RILEY COUNTY —Two Kansas EMTs went above and beyond their responsibilities Wednesday to make a birthday wish for a woman in Riley County.
Pictured below is Dustin, Joyce, and Blake enjoying some German Chocolate Cake and celebrating together-photo Riley County EMS
Lt. Dustin Cassel and EMT Blake Martin transported Joyce to the hospital on her 80th birthday, according to the Riley County EMS social media page.
She made a comment during their time together about it being her birthday and how she was upset that she’d be spending the day at the hospital and mentioned that all she wanted was some German Chocolate Cake.
Lt. Cassel and EMT Martin took it upon themselves to make her birthday wish come true.
“Thanks to Dustin and Blake for all that you do and Happy Birthday to Joyce.”
Hays city commissioners will take a final look at the draft 2019 budget, with a levy of 25.00 mills, during their meeting tonight and are expected to set a public hearing date of August 9.
In other business, commissioners will hear from Public Works Director Jesse Rohr about the Crawford Addition request for annexation, rezoning and final plat.
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The property site, at the northwest corner of 48th and Roth, is being considered as a location for a new Tractor Supply Company retail store.
The requests have already been approved by the Hays Area Planning Commission.
A bid award will be considered for construction of a three story drill tower at the Fire/Rescue Training Facility on the south ball field of the old Frank Stramel ball fields in south Hays. American Fire Training Systems had the low bid of $145,917. The city received a $272,000 grant from the Dane G. Hansen for funding to construct the facility which will be used for regional training.
The meeting will open with the 2018 Water $mart Landscape awards to Jeff and JoAnn Jordan for their residential property and Commerce Bank for the business property at 2200 Vine Street.
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AJ Thomas, CEO of Rooks County Health Center, delivers remarks at groundbreaking.
RCH
PLAINVILLE – The official groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 2 of Rooks County Health Center’s (RCH) expansion project was held on Tuesday, July 17. Construction of a dedicated rehabilitation center is a nearly 11,000 square foot addition and is expected to take 16 months to complete. The addition will house all of RCH’s rehabilitation services including Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapies, and Cardiac Rehab.
Phase 1 was completed February 2017 and included the on-site MRI/Nuclear Medicine addition.
Bill Stahl, RCH chief operating officer began the event by thanking the numerous individuals and businesses involved in the endeavor. Stahl noted that the project was a team effort that included the RCH board of directors, medical providers, Rooks County Health Care Foundation, USDA, Miller Architects, Commercial Builders of Hays and the entire staff at Rooks County Health Center.
Stahl also thanked the Dane G. Hansen Foundation for providing a grant that enabled the project to move forward at a critical juncture. Also noted were area community foundations and charitable trusts that provided financial support such as the William H. Andreson Charitable Trust, Pat Berkley Taylor Community Fund, Heartland Community Foundation and the Rooks County Health Center Auxiliary.
Stahl closed his remarks by acknowledging the hundreds of private donors who contributed to the project, saying “As with any worthwhile project the heart and soul is the individual donors and businesses, supporters of quality healthcare in Rooks County, too numerous to mention. This expansion truly could not be accomplished without the citizens and supporters of Rooks County stepping up, digging deep and investing to help our community and the entire region for generations to come”.
AJ Thomas, CEO of RCH, is also the former Director of Rehabilitation Services at RCH and admitted his excitement about the commencement of construction. “The new rehabilitation center will provide patients and the community access to state-of-the art care with unique features like a zero-entry therapy pool with an adjustable floor with variable water depth and an indoor walking tracking. With this addition, we improve our ability to serve the growing demand for therapy services which allows patients to stay close to home for their needs and save on travel and lodging expenses.”
Thomas went on to say “RCH is extremely fortunate to be able to continually progress and expand on the number of health services and initiatives available to patients.”
In addition to the new MRI and Nuclear Medicine suite, RCH created Doctors Without Delay, the first walk-in clinic in the region in addition to a number of proactive and preventative health screening initiatives offered monthly such as discounted lab screenings held on the first Friday of every month and after hours mammogram screenings on the second Tuesday of each month.
Summing up the strides that RCH has taken over the last few years, Thomas said “while we are very fortunate to have a visionary board that confronts the challenges facing rural health care with foresight and determination, our success would not be possible without the dedicated culture of caring created by RCH’s employees and the generous support of the community.”
Driven by the staff’s dedication and compassion for quality health care, RCH has received state and national recognition for work ranging from enhanced positive outcomes for stroke and heart attack events, low re-admission rates among discharged patients and sepsis education and treatment protocols.
This fall, RCH will be honored in New York for its work in preventing sepsis and promoting sepsis awareness in the region. RCH is the only critical access hospital in the nation to be so honored.
