Trinity Lutheran Church, 2703 Fort, will have a benefit barbecue for St. Francis Community Services on Sunday, May 21, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
The menu includes a choice of first-rate smoked meats, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and a variety of delectable desserts. A freewill offering will be collected, with all proceeds benefiting St. Francis. The funds raised will help St. Francis of Hays provide care to children not traditionally covered by financial assistance. .
Also, Snow Cone Express will be selling small snow cones in the parking lot for $2 with $1 going to St. Francis.
Truck similar to the one reported stolen-photo Thomas Co. Sheriff
THOMAS COUNTY –Law enforcement authorities in northwest Kansas are investigating a vehicle theft and asking the public for help to locate suspects.
Just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, a vehicle was stolen from the 3300 block of County Road approximately 3 miles west and one mile south of Menlo in Thomas County, according to the sheriff’s department.
The vehicle was a Green 1998 Ford F150 single cab with silver trim on the bottom. The pickup also had a large silver fuel tank in the bed. The pickup was bearing a Kansas tag of 245CKK.
Another vehicle left with the Green Ford F150. This was a White Ford pickup, possibly also an F150, that is believed to be around the same model year. It was an extended cab, 2 1/2 door, with front right fender damage and possibly plastic on the rear window. The vehicle tag is unknown at this time.
The Green Ford F150 was last seen going east toward Menlo with a white male driver.
The White Ford pickup was last seen going west toward Highway 83 with two white male occupants.
The driver of the Green Ford F150 was believed to be approximately 6 foot 3 inches tall and wearing a dark ballcap, dark shirt, and dark jeans.
KU Med Dermatologist Aly Barland MD, at a recent Masonic screening event.PLAINVILLE — Local Masons will host a free cancer screening on Saturday, June 10, during the Paradise Creek Festival. Held from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at Paradise Masonic Lodge, 109 S. Main Street, the screening is open to the public. It is one of 28 free cancer prevention events the Kansas Masonic Foundation (KMF) is sponsoring across the state in 2017.
KMF conducts the screenings in partnership with the Midwest Cancer Alliance (MCA), the outreach division of The University of Kansas Cancer Center, and KU Medical Center staff. According to Brooke Groneman, the outreach director for MCA, nearly 7,000 Kansas residents have attended the Masonic screenings over the past few years. The event in Rooks County is being coordinated by Masonic volunteers from Paradise Lodge No. 290 and includes free skin and prostate cancer screenings, Screen-to-Save colon cancer screening home kits, facial sun damage assessments, bone density and BMI tests and health education materials.
Darren Rubottom, a volunteer from Lodge No. 290, notes that the 2017 screening will mark the first time the Lodge has hosted the event in Rooks County. The Lodge chose the weekend of the Paradise Creek Festival in hopes of providing the screenings to visitors, as well as local residents.
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, approximately 6,000 Americans are diagnosed with some form of skin cancer every day and more than 200 of those are diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The Centers for Disease Control reports that, in Kansas, cancer is the leading cause of death and the region has higher than average rates of skin cancer, compared to other parts of the U.S.
“When we catch cancer in its early stages it can make a big difference in successful treatment,” says dermatologist Aly Barland, MD.
“It makes the Foundation proud to see the Paradise Lodge offer these free, life-saving health services to their friends and neighbors in Northwest Kansas,” explains Robert Shively, Director of KMF.
In addition to funding screenings at local Lodges for more than 15 years, the KMF created The Kansas Masonic Cancer Institute and developed health initiatives like the Bob Dole Prostate Cancer Research Fund and the Oncology Nurse Navigator and Psychosocial Oncology Endowments at University of Kansas Medical Center over the past few decades.
“It’s hard to think of an easier, more affordable way to avoid some serious health problems,” says Rubottom.
For more information on the screening event in Plainville call 785-769-3113. To learn more about The Kansas Masonic Foundation call 785-357-7646 and, for information on KMF’s other free cancer screening events in 2017, contact the Midwest Cancer Alliance at 913-588-4719.
Mary Kay Schippers shows children how pioneers ironed and did laundry Wednesday at the Ellis County Historical Society Museum’s Pioneer Day.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hay Post
About 140 children were able to step back in time Wednesday as part of the annual Pioneer Day at the Ellis County Historical Society Museum.
