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HPD Activity Log April 27

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

The Hays Police Department responded to 6 animal calls and 25 traffic stops Wed., April 27, 2016, according to the HPD Activity Log.

Welfare Check–700 block E 6th St, Hays; 8:46 AM
Welfare Check–200 block E 25th St Terr, Hays; 8:46 AM
MV Accident-City Street/Alley–2600 block Vine St, Hays; 9:15 AM
Warrant Service (Fail to Appear)–1000 block Reservation Rd, Hays; 10:15 AM
Disturbance – General–3400 block Vine St, Hays; 10:33 AM
Criminal Damage to Property–400 block Pine St, Hays; 4/25 9 AM; 4/27 10:34 AM
Animal At Large–1000 block Vine St, Hays; 11:28 AM
Identity Theft–100 block W 15th St, Hays; 2:24 PM
Animal At Large–1500 block Main St, Hays; 3:26 PM
MV Accident-Private Property–4300 block Vine St, Hays; 4:01 PM
Abandoned Vehicle–1300 block MacArthur Rd, Hays; 4:05 PM
Driving While Suspended/Revoked–600 block of E 11th St, Hays; 4:06 PM
Civil Transport–Fredonia; 4:11 PM
Theft (general)–3000 block Indian Trl, Hays; 11/1/15 12 PM; 4/27 12 PM
Drug Offenses–100 block W 12th St, Hays; 5:07 PM
Drug Offenses–100 block E 5th St, Hays; 4/22 1 AM; 4/24
MV Accident-Pedestrian–700 block Elm St, Hays; 6:36 PM
Criminal Damage to Property–2400 block Vine St, Hays; 6:47 PM
Drug Offenses–2700 block Vine St, Hays; 8:28 PM
Disturbance – Noise–400 block Walnut St, Hays; 10:10 PM
Assist – Other (not MV)–3400 block Vine St, Hays; 11:07 PM

First court appearance for 3 suspects in Salina robbery, murder

Posted on April 28, 2016

SALINA -Three suspects facing charges in the Tuesday morning shooting death of a Nebraska man at a Salina motel made their first appearance in Saline County District Court Thursday.

DiAntre Lemmie, 21, Amber Craig, 24, and Tyi Daniel, 34, all of Salina appeared via closed circuit television.

Lemmie faces charges of 1st degree murder, aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and fleeing and eluding. A motion was also filed to revoke Lemmie’s probation in an unrelated burglary case.

Craig faces charges that include 1st degree murder, aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.

Daniel faces charges of obstructing apprehension or prosecution, interference with law enforcement and tampering with evidence.

Lemmie and Craig are accused of conspiring to use a gun to rob 32-year-old Adonis Loudermilk of cash and killing him while in the process of committing the robbery.

Charges against Daniel were the result of being with Lemmie during the course of the police pursuit and foot chase.

Bond for Lemmie and Craig was set at $1 million.

Daniel’s bond was set at $2,500. A public defender was appointed for Lemmie, while Craig and Daniel indicated they might hire their own attorneys.

The next court appearance for all three defendants has been scheduled for Monday, May 2nd.

INSIGHT KANSAS: Wallowing in a sea of nostalgia

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

Kansans have a new law, Senate Bill 443 creating the “Kansas State Cage Elevator,” an iron enclosure about eight feet on a side that sits at the southeast corner of the state capitol’s rotunda. There it has served untold numbers of Kansans traveling between the floors of the capitol building since 1923.

The accordion grate door, polished brass fittings, long black tension bearing cables, and all the rest constitute an early 20th Century exemplar of the massive over-engineering and heft that bespeaks eternal service. The cage elevator is a beauty, and although not yet rare, the law guarantees that barring destruction of the building, it will continue to serve until one day it may well be the “last of its kind, anywhere.”

