Today is Monday, July 18, the 199th day of 2022. There are 166 days left in the year.

On July 18, 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne, 28; Kennedy's car later went off a bridge into the water. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned.

In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.

In 1863, during the Civil War, Union troops spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, made up of Black soldiers, charged Confederate-held Fort Wagner on Morris Island, S.C. The Confederates were able to repel the Northerners, who suffered heavy losses; the 54th's commander, Col. Robert Gould Shaw, was among those who were killed.

In 1918, South African anti-apartheid leader and president Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo.

In 1925, Adolf Hitler published the first volume of his autobiographical screed, "Mein Kampf (My Struggle)."

In 1944, Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II. American forces in France captured the Normandy town of St. Lo.

In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed a Presidential Succession Act which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

In 1964, nearly a week of rioting erupted in New York's Harlem neighborhood following the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager, James Powell, two days earlier.

In 1984, gunman James Huberty opened fire at a McDonald's in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people before being shot dead by police. Walter F. Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco.

In 1994, a bomb hidden in a van destroyed a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 85. Tutsi rebels declared an end to Rwanda's 14-week-old civil war.

In 2005, an unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Alabama, to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.

In 2013, Detroit, which was once the very symbol of American industrial might, became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing.

In 2020, Canadian officials said the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team would not be able to play its home games in Toronto during the shortened 2020 season because it wasn't safe for players to travel back and forth from the United States. (The Blue Jays would play "home" games in the ballpark of their minor league affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y.)

Ten years ago: Rebels penetrated the heart of Syria's power elite, detonating a bomb inside a high-level crisis meeting in Damascus that killed three leaders of the regime, including President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law and the defense minister.

Five years ago: President Donald Trump declared that it was time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest Republican effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law was blocked in the Senate. Trump announced that he would nominate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to Russia. The Trump administration slapped new sanctions on 18 Iranian individuals, groups and networks, a day after certifying to Congress that Iran was technically complying with the nuclear deal and could continue enjoying nuclear sanctions relief.

One year ago: Collin Morikawa, a 24-year-old from California, won the British Open to become the first golfer to capture two different majors on his first attempt; he'd won the 2020 PGA Championship 11 months earlier. Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia won cycling's Tour de France for a second straight year.

Today's Birthdays: Skating champion and commentator Dick Button is 93. Olympic gold medal figure skater Tenley Albright is 87. Movie director Paul Verhoeven is 84. Musician Brian Auger is 83. Singer Dion DiMucci is 83. Actor James Brolin is 82. Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Torre is 82. Singer Martha Reeves is 81. Country-rock singer Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is 73. Business mogul Richard Branson is 72. Actor Margo Martindale is 71. Singer Ricky Skaggs is 68. Actor Audrey Landers is 66. World Golf Hall of Famer Nick Faldo is 65. Actor Anne-Marie Johnson is 62. Actor Elizabeth McGovern is 61. Rock musician John Hermann (Widespread Panic) is 60. Rock musician Jack Irons is 60. Broadcaster Wendy Williams is 58. Actor Vin Diesel is 55. Actor Grant Bowler is 54. Retired NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is 51. Bluegrass musician Jesse Brock (The Gibson Brothers) is 50. Alt-country singer Elizabeth Cook is 50. Actor Eddie Matos is 50. Dance music singer-songwriter M.I.A. is 47. Rock musician Daron Malakian (System of a Down; Scars on Broadway) is 47. Actor Elsa Pataky ("The Fast and the Furious" films) is 46. Rock musician Tony Fagenson (formerly with Eve 6) is 44. Movie director Jared Hess is 43. Actor Jason Weaver is 43. Actor Kristen Bell is 42. Actor Michiel Huisman is 41. Rock singer Ryan Cabrera is 40. Actor Priyanka Chopra is 40. Christian-rock musician Aaron Gillespie (Underoath) is 39. Actor Chace Crawford is 37. Actor James Norton is 37. Musician Paul Kowert (Punch Brothers) is 36. Actor Travis Milne is 36.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Monday, July 18, the 199th day of 2022. There are 166 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 18, 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne, 28; Kennedy's car later went off a bridge into the water. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned.On this date:In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England.In 1863, during the Civil War, Union troops spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, made up of Black soldiers, charged Confederate-held Fort Wagner on Morris Island, S.C. The Confederates were able to repel the Northerners, who suffered heavy losses; the 54th's commander, Col. Robert Gould Shaw, was among those who were killed.In 1918, South African anti-apartheid leader and president Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo.In 1925, Adolf Hitler published the first volume of his autobiographical screed, "Mein Kampf (My Struggle)."In 1944, Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II. American forces in France captured the Normandy town of St. Lo.In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed a Presidential Succession Act which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.In 1964, nearly a week of rioting erupted in New York's Harlem neighborhood following the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager, James Powell, two days earlier.In 1984, gunman James Huberty opened fire at a McDonald's in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people before being shot dead by police. Walter F. Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco.In 1994, a bomb hidden in a van destroyed a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 85. Tutsi rebels declared an end to Rwanda's 14-week-old civil war.In 2005, an unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Alabama, to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.In 2013, Detroit, which was once the very symbol of American industrial might, became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing.In 2020, Canadian officials said the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team would not be able to play its home games in Toronto during the shortened 2020 season because it wasn't safe for players to travel back and forth from the United States. (The Blue Jays would play "home" games in the ballpark of their minor league affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y.)Ten years ago: Rebels penetrated the heart of Syria's power elite, detonating a bomb inside a high-level crisis meeting in Damascus that killed three leaders of the regime, including President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law and the defense minister.Five years ago: President Donald Trump declared that it was time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest Republican effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law was blocked in the Senate. Trump announced that he would nominate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to Russia. The Trump administration slapped new sanctions on 18 Iranian individuals, groups and networks, a day after certifying to Congress that Iran was technically complying with the nuclear deal and could continue enjoying nuclear sanctions relief.One year ago: Collin Morikawa, a 24-year-old from California, won the British Open to become the first golfer to capture two different majors on his first attempt; he'd won the 2020 PGA Championship 11 months earlier. Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia won cycling's Tour de France for a second straight year.Today's Birthdays: Skating champion and commentator Dick Button is 93. Olympic gold medal figure skater Tenley Albright is 87. Movie director Paul Verhoeven is 84. Musician Brian Auger is 83. Singer Dion DiMucci is 83. Actor James Brolin is 82. Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Torre is 82. Singer Martha Reeves is 81. Country-rock singer Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League) is 73. Business mogul Richard Branson is 72. Actor Margo Martindale is 71. Singer Ricky Skaggs is 68. Actor Audrey Landers is 66. World Golf Hall of Famer Nick Faldo is 65. Actor Anne-Marie Johnson is 62. Actor Elizabeth McGovern is 61. Rock musician John Hermann (Widespread Panic) is 60. Rock musician Jack Irons is 60. Broadcaster Wendy Williams is 58. Actor Vin Diesel is 55. Actor Grant Bowler is 54. Retired NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is 51. Bluegrass musician Jesse Brock (The Gibson Brothers) is 50. Alt-country singer Elizabeth Cook is 50. Actor Eddie Matos is 50. Dance music singer-songwriter M.I.A. is 47. Rock musician Daron Malakian (System of a Down; Scars on Broadway) is 47. Actor Elsa Pataky ("The Fast and the Furious" films) is 46. Rock musician Tony Fagenson (formerly with Eve 6) is 44. Movie director Jared Hess is 43. Actor Jason Weaver is 43. Actor Kristen Bell is 42. Actor Michiel Huisman is 41. Rock singer Ryan Cabrera is 40. Actor Priyanka Chopra is 40. Christian-rock musician Aaron Gillespie (Underoath) is 39. Actor Chace Crawford is 37. Actor James Norton is 37. Musician Paul Kowert (Punch Brothers) is 36. Actor Travis Milne is 36.

