The 5th Annual Bethesda Place Garden Day will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The free event includes live music, a picnic lunch, tours, scavenger hunt, creation station, as well as homegrown plants and handmade items for sale.
Month: May 2017
Join library for chuck wagon dinner, music Friday
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Music will be performed by Shawn Demuth, starting at 6:30 p.m. |
Annual Prairie Garden Club giveaway Thursday
The 69th Annual Prairie Garden Club Plant Giveaway will be Thursday at the Stone Gallery, 107 1/2 W. Sixth St., in the alley entrance.
The public is invited to come and select plants free for the taking at 8:30 a.m. Members of the Garden Club have hosted this event for 69 years.
They dig up and pot perennials, small shrubs and plants from their gardens to share with the community. The club also will sell flower seeds and garden tools.
Spring blizzard worries many Kansas wheat farmers
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A recent late-spring blizzard could prove to be disastrous for farmers in far western Kansas.
Some western Kansas farmers are reporting that much of their wheat was damaged or killed by the weight of wet snow over the weekend.
A more exact answer will come as dozens of agricultural analysts and industry experts examine hundreds of fields in central and western Kansas. They’ll issue a forecast on the state’s wheat condition and yield Thursday.
The Kansas wheat harvest had a value of about $2 billion last year.
The National Weather Service in Dodge City reports that the weekend’s snow mostly affected a line of counties near the Colorado state line. The deepest accumulation was 16 to 18 inches.
Jamaal Charles signs 1-year deal with Denver Broncos
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Jamaal Charles, the Kansas City Chiefs’ all-time rushing leader, has signed with the AFC West rival Denver Broncos.
“Excited to have Jamaal Charles join the Broncos,” general manager John Elway tweeted Tuesday afternoon upon signing Charles to a one-year, incentive-laden deal. “A great addition to our backfield, and we’re thrilled we won’t have to play against him!”
The Chiefs cut the 30-year-old running back in a cost-cutting move this winter. He played in just eight games over the last two seasons after tearing his right ACL in October 2015.
Charles ran for 7,260 yards and 43 touchdowns in nine seasons with the Chiefs, who ended Denver’s five-year run as division champs last year.
Monarch football / American Legion smoked chops buffet Thursday
The American Legion smoked chops buffet to benefit the Monarch football program will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Legion, 13th and Canterbury.
The menu will include smoked pork chops, scalloped potatoes, corn on the cob, kuchen, coffee, tea, German raw burger and bull fries.
Tickets are $13 for adults, $6 for children 5-11 years, children younger than 5 are free.
Contact coach Cauley at [email protected] for tickets or click here.
BBBS Bowl for Kids Sake raises $$ to fund Big/Little matches
In mid-March there were 42 children, or “Littles,” on the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ellis County waiting list hoping to be paired with a caring adult, or “Big.” Most of those waiting are little brothers looking simply for someone to just spend time with.
According to BBBS of Ellis Co. Exec. Dir. Jenny Bates, there are 120 volunteers in Ellis County who created 120 matches for the program, but with the number of Littles on the waiting list — and most looking for big brothers — BBBS is working harder than ever to get them matched with a big brother.
“We have Littles that have been waiting one or two years for a big brother,” Bates said.
One of the biggest fundraisers BBBS puts on is its annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake, which took place Sunday, April 30, and Monday, May 1 at Centennial Lanes, 2400 Vine, in Hays.
With people struggling to be able to make the usual Monday date, Bates said BBBS has changed the fundraiser into a two-day event.
This year’s goal was for each team to raise to raise at least $960, which is $160 per person in a group of six. Individuals who raised the $160 received a free T-shirt with this year’s theme, “Change the Game.”
Bates would like to see teams go beyond the goal and each raise $1,000, the cost to complete a single match between a Little and a Big.
All money raised by the teams stays in the community to help Ellis County children.
🎥 Many things to do in the month of May
HAYS CVB
On behalf of the Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau, please find the following special events and happenings for May 2017.
Wild West Festival tickets are now on sale at the Hays Welcome Center! Festival dates are June 29 through July 2 with fireworks show on the 4th. Check wildwestfestival.com for concert schedules.
The 69th Annual Prairie Garden Club Plant Giveaway will be Thursday, May 4 at the Stone Gallery, 107 1/2 West 6th, in the alley entrance.The public is invited to come and select plants free for the taking at 8:30 a.m. Members of the Garden Club have hosted this event for 69 years. They dig up and pot perennials, small shrubs and plants from their garden to share with the community. The club will also sell flower seeds and garden tools.
