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High school football scoreboard week 7

Posted on October 14, 2016

Ark Valley Chisholm Trail I
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

Posted on October 14, 2016October 14, 2016

Kansas Department of Revenue

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

Posted on October 14, 2016

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

Posted on October 14, 2016October 15, 2016

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.

FHSU Sports Information

Hays opens district play with loss in McPherson

Posted on October 14, 2016

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.

Highlights

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.

Kan. deputy learns hard lesson in son’s accidental shooting death

Posted on October 14, 2016October 14, 2016

BILL DRAPER, Associated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four Kansas children have died in accidental shootings since January 2014, including the 3-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy who was less than a year into his law enforcement career when tragedy struck.

Data compiled by The Associated Press and the USA TODAY Network over a 2½-year span show three of the Kansas deaths involved children 3 years old or younger. Twelve other people were wounded by accidental shootings involving minors during that time.

Reno County deputy Andrew Nagel says he had secured his firearms away from his son when the child visited two weeks before Christmas last year, but his roommate, who wasn’t used to having children around, had not.

Police on the scene of the Dec. 2015 fatal accident

Sheriff Randy Henderson says Kaden Nagel’s death prompted his department to revive a gun safety program for children.

Study: Kansas’ largest earthquake likely due to waste water

Posted on October 14, 2016October 14, 2016

USGS map of the November 12, 2014 earthquake

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey says the largest recorded earthquake in Kansas history was likely the result of waste water injected into the ground by one or two nearby wells.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the 4.9 magnitude earthquake happened in November 2014 about 40 miles southwest of Wichita.

The report, which will be published in Seismological Research Letters in November, shows scientists believe the earthquake was caused by waste-water injection for several reasons, including that there hadn’t previously been similar earthquakes in the area and the earthquake activity started after the amount of water injected in the wells increased.

One of the two wells operated by SandRidge Energy is still injecting water at the same level as when the earthquake occurred.

Weekend Weather and Gas Report

Posted on October 14, 2016October 14, 2016

Three SW Kansas men charged with manifesto, bombing attack of Garden City Muslims

Posted on October 14, 2016October 15, 2016

Curtis Allen (Courtesy Sedgwick Co. Sheriff) — Curtis Wayne Allen (Courtesy Sedgwick Co. Sheriff)

OFFICE OF U.S. ATTORNEY

WICHITA-Three men from southwest Kansas were charged in federal court today Wichita with conspiring to detonate a bomb at an apartment complex in Garden City where Muslim immigrants from Somalia live and worship, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

A criminal complaint unsealed today alleged the men conducted surveillance to size up potential targets, stockpiled firearms, ammunition and explosive components, and prepared a manifesto to be published after the bombing. The attack, the defendants said, would “wake people up.”

“These charges are based on eight months of investigation by the FBI that is alleged to have taken the investigators deep into a hidden culture of hatred and violence,” Beall said. “Many Kansans may find it as startling as I do that such things could happen here.”

Gavin Wright (Courtesy Sedgwick Co. Sheriff) — Gavin Wayne Wright (Courtesy Sedgwick Co. Sheriff)

Charged with one count of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction were:

Curtis Wayne Allen, 49, Liberal
Gavin Wayne Wright, 49, Liberal, owner of G & H Mobile Home Center at 1250 E. Tucker Road in Liberal
Patrick Eugene Stein, 47, Wright

The complaint alleges that since February 2016 the FBI has been investigating the defendants’ activities planning a violent attack against Muslims in southwestern Kansas. A confidential source attended meetings of a militia group called the Kansas Security Force, providing the FBI with information about the groups’ activities.

Patrick Stein (Courtesy Sedgwick Co. Sheriff) — Patrick Eugene Stein (Courtesy Sedgwick Co. Sheriff)

The defendants were members of a small group they called the Crusaders. After considering possible targets including pro-Somali churches and public officials, the defendants decided to target an apartment complex in Garden City, where Somalis lived and maintain an apartment that served as a mosque. They discussed obtaining four vehicles, filling them with explosives and parking them at the four corners of the apartment complex to create a big explosion.

