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TMP boys advance with win over Russell

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

TMP 65, Russell 39
3A Sub-State Quarterfinal

HAYS, Kan.-TMP showed why they were the number one seed in the 3A Minneapolis Sub-State with a 65-39 win over the Russell Broncos on Monday night at Al Billinger Fieldhouse. Things started a little slow in the first quarter as the two teams traded scores throughout with TMP on top after one, 11-8.

The second quarter slowed down early as TMP went scoreless for the first three and a half minutes. Russell was able to tie the game and then take a couple of two point leads. The Monarchs then used their defense to open up some offense as they finished the first half on a 7-3 run. TMP led 23-19 at the half.

The Monarchs turned things around in the third quarter outscoring Russell 18-8 to take control of the contest. TMP continued to roll in the fourth quarter outscoring the Broncos 24-12. Austin Price led Russell with 15 points. Ryan Karlin led three Monarchs in double figures with 17. Creighton Renz added 14 and Trenton Mayo 12.

Russell finishes their season at 4-17. TMP improves to 15-5 and will play the winner of Southeast of Saline and Minneapolis on Thursday in Minneapolis.

JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

 

Police ask for help to identify Kan. armed robbery suspects

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photo courtesy Topeka Police

SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating an armed robbery and asking the public to help identify suspects.

Just after 9 p.m. Sunday, police responded to a local convenience store in the 100 Block of SW 37th in Topeka for report of an armed robbery, according to Lt. Colleen Stuart.

Employees reported two subjects entered the store, 1 black male wearing a black hoodie and one white male wearing a camouflage jacket. One subject appeared to be armed with an unknown type of handgun. The subjects demanded money and left on foot to the east from the business with an undisclosed amount of currency.

Police released images of these suspects. Anyone with information on their identity are asked to contact TPD Detectives at 368-9400 or CrimeStoppers at 234-0007

No charges in fatal Kansas officer-involved shooting

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GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have determined that no charges will be filed in a fatal officer-involved shooting in southwest Kansas.

Umana-Garcia- photo KDOC

Officers fatally shot 29-year-old Cristino Umana-Garcia last October in rural Finney County. Undersheriff John Andrews says officers shot Umana-Garcia after he became aggressive and threatened them.

Garden City Police Chief Michael Utz said Monday he found the officers didn’t violate local policies and procedures, federal law or state law.

The Haskell County Attorney says all reports from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and video footage from the case showed no charges were warranted against the two officers involved in the shooting.

Authorities say all available evidence suggests that both officers reasonably believe that they were in danger when they fired the shots.

Rare identical triplets born at Kansas City hospital

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a rare set of identical triplets have been delivered at a Kansas City hospital.

Dad watching one of the new born babies -photo courtesy KSHB TV

Dr. Josh Petrikin says the boys — Ron, Elkanah, and Abishai — were “doing wonderfully” under observation in Truman Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit after their delivery Thursday. Researchers have found that identical triplets occur in about 20 or 30 of every million births.

The Kansas City Star reports that their parents, Nicole and Caleb Choge, of Ottawa, Kansas, already have a 2-year-old son. Caleb Choge says he, his wife and their toddler prayed for another child and that “God answered everybody’s prayer: one, two and three.”

Until recently, the family lived in Kenya, where Caleb Choge is from and was working as a pilot. They moved to be closer to Nicole Choge’s family.

2 hospitalized after NW Kan. woman falls asleep at the wheel

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THOMAS COUNTY — Two people were injured in an accident just after 4p.m. Monday in Thomas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Toyota Corolla driven by Judy Kaye Bontjes, 63, Colby, was westbound on Interstate 70 four miles west of Colby. The driver fell asleep.

The Toyota struck a 2001 Dodge Dakota driven byTina Penelope Kehl, 48, Bird City.

The Toyota then entered the median, continued to travel until coming to rest. The Dodge continued to travel in the lane of traffic until coming to rest on the right shoulder.

Kehl and a passenger John Medrano, 52, Kirk, CO., were transported to the hospital in Colby.  Bontjes was not injured.  All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the

Alvin Lee Smith

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Alvin Lee Smith passed away Mon., Feb. 26, 2018 in Colby. He was born April 21, 1941.
Visitation will be Wed., Feb. 28, 5 to 7 p.m. at Baalmann Mortuary, 190 S. Franklin, Ave., Colby.
A service will be conducted by Pastor Steve Todd Thu., March 1, 10:30 a.m., at Assembly of God, 245 W. College Drive, Colby. Interment will take place in Beulah Cemetery, Country Club Drive, Colby.
Baalmann Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Edna Christene “Chris” (Walker) Garrett

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Edna Christene “Chris” (Walker) Garrett, age 92, of WaKeeney, Kansas, passed away after a short illness on February 22, 2018 in Peoria, Arizona. She was born November 21, 1925 at home, north of WaKeeney to Ralph and Leona (Rucker) Walker. She graduated in 1943 from TCHS in WaKeeney. She attended both KU and Wichita State University.

