Steven Lynn Hughbanks, age 71, of Denton, TX, died July 17, 2019 in Denton. He was born to Hanley and Lennie (Andersen) Hughbanks on January 13, 1948 in Pratt, KS. He married Jeri Dee Kough, the love of his life, on June 6, 1971 in Page City, KS. He was a national sales representative for Acme Laredo Boot Co.
Survivors include: his daughter, Rachel Hughbanks of Denton, TX, and his brother, Ron Hughbanks (Linda) of Omaha, NE. Also his nephew, David and (Clara) Hughbanks of Plymouth, MN; and brothers-in law and sisters-in law: Ron and Sonja Kough of Winona, Mike and Sheryl Kough of Russell Springs, Roger and Connie Kough of Colby, and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Jeri in 2008, and his parents, Hanley and Lennie Hughbanks.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 26, 2019 at Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, Oakley. Interment will follow in the Oakley Cemetery. No Visitation. Memorials to the Humane Society may be sent in care of Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, PO Box 221, Oakley, KS 67748.
Marvin Francis Pfannenstiel, 88, Hays, passed away peacefully at his home with his wife by his side on Friday, July 19, 2019.
He was born January 31, 1931 in Munjor, the son of Mike and Eva (Degenhardt) Pfannenstiel. Marvin grew up in Munjor and Hays and graduated from St. Joseph Military Academy in 1949. He was a member of the Kansas National Guard, and in 1952 was drafted during the Korean War into the United States Army where he spent time in Okinawa, Japan with the Military Police. On October 22, 1955 he was united in marriage to Jane Rae Tremblay in Damar, Kansas and they celebrated over 64 years of marriage. To this union five children were born. Marvin owned and operated the Dodge House Inn in Dodge City and started the Chuck Wagon Breakfast during Dodge City Days. He enjoyed being the wagon master cook on many trail drives, fishing, fish fries, his team of horses, dancing with his wife Jane, and his greatest joy was his family. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Hays American Legion Post No. 173 and VFW Post No. 9076.
Survivors include his wife; Jane of the home, two sons; Dan Pfannenstiel (Connie Pfannenstiel) of Norton, and Tim Pfannenstiel (Susie Pfannenstiel) of Hays, three daughters; Cindy Guthrie and husband Rick of Dodge City, Carmen Kirchman and husband David of Dodge City, and Lisa Donovan and husband David of Norton, a brother; Frank Pfannenstiel and wife Celie of Hays, a sister; Aggie Miller and husband Jim of Hays, 18 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren on the way, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers, and two sisters.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with Fr. Justin Palmer officiating. Burial with military honors by the Hays VFW Post No. 9076 Honor Guard will follow in the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery in WaKeeney. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 8:00 on Monday and from 9:00 am until 9:45 on Tuesday, all at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. A recitation of the rosary will be at 7:00 pm on Monday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the family to establish a nursing scholarship. Condolences and memories of Marvin may be left with the family at www.haysmemorial.com
Iva Mae Triplett, 83 of Wakeeney KS, passed away July 5, 2019 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. She was born in Ellis County on January 7, 1936 to Jacob and Ella (Schumm) Massier.
Iva was a 1954 graduate of Ellis High School. She was united in marriage to Leslie Eugene (Gene) Triplett on August 11, 1955 in WaKeeney, KS. They were married 43 years.
Iva worked as a laundry worker in Ransom, KS until the family moved to WaKeeney, KS in 1983. She then worked at the WaKeeney Hospital as a Certified Nurses Aide and Physical Therapy Aide until her retirement. She enjoyed gardening, puzzles and spending time with her family.
Iva was preceded in death by her father and mother Jacob and Ella Massier, her husband Gene Triplett and son Rick Triplett. She is survived by her four daughters, Debbie Schmale (Roger) of Salina, KS, Sandy Bostick and Karla Ghumm (Michael) of WaKeeney, KS and Dara Noll (Kip) Ness City, KS; ten grandchildren, Chanda Lunn, Chrissy Delimont, Sonya Lovesee, Tyson Triplett, Chelsea Dail, Matt Noll, Josh, Cody, Cameron and Devon Ghumm; fourteen great-grandchildren, Torrance, Taytum,and Tinley Lovesee, Rylee,Ansley,Breyer and Harper Delimont, Hudson and Walker Lynn, Addison and Josiah Lopez, Landyn Dail, Brantleigh and Briggs Ghumm; sister Betty Cain; and daughter-in-law, Korene Triplett.
