Cheslor Cuthbert scores in the 8th inning vs. Seattleon July 7th, 2016 (Courtesy Kansas City Royals / Jason Hanna)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Salvador Perez ripped a double off the wall in the ninth inning, scoring Whit Merrifield and Jarrod Dyson and giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.
Merrifield doubled off Steve Cishek (2-5) leading off the inning, then Kendrys Morales got plunked on the foot. Dyson came in to pinch run and Eric Hosmer struck out before Perez dug in to face the Mariners’ closer
He lined a shot off the wall in center for his second career game-ending hit.
Brooks Pounders (1-0) tossed a scoreless inning for his first big league win, helping Kansas City bounce back after a dismal road trip, during which they were swept in Toronto and lost five of their last six games.
Moist upslope east/southeast flow and residual outflow boundaries will allow scattered thunderstorms to redevelop this afternoon into this evening. Some of these storms may be severe, with damaging winds to near 60 mph expected to be the primary threat.
Today A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind 5 to 13 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
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Saturday NightA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind 8 to 14 mph.
SundaySunny, with a high near 94. South southeast wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Sunday NightA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Breezy.
MondayA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95.
DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local):
8:45 a.m.
Officer Thompson- photo courtesy DART
The Dallas transit police chief says an officer who was fatally shot during a downtown protest was a newlywed whose bride also works for the police force.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit police Chief James Spiller described Officer Brent Thompson on Friday as a “courageous” and “great guy.”
Thompson was among five police officers killed during a Thursday night demonstration to protest police shooting deaths of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Spiller says Thompson got married two weeks ago. His wife, Emily, was not on duty at the protest.
The police chief last spoke to Thompson on Tuesday as they passed each other in a hallway. Spiller says he asked how the newlyweds were doing and how things were going with Thompson’s job.
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8:15 a.m.
Mayor Mike Rawlings says a bullet went straight through the leg of one police officer as snipers fatally shot three members of his squad during a protest in downtown Dallas.
Rawlings, who says he spoke to the wounded officer, said Friday that the officer expressed sorrow at his loss and that he felt “people don’t understand the danger of dealing with a protest.”
The mayor says it’s important to uphold the right of people to protest, but that more care needs to be taken to ensure the safety of police officers at such events.
Snipers shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven more at the demonstration Thursday evening to protest the police killing of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Two civilians were also injured.
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8:10 a.m.
Police Chief David Brown says authorities are still not certain that they have identified everyone involved in an attack on a downtown protest march that killed five police officers.
Brown said Friday that investigators have not ruled out that others may have been involved in the attacks that left a total of 12 officers and two civilians shot.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says an overnight standoff with one suspect in a parking garage ended when police detonated an explosive about four hours after the attack began. Authorities say the explosive was attached to a robot to protect officers.
Brown would not reveal any details about other potential suspects that have been detained by police and interviewed.
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7:55
Police Chief David Brown says a suspect in the overnight attack that killed five police officers, wounded seven others and wounded two civilians said he was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people.
Brown said at a news conference Friday that the suspect made the comments before he was killed by an explosive used by police.
He says his department and their families are grieving and that the divisiveness between police and the public must stop.
Authorities say snipers opened fire on police officers during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas Thursday night over the recent fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Authorities say three other suspects were arrested.
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7:25 a.m.
A man wrongly identified by Dallas police as a suspect in a sniper attack on police says he turned himself in and was quickly released.
The Dallas Police Department put out a photo on its Twitter account late Thursday of a man wearing a camouflage shirt and holding a rifle with the message: “This is one of our suspects. Please help us find him!” The tweet remained on the account early Friday morning.
The man in the photo, Mark Hughes, tells Dallas TV station KTVT that he “flagged down a police officer” immediately after finding out he was a suspect. He says police lied during a 30-minute interrogation, telling him they had video of him shooting.
Videos posted online show Hughes walking around peacefully during the shooting and later turning over his gun to a police officer.
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7:15 a.m.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials say three DART police officers wounded by snipers during a protest are expected to recover.
Thursday night’s shootings left four Dallas police officers and one DART officer dead, plus seven other officers wounded. The demonstration was to protest two fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier this week.
