The Ellis American Legion scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Colby 3-2 in the zone tournament finals Saturday afternoon in Goodland. The win was the second straight over Colby and moves Ellis to the AA state tournament next week in Pratt.
Colby scored in the second than added an insurance run in the top of the seventh.
Ellis tallied their first run on a hit batter with the bases loaded. Nathan Frame stole home to tally the second run. They score the game winner off a rundown after the batter pulled back on a two-strike bunt attempt.
Authorities say a burgeoning domestic pot industry has transformed the potency of the weed now hitting the streets.
In the past, law enforcement says they mostly seized compressed marijuana bricks. Now they are mostly intercepting medical-grade, domestic marijuana.
A Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area study found busts involving Colorado weed were made last year in 23 states.
Information obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request shows the Kansas Highway Patrol made 468 felony drug trafficking arrests last year. The agency arrested 187 people during the first five months this year. Most of the pot seized came from Colorado.
Troopers also seized $4 million in cash last year, and $1.3 million during the first five months of this year.
You may have heard the bells ringing again at the Place of Meditation on the campus of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. A new carillon has been installed by the AMVETS (American Veterans) Memorial Carillon program. The previous carillon was damaged in a spring storm.
This type of Schulmerich electronic carillon, recently installed at the Place of Meditation, has many new features.
“We are grateful to the AMVETS organization for providing a new carillon for the Place of Meditation,” said Karl Weissenbach, Director. “The previous carillon had also been donated by the AMVETS, and we appreciate their continued support in providing this service. The bells toll every quarter hour during the daytime and patriotic songs play at 10 a.m., 12, 2 and 4 p.m. The new carillon has additional features allowing us to play special songs for holidays and special occasions.”
AMVETS has a proud history of assisting veterans and sponsoring numerous programs that serve our country and its citizens. One of these is its own carillon program to honor America’s deceased servicemen and women. Since 1949, when President Truman dedicated the first carillon at Arlington National Cemetery, this program has grown to encompass about 100 sites in the United States and overseas.
A carillon provides a “living memorial” — tolling bells that act as a constant reminder of the price of liberty. According to AMVETS, a carillon not only affirms that the sacrifices made by those who died were not in vain, but also serves to remind us of our legacy and of our debt to those who fought to preserve freedom throughout the world.
The Schulmerich company manufactures the carillons and partners with AMVETS. Since 1948, Schulmerich has installed more than 130 electronic carillons at AMVETS facilities around the world in support of their Memorial Carillon program.
(AP) — The cost of testing Kansas school children on new math and reading skills will be higher than what the state is currently paying, but education officials say
Dr. Diane DeBacker Kansas Commissioner of Education
the expense will be below some national estimates.
Kansas Department of Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker says that the new tests will be more expensive when the state assessments are aligned to the new Common Core standards in 2015.
The state spends about $4.6 million annually to give the current battery of tests to about 250,000 students a year. The change in the new tests will be their complexity and requiring students to write more.
DeBacker says the cost will be below the $11.2 million to $13.4 million estimate because Kansas won’t use all the services offered by test developers.
(AP) — A suspicious package that turned out to be trash caused a scare at a Topeka parade.
The Kansas Shrine Bowl Parade was rerouted Saturday morning after a paper bag was discovered inside a bin containing rental property ads.
Police Sgt. Byron Endsley says the person who found the neatly folded brown bag flagged down an officer. Authorities shut down a one-block area around the box while a bomb robot retrieved the package. Authorities suspect someone threw the trash in the rental property bin by mistake.
As of Friday 2013 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) had been notified of 321 cases of Cyclospora infection in residents of multiple states and one city, including
Cyclosporiasis cases notified to CDC, by state* Data subject to change. Click the map for a closer look
Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, Florida, New York City, Wisconsin, Georgia, Missouri, Arkansas, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Ohio. Illinois and Kansas have also notified CDC of one case each that may have been acquired out of state but in the United States.
Most of the illness onset dates have ranged from mid-June through early July.
At least 18 persons reportedly have been hospitalized in three states.
No food items have been implicated to date, but public health authorities are pursuing all leads. Previous outbreak investigations have implicated various types of fresh produce.
It is not yet clear whether the cases from all of the states are part of the same outbreak.
No common events (e.g., social gatherings) have been identified among the case patients.
