October 2019 • Vol.
7 #11
Conferencia Para Innovadores Rurales Independientes
Rural Independent Innovators Conference
El Centro de Desarrollo
de Pequeños Negocios,
de Kansas, celebrará una
conferencia para innova-
dores independientes
rurales. El evento tendrá
lugar en Dodge City el 12
y 13 de Noviembre en el
Centro de Conferencias
del Casino Boot Hill.
La conferencia es para
innovadores interesa-
dos en aprender cómo
Plan De Salud Para
Miembros De Camaras
De Comercio
Health Insurance
Program For Chambers
Of Commerce
Members
Las cámaras de co-
mercio del suroeste de
Kansas anunciaron a
inicios de Septiembre
un nuevo programa de
salud exclusivamente para
sus miembros. Según un
reporte oficial, el objetivo
es proveer a cada miem-
bro con seguros de salud
a costos razonables.
El plan incluye a las
cámaras de comercio de
Colby, Dodge City,
continua en la pagina 5
Dodge City, Kansas
avanzar sus ideas dentro The Kansas Small Busi-
de sus negocios, y les ness Development Center
ofrecerá la probabilidad will be hosting the Rural
de abrir una cadena de Independent Innovators
oportunidades. Conference in Dodge City
El evento está diseñado on November 12 and No-
para informar y apoyar vember 13th. The event
a innovadores indepen- will take place at the Boot
dientes que carecen de Hill Casino and Resort
los recursos necesarios Conference Center.
para hacer realidad sus The conference is
proyectos y sus metas de aimed at innovators who
continua en la pagina 4 are interested in learning
KUBH Predicts Good Bird
Hunting Season
The 2019 Kansas Upland
Bird Hunting Forecast
predicts overall upland
bird hunting prospects
are looking good for fall.
Pheasant, quail and prai-
rie chicken hunters can
likely expect going into
the new seasons.
Pheasant hunting in
The Southwest Kansas Kansas should be fair to
Chambers of Commerce locally good this year.
announced a potential
new health insurance pro-
gram that will exclusively Nuevo Director Regional De Big
be designed for chamber
members. The objective Brothers Big Sisters
of the SWKS Chambers of
Commerce is to serve as Big B. Big S. Have New
the umbrella for chamber
members and their em- Regional Director
ployees which will provide
Ryan Ausmus, un
each member access to
reconocido líder comuni-
more affordable health
tario, fue nombrado di-
continued on page 5
rector de la organización
Big Brothers Big Sisters,
para el área del suroeste
de Kansas. Anteriormente,
Ausmus se desempeñó
en diferentes posicio-
nes administrativas en el
colegio comunitario de
Dodge City durante 12
años.
Actualmente es miem-
bro de la junta de edu-
cación de las escuelas
continua en la pagina 4
how to advance their in-
novative ideas for busi-
ness, and is a day and a
half long conference with
a networking opportunity
at the Boot Hill Museum
on the evening of No-
vember 12th.
This conference is
designed to inform and
to support independent
innovators who lack the
resources needed to ad-
Heavy winter precipitation
made hunting conditions
tough in 2018 but pro-
vided ample soil moisture
entering the 2019 nesting
season. A few late winter
storms raised some con-
cern in western Kansas,
but the spring crowing in-
dex remained the same as
2018, indicating there was
no measurable impact on
Ryan Ausmus, a well
known community leader,
was appointed Southwest
Kansas Area Director of
Kansas Big Brothers Big
Sisters. Previously, Aus-
mus worked at Dodge
City Community College
in administrative positions
for 12 years.
Currently, he serves as
a board member of the
USD 443 Board of Educa-
tion. He also serves on
the Community Founda-
tion of Southwest Kansas
Board of Directors, Dodge
vance their ideas, and will
provide a walk-through of
the life-cycle needed to
get from the idea stage to
full commercialization.
The goal of RIIC is to
assist rural and indepen-
dent innovators in learn-
ing to identify actionable
ideas and understand the
steps to implement those
ideas, while also
continued on page 4
over-winter survival.
Heavy rainfall continued
throughout the spring
and resulted in high levels
of nest abandonment.
However, nests that did
hatch appear to have
responded to the plentiful
cover with relatively high
chick survival, indicated
by larger brood
continued on page 4
City Credit Union Board
of Directors, Genesis Fam-
ily Health Board of Direc-
tors, Harvest America
Corporation Board of
Directors and Western
Plains Medical Complex
Board of Trustees.
Ausmus said he looks
forward to building a
great program in south-
west Kansas. He joined
Big Brothers Big Sisters as
a member in 2006, and
he said by being a men-
tor it has been a very
continued on page 4
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DCCC Turns Budget
Deficit Into Surplus
Officials at Dodge City
Community College have
been able to convert
what was a five percent
budget deficit last year
into a five percent sur-
plus, according to the
Director of Marketing and
Public Relations Officer,
Andrea Loll.
Just one year ago, the
college faced a significant
budget deficit as well as
admonishment from the
Higher Learning Commis-
sion regarding low cash
reserves.
Loll said that than sim-
ply slashing services or
increasing the local mill
levy to solve the school’s
shortfall, college officials
are using data and analy-
sis to examine everything
from vendor contracts to
job duties and salaries in
an effort to streamline
operations and save tax-
payer money.
They are also actively
breaking away from
business-as-usual when-
ever possible, using those
data and assessments to
inform positive changes.
Aumenta Crecimiento Economico
Del Condado Finney
Finney County’s Economic
Growth Expands
Un reporte de la Cor-
poración de Desarrollo
Económico del Condado
Finney indica un creci-
miento económico sig-
nificativo, y enfatiza la
expansión de negocios y
el crecimiento de trabajos
en el área.
Shannon Dick, anal-
ista de la corporación,
presentó un informe
ante la Junta de Directo-
res, expresando que un
estudio independiente
hecho por la firma Gruen
& Associates, señala que
Garden City ha ampliado
su mercado atrayendo
compradores no solo del
Condado Finney y del
suroeste de Kansas, sino
también de poblaciones
fronterizas de Texas y
Oklahoma.
