Today is Monday, May 29, the 149th day of 2023. There are 216 days left in the year. This is Memorial Day.

On May 29, 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their historic summit in Moscow.

In 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses.

In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the United States Constitution.

In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.

In 1914, the Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad; of the 1,477 people on board the Empress of Ireland, 1,012 died. (The Storstad sustained only minor damage.)

In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.

In 1977, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (the winner was A.J. Foyt).

In 1985, 39 people were killed at the European Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed.

In 2009, a judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actor Lana Clarkson. (Spector remained in prison until his death in January 2021.)

In 2014, Starbucks closed thousands of stores for part of the day to hold training sessions for employees on unconscious bias, in response to the arrests of two Black men in Philadelphia at one of its stores.

In 2015, the Obama administration formally removed Cuba from the U.S. terrorism blacklist.

In 2019, in his first public remarks on the Russia investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller said charging President Donald Trump with a crime was "not an option" because of federal rules, but he emphasized that the investigation did not exonerate the president.

In 2020, fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (He would be convicted in April 2021 on those charges as well as second-degree unintentional murder.) Thousands of protesters in Minneapolis angered by Floyd's death ignored a curfew as unrest again overwhelmed authorities; fires burned unchecked in cars and businesses.

Ten years ago: U.S. drone strike killed Waliur Rehman, the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban. Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand and a favorite of tea party Republicans, said she would not run for another term in the U.S. House. The Rev. Andrew Greeley, 85, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling author and longtime newspaper columnist, died in Chicago.

Five years ago: ABC canceled the reboot of "Roseanne," after star Roseanne Barr's tweet that referred to former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes."

One year ago: President Joe Biden sought to comfort a city grieving the killings of 19 elementary school pupils and two teachers at the hands of a lone gunman in Uvalde, Texas. Faced with chants of "do something" as he departed a church service to meet privately with the families, Biden responded: "We will." The Justice Department said it would review the law enforcement response to the shooting. Thousands of Israeli nationalists, some of them chanting "Death to Arabs," paraded through the heart of the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem's Old City, in a show of force that risked setting off a new wave of violence in the tense city. Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, died at age 87.

Today's Birthdays: Former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent is 85. . Actor Anthony Geary is 76. Actor Cotter Smith is 74. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 73. Movie composer Danny Elfman is 70. Singer LaToya Jackson is 67. Actor Ted Levine is 66. Actor Annette Bening is 65. Actor Rupert Everett is 64. Actor Adrian Paul is 64. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 62. Actor Lisa Whelchel is 60. Actor Tracey Bregman is 60. Rock musician Noel Gallagher is 56. Actor Anthony Azizi is 54. Rock musician Chan Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 54. Actor Laverne Cox is 51. Rock musician Mark Lee (Third Day) is 50. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder ("The Boondocks") is 49. Singer Melanie Brown (Spice Girls) is 48. Latin singer Fonseca is 44. Actor Justin Chon (TV: "Deception"; "Dr. Ken") is 42. NBA player Carmelo Anthony is 39. Actor Billy Flynn is 38. Actor Blake Foster is 38. Actor Riley Keough is 34. Actor Brandon Mychal Smith is 34. Actor Kristen Alderson is 32. Actor Lorelei Linklater is 30.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Monday, May 29, the 149th day of 2023. There are 216 days left in the year. This is Memorial Day.Today's Highlight in History:On May 29, 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their historic summit in Moscow.On this date:In 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses.In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the United States Constitution.In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.In 1914, the Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad; of the 1,477 people on board the Empress of Ireland, 1,012 died. (The Storstad sustained only minor damage.)In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.In 1977, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (the winner was A.J. Foyt).In 1985, 39 people were killed at the European Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed.In 2009, a judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actor Lana Clarkson. (Spector remained in prison until his death in January 2021.)In 2014, Starbucks closed thousands of stores for part of the day to hold training sessions for employees on unconscious bias, in response to the arrests of two Black men in Philadelphia at one of its stores.In 2015, the Obama administration formally removed Cuba from the U.S. terrorism blacklist.In 2019, in his first public remarks on the Russia investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller said charging President Donald Trump with a crime was "not an option" because of federal rules, but he emphasized that the investigation did not exonerate the president.In 2020, fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (He would be convicted in April 2021 on those charges as well as second-degree unintentional murder.) Thousands of protesters in Minneapolis angered by Floyd's death ignored a curfew as unrest again overwhelmed authorities; fires burned unchecked in cars and businesses.Ten years ago: U.S. drone strike killed Waliur Rehman, the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban. Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand and a favorite of tea party Republicans, said she would not run for another term in the U.S. House. The Rev. Andrew Greeley, 85, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling author and longtime newspaper columnist, died in Chicago.Five years ago: ABC canceled the reboot of "Roseanne," after star Roseanne Barr's tweet that referred to former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes."One year ago: President Joe Biden sought to comfort a city grieving the killings of 19 elementary school pupils and two teachers at the hands of a lone gunman in Uvalde, Texas. Faced with chants of "do something" as he departed a church service to meet privately with the families, Biden responded: "We will." The Justice Department said it would review the law enforcement response to the shooting. Thousands of Israeli nationalists, some of them chanting "Death to Arabs," paraded through the heart of the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem's Old City, in a show of force that risked setting off a new wave of violence in the tense city. Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, died at age 87.Today's Birthdays: Former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent is 85. . Actor Anthony Geary is 76. Actor Cotter Smith is 74. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 73. Movie composer Danny Elfman is 70. Singer LaToya Jackson is 67. Actor Ted Levine is 66. Actor Annette Bening is 65. Actor Rupert Everett is 64. Actor Adrian Paul is 64. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 62. Actor Lisa Whelchel is 60. Actor Tracey Bregman is 60. Rock musician Noel Gallagher is 56. Actor Anthony Azizi is 54. Rock musician Chan Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 54. Actor Laverne Cox is 51. Rock musician Mark Lee (Third Day) is 50. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder ("The Boondocks") is 49. Singer Melanie Brown (Spice Girls) is 48. Latin singer Fonseca is 44. Actor Justin Chon (TV: "Deception"; "Dr. Ken") is 42. NBA player Carmelo Anthony is 39. Actor Billy Flynn is 38. Actor Blake Foster is 38. Actor Riley Keough is 34. Actor Brandon Mychal Smith is 34. Actor Kristen Alderson is 32. Actor Lorelei Linklater is 30.

Today in History - May 29

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.

Auto club AAA said in a travel forecast that this holiday weekend could be “one for the record books, especially at airports,” with more than 42 million Americans projected to travel 50 miles (80 kilometers) or more.

But for Manuel Castañeda Jr., 58, the day will be a quiet one in Durand, Illinois, outside Rockford. He lost his father, a U.S. Marine who served in Vietnam, in an accident in California while training other Marines in 1966.

“Memorial Day is very personal,” said Castañeda, who also served in the Marines and Army National Guard, from which he knew men who died in combat. “It isn’t just the specials. It isn’t just the barbecue.”

But he tries not to judge others who spend the holiday differently: “How can I expect them to understand the depth of what I feel when they haven’t experienced anything like that?”

WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL PURPOSE OF MEMORIAL DAY?

It’s a day of reflection and remembrance of those who died while serving in the U.S. military, according to the Congressional Research Service. The holiday is observed in part by the National Moment of Remembrance, which encourages all Americans to pause at 3 p.m. for a moment of silence.

