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Month: October 2016

Recall issued for thousands of defective GITI, Continental tires

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tireGITI Tire and Continental Tire have issued recalls affecting about 265,000 vehicles.

GITI is recalling various sizes of its Primewell Valera Touring II, GT Radial Champiro Touring and Dextero Touring DTR1 tires because of a defect that causes cracks in the lower sidewall, causing air to leak out. The potentially dangerous tires will be replaced for free on the more than 250,600 affected vehicles. For more information, call GITI at 877-342-0882. See more on the recall here.

Continental Tire is recalling certain Crosscontact LX20 tires made in May 2015 that were installed on more than 14,500 General Motors trucks and sports utility vehicles. The tires have a problem that could cause excessive tread wear, vibration, noise, or bulging areas. They also will be replaced for free. For more information, call Continental at 888-799-2168. See more on the recall here.

Wichita State features world-renowned performers Ramey, Jones

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Legendary American bass opera performer Samuel Ramey and world-renowned collaborative pianist Warren Jones will team up for a joint recital at Wichita State University to celebrate American music.

Ramey is a native of Colby.

The Connoisseur Series event begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, in Miller Concert Hall, and will feature composers Scott Joplin, Calisle Floyd, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and many others.

Ramey has been active in music since high school, and was named “Kansan of the Year” in 1995. For more than three decades, Ramey has been considered one of the music world’s foremost interpreters of bass and bass-baritone operatic and concert repertoire.

He has played a variety of roles through his career, including Timur in the production “Turandot,” Bluebeard in “Bluebeard’s Castle” and Blitch in “Susannah.” His commanding vocalism, exceptional musicianship, elegant stage presence and uncommon theatrical abilities enable him to portray a wide variety of characters.

Jones frequently partners with many of today’s best-known artists, including Stephanie Blythe, Christine Brewer, Anthony Dean Griffey and Eric Owens. He is the Principal Pianist for the California-based chamber music group, Camerata Paifica.

Jones was named Collaborative Pianist of the Year in 2010, and has been an invited guest of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court for musical afternoons.

Tickets for the event can be purchased at the Fine Arts Box Office in the lobby of the Duerksen Fine Arts Center or online at wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice. General admission is $24, with $20 discount tickets available for seniors, faculty/staff and military, and $12 tickets for children and students.

For ticketing assistance, contact the Fine Arts Box Office from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, at 316-978-3233 or [email protected].

MADORIN: The end of an era

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Native Kansan Karen Madorin is a local writer and retired teacher who loves sharing stories about places, people, critters, plants, food, and history of the High Plains.
Native Kansan Karen Madorin is a local writer and retired teacher who loves sharing stories about places, people, critters, plants, food, and history of the High Plains.

Recent headlines that Bass Pro Shop purchased Cabela’s empire for 5.5 billion dollars triggered lively conversations at our house. Like many folks, we’re wondering how our outdoor shopping habits will change. We frequently visited relatives in Sidney, so we had a front row seat to watch this corporation expand out of a red brick warehouse to its current multi-store empire during forty years of marriage. Over those years, I’ve written several columns about family adventures at this American landmark. Recalling our affection for Cabela’s led to memories about its predecessor—Herter’s.

Coincidentally, I happened to pick up a boxed 903 Herter’s deer call at a garage sale this weekend. When I handed it to my husband, he immediately recalled glorious hours he spent pouring through old catalogues to make his childhood hunting, fishing, and trapping wish lists. Watching him share these happy reminiscences gave me a peek at a boy filled with dreams of Daniel Boone-style adventures. I’m guessing this current generation of outdoor enthusiasts feels the same when they flip through Cabela’s catalogues.

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As soon as we started talking about old Herter’s mailings, my husband could tell me exactly which ones he saved. He could also detail accounts of his orders of fishing lures and hooks as well as his hunting and trapping supplies that included decoys, traps, and a special knife. For a youngster who grew up a few hundred yards from the Kansas River in the Flint Hills, Herter’s offered the very best Canadian Guide-tested materials to guarantee success in the field and on the water.

