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Month: March 2013

One Step Closer to Schools Employees with Guns

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The Kansas House is preparing to vote on three proposals to alter the state’s gun regulations, including expanding the locations where concealed weapons could be carried.

Approval of the bills Thursday would send them to the Senate.

One measure would let school districts and state colleges designate employees who could carry concealed firearms inside their buildings, even if such weapons were banned for others.

The bill also would expand the number of public buildings where people with a state permit could bring concealed weapons, including the Statehouse.

Another measure declares that the federal government cannot regulate firearms manufactured, sold and kept in Kansas.

The proposals are a reaction to discussions about new gun-control measures by federal officials in the wake of December’s mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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Tune-up Saves Time

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lawn mower 2The first day of spring is next Wednesday, March 20, and it will soon be lawn mowing time again.

About 30 people took advantage of Saturday’s clinic at Fort Hays State University  to have their lawnmowers tuned up for the season.

The fundraising idea for the Agri-Business Club comes from the advisor, Craig Smith.  “I was a student at Kansas State and we did this,” he said.    It went over very well in that community.”

The Techs Education Department donates the use of their shop in Davis Hall.  Members of the Agri-Business Club do the work.

“Most of us are farm kids,” says FHSU senior Craig Zerr, “and we’ve grown up working on machinery. For $40 we do routine maintenance–blades sharpened, put in a clean air filter, change the spark plugs.”

Yearly maintenance is a good investment, according to Smith.  “Most of the mowers brought in cost between $200 and $400.”

There’s a hidden bonus, he says.  “A sharp blade will make cleaner cuts to the grass, which will result in a nicer-looking lawn.”

Tigers Get Doubleheader Sweep of Bearcats

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FHSU-BSB-HartFort Hays State picked up its second straight doubleheader sweep at home, defeating Northwest Missouri State 3-0 and 11-3 Wednesday. Fort Hays State moves to 10-7 overall and 7-6 in the MIAA with the wins. The Bearcats are now 4-14 overall and 4-11 in the MIAA.

Game 1: Fort Hays State 3, NW Missouri State 0
Jesse Hart throws a complete game shutout in the seven-inning contest, the first shutout by a Tiger pitcher since Andy Lewton on February 26, 2011 against Arkansas-Fort Smith.

After allowing two hits in the first, Hart allowed just five hits over the final six innings. The Bearcats got runners to third base in the fourth and fifth innings, but Hart got groundouts to end both threats. Hart struck out two and did not allow a walk, moving to 3-0 on the season.

Clayton Garland lead off the bottom of the first with a solo homer. Kelton Rule added an RBI single later in the inning. Jordan Miller pushed the third run across in the second with a RBI single.

Game 2: Fort Hays State 11, NW Missouri State 3
The Tigers broke a 2-2 tie with four in the fifth and five in the sixth.

FHSU tied the game on a Ryan Busboom solo homer in the second. The one run was all starter Chase Newman was charged in his 2.2 innings of work. Nathan Zimmerman got the Tigers out of a jam with the final out in the third. He would go 3 1/3 innings and pick up the win to move to 3-0, striking out three, walking two and allowed four hits.

FHSU took the lead in the fourth on a Chris Santoscoy RBI single, but the Bearcats tied the game up in the fifth with a two-out single.

Fort Hays State opened the fifth with three straight singles and a bases-loaded walk to Shane Wade. Jordan Miller knocked in a run on a fielder’s choice and Horace Johnson scored on a throwing error by the Bearcats. Sam Thornton would score the fourth run of the inning on a wild pitch.

In the sixth, Horace Johnson had a two-RBI double, Wade followed with a RBI double, Thornton had a RBI groundout, and Clayton Garland had a RBI single.

Bishop: Joyful over New Pope

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Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of the Salina Diocese, that includes Hays, had these comments on the selection of the new Pope.
” It is with immense joy that I received the news that we have a new Successor to St. Peter, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis.  I sense a

profound presence of the Holy Spirit in what has just transpired.  As has already been reported by many in the media, our new Pope is a man of extraordinary faith, talent, and ability.  Moreover, his history of work among the poor, compassion, and personal humility are all characteristic of a man destined to be a great blessing for the Universal Church.

Pope Francis Courtesy Vatican TV
Pope Francis
Courtesy Vatican TV

New beginnings always hold the promise of great blessings.  St. Francis of Assisi brought renewal and rebirth to the Church in his lifetime.  It is my prayer that our Church will be greatly blessed by our new Pope who has invoked so great a Saint.  In that spirit I would ask the good people of the Diocese of Salina to use this momentous occasion to renew their zeal for the faith, to enter more deeply into the teachings of our Church, and to be prophetic in sharing our Catholic faith with all.

