Kansas Music Educators Association Vice President Craig Manteuffel, Director of Bands at Hays High School has been selected by NAfME and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to attend the National Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network Symposium in Arlington, Virginia this weekend.
Only 3 people were chosen from the National Music Educators Association, for this opportunity. 
The Hays High boys golf team finished seventh with a 331 at the McPherson Invitational at the Turkey Creek Golf Course.
Payton Ruder was the only top-15 finisher for the Indians coming in fifth after shooting a 77.
Other scores Kaden Beilman 81, Nathan Rome 85, Ryan Unruh 88, Cash Hobson 88, Chase Lynd 89, and Lane Clark 91
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Thursday officially announced numerous appointments to boards and commissions.
“I appreciate the willingness of these Kansans to share their time and talents improving the State of Kansas,” Governor Brownback said. Those appointments included Dr. Curt Brungardt of Hays to the Governor’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board
Curtis Brungardt is being appointed to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Dr. Brungardt received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Political Science from Fort Hays State University, and he went on to earn his doctorate of Philosophy from Kansas State University. He currently serves as the Voss Distinguished Professor of Leadership Studies and Director of the Center for Civic Leadership at Fort Hays State University.
Executive Order 04-11 was signed in 2004 establishing the 14-member Governor’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board. The Board is charged with reviewing all adult domestic violence-related fatalities in Kansas, describing trends and patterns regarding the facts and circumstances of these fatalities, recommending improvements to prevent future fatalities and determining if adequate resources and trainings are in place for those who respond to domestic violence crimes.
As a sharp, deep lee-side surface trough of low pressure moves toward the Kansas border from the Colorado Rockies, the south winds will increase to 15 to 25 mph after sunrise, then become even stronger by noon. South winds will howl at 25 to 35 mph this afternoon. Relative humidities will fall to below 15 percent this afternoon west of a line from Lakin to Moscow. A Red Flag warning is posted there from 2 pm to 9 pm CDT. The fire danger will be elevated and outdoor burning is not recommended. Shower and thunderstorm chances begin Sunday morning, peak on Monday night, but continue through Wednesday.
Friday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Windy, with a south wind 8 to 18 mph increasing to 19 to 29 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Windy, with a south wind 17 to 25 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 14 to 23 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. North northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 66.
Kansas legislators are making slow progress on two gun measures that are expected to win approval from solid gun-rights majorities in the House and Senate.
Votes on the bills had been expected Thursday, but members spent much of the day drafting and reviewing final versions. House and Senate leaders now expect final action Friday.
One bill declares that the federal government has no power to regulate guns, ammunition and accessories that are made, sold and kept exclusively in Kansas. The measure would make it a felony for a federal agent to enforce restrictions on such items.
The other proposal would let public schools and state colleges arm employees with concealed weapons. Also, schools, colleges and local governments couldn’t ban concealed guns in buildings unless they had security measures in place.
Brad Paisley brings country’s past into the present using a sample of the late Country Music Hall of Fame member Roger Miller‘s 1964 hit “Dang Me” in his new song “Outstanding in Our Field.” He also recruited Dierks Bentley to contribute vocals, and Hunter Hayes plays guitar on the track which will be included on Brad’s new album, Wheelhouse, coming out next week.
Fans watching the ACM Awards will get to see this collaboration come to life on Sunday night’s show, and Roger will be in on the act too.
Brad tells ABC News Radio, “When we do it live, you’ll see in black and white Roger Miller behind me come up on the screen. You’ll see that on the ACMs this week, where there he is. He’s doing his line, and then Dierks comes in the next verse, and Hunter plays guitar and all this.”
Brad has always prided himself on being a steward of country music’s history, and he feels this collaboration takes that role to a new level.
“Now you really have the technological ability to not just build on the past and take all of these things I learned from Roger Miller being a fan, but I get to sing with him because of technology,” Brad explains.
There are some legal issues behind the scenes over whether or not Brad can actually sample Roger Miller’s records, but he says, “The copyright lawyers get to figure it all out. Which is fun, I don’t care.”
Brad Paisley hosts the ACM Fan Jam this Sunday night at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Portions of that show, including the performance of “Outstanding in Our Field,” will be shown on the ACM Awards broadcast on CBS starting that night at 8 Eastern.
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Big things were happening around Hays Thursday, thanks to the Fort Hays State University Student Government Association.
SGA Legislative Affairs Coordinator Chris Roberts says, “the ‘Big Event’ offers FHSU students the chance to give back to this community and say thanks for their support throughout the year.”
More than 250 student volunteers participated in several different service projects, including interior paintwork at ACCESS Transportation headquarters, reading to elementary school students, and working in the Victor E. Garden on campus.
In 1982, Texas A&M University started the Big Event as a way to say thank you to the community. Other schools have adopted the same idea, including Fort Hays State, now in its third year.
