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Month: May 2016

Oakley woman hospitalized after truck overturns

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Screen Shot 2014-07-03 at 5.13.15 AMTHOMAS COUNTY- A woman from Oakley was injured in an accident just before 5p.m. on Saturday in Thomas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 International Truck driven by David L. West, 57, Oakley, was westbound on U.S. 24 nine miles east of Colby.

The driver attempted a turn onto southbound U.S. 83, was going too fast and overturned into the west ditch.

A passenger Susan E. West, 65, was transported to Citizens Medical Center. The driver was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

State track and field results

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After severe weather moved into the Wichita area Friday afternoon the state track and field championship schedule was altered to run everything in one day.

Final results from Saturday’s state track and field championships
1A boys 4×400 relay finals
Osborne – 4th (3:36.84)
Schurr, Peterson, Lackey, Grabast, Wolters, Heise

Stockton – 5th (3:37.80)
Beougher, Kuhlmann, Lowry, Williams, Green

La Crosse – 8th (3:38.89)
Brown, Sherman, Hayes, Herdman, Figueiredo De Mirand

Dighton – 9th (3:38.94)
Dominguez, Cramer, Keal, Torson, Blair Hoffman, Daltan Hoffman

Otis-Bison – 13th (3:45.18)
Foust, Jecha, Keller, Dean, Urban, Wiltse

2A boys 4×400 relay finals
Smith Center – 4th (3:30.40)
Meitler, Zabel, Jesse Staples, Hileman, Buckmaster, Hutchinson

1A boys long jump
Kian Coffey Stockton – 2nd (21’4.25)
Kyler Williams Stockton – 4th (20’10.75)
Joey Raat Natoma – 8th (19’2)
Dylan Smith Dighton – 13th (18’6.5)

1A girls 4×400 relay finals
Quinter – 6th (4:17.32)
Blackwill, Miller, Wolf, Bird, Gruenbacher, Walt

Logan – 8th (4:22.15)
Braun, Bliss, Shellito, Ryann Kats, Hofaker

Victoria – 10th (4:25.76)
Newbold, Windholz, Oberle, Dinkel, Radke

Stockton – 11th (4:26.53)
Billinger, Hamilton, Reichard, Wente, Conyac

2A girls 4×400 relay finals
Hill City – 2nd (4:12.35)
Kennedy, Nelson, Keith, Conway, Keener, Mcdowell

Ellis – 14th (4:25.03)
Waldschmidt, Brack, Burton, Mattheyer, Gamez, Deutscher

2A boys triple jump
Chandler Stiawalt Ness City – 1st (42’10.75)

2A girls javelin
Alexcia Deutscher Ellis – 1st (135’02)
Bailey Strine Smith Center – 4th (125’01)
Makenna Fritts Ness City – 5th (124’01)

1A boys 200 meter dash finals
Collin Kisner Victoria – 4th (23.14)
Austin Rietcheck Hoxie – 7th (23.39)

2A boys 200 meter dash finals
Sam Kaup Plainville – 1st (22.80)
Hayden Friend Plainville – 4th (23.14)

3A boys 200 meter dash finals
Tevin Petrie Norton – 3rd (22.91)

3A boys discus
Jace Ruder Norton – 6th (143’07)

2A girls pole vault
Cheyenne Nickelson Trego – 4th (9’)
Gracen Hutchinson Smith Center – 5th (8’6)

1A girls high jump
Kacee Klozenbucher La Crosse – 4th (5’2)
Mariah Stauffer Thunder Ridge – 9th (4’10)
Kayley Chrisler Natoma – 10th (4’10)

3A boys triple jump
Tevin Petrie Norton – 2nd (43’6.25)

1A girls shot put
Jordan Speer Dighton – 1st (42’11)
Christen Greving Logan – 2nd (38’0.5)

1A girls 200 meter dash finals
Kali Weber Victoria – 1st (26.24)
Dakota Hoffman Dighton – 15th (28.27)

2A girls 200 meter dash finals
Shania Werner Plainville – 8th (26.81)
Ashley Mattheyer Ellis – 16th (28.21)

3A girls 200 meter dash finals
Kara Frack Norton – 6th (26.93)
Caitlyn Cox Norton – 7th (27.09)

