Time is running out to see “Daughters of the Prairie.” The exhibit includes the work of acclaimed Kansas artists Kim Casebeer, Judity Mackey, Mary Binford Miller, & Cally Krallman. This exhibition runs through Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the Hays Arts
Center, 112 E. 11th
Month: September 2013
Police: Young man hit, killed by train
(AP) — Police says a train has struck and killed a man near the Winfield fairgrounds where a bluegrass festival is being held.
The Winfield Fire Department found the man’s body near the railroad tracks around 4:05 a.m. Saturday. Police Capt. Brett Stone said in a release that the discovery was made after a train-pedestrian accident was reported.
A police dispatch supervisor says the man was over 18 years old, but his exact age was not available.
Stone says the accident remains under investigation, and more information may be released early next week. The Walnut Valley Festival is going on at the fairgrounds this weekend.
This week at HPL
Library Events September 23-28
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT (YA) PROGRAM
Monday, Sept. 23
10:00 AM Storytime
11:00 AM Storytime
4:00 PM Games
4:00-4:40 PM Bal-A-Vis-X (Preregister at www.hayspublib.org or 785-625-5916)
6:30 PM Storytime
Tuesday, Sept. 24
10:00 AM Storytime
11:00 AM Storytime
3:30 PM Video Game League (YA)
4:00 PM Dace Fever
4:00 PM YA Writing Group (YA)
Wednesday, Sept. 25
10:00 AM Storytime
10:00 AM Hora De Leer en Espanol
10:45 AM Lapsit
3:30 PM Wavering Wednesdays (YA)
4:00 PM Whoa! Did You See That? Science Experiments
4:00 – 4:40 PM Bal-A-Vis-X (preregister at www.hayspublib.org or 785-625-591)
Thursday, Sept. 26
10:00 AM Storytime
11:00 AM Digital Storytime
3:30 PM Make-n-Take
4:00 PM Art Start: Falling Leaves
Friday, Sept. 27
10:00 AM Cre-8-tive Moments: Bal-A-Vis-X
4:00 PM Chess Club
ADULT PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Monday, Sept. 23
5:30 PM Book Club on Location: Syria
Tuesday, Sept. 24
6:00 PM Budgeting Workshop
6:00 PM Learning How to Line Dance II
Wednesday, Sept. 25
12:00 PM Feed and Film
6:00 PM Mindfulness & Meditation
Thursday, Sept. 26
6:00 PM Creative Writing Group
6:00 PM Computer Class
Friday, Sept. 27
6:30 PM Magic the Gathering (All Ages Welcome)
Saturday, Sept. 28
8:00 AM Fall Bird Walk in Frontier Park
2:00 PM Crafternoon: Infinity Scarves
Colorado flood update: Some highways reopen
(AP) — Colorado transportation officials have reopened eight state highways in recent days in the aftermath of powerful floods.
The Colorado Department of Transportation also planned to choose emergency contractors soon to begin work on mountain corridors where passage is now limited. CDOT says six state highways in northern Colorado were reopened Saturday after cleanup and repairs. Another two were open Friday.
The Red Cross says 250 people were in shelters Saturday. More than a 1,000 were in shelters at the height of the disaster last week. The number of people unaccounted for was 60 and decreasing.
FEMA has distributed $12.3 million in aid, with most going to housing needs.
2 adults arrested in death of child
(AP) — Two adults have been arrested in the abuse of an 8-month-old Junction City child who died.
The child was brought to the emergency room at Geary Community Hospital on Sept. 15. The child then was transported to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., with major injuries. Police later learned that the child had died. Stay tuned to Eagle Radio and Check Hays Post for more information as it becomes available.
Big First Half Carries No. 3 NW Missouri State Past FHSU
Northwest Missouri State scored on five of their first six possessions, racing out to a 42-7 halftime lead and beat the Fort Hays State Tigers 49-14 in front of 3,523 at Lewis Field Saturday night. It’s the Bearcats have now won 10-straight over the Tigers and improve to 3-0 and 2-0 in the MIAA. FHSU drops to 0-3 overall and in the MIAA.
Chris Brown Postgame Press Conference
Shane Smith / Andre Smith Postgame Interviews
Game Highlights
After forcing Northwest to punt on their first possession, Northwest scored on their next five possessions. Running back Billy Creason scored three rushing touchdowns and quarterback Trevor Adams threw one touchdown pass and backup Brady Bolles threw two.
