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This weekend’s Hays-area garage sales

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Scroll to the bottom for a map of garage sale locations. Hays Post offers FREE garage sale listings weekly. Having a sale next weekend? Click HERE for details.

4122 Covenant Drive, Hays
Friday: May 4, 4:00pm-8:00pm; Saturday: May 5, 8:00am-11:00am

Items for sale: Comforters
Couch
Chaise
Coffee Table
Side Tables
Lamps
Baby Clothes
Toys
FHSU Clothes

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4127 King’s Court, Hays
Friday: May 4, 4:00pm-8:00pm , Saturday: May 5, 8:00 am-11:00 am

Items for sale: Red Conversation Sofa
8 x 10 Area Rug
5X7 Area Rug
Framed Wall Art
Miscellaneous Home Decor
Floor Mirror
Decorative Bench
Kitchen items
Ottoman
Cedar Chest

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403 South School Street, Ness City, KS
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 8 AM to Noon

Items for sale: Clothes and Shoes, Toys – including large outdoor toys, Home goods including an ice cream maker, bar chairs and a dining room table. All prices are negotiable.

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Buckeye School North of Hays
Friday May 4 from 11 to 6 pm

Items for sale: Pre-estate garage sale. The kids are gone, now its time to clean the house.
The garage sale is at the Buckeye School North of Hays . From I-70 go 7 miles North and 1/2 mile East. For sale will be furniture, household items (like crock pots and pots and pans)
Santa Claus’s and an outside Nativity set, plus other Christmas items
Toys
Dining Room tables
Coffee table
End tables
Shovels
Sleds
Dog Kennel
Wilton baking dishes
Records
Homemade pot holders and baby blankets (all new)
Many numerous items
No Clothes
Cash sales only
No bills larger than $20

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1105 Downing, Hays
Sat, may 5, 9am to 2 pm

Items for sale: complete house of furniture
estate sale everything must go

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South Vine and Old 40 Highway —Storage
Fri 4pm-8pm,, Sat 8am-2pm

Items for sale: BBQ grill , couch, 70’s dorm bed, kitchen items ,some women’s clothing, sewing machine , fish tank Stand, dbl bed frame – with box springs only, bookcase, small desk

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1311 Felten Dr., Hays
Friday 5-8; Sat 9-12

Items for sale: 40 Caliber ammo
Coffee table
Toys – some new
Leather motorcycle saddle bags
Weight bench
New-in-Box Wet/Dry vac
Women’s clothing S/M
Lots of Misc.!

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SUBMIT your free garage sale listing where it will be SEEN! Deadline is noon each Wednesday, but, hey, we’re flexible here at Hays Post. Click HERE to submit your weekend garage sale.

Train kills Kan. man after truck’s trailer becomes detached on tracks

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WABAUNSEE COUNTY — A Kansas man died in an accident just after 6p.m. Friday in Wabaunsee County.

Friday evening accident scene –photo courtesy WIBW TV

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Ford F150 was northbound on Willard Road crossing the railroad tracks just north of Bouchey Road when his trailer become detached on the tracks.

David W. Miller, 58, Maple Hill exited the vehicle to try to re-hitch the trailer.

A Union Pacific train came around a curve and struck the Ford and Miller while he was attempting to get back into his vehicle.

Miller was pronounced dead at the scene.

The train engineer Ryan L. Idleman, 41, Manhattan, and train conductor Jonathon B. Sheppard II, 32, Herington, were not injured.

WINKEL: Tis the season for the ash-lilac borer!

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Rip Winkel

Sometime in the next couple of weeks, if not already, the adult ash-lilac borer will be laying eggs on ash trees, lilac bushes and occasionally even privet bushes. The ash-lilac borer (Podosesia syringae) can be a very destructive pest. So much so, that if you have an ash tree on your property, it is recommended to treat it even though the damage may not be noticeable at this time.

The Pest:
Ash-lilac borers overwinter as larvae in already infested host trees and shrubs. Then the pupation stage occurs in the spring. It’s the adult stage that displays Moth emergence from the infected plants, which begin in mid to late-April, peaking in May. By mid-to late-June this wave subsides, usually ending by the first week of July. Thankfully there is only one generation of these critters per year.

The moth has clear wings and resembles a wasp in appearance. It is about 1″ long and has a wing span of about 1½ inches. It likes to deposit its eggs in cracks and crevices of the bark. These eggs then hatch 10 to 14 days later. Larvae immediately bore into wood. Frass (insect excrement), which is a telltale sign, can be seen accumulating around the bore holes.

