DETROIT (AP) – Kendrys Morales homered three times and set a team record with 15 total bases, and the Kansas City Royals routed the Detroit Tigers 10-3 on Sunday, avoiding a sweep in the three-game series.
Morales also hit a triple – only his second of the season – and Christian Colon had a career-high four hits for the AL Central-leading Royals. Paulo Orlando also homered for Kansas City.
Kris Medlen (5-1) allowed three unearned runs and five hits in five innings for Kansas City, which entered the day with an 11-game lead over second-place Minnesota in the division.
Detroit’s Alfredo Simon (13-10) allowed eight runs and 13 hits in 4 1-3 innings.
Danny Duffy pitched four innings for first career save.
EMPORIA, Kan. – Fort Hays State Women’s Soccer completed a weekend sweep of non-conference games against conference opponents with a 3-2 win over Emporia State on Sunday. The Tigers netted six goals in the last two matches after a 3-0 win at Nebraska-Kearney on Friday, moving to 3-3 overall on the season.
Emporia State (4-2) took an early lead in the match with a goal in the eighth minute by Amelie Heun. However, the Tigers would storm back with just over 10 minutes to play in the first half.
Hannah Smith knotted the match at 1-1 with a penalty kick goal in the 34th minute, then 27 seconds later Cassi Moosburger found the back of the net off an assist from Hannah Jurgens. The Tigers moved in front 2-1 in the blink of an eye, the eventual score at halftime.
Kylee Loneker provided what would turn into the game-winning goal in the 73rd minute. Moosburger found her just in front of the goal in the box to put the Tigers up 3-1.
Emporia State put pressure back on with another goal from Heun in the 81st minute, but the Tigers clamped down the rest of the way for the win.
Kristen Thompson moved to 3-2 at goalkeeper for the season with the win. Emporia State took 23 shots in the match and Thompson denied eight of the 10 on goal. Yadira Rivera took the loss, though she notched seven saves.
Fort Hays State opens MIAA play on Friday (Sept. 25) in Hays against Southwest Baptist at 6 pm.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 42-year-old man has been arrested after police say he pushed a 17-year-old boy off of his skateboard and stabbed him in the chest in downtown Wichita.
According to Wichita police spokesman Sgt. Bob Gulliver, the incident happened Saturday afternoon. Police say the victim was followed and pushed by the suspect, who authorities say is homeless. Authorities say the suspect struck the boy with the skateboard and then stabbed him with a small knife.
The victim was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery and robbery.
WKHRMA (Western KS Human Resource Management Assoc.) will host its annual seminar Thursday, October 22, 2015, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the FHSU Robbins Center, 1 Tiger Place Road, Hays.
Attorney Tim Davis, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, will cover Developments in Employment Law and HR.
Make plans to attend “The FEDS Shall Rule the World…” seminar. Seating is limited. Registration is due Oct. 12.
A public hearing for a rezoning request of the property at 117 E. 7th Street from “C-O” Office and Institution District to “C-2” General Commercial & Service District will be held Monday, Sept. 21, by the Hays Area Planning Commission. The property is located at the intersection of northwest corner of 7th and Oak Streets and owned by Hadley Redevelopment/Dave VanDoren.
Planning commissioners will also set the public hearing date for a rezoning request for a tract of land located at 1517 Commerce Parkway from “A-L” Agriculture to “I-1” Light Industrial Zoning District.
Arnhold’s Industrial Addition
Preliminary and final plats of Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, and Arnhold Drive, will be considered. This is undeveloped and unimproved property outside the city limits located west of Canterbury and north of E. 8th Street. This site will be developed for an electrical substation operated by Midwest Energy.
Proposed Unrein Addition
The Planning Commission will also consider setting a public hearing for rezoning of a tract of land for the proposed
Unrein’s Addition from A-L (Agricultural) to R-S (Residential Suburban). The area is south of Hays on 250th Ave. between Spring Hill Road and Mount Pleasant Roads.
City staff is opposed to the new addition according to a memo to the planning commission from Jesse Rohr, Planning, Inspection and Enforcement superintendent.
According to Rohr, there is no public infrastructure in the area, as well as inadequate roads and inadequate fire department coverage. Rohr said the proposed addition would be “a drain on resources and create a burden for the general taxpayer who must absorb the costs of maintaining such developments for the long term. Developments without adequate public infrastructure, including water, sanitary sewer, and adequate roads are discouraged and in some cases should be out-right prohibited,” Rohr added.
