Scene of Monday morning fatality accident on Burma Road (KHP Photo)
SALINE COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an overnight accident on Monday in Saline County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Pontiac passenger vehicle driven by Stephen D. Brunson, 53, Falun, was northbound in the 8100 Block of South Burma Road just north of the Falun Intersection.
The vehicle left the roadway, entered the east ditch and struck a tree head on.
Brunson was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home.
He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
The KHP indicated the exact time of the crash is unknown.
SALINE COUNTY – The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating a single vehicle, fatality crash on Burma Road near Salemsborg Road in Salina County.
The victim is an adult male, according to the KHP.
Check Hays Post for additional details as they become available.
TOPEKA — Nona Mason, a kindergarten teacher at West Elementary School in Goodland, and Justin Coffey, a high school mathematics teacher at Dodge City High School, were named Region 1 finalists for the 2016 Kansas Teacher of the Year award during a ceremony held today in Salina. This award recognizes excellent teaching in the elementary and secondary classrooms of the state.
As finalists for the Kansas Teacher of the Year distinction, Mason and Coffey each received a $2,000 cash award from Security Benefit, the major corporate partner for the Kansas Teacher of the Year program. In addition, they are each now eligible to be named Kansas Teacher of the Year, which will be announced during ceremonies in Wichita on November 21.
Mason and Coffey were among six Teacher of the Year semi-finalists from Region 1, which covers the first U.S. congressional district. Other semi-finalists were Cathy Wilber, a third-grade teacher at West Elementary School in Wamego (Wamego USD 320); Jennifer Keller, a fifth-grade teacher at Buhler Grade School (Buhler USD 313); Jodi DeArmond, a high school technology and business teacher at Chapman High School (Chapman USD 473); and Jason Kohls, a high school English language arts teacher at Buhler High School (Buhler USD 313). Each of the semi-finalists received a red marble apple with a wooden base, compliments of The Master Teacher in Manhattan. This year, 104 educators across the state were nominated for the Kansas Teacher of the Year distinction.
Nominations are made in each of four regions in the state. The Kansas State Department of Education, sponsor of the Kansas Teacher of the Year program, appoints regional selection panels comprised of teachers, education administrators, and higher education representatives to select semi-finalists and finalists from each region.
Each panel selects six semi-finalists – three elementary teachers and three secondary teachers. From those semi-finalists, the panel in each region then selects one elementary finalist and one secondary finalist. The Kansas Teacher of the Year is selected from among the state’s eight regional finalists.
The mission of the Kansas Teacher of the Year program is to build and utilize a network of exemplary teachers who are leaders in the improvement of schools, student performance, and the teaching profession. The Kansas Teacher of the Year team, comprised of the Teacher of the Year and state finalists, serve as ambassadors for education in Kansas, making public appearances across the state promoting education and the teaching profession.
The individual selected as the Kansas Teacher of the Year is eligible for national distinction as National Teacher of the Year. The National Teacher of the Year program, presented by Voya Financial, is a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers in partnership with People to People Ambassador Programs.
Deann Holub, age 56, of Hays, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Hays Medical Center, Hays. She was born June 19, 1959, in St. Francis, to Frank J. and Nadine (Heble) Holub.
Deann was a graduate of Cheylin High School. Up until her illness, she worked as an office manager for D & D Manufacturing, in Hays. Deann always looked forward to a day of fishing at the lake. She loved animals, and cherished the companionship offered by her pets throughout her life. Deann enjoyed crocheting; she loved to make gifts for family and friends. Deann will be dearly missed.
Surivors include her mother, Nadine; special friend, Dennis Vollbracht of Hays; two brothers, Bruce Holub of Missouri, Frank Holub Jr. of Iowa, and Mike Holub of Colorado; and one sister, Ryda Nordike of Missouri. She was preceded in death by her father, Frank.
Graveside funeral service and burial will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays. There will be a short visitation one hour prior to services at the cemetery.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Humane Society of the High Plains. Checks made payable to the organization may be sent in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 North 12th, WaKeeney, KS 67672.
Condolences may be sent on line at www.schmittfuneral.com.
PLATTE COUNTY- A Kansas man avoided injury after his boat capsized on Saturday in Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported James J. Pyle, 48, Atchison, had anchored his 24 foot 2015 SeaArk to shore on the Missouri River in Platte County.