These pests often attack plants that have been under stress. Providing water during dry periods in the weather will help plants resist attack. Weakened trees may need protection until they are healthy enough to resist attack on their own. If there is swelling and cracking of the bark, it is because of repeated infestations. Branches may be severely weakened at these feeding sites. Also during dry periods late in the summer, terminal shoots of infested plants will wilt.

The Mitigation:
In order to address this problem, pesticide treatment should be applied within 10 days of egg laying to be effective. Among various insecticides that offer control for this insect, look for the chemical Permethrin for best control. Although this chemical can be found in a number of products, make sure the treatment for ash-lilac borers is detailed on the package before you purchase it.

Apply Permethrin when the VanHoute spiriea is in full bloom, which in most years, can range from the third or fourth week of April, to about May 1 in central Kansas area. However, with the fluctuating temperatures we have had this year, the bloom time will most likely be delayed somewhat. 

Apply pesticide mostly on the lower two to three feet of the branches of lilacs and privets. On the trunk and larger branches of the ash, thoroughly treat the area where branches intersect with the trunk. Since most of the eggs will be laid within 10 feet of the ground, satisfactory control can usually be achieved by concentrating sprays in this area. Heavily infested ash should be cut and burned during the fall and winter. Infested stems of lilac or privet should be removed as well.

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.

Kansas DCF struggles to fill child protection jobs

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By MADELINE FOX

The Kansas Department for Children and Families is opening up child protection services jobs to people who aren’t licensed social workers.

Child protection workers investigate reports of possible child abuse or neglect and make recommendations about whether or not children should be removed from their homes.

A third of child protection positions are vacant, and some have been for more than a year, according to DCF. Loosening the prerequisites, said DCF Secretary Gina Meier-Hummel, will help fill in the gaps.

“We have been advertising and advertising positions for quite some time now, and we can’t get many of those positions filled,” Meier-Hummel said Monday in announcing the hiring policy change. Considering unlicensed job candidates, she said, is a must, “in order to have an adequate workforce.”

DCF will still require a bachelor’s degree for its child protection workers. And Meier-Hummel stressed that her agency will extensively train non-licensed workers, and intends to place them in offices with licensed supervisors and other licensed social workers.

Becky Fast, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers’ Kansas chapter, doesn’t think opening the child protection jobs up to unlicensed workers will solve the underlying issues that are keeping the positions unfilled.

“Worker turnover, recruitment, retention will not be solved unless there are higher salaries, adequate training, and lower caseloads,” Fast said.

Meier-Hummel said hiring college graduates for these child protection jobs, regardless of whether they have a license in social work, puts Kansas in line with many other states across the country that don’t require licenses for all child protection roles.

DCF is also planning pay raises. The agency is asking the state for an additional $5.4 million over three years to increase current staff salaries by 5 percent, to attract and retain the licensed workers it currently has.

“In order to make sure we can move to the unlicensed staff, we want to make sure we can take care of our current licensed staff,” Meier-Hummel said.

But the bulk of the new budget request announced Monday — $22 million — would go toward updating the old IT systems DCF uses to track children and cases.

That follows a request in January for a $16.5 million budget enhancement for this year and next to address other nagging problems, including providing a place for children awaiting placement to sleep, locating kids missing from their foster homes, and family preservation.

Madeline Fox is a reporter for the Kansas News Service. You can reach her on Twitter @maddycfox. 

Dane G. Hansen Foundation to offer support for arts events in NW Kansas

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By BETSY WEARING
Dane G. Hansen Foundation

LOGAN – The Dane G. Hansen Foundation is pleased to announce a new grant opportunity for communities in the 26-county Hansen service area. The new NW Kansas Arts grants are designed to bring more arts events to Northwest Kansas by assisting with the artist fee/contract. Applicants are required to secure funding for expenses beyond the artist contract, such as facility rental, food, marketing, etc.
Applications are accepted at any time, following the Foundation’s regular monthly grant schedule.

A single application is available for the NW Kansas Arts Events Grant. The application includes events done in partnership with the Mid-America Arts Alliance or events featuring Kansas-based artists.

Grants in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance Regional Touring Program
For communities that wish to bring in an artist from outside of Kansas, the Foundation is partnering with the Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA) Regional Touring Program (RTP). This program provides support for presenting organizations to showcase the work of artists from outside their home states.

