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Alex A. Herrman

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Alex A. Herrman, 82, La Crosse, Kansas, met his creator Thursday, March 8, 2018, at Rush County Memorial Hospital, La Crosse.

Alex was born June 28, 1935, on the family farm in rural Rush County, Kansas, to Nicholas and Veronica (Legleiter) Herrman. He was a lifelong resident of Rush County. A 1953 graduate of La Crosse High School, La Crosse, he spent his time as a farmer and also worked at Cross Manufacturing for 13 years.

He was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, and a former member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Liebenthal, Kansas. He was an honorary life member of Knights of Columbus Council 2970, La Crosse, where he was a former Grand Knight, District Deputy, a member of the degree team, and a delegate to the Supreme Convention. He was a 4th degree member of the Pope Paul VI Assembly, La Crosse, a former USD 395, La Crosse, school board member, and a former board member of the Rush County Farmer’s Co-op.

He enjoyed attending all of his grandchildren’s activities, and was also an avid “La Crosse Leopard Fan”. He was proud of his Leopard history, and helped construct the current high school.

On April 23, 1956, he married Twila Mae Staab at St. Joseph’s Church, Hays, Kansas.

Survivors include: his wife, Twila Herrman of the home; four daughters, Janel Weigel, and husband, Rick, La Crosse, Jillane Koochel, and husband, Pat, Great Bend, Kansas, Jerilyn Stull, and husband, Mike, McCracken, Kansas, and Joyce Temanson, and husband, Bill, Pratt, Kansas; one son, Glenn Herrman, and wife, Shanon, La Crosse; fourteen grandchildren, Nicholl Weigel, Nathan (Nicole) Weigel, Rachel (Tyler) Thompson, Christopher (Lindsey) Koochel, Emily Koochel, Ethan Koochel, Tayler Stull, Colby Stull, Eli Temanson, Aden Temanson, Isaac Temanson Brett Herrman, Blake Herrman, and Brooke Herrman and four great grandchildren, Madeline Koochel, Avery Koochel, Charlie Weigel, and Jace Weigel; two brothers, Marvin Herrman, and wife, Florence, La Crosse, and Albert (Al) Herrman, and wife, Mary, Salina, Kansas; and two sisters, Edith Bollig, La Crosse, and Elenora Moeder, La Crosse.

He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Chris Herrman, Elmer Herrman, Alvin Herrman, Kenneth Herrman, and Raymond Herrman; and four sisters, Emma Moeder, Agnes Herrman, Bertha Sauber, and Sister Louise Herrman,

Visitation will be Sunday, March 11, 2018, from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. A vigil service and 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus rosary will be at 7:00 P.M.

Church visitation will be Monday, March 12, 2018, from 9:00 A.M. to 9:50 A.M. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse.

Funeral service will be Monday, March 12, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, Kansas, with Father Eric Gyamfi officiating. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Liebenthal.

In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests memorials to St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, or St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Liebenthal.

Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.

Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.

Robert ‘Bob’ Hinca

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Robert “Bob” Hinca of Plainville, KS went to meet his Savior Jesus face-to-face on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. He was born on June 11, 1933 in Buffalo, New York to Leo and Rose (Maciejewski) Hinca. He was united in marriage to Loretta Garvert on April 25, 1959 in Plainville, Kansas.

Bob will ever be known as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend; a diligent and dedicated worker and provider; the avid radio announcer “Bob Hammer”; an intense fan of all sports teams yielding from Buffalo, NY; a lover of Big Band and Jazz music; and a magneto genius. His heart of service was obvious to his country as he served in the Air Force, to his community through years of service to youth as a Sunday School teacher, and to his family as a dedicated provider.

He is survived by is wife “Angel” Loretta Hinca, celebrating 59 years together; his four children and their spouses: son Mark L. Hinca and wife Linda of Salina, KS; daughter Mary A. Hurlbut (Hinca) and husband Bryan of Edmond, OK; daughter Lisa M. Ward (Hinca) and husband Neal of Hays, KS; and, Craig A. Hinca with wife Laura of Salina, Kanasas. Bob is preceded in death by two brothers, Alphonse “Al” and Leonard, both of Buffalo, New York. His two surviving sibling Rita and Mildred still reside in Buffalo. Bob is also succeeded by eight grandchildren: Ron Gabriel, Tim Gabriel, Landon Hurlbut, Abby Hurlbut, Paige Hinca, Nathan Ward, Ryan Ward, and Grant Hinca.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at New Life Center Church in Hays, Kansas. A closed casket visitation will be 6:30-8:00PM on Friday at the funeral home in Plainville.

