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FHSU men’s soccer up to No. 21 in latest United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll

Courtesy FHSU Athletics / Allie Schweizer photo

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State moved up one spot in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, checking in at No. 21 on Tuesday (Oct. 1). The Tigers are now 4-3-1 overall on the season, but undefeated in GAC play so far at 3-0-1.

Fort Hays State is coming off a 1-0-1 performance on the road last week. The Tigers tied Ouachita Baptist 2-2 and then handed Harding its first loss in GAC play with an 8-1 blowout win.

Fort Hays State is the only GAC team represented in the Top 25, while Northeastern State and Rogers State are just outside looking in among the teams receiving votes. FHSU defeated Northeastern State and Rogers State earlier this season. Two of Fort Hays State’s losses on the year are to Top 25 teams (No. 3 Maryville and No. 23 Eastern New Mexico).

Fort Hays State plays just one match this week, taking on Newman University at home on Saturday (Oct. 5).

Below is the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll for October 1, 2019:

Rank School Prev W-L-T
1 Adelphi University 1 7-0-0
2 Azusa Pacific University 3 7-0-0
3 Maryville University of St. Louis 6 8-0-0
4 Gannon University 8 5-0-0
5 California State University-Los Angeles 7 7-0-0
6 University Of West Florida 11 6-0-0
7 Francis Marion University 12 4-0-1
8 Mercy College 9 7-0-1
9 Lake Erie College 13 8-0-0
10 Texas A&M International University RV 5-0-1
11 Florida Tech 25 6-0-0
12 Wingate University RV 4-0-2
13 Midwestern State University 19 6-1-0
14 West Chester University 17 5-1-1
15 Wilmington University 18 8-0-0
16 Young Harris College 2 5-1-0
17 Lynn University 5 5-0-1
18 California State University-San Bernardino 15 3-1-1
19 West Texas A&M University 4 4-1-0
20 University Of Charleston 24 5-2-0
21 Fort Hays State University 22 4-3-1
22 Bellarmine University RV 5-0-2
23 Eastern New Mexico University 9 7-1-0
24 Simon Fraser University 20 3-1-0
25 Palm Beach Atlantic University 14 5-1-1

Also receiving votes: Northeastern State University, Tiffin University, Queens University Of Charlotte, California State University Chico, Assumption College, Rogers State University.

Agudelo named GAC men’s soccer Offensive Player of the Week

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Fort Hays State senior forward Santiago Agudelo earned GAC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors for a second straight week, released on Tuesday. He tallied seven points for the past week, helping FHSU to a 1-0-1 record against GAC competition on the road.

Agudelo scored three goals and added an assist over a two-game span for Fort Hays State. He had the go-ahead goal to put FHSU up 2-1 in what eventually was a 2-2 tie at Ouachita Baptist. Two days later, he helped the Tigers move into first place alone in the GAC standings with an 8-1 win over Harding, scoring two goals and adding an assist.

Agudelo joins Northeastern State’s Ben Watson (Defensive Player of the Week) and Justin Hinman (Goalkeeper of the Week) as the conference’s weekly honorees in men’s soccer.

Director named for national biodefense lab in Manhattan

MANHATTAN, KANSAS Dr. Alfonso Clavijo has been appointed as Director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), a state-of-the-art U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research and diagnostic facility designed to protect the nation’s agricultural systems and stakeholders against the threat and potential impact of serious animal diseases.

“Dr. Clavijo brings with him a wealth of technical knowledge in the diagnosis of transboundary, emerging and zoonotic diseases,” said Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Administrator for USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). “As NBAF’s first permanent director, his extensive leadership experience will be a great asset in helping NBAF achieve its vision of being a national asset that protects U.S. agriculture and consumers through cutting-edge research, diagnostics, training, and development of vaccines and other countermeasures.”

ARS partners with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to operate NBAF. The facility is currently under construction by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with commissioning scheduled for completion in 2021.

Clavijo, who starts October 13, will play a key role in ensuring the smooth transition of responsibility from DHS to USDA once the 574,000 square-foot facility becomes fully operational in 2023.

