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HHS Girls Soccer Falls at Home

The Hays High girls’ soccer team saw their two-game win streak snapped at home Monday, losing 1-0 to Junction City at the Hays High field.

Laura Truman had two saves as the Indians fall to 5-2. They play return to Western Athletic Conference play Tuesday at Great Bend.

New Airline Report, Rankings

A report on airline quality says U.S. airlines scored their second best performance last year, with Virgin America the leader.Airport Gen 001

The annual report released Monday ranked the 14 largest U.S. airlines based on on-time arrivals, mishandled bags, consumer complaints and passengers who were bought tickets, but were turned away because flights were over booked.

Airline performance in 2012 was the second highest in the 23 years that researchers at Wichita State University at Omaha in Nebraska and Purdue University in Indiana have tracked the performance of airlines.

Virgin America, headquartered in Burlingame, Calif., did the best job on baggage handling and had the second-lowest rate of passengers denied seats due to overbookings.

United Airlines, whose consumer complaint rate nearly doubled last year, had the worst performance.

Here’s how the top 14 airlines ranked:

  1. Virgin America
  2. JetBlue
  3. AirTran
  4. Delta
  5. Hawaiian
  6. Alaska
  7. Frontier
  8. Southwest
  9. U.S. Airways
  10. American
  11. American Eagle
  12. Skywest
  13. ExpressJet
  14. United

Kansas Coach Acquitted Of 2 Sex Crimes

images(AP) – A Sedgwick County jury acquitted a former Garden Plain football coach of two charges involving sex with children but could not reach a verdict on a third count.

The jury on Monday found Todd Puetz not guilty of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child and attempted criminal sodomy. The jury deadlocked on a charge of electronic solicitation of a child.

Puetz was one of seven men arrested after a police sting operation in October 2011. He was accused of trying to meet a person he thought was a 15-year-old girl for sex after communicating with her online.

His attorneys argued Puetz was entrapped by an undercover agent and he didn’t solicit anyone.

Prosecutors did not say if they intend to retry Puetz on the solicitation charge.

Wind Advisory

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
230 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013

...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW TODAY...

.AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS, THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT BEHIND THE FRONT. SOUTH
WINDS EARLY TODAY WILL SHIFT SHARPLY TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST
AND INCREASE INTO THE 25 MPH GUSTING TO THE 40 MPH RANGE.

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/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.130409T1200Z-130410T0300Z/
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PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
230 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 /130 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...AFTER 6 AM CDT NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER, AFTER 9 AM CDT
  IN THE HAYS TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE AREAS, AND AFTER 11 AM CDT
  FROM LA CROSSE TO KINSLEY TO COLDWATER.

* WINDS...WILL SHIFT SHARPLY TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 25
  GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT, AND LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH
  AS TRASH CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN BE EASILY BLOWN
  AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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KHAZ Country Music News: Brad Paisley Sounds Off About Problems at the ACMs

khaz brad paisley 20120719Brad Paisley apparently wasn’t very happy with the sound at Sunday’s ACM Awards, judging by his tweets on Monday.

First, he participated in the opening number without a hitch.  But when he went to The Orleans Arena to host the 3rd Annual ACM Fan Jam, that’s when the problems seemed to start.

His performance of “Outstanding in Our Field” began with a rather confusing clip of Roger Miller, with Dierks Bentley and Hunter Hayes joining later.  On Monday, Brad hinted via Twitter that some things had gone wrong.

“Had the strangest dream last night..was playing w/ Hunter but my guitar was muted..& then Dierks sang, & Roger Miller was there, but silent..” he tweeted.

The problems continued during his performance of “Beat This Summer,” according to his next tweet: “..&John Mayer was there, but you could barely hear me sing..or him play..&then they played wrap up music over our solos..weird.”

Any sound problems apparently didn’t keep people from watching, as the 48th Annual ACM Awards delivered the show’s best ratings in 15 years.

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Not Much Good News for Kansas Farmers

drought-corn (AP) – Kansas farmers are getting ready to seed their spring crops, with a few fields of corn already planted in eastern sections.

Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service provided the update in a weekly report Monday that also said spring calving is nearly finished in the state.

Livestock producers are still worried about having enough stock water. Supplies are reported as “adequate” in just 36 percent of Kansas.

South-central Kansas got some welcomed rain in the past week. But drought-stricken pastures have yet to recover statewide, with 77 percent now reported in poor to very poor condition.

The agency also says 31 percent of the winter wheat crop is in poor to very poor condition. About 38 percent is reported in fair shape, with 29 percent rated good and 2 percent in excellent condition.

