Colts Win at Home

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By Donna & Amy White
The Haysville Times
Posted on September 13, 11:27 PM
Hey Haysville, the workweek is over, and Friday night football is back! Last Friday marked the Campus Colts’ first official home game of the season. And it was a nail-biter! The Colts faced off against McPherson with hopes of claiming their first win of the season.
Nobody could have predicted how this game would turn out. McPherson jumped out to a 0-12 lead in the first quarter of play. The Colts worked their way to a touchdown in the second quarter. And Brandon Daley’s kick for the extra point cut McPherson’s lead 7-12. But in the final minutes of the half, McPherson scored another 7 points to give them a 7-19 lead at the half.
During the halftime break, Campus fans enjoyed the traditional halftime show. The Campus Pom Pon Squad performed a routine followed by the Campus Marching Band. Both gave great performances. However, one question remained in my mind: Where are the band uniforms? Through four years of my own band experience at Campus there was not a performance that we were not in complete uniform. It just made a more presentable package.
Anyway, back to the game and the second half of play. Campus came out fighting. Through fumbled plays by both teams, the Colts recover and inch closer with Ryan Burke’s touchdown at the 6:54 mark. Daley’s kick was good for the extra point. The seven points bring the Colts within five of McPherson with a score of 14-19.
The fourth and final quarter of the game was the game clincher. McPherson scored right off the bat giving them a comfortable 14-26 lead. Campus had some troubles throughout the game with getting a hand on the ball and keeping it. But in the final minutes of the game, the team turned it up a notch.
Campus scored another touchdown at the 6:13 mark to bring them within five points again. The Colts kept working for the common goal and with 51 seconds left found themselves at the 5-yard line. With less than a minute on the clock, Campus knew that they might only get one chance to make the play. And once again, Ryan Burke would carry the ball to the endzone for the touchdown. Burke’s touchdown pushed the Colts ahead of McPherson 27-26.
In the final five seconds of the game, the Colts put it all together and kept McPherson contained. And with that, the buzzer sounded and Campus had won its first home game of the season 27-26. And for the second week in a row, McPherson lost by just one point.
On the way to the car, we were walking behind a dad and his young son. The dad told the son, “That is why you never give up.” And he could not have been more right. The Colts never gave up and kept pushing through the mistakes to come out on top. Without sounding too much like a big purple dinosaur, what a valuable life lesson to learn.
Campus plays at home again this Friday against Newton at Colt Stadium. Game time is 7 p.m. Then the Colts will be on the road for the rest of September before returning home again on October 6th to face Arkansas City. Go Colts!

Bus Driver Arrested After Accident

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By Kayleigh Kaufman
The Haysville Times

A school bus occupied by five children was struck Friday Sept. 1st, as it pulled out of Campus High School between 3:30 and 4:30 in the afternoon.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department responded to the accident, reporting the school bus driver as most at fault. Police stated the school bus pulled into traffic and was struck by a vehicle heading north on Meridian.
Although the police could not give any statements as to the stability of the driver, they admit the driver was taken in the same day on DUI charges.
The accident was reported as a code green, meaning only cuts and bruises and no hospitalization was needed. “Some children had their parents come pick them up, while others got onto another school bus,” said Sandy Bradshaw, Community Relations Coordinator.
“The driver was a substitute, [and] as a result of the accident he was removed from the list of drivers,” said Bradshaw
Haysville School Administrators do not know whether the driver was taken in on DUI charges at the time of the accident. While uncertain about what happened at the scene of the accident, Bradshaw verified some form of testing was performed on the bus driver.

Campus Soccer Starts Season

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By Donna & Amy White
The Haysville Times

The weather could not have been better for Campus soccer fans on Tuesday. The Colts played their first game of the Campus/Goddard Invitational on Tuesday against Winfield. The game would also be the team’s first home game of the season.

Campus may have the deck stacked against them this year. The Colts have a young team with the freshmen and sophomore members outnumbering the upper class 27 to 10. These younger players will have to make the extra effort to step up to strengthen the team.

