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Month: December 2014

Ellis woman among MBA students with top scores on national exam

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aerial_of_pickenFHSU UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

Seven Master of Business Administration students graduating this fall from Fort Hays State University will be ready for the challenges of a dynamic business environment, according to results from a national test.

Four of the graduates scored in the top 3 percent (the 97th percentile): David White, Wellington, Kaushik Venkatesh, Henderson, Nev., Misty Schartz, Ellis, and Jay Connelly, Norfolk, Neb.

Schartz, 26, was recovering from a major traffic accident in early September when her vehicle was hit by a semi as she drove to Hays.

Monica Taskinen, Salina, scored in the top 10 percent, and Amy Rose, Overland Park, and Clinton Westover, Vancouver, Wash., scored in the top 25 percent nationally on the Educational Testing Service’s Major Field Test (MFT). These scores place them among the top graduates in the nation.

FHSU administers the MFT in business to graduating MBA students each semester. The test was developed to assess the skills of graduating MBA students.

In addition to factual knowledge, the test evaluates the student’s ability to analyze and solve problems, understand relationships, and interpret material. It also provides an assessment of faculty teaching effectiveness and identifies areas of improvement in the MBA curriculum.

The test consists of 124 multiple-choice questions, half of which are based on short, case-study scenarios. Several skill sets are measured, including marketing, management, finance and managerial accounting. More than 130 colleges and universities in the United States administer this exam.

“These exit scores show that Fort Hays State University MBA graduates stand shoulder to shoulder with the best anywhere,” said Dr. Mark Bannister, dean of FHSU’s College of Business and Entrepreneurship. “These students’ achievements speak well of them and of our university’s Master’s of Business Administration program.”

For more information about the MBA program at Fort Hays State University, visit www.fhsu.edu/mba/ or contact Rachel Dolechek at [email protected].

Holthus Hotline with the “Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus

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Mitch reviews the Chiefs loss at Arizona and looks ahead to Sunday’s showdown with the Oakland Raiders.

The Holthus Hotline airs Saturday at 8:30 during the Chiefs season on your home for Kansas City Chiefs football, KFIX (96.9-FM).

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Too many drinks? New cellphone app may tell you so

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phone cell phoneAMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press

A new federally funded cellphone app allows people who may have had one too many to get an idea just how drunk they are.

On the Maryland app, users enter their sex, height, and weight, and number of drinks consumed to figure out their blood-alcohol content. Two interactive games test reaction time and cognitive agility. And it uses GPS technology to call cabs and preload phone numbers for potential designated drivers.

The app is called ENDUI, or “End DUI.” Government and state officials announced its launch Thursday.

The app is funded by federal money reserved for drunken-driving education efforts. It’s among several in a handful of states to tackle drunken driving. Maryland’s is one of the most elaborate.

The app was developed by the Maryland Highway Safety Office for about $50,000. It’s available for free on Android and iPhone.

Senate debates $1.1T bill; vote slips to next week

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U S SenateANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — First, objections by House Democrats stood in the way of passage of a $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill. Now it’s the Senate Republicans’ turn, specifically Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah.

The two lawmakers demanded a vote Friday night on a proposal to cut funds from the bill that could be used to implement President Barack Obama’s new immigration policy, ending any chance the measure could clear the Senate and be sent to the White House with a minimum of fuss.

Officials in both parties said the bill remains on track for clearance early next week. But the move led Majority Leader Harry Reid to abandon plans to adjourn the Senate for the weekend, and pointed toward a test vote shortly after midnight on Saturday.

Mild Saturday with a chance of drizzle

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FileMorning fog is possible today, otherwise cloudy with mild temperatures, and a chance of drizzle.

A cold front will move into the region Sunday into Sunday night bringing a chance of rain Sunday. As temperatures drop Sunday night, the rain may change to sleet or snow.

Monday will be windy and colder. The next chance for precipitation will be Wednesday and Thurdsday

Today: A chance of drizzle after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 55. South wind 10 to 16 mph.

Tonight: Areas of drizzle. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind 10 to 14 mph.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. High near 56. South southeast wind 14 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after midnight. Low around 34. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest 19 to 24 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 22 to 24 mph.

One person killed, one hospitalized in Friday crash UPDATE

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HUTCHINSON– A Kansas man was killed and a woman was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Friday in Reno County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Chevy Colorado driven by Leo Vern Krehbiel, 82, Pretty Prairie, was northbound on Kansas 14 and came to a stop at the Intersection of Kansas 96.

