The Hays Sunrise Rotary Club is sponsoring its annual Grocery Grab fundraiser as a benefit for Ekey Park.
The winner gets to spend five minutes wheeling their grocery cart through the Dillons store at 1902 Vine on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m.
There is a suggested donation of $10 for tickets. To get tickets, contact [email protected]. The winner will be notified Nov. 11.
The only restrictions are entrants must be 18 or older, cannot purchase pharmacy, alcohol, tobacco or health and beauty products, and are limited to one minute in the meat department with a maximum pick-up of two items each, and five items of one kind each.
The proceeds for the annual Grocery Grab will go toward improvements at Ekey Neighborhood Park.
Chartered April 29, 2010, the Hays Sunrise Rotary Club is the newest service club in Hays. It is comprised of 20 men and women who are business, professional and community leaders with a shared commitment to make the world a better place through humanitarian service above self. The club meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7 a.m. at Augustine’s Bakery, “On The Bricks” on Main Street off 13th Street.
The Hays Sunrise Rotary Club is one of more than 34,000 clubs worldwide affiliated with Rotary International, whose more than 1.2 million members volunteer in their communities and around the world to support education and job training, provide clean water, combat hunger, and improve health and sanitation. Rotary’s top priority is the global eradication of polio.
The No. 7/3 Fort Hays State women’s basketball team opens the 51st season in program history this weekend against a pair of 20-win NSIC teams in St. Joseph, Mo. The Tigers open the year against Minnesota Duluth on Friday (Nov. 8) at 1:30 p.m. inside the St. Joseph Civic Arena before battling Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday (Nov. 9) at 2 p.m.
Daily general admission tickets to the 28th Hillyard Tip-Off are available for just $10 and are good for all four games of each day. FHSU will play in the first contest on both Friday and Saturday.
Fort Hays State returns 10 letterwinners from last year’s squad that finished 32-2, the most wins in a season during the DII era. The Tigers won both regular season and MIAA tournament titles and reached the regional championship game. Among the returners are three All-MIAA performers in Kacey Kennett (second team), Lanie Page (third team) and Belle Barbieri. Four newcomers, including two transfers and two true freshmen, round out this year’s roster.
Kennett needs just 21 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone in her career. She would become the 21st player in program history to score 1,000 points in their career, and the first to join the list since Tatyana Legette. She would be the sixth player to play for Hobson and reach 1,000 career points.
Hobson enters his 12th season at FHSU with a 237-94 record as a Tiger, the most wins for a coach in program history. Hobson is 650-200 in 27 seasons as a head coach. He ranks eighth in win percentage among active NCAA DII coaches with a four-year collegiate win percentage of .770 (448-134).
After winning both regular season and tournament titles last year, FHSU enters the season ranked first in both MIAA preseason polls. It is highest preseason conference ranking for the Tigers since joining the league in 2006-07.
Minnesota Duluth returns nine players from last year’s squad that finished the season 23-7 and reached the NCAA DII Central Regional. The Bulldogs won the NSIC Tournament and were selected as the No. 4 seed in the region, but fell to MSU Moorhead in the regional quarterfinal in Hays. UMD returns three starters, including a pair of all-conference performers in Sarah Grow (2nd team All-NSIC) and Brooke Olson (All-NSIC Freshman Team). Olson was selected as a preseason player to watch in the NSIC after averaging 9.2 points and 5.7 rebounds as a freshman. Sammy Kozlowski, the Bulldogs’ leader in scoring and assists, was one of just two players UMD lost to graduation. The Bulldogs are led by fifth-year head coach Mandy Pearson, who holds a 60-51 record at UMD and a 162-159 mark in 12 years as a head coach.
UMD was one of two programs to average fewer turnovers than the Tigers last year, topping Division II with just 11.0 turnovers per game. FHSU ranked third nationally with 11.1 turnovers per contest.
Concordia-St. Paul brings back seven players this season after turning in a 21-7 record in 2018-19. The Golden Bears lost five of its six leading scorers, including a pair of seniors that averaged more than 16 points per game. Sidney Wentland is the lone starter returning in 2019-20 and is the leading returner in numerous statistical categories, including points (7.4 ppg), rebounds (4.4 rpg), assists (2.6 apg) and blocks (0.6 bpg). Wentland was named a preseason player to watch in the NSIC. Head coach Amanda Johnson enters her fifth year at the helm at CSP with a lifetime record of 62-45.
