Jeremy Gill, a recent graduate of Fort Hays State University with master’s in history, will speak about aspects of his master’s thesis, “Cavalry to Campfires: The Politics of Preservation in Frontier Historical Park,” on Monday, Jan. 28, during the Ellis County Historical Society annual meeting. There will be a membership business meeting at 7 p.m. followed by Gill’s presentation at 7:45 p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for membership and sponsorship renewals. Membership cards will be available during registration.
Both the meeting and presentation are free and open to the public.
Located at 100 W. Seventh, the Ellis County Historical Society, founded in 1972, collects, preserves, and exhibits items and documents that illustrate the history of Ellis County.
A husband and wife purchased an old home in Northern New York State from two elderly sisters. Winter was fast approaching and they were concerned about the house’s lack of insulation. “If they could live here all those years, so can we!” the husband confidently declared. One November night the temperature plunged to below zero, and they woke up to find interior walls covered with frost. The husband called the sisters to ask how they had kept the house warm. After a rather brief conversation, he hung up. “For the past 30 years,” he muttered, “they’ve gone to Florida for the winter.”
KANSAS CITY (AP) — A man who was driving a vehicle when a passenger started shooting at a Kansas City area home, killing a sleeping 3-year-old boy, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Stevenson-photo Jackson County
26-year-old SirTerry Stevenson pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and three other charges in the May 2015 death of Amorian Hale.
Investigators say Stevenson was driving a vehicle when a passenger fired at a Kansas City home where the boy’s family lived. Bullets from an assault-style rifle struck the house. The boy was struck in the head and died instantly.
The passenger who fired the shot, Dominique Marchbanks, was sentenced to life plus 165 years in prison in December 2018.
Two adults and three other children in the home were not injured.
Three locations across Kansas offer comprehensive programs for producers
MANHATTAN — Three K-State Sorghum Production Schools will be offered in early February to provide in-depth training for sorghum producers and key stakeholders. The schools are sponsored by the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission.
The half-day schools will cover a number of issues facing sorghum producers in eastern, central and western Kansas including risk management, marketing opportunities, weed control, crop production practices, nutrient management and soil fertility, and insect management.
“These schools are being offered with the concept that producers can attend one location to get all the updates ranging from issues that arose this past growing season to looking ahead to future growing seasons,” said Ignacio Ciampitti, K-State crop production and cropping systems specialist.
Registration for each school is at 8:30 a.m. Each program begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 1:30 p.m.
Lunch will be provided courtesy of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission. There is no cost to attend, but participants are asked to pre-register by Jan. 29. Online registration is available at K-State Sorghum Schools or by emailing/calling the local K-State Research and Extension office nearest the location participants plan to attend.
The locations and dates for the three schools are:
Feb. 5 – Garden City
The Golf Club at Southwind
77 Grandview Dr.
Garden City, KS 67846
Contact: Jennifer Stoss, [email protected]
Feb. 6 – Hays
K-State Agricultural Research Center
1232 240th Ave.
Hays, KS 67601
Contact: Stacy Campbell, [email protected]
Feb. 7 – Salina
Saline County Expo Center
4-H Building
900 Greeley
Salina, KS 67401
Contact: Carl Garten, [email protected]
The 46th annual March for Life took place on Friday, January 18, 2019, on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C. Fifty-one students and fourteen sponsors made the trek to protect life.
A pilgrimage is never easy, which was displayed when one of the hired Village Tours buses broke down near St. Clairsville, Ohio. The bus driver was able to get the students and sponsors to a mall where they waited for 5 hours for another bus to pick them up so they could continue their journey. In pure TMP-M fashion, our students made the best of a bad situation and enjoyed a Hibachi restaurant where the food is cooked in front of you and flown through the air!
