November 2013 – Page 60 – Hays Post Archive

NWS: Wind Advisory

Posted on November 3, 2013November 3, 2013

Wind Advisory
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
214 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013

…QUITE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY…

.THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. FURTHERMORE, VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS
WILL MIX DOWNWARD BY 15Z TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DURING THE DAY.

TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…
HAYS…ELLIS…SCOTT CITY…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…
RUSH CENTER…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…KALVESTA…
JETMORE…HANSTON…LARNED…BURDETT…ST. JOHN…STAFFORD…
HUDSON…ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…
DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…KINSLEY…LEWIS…GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…
PRATT…HUGOTON…MOSCOW…LIBERAL…KISMET…MEADE…FOWLER…
ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…COLDWATER…PROTECTION…MEDICINE LODGE…
KIOWA…SUN CITY
214 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CST THIS EVENING…

* TIMING…STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS…SOUTH AT 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG CAN AFFECT DRIVING…ESPECIALLY
HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. LOOSE…LIGHT WEIGHT
ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CAN BE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND IN THESE HIGH WIND CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTIO

Week Nine Leaves Two Undefeated in MIAA Football

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

Kansas City, Mo. – Two undefeated teams remain after some games came down to the wire in week nine of MIAA football.

Central Missouri 56, Nebraska-Kearney 0
Central Missouri held Nebraska-Kearney to just 223 yards of total offense as they picked up a win on the road. UCM managed 561 yards of total offense as they moved to 5-4 on the season.

For the Mules Hayden Hawk was 23 of 26 for 328 yards and four touchdowns. Ronrei Lloyd caught 12 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown while Anthony Kirkwood added eight catches for 91 yards and two scores. On defense Ricky Spratley and Alex Perlin each finished with six total stops. For the Lopers Romero Cotton carried the ball 15 times for 63 yards. Through the air Bronson Marsh was 8 of 15 for 99 yards. Defensively Tyke Kozeal led all players with 17 tackles while Kellen Werner had 13 stops.

#14 Emporia State 35, #12 Missouri Western 30
#14 Emporia State had six turnovers including one with less than 20 seconds to pick up a win on the road at #12 Missouri Western. MWSU outgained ESU by more than 100 yards, but could not overcome the turnovers as ESU remained unbeaten.

For the Hornets Brent Wilson was 19 of 32 for 159 yards and three touchdowns. Antonio Brown rushed for 109 yards as Dozie Iwuagwa scored two rushing touchdowns and Kavaski Ervin caught two touchdown scores. Tariq Allen and Josh Monteagudo each had 12 tackles and pulled down an interception. For the Griffons Travis Partridge threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns adding 130 yards on the ground and a score. Stephon Weaver caught 10 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown. On defense John Oglesby had 11 tackles and Michael Jordan and Jorge Belcher each picked off a pass.

#7 Pittsburg State 70, Northwestern Oklahoma State 0
#7 Pittsburg State held serve at home holding Northwestern Oklahoma State to just 128 yards of total offense. PSU managed 634 yards of total offense as they moved to 8-1 on the year.

For the Gorillas Anthony Abenoja was 10 of 12 for 256 yards and four touchdowns. Jeff Seybold rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns and John Brown caught four passes for 132 yards with two scores. Defensively Tyler Disney led the way with six tackles and Aries Herrion and Dylan Case each picked off a pass.

Fort Hays State 63, South Dakota Mines 17
Fort Hays State forced three turnovers as they picked up a win at home over South Dakota Mines. For the Tigers it was their fifth straight win pushing them to 5-4 on the season.

For FHSU Treveon Albert was 11 of 20 for 247 yards and two touchdowns and Edin Kovac also added two TD passes. Albert also added a rushing score as Andre Smith scored twice on the ground and Keaton Callins caught two touchdown passes. On defense Michael Jordan had 10 total tackles to lead the team as well as picking off a pass.

Northeastern State 31, Southwest Baptist 3
Northeastern State racked up 305 yards on the ground as they picked up a win at home over Southwest Baptist. NSU allowed only a field goal to SBU as they picked up their first win of the season.

