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Month: January 2019

Barbara Ann Delaney

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Barbara Ann Delaney, 83, passed away on January 29, 2019 at the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital, Larned.

She was born September 18, 1935 in Scott City, the daughter of Walter H. and Sophie Schmitt Eichenberger. Barbara worked as a secretary for Emmett Bauer Insurance, the Courthouse, and Delaney Implement.

She was a member of the Burdett United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Burdett Sewing Club, Election Board, Cub Scout leader, and Burdett Card Club, all of Burdett.

On January 9, 1955, she married Harvey H. “Mutt” Delaney in Scott City. He survives.

Other survivors include: two sons, Jeff Delaney (Lynette), Larned, and Jim (Kay) Delaney, Burdett; daughter, Lori Ann Woods (Mike Conner), McCracken; 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Friday at Burdett United Methodist Church, with Rev. Bethann Black and Pastor Doug Ellison presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday with family present from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned. Burial will be at Brown’s Grove Cemetery, Burdett.

Memorials may be given to the Burdett United Methodist Church or Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Foundation in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477, Larned, KS 67550.

First Hays USD 489 superintendent candidate to interview today

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Keith Hall will be interviewing for the position of superintendent with the USD 489 Board of Education tonight.

Hall is the first of four candidates that the USD 489 Hays Board of Education will be interviewing. Candidates were selected for interviews based on their fit with desired characteristics that were developed with input from focus groups that were utilized throughout the search process.

Hall is currently serving as the in interim executive director of finance and support services for USD 489. Hall is in his first year in the position. Previously, Hall served as the superintendent of schools for USD 392 Osborne from 2008 to December 2018.  From 2002 until 2008, Hall was the principal of Stockton High School.

Schedule January 30, 2019

9 a.m. Arrive at Rockwell Administration Center

9:05 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Meet with Superintendent Thissen

Receive schedule and information for the day

9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Roosevelt Elementary School – facility tour and meet and greet

10:15 am – 11 am Drive to Lincoln, O’Loughlin, and Early Childhood Connections

11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Hays High School – facility tour and meet and greet

noon – 1:15 p.m. Lunch with building administrators

1:30 p.m.  – 2:15 p.m. Hays Middle School – facility tour and meet and greet

2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Rockwell Administration Center – facility tour and meet and greet

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Community and parent meet and greet – Toepfer Board Room

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Free time for the candidate (the district will provide transportation to and from the motel for the candidate and/or guest.

5:30 p.m. Dinner with board, candidate, his guest, Shanna, Chris, and Sarah

6:15 p.m. Formal interview

Recall: Tyson chicken nuggets may contain rubber

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Tyson Foods is recalling more than 36,000 pounds of chicken nuggets because they may be contaminated with rubber.

The U.S. Agriculture Department says there were consumer complaints about extraneous material in 5-pound packages  of Tyson White Meat Panko Chicken Nuggets. There are no confirmed reports of adverse reactions.

The packages have a best if used by date of Nov. 26, 2019 and the case code 3308SDL03. The establishment core P-13556 is inside the USDA inspection mark.

The nuggets should be thrown out or returned to the place of purchase.

Tuesday’s recall comes after Perdue Foods recalled more than 16,000 pounds of chicken nuggets because of an undeclared allergen, milk.

Schools marks Catholic Schools Week with ‘Quest for Lost Key’

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Holy Family Elementary, in conjunction with Thomas More Prep-Marian, has announced the “Quest for the Lost Key of Protection.”

During Catholic Schools Week 2019, we invite you to embark on a journey that will be an adventure involving clues, searching, inquiring, questioning and reasoning. The “Lost Key” must be found before the passing of Catholic Schools Week 2019, Saturday, Feb. 2.

The quest began Sunday, Jan. 27. Each day, two clues will be given on Holy Family Elementary’s Facebook page and at www.hfehays.org, as well as shared on TMP-Marian’s Facebook page and at www.tmp-m.org. These daily clues will be revealed at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Clues will contain vital information that will lead you to where the “Lost Key” can be found.

The “Lost Key” is no longer than 5 inches in length and is located within the city limits of Hays, Kansas, U.S.A. The “Lost Key” was lost on public, Catholic School or Catholic Church property where it still resides today. Nothing must be opened, turned over or otherwise disturbed to see or discover where the key is located. It can be seen with the naked eye! The “Lost Key” will not be moved until it is discovered or the deadline, Feb. 2, has come to pass.