Children learned how to make a rag rug, do laundry without a wash machine, sing, fight a fire and cut wood. They also toured the Volga German house and played pioneer games.
Pat Albrecht, volunteer, showed the children how to make a rag rug. Old clothing was torn into strips, and the strips were crocheted into an oval rug.
Albrecht told the children mothers nor children were idle in pioneer times. Children hoed in the garden, helped take care of the house and did other chores, such as tearing strips for rugs.
Mary Kay Schippers, volunteer, showed the children how pioneers did laundry. She demonstrated using a washboard, lye soap her grandfather made and a ringer.
Heavy wind blew laundry that she hung on line just as the pioneers did, and s
Hays homeschool students tear pieces of fabric for a rug Wednesday at the Ellis County Historical Society Museum’s Pioneer Day.
he noted people usually did not do laundry when it rained.
She told the children most people had two sets of clothing. They would put one outfit on Sunday for church and then wear that outfit all week. The second outfit would be washed, and the cycle would start over the next Sunday.
“I want them to appreciate how easy life has become,” she said of the children, “and maybe have a greater appreciation of how life was before us for the early pioneers.”
Lee Dobratz, museum director, said she hoped the event inspired the children’s curiosity.
“I hope they find out the way things used to be,” she said. “I hope it sparked an interest in the way people lived here in Ellis County.”
Next year the format for the event will change. It will be conducted on a Saturday afternoon as a family event.
Sometimes it feels like being healthy is just a list of things we shouldn’t do. Don’t eat this, don’t drink that, don’t do this or that. The don’ts and shouldn’ts can steal the joy right out of everyday life. What if we told ourselves “yes” instead?
National Women’s Health Week, May 14-20, 2017, is all about shouting a resounding Yes! instead. Yes! to taking care of ourselves. Yes! to making better choices. Yes! to preparing for a long and healthier future.
The purpose of National Women’s Health Week is to empower women to make their health a priority and take steps to improve their health. The theme for the event this year is “Your Health at Every Age.” At any age, the basics to improve health include well-woman checkups; preventive health screenings; being physically active; eating a healthful diet; being mindful of mental health; and avoiding unhealthy behaviors.
Here are five ways to say YES! to a healthier you this National Women’s Health Week from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health:
1. Eat healthier following the MyPlate pattern. You’ve heard this time and time again. So what’s stopping you? There are tons of recipes, cooking tips, and meal plans with shopping lists to choose from. You can even get the kids on board. At each meal, fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, choose whole grains and lowfat meat and dairy products. Now’s the time to get in the habit of healthy eating.
2. Get active, no matter where you are. You know you need to exercise, but it doesn’t have to be in a gym. Spend a little more time doing the things you love. For example, walk the dog a little bit faster, for a little bit longer every day. If you love dancing, take a dance class. Little steps can lead to big changes. It’s not too late to fit exercise into your life and develop a routine. The exercise will help with stress, too.
3. Pay attention to your mental health. This one can be tough, especially for women who juggle work and family or caregiving. After all, if it was easy to reduce stress, wouldn’t we all be mellow and relaxed all the time? When you’re feeling stressed, try stretching, deep breathing, a warm bath, walking or talking it out with a friend. If one thing doesn’t work, try something else. Get at least 7 or 8 hours of sleep each night. As we age, health conditions and medications might affect our moods and sleep. Talk to your doctor about how to deal with your symptoms.
4. Get regular checkups and preventive screenings. One of the best ways to reduce your risk for illness and disease is to see your health care provider regularly — before you get sick. Ask your doctor about which health screenings you need and how often.
5. Use smart judgement. Every time you text while driving or ride a bike without a helmet, you’re making a dangerous choice that can have a big impact. Choose healthier options instead! Buckle your seatbelt before every trip and avoid distractions like texting or eating behind the wheel. Grab your bike helmet when going on a ride and enjoy knowing you will get to your destination safely. Limit alcohol consumption to one drink or less per day and don’t smoke or get help to quit. Your decisions can help keep you healthy.
Every woman’s health is slightly different. Some activities, tests and medicines are not recommended for all women after a certain age. Talk with your doctor to decide what’s right for you.
Say Yes! to a healthier future. Visit the National Women’s Health Week website at www.womenshealth.gov/nwhw to take the health styles quiz and find decade by decade steps for a healthier you.
Linda K. Beech is Ellis County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences.
