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Month: January 2013

19th-Ranked Tigers Win One of Three at National Duals

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FHSU-WRE-MeansFort Hays State faced three nationally ranked opponents at the NWCA National Duals in Springfield, Ill. on Saturday (Jan. 12) and won one match-up, now at 7-5 overall on the season. The Tigers fell to second-ranked Newberry in the opening round 28-9, but bounced back in the first consolation round to defeat 13th-ranked Augustana 22-10. The Tigers were knocked out of the tournament by eighth-ranked Findlay 26-13, coming one dual short of getting into the placing duals on Sunday.

No. 2 Newberry (S.C.) 28, No. 19 Fort Hays State 9
Newberry College (S.C.) (8-0 overall), ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division II, won six of the first seven matches against FHSU (6-4 overall) to cruise to a 19-point win in the opening round of the NWCA National Duals. Fort Hays State took two of the last three matches by decision, but it was too late with Newberry already leading 22-3 heading into the 184-pound class.

No. 19 Fort Hays State 22, No. 13 Augustana (S.D.) 10
Fort Hays State (7-4 overall) survived the first elimination round of the tournament by knocking 13th-ranked Augustana (S.D.) (4-3 overall) from the tournament. The dual bounced back-and-forth early with Augustana taking three of the first five matches. The Tigers went on a run from that point, winning the final five matches to oust the Vikings.

No. 8 Findlay (Ohio) 26 , No. 19 Fort Hays State 13
Eighth-ranked Findlay jumped out to a 9-0 lead and the Tigers could never catch up as the Oilers knocked Fort Hays State (7-5 overall) from the tournament and a chance to wrestle in the placing duals on Sunday. Bonus points were a key to victory for Findlay (7-2 overall), which took six of the 10 matches.

Fort Hays State hosts Adams State in a non-conference dual on Thursday, January 17 at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays. The dual is set to begin at 7 pm.

– FHSU Sports Information –

Kansas Legislature has Fewest Women Since 1988

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Kansas flagThe Kansas Legislature starts its 2013 session with the lowest number of women since 1988.

A survey conducted by Rutgers University says 39 of the state’s 165 lawmakers this session will be female. That ranks Kansas 26th in female representation in the country.

In comparison, the state had 55 female legislators and ranked fifth in the nation.

While their numbers are down, female legislators moved into leadership positions. Sen. Susan Wagle is the state’s first female Senate President and Rep. Peggy Mast was elected House Speaker Pro Tem. And four of the Democrats’ six House minority leadership positions went to women.

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Legislative Session Begins Today

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Kansas capitolTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas legislators will begin their annual session facing a budget shortfall and a court order to boost spending on public schools.

But many of them want to cut income taxes for the second consecutive year.

Legislators convene Monday afternoon.

Both the House and Senate will have new leaders, conservative Republican majorities and plenty of new faces following last year’s elections.

With GOP moderates ousted from power in the Senate, many lawmakers anticipate reviving a wide variety of measures. They include proposals to reshape the state’s appellate courts and create a 401(k)-style pension plan for new teachers and government workers.

Conservative Republican Governor Sam Brownback plans to outline his agenda in Tuesday evening’s State of the State address. He’ll release details about his budget proposals Wednesday morning.

Tax Credit Could Spark Wind Industry

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wind turbineWICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Wind energy in Kansas could be in store for another round of development due to the one-year renewal of a federal tax credit.

Kansas saw the most wind farm construction of any state last year. But by early fall, projects stalled and workers were laid off because the industry was expecting the tax credit to expire on January 1st.

Now Congress has approved a tax credit for the production of wind, solar and other renewable energy at a cost of $12.2 billion.

Industry experts say conditions are ripe for another burst of wind farm construction in Kansas late this year and next. Several new wind energy products are being discussed in central and western Kansas.

Extension Agent: “U-S Food Supply Generally Very Safe”

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linda beechAfter a year-long delay, the U-S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released two draft proposals for major regulations of food safety.

That will allow the FDA to shift its focus on preventing, rather than simply reacting, to food-borne illnesses, according to Ellis County K-State Extension FACS Agent, Linda Beech.

“These new major regulations are aimed at those in the food processing chain, rather than consumers,” she explains.  “Areas such as suppliers, manufacturing plants, wholesale dealers, and transportation will be affected.”

In general, says  Beech, the U-S food supply is considered to be very safe.

“But there are things putting at risk the food we consume today which weren’t a concern in past generations.  Now we have huge batches of foods coming into the United States from countries around the world, and there is always the possibility the imports could be mixed and mingled with domestic products,” Beech says.

The proposed FDA regulations, the first reforms in food safety in more than 70 years, are designed to address gaps on food production and manufacturing processes that leave an estimated 48 million Americans sick each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nearly 130,00 of those people are hospitalized and 3,000 die from the illness.

