Diego Cabral’s late heroics helped push Fort Hays State University’s win streak to four with a 2-1 double overtime victory over Southern Nazarene on Friday night in Hays, Kan.
With less than two minutes to go in the final extra period, Cabral retrieved a deflected shot off the crossbar and nailed the game-winner into the lower right of the net for the Tigers.
FHSU (4-1, 1-0 MIAA) took 27 shots in the match, while SNU (1-4, 0-1 MIAA) managed nine against the Tiger defense.
Austin Clifton had FHSU’s other goal in the contest, which was assisted by Cabral.
Jaosn Babyak improved to 4-0 in goal for the Tigers, as he saved two shots in the game.
The first half saw the Tigers offense put five shots on goal, including a header by Perry Dicker at 40:27 that just missed sneaking by SNU’s Tyler Wythe.
Out of intermission, FHSU fired another three shots in the first 10 minutes, as it continued to pressure the Crimson Storm defense.
In the 74th minute, the Tigers finally broke through as Clifton took Cabral’s pass across the net, into the lower corner for the score.
SNU, though, fired back in the final minute, as Javier Caballeros took a shot that hit the cross bar, and Blake Rodgers headed the deflection into the net, tying it at 1-1 and sending the match to overtime.
Needing an answer, FHSU would rise to the challenge in the second overtime, using the extra time for Cabral’s magic.
The Tigers will host Newman University on Sunday at 6 p.m., at the FHSU Soccer Stadium.
Fort Hays State could not stop Central Oklahoma from extending its season-opening win streak to 10 matches in a 3-1 loss at Gross Memorial Coliseum on Friday evening (Sept. 20). Central Oklahoma is now 10-0, 2-0 in the MIAA, while Fort Hays State dropped to 0-7 overall, 0-2 in the MIAA.
Fort Hays State trailed by at least seven in all three of the sets it lost, finding it too hard to recover from large deficits. In the first set, FHSU trailed by nine before rallying back to lose by three. They used the late momentum to take the second set 25-20.
The third set was tight up until a 14-14 tie, then UCO went on a 6-0 run to take control. The Tigers were also even with the Bronchos at 8-8 in the fourth set and allowed another 6-0 run to give UCO control.
Taylor Mares led Fort Hays State with 12 kills and hit .300 in the match on 30 swings, making just three errors. Jenna Ulrich added eight kills and six blocks, while Mallory Flagor added eight kills and four blocks. Libby Ary led the way in assists with 22 and Makenzie Wienman recorded 25 digs.
UCO had three players reach double figures in kills, Juliette Smith and Allison Barr each with 13 and Barbara Jackson with 12. Taylyn Schwartz had 47 assists for UCO and Tate Hardaker added 24 digs.
Fort Hays State looks to snap its early season winning drought when it hosts Pittsburg State on Saturday at 2 pm.
(AP) — An Associated Press computer analysis shows that Kansas residents claiming no political affiliation are most likely to have voter registrations on hold because of the state’s proof-of-citizenship law.
The analysis of data from the Kansas secretary of state’s office also discloses that since the rule took effect in January, flawed or incomplete registrations have remained on hold an average of close to four months.
When new voters register, they must provide proof of their U.S. citizenship.
Through an open records request, AP obtained an electronic copy of the statewide list of registrations on hold at the end of August.
AP’s computer analysis showed that 57 percent of those put on hold this year were unaffiliated Kansans.
Republicans accounted for 23 percent and Democrats, about 18 percent.
They were riding “High On the Hog” Thursday night in Hays Frontier Park.
The weather was perfect, unlike a week ago, when the popular Big Brothers Big Sisters “Night in the Park with the Hays Harley Owners Group” had to be postponed because of rain.
“The date change may have kept down the number of our riders this year,” explained Nancy Jeter, BBBS Executive Director. “We usually have about 15 kids here.”
Those who did attend were in hog heaven, with their choice of 13 Harley motorcycles to ride, carefully driven by HOG volunteers through the west park loop:
Lance Smith’s new 2014 CVO Limited bright blue bike, was a “fun” ride for 11-year-old Avery. “This is the first time I’ve ridden motorcycles,” she said.
Learning how to get off the motorcycle while avoiding the hot pipes
Avery was there with her Big Sister Kim Stoecklein. They’ve been matched for three years. “We started in the school program when Avery was a Wilson second-grader,” said Stoecklein. “Now we’re in the after-school BBBS and that gives us more time to get to know each other better.”
