Month: June 2016
2 teens arrested after burglary at Kansas middle school
FINNEY COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating 2 teen suspects for burglary and theft.
Just after 7 a.m. on Friday, officers of the Garden City Police Department were dispatched to Horace Good Middle School, 1412 North Main, in reference to a burglary that had occurred, according to a media release.
When officers arrived on scene they noticed a broken window to the building and learned entry had been made into the school.The investigation revealed that in the early morning hours of Friday, June 17, the suspects entered into the building by force, and while inside the school they damaged a candy machine and took items belonging to the school.
After review of the security camera footage two suspects were identified and later located at 1101 Safford in Garden City.
The suspects Isaac Bonilla, 15, Phoenix, AZ, and a 13-year old from Garden City were arrested without incident, are being held in the Juvenile Detention Center and could face the possible charges of Burglary, Criminal Damage (a felony), and Theft (a misdemeanor).
The total estimated loss to include damages was over $2,000.
This weekend’s Hays-area garage sales
Hays-area garage sales
Scroll to the bottom for a map of garage sale locations. Hays Post offers FREE garage sale listings weekly. Having a sale next weekend? Click HERE for details.
Address: 114 East 17th St. Hays
Thur.Fri.Sat. June 16,17,18 7:30 to 5:30
Items for sale: Guns, (Cartridge & Black Powder), Ammo, Reloading and Casting Equipment, Ammo Cans, Military, Lots of Shooting Stuff. CASH ONLY
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Address: 1204 Donald Drive
Friday, June 17 9:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.
MAN CAVE / DIVA DEN: Beer signs, shot glasses, bar glasses, ashtrays, mugs, plates, decanters, Budweiser mirror, Budweiser pool table light.
COLLECTIBLES: Pigs, turtles, owls, banks, metal art, cigar box, antique ice cube tray, antique collectible prints, post war Japan ceramics, carousel horses, pottery, glass baskets, hammered copper teapot.
HOUSEHOLD: File box, Corning ware, canning jars, vases, David Marshall signed mirror, electric heater, picture frames, tv stand, glass shelves, tile, atlas globe, wall art, serving tray, dishes.
OUTDOORS: BBQ set, chimes, pistol targets, yard flags, water cooler, fishing bag, fold-up picnic table w/ umbrella, shotgun scope, skis, snowboard, BB gun.
TOOLS: Hardware, hatchet, sockets.
CLOTHES AND TOYS: T-Shirts (S to XXL), ladies belts, tennis shoes, dress shoes, pants, dress shirts, sweat shirts, wooden rocking horse, board games, dvd’s, video games.
SEASONAL: Christmas ornaments and statues, Halloween, Easter.
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Address: 3319 Willow, Hays
Friday 8am to 4pm
Items for sale: Poker table,bowling balls
Toddler bed
Stroller
Many assorted clothing items including winter coats etc.
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Address: 2215 Marjorie Dr., Hays
Friday June 17 and 18. 9am to 6pm. Saturday, 8am to 12pm
Large Multi Family Garage Sale. Lots of goodies, Sewing machine, Books, Clothing ( plus sizes), Collector plates (Gone with the Wind, Sound of Music, Norman Rockwell, Avon) 1955 Musical Elvis decanter, household items and lots more.
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Address: 2311 & 2313 Timber Drive, Hays
Friday, June 17: 4:30 – 7:30 pm; Saturday, June 18: 8 am – 3 pm
Items for sale: Household goods, kitchen items, decor, some furniture, clothing, books, bags/luggage, etc.
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Address: 514 West 36th St, Hays
Friday and Saturday, June 17th & 18th, 8am to 4pm
MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE: Furniture (nursery set, bedroom set, patio furniture, cabinets, end tables, lamps), Entertainment system, Dishes, Clothing, books, DVD’s, linens, etc.
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Address: 2912 Barclay, Hays
June 23rd – Thursday 4-7pm, June 24th – Friday 8am- 7pm
Items for sale: Tons of kids clothing
Kids toys & books
Home Decor
Woman’s boutique clothing & shoes
Men’s clothing
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Address: 3303 Elm Hays, Ks
Friday – June 17th 9am – 7pm Saturday – June 18 – 8am to noon
Items for sale: Freezer
Children’s books and toys
Boys clothing size 6 to 10
Teenage boys and girls clothing
Adult clothing
Wii Rock Band Guitar Hero
Child’s Oak table and 4 chairs
Bar Stools
Expresso Machine
Something for everyone
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Address: 602 Vine St., Hays
Friday, June 17th 5-8pm and Saturday, June 18th 8am – 1pm
Items for sale: Boys clothes ranging from 0 months up to 5T. Tow Mater Battery powered quad. Nursery Center pack n play. Graco pack n play. Light weight Graco Stroller. Nursing Scrubs tops and pants. Boys and adult shoes. Various holiday decorations, electronics, dishes, pots and pans. Changing table. Desk, rolling stands, Angel collectibles. Lots of toys also ranging from newborn on up. 2 electric ranges. Adult clothing. Lots and lots of misc.