Hearing him recite this litany reminded me of distant days when delayed gratification ruled young lives. I heard disappointment in his voice as he recounted the high school canoe trip that took him and friends to Waseca, Minnesota—home of Herter’s actual store. Unfortunately, the travelers arrived after business closed and left before it opened.

Like many fellows who grew up during the 60s and 70s, he didn’t have much money, so he hauled bales, pulled weeds, and performed other farm chores until he fill out that order blank and attach a cashier’s check. From our earliest dates, I heard from relatives and friends about how hard my husband worked to reach his goals. When he bought my engagement and wedding ring, Herter’s missed his order until he replenished that account. However, until they closed, he relished reading and rereading each page of their seasonal mailing and planning the next year’s list

Like many friends, we began marriage with little more than a few hand-me-downs and a supply of old catalogues, traps, decoys, and fishing supplies bought throughout the years. Before we got on our feet, Herter’s went bankrupt and closed. Since then, we’ve diligently scouted auctions and garage sales to find remnants of George H’s outdoor empire. We’ve collected boxed deer, crow, duck, and quail calls along with the famed Bull Cook book sent as a Christmas gift from my brother. He shares my husband’s love of pouring through those old catalogues and finding memorabilia in dusty corners of second hand stores and garages.

The business deal between Bass Pro and Cabela’s makes me wonder if a new generation of outdoor enthusiasts will stash catalogues and treasure purchases carrying Cabela’s logo the way we saved our beloved Herter’s ephemera. It’s the end of an era. Who knows what will take its place?
The End of an Era

Recent headlines that Bass Pro Shop purchased Cabela’s empire for 5.5 billion dollars triggered lively conversations at our house. Like many folks, we’re wondering how our outdoor shopping habits will change. We frequently visited relatives in Sidney, so we had a front row seat to watch this corporation expand out of a red brick warehouse to its current multi-store empire during forty years of marriage. Over those years, I’ve written several columns about family adventures at this American landmark. Recalling our affection for Cabela’s led to memories about its predecessor—Herter’s.

Coincidentally, I happened to pick up a boxed 903 Herter’s deer call at a garage sale this weekend. When I handed it to my husband, he immediately recalled glorious hours he spent pouring through old catalogues to make his childhood hunting, fishing, and trapping wish lists. Watching him share these happy reminiscences gave me a peek at a boy filled with dreams of Daniel Boone-style adventures. I’m guessing this current generation of outdoor enthusiasts feels the same when they flip through Cabela’s catalogues.

As soon as we started talking about old Herter’s mailings, my husband could tell me exactly which ones he saved. He could also detail accounts of his orders of fishing lures and hooks as well as his hunting and trapping supplies that included decoys, traps, and a special knife. For a youngster who grew up a few hundred yards from the Kansas River in the Flint Hills, Herter’s offered the very best Canadian Guide-tested materials to guarantee success in the field and on the water.

Hearing him recite this litany reminded me of distant days when delayed gratification ruled young lives. I heard disappointment in his voice as he recounted the high school canoe trip that took him and friends to Waseca, Minnesota—home of Herter’s actual store. Unfortunately, the travelers arrived after business closed and left before it opened.

Like many fellows who grew up during the 60s and 70s, he didn’t have much money, so he hauled bales, pulled weeds, and performed other farm chores until he fill out that order blank and attach a cashier’s check. From our earliest dates, I heard from relatives and friends about how hard my husband worked to reach his goals. When he bought my engagement and wedding ring, Herter’s missed his order until he replenished that account. However, until they closed, he relished reading and rereading each page of their seasonal mailing and planning the next year’s list

Like many friends, we began marriage with little more than a few hand-me-downs and a supply of old catalogues, traps, decoys, and fishing supplies bought throughout the years. Before we got on our feet, Herter’s went bankrupt and closed. Since then, we’ve diligently scouted auctions and garage sales to find remnants of George H’s outdoor empire. We’ve collected boxed deer, crow, duck, and quail calls along with the famed Bull Cook book sent as a Christmas gift from my brother. He shares my husband’s love of pouring through those old catalogues and finding memorabilia in dusty corners of second hand stores and garages.