For the RiverHawks Steven Hopper carried the ball 25 times for 228 yards and three touchdowns. Terrance Dixon added 79 yards rushing and a score. On defense Langston Jones pulled down 16 tackles and Darrain Winston picked off a pass. For the Bearcats Joey Dominguez was 18 of 36 for 166 yards. Derwyn Lauderdale caught 12 passes for 115 yards in the game. Zach Moore led the way on defense for SBU with nine total stops.

Central Oklahoma 49, Lincoln 42
Central Oklahoma racked up 475 yards of offense as they won a shootout at home over Lincoln. LU added 447 yards of offense to the game as UCO picked up their first win of the year.

Joshua Birmingham carried the ball 29 times for 130 yards and four touchdowns. Adrian Nelson threw for 104 yards and one touchdown which was caught by Connor Pulley and Marquez Clark added a special teams touchdown and had 165 yards receiving. On defense Kenny Allen has 14 stops and Thomas Hill made 10 tackles. For the Blue Tigers Jacob Morris was 17 of 31 for 200 yards and three touchdowns. He also added 110 yards rushing with one score while Morris Henderson added 181 yards rushing with one touchdown. On defense Markuice Savage had nine tackles while Kendrick Causey and Timmy Dunn added eight stops each.

#2 Northwest Missouri 52, #8 Washburn 21
#2 Northwest Missouri jumped out to a 28-0 lead and held on to win at home over #8 Washburn. NWMSU racked up 481 yards of total offense and forced six turnovers to remain unbeaten on the year.

For the Bearcats Trevor Adams was 23 of 27 for 306 yards and three touchdowns. Billy Creason had 77 yards on the ground with one score and Brady Bolles rushed for two touchdowns. DJ Gnader led the defense with seven tackles and Bryce Enyard picked off two passes. For the Ichabods Mitch Buhler was 16 of 35 for 194 yards and two touchdowns. Dajuan Beard caught seven passes for 89 yards and Tore’ Hurst and Connor Crimmins pulled in two touchdown grabs. On defense Bryce Atagi led the way with nine total tackles and Cameron Jackson added one and a half sacks.

— MIAA Media Relations —

Roberts Demands Details of Unwarranted Searches of General Aviation Aircraft

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts and seven others sent a letter to the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Rand Beers, requesting an explanation for a rise in unwarranted stops and searches of U.S. general aviation (GA) aircraft that had not crossed the U.S. border by Customs and Border Protection.

“There is a lot of justified frustration from pilots who feel their constitutional rights may have been violated,” Roberts said. “We need to know all of the facts behind these stops and searches to ensure our constituents are not being unlawfully singled out by the federal government.”

Senator Roberts was joined on the letter by Senators James Risch (R-ID), James Inhofe (R-OK), John Boozman (R-AR), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mike Crapo (R-ID), David Vitter (R-LA) and Mike Johanns (R-NE).

The following is the text of the letter sent:

Dear Secretary Beers:

Recent reports and first-hand accounts from pilots indicate a significant rise in the number of unwarranted stops and searches of U.S. general aviation (GA) aircraft that did not cross the U.S. border by the Air and Marine Division of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency.

While we appreciate law enforcement efforts to protect our national interests and combat illegal activity, the abrupt increase in the number of stops and searches of personnel aboard general aviation aircraft raises concerns that CBP may be violating our citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights.

It is our understanding that in ongoing communications between the CBP and Members of Congress that CBP has claimed authority under 14 C.F.R. §§ 61.3(l) and 91.203, and 49 U.S.C. § 44103(d) for conducting these stops and searches of GA aircraft. We do not disagree that agents working for CBP have limited authority to stop a plane and ask for proof of an airman certificate, medical certificate, authorization, or license. However, we wholly disagree with agents demanding access to search an aircraft without reasonable suspicion or probable cause that illegal activity is occurring.

No later than November 15, 2013, please provide us with the following information:

– A record of every stop and search of general aviation aircraft in the United States by CBP agents since the beginning of calendar year 2009. These records should be broken down by state and should include the relevant facts surrounding each search. Specifically, we want to know the reason(s) these searches took place, what “reasonable suspicion” existed that led to a stop and what “probable cause” CBP agents had to conduct these searches.

Senator Roberts is an outspoken advocate of General Aviation.