Today in History - July 18

LINDSBORG - Fingerprinting and blood-spatter analysis aren't normally thought of as the stuff of summer camps but don't tell that to the Bethany College Criminal Justice Department.

High school students from throughout the area gathered at Bethany College last week for the Criminal Justice Department's third annual Crime Scene Investigation Summer Camp.

Rande Repp, Criminal Justice Department chair, told Salina Post that this summer's camp focused on ethics, report writing, chain of custody, fingerprinting, and blood spatter analysis.

"Students conducted a variety of hands-on exercises to practice identifying and preserving latent fingerprints.  They also practiced 'stringing,' a technique used to identify the origin of a projectile or a fluid," Repp noted.

The camp included high school students from across central Kansas. In addition to Repp, camp faculty included Laura Hultquist, assistant professor of criminal justice, and Jessica Patterson, student support services specialist.

Repp also announced that the department plans to host a similar event on the Bethany Campus this fall and another camp in the summer of 2023. Persons interested in the upcoming events are asked to contact the Bethany College Admissions Office at 800-826-2281 ext. 8113.

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 </figure>By SALINA POSTLINDSBORG - Fingerprinting and blood-spatter analysis aren't normally thought of as the stuff of summer camps but don't tell that to the Bethany College Criminal Justice Department.High school students from throughout the area gathered at Bethany College last week for the Criminal Justice Department's third annual Crime Scene Investigation Summer Camp.Rande Repp, Criminal Justice Department chair, told Salina Post that this summer's camp focused on ethics, report writing, chain of custody, fingerprinting, and blood spatter analysis."Students conducted a variety of hands-on exercises to practice identifying and preserving latent fingerprints. They also practiced 'stringing,' a technique used to identify the origin of a projectile or a fluid," Repp noted.The camp included high school students from across central Kansas. In addition to Repp, camp faculty included Laura Hultquist, assistant professor of criminal justice, and Jessica Patterson, student support services specialist.Repp also announced that the department plans to host a similar event on the Bethany Campus this fall and another camp in the summer of 2023. Persons interested in the upcoming events are asked to contact the Bethany College Admissions Office at 800-826-2281 ext. 8113.

High schoolers learn of fingerprints, blood spatter at Bethany camp

JEWELL COUNTY - Two earthquakes, including a 4.0 magnitude quake, struck northern Jewell County Sunday morning.

According to the Kansas Geological Survey, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck north of the western part of Lovewell Reservior at 7:51 a.m. Sunday. The quake was centered just north of Z Road between Kansas Highway 14 and 200 Road.

A second quake struck 10 minutes later at 8:01 a.m. just south of the Kansas-Nebraska state line. The 2.8 magnitude quake was centered north of Diamond Road about three miles west of Kansas Highway 14.

By SALINA POSTJEWELL COUNTY - Two earthquakes, including a 4.0 magnitude quake, struck northern Jewell County Sunday morning.<figure>
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 </figure>According to the Kansas Geological Survey, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck north of the western part of Lovewell Reservior at 7:51 a.m. Sunday. The quake was centered just north of Z Road between Kansas Highway 14 and 200 Road.<figure>
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 </figure>A second quake struck 10 minutes later at 8:01 a.m. just south of the Kansas-Nebraska state line. The 2.8 magnitude quake was centered north of Diamond Road about three miles west of Kansas Highway 14.

4.0 magnitude quake, smaller quake strike Jewell County Sunday

By RON WILSON Kansas State University

Other than in the movies, they may not be able to fly or use X-ray vision. But in the case of one innovative Kansas project, these children have learned that they do have smile-power. This is part of a remarkable intergenerational childcare program found in&nbsp;rural&nbsp;Kansas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Last week we learned about Allen Schmidt and Resurrection Vineyard in Hays. Allen’s son, Brett, was born in Hays. The family moved around due to Allen’s military career.&nbsp;

Later, Brett Schmidt earned a degree in early childhood development and master’s degree in brain-based teaching and learning. He went on to teach kindergarten in Independence, Kan. where he met – and later married – Ashley.&nbsp;

When Brett’s folks returned to Hays, Brett and Ashley moved back as well. Brett took a teaching position at the&nbsp;rural&nbsp;community of Stockton, population 1,480 people. Now, that’s&nbsp;rural.&nbsp;

He went on to work for Child Care Aware, training and coaching childcare providers.&nbsp;

While in southern Kansas, Brett observed an intergenerational day care program in a nursing home. “I thought it was cutting edge,” he said. He wanted to establish such a program in northwest Kansas.&nbsp;

After years of planning and development, he founded the Learning Cross Child Care Center in Hays in 2015. With the approval of the senior residents’ council, the center was housed in the assisted living area of the Ascension Living Via Christi Village retirement community. Being located within a senior living facility made it possible to create healthy interaction between younger and older generations.&nbsp;

The program was named Learning Cross for two reasons: One, it was a faith-based program. And secondly, it represented a place where multiple generations could cross paths.&nbsp;

The program began as a half-day preschool and then expanded to a full-time day care center for 2 ½ to 5 year olds. It grew to include a second facility two blocks away from Via Christi Village.&nbsp;

Parents bring children to the childcare center at the beginning of the workday. During the morning, the kids bring their pedal carts and toys and enter the assisted living area where they go through the halls and meet the residents. A similar time for interaction is scheduled for the afternoon. Depending on the weather, the kids and residents might go in the outdoor courtyard to play.&nbsp;

Some seniors engage with the children at an even higher level, sharing stories or teaching the kids about their interests. Those topics range from raising flowers to learning sign language.&nbsp;

“The three pillars of our program are recognition for doing good things, having a sense of purpose, and acceptance within a community,” Schmidt said. A fundamental practice is teaching the children that they had the power to brighten someone’s day.&nbsp;

“We told the kids, `Sometimes people are hurting. Sometimes people are sad. But if you smile at them, you can get them to smile back. You guys have the power to make them feel better,’” Schmidt said.&nbsp;

It worked. Some kids and seniors were more reluctant than others, but the children were able to generate smiles and joy from the seniors. “The former director of the facility said, `My goal is to fill these hallways with life,’” Schmidt said. “When there was laughter and giggles and kid voices in the building, it was magical.”&nbsp;

One senior resident had been non-verbal, but when the kids showed up, she started making sounds and eventually to speak. At Christmastime, each family would adopt one or two ‘grandfriends’ to share gifts and stories. “The interactions can be miraculous,” Schmidt said. &nbsp;

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the intergenerational interaction had to stop, although the day care center continued within limits. “We hope to relaunch the senior interaction this fall,” Schmidt said. &nbsp;

For more information, see&nbsp;<a href="http://www.learningcross.com/" target="_blank">www.learningcross.com</a>.&nbsp;

Do children have superpowers? Maybe not in real life, but they do have smile-power.&nbsp;&nbsp;We commend Brett Schmidt and all those involved with Learning Cross Day Care Center for making a difference with this innovative approach to learning and multigenerational interaction.&nbsp;

Ron Wilson is director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.

