Helen L. Delay, age 83, passed away on 
Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, 
Kansas.&nbsp; She was born on November 9, 1939, in Kinsley, Kansas, the 
daughter of Theodore &amp; Elsie Spears Bernatski.&nbsp; A resident of Scott 
City, Kansas since 2016 moving from Lewis, Kansas, she was a homemaker.

On October 13, 1956, she married Dale Delay in Clayton, New Mexico.&nbsp; He passed away on November 29, 2015, in Scott City, Kansas.

Survivors include her One Son - Joe &amp; Jody Delay of Schaumburg, 
Illinois, Two Daughters - Leatrice &amp; Mike DiLoreto of Longmont, 
Colorado, Dawn &amp; Devin Hutchins of Scott City, Kansas, One Sister - 
Audrey Huffman of Sioux City, Iowa, Eight Grandchildren, and Five Great 
Grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her Parents, Husband - Dale Delay, Two 
Sisters - Dorothy Danler and Ruth Domme, and One Brother - Robert 
Bernatski.

Graveside Memorial Services will be held at a later date.

In Lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Helen Delay
 Memorial Fund in care of Price &amp; Sons Funeral Home, PO Box 553, 
Scott City, Kansas, 67871.

Inurnment will be in the Lewis Cemetery in Lewis, Kansas.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1669143250275.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Helen L. Delay, age 83, passed away on 
Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, 
Kansas.&nbsp; She was born on November 9, 1939, in Kinsley, Kansas, the 
daughter of Theodore &amp; Elsie Spears Bernatski.&nbsp; A resident of Scott 
City, Kansas since 2016 moving from Lewis, Kansas, she was a homemaker.On October 13, 1956, she married Dale Delay in Clayton, New Mexico.&nbsp; He passed away on November 29, 2015, in Scott City, Kansas.Survivors include her One Son - Joe &amp; Jody Delay of Schaumburg, 
Illinois, Two Daughters - Leatrice &amp; Mike DiLoreto of Longmont, 
Colorado, Dawn &amp; Devin Hutchins of Scott City, Kansas, One Sister - 
Audrey Huffman of Sioux City, Iowa, Eight Grandchildren, and Five Great 
Grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her Parents, Husband - Dale Delay, Two 
Sisters - Dorothy Danler and Ruth Domme, and One Brother - Robert 
Bernatski.Graveside Memorial Services will be held at a later date.In Lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Helen Delay
 Memorial Fund in care of Price &amp; Sons Funeral Home, PO Box 553, 
Scott City, Kansas, 67871.There will be no visitation times.Inurnment will be in the Lewis Cemetery in Lewis, Kansas.

Helen L. Delay

Tracey Allen West, 83, died November 10, 2022, in Colorado. Tracey was 
born January 3, 1939, in Scott City, Kansas, the second of three sons, to
 Wilson and Bessie Ellen (Sharp) West. 
Tracey attended the Amy grade school, Grades 1-8. He graduated from the 
Community High School of Lane County (1957) and the University of 
Kansas, with a BA in International Relations, Army ROTC (1961). 
Commissioned as a 2nd Lt., US Army (1961) and honorably discharged as a 
1st Lt. (1963), he served as an Area Intelligence Officer, stationed in 
Korea. Following his discharge from the Army, Tracey became a civilian 
contractor with the Defense Intelligence Agency and returned to Korea 
until his retirement in 1994. 
In his retirement years, he lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Long 
Beach, California until October 2021, when he moved to the Good 
Samaritan Society - Loveland Village, Loveland, Colorado, to be near his
 younger brother, Gary West. Tracy battled valiantly against the ravages
 of Parkinson’s disease through the last year of his life, finally 
succumbing to the effects of a massive stroke suffered November 1, 2022.
 
He passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus while under hospice care at 
the Good Sam’s Care Center. He will be interred at the Dighton Memorial 
Cemetery, Dighton, Kansas, in the family plot. At his request, there 
will be no Memorial Services.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

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 </figure>Tracey Allen West, 83, died November 10, 2022, in Colorado. Tracey was 
born January 3, 1939, in Scott City, Kansas, the second of three sons, to
 Wilson and Bessie Ellen (Sharp) West. 
Tracey attended the Amy grade school, Grades 1-8. He graduated from the 
Community High School of Lane County (1957) and the University of 
Kansas, with a BA in International Relations, Army ROTC (1961). 
Commissioned as a 2nd Lt., US Army (1961) and honorably discharged as a 
1st Lt. (1963), he served as an Area Intelligence Officer, stationed in 
Korea. Following his discharge from the Army, Tracey became a civilian 
contractor with the Defense Intelligence Agency and returned to Korea 
until his retirement in 1994. 
In his retirement years, he lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Long 
Beach, California until October 2021, when he moved to the Good 
Samaritan Society - Loveland Village, Loveland, Colorado, to be near his
 younger brother, Gary West. Tracy battled valiantly against the ravages
 of Parkinson’s disease through the last year of his life, finally 
succumbing to the effects of a massive stroke suffered November 1, 2022.
 
He passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus while under hospice care at 
the Good Sam’s Care Center. He will be interred at the Dighton Memorial 
Cemetery, Dighton, Kansas, in the family plot. At his request, there 
will be no Memorial Services.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Tracey Allen West

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man who admitted killing a teen and her boyfriend was sentenced Friday.

Dontenize L. Kelly, 24, of Wichita, was sentenced to 48 years and 10 months, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office. He was also sentenced to 35 months for a parole violation.

&nbsp;In October Kelly admitting to two counts of second-degree murder in the killings of 18-year-old Kaylah Blackmon and 17-year-old Michael Beasley.

Beasley’s body was found Feb. 1, 2021, outside an abandoned church. At the time, authorities said Blackmon might be in danger and launched a search. Her body later was found inside her SUV at a Wichita apartment complex.

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement&nbsp;authorities investigating the murder of two Kansas teens have arrested of&nbsp;22-year-old Dontenize Kelly of Wichita, according to Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsey.

On Tuesday, police alerted the public that 18-year-old Kayla Blackmon may be in danger and asked the public for help to find her SUV.&nbsp; Police found her 17-year-old boyfriend Michael Beasley deceased in the 1000 block of North Ash in Wichita on Monday.

As part of the the investigation police learned of Kelly's involvement and arrested him without incident Friday evening.

Both teens were victims of gunshot wounds and killed in Blackmon's Ford Escape, according to Wichita Police Sgt. Dan Hardy. Police have not recovered a weapon and have not determined a motive as they continue to investigate.&nbsp;

Kelly is being held&nbsp;<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20045382">on requested charges</a>&nbsp;of capital murder and a probation violation, according to Ramsey. He has previous convictions for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal possession of a weapon and for attempted aggravated robbery, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/2/1612284535821.png" alt="In Feb. of 2021, Officer Charley Davidson reported police found Blackmon's SUV" />
 <figcaption>In Feb. of 2021, Officer Charley Davidson reported police found Blackmon's SUV</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man who admitted killing a teen and her boyfriend was sentenced Friday.Dontenize L. Kelly, 24, of Wichita, was sentenced to 48 years and 10 months, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office. He was also sentenced to 35 months for a parole violation.&nbsp;In October Kelly admitting to two counts of second-degree murder in the killings of 18-year-old Kaylah Blackmon and 17-year-old Michael Beasley.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/10/1665229579077.png" alt="Kelly-photo Sedgwick County" />
 <figcaption>Kelly-photo Sedgwick County</figcaption>
 </figure>Beasley’s body was found Feb. 1, 2021, outside an abandoned church. At the time, authorities said Blackmon might be in danger and launched a search. Her body later was found inside her SUV at a Wichita apartment complex.---------SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement&nbsp;authorities investigating the murder of two Kansas teens have arrested of&nbsp;22-year-old Dontenize Kelly of Wichita, according to Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsey.On Tuesday, police alerted the public that 18-year-old Kayla Blackmon may be in danger and asked the public for help to find her SUV.&nbsp; Police found her 17-year-old boyfriend Michael Beasley deceased in the 1000 block of North Ash in Wichita on Monday.As part of the the investigation police learned of Kelly's involvement and arrested him without incident Friday evening.Both teens were victims of gunshot wounds and killed in Blackmon's Ford Escape, according to Wichita Police Sgt. Dan Hardy. Police have not recovered a weapon and have not determined a motive as they continue to investigate.&nbsp;Kelly is being held&nbsp;<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20045382">on requested charges</a>&nbsp;of capital murder and a probation violation, according to Ramsey. He has previous convictions for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal possession of a weapon and for attempted aggravated robbery, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.--------