The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.

There’s little controversy over the first national observance of what was then called Decoration Day. It occurred May 30, 1868, after an organization of Union veterans called for decorating war graves with flowers, which were in bloom.

The practice was already widespread on a local level. Waterloo, New York, began a formal observance on May 5, 1866, and was later proclaimed to be the holiday's birthplace.

Yet Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, traced its first observance to October 1864, according to the Library of Congress. And women in some Confederate states were decorating graves before the war’s end.

But David Blight, a Yale history professor, points to May 1, 1865, when as many as 10,000 people, many of them Black, held a parade, heard speeches and dedicated the graves of Union dead in Charleston, South Carolina.

A total of 267 Union troops had died at a Confederate prison and were buried in a mass grave. After the war, members of Black churches buried them in individual graves.

“What happened in Charleston does have the right to claim to be first, if that matters,”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theitem.com/stories/charleston-can-lay-claim-to-1st-memorial-day,59042?">Blight told The Associated Press in 2011</a>.

In 2021, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel cited the story in a Memorial Day speech in Hudson, Ohio. The ceremony’s organizers&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/sc-state-wire-lifestyle-memorial-day-race-and-ethnicity-f649e76fd5ae6140d501ac9dc0cac380">turned off his microphone</a>&nbsp;because they said it wasn’t relevant to honoring the city’s veterans.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-memorial-day-race-and-ethnicity-fea889be51b01a8b4c8f31480a21af79">The event’s organizers later resigned</a>.

HAS MEMORIAL DAY ALWAYS BEEN A SOURCE OF CONTENTION?

Someone has always lamented the holiday’s drift from its original meaning.

As early as 1869, The New York Times wrote that the holiday could become “sacrilegious” and no longer “sacred” if it focuses more on pomp, dinners and oratory.

In 1871, abolitionist Frederick Douglass feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War’s impetus — slavery — when he gave a Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.

“We must never forget that the loyal soldiers who rest beneath this sod flung themselves between the nation and the nation’s destroyers,” Douglass said.

His concerns were well-founded, said Ben Railton, a professor of English and American studies at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. Even though roughly 180,000 Black men served in the Union Army, the holiday in many communities would essentially become “white Memorial Day,” especially after the rise of the Jim Crow South, Railton said.

Meanwhile, how the day was spent — at least by the nation’s elected officials — could draw scrutiny for years after the Civil War. In the 1880s, then-President Grover Cleveland was said to have gone fishing — and “people were appalled,” said Matthew Dennis, an emeritus history professor at the University of Oregon.

By 1911, the Indianapolis 500 held its inaugural race on May 30, drawing 85,000 spectators.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/4c4507a3b0a8412d9c035cf59059f159">A report from The Associated Press</a>&nbsp;made no mention of the holiday — or any controversy.

Dennis said Memorial Day's potency diminished somewhat with the addition of Armistice Day, which marked World War I's end on Nov. 11, 1918. Armistice Day became a national holiday by 1938 and was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.

An act of Congress changed Memorial Day from every May 30th to the last Monday in May in 1971. Veterans objected: “They didn’t want to be just some random Monday that people could forget about,” Dennis said.

In 1972, Time Magazine said the holiday had become “a three-day nationwide hootenanny that seems to have lost much of its original purpose.”

WHY IS MEMORIAL DAY TIED TO SALES AND TRAVEL?

Even in the 19th century, grave ceremonies were followed by leisure activities such as picnicking and foot races, Dennis said.

The holiday also evolved alongside baseball and the automobile, the five-day work week and summer vacation, according to the 2002 book, “A History of Memorial Day: Unity, Discord and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

In the mid-20th century, a small number of businesses began to open defiantly on the holiday.

Once the holiday moved to Monday, “the traditional barriers against doing business began to crumble,” authors Richard Harmond and Thomas Curran wrote.

These days, Memorial Day sales and traveling are deeply woven into the nation's muscle memory. This weekend, 2.7 million more people will travel for the unofficial start of summer compared to last year — despite inflation, according to AAA.

Jason Redman, 48, a retired Navy SEAL who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he'll be thinking of friends he's lost. Thirty names are tattooed on his arm “for every guy that I personally knew that died.”

He wants Americans to remember the fallen — but also to enjoy themselves, knowing lives were sacrificed to forge the holiday.

<figure>
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 </figure>NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.Auto club AAA said in a travel forecast that this holiday weekend could be “one for the record books, especially at airports,” with more than 42 million Americans projected to travel 50 miles (80 kilometers) or more.But for Manuel Castañeda Jr., 58, the day will be a quiet one in Durand, Illinois, outside Rockford. He lost his father, a U.S. Marine who served in Vietnam, in an accident in California while training other Marines in 1966.“Memorial Day is very personal,” said Castañeda, who also served in the Marines and Army National Guard, from which he knew men who died in combat. “It isn’t just the specials. It isn’t just the barbecue.”But he tries not to judge others who spend the holiday differently: “How can I expect them to understand the depth of what I feel when they haven’t experienced anything like that?”WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL PURPOSE OF MEMORIAL DAY?It’s a day of reflection and remembrance of those who died while serving in the U.S. military, according to the Congressional Research Service. The holiday is observed in part by the National Moment of Remembrance, which encourages all Americans to pause at 3 p.m. for a moment of silence.WHAT ARE THE HOLIDAY'S ORIGINS?The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.There’s little controversy over the first national observance of what was then called Decoration Day. It occurred May 30, 1868, after an organization of Union veterans called for decorating war graves with flowers, which were in bloom.The practice was already widespread on a local level. Waterloo, New York, began a formal observance on May 5, 1866, and was later proclaimed to be the holiday's birthplace.Yet Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, traced its first observance to October 1864, according to the Library of Congress. And women in some Confederate states were decorating graves before the war’s end.But David Blight, a Yale history professor, points to May 1, 1865, when as many as 10,000 people, many of them Black, held a parade, heard speeches and dedicated the graves of Union dead in Charleston, South Carolina.A total of 267 Union troops had died at a Confederate prison and were buried in a mass grave. After the war, members of Black churches buried them in individual graves.“What happened in Charleston does have the right to claim to be first, if that matters,”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theitem.com/stories/charleston-can-lay-claim-to-1st-memorial-day,59042?">Blight told The Associated Press in 2011</a>.In 2021, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel cited the story in a Memorial Day speech in Hudson, Ohio. The ceremony’s organizers&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/sc-state-wire-lifestyle-memorial-day-race-and-ethnicity-f649e76fd5ae6140d501ac9dc0cac380">turned off his microphone</a>&nbsp;because they said it wasn’t relevant to honoring the city’s veterans.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-memorial-day-race-and-ethnicity-fea889be51b01a8b4c8f31480a21af79">The event’s organizers later resigned</a>.HAS MEMORIAL DAY ALWAYS BEEN A SOURCE OF CONTENTION?Someone has always lamented the holiday’s drift from its original meaning.As early as 1869, The New York Times wrote that the holiday could become “sacrilegious” and no longer “sacred” if it focuses more on pomp, dinners and oratory.In 1871, abolitionist Frederick Douglass feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War’s impetus — slavery — when he gave a Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.“We must never forget that the loyal soldiers who rest beneath this sod flung themselves between the nation and the nation’s destroyers,” Douglass said.His concerns were well-founded, said Ben Railton, a professor of English and American studies at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. Even though roughly 180,000 Black men served in the Union Army, the holiday in many communities would essentially become “white Memorial Day,” especially after the rise of the Jim Crow South, Railton said.Meanwhile, how the day was spent — at least by the nation’s elected officials — could draw scrutiny for years after the Civil War. In the 1880s, then-President Grover Cleveland was said to have gone fishing — and “people were appalled,” said Matthew Dennis, an emeritus history professor at the University of Oregon.By 1911, the Indianapolis 500 held its inaugural race on May 30, drawing 85,000 spectators.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/4c4507a3b0a8412d9c035cf59059f159">A report from The Associated Press</a>&nbsp;made no mention of the holiday — or any controversy.HOW HAS MEMORIAL DAY CHANGED?Dennis said Memorial Day's potency diminished somewhat with the addition of Armistice Day, which marked World War I's end on Nov. 11, 1918. Armistice Day became a national holiday by 1938 and was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.An act of Congress changed Memorial Day from every May 30th to the last Monday in May in 1971. Veterans objected: “They didn’t want to be just some random Monday that people could forget about,” Dennis said.In 1972, Time Magazine said the holiday had become “a three-day nationwide hootenanny that seems to have lost much of its original purpose.”WHY IS MEMORIAL DAY TIED TO SALES AND TRAVEL?Even in the 19th century, grave ceremonies were followed by leisure activities such as picnicking and foot races, Dennis said.The holiday also evolved alongside baseball and the automobile, the five-day work week and summer vacation, according to the 2002 book, “A History of Memorial Day: Unity, Discord and the Pursuit of Happiness.”In the mid-20th century, a small number of businesses began to open defiantly on the holiday.Once the holiday moved to Monday, “the traditional barriers against doing business began to crumble,” authors Richard Harmond and Thomas Curran wrote.These days, Memorial Day sales and traveling are deeply woven into the nation's muscle memory. This weekend, 2.7 million more people will travel for the unofficial start of summer compared to last year — despite inflation, according to AAA.Jason Redman, 48, a retired Navy SEAL who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he'll be thinking of friends he's lost. Thirty names are tattooed on his arm “for every guy that I personally knew that died.”He wants Americans to remember the fallen — but also to enjoy themselves, knowing lives were sacrificed to forge the holiday.