She married Richard “Dick” Garrett on April 1, 1946. He preceded her in death August 22, 2001. She married Stuart Hutchison on February 16, 2008. He survives.

Dick and Chris managed and then owned a grocery store in WaKeeney for several years and later were in the farming and ranching business. She also worked in the business office of Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital, and later did medical transcription there and at the medical clinic. They enjoyed dancing, camping/boating, bridge, traveling, and later spent winters in Arizona. She and Stuart also enjoyed wintering in Arizona, and had a wonderful cruise last winter in the Caribbean.

Chris was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church of WaKeeney, and served in various capacities through the years. She was an American Legion Auxiliary member, a past member of the order of Eastern Star, and belonged to several bridge clubs.

Her husband, Stuart Hutchison survives. Other survivors are her daughters, Cheryl Fabrizius, Sun City, Arizona, and Cathey (Don) Lynn, Ozawkie, Kansas; four grandchildren, Andrea and Andrew Fabrizius, Peoria, Arizona, Jamie (Marcellus) Stiede, St. Lucia, West Indies, and Jodie Boots, Olathe, Kansas; six great-grandchildren, Taylor and Braden Boots, Raven, Jasmine, and Levi Stiede, and Amani Fabrizius; a sister, Sandra (Ken) Sloan of Ridgway, Colorado; and step children; Jon (Cindy) and Jay (Wendy) Hutchison, Janet (Alan) Luttrell, and Julie (Bruce) Deterding.

Chris was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband; her grandson, Matthew Fabrizius; brother, LaVerne Walker; and sister, Frances Hilyard.

Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2018 at Schmitt Funeral Home, WaKeeney. Visitation after burial will be held at the Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the WaKeeney City Cemetery.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the WaKeeney Presbyterian Church. Donations may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 North 12th, WaKeeney, KS 67672.

Condolences may be left at www.schmittfuneral.com.

Kansas man sentenced for child sex crimes

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PRATT – A Kansas man was sentenced Monday to more than 18 years in prison for child sex crimes, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

Gamblin-photo Pratt Co.

Matthew T. Gamblin, 38, pleaded guilty in January to one count of aggravated criminal sodomy and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Judge Francis E. Meisenheimer sentenced Gamblin to 227 months to be served in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Gamblin is also subject to lifetime post-release supervision and sex offender registration. The crimes occurred between October 2014 and May 2015.

The case was investigated by the Pratt Police Department.  Assistant Attorney General Lyndzie Carter of Schmidt’s office prosecuted the case.

News From the Oil Patch, Feb. 26

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By JOHN P. TRETBAR

Drilling rig counts for the week were up slightly nationwide and down slightly here at home. Independent Oil & Gas Service reported 12 active rigs in eastern Kansas, up one, but the count west of Wichita is down two at 25 active rigs. Drilling is underway at sites in Barton and Ellis County, and about to commence at a third site in Stafford County. Baker Hughes reported 978 active drilling rigs, an increase of one oil rig and two seeking natural gas.

There are 32 new permits for drilling at new locations across Kansas this week, 20 east of Wichita and 12 out west, for a year-to-date total of 221. Barton and Stafford County each report one new permit.

Independent Oil & Gas Service reports 22 new well completions statewide, 11 east of Wichita, 11 in western Kansas, for a total of 249 so far this year.

The government reported last week on the impact of new congressional mandates calling for the sale of more than 100 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Together the new budget and tax-cut laws call for the sale of 107 million barrels of crude between the years 2022 and 2027. Three bills enacted earlier already call for the sale of 149 million barrels starting last year and continuing through 2025. When you add it up, the S.P.R. could decline by about 40% in the coming decade, but the Energy Information Administration says it will still meet its original mandate to cover interruptions in petroleum imports.

The state of Alaska is about $806 million in debt to its oil and gas companies, and is considering a billion-dollar loan to pay them off. The state promised billions of dollars in tax credits to smaller oil and gas companies between 2003 and 2017. But when petroleum prices plunged, the state could no longer afford the program. Lawmakers are considering a plan to borrow the funds to pay off those operators who agree to accept up to ten percent less than what they’re owed.

