christ Community Church in Hoxie. Visitation will be Thursday 1:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the funeral home.&nbsp;In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to Sheridan Co Health Complex/Sheridan Co Benefit Walk and may be sent in care of Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, PO Box 987, Hoxie, KS 67740. Online condolences may be left for the family at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mickeyleopoldfuneral.com/">www.mickeyleopoldfuneral.com</a>

Patricia A. 'Pat' (McKenna) Hartzog

Crude prices are holding steady, despite some ups and downs within a ten dollar trading range. Futures prices jumped two and a half dollars on Friday to settle at $88.96 per barrel in New York. By lunchtime Monday those prices were down two and a half dollars. WTI in New York was trading over $86. London Brent was over $94 per barrel.&nbsp; Kansas prices are down from a week ago, but up from the first of the month. Kansas Common crude started the week at $79.25 per barrel after gaining $2.50 on Friday. But on Monday, CHS in McPherson dropped its price to $76 per barrel. Oilfield activity in Kansas remains about 50% ahead of last year. So far this year, 247 operators have spudded 1,372 wells. Total footage drilled is estimated at 3.8 million feet compared to 2.8 million feet a year ago. Independent Oil &amp; Gas Service is scouting 522 wells current in various stages of drilling and completion. The Kansas Rig Count east of Wichita was up two at 19 active rigs. Western Kansas dropped by three to 30 rigs either scheduled, moving to, or currently on drill sites. Operators were drilling one well and about to spud another in Ellis County on Friday. Kansas regulators gave the green light to 36 new drilling locations across the state, with 12 in eastern Kansas and 24 west of Wichita, including two in Barton county and one in Ellis County. That's 1,436 new drilling permits so far this year, compared to 991 a year ago. Independent Oil &amp; Gas Service reports 40 new well-completions in the week through November 10th. That's 1,398 completed wells so far this year, compared to 778 by this time last year. There are two wells in Barton County, one in Ellis County, and two in Russell County among the 28 wells completed in Western Kansas last week. Baker Hughes reported 779 active rotary drilling rigs across the U.S. Friday, an increase of nine oil rigs. The count in Louisiana was up six rigs; Texas gained four. The Energy Information Administration reports a big increase in U.S. crude-oil inventories for the week through November 4th. Stockpiles increased nearly four million barrels, after dropping by three million barrels the week before. EIA says domestic inventories are about three percent below the five-year average for this time of year. Gasoline inventories dropped by nearly a million barrels, and are about six percent below the five year average. Diesel Stockpiles dropped by half a million barrels last week and remain about 17% below the five-year seasonal average. U.S. crude-oil production increased by 200,000 barrels per day last week, once again rising above 12 million barrels per day. U.S. oil-by-rail traffic is up three percent over last year. The Association of American Railroads reports 10,323 carloads, up 201 tankers from a week ago and a 3.3% increase over the same week last year. Canadian traffic is down 500 carloads for the week and 8.6% lower than last year. Diesel prices remain at near-record highs while inventories hold steady at historic lows. A report from the Energy Information Administration cites the benchmark New York Harbor spot prices for ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. In October, that price averaged $4.36 per gallon, the highest monthly average prices since May of 2022 and the second-highest monthly average on record. Increasing demand and reduced production of diesel fuel contribute to this, but the report primarily blames low inventories both in the U.S. and around the world. U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil have been below the five-year low since January. Total U.S. diesel inventories have been below the five-year low and more than 20% below the five-year average since April.&nbsp; Another barometer used by analysts is the so-called "crack spread," the difference between the price of crude and the equivalent amount of diesel fuel. October's crack spread marked an all-time high at $2.14 per gallon in October, compared to $1.61/gallon in October last year.&nbsp; Russia has started swapping oil products with Iran, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two sanctioned countries pushed closer by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Bloomberg cites an Interfax report attributed to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, who said the range of swapped products will be expanded. The news came after a meeting with Iran's Oil Minister. The talks also covered potential Russian participation to increase Iran's oil production, the development of ports, and an international north-south freight corridor connecting Russia to India via Iran. Saudi Arabia has established a carbon-capture sequestration center, as the state oil giant seeks to reach its goal of net-zero emissions by the year 2060.&nbsp; The center will be located on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg reports the hub could store up to 9 million metric tons of CO2 every year within the next five years.

By JOHN P. TRETBARCrude prices are holding steady, despite some ups and downs within a ten dollar trading range. Futures prices jumped two and a half dollars on Friday to settle at $88.96 per barrel in New York. By lunchtime Monday those prices were down two and a half dollars. WTI in New York was trading over $86. London Brent was over $94 per barrel.&nbsp; Kansas prices are down from a week ago, but up from the first of the month. Kansas Common crude started the week at $79.25 per barrel after gaining $2.50 on Friday. But on Monday, CHS in McPherson dropped its price to $76 per barrel. Oilfield activity in Kansas remains about 50% ahead of last year. So far this year, 247 operators have spudded 1,372 wells. Total footage drilled is estimated at 3.8 million feet compared to 2.8 million feet a year ago. Independent Oil &amp; Gas Service is scouting 522 wells current in various stages of drilling and completion. The Kansas Rig Count east of Wichita was up two at 19 active rigs. Western Kansas dropped by three to 30 rigs either scheduled, moving to, or currently on drill sites. Operators were drilling one well and about to spud another in Ellis County on Friday. Kansas regulators gave the green light to 36 new drilling locations across the state, with 12 in eastern Kansas and 24 west of Wichita, including two in Barton county and one in Ellis County. That's 1,436 new drilling permits so far this year, compared to 991 a year ago. Independent Oil &amp; Gas Service reports 40 new well-completions in the week through November 10th. That's 1,398 completed wells so far this year, compared to 778 by this time last year. There are two wells in Barton County, one in Ellis County, and two in Russell County among the 28 wells completed in Western Kansas last week. Baker Hughes reported 779 active rotary drilling rigs across the U.S. Friday, an increase of nine oil rigs. The count in Louisiana was up six rigs; Texas gained four. The Energy Information Administration reports a big increase in U.S. crude-oil inventories for the week through November 4th. Stockpiles increased nearly four million barrels, after dropping by three million barrels the week before. EIA says domestic inventories are about three percent below the five-year average for this time of year. Gasoline inventories dropped by nearly a million barrels, and are about six percent below the five year average. Diesel Stockpiles dropped by half a million barrels last week and remain about 17% below the five-year seasonal average. U.S. crude-oil production increased by 200,000 barrels per day last week, once again rising above 12 million barrels per day. U.S. oil-by-rail traffic is up three percent over last year. The Association of American Railroads reports 10,323 carloads, up 201 tankers from a week ago and a 3.3% increase over the same week last year. Canadian traffic is down 500 carloads for the week and 8.6% lower than last year. Diesel prices remain at near-record highs while inventories hold steady at historic lows. A report from the Energy Information Administration cites the benchmark New York Harbor spot prices for ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. In October, that price averaged $4.36 per gallon, the highest monthly average prices since May of 2022 and the second-highest monthly average on record. Increasing demand and reduced production of diesel fuel contribute to this, but the report primarily blames low inventories both in the U.S. and around the world. U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil have been below the five-year low since January. Total U.S. diesel inventories have been below the five-year low and more than 20% below the five-year average since April.&nbsp; Another barometer used by analysts is the so-called "crack spread," the difference between the price of crude and the equivalent amount of diesel fuel. October's crack spread marked an all-time high at $2.14 per gallon in October, compared to $1.61/gallon in October last year.&nbsp; Russia has started swapping oil products with Iran, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two sanctioned countries pushed closer by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Bloomberg cites an Interfax report attributed to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, who said the range of swapped products will be expanded. The news came after a meeting with Iran's Oil Minister. The talks also covered potential Russian participation to increase Iran's oil production, the development of ports, and an international north-south freight corridor connecting Russia to India via Iran. Saudi Arabia has established a carbon-capture sequestration center, as the state oil giant seeks to reach its goal of net-zero emissions by the year 2060.&nbsp; The center will be located on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg reports the hub could store up to 9 million metric tons of CO2 every year within the next five years.

News From the Oil Patch: Diesel prices near all-time highs

Harry L. Schneider, 94, Otis, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 
13, 2022, at Rush County Memorial Hospital Intermediate Swing Bed, La 
Crosse, Kansas.

Harry was born September 13, 1928, in Rush County, Kansas, the son of
 Jacob and Edna (Brack) Schneider.&nbsp; He was a lifelong resident of Rush 
County, Kansas.&nbsp; He owned and operated OK Oil Service in Otis, Kansas, a
 Mobil Oil distributor for many years before his retirement.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Otis, Kansas.&nbsp; Harry was also the former fire chief of Otis, Kansas.&nbsp;

He married Alberta M. Brack in 1951 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Otis, Kansas.&nbsp; She preceded him in death March 27, 1999.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and his daughter, Lee Anne Schneider, (October 21, 2011).

Per Harry’s wishes, the family has chosen cremation.

Memorial service will be Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. at
 Trinity Lutheran Church, Otis, Kansas, with Stan Ewy, SAM officiating.&nbsp;

A private family inurnment will be at a later date in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Otis, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests memorials to Rush 
County Memorial Hospital Intermediate Swing Bed, La Crosse, Kansas.

Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.janousekfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.

Harry L. Schneider, 94, Otis, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 
13, 2022, at Rush County Memorial Hospital Intermediate Swing Bed, La 
Crosse, Kansas.Harry was born September 13, 1928, in Rush County, Kansas, the son of
 Jacob and Edna (Brack) Schneider.&nbsp; He was a lifelong resident of Rush 
County, Kansas.&nbsp; He owned and operated OK Oil Service in Otis, Kansas, a
 Mobil Oil distributor for many years before his retirement.He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Otis, Kansas.&nbsp; Harry was also the former fire chief of Otis, Kansas.&nbsp;He married Alberta M. Brack in 1951 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Otis, Kansas.&nbsp; She preceded him in death March 27, 1999.Survivors include many cousins.He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and his daughter, Lee Anne Schneider, (October 21, 2011).Per Harry’s wishes, the family has chosen cremation.Memorial service will be Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. at
 Trinity Lutheran Church, Otis, Kansas, with Stan Ewy, SAM officiating.&nbsp;A private family inurnment will be at a later date in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Otis, Kansas.In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests memorials to Rush 
County Memorial Hospital Intermediate Swing Bed, La Crosse, Kansas.Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.janousekfuneralhome.com.Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.

Harry L. Schneider

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to cajole the world's largest economies to further isolate Russia diplomatically and economically over its invasion of Ukraine despite a souring global outlook that has tested other nations' resolve.

(Click below to watch President Biden's news conference)

<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/14/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-meeting-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/">Click here to read</a> a transcript of the Biden, Ki Jinping meeting

In meetings Tuesday at the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/inflation-biden-business-indonesia-china-026ceb20b07d3630345c7e7a1945a49e">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;in Indonesia, the U.S. leader is to continue a global tour pressing nations to stand up to Russia and in defense of Ukraine’s sovereignty in both symbolic and substantive ways. The effort comes as global inflation and slowing economies have put new pressures on countries that imposed penalties on Russia for the nine-month war that has sent food and energy prices soaring.

