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Month: July 2013

This week at Hays Rec

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Deadline Wednesday GazetteHRC

Welcome to this week’s edition of Deadline Wednesday Gazette.

Here you will find information about deadlines and other exciting things going on at the Hays Recreation Commission!

Please feel free to e-mail us with comments, questions or concerns.

We love to hear from you!

SUMMER SLAM

GNARLY NEON 5K COLOR RUN

Join us August 17th for a colorful morning!! SIGN UP AT GNARLYNEON5K.COM!

DEADLINES FOR JULY 31ST

If a class is full PLEASE put your name on the waiting list. We always do our best to accommodate everyone so if you are not on the waiting list and we add an additional class you will miss out!

BABY TAS (0-2 YEAR OLDS)

ROCK YOUR BABY SOCKS

Explore the world of music and movement with your child in this fast paced class of singing, clapping, wiggling and shaking. Instruments, scarves, body motions and parachute play will keep active babies & toddlers and adults moving, playing and interacting together.

Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: $5.00

Held on: Wednesday’s – August 7 –21

Time: 10:45 – 11:15am

Ages: 12 – 18 months w/an adult

Location: Recreation Center

Limitations: Min. 5 Max. 10

PINT SIZE PAINTINGS

Are you afraid to let your little ones paint and get messy at home? Let them have the experience with us. All activities are with edible supplies.

Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: $5.00

Held on: Thursday’s – August 8 – 22

Time: 10:00 – 10:30am

Ages: 15 – 24 months w/ an adult

Location: Recreation Center

Limitations: Min. 5 Max. 10

TINY TAS (2-5 YEAR OLDS)

MYSTERY CLASS

Doesn’t your child love surprises? You won’t know what fun you’ll end up having in this mystery class. Will we be playing with scooters? Making crafts? Singing songs? Who knows! Be brave and come explore your options in this exciting new class!

Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: $10.00

Held on: Wednesday’s – August 7 – 28

Times: 9:30 – 10:30am

Ages: 2 – 3 w/adult

Location: Recreation Center

Limitations: Min. 5 Max. 10

SUPERHERO PARTY – NEW

Children will gather together to make crafts such as capes and masks. We will also do various superhero relays, games, and activities.

Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: $8.00

Held on: Tuesday’s – August 6 – 27

Times: 1:30 – 2:15pm

Ages: 3 – 5

Location: Recreation Center

Limitations: Min. 5 Max. 12

TWEEN TAS (5 & OLDER)

SCHOOL’S OUT

Come on out for a day of fun. Each day we have a full schedule of games, trips, crafts, cooking and trips to Centennial Lanes, Mini golf, Area Parks and Hays Aquatic Park. Space is limited so stop by the Hays Recreation to reserve your spot.

Entry Deadline: Wed. before each session

Entry Fee: $10.00 per session

Held on: Session 9: August 7 Beat the Heat

Times: 1:00 – 5:00pm

Ages: 6 – 12

Location: Recreation Center

Limitation: Min. 5 Max. 24

ADVANCED KNITTING

Learn how to read patterns and make slippers. You will need to bring to class knitting needles and 4 ounces of yarn.

Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: $25.00

Held on: Tuesday’s – August 6 & 13

Times: 7:00 – 8:30pm

Ages: 10 – 15

Location: Recreation Center

Limitations: Min. 3 Max. 6

Instructor: Deanna Newberry

ADULT LEISURE

KANINE KOLLEGE

Kanine Kollege will provide owners with information on traditional methods of socializing and training the family dog. Exercises taught during this six week class includes: heel on leash, sit, come, down and stay. There is a possibility that all of the exercises will not be covered depending on the progress of the class. Owners will be shown how to use positive reinforcement techniques to teach and enforce commands. Owners will be expected to work with their dogs between classes. The instructor will provide assistance to help teach owners how to train their dogs, not train the dogs for you. All owners must have vaccination records with them during the class.

Entry Deadline: Session 3: July 31

Entry Fee: $25.00 per dog per session

Held on: Session 3: Sunday’s – August 4 – 25

Times: 6:30 – 7:30pm

Ages: Human: 16 & older, Dog: 6 months old & older

Location: Recreation Center front parking lot

Limitations: Min. 5 dogs Max. 10 dogs

Equipment Needed: 4 – 6 Foot Leash & Choke Collar

Instructor: Johanna Musgrove

ADVANCED KNITTING

Learn how to read patterns and make slippers. You will need to bring to class knitting needles and 4 ounces of yarn.
Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: $25.00

Held on Tuesday’s – August 6 & 13

Times: 7:00 – 8:30pm

Ages: 16 & older

Location: Recreation Center

Limitations: Min. 3 Max. 6

Instructor: Deanna Newberry

WELLNESS

SUMMER SLAM TRIATHLON

The Hays Recreation Commission, in conjunction with Sara Kay Carrell of Wild Within, and Papa Murphy’s Take ‘n’ Bake Pizza, is proud to offer our fourth annual Summer Slam Triathlon. This event consists of a 400 meter swim, 12 mile bike ride, and a 5k run/walk. All participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt. Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each division (divisions set based on registrations).

Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: $18.00, $22.00 entry fee after July 31

Held on: Saturday, August 3

Times: Registration starts at 8:15am, Event begins at 9:00am

Location: Hays Aquatic Park

ACTIVELY 55

IPAD KNOW HOWS – NEW

Do you have question about your ipod? After a simple setup, you will be communicating with others worldwide, or read books, looking at photos or search the family tree, or play games or watching movies. With a few simple answers you will understand it all.

Entry Deadline: July 31

Entry Fee: Free

Held on: Friday, August 2

Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm

Ages: 55 & older

Depart from: Recreation Center

Limitations: Min. 5 Max. 15

UPCOMING DEADLINES

August 7th

Chicken Foot

Fire Station Tour

Hell Creek on Heels Trail Race 10k or 5k

Little Sparks

Mom’s Morning Out – Ocean

Music Sparks Sharing – Machines that Go

Washington Trip

State Dems name new Caucus Co-Chair

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KDP Chair Joan Wagnon announced this week that Cecilia Ysaac-Belmares of Kansas City, Kansas will serve the Kansas Democratic Party as the KDP Hispanic

Cecilia Ysaac-Belmares
Cecilia Ysaac-Belmares

Caucus Co-Chair. Ysaac-Belmares currently serves as both Vice Chair of the Wyandotte County Democratric Party and as Secretary of the KDP’s Third District.

“The Kansas Democratic Party has long enjoyed a strong and productive relationship with the divergent and growing Kansas Latino community,” KDP Chair Joan Wagnon said. “We are confident that Cecilia’s experience as a community advocate and small businesswoman will help deepen and strengthen the bonds that connect Latino Kansans and the KDP.”

A life long resident of Wyandotte County and graduate of the University of Kansas, Cecilia serves as a Commissioner for the Kansas Hispanic & Latino American Affairs Commission. She maintains ties to her community through her membership in MANA de Kansas City, her role as the University of Kansas Medical Center Community Advisor on Latino Health and Research Projects, and participation in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas Sister Cities program. Cecilia enjoys spending time with her intergenerational family made up of her husband, two children, and father, while still finding time as an entrepreneur and Freelance Interpreter managing an Interpreting and Translation service.

“Community and public service are two values I have long believed in,” said Ysaac-Belmares. “Those values are shared by the Kansas Democratic Party and will guide me in my work as co-chair of the KDP’s Hispanic Caucus. I am excited to start crafting common sense solutions based on the shared beliefs of all Kansans to help make Kansas the best state to live, to work, and to raise a family.”

 

Driver injured when car leaves I-70 and hits Tree

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A driver’s car left I-70 and hit a tree in a Friday accident. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Seventy-five year old Karl K Leiker of Westfield, Massachusetts was KHPdriving a 2013 Chrysler 4-door passenger car eastbound on I-70, a half mile west of K-156.

The vehicle left the roadway and traveled southeast down an embankment, crossed the culvert and hit a tree where it spun around and landed facing Northwest. Leiker was transported to the hospital in Salina. He was wearing a seat belt.

Teen’s body recovered from river

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(AP) — The second of two teenagers who disappeared in a southeast Kansas river has been found dead.Drown 001

The Montgomery County sheriff’s office says crews recovered the body of 16-year-old Steven Whittley in the Verdigris River shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday.

Whittley and 16-year-old Bo Miesner were swept beneath a low-water dam near Coffeyville while swimming Wednesday evening.

Whittley dove into the water to try to save his friend but was also pulled under. Rescuers arrived in time to pull Miesner from the river, but he died at a Wichita hospital.

Both boys were from Independence.

Prevention Grant for Hays Clinic

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first care clnicFirst Care Clinic in Hays is one of 15 medical clinics across the state to receive a grant for improving preventative services.

The funding, $235,000 total, comes from the Kansas Health Foundation in Wichita. The clinics will receive between $10,000 and $20,000 each, determined by the number of patients each served in 2012.  ks health foundation logo

First Care Clinic will get the maximum, $20,000.

