The Center for Health Improvement at HaysMed, part of The University of Kansas Health System, is offering an after school activity for children ages 6-11 during the fall semester.
Kids in Motion is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:35 – 5:45 p.m. The program will run from September 3 through December 19. The classes are held at The Center for Health Improvement’s Gymnasium at 2500 Canterbury Drive in Hays.
The program provides age appropriate indoor and outdoor activities designed to keep children active in a fun environment, and develop and improve motor skills. The children will enjoy time with friends while learning about health and fitness.
The afternoon will be complete with a healthy snack. Transportation from school to The Center is optional through USD 489 through the Kids in Motion enrollment.
The fee is $210 for members and $225 for nonmembers for the entire semester. A monthly payment plan is available. Drop-ins are welcome with a $10 fee per class. To register go to https://haysmed.clubautomation.com or call 623-5900. Registration is limited to 25 children.
For more questions or more information call 785-623-6309 or email [email protected].
Richard John Proksch, 84, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, at Hutchinson Regional Hospital. Richard was born Feb. 21, 1935, in Hoisington, the son of William and Ida (Goscha) Proksch.
He was united in marriage to Pat Schremmer on April 24, 1957, in Hoisington.
Richard was born and raised in Hoisington. Richard and his family moved to Colorado and spent 45 years there. In 2000 they moved back to Hoisington. He was a manager of sanitation for Dawn Food Products. He enjoyed bowling, hunting and horseshoes.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Pat Proksch; two sons, Brad Proksch and wife Lisa of Hudson, Colo., and Brent Proksch and wife Anne of Montgomery Texas; a granddaughter, Shannon Proksch of Vermillion S.D.; two grandsons, Brian Proksch of Montgomery, Texas, and Austin Proksch of Hudson, Colo.; a brother Bill Proksch and wife Rita of Thornton, Colo.; and a sister, Sue Hickel of Larned.
He was preceded in death by a son Brian and a sister Virginia Kaiser.
Friends may call 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday with family to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. with Knights of Columbus Rosary will begin 7 p.m., all at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, celebrated by Father Anselm Eke. Burial will follow in St. John Church Cemetery, Hoisington, with military honors.
Memorials may be made to St. John Cemetery Fund or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
MANHATTAN — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a case of alleged fraud.
Just before 4:30p.m. Tuesday, officers filed a report for theft in the 3100 block of Anderson Avenue in Manhattan.
Robbins Motor Company and Kansas State Bank reported a known male suspect fraudulently used bank information from victim’s check to take took money from the victims, according to the Riley County Police Activity report. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $80,000.00.
Jamie Keller, Palco 4-H, donated his prize-winning hog to a fundraiser for the Rooks County Health Center expansion project.
PLAINVILLE – Jamie Keller, a member of the Palco 4-H club, knows a thing or two about raising award winning hogs. He also knows how to support a worthwhile cause.
Jamie, age 13 and the son of Jeff and Lacey Keller of Palco, wanted to help support the Rooks County Health Center (RCH) in some way, and with the guidance of his parents, hit on the idea of offering one of his show pigs as a donation for the upcoming fundraising event being held by the Rooks County Healthcare Foundation (RCHF).
Fairways For The Future, a charity golf tournament being held on September 14 to help fund the new hospital expansion project, includes a whole hog roast supper after the tournament.
Jamie is donating a market weight hog that earned him a blue ribbon at the Rooks County Free Fair.
Jamie won a total of three blue ribbons in the market weight category and a Grand Champion award in the breeding gilt category. Not just an award winning hog raiser, Jamie also earned Grand Champion ribbons in the visual arts and rocketry categories.
The 248-pound blue ribbon winner will be the “guest of honor” at the general admission event held after the golf tournament. The event includes an evening of music and dancing provided by local band Gypsy Road.
Fairways For The Future is a 3 Person Scramble charity golf tournament that will be held at the Rooks County Golf Course five miles north of Plainville.
Golfers in the 18-hole tournament receive the whole hog roast dinner, live music, silent auction for their registration fee. Cash prizes will be awarded, plus golfers can enter for a chance to snag $50,000 in the Hole in One Contest, sponsored by Solutions North Bank of Stockton.
For those who don’t play golf but want to join the after-tournament party, tickets are available for $25 per person for the supper and music. Tickets for the after-tournament party can be purchased at Carmichael True Value and Ruder Oil in Plainville and Solutions North Bank in Stockton or by calling 785-688-4428.
The golf tournament begins play at 9:00 a.m. Admission for the hog roast supper and music begins at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 14.
