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Police find wanted Kan. man hiding under comforter

Ernest Outland. Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff’s Office

Salina Post

SALINA — A Salina man wanted on several district court warrants was located by police hiding under a comforter in a bedroom in the north part of town.

Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said Wednesday that officers were dispatched to the 600 block of North 13th after police received a call that Ernest Outland, Jr., 30, was sitting in a driveway in that block. When police got there, Outland was not in sight, but after making contact with the resident at the address where he was seen, police obtained permission to search the residence, Forrester said. It was then that Outland was found hiding under a comforter in a bedroom of the residence, Forrester added. Additionally, Outland was found to be in possession of a small amount of cocaine, Forrester noted.

Forrester said that in addition to the active warrants — one for probation violation-aggravated battery and two violation of protection orders out of Saline County District Court — Outland was arrested on suspicion of the following.

  • Possession of a stimulant
  • Possession of drug paraphernalia
  • Felony interference with a law enforcement officer

Hot dog champ Joey Chestnut: I’ll ‘do what it takes’ to win

Eleven-time champion Joey Chestnut says he expects this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest to be ‘a battle’

NEW YORK (AP) – Eleven-time champion Joey Chestnut says he expects this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest to be “a battle.”

But the 35-year-old Chestnut said Wednesday that he’ll “find a rhythm and do what it takes” to win the Fourth of July eat-off in Brooklyn’s beachside Coney Island neighborhood.

Chestnut joined other competitors at the Empire State Building for the weigh-in for Thursday’s contest.

Chestnut weighed in at 216.5 pounds (98 kilos), while defending women’s champion Miki Sudo weighed 114 pounds (52 kilos).

Chestnut ate 74 wieners and buns to claim the 2018 title. Sudo ate 37 to triumph on the women’s side.

Thursday’s top five winners of each gender will split $40,000. The two first-place winners will each earn $10,000.

UPDATE: Pair of Hays teens reported as missing located

UPDATE: As of approximately 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, the juveniles had been located. No other information is known at this time.

A pair of Hays teenagers have been reported missing after running away together.

“We know they took off together between 1 and 5 (a.m.) last night,” said Ariel’s mother, Ashley Neuburger.

Family members reported to Hays Post that the vehicle Ariel Neuburger, 13, and Lyndon Huxman, 16, were traveling in was found around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in Orchard Park in Hutchinson.

Amy Huxman, Lydon’s mother, said the vehicle was equipped with OnStar and was located in Hays at 1:30 a.m. and was in Hutchinson by 4:30 a.m.

The vehicle was reportedly taken from Huxman’s grandmother and was impounded by Hutchinson Police, according to Neuburger.

Clothes were found in the car, along with guns that were allegedly taken by Huxman from his parents, Neuburger said.

“I think they had every intention to go back to the vehicle,” Huxman said noting it was locked when it was found.

Law enforcement from Ellis County and Hutchinson are currently working to locate the pair.

Family members are sharing posters of the children and Neuburger said the Center for Missing and Exploited Children are also making flyers to help in the search.

Neuburger said she did not know why the pair would be in Hutchinson.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

Hays Post will update the story as more information becomes available.

Wilma Jean Tiede

Wilma Jean Tiede, 82, passed away July 2, 2019, at Home Health & Hospice of Kansas, Wichita.

She was born July 21, 1936, at Wentworth, Missouri, to Fred & Gertrude (Whaley) Wiehe. She married Harold Tiede September 10, 1955 at Wentworth, Missouri. He survives.

Coming from Mt. Vernon, Missouri in 1969, Wilma was a Heizer resident. She was a homemaker that loved to cook and watch soap operas. She enjoyed camping, bowling and especially being with her family.

Survivors include, her husband Harold of the home; five sons, Bruce Tiede and wife Nancy of Erie, Brian Tiede and wife Gayle of Heizer, Charlie Tiede and wife Christie of Hays, Harold Dean Tiede and wife Stacey of Hoisington and Brenton Tiede of Wichita; one step-daughter, Stacey Boy and husband Brian of Great Bend; 11 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Edward, Eldon and Gilbert; and three sisters, Lorene, Helen and Elsimae.