 

Cold Through Tuesday

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FileAnother cold day is anticipated today with partly cloudy skies and dry conditions. Mostly cloudy skies are forecasted on Monday with mostly clear skies expected Tuesday through Friday.

A general warming trend is anticipated through the mid part of the week across Kansas.

 

  • Today: Sunny, with a high near 25. Wind chill values as low as -8. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
  • Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 4. Wind chill values as low as -6. North wind around 7 mph becoming west after midnight.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 30. Wind chill values as low as -4. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Wind chill values as low as 4. South wind around 8 mph.
  • Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 39. West southwest wind around 9 mph.
  • Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 50.

Norton County to Replace Bridge

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Starting Monday, January 14, and continuing for approximately three weeks, a survey team from the Kansas Department of Transportation will begin surveying along K-9 Highway in Norton County.

The survey work will take place approximately 4.5 miles west of U.S. 283.  Specifically, the survey will focus on the bridge located over a drainage tributary of the North Fork Solomon River.

The survey is necessary for the detailed design of the replacement of the bridge.

Survey activities will include the use of survey instruments on the ground to determine locations of features within the survey corridor.  When it becomes necessary for crew members to enter private property, they will first obtain permission from the landowner or tenant.

KDOT Hires New Public Information Officer

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williamsonA former photojournalist for The Topeka Capital-Journal is the new public information officer for the Kansas Department of Transportation.

KDOT said in a release Thursday that Ann Williamson replaces current spokesman Steve Swartz, who is becoming the agency’s chief of public affairs. Swartz is a former editor at The Capital-Journal.

Williamson’s duties at KDOT will involve working with reporters and producing material for the agency’s website and social media sites.

Williamson joined The Capital-Journal in 2002 as a photojournalist. She previously worked at newspapers in Wichita and in Montana, Indiana, Alabama and North Dakota.

She is a graduate of the University of Montana.

High School Basketball Scores 01-11-13

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High School Scoreboard WhitmoreGirls
Local Scores
Ellis 54, Hill City 25
Garden City 49, Hays 31
Great Bend 49, Dodge City 35
Hoxie 80, Oberlin-Decatur 39
Phillipsburg 34, Stockton 28
Russell 53, Hays-TMP-Marian 45
Smith Center 56, Plainville 25