The Tigers scored on a four yard touchdown run from quarterback Treveon Albert to make the score 21-7. Edward Smith added a 10 yard run at 8:34 of the third quarter.
Albert completed 14 of 22 passes for 158 yards with no interceptions. Running back Andre Smith rushed for 107 yards on 16 carries as the Tigers tallied a season-high 365 yards of total offense.
Kansas kicks La Tech
(AP) – Walk-on kicker Matt Wyman hit a 52-yard field goal with no time left, sending Kansas to a 13-10 victory over Louisiana Tech on Saturday and ending a 22-
game losing streak against teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Jake Heaps threw for 279 yards and a touchdown for the Jayhawks (2-1), who hadn’t defeated another FBS team since beating Northern Illinois on Sept. 10, 2011. James Sims added 78 yards rushing, while Tony Pierson had nine catches for 82 yards.
Louisiana Tech (1-3) was poised to score the go-ahead touchdown with when it marched to the Kansas 18 with 1:33 left. Kenneth Dixon got the carry and was fighting for extra yardage when the ball popped loose inside the 5-yard line, and the Jayhawks’ Keon Stowers recovered it.
The Bulldogs also lost a fumble inside the 5 earlier in the fourth quarter.
That gave Kansas the ball back with just enough time for Heaps to get the Jayhawks in position for Wyman, who was cut from the team last year, to kick the game-winning field goal.
Dixon finished with 129 yards rushing for the Bulldogs. Ryan Higgins threw for 289 yards and a touchdown in place of starter Scotty Young, who missed the game with bruised ribs.
The first half was ugly on just about every account. The teams combined to miss three field-goal attempts, the Jayhawks twice failed to convert on fourth down, and an egregious interception by Heaps eventually led to the only touchdown of the half.
Heaps appeared to have some miscommunication with his wide receiver and threw a pass over the middle right to Bulldogs safety Thomas McDonald. That gave Louisiana Tech the ball near midfield, and it took 10 plays before Higgins hit Hunter Lee on an 8-yard fade pass for the score.
It was the third time in three games that Kansas fell behind early.
The Jayhawks tried to answer with a solid drive that fizzled once it made it to the Louisiana Tech 6. Wyman missed a 28-yard field goal wide right.
Louisiana Tech squandered a chance to build on its lead when Kyle Fischer missed a 37-yard field goal so badly it looked as if the ball deflated in midair. Wyman later tacked on a 39-yard kick to get the Jayhawks within 7-3, and Fischer’s 40-yarder just before halftime also missed.
Fischer finally ended a 0-for-4 slide on field goals that dated to last week’s loss to Tulane when he hit from 39 yards early in the third quarter. That gave the Bulldogs a 10-3 lead, though it seemed much greater than a touchdown the way their defense was playing.
Kansas had to start from inside its own 10-yard line on three straight possessions in the second half. The third one ended when Heaps was picked off by Daniel Cobb on a batted pass, giving the Bulldogs the ball at the 29-yard line. Higgins promptly scrambled 27 yards, but a video review showed he lost possession before stepping out of bounds and the result was a touchback.
The overturned call — Higgins was ruled out initially — proved to be pivotal.
Heaps hit on three consecutive passes, including a 20-yard throw to Christian Matthews to convert a third-and-3 situation. He finished off the drive by hitting Jimmay Mundine, who picked up a key block from Matthews and then pirouetted into the end zone to knot the game 10-all.
Man arrested after going through undergarments
(AP) — Authorities have arrested a man suspected of entering a Wichita home and going through a laundry basket containing two girls’ undergarments.
The 31-year-old suspect walked through the front door of the unlocked home around 1:20 a.m. Saturday. Sgt. Bruce Watts says the homeowner spotted the suspect and was able to get a good description before he fled.
Watts says the suspect was caught a few houses away and arrested for aggravated burglary and other charges.
Shell Oil selling Kansas assets?
(AP) — Shell Oil says it is selling off its 45 wells and 600,000 acres in Kansas after its exploratory wells didn’t show enough potential to keep the energy company in
the state.
The Wichita Eagle (https://bit.ly/1btMLiH) reports Shell joins several other major exploration companies that have given up on Kansas. Chesapeake Energy, Encana and Apache have been gone for more than a year, while three other companies haven’t filed an intent to drill since at least April.
Shell spokesman Scott Scheffler says the company felt its best value option was to sell its Kansas assets and go elsewhere.
Some other companies say they are doing fine in Kansas and plan to expand their operations in the state.
