
HACC
The Hays Wild West Festival Committee hosted its biannual election of officers in September.
The newly elected officers and executive committee for the 2017-18 Wild West Festival events include: Mary Karst, co-president. Karst is the advertising director at The Hays Daily News; Rhiannon Maier, co-president. She is the director of quality and data at First Care Clinic; Joleene Younger, entertainment chairman. She is a personal lines technical CSR at Insurance Planning; Tom Meiers, executive
committee member. Meiers is retired after 43 years in law enforcement; Bob Swift, executive committee member. Swift is retired after 44 years at Midwest Energy; and Sandi Maier, event coordinator. She is retired after 34 years working for the USDA Ness County FSA office.