Bring the whole family to enjoy a free chuck wagon style dinner at Frontier Park with the Hays Public Library on Friday, May 5 at 5:30 p.m. at Frontier Park. Dinner is limited to the first 120 patrons.
The 5th annual Bethesda Place Garden Day will be Saturday, May 6 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The event includes live music, a picnic lunch, tours, as well as homegrown plants and handmade items for sale.
The Hays Symphony President’s Concert will be Saturday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Beach Schmidt Performing Arts Center. This free performance is a joint concert with Hays Symphony and FHSU choirs.
The NBC Point Baseball Tournament will take place May 6-7 at Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex.
Upcoming concerts at the Fox Pavilion include:
– Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters on Friday, May 5
– Stoney LaRue on Saturday, May 6
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure will be on Saturday, May 6. Activities include:
– Survivor Continental Breakfast
– Hays Med 5K Race
– Kids for the Cure Activities
– Kids Dash
– Midwest Energy Family Mile
– Survivor Celebration & Awards Ceremony
May 12-14 is a big graduation weekend here in Hays with ceremonies at Fort Hays State University, NCK Technical College, Hays High, Ellis High & Victoria High School. Congratulations graduates!
Also, Sunday, May 14 is Mother’s Day, and you can find great gifts for mom in our local shops and boutiques.
Opening Day for the Downtown Hays Market will be Saturday, May 27. The market will be open regularly on Saturdays 7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m. in the 10th Street parking lot between Main and Fort Streets. Check out the market on a regular basis, because produce and merchandise will change throughout the growing season.
Regular Races at RPM Speedway will take place Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, May 27. On the track, you’ll see IMCA Mods, Stocks, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks, Sport Compacts and Cruisers.
The new Permian Monsters exhibit at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History opens Saturday, May 27. This is the U.S. premiere of this exhibit.
The 48th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition is on display now through June 7 at the Hays Arts Council Gallery.
For a full list of happenings in Hays, go to VisitHays.com and see our community events calendar.
Hutch college paper to print last edition despite suspension of journalism program
By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
HUTCHINSON — The Hutchinson Community College newspaper will be allowed to print the last edition of its paper for the semester after the suspension of the journalism program Friday.
Alan Montgomery, who has taught at HCC for 17 years, said he was suspended with pay Friday afternoon, and journalism classes were canceled after a story was published in the student newspaper Friday that was critical of the administration’s disciplinary policies.
The paper also contained a letter from Montgomery to the U.S. Attorney’s office detailing alleged violations of student journalists’ First Amendment and due process rights.
Montgomery said he will fight his suspension.
HCC President Carter File told Hays Post Tuesday afternoon the students will be allowed to publish the last edition of the newspaper, although journalism classes and finals had been canceled.
“The students made such a great and compelling argument,” he said, “that we were happy to do this.”
The college will have a staff member in the lab while the students are working, but File said the students will have complete editorial control of the paper’s content.
The last edition of this school year’s paper is scheduled to hit the racks on Friday.
Copies of the latest issue of the Collegian were partially distributed Friday and Monday morning. However, as student journalists were trying to distribute the rest of the papers, bundles were seized by college security.
“They broke federal law,” Montgomery said. “They violated the First Amendment. This is like North Korea or the Old Soviet Union. It violates a sacred part of the our society, the First Amendment.”
Hays Post contacted the college about the seizure of the papers and the suspension of the program Monday morning.
The papers were given to members of the Student Governing Association to be delivered Monday afternoon.
File contended there was no intent to quash the paper.
The issues between the administration and journalism department started in December when the student newspaper, the Collegian, printed a story about issues between a teacher and her supervisor.
Montgomery was a co-president of the teacher’s Union and had been involved with the investigation of what he called “bullying” of the teacher. He said he shared details of the investigation with his students as a part of a case study for a journalism class.
The students asked to write a stories about the issue, but the administration and alleged perpetrator being investigated would not speak to the students.
However, Montgomery, who was interviewed for the students’ story, shared copies of emails with the alleged victim and other public documents that had been released in Union and Faculty Senate meetings.
Montgomery said he was reluctant to be a source for the story but believed it was the only way the truth would get out. He has since resigned from the leadership of the Union.
After the stories appeared, the student journalists were brought up on disciplinary charges. Montgomery provided his own money to hire attorney Max Kautsch, who also represents the Kansas Press Association, to defend the students in their disciplinary hearings.
“I was really, really afraid that the two students were going to be expelled,” he said.
At one point, the students were asked to sign immunity agreements with gag orders. Montgomery said the administration was trying to find damning information on him.
However, both students refused to sign the agreements.
The students were bought in for questioning a second time on charges of academic dishonesty.