On Oct. 12, defendant Stein met with the confidential FBI source in rural Finney County to examine automatic weapons the source had brought from an FBI lab in Quantico, Va. After trying out two of the weapons, Stein took the source to see the apartment building the defendants were targeting in Garden City. Stein said he would provide ammonium nitrate for the bomb and contribute $200 to $300 for other materials.

Stein also talked with the source about defendant Allen’s arrest in a domestic violence case in Liberal the previous day, Oct. 11. Stein said he was concerned that Allen’s girlfriend would give Liberal police information about the defendants’ plans.

The targeted Garden City apartment complex. (Google image)

If convicted, the defendants face up to life in federal prison.

Investigating agencies included the FBI, the Liberal Police Department, the Seward County Sheriff’s Office, the Ford County Sheriff’s Office, the Garden City Police Department, the Dodge City Police Department, the Finney County Sheriff’s Office, and Kansas Highway Patrol, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Mattivi is prosecuting

Read the affidavit with more details from FBI Special Agent Tracey M. Jenkins HERE. The federal complaint may be read HERE.

In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The charges merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.

3 arrested in bomb plot targeting Somalis at Garden City apartment complex

Posted on October 14, 2016October 15, 2016

WICHITA— On Friday, Federal prosecutors announced charges related to a planned attack on the Somali immigrant community in Garden City.

Following an 8-month investigation, three men Curtis Allen 49, Liberal, Gavin Wright, 49, Liberal, and Patrick Stein, 47, Wright, were charged with domestic terrorism, according to acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

During a Friday news conference, Beal reported the government alleges the men conspired to bomb
an apartment complex in the 300 Block of West Mary Street in Garden City.

Muslim immigrants from Somalia live and worship at the complex.

The government says the suspects conducted survelliance to size up potential targets and stockpiled ammunition, firearms and explosive components.

They also prepared a manifesto describing their beliefs to be published after the bombing.

One suspect told investigators “The bombing would wake people up.”

The defendants were members of a small group they called the Crusaders and they formed a plan for a violent attack, according to Beall.

“They considered a variety of targets including churches and public officials who had expressed support for Somalis.

The suspects discussed obtaining four vehicles, filling them with explosives and parking them at the four corners of the apartment complex to create a large explosion.

The targeted apartment complex in Garden City -google image

The men were arrested on Friday morning in Liberal. If convicted they could face life in prison, he said.

Police: Kansas man jailed for home invasion robbery

Posted on October 14, 2016

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating one suspect and continue a search for another in connection with a home invasion robbery.

A Saline County Sheriff’s deputy arrested Thaddeus Hopkins, 28, on a warrant Thursday afternoon, according to
Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

Hopkins was identified as one of two men that entered a home in the 300 block of South College just before 8:30 p.m. on September 23rd.

Police say a resident of the home, a man in his 30’s, answered a knock at the door and allowed Hopkins and an unidentified white male inside.

The man was then pistol whipped and robbed. He suffered several abrasions to the head and face, but did not require treatment.

Sweeney said the two men took a substantial amount of cash and a Samsung cellular phone from the home.
Hopkins was booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges including aggravated assault, aggravated robbery, battery, felony theft and aggravated burglary.

KDHE secretary to discuss state technology plan at Harvard conference

Posted on October 14, 2016

Photo by KHI News Service Susan Mosier, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, will speak Saturday at a conference at Harvard University. She is part of a four-person panel on “Catalysts for a Generative Future – How Can Leaders Mobilize an Ecosystem?” — Photo by KHI News Service
Susan Mosier, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, will speak Saturday at a conference at Harvard University. She is part of a four-person panel on “Catalysts for a Generative Future – How Can Leaders Mobilize an Ecosystem?”

By Meg Wingerter

A Kansas Cabinet secretary will speak about the state’s plans to use technology to improve human services Saturday at a conference at Harvard University.

Susan Mosier, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, will discuss the state’s plan to use data systems to find gaps or redundancies in the social services Kansans receive during the Health and Human Services Summit. She is scheduled to take part in a panel with three others during the summit, which was developed by a research initiative in the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard.

The ultimate goal of the state’s technology plan is to make it easier to meet a family’s needs by connecting systems such as

Medicaid, under KDHE, with others like the Department of Commerce’s job training programs and educational assistance through the Kansas State Department of Education, Mosier said during an interview earlier this week.