Kansas man sentenced for death of teen and her boyfriend

Leon John Fellhoelter, 52, of Brewster, KS, died Saturday, November 19, 
2022. He was born October 11, 1970, in Hoxie, KS, to Boniface and Daisy 
(Heier) Fellhoelter. In 1989, Leon graduated from Grinnell High School 
where he was a member of the Student Council and National Honor Society.
 He then attended and graduated from the Northwest Kansas Area 
Vocational Technical School in Goodland, KS. Leon had worked for Grant 
Ostmeyer, Fellhoelter Farms, Victor Schwarz and Carpenter Cattle 
Company. 
On February 26, 2000, Leon married Lee Ann Green, in Scott City, KS. The
 couple had seven children. Leon enjoyed being active in his kids’ lives
 and doing 4-H as a family. He also served as an Ambassador for the 
Northwest Kansas Technical College and had been part of the governing 
board for the Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center. Leon was an 
active member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Angelus and later Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church in Colby. He taught CCD, was a lector and 
Eucharistic Minister. He was also a 4th Degree member of the Knights of 
Columbus, where he served in many different offices. 
Leon was preceded in death by his father Boniface and in-laws Hubert and Jeanette Green. 
He is survived by his wife Lee Ann; children, Latasha, Lyndzee, 
Lizabeth, Libertee, Leigha, Lucille and Lakeen; mother Daisy; siblings, 
Charles (Penny) Fellhoelter, Marilyn (Dreux) Schwaiger, Patricia (Leon) 
Heinen, Stephen (Laura) Fellhoelter and Linda (Kurt) Spachek and many 
nieces and nephews. 
Visitation is 5-7:00 p.m., with a Vigil at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 
22, 2022, at Baalmann Mortuary, Colby. Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. 
Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Angelus, with
 burial in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to The L Kids, St.
 Paul Catholic Church or Sacred Heart Catholic Church and sent in care 
of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701.

For information or 
condolences, visit www.baalmannmortuary.com.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

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 </figure>Leon John Fellhoelter, 52, of Brewster, KS, died Saturday, November 19, 
2022. He was born October 11, 1970, in Hoxie, KS, to Boniface and Daisy 
(Heier) Fellhoelter. In 1989, Leon graduated from Grinnell High School 
where he was a member of the Student Council and National Honor Society.
 He then attended and graduated from the Northwest Kansas Area 
Vocational Technical School in Goodland, KS. Leon had worked for Grant 
Ostmeyer, Fellhoelter Farms, Victor Schwarz and Carpenter Cattle 
Company. 
On February 26, 2000, Leon married Lee Ann Green, in Scott City, KS. The
 couple had seven children. Leon enjoyed being active in his kids’ lives
 and doing 4-H as a family. He also served as an Ambassador for the 
Northwest Kansas Technical College and had been part of the governing 
board for the Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center. Leon was an 
active member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Angelus and later Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church in Colby. He taught CCD, was a lector and 
Eucharistic Minister. He was also a 4th Degree member of the Knights of 
Columbus, where he served in many different offices. 
Leon was preceded in death by his father Boniface and in-laws Hubert and Jeanette Green. 
He is survived by his wife Lee Ann; children, Latasha, Lyndzee, 
Lizabeth, Libertee, Leigha, Lucille and Lakeen; mother Daisy; siblings, 
Charles (Penny) Fellhoelter, Marilyn (Dreux) Schwaiger, Patricia (Leon) 
Heinen, Stephen (Laura) Fellhoelter and Linda (Kurt) Spachek and many 
nieces and nephews. 
Visitation is 5-7:00 p.m., with a Vigil at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 
22, 2022, at Baalmann Mortuary, Colby. Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. 
Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Angelus, with
 burial in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to The L Kids, St.
 Paul Catholic Church or Sacred Heart Catholic Church and sent in care 
of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. For information or 
condolences, visit www.baalmannmortuary.com.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Leon John Fellhoelter

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory.

