The Walter P. Chrysler Car Show will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 1 in the North Chrysler Park at 10th and Dorrance in downtown Ellis.
It is free to the public to view all the entries. Don’t miss the antique vehicles and awesomely restored autos.
Contact the Ellis Alliance 785-726-2660 or [email protected] for more information.
Coming off a 20-2 season, the Hays High Indians have three players named to the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches 5A All-State team. Senior pitcher Trey Riggs is a first team pick while junior Brock Lummus was named honorable mention catcher and senior Palmer Hutchison honorable mention as a utility player.
Riggs, who was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, led the Indians with 6-2 record and 1.71 earned run average this spring. He struck out 52 batters while walking only 11 in 45 innings of work.
Lummus, who was named to the All-WAC first team, was tied for the Indians team lead with two triples, was second with six doubles and tied for third with three home runs while batting .333.
Hutchison, who was also a first team All-WAC selection, led the Indians with seven doubles and was tied for the team lead with two triples while batting .403. He went 7-0 in nine starts on the mound with a 2.58 ERA. Hutchison struck out 51 while walking only 10.
Kansas Farm Bureau
I booked a late flight home from a recent conference in Baltimore with the idea that I’d have most of the day to explore the city, or at least the areas near the hotel.
Mother Nature, however, had other plans and washed away my plans. On the way to lunch a colleague spotted a used bookstore. I can think of no better way to kill time on a rainy afternoon than to peruse stacks of books.
You can tell if a bookstore is good the moment the smell hits you. This one was fantastic. Despite the rain, inside the air was somehow dry and musty. It had an intoxicating fragrance of leather, binding glue and aging ink.
Books have always been a refuge for me on foul days. I was in middle school when, during the height of a thunderstorm, I discovered a copy of Herman Wouk’s “The Caine Mutiny” in the back of a closet at my grandparents’ home. Its blue cloth cover did little to reveal the compelling story within. It wasn’t until much later I learned Wouk’s story centered on the commander of a World War II Navy ship and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1952.
When I read “My Side of the Mountain,” by Jean Craighead George, I was determined to run away from home and live in the Catskill Mountains just like Sam Gribley. I made it all of two houses down before my mother found me in a neighbor’s backyard. After a few years passed, when I was less of a flight risk, I received the other two books in the trilogy as a Christmas present.
From time to time, I wonder what it would be like to shun modern society and live off the land in some remote corner of the world. Thankfully I live in Kansas where the weather often delivers reminders of modern conveniences, like central air and indoor plumbing.
I discovered horror writer Dean Koontz by accident in a Burlington, Colo., gas station. Returning from a family ski trip, we were trapped there during a mid-March blizzard. I thought I’d discovered the next Stephen King until my dad informed me he’d been reading Koontz since the 1970s.
While that dented my pride, I’ll forever be in my father’s debt for his book suggestions. He had a voracious appetite for the printed word, often reading several books a week. It wasn’t until I was a little older, probably in college, that the recommendations started rolling in.
First it was James Clavell’s “Nobel House” part of a six-book chronicle of a family’s decades of service to the British Empire in Asia. Cormack McCarthy’s “The Road,” Michael Connelly’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” Tom Wolfe’s “A Man in Full,” James Michener’s “The Source,” and others followed.
Michener’s “Chesapeake” was on prominent display in the Baltimore bookstore, alongside other authors and novels based in and around the region, like journalist and essayist H. L. Mencken. Of course, there was plenty of Edgar Allen Poe, father of the modern detective story and famous Baltimore resident.
After spending a couple hours browsing through the store, I figured I needed to get serious about finding something to buy. “Chesapeake” was out because I wasn’t going to lug a 900-page tome on an airplane. I finally settled on Bill Bryson’s “A Walk in the Woods,” which chronicles the middle-aged author’s attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail. It’s what I imagine Sam Gribley doing as an adult.
The one lament I have is I should have picked up a couple more books. I was hopeful to leave the rain in Baltimore. I figured once I returned, I would spend my free time hiking and fishing, not rushing to mow the lawn between downpours. Instead of casting into a lake, I’ve been swiping my library card. It’s not a terrible trade, but I’m ready for some sunny days.
“Insight” is a weekly column published by Kansas Farm Bureau, the state’s largest farm organization whose mission is to strengthen agriculture and the lives of Kansans through advocacy, education and service.
FHSU University Relations
Jazz saxophonist Dave Pietro, a gifted performer, composer and teacher, will headline the 2019 High Plains Music Camp the 73rd in the series founded in 1947.
Pietro has performed at jazz clubs, jazz festivals and concert halls in more than 30 countries around the world. He is a member of the Grammy Award-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra and the Grammy nominated groups the Gil Evans Project and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society.
