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🎥 Hays Post Game of the Week matchup, Week 3
Week three of the high school football season is here! On Friday night, Hays Post and Eagle Communications will live stream the 1-1 Monarchs as they travel to Plainville.
Thomas More Prep-Marian will square off against the 1-1 Cardinals, with Jonathan Zweygardt and Dave Barber on the call for KHAZ. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Attorney General Sessions to speak in Kansas
HUTCHINSON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be Hutchinson on Friday to speak to the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, according to a media release from the United States Attorney’s office.
Sessions will give remarks on reducing violent crime. He is scheduled to speak at 2:45 p.m. at the center, located outside Hutchinson at 11009 S. Hornet Road.
The Science of Eating
INSIGHT KANSAS: Preparing Kansas students for the future
“Can’t fight progress,” my father observed as he pitched his plan to buy our family’s first automatic dishwasher.
“Why would we want one”? I remember my mother’s counter. “We already have two daughters.”
Fortunately for me, it didn’t take long for dishwashers to make their way into homes across the country, even ours. Although my mother did not conceive of it, in a larger perspective, the progress afforded by labor-saving, home appliances of the 1950’s era did play a part in national economic development.
Progress, as my father rightly argued, does persist — unrelenting, unstoppable and, although neutral in itself, it’s social impact on the way we live and work can be mighty.
Today, automation and emerging technologies again are reshaping the way we work and can impact many areas of public life including the way we view public education.
Even though civic organizations and leaders in technical and higher education assert the advantages of updated school-based career preparation, public opinion appears divided between 1) those who believe Kansas can’t afford to make such an investment in schools and 2) those who believe we can’t afford not to.
State funding aside, there is good news. President Trump, in August, signed reauthorization of the Perkins Act that added $1.2 billion yearly for Career and Technical Education. This funding will promote secondary and post-secondary training by integrating STEM education into CTE efforts for jobs that do not require a four-year degree.
The law provides for increased engagement of underrepresented groups with STEM fields. It also will give states more discretion in allocating the funding so that Kansas, for example, might invest in training for aviation or wind turbine jobs or use of drones or software in agriculture.
Although educators have correctly pointed out the need for heavier emphasis on core curriculum and vital, basic STEM skills that prepare all students with broad, general understanding for citizenship and future work, this law will help Kansas students, especially those who are not college bound, for today’s constantly shifting job market and help Kansas employers find the workers they need to compete.
However, this law offers only a beginning and will not cover overall funding for career development. Although no funds are required from the states to receive new funding, each state must supplement and sustain its revamped and new programs. This means the new funds can’t be used for adding teachers or facilities.
There is no guarantee that additional funding provided this spring by the state legislature, which raised teacher salaries and restored some programs cut during previous years, will be extended next year. Even so, state funding at the current level probably cannot provide the investment needed to prepare students for new and developing workplace opportunities.
What about that progress impact? Upcoming November elections will likely go a long way in determining whether Kansans wish to cut funding for public education or invest for the future to promote Kansas’ economy and open doors to contemporary careers for our children.
Dr. Sharon Hartin Iorio is Professor & Dean Emeritus at Wichita State University College of Education.
Karen E. (Cowell) Coffman
Karen E. (Cowell) Coffman passed away at her home in Lenora, Kansas on Friday, September 7, 2018.
She was born in Denver, Colorado to Jasper and Thelma (Kennedy) Cowell, on January 15, 1943. She attended Westminister High School in Westminister, Colorado. On April 3, 1961, Karen was united in marriage to Gerald “Jerry” Coffman in Denver, Colorado. Karen and Jerry had a family of three children. They made their home and raised their children in Denver, Colorado and later moved to Lenora, Kansas.
Karen owned and ran Karen’s Café in Lenora for more than ten years. She was a great cook as her family and former customers can confirm. Karen and Jerry loved to dance in their younger years. Almost every Friday night they would attend a dance somewhere. They also did some traveling. They took a trip to the ocean, but the mountains were always Karen’s favorite. She loved Christmas! It was her “holiday”. Her yard was decorated in themes of Christmas, and one could see the lights in her yard from the highway. She loved to decorate the Christmas tree, and she even put foil on the walls so the lights from the tree would reflect off it. Karen was a spiritual person who enjoyed watching and listening to Joyce Meyers on TV. Above everything, Karen loved her family and took good care of them. The times they were all together were what she enjoyed most.
