September 2014 – Page 86 – St. Joseph Post Archive

Ex-budget director to discuss deficit with farmers

Posted on September 8, 2014

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The former Kansas budget director will discuss the effect of the budget deficit at a series of presentations hosted by farm groups.

Kansas Farmers Union, a group of county Farmers Union chapters and the Kansas Beginning Farmers Coalition are hosting events this month featuring former budget director Duane Goossen.

Goosen served as the state’s budget director for 12 years under the administrations of Republican governor Bill Graves and Democratic governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.

Farmers Union President Donn Teske says the goal is to educate residents on the impact of the state budget deficit on rural property taxes, services and the future of the state and its rural schools.

Presentations are scheduled Sept. 18 in McPherson, Sept. 22 in Lawrence, Sept. 24 in Seneca and Sept. 25 in Belleville.

Kansas State establishes Confucius Institute

Posted on September 8, 2014September 8, 2014

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University is adding a Chinese language and cultural center called a Confucius Institute.

The university announced last week that it has signed an agreement with China’s language-teaching agency, the Hanban. A Confucius Institute already is located at the University of Kansas.

Through the program, universities partner with a Chinese school. Kansas State’s partner school is Jilin University in northeast China.

The host school providing space and an administrator in exchange for textbooks and money from the Hanban. Teachers receive a monthly salary from the Chinese government.

A grand opening ceremony is planned for early spring 2015. A delegation of Chinese dignitaries will attend.

Missouri Western soccer breaks record with 6-0 win over East Central

Posted on September 7, 2014

The Missouri Western soccer team broke a record for most goals in a match on the way to a 6-0 victory over East Central University that propelled the program to its first-ever 2-0 start.

The squad broke the previous record for goals in a match (4) set against East Central on Aug. 29, 2008 when Sydney Andrews scored on a penalty kick to put MWSU up 5-0. The record would be set once again at the 84:11 mark when Drew Mantlo took a steal and launched it into the net from 23 yards out. Brittany Mueller, K.C. Ramsell, Sydney Cluck and Katie Kempf also added goals.

Sarah Lyle is now 2-0 with two shutouts in goal for the Griffons. It is the team’s first 2-0 start in program history.

Just two games into the season, Missouri Western has already matched its season win total from a season ago (2-14-2).

The Griffons open their home schedule this week for matches with Bemidji State on Sept. 12 at Spratt Stadium at 7 p.m., and Augustana on Sept. 14 at noon.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Beat-up Chiefs get blown out by Tennessee

Posted on September 7, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Titans were implementing a new offensive system under Ken Whisenhunt, a new defensive system under coordinator Ray Horton, and trying to make a whole bunch of new pieces fit.

Things couldn’t have gone much better in their regular-season debut.

Jake Locker threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns, the Titans’ new-look defense picked off Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith three times, and Tennessee rolled to a 26-10 victory over the Chiefs on Sunday.

“I don’t want to sound arrogant,” Locker said, “but I think we expected it to (go smoothly). We felt that way through minicamp, into fall camp and in the preseason. That was one of our expectations, that we were able to execute and we were going to be efficient on offense.”

Locker picked apart a Kansas City defense that lost Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Johnson and starting defensive tackle Mike DeVito to Achilles injuries. He finished 22 of 33 while connecting with eight different players, including former Chiefs wide receiver Dexter McCluster.

“Jake did great,” Whisenhunt said. “All those things we’ve worked with, footwork-wise and technique-wise, and you saw it. That’s really exciting. But it’s just one game.”

Kendall Wright and Delanie Walker had TD catches for the Titans, and Ryan Succop was perfect on four field-goal attempts against the team that released him last weekend.

“There’s no question this was a special day,” Succop said. “It was an awesome day. Great to come back to Kansas City. I’m very thankful the day went the way that it did.”

Smith, who signed a four-year, $68 million extension last weekend, was just 19 of 35 for 202 yards in a haphazard performance by a Kansas City offense weakened by suspensions.