Memorial service will be held 10:30am July 23, 2019 at Schmitt Funeral Home WaKeeney. Pastor Randy Gibbs of Bethlehem Lutheran Church will be officiating. Cremation has been chosen.
The family will receive friends the day of service, from 9am – 10am.
Memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association in care of Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 N. 12th WaKeeney, KS 67672.
Leona Louise (Brooks) Reed, Quinter, passed away on July 17, 2019 at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 13 days. On September 4, 1926, Leona was born to Frank H. and Minnie L. (Kesler) Brooks in Quinter. She was joined later by a sister, who died in infancy, and two brothers. She grew up southwest of Quinter on the family farm and attended Sunshine School. Early in life, Leona joined the Dunkard Brethren Church and was a faithful member to the end.
Leona’s attention was drawn by aunts in Iowa and she moved there to work for a while. While there, she met William “Bill” Reed and they were married in Quinter on December 8, 1946. To this union, three daughters and two sons were born.
Leona was mostly a stay-at-home wife and mother but spent some years selling Fuller Brush products. She enjoyed her many customers along the way. While her children were home, Leona sewed their clothes. After they moved away, she began making beautiful quilts, wall hangings and many other crafts as well as creative picture albums. Later in life, one of her real joys was making beautiful greeting cards that she sent to family and friends. She would make around 150 cards per year.
In passing, Leona leaves William, her husband of 72 ½ years; daughters, Kathy Barker, Gayla (Wayne) Berens, Nancy (Tom) Stoltzfus; sons, Ross (Bridget) Reed, Lee (Connie) Reed; a brother, Marion (Joyce) Brooks; sister-in-law, Janis Millwee; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant sister, Eunice, and brother, Merlin.
Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at the Dunkard Brethren Church, Quinter. Burial will be in the Baker Township Cemetery, Quinter.
Family hosted visitation will be Tuesday evening, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the church. There will be no public viewing.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Hospice Services, Inc. or Gideons International. Donations to the fund may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS 67752.
Father Mark A. Berland was born on December 14, 1948 to Fred and Eunice (Balthazor) Berland in Hays, Kansas. He was one of seven children and attended Zurich Public Schools until high school where he transferred to St. Francis Seminary in Victoria, Kansas. After graduating from high school he attended Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri and furthered his education at the Kenrick Theological Seminary School in St. Louis, Missouri. He was ordained into priesthood by Bishop Cyril Vogel on June 1, 1974 at the St. Ann Church in Zurich.
Father Mark Berland started his career as an associate pastor and assistant editor of “The Register” at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina. Throughout his years he was posted as an associate pastor, head pastor, and religion teacher. In 2009 until his passing in 2019 he was the pastor at the Sacred Heart Parish in Oberlin, the Sacred Heart Parish in Selden, and the Immaculate Conception Parish in Leoville.
Father Mark not only enjoyed spreading the word of God but away from the church he enjoyed coin and stamp collecting as well as restoring old tractors.
He is survived by his mother Eunice (Balthazor) Berland, sisters; Kay and husband Chris Basgall of Owosso, MI, Ann and husband Tim Zwink of Piedmont, OK, Mary and husband Gary Everett of Wilson, KS, Lois Mason of Ellis, KS, and Rebecca and husband George Cobb of Peoria, AZ; brother-in-law Deacon Walt Slingsby, as well as nieces and nephews.
Father Mark is preceded in death by his father, Fred Berland, sisters Carol Slingsby and Joan Berland, and a brother-in-law Robert Mason.
A Vigil and Rosary will be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Plainville on Sunday, July 21, 2019, the visitation will run from 4:00pm until the Vigil beginning at 7:00pm with a Knights of Columbus rosary to follow. A Mass of Christian burial will be on Monday, July 22, 2019 starting at 11:00am at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Plainville, with a burial following at St. Ann’s Cemetery in Zurich. Memorials are suggested to the Retired Priests Fund – Salina Diocese and may be sent in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 320 SW 2nd St, Plainville, KS 67663. Online condolences can be left at plumeroverlease.com
Just after 4p.m. Saturday, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a call about an injury accident that occurred at 117 NE highway 24, according to Lt. Robert Simmons.