For more information about the Huck Boyd Institute, interested persons can visit&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.huckboydinstitute.org/" target="_blank">http://www.huckboydinstitute.org</a>.

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 </figure>By RON WILSON Kansas State UniversityDo children have superpowers?&nbsp;Other than in the movies, they may not be able to fly or use X-ray vision. But in the case of one innovative Kansas project, these children have learned that they do have smile-power. This is part of a remarkable intergenerational childcare program found in&nbsp;rural&nbsp;Kansas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Last week we learned about Allen Schmidt and Resurrection Vineyard in Hays. Allen’s son, Brett, was born in Hays. The family moved around due to Allen’s military career.&nbsp;Later, Brett Schmidt earned a degree in early childhood development and master’s degree in brain-based teaching and learning. He went on to teach kindergarten in Independence, Kan. where he met – and later married – Ashley.&nbsp;When Brett’s folks returned to Hays, Brett and Ashley moved back as well. Brett took a teaching position at the&nbsp;rural&nbsp;community of Stockton, population 1,480 people. Now, that’s&nbsp;rural.&nbsp;He went on to work for Child Care Aware, training and coaching childcare providers.&nbsp;While in southern Kansas, Brett observed an intergenerational day care program in a nursing home. “I thought it was cutting edge,” he said. He wanted to establish such a program in northwest Kansas.&nbsp;After years of planning and development, he founded the Learning Cross Child Care Center in Hays in 2015. With the approval of the senior residents’ council, the center was housed in the assisted living area of the Ascension Living Via Christi Village retirement community. Being located within a senior living facility made it possible to create healthy interaction between younger and older generations.&nbsp;The program was named Learning Cross for two reasons: One, it was a faith-based program. And secondly, it represented a place where multiple generations could cross paths.&nbsp;The program began as a half-day preschool and then expanded to a full-time day care center for 2 ½ to 5 year olds. It grew to include a second facility two blocks away from Via Christi Village.&nbsp;How does this work?&nbsp;Parents bring children to the childcare center at the beginning of the workday. During the morning, the kids bring their pedal carts and toys and enter the assisted living area where they go through the halls and meet the residents. A similar time for interaction is scheduled for the afternoon. Depending on the weather, the kids and residents might go in the outdoor courtyard to play.&nbsp;Some seniors engage with the children at an even higher level, sharing stories or teaching the kids about their interests. Those topics range from raising flowers to learning sign language.&nbsp;“The three pillars of our program are recognition for doing good things, having a sense of purpose, and acceptance within a community,” Schmidt said. A fundamental practice is teaching the children that they had the power to brighten someone’s day.&nbsp;“We told the kids, `Sometimes people are hurting. Sometimes people are sad. But if you smile at them, you can get them to smile back. You guys have the power to make them feel better,’” Schmidt said.&nbsp;It worked. Some kids and seniors were more reluctant than others, but the children were able to generate smiles and joy from the seniors. “The former director of the facility said, `My goal is to fill these hallways with life,’” Schmidt said. “When there was laughter and giggles and kid voices in the building, it was magical.”&nbsp;One senior resident had been non-verbal, but when the kids showed up, she started making sounds and eventually to speak. At Christmastime, each family would adopt one or two ‘grandfriends’ to share gifts and stories. “The interactions can be miraculous,” Schmidt said. &nbsp;When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the intergenerational interaction had to stop, although the day care center continued within limits. “We hope to relaunch the senior interaction this fall,” Schmidt said. &nbsp;For more information, see&nbsp;<a href="http://www.learningcross.com/" target="_blank">www.learningcross.com</a>.&nbsp;Do children have superpowers? Maybe not in real life, but they do have smile-power.&nbsp;&nbsp;We commend Brett Schmidt and all those involved with Learning Cross Day Care Center for making a difference with this innovative approach to learning and multigenerational interaction.&nbsp;I think these smiles are super.&nbsp;Ron Wilson is director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.For more information about the Huck Boyd Institute, interested persons can visit&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.huckboydinstitute.org/" target="_blank">http://www.huckboydinstitute.org</a>.

NOW THAT'S RURAL: Brett Schmidt, Learning Cross Child Care

LINCOLN, Neb. - More than 6,200 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List for the spring semester of the 2021-22 academic year.

Qualification for the Deans' List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. Listed below are the minimum requirements for each entity and the name of its respective dean or director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale and a minimum number of graded semester hours. Students can be on the Deans' List for more than one college.

●College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 3.75; Dean Tiffany Heng-Moss.

●College of Architecture, 3.75; Interim Dean Sharon Kuska.

●College of Arts and Sciences, 3.7; Dean Mark E. Button.

●College of Business, 3.6; Dean Kathy Farrell.

●College of Education and Human Sciences, 3.75; Dean Sherri Jones.

 ●College of Engineering, 3.5; Dean Lance C. Perez.

●College of Journalism and Mass Communications, 3.7; Dean Shari Veil.

 ●Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, 3.7; Interim Dean Christopher Marks.

●Explore Center for undeclared, pre-engineering, pre-health and pre-law students, 3.6; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education Amy Goodburn.

Following is a list of local and area honorees by hometown, with their year in school, college(s) and major(s). Some students requested not to be listed.

Belleville James Doyle, senior, Dean's List, College of Education and Human Sciences, hospitality, restaurant and tourism management.

Delphos Samantha Crowninshield, freshman, Dean's List, College of Education and Human Sciences, elementary education.

Hillsboro Charlie Major, sophomore, Dean's List, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, emerging media arts.

Salina Katherine Bergkamp, freshman, Dean's List, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, plant biology.

Payton Kathleen Bergkamp, senior, Dean's List, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, emerging media arts.

Alisa Holst, senior, Dean's List, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, food science and technology.

Reece Jerod Holst, junior, Dean's List, College of Education and Human Sciences, communication sciences and disorders.

Kameron Shaw, sophomore, Dean's List, College of Arts and Sciences, mathematics.