Leading wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was forced to miss the game following an arrest last November, and right tackle Donald Stephenson served the first game of his four-game suspension for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

The Chiefs didn’t reach the end zone until Anthony Fasano’s TD catch in the fourth quarter.

Running back Jamaal Charles, who is the Chiefs’ biggest game-breaker, was a non-factor. He carried seven times for 19 yards and had four catches for 15 yards.

“All those things we did last year to win, we didn’t do them today,” Smith said. “We didn’t execute, didn’t execute in a lot of phases, especially offense.”

After Kansas City jumped out to a 3-0 lead, when Cairo Santos banged a 35-yard attempt off the right upright and through for the first field goal of his career, just about nothing went right. Santos missed a 47-yarder moments later and the Titans seized control.

Locker led his team 62 yards for a go-ahead touchdown, an easy toss to Walker in the back of the end zone. Succop followed with a field goal later in the half for a 10-0 lead.

Johnson went down with his Achilles injury just before the half, and DeVito was lost to a nearly identical injury on the first drive of the second half.

Locker capped that drive with a short TD pass to Wright, who managed to contort his body just enough to touch the pylon as he was going out of bounds. The touchdown gave Tennessee a 17-3 lead and started a shower of boos from a crowd that had been full of optimism.

“Those are guys who are kind of staples of their defense,” Locker said. “They were in there almost every snap, especially Derrick. You understand that’s going to change up their personnel a little bit. Yeah, you look at it and maybe understand where you can gain an advantage.”

It was an important opener for the injury-prone Locker. The Titans declined their fifth-year option on him in in the offseason, so the pressure is on Locker to perform this season.

He certainly did against a Chiefs defense that was full of questions entering the season, and has even more after a pair of serious injuries to key defensive players.

“I have a lot of respect for Coach Reid and this football team and these fans,” Whisenhunt said. “We didn’t do great all the time, but we did enough. I’m very happy for that.”

— Associated Press —

Royals spoil Jeter’s special day with 2-0 win at Yankee Stadium

Posted on September 7, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas City players tipped their caps to Derek Jeter when the retiring New York Yankees captain walked up to the plate in the first inning. Then the Royals went back to work trying to make some history of their own.

Yordano Ventura pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the AL Central leaders beat the Yankees 2-0 Sunday on a pair of unearned runs for their second shutout in the three-game series.

Trying for its first playoff berth since winning the 1985 World Series, Kansas City maintained a two-game lead in the AL Central over the second-place Tigers, who defeated San Francisco 6-1 on Sunday night. The Royals headed to Detroit for a three-game series that starts Monday.

“We’re playing great baseball,” manager Ned Yost said. “We’re pitching, and we’re playing defense and scoring runs and winning ballgames, and that’s all I can ask.”

Kansas City scored due to errors by pitcher Shane Greene in the second inning and right fielder Carlos Beltran in the third. The Royals won 1-0 Friday night on an unearned run following third baseman Chase Headley’s error and went 4-3 against the Yankees this year to take the season series for the first time since 1999.

And they won on Derek Jeter Day, when many Yankees stars of the past returned for a 45-minute ceremony that also included NBA great Michael Jordan and baseball ironman Cal Ripken Jr. Video messages from athletes, celebrities and even astronauts in space were shown throughout the day.

“Oh, man! That was, honestly, one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen,” Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas said. “Any time anyone came on that board or anyone they announced, I got chills.”

Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie suggested to his teammates that they tip their caps.

“He was my favorite player growing up,” Guthrie said. “I was there for the final game at (the original) Yankee Stadium. I was there when he recorded his 2,723rd hit that broke the hits record for the Yankees. … And now to be here for this — I’ve seen quite a few really cool moments.”

Kansas City, which hasn’t been in first place this late in a season since 1989, hopes to give its fans a reason to celebrate this fall.

Ventura (12-9) won his third straight start, leaving after a leadoff walk in the seventh — his fourth of the game.

