BOULDER, Co. – At the Colorado Invitational, the Fort Hays State men’s track and field team battled the altitude change to earn strong finishes and qualifying marks in Boulder. The weekend produced the Tigers’ first automatic mark, along with an NCAA provisional to bring back to Hays.
Brett Meyer captured the first automatic mark of the season for FHSU after earning a fifth place finish in the 1,500-meters with a strong time of 3:49.65. Kolt Newell also brought the competition in the high jump as he claimed second place to earn his provisional following a jump of 6 feet, 11 inches.
In the 100-meters, Philip Landrum earned a second place finish with a time of 10.88 alongside a fourth place finish in the 200-meters with a mark of 21.68. Brayden Soza earned a tenth place finish in the 200-meters with his own strong time of 21.68. Sabino Medrano captured a tenth place finish in the 100-meter hurdles following his time of 15.66, while earning 12th place in the 400-meter hurdles at 58.27.
The quad of Matthew Pieper, Shane Finegan, Meyer and Landrum accounted for a sixth place finish in the 4×400 meter relay with a combined time of 3:21.69.
Close behind Newell in the high jump was teammate Lucas Broxterman who earned an eighth place finish in the event with his own mark of 6 feet, 5 inches. Ryan Stanley claimed eighth in the pole vault with his height of 15 feet, 5 ½ inches and Mark Faber was on his heels in ninth place with a jump of 14 feet, 11 ½ inches.
Gilbert Peters went for fifth place in the shot put with a throw of 51 feet, 4 ¼ inches, While Jacob Gaughan placed seventh in the discus with a heave of 154 feet, 3 inches. In the javelin, two Tigers placed in the top ten starting with a runner-up finish by Cameron Fouts at 179 feet, 9 inches, and a sixth place title by Trey Teeter who threw for 167 feet, 11 inches.
The Tigers are back on the track next weekend (April 12-13) as they travel to visit MIAA foe in Nebraska-Kearney.
BOULDER, Colo. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team traveled west to compete in altitude at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder. The Tigers are bringing back multiple top-ten finishes and one first performance which also turned in a provisional mark.
Alexcia Deutscher led the Tigers on the day with a first place finish in the javelin, earning her yet another provisional mark on the season. Deutscher threw for a top mark of 141 feet, 3 inches. Teammates Kaci Vaughn (third place, 120 feet, 10 inches) and Kalynn Foster (sixth place, 109 feet, 1 inch) also finished strong in the event.
Lindsay Shupe claimed a sixth place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 25.27, followed by an eighth place finish in the 400 meters after turning in a time of 58.10. In the 400 meter hurdles, Peri Lange earned a ninth place finish with a time of 1:05.44.
Onto field events, Summer Kragel performed a personal best in the high jump to claim third place with a mark of 5 feet, 5 ¼ inches. Haley George placed fifth at 5 feet, 3 ¼ inches, and Robin Ritsema rounded out with a tenth place finish at 5 feet, 3 ¼ inches. Rohey Singhateh finished in seventh place in the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 6 ¼ inches, but capped her day with a third place finish in the triple jump at 37 feet, 8 ½ inches. Kayla Smith placed eighth in the long jump with her distance of 17 feet, 5 ½ inches, and fourth in the triple jump at 37 feet, 5 ¼ inches. In the hammer throw, Laurel Haley went for 156 feet, 10 inches to place eighth in the field.
The Tigers are back in action next weekend (April 12-13) as they travel to MIAA foe in Nebraska-Kearney.
GRAY COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 2:30a.m. Sunday in Gray County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Ford pickup driven by Gilberto Vital, 20 Dodge City, was eastbound on U.S. 50 eighteen miles west of Kansas 23. The pickup traveled left of center and struck a 2011 Toyota passenger car driven by Alice F. Ochs, 66, Garden City, head-on.