Visitation will be held from Noon to 9:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2019 at Bryant Funeral Home, with family receiving friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2019, at Bryant Funeral Home with Pastor Don Paden presiding. Interment will be in the Great Bend Cemetery North.

Memorials are suggested to the Wilma Tiede Funeral Expense Fund, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

Daniel ‘Dan’ Schamberger

Daniel Schamberger, age 82, passed away from cancer on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at home in Denver with his family. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Veronica, his three daughters Julie Horowitz, Dana Nickless, and Monika Schamberger; two sons-in-law Bob Horowitz and Mark Nickless; and grandchildren Jake and Nate Horowitz, and Grace and Henry Nickless.

Dan was born in 1936, the youngest of 11 children in the small farming community of St. Peter, Kansas to Raymond and Barbara Schamberger. His father and mother’s family were part of the Volga German immigrants who settled in western Kansas.

Dan went to St. Joseph’s military academy for high school. He attended St. Mary’s of the Plains College in Dodge City for one year, then went to Pittsburgh State University where he received a degree in Education. He was the first in his family to receive a college degree.

After college, he was drafted into the Army and spent two years at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After living in Kansas City, Dan moved to Denver, Colorado where he would settle and raise a family.

He worked at the Sears in Cherry Creek for 15 years, then went into the tire business. He owned an automotive repair shop on east Colfax Ave, Tune Tech Automotive, for 20 years.

Dedicated to charity work, Dan was active in the Kiwanis Club of Aurora for 40 years; involved in his parish at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church for 50 years; and a member at the American Legion Post 1 and the veterans honor society “The Forty and Eight”.

Dan was a proud and supportive father, husband, and grandfather; a hard worker; always ready to laugh and tell a joke; made friends wherever he went; enjoyed jazz, a beer, and good company. He had a good sense of humor and was a positive force in many people’s lives. His presence will be profoundly missed! We love you, a bushel and a peck, we do!!!

A Rosary Service will be held at 7:00pm, Thursday, June 6 at Horan and McConaty, 11150 East Dartmouth Ave at South Parker Rd.

A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am, Friday, June 7 at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, 2250 South Harrison St, Denver.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:

Kiwanis Club of Aurora Scholarship Fund, C/O Dave Heflin, P.O. Box 441774, Aurora, CO 80044 or Denver Hospice, 8299 E. Lowry Boulevard, Denver, CO 80230.

Phone scam reported in Norton County

By JAMES BELL
Hays Post

NORTON — The Norton County Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents of numerous reports of a phone scam in the area.

The calls were reported as a Social Security scam.

“They report that they are being told that there is fraudulent activity on their Social Security number or that their SS number has been suspended,” the announcement said.

The department urges anyone receiving similar calls to refrain from giving any information over the phone.

“Please remember that the U.S. Social Security Administration will not contact you by telephone.”

Phillips County Sheriff Charles Radabaugh also reported getting one of the calls.

Patricia Hainke

January 30, 1935 – July 2, 2019

KENSINGTON – Patricia Hainke age 84 passed away July 2, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Heath Systems in Kearney, NE.

An obituary and services are pending with Simmons-Rentschler Mortuary.

Saline County man finds would-be burglar stuck on inversion table

Jamey Sanders. Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff’s Office

Salina Post

SALINE COUNTY — When an early morning cry for help awakened a rural Saline County man Tuesday, the plea was not what he expected it to be.

According to Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander, deputies responded to a residence in the 1300 block of East Stimmel Road at 4:49 a.m. Tuesday after Matthew Hockman, 41, reported hearing a cry for help.

Upon investigation, Hockman discovered that the cry for help was coming from his own basement, Melander said. There, Hockman found Jamey Sanders, 39, of rural Saline County, stuck upside-down on Hockman’s father’s inversion table, Melander explained.

He said that when Hockman asked Sanders what he was doing in the basement, Sanders replied that “they told me to come here.” Melander said it appeared that Sanders was under the influence of some sort of drug.

