The Hays Larks got their final tuneup before the NBC World Series Tuesday night at Larks Park and rout a group of former Larks players 18-3.
The alumni scored three in the fourth to pull within a run but the Larks answer with seven in the bottom of the inning. Taylor Peterson hit a two-run homer in Hays four-run sixth.
The Larks open play at the NBC World Series Saturday night at seven against the Case Grande (AZ) Cotton Kings. You can hear the game on KAYS (1400-AM) and www.hayspost.com beginning around 6:45pm.
Tuesday night at the NBC World Series… El Dorado advanced to the winner’s bracket final with a 4-0 win over the San Diego Waves and Liberal stayed alive with a 7-2 win over the Kansas Alumni. The Bee Jays play Wednesday at 1pm while the Broncos are back in action at 7pm Wednesday. A win advances El Dorado to the Championship Week which starts on Friday.
First Care Clinic has received a grant from the Kansas Immunization Program to provide uninsured adults (ages 19-26) the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine.
This is a project to increase the number of uninsured men and women ages 19-26, who are fully immunized against the Human Papillomavirus, to reduce the incidence of cervical, oral and anal cancers and HPV infections. Adults interested in the vaccine should contact the First Care Clinic to visit with the Patient Care Coordinator at 785-621-4990.
The First Care Clinic is a federally funded community health center, providing non-emergency medical services for people of all ages, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. They are the only facility in the area that houses general medical care, mental health services, and general dentistry, all under one roof.
First Care Clinic is staffed by a physician/medical director, advanced practice registered nurses, two dentists and dental hygienists.
(AP) — A Kansas-based medical transport service that has had three deadly helicopter crashes in Oklahoma since 2010 says it has advanced to a higher level of a voluntary federal safety program.
Wichita, Kan.-based EagleMed LLC announced Tuesday it has entered the second level of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Safety Management System. The company says it has been working with the FAA for more than 18 months on the process that is designed as a higher standard for safety in air medical transport services.
The company’s third deadly crash happened last month when a patient died after a medical helicopter crashed near the Choctaw National Health Care Center in Talihina in southeastern Oklahoma.
Two other double-fatality EagleMed helicopter crashes happened in Oklahoma City in February and near Kingfisher in 2010.
Multi year average Click on the picture for a closer look at the numbers
July 25, 2013
Ellis County Extension – Wheat Plot Results
With the 2013 wheat harvest a memory now, it is already time for farmers to plan for sowing the next crop. Wheat seed can be kept back for planting of the next crop, but new seed is also purchased periodically in an effort to reduce seed borne diseases and to improve genetics for yield and disease prevention.
To state the obvious–the drought is still hovering over a good bit of Kansas and the wheat yields reflected that to some extent this year. For instance continuous crop wheat (wheat after wheat) or wheat after another crop only yielded from 10 to 20 bushels per acre in Ellis County. The summer fallow wheat meaning the ground has laid idle for a year or more with no crop grown on it did much better. Those yields ranged anywhere from 35 to 55 bushels/ac, probably a majority of it yielding between 40 to 50 bushels/ac in Ellis County. Overall considering the lack of precipitation and some hot and windy days at grain fill time, test weights were respectable with the county average hovering just under 60 lb. test weight. When wheat is moisture stressed it actually will be of higher protein which is also what the elevators reported this year with the average being about 12.8% protein.
Each year I get questions from farmers wanting to know what wheat varieties are performing (yielding) well. So I like to refer to the K-State Research & Extension western Kansas experiment stations results and to the local test plot, as well as other plots that might be in the area.
In looking at the 2012 & 13 KSU Western Kansas experiment station results and the county plot there are several Hard Red varieties that are not being grown in this area that growers may want to keep an eye on in the future for replacement seed. Byrd & Brawl CL Plus (CSU), Iba (OSU), Denali (CSU & KSU), LCS Mint (Limagrain), WB-Cedar (WestBred), WB4458, and WB-Grainfield. A new Hard White variety Antero from CSU yielded quite well this year and Clara CL (KSU) also had good yields in western Kansas.