Ochs was transported to St. Catherine’s Hospital where she died. Vital was not transported for treatment. Ochs was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
Crime can have a lasting impact on any person. Our office supports communities and victim service providers as they work to help victims to face their grief, loss and fear while seeking to find hope and renewal.
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7-13, and Take Back the Night events this month focus on victims of crime as well as those who advocate on their behalf.
“Take Back the Night” highlights efforts by victim advocates and law enforcement to build a community that is free of the threat of sexual assault and promote an atmosphere of healing for those impacted by it.
The U.S. Department of Justice will host the Office for Victims of Crime’s annual National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 2019, to honor outstanding individuals and programs that serve victims of crime.
“Victims of crime deserve justice. This Department works every day to help them recover and to find, prosecute, and convict those who have done them harm,” Attorney General William P. Barr said in a statement. “During this National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, we pause to remember the millions of Americans who have been victims of crime and we thank public servants who have served them in especially heroic ways. This week the men and women of the Department recommit ourselves once again to ensuring that crime victims continue to have a voice in our legal system, to securing justice for them, and to preventing other Americans from suffering what they have endured.”
Based in Wichita, Stephen McAllister is the U.S. Attorney for Kansas.
Budget Bill In Conference
Last week the Senate Ways and Means and the House Appropriations members met in what is referred to as conference committee to discuss the differing details of the budgets that were passed from the Senate and the House. We met numerous times each day, which actually started on Wednesday, March 27, to remedy those differences.
Some of the items that we continued to deliberate about were $100,000 from the state water plan and placing that within the conservation districts. We also discussed adding money for water contamination remediation and for the drinking water protection program.
We also discussed the amount of funding that we would restore to the Board of Regents, which would funnel those funds to all of the Regent schools, adding additional dollars for the K-State Polytechnic Campus in Salina for additional flight instructors, plus negotiating $650,000 for a new fund with K-State that would be named the Fire Suppression/State Forest Service Fund.
We also had discussion regarding the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to implement a new Cyber and Financial Crimes Investigative division. We also addressed the need for the KBI to hire four new positions for the Criminal Justice Application Security and Quality Assurance Program.
We had hoped to come to an agreement between the two chambers before we adjourned for our April break. Unfortunately, we will continue deliberations when we return on May 1, 2019.
Senate Bill 16 – K-12 Education Finance Remedy
Late Wednesday evening, the education finance conference committee between the House and Senate had intense negotiation. This conference committee had met numerous times this past week and could not come to a resolution that could appease both chambers. The Senate held firm to their position of adding additional funding of approximately $90 million each year for four years to satisfy the Supreme Court order that the Legislature must account for inflation increases. This is also the same plan that was provided and supported by Governor Kelly. The House did not technically have a financial position, which made the discussions more difficult, however, we did pass Senate Bill 16, which contained mainly pieces of policy. The conference committee report was finally debated and voted on in the House on Thursday afternoon and passed the chamber with a vote of 76-47. I voted “yes.”
Legislative Schedule
On Friday, April 5, the schedule for the Legislature is to adjourn for the better part of the month of April. During this time, I will be back home in the 109th District conducting numerous town-halls and forums, as well as other public events. I will also be working on our family farm while back home. Here is a list of the events that are planned:
April 16, Forum in Russell, KS at the Dream Theatre, 10 AM;
April 16, Forum in Lucas, KS at the Backstreet Bakery, 1:30 PM;
April 18, Forum in Rush Center at Golden Belt Telephone, 10 AM;
April 13, Forum in Lincoln, KS at Main Street Coffee and Things, 10 AM;
This is a list of the forums that will be conducted until we reconvene on May 1, 2019. I will also be traveling and meeting with the county commissioners of Barton and Ellis counties, attending the Kansas Counties Officials meeting in Colby, and we have meetings to review the applications for the Industrial Hemp Advisory Committee.
I will continue in sending out weekly newsletters when the Legislature reconvenes on May 1, 2019.
