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Jim L. Adams

Posted on August 4, 2016

Jim L. Adams, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at the Scott County Hospital in Scott City, Kansas. He was born on February 7, 1935 in Cherryvale, Kansas, the son of Walter W. and Blanche Valk Adams. A resident of Scott City, Kansas since 1974 moving from Iola, Kansas, he was a retired Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War and also retired from working for John Deere for over 20 years.

He was a member of American Legion, FRA, AAA & AARP.

On March 16, 1981 he married Mary Lou Dinning in Miami, Oklahoma. She survives.

Survivors include his Wife – Mary Lou Adams of Scott City, Kansas, Three Daughters – Carole Doraine Mackenzie of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Brenda & Harvey Tucker of Scott City, Kansas, Dana Rains of Thackerville, Oklahoma, One Brother – Eugene Adams of Cherryvale, Kansas, One Sister – Martha Harris of Coffeyville, Kansas, Sixteen Grandchildren and Eleven Great Grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his Parents, One Brother – Dean Adams and One Sister – Leora Wiles.

Funeral Services will be held at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 6, 2016 with Rev. Kyle Evans presiding.

Memorials may be given to the Scott County Hospital % Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas.

Interment will be in the Scott County Cemetery in Scott City, Kansas.

Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m Friday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas.

This weekend’s Hays-area garage sales

Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016

Hays-area garage sales

Scroll to the bottom for a map of garage sale locations. Hays Post offers FREE garage sale listings weekly. Having a sale next weekend? Click HERE for details.

Address: 2213 Virginia Drive, Hays
Fri Aug 5 4-8 & Sat Aug 6 8-12

Items for sale: MOVING SALE. LOTS OF MISC ITEMS!!!

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Address: 1304 W. 45th, Hays
Friday 5th 12-4, Saturday 6th 8-1

Items for sale: Household goods, furniture including headboards, table and chairs, dresser. Camping gear, designer purses, clothes and does. All priced to sale! Tons of stuff!

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Address: 1103 Fairway Drive, Hays
Fri 12:00-7:00 pm & Sat. 8am-noon

Items for sale: 4 family- Home decor, pictures, furniture, ceiling fans, bedding, kitchenware, lamps, baby items, clothing, Harley Davidson/Coca cola items, lots of misc.

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Address: 1711 Wheatland, Hays
Friday 1:30-7:30. Saturday 8-11

Items for sale: Children’s clothes, toys, tools, household items
Christmas decor, video games, scooters and much more.

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Address: 1309 Washington Circle, Hays
Friday 3-7 PM

Items for sale: Hide a way bed, Harley Davidson helmet, kids clothes ranging from 12 months to 7 in girls and 12 months to size 4 in boys. Kids kitchen set, a girls bike, scooters, shoes, bedding, bread machine, antique sad iron, lots of infant and kid toys. Priced to sell.

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Address: 1325 Golden Belt Drive, Hays
Aug 4 and 5 (Thurs and Fri) 2-9

Items for sale: Inflatable pool, printer, full headboard, sewing machine cabinet, dresser, microwave, paper shredder, high chair, earth tone area rug, pfaltzgraff dishes over 100 pieces), Jeans-like new, assorted sizes (Buckle brands), other like new clothing; New and like new jewelry and purses from local retailer, home decor, new in box-Tomtom, LG Converse Nextech phone, Books, movies, 15″ R35 tire, craftman skill saw, Craftsman zigsaw, 15 gal sprayer tank with pump (needs switch), 2 new window well covers, handheld rotary seeder, heavy duty pickup mats, window AC, electric mower, lg. dog house, camouflage dog carrier cover, lots more!!!!

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Address: 110 E. 28th, Hays
Friday 8:00 to 8:00 and Saturday 8:00 to 11:00

Items for sale:
•Original Kettcar – Made in Germany
•Women’s Clothes
•Jewelry
•Purses and Shoes
•Air Compressor
•Ladders
•Old Avon Bottles
•Books
•DVD’s
•Antique Trunk
•Barbie Ice Cream Shoppe
•Antique Pictures
•Antique J C Higgins Bicycle
•Antique Push Lawn Mower
•Vacumn Cleaner
•Misc. Decor

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Address: 502 W 31st, Hays
Friday 3-8pm, Saturday 8-1pm

Items for sale: Kitchen items, bedspreads, rocking chair, storm door, kids games and toys, jewelry, purses, trampoline upper bounce and springs, rooster collection, Elvis collector plates, pictures, home decor, books, clothing, patio table, 2 old school desks and lots of misc.

