LOGAN–How many of you have been flipping through channels on the television and happened to come across the “Joy of Painting with Bob Ross” program? If you stopped for only a moment, you would have been captivated by the simple and easy method of his painting techniques.
Dane G. Hansen Museum will again have two certified instructors who teach classes at the Hansen Museum on a regular basis. T.R. Mathews and Sandy Seamone, Arriba, Colorado, will be here to entertain and instruct, step by step, revealing how easy and fun it is to paint the Bob Ross way. No previous experience is necessary and anyone can do it.
On Saturday, February 13, the class will be painting “Coming Storm” and on Sunday, February 14, “Sunrise Seascape.” The classes will run 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. both days. All you need to bring is a roll of paper towels; all other supplies are provided.
This learning opportunity is brought to you through the Hansen Museum Continued Education Program and offered to the public at a reduced rate. For more information call (785) 689-4846 or go to www.hansenmuseum.org.
Museum hours are M-F 9-12 & 1-4; Sat. 9-12 & 1-5; Sun. & Holidays 1-5. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. We are handicapped accessible and there is never an admission fee. For more information about this and other exhibits, contact Nova at (785) 689-4846 or check out our website at www.hansenmuseum.org.
After being enamored with Hays, a Chinese Fort Hays State University student decided to open a bakery to give locals a small taste of Chinese desserts and drinks.
Sweet Zoo opened this month at 115 W. Eighth and, while business so far has been slow, curious customers have been interested in the combination of Chinese and American drink and desert items.
“Sometimes I miss Chinese desserts, so I wanted to open this kind of shop to share with my friends and share with Americans to get to know Chinese desserts,” said owner Yihong Chen.
She describes the business as a drink station and bakery shop and hopes the space will become a local gathering place.
“I just want people to come here, relax and chat together,” she said.
Opening the shop was also part of a personal desire, as well.
“I was studying at Fort Hays, I liked this city, so I wanted to stay,” Chen said.
She graduated with a degree in general studies from FHSU.
With the shop having only been open a few days, it is hard for Chen to have a complete sense of how the business might fare in the long run, but is hopeful once FHSU students return, business will pick up considerably.
She searched for the location for almost six months, comparing several possible locations, but proximity to FHSU was important.
“I wanted a shop near the college,” Chen said and, while several location may have suited her purpose, she landed on the Eighth Street shop.
“I think this one is better,” she said.
While the shop’s name reflects the decor and menu, it was not originally a part of the plan.
She first picked the name sweet, referencing the dessert aspect of her menu, then friends suggested the name zoo, and the business was tailored to that name, with deserts in the shape of animal cutouts and decor reflecting animals.
As time goes on, Chen plans on expanding the shop’s menu, but as the shop is being ran exclusively by Chen, a limited menu is being offered. When school begins, she expects help to come in that will allow her to expand hours and offerings.
She also believes a local server in the shop will help bring customers in.
“I think I need an American waitress to help,” to find if her offerings are in line with local tastes and assist in language concerns, Chen said.
Current hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, with breakfast items being served, but after FHSU goes back in session, she may cut the early hours, if there is no steady business and extend hours into the evening.
A grand opening is planned for Friday with free food offered from 11:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 2 p.m. for customers to try what they have to offer.
Phillipsburg resident Shani L. Hoover, age 44, passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at the St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.
She was born February 12, 1971 in Norton, Kansas the daughter of Neal & Linda (Frans) Roth.
She was married to Daniel L. Hoover on April 17, 1993 in Phillipsburg. He survives of the home.
Other survivors include her daughter, Kinzee of the home; parents, Neal & Linda Roth of rural Phillipsburg; mother-in-law, Betty Hoover of Phillipsburg; and brothers, Shannon, Jarod & Garett Roth all of Phillipsburg.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at the First Assembly of God Church in Phillipsburg with Pastor Dave Pugh officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Phillipsburg.
Shani will lie in state from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, where the family will receive friends for visitation Monday evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Victory in the Valley c/o the funeral chapel. Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd Street, Phillipsburg, KS 67661 is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences at www.olliffboeve.com.
Michael Cure, age 37, of Hays, passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at the Kansas University Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hays.
Burial will be at 2:30 PM Tuesday in St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery in Hanston, Kansas
Visitation will be Monday 4 PM – 8 PM with a combined rosary and vigil service at 7 PM all at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.