Musk made the announcement in the evening after holding a poll that asked Twitter users to click “yes” or “no” on whether Trump's account should be restored. The “yes” vote won, with 51.8%.

“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted, using a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people, the voice of God.”

Shortly afterward Trump's account, which had earlier appeared as suspended, reappeared on the platform complete with his former tweets, more than 59,000 of them. However his followers were gone, at least initially.

It is not clear whether Trump would actually return to Twitter. An irrepressible tweeter before he was banned, Trump has said in the past that he would not rejoin even if his account was reinstated. He has been relying on his own, much smaller social media site, Truth Social, which he launched after being blocked from Twitter.

And on Saturday, during a video speech to a Republican Jewish group meeting in Las Vegas, Trump said that he was aware of Musk’s poll but that he saw “a lot of problems at Twitter,” according to Bloomberg.

“I hear we’re getting a big vote to also go back on Twitter. I don’t see it because I don’t see any reason for it,” Trump was quoted as saying by Bloomberg. “It may make it, it may not make it,” he added, apparently referring to Twitter's recent internal upheavals.

The prospect of restoring Trump's presence to the platform follows Musk's purchase last month of Twitter — an acquisition that has fanned widespread concern that the billionaire owner will allow purveyors of lies and misinformation to flourish on the site. Musk has frequently expressed his belief that Twitter had become too restrictive of freewheeling speech.

His efforts to reshape the site have been both swift and chaotic. Musk has fired many of the company’s 7,500 full-time workers and an untold number of contractors who are responsible for content moderation and other crucial responsibilities. His demand that remaining employees pledge to “extremely hardcore” work triggered a wave of resignations, including hundreds of software engineers.

Users have reported seeing increased spam and scams on their feeds and in their direct messages, among other glitches, in the aftermath of the mass layoffs and worker exodus. Some programmers who were fired or resigned this week warned that Twitter&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-sports-d9217e91f876794bd7816013fbbc8cbb">may soon fray so badly it could actually crash.</a>

Musk's&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593767953706921985">online survey</a>, which ran for 24 hours before ending Saturday evening, concluded with 51.8% of more than 15 million votes favoring the restoration of Trump's Twitter' account. It comes four days after Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency in 2024.

Trump lost his access to Twitter two days after his supporters stormed the Capitol, soon after the former president had exhorted them to “fight like hell." Twitter dropped his account after Trump wrote a pair of tweets that the company said cast further doubts on the legitimacy of the presidential election and raised risks for the Biden presidential inauguration.

After the Jan. 6 attack, Trump was also kicked off Facebook and Instagram, which are owned by Meta Platforms, and Snapchat. His ability to post videos to his YouTube channel was also suspended. Facebook is set to reconsider Trump’s account suspension in January.

Throughout his tenure as president, Trump’s use of social media posed a significant challenge to major social media platforms that sought to balance the public’s interest in hearing from public officials with worries about misinformation, bigotry, harassment and incitement of violence.

But in a speech at an auto conference in May, Musk asserted that Twitter's ban of Trump was a “morally bad decision” and “foolish in the extreme.”

Earlier this month, Musk, who completed the $44 billion takeover of Twitter in late October, declared that the company wouldn't let anyone who had been kicked off the site return until Twitter had established procedures on how to do so, including forming a “content moderation council.”

On Friday, Musk tweeted that the suspended Twitter accounts for the comedian Kathy Griffin, the Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and the conservative Christian news satire website Babylon Bee had been reinstated. He added that a decision on Trump had not yet been made. He also responded “no” when someone on Twitter asked him to reinstate the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ account.

In a tweet Friday, the Tesla CEO described the company’s new content policy as “freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.”