From the Civil War to mattress sales, Memorial Day is full of contradiction

You’ve heard of the blues, jazz, and ragtime. Barrelhouse Piano shares origins with those styles.

Pat O'Connor, Wichita bluesman and historian, will take participants down to the turpentine camps and railroad towns where that music began in the early twentieth century. 

This two-hour presentation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. June 5 in the Watson Room of the Stiefel Theatre, 151 S. Santa Fe Avenue.&nbsp;Admission is $20.

O'Connor will share the history of barrelhouse with examples from major players. You need not be a pianist to attend, but keyboard players can see the chord charts and exercises to come up with their own arrangements. The Stiefel has several keyboards for those who want to try it out that day.&nbsp;

Named for the houses where the barrels (probably of whiskey) could be found, barrelhouse piano is a two-handed style of playing early jazz, ragtime, and blues. 

“Each hand acts separately, but the two hands come together just in time,” O'Connor said.

O’Connor will include a brief history of Black music in Kansas, showing the importance of Black performers in the state. This will give a feel for the people behind the barrelhouse music and highlight their influence and contributions.

O’Connor has played piano and Hammond B-3 organ in rock bands and solo from L.A. to London since the late 1960s and has a forthcoming book on Wichita Blues from University Press of Mississippi.

This event is a presentation of the Stiefel Theatre’s Mike Finnigan School of Music. Register in advance at <a href="http://www.stiefeltheatre.org/classes/barrelhouse-piano">www.stiefeltheatre.org/classes/barrelhouse-piano</a> or at the door.

The Mike Finnigan School of Music – named for late Hammond B-3 master Mike Finnigan whose legacy helps support the school – also offers summer classes in beginning and intermediate guitar, beginning piano, African-American church piano, vocals, songwriting, brass instruments and more. Enroll at <a href="http://www.stiefeltheatre.org/school-of-music">www.stiefeltheatre.org/school-of-music</a>.

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 </figure>Mike Finnigan School of MusicYou’ve heard of the blues, jazz, and ragtime. Barrelhouse Piano shares origins with those styles.Pat O'Connor, Wichita bluesman and historian, will take participants down to the turpentine camps and railroad towns where that music began in the early twentieth century. This two-hour presentation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. June 5 in the Watson Room of the Stiefel Theatre, 151 S. Santa Fe Avenue.&nbsp;Admission is $20.O'Connor will share the history of barrelhouse with examples from major players. You need not be a pianist to attend, but keyboard players can see the chord charts and exercises to come up with their own arrangements. The Stiefel has several keyboards for those who want to try it out that day.&nbsp;Named for the houses where the barrels (probably of whiskey) could be found, barrelhouse piano is a two-handed style of playing early jazz, ragtime, and blues. “Each hand acts separately, but the two hands come together just in time,” O'Connor said.O’Connor will include a brief history of Black music in Kansas, showing the importance of Black performers in the state. This will give a feel for the people behind the barrelhouse music and highlight their influence and contributions.O’Connor has played piano and Hammond B-3 organ in rock bands and solo from L.A. to London since the late 1960s and has a forthcoming book on Wichita Blues from University Press of Mississippi.This event is a presentation of the Stiefel Theatre’s Mike Finnigan School of Music. Register in advance at <a href="http://www.stiefeltheatre.org/classes/barrelhouse-piano">www.stiefeltheatre.org/classes/barrelhouse-piano</a> or at the door.The Mike Finnigan School of Music – named for late Hammond B-3 master Mike Finnigan whose legacy helps support the school – also offers summer classes in beginning and intermediate guitar, beginning piano, African-American church piano, vocals, songwriting, brass instruments and more. Enroll at <a href="http://www.stiefeltheatre.org/school-of-music">www.stiefeltheatre.org/school-of-music</a>.

Barrelhouse Piano focus of presentation in Stiefel's Watson Room

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a man's murder reported another arrest on Saturday.

Just before 4a.m. April 30, police were dispatched to a shooting that took place in the 2800 block of East Stadium Drive in Wichita, according to a media release.

First responders located a man, identified as 36-year-old Christian Santiago, of Wichita, in the front passenger seat of a white SUV deceased.

The investigation revealed that 26-year-old Joseph Fiedler was connected to the murder. He was arrested and <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/InmateSearch/Details.aspx?Id=224473">booked into the Sedgwick</a> County Jail on charges of First-Degree Murder.&nbsp;

&nbsp;In addition to Fiedler, three others including&nbsp;&nbsp;Adonis Andrews, 47, Jorge Romero, 48 and and Shaun O’Brien, 41, all of Wichita have been charged in the murder.

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a man's murder reported another arrest on Saturday.Just before 4a.m. April 30, police were dispatched to a shooting that took place in the 2800 block of East Stadium Drive in Wichita, according to a media release.First responders located a man, identified as 36-year-old Christian Santiago, of Wichita, in the front passenger seat of a white SUV deceased.<figure>
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 </figure>The investigation revealed that 26-year-old Joseph Fiedler was connected to the murder. He was arrested and <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/InmateSearch/Details.aspx?Id=224473">booked into the Sedgwick</a> County Jail on charges of First-Degree Murder.&nbsp;<figure>
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 </figure>&nbsp;In addition to Fiedler, three others including&nbsp;&nbsp;Adonis Andrews, 47, Jorge Romero, 48 and and Shaun O’Brien, 41, all of Wichita have been charged in the murder.