Additional cases are currently under investigation and will be included on this page as states confirm them. Cases in this outbreak are defined as laboratory-confirmed Cyclospora infection in a person who became ill in June or July, 2013, and had no history of travel outside of the United States or Canada during the 14 days prior to onset of illness.
Two men were injured, one critically, in a head on crash Saturday morning in Hodgeman County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol Twenty-four year old Francisco J Erives-Maldanado of Jetmore was driving a 2007 Chevy pickup north on US 283. Jimmy G. McGuire of Glen Elder was driving a 2006 semi truck south bound on US 283.
The Chevy went left of center. The semi-truck made an avoidance maneuver. The Chevy struck the semi truck in the right front passenger side and the semi caught fire. McGuire was transported to the hospital in Jetmore. Erives-Maldanado was transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was not wearing a seat belt. McGuire was wearing a seat belt
Trey Herman’s remarkable run at the 103rd Kansas Amateur Championships at Indian Hills Country Club in Mission Hills came to an end in Saturday’s semifinals. After defeating Ryan Argotsinger 1 up in the quarterfinals, the current Fort Hays State and former Hays High standout lost 5 & 4 to Kapaun Mt. Carmel sophomore Sam Stevens. Herman, who was the top medalist after two rounds of stroke play earlier in the week, goes 4-1 in match play.
Herman carded a par and a bogey, losing each of the first two holes. Stevens, who won this spring’s 5A state title, was 4 up after eight and pushed the lead to 5 up after 12. Herman birdied 13 to make it 4 up, but Stevens birdie on 14 ended the match.
Herman had 14 pars, two bogeys and one birdie in his quarterfinal round win. He parred the first seven holes to go 1 up. A bogey on eight evened the match. It would stay all square until No. 10 when Argotsinger bogeyed. Herman won the 12th to go 2 up. A bogey on 16 pulled Argtosinger to 1 up. Both golfers parred 17 and 18 to give Herman the win.
(AP) — A Wichita police officer has rescued a 2-year-old boy from a fast-flowing Wichita creek.
Sgt. Bruce Watts says the boy was walking with his grandfather Friday when he slipped down a muddy hill and fell into Gypsum Creek.
The boy then became caught on a rock, face down in the 2½- to 3-foot water. With the help of people on the bank, Wichita police Officer Darren Sundquist was able to locate and pull out the submerged boy about 200 yards from where he fell in.
The fire department crews arrived a short time later and started doing compressions on the boy. Sundquist says the boy had “very, very good color within two minutes.”
The boy was rushed to a Wichita hospital and remains in critical condition.
(AP) — A Texas jury has begun deliberations in a case that pits breeders who clone horses against a pre-eminent registry that refuses to list cloned animals.
The federal court jury began deliberating late Friday. They will resume Monday.
Rancher Jason Abraham and veterinarian Gregg Veneklasen filed suit in 2012 against the American Quarter Horse Association. Registered animals are more valuable.
The case is being closely watched by other U.S. horse-breeding groups because it could set a precedent. Currently, no U.S. horse breeder groups allow cloned animals to be registered.
The plaintiffs’ attorney argues the association is running a monopoly that violates federal and state anti-trust laws.
The registry says it can set its own rules, and some members oppose cloning for moral reasons.
Book Review: Published as “Like This, For Ever” in the UK but listed as “Lost” in the HPL catalog ( author S.J.Bolton)
This thriller is actually the third book in the Lacey Flint series. I’d not read either of the prior books, but this book served well as a stand alone, as long as you accept that the characters have some history that you may not immediately understand.
Be warned; the plot is not for the faint of heart: young boys are being found murdered in London, and the police are on the hunt for a serial killer. The perspective shifts between Barney, a young boy whose friends want to hunt for the killer on their own and Lacey, a detective on extended leave. They live next door to each other, and as Barney’s suspicions about someone closest to him and Lacey’s obsession with following the case grow, they are drawn more deeply into a twisted plot.
Bolton’s writing is addictive, and I told myself, “Just one more page” through several chapters.
5 out of 5 stars.
Marleah Augustine is the Adult Department Librarian at the Hays Public Library
Listen to Mike Cooper interviewing Orthepedic Physician and Surgeon Dr. Gulraiz A. Cheema, from the Hays Orthopedic Institute at HaysMed by clicking the link below. Health Information Please Show 07-27-13
