In their first district match up, the Thomas More Prep-Marian Monarchs were held scoreless by Russell in their second loss of the year. With less than a minute remaining in the first half, the Monarch defense was able to halt Russell at the five yard line, before the Broncos were able to score the first touchdown of the night.
The Hays High football team took care of business. Friday night’s non-conference game against an opponent with a losing record was sandwiched between a pair of tough WAC matchups.
Homecoming week kicks off for Hays High and Fort Hays State University, all leading up to the 50th Oktoberfest celebration this weekend. FortHaysStateUniversity Homecoming candidates for FHSU 2022 include: Jenna Confer of Alpha Sigma Alpha & Clade Anderson of Alpha Gamma Rho, Meleny Jacome-Banuelos of FHSU Tiger Marching Band & Ryan Stanley of Student Government Association, Holly Linenberger of Circle K International & Cole Berry of FHSU Tiger Marching Band, Erica Barwick of United Methodist Campus Ministry & Trevor Meyer of Catholic Disciples and Beatrice Walsh of Criminal Justice Club & Johnny College of Criminal Justice Club.
Lindsay H. Metcalf grew up on a Kansas farm, flew the coop for a career in the city, and migrated home to write downwind of the neighborhood cattle. The award-winning author of nonfiction picture books will give two presentations in the Schmidt Community Commons at the Hays Public Library on October 15, 2022.
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate students will travel to Hoxie, Kansas, to offer free community hearing screenings. The screenings will be under the supervision of an FHSU Herndon Clinic instructor.
When the youth group at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church was looking for a project to do this past summer, their pastor, the Rev. Shay Craig, suggested they do a fundraiser to benefit a non-profit that works with underserved youth.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My eye doctor told me I’m in danger of an “acute attack” of narrow angle glaucoma and that I need iridotomy in both eyes right away. He also said this may be related to my headaches. I wanted to get a sense of whether to go ahead with it pretty quickly or to possibly get a second opinion, since this ophthalmologist is new to me. I’m kind of nervous about it, since it seems that only about 65% of folks are “cured,” with others sometimes needing a follow-up surgery later on. -- G.M.
Q: What’s going on with COVID-19 these days? Half of the news sounds good, half bad. -- Gene W., Annapolis, Maryland A: The past two years have been a tutorial in how science evolves and how “doing the best we can, until we learn more” can cause a lot of confusion.
Dear Amy: After six years of marriage to our 33-year-old daughter “Karen,” our son-in-law decided that he was in love with the woman with whom he’d been having an affair during three years of their marriage.
Matt Lindsey, president of the Kansas independent college organization, said debate about college affordability and access carried negotiations toward a deal that would demonstrate to Kansas families and taxpayers the two higher education organizations were “leading the way.”