HAYSVILLE, Kan. – Mike Mioduszewski and Devlin Granberg both had four hits and combined to drive in nine runs as the Hays Larks bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 16-9 win over the Haysville Aviators Friday night. The Larks had a season-high 16 hits and scored their most runs in a game to snap the Aviators five-game win streak.
Mioduszewski hit a two-run homer in the Larks (7-1, 3-1 Jayhawk League) three run fourth inning. The Eastern Michigan junior drove in six after missing a game after being hit by a pitch in the wrist Wednesday against El Dorado.
Granberg had a triple and three singles and drove in three. Austin Bell had three hits and two RBIs and scored four runs.
Alex Lopez (2-0) allowed four runs on 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk for the win. Lopez and Sam Reed combine to strike out 12 Haysville (5-2, 3-1 Jayhawk League) batters.
The two play game two of the three-game series tomorrow night.
Friday’s Jayhawk League results
Hays 16, Haysville 9
Bethany 11, Derby 4
Dodge City 7, El Dorado 6
Liberal 11, Wellington 3
CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Avila hit two of Chicago’s season-high four home runs and the struggling White Sox beat Kansas City 7-5 on Friday night to give a shaky Chris Sale his major league-leading 10th win and the Royals their eight straight loss.
The defending champions matched their longest losing streak since May 2013, while the White Sox opened the weekend series with their second straight win after dropping 20 of 26.
Sale (10-2) pitched into the seventh and got the victory despite giving up a season-high three home runs — two solo drives to Eric Hosmer and one to Salvador Perez. But the White Sox also used the long ball to come out on top after beating Washington the previous night.
Avila came through with his first two homers since signing with Chicago in the offseason. He hit back-to-back solo drives with Brett Lawrie in the fourth and added a two-run shot in the sixth off Ian Kennedy (4-5) to make it 7-3.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials say high numbers of mosquitoes known to transmit West Nile virus have been found in traps in Sedgwick County.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday that the rise in the number of Culex mosquitoes is likely to be statewide, increasing the risk of a higher number of West Nile virus cases this year.
KDHE says the Culex species isn’t known to transmit Zika virus.
West Nile virus is commonly spread to people through mosquito bites and is not transmitted from person to person.
Cases are most common in the late summer and early fall.
The 57 West Nile virus cases in 2012 were the most since the virus came to Kansas. There were 34 cases in 2015, half of which included hospitalization.
HORTON, Kan. (AP) — Kickapoo tribal leaders have filed additional counts against three former tribal leaders accused of misusing federal money.
The tribe said Thursday it’s filed the additional counts against Steve Cadue, Adolph Cadue Jr. and Bobbi Darnell. Steve Cadue is a former chairman of the tribe, which maintains a reservation in northeast Kansas. Darnell was the treasurer, and Adolph Cadue Jr. was tribal council secretary.
The three were charged in March with fraudulent handling of recordable instruments and tampering with records. They’re accused of using federal burial funds to subsidize payroll and other tribal expenses in violation of tribal law.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the tribe added more counts to the complaint. It’s unclear if the defendants have lawyers, but Steve Cadue said earlier he and the others denied the allegations.
McPherson – A nine-run explosion in the first inning lifted the Hays Monarchs Junior American Legion to a 16-1 win in three innings over the Topeka Senators in McPherson Friday afternoon.
Gavin Schumacher got the scoring started for the Monarchs, stealing home in the first inning. Luke Ruder followed that with a solo homerun to put Hays up 2-0.
As part of the nine run first six different Monarchs drove in at least one run. Ruder drove in three of his five RBIs in the first inning.
Hays scored five more times in the second and two in the third inning.
Schumacher was four-for-four with a pair of RBIs. Luke Ruder homered and drove in five runs.
Carlos Schwindt allowed one unearned run in two innings of relief to pick up the win.
The Monarchs are 6-1 and will play two games at the McPherson tournament Saturday.
On June 7, USD 489 voters turned down a proposed $94 million bond that would have addressed critical safety, security and maintenance needs in our district’s facilities.
While we were hoping for a different outcome, we respect the process and thank each of the 4,000 voters for taking the time to make their voices be heard. This signals to us that the Hays community takes pride in its education system, and is committed to schools that provide quality outcomes in the most efficient manner possible.
We are also incredibly grateful to all of the volunteer members of the Fund Our Future First Steering Committee and the Facility Needs Committee, who spent countless hours planning, organizing, going door-to-door and holding meetings, all to educate the public on the bond issue.
Had just 251 of the “No” votes been “Yes” the bond would have passed. Based on early feedback, we believe the bond failed for several reasons. First, some feel that the bond was simply too large – that $94 million was too much of a burden to place on our small tax base, regardless of needs. The other thing we’ve also heard is that the board didn’t thoroughly explore alternative options, or first consider various spending decisions in other areas.
Both John and I, as well as the entire board, are relatively new to the administration – no one has been serving longer than three years. We can’t change any maintenance or expansion decisions that may have been made years or decades ago by previous administrations but in fairness to those administrations, each was dealing with their own challenges of the day. With that being said, the past is the past, and we need to all work together and focus on the future.
This board has worked very hard to improve transparency in its dealings, while finding remedies for complex issues. We encouraged and received great staff and community participation in our search for a superintendent. We worked closely with building principals and stakeholders in creating a comprehensive maintenance plan that addresses future buildings and transportation needs. For that plan to work, we need to ‘reset the clock’ and tackle the existing deferred maintenance backlog, which today approaches $19 million. We give you the community, our word, that this administration will do what we say and we expect to be held accountable for our decisions made on your behalf.
Regarding the size of the bond, we need your input as to the kinds of schools our community wants going forward. In the coming weeks, we will be surveying the community with several alternatives as to how a future bond issue could possibly look.
