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Dan Bukvich (Photo by Philip Vukelich Photography)
The Department of Music and Theatre at Fort Hays State University will present the New Music Festival: An Evening of the Music of Daniel Bukvich at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center.
Bukvich, professor of music theory at the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton School of Music, travels across the world as a guest composer, conductor and percussionist in concerts with professional, college, high school and grade school bands, orchestras, choirs, honor and all-state groups.
As part of the New Music Festival, Bukvich will give a lecture at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, in Malloy Hall Room 115.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
The evening concert will feature the world premiere of “Lost Chord Mysticanza,” commissioned by the Fort Hays State New Music Ensemble, an ensemble of FHSU faculty with a shared passion for the music of living composers.
Members slated to perform “Lost Chord Mysticanza” are Brian Buckstead, violin; Irena Ravitskaya, piano; Hilary Shepard, flute; Kristin Pisano, clarinet; James Pisano, alto saxophone/bass clarinet; Brandon Jones, percussion; and Terry Crull, narration and singing voice.
Other works in the program: “Four Phases from Psalm 91,” performed by the FHSU Smoky Hill Chorale with Kay Werth, English horn, under the direction of Crull; and “Five Fantasies on the Tones A and G” for brass quintet.
“One aim of the annual FHSU New Music Festival is to engage, educate and inform our community about new music,” Pisano said.
Admission is free. Tickets will be available in the Beach/Schmidt lobby 30 minutes prior to the concert or in advance at the Hays Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Richard Marx. Photo courtesy Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts
SALINA — Richard Marx is coming to the Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts.
An Acoustic Evening of Love Songs is scheduled for 8 p.m. Jan. 31, 2020, according to information from Jane Gates, executive director of the Stiefel.
Tickets start at $39 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. See the Stiefel Theatre website for ticket information.
Following is artist information provided by the Stiefel Theatre
Marx has announced his new album Limitless, out Feb. 7, 2020, on BMG. Limitless is Marx’s first album of original songs in six years, as well as his first new release for BMG. Produced in part by Marx and featuring co-writes with Sara Bareilles, Marx’s son, Lucas Marx, and his wife, Daisy Fuentes, Limitless represents a new beginning for the celebrated singer-songwriter. While his last album Beautiful Goodbye closed the book on one chapter of Marx’s life, Limitless opens a new one. After falling back in love, remarrying and settling into a new home in Los Angeles, “I’ve never felt so intrinsically strong and optimistic about my future,” Marx said, and the bright, heartfelt pop of Limitless reflects that feeling.
As a performer, songwriter, and producer, Marx’s nearly three-decade-long career has had innumerable highlights. The Chicago native has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut which went to No. 8 and spawned four Top 5 singles, including the chart-topping Hold on to the Nights, with Don’t Mean Nothing earning him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The follow-up, 1989’s Repeat Offender, was even more successful, hitting No. 1 and going quadruple-platinum with two No. 1 singles in Satisfied and Right Here Waiting. When both Rush Street (with two No. 1 AC hits in Keep Coming Back and Hazard) and Paid Vacation (with its No. 1 AC hit, Now and Forever) went platinum, Marx achieved a seven-year string of triumphs that rivaled any in pop-rock music history. To this day, he is the only male artist in history to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts.
For most artists, that would be impressive enough, but Marx didn’t stop there, launching a second, very successful, incarnation as a songwriter and producer, with songs like To Where You Are, the first hit single from Josh Groban’s debut album, as well as the NSYNC smash, This I Promise You. He went on to earn a 2004 Song of the Year Grammy for co-authoring Luther Vandross’ Dance with My Father. Across all formats, Marx has scored an amazing total of 14 No. 1 singles (including Keith Urban’s No. 1 smash Long Hot Summer) both as a performer and songwriter/producer, making him a true multi-talented threat who continues to challenge himself and his fans. He has also written with Jennifer Nettles, Sara Bareilles, and Vince Gill. He holds the honor of being one of a handful of artists who have had a number one hit in each of the past four decades.
Marx’s album of all-new material, My Own Best Enemy, was released in 2004 featuring hits When You’re Gone and Ready to Fly. In 2010, he released Stories To Tell, a greatest hits album which produced a Top 20 AC hit in When You Loved Me. In 2012 he released his first-ever Christmas album, Christmas Spirit.
On July 8, 2014, he released his eighth album, Beautiful Goodbye, featuring all-new material such as its first single and video, Whatever We Started. Fans may find Marx’s eighth studio album, a bit of a departure from his previous albums. According to the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, he set out to make a deliberately sexy album.
