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The Hays Daily News
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014
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Barton announces
summer graduates
Barton Community College has announced its list
of graduates who earned associate degrees and those
who earned certificates for
career training during the
summer semester of 2014.
Bazine
Steven See, A.S.
Dorrance
Reta Bushell, A.S.
Marsha Niehoff, A.S.
Ellis
Austin McGann, A.A.S.
La Crosse
Amy Launchbaugh, A.S.
Russell
Kalena Harrison, A.G.S.
DSNWK receives free
medicine help
As millions of Americans strive to deal with the
economic downturn, loss of
jobs, foreclosures, high cost
of gas, and the rising cost
of prescription drug cost.
Charles Myrick, president of
COURTESY PHOTO
American Consultants Rx,
Heather Voss, Nathan Stinson and Bette Stamper at the K-State Agricultural Economics Awards Banquet in late September.
announced the re-release of
the American Consultants Rx
community service project
which consist of millions
of free discount prescription cards being donated
to thousands of nonprofits,
hospitals, schools, churches,
Special to The Hays Daily News
man. He is a student fellow for the
nancial assistance to eligible students funded by contributions made to the etc., in an effort to assist the
center’s endowment fund with the
MANHATTAN — Matt Stamper Center for Risk Management Educa- enrolled in educational programs
uninsured, underinsured and
tion and Research in the Department emphasizing these areas of study.”
KSU Foundation. An initial contriand Nathan Stinson are two young
seniors deal with the high
of Agricultural Economics.
To be eligible for the scholarship,
bution of $10,000 was made by the
people who shared similar backcost of prescription drugs.
Stinson spent a summer worka student must be a junior or senior
family and friends of Stamper, and
grounds and plans for the future.
One of the main locain K-State’s College of Agriculture at additional contributions have been
ing for Ginther Harvesting and also
Both grew up in rural Kansas and
tions in the Hays area that
made each year. Previous scholarserves as a farm hand for his family’s the time the scholarship is received,
planned to work in agriculture as
received an initial donation
business, Stinson Cattle Co. He also
be a resident of certain counties in
ship recipients include: Seth Keas,
adults. But, Stamper’s plans for the
of prescription cards was
Developmental Services of
completed an internship with Rhizo- Kansas and be affiliated with a Kan- Plainville,; Preston Smith, Sharon
future were tragically cut short on
Northwest Kansas. Ameriterra Inc. Upon graduation, Stinson
sas agricultural marketing, supply or Springs; Tyler Turner, Stafford;
May 23, 1999, when he died in an
can Consultants Rx discount
Sarah Janssen, Erie; Kevin Thielen,
hopes to return to the family farm or service cooperative as a member or
automobile accident, just shy of his
prescription cards are to be
as a child or dependent of a member. Dorrance; Kendra Robben, Sharon
work as an economist.
22nd birthday.
given free to anyone in need
The Stinson family is affiliated
The Arthur Capper CooperaSprings; Stephen Bigge, Stockton;
In his honor, the Stamper family
with MFA Inc., Lyon-Coffey Electric tive Center provides research-based
Nathan Hoffman, Hays; and Nicho- of help curbing the high cost
funded the Matthew Kent Stamper
of prescription drugs.
Cooperative, Frontier Farm Credit
information, education and assislas Mizner, Esbon.
Memorial Scholarship beginning in
Due to rising costs,
“Additional
contributions
by
those
and
Ottawa
Co-op
Association.
tance
to
people
with
and
interested
May 2000 through the Arthur Capunstable economics and the
who want to honor Matthew and
“The scholarship was established
in cooperative businesses, including
per Cooperative Center at Kansas
mounting cost of prescripsupport the purposes of the scholarto honor and perpetuate the memory cooperative members, directors,
State University.
tions, American Consultants
managers and employees. The center ship are welcome,” Briggeman said.
of Matt Stamper and to encourage
Stinson, of Allen, was selected to
Rx Inc. was born in 2004.
an interest in the operation, manage- also works with students and faculty
They should be made payable to
be the 2014-15 recipient. He is a seThe ACRX discount preat educational institutions, the genKSU Foundation/Stamper and sent scription card program was
nior at KSU majoring in agricultural ment and economics of agricultural
eral public and public officials, as well to the Arthur Capper Cooperative
cooperatives, beef production and
economics. Stinson is a member of
created and more than 25
grain production enterprises,” said
as owners, directors, managers and
Center, Department of Agricultural
AGEC/AGBUS Club and recently
million discount prescripEconomics, 305 Waters Hall, Kansas tion cards were donated to
associate professor Brian Briggeman, employees of agribusinesses.
served as president. He is a member
The Stamper scholarship has been State University, Manhattan, KS
of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity director of the Arthur Capper Coopthousands of organizations
across the country.
erative Center. “It’s also to provide fi- awarded annually since 2000 and is
66506.
and has served as scholarship chair-
Stamper memorial scholarship awarded at KSU
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Baconrind is a strong supporter of FHSU, having served
two terms on the Alumni
Association board of directors
from 2002 to 2006 and 2006
to 2010.
Baconrind lives in Hays and
has one son, Chad, and four
grandchildren.
Distinguished Service Award
Mike Karl came to Kansas to
play football for Emporia State
University but transfered to
FHSU, where he received a
B.S. in physical education in
1972 and an M.S. in education administration in 1974.
Karl began teaching at Hays
USD 489 immediately following
graduation. After four years of
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Located at the LK Dairy next to elevator
teaching and five as assistant
principal at Hays Junior High,
now Hays Middle School, he
spent nearly a quarter century
as assistant principal and athletic director at Hays High, until
his retirement in 2003.
In 2004, Karl joined FHSU as
director of field experience in
the College of Education and
Technology, a position he holds
to this day.
He is responsible for coordinating with K-12 schools
regarding the placement of
education field experiences
including student teaching.
He also assigns and trains
supervisors of clinical experiences
In 2008, Karl was inducted
into the Kansas State High
School Activities Association’s
Hall of Fame because of his
accomplishments in 28 years
of work in administration.
Karl received the NIAAA
Distinguished Service Award
and State Award of Merit for
Kansas in 1999, as well as
1990 Kansas Special Olympics
Distinguished Service Award.
Karl and his wife, Val, who
earned degrees from FHSU in
1974 and 1996, live in Hays.
They have a son, Scott, a 1999
FHSU graduate; two daughters, Summer, who earned
FHSU degrees in 2004 and
2005, and Stacey, who earned
degrees in 2006 and 2012; and
eight grandchildren.