He explained that a tweet deemed to be “negative” or to include “hate” would be allowed on the site but would be visible only to users who specifically searched for it. Such tweets also would be “demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter,” Musk said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory.Musk made the announcement in the evening after holding a poll that asked Twitter users to click “yes” or “no” on whether Trump's account should be restored. The “yes” vote won, with 51.8%.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei. <a href="https://t.co/jmkhFuyfkv">https://t.co/jmkhFuyfkv</a>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1594131768298315777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted, using a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people, the voice of God.”Shortly afterward Trump's account, which had earlier appeared as suspended, reappeared on the platform complete with his former tweets, more than 59,000 of them. However his followers were gone, at least initially.It is not clear whether Trump would actually return to Twitter. An irrepressible tweeter before he was banned, Trump has said in the past that he would not rejoin even if his account was reinstated. He has been relying on his own, much smaller social media site, Truth Social, which he launched after being blocked from Twitter.And on Saturday, during a video speech to a Republican Jewish group meeting in Las Vegas, Trump said that he was aware of Musk’s poll but that he saw “a lot of problems at Twitter,” according to Bloomberg.“I hear we’re getting a big vote to also go back on Twitter. I don’t see it because I don’t see any reason for it,” Trump was quoted as saying by Bloomberg. “It may make it, it may not make it,” he added, apparently referring to Twitter's recent internal upheavals.The prospect of restoring Trump's presence to the platform follows Musk's purchase last month of Twitter — an acquisition that has fanned widespread concern that the billionaire owner will allow purveyors of lies and misinformation to flourish on the site. Musk has frequently expressed his belief that Twitter had become too restrictive of freewheeling speech.His efforts to reshape the site have been both swift and chaotic. Musk has fired many of the company’s 7,500 full-time workers and an untold number of contractors who are responsible for content moderation and other crucial responsibilities. His demand that remaining employees pledge to “extremely hardcore” work triggered a wave of resignations, including hundreds of software engineers.Users have reported seeing increased spam and scams on their feeds and in their direct messages, among other glitches, in the aftermath of the mass layoffs and worker exodus. Some programmers who were fired or resigned this week warned that Twitter&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-sports-d9217e91f876794bd7816013fbbc8cbb">may soon fray so badly it could actually crash.</a>Musk's&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593767953706921985">online survey</a>, which ran for 24 hours before ending Saturday evening, concluded with 51.8% of more than 15 million votes favoring the restoration of Trump's Twitter' account. It comes four days after Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency in 2024.Trump lost his access to Twitter two days after his supporters stormed the Capitol, soon after the former president had exhorted them to “fight like hell." Twitter dropped his account after Trump wrote a pair of tweets that the company said cast further doubts on the legitimacy of the presidential election and raised risks for the Biden presidential inauguration.After the Jan. 6 attack, Trump was also kicked off Facebook and Instagram, which are owned by Meta Platforms, and Snapchat. His ability to post videos to his YouTube channel was also suspended. Facebook is set to reconsider Trump’s account suspension in January.Throughout his tenure as president, Trump’s use of social media posed a significant challenge to major social media platforms that sought to balance the public’s interest in hearing from public officials with worries about misinformation, bigotry, harassment and incitement of violence.But in a speech at an auto conference in May, Musk asserted that Twitter's ban of Trump was a “morally bad decision” and “foolish in the extreme.”Earlier this month, Musk, who completed the $44 billion takeover of Twitter in late October, declared that the company wouldn't let anyone who had been kicked off the site return until Twitter had established procedures on how to do so, including forming a “content moderation council.”On Friday, Musk tweeted that the suspended Twitter accounts for the comedian Kathy Griffin, the Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and the conservative Christian news satire website Babylon Bee had been reinstated. He added that a decision on Trump had not yet been made. He also responded “no” when someone on Twitter asked him to reinstate the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ account.In a tweet Friday, the Tesla CEO described the company’s new content policy as “freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.”He explained that a tweet deemed to be “negative” or to include “hate” would be allowed on the site but would be visible only to users who specifically searched for it. Such tweets also would be “demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter,” Musk said.

Musk restores Trump's Twitter account after online poll

NCK Tech Foundation has announced its first two Hall of Fame awards at our Beloit and Hays Campuses that were bestowed during Founders’ Week (Nov. 14 to 18). NCK Tech honored a former instructor and administrator who was one of the first employees of the College in Beloit and honored a key benefactor who helped establish our NCK Tech Hays Campus in 1980.