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Address: 1340 Lawrence Dr, Hays
FRIDAY 7am-8pm
Curio Cabinet, Grill, Porclein Dolls, Kitchen Ware, Home Décor Items, Metal Bed Frame, Area Rugs, Some Furniture, and LOTS more items!!
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Address: 1617 Copper Creek Court, Hays
Friday, June 17 from 9 am to 8 pm and Saturday, June 18 from 9 am to 11 am
Items for sale: Bookshelf, dresser, Pugg goals, X Box First Generation, Nintendo DS, kids books and games, teen boy clothing, Fisher Price basketball goal, and much, much more.
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Address: 416 Autumn Ln, Hays
Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-5?
Items for sale: Mens, womens & childrens clothing. Shoes. Toys, books & movies. Kitchen & home items. Christmas items. Lots of Misc!! Something for everyone!
Everything discounted on Saturday! Be sure to come back!
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Address: 1313 Agnes Drive, Hays
Saturday, June 18, 8-2
Garage/Shop Sale: Selling all kinds of tools, shop lights and fans, tool chest, chain saw, lawn tools, shovels, ladders, large storage cabinets, drill press, golf clubs (new and used), near new snow blower. Lots of miscellaneous shop items.
Also selling furniture, Large wicker coffee table, lamps, clothing, lawn chairs, car seats and children’s items. Lots of miscellaneous household items.
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Address: 514 West 36th St, Hays
Friday and Saturday June 17-18, 8-4
Items for sale: Dryer, beds, nursery set, patio set, end tables, bedding, clothing, misc holiday, media stuff, housewares etc.
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Address: 405 W 4th, Hays
Friday 4-8 Saturday 9-1
Items for sale: Items include decorations for both boys and girls rooms, toys, name brand clothing(such as BKE), twin headboard, storage containers, and much more
College students explore Ike and Civil Rights
EISENHOWER FOUNDATION
ABILENE – Blair Cox stepped into the shoes of Minnijean Brown, one of nine African-American students who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. in 1957, and admitted she refused to go down without a fight. Brown was the first of the Little Rock Nine to be expelled for retaliating against the torment the group endured every day. Cox, a sophomore in psychology at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Penn., was playing the role of Brown in an experiential learning experience recently at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene, Kan.
The Gettysburg College students traveled to the Eisenhower Library to study Desegregation in Little Rock, a field trip enhancement program that uses primary sources and simulations to bring to life the key events surrounding the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School. It is one of several innovative programs and activities offered by Ike EDucation, established by the Eisenhower Foundation, that are age-appropriate for students in elementary grades through college to enhance their knowledge and understanding of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, according to Meredith Sleichter, the Foundation’s executive director.
The experiential-learning leadership program engages students in a historical crisis as they role play the figures involved after studying original documents found at the Eisenhower Library. Donna Reynolds, Ike EDucator, says the program stimulates critical thinking, enhances research skills, and provides experience in public speaking and debate. Lessons on history, social injustices, and leadership styles are other benefits.
It is the fifth year Gettysburg College’s Leadership Institute has partnered with the Eisenhower Library to enhance students’ leadership skills. Cox was one of three student project leaders, eight other students and two faculty members who participated in the immersive activity.
Paul Miller, the Associate Director of the Garthwait Leadership Center at Gettysburg College, said the center was created to provide leadership development opportunities. The Leadership Institute is a semester-long, seminar-style program of leadership study through social justice, and specifically the Civil Rights Movement, with the goal being to inspire the potential that individuals have to create and attain positive and sustainable social change. The students study educational policy and political movements surrounding the Civil Rights Movement and the Little Rock Crisis, and the experience culminates with a week-long immersion project in Abilene and Little Rock, Ark.
“This experience is to put them in the footsteps of those involved,” he remarks about the Eisenhower Library program. Miller, who accompanied the group, participated alongside the students by assuming the role of Eisenhower’s White House Press Secretary James Hagerty.
Cox says she was fascinated by the documents related to integration, segregation and desegregation she found at the Eisenhower Library.
“We were in the archives looking at different primary sources from Eisenhower’s time and it was really interesting because we got to look at actual notes Eisenhower had taken,” she says. “One of my favorite things was looking at a speech and typically the final draft was in the front but if you went to the back there were annotated ones where they had made revisions and it was interesting to see the actual primary source.”
Among the characters involved in the Little Rock crisis assigned to the students for portrayal were an African-American student, the school principal, the police chief, the governor, and President Eisenhower.