The Tigers have played Concordia-St. Paul once before, losing early in the 2014-15 season (11/15/14) to the 10th-ranked Golden Bears, 70-68, before going on to have one of the best seasons in program history. Friday will be the first meeting between the Tigers and Bulldogs.
Minnesota Duluth is the first of four teams FHSU will play for the first time in program history this season. The Tigers have played 127 different programs in its 50-year history. FHSU is 78-49 in the inaugural meeting against those 127 schools. Hobson is 13-3 in games against opponents FHSU had never previously played.
FHSU is 57-5 in the month of November under Hobson, including 27 consecutive wins. The aforementioned early-season loss to CSP is the last such defeat.
The Tigers are 15-2 against current NSIC teams under Hobson and 42-16 all-time against NSIC teams.
FHSU has won its last 15 season openers, the longest such streak in program history. The Tigers are 33-17 all-time in the first game of the year.
The Tigers have won their last 34 non-conference regular season games and 67 of their last 68. Coach Hobson is 77-5 in regular season non-conference games.
Through picture books, readers embark on visual journeys that engage all of the senses and encourage curious, imaginative, and thoughtful interactions with the world around them. Since 1938, the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, has recognized the significant impact of art on early reading experiences, awarding the Caldecott Medal for excellence in this area. Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, the prestigious and highly coveted medal is awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
The exhibition Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations includes original illustrations from Caldecott Medal recipients and from “runner-up” Honor books, as well as other illustrations by award-winning artists. It opens at the Hays Public Library on December 14, 2019 and will be on display through January 19, 2020.
This exhibition of works from Wichita Falls Museum of Art’s permanent collection celebrates the vision and talent of twenty-eight award-winning artists, including the first Caldecott Award recipient Dorothy P. Lathrop (1938), two-time winner Chris Van Allsburg (1982, 1986), and Maurice Sendak (1964), whose work Where the Wild Things Are, like Van Allsburg’s Jumanji and The Polar Express, was adapted for the big screen. Curated by Danny Bills, curator of collections and exhibitions at Wichita Falls Museum of Art and organized by Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Young at Art is part of ExhibitsUSA, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance.
In connection with the exhibit, the Hays Public Library will sponsor a Young Illustrator Contest for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in Hays area schools. Chosen entries will be displayed in the Youth Services Department during the Winter Art Walk on December 6, and winners will receive prizes for their classrooms.
New York Times bestselling author and historian Jeff Guinn, who wrote definitive biographies of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday in the Fort Hays State University Memorial Union Ballroom.
The talk is called “Once Upon a Time in Hays,” a discussion on cultural history and political meaning of the guru, counterculture era in America.
The discussion will include lessons learned from the history and whether the tragedies associated with the forms of demagoguery point to cautions or challenges in political leadership today.
The public is invited to this free event sponsored by the FHSU Department of Political Science.
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TOPEKA – Featured presentations about the cattle markets, how the industry is using its resources to position beef as the optimal choice over plant proteins and the continual progress being made on beef sustainability will highlight the educational program at the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) Convention. The three-day event will be held December 4-6 at the Wichita Hyatt and Century II Convention Center.
CattleFax Chief Executive Officer Randy Blach will offer perspective on the cattle and beef markets during Beef Industry University (BIU), sponsored by the Farm Credit Associations of Kansas. As the industry waits for one of the largest beef processing facilities, the Tyson plant in Holcomb, to come back on-line after the fire in early August, Blach will discuss packing capacity and what that means for future growth in the cattle business. He will assess where the industry stands with herd expansion and what that means for beef supplies in 2020. Blach’s outlook for the year ahead will consider grain prices, energy costs, the macroeconomy, beef exports and consumer demand for beef and its competitors.
The Industry Information Session, sponsored by Elanco Animal Health, will feature two speakers discussing how the industry is positioning beef as plant-based protein options gain notoriety. This involves separate, but closely coordinated efforts between both the checkoff and policy divisions of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). From the checkoff perspective, NCBA Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Alisa Harrison will outline how checkoff dollars are being used to highlight the taste and nutritional advantages of beef. High-level digital strategies and paid advertising on social media platforms are among the ways this is being accomplished.
In addition, Kansas Beef Council staff will share a video featured in the upcoming in-state checkoff campaign titled “One Simple Ingredient.” The message, targeted at millennials and Generation Z consumers, provides positive differentiation for beef from meat substitutes. The policy side of the fake meat issue will be presented by NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane. He will outline how NCBA staff in Washington, D.C., is working to ensure all protein sources, including the plant-based varieties and cell-cultured options of the future, are produced and marketed under the same food safety and labeling standards as animal-based proteins.