You can follow the construction progress of RCH’s new rehabilitation center on Facebook or visit www.RooksCountyHealthCenter.com.
A Chicago writer recently traveled with her sister to their hometown of Hoxie, stopping along various northwest Kansas towns, including Hays and Russell, along the way.
Read author Denise Crosby’s column on the trip HERE. The article was published this week in the Aurora Beacon-News, a suburban newspaper published by the Chicago Tribune.
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — An Arkansas man has been convicted of participating in the killing of a Kansas man in Missouri.
Robinson, Coleman and Hamilton- photos Sikeston Police
Ronnie Carl Robinson Sr., of Little Rock, Arkansas, was found guilty this week of second-degree murder in the death of Larry Weaver, of Pittsburg.
Weaver’s body was found July 2, 2016, in a cotton field about seven miles from a hotel where he was staying in Sikeston, Missouri.
Surveillance video shows three suspects driving away that night with Weaver’s Harley Davidson motorcycle. Investigators said Weaver came out of the hotel room and jumped onto the truck’s trailer to try and prevent the theft. Witnesses said Weaver and Robinson later fought and Weaver was left in the field.
Larenzle Coleman and his wife, Elsie Coleman-Hamilton, are awaiting trial on murder charges.
SEDGWICK COUNTY — A Kansas police officer is under investigation for alleged felony theft.
Brilan Marks-photo Harvey County
Sedgwick Police Department officer Brilan Marks was arrested Wednesday by Harvey County deputies. He is accused of stealing property from the city, according to Sedgwick City Administrator Ed Patton.
Marks is out of the Harvey County jail on bail and has been suspended from the police department without pay.
The Harvey County Attorney is in charge of the investigation, according to Patton.
He did not release details on what property was stolen or additional information. Marks has been employed with the Sedgwick Police Department for one year.
JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on child sex allegations.
Woltje -photo Shawnee Co.
On Tuesday, The U.S. Marshal’s Task Force arrested Jamie Michael Woltje, 28, of Topeka on a Jackson County District Court warrant in connection with a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office investigation regarding allegations of sex crimes involving a minor child, according Sheriff Tim Morse.
A warrant was issued for Woltje on July 10, 2018 for rape of a child under 14 years of age, aggravated criminal sodomy of a child under the age of 14 years of age, and aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14 years of age.
The crime is believed to have taken place in March of 2015 in the City of Holton. Woltje is currently being held in the Shawnee County Jail with a bond of $25,000.00.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Mike Moustakas had two hits, including a run-scoring double, in what might have been his final home game for the Kansas City Royals, an 8-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.
A key member of the Royals’ 2015 World Series championship team, Moustakas became a free agent after last season, then signed a one-year contract with the Royals in March that includes a mutual option for 2019. With the Royals last in the AL Central at 31-70, he could be dealt before Tuesday’s deadline for trades without waivers.
Jose Iglesias hit a three-run homer in a four-run fourth inning against Danny Duffy (6-9). Iglesias is 10 for 27 (.370) against Duffy in his big league career.
Victor Martinez had three hits, including a pair of RBI singles. He was 6 for 12 with five RBIs in the series and had consecutive games with multiple RBIs for the first time since July 17-18 last year, also at Kansas City.
Matthew Boyd (5-9) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking none. He had been 0-5 in seven starts since winning at Boston on June 7.
Duffy (6-9) gave up seven runs, nine hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings and threw wild pitches that allowed John Hicks to score the go-ahead run in a four-run fourth and Iglesias to come home in the sixth.
RHP Jakob Junis (5-10) starts Thursday at the New York Yankees. He is 0-7 in nine starts since a May 18 victory over the Yankees.
A quick moving thunderstorm Wednesday night tore off part of the roof of St. Mary’s School in Ellis. Many classroom supplies and textbooks were water damaged and must be replaced.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
ELLIS — St. Mary’s Catholic School, 605 Monroe, Ellis, suffered roof damage from Wednesday evening’s storm, which began at about 7 p.m. and quickly passed.
A portion of the school’s roof blew off, and a portion of the gym’s rear brick wall collapsed. Part of the debris hit the adjacent church. Portions of a couple of the stain glass windows were broken. Debris also pierced the church’s roof.
Anticipating more rain, a group gathered at the school to try to board up as much as could be covered to prevent more damage.
Law enforcement encouraged anyone who was not directly involved in the cleanup effort to please avoid the area of the school.
Deputies also reported damage to two barns in northern Ellis County.
Straight-line winds were believed to have reached 80 mph or more.
Large limbs were down throughout the city of Ellis. However, no other major damage was reported.
One inch of rain was reported at the Eagle Media Center in Hays. Some street flooding was seen, however, not to the extent when a storm dumped four inches of rain on the city earlier this month.