For the full Deans' List, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://email.readme.readmedia.com/ss/c/32IxTgwFGaalFTsuZasCIfT_DPoqAXuKY-4g7_PTF2u9C4X8KAwhuv8oz07QHOq1/3n4/EBijtiuFT3eNpI-YXQDKAA/h0/pcts9H8AS8VMsRpUihk-m5ClP36weL6mdeNvD84CnSs" target="_blank">https://go.unl.edu/deanslist-spring22</a>.

LINCOLN, Neb. - More than 6,200 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List for the spring semester of the 2021-22 academic year.Qualification for the Deans' List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. Listed below are the minimum requirements for each entity and the name of its respective dean or director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale and a minimum number of graded semester hours. Students can be on the Deans' List for more than one college.●College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 3.75; Dean Tiffany Heng-Moss.●College of Architecture, 3.75; Interim Dean Sharon Kuska.●College of Arts and Sciences, 3.7; Dean Mark E. Button.●College of Business, 3.6; Dean Kathy Farrell.●College of Education and Human Sciences, 3.75; Dean Sherri Jones. ●College of Engineering, 3.5; Dean Lance C. Perez.●College of Journalism and Mass Communications, 3.7; Dean Shari Veil. ●Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, 3.7; Interim Dean Christopher Marks.●Explore Center for undeclared, pre-engineering, pre-health and pre-law students, 3.6; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education Amy Goodburn.Following is a list of local and area honorees by hometown, with their year in school, college(s) and major(s). Some students requested not to be listed.Belleville James Doyle, senior, Dean's List, College of Education and Human Sciences, hospitality, restaurant and tourism management.Delphos Samantha Crowninshield, freshman, Dean's List, College of Education and Human Sciences, elementary education.Hillsboro Charlie Major, sophomore, Dean's List, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, emerging media arts.Salina Katherine Bergkamp, freshman, Dean's List, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, plant biology.Payton Kathleen Bergkamp, senior, Dean's List, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, emerging media arts.Alisa Holst, senior, Dean's List, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, food science and technology.Reece Jerod Holst, junior, Dean's List, College of Education and Human Sciences, communication sciences and disorders.Kameron Shaw, sophomore, Dean's List, College of Arts and Sciences, mathematics.For the full Deans' List, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://email.readme.readmedia.com/ss/c/32IxTgwFGaalFTsuZasCIfT_DPoqAXuKY-4g7_PTF2u9C4X8KAwhuv8oz07QHOq1/3n4/EBijtiuFT3eNpI-YXQDKAA/h0/pcts9H8AS8VMsRpUihk-m5ClP36weL6mdeNvD84CnSs" target="_blank">https://go.unl.edu/deanslist-spring22</a>.

Local, area students earn academic honors at Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln

ASSISTANT CONSTRUCTION OBSERVER, SALINA, KANSAS

Kirkham Michael is a growing company in need of an energetic and knowledgeable individual to fill our full-time Assistant Construction Observer position. This position will be located in our Salina, Kansas office.

Performs inspection services along haul routes for energy projects, including acting as a liaison between County and Developer. Maintains daily job log and is familiar with plans and specifications. Has some exposure to clients. No initial responsibility for the direction of others. Performs several basic engineering and mathematical procedures, which require following instructions and guidelines, and providing accurate and complete records of that work. Assist experienced staff performing inspection and testing on energy and transportation related construction projects.

Receives supervision from senior-level Engineering staff.

· Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record.

· CIT certifications and/or construction inspection experience preferred but not required.

Monday to Friday overnight travel is required for this position. Lodging and per diem paid by the company. Work environment is primarily outdoors.

Pay starts at $17.00 per hour if no inspection experience or certifications

Kirkham Michael is a great place to work where you can achieve both your professional and personal goals. Kirkham Michael offers a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes medical, dental, vision, life, and a flex spending account as well as an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), 401 (K) plan, and professional development plans (tuition reimbursement /professional memberships).

At Kirkham Michael, employees are rewarded based on performance, so you create your own destiny! For more information or to apply, please see our website at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kirkham.com/">http://www.kirkham.com/</a>

Kirkham Michael is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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By KATHY HAGEMAN Dickinson County public information coordinator

Dickinson County plans to use funds it received from ARPA (the American Rescue Plan Act), working in conjunction with the Community Foundation of Dickinson County, USD 393 and USD 487 to build childcare facilities on school district property in both Solomon and Herington.

The need for childcare in Dickinson County, throughout Kansas and the nation has long been documented through various surveys and other assessments.

“We’ve been told this in untold meetings with the economic development corporation, school districts and everybody in between. We’ve heard and experienced all the issues caused by the shortage and how childcare affects this county wide,” Dickinson County Administrator Brad Homman told commissioners during their June 30 work session.

“We want to create some type of early childhood development program in two of the school districts – Herington and Solomon – to start educating children more at an earlier age so when they get into kindergarten they’ll be prepared for it and also solve the daycare issue at the same time,” Homman said.

He presented a proposal explaining the need for daycare services in the county, looking at the short term needs for parents, while also providing a long-term solution that could positively impact the economic and physical growth of the county.

The county will use some of its ARPA funds -- distributed to the county and entities nationwide to aid in the economic recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic -- to build two early childhood development learning facilities. One in Solomon and the other in Herington.

The two school districts already are equipped to operate a program. The only problem is they need a facility, Homman said.

“They have room on their (school) grounds, they have the resources to employ certified people, they have human resources and payroll, food service programs that work with the federal education requirements and all the things that go with something like this and they have the administration to manage it,” Homman said.

“They already have operational programs and they have the ability to sustain it. That’s really the issue,” he explained. “There’s not a lot of money in daycare.”

Solomon currently has approximately 20 to 25 children on a waiting list for daycare, while a daycare provider in Herington has about 30 to 35 on a waiting list.

By creating approximately 50 additional childcare slots in the county (25 in Herington and 25 in Solomon), that should create space for other daycare operators operating in the county.

Currently, many families are driving to other communities for childcare.

“A lot of those people who are bringing their kids to Abilene to a childcare center here, then going back to work in Solomon, Hope or the Herington area would be able to have that need filled in those communities and open up some slots in Abilene,” Homman said.

Providing needed childcare for families also could positively affect the county’s housing shortage. Homman said he’s seeing people who are willing to build homes in the county if it’s a place where all their needs are met. However, if they do not have a means to care for their young children, moving here is not an option for them.

Homman said Chapman school leaders were involved in early discussions, but felt their school district would not benefit. As for Abilene, it was felt that community – which already has several privately-owned daycare centers plus the Head Start Early Education program – was already covered.

Homman, who has long- served on the Solomon USD 393 school board, said the district has been negatively impacted by the lack of daycare options.

One example is when it comes to hiring staff.

“There’s a challenge in hiring teachers with young children because there’s no care for them. So, they go on to work in a larger district where they have more child care options,” Homman explained.

The same is true for the Herington district.

Homman and Asst. County Administrator/Finance Director Janelle Dockendorf have been meeting with the superintendents from those two districts to develop plans.

Although the early childhood development facilities will be built on school grounds they will serve the community.

