The 4-H Beef Show will start at 6:30pm Thursday instead of the original time of 5pm, due to the extreme heat. Show order will stay the same: Dairy Show, 4-H and Open Bucket Calf Show and then 4-H Beef Show.
In addition, the Ag Olympics event that was scheduled to start at 7pm has now been moved to 8pm.
For more information, please call 785-628-9430.
Larry Farmer, 77, (born May 26, 1904), of Oakley, KS, passed away July 2, 2017 in Garden City, KS. His parents were the late Richard Farmer and Lela (Kester) Farmer. He married Janet “Jan” (Goetz) on Sept 8, 1968; together, they owned Prairie Dog Town for over 45 years.
Survivors: wife, Jan; daughters, Sue (Farmer) Wendelbo and Diane (Farmer) (Elliott) Hoeb; son, Terry Farmer; son-in-laws, Chris Wendelbo and Darrin Hoeb; daughter-in-law, Lacey (Martin) Farmer; sisters, Suzanne (Farmer) Craig and Mary Sue Ziba; brother, Blaine Moore; grandchildren, Dalton and Lela Elliott.
Funeral followed by Grave Side Service and Celebration of Life Reception will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Oakley United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be sent to Baalmann Mortuary, 304 E. 8th St., P.O. Box 204, Oakley, KS 67748 for the Physical Therapy Unit at Logan County Hospital or Oakley United Methodist Church. For information or condolences visit www.baalmannmortuary.com
KDOT
A bridge repair project on I-70 in Ellis County is entering its final phases, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Work is nearly complete on the eastbound structures. Traffic will shift head-to-head into the eastbound lanes the week of July 24 for construction on the westbound bridges. KDOT will also temporarily close Old Highway 40 starting Aug. 7, from Victoria to Walker for removal of the westbound bridge deck.
The multi-phase project began in September 2016. Work on the westbound bridges is expected to be finished by the end of October. The temporary crossovers will then be removed and the project completely finished in December. Bridges Inc. of Newton is the primary contractor with a total project cost of approximately $2 million.
By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post
A Plainville man pleaded no contest Wednesday to a pair of felony charges related to a November 2016 Ellis County crash that left one person dead and another injured.
Matthew Miller, 35, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter/driving under the influence and aggravated battery/driving under the influence in Ellis Country District Court on Wednesday for his role in the 2016 accident on Highway 183 north of Hays.
According to the crash report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Miller was driving a Buick LaSabre south on Highway 183, 13 miles north of Hays when the car crossed left of center, colliding head-on with a Dodge Stratus driven by Jon Olson, Hays.
A passenger in the Buick, Kay Crumble, 36, Plainville, was killed in the accident. Olson and Miller both sustained injuries. Olson suffered a broken arm and Miller suffered injuries that required surgery to his hip, pelvis and ankle.
According to the probable cause affidavit, a number of witnesses reported seeing the Buick cross the centerline and make no attempt to stop or avoid the collision.
The affidavit also states that when Highway Patrol Officer Robert Taylor talked with Matthew Miller after the accident, Miller stated he only remembered starting to drift into the other lane before the collision.
Taylor also spoke with Miller’s sister, Stephanie Dick, and, according to the affidavit, she told Taylor she believed Miller caused the accident on purpose.
According to the affidavit, Miller told Dick that he, “wanted to go see our mom and I f***ed up Kay in the process.” Dick told Taylor their mother had passed away about five years ago.
A forensic mapper with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation also concluded that the “Buick left no marks indicating it was trying to stay in its own lane,” according to the affidavit.
Three hours after the accident occurred, Miller had blood drawn and his blood alcohol limit was .08 percent, according to the affidavit.
Miller was arrested Jan. 1, 2017, at his home in Plainville.
Under the plea agreement, Miller is expected to serve between 50 months and 82 months in prison. Miller will serve 50 months on the involuntary manslaughter charge and it will be left up to the sentencing judge to determine whether Miller will serve the 32 months on the aggravated battery charge consecutively or concurrently.
