Wilma Jean Tiede, 82, passed away July 2, 2019, at Home Health & Hospice of Kansas, Wichita.
She was born July 21, 1936, at Wentworth, Missouri, to Fred & Gertrude (Whaley) Wiehe. She married Harold Tiede September 10, 1955 at Wentworth, Missouri. He survives.
Coming from Mt. Vernon, Missouri in 1969, Wilma was a Heizer resident. She was a homemaker that loved to cook and watch soap operas. She enjoyed camping, bowling and especially being with her family.
Survivors include, her husband Harold of the home; five sons, Bruce Tiede and wife Nancy of Erie, Brian Tiede and wife Gayle of Heizer, Charlie Tiede and wife Christie of Hays, Harold Dean Tiede and wife Stacey of Hoisington and Brenton Tiede of Wichita; one step-daughter, Stacey Boy and husband Brian of Great Bend; 11 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Edward, Eldon and Gilbert; and three sisters, Lorene, Helen and Elsimae.
Visitation will be held from Noon to 9:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2019 at Bryant Funeral Home, with family receiving friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2019, at Bryant Funeral Home with Pastor Don Paden presiding. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery North.
Memorials are suggested to the Wilma Tiede Funeral Expense Fund, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.
Daniel Schamberger, age 82, passed away from cancer on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at home in Denver with his family. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Veronica, his three daughters Julie Horowitz, Dana Nickless, and Monika Schamberger; two sons-in-law Bob Horowitz and Mark Nickless; and grandchildren Jake and Nate Horowitz, and Grace and Henry Nickless.
Dan was born in 1936, the youngest of 11 children in the small farming community of St. Peter, Kansas to Raymond and Barbara Schamberger. His father and mother’s family were part of the Volga German immigrants who settled in western Kansas.
Dan went to St. Joseph’s military academy for high school. He attended St. Mary’s of the Plains College in Dodge City for one year, then went to Pittsburgh State University where he received a degree in Education. He was the first in his family to receive a college degree.
After college, he was drafted into the Army and spent two years at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After living in Kansas City, Dan moved to Denver, Colorado where he would settle and raise a family.
He worked at the Sears in Cherry Creek for 15 years, then went into the tire business. He owned an automotive repair shop on east Colfax Ave, Tune Tech Automotive, for 20 years.
Dedicated to charity work, Dan was active in the Kiwanis Club of Aurora for 40 years; involved in his parish at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church for 50 years; and a member at the American Legion Post 1 and the veterans honor society “The Forty and Eight”.
Dan was a proud and supportive father, husband, and grandfather; a hard worker; always ready to laugh and tell a joke; made friends wherever he went; enjoyed jazz, a beer, and good company. He had a good sense of humor and was a positive force in many people’s lives. His presence will be profoundly missed! We love you, a bushel and a peck, we do!!!
A Rosary Service will be held at 7:00pm, Thursday, June 6 at Horan and McConaty, 11150 East Dartmouth Ave at South Parker Rd.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am, Friday, June 7 at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, 2250 South Harrison St, Denver.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:
Kiwanis Club of Aurora Scholarship Fund, C/O Dave Heflin, P.O. Box 441774, Aurora, CO 80044 or Denver Hospice, 8299 E. Lowry Boulevard, Denver, CO 80230.
NORTON — The Norton County Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents of numerous reports of a phone scam in the area.
The calls were reported as a Social Security scam.
“They report that they are being told that there is fraudulent activity on their Social Security number or that their SS number has been suspended,” the announcement said.
The department urges anyone receiving similar calls to refrain from giving any information over the phone.
“Please remember that the U.S. Social Security Administration will not contact you by telephone.”
Phillips County Sheriff Charles Radabaugh also reported getting one of the calls.
SALINE COUNTY — When an early morning cry for help awakened a rural Saline County man Tuesday, the plea was not what he expected it to be.
According to Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander, deputies responded to a residence in the 1300 block of East Stimmel Road at 4:49 a.m. Tuesday after Matthew Hockman, 41, reported hearing a cry for help.
Upon investigation, Hockman discovered that the cry for help was coming from his own basement, Melander said. There, Hockman found Jamey Sanders, 39, of rural Saline County, stuck upside-down on Hockman’s father’s inversion table, Melander explained.
He said that when Hockman asked Sanders what he was doing in the basement, Sanders replied that “they told me to come here.” Melander said it appeared that Sanders was under the influence of some sort of drug.
Hockman escorted Sanders from the residence and deputies found him a short while later outside the residence with some Ocean Spray cranberry juice belonging to Hockman, Melander said.
Sanders was transported to Salina Regional Health Center and then to the Saline County Jail where he was booked on suspicion of aggravated burglary, Melander said.