3A boys 800 meters
Tyus Henson Norton – 2nd (1:58.09)

1A boys 800 meters
Cullen Grabast Osborne – 2nd (2:00.11)
Dean Masters Natoma – 8th (2:03.16)
Taitem Zeigler Natoma – 10th (2:04.81)

1A girls javelin
Jordan Speer Dighton – 1st (133’01)
Paige Keller Palco – 12th (110’06)
Christen Greving – 14th (105’05)
Kylie Crist Quinter – 15th (104’05)

2A boys discus
Levi Armon Ness City – 2nd (146’07)
Zach Pierson Plainville – 6th (144’10)
Clay Money Hill City – 7th (144’04)
Willie Wilkerson Plainville – 8th (144’03)

4A girls 800 meters
Marie Reveles Hays – 10th (2:27.41)

3A girls 800 meters
Melissa Pfeifer TMP – 2nd (2:27.21)

1A girls 800 meters
Sara Cramer Dighton 3rd (2:28.46)
Layne Pettijohn Thunder Ridge – 4th (2:29.99)
Emma Rues La Crosse – 8th (2:34.08)
Kayley Chrisler Natoma – 9th (2:35.29)
Payden Shapland Dighton – 12th (2:39.99)

1A boys 300 meter hurdles
Jonah Ruckman Quinter – 7th (42.63)

2A boys 300 meter hurdles
Kaden Meitler Smith Center – 2nd (41.49)
Ryan Buresh Plainville – 14th (43.46)

3A boys 300 meter hurdles
Jace Ruder Norton – 11th (43.66)

3A girls 300 meter hurdles
Kendra Werth TMP – 12th (49.95)

2A girls 300 meter hurdles
Amanda Conway Hill City – 3rd (47.13)
Madalyn Nelson Hill City – 5th (47.84)

1A girls 300 meter hurdles
Afftin Conway Osborne – 3rd (46.92)
Macalee White Hoxie – 16th (57.41)

1A girls discus
Monica Jirak Thunder Ridge – 1st (128’06)
Jordan Speer Dighton – 3rd (114’01)
Christen Greving Logan – 4th (113’01)
Tayler Petersen Thunder Ridge – 8th (104’06)

1A girls pole vault
Jayden Newbold Victoria – 9th (8’6)
Ryann Kats Logan – 14th (8’)

2A girls discus
Allyssa Miller Hill City – 1st (146’03) *New 2A state record
Haley Reiter Ellis – 5th (109’)

4A boys 400 Meter Dash Finals
Keith Dryden Hays – 2nd (49.96)

2A boys 400 meters
Sam Kaup Plainville – DQ (out of lane)

1A boys shot put
Riley Nyp Palco – 2nd (47’2.5)

1A boys 400 meters
Cullen Grabast Osborne – 3rd (51.69)
Clayton Herdman La Crosse – 4th (51.88)
Dean Masters Natoma – 6th (52.45)
Denton Schurr Osborne – 14th (54.43)

1A girls long jump
Taylor Regan Otis-Bison – 1st (16’9)

2A girls triple jump
Abby Burton Ellis – 4th (35’2.25)
Kelsey Brack Ellis – 7th (34’5)

3A boys shot put
Jacob Green Norton – 12th (44’1)

2A Girls 400 meters
Cassie Waldschmidt Ellis – 13th (1:05.42)

1A boys javelin
Clayton Herdman La Crosse – 2nd (168’06)
Riley Nyp Palco – 5th (162’)
Dylan Foos Dighton – 7th (154’08)

1A Girls 400 meters
Sarah Bird Quinter – 10th (1:02.35)
Sara Cramer Dighton – 11th (1:02.43)
Lilly Schamberger Hoxie – 13th (1:03.79)

3A boys 4×100 relay finals
Norton – 1st – 43.63
Petrie, Ruder, Lively, Brown, Henson, McEwen

2A boys 4×100 relay finals
Plainville – 2nd (44.89)
Ventura, Kaup, Wilkens, Friend, Chase Cellmer

Ness City – 7th (45.49)
Muniz, Scheopner, Luis Rodriguez, Stiawalt, Kevin Rodriguez, Fellhoelter

1A boys 4×100 relay finals
Stockton – 2nd (44.55)
Winters, Coffey, Lowry, Williams, Green

