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A8 THE HAYS DAILY NEWS FOR THE RECORD FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2006 Alvena Kerkhoff Alvena Kerkhoff. 90, Dodge City. died Wednesday, April 5, 20016. at Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. She was born June 26.

1915. in Hays to John and Theresa Rupp. She was a graduate of Ness City High School. She married Theodore Korkhoff in August 1946, in Dodge City. He preceded her in death March 22, 1990.

She was a homemaker and assistant broker for Dodge City Commodities. Survivors include a son, Gary Kerkhoff, Dodge City; two daughters, Sharon DeMate. Santa Ana. and Cheryl Barber, Bellingham, four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 903 Central Dodge City; burial in Greencrest Memorial Gardens, Dodge City. Visitation will be until 8 p.m. today at Burkhart-Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Dodge City, KS 67801. Memorials are suggested to Sacred Heart School Endowment in care of the chapel.

Condolences can be sent to www.burkhart-ziegler.com. Roy Covalt Roy Covalt, 87, Hoxie, formerly of Studley, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at Sheridan County Hospital, Hoxie. He was born Jan. 17, 1919, near Morland to William and Myrtle (Swisher) Covalt. He served in the U.S.

Army during World War II. He married Beryl Montgomery on June 15, 1941, in Morland. He had worked for Studley Co-op delivering propane for many years. Survivors include his wife. of the home; two sons, Rickie Covalt, Lees Summit, and Galen Covalt, Hill City; three daughters, Beverly Haley, McPherson, Carla Chadwick, Oakley, and Judy Connelly, Cabot, two brothers, Wehrle Covalt, Billings, and Verlan Covalt, Riley; two sisters, Wilma Bean, St.

Joseph, and Delphia Melton, Pueblo, grandchildren; a stepgrand-' daughter; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Methodist Church, Morland; burial in Studley Cemetery. Visitation will be until 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m.

to 6 p.m. with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, all at MickeyLeopold Funeral Home, Hoxie. Memorials are suggested to Sheridan County Hospital Swingbed Program or Hospice Services Phillipsburg. Robert E.

'Bob' Notz Robert E. "Bob" Notz, 77, Goodland, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at St. Anthony Central Hospital, Denver. He was born May 24, 1928, in Goodland to Garfield and Violet (West) Notz. He was a 1946 graduate of a high school in Englewood.

Colo. He served in the U.S. Army. He married Norma Jean Brock on Feb. 14.

1961. in Loveland. Colo. She preceded him in death Dec. 10, 2003.

He co-owned and managed Motel 7 in Goodland. Survivors include five daughters, Jana Martin, Knoxville, Terri Weiss and Jackie Baumfalk, both of Goodland, Toni Harms, Sterling. and Tracie Peterson, Littleton, three brothers. Don Notz and Con Garland Notz. both of Lakewood, and Gary Notz, Calhan.

14 grandchildren; and 10 great -grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Mountain Time Saturday at Koons Chapel, 211 N. Main, Goodland.

KS 67735-1555; burial in Goodland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the chapel. Memorials are suggested to Goodland Senior Center and may be left or mailed to the funeral home. Kimberly Rae Shiflett Kimberly Rae Shiflett, 49, for.

merly of Norton, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Mo. She was born Oct. 8, 1956, in Colby to Raymond and Gloria (Marsh) Murphy. She had worked as a nurse in Missouri and had recently been employed by Cracker Barrel, Columbia. Survivors include three sons, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Lenexa, Cameron Fitzmaurice, Olathe, and Kenyon Shiflett, Fayette, a daughter, Kristen Shiflett, Columbia, and her former husband, Kenny Shiflett, Fayette, Mo.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Norton Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to Kimberly Shiflett Memorial Fund and can be sent in care of Friemonth-Freese Funeral Service, 174 Highway 5 240, North Fayette, MO 65248. Enfield Funeral Home, 215 W.

Main, Norton, is in charge of local arrangements. Ruth D. Purtell Ruth D. Purtell, 90, Logan, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg. was born May 17, 1925, in Independence to Frank and Lillian (Foster) DeVore.

She married Marty Purtell Jr. on June 12, 1937, in Emporia. She had been employed in elementary education. Survivors include her husband, of the home; a son, Patrick Purtell, Cabin John, a daughter, Kathleen Poteet, Langley, five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lenora Jean Purtell, in 1943.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Catholic Church, Logan; burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, Logan. ADDITIONAL Clarence Anthony "C.A." Schamber, 88, Phillipsburg, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at Hays Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday at SS. Philip and James Church, Phillipsburg; burial in Fairview Cemetery, Phillipsburg, with graveside military honors by the U.S. Navy. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

today, with parish vigil service at 7:30 p.m. and family present from 8 to 9 p.m. at Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg. Obituaries Galen Ray Deines, 49, Ness City, died Monday, April 3, 2006, in rural Osborne County. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday at First United Methodist Church, WaKeeney; burial in WaKeeney Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 N. 12th, WaKeeney, KS 67672. Eugene J.