The business deal between Bass Pro and Cabela’s makes me wonder if a new generation of outdoor enthusiasts will stash catalogues and treasure purchases carrying Cabela’s logo the way we saved our beloved Herter’s ephemera. It’s the end of an era. Who knows what will take its place?

Native Kansan Karen Madorin is a local writer and retired teacher who loves sharing stories about places, people, critters, plants, food, and history of the High Plains.

Saint Francis Community Services awarded $316,000 fatherhood grant

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SALINA – Non-custodial mothers and fathers interested in exploring new ways to learn and care for their families now have a parenting course that will help them. Saint Francis Community Services was awarded $316,000 from the Kansas Department for Children and Families to assist in providing non-custodial parents with learning opportunities and resources that will strengthen Kansas families.

Saint Francis Community Services’ Family Preservation program received 1,282 referrals in 2014—nearly 900 of those cases had a non-custodial parent. Through the Fatherhood Initiative program, Saint Francis Community Services will provide fatherhood and family strengthening programs through its agency with the collaboration of community partners. Kansas Workforce One will also play a major role in helping make sure non- custodial fathers have a full understanding of navigating systems to fulfill both the financial and parenting needs for their child(ren).

The Fatherhood Initiative program will be offered in the following Kansas communities: Salina, Great Bend, Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal, Hutchinson, Hays and Manhattan. The 12-week classes are two hours each and are offered free of charge. Persons interested may register by calling (785) 914-5244, or by emailing [email protected]. Start dates and locations vary.

Todd Hadnot, Director of Community Outreach Services at Saint Francis Community Services noted, “The Fatherhood Initiative grant provided by the DCF will allow us to provide much-needed services for non-custodial fathers with the intent of teaching fathers the healthy benefits of being involved in their child(ren) lives and how important that role is in the life of a child.”

This program will help non-custodial fathers improve their parenting skills, overcome obstacles, and increase parental engagement. Additionally, this program will provide career assessment tools, and career counseling services that include job coaching, job readiness and job skills development for non-custodial fathers.

Saint Francis Community Services is committed to addressing these core issues and assisting non-custodial fathers as they become more involved with their child(ren)— both financially and as a parent.

Kansas hospitals reduce your chance of acquiring certain infections

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Kansas is among the states participating in a hospital engagement network program to reduce patient harm and hospital readmissions.
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION/HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST

By MEGAN WINGERTER

As part of a federal quality improvement effort, Kansas hospitals are reducing the odds that patients will get certain types of infections.

And while that effort provides information on hospital quality throughout the state, finding information about the quality of care at individual hospitals remains a challenge.

The Kansas Healthcare Collaborative runs a hospital engagement network that includes 106 of the state’s 133 hospitals. Through a federally funded program, hospitals in the network are working to reduce patient harm and hospital readmissions by sharing their best practices.

Network hospitals aimed for a 40 percent reduction in instances of patient harm from September 2015 to September of this year, said Michele Clark, the collaborative’s hospital engagement network program director. While hospitals in the network weren’t able to reduce all types of patient harm by that much, infections related to central lines that deliver medication and fluids fell 55 percent and urinary tract infections from catheters were down 28 percent, she said.

Early scheduled births without a medical reason also were down, reducing the odds of infants developing health problems from being born too soon.

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The collaborative estimated that Kansas hospitals avoided about 230 instances of patient harm, along with about $1.6 million in costs related to treating those patients if they had become infected or been harmed in another way.

“Overall it was deemed a great success,” Clark said.