Hoisington among KS school districts to replace diesel buses

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EPA
LENEXA –  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today awarded $640,000 to 20 Kansas school districts to replace 32 older diesel school buses.  Nationally, EPA awarded more than $8.7 million to replace or retrofit 452 older diesel school buses. The funds are going to 141 school bus fleets in 32 states.  Each of the school districts will receive rebates through EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding. The new buses will reduce pollutants that are linked to health problems such as asthma and lung damage.
“These rebates are an innovative way to improve air quality across the country and provide kids with safe, reliable transportation to and from school,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “Through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, EPA is equipping local school districts with cleaner-running school buses, helping them along the route to healthier kids and communities.”
“Since the EPA launched its Clean School Bus USA program 15 years ago, the agency has been working to ensure that the safest way 26 million students get to school, the iconic yellow school bus, is also one of the healthiest,” said Charlie Hood, executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services. “The DERA School Bus Replacement program has been instrumental in helping school districts and contractors replace older diesel school buses with newer buses that drastically reduce airborne emissions. The program is one of the most administratively simple within the federal government and has been extremely cost-effective at achieving its intended goals. America’s students and taxpayers are the beneficiaries.”
“The National School Transportation Association (NSTA), and private school bus contractors around the country, congratulates EPA and those receiving rebate awards for the purchase of new clean vehicles and equipment,” said NSTA President Blake Krapf. “On behalf of private school bus companies serving school districts around the country, we have strongly supported the DERA program. It is another way we can provide the safest and cleanest form of transportation for our precious cargo of school children and for the communities in which they live.”
Applicants replacing buses with engine model years of 2006 and older will receive rebates between $15,000 and $20,000, depending on the size of the bus. Applicants also had the option of retrofitting school buses with engine model years between 1994 to 2006 with a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst, Closed Crankcase Ventilation system, and Fuel Operated Heater to reduce toxic emissions. All Region 7 rebates will go to the replacement of school buses.
EPA has implemented standards to make newer diesel engines more than 90 percent cleaner, but many older diesel school buses are still operating. These older diesel engines emit large amounts of pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, which are linked to instances of aggravated asthma, lung damage and other serious health problems.
Since 2008, the DERA program has funded more than 700 clean diesel projects across the country, reducing emissions in more than 70,000 engines.
The 2017 DERA school bus rebate recipients in Kansas are:
A comprehensive list of the 2017 DERA school bus recipients can be found at https://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel/clean-diesel-rebates

Hays library will have poetry contest next month

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By JAYLINN PFEIFER
For Hays Post

The Hays Public Library will host a poetry contest at 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, in the library’s Schmidt Gallery. The contest is a great way for people in the community to share their original poems with others.

April is National Poetry Month, and this is the 18th year that the library is celebrating.

“The contest is a great way for poets to share their creativity, and it is a tradition that we would like to keep going,” said Samantha Gill, adult librarian.

This year is the first year that the library will be taking all of the poems that are entered and put them into a journal created by the Hays Public Library to distribute to patrons.

It is Gill’s second year serving as the adult librarian, and she loves hearing all of the submissions.

“It is such a fun night and my favorite part about the event is getting to hear all of the fantastic poems and the talent that comes behind the patrons who created them,” Gill said.

There were 15 entries last year, and the library is hoping for more this year. The library also would like people to know that the poems are not censored — so to be careful when deciding whether to bring children.

The winner of the contest will receive a $75 Chamber Cheque along with their name engraved on a plaque. The second-place winner will receive a $50Chamber Cheque. For more information about the contest, contact the Hays Public Library.

Krug: ‘The Parent Report Card’

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Donna Krug

If you have kids, you are probably aware that it is the end of another 9 weeks and time for report cards. I remember many years ago, one of my favorite magazines, Working Mother, had an article titled, “The Parent Report Card.”