As Pyle was attempting to maneuver the boat into the current, he slipped and hit the throttle.
The boat ran aground and turned to portside, began taking on and eventually capsized.
There were no injuries reported, according to the MSHP.
It’s early, but already there are growing indications that the State Senate will be the real battleground for political races next year, and so far, a few moderates are gearing up for that land war.
On a ballot next year where there won’t be any statewide offices, the focus may be the four-year termed Senate where in 2012 moderate Republicans were scoured from the floor, and conservatives—some more conservative than Gov. Sam Brownback—took over.
Of course, there’s both a House, up for election every two years, and a Senate, but it is the Senate with its smaller 40-member contingent that has historically become the power center of the Legislature.
So far, at least three candidates who will be the moderates in their Senate races against conservative Republican incumbents have stepped into the fray, and at least one, Dinah Sykes, Lenexa, has already started might-be constituent meetings (at a relatively tony Hy-Vee grocery/restaurant) in her district in her primary against Sen. Greg Smith, R-Overland Park, in a reapportionment-created district that is just four years old.
Out west, moderate Rep. John Doll, R-Garden City, has filed to oppose conservative Sen. Larry Powell, R-Garden City, in the primary in an attempt to retake the 39th Senate seat that Powell wrested from moderate Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, at a contentious GOP 2012 primary, 5,106 to 4,737.
Or in another tack, Republican Lynn Rogers changed his party affiliation to Democrat last month in order to challenge Sen. Michael O’Donnell, R-Wichita, who, recall, in 2012 ousted moderate Sen. Jean Schodorf, R-Wichita, in a surprise victory in the GOP primary.
Now, it’s early, but at least those three races indicate that there may be a wider moderate vs. conservative battle for Senate seats next year, and maybe, just maybe, moderates have learned that in most districts in Republican majority Kansas, the primary election is where the eventual winners are chosen.
The early start by moderates is what it is going to take to change the political leaning of the Senate, which now has 32 Republicans and 8 Democrats.
Don’t ignore the House, of course, but much of what happens in the House is the result of the Senate making policy and refusing to budge—or refusing to budge without considerable House concessions.
Those four-year terms, too, give senators a longer view of what they want Kansas to look like. While a two-year termed House member has to answer to the voters in just over a year after their votes, senators can “give it time” to work out or for constituents to forget their votes.
Except for next year…when the results of earlier votes to slash income taxes have put the state on shaky financial footing, and votes last session to boost taxes significantly (not just the 6.15% to 6.5% sales tax, but slashing the value of good old income tax deductions) were painful, and we don’t know whether they will restore the state’s fiscal stability.
So, we may be looking at one of the longest campaigns for the Senate that we’ve seen in recent years, and we’re looking at Senate members—and their opponents—with a nearly fresh tax increase to haggle over.
Would the tax increase have been necessary if incumbents had cut spending? Were the choices for those tax increases comfortable for Republican voters?
Yes, there’s a lot of ground for Republicans to cover, while Democrats, who will be in the wings in those 32 districts represented by Republicans, can be getting busy now, too, to try to convince Republican voters that the GOP may not be the way they want to go for the next four years.
Syndicated by Hawver News Company LLC of Topeka; Martin Hawver is publisher of Hawver’s Capitol Report. To learn more about this nonpartisan statewide political news service, visit the website at www.hawvernews.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With huge weekends Emporia State’s Brent Wilson and Fort Hays State’s Shaquille Cooper have been named Co-MIAA/AstroTurf Football Offensive Athletes of the Week. Missouri Western’s Michael Jordan earned the Defensive Athlete of the Week award with Pittsburg State Levi Copelin earning MIAA Special Teams Athlete of the Week.
MIAA/AstroTurf Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week
Shaquille Cooper, RB, Fort Hays State Cooper rushed for 263 yards in the 27-13 win over Northeastern State on Thursday night in Hays. His 93-yard touchdown run with 2:19 remaining in the game broke a 13-13 tie. It was a new career-high for Cooper, who has now rushed for over 100 yards in five of his six career games at running back. The 263 rushing yards were fourth-most in a single game in FHSU history. He averaged 9.1 yards per carry. He also added 22 receiving yards to finish with 285 all-purpose yards on the night. He has 426 rushing yards over the first two games of the season, averaging 8.5 yards per carry. The 5-10 senior running back is a native of Coral Gables, Fla. where he competed at Coral Gables High School.
