SILVER LAKE- Two people were injured in accidents blamed on icy roads late Saturday morning in Eastern Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer driven by Toni R. Mahana, 47, Silver Lake, was southbound on U.S. 75 just north of Lower Silver Lake Road at 11 a.m.
The driver lost control of the vehicle on the slick roadway and overturned in the median.
Mahana was transported to Stormont Vail.
Just after 11 a.m., a 2004 Toyota Tacoma driven by Joseph Hollerich, 65, Tipton, was northbound on Highway 59 five miles north of Ottawa.
The vehicle crossed the Stafford Road Bridge. The driver lost control on the ice and the vehicle rolled according to the KHP.
A passenger in the vehicle Peggy Eisman, 63, Bonner Springs was transported to Ransom Memorial Hospital.
Hollerich was not injured.
The KHP said all were properly restrained at the time of the accidents.
A broken cast-iron sewer, nonfunctioning galvanized water lines and a coal furnace plagued the house at 415 W. 17th in Hays after sitting empty for 40 years. The house, a time capsule, would have continued its journey into decay until an applied technology professor from Fort Hays State University stepped in and gave it a much-needed facelift.
Kris Munsch, assistant professor of applied technology, recently finished restoring the abandoned house and was a runner-up in This Old House magazine’s search for America’s best remodel in 2014.
His new house, a 1908 Craftsman, was featured in the October issue of This Old House.
Another home in New Jersey ended up taking home the grand prize, but Munsch’s house was awarded the “Bring it On Home” award of the 10 finalists receiving Moxie Awards.
Munsch was encouraged to enter the competition back in March, but he never thought he would win anything in a national competition.
“I remember thinking, ‘No way I have a chance at this, I’m in Kansas,'” said Munsch. “But then, the next thing I knew, I got a call saying I was in the running for the grand prize in the search for America’s best remodel in 2014.”
The hardest part, Munsch told This Old House, was taking small bites at the project. The house was overwhelmingly rundown, and Munsch faced the task of restoring it with just himself and the help of inexperienced students.
“With their inexperience, and my workload at school, I simply had to step back on a day- by-day basis and share my vision with them so we could accomplish the goals for the day,” said Munsch.
He described hauling 12-foot pieces of drywall up three stories and working through the house, inch by inch. The sewer system was broken, the water lines were nonfunctioning, the windows were cracked and broken, and the roof was leaky.
“Of the 50 houses I’ve restored over the years, this one has been the toughest,” said Munsch.
To keep expenses low and quality high, Munsch did most of the work himself and used the highest quality of materials possible. He also taught his students how to install and work together on the house. “The students that came to work earned an hourly wage but a lifetime of skills,” said Munsch.
The project took two years to complete.
The winners of the contest can be found at www.thisoldhouse.com.
City Streets Department crews are on alert for Saturday’s impending snow storm. They issued this information Saturday morning.
Precipitation Outlook:
Flurries and snow are expected..
Saturday:
– Light snow arrives mid-morning and becomes moderate 1-2 hours after onset.
– Accumulation and slickness start at the onset.
– Best snow accumulations expected from 10am-3pm.
– Most see 1-2 inches with and outside shot at 3 inches across far northern portions of the city.
Flurries and light snow showers continue off and on into Sunday morning. Any additional accumulations will be light.
Snow starts between 10AM to 12AM.
Ending 3PM to 4PM.
Pavement temps will remain below freezing causing slickness within an hour of snow arrival.
Additional flurries overnight little to no accumulation.
Forecast Discussion:
Cold and dry conditions return on Sunday and continue through the upcoming week. Slightly warmer temperatures will return for the end of the week, with high temperatures possibly reaching the low 40s.
Saturday: High: 30°F Low: 15°F Snow becomes flurries few snow showers overnight. Southeast to southwest wind 5-15 mph.
Wind chill 0-15°F expected after midnight.
Sunday: High: 27°F Low: 12°F Flurries and light snow early. Partly sunny. Northwest to west wind 5-15 mph.
