April 2017 – Page 9 – Hays Post Archive

TMP-Marian golfers finish runner-up at Russell

Posted on April 27, 2017April 28, 2017

RUSSELL, Kan. – The TMP-Marian boys golf team finished second at the Russell Invitational Thursday at the Russell Municipal GC. The Monarchs shot a 360 and were 22 shots back of first-place Phillipsburg.

Cameron Rozean led the Monarchs with an 81 and finished second, eight shots back of Great Bend’s Kelby Titus who won the individual title with a 73. The Monarchs Michael Braun finished 10th with a 90.

Team	Score
Phillipsburg	338
Hays-TMP	360
Great Bend	375
Smith Center	422
Hays JV	423
Russell	439
Hoisington	441

Place	Player Name	Team	Front	Back	Total
1	Kelby Titus -12	Great Bend	36	37	73
2	Cameron Rozean –	Hays-TMP	40	41	81
3	Charon Ellis -10	Phillipsburg	40	42	82
4	Ryan Birky -11	Russell	44	40	84
4	Nathan Moon -10	Phillipsburg	42	42	84
4	Jacey Kellerman -11	Phillipsburg	40	44	84
7	Tyler Weems -12	Brookville-Ell Saline	41	46	87
8	Tyler Martin -09	Phillipsburg	45	43	88
9	Trey Sides -10	Phillipsburg	46	43	89
10	Michael Braun –	Hays-TMP	42	48	90
11	Jace Rueschhoff –	Hays-TMP	44	48	92
12	Aaron Moss -09	Smith Center	46	50	96
13	Adam Klausmeyer -11	Hays	48	49	97
13	Jack Johnson –	Hays-TMP	47	50	97
15	Austin Hobelmann -10	Smith Center	54	44	98
16	Jared Divis -12	Great Bend	51	48	99
17	Isaac Panzer -11	Great Bend	49	51	100
18	Jack Fort -10	Hays	53	50	103
18	Cal Marshall – 12	Great Bend	52	51	103
20	Micah Nuss -11	Russell	50	54	104
20	Alec Stults –	Hays-TMP	49	55	104
22	Keaton Sander -12	Great Bend	53	53	106
23	Trae Megaffin –	Hays-TMP	58	49	107
23	Keaton Schlaefli -10	Hays	56	51	107
23	Matt Miller –	Hoisington	54	53	107
23	Shane Hrabe -11	Smith Center	54	53	107
27	Jon Hunnacutt -10	Phillipsburg	56	53	109
27	Gavon Riedl –	Hoisington	51	58	109
29	Nash Stambaugh –	Hoisington	54	58	112
30	Hunter Reddig -09	Russell	54	59	113
30	Alex Rizha –	Hoisington	53	60	113
32	Aaron Stein -10	Great Bend	54	61	115
33	Blade Quinby -10	Hays	56	60	116
34	Ashton Hawkins -12	Smith Center	58	63	121
34	Hayden Slief -11	Pratt	56	65	121
36	Kael Bridges -11	Pratt	59	63	122
37	Brett Bowles -10	Hays	67	59	126
38	Damon Luerman –	Hoisington	58	71	129
39	Oliver Pinckney	Smith Center	63	69	132
40	Gannon Radenberg –	Hoisington	69	69	138
40	Dylan Peeler -11	Russell	67	71	138
42	Logan Gilmore	Russell	71	74	145

Police: Kan. teen allegedly threatened parents with hammer

Posted on April 27, 2017

SALINE COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a teen for an alleged threat with a deadly weapon.

On Wednesday, Joshua James, 18, Salina, became upset with a disciplinary decision implemented by his parents, according to Police Capt. Paul Forrester.

He then allegedly threatened to kill both of them with a hammer and left the residence located in the 400 block of East Republic, breaking the screen door.

Just after 6:15 p.m., police arrested him upon his return home.
James now faces two counts of criminal threat and criminal damage to property, according to Forrester.

Brownback wants ‘armed staff’ to ban guns at state hospitals

Posted on April 27, 2017

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing an additional $24 million in spending over two years on extra security measures to keep concealed guns out of state hospitals.

The Republican governor unveiled the proposal Thursday among other budget measures he recommended to the House and Senate budget committees.

A 2013 law will require hospitals to allow people to bring in concealed guns starting July 1 unless the buildings have extra security such as metal detectors and guards. Some lawmakers want to change the law banning concealed weapons at hospitals.

Brownback’s proposal includes $810,000 for metal detectors for the state’s two hospitals for the mentally ill and two for the developmentally disabled.

Most of the cost would be hiring a total of 180 new employees that would include “armed personnel.”

