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Month: May 2014

KCIE offers summer workshops for educators, professionals

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Several workshops and programs from the Kansas Center for Innovative Education at Fort Hays State University, are available to educators and other professionals this summer. These programs provide tools for creative and critical thinking in the fields of manufacturing, technology and education.

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All workshops are available for graduate credit. The fee for each of these events is $90 with registration due one week prior to each event. To enroll for graduate credit, registration is due two weeks in advance.

Friday, June 6: “Strategies and Techniques for English Language Arts Classrooms,” presented by Dr. Lorie Cook-Benjamin, assistant professor of teacher education at FHSU and Andrea Schuette, sixth-grade English teacher at Colby Middle School, will be in the nursing building at North Central Kansas Technical College, 2205 Wheatland.

The workshop will present strategies and techniques used in middle and high school English language arts classrooms to help reach the Kansas College and Career Readiness Standards.

Lunch and refreshments are included in the $90 workshop fee, due Wednesday, June 4. Registration for college credit should be completed no later than Friday, May 23.

Monday, June 23: “Approaches to classroom Management: Find What Works for You,” presented by Cook-Benjamin and Casey Piene, special education teaching specialist for Wichita public schools, will be in the nursing building at NCK Tech.

The workshop will share a variety of classroom management approaches.

Registration, including the $90 workshop fee, is due Wednesday, June 16.

Friday, June 27: “Problem-Based Learning and Technology: Connecting College and Career Readiness Standards,” presented by Dr. Kathy Dale, assistant professor of educational administration and counseling at FHSU; Maret Schrader, freshman language arts teacher at Seaman High School, Topeka; and Clayton Schrader, fourth-grade teacher at West Indianola Elementary, Topeka, will be in the nursing building at NCK Tech.

The workshop will look at the educational benefits of many technology platforms including iMovie, Garage Band, Audacity, Moodle, Schoology, Google Drive and Prezi.

Registration, including the $90 workshop fee, is due Friday, June 20.

Monday, July 7: “Google Drive in the Classroom,” presented by Dr. Robert Moody, associate professor of advance education programs at FHSU, will be in Rarick Hall, room 201, on the FHSU campus.

The workshop will offer an explanation and demonstration of the many uses for Google Drive. Participants will have many opportunities for hands-on learning.

Registration, including the $90 workshop fee, is due Monday, June 30.

Monday, July 21: “Google Chrome Apps: Benefits for Schools,” presented by Moody, will be in Rarick Hall, room 201.

The workshop will feature various free instructional apps that work well with CCRS and specific content areas.

Registration, including the $90 workshop fee, is due Monday, July 14.

Friday, July 25: “The ‘What’ and ‘How’ of ELL Strategies,” presented by Sherri Brantley, instructor of teacher education, will be in the nursing building at NCK Tech.

The workshop will equip participants to address the needs of English Language Learners through strategies for “how” to distinguish between second language acquisition levels and “what” instructional strategies are appropriate for each language level.

Registration, including the $90 workshop fee, is due Friday, July 18.

For more information or to enroll in the workshops, visit www.fhsu.edu/kcie/events.

Midwest Energy teams with bank, colleges to offer career training

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Midwest Energy and Co-Bank have teamed together for a $120,000 investment in career training for companies in Midwest Energy’s 41-county service area. North Central Kansas Technical College and Hutchinson Community College, in cooperation with area companies, are partnering together to offer the new training initiative.

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The training — in partnership with the Kansas Department of Commerce, Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development, Midwest Energy and Co-Bank — provides participants with intensive technology training and links them to good jobs with local area manufacturers and constructors – “education linked to a job.”

The pilot project connects economic and workforce development under the new “Workforce Aligned with Industry Demand” (Workforce AID) initiative at the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Training curriculum was developed under the guidance of area manufacturers including Glassman Corp., Cross Manufacturing, CASHCO, Carrico Implement Co., Wellhead Systems and APAC. Graduates are prepared for an entry-level position with one of these companies and also are ready to earn an industry credential from the National Institute of Metalworking Skills.

For a limited time, funding from Midwest Energy and Co-Bank is available for adults who qualify.