La ciudad de Garden
City ha ampliado el espa-
cio para negocios a alre-
dedor de 1.6 millones de
pies cuadrados, que no
incluye negocios relacio-
nados con venta de car-
ros. Este crecimiento es
la razón que Garden City
también esté recaudando
más impuestos. Según
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Publicacion Bilingue Mensual
Publicado en Dodge City, Kansas
Impreso en The Hutchinson News
Pablo
Candia,
Editor
She said total salary
expenditure is one of the
primary areas administra-
tion officials have made
big strides to save Ford
County taxpayers money.
In salaries alone for
the last fiscal year, Ford
County taxpayers paid
$2 million less than the
previous year to DC3
employees. Salary expen-
ditures for Ford County
taxpayers were reduced
dramatically, yet the num-
ber of full-time faculty
actually increased by four
instructors over the previ-
ous year.
President Harold Nolte
said one of his primary
tasks is running a tight
ship while maintaining an
excellent student experi-
ence and positive work
environment for employ-
ees.
“It’s critical that we are
wise stewards of the peo-
ple’s money,” Nolte said.
“We have made great
additions to our faculty
and brought in experi-
enced, talented staff and
administrators to support
Dick, de 2003 a 2018 los
impuestos provenientes
de impuestos produjeron
un ingreso de entre 262
millones a 426 millones
de dólares.
Pero la ampliación del
área de negocios no es
la única causa del creci-
miento económico en el
Condado Finney. Dick dijo
que las ventas generales
por pie cuadrado también
aumentaron, moviéndose
de 262 dólares en 2003 a
266 dólares en 2018.
Agregó que este au-
mento es significante
porque ocurre al mismo
tiempo que crecen las
ventas por internet. “En-
tonces esto es admirable
que los negocios también
disfruten un buen tiempo
para abrir sus puertas en
Garden City, y estamos
atrayendo mas y mas
comercio a esta área,”
puntualizó Dick.
Por otro lado, el Con-
dado Finney experimentó
un índice de 7.7 por
ciento en crecimiento de
trabajos. Dick dijo que los
trabajos en el Condado
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them. We are dramatically
improving the quality
of education offered at
Dodge City Community
College while dramatically
improving the college’s
budget.”
The salary costs for
DC3 have declined sig-
nificantly in recent years.
Loll said total salaries in
2015 amounted to well
over $10.5 million. For the
2018 fiscal year, DC3 total
salaries were $7.8 million;
a reduction of more than
25 percent.
Nolte points out that
while salary costs are
down and full-time fac-
ulty numbers have in-
creased, the number of
administrators has steadi-
ly declined. In 2015 there
were 10 administrators.
Currently there are just six
on staff.
“We’re operating ef-
ficiently,” Nolte said. “In
fact, for this school year
we have more instructors
but we are operating with
a smaller staff overall.”
(The Garden City Tele-
gram)
Finney County’s recent
economic growth has
been significant accord-
ing to a report from the
Finney County Economic
Development Corp. The
report highlights an ex-
panding retail market and
rare spot of booming job
growth in western Kansas.
Shannon Dick, FCEDC
strategic analyst, pro-
vided the details of Gar-
den City’s job and retail
growth before the organi-
zation’s board.
An independent study
by Gruen Gruen & Associ-
ates, states that Garden
City has an expansive
market area, drawing
in shoppers not only
from Finney County and
southwest Kansas, but
also eastern Colorado,
the Texas and Oklahoma
panhandles, and most of
western Kansas. In total,
the area encompasses
more than 500,000 peo-
ple, the study indicates.
Since the 1990s, Gar-
den City has consistently
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Students Participate In
College Senior Day
Photo: DCCC Public Relations Office
Over 120 students reg-
istered for the first annual
Dodge City Community
College Senior Day. The
event, held September
19 on the DC3 campus,
promised to be signifi-
cantly different than the
typical college campus
visit. Instead of being
deluged with stacks of
program cards and pro-
motional brochures, high
school seniors from more
than a dozen schools
across Kansas and Okla-
homa were given a tour
of the college’s personal-
ity as much as facilities
and programs.
Andrea Loll, director of
marketing and communi-
cations, said the college
wanted to create positive
memories and a posi-
tive image of DC3 in the
minds of students.
“This event was about
potential students having
the experience of Dodge
City Community Col-
lege,” Loll said. “We made
sure the seniors got all
the program details and
their questions answered,
but the main priority was
making sure those stu-
dents felt welcome and
hopefully picture them-
selves here next year
actually,” she said.
While the seniors were
on campus tours they
encountered activity
modules at the different
departments on campus.
Most of the activities were
expanded the number of
square footage used for
retail space. Today, the
city is home to about 1.6
million square feet used
for retail, not including
automotive-related ven-
dors, such as car dealer-
ships, Dick said.
The growth is part of
the reason Garden City
has seen a significant
jump in its taxable re-
tail and restaurant sales,
again not including au-
tomotive sales, Dick said.
From 2003 to 2018, the
city’s taxable sales in-
creased from about $262
million to $426 million.
While the jump is par-
tially due to more retail
space — 1 million square
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Published in Dodge City, Kansas
Printed by The Hutchinson News
at least vaguely related to
the department’s subject
matter but many times
were as much simple fun
teambuilding exercises.
All across campus there
were games, short, fast-
moving competitions,
quiz bowls. The Tech Ed
Department brought out
all their high-tech toys,
science and math shot
off water bottle rockets,
humanities ran a blindfold
maze, among dozens of
other activities designed
to exhibit the spirit of the
college as much as its
academic offerings.
Every student who at-
tended the event received
an annual $500 scholar-
ship.
“These students show a
lot of initiative by coming
to this great event,” said
Harold Nolte, DC3 presi-
dent. “That’s the type of
student we’re looking for,
so we definitely want to
reward them and hope-
fully incentivize them to
register next fall.”
Tara Salmans, a coun-
selor at Dodge City High
School, said students
were very surprised and
impressed with the schol-
arship offers and the
uniqueness of the event.
“The college really rolled
out the red carpet for
us,” Salmans said. “It was
a great day. I think they
are absolutely moving in
the right direction for our
students.”
feet in 2003 to 1.6 million
in 2018 — it’s not the only
reason, Dick said. In the
same time period, overall
sales per square foot also
increased, moving from
$262 in sales per square
foot in 2003 to $266
in 2018. The increase is
significant for the time
period, one in which the
growth of online sales has
overall hurt brick-and-
mortar sales, he said.