Faflick named new KSHSAA Executive Director

Posted on April 27, 2017

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Executive Board of the Kansas State High School Activities Association announced today, that Bill Faflick, of Wichita, Kansas, has been selected as Executive Director-Elect of the KSHSAA effective July 1, 2017. On July 1, 2018, Faflick will become the seventh Executive Director of the KSHSAA succeeding current Executive Director, Gary Musselman of Silver Lake.

Faflick, age 55, was selected in a national search to lead the organization and its 762 member schools effective July 1, 2018. Gary Musselman, the current Executive Director, previously announced his retirement effective on that date.

Faflick joins the KSHSAA after serving the last six years as Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools in USD #259 Wichita, Kansas. From 1999 – 2011, Faflick served as USD #259 Director of Athletics and Athletic Director of Wichita Southeast High School from 1995-1999. Faflick taught mathematics and coached track and field and cross country at Southeast High School from 1985-1999.

“What a blessing it has been to serve as a teacher, coach, and administrator in the Wichita Public Schools for the past 32 years, building relationships with the great students and staff in our community. I am humbled and honored with this opportunity to serve as the next Executive Director and excited to lead the KSHSAA team as we continue this important work across our great state of Kansas,” Faflick commented. “Following in the footsteps of Mr. Musselman will certainly be a challenge as his legacy of service and pursuit of excellence for Kansas students and member schools has set a high standard of excellence and integrity. Yet I believe my professional experiences have prepared me to provide the leadership needed for our Association to maintain and advance the mission of the KSHSAA moving forward.

It is my goal to provide the vision and energy necessary for the KSHSAA staff to engage, collaborate, and lead the charge for healthy interscholastic activities programs in Kansas schools. With a foundation of leadership and personal investment, I stand committed to lead with integrity and the passion necessary for the ultimate goal of student success. I look forward to working with the talented staff of the Association and member schools as we serve together with courage, confidence, and compassion.”

Faflick graduated from Kansas University with a B.S. in Secondary Education, Mathematics and completed a Master’s Degree from Wichita State University in Secondary School Counseling and School Psychology. Faflick and his wife Diann, an educator in USD #259, are parents of four children (Hope, Jacob, Nathaniel, and Abigail). Mr. Faflick and his family have been extensively involved in their schools, community and church while residing in Wichita.

KSHSAA Release

INSIGHT KANSAS: Will the real Susan Wagle please stand up?

Posted on April 27, 2017

Senator Wagle of Wichita serves as president of the state senate, first elected to that post in 2012 and reelected last December. She has served in the legislature for over one-quarter of a century, elected to the house in 1990, before moving to the senate in 2000.

For most of her legislative career Wagle has been aligned with the radical right faction of Kansas Republicans. In 2006, she served as national chair of American Legislative Exchange Council—a group dominated by corporate interests and dedicated to cutting income taxes to promote growth. She has been consistently endorsed by the Kansas State Chamber, which champions the elimination of state income taxes in Kansas.

H. Edward Flentje is professor emeritus at Wichita State University.

Wagle has voted on numerous occasions for measures designed to save Brownback’s tax experiment. By supporting a five-year string of unbalanced budgets that has sunk the state in red ink. By increasing sales taxes in 2013 and again in 2015. And by authorizing record breaking highway and pension debt in 2015.

However, once Kansas voters became aware of this financial disaster, Wagle’s tune began to change. Instead of marching arm in arm with Brownback and her ideological patrons she started calling for “tax fairness” and rectifying inequities that flowed from the governor’s tax experiment.

Wagle showed newfound independence by distancing herself from the unpopular governor and blaming him personally for the mismanagement of state finance. She stopped criticizing state court decisions on school finance. After the August primary election she persuaded centrist Republicans who had trounced her former far-right allies that she would lead the senate in securing fairer taxes and balancing the budget.

Wagle followed through on that commitment early in the current legislative session by moving a tax bill quickly to the senate floor. Once there, however, she voted against the bill which passed by a good margin. A few days later she opposed the attempt to override Brownback’s veto of the bill, which fell short by three votes. She then pushed a “flat tax” bill that garnered only two votes beyond her own.

Susan Wagle is better positioned than any other state lawmaker, including the governor, to steer her colleagues in resolving the thorny issues of taxes and school finance and bring this legislative session to a successful conclusion. She does face daunting political obstacles—a reluctant governor clinging to his legacy and her own caucus split down the middle between centrists and far-right ideologues.

At the same time her course forward has become increasingly clear. A tax bill that passed with large legislative majorities in both chambers provides the logical vehicle for advancing tax fairness and balancing the budget. Wagle’s own vote plus those of her majority leader and tax chair could provide the margin needed to override the governor’s veto and restore sustainable state finance.