Dighton – 6th (45.75)
Cruz, Dominguez, Foos, Smith, B.Hoffman, D. Hoffman

Victoria – 9th (46.46)
Knoles, Hockersmith, Drew, Kisner, Karlin, Brungardt

1A girls triple jump
Taylor Regan Otis-Bison – 3rd (34’6.25)
Kacee Klozenbucher La Crosse – 10th (32’11)

1A boys high jump
Jonah Ruckman Quinter – 4th (6’2)
Isaac Torson Dighton – 15th (5’8)

2A boys shot put
Levi Armon Ness City – 1st (52’6)
Mekhai Bates Hill City – 15th (44’6.5)

3A girls 4×100 relay finals
Norton – 5th (51.31)
Cox, Engelbert, Miller, Frack, Ambrosier, Maddy

2A Girls 4×100 relay
Ellis – 3rd (50.95)
Deutscher, Burton, Brack, Mattheyer, Waldschmidt, Hernandez

Hill City – 7th (51.62)
Conway, Keith, Keener, Nelson, Kennedy, Mcdowell

Ness City – 9th (52.42)
Fritts, Stiawalt, Holecek, Richardson, Schrieber, Moore

1A girls 4×100 relay finals
Victoria – 2nd (51.58)
Newbold, Oberle, Dinkel, Weber, Windholz, Radke

Logan – 6th (52.79)
Braun, Greving, Bliss, Kats, Shellito

Natoma – 7th (52.83)
Chambray, Buzzell, Chrisler, Casey, Ostmeyer

La Crosse – 10th (53.41)
Gilbert, West, Klozenbucher, Rues, Pierce

1A boys pole vault
Austin Tien Logan – T2nd (12’6)

2A girls long jump
Shania Werner Plainville – 2nd (16’9.25)
Kelsey Brack Ellis – 8th (15’9.5)
Alexcia Deutscher Ellis – 9th (15’6)

4A boys shot put
Shane Berens Hays – 3rd (52’7)

2A boys 1600 meters
Sean Conness Trego – 14th (4:58.02)

3A boys 1600 meters
Andrew Hess TMP – 7th (4:51.20)

1A boys 1600 meters
Taitem Zeigler Natoma – 8th (4:46.61)
Kade Urban Otis-Bison – 11th (5:01.65)
Taylor Keller Palco – 12th (5:05.12)

3A girls 1600 meters
Melissa Pfeifer TMP – 2nd (5:25.58)

1A boys triple jump
Kian Coffey Stockton – 1st (44’7.5)

2A girls high jump
Ashley Mattheyer Ellis – 3rd (5’2)
Lexie McDowell Hill City – T4th (5’)

1A girls 1600 meters
Payden Shapland Dighton – 7th (5:46.64)
Wysteria Corbett Thunder Ridge – 9th (5:48.36)

2A girls 1600 meters
Helen Geifer Trego – 9th (5:41.20)

2A boys high jump
Chandler Stiawalt Ness City – 1st (6’6)
Brett Meyer Smith Center – 14th (5’10)
Mike Poe Hill City – NH

4A boys 100 meter dash finals
Keith Dryden Hays – 12th (11.31)

2A girls shot put
Allyssa Miller Hill – 1st (39’0.5)
Makenna Fritts Ness City – 2nd (38’8.5)
Mikayla Dietz Smith Center – 6th (35’9.5)
Michelle Palmer Smith Center – 12th (33’6.5)

2A boys 100 meter dash finals
Hayden Friend Plainville – 6th (11.51)

1A boys 100 meter dash finals
Collin Kisner Victoria – 7th (11.50)
Austin Rietcheck Hoxie – 10th (11.57)
Kylar Williams Stockton – 12th (11.72)
Brayden Winters Stockton – 14th (11.88)

2A girls 100 meter dash finals
Alexcia Deutscher Ellis – 4th (12.81)
Shania Werner Plainville – 11th (13.14)

1A girls 100 meter dash finals
Kali Weber Victoria – 2nd (12.83)

3A boys 4×800 relay
TMP – 12th
Ethan Lang, Hayden Lowe, Trevor Pfeifer, Andrew Hess, Paul Brull

2A boys 4×800 relay
Smith Center – 12th
Hileman, Ifland, Benoit, Staples, Hutchinson, Buckmaster