“After the internet, now,
it’s a better time for
people to be opening up
retail in Garden City than
before the internet. So
when people are talking
about the retail apoca-
lypse and box stores
continued on page 4
Pablo
Candia Jr.
Social Media
Coordinator
 Informativo Hispano Americano • Informative Hispanic American • October 2019 • Page 3
THE HIGH SCHOOL’S REPORTER
100 Years Of The Dodger
school’s publications. This
is an extraordinary year
for those students who
take on that responsibility
of recording these events.
The DCHS Publications
staff is celebrating The
Dodger’s 100th anniver-
sary.
Over the century, Pub-
lications staff members
have been keeping stu-
dents updated by docu-
menting all aspects of
the school and its events.
Students manage and
produce two different
publications for the high
By Ariana Alarcon Ortiz school, The Dodger news-
and Olivia Ramos letter and The Sou’Wester
yearbook. They showcase
From 1920s flapper everything from report-
dresses to 2019s ripped ing on ceremonies to
jeans, from operated first-person profiles. With
phones to smart-phones, a student body of nearly
fashion and technology 2,100 students, the staff
have changed so much has a great deal to cover.
throughout a hundred The DCHS Publications
years. The one constant department has retained
at Dodge City High copies of the publication
School is the way events since its beginning. “As
are recorded. From Tour- the staff flip through old
nament of Champions Dodgers, they are read-
to the Floorshow, Dodge ing student prospectives
City High School takes on the historical events
pride in what makes they have been learning
the school unique by about in school. Those
documenting them in the perspectives offer insight
DEA Abrirá Oficina En Garden City
DEA Office Returns To Southwest
Kansas
La Agencia de Admin- consumida en Kansas pri-
istración de la Ley Anti- mariamente es producida
Drogas, conocida en In- en México y enviada por
glés como DEA, anunció los carteles a las comuni-
la reapertura de su oficina dades de Kansas. Agregó
en Garden City. Esta ofi- que la población diversa
cina fue cerrada en 2017, del occidente de Kansas,
y con su reapertura estará mayoritariamente his-
formando parte de otras pana, son el blanco de los
dos oficinas localizadas carteles Mexicanos.
en Wichita y Topeka. “Las organizaciones
La DEA dijo en una nota criminales transnacionales
de prensa que su oficina por seguro están bus-
en Garden City tendrá cando aprovechar esta
seis agentes de la ley, una diversidad de población
fuerza de tarea de cuatro para ampliar sus op-
oficiales y dos agentes es- eraciones aquí. Pero con
peciales. El Senador Jerry nuestra presencia y nues-
Moran, dijo que Kansas tra asociación con otras
y el suroeste de Kansas, agencias de la ley quere-
en particular, es un sitio mos enviar un claro men-
de pase de drogas pro- saje a los traficantes de
veniente de México hacia drogas: Que aquí no son
ciudades grandes de bienvenidos y que serán
Estados Unidos. investigados, arrestados
El Director de la Di- y llevados a la justicia,”
visión Especial de la DEA, expresó Callaham.
William Callaham, dijo
que la metanfetamina
on how those events have
affected Dodge City High
School and its students,”
said Cassandra Rolland,
DCHS Publications ad-
viser.
“This anniversary is
exciting for The Dodger
staff in so many ways,
but it is an opportunity to
substantiate the need for
school journalists because
they are stewards of the
school’s history,” said Rol-
land.
Karen Marquez, DCHS
Publications editor-in-
chief, also talked about
the importance of the
school’s publication. “To
look back at what the
school was talking about
100 years ago lets us
know how important it
is to carry on the legacy
of the publication,” said
Marquez.
Throughout this school
year, the staff plans to
publish several fea-
tures detailing the his-
tory of The Dodger and
spotlighting memo-
rable events and figures
throughout its history.
(The Garden City Tele-
gram)
The Drug Enforcement
Administration office will
return to Garden City in
the near future, govern-
ment representatives
officially announced. The
DEA office was closed in
2017 in this southwest
Kansas area.
The Garden City-area
office will be Kansas’
third, joining locations
in Wichita and Topeka
and serving the whole
of western Kansas. In a
news release, the DEA
stated the office would
be staffed with six new
law enforcement agents,
including two DEA special
agents and four task force
officers.
The announcement,
given by U.S. Sen. Jerry
Moran, DEA St. Louis
Division Special Agent in
Charge William Callahan,
director of High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area Jeff
Stam, Kansas Bureau of
Investigation director Kirk
Thompson and Garden
City Police Chief Michael
Utz, comes months after
preliminary talks of the
office’s reopening in
February, when officials
said they hoped to open
the local office before the
end of 2019.
Kansas and southwest
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
Ford County 4-Hers, celebrated the National 4-H
Week October 6-12. This year’s theme was “Inspire
Kids to Do,” related to a campaign that will give kids
more opportunities to do and empower them with the
skills they need to succeed in life and a career. As part
of the National 4-H Week, our 4-Her’s will be spend
the month of October writing promotional letters to
the Editors of local newspapers in Ford County detail-
ing their 4-H experience.
4-H is the nation’s largest, positive youth development
and mentoring organization. 4-H life skills programs
are available through 4-H clubs, camps, after school
and school enrichment programs. 4‑H is an orga-
nization that is delivered by Cooperative Extension,
K-State Research and Extension in Kansas. This is an
organization of more than 100 public universities na-
tion-wide that provides experiences for young people
to learn by doing.
Ford County has 126 club members, 6 Clover buds
(5 and 6 year olds) and 89 wonderful volunteers who
participate and support the activities of 7 community
clubs and 2 project clubs. These youth participate in
a wide variety of projects and activities ranging from
robotics and photography to livestock judging, lead-
ership activities and camping experiences. We have
also a bilingual community club and activities to fit
everyone’s interests.
Research has shown that 4-H youth members, in com-
parison with other youth are:
• 3.3 times more likely to contribute to their commu-
nities
• have significantly lower drug, cigarette, and alcohol
use
• are 2.3 times more likely to exercise and be
physically active
• are nearly 2 times more likely to go to college
(Study can be accessed at http://www.4-h.org/about/
youth-development-research/positive-youth-develop-
ment-study//)
We believe in empowering kids with the skills they
need to succeed. In 4-H, mentors inspire kids to be
doer, by encouraging to pursue their passions and
chart their own course.
