Beginning in July, HaysMed, part of the University of Kansas Health System will offer a quarterly pediatric spine clinic. The first clinic will be held Tuesday, July 31 from 1-4 p.m. at the Orthopedic Clinic, 2500 Canterbury, Hays, Kansas.
The clinic will focus on congenital orthopedic problems in pediatrics such as scoliosis, club feet, hip disorders (dysplasia), flat feet, toe walking, in toeing bowlegs (knock knees) and other spinal deformities often seen in children.
Rebecca Green, PA-C, under the supervision of Dr. Max DeCarvalho, orthopedic surgeon, will be evaluating and treating the patients at the clinic.
“It is exciting to offer this specialized clinic for our patients in western Kansas,” said DeCarvalho. “We are always looking for opportunities to provide our patients more services closer to home.”
Congenital spine deformities are disorders of the spine that develop in a child before birth. Vertebrae don’t form properly very early in fetal development, causing structural problems in the spine and spinal cord. The problems can range from mild to severe and may cause other problems if left untreated.
You can schedule an appointment by calling 866-428-8221 or 785-261-7599. No physician referral is required unless it is required by your insurance company.
BUNKER HILL – Smoky Hills Public Television’s “Traveling Kansas” will highlight Rooks County on Thursday, June 28, at 7 p.m.
This episode of “Traveling Kansas” explores the communities, attractions and people of Rooks County. Learn about the Rooks County Health Center, as well as, attractions including Webster Lake and the Rooks County Historical Museum. The program visits Plainville, Stockton, Damar, Palco, Codell and Woodston.
A free preview of “Traveling Kansas: Rooks County” will be held at the Rooks County Health Education Center in Plainville on June 25 at 6:30pm, and the show will air on Smoky Hills Public Television on Thursday, June 28, at 7 p.m.
“Traveling Kansas” is a Smoky Hills Public Television production that highlights Kansas communities, events and natural wonders. Previous episodes can be viewed at smokyhillstv.org. Smoky Hills Public Television is the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Non-Metro Station of the Year.
SHPTV can be seen on Eagle Cable channels 9 and 609.
Today Sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North wind 9 to 17 mph.
Friday Sunny, with a high near 84. North wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Friday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 61. East southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.
CONCORDIA — Cloud County Community College (CCCC) has announced the names of students on the Spring 2018 Honor Roll. To be named to this honor roll, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of college coursework and earned a semester grade point average of 3.6-3.899.
The following local students have been named to the Spring 2018 Honor Roll at Cloud County Community College:
Tanner Brown from Hays, KS
Kiley Schmidtberger from Walker, KS
Cloud County Community College (CCCC) is one of 26 public two-year community and technical colleges in Kansas and is coordinated by the Kansas Board of Regents. CCCC’s service area encompasses a 12-county area primarily in north central Kansas with its two physical campuses in Concordia and Junction City.
Combine driver Joe Schumacher, son of Tim and Tammy Schumacher of rural Victoria, cuts wheat Sunday evening. (Photos by Tammy Schumacher)
By BECKY KISER Hays Post
Many combines are idled today in Ellis County following drenching rain and quick moving thunderstorms Tuesday night. Most of Ellis County reported more than two inches of rain.
Crews were racing against the weather yesterday, cutting as much wheat as possible and getting it to local grain elevators before the storms hit.
Although the precipitation was welcomed by farmers with fall crops, it comes too late for the 2018 wheat crop.
Knowing it’s been a dry season, the Tim Schumacher family, who farm southwest of Victoria about six miles, was pleasantly surprised with yields a little better than expected.
The Schumacher wheat crop yielded an average 35 bushels per acre, better than they anticipated in this drought.
“It’d averaged about 35 bushels an acre. With the lack of moisture, it’s pretty darn good,” reported Tim’s wife, Tammy Schumacher. “Because of the lack of rain and snow the past eight months or so, we weren’t sure what we’d be getting.”
“At least we aren’t scraping the dirt with the combine headers, which other farmers around are doing,” she said.
Brigg Schumacher, 2, son of Joe and Danielle Schumacher, plays in the wheat. Brigg is the youngest grandchild of Tim and Tammy Schumacher. Briggs’ picture was taken by his brother, 9-year-old Levi Schumacher.
The farm land has been in the Schumacher family for five generations. Their wheat harvest this year started Friday and finished up Monday evening.
This year they planted just 225 acres of wheat.
“It’s the least amount we’ve planted in years, due to the price of of wheat being so low,” Schumacher explained.