USD 489 Meets, Holds Executive Session

Josh Waddell, 2nd from right in the blue shirt
Josh Waddell, 2nd from right in the blue shirt

USD 489 School Board met for a work session on Monday night. They did go into executive session to discuss issues.  Board chair Darren Schumacher told Eagle News that they did not discuss what to do about school board candidate Josh Waddell.   Waddell was elected to the school board in last week’s election. He received the 2nd most votes but was not legally qualified to serve because he had not been registered to vote in Ellis County.

Under Kansas law, the board of education consists of seven members elected by the majority vote of the registered voters in the local school district. School board elections are held in April of those years when a Board member’s term expires. Candidates, who must be citizens of the district, run for school board office without political affiliation. Board members are elected to staggered terms of four years; new members take office on July 1. Board members serve without pay.

Ellis County Clerk Donna Maskus said she had contacted Waddell about registering to vote but, according to Maskus, Waddell did not register in Ellis County until last Friday.

The USD 489 board will meet again next Monday.

OPINION: Bipartisan Betrayal Of America Part 2

Screen Shot 2013-04-09 at 6.06.32 AMBy Richard D Fry
More Lies on Amnesty Part 2

Last night on Face the Nation Sen. Lindsey Graham said the AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce cut a deal which will pave the way for “immigration reform”. There was no discussion about what the people want. It is socialists and fascist that are driving the agreement.

Key Provisions

The key provisions of this latest scamnesty bill is simply a rehash of the 2007 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, which was also pushed by Graham, that America overwhelmingly rejected. A “path way to citizenship”, pay a fine, pay back taxes, learn English, go to the back of the line etc.

This is of course amnesty no matter how you cut it. Any of these illegals that have been living here any time at all have committed felonies in the form of perjury, use of fraudulent identification, tax evasion, or miss reporting income and welfare fraud. It is once again making a mockery of our laws and treating honest Americans as second class citizens.

Gov. Bill Richardson, one of the panelist, was quick to pipe up that he is a Hispanic and we need to be sure not to make any of this too onerous on the illegals nor should it take too long.

Cost of Illegal Immigration

Amnesty will increase illegal alien invasion of the U.S. as it has in the past. In 1986 we had 3.2 million illegals now we have 20-30 million.

Also the level of legal immigration will go up dramatically through chain migration as instituted by Teddy Kennedy and the Progressives. It was estimated that had the 2007 Amnesty Act passed that within a decade we could have had an additional 80 million immigrates through chain immigration. That would be almost 25% of the population.

The Progressives and GOP elitists like McCain and Graham divorced immigration from the national interest and based it on principles of “social justice” and social engineering. The plan is to overwhelm America economically and to dilute it culture.

It has also cost 100,000 citizens their lives at the hands of illegal aliens in this country since September 11, 2001.

Immigration and the Budget

It was interesting that Graham noted a linkage between immigration and the budget. The GOP elitist and the Progressive will try to make the American people [conservatives] believe that they had to give something up on immigration to get something on the budget. In reality they will both get exactly what they wanted in the first place.

The bottom line is that no quid pro quo between the budget and immigration is acceptable.

Baiting Fiscal Conservatives

The globalist gang is playing to the weak spot among the conservative coalition. That spot is those in the hardcore fiscal conservative camp who put fiscal matters above all else even Liberty and the Constitution.

We constitutional conservatives understand that taxing and spending is but a symptom. The root problem is that our elected officials no longer listen to us and don’t follow the Constitution. Following the founding principles will necessarily led to a limited and fiscally responsible government. The reverse is not true.

Many have been programmed to believe that a consumption tax (FAIR Tax) or a flat tax will solve all our problems, this is nonsense. NAZI Germany, Mao’s China, communist Russia all could have been operated on a consumption or flat tax. Such does not prevent deficit spending or limit the power of the government to borrow or print money.

Balance Budget and the Con Con

This is the same mistake those that grasp at the balanced budget amendment. Forty Nine states have balanced budget requirements and most of them are broke. Kansas is billions in the red in “off budget” liabilities. But fiscal conservatives willingly take this bait as well. This is the basis for the majority of the promotions behind a very dangerous Constitutional Convention.

The only reason this ploy was not used in the recent attempt by Secretary Kobach, Representatives Brett Hildabrand, Lance Kinzer, Keith Esau and Senator Mary Cook to request a federal Constitutional Convention is that Kansas already has a request for a balance budget federal constitutional amendment dated from the 1970s.

Adherence to the Constitution

There is no quick or easy fix to our problems and our problems are not fiscal they are political. Our public servants now work for the special interests that feed them including the corrupt political parties.

