FINNEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating alleged sex crimes and are searching for person of interest.
The Garden City Police Department is seeking assistance from the community to locate 41-year-old Jace Stubbs.
He is described as a white male, 6-foot-tall, 190 pounds with brown hair and eyes. His last known address was 1620 Jan Street in Garden City.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Jace Stubbs should call the Garden City Police Department at (620)276-1300.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The co-founder and administrator of a Christian school in suburban Kansas City has been charged with child sex abuse.
Forty-eight-year-old Dennis Creason, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The crimes are alleged to have occurred from January 2015 to August 2018.
Creason founded the Oaklawn Christian School in Shawnee, Kansas, with his wife. The school serves pre-K through sixth grade students, with a focus on art, music, and nature-based programs.
Bond for Creason is set at $1 million. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
ARAB, Ala. — The fight over Confederate symbolism has landed in an Alabama town where education leaders have banned the high school marching band from playing “Dixie” as the fight song.
Dozens of opponents of the decision packed a city school board meeting Thursday night in support of the tune, which they depict as a traditional part of the soundtrack of life in their small, Southern town rather than an ode to the days of slavery in the Old South.
“We’re from Alabama, we’re not from New York,” said Daniel Haynes, 36, who attended Arab High School and loves hearing the tune played after the Knights score a touchdown.
Board members didn’t budge. The 750-student school has a new principal, band director, football coach and stadium this year, said Superintendent John Mullins, and the change was needed in a system where the core values include mutual respect and unity.
“I really think it’s the right decision for the right reason at the right time,” Mullins said in an interview.
Supporters of the song say they’ll now take their complaints to the City Council, which appoints the five-member school board, but it’s unclear what might happen next. An old R&B song, “The Horse,” has temporarily replaced “Dixie” in the band’s repertoire until a new fight song is selected.
Passions are running high among some in Arab, where many are still upset by school leaders’ decision a few years ago to comply with a Supreme Court decision and end student-led Christian prayers over the public address system before football games. Complaints about “Dixie” have renewed the debate over the role of religion in pregame ceremonies.
“I like ‘Dixie,’ but I’m here for prayer,” said Shane Alldredge, who attended the board meeting wearing a T-shirt that said “Put Dixie and prayer back in the game.”
Community college history teacher Russ Williams told the board he loves “Dixie” and other elements of Southern history, but the song “isn’t worth the controversy” if it causes others pain.
The “Dixie” debate isn’t brewing just in Arab, an overwhelmingly white town of about 8,200 people that’s 70 miles north of Birmingham. Fans of the tune also are complaining in Glade Spring, Virginia, after leaders there prohibited the band from playing “Dixie” during games this fall at Patrick Henry High School.
Written by Ohio native Daniel D. Emmett, “Dixie’s Land” was first performed on stage in New York in 1859, two years before the Civil War, said historian and musician Bobby Horton, who performed some of the music for Ken Burns’ epic miniseries “The Civil War.”
“It was written as what they called a walk-around tune … for a minstrel show. It was like a tune between acts,” said Horton.
Later known simply as “Dixie,” the song became an unofficial anthem of the rebel states after it was played at the inauguration of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in 1861. President Abraham Lincoln loved the tune and asked for it to be played at the White House the night Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered, said Horton.
University and high school bands across the South played “Dixie” for generations, but the practice waned as complaints rose about the song being a painful, racially insensitive reminder of the oppression of slavery.
The University of Mississippi’s “Pride of the South” marching band excluded the song from its playlist in 2016, and the Marching Rebels band of Robert E. Lee High School in Midland, Texas, quit playing “Dixie” last year.
Southern historian Wayne Flynt, who remembers the song being sung in segregated schools in Alabama in the 1940s when he was a boy, said some view it as an anthem of regional pride. But “Dixie” and other Confederate emblems became symbols of white defiance as legalized segregation came under attack during the civil rights era, he said.
“I would argue that Dixie is not necessarily an inherently racist song. It can certainly be a racist song. The way in which it’s been used … tends to accelerate the understanding of it nationally as a racist song,” Flynt said.