The vehicle failed to yield right of way and collided with a 2011 Ford Fusion driven by Mary Teresa Sobba, 44, Wichita, that was southbound on Kansas 14.

Krehbiel and Sobba were transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.  Krehbiel died Friday night.

The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of accident.

DCF to delay computer upgrade as part of budget cuts

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Screen Shot 2014-12-12 at 4.42.43 PMBy Dave Ranney
KHI News Service
TOPEKA — A spokesperson for the Kansas Department for Children and Families says the agency plans to heed Gov. Sam Brownback’s call for cutting $3.9 million from its fiscal year 2015 budget by delaying a planned upgrade of its computer system.

The savings should cover “almost all of our anticipated FY 2015 reduction,” DCF spokesperson Theresa Freed wrote in an email KHI News Service, referring to the state’s current fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2015.

Delaying the upgrade, she said, will have “no impact” on the department’s services for at-risk children and low-income families.

Freed said more information about the agency’s budget cuts would be available in a few weeks.

Earlier this week, Brownback announced that he was using his allotment powers to cut state agency spending and to sweep fee funds in an effort to plug a $280 million hole in this year’s budget.

The governor’s plan included taking $3.9 million from DCF’s $623 million budget and $6 million from the $1.5 billion Department for Aging and Disability Services budget.

Most of the reduction in KDADS spending will be achieved by delaying for a year the planned January 2015 opening of Meyer Hall, a nearly renovated building on the campus of Larned State Hospital, one of the state’s two hospitals for people with mental health issues.

The building is designed to house medically fragile patients in the state’s Sexual Predator Treatment Program.

“We believe we can delay occupancy of Meyer until January 2016 and still provide appropriate treatment to the medically infirm,” said KDADS spokesperson Angela de Rocha. The other new unit for the Sexual Predator Treatment Program at Larned is in operation, she said.

The governor’s proposed cuts and sweeps are needed to balance the state’s current fiscal year budget. An even larger gap — $436 million — looms in fiscal year 2016.

The gaps are driven by revenue shortfalls caused by cuts in income tax rates that have wiped out the state’s reserve funds.

Legislators will begin the process for rejecting, upholding or modifying the governor’s proposed sweeps and for crafting the next fiscal year’s budget when they reconvene in January.

Dave Ranney is a reporter for Heartland Health Monitor, a news collaboration focusing on health issues and their impact in Missouri and Kansas.

Christmas tree shopping: Cost vs. convenience

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Xmas treeHOLLY RAMER, Associated Press

WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. (AP) — Some U.S. consumers are going over the Internet or through the woods to find fresh Christmas trees this year, taking advantage of shopping options at opposite ends of the cost spectrum.

In one camp are thrifty folks paying as little as $5 for trees they cut down themselves in national forests. In the other are consumers willing to spend upward of $100 to order trees online and have them shipped to their doors.

The National Christmas Tree Association says fewer than 3 percent of the 33 million fresh trees purchased last year were sold online but that number is growing. Meanwhile, the U.S. Forest Service sold 196,000 Christmas trees last year to consumers willing to hike into the forests and harvest them.

Area High School Scoreboard for 12/12

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High School Scoreboard WhitmoreBOYS’ BASKETBALL
Area Scores
Hill City 49, Hays-TMP-Marian 47
Junction City 75, Great Bend 37
Salina Central 49, Newton 38

Garden City Tournament
Holcomb 70, Pueblo East, Colo. 37
Scott City 69, KC Christian 45
Wichita Trinity 48, Garden City 37

Goodland Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
McCook, Neb. 67, Oakley 38
Semifinal
Wallace County 56, Yuma, Colo. 41

Larned Tournament
Semifinal
Larned 59, Ellinwood 37
St. John 53, Spearville 32

Natoma Tournament
Flint Hills Job Corps 75, Pawnee Heights 67

Osborne Tournament
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 72, Thunder Ridge 35

Quinter Tournament
Semifinal
Hoxie 68, Wheatland-Grinnell 35

Russell Tournament
Semifinal
Central Plains 82, Phillipsburg 23

Trego Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
LaCrosse 57, Trego 47
Semifinal
Victoria 73, Ness City 72