When officers arrived they located what appeared to be a single vehicle accident with an adult male driver who was determined to be the sole occupant.
The man was initially unresponsive at the scene and was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
According to Simmons, it did not appear the man died from the accident.
Police do not believe the death to be suspicious in nature. He did not release the man’s name.
An excerpt from Hardy’s “2000 Dragons” scroll, taken during a 2012 exhibition at Diverse Works in Houston. (Courtesy Sherry Fowler)
KU NEWS SERVICE
LAWRENCE – Tattoo art icon Don Ed Hardy has come full circle more than once. He’s gone from student of East Asian art history to commercial juggernaut and back to fine art. And even within the fashion world, he’s had a recent comeback after his early 2000s success led to overexposure and backlash.
Sherry Fowler
As a friend of nearly 40 years, University of Kansas researcher Sherry Fowler was there for much of it. That’s partly why she, along with her husband, Dale Slusser, was asked to contribute an essay for the catalog that accompanies the forthcoming Hardy exhibition at San Francisco’s de Young Museum.
“Ed Hardy: Deeper Than Skin” (July 13-Oct. 6) is the first museum retrospective of the man known for elevating the tattoo from its subculture status to an important visual art form. The catalog is edited by curator Karin Breuer and published by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in association with Rizzoli Electa.
Fowler, KU professor of the history of art, said she met Hardy through his wife, Francesca Passalacqua, who was her Japanese-language classmate in San Francisco around 1980.
“One day she said, ‘I’ll give you a ride home, but I have to leave early because my husband’s going to be on ‘To Tell the Truth.’ That was a TV game show with three guests on it, two of whom were imposters, all who said that they were someone noteworthy or unusual — in this case the most famous tattoo artist in the United States,” Fowler said. “So I went home and watched the show. And I thought, ‘Well, which one is her husband?’ There were two old, salty sailor types, and then there was this young, cute guy, and I thought, ‘I hope it’s him.’ And it was. Panelist Kitty Carlisle got the answer right.”
Like her, Fowler said, Hardy loved and studied Asian art (he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute), and the couples became friends.
Slusser is associate vice president for development with KU Endowment and is an affiliate of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Center for East Asian Studies.
Just a few months ago, Hardy asked Fowler to write a catalog essay for the de Young show, and, with Slusser’s help, she agreed. The essay is titled “Drawing Embodied: Ed Hardy’s East Asian Art Connections.”
“The amazing thing about working on somebody who’s alive — you can actually email them and ask them questions,” said Fowler, who usually writes about premodern Japanese art. “But I was there for a lot of it, and I remember these things happening. Although I took care not to put myself in the narrative, I was thinking about it as I wrote.”
For instance, Fowler recalled, she served as interpreter for “the legendary Horiyoshi II” during the 1985 National Tattoo Association Convention in Seattle, an event mentioned in the catalog as one of many important milestones in Hardy’s career.
And while tattoo artists like Horiyoshi II, Horiyoshi III and Sailor Jerry Collins influential on Hardy’s tattoo style, so, too, was his training in East Asian art, Fowler argues in the catalog. It’s also apparent in his printmaking.
For instance, Fowler begins her essay by considering Hardy’s 2007 print titled “Our Gang.” It’s based on a bronze plaque dated to the year 1001 and held in the Tokyo National Museum. She said the central figure, known as Zao Gongen, “is a hybrid Shinto-Buddhist deity. And the print is emblematic of his career because it has so many different things going on, mixing very traditional Asian art with goofy stuff and personal things.”
Among the smaller figures surrounding the deity, Hardy has even depicted himself as a rat offering up a valentine heart to his wife, Fowler said. Fowler knew that among all the figures in the print there were portraits of Hardy and his wife, but she had to confirm with him which ones they were.
Fowler’s essay broaches the topic of cultural appropriation but in this specific case dismisses any bad intent on the part of the artist or any harm to his sources.
“I don’t think his work is for everybody,” Fowler said. “And sometimes I don’t like it when he pushes the envelope too far. But that is provoking. That makes us think and change our minds about certain things.”