Police: Fourth suspect accused in Kansas man's murder

By TYLER HENRY Salina Post contributor

The 2023 KSHSAA State Track meet is officially in the books and with another thrilling two days at Cessna Stadium behind us, let's take a look back at some of the best team, and individual finishes of the week.

Top Boys Teams - Southeast of Saline: 2nd (3A) - Ell-Saline: 4th (2A) - Abilene: 10th (4A)

Top Girls Teams - Smoky Valley: T2nd (3A) - Chapman: 4th (4A) - McPherson: 5th (4A) - Sacred Heart: 9th (2A)

Individual State Champions - Jace Ohlson (Bennington), 2A boys pole vault - Elyssa Frieze (Chapman), 4A girls 1600 - Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central), 5A girls 1600 - Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline), 2A boys high jump - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls 100m dash - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls 200m dash - SE of Saline relay team, 3A boys 4x800

Individual Runners-Up - Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SES), 3A boys 200m dash - Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SES), 3A boys 400m dash - Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central), 5A girls 1600 - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls triple jump - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls pole vault - Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline), 2A boys long jump - Haley Litzinger (Chapman), 4A girls long jump - SE of Saline relay team, 3A boys 4x400 - Sacred Heart relay team, 2A boys 4x800 - Smoky Valley relay team, 3A boys 4x800 - Abilene relay team, 4A boys 4x800

Individual Third Place - Ashley Prochazka (SES), 3A girls 1600 - Judah Bowell (Abilene), 4A boys, 110m hurdles - Sophie Cavanaugh (Chapman), 4A girls high jump - Tanith Elliott (Chapman), 4A girls discus - Ell-Saline relay team, 2A boys 4x100 - Smoky Valley relay team, 3A boys 4x400

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 </figure>The 2023 KSHSAA State Track meet is officially in the books and with another thrilling two days at Cessna Stadium behind us, let's take a look back at some of the best team, and individual finishes of the week.Top Boys Teams - Southeast of Saline: 2nd (3A) - Ell-Saline: 4th (2A) - Abilene: 10th (4A)Top Girls Teams - Smoky Valley: T2nd (3A) - Chapman: 4th (4A) - McPherson: 5th (4A) - Sacred Heart: 9th (2A)Individual State Champions - Jace Ohlson (Bennington), 2A boys pole vault - Elyssa Frieze (Chapman), 4A girls 1600 - Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central), 5A girls 1600 - Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline), 2A boys high jump - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls 100m dash - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls 200m dash - SE of Saline relay team, 3A boys 4x800Individual Runners-Up - Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SES), 3A boys 200m dash - Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SES), 3A boys 400m dash - Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central), 5A girls 1600 - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls triple jump - Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley), 3A girls pole vault - Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline), 2A boys long jump - Haley Litzinger (Chapman), 4A girls long jump - SE of Saline relay team, 3A boys 4x400 - Sacred Heart relay team, 2A boys 4x800 - Smoky Valley relay team, 3A boys 4x800 - Abilene relay team, 4A boys 4x800Individual Third Place - Ashley Prochazka (SES), 3A girls 1600 - Judah Bowell (Abilene), 4A boys, 110m hurdles - Sophie Cavanaugh (Chapman), 4A girls high jump - Tanith Elliott (Chapman), 4A girls discus - Ell-Saline relay team, 2A boys 4x100 - Smoky Valley relay team, 3A boys 4x400

2023 state track standout performers

Today is Sunday, May 28, the 148th day of 2023. There are 217 days left in the year.

On May 28, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of freed Blacks, left Boston to fight for the Union in the Civil War.

In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.

In 1918, American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the German-held French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.

In 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.

In 1937, Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.

In 1940, during World War II, the Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces.

In 1959, the U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.

In 1964, the charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization was issued at the start of a meeting of the Palestine National Congress in Jerusalem.

In 1972, Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the English throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, died in Paris at age 77.

In 1977, 165 people were killed when fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky.

In 1987, to the embarrassment of Soviet officials, Mathias Rust, a young West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow's Red Square without authorization. (Rust was freed by the Soviets the following year.)

In 1998, comic actor Phil Hartman of "Saturday Night Live" and "NewsRadio" fame was shot to death at his home in Encino, California, by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.

In 2020, people torched a Minneapolis police station that the department was forced to abandon amid spreading protests over the death of George Floyd. Protesters in New York defied a coronavirus prohibition on public gatherings, clashing with police; demonstrators blocked traffic and smashed vehicles in downtown Denver before police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least seven people were shot as gunfire erupted during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky, to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her home in March.

Ten years ago: Calling it perhaps the biggest money-laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank, saying that Liberty Reserve handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals around the globe. Sen. John McCain, quietly slipped into Syria for a meeting with anti-government fighters, whom he supported the U.S. arming. McCain was a fierce critic of Obama administration policy there while stopping short of backing U.S. ground troops in Syria, but he supported aggressive military steps against the Assad regime.

Five years ago: Speaking before an audience of Cabinet members, military leaders, veterans and families, President Donald Trump paid a Memorial Day tribute at Arlington National Cemetery, saying he came to honor "America's greatest heroes." The Golden State Warriors reached the NBA Finals with a win over the Houston Rockets; it was the fourth straight year the Warriors would meet the Cleveland Cavaliers in the finals.