Here in Ford County, we follow the 4-H motto and
strive to “Make the Best Better!” We hope you will
support the 4-Her’s of Ford County and the future
leaders of Kansas as they work to make the clubs, the
communities they live in, their country and their world
a better place.
For more information on the 4-H program in Ford
County, call the Ford County Extension Office at
(620)227-4542 or visit us online at www.ford.ksu.edu
Sincerely,
Andrea Burns
Ford County Extension Director
Kansas in particular, is a region a target for two
pathway from Mexico to of the strongest Mexican
larger U.S. cities, making drug cartels, Callahan
the area a prime location said.
for drug traffickers, Mo- “With the large pres-
ran said. ence of good, hard-work-
Meth in Kansas is ing Mexican nationals
primarily produced in working, living and raising
Mexico and smuggled by families here in western
cartels across the U.S.- Kansas, Mexican trans-
Mexico border, pushing national criminal organi-
dangerous and cheap zations will seek to take
substances into Kansas advantage of the diverse
communities, Callahan population and enhance
said. Fentanyl is also dis- their drug operations.
tributed widely by Mexi- Our presence and our
can cartels, he said. partnership send a clear
Callahan said western message to these drug
Kansas’ diverse popula- traffickers: You are not
tion, including cities with welcome here. You will be
majority-Hispanic popu- investigated and brought
lations, could make the to justice,” Callahan said.
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Hunting (Continued from page 1)
sizes. The counts through
much of central Kansas
decreased while numbers
farther west increased or
remained similar to last
year. Kansas continues to
maintain one of the best
pheasant populations in
the country and the fall
harvest should again be
among the leading states.
The highest densities this
year will likely be in the
High Plains regions of
western Kansas.
Quail hunting in Kan-
sas should be good in
2019. Kansas is still sup-
porting above-average
quail populations after a
recent population boom.
While total harvest has
remained below average
due to decreasing hunter
participation, the average
daily bag has remained at
some of the highest levels
observed in 20 years.
The bobwhite whistle
survey in spring 2019 saw
a modest decline follow-
ing a generally poor pro-
duction season in 2018.
However, this is relative
to a 20-year high in 2017,
so despite the decline,
spring densities were still
well above average. The
2019 roadside survey in-
dex was just slightly high-
er than 2018, suggesting
production compensated
for any reductions previ-
ously recorded.
However, regional quail
densities have changed.
Heavy precipitation and
Big Brother / Big Sister (Viene de la pagina 1 / Continued from page 1)
públicas de Dodge City,
miembro de la junta de
directores de la Commu-
nity Foundation del suro-
este de Kansas, miembro
de la junta de directo-
res de Credit Union de
Dodge City, miembro de
la junta de directores del
programa Genesis Fam-
ily Health, miembro de
la junta de directores de
la corporación Harvest
America, y fideicomisa-
rio de la junta del Plain
Medical Complex.
Ausmus dijo que su
meta es fortalecer el
programa Big Brothers
Big Sisters en el suroeste
de Kansas, organización
de la que ha sido mentor
desde 2006. “Esta orga-
Finney (Viene de la pagina 4 / Continued from page 4)
Finney no son solo abun-
dantes, sino también bien
pagados. El actual ingreso
medio en el Condado es
de 56 mil 700 dólares.
Remarcó que este
crecimiento no pasa por
accidente, porque es el
resultado de años de de-
cisiones de los líderes de
la Ciudad, haciendo es-
cogencias para invertir en
establecimiento de nego-
cios y construyendo una
infraestructura sostenible
que incluye sistemas de
electricidad y agua, con
el fin de crear buenas
condiciones de espacio
para los negocios que se
han ido estableciendo en
el Condado.
associated flooding
across the eastern regions
reduced productivity.
While rainfall was also
high across the western
regions, a mid-summer
dry period and improved
habitat increased produc-
tion. While densities in
the eastern-most regions
have decreased, all re-
maining regional indices
remain at or above their
respective long-term
averages.
Kansas maintains one of
the premier quail popu-
lations in the country
and harvest will again be
among the highest this
year. The best opportuni-
ties will be found in the
central regions, extend-
ing east into the northern
Flint Hills and west into
the Southern High Plains.
Prairie Chicken; Kansas
is home to both greater
and lesser prairie chick-
ens. Both species require
a landscape of predomi-
nately native grass and
benefit from a few in-
terspersed grain fields.
Lesser prairie chickens are
found in west-central and
southwestern Kansas in
native prairie and nearby
stands of native grass
established through the
CRP.
Greater prairie chickens
are found primarily in
the tall-grass and mixed-
grass prairies that occur
in the eastern third and
northern half of the state.
nización ha fortalecido
nuestra comunidades en
las áreas de educación,
salud y desarrollo de la
futura fuerza de trabajo,”
dijo Ausmus.
La presidenta de la
organización, Mary Shan-
non, dijo que Ausmus
tiene capacidades de
liderazgo para ampliar el
número de jóvenes que
reciben apoyo de la orga-
nización en el suroeste de
Kansas.
Ochenta y cinco por
ciento de los jóvenes
apoyados por la orga-
nización viven debajo
del nivel de pobreza;
uno de cada cuatro no
se gradúan de la escuela
secundaria; veinte por
are dead and no one is
going shopping anymore
— we’re selling more now
per square foot ... We’re
actually becoming more
and more of a hub. We’re
drawing in more of that
trade area,” Dick said.
On the other hand the
county experienced a
7.7% job growth rate and
a 1,393 net job growth,
more than triple that of
Riley County, home to
Manhattan, in the same
period of time, Dick said.
The jobs are not only
plentiful, but also high-
paying, Dick claimed,
pointing to a steady rise
in Finney County’s me-
dian household income
Conferencia / Conference
(Continua en la pagina 1 / Continued from page 1)
comercialización.
La meta es ayudar los
innovadores independi-
entes de las áreas rurales
a identificar ideas que
pueden desarrollarse, y
comprender los pasos
para llevarlas a cabo, al
mismo tiempo de mitigar
los riesgos.
Adicionalmente al ciclo
de vida de una idea, la
conferencia también les
ofrecerá la oportunidad
para aprender sobre
préstamos, subsidios y
otras formas de obtener
el dinero para emprender
o fortalecer un negocio.
También, comprender las
marcas de comercio, los
derechos de copia, las
patentes, la propiedad
intelectual y las licencias
de permiso.