Oakley – 14th
Engel, Kuhlman, Abell, Zimmerman, Hemmert

1A boys 4×800 relay
Natoma – 2nd
Zeigler, Raat, Dickerson, Dean Masters, Pruter, Lund

Dighton – 7th
Cramer, Hoffman, Hoffman, Keal, Torson

Osborne – 8th
Wolters, Schurr, Heise, Grabast, Peterson, Lackey

La Crosse – 10th
Sherman, Brown, Figueiredo De Mirand, Hayes, Herdman

4A girls shot put
Audra Schmeidler Hays – 6th (36’4)

1A girls 4×800 relay
Quinter – 2nd (10:24.33)
Blackwill, Miller, Wolf, Sarah Bird, Gruenbacher, Havlas

Dighton – 10th (11:09.50)
Shapland, Shapland, Hoffman, Cramer, Speer

2A girls 4×800 relay
Trego Community – 12th (10:52.62)
Giefer, A. Carr, J. Howard, A. Howard, E. Carr, Dietz

Smith Center – 14th (11:07.73)
Shellito, Hutchinson, Kirchhoff, Karg, Devlin

3A girls 4×800 relay
Norton – 10th (10:48.54)
Engelbert, Ambrosier, Melvin, Maddy, Burge, Patterson

TMP – 11th (10:53.87)
Stouffer, Teel, Schibi, Urban, Pfeifer

3A girls high jump
Savannah Yost TMP – T5th (5’2)

2A boys long jump
Chandler Stiawalt Ness City – 1st (20’9.5)
Allen Goff Trego – 12th (16’6.75)

1A boys discus
Riley Nyp Palco – 3rd (132’11)
Regan Kats Logan – 8th (128’7)
Kadin Trower La Crosse – 14th (109’10)

2A boys javelin
Hesston Maxwell Smith Center – 13th (140’10)
Brennan Chacon Ness City – 16th – (134’3)

2A boys 110 hurdles
Kaden Meitler Smith Center – 3rd (15.64)

1A boys 110 hurdles
Jonah Ruckman Quinter – 5th (15.12)

4A boys 110 hurdles
Maddux Winter Hays – 4th (15.24)

3A boys high jump
Hayden Lowe TMP – 9th (5’10)
Koby McEwen Norton – 5th (6’)

1A girls 3200 meters
Payden Shapland Dighton – 5th (12:19.69)

1A boys 3200 meters
Justin Giesbrecht Victoria – 7th (10:33.29)
Taylor Keller Palco – 10th (10:52.56)

2A girls 3200 meters
Helen Geifer Trego – 5t (12:11.09)
Savannah Moore Ness City – 11th (12:46.59)

2A boys 3200 meters
Lucas Roths Ness City – 8th (10:20.66)
Bernard Giefer Trego – 14th (11:01.48)

3A girls 3200 meters
Melissa Pfeifer TMP – 2nd (11:49.40)

3A boys 3200 meters
Andrew Hess TMP – 2nd (10:10.52)

1A Girls 100 meter hurdles
Regan Casey Natoma 6th (16.44)

2A Girls 100 meter hurdles
Madalyn Nelson Hill City – 7th (16.63)

3A boys 110 hurdles
Jace Ruder Norton – 4th (15.65)

2A boys pole vault
Kaden Meitler Smith Center – 1st (13’6)
Everett Brandyberry Hill City – 7th (12’

WICHITA – Final results from Friday’s Kansas State Track and Field Championships:
4A boys discus
Shane Berens – Hays 3rd (165’1)

4A girls high jump
Haley George – Hays – 6th (5’2)

4A boys triple jump
Ethan Nunnery – Hays 8th (42’5.5)

Students named to dean’s list at Bethany College

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bethany-collegeLINDSBORG – More than 150 Bethany College students have earned semester honors for their academic performance during the spring 2016 semester and have been named to the Dean’s List.

To qualify for the list, students must be enrolled full-time and earn a semester grade point average of 3.5.