Smith is a road captain for the Hays HOG chapter. “This is my sixth or seventh year to give rides to the kids,” he said. “We’ve been doing this about 10 years now.”
Nobody remembers exactly when the program started, although Jeter recalls, the first year “the kids had sack races and three-legged races with the HOGs.”
One number Jeter is absolutely sure of–42 Littles are on the list waiting to be paired with their Bigs.
2 p.m. Friday With Congressman Huelskamp’s support today, the House passed H.R. Res. 59, which will fund the federal government at current levels through December 15th, will protect the full, faith and credit of the United States against default on its debt, and will fully defund Obamacare.
Congressman Tim Huelskamp issued the following statement:
“I applaud Republican leadership in the House for doing the right thing and bringing this bill to the floor for a vote. President Obama’s health care law is the biggest expansion of government in my lifetime. It was written behind closed doors, and then rammed through Congress over the vocal objection of a majority of the American people. Since its passage, the President’s team has missed half of the Obamacare deadlines. They have provided waivers to political allies. They delayed the employer mandate for big business. They opened the door for fraud by announcing they would not enforce income verification for subsidies. Then, they exempted much of Congress. If it is not good enough for President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Sebelius nor their families, then it’s time to exempt all Americans.”
Congressman Huelskamp continued:
“To suggest, as some have, that Republicans simply lay down without a fight on a must-pass funding measure on the eve of Obamacare’s implementation is ludicrous. Republicans were elected to fight against Obamacare, not to give excuses why they won’t. It’s now up to Harry Reid and Senate Democrats to explain to the American people why they would shut down the government over this unpopular, unworkable, and unaffordable law.”
10 a.m. Friday (AP) — The House has passed a temporary funding measure to keep the government running. The bill is coupled with a tea party-backed measure to block President Obama’s new health care law.
The 230 -189 vote sets the stage for a confrontation with the Democratic-led Senate. The Senate promises to strip the “defund Obamacare” provision from the bill next week and will challenge the House to pass it as a straightforward funding bill that Obama will sign.
The White House promises Obama would veto the measure in the unlikely event it reaches him.
At issue is the need to pass a short-term funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown when the budget year ends on Sept. 30. Washington’s longstanding budget stalemate has derailed the annual appropriations bills required to fund federal agency operations.
David Guth, KU Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications. Photo courtesy of the University of Kansas website
12:30pm – The University of Kansas has placed David. W. Guth, a journalism professor, on leave because of a tweet he wrote this week after the Navy Yard shooting.
David W. Guth tweeted “blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters” after Monday’s shooting in Washington, D.C., in which 13 people died, including the gunman.
The university said today that Guth, an associate professor of journalism, was placed on indefinite administrative leave pending a review.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little says the action was taken to prevent disruptions in the learning environment for students, the journalism school and the university.
Original story: Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce (R-Hutchinson) released the following statement calling for the resignation of University of Kansas Professor David Guth over
Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce
comments on Twitter over the Navy yard shooting in Washington.
“After reviewing the comments made via Twitter by Professor David Guth regarding the recent shooting at the Washington Naval Yard, I am appalled by the lack of compassion for human suffering. I feel I have no choice but to call upon the University of Kansas and Chancellor Grey-Little to remove Professor Guth from the University’s faculty immediately. Wishing death and damnation upon parents and their children is reprehensible and is not befitting of an employee of such a distinguished university.
While the removal of a university faculty member is indeed rare, the University of Kansas has taken such action in the past when the integrity of the establishment is in question. In December of 2005, then-Chancellor Robert Hemingway removed then-Professor Paul Mirecki, Chair of the School of Religion, for inappropriate comments made on an online message board. In light of the recent tragedy that befell our nation, the comments of Professor Guth reflect as poorly, if not more so, upon the University of Kansas as the comments made by Professor Mirecki.”
Professor Guth, after the events of Monday’s shooting unfolded, took to twitter to state that
2 p.m. Friday At the height of the Colorado flooding, the number of people unaccounted for topped 1,200, and fears grew of a massive death toll.
Those concerns have largely abated with seven confirmed fatalities, three missing and 82 people unaccounted for Friday.
That leaves the question: How did that number get so high?
Officials in the Rocky Mountain foothills compiled the lists based on the reports of relatives, friends and evacuees saying they had not heard from their loved ones and neighbors in the flood zone.
Sometimes the numbers conflicted or the names were duplicated.