Planning Commission members will then review proposed changes to the development policy and discuss rewrites of the zoning and subdivision regulations.
The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main. The complete agenda can be seen here.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Enrollment is down at Wichita State University and students are taking fewer credit hours.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the data is included in reports that use numbers from the 20th day of classes, which was Monday. The reports show that the number of students enrolled decreased nearly 500 from the same time last year to 14,495 — about 3.3 percent. Credit hours taken by students were down 2.3 percent.
University spokesman Lou Heldman says officials are declining to talk about the numbers until they are officially submitted to the Kansas Board of Regents this week. However, President John Bardo told faculty and staff last month that enrollment is a “formidable” issue.
Graduate students and international students make up much of the decrease in head count.
Standing are, from left, Lynnette Withington, Madeline Withington and FHSU President Mirta M. Martin. Seated is Pat O’Toole Nichol.
By Diane Gasper-O’Brien FHSU University Relations and Marketing
Madeline Withington already had a supply of Fort Hays State University T-shirts when she came to campus this fall.
Despite living 50-some miles away — where she attended school at Ransom-Western Plains, her mother’s alma mater — Madeline has frequented the FHSU campus most of her life. Now an FHSU freshman, Withington is a fourth-generation Tiger.
Her mother, Lynnette Nichol Withington, played basketball for the Fort Hays State women’s team back in the mid-1980s.
Lynnette’s parents, Don and Pat Nichol, both are graduates of FHSU, where they met in 1947. And Pat Nichol’s parents, Albert and Bessie O’Toole, both received teaching certificates from Fort Hays State back when it was called Fort Hays Kansas State Normal School.
While the O’Tooles’ great granddaughter doesn’t have any shirts with “Normal School” across the front, she does own some black and gold shirts that her friends have never seen.
“I’ll have on a different Fort Hays State shirt, and someone will ask where I got it,” Madeline said. “I’ll tell them, ‘I don’t know. It could be from four or five years ago.’ ”
Ironically, one of Madeline’s shirts isn’t one that new students receive when they come for their official visit. That’s because she didn’t take an official visit.
Madeline had a chance to continue her athletic career after high school and considered playing volleyball at the NAIA level. Once she decided to concentrate on academics and play intramural sports, she said the decision was easy where she would continue her education.
Now, the stuffed tiger that Madeline received as an infant has made his home in FHSU’s McMindes Hall.
“My mom went here, my grandparents went here, and my dad only lives 15 miles from here,” Madeline said. Geoff Withington now lives in Ellis. “I’ve always loved Fort Hays State. I still love it so much. It’s great.”
Pat O’Toole Nichol was an only child, and she said she knew from early on that she would attend the same college as her parents. And her daughter was recruited to play basketball for the FHSU women’s team.
While Madeline became familiar with the FHSU campus over the years, Lynnette said she didn’t nudge her daughter to attend her alma mater.
“I wanted her to make her own choice,” Lynnette said.
But she admitted that Madeline had heard plenty of Fort Hays State athletic stories, not only about her mom but her grandfather as well.
Don Nichol was a three-sport athlete at Fort Hays State, competing for legendary coaches in all three sports — Ralph “Red” Huffman in football, Cade Suran in basketball, and Alex Francis in track and field. In the stands cheering him on was Pat O’Toole, a member of the pep club who made her own mark during her college days. She was yearbook queen and served as president of Pan Hellenic Council.
Even with all the family connections, it was ultimately an academic program that brought Madeline to FHSU.
“I looked for schools that had what I wanted to major in — human resource management,” she said. Other factors drew her to FHSU, too.
“Fort Hays State isn’t too big, and it’s so affordable,” she said. “I thought I could get to know my professors here, and I was right. All my professors are so helpful.”
So, now Madeline should get a black and gold shirt with “Fourth-Generation Tiger” on it. “The four generation thing is kind of cool,” said Madeline, who now will have plenty of college stories to tell her younger sister, Anna Belle, a junior at Ransom-Western Plains.
It’s that type of family commitment that President Mirta M. Martin said makes her “jittery with excitement.”
Pat Nichol sure was excited about her granddaughter’s decision.
