A southwest Kansas man was killed in a three vehicle traffic accident Sat., Dec. 22, in Kingman County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2018 Kia, a 2007 Toyota Corolla, and a 2015 Ford F150 pickup were involved in a crash three miles west of Kingman on U.S. Highway 54 shortly after 2:36 p.m.
One of four people in the Toyota, Magaly Garcia-Jimenez, 63, Dodge City, died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The other three people, also Dodge City residents, were transported with injuries ranging from minor to serious to the Kingman County Hospital in Kingman. Those transported were Juan Hondal-Massip, 66; Elizabeth Caraballo, 60; and Maikel Hernandez-Morea, 30.
The Kia driver, Grant Holmes, 28, Lawrence, was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The four occupants in the pickup, driver Michael Worsley, 36, Kansas City, Missouri; Alexis Worsley, 13, Kansas City, Kan.; Jakenzee Worsley, 11, Kansas City, Kan.; and Raymond Munoz, 52, Syracuse, were not transported to the hospital, although Munoz and Jakenzee Worsley had suspected minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES — Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is the highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 holiday hit in 60 years, but Americans still prefer hearing carols such as “Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells,” a new poll shows.
With Christmas next week, 12 percent of Americans named “Silent Night” as their favorite holiday song followed by “Jingle Bells” at 8 percent, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The open-ended question showed that “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a fan favorite among holiday films, followed closely by a mix of recent comedies and classics.
Nine percent of respondents listed the 1946 Frank Capra classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” as their favorite film. Jimmy Stewart plays a conscientious family man who faces a seemingly insurmountable debt and attempts to end his life, but is stopped by a guardian angel on Christmas Eve.
“It’s a story of redemption,” said Michael Germana, 65, who called the film his favorite. The California native is also among the 21 percent of adults 60 and older who choose “Silent Night,” which was first performed 200 years ago.
“It’s a song of inclusion,” Germana said. “There’s no strife.”
Americans under 30 are more likely than those older to name “Jingle Bells” (12 percent) and Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” (7 percent) as their favorite.
Carey’s song only trails the 1958 song “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville as the highest-charting hit on Billboard. Other popular songs on Billboard charts include Kenny G’s “Auld Lang Syne” and “This One’s for the Children” by New Kids on the Block.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” was named by 3 percent of adults overall, while “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” which has drawn criticism in the #MeToo era and led some stations to stop playing it, was named by 5 percent.
There were more contemporary choices among respondents when it came to film. Seven percent chose 1983’s “A Christmas Story” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” but most people didn’t specify whether they preferred the 1966 animated television special or the 2000 live-action adaption starring Jim Carrey. A computer animated version, “The Grinch” has earned more than $239 million domestically since its early November release.
Six percent selected the 2003 comedy “Elf” starring Will Ferrell, the Chevy Chase-led “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and “Home Alone,” a 1990 box office hit starring Macaulay Culkin as the burglar-thwarting Kevin McCallister.
Also listed as a favorite by 2 percent of respondents: the 1988 Bruce Willis action film “Die Hard.”
Overall, Seventy movies or Christmas specials and 107 songs were cited as holiday favorites by poll respondents.
___ The AP-NORC poll of 1,067 adults was conducted Dec. 13-16 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
Respondents were first selected randomly using address-based sampling methods, and later interviewed online or by phone.
LOGAN – This collection of Red and Green quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum of Golden, Colorado, contains twenty-five quilts, dated from 1835 through the early 20th century, stitched with red and green fabrics, a popular color combination of the era.
The collection includes some applique quilts of the 19th century, which were often made to signify great events or reserved for the most careful designs, more expensive fabrics, and best stitches.
These quilts were often made before or immediately after marriage, as crib quilts, or after all children were grown. A woman’s best quilts, made with the most expensive fabrics or intricate applique designs, were proudly displayed in the front room of her home or on a guest bed. Applique quilts of the mid-to-late 1800s show a beautiful variety of decorative motifs inspired from nature and the most careful stitches, often from popular red and green fabrics of the time.
This collection from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum holds prime examples of this beautiful era in our quilting history.
Red & Green Quilt Exhibit opens December 7, 2018, and will remain on display through January 27, 2019, at the Dane G. Hansen Museum located at 110 W. Main Street, Logan, Kansas. Museum hours are Monday through Friday 9-12 & 1-4; Saturday 9-12 & 1-5; Sunday & holidays 1-5.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A Republican leader in the Kansas House who was ousted from his position will serve as chairman of new Rural Revitalization Committee.
Departing Majority Leader Don Hineman’s new assignment for 2019 and 2020 will have him leading a committee that will examine challenges facing rural areas that include declining populations and limited access to broadband service. He was appointed by House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., a fellow Republican from Olathe who grew up in southwest Kansas.
Hineman is a farmer and rancher from Dighton in Lane County. He is a GOP moderate and was re-elected to the House this year but was voted out as majority leader earlier this month after the Republican majority became more conservative.
