Patrick Lynn Harvey, loving son and father, was born July 13, 1988 in Hays, KS. He departed this earthly life June 20, 2018 at Hays, KS.
Patrick was full of life and loved to joke and make people smile and laugh. The one true love of his life was his daughter, Dakota. He was a manager at Casey’s and loved his job there. He also enjoyed working with animals and had several pets that he loved. Family and friends were important to him.
He graduated with the Quinter High School class of 2007.
Those left to mourn his passing are his daughter, Dakota, of the home; mother, Christie Walker (Mario), Topeka, KS; father, Delbert Harvey, Quinter, KS; brothers, Mike (Nikki), Olathe, KS; Jonathan (Kayla), Quinter, KS; Bobby (Janneka), Quinter, KS; Wade (India), Grainfield, KS; Jimmy, Quinter, KS; sisters, Rose Ross (Anthony), Riley, KS; Tanesha Harvey, Quinter, KS; grandparents, Edwin and LeAnn Simon, Studley, KS; Barbara and Kent Bryant, Topeka, KS; biological parents, Pat King and Mary King, Hays, KS; special friend, Jordan Carter, Russell, KS; and a host of aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
Patrick was preceded in death by his grandmother, Lois Simon, and his twin nieces.
An Educational Fund has been set up for Dakota at Emprise Bank, Hays, KS.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 10:30 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Studley, KS. Arrangements in care of Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.
Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or by email at [email protected]
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Norton, located in Norton County. The advisory was issued because of a loss of pressure. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.
Bacteriological samples collected from the City of Norton’s distribution system and algal toxin samples collected from the water treatment plant indicate the water is safe to drink. Conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be resolved.
Stage 3 water conservation measures remain in effect until further notice by the City of Norton.
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the Republican primary race for Kansas governor (all times local):
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer is attacking Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s anti-abortion credentials in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
Colyer raised abortion an issue in his opening statement during a debate Saturday in Salina. The influential anti-abortion group Kansans for Life has endorsed both of them and also says Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer is “pro-life.”
But Colyer quoted from a newspaper-questionnaire statement by Kobach in a failed run for the state Senate in 2000, expressing support for abortion rights.
Colyer said: “We need a governor who is pro-life and will always tell the truth.”
Kobach acknowledged he supported allowing abortions in some circumstances as a law student. He said seeing a sonogram of his first daughter in the womb made him “100 percent pro-life.”
He added: “Don’t believe the lies.”
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is defending his seeking a pardon for a corporate campaign donor’s vice president that Gov. Jeff Colyer recently denied because the police said the crime involved threatening a cab driver with a gun to the head.
Colyer asked Kobach during a Republican gubernatorial debate Saturday whether Kobach would pardon Ryan Bader.
Kobach was Bader’s attorney for the pardon. Bader pleaded guilty to attempted robbery stemming from a 2009 cab ride after a round of drinking. His record was expunged in 2014.
Kobach accused Colyer of lying about the incident, saying a judge found a gun wasn’t involved.
The judge who sentenced Bader checked a box on a sentencing form saying a deadly weapon wasn’t involved. But a police affidavit said the cab driver reported the threat and a gun was found in Bader’s home.
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Illegal immigration is a key issue for Kansas Republicans as their primary contest for governor grows increasingly contentious.
Secretary of State Kris Kobach is a hardliner who has advised President Donald Trump. He made potential state initiatives against illegal immigration an important theme during a debate Saturday in Salina.
Illegal immigration is a critical issue for our state. The Left is fighting hard and we need someone in the governor’s office who will fight back. I’m your man. #ksleg#ksgov#TeamKobachpic.twitter.com/3ZLDJ3QLwE
He’s trying to unseat Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer in the Aug. 7 primary. Colyer said he supports Trump and believes the U.S. government needs to get illegal immigration under control.
The debate’s third major GOP candidate, Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer, said the first priority is securing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Colyer and Selzer also are appealing to business and agriculture interests nervous about tough immigration policies while wooing conservatives. Colyer attacked Kobach on multiple other issues.
The certified public accounting firm of Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, Chartered (ABBB) is pleased to announce Elpidio Cortez, Jr. was recently hired as a staff accountant.
“As an intern, Elpidio served our clients well,” said Brian Staats, CPA, CGMA, managing partner of ABBB. “We are excited to watch his continued growth as a full-time professional on the ABBB team.”
Cortez joined the firm in 2017 as an intern and continued as a student worker. He graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Fort Hays State University. Cortez is a member of the FHSU Alumni Association and the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity. He lives in Hays, Kansas, and enjoys spending time with his friends and family, walking his dog, and watching movies in his free time.
Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, Chartered provides a wide range of traditional and non-traditional CPA and consulting services to clients throughout Kansas, including agriculture organizations, construction companies, feedyards, financial institutions, governmental and not-for-profit organizations, manufacturers, medical practices, oil and gas companies, professional service firms, real estate companies and small businesses. Founded in 1945, today the firm maintains 15 office locations throughout the state. For more information about Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, please visit abbb.com.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Kansas-based company is seeking proposals from private rail carriers to provide passenger service between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
image courtesy WATCO
The request for proposals by WATCO Companies of Pittsburg, Kansas, would create passenger rail service from downtown Tulsa through the cities of Sapulpa, Bristow, Stroud, Chandler and Midwest City into downtown Oklahoma City.
Legislation adopted in 2011 created a task force to study ways to link northeastern Oklahoma with the existing Heartland Flyer passenger service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas. The state sold an existing rail line to Watco, which currently operates freight service over the line and plans upgrades to accommodate passenger cars.
Proposals are due on July 27. State Rep. Monroe Nichols of Tulsa says bringing passenger rail service to Tulsa is a “fantastic economic development opportunity.”
NORTON —Governor Jeff Colyer declared a state of disaster emergency on Friday for the City of Norton due to harmful algae blooms in Sebelius Lake.
Kansas Army National Guard soldiers from the 137th Transportation Company (PLS) prepare their load of water to transport it to Norton- Photo courtesy Kansas National Guard
According to a media release from the Adjutant General’s Office, the algae blooms are affecting the surface water intakes for the public water supply. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a boil water advisory for the Norton public water supply on June 19.
“The cause of this response is due to the harmful algae bloom in Lake Sebelius, which is where the city gets most of its drinking water,” said Leo Henning, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Director of Environment.
“We are working closely with federal, State and local leaders on monitoring and testing water supplies. Our goal is to ensure the safety and well-being of those in the community. We are working quickly with others to resolve the water quality concerns.”
The Kansas Division of Emergency Management requested Kansas National Guard resources to transport 26 pallets of bottled water to Norton.
The bottled water was donated by Harvesters in Kansas City, Missouri, and Topeka. The 169th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, based out of Olathe, will transport the pallets to the Manhattan National Guard Armory on Saturday morning, June 23. The 997th Brigade Support Battalion, based out of Hays, transported the water Saturday afternoon from Manhattan to Norton.
RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a teen suspect on drug, sex and burglary allegations.
Just before 11:30p.m. Friday, officers arrested Tommie Baggett, 18, Manhattan, at a residence in the 1400 Block of Hartman Place, according to the Riley County Police Department booking report.
Baggett is being held on a Bond of $150,000 on requested charges that include rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated battery that included a weapon, and aggravated burglary.
He is also accused of marijuana distribution that included a Bond of $10,000, according to the RCPD.
No additional details were released early Saturday.
In April, police arrested Baggett on requested charges of rape, aggravated robbery, attempted aggravated burglary involving a weapon, according to the Riley County Police Department booking report.
In January, police arrested Baggett for the alleged sale of depressants, contributing to a child’s misconduct and felony possession of paraphernalia with intent to manufacture a controlled substance.
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EMPORIA– Drew Keller of Ellis, Kansas, is part of the Emporia State University cast and crew presenting “The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon.
Simon’s classic comedy opens in Oscar Madison’s (Harriel Mack, Newton) slovenly apartment at his weekly poker game. Felix Unger (Lucas Coble, Olpe) arrives late and depressed. Felix and his wife have recently separated, and he is trying to hold it together. But, he has nowhere to go, so Oscar invites him to move in with him. Felix’s love of order seems the perfect answer to Oscar’s messy house, careless spending and gambling. But soon Felix’s fussiness and hypochondria prove extremely annoying and the two polar-opposite friends have to figure out how to reconcile their differences.
Keller, a freshman theatre major, plays Roy.
The show is under the direction of Emporia State alum Fran Opheim (BSE, 2018). Period costumes from the 1960s are designed by scenographer Rick Rasmussen celebrating his 25th season with the company this season. Rasmussen also designed the set for the production. Amanda Dura is the costume coordinator and manages the costume crew. Chris Lohkamp is the technical director and manages the scene shop.
“The Odd Couple” runs June 27-30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Karl C. Bruder Theatre in King Hall at Emporia State University. Tickets cost $12 (adults), $10 (seniors) and $5 (students) and are available from the Memorial Union Ticket Office. Tickets are also available online at tickets.emporia.edu or by calling 620-341-6378.
It was another busy week on the KAYS Eagle Morning Show. Here’s what you missed!
Monday
Cortney Dale – Bob Schwarz Financial
Cortney made her weekly visit to the Eagle Morning Show to talk about the importance of professional financial advice:
Importance of getting a second opinion
Tuesday
Ellis County Commission Meeting Recap
County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes and County Commissioner Marcy McClelland joined Jonathan Zweygardt on the Eagle Morning Show to recap the Ellis County Commission meeting:
Budget requests for Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center. Also, what the Northwest Kansas Planning & Development Commission does.