“Other employers outside of the school settings are also facing huge challenges in attracting potential employees because there simply are not enough licensed childcare facilities to meet the demands of today’s families,” Homman wrote in his report to commissioners.

The lack of daycare forces parents to either stay home and care for their children, or look to larger communities to live and work, where childcare options are more prevalent.

“That results in less growth in our county and a decreased work pool of potential job applicants for all employers, which has caused a slowed economic growth for our county,” Homman wrote.

Finding childcare has long been a problem across Kansas, but the COVID pandemic made the situation worse.

The pandemic was especially hard on what Homman calls “ma and pa” daycares where the grandparents were caring for their children.

“But in the light of COVID, a lot of those went away. Grandma and grandpa were afraid of having the kids in the house because they didn’t want to be exposed to it,” Homman said.

Besides creating needed daycare options for parents, having a childcare center run and administered by the schools will help young children prepare for kindergarten.

“Children are coming into the kindergarten environment nowadays and they’re not ready,” Homman said. “There are certain things kindergarten staff expect them to be able to do. In the last decade or so, there’s been a decline in the cognitive skills of children coming into kindergarten.”

Kids who don’t have the necessary cognitive or social skills coming in are at a disadvantage and need to catch up. Teachers then work to help those kids catch up through first, second and third grade.

However, the late start is often still evident. Standardized testing conducted at the first time in grade three exemplifies that many still are unable to perform at grade level. For some, they never catch up, resulting in lower student performance and increased drop-out rates, are more prone to becoming involved in criminal activity, and ultimately preventing them from being productive workers or members of society.

“They never get caught up. The result is a less educated pool of graduates entering the work force,” Homman said. “The only way to solve that problem is to start educating kids at an earlier age.”

Schools have tried to address the childcare and early learning void by adding after school and before school programs. Those programs not only provide a place for kids to go in the early morning hours when a parent drops them off before work and after school until a parent can pick them up, but also it gives school staff an opportunity to provide additional learning time.

Another opportunity to provide childcare and additional education time involved moving from the traditional half-day kindergarten to full-day kindergarten, a change many districts did on their own because the state does not fund full-day kindergarten programs.

Recently, some school districts, including Abilene and Solomon began offering preschool programs, offering both child care and education.

“Solomon had 20 slots. Those filled up instantly and there was a waiting list,” Homman told commissioners.

Solving childcare and preparedness void

Building childcare facilities on land owned by the two school districts will help solve the daycare shortage while providing extra time to prepare children for kindergarten.

“Let’s solve two problems with one collaboration,” Homman said.

Providing childcare in the year 2022 is much more difficult than it was a few generations ago.

Not only are there stringent licensing requirements monitored by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, today’s childcare providers must have advanced educational degrees.

“Under the KDHE requirements and guidelines, to be able to care for kids you have to have a bachelor’s degree. Where are you going to find somebody with a bachelor’s degree for $10 an hour?” Homman asked.

He said that parents are willing to pay for many of the costs required. Unfortunately, due to the educational staffing requirements, the costs for qualified people and the related benefits they require, the cost far exceeds the available funding to get programs off the ground.

However, with the county providing ARPA money to build two childcare facilities, the schools should have the resources to operate it, Homman said.

The next steps involve getting numbers from the contractor, then meeting with the Herington and Solomon school officials, the fire marshal and KDHE representatives.

“Then we’ll come back to you,” Homman told commissioners. “We’re going to suggest our (APRA) money be transferred to the Community Foundation of Dickinson County and let them use the paying process they already have in place to go to the schools with requirements they put into place.”

Homman said he’s hopeful that the Community Foundation would be able to help out if the ARPA funds come up short when it comes to building costs.

“We’re hoping everything will come together. The school districts are excited about it,” Homman said.

Commission Chairman Lynn Peterson commented that often problems are identified, but this is a case where the county can actually provide a solution.

Commissioner Ron Roller said he was really proud of the county for continuing to work on the childcare situation. He said the childcare/education void has been brought up during meetings he attends with other counties and most “don’t want to take that responsibility.”

Kent Campbell, the new Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation director, said he believes the idea is a “wonderful alternative.”

In the few weeks since taking the economic development job and moving to Kansas he’s quickly learned of the childcare void. Strict state regulations make it difficult for the “mom and pop” facilities to open and succeed, he said.

“We’re going back almost 20 years when they (parents) are making a decision if one is going to stay home or get a part-time job,” he said.

“I thank the county for taking a lead on that,” Campbell said, commenting he looks forward to joining the county, the schools and the Community Foundation to make the plan a success.