“I think this is a really shameful violation of the students’ due process rights,” Montgomery said. “There has been a lot of secrecy. Who made the complaint? What are they charged with? It is almost the end of the semester and, to this day, they don’t know if they are going to be expelled.”
In addition to the letter to the U.S. Attorney, Montgomery also sent a letter to the Kansas Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, saying the students had been swindled out of their tuition.
“When they enrolled here, they had a realistic expectation that they would be treated like journalists,” he said.
Instead the students were “attacked” by the administration, Montgomery added.
Montgomery said he has been barred from HCC property and is waiting to hear from the college’s board as to his fate.
“I want the students to get back to classes and labs,” he said, “and I want to get back to teaching them.”
Wichita council approves star bonds for new baseball stadium
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – A new ball park to replace Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita is one step closer to reality.
The Wichita City Council on Tuesday approved a sales tax bond district to fund about half the projected cost of replacing Lawrence-Dumont.
The Wichita Eagle reports the goal is to replace the 82-year-old stadium with a modern baseball park that could also be used for soccer.
Star bonds are expected to pay about half of the expected $40 million cost. City officials hope that will be enough to build a new stadium, although a major renovation could be an alternative.
City officials also want to replace the Wingnuts, the current baseball tenant at Lawrence-Dumont, with a higher-level minor-league baseball team affiliated with a Major League Baseball franchise.
Bessie Apostolas
Bessie Apostolas, 99, Hays, died Monday, May 1, 2017 at her home in Hays.
Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Ellis Co. First Responders BBQ June 3
Loyde Robert Imhof
Loyde Robert Imhof, 82, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home in Hays, Kansas. He was born September 22, 1934, in rural Thomas County to Robert and Esther Imhof.
Loyde began elementary school at Lone Star, Colorado, later attending Levant and Brewster schools in Thomas County. He spent the majority of his youth on the family farm northeast of Brewster. He graduated from Brewster High School in 1952. He lettered in football and basketball at Brewster High School and began a life-long love affair with cars and pickups.
Beginning with a wristwatch, he “traded up” until he owned an older model Ford pickup that barely ran. (There is also a Holstein bull somewhere in this trade-up) Not to be discouraged, he used it as a shop project at school. After graduation, he traded the pickup for his first car.
In September 1952, Loyde enrolled in Nebraska State Vocational School at Milford, Nebraska. His passion for cars was fulfilled with completion of their two-year body and fender course. Following school, he served two years in the US Army including a 16 month tour of duty in Korea.
Ready to settle down after school and military duty, Loyde married Janice Ogier on December 27, 1958 at Raton, New Mexico. They were blessed with their son, Robert on January 20, 1960. Janice was his loving and supportive partner until her death March 10, 2015.
Loyde worked in several body shops in Northwest Kansas before opening his own shop in Colby. He enjoyed restoring crumpled automobile parts to perfect condition through repair, replacement and repainting. Paint fumes ultimately forced him to sell the body shop to protect his health.
Mobile homes were next. First selling for another dealer, then establishing his own company, Chief Homes Inc. was born. He sold small, medium and very large homes, instituting a market for manufactured homes in Northwest Kansas.
Loyde was an astute business man and kept a watchful eye on the economic and farming trends of the area. With the rise of irrigation and the retirement of his father, he decided to give farming a try. Chief Homes Inc. became just Chief Inc. He enjoyed the natural environment and the seasonal changes farming brought and continued to farm until his retirement.
Loyde valued his membership at Colby United Methodist Church. He attended worship services regularly and enjoyed the community of church family. He also enjoyed telling about helping place the steeple atop the new church on a very windy day.
No matter what Loyde did, he was a perfectionist. Whether fixing cars, selling mobile homes, or farming he always sought order and discipline in the outcome. He liked a manicured yard with beautiful roses and clean vehicles I He was an early riser and mornings would often find him in the coffee shop sharing information, news, and rain reports.
Loyde will be remembered by his family as a loving and generous man. Sometimes the words were unspoken, but there was never any doubt that you were loved.
Survivors include his son, Robert and wife Jane of Salina; five grandsons; five great-grandchildren; sisters Doris Johnson of Abilene, Carol (Dale) Thiel of Colby; and brother Ray Imhof of Colby.
He was preceded by his wife, Janice, on March 10, 2015, and his parents.
He was a longtime member of the Colby United Methodist Church.
Memorial services will be Friday, May 5, at 11 a.m. at Kersonbrock Funeral Chapel. Burial will be private.
Memorials may be made to Colby United Methodist Church in care of the funeral chapel.
Condolences to kersenbrockfuneralchapel.com.