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Rove lecture at FHSU rescheduled to April

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Political strategist Karl Rove’s appearance, as part of Fort Hays State University’s Sebelius Lecture Series, has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. April 2 at Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center.

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Karl Rove

The original date was canceled due to snow. All previously purchased tickets will be honored.

Best known for his tenure in the White House as the deputy chief of staff during the George W. Bush administration, Rove has worked in politics since he worked on Richard M. Nixon’s re-election campaign in 1972. His election work includes both Bushes and Ronald Reagan.

Rove’s presentation offers, according to his summary, “insightful analysis and predictions about the heated debates today in Washington, D.C., the nation’s political course and the bigger challenges America faces.”

To purchase tickets, call (785) 628-5306, visit www.fhsu.edu/sebelius or visit the Student Service Center in the Memorial Union. For more information, contact Vince Bowhay, chairman of the Special Events Committee, at [email protected].

HPD activity log, Feb. 21 to 23

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The Hays Police Department conducted 28 traffic stops Friday, 27 traffic stops Saturday and eight traffic stops Sunday, according to the HPD activity log for Feb. 21 to 23. The HPD also received 16 animal calls during the three-day period.

Feb. 21
Criminal trespass, 500 block West 19th, 5 a.m.
Animal at large, 700 block East Sixth, 7:45 a.m.
Warrant service/failure appear, 100 block East 12th, 8:51 a.m.
Lost animals, 1000 block Reservation Road, 10:31 a.m.
Counterfeit currency/documents, 1200 block Vine, Feb. 19
Motor vehicle accident, 2600 block Vine, 12:43 p.m.
Contempt of court/failure to pay, four incidents, 100 block West 12th, 5 p.m.
Noise disturbance, 2900 block Hillcrest, 1:15 p.m.
Suspicious activity, 400 block East 13th, Feb. 20
Animal at large, 1400 block West 42nd, 1:58 p.m.
Identity theft, 300 block West 27th, 5 p.m.
Found/lost property, 100 block West 12th, 2:51 p.m.
Phone/mail scam, 2500 block Marjorie, 3:42 p.m.
Abandoned vehicle, 600 block East Sixth, 3:50 p.m.
Motor vehicle accident, 27th and Broadway, 3:51 p.m.
Civil dispute, 1300 block East 15th, 6:11 p.m.
Vehicle burglary, 100 block West 10th, 5:30 p.m.
Telephone harassment, , 100 block East Sixth, 8:10 p.m.
Motor vehicle accident/hit and run, 200 block East 17th, 9 p.m.
Animal bite investigation, 2200 block Canterbury, 9:23 p.m.
Assist, 2500 block Sherman, 10:25 p.m.
Noise disturbance, 500 block Ash, 11:13 p.m.

Feb. 22
Lost animals, 1200 block Motz, 12:13 a.m.
Motor vehicle accident/hit and run, 400 block East 15th, 1:05 a.m.
Disturbance, 200 block East 15th, 1:15 a.m.
Unwanted person, 500 block West Seventh, 1:40 a.m.
Parking complaint,. 400 block East 12th, 4:47 a.m.
Bicycle/lost, found, stolen, 400 block West Fourth, 8:46 a.m.
Disturbance, 3200 block Vine, 8:53 a.m.
Abandoned vehicle, 300 block West 23rd, 10:12 a.m.
Civil dispute, 100 block East Sixth, 11:06 a.m.
Motor vehicle accident, 1300 block West 43rd, 11:46 a.m.
Theft, 2900 block Vine, 12:15 p.m.
Motor vehicle accident/private property/hit and run, 700 block West 12th, 8 p.m.
Violation of restraining order, 1300 block East 21st, 4:06 p.m.
Assist, 400 block East 16th, 4:11 p.m.
Animal at large, Eighth and Main, 5:17 p.m.
Found/lost property, 1000 block East 41st, 8 p.m.
Telephone harassment, 700 block East Sixth, 08:13 p.m.
Underage possession of alcohol, 100 block East Eighth, 9:09 p.m.
Aggravated battery, 400 block West Fifth, 11 p.m.
Noise disturbance, 200 block West Fifth, 11:59 p.m.