“This project provides training that is specifically targeted to meet the needs of our area companies. Adults can complete this training quickly and move into quality jobs while local companies remain competitive with a skilled workforce,” said both Eric Burks, president at NCK Tech, and Ed Berger, HCC president.

“This pilot project will connect trainees with employers who need people now, and remove the barriers to those individuals acquiring the skills and credentials needed in rural Kansas communities,” said Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George.

To enroll in the training, call NCK Tech (785-738-9051) or KANSASWORKS (785-625-5654) at the Hays Workforce Center. Pre-assessment tests are required before enrollment.

HPD activity log, May 13

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The Hays Police Department conducted 12 traffic stops and received four animal calls on Tuesday, May 13, according to the HPD activity log.

Water use violation, 1100 block Country Club Drive, 7:36 a.m.
Water use violation, 1100 block Country Club Drive, 7:43 a.m.
Welfare check, Hays, 8:37 a.m.
Phone/mail scam, 1000 block West 28th, 9:09 a.m.
Shoplifting, 2900 block Broadway, 9:50 a.m.
Welfare check, 1100 block Country Club Drive, 10:30 a.m.
Harassment, 200 block East 15th, 12:36 p.m.
Animal at large, 1200 block Canterbury, 12:47 p.m.
Drug offenses, 700 block East Sixth, 1:08 p.m.
Animal at large, 1000 block Reservation Road, 2:23 p.m.
Telephone harassment, 500 block Main, 2:26 p.m.
Motor vehicle accident/hit and run, 1700 block Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Drug offenses, 200 block East 14th, 3 p.m.
Found/lost property, 100 block West 12th, 4:23 p.m.
Credit card violations, 4300 block Vine, 4:43 p.m.
Found/lost property, 100 block West 12th, 5:18 p.m.
Suspicious activity, 1000 block East 17th, 5:17 p.m.
Civil dispute, 600 block East Sixth, 6:03 p.m.
Disorderly conduct, 200 block East 17th, 7:10 p.m.

Moody’s: Spending cuts needed in Kansas to offset tax cuts

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Screen Shot 2014-05-14 at 7.35.00 AMTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Moody’s Investors Service says Kansas will need to make more spending cuts to offset tax cuts that have sharply reduced state revenues.

Moody’s downgraded Kansas bonds last month on the same day the state announced April revenue collections fell $93 million below estimates. Moody’s says most of the state’s revenue shortfall was because less money was collected in individual income taxes.

The Lawrence Journal-World says a Moody’s report issued Tuesday suggests more spending cuts will be difficult to achieve because of court-ordered school funding, federal mandates in programs like Medicaid, and legal requirements to fund the state pension system.

But Gov. Sam Brownback blamed the revenue decrease on President Barack Obama and said wealthy taxpayers filed their capital gains income in 2012 tax year instead of 2013.

 

Local student earns award from Columbia College

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Vy Phan, Hays, was awarded the Glenna Mae Kubach Accounting Scholarship from Columbia College during the Honors and Awards Convocation recently held on the Columbia College campus:

More than $156,000 in scholarship money was awarded to students at the event.

Founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., Columbia College has been helping students advance their lives through higher education for more than 160 years. As a private, nonprofit, liberal arts and sciences institution, the college takes pride in its small classes, experienced faculty and quality educational programs. With more than 30 campuses across the country, 18 of which are on military installations, students may enroll in day, evening or online classes. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Columbia College educates more than 31,000 students each year and has more than 80,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu.

Awards and scholarships handed out at Hays High banquet

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The following students received scholarships and awards on Monday night at Hays High School’s Annual Awards Banquet.