Golfers can register before Aug. 31 for early registration discount. On line registration is available at www.fairways4thefuture.com or by calling Eric Sumearll at 785-688-4428.
NEW YORK – Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that discount retail chains Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar will pay $1.2 million in fines and damages for selling expired products.
The settlements resolve a multi-month undercover investigation over the chains’ sale of expired over-the-counter drugs, Dollar General’s sale of obsolete motor oil, and Dollar Tree and Family Dollar’s failure to comply with New York’s bottle deposit law.
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“It’s a tough pill for customers to swallow that the over-the-counter drugs they were buying may have been expired,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
“Consumers have a right to expect that products on store shelves are safe, fresh and suitable for their advertised use. These settlements will ensure that Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar will not only pay both a substantial fine and damages, but, more importantly, update their business practices to comply with the law so that no expired over-the-counter drugs are sold to a consumer again.”
Beginning in March 2016, investigators for the New York State Office of the Attorney General conducted undercover visits to numerous Dollar stores throughout New York State to inspect store shelves for expired products. At a number of Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar stores, investigators found over-the-counter drugs that were months beyond their expiration dates. New York law prohibits the sale of over-the-counter drugs beyond the date marked on the product’s label.
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Additionally, investigators also found on shelves at a number of Dollar General stores a variety of Dollar General-branded motor oils that are obsolete, including DG SAE-30 — which is not suitable for most automobile engines built after 1930 — and DG SAE 10W-40 and DG SAE 10W-30 motor oils — which are not suitable for use in most engines built after 1988. The Dollar-General branded motor oil bottles used the same or similar descriptors as other brands of motor oil that are suitable for modern engines and were placed next to those brands on store shelves. There were also no on-shelf signs near those products to warn consumers of their unsuitability for use in modern engines.
Finally, beginning in December 2017, undercover investigators visited a number of Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores and attempted to return bottles that are subject to New York’s bottle deposit law. At some stores, investigators were either told that the store did not accept deposit bottles for return, or would only accept them with proof of purchase, in violation of New York’s bottle deposit law, which requires retail stores to accept beverage containers for redemption if they are of the design, shape, size, color, composition, and brand sold or offered for sale at the store. At some stores, investigators also purchased a Starbucks brand bottle of Frappuccino, and in some cases, were charged a bottle deposit, even though the bottles are not subject to New York’s bottle deposit law.
The settlements with both Dollar General and Dollar Tree/Family Dollar (Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar in 2015, but each chain continues to maintain separate store operations) require the New York stores to make significant reforms to their policies and procedures for managing their stock of over-the-counter drugs, including:
Maintaining and utilizing a system for electronically recording and tracking the expiration dates on merchandise delivered to their distribution centers,
Maintaining and enforcing policies and procedures that require employees to rotate stock when restocking store shelves, as well as conducting weekly inspections of store shelves to remove any expired products,
Conducting monthly audits of each retail store to check for expired products, and
Instituting third-party audits of 10% of the chains’ New York stores for a period of at least one
year to check for expired over-the-counter drugs.
Additionally, Dollar General discontinued the sale of obsolete motor oil during the course of the investigation and has agreed to pay $1,100,000 in restitution, damages, penalties, and costs to the State of New York. Dollar General customers who purchased obsolete motor oil may file a complaint online or call 1-800-771-7755 to be mailed a form.
Virginia Marie Miller, 90, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2019 at Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore, KS
She was born October 8, 1928 in Hodgeman County, the daughter of William L. and Alice K. Burns Trauer. A lifetime area resident she was a farmer and homemaker.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church and First Baptist Women, both of Hanston, KS. Enjoyed helping with bible school and was involved with the church quilting groups. She was also involved in various Baptist missionary groups and belonged to the Hanston Senior Center.
On June 10, 1945, she married Earl Miller Jr. in Burdett, KS. He died March 7, 2000.
Survivors include: son, Rodney (Fran) Miller, Dodge City, KS; two daughters, Nancy Will, Fort Smith, AR, Sandra (Ken) Pedigo, Albuquerque, NM; three grandchildren, Cannon Kress, Van Buren, AR, Renee (Aaron) Miller-McCaffery, Ellinwood, KS, Rodney Miller Jr. Dodge City, KS and six very loved great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Miller Jr.; parents, Alice and Bill Trauer; step-father, Cap Powell; two brothers, Donald and William (Billie) Trauer; sister-in-law, Ramona Trauer and a son-in-law, Jan Will.
Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church, Hanston, KS with Pastor Rod McMillan and Pastor Doug Ellison presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore, KS. Burial will be in the Hanston Cemetery, Hanston, KS.
Memorials may be given to First Baptist Church in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, Box 663 Jetmore, KS 67854.
Women wanting tips on how to dress stylishly on a limited budget won’t want to miss the “Second-Hand Rose Style Show” on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Hays After 5 Christian women’s meeting.
Models will feature the latest in fashions that they purchased for a fraction of the original cost at thrift shops, Goodwill, and garage sales. The fun evening will begin at 7 p.m. at the Rose Garden Banquet Hall, 2350 E. Eighth.
Local journalist Becky Kiser will emcee the style show. Kiser, who works for Eagle Communications, produces news for the Hays Post website and five Hays radio stations. She has also taught broadcast journalism classes at Fort Hays State University.
Also on the program will be inspirational speaker Donna Roth Hillis of Wichita. Hillis, a former corporate flight attendant and retired nurse, is now the board chair of the West Wichita YMCA.
In her talk titled “Shattered But Not Broken,” Hillis will share how an ordinary life can be transformed into something extraordinary.
All teachers in attendance at the program will be recognized.
Cost of the dinner program is $12.50. Reservations are required by Thursday, Sept. 5, to [email protected] or to (785) 202-1036. Hays After 5 is affiliated with Stonecroft Ministry of Overland Park.
Phyllis C. Wilson Geist Rowland, age 86, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, KS. She was born in Wichita County, KS, on the Pleasant Valley farm to John F. and Beulah L. Heath Wilson, on December 25, 1932. She attended a one-room school for 8 years before attending WCCHS in Leoti.
She married Gene Geist in 1950. Five children were born to this union. They divorced. After her children were all in school, she attended Garden City Junior College and Fort Hays University where she received a BA and a Masters in English. She taught senior English classes at Scott City High School for 8 years.
She moved to McPherson and married Kenneth Rowland in 1978, and later taught at St. John’s Military School and McPherson Junior High. She received a Master’s degree in Ed Psych with emphasis on gifted education and then taught gifted classes at Prairie Hills Middle School, Hutchinson. After Phyllis and Ken retired, she wrote memoirs and taught memoir writing classes in Jacksonville, Florida and across the state of Kansas, with one continuous weekly class from 1996 to 2012 at Watermark Books and Café and at Riverbend Bistro, Wichita.
One of her greatest pleasures was the family gatherings each year the weekend after Christmas. For many years her Gift of Memories was often completed in time for family Christmas gifts.
She helped over 100 people write, edit, and/or publish their own Gift of Memories.
She wrote a historical novel, Ghost Writer, based on documented research about a distant grandmother who came from Matlock, Derbyshire, England to settle in Long Island, NY, in 1648.
Phyllis was a member of The First Christian Church of Scott City, KS; a former music director for church services at Maple Gardens Retirement Village of Wichita, KS; a member of several writing groups: KWA, WRCW, and KWA Critique Group, and a long-time member of APH (the International Association of Personal Historians.)
Phyllis’ surviving family includes her two daughters – Susan (Neil) Arnold of Winfield, Kansas, Gina (Craig) Ramsey of Scott City, one son – Shane (Cindy) Geist of Scott City, one daughter-in-law – Jacki Jones of Tempe, Arizona, two stepsons – Don (Gaye) Rowland, Richardson, Texas, Kent Rowland of Winfield, Kansas, one brother – Fran (Jan) Wilson of Kearney, Nebraska, two sisters – Aleta (Lauerence) Hastings of Wichita, Kansas, Esther Walker of Ulysses, Kansas, 14 Grandchildren – Kate Stevens of Gilbert, Arizona, Kristin Jessup and Marc Ramsey of Scott City, Kansas, Abri Dennis, Logan Geist, and Lisa Geist of Wichita, Kansas, Karita Geist, Englewood, Colorado, Jeremy Arnold and Seth Arnold of Winfield, Kansas, Dallas Griffin of Apple Valley, Minnesota, Heath Griffin of Leslie, Arkansas, Cory Wick, Brian Wick and Shaena Tuohy of Sachse, Texas and 26 great-grandchildren.
Her parents; one daughter, Robin Geist-Wick; one son, Bill Geist; husband, Ken; and a special friend, Joe Beaver, preceded her in death.
Phyllis Jean McCoy, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Smith Center Health & Rehab in Smith Center, Kansas. She was born the daughter of Albert & Geneva (Nottingham) Jacobson on February 17, 1932 in Horton, KS. She was a registered nurse.