Wind chill 0-15°F expected all day.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nineteen automakers that account for most of the passenger cars and trucks sold in the U.S. have signed on to a set of principles they say will protect motorists’ privacy in an era when cars pass along more information than many drivers realize.
Many recent-model cars and light trucks have GPS and mobile communications technology integrated into the vehicle’s computers and navigation systems. Information on where drivers have been and where they’re going is continually sent to manufacturers when the systems are in use.
Industry officials say they want to assure their customers that the information their cars stream back to automakers won’t be handed over to authorities without a court or sold to insurance companies or advertisers without permission.
The principles also commit automakers to “implement reasonable measures” to protect personal information from unauthorized access.
The principles were delivered in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, which has the authority to force corporations to live up to their promises to consumers.
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators say the death of a Malaysian woman in a crash involving an exploding air bag has led to another recall in the U.S.
Ford Motor Co. is adding some Ranger pickups to its recall list because they have passenger air bags similar to the one in Malaysia.
It was unclear how many Rangers were added. They are from the 2004 and 2005 model years and are among 26,000 vehicles added to Ford’s recall list to fix air bags made by Takata Corp.
The move is part of a widening problem that has forced the global recall of over 12 million vehicles. At least five deaths are linked to the problem.
Some Takata air bags can inflate too forcefully, blowing apart a metal canister and spewing shrapnel.
PITTSBURG- Two women were injured in an accident just after 2 p.m. on Friday in Crawford County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Chrysler Sedan driven by Gina A. Gebelin, 57, Mindenmines, MO., was eastbound on East 530th Avenue just south of Pittsburg.
The vehicle failed to stop the stop sign at U.S. 69, attempted to turn south and struck a 1997 Ford pickup driven by Sarina L. Coulter, 39, Parsons.
Gebelin and a passenger in the Chrysler Kay F. Scholes, 55, Pittsburg, were transported to Via Christi.
Coulter was not injured.
The KHP reported all were properly restrained at the time of the accident.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Tradition-rich men’s basketball programs Kansas and Indiana will play in the 2016 Armed Forces Classic on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, ESPN announced Friday.
22514The Armed Forces Classic is a series of Division I men’s college basketball games that are played on United States military bases worldwide over a five-year rotation. The 2016 Classic will be at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu.
The 2016 event will be just under a month from the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and will pit Kansas vs. Indiana and Arizona vs. Michigan State. Indiana and Kansas have not matched up since 1995, with the Jayhawks leading the series 7-6. Kansas is second all-time in NCAA Division I victories with 2,126, while Indiana is 10th at 1,736.
“We thought playing in the Armed Forces Classic would be a terrific experience for our players, especially to commemorate such an important time in our country,” KU head coach Bill Self said. “We’re excited to be a part of it and having the chance to play a tradition-rich program like Indiana, one of the true blue bloods of the college game.”
ESPN also announced the 2015 Armed Forces Classic set for Friday, Nov.13, and will feature Gonzaga against Pittsburgh.
The games will be televised on ESPN as part of the network’s America’s Heroes initiative honoring the men and women who are serving and who have served in the United States military, both at home and abroad.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the University of Kansas School of Medicine did not discriminate against a disabled student when it rescinded her admission in 2011 because she could not physically meet its requirements.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals sided Friday with the university in the lawsuit brought by Emily McCulley, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. The disability requires her to use a wheelchair for mobility and limits her arm strength.
It found that requested accommodations for her disability would fundamentally alter a medical education that trains her to care for patients in emergency situations where assistance is unavailable.
The court said that providing a staff surrogate to lift patients, administer basic life support and perform other tasks for the student would make her an observer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has sent the Senate a bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The House voted Friday 252-161 on a bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana in a bid to boost his chances to take over Louisiana’s Senate seat from Democrat Mary Landrieu. The two are headed for a December runoff. Landrieu successfully pushed the Senate to vote on the measure next week.
The pipeline has been stalled by environmental reviews, objections to its route and politics for six years. But the latest bid by House Republicans has the best chance of reaching President Barack Obama’s desk.
Senate supporters said they were confident they’d have the 60 votes needed for passage Tuesday.
The White House has threatened to veto similar attempts to move the pipeline forward.