Prior to his appointment at NBAF, Clavijo served as Laboratory Executive Director of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Centres for Animal Disease, which operates laboratories in Winnipeg and Lethbridge. As Director, Clavijo oversaw the administration of diagnostic services, related technology development and research to detect and prevent transboundary, emerging and zoonotic animal diseases.

He also directed the management of biosafety level (BSL) 2-4 facilities that allow for the contained study of pathogens that cause foreign animal diseases, including foot-and-mouth, African swine fever, classical swine fever and highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Under Clavijo’s leadership, CFIA’s National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg was named by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as reference center for emerging and zoonotic pathogens.

Clavijo’s leadership also earned him Canada’s 2018 President’s National Award in “Leadership in People Management.” This prestigious honor cited Clavijo’s exemplary people-management skills and his demonstration of excellence in advancing CFIA goals, values and ethics as a human resources manager.

Clavijo has held leadership or advisory positions at CFIA laboratories, as well as Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, the Pan American Health Organization, and National University in Bogota, Colombia.

Clavijo earned a doctorate degree in Veterinary Microbiology/Virology while attending the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, from June 1990 to March 1995 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from National University in Bogota, Columbia, 1986.

Clavijo has published numerous scientific works and continues to serve as an adjunct professor or advisor at affiliate organizations.

Man who attacked TV station employees charged in Kan. jail assault

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man who attacked staff members at a Kansas television station in 2012 is now charged with assaulting a county corrections officer.

Miles photo Shawnee Co.

Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Monday that Ray Miles is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery.

Prosecutors allege Miles attacked Shawnee County Corrections Officer Kourtney Flynn in July while she was trying to get him to return a phone. Investigators say the attack continued until other officers intervened. Flynn was treated at a hospital for several injuries.

During a court appearance Tuesday, Miles said he wanted to represent himself.

Miles assaulted several employees of WIBW-TV in May 2012, stabbing two of them. His sentence was scheduled to end in November. He is being held on $500,000 bond on the new charges.

Sheriff: Deputies seize meth worth $100,000 in Barton Co.

BARTON COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug charges after a finding him hiding in an attic and making arrest.

Henderson photo Barton Co.

Just after 3:30p.m. Monday, Sheriff’s Officers were looking for Roosevelt T Henderson of Great Bend. Henderson wanted for outstanding warrants from Barton and Russell Counties, according to Sheriff Brian Bellendir.

The Sheriff  located the suspect vehicle and attempted to make a traffic stop at which point the vehicle fled. A short vehicle chase ensued in the west part of Great Bend. The driver of the 2007 GMC Yukon pulled into the driveway at 5918 Aspen and attempted to enter the garage. The vehicle struck part of the building, at which time the suspect fled on foot to the backyard while carrying a package. He was able to enter the house. With permission of the occupants of the residence Sheriff’s Officers entered the house and determined Henderson was hiding in the attic. After a short standoff Henderson surrendered to deputies without incident.

Photo Barton Co. Sheriff

During the course of the investigation Sheriff’s deputies discovered nearly 5 pounds of methamphetamine. The estimated street value of the seizure is in excess of $100,000. Henderson has been booked into the Barton County jail on requested charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school, criminal possession of a firearm, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempt to flee and elude law enforcement, as well as resisting arrest and numerous traffic violations. Henderson also had a no bond warrant issued from Barton County as well as a no bond warrant from Russell County. At the time of his arrest Henderson was out on bond stemming from charges in the drug raids on September 13, 2019.

The Latest: Inmate with rare medical condition executed

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the execution of Russell Bucklew in Missouri (all times local):

6:48 p.m.

A Missouri man has been executed for killing a man during a violent 1996 crime spree, despite concerns that the inmate’s rare medical condition would cause a gruesome lethal injection.

Russell Bucklew was executed Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was Missouri’s first execution since January 2017.

Bucklew looked around and twitched his feet beneath the sheet as he lay on the gurney just before the lethal injection. He suddenly took a deep breath and all movement stopped.

There were no outward signs of distress.

