Addressing the EMS shortage There is a shortage of fire and EMS volunteers in Kansas, and in Harvey County, including Newton, Halstead, Hesston, Burrton and Sedgwick. My suggestion to relieve the shortage of volunteers is to start recruiting high school students as fire and EMS volunteers.
Herbert David Zook, 88, of Hesston, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 4, 2023 at Schowalter Villa. He was born August 9, 1934 in Morrison, Illinois, the son of John Kore and Ruth (Cooprider) Zook. He graduated from St. Johns (Michigan) High School and, after voluntary service, attended Hesston College and Fort Hays State University to study industrial arts and earth science. While teaching at Bethany Christian High School in Goshen, Indiana, he earned a masters at Ball State University. Herb was a professor of industrial arts at Hesston College, antique auto restoration at McPherson College, and technology education at Fort Hays State University, from where he retired in 1999. He was united in marriage to Janet Vogt on August 27, 1956 at the Hesston Mennonite Church. They were married 37 years before she died of ALS in 1993. He married Lorita Goering Regier on May 20, 2017. Herb was a member of Hesston Mennonite Church. Herb is survived by his wife, Lorita of the home; son Tim (Renee) Zook of Goshen, IN; daughters Lu Ann (Doug Siemens) Zook of Newton, and Jane (Mark Koch) Zook of Canon City, CO; grandchildren Jeffrey (Nicole) Zook and their children, Audrey, Tyler, Jessica, Eloise and Wyatt; Joshua (Hannah Beth) Zook and their children, Dakota and Riley; Jordan (Tessa) Zook and their children, Millie and Gideon; Angus Siemens, Zoe Siemens, and Willem Koch. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Ethel Lais, Alma Lais and Katherine Chambers; brothers Wesley and Harold. Brother Wilbur and sister Irene Martin survive. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 27, 2023 at Hesston Mennonite Church, Hesston. Memorial contributions may be made to either SonsetSolutions.org account #110438 (son Tim’s mission) or the Pitkin Historical Association, PO Box 218, Pitkin, CO 81241. Cards and condolences may be mailed to Miller-Ott Funeral Home, PO Box 32, Hesston, KS 67062.
April 20, 2001 - May 20, 2023 Andrew smiled to the very end. For someone who couldn’t use his words, he most definitely made his feelings known.
McPHERSON – Newton High School senior Grayson Ybarra shot an 87 Monday at the Class 5A state boys’ golf championships at the Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. Ybarra missed the cut for Tuesday’s individual medal play by eight strokes.
EMPORIA — Goessel High School junior Noah Schrag tied for third Monday and Tuesday at the Class 1A state golf championships at the Emporia Municipal Golf Course. Schrag shot rounds of 82 and 77 for a 17 over par 159.
Monday and Tuesday Sand Creek Station Par 72 Playoff results were not reported Team scores Shawnee Mission East 291-284—575-152 Olathe West 292-283—575-154 Blue Valley Northwest 287-291—578 Blue Valley West 297-290—587 Olathe Northwest 299-298—597 Manhattan 297-303—600 Failed to make the cut — Olathe South 304, Derby 312, Washburn Rural 318, Dodge City 334, Garden City 354, Wichita Southeast 386. Medalists T1.
As the board of education was approached to approve the third bid package for a project to renovate Santa Fe 5/6 Center and Lindley Hall campus architects came bearing good news. The project, which was bonded following an election last year, is moving along under budget.
Editor’s Note: One of the students in this story, Elizabeth Frey, is the daughter of Kansan Managing Editor Chad Frey. Maggie Kepley and Elizabeth Frey, sixth-graders at Santa Fe 5/6 Center, made good use of an unexpected day off from school on Monday morning.
Holiday alters trash schedules The City of Newton will observe May 29 as a holiday, altering the curbside trash collection schedule. Trash normally collected Monday, May 29, will be collected on Tuesday, May 30.
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