Students named for this area and their majors include:

Atwood, KS
Rhett Mizer, Athletic Training

Damar, KS
Elizabeth Benoit, Management

Hoxie, KS
Lisa Stone, Pre-Profession Art Thera

New Almelo, KS
Landon Slipke, Music Teach/Voc/PreK-12

Oberlin, KS
Samantha Anderson, Music Teach/Inst/PreK-12

Wa Keeney, KS
Kristen Hanks, Mathematics Teaching

WaKeeney, KS
Joseph Wolf, Accounting

Ronald J. Waldschmidt

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Russell, Kansas – Ronald J. Waldschmidt, age 70, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at the Russell Regional Hospital, Russell, Kansas.

He was born November 1, 1945, in Hays, Kansas, to Rudolph and Agnes (Fisher) Waldschmidt. He married Diana Marie (Rome) on May 14, 1966, at Victoria, Kansas. She died December 13, 2015.

He worked 10 years at the Russell Safeway Food Store as a produce manager and retied in 2005 after 30 years with the Russell County Highway Department. Ron was member of St. Mary’s Queen of Angels Catholic Church, a honorary lifetime member of the 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus and has lived in Russell since 1967. He enjoyed sports, polka dances, TV wrestling and in his earlier years he enjoyed bowling and fishing.

Survivors include his daughter, Amy Jenkins and husband Ron, Kansas City, MO; father-in-law, Wilmer Rome, Hays, KS; three brothers, John Waldschmidt and wife, Linda, Victoria, KS; Charles Waldschmidt and wife, Verlene, Peter Waldschmidt and wife, Sandy, both of Ellis, KS; seven sisters, Connie Fink and husband, Ernie, Viola Fischer, Judy Herman and Jack Carver, Paula Befort and husband, Howard, Debbie Herman and husband, Randy, all of Ellis, KS; Phyllis Richards and husband, John, WaKeeney, KS; Deidria Dolny and husband, Bruce, Shawnee, KS.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one brother, Richard Waldschmidt and mother-in-law, Valeria Rome.

Services are at 11:00 A.M. Monday, June 6, 2016, at St. Mary’s Queen of Angles Catholic Church, Russell, Kansas. Inurnment will be at St. Ann’s Cemetery Walker, Kansas.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. Monday, at the church.

Memorial to the Ronald J. Waldschmidt Family. Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be sent via e-mail to
[email protected].

Carl Lee Harris

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3734503_fbsCarl Lee Harris, 68, passed away on May 27, 2016 at the Rhode Island Suites in Ransom, Kansas. He was born on April 17, 1948 in Larned, Kansas the son of Clifford and Helen (Andersen) Harris.

He is survived by his three brothers, Donald (Ivey) Harris – Leavenworth, Kansas, Arlyn (Nancy) Harris, Jenks, Oklahoma, Gail (Kaye) Harris, Ness City, Kansas; two sisters, Bertha Shannon, Liberty, Missouri and Carol (Larry) Halsey, Loveland, Colorado; sister-in-law, Carol Harris, Scottsdale, Arizona and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Merle Harris and brother-In Law, Jim Shannon.

Graveside memorial service will be on Saturday, June 4, 2016, 10:30 AM, at the Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be given to the Rhode Island Suites, Ransom or the Foothills Gateway, Fort Collins, Colorado,

Royals score 7 in 9th to beat White Sox 8-7; Perez hurt

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brett Eibner’s single capped the biggest ninth-inning comeback in Kansas City Royals history, a seven-run rally off David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle that lifted the World Series champions over the Chicago White Sox 8-7 Saturday.

Kansas City’s Salvador Perez was injured in the ninth when third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert slid with a forearm and elbow into the left thigh of the All-Star catcher, who called off Chien-Ming Wang (3-0), settled under Adam Eaton’s foul popup about 30 feet from the plate near the third-base line and snagged the ball just before he was hit.

Perez immediately raised his right arm, signaling for assistance. Two minutes later, Perez hobbled off the field with his arms draped over the shoulders of manager Ned Yost and an athletic trainer.

Held to six hits through eight innings, the Royals doubled their total in the ninth and overcame a seven-run deficit for the first time since beating San Francisco on June 22, 2008. The inning included four walks, two of them intentional, and four runs scored with two outs.

Kansas grain elevators bracing for big winter wheat harvest

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Harvest WheatROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Grain elevators are bracing for a big winter wheat crop in Kansas.

But elevators are brimming with last year’s crops due to lackluster exports and low prices.