Activities in Washington, D.C, included the Arlington National Cemetery, Mass at Nativity Catholic Church, Union Station Tour, Monument Tour, National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Tour and Mass in Crypt Church of the Basilica. All of these activities were in addition to the purpose of the trip, which was the March for Life on the National Mall. Exact crowd numbers are not available, but organizers planned for 100,000 people to participate. Later, leaders of the march said upwards of 200,000 people attended. Some estimates are as high as 300,000! This year’s speakers included Ben Shapiro, Abby Johnson, Ally Cavazos, Dr. Alveda King, and more. Even Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to the event with his wife, Karen Pence.
Participants advanced up Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court and Capitol Buildings. The same path taken since January 22, 1974, when thousands of pro-life individuals participated in the very first March for Life to stand up for the unborn. A great lesson for our students to witness a peaceful protest and exert their freedom of speech.
MINNEAPOLIS – General Mills has announced a voluntary national recall of five-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached Flour with a better-if-used-by date of April 20, 2020.
photo courtesy General Mills
According to a media release from the FDA, the recall is being issued for the potential presence of salmonella, which was discovered during sampling of the five-pound bag product. This recall is being issued out of an abundance of care as General Mills has not received any direct consumer reports of confirmed illnesses related to this product.
This recall only affects this one date code of Gold Medal Unbleached Flour five-pound bags. All other types of Gold Medal Flour are not affected by this recall.
Consumers are asked to check their pantries and dispose of the product affected by this recall. Consumers who have had to discard products covered by this recall may contact General Mills Consumer Relations at 1-800-230-8103 or visit www.generalmills.com/flour.
“Food safety is our top priority, and though we have not had any confirmed illnesses, we are voluntarily recalling this specific lot of Gold Medal Unbleached Flour to prevent potential illnesses,” said Jim Murphy, President of General Mills Meals and Baking Division. “This recall does not involve any other flour products, and we are continuing to educate consumers that flour is not a ‘ready to eat’ ingredient. Anything you make with flour must be cooked or baked before eating.”
This voluntary recall includes the following code date currently in stores or consumers’ pantries:
Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose 5LB Flour
Package UPC: 000-16000-19610-0
Recalled Better if Used by Date: 20APR2020KC
Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
Remember
Do not eat uncooked dough or batter made with raw flour. Flour is made from wheat that is grown outdoors where bacteria are often present. Flour is typically not treated to kill bacteria during the normal milling process.
Properly cook or bake food made with flour. Bacteria (such as Salmonella) that might be found in the raw flour will be eliminated.
Check your pantry and throw away any products that match the recalled product listed below. If possible, save the product name, UPC (bar code) and Better if Used By Date to help our Consumer Relations team assist you with a replacement coupon. If you no longer have the flour package or have any doubts, throw away the flour.
If you have any questions about this recall or need a replacement coupon for any product included in this recall, complete this form or call our Consumer Relations team at 1-800-230-8103.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is deflecting speculation that he might run for Senate in Kansas, saying he has a “very full plate” in his current job.
Pompeo was asked Wednesday night in a Fox News television interview about whether he might run next year for the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Roberts. He stopped short of ruling it out but said his “singular focus” is his work as the nation’s top diplomat under President Donald Trump.
He acknowledged receiving encouragement from several Republicans to seek the seat. At least seven Republicans have said they’re interested in running.
Pompeo represented a Wichita-area district in the House for six years before Trump named him CIA director in 2017. He became secretary of state in April 2018.
Thursday A 20 percent chance of snow showers before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 25. Wind chill values as low as 5. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday NightPartly cloudy, with a low around 18. Wind chill values as low as 5. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 8 to 13 mph in the evening.
FridayMostly sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values as low as 5. Southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Friday NightMostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 7 to 9 mph.
SaturdayMostly sunny, with a high near 44.
Saturday NightMostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail has announced that the 2020 King Kat Championship Classic will be held October 25th and 26th, 2020 at Milford Lake, according to a media release from the Geary County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.