Bucklew had twice previously been within hours of execution, only to have the U.S. Supreme Court grant last-minute reprieves over concerns that Bucklew might suffer during the execution process. He had a condition called cavernous hemangioma and had blood-filled tumors in his head, neck and throat.

Bucklew’s attorneys said in a clemency request to Gov. Mike Parson that a throat tumor could burst, causing Bucklew to choke to death. Parson denied clemency earlier Tuesday.

Bucklew killed Michael Sanders in March 1996, raped his former girlfriend, shot a state trooper and, after escaping from jail, attacked his ex-girlfriend’s mother and her boyfriend with a hammer.

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10:30 a.m.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has denied clemency for a convicted killer hours before the man is scheduled to be put to death.

Russell Bucklew has a rare medical condition that his attorneys say could result in a gruesome execution, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Defense attorney Cheryl Pilate confirmed Parson denied clemency.

Bucklew was convicted of killing Michael Sanders in 1996.

He suffers from cavernous hemangioma. He has blood-filled tumors in his head, neck and throat. A permanent tracheostomy in his throat helps him breathe. His attorneys said in the clemency request that if one of the throat tumors bursts, Bucklew could choke to death.

The U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for the execution in April; Pilate didn’t say if any last-minute court appeals are planned.

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KANSAS CITY (AP) — The fate of a condemned inmate rests with Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who must decide if the risk posed by Russell Bucklew’s unusual medical condition is grave enough to halt his execution.

Bucklew photo MDC

Bucklew, 51, is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening for killing a man during a 1996 crime spree. The U.S. Supreme Court in April gave the go-ahead for Bucklew to be executed, so court appeals appear to be exhausted.

Parson, a Republican supporter of the death penalty, is still weighing a clemency request, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Bucklew suffers from cavernous hemangioma. The rare disease causes blood-filled tumors in his head, neck and throat. A permanent tracheostomy in his throat helps him breathe. His attorneys say in the clemency request that if one of the throat tumors bursts, Bucklew could suffer an excruciatingly painful death.

“These unstable tumors are highly likely to hemorrhage during the stress of the execution, causing Russell to cough and choke on his own blood,” the clemency request states.

The execution would be the first in Missouri since January 2017.

Missouri uses a single dose of pentobarbital as its execution drug but refuses to say where it gets it. The source is believed to be a compound pharmacy since large pharmaceutical companies prohibit the use of their drugs in executions.

It wasn’t known if the Missouri Department of Corrections planned any extra precautions to address the risk that Bucklew could suffer, in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A spokeswoman for the department said aspects of the state protocol are confidential, including what medical personnel are involved.

Bucklew was within hours of execution in 2014 and again in 2018 , only to get reprieves from the U.S. Supreme Court amid concerns about whether he might suffer.

Human rights groups and death penalty opponents, including all four Roman Catholic bishops in Missouri and the American Civil Liberties Union, have urged Parson to intervene. The ACLU and Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty presented the governor’s office on Thursday with petitions that they say had more than 57,000 signatures.

Shortly after the 2018 reprieve, Bucklew contracted meningitis, requiring insertion of the tracheostomy tube , said one of his attorneys, Jeremy Weis. The tube is narrow and could fill with blood if the tumors burst, Weis said.

In 2017, the execution of twice-convicted killer Alva Campbell, who suffered from smoking-related breathing problems, had to be halted in Ohio when a usable vein couldn’t be found to administer execution drugs. He died in 2018 at age 69.

In 2018, Alabama halted the lethal injection of Doyle Lee Hamm when the execution team had trouble getting the intravenous line connected. Hamm had damaged veins because of lymphoma, hepatitis and drug use. A doctor hired by Hamm’s lawyers wrote in a report that Hamm had at least 11 puncture sites and bled heavily from his groin during the attempts to connect the line.

Bucklew’s girlfriend, Stephanie Ray, left him on Valentine’s Day 1996. Over the next few weeks, according to court records, he harassed her, cut her with a knife and punched her in the face. Ray feared for her life and the lives of her children, so she moved into the Cape Girardeau County mobile home that her new boyfriend, Michael Sanders, shared with his children.

