Linda K. Patterson-Zordel, August 2, 2018 – August 2, 2018, Hill City, Kansas.
Visitation will be Monday, Aug. 6, 2:00 PM – 7:30 PM at Stinemetz Funeral Home, 522 N. Pomeroy Ave., Hill City, KS. Family will be present from 5:30 – 7:30 to receive friends.
Services will be Tuesday, Aug. 7, 11 AM, Stinemetz Funeral Home, 522 N. Pomeroy Ave., Hill City, KS.
Doris Martha (Sherratt) Burkholder passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 at The Good Samaritan Society in Hays, Kansas at the age of 101. She was born on August 23, 1916 in Nederland, Colorado to the late Isaiah and Clara (Wilkes) Sherratt. She grew up in Hanna, Wyoming and graduated from high school with the Class of 1934. On March 3, 1944 she was united in marriage to Clarence Robert “Bob” Burkholder in San Diego, California. They were blessed with three sons, Stephen, Robert, and Bruce.
Doris worked many years as secretary, both for the church and for an insurance agency. She was a true “people person” and loved talking, visiting, helping, and serving the people in her community. An avid fan of the arts, she had a heart for music and enjoyed playing the violin and singing in the church choir. Even into her sixties she was always looking for creative venues, and became quite accomplished at Tole Painting. As a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker she loved her family more than anyone else and always looked forward to times when she could cook for them. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Doris is survived by her sons Robert Leon Burkholder and wife Michael D. of Rio Rancho, NM, and Bruce Lee Burkholder and fiancé Linda S. Ruder of Hays; seven grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; and seventeen great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Isaiah and Clara Sherratt; husband Bob Burkholder; brothers Harry Sherratt, and William Sherratt; sister Beverly Sherratt; and son Stephen Sherratt Burkholder.
As a woman of deep faith, and a student of her Bible, Doris was a woman of character, integrity, and love, inspired by women of the scriptures. The devotion of Adah, morality of Ruth, loyalty of Esther, perseverance of Martha, and strength of Electa was the very life that Doris shared with us by her daily example. She has made an impact in the lives of countless people, that will echo into eternity, where indeed she now stands the “Fairest Among Thousands, Altogether Lovely.”
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at the United Methodist Church in Plainville. Burial will follow in the Plainville City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00pm on Monday at the funeral home in Plainville with family receiving friends from 6:00-8:00pm.
JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for alleged vehicle theft and other charges.
Just after 4p.m. Sunday, a Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy observed a 2013 Kia sedan allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed, according to Sheriff Tim Morse. The deputy was able to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle near the intersection of K-16 and US Hwy 75 in Holton.
The vehicle had been reported stolen from Kansas City, Missouri. The driver, Christian Detry Royce Chardon, 21, of Topeka was arrested for being in possession of felony-stolen property, driving under the influence, driving while suspended.
Chardon also had an outstanding warrant for vehicle theft from Douglas County.
Chardon is currently being held in the Jackson County Jail. He has previous convictions for theft, interference with law enforcement and a third conviction for flee or attempt to flee and elude law enforcement, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
COLBY – William “Bill” Nondorf, 68, died Saturday, August 4, 2018, at Prairie Senior Living Complex, Colby, Kansas.
Services are pending with Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel in Colby.
GAYLORD – Keith Robert Gillis, age 81, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Hilltop Lodge in Beloit.
Arrangements are pending with Simmons-Rentschler Mortuary, 116 W. First Street, Smith Center, KS 66967.
By KIRBY ROSS
Phillips County Review
LOGAN — Remember the good old days when health care was affordable? When medical providers made house calls, and when getting a few stitches in a cut cost about the same amount as filling your car with gas?
Well, actually you probably don’t remember those days, but you heard about them. Or have seen them on TV.
Nowadays, the cost of simple medical procedures can bring lower income patients to their knees financially, even if they have health insurance. And forget it, if they don’t have insurance–time to cue up the bankruptcy attorney. Even higher income families with insurance might have to empty their bank accounts for some procedures.
