CITY OF HAYS
The Hays City Commission will be selecting a replacement for Commissioner Chris Dinkel at its June 28 city commission meeting.
Persons interested in serving can contact one of the sitting commissioners by Wednesday, June 20. The commission’s contact information can be found at: https://www.haysusa.com/html/
To be selected, appointed and seated, a person must be a registered voter in the city of Hays.
Rose Elizabeth Keener, 82, Hays, died Thursday, June 14, 2018 at the Hays Good Samaritan Society.
She was born September 12, 1935 in Albion, Illinois one of eleven children to James and Pauline (Thread) Campbell. On January 22, 1955 she was united in marriage to Donald Hazen Keener in Albion, Illinois. He preceded her in death on January 21, 1999. She was a homemaker, a volunteer for many years at the Hays Community Assistance Center, and worked in the laundry at Hadley Hospital, Hays Good Samaritan Center, and St. John’s Nursing Home. She possessed a strong Christian faith and enjoyed Christian music, Christian television programs, playing cards, dancing, and doing puzzles.
Survivors include two sons; Robert Keener and wife Rhonda of Hays, and Gary Keener and wife Nancy of Overland Park, Kansas, two daughters; Donna Jarvis and husband Stuart of Phillipsburg, and Carol Bradley and husband Guy of Greensboro, North Carolina, a brother; Melvin Campbell of Albion, Illinois, two sisters; Charlene Hite of Conroe, TX and Doris Bailey of Albion, eight grandchildren; Carrie Pfannenstiel, Melissa Wyras, Amy Keener, Cody Jarvis, Kayla Jarvis, Jason Dinges, Courtney Keener, and Hazen Keener, six great-grandchildren; Carter Jones, Laylah Pfannenstiel, Kolyn Pfannenstiel, Hendrix Jarvis, Scarlett Jarvis, and Destiny Dinges, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Donald, a son; Tony Keener, a daughter; Pamela Keener, by four brothers; Floyd, Hubert, Paul, and Joe, and three sisters; Louise, Irene, and Ruth.
A celebration of Rose’s life will be at 10:00 am on Monday, June 18, 2018 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, with Pastor Mike Joiner officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Allen Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 7:00 on Sunday and from 9:00 am until service time on Monday, all at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Hays Community Assistance Center, in care of the funeral home. Condolences and memories of Rose may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com
Wayne J. Gabel, 83, Hays, died Thursday, June 14, 2018 at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.
Albert Rohleder passed away peacefully in his sleep Tuesday in a local care home.
He was born in Moreland, Kansas and lived many years in Contra Costa County before finally settling in Benicia in 1971. Al was a veteran of the Korean War and worked as a Foreman for Pacific Gas & Electric for more than 27 years before retiring in 1983.
Al enjoyed traveling in his motor home, fishing, camping and volunteering as a bingo caller at the Benicia Senior Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph & Melasina (Giest) Rohleder and his three former wives: Ola May (Smith) Rohleder, Anne Rohleder & June (Wiler) Rohleder; Sisters: Irene (Rohleder) Bumpus, Marcella (Rohleder) Larson, Anna Marie Rohleder and Bernitta Marie (Rohleder) Long.
He is survived by his daughters JoAnn Duckworth, Betty Rohleder and Anna Marie Rohleder; sons Tom & Andy Rohleder and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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KANSAS CITY (AP) – Kansas City police have fatally shot a woman who barricaded herself in a shed for hours after she was seen outside with a sword.
The Kansas City Star reports that the shooting happened Thursday afternoon in the north of the city.
Police Capt. Lionel Colón says he doesn’t know if the woman was armed with the sword when she was killed. He also says he doesn’t know if the woman had exited the shed or was shot while still inside. Colón hasn’t responded to an Associated Press email asking if a sword has been located.
Colón says he’s “very confident it was a last-resort situation to ensure the safety of the public.” Robert King, who lives nearby, questioned why police didn’t use nonlethal force.
The woman’s name hasn’t been released.
RUSSELL — Two people were arrested Thursday in Russell on suspicion of drug offenses.