The Consumer Trends Forum, hosted by the Kansas Beef Council and Kansas CattleWomen and sponsored by the Kansas Soybean Commission, will feature Elanco Animal Health Technical Consultant in Sustainability Sara Place. She will highlight how the cattle industry has reduced its environmental footprint in recent years. In her previous role as NCBA senior director of sustainable beef production research, Place oversaw the checkoff-funded life cycle assessment used to benchmark the sustainability of the U.S. beef industry. She has been interviewed on the subject by many major media outlets and has spoken on high-profile panels targeted at the consuming public.
An individual who takes his humor seriously will entertain the crowd at the Cattlemen’s Banquet, sponsored by INTRUST Bank and Tyson. Devin Henderson helps people use humor to perform at their best in the workplace. He will show livestock producers how humor can help them deal with change, stress, failure and difficult people. Henderson’s presentation is sponsored by Micro Technologies and Zoetis.
KLA members will review existing policy and consider new resolutions during committee and council meetings at the convention. Among policy issues expected to be discussed are proper labeling of meat alternatives to better inform consumers, continued efforts to preserve and enhance the lesser prairie chicken population, trichomoniasis and the CattleTrace project. Final policy consideration will come during the general KLA membership meeting at the end of the convention.
The KLA Trade Show will feature livestock products and services on display for producers, as well as being the site for many social events and meals at the convention. A barn party will close out the trade show schedule, with entertainment by the Jared Daniels Band. The band’s appearance is sponsored by Merck Animal Health and Kansas Feeds.
Schedule and registration information is available on www.kla.org or in the November/December Kansas Stockman. All livestock producers are welcome to attend.
KLA works to advance members’ common business interests on legislative, regulatory and industry issues affecting producers at both the state and federal levels. The association’s work is funded through voluntary dues dollars paid by its members.
PHILLIPS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are seeking information from hunters and landowners in the area of West 900 and West Osage Road in Phillips County who might have captured some suspicious activity on trail cameras, according to a social media report from the sheriff’s department.
Sometime in the past two days, someone killed a heifer and butchered it in the pasture where it was kept.
“Please review your trail cam footage and contact the sheriff’s office if you notice anything out of the ordinary,” the department asked residents.
Farmers are also encouraged to check their herds and report any missing or dead cattle.
Google mapKEARNY COUNTY – The Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Investigation Division has classified a fatal fire in rural Kearny County, south of Deerfield, Kan., that occurred early Tuesday morning as undetermined, according to Jill Bronaugh with the state fire marshal’s office.
The Kearny County Sheriff’s Office and local fire department asked the OSFM investigators for assistance with the house fire at 2102 Road 150 that left two individuals dead. Two others were able to escape.
The fire originated in the garage. The two fatality victims have been identified as Jim Dale, 84, and Reta Dale, 84, both occupants of the house. Two other occupants escaped — one with very minor injuries and the other uninjured.
There were operating smoke detectors within the residence. Damages are estimated at $150,000.
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have made an arrest.
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Just after 6p.m. Wednesday, police responded to report of a shooting in the 1400 Block of North Ohio Street in Wichita, according to Captain Brent Allred.
At the scene, police located a 15-year-old later identified as Marion Wheaton who had been shot in his upper body. EMS transported him to a local hospital where he died.
On Thursday evening police reported the arrest of 18-year-old Malick Garrett of Wichita on a requested charge of 2nd degree murder and outstanding warrants in connection with Wheaton’s death.
Investigators have learned that Wheaton and two teenage friends walked to the area to meet with a 15-year-old boy and other unknown individuals to fight over an ongoing dispute that involved social media, according to Allred.
As Wheaton and his friends walked in the area, they were approached by a vehicle. A 15-year-old male and Garrett exited the vehicle. Garrett fired multiple shots from a handgun, striking Wheaton.
This was not a random incident, according to Allred. Multiple handguns were recovered during the investigation.
It is the 24th criminal homicide in Wichita in 2019.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have identified the victim.
Just after 6p.m. Wednesday, police responded to report of a shooting in the 1400 Block of North Ohio Street in Wichita, according to Captain Brent Allred. At the scene, police located a 15-year-old later identified as Marion Wheaton who had been shot in his upper body. EMS transported him to a local hospital where he died.
