The Reserves at Trail Ridge announces the availability of a limited number of brand new 2 and 3 bedroom apartment homes for rent without income restrictions. “While the majority of the apartment homes are income restricted, we also recognize the current housing needs in the Great Bend area,” provides Pat Beatty, Partner of Overland Property Group.
Amenities included in the apartment homes are walk in closets, vinyl wood look flooring, ceiling fans, and more. “We invite all to visit the property at 811 Grant Street for a tour of an apartment home,” says Vanessa Lewis, Community Manager. Lewis, a leasing agent since 2017, recently accepted the position of Community Manager. “We are here to create a community and safe place for all residents living on site”, says Lewis.
The Reserves at Trail Ridge invites you to stop by Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm and Saturdays from 10:00am – 2:00pm for a tour or to learn more about the apartment homes available.
For more information regarding The Reserves at Trail Ridge, please contact Vanessa Lewis at 620-603-0008 or trailridge@dalmarkgroup.com.
The Cottonwood Extension District will be hosting a Grain Sorghum & Corn Study Field Day next Thursday, Sept. 13th in Barton County.
The field day will begin at 12 noon with a free lunch at the sorghum field located at NE 30th Ave. between NE 140 & 150th Road, approximately 4 miles E. & 3.5 miles N. of Hoisington.
Seed Company representatives will be on-hand to discuss their sorghum hybrids. Area and State Extension agronomy specialists will discuss sorghum growth & development, production practices and answer any questions.
Then beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Corn Study plot located on the North side of Highway 96 & NW 80 Ave. (Olmitz Rd.) participants will get to view different corn planting rates, dates, maturities and hybrids.
RSVP is requested for the meal count by calling the Cottonwood Extension – Great Bend office at 620-793-1910, that’s 620-793-1910 to RSVP for the Cottonwood Extension Grain Sorghum & Corn Study Field Day on Thursday, Sept. 13th beginning at 12 noon.
HARPER COUNTY —A series of earthquakes shook portions of Kansas late Friday and early Saturday.
Image courtesy Kansas Geological Survey
At 11:14p.m. Friday, the Kansas Geological Survey reported a 2.3 magnitude quake approximately 4 miles east of Runnymeade in Harper County.
At 1:23 a.m. Saturday, a magnitude 3.4 quake was centered 12 miles northeast of Anthony, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A 2.7 quake hit the same area at 2:37 a.m.
Less than one hour later, a 3.7 magnitude was recorded approximately 90 minutes south near Fairview Oklahoma, according to the USGS.
There are no reports of damage or injury, according to the Harper County Sheriff’s Department.
BOARD OF BARTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Agenda Meeting Monday, September 10, 2018 9:00 a.m. Until Close
I. OPENING BUSINESS:
A. Call Meeting to Order.
B. Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
C. Consider Approval of the Agenda.
D. Consider Minutes of the September 4, 2018, Regular Meeting.
E. Any citizen wishing to make statements during the discussion of any item must first be recognized by the Commission Chair. After being recognized, that person should state their name and the name of any organization represented. Statements should be limited to five minutes.
F. Cell phones and other electronic devices, other than those used by the media and law enforcement, should be shut off.
II. OLD BUSINESS – Items tabled, or scheduled, from previous Commission Meetings, will be heard at this time.
-There is no Old Business at this time.
III. NEW BUSINESS – All new business to be considered by the Commission will be heard at this time.
A. CITY OF GREAT BEND: 2018 Great Bend Airfest:
-The Commission is invited to attend the 2018 Great Bend Airfest celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Great Bend Army Airbase. Main attractions will include the world’s only two remaining B-29 bombers – Fifi and Doc, air shows and many other vintage war planes. The event is held Friday, September 28, 2018 – Sunday, September 30, 2018 at the Great Bend Municipal Airport, 9047 – 6th Street, Great Bend, Kansas. Christina Hayes and Martin Miller, City of Great Bend, will provide details.
