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Month: January 2013

KHAZ Country Music News: tley Gilbert and Chris Young Play Themselves on ABC’s “Nashville” Tonight

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CHRIS YOUNG, BRANTLEY GILBERT, CONNIE BRITTONA pair of real-life country stars are invading the fictional world of ABC’s Nashville Wednesday night.  Brantley Gilbert and Chris Young guest star as themselves in a party scene on the show alongside Hayden Panettiere‘s character, country star Juliette Barnes.

Before taking on the acting role, Brantley consulted with his personal acting coach – – fiancé Jana Kramer. She starred in TV’s One Tree Hill before launching her country career, and Brantley says with a laugh, “She definitely had some pointers but, you know, the part was playing myself so it wasn’t all that hard.”

Brantley didn’t take his part on the show lightly though, and he came in well-prepared.

“You’ve got to get it right the first time around,” Brantley says. “They gotta reset every time you screw up, so thankfully I didn’t screw up.”

Like any video or TV shoot, Brantley and Chris had a lot of downtime on the Nashville set, but the guys took the opportunity to really bond over their music.

Says Brantley, “We had plenty of time to talk and get to know each other and even talked about getting together on a song sometime in the near future.”

The episode of Nashville featuring Brantley and Chris airs Wednesday night at 10 Eastern time on ABC.

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KHAZ Country Music News: Kacey Musgraves Gets Literal with Debut Album, “Same Trailer Different Park,” Due Out March 19

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khaz Kacey Musgraves20130123Country newcomer Kacey Musgraves is climbing the charts with her straightforward debut single, “Merry Go Round,” and now she’s set to release her full-length album, Same Trailer Different Park, on March 19.  Kacey wrote or co-wrote every song on the project in the same, direct style of “Merry Go Round.”

“That’s my favorite kind of music…simple and sparse,” Kacey tells ABC News Radio.  “I, over the years have learned how to hone in on saying things more simply because, I mean, you just don’t need to get all poetic and complicated and put things over people’s heads.”

While Kacey likes to be as literal as possible in her lyrics, that style of writing isn’t as easy to pull off as it may seem.

She says, “It did take a little while to learn how to do that.  That’s the hardest thing to write.  It’s weird.  You know, it sounds like the most simple thing, but that’s the hardest thing to write.”

Kacey will perform songs from Same Trailer Different Park on the road with Little Big Town and Kenny Chesney in the coming months.  Check out KaceyMusgraves.com to see where she’s performing next.

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UPDATE: Apparent Murder-Suicide in Barton County Tuesday Night

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susank-incident-2By Neil Ochs ~ Great Bend Post

Two people are dead after a homicide-sucide that happened at 8:30 Tuesday Night at the 1600 block of NE 20 Avenue, located north of Hoisington.

According to the Barton County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Officers were called to the rural location by a juvenile resident who was hiding in a closet, and stated shots had been fired during a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival at the single farm residence, officers discovered the bodies of two persons, while the juvenile was unharmed.

Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir says that the deceased were identified as 35-year-old Justin Heggemeier and 39-year-old Michelle Heggemeier, who were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Barton County Coroner’s Office. Both individuals lived at the rural location, and preliminary investigation indicates that the female was shot at close range, and the male died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Hoisington EMS assisted the Sheriff’s Office at the scene, and the incident is still under investigation.

Aviation Museum Adds Interactive Elements

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Airplane 001WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – The Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita is planning to open an interactive learning center that features flight simulators, a weather station and educational stations.

The new center is expected to open March 16. It is sponsored by Boeing with support from the Lattner Family Foundation and the city of Wichita.

Features will include a mock control tower with a radio connection to a Cessna 210 simulator. Visitors can use a computer-aided system to design an air foil and test it in a virtual wind tunnel. They can also build the foil and test it in a real wind tunnel.

Over the next year, the museum plans to start a new club for children, a merit badge program, home school programs and other activities.