Spray Truck (Weed Control Supervisor Gary Haas)
Medical Billing Specialist position (Health Services Administrator Kerry McCue)
Wednesday
Protect & Serve: Fort Hays State University Police
Police Chief Ed Howell and Officer Kody Ellis were on the Eagle Morning Show to talk about an opening at the FHSU police department (apply by calling 785-628-5304 and the joing child abduction rapid deployment (JCARD) program Officer Ellis took with the FBI:
JCARD training with the FBI
Hays Arts Council Executive Director Brenda Meder
Brenda made her monthly visit on the show to recap the summer art walk and preview upcoming classes available at haysartscouncil.org:
Summer Art Walk
Upcoming classes through the Hays Arts Council
Thursday
Registered dietitian and Fort Hays State University Professor Glen McNeil
Glen was on the show to talk about recalled foods:
The process of recalling foods
How foods get contaminated
Coming up next week on the Eagle Morning Show:
USD 489 Superintendent John Thissen
Protect & Serve: Hays Fire Department
Cottonwood Extension District Agriculture Agent Stacy Campbell
Leonard Schoenberger – Germans from Russia Convention
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ child welfare agency conducted a snap inspection Friday of Topeka group homes housing unaccompanied immigrant children after Democratic state lawmakers accused Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer of not being aggressive enough in pressing for information about the children.
The afternoon inspection ordered by Colyer resulted a few hours later in a two-paragraph report from the state Department for Children and Families that the five homes operated by The Villages on a wooded 400-acre site just outside Topeka are meeting the immigrant children’s needs. The statement from agency spokeswoman Taylor Forrest did not elaborate on the inspector’s findings.
The Villages has had a contract with the federal government — worth more than $5.9 million over two years — to house 50 unaccompanied immigrant children ages 6 to 18 since February 2017. It’s not clear exactly how many now in the homes were separated from their parents during a recent crackdown on illegal crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Colyer spokesman Kendall Marr said the state “does not manage or have control over” The Villages’ contract but can inspect its homes to ensure that they meet state standards. DCF licenses youth residential centers; The Villages also has two other group homes in Lawrence.
“Our hope and expectation is that these children are returned to their families as soon as possible,” Marr said.
Colyer ordered the inspection only hours after Democratic legislators criticized him during a Statehouse news conference. They suggested that he’s been too passive about seeking answers because he’s in a tough Republican primary race to retain the governor’s office this year.
One of Colyer’s leading GOP rivals is Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a conservative firebrand nationally known as an advocate of tough policies against illegal immigration, and he’s advised President Donald Trump on homeland security issues.
“I believe that would explain his reluctance to enter the fray,” Hensley said of Colyer during the Democrats’ news conference.
Two other Democrats at the news conference, House Minority Leader Jim Ward, of Wichita, and Rep. John Alcala, of Topeka, said Colyer’s decision to order an inspection was a good first step. The three lawmakers, joined by Rep. Ponka-We Victors, a Wichita Democrat, demanded more transparency and details about how the federal dollars are being spent.
Alcala said he also wants to know whether immigrant children are being mixed with troubled youth. He said checking on conditions at The Villages’ homes was his “lowest priority.”
“I don’t think there are any questions about the condition of the facilities,” Alcala said. “They’ve had a pretty good reputation.”
Forrest said in the DCF statement that Secretary Gina Meier-Hummel was satisfied that the immigrant children “are being provided excellent service.”
“From our visit, the children seem to be adjusting well, and are having their needs met,” Forrest said.
Trump on Wednesday ordered an end to family separations amid the political backlash it inspired. Marr said Colyer “stands behind the president and his executive order” ending separations.
The Villages had not been saying how many immigrant children in its care were separated from their parents, as opposed to those who were unaccompanied. Executive Director Sylvia Crawford told Kansas News Service on Friday that The Villages began taking children separated from their parents about two weeks ago but a majority of the immigrant children in the homes were unaccompanied.
The Democrats said they called their news conference after Colyer’s office told them it had no information about the immigrant children at The Villages. Also, they said, The Villages told them it needed two weeks’ notice for a tour — something they had hoped to do Thursday.
Ward and Hensley said they’re skeptical that Trump’s administration did not at least notify a Republican governor that children separated from their parents would come to his state. Ward later said he doubts the federal government would bring the children to Kansas if Colyer objected.
But Marr said it’s unfair for Democrats to accuse Colyer of “colluding with the Trump administration” when they don’t have “any sort of evidence.”
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are demanding that Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer be more aggressive in seeking answers about immigrant children housed in northeast Kansas group homes.