Statewide Scores
Abilene 53, Augusta 51
Andale 57, Pratt 39
Andover Central 53, Andover 44
Atchison 51, Savannah, Mo. 40
Beloit 76, Republic County 30
Bishop Miege 58, Gardner-Edgerton 45
Buhler 53, Salina South 50, OT
BV West 65, Blue Valley Southwest 36
Circle 73, Wichita Defenders 41
Concordia 65, Smoky Valley 41
Derby 69, Wichita Campus 60
DeSoto 43, Excelsior Springs, Mo. 21
Goddard-Eisenhower 87, Arkansas City 58
Independence Home School 53, Ozanam, Mo. 21
Kapaun Mount Carmel 65, Wichita North 36
Labette County 71, Santa Fe Trail 37
Lansing 56, Topeka Seaman 50
Lawrence Free State 59, Mill Valley 41
Maize 46, Hutchinson 39
Maize South 82, Goddard 47
Manhattan 59, Topeka West 54
Marysville 66, Clay Center 56
McPherson 68, Winfield 31
Nemaha Central 50, Wamego 49
Ottawa 77, Tonganoxie 51
South Central 53, Cherokee, Okla. 33
St. Thomas Aquinas 54, BV North 51
Washburn Rural 58, SM Northwest 57
Wichita East 77, Wichita Bishop Carroll 54
Wichita Heights 66, Wichita Northwest 34

Blue Valley Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
KC Wyandotte 68, Grandview, Mo. 55
Semifinal
Lawrence 61, Highland Park 48

Caldwell Tournament
Caldwell 60, Central Burden 39
Norwich 50, Argonia 27

Chapman Tournament
Salina Sacred Heart 60, Rossville 40

Fowler Tournament
Ashland 51, Ingalls 30
Fowler 51, Deerfield 47

Garden Plain Tournament
Emporia 57, Hesston 50
Garden Plain 57, Rose Hill 35

Goessel Tournament
Pool Play
Burrton 65, Goessel 42
Little River 49, Canton-Galva 27

Herington Tournament
Southeast Saline 81, Centre 27

Hugoton Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Southwestern Hts. 56, Perryton, Texas 51
Semifinal
Hugoton 54, Lakin 43
Ulysses 55, Guymon, Okla. 44

Kingman Tournament
Kingman 62, Sunrise Christian 49
Wellington 54, Conway Springs 38

Marion Tournament
Pool Play
Berean Academy 60, Marion 37
Eureka 70, Remington 61

Marmaton Valley Tournament
Olpe 65, Northeast-Arma 48

Pike Valley Tournament
Washington County 59, Wakefield 42

Rolla Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Moscow 66, Elkhart 62
Semifinal
Greeley County 47, Syracuse 45, OT

Shawnee Mission East Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Olathe East 94, Rockhurst, Mo. 65
Semifinal
Barstow, Mo. 60, SM North 46

Skyline Tournament
Pretty Prairie 53, Stafford 45

Tescott Tournament
Sylvan-Lucas 60, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 27

Udall Tournament
Udall 49, Attica 48
Yates Center Tournament
Third Place
Cherryvale 41, Yates Center 25
Championship
Hartford 56, Marais des Cygnes Valley 41

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Area Scores
Hays-TMP-Marian 47, Hill City 35
Great Bend 66, Junction City 54
Buhler 59, Salina South 36
McPherson 62, Winfield 35
Tol. Woodward, Ohio 43, Dodge City 33

Garden City Tournament
Pueblo East, Colo. 61, Holcomb 52
Scott City 41, KC Christian 39
Wichita Trinity 54, Garden City 36

Goodland Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Norton 60, Burlington, Colo. 43
Wallace County 50, Oakley 27
Semifinal
Goodland 55, Wray, Colo. 36

Larned Tournament
Semifinal
Ellinwood 63, Kinsley 45
St. John 28, Hoisington 18

Natoma tournament
Palco 33, Natoma 28

Osborne Tournament
Lakeside 34, Osborne 22
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 51, Thunder Ridge 33

Quinter Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Golden Plains 50, Rawlins County 21
Semifinal
Hoxie 68, Wheatland-Grinnell 35

Russell Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Phillipsburg 54, Ellsworth 36
Semifinal
Central Plains 64, Ell-Saline 27
Russell 49, Plainville 40

Trego Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Ness City 52, Victoria 40
Semifinal
LaCrosse 48, Trego 39