Karen is survived by her son, Jerry Coffman and wife Mindy of Denver, Colorado; daughters, Julie Scheetz and husband Chris of Clayton, Kansas, and Sheri Hachmeister and husband Jay of Lenora, Kansas; a sister, Janice Shaklee of Denver, Colorado; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald “Jerry” Coffman; parents, Jasper and Thelma Cowell; brothers, Gary and Jim Cowell; and a sister, Marge Setzer.
A Graveside Service is planned for Saturday, September 22, 2018, at 11:00 A.M. at the South Lenora Cemetery, Lenora, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to Hospice Services of Northwest Kansas.
Karen loved life, loved her family, and cared about her friends. She would hope that when people grieve for her it was because she touched their lives with caring and simplicity. Karen would say while life was good to her, she would hope she was good to life. The special moments and memories of life will never change and will be in the hearts of her loved ones and friends today and forever more.
SERVICES
Graveside Service
Saturday, September 22, 2018
11:00 AM
Lenora Cemetery
4th street & Illinois Ave
Lenora, Kansas 67757
Norton attorney disbarred by Kan. Supreme Court
NORTON — A Norton-based attorney has voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law, according to court documents.
The order of disbarment, issued July 10 by the Kansas Supreme Court, said Charles E. Worden surrendered his law license in a letter dated July 1. At the time of the letter, the court documents said, Worden had a disciplinary hearing pending against him, alleging he had “violated Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct — conflict of interest-prohibited relationship) and professional misconduct-prejudicial to the administration of justice).”
“This court finds that the surrender of the respondent’s license should be accepted and that the respondent should be disbarred,” the court said in its order.
The Clerk of the Appellate Courts was ordered to strike Worden’s name from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice in Kansas, and Worden was further ordered to pay for publication of the action in Kansas Reports.
The order can be viewed HERE.
Kansas agency accused of not investigating sexual misconduct
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a Kansas agency of failing to properly investigate complaints that a high-ranking official offered her a job in exchange for sex and sent her a sexually explicit video of him.
Jennifer Gill filed the lawsuit earlier this month against the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. Gill worked for Equi-Venture Farms, which provides disability services.
The lawsuit accuses Brandt Haehn of soliciting sex from Gill in exchange for a job in 2016 . Haehn was the department’s commissioner of in-home and community services. He’s no longer employed by the state.
Gill alleges she reported Haehn’s actions to the department last year, but the agency never conducted “a prompt and thorough investigation.”
The agency has declined to comment.
Shirley Mae Hayden
Lifelong Goodland, KS resident Shirley Mae Hayden, 90, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at the Via Christi Village in Hays, KS, where she had been residing since January, 2018.
Shirley was born in Goodland on December 11, 1927 to William Henry (Hank) and Lenna (Miller) Walker. She was the third of five children; Robert, Norman (Joe), Shirley, William (Bunkie) and Bonnie Carlton.
Shirley graduated from Sherman County High School in 1945. She then went on and attended Fort Hays State Teacher’s College from 1945-1947.
On September 3, 1949, Shirley married Joseph Dale Hayden in Raton, New Mexico. To this union, three children, Shyrl, Susan and Bill were born.
Shirley worked for many years as a legal secretary for Tom Ogilvie Law Firm, First Insurance Agency and as a secretary for Goodland High School. She also worked as a bookkeeper at the Goodland Greenhouse and for Cowboy Loop. She volunteered on the Sherman County Cemetery Board for 25 years, NWK Hospital Gift Shop, Red Cross Blood Drives and was a mentor to 3rd grade students at West School in the reading program.
Preceding her in death were her parents, all 4 siblings, her husband of 64 years and two grandsons, Gary Lynn Luea and Levi Hayden.
She is survived by her children; Shryl (Gary) Luea of Ellis, Kansas, Susan (Charles) Hall of Salina, Kansas, and Bill (Ronda) Hayden of Hays, Kansas. She is also survived by 5 grandchildren Zach (Emily) Luea of Overland Park, KS, Shane Hall (Lindsey Martin) of Lindsborg, KS, Josh (Erin) Luea of Hoover, AL, Brandon (Sara) Hayden of Colorado Springs, CO, and Shala (Arron) Koelzer of Olathe, KS; ten great grandchildren, MacKenzie Hall, Hunter Hall, Isabela Hall, Bayden Koelzer, Grayson Koelzer, Andrew Luea, Avery and Jocelyn Luea, Will Hayden and DeLaney Luea.