State-Wide Scores
Abilene 61, Clay Center 29

Andale 65, Hutchinson Trinity 22
Andover 58, Wichita Campus 35
Andover Central 81, Arkansas City 32
Argonia 36, Cedar Vale/Dexter 27
Atchison 77, KC Schlagle 41
Attica 61, Burrton 35
Augusta 40, Rose Hill 35
Baldwin 43, Spring Hill Charter 33
Baldwin 43, Spring Hill 33
Basehor-Linwood 56, Lansing 35
Baxter Springs 53, Neodesha 25
Berean Academy 34, Inman 20
Bucklin 46, Ashland 32
Buhler 57, Mulvane 47
Caldwell 61, Central Burden 16
Centre 63, Hope 48
Chanute 46, Labette County 40
Chaparral 39, Wichita Independent 36
Cherryvale 58, Humboldt 24
Cimarron 74, Syracuse 24
Circle 33, Sedgwick 27
Clearwater 38, Wichita Collegiate 26
Colby 50, Scott City 25
Concordia 32, Chapman 31
Conway Springs 44, Medicine Lodge 30
Council Grove 39, Lyndon 16
Douglass 43, Belle Plaine 40
Elkhart 60, Walsh, Colo. 28
Ell-Saline 49, Canton-Galva 10
Elyria Christian 38, Goessel 30
Erie 43, Eureka 26
Frontenac 60, Uniontown 23
Garden Plain 52, Bluestem 16
Girard 39, Fort Scott 36
Goddard-Eisenhower 37, Goddard 28
Haven 41, Lyons 40
Hesston 68, Halstead 24
Hillsboro 61, Nickerson 16
Hoisington 59, Ness City 46
Holton 49, Santa Fe Trail 43
Horton 47, KC Christian 19
Hugoton 72, Ulysses 31
Hutchinson Central Christian 39, Stafford 19
Immaculata 34, Jackson Heights 30
Ingalls 51, South Central 25
Jefferson North 56, Atchison County 38
Kapaun Mount Carmel 63, Wichita Northwest 25
KC Bishop Ward 55, KC Piper 46
Kiowa County 40, Kinsley 33
Leavenworth 65, SM North 44
Little River 39, White City 18
Louisburg 36, DeSoto 28, OT
Manhattan 49, Junction City 25
McPherson 70, El Dorado 20
Meade 58, Satanta 38
Minneapolis 33, Beloit 32
Moscow 55, Johnson-Stanton County 39
Moundridge 58, Solomon 25
Nemaha Valley 38, Jefferson West 34
Northern Heights 52, West Franklin 26
Norwich 40, Pretty Prairie 32
Olathe Northwest 64, Lawrence Free State 40
Olathe South 43, Lawrence 15
Olpe 66, Southern Coffey 18
Osawatomie 35, Wellsville 23
Ottawa 49, Eudora 27
Oxford 42, West Elk 27
Peabody-Burns 40, Wakefield 23
Perry-Lecompton 47, Hiawatha 18
Pittsburg 53, Columbus 34
Pleasant Ridge 52, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 14
Pratt 47, Smoky Valley 15
Rawlins County 54, Greeley County 35
Remington 45, Bennington 31
Republic County 55, Southeast Saline 44
Riverside 78, Oskaloosa 17
Rock Creek 42, Wabaunsee 30
Salina Central 51, Derby 42
Salina Sacred Heart 45, Ellsworth 40
Salina South 52, Hutchinson 27
Sedan 54, Oswego 46
Silver Lake 39, Riley County 38
South Barber 48, Cunningham 30
Southwestern Hts. 50, Sublette 24
St. John 80, Larned 25
St. Mary’s 42, Rossville 24
St. Xavier 53, Hanover 9
Sterling 56, Kingman 31
Thunder Ridge 62, Southern Cloud 45
Tonganoxie 58, KC Turner 25
Topeka 54, Emporia 44
Topeka Hayden 38, Topeka Seaman 26
Troy 43, Valley Falls 28
Wamego 61, Marysville 28
Washburn Rural 52, Shawnee Heights 33
Waverly 59, Madison 40
Wellington 51, Winfield 40
Wichita Bishop Carroll 56, Wichita West 17
Wichita Heights 78, Wichita Southeast 32
Wichita South 42, Wichita East 21
Wichita Trinity 53, Cheney 36
Bethel Tournament
Seminole, Okla. 49, Word of Life 41
Northern Plains League Tournament
Lincoln 58, Chase 21
Play-In
Natoma 48, Tescott 40
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 36, Lakeside 28
Sylvan-Lucas 51, Rock Hills 40
Western Kansas Liberty League Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Cheylin 47, Logan 32
Wheatland-Grinnell 56, Northern Valley 22
Semifinal
Golden Plains 59, Palco 28
Weskan 45, Triplains-Brewster 31

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Wichita County vs. Quinter, ppd.
Hartford vs. Lebo, ppd. to Jan 18.
Sabetha vs. Royal Valley, ppd.

Boys
Local Scores
Great Bend 49, Dodge City 43
Hays 74, Garden City 54
Hays-TMP-Marian 58, Russell 13
Hill City 58, Ellis 56
Hoxie 59, Oberlin-Decatur 33
LaCrosse 65, Otis-Bison 36
Phillipsburg 71, Stockton 43
Plainville 57, Smith Center 46
Trego 62, Norton 44
Victoria 52, Central Plains 39