In addition to drought, northwest Kansas wheat farmers are dealing with freeze damage that hit in mid-November following unseasonably warm temperatures early in the growing season.
On Monday, the National Agricultural Statistic Service rated 28 percent of the wheat in Kansas in poor to very poor condition. About 44 percent was reported as fair, followed by 26 percent in good and 2 percent in excellent condition.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire hospital is closer to holding others financially accountable for a traveling medical technician who infected dozens of patients in multiple states with hepatitis C.
David Kwiatkowski worked at the Hays Medical Center catheterization lab between May and September 2010.
David Kwiatkowski, a traveling medical technician accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak at over 18 hospitals across the country including Hays
He is serving 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted with his blood.
Despite being fired numerous times over drug allegations, he had worked as a cardiac technologist in 18 hospitals in seven states before being hired in New Hampshire in 2011. After his arrest in 2012, 46 people in four states were diagnosed with the same strain of the hepatitis C virus he carries, including one who died in Kansas.
His last employer, Exeter Hospital, sued the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and several staffing agencies in hopes of recouping some of the settlement money it has paid to dozens of infected patients and nearly 200 who were not infected but claimed some harm. In the most recent development, attorneys said the hospital has reached a settlement with Triage Staffing. The complaints against two other agencies were dismissed in 2014, so if a judge approves the Triage settlement, the registry organization would be the only remaining defendant.
Attorneys for the hospital and the registry organization did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday. In court documents filed in February, all parties said they hoped mediation would resolve the issues. If not, the case is set to go to trial early next year.
Hepatitis C is a viral infection that attacks the liver. For most people, it turns into a chronic disease. Kwiatkowski, who learned he had the disease in 2010, apologized to his victims at his sentencing in 2013, saying his crime was caused by an addiction to painkillers and alcohol.
In all, 32 patients were infected in New Hampshire, seven in Maryland, six in Kansas and one in Pennsylvania. Kwiatkowski also worked in Michigan, New York, Arizona and Georgia.
The Ellis County Public Works Department announced Wednesday the closure of a portion of Toulon Avenue for downed power lines from recent severe weather events.
The area affected begins at the intersection of Old U.S. 40 and Toulon Avenue and continues north to the intersection of Victoria Road and Toulon Avenue. The area is closed effective immediately and will remain closed for the remainder of Wednesday to allow utility crews to repair the power line damage. The closure is not expected to extend beyond Wednesday.
Motorists traveling in the affected closure area should use alternate routes of travel until the utility repairs are complete.
Several power poles were snapped on Toulon Road. (Courtesy Ellis Co. Sheriff)
A series of damaging storms swept through the area Tuesday evening and overnight with gusty winds driving rain sideways in Hays at times.
The official rainfall amount recorded at the K-State Agricultural Research Center south of Hays was 2.32 inches with minimal hail noted. That same amount, 2.32 inches, fell at the Eagle Media Center, 2300 Hall.
A 43 mph wind gust out of the northwest was recorded at the Hays Regional Airport at 10:56 p.m. Tuesday night, where 1.33 inches of rain was recorded through 9 a.m. Wednesday.
According to Mike Morley, Midwest Energy communications manager, the storms took down eight poles on Toulon Avenue between Highway 40 and Victoria Road, along with a couple more near Antonino. At 8 p.m., more than 2,300 customers in Victoria, Munjor, and parts of south Hays were without electricity for about an hour. Workers were able to restore power by about 10 p.m.
Midwest Energy crews from WaKeeney and Hays are working today to replace the snapped poles.
Morrison County will take the Wild West Festival stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 6.
Morrison County is a Wichita-based band playing a diverse range of country music. Their sound goes anywhere from heavy rock guitar to soft ballads to classic country twang.
Artists such as Brad Paisley, Aaron Watson, Ryan Adams, Mike Ryan, Amos Lee, Keith Urban, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many others have influenced their writing style and sound.
The members that make up the band are Matthew Morrison, lead vocals and acoustic guitar; Cody Corbet, rhythm electric guitar; Josh Melcher, lead electric guitar; Dave Banks, bass guitar; and Ryan Brownlee, drums.
Bobby Dale Earnhardt is the grandson of Dale Earnhardt, son of Kerry Earnhardt. Despite the name, Bobby Dale has been circling the grassroots side of the sport on his climb up the motorsports ladder.
But, from the beginning, he’s been doing it the hard way, on purpose. “Just doing it on my own and working my way up like my grandpa Dale did,” Bobby Dale explained to RacingNews.co .