SMITH COUNTY –Two Kansas men were injured in an accident just after 2am. on Saturday in Smith County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1995 Chevy Camaro driven by Connor J. Waser, 19, Horton, was north bound on Kansas 181 one mile north of the Osborne County line.
The vehicle had just passed another vehicle and traveled onto the right hand shoulder
The driver overcorrected and the Camaro crossed the road, traveled into the west ditch, struck a driveway, rolled and struck a tree row
The Camaro caught on fire and was destroyed.
Waser and a passenger Tyler J. Harnett, 22, Hoisington, were transported to Osborne County Hospital.
Waser was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
Fort Hays State University will host an interdisciplinary workshop titled “Educational Approaches to the Holocaust” from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, in the Stouffer Lounge of FHSU’s Memorial Union.
The workshop, facilitated by the Kansas Center for Innovative Education, is partially funded by grant money from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. The grant was written by Dr. Paul Nienkamp, assistant professor of history at FHSU.
About 55 middle and secondary teachers and teaching candidates are registered to attend. The workshop will bring in participants from the counties of Barton, Dickinson, Ellis, Kearny, Lane, Norton, Pratt, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Seward and Wabaunsee. Several members of the Eisenhower Foundation and Library are also expected.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A new study shows Kansas’ high sales taxes on groceries have people crossing state lines to shop, particularly residents living in border counties.
The trend hurts low-income families, rural grocery stores and local governments.
Wichita State University’s Kansas Public Finance Center analyzed the latest available food sales data and estimated that Kansas lost $345.6 million in food sales in 2013. The data does not include last year’s sales tax hike that boosted Kansas’ food sales tax to one of the highest in the nation.
The state’s largest county, Johnson County, suffered the biggest losses with an estimated $93 million loss in food sales. But the losses on a per capita basis hit the smaller border counties the hardest.
Kansas is one of only 14 states that taxes groceries. Neighboring Nebraska and Colorado do not.
Photo by Ryan Reed/Special to KHI News Service Otis Reed, whose parents moved from Baldwin City to Colorado in search of a cannabis cure for the dozens of seizures he suffers every day, is slowly being weaned off ineffective pharmaceutical treatments and on to an oil derived from marijuana plants. Otis is shown here with his mother, Kathy Reed.
In a house at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in a suburb of Colorado Springs, a “marijuana refugee” who may spur a change in Kansas law is now 4 years old and improving cognitively.
Otis Reed, whose parents moved from Baldwin City to Colorado in search of a cannabis cure for the dozens of seizures he suffers every day, is slowly being weaned off ineffective pharmaceutical treatments and on to an oil derived from marijuana plants. “When you’re dealing with something like uncontrollable seizures, there are ups and downs.
But overall things are definitely up for us here and up for Otis here in Colorado,”
Otis’ father, Ryan Reed, said in a phone interview. “He’s got the best quality of life he’s ever had.” Back in Kansas, the chances of non-intoxicating hemp oil becoming legal for the treatment of seizures are greater than they’ve ever been.
Last year the House voted 81-36 in favor of House Bill 2049, which combined the hemp oil provision with legalization of hemp for industrial use and a lessening of penalties for first and second convictions of possessing small amounts of marijuana.
The bill was introduced by Rep. John Wilson, a Lawrence Democrat who represents the district where the Reeds lived before they moved to Colorado. Wilson calls it “Otis’ Law.”
Barring a veto by Gov. Sam Brownback, the bill needs only a passing vote in the Senate to become law. But this is the second year in a two-year legislative cycle, so if it doesn’t pass this session, proponents would have to start over with a new House and Senate.
Senate President Susan Wagle and other Republican legislative leaders have said they’re shooting for a short session focused on closing a state budget deficit without raising taxes after last year’s record-long session. Wilson said that could stymie the bill, or it could help it. Only “a handful” of legislators actually have sway over the budget, he said, because of the way the Legislature has written its appropriations rules. That leaves a lot of people with time on their hands. “We might find ourselves in a situation where, because most people in the
Legislature can’t work on the big issue, they want to be able to kind of coalesce around something,” Wilson said. “We might find that in the Senate, in particular, they might have the time and energy to focus on the medical hemp issue. But, then again, I could also be wrong.”
The Senate path A spokeswoman for Wagle said via email that the Wichita Republican has no comment on HB 2049. Wagle placed the bill in the Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee after it passed the House in May.
She and the chairman of that committee, Sen. Greg Smith, took heat from proponents for not scheduling a hearing on it as the tax and budget impasse stretched the session into June. Smith said he heard the complaints, but there was little he could do given how late in the session it was.