WaKeeney Police Department issues phone scam warning

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WAKEENEY — The WaKeeney Police Department is warning residents of telephone scammers purporting to represent the Internal Revenue Service.

“Citizens should be wary of scams and remember that the IRS will not contact you by phone, nor do they accept payment via gift cards or PayPal,” the WPD warned. “One common tactic being used is advising you they are issuing a warrant for your arrest, so you will be hesitant to call a legitimate law enforcement agency.

“Do NOT give any caller your personal information, bank codes, account numbers or go to any website they may direct you to. If you are suspicious about any calls or mail you received please notify us prior to taking any action and we will assist you.”

HAWVER: Kelly lays out aggressive school funding plan

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Brand-new Gov. Laura Kelly has gotten one of her most politically red-hot issues introduced into the Legislature, printed out, and ready for the scrap over financing K-12 public schools in Kansas.

Her bill that she told (warned?) lawmakers about at her State of the State address pumps another $93 million into state aid for public schools, apparently the amount needed to get the Kansas Supreme Court grinning about adequate financing of public education.

And, now that those bills are printed up nicely, we’ll see just how long it takes either the House or the Senate to start considering them. So far, it appears that legislative leaders want to make sure that the ink is good and dry before they start handling the bills.

Key to that Kelly initiative is that about $93 million has been penciled out as the amount of new spending for schools that the Supreme Court has determined to be adequate. It has a lot to do with past years’ legislative action which didn’t significantly increase funding, which didn’t keep up with inflation. Inflation is a big deal when you’re spending more than $5 billion a year to help finance local public schools. A percent or two, and you’re talking real money.

Her bill puts in that $93 million in additional spending for schools this year, as the court wants. Don’t go reading through the bill for a $93 million-line item. It’s fairly obscure and deals with increasing the base state aid per pupil, and this year, as the court wants.

Now, the governor thinks paying the money, essentially settling more than two decades of school finance lawsuits, is smart. And it meshes with her aim to increase school funding.

The Legislature’s Republican leadership generally takes three tracks. One is that it’s the Legislature that decides how much money to spend, not the court; another is that legislators are spending a lot of their constituents’ money on schools now, and the third is, of course, that lawmakers have other places to spend the money.

Oh, and while it’s early in the session, Attorney General Derek Schmidt would like the Legislature to act quickly on the bill, because he’s got an April 25 date to show the Supreme Court that the state has remedied the shortcomings of the school finance issue, and a May 9 date for oral arguments before the court to deliver the answer.

And time in the generally slow legislative process is important to Schmidt.

If he shows up with a new law that ponies up the money, that makes things easier. He could almost just ask for a receipt from the court and have time for a nice lunch on May 9. Maybe something that goes with wine…

Or, the Legislature could dunk Kelly’s bill, just not passing it, cutting the amount of the new spending, or coming up with some new idea that lawmakers hope the court will buy.

That is also something that Schmidt would like to know as quickly as possible.

Because he represents the state, not just the Legislature, he’s going to have to figure out how to explain what the Legislature did, why it did it, and why it will adequately finance schools. Oh, and there’s always the chance the Legislature will come up with a plan that the governor vetoes. That makes the water a little deeper…

So, while we’re watching taxes and voting rights and possibly expansion of Medicaid and all the other partisan scraps, you might want to spend a little time wondering about schools. You won’t be alone…

Syndicated by Hawver News Company LLC of Topeka; Martin Hawver is publisher of Hawver’s Capitol Report—to learn more about this nonpartisan statewide political news service, visit the website at www.hawvernews.com

Arthur ‘Art’ Green

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Arthur “Art” Green, age 92, died on Monday, January 28, 2019 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 29, 1926, in Rock Port, Missouri the son Frank and Lydia Geiswein Green.

A lifetime member of Finney County he worked as a farmer and rancher. He was a member of the First Christian Church, The Fraternal Order of the Eagles, the American Legion, and the VFW all of Garden City, Kansas.

On August 9, 1953 he married Doris M. Davis in Garden City, Kansas. She passed away on March 16, 2012.

Survivors include:

One Son: Arthur G. & Kim Green of Lakin, Kansas

Four Daughters: Gloria and Mike Fisher of Moscow, Kansas
Georgina and Tonie Morris of Oak Grove, Missouri
Tina and Jess Martinez of Satanta, Kansas
Jackie Meredith of Dardanelle, Arkansas

Twenty-one Grandchildren; Numerous Great Grandchildren and Great Great Grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, four brothers, one sister, and one granddaughter.