“My character was Minnijean Brown, one of the Little Rock Nine, and we were directed when we were in the archives to try to find information on our character,” Cox says. “We talked about what role our character played in the whole Little Rock crisis. We talked about how complex desegregation is, and going along with this idea of roles, how each player influenced one another and how it wouldn’t have had such an impact had all of the players not been there.”
On the second day, each student took the role of their character, who they introduced to the class based on the information they found in the archives. A lively debate followed with various sides defending their positions on how to best handle the crisis.
The students also watched news film clips from that time period, including one on Elizabeth Eckford who, unaware of a change in the designated meeting place for the African-American students, was alone when she got off the bus a block from the school and was confronted by an angry mob opposing integration.
Sleichter says this program is just one way the Foundation reinforces Eisenhower’s beliefs that, as he once said: “Through such leadership every one of you, at your job, in your home, about your community, can be a builder of a better America and a better world.”
Partly clear, warm Saturday
Decreasing clouds today with highs in the 90s this afternoon. Hot again Sunday with highs in the upper 90s. Thunderstorm chances return Sunday night into Monday.
Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 96. East southeast wind 7 to 13 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. East southeast wind 7 to 14 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 98. South wind 8 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 71. South wind 7 to 16 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 96. South wind 7 to 10 mph.
HPD Activity Log June 16
The Hays Police Department responded to 13 animal calls and 14 traffic stops Thu., June 16, 2016, according to the HPD Activity Log.
Animal At Large–1300 block Oak St, Hays; 1:49:40 AM
Water Use Violation–1200 block E 27th St, Hays; 3:50 AM; 3:55 AM
Animal At Large–1200 block E 30th St, Hays; 7:23 AM
Phone/Mail Scam–100 block W 12th St, Hays; 10:10 AM
Stolen/Recovered Property–100 block E 27th St, Hays; 6/14 12 AM; 12:15 AM
Assist – Other (not MV)–300 block E 25th St, Hays; 12:17 PM
Animal At Large–400 block W 6th St, Hays; 12:22 PM
Drug Offenses–1800 block E 25th St, Hays; 12:34 PM
Found/Lost Property–100 block W 12th St, Hays; 1:05 PM
MV Accident-Personal Injury–4300 block Vine St, Hays; 1:47 PM
Animal At Large–700 block Vine St, Hays: 1:48 PM
Animal At Large–1300 block W 27th St, Hays; 2:06 PM
Harassment, Telephone/FAX–1200 block Main St, Hays; 3:27 PM
Animal At Large–2200 block Canterbury Dr, Hays; 4:04 PM
Civil Dispute–2500 block Felten Dr, Hays; 4:33 PM
Found/Lost Property–2700 block Hall St, Hays; 5:01 PM
Assist – Other (not MV)–1000 block Fort St, Hays; 5:15 PM
Upcoming federal rule raises disability integration questions in Kansas
By ANDY MARSO
A new federal rule in the works is spurring discussion about what it means to integrate Kansans with disabilities with their communities and how service providers can do it.
The rule being developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks to ensure that providers of home and community-based services are providing enough opportunities for their clients with disabilities to interact with the community at large. State officials, who will be responsible for administering the rule starting in March 2019, have spent the week soliciting public input from service providers and disability advocates in Hays, Topeka, Overland Park and Wichita.
Susan Fout, director of the Home and Community Based Services division of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, moderated a meeting Wednesday in Topeka.
She stressed that the rule was intended to improve quality of life for people with disabilities, a goal that providers, their clients and the state share. “I think we all have to work together,” Fout said. “We’re all in this together.”
Providers, though, expressed concerns about how the rule will be implemented. Staff of sheltered workshops were particularly concerned after Fout said their type of services, as well as those provided by assisted living facilities connected to nursing facilities, would face renewed scrutiny under the rule to ensure they are providing an “individual experience” and “community integration” for their clients.
“The ones of concern are those that have the appearance of isolation or an institution,” Fout said.
She said KDADS will be posting a “tool” on its website next week with tips for providers on how to identify and avoid practices that isolate clients. Cottonwood Inc. is a nonprofit in Lawrence that provides residential services to Kansans with disabilities, including a sheltered workshop.
Janet Fouche-Schack, the organization’s director of support services, said she hoped few changes would be necessary to comply with the new rule once it’s finalized.
“I want to make sure they understand that, in my opinion, we are community-based,” Fouche-Schack said. “We make every effort to provide opportunities for people to be in the community.”
Fouche-Schack said about half of Cottonwood’s clients have some employment in the community, though it may not be full-time. Sheltered workshops have become controversial, with some providers arguing they provide a path to more competitive employment and some disability advocates saying they represent a low-paying dead end. Other state and federal efforts to steer people with disabilities into more mainstream employment are under way.