It seemed a bit awkward to ask my adolescent children at the time to grade me and their dad, on 25 different things. Part of the value of the parent report card is that is brings out issues parents may not realize are important.

Things like “Understands my moods”, “Listens to my problems”, “Doesn’t scream at me when angry,” and “Treats all the kids in the family fairly” are graded A to F by each child in the family. I remember being surprised that my 10 year-old son gave me a C when it came to “Letting him make his own decisions.” I’m thinking to myself, “Adam, you’re only 10, so you don’t have the skills to make all of you own decisions.” Still, it reminded me of the important job we have as parents, to gradually let our children gain skills to make more of their own decisions.

It is a good idea to make several copies of the “Parent Report Card” and allow time for each child in the family to grade both mom and dad and also let the parents grade themselves. As parents take the quiz and grade themselves, they may see how the perceptions of one generation can differ from those of the other.
If you would like a copy of the “Parent Report Card” give me a call or send me an e-mail and I will be happy to share.

Donna Krug is the Family & Consumer Science Agent and District Director for the Cottonwood Extension District – Great Bend Office. You may reach her at: (620)793-1910 or [email protected]

Friday fire hydrants flushing

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The city of Hays Fire Department will be inspecting and flow testing fire hydrants on Fri., March 9, 2018, in the area from Vine St. to Canterbury Dr. between 13th St. and 22nd St.

This is part of a coordinated effort by the city of Hays to inspect all fire hydrants in the city and flush all water mains annually.

LETTER: KanCare article inaccurate, misleading

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The article “Making it more complicated,” published by the Hays Post, contained numerous factual errors. This article is wrong, inaccurate and misleading.

Kansas has not “turned over management of Medicaid” to a company called Maximus. Kansas has never provided health care in “local Medicaid offices.”

Kansas didn’t “adopt” something called KanCare. KanCare is the state’s managed care Medicaid program overseen by the state and administered by three managed care organizations under contract, none of which is Maximus. So far KanCare has saved state taxpayers close to $2 billion while at the same time adding about 45,000 beneficiaries to the Medicaid rolls in Kansas. Health outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries in Kansas, in particular those with chronic illnesses and those with disabilities, are significantly better under KanCare than they were under the old system.

Medicaid, which is funded by the federal government based on state spending on the program, has nothing to do with federal deficit reduction legislation. Nothing.

The state acknowledges that there is an ongoing problem with Medicaid eligibility determination for those applying for long-term care. The state is working diligently to straighten out this situation, which is impacting some of the most vulnerable Kansans. But Mr. Clinkscales’ article provided no insight into the matter, and no doubt served to confuse and frighten anyone planning to apply for Medicaid, in particular the elderly.

Link to article in question.

Angela de Rocha
Deputy Secretary
Director of Communications
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Topeka

Feds: Drug traffickers in Kansas linked to international money laundering

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KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal investigation in Kansas has tied drug traffickers to an international money laundering scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.

Duarte-Tello-photo Wyandotte Co.

In San Diego Thursday, federal prosecutors announced charges against 40 alleged members of an international money-laundering scheme that laundered tens of millions of dollars in drug money from drug dealers in the United States to suppliers in Mexico. Two of those defendants in the California case already were indicted by a grand jury in Kansas after being targets of a federal investigation here. Their case is pending in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan.

“Assistant U.S. Attorney Tris Hunt and his team of investigators in Kansas has been working on this for two years,” McAllister said.

The indictment in California charges Juan Duarte-Tello, 44, Kansas City, Mo., and Diana Aurora Holguin-Gallegos, 30, Kansas City, Mo., with working as money couriers who transported large amounts of cash generated from drug trafficking. The California indictment is part of a nationwide takedown stemming from a multi-year investigation led by the FBI San Diego Cross Border Violence Task Force, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.

Diana Aurora Holguin-Gallegos

In addition to the indictments unsealed today in San Diego, dozens of other defendants have been charged across the United States with crimes ranging from drug distribution to money laundering stemming from this investigation, including defendants in Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky and Washington.

According to the indictments and other publicly filed court documents, Jose Robert Lopez-Albarran, a significant money broker for a Mexican based international money laundering organization along with other members of the organization, allegedly laundered tens of millions of dollars in narcotics proceeds from the United States to Mexico between 2015 and 2018. As a result of the investigation, law enforcement seized more than $6 million in United States currency.

