Logan resident Keith Grammon passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at the Logan Manor in Logan, KS at the age of 89.
He was born in Osborne County, KS on June 6, 1928, the son of Ward & Doris (Barker) Grammon. On Sept. 17, 1954 he was united in marriage to Velda Campbell in Smith Center, KS. He owned & operated an auto repair shop in Logan for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Velda, of Logan; his sons, Roger & Paul of Logan and Larry of Canon City, CO; his daughter, Beverly Hockman of Salina, KS; 9 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and two special nieces.
Funeral services will be held Monday, July 31, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in the Christian Church in Logan, KS with Pastor Troy Buss officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Logan, with military honors by the Ft. Riley Honor Guard.
Mr. Grammon will lie in state Saturday & Sunday from noon – 9 p.m. at the Logan Funeral Home in Logan.
Memorial contributions may be given to Logan Manor or the Logan Christian Church. Online condolences to: www.olliffboeve.com.
Logan Funeral Home, Logan, is in charge of arrangements.
TOPEKA- A former Army soldier was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in federal prison for child abuse, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beal.
Eugene Cleaver, 30, Bonham, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse.
In his plea, he admitted the crime occurred while he was stationed at Fort Riley where he lived with four minor females and their parents.
He received free room and board in exchange for caring for the children and the house.
After the children were removed from their parents’ home and placed in foster care, investigators learned that Cleaver had molested the children and warned them not to say a word or he would get into trouble.
Francis T. Wildeman, of Grainfield, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. He was 81 years of age. He was born March 27, 1936 on the family farm in Gove County, to Daniel and Mary (Ziegler) Wildeman.
Francis was a graduate of Grainfield High School. He went on to serve our country in the U.S. Army. On September 5, 1964, Francis was united in marriage to Doreen Brungardt, in Hays. They enjoyed 52 years of marriage together. Francis was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus. Not only was he a lifelong farmer, he worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation, in highway maintenance, from 1973 until his retirement in 2001. Francis was known for his ability to fix about anything. Francis was especially handy with a welder and a lathe. He was good with his hands, and ingenuity was his strong suit, as he was able to make an idea become a reality if it helped him in getting a job done. Francis will be missed by many friends and family.
Survivors include his wife, Doreen, of the family home; a son, Troy Leon (Kimberly) Wildeman of Grainfield; two grandchildren, Dalton Stoabs of Gove and Elizabeth (James) Roller of Cashion, Oklahoma; two great-grandchildren, Harper and Haddie Roller of Cashion; a brother, Vernard (Fran) Wildeman of Los Angeles, California; a sister, Annunicate Weber of Park; a step-brother, Alvin (Debbie) Gillespie of Winfield; and a step-sister, Bonnie(Mark) Cooksey of Denver, Colorado. He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Mary Wildeman; a step-mother, Wanda Gillespie; brother, Pius; and an infant sister, Carolyn.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 31, 2017, at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Grainfield. Burial will be in the Grainfield Cemetery.
Visitation will be Sunday evening, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with a parish vigil service at 7:00 p.m., all at the St. Agnes Religious Education Center, Grainfield.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Grainfield American Legion or Masses. Donations may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS 67752.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.schmittfuneral.com.
Wendi Richelle Kjellberg, age 51, died on July 26, 2017 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. She was born on January 18, 1966 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Fred Herman and Darlene J. Rauch Kraft.
She married Larry Kjellberg on June 16, 1984 in Ransom, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Amber Zimmerman and her husband Cody of Dighton, Becca Venters and her husband Brad of Kinsley, and Chelsey Shapland and her husband Justin of Dighton; son, Lucas Kjellberg of Ness City; four brothers, Lon Kraft and his wife Sharon of Bennett, Colorado, Rick Kraft and his wife Vona of Ransom, Brent Kraft and his wife Bev of Ransom, Jody Kraft and his wife Ladonna of Plains and five grandchildren, Kenzie and Kollin Zimmerman, Conner Venters, Jarret and Bentley Shapland.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Wendi had been a daycare provider for 16 years. The single thing she loved the most was spending time with her grandchildren.