B. ROAD AND BRIDGE: Cooperative Effort to Repair Drainage Issues in Bissell’s Point, Great Bend Township:
-Great Bend Township Officials have requested assistance with drainage issues in Bissell’s Point. Darren Williams, County Works Director, estimates the cost of equipment, labor and material at $30,263.00.
C. COURTHOUSE: Replacement of Carpet in the Administrator’s Office and the Conference Room:
-The carpet in the Administrator’s Office and the Courthouse conference room was originally installed in 1984 and has deteriorated to the point it cannot be cleaned and needs to be replaced. Bids to replace the carpet were received from Abbey Carpet, Kustom Floor Designs and Kern Floor Service. Phil Hathcock, County Administrator, will provide details.
IV. ENDING BUSINESS – After new items are heard by the Commission, the following items, including announcements, will be heard.
A. ANNOUNCEMENTS: -Following the close of the Agenda Meeting, the Commission will consider the authorization of personnel changes for classified positions, sign any documentation approved during the agenda meeting or sign any other documentation required for regular County business. Similar action may take place throughout the day.
B. APPOINTMENTS: SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
9:30 a.m. or following the close of the Agenda Meeting – Humane Society operations – Heather Acheson, Director
10:00 a.m. – Regular Business Discussion – Phil Hathcock, County Administrator, and Donna Zimmerman, County Clerk
THE COUNTY EDITION, KVGB-AM – Thursdays at 11:05 a.m. Phil Hathcock, County Administrator, is scheduled for September 13, 2018.
V. OTHER BUSINESS:
A. Discussion Items.
B. Citizens or organizations may present requests or proposals for initial consideration.
C. The Commissioners are available to the Public on Mondays during regular business hours.
D. The Commissioners may, individually, schedule personal appointments related to County business at their discretion.
E. The next Regular Meeting will be at 9:00 a.m., Monday, September 17, 2018.
DETROIT (AP) — Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3. Marcell Ozuna homered twice for St. Louis, which has lost four of six. The Cardinals hold a slim lead for the second NL wild-card spot. The Tigers won their third in a row.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs safety Eric Berry is doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Chargers in Los Angeles after missing most of training camp and all four preseason games with a heel injury. Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder and coach Andy Reid said this week that Berry was “literally day to day,” but he did not take part in any practices.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eddie Rosario homered, Ehire Adrianza had three hits and three RBIs and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 10-6 to snap a five-game skid. Trevor May, one of six Minnesota relievers, picked up the win with two shutout innings. Salvador Perez homered and Jorge Bonifacio had three hits for the Royals, who have lost three straight after winning eight of nine.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State has unveiled a master plan encompassing more than $200 million in planned renovations touching nearly every aspect of its athletic department, highlighted by a new practice facility for the football program and an overhaul of Bramlage Coliseum.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Troubled former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle has been arrested in Kansas on suspicion of rape. Records show that Randle was booked into Sedgwick County Jail at around 3:40 a.m. Friday. The prosecutor’s office wasn’t releasing information, and a police spokesman and Randle’s attorney in previous cases didn’t immediately reply to phone messages seeking details about his latest arrest.
National Headlines
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons’ secondary received a jolt when the team learned Keanu Neal will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. The safety was injured during Thursday’s 18-12 season-opening loss to the Eagles. Falcons coach Dan Quinn said after the game the injury wasn’t believed to be serious, but a follow-up exam showed otherwise.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora says ace lefty Chris Sale will be activated from the disabled list and pitch about two innings with a maximum of 40 pitches Tuesday against Toronto at Fenway Park. It will be his second big league appearance since going on the disabled list July 31 with mild left shoulder inflammation. Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has been shut down for the rest of the season while he continues to recover from his third knee surgery since last fall.
