Hays Post
The Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus release date is Friday, meaning long lines at retailers in Hays and across the country as people race to be among the first with the coveted phone.
Retailers including Verizon Wireless in Hays had lines outside their doors early Friday morning.
According to the Apple Inc. website, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are larger, but thinner, more powerful and possess a Retina HD display.
The iPhone 6 is 4.7 inches, while the iPhone 6 Plus is 5.5 inches in size.
The Hays Police Department conducted 16 traffic stops and received six animal calls on Thursday, Sept. 18, according to the HPD activity log.
Intoxicated subject, 1000 block Fort, 2:02 a.m.
Abandoned vehicle, 400 block West 11th, 5:56 a.m.
Abandoned vehicle, 400 block East 21st, 6:04 a.m.
Water use violation, 1400 block Washington, 8:08 a.m.
Animal bite investigation, 100 block East 18th, 9:09 a.m.
Criminal threat, 3000 block Broadway, 10:05 a.m.
Motor vehicle accident/private property/hit and run, 2200 block Canterbury, 9:50 a.m.
Suspicious activity, 2200 block Canterbury, 10:37 a.m.
Animal at large, 900 block Commerce, 11:04 a.m.
Animal at large, 13th and Vine, 11:49 a.m.
Criminal trespass, 4300 block Vine, 12:31 p.m.
Welfare check, 2800 block Canal, 2:31 p.m.
Assist, 1000 block Fort, 2:13 p.m.
Intoxicated subject, 13th and Milner, 2:43 p.m.
Motor vehicle accident, 1200 block West 27th, 3:17 p.m.
Telephone harassment, 2000 block Walnut, Aug. 18
Criminal transport, Garden City, 5:47 p.m.
Mental health call, 1400 block East 29th, 8:51 p.m.
Abandoned vehicle, 1200 block Walnut, 9:53 p.m.
Underage possession of alcohol, 600 block Walnut, 11:49 p.m.
NASHVILLE (AP) – George Hamilton IV (the fourth) has died. Hamilton suffered a heart attack Saturday and died in a Nashville hospital on Wednesday. He was 77. Hamilton was known as the “International Ambassador of Country Music” because he developed a following around the world. He started off as a pop singer, though. “A Rose and A Baby Ruth” hit number 6 on the Billboard pop chart in 1956. He moved to Nashville in 1959 and had his first country hit with “Before This Day Ends.” “Abilene” was his biggest hit, topping the country charts in 1963. Hamilton had a string of hits in the 1960s and ’70s. His last album, “In The Heart of Texas,” came out in 2011. He still performed at the Grand Ole Opry and often acted as a celebrity tour guide.
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\LINDSBORG, Kan. (AP) — The final painting of renowned Kansas artist Birger Sandzen is coming home this weekend.
The painting, “Smoky Hill River Scene,” will be officially donated to the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg on Saturday.
Sandzen was an early leader in Kansas art, creating mostly in impressionism and post-impressionism scenes of the prairie. The Lindsborg museum has about 250 of his nearly 2,800 oil paintings.
The Hutchinson News reports the children of the painting’s owner, Ralph Hale, are donating the picture to the gallery. Hale bought it in 1962 and it was hanging in the home of Hale’s second wife in Hutchinson until her death in May.
Sandzen, a native of Sweden, created most of his work while teaching at Bethany college in the 1900s.
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Gus Malzahn squeezed into his postgame news conference, gripping both sides of the podium and exhaling deeply.
Fifth-ranked Auburn had just eked out a 20-14 victory over No. 20 Kansas State, and Malzahn was asked whether it was the kind of nip-and-tuck nonconference game that he likes to play.
“After they’re over and you win, yeah,” the Tigers’ coach said. “You do.”
Auburn’s vaunted ground game held in check all night, the Tigers finally pulled away when they went to the air. Nick Marshall threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns, and Auburn forced a trio of turnovers while capitalizing on three missed field goals by the Wildcats.
Still, the game wasn’t over until Marshall found D’haquille Williams running wide open on third-and-9 at the Auburn 37. The completion with 2:06 remaining went for 39 yards, a first down that effectively ended the game, and gave the Tigers (3-0) their first nonconference road win over a ranked team since knocking off Florida State in 1984.
“Our guys found a way,” Malzahn said. “I told them after the game, I think this could be a game that really helps us in the future, because we faced some major adversity tonight.”
Not nearly as much as Kansas State.
Jake Waters threw for 245 yards, but he also tossed two picks — one in the Auburn end zone. The Wildcats (2-1) also fumbled the ball away, and Jack Cantele missed those crucial field goals.