Next round to focus on innovation

The efforts were part of a nationwide push involving 3,700 hospitals, which federal officials estimated prevented about 34,000 instances of harm and saved about $288 million.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that infections patients pick up in hospitals cost anywhere from $28 billion to $45 billion annually. Those amounts vary widely because the CDC must estimate direct costs of treating infections and indirect costs like lost productivity when a patient can’t return to work.

Many hospital engagement network participants, including the Kansas collaborative, also will participate in a hospital improvement innovation network as part of the next round of quality improvement projects.

The goals for the round starting this fall include decreasing instances when patients are harmed by 20 percent over the next two years and reducing hospital readmissions by 12 percent.

Hospitals also will work to reduce their rates of sepsis and C. difficile, Clark said. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition when the body’s attempts to fight an infection can cause organ failure, and C. difficile is a notoriously hard-to-treat intestinal infection.

The hospital engagement network’s emphasis on hospitals working together to reduce harm to patients has led to broad-based improvements, Clark said. She said she expects a few more Kansas hospitals to join the new network, and those that don’t join still can participate in educational activities like webinars.

“The whole purpose of the (network) is to make sure that patients receive the best and safest care wherever they go,” she said. “I think the work we’re doing in each facility is floating the boat of our health care system.”

Still little local hospital data

Despite the promising results from the hospital engagement network, Kansans don’t have an easy time finding out if the quality of care at their local hospital has improved, particularly if they live in rural areas.

Not all hospitals participating in the hospital engagement network reported all measures — primarily because they don’t all perform the same procedures, said Janie Rutherford, spokeswoman for the collaborative. Because 27 Kansas hospitals aren’t participating in the collaborative’s hospital engagement network, they weren’t included in the aggregated data.

The state and federal governments also don’t collect data from all hospitals.

The Kansas Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Group, which is made up of Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials and experts from private organizations, receives monthly reports on hospital infections from the CDC, state epidemiologist Charlie Hunt said.

It then uses that data to identify hospitals that need help addressing infections. The advisory group recently succeeded in helping hospitals bring down their rates of C. difficile, he said.

“If we see a significant increase in infections in a particular hospital, we would contact that hospital and see what’s going on,” he said. “It’s a classic principle that you manage what you measure.”

The CDC reports are voluntary, however, and not all Kansas hospitals submit the information. Hunt estimated the advisory group receives data for about 95 percent of the hospital beds in the state. Most hospitals that don’t submit the infection information are small, he said.

Other federal measures also leave out quite a few Kansas hospitals. For example, CMS provides star ratings for 38 Kansas hospitals, but that leaves 95 without quality information.

The star ratings are controversial because it isn’t clear if they adequately account for how sick patients are and whether they can afford follow-up care. Still, the star ratings may give patients a rough idea of how likely they are to suffer harm by comparing a hospital’s safety data to the national average.

The result is that while Kansans may take comfort from knowing that the state’s hospitals as a whole are getting safer, they still have difficulty finding measures of the quality of care for their local hospital.

Meg Wingerter is a reporter for KHI News Service in Topeka, a partner in the Heartland Health Monitor team. You can reach her on Twitter @meganhartMC

Ness Co. teen dies after crash with a semi

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FatalCrashRENO COUNTY – A Kansas teen died in an accident just before 9:30 p.m. on Friday in Reno County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Chevy Cobalt driven by Kara L S. McLain, 19, Ransom, was northbound on Sego Road thirteen miles west of Hutchinson.

The driver failed to stop for the Stop Sign at U.S. 50.
An eastbound semi stuck the Cobalt.

McLain was pronounced dead at the scene.

The semi driver Samuel Hershberger, 40, Buhler, was not injured.