The fee is $450 for full campers, who will stay in Fort Hays State residence halls. The full-camper fee includes the camp fee, lodging and meals, beginning with lunch on Sunday, July 14, and running through breakfast on Saturday, July 20.
The fee for day campers is $250. Meal plans for lunch and dinner are available for purchase.
To register, go to www.fhsu.edu/musiccamp. To avoid late fees, a $100 deposit must be paid by the end of day June 15.
“The High Plains Music Camp has been a part of the FHSU campus for the past 72 years,” said Dr. Ivalah Allen, camp director and associate professor of music at FHSU.
“For an entire week – Sunday through Saturday – student musicians receive training from expert musicians in every musical discipline,” she said. “They have the opportunity to hear professional musicians perform in the evenings, and at the end of the week they will either play or sing in their band, orchestra, or choir on the Beach/Schmidt or Felten-Start stages.”
Guest artist Pietro has toured with the bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, The Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, John Fedchock and others. He has also performed with many other well-known musicians such as Paul Anka, Louis Bellson, Blood Sweat & Tears, David Bowie, Bobby Caldwell, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Feinstein, Chaka Khan, Liza Minnelli, James Naughton and John Pizzarelli.
He received a bachelor’s degree in music education from North Texas State University, where he toured and recorded four albums with the school’s One O’Clock Lab Band. He has a Master of Arts in jazz composition from New York University, where he an assistant professor of music in jazz studies.
In addition to his performances in clubs, festivals and concert halls, Pietro has presented hundreds of workshops and concerts at schools around the world. He is sponsored by D’Addario Woodwinds, the Conn-Selmer Instrument Company and R.S. Berkeley Musical Instruments.
Since its founding, thousands of students have attended the camp. It offers students the opportunity to study with outstanding musicians from across the country and live a week of stimulating, concentrated study with nationally recognized musicians, teachers, and conductors. Performances, concerts, as well as recreational and social camp life make the week an event worth repeating year after year.
The camp is for students who will be entering sixth grade through the freshman year of college in the fall. Instruction and opportunities to perform are available for students in band and orchestra.
Choir and vocal studies are for older students who will be entering ninth grade or their freshman year in college in the fall.
Of course by now, the extended period of water setting in basements has made mold growth a real concern. Mold growth, which is a health hazard, is a concern any time high humidity or damp materials exist. Wet or damp materials will mold in one to three days, depending on temperature. Mold spores, which are like mold “seeds” are in the air everywhere, so the only method to prevent mold growth is to keep things dry or remove them from the damp area. Remove porous materials such as cardboard boxes, papers, carpet, rugs and clothes to keep them from becoming moldy.
Chlorine bleach is a biocide that will kill existing mold, but it does not prevent future mold growth. Mold must be removed, not just killed, to eliminate the health hazard. The EPA “Guide to Controlling Mold and Moisture in the Home” brochure that I recommended a few weeks ago, lays out the clean-up procedure well. First you clean the affected area and then you disinfect with a weak bleach solution. (1 cup bleach per gallon of water)
Many wall coverings are porous and will not only absorb water, but will wick the water above the water level. Sheetrock is very absorbent. Remove or cut the gypsum board so none of it will be in the water. Many paneling materials are also absorbent, so the same instructions should be followed.
Purchase a humidity gauge, and keep the humidity below 70 percent if possible. A dehumidifier will remove some of the water from the air. Ventilating with dry outdoor air also will reduce the humidity level. Providing both an opening for air to enter and exit is critical. Fans can help assist with moving dryer outside air through the basement.
The bottom line is that water will continue to enter the basement as long as the water table is high, so the goal is to control the water flow rather than eliminate it. Generally, the water cannot be stopped from entering the basement with products placed inside the basement because of external water pressure.
In case you missed the web address I shared last week for some excellent Extension resources related to flooding I will share it again. I have reviewed many of the links and they are very good. A specialist from Nebraska pulled materials from across the nation related to flooding at this address. https://flood.unl.edu/
Donna Krug is the Family & Consumer Science Agent and District Director for the Cottonwood Extension District. You may reach her at: (620)793-1910 or [email protected]
By JAMES BELL
Hays Post
On May 21, NCK Tech, 2205 Wheatland, held a public auction of their latest student-built home.
“It was a good auction,” said Doug Marrs, NCK Tech instructor of construction and cabinet making, who served as the general contractor for the project. “It’s the most we have sold one for on this campus in the last seven or eight years.”
The students involved with the construction were happy to see their work generate interest from the community.
“Just from watching the students that were present, they were so excited during that bidding process to see how high the bidding was going for something they worked on,” said Sandra Gottschalk, NCK Tech dean of the Hays campus. “They were beaming with joy.”
After bidding from four serious buyers, Marrs said the final price was $160,000, but for Ron Tice, Beloit area farmer, supporting the college and getting a custom-built home the price is money well spent.