“The songs on this record were influenced greatly by everyone from Sade to Bebel Gilberto to various EDM artists to even Chopin. I’m known for romantic music in the past, but this music I wrote is all more sensual and ethereal, and the lyrics are more adventurous than I’ve been willing to go in the past,” he said.
Every track on the new album also incorporates an orchestral element, and the recording of the tracks was, according to Marx, “a thrill beyond anything I’ve done in the studio. And singing these songs brought out what I believe are the most effortless vocals of my recording career, so far.”
All the tracks on Beautiful Goodbye are written and produced by Marx except Getaway, co-written and produced with Walter Afanasieff; Forgot To Remember co-written with Vertical Horizon frontman and frequent Marx collaborator, Matt Scannell; Turn Off The Night co-written with multi-hit songwriter David Hodges, and the title track, co-written with Daisy Fuentes. A special edition of Beautiful Goodbye will also be available exclusively at Target and features two additional songs: Moscow Calling, a collaboration between Marx and well known EDM artist and DJ Morgan Page, and Just Go.
Marx has made a commitment to several different causes, from donating the royalties from his hit single, Should’ve Known Better, to build a room at the NYU Medical Center for pediatric cancer patients, to his recording of Children of the Night, which brought attention to the plight of homeless children on the streets, raising more than $500k for the Children of the Night Foundation. Marx has also performed benefit concerts over the years for the TJ Martell Foundation, Toys for Tots, Make a Wish Foundation, the American Cancer Society, Best Buddies, and the Special Olympics. Marx and his band entertained the U.S. troops stationed in Germany and, since 2008, he has hosted an annual event in Chicago for the Ronald McDonald House Charities, the first of which featured a concert by Marx and Kenny Rogers. Marx has also organized an annual all-star benefit concert for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, raising more than $4 million for research to cure the disease.
State Rep. Troy Waymaster of Bunker Hill announced his candidacy Tuesday in the 1st Congressional District. Waymaster has been chairman of the Kansas House Appropriations committee since 2017 and is a key player in budget debates.
Waymaster said he’s a conservative running partly because “socialists” in Washington “are tearing our country apart.” He is a farmer who was first elected to the Legislature in 2012.
Former Lt. Gov. Tracey Mann of Salina and Finney County Commissioner Bill Clifford also are seeking the GOP nomination. Garden City teacher Kali Barnett is running as a Democrat.
Two-term Republican Rep. Roger Marshall announced last month that he’s running for the U.S. Senate.
Ralph Joseph Nothstine, 71, passed away October 8, 2019 at his home, Burdett, Kansas.
He was born December 16, 1947 in Columbus, Ohio. The son of Robert Alfred and Ruth Roberta Dixon Nothstine. He was a resident of Burdett for approximately 13 years, moving from Colorado. He was a retired Command Sargent Major for the United States Army.
After graduating High School Ralph entered the United States Army January 18, 1966, served his first tour in Vietnam, returned to Vietnam for a second tour in 1970. He was medically discharged August 8, 1987 and officially retired as a Command Sargent Major with many military awards, two recommendations for the Medal of Honor, Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, Air Medal, Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab amongst many others.
He was of the Christian Faith, his hobbies consisted of, woodworking and antique furniture restoration, he was fascinated with bald eagles and the American flag and also loved to sing.
He married Carol Pryor and later married Connie Nothstine; both survive.
Other survivors include; his children, Dominga Carbajal, AZ, Fred Nothstine, FL, Brett Nothstine, WA, Theresa Carbajal, AZ, Angelica Sanders, TX, Toni Morss, KS, Rachel Rohkohl, AZ, Lisa Noble, CO and Jason Nothstine, CO; his sister, Karen Foraker, OH and a step-sister, Teresa Wilson, OH.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorial Graveside Service with Military Honors will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at Brown’s Grove Cemetery, Burdett, KS with Pastor Doug Ellison presiding. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned. Inurnment will be in Brown’s Grove Cemetery, Burdett, Kansas.
Memorials may be given to the Jason Nothstine ALS Fund, in care of Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, Kansas 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.
Plainville will be the last of three free hearing screenings, funded by the Kansas Masons, offered again this fall in western Kansas communities by Fort Hays State University.
“The FHSU Herndon Clinic in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is very fortunate to have received a large grant from the Kansas Masons to support adult speech, language and hearing services in Western Kansas,” said Marcy Beougher, speech-language pathologist and an instructor in the department.
The grant is continuing to provide numerous opportunities for individuals of all ages in western Kansas to receive important health screening services that are currently scarce or difficult to access.
