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KU teacher who used racial slur in class fired; she establishes fundraiser

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Andrea Quenette-photo University of Kansas
Andrea Quenette-photo University of Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race will not have her contract renewed after the next academic year.

Andrea Quenette, an assistant professor of communication studies, told The Lawrence Journal-World the university notified her last week that she would not be reappointed to her position at the end of the spring 2017 semester.

Some graduate students complained about Quenette after she used the racial slur in November, a day after the university held a contentious forum on race and discrimination.

Quenette and supporters set up a GoFundMe page for her “academic freedom”

A school review concluded in mid-March that Quenette didn’t violate the university’s nondiscrimination or racial and ethnic harassment policies.

A university spokesman would not confirm or deny Quenette’s employment situation, saying it is a personnel matter.

Ellis Co. Knights of Columbus will honor first responders

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Screen Shot 2016-05-24 at 10.59.24 AMEllis County Knights of Columbus Councils will join together to help honor the area first responders.

The First Responders Appreciation Barbeque is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Frontier Park East shelterhouse in Hays.

All active and retired responders and their families are invited. Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats and other refreshments are on the menu.

In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved to the Ellis County Fairgrounds.

Autopsy results could delay hearing for Kansas murder suspect

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SALINA  -A preliminary hearing for a Kansas woman accused in the stabbing death of a Salina woman may be delayed due to the length of time it will take to get a completed autopsy report.

A hearing for Thuy Linh Thi Duong, 46, Salina, has been scheduled for June 13.

Details on the autopsy of stabbing victim 43-year-old Loan Nguyen-Lovelace may be available at that time, according to Saline County Attorney Ellen Mitchell.

Nguyen-Lovelace’s only child is taking her body to Vietnam for burial, and she requested that the preliminary hearing not be scheduled until after she returns, according to Mitchell.

Duong appeared in Saline County District Court Monday. She is accused of stabbing Nguyen-Lovelance to death during the course of an argument at Nguyen-Lovelace’s home on Max Avenue on May 12.

Police investigators quickly identified Doung as a suspect and
she was located in her parked vehicle at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane.

Fourth USD 489 superintendent candidate to interview Tuesday

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William BiermannWilliam Biermann will be interviewing for the position of Superintendent with the USD 489 Board of Education on the evening of May 24.

Biermann is the fourth of four candidates that the USD 489 Hays Board of Education will be interviewing.

Candidates were selected for interviews based on their fit with desired characteristics that were developed with input from focus groups that were utilized throughout the search process.

Biermann is currently serving as the USD 352 superintendent. He has been the superintendent in Goodland since 2011.

Biermann has previously served as the superintendent of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City for two years, was the Southwest Plains Regional Service Center CFO for four years, principal for Holcomb High School for three years and was a mathematics teacher at Wichita County High School and Santa Fe Trail High.

Schedule:

  • 9:30 a.m. Arrive at Rockwell Administration Center.
  • 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Meet with Superintendent Katt for coffee. Receive schedule for day and information prepared by clerk for all candidates.
  • 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Roosevelt Elementary School – facility tour and meet and greet
  • 11:00a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Hays Middle School – facility tour and meet and greet
  • 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch with building administrators
  • 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Hays High School – facility tour and meet and greet
  • 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Rockwell Administration Center – facility tour and meet and greet
  • 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Community and Parent meet and greet – Master Teacher Room
  • 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Free time for the candidate
  • 5:30 p.m. Begin interview with the board (only)
  • 6:15 p.m. Dinner with candidate and their guest
  • 7:15 p.m. Interview continues

Missing Kansas baby’s father admits to removing GPS tracker

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Vincent Moore has been missing since July of 2015- photo Wichita Police
Vincent Moore has been missing since July of 2015- photo Wichita Police

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The father of a Wichita baby not seen since last summer has pleaded guilty to cutting off a GPS tracking device.

The Wichita Eagle reports that 24-year-old Gary Moore Jr. entered the plea Monday. Prosecutors will recommend a 34-month prison sentence. Moore had been ordered to wear the tracking device as a condition of his probation in a 2014 battery case.

No one has been arrested or charged in the disappearance of Moore’s 5-month-old son, Vincent Moore. The child was last seen leaving a house with his father July 11. When officers stopped Moore on July 29, his 2-year-old child was with him but the baby wasn’t.

Moore has been in jail since July because of the charge and a yearlong sentence ordered served because of probation violations.

Police identify Kansas teen as fatal, weekend shooting victim

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ShootingKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police say an 18-year-old man was the victim of a fatal Kansas City, Kansas, shooting.

The Kansas City Star  reports that police identified the man Monday as Stephon Egans of Kansas City, Kansas. Police say he was shot Saturday night and died later at a hospital.

The man’s death is the city’s 13th homicide for 2016.

Thelma Hiebsch

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Screen Shot 2016-05-24 at 8.07.45 AMThelma Hiebsch, age 84, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Bethesda Home in Goessel, Kansas.