CHICAGO (AP) — Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani says he plans to finish this season as the team’s designated hitter while he decides whether to have Tommy John surgery. The 24-year-old rookie from Japan says he hopes to return as a DH next season. The Angels announced Wednesday that an MRI showed Ohtani had new damage in his pitching elbow, and that Tommy John surgery was the recommended course of action.
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro have advanced to Sunday’s U.S. Open men’s final. Djokovic reached his record-tying eighth U.S. Open final by beating Kei Nishikori ( 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Del Potro was leading two sets to love when Rafael Nadal had to retire due to a knee injury.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Xander Schauffele fired a 6-under 66 to take a two-shot lead over Justin Rose at the midway mark of the BMW Championship. Schauffele was at 13-under through two rounds, the lowest 36-hole score of his career. Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley, Alex Noren and Rickie Fowler are three strokes back, while Tiger Woods is five off the pace despite yesterday’s 9-under 62.
AP Friday Kansas Prep Scores
Andale 28, Wellington 0
Andover 20, Maize South 3
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 49, Wichita Trinity 7
Ashland 54, Western Plains-Healy 7
Attica/Argonia 62, Burden Central 38
Augusta 7, Circle 6
Axtell 64, BV Randolph 12
Baxter Springs 20, Riverton 18
Bennington 28, Moundridge 22
Bishop Miege 49, BV West 7
Blue Valley 31, BV North 20
Bonner Springs 40, Eudora 0
Buhler 19, El Dorado 6
Caldwell 62, Flinthills 6
Caney Valley 41, Eureka 0
Canton-Galva 50, Chase County 14
Cedar Vale/Dexter 62, South Haven 14
Central Plains 32, Victoria 8
Centre 46, Herington 0
Chapman 22, Wamego 8
Cherryvale 42, Bluestem 28
Cheylin 74, Rolla 43
Cimarron 44, Meade 6
Clifton-Clyde 56, Valley Falls 6
Coffeyville 46, Columbus 27
Colby 35, Hugoton 6
Concordia 14, Abilene 6
Conway Springs 28, Cheney 7
Council Grove 52, Central Heights 20
DeSoto 47, KC Wyandotte 8
Derby 63, Salina Central 0
Dighton 46, Oberlin-Decatur 0
Dodge City 27, Salina South 17
Elkhart 45, Southwestern Hts. 14
Ell-Saline 48, Remington 6
Ellinwood 46, Sublette 0
Ellsworth 55, Republic County 22
Emporia 56, Topeka West 7
Frankfort 52, Onaga 6
Galena 36, Girard 2
Garden Plain 31, Douglass 0
Gardner-Edgerton 48, Olathe West 27
Goddard 34, Arkansas City 0
Goddard-Eisenhower 21, Andover Central 14
Goessel 56, Rural Vista 6
Golden Plains 53, Moscow 25
Great Bend 15, Hays 7
Hanover 52, Doniphan West 6
Harrisonville, Mo. 29, BV Northwest 24
Hays-TMP-Marian 14, Ellis 7
Hesston 28, Larned 21
Hill City 48, Trego 18
Hillsboro 42, Lyons 0
Hodgeman County 36, Medicine Lodge 24
Hoisington 28, Nickerson 14
Hoxie 52, Osborne 20
Hutchinson Central Christian 50, Norwich 0
Hutchinson Trinity 38, Inman 0
Ingalls 58, Chase 12
Jackson Heights 38, Atchison County 0
Jayhawk Linn 18, Uniontown 6
Jefferson West 54, Royal Valley 14
KC Piper 51, Baldwin 7
KC Schlagle 18, Atchison 12
KC Sumner 36, Highland Park 34