A senior U.S. administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the summit discussions, said Tuesday that the summit’s final communique will make clear that “most” of the nations condemn Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, as well the toll it has taken on global food and energy supplies.

It remained to be seen how many nations would embrace the tough language or whether the document would refer to Russia’s actions as a “war” — a phrase Moscow has sought to avoid, despite the devastating losses sustained by its military.

U.S. officials have said&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-southeast-asia-trip-china-ukraine-election-f71ee52a79a2bcbd029a9c9cbba32437">Biden's trip</a>&nbsp;has demonstrated that countries large and small are willing to condemn Russian aggression. Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to virtually address the G-20 summit. It comes days after Ukraine's foreign minister was invited to participate in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit</a>&nbsp;in Cambodia, where it became the latest signatory to the group's treaty of amity and cooperation.

After his&nbsp; nearly three-hour meeting<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-taiwan-indonesia-xi-jinping-government-and-politics-961bb4680962cc53b4375af3bcbc4927">&nbsp;with President Xi Jinping</a>&nbsp;on Monday, Biden said he and the Chinese leader discussed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and “reaffirmed our shared belief” that the use or even the threat of nuclear weapons is “totally unacceptable” — a reference to Moscow’s thinly veiled threats to use atomic weapons as its invasion of Ukraine has faltered. Chinese officials had previously largely refrained from public criticism of Russia’s war, although Beijing has avoided direct support of the Russians, such as supplying arms.

The summit schedule does not include a “family photo” of leaders, which would avoid a potentially awkward moment of interaction with the Russian representative, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. It remained to be seen how Biden and U.S. allies would react when Lavrov is recognized to speak during the summit's closed sessions. Some Europeans have discussed potentially walking out of the meeting in a display of protest of Russia's invasion.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said no one in the U.S. delegation had plans to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, often known as MBS, after Biden accused Saudi Arabia of siding with Russia by leading the OPEC+ cartel to cut oil production last month in a bid to sustain the elevated energy prices that Russia uses to fund its war in Ukraine.

It also was not clear whether anyone from the U.S. delegation would meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi or other leaders whose cooperation would be essential to securing a price cap on Russian oil to limit the profits Moscow uses to invest in its defense base.

At the summit, Biden will have his first opportunities to meet with two critical new partners in that effort: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.

Sunak, who took office last month after the disastrously short tenure of Liz Truss, has promised to continue his conservative predecessors’ steadfast support for Ukraine. He and Biden are set to strategize during their Wednesday meeting on new ways to bolster Ukraine’s defenses for the long haul.

Meloni has pledged to continue to provide arms and aid for Ukraine, but questions remain over her far-right coalition’s commitment to stand up to Russia. She will meet with Biden privately on Tuesday afternoon.

The nearly three-hour meeting was the highlight of Biden’s weeklong, round-the-world trip to the Middle East and Asia, and came at a critical juncture for the two countries amid increasing economic and security tensions. Speaking at a news conference afterward, Biden said that when it comes to China, the U.S. would “compete vigorously, but I’m not looking for conflict.”

He added: “I absolutely believe there need not be a new Cold War” between America and the rising Asian power.

Biden reiterated U.S. support for its longstanding “One China” policy, which recognizes the government in Beijing — while allowing for informal American relations and defense ties with Taipei, and “strategic ambiguity” over whether the U.S. would respond militarily if the island were attacked. He also said that despite China's recent saber rattling, he does not believe "there’s any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan.”

Xi, according to the Chinese government’s account of the meeting, “stressed that the Taiwan question is at the very core of China’s core interests, the bedrock of the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and the first red line that must not be crossed in China-U.S. relations.”

Biden said he and Xi also discussed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and “reaffirmed our shared belief” that the use or even the threat of nuclear weapons is "totally unacceptable.” That was a reference to Moscow's thinly veiled threats to use atomic weapons as its nearly nine-month invasion of Ukraine has faltered.

Chinese officials have largely refrained from public criticism of Russia’s war, although Beijing has avoided direct support of the Russians, such as supplying arms.

While there were no watershed breakthroughs, the Biden-Xi meeting brought each side long-sought, if modest, gains. In addition to the shared condemnation of Russian nuclear threats, Biden appeared to secure from Xi the resumption of lower-level cooperation from China on a range of shared global challenges. Meanwhile, Xi, who has aimed to establish China as a geopolitical peer of the U.S., got symbolic home turf for the meeting as well as Biden’s forceful One China policy commitment.

The White House said Biden and Xi agreed to “empower key senior officials" to work on areas of potential cooperation, including tackling climate change and maintaining global financial, health and food stability. Beijing had cut off such contacts with the U.S. in protest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan in August.

China and the U.S. are the world’s worst climate polluters, and their one-on-one climate contacts are seen as vital to staving off some of the most dire scenarios of climate change. Biden's first stop on his long overseas trip was in Egypt for a major climate conference.

The two leaders agreed to have U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travel to Beijing to continue discussions.

Xi and Biden warmly greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort hotel in Indonesia, where they are attending the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;of large economies.

“As the leaders of our two nations, we share responsibility, in my view, to show that China and the United States can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict, and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues that require our mutual cooperation," Biden said to open the meeting.

Xi called on Biden to “chart the right course" and “elevate the relationship” between China and the U.S. He said he wanted a “candid and in-depth exchange of views."

Both men entered the highly anticipated meeting with bolstered political standing at home. Democrats triumphantly held onto&nbsp;<a href="https://pronto.associatedpress.com/web/search/text?all=false&amp;endDate=2020-08-19T23:20:17.269Z&amp;sourceType=ap&amp;dateRangeType=live&amp;mediaSortType=newest&amp;pagesize=100&amp;viewType=conversation&amp;keyword=wire:dsa%20AND%20election&amp;storyType=all&amp;mediatype=text&amp;startDate=2020-03-01T05:00:00.000Z&amp;pagenumber=0">control of the U.S. Senate,</a>&nbsp;with a chance to boost their ranks by one in a runoff election in Georgia next month, while Xi was&nbsp;<a href="https://pronto.associatedpress.com/web/search/text?all=false&amp;endDate=2020-08-19T23:20:17.269Z&amp;sourceType=ap&amp;dateRangeType=live&amp;mediaSortType=newest&amp;pagesize=100&amp;viewType=conversation&amp;keyword=wire:dsa%20AND%20xi%20AND%20communist&amp;storyType=all&amp;mediatype=text&amp;startDate=2020-03-01T05:00:00.000Z&amp;pagenumber=0">awarded a third five-year term</a>&nbsp;in October by the Communist Party's national congress, a break with tradition.

But relations between the two powers have grown more strained under successive American administrations, with economic, trade, human rights and security differences at the fore.

As president, Biden has repeatedly taken China to task for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-japan-crime-geneva-72426c36d1a4c0ae83d9520d2f19d840">human rights abuses against the Uyghur people</a>&nbsp;and other ethnic minorities, crackdowns on democracy activists in Hong Kong, coercive trade practices, military provocations against self-ruled Taiwan and differences over Russia and Ukraine.

The White House said Biden specifically mentioned U.S. concerns about China's actions in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and the plight of Americans it considers “wrongfully detained” or subject to exit bans in China.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/taiwan">Taiwan</a>&nbsp;has emerged as one of the most contentious issues. Multiple times in his presidency,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-biden-china-nancy-pelosi-government-and-politics-abe8b7b0c6600e5fa869effae0d76ef2">Biden has said the U.S. would defend the island</a>&nbsp;— which China has eyed for eventual unification — in case of a Beijing-led invasion. But administration officials have stressed each time that the U.S. China policy has not changed.

Pelosi's trip prompted China, officially the People's Republic of China, to retaliate with military drills and the firing of ballistic missiles into nearby waters.

The White House said Biden “raised U.S. objections to the PRC’s coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan, which undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the broader region, and jeopardize global prosperity.”

In the meeting, Biden said China's economic practices “harm American workers and families, and workers and families around the world," the White House said.

The meeting came just weeks after the Biden administration&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-technology-china-asia-xi-jinping-cfd6fc9f04cc7ea47f61ee6f04383b57">blocked exports of advanced computer chips</a>&nbsp;to China — a national security move that bolsters U.S. competition against Beijing.

Xi's government said he condemned such moves, saying, “Starting a trade war or a technology war, building walls and barriers, and pushing for decoupling and severing supply chains run counter to the principles of market economy and undermine international trade rules.”

Although the two men have held five phone or video calls during Biden's presidency, White House officials said those encounters were no substitute for an in-person meeting. They said sitting down with Xi was all the more important after the Chinese leader strengthened his grip on power with a third term and because lower-level Chinese officials have been unable or unwilling to speak for their leader.

White House officials and their Chinese counterparts spent weeks negotiating details of the meeting, which was held at Xi’s hotel with translators providing simultaneous interpretation through headsets. Each leader was flanked by nine N-95 mask-wearing aides, and in the case of Xi, at least one official newly elevated in the recent Congress to its top leadership.

U.S. officials were eager to see how Xi approached the meeting after consolidating his position as the unquestioned leader of the state — whether that made him more or less likely to seek out areas of cooperation.

“I didn’t find him more confrontational or more conciliatory,” Biden said. "I found him the way he’s always been, direct and straightforward."