Funeral services will be held at the First Christian Church on Friday, February 1, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Visitation will be from 1-8 on Thursday, January 31, 2019 with the family receiving friends from 6-8 at Price and Sons Funeral Home of Garden City.

Interment will follow at the Sunset Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by the Kansas Army National Guard.

Memorials are suggested to Arthur Green Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 620 N. Main St. Garden City, Kansas 67846.

Doris Ruby Peterson

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Doris Ruby Peterson, 94, of Atwood, died Monday, January 28, 2019, at the Good Samaritan Society of Atwood. She was born August 17, 1924, in Decatur County, KS, to T. Albert and Ruby (Peterson) Marcuson. She graduated from Decatur Community High School. She was homemaker in her adult life. She cooked at the sale barn in Atwood for 8 years. After the boys graduated from high school, she was a cook at the Atwood grade school for 17 years. She was an active church member at the United Methodist Church and was involved in the UMW and the Merry 12 Card Club. She was known for her “famous” coconut cream pies and crispies. In her spare time, she enjoyed puzzles, making afghans, embroidering, cross stitching and gardening.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Milton; son, Kenneth; brothers, Gail and Glenn (Dorothy) Marcuson; sister Mildred (Fred) Waldo and twin sister; Donis (Glen) Morris.

She is survived by her sons, Wayne (Ardis), Junction City, KS and Greg (Brenda), Atwood, KS; daughter-in-law Trish Peterson, Overland Park, KS; sister-in-law, Kay Marcuson, Oberlin, KS; 10 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, February 1, 2019, at Baalmann Mortuary, Atwood. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 2, 2019, at the Atwood United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Atwood. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Atwood United Methodist Church, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. For information or condolences, visit www.baalmannmortuary.com