The Mid-America Arts Alliance offers grants that cover 25-60% of the artist’s contract. The artist’s contract may include fee, travel and lodging expenses and per diem.

Presenting organizations may book artists in any discipline (music, theatre, literature, visual arts, etc.). Grants require an outreach arts activity, such as a class or workshop.

In order to qualify for the Hansen Funding for artists from outside Kansas, presenting organizations must first apply and be awarded the Mid-America Arts Alliance grant. The Hansen Foundation NW Kansas Arts Events Grant will cover the required match, up to 50% of the total artist fee.

Applications to M-AAA are accepted on a rolling deadline at any point during M-AAA’s fiscal year, which is July 1–June 30. Grants are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, until the allocation for each state is gone. Full grant criteria and application for projects happening between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 will be available in May and can be found at maaa.org.

The partnership with Mid-America Art Alliance provides NW Kansas communities a unique opportunity to bring in out of state artists that may not have been affordable without this support. M-AAA has an established program for this work and the Hansen Foundation is pleased to offer our communities access to it. The Foundation is particularly pleased that the grants include outreach activities which further enrich the arts in our communities.

Grants for Kansas-Based Artists
Because the M-AAA program requires presenting organizations to utilize out of state artists, the Trustees of the Hansen Foundation decided to extend the Events Grants to also allow support to communities that wanted to bring in Kansas-based artists.

Presenting organizations can apply for programs or events featuring Kansas-based artists in any discipline (music, theatre, literature, visual arts, etc.) using the same application. Applications can request up to 50% of the artist fee. Similar to the M-AAA program, grants require an outreach arts activity, such as a class or workshop in NW Kansas.

Following the event, grant recipients will be required to complete a grant report to the Hansen Foundation.

By Request: Increasing Arts Opportunities
The Foundation has been working with communities in Northwest Kansas to identify programs, projects and initiatives that provide opportunities and improve the quality of life. The process, Strategic Doing, is being conducted in each of the 26 counties we serve. Through Strategic Doing, the Hansen Foundation has identified issues that have been self-identified in multiple counties. One such issue is a desire for increased arts and cultural opportunities.

The NW Kansas Arts Events Grants are part of a larger effort to address arts opportunities. The Foundation is also offering unique summer theatre workshops for students exiting 8th grade through senior in high school in partnership with the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts. In addition, the Foundation has partnered with the Creede Reparatory Theatre to bring an original children’s theatre production, “Seeds of Change,” to any NW Kansas elementary school at no cost to the school.

Learn more about these arts opportunities at danehansenfoundation.org, click on NW Kansas Arts.
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In Case You Missed It: Eagle Morning Show 4/23-4/27

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

Monday

Bob Schwarz Financial: Cortney Dale

Cortney joined the show for her weekly visit to talk about the upcoming Medicare educational seminar on May 15th at the Center for Health improvement. You can choose between a 2pm or 6pm session. Each session is only an hour long. Here’s Cortney with more:

To RSVP (seats usually fill quick), call 785-301-2716. For more information on Bob Schwarz Financial, you can call the office or visit their website: www.bobschwarzfinancial.com

Catholic Schools Report: Race for Education committee: Tina Herrman & Taryn Crawford

Tina and Taryn joined C.D. and Mike to talk about the 14th annual Race for Education, which raises funds for essential education needs. The fundraiser makes up a large chunk of the school’s annual budget. The race took place on Friday, April 27th:

 

Tuesday

Hays Area Chamber of Commerce Membership Coordinator Kara Berry joined the Eagle Morning Show on the phone to let us know what’s going on this week at the Chamber!

  • Apr 24 HAYP Happy Hour
  • Apr 25 Leadership Hays Session 4
  • Apr 25 HAYP Leadership/Professional Development Committee
  • Apr 27 Chamber Chat – Lifetime Dental
  • Apr 27 Membership Lunch

Wednesday

Cottonwood Extension Agriculture Agent Stacy Campbell

Stacy made his monthly visit to the show to talk about the farm safety course taking place this weekend and wheat freeze assessments:

Protect & Serve: Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Hagans

Ryan Hagans joined C.D. & Mike on the show to talk about the new regional fire/rescue training center:

  • In 2016, the Hays Fire Department was given an area south of the waste water treatment facility to construct a training center. A Breathing Air Maze was constructed inside the old concession stand building. Electrical & plumbing work was provided by NCK Tech
  • Late 2017: HFD put plans together to apply for a grant through the Dane G. Hansen Foundation
  • March 2018: the City of Hays was awarded a $272,000 grant to construct the facility
  • Joint operation with the Ellis County Fire Department will improve local and area firefighter training. It will be available for use by all area fire departments and law enforcement agencies
  • The facility will include a 3 story drill tower, large concrete pad, live burn building and classroom with more room to expand.
  • Plans are underway to start construction

