Fort Hays State University’s College of Health and Behavioral Sciences in conjunction with the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will host Matthew Schindler to share his story about Parkinson’s disease at 3 p.m., Monday, April 8, in the Memorial Union’s Stouffer Lounge.
Dale Schindler was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at a very early age and had no access to a support group. Matthew was diagnosed with young onset familial Parkinson’s disease in 2002. He will talk about why this diagnosis does not have to be a death sentence.
A Messiah Festival performance from 2018. Photo courtesy Bethany College
LINDSBORG — Each year, students from Bethany College are selected to perform solo pieces from Handel’s Messiah during the Bethany Oratorio Society’s dress rehearsal.
Handel’s masterwork is the highlight of the Messiah Festival of the Arts, an annual festival since 1881 at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan.
For the dress rehearsal, Bethany College students are allowed to audition for spots performing with the orchestra in place of the professional singers who perform on Easter Sunday. This year 17 students were selected for this honor, including the following.
Almena
Carson Montgomery
Cheney
Austin Hampton
Matthew Slusser
Leavenworth
Mackinze Smith
Lindsborg
Elise Nelson
Kalyn Powers
Abigail Rishel-Barnett
Manhattan
Gavin Larios
Marquette
Stephen Klaassen
Minneapolis
Michael Baker
Lauren Gragg
Salina
Nicholas Bartholomew
Katelynn Zuercher
WaKeeney
Isaiah Fabrizius
Brighton, Colorado
Maya Herrera
Las Vegas, Nevada
Carl Lindstrom III
Moscow, Russia
Galina Brauer
The dress rehearsal will be performed at 3 p.m. in Presser Hall Auditorium on Sunday. Tickets are $5 at the door.
The 2019 Messiah Festival of the Arts will feature a number of concerts, recitals, art exhibits, and theatrical productions from April 11 to April 21. Tickets and a full list of events may be found at www.messiahfestival.org or by contacting Taylor Deutscher, Messiah Festival Coordinator at [email protected] or by calling 785-227-3380 ext. 8237.
Every year since 1881, the Bethany Oratorio Society has performed Handel’s masterpiece Messiah. The work is perhaps the most popularly performed choral/orchestral masterpiece in history but is often only heard in an abridged version during the Christmas season. The Bethany Oratorio Society performs the work each Holy Week in its full version with professional soloists, a semi-professional orchestra, and a 250-300 member chorus of well-experience volunteers, some of whom have sung 50 years or more.
Friday Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday A slight chance of showers between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday NightA chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. South southeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
SundayA 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.
Sunday NightMostly clear, with a low around 44.
MondaySunny, with a high near 75.
HUTCHINSON — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas felon on new charges after chase and arrest.
Robinson -photo Rice Co.
Just after 10p.m. Wednesday 48-year-old Dale Robinson was captured in the 300 block of East 7th Street in Hutchinson and was arrested on requested charges of felony interference and domestic battery, according to police.
Robinson had a backpack with him at the time of his arrest. A search of that bag led to the discovery of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Officers then discovered Robinson had a warrant for failing to appear in another case where he is charged with interference.
He also has other felony convictions for drugs and theft out of Pawnee and Edwards counties.
His bond was set at $7,500. Robinson will be back in court April 11.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of a man during a marijuana deal.
Holley -photo Sedgwick Co.
Mark Holley III was convicted in January of first-degree murder and six other charges in the April 2017 shooting death of 18-year-old D’Shaun Smith.
Holley will be eligible for parole after 25 years. District Judge Stephen Ternes added more than 10 years to be served after Holley completes the life sentence.
Investigators believe Smith and a woman met Holley to buy marijuana. Instead, Holley tried to rob them and shot Smith, who died in his car.
HAYS, Kan. – After committing 20 errors in a pair of losses to Garden City on Tuesday, the Hays High softball team played error free ball Thursday and split their doubleheader with Dodge City Thursday at Dusty Glassman Ballpark.
Erin Wagner Postgame Interview
Game One Highlights
The Red Demons scored three in the third inning and three more in the sixth to take the first game 6-2. Jaysa Wichers went the distance in the circle, striking out eight and walking one. Kaitlyn Brown had three of the Indians 10 hits.
Game 2 Highlights
Wichers (3-2) went the distance in game two, striking out three with no walks. She also had two hits including a home run and drove in two. The Indians led 6-2 after five before Dodge City rallied with three in the sixth and one in the seventh.
HAYS, Kan.-Defense was the name of the game on Thursday afternoon as Hays High and Liberal tangled in the second Western Athletic Conference matchup of the week for the Lady Indians. Hays had the ball on the Liberal half of the field for a majority of the first half but could not get a goal. Liberal mounted few offensive attacks and the game went to the half tied at 0-0.
The second half was much of the same as the two defenses would not allow a goal. After regulation the two teams play two 10 minute overtime periods and the game ended in a 0-0 draw.
Hays is now 4-1-1 overall and 1-0-1 in league play. They will host Junction City on Monday at 4pm.
HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian softball team was held to three runs and nine hits and were swept by Garden City 11-1 and 12-2 Thursday at the TMP Field.