Statewide Scores
Abilene 41, Augusta 27
Andale 53, Pratt 44
Andover Central 47, Andover 41
Beloit 55, Republic County 30
Bishop Miege 67, Gardner-Edgerton 47
Centralia 45, Wetmore 32
Chase County 45, Lyndon 23
Clay Center 41, Marysville 38
Concordia 62, Smoky Valley 52
Council Grove 40, Rock Creek 21
Derby 36, Wichita Campus 32
Doniphan West 48, Frankfort 34
Frontenac 66, Neodesha 32
Galena 45, Parsons 36
Girard 66, Baxter Springs 50
Goddard-Eisenhower 53, Arkansas City 52
Holton 63, Atchison County 50
Jefferson North 45, Horton 40
Kapaun Mount Carmel 76, Wichita North 55
Labette County 63, Santa Fe Trail 18
Lawrence Free State 42, Mill Valley 40
Lee’s Summit, Mo. 79, Olathe Northwest 68
Maize 58, Hutchinson 30
Maize South 45, Goddard 38
Manhattan 72, Topeka West 22
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 37, Jackson Heights 22
Ottawa 45, Tonganoxie 25
Perry-Lecompton 49, Riverside 22
Pleasant Ridge 64, Heritage Christian 54
Sabetha 64, Jefferson West 49
Salina Central 50, Newton 48
Shawnee Heights 45, Lawrence 41
Silver Lake 59, Riley County 42
SM North 39, University Academy, Mo. 19
SM Northwest 54, Washburn Rural 34
Topeka Seaman 56, Lansing 47
Wamego 34, Nemaha Central 30
Wichita Bishop Carroll 60, Wichita East 44
Wichita Heights 56, Wichita Northwest 17
Anderson County Tournament
Third Place
Iola 51, Burlington 49
Second Place
Louisburg 60, Anderson County 57
Championship
Baldwin 52, Chanute 41

Caldwell Tournament
Caldwell 44, Central Burden 38
Norwich 58, Argonia 32

Cattle Trail Tournament
Semifinal
Dundy County-Stratton, Neb. 80, Oberlin-Decatur 32

Chapman Tournament
El Dorado 47, Chapman 43, 2OT
Rossville 49, Salina Sacred Heart 22

Cimarron Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Satanta 53, Minneola 43

Circle Tournament
Circle 42, Wichita Life Prep 36

Fairfield Tournament
Cunningham 34, Otis-Bison 21
Fowler Tournament
Fowler 55, Deerfield 24

Garden Plain Tournament
Garden Plain 44, Rose Hill 26
Hesston 36, Emporia 30

Goessel Tournament
Pool Play
Pool A
Goessel 46, Burrton 27
Pool B
Canton-Galva 46, Little River 18

Herington Tournament
Rural Vista 46, Herington 38
Southeast Saline 54, Centre 51

Hugoton Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Perryton, Texas 50, Lakin 31
Ulysses 54, Southwestern Hts. 30
Semifinal
Hugoton 73, Hooker, Okla. 47

Humboldt Tournament
Uniontown 50, Crest 39
Kingman Tournament
Pool Play
Pool A
Wellington 40, Conway Springs 35
Pool B
Kingman 51, Sunrise Christian 23

Marion Tournament
Pool Play
Pool 2
Berean Academy 60, Marion 37

Moundridge Tournament
Moundridge 41, Hillsboro 35

Pike Valley Tournament
Washington County 52, Wakefield 16

Rolla Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Greeley County 47, Syracuse 45
Semifinal
Moscow 53, Elkhart 40
Rolla 35, Johnson-Stanton County 28

St Paul Tournament
St. Paul 40, Columbus 37

Tescott Tournament
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 60, Sylvan-Lucas 52

Tri-County Classic
Halstead 41, Solomon 27
Minneapolis 54, Bennington 35

Udall Tournament
Attica 38, Udall 25
Yates Center Tournament
Seventh Place
Hartford 42, Altoona-Midway 8

TMP splits in Hill City

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
HaysPost

Girls:    TMP 47, Hill City 35

The TMP Lady Monarchs never trailed in their 47-35 win over Hill City on Friday night.  The Lady Monarchs built a 13 point first half lead that would dwindle to four points late in the third quarter.  TMP would recover and finish the game on a 15 to nine run to seal the win.  Megan Koenigsman led the way for TMP wit 15 points.  Lexi McDowell led Hill City with 15 as well.

The Lady Monarchs are now three and one on the season and will travel to Victoria on Tuesday.

Boys:  Hill City 49, TMP 47

Hill City held TMP to 14 points over the final 18 minutes of play on Friday night and picked up their first win on the season defeating the Monarchs, 49-47.  TMP led by 10 points with two minutes left in the first half and their offense win into early hibernation at that point.  Claiborn Kyles led Hill City with 20 points.  Jared Vitztum scored 18 for TMP.  14 of those points came in the first half.

With the loss TMP drops to one and three overall and will hit the road to Victoria on Tuesday.

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