Greater prairie chickens
have expanded in num-
bers and range in the
northwestern portion of
the state while declining
in the eastern regions.
Hunting opportunities will
be best in the Northern
High Plains and Smoky
Hills regions this fall,
where populations have
either been increasing or
stable and public access
is more abundant.
The Southwest Prai-
rie Chicken Unit, where
lesser prairie chickens are
found, will remain closed
to hunting this year.
Greater prairie chickens
ciento de estos jóvenes
tienen ingresos meno-
res de 15 mil dólares
anualmente; ochenta por
ciento de ellos vienen
de hogares con un solo
padre o madre y sesenta
por ciento vienen de hog-
ares donde hay abuso de
drogas y alcohol.
Alrededor del 40 por
ciento de estos jóvenes
también han visto o suf-
rido violencia domestica
y cerca de uno de cada
tres, tienen o han tenido
al menos un padre en la
cárcel, según las cifras
oficiales de Big Brothers
Big Sisters.
in recent years. Today the
median income sits at
roughly $56,700, com-
pared to about $52,000
in Ford County and about
$46,400 in Seward Coun-
ty.
The growth is not an
accident, Dick said, but
the result of years of
decisions by city lead-
ers, including choices to
invest in local retail and
sustainable infrastruc-
ture, including water and
electric systems that make
sense for the location and
nature of the city.
La conferencia tam-
bién tiene el objetivo de
escuchar las ideas innova-
doras de empresarios y
dueños de negocio, las
oportunidades y desafíos
que han tenido y facilitar-
les información sobre los
recursos disponibles en
sus comunidades y en el
Estado, y responder sus
preguntas.
Este evento es patroci-
nado por America SBDC
de Kansas, el colegio
comunitario del Condado
Seward, la administración
de pequeños negocios
de U.S., el Departamento
de Comercio de Kansas,
la Corporación de Desar-
rollo del Condado Ford y
la Cámara de Comercio
de Dodge City.
may be harvested during
the early prairie chicken
season and the regular
season with a two-bird
daily bag limit in the
Greater Prairie Chicken
Unit. All prairie chicken
hunters are required to
purchase a $2.50 Prairie
Chicken Permit.
To view the complete
forecast, including re-
gional breakdowns for
all three species, visit
ksoutdoors.com/Hunt-
ing/Upland-Birds or pick
up a printed copy at any
Kansas Department of
rewarding experience for
him.
“This organization has
strengthened our com-
munities in education,
health and future work-
force development. I
would recommend this
program to anyone want-
ing to make a difference
in a child’s life,” he said.
Mary Shannon, Presi-
dent of Kansas Big Broth-
ers Big Sisters, said the
organization is confident
in Ausmus’ leadership
abilities to help grow the
number of youth served
in southwest Kansas, as
well as provide the neces-
sary resources to ensure
sustainability and growth.
Eighty five percent of
the kids Big Brothers
Big Sisters serve live at
Trump Decreta Nueva
Medida Anti-Inmigrante
El Presidente Donald
Trump emitió un decreto
a inicios de Octubre que
requiere que los inmi-
grantes presenten prueba
que pueden comprar un
seguro de salud, antes
de concedérsele una visa.
El decreto establece que
mitigating risks.
In addition to the life-
cycle of an idea, the con-
ference will also provide
an opportunity to learn
about loans, grants and
other ways to raise mon-
ey to fund a business. To
understand trademarks,
copyrights, patents,
intellectual property and
licensing.
Hear from other entre-
preneurs and business
owners about their in-
novative journey, as well
as the opportunities and
challenges they faced,
and meet with multiple
state and community re-
sources to answers ques-
tions.
This conference is co-
sponsored by America’s
SBDC Kansas, Seward
Community College, U.S.
Small Business Adminis-
tration, Kansas Depart-
ment of Commerce,
Dodge Ford County
Development Corpora-
tion and Dodge City Area
Chamber of Commerce.
To register for this
event, please visit: http:/
bit.ly/2KUwoTm
or below poverty level;
one in four will not walk
across the stage and get
their high school diploma.
Over 20 percent of the
youth served actually
have a total combined
household income of less
than $15K annually. Over
80 percent come from
single parent homes;
over 60 percent come
from homes with issues
with drug and or alcohol
abuse.
Over 40 percent have
either personally wit-
nessed or experienced
domestic violence; nearly
1/3 have or have had at
least one incarcerated
parent and over 25 per-
cent are also receiving
services from DCF.
los inmigrantes deben
demostrar que tienen un
seguro de salud en los
primeros 30 días dentro
del país, o que tienen su-
ficiente dinero para pagar
sus gastos médicos.
Argumentando que los
continua en la pagina 5
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U.S. Labor Department Sets New Minimum Salary

On September 26, the
US Department of Labor
issued a final ruling that
set the minimum salary
level for exempt employ-
ees at $684 per week
($35,568 per year) re-
gardless of actual duties.
Under the Federal La-
bor Standards Act, “white
collars,” such as executive,
administrative, profes-
sional, outside sales and
computer employees are
exempted from the mini-
mum wage and overtime
pay requirements. Nor-
mally, covered employers
are required to pay em-
ployees a minimum wage
and overtime premium
for employees who work
more than 40 hours in a
week.
This new rule meant
to effectively distinguish
between the white col-
lar employees whom
Congress intended to be
protected by the FLSA’s
minimum wage and over-
time provisions and bona
fide executive, adminis-
trative and professional
employees whom Con-
gress intended to exempt
from those statutory
requirements.
The Department esti-
mates that in 2020, 1.2
million currently exempt
employees and an ad-
ditional 2.2 million white
collar workers who are
currently nonexempt will
gain or strengthen their
overtime eligibility.
On July, the U.S. House
of Representatives also
passed legislation to raise
Comercio / Commerce (Viene de la pagina 1 / Continued from page 1)
Garden City, Hugoton,
Liberal, Scott City y Ulyss-
es, y propone opciones
de escoger sus propios
planes de salud, deduc-
ciones individuales y de
familia, plan de deduc-
ciones altas o planes
de ahorros de salud,
beneficio de cobertura
para condiciones pre-ex-
istentes, cadena nacional
de proveedores y planes
personales de salud.