The championship will bring two-person teams from across the United States to fish for catfish at Milford Lake. Over $100,000 in prize money and outdoor products will be awarded to top finishers.
Jeremey Coe, Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Director added, “We are excited to be returning to Milford Lake with the King Kat Trail. It’s been several years in the process setting these events up an we can’t thank the staff at the Geary County CVB enough for all they do in making these events a success! Milford Lake i one of the top destinations in the sport of catfishing!
Geary County Commissioner Charles Stimatze stated that the event will demonstrate why Junction City was named in the past as one of the Top 200 Towns to Live for Anglers and Hunters.
The Milford Lake King Kat Qualifier will be on March 30th, 2019 at the Farnum Creek Boat Ramp at Milford Lake.
The Geary County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau has reported the Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail has announced that the 2020 King Kat Championship Classic will be held October 25th and 26th, 2020 at Milford Lake.
The championship will bring two-person teams from across the United States to fish for catfish at Milford Lake. Over $100,000 in prize money and outdoor products will be awarded to top finishers.
Jeremey Coe, Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Director added, “We are excited to be returning to Milford Lake with the King Kat Trail. It’s been several years in the process setting these events up an we can’t thank the staff at the Geary County CVB enough for all they do in making these events a success! Milford Lake i one of the top destinations in the sport of catfishing!
Geary County Commissioner Charles Stimatze stated that the event will demonstrate why Junction City was named in the past as one of the Top 200 Towns to Live for Anglers and Hunters.
The Milford Lake King Kat Qualifier will be on March 30th, 2019 at the Farnum Creek Boat Ramp at Milford Lake.
The State Association of Kansas Watersheds held their 68th annual meeting in Topeka Jan. 22, 2019. which brought together the many water district representatives and some of their largest partners in federal, state and local government. Col. Doug Guttormsen, the Kansas City District USACE commander, served as the keynote speaker. Jeremiah Hobbs, vice-president of SAKW, (right) provided the introduction.
USACE
TOPEKA – The State Association of Kansas Watersheds held their 68th annual meeting in Topeka Tuesday which brought together the many water district representatives and some of their largest partners in federal, state and local government.
Col. Doug Guttormsen, the Kansas City District commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, served as the keynote speaker. He gave an account of the day of the life of his district command experience. He focused on his family life in his off time and on his work making sure we deliver world class projects to the partners we have and emphasized the ones in Kansas.
“Earlier in this fiscal year, we finished a project at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, which stands ready to receive the first KC-46 air tankers later this month. Not only did the project come in on time and on budget, other Corps district are coordinating construction at Air Force facilities around the country and the world using elements of the award-winning design and lessons learned from the construction project,” said Guttormsen.
He explained a state-wide sedimentation study which will enhance ongoing projects to determine how to remove silt from our reservoirs. Current projects must decide where to place the dirt and allow for the water supply, flood risk reduction, recreation and other federally mandated functions of the lakes to continue. The life of the reservoirs will be extended by returning some of the original capacity.
The SAKW conference attendees asked several questions about the federal and Corps of Engineers role in regulatory activity and good information was shared.
Earl Lewis, assistant director for the Kansas Water Office, spoke on multiple topics including stream bank erosion mitigation as a key element in reducing sedimentation and extending the usefulness and life of the reservoirs in Kansas.
Rob Reshke, executive director, of the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Conservation, spoke on several topics to include the planned release of an updated Watershed District Handbook by July 2019.
The conference continued through Tuesday and Wednesday.
“We couldn’t hope for better partners than we find here with the State Association of Kansas Watersheds,” said Guttormsen.
Jeremy Gill, a recent graduate of Fort Hays State University with master’s in history, will speak about aspects of his master’s thesis, “Cavalry to Campfires: The Politics of Preservation in Frontier Historical Park,” on Monday, Jan. 28, during the Ellis County Historical Society annual meeting. There will be a membership business meeting at 7 p.m. followed by Gill’s presentation at 7:45 p.m.