Riedel, 80, died Monday April 3, 2006, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church, Quinter; inurnment in WaKeeney Visitation will be until 9 p.m. today at Logan Funeral Home, 102 E. Church, Logan.

Memorials are suggested to Ruth Purtell Memorial and can be sent in care of the funeral home. M. Loretta Bard M. Loretta Bard, 73, Logan, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at Sun City West, Ariz. She was born Aug.

6, 1932, in Densmore to William and Mary (Atkinson) Veh. She married Jack Bard in 1980, in Blair, Neb. She was a retired secretary for Hahn and Hahn Law Office, Phillipsburg. Survivors include her husband, of the home; two daughters, Laura Dunham, Blair, and Suzi Taylor, Fontanelle, two brothers, Myron Veh, Norton, and John Veh, Hill City; and three grandchildren. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday at Logan Christian Church; burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, Logan. Visitation will be until 4 p.m. today at Logan Funeral Home, and from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Memorials are suggested to Logan Christian Church or Logan Manor.

Flavius M. Foster Flavius M. Foster, 96, Poulsbo, died Monday, March 20, 2006. He was born Nov. 7, 1909, in Clayton.

He was married to Marie Violet Foster. She preceded him in death. He was an auto mechanic, SERVICES Cemetery. There is no visitation. Barbara Glersch, 61, Concordia, died Tuesday, April 4, 2006, in Concordia.

Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, Concordia; Inurnment in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia. Visitation will be until 9 p.m. today, with family present from 7 to 8 p.m., at ChaputBuoy Funeral Home, 325 W. Sixth, Concordia, KS 66901.

Elsie A. Thayer, 85, Bunker Hill, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at Wheatland Nursing Center, Russell. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Chapel, 610 N. Maple, Russell, KS 67665; Inurnment in Bunker Hill Cemetery.

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Survivors include three sons, Thomas Foster, Maurice Foster and Douglas Foster, all of Poulsbo; a daughter, Linda Killinger, Moses Lake, a sister, Dorothy Lawn, Norton; 14 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Dresden Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 8 a.m.

to 10 a.m. Monday at Pauls Funeral Home, 121 N. Penn, Oberlin. Memorials are suggested to Flavius M. Foster Memorial.

Samuel B. Leighton Samuel B. Leighton, 96, Lenexa, formerly of Ellis and Gove counties, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at his home. He was born Feb. 27, 1910, in rural Gove County to Grover C.

and Mae (Jones) Leighton. He attended rural Gove County schools. He married Caroline Bieker in January 1940. She preceded him in death in 1987. He was a farmer.

Survivors include two sons, Larry Leighton, Norman, and Richard Leighton, Tucson, a daughter, Jane Belden, Lenexa; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 S. Main, Quinter KS 67752; inurnment in Utica Cemetery. There is no visitation.

Memorials are suggested to Gove County Home Health and can be sent in care of the funeral home. CITY: Water line a necessity due to Shrine Bowl So far, it is unclear who will pay for the project. The Ellis County Commission is footing the bill to relocate the dispatching center at the Law Enforcement Center, and sug. gested the city might pick up the waterline cost. At the March 27 Ellis County Commission meeting, the proposal estimated the county's share of the project would be about $158,000.

"This is politics," Zimmerman said. "I think there was something with the Law Enforcement Center. This might be a way to trade it. All I want to do is get the water." The line is necessary because the Kansas Shrine Bowl will use the fairgrounds in 2007. To prepare for the activities, the fair board is paying $260,000 to connect the Gold and Schenk buildings.

With the expanded area, a sprinkler system is necessary. "I'd rather see the city pay for it," Zimmerman said. "I think CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 we're doing enough for the city this year." The project is not in the city's 2006 budget but is being considered because the Shrine Bowl will be using the fairgrounds in 2007. There is no certainty if the proposed line could provide adequate water for the facility's needs. "We're being asked to spend between a quarter and a half million dollars to provide adequate fire safety," Mayor Kent Steward said.

"It would be very foolish to do that until we're told definitively by someone that it will provide adequate fire protection." The commissioners asked Zimmerman to gather more information about the inspection requirements of the fire mar. shal. The waterline will be discussed again at the April 20 work session and is tentatively set for a vote at the April 27 meeting. A combined meeting with the Hays Recreation Commission also was postponed. The annual meeting is tentatively scheduled for May.

NEW YORK (AP) Stocks tumStocks drop left bled today investors as solid cautious employment about inflation data even as they were reassured of the as inflation economy's health. The Labor Department reported fears persist growth modestly for better March, which than-expected signaled job that the economy was moving along WASINGER: Friends remember fallen soldier CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 Stecklein was given some time alone before Wasinger's remains were loaded into a hearse, draped with a flag and taken for transport to Arlington. The rest of the family had a viewing at an Arlington funeral home a few days later. A Class A uniform was laid atop the blanket-wrapped remains. Another brother, Ron Stecklein, laid an 8-by-10 inch photograph of Wasinger in place at the top of the uniform.

