NAMI Hays will present “The Adolescent Brain” by Ken Windholz, MS, LCP, LMLP, instructor in the Department of Psychology at Fort Hays State University, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7 at Center for Life Experience.
The center recently moved to a new location at 205 E. Seventh St., Suite 257, (Hadley Center), Hays.
There will be no support group meetings that night.
Supervised child care will be available.
For more information, contact Ann Leiker at 785-259-6859.
Mary Ann (Pfannenstiel) Schmeidler, age 88, of Hays, Kansas passed away Friday, January 4, 2019 at her home. She was born March 25, 1930 in Hays to Joe M. and Sophie (Rupp) Pfannenstiel. She attended Girl’s Catholic High and on March 1, 1954 she married Gilbert J. Schmeidler at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hays. He preceded her in death June 18, 2009.
Mary Ann was a Homemaker and assisted Gilbert with the family farming activities. Before marriage she completed Nurses aide training and worked at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays. She was known to make sure the day ended with a full hot meal and made sure that there were baked goods available for all that stopped by. She was a member of St. Catherine Church.
She is survived by a Son, Terry Schmeidler and Carla Kriley of Walker, KS; two Daughters, Debra Schmeidler and friend Neal Rajewski, Kaylene Kruse and husband Dave all of Hays; a Sister, Rita Bieker of Hays; a Sister-in-law, Doris Pfannenstiel of Hays; Brothers-in-law, Cyril Schmeidler and wife Alice of Catharine, KS and Harold Schmeidler of Walker, KS; Grandchildren, Lance (Tracy) Schmeidler, Lynn (Michael) Schmeidler, Lacey (Caleb) Schmeidler, Tyler (Amanda) Kruse and Breanne Kruse as well as Great Grandchildren, Landon Schmeidler and Melanie Kruse.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; Brothers, Ignatius and Edward Pfannenstiel; Sisters, Sr. Carmelyn “Irene”, Jeanette, Edna Jane Pfannenstiel, Philomena “Minnie” Lang and Matilda “Tillie” Wittman.
Funeral services will be 10 AM on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Catharine, KS. With burial to follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday, January 7th 4 PM – 8 PM and Tuesday, January 8th 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM all at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601.
A St. Catherine Christian Mothers rosary will be at 6:45 PM Monday followed by a parish vigil service all at the funeral home chapel.
Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Catherine Church, Angel’s Care Home Health or HaysMed Hospice.
Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or by email at [email protected]
The Hays Public Library has hired Sara Schoenthaler to serve as its early literacy coordinator. This position will organize storytimes and other early childhood literacy efforts.
Schoenthaler, originally from Hays, is a graduate of Hays High School and Wichita State University. She will receive her master’s of library and information science from Emporia State in May.
As a graduate student, Schoenthaler created a Literacy Adventure Kit, which is intended to be an at-home reading education activity for parents to use with their children. She worked at the library at Emporia High School and the Emporia Public Library.
Schoenthaler began working at the Hays Public Library on Jan. 2.
— HPL
FHSU University Relations
Denver will be President Tisa Mason’s first stop of 2019 in Fort Hays State University’s annual month-long, 12-city, three-state tour to recognize high school and transfer students who have been awarded scholarships from the university. The event also provides an overview of what makes FHSU a special place, both in and out of the classroom.
The Denver Student Recognition Program begins at 1 p.m. Mountain Time Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec St.
A highlight at each event is when President Mason individually recognizes students who have already been awarded scholarships to FHSU for the next academic year. Other university officers, administrators and faculty also attend the programs to answer questions and to visit with prospective students and their families and friends.
Another highlight is the dessert or pizza buffet after the recognition portion of the program. Dessert is served at the Denver SRP. Students and their friends and families have the opportunity to mingle with FHSU faculty, staff and administrators before and after the scholarship presentations.
Since its beginning in the 1987-88 year, Fort Hays State’s SRP program – unique in higher education – has had the mission of recognizing all students interested in college, and their friends and families. The events provide them with the opportunity to meet faculty and staff from the university. The public is welcome to attend.
Students and families in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska can sign up now to attend programs in their areas. High school juniors, seniors and transfer students have already been invited to Student Recognition Programs in their areas.
For more information or to sign up, visit www.fhsu.edu/admissions/srp/.
Many high school seniors and transfer students will receive certificates for a variety of scholarships awarded to them by FHSU.
Scholarships to be awarded at the SRPs include the $3,500 Presidential Award of Distinction, the $2,000 University Scholar Award, the $1,500 Hays City Scholar Award, and the $1,000 Traditions Scholar Award. All are awarded only to incoming freshmen enrolling in college for the first time, but each is renewable provided students maintain the minimum required academic standing.
A renewable $1,500 scholarship is available for transfer students, and a $1,000 non-renewable transfer scholarship is also available.
Other one-time awards recognized at the SRPs are the $900 or $500 Academic Opportunity Awards, given to scholars by individual academic departments.
Each SRP event also features two scholarship drawings – a $400 FHSU Student Recognition Program Scholarship and a $600 textbook scholarship – and a drawing for a laptop computer. Four $400 SRP scholarships are awarded at the reception in Hays.
The SRP schedule includes the core area served at each program site, but students are welcome to attend any SRP program. However, they must RSVP by calling 785-628-5673 or by signing up online through the RSVP link at www.fhsu.edu/admissions/srp/.
The program schedule:
Denver, 1 p.m. Mountain time Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec St. Dessert will be served. The Denver SRP serves students from all Colorado counties except for Bent, Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson and Prowers counties, which are served by SRP programs in Colby and Garden City.
Wichita, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Marriott, 9100 Corporate Hills Drive. Dessert will be served. The Wichita SRP serves students from 19 south-central and southeast Kansas counties: Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, Wilson and Woodson.
Salina, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Hilton-Garden Inn, 3320 S. Ninth St. Pizza will be served. Students from eight counties are invited to Salina: Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Marion, McPherson, Ottawa and Saline.
Great Bend, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at Great Bend High School, 19th and Morton (east entrance door). Pizza will be served. Students invited to the Great Bend SRP are from Barton, Pawnee, Pratt, Rice, Russell and Stafford counties and from the cities of Bison and Otis in Rush County.
Colby, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Colby High School, 1890 S. Franklin. Pizza will be served. Students from nine Kansas counties, two Colorado counties and four Nebraska counties are invited to the Colby SRP: Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace in Kansas; Cheyenne and Kit Carson in Colorado; and Chase, Dundy, Hayes and Hitchcock counties in Nebraska.
Overland Park, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Doubletree Hotel, 10100 College Blvd., serving 12 eastern Kansas counties and the Kansas City metropolitan area. Dessert will be served. The Kansas counties served are Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and Wyandotte.
Topeka, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Ramada Inn, 420 SE Sixth St. Dessert will be served. Topeka serves students from 14 counties: Brown, Coffey, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Marshall, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee and Wabaunsee.
Beloit, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Beloit High School, 1711 Walnut. Pizza will be served. The Beloit SRP is for students from the Kansas counties of Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Republic and Washington and from the cities of Osborne and Downs in Osborne County. Students from the Nebraska counties of Clay, Jefferson, Nuckolls and Thayer are also invited.
Kearney, Neb., 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Holiday Inn, 110 S. Second Ave. Dessert will be served. Students from 14 Nebraska counties are invited to the Kearney SRP: Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hall, Harlan, Kearney, Lincoln, Phelps, Red Willow and Webster.
Hays, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in the Fort Hays Ballroom of FHSU’s Memorial Union, 700 College Drive. Dessert will be served. The Hays SRP serves students from seven counties: Ellis, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rooks, Smith and Trego counties and from the cities of La Crosse in Rush County, Natoma in Osborne County, and Ransom in Ness County.
Garden City, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Garden City High School, 2720 Buffalo Way. Dessert will be served. Garden City serves students from 13 southwest Kansas counties and four southeast Colorado counties: Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Morton, Scott, Seward, Stanton, Stevens and Wichita in Kansas; and Baca, Bent, Kiowa and Prowers counties in Colorado.
Dodge City, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Dodge City High School, 2201 W. Ross Road. Pizza will be served. The Dodge City SRP serves eight counties – Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa and Meade – and Ness City in Ness County.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University’s play-by-play broadcaster for football and men’s basketball has resigned after the university investigated a reporter’s complaint that he sexually harassed her, an allegation that he denies.
Jay Sanderson told The Billings Gazette that he left his position as “the voice of the Bobcats” last month and was moving to help an ill family member in his hometown of Wichita.
He denies former Missoulian reporter Amie Just’s allegations that he touched her inappropriately and sent her sexually suggestive text messages.
Just granted permission to use her name to The Associated Press, which normally does not name alleged sexual harassment victims.
#MeToo https://t.co/XAtscU8Gly
— Amie Just (@Amie_Just) January 4, 2019
A draft report written at the end of November concluded that Sanderson more likely than not “engaged in unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” by sending multiple sexually harassing text messages to Just, making sexually explicit statements and by making unwanted sexual contact.
The schools interim Title IX coordinator, Emily Stark, also issued a “no contact” order in October barring Sanderson and Just from any communication with each other.
A final report is expected this month.
The investigation included interviews with witnesses who said Just appeared shaken at a Big Sky football event in July and told them that Sanderson had touched her inappropriately, according to the report. Just also provided the investigator with suggestive text messages Sanderson sent her in February.
Just, who now covers Louisiana State University sports for the Times-Picayune, said Sanderson created a hostile environment and hurt her ability to do her job, the report said.
Montana State University vice president of communications Tracy Ellig said the university does not comment on individual cases and that the investigatory report is not a public document, though he acknowledged that the document exists.
Sanderson had been in his position since 2014 as a part-time employee of the university and a full-time employee of Learfield Sports. The university has jurisdiction to investigate Sanderson because of his employment and because he was “the public face for MSU Athletics,” the report said.
He resigned at the end of December and said in a tweet that he was moving to Wichita because “members of my family have been befallen by devastating health issues.” He told the Gazette that the allegations are untrue, he considered Just a friend and that the investigation had nothing to do with his resignation.
Just reported on the University of Montana’s football team for 1½ seasons.
“I wouldn’t wish this on anyone,” she told the Gazette. “I want to move forward with my life. I hope everyone involved can do the same.”
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KDHE
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) are issuing fish consumption advisories for 2019. The advisories identify types of fish or other aquatic animals that should be eaten in limited quantities or, in some cases, avoided altogether because of contamination. General advice and Internet resources are also provided to aid the public in making informed decisions regarding the benefits as well as the risks associated with eating locally caught fish from Kansas waters.
Definitions:
Bottom-feeding fish: buffalos, carp, carpsuckers, catfishes (except blue and flathead catfish), sturgeons, and suckers.
Predatory fish: black basses, blue catfish, crappies, drum, flathead catfish, perches, sunfish, white bass, wiper, striper, walleye, saugeye, and sauger.
Shellfish: mussels, clams, and crayfish.
General Population: Men and women 18 years of age or older.
Sensitive Populations: Women who are pregnant, may become pregnant, or are nursing and children age 17 or younger.
Meal size (skinless fish fillets before cooking):
Adults and Children age 13 and older = 8 ounces
Children age 6 to 12 = 4 ounces
Children younger than 6 = 2 ounces
Statewide Advisories
Kansas recommends the following consumption restrictions because of mercury in fish:
Waterbody specific advisories for all consumers
Kansas recommends restricting consumption of bottom-feeding fish to one meal per week from the following location because of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs):
Kansas recommends restricting consumption of bottom-feeding fish to one meal per month from the following location because of PCBs:
Kansas recommends not eating specified fish or aquatic life from the following locations:
General advice for eating locally caught fish in Kansas
Internet resources from KDHE, KDWPT, EPA, FDA, and the American Heart Association
To view the advisories online and for information about KDHE’s Fish Tissue Contaminant Monitoring Program please visit our website at: https://www.kdheks.gov/befs/fish_tissue_monitoring.htm
For information about harmful algal blooms, including current watches and warnings, visit this KDHE website: https://www.kdheks.gov/algae-illness/index.htm
For information about fishing in Kansas including licensing, regulations, fishing reports and fishing forecasts please visit the KDWPT fishing website: https://ksoutdoors.com/Fishing
For general information about mercury in fish, national advisories, and advisories in other states please visit this EPA website: https://www2.epa.gov/choose-fish-and-shellfish-wisely
For information regarding personal care products and pharmaceuticals in fish please visit this EPA website: https://www.epa.gov/fish-tech/pilot-study-pharmaceuticals-and-personal-care-products-fish-tissue
For information about the health benefits vs. the risks of including fish in your diet please visit this American Heart Association website: https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/Fish-101_UCM_305986_Article.jsp
For technical information regarding the EPA risk assessment methods used to determine advisory consumption limits please visit: https://www2.epa.gov/fish-tech
The TMP-Marian boys and girls basketball teams split a non-conference doubleheader Saturday at Salina Sacred Heart.
Girls: TMP 73, Sacred Heart 51
The TMP girls had four players score in double-figures and outscored Sacred Heart 44-22 in the second half on their way to a 73-51 win Saturday in Salina.
The two teams traded baskets for the entire first-half with neither team building a more than five-point lead with the two teams finishing tied at 29 at halftime.
The Knights took a two-point lead to open the second-half but Adell Riedel hit her first of three second-half three-points and sparked a 16-3 run to gave the Monarchs a 45-34 third quarter lead. They would never trail again on their way to their third win in-a-row.
Riedel finished with a game-high 17 and Emilee Lane recorded her first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
The Monarchs improve to 5-3 on the season.
Rose McFarland postgame interview
Game highlights
Boys: Sacred Heart 57, TMP 34
For the second night in-a-row the TMP boys jumped out to an early lead only to come up short falling 57-34 to Sacred Heart.
TMP’s Ryan Karlin scored seven of the Monarchs first eight points as they took an early 8-2 lead. Sacred Heart would answer right back though, using a 12-2 run to end the first quarter to build a 14-10 lead.
The Knights carried the momentum into the second-quarter opening the quarter on an 11-2 run to take a 25-14 lead as they cruised to the win.
Karlin led the Monarchs with a season-high 17.
The Monarchs drop to 4-4 on the season.
Bill Meagher postgame interview
Game highlights
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 37-year-old man who fatally shot one man and tried to kill two others outside a bar has been sentenced to nearly 19 years in prison.
Danny Queen, of Eudora, was sentenced Friday for the June 2017 death of 32-year-old Bo Hopson outside D-Dubs Bar and Grill in Eudora. He also was sentenced for attempted second-degree murder and attempted voluntary manslaughter for trying to kill two other bar patrons.
Prosecutors say his gun jammed when he tried to shoot the two other men.
Queen was kicked out of the bar after making offensive comments to women. When Hopson offered to find Queen a ride home, Hopson instead pulled a gun and shot Hopson, who was the bar’s security guard.
Queen claimed he shot Hopson in self-defense.
KDC
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Commerce, in partnership with KANSASWORKS, will host the KANSASWORKS Statewide Job Fair on March 7, 2019. The annual job fair will provide employers, veterans, and job seekers with the unique opportunity to connect face-to-face.
“Meeting the workforce needs of Kansas employers is a primary goal for this Department,” said Interim Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary Robert North. “The Statewide Job Fair offers the opportunity to unite the businesses we work so closely with to the skilled and valuable employees they need to fill crucial positions within their companies.”
The Statewide Job Fair is also an opportunity for veterans of any status and their families to meet with a variety of employers in various industries and fields. Veterans at any stage in their career search are invited, including active duty, reservists, or National Guard.
“The Kansas workforce is made up of talented, highly-skilled individuals with a passion and drive that brings an inherent value to everything they do,” said Mike Beene, Kansas Department of Commerce Director of Employment Services. “Our workers make up the fabric of this state, holding it together through their commitments to hard work and excellence.”
The event will take place at 11 different locations across the state, including Colby, El Dorado, Independence, Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Overland Park, Salina, Topeka, and Wichita. The job fair will be open to all job seekers from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Registration for the Statewide Job Fair can be done via the following links:
Colby, Independence, Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Overland Park, Salina, Topeka: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/kansasworks-18343559329
El Dorado: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kansasworks-statewide-job-fair-el-dorado-tickets-31256940350
For more information, job seekers and employers may visit any Workforce Center or call (877) 509-6757.
COWLEY COUNTY Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on shoplifting charges and an outside warrant.
Officers were dispatched about 3:30 p.m. Monday to Orscheln Farm & Home, 2715 N. Summit Street in Arkansas City for a report of an individual possibly trying to steal something inside the store, according to a media release.
Police contacted several people in a white Ford Taurus in the Orscheln parking lot. One of them identified as Charity Dawn Davisson, 43, Independence, was found to have an outstanding warrant for her arrest from Montgomery County.
After she was arrested on that warrant, a search of the vehicle found evidence of shoplifting from both Orscheln and Walmart, 2701 N. Summit Street. Theft charges were added to her booking.
Davisson remains in custody on suspicion of two misdemeanor counts of theft with a $2,000 bond through Cowley County District Court in Arkansas City.
FRANKLIN COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 5a.m. Saturday in Franklin County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Freightliner Box truck was disabled in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 at U.S. 59 on the south edge of Ottawa.
The truck was laying on the passenger side facing southeast, with the driver identified as Alfred Thomas Williams, 30, Jonesboro, GA., climbing on top of the cab.
A southbound 2009 Freightliner Semi driven by Sukhdarshan S. Sidhu, 63, Grand Island, NY., rear-ended the Box Truck, and forced it to rotate back into the guardrail it had previously struck.
Williams was ejected off the top of the cab.
The semi continued southbound on I35 with a damaged front end and axle. After crossing the I-35 bridge over U.S. 59 Highway, it traveled to the east and into the center grass median, struck a guardrail located near the northbound inside shoulder, jackknifed and came to rest partially in the grass median blocking the Northbound lanes.
Sidhu was pronounced dead at the scene. Williams was transported to Ransom Memorial Hospital.
BOLIVAR, Mo. – Brady Werth had a double-double with 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds and Fort Hays State used a decisive run over a 15 minute stretch of the first and second halves to beat Southwest 73-58 Saturday at the Meyer Sports Center.
After trailing by six early in the game, the Tigers (9-4, 3-1 MIAA) closed the first half on a 12-3 run to go up nine at the break. It was part of a 33-11 run that pushed their lead to 22.
Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
The Tigers defense held SBU 8-5, 2-2 MIAA) to season-low 35-percent shooting and season-low in points.
Marcus Cooper added 10 points while Aaron Nicholson and Trey O’Neil both scored nine.
Two night’s after being held to a season low in shooting and scoring, the Tigers shoot 50-percent from the floor and went 11-for-23 from three including 8-for-14 in the second half.