Miller was on probation for a felony possession of a controlled substance charge out of Clay County, Mo., at the time of the accident. This will fall under special sentencing guidelines of a felony committed while on felony probation.
Court services will conduct a pre-sentence agreement to determine Miller’s criminal history, and sentencing will be set at a later date.
TOPEKA — The Hays Tribe — made up of local high school boys from both Thomas More Prep-Marian and Hays High — are the 2017 Sunflower Soccer Champions.
The team played four games over two days in hot and humid conditions, but ended on top in the championship game, having to go into PK’s (4 goals to 2 goals ) to win it 4-3. The team’s record was 4-0, going 3-0 in pool play. The scores were 8-3 in first game, 10-0 in the second and 3-1 in the third.
“I am very proud of all these young men and cannot thank them enough for a very exciting weekend and the parents whom came to cheer these young men on in that heat,” said Coach Jim Maska. “I wish you all the best of luck in your upcoming high school season!”
OFFICE OF GOV. BROWNBACK
TOPEKA – Kansas Governor Sam Brownback today issued the following statement about new data revealing attainability of sustainable yield from the Ogallala Aquifer.
Joined by the Kansas Geological Survey and Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer, Governor Brownback Tuesday completed a Water Tour visiting Hoxie and Garden City casting a vision for the future of water use in Kansas.
“Earlier in my Administration I called for a 50 year vision for water in Kansas. Preserving our water resources is vital to the success of our state. Without water, there is no future.
“That call has been met with enthusiasm and action. It’s spurred debate and discussion. It resulted in Kansans coming together, discussing how to make changes, how to make a lasting impact, and how to secure this precious resource of water for future generations.
“A significant focus has been on the Ogallala Aquifer, and this focus has been rewarded. A recent study found that the Aquifer is replenishing itself faster than we previously realized. This means that with some reduction in water usage, we can reach sustainable aquifer levels for the next one to two decades over about two-thirds of the Aquifer. This bears repeating: sustainable water use is attainable in the near term over much of the Ogallala Aquifer!
“This news is phenomenal because it means that future generations will have access to the water resources that we enjoy today. We’ve changed our mentality towards water in this state to a sustainable resource, not one we are just going to use up.
“So today, we are announcing a new and achievable vision for much of the Ogallala Aquifer region in Kansas. We are moving from a ‘conserve and extend’ vision to sustainability.
“With water management tools like Local Enhanced Management Areas, to Water Conservation Areas, to Water Banking, with the repeal of ‘use it or lose it’ water laws, coupled with new irrigation techniques like deep soil moisture probes, drop nozzle and mobile drip irrigation and sophisticated irrigation water management, it is possible to reduce our demands on the Aquifer to a level of sustainability and still grow our crops to feed the world.
“I congratulate and thank all of those who have made this new vision and new day possible. It is our legacy to future generations to take this information and put it to productive use in the conservation of this precious resource. We want to be remembered as the generation who took the proactive steps and not the generation who didn’t. In twenty, thirty, forty years or more, we will be judged by what we did, or did not do.”
KDWPT
WAKEENEY–The Fisheries Division of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is conducting a public meeting to provide supporting background information regarding a proposal to change the minimum length limit on the harvest of walleye at Cedar Bluff Reservoir in Trego County beginning in 2018.
The meeting will be held Thu., July 27, at 7 p.m. in the Western Electric Cooperative Association Community Room, 635 S. 13th Street, WaKeeney.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call the Cedar Bluff KDWPT Area Office at 785-726-3212, or Lynn Davignon, Region 1 Fisheries Supervisor, at the Hays KDWPT Regional office at 785-628-8614.
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate has been stabbed numerous times during a fight at a south-central Kansas prison.
Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Todd Fertig said in a prepared statement that the victim received “several puncture wounds in an inmate-on-inmate altercation” around 7 p.m. Wednesday at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. The prison also was the scene of an hours-long disturbance last month in which emergency log books suggest inmates fought and that there was a fire.
Fertig says the inmate who was hurt Wednesday received initial treatment at the prison before being transferred to an outside medical facility for “further evaluation and treatment.” No other staff or inmate injuries were reported.
The state’s prison system has been grappling with significant staffing shortages.
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 “When you tell a landlord the wheat made 80 bushels-per-acre and you’re going to double crop beans on his (recently) harvested land, they get a big smile on their face,” says Kris Bogart. Now that’s good news. The kind a Kansas land owner welcomes but doesn’t hear too often. Not because his/her tenant doesn’t do everything possible to raise a bumper wheat crop each year, but Mother Nature is fickle. This year, she’s inflicted fire, a late spring blizzard, too much moisture and in some cases, not enough. Her wrath has dealt a crippling blow to many western Kansas grain growers. Fortunately, none of those conditions impacted Bogart who farms in central and southern Dickinson County. He and brother, Kelly, harvested wheat yields ranging from 64 to 95 bushels-per-acre. Test weights ranged from 61.8 to 63.5. “We harvested a phenomenal crop,” Bogart says. “We were right in a spot with ideal growing conditions.” The Dickinson County grain farmer realizes his family harvested a rare crop this year. Bogart doesn’t need to travel far from his farm to find wheat yields not nearly as good. While he wishes all farmers could have shared in the same bounty, Bogart understands the land giveth and taketh. He’s learned to see his vocation not as it is, but rather as it could, or will be. We’re really fortunate,” he says. “Believe me, it may be many years before we harvest such a crop again.” Still, as he waited for his wheat fields to dry out after a small shower traveled across the stubble the second week in July, Bogart did not fret too much about planting his late field of double-crop soybeans. He knew this would only dry the soil out a bit more and decrease the chance of the press wheels on his planter filling up with mud. It goes without saying, he’d much rather spend time doing just about anything than cleaning mud out of press wheels on a 100-degree July day with 70 percent humidity. That’s what he calls a sweaty mess. After more than a decade of double cropping soybeans immediately after wheat harvest, the Bogart brothers are convinced this rotation is good for their family farming operation. “It keeps our fields cleaner and crops produce better,” the Dickinson County farmer says. “The longer we no till it seems like we fight more weeds and disease. Double-crop soybeans behind wheat will pay for the chemicals we would have used and keep the ground just as clean.” In 2016, Bogart raised as many beans per acres on double-cropped fields as their full-season. He attributes this to the abundance of moisture the full-season soybeans received. Seems last year’s full-season crop grew a much bigger plant than necessary. On the other hand, the double-cropped soybeans didn’t grow as much vegetation and put more input into the pods and beans. Every year is different. Conditions vary. Moisture arrives or doesn’t. Who can predict what disease or insects might flock to the fields? We try to maintain a positive outlook,” Bogart says. “Some years, we’re blessed – others, not so much.” Like all farmers, they take the good with the bad. When it’s a bad year, the Bogarts look toward the next year and hope it’s better. John Schlageck is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas. Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwestern Kansas, his writing reflects a lifetime of experience, knowledge and passion. |
Guy Ikenberry was born at home on July 27, 1933, to Clarence and Hersey (Hostedler) Ikenberry. He passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Good Samaritan Center, Hays. He was 83 years of age.
Guy attended all 12 years of school in Quinter except for a short time in second grade when his parents moved to Denver. Shortly after graduating high school, Guy was visiting his brother in California and met his first wife Joyce Arbuckle. They were married on May 13, 1957. Soon after their marriage, Guy enlisted into the US Air Force where he spent time in Touley, Greenland. They had 3 girls together. While in the Air Force, Guy worked as a heavy equipment operator. His experience set him up for his lifelong career. After being honorably discharged in 1959, Guy found his way back to Quinter, and worked for Ed Yonda until he packed his wife and 3 kids up and moved to Oregon in 1970. He quickly found a job working for the US Forest Service and held titles from heavy equipment operator to drive instructor. In March of 1978, Guy was united in marriage to Venita Kay Williford. They moved to Delta, Colorado, where he lived for several years before retiring from the US Forest Service as a Fleet Manager, a title that he was very proud of.