We are looking for honest, thoughtful participation from the entire community. We ask that you please assist us in this effort by taking this survey, which we will publicize soon.
We want to hear from you.
The critical needs raised in the bond campaign have not gone away. We are hopeful that the USD 489 board, administrators, teachers, parents and community can all work together in making our schools the safe, secure, accessible and modern learning environments our students and staff deserve. Thank you.
BARTON COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Barton County are investigating suspects on drug and theft charges.
On Friday morning, deputies were investigating a stolen ATV when a traffic stop was conducted.
The traffic stop let to the arrest of four suspects and deputies issued a search warrant for a residence in the 100 block of South U.S. 281, according to a media release.
Deputies found methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, the stolen A.T.V. was recovered and substantial amount of currency seized.
SALINA -Brown Mackie Colleges across the country, including the two Salina campuses, are closing.
Officials from Education Management Corporation, the operator of Brown Mackie Colleges say they are phasing out all Brown Mackie locations nationwide, according to a media release.
Brown Mackie will not close immediately, but will do so in the near future. The schools are currently not accepting any new student enrollments. The current plan is to “teach out” students who are currently enrolled at the school, which will allow them to finish their degree field study.
Though the schools are not immediately closing, some employees will be immediately affected, particularly those who work within the admissions department.
The phase out of the Brown Mackie schools could last through June 2018.
Including the two Salina locations, there are currently 26 Brown Mackie College locations in more than twelve states.
Along with the Brown Mackie College locations, Education Management Corporation also owns and operates all Argosy University locations, all Art Institute locations, all South University locations, and all Western State locations.
JEFFERSON COUNTY –Six people were injured in an accident just before 11:30 a.m. on Friday in Jefferson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Ford Freestyle driven by Richard E. Hamm, 60, Riverside, MO., was eastbound on U.S. 24 two miles east of Perry.
A 2004 Dodge Caravan driven by Lisa M. Lawrence, 41, Olathe, rear-ended the Ford as it stopped to make a left turn.
Hamm, Lawrence and passengers in the Ford Jessica Lynn Hamm, 11 and Austin L. Hamm, 6, both of Riverside MO., and passengers in the Dodge Arelyn Marie Lawrence, 9 and Adam Michael Lawrence, 7, both of Olathe, were transported to Stormont Vail
All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
From left, Dr. Mirta M. Martin, president of Fort Hays State University, and Dr. Alicia Kerber, head consul for the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City.
By DIANE GASPER-O’BRIEN FHSU University Relations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Closing in on completion of her second year as president of Fort Hays State University, Dr. Mirta M. Martin is on a mission to “spread our footprint out in the world and to make sure people anywhere know of Fort Hays State University.”
The footprints from Martin’s size 5.5 shoes are leaving their mark in two continents and across two oceans. In an effort to diversify partnerships, Fort Hays State University signed two memorandums of agreement with foreign countries in one week.
The latest signing came Thursday afternoon at the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, with the Autonomous University of Queretaro in Mexico. That was one week after FHSU signed a “dual degree” agreement with the American University of Phnom Penh, a private university in Cambodia’s capital.
The agreement with the Mexican Consulate will allow students, faculty and researcher exchanges between the two institutions, to participate in online sessions, academic meetings, as well as training, graduate programs and educational activities.
“This is a unique partnership between the Autonomous Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and Fort Hays State,” Martin said. “We have the opportunity to not just unite two universities but to unite two nations through education.”
Dr. Alicia Kerber, head consul of the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, agreed.
“This is a way to ensure education across the borders,” Kerber said. “To create a competitive advantage for this region of the world, we have to create an educational bloc so we can strengthen the educational system across North America and compete with the European Union and the Asia-Pacific bloc.”
This marks the 14th agreement between the states of Kansas and Missouri in the Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation and Research.
Kerber said the goal of such agreements is to transform North America into a competitive region with an economic prosperity, based on the knowledge that promotes a sustainable development through a bilateral cooperation.
“If we want to be true to our brand, ‘Forward Thinking, World Ready,’ we have to find ways to be known throughout the world,” Martin said. “If we are to educate the future citizens of the world, we need to do that by exchanging not just knowledge, but culture and people.”
Fort Hays State, which has longtime partnerships with universities in China, is becoming known throughout the world.
Humberto Cruz Guadarrama, assistant consul with the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, said he met an FHSU representative at a mobile consulate in Liberal last year “and wanted to keep in touch with them.” Then, one day, Martin called the Consulate seeking to meet Head Consul Kerber, and together, they began working on an agreement.
“We are the perfect fit,” Martin said. “We have excellent programs. We have excellent faculty and staff. We have an incredibly safe and beautiful campus.
“Our values of family, trust, unity and our work ethic are a great match. Besides, what better place to call home than at a university that is led by the only Hispanic president in the Kansas Board of Regents system?”
SALINA — Five Guys Burgers and Fries will open a Salina location in a strip plaza that is currently under construction in south Salina.
The 10,825 square foot plaza, which will be known as Salina Square, recently broke ground at the southeast of corner of 9th Street and Schilling Road. The plaza is being built on a 1.56 acre site at 3015 S. 9th, just north of Rib Crib and west of Lowe’s. The land is owned by BMH Partners LLC of Leawood.
Five Guys Senior Communications Manager Lauren Lewis tells The Salina Post that the Virginia-based restaurant chain signed a lease in February. A projected opening date is not yet known.
The new plaza is also slated to include a beauty shop.
According to Saline County records, the plaza is being built at a cost of $1 million.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials say high numbers of mosquitoes known to transmit West Nile virus have been found in traps in Sedgwick County.
JEFFERSON COUNTY –Six people were injured in an accident just before 11:30 a.m. on Friday in Jefferson County.