One year ago: As Russia asserted progress in its goal of seizing the entirety of contested eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin tried to shake European resolve to punish his country with sanctions and to keep supplying weapons that have supported Ukraine's defense. Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in soccer's Champions League final. Police deployed tear gas and security struggled with fans desperate to see the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid. Many broke through stadium security in an attempt to see the match, whose start had to be delayed by 37 minutes. Director Ruben Ostlund's social satire "Triangle of Sadness" won the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, giving Ostlund one of cinema's most prestigious prizes for the second time.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Carroll Baker is 92. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 92. Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West is 85. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is 79. Singer Gladys Knight is 79. Singer Billy Vera is 79. Singer John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 78. Country musician Jerry Douglas is 67. Actor Louis Mustillo is 65. Former governor and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., is 63. Actor Brandon Cruz (TV: "The Courtship of Eddie's Father") is 61. Country singer Phil Vassar is 59. Actor Christa Miller is 59. Singer-musician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the USA) is 58. Rapper Chubb Rock is 55. Singer Kylie Minogue is 55. Actor Justin Kirk is 54. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is 52. Olympic gold medal figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva is 52. Television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 46. R&amp;B singer Jaheim is 46. Actor Jake Johnson is 45. Actor Jesse Bradford is 44. Actor Monica Keena is 44. Actor Alexa Davalos is 41. Actor Megalyn Echikunwoke is 41. Pop singer Colbie Caillat is 38. Actor Carey Mulligan is 38. Actor Joseph Cross is 37. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Craig Kimbrel is 35.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Sunday, May 28, the 148th day of 2023. There are 217 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 28, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of freed Blacks, left Boston to fight for the Union in the Civil War.On this date:In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.In 1918, American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the German-held French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.In 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.In 1937, Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.In 1940, during World War II, the Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces.In 1959, the U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.In 1964, the charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization was issued at the start of a meeting of the Palestine National Congress in Jerusalem.In 1972, Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the English throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, died in Paris at age 77.In 1977, 165 people were killed when fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky.In 1987, to the embarrassment of Soviet officials, Mathias Rust, a young West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow's Red Square without authorization. (Rust was freed by the Soviets the following year.)In 1998, comic actor Phil Hartman of "Saturday Night Live" and "NewsRadio" fame was shot to death at his home in Encino, California, by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.In 2020, people torched a Minneapolis police station that the department was forced to abandon amid spreading protests over the death of George Floyd. Protesters in New York defied a coronavirus prohibition on public gatherings, clashing with police; demonstrators blocked traffic and smashed vehicles in downtown Denver before police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least seven people were shot as gunfire erupted during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky, to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her home in March.Ten years ago: Calling it perhaps the biggest money-laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank, saying that Liberty Reserve handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals around the globe. Sen. John McCain, quietly slipped into Syria for a meeting with anti-government fighters, whom he supported the U.S. arming. McCain was a fierce critic of Obama administration policy there while stopping short of backing U.S. ground troops in Syria, but he supported aggressive military steps against the Assad regime.Five years ago: Speaking before an audience of Cabinet members, military leaders, veterans and families, President Donald Trump paid a Memorial Day tribute at Arlington National Cemetery, saying he came to honor "America's greatest heroes." The Golden State Warriors reached the NBA Finals with a win over the Houston Rockets; it was the fourth straight year the Warriors would meet the Cleveland Cavaliers in the finals.One year ago: As Russia asserted progress in its goal of seizing the entirety of contested eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin tried to shake European resolve to punish his country with sanctions and to keep supplying weapons that have supported Ukraine's defense. Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in soccer's Champions League final. Police deployed tear gas and security struggled with fans desperate to see the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid. Many broke through stadium security in an attempt to see the match, whose start had to be delayed by 37 minutes. Director Ruben Ostlund's social satire "Triangle of Sadness" won the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, giving Ostlund one of cinema's most prestigious prizes for the second time.Today's Birthdays: Actor Carroll Baker is 92. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 92. Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West is 85. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is 79. Singer Gladys Knight is 79. Singer Billy Vera is 79. Singer John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 78. Country musician Jerry Douglas is 67. Actor Louis Mustillo is 65. Former governor and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., is 63. Actor Brandon Cruz (TV: "The Courtship of Eddie's Father") is 61. Country singer Phil Vassar is 59. Actor Christa Miller is 59. Singer-musician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the USA) is 58. Rapper Chubb Rock is 55. Singer Kylie Minogue is 55. Actor Justin Kirk is 54. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is 52. Olympic gold medal figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva is 52. Television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 46. R&amp;B singer Jaheim is 46. Actor Jake Johnson is 45. Actor Jesse Bradford is 44. Actor Monica Keena is 44. Actor Alexa Davalos is 41. Actor Megalyn Echikunwoke is 41. Pop singer Colbie Caillat is 38. Actor Carey Mulligan is 38. Actor Joseph Cross is 37. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Craig Kimbrel is 35.

Today in History - May 28

The 2023 KSHSAA state track meet is officially underway, and athletes from 11 of our area schools will look to stamp their names in the history books this Friday and Saturday.

Below you can find live results for all of our area athletes competing from Salina Central, Salina South, Abilene, Chapman, McPherson, Southeast of Saline, Smoky Valley, Sacred Heart, Ell-Saline, Solomon, and Bennington.

4A Boys 4x400m Relay Abilene- 7th (3:29.78)

3A Boys 4x400m Relay SE of Saline- 2nd (3:24.79) Smoky Valley- 3rd (3:24.88)

4A Girls 4x400m Relay McPherson- 3rd (4:13.25) Abilene- 8th (4:25.22)

2A Girls 4x400m Relay Sacred Heart- 7th (4:19.02)

4A Boys 200m Dash Jayce Schriner (McPherson): 7th (23.67)

3A Boys 200m Dash Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SE of Saline): 2nd (22.35)

5A Girls 200m Dash Elle Denning (Salina Central): 8th (26.99)

4A Girls 200m Dash Jayla McLeod (McPherson): 5th (26.45)

3A Girls 200m Dash Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley): STATE CHAMP (25.44)

2A Girls 200m Dash Rori Miles (Bennington): 5th (27.06)

4A Boys 800 Darren Klukas (Chapman): 4th (1:59.29) Triston Cottone (Abilene): 13th (2:04.21)

3A Boys 800 Jacob Bircher (SE of Saline): 9th (2:01.65)

2A Boys 800 Jace Douglas (Sacred Heart): 14th (2:06.70)

5A Girls 800 Ava Lemaster (Salina South): 11th (2:32.08)

4A Girls 800 Eden Bathurst (Abilene): 7th (2:23.35) Chloe Clevenger (McPherson): 9th (2:24.62) Jade Beary (Chapman): 13th (2:35.80)

2A Girls 800 Gracy Dorzweiler (Sacred Heart): 5th (2:29.06) Darby Smith (Ell-Saline): 6th (2:29.9)

4A Boys 300m Hurdles Judah Bowell (Abilene): 6th (41.07)

2A Boys 300m Hurdles Jace Raccagno (Bennington): 7th (41.7)

4A Girls Discus Tanith Elliott (Chapman): 3rd (117-8)

3A Boys Triple Jump Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SE of Saline): 7th (42-2.25)

4A Girls Long Jump Haley Litzinger (Chapman): 2nd (17-2.5) Andi Buschbom (McPherson): (16-.05)

2A Boys Javelin Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline): 11th (149-10)

4A Boys Shot Put Weston Langvardt (Chapman): 11th (47-.025)

3A Girls Triple Jump Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley): 2nd (35-11) Hope Duncan (Smoky Valley): 4th (35-7)

2A Girls Javelin Jordan Bartlett (Bennington): 6th (121-2)

5A Girls Discus Aunisty McNeal (Salina South): 8th (120-8) Allison Robinette (Salina Central): 11th (110-10)

5A Girls Pole Vault Anna Hogeland (Salina Central): 4th (10-6) Bethany Hicklin (Salina South): 5th (10-6)

4A Boys High Jump Tyler Green (Abilene): 5th (6-2) CJ Holm (Chapman): 16th (5-8)

2A Boys High Jump Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline): STATE CHAMP (6-10) Payge Rodenbeek (Bennington): 11th (5-8)

2A Boys Shot Put Victor Ruiz (Ell-Saline): 5th (47-0.75)

4A Girls Javelin Adelynn Kirkpatrick (Chapman): 15th

5A Boys Pole Vault Dylan Brice (Salina South): 7th (13-0)

2A Boys Long Jump Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline): 2nd (21-3.25) Joe Hiechel (Ell-Saline): 11th (19-5.75)

4A Girls 300m hurdles Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): 7th (50.80)

2A Girls 300m hurdles Lauryn Mikkelson (Sacred Heart): 5th (48.65)

3A Boys 400m Dash Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SE of Saline): 2nd (49.81) Omar Calzada (SE of Saline): 4th (51.28) Wyatt Johnson (Smoky Valley: 7th (52.52)

5A Girls 400m Dash Elle Denning (Salina Central): 8th (1:03.62)