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 <figcaption>Biden and Xi, the two without masks just ahead of Monday's meeting-photo courtesy CSPAN</figcaption>
 </figure>NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to cajole the world's largest economies to further isolate Russia diplomatically and economically over its invasion of Ukraine despite a souring global outlook that has tested other nations' resolve.(Click below to watch President Biden's news conference)<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWhiteHouse%2Fvideos%2F1406765220151820%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=30" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe></div><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/14/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-meeting-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/">Click here to read</a> a transcript of the Biden, Ki Jinping meetingIn meetings Tuesday at the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/inflation-biden-business-indonesia-china-026ceb20b07d3630345c7e7a1945a49e">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;in Indonesia, the U.S. leader is to continue a global tour pressing nations to stand up to Russia and in defense of Ukraine’s sovereignty in both symbolic and substantive ways. The effort comes as global inflation and slowing economies have put new pressures on countries that imposed penalties on Russia for the nine-month war that has sent food and energy prices soaring.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668436660078.png" alt="Xi and Biden greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort hotel in Indonesia, where they are attending the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;of large economies.-White House photo" />
 <figcaption>Xi and Biden greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort hotel in Indonesia, where they are attending the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;of large economies.-White House photo</figcaption>
 </figure>A senior U.S. administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the summit discussions, said Tuesday that the summit’s final communique will make clear that “most” of the nations condemn Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, as well the toll it has taken on global food and energy supplies.It remained to be seen how many nations would embrace the tough language or whether the document would refer to Russia’s actions as a “war” — a phrase Moscow has sought to avoid, despite the devastating losses sustained by its military.U.S. officials have said&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-southeast-asia-trip-china-ukraine-election-f71ee52a79a2bcbd029a9c9cbba32437">Biden's trip</a>&nbsp;has demonstrated that countries large and small are willing to condemn Russian aggression. Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to virtually address the G-20 summit. It comes days after Ukraine's foreign minister was invited to participate in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit</a>&nbsp;in Cambodia, where it became the latest signatory to the group's treaty of amity and cooperation.After his&nbsp; nearly three-hour meeting<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-taiwan-indonesia-xi-jinping-government-and-politics-961bb4680962cc53b4375af3bcbc4927">&nbsp;with President Xi Jinping</a>&nbsp;on Monday, Biden said he and the Chinese leader discussed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and “reaffirmed our shared belief” that the use or even the threat of nuclear weapons is “totally unacceptable” — a reference to Moscow’s thinly veiled threats to use atomic weapons as its invasion of Ukraine has faltered. Chinese officials had previously largely refrained from public criticism of Russia’s war, although Beijing has avoided direct support of the Russians, such as supplying arms.The summit schedule does not include a “family photo” of leaders, which would avoid a potentially awkward moment of interaction with the Russian representative, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. It remained to be seen how Biden and U.S. allies would react when Lavrov is recognized to speak during the summit's closed sessions. Some Europeans have discussed potentially walking out of the meeting in a display of protest of Russia's invasion.U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said no one in the U.S. delegation had plans to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, often known as MBS, after Biden accused Saudi Arabia of siding with Russia by leading the OPEC+ cartel to cut oil production last month in a bid to sustain the elevated energy prices that Russia uses to fund its war in Ukraine.It also was not clear whether anyone from the U.S. delegation would meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi or other leaders whose cooperation would be essential to securing a price cap on Russian oil to limit the profits Moscow uses to invest in its defense base.At the summit, Biden will have his first opportunities to meet with two critical new partners in that effort: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.Sunak, who took office last month after the disastrously short tenure of Liz Truss, has promised to continue his conservative predecessors’ steadfast support for Ukraine. He and Biden are set to strategize during their Wednesday meeting on new ways to bolster Ukraine’s defenses for the long haul.Meloni has pledged to continue to provide arms and aid for Ukraine, but questions remain over her far-right coalition’s commitment to stand up to Russia. She will meet with Biden privately on Tuesday afternoon.---The nearly three-hour meeting was the highlight of Biden’s weeklong, round-the-world trip to the Middle East and Asia, and came at a critical juncture for the two countries amid increasing economic and security tensions. Speaking at a news conference afterward, Biden said that when it comes to China, the U.S. would “compete vigorously, but I’m not looking for conflict.”He added: “I absolutely believe there need not be a new Cold War” between America and the rising Asian power.Biden reiterated U.S. support for its longstanding “One China” policy, which recognizes the government in Beijing — while allowing for informal American relations and defense ties with Taipei, and “strategic ambiguity” over whether the U.S. would respond militarily if the island were attacked. He also said that despite China's recent saber rattling, he does not believe "there’s any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan.”Xi, according to the Chinese government’s account of the meeting, “stressed that the Taiwan question is at the very core of China’s core interests, the bedrock of the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and the first red line that must not be crossed in China-U.S. relations.”<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668436660078.png" alt="Xi and Biden greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort hotel in Indonesia, where they are attending the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;of large economies.-White House photo" />
 <figcaption>Xi and Biden greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort hotel in Indonesia, where they are attending the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;of large economies.-White House photo</figcaption>
 </figure>Biden said he and Xi also discussed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and “reaffirmed our shared belief” that the use or even the threat of nuclear weapons is "totally unacceptable.” That was a reference to Moscow's thinly veiled threats to use atomic weapons as its nearly nine-month invasion of Ukraine has faltered.Chinese officials have largely refrained from public criticism of Russia’s war, although Beijing has avoided direct support of the Russians, such as supplying arms.While there were no watershed breakthroughs, the Biden-Xi meeting brought each side long-sought, if modest, gains. In addition to the shared condemnation of Russian nuclear threats, Biden appeared to secure from Xi the resumption of lower-level cooperation from China on a range of shared global challenges. Meanwhile, Xi, who has aimed to establish China as a geopolitical peer of the U.S., got symbolic home turf for the meeting as well as Biden’s forceful One China policy commitment.The White House said Biden and Xi agreed to “empower key senior officials" to work on areas of potential cooperation, including tackling climate change and maintaining global financial, health and food stability. Beijing had cut off such contacts with the U.S. in protest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan in August.China and the U.S. are the world’s worst climate polluters, and their one-on-one climate contacts are seen as vital to staving off some of the most dire scenarios of climate change. Biden's first stop on his long overseas trip was in Egypt for a major climate conference.The two leaders agreed to have U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travel to Beijing to continue discussions.Xi and Biden warmly greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort hotel in Indonesia, where they are attending the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/putin-inflation-british-politics-biden-health-96fece8e82b94cd836923747198c14c6">Group of 20 summit</a>&nbsp;of large economies.“As the leaders of our two nations, we share responsibility, in my view, to show that China and the United States can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict, and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues that require our mutual cooperation," Biden said to open the meeting.Xi called on Biden to “chart the right course" and “elevate the relationship” between China and the U.S. He said he wanted a “candid and in-depth exchange of views."Both men entered the highly anticipated meeting with bolstered political standing at home. Democrats triumphantly held onto&nbsp;<a href="https://pronto.associatedpress.com/web/search/text?all=false&amp;endDate=2020-08-19T23:20:17.269Z&amp;sourceType=ap&amp;dateRangeType=live&amp;mediaSortType=newest&amp;pagesize=100&amp;viewType=conversation&amp;keyword=wire:dsa%20AND%20election&amp;storyType=all&amp;mediatype=text&amp;startDate=2020-03-01T05:00:00.000Z&amp;pagenumber=0">control of the U.S. Senate,</a>&nbsp;with a chance to boost their ranks by one in a runoff election in Georgia next month, while Xi was&nbsp;<a href="https://pronto.associatedpress.com/web/search/text?all=false&amp;endDate=2020-08-19T23:20:17.269Z&amp;sourceType=ap&amp;dateRangeType=live&amp;mediaSortType=newest&amp;pagesize=100&amp;viewType=conversation&amp;keyword=wire:dsa%20AND%20xi%20AND%20communist&amp;storyType=all&amp;mediatype=text&amp;startDate=2020-03-01T05:00:00.000Z&amp;pagenumber=0">awarded a third five-year term</a>&nbsp;in October by the Communist Party's national congress, a break with tradition.But relations between the two powers have grown more strained under successive American administrations, with economic, trade, human rights and security differences at the fore.As president, Biden has repeatedly taken China to task for&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-japan-crime-geneva-72426c36d1a4c0ae83d9520d2f19d840">human rights abuses against the Uyghur people</a>&nbsp;and other ethnic minorities, crackdowns on democracy activists in Hong Kong, coercive trade practices, military provocations against self-ruled Taiwan and differences over Russia and Ukraine.The White House said Biden specifically mentioned U.S. concerns about China's actions in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and the plight of Americans it considers “wrongfully detained” or subject to exit bans in China.<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/taiwan">Taiwan</a>&nbsp;has emerged as one of the most contentious issues. Multiple times in his presidency,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-biden-china-nancy-pelosi-government-and-politics-abe8b7b0c6600e5fa869effae0d76ef2">Biden has said the U.S. would defend the island</a>&nbsp;— which China has eyed for eventual unification — in case of a Beijing-led invasion. But administration officials have stressed each time that the U.S. China policy has not changed.Pelosi's trip prompted China, officially the People's Republic of China, to retaliate with military drills and the firing of ballistic missiles into nearby waters.The White House said Biden “raised U.S. objections to the PRC’s coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan, which undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the broader region, and jeopardize global prosperity.”In the meeting, Biden said China's economic practices “harm American workers and families, and workers and families around the world," the White House said.The meeting came just weeks after the Biden administration&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-technology-china-asia-xi-jinping-cfd6fc9f04cc7ea47f61ee6f04383b57">blocked exports of advanced computer chips</a>&nbsp;to China — a national security move that bolsters U.S. competition against Beijing.Xi's government said he condemned such moves, saying, “Starting a trade war or a technology war, building walls and barriers, and pushing for decoupling and severing supply chains run counter to the principles of market economy and undermine international trade rules.”Although the two men have held five phone or video calls during Biden's presidency, White House officials said those encounters were no substitute for an in-person meeting. They said sitting down with Xi was all the more important after the Chinese leader strengthened his grip on power with a third term and because lower-level Chinese officials have been unable or unwilling to speak for their leader.White House officials and their Chinese counterparts spent weeks negotiating details of the meeting, which was held at Xi’s hotel with translators providing simultaneous interpretation through headsets. Each leader was flanked by nine N-95 mask-wearing aides, and in the case of Xi, at least one official newly elevated in the recent Congress to its top leadership.U.S. officials were eager to see how Xi approached the meeting after consolidating his position as the unquestioned leader of the state — whether that made him more or less likely to seek out areas of cooperation.Biden said Xi was as he's always been.“I didn’t find him more confrontational or more conciliatory,” Biden said. "I found him the way he’s always been, direct and straightforward."___

🎥 Biden, China's Xi talk Russia, nuclear weapons in 3-hour meeting 

October started a new year of enrollment for 4-H members in our eight community clubs and their involvement in 40 project areas! Each community club elects representatives to serve on the 4-H Council, much&nbsp;like Student Council. This is an additional layer of leadership and communication learning as the youth and parent representatives share information to and from their clubs. Additionally, they serve on committees to plan county-wide events such as our Achievement Celebration and 4-H Club Day.

The Achievement Celebration was held a week ago and provides an opportunity for fun, fellowship, and award recognition. The committee selected an 80s theme for a Totally Rad&nbsp;Celebration,&nbsp;and we had lots of neon attire and ice cream sundaes.

All 4-H members are encouraged to keep a record book. Now, I know that record books aren’t everyone’s favorite thing but it does provide good life skills practice in setting goals, keeping track of related finances and activities, and sharing the struggles and successes as our 4-H members learn.

Each year at the end of the celebration, I remind 4-H members to turn to their family members to tell them Thank You! I will add my thanks to club leaders, project leaders, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors who all have a hand in helping a 4-H member learn, grow, and thrive!&nbsp;

If you have a young person in your world who would like to know more, be sure to contact one of our Extension Offices for more information.

Keep learning. Keep showing grace and kindness.