“When I was able to throw the curve for a strike, it really helped all of the other pitches and made for quick innings,” he said through a translator. “When the curveball wasn’t getting over for a strike, that could have been the difference in the walks.”

With closer Greg Holland sidelined by a strained right triceps, Aaron Crow, Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis combined for one-hit relief.

Kansas City went ahead in the second when Josh Willingham reached on an infield single near the mound, advanced on Moustakas’ single and scored with two outs when Nori Aoki hit a slow roller that Greene (4-3) threw wildly past first base.

Beltran dropped Alex Gordon’s easy fly leading off the third, and Gordon stole second before scoring on a single by Eric Hosmer, his first RBI since July 29.

“Any way you can score runs is a good way,” Moustakas said. “It doesn’t matter how they get across as long as you’re scoring.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: LHP Danny Duffy headed back to Kansas City for an MRI of his sore left shoulder. Yost said Holland played catch, “felt much, much better today” and will have his status re-examined Monday.

Yankees: OF Brett Gardner missed his second straight game because of a lower abdominal strain.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-10) is slated to pitch Monday, with Justin Verlander (12-12) on the mound for the Tigers.

Yankees: RHP Hiroki Kuroda (10-8) starts Tuesday’s series opener against Tampa Bay RHP Chris Archer (8-8).

BIRTHDAY BOY

Pitching on his 29th birthday, Davis got his second save of the series — and his big league career. After Beltran singled over first leading off the ninth, Davis struck out Brian McCann on a 3-2 pitch, retired Mark Teixeira on a soft grounder to third and fanned Stephen Drew on another full-count pitch. Davis has 94 strikeouts in 63 1/3 innings this season and has allowed one run in 53 innings dating to late April. That run scored when he hit the Los Angeles Dodgers’ A.J. Ellis with a bases-loaded pitch on June 25.

ROAD WARRIORS

Kansas City is 6-0-1 in its last seven road series.

— Associated Press —

Wainwright wins 17th as St. Louis rips Brewers

Posted on September 7, 2014

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Brewers had finally gotten to Adam Wainwright in the ninth when St. Louis manager Mike Matheny came to the mound to check if his ace right-hander was tiring.

Matheny didn’t expect an honest answer. Wainwright stayed in the game anyway.

Wainwright got Gerardo Parra to bounce into a double play for his fourth complete game of the season, and the Cardinals beat sliding Milwaukee 9-1 on Sunday.

Topeka police: Officer dies after car stop shooting UPDATE

Posted on September 7, 2014September 8, 2014

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Topeka police officer has been shot and killed while making a car stop.

Shawnee County Sheriff Herman Jones said at a news conference Sunday night that the officer had stopped a car in east Topeka, and in the middle of the stop the officer was shot. Authorities said the car then drove away.

The sheriff’s department said authorities got the call about 4:45 p.m. and responders found the critically wounded officer, who was taken to a hospital. Jones said the officer was pronounced dead there.

Jones identified the officer as Corporal Jason Harwood, a decorated 15-year veteran who leaves behind a wife and two children.

The sheriff’s office said a suspect Preston Lane Ross had been taken into custody.

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UPDATE Shortly after the fatal Sunday shooting of a police officer, Topeka Police issued an alert for 30-year-old Ross Preston Lane. The suspect wanted in connection to the shooting was arrested just after 8 p.m.

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TOPEKA- Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are searching for a suspect involved in police shooting.

The City of Topeka shared on their Twitter and Facebook page, “With heavy hearts, we report that an on-duty, fully uniformed Topeka Police officer was critically injured while conducting a car stop late this afternoon.”

Officials say the officer has died of gunshot wounds. His name has not been released.

The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting, Ross Preston Lane, 30, is described as a white male, 5’11”, 185 lbs, with hazel eyes and blonde hair. He was believed to driving a silver suburban or Honda truck.

