January 15, 1943 – September 07, 2018
Family suggests memorials to Hospice Services of Northwest Kansas and may be sent in care of Pauls Funeral Home.
Graveside Service
Saturday, September 22, 2018
11:00 AM
Lenora Cemetery
4th street & Illinois Ave
Lenora, Kansas 67757
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are backing President Donald Trump’s plan to switch federal agency control of a biodefense laboratory complex under construction in the state.
The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility is currently controlled by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Federal and state officials say the $1.25 billion project in Manhattan will aid efforts to prepare for agro-terrorism and research how to protect the country’s food supply.
Trump this year proposed handing over operational control of the facility to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of his budget plan. The idea brought some concern, but federal officials and Kansas lawmakers on Monday supported the bureaucratic changeover.
Construction on the facility is about two-thirds complete. The facility is expected begin operating in 2022 or 2023.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security toured the National Agro-Defense Facility that is under construction in Manhattan.
Today, I toured the National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility at @KState, an asset that’ll provide indispensable capabilities essential for food security in a global economy. Together with @USDA we will defend our Ag industry & public health. Learn more here: https://t.co/V5pO6vrzIL pic.twitter.com/ofoaKEJXtM
— Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen (@SecNielsen) September 10, 2018
Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visited the facility Monday with a host of federal and state leaders. They include U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, U.S. Reps. Roger Marshall and Kevin Yoder, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and Kansas State President Richard Myers.
The $1.25 billion research facility, or NBAF, will study diseases that can be spread from animals to humans. The facility is expected to open in 2022.
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MANHATTAN – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts will host U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on a tour of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), currently under construction, and of Kansas State University’s Bio Research Institute (BRI) next door.
Roberts will be joined by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, Representatives Roger Marshall and Kevin Yoder, and Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer.
The federal and state leaders will be joined by Kansas State University President Richard Myers.
Senator Roberts invited Secretary Nielsen to see NBAF firsthand to ensure the protection of plant and animal health remains a national security priority.
Jerry Lee Houghton, 59, of Atwood, died September 10, 2018, at Rawlins County Health Center, Atwood. He was born Nov. 1, 1958, in Hoxie, KS, to Robert and Lucille (Bryant) Houghton. In Jerry’s spare time he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was a member of the Rawlins County Sportsman Association.
He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
Jerry is survived by three sisters, Teresa (Alan) David, of Goodland, KS, Melva (Brian) Moore, of Oklahoma City, OK, and Dedra (Keith) Sawyer, of Paola, KS; several nieces and nephews; one great niece; and many more cousins, friends and family members.
Visitation will be from 4-7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 13, 2018, at Baalmann Mortuary, Atwood. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 14, 2018, at Baalmann Mortuary, Atwood, with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery, Atwood. Memorials are suggested to the Rawlins County Sportsman Association, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. For information or condolences, visit www.baalmannmortuary.com.
September 22, 1930 – September 6, 2018
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May ‘Ellen’ (Smith) Hockett passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018 at her home in Codell, Kansas at the age of 105. She was born on February 8, 1913 on the family farm in Rooks County, Kansas to the late William A. and Percie (Pierson) Smith. She grew up in Rooks County and graduated from Codell High School with the Class of 1931. She was united in marriage to Howard Hockett on March 6, 1933. They were blessed with four children, Stanley, Rodney, Lonnie, and Bonnie.
Along with being a loving wife, mother, and homemaker she also worked, along with Howard, for the Codell School as a custodian, cook, and bus driver. She enjoyed the arts of sewing and quilting, and later in life, at about the age of 69, she took up painting, producing dozens of incredible pieces of work. She was an avid gardener growing large vegetable plots and many flower gardens as well. She and Howard were devoted servants of their family, church, and community. Always the first to arrive and the last to leave, they were happy to volunteer for any event, project, or fund raiser that was going on. But the times she loved the most were spent with her family, especially during the holidays when she could have extended time with her grandchildren.