Intimate Interactions/Silent Walls opens Friday at Deines Cultural Center

Posted on August 4, 2016July 28, 2016

DCC

RUSSELL–The next exhibitions at the Deines Cultural Center opens Friday, August 5th. Intimate Interactions/Silent Walls features the work of Wichita artist, Corbie Leiker, and Russell photographer, Mike Frost.

Corbie Leiker is originally from Kansas City and now resides in Wichita. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis Drawing and Painting and a minor in Psychology. Her primary medium is charcoal in which she creates large scale charcoal drawings.

Mike Frost, currently living in Russell, was raised in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Art has always played an important role in his life in various mediums. He has always enjoyed history so it came as no surprise that he pursued photography as his concentration at Kansas State University, He uses film as his process because of its intimacy.

The opening reception for Intimate Interactions/Silent Walls will be held the evening of August 5th 5-7 p.m. and will be on display through September 9th, 2016.

The Deines Cultural Center is located at 820 N. Main Street in Russell. Admission is free and all are welcome. Call (785) 483-3742 for inquiries.

Republicans, Democrats and the stakes for religious freedom

Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016

Charles C. Haynes is director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute.

As this strange, unorthodox and downright scary presidential campaign heads into the final stretch, let’s pause to consider what’s at stake for religious freedom in this election.

Like motherhood and apple pie, religious freedom is universally popular with members of both major parties. But you don’t have to read far in the party platforms to discover that Republican and Democratic definitions of religious freedom could not be farther apart in meaning and application.

According to the GOP platform, religious freedom involves, among other things: Defending marriage as the union between one man and one woman; passing laws protecting people of faith who refuse service to same-sex couples; and displaying the Ten Commandments in public places.

In sharp contrast, Democrats take mirror-image positions on all of the above: Same-sex marriage is a constitutional right that does nothing to undermine religious freedom; refusal to serve same-sex couples is discrimination, not religious freedom; and government displays of religious symbols are violations of church-state separation.

Politicians from both parties are fond of invoking Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the framers most responsible for our constitutional arrangement in religious freedom. But people on both sides are sometimes guilty of cherry picking Jefferson and Madison quotes in support of their own vision of religious freedom.

On the right, liberty of conscience is lifted up, but “no establishment” is often ignored, despite the fact that both Jefferson and Madison saw separating church from state as an essential condition for religious freedom.

On the left, church-state separation is championed, but claims of religious conscience often get short shrift, despite the fact that both Jefferson and Madison argued vigorously for robust protection for the free exercise of religion.

Both parties could use a reminder that the First Amendment contains two principles in service of one freedom. Taken together, “no establishment” and “free exercise” protect liberty of conscience for people of all faiths and none.

However much Democrats and Republicans disagree about the application of these First Amendment principles, members of both parties should be united in opposition to religious discrimination and hatred of any kind in our public square.

Unfortunately, the Republican primary season has been open season on American Muslims, contributing to an unprecedented spike in assaults on Muslims and mosques across the country.

Of course, terrorists committing horrific acts of violence in the name of Islam have fed the anti-Muslim propaganda, giving politicians and religious leaders plenty of ammunition in the campaign to convince Americans that Islam is the enemy.

Anti-Muslim rhetoric has gone mainstream with leading Republican contenders — including nominee Donald Trump — making statements that fuel Islamophobia by conflating Muslims and terrorism.

As a result, 58 percent of Trump supporters but only 24 percent of Hillary Clinton supporters have an unfavorable view of Islam, according to a poll released last month by Reuters/Ipsos.

To their credit, many Republican leaders — including Gov. Mike Pence before his vice presidential nomination — have pushed back against Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. Such ideas are, in the words of Pence, “offensive and unconstitutional.”

In our democracy, Democrats and Republicans contend over competing visions of religious freedom — and that is as it should be. Because of current and anticipated vacancies on the Supreme Court, this election, more than any in decades, will determine which vision the Court upholds. All it takes is five justices to decide how high or low a wall of separation — and how far to extend religious exemptions.

One thing, however, should not be up for a vote: No American should live in fear because of the religious garb they wear, the part of the world they come from, the place where they worship or the color of their skin.

Islamophobia is the great religious freedom test of our time – a test of our commitment to the First Amendment that we cannot afford to fail. Remember that when you vote on Nov. 8.

Charles C. Haynes is vice president of the Newseum Institute and founding director of the Religious Freedom Center. [email protected]

Larks knock off Alaska in World Series tuneup

Posted on August 4, 2016

HAYS – Austin O’Brien had three hits including a home run and drove in three to lead the Hays Larks to a 12-3 win over the Alaska Goldpanners in a tune-up game prior to the NBC World Series Wednesday at Larks Park.