In the Kansas case, Duarte-Tello and Holguin-Gallegos are awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other counts including renting a residences in Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo. for the purpose of storing and distributing methamphetamine. The Kansas investigation resulted in seizures of more than 44 kilograms of methamphetamine, three kilograms of cocaine and more than $100,000 in cash.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI investigated the case in Kansas. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tris Hunt is prosecuting.

2 dead, teen hospitalized after head-on Kansas crash

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MCPHERSON COUNTY— Two people died in an accident just before 11p.m. Thursday in McPherson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1994 Ford truck driven by Timothy P. Kersten, 57, Hillsboro, was eastbound on U.S. 56 five miles east of McPherson.

The vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a 2001 Honda SUV driven by Abby J. McIntosh, 34, Galva, westbound shoulder.

Kersten and McIntosh were pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger in the Honda Jade S. Richardson, 13, Galva, was transported to a hospital in Wichita.

McIntosh was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP. It is unknown if Kersten was wearing a seat belt.

National Right to Life convention to be held in Overland Park; video contest open

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KFL

WICHITA – The National Right to Life Convention will be held in Overland Park, Kansas, this year.

Pro-life young people have a great opportunity to showcase and hone their skills with the NRLC Video Contest.

This contest is not only wonderful for engaging the pro-life youth in your communities, but also great for introducing them to more involvement in the movement. When they participate in the contest, it’s an important part of injecting the pro-life message into public discourse using their talents and skill.

The contest is open to all video-makers ages 15-25. The videos must be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes in length. The deadline to enter is May 31, 2018.

Online submission form and full contest rules (as well as all previous winning submissions) can be found at www.nrlconvention.com/video-contest.

Click here for a flyer about the event.

Thursday high school state basketball scoreboard

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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL

Class 2A

State Quarterfinal

Central Plains 58, Inman 42

Pittsburg Colgan 54, Plainville 47

Salina Sacred Heart 53, Burlingame 40

West Elk 56, Johnson-Stanton County 46

Class 4A Division I

State Quarterfinal

Andover Central 68, KC Piper 60

Arkansas City 45, Wamego 29

Bishop Miege 65, Labette County 49

McPherson 64, Spring Hill 43

Class 4A Division II

State Quarterfinal

Andale 73, Smoky Valley 54

Holcomb 56, Frontenac 39

Parsons 72, Anderson County 68

Topeka Hayden 57, Marysville 51

Class 6A

State Quarterfinal

BV Northwest 65, Lawrence 37

Derby 84, Olathe North 81

Lawrence Free State 42, Wichita South 39

Topeka 73, Olathe East 72

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL

Class 1A Division I

State Quarterfinal

Hanover 50, Frankfort 47

South Central 82, Stockton 42

St. Paul 26, St. John 19

Thunder Ridge 48, Rural Vista 44

Class 1A Division II

State Quarterfinal

Axtell 66, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 64

Cunningham 57, Wallace County 33

Hartford 53, Hutchinson Central Christian 42

Quinter 48, Bucklin 41

Class 3A

State Quarterfinal

Garden Plain 58, Caney Valley 31

Haven 60, Scott City 50

Hays-TMP-Marian 55, Wellsville 40

Royal Valley 51, Nemaha Central 48

Class 5A

State Quarterfinal

Liberal 62, St. James Academy 29

Maize 44, Mill Valley 37

St. Thomas Aquinas 57, Salina Central 30

Wichita Bishop Carroll 77, KC Schlagle 56

Former Kan. officer takes plea deal in sexual assault charge

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Davis – photo Crawford Co.

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A former police officer in southeast Kansas has pleaded no contest to charges of sexually assaulting a woman he arrested during a domestic disturbance.

Jessie Davis, 22, took a plea bargain on Tuesday in Crawford County District Court.

Davis surrendered himself to authorities last year on charges of aggravated sexual battery and official misconduct after a Crawford County Sheriff’s Department investigation. He was later fired from the Pittsburg Police Department.

County attorney John Gutierrez says Davis will likely be placed on probation for two years and will not have to register as a sex offender if the court follows the plea agreement.

The woman who says she was groped in Davis’ patrol car filed a lawsuit last month alleging her civil rights were violated.

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