Several Democrats had a news conference Friday to argue that Colyer is too passive about reports that children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border are being housed by the nonprofit agency The Villages.
Colyer spokesman Kendall Marr said the federal government didn’t notify the administration of its plans and the state has sought information.
Protestors at the Texas border -Photo courtesy People’s Action
The Villages confirmed Thursday that it has a federal contract to house 50 unaccompanied immigrant children at its seven group homes in Topeka and Lawrence. But it would not say whether any of them had been separated from their parents during recent crackdown at the border.
This year there has been a number of inquiries from both within and outside of the office from gardeners who have tomato plants with leaves that are curling up. If that is what they are doing, the problem could be environmental, chemical, or biological. There are basically four reasons that can cause the leaves to curl up; weather stress, non-parasitic leaf roll, herbicide damage, or virus (TYLCV).
The first problem, leaf curling due to the weather can and usually does take care of itself. For instance, when tomato plants grow vigorously in mild, spring weather the top growth often exceeds the root development. When the first few days of warm, dry summer weather hit, the plant ‘realizes’ that it has a problem and needs to increase its root development. The plant tries to reduce its leaf area by rolling its leaves. The leaves curl along the length of the leaf (leaflet) in an upward fashion. It is often accompanied by a thickening of the leaf giving it a leathery texture.
Though rolling usually occurs during the spring to summer shift period, it may also occur after a heavy cultivating or hoeing, high winds with blowing dust and low humidity, a hard rain, or any sudden change in weather. This leaf roll is a temporary condition that goes away after a week or so when the plant has a chance to acclimate, recover from injury, or the soil has a chance to dry out.
Non-parasitic leaf roll is another environmental problem. Irregular irrigation and improper pruning cause the leaf edges to roll inward, sometimes to the point of overlapping. When most of the leaves on the plant are showing this condition it may look serious, but it too is only temporary. The cure for the curl is deep, even watering regularly, with careful pruning.
Even if you are a conscientious gardener, and don’t use herbicides in your garden, overspray and wind-blown droplets may find their way to your tomato plants. Leaf curl is one sign of herbicide damage, and can plague the plant for some time, causing little to no growth, as well as little to no fruit production. Depending on the herbicide, leaves may tilt down with curled edges to form cupped leaves, or the leaves may pucker and curl. Vegetables can also be damaged by herbicides left in mulch or compost made with hay or manure from fields where herbicides have been sprayed. Avoid using herbicides in general and never use herbicide-treated lawn clippings as mulch. Watering affected tomato plants regularly may help them recover if the herbicide damage is mild.
And the last possible reason for your tomato leaves to be curling, is if the tomato plant has been infected by certain viruses. There are certain strains of the Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) that can cause leaf malformation and “fernleafing,”. But the most common symptom of this virus is a light- and dark-green mosaic pattern on the leaves. Another example is the yellow leaf curl disease, caused by the pathogen ‘tomato yellow leaf curl virus’ (TYLCV). An aggressive education program curbed the spread of the disease, but it has not been completely eradicated. Diseased plants are stunted, with small leaves with edges that curl upward. Blossoms drop and the plants don’t fruit. Virus, however, as being the cause of the leaf curling on your tomatoes is probably the least frequent reason of them all.
Rip Winkel is the Horticulture agent in the Cottonwood District (Barton and Ellis Counties) for K-State Research and Extension. You can contact him by e-mail at [email protected] or calling either 785-682-9430, or 620-793-1910.
Aaron Woods will take the Wild West Festival stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 5.
Hailing from the Red-Dirt capital of Stillwater OK, Aaron Woods has established himself as one of the brightest up and coming acts in the mid-west.
Gritty vocals, top 60 charting singles, matched with a road troubadour attitude, it’s a perfect combination to find success in the OK/TX scene. Touring approximately 100 shows per year for 4 consecutive years, Aaron has developed a following and friendship, with thousands of music lovers alike. “Signal From The South,” released in 2012 saw Aaron’s first step into radio success with his first single, “Hangin’ By The River”.
Reaching top 60 on The Texas Regional Radio Charts accompanied by the sophomore follow up single, “Feels Like Rain” which continued the path with over 20 consecutive weeks on the Texas Regional Radio Report as well as gaining national attention as a top 100 single release of 2015 by Texas Music Pickers Regional Radio. Having shared multiple stages with Randy Rogers, Casey Donahew, Cody Johnson, Phil Vasser, Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Boland, and sever others, the band continues to hold true to the Red-Dirt scene as well as building upon the success found only though countless miles touring. Signed with one of the biggest staples in Texas, “Smith Music Group,”
Aaron continues to climb mountains with a nation wide distribution deal to land music on the store shelves nationwide, proving through hard work and determination, goals and dreams can be reached.
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