It isn’t just commemoration of the elevator that matters in this enactment. There is more here in the language of the statute. In the legalistic, run-on writing of legislation with its declaratory “whereases” and conjunctive “; ands” there is a sort of Whitmanesque tribute to our glorious past. At a time when the future seems to threaten so many of us, there is comfort in the words of SB443.

The statute aims to draw the public’s attention, and most especially the attention of school children, to the state’s industrial heritage while they gaze at the elevator in the capitol’s rotunda.

Is this not in fact the great problem for Kansas? We have a poetic, justified, and nostalgic view of what went before – the brutal industrial beauty; its steadfast reliability and solidity; the touchstone quality so useful for idealizing the past. Who has the equally poetic, hopeful, and clear-eyed vision for the future?

The recognition of historic persons, places and events, the memorialization of the unique and unusual, the satisfaction of charmingly sincere requests from petitioning schoolchildren are common in state legislatures all across the country. Who would object to recognizing the fallen favorite son or the wistful writings of four decades duration by some sage beloved by the readers of a small-town weekly? What would Kansas be without “Home on the Range,” the Ornate Box Turtle, Western Meadowlark, Tylosaurus, or our famous folk — William Allen White, Amelia Earhart, Phog Allen, Alf Landon, and Walter Beech? Now we have a state statute to revere not only a thing but a concept as well.

Men (almost exclusively) once made good and proud livings working to produce the forged and formed parts and fittings of the Kansas State Cage Elevator. That is no longer the case.

Joseph Schumpeter, a noted market economist, called the process “creative destruction” — the fitful disruption and destruction of a productive activity with new or better technology or other market innovations that end the economic utility of one thing, replacing it with something else – think buggies and horsewhips replaced by automobiles, or computer-driven robotics replacing assembly-line workers in the Kansas City factories of GM and Ford. These disruptions have improved overall productivity, raised national and state GDPs, reduced consumer costs, and in general increased wealth. What they have not done is provide a path to a promising future for those displaced.

Should we not turn our attention to humanely managing the long de-population of the western counties that continue to shrink through emigration and micro-urbanization? Can we come up with techniques for sustaining public education, so very necessary for those who lack resources or options for privatized schooling, or must we instead endure unhelpful solutions like shortened school years? Can we shape a positive future, or will Kansas simply wallow in the sea of nostalgia until all the buoyancy is lost?

Dr. Mark Peterson teaches political science at the college level in Topeka.

Police investigate Kansas bathroom assault, robbery

Posted on April 28, 2016

WICHITA- Law enforcement authorities in Sedgwick County are investigating an alleged assault and robbery.

Police say one man assaulted another man in the restroom at QuikTrip, 1010 E. Douglas, and stole his wallet.

The victim suffered significant injuries, according to police.

The suspect was last seen running east and then north from the area.

The suspect is described as a black male, around 6 feet tall with a medium build.

Police asked the public with information about this crime, to contact the WPD Robbery Investigations section at 316-268-4177.

Smoky Hill Chorale, Hays Symphony Orchestra part of FHSU President’s Concert

Posted on April 28, 2016April 20, 2016

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The Fort Hays Singers, the FHSU Concert Choir, and the Smoky Hill Chorale will combine with the Hays Symphony Orchestra to present this year’s Fort Hays State University President’s Concert.

The event is Saturday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center

The first half of the concert will be “REQUIEM” written by Bob Chilcott. The choirs will be joined by soloists Ivalah Allen (FHSU) and Kenneth Prewitt (Western Michigan University), and accompanied by members of the HSO. Dr. Terry Crull, FHSU Director of Choral Activities, will conduct this new and beautiful setting of the traditional requiem mass.

The second half of the concert will feature the fabulous Symphony No. 5 by Peter I. Tchaikovsky. First-year conductor and FHSU string faculty member Shah Sadikov will conduct the Hays Symphony Orchestra on this selection.

FHSU and area high school students are admitted free of charge (with their school id card) Admission for others is $6 for adults, and $4 for senior citizens.