State-Wide Scores
Abilene 61, ClayCenter 29
Andale 59, Hutchinson Trinity 30
AndersonCounty 51, CentralHeights 47
Andover 71, Wichita Campus 58
AtchisonCounty 54, Jefferson North 51
Attica 57, Burrton 53
Augusta 50, Rose Hill 48
Baldwin 64, Spring Hill 52
Beloit61, Minneapolis 40
Bennington 69, Remington 40
Bishop Miege 47, St. Thomas Aquinas 46
BishopSeaburyAcademy 46, University Academy, Mo. 27
BV Northwest 72, Gardner-Edgerton 49
Centre 63, Hope 48
Cimarron 41, Syracuse 36
Clearwater 64, Wichita Collegiate 59
Concordia 48, Chapman 41
Crest 74, Altoona-Midway 28
Cunningham 69, South Barber 56
Douglass 64, Belle Plaine 58
Ell-Saline 61, Canton-Galva 31
Emporia 81, Topeka 52
Eureka 73, Erie 31
Fairfield 67, Pratt Skyline 30
Fort Scott 45, Girard 35
Frontenac 56, Uniontown 41
Garden Plain 56, Bluestem 37
Goddard-Eisenhower 68, Goddard 40
Goodland 53, Hugoton 45
GreeleyCounty 59, RawlinsCounty 36
Haven 60, Lyons 47
Hesston 74, Halstead 38
Hillsboro 38, Nickerson 30
HodgemanCounty 46, Spearville 38
Hoisington 55, NessCity 49
Holton 58, Santa Fe Trail 33
Horton 44, KC Christian 37
Humboldt 68, Cherryvale 34
Hutchinson 58, Salina South 42
Hutchinson Central Christian 77, Stafford 50
Immaculata 48, JacksonHeights 47
Ingalls 49, South Central 40
Inman 43, BereanAcademy 34
Iola 56, Prairie View 45
Johnson-StantonCounty 54, Moscow 37
KC Harmon 58, KC Sumner 41
KC Piper 63, KC Bishop Ward 49
KC Schlagle 70, Atchison 49
KiowaCounty 64, Kinsley 34
Lansing 59, Basehor-Linwood 41
Lawrence 48, Olathe South 44
Leavenworth 63, SM North 48
Lyndon 67, Council Grove 56
Manhattan 55, Junction City 36
Manhattan CHIEF 63, MetroAcademy 47
Marais des CygnesValley 67, Burlingame 54
McLouth 70, Doniphan West 49
McPherson 65, El Dorado 40
Meade 74, Satanta 28
Medicine Lodge 44, Conway Springs 43
MillValley 64, Bonner Springs 42
Mulvane 47, Buhler 40
NemahaValley 76, Jefferson West 47
Neodesha 59, Baxter Springs 47
Olathe East 44, Olathe North 42
Olathe Northwest 52, LawrenceFree State 47
Olpe 52, Southern Coffey 34
Oswego 63, Sedan 61
Ottawa 70, Eudora 27
Oxford 51, West Elk 44
Peabody-Burns 63, Wakefield 41
Perry-Lecompton 37, Hiawatha 18
Pratt 41, Smoky Valley 35
RepublicCounty 56, Southeast Saline 54
Riverside 65, Oskaloosa 37
Rock Creek 77, Wabaunsee 33
Rossville 53, St. Mary’s 38
Salina Central 54, Derby 48
Salina Sacred Heart 60, Ellsworth 25
ScottCity 65, Colby 27
SilverLake 46, RileyCounty 43
SM East 38, SM West 37
SM South 54, SM Northwest 35
Solomon 60, Moundridge 57
South Haven 76, ElkValley 27
Southwestern Hts. 65, Sublette 48
St.JamesAcademy 50, St. Pius X (Kansas City), Mo. 41
St. John’s Military 55, Cair Paravel 53, OT
Sterling 58, Kingman 55
Tonganoxie 57, KC Turner 51
Topeka Seaman 60, Topeka Hayden 54, OT
Udall 70, Flinthills 33
Ulysses 55, Holcomb 48
Wamego 56, Marysville 40
Washburn Rural 54, ShawneeHeights 51
Waverly 73, Madison 37
Wellsville 54, Osawatomie 45
West Franklin 70, Northern Heights 44
WhiteCity 59, Little River 48
Wichita East 63, Wichita South 45
WichitaHeights 52, Wichita Southeast 45
Wichita Independent 95, Chaparral 67
Wichita Northwest 52, Kapaun Mount Carmel 50
Wichita Trinity 84, Cheney 73
Wichita West 64, Wichita Bishop Carroll 48
Winfield 57, Wellington 35

Mulhall-Orlando (M-O) Tournament
Coyle, Okla. 64, Wichita Defenders 50
Northern Plains League Tournament
Play-In
Lakeside 56, Natoma 45
Sylvan-Lucas 47, Chase 37
Tescott 57, Lincoln 55
Thunder Ridge 62, Southern Cloud 45
St. John Tournament
St. John 67, Larned 40
Western KansasLiberty League Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Northern Valley 46, Golden Plains 36
Semifinal
Cheylin 45, Triplains-Brewster 36
Palco 52, Weskan 41

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
WichitaCounty vs. Quinter, ppd.
Hartford vs. Lebo, ppd. to Jan 18.
Sabetha vs. RoyalValley, ppd.

Local Government Employees Now Certified Public Managers

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ku public managersThe KU Public Management Center has announced the 2012 graduates of the Kansas Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. The graduation ceremony was Nov. 16, 2012, in the House Chambers at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.

The 72 students, who began their course last January, represent local, county, state or federal agencies, as well as utilities, from across Kansas.

Local  graduates are:

Erin Giebler:  City of Hays Human Resources Coordinator

Travis Haines:  City of Hays Park Superintendent

Kerry McCue:  Ellis County Emergency Medical Services Director

Michael Murphy:  Kansas Highway Patrol Captain Troop D

Ron Rounkles:  Hays Police Department Lieutenant

Chris Stegman:  Hays Fire Department Captain

The Kansas CPM program is a professional education opportunity for managers working in government agencies, nonprofits and organizations that contract to provide public services and meet community needs.

It offers a blended learning approach of classroom hours, online learning and outside assignments to meet 300 hours of structured learning. The curriculum addresses personal and organizational integrity, managing work, leading people, developing self, public service and leadership during times of change.

Along the way, participants complete a capstone project focused on an opportunity for cost savings, revenue generation, process improvement or innovation in their workplace.

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