It was another busy week on the KAYS Eagle Morning Show. Here’s what you missed!

Monday

Don Barber – Chair of the High Plains Barbershop Chorus

• Don stopped by to chat with C.D. & Mike about the upcoming 50th annual barbershop show on April 7th at the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fort Hays State
  • Don says that the barbershop chapter does it because they love entertaining:
  • Don also said that this is a “must-see event” and if you’ve never been to a show before, this is the one you want to go to:
  • Along with the Hays High Plains Chorus & Quartets, international quartet champions Vocal Spectrum and Instant Classic are performing as well. Tickets are $13 in advance and $15 at the door. There is a matinee show at 2pm on April 7th and an evening session at 7pm. For more information, call Don Barber at 785-623-9534, email them at [email protected] or visit their Facebook page. 

Catholic Schools Report: Famous Figures Competition – Holy Family Elementary

• Holy Family Elementary 5th graders Adler Brown, Riley Frank, Chloe Purinton and Jake Brady to talk about their Famous Figures report
  • Each student decides on a famous person that they’d like to write about
  • Students do research and develop a report about a favorite character from history, living or deceased, but not fictional. If students choose to perform, then they memorize a detailed speech and perform for the school
  • This helps to promote creative thinking, research skills, awareness and appreciation for the qualities of positive leadership and public performance
  • School-wide performances are Monday, April 23rd from 8:30-10:45. County-wide performances are Friday, May 4th at Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center from 8:20-11:45.

 

Tuesday

USD 489 Superintendent: John Thissen

• John joined HaysPost & Eagle Radio’s Cristina Janney to recap last night’s school board meeting. Here are some of the topics discussed:
  • Hays school board approves JAG-K program to help at-risk students
  • Seeking input from groups on last bond election

 

Hays Area Chamber of Commerce: Membership Coordinator Kara Berry

• Kara joined the Eagle Morning Show on the phone to share this week’s schedule for the Hays Area Chamber of Commerce:
  • Mar 27 Healthcare Appreciation
  • Mar 27 HAYP Happy Hour
  • Mar 28 Leadership Hays Session 3
  • Mar 28 HAYP Leadership/Professional Development Committee
  • Mar 28 Chamber Board Meeting
  • Mar 29 Ribbon Cutting-Downtown Hays Development Corp.
  • Mar 30 Chamber Office Closed

 

Wednesday

• Cottonwood Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent: Stacy Campbell
  • Stacy came for his monthly visit to give us an update on what’s going on agriculturally in the area
    • Current state of Winter wheat and alfalfa crop:
    • Tractor and farm safety course for kids under 16 years old who will be employed on a farm. The course is $15 and is on April 28th from 8am-5pm at the Graham County 4H building:
• Protect & Serve: Fire Chief & Emergency Manager Darin Myers 
  • Darin Myers joined the Eagle Morning Show to talk about how citizens and bystanders should stay away from grass fires because it makes the jobs for emergency responders harder and puts people in danger:

    On April 4th at the Ellis County Emergency Services building on 1105 E. 22nd in Hays, Myers is inviting the people that have helped in the fires from last year and this year for a meeting about communication. The meeting starts at 4pm.

• Cottonwood Extension Agent, Family & Consumer Sciences: Linda Beech
  • Linda made her monthly visit and talked about a number of topics:
    • Healthy Cooking Styles program on April 3rd at 12pm:
    • Servsafe Program April 11th in Russell
    • Emergent Literacy, a child development program on Wednesday, April 25th at 1:30pm

 

 

Coming up next week on the Eagle Morning Show:

Cheryl Glassman – Hays Community Theater

Roger Bixenman – Hays Recreation Commission

Dr. Tisa Mason – Fort Hays State University President

Ann Leiker – Center for Life Experiences