Fort Hays State University’s Department of Mathematics will host the 41st annual Math Relays on Thursday, Nov. 14.
Students in grades nine through 12 will compete in six tests throughout the day. The six tests are number sense, trigonometry, algebra, geometry, applications, and calculations with calculators.
Tests can be completed by individual students or by teams of three.
45 schools ranging in size from 1A to 6A are expected to bring around 600 students to compete.
Awards will be presented at the end of the day. All students take the same tests, but when it comes to scoring they are only scored with students in the same grade. Individual and team winners are recognized in each grade level for each test.
Along with individual awards, each school receives points based on how their students perform. The three schools in each classification with the most points earn plaques.
“The Math and Computer Science departments would like to thank the FHSU community for their continued support of this event,” said Dr. Bill Weber, assistant professor of mathematics.
“It is a wonderful opportunity for FHSU to make a positive impression on these prospective high school students who often cite Math Relays as one of the experiences which helped them decide to attend FHSU post-graduation.”
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State men’s soccer head coach Gerry Cleary announced the signing of two newcomers on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Blake Arndt and Taisei Arima will join the Black and Gold in the spring of 2020.
Arndt, a native of Wichita, Kansas, joins the Tigers as a sophomore transfer from the University of Central Arkansas, who played in six matches during the 2018 campaign.
The 6-foot-3 forward reeled in two All-State forward selections, two first team All-City forward selections and one All-Metro nod during his tenure at Wichita Northwest High School. Prior to his senior season, Arndt was named one of the top 10 players to watch in 2017 by The Wichita Eagle.
He boasts a career stat-line of 56 goals and 16 assists through 62 matches played as four-year varsity starter for Wichita Northwest. Arndt also helped lead the Wichita Cyclones to a 2015 USYS National Championship.
“We are excited to give Blake a new home. He has played at Division I for two years. I was able to watch him play a lot with FC Wichita last summer,” Cleary said. “The experience he brings to our squad is unbelievable. He has three years to play as a Tiger and we expect great things from him.”
Taisei Arima will join the FHSU family as a freshman from Machida, Japan, where he played at Seiryo High School and with Yokohama Takeru FC.
During his time with Seiryo High School, Arima logged 335 total minutes in five matches, while recording one goal from the midfield.
For Yokohama Takeru FC, he recorded 391 total minutes in five matches and scored one goal.
Throughout his high school and club career, Arima has helped lead his teams to an overall record of 6-0-4.
“Taisei is coming in as a winger for us. We are excited for him to join us and add to the great culture that we continue to build as a program,” Cleary added.
These two newcomers will join an already solid squad of Tiger veterans, who have reached a national ranking as high as No. 3. FHSU has recently locked up their third consecutive regular season title and is in the mix to make their eighth straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 immigrants to work in the U.S., free from the threat of deportation.
That outcome would “destroy lives,” declared Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one the court’s liberals who repeatedly suggested the administration has not adequately justified its decision to end the seven-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Nor has it taken sufficient account of the personal, economic and social disruption that might result, they said.
But there did not appear to be any support among the five conservatives for blocking the administration. The nine-member court’s decision is expected by June, at the height of the 2020 presidential campaign.
President Donald Trump said on Twitter that DACA recipients shouldn’t despair if the justices side with him, pledging that “a deal will be made with the Dems for them to stay!” But Trump’s past promises to work with Democrats on a legislative solution for these immigrants have led nowhere.
The president also said in his tweet that many program participants, brought to the U.S. as children and now here illegally, are “far from ‘angels,'” and he claimed that “some are very tough, hardened criminals.” The program bars anyone with a felony conviction from participating, and serious misdemeanors may also bar eligibility.
Some DACA recipients, commonly known as “Dreamers,” were in the courtroom for the arguments, and many people camped out in front of the court for days for a chance at some of the few seats available. The term comes from never-passed proposals in Congress called the DREAM Act.
The high court arguments did not involve any discussion of individual DACA recipients or Trump’s claims.
Instead the focus was on whether either of two administration rationales for ending DACA, begun under President Barack Obama, was enough.
Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric was a key part of his presidential campaign in 2016, and his administration has pointed to a court ruling striking down the expansion of DACA and creation of similar protections, known as DAPA, for undocumented immigrants whose children are U.S. citizens as reasons to bring the program to a halt.
After lower courts stepped in to keep the program alive, the administration produced a new explanation memo from Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh were among the justices who indicated on Tuesday that the administration has provided sufficient reason for doing away with the program. Kavanaugh referred to Nielsen’s memo at one point as “a very considered decision.” Roberts suggested that worries that DACA is not legal might be enough to support ending it.
Roberts, who could hold the pivotal vote on the court, aimed his few questions at lawyers representing DACA recipients and their supporters. He did not seriously question the administration’s argument.