"We placed Mom's picture in his pocket. The feelings 1 got, I really can't explain, but I've still got them," Stecklein said. "I never met the man, but I met him at Hawaii, he was there and now he's gone again." Catherine Wasinger Stecklein, their mother, died May 19, 2001, the same year her son's remains were located in Korea but before his remains were identified. His Victoria grandparents were Joe J. Wasinger and Anna Wasinger.

Others gathered at the VFW Hall this morning can say they did meet the man. "I went to school with him," said Theresa Braun Kuhn. "I was in school with him from first grade on." She remembers Wasinger as a "nice guy." "We were just all together. Back in those days, girls more stayed to each other." Kuhn said. She remembers finding out Wasinger had gone to join the Army, and later hearing that he was missing in action.

Later still, she learned he'd died. "I've thought about that a lot," Kuhn said. Wasinger was one of two classmates who died in military service, Kuhn said. Leroy Stang was a military pilot when he died in a plane crash on American soil, Kuhn said. Lucy Baier also remembers Wasinger from school days.

Baier said Wasinger was in her sister's class. The Victoria VFW and the Hays National Guard Battalion provided honors at Wasinger's service this morning. The VFW hosted the reception afterward. Linus Berens, post commander for the Victoria VFW, said that the organization wouldn't have missed the opportunity to do the right thing for Wasinger. "Once we found out that he was found, the post elected to have a memorial for him.

A soldier never is left," Berens said. Reporter Phyllis Zorn can be reached at (785) 628-1081, ext. 137, or by e-mail at TUITION: FHSU president says plan only a 'stop-gap solution' CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 Kiley Eisenhour, student government president at Fort Hays State University, said directing the interest back to the universities could be used to help keep student costs lower. In recent years, Regents university students have faced steep tuition hikes, ranging from around 7 percent at FHSU to up to 20 percent at some other schools, she said. "It would just relieve the burden off students a lot," said Eisenhour, a junior from Stafford "I hope that Gov.

Sebelius signs the bill." Nick Sterner, student body president at the University of Kansas, said students have been working hard for at least three years to convince legislators to make the change. "This is a big deal for us," said Sterner, a Shawnee junior. Rep. Bill Feuerborn, D-Garnett, attached the proposal last week to a bill that dealt with student tuition for those exiting the state's foster care system. The House and Senate ultimately signed off on the plan.

Governor's spokeswoman Megan Ingmire said Sebelius has not seen the bill that includes the tuition interest proposal yet. "She'll review it once it gets to her desk," Ingmire said. Fort Hays State University President Edward Hammond said the proposal would allow all the state's post-secondary institutions to have "full tuition ownership." Washburn University and the state's community colleges are already allowed to keep the interest earned off their students' tuition dollars, he said. While the plan is a step in the right direction, Hammond said tuition interest alone wouldn't provide enough money for the repairs that are needed. Estimates place FHSU's maintenance backlog at $35 million.

The institution would only bring about $500,000 in interest this year. "I think it is a stop-gap solution," Hammond said. "It's not going to come near covering the extent of the problem we've got systemwide." U.S. cutting indirect aid to Palestinians after takeover By ANNE GEARAN ASSOCIATED PRESS The proposal for affordable housing at 501 Vine by Overland Property Ventures also is being rescheduled. Other items discussed include: The future of the Martin Luther King Jr.

celebration planning committee. For the last three years, Micki Armstrong from the department of sociology and social work at Fort Hays State University served as committee chairwoman. Commissioners will decide if the city will take charge of the events at next week's meeting. The Community Development Block Grant, which will cover 50 percent of the cost for the completed Eighth Street waterline. The city will vote next week on submitting the request for reimbursement.

Reviewing the plans for the 13th Street mill and overlay. Director of public works informed the commission the project needs to be striped at the same time it is repaired. Hiring a consultant to as- Stocks at a comfortable pace. Employers added 211,000 jobs last month, above estimates for a 190,000 gain; February's number meanwhile was scaled back by 18,000. But while a 0.2 percent rise in hourly earnings lagged estimates of 0.3 percent, investors were likely worried about a tighter labor market sess the needs and design of a recreation and fitness trail.

Reviewing the progress of hiring a consultant for the Hays Regional Airport. The commission will vote next week to hire a consultant. The system enhancement right of way annexation ordinance. The system enhancement and 55th Street Main traffic way ordinance. Bids received for three cityowned properties.

The commission will vote next week on accepting or rejecting the bids. A resolution to sell the Fox Theatre to Brooks Kellogg for $101,000. The commission will vote next week to formally accept and finalize the sale. Adopting the provisions of the City Commission Rules of Procedure. Mayor Kent Steward suggested adjusting the quorum rules to make four the quorum.

Reporter Karen Mikols can be reached at (785) 628-1081, ext. 143, or by e-mail at lifting wages and driving inflation, said Michael Gregory, a senior economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns. Investors cashed in profits from an early advance following this week's runup ahead of the jobs report. "The fact that we've had some decent growth is generally good for equity markets," Gregory said. WASHINGTON The United States will cancel or suspend more than $240 million in projects aimed at assisting Palestinians out of concern that the money could go to help the new leadership of the militant Islamist movement Hamas, a senior State Department official said today.

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