Ultimately, Fowler said, it is the passion that undergirds Hardy’s style and technique that has made him a cultural force to be reckoned with.
“He loves art,” she said. “He is so passionate. He’s the kind of person who will get up in the morning and say, ‘I’ve been thinking about art all night; I couldn’t sleep.’ When you’re around him, you feel like you just want to make the most of every moment. You want to see everything. You want to do everything and experience as much art as you possibly can. He’s that kind of magnetic personality.”
While the Hardy show is at the de Young, there is a related show, “Tattoos in Japanese Prints,” at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
“For a long time, there was a big stigma about tattooing, and now it’s everywhere,” Fowler said. “I think museums are making a real effort to connect to people, and so if you can have something historical that makes sense and connects to people’s lives, they will want to learn more about it.”
Kansas lawmakers may put the question of abortion rights to a public vote in 2020. CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE
That means even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, lawmakers won’t be able to ban abortion in Kansas unless voters amend the state constitution.
But the matter remains far from settled. Here’s where things stand on abortion in Kansas, and some of the developments to keep an eye out for within state lines.
Abortions on the decline
A preliminary report from the state health department shows about 7,000 abortions took place in Kansas last year, about half of which involved patients from other states.
If that seems surprising, remember that the only abortion clinic in neighboring Missouri, for example, lies at the other end of that state in St. Louis (where it’s fighting for survival). The Kansas City metro area’s two abortion clinics both stand on the Kansas side of the border, in Overland Park.)
The annual number of abortions in Kansas has dropped significantly over the past few decades.
Nationally, abortion rates also have dropped, according to data collated by the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights research center. Studies suggestsomewhere around a third of women in the U.S. get abortions by their mid-40s.
Who got abortions in 2018?
In Kansas, nearly a third of the women who had last year’s 7,000 abortions were in their early 20s. Nearly nine out of 10 were in their 20s or 30s. About one in six was married.
Though in-state abortions are only available at four clinics in Wichita and Overland Park, last year’s patients came from across the state.
Kansas has passed a slew of limits on abortion, particularly during Sam Brownback’s tenure as governor from 2011 through 2018. That includes a ban on abortions after the 22nd week of pregnancy unless medically necessary to protect the mother’s health.
About 70% of abortions in Kansas last year occurred within the first eight weeks of pregnancy. About 60% involved the “abortion pill,” nearly a third involved suction abortion and about 7% were dilation and evacuation abortions.
A constitutional amendment on the horizon?
Given the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling, abortion foes may ask the public to tweak the state constitution, perhaps on the November 2020 ballot. That would require getting a bill through the state House and Senate with two-thirds majorities before getting to the public vote. Governors can’t veto constitutional amendment bills.
Supporters of changing the constitution have different ideas about how to do so. Lawmakers could potentially ask the public to ban all abortions, for example, or to bar the state’s courts from undoing abortion limits and bans that pass the Legislature.
Drug abortions by out-of-state doctors
The wheels have started turning again on a few old lawsuits making their way through the Kansas courts. At least one new lawsuit has cropped up this year, and more could be on the way.
The Kansas Supreme Court’s landmark ruling this spring about the right to abortion stemmed from a state ban on dilation and evacuation. (The ban wasn’t actually in effect, because courts had blocked it pending the case’s outcome.) Now the case bounces back to Shawnee County District Court, which will seal the fate of the dilation and evacuation ban based on the high court’s ruling. That could mean a whole new trial, which isn’t likely before 2020.
A Wichita abortion clinic says it can’t find local doctors and instead leans on physicians from other states.
Also at Shawnee County District Court: A Wichita abortion clinic that says it can’t find local doctors and instead leans on physicians from other states. It’s fighting to resume telemedicine abortions. (These are abortions in which the doctors work remotely with the clinic’s patients via video connection. They check whether the patient is eligible to take the abortion pill, and then guide the process.)
That legal battle involves two lawsuits and some very convoluted twists. In the simplest terms: A judge blocked the original 2011 ban on remote abortions years ago. The state, meanwhile, argues that the injunction shouldn’t apply anymore. And though a judge rejected that argument, the clinic is worried state agencies and local prosecutors won’t abide by his conclusions.