WALKER — The Rocking S Arena will host a large rodeo event for riders of all ages July 20 and 21. The event, titled “Saddle Battle,” features nearly $10,000 in awards and prizes drawing contestants from as far away as Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The Saddle Battle is a not-for-profit event funded entirely by donations from dozens of local businesses and individuals. The three largest sponsors are Farmers Insurance – The Ryan Schremmer Agency, 2705 Vine; The Dentist – Dr. Melinda Miner, 1010 Downing; and Clayton and Angela Leiker Custom Concrete LLC, 353 Hartman, Russell, each of whom contributed $1,000. Many other sponsors contributed at the $500 and $250 levels. A complete list of sponsors is posted on the Rocking S Arena and 2019 Saddle Battle Facebook pages.
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“As a businessowner, you get asked to sponsor a lot of the same types of youth sports and activities. This was something different that both kids and adults can participate in and I believe strongly in the values of the western culture so I am happy to be able to support that” said Ryan Schremmer, owner of the Ryan Schremmer Agency of Farmers Insurance.
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The Saddle Battle is an open event which means any rider of any age can enter. There are four youth age divisions and one adult division. Each age division features a custom Corriente Saddle Company trophy saddle for the division champion, a trophy buckle for the reserve champion, and trophy tack for placings down to seventh Place.
In conjunction with the Saddle Battle competition, there will be a KWHA horse show Friday night at 7 p.m., and an open barrel racing jackpot Saturday at 4 p.m. Additionally, there will be a full concession stand available all day both days and multiple vendors selling a variety of western and equestrian products.
James Lee Gabel, 78, passed away on July 1, 2019 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on June 22, 1941 in Ness City, the son of Isidore and Josephine (Stecklein) Gabel.
Jim was an Electrician. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church. He was an avid sports fan especially when the Kansas Jayhawks were playing. He also was interested in watching politics on TV. He married Sharon Meyer on Saturday, January 14, 1961, in Dodge City, Kansas. She survives.
Other survivors include: his daughter, Lori Kisslinger and husband Harold of Ransom; three sons, Scott Gabel of Wichita, Mark Gabel and wife, Becky of Larned, and Brad Gabel and wife Katie of Jenks, OK; a sister, Betty Slaven; sister-in-law, Dorothy Gabel both of Dodge City; 7 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, and a brother.
Funeral service will be on Friday, July 5, 2019, 10:30 A.M., at Sacred Heart Church, in Ness City. Burial will be in the Bazine Cemetery. Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City, from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 4th with the family present from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Christ Pilot Me Hill.
SALINA — A 22-year-old Salina man was injured late Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on North Ninth Street.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Codey M. Shute was northbound on North Ninth Street on a 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle when the motorcycle overturned, ejecting him to the east onto a grassy shoulder.
The riderless motorcycle then slid into a semi pulling a trailer that was turning from southbound Ninth Street onto the eastbound Interstate 70 on-ramp, the KHP reported. The truck was driven by Orlando C. Pitts, 53, of Henderson, Nev.
After striking the truck, the motorcycle came to rest near the eastbound ramp to I-70.
According to the KHP report, Shute was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with an unspecified suspected serious injury.
The accident occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, the KHP noted.
OLATHE (AP) — Court records say a former suburban Kansas City school district employee fraudulently used the district’s credit card to make community college payments for her child and to buy clothes, food and gas.
The Kansas City Star reports that the charging affidavit was released Tuesday for 42-year-old Mikita Watson-Burton, who is charged with felony theft. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press.
She left her job in August as the secretary of elementary services for the Shawnee Mission School District.
Court documents say another employee discovered odd expenditure in August, triggering an audit. The affidavit says 174 unauthorized charges totaling $12,500 were found, including five community college payments.
The affidavit says she met with a detective in January and admitted to making the purchases.
MANHATTAN – Former Kansas State guard Barry Brown Jr., has joined the Minnesota Timberwolves Summer League Team, which plays in the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League from July 5-15 at the Cox Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Brown will meet a familiar face in the first of Minnesota’s four preliminary round games on Friday, July 5, as the Timberwolves will play the Cleveland Cavaliers, along with former teammate Dean Wade, at 4 p.m., CT at Cox Pavilion on NBA TV. Wade enjoyed an impressive debut in his pro debut with the Cavaliers at the Salt Lake City Summer League on Monday night, posting 14 points on 6-of-13 field goals to go with 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists and 1 block in 28 minutes against the San Antonio Spurs.
The Timberwolves will follow with contests against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday, July 7 at 4:30 p.m., CT at the Thomas and Mack Center on ESPN2, the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, July 8 at 8 p.m., CT at Cox Pavilion on ESPNU and the Miami Heat on Wednesday, July 10 at 6 p.m., CT at Cox Pavilion on NBA TV.
After the preliminary round, all 30 NBA teams, along with the Chinese and Croatian National Teams for the first time, will be seeded in a tournament that leads to the Championship Game on July 15. Each team will play at least five games in Las Vegas.
Brown, who will wear No. 15, will be joined on the 15-man summer league roster by 2018 NBA Draft picks Josh Okogie (Georgia Tech) and Keita Bates-Diop (Ohio State) as well as 2019 second-round pick Jaylen Nowell (Washington). Other notable rookies on the squad include Canyon Barry (Florida), Tyus Battle (Syracuse), Jordan McLaughlin (USC), Jordan Murphy (Minnesota), Brandon Randolph (Arizona) and Naz Reid(LSU).