Funeral service will be on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 10:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church, Ness City with burial following in the Ness City Cemetery.
Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Sunday, July 30, 2017 from 2-9 p.m. and on Monday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. with the family present from 6-8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Lucas Kjellberg educational fund.
Doctor Bloomfield was known for his extraordinary treatment of
arthritis. One day he had a waiting room full of people when a little
old lady, almost bent over in half, shuffled in slowly, leaning on her
cane. When her turn came, she went into the doctor’s office, and,
amazingly, emerged within 5 minutes walking completely erect with her
head held high.
A woman in the waiting room who had seen all this rushed up to the
little old lady and said, “It’s a miracle! You walked in bent in half
and now you’re walking erect. What did that doctor do?”
Sue Boldra, FHSU Department of Teacher Education instructor, talks to the T2T group.
FHSU University Relations and Marketing
About 125 professionals looking to begin new careers as K-12 teachers are on the Fort Hays State University campus as part of the Transition to Teaching (T2T) Program.
The T2T program is instrumental in helping Kansas school districts find qualified candidates for secondary teaching vacancies through an alternate route to teacher licensure. Four students were in the first T2T class at FHSU in the 2003-2004 year. The program now includes students in large and small school districts across most of Kansas.
The students typically take two classes in the summer before their first year of teaching: One online class focuses on lesson planning and teaching strategies, and ane four-day intensive preparation class is on FHSU’s campus.
“At the end of the four days, the program participants are better prepared to assume the full-time role of a teacher,” said Dr. Jim Barrett, chair of the Department of Advanced Education Programs.
Many participants have either been substitute teachers or have been teaching in a situation that does not require a teaching license. Others in the program come to teaching as beginners.
Participants must meet FHSU and Kansas Department of Education Program requirements for a restricted teaching license and are hired by school districts as teachers of record. Students are required to complete 24 hours of college credit in a two-year period while teaching. They can then earn an initial teaching license.
FHSU offers T2T program participants the opportunity to earn an additional 12 hours, take a comprehensive exam and earn a Master’s of Science degree.
“FHSU is proud to partner with the Kansas State Department of Education and local school districts to prepare high-quality teachers for Kansas students,” said Barrett.
HILL CITY — The Graham County Fair begins Saturday at 7 p.m. with the Tuff Trucks event, and continues Sunday with events like the Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull and a concert by The Sound Exchange.
Inflatable carnival will be available nightly, plus 4-H exhibits and food vendors. Monday through Wednesday will be the Jawhawker Roundup Rodeo.
Click HERE for a complete schedule of events and more information.
The recently overturned Kansas tax experiment was sold to Kansans with a tall tale: “Big income tax cuts bring economic prosperity without any pain.” Eventually most Kansans realized the story was false, and their legislators ended the experiment with a bipartisan veto override. Then, very quickly, a new story began to circulate: “The tax experiment failed because Kansas spends too much.”
Duane Goossen
Legislators on the losing side of the override vote made speeches claiming Kansas had a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Sam Brownback denounced “excessive spending” even as he signed the newly-passed state budget. Tax cut apologists at places like the American Legislative Exchange Council began arguing that tax cuts work, it’s just that in Kansas spending was not reduced enough to match revenue losses. And just days after the override vote, Kris Kobach entered the governor’s race, blasting the vote as an effort to “feed” state government spending.
It’s easy to discern that the too-much-spending rhetoric is the old tall tale morphed into a new form. Here’s the test: If the talk was credible, the talkers would be able to provide a coherent list of spending to be cut from the state budget. But they don’t. Brownback could have issued line-item vetoes to knock out the spending he considered excessive. But he didn’t.
If Kansas spends too much, what should be cut? Name it. Education? Highways? Health services?
Realistic spending cuts are produced by getting rid of inefficiencies, or finding less expensive alternatives to current practices, or convincing constituents that something does not need to be done anymore. That happens through the grind of the annual budget process, through vigorous and detailed debate. It can be hard, tedious work, far different from just declaring that spending is too high.
In the just completed legislative session, lawmakers created a reasonable budget. The process was open. They grappled with the recommendations from an efficiency study and seriously worked to address the school finance court case. The result they produced was not lavish. Many needs were left unmet. Even so, revenue had fallen so low as a result of the Brownback tax cuts that Kansas was almost a billion dollars short of meeting expenses. Lawmakers had no choice but to end the tax experiment
Expenses in the Kansas budget almost all go to education, human services, highways, and public safety. No easy cuts there. Citizens want and expect those services. Certainly lawmakers should always be on the lookout for ways to keep spending as low as possible, but future expenses are far more likely to go up than down as lawmakers work to get school funding back to an adequate level and undo the damage from raiding the highway fund.
Kansas has lots of work ahead to regain financial stability, but excessive spending isn’t one of the problems requiring a solution.
Those complaining of overspending in Kansas without offering specific places to cut lead the state nowhere. They tell a tall tale.
Duane Goossen formerly served 12 years as Kansas Budget Director.
From left Shayne Whisman and Ceena Owens, co-owners of H20.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
Imagine floating in a tank of salt water with no light and no sound — just you and the sensation of warm water against your body. Relaxed?
A new business, H2O, is bringing floatation tanks, as described above, and cryo therapy, along with some varied massage practices to Hays this fall.
The flotation tanks and cryo chambers will be a first for the region. The next closest float tanks are in Lawrence and Kansas City.
H2O is a cooperation between Shayne Whisman of Heavenly Soles and Ceena Owens. The co-owners both have their own massage practices in Hays and will be closing those in lieu of opening H2O
An example of a float tank.
The float tanks, also known as sensory deprivation chambers, contain about 18 inches of a combination of water and Epson salt.
The idea is to slow the mind, so that all you can hear and sense is the sound of your breath and your heart beating. Some people relax so fully they fall asleep, Owens said.
Owens suffers from an autoimmune disease and has had her thyroid removed.
“I am like a computer with 15 tabs open at the same time,” Owens said, adding the floating helps to calm her mind.
For people with autism who can be easily over stimulated, the floats can be relaxing. The tanks are also often used by people with anxiety, ADD, PTSD, insomnia or who are seeking a way to deal with stress.
“It cuts off all your external stimuli,” Owens said. “We are stimulated by our cell phones and TVs and fluorescent lighting in the rooms and external noise and radios. You can’t take your cell phone in water, so you disconnect.”
Floating also helps with water retention and may help pregnant woman or others with edema.
A cryo chamber.
The flotation tanks have four-way filters, and Owens said they intend to be very careful with hygiene and cleanliness.
The center will also be offering cryo ice baths. The units are vertical, you step into them and your body is surrounded by liquid nitrogen for three minutes. The cold helps treat inflammation and can be helpful for people with arthritis and those who are recovering from injury.
Some people use the process for weight loss, as it burns about 800 calories.
Both co-owners will be certified by the companies who manufactured the float chamber and cryo unit to use the equipment.
H2O will also offer a salt sauna and hydro therapy tub. For the hydro therapy room the business is brining in Indonesia body treatments from Bali. The women will do Curry scrubs and a yogurt splash. The enzymes in the yogurt help soften the skin. Then you get in the tub with floating flowers and jasmine frangipani oil. You finish with a massage with the jasmine frangipani oil highlighted with a bowl of flowers below you in the face cradle.
Owens said they are modeling their offerings after bath houses in Budapest, where saunas are used to boost the immune system and circulation.
Massage will continue to be an important facet of Owens’ and Whisman’s work.
Some of the massage techniques they will offer include: hot stone, fire cupping and Chinese cupping.
Owens said the owners are looking to offer a holistic approach to the care of the mind, body and spirit.
The center will be decorated in hand-painted murals and house a life coach, relaxation lounge and water bar.
Owens teaches massage at Fort Hays State University and she hopes the center at 1011 W. 27th St., Building F4, (Eagle Business Plaza) can be used for classes starting this fall. They are planning a soft opening in August with a full opening in October when the center gets its float tanks and cryo chamber.
Owens is a nurse and she has worked with local physicians to be complimentary to traditional medical treatment.
For example, physicians often refer her lymphedema patients. Patients, who have blocked lymph nodes or have had lymph nodes removed because of cancer can have problems with build up of fluids, and the massage helps drain these fluid.
Owens and her partner hope to keep their services accessible, with costs starting at $40. They will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 3 to 8 p.m. Sundays.
Fort Larned National Historic SiteFort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site and the Ellis County Historical Society have announced that a special exhibit from the fort is currently on display in the Hays museum. A fascinating look at the “Mexican Trader of the Santa Fe Trail” reveals much about trail travel from old Santa Fe that differed from their American merchants. The Hays residents and surrounding communities are encouraged to celebrate Kansas history by visiting the exhibit and delving deeper into Santa Fe Trail experiences.
The trader in the exhibit represents a young drover by the name of Jose Librado Gurules who traveled on the Trail in 1867. Many years after his 11-month journey from Santa Fe to Kansas City and back, Jose shared his recollections with the New Mexican Federal Writers’ Project.
Jose, and the outfit he was traveling with, went through Fort Larned on the eastward trek and then followed the railroad construction on the return trip. Fort Larned operated as an army post from 1859 to 1878 and extended its influence and authority along the Santa Fe Trail. Mexican traders would frequently stop at Fort Larned to trade with the sutler who operated a general store. Trade items included wool, metals, and food items to name a few.
Jose tells of the march being very hazardous and exhausting. Both men and animals were pushed to the limit. A schedule was set and every effort was made to maintain it. He collected eight dollars in pay for the entire journey. Ellis County Historical Society, 100 West Seventh, will be hosting the exhibit until the end of August.
Fort Larned National Historic Site is located six miles west of Larned on Kansas Highway 156. Information on visiting is on the internet at www.nps.gov/fols.
Saturday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Saturday NightA 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Sunday Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Senator John McCain voted against the bill -image CSPAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump’s agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama’s health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol.
Unable to pass even a so-called “skinny repeal,” it was unclear if Senate Republicans could advance any health bill despite seven years of promises to repeal “Obamacare.”
“This is clearly a disappointing moment,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “I regret that our efforts were not enough, this time.”
“It’s time to move on,” he said. The vote was 49-51 with three Republicans joining all Democrats in voting ‘no.’ Kansas Senators Roberts and Moran voted for the repeal.
McConnell put the health bill on hold and announced that the Senate would move onto other legislation next week.
3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!
Trump responded on Twitter: “3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!”
GRAY COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on burglary and criminal trespass charges.
Just after 7:30a.m. Thursday an employee of Jantz Excavating, 26503 11 Road in Montezuma, called the Grey County Sheriff’s Department to report a suspicious person on the property, according to a social media report. The individual came into the business, startled the employee and then fled the scene on foot into a milo field to hide from deputies.
Sgt. Colby Ellis and Undersheriff Jeff Sharp found and arrested the suspect identified as Chris Maupin, 56, Dodge City.
Trooper Mike Racy of the Kansas Highway Patrol and Officer Dave Foskhul from Montezuma held the perimeter during the search.
Law enforcement authorities search for the suspect Thursday-photo Gray Co. Sheriff
Maupin is being held on requested charges of criminal trespass, aggravated burglary and interference with law enforcement and the alleged theft of a pickup and an implement. He has previous convictions for drugs and violation of the offender registration act, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