A DART statement Friday identified the agency’s three wounded personnel as 44-year-old Officer Omar Cannon, 32-year-old Officer Misty McBride and 39-year-old Officer Jesus Retana. DART spokesman Morgan Lyons did not release details of the injuries, but said all three should recover.
Officer Brent Thompson was the first DART officer killed in the line of duty since the transit agency formed a police department in 1989. Thompson was 43 and had worked as a DART officer since 2009.
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7:05 a.m.
Mayor Mike Rawlings says a total of 12 police officers and two civilians were shot during a protest march in downtown Dallas.
Rawlings said Friday that he does not believe that any of the wounded victims have life-threatening injuries.
He says five officers were killed and seven more were injured when snipers opened fire during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
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6:40 a.m.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says the suspect involved in an overnight standoff with police died after officers used explosives to “blast him out.”
Rawlings said Friday that he was not sure how the suspect died or what weapons were found on him.
He says police have swept the area where the standoff took place and found no explosives.
Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas Thursday evening, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
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6 a.m.
People gathered in small groups on Dallas’ tense, police-filled streets before dawn early Friday struggled to fathom the still-unsettled situation.
Resident Jalisa Jackson says: “I think the biggest thing that we’ve had something like this is when JFK died,” evoking the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy on the city’s streets. She calls it “surreal.”
Police said at least four suspects were involved in the killings of five police officers just hours before. The suspects were not immediately identified.
Downtown, officers crouched beside vehicles, SWAT team armored vehicles arrived and a helicopter hovered overhead.
Eleven Dallas officers were shot Thursday night during a peaceful protest over this week’s fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota in what the city’s police chief characterized as a sniper attack.
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5:45 a.m.
Dallas police say no explosives have been found in extensive sweeps of downtown areas following the fatal shooting of five police officers and the wounding of six others by snipers.
Security was tight Friday morning with numerous streets closed to vehicle traffic in the main downtown Dallas business district hours after Thursday night’s attacks.
The gunfire happened during protests over this week’s fatal police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota of two black men. Police have detained at least three people in the investigation of the Dallas shootings.
Police said a fourth suspect was engaged in a standoff with authorities and had made threats about bombs.
Maj. Max Geron (GAYR’-uhn) tweeted before dawn Friday that primary and secondary sweeps for explosives were complete and no explosives were found.
The gunfire claimed the lives of four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer. DART serves Dallas and a dozen other North Texas cities. The transit agency operates buses and the state’s largest municipal rail system.
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5:20 a.m.
A memorial group says the slaying of five police officers in Dallas in an attack blamed on snipers was the deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer were fatally shot Thursday night. The gunfire happened during protests over this week’s fatal police shootings of two black men, in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Six other officers were wounded in the Dallas attacks.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which monitors the deaths of officers, reports 72 officers were killed as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. The group labels that attack as the deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history.
4:30 a.m.
President Barack Obama says America is “horrified” over the shootings of police officers in Dallas and there’s no possible justification for the attacks.
Obama is speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where he’s meeting with leaders of the European Union and attending a NATO summit.
Obama says justice will be done and he’s asking all Americans to pray for the fallen officers and their families. He also says the nation should express its gratitude to those serving in law enforcement.
photo Dallas Police
Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas Thursday evening, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
Obama said earlier there was no contradiction between supporting law enforcement and making certain biases in the justice system are rooted out.
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Tonight it appears that two snipers shot ten police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally…. https://t.co/JzHhoMzF5k
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has identified its officer who was fatally shot when snipers opened fire during a downtown Dallas protest.
DART said early Friday morning that 43-year-old officer Brent Thompson was killed in the Thursday night shootings. He’d joined the DART Police Department in 2009.
DART says he’s the first officer killed in the line of duty since the agency formed a police department in 1989. The statement says “our hearts are broken.”
DART says the other three DART police officers shot during the protest are expected to recover from their injuries.
Also killed during the shootings were four Dallas police officers.
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2:10 a.m.
Police say a fifth officer has died after snipers opened fire on police at a rally in Dallas. Six other officers were injured.
The gunfire broke out Thursday night while hundreds of people were gathered to protest fatal police shootings this week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Three people are in custody and a fourth suspect was exchanging gunfire with authorities in a parking garage downtown early Friday.
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2 a.m.
A family member says a protester who was shot when snipers opened fire on police at a rally in Dallas was shielding her sons when she was injured.