On March 21, after stealing his nephew’s car and taking two pistols, handcuffs and duct tape from his brother, Bucklew followed Ray to Sanders’ home. Sanders confronted Bucklew with a shotgun inside the home. Bucklew fired two shots, one piercing Sanders’ lung. He bled to death.

Bucklew then shot at Sanders’ 6-year-old son and missed. Court records say he struck Ray in the face with the pistol, handcuffed her and dragged her to his car. He later raped Ray before heading north on Interstate 55.

A trooper spotted Bucklew’s car and eventually became engaged in a gunfight near St. Louis. Both men were wounded. Bucklew later escaped from the Cape Girardeau County Jail. He attacked Ray’s mother and her boyfriend with a hammer before being recaptured.

Yale student from Ellis honors his teacher with award

Alyssa Dawson, EHS English and drama teacher, has been honored by the Yale Educator Recognition Program.

By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

ELLIS — A simple question, “Has your son considered applying to Harvard or Yale or Princeton?” and a little bit of encouragement from one special teacher has opened up a grand adventure for one Ellis High School graduate.

Alyssa Dawson, EHS English and drama teacher, dared to suggest this dream to her student Lane Fischer. Not only was Fischer admitted to Yale on scholarship, but he nominated Dawson for the Yale Educator Recognition Program. 

Ellis High School teacher Alyssa Dawson with student Lane Fischer. Fischer is a freshman at Yale and nominated his former teacher, Dawson, for a teaching award.

Fischer is the only EHS student to attend an Ivy League school, and Dawson is the only teacher from Kansas this year to be recognized through the Yale Educator Program.

To get this story started, you have to go back a bit.

Dawson did not attend an Ivy League school. She received her bachelor’s degree at Sterling College, her master’s degree at K-State and her teaching certification through FHSU.

Dawson comes from a long line of teachers. Her mother and her father were both teachers in Macksville, and her grandfather was a professor of education at Sterling College. Her master’s degree from K-State is in English. As she was teaching expository writing class at K-State to earn here way through her grad program as a GTA, she saw a gap between what high school English teachers were teaching and what writing skills students needed in college.

K-12 focuses on grammar and creative writing, she said, whereas college students are expected to do a lot of expository writing.

She also said she fell in love with teaching at K-State. She said her department put a lot value on ensuring their GTAs were good teachers. She had considered entering the media field upon graduation, but instead opted to take a job in Ellis in 2011 and entered the FHSU Transition to Teaching program to earn her teaching accreditation.

“I’ve made this job into my dream job. I have made it what I would like it to be and what I want to do,” she said.

She said she loves teaching writing.

“I feel any student can learn to become a better writer. It is not just a talent that you have, but it is a skill to be honed,” she said.

Dawson loves to write, so she was looking for a grad classes that would boost her skills. A friend told her Harvard offers online extension classes that were “super fun” and only cost $200. She signed up for a Poetry in America class. She eventually took four classes for 20 graduate hours in English through Harvard.

“I said, ‘This feels great. This is good.’ It’s a little intellectual pursuit. … I got all of this fantastic feedback on my writing. I was filling in gaps in my knowledge on poetry. I was giving my students new skills to try out and enjoy and because the classes were also offered to undergraduates, I encouraged my students who wanted a liberal arts or humanities credit to take this with me.”

Fischer and a couple of other students signed up for the class too.

“This was all part of Lane’s journey alongside of me,” she said. “He was becoming a better writer, and I was learning how to help him become a better writer. He was taking the class beside me. We were talking about the class and poetry. He was realizing he could belong at a place like Yale, and I was realizing that a place like Yale is not some random elite place that only certain people can go.”

Dawson had Lane as a student starting his freshmen year in her theater and forensics classes. He competed in speaking events in forensics on a team that would go on to win three state titles. Dawson subsequently had  Fischer in her junior and senior English classes.

Ivy league was not necessarily the first thing that came to her mind when Fischer entered her classroom.

“What you think as a teacher is, ‘Wow. This kid is a really good speaker or this kid is a really good writer or he’s great on the stage,’ ” Dawson said. “I remember thinking that immediately his freshmen year — how interesting he was on the stage and what a great speaker he was and what a great thinker and kind kid he was.”

