Jerry Eugene “Jake” Rider, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. He was born September 20, 1954 in Ness City, Ks to Earl and Opal (Likes) Rider. Jake was raised in rural Brownell and graduated from Ransom High School in 1973.
Jake was a lifetime resident of Ness County. On September 2, 1978 he married Jan Schlegel in Ness City. Together they raised two boys, Tyler and Tanner. After working in the oil fields as a floor hand for Warrior Drilling, he went to work for D & S Machine as a roustabout. Later he joined his father-in-law on the family farm. When his father-in-law, Pete, retired he was joined on the farm by his sons. His hobby was making scale toy farm implements for friends and family and taking them to toy shows to sell. Jake was an avid K-State fan and enjoyed following the team and traveling to bowl games. He cherished spending time with his five grandchildren and being a part of their many activities.
Jake is survived by his wife, Jan; sons, Tyler Rider and his wife, Becky and Tanner Rider; five grandchildren: Eve, Daphne, Asher, Titus, and Jayne Rider all of Ness City, brother Jim Rider and his wife, Bessie, and his sister, Sue Luetters, and her husband, John, all of Hutchinson. Preceding Jake in death were his parents and a brother, Billy Rider.
Visitation will be held at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City, on Thursday, August 8, 2019 from 6:00 –8:00 p.m. A memorial service will be on Friday, August 9, 2019, 10:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, Ness City with Pastor Deb Harvey presiding. Graveside inurnment will follow the memorial service at the Ransom Cemetery. Friends may sign the book at the funeral home on Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ness County Hospital or the United Methodist Church.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Coming off the program’s first trip to the NCAA Division II National Semifinals, the Fort Hays State men’s soccer team heads into the 2019 season ranked third in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Top 25, announced Tuesday by the organization. It is the best ranking in program history after the Tigers wrapped up 2018 ranked fourth in the country.
This is the sixth time that Fort Hays State has been mentioned in the preseason coaches poll in the nine-year history of the program. The Tigers were listed in the initial top 25 for five consecutive seasons from 2013 through 2017 before they opened last year unranked. FHSU’s previous top preseason ranking was No. 11 in 2017.
The Tigers earned a spot in the NCAA Division II Championship tournament for a seventh-straight season in 2018, the second-longest active streak in the nation (LIU Post, eight years). Fort Hays State has won four of the last five Central Region championships, leading to three trips to the national quarterfinals before last year’s appearance in the Final Four.
The Tigers return five All-Conference performers and three All-Region athletes from last year’s team that finished the year 17-2-2. Included in that list is Santiago Agudelo, the reigning D2CCA National Player of the Year. Agudelo etched his name up and down the record books in his junior campaign, scoring 26 goals alongside six assists. Other returning All-Region honorees include defender Sergio Villalba and midfielder Moritz Walther.
The new season will be the first year under new head coach Gerry Cleary, announced as the second head coach in program history in early 2019. Cleary has earned three national titles as a head coach, winning two NAIA championships with the Martin Methodist women’s program before leading the Martin Methodist men’s squad to the 2013 national title.
After turning in the first perfect MIAA record in history (8-0-0), the Tigers will compete in the Great American Conference beginning in 2019. The MIAA and GAC announced a sport sponsorship partnership last year in which the MIAA will oversee men’s tennis competition while the GAC administers men’s soccer. The Tigers will play a 14-game double round-robin conference schedule against Newman, Northeastern State, Rogers State, Harding, Oklahoma Baptist, Ouachita Baptist and Southern Nazarene. The RiverHawks of Northeastern State are the only other conference rival listed in the preseason top 25, entering the year ranked 22nd.
The Tigers open the year at home against perennial power Rockhurst on Thursday, September 5 at 7 p.m., the first of eight regular season home matches.
Larry Insley, 71, of Creighton, SD passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, August 10th from 1:00 to 3:00pm at The Dakota Prairie Playhouse in Madison, SD. We will be honoring Larry with prayers & reflections on his life & the lives he touched at 2:00pm. Please come & share your memories.