Ryckman said he created the committee to make sure rural communities “get a fair shake.”
Due to the observance of the Christmas holiday, Monday, December 24, 2018 and Tuesday, December 25, 2018, refuse/recycling route collection schedules in Hays will be altered.
Although collections may not occur on your normal day, collections will be completed by the end of the week. Crews anticipate that the collection route will be:
Monday, December 24, and Tuesday, December 25, refuse/recycling collections will be on Wednesday, December 26.
Wednesday. December 26, and Thursday, December 27, refuse/recycling collections will be on Thursday, December 27.
There are no anticipated changes to Friday, December 28th, refuse/recycling collection schedule.
It is anticipated that heavy volumes of refuse/recyclables will be encountered around the holidays. Please be sure to have your refuse/recycling out by 7:00 a.m. on the specified collection day, and keep in mind the trucks have no set time schedule.
City of Hays customers who may have any questions regarding this notice should contact the Solid Waste Division of the Public Works Department at 785-628-7350.
BUNKER HILL – The Arthur E. and Cornelia C. Scroggins Fund through the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas has awarded Smoky Hills Public Television a grant for $3,500.
The Foundation’s grant will provide two books (one English/Spanish bilingual and one English only) to each of the 417 children enrolled in Head Start in Ford County during the 2018-2019 school year. As well as, support for children’s television programming.
“With this fund we are able to put books in children’s hands, therefore encouraging them to read and learn,” said Larry Calvery, Smoky Hills Public Television General Manager. “That’s what we do here at Smoky Hills Public Television, help educate our young viewers. With the fund from the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas we expect that the children of Ford County will develop a greater love of learning with the new books they receive.”
The Arthur E. and Cornelia C. Scroggins Fund was established to support quality of life issues and provide education opportunities for youth in Ford and Gray Counties.
Smoky Hills Public Television serves 71 counties in central and western Kansas and has been named the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Non-Metro Station of the Year, broadcasting 64 commercial-free hours per week of educational programming. Of the 25 different children’s programs SHPTV airs each week, 17 are targeted toward preschool children with five focusing on literacy, eight on science and math, and four on social skills. SHPTV also broadcasts these programs on their 24-hour PBS Kids channel (Channel 21.2 in Ford County).
LENEXA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the availability of $1.5 million grant funding in EPA Region 7 to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the region’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $40 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding nationally to eligible applicants, subject to the availability of funds.
“By financially supporting projects that upgrade aging diesel engines, EPA is helping improve their efficiency and reduce air pollution throughout the nation,” said EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “From our grant programs to our new Cleaner Trucks Initiative, EPA is taking important steps to help modernize heavy-duty trucks and provide cleaner, more efficient methods of transportation that will protect the environment and keep our economy growing.”
Diesel-powered engines move approximately 90 percent of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines.
EPA is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions and exposure, especially from fleets operating at goods movements facilities in areas designated as having poor air quality. Priority for funding will also be given to projects that engage and benefit local communities and applicants that demonstrate their ability to promote and continue efforts to reduce emissions after the project has ended.
EPA anticipates releasing a separate Tribal Clean Diesel funding opportunity in late 2019.
In October, during Children’s Health Month, EPA announced the availability of approximately $9 million in rebates to public school bus fleet owners to help replace or upgrade older engines. This is the sixth rebate program to fund cleaner school buses under DERA, that have supported nearly 25,000 cleaner buses across the country for America’s school children.
Background
Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has competitively awarded over 530 grants and 390 rebates across the country. Many of these projects funded cleaner diesel engines that operate in economically disadvantaged communities whose residents suffer from higher-than-average instances of asthma, heart and lung disease.
Eligible applicants include regional, state, local or tribal agencies, or port authorities with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality. Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality. Applicants may apply until Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
Under this competition, EPA anticipates awarding between 40 and 80 assistance agreements. Applicants must request funding from the EPA regional office which covers the geographic project location. The maximum amount of federal funding that may be requested per application varies by Region.
Region 1 (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) will accept proposals requesting up to $1,000,000 in grant funds.
Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.
Region 3 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.
Region 4 (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,000,000 in grant funds.
Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) will accept proposals requesting up to $3,000,000 in grant funds.
Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.
Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska) will accept proposals requesting up to $1,500,000 in grant funds. For questions about the regional program, contact Greg Crable, [email protected] or 913-551-7391.
Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,400,000 in grant funds.
Region 9 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands) will accept proposals requesting up to $4,000,000 in grant funds.
Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) will accept proposals requesting up to $1,000,000 in grant funds.
TodayPartly sunny, with a high near 47. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Tonight Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 7 mph.
Christmas Day Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday NightA 40 percent chance of snow after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 30. East wind 6 to 9 mph.
WednesdayRain, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 9am. High near 45. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday NightRain. Low around 33. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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