The previous year, one of Dawson’s students was admitted to the Stanford.

Because Fischer had a forensics teammate who had success with his top-tier college application, known as the Common application, Fischer decided he would apply as well.

She asked Fischer’s mom at parent-teacher conferences where Fischer was planning to attend college, and she said K-State.

When Dawson suggested Fischer shoot for an Ivy League admission, his mother was a bit shocked.

“This is not something we have considered,” his mother said.

Dawson told Fischer’s mom, “I think he would think it would be an adventure to apply, and I think he might enjoy the writing that they require. If worse comes to worst, he goes to K-State and he’s happy. If not, why not shoot for the moon.”

Lane was on board. He came to school the next day and was ready to start writing admission essays.

Coming from a rural family, Yale’s community housing system appealed to Fischer, so he selected Yale as his early admission choice.

Dawson and Fischer talked over his application essays as he was writing them.

“I would say, ‘They are not just looking for smart kids. You’re smart. You know you’re smart. They want genuine. They want authentic kids. That is going to be what sets you apart,” she said.

One application question asked what class would you teach at Yale and why. Fischer said he would teach Kindness and Civility in the 21st Century.

“That is a really good indicator of the kid he is — soft-spoken but a leader — compassionate but not afraid to speak his mind. I could see clearly as he was applying those qualities were going to get him in,” Dawson said.

This is not Dawson’s first teaching award. Dawson was a semi-finalist for the Kansas Teacher of the Year Award last school year. However, she said being recognized by Yale was special because she was nominated by a student.

“To me, it’s a really kind outpouring of gratitude from a student,” Dawson said.

Dawson has not ended her connection with the Ivy league. This summer, she received a recruiting email from Harvard to teach in an online pilot class for high school students. She accepted and is teaching 40 students through the Harvard program.

September tax collections in Kansas $43M ahead of estimates

TOPEKA – The state’s total tax collections for September showed the continued trend upward at $744.1 million; 6.2% or $43.2 million above the estimate, according to a media release from the Kansas Department of Revenue. These collections are $48.2 million more than September of Fiscal Year 2019.

Retail sales tax collections are $200.5 million; $2.5 million or 1.3% more than the estimate. Those collections are $3.4 million more than the same month in Fiscal Year 2019. Compensating use tax collections are $36.9 million; $1.9 million or 5.5% more than the estimate. That’s $1.4 million more than September of Fiscal Year 2019.

Individual and corporate income tax collections are above estimates. Individual income tax collections are $375.1 million; 5.7% or $20.1 million more than estimated. Corporate income tax collections are 23.7% or $19.0 million more than $80.0 million estimate.

“This is an encouraging end to the first quarter of the fiscal year,” Secretary Mark Burghart said. “We are seeing the increase in revenue in large part due to increases in regular and estimated individual and corporate income tax collections.”

“This is a positive sign as we slowly recover from the Brownback-Colyer tax experiment. However, with economic uncertainty ahead in a possible recession, we must remain cautious and continue to show fi

🎥 Expansion, not retirement, for longtime Hays Coldwell Banker owner

Patty Stull recently sold her Coldwell Banker franchise to independent real estate agent Robert Readle. Stull will continue listing and selling real estate as she’s done the past 36 years.

Readle buys Stull’s Coldwell Banker corporation, which will now have two Hays locations

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Coldwell Banker now has two locations in Hays.

Patty Stull has been owner/broker of Coldwell Banker Executive Realty in downtown Hays for nearly 36 years.

Stull sold her Coldwell Corp. on Sept. 24 to independent real estate agent Robert Readle. New Coldwell Banker signage — outdoors and indoors — will soon be installed at Readle’s office on the corner of 22nd and Vine streets.

Stull, 72, is not retiring. She will still list and sell real estate from her office at 1001 Main.

“For a long time, I’ve known I don’t have a successor,” Stull said. Her three daughters are grown and working their own jobs, with no interest in taking over their mom’s business.

She wanted to find someone to become the new owner who “has passion and great care for the clients, has good ethics, is reliable and accountable.”