Hackers target Kansas school’s computers

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

(AP) — Three Topeka area school districts say their computer systems have been attacked recently.

Officials with Topeka USD 501 said Friday no data has been compromised in the attacks on that district. Superintendent Julie Ford it’s an ongoing investigation, and the district is working with federal and state authorities.

Shawnee Heights Superintendent Marty Stessman says that district fended off repeated attacks this past spring. He says the attack blocked the district’s Internet access on four or five occasions, lasting most of the school day. Stessman says the FBI investigated and no data was compromised.

Jeff Zehnder, communications director for Seaman USD 345, says his district has been experiencing some attacks for a few months, but that no data has been compromised.

TMP-Marian Boys Cross Country Fifth at State

Posted on November 2, 2013November 4, 2013

The TMP-Marian boys cross country team finished fifth at the 3A state meet Saturday at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. The Monarchs were led by Andrew Hess who finished 12th with a time of 17:49.12.

12. Andrew Hess, 17:49.12
44. Austin Dinkel, 18:43.90
45. Aaron Bachura, 18:49.49
48. Mark Loftus, 18:52.28
71. Matt Mindrup, 19:24.38
90. Trevor Pfeifer, 20:16.30
93. Tony Staab, 20:33.78

Record Setting Day in FHSU’s Fifth Straight Win

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

The Fort Hays State Tigers gained 537 yards of offense and set a school record for points as they win their fifth-straight, 63-17 over South Dakota Mines Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field. The win improves FHSU to 5-4 overall while the Hardrockers fall to 5-4.

Chris Brown Postgame Interview

The Tigers scored their first touchdown on Keaton Callins’ 60-yard punt returns for a touchdown to give the Tigers their first score. DeAndre James 81-yard kickoff return set up Andre Smith’s 11-yard TD run to push the Tigers lead to 14-3 with 3:41 to play in the first quarter.

Ed Willams hauled in a 79-yard TD pass from Treveon Albert with 1:06 to play in the first quarter to push the lead to 21-3. Albert added a 27-yard touchdown run late in the second to give FHSU a 28-10 halftime lead

Treveon Albert / Michael Jordon Postgame Interview

The Tigers opened the third quarter with a seven-play, 58-yard touchdown capped by Andre Smith’s second touchdown run of the game from two yards out. The Hardrockers answered with a 10-play, 75-yard drive to cut the gap to 35-17.

Game Highlights

The Tigers would score the games final 28 points on a Callins 20-yard catch, a Kenneth Iheme 38-yard run, Zach Gaugham 10-yard catch and Evan Jennings 34-yard catch.

Albert completed 11-of-20 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns. Callins led the Tigers with six receptions for 109 yards and a score. Edward Smith led the Tigers ground game with 72 yards.

Micheal Jordan led the Tigers defense with 10 tackles and one of their three interceptions. Michael Terry and Zach Nash had the other two.

Texas runs past Jayhawks

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

AP) — Malcolm Brown ran for 119 yards and four touchdowns and defensive tackle Chris Whaley scored his second touchdown of the season as Texas beat Kansas 35-13 Saturday for the Longhorns’ fifth win in a row.

Brown scored twice in the second quarter, and Whaley’s 40-yard fumble return in the third quarter broke open what had been a surprisingly close game. Whaley, who was initially recruited as a running back, also scored on a 31-yard interception return against Oklahoma.

Brown’s touchdown runs covered 2, 3, 1 and 30 yards for Texas (6-2, 5-0), which remains in a tie for first place in the Big 12. Case McCoy passed for 196 yards with two interceptions in Texas’ first home game since Sept. 21. The Longhorns held Kansas to 306 total yards.

Kansas dropped its 26th consecutive loss in the Big 12. Jake Heaps passed for 160 yards for the Jayhawks (2-6, 0-5).

Defense leads Cats in win over Iowa State

Posted on November 2, 2013November 3, 2013

(AP) — John Hubert ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns, and Kansas State nearly pitched its first Big 12 shutout in a decade in a 41-7 rout of Iowa State on Saturday.

The quarterback combo of Jake Waters and Daniel Sams combined to throw for 221 yards and run for 89 yards as the Wildcats (4-4, 2-3) beat the Cyclones for the sixth straight time.