El plan también per-
sigue ofrecer seguro
dental y de visión y se
requieren dos requisitos
para tener acceso a estos
beneficios. Primero, ser
un miembro de cualqui-
era de las cámaras de
comercio mencionadas
anteriormente a partir del
próximo primero de En-
the federal minimum
wage to $15 an hour by
October 2025, a big win
for workers and labor
groups even as it re-
mained unlikely the bill
would pass a Republican-
controlled Senate.
Cities and states includ-
ing Seattle, San Francisco,
New York state, California,
Arkansas and Missouri
have raised their mini-
ero y que cada empleado
de las cámaras llene un
cuestionario.
Los proponentes del
plan indican que lo mas
que numerosa sea la
participación en este
proyecto, lo más ba-
jos pueden resultar los
precios de los seguros
de salud. El cuestionario
está disponible desde el
16 de Septiembre y cada
miembro de las cámaras
está recibiendo un link de
los directores de las cá-
maras a través de correo
electrónico. Información
sobre este plan también
puede ser accesible a
través de las redes socia-
les. Cualquier pregunta
adicional debe hacerse al
director de la cámara de
su comunidad.
mum wage. Over the past
year, employers like Ama-
zon.com Inc and Costco
Wholesale Corp have
raised their base wages to
$15 an hour while oth-
ers like Target Corp have
committed to going up
to that level by the end of
2020.
Even some opposed to
the move like fast-food
chain operator McDon-
insurance premiums.
This group will include
chamber members from
the following communi-
ties: Colby, Dodge City,
Garden City, Hugoton,
Liberal, Scott City and
Ulysses. An AHP or As-
sociation Health Plan can
include these benefits;
dual plan options where
you choose your own
plan, low individual and
family deductibles, high
deductible health plan or
health savings account,
coverage for pre-existing
conditions, nationwide
provider network and
customizable plans.
The plan also intends
to offer dental and vision
coverage as part of the
package. There are two
stipulations to acquire ac-
ald’s Corp said recently
it would no longer fight
proposals to raise the
federal minimum wage.
But the country’s largest
private sector employer
Walmart Inc, which pays
$11 in base wages to its
employees, recently said
it supports raising the
federal minimum wage,
calling it “too low.”
cess to the benefits pack-
age: The first one is to
become a chamber mem-
ber by January 1st at one
of the participating cham-
bers, and to have all of
the employees complete
a health questionnaire,
and nobody is obligated
any further than that until
they sign the enrollment.
However those who do
not complete the ques-
tionnaire will not be able
to participate in this plan.
The more people that
participate, the more
affordable everyone’s
rates will be. The health
questionnaire has been
available since September
16th, and any member
of the chamber should
receive a link from the
chamber director, through
email. If you aren’t yet a

Anti-Inmigrante (Viene de la pagina 4) chamber member, look

inmigrantes sin seguro
de salud son una carga
financiera para doctores y
hospitales, la Casa Blanca
dijo que esta medida
busca proteger los ben-
eficios del cuido de la
salud de los ciudadanos
norteamericanos.
Un alto oficial del
gobierno Trump dijo
que la gente que viene a
Estados Unidos no debe
inmediatamente depend-
er de la ayuda pública.
“Debemos de traer gente
que contribuya y no que
erosione los recursos,”
dijo el oficial.
El decreto que entra en
vigencia el 3 de Noviem-
bre, no afecta a los refu-
giados, a los buscadores
de asilo o inmigrantes
con visas temporales de
visitantes. Tampoco a los
inmigrantes ya cubier-
tos por el Medicaid. Sin
embargo, los inmigrantes
no obtendrán una visa si
usan subsidio del Afford-
able Care Act, cuando
compren sus seguros de
salud. ceso a programas del go-
El decreto presidencial
se agrega a otra medida
emitida en Agosto que
permite a los oficiales
federales negar tarjetas
de residencia legal a in-
migrantes que han reci-
bido algunos beneficios
públicos, como el Med-
icaid, o quienes podrían
recibir este beneficio en el
futuro debido a su poca
capacidad financiera.
Uno de cada siete
adultos dentro de las
familias inmigrantes han
reportado que ellos o sus
familias no tuvieron ac-
bierno durante el pasado
año, debido al temor de
arriesgar su estatus.
Esta nueva medida
for a post on social media
from your local chamber
también se combina con or call and give them
dos asuntos políticos your email address ahead
altamente sensitivos, of time.
inmigración y cuido de Then forward the link
la salud, en anticipación to all the employees for
de las elecciones gene- them to complete. Any
rales del próximo año. additional questions can
La mayoría de los can- be made to the local
didatos demócratas han chamber director.
dicho que apoyan otorgar
programas de cuido de
la salud a los inmigrantes
indocumentados. Pero
Trump ha sostenido que
primero le interesan los
ciudadanos norteameri-
canos.

2014
2014 Chrysler
Chrysler 300
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2015 Dodge
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-- 3.6
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Millas $21,900
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ECONOMIA ECONOMY
Producción Abundante Reduce Precio De Huevos
Excessive Production Decreases Egg Prices
La sobre producción Excessive egg produc- compared with the year-
de huevos ha disminuido tion is pushing down earlier month.
el precio de esta comida prices for the consumer Retailers have been
popular, afectando las staple, hurting sales at quick to pass the drop in
ventas de grandes pro- big producers such as egg prices to consumers.
ductores como Cal-Maine Cal-Maine Foods Inc., and Eggs have been adver-
Foods, y esto también it adds more stress to the tised for sale in some
agrega más presión en la U.S. farm economy, the parts of the country for as
economía agrícola. Wall Street Journal re- little as 48 cents a dozen,
El reporte mas reciente ports. the USDA said.
del Departamento de The most recent USDA Analysts expect produc-
Agricultura indica que Chickens and Eggs Report ers will have to cut back
más de 331 millones de showed 331.4 million lay- production in part by
gallinas están poniendo huevo. Según el Departa- ción convencional tiene ing hens as of September sending birds to slaughter
huevos desde el primero mento de Agricultura, los que cortarse para esta- first. That is approximately to increase prices. “The
de Septiembre. Esa cifra precios en efectivo, para bilizar los precios,” dijo 800.000 more hens laying market is going to have
es aproximadamente 800 los huevos, cayeron en 18 Ben Bienvenu, de la firma eggs than a year ago. to cut conventional pro-
mil más gallinas pone- por ciento en Agosto. Stephens Inc. Cal-Maine said that prices duction to stabilize pric-
doras con respecto al Los vendedores están Cal Maine reportó for its eggs fell 30% to es,” said Ben Bienvenu, an
pasado año. Los precios aplicando precios rebaja- ventas de 241 millones de about 92 cents a dozen analyst at Stephens Inc.