Larry Wayne Insley was born on January 21, 1948 in Akron, OH. He was adopted in June 1948 by Wayne & Vesta (Lindenmann) Insley, and grew up on the farm in northwest Ohio. Adoption day was special and he always said he had won the lottery.
He graduated from high school in McComb, OH and went on to receive his Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science at The Ohio State University, Master’s Degree from Kansas State University and completed his education with a PhD from North Dakota State University.
Larry married Christine Anderson on January 18, 1975 in rural Argusville, ND. They had two children, Aaron Wayne & Stacy Marie. Larry taught at Fort Hays State University from 1976-1980. After finishing his education in Kansas and North Dakota, the family moved to Brookings, SD where Larry began his 15 year career at South Dakota State University in the Animal Science Department as a Beef & Horse Extension Specialist and also taught the horse classes there. He absolutely loved teaching & always said he truly missed the students when he decided to leave.
After leaving his postion at SDSU, Larry and Chris bought a ranch near Creighton, SD in 2003, where they raised cattle & horses. He loved livestock and horses, but especially his Belgian draft horses. Larry received the South Dakota Horseperson of the Year Award in 2012. He made it to his last Waverly Horse Sale this past spring where he sold many Belgians over the years. He really enjoyed watching the horses sell.
Larry is survived by his wife, Chris of Creighton, SD; children Aaron (Olivia) Insley of Kalispell, MT and Stacy (Todd) Klein of Winfred, SD; his beloved grandchildren who absolutely adored him, Shiloh Insley and Hayz, Elli and Newt Klein; and sisters-in-law Linda (Ken) Astrup of Jamestown, ND and Ann Killpack of Fort Collins, CO; niece Kim Astrup of Fargo, ND, and nephews Eric (Tennley) Astrup of Reno, NV and Jason (Jamie) Astrup of Mapleton, ND.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Jim Killpack.
Ellis County Emergency Medical Services will add two new ambulances to its fleet in the next two years after the county commission approved the purchase of the ambulances from Osage Ambulance in Jefferson City, Mo., on Monday.
The ambulances will replace two others with more than 150,000 miles.
Health Services Director Kerry McCue said his department has delayed buying new ambulances in an effort to save money but those need to be replaced.
“Our fleet, currently of seven ambulances, has almost half of those vehicles (with) over 100,000 miles, so we’re trying to get as much mileage out of each vehicle as we can,” McCue said.
One of the ambulances, a 2003 Ford, was scheduled to be replaced in 2013 and the second, a 2010 Chevy, was scheduled to be replaced in 2018. Both scheduled replacements were delayed in an effort to save the county money.
“We have moved those back to get more mileage and more use out of those vehicles,” McCue said. “We’ve gone to really the end of those vehicles’ useful life.”
McCue said ambulances experience a lot of wear and tear.
“While they have 150,000 miles on them, you pretty much have to double that mileage in the fact that they sit and idle for extended periods of time,” McCue said.
The commission approved the bid from Osage Ambulance for $373,080 for the two ambulances.
The first ambulance was used as a demo and will be fitted to meet Ellis County needs and be ready in mid-August. The second ambulance will be built and delivered in 2020.
Both purchases were planned replacements through the county’s capital improvement plan.
McCue said the next scheduled ambulance replacement is 2021 but currently the capital improvement plan funds “are going to be tight.”
In past years, the commission has reduced the amount of money transferred into the capital improvement fund as a way to save money, but Commissioner Butch Schlyer warned against that.
“We have to make those transfers so we keep up-to-date on capital (improvements),” Schlyer said.
Walter J. Manteuffel, 88, formerly of Hays, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 5, 2019, at Aldersgate Village, Topeka, Kansas.