Michelle Beran is the 4-H Youth Development Agent in the&nbsp;Cottonwood&nbsp;Extension District. For more information on this article or other 4-H Youth Development resources, email Michelle at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mberan@ksu.edu">mberan@ksu.edu</a>&nbsp;or call&nbsp;Cottonwood&nbsp;Extension District&nbsp;– Barton&nbsp;Office at&nbsp;620-793-1910.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668177490614.jpeg" alt="Michelle Beran is the 4-H Youth Development Agent in the Cottonwood Extension District. " />
 <figcaption>Michelle Beran is the 4-H Youth Development Agent in the Cottonwood Extension District. </figcaption>
 </figure>October started a new year of enrollment for 4-H members in our eight community clubs and their involvement in 40 project areas! Each community club elects representatives to serve on the 4-H Council, much&nbsp;like Student Council. This is an additional layer of leadership and communication learning as the youth and parent representatives share information to and from their clubs. Additionally, they serve on committees to plan county-wide events such as our Achievement Celebration and 4-H Club Day.The Achievement Celebration was held a week ago and provides an opportunity for fun, fellowship, and award recognition. The committee selected an 80s theme for a Totally Rad&nbsp;Celebration,&nbsp;and we had lots of neon attire and ice cream sundaes.All 4-H members are encouraged to keep a record book. Now, I know that record books aren’t everyone’s favorite thing but it does provide good life skills practice in setting goals, keeping track of related finances and activities, and sharing the struggles and successes as our 4-H members learn.Each year at the end of the celebration, I remind 4-H members to turn to their family members to tell them Thank You! I will add my thanks to club leaders, project leaders, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors who all have a hand in helping a 4-H member learn, grow, and thrive!&nbsp;If you have a young person in your world who would like to know more, be sure to contact one of our Extension Offices for more information.Keep learning. Keep showing grace and kindness.Michelle Beran is the 4-H Youth Development Agent in the&nbsp;Cottonwood&nbsp;Extension District. For more information on this article or other 4-H Youth Development resources, email Michelle at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:mberan@ksu.edu">mberan@ksu.edu</a>&nbsp;or call&nbsp;Cottonwood&nbsp;Extension District&nbsp;– Barton&nbsp;Office at&nbsp;620-793-1910.

BERAN: 4-H celebration! 

KANSAS CITY —Two Kansas City men have been charged in a Westport area beating of a man and woman after citizens helped police identify the suspects, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.

Collin E. London, 26, faces two counts of Assault 1st Degree and Daniel McQuarters, 26, faces two counts of Assault 1st Degree.

According to court records, on Oct. 23, police were dispatched to the 4000 block of Pennsylvania on a reported tavern disturbance. Westport Security arrived first at the scene.

They found a victim bleeding from the head and unconscious. A second victim was also unconscious.

The victims later told police detectives that they were walking along Pennsylvania Street when two men began to beat and kick them. One victim said she was pistol whipped.

The police distributed to media videos from social media of the assault. Police received information soon after from a Kansas City company that employees believed the two male suspects were employees of the company.&nbsp;

KANSAS CITY —Two Kansas City men have been charged in a Westport area beating of a man and woman after citizens helped police identify the suspects, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Update: We asked you to help us identify two suspects (standing in these images) from an aggravated assault that took place near 40th &amp; Pennsylvania on Oct. 23. These suspects were taken into custody and charged in Jackson County... 1/2 <a href="https://t.co/KEfdrY9xJc">pic.twitter.com/KEfdrY9xJc</a>&mdash; kcpolice (@kcpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/kcpolice/status/1591147280027246592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Collin E. London, 26, faces two counts of Assault 1st Degree and Daniel McQuarters, 26, faces two counts of Assault 1st Degree.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668288740311.png" alt="London-photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>London-photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>According to court records, on Oct. 23, police were dispatched to the 4000 block of Pennsylvania on a reported tavern disturbance. Westport Security arrived first at the scene.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668288796261.png" alt="McQuarters-photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>McQuarters-photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>They found a victim bleeding from the head and unconscious. A second victim was also unconscious.The victims later told police detectives that they were walking along Pennsylvania Street when two men began to beat and kick them. One victim said she was pistol whipped.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Please Share: We are looking for the two male suspects (wearing jeans) in this aggravated assault which took place Sunday morning shortly after 3 a.m. near 40th &amp; Pennsylvania.⁰ This is video 1 of 2. Video #2 follows.⁰ You can remain anonymous at <a href="https://t.co/gULWXwQSro">https://t.co/gULWXwQSro</a>. 1/2 <a href="https://t.co/diLobPrxjM">pic.twitter.com/diLobPrxjM</a>&mdash; kcpolice (@kcpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/kcpolice/status/1585346491492995072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>The police distributed to media videos from social media of the assault. Police received information soon after from a Kansas City company that employees believed the two male suspects were employees of the company.&nbsp;

🎥Suspects charged for violent attack in KC's Westport District

Sharyn Colene (Lambert) Kilian, 61, of Russell, Kansas, died on 
Thursday, November 10, 2022, at the St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, 
Kansas.

Sharyn was born on September 29, 1961, in Plainville,
 Kansas, the daughter of Elwyn James and Wilda Madeline (Hand) Lambert.&nbsp;
 She grew up in Stockton, Kansas, and graduated from Stockton High 
School in 1979.&nbsp; In her teenage years Sharyn worked in her mother’s café
 as a waitress &amp; short order cook. After graduation she attended the
 Hays Academy of Hair Design in Hays, Kansas.&nbsp; She was a beautician for 
over 30 years, during this time she also worked as a bartender for the 
Stockton VFW Post #8873.&nbsp; Through a mutual friend she met, fell in love 
and was united in marriage to Anthony “Tony” Dennis Kilian on October 
25, 2008, in Russell, Kansas.&nbsp; Sharyn then worked as a canteen manager 
at the Russell V.F.W. Post #6240 for several years and currently worked 
as head cook at the Russell Senior Center.&nbsp; She enjoyed cooking, 
gambling at casinos with Tony and friends, flowers, dancing, watching 
soap operas, Kansas University sports, Kansas City Chiefs football and 
betting at horse racing.&nbsp; Most of all she enjoyed spending time with her
 family and many friends.&nbsp; She will be fondly remembered for her dry 
wit, cooking skills and especially her deviled eggs.

Surviving family include her husband Tony of the home, twin sister 
Karyn Arnold (Mike Murphy) of Osborne, Kansas, sisters Linda Krysl of 
Bella Vista, Arkansas &amp; Diana Harris (Bill) of Pratt, Kansas; nieces
 and nephews Tammy, Tori, Stephanie, Courtney, Haley and Heath; great 
nieces and nephews Ross, Justin, Nicole, Layton, Madeline, Jayce and 
Colt.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert Eagon &amp; brother in-law Mark Krysl.

Sharyn was a very giving person and was deeply loved by her husband, family and friends.

A memorial celebration of Sharyn’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on
 Friday, November 18, 2022, at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of 
Russell, Kansas.&nbsp; Visitation will be from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. on Thursday, 
November 17, 2022, at the mortuary with family greeting guests from 6 
P.M. to 7 P.M. Thursday evening.&nbsp; 

In lieu of flowers, the family request
 that donations be made in Sharyn’s memory to the Russell Senior Center 
and sent in care of the mortuary.&nbsp; Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of 
Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668458989835.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Sharyn Colene (Lambert) Kilian, 61, of Russell, Kansas, died on 
Thursday, November 10, 2022, at the St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, 
Kansas.Sharyn was born on September 29, 1961, in Plainville,
 Kansas, the daughter of Elwyn James and Wilda Madeline (Hand) Lambert.&nbsp;
 She grew up in Stockton, Kansas, and graduated from Stockton High 
School in 1979.&nbsp; In her teenage years Sharyn worked in her mother’s café
 as a waitress &amp; short order cook. After graduation she attended the
 Hays Academy of Hair Design in Hays, Kansas.&nbsp; She was a beautician for 
over 30 years, during this time she also worked as a bartender for the 
Stockton VFW Post #8873.&nbsp; Through a mutual friend she met, fell in love 
and was united in marriage to Anthony “Tony” Dennis Kilian on October 
25, 2008, in Russell, Kansas.&nbsp; Sharyn then worked as a canteen manager 
at the Russell V.F.W. Post #6240 for several years and currently worked 
as head cook at the Russell Senior Center.&nbsp; She enjoyed cooking, 
gambling at casinos with Tony and friends, flowers, dancing, watching 
soap operas, Kansas University sports, Kansas City Chiefs football and 
betting at horse racing.&nbsp; Most of all she enjoyed spending time with her
 family and many friends.&nbsp; She will be fondly remembered for her dry 
wit, cooking skills and especially her deviled eggs.Surviving family include her husband Tony of the home, twin sister 
Karyn Arnold (Mike Murphy) of Osborne, Kansas, sisters Linda Krysl of 
Bella Vista, Arkansas &amp; Diana Harris (Bill) of Pratt, Kansas; nieces
 and nephews Tammy, Tori, Stephanie, Courtney, Haley and Heath; great 
nieces and nephews Ross, Justin, Nicole, Layton, Madeline, Jayce and 
Colt.She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert Eagon &amp; brother in-law Mark Krysl.Sharyn was a very giving person and was deeply loved by her husband, family and friends.A memorial celebration of Sharyn’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on
 Friday, November 18, 2022, at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of 
Russell, Kansas.&nbsp; Visitation will be from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. on Thursday, 
November 17, 2022, at the mortuary with family greeting guests from 6 
P.M. to 7 P.M. Thursday evening.&nbsp; In lieu of flowers, the family request
 that donations be made in Sharyn’s memory to the Russell Senior Center 
and sent in care of the mortuary.&nbsp; Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of 
Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.

Sharyn Colene (Lambert) Kilian

Scharlene Dee Mix, 57, passed away November 13, 2022, at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.

She was born October 16, 1965, in Jetmore, the daughter of Gary and 
Ruby Klein Rebel.&nbsp; Scharlene lived most of her life in Kansas, but had 
moved from Alamosa, CO to Jetmore 5 years ago. She was a homemaker and a
 secretary at the United Methodist Church for a short while and most 
recently was a secretary for Kindsvater Trucking in Dodge City.

She was a member of FCE and The Piecemakers, both of Jetmore.&nbsp; She 
loved to quilt, sew, knit, crochet and enjoyed fishing and camping and 
spending time with her grandchildren.

On September 7, 2013, she married Jimmy Mix in Pagosa Springs, CO.&nbsp; He survives.

Other survivors include: father, Gary (Susan) Rebel, La Crosse; son, 
Adam (Angie) Lopez, Pueblo, CO; two daughters, Sarah Soffel, Alamosa, 
CO, Crystal (Nate) Cornum, La Jara, CO; brother, Jeffery Rebel, 
Colorado; two sisters, Charlotte (VI) Macepuru, Albuquerque, NM, Becky 
Rebel, Denver, CO; fourteen grandchildren, Zachary, Adrianna, Rebecca, 
Xaiver, Bailey, Wyatt, Isabella, Quincy, Heavenly, Jonathan, Delton, 
Vaden, Zayin and Kahlynn.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruby and a brother, Gary Rebel.