McLain was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

High school football scoreboard week 7

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Derby 56  Salina South  7
Salina Central  28  Maize  42

4A-D1 District 8
*Hays  14  McPherson  48
*Wamego  14  Abilene  50

4A-D2 District 7
Scott City  42  Colby  12
*Concordia  8  Goodland  22

4A-D2 District 8
*Hugoton  28  Pratt  31
*Kingman  0  Holcomb  28

3A District 14
Phillipsburg  58  TMP  18
*Russell  14  Norton  48

3A District 15
*Hoisington  39  Ellsworth  20
Larned  49  Lyons  0

2A District 6
*Smith Center  33  Sacred Heart  0
*Ell-Saline  12  Republic Co.  42

2A District 7
Plainville  51  Oakley  0
*La Crosse  44  Ellis  12

Western Athletic Conference
Garden City  36  Dodge City  13
Great Bend  49  Liberal  7

8-Man – 1
District 4
*Osborne  54  Victoria  8
*Bennington  26  Solomon  68
*Lincoln  0  Logan-Palco  50

District 5
Central Plains  60  Ellinwood  12

District 8
Rawlins Co.  48  Quinter  0
*Decatur Co.  36  Hill City  68

8-Man-2
District 5
*Stockton  46  Wilson  20

District 6
*Otis-Bison  30  Dighton  36
*Wallace Co.  48  Hodgeman Co.  28

6-Man
Wheatland-Grinnell  0  Golden Plains  46

*Non-league

 

Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
PREP FOOTBALL
Abilene 50, Wamego 14
Andover Central 7, Rose Hill 0
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 27, Cheney 6
Arkansas City 56, Newton 35
Attica/Argonia 50, Kiowa County 0
Baldwin 60, KC Bishop Ward 0
Basehor-Linwood 48, KC Piper 34
Bishop Miege 51, Eudora 0
Blue Valley 42, BV Northwest 7
Blue Valley Southwest 30, St. Thomas Aquinas 27
Buhler 28, Andale 21
Burlingame 54, Valley Falls 0
BV North 52, Mill Valley 23
BV Randolph 50, Wetmore 44
BV West 20, Gardner-Edgerton 7
Caney Valley 49, Eureka 0
Cedar Vale/Dexter 58, Oxford 42
Central Burden 56, Flinthills 6
Central Plains 60, Ellinwood 12
Chase 64, Bucklin 16
Chase County 14, Olpe 7
Cimarron 36, Lakin 14
Clay Center 47, Chapman 0
Clifton-Clyde 51, Centre 20
Coffeyville 21, Chanute 13
Columbus 42, Baxter Springs 14
Conway Springs 21, Garden Plain 20
Council Grove 25, St. Mary’s 0
Crest 50, Marais des Cygnes Valley 20
Derby 56, Salina South 7
DeSoto 14, Spring Hill 13
Dighton/Healy 36, Otis-Bison 30
Douglass 28, Belle Plaine 20
El Dorado 49, Circle 24
Elkhart 64, Sublette 0
Fowler 68, Deerfield 6
Fredonia 26, Neodesha 19
Frontenac 55, Parsons 14
Galena 40, Cherryvale 0
Garden City 36, Dodge City 13
Girard 55, Anderson County 14
Goddard 49, Valley Center 7
Goddard-Eisenhower 34, Andover 31
Goessel 56, St. John 6
Golden Plains 46, Wheatland-Grinnell 0
Goodland 22, Concordia 8
Great Bend 49, Liberal 7
Halstead 46, Haven 0
Hanover 54, Frankfort 8
Hartford 56, Caldwell 42
Herington 36, Rural Vista 28
Hesston 49, Hillsboro 20
Hiawatha 27, Riverside 14
Hill City 68, Oberlin-Decatur 36
Hoisington 39, Ellsworth 20
Holcomb 28, Kingman 0
Holton 47, Jefferson West 6
Humboldt 16, Erie 8
Hutchinson 49, Wichita Campus 14
Hutchinson Central Christian 92, South Haven 12
Independence 28, Labette County 12
Iola 33, Burlington 12
Jayhawk Linn 44, Northeast-Arma 0
Jefferson North 22, Doniphan West 7
Junction City 43, Gateway, Mo. 14
KC Washington 30, KC Harmon 3
KC Wyandotte 35, KC Sumner 6
Kinsley 6, Wichita County 4
LaCrosse 44, Ellis 12
Lakeside 70, Thunder Ridge 32
Lansing 14, KC Turner 7
Larned 49, Lyons 0
Lawrence Free State 28, Olathe East 14
Lebo 56, Altoona-Midway 0
Little River 54, Canton-Galva 8
Logan/Palco 50, Lincoln 0
Louisburg 35, Fort Scott 6
Lyndon 40, Northern Heights 0
Macksville 38, Pratt Skyline 16
Madison/Hamilton 50, Southern Coffey 26
Maize 42, Salina Central 28
Maize South 21, Augusta 14
Manhattan 48, Emporia 0
Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 60, Atchison County 44
Marysville 42, Beloit 16
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 28, Pleasant Ridge 24
McLouth 37, Horton 6
McPherson 48, Hays 14
Meade 67, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Minneola 46, Moscow 0
Mulvane 28, Ulysses 14
Nemaha Central 20, Sabetha 14
Ness City 62, South Gray 14
Nickerson 30, Wichita Trinity 0
Northern Valley 68, Sylvan-Lucas 44
Norton 48, Russell 14
Olathe North 17, Olathe Northwest 14
Osawatomie 21, Prairie View 0
Osborne 54, Victoria 8
Oswego 32, Uniontown 6
Ottawa 38, Paola 7
Peabody-Burns 52, Udall 6
Perry-Lecompton 44, Royal Valley 8
Phillipsburg 58, Hays-TMP-Marian 18
Pike Valley 50, Tescott 0
Pittsburg 35, Bonner Springs 14
Pittsburg Colgan 55, Yates Center 0
Plainville 51, Oakley 0
Pleasanton 42, Chetopa 32
Pratt 31, Hugoton 28
Pretty Prairie 52, Ashland 6
Rawlins County 48, Quinter 0
Remington 58, Inman 35
Republic County 42, Ell-Saline 12
Riley County 64, Minneapolis 0
Riverton 42, Southeast 0
Rock Hills 56, Linn 6
Rossville 49, Mission Valley 27
Scott City 42, Colby 12
Sedgwick 24, Moundridge 20
Shawnee Heights 18, Highland Park 6
Silver Lake 49, Oskaloosa 0
SM East 48, Lawrence 26
SM North 61, SM Northwest 38
SM West 42, SM South 14
Smith Center 33, Salina Sacred Heart 0
Smoky Valley 36, Rock Creek 29
Solomon 68, Bennington 26
South Barber 50, Stafford 0
South Central 60, Fairfield 14
Southeast Saline 48, Marion 6
Southwestern Hts. 22, Syracuse 12
Spearville 72, Satanta 24
St. James Academy 28, Kapaun Mount Carmel 17
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton def. Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud, forfeit
St. Paul 56, Marmaton Valley 8
Sterling 39, Hutchinson Trinity 8
Stockton 54, Wilson 28
Tonganoxie 22, Atchison 16
Topeka 62, Topeka West 7
Topeka Hayden 27, Santa Fe Trail 6
Topeka Seaman 34, Washburn Rural 27
Troy 20, Washington County 6
Valley Heights 26, Jackson Heights 22
Veritas Christian 60, Cair Paravel 16
Wabaunsee 36, Centralia 16
Wakefield 54, Axtell 6
Wallace County 48, Hodgeman County 28
Wellsville 48, Osage City 10
West Elk 46, Sedan 24
West Franklin 35, Central Heights 0
Wichita Bishop Carroll 42, Wichita Heights 41
Wichita Collegiate 27, Clearwater 6
Wichita Independent 44, Bluestem 0
Wichita Northwest 73, Wichita North 13
Wichita South 60, Wichita East 23
Wichita West 51, Wichita Southeast 19
Winfield 21, Wellington 20, OT