Bishop Weisenberger
Bishop Weisenberger

May God bless His Holiness, Pope Francis.  May God bless the Cardinals who, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, have done their work so very well. And may God bless the good people, vowed religious, clergy, and seminarians of the Diocese of Salina.”

 

Kansas Exports Increased in 2012

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ks exportsExporting in Kansas increased slightly to $11.66 billion in 2012, according to data released today by the Kansas Department of Commerce. Exports have grown by more than $1.75 billion since 2010, according to Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George.

The top 10 industry sectors were up from 2011 by 3 percent. The largest gains occurred in oil seeds, grain, seed, fruit and plants (257 percent), mineral fuel (102 percent) and industrial machinery (12 percent). The top 10 industries accounted for 74.2 percent of the state’s exports. The largest sector, aircraft sales, had $2.07 billion in exports, a 2.7 percent decline from 2011.

Once again, Canada, Mexico, China and Japan were the state’s top four export markets. Exports to China have increased by 70.6 percent since 2011, the largest increase for any country in the top ten markets. China has moved from the fifth largest export market for Kansas in 2010 to third place.

Other Kansas export facts:

  • Canada continues to be Kansas’ largest export market, accounting for 23.3 percent of total exports. The top three markets (Canada, Mexico and China) accounted for 45.6 percent of the total.
  • The top ten markets accounted for 71.9 percent of total exports.
  • Exports to United Kingdom moved from seventh to sixth in the rankings after growing by more than $110 million in 2012, an increase of 26.8 percent from the prior year.
  • In the five-state region that includes Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma, the average export value during 2012 was $9.56 billion. Kansas once again achieved an export mark above this average.

Hays Public Library Part of Kansas Reads 2013

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Margy Stewart, Washburn University Professor Emerita
Margy Stewart, Washburn University Professor Emerita

The book selected by the state library for this year’s Kansas Reads program is a comedy satire about the American workplace.

“Then We Came to the End” by Joshua Ferris, takes place in a fictitious Chicago ad agency  experiencing a downturn at the end of the ’90s Internet boom.  Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Hays Public Library.

Margy Stewart, Washburn University professor emerita, lead a discussion of the novel Monday afternoon at the Hays library.

“It would appeal to anyone who has ever worked in an office or other business with lots of coworkers, ” said Stewart. “There’s a lot to discuss in this book, including the timeliness of the subject matter–layoffs.”

Stewart and other volunteers with the Kansas Humanities Council are leading discussions of “Then We Came to the End” with book clubs and libraries across the state through March 20.

Kansas Senate: Yes to charity, no to gambling losses

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(AP) – The Kansas Senate has voted to preserve a full state income tax deduction for contributions to charity and to scrap a deduction for gambling losses.

Senators continued to rewrite an income tax bill as they debated it Wednesday.

The bill contains Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to follow last year’s massive income tax cuts by phasing in additional rate cuts over four years.

But Brownback and lawmakers must also stabilize the budget and are looking for revenue-raising measures.

Senators approved phasing out all income tax deductions as tax rates drop. But later, they tinkered with the language to ensure the phase-out didn’t include the charity deduction.

The Senate also amended the measure to eliminate a deduction for gambling losses, which would raise about $6 million annually.

 

Roberts: Stop Obama Care

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Pat RobertsToday, U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts voted in support of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) Continuing Resolution amendment to delay funding of Obamacare, which he co-sponsored.

Senator Roberts released the following statement after voting in support of Senator Cruz’s amendment, which failed 45-52:

“I have long said Obamacare should be repealed in its entirety. This was an overreaching, vague, and irresponsible law resulting in over 20,000 pages of new regulations thus far. It’s a trillion dollar tax on the American people. It steals from Medicare. The massive regulations hurt patients and employers alike. This law is destroying jobs when we need them the most, and I’m disappointed my colleagues in the Senate failed to see the wisdom in defunding this new entitlement.”

 

KHAZ Country Music News: The Band Perry Premiering “Pioneer” with Free Hometown Concert March 30

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khaz the band perry 20130215The Band Perry will premiere their sophomore album, Pioneer, with a free show in their hometown of Greeneville, TN on March 30. The album doesn’t hit stores until April 2, so the sibling trio’s friends and neighbors will be the first to hear the new music. The group’s lead singer Kimberly Perry feels like this is the perfect place to start the journey of the Pioneer album.

“To know where you’re headed, sometimes you have to know where you’ve been,” Kimberly tells ABC News Radio. “So, for us to begin the journey of having this album out in the world, we felt like our hometown, the place that we are starting from, was so important to have that be the premiere.”

The Band Perry will sign autographs following the show, and the group actually performed a free show in Greeneville to celebrate the release of their debut album a few years back.

Neil Perry says, “It’s really great to kind of give back to Greeneville that’s given us so much. You know, they’ve supported us through everything. So, this is our kind of thank you to them.”