First and foremost, she was a Mom, Grandma and Great Grandma. Her greatest joy was family gatherings at the holidays.
Funeral services for Shirley will be held on Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM MT at Koons-Russell Funeral Home in Goodland, with Pastor Zach Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the Goodland Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 16, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM MT at Koons-Russell Funeral Home in Goodland.
Memorials may be designated to the Goodland Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and may be left at the services or mailed to Koons-Russell Funeral Home, 211 N. Main Ave., Goodland, KS 67735.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.koonsrussellfuneralhome.com.
Funeral services are entrusted to Koons-Russell Funeral Home in Goodland, KS.
Salina woman enters plea in LSD-fueled knife attack
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Salina woman has pleaded guilty to charges arising from an incident last year when she entered a stranger’s home after using LSD and repeatedly stabbed him.
Amy Ramirez was accused of entering the Salina home of Travis Rathbun on Oct. 18 and stabbing him. Rathbun testified during an April hearing that he was awakened by a woman he didn’t know who was demanding to know what he was doing in her house, and she stabbed him as he called police.
Ramirez was originally charged with attempted first-degree murder but pleaded to attempted second-degree murder and a drug charge. The prosecution and defense agreed to recommend Ramirez receive consecutive sentences totaling about nine years.
Ramirez also will have to register as a violent offender for 15 years.
Overstock.com plans Kansas City distribution center
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Overstock.com, an online retailer of surplus and new merchandise, plans to operate a large distribution center in Kansas City, Kansas, and employ more than 100 workers there.
The Utah-based company leased 517,000 square feet at a vacant distribution center. The company says the center will allow it to reach 99 percent of its U.S. customers with two-day shipping.
Overstock.com selected the area because another of several large online retailers that opened fulfillment and distribution centers in the Kansas City area in recent years.
Amazon has two fulfillment centers in Edgerton and Kansas City, Kansas. Pharmacy retailer CVS has a distribution center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Greg Kindle, president of the Wyandotte Economic Development Council, said the Overstock.com facility in KCK would pay better than average industry wages.
Loren E. Dillon
Loren E. Dillon, 79, passed away June 3, 2018 at St. Frances Hospital in Wichita,Ks. He was born on Dec. 3rd 1938 in Webster, Ks.
Loren will be forever remembered by his wife Sharron Ross Dillon, daughters Kellie Leiker (Larry) and Kimberly Loibl (Glenn) and four grandchildren, Brandi Wise, Brandt Wise (Stephanie), Brad Leiker (Ashley) and BreAnne Leiker (Freddy).
Sister Patricia Herl (Dan) brother Mitchell Dillon (Sherene) 7 great-grandchildren many nieces & nephews and one maternal Aunt, Alice Bowens of Palco, Ks.
Preceded in death by his parents, Austin and Edith Dillon, sisters Marilyn Dillon and Pamela Dillon-Werth (Andy).
Loren served in the Army for 2 years, then loved his work in the Oil field as Operations Manager with Great Guns and Distirct Manager with Welex (a division of Halliburton) for over 30 years.
In his retirement Loren worked at Richie Sand, Durham & First Student School Services and enjoyed the children so very much.
Loren was ‘ONE OF A KIND’ and will be missed greatly. We LOVE YOU DAD!
The Celebration of Loren’s life will be Sunday October 7th, 2018, 3:00pm at the VFW 2106 Vine St. Hays, KS.
Puppies bound with rubber bands seized from Kan. apartment
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Animal Control officials saved two puppies found with rubber bands around their mouths at an apartment in Wichita Wednesday, according to Sarah Coffman, executive director of Wichita Animal Action League.
According to the organization’s Facebook page, a maintenance man entered the apartment after a pipe above it burst, and was flooding the apartment.
The smell overwhelmed him.
Knowing dogs weren’t allowed at the apartment, he looked in the kennel in the corner. Two puppies were huddled in ankle deep feces and urine, completely quiet.
Their mouths were wrapped shut with rubber bands, to keep them quiet so the landlord wouldn’t find out.
A Good Samaritan alerted a foster who alerted Wichita Animal Action League.
A small, bizarre chain of events allowed authorities to rescue them just in time. The doctors do not think they will have any lasting tissue or nerve damage. But it was a very close call, according to Coffman.
They will be available for adoption in a few weeks and you can apply at WAALrescue.org/adoptions if interested.