Walter was born March 19, 1931, in Cheyenne County, Kansas, the son of Walter and Viola Evins Manteuffel. He graduated from St. Francis Community High School in 1949. Walter earned his BS in Business Administration from Fort Hays Kansas State College in 1966 and MBA from Fort Hays State University in 1982. Walter married Winnie Belle Daniel on June 23, 1951, in St. Francis, Kansas. Walter and Winnie owned and operated a Grade A dairy farm south of St. Francis from 1955 to 1962. He retired from Fort Hays State University in 1993 as Comptroller in the business office. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Hays, and on the board of trustees, finance committee, permanent endowment fund committee and the administrative board. Walter was a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Psi and Fort Hays State University Alumni Association. He was on the board of directors of First Call for Help of Hays.
Walter is survived by his wife, Winnie; children, Robert (Martha), Pamela and Craig (Paula); grandchildren, Jessica Quinlan (Chad), Laura Johnson (Brandon), Alexa Deghand, Bradley Deghand, Michael Manteuffel (Kayla) and Matt Manteuffel; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Deloy Manteuffel; and sister, Ellen June Manteuffel Henderson.
Private graveside will be in Lawn Ridge Cemetery in St. Francis, Kansas.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Call for Help of Ellis County, or Meals on Wheels of Ellis County, sent in care of Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka KS 66614.
LYON COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 7:30p.m. Tuesday in Lyon County.
Seth Matthews, 69, Reading, was working under his 1986 Chevrolet Mallard Motorhome in the 400 block of First Street in Reading when what is believed to be a mechanical issue caused the motorhome to come out of gear and roll over part of his body, according to the Lyon County Sheriff.
An emergency medical helicopter transported Matthews to KU Med Center in Kansas City for treatment of serious injuries, according to the sheriff’s department.
Fredrick O’Brian Rupp, 62, of Bushton and Hays, Kansas, died on Thursday, July 25, 2019, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.
Fred’s wishes were to be cremated and have a celebration of life at later date, which is still pending at this time. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita voters apparently will decide in November whether to re-elect Mayor Jeff Longwell or replace him with state Rep. Brandon Whipple.
Mayor Jeff Longwell- city of Wichita photo
Longwell received the most votes in Tuesday’s nine-candidate mayoral primary, followed by Whipple.
Retired banker Lyndy Wells received 160 fewer votes than Whipple. Wells said he is hopeful the results could change after provisional ballots and late absentee ballots are counted.
The election office estimated more than 400 votes remain to be counted.
Longwell said he will focus on progress made during his first term, while Whipple said his focus will be on improving public safety and reducing the city’s crime rate.
Longwell finished with 7,136 votes, 32.3% of the votes. Whipple had 5,729 votes, 25.9%; to Wells’ 5,569 votes, for 25.2%.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will give a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University next month.
Sec. of State Mike Pompeo with North Korean Leader Kim Jung Un in May of 2018 -photo courtesy White House
Pompeo will speak Sept. 6 at McCain Auditorium. He has been secretary of state since March 2018. Before that, he served a brief time as President Donald Trump’s director of the CIA.
His speech comes as speculation swirls that Pompeo might run for a political office. He said last month that a campaign for U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts’ seat in the Senate was “off the table” but that has not stopped the conjecture.
Fortune magazine CEO Alan Murry will also give a Landon Lecture. He is scheduled to speak Sept. 27.
Murray was previously president of the Pew Research Center and chief content officer for Time, Inc.
The public hearing for the proposed 2020 budget for the city of Hays will be held Thursday during the regular meeting of the city commission.
The balanced budget of $41,966,419 keeps the mill levy at 25.000, where it’s been for several years. Total assessed valuation for the city is up 1.6% from 2019.
Immediately following the public hearing, the commission is expected to adopt the budget which must be sent to the Ellis County Clerk by Aug. 23.
Also on the Aug. 8 agenda are recommended amendments to the National Electrical Code and the International Residential Building Code.
Local electricians and city staff have determined certain requirements in existing homes for arc fault circuit interrupters, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors are too burdensome, according to Jesse Rohr, public works director.
The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main.