KC Washington 29, KC Harmon 0
Kapaun Mount Carmel 6, Wichita West 0
Kingman 56, Belle Plaine 18
Kinsley 36, St. John 24
Kiowa County 26, Pratt Skyline 12
Labette County 36, Independence 0
Lakin 40, Stanton County 14
Lansing 14, Basehor-Linwood 13
Lawrence Free State 41, Olathe East 0
Lebo 48, Marais des Cygnes Valley 0
Lincoln 42, Wilson 14
Little River 48, Peabody-Burns 0
Logan/Palco 50, Wheatland-Grinnell 14
Louisburg 27, Tonganoxie 7
Madison/Hamilton 20, Waverly 0
Maize 49, Hutchinson 0
Manhattan 21, Topeka 20
Marion 36, Sterling 13
Marysville 32, Clay Center 6
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 48, Oskaloosa 0
McLouth 28, Jefferson North 12
McPherson 47, Winfield 7
Mill Valley 14, St. James Academy 13
Minneapolis 20, Salina Sacred Heart 17
Mission Valley 40, Wabaunsee 14
Mulvane 42, Clearwater 14
Natoma 60, Fowler 51
Nemaha Central 38, Hiawatha 14
Ness City 50, Macksville 28
Northern Valley 62, Triplains-Brewster 22
Northwest (Cedar Hill), Mo. 66, KC East Christian 8
Oakley 33, Syracuse 12
Olathe North 55, SM North 27
Olathe South 35, Olathe Northwest 7
Olpe 31, Burlington 0
Osage City 41, Lyndon 0
Oswego 30, Marmaton Valley 22
Otis-Bison 50, Bucklin 0
Paola 42, Fort Scott 0
Pawnee Heights 39, Weskan 37
Perry-Lecompton 46, Holton 0
Phillipsburg 31, Plainville 3
Pike Valley 60, Tescott 0
Pittsburg 52, Chanute 0
Pittsburg Colgan 14, Frontenac 0
Pleasanton 8, Southeast 0
Prairie View 26, Lincoln, Mo. 7
Pratt 32, Halstead 16
Pretty Prairie 36, Burrton 8
Rawlins County 50, Quinter 44
Riley County 26, Centralia 21
Rock Hills 40, Lakeside 27
Russell 50, La Crosse 12
SM East 43, Lawrence 13
SM Northwest 41, Leavenworth 12
SM South 27, SM West 6
Sabetha 55, Riverside 0
Santa Fe Trail 40, Osawatomie 0
Satanta 18, South Gray 14
Scott City 24, Holcomb 0
Sedan 54, Oxford 6
Sedgwick 52, Wichita Independent 14
Shawnee Heights 37, KC Turner 6
Silver Lake 17, Rossville 14
Smith Center 40, Norton 0
Smoky Valley 44, Haven 0
Solomon 54, Wakefield 6
South Barber 50, Fairfield-Cunningham 0
South Central 24, Spearville 8
Southeast Saline 14, Beloit 13
Spring Hill 49, Ottawa 0
St. Francis 38, Greeley County 0
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 47, Linn 0
St. Mary’s 32, Rock Creek 9
St. Paul 34, Wichita Life Prep 22
St. Thomas Aquinas 49, BV Southwest 8
Stafford 62, Minneola 14
Stockton 54, Sylvan-Lucas 26
Thunder Ridge 12, Washington County 0
Topeka Seaman 13, Topeka Hayden 0
Troy 18, Pleasant Ridge 0
Udall 52, West Elk 6
Ulysses 62, Goodland 14
Valley Center 41, Garden City 20
Valley Heights 44, Horton 0
Van Horn, Mo. 58, KC Bishop Ward 0
Washburn Rural 34, Junction City 24
Wellsville 35, Iola 16
West Franklin 24, Northern Heights 0
Wetmore 44, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 24
Wichita Bishop Carroll 36, Wichita Heights 20
Wichita Campus 29, Newton 20
Wichita Collegiate 36, Rose Hill 3
Wichita County 54, Wallace County 6
Wichita Home School 59, Cair Paravel 8
Wichita North 13, Liberal 6
Wichita South 36, Wichita Southeast 7
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Altoona-Midway vs. Maranatha Academy, ppd.