O’Brien hit a two-run shot in the first to give the Larks the lead for good. They would add two in the second then blow the game open with a five-run fifth.

The Larks used nine pitchers who all threw an inning. They combined to strike out five while walking two.

The Larks have now won five-straight and will take a 38-10 record into the NBC World Series where they open pool play Friday at 7 pm against the Hutchinson Monarchs who lost 17-2 Wednesday night in Dodge City.

You can hear all of the Larks games from the NBC Worlds Series on KJLS (103.3-FM).

El Dorado finished pool play with a 6-1 win over Action Baseball out of Texas Wednesday. They went 2-1 in pool play but don’t advance.

Liberal will try to move out of the First Week when they play the Cape Girardeau (MO) Capahas in one of two semifinals Wednesday night.

Odorizzi shines again, Rays rout Royals

Posted on August 4, 2016

By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Jake Odorizzi had his third consecutive scoreless start, Steven Souza Jr. homered for the first time in two months and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 12-0 on Wednesday night.

Brad Miller and Kevin Kiermaier also homered for the Rays, who are 7-25 against the Royals since the start of the 2012 season.

Odorizzi (6-5) allowed two singles, walked two and had six strikeouts in six innings. The right-hander has not given up a run in 20 2/3 innings over the three-start stretch.

Enny Romero and Ryan Garton completed a two-hitter.

After Evan Longoria had a sacrifice fly, Souza put the Rays up 4-0 on his three-run shot off Edinson Volquez (8-10) in the first. Souza had gone 109 at-bats without a homer after going deep June 4 against Minnesota’s Ervin Santana.

Miller made it 5-0 during the third on his 18th homer.

Volquez gave up eight runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings.

Kiermaier, who entered hitting .163 with two RBIs in 16 games since coming back from a fractured left hand, hit a three-run drive off Chien-Ming Wang in a five-run sixth to put the Rays ahead 11-0.

MOVING DAY

Royals: OF Billy Burns, acquired from Oakland Friday, was recalled from Triple-A Omaha and RHP Brooks Pounders was optioned to the Pacific Coast League club.

Rays: INF-OF Richie Shaffer was recalled from Triple-A Durham and UTL Taylor Motter was optioned the International League club.

DUFFY’S DAY

SS Matt Duffy, acquired Monday in a four-player deal that sent LHP Matt Moore to San Francisco, could be a week away from returning from a strained left Achilles’ tendon. “Just getting back up to speed and making sure that I’m 100 percent confident in this thing going forward,” Duffy said.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Burns will probably start Thursday because manager Ned Yost does not want Lorenzo Cain to play a fourth straight game on the artificial turf at Tropicana Field. Cain returned from a left hamstring strain Friday.

Rays: RHP Alex Cobb (Tommy John surgery) is scheduled to go three innings in a rehab start Thursday night with Class A Charlotte.

UP NEXT

Royals RHP Ian Kennedy (6-9) will face Rays LHP Drew Smyly (3-11) Thursday. Kennedy (26) and Smyly (22) are among the major-league leaders in home runs allowed.

Woman hospitalized after Kansas house explosion, fire

Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016

Scene of Thursday morning fire in Hutchinson- photo courtesy KWCH

HUTCHINSON – Investigators are working to determine the cause of a house explosion and fire at a home in Hutchinson.

The fire at 1502 East 2^nd was reported just after 2a.m., according to Hutchinson Police.

Fire crews found the house fully involved with fire venting from all windows of the structure, according to a media release.

Crews brought the fire under control in approximately 25 minutes before entering the structure to complete work on extinguishing the fire.

Thursday morning fire in Hutchinson- photo courtesy KWCH

The only occupant of the home had been removed from the structure prior to fire crews arriving with the assistance of an unknown person.

The woman was located three houses down at a neighbors where Reno County EMS assisted her. She received burns according to fire officials and was transported to a Wichita hospital.

Cause of the fire has been ruled undetermined and officials are not ruling out a gas explosion from a loose fitting on an interior gas line. The home will more than likely be a total loss.

No value on the home was available early Thursday.

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HUTCHINSON – Investigators are working to determine the cause of a house explosion and fire at a home in Hutchinson.

The fire at 1502 East 2nd was reported just after 2a.m., according to Hutchinson Police.

One woman was transported to a hospital for treatment. Her condition was not available early Thursday.

🎥 Diamond grinding was in the rough

Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016

diamond grinding 2 — Diamond grinding on a potion of east 27th Street was not finished by the original contractor after the city found the work unsatisfactory.

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

If you’ve driven over the areas, you’ve probably noticed some recent maintenance work on parts of Canterbury and 27th Streets in Hays was not successful.