Investigators have learned that Wheaton and two teenage friends walked to the area to meet with a 15-year-old boy and other unknown individuals to fight over an ongoing dispute that involved social media, according to Allred.
As Wheaton and his friends walked in the area, they were approached by a vehicle. A 15-year-old boy and unknown individuals exited the vehicle and shots were fired striking Wheaton.
This was not a random incident, according to Allred and police know some of the teens were involved in gang activity. Police know that there were basketball practices going on in the area and hope that those individuals will come forward with information. Authorities have not located the suspect vehicle and have not released details on the vehicle. Police have not reported an arrest.
It is the 24th criminal homicide in Wichita in 2019.
Karla J. Neiman, 56, died November 6, 2019, at Salina Regional Health Center. She was born May 22, 1963, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Sylvester and Shirley Ann (Smith) Straub.
A lifetime Barton County resident, Karla worked in her early years at Great Bend Packing, and Fuller Brush for several years. She also managed her family’s business, Great Bend Gymnastics, before she went on to work at Coastal Mart, in Hoisington. It was here she found her niche and worked for twenty years, through several ownership changes, as Bird Express and finally CERVS, in both Hoisington and Great Bend. She was a great manager and had many employees that worked for her for many years and she loved to interact with the customers, making many lifelong friends. Her greatest love though was her family and especially her grandchildren.
On January 21, 1981, she married Jimmy Roat. They were married for many years before divorcing in 2005. She then married Mike E. Neiman, the love of her life, on March 22, 2008. They were married in Chase, Kansas, by her brother Pastor Larry Weatherman.
She is survived by her husband Mike Neiman of the home; son, Jesse Roat and companion Brittany Van Sycoc of Hoisington; daughter, Kayla Godfrey and husband James of Hoisington; stepchildren, Rachel Dove and husband Trent and Michael J. Neiman and wife Alicia, all of Great Bend; three siblings; and 10 grandchildren, Preston and Adley Roat, Klara and Jayda Godfrey, Justin Dennis, Braydon and Treyton Dove, and Matthew, Andrew, and Zachary Neiman; and her fur babies, Twinkie and Sadie.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, a son, Travis Roat; and her beloved dog, Fancy.
Friends may call Sunday 1-5 p.m., and Monday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with family to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., all at the funeral home.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Denny Lewis presiding. Burial will follow in Hoisington City Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to the Karla J. Neiman Funeral Expense Fund, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
Ramona Hutchinson, 78, of Russell, Kansas, died on Monday, November 04, 2019, at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, Kansas.
Ramona was born on January 27, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Phillip and Ruth (Schooling) Lopez. She grew up in Waldo, Kansas, and graduated from Waldo High School in the class of 1959. After high school, she attended the University of Kansas and graduated in 1963, with a bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies and Spanish. She was united in marriage to Ralph Bauman in June of 1963, and from this union Ramona and Ralph were blessed with a son Marc. She lived most of her life in Washington State and worked as an administrative assistant for over 20 years with Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. Ramona found love a second time and was united in marriage to Thomas J. Hutchinson on December 20, 2007. She was a longtime member of the Bible Baptist Church in Russell. She enjoyed playing the piano starting with lessons in Osborne. She accompanied vocal groups in school, played for churches and individuals. Also, Ramona enjoyed the outdoors, her cats and was a big University of Kansas sports fan. She loved being Grandma Mona to her grandkids James and Emma, playing with them when they were young, watching them while their parents traveled, and attending their activities as the distance allowed.
Surviving family include her mother Ruth Elder of Russell, Kansas; brother Carlos Lopez and wife Barbara of Clarkesville, Georgia; son Marc Bauman and wife Lisa of Kirkland, Washington; grandchildren Emma and James Bauman; stepchildren Sheryl and Steven Corn of Great Bend, Kansas; Randle Hutchinson and wife Stephanie of Falun, Kansas and Bruce Hutchinson and wife Angela of Kansas City, Missouri; 10 step grandchildren and many step great grandchildren. Ramona is also survived by an aunt, cousins step-siblings and many Baumans. She was preceded in death by her father.
A celebration of Ramona’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas with Pastor Dale Lane officiating. Burial will be in Grand Center Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. on Monday, November 11, 2019, at the mortuary with family greeting guests from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M. Monday evening. Memorials may be given to the Bible Baptist Church of Russell, Kansas and can be sent in care of the mortuary. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.
The Hays Sunrise Rotary Club is sponsoring its annual Grocery Grab fundraiser as a benefit for Ekey Park.
