The streets of downtown Hays were lined with parade goers early Friday evening for the annual TMP-Marian High School homecoming parade.

While traveling in the parade ourselves with the Eagle Communications entry #41, we turned our Hays Post news camera on the crowd.

The beautiful bricks which pave historic downtown Hays Main Street made for a less-than-completely-steady camera shot and the sun sinking in the west produced some awesome sun flares in the lens. Somebody needs to clean that camera lens!

Still, it was a fun ride.

Did you wave at our camera? Play the video–it’s about 13 minutes long–and find yourself and your friends.

The TMP-M homecoming parade will be played back in its entirety next week on Eagle Cable Television Channel 14.

In conjunction with The Red Flag Campaign, a month-long awareness campaign focused on the issue of dating violence on college campuses, a free self-defense training workshop is again being offered to the Hays community.

The workshop is sponsored by the FHSU Women’s Leadership Project, Defensive Tactics Club, Department of Health and Human Performance and Panhellenic Council. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 4 in Cunningham Hall, Room 110.

Participants will learn situational awareness, common perpetrator tactics and an introduction to simple and effective physical and verbal self-defense and risk reduction techniques.

Kenton Russell is the primary trainer for the workshop and will be assisted by FHSU students who have been trained as defensive tactics coaches. Russell has 30 years of experience in mixed martial arts training and has trained many high profile individuals, including but not limited to Secret Service Agents, FBI Agents, SWAT Team members and Navy SEALs.

Participants age 12 and older should come dressed appropriately — shirts with sleeves and no jewelry. Shoes are not allowed on the mats.

For more information, call the Women’s Leadership Project at (785) 628-4312 or email [email protected].

New staff at Russell USD 407 and their mentors will be the guests for a welcome lunch this week, sponsored by the Russell Area Chamber of Commerce and Kai Muller, Edward Jones.

The lunch will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 1 in the Sunflower Room of Meridy’s Restaurant.

Organizers are in the process of gathering supplies for “Teacher Survival Kits,” and chamber member are encouraged to donate items including pens, pencils, highlighters, notepads, or other items to be included in the kits.

Members interested in donating should contact the chamber, 507 N. Main, no later than Monday at [email protected].

Celebration Community Church, 5790 230th Ave., will have a car seat check-lane from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Troopers from the Kansas Highway Patrol and officers from the Hays Police Department will be on hand to make sure car seats are installed correctly and fits your child properly.

Sunny, warm, and breezy conditions are expected this weekend, with high temperatures Saturday and Sunday in the 80s.

This weather pattern will change early next week with the approach of an upper level storm system which will bring a chance of thunderstorms beginning late Monday.

Another cool front will move through Wednesday, followed by a strong cold front Thursday. This will bring the stretch of warm autumn weather to an end, with cooler temperatures Thursday and Friday.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a south wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. South southeast wind 8 to 16 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon.