99 KZ Country is celebrating Beef Month by giving you the chance to win a $200 Beef Bundle from Heartland Foods of WaKeeney.
Listen for the herd of cows on KHAZ weekday mornings May 8 – May 29, 2018. That’s the cue to call 785-628-2995 to register for the drawing. One registration per person per day. No age requirement to register.
You can also register at Heartland Foods of WaKeeney, open seven days a week at 401 Russell Avenue in WaKeeney. Stop in and see the wide selection in the meat market. They are proud to be the Beef Month sponsor on KHAZ. Find them on Facebook too.
Winner will be announced May 30, 2018.
Winner will need to pick up the prize certificate at the KHAZ Studio, 2300 Hall, Hays, KS within thirty days of winning.
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. military officials want to limit congressional efforts to address child-on-child sexual assaults on bases, even as new data show the problem is larger than previously acknowledged.
Members of Congress demanded answers after an Associated Press investigation revealed that many reports of sexual violence among military kids on installations languish, leaving both victim and offender without help.
With lawmakers drafting legislative fixes, military officials have offered a clear message during congressional briefings: We can handle this.
The pushback against legislative efforts comes as the Army acknowledged that it had investigated 86 more sex assault reports than initially disclosed to AP, most of them confirmed as crimes.
After adding those new cases, AP’s count of juvenile-on-juvenile sexual assault reports on bases reached nearly 700 over a recent 10-year period.
Journalism students gather for a photo prior to competing at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association State Journalism Competition on May 5 in Lawrence. Hays had a good day as the group brought home the state championship for Class 4A. Courtesy photo
Hays High School won the Class 4A Sweepstakes Award for garnering the most overall points at the state journalism contest on May 5 in Lawrence.
The state championship performance was a result of 14 students placing in the top six spots at the event, which is sponsored by the Kansas Scholastic Press Association.
Hays scored 37 points to beat out Chanute with 32 and Piper with 29. Within the Class 4A division, 20 schools managed to score at least one point or better.
This is the third time in the last four years that Hays has won the overall championship. Last year, the team finished second, narrowly losing to Chanute by three points.
At the state competition, students compete in 21 categories with points awarded to six placers for each individual contest. Five points is award for first; four points for second; three for third, and one point for up to three honorable mentions.
The University of Kansas hosted the day of the competition at the Memorial Union. Nine different categories, such as editorial writing and sports writing, took place on the day of the contest. Students used notes provided in prompts to inspire their writing and cartooning entries.
Earlier in the week, students submitted hundreds of other entries – in 12 different categories – to an online contest that featured design, photography and online categories.
. “I am so very proud of these students and what they have accomplished this year,” adviser Bill Gasper said. “I have been blessed with outstanding students and I am very grateful for their dedication and hard work. Winning state is a great achievement and these students deserve a ton of recognition.”
In addition to the state championship, Hays High was awarded All-Kansas for the school’s newspaper as well as the newspaper’s online edition. All-Kansas is the top award given by the Kansas Scholastic Press Association.
“As you can see, our students have the ability to excel as individuals as well as work successfully in a team environment to produce outstanding publications,” Gasper said. “It’s been a great year and I hope the Hays community is equally as proud of these kids as I am.”
Those who placed at the state competition include:
DIGITAL ENTRIES Infographics
Honorable Mention – senior Tana Herreman
Multimedia Storytelling
Second – senior Abby Balman, juniors Isabelle Braun, Alyssa Underwood and Kaitlyn Brown
Honorable Mention – junior Jacob Maska and sophomores Madison Weber and Allison Hillebrand
News Page and Design
Honorable Mention – senior Lacey Gregory
WICHITA – Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland is proud to announce that $26,500 in scholarships has been awarded to eight Kansas Girl Scouts.
Recipients include:
Ashton Baxa, Osborne – Osborne High School, Class of 2018; Plans to attend Hutchinson Community College; George & Jayne Smith Scholarship – $3,000
Analyse Claude, Hays – Hays High School, Class of 2018; Plans to attend The University of Kansas; George & Jayne Smith Scholarship – $3,000
These scholarships, made possible through the George W. and Jayne S. Smith Scholarship Fund, recognize the leadership and service exhibited by Girl Scouts. Jayne Smith served as executive director of the Wichita Area Girl Scout Council for 28 years before retiring in 1979, and both George and Jayne Smith volunteered thousands of hours in support of Girl Scouts.
“These dedicated Girl Scouts exhibit courage, confidence and character, and make the world a better place,” said Liz Workman, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland. “Thanks to the generosity of George and Jayne Smith, $26,500 in scholarships will benefit local girls who have worked hard to make a difference in their communities.
”In addition to receiving a George and Jayne Smith Scholarship, Maureen “Reeny” Botros, 18, of Wichita earned her Gold Award and accepted Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland’s $2,500 Gold Award Scholarship. To earn the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn, Botros created Catwalk Coding, a series of weeklong technology camps aimed at elevating the conversation around girls’ success in STEM fields without compromising their feminine identity.
“Girl Scouts fosters a sisterhood of women and girls bonded by a shared aim to benefit their community through character development and service. Girl Scouts empowered me to take the initiative, to take action, to constantly ask ‘Why not me?’,” Botros said.
The Girl Scout Gold Award recognizes girls in grades 9 through 12 who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through Take Action projects that have a sustainable impact in their communities and beyond.
To learn more about the Girl Scout Gold Award and Girl Scout Scholarships, go to kansasgirlscouts.org.
Update: Fire crews were called to the Epworth Towers, 2800 Augusta, Friday night for a report of smoke.
A resident had accidentally turned on one of the burners of her stove without removing the burner covers. This caused the cover and an item on top of the burner to melt and smoke.
Residents were evacuated while the smoke was cleared from the building. The residents were allowed to return to their apartments after a brief time outside.
Hays Interim Fire Chief Ryan Hagans said no one was injured in the incident.
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Fire crews are on scene at the Epworth Towers, 2800 Augusta, Hays.
The apartment complex was evacuated about 8 p.m.
Residents reported smoke on the sixth floor of the building.
Watch the Hays Post for more information as it becomes available.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Body camera footage shows that law enforcement ignored the advice of SWAT team members when they entered a suburban Kansas City home and fatally shot a mentally distressed woman.
Howard- photo courtesy Johnson County sheriff from a June 2017 arrest
The Kansas City Star reports that it obtained 23 hours of footage tied to the Aug. 23 shooting of 26-year-old Ciara Howard in Olathe after suing.
It shows that officers had been briefed that she was acting irrationally and had access to her boyfriend’s handgun when they arrived to arrest her on a warrant. It was for walking away from the county’s adult residential center where she’d been required to report after her latest conviction. None of them were for serious or violent offenses.
Olathe police said in a statement that Howard’s death was a “tragedy for everyone involved.”
The Ellis County Commission will discuss a recent computer outage and plans for the future at Monday’s commission meeting.
The commission will also continue discussions on reported lead poisonings and issues in the Noxious Weed Department.
The commission will meet as the Public Building Commission at 5 p.m. with the regular meeting to follow at the County Administrative Center at 718 Main Street.
The “Blessing Box” mini-food pantry is available to anyone in the community. It is located in the parking lot of Hays Christian Church, 22nd and Marshall. Courtesy photo
Drivers traveling east on 22nd Street in Hays may have noticed a small box that has gone up in the parking lot of Hays Christian Church, 22nd and Marshall.
The “Blessing Box,” which went up April 27, is a mini-food pantry available to anyone in the community. It was the brainchild of one of the church’s members, Carolyn Smith.
Smith said she got the idea from perusing similar boxes online promoting community book exchanges and food pantries.
Smith, who is a longtime daycare provider in Hays, said she is very aware that children are going hungry in Hays. She believes sometimes people are ashamed or their pride gets in the way if they have to fill out forms to get “handouts.”
“People who are down on their luck, and maybe they’re embarrassed to ask for help, they can go by and get what they need,” she said. No one is going to be there to see them.
The box contains non-perishable food items, which currently include canned vegetables and boxed items such as macaroni and cheese, as well as paper products. The box is checked and restocked every other day. So far, individual donors have kept the box well stocked, she said.
The box, which measures 2 feet wide by 2 feet high by 2 feet deep, is made of wood and has a sloped tin roof. It is mounted on two wooden posts. It has a plexiglass door on the front that allows people to see the contents inside. She said that all of the building materials were donated.
Smith said the box was built by the father of one of her daycare students, and he included features specifically designed to make the box rodent proof.
Anyone is free to add to the items in the box, she said, although the items will change as the weather does. “Obviously, we don’t want things going bad in hot weather or freezing in cold weather.”
Smith expressed her gratitude to the church for providing a convenient, visible and easily accessible location for the box.
“It’s there for the community, and I just want people who need something to go by and be blessed.”
Janett M. Cook, age 74, of Hays, Kansas passed away Friday, May 4, 2018 at Hays Medical Center. She was born February 7, 1944 in Great Bend, Kansas to Rudolph and Mollie (Radke) Hickel. On March 6, 1964 she married Ronald “Squeak” Cook .
She was a homemaker and loving mother. She was also an avid vegetable and flower gardener. Each day was made complete by her cat Kaydee following her every move around the house.
She is survived by her husband, Ron “Squeak” Cook of Hays; a daughter, Tyla Weber and husband Mike of Lee’s Summit, MO; a brother, Norman Hickel and wife Merlinda of Great Bend, KS and extended family, Jeremiah, Kayci, Ben, Ella, Jack, Max and Oliver Schumacher.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Todd Cook in 1990; three brothers, Rudy, Eddie, and Eldon Hickel and a sister, Cleora Tiede
Private family services will be at a later date. Arrangements in care of Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Humane Society of the High Plains and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or by email at [email protected]
Patrick “Pat” Walters, age 86, of Catharine, KS passed away Friday, May 4, 2018 in Catharine. He was born March 20, 1932 in Catharine to Anthony and Ludwina (Polifka) Walters. H emarried Connie Nagel on Nov. 23,1972 in LaCrosse, Kansas.
Pat was a oilfield production superintendent working for Slawson Oil and Double Eagle both in Ness City, KS. After his retirement from the oilfields he worked as a courier for Hays Path Lab. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Korean War stationed in Japan. He was a member of St. Catherine Church, 3rd Degree Catherine Council Knights of Columbus and a 4th degree Bishop Cunningham Assembly Knight. He was a lifetime member of the Hays VFW and a member of the Hays American Legion. Pat was an avid sports fan especially Notre Dame football and Kansas Jayhawks basketball.
He is survived by his wife, Connie of the home; three sons, Christopher Walters of Merriam, KS, Todd Walters and wife Michelle of Hanston, KS and Mike Walters of Ness City; four sisters, Sr. Ann Walters of Fond du Lac, WI, Katy Perino and husband Les of Holt, MI, Sr. Rose Walters of Fond du Lac, WI and Nettie Kuhn Verdi of Norton, KS; a brother, Thomas Walters of Catharine and four grandchildren, Macie, Kaylee, Bryce and Lauryn Walters all of Hanston.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Delbert, Dan, Marvin and Herb Walters and a sister, Delores Giebler.
Funeral services will be 10 AM Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Catharine, KS. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military honors courtesy of the Hays VFW Honor Guard.
Visitation will be Monday 4 pm – 8 PM at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601 and Tuesday at the church from 9 AM until service time at the church.
A combined parish vigil service and Catherine Council Knights of Columbus rosary service will be Monday at 7 PM all at the funeral chapel.
Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Catherine Catholic Church, TMP-Marian or Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ness City.
Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or by email at [email protected]
Dr. Gerald John Thouvenelle, 67, long-time and well-respected veterinarian across central Kansas, and resident of Russell died in a fatal truck accident on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at the Russell Regional Hospital Emergency Room.
He was born on February 14, 1951, in Fort Benning, GA, the son of Gerald Jack and Margaret Rose “Peggy” (Bibza) Thouvenelle. He grew up in a military family, traveling all over the world, graduating from Iolani High School in Honolulu, HI. While in high school he was an avid soccer player and surfer. After High School, he attended Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, TN, and continued his participation in soccer. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Carson Newman College in 1973. While attending undergraduate school as a student, he was employed as a Research Associate with the American Cancer Society.
He then attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, earning a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and Industry in 1977, and in 1979, matriculated with a doctoral degree in Veterinary Medicine. In 1984, John established Russell Veterinary Service and Reproduction Lab, LLC, which since that time had been a leading innovator and provider of reproductive health and care for large and small animals, including bovine, horses, sheep and exotic animals. He was one of the few local veterinarians who offered acupuncture, and for a number of years provided a weekend acupuncture clinic for clients in the Kansas City area. For 14 years he served as the regulatory veterinarian for the Russell Livestock Commission. He was always supportive of young students interested in working with animals, so he mentored elementary age students through their 4-H club experiences, and often encouraged young volunteers “working” at the clinic. Additionally his enthusiasm for working with animals prompted his appointment as an adjunct faculty member of Fort Hays University.
John held veterinary licenses in Kansas and Colorado. He continued his professional development through active memberships in the following: American College of Theriogenology since 2007, American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Kansas Veterinary Medicine Association, since 1979 and Academy of Veterinary Consultants.
Surviving family include his mother, Peggy recently of Charleston, SC, two sisters Suzanne Thouvenelle of Arlington, VA and Adrienne Ashby of Charleston, SC, a niece and a nephew also of Charleston.
John’s life and work touched many.
Memorials are suggested to Canine Assistance Rehabilitation Education & Services, Inc. (CARES, Inc.) a group providing training for canine assistance to the elderly and those with disabilities. John was an active participant and avid promoter of their training and certifying animals suitable for this type of work. Memorials may be sent in care of the mortuary.
A Celebration of John’s Life will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the St. Mary, Queen of Angels Catholic Church of Russell. A private burial will take place at a later date.
Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, with the family present to greet friends from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas is in charge of these arrangements.
Congratulations to Linda Howard!!!