Searchers consolidated lists, crossed off duplicates, cross-checked evacuees, made contact with people refusing to leave, and are going door-to-door for the rest.
They expect the search to become increasingly difficult.
3 p.m. Wednesday (AP) — Authorities in Boulder and Larimer counties say the emergency phase of flood disaster operations is ending and the recovery phase is beginning.
Sheriff Joe Pelle said Wednesday that rescue workers are ending “high octane” search-and-rescue operations. Searchers are now going door-to-door and looking through debris piles and vehicles for victims and damage in the flood-scarred areas of the foothills.
Those crews include Federal Emergency Management Agency urban search-and-rescue teams with search dogs and medical supplies.
Lt. Col. Mitch Utterback of the Colorado National Guard says some of the helicopters flying rescue missions may be returned to Fort Carson.
As the airlifts taper off, so have the number of missing. State emergency officials say that number was less than 200 Wednesday.
7 a.m. Wednesday (AP) — Damage from flooding in far northeastern Colorado has been limited so far but more water is still coming.
Volunteers in Ovid had to scramble to fill sandbags and build a dike in the lowest part of town of about 300 people just after midnight Wednesday. Sedgwick County emergency management director Mark Turner says they were able to prevent more serious flooding.
He says the river stayed within its banks when it reached Julesburg later.
A highway south of the town of Sedgwick is closed because of flooding. Some corn and bean fields have also been flooded and those crops will likely be lost.
A smaller surge of water is expected to follow because of recent rain in the foothills. It could still pose a problem because the ground is already saturated.
5 p.m. Tuesday (AP) — In the days after floodwaters rushed through the Rocky Mountain foothills, the helicopter crews that lifted stranded people to safety were greeted like heroes. Nearly a week later, they are often being waved away by stubborn mountain residents who refuse to abandon their homes.
Caleb Liesveld says he hiked several miles into tiny Pinewood Springs to try to convince his parents to leave. His mother relented, but his father refused. He’s determined to use heavy equipment from the family’s granite quarry to resurrect an old stagecoach road that would let residents get vehicles in and out.
In nearby Lyons, a number of residents have hunkered down for the long haul.
Rescue officials attribute the stubbornness to mountain culture and a potential lack of awareness of the extent of devastation.
2 p..m Tuesday (AP) — Colorado’s flooding has been described as biblical, but you can’t put that in the record books.
The official measure of how much water flowed down northern Colorado’s canyons into the South Platte River has been hampered a bit by river gauges that have been swamped by all the water or swept away.
Bob Kimbrough, a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, says crews will have to measure high water marks in those areas to get the official measurements.
The agency expects to release its findings on the magnitude of the flooding for a few weeks.
Crews attempted to install a replacement gauge in the St. Vrain River near Longmont on Tuesday but the water was still flowing too high.
8 a.m. Tuesday (AP) — Weld County officials say increased amounts of standing water from flooding are increasing concerns about a rapid growth of mosquitoes and an increased risk for contracting the deadly West Nile virus.
This week’s forecast for hot weather could speed up the growing process for mosquitoes that transmit the disease, helping them mature from egg to adult in as little as a week.
Health officials say there have been about 100 human cases of West Nile in the state this year. At least one person has died.
Health officials say the symptoms of West Nile virus appear 3 to 14 days after exposure and include fever, body aches, neck stiffness, and disorientation.
6:45 pm. Monday (AP) — Colorado state officials have cut nearly in half their list of people missing in widespread flooding.
The state’s count fell Monday from 1,253 to just 658.
Emergency management officials had predicted the count would drop as communications were restored and people were able to check in with loved ones.
The state had also warned that their count was inexact, and it conflicted at times with reports from the counties hardest-hit by flooding, Larimer and Boulder.
3 p.m. Monday (AP) — Gerald Guntle dials his sister’s home multiple times a day, desperate to find out if she survived the widespread flooding that shattered the Rocky Mountain foothill town of Lyons. But the phone just rings and rings.
The Tucson, Ariz., man’s sister is among hundreds of people listed as missing in a disaster that is already confirmed to have killed four people.
Officials hope the number of missing will drop rapidly as communications are restored and people are evacuated, as it did in Larimer and Boulder counties. Some 487 people in the two counties dropped off missing-persons list over the weekend.
Faced with a lack of information, friends and relatives are struggling to avoid thoughts of worst-case scenarios. Experts say the waiting can take a psychological toll.