“I just told them, ‘Look, I know it’s important to you, so this will be the first bill the corrections committee takes up next session,’” Smith said last week.
He said that’s still the plan, and hearings on the bill are likely to commence the second week of session, after legislators return from the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday break. Smith said the committee will take testimony on all parts of the bill, but he expects the bulk of it to focus on hemp oil, which also is called cannabidoil or CBD. “There’s much more interest in the CBD part of it than anything,” Smith said.
A committee hearing does not guarantee the committee will vote on or “work” the bill, and passage in committee does not guarantee the Senate will take it up or pass it.
Kansas remains far more skeptical of cannabis than its neighbor to the west, which has legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use as well as medical use.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced last week that his office is beginning a study of the detrimental effects of pot from Colorado crossing the Kansas border — an announcement that drew a rebuke from a medical marijuana advocacy group called Bleeding Kansas.
The type of broad-based medical marijuana legalization that group wants has never gained legislative traction in Kansas, though Democrats have introduced it several times.
But political winds are shifting nationwide, with 23 states and Washington, D.C., now having legalized medical marijuana in some form. In Kansas, even some Republican legislators with “tough-on-crime” reputations are expressing more openness.
Rep. John Rubin, a Republican from Shawnee who proposed the sentencing changes in HB 2049 as a way to free much-needed prison beds for violent offenders, said last summer that the state needs to “seriously consider” changing its medical marijuana laws.
Senate Vice President Jeff King, a Republican from Independence who sits on Smith’s committee, said he doesn’t think the Legislature will support broad legalization of medical marijuana any time soon. But he said Wilson’s bill is different in that it legalizes only a form of cannabis that cannot produce a high and only for a specific medical condition. “I’m open to a discussion on that,” King said. “
Any solution would have to be very narrowly tailored and very specifically focused on those kids that are really suffering. If I were a parent of a child suffering like that, I would want the state to be open to explore all options.”
The evidence
Whether the hemp oil bill passes or stalls this session, expect groups like Bleeding Kansas to continue to push for broad medical marijuana legalization.
The legal saga of Shona Banda, a Garden City mother, has stirred passions in the pro-cannabis community. Banda was outspoken online about using marijuana to treat her Crohn’s disease, but lost custody of her son after he talked about it at school. She’s facing five marijuana-related criminal charges with an arraignment scheduled for Monday.
Ryan Reed said that based on what he’s seen in Colorado, he’s also in favor of legalizing marijuana for treating a range of conditions like Crohn’s, post-traumatic stress disorder and Parkinson’s disease.
“I’ve seen it do some amazing things out here,” Reed said. “I would like to see it broaden out into other issues people are having.”
But skeptics say the pace of medical marijuana legalization is outstripping the evidence of its effectiveness. A limited study of hemp oil in 2013 spurred widespread hope when 80 percent of the children who participated showed some reduction in their seizures.
But the sample was small and subsequent studies have shown a success rate of closer to 30 percent. Studies on Crohn’s and other illnesses have been similarly limited in size, in large part because the federal Drug Enforcement Agency still categorizes marijuana as a Schedule 1 controlled substance.
“The federal restrictions on that type of research are pretty substantial,” King said. “Oftentimes at levels of government you’re blamed for what the levels of government above you won’t let you do, and I think this is one of those instances where the federal government has really restricted our ability to prospectively get data on these issues.”
Researchers from the Kansas Health Institute, the parent organization of the editorially independent KHI News Service, were unable to find enough reliable data to analyze marijuana’s potential medical benefits.
But by studying states that legalized medical marijuana broadly, they found that marijuana-related car crashes and hospitalizations due to accidental ingestion tended to increase after legalization while crime and illegal consumption did not. But groups like Bleeding Kansas argue that abuse of legal prescription drugs is far more dangerous to society, and marijuana could be a safer alternative.
The debate continues, nationally and in Kansas, but Reed said he sees the tide turning in favor of legal cannabis treatments. “It’s hard to argue against it,” Reed said, “once people get past that stigma of, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s marijuana.’”
Andy Marso is a reporter for KHI News Service in Topeka, a partner in the Heartland Health Monitor team. You can reach him on Twitter @andymarso.
SEDGWICK COUNTY – Four people were injured in an accident just before 10p.m. on Saturday in Sedgwick County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Chevy Silverado driven by Bartolome Leyva-Arroyo, 28, Wichita, was southbound on 151st West.