Still, the Wildcats tried to rally in the closing minutes, scoring on a run by Charles Jones out of the wildcat formation with 3:49 left. But after holding the Tigers to third down, Marshall took advantage of one more miscue — a bad call on defense — for a first down to seal it.
“There was a ton of mistakes that we made that impacted the outcome,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said. “Auburn is a tremendous football team and we just made too many mistakes.”
The result was Kansas State’s lowest point total in more than three years.
“It hurts a lot,” wide receiver Tyler Lockett said. “We left a lot out there on the field. One of the plays I remember, I dropped a touchdown that turned into an interception. Missed field goals, fumbled the ball. We just made a lot of mistakes today.”
Auburn was the highest-ranked team to play in Manhattan since second-ranked Penn State in 1969, and an overflow crowd started tailgating Tuesday. The festivities continued until shortly after kickoff, when the Wildcats started to throw away opportunities to spring an upset.
The first serious miscue was a fumbled handoff deep in Kansas State territory. Auburn hopped on the loose ball and, four plays later, kicked a 34-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead.
The second turnover was even more costly. The Wildcats had second-and-goal from the Auburn 2, and Waters zipped a pass that bounced off Lockett’s shoulder pads in the end zone. Rather than an easy touchdown, the ball was picked off by the Tigers’ Jonathan Jones.
“Coach always says you get interceptions on tips and overthrows,” Jones said.
The Wildcats kept buckling down on defense, though, stuffing Auburn’s read-option attack. The Tigers had just 55 yards rushing in the first half, the fewest in the Malzahn era.
The nation’s best team in converting third downs also failed on its first five attempts.
“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” Marshall said. “Adversity hit us and we wanted to see how we would respond, and we responded well.”
Kansas State finally scored with 4:56 left in the first half when DeMarcus Robinson scampered in from 3 yards out for his first career touchdown. But the Tigers hurried the other way, capping a 75-yard drive with Marshall’s 40-yard strike to Ricardo Louis for a 10-7 lead.
Cantele pushed a potential tying field-goal attempt wide on the final play of the half, his second miss of the night. He hooked one wide left late in the first quarter.
He made it a frustrating hat-trick midway through the third quarter.
The Wildcats had once again marched downfield, and once again pushed the ball inside the Auburn 5. But after the Tigers stiffened, Cantele was summoned to try a 22-yarder — a mere chip-shot, hardly more than an extra point. He missed it wide right.
The Tigers tacked on a touchdown and a field goal, eventually putting the game out of reach.
“It was a collective team loss,” Kansas State defensive end Ryan Mueller said. “There were some missed opportunities there and that’s all I can really say.”
The Hays High girls’ golf team placed four in the top-10 and wins the Garden City Invitational yesterday at Buffalo Dunes. The Indians shoot a 372, one shot ahead of the host Buffaloes. Taylor DeBoer and Rhian Patterson both shot 90’s. DeBoer was second and Patterson third. Lexie Schaben’s 94 was good for eighth and Katie Brungardt had a 98 and was 10th.
Hays High Results
Taylor BeBoer 90 2nd medalist
Rhian Patterson 90 3rd medalist
Lexie Schaben 94 8th medalist
Katie Brungardt 98 10th medalist
372 1st PLACE
Elissa Jensen 106
Macie Mayo 115
Team Results
1. Hays High-372
2. Garden City-373
3. Goodland-392
4. Great Bend-428
5. Dodge City-447
6. Syracuse-455
7. Ulysses-464
8. Lakin-472
9. Liberal-481
Top 15 Medalists:
1. Lindsay Bradstreet-Garden City 85
2. Taylor Deboer-Hays High 90
3. Rhian Patterson-Hays High 90
4. Danielle Gaspar-Garden City 91
5. Hannah Leiker-Garden City 92
6. Katie Hays-Goodland 94
7. Sydney Brown-Syracuse 94
8. Lexie Schaben-Hays High 94
9. Logan Perryman-Goodland 95
10. Katie Brungardt-Hays High 98
11. Emily Purvis-Goodland 99
12. Taylor Mohr-Great Bend 100
13. Sydney Parsons-Oakley 103
14. Dani Mangus-Goodland 104
15. Bailey Pfingsten-Ulysses 104
16. Maddie Vesta Great Bend 104
FHSU Athletics
No. 23 Fort Hays State Men’s Soccer fell in its MIAA opener, 2-1, to No. 15 Northeastern State in a matchup of Top 25 teams on Thursday in Tahlequah, Okla.
The Tigers (2-2-1) had nine shots on the night, though just three were on goal, and had to defend against a NSU (2-2-1) squad that fired 18 shots in the game.