Funeral will be 10:30 Friday, November 18, 2022, at United 
Presbyterian Church, Jetmore, with Rev. Mark Durham presiding.&nbsp; 
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 
Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore, with family present from 4 p.m. to 6 
p.m.&nbsp; Burial will be in Brown’s Grove Cemetery, Burdett.

Memorials may be given to The Piecemakers in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, Box 663 Jetmore, KS 67854.&nbsp;&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668454829029.jpeg" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Scharlene Dee Mix, 57, passed away November 13, 2022, at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.She was born October 16, 1965, in Jetmore, the daughter of Gary and 
Ruby Klein Rebel.&nbsp; Scharlene lived most of her life in Kansas, but had 
moved from Alamosa, CO to Jetmore 5 years ago. She was a homemaker and a
 secretary at the United Methodist Church for a short while and most 
recently was a secretary for Kindsvater Trucking in Dodge City.She was a member of FCE and The Piecemakers, both of Jetmore.&nbsp; She 
loved to quilt, sew, knit, crochet and enjoyed fishing and camping and 
spending time with her grandchildren.On September 7, 2013, she married Jimmy Mix in Pagosa Springs, CO.&nbsp; He survives.Other survivors include: father, Gary (Susan) Rebel, La Crosse; son, 
Adam (Angie) Lopez, Pueblo, CO; two daughters, Sarah Soffel, Alamosa, 
CO, Crystal (Nate) Cornum, La Jara, CO; brother, Jeffery Rebel, 
Colorado; two sisters, Charlotte (VI) Macepuru, Albuquerque, NM, Becky 
Rebel, Denver, CO; fourteen grandchildren, Zachary, Adrianna, Rebecca, 
Xaiver, Bailey, Wyatt, Isabella, Quincy, Heavenly, Jonathan, Delton, 
Vaden, Zayin and Kahlynn.She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruby and a brother, Gary Rebel.Funeral will be 10:30 Friday, November 18, 2022, at United 
Presbyterian Church, Jetmore, with Rev. Mark Durham presiding.&nbsp; 
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 
Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore, with family present from 4 p.m. to 6 
p.m.&nbsp; Burial will be in Brown’s Grove Cemetery, Burdett.Memorials may be given to The Piecemakers in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, Box 663 Jetmore, KS 67854.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Scharlene Dee Mix

WASHINGTON (AP )—President Joe Biden's&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-biden-plan-d9c8e18774a744187c9af634bf4eb728">plan to forgive student loan debt</a>&nbsp;for millions of borrowers lost another battle in court on Monday when a federal appeals court panel agreed to a preliminary injunction halting the program while an appeal plays out.

The ruling by the three-judge panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis came days after a federal judge in Texas blocked the program, saying it usurped Congress' power to make laws. The Texas case was appealed and the administration is likely to appeal the 8th Circuit ruling as well.

The debt forgiveness plan would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income. Pell Grant recipients, who typically demonstrate more financial need, would get an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven.

The cancellation applies to federal student loans used to attend undergraduate and graduate school, along with Parent Plus loans.

A federal judge on Oct. 20 allowed the program to proceed. But the 8th Circuit temporarily put the forgiveness plan on hold Oct. 21 while it considered an effort by the states of Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas and South Carolina to block the program.

The new ruling from the panel made up of three Republican appointees — one was appointed by President George W. Bush and two were appointed by President Donald Trump — extends the hold until the issue is resolved in court.

WASHINGTON (AP )—President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-biden-plan-d9c8e18774a744187c9af634bf4eb728">federal student-loan forgiveness</a>&nbsp;has been blocked by a second federal court, leaving millions of borrowers to wonder if they'll get debt relief at all.

On Thursday,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-texas-education-donald-trump-student-loans-f2e944d85e95792089fa1e2fb9858287">U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled</a>&nbsp;that the program usurped Congress’ power to make laws. The administration immediately filed a notice to appeal.

It's not the only challenge the plan faces. Last month, the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-missouri-kansas-nebraska-education-9b73de3404719e08a3910ed58e8481c7">8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals</a>&nbsp;in St. Louis put loan forgiveness on temporary hold while it considers a challenge from Kansas and five other Republican-led states.

The fate of the plan will likely eventually end up in the Supreme Court, meaning a final decision is a ways off.

The debt forgiveness plan announced in August would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income. Pell Grant recipients, who typically demonstrate more financial need, would get an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven.

College students qualify if their loans were disbursed before July 1. The plan makes 43 million borrowers eligible for some debt forgiveness, with 20 million who could get their debt erased entirely, according to the administration.

The Congressional Budget Office has said the program will cost about $400 billion over the next three decades.

The White House said 26 million people have applied for debt relief, and 16 million people had already had their relief approved.

Pittman — an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, Texas — made it clear that he felt Biden overstepped his authority. He said the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, commonly known as the HEROES Act, did not provide the authorization for the loan forgiveness program.

The law allows the secretary of education to waive or modify terms of federal student loans in times of war or national emergency. The administration said the COVID-19 pandemic created a national emergency.

But Pittman said such a massive program required clear congressional authorization.

THE PLAN FACES MANY OTHER LEGAL CHALLENGES

In September, the Republican-led states of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and South Carolina filed suit to halt the program, arguing that the pandemic no longer qualifies as a national emergency. Justice Department attorney Brian Netter disagreed, telling U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey in October that student loan defaults have skyrocketed over the past 2 1/2 years.

<a href="https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-missouri-kansas-nebraska-education-1818db4383863111b0263125d2eed73c">Autrey ruled on Oct. 20</a>&nbsp;that the states lacked standing, allowing the forgiveness plan to proceed. But the 8th Circuit temporarily halted it the next day while it considers a permanent block. That decision is still pending.

The White House on Friday discontinued accepting&nbsp;<a href="https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application">student loan forgiveness applications</a>

The plan has faced other legal challenges. In October,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/justice-barrett-rejects-appeal-over-biden-student-debt-plan/">Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected an appeal</a>&nbsp;from a Wisconsin taxpayers group. A federal judge had earlier dismissed the group’s lawsuit, finding they didn’t have the legal right, or standing, to bring the case.

THE TEXAS RULING WAS A BIGGER BLOW TO THE PLAN

Pittman’s decision strikes down the underlying legal argument used to justify Biden’s plan. Previously, the White House has been able to dodge legal attacks made in lawsuits by tweaking details of the program.

One lawsuit argued that the automatic debt cancellation would leave borrowers paying heavier taxes in states that impose a tax on canceled debt. The administration responded by allowing borrowers to opt out. Another suit alleged that Biden’s plan would hurt financial institutions that earn revenue on certain kinds of federal student loans. The White House responded by carving those loans out of the plan.

The new ruling, however, argues that the HEROES Act does not grant authority for mass debt cancellation. The law grants the Education Department wide flexibility during national emergencies, but the judge ruled that it’s unclear whether debt cancellation was a necessary response to COVID-19, noting that Biden recently declared the pandemic over.

The legal situation is complicated because of the numerous lawsuits. It's likely that the Texas case and the lawsuit filed by Kansas and fiver other states will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Before it reaches that level, the 5th and 8th Circuit appeals courts — both dominated by conservative judges — will rule separately in each case.

The case before the 8th Circuit could end up in the Supreme Court soon, since the six Republican-led states have asked the appeals court to keep the program on hold while the case plays out. If the appeals court grants that request, the administration will likely ask the Supreme Court to intervene. The states also could go to the high court if their request is denied.

Likewise, the administration has signaled it will appeal the Texas ruling. If the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is asked to block Pittman’s ruling pending appeal, the losing side could then turn to the Supreme Court.

In either case, appellate courts would not issue a final ruling on the validity of the program, but on whether it can go forward while challenges proceed.

At the same time, emergency orders can signal how courts will ultimately decide a case. In January, the Supreme Court consolidated challenges to the administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. A few days after hearing arguments, the court split 6-3 to block the requirement, saying the challengers were likely to prevail in the end. A separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers was allowed to proceed when the court concluded that a challenge to it was likely to fail.

COMMON SEARCH: ‘IS STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS CANCELED?’

Borrowers are confused about whether their debt will be canceled, or if they'll have to resume making payments on Jan. 1, when a pause prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire.

After the Texas ruling, many hit the internet, asking Google: “Is student loan forgiveness canceled?” Overall search traffic for “student loan forgiveness” quadrupled Thursday night and had increased nearly tenfold by Friday morning, according to Google Trends data.

Some borrowers said they were skeptical they would ever see the relief, anyway.Brenna Zimmerman, who graduated from Kansas State University in 2021 with about $30,000 in debt, called the debt forgiveness “a little bit too good to be true." And even though the program would benefit her, Zimmerman, 24, now a graphics coordinator at a packaging company, wonders if it's a good idea.

“I think I’d be a fool not to apply," she said, adding, “I don’t think it’s necessarily fair, especially to people who chose not to go to school.”

Lauren Pete, a 20-year-old junior at Louisiana State University, has $10,000 in student debt and is hoping to go to graduate school. She called the benefits of the loan forgiveness program “a dream come true” that would ease the financial burden for her and for her parents, who didn’t go to college and worked hard to help her with tuition.

“All I want to do is make them proud and make this process much easier for them, especially because I have a younger brother who’s going to be starting (college) next fall,” Pete said.

When 25-year-old Hofstra University graduate Sarah Puckett heard about the plan, she couldn’t believe she might have some of her $26,000 debt forgiven.

“I was frantically calling my dad, frantically saying, what does this mean?” Puckett, now a TV producer for a true crime network, said. “Is this real? I feel like they’re going to take it away from us. I don’t believe it.”

Now, she worries that it really was too good to be true.

“I’m so excited to have applied, but you know, I’m not going to take it to the bank until I see that it’s actually happened,” Puckett said.

Frederick Bell, 30, of New Orleans, has $23,000 in student loan debt and was hopeful to be excused of all but $3,000 of that amount. The 2014 graduate of the University of Washington said being free from debt would allow him to consider furthering his education or buying a house.

“This (Texas) ruling definitely kind of like burst a lot of people’s dreams when it came to the financial freedom after this relief,” Bell said.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668197313548.png" alt="The Student Loan relief web site was shut down late last week" />
 <figcaption>The Student Loan relief web site was shut down late last week</figcaption>
 </figure>By JIM SALTER&nbsp;WASHINGTON (AP )—President Joe Biden's&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-biden-plan-d9c8e18774a744187c9af634bf4eb728">plan to forgive student loan debt</a>&nbsp;for millions of borrowers lost another battle in court on Monday when a federal appeals court panel agreed to a preliminary injunction halting the program while an appeal plays out.The ruling by the three-judge panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis came days after a federal judge in Texas blocked the program, saying it usurped Congress' power to make laws. The Texas case was appealed and the administration is likely to appeal the 8th Circuit ruling as well.The debt forgiveness plan would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income. Pell Grant recipients, who typically demonstrate more financial need, would get an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven.The cancellation applies to federal student loans used to attend undergraduate and graduate school, along with Parent Plus loans.A federal judge on Oct. 20 allowed the program to proceed. But the 8th Circuit temporarily put the forgiveness plan on hold Oct. 21 while it considered an effort by the states of Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas and South Carolina to block the program.The new ruling from the panel made up of three Republican appointees — one was appointed by President George W. Bush and two were appointed by President Donald Trump — extends the hold until the issue is resolved in court.--------------By JIM SALTER&nbsp;WASHINGTON (AP )—President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-biden-plan-d9c8e18774a744187c9af634bf4eb728">federal student-loan forgiveness</a>&nbsp;has been blocked by a second federal court, leaving millions of borrowers to wonder if they'll get debt relief at all.On Thursday,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-texas-education-donald-trump-student-loans-f2e944d85e95792089fa1e2fb9858287">U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled</a>&nbsp;that the program usurped Congress’ power to make laws. The administration immediately filed a notice to appeal.It's not the only challenge the plan faces. Last month, the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-missouri-kansas-nebraska-education-9b73de3404719e08a3910ed58e8481c7">8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals</a>&nbsp;in St. Louis put loan forgiveness on temporary hold while it considers a challenge from Kansas and five other Republican-led states.The fate of the plan will likely eventually end up in the Supreme Court, meaning a final decision is a ways off.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668197313548.png" alt="The Student Loan relief web site was shut down late last week" />
 <figcaption>The Student Loan relief web site was shut down late last week</figcaption>
 </figure>Here's where things stand:HOW THE FORGIVENESS PLAN WORKSThe debt forgiveness plan announced in August would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income. Pell Grant recipients, who typically demonstrate more financial need, would get an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven.College students qualify if their loans were disbursed before July 1. The plan makes 43 million borrowers eligible for some debt forgiveness, with 20 million who could get their debt erased entirely, according to the administration.The Congressional Budget Office has said the program will cost about $400 billion over the next three decades.The White House said 26 million people have applied for debt relief, and 16 million people had already had their relief approved.THE TEXAS CASEPittman — an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, Texas — made it clear that he felt Biden overstepped his authority. He said the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, commonly known as the HEROES Act, did not provide the authorization for the loan forgiveness program.The law allows the secretary of education to waive or modify terms of federal student loans in times of war or national emergency. The administration said the COVID-19 pandemic created a national emergency.But Pittman said such a massive program required clear congressional authorization.THE PLAN FACES MANY OTHER LEGAL CHALLENGESIn September, the Republican-led states of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and South Carolina filed suit to halt the program, arguing that the pandemic no longer qualifies as a national emergency. Justice Department attorney Brian Netter disagreed, telling U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey in October that student loan defaults have skyrocketed over the past 2 1/2 years.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-missouri-kansas-nebraska-education-1818db4383863111b0263125d2eed73c">Autrey ruled on Oct. 20</a>&nbsp;that the states lacked standing, allowing the forgiveness plan to proceed. But the 8th Circuit temporarily halted it the next day while it considers a permanent block. That decision is still pending.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668197313548.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>The White House on Friday discontinued accepting&nbsp;<a href="https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application">student loan forgiveness applications</a>The plan has faced other legal challenges. In October,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/justice-barrett-rejects-appeal-over-biden-student-debt-plan/">Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected an appeal</a>&nbsp;from a Wisconsin taxpayers group. A federal judge had earlier dismissed the group’s lawsuit, finding they didn’t have the legal right, or standing, to bring the case.THE TEXAS RULING WAS A BIGGER BLOW TO THE PLANPittman’s decision strikes down the underlying legal argument used to justify Biden’s plan. Previously, the White House has been able to dodge legal attacks made in lawsuits by tweaking details of the program.One lawsuit argued that the automatic debt cancellation would leave borrowers paying heavier taxes in states that impose a tax on canceled debt. The administration responded by allowing borrowers to opt out. Another suit alleged that Biden’s plan would hurt financial institutions that earn revenue on certain kinds of federal student loans. The White House responded by carving those loans out of the plan.The new ruling, however, argues that the HEROES Act does not grant authority for mass debt cancellation. The law grants the Education Department wide flexibility during national emergencies, but the judge ruled that it’s unclear whether debt cancellation was a necessary response to COVID-19, noting that Biden recently declared the pandemic over.SUPREME COURT-BOUND?The legal situation is complicated because of the numerous lawsuits. It's likely that the Texas case and the lawsuit filed by Kansas and fiver other states will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Before it reaches that level, the 5th and 8th Circuit appeals courts — both dominated by conservative judges — will rule separately in each case.The case before the 8th Circuit could end up in the Supreme Court soon, since the six Republican-led states have asked the appeals court to keep the program on hold while the case plays out. If the appeals court grants that request, the administration will likely ask the Supreme Court to intervene. The states also could go to the high court if their request is denied.Likewise, the administration has signaled it will appeal the Texas ruling. If the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is asked to block Pittman’s ruling pending appeal, the losing side could then turn to the Supreme Court.In either case, appellate courts would not issue a final ruling on the validity of the program, but on whether it can go forward while challenges proceed.At the same time, emergency orders can signal how courts will ultimately decide a case. In January, the Supreme Court consolidated challenges to the administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. A few days after hearing arguments, the court split 6-3 to block the requirement, saying the challengers were likely to prevail in the end. A separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers was allowed to proceed when the court concluded that a challenge to it was likely to fail.COMMON SEARCH: ‘IS STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS CANCELED?’Borrowers are confused about whether their debt will be canceled, or if they'll have to resume making payments on Jan. 1, when a pause prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire.After the Texas ruling, many hit the internet, asking Google: “Is student loan forgiveness canceled?” Overall search traffic for “student loan forgiveness” quadrupled Thursday night and had increased nearly tenfold by Friday morning, according to Google Trends data.Some borrowers said they were skeptical they would ever see the relief, anyway.Brenna Zimmerman, who graduated from Kansas State University in 2021 with about $30,000 in debt, called the debt forgiveness “a little bit too good to be true." And even though the program would benefit her, Zimmerman, 24, now a graphics coordinator at a packaging company, wonders if it's a good idea.“I think I’d be a fool not to apply," she said, adding, “I don’t think it’s necessarily fair, especially to people who chose not to go to school.”Lauren Pete, a 20-year-old junior at Louisiana State University, has $10,000 in student debt and is hoping to go to graduate school. She called the benefits of the loan forgiveness program “a dream come true” that would ease the financial burden for her and for her parents, who didn’t go to college and worked hard to help her with tuition.“All I want to do is make them proud and make this process much easier for them, especially because I have a younger brother who’s going to be starting (college) next fall,” Pete said.When 25-year-old Hofstra University graduate Sarah Puckett heard about the plan, she couldn’t believe she might have some of her $26,000 debt forgiven.“I was frantically calling my dad, frantically saying, what does this mean?” Puckett, now a TV producer for a true crime network, said. “Is this real? I feel like they’re going to take it away from us. I don’t believe it.”Now, she worries that it really was too good to be true.“I’m so excited to have applied, but you know, I’m not going to take it to the bank until I see that it’s actually happened,” Puckett said.Frederick Bell, 30, of New Orleans, has $23,000 in student loan debt and was hopeful to be excused of all but $3,000 of that amount. The 2014 graduate of the University of Washington said being free from debt would allow him to consider furthering his education or buying a house.“This (Texas) ruling definitely kind of like burst a lot of people’s dreams when it came to the financial freedom after this relief,” Bell said.___

Appeals court keeps Biden student debt plan on hold

By LAURA SPENCER and CARLOS MARENO <a href="https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-11-04/this-kansas-doctor-collected-medical-artifacts-for-decades-his-very-unusual-collection-is-for-sale">Kansas News Service</a>

Dr. Bruce Hodges, 90, began collecting medical memorabilia as a hobby
 about 55 years ago. It started, he says, “as one item here and one item
 there,” until he had a handful of items to fill a curio cabinet in his 
waiting room.

“It just kind of grew accidentally until I became a serious collector,” he says, “and I’ve accumulated over 5,000 artifacts.”

Those artifacts are now <a href="https://www.auctionbymayo.com/search/auctions/all-sales/ending-soon/all-categories/all-locations?terms=medicine&amp;dist=any&amp;postal=&amp;items=24" target="_blank">up for auction</a>.

Hodges earned a medical degree from the University of Kansas and 
started practicing medicine in 1964. He and his wife, Cathy, who also 
has a medical background, served tours as medical missionaries in 
Africa, where he kept collecting.

Once his collection reached 1,000 to 2,000 items, Hodges says he started looking for a building.

<a href="https://www.medicineshalloffame.com/" target="_blank">Medicine’s Hall of Fame &amp; Museum</a>
 opened March 1, 2020, at the former site of the Johnson County Museum 
in Shawnee, Kansas, but closed a week later due to COVID-19 pandemic 
shutdowns.

In October, the museum closed for good due to low attendance and financial challenges.

Online bidding on the collection is open through Mayo Auction and 
Realty, of Belton, Missouri. In-person previews will take place Friday 
from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bidding on items will close on Monday, Nov. 7, 
Wednesday, Nov. 9, and Thursday, Nov. 10.

Auctioneer Robert Mayo says it’s a unique situation.

“You
 never see this vast of a collection sell all at once,” Mayo says. “In 
fact, you're never going to see this type of collection be sold ever 
again, because it's not one collection, it's multiple collections.”

The inventory is divided into four categories:<a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33824/" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33824/" target="_blank">antiquities</a>,<a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33832/" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33832/" target="_blank">Africa and Egypt</a>,<a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33843/" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33843/" target="_blank">Native America</a> and <a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33854/" target="_blank">apothecary</a>.

“And so it does take a lot of work, for sure, to catalog it and 
present it to all the collectors across the country that are interested 
in bidding on the different types of items here,” says Mayo.

There’s
 a 1915 Ford Model T touring car, and a doctor’s saddle bag from the 
1880s with original medications. Also included are two 1940s iron lungs,
 one designed for children, that were once staples in polio treatment.

“And it's very, very rare,” Hodges says of the pediatric iron lung. “Probably not another one outside of <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/posts_0c16ac483f508011a7a975f440eaf905" target="_blank">the Smithsonian Institution</a>.”

Other items in the collection include an assortment of patent 
medicines, such as “miracle cures” or tonics for liver and kidney 
conditions, an early 1900s shrunken head from the Jivaro tribe of 
Ecuador and Peru, and an 1870s wood and rawhide medicine drum used by 
the Chippewa tribe.

Hodges says he’s disappointed the “gem of a 
museum” didn’t really take off as a tourist destination — he sunk his 
own money into the venture to keep it going.

“But finally (I) just ran out of capital to sustain it,” he says. “So, it’s on the auction block.”

Hodges
 and his wife recently downsized, and he says they just don’t have the 
space to keep any items from the collection. But he hopes that others, 
maybe even some budding collectors, will enjoy it.