“You can’t live with them, but you can’t live without them.” This is often what I hear from homeowners when referring to their pine trees.
The needle and pine cone clean-up is monotonous, but the aesthetic they can provide for a lawn or break from the wind makes it all worth it. This summer our Pines have struggled to stay alive because we have gone from one extreme (rain) to another (hot temps). Now to add to that mix, I am starting to see a lot of pine trees fall to Pine Wilt. This is not a new disease to Western Kansas, but some may think it went “dormant” over the last several years because we haven’t seen it as often. If you are unfamiliar with Pine Wilt I have provided adequate information about the disease below including how to prevent the disease.
Pine Wilt is a very serious disease that is considered to be a problem in Scots pine trees in landscape settings, windbreaks, Christmas tree farms, and recreational plantings. Pine wilt has also been reported on Austrian and white pines.
In Kansas, the symptoms for pine wilt usually appear from August through December. In general, the trees wilt and die rapidly within a short period of time. Occasionally, trees may survive for more than one year. The needles turn yellow/brown and remain attached to the tree. The early stages of the disease are subtle and may vary. The pinewood nematode is transmitted from pine to pine by a bark beetle, the pine sawyer beetle.
Needles initially show a light grayish-green discoloration, then turn yellow and brown. The disease may progress uniformly through a tree or branch by branch, depending upon the size of the tree and the environmental conditions during the growing season. The needles remain attached for up to six to twelve months after the tree has died. The rapid death of a tree contrasts with other pine problems such as fungal diseases, insects, or environmental stresses.
There is one option to potentially save unaffected Scots, Austrian, and white pine trees from Pine Wilt. According to Colorado Extension two compounds are labeled for the prevention of pine wilt. These products are directed towards killing/immobilizing the nematode and not for killing the pine sawyer beetle vector. They are not effective if the tree is symptomatic or once the PWN has colonized the tree. Several commercial injection systems are available, but pine injections are almost always done by professional arborists. Yearly injections provide the greatest protection, but the cost and potential damage associated with the injection process are issues to consider.
It is important to confirm the presence of the pinewood nematode if pine wilt is suspected to be the cause of a tree death. Early confirmation will allow the owner to act quickly to prevent the spread of the pinewood nematode to nearby pine trees. In established pine plantings such as landscape settings, windbreaks, and Christmas tree farms, the only control measure is to remove affected trees and burn, bury or chip the wood before April 1. Trees should be removed to ground level. No stumps should be left. This prevents further spread of the nematode and its vector before they emerge from the trees in the spring.
If you have further questions regarding Pine Wilt please reach out to Lauren Walz, the Cottonwood District Horticulture Extension agent by calling 785-628-9430 or by e-mail [email protected]
Annie Wasinger, Center Stage camp director, sings with her brother, Joel, at camp on Tuesday at the HCT venue in Hays.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
Camper Jason sings “What a Wonderful World” Tuesday at the Center Stage camp while director Annie Wasinger looks on.
The Hays Community Theatre was filled with music and laughter during a special theater camp organized by a Thomas More Prep-Marian junior this week.
What is unique about this camp is that all 20 campers are developmentally disabled adults.
Annie Wasinger, 16, has been working to pull the camp together for about a year. She has been actively involved in community theater from the tender age of 3. However, she noted her older brother, Joel, who has cerebral palsy, could only listen to her belt out show tunes and run lines, but never participate himself.
When the HCT installed a handicap accessible bathroom at its new venue on Eighth Street, the idea struck her to organize the camp.
“I was really excited about it, because I thought he could finally come to shows. That would be so good. I thought more about it, and thought if he can come to shows, he has always wanted to perform. But in all 13 years I have been with Hays Community Theatre, we have only had one person in a wheelchair, and it wasn’t my brother. I thought it would be really cool to create a camp for everybody in the community,” she said.
Campers read the play “Princess and the Dance Crew” at the HCT venue Tuesday as part of the Center Stage theater camp. The campers, all who have disabilities, will perform at 6 p.m. Friday at Celebration Community Church.