Iowa State (1-7, 0-5) didn’t score until the Wildcats’ Robert Rose coughed up the ball at his own 10-yard line in the closing minutes, and DeVondrick Nealy took a toss-sweep for a touchdown.

That was the only time the Cyclones ran a play in the Wildcats’ red zone.

Grant Rohach threw for 88 yards for the Cyclones in place of Sam Richardson, who left midway through the second quarter. Richardson had been dealing with a lingering ankle injury.

KBA sees significant drop in revenue

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

(AP) — Total revenue for the Kansas Bioscience Authority dropped by 45 percent this fiscal year, and most of the loss was attributed to a decrease in state funding.

The KBA’s latest financial report says state support went from $14 million in the 2012 fiscal year to $3.2 million in fiscal year 2013.

The KBA, a state-funded business accelerator that invests in ventures related to animal and human health, agriculture and bio-energy, was created in 2004. Since then it has invested $272 million in 90 companies and institutions.

Total revenues for the KBA are at about $8 million, down from $14.5 million in 2012. Expenses also dropped slightly, from $3.3 million at this time last year to $2.8 million in 2013.

Huelskamp shares Post Halloween Horror (Video)

Posted on November 2, 2013

Post-Halloween Horror shared by Congressman Tim Huelskamp

Free concert on Sunday at HPL (VIDEO)

Posted on November 2, 2013

Acoustic guitar performer Dan Bliss will give a free concert in the Hays Public Library Schmidt gallery on Sunday, November 3rd at 2pm

Originally from upstate New York, Bliss has made his home for over 20 years in Kansas City, inspired by the traditions of blues and jazz and
the incredible wealth of local talent.

While his focus is solo acoustic performance, he has also played with Kelley Hunt and his own band Bluetonium. In addition to solo shows he also currently appears with fellow Kansas City guitarists Rod Fleeman, Tom DeMasters and Bill Dye in a blues & jazz guitar quartet called “KC GUITAR 4”.

High School Football Players Arrested In Hazing Incident UPDATE

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

1:40 p.m.AP) — Three students at Hutchinson High School are accused of forcibly branding other students on school property.

Police say the students are accused of branding four other students on their abdomens with wire hangers. All of the students, including the victims, are on the football team.

Hutchinson Police Detective Paul Sack says police learned of the branding from parents of the alleged victims.

Ray Hemman, spokesman for the school district, says head football coach Randy Dreiling learned Thursday of an alleged hazing incident that possibly occurred Wednesday and turned the matter over to administrators and police.

One 18-year-old student is being held on various charges, including criminal restraint. Another 18-year-old was released on bond. A 16-year-old student is being held by juvenile authorities.

Friday p.m. Several students at Hutchinson High School have reported they were battered by other students of the school. On Friday police made three arrests of students who are said to be members of the Hutchinson High School Football team.

18-year-old Kendric S. Hudson was arrested for aggravated battery, criminal restraint, hazing and tattooing and body piercing a minor without their consent.

18-year-old Jaiden M. Casanova was also arrested for aggravated battery,.tattooing, body piercing a minor without their consent and hazing.

16-year-old Cody R. Curl, was taken to the Reno County Juvenile Detention Facility on charges of aggravated battery, tattooing and body piercing without consent and possession of tobacco.

Police say it was more of a branding then actual tattooing, but no specifics have been given.

Casanova is free on bond, while Hudson is jailed on a 12-thousand dollar bond.

Another step toward decriminalizing pot possession

Posted on November 2, 2013November 2, 2013

(AP) — The District of Columbia is on the fast track toward decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana.

The D.C. Council is poised to approve a bill that would make possession of less than 1 ounce of pot a civil offense, punishable by a fine as low as $25. Democratic Mayor Vincent Gray says he supports it. He could sign the bill as early as January.

Some activists want the city to go further by legalizing marijuana. They’re considering a ballot initiative if the council doesn’t take that step.

D.C. leaders have long been cautious about pot, in part because Congress has the final say on city laws. Congress held up medical marijuana in D.C. for a decade. But with 17 states having some form of decriminalization, many believe Congress won’t intervene.