The Colts are coached once again by Head Coach Jeromy Swearingen and assistants Casey Meier, Crystal Edwards and Ryan Daugherty. These four individuals have the sometimes-undesired task of trying to guide the team in the right direction.

Five seniors lead the team this year; they include Brandon Daley, Chris Taylor, Brian Box, Nick Hovey and Eric Longstreet. Juniors include Tracy Crum, Gabe Massey, Marc Mayer, James Terronez and Sam Rudd. Seven sophomores round out the varsity squad; they include CJ Manuel, Tre Doherty, Jordan Hooper, Kevin Ayala, Sylvester Ribaudo, Dustin Crum and James Haynes. And freshman Taylor Parrott will fill the backup goalkeeper position.

The Colts first game of the season was a 1-1 tie against Bishop Carroll last Tuesday. On Thursday, the team followed up with a loss to Maize. So the Colts took the long weekend to refresh and look ahead to this week’s tournament.

Campus’ first game of the Campus/Goddard Invitational took place on Tuesday against Winfield. The first half of the game had the Colts coming up short on offense. It just seemed like they were not able to finish the run to the goal. And with just over 12 minutes left in the half, the most discouraging thing happened. The Colts were standing in the wrong place at the wrong time and gave Winfield their first goal by own goal. Campus went into the halftime break down 0-1.

After the break, the Colts seemed to come back better than ever. In the second half, there were many very close shots on goal. However, none of those shots ever found the back of the net. And sooner than later, the Colts focus was shifted to defense.

About halfway through the second half, Winfield increased their lead to 2 with another goal. Campus tried their best to slow down Winfield’s offense and almost succeeded. But with less than three minutes left in the game, Winfield hit the upper corner of the net for their third goal to win the game, 0-3.

You have to give Campus goalie Eric Longstreet an A for effort on that last goal because he gave everything he had to save that ball. We also have to give some recognition to sophomores Jordan Hooper and Kevin Ayala who played the entire game with heart and never gave up.

So Campus moves to the non-winner (no L-words) side of the bracket and will face off again on Thursday at 3:30 pm. A win will place the Colts in the battle for fifth place on Saturday in Goddard at 11 am. A loss will see the Colts at 9 am on Saturday in Goddard. After the tournament, Campus will not return home until Thursday, September 14th against Salina South.

In other Campus sports, the football team lost their first game of the season in Goddard last Friday. The Colts will play their first home game this Friday at Colt

Remax Driver of the Week

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Our driver of the week is Johnny Whitmore, which this is his 27th year in racing.
Whitmore started racing

because of a friend and he started out in the street stock division.
Whitmore has raced in Street Stock, Semi-late, late model, sportsman, and now modified.

Whitmore’s favorite division is the modified because they are more fun and you could run two or three nights a week.
The veteran driver wrecked his car and it was

totaled and was unable to race for about a month or so. August 19th was his first week back out since the accident.
“Racing is the only sport I have ever done and stuck

with it. I love the excitement of racing,” said Whitmore.
Whitmore is part of the race day ministries which actually helped him justify racing and being a Christian.

“I felt that I racing was not right because I was also a Christian. I actually didn’t race for a year and half because of engine problems felt that the god was keeping

from racing,” said Whitmore.
Whitmore attended a meeting in Bristol, Tennessee and became part of the race day ministries.
Whitmore helps with the opening

invocation and volunteers on the fire truck and ambulance.
The modified driver hopes the finish the season off in one piece and survives the year.
“I plan on

racing as long as the good lord will let me,” said Whitmore.

By Cathy Loffland

Smoking Ban May Not Go on Ballot

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By Pamela ONeal
The Haysville Times