Anderson County vs. Parsons, ppd. to Sep 10th.
Crest vs. Burlingame, ppd.
Fredonia vs. Humboldt, ppd.
Neodesha vs. Erie, ppd.
Northeast-Arma vs. Yates Center, ppd.
Southern Coffey vs. Hartford, ppd.
Western Athletic Conference
Great Bend 15, Hays 7
Wichita North 13, Liberal 6
Dodge City 27, Salina South 17
Valley Center 41, Garden City 20
Class 3A
Hesston 28, Larned 21
Pratt 32, Halstead 16
Russell 50, La Crosse 12
Class 2A
Hoisington 28, Nickerson 14
Ellinwood 46, Sublette 0
Ellsworth 55, Republic County 22
Hillsboro 42, Lyons 0
Marion 36, Sterling 13
TMP 14, Ellis 7
8-Man D-I
Central Plains 32, Victoria 8
Ness City 50, Macksville 28
Kinsley 36, St. John 24
Kiowa County 26, Pratt-Skyline 12
Hodgeman County 36, Medicine Lodge 24
South Central 24, Spearville 8
8-Man D-II
Otis-Bison 50, Bucklin 0
Stafford 62, Minneola 14
Ingalls 58, Chase 12
Lincoln 42, Wilson 14
In 2015, a woman donned a clown mask and slipped into a Dollar General Store in Wichita just before closing time.
In the final moments of the robbery that eventually got her three years in prison, she did something that could complicate her life for many more years to come.
She flashed a stun gun, stuffed the $3,400 in her coveralls and fled.
A screenshot of the Kansas offender registry’s mapping tool shows the addresses of people in Wichita who are currently required to check in at least four times a year with law enforcement.
Now the state is fighting to list Tabitha Carter online as a violent offender. That case hangs on her use of a “deadly weapon” — the Taser that her lawyer argues doesn’t fit the bill.
Because of that stun gun, the state says she must check in with her local sheriff’s office at least four times a year for another 15 years.
That court battle is just one in a barrage of legal challenges aimed in recent years at the Kansas public offender registry, an expansive system that publicly tracks convicted criminals long after they’ve served their time.
A Kansas News Service analysis found no other state imposes such demanding rules on such a wide range of people.
Critics say the Kansas system ballooned over decades without justification. They say it piled expenses on taxpayers and worsened prison crowding — all without evidence it improved public safety.
“If there was data that showed this was actually cutting down on new crime, that would be something else,” said Scott Schultz, executive director of a state agency that wants Kansas to pare the registry back — the Kansas Sentencing Commission. “But we don’t have any of that.”
The Kansas criminal registry has withstood a slew of legal challenges over the years. The Kansas News Service found at least 17 that made their way to the Kansas Supreme Court in the past five years alone, many unsuccessful.
Some registrants claim that it’s unconstitutional. That it violates the right to a jury. That the state shouldn’t make changes to the registry rules and apply them to people convicted years earlier.
The registry once looked vulnerable to such arguments.
In 2016, the narrowly divided Kansas Supreme Court concluded the registries were punitive in four separate rulings. The state couldn’t, for example, tighten registry rules on people retroactively.
Its new stance? That the registry system isn’t subject to the same constitutional limits as, say, a prison sentence, because it’s not punishment. It aims to boost public safety.
The jaw-dropping timing came because the justices took up the fifth case later than the others — after Caleb Stegall joined the bench and tipped its narrow split.
One justice said the new majority held back the initial rulings for nine months until the reversal was ready to go.
Justice Lee Johnson called that “a denial of justice.” Not because the registrants ultimately lost their cases — they won. But because they had to wait so long, Johnson contended that delay aimed to prevent their victories from benefiting any more registrants who hadn’t yet brought suit.
This screen shot shows some of the search results for people in Topeka required to check in four times a year with the Shawnee County Sheriff.
Carter’s challenge to the registry is different than past ones that failed. So far, she’s winning.