This summer in Arab, Mullins released a statement saying the song was being dropped because it has “negative connotations that contradict our school district’s core values of unity, integrity, and relationships.”
The song hadn’t previously been an issue in Arab, which Census statistics show is more than 96 percent white. But through the years, the band didn’t play the song when visiting more diverse schools, officials said.
School board members have publicly supported Mullins’ decision to give up “Dixie.”
The board president, former Arab football coach Wayne Trimble, said his views were shaped by an incident from the late 1970s when an opposing head coach said he wasn’t sure he could convince players on his team to make the trip to Arab because of “Dixie.”
“That has stuck with me a long time,” Trimble said in an interview. “Is that the way we want Arab to be perceived?”
Adrianne Carolina Martin, 35, passed away August 28, 2018, at her home in Seward, Kansas. She was born April 18, 1983, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of William A. “Sonny” and Carolina A. (Ledesma) Martin.
A longtime Hoisington resident moving to Seward in 2016, Adrianne worked as an insurance agent for American Family Insurance, and had also worked as a clerk for Becker Tire and Manweiler Chevrolet.
Adrianne was a hunting and motorcycle enthusiast and loved her three dogs.
She is survived by her parents; Sonny and Carol Martin of Hoisington; twin sisters, Susan Clark and husband Bryan and their son Brendan of Hutchinson, and Stephanie Kelsey and fiancé Jay Weigel and their daughters Natalie & Haylee of Ellis; brother, John W. Martin of Hoisington; grandmother, Alberta Ledesma of Hoisington; numerous aunts and uncles, including, Dallas Martin of Midland, Texas; and many cousins, including Mitch Martin of Midland, Texas.
She was preceded in death by grandparents, Doyle Martin and Dorotha Martin Surface, and Herman Ledesma; and uncles, Doyle A. Martin and Arthur Tisdall.
Funeral service will be 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, with Pastor Mike Joiner presiding. Friends may call 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will follow in Hoisington Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Adrianne Martin Funeral Expense Fund in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
Gertrude Elizabeth Hickel, 91, died August 30, 2018, at Cherry Village, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born November 18, 1926, in Odin, Kansas, the daughter of Hugo and Mathilda (Hoeffner) Frenzl.
On June 1, 1954, she married Daniel S. Hickel at the Holy Family Catholic Church, in Odin. He died January 16, 1975.
A lifetime resident of the Odin and Claflin areas, she was a babysitter, a waitress at Pat’s Café for 10 years, and had also worked for the IGA Grocery Store in Claflin. Gertrude was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Altar Society, Claflin. She enjoyed playing bingo and crocheting, and was a gifted cook, baker and seamstress.
Survivors include; five children, Alan Hickel and wife Teresa of Hoisington, Lois Krier and husband Pete of Claflin, Doug Hickel and Michelle of Topeka, Joyce McAtee and husband Jim of Bushton, and Kevin Hickel and Susan of Hoisington; one brother, Leo Frenzl of Great Bend; one sister, Viola Meyeres of Ellinwood; and one sister-in-law, Edna Frenzl of Hays; 8 grandchildren, Kelsey New and husband Jim of Olmitz, Adam Hickel and Amie of Hoisington, Lisa Foiles and husband Alex of Topeka, Darrell Hickel of Tennessee, Julee McAtee and Jacob McAtee both of Bushton, Petie Krier of Claflin, and Rebecca Maier of Hutchinson; and a great grandson, Jaxson New.
Gertrude was preceded in passing by: an infant daughter, Peggy Sue Hickel; five brothers, Frank Frenzl, Joe Frenzl, August Frenzl, Larry Frenzl and William E. Frenzl; and three sisters, Marie Meyeres, Theresa Wondra and Dorothy Reif.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with Father Terrence Klein officiating. Friends may call from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, and 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Claflin, with a Vigil with Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Burial will follow in Holy Family Cemetery, Odin, Kansas. Memorials may be made to Kans for Kids, Kindred Hospice, or Immaculate Conception Altar Society.
in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.
NORTON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities and USD 211 officials are investigating an alleged threat toward the school for Friday, according to Norton Police.
As a precaution, there will be a strong police presence at the high school Friday.