Some of the more familiar varieties that are being grown in the area that are still yielding well are Winterhawk (WestBred), T 158 (Limagrain). TAM 111 (AgriPro) and TAM 112 (Whatley Seed) are consistently at or above average as well as PostRock (AgriPro). Note that several of these varieties do not have a very good foliar disease package and may warrant spraying a fungicide if foliar diseases are present during the growing season.
Below are the results of the 2013 No-till Wheat Variety test plot in Ellis County located about 2.5 miles north of I-70 and Victoria exit. I would encourage growers to also look at the K-State Experiment Station wheat performance results at www.ellis.ksu.edu and the printed results will soon be in the High Plains Journal. Also look at other county agent, and Coop plots.
A special thank you goes out to Leon & Norbert Kuhn and family (L & N Farming) for once again putting out the test plot!
AP) — A new program aims to deliver tips to new parents over their cell phones.
The Kansas Early Childhood Advisory Council and Kansas Project LAUNCH have awarded $40,000 in mini-grants to communities across the state. The money will help promote a texting campaign designed to provide parents with easy access to health information.
Project coordinator Cristi Cain says that the program’s key demographic is low-income mothers, who are active texters and are more likely to be reached that way.
Expecting mothers or new moms can sign up for the free service by texting “baby” to 511411 or “bebe” in Spanish. The messages will offer information aimed at the baby’s development up to the child’s first birthday.
Fifty-four Kansas counties are receiving funding to promote the effort.
(AP) — A federal judge has delayed the trial of three California residents accused of trying to steal nearly $83,000 worth of beef from a southwest Kansas slaughterhouse.
U.S. District Judge Monti Belot on Tuesday set the case for a jury trial beginning Nov. 12 in Wichita. Trial had previously been set for August.
An indictment charges 53-year-old Oganes Nagapetian; his 46-year-old wife, Larisa; and his 50-year-old brother, Tigran Nagapetian, with conspiracy to violate U.S. laws. All are from North Hollywood, Calif.
Prosecutors allege the three tried to steal a semi-load of processed beef in November 2011 from the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Holcomb by pretending to be legitimate freight haulers.
The government says meatpacking plants in Dodge City, Liberal, Holcomb and Garden City have been targeted in similar trucking schemes.
A motorcycle accident south of Hays on Tuesday night sent one man to a Wichita hospital.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Forty-eight year old Jason Drew O’Neal of Ness City was riding a 2005 Harley Davidson south on US 183, 11 miles south of Hays just before 10 p.m.
The motorcycle left the roadway, entered the west ditch at a high rate of speed and came to a stop in the field. He was transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
(AP) — University of Kansas researchers have received a $1.2 million grant to test whether an iPad voice output application can help children with autism.
The researchers will train preschoolers with autism and their classmates to use the app. The researchers want to determine whether the technology can improve their deficits in communication, social reciprocity and play skills.
The four-year study will be led by Kathy Thiemann-Bourque, a University of Kansas assistant research professor at the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project in Kansas City, Kan.
She says many young children with autism have complex communication needs but do not develop functional speech. She has examined both peer training and direct teaching strategies to increase social communication between children with autism and their classmates without disabilities.
Fort Hays State University’s M.B.A. program abroad has landed a spot in MBAprograms.org’s article “10 MBA Programs for Studying Abroad in China” by Joe Taylor Jr.
The article lists 10 programs within the United States that allow fellowships to China, along with brief descriptions of the programs themselves. Schools are introduced in the article as “10 of today’s compelling global MBA programs that can help students learn to solve problems and build connections, reaching beyond cultural and political boundaries.”
Among schools such as Vanderbilt, the University of Southern California and Northwestern University, FHSU’s M.B.A. program, says Taylor, “offers students the opportunity to immerse themselves in Chinese culture and build networks of influence during their graduate school career.”
FHSU’s program consists of a select group of students who can complete one year in Hays followed by a graduate teaching assistantship in China the next year. Afton Krien, a graduate student who traveled to China through the program in fall 2010, said she gained understanding of a culture “very different from ours.”
“The only way you will ever begin to truly understand another culture is by living it, and although we were almost always around other Westerners and had some of the amenities that we do in the U.S., it is still a different world,” she said.
Grant Huck served as a GTA in China the spring and fall of 2010 and again in spring 2011. The partnership and travel opportunity sparked his interest in FHSU’s M.B.A. program.