At its heart is a legal question about whether Kansas is bending state law to pull more people into its registry.
Using a weapon to commit certain felonies is a registerable offense — but only if the weapon is “deadly.”
Public defenders complain prosecutors consider non-deadly things “deadly.” BB guns, stun guns — even a stiletto shoe.
A fight over money at a club near Wichita ended with a stripper who goes by “Sugar” giving her coworker “Gypsy” a head wound and concussion with a high heel.
In another example, a shoplifter fleeing a security guard in Topeka pointed — but didn’t spray — a can of mace.
“Some things are dangerous and some things are deadly,” said Jennifer Roth, a public defender handling Carter’s appeal. “There is a distinction there, and I like to think that people would recognize that.”
“Deadly,” the panel of judges argued, means “likely to cause death.” Tasers are literally designed to avoid that.
Their decision could have wider implications, but the attorney general’s office is appealing to the Kansas Supreme Court — citing conflicting rulings on what’s worth putting someone on the registry.
Over the past quarter-century, Kansas lawmakers expanded it time and again.
Today, Kansas adds more than 1,000 names a year. Less than a third are sex offenders. The rest? People convicted of drug or violent crimes.
The Kansas News Service reviewed statutes from the 19 states that, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, have expanded beyond the traditional role of offender registries.
Their registries are often narrower. Kansas logs people for a wider array of violent crimes than Illinois, for example, which only includes first-degree murder and violence against youth. Louisiana focuses on violence against law enforcement.
Other states often reveal less information publicly. Minnesota doesn’t post the names of many registrants online — as long as they follow a regimen of check-ins at a sheriff’s office. Alabama’s list of drug offenders isn’t online at all — the state uses it to block those people from buying meth ingredients.
Other states often let people with less serious crimes off the registry sooner than Kansas’ 15-year minimum. They often tier their monitoring, too, so that only sex offenses or other crimes seen as particularly serious demand frequent check-ins with law enforcement.
In Kansas, a registrant checks in with law enforcement at least four times a year, regardless of the severity of the crime.
It can easily be more visits than that. Dye your hair, try online dating, leave town for a week, get a Facebook account — each requires checking in another time.
The Carter case and others highlight debates about whether it’s fair to encroach on the lives of convicted criminals beyond prison, parole and probation.
“When a person is being reintegrated into communities,” says Ed Klumpp, a retired Topeka chief of police who lobbies the Kansas Legislature on behalf of law enforcement agencies, “it’s very important that that person feels that they are being monitored to be in compliance with the law.”
Klumpp and Roth, the public defender, spar over the issue when lobbying lawmakers.
“These are people who had to satisfy a probationary period and successfully complete (it),” Roth said. “Or these are people who had to go to prison and then be on supervision. These are not people who walked away with no consequence.”
J.J. Prescott, a law professor at the University of Michigan, suggests settling the matter with data analysis.
“At first blush, it seems obviously likely to do at least something,” Prescott said. “Worst case scenario — it just does nothing.”
Yet, he says, the numbers suggest something else. The registries may even be backfiring — at least based on studies that focus on sex offenders.
Listing sex offenders on a public registry can make it hard for them to find jobs, homes and other basic opportunities. The more miserable people are, experts say, the less they fear doing something that would toss them into prison.
“There’s lots of psychological reasons why we want to know,” Prescott says. “It can’t hurt me to know, can it? And that’s actually where people make a mistake.”
Press release from The Reserves at Trail Ridge…
The Cottonwood Extension District will be hosting a Grain Sorghum & Corn Study Field Day next Thursday, Sept. 13th in Barton County.
BOARD OF BARTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Agenda Meeting
DETROIT (AP) — Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3. Marcell Ozuna homered twice for St. Louis, which has lost four of six. The Cardinals hold a slim lead for the second NL wild-card spot. The Tigers won their third in a row.
AP Friday Kansas Prep Scores