So the clinic hasn’t restarted the telemedicine abortions it stopped at the end of 2018 because it fears retaliation. As an example, it cites an ongoing investigation of its operations by the state agency in charge of medical licenses.
Other abortion restrictions on trial
Finally, litigation could undo a slew of other state restrictions related to abortion, including some that were temporarily blocked by the courts and others that were allowed to take effect.
Just a few of the restrictions targeted in ongoing lawsuits from 2011 and 2013:
Faculty from the state’s only school of medicine can’t teach their students how to perform abortions either on or off university property.
Women must wait 24 hours for an abortion even if the delay would kill them, according to the plaintiffs’ reading of a 2013 law. They say lawmakers tweaked the state’s exceptions such that no emergency can pass their test.
Clinics must deliver a number of messages to patients discouraging abortion. They include hanging a message that plaintiffs argued takes 6 square feet to print in the Legislature’s chosen font size.
Under a 2011 law, doctors need another person in the room when giving a pelvic exam to a patient who wants an abortion, even if the patient doesn’t want anyone else present.
Plaintiffs also argue related regulations grant state health workers access to the individual medical records of women who’ve had abortions.
Clinics must do urine tests to check whether a woman’s abortion worked or whether she remains pregnant. Plaintiffs argue urine tests are less accurate than the ultrasounds and physical exams that doctors normally use.
And since Kansas has plenty of other restrictions on the books, too, such as that ban on most abortions after 22 weeks, future lawsuits based on this spring’s Kansas Supreme Court ruling could be in the pipeline.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports on consumer health and education for the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter @Celia_LJ or email her at celia (at) kcur (dot) org.
Gov. Laura Kelly appointed 13 members to the Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force.
This task force assesses the current and future impact of Alzheimer’s disease on Kansas residents; examines the existing industries, services, and resources addressing the needs of people with Alzheimer’s, their families, and caregivers; and develops a strategy to mobilize a state response to the public health crisis.
“Alzheimer’s disease touches so many lives, and we must do what we can to help patients and their families cope with this tragic ailment,” Kelly said. “I appreciate the interest from all willing to serve on this important task force.”
The appointed task force members:
1. Jamie Gideon, Haysville – Chair 2. Cindy Schmidt, Hays
3. Gina Long, Gardner
4. Rita Ortolani, Independence
5. Robert Miller, Wichita
6. Sarah Duggan, Manhattan
7. Steve Harader, Wichita
8. Dr. Joseph G. Schlageck, Overland Park
9. Janie Krull, Wichita
10. Dr. Stephen Benson, Wichita 11. Randy Clinkscales, Hays
12. Carol Jolly, Topeka
13. Rob Razo, Topeka
The task force meets monthly or as needed at the discretion of the Chair.
The task force will receive data, research, administrative support and guidance from the following agencies: Kansas Department of Labor, Kansas Department of Commerce, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services shall be primarily responsible for and take the lead in providing support.
The Task Force is directed to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and Governor in the form of a Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Plan by Jan. 13 or as appropriate during the intervening period.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. North northeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. North northeast wind 14 to 17 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 82. North northeast wind 13 to 15 mph.
Monday Night
Clear, with a low around 55. Northeast wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light east northeast in the evening.
RUSSELL COUNTY — The Kansas Department of Transportation will temporarily close a portion of U.S. 281 north of the city of Russell starting Monday, July 22.
The highway will be closed to through traffic between Shoreline Road and Land Road, or from milepost 146 to 149, for crews to make partial repairs to a slide area that has affected the roadway. KDOT expects to reopen the road to one-lane traffic controlled by a traffic signal by the end of the week, weather permitting. The traffic signal configuration will remain in place until further repairs can be made and be removed once the additional work is completed.
Travelers are advised to utilize state routes K-18, K-232 and I-70 as an easterly route around the closure, and K-18, U.S. 183 and I-70 as a westerly route around the closure.
Steven Lynn Hughbanks, age 71, of Denton, TX, died July 17, 2019 in Denton. He was born to Hanley and Lennie (Andersen) Hughbanks on January 13, 1948 in Pratt, KS. He married Jeri Dee Kough, the love of his life, on June 6, 1971 in Page City, KS. He was a national sales representative for Acme Laredo Boot Co.
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