Woman leading Redskins mascot fight to speak at commencement in Kansas

Posted on April 28, 2016

Amanda Blackhorse in shirt designed by Stephen Demchak - courtesy photo — Amanda Blackhorse in shirt designed by Stephen Demchak – courtesy photo

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Haskell Indian Nations University graduate who is at the forefront in the fight to change the name of the Washington Redskins NFL team is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the university’s commencement.

Amanda Blackhorse and four other American Indians filed the lawsuit that led to the June 2014 decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trial and Appeal Board to cancel the professional football team’s trademark registration.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the board’s decision didn’t force the team to change its name, but supporters hope it will strengthen the argument to do so.

Blackhorse will be the featured speaker at Haskell’s commencement, which starts at 10 a.m. on May 6 at the Coffin Sports Complex in Lawrence.

Mindful Drawing Project to exhibit research during Spring Art Walk

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

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They start each session with a practice of meditation led by a philosophy professor, then transition their thoughts to drawing with an art professor.

Now it is time for the students of the Mindful Drawing Project at Fort Hays State University to bring in an external reviewer and then exhibit their research at the April 29 Spring Art Walk.

Eight undergraduate students were selected to participate in the project funded by an Undergraduate Research Grant through the Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects at FHSU led by Dr. Gene Rice, chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Amy Schmierbach, professor of art and design. The Mindful Drawing Project explores the act of meditation and drawing.

The grant requires an external reviewer, which is why Erin Wiersma, assistant professor of art from Kansas State University, was on the FHSU campus to discuss her art making as a form of meditation April 8.

To learn more about Wiersma, visit https://erinwiersma.com/.

During the Spring Art Walk in Hays, the students of the Mindful Drawing Project will exhibit their research at the Hays Public Library, 1205 Main.

“The goal of this exploratory project is to create a series of drawings that reflect on the mindfulness meditation process and to create awareness of our mental and physical habits through meditation,” said Schmierbach.

To learn more about the Mindful Drawing Project, visit https://www.findingmycenter.com/themindfuldrawingproject/.

Earl Glen Hartzog

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

Earl Glen Hartzog passed away Monday, April 25, 2016 at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie, Kansas at the age of 86. He was born on May 13, 1929 to Harold Clifton and Dena (Corbin) Kroeze Hartzog on the family farm in Phillips County, Kansas. The family later moved to the Jennings, Kansas area where he grew up. On September 7, 1951 he entered the United States Army and was very proud of the time he spent serving his country. On April 20, 1958 he was united marriage to Patricia “Pat” A. (McKenna) Krizek in Oberlin, Kansas. They made their home in the Dresden area until moving to Hoxie in 1975. Together, they raised three children Mike, Virginia, and Harold.

Earl and Pat farmed until moving to Hoxie where he went to work for Sheridan County Road and Bridge Department until his retirement in 2000. He was a farmer and mechanic for most of his life, but after retirement he helped Pat with her daycare. He loved all of the children in the daycare, and they loved him, always calling him “Papa.”

Earl enjoyed collecting and restoring John Deere tractors. Over the years he and his son Harold acquired quite a large collection. He also collected barbed wire and has one of the most extensive collections in the United States. He loved singing country and bluegrass music, camping and square dancing with Pat, and enjoyed being a square dance caller. He was a member of the Christian Fellowship Church, as well as the Jennings American Legion Post #351, where in 2014 he received certificates for 60 Years of Continuous Membership and Outstanding Contributor.

Earl is survived by his wife Pat of the home; son Harold Hartzog of Hoxie; daughter Virginia (Irlan) Fullbright of Ellinwood; brothers Daryl Hartzog (Marjorie) of Jennings, Bob Hartzog (Joyce) of Oberlin, and Floyd Gillespie (Erma) of Newcastle, TX; sisters, Darlene LaRue of Oberlin, and Dena Marie Way (Dan) of Springfield, MO; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents Harold and Dena and step father George Gillespie, son Mike Krizek, daughter-in-law Yvette Hartzog, and grandson Alan Fullbright.