Scholarships

Hays High Alumni Scholarship-$200-Carly Schmidt

Academic Booster Club Scholarship-$500-Chase Lynd, Samantha Rohleder, Nicole Feyerherm, Kelly Koenigsman, Sana Cheema, Breanna Kruse, Rachel Luedders, Jessie Carmichael, Vince Bailey

Hays High Student Council Scholarship-Abby Garrett

Red Cross Blood Services Young Minds Change Lives Scholarship-Abby Garrett, Samantha Rohleder

Constitutional Academy Scholarships-Alexander Green, Samantha Rohleder

YouthCorps Scholarship-$250-Samantha Rohleder

Hays FFA Chapter Scholarships-$350-$1600-Alysia Arnhold, Clarence Bollig, Karter Gonzales, Breanne Kruse, Kaysha Leiker, Timothy Miller, Jill Polorny, Lyle Russell, Clayton Schneider, Sheldon Sulzman, Dakota Zimmerman

Cody Younger Memorial Agriculture Scholarship-$500-Breanne Kruse, Clayton Schneider

Jordyn Claiborn Free Spirit Award-$750-Wendy Zimmerman

Ana Hertel Scholarships-$500-Carly Schmidt, Wendy Zimmerman

Golden Belt Bank Scholarship-$1000-Lacey Pfannenstiel

Werth Wealth Management Scholarships-$1250-Kord Albers, Nicole Feyerherm

Sunflower Bank Community Ambassador Scholarships-$750-$1250-Macey Pfeifer, Shelby Schumacher, Jared Willhoft

Ellis County 4-H Scholarships-$300-$600-Breanne Kruse, Kirk Pfannenstiel, Jill Pokorny

Coach Kuhn Scholarships-$500-Preston Weigel, Wendy Zimmerman

Hays Rotary Club Scholarship-$1000-Wendy Zimmerman

 

Awards

Kansas State University Outstanding Seniors in Math and Science-Sana Cheema, Kelly Koenigsman

Governor’s Scholars-Sana Cheema, Kelly Koenigsman

All-American Marching Band Award-Aislinn Walters

Click HERE to take a look at the special graduation edition of the HHS student newspaper, The Guidon.

Related story: HHS hands out awards to student athletes.

Company gets key federal OK for western Kan. transmission line

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HUTCHINSON (AP) — A Texas company has received a key federal approval for its proposed high-voltage power line that will deliver Kansas-generated wind energy to users in the eastern United States.

The Hutchinson News reports Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC has gotten approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to negotiate agreements to sell capacity on its proposed overhead transmission line.

The 750-mile-long Grain Belt Express plans to link wind farms in western Kansas with utilities, load-serving entities and clean energy generators in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. The company says it eventually will transport power for an estimated 1.4 billion households annually.

The line runs from the Dodge City area to just east of Russell and west of Osborne before heading into northeast Kansas.

Officials with Houston-based Clean Line Energy don’t expect the line to go into commercial operation until 2018. FERC’s approval means the company can now begin talks with potential customers.

Public invited to free bus ride to mark Brown vs. Board of Education anniversary

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Hays Post

Hays residents will get the chance to travel to the site of a history-making desegregation case in Topeka.

A bus in Hays will travel to Topeka on Saturday morning to attend the Brown vs. Board of Education 60th anniversary celebration march and rally for public education.

According to Kathy Rome, UniServ Director from the Kansas National Education Association Kathy Rome, the public is invited to take the bus trip free of charge.

“It is for anyone to ride on. We just think this is a great experience for children, for families, for patrons, teachers — anybody associated with school to go to, and celebrate this historic event,” she said.

Rome said the trip will include a visit to the Brown vs. Board of Education Historic Site, housed at Monroe Elementary School, a former all-black school where the lead plaintiff’s daughter attended school in the lawsuit to end segregation.

Rome said the exhibit at the site, telling the story  of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision, is powerful and interactive.

Following the museum visit, the group will gather at the state house for a rally for public education and a celebration picnic.

The bus leaves at 7 a.m. Saturday from 1202 Canterbury. Sign up at movingkansasforward.org. 

 

 

 

Daisy Alice (Terry) Pfannenstiel

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Daisy Alice (Terry) Pfannenstiel, 82 of Wichita, Kansas and formerly of the Russell, Kansas area, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Lakepoint Facility in Wichita.

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Daisy was born September 11, 1931, in Russell, the daughter of Ralph and Zelda (Carroll) Terry.  She grew up in Russell and graduated from Russell High School. She then attended Fort Hays State University for a couple of years.