According to the Russell County Sheriff’s Office, a search warrant was executed Thursday morning at 1023 N. Brooks. Following the execution of the warrant, officers arrested Kent L. Nowak and Rebecca S. Neil on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Russell Police Department and Kansas Highway Patrol assisted in the investigation.
As an avowed atheist living in the bible belt, I generally keep my head down. However, the events of the past week have demonstrated loud and clear the immorality of religious thought. Just the other day, I watched talking head after talking head advocate for putting children in concentration camps and using their religious texts to do so.
You can call it hyperbole, but these detention facilities BY DEFINITION are concentration camps. Some will point to the recent media tours of these concentration camps and say “it doesn’t look so bad” but remember that at one time the Red Cross was invited to Terezin to show how well the Jews were treated in their concentration camps.
I keep hearing people say that the law dictates these children be torn from their mothers’ breasts. That’s a lie being told by the propaganda arm of this regime. America used to be the good guys. Because we were the good guys, we didn’t have any laws on the books dictating that we kidnap children and put them in concentration camps because that’s wrong. This is a policy of this regime. It is not a law on the books. This does not have to happen.
I don’t care what your views are on immigration. They are immaterial to this conversation. If you can in any way justify taking innocent children from their parents as a “deterrent” then you are supporting the worst kind of immorality. If you use religious doctrine to support this, you are showing just how damaging religion is to society. You are further adding evidence to the argument that religious belief has no place in a civilized society. The most peaceful and humane countries in the world today are some of the least religious. The more religious a country becomes, the more violent and less humane its people and policies. These are observable facts unchanged by personal belief. I cannot in good conscience teach my children to follow a path that would in any way justify the sorts of policies our government is implementing on the border. Therefore I keep them out of church in order to save their humanity.
The apologists will say that they were taking scripture out of context or that one should look at the other passages that contradict those. I will call your attention to Matthew 7:20 “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” Children torn from their parents and crying in detention centers are the fruits this religious dedication has produced. That’s enough for me.
If you are disturbed by evil, I encourage you to call your lawmakers and tell them to support the Keep Families Together Act. It is the only moral thing to do.
Sen. Pat Roberts: (202) 224-4774
Sen. Jerry Moran: (202) 224-6521
Rep. Roger Marshall: (202) 225-2715
Mary Elizabeth Chance, mother, Hays
Formula For Water
The teacher asked, “What is the chemical formula for water?”
Little Johnny replied, “HIJKLMNO!!”
The teacher, puzzled, asked, “What on earth are you talking about?”
Little Johnny replied, “Yesterday you said it was H to O!”
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LIBERAL, Kan. – Matt Munoz hit a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Hays Larks to an 8-6 win over Liberal and a split in their doubleheader Thursday at Brent Gould Field. The Bee Jays rallied to win the opener 6-5.
Munoz heroics came after the Bee Jays scored six in the fifth to take a 6-4 lead. Clayton Rasbeary and Easton Kirk both homered to help the Larks built a 4-0 lead after three innings.
Fabian Muniz pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the win.
The Larks had a 3-0 lead in the first game then rallied for two in the sixth but the comeback fell one run short.
Liberal scored four in the fourth and two in the fifth to take the lead for good.
Tyler Blomster allowed five runs on six hits over four innings and suffered the loss.
The Larks are now 9-3 and 6-2 in the Jayhawk League and remain a game up on Derby. They are back at home Friday for the start of a three game weekend series with Oklahoma City. Admission is free courtesy of Arnett Chiropractic, Redeem Designs and R&D Graphics.
Saturday is First Responders Night with free admission courtesy of Nex-Tech.
Sunday is Little League/Fathers Day. The first 100 dads will receive a treat and all Little Leaguers can register for Larks apparel. All Little Leaguers in uniform will be introduced and get to go on the field for the national anthem and will receive a free freeze pop.
Larks baseball cards will also be available and players will be available for autographs after the game.
HAYS, Kan. – The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion pushed their winning streak to nine games after a doubleheader sweep of Norton Thursday at Larks Park. Brady Kreutzer doubled and drove in four and scored three runs in an 11-1 win in game one. Braiden Stouth had a double and knocked in three in a 12-1 game two victory.
