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Wisconsin hunter kills trophy eight-point … doe?

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin hunter has killed an eight-point … doe?

WLUK-TV reports that Wayne Douville was hunting near Abrams in northeastern Wisconsin on Monday when he shot and killed a 180-pound deer that had eight points on its antlers.

Upon closer inspection, the 68-year-old Douville and his aptly-named friend, Mel Buckmaster, discovered the deer had female genitalia.

Jeff Pritzl, district wildlife supervisor for the state Department of Natural Resources, says the doe likely had a higher testosterone level, which might occur in one in 100,000 deer. He says the deer was tagged a buck because the antlers were at least three inches long.

Douville says he plans to have the entire deer mounted, though he doubts his wife will let him put it up on the living room wall.

🎥 New $9.64 million hotel project approved by city

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Hays city commissioners approved the extended-stay hotel project Tuesday.
Hays city commissioners approved the extended-stay hotel project Tuesday.

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Following a public hearing with no comments from the audience, Hays city commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve two Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) for a new 80-room extended stay hotel to be built north of I-70.

Development agreements and ordinances have been approved for a 1% CID sales tax on the Marriott hotel property, directly north of I-Hop and Hampton Inn near Home Depot. An additional 1% CID sales tax will be placed on the hotel property and the JT Travel Plaza which just opened last week.

Attorney Ferdinand Niemann of White Goss, the Kansas City firm representing the Liberty, Missouri-based developer, Hays Extended Stay Hotel Partners, said the $9.64 million project is ready to go.

“They’re going to close on this Monday (Nov. 21) since this passed tonight. I wouldn’t be surprised if you see dirt being moved later this month,” Niemann said.

“Another positive thing is, they’ve actually reached out to local contractors to do a lot of the work, taking bids,” added Mayor Shaun Musil. “That’s great. If it goes back into our community, that’s a plus for everyone.”

Musil was also pleased with how the hotel project came together.

“I think this is needed in our community. With our new development policy, this is what we got out of that. I think it’s pretty straight forward.”

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Ground may be broken later this month for the new hotel project north of I-70.

Both CIDs will be in effect for 22 years, according to city Finance Director Kim Rupp. “The total sales tax at the travel plaza would be 10.5%, and the total sales tax at the hotel would be 16.5%,” Rupp told commissioners.

“Even if the CID sales tax revenues from either of the CIDs exceed expectations, the developer would not be reimbursed from the two CIDs combined for more than $1.73 million plus the developer’s actual costs of interest on any financing arranged by them at a rate not to exceed 7% per annum,” Rupp added.

Commissioner Henry Schwaller was absent from the meeting.

 

 

 

Repo man pays off elderly couple’s car, gives it back

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RED BUD, Ill. (AP) — An elderly Illinois couple has something to be thankful for after a repo man who took their car had a change of heart and helped them get it paid off.

Illini Asset Recovery co-owner Jim Ford told KTRK-TV that after repossessing the Buick from Stan and Pat Kippling, he pulled over to call the bank in order to see if he could pay it off for the couple. Ford set up an online fundraiser and says he raised the bulk of the cash needed in the first eight hours. The newly paid off car was returned to the Kipplings on Monday.

Ford says the couple reminded him of his late grandparents.

Stan Kippling says getting the car back is “just like hitting the lottery.”

Investigation begins after tutor claims she took exams for Mizzou athletes

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is investigating a former tutor’s allegations that she took entrance exams and completed entire courses for student-athletes at the school.

The Kansas City Star reported that Yolanda Kumar on Tuesday acknowledged the authenticity of her Facebook posting in which she made the allegations and apologized for her actions. The Associated Press wasn’t able to reach Kumar, as she didn’t reply to Facebook messages and doesn’t have a listed phone number.

In her posting, Kumar didn’t specify which sports the athletes played, but she said the cheating was encouraged by at least two academic coordinators “for athletes in revenue-generating sports.” She wrote that she self-reported the cheating on Nov. 2 and resigned Nov. 7.

The school issued a statement saying it is reviewing the allegations and that it informed the NCAA, which is working with it on the matter.

Joyce May (Mastic) Blakeley

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screen-shot-2016-11-23-at-10-56-11-amJoyce May (Mastic) Blakeley passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas at the age of 81. She was born on May 1, 1935 in Plattsburgh, New York to the late Herbert and Rossie Mastic. In March of 1974 she was united in marriage to Richard Blakeley in Niagara Falls, New York.