Due to an anticipated extension of the state legislative session in Topeka, the Hays Area Chamber of Commerce is canceling the final Legislative Coffee scheduled for Saturday, May 20.
“We thank our sponsors Midwest Energy and AT&T for supporting these coffees and allowing the opportunity for the local community to visit directly with our legislators,” the chamber said in a news release. “Thanks also to Ellis County for allowing us to use the County Administrative Building to host these sessions.”
There are no plans to reschedule this Coffee at this time.
John Richard Schrock is a professor at Emporia State University.
“We do not teach history in order to train historians…and we do not teach Shakespeare to train Shakespearean actors or Shakespearean actresses.”
In graduation season, we often hear: “What good is this degree for getting a job?” And that is the question of a society that does not understand the value of education.
The above quote by Jacob Bronowski delivered at the opening of the Clark Science Center in 1968 is a clear message to those who see education as nothing but job training.
As parents, we have a legitimate worry about our offspring graduating and becoming self-supporting. But making a living and having a life are both important. And all of society suffers if a large number of people do not have a job.
But even when everyone is employed, society can be miserable. We can look to places elsewhere in the world today, or back in time to our own Dickensian sweatshop history, to when people had ample work but under slavish conditions. To quote Thoreau: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
So why do we teach history or Shakespeare? Bronowski explains that we need to “…make them second nature to our students because they are a part of contemporary nature….” It means that being a part of society is “…having a share in whatever is alive and original in the thought of your day.”
In the above paragraph, what was the poverty Charles Dickens saw? Who was Henry David Thoreau and by what authority could he criticize the meaningfulness of lives around him? And Bronowski was speaking at a science center proclaiming that everyone, regardless of educational major, also now needed to understand the basics of science—and not just those few who will enter a science career.
But we continue to hear that students only need to pursue their major, and not the full range of academic courses. On February of 1967, newly-elected California Governor Ronald Reagan examined his state’s educational budget and proclaimed “…that there are certain intellectual luxuries that perhaps we could do without.”
When asked by a reporter “what is an intellectual luxury?” Governor Reagan questioned the value of several university programs and stated that taxpayers shouldn’t be “subsidizing intellectual curiosity.” The Los Angeles Times editorial page replied that: “If a university is not a place where intellectual curiosity is to be encouraged, and subsidized, then it is nothing.”
When a large portion of our society lacks a basic understanding of the history and art and music and science and government and math, etc.), we are abdicating the human heritage that we have built up to make life better.
My college student advisees often talked of “getting general education out of the way.” But when they loved their philosophy or history or music or foreign language class even though it was not their major, I tried to encourage them to take the next class, even if it was “only an elective.” –Because they needed to have a life after they came home from making a living.
Public higher education has become expensive due to underfunding, overenrollment and the attitude that education is a private, not a public good. Thus parents and students may only value courses in their major. But sustaining the culture around us, by everyone having that minimal understanding across all of the major disciplines is what keeps us talking together, and treating fellow citizens with dignity and tolerance.
For me, helping the next generation of students become broadly educated and not narrowly job-trained—is personal. My father was a good provider. He worked hard in road construction and as an electrician. We never lacked for food and the essentials in life as I grew up. But when it came time to retire in his 70s, he was lost. He had never developed a love for reading a particular author. He had never developed any appreciation of art or music. “Wheel of Fortune” should not be the high point of your day.
Graduates need to have a life after they get home from making a living.
Today A slight chance of drizzle, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 14 to 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tonight Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 53. East northeast wind 7 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Attention! Citizens along and E of Highway 283 / S of Highway 56 need to be weather aware today. Significant threat of tor,hail,wind. #kswxpic.twitter.com/i1Y4eYciDv
FridayA 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph.
Friday NightA chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. North northwest wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
SaturdayMostly sunny, with a high near 65. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph.
Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 43.
SundayA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 73.
HUTCHINSON— A Kansas man failed to get his bond lowered Wednesday when he made a court appearance via video from the Reno County Correctional Facility.
On Tuesday, police were called to the 900 block of East 2nd Street in Hutchinson on the report of a stolen vehicle.
Samuel Lemen, 32, is accused of being in possession of the Silverado stolen from Newton. According to police, he painted the fenders on the truck.
Lemen is also accused of using that truck in a theft in South Hutchinson involving a trailer and a criminal damage report. Officers have video of that trailer being stolen with a truck that matches the one found in Hutchinson.