Recall the recent date rape and beating the GOP elitists gave the grass roots in Tampa followed by the vengeful attack by Speaker Boehner against Congressmen Tim Huelskamp (Kansas) and Justin Amash (Michigan), Walter Jones (North Carolina) and David Schweikert (Arizona). Their common sin was they all resisted the citizen detention provisions of the NDAA and they are all fiscal hawks

The GOP is planning another assault on the grass roots (conservatives) in its upcoming summer meeting. Watch the state and local GOP stand by and watch.

If we re-establish the Constitution that would necessarily mean an end to federal involvement in education, housing, business regulation, stealing of our private property ending the private banking cartel known as the Federal Reserve System just to name a few.

Conclusion

We the People need to develop the testicular mass and ossification of our spines to make these politicians listen. It will not be easy nor will it be pleasant and likely it will be loud but it is the only way. They must be brought to heel or all is lost and we will be monkeys on their golden chains.

Richard D. Fry

Note : Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham were the architects behind the citizen detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 which gutted over half our Bill of Rights and declared American to be a “battle field”.

Marco Rubio is on e of the gang – of – eight.

For more information see:
1. The American Legion Policy on Illegal Immigration: A Strategy to Address Illegal Immigration in the United States (Excellent primer on all aspects of the issue.)
2. A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border PREPARED BY THE MAJORITY STAFF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITYSUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Chairman (2006)
3. https://operationbodycount.com/ (Including regarding number of citizen killed by illegals.)
4. https://www.firecoalition.com/
5. https://theintolerableacts.org/ (Regarding the National Defense Authorization Act.)

OPINION: Bipartisan Betrayal Of America

Screen Shot 2013-04-09 at 6.06.32 AMBy Richard D Fry
More Lies on Amnesty 

I just watched Senators John McCain and Charles Schumer on Face the Nation. The host said it was a historical event to have the two Senators on at the same time and on the same side of the table.
The Host noted they were part of the bipartisan effort working on immigration reform (pushing “comprehensive immigration”#. This is like saying that Benedict Arnold and the British were part of a bipartisan effort to end the war in defense of our independence against England.

McCain has been a supporter of open borders and open immigration since before the great amnesty of 1986. The 1986 amnesty was promised to be the first and last blanket amnesty. Immigration law was to be toughened and enforced. It was toughened but was not enforced. This was the first lie told to the American people on amnesty.

From 1986 until 2000 there were six more amnesties. Since 2000 there have been numerous amnesties including “administrative” amnesties. This was the second series of lies told to the American people.
Sense 1986 we can hardly count the number of lies the Congress #GOPs and Democrats# have told the American people about immigration. There was the promises to secure the border. Recall the promise to build a security fence followed by the passage of a bill to do so without funding and then the funding of it which was subsequently defunded. Another lie told to the America public.

I remember standing in Harry Reid’s office talking to his head assistant on immigration. Her explanation of the defunding was that Senator Reid felt the money could be better spent elsewhere. Screw the promise made to the American people.

This is a reoccurring lies and is being told yet again. This morning John McCain told this lie yet again: “first we will secure the border”. No first you need to stop lying to the American people “Traitor” John.

You would do well to note that the amnesties and the lack of enforcement of immigration laws have occurred under both Republican and Democrat administrations. Just more proof that the elitist GOP leadership and the Progressive Democrats are simply different legs on the same pair of pants.

Recall that it was John McCain, Lindsey Graham , Teddy Kennedy and George Bush #43# that tried to engineer the great American give away with the Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007. All are globalists.

Although over 70% of Americans did not want the amnesty Congress tried to cram it down our throats not unlike they did with Obama Care. John McCain and Lindsey Graham were calling we Americans opposed to amnesty “bigots” and “racist”. The citizen of this country only narrowly defeated the 2007 amnesty act. In fact it was a temporary victory because large parts of the Act were implemented piece meal in other acts.

Nancy Pelosi told a group of largely illegal aliens that they were the true “patriots” of America.

Unfortunately for her it was caught on video.
Teddy Kennedy was largely responsible for the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 signed by President Lyndon Johnson. In retrospect this bill was part of Johnson’s Great [New] Society program. One of its key components was the establishment of “chain immigration”. Under this concept those with family members already here get preference to immigrate. In reality it was a form of social engineering that would be used to balkanize America and as a transfer of wealth mechanism.
All nations rightfully use immigration to meet their national interests. Immigration until recently was not about the immigrates but about the host country and its labor and population needs. Congresswomen Barbara Jordan, chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform #1990-1997# “Jordan Commission” recognized this fundamental principle. She also recognized that if we cut of benefits and stop the job magnet we could regain control of illegal alien invasion. Of course the Progressive and elitist GOP already knew this and never had it in mind to implement.