State closes Mattress America in Hays

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TOPEKA – Tuesday, Kansas Department of Revenue civil tax enforcement and Ellis County Sheriff’s officers seized the business assets of Mattress America, LLC, which owed $21,709 in state sales and withholding taxes

Officers seized all known bank accounts, on-site cash, business inventory and personal property assets belonging to owner Stephen D. Weilert. The mattress store at 3310 Vine St., Hays, was sealed closed the assets will be sold at public auction to pay the taxes owed.

Warrant execution occurs when all other collection attempts, including multiple letters, telephone calls, letters of impending legal action, tax liens filed with the local district court to secure the debt, previous bank levies and on-site till taps are executed to bring the taxpayer into compliance have been exhausted.

Only after several unsuccessful attempts does the department take the action of seizing assets, which in this instance resulted in the business being closed.

The revenue department’s standard practice is to continually encourage delinquent taxpayers, who are not lawfully filing or paying taxes – such as sales or withholding – to voluntarily enter into a repayment agreement.

Tax Warrants:

Sales Tax – 16ST59 – Ellis County – Jan. 2015 through April 2015, July 2015, Oct. 2015, Dec. 2015 and Feb. 2016 – $9,007.63

Sales Tax – 16ST71 – Ellis County – March 2016, May 2016 – $8,797.61

Withholding Tax – 16ST61 – Ellis County – Annual Reconciliations 2013, 2014 and 2015 – $3,903.59

Total taxes owed: $21,708.83

Phillipsburg dominates TMP in district opener

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By Jeremy McGuire
Hays Post

Phillipsburg 58, TMP 14

HAYS-Phillipsburg opened 3A, District 14 with a bang on Friday night in Hays beating the TMP Monarchs 58-14. The Panthers scored 34 first quarter points to put the game away early.  Phillipsburg used all three phases of the game to put the hurt on the Monarchs scoring on a Treylan Gross 4 yard run, a Kirk Coomes 77 yard pass from Trey Sides, a Trey Thompson 67 yard interception return, a Christopher Van Kooten 18 yard fumble return and Thompson with a 54 yard punt return all for scores.

It was the same song, different verse in the second quarter as Phillipsburg added 24 more points. John Gower scored from one yard out, Coomes added two more short runs and Jonathan Hunnacutt chipped in with a 25 yard field goal. That scoring put the Panthers up 58-0 at halftime.

TMP was able to put some scoring drives together in the second half.  Luke Ruder connected with Tucker Rhoades on a 38 yard touchdown pass in the third quarter.  In the fourth quarter Ruder found Tate Garcia on a 13 yard strike and Carson Jacobs threw his first career touchdown pass from 40 yards out to Creighton Renz.

Phillipsburg improves to 7-0 on the season and will play at Norton on Friday.  TMP drops to 1-6 and will try and keep their playoff hopes alive in Russell next week.

JASON CAULEY INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

 

FHSU volleyball drops battle to No. 10 Bronchos

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HAYS, Kan. – On a night where the Fort Hays State volleyball team gave one of its most well-rounded performances of the year, the visiting Bronchos of Central Oklahoma were just a bit better. The Tigers (18-6, 4-5) fought valiantly in each set against the 10th-ranked team in the country, but the Bronchos (21-1, 7-1) lived up to their ranking to steal a four-set victory inside Gross Memorial Coliseum Friday night.

Senior Crystal Whitten was looked to early and often, taking a career-high 76 swings in the match to tie the single match attempts record at FHSU during the rally scoring era (2001). The outside hitter connected with 23 kills, equaling her career high (vs. ESU, 10/9/15) and eclipsing 20 kills for the seventh time in her collegiate career.