“Since it is Hays Community Theatre, I think we should branch out and be here for any individual whether they have a disability or not.”
Students at TMP have special time during their school day called “20 time” during which the students are encouraged to work on a community service project or learn a new skill. Wasinger chose to use that time to organize the Center Stage camp. She wrote grants, sought donations, organized a presentation to the HCT board and found a curriculum from an online company, Fourth Wall, specially geared for adults with disabilities.
Her mother, Becky, who is also her brother’s limited license provider, said she has been impressed with Annie’s commitment and efforts to organize the camp.
The camp runs Monday through Friday this week, culminating in a free hour-long public performance at 6 p.m. Friday at Celebration Community Church.
A Center Stage camper sings “Let it Go” from the movie “Frozen” during camp on Tuesday.
“I really want to press we need the community to support this and come to the show,” Annie said. “Each [camper] is so very excited to have their chance on stage and feel the way you do when you get audience reaction.”
The campers are participating in a variety of games to help them learn about acting, theater and stage directions.
“We teach them there are three aspects of theater — singing, dancing and acting,” Wasinger said. “So we are going to do three acting pieces. We have one where everyone is a superhero, and that is a little skit. Then we have one where everyone is a detective. Then we have an actual script that is 20 minutes long, and it is called ‘The Princess and the Dance Crew.’ ”
“Princess and the Dance Crew” is a variation of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Also on Friday, one camper will also sing “What a Wonderful World” as the rest of the campers sign the words.
So far this week, the campers have played four corners using stage directions. They played Pass the Hat on Tuesday. Each person put on a police hat and had to say something a police officer would say. Pictures were projected on a screen for a game called Act it Out, and the campers had to act out a scene based on the image. The campers had to pretend they were eating spaghetti or pretend they were a bunny, etc. The campers will also do a variety of improv exercises.
Annie has been concluding the camp sessions daily with a game, A Minute of Fame. Each camper comes in front of an audience of other campers, care staff and volunteers, and they can sing, dance or tell a story. On Tuesday, the campers chose to sing.
Annie worked with DSNWK to hand pick about half of the campers from the Reed Center. The others came from the community. She said the campers from the Reed Center spend most of their time in a classroom setting.
A camper sings Tuesday. Twenty campers were invited to participate in a non-profit theater camp this week at the Hays Community Theatre venue on Eighth Street. The camp is organized and directed by 16-year-old Annie Wasinger, a junior at TMP.
“They don’t usually get time to truly display all their talents and do stuff individually,” Wasinger said, “So when we do stuff like One Minute of Fame, they are so excited to get the chance to go up in front of everybody and sing. I think acting is escapism. I think everybody needs that. I think it has been really nice for them to come everyday and know that they are going to have fun. …
“For me, it has been really cool because I have known most of these people all of my life through Joel, and I have seen them break out of their shells.”
One of the campers, David, wanted to talk about his horse, so he got up in front of the audience and neighed.
“I have been so impressed by going over scripts and seeing how they inflect lines,” Wasinger said. “The stuff they have done there — it has just been really important. … I think it is just good to see what they can do, since it is something they have never been given the opportunity to do.”
Staff from the Reed Center have accompanied their clients, and the camp has about 40 additional volunteers. Annie said everyone seems to be having fun.
“I think people my age are benefiting so much because they are volunteers … I am fortunate that I have had the background that I have with people with disabilities, but a lot of these people are coming from my youth groups or church or I know them from school and theater or I know them from another background. I think it is so cool for them to interact with people with disabilities because they never have before. I have been really proud of my volunteers for how they have worked together.”
Wasinger said she hopes the Center Stage camp can become an annual event.
Jerry Eugene “Jake” Rider, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City. He was born September 20, 1954 in Ness City, Ks to Earl and Opal (Likes) Rider. Jake was raised in rural Brownell and graduated from Ransom High School in 1973.