Consider the story of a local individual who recently had an ugly cut on his hand. It was $500 just to walk through the door of the emergency room. $500!
Then add another $250 on top of that to have a doctor spend five minutes applying the medical glue that is available for the type of cut that a few stitches might once have closed.
Total tab for the visit–$750. And with co-pays, and deductibles, ch-ching, time to pull out your checkbook and start writing.
Now try to envision cutting your hand the same way, and going to a medical clinic that provides Direct Primary Care, and getting that same procedure done at no cost.
No cost. As in zero dollars.
In today’s era of high-dollar-break-the-bank medical care, there’s now a growing movement within the medical community called Direct Primary Care that is edging healthcare in this very different direction.
And, in partnership with the Dane G. Hansen Foundation and the City of Logan, the Logan Medical Clinic is one such healthcare facility that has just embraced it. The Logan Clinic, which originally began operating many years ago, began its new business model under the supervision of Dr. Daniel J. Sanchez, M.D., just last month.
Of course, in life there are no free lunches, nor is there free medical care. But the Direct Primary Care program that Logan has adopted comes as close to it as is possible in today’s world, by moving it in the direction of being very, very affordable.
Individuals can access medical care at the Logan Medical Clinic by becoming members at these monthly rates:
$10 — 0-18 years
$50 — 19-44 years
$60 — 45-64 years
$70 — 65+ years
The Clinic does not accept insurance, with the tradeoff being that once a person is a member, here is what the Clinic charges for various types of medical care:
House calls–free. You read that right–house calls. Something that hasn’t been seen in America since Howdy Doody ruled the airwaves.
And those Logan Clinic house calls–they’re free.
Office visits–free.
School physicals–free.
Nursing home visits by clinic staff–free.
After hours and weekend coverage–free.
Simple laceration repair–free.
Fracture repair and casting–free.
Testing for pap smears and other testing–discounted pricing.
“The program is designed to treat patients like they used to be treated,” says Logan Mayor Max Lowry. “We’re setting this up to be as cost effective of a delivery as you can get. Our overhead is two staff members. We’re not paying CEOs, CFOs, accountants, consultants and all the other personnel that increase medical costs so high.”
Keeping those Logan Clinic overhead costs down makes a big difference, especially when compared to the costs of paying nonmedical staff administrators, which hovers at close to a million dollars annually for some area healthcare facilities.
Another minor overhead cost for the Logan Clinic is for medical software. The Clinic pays $300 per month for it. That compares to a total upfront cost of $3.2 million paid by one area hospital, and $500,000 by another. Those same hospitals then also pay tens of thousands of dollars in yearly maintenance fees for the software on top of that.
With that lower overhead for the Logan Clinic comes less need to process patients through on an assembly line volume basis in order to maximize revenue.
“We want to treat patients as patients,” says Logan Clinic Physician’s Assistant Nancy Kisner. “With memberships we don’t have to cycle people in and out to pay for overhead.”
Kisner says, “Membership entitles you to all the services the clinic provides. Right now we are accepting members from throughout the region. The way we are setting this up, people who have never really had access to healthcare now can have it. And our ability to make house calls and treat individuals in their homes will be of real benefit to some people.”
In addition to individual memberships, Kisner says the Clinic is working on establishing family plans, and plans for small business owners.
Kisner also says “the beauty of this is, as we go along the Clinic can add more benefits. We’re looking at possibly maybe a fitness center, or physical therapy and massage therapy. If we find there is a need for footcare, maybe we can have a footcare clinic once a month. And down the road we’d like to provide mammograms and bone density tests.”
In summarizing the low-cost, readily-available healthcare the Logan Clinic is offering to the region, Kisner provides an analogy to the bygone era of country doctors and the personal care they once provided in northwest Kansas–“I like to look at us as being like Doc from Gunsmoke, or Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Right now, working at the Logan Clinic I am treating four generations of one family. Four generations! It’s so fulfilling. Practicing this type of medicine without having to focus on volumes of patients and being able to know the people in the community so well helps me to better determine the needs of the patient, and to see somebody who might be slipping through the cracks.”