The Tigers matched UCO blow-for-blow much of the match, totaling 62 kills and a .183 attack percentage to the Bronchos’ 71 kills and .218 effort. Fort Hays State picked up nine blocks in the match. The visitors totaled 105 digs in the match, the most by an FHSU opponent since 2012 (UCO, 125, 10/27). There were a total of 27 ties and 12 lead changes in the match.

After a Whitten kill handed FHSU the first point of the match, the Bronchos quickly took the lead and maintained it for the rest of the opening set. The Tigers managed to tie the score five more times, as late as 16-16, but could never snag the lead. With the Bronchos serving for the set, Sydney Dixon added a kill to close within two, 24-22. A Broncho error extended the set, but UCO’s heavy-hitter Taylor Bevis captured the victory with a strong kill on the next point.

The Tigers used a .283 hitting percentage in the second set to level the score heading into the locker room. Two early kills from Rebekah Spainhour gave the Tigers a 5-2 lead. The Bronchos used a 10-3 run later in the set to open up a four-point lead, 19-15, prompting head coach Kurt Kohler to use a timeout. FHSU scored three-straight out of the huddle, but the Bronchos bounced back to reach set point, 24-22. Kills from Callie Christensen and Dixon leveled the score, prompting a UCO timeout. The Tigers kept the momentum this time, winning the set after a pair of Broncho attack errors.

Fort Hays State held the lead early on in set three behind three Spainhour kills, 7-5, but four-straight points from the Bronchos gave them the lead for good. The Tigers never trailed by more than five in the set, but they couldn’t find the rally necessary to equalize.

The last set was one for the ages, with both teams leaving everything they had on the floor. The set included 10 ties, five lead changes, six blocks and 78 digs between the teams. Two quick kills from Whitten gave the Tigers an early lead before UCO used a 6-0 run to go ahead. Later, a Tiger error put the Bronchos in front by five, 16-11, prompting a Kohler timeout. FHSU scored nine of the next 12 to retake the lead, 20-19, and then the real excitement started. Neither side could find that finishing blow, with multiple long rallies extending the match. The Tigers extended a 22-20 lead before UCO fought back to tie things up at 23. Spainhour gave the home team a shot at the set with a kill, but the Bronchos stayed alive with a kill of their own. UCO handed the Tigers a gift with a service error, but the Tigers couldn’t put it away, posting back-to-back attack errors. A block from Megan Anderson and Christensen gave the Tigers another serve at set point, 28-27, before the Bronchos scored the next three to steal the victory.

Hannah Wagy topped the 50-assist barrier for the fourth time this season, tossing up 52 in the match. Spainhour (12) and Dixon (11) also reached double-digits in kills, while Christensen recorded a match-high five blocks. Libero Kailey Klibbe led the match with 30 digs, tied for the most in a match by a Tiger this season (Ari Jacobsen vs. NWOSU, 9/2/16).

The Tigers will look to bounce back on Saturday (Oct. 15) when they face off with Pittsburg State at 2 p.m. inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.

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Hays opens district play with loss in McPherson

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Hays High opened up district play on Friday night in McPherson. For the Indians it was the first time they played an opponent under class 5A since week one of the season. It was the first game of district play to determine the two qualifiers for the 4A-D1 playoffs. Hays and McPherson are joined by Abilene and Wamego in the four team district.

McPherson controlled the game from the onset. The Bullpups scored on their first five possessions, twice off of Hays turnovers. The Indians punted after three plays on three occasions, fumbled once and threw one interception. The Bullpups scored on drives of ten, nine and fourteen plays and led 34-0 at half time.

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Hays did score twice in the second half on a Hunter Brown eleven yard pass to Wyatt Scheve and a William Sennett 18 yard run. McPherson took the win 48-14.

Coach Randall Rath

Hays compiled 132 yards to McPherson’s 383 yards.

Hays falls to 1-6 and 0-1 in districts. McPherson improves to 5-2 and 2-0 in district play.

Hays will play their senior night game next week versus Abilene.

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