“I didn’t know if she was going to go here or not, so we were pleasantly surprised,” said Pat, who retired last spring from Ransom-Western Plains after a 40-plus year career in education. She said she enjoys being “involved with the alumni association because it allows for chances to gather with old friends.”
Her daughter agreed.
“I am proud to be a Tiger because of the pride that the school takes in itself,” Lynnette said. “FHSU is a great school with lots of tradition. It has a hometown pride that is possible because of the type of students that attend.”
Family is something that President Martin has embraced since coming to Hays in the summer of 2014.
“There are generations of family members who have attended Fort Hays State, and it’s in that spirit of family where they immediately self identify,” said Martin, in her second year at FHSU. “There is a very unique and wonderful feeling here where people swell with pride.”
“Part of that pride is the education they receive,” she continued, “but part of it is the spirit of family here. That’s something that inspires me and energizes me and makes me realize my decision I made to make Fort Hays State my home was the right decision.”
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A sunflower farm in northeast Kansas has drawn attention from across the world.
More than 25,000 people made their way to the Grinter Farms sunflower fields between Lawrence and Tonganoxie this year, including some from Japan and Guatemala and a BBC camera crew. They came to see what acres and acres of sunflowers — an estimated 1 million plants — look like in full bloom.
Ted and Kris Grinter allow people to wander through the fields and take pictures, asking only for a $1 donation for every sunflower taken.
This year’s season is over. The sunflowers are starting to droop and harvesting has begun, so visitors are asked to stay away until next year.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports Grinter harvests the sunflowers and sells the seeds as bird feed.
JUNCTION CITY -Following Friday’s POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony in Junction City’s Heritage Park, Quilts of Valor were awarded to 14 veterans in front of the Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The 14 recipients included Jordan “Jay” Lindsey, Robert J.
Stoddard, Lonnie Crockett, David R. Sites, Samuel Kleinbeck, Kevin L. Walker, Michael Amidon, Thelma M. Guice, Servendo (Kiko) Silva, Jerry Ray Lovett, Logan Martin, David Wesley, Dennis Shumate and John T. Bondacorda.
Donna Martinson, QOV Chairman explained that each veteran that is awarded a quilt has their own story.
“When you’re awarding a quilt to an individual, you know that their story is very, very special. There is a lot of honor to being able to say ‘Thank you, we are grateful for what you did and we want you to know that your service is honored,'” said Martinson.
Through the Quilts of Valor Project over 80 quilts have been presented to veterans from the surrounding area. Once complete Martinson said they hope to award 125 Quilts of Valor.
Quilts of Valor are made by local quilter’s as a way of honoring service members who have been touched by war. The Quilts are intended to help with comforting and healing.
Funeral services for longtime Goodland, Kansas, resident Marlin L. Roeder, 82, will be held Tuesday, September 22, at 11:00 AM MT Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Goodland.
Interment will be at Goodland Cemetery.
Friends may share respects Monday, September 21, from 5:00 until 7:00 PM MT at Koons Chapel in Goodland.
Memorials to Emmanuel Lutheran Church may be left at the services or mailed to Koons Funeral Home, 211 North Main, Goodland, KS 67735-1555.
Hays, Kansas – Paul J. Baier, age 83, died Saturday, September 19, 2015, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.
He was born November 23, 1931, in Victoria, Kansas, to William M. and Adolphine (Dreiling) Baier Sr. He married Lucy M. (Schippers) on November 6, 1954 at Victoria, Kansas.
He was a farmer, dairyman, electrician. He was a veteran of the US Army and served 16 months during the Korean conflict.
He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church Hays, and former member of St. Boniface Catholic Church Vincent for 36 years and served on church committee; V.F.W. Post No. 1751 and Past Commander, Knights of Columbus 3rd Degree and 4th Degree Assembly all of Victoria, Kansas, and one year as Grand Knight at Victoria and two years at Russell and two years as Faithful Navigator at Victoria.
He served four years on U.S.D. 432 Victoria School Board, the Herzogfest Board, and called Bingo for the Visual Impaired at Victoria and Hays. He served 13 years on Ellis County Fair Board and 11 years as Chairman; Ellis County Extension Board, Ellis County Farm Bureau Board; Ellis County Historical Board, 16 years on the Ellis County Rural Fire Advisory Board; three years on Ellis County Farm Service Agency; five years on the Ellis County Planning and Zoning Board.
