NEW YORK (AP) — Ford is recalling 53,000 2017 F-250 trucks because they can roll away even when they are parked due to a manufacturing error.
Ford says drivers should use the parking break to make sure that parked cars don’t move.
Dealers will also replace the defective part for free, but Ford doesn’t have the replacement parts yet. It will notify owners when the parts are available.
The recalled trucks have 6.2-liter engines. They were built at a Kentucky plant from October 2015 through Thursday and sold in North America.
The company says it is not aware of accidents or injuries due to this defect.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State Fair board members are discussing a master plan that would eliminate the century-old racetrack.
None of the proposals are close to being approved.
The plan would replace the southern curves of the track with a new horse exhibition area and practice arena.
Fair Manager Susan Sankey acknowledges that removing the track will be unpopular with some people. But she says it’s a business decision designed to modernize the fair and generate revenue.
The master plan also includes a permanent stage for entertainment and a new dirt area for demolition derbies and tractor pulls.
The next step is for board members to choose priorities for the plan and set a timetable.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty in the killing of his 7-year-old son whose remains were found near the family’s pigs.
The Kansas City Star reports that 46-year-old Michael Jones admitted Friday to one count of first-degree murder in the death of Adrian Jones. The boy’s remains were found in November 2015 after authorities responded to a domestic disturbance and learned that he was missing.
Former Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman declined to discuss reports that the child’s remains were fed to pigs, but said the boy’s remains were found near swine on the family’s Kansas City, Kansas, property.
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Adrian’s stepmother, Heather Jones, was sentenced previously to life in prison in the killing. She said she felt helpless to protect the child or herself from her abusive husband.
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RUSH CENTER–The Walnut Valley Senior Center at Rush Center, 220 Washington Street, will serve a Potato Bar the third Sunday of each month through June 2017.
The Potato Bar meals will be served 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for all to enjoy.
The remaining dates are:
April 23
May 21
June 4
For more information call (785) 372-1212 or (785) 222-2746.
Fort Hays State University will host its annual J.V. Caprez Social Work Field Day from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, in the Memorial Union at Fort Hays State University.
Both sessions, which will be on the union’s second floor, are open to the public, though they are tailored to current practicum supervisors, social workers in the community and all social work majors.
Dr. Frederic Reamer
Dr. Frederic Reamer, a professor in the graduate program of the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College and a nationally known expert in the field of professional ethics, will be the featured speaker. His work also includes research into the areas of mental health, health care, criminal justice, and public welfare.
The morning session, 9 a.m. to noon, will feature “Ethical Challenges in Social Work and the Human Services.” The afternoon session, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., will be “Emerging Ethical Issues in the Digital World.”
For individuals seeking continuing education credit, registration through the website is required. The cost is $25 for a single session, $40 for both.
The Department of Social Work at FHSU began hosting its annual field day in 1993. In 2016, it was renamed to honor Judy Caprez, retired faculty member and director of the social work program.
Fort Hays State University’s Students for Life will host the Light in the Dark 5K Glow Run from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 28. The run will start on the patio of the FHSU Memorial Union.
Students for Life will use proceeds to educate the FHSU community on pro-life resources and to bring speakers to campus.
Registration is $20 for an individual and $50 for a team of four. Prices increase to $25 per person at 11:59 p.m. Friday, April 14.
MORTON COUNTY – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday in Morton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Freightliner Semi driven by Derek J. Munn, 28, Kismet was westbound on Road D seven miles south of Rolla.
The truck hit a cow that entered the roadway from the south.
The driver made an evasive maneuver and lost control of the vehicle. It rolled twice into a wheat field.
Munn was transported to the Morton County Hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
RUSSELL – Trafficking happens in Kansas; in cities as well as rural areas. Although the KBI, law enforcement and other groups are working to combat it, each of us must work to eradicate it. In order to eradicate this crime, one must know something about it.