As part of the 2016 Street Maintenance program, diamond grinding was performed last month on sections of the concrete pavement on Canterbury between 12th and 13th and on 27th from Vine to Sherman.

The company hired to do the work made two passes to grind off bumps and make the pavement smooth but was unable to achieve the level of ride improvement expected by the city, according to Assistant City Manager Jacob Wood.

diamond grinding 1 — Diamond grinding removes a thin top portion of the concrete pavement to smooth out bumps.

The city decided to have the company–APAC’s grinding subcontractor Interstate Grinding of Garden City–halt its work before the project was completed.

“They weren’t able to grind enough off to really have an effect on the streets, so if you’re driving those areas today, they’re still pretty bumpy,” Wood said.

The city did not pay the company the entire amount due in the contract agreement. “We ceased the contract. We didn’t pay them the full amount”, he said.

City staff is recommending a contract be made with the next low bidder, West Fork LLC, Iowa, to redo the work. “Actually, their equipment is a little bit larger,” Wood added, and they’ve done some work in the community in the past.”

The $168,080 cost would come out of Special Highway Funding.

Commissioners will discuss the situation at their work session tonight. The August 4 agenda can be viewed here.

Man wanted for death of 18-year-old Kan. girl captured

Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016

PLATTE COUNTY, MO – Law enforcement authorities in Kansas City have arrested a Kansas man in connection with the death of a woman on Saturday in Topeka.

According to inmate records Clarence James Foy, 26, Paola, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon and is being held in the Platte County Jail.

A suspicious vehicle was spotted in the Northland shortly after 11am. The occupants failed to stop for officers and a chase ensued. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Topeka, according to the Platte County Sheriff’s Office.

Two men inside the vehicle ran after a crash and disappeared into a wooded area near 9 highway and N.W. Coffey.

One suspect was taken into custody shortly after 1:30 p.m., and the other was arrested at about 6 p.m.

On Saturday police found the body of Sarah Cheyenne Crawford, 18, Paola, in a room of the Ramada Inn, 605 SW Fairlawn in Topeka, according to a media release.

Police say Foy and Crawford were acquainted and her death was the result of an argument.

Hot Thursday and a chance for thunderstorms

Posted on August 4, 2016

Chance for thunderstorms will be on the increase this afternoon with a few storms this evening being capable of producing periods of heavy rainfall and strong gusty winds.

Today A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 97. South southwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

FridayA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph.

Friday NightA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph.

SaturdayA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. East wind around 10 mph.

Saturday NightA 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.

SundayA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.

Kan. county deputy accused of excessive force against inmate

Posted on August 3, 2016

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy is under investigation amid allegations that used excessive force against an inmate.

Sheriff Jeff Easter said Wednesday the deputy faces accusations of excessive force in his handling of an inmate in the Sumner County Jail in Wellington on Monday. Easter says the incident is alleged to have occurred when prisoners were being loaded for transport to Wichita.

Sumner County Sheriff Darren Chambers said in a statement that Sumner County Jail staff saw what they felt was “excessive force.”

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says the inmate wasn’t injured.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the case is being investigated by Sumner County and will be presented to the Sumner County attorney, who’ll decide if charges will be filed.

Police search for suspect in armed robbery at Kan. escrow business

Posted on August 3, 2016

SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating an armed robbery.

On Wednesday afternoon, police in Topeka responded to Topeka Escrow Service, 1415 SW Topeka Boulevard after report of an armed robbery, according to a media release.

Staff members described the suspect as a black male, 5’7” tall and approximately 150 pounds. At gunpoint, he took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot.

Kan. man, recognized by his facial tattoos, sentenced for carjacking

Posted on August 3, 2016

Germany- photo Kan. Dept. of Corrections

KANSAS CITY – A Kansas man who shot his way out when a gas station clerk tried to lock him in the store was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

Nathaniel Germany, 27, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. In his plea, Germany admitted that on Sept. 1, 2015, he pointed a gun at a driver parked at the BP Gas Station at 900 N. 5th Street in Kansas City, Kan. Germany took the driver’s car and fled.

On Sept. 7, 2015, a clerk at the BP Gas Station recognized Germany when he came into the store with another man. The clerk, who was behind bullet-resistant glass, used a button to lock the men in the store while he called police. Germany produced a .40 caliber handgun and fired two shots into a glass door in order to escape.

Three days later, Germany’s parole officer recognized him and his tattoos from surveillance photos and notified police, who arrested Germany.

Beall commended the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department, the Kansas Department of Corrections, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead for their work on the case.