Nebraska Governor Supports Pipeline Route

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Oil Pipeline 002LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.

Heineman sent a letter Tuesday to President Barack Obama confirming that he would allow the controversial project to proceed in his state.

The pipeline has faced strong resistance in Nebraska from a coalition of landowners and environmental groups who say it would contaminate the Ogallala aquifer.

Canadian pipeline developer TransCanada and some workers’ unions say the project is safe and will create thousands of jobs.

The original route would have run the pipeline through a region of erodible, grass-covered sand dunes. The new route skirts that area.

Wednesday’s Weather Forecast

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Mild temperatures will continue for the next several days. A vigorous upper system will bring rain to some or all sections of western and central Kansas Saturday night.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 49

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 45

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

KHAZ Country Music News: Gary Allan Is Living Out the Title of His Latest Album, “Set You Free,” Now on Sale

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khaz gary allan 20130123Gary Allan‘s first album in nearly three years, Set You Free, is now available in stores and online.  Part of the holdup on the new music came from some internal politics at his record label.  Now that a new president is in charge, Garry feels like he’s living out the title of his new album.

He tells ABC News Radio, “I feel like we’ve just been shackled for a while, and it’s great to be set free.”

The songs on Set You Free are also sequenced to tell the story of a person being set free from pain at the end of a relationship, staring with the first track “Tough Goodbye.”

“It goes through all of the anger and the spin-outs and all the things you would go through during the healing process, and then it wraps up with ‘Good as New,'” Gary explains.  “So, it’s like the whole process of a breakup to recovery.”

The album’s lead single, “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain),” picks up on that hopeful message, and Gary had his kids involved when he was writing it.

He says, “I kept picturing my kids, like, you want every word that you say to be positive because it insinuates something down.  So, you wanted every word in it to be forward.”

Look for Gary to perform on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno Wednesday night.  He’s set to sing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on February 11 too.

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Tuesday’s High School Basketball Scores

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High School Scoreboard WhitmoreAREA BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Ellis 72, Victoria 60
Hoisington 61, Smith Center 42
LaCrosse 53, Chase 44
Natoma 71, Logan 42
Oakley 67, Wheatland-Grinnell 32
Osborne 53, Lakeside 46
Palco 56, Wilson 52
Plainville 57, Lincoln 41
Quinter 50, Golden Plains 38
Russell 47, Ellsworth 46
Stockton 69, Northern Valley 56
Western Plains 59, Healy 30

AREA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Dighton 43, Otis-Bison 27
Ellis 57, Victoria 55
Ellsworth 46, Russell 36
Golden Plains 47, Quinter 40
Natoma 45, Logan 37
Oakley 59, Wheatland-Grinnell 40
Osborne 54, Lakeside 25
Plainville 43, Lincoln 36
Smith Center 63, Hoisington 35
Wilson 64, Palco 25
Western Plains 47, Healy 38