Ellen is survived by her sons Rodney Hockett and wife Arlene of Codell, and Lonnie Hockett and wife Karen in Michigan; daughter Bonita Peterson and husband Bill of Wichita; brother Lee Smith of Codell; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren; and twenty-three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents W.A. and Percie Smith; husband Howard Hockett; brothers Howard Smith, Arthur Smith, and Roy Smith; sisters Neva Hoskins, and Ruby Zuehlke; and son Stanley Hockett.
The Scriptures remind us that only these three remain: faith, hope, and love. Ellen lived her entire life strong in faith, deep with hope, and abiding in love. Through her gentle and encouraging spirit, she showed us by daily example that indeed the greatest of these is love, for her legacy of love will live forever in the generations that follow her.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at Codell Community Church in Codell. Burial will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery near Codell. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00pm on Tuesday at the funeral home in Plainville with family receiving friends from 6:00-7:30pm.
Janice Marie Kaba passed away on September 7, 2018, surrounded by her family, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 78. She was born on November 1, 1939 in Hays, Kansas to the late John J. and Regina (Beiker) Jacobs. She grew up in Hays and graduated from Girls’ Catholic High School with the Class of 1958. On October 1, 1960 she was united in marriage to James Kaba in Antonino, Kansas. They were blessed with three children: Vicki, Kim, and John.
In her earlier years, Janice worked as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. She was a homemaker while raising her children, and later worked as a teller for First Federal Lincoln Bank in order to help her children through college as that was very important to her. She volunteered often for the school and church and worked many years as a cook for the school as well. Janice enjoyed gardening, especially planting flowers and tending to her roses, baking, and having coffee with her friends. She also loved traveling and watching her grandchildren’s sporting events.
Janice is survived by her husband James Kaba of the home in Plainville; daughters Vicki Becker and husband Ken of Plainville and Kim Glazner and husband Bill of McPherson; son John Kaba and wife Kelly of Hays; sister Georgine Fisher of Plainville; eight grandchildren Kurtis Scheck and wife Tara of Piedmont, OK, Jessica Korte and husband Matt of Prairie Village, Rhiannon Weber and husband Nick of Claflin, Kennis Becker and wife Kacy of Plainville, Krista Zahorsky and husband Catlin of Riley; Kassidy Glazner of Chicago, IL, Courtney Kaba of Kansas City; and Conner Glazner of McPherson; and eight great-grandchildren.
Preceding Janice in death are her parents John and Regina Jacobs; sisters Alma Leiker, Vera Milke, Betty Werth, and Joyce Jacobs; and brothers Vernon Jacobs and Harvey Jacobs.
Janice had a deep love and devotion for her husband, children, family and friends. Second only to her love and faith in God, which was a constant source of strength for her, it also encouraged everyone around her. She will be greatly missed, but the celebration of her life and memories will forever remain.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Plainville. Burial will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday at the church from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. with the family receiving friends 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. and Vigil service at 7 P.M. Memorials are suggested to the Sacred Heart School and may be sent in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 320 SW 2nd, Plainville, KS 67663.
Do you make the best German bean dumpling soup, brats, raw burger, bierocks, potatoes and dumplings, hearts, Kuchen, Spitzbuben or any other German delicacy?
If you think you do, now is your chance to prove it at the 2nd annual Katharinenstadt’s Essenfest, a German Food Cook-Off, Sunday, October 21, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the former Kennedy Middle School cafeteria, 1309 Fort, Hays.
There will be raffle prizes, a mini-bake sale, beer, and live polka music provided by Karl Meis.
The public are the taste testers and the judges! Tickets to enter and taste all entries are $5. Tickets can be purchased by any St. Catherine Christian Mother from September 24th until the day of event at the door.
To enter as a contestant, contact Sarah Shubert at 785-656-2399 call or text message or email [email protected]. You can also get in contact with the Facebook event page – Katharinenstadt’s Essenfest.
SALINE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for alleged child sex crimes.
On Monday, police arrested 34-year-old Joe Luiz A Granado at his home in Salina, after a report he allegedly sexually assaulted a 9-year-old girl.
The child told her mother that while staying at Granado’s home on August 26-27, he showed her sexually explicit online videos and assaulted her, according to Police Captain Paul Forrester. The mother called police.