Daisy was a Special Education Teacher in Gorham for many years. She also worked at Alco, T.G.&Y., Fuller Brush, Smokey Hill Public Television and was a secretary for Budget Plumbing. She was a member of the Church of Nazarene of Salina and the American Legion Post #99 Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed crocheting, playing cards, dominoes, and was active in the Russell Senior Center before moving to Wichita in 2007.

Surviving family include four daughters, Paula Kuntzsch of Russell, Kansas, Pamela Gideon (Don) of Lovington, New Mexico, Peggy Acheson (Terry) of Salina, Kansas and Penny Radke (Sam) of Russell, Kansas; two sons, Paul Pfannenstiel, Jr. (Valorie) of Wichita, Kansas and Pete Pfannenstiel of Lovington, New Mexico; two brothers, Fred Mitchell Sr. of Ellinwood, Kansas and Stanley Mitchell of Garden City, Kansas; two half sisters, Patty and Phyllis; two step sisters, Marceline Bender and Glenna Paschal both of Russell, Kansas; 10 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Gail Terry, Kenneth Mitchell, Charles Mitchell, Step brother, Oscar Bill Mitchell; sister Margaret Kennedy; and son-in-law John Kuntzsch.

Celebration of Daisy’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell with Rev. Bill Campbell officiating.  Burial of ashes will follow at the Russell City Cemetery.  Visitation will be held on Monday, May 19, 2014 from 9 AM to 8 PM at the mortuary with the family present to greet friends from 6 PM to 7 PM.  A Memorial has been established as the Daisy Pfannenstiel Memorial Fund.  Contributions and condolences may be sent to Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, who is in charge of these arrangements.

Frontage road will be closed temporarily Wednesday

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Beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday, the frontage road at 32nd and Vine will be partially closed to the south edge of Whiskey Creek for approximately five hours for replacement of a fire hydrant.

Traffic control devices will be in place to direct the traveling public. For more information, call (785) 628-7380.

Maurine Carol Yeager

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Maurine Carol Yeager, 92, Derby, Kansas, formerly of Russell, died on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at the Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita.

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Maurine was born in Selden, Kansas, the daughter of Glen and Sylvia (Crabill) Schrock. She grew up in the Selden area and graduated from Selden High School. After high school she attended Brown Mackie College to train as a business secretary. She met, fell in love and was united in marriage to Edward B. Yeager on October 17, 1947 in Larned, Kansas. From this union they were blessed with two children daughter Marsha and son Doug.

Maurine worked for Phillip Petroleum in Russell for a while but became a full-time wife and mother after she was married. She was a longtime member of St. John Lutheran Church in Russell and was a member of the Russell V.F.W. and American Legion Auxiliaries. She enjoyed playing bridge, fishing for walleye, traveling, reading, crocheting and knitting. She also enjoyed watching and feeding the birds that gathered in her yard. Most of all she enjoyed spending time with her family.

Surviving family include her daughter Marsha Martin and husband Terry of Collinsville, Oklahoma, son Doug Yeager and wife Susie of Wichita, Kansas; brother Phillip Schrock and wife Marilyn of Lodi, California; sister Vinita Buettgenbach of Lebanon, Kansas; three grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Edward, brothers Clair, Maurice, Harold and Gary Schrock; sisters Eldine Neil and Bonavee Fike and an infant sister.

A celebration of Maurine’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at the St. John Lutheran Church in Russell, with Pastor Roger Dennis officiating. Visitation will be from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the mortuary with the family present to greet guests from 6 P.M. to 7 P.M. Friday evening. Memorials may be given to the St. John Lutheran Church of Russell and sent in care of the mortuary. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.

Obama to ask Congress for cash for America’s roads, bridges

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Mussel Fork Drainage Ditch BridgeWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading to a crumbling Hudson River bridge to try to pressure Congress into giving America’s roads, bridges and ports an infusion of cash.

The Tappan Zee Bridge outside New York City is in dire need of replacement nearly six decades after being built. When he visits the bridge Wednesday, Obama will call on lawmakers to back his plan to keep the nation’s infrastructure from falling apart. He’ll also promote efforts to cut red tape and delays in permitting.

Wednesday night Obama will headline a pair of high-dollar fundraisers for Democrats.

He will spend the night in Manhattan before attending Thursday’s dedication of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.

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