del huevo cayeron en un dos a los consumidores al dólares durante su primer in its quarter that ended Cal-Maine reported
30 por ciento registrán- extremo que en algunas año fiscal; 29 por ciento August. sales of $241.2 million
dose precios de hasta 92 partes del país la docena menos que el pasado Chickens in the U.S. for its fiscal first quarter,
centavos por docena en de huevos ha alcanzado año. La compañía tam- produced more than 65 down 29% compared
varios Estados. precios tan bajos como bién reportó una pérdida billion table eggs through with a year earlier. The
En Agosto, las gallinas 48 centavos la docena. de 48 millones de dólares. August this year, up 3% company also reported a
produjeron más de 65 Los analistas esperan Sin embargo, la caída en from that period in 2018. loss of $45.8 million. But
millones de huevos de que a los productores no los precios de los huevos Iowa, Indiana y Penn- on the other hand, the
mesa; 3 por ciento más les queda más opción es una buena noticia para sylvania are among the decrease in egg prices
con respecto al mismo que reducir la producción los consumidores, porque states that produce the means breakfast is get-
mes en 2018. Iowa, Indi- enviando mas gallinas a eso significa que, por most of those types of ting more affordable for
ana y Pennsylvania son las matanzas, para subir ahora, pueden disfrutar eggs. According to the many people.
los Estados donde se el precio de los huevos. desayunos más baratos. USDA, cash prices for
produce más ese tipo de “Yo creo que la produc- eggs fell 18% in August

CAR NEWS / NOTICIAS DE CARROS

Ventas Online Afectan Auto Lotes
Online sales Affect Auto Dealers
Los vendedores de car- Auto dealers face profit tal 1 percent of used-car
ros enfrentan disminución erosion as new com- transactions that go on-
en sus ingresos debido a petitors rise in the market, line, $40 million in used-
nuevos competidores que such as Tesla, Carvana car profits get eroded.
han surgido en el merca- and ride-hailing and car- And we see a shift to up
do de la industria auto- sharing services. to 50 percent online sales
movilista. Uno de esos But an analysis of indus- by 2030, eroding a lot of
mas visibles competi- try trends by international the profit that dealers are
dores es Tesla, fabricante consulting firm McKinsey benefiting from today.
de carros eléctricos. & Co. concluded that “So there’s a tremen-
Pero expertos de la franchised retailers may dous uncertainty about
industria automovilística have a natural advan- how we’re going to go
sostienen que los vend- tage in pursuing several forward,” she told the
edores de autos podrían emerging business op- audience. But McKinsey
tener una ventaja natural portunities over the next believes franchised deal-
si crean nuevos tipos de two to five years. ers have an advantage
servicios como acarreo. The ventures are in pursuing a number of
“Hoy en día, los lotes de outside the traditional new business models as
venta de carros nuevos new-vehicle retail store alternative store formats,
no están haciendo mucho model but play to deal- mobility-as-service mod-
dinero,” dijo Inga Maurer, ers’ strengths and assets, els, ride-hailing service
representante de la firma Courtesy El Mexicano Auto Dodge City / said Inga Maurer, a part- work, data monetiza-
Automotive & Assembly. Garden City ner in McKinsey’s Chicago tion and inventory-free
“Tampoco los vend- office and a member of peer-to-peer used vehicle
edores de carros usados subirá a 50 por ciento, lo negocios modelos donde the firm’s Automotive & trading.
están haciendo mucho cual afectará mucho más se agreguen servicios. “El Assembly, Operations and Maurer said service
dinero. Por cada au- los ingresos de los tradi- área de servicios es una Private Equity practices. remains the growth op-
mento del 1 por ciento cionales vendedores de creciente oportunidad “Dealerships aren’t portunity for dealerships
en las transacciones de carros usados y nuevos,” para los dueños de auto making any money on now, since young people
carros usados que se dijo Maurer. lotes, porque la gente new vehicles today,” Mau- have no desire to service
hacen online, 40 millones Sin embargo, la experta joven de ahora no tienen rer told an auto industry their own cars. “There’s
de dólares dejan de ser dijo que aunque existe ningún deseo de manten- audience at a conference a big and growing profit
percibidos por quienes mucha incertidumbre en er sus carros. Y ahí está hosted by Cox Automo- pool on the service side,”
venden directamente car- el mercado de venta de la oportunidad para que tive in Atlanta. “They’re Maurer said.
ros usados. Y todo indica carros, piensa que estos los auto lotes refuercen not making much money (Source: Automotive
que para 2030 la venta negocios tradiciona- sus ingresos,” puntualizó anymore on used cars, ei- News)
online de carros usados les deben crear nuevos Maurer. ther. For every incremen-

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Pastilla Para Dormir Podría Reducir Pensamientos Suicidas
Sleeping Pill May Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
Una pastilla para dormir
junto con una medicina
para la depresión po-
dría ayudar a mejorar
la calidad del sueño y
también reducir el riesgo
de pensamientos suicidas,
para pacientes que sufren
de insomnio y depresión,
según un estudio publi-
cado en Septiembre en
el Jornal Americano de
Siquiatría.
Según el jefe de esta
investigación, W. Vaughn
McCall, este estudio
apoya la idea que el
tratamiento del insom-
nio puede ser una buena
forma para reducir las
tendencias suicidas en
gente deprimida y que no
duermen bien.
El estudio indica que
el tratamiento puede
beneficiar más a gente
que padece de insomnio
severo. Los índices de
suicidio han estado subi-
COMIDA
Ready-To-Eat Mangos
Sales Raises
Vision Produce Co.,
headquartered in Los An-
geles, has found increas-
ing sales success treating
mangos like bananas and
avocados.
“We are excited to lead
the progression of the
‘Ripe & Ready’ mango
program in the U.S.,”
said Jesse Sepulveda,
the company’s mango
category manager. “Eu-
rope has been process-
ing mangos for about
10 years now with great
success.