OTHER BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Andover Central 57, Maize 40
Atchison County 63, Jefferson West 55
Augusta 85, El Dorado 62
Baileyville-B&B 74, St. Xavier 18
Beloit 44, Salina Sacred Heart 35
Burlington 80, Chase County 50
BV Northwest 64, Blue Valley Southwest 49
Cedar Vale/Dexter 53, West Elk 23
Central Burden 59, Flinthills 39
Central Heights 40, West Franklin 36
Centre 94, Flint Hills Christian 26
Cherryvale 49, Neodesha 24
Chetopa 40, St. Paul 37
Circle 45, McPherson 44
Deerfield 68, Moscow 52
Derby 72, Arkansas City 33
Douglass 54, Hutchinson Central Christian 20
Elkhart 57, Satanta 52
Ellinwood 62, Wichita Northfield 47
Eureka 54, Caney Valley 40
Frankfort 59, Doniphan West 42
Franklin, Neb. 43, Thunder Ridge 42
Fredonia 46, Erie 44
Frontenac 53, Baxter Springs 33
Garden City 55, Ulysses 41
Humboldt 70, Yates Center 50
Hutchinson 64, Goddard 38
Kapaun Mount Carmel 58, Wichita Heights 31
KC Schlagle 54, KC Harmon 47
Lakin 55, Scott City 51
Maize South 46, Nickerson 45
Minneapolis 47, Clifton-Clyde 45
Oswego 56, Marmaton Valley 35
Paola 59, Osage City 50
Perry-Lecompton 53, Oskaloosa 40
Sedan 54, Elk Valley 15
Silver Lake 62, Santa Fe Trail 28
St. Francis 56, Rawlins County 45
Topeka Hayden 67, Leavenworth 58
Topeka Heritage Christian 57, Cair Paravel 44
Udall 78, Argonia 35
Uniontown 51, Jayhawk Linn 40
Wakefield 56, Blue Valley 53
Wamego 54, Council Grove 45
Washington County 55, Linn 51
Wetmore 80, Centralia 63
White City 55, Southern Cloud 43
Wichita Bishop Carroll 66, Wichita Northwest 45
Wichita Collegiate 56, Rose Hill 40
Wichita County 60, Greeley County 59
Wichita East 61, Wichita Southeast 56
Wichita West 79, Wichita North 66
Lyon County League Tournament
Hartford 50, Burlingame 38
Marais des Cygnes Valley 49, Madison 36
SPIAA Tournament
Ashland 49, Minneola 43
Fowler 68, Ingalls 57
Kiowa County 46, South Central 33
South Gray 63, Hodgeman County 55

OTHER GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Argonia 46, Udall 40
Baileyville-B&B 74, St. Xavier 18
Beloit 47, Salina Sacred Heart 24
Bishop Miege 59, BV North 57
Burlington 67, Chase County 27
Cair Paravel 62, Topeka Heritage Christian 32
Caney Valley 71, Eureka 34
Central Burden 60, Flinthills 19
Central Heights 40, West Franklin 36
Centre 61, Flint Hills Christian 19
Cherryvale 49, Neodesha 24
Columbus 41, Pittsburg Colgan 40
Elkhart 57, Satanta 52
Erie 75, Fredonia 70
Frankfort 37, Doniphan West 29
Frontenac 56, Baxter Springs 54
Hanover 48, Onaga 29
Idalia, Colo. 59, Cheylin 53
Lakin 55, Scott City 51
Minneapolis 64, Clifton-Clyde 25
Oswego 50, Marmaton Valley 33
Paola 56, Osage City 23
Rawlins County 46, St. Francis 27
Santa Fe Trail 47, Silver Lake 20
Sedan 65, Elk Valley 33
Southern Cloud 53, White City 42
St. Paul 66, Chetopa 35
Thunder Ridge 38, Franklin, Neb. 25
Topeka Hayden 39, Ottawa 24
Wamego 65, Council Grove 48
Wetmore 52, Centralia 51
Berean Academy/Eli Walter Tournament
Douglass 54, Hutchinson Central Christian 20
Hutchinson Trinity 56, Burrton 18
Ell Saline Tournament
Ell-Saline 53, Little River 39
Lyons 54, Bennington 48, OT
Hiawatha Tournament
Marysville 61, Jackson Heights 21
Nemaha Valley 55, Falls City, Neb. 44
Rock Creek 38, Horton 22
Troy 51, Hiawatha 35
Hilltop Hoops Classic
Sterling 63, Southeast Saline 47
Jefferson County North Tournament
Atchison County 52, Oskaloosa 18
Jefferson North 94, McLouth 17
Perry-Lecompton 42, Maranatha Academy 22
Valley Falls 46, Jefferson West 44
Louisburg Tournament
Harrisonville, Mo. 49, KC Turner 23
Louisburg 72, KC Harmon 4
SM North 48, St. James Academy 40
Lyon County League Tournament
Madison 46, Burlingame 45
Olpe 66, Southern Coffey 14
Mulvane Tournament
Clearwater 42, Winfield 33
Mulvane 51, Wichita Campus 34
Sedgwick Tournament
Fairfield 53, Canton-Galva 30
Hutchinson Trinity 58, Belle Plaine 37
Inman 51, Sedgwick 46
Remington 51, Wichita Independent 43
Skyline 54 Classic Tournament
Norwich 71, Macksville 45
Pratt Skyline 45, Cunningham 27
Pretty Prairie 41, Attica 20
South Barber 57, Kinsley 51
Wellsville Tournament
Baldwin 52, KC Christian 22
Bonner Springs 55, Wellsville 29
Spring Hill 45, Anderson County 31
St. Mary’s 58, KC Piper 52

Hays Wastewater Employee Certified by KDHE

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wastewaterCity of Hays Wastewater Treatment Facility employee Clayton Unruh is one of 52 wastewater treatment operators recently certified by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).

The KDHE Bureau of Water certifies individuals at the following facility classifications: Kansas Small System Water Operation, Kansas Class I Water Operation, Kansas Class II Water Operation, Kansas Class III & IV Water Operation, Kansas Small System Wastewater Operation, or Kansas Class I – IV Wastewater Operation.

Kansas has more than 1,000 KDHE-permitted public water supply systems and 962 wastewater treatment facilities requiring a certified operator. Wastewater treatment plant operators are trained in a manner that prevents the release of excessive pollutants.

Depending on their level of certification, these operators must attend between five and 10 hours of continued education courses every two years to maintain their certification.

Downtown Hays Renovations Recognized by National Trust for Historic Preservation

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comeauThe downtown renovations of Hays and Plainville, gain national attention for the efforts of Plainville native, Chuck Comeau, in the Winter 2013 issue of “Preservation”, the official publication of The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded, nonprofit organization located in Washington D.C.

Preservation writer, Gwendolyn Purdom, visited the towns in August.  Eight pages are dedicated to the story entitled “There’s No Place Like Home”. It relays entrepreneur, Chuck Comeau’s personal ties and passion for both Hays and Plainville. According to Purdom, historic renovation wasn’t originally part of the plan. Comeau was simply looking for space to relocate the business and customer service side of his Plainville company, Dessin Fournir.

As Dessin Fournir’s success grew to eventually include seven lines and five more buildings, Comeau began thinking this same approach might help downtown Hays. Since opening C.S. Post & Co., a retail gift shop in downtown Hays in 1997 with his wife Shirley, Comeau and his development firm, Liberty Group, have completed 13 renovations in downtown Hays.

Comeau’s revivalist spirit can be found not only through architectural design but also within his home furnishing manufacturing processes, producing furniture, lighting and textiles using centuries-old techniques. Upon acquiring the venerable New York textile firm, Rose Cumming, in 2005, he discovered boxes and boxes of forgotten archives from one of the interior design industry’s founding grand dames, Rose Cumming. Comeau decided to record Miss Cumming’s story and led the publication of “Rose Cumming Design Inspiration” published in September by Rizzoli International and named one of the Best Books for 2012 by New York Times Magazine.

Looking forward, the article details Comeau’s plans for boutique hotels in both towns connected to the community through landscaped pedestrian-friendly walkways and commons areas.To read Purdom’s article, visit www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2013/winter/theres-no-place-like-home.html.

KHAZ Country Music News: Brad Paisley Performs at Inaugural Ball

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khaz brad paisley 20120719Brad Paisley was one of the performers Monday night at the two official inauguration balls for President Obama at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., including the Commander-in-Chief’s Ball.

Brad played his hit “American Saturday Night” for the crowd, remarking, “Our democracy is the envy of the world, and tonight we celebrate by getting drunk in a convention center.”

The balls also featured Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, Stevie Wonder and others.

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