“People would 
just be amazed at the collection. And it is quite a variety, if I do say
 so,” he says. “There’s just nothing like it in the area for a hundred 
miles — even beyond that. It is a very unusual collection.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667837196573.png" alt="Dr. Bruce Hodges pauses in the apothecary exhibit inside Medicine’s Hall of Fame &amp; Museum in Shawnee, Kansas, where all of the items are being auctioned off. Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3" />
 <figcaption>Dr. Bruce Hodges pauses in the apothecary exhibit inside Medicine’s Hall of Fame &amp; Museum in Shawnee, Kansas, where all of the items are being auctioned off. Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3</figcaption>
 </figure><h2>Thousands of items are up for auction</h2>By LAURA SPENCER and CARLOS MARENO <a href="https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-11-04/this-kansas-doctor-collected-medical-artifacts-for-decades-his-very-unusual-collection-is-for-sale">Kansas News Service</a>Dr. Bruce Hodges, 90, began collecting medical memorabilia as a hobby
 about 55 years ago. It started, he says, “as one item here and one item
 there,” until he had a handful of items to fill a curio cabinet in his 
waiting room.And he kept adding to it.“It just kind of grew accidentally until I became a serious collector,” he says, “and I’ve accumulated over 5,000 artifacts.”Those artifacts are now <a href="https://www.auctionbymayo.com/search/auctions/all-sales/ending-soon/all-categories/all-locations?terms=medicine&amp;dist=any&amp;postal=&amp;items=24" target="_blank">up for auction</a>.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667837287919.png" alt="A teaching skeleton built from human bones is among the thousands of items up for auction at the Medicine's Hall of Fame &amp; Museum in Shawnee. Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3" />
 <figcaption>A teaching skeleton built from human bones is among the thousands of items up for auction at the Medicine's Hall of Fame &amp; Museum in Shawnee. Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3</figcaption>
 </figure>Hodges earned a medical degree from the University of Kansas and 
started practicing medicine in 1964. He and his wife, Cathy, who also 
has a medical background, served tours as medical missionaries in 
Africa, where he kept collecting.Once his collection reached 1,000 to 2,000 items, Hodges says he started looking for a building.<a href="https://www.medicineshalloffame.com/" target="_blank">Medicine’s Hall of Fame &amp; Museum</a>
 opened March 1, 2020, at the former site of the Johnson County Museum 
in Shawnee, Kansas, but closed a week later due to COVID-19 pandemic 
shutdowns.In October, the museum closed for good due to low attendance and financial challenges.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667837323642.png" alt="Among some gruesome instruments inside the museum is a Civil War surgeon's kit, including an amputating saw. Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3" />
 <figcaption>Among some gruesome instruments inside the museum is a Civil War surgeon's kit, including an amputating saw. Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3</figcaption>
 </figure>Online bidding on the collection is open through Mayo Auction and 
Realty, of Belton, Missouri. In-person previews will take place Friday 
from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bidding on items will close on Monday, Nov. 7, 
Wednesday, Nov. 9, and Thursday, Nov. 10.Auctioneer Robert Mayo says it’s a unique situation.“You
 never see this vast of a collection sell all at once,” Mayo says. “In 
fact, you're never going to see this type of collection be sold ever 
again, because it's not one collection, it's multiple collections.”The inventory is divided into four categories:<a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33824/" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33824/" target="_blank">antiquities</a>,<a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33832/" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33832/" target="_blank">Africa and Egypt</a>,<a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33843/" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33843/" target="_blank">Native America</a> and <a href="https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/auctions/catalog/id/33854/" target="_blank">apothecary</a>.“And so it does take a lot of work, for sure, to catalog it and 
present it to all the collectors across the country that are interested 
in bidding on the different types of items here,” says Mayo.There’s
 a 1915 Ford Model T touring car, and a doctor’s saddle bag from the 
1880s with original medications. Also included are two 1940s iron lungs,
 one designed for children, that were once staples in polio treatment.“And it's very, very rare,” Hodges says of the pediatric iron lung. “Probably not another one outside of <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/posts_0c16ac483f508011a7a975f440eaf905" target="_blank">the Smithsonian Institution</a>.”Other items in the collection include an assortment of patent 
medicines, such as “miracle cures” or tonics for liver and kidney 
conditions, an early 1900s shrunken head from the Jivaro tribe of 
Ecuador and Peru, and an 1870s wood and rawhide medicine drum used by 
the Chippewa tribe.Hodges says he’s disappointed the “gem of a 
museum” didn’t really take off as a tourist destination — he sunk his 
own money into the venture to keep it going.“But finally (I) just ran out of capital to sustain it,” he says. “So, it’s on the auction block.”Hodges
 and his wife recently downsized, and he says they just don’t have the 
space to keep any items from the collection. But he hopes that others, 
maybe even some budding collectors, will enjoy it.“People would 
just be amazed at the collection. And it is quite a variety, if I do say
 so,” he says. “There’s just nothing like it in the area for a hundred 
miles — even beyond that. It is a very unusual collection.”

Kansas doctor's 'unusual' medical artifact collection' for sale

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man charged in the drive-shooting at a home in Wichita that critically injured an 11-year-old girl has been sentenced to over 14-years in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney. In October, Purcell pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in the case.

Just after 12:30 a.m. Oct. 12, 2021 officers responded to&nbsp;a shooting in the 1400 block of North Harding in Wichita. They found the girl laying in her bed with a gunshot wound. On Oct. 14., police arrested&nbsp;<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=18777609">Purcell</a>&nbsp;and originally charged him with&nbsp;aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon.

Police reported an<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/victim-of-shooting-family-needs-help?member=14541373&amp;sharetype=teams&amp;utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=more&amp;utm_source=customer">&nbsp;11-year-old girl&nbsp;</a>was in the house and asleep in her bed when she was hit by the gunfire. She was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Police say four other people in the home at the time of the shooting were not injured.

Since Nov. 2017 Purcell was in one of several Kansas prisons following three convictions for aggravated robbery. The state also reported Purcell had over two dozen disciplinary violation during his time in prison. He was released in June, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.

<figure>
 <img src="https://kake.images.worldnow.com/images/21546900_G.jpeg?auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;height=560&amp;fit=bounds&amp;lastEditedDate=1634302649000" alt="Purcell-photo Sedgwick Co." />
 <figcaption>Purcell-photo Sedgwick Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man charged in the drive-shooting at a home in Wichita that critically injured an 11-year-old girl has been sentenced to over 14-years in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney. In October, Purcell pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in the case.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/10/1634162750977.png" alt="Image of the suspect vehicle driving by the home -Wichita Police" />
 <figcaption>Image of the suspect vehicle driving by the home -Wichita Police</figcaption>
 </figure>Just after 12:30 a.m. Oct. 12, 2021 officers responded to&nbsp;a shooting in the 1400 block of North Harding in Wichita. They found the girl laying in her bed with a gunshot wound. On Oct. 14., police arrested&nbsp;<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=18777609">Purcell</a>&nbsp;and originally charged him with&nbsp;aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/10/1634171148198.png" alt="A cousin established a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/victim-of-shooting-family-needs-help?member=14541373&amp;sharetype=teams&amp;utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=more&amp;utm_source=customer">GoFundMe page&nbsp;</a>to help the girl's family with medical expenses.&nbsp;" />
 <figcaption>A cousin established a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/victim-of-shooting-family-needs-help?member=14541373&amp;sharetype=teams&amp;utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=more&amp;utm_source=customer">GoFundMe page&nbsp;</a>to help the girl's family with medical expenses.&nbsp;</figcaption>
 </figure>Police reported an<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/victim-of-shooting-family-needs-help?member=14541373&amp;sharetype=teams&amp;utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=more&amp;utm_source=customer">&nbsp;11-year-old girl&nbsp;</a>was in the house and asleep in her bed when she was hit by the gunfire. She was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Police say four other people in the home at the time of the shooting were not injured.Since Nov. 2017 Purcell was in one of several Kansas prisons following three convictions for aggravated robbery. The state also reported Purcell had over two dozen disciplinary violation during his time in prison. He was released in June, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.

Kan. felon sentenced for drive-by shooting that injured girl

Adrain Max "Dee" Desaire, 85, passed away Monday, November 7th, 2022, at 
the Robert J. Dole Medical Center. He was born October 30th, 1937, to 
George and Amy (Garringer) Desaire in Damar, Kansas. 
Loving husband, father, grandfather &amp; friend. He served in the US 
Army and Air Force, was a retired truck driver, had worked in the oil 
fields and auto sales manager, song writer in his retirement years. Dee
 enjoyed karaoke, playing cards, writing songs &amp; poems and more than
 anything, teasing his numerous grandchildren. 
He was preceded in death by his parents; Sons: William Desaire and 
Kenneth George Desaire &amp; son-in-law, Joseph Gerhardt. Dee is 
survived by his wife of 15years, Twila Desaire; daughters: Christi 
(Gary) Wilson, Tammie (Gary) Fischer, Julie (Christopher) John, Melinda 
(James Manderson) Schoene; sons: David (Nancy) Desaire, Michael (Janet) 
Schoene; Sister: Phyllis Knipp of Dickinson, ND; brother: Larry (Betty) 
Desaire of Olathe, KS; 30 Grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and 1 
great-great grandson. 
Cremation with Memorial Mass 11:00am Saturday, Nov. 19, 2002, at St. 
Joseph Catholic Church in Damar, KS with burial in Zion Lutheran 
Cemetery in Trego County Kansas. 
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Robert J. Dole Medical Center or American Cancer Society.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Adrain Max "Dee" Desaire, 85, passed away Monday, November 7th, 2022, at 
the Robert J. Dole Medical Center. He was born October 30th, 1937, to 
George and Amy (Garringer) Desaire in Damar, Kansas. 
Loving husband, father, grandfather &amp; friend. He served in the US 
Army and Air Force, was a retired truck driver, had worked in the oil 
fields and auto sales manager, song writer in his retirement years. Dee
 enjoyed karaoke, playing cards, writing songs &amp; poems and more than
 anything, teasing his numerous grandchildren. 
He was preceded in death by his parents; Sons: William Desaire and 
Kenneth George Desaire &amp; son-in-law, Joseph Gerhardt. Dee is 
survived by his wife of 15years, Twila Desaire; daughters: Christi 
(Gary) Wilson, Tammie (Gary) Fischer, Julie (Christopher) John, Melinda 
(James Manderson) Schoene; sons: David (Nancy) Desaire, Michael (Janet) 
Schoene; Sister: Phyllis Knipp of Dickinson, ND; brother: Larry (Betty) 
Desaire of Olathe, KS; 30 Grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and 1 
great-great grandson. 
Cremation with Memorial Mass 11:00am Saturday, Nov. 19, 2002, at St. 
Joseph Catholic Church in Damar, KS with burial in Zion Lutheran 
Cemetery in Trego County Kansas. 
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Robert J. Dole Medical Center or American Cancer Society.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Adrain Max 'Dee' Desaire

Curtis Howard Archibald entered this life on January 8, 1949, in 
Norton, KS and left to enter his “Field of Dreams” on November 10, 2022,&nbsp; at Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, NE.