“When you fill those gaps, you can really make a difference in the trajectory of a person’s life,” she said.

Mosier described a potentially 10-year technology plan in Kansas that started with automating enrollment in Medicaid. The process hasn’t been smooth thus far, however.

Technical problems connecting the Kansas Eligibility Enforcement System, or KEES, which processes Medicaid applications, with the system that disburses Medicaid payments produced higher-than-expected levels of errors, though Mosier said the error rate is down to about 1 percent.

The errors contributed to a backlog of Medicaid applications that left some providers, like nursing homes, without payment for months. The state reported 1,512 applications were in the backlog at the end of August but expects to clear it by Nov. 1.

Finding ‘actionable information’

Mosier anticipates a smoother process when the next stage of the technology plan rolls out in October 2017, though she said the process could be delayed if bugs come up. A tool purchased from Cerner will help the state to collect data about specific health issues, such as high blood sugar levels, and steer Kansans toward preventive care, she said.

“You need to be able to skinny down that big data and pull out targeted, actionable information,” she said.

New tools also will allow KDHE, the three managed care organizations that administer Medicaid in Kansas and individual doctors to look up what interventions are working, Mosier said. For example, they could find out if the tobacco quit line helps people to stop smoking or if they should put more emphasis on another program, she said.

The next phase of the technology plan isn’t scheduled to come out until spring 2019, assuming whomever replaces term-limited Gov. Sam Brownback decides to continue it.

A new Medicaid management system, the part of the system that disburses payments to providers, will allow beneficiaries to access more information about their medical history, such as immunization records, Mosier said. It also will include health information, such as tips for addressing chronic conditions.

Accenture a summit partner

Mosier’s panel appearance will be her second time speaking at the Health and Human Services Summit, which organizers say focuses on how collaborations involving government and private entities could improve the health of communities as families’ economic well-being.

“We have proven that helping low-income parents increase their educational attainment also positively affects their children’s emotional health and performance in school,” the summit agendasaid. “We have made the connection that families with stable housing and child care subsidies move up the income ladder faster and more sustainably.”

Mosier spoke in 2015 at the summit about using metrics in human services and “empowering team members.” A summary of the summit, compiled by sponsor organization Leadership for a Networked World, also pointed to KEES as a model for reducing employee time spent on tasks that could be automated.

The summit was held in October 2015, four months after the Medicaid portion of KEES went live. By December, a backlog had developed and providers complained that patients waited months for their applications to move forward.

An audit found some of the problems were caused by overly optimistic promises from contractor Accenture, and emails from state officials showed the company had pushed back its deadlines, apparently without notifying their counterparts at the state.

At the time, however, the summary listed praise for Kansas’ partnership with Accenture on its eligibility platform.

“Companies are laboratories for innovation, and collaborative experimentation facilitates progress,” it said.

Accenture was listed as one of four partners putting on this year’s summit. The fourth partner, American Public Human Services Association, lists Accenture as one of its 14 “platinum” level industry partner members.

The other panelists are Nick Macchione, director of the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, Susan Dreyfus, president and CEO of the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, and Sarjoo Shah, CIO for human services and director for technology strategy for Oklahoma.

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

Tiger athletics announces 2016 Hall of Fame inductees

Posted on October 14, 2016

Fort Hays State Athletics will enshrine five new members into the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 22, 2016. The inductees include Jim Birnbaum (track & field/cross country), Zach Kindler (track & field), Jon Mastin (football), Larry Noffsinger (football), and Andrea (Logan) Wyant (volleyball). The induction ceremony will take place the morning of October 22 at the Memorial Union Ballroom on the campus of Fort Hays State University at 10 am. The inductees will also be recognized at halftime of the football game vs. Missouri Western at 2 p.m.