Head coach Ryan Saunders will guide the team during its play in the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League.
The Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection, Brown led the Wildcats in nearly every statistical category in 2018-19, including scoring (14.6 ppg.), double-digit scoring games (28), 20-point games (seven), field goals made (184) and attempted (425), free throws made (88) and attempted (124) and steals (65). He connected on 43.3 percent (184-of-425) from the field, including 29.8 percent (42-of-141) from 3-point range, and shot 71 percent (88-of-124) from the free throw line.
Brown left K-State in the Top 10 in 13 career categories, including first in games played (139), consecutive games played (139) and steals (254), second in minutes played (4,472), third in field goals attempted (1,519), fourth in double-digit scoring games (91) and field goals made (633) and fifth in scoring (1,781).
In his 139-game career, Brown averaged 12.8 points on 41.7 percent shooting (633-of-1519), including 31.9 percent (173-of-542) from 3-point range, with 3.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals in 32.2 minutes per game.
Brown was part of a senior class that posted an 88-51 (.633) overall record, advanced to three NCAA Tournaments and won a share of the 2018-19 Big 12 regular season title.
Overland Park Republican Sen. Jim Denning sued The Star after it published a column by Steve Rose attacking Denning’s opposition to Medicaid expansion. File photo
A Johnson County judge on Tuesday tossed a defamation lawsuit brought by Kansas Sen. Majority Leader Jim Denning against The Kansas City Star, finding Denning failed to prove malice.
Judge Paul Gurney also ordered Denning to pay the newspaper’s attorney fees, which could run as high as $40,000.
Gurney ruled that Denning had not met the requirements of the Kansas Speech Protection Act, which is designed to end meritless lawsuits that target the exercise of free speech.
Gurney found The Star was not driven by ill will or evil intent when it published a column by Steve Rose in January criticizing Denning’s opposition to Medicaid expansion.
Denning, an Overland Park Republican, sued The Star and Rose a couple of days later, claiming Rose had attributed statements to him that he did not make. Rose tendered his resignation as an unpaid guest columnist a few days later.
The judge said he would rule at a later date on Denning’s defamation claims against Rose, who was present in the courtroom Tuesday.
Denning could not immediately be reached for comment.
Gurney issued his ruling from the bench after listening to arguments from The Star’s attorney, Bernie Rhodes, and Denning’s attorney, Mike Kuckelman, who was elected earlier this year as chairman of the Kansas Republican Party.
“This is a case about fake news, but not the fake news that Mr. Denning wants you to believe,” Rhodes told Gurney as he launched into his argument.
Rhodes said Denning sued The Star to divert attention from his longstanding opposition to Medicaid expansion in Kansas.
“He can’t stand the heat,” Rhodes said, declaring that Denning had stood in the way of 150,000 Kansans acquiring health coverage.
Rhodes also attacked Kuckelman, calling him Denning’s “lackey” and saying he campaigned for the GOP chairmanship “on this lawsuit and using the same PR firm.”
Kuckelman retorted that he wasn’t going to engage in personal attacks and urged Gurney to let the case go before a jury.
The Public Speech Protection Act, he said, doesn’t give The Kansas City Star “unlimited license to make up quotes” and mislead the public into believing that Denning made statements he never made.
“They don’t have unfettered license to lie,” Kuckelman said.
The Star urged Gurney to strike Denning’s petition on the grounds that Denning had not proved “actual malice” when it published Rose’s column.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan decision, unanimously ruled that in order to prove libel, a public official such as Denning must show that the allegedly libelous statements were made with “actual malice” – that is, with knowledge that they were false or with reckless disregard for whether they were false or not.
Denning had an additional hurdle to overcome. The Kansas Public Speech Protection Act, which the Legislature enacted in 2016 and Denning supported, goes beyond the First Amendment’s actual malice standard and requires proof that the defendant acted “with actual evil-mindedness” or “specific intent to injure.”
Rhodes contended that Denning couldn’t prove either because The Star’s editorial page editor, Colleen McCain Nelson, who was Rose’s editor, had no reason to doubt the accuracy of Rose’s column when she approved its publication.
Nelson termed the lawsuit “a political ploy” from the start “and an attempt to generate headlines — not a legitimate lawsuit.”
“With this decision, the judge affirmed that Sen. Denning’s claim against The Star was entirely without merit, and more importantly, he protected the First Amendment rights of The Star and all journalists,” Nelson said in an email.
The Public Speech Protection Act allows the prevailing party to recover its attorney fees, and Gurney directed Denning to pay those fees. Asked by Gurney how much he had racked up in legal fees, Rhodes said about $40,000. Gurney said Denning could contest the reasonableness of the fees if he wishes.
The Public Speech Protection Act also allows courts to impose sanctions on the losing party. Gurney declined, saying the attorney fees were sanction enough.
Wilma Jean Tiede, 82, passed away July 2, 2019, at Home Health & Hospice of Kansas, Wichita. 