 

Thursday

Cottonwood Extension District Family & Consumer Sciences Agent Linda Beech and Childhood Development Specialist Dr. Bradford Wiles

Linda brought in Dr. Bradford Wiles to talk about what he does as a specialist:

Dr. Bradford also talked about how children become readers and writers through a continuous developmental process called “emergent literacy”

For more on programs like these, you can always visit the local Cottonwood Extension District website and you can learn more about Dr. Wiles here.

 

Friday

City Commission Report: City Commissioner Shaun Musil, City Manager Toby Dougherty & HaysPost.com’s Becky Kiser

Final meeting on development of hotel & convention center in North Hays. Here’s Toby Dougherty with more information on the financial incentives for the developer from the city:

Water line improvements at 2400 General Hays Road. Here’s Shaun Musil with more:

Diamond grinding on the Hays streets:

Proposal to re-stripe a section of Canterbury Drive from four lanes to three:

 

Coming up next week on the Eagle Morning Show:

  • Cortney Dale – Bob Schwarz Financial
  • USD 489 Superintendent John Thissen
  • Fort Hays State University President Tisa Mason
  • Center For Life Experiences Ann Leiker

Sunny, mild Saturday

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Today
Sunny, with a high near 71. Northeast wind 6 to 15 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. East southeast wind 13 to 16 mph.

Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Windy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph.

Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Windy, with a south wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Windy, with a south wind 21 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Windy.

Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.

Kan. high school choir director admits to sex with student

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A former teacher of the year for a northeast Kansas school district has admitted to having with a student.

Burd -photo Johnson Co.

Forty-five-year-old Todd Burd pleaded guilty Friday to amended charges of unlawful sexual relations.

He initially was charged with aggravated criminal sodomy after the 16-year-old boy reported being assaulted while sitting in Burd’s pickup truck.

Court documents say the victim told police that Burd sent photographs and messages that were “sexual in nature” beforehand. The victim said Burd had been pressuring him to meet after school hours.

Burd taught music and was the choir director at Gardner Edgerton High School in late 2016, when the incident happened. Burd received the Gardner-Edgerton district’s Teacher of the Year honor in 2015. His sentencing is set for June 29.

Jets pick Fort Hays State’s Nathan Shepherd in Round 3

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ARLINGTON, Texas – With the 72nd pick overall in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, the New York Jets selected Fort Hays State defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd. He became the third Fort Hays State player in history selected in the NFL Draft.

Here is the video footage from the draft of Nathan Shepherd getting his name called at the podium on NFL Network.

Shepherd was the first NCAA Division II player taken in the 2018 NFL Draft. He joins Frankie Neal and Steve Crosby as players out of Fort Hays State selected in the NFL Draft. He is the first selection for FHSU in 31 years as Neal was the last in 1987.

Shepherd was a standout defensive tackle at Fort Hays State, a two-time All-America selection (2016 and 2017) and 2017 MIAA Defensive Player of the Year. He was a three-time All-MIAA selection. In his three years at Fort Hays State, Shepherd amassed 168 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, and 10 sacks. Shepherd was an All-America First Team by three organizations in his senior year, including the American Football Coaches Association, D2Football.com, and the Don Hansen Football Committee. He tied for the most amount of votes given to a Division II player for the Cliff Harris Award, presented to the nation’s top small college defensive player representing NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA colleges. This year, the award went to a player from NCAA Division III.

Stepmom of missing Kan. boy loses custody of daughter

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The stepmother of a missing 5-year-old Wichita boy has lost custody of her 1-year-old daughter.

Glass-photo Sedgwick Co.

A judge’s ruling Friday puts Emily Glass’ daughter in state custody. Child welfare officials will decide where she’ll live. Glass is charged with child endangerment stemming from her care of the girl, who previously was placed in police protective custody.

The charge was filed after Glass reported her stepson, Lucas Hernandez, missing in February. Glass cared for her daughter and Lucas while the children’s father worked out of state for weeks at a time. Lucas’ biological mother didn’t live in the Wichita area when he disappeared.

Search crews have repeatedly combed Wichita parks and found no sign of Lucas. Police say they don’t think he was abducted or walked away.

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