The driver failed to yield at a stop sign at Kansas 96 and pulled out in front of a 2004 Dodge Ram driven by Bryce Nelson, 22, Parkway, that was westbound on Kansas 96.
The Dodge struck the driver’s side of the Silverado.
Leyva-Arroyo and passengers in the Silverado Laura Luna-Sarinana, 27, and Aaron Leyva, 3, both of Wichita and a passenger in the Dodge Kyle Borntrager, 23, Haven, were transported to Wesley Medical Center.
Nelson and passengers in the Dodge John Gehling, 20, Hutchinson, and Cody Powers, 22, Arlington, were not injured.
Luna-Sarinana was not wearing a seat belt and Leyva was not restrained in a child safety seat, according to the KHP.
PRATT–A new year means new seasons ahead, and it’s never too early to start planning. Anglers with an itch to get the low-down on all things fishing related in Kansas this year should check out the online version of the 2016 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary. Simply visit ksoutdoors.com and click “Fishing / Fishing Regulations” to download your copy of the free, easy-to-use, full-color pamphlet. Printed copies will be available wherever licenses are sold by mid-January.
Apart from a helpful section highlighting new regulations for the 2016 season, the summary also includes information on important fishing regulations such as special seasons, creel and length limits, license fees and legal fishing methods. Because creel and length limits vary from lake to lake, the 2016 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary is a must-read for all anglers.
The summary also lists all public waters, along with their location and any special regulations in effect. At the turn of a page, anglers can see which community lakes don’t charge extra fees for fishing, as well as community lakes designated as Family Friendly Facilities (FFF) that will include flush toilet facilities, security patrols, security lighting, easy access to the water and do not allow alcohol.
Anglers can also read up on aquatic nuisance species (ANS), as well as regulations governing the use of live baitfish. Select pages are devoted to fish identification, featuring color illustrations by renowned fish illustrator Joe Tomelleri. Current state record fish are listed, and there is also a Master Angler Award Application for anglers who catch fish that qualify for this certificate award program.
Fort Hays State improved its dual meet record to 5-2 by winning all four matches at the Midwest Duals in Kearney, Neb. on Saturday (Jan. 16). The Tigers ousted New Mexico Highlands 36-6, Southwest Minnesota State 28-23, No. 20 ranked CSU-Pueblo 37-15, and San Francisco State 22-21 in their undefeated run for the day.
The No. 6 ranked wrestler at 184 pounds, Jon Inman, Cash Drylie at 197 pounds, and Noah Killip at 141 pounds won all four of their bouts on the day. Bradley Little was also unbeaten at 3-0 and William Homalon went 1-0. Drylie’s run was impressive in that all four of his wins were by fall. Adam Ludwin (125) went 3-1, while Anthony Calderon (133), Joey Dozier (157), and Kregg Clarke (165) won two matches each.
The day ended with a tiebreaker against San Francisco State. At the end of the 10 matches, the score was tied 21-21, but the Tigers were awarded the tiebreaker point having won six of the ten matches wrestled in the dual.
The Tigers now look ahead to Thursday, (Jan. 21) when they host No. 5 ranked Nebraska-Kearney in an MIAA dual at 7 pm.
Below are the results of each match.
Fort Hays State vs New Mexico Highlands FHSU def. NMHU 36-6
125 Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays) over Jacob Espana (New Mexico Highlands) Dec 6-2
133 Tre Humphrey (New Mexico Highlands) over Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays) Dec 7-6
141 Noah Killip (Fort Hays) over Dan Gaylor (New Mexico Highlands) Dec 4-1
149 Bradley Little (Fort Hays) over Orlando Guerra (New Mexico Highlands) SV-1 9-7
157 Joey Dozier (Fort Hays) over Kellen Pelzel (New Mexico Highlands) Fall 2:04
165 Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays) over Juan Alvarado (New Mexico Highlands) Dec 8-5
174 Jonathan Bechtloff (New Mexico Highlands) over Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays) Dec 3-2
184 Jon Inman (Fort Hays) over Luis Terrazas (New Mexico Highlands) Fall 1:05
197 Cash Drylie (Fort Hays) over Cody Marquez (New Mexico Highlands) Fall 1:16
285 Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays) over Corbin Grenowich (New Mexico Highlands) Fall 0:51
Fort Hays State vs Southwest Minnesota FHSU def. SMSU 28-23
125 Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays) over Taylor Curtis (Southwest Minnesota) Maj 9-1
133 Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays) over Antonio Meikel (Southwest Minnesota) Dec 7-2
141 Noah Killip (Fort Hays) over Justin Haneke (Southwest Minnesota) Dec 4-0
149 William Homalon (Fort Hays) over Zachary Beaumaster (Southwest Minnesota) Fall 3:23
157 Patrick Kelley (Southwest Minnesota) over Joey Dozier (Fort Hays) Fall 6:10
165 Griffin Osing (Southwest Minnesota) over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays) Fall 1:39
174 Kyle Begin (Southwest Minnesota) over Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays) TF 19-3
184 Jon Inman (Fort Hays) over Broderick Goens (Southwest Minnesota) Fall 3:44
197 Cash Drylie (Fort Hays) over Ashton Bartlett (Southwest Minnesota) Fall 3:54
285 Cole Wilson (Southwest Minnesota) over Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays) Fall 6:25
Colorado State Pueblo vs Fort Hays State FHSU def. CSUP 37-15
125 Adellmo Salazar (Colorado State Pueblo) over Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays) TB-2 3-2
133 Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays) over Adrian Manzo (Colorado State Pueblo) Fall 2:26
141 Noah Killip (Fort Hays) over Kyle Fantin (Colorado State Pueblo) Maj 8-0
149 Bradley Little (Fort Hays) over Tim Urenda (Colorado State Pueblo) Dec 7-3
157 Joey Dozier (Fort Hays) over Nathaniel McKimson (Colorado State Pueblo) Fall 3:32
165 Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays) over Kyle Bateman (Colorado State Pueblo) Fall 4:56
174 Joshua Castellano (Colorado State Pueblo) over Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays) Fall 0:27
184 Jon Inman (Fort Hays) over Larry Schmueser (Colorado State Pueblo) Fall 6:29
197 Cash Drylie (Fort Hays) over Jakob Lund (Colorado State Pueblo) Fall 3:25
285 Jacob Mitchell (Colorado State Pueblo) over Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays) Fall 0:50
San Francisco vs Fort Hays State FHSU def. SFSU 22-21 (Criteria)
125 Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays) over Christian Ramos (San Francisco) Dec 7-4
133 Fernando Giron (San Francisco) over Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays) Dec 5-3
141 Noah Killip (Fort Hays) over Josh Weinberg (San Francisco) Dec 4-2
149 Bradley Little (Fort Hays) over Dylan Furtado (San Francisco) Dec 5-0
157 Tavis Ino (San Francisco) over Joey Dozier (Fort Hays) Fall 2:47
165 Tyson Kuahine (San Francisco) over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays) Fall 4:18
174 Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays) over Mike Marshall (San Francisco) SV-1 6-4
184 Jon Inman (Fort Hays) over Johnathon Costa (San Francisco) Dec 8-4
197 Cash Drylie (Fort Hays) over Calvin Nicholls (San Francisco) Fall 1:44
285 Sam Alnassiri (San Francisco) over Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays) Fall 2:07
FHSU gains tiebreaker point on criteria (FHSU won 6-of-10 matches in dual)
SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) — The body of a northwest Missouri man who was missing for nearly two weeks has been found near his pickup truck in northeast Kansas.
The St. Joseph News-Press reports 46-year-old Michael Steeby of Savannah was last seen around 1:30 p.m. Jan. 4 at his home. He was reported missing two days later, sparking a search by local police and numerous other law enforcement agencies.
A plane from the Missouri State Highway Patrol that was searching along the Missouri River spotted Steeby’s vehicle around 2 p.m. Friday in a secluded part of Doniphan County, Kansas.
Police say there were no obvious signs of foul play, and that Steeby’s vehicle didn’t appear to be damaged.
The Doniphan County coroner has requested an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady hit Rob Gronkowski with two touchdown passes and reached over the goal line for another score Saturday to lead the New England Patriots into the AFC championship game with a 27-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
It’s the fifth straight trip to the conference title game for the defending Super Bowl champions.
The Patriots (13-4) will meet the winner of Sunday’s game between Pittsburgh and Denver for a spot in Super Bowl 50 as they try to become the first repeat NFL champs since they did it in 2003-04.
After spending the last two weeks recovering from knee and back injuries, Gronkowski had touchdown catches from 8 and 16 yards The All-Pro tight end had seven receptions for 82 yards.
Kansas City (12-6) had won a franchise-record 11 consecutive games, including 30-0 at Houston last week in the wild-card round.