Tuesday’s prep basketball scores

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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
Anderson County 77, Burlington 69
Andover Central 75, Wichita Campus 65
Attica 72, Fairfield 15
Augusta 61, Rose Hill 46
Axtell 60, Doniphan West 27
BV Randolph 64, Frankfort 57
Basehor-Linwood 83, Pittsburg 56
Beloit 58, Republic County 22
Bishop Miege 61, BV North 58
Bishop Seabury Academy 74, Northland Christian, Mo. 19
Bonner Springs 89, Leavenworth 68
Buhler 54, Wellington 50
Burlingame 53, Northern Heights 35
Burlington, Colo. 55, Goodland 46
Caldwell 61, Argonia 19
Canton-Galva 37, Solomon 36
Cedar Vale/Dexter 52, Burden Central 36
Central Plains 73, Otis-Bison 15
Chapman 58, Clay Center 39
Cheney 70, Medicine Lodge 28
Chetopa 54, Uniontown 44
Cheyenne Wells, Colo. 56, Wallace County 45
Clifton-Clyde 48, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 40
Colby 41, Norton 28
Columbus 48, Riverton 14
Concordia 76, Pike Valley 34
Deerfield 59, Sublette 43
Derby 55, Hutchinson 40
Dodge City 53, Garden City 50
Douglass 40, Wichita Independent 36
El Dorado 73, Clearwater 42
Ellis 55, Quinter 43
Elyria Christian 44, Goessel 43
Erie 65, Cherryvale 62
Eureka 74, Humboldt 66
Fort Scott 67, Chanute 64
Girard 46, Galena 21
Goddard-Eisenhower 65, Valley Center 56
Great Bend 58, Wamego 42
Haven 61, Hesston 40
Hillsboro 53, Smoky Valley 48
Hoxie 52, Oakley 51
Hugoton 73, Ulysses 57
Hutchinson Trinity 54, Bennington 35
Inman 56, Ell-Saline 29
Jackson Heights 56, Jefferson North 41
Junction City 50, Topeka Hayden 49
KC Bishop Ward 59, KC Turner 56
KC Harmon 57, KC Sumner 47
Kapaun Mount Carmel 53, Wichita North 31
Kingman 57, Belle Plaine 50
Lawrence 73, SM East 64
Lincoln 33, Chase 32
Little River 69, Herington 35
Louisburg 46, Paola 33
Maize South 48, Goddard 39
Maranatha Academy 67, Heritage Christian 27
Marion 65, Sedgwick 52
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 66, Pleasant Ridge 52
McPherson 68, Wichita Collegiate 41
Minneola 65, Bucklin 56
Nemaha Central 57, Hiawatha 26
Ness City 76, Hill City 55
Newton 65, Salina Central 56, OT
Nickerson 45, Larned 44
Northeast-Arma 74, Oswego 53
Olathe East 52, Lawrence Free State 51
Olathe West 74, SM North 58
Olpe 50, Hartford 23
Osawatomie 55, Jayhawk Linn 47
Osborne 71, Wilson 45
Oskaloosa 71, Atchison County 42
Ottawa 65, KC Christian 51
Perry-Lecompton 59, Jefferson West 45
Phillipsburg 54, Southern Valley, Neb. 34
Pittsburg Colgan 39, Baxter Springs 38
Plainville 72, Trego 53
Pleasanton 41, St. Paul 27
Pratt Skyline 59, Hutchinson Central Christian 52
Rawlins County 49, Hitchcock County, Neb. 28
Riley County 74, Marysville 59
Rock Creek 60, Centralia 54
Royal Valley 52, Holton 25
Rural Vista 56, Centre 40
Russell 60, Ellsworth 53
SM Northwest 65, Olathe South 46
SM South 55, Olathe Northwest 38
Sabetha 51, Riverside 31
Salina Sacred Heart 76, Southeast Saline 42
Satanta 67, Ingalls 58
Scott City 71, Cimarron 56
Sedan 69, South Haven 58
Shawnee Heights 63, Tonganoxie 52
Silver Lake 54, Osage City 51
South Central 77, Kinsley 43
South Gray 54, Hodgeman County 45
Spearville 60, Pawnee Heights 37
Spring Hill 58, DeSoto 46
St. Francis 57, Holyoke, Colo. 47
St. John 45, Hoisington 35
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 62, Thunder Ridge 41
Stafford 55, Pretty Prairie 43
Sylvan-Lucas 54, Rock Hills 27
Syracuse 43, Wiley, Colo. 27
Topeka 46, Topeka West 35
Udall 52, Oxford 35
Valley Falls 66, Horton 44
Victoria 51, Ellinwood 46
Wabaunsee 45, Lyndon 41
Washburn Rural 67, Topeka Seaman 48
Washington County 48, Linn 18
Waverly 49, West Franklin 24
Wellsville 66, Prairie View 61
West Elk 49, Flinthills 46
Wichita Classical 56, St. John’s Military 34
Wichita Heights 54, Wichita Northwest 46
Wichita South 62, Wichita West 50
Wichita Southeast 78, Wichita Bishop Carroll 67
Wichita Trinity 71, Conway Springs 23
WKLL Tournament
Cheylin 55, Golden Plains 48
Weskan 51, Palco 42
Northern Valley 60, Wheatland-Grinnell 20
Triplains-Brewster 53, Logan 41