With Logan being geographically located near the intersection point of the four-counties region, Phillips, Rooks, Graham and Norton county residents would seem to be a natural constituency for the Clinic.
The Clinic currently covers general healthcare needs, and not more serious health matters. Costs of treatment after referrals to outside providers and specialists, or transfers to hospitals, have to be covered by the patient.
But the way the program works, and with the Affordable Care Act teetering on the brink of insolvency, one possible option for individuals might be to join the Clinic to have their ordinary healthcare needs seen to, and then buy a catastrophic health insurance policy for more serious needs. A consultation with a health insurance provider would help clarify these issues.
For more information, the Logan Medical Clinic can be reached at 785-689-7464. or [email protected].
Today A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. West southwest wind 7 to 9 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
There is a Slight Risk of severe storms later today. The greatest severe weather threat will be west of a Ulysses to Wakeeney line. #kswx pic.twitter.com/yfyNFC18lB
— NWS Dodge City (@NWSDodgeCity) August 6, 2018
Tonight A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. North northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
TuesdayA slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 87. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday NightMostly clear, with a low around 64. East northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.
WednesdayMostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Wednesday NightMostly clear, with a low around 64.
ThursdaySunny, with a high near 89.
WICHITA, Kan. – The Hays Larks nearly rallied from a six-run deficit but came up short 6-5 to the Wellington Heat in their second pool play game of Championship Week at the NBC World Series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Frank Leo Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
The Heat (39-9) scored three in the third and three in the fourth to go up 6-0.
The Larks (35-11) were held to one hit through the first four innings but finally struck in the fifth on a Nic Gaddis hit a two-run homer. They added another run in the sixth then two in the eighth on a two-out RBI double from John Rensel and two-out single from Clayton Rasbeary.
RJ Williams and Wyatt Divis singled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth but Easton Kirk grounded hard to short to end the game.
Michael Wong (4-1) struck out six of the first seven batters he faced and tied his season high with seven strikeouts but left with two outs in the fourth. He allowed all six runs on five hits and suffered the loss.
After Austin Thomason pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings knuckleballer Rustin Hays, who pitched for El Dorado during the regular season, threw four scoreless innings.
The Larks drop to 1-1 in pool play and will need a win Tuesday against the San Diego Stars to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Stars erased a six-run deficit to beat the Clarinda A’s 16-8 in the first game Sunday.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman convicted in connection with a “swatting” event has been sentenced to probation.
Reno County District Judge Joe McCarville gave Hutchinson woman Tatumn Marie Watkins one year of probation. The 20 year old pleaded guilty last month to attempting to “give a false alarm of violent activity or a threat to life.”
Watkins and another woman allegedly called police in April to report that a man battered two family members and was outside their home with a gun “waiting for police.”
Police ordered the man outside at gunpoint, but no one was hurt. The event came several months after police fatally shot a Wichita man during a deadly hoax emergency call.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says all five people on board were killed when a small passenger airplane crashed in northern Oklahoma on Saturday.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford.
“A single-engine Extra EA-400 crashed under unknown circumstances … shortly after taking off from Ponca City Regional Airport,” Lunsford said in an email. “The aircraft was destroyed by a post-crash fire,” at the site about 90 miles north of Oklahoma City.
The Extra EA-400 is described as a six-seat corporate aircraft with space for a one-person crew and five passengers.
OHP Lt. Kera Philippi said the fire obliterated much of the aircraft’s tail number.
The Independence Kansas Rural Fire Department reported on social media, “With immense sadness we have lost one of our own from our Montgomery County Rural Fire family. Earlier today Sycamore Firefighter Nicholas Warner, 2 of his sons, his dad Bill, and friend Tim Valentine passed away in an aircraft accident outside of Ponca City Oklahoma.
Our deepest Sympathies go to Brenda, Kaylee, Lisa, Jessica and their entire families and dear friends.”
An OHP report said the plane was northbound from the airport about 10:45 a.m. Saturday when it “lost altitude and stuck the ground.”
The bodies were sent to the Oklahoma medical examiner’s office. All were dead at the scene “due to massive injuries,” according to the OHP report.
Philippi and National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said the five had flown to Ponca City for a monthly breakfast hosted by the airport.
Airport manager Don Nuzum said the Ponca City Aviation Booster Club hosts a fly-in, drive-in breakfast the first Saturday of each month, but said he could not comment about the crash.
Lunsford said the FAA and NTSB will investigate the crash, with the NTSB leading the investigation.
Knudson said an NTSB investigator was headed to the site Saturday, but it was not known when he would arrive.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has joined 18 other states in adopting a law requiring motorists to use caution around garbage trucks by making driver carelessness a fineable offense.
A ticket for what is now known as “unlawful passing of a waste collection vehicle” will cost an offender $45 starting July 1, 2019. Until then, police will hand out warnings.
The Kansas law took effect this month. Motorists are required to treat stopped garbage trucks with “due caution,” meaning they must slow down when nearing the truck and give it space when passing.
Exactly what constitutes “due caution” will depend on the given circumstances and the judgment of the enforcing police officer. The same standards are in place for emergency vehicles.
“Drivers have a habit of not always paying attention, of getting distracted and running into the back of the vehicles,” said Brandon Wright, communications director for the National Waste and Recycling Association.
Garbage collection is the fifth most hazardous civilian job in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and motorists are a big reason.
Besides inattentive driving, drivers often try to zip around trucks too quickly or squeeze by them when there’s not enough room, all of which can end badly for the workers, Wright said.
“You just hate to see someone get hit beside one of those big old trucks,” said Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Mike Petersen, a Wichita Republican. “There’s not much between them and the traffic. It’s not pretty.”
His committee heard testimony from nearly a dozen waste industry employees and experts supporting the law, which convinced members of the need, he said.
Kansas traffic laws generally require drivers to adjust their speed and tactics for road conditions and weather to remain safe. The state Supreme Court ruled in 1970 that a driver must exercise “ordinary care and caution” to avoid accidents.
In the case of the new law, drivers are likely to get pulled over if they “buzz right by at their normal speed” when a garbage truck is present, said state House Transportation Committee Chairman Richard Proehl, a Parsons Republican.
COWLEY COUNTY —The Winfield Correctional Facility reported escaped inmate Robert Terrell was apprehended by law enforcement in a rural area of Cowley County just after noon Sunday.
On Saturday evening, officials reported to the prison staff that Terrell jumped a fence on the west side of the correctional facility property.
Terrell has convictions for rape of a victim under the age of 14 and failure to register as a sex offender.
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COWLEY COUNTY—The Winfield Correctional Facility is reporting an escaped inmate from their grounds on N. College Street.
Just before 9p.m. Saturday, officials reported to the prison staff that 36-year-old Robert Terrell jumped a fence on the west side of the correctional facility property.
Terrell is described as a white male with red hair, 5-foot-5, 154 pounds. Officials don’t have a description of the clothing he was wearing.
Terrell has convictions for rape of a victim under the age of 14 and failure to register as a sex offender.
Authorities advised “if you see Terrell, do not approach him and call 911 immediately.”
RENO COUNTY — A Kansas man made an initial court appearance Friday on nine charges associated with his inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old girl.
Three years ago Lynn Conrad Hase, 36, Buhler, became friends with a 15-year-old girl during the rehearsals for the Family Community Theatre’s production of Shrek the Musical at Hutchinson’s Memorial Hall, according to investigators.
During that period, the parents of the girl suspected something was going on. Her parents eventually discovered the truth and contacted the Reno County Sheriff’s Office.
Charges against Hase include aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, five counts of indecent liberties and two counts of indecent solicitation. The crimes occurred from January to March in 2015, according to Reno County Sheriff Captain Steve Lutz.
Hase is free on a $50,000 bond. A no contact order is in place.