Aaryn Smith didn’t allow a hit over three innings and got the game one victory. Trey Riggs went two innings and gets the win as the Eagles improve to 13-1-1.
The Junior Eagles lost a couple of one-run games at the Battle of Omaha. The Eagles lost 4-3 to Bellevue West and 6-5 to Omaha Central. They play Bonner Springs and Ponderosa, Colorado Friday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats put aside the sectarian hostilities that have increasingly defined this town and came together on the baseball diamond Thursday, a year after bullets from a would-be mass assassin shook Congress to its core.
Democrats prevailed 21-5 in the 57th Congressional Baseball Game for Charity at Nationals Park. Kansas representatives Roger Marshall and Kevin Yoder played for the GOP.
But the night belonged to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and all who hailed his return after he was shot during a team practice last spring in suburban Virginia.
From the floor to the field— Proud to call @SteveScalise a great friend and mentor. Now who’s ready to play some ball?!?! #congressionalbaseballgame pic.twitter.com/0oQSNoaY0V
— Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) June 14, 2018
The Louisiana Republican suffered life threatening injuries and has endured lengthy hospitalizations, multiple surgeries and painful rehabilitation. Months removed from struggling to walk, Scalise was honored before the game and started at second base for Republicans, fielding a ground ball and completing the put-out to first on the game’s first play.
“It’s been a long road to this day,” Scalise wrote on Twitter earlier in a day filled with media interviews, accolades and a Capitol Hill blood drive to commemorate the donations he received a year ago.
Scalise wore a Capitol Police cap to honor officers who worked the shooting last year, injuring gunman James Hodgkinson, who later died. Hodgkinson’s social media posts prior to the shooting suggest he targeted the Republican baseball team because of his political views.
Giving no mention to Hodgkinson, Scalise pronounced himself “grateful for the support and prayers” Thursday and added, “Let’s play some baseball.”
The House whip’s comeback was enough to leave Francis Kelly bursting with pride in the centerfield seats. “It’s just being an American — terror should not scare us,” the 41-year-old graphic designer said, sporting a necktie emblazoned with stars and stripes.
Still, the outpouring for Scalise obscured the daily realities of a capital city still bitterly divided on nearly every major policy debate, including how to regulate the weapons like those wielded on Scalise and his fellow Republicans a year ago in Alexandria, Virginia.
Scalise and other Republican team members said leading up to the game that he’s fine with where Congress is on gun laws, including after mass school shootings that have frequented headlines since last year’s near disaster.
There also were symbols of the so-called swamp that President Donald Trump and so many of the players have promised to drain. The game is a charity fundraiser, but the spectacle still involves private, guest-list parties, sponsored by corporate behemoths in the ballpark’s exclusive corners.
On the field, any victory Scalise celebrated had to come vicariously through his long friendship with fellow Louisiana congressman Cedric Richmond. The former collegiate baseball player again starred on the mound and at the plate for the Democratic team, including a three-run, inside-the-park homerun.
The 2018 midterms loomed, as well. Many of the young staffers filling the stands wore the campaign shirts of their bosses whose fates in November will determine whether Republicans maintain their House and Senate majorities.
And, in the year of the #metoo movement, when record numbers of female candidates are running for Congress, California Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan, a Democrat, and Utah Rep. Mia Love, a Republican, reached base and patrolled second base alongside the men that still dominate a Congress that is about four-fifths male.
“I grew up playing Tee-Ball & Little League & in high school I petitioned the principal to let me play baseball with the boys,” Barragan wrote on Twitter before the game, punctuating her remarks with #YesSheCan.
The baseball matchup, first played in 1909, typically raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for Washington-area charities. Last year, the game raised $1.5 million.
WICHITA COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 5:30p.m. Thursday in Wichita County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ford passenger vehicle driven by Angel Labra, 32, Scott City, was eastbound on Kansas 96 twelve miles west Scott City.
The vehicle was following a Salsa bicycle driven by John J. Egbers, 49, St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Ford struck the bicycle. The bike and rider landed in the south ditch.
Egbers was transported to Wesley Medical Center.
Labra was not injured. She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