Robert Readle Real Estate will become a second Coldwell Banker location at 22nd and Vine.

Stull says she found all that in her 38-year-old competitor, Robert Readle, when she approached him with her idea of selling her franchise to him.

Stull will mentor Readle, who appreciates the opportunities and support Coldwell Banker offers. It’s the largest franchise real estate company in the country.

“Being independent for so long (since 2014), we’ve really had to learn the nuts and bolts of the business. It’ll be pretty liberating to have that kind of backing behind us,” Readle said, “and we’re really looking forward to what it’s going to do for all of our agents.”

Readle considers Stull “a titan, one of the best in town. I really admire the work that she does.”

He reinforced their shared values and passion for the industry.

Coldwell Banker signage will soon go up on Robert Readle’s building at 22nd and Vine.

“A good Realtor loves working with people and helping them achieve their goals,” agreed Readle, who also has a background in finance.

“Of course, there’s a business side. You have to run an office, maintain files, follow regulations. When Patty and I are doing that at the same time, it’s kind of redundant. Now that we’re working together, she gets to put that on my desk now,” he said with a smile.

“My location at 1001 Main is intact and I’m not going anywhere,” Stull promises. “It was very hard to let go … but I’ve been smiling every day.”

Stull’s office in downtown Hays

The partnership creates the largest real estate company in Hays with 20 agents.

The company was started in 1967 by broker/owner/builder Robert Finch who bought the Coldwell Banker franchise in 1982. Stull purchased it in 1984.

Hank Schurz

Phillips County resident Hank Schurz passed away Monday, September 30, 2019, at his home at the age of 61.

Hank was born December 27, 1957, in Logan, KS the son of Walter H. and Georgine M. (Bittel) Schurz. He was an equipment operator for the Kansas Department of Transportation.

He was united in marriage to Linda C. Smith on June 25, 1988, in Hays, KS. She survives.

Others survivors include his two daughters, Sara Olson of Phillipsburg and Beth Schurz of Hesston, KS; 3 brothers, Shannon of Speed, KS, Bob of Bonner Springs, KS and Rick of Olathe, KS; and 2 sisters, Dena Vehige of Hays, KS and Connie Breese of Quinter, KS;.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019 in the Huck Boyd Community Center, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Mike Gooder officiating. The burial will take place prior to the service at 9:30 a.m. in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Logan, KS.

A scriptural wake and rosary will be held Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd St., Phillipsburg, KS 67661 with Father Daryl Olmstead officiating. The family will receive friends following the rosary until 8:00 p.m.

Friends may sign the book from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg. The casket will remain closed.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hank Schurz Memorial Fund, to be distributed to local cancer funds.

Online condolences: www.olliffboeve.com

Howard I. ‘Toby’ Colby

Phillipsburg resident Howard I. “Toby” Colby, age 80, passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 at the Parkview Care Center in Osborne, KS.

He was born July 12, 1939 in Phillipsburg, KS the son of Benjamin and Geneva (Arment) Colby. He retired from Kyle Railroad in Phillipsburg.

Toby was united in marriage to Rita J. Nonamaker on March 12, 1971 in Kensington, KS. She survives.

Other survivors include two brothers, Darrell of Phillipsburg and Don of Dixon, MO and a sister, Marlene Gonzales of McCook, NE.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 4, 2019 at the Community Church of God, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Robin McCollough officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Phillipsburg.

Mr. Colby will lie in state from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, with the family receiving friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday evening all at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, 1115 2nd St., Phillipsburg, KS 67661.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Howard I. “Toby” Colby Memorial Fund.

Online condolences: www.olliffboeve.com

🎥 FHSU football holds weekly football press conference

Fort Hays State Tiger coach Chris Brown held his weekly press conference Tuesday after the Tigers picked up the 44-3 win over Missouri Southern Saturday. The Tigers travel to Edmond, Oklahoma Saturday for a matchup with Central Oklahoma.

Senior wide receiver Harley Hazlett and junior linebacker Drew Harvey also addressed the media Tuesday. You can hear their comments below.

Coach Chris Brown

Harley Hazlett

Drew Harvey

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