Due to concerns of public health, the city council is considering a smoking ban to be put on November’s ballot. The proposed draft would “ban smoking inside and within thirty feet of public entrances to all public places of employment within its city limits” with several exceptions such as private homes, drinking establishments and bingo halls. The council voted to put it on the agenda for the first meeting in September, because Mayor Bruce Armstrong advised the council that election commissioner Bill Gale had said that they could not put the smoking ban question on the November ballot as a nonbinding referendum. After discussion by the council, they decided that the board should vote on the issue at the first meeting in September.
In an effort to reduce the number of drunk drivers, Haysville Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol are joining forces. This weekend, in a national effort to minimize drunk drivers, local authorities will be patrolling the 7000 block of South Broadway. The checkpoint will run from midnight Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday.
The city then approved the contract between USD 261 for use of the soccer fields for fall and spring soccer season. According to Recreation Director, Georgie Root, currently there are 73 kids signed up and sign ups will continue to be taken through Sept. 1st.
The council then moved to discuss the trash receptacle screening ordinance. After several ideas for revisions were discussed, it was decided to send the ordinance back to the attorneys for redrafting.
After hearing citizens’ concerns and acknowledging several thank you cards received by the city council, the meeting was adjourned.

Teacher Brings East Asia to HMS

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By Pamela ONeal
The Haysville Times

Students at the Haysville Middle School look over musical instruments brought back by their teacher from her trip to Asia.

Students at the Haysville Middle School look over musical instruments brought back by their teacher from her trip to Asia.. Credit: Walking into Kathi Fischer’s music room at Haysville Middle School is like walking into any other music room at any other middle school. Chairs are neatly arranged in rows while musical instruments decorate the left over spaces.
But one corner of the room is anything but typical. That is where Fischer proudly displays instruments, postcards, and pictures almost too numerous to count from East Asia.
Fischer was one of twenty two teachers from Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma who participated in an educational, three-week tour of East Asia this summer, a trip which Fischer says she was “very pleased” to take.
She explains how her students will benefit from her experience, “That is why this whole program happens.” According to her this trip “encouraged [teachers] to close the gap, and create bridges between the countries.” The teachers not only help students understand the increasingly importance of connecting with people overseas, but also to integrate other parts of the learning process.
“Right now our sixth graders and our seventh graders study those parts of the world in their social studies. So now it’s great because we know kids are hearing it from their social studies teacher. They can hear it from different sides . . . they can also hear it in the music.”
Fischer’s students will be able to experience the sounds of East Asian music from instruments and CDs she purchased on the trip. She says she wanted to take the trip because she wanted to learn more and says it went “way beyond” her expectations.
Fischer was able to apply for the trip after she attended a Teaching East Asia workshop last year. The trip was organized by Associate Director Nancy Hope of the Kansas Consortium for Teaching about East Asia (KCTA) and Director Dr. Jessica Stowell, of the Oklahoma Consortium for Teaching about Asia.
Because of the minimal cost for the teachers, and because of the great experience, Fischer encourages other teachers to attend workshops and apply for these grants. More information can be found at www.kcta.ku.edu/tea.

Racing Community Loses a fellow Racer

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Steve King standing in front of his Ethanol Sprint Car. Photo by Earl Fry.

The racing community lost a fellow racer on August 10, 2006. Steve King of Jetmore, Kansas started his racing career in 1989.
King was racing in the Knoxville Nationals in his #88 Sprint Car in a preliminary race on August 9th in Knoxville, Iowa. Something broke on the frond of the car sending King into the turn 3 fence.
King was air lifted to a hospital in Des Moines and was on life support until late Thursday afternoon.
King was fourth generation farmer in Jetmore. His life consisted of farming and racing.
In his racing career he won the NCRA Sprint Car Championship in 2002 and 2003. In the top ten in NCRA points in 1995, 1996, and 1998-2005. In 2004 King was the Hutchinson Nationals Sprint Car Championship.
King had 17 career NCRA wins which are second on the all-time list.
King will be missed by the racing community. Please keep his family in your prayers.

