Category: Local News

35lb Flathead. Courtesy photo.

For this man Monday started out like any other day at work but soon took a strange twist. While working in a utility easement he heard a commotion coming from the Cowskin Creek below. Upon investigation he found a fish struggling in the shallow water of the creek. He alerted a man who lives in the area to what he saw. The man with the help of his Daughter pulled this large 35lb flat head from the water.

From the Wichita Business Journal…

The Haysville Family MedCenter will start construction next week on a $1.3 million clinic near its existing location.

Full story here.

Edit: Evidently this form is no longer available.

The City of Haysville has a (new?) Street Maintenance Request form you can fill out with “staff available to assist you with questions you may have regarding potholes, curbs, or other street related issues”.

Ive always thought something like this was needed and would like to see similar forms for other city maintenance issues as well.

The Haysville Hometown Market season begins June 19th and runs through September 11th. Saturdays from 8:00am – 11:00am at the Hometown Market pavilion in the Historic District at S main and Grand.

This…

Will eventually transform in to this…

The above image from haysville-ks.com.

Soulicit

A while back we introduced you to the local band Soulicit who at the time were releasing their debut CD.
The 4 member band is still making music and will be playing the main stage at this years Midwest Rock Fest on Friday night July 23 along with Fuel, Pop Evil, and Styx.
Soulicit will also be playing at this year’s Fall Festival.

The “Screen Team”

Last December we told you about former Haysville resident Russell Pinkston who was reviewing movies for a television “movie review game show” against other amateur movie reviewers. The show has since been canceled but Russel is still reviewing movies via Screen Team on the web. Check it out.

A teacher from Learning by Design Charter School received a surprise award on Thursday. Angela Quiram was awarded a Horace Mann-Abraham Lincoln Fellowship to study at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum this summer in Springfield, Ill.
Quiram will join 49 other Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers from around the country to study the life and legacy of our 16th president.
Fellows will get behind the scenes knowledge of the library and museum, and enjoy visits to other historical sites – Lincolns New Salem State Historic Site, Lincolns home, Lincolns tomb, and the Old State Capitol State Historic Site, among others. The fellowship program includes round-trip transportation, lodging and most meals for the five day Institute.
Horace Mann agent Rod Myers made the surprise announcement and presentation to Quiram on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at the school.

About the Fellowship Program
This is the fifth consecutive year that Horace Mann and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum have teamed up to award 50 educators from around the country this fellowship opportunity. The program is held every summer and gives educators a chance to view papers and artifacts from Lincoln, listen to expert presentations and walk the same Springfield and New Salem streets he did. Participants then incorporate the lessons of Lincolns life and legacy into their teaching. Teachers applied for the Fellowship Program online and were judged on their resume and essay question responses.

About Horace Mann
Horace Mann is the largest national multiline insurance company that focuses on educators financial needs. The company provides auto and homeowners insurance, retirement annuities, life insurance and other financial solutions. Horace Mann was “Founded by Educators for Educators” ® in 1945 and is headquartered in Springfield, Ill. For more information about the company, visit www.horacemann.com.

From the Haysville Community Library blog…

This year’s recipient of the Duane Johnson Award, to be presented at the Kansas Library Conference in Wichita on Wednesday April 7th, is the Haysville Community Library’s own Betty Cattrell, our director and prime mover for more than three decades.

Read more here.

Claim your lost or forgotten cash at Haysville Community Library.

Kansas State Treasurer Dennis McKinney’s office is currently safeguarding over $200 million worth of unclaimed property for their rightful owners or their heirs.
As a part of the Treasurer’s “Unclaimed Property Returns” tour, Treasurer McKinney and staff members will be traveling throughout the area talking about and searching for Kansans unclaimed property. Treasurer McKinney and staff will be in Haysville at the Haysville Community Library at 210 S. Hays from 1:30 to 3:00pm on Monday, March 29th.
“We encourage everyone in the area to stop by and check their name and the names of family and friends,” said McKinney. “In this economy everyone could use a little help and we feel it’s important to be sure that these resources get back to the rightful owners. The Unclaimed Property Returns tour is a wonderful opportunity for us to connect Kansans with cash and property currently being held by our office,” McKinney explained.
Unclaimed property includes inactive savings and checking accounts, uncashed checks, stock shares and bonds, dividend checks, insurance proceeds, mineral royalties, and utility deposits.
In addition to cash, stocks and bonds, safe deposit boxes are also turned over to the State Treasurer’s office on an annual basis. There are currently over 15,718 safe deposit box properties on file. Approximately 600 new boxes are turned over to the treasurer’s office each year.
“It is my job to reunite Kansans with their unclaimed financial assets,” McKinney explained. “Reaching out to people in their hometowns is a great way to give back to Kansans what is rightfully theirs.”
Making a claim is free and easy. There are no fees involved in searching for or claiming cash and property. To search, a last name is required and a first name is recommended.
Kansans who can’t make it to the Haysville Community Library on Monday, March 29 may call the State Treasurer’s office at 1-800-432-0386 or log onto www.KansasCash.com to search for unclaimed property.