MIAA/AstroTurf Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week Brent Wilson, QB, Emporia State
Wilson threw for 446 yards and five touchdowns to lead Emporia State to a 45-34 come from behind win over Central Missouri. The Hornets trailed 14-3 at the end of the first quarter and 21-10 midway through the second quarter. He tossed touchdown passes of 37 and 45 yards in the second quarter to tie the score at 24 before the game was suspended 41 hours until Saturday. UCM had possession to start the second half and scored to go up 31-24. Wilson answered with a 48-yard TD pass and gave the Hornets their first lead of the game with a 14 yard strike to open the fourth quarter. After the Mules hit a field goal to cut the lead to 38-34, Wilson led the Hornets on a seven play, 66-yard drive and capped it with a two-yard touchdown pass. He became the fourth Hornet quarterback with at least 5,000 yards passing and now has 5,093 yards. He passed Pete Jelovic to move into fourth place on the Emporia State career total offense chart and now has 5,767 yards. His 52 touchdown passes are second all-time to Tyler Eckenrode’s 60 TDs from 2009-12. Through the first two games of 2015 Wilson is completing 73.2% of his passes (60 of 82) for 776 yards and eight touchdowns for an efficiency rating of 180.0. The 6-0 senior quarterback is a native of Ponca City, Okla. where he competed at Ponca City High School.
MIAA/AstroTurf Defensive Athlete of the Week
Michael Jordan, DB, Missouri Western
Jordan had two interceptions and four pass break ups as the Griffon’s defeated Central Oklahoma 26-16. He also finished with four tackles, three solo. Both of Jordan’s interceptions ended UCO scoring threats. The first came in the second quarter at the MWSU 1-yard line with the Griffons leading 16-0. The second sealed the MWSU victory on a late fourth quarter UCO drive in Griffon territory. The 6-0 senior defensive back is a native of Hazelwood, Mo. where he competed at Hazelwood Central High School.
MIAA/AstroTurf Special Teams Athlete of the Week Levi Copelin, WR, Pittsburg State
Copelin blocked and recovered a pair of second quarter Lindenwood punts, helping No. 5 ranked Pitt State explode for 35 points in the stanza en route to a 56-28 victory over the visiting Lions Saturday (Sept. 12). He blocked the first LWU punt and recovered it at the Lions 2 yard line to help the Gorillas break a 14-14 tie. Later in the period, he blocked another attempt and ran the ball in from 16 yards out for a 35-14 lead with 1:53 to play in the first half. The 6-2 wide receiver is native of Broke Arrow, Okla. where he competed at Broken Arrow High School, and he transferred to Pitt State from the University of Missouri.
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you owe the tax man more than $100 million, your check is no good at the IRS.
Starting next year, the IRS says it will reject all checks for more than $99,999,999. That’s because check-processing equipment at the nation’s Federal Reserve banks can’t handle checks that big.
The Treasury Department says checks of $100 million or more have to be processed by hand, increasing the risk of theft, fraud and errors.
As a result, the richest among us will have to wire their tax payments electronically. Or write multiple checks for less than $100 million apiece.
Some see irony in a deficit-riddled government rejecting large sums of money.
But the Federal Reserve says most commercial banks can’t process checks with amounts that stretch more than 10 digits, including cents.
Two top officials at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment have been fired and three others have announced their retirements in recent weeks. ANDY MARSO HEARTLAND HEALTH MONITOR
A sudden exodus of top officials has public health officials concerned about the immediate future of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Two KDHE leaders were terminated and three others announced their retirements in recent weeks. Combined, the five have more than 80 years of agency experience.
“Our concern is the fact that the Department of Health and Environment is going to be weakened by the loss of all these people who had so much experience,” said Dennis Cooley, a Topeka pediatrician who is one of the state’s most vocal child health advocates.
The two KDHE officials terminated were Tim Budge, the section chief of the agency’s immunization program, and Mindee Reece, the director of the Bureau of Community Health Systems.
