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Month: September 2014

Nava hits slam, Red Sox rally past skidding Royals

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Daniel Nava hit a grand slam, Xander Bogaerts added a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the skidding Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Sunday.

Kansas City blew a four-run lead and dropped three of four to the last-place Red Sox.

The Royals fell 1 1-2 games behind Detroit, which beat Cleveland, in the AL Central. Kansas City is in the thick of the wild-card race.

The Red Sox chased Jason Vargas (11-9) with one out in the sixth after Mookie Betts and Bogaerts singled. Reliever Aaron Crow walked Yoenis Cespedes to load the bases and struck out Allen Craig.

Nava hit Crow’s next pitch into the Red Sox bullpen for his second career grand slam and a 7-4 lead.

Bogaerts homered in the third and got three hits. He also had a sacrifice fly and drove in four runs, giving him 11 RBIs in his past 15 games.

Joe Kelly (3-2) gave up five consecutive hits and four runs in the second, but nothing else in six innings. The Royals loaded the bases in the ninth off Edward Mujica, but Lorenzo Cain struck out to end the game.

Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer in the second, and Omar Infante’s grounder scored another run in the inning.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: INF-OF Brock Holt (concussion) remains sidelined and is having vision problems.

Royals: LHP Danny Duffy (sore shoulder) made 20 throws with no discomfort in a bullpen session. Manager Ned Yost said they would check on how Duffy feels Monday and make a decision on whether he will start Tuesday against the White Sox. … DH Josh Willingham (groin strain) has not played since Thursday.

UP NEXT

Red Sox: After an off-day Monday, the 10-game trip continues Tuesday with the first of three games at Pittsburgh, another playoff-contending club. Rookie right-hander Anthony Ranaudo will start the series opener.

Royals: Staff ace James Shields, who has a career-high 18 1-3 inning scoreless streak, will start the series opener against the visiting White Sox. Shields hasn’t done well against Chicago SS Alexei Ramirez, who has a .412 batting average with two home runs in 51 at-bats against him.

Clifton scores twice, FHSU men’s soccer shuts out South Dakota Mines

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The 23rd-ranked Fort Hays State Men’s Soccer team shutout South Dakota Mines in a 2-0 victory to close out the MIAA/GNAC Soccer Challenge in Rapid City, S.D., on Sunday (Sept. 14).

Austin Clifton led the way on offense, scoring two goals on four shots in just 54 minutes of action. Michael Cole added to his points total for the season with an assist on Clifton’s first goal.
 
The Tigers (2-1-1) tookr the lead less than 10 minutes into the game, when Clifton broke into the scoring column at 6:19.  Cole hit a low cross to Clifton in the box, who scored on a one touch shot from five yards out.

Kent Freund posted his first shutout of the season between the pipes, picking up seven saves.  One of those saves, a penalty kick save in the 84th minute, kept the Hardrockers off the board and prevented a tie score late in the game
 
Clifton’s second goal of the day followed Freund’s penalty kick save, solidifying the Tigers victory.  At 86:46, Clifton broke away from the SD Mines defense, finding the lower left corner of the net from 18 yards out.
 
Defensively, Eric Hymer, Drew Wilson, Luan Silva and Carlos Linares played all 90 minutes in the backfield, limiting the Hardrockers to 13 shots (7 on goal). 
 
Fort Hays State opens MIAA play this Thursday (Sept. 18) on the road against No. 7 Northeastern State.  Game time is set for 7 p.m., in Tahlequah, Okla.

FHSU women’s soccer closes road trip with loss at UC-Colorado Springs

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The Tigers’ women’s soccer team closed out its four-game season opening road trip with a 2-1 loss at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. 
 
Fort Hays State (2-2), which put up 10 shots (six on goal), struck first with a goal in the opening three minutes, but were unable to hold off the Mountain Lions (1-2), who had 15 shots.

Kelsey Steffens got things started at 2:56 by scoring her third goal of the season, assisted by Mallory Diedrich. Steffens took a pass from Diederich and dribbled around a UCCS defender before chipping it over the oncoming goalkeeper, Grace Ramsden.
 
UCCS tied it in the 37th minute, as Michaela Mansfield hit the equalizer from the top of the box, assisted by Bailee Jameson. 
 
Tied 1-1 at the break, FHSU couldn’t slow down a UCCS attack that had 10 shots in the second half as the Mountain Lions hit an eventual game winner at 51:07, off a corner kick.  Hannah Levett was credited with the goal, capitalizing on a scramble in front of the net.

Hailey Davey and Kylee Loneker each had three shots (two on goal) for the Tigers, while keeper Kristen Thompson put up three saves in 90 minutes.
 
Fort Hays State returns to FHSU Soccer Stadium on Friday, Sept. 19, for its MIAA opener versus Nebraska-Kearney.  Game time is set for 6 p.m., in Hays, Kan.