FHSU Volleyball Still Winless After Home Loss to Pitt State
Fort Hays State University dropped its eighth straight game of the season on Saturday, falling 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 26-24) to Pittsburg State at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
FHSU (0-8, 0-3 MIAA) led in every set, but couldn’t put PSU (4-7, 1-2 MIAA) away in the match.
Makenzie Weinman dug out 16 attacks from PSU, while Jenna Ulrich had four blocks for the FHSU defense. On offense, Mallory Flagor led the team with eight kills, making it 16 kills for the outside hitter in two nights. Ulrich, who hit .278, and Madison Schwartz (.333 hitting percentage), had seven kills for the Tigers.
Down 9-6 in the first set, FHSU would eventually rally to within one (12-12), and then tie the match at 15-all. From there, the teams traded points until 21-21, when two kills PSU kills and two FHSU errors would give the Gorillas’ the set, 25-22.
In the second frame, the Tigers jumped out to four point lead (5-1), and remained in control until they led, 10-6. PSU, though, would run off four straight to tie the match. With the score at 13-13, PSU used four FHSU errors on a 5-0 run to jump ahead, 18-13. FHSU would score just twice more in the set, and fall, 25-13.
After intermission, FHSU again showed life on offense, as kills by Schwartz, Rebekah Spainhour and Taylor Mares would propel the team into a 11-6 lead. They then held a three-point advantage, 13-10, before four unanswered points by PSU had FHSU trailing, 14-13. Sara Hewwon’s kill set up a set point for the Tigers (24-23), but FHSU couldn’t get the decisive point, and in a Win-by-Two situation, the Gorillas would close out the match, 26-24.
The Tigers travel to St. Joseph, Mo., on Tuesday, Sept. 24 for a 7 p.m. conference matchup against Missouri Western.
— FHSU Sports Information —
FHSU Women’s Soccer Falls 2-1 at Southwest Baptist
The Tiger women’s soccer team continued its recent road woes, dropping a 2-1 contest at Southwest Baptist on Saturday morning. The Tigers drop to 2-5 while SBU now sits at 4-1-1.
Hailey Davey had FHSU’s lone goal, breaking away in the sixth minute and scoring just 5:42 into the game.
SBU, though, would answer back with two first half goals of its own. Jayme Braun took a shot across the box just before the 20 minute mark, and Kate Jamison would score soon after, using a corner kick from Brittany Marino to help the Bearcats take the lead.
The teams would both pick up their offensive production in the second frame, as FHSU took six shots and SBU managed 11 – but neither squad would find the net.
FHSU returns to familiar territory next week for a two-game home stand, beginning with Bethany College on Sept. 24. The Tigers will then face Missouri Southern in a conference matchup on Sept. 27. Both matches are scheduled for 7 p.m.
— FHSU Sports Information —
Roberts offers to recite King speech from memory UPDATE
Saturday (AP) — A Kansas State Board of Education member who was criticized for using a racial slur has recited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at a public discussion.
The Overland Park Republican Steve Roberts drew criticism in May after using the “N-word” at a state board meeting during an African-American history discussion. Roberts said that it was the 50th anniversary of King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and that King had used the “N-word” in his letter. He also said it was important to push the boundaries of political correctness.
On Friday, Roberts participated in a discussion at a Topeka park about the N-word, its history and whether its use is ever acceptable. The event was organized by Topeka activist Sonny Scroggins.
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AP) — A Kansas State Board of Education member who was criticized for using a racial slur has offered to recite Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”
speech at a public discussion.
Steve Roberts, a Republican from Overland Park, said Monday he’s offered to recite King’s famous speech from memory at the event Friday. The event is being organized by Topeka activist Sonny Scroggins to discuss the “N-word” and free speech.
Roberts drew criticism in May after he used the racial epithet at a state board meeting during a discussion on African-American history. Roberts said during that discussion that it was the 50th anniversary of King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and that King had used the “N-word” in his letter.
Officers Make Quick Arrest in Hit and Run
A hit and run resulted in an arrest early Tuesday morning. Lt. Brandon Wright of the Hays Police Department told Hays Post that shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday September 17th, officers were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in the 500 Blk of E 17th St. The investigation quickly revealed that Corey L Hines, 28, Hays, had struck a parked vehicle and left the scene.
Hines and his vehicle were located at his nearby residence a few minutes later. Hines was ultimately arrested and cited for DUI, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Fail to Report an Accident, Driving While Suspended, Refusal of Preliminary Breath Test, Refusal of an Alcohol Test, and Inattentive driving.