A bill patterned after the school finance legislation of 1992 and adjusted to address the recent court order is expected to emerge shortly from a house committee. That bill will be headed to the senate soon and will most likely require override votes to be enacted into law. Those votes can only be found in the bipartisan alignment on the tax bill.

Wagle has a unique opportunity to lead lawmakers in addressing the state’s financial dilemmas. Kansans will soon learn whether she will act in their best interests and demonstrate her fitness for higher office. Or will she revert to her ideological past for short-term political advantage?

H. Edward Flentje is professor emeritus at Wichita State University.

Toyota recalls 250K pickups; rear wheels can lock up

Posted on April 27, 2017

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 250,000 small pickup trucks mainly in North America because the rear wheels have the potential to lock up, causing drivers to lose control.

The recall covers certain Tacoma trucks from the 2016 and 2017 model years.

Toyota says oil can leak from the rear differential. That could damage components and cause the differential to lock up and stop the wheels from moving. A differential allows the wheels to travel at different speeds while a vehicle is turning a corner.

Dealers will inspect the trucks. If no leaks are found, fasteners will be tightened. If there’s a leak, a gasket will be replaced and new fasteners installed. Toyota also will replace any damaged differential parts.

Owners will be notified of the recall by mail starting in mid-June.

Roberta Marie Bombardier

Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

Hays, Kansas – Roberta Marie Bombardier, age 70, died Thursday, April 27, 2017, at her home, with family around her.

She was born May 23, 1946, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Robert and Elsie (Hammond) Stackhouse. She married Danny Ray Mohne on July 3, 1965, and had a son, Ray, they later divorced. She then married Roger Bombardier July 7, 1971, and had a son, Robert. Roger died in August of 1997.

She graduated from McLain High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964. While in high school she was a member of the synchronized swim team and had the honor of being inducted into The International Order of The Rainbow for Girls. She became an Airman in the United States Air Force in 1964 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX and was stationed active duty at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, NE. She lived in Oklahoma, until moving to Kansas to the farm in 1975. She was a cook at Victoria High School for about five years and worked at 5 Star Amaco in Hays, before moving to Tempe, AZ in 1987. She retired from Armstrong McCall as accountant in 2012. She was a very active member and Past President of the local chapter of Independent Order of Foresters. She participated in many activities including yearly Christmas pageant and plays.

Roberta dreamed big, was a people person, loved doing for others, loved her family, and each path of her life, was focused in the direction of sustaining those she loved.

She move back to Kansas in the spring of 2013. She volunteered at the Community Assistance Center, Sterling House/Brookdale, active at the Hays Senior Center and was a member of Celebration Community Church. She loved her church family and prayer group.

Survivors include two sons, Ray, and wife ,Deanna Hays ,KS; Robert Bombardier, Tempe ,AZ; three grandsons ,Bryant Bombardier and wife, Kylee, Hays, KS; Andrew and Jonathan Bombardier, both of Tempe, AZ; one great grandson, Aric Bombardier, Tempe, AZ.

She was receded in death by her parents; her husband, Roger; two brothers, Danny Stackhouse and Hank Stackhouse.
Services are 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the Celebration Community Church I-70 and exit 157 Hays, Kansas. A private family inurnment will be held at a later date.

Visitation is from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 and from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. Saturday, at Celebration Community Church Hays, Kansas.

Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hays Medical Center or the Cancer Council of Ellis County. Condolences can be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or can be sent via e-mail to [email protected]

FHSU baseball alters weekend schedule

Posted on April 27, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State head baseball coach Steve Johnson has announced a schedule change in this weekend’s series against Pittsburg State. Originally scheduled for Friday through Sunday (April 28-30), the series will instead be played Monday and Tuesday, May 1-2, with a doubleheader on Monday and a single game on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. both days.

A decision on the Pack the Park event, as well as Tuesday’s scheduled game at Newman University, will be made in the near future.

FHSU Sports Information

FHSU’s Jochum publishes article on effects of study abroad

Posted on April 27, 2017April 26, 2017

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Dr. Chris Jochum, chair of the Department of Teacher Education at Fort Hays State University, recently published “The Effects of Study Abroad on Spanish Teachers’ Self Efficacy: A Multiple Case Study” in Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad.

The article is the second publication from a longitudinal case study of how study-abroad experience impacts the self-efficacy of foreign language teachers in secondary schools.