The roots of North Central Kansas Technical College and all other vocational-technical schools in Kansas were established when Senate Bill 438 passed the Kansas&nbsp;legislature in 1963.&nbsp;In November 1963, Beloit was authorized as one of only six&nbsp;vocational-technical schools in the state at that time, the&nbsp;smallest community to receive such a school.

The start of 1964 saw the city of Beloit with the foundation&nbsp;of a vocational school, but what appeared to be the impossible&nbsp;task of preparing to offer classes in only a few short months.&nbsp;By mid-April, 1964 the first step had been taken to remedy this situation when the first of four instructors committed to join the&nbsp;faculty.&nbsp;Bob Severance, a young vocational agriculture teacher at Simpson High School, was the first person to sign a contract.

Although recruited as a vocational agriculture and welding instructor during the tech school's first days, Severance soon&nbsp;found himself with different duties. Besides teaching production&nbsp;ag and welding, Severance devoted much of his time to public&nbsp;relations during the formative years of the school.&nbsp;His appointment as director (president) in 1967 would span the next quarter-&nbsp;century of the school's existence, and his vision and guidance are&nbsp;evident in nearly every phase of its growth.&nbsp;Bob&nbsp;served in that capacity until his retirement in 1992.

“As a strong supporter of NCK Tech from day one, Bob Severance has paved the way for other Trailblazers over the years. Education and the development of skills in our future workforce has truly been his passion in life and NCK Tech and the community of Beloit have benefitted from years of Bob’s leadership,” said NCK Tech President Eric Burks.

In 1980,&nbsp;St. Anthony's Hospital donated 25 acres for use of the Hays NCK Technical College campus of which Leo J. and Albina Dreiling were instrumental in securing this donation. A few months later, in October 1980, Leo J. and&nbsp;Albina Dreiling made a gift to the school of&nbsp;$100,000 to be used specifically for bringing sewer, electrical,&nbsp;gas and water hook-ups to the newly-established campus. At the same time the campus layout for the Hays satellite location was accepted.&nbsp;

The Leo J. and Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust was&nbsp;instrumental in the success of the expansion of technical programs on the Hays Campus by providing a&nbsp;$25,000 donation in 1985 to pay the cost of remodeling the former carpentry building for use by the licensed practical nursing and&nbsp;applied data processing departments. The&nbsp;Dreiling’s&nbsp;were also influential in a variety of fundraising campaigns for the College as well.

“During their lifetimes, Leo J. and Albina Dreiling were gracious and benevolent people. They would be extremely proud to know that their tradition of supporting important community projects is being continued by the current Trustees of the Dreiling Charitable Trust. The names Leo J. and Albina Dreiling adorn many buildings and programs in this area. Their kind and sincere involvement with projects&nbsp;havemade Hays a better place to learn, work and live,” said NCK Tech President Eric Burks.