The Progressives with the help of the GOP including those like McCain and Graham divorced immigration from the national interest and based it on principles of “social justice” and social engineering. Immigrates from less wealthy countries had a right to come here and get their “fair share”. It also helped to effectuate the Progressive /globalist belief that sovereign nations were a thing of the past i.e., borders are meaningless as is national identify.

By flooding America with immigrants without the means or ability to provide for themselves , a corner stone of all prior immigration policy, it facilitated a transfer of wealth in the form of welfare benefits to the aliens and public services including providing education and remittance by them #sending money to their home country# thereby economically straining America.

There has been more than a financial cost to allowing #facilitating# the invasion of illegal aliens in this country. Since September 11, 2001 there has been over 100,00 U.S. citizen and legal permanent residents that have been slaughter inside the U.S. by illegal aliens. That is equivalent to three 9-11 attacks per year. More U.S. citizens have dies than in all wars since the 19oos.
McCain and Graham and the rest of the gang-of-eight have blood on their hands.

Another lie that is told including by McCain this morning is that there are about 11 million illegals in this country. The Americana Legion in 2007 put the number at about 21.2 million. Now the number is closer to 30 million. That is almost 9% of our population. It was estimated that had the 2007 Act passed that through chain immigration within a decade we could have another 80 million immigrates. That is almost 25% of the population.
Yes indeed Obama and the rest of the globalist like McCain and Graham want to fundamentally transform this country and the world one illegal at a time.

Note : Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham were the architects behind the citizen detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 which gutted over half our Bill of Rights and declared American to be a “battle field”.

For more information see:
1. The American Legion Policy on Illegal Immigration: A Strategy to Address Illegal Immigration in the United States #Excellent primer on all aspects of the issue.#
2. A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border PREPARED BY THE MAJORITY STAFF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITYSUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Chairman #2006#
3. https://operationbodycount.com/ #Including regarding number of citizen killed by illegals.#
4. https://www.firecoalition.com/
5. https://theintolerableacts.org/ #Regarding the National Defense Authorization Act.#

Winter Weather is Back

weather map 4-9 13
Today
–A chance of rain showers before 3pm, then a chance of snow. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 28 by 5pm. Very windy, with a south southeast wind 9 to 14 mph becoming north northwest 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight A chance of rain and snow before 11pm, then a chance of freezing rain and sleet between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of snow and sleet after 3am. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 23 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday A 10 percent chance of snow before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Wind chill values as low as 4. Breezy, with a north northwest wind around 23 mph.

Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight.

Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph.

Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Schwaller IV: Art Funding Uncertain

SCHWALLER ARTS ADVOCATEHenry Schwaller IV, chair of Kansas Citizens for the Arts and a member of the Hays City Commission has sent a letter to the state’s art advocates on the recent state legislative session.
Schwaller wrote, “The Kansas Legislature completed the regular session on Friday and will be on break until May.  Legislators adjourned without reaching a final agreement on the budget and taxes.
House budget negotiators accepted the Senate’s position on arts funding that adds language to directs any remaining – or unspent – funds for the Creative Arts Industries Commission that was appropriated for FY 2013 to be reappropriated for FY 2014. The House did not consider the language in their version of the budget. Since the House has accepted the Senate’s position, the Senate’s language will be added in the final version of the negotiated budget bill.
Once the final negotiated budget bill is crafted it will be sent to both chambers for a vote of approval. However, this vote will not take place until the legislators return in May. Also since there is still no agreement in the major tax plan it is uncertain how that will impact the overall budget picture. As of now it is a waiting game until May to see the final decision.”
Last year Schwaller was voted Kansas Arts Advocate of the year,  the first person to receive the award.   Kansas Citizen for the Arts was founded in 1990.

 

Breakfast With Local Legislators

EggsIssueslogoThe Hays Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the second of three Eggs & Issues Legislative Forums  nest Saturday, April 13 at 8:30 a.m. at the Sternberg Museum, 3000 Sternberg Drive.

Sponsored by AT& T, The Eggs & Issues Legislative Forums are a series of meetings with state legislators that provide area residents the opportunity to learn more about legislative issues.

Legislators present at the forum will be Senator Ralph Ostmeyer, R-Grinnell,  representing the 40th District; Representatives Sue Boldra, R-Hays, from the 111th District; and Travis Couture-Lovelady, R-Palco, from the 110th District.

A light breakfast will be served prior to the beginning of the forum.  The event is free, however RSVPs are requested.  RSVP to the Chamber office by calling 628-8201 or emailing [email protected].

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