Obituaries for September 7, 2014

Posted on September 7, 2014

ST. JOSEPH – Steven W. Stains, Sr., 58, died Monday, September 1, 2014 at Heartland Regional Medical Center.
He was born August 9, 1956 to Wilbur and Violet (Putnam) Stains in St. Joseph.
Steven worked as a forklift mechanic in the Springfield area.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Michael and Larry Stains; and sister Mona Hootman.
Survivors: children, Gregg Richey, Crystal Stains, Danielle Suman, Steven Stains, Jr., James Sipes and Tanner Wykert; brother, Johnny Stains; and sister, Crystal Stains.
Care provided by Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory. Online guestbook and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com.

ST. JOSEPH – Hugh Bert McFadin, 86, died Wednesday, August 27, 2014.
He was born December 9, 1927 to Hugh and Iva McFadin in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Hugh graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education from Northwest Missouri State University and a master’s degree in education from the University of Missouri. He worked for thirty-one years as an elementary school Principal in the St. Joseph and Rushville areas.
In his younger years he played competitive tennis having reached state in high school and playing in college. He also played handball and was an avid motorcycle rider and owned an Indian Chief Motorcycle.
He enjoyed traveling all over the world with his family during the summer. He went to eastern cities, touring the White House, seeing the Liberty Bell and went to Central Park. His travels continued to Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Egypt, Brazil and the nations of Europe. Abroad, he learned to appreciate what he had at home. “I’ve been everywhere, “the traveler says, “but I always return.”
Hugh was preceded in death by his parents and infant son, Kevin.
Survivors: wife, Juanita Mcfadin who taught for forty-eight years in the St. Joseph School District; and daughter, Cynthia Ann McFadin.
Care provided by Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory. Online guest book and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com.

ST. JOSEPH – Winona M. Brown, 100, went to be with the Lord Saturday September 6, 2014.
She was born February 5, 1914 in Savannah, Mo., and was a life long resident of St. Joseph.
She married James Michael “Mike” Brown on November 6, 1945, he preceded her in death January 6, 2002.
She graduated from Benton High School class of 1932 and worked as a telephone operator. She was a member of King Hill Baptist Church.
Winona was preceded in death by her husband; parents, Frank H and Bessie L. Matlock) Albertson; an infant son, Allen Dale Brown; two brothers, Frank Albertson Jr., and Nord Westley Albertson.
She is survived by two sons, Michael James Brown and wife Mary Jo of St. Joseph, and Jon Patrick Brown of Houston, Texas; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Patricia Ward of Emporia, Kan.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Rupp Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m., on Wednesday at Rupp Funeral Home. The inurnment will be at the Memorial Park Cemetery. She will be cremated under the care of Rupp Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Hands of Hope Hospice. Online condolence and obituary at www.ruppfuneral.com

RUSHVILLE, Mo. – Carl E. Leihr, 71, died September 5, 2014.
He was born April 13, 1943 in St. Joseph.
Carl is preceded in death by sister, Lucinda Sue Cook.
Survivors include: mother, Georgia M. Leihr of the home; children, Mary Worley, Georgia Burns, Carl Leihr Jr. and Cordia Garcia; brother, Richard Bozarth.
Cremation by Rupp Funeral Home. No scheduled visitation or memorial services at this time. Online condolence and obituary at www.ruppfuneral.com

Mo. man dies in Sunday tractor accident

Posted on September 7, 2014

MARSHALL (AP) – Authorities say a 74-year-old man has died in a tractor accident in Saline County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Lawrence B. Holland of Marshall. He died Saturday afternoon when his tractor backed off a 15-foot embankment. The patrol says Holland was pinned within the tractor and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Missouri Southern names court after former coach

Posted on September 7, 2014

JOPLIN (AP) – Missouri Southern has renamed its basketball court after the winningest men’s head coach in school history.

The Joplin Globe reports that Robert Corn Court was unveiled Saturday night inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. Joining Corn in pulling the cover off the autograph insignia in front of the Missouri Southern bench were his family and university president Alan Marble.

Corn had 413 wins in 25 seasons at Missouri Southern. He retired from coaching at the end of last season.

A scholarship campaign started to honor Corn has raised $172,750 so far.