Kraig Gross accepted the award in honor of his grandparents.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668797816874.png" alt="Kraig Gross and Eric Burks" />
 <figcaption>Kraig Gross and Eric Burks</figcaption>
 </figure>NCK TechNCK Tech Foundation has announced its first two Hall of Fame awards at our Beloit and Hays Campuses that were bestowed during Founders’ Week (Nov. 14 to 18). NCK Tech honored a former instructor and administrator who was one of the first employees of the College in Beloit and honored a key benefactor who helped establish our NCK Tech Hays Campus in 1980.The roots of North Central Kansas Technical College and all other vocational-technical schools in Kansas were established when Senate Bill 438 passed the Kansas&nbsp;legislature in 1963.&nbsp;In November 1963, Beloit was authorized as one of only six&nbsp;vocational-technical schools in the state at that time, the&nbsp;smallest community to receive such a school.The start of 1964 saw the city of Beloit with the foundation&nbsp;of a vocational school, but what appeared to be the impossible&nbsp;task of preparing to offer classes in only a few short months.&nbsp;By mid-April, 1964 the first step had been taken to remedy this situation when the first of four instructors committed to join the&nbsp;faculty.&nbsp;Bob Severance, a young vocational agriculture teacher at Simpson High School, was the first person to sign a contract.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668797922187.jpeg" alt="Severance and Burks" />
 <figcaption>Severance and Burks</figcaption>
 </figure>Although recruited as a vocational agriculture and welding instructor during the tech school's first days, Severance soon&nbsp;found himself with different duties. Besides teaching production&nbsp;ag and welding, Severance devoted much of his time to public&nbsp;relations during the formative years of the school.&nbsp;His appointment as director (president) in 1967 would span the next quarter-&nbsp;century of the school's existence, and his vision and guidance are&nbsp;evident in nearly every phase of its growth.&nbsp;Bob&nbsp;served in that capacity until his retirement in 1992.“As a strong supporter of NCK Tech from day one, Bob Severance has paved the way for other Trailblazers over the years. Education and the development of skills in our future workforce has truly been his passion in life and NCK Tech and the community of Beloit have benefitted from years of Bob’s leadership,” said NCK Tech President Eric Burks.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668797938621.jpeg" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>In 1980,&nbsp;St. Anthony's Hospital donated 25 acres for use of the Hays NCK Technical College campus of which Leo J. and Albina Dreiling were instrumental in securing this donation. A few months later, in October 1980, Leo J. and&nbsp;Albina Dreiling made a gift to the school of&nbsp;$100,000 to be used specifically for bringing sewer, electrical,&nbsp;gas and water hook-ups to the newly-established campus. At the same time the campus layout for the Hays satellite location was accepted.&nbsp;The Leo J. and Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust was&nbsp;instrumental in the success of the expansion of technical programs on the Hays Campus by providing a&nbsp;$25,000 donation in 1985 to pay the cost of remodeling the former carpentry building for use by the licensed practical nursing and&nbsp;applied data processing departments. The&nbsp;Dreiling’s&nbsp;were also influential in a variety of fundraising campaigns for the College as well.“During their lifetimes, Leo J. and Albina Dreiling were gracious and benevolent people. They would be extremely proud to know that their tradition of supporting important community projects is being continued by the current Trustees of the Dreiling Charitable Trust. The names Leo J. and Albina Dreiling adorn many buildings and programs in this area. Their kind and sincere involvement with projects&nbsp;havemade Hays a better place to learn, work and live,” said NCK Tech President Eric Burks.Kraig Gross accepted the award in honor of his grandparents.

Dreilings among inaugural NCK Tech Hall of Fame class

Darrell Allen Jones, 88, passed away on November 15, 2022, in Colby, 
Kansas. He was born on October 2, 1934, in WaKeeney, Kansas, in Trego 
County. He was the son of William Jennings Jones and Ethyl Belle 
(Gordon) Jones.

Darrell Jones married Mary Kayleene Pierce on July 19, 1958, at the Catholic Church in Hill City, Kansas.

Darrell
 served in the United States Army as a paratrooper. Mr. Jones graduated 
from Hill City Memorial High School in Hill City, Kansas. He received 
his associate of science degree from Garden City Community College in 
Garden City, Kansas. Also, Darrell received his bachelor’s and master’s 
degrees from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.

Mr. Jones
 worked as a shoeshine boy, service station attendant, roofer, farm 
laborer, tire repair technician, policeman, deputy sheriff, teacher, 
principal, superintendent of schools and as an athletic coach.

Surviving
 family members are two sons, Barton Allen Jones of Bladen, Nebraska and
 Charles Curtis Jones of Phoenix, Arizona; and one daughter Colette 
Wahlmeier of Kansas City, Kansas; five grandchildren: Christopher Andrew
 Jones, Simon Alexander Jones, Michael Aaron Jones, Mary Tessa 
Wahlmeier, Walter Keegan Wahlmeier, and one great grandchild.

Darrell
 was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mary Kayleene Jones; six 
brothers: James W., Leslie M., Arthur R., Leonard W., Francis E., and an
 infant brother, Lester M.; five sisters: Mary E. Lofstead, Maude E. 
Staples, Ada B. Tomanek, Arbutus L. Persinger, and an infant sister, 
Wanda Mae Jones.

Visitation will be Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 
from 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, Kansas.  
Graveside service will be Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 11am. at the 
Mount Allen Cemetery in Hays, Kansas. 