The three who retired are Brenda Walker, director of the Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention; Paula Clayton, director of the Bureau of Health Promotion; and Jane Shirley, director of the Center for Population Health and director of Local Public Health.
“All of the names are familiar to me,” said Michelle Ponce, executive director of the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments.
Ponce said she worked with Shirley most often, about once a week. She also worked regularly with Reece and, to a lesser extent, Clayton. She knew Walker and Budge’s roles in the agency but did not interact with them as much.
KDHE, one of the largest state agencies, supports local health departments in their efforts to control disease through a variety of public health and environmental programs. It has a budget of more than $2 billion, but a lot of it comes from fees or federal funds. About $700 million comes from the state general fund.
The changes in high-level personnel are occurring less than a year after Susan Mosier replaced Robert Moser as KDHE secretary.
In addition to the office of the secretary, Mosier oversees three divisions: Public Health, Health Care Finance and Environment.
All five of the recent departures were leaders within the Division of Public Health, which includes eight bureaus. Reece, Walker and Clayton led bureaus. Shirley worked under Reece and Budge worked under Walker, leading sections within their bureaus.
Clayton and Walker are still serving out their final days with the agency.
Sara Belfry, a spokeswoman for KDHE, declined to comment on the changes, calling them personnel issues.
Reece, who was with KDHE for more than 20 years before she was fired in late August, did not respond to a request for comment.
The Community Health Systems Bureau that Reece headed works with local partners to ensure health care is accessible throughout Kansas, including rural areas, and takes the lead in coordinating response to public health emergencies caused by natural disasters and terrorism.
Ponce said Reece had a “wealth of knowledge” about the various local health programs that KDHE supports and will be missed.
“I would say she’s been a public health champion,” Ponce said.
Immunization program in ‘survival mode’
Tim Budge was the department’s top immunization official until he was terminated last week. CREDIT KHI FILE PHOTO
Budge was promoted from within KDHE and had held the top immunization job for less than a year when he was terminated last week. He said he did not see it coming.
“I had planned to be at KDHE forever,” Budge said.
Budge started at the agency in 2008 as an immunization information systems trainer, then moved up to manager of the Vaccines for Children program before taking over as section chief in November 2014.
He inherited a program in a state with falling vaccination rates and said he was committed to bringing them up.
“We were going the right direction, the direction we wanted to go to get back out to the providers and eventually get our immunization rates higher,” Budge said.
He said the reason Walker gave for his termination was an inability to manage his staff.
But Budge said his tenure as section chief was complicated by “mixed messages” about the proper role of the section chief and outdated policy information from his superiors.
”How can I really manage my staff when I don’t have clear information from those above me?” he asked.
Budge said the state’s immunization program also has also been hindered by employee turnover and it was difficult to keep positions filled. As of Thursday, the program’s web page showed six of 20 positions vacant.
Budge said the previous two section chiefs only served for a year.
“The program has been in survival mode for the past three years,” he said.
Walker, who worked with Budge in her disease control and prevention role, said in an email that the rapid turnover of the state’s top immunization job in the last few years was an “unfortunate experience.”
“Although Tim had been with the program for years and had established himself with the program as an excellent trainer for the automated registry system, regretfully, those skills did not transfer over into the management of the program and staff within the program,” she said.
Budge, a Topeka resident whose wife is pregnant with their seventh child, said it’s not his intention to speak negatively of KDHE.
He said he was willing to learn on the job but it was unrealistic to expect him or anyone else to absorb all of the state and federal immunization protocols and master the management side of the job in less than a year. He said remaining employees are concerned about their own jobs.
Belfry said in an email that although she could not comment on personnel, she would comment on the “recent successes of the immunization program.”
She said the immunization section has implemented an electronic vaccine ordering and tracking system for 350 health care providers in the federal Vaccines for Children Program and increased participation in KSWebIZ, a program that logs and tracks immunization records of Kansans kids, to 87 percent of school districts.
“KDHE is proud of the work the immunization program has done recently and continues to do,” Belfry said.
Phil Griffin, the longtime director of the Kansas Tuberculosis Control Program, has taken over for Budge on an interim basis.
John Eplee, a family practice physician in Atchison who chairs the Immunize Kansas Coalition, said the change in leadership could hamper the coalition’s work to increase rates of adolescent immunization in the state. Budge was KDHE’s liaison to the group, which previously was known as Immunize Kansas Kids and includes 23 member organizations.