Industry group Kansas Grain and Feed Association says elevators have added storage and have been moving a grain out of the state on long trains to make more room.

Association director Tom Tunnell says elevators are confident they will have enough storage to handle the wheat, but the real consternation is what to do when fall crops come in.

Wheat harvest typically gears up across Kansas in June. He is anticipating a wheat crop of 400 million bushels or better — more than the Agriculture Department or the industry wheat tour had expected.

Royals catcher Perez hurt, helped from field

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez had to be helped off the field in the ninth inning Saturday against the Chicago White Sox after colliding with rookie third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert while catching Adam Eaton’s foul popup.

Cuthbert came sliding in and struck Perez’s lower legs. Perez went down in pain as trainer Nick Kenney and manager Ned Yost rushed to the field.

Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas and left fielder Alex Gordon collided Sunday while chasing a foul ball at Chicago and both landed on the disabled list. Gordon has a broken right wrist and is out for three to four weeks, while Moustakas tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and is likely out for the season.

Drew Butera replaced Perez.

Kan. man enters plea for assaulting father, 76, threatening deputies

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LEAVENWORTH -A Kansas man is scheduled for sentencing next month after pleading no contest to charges stemming from a lengthy standoff at a home in Tonganoxie.

Timothy Ryan Detrick, 40, of Tonganoxie, entered no-contest pleas to two counts Wednesday in Levenworth County District Court.

The Sheriff’s office and Tonganoxie police responded to a house on River Drive in Tonganoxie on February 3, after the defendant struck his 76-year-old father with a metal bar, according to a media releasee.

After a five hour standoff, members of the Leavenworth County Tactical Unit were called in to remove Detrick by force from the residence. While he was being removed, officials say Detrick made statements to the effect that he would kill the officers involved.

A judge scheduled sentencing June 22 on one count of aggravated battery and one count of making a criminal threat to a deputy.

Michael J. ‘Mike’ Garrison

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Michael J GarrisonMichael J. “Mike” Garrison, 35, Hays, died Friday, May 20, 2016 in Costa Rica.

He was born January 2, 1981 in Ness City, Kansas the son of Bob and Denise (Hoss) Garrison. He was a graduate of TMP-Marian High School in 1999 and attended Fort Hays State University.

For many years, he worked in various capacities in the oilfield, leaving in 2015 as a logging engineer. Recently he was a truck driver for Wiseman Farms. On September 24, 2011, he married Melisa Obholz in Hays. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. He enjoyed playing softball, NASCAR, and was an avid Kansas City Royals baseball fan. He loved family time and spending time with his children.

Survivors include his wife Melisa, of the home, his mother Denise Garrison and fiancé Jerol DeBoer of Hays, three sons; Payton, Dawson, and Brennon Garrison of Hays, two daughters; Maci and Makayla Garrison of Hays, his sister Krista Dechant and husband Jason of Hays, grandparents Darrell and Marvalee Garrison of Ness City, Kansas, father and mother in law; Joe and Barbara Obholz of Hays, brother in law Joe Obholz, Jr. of Overland Park, KS, three sisters in law; Tammy Slater and husband Clint of Overland Park, KS, Amy Becker and husband Brett of Hays, and Susie Obholz and fiancé Trevor Engel of Hays, his Godson Braxton Fritzler of Hays, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Bob Garrison in 2003, and by his grandparents Bernard Hoss, Dorothy Hoss, and Tena Hoss.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 1805 Vine Street, Hays. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 pm on Monday and from 9:00 am until 9:45 Tuesday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street. A parish vigil service and rosary will be at 6:30 pm on Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested in Mike’s memory to his children’s education fund, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.

Kansas man dies, driver arrested for alleged felony DUI

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PLATTE COUNTY, MO. – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 1:30a.m. on Saturday in Platte County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Subaru Crosstrek driven by Nicholas N. Sanders, 24, Platt City, was northbound on Interstate 29, just south of Mexico City Avenue. The vehicle overtook and rear-ended a 2016 Kia Soul driven by Michael R. Sear, 58, Kansas City, Kansas.

The collision caused both vehicles to travel off the road into the median cable barrier.

Sear was transported to North Kansas City Hospital where he died.

Sanders was transported to Platte County Detention Center and is being held on requested a charge of felony DUI, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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