Month: April 2017

Piper results

Piper High School
Girls soccer vs. KC Christian
– Varsity won 4-2
– JV won 2-0

Piper High School – forensics
– at Blue Valley (2nd place sweeps)
o POE: Alena Riley 2nd and qualified for FCI, Ariana Williams 3rd, and Chris Baumli 4th
o PRO: Isaia Wilcoxen 1st, Alena Riley 2nd and qualified for state champs, and Bailey Spencer 5th
o OO: Corey Mann 1st and qualified for FCI
o Info: Alexander Falk 4th
o Foreign Extemp: Taran Kerst 4th
o Duet Acting: Rene Evans and Ty Shelly 4th
o Humorous Interp: Ally Viera 3rd
– Bishop Miege
o Info 10: Abby Neal 1st
o Foreign Extemp: Abby Neal 2nd
o Humorous Interp: Anne Schneider 6th
o Program of Oral Interp: Jesse McCollum 6th

Piper High School – track at Ottawa
– Boys team 2nd
– Girls team 3rd
– 1st place
o Micaiah Noel – Shot put
o Emmett Lockridge – Triple jump
o JJ Letcher – Long jump
o Dalton White – 300m hurdles
o Jalen Taylor – 100m dash
o Alex Moran – 200m dash
o Girls 4x800m relay – Destiny Wilson, Madison Wright, Shelby Rome, Lexi Nigh
– 2nd place
o Emmett Lockridge – Triple jump
o Bryant Rogers – High jump
o Dalton White – 110m hurdles
o Jonathan Moon – 800m run
o JJ Letcher – 200m dash
o Olivia Ortiz – Discus
o Girls 4x400m relay – Jada Simmons, Destiny Wilson, Katrina Young, Shelby Rome
o Boys 4x800m relay – Corey Williams, Jonathan Moon, Khayree Barnes, Ronin Richardson
– 3rd place
o Owen Roellchen – 3200m run
o Cooper Beebe – Shot put
o Marcus Wallace – Pole vault
o Keegan Greenlee – 800m run
o Talia Simmons – Long jump
o Boys 4x400m relay – Josh Brown, Brendan Smith, David Holmes, Dalton White

Piper High School golf at Gardner-Edgerton (Prairie Highlands Golf Course)
– Canceled, make-up date to be announced.

– Information from Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

House fails to override Brownback veto of Medicaid expansion bill

by Meg Wingerter, Kansas News Service

A motion to override Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a bill that would expand Medicaid eligibility failed Monday in the Kansas House, 81-44. At least 84 votes were needed to override the veto and move the bill to the Senate.

The bill would have expanded Medicaid coverage to adults earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $16,640 annually for an individual.

Estimates show about 300,000 Kansans would qualify for Medicaid under the expansion, though only about half that many were expected to sign up in the first year.

Last week Gov. Sam Brownback said he vetoed the bill because it would prioritize healthy adults over those with disabilities. Some disability rights groups dispute that characterization.

Rep. Clay Aurand, a Belleville Republican, said he supported a form of expansion but thought the existing bill wasn’t specific to Kansans’ needs and concerns. In explaining his vote against the override, Aurand said he hopes House leadership will form a group to design a new plan.

“I want to tighten this up,” he said.

Supporters tried just about every argument they had used earlier in the session, including that expanding Medicaid coverage would assist struggling hospitals, draw down more federal dollars for Kansas and assist low-income people in accessing preventative care.

Rep. Linda Gallagher, a Lenexa Republican, thanked House members for voting to table the bill Thursday, allowing her to vote on it Monday. She argued it would primarily benefit working-class Kansans.

“This is not a welfare bill. This is a bill to provide health care to the working poor,” she said.

The House was three votes short of overriding the veto when it voted to pass the expansion bill, and the Senate was two votes short.

Advocates scrambled over the weekend to sway lawmakers, and a town hall meeting in Olathe became tense as expansion supporters booed legislators who opposed it.

Meg Wingerter is a reporter for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio and KMUW covering health, education and politics in Kansas. You can reach her on Twitter @MegWingerter. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org.

See more at http://kcur.org/post/house-fails-override-brownback-veto-medicaid-expansion-bill.

K-5 in Leavenworth County closed at Seven-Mile Creek because of flooding

K-5 in Leavenworth County has been closed at Seven-Mile Creek because of flooding over the roadway pavement, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation. (KDOT photo)

Update: K-5 has now reopened, according to KDOT, as flood waters have receded.

K-5 in Leavenworth County has been closed at Seven-Mile Creek because of flooding over the roadway pavement, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Drivers must use alternate routes until further notice, a KDOT spokeswoman stated. No detours are provided.

Drivers are asked not to attempt to drive through flooded or high water on roadways.