Northeastern State scored first, taking a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute on Lee Crosby’s first goal of the season. Jordan Schmoker took a corner, crossing it into the box for Michael Greenfield, whose header found Crosby for a close shot from the left side.
The Tigers answered soon after, hitting the equalizer at 21:39. Diego Cabral was tackled inside the box, and after the referees handed a yellow card to NSU’s Landon Merrill, Cabral scored on his first penalty kick attempt of the year to tie it, 1-1.
NSU regained the lead less than two minutes into the second half when Schmoker scored his fourth goal of the year. Schmoker gathered the ball from Frank Garay, and though his shot was partially blocked by a Tiger defender, it deflected past a diving Kent Freund, giving the RiverHawks the lead, 2-1.
Soon after, at 48:35, FHSU’s Addison Pauler was issued a red card, forcing the Tigers to play the remaining minutes down one man in an 11-on-10 situation. The Tigers matched NSU with four shots during that time frame, but couldn’t score a second game-tying goal.
Cabral had three shots to lead the team, ahead of Tanner Brock’s two shots. Mauricio Costa and Luan Silva each had additional shots on goal.
In the net, Freund played all 90 minutes and had five saves on the evening, while defensemen Eric Hymer, Carlos Linares and Drew Wilson played all 90 minutes for FHSU.
Fort Hays State returns to action this Saturday at Southern Nazarene in Bethany, Okla. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.
The TMP-Marian finishes second at the Larned Invite. They shoot a 436, two shots behind first-place Pratt. Karee Dinkel finished fifth with a 102. Taylor Dinkel was seventh after a 106.
Stray livestock/nuisance, Catharine, 8:31 a.m.
Canine deployment, Hays, 8:38 a.m.
Criminal transport, Dodge City, 9:04 a.m.
Civil dispute, 1500 block West 27th, 9:43 a.m.
Criminal transport, Ellis Rush county line to 100 block West 12th, 12:03 p.m.
Suspicious activity, 1600 block Mount Pleasant Road, 11:24 a.m.
Stray livestock, Catharine, 11:59 a.m.
Animal call, 900 block Commerce, 11:36 a.m.
Criminal transport, Rooks County jail, 5:06 p.m.
The eighth-ranked Hays High volleyball team won their first match but dropped the final two at the Garden City Quad Thursday.
The Indians beat Pratt 25-14, 25-16 then lost to Ulysses in three 25-20, 21-25, 26-28. Hays dropped the final match to Garden City 23-25, 23-25.
In the first match against Pratt, Albany Schaffer had 13 digs, Ashlyn Parish, Tessa Stickel, and Kylie Brown all had four kills. Taylor Groen Younger and Madison Prough each had six assists.
Against Ulysses, Albany Schaffer had 18 digs, Kylie Brown had eight blocks, Ashlyn Parish recorded eleven kills while Madison Prough and Taylor Groen Younger each had 11 assists.
In the Garden City match, Albany Schaffer had 12 digs, Kylie Brown had seven kills and Madison Prough had 11 assists.
The Indians are now 11-2 on the season and off until next Saturday when they play at the Newton tournament.
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Dodge City scores two goals in the first four minutes of the second half to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit and defeats the Hays High boys soccer team 3-1. The Indians fall to 1-3-2 on the season and 0-2-1 in the Western Athletic Conference.
The TMP-Marian Monarchs defeat Buhler 5-1.
WAKEENEY – The new McDonald’s of WaKeeney and 24/7 Travel Plaza, located at 745 S. First Street, has a fresh and modern look that was unveiled this week during a Trego County Economic Coalition ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Louella Kaiser, WaKeeney Public Library Director, and other library representatives were honored guests at the event as Rick and Gail Kuehl — owners of McDonald’s of WaKeeney, Hays, Colby and Russell — and Jamie and Kelsey Kuehl, operations director and human resource director, McDonald’s of WaKeeney, Hays, Colby, and Russell, recommitted to the community through the new restaurant and a $5,000 investment in the library.
“We are excited about this new opportunity for McDonald’s and the WaKeeney community. We are looking forward to this partnership and providing our customers with a quality experience,” said Gail Kuehl. “We are excited about the changes and hope that people in the community enjoy it too.”
“It will be a great place to sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee, surf the Internet or meet up with friends or family,” added Rick Kuehl.
“The style we have chosen for the restaurant is specifically designed to connect our guests with the local community. It tells a local story through impactful imagery and stylized photography. Familiar scenes are incorporated directly into the decor that helps relate to the history and energy of the surrounding communities,” stated Kelsey Kuehl.
The interior design features a wide variety of booths, tables, and chairs that allow customers to choose their own dining experience, whether they are in a hurry or want to create a special moment with friends or family.