4 a.m. Monday (AP) — Boulder authorities say resumed air rescue efforts are planned for Monday.
Colorado flooding (AP photo)
The Office of Emergency Management says that the weather is expected to be clear enough to allow helicopters to take to the skies to rescue flood victims.
The officials are urging people who are cut off by flood waters and need to evacuate but have been unable to communicate by phone or other means to signal helicopters passing overhead with sheets, mirrors, flares or signal fires.
Officials say flood victims need to signal the helicopters any way they can.
7 p.m. Sunday (AP) — Colorado emergency management officials have released an initial estimate that says the ongoing flooding has damaged or destroyed nearly 19,000 homes.
The Colorado Office of Emergency Management estimated Sunday on its website that 17,494 homes have been damaged and 1,502 destroyed.
In addition, 11,700 people have been evacuated and a total of 1,253 people are unaccounted for.
County officials have said that number fluctuates as stranded residents re-establish communication with family, friends or authorities.
Office of Emergency Management spokeswoman Micki Trost says the numbers were reported by affected counties and compiled by the state agency.
The flooding is spread across parts of 15 counties.
4 p.m. Sunday (AP) — Emergency officials say about 1,000 people in Larimer County are still awaiting rescue.
Type 2 Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team commander Shane Del Grosso said Sunday that many people have made contact with requests for evacuations.
But rain has grounded airlifts and prevented supply drops. Del Grosso says rescuers are looking for ways to get into the isolated areas by ground, but a change in the weather is needed to get to all the people who need it.
The rain is forecast to continue into Sunday night.
County officials say 16 helicopters are on standby in case the weather clears. In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending two 80-person search-and-rescue teams to assist.
Hundreds more people are unaccounted for in Boulder County and other flood-affected areas.
12:30 p.m. Sunday (AP) — Colorado’s widespread flooding has led to hundreds of missing person reports, but officials say many of those people are calling in safe.
Emergency management spokeswoman Micki Trost says many families have reported loved ones as missing because the loss of phone service in many areas cut off communications.
Major cell phone providers had service back up Sunday, and officials were expecting the number of missing to drop as people are able to check in. They are being asked to call the Red Cross if they had been out of touch for several days.
Four people have been confirmed dead in the flooding, with one more person presumed dead.
7 a.m. Sunday (AP) — Military helicopter crews are expanding their searches for people who are stranded with more rain expected to fall in flooded areas.
National Guard officials say most of the 1,750 people and 300 pets rescued as of Saturday night have been in Boulder and Larimer counties.
The airlifts are to resume Sunday and also will include Longmont, Fort Collins, Fort Morgan and Weld County.
The National Weather Service says the rain is expected to pick up again throughout the day in the mountains and foothills.
Between a half-inch and 2 inches are expected to fall in the area, creating the risk of flash flooding and mud slides.
8 p.m (AP) — A National Guard official says airlifts and truck convoys have ferried more than 1,750 stranded residents and their pets from the floodwaters.
Lt. James Goff said Saturday the rescue areas have mainly rescued people from Boulder and Larimer counties.
He says the airlifts will resume Sunday with helicopter crews expanding their searches east to include Longmont, Fort Collins and Weld County.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle says authorities are making progress in reaching areas previously inaccessible. Hundreds of people in the flooded areas are still unaccounted for.
4:00 p.m. (AP) — A fifth person is believed to have died in Colorado’s flooding.
Colorado flooding (AP photo)
A woman is presumed dead after witnesses saw floodwaters from the Big Thompson River destroy her home at the mouth of the Big Thompson Canyon.
Larimer County sheriff’s spokesman John Schulz says the home was in the Cedar Cove area, right above an area called the Narrows.
About 100 people are unaccounted for in the county. Shulz says he expects to continue to receive reports of confirmed missing and confirmed fatalities in the next several days.
11:00 a.m. Saturday (AP) — Two towns on the plains east of Greeley are being evacuated because of flooding.
Authorities ordered residents of Goodrich and Orchard to leave their homes Saturday morning. They’re very close to three large reservoirs.
9:30 a.m. Saturday (AP) — National Guard troops have resumed truck convoys to ferry stranded Lyons residents through the floodwaters to shelter.
Lt. Skye Robinson says the convoys began again Saturday morning after spending most of Friday transporting residents from the town.
An estimated 2,500 residents are being evacuated.
Robinson says helicopter airlifts of 295 residents from Jamestown continued into the night and also were expected to resume on Saturday.
Evacuations are voluntary, but the outlook for those who choose to stay with their homes and property is weeks without power, water, sewer or cellphone service.
— This is what Associated Press reporters on the scene are learning about unfolding events:
7:28 p.m. MDT
The Colorado National Guard says it has helped evacuate more than 550 people by ground and air. Authorities plan to airlift flood victims throughout the night.
7 p.m. MDT
The Red Cross has opened a shelter in Granby for 21 adults and 154 seventh-graders who were stranded at a youth camp near Estes Park. The campers were loaded into a school bus and are traveling across Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park on their way to the shelter.
5:14 p.m. MDT
Helicopter news footage shows roads east of Greeley cut off by flooding, and broad swaths of land inundated by water. A man is seen escaping flooded farmland on horseback as rescue crews ferry an inflatable raft carrying at least two dogs. Heavy rain is moving through the area west of Denver.
4:04 p.m. MDT
Colorado officials raised the death toll from flooding to four after a woman’s body was found in Boulder. Sheriff Joe Pelle says the unidentified woman was swept away Thursday after a vehicle got stuck in high water. A man in the same vehicle died after he got out and tried to help her. Pelle says 80 people in Boulder County are still unaccounted for.
3:41 p.m. MDT
Authorities say as many as 2,500 people could be evacuated from Lyons by the end of the day.
3:30 p.m. MDT
Boulder County officials say National Guard helicopters are rescuing nearly 300 residents stranded in Jamestown, a mountain town cut off by flooding. It’s unclear how many more people are in the town.
3:26 p.m. MDT
A helicopter has been evacuating stranded people in Larimer County, focusing on those with medical problems. After getting his first aerial view of the destruction, Sheriff Justin Smith said hundreds if not thousands of people, remain stranded and are running low of food and fuel.
3:15 p.m. MDT
Sixth graders finishing a week at Jefferson County’s outdoor lab school on Mount Evans hiked down the mountain to school buses because a road to the school was impassable. The 138 students made the trek with authorities during a break in the weather.
1:56 p.m. MDT
The football game between Fresno State and Colorado is being postponed because of the flooding devastating the state. Chancellor Philip DiStefano said the community is hurting and it’s not a good time to put pressure on the community and divert attention away from people in need.
1:32 p.m. MDT
The National Park Service says a pair of hikers made it down Longs Peak, one of Colorado’s highest points, on their own after being stranded by an ice storm for two days. The news came just as the Park Service was organizing its latest effort to rescue the women.
12:30 p.m. MDT
Rocky Mountain National Park is closed and officials are escorting remaining visitors out of the park. Officials say they’re working to mount rescue efforts for two hikers reported missing on Longs Peak, a 14,259-foot mountain there. Trail Ridge Road through the park, the highest continuous paved road in the United States, remains open to emergency vehicles and residents evacuating from the town of Estes Park.
11:56 a.m. MDT
Flooding has closed Interstate 25 from north of Denver to Cheyenne, a 90-mile stretch. Three major rivers — Big Thompson, St. Vrain, and Poudre — normally flow under the highway in northern Colorado, but flood waters have pushed over the top of the roadway in some locations.
11:22 a.m. MDT
Officials at the University of Colorado are discussing whether the football game between Fresno State and Colorado will be played Saturday or pushed back because of flooding.
11:01 a.m. MDT
Helicopters are flying in Boulder and Larimer counties to reach stranded people and drop supplies. Low visibility had grounded them Thursday.
10:49 a.m. MDT
Blue skies are peeking through clouds over the Front Range, but more rain is expected in the afternoon.
10:10 a.m. MDT
An elderly man who was walking his dog was rescued from a Denver drainage ditch after being swept away by rushing water. Denver Fire Department spokesman Mark Watson said witnesses saw the man and dog fall into the water, and called for help. He was pulled from the water four blocks away, but his condition wasn’t immediately available.
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6:31 a.m. MDT
Authorities went door-to-door in Morrison, south of the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater, asking hundreds of people to evacuate as Bear Creek neared flood stage. The amphitheater was in no immediate danger.
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2 a.m. MDT
Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner tours the flood damage, and says Boulder Creek has begun to recede but conditions remain dangerous.
Salina Police have issued an alert for all surrounding Law Enforcement to be on the lookout for a vehicle involved in a kidnapping that may be heading to Hays.