A sister of 37-year-old Shetamia Taylor says Taylor was at the protests Thursday night with her four sons, ages 12 to 17. Theresa Williams says that when the shooting began, Taylor threw herself over her sons. She was undergoing surgery early Friday after being shot in the right calf.
Police say four police officers were killed and seven injured in the shootings. The shootings happened at a protest over recent fatal police shootings of black men.
Williams says two of Taylor’s sons became separated from their mother in the chaotic aftermath. She says they’re now stuck behind a police barricade at a hotel near a parking garage where police exchanged gunfire with a suspect.
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1:40 a.m.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s cutting short an out-of-state trip to go to Dallas after four police officers were killed and seven others injured when snipers opened fire during protests.
Abbott said in a release early Friday morning that he would be heading directly to Dallas. The shootings happened Thursday night in downtown Dallas.
Abbott also says he’s spoken with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to express his condolences and offer any assistance the city needs.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said in a statement that “our thoughts and prayers go out to these officers and their families, and to those who have been injured.” He said his office is in close contact with local authorities and will be offering to provide whatever support they can to help victims and bring the “perpetrators to justice.”
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1:15 a.m.
Dallas police say a person of interest whose picture had been circulated has turned himself in.
Police earlier had circulated a picture of a man in a camouflage T-shirt who carrying a long gun.
Police had no update on whether that person was indeed a suspect. However, Police Chief David Brown said authorities had three people in custody. One is a woman and two are people who were in a car stopped on a road.
A man who identified himself as the brother of the man whose photo was circulated says his brother was not one of the shooters. He told television station KTVT that once the shootings had started, his brother had turned the gun over to a police officer.
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12:50 a.m.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown says three people are in custody after snipers opened fire on police officers during protests and says a fourth person is exchanging gunfire with officers.
Brown said at an early Friday morning news conference that authorities are negotiating with a suspect in a downtown parking garage who has been exchanging gunfire with officials.
The chief says the suspect is not cooperating and has told negotiators he intends to hurt more law enforcement officials.
The shooting attack killed four officers and injured seven others. It came amid protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.
Brown says authorities are not certain all suspects have been located.
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12:30 a.m.
Dallas police say they are questioning two occupants of a vehicle after an officer saw a person throw a bag into the back of the vehicle and speed off.
Police said late Thursday night that an officer spotted someone carrying a camouflage bag and quickly walking down the street. The person then threw the bag into the back of a black Mercedes and sped off at a high rate of speed.
Police say officers followed the vehicle southbound on Interstate 35 to a point south of Dallas where they performed a traffic stop. Police then began questioning both occupants of the vehicle.
Television footage showed many police cars surrounding a vehicle stopped on Interstate 35.
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11:35 p.m.
Dallas police say a suspect in shooting of officers at Dallas protests is in custody and a person of interest has surrendered.
Dallas police say four officers have died after at least two snipers opened fire during protests downtown Thursday night. Seven other officers were wounded.
Police Chief David O. Brown said snipers shot from “elevated positions” during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings.
The gunfire broke out around 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Live TV video showed protesters marching along a street in downtown when the shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.
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10:45 p.m.
The Dallas police chief says it appears two snipers shot 10 police officers during protests, and three of the officers are dead.
Police Chief David O. Brown said in a statement that three of the officers who were injured are in critical condition Thursday night. He says the snipers shot from “elevated positions” during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings.
The gunfire broke out around 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Live TV video showed protesters marching along a street in downtown when the shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.
MARION– A Kansas man was sentenced on Thursday to more than eight years in prison for one count of rape of a person under 14 years of age, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.
Gary Dwain Williams, 55, was sentenced in Marion County District Court by Judge Michael Powers to 97.5 months to be served in the Kansas Department of Corrections. The sentence is a result of a downward departure granted by the judge. Williams also was sentenced to lifetime registration as a sex offender and lifetime post release supervision. Williams pleaded no contest to the crime in March. The conviction stemmed from a crime that occurred in 2011.
The case was investigated by the Marion Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Assistant Attorney General Adam Zentner of Schmidt’s office prosecuted the case.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials say a voluntary mentoring program for welfare recipients has attracted few participants and mentors.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the program has had 13 participants since it started six months ago, and 115 people have volunteered to be mentors. The goal is to have 1,100 mentors.