Lemen’s bond is set at $8,250 and he’ll be back in court on May 24. He’s also jailed for failing to appear in another case.
Lemen has prior convictions for aggravated assault and DUI from 2008 and 2009, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Rep. Roger Marshall answering questions at a recent Town Hall gathering
Voters vented this past week over health care and President Trump’s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey in the swing districts crucial to GOP control of the House.
Republicans in some districts faced a backlash at raucous town halls over their votes for the House health care bill. There were plenty of complaints about a provision that would allow insurers to charge seriously ill people higher rates if they let their coverage lapse.
By SAMANTHA KENNER Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Washington, DC — Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero today announced the appointment of Dawn Hammatt as the new Director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, effective May 28, 2017.
In making the announcement, the Archivist said, “In light of the renewed scholarly interest in President Eisenhower and on the cusp of a major new redesign of its museum, Dawn Hammatt’s experience leading museums, managing historic collections, and overseeing educational programming make her uniquely qualified to lead the Eisenhower Library forward as it plans a major renovation to its permanent galleries and facility.”
Ms. Hammatt has served in museums across the southeast for her entire career. In South Carolina, she served as managing director for a local history museum and on the governing board for the South Carolina Archival Association. In New Orleans, she was the Director of Curatorial Services for the Louisiana State Museum, a statewide museum system that maintains nine museums. In this role, she oversaw the exhibits, collections management, curatorial and education departments for the state. The collection of nearly 500,000 objects range from colonial judicial documents and military artillery to Mardi Gras costumes.
Most recently, she comes to the National Archives from the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience in Meridian, Mississippi, where she has been managing the design and fabrication of a new 22,000-square-foot exhibition. She has also been active in the Southeastern Museums Conference and currently serves as the vice president.
Ms. Hammatt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University, a Master of Liberal Studies from the University of Oklahoma, and is currently enrolled in a Professional Certificate program in nonprofit administration at the University of Montana.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, located in Abilene, Kansas, is one of 14 libraries in the Presidential Library system administered by the National Archives and Records Administration and overseen by the Office of Presidential Libraries. The Presidential Libraries house the records of Presidents Herbert Hoover through Barack Obama and preserve and provide access to historical materials, support research, and create interactive programs and exhibits that educate and inspire.
HAYS, Kan.-TMP jumped out early in their 15-4 3A Regional Semifinal win over Lakin at the TMP Sports Complex Wednesday evening. With two outs and nobody on in the top of the first inning the Monarchs put together a combination of hits, walks and Lakin errors to score five runs and take the early 5-0 lead. Lakin would answer with three in the bottom of the first but that would be as close as they would get.
Both teams went scoreless until the Monarchs put up a four spot in the fourth inning. The Broncs scored their last run in the fifth and TMP put the game away with a six run top of the seventh inning. Cole Zimmerman went six innings to pick up the win and help send the Monarchs to the championship game.
The championship game matched TMP with the fifth seeded Hugoton Eagles who topped Ellsworth in the first semifinal matchup of the day. The Monarch offense picked up where it left off in game one with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Hugoton, who went down in order in the top of the first came back strong in the second, scoring six runs to take a two run lead.
The lead was short lived as TMP re-took the lead with three runs in the bottom of the second to take the lead for good. The Monarchs led 9-6 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning when they put the game out of reach with three runs. Hugoton threatened in the fifth and sixth innings when they left the bases loaded while scoring only one run, eventually falling to TMP 12-7.
TMP improves to 13-8 on the season and advance to the 3A State Tournament in Manhattan next Thursday and Friday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Aaron Hicks hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run fourth inning, the Yankees piled up 16 hits and New York rolled to an 11-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
Michael Pineda (4-2) allowed three runs and six hits with two walks over six-plus innings. The big right-hander was shaky throughout but good enough to win for only the second time in 16 road starts.
The Yankees teed off on Jason Vargas (5-2), who came into the game with a major league-leading 1.01 ERA. The left-hander allowed as many earned runs in the fourth as he had in his first seven starts combined, and was lifted after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks in four innings.
Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer and Whit Merrifield also went deep for Kansas City, which scored three times in the ninth to make the final score more respectable.
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2703 Fort, will have a benefit barbecue for St. Francis Community Services on Sunday, May 21, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