 Cathy Loffland

Jay Purkey Remax Driver of the Week

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“I’ve been turning wrenches since before I could walk,” said Jay Purkey of the Thumper division at 81 Speedway.
Purkey is from a long line of race car drivers. He started racing about a year and half ago. This is Purkey’s first year in the Thumper division.
Purkey chose the Thumper division because it was one of the cheaper classes to start racing in.
Purkey races in Hutchinson on Friday nights and at 81 Speedway on Saturday nights. He is third in points at Hutchinson and sixth in points at 81 Speedway and he is sitting second in Rookie of the Year points at 81 Speedway.
Purkey would like to finish the season off by finishing in the top ten in points at 81 Speedway and in the top five in points at Hutchinson.
The number 35 Thumper is sponsored by Purkey Auto Salvage, Purkey’s Discount Racing Products and Fetish Lingerie.
The young driver would like to move up to either the Street Stock Division or Late Model Division, depending on what money will allow.
The Purkey family and Hall family have gone way back so when Bill Hall passed away Jay Purkey decided he would donate 10% of his winnings in memory of Bill Hall to the Shriners Temple on North Topeka.
Good luck Jay Purkey in the rest of this season.

Cathy Loffland

Motto Contest Winner Announced

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By Joni Lee
The Haysville Times

The proposed 2007 budget was the focus of Monday’s city council meeting. During the public hearing portion of this issue, a concerned citizen spoke of his doubts about the increase in the 2007 budget compared to previous years. The city council members followed by having a somewhat heated debate about whether certain items should be removed from the budget. A proposition was made by some members that the addition of one park worker and one police officer could be removed to cut budget costs along with buying a new water truck. When it came down to voting, the motion to delete the two positions did not pass, with the tie being broken by the mayor’s vote against the changes to the budget. When all was said and done, the proposed 2007 budget was passed, allowing the park and police departments the freedom to expand their workforce.
Haysville’s PRIDE Committee Chairperson, Tom Gibson, presented Morris Floyd, the winner of the PRIDE motto contest, with a check for $200. “Pride. Partnership. Progress.” may become the city’s official slogan if the city council passes a resolution for it.
Tom also mentioned that the PRIDE Committee proposes having the city flower, an idea that has been spreading throughout Haysville, be the day lily. He said that the reason this flower would be a good choice is due to all the lilies that were enjoyed by citizens at this year’s garden tour in town.
Council members passed a resolution Monday night that allows for Haysville to submit an application to the Kansas Department of Transportation for the Safe Routes to School Program founded by SAFETEA-LU. This program promotes children walking to school by allowing funds to be set aside for sidewalk improvements.
Haysville recently took part in a public protection classification survey. The results for the survey regarding the structure fire suppression delivery system was a class 2, with only 5 other cities in the state of Kansas having such an excellent score. This score should improve insurance for water and fire departments, allowing citizens to save money on insurance.
As part of the governing body announcements, council members encouraged citizens to continue to attend the Hometown Market on Saturday mornings from 8-noon in the Haysville Historic District to support the vendors and enjoy their products.
September’s tree board meeting will be moved from the first Monday of the month to Tuesday, September 5th due to Labor Day.
Georgie Root of the Recreation Committee reported that the deadline for volleyball and soccer sign-ups through the HAC has been extended to September 1st.
The 4th annual Dog Daze of Summer will be held at the city pool on Saturday, August 19th. You can bring your dog to the pool for a swim from 1-2:30pm for $3 per dog. It’s a great opportunity to have some fun in the sun while enjoying time with your beloved pet.

Justin White

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A young driver in the cruiser division had a run of bad luck at the beginning of this year. In April of this year Justin White

was not feeling very well and let somebody else drive his car. They came around a turn and crashed into the wall, and the car was totaled. In his six years of racing,

this was the first time that White let somebody else drive his car.
White was out of racing for about a month and half while he built a new car.
The young driver

is the gas man and his driver or brake man is Jimmy Buress.
White is in charge of watching the lights and flag man and also pays attention to the other drivers.
“The

gas man has to know how much gas your driver can handle,” said White.
White got started in racing because he helped a good friend Flipper Moss with his car and decided

to build one of his own.
“I like the cruiser division because it is good competition and everybody is pretty friendly,” said White.
The car is owned by White and he

keeps the car maintained and race-ready. The winnings are split by both the gas man and the brake man.
White’s sponsors are Winkler Tree Service, Brad Curtis Electric

and Dynamite Bail Bonds.
For this season White just wants to finish out the year and next year he wants to point’s race.
You can catch Justin White on Thursday

nights at 81 Speedway.

Cathy Loffland