Gov. Sam Brownback announced the program in January as part of a push to lift low-income families out of poverty. Brownback recently questioned at meeting of the Social Services Program Council whether the program was approaching participants early enough.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment secretary Susan Mosier suggests creating incentives for welfare recipients to participate.
The project is being funded by a federal grant and is projected to cost about $350,000 a year.
(AP) A new study finds that insurers’ spending on very expensive prescription drugs nearly quadrupled in the U.S. from 2003 through 2014, while the number of such prescriptions filled tripled over that stretch.
The study, published Wednesday by the journal Health Affairs, indicates spending on expensive “specialty” drugs by commercial insurance plans jumped from 11 percent of prescriptions filled in 2003 to 43 percent in 2014. Meanwhile, the number of prescriptions for specialty drugs rose from 0.6 percent of prescriptions filled in 2003 to 1.8 percent in 2014.
Researcher Stacie Dusetzina of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill found patients’ copayments climbed 46 percent over that period.
Specialty drugs were once defined as injected drugs for cancer and complex chronic conditions, but the term has become shorthand for very pricey drugs.
NORTON COUNTY – Two people were injured in an accident just after 10:30a.m. on Thursday in Norton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Kenworth semi driven by Andrew Wesley Keith, 43, Almena, was westbound on U.S. 36 twelve miles east of Norton.
The semi attempted a right turn onto Norton county road E12
A westbound 1980 Diamond Motor Home driven by Lindsey Fredrick, 36, Manitou Springs, CO., traveled onto the right side of the roadway attempting to avoid the semi.
The motor home struck the passenger side of the semi’s cab.
Both vehicles came to rest in the west ditch.
Frederick and a passenger Dillon J. Samples, 28, Wilber, NE., were transported to the hospital in Norton. Keith was not injured.
The occupants of the motor home were not wearing a seat belts, according to the KHP.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge says the reason that abortion provider George Tiller was killed is not a legal defense for murder, but could be relevant for jurors in deciding how long Scott Roeder must stay in prison.
Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert said Thursday that Roeder’s state of mind during the May 31, 2009, killing could matter to a jury that’ll decide whether to resentence him to a minimum of 50 or 25 years before being eligible for parole.
Roeder was convicted of first-degree murder and has testified he killed Tiller to stop him from performing abortions.
Roeder’s life sentence with no chance of parole for 50 years was among many vacated after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that juries, not judges, must decide whether to increase punishment.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence police are investigating after an injured 9-month-old girl was found abandoned in the trash.
Police say in a news release the child was taken to a Kansas City hospital in serious but stable condition. She has possibly life-threatening injuries.
The child was found Thursday morning in the trash receptacle at the apartment complex.
Lawrence police says they have been in contact with the child’s family.
No other information was immediately released.
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LAWRENCE – Lawrence police are investigating after an injured infant was found abandoned in the trash.
Police said in a release that the infant was found Thursday morning in the trash receptacle at an apartment complex in the 2500 Block of West 6th Street.
Police said the infant had injuries that were “possibly life-threatening” and had been taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition.
Police did not provide a gender or approximate age of the infant.
Dr. Ivalah Allen is looking forward to the 70th anniversary of Fort Hays State University’s High Plains Music Camp, the largest of FHSU’s summer camps.
“We’re already gearing up for next year,” said Allen, in her fifth year as camp director this year. “We’re making plans for some significant clinicians but also some fun things around the camp, too.”
That momentous occasion is set for 2017. But first things first. Allen, associate professor of music at FHSU, and her camp staff are set to welcome nearly 300 students to campus for the 69th annual week-long event.
Allen Vizzutti
The students are scheduled to converge on campus Sunday morning, July 10, and will rehearse and attend classes all week in preparation for Saturday’s concert finale. Students in vocal, band and orchestra will have a minimum of four rehearsals a day in addition to selected classes.
Most of this year’s musicians are coming from all areas of the state, but some are from several other states as well, including as far away as New York.
While the students will keep busy all day practicing, there will be numerous concerts throughout the evenings, featuring FHSU faculty and staff and guest faculty. All are free and open to the public.
Allen Vizzutti — an international trumpeter/jazz clinician — will perform as well, at 7 p.m. Monday at Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center. A complete concert schedule and biographies on Vizzutti and other guest faculty can be found online at www.fhsu.edu/musiccamp.