However, justices’ questions don’t always foretell their votes. In June the chief justice surprised many when he cast the deciding vote to prevent the administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, despite not voicing much skepticism during arguments in the case.
Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito raised questions on Tuesday about whether courts should even be reviewing the executive branch’s discretionary decisions.
Sotomayor made the only direct reference to Trump, saying he told DACA recipients “that they were safe under him and that he would find a way to keep them here. And so he hasn’t.”
She also complained that the administration’s rationale has shifted over time and has mainly relied on the view that DACA is illegal, leaving no choice but to end it.
In her most barbed comment, Sotomayor said the administration has failed to plainly say “that this is not about the law. This is about our choice to destroy lives.”
Solicitor General Noel Francisco, representing the administration, did not directly respond to Sotomayor. But near the end of the 80-minute arguments, he asserted that the administration has taken responsibility for its decision and is relying on more than merely its belief that DACA is illegal. The administration has the authority to end DACA, even if it’s legal, because it’s bad policy, he said. “We own this,” Francisco said.
If the court agrees with the administration in the DACA case, Congress could follow up by voting to put the program on surer legal footing. But the absence of comprehensive immigration reform by Congress is what prompted Obama to create DACA in the first place, in 2012, giving people two-year renewable reprieves from the threat of deportation while also allowing them to work.
Young immigrants, civil rights groups, universities and Democratic-led cities and states sued to block the administration. They persuaded courts in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., that the administration had been “arbitrary and capricious” in its actions, in violation of a federal law that requires policy changes to be done in an orderly way.
If the justices sustain the challenges, the administration could try again to end the program. A lawsuit in Texas claiming that DACA is illegal also would be likely to go forward.
ALLEN COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 2p.m. Tuesday in Allen County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Subaru Outback driven by Ernest Palangi, Jr., 81, Colorado Springs, CO., was westbound on U.S. 54 two miles east of the U.S. 59 Junction.
The vehicle traveled off onto the shoulder and the driver lost control. The vehicle traveled across the highway and struck a tree in the south ditch of the highway.
Palangi was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
KANSAS CITY (AP) — Two have been charged in a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded in Kansas City.
Prosecutors announced Monday that 19-year-old Armani Elder and 18-year-old Larry Baker are each charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the Oct. 8 shooting that killed 20-year-old Cortez Nash. No attorney is listed for Elder in online court records, and Baker’s attorney didn’t immediately return a phone message.
Police say officers were tending to a 19-year-old with a leg wound when a woman found Nash and started screaming. Both victims were rushed to a hospital, where Nash later died.
Court records say Baker had messaged Nash beforehand, warning him to stay away from the neighborhood. A witness also told investigators that Elder, Baker and a juvenile shot at the victims.
PAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities have requested charges against two individuals in connection with a puppy found shot in mid August that had to be euthanized in Pawnee County, according to Sheriff Scott King.
The approximately 7 or 8-month-old male pit bull puppy was found on O Road between 110th and 120th Roads just north of Larned, according to Sheriff Scott King. Someone shot the dog eight times with a .22 caliber rifle
With the assistance of social media, the sheriff’s office posted photos on Facebook and followed leads.
At the time, the sheriff said they would even appreciate anonymous leads on who owned the dog, past history, or other circumstances.
Authorities will identity the individuals after formal charges are filed.
Goodland resident Harold “Max” Riley, age 64, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019 at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas.
Max was born January 10, 1955 to Harold and Lola (Moore) Riley in Goodland. He grew up in Goodland and graduated from Goodland High School. Max was a U.S. Navy Veteran. He attended the Northwest Kansas Technical College Carpentry Program and Fort Morgan Community College Heating and Airconditioning Program. Max enjoyed fishing, music, shooting pool, playing cards and spending time with his family and friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Curtis.
He is survived by his daughters, Bertha Jean, Angela, Annette, Sarah and Paula; brother, Michael Riley; and nieces, nephews and friends.
Memorial service will be Friday, November 15, 2019 at 1 p.m. MT at Bateman Funeral Home, 211 East 11th Street in Goodland.
Memorials will be designated later and may be left at the service or mailed to Bateman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 278, Goodland, KS 67735. Online condolences and information www.batemanfuneral.com
Billy Crocker (Gabe McGuire) gives Reno Sweeney (Shirley Lee) a kiss in the Hays High production of “Anything Goes.”
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
The Hays High cast of “Anything Goes” is sure to tap and croon their ways into your heart this week.
Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Twelfth Street Auditorium.
“Anything Goes” is a 1934 musical that features notable tunes such as “Anything Goes,” “You’re the Top” and “I Get a Kick Out of You.” The musical is a romantic comedy that takes place aboard a vessel en route to London from New York.