Tice has connections to the Beloit NCK Tech campus, where he attended just after the college began operating. He has also employed a number of individuals from the Hays area.
“For years, I have always gone through those houses,” Tice said. “I always watched them build them and knew they did a good job.”
Once again, he was interested in the house built in Beloit and put in bids for the house built on his local campus, but in the end, the Hays house was a better fit.
“This year I liked the one in Hays a little better,” Tice said, despite the higher final price.
The layout of the Hays house will work better with the plot where he plans to move the home near Beloit, he said. He was also a fan of some of the features incorporated into the Hays house, including the fireplace, integrated Bluetooth radio, Ring doorbell and masonry work on the outside of the house.
“It was more of what I actually wanted,” he said, adding he thought the quality of both homes was exceptional.
The sale will sustain the program for another year, something all parties involved are pleased to see continue.
“That’s the whole point of the program,” Marrs said.
And Tice is happy to help.
“It’s a nice program for the kids, and we have always supported the technical college,” he said.
JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas felon on theft charges after an arrest.
Just after 8a.m. Monday, deputies received a report of a truck backed into a residential driveway in the area of 118thand U.4 Road near Hoyt, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse. A man was sleeping inside the truck.
Deputies made contact with the subject and identified him as Dylan Wayne Massey, 28, of Topeka.
Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 14 to 17 mph.
Wednesday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around 47. West northwest wind 8 to 11 mph.
ThursdayMostly sunny, with a high near 74. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph.
Thursday NightA 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
FridayA slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday NightA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
SaturdayA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
LABETTE COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 4:20p.m. Tuesday in Labette County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Ford Escape driven by Laci R. Myers, 21, Oronogo, MO., was northbound on U.S. 59 and Road 20000.
The vehicle crossed the center line and struck a 2016 Nissan Frontier driven by Herman C. Long, 84, Parsons, head-on.
Myers was pronounced dead at the scene. Long and two passengers in the Ford Nolan T. Polinsky, 2 and Mckenna V. Polinsky, 1, both of Oronogo, Mo., were transported to Labette County Medical Center.
All four were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.
TOPEKA — President Donald Trump has granted a request from Governor Laura Kelly for an emergency federal disaster declaration for 18 Kansas counties affected by severe weather, heavy rains and flooding that currently is impacting the state.
According to a news release from the governor’s office, the president’s assistance is for the counties of Anderson, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Harvey, Montgomery, Neosho, Osage, Reno, Sumner, Wilson, and Woodson. Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further evaluation.
“Due to extreme weather and flooding, Kansas is facing significant weather related challenges,” Kelly said. “I’m pleased the president granted these counties emergency support. Sadly, with additional devastating storms hitting several communities tonight, this may only be the beginning of the support Kansas needs.”
An emergency declaration supplements state and local government efforts for required emergency measures to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe through direct federal assistance for emergency protective measures.
Listed in the request submitted by Kelly were 46 Kansas counties: Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Dickinson, Doniphan, Elk, Franklin, Geary, Greenwood, Harvey, Jefferson, Kingman, Lincoln, Lyon, Marion, McPherson, Meade, Montgomery, Morris, Neosho, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Riley, Rush, Saline, Sumner, Wabaunsee, Wilson, and Woodson.
The request was made under the provisions of Section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121-5208 (Stafford Act), and implemented by 44 CFR § 206.35. Kansas Division of Emergency has also requested assistance through the emergency management assistance compact for an advance team to assist with requests for assistance from other states, liaison officers, geographic information system specialist to assist with the development of mapping products and other technical assistance to assist counties that have sustained impacts and have unmet needs that exceed their resource capabilities.
CHICAGO (AP) — Lucas Giolito was behind schedule, out of sync and in a hole. Rather than unravel, he regrouped in a big way.
Giolito struck out 10 while winning his fifth straight start and the Chicago White Sox posted their second victory of the day, beating the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Hours after Yolmer Sanchez hit an RBI single in the ninth inning to give Chicago a 2-1 win in the resumption of a suspended game, Giolito (7-1) put on quite a performance.
The right-hander gave up a three-run homer to Alex Gordon in the first, then retired 22 of his final 24 batters. Giolito allowed three hits over eight innings, matched a career high for strikeouts and improved to 6-0 in his past eight starts. In his previous outing, he threw his first career shutout, a four-hitter against Houston.
“I didn’t warm up to my normal schedule,” Giolito said. “I wasn’t paying attention to the start time of the second game and so I was a little late. That first inning was like a continuation of my warmup, I guess you could say. Not fully locked in from the get-go.”
Giolito was inadvertently preparing for the usual 7:10 p.m. start, rather than a 6:40 first pitch. That threw him off early on, but he made quite a recovery.
Alex Colome worked the ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances after getting the win earlier in the day. And the White Sox made it back-to-back victories after losing six of eight.