Feb. 23
Driving under the influence, 500 block West Seventh, 1:44 a.m.
Disturbance, 2900 Grant, 2:01 a.m.
Lost animals, 2500 block East Seventh, 2:18 a.m.
Driving under the influence, 100 block West Seventh, 2:29 a.m.
Criminal damage to property, 400 block West Seventh, 3:15 a.m.
Abandoned vehicle, 2700 block Walnut, 8:08 a.m.
Suicide, 300 block Fort, 3:30 a.m.
Dangerous animal, 3000 block Barclay, 12:33 p.m.
Found/lost Property, 200 block West 10th, 1:28 p.m.
Animal at large, 4300 block Vine, 1:55 p.m.
Found/lost property, 300 block West Ninth, 3:22 p.m.
Animal at large, 200 block West 38th, 4:17 p.m.
Animal at large, 1300 block Old U.S. 40, 5:06 p.m.
Found/lost property, 4300 block Vine, 6:23 p.m.
Warrant service/failure to appear, 1700 block Dechant, 8:11 p.m.
Drug offenses, 100 block West Fifth, 10 p.m.
Harassment, 500 block West 15th, 11:22 p.m.

House fire claims life of Logan man (UPDATE)

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LOGAN — A 45-year-old Logan man died in a house fire early Saturday morning, according to a Phillips County Sheriff’s Department news release.

The Logan Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 305 W. North in Logan at 2:28 a.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, firefighters found much of the residence fully engulfed. After extinguishing the blaze, crews found Mark. L. Runnion, 45, Logan, had died of injuries sustained in the fire.

The fire is being investigated by the Phillips County Sheriff’s Department and the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s office.

Funeral services for Runnion can be found HERE.

Hays contractors honored for work at FHSU, HaysMed

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Bickle Family Tower
Bickle Family Tower

Contractors from northwest Kansas were honored for their work in 2013 at a recent industry gathering.

Awards were presented last month at the 80th annual Associated General Contractors of Kansas convention in Wichita.

Glassman Corp., Hays, received an award of honor as a specialty contractor for work completed at the Bickle Family Tower, part of extensive renovations at Hays Medical Center.

Paul-Wertenberger Construction, Hays, earned an award of honor for work done at Tiger Place Suites, a student housing project at Fort Hays State University.

Another company with local ties, Spangenberg Phillips Tice Architecture, was honored by AGA of Kansas for work at two buildings — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Kansas City, and  Century Manufacturing, Wichita.

Spangenberg Phillips Tice Architecture is working with Ellis County on facilities upgrades.

‘Water Issues in the West’ to provide law, policy perspective

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LAWRENCE – A lively and timely discussion of water-related topics that affect Kansas, the Great Plains and the West is scheduled from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at the Lied Center Pavilion at the University of Kansas.

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“Water Issues in the West: Regional Perspectives on Interstate Law and Policy” is sponsored by the KU Water Research Planning Committee, a group of faculty and staff working to increase collaborative science and policy research on water. The program is free and open to the public, and an RSVP is requested by Wednesday by emailing [email protected].

Featured speakers will be Mike Hayden, former governor of Kansas and now executive director of the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes, and Burke Griggs, consulting professor for the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University.

“KU is in position to become nationally recognized in multidisciplinary research on the broad issues surrounding water,” said Jeffrey S. Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor. “A workshop last fall identified more than 150 KU researchers with an interest and expertise in some facet of water. This spring, we continue to host a series of events designed to build a water research community at KU, which will benefit students at all levels and engage with both private and public partners.”

Brad Loveless, director of biology and conservation programs at Westar Energy and a member of the Kansas Water Authority, will serve as moderator for the program.  A reception will follow.

For more, click HERE.

Candidate for Lt. Gov. talks tax policy, education

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By NICK BUDD
Hays Post

Jill Docking, running mate for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis, visited Hays residents Sunday at Hays Arts Council.

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Jill Docking

Docking talked about her driving force for running for office for the first time since her 1996 campaign, when she ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Her opponent in that race, like the upcoming, was Gov. Sam Brownback.

“I don’t believe I’ve ever been so concerned as a Kansan about what’s going on in Kansas,” Docking said.

Docking served as a co-chairwoman of the Kansas Board of Regents from 2007-2010. She also currently serves as one of the co-chairs, with her husband, Tom, of the University of Kansas Capital Campaign. With her strong educational background, she talked about some of the education cuts Kansas schools have endured recently.

“Education is my passion,” Docking said. “I’ve become very concerned when I see over the next five or 10 years, a systematic defunding of education with Gov. Brownback’s experiment — and that’s going to go all the way from K-12 through higher education.”

She said tax reform is one of the bigger issues for the Davis-Docking ticket.

“We are focused on the experiment of Gov. Brownback and the effect that has on taxation for average Kansans,” Docking said. “It’s going to continually become more burdensome for middle-income working families, young families and senior citizens because the burden is going to be put on property tax and sales tax.

“I think it’s important for Kansans to know that there is a team of candidates out there who believe, as they believe, that the Kansas we love is business-friendly, but part of that is to support education and the workforce,” she added. “If we don’t have a strong quality of life here, businesses won’t move here.”