“With Mason support and funding, we have visited 20 different communities in two and a half years and have screened over 700 people,” said Beougher. “We are thankful to the Masons for the opportunity to learn more about the hearing needs in Western Kansas and to make necessary and important medical and audiological referrals. We are also very grateful for the clinical hours these screenings provide for our graduate students.”
The screening will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at the Paradise Masonic Lodge No. 290, 109 S. Main St., Plainville.
Appointments are encouraged to be scheduled ahead of time, but walk-ins will be welcomed on a first-come, first-served basis. Each site will have four stations, with each screening lasting approximately 15 minutes. Results, follow-up information and ear plugs will also be provided. There will be no hearing aid sales.
Screenings are provided by graduate students from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Beougher will organize the screenings.
Screenings will also be held in McPherson, Garden City and Liberal in the spring 2020 semester. Times, dates and actual screening sites will be announced later.
“We are incredibly thankful for the financial support from the Kansas Masonic Foundation, which has helped us take this important free service to individuals in numerous locations in Kansas,” said Beougher.
“The Masons at every lodge we have visited have been so accommodating and eager to do anything they could to help us promote and set up these clinics,” she added.
To schedule an appointment for the Plainville screening, contact Bruce Brooksher at 785-312-0256 or [email protected]
For more information, visit fhsu.edu/herndon-clinic/ or contact the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at 785-628-5366.
Leland N. Smith, age 89, passed away October 11, 2019 at Great Plains Health, in North Platte, Nebraska.
He was born to Theodore and Mildred (Hanchett) Smith-Elling in Rural Selden, Kansas on July 7, 1930. He was raised in rural Selden and Oberlin. Leland attended elementary school at Belleview Rural School and graduated from Decatur Community High School with the class of 1949. After graduation, he served his country by entering the United States Air Force during the Korean War. On August 31, 1952, he married Eloise Anderson at the Lund Covenant Church, Dresden, Kansas. Leland and Eloise celebrated 67 years of marriage. They raised two children, Marie and Wesley. Leland worked as a carpenter and helped build several houses in the Oberlin area. Leland and his son built the house where the family lives. Leland became a farmer and rancher and worked at it the rest of his life. He was a member of the Oberlin Covenant Church, American Legion Post #70, and Oberlin Country Club.
Leland and his family lived in rural Decatur County and in Oberlin. Leland loved to farm, and he wanted his children to learn the value of hard work. Besides work, Leland’s passion included bowling and golf. In 1984, Leland had open heart surgery to repair two valves. Leland’s surgeon told him if he survived ten years, he would invite him to play golf at Cherry Hills Country Club. Leland surprised his surgeon by surviving another thirty-five years.
Leland is survived by his wife Eloise of Oberlin; daughter, Marie Stapleton and her husband, John of Aurora, Colorado; son, Wesley Smith of Oberlin; grandchildren, Brian Smith, Lisa Johnson, and her husband Gary, and Jason Warren, and great grand-daughter, Nichole Warren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore Smith and Mildred Smith-Elling; brother, Clayton Smith; sisters, Melba Hartley, Theodora May Reber, and her husband Johnny; sister-in-law, Phyllis Klich and her husband Jim Klich.
A Funeral Service is planned for Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Pauls Funeral Home, Oberlin, Kansas at 2:30 P.M. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. until 2:30 P.M. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Pauls Funeral Home prior to the service. The family will greet friends from 1:00 P.M. until service time. Online condolences may be left at www.paulsfh.com . Memorials may be sent to Paul’s Funeral Home in Oberlin, Kansas.
He would ask you to remember him with good memories and swinging his golf club.
SALINA — At Tuesday morning’s Saline County commissioners meeting, commissioners approved a contract with Phillip Smith-Hanes, current Ellis County administrator, to serve as the new Saline County administrator.
Smith-Hanes comes to Saline County after a career of more than 23 years that has spanned both city and county governments in two different states. He has served as a county administrator since December 2009, first in California and for the last 3-plus years in Ellis County.
Smith-Hanes will begin his duties with Saline County on Dec. 2, according to a news release from Saline County.
“Ellis County has been a wonderful experience, and I will miss the people here, but I am so excited to be joining Saline County,” says Smith-Hanes said. “Saline County has several exciting projects in the works and I look forward to being a part of this community. I am confident this is the right move for me and my family.”
Smith-Hanes grew up in Marion County and Oklahoma as well as a short stint in Cloud County and graduated from Marion High School. He has degrees from Kansas State University, Washburn University and the University of Kansas.
“Saline County is pleased with Phillip’s background and experience and we are excited to get him on board quickly. The county commissioners are looking forward to working with Phillip. He will be a great addition to our staff,” said Saline County Commission Chairman Robert Vidricksen.
Deputy County Administrator Hannah Stambaugh read a short statement from Smith-Hanes into the commission record following the commission’s vote to approve the employment contract. Smith-Hanes plans to attend the Saline County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, and will be available to greet county staff and members of the public.
Check Hays Post for more as details become available.
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal accident that occurred just before 1p.m. Monday and have identified the teenage victim.
First responders near the crash scene photo courtesy Wichita Police
A 2007 Mercury Mountaineer driven by an 83-year-old man was eastbound on Central Avenue and turning north on Socora Street in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.
A Honda passenger vehicle driven by a 16-year-old boy was westbound on Central Avenue. The vehicles collided at the intersection, according to Davidson.
A front seat passenger identified as Dominick Sublett, 17, a student at Wichita Northwest High School died at the scene, according to Davidson.
EMS transported the 83-year-old, the driver of the Honda and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Honda to a local hospital for treatment, according to Davidson. Police did not release details on seat belt usage.
Speed is being considered as a possible factor in the crash, according to Davidson. The case will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney for possible charges.
RENO COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 10p.m. Monday in Reno County.
The sheriff’s department reported a 2008 Pontiac G6 driven by Joshua Harbert, 31, Pretty Prairie, was eastbound on Parallel Road at Valley Pride road and struck a cow in the road.
When deputies arrived Harbert and a passenger Kaitlyn Albers 28, Pretty Prairie, were standing in the road behind the vehicle attempting to locate their dog which had run off following the crash.
Pretty Prairie ambulance transported Albers to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Harbert was not injured.
The cow’s owner Michael Hoyt removed the cow from the scene. Deputies cited Harbert and Albers for not wearing seat belts, according to the sheriff’s department.
JACKSON COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a man for allegedly selling heroin to a suburban Kansas City woman who drowned in a bathtub while high.
Daniels photo Lee’s Summit Police
The Lee’s Summit Police Department reported that a search for 28-year-old Jared Daniels ended late Monday and he is in custody.
Over the weekend, prosecutors charged Daniels with second-degree felony murder and delivery of a controlled substance in the death of 23-year-old Taylor Stephens.
Court documents say Stephen’s boyfriend found her unresponsive in a bathtub in March. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police found a syringe and rubber tourniquet in the bathroom. An autopsy said the cause of death was drowning with “other significant condition to be acute heroin and Fentanyl intoxication.”
Records say Daniels also supplied heroin to a man who died of an overdose.
Terry Wiggers, SJCF Architecture, presents survey results to the USD 428 Board of Education at the Oct. 14, 2019 meeting. Wiggers outlined the plan moving forward for another possible school bond issue vote in April 2020.
GREAT BEND — USD 428 and SJCF Architecture found out what they believed might have been the problem with a failed bond issue this fall. Based on a survey, that is still open until Oct. 21, participants stated the dollar amount was too high, athletic needs should be eliminated, figure out priorities over needs, and it was a bad election timing due to the economy and city tax increase.
The survey was designed to seek feedback from voters as to why the $44.87 million school bond issue did not pass and what aspects they did support.
Terry Wiggers with SJCF told the USD 428 Board of Education Monday night there were also comments on the survey that there was too much information and that people did not know what was going on.
“There were a number of voters that were concerned with how much information was out there by non-participants that did not have all the facts,” said Wiggers. “If we do another election, we are going to try to really make sure the information is out there, even to the ones that do not have social media.”
As of Oct. 9, there were 409 responses to the survey that is available at greatbendschools.net.
The majority of the responses answered they supported improvements to storm shelters, controlled entrances, expansion to preschool to all elementary schools, and moving 6th grade to the middle school. The survey responses were less favorable for adding another gym to the middle school, building a new transportation and maintenance shop, and turf field at the middle school.
Wiggers was asked by the school board if they should itemize each improvement to give voters exact price tags on specific plans.
“If you are an anti-tax person, you are going to grab every little item,” said Wiggers. “Too much detail can be a killer too. I do not have a problem with being transparent, but you can also kill the bond if you let every person nitpick every line item.”
SJCF plans on working with school administration and the steering committee to revise the bond plan. The new proposed bond will be presented to the school board at the Dec. 9 meeting. The board is expected to take action on the bond at the Jan. 13, 2020 meeting and the revised bond is anticipated to go back to the voters in April 2020.
Wiggers also suggested a walk-in vote format might help rather than the mail-in ballot method the Great Bend school district used this past summer.
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