By KATHY HAGEMAN Dickinson County public information coordinatorDickinson County plans to use funds it received from ARPA (the American Rescue Plan Act), working in conjunction with the Community Foundation of Dickinson County, USD 393 and USD 487 to build childcare facilities on school district property in both Solomon and Herington.The need for childcare in Dickinson County, throughout Kansas and the nation has long been documented through various surveys and other assessments.“We’ve been told this in untold meetings with the economic development corporation, school districts and everybody in between. We’ve heard and experienced all the issues caused by the shortage and how childcare affects this county wide,” Dickinson County Administrator Brad Homman told commissioners during their June 30 work session.“We want to create some type of early childhood development program in two of the school districts – Herington and Solomon – to start educating children more at an earlier age so when they get into kindergarten they’ll be prepared for it and also solve the daycare issue at the same time,” Homman said.He presented a proposal explaining the need for daycare services in the county, looking at the short term needs for parents, while also providing a long-term solution that could positively impact the economic and physical growth of the county.The county will use some of its ARPA funds -- distributed to the county and entities nationwide to aid in the economic recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic -- to build two early childhood development learning facilities. One in Solomon and the other in Herington.The two school districts already are equipped to operate a program. The only problem is they need a facility, Homman said.“They have room on their (school) grounds, they have the resources to employ certified people, they have human resources and payroll, food service programs that work with the federal education requirements and all the things that go with something like this and they have the administration to manage it,” Homman said.“They already have operational programs and they have the ability to sustain it. That’s really the issue,” he explained. “There’s not a lot of money in daycare.”Solomon currently has approximately 20 to 25 children on a waiting list for daycare, while a daycare provider in Herington has about 30 to 35 on a waiting list.By creating approximately 50 additional childcare slots in the county (25 in Herington and 25 in Solomon), that should create space for other daycare operators operating in the county.Currently, many families are driving to other communities for childcare.“A lot of those people who are bringing their kids to Abilene to a childcare center here, then going back to work in Solomon, Hope or the Herington area would be able to have that need filled in those communities and open up some slots in Abilene,” Homman said.Providing needed childcare for families also could positively affect the county’s housing shortage. Homman said he’s seeing people who are willing to build homes in the county if it’s a place where all their needs are met. However, if they do not have a means to care for their young children, moving here is not an option for them.Homman said Chapman school leaders were involved in early discussions, but felt their school district would not benefit. As for Abilene, it was felt that community – which already has several privately-owned daycare centers plus the Head Start Early Education program – was already covered.The needHomman, who has long- served on the Solomon USD 393 school board, said the district has been negatively impacted by the lack of daycare options.One example is when it comes to hiring staff.“There’s a challenge in hiring teachers with young children because there’s no care for them. So, they go on to work in a larger district where they have more child care options,” Homman explained.The same is true for the Herington district.Homman and Asst. County Administrator/Finance Director Janelle Dockendorf have been meeting with the superintendents from those two districts to develop plans.Although the early childhood development facilities will be built on school grounds they will serve the community.“Other employers outside of the school settings are also facing huge challenges in attracting potential employees because there simply are not enough licensed childcare facilities to meet the demands of today’s families,” Homman wrote in his report to commissioners.The lack of daycare forces parents to either stay home and care for their children, or look to larger communities to live and work, where childcare options are more prevalent.“That results in less growth in our county and a decreased work pool of potential job applicants for all employers, which has caused a slowed economic growth for our county,” Homman wrote.Finding childcare has long been a problem across Kansas, but the COVID pandemic made the situation worse.The pandemic was especially hard on what Homman calls “ma and pa” daycares where the grandparents were caring for their children.“But in the light of COVID, a lot of those went away. Grandma and grandpa were afraid of having the kids in the house because they didn’t want to be exposed to it,” Homman said.Early learningBesides creating needed daycare options for parents, having a childcare center run and administered by the schools will help young children prepare for kindergarten.“Children are coming into the kindergarten environment nowadays and they’re not ready,” Homman said. “There are certain things kindergarten staff expect them to be able to do. In the last decade or so, there’s been a decline in the cognitive skills of children coming into kindergarten.”Kids who don’t have the necessary cognitive or social skills coming in are at a disadvantage and need to catch up. Teachers then work to help those kids catch up through first, second and third grade.However, the late start is often still evident. Standardized testing conducted at the first time in grade three exemplifies that many still are unable to perform at grade level. For some, they never catch up, resulting in lower student performance and increased drop-out rates, are more prone to becoming involved in criminal activity, and ultimately preventing them from being productive workers or members of society.“They never get caught up. The result is a less educated pool of graduates entering the work force,” Homman said. “The only way to solve that problem is to start educating kids at an earlier age.”Schools have tried to address the childcare and early learning void by adding after school and before school programs. Those programs not only provide a place for kids to go in the early morning hours when a parent drops them off before work and after school until a parent can pick them up, but also it gives school staff an opportunity to provide additional learning time.Another opportunity to provide childcare and additional education time involved moving from the traditional half-day kindergarten to full-day kindergarten, a change many districts did on their own because the state does not fund full-day kindergarten programs.Recently, some school districts, including Abilene and Solomon began offering preschool programs, offering both child care and education.“Solomon had 20 slots. Those filled up instantly and there was a waiting list,” Homman told commissioners.Solving childcare and preparedness voidBuilding childcare facilities on land owned by the two school districts will help solve the daycare shortage while providing extra time to prepare children for kindergarten.“Let’s solve two problems with one collaboration,” Homman said.Providing childcare in the year 2022 is much more difficult than it was a few generations ago.Not only are there stringent licensing requirements monitored by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, today’s childcare providers must have advanced educational degrees.“Under the KDHE requirements and guidelines, to be able to care for kids you have to have a bachelor’s degree. Where are you going to find somebody with a bachelor’s degree for $10 an hour?” Homman asked.He said that parents are willing to pay for many of the costs required. Unfortunately, due to the educational staffing requirements, the costs for qualified people and the related benefits they require, the cost far exceeds the available funding to get programs off the ground.However, with the county providing ARPA money to build two childcare facilities, the schools should have the resources to operate it, Homman said.Moving forwardThe next steps involve getting numbers from the contractor, then meeting with the Herington and Solomon school officials, the fire marshal and KDHE representatives.“Then we’ll come back to you,” Homman told commissioners. “We’re going to suggest our (APRA) money be transferred to the Community Foundation of Dickinson County and let them use the paying process they already have in place to go to the schools with requirements they put into place.”Homman said he’s hopeful that the Community Foundation would be able to help out if the ARPA funds come up short when it comes to building costs.“We’re hoping everything will come together. The school districts are excited about it,” Homman said.Commission Chairman Lynn Peterson commented that often problems are identified, but this is a case where the county can actually provide a solution.Commissioner Ron Roller said he was really proud of the county for continuing to work on the childcare situation. He said the childcare/education void has been brought up during meetings he attends with other counties and most “don’t want to take that responsibility.”Kent Campbell, the new Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation director, said he believes the idea is a “wonderful alternative.”In the few weeks since taking the economic development job and moving to Kansas he’s quickly learned of the childcare void. Strict state regulations make it difficult for the “mom and pop” facilities to open and succeed, he said.“We’re going back almost 20 years when they (parents) are making a decision if one is going to stay home or get a part-time job,” he said.“I thank the county for taking a lead on that,” Campbell said, commenting he looks forward to joining the county, the schools and the Community Foundation to make the plan a success.

Proposal would build childcare centers at Herington, Solomon schools

Today is Sunday, July 17, the 198th day of 2022. There are 167 days left in the year.

On July 17, 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

In 1862, during the Civil War, Congress approved the Second Confiscation Act, which declared that all slaves taking refuge behind Union lines were to be set free.

In 1918, Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.

In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as right-wing army generals launched a coup attempt against the Second Spanish Republic.

In 1944, during World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California.

In 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II.

In 1955, Disneyland had its opening day in Anaheim, California.

In 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower link-up of its kind.

In 1981, 114 people were killed when a pair of suspended walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a tea dance.

In 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, New York, shortly after departing John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people on board.

In 2009, former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite died in New York at 92.

In 2014, Eric Garner, a Black man accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, died shortly after being wrestled to the ground by New York City police officers; a video of the takedown showed Garner repeatedly saying, "I can't breathe." (Garner's family received $5.9 million from the city in 2015 to settle a wrongful death claim.) All 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when the Boeing 777 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine; both Ukraine's government and pro-Russian separatists denied responsibility.

In 2020, civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died at the age of 80.

Ten years ago: Israel plunged toward a political crisis after the largest party in the government quit, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in charge of a hard-line coalition opposed to most Mideast peace moves.

Five years ago: The latest Republican effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare" was dealt a fatal blow in the Senate when two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the measure. A white former Texas police officer, Roy Oliver, was indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, who was in a car with four other Black teens when he was shot. (Oliver would be convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.) A Georgia jury said CSX Transportation should pay $3.9 million to the family of a movie worker killed on a railroad trestle in 2014 during the filming of a movie about musician Gregg Allman.