Jochum and his colleagues, Dr. Jared Rawlings, University of Utah, and Ana Maria Tejada, University of Nebraska-Kearney, conducted their research in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Police: Alarming increase in Kansas gun thefts from cars

Posted on April 27, 2017

SEDGWICK COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Sedgwick County are alerting the public to a dramatic increase in gun thefts from vehicles across the city of Wichita.
Police chief Gordon Ramsay reported on social media, “We’ve had 78 guns stolen from vehicles so far this year.”

“This is a preventable crime. Help us keep guns out of the hands of criminals. If you must leave a gun in a vehicle, secure your it with proper locks or cases that can’t be easily removed. “

There were 193 guns stolen from vehicles in 2016 and 151 in 2015, according to police. Only 85 similar thefts were reported in 2014, according to police.

During Thursday’s online media briefing, Wichita police spokesperson Sgt. Nikki Woodrow reminded the public to take electronics, purses and valuables from your car, or lock them up so criminals can’t easily get them.

Emporia State early childhood director resigns amid child abuse investigation

Posted on April 27, 2017

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Emporia State University’s Center for Early Childhood Education is being investigated for alleged child abuse.

Emporia State spokeswoman Gwen Larson, tells the Emporia Gazette the Kansas Department for Children and Families is investigating reported child abuse at the center.

The center provides an early childhood environment for children of university students, faculty and community members. It also serves as a practicum and observation site for students training to be early childhood teachers.

Parents and staff at the center received an email Monday from center director Keely Persinger informing them of her resignation in the midst of the investigation.

Children and Families Department spokeswoman Theresa Freed says the agency cannot currently comment on the case.

Parents say the agency has told them the investigation will likely finish mid-May.

HaysMed Foundation launches $3 million technology campaign

Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

The HaysMed Foundation launched a $3 million “Powerful Technology, A Look Inside” capital campaign Thursday.

The campaign, led by co-chairs Dr. Tom and Debra McDonald, will purchase a new state-of-the-art CT scanner and patient monitors, pay for renovation of two catheterization labs and establish new endowed funds for the foundation.

HaysMed President and CEO Dr. John Jeter said the new CT scanner will be faster, clearer and allow physicians to see better images of the heart and other vital organs as well expose patients to up to 82 percent less radiation. It also will have a larger bore.

Jeter said less radiation is of special concern when treating children.

“CAT Scanners came out in 1974 when I was just getting started in medicine,” Jeter said, “and they were extremely revolutionary at the time. The technology now 40 plus years later is just extraordinary. It is as close to Star Trek as you can get.”

The new CT scanner will replace a 14-year-old scanner. The older scanner will be kept for use when maintenance is being done on the new scanner.

The new patient monitors will integrate with the hospital’s electronic records system. They are also less likely to alarm unnecessarily, which will make the experience for the patients better, Jeter said.

The medical center’s two catheterization labs will also be renovated, and new equipment purchased. A cardiac catheterization is performed to find out if a patient has disease of the heart muscle, valves or coronary arteries.

HaysMed has the only full-service 24/7/365 cath labs in western Kansas clear to the Colorado mountains, so having state-of-the-art equipment is important. The lab’s equipment is 10 years old and at the end of its usable life. The radiation exposure for patients on the new cath lab equipment will also be less.

The fourth component of the campaign includes the endowment of the funds that will produce revenue to assist with future health care needs of patients at HaysMed.

Early fundraising has already generated $1.554 million in gifts and pledges, Matt Dreiling, president of the foundation board, said.

This includes a $500,000 gift from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation of Logan and a $500,000 pledge from the

A new donor wall created by James Mages honors donors who have given to HaysMed over time.

Hadley Foundation of Hays.

Other major donors include Lillian Schumacher, Bank of Hays, Commerce Bank, Emprise Bank, Golden Belt Bank and Nex-Tech Wireless. Additional gifts have been received from both HaysMed and foundation board members, HaysMed associates and physicians, and area businesses and individuals.

Ruth Heffel, foundation executive director, also recognized a new donor wall in the hospital’s reception area. It honors donors who have given to HaysMed over time. The wall was designed and created by artist James Mages. It depicts stalks of brass wheat and incorporates the names of donors on clear plaques.

People interested in receiving more information about the Powerful Technology Campaign and how to support the effort, can visit www.haysmedfoundation.org or call the foundation office at 785-623-2350.

Sheriff asks for help to locate Kansas rape suspect

Posted on April 27, 2017

BARTON COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities in Barton County are investigating a suspect for an alleged rape and asking the public for help to find him.

The Barton County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 38-year-old Cory Little. He is wanted for rape.

Little is described 5 foot 11 inches tall and weighs approximately160 pounds and blue eyes and black hair. He also has numerous tattoos.

Little has previous convictions for drugs and flee/ attempt to elude law enforcement, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

Anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers at 620-792-1300 or 888-305-1300.