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Andale 54, Winfield 26
Andover 71, Arkansas City 55
Andover Central 56, Wichita Campus 42
Ashland 55, Fowler 14
Attica/Argonia 42, Fairfield 38
Augusta 56, Rose Hill 37
Axtell 54, Doniphan West 25
BV Southwest 50, Mill Valley 47
Basehor-Linwood 44, Pittsburg 31
Beloit 49, Republic County 31
Berean Academy 51, Remington 36
Bishop Miege 57, BV North 52
Blue Valley 45, BV West 30
Bucklin 70, Minneola 26
Burlington 65, Anderson County 23
Central Plains 74, Otis-Bison 35
Chanute 47, Fort Scott 24
Cheney 55, Medicine Lodge 40
Circle 54, Mulvane 25
Clay Center 72, Chapman 55
Columbus 48, Riverton 14
Concordia 58, Pike Valley 35
DeSoto 59, Spring Hill 54
Derby 63, Hutchinson 30
Dighton 43, Oberlin-Decatur 42
Dodge City 46, Garden City 39
El Dorado 51, Clearwater 47
Erie 53, Cherryvale 47
Eureka 46, Humboldt 37
Frankfort 70, BV Randolph 57
Garden Plain 60, Chaparral 47
Girard 45, Galena 29
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 49, Clifton-Clyde 47, OT
Goddard-Eisenhower 50, Valley Center 31
Goessel 33, Elyria Christian 32
Goodland 68, Burlington 38
Guymon, Okla. 64, Holcomb 46
Halstead 47, Lyons 31
Hanover 41, Valley Heights 32
Hesston 51, Haven 42
Hill City 48, Ness City 29
Hillsboro 54, Smoky Valley 29
Hitchcock County, Neb. 46, Rawlins County 39
Hoisington 31, St. John 24
Holyoke, Colo. 52, St. Francis 35
Hutchinson Central Christian 50, Pratt Skyline 23
Hutchinson Trinity 40, Bennington 26
Ingalls 62, Satanta 43
Inman 52, Ell-Saline 25
Jefferson North 47, Jackson Heights 44, OT
Jefferson West 58, Perry-Lecompton 26
KC Christian 46, Ottawa 25
Kapaun Mount Carmel 52, Wichita North 36
Kingman 56, Belle Plaine 40
La Crosse 22, Macksville 20
Lansing 39, Gardner-Edgerton 36
Lawrence 49, SM East 34
Leavenworth 72, Bonner Springs 35
Lincoln 33, Chase 30
Little River 48, Herington 27
Maize South 48, Goddard 39
Maranatha Academy 37, Heritage Christian 30
Marysville 48, Riley County 43
McPherson 55, Wichita Collegiate 17
Meade 52, Kiowa County 34
Mission Valley 48, Madison/Hamilton 46
Nemaha Central 62, Hiawatha 16
Neodesha 53, Fredonia 45
Newton 54, Salina Central 46
Nickerson 50, Larned 48
Northern Heights 49, Burlingame 32
Norton 53, Colby 22
Oakley 42, Hoxie 33
Olathe East 45, Lawrence Free State 24
Olathe West 66, SM North 56
Osawatomie 47, Jayhawk Linn 37
Osborne 47, Wilson 35
Oskaloosa 37, Atchison County 36
Oswego 56, Northeast-Arma 46
Paola 56, Louisburg 54
Parsons 51, Frontenac 47
Phillipsburg 56, Southern Valley, Neb. 40
Pittsburg Colgan 39, Baxter Springs 38
Pleasant Ridge 53, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 30
Quinter 58, Ellis 40
Rock Creek 47, Centralia 30
Royal Valley 42, Holton 29
Rural Vista 56, Centre 40
Russell 52, Ellsworth 41
SM Northwest 47, Olathe South 43
Sabetha 74, Riverside 23
Salina South 54, Hays 49, OT
Santa Fe Trail 32, Iola 31
Scott City 61, Cimarron 54
Sedgwick 53, Marion 18
Shawnee Heights 42, Tonganoxie 11
South Central 58, Kinsley 42
South Gray 57, Hodgeman County 23
South Haven 57, Sedan 35
Southeast Saline 70, Salina Sacred Heart 65
Spearville 60, Pawnee Heights 37
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 38, Thunder Ridge 32, OT
St. Paul 46, Pleasanton 38
Sterling 55, Moundridge 40
Sublette 49, Deerfield 10
Sylvan-Lucas 40, Rock Hills 13
Syracuse 46, Wiley, Colo. 37
Topeka 61, Topeka West 29
Trego 42, Plainville 36
Udall 46, Oxford 17
Ulysses 52, Hugoton 40
Uniontown 40, Chetopa 21
Valley Falls 54, Horton 36
Victoria 42, Ellinwood 28
Wabaunsee 77, Lyndon 20
Wallace County 38, Cheyenne Wells, Colo. 32
Wamego 58, Great Bend 40
Washington County 53, Linn 43
Waverly 55, West Franklin 27
Wellington 35, Buhler 34
Wellsville 79, Prairie View 36
Wichita Bishop Carroll 53, Wichita Southeast 43
Wichita Independent 37, Douglass 22
Wichita South 42, Wichita West 31
Wichita Trinity 52, Conway Springs 45
WKLL Tournament
Logan 41, Western Plains-Healy 10
Palco 30, Triplains-Brewster 26
Golden Plains 44, Wheatland-Grinnell 14
Weskan 48, Cheylin 28

Mom of 2 KC-area girls found dead charged with murder

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Kansas City, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City area woman whose two young daughters died during extreme heat is charged with murder in their deaths.

Jenna Boedecker- photo Clay County

A Clay County grand jury on Tuesday charged 30-year-old Jenna Boedecker with two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of endangering the welfare of a child and three other charges.

The indictment alleges Boedecker left her 2-year-old and infant daughters inside a vehicle

Investigators on the scene where the girls died -image courtesy KCTV

overnight at a rural home near Kearney. Emergency responders declared the girls dead on July 4.

Boedecker told police at the time she put the girls in a Jeep while she argued with her husband and then fell asleep, leaving them outside.

She is also charged with property damage and domestic assault stemming from confrontations with her husband July 3.

She is being held on $500,000 bond. The indictment does not name an attorney for Boedecker.

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KANSAS CITY- (AP) – A  woman whose two young children died after being found unresponsive on July Fourth is charged with assaulting her husband in the hours before the children were found.

Jenna Boedecker was charged Thursday with third-degree assault, armed criminal action and first-degree property damage. The Kansas City Star reports that police records indicate the charges stem from an argument with her husband.

Police say Boedecker found her 2-year-old and newborn daughters unresponsive Wednesday outside a home in a rural area northeast of Kansas City. Police haven’t said how the girls died.

Police initially said foul play wasn’t suspected. But on Thursday, the Clay County Sheriff said a squad of criminal investigators had been called in to help with the case.

No charges have been filed in the girls’ deaths.

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KEARNEY, Mo. (AP) – Two young sisters have been found dead in a rural area northeast of Kansas City.

Clay County sheriff’s Capt. Will Akin said the girls were found outside their home just after noon Wednesday by their mother and were not breathing. Both girls were under 5 years old.

Akin said foul play is not suspected and neither water nor firearms appear to have been involved, but the deaths are under investigation.

The incident was reported near the intersection of a rural road and Missouri 92 east of Kearney. The mother ran to a neighbor’s house and the neighbor called 911.

Phillips Co. Healthcare Foundation receives donation from USA Clean Fuels

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PCHF Board of Directors – Pete Rogers, Dana Grammon, Barb Losey, Deb Kennedy, Becky Lix and Rance Ames. Prairie Horizon Board of Directors – Denis Miller and Dan Heinze, General Manager Joe Kreutzer.

PHILLIPSBURG – USA Clean Fuels on E. Hwy 36 in Phillipsburg wrapped up a 3 cent per gallon fundraiser in support of local healthcare on December 31, 2018.

The event, “Fuel up to Improve our Air and Support our Healthcare” began three months prior, on October 1, in partnership with the Phillips County Healthcare Foundation (PCHF) as a way to promote the health benefits of using ethanol blended fuel versus traditional gasoline.

In that span of time 48,823 gallons of higher ethanol blends were sold, amounting to a $1,465 donation to the foundation.

“The Phillips County Healthcare Foundation really appreciates USA Clean Fuels’ support. Providing funds to assist in proving quality local healthcare providers, while also bolstering local ag producers and helping the environment is a great combination,” said Rance Ames, chairman of the Phillips County Healthcare Foundation.

The Phillips County Healthcare Foundation is a local charitable organization whose mission is to foster and enhance resources of Phillips County for improvement of healthcare and well-being of the community.

The beneficiaries of PCHF are the Phillips County EMS, the Phillips County Health Department, the Logan Manor, the Phillips County Retirement Center, the Wellness Center, and Phillips County Health Systems.

Prairie Horizon’s USA Clean Fuels on East Highway 36 in Phillipsburg offers the consumer a fuel choice that is cleaner, more affordable and better performing. Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy is a limited liability corporation, founded in November 2003 in the rural community of Phillipsburg. Our company is owned by 300 area investors and employs thirty-six people. Annually, Prairie Horizon produces over 40 million gallons of ethanol and grinds 15 million bushels of grain, yielding around 127,000 tons of high protein livestock feed.

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Foundation: Gifts to Ellis County are ‘twice as nice’ in February

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Ellis County could earn an additional $50,000 for charitable grants in the community through a county-wide “Twice as Nice” gift matching campaign.

In February, the Dane G. Hansen Foundation will match all public gifts to the Ellis County Legacy Fund at the Heartland Community Foundation, up to $50,000. Donations will be matched dollar for dollar, at a maximum of $5,000 per donor. If the $50,000 goal is met this year, the fund will gain a total of $100,000.

Over the past two years, the “Twice as Nice” campaign has raised over $200,000 for the Legacy Fund, which to date has granted $8,825 to charitable projects in Ellis County.

“As the Legacy Fund grows, the grants back to the county will grow as well,” said Sandy Jacobs, executive director of the Heartland Community Foundation.

To make a tax-deductible donation to the Ellis County Fund, call Jacobs at 785-621-4090 or email [email protected]. Donations must be received by February 28. Learn more at www.heartlandcommunityfoundation.org.

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