2A Girls 400m Dash Gracy Dorzweiler (Sacred Heart): 8th (1:02.26)

4A Boys 4x100m Relay Chapman- 8th (44.69)

2A Boys 4x100m Relay Ell-Saline- 3rd (44.48) Bennington- 6th (44.65)

4A Girls 4x100m Relay McPherson- 2nd (49.67)

2A Girls 4x100m Relay Bennington- 4th (51.63)

4A Boys 1600 Caleb Muehler (McPherson): 7th (4:35.79) Roman Mai (McPherson): 11th (4:51.69)

2A Boys 1600 Garrison Zerger (Ell-Saline): 5th (4:32.10) Carson Fouard (Ell-Saline): 8th (4:34.17) Thayne Trout (Bennington): 9th (4:35.11) Jace Douglas (Sacred Heart): 12th (4:42.91)

5A Girls 1600 Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central): 2nd (5:03.46)

4A Girls 1600 Eden Bathurst (Abilene): 4th (5:17.66)

3A Girls 1600 Ashley Prochazka (SE of Saline): 3rd (5:23.04)

2A Girls 1600 Caroline Stone (Sacred Heart): 5th (5:38.18) Eva Matteucci (Sacred Heart): 8th (5:43.88) Lily Salazar (Ell-Saline): 12th (6:07.36)

5A Girls 4x800 Relay Salina South- 12th (10:34.95)

4A Girls 4x800 Relay Abilene- 5th (10:20.19) McPherson- 8th (10:28.61)

2A Girls 4x800 Relay Sacred Heart- 2nd (10:08.41) Ell-Saline- 5th (10:27.91)

4A Boys 110m Hurdles Judah Bowell (Abilene): 3rd (15.04)

5A Girls 100m Hurdles Tamia Cheeks (Salina South): 6th (16.21)

4A Girls 100m Hurdles Aislyn Soukup (McPherson): 3rd (15.73) Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): 6th (16.25) Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): 8th (17.47)

3A Girls 100m Hurdles Elliana Smith (SE of Saline): 5th (16.02)

4A Boys 100 Meter Dash prelims Jayce Schriner (McPherson): 10th, (11.31) Devon Huffman (McPherson): 12th, (11.41)

Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 5A Elle Denning (Salina Central): 8th, (12.59)

Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 4A Jayla McLeod (McPherson): 6th (12.89) Addison Chapman (McPherson) 8th (12.95)

Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 3A Breanne Peters (Smoky-Valley): STATE CHAMP (12.19)

Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 2A Finals Rori Miles (Bennington): 5th, (12.79)

Boys 4x800m Relay Class 5A Salina Central- 15th (8:33.02)

Boys 4x800m Relay Class 4A Abilene- 2nd (8:10.78) Chapman- 4th (8:14.71) McPherson- 6th (8:21.92) Boys 4x800m Relay Class 3A Southeast of Saline- STATE CHAMPS, Levi Allen, Drake Augustine, Damion Jackson, Jacob Bircher (7:59.59) Smoky Valley- 2nd (8:00.58)

Boys 100 Meter Prelims Riley Stone (Ellsworth) 3A , 3rd (11.10q) Jayce Schriner (McPherson)&nbsp; 4A , 10th (11.31q) Devon Huffman (McPherson) 4A , 12th (11.41q)

Girls 100 Meter Prelims Elle Denning (Salina-Central) 5A , 6th (12.76&nbsp;q) Haley Litzinger (Chapman): 4A, 10th (13.14q) Jayla McLeod (McPherson): 4A, 5th (12.85&nbsp;q) Addison Chapman (McPherson): 4A, 6th (13.00 q) Breanne Peters (Lindsborg-Smoky Valley) 3A , 1st (12.45q) Rori Miles (Bennington): 2A, 8th (13.06 q)

Gavin Wedel (McPherson): Boys javelin, 11th (161-6) Ian Suther (Chapman): Boys javelin, 13th (156-4) Samuel Becker (McPherson): Boys javelin, 16th (148-0)

Javyn Alexander (McPherson): Boys long jump, 3rd (21-10.75) Aidan Whitley (Chapman): Boys long jump, 4th (21-2.75)

Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): Girls triple jump, 7th (35-6)

Amber Smith (McPherson): Girls pole vault, 10th (8-6)

Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central): Girls 3200, STATE CHAMPION (10:39.41) Mallory Renfro (Salina Central: Girls 3200, 15th (12:53.82)

Caleb Muhler (McPherson): Boys 3200, 4th (9:53.27)

Elyssa Frieze (Chapman): Girls 3200, STATE CHAMPION (11:15.82) Arissa Cathey (Abilene): Girls 3200, 7th (12:11.65)

Abilene boys 4x400m relay prelims, 6th (3:28.29) q Chapman boys 4x400m relay prelims, 12th (3:34.74)

McPherson girls 4x400m relay prelims, 6th (4:12.80) q Abilene girls 4x400m relay prelims, 7th (4:13.18) q

Jayce Schriner (McPherson): Boys 200m prelims, 4th (22.62) q Gage Picking (Chapman): Boys 200m prelims, 14th (23.38)

Elle Denning (Salina Central): Girls 200m prelims, 7th (26.21) q

Jayla McLeod (McPherson): Girls 200m prelims, 4th (26.04) q Renatta Heintz (Abilene): Girls 200m prelims, 12th (26.82)

Seth Robben (Salina South):  Boys 300m hurdle prelims, 13th (42.36)

Judah Bowell (Abilene): Boys 300m hurdle prelims, 6th (41.64) q Cory Muehler (McPherson):&nbsp;Boys 300m hurdle prelims, 11th (43.07)

Tamia Cheeks (Salina South): Girls 300m hurdle prelims, 14th (49.76)

Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): Girls 300m hurdle prelims, 7th (48.42) q Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 10th (49.45)&nbsp;

Jameer Moore (Salina Central): Boys 400m prelims, 16th (52.55)

Drew Elliott (Chapman): Boys 400m prelims, 9th (51.15) Zeb Shultze (Abilene): Boys 400m prelims, 16th (52.90)

Elle Denning (Salina Central): Girls 400m prelims, 5th (59.47) q

Chapman boys 4x100m relay prelims, 7th (43.92) q McPherson boys 4x100m relay prelims, 10th (44.14) Abilene boys 4x100m relay prelims, DQ

McPherson girls 4x100m relay prelims, 3rd (50.18) q Chapman girls 4x100m relay prelims, 9th (50.82) Abilene girls 4x100m relay prelims, 11th (51.01)

Judah Bowell (Abilene): Boys 110m hurdle prelims, 3rd (14.82) q Asa Keough (McPherson): Boys 110m hurdle prelims, 13th (16.77)

Tamia Cheeks (Salina Central): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 4th (15.84) q

Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 4th (15.75) q Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 7th (15.94) q Aislyn Soukup (McPherson): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 8th (15.98) q

Hunter Wilson (McPherson): Girls shot put, 11th (33-10) Ashleigh Long (Chapman: Girls shot put, 13th (33-1.25)

Sophie Cavanaugh (Chapman): Girls high jump, 3rd (5-2) Avery Baer (Chapman): Girls high jump, 10th (4-8)

Olivia Beckman (Salina South): Girls triple jump, 10th (33-10.75)

Kaden Snyder (Salina Central): Boys discus, 14th (117-6)

Justin Holt (Smoky Valley): Boys shot put, 13th (47-2)