Joyce was a loving wife, mother, homemaker, and grandmother. Known by those who loved her most as “Granny Goochy,”whether she was baking bountiful breads, stirring up sensational soups, or churning out charming chocolate covered cherries, Granny Goochy loved sharing from her kitchen, because it meant she was sharing from her heart.

A traveler and explorer, Joyce enjoyed her time in Europe, and always looked forward to her annual “snowbird” trip to McAllen, Texas. Although she was a collector of knick-knacks, those little trinkets and mementos of places she had been, people she had met, and things she had done, the greatest little things in her life were not little at all, for they were the times she spent with her family, friends, and neighbors, the people she loved the most.

Joyce is survived by her sons Jack Busch of Lawton, OK, Alvin Busch of Lawton, Ok, and Norman Busch of Lawton, OK; daughters Jill Emery and husband Jeff of Stockton, Tammy Post and husband Kelly of Stockton, and Barbara Goble of Stockton; fifteen grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents Herbert and Rossie Mastic, husband Richard Blakeley, daughter-in-law Kim Busch, brother Jim Mastic and wife Henrietta, and sister Betty Ordway and husband Clarence.

It has been said that grandmothers create memories that the heart holds forever. Granny Goochy did that for each and every one of us. The love, moments, and memories she shared will always hold special places in our hearts because she will forever be cherished by us.

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Craig A. ‘Gunny’ Janousek

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screen-shot-2016-11-23-at-10-53-41-amCraig A. “Gunny” Janousek, 60, La Crosse, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.

“Gunny” was born November 29, 1955, in McCook, Nebraska, the son of Jay and Margaret (Stowell) Janousek. He was a 40+ year resident of La Crosse, Kansas, moving from Benkelman, Nebraska. A 1974 graduate of La Crosse High School, La Crosse, Kansas, he owned and operated a custom embroidery business.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas.

Softball was a huge part of “Gunny’s” life. The family’s weekends were spent on the softball field playing in tournaments, or playing with friends and family just for fun. He also loved and cherished his grandkids and was so very proud of his two great grandsons.

On June 15, 1974, he married Kathy Holopirek at the United Methodist Church, La Crosse, Kansas.
Survivors include: his wife, Kathy Janousek, La Crosse, Kansas; two daughters, Ginger Shook, and husband, Chad, Hoisington, Kansas, and Jill Zordel, and husband, Nolan, La Crosse, Kansas; four grandchildren, Shelby Graf, Dalton Janousek, Carmen Zordel, and Chenoa Zordel; four great grandchildren, Andrew Zordel, Hayden Mason, Brandon Mclemore, and Savannah Mclemore; and two brothers, Jeffrey Janousek, Wichita, Kansas, and Robert Janousek, Topeka, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A memorial service will be Friday, November 25, 2016, at 10:00 A.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with Pastor Angie Vertz officiating. His final sendoff will be at the Rush County Ball Fields.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Gunny’s Memorial Softball Fund.

Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.

Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.

National organization names FHSU student as outstanding grad student

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John Gettemeyer
John Gettemeyer

FHSU University Relations and Marketing

John Gettemeyer, St. Peters, Mo. a second-year graduate student in the higher education student affairs master’s program at Fort Hays State University, has received the 2016 National Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award from NODA: The Association for Orientation, Transition and Retention in Higher Education.

Gettemeyer also works as the graduate assistant for extended orientation and transition initiatives in the Office of Transition and Student Conduct at FHSU.

noda_logoThis award recognizes a graduate student who has demonstrated service to NODA or to the orientation, retention and transition profession.

An FHSU student has now won the award in each of the first two years of the award’s history.

The award was presented to Gettemeyer at the recent national NODA convention in Indianapolis.

KHP investigation into fatal Ellis County head-on crash ongoing

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UPDATE: As of Wednesday morning, the Kansas Highway Patrol had yet to release the names of those involved in Sunday’s accident. Check Hays Post for details as they become available.

ELLIS COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal accident just before 3 p.m. on Sunday in Ellis County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Buick LeSabre was southbound on U.S. 183 thirteen miles north of Hays.

The Buick crossed left of center and hit a northbound 2004 Dodge Stratus head-on.

Names of those involved were not released late Sunday.

Check Hays Post for additional details as they become available.