“Kansas ‘safety net clinics ‘ do a tremendous job of providing care under challenging conditions,” says Steve Coen, chief executive of the Kansas Health Foundation, a major fund-provider to the Kansas Health Institute.  “We’re pleased to help these clinics expand and strengthen their ability to provide client services designed to prevent illnesses before they occur.”kansas health institute

Check the Gas Prices around Hays

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Need to fuel up for a road trip?  Here are the latest gas prices around Hays.

Gas prices around Hays. Click on the picture for a closer look.
Latest Gas prices around Hays. Click on the picture for a closer look.

Average Cost To Fuel A Vehicle With a 15 Gallon Tank: $54.30

Last Week: $54.04 Last Month: $51.32 6 Months Ago: $48.41 Last Year: $52.20

Former Kansas cheer coach sentenced for sex with girls

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A former Wichita cheer coach has been ordered to spend at least 42 years in prison for having sexual relations with four young girls.Well-Lee

Twenty-nine-year-old Timothy Wells-Lee was convicted in April on 10 counts involving girls age 12 to 14 whom he coached at Wichita cheer academies between 2006 and 2008.

Wells-Lee was sentenced Friday in Sedgwick County District Court to life plus 20 years, with a chance of parole after 25 years. The judge structured the sentence in such a way that Wells-Lee could not be paroled until he’s in his 70s.

Wells-Lee requested a minimum sentence, telling the judge he’s not a threat to society. The girls also spoke Friday, with one telling Wells-Lee he had ruined her life.

 

Big Second Inning Lifts Hays Monarchs to Berth In American Legion State Tournament

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The Hays Monarchs used a four-run second inning to build a 5-0 lead Friday night and defeat the Lincoln County Hawks 7-1 in the Zone 6 title game in Lincoln. The victory improves the Monarchs to 18-13 and advances them to the AA American Legion State Tournament next week in Pratt.

Taylor Rome gets the complete game victory, allowing an unearned run on six hits while striking out seven and walking none. His two-run single in the second put the Monarchs up 3-0. They also scored on a Braiden Werth ground out and a Ryan Schippers double. Werth drove in three despite not recording a hit.

Cameron Brin went 3-for-4 and scored three runs.

Ellis American Legion Wins Twice, Forces Second Title Game

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The Ellis American Legion won twice on Friday to force a second and decisive title game at the Goodland American Legion Zone Tournament. Ellis defeated Ulysses 17-2 in four innings to advance to the finals then beat Colby 5-3 to force the second title game Saturday at 2pm. The winner advances to the AA state tournament next week in Pratt.

Game 1: Ellis 17, Ulysses 2 (4 innings)
Will Crabill fires a no-hitter, walking three and striking out four in three innings of work.

Ellis scored 17 runs on 14 hits. Brandon Bollig and Cadyn McCoy both went 3-for-3 with a walk. Cole Pfeifer was 2-for-3. Koltyn Ratliff had two doubles, Dylan Winter and Conner Frame each had one.

Game 2: Ellis 5, Colby 3
Ellis scored two in the third and had a 4-1 lead after 5 1/2 innings. Colby scored in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 4-2. Ellis answered with a run in the top of the seventh. Colby loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the inning and scored a run but that would be it.

Brandon Bollig gets the win, allowing five hits while striking out five and walking two.

Cadyn McCoy went 3-for-4 at the plate while Scott Pfeifer had a triple.

Police using facebook to help find a missing Kansas teen

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Police in Hutchinson are using facebook to help them find a missing teenager.  On their facebook page today Hutchinson Police wrote, “A Child is Screen Shot 2013-07-26 at 10.03.40 PMmissing alert has been sent out. Madison Jamie Buehler is missing. She is a fourteen year old white female described as being 5’07” and 180 lbs with blond hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing grey shirt and blue jeans in the area of 25th and Halstead. If you have information of where she might be or have seen her, please call us at 694-2834.”  –Lt Pickard #187

No photo of the teenager has been released

Hays Woman Leads National March

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Lou Ann Kibbee, Hays, leads the NCIL march to the national capitol Thursday.
Lou Ann Kibbee, Hays, leads the NCIL march to the national capitol Thursday.

A Hays woman leads a national march Thursday in Washington,  D-C.

Lou Ann Kibbee manages the SKIL Independent Living office in Hays.  She is also the Board Vice President of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).  Kibbee is attending the annual NCIL Conference this week.

Attendees marched to the U-S Capitol, then held a rally on the lawn by the reflecting pool with speakers including members of Congress and disability rights advocates.

Kibbee and other Kansas participants met with Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran.

“Our priority message is to support bipartisan passage of the WIA bill, ” says Kibbee.  As originally introduced, the Workforce Investment Act, consolidates 35 existing federal workforce programs.

Kibbee plans to run for President of the National County on Independent Living board.

 

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