Trafficking is 21st century slavery and the auction block for buying and selling men women and children is the internet. Hundreds of predators are on line 24 hours a day to communicate with unsuspecting persons, developing relationships that most often end in abuses that last a lifetime.
What is TRAFFICKING? Trafficking is taking a person by force, fraud, or coercion for purposes of sexual exploitation or labor. According to the United Nations, the vast majority of sex trafficked victims, over 80%, are women and girls. The average age of a girl getting into this trade is 13 years old. Trading in human persons, commodifying them, is a grave violation of fundamental human rights; a gross abuse of the dignity of persons.
Presenter: Margaret Nacke, a sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kansas, is the founder of the Bakhita Initiative and one of the founders of U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking, a network of Catholic Sisters throughout the country who are focused on anti-slavery.
Learn more about this horrific crime against some of our most vulnerable…children.
Where –Ruppenthal Middle School Auditorium, Russell, KS
When –Monday, April 24
Time –7:00 p.m.
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Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 7am and 2pm, then showers after 2pm. High near 45. Northeast wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers, mainly before 1am. Low around 38. North wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. North northwest wind 5 to 11 mph.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Breezy.
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Both my mother and father were graduates of Bucklin High School. As were both my brother and I. Dr Ebert, an Osteopath, delivered both Max and I in the north downstairs bedroom of the home place, Max in November of 1926 and I in May of 1930. He called us Max and Climax.
Kay Melia
But he was a pretty good guy anyway, except he left town shortly after I was born. I have never believed the story that because I weighed 12 pounds at birth and was almost a month late in arriving had anything to do with his escape to Oswego to establish his practice.
The above facts really don’t have anything to do with today’s story, but I wanted to shed a little more light on my very early days and surroundings.
My dad was a pretty good athlete. He played a tough game of football, and was an excellent softball 2nd baseman, a game he played during the dusty days on one of the town’s league teams. But his best sport in school was Track. He was only 5’8″ tall and was very proud of the fact that he never weighed more than 162 pounds in the winter nor less than 154 pounds in the summer.
Dad’s specialty in Track was the relays, but especially the 440 yard dash, now known as the 400 meter run. As I recall, his best time in high school was 52.8, certainly not record setting by today’s standards but very good in 1919. He ran anchor in most of the relays and accumulated many ribbons, medals, and trophies, some of which are still in the family.
And so when Max and I were growing up, pressure was applied to run the dashes. Neither one of us made any headlines in those events, although both of us were out for Track all four years. I think my best time in the 440 was something like 58.8, which was sometimes good for 5th place if I was lucky.
My best efforts were the field events where I pole vaulted and threw the javelin. My best vault was an inch or two above 11 feet, but we didn’t have one of those “catapult” type of poles like they do now. My best javelin throw was just a bit over 170 feet. I would later become very happy when grandson Daniel beat my best height by several inches in the pole vault, and grandson Andrew out -threw me in the javelin, also by several inches. Can’t win ’em all!
When Max and I were growing up on the farm, we built a pole vaulting standard by setting two 2 by 4’s in the ground after pounding several nails in the side of each so that the crossbar would stay up. The pole we used was a discarded piece of wooden well rod like those used with windmills. The crossbar was an old bamboo fishing rod. We would spade up the ground behind the standard for a safer landing, although it probably wouldn’t have been necessary when you’re falling only 5 or 6 feet. I remember that in high school competition, the landing area was the same….spaded earth, and not the three foot thick air mattress of today.
We didn’t have a stopwatch, or even a wrist watch, so I carried the family alarm clock with me when running the half mile down to the mailbox, just to see if I could run that distance in less than two minutes. Inevitably, the time was close to twice that, as near as I could tell.
Still, I managed to win a few ribbons in track and field in my high school days. All of them, plus all my 4-H ribbons, were lost in a house fire that destroyed everything sometime in the sixties. If you’ll take my word for it when I talk about winning lots of ribbons, I’ll feel a lot better!
Kay Melia is a longtime broadcaster, author and garden in northwest Kansas.
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