The Trump administration announced the largest oil and gas offshore auction in U.S. history on March 21 for areas in federal waters off the Gulf Coast. The announcement comes less than a year after a similar sale yielded little corporate interest.

A proposed ballot measure in North Dakota seeking to raise that state’s oil taxes will not move forward this year. A spokesman says they don’t have the funds to face off against fierce and well-funded opposition. The Bismarck Tribune quotes a former state lawmaker who believes the measure will be back during the next legislative session or in a future election.

Russia remained the top crude oil supplier to China in January, according to date from Chinese customers officials. Reuters reported Russian supplies rose 23.4 percent from a year earlier, beginning 2018 on a strong note after the start-up of an expanded trans-Siberia pipeline.

If the frontrunner in Mexico’s presidential race takes office it could spell an important shakeup for US refiners. His energy adviser tells Reuters he would like to see Mexico refine and consume its own fuels, rather than exporting the crude and importing the fuel. And he’d like to accomplish that in the next three years. Mexico is currently the largest foreign market for US refiners, consuming about 808,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel per day last year.

Many critics have raised concerns about Venezuela’s cryptocurrency ambitions, but its first day pre-sale was apparently very popular. President Nicolas Maduro said on Twitter that Venezuela’s petro token raised more than $735 million, in Chinese yuan, in its first day. Maduro has admitted in public that the petro will serve as a means for Venezuela to circumvent sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union.

Auditions Wed. and Thu. for RCT spring production

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RUSSELL – Auditions for “Cheating Cheaters” by John Patrick to be directed by Bob Roe will be Wednesday and Thursday, February 28 and March 1 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Russell Community Theater (RCT) Playhouse, 140 East 5th Street, Russell. The RCT Playhouse is the former First Baptist Church located at the corner of 4th and Kansas Streets.

The show requires two men and three women. Age groups from 18 to 80 will be considered. Prepared material is not required – just show up and be willing to have a good time. For additional information, call 785-483-4057.

The production will be held April 17-21.

 

Salina high school investigating alleged threat

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SALINE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities and USD 305 officials are investigating an alleged threat.

During the final hour of school on Monday school officials discovered threatening graffiti in one of the bathrooms at Salina Central High School, according to an email sent to parents from principal Nate Showman.

“An investigation immediately began and the school went into heightened security through the end of the school day.”  Practices and events to continue as planned, according to Showman.

If a student at any time has a concern Showman encouraged them to visit with him. Parents were also also encouraged to call if they had questions.

 

 

William “Bill” Joseph Fry

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It is with great sadness William “Bill” Joseph Fry, age 58, died at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas on January 22, 2018. He was born on October 15, 1959 in WaKeeney, Kansas, to William “Jack” and Elizabeth “Betty” Joan (Opat) Fry.

Bill is a graduate of Trego Community High School Class of 1979. After high school he took part in a State of Kansas Voc-Rehab program to find out his job skills. He was placed in a program at Wichita State University’s Engineering Department where he later got work at Center Industries in Wichita, Kansas retiring with over 30 years of performance.

Bill loved to watch sports. He was a big fan of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals. He collected sports trading cards and anything dealing with wolves.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Karen Fry; faternal grandparents, George and Grace (Newman-Frye) and Jessup and Harvey Frye; maternal grandparents, Joe and Anne Opat; aunts and uncles Mabel and Clyde Jessup; Hazel and Roy Carson; Patsy and Ben Opat; Dorothy and Curtis Mong; and uncles Vernie Deines and James “Jim” Opat.

Surviving family members are brothers and sisters, Ruth and Maralene Fry of Hays, Anna, Barry, Lester and Kevin Fry, all of WaKeeney, and Beverly (Tracy) Howard of Wamego. Other family members surviving were nieces and nephews, Christopher (Kira) Howard of Manhattan, Danielle Howard of Hays, and Joey and Noah Fry of WaKeeney; and great nieces, Aubrey Howard of Oak Harbor, WA, and Aryel Fry of Hays.

Celebration of Life will take place at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Schmitt Funeral Home, WaKeeney. There will be no visitation as cremation was chosen.

Family suggests memorials in lieu of flowers or plants to the William Fry Funeral Fund to help offset expenses. Donations may be made out to Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 North 12th, WaKeeney, KS 67672.

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