Arch was an avid baseball
 fan from a very young age. He played baseball in empty lots with his 
cousins and friends growing up in Norton and playing more seriously 
while his family lived in Westminster, Co. They moved back to Norton 
when he was in junior high. He participated in football, basketball, and
 track, considered those the only reason to attend high school. Oh, and 
the girls, of course. He graduated in 1967.

Arch enlisted in the 
United States Marine Corps after a year at Fort Hays State. He was sent 
to Vietnam in 1968 where he was a radio operator for his company. He was
 injured by shrapnel after being in the country for 1 ½ months and sent 
to Guam via hospital ship. Curt liked to say he was so good at his job 
they sent him back to Vietnam after his recovery. He mustered out of the
 service in 1970. He believed everything that came after in his life was
 "gravy" since he survived. Arch returned to Fort Hays State for another
 year before returning to Norton to help with the family distributing 
business.

Arch and Norma Bruggeman were married in October 1974. 
He loved his role as husband, best friend and lover to his wife. He 
greeted his children, Rayeann and Mike with much love and enthusiasm and
 became “Dad”. He coached both of their ball teams, sometimes running 
from one field to the next. He welcomed his three grandsons with wonder 
and delight, Jake, Max, and Eli, and became “Poppy” in his new role.

Arch
 loved his life and when someone would ask him how he was, he would 
always answer with "fantastic".  Sadly, his last few years were dampened
 by many health issues, but he never lost his sense of humor.  He was 
extremely good at telling bad jokes.

Arch is preceded in death by 
his parents, Don and Mary Lue Archibald; parents-in-law, Ambrose and 
Virginia Bruggeman; his grandparents; brothers-in-law Robert Machen and 
Kirk Allred. He is survived by his wife, Norma of the home; children, 
Rayeann (Mike) of Ankeny, IA and Michael (Tiffany) of Olathe, KS; 
grandsons, Jake (Andia) of Greenwood, MO, Maxwell and Elijah of Olathe, 
KS; four sisters, Peggy Machen of Phoenix, AZ, Dona (Tom) Purcell, 
Phoenix, AZ, Becky (Dick) Knackendoffel, Grand Junction, CO, and 
Marianne (Gregg) Wicker, Norton, KS (He liked to tell people he had four
 sisters and each one had a brother); brothers-in-law, David (Roxie) 
Bruggeman, Roseland, NE, Paul (Karla) Bruggeman, Rexford, KS, and Chuck 
(Sheila) Cart, Salina, KS; numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins; his 
friend and partner in crime (for many years), Richard Miller, and an 
“adopted” son, Jake Ward.

A Celebration of Life will be held 9:00 
am Saturday, December 10, 2022, at the funeral home. Inurnment will 
follow at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery at WaKeeney. A visitation will 
be from 6-8:00 pm Friday, December 9, 2022, at the Norton American Legion
 Post 63. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Norton American 
Legion Baseball team or the Norton County Honor Hunt. Condolences may be
 left at www.plumergobber.com

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668280593326.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Curtis Howard Archibald entered this life on January 8, 1949, in 
Norton, KS and left to enter his “Field of Dreams” on November 10, 2022,&nbsp; at Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, NE.Arch was an avid baseball
 fan from a very young age. He played baseball in empty lots with his 
cousins and friends growing up in Norton and playing more seriously 
while his family lived in Westminster, Co. They moved back to Norton 
when he was in junior high. He participated in football, basketball, and
 track, considered those the only reason to attend high school. Oh, and 
the girls, of course. He graduated in 1967.Arch enlisted in the 
United States Marine Corps after a year at Fort Hays State. He was sent 
to Vietnam in 1968 where he was a radio operator for his company. He was
 injured by shrapnel after being in the country for 1 ½ months and sent 
to Guam via hospital ship. Curt liked to say he was so good at his job 
they sent him back to Vietnam after his recovery. He mustered out of the
 service in 1970. He believed everything that came after in his life was
 "gravy" since he survived. Arch returned to Fort Hays State for another
 year before returning to Norton to help with the family distributing 
business.Arch and Norma Bruggeman were married in October 1974. 
He loved his role as husband, best friend and lover to his wife. He 
greeted his children, Rayeann and Mike with much love and enthusiasm and
 became “Dad”. He coached both of their ball teams, sometimes running 
from one field to the next. He welcomed his three grandsons with wonder 
and delight, Jake, Max, and Eli, and became “Poppy” in his new role.Arch
 loved his life and when someone would ask him how he was, he would 
always answer with "fantastic". Sadly, his last few years were dampened
 by many health issues, but he never lost his sense of humor. He was 
extremely good at telling bad jokes.Arch is preceded in death by 
his parents, Don and Mary Lue Archibald; parents-in-law, Ambrose and 
Virginia Bruggeman; his grandparents; brothers-in-law Robert Machen and 
Kirk Allred. He is survived by his wife, Norma of the home; children, 
Rayeann (Mike) of Ankeny, IA and Michael (Tiffany) of Olathe, KS; 
grandsons, Jake (Andia) of Greenwood, MO, Maxwell and Elijah of Olathe, 
KS; four sisters, Peggy Machen of Phoenix, AZ, Dona (Tom) Purcell, 
Phoenix, AZ, Becky (Dick) Knackendoffel, Grand Junction, CO, and 
Marianne (Gregg) Wicker, Norton, KS (He liked to tell people he had four
 sisters and each one had a brother); brothers-in-law, David (Roxie) 
Bruggeman, Roseland, NE, Paul (Karla) Bruggeman, Rexford, KS, and Chuck 
(Sheila) Cart, Salina, KS; numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins; his 
friend and partner in crime (for many years), Richard Miller, and an 
“adopted” son, Jake Ward.A Celebration of Life will be held 9:00 
am Saturday, December 10, 2022, at the funeral home. Inurnment will 
follow at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery at WaKeeney. A visitation will 
be from 6-8:00 pm Friday, December 9, 2022, at the Norton American Legion
 Post 63. Memorial contributions may be made to the Norton American 
Legion Baseball team or the Norton County Honor Hunt. Condolences may be
 left at www.plumergobber.com

Curtis Howard Archibald

Norma Ann Hawley passed away on November 10, 2022, at the Andbe 
Home. She was born on October 22, 1941, in Warsaw, Indiana, to Edith and
 LeRoy Hawley.

In 1944, the family moved to Pierceville, Kansas. 
Her family moved around because her father worked for Union Pacific 
Railroad. They lived in a box car in Tennis, Kansas, but went to school 
in Friends, Kansas.

In 1951, the family moved to Scott City, 
Kansas, where Norma graduated from High School in 1960. Then the family 
moved to Garden City, Kansas where Norma began working as a clerk for 
JCPenney. She worked there for 25 years. She also was a caregiver for 
her elderly parents.

In 1997, Norma moved to Phoenix, Arizona to 
be close to her sister, Edna Mead and family. In March of 2007, she 
moved to Hill City, Kansas. She did this to be near her niece, Pauline 
King. In October of 2010, Norma moved to Topeka, Kansas, to be near her 
cousin, Donald Johnson and family. Then in January 2013, she moved to 
Norton, Kansas, to be close to her sister, Wanda Davison and family.

In
 August of 2020, she moved to the Andbe Home in Norton, where she 
resided with her sister, Wanda. She remained there until her passing.

Norma
 enjoyed doing puzzles, cross stitching on plastic canvas, traveling and
 attending church. She also enjoyed going on bike rides, while in Hill 
City, she was often referred to as the “bike lady."

Norma is 
preceded in death by her parents; brother, Albert Hawley; sister, Edna 
Hawley Mead; brothers-in-law, Donald Davison and Delroy Mead. She is 
survived by her sister, Wanda Davison; cousins, Donald and Robert 
Johnson; nephews, Robert and Justin Mead; nieces, Debbie (Mead) Collins,
 Sherrie Mead, Pauline King, Sharon Avedisian, Carol (Hawley) Rohrbough,
 Marilyn Hawley, and sister-in-law, LeAnne Hawley.

Funeral 
services will be held 1:00 pm Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the 
Cornerstone Church in Norton. Visitation will be held from 11:00 am – 
1:00 pm before the service at the church. Burial will be 1:00 pm 
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at the Lakin Cemetery, Lakin, KS. 

Memorial 
contributions may be made to the Cornerstone Church and sent in care of 
Plumer-Gobber Funeral Home, 215 W. Main St., Norton, KS 67654. 
Condolences may be left at www.plumergobber.com

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668206483031.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Norma Ann Hawley passed away on November 10, 2022, at the Andbe 
Home. She was born on October 22, 1941, in Warsaw, Indiana, to Edith and
 LeRoy Hawley.In 1944, the family moved to Pierceville, Kansas. 
Her family moved around because her father worked for Union Pacific 
Railroad. They lived in a box car in Tennis, Kansas, but went to school 
in Friends, Kansas.In 1951, the family moved to Scott City, 
Kansas, where Norma graduated from High School in 1960. Then the family 
moved to Garden City, Kansas where Norma began working as a clerk for 
JCPenney. She worked there for 25 years. She also was a caregiver for 
her elderly parents.In 1997, Norma moved to Phoenix, Arizona to 
be close to her sister, Edna Mead and family. In March of 2007, she 
moved to Hill City, Kansas. She did this to be near her niece, Pauline 
King. In October of 2010, Norma moved to Topeka, Kansas, to be near her 
cousin, Donald Johnson and family. Then in January 2013, she moved to 
Norton, Kansas, to be close to her sister, Wanda Davison and family.In
 August of 2020, she moved to the Andbe Home in Norton, where she 
resided with her sister, Wanda. She remained there until her passing.Norma
 enjoyed doing puzzles, cross stitching on plastic canvas, traveling and
 attending church. She also enjoyed going on bike rides, while in Hill 
City, she was often referred to as the “bike lady."Norma is 
preceded in death by her parents; brother, Albert Hawley; sister, Edna 
Hawley Mead; brothers-in-law, Donald Davison and Delroy Mead. She is 
survived by her sister, Wanda Davison; cousins, Donald and Robert 
Johnson; nephews, Robert and Justin Mead; nieces, Debbie (Mead) Collins,
 Sherrie Mead, Pauline King, Sharon Avedisian, Carol (Hawley) Rohrbough,
 Marilyn Hawley, and sister-in-law, LeAnne Hawley.Funeral 
services will be held 1:00 pm Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the 
Cornerstone Church in Norton. Visitation will be held from 11:00 am – 
1:00 pm before the service at the church. Burial will be 1:00 pm 
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at the Lakin Cemetery, Lakin, KS. Memorial 
contributions may be made to the Cornerstone Church and sent in care of 
Plumer-Gobber Funeral Home, 215 W. Main St., Norton, KS 67654. 
Condolences may be left at www.plumergobber.com