Month: September 2016
You and Your Young Child – Linda Beech
ECTV Forum: Maddy Mall; Coach at Southwind CrossFit Gym in Hays, Kansas
David Lyn Anderson
David Lyn Anderson, age 62, of Ellis, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Hays Medical Center. He was born June 6, 1954 in Baxter Springs, Kansas. He married Penny Louise Cain on February 11, 1996 in WaKeeney, Kansas.
David was a Service Tech at Golden Belt Co-Op in Ellis for the past ten years. He enjoyed riding his 1200 Honda Shadow and going on poker runs. He also enjoyed camping, fishing, and tinkering on old cars and trucks.
He is survived by his Wife, Penny of the home; two stepsons, Jason Brown and wife Nan and Jeff Brown and wife Megan all of Ellis as well as five grandchildren, Harley Wright, Kassi Brown, Abby Brown, Trenton Brown and Makala Brown.
Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Monday, September 26, 2016 at Christ Lutheran Church in Ellis. Interment will be Monday at 1:30 PM at the WaKeeney City Cemetery.
Visitation will be Sunday 6 PM – 8 PM at Keithley Funeral Chapel 400 E. 17th in Ellis and Monday 10 AM until service time at the church.
DSNWK Awards Luncheon set for Tuesday
DSNWK
Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas will host its annual Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, September 27, at 12:00 p.m. The event will take place at the Ellis County Fairgrounds in Hays.
According to Steve Keil, Director of Development, awards will be presented to DSNWK employees for years of service with two receiving the Employee of the Year honors. Recognition will also be made for the achievements made by men and women in DSNWK services. These awards will be for employment and independent living accomplishments, with special awards giving for individual achievement.
DSNWK will also present awards to several community members for their support of people with disabilities through opportunities in employment and other community support.
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Listen to the Holthus Hotline with ‘Voice of the Chiefs’ Mitch Holthus
Listen as ‘Voice of the Chiefs’ Mitch Holthus recaps last week’s loss to the Houston Texans and previews Sunday’s home game with the New York Jets.
The Holthus Hotline airs Saturday at 6:30 a.m. during the Chiefs season.
Managing first impressions at conferences is focus of FHSU article in APA Education Directorate
FHSU University Relations and Marketing
Dr. John Raacke, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at Fort Hays State University, and Dr. Jennifer Bonds-Raacke, chair of the Department of Psychology, recently published an article in the American Psychology Association Education Directorate.
“Managing First Impressions at Conferences” focuses on how students should dress when attending and presenting at conferences and networking events.
“The way you dress at a conference can have an impact on your networking opportunities,” said the article. “It is equally as important for you to have a positive self-view and be confident when attending a conference.”
To view the article, visit https://bit.ly/2cTYTAv.
Partly sunny, warm Saturday chance of showers
A cool front will slowly cross the region today, resulting in a few showers, and possibly some rumbles of thunder. Any showers or storms will quickly clear out early this evening. A high pressure system over the western United States will build into the region Sunday and Monday and several days of dry weather are expected. Then it will depart into the eastern United States Tuesday and remain there for the rest of the week. Temperatures will turn cooler Sunday and Monday. Temperatures will warm back to near normal Tuesday and remain there for the rest of the week.
Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10am and 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest 6 to 11 mph after midnight.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. North wind 13 to 17 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73. North northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.
Children’s Mercy to Partner on New Pediatric Facility
By Dan Margolies
CREDIT HMN ARCHITECTS AND PIXEL FOUNDRY
Children’s Mercy Hospital is partnering with Olathe Medical Center to provide pediatric urgent care and specialty clinics at an as-yet unbuilt facility on OMC’s 250-acre campus at 151st Street and Interstate 35.
The partnership is the first between the two hospitals. It will allow OMC to take advantage of Children’s Mercy’s wide range of expertise in treating children, especially those with complex medical conditions.
“It ties in with our vision of providing a full continuum of care on the Olathe Medical Center campus,” Olathe Medical Center CEO Frank H. Devocelle said in an email. “We will be able to offer an enhanced level of services for children.
