JENNIFER AGIESTA, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — You promise in sickness and in health, but a new poll shows being a caregiver for a frail spouse causes more stress than caring for parents or the in-laws.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found Americans 40 and over count on family to care for them as they get older, with good reason: Half of people 40 and over have been caregivers.

But neither the graying population nor their loved ones are doing much planning for long-term care. In fact, people are far more likely to disclose funeral plans to friends and family than reveal their preferences for assistance with day-to-day living as they grow older.

The poll shows support for policy changes to help, including tax breaks for long-term care and more community services.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Military officers from the U.S. and eight other countries will receive their degrees in advanced military studies this week from an Army college at Fort Leavenworth.

The 132 graduates include 12 international officers. They’ll complete their education with a ceremony Thursday at the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies.

The program is a 10-month course in graduate-level education aimed at increasing the leadership skills of officers from all branches of the military. Graduates receive a master’s degree in military arts and sciences.

The students have the rank is either lieutenant colonel, colonel or an equivalent civilian status.

 

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State Board of Education members plan to have meetings across the state to ask their constituents what experience and skills they see as essential for a new education commissioner.

The board is describing the meetings as focus groups. One is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Bonner Springs High School in Bonner Springs. It will be hosted by the local state board member, Democrat Janet Waugh.

The board says several more focus groups are planned.

The board is searching for a new commissioner because Diane DeBacker stepped down from the job last week to become an adviser to the director general of the Abu Dhabi Education Council in the United Arab Emirates.

During the search, Deputy Commissioner Brad Neuenswander will serve as acting commissioner.

UPDATE: Identity of victim released.

MANHATTAN — Riley County police have confirmed the body of a 25-year old man in a boating accident at Tuttle Cove was recovered late Sunday night in the Tuttle Cove Park boat ramp area.  He had been missing since earlier Sunday afternoon.

Riley County Police Department spokesman Mat Droge said that first responders were called to the ramp park area at 3:12 p.m.

There was a report of an approximately 10-foot fishing boat that had capsized at the mouth of Tuttle Cove.

Originally the boat had three passengers, two men and a woman, all in their 20s. Two people were pulled from the water. One was transported to Mercy Regional Medical Center, and the other went to Mercy Regional by private vehicle. By late evening both of them no longer needed treatment.

Police indicated as far as they could tell, no life jackets were being worn at the time of the accident. Several other emergency services responded to the scene, including the Kansas Department Wildlife and Parks, US Army Corps of Engineers, Manhattan Fire Department Search and Rescue, Riley County Emergency Management and EMS.”

Those involved in the accident, including the fatality victim, are expected to be identified Monday.

Another boat had also capsized near Wildcat Creek on the southeast side of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, but both both people rescued a short time later. There were no injuries reported.

 

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Little Apple Post

MANHATTAN— Emergency crews are at Tuttle Cove Boat Ramp.

Riley County Police Department spokesman Mat Droge said that first responders were called to the ramp park area at 3:12 p.m.

“There was a report of an approximately 10 foot fishing boat that had capsized at the mouth of Tuttle Cove.

Originally the boat had three passengers. Two people were pulled from the water. One was transported to Mercy Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. The other drove his personal vehicle to Mercy Regional for a minor injury.

One man in his 20s is missing. Emergency crews are in the process of searching for him.

As far as we can tell, no life jackets were being worn at the time of the accident. Several other emergency services are on the scene, such including as Kansas Department Wildlife and Parks, US Army Corps of Engineers, Manhattan Fire Department Search and Rescue, Riley County Emergency Management and EMS.”

Another boat had also capsized.

A sail boat capsized and put two people in the water a few minutes after 5 p.m.

Check Hays Post for more information as it becomes available.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The assets of the National Baseball Congress are expected to be formally transferred by Wichita to a new, nonprofit foundation.

The Wichita Eagle reports that city staff will ask the Wichita City Council, which owns the NBC’s annual tournament, to approve the transfer to the nonprofit NBC Baseball Foundation on Tuesday. The nonprofit group was incorporated last year by the city.

Council members are also expected to consider a resolution establishing the foundation’s board of directors, a nine-member board including seven community members and two members of the council.

The assets of the National Baseball Congress total about $16,000 to $18,000. The tournament itself has been valued at $1 million, the price paid when it was bought by the city in 2007 to keep the summer amateur event in Wichita.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has received a donation of a work by artist James Turrell.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that University of Kansas alumnus Mark Booth and his wife, Lauren, have donated the work “Gard Blue” to the museum. The piece has been the centerpiece of the Spencer’s nine-month exhibition “James Turrell: Gard Blue.”

The piece, created by Turrell in 1968, is a projection of blue light in a large, box-like room constructed for the display. Mark Booth called “Gard Blue” ”an early important work in the career of an artist who’s widely considered one of the great artists of the last 50 years.”

Museum director Saralyn Reece Hardy says she was deeply honored by the gift.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas has held its 142nd annual commencement ceremony.

More than 4,000 students were candidates for graduation this spring, and 12,000 were invited to the commencement ceremony on Sunday.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little told the crowd at Memorial Stadium to “strive to be something bigger than your selfie.” Gray-Little then turned her back to the crowd and snapped a selfie of her own. In the background behind her thousands of Kansas graduates cheered.

Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Fred Logan told the graduates he hoped they would use their education “to help others succeed, help everyone else along.”

The university also awarded two honorary doctorates, to vocalist Joyce Ann DiDonato and economist Vernon Smith.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — More than 12,000 Boy Scouts from the Kansas City region attended a weekend event called Scouting 500 at the Kansas Speedway.

The Kansas City Star reports the event at the Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, included a zip line, go-karts, scuba lessons, remote-control helicopters and lessons on welding, carpentry, archery and more.

Scott Boswell of Commerce Trust Co. of Kansas City and the event’s chairman says Scouting 500 allows scouts 14 and older to do things that they’ve never done before.

Organizers say they plan to repeat the weekend event every four years.

 

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — A southeast Kansas school district is changing its protocol for storm shelters after a school hadn’t been unlocked when a recent tornado hit.

Two elementary schools were unlocked before the tornado struck Baxter Springs April 27. But a shelter at Baxter Springs Middle School wasn’t unlocked in time, leaving those who drove there to seek shelter elsewhere.

The incident prompted the school board to change its protocol for opening the shelters during a meeting last week.

Superintendent Dennis Burke told The Joplin Globe that shelter wasn’t open in time because of the warning came so close to the storm.

He says the district is adding more signs at shelters directing people to the unlocked doors. They’re also buying radio communications systems in case cellphones can’t be used.