Survivors include her daughter Jean (Ray) Montgomery in Smith Center, sons David (Carla) McCoy of Colby and Brad (Stacy) McCoy of Harlan, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in St. John Lutheran Church, 20012 J Road, Athol, Kansas, followed by a celebration of life at 10 a.m.
Graveside services are at 3:45 p.m. Saturday in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, 1521 Prairie Road, Everest, Kansas.
Memorial contributions may be made in McCoy’s name at Simmons-Rentschler Mortuary, 116 W. First Street, Smith Center, Kansas 66967 or by calling 785-282-6691.
KANSAS CITY (AP) — A man has been charged in the fatal beating of his mother.
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Jackson County authorities say Lucas Mauritzen, 38, Independence, Mo., was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Court records indicate his mother, Tamera Rainey, was found dead Saturday at an Independence home.
Court records say Mauritzen told a detective he hit his mother throughout the day Saturday and did not try to help her when had trouble breathing. After she died, Mauritzen left and slept at a friend’s house. Mauritzen reportedly told a detective he went back to the home Monday and then went to a neighbor’s house, where he allegedly said “I had to put her down.”
Online court records don’t identify an attorney for Mauritzen.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Marcus Semien provided just enough early offense and Mike Fiers and three Oakland relievers combined to shut down the Kansas City Royals in a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.
Semien had hits in his first two at-bats of the game, coming around to score in the first inning and driving in a run in the second. That was all the offense the A’s pitchers needed.
Fiers looked solid through five innings, but ran into a bit of trouble in the bottom of the sixth. Alex Gordon had an RBI double into the gap in right-center. After striking out Cheslor Cuthbert, a walk to Ryan O’Hearn ended Fiers’ night. Yusmeiro Petit came in and retired the next two batters, striking out Meibrys Viloria, to escape the jam and preserve the 2-1 lead.
Fiers (13-3) scattered eight hits in his 5 1/3 innings, but allowed just the one run and struck out five batters. He’s now won 11 straight decisions, dating to May 7, tying Mark Mulder for the second-longest winning streak in Oakland history.
Petit retired all five batters he faced. Joakim Soria tossed a scoreless eighth and Liam Hendriks worked the ninth inning for his 16th save in 20 opportunities.
The A’s have won 10 of their last 13 games in Kansas City and 16 out of the last 21 overall, outscoring the Royals 140-62 in that span.
Mike Montgomery (3-7) shook off a shaky start to put together another quality outing, despite struggling again with his command. Montgomery surrendered an unearned run in the first and another run in the second, but gave up nothing else through 6 1/3 innings. He walked three batters and hit another and has now issued eight walks over his last three starts after walking three total in his first five starts with the Royals.
The A’s didn’t hit the ball out of the infield in the first inning, but still managed to squeeze out a run after Cuthbert’s error extended the inning. A walk to Chad Pinder two batters later drove in Semien.
An inning later, Semien laced an RBI single to right field, scoring Josh Phegley who doubled two pitches earlier.
Whit Merrifield and Gordon both had two-hit nights for the Royals.
BROWN SHOWS OFF DEFENSIVE SKILLS
A day after making his big league debut by getting hits in his first two at-bats, A’s left fielder Seth Brown flashed his defensive abilities. With one out in the bottom of the second, Brown raced towards the left-center gap and made a diving catch to rob Cuthbert of extra bases. In the third inning, Brown threw out Viloria, who was trying to score from second on Merrifield’s single.
STATS AND STREAKS
Mark Canha saw his 10-game hitting streak come to an end, going 0 for 3. … Soria made his 700th career appearance on the mound, extending his MLB record for a Mexican-born pitcher. … The A’s had a streak of 10 consecutive innings scoring at least one run snapped in the third inning. Oakland scored in the final eight innings of Monday’s game and each of the first two innings on Tuesday. The A’s became the first team since Boston in 2013 to score in 10 consecutive innings. … Nicky Lopez extended his career best hitting streak to 10 games with a single in the third inning.
UP NEXT
Athletics: Tanner Roark will make his fourth start with Oakland since being traded from Cincinnati at the trade deadline. Roark (8-8) is 2-1 with a 2.63 ERA in his first three starts for the A’s.
Royals: Jakob Junis (8-12) will look to bounce back from his previous start Friday in Cleveland, when he threw just four innings and gave up four runs and six hits.
The Center for Health Improvement at HaysMed, part of The University of Kansas Health System, is offering an after school activity for children ages 6-11 during the fall semester.
