JACKSON COUNTY—A burglary suspect that was arrested last week has been tied to a fourth alleged burglary in Jackson County, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.
On August 9, Saleena Rae Masquat, 33, of Mayetta, was arrested after a deputy stopped to help a disabled van that Masquat apparently had been driving.
Masquat-photo Jackson Co.
The van was found to be stolen from the Sac and Fox Casino earlier in the day. Masquat was subsequently arrested.
On the same day, deputies and detectives investigated three burglaries, two being in the rural Whiting area. One of the burglaries was an occupied residence and the other was an unoccupied residence.
The third burglary was a shed in the area of 254th and P. Road. Much of the property that had been reported stolen has been recovered.
On August 13, a fourth report was made to the sheriff’s office in reference to a burglary to a shed located at 26028 P. Road in rural Holton.
The victim reported missing an assortment of tools and power tools. The burglary is also believed to have occurred on August 9th.
Many of the items are believed to be recovered from the fourth burglary. Masquat who is being held in the Jackson County Jail was booked for the new burglary charge and her bond was raised to $20,000.00, according to Morse.
The sheriff’s office has some unidentified property that doesn’t appear to be associated with these four cases. If you have been a victim of burglary or theft in recent days and did not report the incident, please contact the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office at 785-364-2251.
PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) – Sheriff’s deputies in northwestern Missouri’s Platte County say they’ve seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a van that led them on a chase.
Deliz -photo Platte County
The incident happened Friday afternoon when a white van refused to pull over, despite a squad car’s lights and sirens behind it.
Authorities say when the van finally pulled over, deputies searched it and found the marijuana, valued at $922,000.
Browning-photo Platte County
Deputies arrested a man and a woman identified as Destiny Browning, 37, Louisville, Kentucky, and Paul Deliz, 41, Mesquite, Texas, according to Platte County Jail report.
They are being held on suspicion of felony delivery of a controlled substance. Browning who was driving, also faces traffic charges.
The Rooks County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in a hit-and-run investigation that occurred in the Rooks County Fairgrounds parking lot Friday night.
The vehicle was parked where the (X) indicates on the map in the pictures below. The vehicle was parked in the parking lot from the hours of 10 p.m. to 11:35 p.m. on Friday, when the pictured vehicle was struck. The striking vehicle left the scene of the accident without reporting the accident.
If you know anything about this accident, contact the Rooks County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 425-6312 and ask to speak to a Sheriff’s Deputy.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita police captain who was recorded shoving a teenage referee during a youth basketball game earlier this year is no longer with the department.
Officer Paul Cruz said that Kevin Mears’ employment with the Wichita Police Department ended Monday. Cruz didn’t say whether Mears was fired or resigned.
Mears was found guilty in July of misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, sentenced to six months’ probation and ordered to pay $450 in fines.
Mears was placed on leave shortly after video of the January game in Augusta appeared to show Mears shoving the 17-year-old female referee. Mears testified he didn’t shove her and was just trying to get to his son, who was injured.
The referee testified Mears ignored her orders to leave the court and was shouting obscenities before he pushed her.
Ottilia “Tillie” Kuhn, 98, Victoria, died Friday, August 17, 2018, at The Regent, in
Wichita, Kansas.
She was born October 2, 1919, in Severin, KS, to Peter J. and Barbara (Windholz) Miller. She married Alfred J. Kuhn on January 27, 1941 at Severin. She was a homemaker and worked at St. John’s Rest Home in Victoria. Her memberships include The Basilica of St. Fidelis, the Daughters of Isabella and the Christian Mothers, all of Victoria. She enjoyed cooking for her family, quilting, working in the garden, and traveling to the casinos with her friends.
Survivors include, six daughters Elaine (Dallas) Roberts, Carol (Roger) Wiggett, and Tillie (Jerry) Brin, all of Wichita. Delores (Mike) Bohm, of Redmond, WA. Stella Wise, Derby, and Mary Jane (Stan) Dreiling, Hays; two sons Marvin Kuhn and Joseph (Diane) Kuhn, both of Victoria; sister-in-law Pauline Miller of Hays; 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and two on the way.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers; Hilary (Regina), Norbert (Mary), Cele, Robert (Lorene), and Pat Miller, one sister; Mary (Rich) Wagner, a daughter-in-law; Bernita Kuhn, and two great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at The Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria, KS. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Monday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, Hays, and from 9:00 until 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday at the church. A vigil service will be held at 6:00 p.m. followed by a Christian Mothers and Daughters of Isabella rosary, all on Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Basilica of St. Fidelis, or to the cemetery fund, in care of the funeral home. Condolences and memories of Tillie may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com
Dr. Patricia Levy, a Fort Hays State University professor of social work, recently presented at the 10th EDULEARN18, an international conference on education and new learning technologies in Palma de Majorca, Spain.
“An Online Pedagogical Model Teaching Mass Trauma Interventions to Homeland Security Responders” was created jointly with Dr. Rudolph Bustos, chair of the Department of Homeland Security at Trident University, Cypress, Calif.