The interior also features an updated front counter with Dual Point Service and a full McCafe specialty menu. Dual Point Service creates two separate points of service, an order point and a pick up point, to make the ordering process easier and faster. Also, customers will be able to enjoy a full menu of McCafé specialty beverages, including hot drinks such as mochas, lattes, and hot chocolates, as well as cold drinks such as iced mochas, iced coffees, frappes and real fruit smoothies.
“We are changing with the times – and never stop looking for ways to improve,” said Jamie Kuehl, director of operations. “Our new McDonald’s speaks to the needs of our customers and our community. We want our customers to enjoy every part of the McDonald’s experience.”
If customers are in a hurry and cannot stop inside for their favorite McDonald’s meal, the restaurant’s drive-through has a two-lane ordering system. This will make placing and picking up orders faster and easier than ever as will expanded parking and improved handicapped accessibility.
The McDonald’s of WaKeeney general manager and first assistant manager have been a part of the McDonald’s of WaKeeney team since its opening Oct. 26, 1995, and have a combined McDonald’s tenure of 43 years. Diana Schonthaler, general manager, began with the Kuehl organization as a crew member at McDonald’s of North Hays in 1991, and rose through the ranks to her present position in 1995. Schonthaler has been named a regional outstanding store manager four times. Kellin Fagan, first assistant manager, joined the North Hays team in 1994 and attained his current position in 1995. One other team member, Peggy Lang, shift manager, has been with the McDonald’s of WaKeeney team, since the restaurant opened in its former location in 1995.
“Triplett Inc. and 24/7 Travel Stores has been a part of the WaKeeney community for 28 years and has been extremely pleased with the local support we have received through those years. This support lead us to believe that it was time to invest in a flagship operation and a partnership with the best in the business. That is, of course, McDonalds,” stated Mark Augustine, president of Triplett Inc. “We couldn’t be happier to partner with Rick and Gail Kuehl to provide the residents of WaKeeney and the road warriors that may only be here a short while a new-age Travel Store we can all be extremely proud of. Rick and Gail and their team have dedicated themselves to this project and need to be commended for all the time and effort to make this day such a success. It has also been a pleasure working with the local government and businesses to complete this project, and we hope this state-of-the-art 24/7 Travel Store and McDonalds is a representation of WaKeeney for years to come.”
McDonald’s of WaKeeney and 24/7 Travel Place Grand Opening activities taking place include:
Saturday, Sept. 20
20% discount off all McDonald’s menu items from 6am-11pm
Starting at 6am, free menu item punch cards will be given away to the first 200 drive thru customers (with any purchase). Four types of punch cards will be randomly distributed with each valid for a free item once a week for a year: Big Mac sandwich, Egg McMuffin® sandwich, McCafe beverage (medium-size) of your choice, and a large-size Coca-Cola. These punch cards have a total value over $32,000.
From 11am-1pm: Grimace and Hamburglar will be available to pose for pictures. Remember to bring your camera!
Carnival games/activities: free fun for children including prizes.
Scavenger hunt: within 24/7 property with prizes awarded for completing.
Plinko game: any 24/7 Travel Plaza customer who buys fuel can play for a prize (such as free gas, product samples, coupons, etc.)
Through Sept. 20 to 30, customers can register to win giveaways to include:
FHSU Football Package-includes four reserved tickets for Tiger vs. Missouri Southern game on 11/8/14 with a 2pm kickoff. Package includes sideline access during the 1st quarter and a concession package. The concession package includes hot dogs, popcorn and large soft drinks for four. (Retail value of $100 retail value compliments of FHSU Athletic Dept.);
FHSU Basketball Package-includes four upper level reserved tickets for Tigers vs. Northeastern State game on 1/17/15. Game time is 2pm for the women’s game and 4pm for the men’s game. Package also includes hot dogs, popcorn and large soft drinks for four. (Retail value of $100 retail value compliments of FHSU Athletic Dept.); and
Kansas City Chiefs Package – includes two reserved tickets and a parking pass for the Chiefs vs. Seattle Seahawks game on 11/16/14. (Retail value of $250 compliments of Earp Distribution)
30” Coca-Cola Plush Polar Bear ($90 retail value)
Sept. 21 to 30, special offers include:
$1.00 Sausage McGriddles sandwich;
$1.99 any Happy Meal; and
McCafe Happy Hour (2-5pm daily): $1 off any medium or large-size McCafe beverage.
During the month of October, customer receipts collected from McDonald’s of WaKeeney, Hays, Colby and Russell will be worth triple points in conjunction with the McDonald’s Neighbors Program. Collect receipts and drop them off at your local school to help the school receive a wide variety of high-quality educational resources for free.