Granado is a family acquaintance and is being held on requested charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, promoting obscenity to a minor, and aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, according to Forrester.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Manhattan officials say flood waters that inundated the college town over the Labor Day holiday weekend damaged 106 buildings and 381 homes and apartment units.
Local entities haven’t yet determined the total cost of the damage, but they expect to have those numbers next week.
Officials say development along Wildcat Creek contributed to the severity of the flooding. Nearly 9 inches of rain (23 centimeters) caused the creek to burst its banks, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate their homes.
The city’s community development assistant director, Chad Bunger, says Manhattan sits at the confluence of two rivers — the Kansas River and the Big Blue River. He says homes and businesses are situated near the drain of the bathtub for Wildcat Creek watershed.
SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a convicted Kansas felon on new charges.
Just after 1:30p.m. Monday, officers conducted a traffic stop of purple Lexus ES 300 for a tag violation, in the area of 11th and Topeka Boulevard in Topeka, according to LT Jerry Monasmith.
The driver, 59-year-old Mark Neal, male was found to be in possession of a firearm. Mr. Neal has a dozen previous felony convictions for aggravated robbery, burglary, theft drugs and more. He is prohibited from possessing firearms. He has been out of prison for two years.
On Monday, police arrested him for criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of stimulants with intent to distribute, and possession of marijuana.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is encouraged to contact the Topeka Police.
KDHE
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE) Office of Vital Statistics, Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics, has partnered with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to produce life expectancy estimates in each census tract in the United States. Six years of data was used, through 2015, for the calculations of this indicator. Kansas-specific geographic health statistics.
Ellis County is ranked 9th in the state for overall health outcomes.
“These census tract-level life expectancy estimates—based on state death records and population estimates from the U.S. Bureau of the Census—have previously been unavailable nationwide,” said Lou Saadi, Ph.D., State Registrar and Director of the KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics. “Access to estimates like these helps public health experts quantify how people living just a few miles apart can have vastly different opportunities for a long life. With this kind of information, community leaders can examine the factors that may be influencing differences in longevity—such as access to health care, safe and affordable housing, educational opportunities and other factors that impact the health of community members—and target solutions more effectively.”
In Kansas, the dataset includes “life expectancy at birth” estimates for 723 Kansas Census Tracts. Life expectancy at birth ranges from 62.5 years in Census Tract 041800 (in Wyandotte County) to 89.7 years in Census Tract 962600 (in Gray County).
Although county-, city-, and ZIP code-level data have provided similar information, they often don’t tell the full story as neighborhoods right next to each other—located within the same ZIP code, city or county—can provide drastically different opportunities for health and well-being.
Census tract-level data offer information on a much smaller and targeted group of people making it easier to create a more complete picture of health at a local level. Census tracts cover an average of 4,000 people who typically have similar characteristics, such as social and economic status. Data available at this very granular level can help to more effectively target efforts to remove the barriers standing in the way of health and opportunity.
Hospitals, for example, can use the data to help create community health assessment plans that will identify areas most in need. Community development financial institutions can use these data to help decide which neighborhoods most need their investment dollars to fund health clinics, schools and other projects. Community members can use the data to guide conversations about what is causing life expectancy disparities in their neighborhood and what changes they want to address those challenges, such as better public transportation, access to healthy food or job training opportunities.
For more information on the United States Small-Area Life Expectancy Project (USALEEP) and to access life expectancy estimates for your neighborhood, please visit www.naphsis.org/usaleep and https://kic.kdheks.gov/LifeExptncy.html#top.
The County Health Rankings’ What Works for Health is a searchable tool that provides evidence-informed policies, programs, systems and environmental changes that can make a difference locally. CDC’s Division of Community Health website also provides examples of communities taking action to improve the health of their residents.
ATCHISON, Kan. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts and Representative Lynn Jenkins will be in Atchison on Tuesday, September, 11, 2018, to host a post office dedication ceremony in honor of Atchison native and aviation legend, Amelia Earhart. Bram Kleppner, Earhart’s great nephew, as well as representatives from the Atchison Chamber of Commerce and Atchison Mayor Allen Reavis will be in attendance.