Blake Shelton has scored his second #1 debut on Billboard‘s Country Albums chart with Based on a True Story. That set sold 199,000 copies according to Nielsen Soundscan, giving Blake his best first-week sales numbers ever. Based on a True Story also debuts at #3 on the overall Billboard 200 chart.
Look for Blake and a few friends to perform “Boys ‘Round Here,” the lead single from Based on a True Story, to open this Sunday night’s ACM Awards on CBS. He’s co-hosting the show with Luke Bryan.
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TOPEKA, KAN. – A Topeka woman has been charged with trying to pick up a seven-pound package of methamphetamine at a post office, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Submitted by R.D. Fry
Tim Huelskamp was the guest speaker at the Patriots Freedom Alliance monthly meeting on Tuesday April 2, 2013 in Hutchinson KS. His speaking was more of a pretext for the good members of the PFA to present him with an award for and to express their sincere appreciation of the Congressman’s steadfast support of conservative principles.
I was invited to the event and under orders from the Patriot Coalition’s (PC) National Director to attend. The PC has been following the Congressman since his opposition to the citizens detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. He was only one of a handful who did so. The only Congressperson from Kansas to do so.
Congressman Huelskamp spoke sincerely but frankly about the situation he faces in (and we face from) Washington. I think for the most part he simply confirmed what most Kansans already know at some level. One could not help but feel his frustration and perhaps a hint of sadness.
The Executive Branch is not letting Congress know about what it is doing militarily. Imagine your Congressman having to find out from the news that the U.S. military was attacking Libya. Imagine the Executive not telling Congress if it had active military excursions into other areas of the world. Imagine its refusal to explain why it has purchased 1.6 billon rounds of operational (versus training) ammunition for homeland use over the last two years. (This is over a three hundred year supply.) Then there are the fiscal issues…very, very big fiscal issues.
As most informed patriots know Congressman Huelskamp paid a price for defending our Bill of Rights and being a fiscal hawk. He along with three other Congressmen were removed from their key committee appointments by Republican House Speaker Boehner and his henchmen. The only common factor between Huelskamp and Justin Amash (Michigan), Walter Jones (North Carolina) and David Schweikert (Arizona) was that they all have resisted the citizen detention provisions of the NDAA and they are all fiscal hawks.
Before the elitists / globalist Republican leadership started to recreate the GOP in a “moderate” image these were key principles of Republicans. Now they are key principles of conservatives but the Republicans are quickly abandoning them. The GOP’s new motto might well be reflected in Boehner’s statement “we are sent here not to be something, but to do something…” Apparently they are not sent to be “conservatives” but to comprise conservative principles.
I think the PFA and the Big One Tea Party of Hays as with most First District citizens are proud that Congressman Tim Huelskamp does stand and stand steady for something called conservative values. One could feel the admiration and pride coming from the crowd Tuesday.
Since the NDAA 2012 was passed Huelskamp and only a handful of Congressman have sought to fix these unconstitutional provisions that eviscerated over half of the bill of rights. He made our list. I was proud to present him with an certificate which read:
PATRIOT COALITION
TRUE SON OF LIBERTY
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
For upholding your oath of office to defend the Constitution of the United States,
for consistently voting against attacks on the Bill of Rights, for defending free-market principles and fiscal responsibility, and consistently demonstrating the admirable character traits of a true sun of liberty in the face of ongoing intolerable acts.
For the sake of Liberty,
Richard D. Fry
General Counsel
Patriot Coalition
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WICHITA, Kansas (AP) — A new clinic offering abortions and other medical services to women has opened in Wichita nearly four years after Dr. George Tiller was 
murdered.
The South Wind Women’s Clinic saw its first patient Thursday in the building where Tiller practiced. The building was purchased by the abortion rights group Trust Women Foundation.
The group’s spokeswoman, Kerry Townsend Jacob, cited privacy rights in declining to say whether its first patient, a Wichita woman, had an abortion or some other service.
The clinic opened uneventfully on Wednesday but did not have a patient scheduled until Thursday.
No abortions have been performed openly in Wichita since the death of Tiller, who was one of the nation’s few doctors performing late-term abortions. He was gunned down at his church by an anti-abortion zealot in May 2009.
A ton of TV, sports and music stars have signed on to present trophies at this Sunday’s ACM Awards in Las Vegas. Look for Reba to introduce the George Strait and Garth Brooks‘ joint tribute to the late Dick Clark. Jake Owen, Miranda Lambert, John Fogerty, Kacey Musgraves, Sheryl Crow and Scotty McCreery are also on the presenters list, along with a few stars from CBS shows including Vegas‘ Michael Chicklis, Beth Behrs of 2 Broke Girls, and The Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco.
Duck Dynasty stars Willie & Korie Roberts will present trophies too, along with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Media personalities Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier are also serving as presenters.
Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan co-host the 48th Annual ACM Awards Sunday night at 8 Eastern on CBS.
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