Docking, Wichita, is the wife of former Lt. Gov. Tom Docking, who served in office with former Gov. John Carlin.

For more on the Davis-Docking campaign, click HERE.

Greeley County doctor dies in Saturday plane crash (UPDATE)

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Dr. Randall Fahrenholtz

TRIBUNE — A 63-year-old Kansas doctor died in a Saturday evening airplane crash in Greeley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the crash occurred at 6:04 p.m. as the fixed-wing, singe-engine plane piloted by Dr. Randall Fahrenholtz, Tribune, was flying northeast and for an unknown reason crashed into a field 1.8 miles north of Kansas 96 on County Road 5, or 11 miles west of Kansas 27/Kansas 96 junction in Tribune.

Fahrenholtz was transported to Greeley County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

He had been with Greeley County Hospital since 2006.

“Dr. Fahrenholtz has been a longtime, valuable member of our health care community. He will be greatly missed by his patients, colleagues and staff,” said Chrysanne Grund, project director with Greeley County Health Services. “He was a very well-respected and important member of the community. He was wonderful to work with.”

Ellis Nutrition Center gets Ellis Thrift grant

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By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

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(L to R) Virginia Loflin, Leonard Schoenberger, Melanie Fischer, Vera Haver, Karen Day, Agnes Burns, Betty Wayman and Coleen Dinkel

ELLIS — The mission of Ellis Thrift Ltd. is to recycle, reuse and rebuild Ellis, according to secretary/treasurer Vera Haver.

The Ellis Nutrition Center is the most recent beneficiary of that mission.

“Seven years after establishing the thrift shop, we are so excited to be able to start giving funds to rebuild our community,” Haver said.

A $275 matching grant was presented recently to the nutrition center board members.

The grant money will be used for new tables, according to board member Karen Day.

“The current tables in the nutrition center are too heavy for the members to handle and in bad shape,” she said.

“Thank you to all who donate, purchase and volunteer to make this community self-help program a success,” Day added.

The next grant round is set for July 31. Application information is available at the Ellis Thrift Shop.

Seat belt checkpoints result in 16 violations

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On Jan. 31, officers of the Hays Police Department conducted a nighttime seat belt enforcement event.

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Statistics show that seat belt usage significantly decreases during nighttime hours, and the purpose of the event was to enforce seat belt and child restraint laws during nighttime hours.

The event was conducted from 7 to 11 p.m., and officers focused on the areas of 27th and Hall and 27th and Vine. As a result of this extra enforcement, 26 vehicle stops were conducted, according to a release from the HPD.

Sixteen seat belt violations were written along with four equipment violations, two no proof of insurance violations and two moving violations. The event was conducted in accordance with the Kansas Department of Transportation Nighttime Seatbelt Enforcement Program. The HPD also reminded drivers and passengers to buckle up when driving or riding in a motor vehicle.

Teen seat belt usage will be focus of HPD patrols

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From Monday through March 7, the Hays Police Department will join other Kansas law enforcement agencies in focusing on teen seat belt enforcement.

Officers will be extra-vigilant when patrolling around schools. In 2013, 31 teens lost their lives and 240 were seriously injured due to car crashes in Kansas — 74 percent of those teens were not properly restrained.

Officers will issue citations to any individuals who refuse to obey the traffic laws, whether it is for speeding, texting or failing to buckle up.

The HPD reminds motorists to slow down, put the phone away or turn it off, and always buckle up.

Call issued for entries for Smoky Hill Art Exhibition

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The Hays Arts Council has issued a call for entries for the 45th annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition.

The deadline for entries is March 7, and the juried exhibition will anchor the HAC’s 2014 spring art walk from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 25.

A total of $2,500 in cash prizes will be awarded. The juror will be Sherry Leedy, director and curator of Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City. She holds an MFA degree from the University of Kansas and a BFA degree from the Kansas City Art Institute.

An entry form and complete rules is available HERE.

FHSU director of police wins high office in KACP

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Ed Howell

By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

Director of Police at Fort Hays State University Ed Howell now has another title.

Howell won a recent election making him Sergeant of Arms of Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police. The position enables him to step up to vice president of the KACP next year.

Howell says he is honored to be representing northwest Kansas in his new role.

“Four other well-qualified gentleman ran for the same office I did and, fortunately, I was elected,” Howell said.

Howell is a fifth-generation law enforcement officer and has worn the badge for more than 20 years.

Howell noted he thought his dad would be proud of his new position.

The KACP has more than 500 members from across the state. Howell said the association’s functions include law enforcement training regulations, legislative activities and homeland security.

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