The Norton Police Department reminded on their Facebook page that it takes any threat seriously and will handle it appropriately in order to protect those in the community and the students in the school systems.
HARPER COUNTY—More earthquakes shook southern Kansas overnight. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded 8 more quakes late Thursday and early Friday morning.
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HARPER COUNTY — After a series of earthquakes Wednesday, a quake measuring a magnitude 3.8 shook Kansas at 3:37p.m. Thursday approximately nine miles east of Harper, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It is the seventh quake reported in Kansas since Sunday.
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HARPER COUNTY— A series of three earthquakes shook Kansas on Wednesday, the sixth quakes reported this week. Just before 7p.m., the U.S. Geological Survery reported a 3.0 magnitude quake approximately four miles east of Runnymeade in Harper County.
Two more quakes measuring a magnitude 3.1 and 3.2 were centered in the same general area at 7:12p.m. and 11:54p.m., according to the USGS.
The agency reported a 2.7 quake on Tuesday and a 3.4 quake on Monday in Harper County along with a 2.8 magnitude quake just after 1a.m. Sunday in Sumner County.
There are no reports of damage of injury from Wednesday’s quakes, according to the Harper County Sheriff’s Department.
OSBORNE – If you think shooting, trapping, fishing, canoeing, whittling and just about anything else you can do outdoors sounds like fun, make plans to visit Osborne in northcentral Kansas. On Sept. 8, 2018, youth age 17 and younger are invited for a day of fun and outdoor learning. The annual event begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. with lunch provided. Preregistration is not required, but participants must be registered by 11 a.m. on the day of the event to be eligible for prizes and lunch.
Youth will enjoy learning a variety of outdoor skills including archery, rifle, pistol, muzzleloader and air rifle marksmanship; shotgun wingshooting; trapping; fishing; biking; fly fishing; bowfishing; canoeing; whittling; basket weaving and more. Other activities include dog training demonstrations, wild game tasting, a tomahawk throw and mountain man encampment.
The event will take place at the west end of Osborne’s Main Street near the Shady Bend Golf Course. Youth 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. A variety of prizes will be given away, including lifetime licenses, and hunting and fishing trips. Bonus prizes can be won by catching tagged fish from the ponds.
The event is sponsored by the Osborne County Chapter of Pheasants Forever; Osborne Gun Club; Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism; Nex-Tech; and the Keith Hahn Memorial.
For more information, contact Cleo Hahn, 785-346-4541; John Cockerham, 785-346-6527; or Chris Lecuyer, 785-218-7818.
— KDWPT
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A sad state of affairs for America when mainstream news is totally partisan. “Mainstream” means what most of us are exposed to, unfortunately.
The editorial I reference implies the Robert Mueller Special Counsel investigation is not a witch hunt, even poking fun of Trump at the thought it might be. But obviously for those of us that are informed, if ever there was a witch hunt in our American justice system, this is it! The proof isn’t just extensive, it’s monumental. I can’t possibly cover all the bases in this letter, but enough to prove my point.
For starters, the city of Chicago is one of the most liberal cities in America. You can count on their largest newspaper to be anti Trump. In fact, the Tribune would choose bankruptcy over any support for our president on anything.
Liberalism is mostly about defending the indefensible. Mueller’s investigation out to destroy Trump, is indefensible. Nor is it defensible to claim Trump colluded with Russia or obstructed justice. There is no evidence. Actually, there is no reason for this Special Counsel to continue or even have existed in the first place.
The Special Council was created under false premises. To create an SC, a crime needs to be committed and named. None was named and no crime committed that anybody knows of at the time or even to date. The witch hunt begins in trying to “find” a crime against Trump, allowing Mueller to investigate anything. That whole procedure is unheard of in our justice system of the past. Lord knows what it is now!
Actually, our justice system has been stood on it’s head. It’s been compromised by the FBI and DOJ like never before in American history with hundreds of leftover Obama and Hillary loyalists in our government. Mueller is part of that whole scheme, clearly biased, and currently inventing things to make Trump look guilty of something — anything.