“I knew this chance wouldn’t present itself anywhere else,” said Huck. “To be a part of a structured M.B.A. program that allowed me the chance to earn my M.B.A. while having the professional experience of teaching our undergraduate coursework was something I would have regretted had I passed it over.”
Since the program’s initiation in 2008, approximately 30 M.B.A. students from FHSU have traveled to China as GTAs. Concentrations for the M.B.A. that can be fulfilled in China are finance, healthcare management, sports management, human resources management, information assurance, international business, leadership studies, management information systems, marketing, tourism and hospitality management, or the general M.B.A.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced today the nomination of Joshua Ney as Kansas Securities Commissioner.
Ney currently serves as the interim Securities Commissioner. He joined the Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner in 2011 as a Special Assistant Attorney General and Policy Staff Attorney.
“The combination of Josh’s leadership skill and prosecutorial experience as an attorney makes him an excellent choice to lead the Office of the Securities Commissioner,” said Governor Brownback. “I am glad to welcome him to our team.”
Ney’s previous experience includes serving on the Kansas Human Rights Commission and as First Assistant County Attorney in Jefferson County, Kansas. His history of public service includes working as county counselor in Jefferson County and as city attorney for the city of Linwood. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern College in Minnesota and his Juris Doctorate, with honors, from Washburn School of Law.
“I am honored to have this opportunity to serve the people of Kansas,” Ney said. “I look forward to continuing to advance our mission of protecting and informing Kansas investors.”
The appointment will require confirmation by the Kansas Senate.
Catalyst Artificial Lift LLC, a Gainesville, Texas-based manufacturer and wholesaler of oilfield reciprocating rod pumps, announced today the purchase of a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Iola.
The expansion of Catalyst’s Kansas operations will allow the company to grow from 22 existing positions in Allen County to 120 total employees during the next five years.
“Catalyst is very excited to move its manufacturing operations into a significantly larger space in Iola,” said Bruce Jendusa, Catalyst Artificial Lift president. “This will enable Catalyst to increase production of its existing downhole pump products and expand its downhole pump product offering.”
Allen County was designated as Rural Opportunity Zones county in 2013. Catalyst’s expansion project is the largest job announcement in the county since Russell Stover announced construction of a new plant in Iola in 1994.
“Our state and local partners have worked seamlessly to make this deal a reality,” said Allen County Commission chairman Dick Works. “The Kansas Department of Commerce, city of Iola and Iola Industries have all been excellent partners in this recruitment effort, and we are very proud to see this project come to our county.”
Phillipsburg resident, Roy O. Bretton, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 71.
He was born January 25, 1942 in Kirwin, KS the son of Mavor O. & Ethel Ann (Smith) Bretton. Roy was a truck driver for most of his life.
Roy was preceded in death by his father; sister, Lila Bretton; and grandchildren, Shelby Jarvis & Taylor Hohlstein.
Survivors include his 2 daughters, Kerri Bouchard & husband, John and Mindi Crain, both of Phillipsburg; his son, Tracy Bretton & wife, Michelle of Plainville; his mother, Ethel Bretton of Phillipsburg; 13 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Ralph, of McCook, NE and Rex, of Phillipsburg; and sister, Luella Snyder of Ness City, KS.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 2, 2013 in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Joel Hiesterman officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Phillipsburg.
Roy will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday with the family receiving friends Thursday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for visitation.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Roy O. Bretton Memorial Fund.
Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd Street, Phillipsburg, Kansas 67661 is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.olliffboeve.com.
The Kansas Historical Society announced that Kansas has been awarded additional funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue its participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). The Historical Society will digitize an additional 100,000 pages of Kansas newspapers, dating from 1854 – 1922.
Launched in 2005, NDNP is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress to provide enhanced access to U.S. Newspapers.The Chronicling America website currently has over six million pages published between 1836 and 1922 from 32 states and the District of Columbia.
The Hays Free Press. June 13, 1908
Kansas was brought into the program in 2009 and has since digitized over 200,000 pages from 45 titles published in every region of the state. The selected titles cover Kansas territory and the Civil War, cow towns, the Exoduster movement, temperance, and the Populist and Progressive eras. These titles can be found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.
To track the progress of the digitization of Kansas newspapers, visit kshs.org/16126.