‘No Good Deed?’ More like, ‘No good, dude’

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James Gerstner reviews movies for Hays Post.
James Gerstner reviews movies for Hays Post.

“No Good Deed” is a home invasion “thriller” (those are exaggerated quotations, which are difficult to express in print) that does, in a very mediocre way, what nearly every home invasion thriller does, to poor effect.

Idris Elba, of “Pacific Rim” and “Thor” fame, leads an uninspired cast with a very uninspiring performance himself. Elba has never been an expressive or overly emotional actor. His previous supporting roles may have been undamaged by his dramatical shortcomings, but “No Good Deed” suffers at the hands of a bland villain, with a bland plot that is carried out in a very bland way.

Criminal home invasion movies that are labeled as thrillers are often times simply tamer versions of horror films. The protagonist exists to the move the story along and, hopefully, survive. The real flavor of the movie, the one element that makes or breaks it, is the villain. Light is so often defined by the shape of the shadow against which it is set. What people are afraid of, and what these types of films so desperately need, is a piercing, jagged shadow that seems to absorb the very light from the room. What we get in “No Good Deed” is an unfortunate, amorphous blob of an antagonist that casts a weak shadow with rounded edges.

I can say, with first hand experience, that originality is difficult. It’s a concern that will only grow in cinema, television, literature and other creative endeavors in coming years. There is so much content out there for consumption that similarities that might have gone unnoticed 30 years ago and are now plainly obvious. The thriller genre, in particular, stands on the brink. The amount of innovation necessary for a thriller in the same vein as “No Good Deed” to impress critics and captivate audiences is nothing short of gargantuan.

In the end, “No Good Deed” is simply an undefined shadow that neither intrigues nor scares.

3 of 6 stars

Thomas Eugene Vogel

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Thomas Eugene Vogel, age 83, passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas. He was born on February 14, 1931 in Ness County, Kansas the son of Raymond and Ida Leiker Vogel. He was a farmer and a Soil Conservation Agent.

He married Gloria Schneidewind on September 12, 1960 in Ness City, Kansas. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a member of the Sacred Heart Church and the Knights of Columbus, Ness City.

He is survived by his son, Kelly Vogel (Yi Zhi), Lawton, Oklahoma; two daughters, Shelly Gomez (Wayne), Denver, Colorado and Christi Vogel, Pearland, Texas; two sisters, Joan Slagle, Larned, Kansas and Patty Rinker, Fallbrook, California; three grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother, Virgil Vogel.

Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City on Monday, September 15, 2014 from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M.

Funeral service will be on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 10:30 A.M. at the Sacred Heart Church, Ness City. Burial in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sacred Heart Church.

2 dead, 3 injured on Kansas Turnpike near Topeka

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FatalTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say two people have been killed and three injured in a single-vehicle crash on the Kansas Turnpike west of Topeka.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that a sport utility vehicle driving from Omaha, Nebraska, rolled Saturday night near a highway exit. Turnpike officials said the vehicle was turning too fast while exiting the highway.

The victims were identified as 22-year-old Janetta-Marie Niesha Godbolt and 20-year-old Arthur L Godbolt Jr. Three other occupants of the vehicle were taken to a hospital, but their conditions weren’t immediately available.

Kan. authorities investigate fatal pedestrian accident

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pedestrianWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian.

The Wichita Eagle reports that a 43-year-old man from Clearwater was hit early Sunday while walking in a road. The Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators are trying to locate anyone who may have been in the area between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Analysis: Kobach at center of Kansas Senate drama

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JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer

 

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s position as chief Kansas elections officer is allowing him to play a marquee role in the political drama surrounding Democrat Chad Taylor’s attempt to get off the ballot in the U.S. Senate race.

Taylor ended his campaign last week. He was nudged out of the race against three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts by Democrats who viewed independent candidate Greg Orman as the stronger rival and wanted to consolidate most of the anti-Roberts vote behind Orman.

The GOP secretary of state has faced a torrent of criticism for refusing to remove Taylor’s name from the ballot. Taylor turned to the Kansas Supreme Court for relief.

But Kobach’s official duties made him an administrative gatekeeper for any nominee seeking to get off the ballot.

KU Baby Lab studies brain development

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KU Med University of Kansas HospitalOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The researchers at the University of Kansas who monitor the seemingly everyday activities of babies are seeking to unlock the key to childhood language development.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the KU Baby Lab at the university’s Edwards Campus is studying how infants pay attention in social settings.

The first phase of the study is for two years and about halfway finished. The second phase will be a three-year longitudinal study of children with signs of developmental delays. The research could eventually reveal early warning signs of autism and lead to advancements in the way all infants are taught language.

The university also has baby labs in Lawrence and at the KU Medical Center.

Small Kansas towns seeing movie theater revival

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Screen Shot 2014-09-14 at 12.31.08 PMWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Small communities across Kansas are sparking a revival in movie theaters as a way to bring locals together and provide alternatives to driving long distances to see the latest flick.