Because Mueller hasn’t been able to tie Trump to Russia collusion with any kind of evidence, he’s gone after Trump associates for the purpose of “insinuating” Trump did something wrong through association. Does the name Manafort come to mind, a man Mueller is destroying simply “implying or insinuating” he helped Trump collude. Other lives are being destroyed by Mueller in hopes of getting to Trump. The investigation is a fraud.
Mueller is down to his last evil scheme and that’s entrapment. He wants to interview Trump and catch him on a perjury charge for something like what he had for breakfast four months ago and now he says something else. The truth is Mueller is no longer after the truth. He’s on a perjury fishing expedition.
There’s no such thing as “equality under the law” in this entire fiasco. If there is, can somebody tell me why Mueller hires an army of lawyers, most of whom donated to the Hillary campaign. The witch hunt is all about taking down Trump because these people wanted Hillary to be president and that’s it in a nutshell. Had Hillary become president, all of the existing corruption that Mueller is part of would be swept under the rug making us no different than a third world country without laws.
Our chief investigator is connected at the hip to all the anti Trumpers in our government past and present. That includes former president Obama, poor loser Hillary, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Brennan, Clapper, Lynch, Ohr, etc. And, the list goes on and on just as I can go on and on proving the witch hunt against our president.
When Hillary was Secretary of State, she and Obama, sold 20% of our uranium to Russia. Mueller, as FBI Director at the time, looked the other way as there was massive corruption taking place with bribes, money laundering, etc. In the process, the Clinton Foundation took in millions. Yup, from Russia. Bill Clinton was able to line his pockets as well.
If there is equal justice under the law (rather than a two tiered one) heads should roll on the Uranium One scandal, Hillary’s private email server, the Clinton Foundation raking in millions for pay to play, the fake dossier on Trump and many more related scandals. Mueller again looking the other way when there is incontrovertible evidence the real collusion occurs with Democrats and our justice system, not with Trump.
It defies logic for anybody to think Putin would collude with Trump to win the election when he had Hillary wrapped around his little finger. Like Obama, Putin knew Hillary wouldn’t do much about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Crimea. Those are just more examples the Trump/Russia collusion narrative is bogus. The Trump obstruction of justice narrative has no merit either.
Besides the Chicago Tribune wanting to destroy Trump, the Boston Globe organized some 350 other newspapers (apparently including the Hays newspaper) to write op-eds trashing Trump. If 80% of media is anti Trump and 95% of the time negative toward him, I think we can claim two witch hunts. Mueller’s Special Council is one and mainstream media is the other.
It’s obvious the witch hunts are pure unadulterated political ones. Truth is not an objective, nor even justice. We have a president making America great again in many ways especially with a booming economy yet he’s treated as a tyrant. Trump’s many accomplishments, never ever covered by media, deserve special treatment in some other letter.
Mueller, with the help of media, uses the Trump witch hunt to distract from and cover up the real crimes that are massive coming from all the leftists which the SC ignores. Real crimes don’t require a witch hunt Mr. Mueller.
Les Knoll lives in Victoria and Gilbert, Ariz.
City of Hays
Due to the observance of the Labor Day on Monday, refuse/recycling route collection schedules will be altered as follows:
Monday and Tuesday routes will be collected on Tuesday. There will be no changes to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday routes.
Although collections may not occur on your normal day, collections will be completed by the week’s end. It is anticipated that heavy volumes of refuse/recyclables will be encountered around the holidays. Please make sure your polycarts and recyclables are out by 7:00 a.m., and keep in mind that the trucks have no set time schedule.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out in a suburban Kansas City house after two people who lived there were arrested in a spree of car thefts and burglaries.
29-year-old Rita Lee Long was charged Tuesday with felony theft. Thirty-five-year-old Jason Emerson is charged with seven felonies, including burglary and theft.
Police arrested Long on Sunday afternoon in Lenexa, saying she was driving a stolen vehicle.
A male passenger who fled from her vehicle is accused of entering two occupied homes, stealing a car from the first. Police say Emerson was arrested at the second home around 2 a.m. Monday after an hours-long standoff.
Several hours later, firefighters extinguished a small fire in the basement of Long and Emerson’s home.