“We encourage everyone to attend the concerts,” Allen said. “We have some great guest clinicians this year and high-quality staff performances scheduled.”
The Wednesday night stage at Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center is reserved for the student honor recital, where students were chosen from recordings and audition material sent to the FHSU music faculty last spring.
There will be different kinds of concerts from which to choose Friday evening. Those attending the faculty string chamber concert will get a treat for coming early. The concert is set for 6:30 p.m in Felten-Start Theatre in Malloy Hall. Just before that, at 6 p.m., select numbers will be performed from the musical, “The King and I.”
Meanwhile, jazz concerts — both student and faculty — will be going on at the same time in Beach/Schmidt, with students performing at 6:30 and faculty at 7:30. A student talent show will complete the night’s events, starting at 8:45 in the Fort Hays Ballroom of the Memorial Union.
The week will conclude Saturday with a series of student concerts beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing through the afternoon.
In addition to a multi-faceted learning experience, Allen said the camp gives youngsters a chance to see the FHSU campus firsthand. Many then decide to make Fort Hays State their destination of choice when it comes to selecting a college to attend.
“We get a large number of students who come back to Fort Hays State,” Allen said. “And they’re not all necessarily music majors. They represent every department on campus.”
FHSU students won’t return to campus until mid-August, with classes scheduled to begin Aug. 22.
Hays Post
The return of on-campus students at Fort Hays State University is scheduled for the middle of August — more than a month from now. Traditional residence halls open for move-in on Aug. 18, which includes Wiest Hall, McMindes Hall, Agnew Hall and Heather Hall.
For students in Learning Communities, groups with similar academic interests that take classes together, move-in day is Aug. 17.
Residents living in Stadium Place and Wooster Hall get the biggest head start, with move-ins starting Aug. 13.
For a full list of important residential life dates, contact FHSU Residential Life at (785) 628-4245.
LARNED – As youth incarceration levels in Kansas continue to decrease, the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) announced intentions to close the Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility (LJCF) in Larned, according to a media release.
The closure plan is set to occur over a twelve month period where both staffing and youth population will gradually decline.
“There are no plans to move any youth currently at the LJCF,” stated Secretary of Corrections Joe Norwood. “Over the next twelve months, I will ensure that every LJCF employee is afforded an opportunity to continue their employment with the state of Kansas. While working to provide a smooth transition for our staff and incarcerated youth, public safety is and will remain our highest priority. “
In fiscal year 2010, the monthly average population of incarcerated juveniles was 331. The current monthly average for fiscal year 2016 is 233, a drop of approximately 30 percent.
Angela P. Demmer passed away on April 6, 2016 in Lakewood, Colorado at the age of 101.
Angie was born October 19, 1914 on a farm north of Beardsley, Kansas to Rudolph and Vincentia Pochap. She was one of eleven children.
Angie graduated from Stratton High School in Nebraska in 1933. Shortly after high school she married Arnold Schandler and helped him in the mortuary business. After Arnold’s death in 1940, she moved to Denver, Colorado. While living in Denver she met Kenneth Demmer, they were married on April 8th, 1948. They were married for 51 years. She worked as a ‘Rosie the Riveter’ during the war, a receptionist in Dr. Spear’s chiropractic office, assisted Kenneth in the auto parts business. She also worked with special needs children at a local school.
Angie’s life centered around her home and faith. Angie enjoyed being outside, tending her garden and flowers, and caring for her beloved cat, Missy. She also enjoyed knitting, crocheting, reading, and bowling. She was a Eucharistic minister for many years and also delivered the Eucharist to shut-ins.
Angie was preceded in death by her husbands, Arnold Schandler and Kenneth Demmer, her sisters, Mary and her husband Fred, Helen and her husband Jim, Agnes, Margaret and her husband Stanley, Agatha, her brothers Frank, Victor, Ralph and his wife Jean, Vincent, and Raymond.
She is survived by sisters-in-law, Lucy and Elizabeth, nieces and nephews, and many other family and friends.
Funeral Mass is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Atwood, KS, with burial to follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Make a Wish Foundation, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. Condolences or information: www.baalmannmortuary.com.
Today A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind 5 to 13 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