Our initial results show
that the consumer has
an extraordinary eat-
ing experience and this
can be verified when a
retailer reports that their
sales have doubled. Our
next opportunity for this
program is foodservice,
where we see huge po-
tential for a consistently
ripe product.”
Banana and avocado
suppliers long ago es-
tablished protocols for
pre-conditioning fruit
so that their respective
products could be sold in
a ripe state at retail. Both
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Entre 2001 y 2005, ese ín-
dice aumentó de 12.5 a 15
por ciento por cada 100
mil personas, anualmente.
Los expertos sostienen
que el insomnio implica
un factor de riesgo para
cometer suicidio. El estu-
dio incluyó a 103 pacien-
tes con edades limites de
40.5 años, y los partici-
pantes sufrían depresión
severa.
commodities experienced
large sales gains when
they could offer ready-to-
eat fruit for the consumer.
Sepulveda said Vision
Produce has adopted
the protocol established
by the National Mango
Board and has begun of-
fering ready-to-eat man-
gos to its retail customers,
and experienced some
significant sales gains.
“We are delivering to
multiple customers in the
Phoenix area, with one
retailer experiencing a 60
percent increase in sales,”
Sepulveda said. “The
mangos are being rip-
ened locally to guarantee
Prescribing a sleeping
pill in tandem with an an-
tidepressant medication
may help improve sleep
quality and reduce the
risk of developing suicidal
thoughts for patients with
insomnia y depression, a
new research suggests.
“This study provides
support for the idea that
targeted treatment of
insomnia may be a use-
ful way to reduce suicidal
ideation in depressed folk
who are suicidal and have
insomnia,” lead investiga-
tor W. Vaughn McCall,
MD, Case Distinguished
University Chair, Depart-
ment of Psychiatry and
freshness and the optimal
eating experience for the
customer.”
The Vision executive
noted that the “Ripe &
Ready” mango program
could give the industry
a “second chance” op-
portunity to get back
consumers that had a bad
experience with unripe
mangos in the past. That
has been an industry
challenge as there are still
many U.S. consumers that
do not how to handle
mangos, nor ripen them
or tell when one is ripe.
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Health Behaviour, Medi-
cal College of Georgia,
Augusta, told Medscape
Medical News.
The researchers note,
“Although the results do
not support the routine
prescription of hypnotic
medication for mitigating
suicidal ideation in all de-
pressed outpatients with
insomnia, they suggest
that co-prescription of a
hypnotic during initiation
of an antidepressant may
be beneficial in suicidal
outpatients, especially
in patients with severe
insomnia.”
Alternative insom-
nia treatments, such as
targeted psychotherapy,
may work as well as a
hypnotic, McCall added.
The study was published
online September 20 in
the American Journal of
Psychiatry.
Rising Rates
Suicide rates are on the
rise in the United States.
Between 2001 and 2015,
the rate increased from
12.5 to 15.0 per 100,000
annually. Insomnia is a
Sigue Subiendo
Venta De
Aguacates in U.S.
La venta de aguacates
subió durante los días
festivos de la primav-
era. Durante la Pascua,
el Cinco de Mayo y el
Memorial Day, las ventas
aumentaron al menos en
6 por ciento.
Durante las festivi-
dades del Cinco de Mayo
las ventas de aguacate
registraron la cifra de
64 millones de dólares,
superando el monto de
ventas durante el pasado
Super Bowl.
En el Memorial Day,
las ventas de aguacate
representaron 57 millones
de dólares, más que lo
vendido durante el Super
Bowl in 2018. Las ventas
de aguacate durante la
Pascua fueron de 54 mil-
lones de dólares, indi-
cando un aumento de 47
por ciento en la venta de
HEALTH
risk factor for suicide, but
to date, no randomized
clinical trial has examined
whether targeted phar-
macologic treatment of
insomnia lowers suicide
risk.
The new randomized
clinical trial, called Re-
ducing Suicidal Ideation
Through Insomnia Treat-
ment (REST-IT), included
103 patients (mean age,
40.5 years). Study partici-
pants had major depres-
sion, as indicated by the
Hamilton Depression
Rating Scale (HAM-D);
insomnia, as measured
by the Insomnia Severity
Index (ISI); and suicidal
ideation, as measured by
Scale for Suicide Ideation
(SSI).
Although participants
had suicidal thoughts,
they did not have suicidal
plans or intent, as indicat-
ed by the Columbia–Sui-
cide Severity Rating Scale
(C-SSRS).
Most participants (62%)
were women, and 39% of
the sample represented
minorities.
FOOD
aguacate durante ese día
festivo.
Según la Junta Hass
del Aguacate, las ventas
de aguacate han aumen-
tado en 58 por ciento
desde 2016 durante las
celebraciones del Cinco
de Mayo. Emiliano Esc-
obedo, director ejecutivo
de la Junta Hass, dijo que
tradicionalmente las cel-
ebraciones del Cinco de
Mayo han sido asociadas
con los aguacates.
“Los consumidores
están reconociendo la
versatilidad y el valor nu-
tritivo de los aguacates, y
esto ayuda también a que
las ventas se mantengan
estables durante todo el
año,” dijo Escobedo.
(Fuente: The Packer news-
paper)
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U.S. Soccer was mis-
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ers said in court docu-
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greater if they’d had the
same success on the field
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The filing was a re-
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motion opposing the
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a lawsuit seeking equi-
table pay as a class-ac-
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women asked a court to
include all players called
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which could increase the
class to more than 50
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Twenty-eight players,
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U.S. Soccer further
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were each paid more than
the highest-paid player per year, and in addition statement. constitute equal pay.
on the men’s national to this salary, they earn In their filling the women The men’s team, mean-
team in four years over game and tournament said the only reason while, did not make the
the period between 2014 bonuses, and receive a those four players were field for the 2018 World
and 2019. The four earned robust package of ben- able to earn more was Cup in Russia and had
more even when NWSL efits. While the players on “they worked in far more fewer matches and there-
salaries weren’t included, our men’s national team games, had far greater fore fewer call-ups and
the motion said. can earn larger bonuses, success and thus were training camps from
U.S. Soccer said be- they take more risk as able to earn more money 2017-18. The team has
cause those players made they do not receive any in salary and bonuses also transitioned to new
more, they lack the stand- guaranteed money or even under the indisput- coach Gregg Berhalter,
ing to represent a class. benefits within their pay- ably discriminatory set of who was hired last De-
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