The Amelia Earhart U.S. Post Office Act, renames Earhart’s hometown post office in Atchison, Kansas, in her honor. The legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) in the Senate and Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) in the House in November 2017.
“Amelia Earhart was one of the great pioneers of our nation, whose story began at home in Atchison,” said Senator Roberts. “She is an inspiration to all aviators and a role model to women around the world. Renaming this post office is one more way to honor her incredible legacy.”
“Although she was tragically lost at sea while attempting a flight around the world, Amelia Earhart’s legacy still soars today,” said Congresswoman Jenkins. “Growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart’s courageous actions inspired me, and many others, to dream big and accomplish lofty goals. It is only right that we rename her hometown post office in her honor, to continue her legacy and inspire future generations.”
Before Amelia Earhart became an aviation hero, she grew up in her family’s home – called the Otis house after her grandfather – and lived there until the age of twelve. Although she lived in several different cities, she always considered Atchison her hometown and the town is proud to be one of the few tangible associations with the legend.
Anna Kingham died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kans., after a fall which broke her leg. She had been a resident of the Andbe Home in Norton, Kans. since Feb. 1, 2017.
Anna was born to Adam and Augusta (Hoffmann) Sauer on March 27, 1927, at the family farm in Trego County, six miles southwest of Ellis. She attended school in Ellis until her junior and senior years, and then attended a Christian boarding school, Enterprise Academy, Enterprise, Kans., graduating in 1947. After graduation, Anna moved to Boulder, Colo. and worked at the Boulder Hospital until her marriage to John Kingham on July 30, 1948, at Benkelman, Nebr.
John taught Anna how to drive cars, trucks, tractors, and she worked alongside her husband on the farm while raising her six children, Ivan, Joyce, Norman, Janis, Doris, and Donna. Anna had to learn how to cook and she became an excellent cook. Collecting recipes became a favorite hobby. Anna kept busy raising her large family and when they left home, she learned how to embroider, crochet, knit, quilt, and made all of her children and grandchildren blankets and quilts. She always kept her fingers busy in the evening with all of her handiwork. Later on, she became interested in genealogy, joined the genealogy society in Norton, and became quite proficient in finding records of the family. Anna was a member of the Norton Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Survivors include her sons, Ivan (Joyce) Kingham, Norton, KS., Norman (Marjorie) Kingham, Almena, KS, her daughters, Joyce (Ray) Royal of Sedgwick, KS., Janis Kingham of Lincoln, NE., Doris (Darryl) Watts of Wellington, KS., and Donna (Steve) Tanner of Norton. Also surviving are her 12 grandchildren: Connie Vifquain, Ted Kingham, Floyd Collins, Ryan Royal, Robin Schellenberg, Ashley Kingham, Julie Dumonceaux, Greg Watts, Eric Watts, Jason Tanner, Chris Tanner, and Tim Tanner. She was blessed to have 23 great grandchildren. Also surviving are sister-in-law Pat (Gus) Sauer of Hays, KS, sister-in-law Rena (Charles) Sinclair of Loveland, CO., sister-in-law Clara (Robert) Linza of Cedar City, UT, and brother-in-law Orson & Janette Kingham of Las Vegas, NV.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband John in 2013, a great grandchild Samuel Tanner, her brothers, Adam Sauer, Ernest & Abbie Sauer, Ludwig Sauer, Rudolph & Freda Sauer, Alfred & Anne Sauer and Gus Sauer, her sisters, Martha & Ed Armbrister, Marie & Bill Armbrister, Minnie & Albert Kingham, and Louise & Dale Powell. Also preceding her in death were her in-laws, Vera & Brig John, Robert Linza, Charles Sinclair, Katherine & Walter Donaldson, and Fred & Karolyn Kingham.
FUNERAL SERVICE – Wednesday, September 12, 2018 – 2:00 PM
PLACE – Enfield Funeral Home – 215 W. Main – Norton, KS
INTERMENT – Norton Cemetery – Norton, KS
VISITATION: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 – 5 to 7 p.m.
PLACE – Enfield Funeral Home – 215 W. Main – Norton, KS
MEMORIAL – Anna Kingham Memorial Fund
