Following a banner year in which they won a Jayhawk West Conference Championship, a Liberal Sub-Regional Championship, and a Region VI Championship before finishing 6th at the NJCAA Juco World Series, the Seward County Saints Baseball team will open its title defense season with a #14 National ranking next to their name.

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With just two opponents in front of them before their much anticipated face off with #2 Hutchinson, the 8th ranked Seward County Lady Saints made sure not to look over either of those two foes, including Wednesday night when they blew away a hot Garden City Lady Broncbusters team 78-59 to win their 10th straight game and keep their Jayhawk West record spotless at 6-0.

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The stage was set and the atmosphere couldn’t have been much better Wednesday night in the Greenhouse as the #9 Seward County Saints welcomed their arch rival Garden City Broncbusters to Liberal for a Jayhawk West Conference tilt. With fans amped up for the rivalry matchup as well as the presence of the winningest coach in college basketball in the past 7 years, Bill Self of Kansas, the Saints and Busters tipped things off, but it wouldn’t be the home folks that went home with a smile on their face. Garden City controlled the game from the opening tip and shot a blistering 57% to come away with an 81-74 upset win over Seward.

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The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care granted full accreditation status to the Respiratory Therapy program at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School, Liberal.
The next scheduled site visit will be in 2020.
CoARC reviews the program to determine ongoing compliance with accreditation Standards and CoARC Accreditation Policies and Procedures. Based on the outcomes the college reported, the program has met or exceeded all currently set “thresholds” for success on each of the required outcome measures.
“This is an accomplishment of which you, your staff, and institution should be proud,” said Dr. Thomas Smalling, CoARC executive director. “The Commission commends you and your colleagues for your commitment to continuous quality improvement in education, as demonstrated by your participation in programmatic accreditation.”
For information about the program, contact Ed Anderson, SCCC/ATS RT coordinator, at 620-417-1409 or ed.anderson@sccc.edu.

Seward County Community College/Area Technical School, Liberal, is offering a number of short courses this spring.
Courses include:
Advanced Cake Decorating, 2/6-3/26, M, 7-10 p.m., AA193, $95, Clodfelter
Basic Computer/English, 2/18, Sat, 9 a.m.-12 noon, A136, $30, Hall
Basic Computer/Spanish, 2/25, Sat, 9 a.m.-12 noon, A136, $30, Isidoro
Basic & Creative Sewing, 2/7-3/13, TR, 6-8 p.m., T116, $95, Challis
Basic Medic First Aid, 2/8, W, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., SU214, $75, Diller
Commercial Driver License Seminar, 2/4, Sat, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., TT101, $50, McCarthy
Defensive Driving Course Seminar, 2/18, Sat, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., TT101, $50, Staff
ETC Safeland USA Training, 2/3, F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., TA130, $90, Diller
Floral Design, 2/7-4/24, T, 7-9 p.m., T116, $95, Wettstein
Forklift Training, 2/10, F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., TA130, $70, Diller
Soups, Stalks, & Sauces, 2/11, Sat, 8-11 a.m., Cafeteria, $25, Odle
T- Shirt Quilting, 2/7-2/11, T/Sat, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., TBA, $50, Quilting
Welding/ Beginning & Advanced, 2/2-2/23, M/Th, 7-10 p.m., TA115, $95, Wagner
Some courses require textbooks and supplies for an additional cost.
For additional information, call 620-417-1173 or email joy.fosdick@sccc.edu.

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Seward County Community College/Area Technical School has named its fall 2011 semester President’s Honor Roll, Dean’s Honor Roll and Part-time Dean’s Honor Roll.
Students who complete at least 15 credit hours in courses numbered 100 and above and maintain a grade point average of 4.0 shall be eligible for the President’s Honor Roll.

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Seward County Community College/Area Technical School will offer a Concealed Carry class through Business & Industry from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Saturday, Feb. 11 in SU214 E/W, 1801 N. Kansas in Liberal.
The cost is $100 per class and is the mandatory training that is required to carry a concealed handgun. Students must bring a Kansas driver’s license to class. Lunch is not included.
Enroll in advance only by calling 620-417-1170 or lori.clay@sccc.edu.



The Jayhawk West Conference leading and 8th ranked Seward County Lady Saints traveled to Dodge City Saturday night to take on the struggling Lady Conquistadors in the Dodge City Civic Center and had no problem dispatching of the home team as they took a 56-23 lead into the halftime break before putting things on cruise control and taking it home 89-44 to remain tied with Hutchinson for the top spot in the West.

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All signs pointed towards an upset alert Saturday night as the conference leading Seward County Saints headed to Dodge City to take on a Conquistadors team that had yet to lose on their home court and had proved a menace to the Saints the past two years in the Civic Center, winning lopsided contests against the highly favored Saints. But, with only two returners from last year’s Jayhawk West Conference Championship team, the 2011-2012 Seward squad didn’t know all of that and went out and broke the two streaks as the Saints offense carried them to a 42-40 halftime lead before their defense clamped the Conqs down in the second half to come away with an 81-75 victory on the road.

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Cipriano Santos of Guymon, Okla., and Jonathan Penner of Satanta look at the engine of the new Chevy Volt, the new electric vehicle. Stu Emmert’s Automotive Center of Liberal allowed the students in Automotive Technology to see who the systems work on an electric vehicle. The volt has two sources of energy: an electric battery source for short distances and an onboard gas generator that produces electricity for longer distances.