The Wichita Eagle reports Marci Penner, director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, estimates there are more than 30 theaters open in small towns across the state. They have popped up in places like Larned, Tribune, Marysville and St. Francis, bucking a trend that started decades ago as bigger, multiplex theaters opened up in larger cities.

The president of the Larned State Theater’s board of directors says civic leaders started discussing ways to reopen the theater after it closed in the mid-90s partly to keep local youth from having to drive to other cities to see a show.

 

USD 489 Facility Needs Committee recommendation on agenda

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USD 489By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

The Hays USD 489 Facility Needs Committee is scheduled to present a formal recommendation at the Board of Education meeting Monday evening.

At the Sept. 8 work session, Superintendent Dean Katt said the presentation is scheduled for 30 minutes, and architects involved in the long-term proposal to update facilities within USD 489 are scheduled to be at the meeting to answer questions.

Click here for more.

Monday’s agenda also includes an update on the new Walking School Bus program started this this month at O’Loughlin Elementary School. Principal Nancy Harmon and Walking School Bus Coordinator Terri Tramel will discuss implementation of the program in which supervisors meet students at a local park and walk to school together.

USD 489’s Curriculum Director Shanna Dinkel and Hays High School Principal Marty Straub also are scheduled to present statistics on the ACT and provide local, state and national information regarding the college readiness test.

A complete agenda can be found on the USD 489 website here.

The meeting is set for Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rockwell Administration Center.

Hays City Commission recognizes city administrators

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From left, Hays Assistant City Manager Paul Briseno, Stockton City Manager Keith Schlaegel, Hays Mayor Henry Schwaller, Public Works Director I.D. Creech, Hays City Manager Toby Dougherty, and Ellis County Administrator Greg Sund.

By NICK BUDD
Hays Post

At Thursday’s Hays City Commission meeting, Mayor Henry Schwaller signed a proclamation recognizing professional city management at state, national, global and local levels noting “the citizens of Hays have been fortunate to benefit from professional management, ethical integrity, and sound fiscal practices because of (the city council-manager form of government).”

Several cities across the world are signing similar proclamations to recognize city managers and to celebrate the International City/Council Management Association’s 100-year anniversary.

“Success in local government relies on the city commissions to determine policies and city managers to carry them out,” said Assistant City Manager Paul Briseno. “Together, we work to balance efficiencies and fairness, while being responsive to the community needs.”

According to Schwaller, Hays’ first city manager was hired over 90 years ago in 1919. Schwaller also noted the form of government helps the city of Hays run more efficiently because it removes day-to-day operations from politicians.

“We’ve found that that’s very good because we get to hire professional people. Services are done by people that are skilled and competent at what they do, rather than being appointed by political patronage,” Schwaller said.

The commission recognized Ellis County Administrator Greg Sund, Stockton City Manager Keith Schlaegel, Hays City Manager Toby Dougherty, Assistant City Manager Paul Briseno, and Public Works Director I.D. Creech, who used to serve as an administrator.

Ellis council will consider sewer, sanitation rates

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ellis city logoELLIS-Billing rates for wastewater and sanitation may be changing.  The city council will consider two ordinances amending the rates during their Sept. 15 meeting.

The complete meeting agenda follows.

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AGENDA  September 15, 2014  REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ELLIS

City Hall – Council Meeting Room

BILLS ORDINANCE REVIEW WORK SESSION BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M.

ROLL CALL AND MEETING CALL TO ORDER AT 7:30 P.M.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA (if needed)

CONSENT AGENDA

Minutes from Regular Meeting on September 2, 2014

Minutes from Special Meeting on September 10, 2014

Bills Ordinance #1957

July and August manual journal entries

(Council will review for approval under one motion under the consent agenda. By majority vote of the governing body, any item may be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately)

PUBLIC COMMENTS

(Each speaker will be limited to five minutes. If several people from the group wish to speak on same subject, the group must appoint a spokesperson. ALL comments from public on agenda items must be during Public Comment. Once council begins their business meeting, no more comments from public will be allowed.)

PRESENTATIONS OF AWARDS, PROCLAMATIONS, REQUESTS & PETITIONS (HEARINGS)

SPECIAL ORDER

Fire Department Monthly Report – Chief Denis Vine

Discussion on Violation Notices – Janetta Heroneme

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

Consider Ordinances Amending Wastewater Billing Rates

Consider Ordinance Amending Sanitation Billing Rates

REPORTS FROM CITY OFFICIALS

Administrative

Public Works

Update on 2014 Street Rehabilitation Project

Distribution of Swimming Pool Water

Parking at Municipal Building

Water Tower and Waterline Information

Water Well Depths

Department Update

Police

Consider Approval to Advertise for Open Position

Department Update

City Clerk

July and August Financial Statements

Department Update

Attorney

Update on Possible Bond Refunding

Mayor/Council

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

ADJOURNMENT

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