Madison Simmons (Bennington): Girls pole vault, 4th (8-6)

Elliana Smith (SE of Saline): Girls high jump, 12th (4-10)

The 2023 KSHSAA state track meet is officially underway, and athletes from 11 of our area schools will look to stamp their names in the history books this Friday and Saturday.Below you can find live results for all of our area athletes competing from Salina Central, Salina South, Abilene, Chapman, McPherson, Southeast of Saline, Smoky Valley, Sacred Heart, Ell-Saline, Solomon, and Bennington.<figure>
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 </figure>Saturday Results4A Boys 4x400m Relay Abilene- 7th (3:29.78)3A Boys 4x400m Relay SE of Saline- 2nd (3:24.79) Smoky Valley- 3rd (3:24.88)4A Girls 4x400m Relay McPherson- 3rd (4:13.25) Abilene- 8th (4:25.22)2A Girls 4x400m Relay Sacred Heart- 7th (4:19.02)4A Boys 200m Dash Jayce Schriner (McPherson): 7th (23.67)3A Boys 200m Dash Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SE of Saline): 2nd (22.35)5A Girls 200m Dash Elle Denning (Salina Central): 8th (26.99)4A Girls 200m Dash Jayla McLeod (McPherson): 5th (26.45)3A Girls 200m Dash Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley): STATE CHAMP (25.44)2A Girls 200m Dash Rori Miles (Bennington): 5th (27.06) 4A Boys 800 Darren Klukas (Chapman): 4th (1:59.29) Triston Cottone (Abilene): 13th (2:04.21)3A Boys 800 Jacob Bircher (SE of Saline): 9th (2:01.65)2A Boys 800 Jace Douglas (Sacred Heart): 14th (2:06.70)5A Girls 800 Ava Lemaster (Salina South): 11th (2:32.08)4A Girls 800 Eden Bathurst (Abilene): 7th (2:23.35) Chloe Clevenger (McPherson): 9th (2:24.62) Jade Beary (Chapman): 13th (2:35.80)2A Girls 800 Gracy Dorzweiler (Sacred Heart): 5th (2:29.06) Darby Smith (Ell-Saline): 6th (2:29.9)4A Boys 300m Hurdles Judah Bowell (Abilene): 6th (41.07)2A Boys 300m Hurdles Jace Raccagno (Bennington): 7th (41.7)4A Girls Discus Tanith Elliott (Chapman): 3rd (117-8)3A Boys Triple Jump Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SE of Saline): 7th (42-2.25)4A Girls Long Jump Haley Litzinger (Chapman): 2nd (17-2.5) Andi Buschbom (McPherson): (16-.05)2A Boys Javelin Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline): 11th (149-10)4A Boys Shot Put Weston Langvardt (Chapman): 11th (47-.025)3A Girls Triple Jump Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley): 2nd (35-11) Hope Duncan (Smoky Valley): 4th (35-7)2A Girls Javelin Jordan Bartlett (Bennington): 6th (121-2)5A Girls Discus Aunisty McNeal (Salina South): 8th (120-8) Allison Robinette (Salina Central): 11th (110-10)5A Girls Pole Vault Anna Hogeland (Salina Central): 4th (10-6) Bethany Hicklin (Salina South): 5th (10-6)4A Boys High Jump Tyler Green (Abilene): 5th (6-2) CJ Holm (Chapman): 16th (5-8)2A Boys High Jump Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline): STATE CHAMP (6-10) Payge Rodenbeek (Bennington): 11th (5-8)2A Boys Shot Put Victor Ruiz (Ell-Saline): 5th (47-0.75)4A Girls Javelin Adelynn Kirkpatrick (Chapman): 15th5A Boys Pole Vault Dylan Brice (Salina South): 7th (13-0)2A Boys Long Jump Brogan Rowley (Ell-Saline): 2nd (21-3.25) Joe Hiechel (Ell-Saline): 11th (19-5.75)4A Girls 300m hurdles Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): 7th (50.80)2A Girls 300m hurdles Lauryn Mikkelson (Sacred Heart): 5th (48.65)3A Boys 400m Dash Nakari Morrical-Palmer (SE of Saline): 2nd (49.81) Omar Calzada (SE of Saline): 4th (51.28) Wyatt Johnson (Smoky Valley: 7th (52.52)5A Girls 400m Dash Elle Denning (Salina Central): 8th (1:03.62)2A Girls 400m Dash Gracy Dorzweiler (Sacred Heart): 8th (1:02.26)4A Boys 4x100m Relay Chapman- 8th (44.69)2A Boys 4x100m Relay Ell-Saline- 3rd (44.48) Bennington- 6th (44.65)4A Girls 4x100m Relay McPherson- 2nd (49.67)2A Girls 4x100m Relay Bennington- 4th (51.63)4A Boys 1600 Caleb Muehler (McPherson): 7th (4:35.79) Roman Mai (McPherson): 11th (4:51.69)2A Boys 1600 Garrison Zerger (Ell-Saline): 5th (4:32.10) Carson Fouard (Ell-Saline): 8th (4:34.17) Thayne Trout (Bennington): 9th (4:35.11) Jace Douglas (Sacred Heart): 12th (4:42.91)5A Girls 1600 Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central): 2nd (5:03.46)4A Girls 1600 Eden Bathurst (Abilene): 4th (5:17.66)3A Girls 1600 Ashley Prochazka (SE of Saline): 3rd (5:23.04)2A Girls 1600 Caroline Stone (Sacred Heart): 5th (5:38.18) Eva Matteucci (Sacred Heart): 8th (5:43.88) Lily Salazar (Ell-Saline): 12th (6:07.36)5A Girls 4x800 Relay Salina South- 12th (10:34.95)4A Girls 4x800 Relay Abilene- 5th (10:20.19) McPherson- 8th (10:28.61)2A Girls 4x800 Relay Sacred Heart- 2nd (10:08.41) Ell-Saline- 5th (10:27.91)4A Boys 110m Hurdles Judah Bowell (Abilene): 3rd (15.04)5A Girls 100m Hurdles Tamia Cheeks (Salina South): 6th (16.21)4A Girls 100m Hurdles Aislyn Soukup (McPherson): 3rd (15.73) Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): 6th (16.25) Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): 8th (17.47)3A Girls 100m Hurdles Elliana Smith (SE of Saline): 5th (16.02)4A Boys 100 Meter Dash prelims Jayce Schriner (McPherson): 10th, (11.31) Devon Huffman (McPherson): 12th, (11.41)Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 5A Elle Denning (Salina Central): 8th, (12.59) Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 4A Jayla McLeod (McPherson): 6th (12.89) Addison Chapman (McPherson) 8th (12.95)Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 3A Breanne Peters (Smoky-Valley): STATE CHAMP (12.19)Girls 100 Meter Dash Class 2A Finals Rori Miles (Bennington): 5th, (12.79)Boys 4x800m Relay Class 5A Salina Central- 15th (8:33.02) Boys 4x800m Relay Class 4A Abilene- 2nd (8:10.78) Chapman- 4th (8:14.71) McPherson- 6th (8:21.92) Boys 4x800m Relay Class 3A Southeast of Saline- STATE CHAMPS, Levi Allen, Drake Augustine, Damion Jackson, Jacob Bircher (7:59.59) Smoky Valley- 2nd (8:00.58)Boys 100 Meter Prelims Riley Stone (Ellsworth) 3A , 3rd (11.10q) Jayce Schriner (McPherson)&nbsp; 4A , 10th (11.31q) Devon Huffman (McPherson) 4A , 12th (11.41q)Girls 100 Meter Prelims Elle Denning (Salina-Central) 5A , 6th (12.76&nbsp;q) Haley Litzinger (Chapman): 4A, 10th (13.14q) Jayla McLeod (McPherson): 4A, 5th (12.85&nbsp;q) Addison Chapman (McPherson): 4A, 6th (13.00 q) Breanne Peters (Lindsborg-Smoky Valley) 3A , 1st (12.45q) Rori Miles (Bennington): 2A, 8th (13.06 q) Friday ResultsGavin Wedel (McPherson): Boys javelin, 11th (161-6) Ian Suther (Chapman): Boys javelin, 13th (156-4) Samuel Becker (McPherson): Boys javelin, 16th (148-0)Javyn Alexander (McPherson): Boys long jump, 3rd (21-10.75) Aidan Whitley (Chapman): Boys long jump, 4th (21-2.75)Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): Girls triple jump, 7th (35-6)Amber Smith (McPherson): Girls pole vault, 10th (8-6)Katelyn Rupe (Salina Central): Girls 3200, STATE CHAMPION (10:39.41) Mallory Renfro (Salina Central: Girls 3200, 15th (12:53.82)Caleb Muhler (McPherson): Boys 3200, 4th (9:53.27)Elyssa Frieze (Chapman): Girls 3200, STATE CHAMPION (11:15.82) Arissa Cathey (Abilene): Girls 3200, 7th (12:11.65)Abilene boys 4x400m relay prelims, 6th (3:28.29) q Chapman boys 4x400m relay prelims, 12th (3:34.74) McPherson girls 4x400m relay prelims, 6th (4:12.80) q Abilene girls 4x400m relay prelims, 7th (4:13.18) q Jayce Schriner (McPherson): Boys 200m prelims, 4th (22.62) q Gage Picking (Chapman): Boys 200m prelims, 14th (23.38)Elle Denning (Salina Central): Girls 200m prelims, 7th (26.21) qJayla McLeod (McPherson): Girls 200m prelims, 4th (26.04) q Renatta Heintz (Abilene): Girls 200m prelims, 12th (26.82)Seth Robben (Salina South): Boys 300m hurdle prelims, 13th (42.36)Judah Bowell (Abilene): Boys 300m hurdle prelims, 6th (41.64) q Cory Muehler (McPherson):&nbsp;Boys 300m hurdle prelims, 11th (43.07)Tamia Cheeks (Salina South): Girls 300m hurdle prelims, 14th (49.76) Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): Girls 300m hurdle prelims, 7th (48.42) q Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 10th (49.45)&nbsp; Jameer Moore (Salina Central): Boys 400m prelims, 16th (52.55)Drew Elliott (Chapman): Boys 400m prelims, 9th (51.15) Zeb Shultze (Abilene): Boys 400m prelims, 16th (52.90)Elle Denning (Salina Central): Girls 400m prelims, 5th (59.47) qChapman boys 4x100m relay prelims, 7th (43.92) q McPherson boys 4x100m relay prelims, 10th (44.14) Abilene boys 4x100m relay prelims, DQ McPherson girls 4x100m relay prelims, 3rd (50.18) q Chapman girls 4x100m relay prelims, 9th (50.82) Abilene girls 4x100m relay prelims, 11th (51.01)Judah Bowell (Abilene): Boys 110m hurdle prelims, 3rd (14.82) q Asa Keough (McPherson): Boys 110m hurdle prelims, 13th (16.77)Tamia Cheeks (Salina Central): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 4th (15.84) q Arihanna Koehn (McPherson): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 4th (15.75) q Maya Kirkpatrick (Chapman): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 7th (15.94) q Aislyn Soukup (McPherson): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 8th (15.98) qHunter Wilson (McPherson): Girls shot put, 11th (33-10) Ashleigh Long (Chapman: Girls shot put, 13th (33-1.25)Sophie Cavanaugh (Chapman): Girls high jump, 3rd (5-2) Avery Baer (Chapman): Girls high jump, 10th (4-8)Olivia Beckman (Salina South): Girls triple jump, 10th (33-10.75)Kaden Snyder (Salina Central): Boys discus, 14th (117-6)Justin Holt (Smoky Valley): Boys shot put, 13th (47-2)Madison Simmons (Bennington): Girls pole vault, 4th (8-6)Elliana Smith (SE of Saline): Girls high jump, 12th (4-10)Trystan Stambaugh (Smoky Valley): Boys javelin, 7th (165-1)Isaiah Garrett (Bennington): Boys triple jump, 14th (39-11.75)Jace Ohlson (Bennington): Boys pole vault, STATE CHAMPION (13-0) Trey Huelsman (Bennington): Boys pole vault, 4th (12-0)Breanne Peters (Smoky Valley): Girls pole vault, 2nd (11-0) Noelle Peters (Smoky Valley): Girls pole vault, 10th (9-6)Tate Nurnberg (SE of Saline): Boys high jump, 4th (6-2)Ally Richards (Ell-Saline): Girls triple jump, 5th (35-1.75)Smoky Valley boys 4x400m relay prelims, 1st (3:25.20) q SE of Saline boys 4x400m relay prelims, 6th (3:29.40) qSmoky Valley girls 4x400m relay prelims 9th (4:17.74)&nbsp;Sacred Heart girls 4x400m relay prelims, 5th (4:13.67) qNakari Morrical-Palmer (SE of Saline): Boys 200m dash prelims, 4th (22.81) qBreanne Peters (Smoky Valley): Girls 200m dash prelims, 2nd (25.62) qRori Miles (Bennington): Girls 200m dash prelims, 5th (26.38) q Lauren Mikkelson (Sacred Heart): Girls 200m dash prelims, 11th (27.37)Jaden Raccagno (Bennington): Boys 300m hurdle prelims, 7th (41.9) qLauryn Mikkelson (Sacred Heart): Girls 300m hurdle prelims, 5th (47.74) qNakari Morrical Palmer (SE of Saline): Boys 400 prelims, 2nd (49.74) q Wyatt Johnson (Smoky Valley): Boys 400 prelims, 4th (49.99) q Omar Calzada (SE of Saline): Boys 400 prelims, 6th (51.23) qCameron Cleveland (Sacred Heart): Boys 400 prelims, 15th (53:23)Gracy Dorzweiler (Sacred Heart): Girls 400 prelims, 8th (1:01.26) qEll-Saline 4x100m relay prelims, 3rd (44.38) q Bennington 4x100m relay prelims, 8th (45.07) qBennington 4x100m relay prelims, 2nd (51.63) qElliana Smith (SE of Saline): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 8th (16.58) qTaleigh Watson (Bennington): Girls 100m hurdle prelims, 10th (17.22)Damion Jackson (SE of Saline): Boys 3200, 4th (9:27.45)Ashley Prochazka (SE of Saline): Girls 3200, 6th (11:54.83)Carson Fouard (Ell-Saline): Boys 3200, 4th (9:49.85) Garrison Zerger (Ell-Saline): Boys 3200, 6th (9:53.59) Brady Wells (Sacred Heart): Boys 3200, 13th (10:28.56)Eva Matteucci (Sacred Heart): Girls 3200, 5th (12:02.16)