Memorial services will be 6:30 PM Friday, May 27, 2016 at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.

Visitation will be Friday 5:30 PM until service time.

A complete obituary is pending.

Mary L. Schmidt

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Mary L. Schmidt, age 87, of Hays, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016 at the Rush County Nursing Home in LaCrosse, Kansas

Memorial services will be 10 AM Saturday, May 28, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hays. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery.

A complete obituary is pending with Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.

Kayo McGillivray

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Memorial services for longtime Goodland, Kansas, resident Kayo McGillivray, 83, will be held Thursday, May 26, at 10:30 AM MT at Koons Chapel in Goodland, Kansas.

Inurnment will be at Goodland Cemetery.

Memorials to Fort Hays State University Athletic Department may be left at the service or mailed to Koons Funeral Home, 211 North Main, Goodland, KS 67735-1555.

Online condolences to www.koonsfuneralhome.com.

Velma Lee (Larson) Cooper

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Memorial services for lifelong Sherman County, Kansas, resident Velma Lee (Larson) Cooper, 85, will be held
Friday, May 27, at 2:00 PM CT (1:00 PM MT) at Brewster Community Church.

Inurnment will be at Goodland Cemetery,

Memorials to Brewster Senior Center may be left at the service or mailed to Koons Funeral Home, 211 North Main, Goodland, KS 67735-1555.

Online condolences to www.koonsfuneralhome.com.

Henrietta ‘Henri’ Baker

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Screen Shot 2016-05-24 at 8.02.38 AMHenrietta “Henri” Baker, age 89, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016 in Marienthal, Kansas. Henri was born April 10, 1927 in Schoenchen, Kansas, the daughter of John & Josephine (Werth) Graff. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, she was a farm wife, homemaker and loved gardening.

Henri was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas as well as St. Mary Alter Society and the Daughters of Isabella.

On November 3, 1954 she married Herman F. Baker at Marienthal, Kansas. Herman passed away on March 4, 1989 in Scott City, Kansas.

Henri’s surviving family includes-

Six Children-

Dannel Baker-​Marienthal, Kansas

Terry & Beki Baker-​Goodland, Kansas

Galen Baker-​Leoti, Kansas

Mary Kay Ehrke-​Wichita, Kansas

Dina & Neal Lockwood-​Helotes, Texas

Claudine & Stan Schoendaler-​Olathe, Kansas

Eight Grandchildren-

Dustin & Ashton Baker, Camryn Ehrke, Jordan Ehrke, Michael Lockwood, Travis Lockwood, Cody Lockwood, Zachary Schoendaler, Alexis Schoendaler.

Two sisters-

Thelma & Bruce DeWitt-​Tavaras, Florida

Bernita George-​Carthage, Missouri

Her parents, husband, four brother including Victor,Blackie, Justin and Theodore Graff, Three sisters including Armina Palkowitsh, Pauline Schiffelbein and Delphine Schmidt, four siblings in infancy and a son-in-law Michael Ehrke precede her in death

Vigil Services will be held at 7:00 pm Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas.

Funeral Mass will begin at 10:30 am Thursday, May 26, 2016 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas with Father Benjamin Martin officiating.

Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Marienthal, Kansas.

Friends may call from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm Wednesday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Leoti, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to the St. Mary Catholic Church Building Fund or the Leoti EMT’s in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com

Jesse L. Mishler

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Screen Shot 2016-05-24 at 8.01.50 AMJesse L. Mishler, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the Greeley County Hospital Long Term Care in Tribune, Kansas. He was born on July 16, 1928 in the original Kaw City, Oklahoma which is now where Kaw Lake is located, the son of Lee and Daisy Rogers Mishler. A resident of Tribune, Kansas since 1945, graduating from Greeley County High School in 1947. He was a mechanic.

He was a member of the VFW Post #7521 in Tribune, Kansas and was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict.

On January 7, 1954 he married Arlene Iris McMinimy in Tribune, Kansas. She passed away on August 15, 2015 in Tribune, Kansas.

Survivors include his Two Sons – Leslie & Pati Mishler of Lewis, Kansas, Mike & Diana Mishler of Tribune, Kansas, Three Daughters – Debra & John Crayne of Grand Island, Nebraska, Roxie & John Dase of Pueblo, Colorado, Cheryl & Lance Buckman of Sterling, Kansas, Nine Grandchildren and Seven Great Grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his Parents, Wife – Arlene, Three Sisters – Mary Stetz, Daisy Marselus, and Wilma Armer.

Graveside Memorial Services will be held at the Greeley County Cemetery in Tribune, Kansas at 10:30 a.m. (M.T.) Saturday, May 28, 2016 with Jeri Smith presiding.

Interment will be in the Greeley County Cemetery in Tribune, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to the Greeley County Hospital Long Term Care % Price & Sons Funeral Home.

There will be no calling times.

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