Kyleigh Allen pitched both games striking out eight and walking three in the opener. She struck out five with two walks in game two.
Emilee Augustine doubled and Allen tripled in game one for two of TMP’s three hits in the first contest. Emilee Schulte had two singles in the second game and Sophia Coulter doubled.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman convicted of killing a 52-year-old man has filed a civil case claiming her attorney was ineffective during her trial, including not arguing for a battered woman defense.
Gonzales-McLinn-photo KDOC
An attorney for 24-year-old Sarah Gonzales-McLinn says the post-conviction relief case is not about whether she is guilty but about her trial attorney’s effectiveness.
Gonzales-McLinn, a Topeka native, was convicted in January 2014 of drugging and nearly beheading Harold Sasko at a home they shared in Lawrence. She was sentenced to 50 years with no chance of parole.
The motion alleges Gonzales-McLinn killed Sasko after he kept her in sexual and financial slavery for more than a year.
The motion could result in a 25-year sentence, a new sentencing hearing, a new trial or dismissal.
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Transportation has pledged to match $1 million in funding for road improvements in Ellis County’s Northwest Business Corridor, contingent on approval of a grant the county has made to the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan.
“I appreciate the ongoing dialogue regarding the Northwest Business Corridor in Ellis County/’ Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Lindsey Douglas wrote. “Investments in the corridor will pay dividends by providing more efficient access to jobs…. Which will enhance freight connectivity and provide better access to regional markets and beyond.”
Rep. Barb Wasinger (R-Hays), 111th District, brought together a coalition of federal, state, county and city leaders in February to see the road first-hand, tour businesses whose operations are affected by the road, and asked all parties to work together for a solution.
Kansas Deputy Transportation Secretary Lindsey Douglas; Congressman Roger Marshall; Rep. Ken Rahjes; Sen. Rick Billinger, and Kansas Commerce Secretary David Toland
“I’d like to thank Congressman Marshall, Commerce Secretary Toland and Deputy Transportation Secretary Douglas, as well as Senator Billinger, Representative Rahjes, and our county and city commissioners for their work on this project,” Wasinger said.
“Commitment of these funds from the state, along with previously approved Ellis County funding, are moving this project forward. We’re hopeful the Dane G. Hansen Foundation will favorably consider the county’s grant application, and help make these improvements a reality.”
The Northwest Business Corridor, which includes 230th Avenue between 1-70 and Feedlot Road, as well as Feedlot Road from 230th Avenue to U.S. Highway 183, has long been eyed for improvements.
230th Avenue north of I-70
In particular, 230th Avenue is a narrow limestone road that sees hundreds of vehicles and heavy trucks daily, including traffic from Pertl Feeders, Hess Services, Midwest Energy and Ellis County Concrete.
Poor sight lines, drainage and erosion have made the road dangerous for the volume of traffic it serves.
Improvements along the corridor are also essential for a travel plaza planned for the area, and could help alleviate truck congestion once roundabouts on Vine Street are completed.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the public school funding debate in Kansas (all times local):
6:20 p.m.
Kansas legislators have approved Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for increasing public school funding in hopes of satisfying a court mandate.
The vote Thursday in the GOP-controlled House was 76-47. The Senate approved the measure on a 31-8 vote to send it to Kelly. She is expected to sign it.
The bill ties Kelly’s proposal to increase spending on public schools by roughly $90 million to several education policy changes favored by GOP lawmakers.
Kelly pushed her funding proposal as a way to end a protracted education funding lawsuit.
Four school districts sued the state over education funding in 2010. The Kansas Supreme Court said in an order last year that a 2018 law promising additional funding increases wasn’t sufficient because it hadn’t accounted for inflation.
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The Kansas House has approved Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for increasing public school funding in hopes of satisfying a court mandate.
The vote Thursday in the GOP-controlled chamber was 76-47. The Senate was expected to vote on the measure later Thursday, and its approval would send it to Kelly.
The bill ties Kelly’s proposal to increase spending on public schools by roughly $90 million to several education policy changes favored by GOP lawmakers.
Kelly pushed her funding proposal as a way to end a protracted education funding lawsuit.
Four school districts sued the state over education funding in 2010. The Kansas Supreme Court said in an order last year that a 2018 law promising additional funding increases wasn’t sufficient because it hadn’t accounted for inflation.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A congressman is chastising the University of Kansas for offering a course titled “Angry White Male Studies.”
Instead of a course to unite people and empower women, KU has decided to offer a class that divides the student population and could pose a Title IX violation by creating a hostile campus environment based on gender. #ksleghttps://t.co/XhUNfpFUcW
Kansas Republican Rep. Ron Estes was among those turning to social media, lamenting in a tweet that the university has “decided to offer a class that divides the student population.”
The school’s academic catalog says the course will chart “the rise of the ‘angry white male’ in America and Britain since the 1950s, exploring the deeper sources of this emotional state.”
Humanities professor Christopher Forth, himself a white man, will teach the course this fall. Forth and a university spokeswoman didn’t immediately return phone and email messages from The Associated Press.
Other colleges also have been exploring masculinity amid the #MeToo movement, including Duke University, which describes its “Men’s Project” as being “dedicated to interrogating male privilege.”