One year ago: Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country, pledging to overcome the impact of Western economic sanctions and retake territory still out of his control after 10 years of fighting. A baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals was suspended in the sixth inning after a shooting outside Nationals Park that left three people injured; echoes of gunfire in the stadium prompted some fans to scramble for safety in the dugout.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Donald Sutherland is 87. Sportscaster Verne Lundquist is 82. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is 75. Rock musician Terry "Geezer" Butler is 73. Actor Lucie Arnaz is 71. Actor David Hasselhoff is 70. Rock musician Fran Smith Jr. (The Hooters) is 70. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is 68. Television producer Mark Burnett is 62. Actor Nancy Giles is 62. Singer Regina Belle is 59. Country singer Craig Morgan is 58. Rock musician Lou Barlow is 56. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 55. Actor Andre Royo is 54. Actor Bitty Schram is 54. Actor Jason Clarke is 53. Movie director F. Gary Gray is 53. Rapper Sole' is 49. Country singer Luke Bryan is 46. Actor Eric Winter is 46. Actor Mike Vogel is 43. Actor Tom Cullen is 37. Actor Brando Eaton is 36. R&amp;B singer Jeremih is 35. Actor Summer Bishil is 34. Actor Billie Lourd is 30. Actor Leo Howard is 25.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Sunday, July 17, the 198th day of 2022. There are 167 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 17, 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States.On this date:In 1862, during the Civil War, Congress approved the Second Confiscation Act, which declared that all slaves taking refuge behind Union lines were to be set free.In 1918, Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as right-wing army generals launched a coup attempt against the Second Spanish Republic.In 1944, during World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California.In 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II.In 1955, Disneyland had its opening day in Anaheim, California.In 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower link-up of its kind.In 1981, 114 people were killed when a pair of suspended walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a tea dance.In 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, New York, shortly after departing John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people on board.In 2009, former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite died in New York at 92.In 2014, Eric Garner, a Black man accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, died shortly after being wrestled to the ground by New York City police officers; a video of the takedown showed Garner repeatedly saying, "I can't breathe." (Garner's family received $5.9 million from the city in 2015 to settle a wrongful death claim.) All 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when the Boeing 777 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine; both Ukraine's government and pro-Russian separatists denied responsibility.In 2020, civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died at the age of 80.Ten years ago: Israel plunged toward a political crisis after the largest party in the government quit, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in charge of a hard-line coalition opposed to most Mideast peace moves.Five years ago: The latest Republican effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare" was dealt a fatal blow in the Senate when two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the measure. A white former Texas police officer, Roy Oliver, was indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, who was in a car with four other Black teens when he was shot. (Oliver would be convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.) A Georgia jury said CSX Transportation should pay $3.9 million to the family of a movie worker killed on a railroad trestle in 2014 during the filming of a movie about musician Gregg Allman.One year ago: Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country, pledging to overcome the impact of Western economic sanctions and retake territory still out of his control after 10 years of fighting. A baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals was suspended in the sixth inning after a shooting outside Nationals Park that left three people injured; echoes of gunfire in the stadium prompted some fans to scramble for safety in the dugout.Today's Birthdays: Actor Donald Sutherland is 87. Sportscaster Verne Lundquist is 82. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is 75. Rock musician Terry "Geezer" Butler is 73. Actor Lucie Arnaz is 71. Actor David Hasselhoff is 70. Rock musician Fran Smith Jr. (The Hooters) is 70. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is 68. Television producer Mark Burnett is 62. Actor Nancy Giles is 62. Singer Regina Belle is 59. Country singer Craig Morgan is 58. Rock musician Lou Barlow is 56. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 55. Actor Andre Royo is 54. Actor Bitty Schram is 54. Actor Jason Clarke is 53. Movie director F. Gary Gray is 53. Rapper Sole' is 49. Country singer Luke Bryan is 46. Actor Eric Winter is 46. Actor Mike Vogel is 43. Actor Tom Cullen is 37. Actor Brando Eaton is 36. R&amp;B singer Jeremih is 35. Actor Summer Bishil is 34. Actor Billie Lourd is 30. Actor Leo Howard is 25.

Today in History - July 17

It will not be as hot Sunday and Monday with highs in the 90s. However these temperatures are still a few degrees above normal for mid-July.

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 </figure>National Weather ServiceIt will not be as hot Sunday and Monday with highs in the 90s. However these temperatures are still a few degrees above normal for mid-July.

Area temperatures expected to stay below triple digits Sunday, Monday

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post

This will be a summer of firsts for the Sunset Sinners.

The Salina band has signed with British record label Earache Records and plans to release its first live album later this summer, according to drummer and spokesperson Blake Blackim. Additionally, the Sunset Sinners, who describe their music genre as "Whiskey Barrell Rock," have struck a deal with Breckenridge Distillery in Colorado for a Sinner Select whiskey that also will be out later this summer.

After playing at the Fox Theatre in Hays, a sound engineer at the theatre told the Sunset Sinners that he was able to record them live, should they ever be interested. That was an easy sell for Blackim, who favors live albums.

In April, the band returned to Hays to record a live performance that would be made into an album. In addition to band members Blackim, Brad Johnson, Tony Bowell, and Chris Brungardt, Blackim's daughter, Brittany Blackim, who works for the Chicago Bulls, flew in from Chicago to play the flute on the recording of Tavern Sandy, her father said.

Blake Blackim said the live album, titled Original Sin, will have all of the Sunset Sinners' hit songs, including Act Your Age, Always Time for One More Beer, and Friday Night, as well as some new music.

"Obviously, it's all our music," he said. "So it'll be real cool."

In addition to the digital format release, the album also will be released in CD format, Blake Blackim said.

"Crazy enough, is still how many CDs we sell from our first album," he added. "There's still a lot of people out there who have CD players in their cars. So we actually sell quite a few CDs."

Blackim said he was contacted by the regional representative for Breckenridge Distillery, who, as it turns out, is a Sunset Sinners fan. She suggested that the band partner with the distillery on a project.

"And I said, well, you know what I've always wanted to do because we do Whiskey Barrel Rock, I thought it would be cool to have a Sunset Sinners' whiskey," he said.

And from that, Sinner Select Whiskey was born!

Blackim said that Salina Wholesale Liquor "has basically purchased the entire allotment right out of the gate."

Like the live album, Sinner Select is expected to be out later this summer, probably about the same time as the album, he said.

Sinner select, Blackim noted, will be different from other whiskeys.

"Breckenridge whiskeys are thought of in high regard, but this will be different than anything on the shelf. It's a special batch," he said. "I think it's gonna go really well."

Blackim said that people are already expressing an interest in purchasing Sinner Select.