“This collaboration will also complement both the expansive pediatric primary care network of Olathe Health System and the new obstetrics wing with Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit currently under construction at Olathe Medical Center. The new NICU and The Birth Place will open in spring 2017.”
The partnership agreement comes amid more than $100 million in ongoing expansion projects at Olathe Medical Center, including a new, four-story obstetrics wing.
OMC is part of a larger system that includes Miami County Medical Center and about three dozen clinics. Including its primary and secondary service areas, it serves Johnson, Miami, Franklin and Linn counties.
Children’s Mercy operates two hospitals, one in Kansas City, Missouri, and the other in Overland Park, Kansas. It also operates outpatient and regional centers in both states. The latest U.S. News and World Report hospital survey ranked it nationally in 10 pediatric specialties.
Dan Margolies, editor of the Heartland Health Monitor team, is based at KCUR. You can reach him on Twitter @DanMargolies.
🎥 Extras from the Extension: Stacy Campbell
Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services supports the Kansas ag community by providing confidential ag-related legal, financial and mediation resources at no cost. Stacy Campbell explains how KAMS can help local farmers.
Authorities: 5th person dies after mall shooting
BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a fifth person has died following a shooting at a shopping mall north of Seattle.
A spokesman for the Skagit County Emergency Operations Center says the unidentified male victim died early Saturday at a Seattle hospital. Four female victims died earlier following the Friday night shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.
Here is the shooter. We believe just one shooter. Notify authorities if you see him. Armed with rifle. pic.twitter.com/GXeWCPYnx5
— Sgt. Mark Francis (@wspd7pio) September 24, 2016
Authorities continue to search for the shooter. A Washington State Patrol spokesman says police were seeking a Hispanic man wearing black and armed with a “hunting-type” rifle last seen walking toward Interstate 5. Authorities say the motive was unknown for the shooting about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Seattle.
EMS starting to enter to attend to injured inside Mall w/ police escort and after initial clearance. pic.twitter.com/Nkfb7co6sa
— Sgt. Mark Francis (@wspd7pio) September 24, 2016
Celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day
KDWPT
PRATT – National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD) is Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, to recognize the amazing contributions hunters and anglers have made to wildlife conservation over the past 100 years. Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a proclamation officially dedicating Sept. 24 as National Hunting and Fishing Day in Kansas, crediting Kansas hunters and anglers for their positive impact on wildlife conservation and the state’s economy.
The 2016 Honorary Chair is Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops, and the theme of this year’s nationwide celebration is “Hunt. Shoot. Fish. Share the pride.”
Since the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act was passed in 1937, hunters have provided more than $7 billion to state wildlife conservation programs through excise taxes on hunting and shooting equipment. Currently, hunters pay more than $371 annually into the federal program, and when you add the nearly $800 million they spend on licenses and permits and another $440 million they donate to conservation organizations each year, it’s evident that hunters fund wildlife conservation programs in the U.S.
On the fishing side, U.S. anglers and boaters have paid nearly $8 billion into the Sport Fish Restoration Program since it was established in 1950. That money is distributed to state agencies for fisheries conservation programs, aquatic resource education, boating access, and the Clean Vessel Act program. Annually, anglers pay nearly $400 million into the federal program, $657 million in license fees and more than $400 million in private donations annual for fisheries conservation programs.
In Kansas, hunters and anglers pump more than $600 million into our state’s economy annually, supporting 9,300 jobs and paying $69 million in state and local taxes.
While the money provided to wildlife and fisheries programs by hunters and anglers is impressive, the wildlife success stories are even more amazing. Species, such as white-tailed deer, pronghorn antelope, wild turkey, and giant Canada geese, that were on the brink of extinction around the turn of the century are now abundant and existing in healthy populations across the country. Today’s state fisheries programs produce a variety of quality angling opportunities that were unthinkable just 50 years ago. And while the focus is usually on game animals and sport fish, the conservation programs implemented benefit far more non-game species.
To learn more about the National Hunting and Fishing Day 2016, go to www.nhfday.org. To learn more about the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program, go to https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov. Contact your local Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism office to see if any NHFD events are planned near you.