After his divorce from his second wife, he bought a pickup and fifth wheel and traveled back and forth to Arizona, as he enjoyed the Native American culture. If you knew Guy, you knew that he was not an ounce Native American, but he truly LOVED the culture. He was the biggest Native American at heart. He enjoyed the outdoors, and spent many hours picking up agates on the Oregon coast, hunting Antelope in Colorado, and walking through the desert in Arizona picking up walking sticks. In 2003 he moved back to Kansas to be close to family, and to settle back to what was home to him.
Guy is survived by three daughters, Inga Rekow, Tammy Morgan and Marcia Fivecoats; eleven grandchildren, Ginger, Terry, John, Desirae, Mychal, Bob, Doug, Stephanie, Daniel, Kaylee and Jamie; twelve great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Guy is preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Hersey; his two ex-wives, Joyce and Kay; and both of his siblings, Mel and Twila.
Graveside funeral service and burial will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Baker Township Cemetery, Quinter.
Visitation will be Friday evening from 6:00 to 8:00, at Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Terry C. Johnson Center for Cancer Research. Checks made to the organization may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS 67752.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.schmittfuneral.com.
Dorothy Graham, age 76, of Quinter, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Hays Medical Center, Hays.
Arrangements are pending with Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter.
SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for armed robbery and asking the public to help with additional details.
Just before 10p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a fast-food restaurant in the 1100 Block of South Kansas Avenue in Topeka after report of an armed robbery, according to a media release.
Police saw two suspects running from the business and caught one of them. Police booked Brendon Randell Thompson, 30, Topeka, for requested charges of Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Assault. He has a previous drug conviction in Shawnee County.
A second person of interest was located a short time later and it was determined he was not involved. Police are still searching for a second suspect.
There were no injuries reported.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call police.
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SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for armed robbery and asking the public to help with additional details.
Just before 10p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a fast-food restaurant in the 1100 Block of South Kansas Avenue in Topeka after report of an armed robbery, according to a media release.
Police saw two suspects running from the business and caught one of them. A second person of interest was located a short time later and it was determined he was not involved. There were no injuries reported. Police did not release the name of the suspect arrested
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call police
Timothy “Tim” Eugene Zahn, age 52, of Ellis, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Ellis. He was born May 21, 1965 in WaKeeney, Kansas to Raymond and Velba Jane (Brassfield) Zahn. He was a 1983 graduate of Trego Community High School. On August 6, 1983 he married Patricia “Patty” Anderson in Hays, Kansas.
Tim was the owner of Ellis Auto Repair which he opened in 1997. He enjoyed outdoor activities including hunting, fishing and jet skiing.
He is survived by his wife, Patty of the home in Ellis; two sons, Max (Amber) Zahn of Ellis and Eric Zahn of Hill City; a daughter, Katie Miller of Ellis; his father and step mother, Raymond and Lucille Zahn of WaKeeney; three brothers, Kendal (Dwana) Zahn of Ellis, Nathan (Tina) Zahn of Wichita and Mark (Kathy) Zahn of WaKeeney; a sister, Marla Woods of WaKeeney and three grandchildren, Kaelyn and Madison Zahn and Joeseph Miller.
He was preceded in death by his mother and an infant brother, Alan Zahn.
Funeral services will be 11 AM Saturday, July 22, 2017 at the Ellis Baptist Church. Cremation will follow services with private family inurnment at a later date.
Visitation will be Friday 5 PM – 8 PM at Keithley Funeral Chapel, 400 E 17th in Ellis.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Cancer Council of Ellis County.
Condolences may be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected]
