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On Monday and Tuesday, members of the Hays Optimist Club will be distributing dictionaries to all Ellis County sixth-grade students and teachers.
Gary Wentling, project chairman, said 375 Merriam Webster dictionaries will be distributed by club members.
This is the 30th years for the project, during which time more than 11,000 dictionaries have been given away.
The project is made possible via funds raised at the club’s annual Christmas tree sale in the Walmart parking lot. This year’s tree sale will begin Nov. 28.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – One of the men accused of alcohol-related violations in connection with the 
fatal fall of an Arizona State University student has pleaded guilty.
Court documents show 20-year-old David Siegal pleaded guilty this week to one count of minor in possession of liquor with a second count dismissed.
Siegal and 20-year-old Matthew Farberovh were indicted in the case along with a third man who had charges later dropped.
Farberovh is facing charges of minor possession of liquor and failing to require identification.
Naomi McClendon plunged 10 floors to her death March 30 from an apartment complex near ASU’s campus.
Tempe police say the 18-year-old woman from Manhattan, Kansas initially attended an “all-you-can-drink” party thrown by ASU fraternity members.
Surveillance video showed her stumbling and intoxicated when she entered the residential building.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of a potato that is genetically modified to resist bruising and to produce less of a chemical that has caused cancer in animals.
Boise, Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. developed the potato, and it was approved by the USDA Friday.
Simplot is a major supplier of french fries, hash browns and other potato products for restaurant chains like McDonald’s Corp.
The company altered the potato’s DNA so it produces less acrylamide (ah-KRIL’-ah-myd), which is suspected to be a human carcinogen. Potatoes naturally produce the chemical when they’re cooked at high temperatures.
The potato is also engineered to resist bruising, which can cause black spots in the potatoes, making them less desirable to buyers.
The USDA has approved genetically modified forms of many other crops, including corn and soybeans.
Class 6A
Shawnee Mission Wast 35, Lawrence 7
Shawnee MIssion West 26, Olathe South 20
Blue Valley 48, Shawnee Misson South 7
Olathe North 68, Shawnee Mission North 20
Derby 39, Wichita East 7
Hutchinson 64, Topeka 46
Lawrence-Free State 27, Wichita Northwest 16
Junction City 17, Wichita West 6
Class 5A
Leavenworth 35, Topeke-Seaman 6
St. Thomas Aquinas 23, Bonnor Springs 15
Pittsburg 42, Mill Valley 21
Shawnee Heights 45, Lansing 7
Bishop Carroll 67, Goddard 0
Wichita Heights 10, Salina Central 7
Maize South 36, Liberal 0
Salina South 19, Kapaun Mt. Carmel 14
Class 4A Division I
KC Piper 33, Spring Hill 0
Paola 27, Ottawa 21
Bishop Miege 63, Basehor-Linwood 0
Fort Scott 24, Baldwin 12
Andover Central 38, Augusta 33
Buhler 49, Ulysses 37
Topeka Hayden 40, Coffeyville 16
Mulvane 28, McPherson 25
Class 4A Division II
Holton 54, Osawatomie 8
Columbus 35, Girard 12
Santa Fe Trail 24, Jefferson West 12
Frontenac 48, Burlington 13
Andale 49, Smoky Valley 18
Concordia 28, Pratt 20
Clearwater 14, Wamego 7
Holcomb 35, Colby 6
Class 2-1A
Troy 50, Valley Heights 0
Lyndon 61, Marion 40
Onaga 26, Doniphan West 13
Olpe 56, Mission Valley 14
Ell-Saline 28, Sedgwick 20
La Crosse 34, Meade 0
Phillipsburg 22, Sacred Heart 15
Oakley 28, Elkhart 14
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This weekend will be mostly sunny with temperatures remaining above normal. Today high temperatures across most of the local area will top out in the upper 50s.
On Sunday, temperatures will rise about 10 degrees warmer than today. Monday will be the last warm day with highs expected to be well into the 60s.
A cold air outbreak is forecast next week as a cold front settles over the area. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday temperatures will be significantly below normal with daytime highs in the 30s and overnight lows in the upper teens. The cold snap is expected to continue for several days.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 59. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. South southwest wind around 8 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 7 to 9 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind 7 to 10 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Windy, with a west wind 7 to 12 mph becoming north 18 to 28 mph in the afternoon.
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says starting this weekend, consumers can get an early peek at 2015 premiums and plans under the president’s health law.
Open enrollment starts Nov. 15, a week from Saturday. But Lori Lodes, spokeswoman for HealthCare.gov, said Friday that consumers will be able to “window shop” for plans before then.
The lack of such a feature was one of the initial problems last year for HealthCare.gov.
Most e-commerce sites allow people to browse anonymously and don’t require account creation until consumers are ready to buy. As originally designed, the
Obama administration’s website worked the opposite way, overloading the balky system.
Consumers will have to set up an account — or go back to their existing account — to enroll in a plan for 2015.
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald says his agency is considering disciplinary action against more than 1,000 employees as the VA. The agency is struggling to correct systemic problems that led to long wait times for veterans seeking health care and falsification of records to cover up delays.
In an interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” McDonald said the VA is taking “aggressive, expeditious disciplinary action, consistent with the law” against more than 1,000 of its 315,000 employees.
The VA has been under intense scrutiny since a whistleblower reported that dozens of veterans may have died while awaiting treatment at the Phoenix VA hospital, and that appointment records were falsified. Since then problems have been revealed at VA sites across the country.
The interview with
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers increased their borrowing in September with gains in credit card debt and auto and student loans.
The Federal Reserve says overall borrowing rose $15.9 billion following a $14 billion gain in August and a $22.8 billion July increase. The gains have pushed total consumer debt to a record level of $3.27 trillion.
The category that includes credit cards showed a $1.44 billion increase in September after having dropped by $201 million the previous month. The category that covers auto loans and student loans increased $14.48 billion after a $14.23 billion increase in August.
Rising levels of consumer borrowing coupled with strong employment growth are viewed as good signs that consumers are confident about taking on more debt to boost purchases.
ELKHART- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Friday in Morton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Yamaha motorcycle driven by Bruno Olivas Jr., 36, Hugoton, was northbound in the 500 Block of North Baca in Elkhart at a high rate of speed.
The motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, entered the east ditch and struck a brick retaining wall.
Morton County EMS transported Olivas Jr. from the scene to a local hospital. He was then air lifted to Via Christi in Wichita.
The KHP reported he was not wearing a helmet.
CLAY CENTER, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an 83-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in northeast Kansas after getting out of his car to check on an injured deer.
Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says Joe Knitter, of Clay Center, died in the accident early Friday on U.S. 24.
Dunn says Knitter’s wife was driving their car and struck the deer. Knitter got out to check on the animal and was hit by another vehicle as he was returning to his car.
KSNT-TV reports authorities located the other driver Friday afternoon with help from a broken mirror recovered at the scene. Dunn says the woman told investigators she didn’t stop because she thought she had also hit a deer.
No charges were filed Friday
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CLAY CENTER, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an 83-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in northeast Kansas after he got out of the vehicle to check on an injured deer.
Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says Joe Knitter, of Clay Center, died in the accident early Friday on U.S. 24.
Dunn says Knitter’s wife hit a deer. He got out to check on the animal and was hit by another vehicle as he was returning to his car. Knitter died at the scene.
The Clay Center Dispatch reports law enforcement officials recovered a mirror from the other vehicle and hope to use it to determine what type of car hit Knitter. Anyone with information is asked to call Clay County Sheriff’s office.