Emma Kolb

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screen-shot-2016-11-23-at-8-11-05-amEmma Kolb, Hays, age 98, died Sunday, November 20, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays Care Center.

She was born May 21, 1918, on the farm North of Ellis, Kansas, to Rev. Gottfried H. and Karolina Christina (Rottler) Kolb.

She was a retired school teacher. She started teaching in 1937 at Zion, Kansas in Rush County then was at Lincoln Elementary School in Hays for 33 years. After her retirement she was a volunteer for 22 years at Lincoln School helping the kids in math, reading and other studies. She was a graduate of Phillipsburg High School and Fort Hays Teachers College.

Emma, received the Kansas Master Teachers Award and was inducted to the Kansas Teacher Hall of Fame. She was always quoted saying “Remember children are not your job, they are you privilege”. She was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church, active in the Ladies Guild ,taught Bible study and Confirmation classes.
Survivors include two sisters-in-law, Carol Kolb, Waco, TX; and Goldie Kolb, Buhler, KS; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Henry, Ernest, Bill, Gottfried Kolb; five sisters, Johanna Brauer, Ernestina Beyerlein, Lydia Griffith, Karoline Schwartz and Elizabeth Leonard.

Services are 1:00 P.M. Saturday, November 26, 2016, at Messiah Lutheran Church, 2000 Main Street, Hays, Kansas. Burial in Mount Allen Cemetery Hays, Kansas.

Visitation is from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. Saturday at the church.

In lieu of flowers memorial is suggested to the USD 489 Foundation for Education in care of Lincoln School. Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 is in charge of arrangements.

Patricia Lew Whisler

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Patricia Lew Whisler, 83, of Russell, Kansas, died on Monday, November 21, 2016, at the Delmar Gardens of Lenexa, Kansas.

Services are pending at this time, please check back later for funeral service date and time. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Schmidt: Federal court blocks new Obama administration overtime regulations

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TOPEKA – A federal court in Texas today agreed with Kansas and 20 other states that dramatic changes to federal overtime rules likely are unlawful and has temporarily blocked their implementation, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.

The new rules, that were set to take effect December 1, are blocked indefinitely by a nationwide injunction entered late this afternoon by Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The order comes in response to a lawsuit filed in September by Kansas and 20 other states challenging the validity of the new federal regulations, which were proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor.

“Once again, a federal court has stepped in to block an illegal regulation sought by a federal agency that thought itself unfettered by the laws Congress actually passed,” Schmidt said. “This injunction will give breathing room to many Kansas businesses, nonprofits, taxpayers and local governments by delaying the costly and illegal new regulations while we challenge their validity in court. I’m hopeful the new presidential administration will withdraw these illegal regulations soon after January 20 and make further litigation unnecessary.”

Under the new regulations, the minimum salary threshold below which overtime would be required would be more than doubled to $47,892 from $23,660 and would then automatically increase in subsequent years. Kansas and the other states argued that the U.S. Department of Labor lacked legal authority from Congress to impose the dramatic increase, and the court agreed.

“With the Final Rule, the Department (of Labor) exceeds its delegated authority and ignores Congress’s intent by raising the minimum salary level such that it supplants the duties test,” the Court wrote. “Consequently, the Final Rule … is unlawful. The Department’s role is to carry out Congress’s intent. If Congress intended the salary requirement to supplant the duties test, then Congress, and not the Department, should make that change.”

The Court specifically pointed to the harm to Kansas public services if the new overtime rule were allowed to go into effect. It referenced the effect of the new rule on staffing at the Department for Children and Families and the Department of Corrections.

“[A]gencies with budget constraints, such as the two in Kansas, have relatively few options to comply with the Final Rule – all of which have a detrimental effect on government services that benefit the public,” the Court wrote.

The injunction entered late today blocks the new overtime regulation nationwide. Consequently, the injunction means businesses and nonprofits will not be required to meet the December 1 deadline for complying with the new overtime rules.

A copy of the court’s order blocking the overtime regulation is available at http://bit.ly/2foVDxt.

Eugene ‘Gene’ Schoenberger

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Eugene “Gene” Schoenberger, age 69, of Ellis passed away, Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 11:30 AM Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ellis. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Visitation will be Friday 6 PM – 8 PM with a combined parish vigil and rosary service at 7 PM all at St. Mary’s Church.

A complete obituary is pending with Keithley Funeral Chapel of Ellis.

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