Jill Baker, Cottonwood’s administrator of services, said the facility uses its work center “as a staging area” where clients with disabilities can gather before heading to places in the community. But she said rather than feeling isolated, some clients like the company and camaraderie of being with other people with disabilities at the facility.
The new rule should allow for that sort of individualized approach, she said. “We’re hoping they don’t get too prescriptive,” Baker said.
But Ian Kuenzi, a Topeka disability advocate who has cerebral palsy, said facilities that gather Kansans with disabilities are, by definition, isolating them from the community at large, and the new rule should crack down on that.
“First of all, we need to define what a facility is,” Kuenzi said. “Secondly, how could a facility ever be community-based?” Kuenzi questioned whether KDADS should give providers notice before inspections to evaluate their compliance with the coming rule.
Fout said the advance notice would only be given in the lead-up to the finalized rule, as the agency works with providers to try to ease the transition. Rather than see providers close or send clients elsewhere, the agency would like to help them better integrate clients, she said.
“Our goal is that our providers will want to make any needed modifications to those settings,” Fout said. She also said the week’s meetings had given her a better sense of the possible costs involved for providers to make their services more individualized.
Sean Gatewood is a former Democratic state representative who now works as an advocate for people in KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid program.
He asked Fout if the state would reapply for $15 million in federal vocational rehabilitation money that it turned down last year.
Fout said she wasn’t aware of that possible funding source and she would ask Michael Donnelly, director of rehabilitation services for the Kansas Department for Children and Families, about it.
Andy Marso is a reporter for KHI News Service in Topeka, a partner in the Heartland Health Monitor team. You can reach him on Twitter @andymarso
Kansas teen hospitalized after car vaults into ditch
NEOSHO COUNTY- A Kansas teen was injured in an accident just after 11:30p.m. on Friday in Neosho County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Olds Alero driven by Kourtney R. Wimp, 16, Erie, was northbound on U59 just south of Erie Township.
The vehicle left the roadway, entered the east ditch, struck a private drive and vaulted into the east ditch.
Wimp was transported to Labette County Medical Center.
She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
Driver hospitalized after semi’s hood cracks, truck flips
ELLIS COUNTY – A semi driver was injured in an accident just before 8p.m. on Friday in Ellis County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Freightliner semi driven by Nathan Ryan Roberts, 38, Roseville, CA., was westbound on Interstate 70 at Commerce Parkway when the driver heard the fiberglass hood crack.
It flew open and off and the truck flipped over on its drivers side.
Roberts was transported to Hays Medical Center. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
Salvador Perez powers Royals to 10-3 victory over Tigers
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez homered to end Michael Fulmer’s long scoreless innings streak, Yordano Ventura kept the Tigers’ big bats off balance and the Kansas City Royals routed Detroit 10-3 on Friday night.
Ventura (6-4) scattered six hits while striking out five without a walk, ultimately outlasting Fulmer (7-2) in what began as an entertaining pitching duel between two bright young starters.
Fulmer pushed his streak to a Tigers rookie-record 33 1/3 innings before Perez went deep in the sixth. He left after walking the next two batters, allowing five hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Perez drove in two more in the seventh, Kendrys Morales hit a three-run shot in the eighth, and Eric Hosmer added three RBIs as the Royals beat up on the Detroit bullpen late.
2 women from Oakley hospitalized after collision
OAKLEY- Two women from Oakley were injured in an accident just before 5:30p.m. on Friday in Logan County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Dodge Charger driven by Alison Hargitt, 27, was northbound on Hudson Street in Oakley.
The Charger struck a 2006 Ford Ranger driven by Stanley Smith, 77, Oakley, at the intersection of 6th and Hudson.
Hargitt and a passenger in the Ranger Virginia Smith, 73, were transported to Logan County Hospital.
Stanley Smith was not injured.
The Smiths were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.
Flood Warning in Ellis, Trego, Rush Cos. until 9:15 p.m. Saturday
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Flood Warning for Ellis County until 9:15 p.m. Saturday, June 18.
Trego, Ness and Rush counties are also in Flood Warnings until 9:15 p.m. tomorrow.
Severe T-storm in El. Co. until 9:30 pm; lights on in Ellis
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a severe thunderstorm warning until 9:30 p.m. for Ellis County. A Flash Flood Warning continues until 9:30 p.m.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
839 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS…
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 838 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR
TOULON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HAYS…VICTORIA…WALKER…CATHERINE…YOCEMENTO…MUNJOR…
EMMERAM AND TOULON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
Meanwhile, the lights are back on in Ellis, according to Midwest Energy. Apparently the problem was a broken insulator, likely wind-related.