“I chose this musical for a handful of reasons. First of all, I think it fits our students incredibly well. There are lots of roles for many students to have opportunities, which I really like,” Alex Underwood, director, said. “Beyond that, I think it is important for students to get to explore cultures, time periods, and utilize skills that are different from their own. In this case, they get to study 1934 New York and learn some pretty significant tap dancing.
“Finally, it’s just a lot of fun. The music is charming, and the comedic bits are hysterical. It’s a wonderful way to spend a few hours.”
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh (Tom Drabkin) takes notes as his fiancee Hope Harcourt (Alisara Arial) and two reporters (Zach Chance and Tegan Hartman) look on.
The principle roles in this show are Reno Sweeney, an evangelist-turned-night club singer whose brassy personality drives the plot, Underwood said. That role is double cast — played by Shirley Lee and Caitlin Leiker.
Billy Crocker is the leading man in this production, played by Gabe McGuire. Finally, Moonface Martin is a second-rate gangster disguised as a minister who drives quite a bit of the mayhem and fun in the show. Moonface is played by Kai Kaufman.
The show features a slew of dancers — Reno’s four angels and a quartet of dancing sailors. Beyond that, there are tons of other bit parts that are quite hilarious, Underwood said.
The challenges with this show revolved around the difficult production numbers — particularly the tap dancing, Underwood said.
“We hired a choreographer from New York to teach the students, and we’ve spent hours and hours working on it. Once it’s all said and done, it looks incredible!” he said. “I’m so proud of them for pulling off super tricky choreography. And we didn’t cut the dance breaks even one measure — it’s the full Broadway orchestration.”
Passenger and crew perform “(There’s No Cure Like Travel)/Bon Voyage” in HHS’ production of “Anything Goes.”
Underwood said he has been proud of the work the students have put in thus far.
“I think these students bring some amazing skill as well as heart and commitment,” he said. “So many of them are fiercely dedicated to the success of this production and have been working tirelessly for months in preparation. It’s inspiring to watch, honestly.”
Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketsource.us/hays-high-school, at the box office at Twelfth Street Auditorium between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. this week, or at the door. They are $10.
Evangeline Harcourt (Katelyn Engel), Elisha Whitney (Andrew Duke), Hope Harcourt, (Alisara Arial), and Lord Evelyn Oakleigh (Tom Drabkin) sing as their vessel is about the cast off.
Cast list
Henry T. Dobson (Carson Brooksher) advises his converts , Luc and Jean (Alexis White and Matthew Bollig).
Reno Sweeney – Shirley Lee (Nov. 14 and 16) and Caitlin Leiker (Nov. 15 and 17)
Hope Harcourt – Alisara Arial
Evangeline Harcourt – Katelyn Engel
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh – Tom Drabkin
Elisha Whitney – Andrew Duke
Billy Crocker – Gabe McGuire
Moonface Martin – Kai Kaufman
Erma – Hanna Dannar
Luc – Alexis White
Jean – Matthew Bollig
Captain – Ashley Vilaysing
Purser – Sierra Adkins
Reno’s Angels
Purity – Anna Brull
Chastity – Marie-lyn Castaing
Charity – Jessica Leiker
Virtue – Savanna Lawson
Dancing Sailors – Nathan Leiker, Alex Flavin, Sydney Wittkorn, Stanna Flinn
A group of thieves made off with thousands of dollars after a theft at a Hays business last month.
The incident was captured on video by Sue McRae Bickle, owner of Northglen Antiques, 2010 Vine, but even with video evidence, the crime highlights the difficulty in investigating crimes that occur as people get off and quickly back on the interstate.
On the video, three people are captured traveling throughout the store, looking at various items in the early afternoon of Oct. 6.
Shortly after two females enter the store together, one steps behind the counter located near the entrance and looks around before they began walking around the store.
Another man walks in seconds later, looking at the security cameras and texting on his phone while walking around.
At one point while the three people were in the location, a clutch was stolen from a cabinet in the store’s office where there were no cameras.
Cash totaling $1,172 was taken along with two credit cards for the business and Bickle’s personal bank card.
Those cards would be used to make over $5,000 in purchases at Walgreens, Walmart, Home Depot and Dillons in Hays within two hours of the three people leaving the store.
Those purchases were all completed within an hour and were likely used to purchase gift cards, she said, as several of the purchases are for the same amount.
And while in her shop, one of the three people in the video made a purchase with a Visa gift card.
On Oct. 26, the clutch was returned after being found in the bushes of a Hays hotel near I-70 and returned to Bickle, with something extra inside.
In the checkbook, she found two credit cards from a person in Colby.
Colby Police Chief Ron Alexander said those cards were taken during a vehicle burglary reported on Oct. 6, the same day as the theft at Northglen.
“The cards were apparently used in Hays at the Walmart from our theft,” he said, they had also attempted to use the cards in the Walmart in Colby early in the day.