The vehicle is a Grey 1998 Olds Cutlass with Kansas license plate 544 ECO. Initial reports are that a victim who was tied up jumped out of the vehicle, though the Salina Police Department was not able to officially confirm that. The event happened at around 10:30 am this morning.
There was no indication of the direction the vehicle would be heading, so an alert was put out to the surrounding area to be on the lookout.
A description of the suspect was not available at the time of the alert.
If you have any additional information or if you spot the vehicle, please contact local law enforcement immediately.
Photo courtesy of Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository
(AP) — A 27-year-old Wichita man has been charged with injuring his infant son.
Sedgwick County prosecutors charged Ronald Finney with aggravated battery after his 8-day-old son was taken to the emergency room with a fractured femur Tuesday night.
Finney said during a court hearing Thursday that the boy’s injury was a “total accident.” Finney is being held in Sedgwick County Jail on $25,000 bond and has a preliminary hearing Oct. 3.
Three local youth will be competing against almost 800 others from all over the state this weekend. The 81st Annual Kansas Junior Livestock Show (KJLS) begins today, September 20th and will run through Monday September 23rd at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita. The event features 795 youth from 92 counties entering 1,817 animals.
Kirk Huser and Kristin Huser of Victoria and Abigail Dickinson of Gorham will be representing Ellis County at this year’s show.
Entries for this year’s event are the highest in 25 years. KJLS President Brian Creager of Emporia says the event brings many people together.
“This traditional event for Kansas youth has a large number of faithful and very generous supporters. It is a great way for businesses and individuals to reward young people for their hard work and help them meet their educational goals.”
Prior to the sale of the steers, hogs, lambs and goats, KJLS will present scholarships ranging from #$750 to $2,500. The scholarships will be awarded to competitors that have excelled academically, in community service and in 4-H / FFA.
The scholarship program has awarded a total of $328,100 to 256 KJLS youth since 1993. The program is funded primarily through private contributions and income generated by the Beefeaters Barbecue held prior to the auction.
Abigail Dickinson will be showing 2 steers, 1 heifer, 2 barrows and 2 lambs. She’ll be competing in Beef, Swine and Sheep Showmanship.
Kirk Huser will be showing 2 steers, 1 lamb and 1 ewe. He’ll be competing in Beef and Sheep Showmanship.
Kristin Huser will be showing 1 lamb and 2 ewes. She’ll be competing in Sheep Showmanship.
A Hays couple who are long-time supporters of Fort Hays State University announced today they will give a major gift to the university.
Ed and Donna Stehno have pledged $1 million to the FHSU Foundation. The bulk of their donation will go for athletic scholarships, said president Ed Hammond during a morning news conference.
The Stehnos served as national co-chairs of the Cornerstone Campaign, which was the largest capital campaign in the history of the university. The goal of the campaign was to raise $60 million, but when the campaign ended in June last year, nearly $69 million had been raised.
“Ed and Donna provided inspirational leadership in the Cornerstone Campaign,” President Hammond said. “Now they are stepping up to help the athletic program and our students.”
Ed Stehno thanked his three children and their families who “want us to share our good fortune with mankind, and we’re proud to make this gift to Fort Hays State University:”
“We are grateful for the generosity of the Stehno family,” Director of Athletics Curtis Hammeke said at the news conference:
Ed Stehno began teaching at FHSU in September 1971 and retired in May 2004 as a full professor in the Department of Education Administration and Counseling. Donna Stehno was a school nurse.
The Stehno family will be honored at halftime of the FHSU football game on Saturday.
The 3rd Annual Harold Dorzweiler Cancer Memorial Fund is this weekend in Hays. The fund was established in 2010 in memory of Harold Dorzweiler, who passed away from cancer and the fund is set up to help families of cancer patients with their expenses.
The weekend will be filled with music from five polka bands, food and there will be a dance on the “wooden floor.”
Leo Dorzweiler said when Harold and his wife Janie were going to KU Med Center for cancer treatments Harold saw young people in the same situation and they didn’t have money for food, hotels rooms and fuel to get back and forth for treatments. So Harold said he wanted to start something to help those people.
So far the fund has helped over 40 people and Leo Dorzweiler said donations can be made at the Bank of Hays and they will have donation pamphlets at the event this weekend.
The celebration is Saturday and Sunday, September 21st and 22nd at the Ellis County Fairgrounds in Hays. Sunday at 10:30 a.m. they will hold a Polka Mass at the Fairgrounds.