“Certainly it will be a pretty great loss for us short-term,” Eplee said. “We’re hoping in time this will smooth itself out in terms of the IKC group.”
Cooley, the Topeka pediatrician, said turnover and vacant positions within the immunization division could have a long-term effect.
“We really need strong input from KDHE,” Cooley said. “So if their immunization program gets weakened, then I think that’s going to really make it more difficult for us to improve our immunization rates.”
Loss of institutional knowledge
Clayton was the longest-tenured of the recent retirees, with almost 27 years at KDHE. She did not respond to a request for comment.
The bureau she led is charged with promoting healthy behaviors, policies and environmental changes to prevent chronic disease, injury and premature death. It focuses on areas like managing arthritis and diabetes and preventing heart disease, tobacco use and childhood accidents.
Walker’s bureau is charged with reducing infectious disease and includes three sections: immunizations, sexually transmitted illness and tuberculosis.
Walker, who spent 21 years at KDHE, said in an email that her last day is Sept. 14.
She said she’s making plans for life after retirement.
“I would like to be involved in an early childhood development program of some type, if I’m not busy as a life coach or travelling with friends and family,” Walker said in an email that was also sent to Belfry.
In a subsequent email, Walker said the agency is moving forward with worthy replacements.
Jane Shirley, director of KDHE’s Center for Population Health and director of Local Public Health, left the agency last month. CREDIT KHI FILE PHOTO
“Just wanted you to know that KDHE has some pretty awesome emerging leaders as well, such as Jennifer VandeVelde, who is my replacement, Brandon Skidmore, who has been appointed Interim Director for the Bureau of Health Promotion and Rachel Sisson, Director of the Bureau of Family Health,” Walker said.
Shirley started at KDHE in 2008 after a 20-year career as a public health nurse in Jefferson County. She was named director of local health in 2011.
After leaving the agency last month, she took a job as a corporate wellness coordinator for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, according to her LinkedIn page.
Shirley, through BCBS Kansas media relations staff, declined to be interviewed about her time at KDHE.
Before taking her post at the association of local health departments four years ago, Ponce worked at the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, which is now the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
She said that since she joined the association, local health departments have had a close working relationship with KDHE and she expects that to continue.
“We are seeing some very long-term public health champions leaving the agency,” Ponce said. “And there is quite a depth of knowledge going out the door with them. So, we are a little bit anxious. But you know, we’re trying to see what happens.”
Andy Marso is a reporter for Heartland Health Monitor, a news collaboration focusing on health issues and their impact in Missouri and Kansas.
Heartland Gymnastics Academy will celebrate National Gymnastics Day by hosting an open gym at Heartland Academy, 1803 General Custer, from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday.
This will be a free time for children to explore the gym and the sport of gymnastics in a non-class environment.
Coaches will be on hand to supervise and assist.
Students should wear appropriate clothing — no jewelry, candy or gum.
The public is welcome, but parents must sign a waiver in person or can access one HERE. Pre-registration is advised as the maximum number is 60.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (785) 625-5567.
Irene F. Dortland, age 94, of Walker, KS passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society, Hays. She was born April 14, 1921 in Walker, KS to Henry H. and Catherine (Kippes) Robben.
During her early childhood she attended Walker grade school and graduated in 1939 from Walker High School. She met Alvin J. Dortland at a baseball game in Gorham, KS. They were married in October of 1939.
Irene was a homemaker all of her life. She lived all of her life in the Gorham and Walker area. She was a member of St. Fidelis Basilica and the St. Fidelis Daughters of Isabella where she had served as Regent for many years. She was a 4-H leader and a member of the crafters group of Hays Medical Center volunteer workers.
She is survived by a daughter, Kathalie Hoffman and husband Tom of Hays; two grandsons, Tracy Hoffman and wife Stacey of Leawood and Troy Hoffman of Overland Park; two great grandsons, Grant and Gavin Hoffman of Leawood.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin on April 23, 2014; a son, Robert Joseph; a brother, Francis and four sisters, Gertrude, Agnes, Estella and Isabell.
Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Monday, September 14, 2015 at the St. Fidelis Basilica in Victoria. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery in Walker, KS.
Visitation will be Sunday 5 PM – 8 PM at Brock’s Funeral Home 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.
A combined parish vigil and St. Fidelis D of I rosary service will be at 6 PM Sunday at the funeral chapel.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Ann’s Cemetery Fund and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent by guest book to www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected]
One of our deer hunting properties is on my sister’s farm, and a few years ago a fledgling wild turkey population began there. I’ve harvested a couple of them during spring seasons and over the years they have benefitted from our deer corn feeders.
We’ve watched the flock grow and again this year we’re seeing lots of young birds, possibly from a couple different hatches. But now I’m getting real tired of seeing all 25 or so of them on trail camera pictures and it’s time to harvest a couple this fall.
Fall turkey hunting is a vastly underutilized and thus under-enjoyed sport here in Kansas. We ourselves have only hunted fall turkeys a couple years out of the last ten. This year’s fall turkey seasons run from Oct. 1 through Dec. 1, 2015, then Dec. 14, 2015, through Jan. 31, 2016, almost four months of hunting opportunity, so the issue is most certainly not the length of the season, but rather the time of the year; let me explain.
During spring turkey season, fishing, bow fishing and mushroom hunting are about the only other games in town. However, during these nearly 4 months of the fall season, one can also hunt doves, ducks, and geese, participate in the early season youth deer hunts, hunt deer with bow and black powder, trap and call predators, not to mention high school and college football, soccer, girls volley ball and basketball…… Do you see the problem?
Fall turkey hunting has its perks; besides fresh wild turkey, the temperatures are cooler, which means fewer, if any bugs & ticks and NO mosquitoes. There are more opportunities to harvest a bird since the turkeys are grouped together in their winter flocks which can easily number in the hundreds in my part of the state.
But perhaps the best perk of all lies in the fact that fall turkey regulation allow for the harvesting of hens too. That means that any wild turkey that strolls past your stand can go onto the dinner table!
Fall turkey hunting strategies are much different also. No longer can we use the gobblers need for love against them as we can in the spring. During the fall and winter the “boys” are sort of just one of the girls and dominant hens actually rule the roost (pun intended of course.) Just as in the spring, turkeys travel routes and times are somewhat predictable from day to day, so one strategy for hunting them in the fall involves setting up a ground blind somewhere along their daily route and simply ambushing them.
Another popular approach to hunting fall turkeys relies on their social need to flock together. It has been proven that when a big group of turkeys is suddenly startled, causing them to split and fly in numerous directions, not only will they eventually group back together again, but they will often re-congregate at or very near the precise spot where they split. Let me explain. If hunters spot a large group of fall turkeys somewhere near good cover, they can either run toward the flock, causing them to fly helter-skelter, or send a dog running into the flock to cause the same outcome. They can then conceal themselves in the cover nearby, fairly confident that the flock will re-congregate where it split, giving them good shots.
I have an excellent turkey calling CD by Lovett Williams, PHD and one of the country’s leading wild turkey biologists. He devotes some of the CD to fall hunting tactics and explains how dominant hens call a flock back together after having it scattered, and plays actual recordings of the calls and sounds they use to do so. So if you are a purist and insist on calling turkeys in the fall as well, you can learn these sounds and theoretically call a scattered flock of turkeys back together and right into your lap if you are well camouflaged.
To me, fall turkey hunting is less frustrating than spring hunting because the finical nature of the gobblers is not an issue. This makes it an ideal time to introduce a youth, your wife (or husband) or your girl friend (or boyfriend) to Kansas wild turkey hunting. Remember, no ticks, no mosquitoes and many turkeys! So to put a wild turkey on the Thanksgiving table this year, or just to try something different for a change, try Kansas fall turkey hunting this year. Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors!
Steve Gilliland, Inman, can be contacted by email at [email protected].
TheBestSchools.org has recognized Fort Hays State University’s online Bachelor of Arts in political science as one of the best online political science degree programs in the country, ranking it No. 18.
Three main factors that TheBestSchools.org takes into consideration when selecting schools are the academic excellence shown by the faculty, the return on investment and the benefits available on campus and in the community. Ranking the political science program also took into consideration the program’s quality, available courses, faculty, awards and reputation.