Survivors include his wife, Lucy M. Baier of 60 years, of the home; four daughters, Susan Legleiter and husband, Ron, Hays, KS; Mary Pfeifer and husband, Steve, Victoria, KS; Jane Schumacher and husband, Brian, Hays, KS; Betty Johnson and husband, Marty, Lincoln, NE; two sisters, his twin, Armella Schippers, Olathe, KS; Alice Erickson and husband Ed, Arkansas City, KS; one brother-in-law, Marvin Klaus, Hays, KS; one sister-in-law, Blanche King, Dallas, TX; 12 grandchildren, Jason Pfeifer and fiancé Sarah Roach, Stephanie Harris (Mike), Jill Pfannenstiel (Clint), Dustin Schumacher (Becky), Christina Cline, Jennifer Amrein and companion Jeff McQuade, Derek Schumacher (Vanessa), Jared Pfeifer (Morgan), Kayla Merritt and companion Jace Bausch, Blake Merritt and fiancé Katelyn Kerkman, Dylan Schumacher and Nathan Merritt; four step grandchildren, Renee Legleiter, Brent Legleiter, Amy Hellerich (Jeff) and Amber Bronson (Travis); 12 great grandchildren and 7 step-great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his parents; step mother, Elizabeth (Dreiling); one daughter, Amy Baier; one brother William Baier Jr.; two sisters, Mary Frances Klaus, Martha Westhusin and husband Leo; one brother-in-law, John F. Schippers.
Services are 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at the Basilica of St. Fidelis Victoria, Kansas. Burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery Victoria, Kansas with military honors by the Victoria V.F.W. Post No. 1751.
A Victoria Daughters of Isabella rosary at 6:30 P.M. Tuesday, a vigil service is at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, followed by a VFW-Knights of Columbus 3rd and 4th Degree rosary at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, all at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601. The 4th Degree Knights of Columbus will stand honor guard from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M. Tuesday at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays.
Visitation is from 3:00 to 9:00 P.M. Tuesday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, at the Basilica of St. Fidelis Victoria, Kansas.
Memorials to St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria V.F.W. or Thomas More Prep-Marian High School.
The Ellis County Extension Office will offer an educational program on “Medicare Basics” on Friday, September 25 at noon in the Extension meeting room, 601 Main, Hays.
This free program will cover Medicare eligibility, how and when to apply, what is covered by the various parts, and how to fill the gaps. Tips for choosing a Part D drug plan during the fall open season and programs available to assist low income individuals will also be discussed.
Anyone interested in learning more about Medicare would benefit from this program, particularly those who are nearing age 65 or those who help aging parents with insurance and financial matters.
The program will be presented by Jamie Rathbun, Midway District Extension FCS Agent and a trained Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK) counselor.
Medicare is the federal government program that provides health insurance to those who are age 65 or older, and some disabled people under age 65, no matter their income.
Medicare has different parts that cover inpatient services, outpatient services and prescription drugs at the pharmacy. Unless someone makes another choice for how to get benefits when they become eligible for Medicare, they will have Original Medicare, the traditional fee-for-service program offered directly through the federal government. In Original Medicare, you are covered to go to just about any doctor or hospital in the country.
People can also choose to get their Medicare benefits instead through a Medicare Advantage plan (such as an HMO or PPO). These plans, which are also called Medicare private health plans, must offer at least the same benefits as Original Medicare but can have different rules, costs and coverage restrictions.
Medicare is different from Medicaid, which is a state and federal program offering health care coverage to people with low incomes.
Each year, insurance companies that provide Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage have the right to change their monthly premium price, the drugs they choose to cover and the co-pay or co-insurance amounts you pay for those drugs at the pharmacy. It is always a good idea to check each year to see if your plan might be changing. Learn more about how to do a plan comparison and make changes during Part D open enrollment October 15 through December 7, 2015.
Everyone has a choice about how to get Medicare health benefits. Whether making decisions for yourself, or helping parents, grandparents, relatives or friends make health care decisions, it is important to understand Medicare options and to choose Medicare coverage carefully. The decisions you make about Medicare benefits can affect costs and quality of care.
To learn more, plan to attend the free program on “Medicare Basics” on Friday, September 25 at noon at the Ellis County Extension meeting room, 601 Main in Hays. Enter the rear door from the north parking lot. Please pre-register by calling the Extension Office, 785-628-9430, to ensure adequate materials.
Linda K. Beech is Ellis County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences.