Hockman escorted Sanders from the residence and deputies found him a short while later outside the residence with some Ocean Spray cranberry juice belonging to Hockman, Melander said.

Sanders was transported to Salina Regional Health Center and then to the Saline County Jail where he was booked on suspicion of aggravated burglary, Melander said.

James Jacob Rohr

James Jacob Rohr, age 60, passed away on July 1, 2019, from injuries due to an automobile accident near WaKeeney.

Funeral service will be on Friday, July 5, 2019, 10:00 a.m. at the Church of God, WaKeeney, Kansas. Burial in the Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Kansas.

Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home to sign the book, the casket will be closed, on Thursday, July 4, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be given to the American Diabetes Association.

Private arena in Walker will host ‘Saddle Battle’ rodeo event

Courtesy photo

WALKER — The Rocking S Arena will host a large rodeo event for riders of all ages July 20 and 21. The event, titled “Saddle Battle,” features nearly $10,000 in awards and prizes drawing contestants from as far away as Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

The Saddle Battle is a not-for-profit event funded entirely by donations from dozens of local businesses and individuals. The three largest sponsors are Farmers Insurance – The Ryan Schremmer Agency, 2705 Vine; The Dentist – Dr. Melinda Miner, 1010 Downing; and Clayton and Angela Leiker Custom Concrete LLC, 353 Hartman, Russell, each of whom contributed $1,000. Many other sponsors contributed at the $500 and $250 levels. A complete list of sponsors is posted on the Rocking S Arena and 2019 Saddle Battle Facebook pages.

Courtesy photo

“As a businessowner, you get asked to sponsor a lot of the same types of youth sports and activities. This was something different that both kids and adults can participate in and I believe strongly in the values of the western culture so I am happy to be able to support that” said Ryan Schremmer, owner of the Ryan Schremmer Agency of Farmers Insurance.

Courtesy photo

The Saddle Battle is an open event which means any rider of any age can enter. There are four youth age divisions and one adult division. Each age division features a custom Corriente Saddle Company trophy saddle for the division champion, a trophy buckle for the reserve champion, and trophy tack for placings down to seventh Place.

In conjunction with the Saddle Battle competition, there will be a KWHA horse show Friday night at 7 p.m., and an open barrel racing jackpot Saturday at 4 p.m. Additionally, there will be a full concession stand available all day both days and multiple vendors selling a variety of western and equestrian products.

James Lee Gabel

James Lee Gabel, 78, passed away on July 1, 2019 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on June 22, 1941 in Ness City, the son of Isidore and Josephine (Stecklein) Gabel.

Jim was an Electrician. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church. He was an avid sports fan especially when the Kansas Jayhawks were playing. He also was interested in watching politics on TV. He married Sharon Meyer on Saturday, January 14, 1961, in Dodge City, Kansas. She survives.

Other survivors include: his daughter, Lori Kisslinger and husband Harold of Ransom; three sons, Scott Gabel of Wichita, Mark Gabel and wife, Becky of Larned, and Brad Gabel and wife Katie of Jenks, OK; a sister, Betty Slaven; sister-in-law, Dorothy Gabel both of Dodge City; 7 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, and a brother.

Funeral service will be on Friday, July 5, 2019, 10:30 A.M., at Sacred Heart Church, in Ness City. Burial will be in the Bazine Cemetery. Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City, from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 4th with the family present from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Christ Pilot Me Hill.

Salina man injured after motorcycle slides into semi

Photo by Devin Hanney for Salina Post

Salina Post

SALINA — A 22-year-old Salina man was injured late Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on North Ninth Street.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Codey M. Shute was northbound on North Ninth Street on a 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle when the motorcycle overturned, ejecting him to the east onto a grassy shoulder.

The riderless motorcycle then slid into a semi pulling a trailer that was turning from southbound Ninth Street onto the eastbound Interstate 70 on-ramp, the KHP reported. The truck was driven by Orlando C. Pitts, 53, of Henderson, Nev.

After striking the truck, the motorcycle came to rest near the eastbound ramp to I-70.

According to the KHP report, Shute was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with an unspecified suspected serious injury.

The accident occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, the KHP noted.

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