Brad Keller (3-6) gave up four runs and 10 hits in six innings for Kansas City. The Royals have lost nine of 12.
The White Sox tied it in the third on an RBI single by Leury Garcia and back-to-back sacrifice flies by Jose Abreu and Yonder Alonso. Charlie Tilson made it 4-3 with an RBI single in the fourth.
“Credit to (Giolito),” Whit Merrifield said. “He buckled down, made a lot of good pitches, didn’t miss a lot and kept us off balance.”
SANCHEZ’S SHOW
Getting the field into shape was quite a chore after play was stopped Monday in the bottom of the fifth with a runner on second and two outs following two long rain delays totaling about four hours.
With a handful of fans in the stands, Sanchez came through again in the ninth against Kevin McCarthy with the bases loaded.
On Monday, Sanchez hit a tying single in the fifth inning between the breaks.
Sanchez kept the crowd and his teammates entertained during the delays on Monday, doing jumping jacks on the bench. The 26-year-old second baseman also poured a beverage bucket over his head as he stood in the rain, then flapped his arms at third base to make mud angels.
Jake Diekman (0-2) hit Yonder Alonso leading off the ninth. McCarthy relieved and James McCann hit a double over Merrifield’s head in right field before Tilson was intentionally walked to load the bases.
After a forceout at the plate, Sanchez lined a single to center on a 1-0 pitch for his fifth career game-ending hit. He got mobbed by teammates as he sprinted off the field.
Ivan Nova gave up a run and six hits in five innings. Aaron Bummer worked two scoreless innings. Evan Marshall retired all three batters in the eighth.
Colome (2-0) worked a perfect ninth.
Homer Bailey went 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and one run.
GROUND CONTROL
Longtime groundskeeper Roger Bossard and his 24-person crew stayed at the ballpark until about 10:15 p.m. on Monday after 1 3/4″ of rain equaling about 112,000 gallons drenched the field. They used 121 bags of quick dry — about three tons’ worth. And Bossard was back at the ballpark at 7:05 a.m.
“I got to tell you, this is my 53rd year here,” Bossard said. “And you know what? I’ve seen a lot of bad weather. Nothing like this year. It’s really been amazing.”
He also said crew chief Bill Miller made the correct decision to try to continue the game Monday based on the information available.
YIKES!
A White Sox employee of the month got to throw out a first pitch . And, to put it mildly, she was just a little bit off target. The right-hander uncorked one of the most wayward first pitches ever when she plunked a team photographer standing close by, between the mound and first base line. The ball went right off Darren Georgia’s lens, nowhere near the plate. Georgia told NBC Sports Chicago he and the camera were fine. The White Sox didn’t identify the woman pitcher.
TRANSACTION
The White Sox returned RHP Carson Fulmer to Triple-A Charlotte. He served as the 26th man for the scheduled game, but did not pitch.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: SS Tim Anderson (sore right wrist) was out of the lineup for the fourth straight game on Tuesday night. He did enter the suspended game to run after Alonso was hit by a pitch. … Garcia (sore right shoulder) came in to run in the eighth inning of the suspended game and remained in center field. He then started the scheduled game after being held out of the lineup the previous two. … The White Sox placed RHP Ryan Burr (strained right elbow capsule) on the 10-day injured list and recalled RHP José Ruiz from Triple-A Charlotte. The team said Burr will be reevaluated in two weeks.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Glenn Sparkman (1-1, 2.92) makes his second start of the season for Kansas City.
White Sox: RHP Reynaldo López (3-5, 6.03 ERA) tries to bounce back after getting tagged for eight runs in 3 2/3 innings in a loss at Minnesota on Friday.
GEARY COUNTY– Law enforcement authorities are investigating a police officer for domestic violence.
On Monday, special agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) arrested Junction City Police Lieutenant, Jason Waryan, according to a media release from the agency.
The Junction City Police Department contacted the KBI at approximately 1 p.m. on Monday to request an investigation into a domestic violence incident.
The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning between on-duty Lieutenant Jason Waryan, 39 and his live-in girlfriend, Krysteen Harbert, 27. The incident occurred on the 700 block of McClure St in Junction City.
Waryan was arrested for domestic battery and criminal restraint. Harbert was arrested for domestic battery.
The KBI released no additional details late Monday.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas woman has been killed by a massive tree falling on her home while she was in the living room.
The death occurred Tuesday morning in Leavenworth. Authorities have not yet released the victim’s name.
Leavenworth Fire Chief Gary Birch said authorities believe the tree might have fallen over because the ground was so saturated from recent rains that its roots became loose. He said there was no strong wind in the area Tuesday morning.
Birch said a crew was working Tuesday to remove the tree so that the woman’s body can be recovered. He said the trunk of the tree appeared to be about 4 feet in diameter.
Much of Kansas has seen heavy rain and flooding over the past week.