Contact Information
As always, if you have any concerns, feel free to contact me (785) 296-7672, follow on twitter at @waymaster4house, visit www.troywaymaster.com or email me at [email protected]. Also, if you happen to visit the statehouse, please let my office know.
It is a distinct honor to serve as your representative for the 109th Kansas House District and the state of Kansas.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with your thoughts, concerns, and questions. I always appreciate hearing from the residents of the 109th House District and others from the state of Kansas, as well.
Troy Waymaster (R-Bunker Hill) is the 109th Dist. state representative and chairman of the House Appropriations committee. The 109th District includes Osborne, Russell, and Smith counties and portions of Barton, Jewell, Lincoln and Rush counties.
The Hays High School FFA students recently completed community service in the form of packaging 10,000 meals. The meals will be given to area families who are in need of assistance.
Alicia BoorLately, I have been getting a lot of calls into the office about weed control, mainly sand burrs. If you had sandburs last year, now would be a good time to control them. I found an article from K-State Research and Extension’s horticulture department that gives you some tips on how to get rid of this troublesome weed.
Grassy sandbur is the “sticker” plant that looks like a grass. It will often invade thin lawns, especially in dry years. Therefore, the best control for this weed is a thick, healthy lawn. However, if your lawn is thin this spring and grassy sandbur was a problem last year, use a preemergence herbicide before the sandbur comes up. However, not all preemergence herbicides are effective. The three products that can help minimize grassy sandbur are oryzalin, pendimethalin and prodiamine.
Oryzalin is sold under the trade names of Surflan and Weed Impede. It can be used on all warm-season grasses as well as tall fescue. It should not be used on cool-season grasses other than tall fescue such as Kentucky bluegrass. Oryzalin is also sold as a combination product with benefin as Green Light Amaze. As with oryzalin alone, it can be used on all warm-season grasses as well as tall fescue. It should not be used on cool-season grasses other than tall fescue such as Kentucky bluegrass. Apply Amaze or an oryzalin product about April 15 when redbud trees approach full bloom.
Pendimethalin is sold commercially as Pendulum as well as several other names. On the homeowner side, it is sold as Scotts Halts. Pendimethalin is best applied as a split application with the first half applied about April 15 and the second about June 1. Alternatively, make the first application when redbud trees approach full bloom and the second six weeks later.
Prodiamine is sold under the commercial name of Barricade. It is also the active ingredient in a number of homeowner products. It can be used on all of our common lawn grasses. Apply as is done for oryzalin, about April 15 or when redbud trees approach full bloom. Only one application is needed per year. None of the “weed preventers” will give complete control but each should help. Quinclorac (Drive) can provide some postemergence control especially if the sandbur is in the seedling stage. Quinclorac is also found in a number of combination products that control both broadleaf weeds and crabgrass such as one of the following.
Ortho Weed-B-Gon Max + Crabgrass Control
Bayer All-in-One Lawn Weed and Crabgrass Killer
Monterey Crab-E-Rad Plus
Fertilome Weed Out with Crabgrass Killer
Trimec Crabgrass Plus Lawn Weed Killer
Bonide Weed Beater Plus Crabgrass & Broadleaf Weed Killer
Spectracide Weed Stop for Lawns Plus Crabgrass Killer
Again, the best control for grassy sandbur is a healthy, thick lawn.
Alicia Boor is an Agriculture and Natural Resources agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis counties) for K-State Research and Extension. You can contact her by e-mail at [email protected] or calling 620-793-1910.
Quilt Cottage is hosting the “Fly Me to the Moon” art quilt show through April 25.
This show includes 56 art quilts commemorating the 50th anniversary of man’s first walk on the moon. The show is part of a larger collection that has been shown all across the country.
The quilts can be viewed during regular business hours 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
Marilou Theresia (Berndt) Long, 87, passed away on April 4, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society of Decatur County in Oberlin, KS where she called home.