Jim Birnbaum – Track & Field/Cross Country (1970-73)
Jim Birnbaum, native of WaKeeney, Kansas, was an All-America performer in both cross country and track and field at Fort Hays State and was an individual National Champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase. He competed for three years at FHSU. In 1972, Birnbaum finished fourth at the NAIA Championship to earn All-America honors with a 5-mile time of 24:56. He helped FHSU to two conference championships in cross country. In the spring of 1972, Birnbaum earned All-America honors for indoor track and field as a member of the 2-mile relay team that placed third at the national meet. Later that spring, he was the national champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase, earning All-America honors for the outdoor season. In the spring of 1973, he earned indoor All-America honors in the mile and outdoor All-America honors in the steeplechase. He helped FHSU Track and Field to three straight conference championships from 1971 to 1973. Overall, Birnbaum was a five-time All-American at FHSU in cross country and track and field combined.

Zach Kindler – Men’s Track and Field (1998-2003) (posthumous)
Zach Kindler, native of Esbon, Kansas, was a four-time All-American for Fort Hays State in outdoor track and field in the javelin. Kindler won the NCAA Division II National Championship in javelin during his junior year of 2001. He also garnered third, fourth, and sixth place finishes in his career at the national championships. He was a three-time Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Champion in 2000, 2001, and 2003. He still holds the Fort Hays State record for the javelin, heaving a toss of 234-feet, 1-inch, in 2001. Kindler passed away unexpectedly in 2014 while he was the head cross country/track and field coach at Baker University. Overall in his coaching career, he captured 17 team conference championships and was named conference coach of the year 20 times. Prior to his time at Baker, he was head cross country/track and field coach at Kansas Wesleyan University for three years.

Jon Mastin – Football (1965-68)
A native of Wichita, Kansas, Jon Mastin was an NAIA All-American selection in 1965 as a defensive end in his freshman campaign. During that season, he recorded 69 tackles and one interception, averaging 7.6 tackles per game, a very good number for a defensive lineman. He also earned 1st Team All-CIC and All-District 10 honors that season. He suffered an injury that sidelined him the entire 1966 season, a season that saw the Tigers tie for the CIC crown. He was a 1st Team All-CIC selection once again in 1967 as a defensive end with 67 tackles and an interception, averaging 8.4 tackles per game, which was a higher average than his freshman All-American campaign. In 1968, he recorded 57 tackles and recovered three fumbles, averaging 6.3 tackles per game, and garnered All-CIC 2nd Team honors, making him a three-time all-conference selection. Mastin was also a member of the baseball team at FHSU, hitting .248 over three seasons with the team. Injuries prevented him from playing a fourth year in both sports.

Larry Noffsinger – Football (1963-66)
A native of Phillipsburg, Kansas, Larry Noffsinger was a two-time NAIA All-American selection in 1965 and 1966 as a junior and senior at offensive guard for the Tiger football team. He was a two-time All-NAIA District 10 First Team selection in the same seasons. He was an All-CIC Second Team selection in 1965, then an All-CIC First Team selection in 1966 helping the Tigers to a share of the CIC Championship. Noffsinger was a four-year letterwinner for the Tigers. According to positions listed on the all-time All-American list at FHSU, Noffsinger was just one of two FHSU offensive linemen to earn All-American status from 1960 to 1983.

Andrea (Logan) Wyant – Volleyball (2000-03)
Andrea (Logan) Wyant, native of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was a four-time all-conference selection for Fort Hays State in volleyball from 2000-2003, including three first team selections. She also earned all-region honors as a senior in 2003 and the Co-RMAC East Division Player of the Year in 2001. Logan put down a rally-scoring era single-season school record 591 kills in 2002 as a junior. She is also in the top-10 list for her sophomore (476) and senior (457) seasons. She is second all-time at FHSU in kills with 1,794 and is the career leader in kills during the rally scoring era with 1,524, which doesn’t include her freshman year since rally scoring started in 2001. Logan averaged 4.11 kills per set in her career (second best at FHSU for NCAA II era) and 4.46 per set during the rally scoring era (school record). She is the only player in Fort Hays State’s NCAA Division II history to average over five kills per set in a season, putting down a rate of 5.01 per set as a junior in 2002. She also recorded 1,252 digs (seventh in the Division II era at FHSU) and 236 career blocks. Logan owns the two highest kill totals in a match during the rally scoring era at FHSU, putting down a record 33 against Fort Lewis and 31 against South Dakota in 2002. She is fourth in career service aces during the Division II era at FHSU with 97. She was a member of the 2003 team that earned Fort Hays State’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament.