April 2017 – Page 24 – Hays Post Archive

🎥 Clark Co. wildfire victims: ‘People are good, people do care’

Posted on April 23, 2017April 19, 2017

ashland-fire-help-1 — A shot from the video of donated hay arriving in Ashland.

By MARK GARDINER
GARDINER ANGUS RANCH

ASHLAND–Monday, March 6, 2017, is forever etched in the hearts of those affected by the historic Starbuck Wildfire that raged across the prairie rangelands in Kansas, the Panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma and eastern Colorado.

More than 1.3 million acres were burned, 30 homes were lost, nearly 10,000 head of livestock were killed and thousands of miles of fences were lost. Six people died, including an Oklahoma semi-truck driver in Clark County.

More than 85 percent of Clark and Comanche counties in Kansas were burned.

Searching for a way to express their gratitude to the many people who helped in the battle against the wildfires and now with relief efforts, the residents of Ashland in Clark County turned to the internet. They created a ‘thank you’ video that will also serve as documentation of the biggest wildfire in Kansas.

Mark Gardiner, Gardiner Angus Ranch, Ashland

“We wanted to make this video, quite frankly, to just say thank you,” Ashland resident Mark Gardiner said. The 33-minute video featuring “friends and neighbors who are now family,” is hosted on his ranch’s YouTube channel, Gardiner Angus Ranch.

“Saying thank you seems so inadequate after the outpouring of help, support, precious resources, concern, and love from virtually every state and from many countries around the world,” said Gardiner.

“This fire has restored my faith in mankind realizing people are good, people do care.”

Clark County residents in the video say the road to recovery will be long and rebuilding has begun.

“The support through donations of hay, fencing supplies, food, clothing, cattle and money from across America is a debt we can never repay,” Gardiner acknowledged.

“We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”

Contributions to the wildfire relief efforts can be made to the Ashland Community Foundation at AshlandCF.com or the Kansas Livestock Association at KLA.org.

All proceeds will be distributed to those directly affected by the fires.

SW Kan. part of KDADS listening tour for Kansas System of Care

Posted on April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

KDADS

TOPEKA – The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) has scheduled a listening tour of the state for public discussions of the Kansas System of Care, a project for addressing the needs children and youth in the state with a serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families.

The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded KDADS a four-year, $9.5 million grant to create the System of Care (SOC) under SAMHSA’s System of Care Expansion and Sustainability Cooperative Agreements program.

“We are going to be working with community partners to improve the lives of children with SED and their families,” KDADS Secretary Tim Keck said. “This listening tour will allow us to collect the best ideas from around the state about improving behavioral health outcomes for this vulnerable population.”

KDADS is collaborating with four Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) in Kansas and with the Center for Behavioral Health Initiatives (CBHI) at Wichita State University’s Community Engagement Institute to strengthen the services provided to children with SED.

“Our goal is to create an outcomes-based system that is family centered and culturally appropriate to meet these children’s needs,” Secretary Keck said.

The listening tour sessions are scheduled for:

Individuals who wish to provide feedback but are unable to attend one of these events are invited to participate in the following survey: https://wichitastate.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e3RRxBFo8FmyxAp.

Deutscher wins javelin, joins Wycoff for provisional marks at KU Relays

Posted on April 22, 2017

Fort Hays State women’s track and field split up this week and competed at a pair of events. Some of the Tigers attended to the Kansas Relays Thursday through Saturday (Apr. 20-22), while other traveled to the Tabor College Invitational on Saturday. For the week, the Tigers claimed five top-three finishes, as well as reaching two provisional marks.

Kansas Relays
Alexcia Deutscher had a big showing for the Tigers, claiming first place and improving her national provisional mark in the javelin throw. Deutscher launched a throw of 156 feet, 11 inches and now sits third on the national performance list after the effort.

Kelly Wycoff picked up a second-place finish in the 400 meters and claimed a provisional mark placing her 20th in the nation with a time of 55.48 seconds. The time also broke her FHSU record of 55.97 seconds, which she set the day before in the prelims. She also hit another provisional mark with a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters at 24.24 seconds. However, the time was not as fast as her prior mark of 24.09, which has her 15^th in the country.

Also picking up second-place finishes were Shea Bonine in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:39.22 and the combination of Wycoff, Bonine, Micki Krzesinski and Lauren Roberts in the distance medley, combining for a time of 12:21.75.

KU Relays Results

Tabor Invitational Results

Tabor College Invitational
Mariah Hammersmith was the lone Tiger to place in the top three at the Tabor College Invitational, doing so in the triple jump. She turned in a second-place finish with a jump of 36 feet, 1.25 inches.

The Tigers will get back in action next weekend when they compete in separate events once again. Some of the Tigers will be heading to Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday (Apr. 27) to compete at the Drake Relays, while the rest of the Tigers will stay home for the Fort Hays State Open on Friday (Apr. 28).

Andrus’ RBI single in 9th pushes Rangers past Royals

Posted on April 22, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Elvis Andrus delivered an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Saturday night.

It was the second time in three games that the Rangers scored in their final at-bat to beat Kansas City.

Rougned Odor led off the ninth with a sharp single off Travis Wood (0-2), who didn’t face another batter before Peter Moylan took over. After Odor stole second base, Andrus hit a sharp single to left field.

Matt Bush (1-0) threw a scoreless ninth with a strikeout.

Wood was also the loser in the series opener Thursday night when the Rangers won 1-0 in 13 innings. Up until then, Wood had made 105 consecutive appearances without a loss and was tied with Moylan for the longest active streak in the majors.

Bollig’s walk-off homer gives Tigers split with Lopers on Senior Day

Posted on April 22, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – Down to their last strike, Fort Hays State avoided a doubleheader sweep from Nebraska-Kearney when Candace Bollig launched a two-run homer to center field, lifting the Tigers to a 5-4 win. It gave the Tigers a split of the conference doubleheader after the Lopers took game one 2-1.

Bollig drove in four runs in the game two win, all on a pair of two-run homers. It was her first two home runs of the season.

Game 1: Nebraska-Kearney 2, Fort Hays State 1
Fort Hays State fell behind 1-0 after UNK plated an unearned run in the top of the second, but tied the game in the bottom of the fifth on a bases loaded RBI single from Claudia Vazquez. Unfortunately, Hailey Chapman allowed her only earned run of the game in the sixth by allowing a double then an RBI single to open up the inning.

The Tigers did not threaten after the Lopers took the lead back as UNK pitcher Meg Housholder retired the final six batters of the game in order. Housholder picked up her fifth win of the season, allowing three hits and three walks, with two strikeouts. Chapman took the loss for FHSU with six hits allowed and three strikeouts.

Game 2: Fort Hays State 5, Nebraska-Kearney 4
Candace Bollig was the difference maker for Fort Hays State in a comeback 5-4 win to split the final conference doubleheader of the season. She also helped FHSU to finish ahead of UNK in the conference standings.

After UNK took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, FHSU tied the game in the bottom of the second benefitting from two UNK errors. Bollig then pushed the Tigers into the lead in the third with the first of her two, two-run home runs, driving a ball over the wall in right center field.

UNK pulled within a run in the fifth, scoring on a two-out wild pitch. Down to their last two outs, the Lopers rallied in the seventh and scored a pair of runs on a single, walk, then two more singles, jumping into the lead 4-3.

With a runner at second and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Bollig worked a 3-2 count then drove a pitch right in the heart of the plate for a home run, lifting the Tigers to a 5-4 win.

Carrie Clarke picked up her sixth win of the season in the pitching circle. She allowed four runs on 10 hits and two walks, while striking out three. Abbey Martin, who entered in relief after Bollig’s first homer of the game, moved to 0-8 on the season with the loss. She pitched 4.2 innings in relief of Sara Sempek. Both Martin and Sempek allowed two earned runs.

Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Kearney will close out the season tomorrow (Sunday, Apr. 23) in Kearney with a non-conference doubleheader that starts at 1 pm.

Seniors Kylie Strand, Claudia Vazquez and Ashey Beavers were honored for Senior Day between games on Saturday.

FHSU Sports Information

Tigers drop series opener with Missouri Southern

Posted on April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State baseball team fell behind early and was unable to recover Saturday evening against Missouri Southern, falling 24-3 in seven innings. The Lions sent 21 batters to the plate in the third inning, scoring 15 runs in the frame to take a commanding 23-0 lead.

Steve Johnson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

The Tigers dip to 9-31 overall and 2-25 in the MIAA with the loss, while MSSU moves to 22-22 this season and 14-16 in league play.

Missouri Southern jumped out to a 3-0 lead after a three-run home run in the top of the first. The Tigers had a chance to answer back in the bottom of the inning after Ty Redington worked a walk to lead things off. Clayton Basgall followed with a single through the right side before Trevor Hughes drew a walk two batters later. With the bases loaded and one out, the next two batters struck out to end the threat.

The Lions then added five in the second before their 15-run eruption in the third. The Tigers put together a three-run inning in the bottom of the third when Redington led off with a single. Nick Hammeke crushed a home run to left center two batters later to get FHSU on the board. Cody Starkel added a home run of his own later in the frame, lifting a ball over the fence in right.

Sam Capps (2-5) took the loss after allowing nine runs on eight hits over two-plus innings of work. Tyler Renninson came in to record the final out of the third inning, limiting the potent Lion offense to one run on four hits over 4.1 innings. Basgall collected two of the five Tiger hits, including his fifth double of the season.

The teams will face off in game two of the series Sunday at 3 p.m. from Larks Park.

FHSU Sports Information

Kansas man sentenced for crash that killed 80-year-old

Posted on April 22, 2017

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A southern Kansas man has been ordered to spend two years and eight months in prison for causing a two-vehicle 2016 wreck that killed an 80-year-old man.

Everett W. Hardy was sentenced Friday in Hutchinson on a Reno County charge of involuntary manslaughter. Hardy also was ordered to serve two years on post-prison supervision.

Prosecutors dropped a charge that accused Hardy of driving without insurance.

Authorities said Hardy drove through the marked intersection and hit a pickup truck driven by John B. “Jack” Johnson. That pickup truck then hit a utility pole.

Johnson died at a Wichita hospital more than three weeks later.

Trump puts officials in Sanctuary Cities on notice

Posted on April 22, 2017

A map from the Center for Immigration Studies shows sanctuary cities all over the country. (Photo: Center for Immigration Studies)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is putting on notice officials in several major cities that are sanctuaries for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

The administration has sent letters warning that they may lose law enforcement grant money unless they document cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

The Justice Department’s inspector general has identified nine jurisdictions as limiting the information local law enforcement can provide to federal immigration authorities about those in their custody.

The jurisdictions include the state of California and the cities of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans.

Some of the localities remain defiant, despite risking the loss of money that police agencies use to pay for everything from body cameras to bulletproof vests.

FHSU instructor, class advocate for refugees through marathon race in China

Posted on April 22, 2017April 21, 2017

jared-nielsen-running — Jared Nielsen running in the ZhengKai International Marathon with his son Andrew

FHSU University Relations and Marketing

Jared Nielsen, Fort Hays State University instructor of leadership studies at Sias International University in Zhengzhou, China, recently ran in the ZhengKai International Marathon to raise money for and awareness of the international refugee crisis.

Nielsen ran the nearly 26-mile race in just under 4 hours while pushing his 21-month-old son, Andrew, in a stroller. The race started in Zhengzhou and ended in Kaifeng.

Nielsen taught four sections of the LDRS 310: Fieldwork in Leadership Studies course in the Department of Leadership Studies last fall. Students in the course exemplify leadership by planning, organizing and carrying-out a service learning project that will bring positive change to their community in a global or local context.

“We found that many people are not familiar with the refugee crisis or that people wrongly associate refugees with immigrants,” said Nielsen. “I was able to present our plan to the students in my LDRS 310 course and show them that I believed in what I was teaching.”

Nearly $3,000 was raised during the campaign for a U.S. faith-based community organization, Go to Every Nation (GoTEN), which provides assistance to refugees who are able to resettle in the United States. Nielsen estimated that the campaign has reached more than 3,000 individuals through class presentations, email, mail, events, social media and a recent article published by the media team of the ZhengKai marathon. More than 100 people participated by donating to the campaign that started in December 2016.

“The best aspect of the campaign was our student team, which was comprised of 13 FHSU students, six of the students being from the Leadership Studies Department,” said Nielsen.

After getting back to Sias, a student told Nielsen, “Today you made me really understand what leadership is; there are so many theories of leadership, and no one is the best.”

The student continued, “The best leadership is within the whole team to achieve the goal of the process.”

“The students not only helped us raise the $3,000, but also managed the transportation, support and logistics on the race day. I am very proud of the work they have put in,” said Nielsen.

For more information or to donate, visit https://run4refugees.org/campaigns/zhengkai-marathon/.

Police look for suspect in noon-hour Kansas armed robbery

Posted on April 22, 2017

DOUGLAS COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Douglas County are investigating an armed robbery.

Just after 12:33 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a reported armed robbery at the Cash 2 Go, 1717 West 6th Street in Lawrence, according to a media release.

A woman victim reported two men, one armed with a weapon, entered the business and demanded money.

The suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash, and fled the area westbound on West 6th Street. They were last seen in an older model red Pontiac passenger vehicle.

Lawrence Police request that anyone who may have information related to this incident to please contact the Lawrence Police Department at 785-832-7509.

New seminary training program to begin in Kansas

Posted on April 22, 2017

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is beginning a training program aimed at high school graduates who want to start on the path to seminary without leaving the city.

The Wichita Eagle (https://bit.ly/2pKZY10 ) reports that the St. Joseph House of Formation is a two-year program for seminarians who will live on the campus of St. Joseph Parish and pursue associate degrees at Newman University while interacting with local priests.

“Formation” is a period during which the Catholic Church works to educate a man so he is able to eventually live as a priest.

The program will start with three to five men but is expected to grow to up to 16 or more in the next five to seven years.

Wichita’s seminarians currently study at three different colleges out of state.

🎥 Extras from the Extension: Susan Schlicting – 4 H Deadlines

Posted on April 22, 2017April 21, 2017

Susan Schlicting talks about a few 4-H deadlines coming up soon.

Police issue another report of fake money in Kansas

Posted on April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

BUTLER COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities in Butler County are investigating a case of counterfeit money and alerting the public.
The El Dorado Police Department has been notified that people are passing and attempting to pass fake $100 bills, according to a social media report. It is prop money, according to police.

The fake bill says “For Motion Picture Use Only” and “This is note is not legal it is to be used for motion pictures” on the right side of the bill and on the left side it says For Motion Picture Use Only.

The real bill says “The United States of America” and “This note is legal Tender for all debts, public and private” on the right side of the bill and on the left side it says Federal Reserve Note.

Police reminded many times people doing this scam will fold the bills or attempt to cover the wording while passing the bills. “Make sure to check the bills so that you do not fall victim to this scam. If you have accepted a fake bill make sure to report it to the jurisdiction in which you accepted the bill.”