She was born on March 16, 1932 in rural Decatur County to Arthur John and Vina Irene (Gragg) Berndt.
Marilou attended Mt. Pleasant – St Johns Parochial School and then graduated from DCHS in 1950. Upon high school graduation she spent a year in Denver going to night classes at Denver University. On October 6, 1956 Marilou married Elden J. Long at Faith Lutheran Church in Oberlin, KS where the two were lifelong members. She was baptized in the Lutheran Church on April 3, 1932 and was confirmed on April 14, 1946.
Along with her membership to the church she was also involved with the ELCA Women’s Group. She also enjoyed the memberships with the Sunshine Group, BPW, the Home Makers Unit (Three Prairie Unit), and being a leader for the Boy Scouts and 4-H.
She pursued several occupations in her life time from owning her own store (Art Ver Mar) to upholstery and draperies and working at Interior Connection and co-founding the Bargain Box +. But most of all she was a farmer’s wife and loving mother.
Marilou was preceded in death by her parents; husband Elden Long; sister Nathalie (Floyd) Badsky; sisters-in-law Emma (Norton) Frickey and Wava (Merle) Williams; grandson Geoffrey Miles Long; nephew Mark Williams.
She is survived by sons Greg (Mary) Long of Oberlin, Brad (Shanna) Long of Oberlin; daughter Linda (Brad) Wade of Oberlin; 7 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family and friends.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 8th, 2019 at 10:00AM at Faith Lutheran Church in Oberlin, KS. The burial was held in Oberlin Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Faith Lutheran Church. Condolences may be left at www.paulsfh.com.
One’s Company, with actress Pippa White, will perform Voices from Ellis Island for the public in Sharon Springs on Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 Mountain (7:30 p.m. Central) at the high school auditorium. This is a reschedule due to an earlier snowstorm. On Friday, April 12, she will present school presentations in Colby Elementary at 1 p.m. with “The Extraordinary Ordinary,” and then at 2:45 p.m. for the Colby Middle School with “Voices from Ellis Island.”
Hosted by the Western Plains Arts Association, this project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. In addition, numerous area sponsors, including the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan, are major contributors to WPAA this season.
Admission at the door for the Wallace County High School Auditorium public performance is $10 adults and $5 students, or by WPAA season ticket. The venue is located at 521 Main Street in Sharon Springs.
One’s Company is a collection of one-woman shows featuring White. White grew up in San Francisco, Calif. She appeared regularly on television as a child, trained at the American Conservatory Theatre Academy, and for five years was seen as a hostess of a daily morning television show on ABC. Moving to the Midwest led to her pursuing an education, starting a family, and reestabling a career with work in theatre, arts in eduction programs, and finally, not just one, but several one-woman shows drawing on many different sources for a collection of unusual and entertaining solo productions.
White has a love of dialects and accents which she tries to incorporate into her shows. Some of her dialects come naturally, thanks to a British father, and both her parents spent considerable time in England. “Other children came home to milk and cookies after school,” she says. “I came home to afternoon tea!” Her parents often recounted amusing stories in dialect. However, not all her dialects come easily. She uses the International Phonetic Alphabet learned from her mother who taught speech and dialects at San Francisco State University. She is always trying new dialects and accents.
One fan, Leslie Dileo, Hil Drama, New York City, said about One’s Company performances, “Riveting, heartbreaking and suspenseful. Literally wearing different hats to change characters, Ms. White tells stories in a nicely balanced rotation which adds tension to the already emotionally charged tales.” Steve Wedel, The Daily Oklahoman, wrote: “A history lesson that lasted more than 70 minutes. When it was over, the applause went on and on.”
A couple years ago, she presented pioneer stories As Far as the Eye Can See for a WPAA Kansas Day program. White has performed in more than 30 states also presents: The Story of the Orphan Train; Saints, Solider’s and Spies; Women and War; Angels and Troublemakers Women Who Changed the World; Marching Out of the Sweatshop; and several others.
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