Funeral Services for Earl will be held Friday, April 29, 2016 at the Christian Fellowship Church, Hoxie, Kansas, at 10:30 A.M. with Pastor Micah Howery officiating. Burial will be in the Hoxie City Cemetery following the service. Military Honors by Fort Riley Honor Guard, Fort Riley, Kansas and Jennings American Legion Post # 351. Visitation will be Thursday, April 28, 2016, from 10:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M., at Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home.

Memorials are suggested to the Sheridan County Health Complex and All-Stars for Jesus and may be sent in care Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, PO Box 987, Hoxie, Kansas 67750. On-line condolences may be left at www.mickeyleopoldfuneral.com

The love of Earl’s life was his family. Always a kind and caring person, willing to give a helping hand to friends and church family, he lived a daily life and example of loving God with all of his heart, mind, soul, and strength; and loving his neighbor as himself.

Hedwig ‘Hedy’ Bucl

Posted on April 28, 2016

Hedwig “Hedy” Bucl, 84, died April 24, 2016, at Good Samaritan in Hays. Born Sept. 14, 1931, in LaCrosse, she was the daughter of Jacob and Apollonia (Kreutzer) Unrein. On Oct. 23, 1951 she married Ernest James Bucl in LaCrosse. He died on Sept. 14, 2014. She worked at Legleiters and Mammels Grocery Stores, Rex Café, Inez’s Restaurant, as a domestic engineer in many area homes, preparing for auctions and the historical museum. She enjoyed genealogy, playing cards, auctions, antiques, cooking, gardening, reading, bird watching, and nature. She was very family oriented and created many wonderful memories around her kitchen table with family and friends.

Mrs. Bucl was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the Altar Society, the Monday Evening Club, all in Timken. She served on the election board, the Bohemian National Cemetery board, church board and was involved in 4-H.

Survivors include five children, Loarn Bucl of Sublette, Diana Sunley and her husband Ralph of Great Bend, Craig Bucl and his wife Jody of McPherson, Brad Bucl and his wife Lanna of Hill City, and Bryan Bucl and his wife Chollet of Wichita; one brother, Gary Unrein and his wife Janet of Lincoln, Neb.; one sister, Ruth Slater of Great Bend; 13 grandchildren, Casper Bucl, Lucas Bucl, Sheldon Bucl, Colby Bucl, Alicia Easlon, Rachel Colby, Jennifer Vratil, Ryan Smith, Lacey Stowers, Emily Bucl, Megan Bucl, Madisyn Bucl, and Makaela Bucl; and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 10 siblings, Martina Flax, infant triplets, Rose, Katherine and Elizabeth Unrein, Mary Weber, Edwin Unrein, Marvin Unrein, Mildred Kirmer, James Unrein, and Kenneth Unrein.

Vigil Service with Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 29, at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 30, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Timken with Father Charles Mazouch and Father Ultan Murphy concelebrating. Burial will be in Bohemian National Cemetery in Timken. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 29, at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Bohemian National Cemetery or HaysMed Hospice, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

Jeanette K. Haskett

Posted on April 28, 2016

Agra resident Jeanette K. Haskett passed away Wednesday, April 27 at her home in Agra at the age of 70.

Survivors include her husband Gerald of the home; 3 sons, Kenton Abbott of Great Bend, Joe and Wade Haskett of Agra; 2 daughters, Regina Lutgen of McPherson and Andrea Abbott of Agra; her brother, Delaine Thomas of Prairie View and 3 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Monday, May 2 at 10:00 a.m. in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel Phillipsburg. A private family interment will follow in the Haskett Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 12:00 to 9:00 Saturday and Sunday with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Gideon’s or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Online condolences: www.olliffboeve.com.

Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Historic statue returns to Kansas Civil War memorial

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A historic statue has been returned to a Civil War memorial in Wichita after undergoing a nearly three-year renovation in Missouri.

The Wichita Eagle reports that a crane hoisted the statute, named “Liberty,” into place Wednesday. It occupies the pinnacle of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument on the south lawn of the Sedgwick County Historic Courthouse.

Sedgwick County project services program manager Tania Cole says the statue was restored for $32,880. Liberty had some structural issues and was coming apart at the seams near her feet.

Russell-Marti Conservation Services Inc. in California, Missouri, performed the restoration. The “Liberty” statue was designed and built by the W.H. Mullins Co. of Salem, Ohio, which specialized about a century ago in making metal statues for Civil War memorials.

Kansas teen hospitalized after 4-vehicle crash

Posted on April 28, 2016

4-vehicle Riley Co. crash on Wednesday evening

RILEY COUNTY- A Kansas teen was injured in a 4-vehicle accident just after 6 p.m. on Wednesday in Riley County.

Riley County Police reported a 2004 Subaru Legacy driven by Sadie Jensen 17, Randolph, was at the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and South Dam Road.

The Subaru collided with a 2015 Ford Van driven by Shawn Pultz, 38, Manhattan.

The van then collided with a 2003 Ford F-150 driven by Rory Swanson, 57, Manhattan, which stuck a 2000 Honda Civic, driven by James Vesta Jr., 46, Clay Center, that was stopped at the intersection at the time of the accident.

A 16-year-old boy in the Honda was transported to Via Christi Hospital.

Jensen was issued a citation while on scene for failure to yield the right of way, according to police.

The Rev. Herbert James ‘Herb’ Burdsall

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016

The Rev. Herbert James “Herb” Burdsall, 95, Hays, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at his home.

He was born December 3, 1920 in Shandon, Ohio the son of Aaron Clarence and Blanche Leora (Murphy) Burdsall. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific and was on landing craft in Tarawa, Tinian, and Saipan.

On February 12, 1942 he married Jeanne Dutiel in Hamilton County, Ohio. She died June 9, 2011. He received his Masters in Divinity degree from Colgate University in Rochester, New York. He was a United Methodist Minister for many years serving rural churches in Simms, Sun River, Lincoln, Cascade, Augusta, the Dearborn, Miles City, and Billings, Montana, and churches in Alexandria, Ohio and North Chili, New York. He was the Kansas CROP director for Church World Services in Topeka, KS and the Assistant Director for CROP at the national office in Elkhart, Indiana in which he traveled to Burma, Peru, Chili, Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. He was the director of fundraising at Greencroft Retirement Community in Goshen, Indiana and for the Yellowstone Conference in Montana. He loved spending time with his family and grandchildren, riding motorcycles and traveling, and serving the parishioners of his numerous rural churches.

Survivors include a son, Jonathan Burdsall and his wife Helen Peck-Burdsall of Helena, Montana, a daughter Hannah Barrett and husband Jim of Hays, five grandchildren, Aaron Burdsall and wife Angie and Matthew Burdsall and wife Miranda, all of Helena, MT, Tessie Barrett and husband Paul Talley of Brooklyn Park, MN, Jordan Barrett and wife Karen of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Samuel Barrett and wife Kelly of Emporia, KS, twelve great grandchildren, Jasmyn, Kaelen, Caleb, Talon, Maddon, Marley, Everett, Rylea, Gwyn, Rachel, Cora, and Lucy, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his dear wife Jeanne, a granddaughter Sarah Burdsall, a great grandson Leo Barrett, and by three brothers.

Memorial services will be at 11:00 am on Friday, May 6, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church, 305 W. 7th Street, Hays. Military honors by the Hays VFW Honor Guard and the Hays American Legion Riders will follow the church services. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until service time on Friday at the church.

Memorials are suggested to Church World Services, in care of the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, Hays,KS 67601. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.