The release dates for the live album and the Sinner Select Whiskey will be made on the Sunset Sinner's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunsetsinnersofficial">Facebook page</a> and on the band's <a href="https://www.sunsetsinners.com/">website</a>.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/7/1658022802484.jpeg" alt="The Sunset Sinners, from left,&nbsp;Brad Johnson, Tony Bowell, Blake Blackim, and Chris Brungardt.&nbsp;Photo by Jeff Haines Photography courtesy Blake Blackim" />
 <figcaption>The Sunset Sinners, from left,&nbsp;Brad Johnson, Tony Bowell, Blake Blackim, and Chris Brungardt.&nbsp;Photo by Jeff Haines Photography courtesy Blake Blackim</figcaption>
 </figure>By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina PostThis will be a summer of firsts for the Sunset Sinners.The Salina band has signed with British record label Earache Records and plans to release its first live album later this summer, according to drummer and spokesperson Blake Blackim. Additionally, the Sunset Sinners, who describe their music genre as "Whiskey Barrell Rock," have struck a deal with Breckenridge Distillery in Colorado for a Sinner Select whiskey that also will be out later this summer.The albumAfter playing at the Fox Theatre in Hays, a sound engineer at the theatre told the Sunset Sinners that he was able to record them live, should they ever be interested. That was an easy sell for Blackim, who favors live albums.In April, the band returned to Hays to record a live performance that would be made into an album. In addition to band members Blackim, Brad Johnson, Tony Bowell, and Chris Brungardt, Blackim's daughter, Brittany Blackim, who works for the Chicago Bulls, flew in from Chicago to play the flute on the recording of Tavern Sandy, her father said.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/7/1658022445363.jpeg" alt="Brittany Blackim. Photo by Jeff Haines Photography courtesy Blake Blackim" />
 <figcaption>Brittany Blackim. Photo by Jeff Haines Photography courtesy Blake Blackim</figcaption>
 </figure>Blake Blackim said the live album, titled Original Sin, will have all of the Sunset Sinners' hit songs, including Act Your Age, Always Time for One More Beer, and Friday Night, as well as some new music.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/7/1658022295461.jpeg" alt="The "Original Sin" album cover. Image courtesy Blake Blackim" />
 <figcaption>The "Original Sin" album cover. Image courtesy Blake Blackim</figcaption>
 </figure>"Obviously, it's all our music," he said. "So it'll be real cool."In addition to the digital format release, the album also will be released in CD format, Blake Blackim said."Crazy enough, is still how many CDs we sell from our first album," he added. "There's still a lot of people out there who have CD players in their cars. So we actually sell quite a few CDs."The whiskeyBlackim said he was contacted by the regional representative for Breckenridge Distillery, who, as it turns out, is a Sunset Sinners fan. She suggested that the band partner with the distillery on a project."And I said, well, you know what I've always wanted to do because we do Whiskey Barrel Rock, I thought it would be cool to have a Sunset Sinners' whiskey," he said.And from that, Sinner Select Whiskey was born!<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/7/1658022079241.jpeg" alt="An illustration of what a bottle of Sinner Select will look like.&nbsp;Image courtesy Blake Blackim" />
 <figcaption>An illustration of what a bottle of Sinner Select will look like.&nbsp;Image courtesy Blake Blackim</figcaption>
 </figure>Blackim said that Salina Wholesale Liquor "has basically purchased the entire allotment right out of the gate."Like the live album, Sinner Select is expected to be out later this summer, probably about the same time as the album, he said.Sinner select, Blackim noted, will be different from other whiskeys."Breckenridge whiskeys are thought of in high regard, but this will be different than anything on the shelf. It's a special batch," he said. "I think it's gonna go really well."Blackim said that people are already expressing an interest in purchasing Sinner Select.The release dates for the live album and the Sinner Select Whiskey will be made on the Sunset Sinner's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunsetsinnersofficial">Facebook page</a> and on the band's <a href="https://www.sunsetsinners.com/">website</a>.

Sunset Sinners' firsts: Live album, Sinner Select Whiskey out later this summer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rockhurst University awarded 733 degrees at its spring commencement ceremony, held May 14 at Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City, Mo.

The program featured two student speakers, with Emily Dickson, a nursing major, representing undergraduate students, and Joseph Straws, a Doctor of Physical Therapy recipient, representing graduate students.

Following are area students who earned degrees from Rockhurst University in May.

Bennington &nbsp;Trey Turner, Doctor of Physical Therapy Minneapolis &nbsp;Jaidra Lott, Master of Occupational Therapy&nbsp;&nbsp;

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rockhurst University awarded 733 degrees at its spring commencement ceremony, held May 14 at Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City, Mo.The program featured two student speakers, with Emily Dickson, a nursing major, representing undergraduate students, and Joseph Straws, a Doctor of Physical Therapy recipient, representing graduate students.Following are area students who earned degrees from Rockhurst University in May.Bennington &nbsp;Trey Turner, Doctor of Physical Therapy Minneapolis &nbsp;Jaidra Lott, Master of Occupational Therapy&nbsp;&nbsp;

Area students graduate from Rockhurst University

By TAYLOR JAMISON K-State Research and Extension news service&nbsp;

MANHATTAN —&nbsp;A common problem many homeowners face is&nbsp;wasps taking up residence in their walls. Kansas State University entomologist Raymond Cloyd says, however, that not all&nbsp;wasps are harmful.&nbsp;

“Wasps are beneficial, and they are part of the ecosystem,” Cloyd said. “They are predators to pest caterpillars and are docile overall. They will usually only sting if agitated.”&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/7/1658003742634.jpeg" alt="Wasps generally don’t rebuild nests in the same location. Salina Post photo" />
 <figcaption>Wasps generally don’t rebuild nests in the same location. Salina Post photo</figcaption>
 </figure>By TAYLOR JAMISON K-State Research and Extension news service&nbsp;MANHATTAN —&nbsp;A common problem many homeowners face is&nbsp;wasps taking up residence in their walls. Kansas State University entomologist Raymond Cloyd says, however, that not all&nbsp;wasps are harmful.&nbsp;“Wasps are beneficial, and they are part of the ecosystem,” Cloyd said. “They are predators to pest caterpillars and are docile overall. They will usually only sting if agitated.”&nbsp;Mud daubers and paper&nbsp;wasps are some of the most common&nbsp;wasps seen around homes and will generally not attack people. Yellow jackets are&nbsp;wasps known for attacking people. &nbsp;Despite some&nbsp;wasps’ beneficial roles, many people may want to remove&nbsp;wasps to remove the possibility of being stung completely, or to protect their home. If seeking to remove&nbsp;wasp&nbsp;nests, Cloyd advises taking into consideration whether the nest is new or mature. &nbsp;“If the home has a history of getting&nbsp;wasps, such as in late spring or early summer, just knock down the nest as soon as you see them being built,” Cloyd said. &nbsp;New nests can be removed without much risk of being stung, since there will be fewer&nbsp;wasps around.&nbsp;Wasps generally don’t rebuild nests in the same location, so this can be an effective preventative measure. &nbsp;Spraying nests with an insecticide should be done at night while the&nbsp;wasps are in the nest, Cloyd said. &nbsp;If the nest is larger, mature, and has been around a while, Cloyd recommends contacting a pest management professional. &nbsp;“In order to avoid getting stung, it is best to contact a pest management professional,” he said. &nbsp;Cloyd said correctly identifying&nbsp;wasps is critical to removal. He recommends contacting your&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/about/statewide-locations.html" target="_blank">local K-State Research and Extension office</a>&nbsp;and either describing the insect over the phone, or sending pictures via email.