“The presentation examined an instructional online format covering intervention with first responders and others who have experienced mass trauma from the point of initial contact through continuing follow-up by multidisciplinary counseling resources,” said Levy.
“It also included attention to those responders who suffer secondary effects such as difficulties to continue working in emergency services,” she said.
The online format includes simulations similar to the 2014 Boston marathon bombing, logistics, hospital surge capacities, triaging and long-term support. A discussion of readings, assignments, case studies and interactive group methodologies were examined.
“This online approach facilitates the delivery of educational content of mass trauma and furthers the pedagogy trauma intervention for the student and service providers involved in homeland security,” said Levy.
“In addition, the presentation demonstrated a pedagogical framework for the delivery of online educational content to aid in effective training and preparation of homeland security first responders to face critical incidents requiring mass trauma intervention.”
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman facing a retrial in a double-homicide case will not be released on lower bond.
Dana Chandler -photo Shawnee County
A Shawnee County judge this week rejected 58-year-old Dana Chandler’s request that her bond be lowered from $1 million to $100,000.
Chandler is charged with first-degree murder in the 2002 slayings of her ex-husband, Michael Sisco, and his fiancee, Karen Harkness in their Topeka home.
The Kansas Supreme Court in April vacated Chandler’s 2012 conviction in the deaths, citing prosecutorial misconduct in the first trial. District Attorney Mike Kagay announced in May that he would retry Chandler. A tentative trial date was set for Oct. 1.
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The Acute Care Unit, Special Nursing Service, DeBakey Heart Clinic and HaysMed Volunteers were recently named the patient satisfaction award winners for the 1st quarter of 2018 at HaysMed, part of The University of Kansas Health System.
Each quarter HaysMed recognizes the patient satisfaction award winners based on results from CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) surveys administrated by HealthStream. Health Stream is the research firm HaysMed contracts with to conduct the government required Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) hospital surveys on patient experience. The CAHPS survey is the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care. The CAHPS Hospital Survey is a survey instrument and data collection methodology for measuring patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience. Four areas are recognized every quarter including an inpatient department, an outpatient department, a clinic and a non-clinical area.
The Acute Care Unit was recognized for having the highest rating for courtesy and respect for the first quarter of 2018. Their unit score was 95.4% putting them at the 96th percentile. Acute Care is a 46 bed unit. They have a total of 68 Associates including fulltime and part time staff. In 2017 they had 2458 admissions.
Special Nursing Service, an outpatient department had the highest rating for courtesy and respect scoring 100% putting them at the 99th percentile. The department has 10 full time RNs. They average 9000 procedures a year.
Garnering the clinic award was the Debakey Heart Clinic. Their score was 98% putting them at the 95th percentile. The clinic saw over 9676 patients last year.
The Volunteers received the Customer Service Award for their significant contributions to the mission, vision and values of HaysMed. There are approximately 200 volunteers with 100 who are active on a monthly basis. They man the four information desks, run the Gift Shop and monthly blood screens, help with the blood drives and also craft and sew for the annual bazaar. They are the face of our hospital.
Compost is the single most important supplement you can give your garden in the form of mulch and/or soil amendment. It could be something you might seriously consider using in place of synthetically made fertilizers. By incorporating compost into soil, improvement can be had in soil structure, texture, aeration and even in water-holding capacity of sandy soils. On the contrast, compost can open up clayey soils, allowing for better water percolation. Its addition can even enhance soil fertility thereby prompting healthy root development in plants. The topper, however, is that compost made at home is inexpensive. You can make it without spending a cent, whether in a pile or in a pit.
The organic matter that compost comprises of provides food for microorganisms, which in turn keeps the soil in a healthy, balanced condition. These microorganisms break down organic waste, turning it into a nutrient rich medium for your garden. Many microorganisms found in compost are adapted to the high temperatures characteristically found in the decomposing process. They require an adequate mixture of oxygen and moisture to successfully do the job. Too much water will cause reduction in the needed oxygen, where not enough water can also drastically slow microorganisms from conducting their activity. Ideally, the compost pile should have approximately 40 to 60% moisture, or maybe better said, like a well wrung sponge.
To outline the best procedure for composting, there are a few important points to take into account. Frist, build your compost pile with those materials high in carbon and nitrogen, also known as “browns and greens”. The carbon-rich “brown” material consists of items like branches, stems, dried leaves, peels, bits of wood, bark dust or sawdust pellets, shredded brown paper bags, corn stalks, dryer lint, conifer needles, straw, peat moss, and/or wood ash. Browns give compost its light, fluffy body. Greens on the other hand consist of nitrogen or protein-rich material like herbivore manures, food scraps, coffee grounds, green lawn clippings, lawn and garden weeds (without seeds), and green leaves. These items provide raw materials for making enzymes.