After looking at video from Hays, Alexander said the possible suspects appear to match those from the theft in Colby.
“I imagine this is tied into it,” he said.
The purse stolen in Colby was found two weeks later by KDOT employees near I-70 mile marker 65.
“This is two cases this month where somebody has come from the west and committed a crime and continued on east,” Alexander said. “We think they were likely just passing on down the road and, unless you get them caught with this stuff in hand, it’s hard.”
“We wish you could absolutely solve every crime, but just because you have someone on camera, it’s not always the case,” he said.
Meanwhile, the video and pictures have been pushed out across the state.
“We shared (the video) with local law enforcement and the Kansas Intelligence Association,” said Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler. “It is still an open investigation.”
But cases like these are hard to investigate locally, he said, as the perpetrators are often only in town for a short time.
In this case, Bickle said in around 12 minutes the suspects had the cards from her business, within a couple of hours they had made off with thousands of dollars.
“We definitely feel they came off the interstate and got back on the interstate and are gone,” Scheibler said.
By the time patrol officers had submitted the evidence to a detective, they were likely already out of the area, he said.
“We do tend to have good luck releasing videos and photographs, especially if they are local, but if they are just passing through, pulled off and committed a couple of crimes and got back on the interstate, we are going to struggle,” Scheibler said.
Bickle said shop owners and managers should report suspicious activity, especially when large amounts of gift cards are purchased or crimes like this will continue to occur in Hays, but credit card policies add another layer of difficulty as it is against Visa and Mastercard policy to require identification to make a sale — meaning even a suspicious clerk has little recourse if theft is suspected.
“We have been a vocal advocate for stricter regulations surrounding requiring IDs on credit card purchases,” said Tara Aston, senior manager of national media relations at Walmart. “We are not allowed to require that.”
In Bickle’s case, and the case from later in the month, a vehicle was captured on video that was shared by Walmart, but without a clear license plate number, they are also hard to track.
“Car license plates are major for catching these people,” Bickle said. “The police said my thieves covered their license plates while they were in Walmart and the cameras couldn’t get it.”
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal Monday night crash and have identified the victim.
First responders on the scene of the fatal crash photo courtesy KWCH
Just after 10p.m. officers were dispatched to an injury accident at the intersection of West 53rd Street North and North Charles Street in Wichita, according to officer Kevin Wheeler.
Upon arrival, they found a partially overturned Ford Escape and a black Honda Crosstour that had collided. After the vehicles collided, the Escape struck an electric utility pole and overturned. Officers located 28-year-old Sierra Frost inside of the Escape unresponsive. EMS performed life-saving measures, but Frost died from her injuries.
The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford was transported to a local hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. The 72-year-old male driver of the Honda was uninjured.
The investigation revealed that the Ford was southbound on Charles Street and ran a stop sign at W. 53rd Street, according to Wheeler. His vehicle struck the Honda, which was traveling west on 53rd Street.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican member of the Kansas State Board of Education who shares retiring GOP U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts’ last name is running to replace him in Washington.
Steve Roberts -photo KSBE
Steve Roberts of Overland Park filed paperwork Tuesday with the state to claim a spot on the ballot in the August primary.
Pat Roberts is not seeking re-election after four terms.
Steve Roberts is a math tutor who developed his own online math course who has served on the state school board since 2013. Running for the Senate means he can’t seek another term on the board in 2020.
Other Republicans running for the Senate include ex-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall of western Kansas, Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle and former Kansas City Chiefs player David Lindstrom.
Ofelia Garcia Viuda De Murillo, age 87, died at her home on November 9, 2019 in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on March 29, 1932 in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, the daughter of Fidel and Maria Jesus Munez Garcia.
She was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church in Garden City, Kansas.
On April 22, 1952, she married Raul Murillo. He passed away on August 6, 2002.
She is survived by
Ten Children
Raul Murillo, Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri
Rosa Maria Baltazar of Garden City, Kansas
Imelda Garcia of Michoacan, Mexico
Alfredo Murillo of Garden City, Kansas
Maria Beatriz Carillo of Garden City, Kansas
Maria Del Carmen Murillo of Michoacan, Mexico
Daniel Murillo of Healy, Kansas
Rafael Murillo of Garden City, Kansas
Alejandro Murillo of Michoacan, Mexico
Ofelia Murillo of Michoacan, Mexico
23 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three children, Yolanda Murillo, Victor Manuel Murillo, and Alicia Murillo.
Mass of the Resurrection will be held on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 4:00 pm at St. MaryCatholic Church.
Open calling will be on Thursday from 10-8 and on Friday 10-1.
Rosary will be recited on Thursday at 7 pm at the Funeral Home.
Memorials are suggested to the Ofelia Garcia Viuda De Murillo Memorial Fund in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home, 620 N. Main St. Garden City, Kansas 67846.