Over the weekend, he was found at Ona Speedway. He ran an open wheel asphalt modified at the 7/16-mile track in Ona, WV.
Bobby Dale Earnhardt/courtesy photo
“Well guys last night didn’t go as well as we had hoped. We ended the night in a wreck. I had no place to go once everyone started piling up on the front stretch but that’s good ole fashion short track racing for ya. But the main thing is I had a great time out at Ona Speedway,” Bobby said after the race weekend.
Now, he’s ready for a different kind of modified. Earnhardt is heading for the midwest dirt tracks. Back to back days of open wheel dirt track racing.
“I’m excited to announce I’ll be back in an open wheel modified again next weekend June 22-23 @ Salina Speedway in Salina, KS & RPM Speedway in Hays, KS. Except this time I’m going back to grass roots racing where my great grandad ran & my grandpa Dale started, ON DIRT!”
Salina Speedway and Rolling Plains Motor Speedway are on the schedule. On June 22, he’ll be at Salina Speedway in Salina. The following night, he’ll head over to RPM Speedway in Hays. Both of these tracks are 3/8-mile midwest dirt tracks.
How did this come about? “My business partner set this whole weekend up he lives up in Canton, Kansas and knows everyone around there. He has a Gelbvieh Cattle Ranch called Circle S Ranch,” Bobby Dale Earnhardt explained to RacingNews.co .
John & Carla Shearer own a Geldvia Cattle Farm called Circle S Ranch in Canton, Kansas. The Shearer family and Bobby Dale Earnhardt have teamed up multiple times. Previously, Earnhardt and Shearer fielded an ARCA Racing Series machine.
What’s your earlier memory at a dirt track? “My earliest memory is of me and my brother running our go cart on the local dirt track.”
Jeffrey Earnhardt is the younger brother to Bobby Dale.
Previously, Bobby Dale Earnhardt has run dirt late models at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, WV. He’s also turned laps at Muskingum County Speedway and Portsmouth Raceway Park.
Bobby Dale Earnhardt will be driving the #66 for Jerry Phillips Racing at both dirt tracks. JPR is based in Kansas. Main Street Towing and Dacus Auto Body & Collision Repair out of McPherson, Kansas will both be featured on the car.
Last year, he made his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as well as the ARCA Racing Series.
Recently, Earnhardt Shearer Racing partnered with Honor Flight. They help military veterans visit memorial sites that are dedicated to them.
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Norton public water supply located in Norton County.
Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice:
Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water.
Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.
Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
The advisory took effect on June 19, 2018 and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved. The advisory is being issued following the loss of pressure. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
Regardless of whether the public water supplier or KDHE announced the boil water advisory, only KDHE can issue a cancellation of this advisory following testing at a certified laboratory.
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Restaurants and other food establishments that have questions about the impact of the boil water advisory on their business can contact the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s food safety & lodging program at [email protected] or call 785-564-6767.
Water Restrictions have also been issued by the City of Norton. Due to the blue-green algae warning issued for Sebelius Lake, the City of Norton has directed by executive order per City Ordinance 1479, Section 4, the restriction of water usage for all of its water customers, effective immediately.
KDHE has advised the City to not utilize lake water as a water supply source, which restricts the City to using well water only. The City’s well capacity cannot handle the watering of lawns and other vegetation during this time and asks all water customers to comply with the water conservation measures.
Until further notice, the City prohibits the watering of lawns, washing down of sidewalks, parking lots and driveways. Unnecessary use of water is strongly discouraged during this time. Any violation of this executive order could result in a violation assessment of $25 per day. The City will notify the media and the public when the water restrictions are rescinded.
Preceded by a dust storm in areas of town and high-winds, a fast-moving storm dumped more than 2.5 inches of rain in area of Hays starting Tuesday evening.
Most of Ellis County reported rain total in excess of 2 inches, with the most significant report from Hays at 2.57 inches.
Trego County has a report near WaKeeney of 3.07 inches, with most of the county reporting in excess of 2 inches of rain in the gauge.
Russell County also had significant precipitation from the storm, which came in two waves as the evening progressed, with a report of 2.52 inches in the northwest part of the county.
Smith County reported the highest rain totals in the area, with more than 4 inches in the gauge Wednesday morning.
Skies are expected to clear Wednesday and temperatures are predicted to dip significantly after an extended hot spell. The high Wednesday through Friday will be in the low- to mid-80s, according to the National Weather Service.
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