A healthy compost pile should have more carbon than nitrogen. A simple rule of thumb is to use one-third green and two-thirds brown materials. The bulkiness of the brown materials allows oxygen to penetrate and nourish the organisms that reside there. Too much nitrogen makes for a dense, smelly, slowly decomposing anaerobic mass, not unlike what happens when a thick layer of fresh grass clippings goes undisturbed. Good composting hygiene means covering fresh nitrogen-rich material with carbon-rich material, which often exudes a fresh, wonderful smell. When in doubt, add more carbon!
Want to start your own compost pile? Start by following this link, https://bit.ly/2AwhCPy , to a video called Choosing a Bin provided by Kansas Healthy Yards. If you are wondering how long composting will take, follow this link, https://bit.ly/2O2VJtf , to another video provided by Kansas Healthy Yards. For more information about how composting works, follow this link, https://bit.ly/2mZFYYe , to the “Building Better Soils for Better Crops” chapter called Making Compost. Next week will cover the dos and don’ts of what goes into your compost pile and how to use your compost when it’s ready.
Rip Winkel is the Horticulture agent in the Cottonwood District (Barton and Ellis Counties) for K-State Research and Extension. You can contact him by e-mail at [email protected] or calling either 785-682-9430, or 620-793-1910.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas election officials certified independent Greg Orman as a candidate for Kansas governor on Friday, and the businessman immediately tried to appeal to disaffected Republicans, who he said view GOP hopeful Kris Kobach as “incompetent and corrupt.”
Photo courtesy Orman -Doll for Kansas
Orman’s entry into the race presents a major obstacle to Democrats, who had hoped to lure the same moderate Republicans away from Kobach, a favorite of President Donald Trump because of his fervent support for tough immigration and voter ID laws.
The secretary of state’s office posted a short statementsaying Orman had presented enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot in November.
Orman, 49, will face Democratic State Sen. Laura Kelly of Topeka and Kobach, whose nomination was only settled this week after Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded in a primary with a razor-thin margin of some 350 votes out of more than 316,000 cast.
“I think there are lots of Kansas Republicans who view Kris Kobach as not only extreme but incompetent and corrupt and I think those Republicans … will be very attracted to my background,” Orman told The Associated Press in an interview after the announcement.
Democrats were gearing up for a potential legal challenge to Orman’s certification. Many Democrats have worried that Orman will pull votes away from Kelly, 68, making it far easier for the 52-year-old Kobach to win with less than a majority of the vote.
The GOP began a clean sweep of statewide and congressional races in 2010. But the state also has a solid bloc of moderate GOP and independent voters and a history over the past 50 years of alternating between electing Republican and Democratic governors. Orman says he can build a coalition starting with voters upset with both parties, and he cites the value of having an independent governor who will lack “natural political enemies.”
The certification of Orman as a candidate was made by the same office Kobach heads as secretary of state. But officials said the 10,260 signatures submitted by Orman were reviewed by individual counties and Kobach did not participate.
Orman ran as an independent against U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts in 2014 and did so well in initial polling that the Democratic candidate dropped out to create a better chance of toppling the veteran Republican. Orman lost by 10.5 percentage points after Roberts got campaign help from several GOP stalwarts, including Sarah Palin, Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Rand Paul.
Orman made the ballot by submitting more than 10,000 signatures in early August. He needed 5,000 valid signatures to qualify.
On Orman’s website, he says he supports stronger background checks for gun buyers, ending the sale of bump stocks and high-capacity magazines, setting a minimum age of 21 to buy an AR-15 or other semi-automatic weapon and requiring training and licensing for a concealed-carry permit. Orman said he supports the Second Amendment but would like to revisit which types of arms Americans have a right to own,
During the 2014 Senate race, Orman described himself as “pro-choice” and said abortion policy was a matter of settled law and the nation should move on.
Orman’s running mate John Doll is from Garden City and left the Republican Party to run for lieutenant governor.
An independent candidate for governor last came close to winning in 1932.
Orman graduated from Princeton in 1991 and founded Environmental Light Concepts, a firm that designed and installed energy-efficient lighting systems for commercial and industrial use. The company had more than 120 employees when a majority of it was sold to Kansas City Power and Light in 1996.
After a stint with KCP&L, Orman co-founded Denali Partners, a private equity firm, and later became managing member of Exemplar Holdings LLC, which oversees several innovation companies.
The certified public accounting firm of Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, Chtd. (ABBB) is pleased to announce the addition of Brittany Gleason to their professional team. Gleason joins the firm as a staff accountant and will be working in ABBB’s Hays office.
“We’re pleased to have Brittany join the ABBB team,” said Brian Staats, CPA, CGMA, managing partner of ABBB. “We look forward to watching her grow and develop as an accounting professional.”
Gleason studied accounting at Kansas State University (KSU), earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2017 and a Master of Accountancy in 2018. She is a member of the KSU Alumni Association and the Kansas Society of CPAs (KSCPA).
Raised in Kinsley, Kansas, Gleason currently resides in Hays. She enjoys spending her free time cooking, reading, exercising, and attending sporting events—especially those of her alma mater.
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