Pioneer features The Band Perry’s latest #1 hit, “Better Dig Two,” as well as their latest single, “DONE.”

The Band Perry’s Greeneville concert is presented by the Greene County Partnership to raise awareness of Outnumber Hunger. The Band Perry is this year’s face of Outnumber Hunger, a campaign to fight hunger from General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding America.

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Holub Named NFCA/Louisville Slugger Division II National Pitcher of the Week

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rp_primary_Holub 4785For the second time in her career, Maddie Holub has been named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Pitcher of the Week, announced on Wednesday, March 13. This comes on the heels of being named both the MIAA Pitcher and Hitter of the Week on Tuesday, March 12. She also received this honor last year as a junior on April 25, 2012.

Last week in Florida, Holub improved to 7-0 overall on the season by going 4-0 for FHSU in her four starts. She had four complete games and averaged 11.5 strikeouts per seven innings and 1.6 per inning. She was the winner for FHSU over two nationally ranked opponents, No. 11 Tampa on its home field and No. 24 Winona State. She did not allow an earned run in her first 40 innings of the season until allowing just one against Wayne State in a 2-1 win in eight innings. Against Tampa, she won a match-up between two of the premier strikeout pitchers in Division II with 11 strikeouts and just three hits allowed, while her counterpart Kayla Cox had 19 strikeouts in the game, but FHSU won 1-0. She also won 1-0 against University of Mary with 12 strikeouts and just two hits allowed. Against Wayne State, she struck out 10 in an eight-inning game. Against No. 24 Winona State, she struck out 13, allowing four hits and just two runs in a 12-2 win. Holub has reached double figures in strikeouts in all seven of her starts this year and averages 12.2 per seven innings. Her season ERA was at 0.41 following the week in Florida.

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Tiger Softball Enters National Rankings at No. 21

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FHSU-SB-TeamFort Hays State softball enters the national rankings for the first time in the program’s NCAA Division II history, ranked No. 21 in the latest NFCA Division II Poll released on March 13. Fort Hays State is currently 15-3 overall. The doubleheader sweep at Newman Tuesday was not figured into the most recent rankings.

Fort Hays State is one of two programs from the MIAA referenced in the March 13 poll, as Central Oklahoma is currently ranked No. 8. Fort Hays State made a splash nationally this past week in Florida with a win over No. 11 Tampa at Tampa, and then a win over then No. 24 Winona State, which moved up a spot this week to No. 23.

Fort Hays State has received votes in the poll in previous years, but finally makes its way into the national rankings in the program’s 14th year of existence at the NCAA Division II level.

Below is the complete Top 25 poll for March 13, 2013…

Rk Team Record Pts Previous Rk
1 West Texas A&M (13) 19-1 393 3
2 Valdosta State (2) 20-5 377 1
3 Indianapolis (1) 18-2 368 4
4 Armstrong 17-2-1 343 6
5 Southeastern Oklahoma State 21-6 339 2
6 Rollins 28-2 324 7
7 Grand Canyon 18-5 282 13
8 Central Oklahoma 14-4 271 9
9 North Georgia 19-6 268 8
10 Texas Woman’s University 22-6 263 12
11 Tampa 16-5 230 11
12 Colorado School of Mines 17-2-1 212 10
13 West Virginia Wesleyan 13-5 174 15
14 Sonoma State 18-7 168 25
15 Molloy 11-3 154 20
16 California (Pennsylvania) 11-0 149 17
17 West Alabama 14-5 127 19
18 Grand Valley State 10-2 123
19 Midwestern State 19-4 121 22
20 Cal State Dominguez Hills 15-7 117 5
21 Fort Hays State 13-3 112
22 Francis Marion 17-9 84
23 Winona State 13-3 39 24
24 Columbus State 20-9 33
25 North Alabama 18-8 29

Others Receiving Votes: Gannon (28), LIU Post (20), Abilene Christian (16), UC San Diego (12), Flagler (7), Dixie State (6), Augustana (SD) (4), Drury (4), Adelphi (2), USC Aiken (1).

Blizzard Energy Seeks 3 Persons In Great Bend

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Blizzard Energy, Great Bend’s recycling and ‘renewable energy’ company offers the following positions at it’s new production facility:

  • Shift Supervisor:

We are looking for team leaders and equipment operators (full time). Manufacturing with maintenance and supervisory experience preferred.

  • Forklift driver/line operator

We are also looking for line operators (full time). Experience in operating machinery preferred.

  • Warehouse and Shipping

We are looking for a versatile person with experience in warehousing and shipping, full time.

We will train the right person for all positions!
All applicants must be able to pass a KBI background check as well as a drug screening.
E-mail your resume to [email protected] or call Marina at 925-954-5089


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