Memorial contributions may be made
 to the Oberlin Elementary School.  Condolences can be left at 
www.paulsfh.com.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668806834516.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Darrell Allen Jones, 88, passed away on November 15, 2022, in Colby, 
Kansas. He was born on October 2, 1934, in WaKeeney, Kansas, in Trego 
County. He was the son of William Jennings Jones and Ethyl Belle 
(Gordon) Jones.Darrell Jones married Mary Kayleene Pierce on July 19, 1958, at the Catholic Church in Hill City, Kansas.Darrell
 served in the United States Army as a paratrooper. Mr. Jones graduated 
from Hill City Memorial High School in Hill City, Kansas. He received 
his associate of science degree from Garden City Community College in 
Garden City, Kansas. Also, Darrell received his bachelor’s and master’s 
degrees from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.Mr. Jones
 worked as a shoeshine boy, service station attendant, roofer, farm 
laborer, tire repair technician, policeman, deputy sheriff, teacher, 
principal, superintendent of schools and as an athletic coach.Surviving
 family members are two sons, Barton Allen Jones of Bladen, Nebraska and
 Charles Curtis Jones of Phoenix, Arizona; and one daughter Colette 
Wahlmeier of Kansas City, Kansas; five grandchildren: Christopher Andrew
 Jones, Simon Alexander Jones, Michael Aaron Jones, Mary Tessa 
Wahlmeier, Walter Keegan Wahlmeier, and one great grandchild.Darrell
 was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mary Kayleene Jones; six 
brothers: James W., Leslie M., Arthur R., Leonard W., Francis E., and an
 infant brother, Lester M.; five sisters: Mary E. Lofstead, Maude E. 
Staples, Ada B. Tomanek, Arbutus L. Persinger, and an infant sister, 
Wanda Mae Jones.Visitation will be Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 
from 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, Kansas. 
Graveside service will be Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 11am. at the 
Mount Allen Cemetery in Hays, Kansas. Memorial contributions may be made
 to the Oberlin Elementary School. Condolences can be left at 
www.paulsfh.com.

Darrell Allen Jones

Milton J. Dinges, 85, Hays, died Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at Miles Memory Care in Papillion, Nebraska.

He was born January 2, 1937, in 
Schoenchen the son of Isidore “Issy” and Loretta (Werth) Dinges.&nbsp;&nbsp;In 
1955, he graduated from Schoenchen High School.&nbsp;&nbsp;On October 18, 1958, he
 was united in marriage to Gladys M. Werth in Schoenchen, and they 
celebrated 64 years of marriage.&nbsp;&nbsp;Milton served in the U.S. Army from 
1959 to 1962. &nbsp;He was a part-time farmer and traveling salesman.&nbsp;&nbsp;Milt 
and Gladys owned a commercial lighting business for most of his 
career.&nbsp;&nbsp;His memberships included St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, 
the Schoenchen Third Degree Knights of Columbus Council #4166, and the 
Bishop Cunningham Fourth Degree Assembly #282.&nbsp;&nbsp;Milton was a fun-loving,
 kind man who didn’t know a stranger and had the biggest heart.&nbsp;&nbsp;He 
loved golf, playing cards, dancing, scotch, and his family.&nbsp;

Survivors include his wife Gladys of 
Hays, a son: Dale Dinges of Hays, a daughter: Deanna Hanquist and 
husband Brant of Papillion, NE, a brother: Thomas Dinges and wife Susan 
of Schoenchen, a sister: Pam Basgall and significant other Vern Dreiling
 of Schoenchen, a grandson: Dalen Hanquist and wife Bernadette of 
Ottawa, Canada, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his 
parents, his sister: Rosanne Bieker and husband Kenny, and three young 
sisters, Bernita, Thelma, and Mary Jane Dinges.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 
10:00 am on Friday, December 2, 2022, at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic 
Church in Hays, with Fr. Damian Richards officiating.&nbsp;&nbsp;Inurnment with 
military honors by the Hays VFW Post #9076 Honor Guard will follow in 
St. Anthony Cemetery in Schoenchen.&nbsp;&nbsp;Visitation will be from 5:00 pm 
until 8:00 on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral
 Home and from 9:00 am until service time on Friday at the church.&nbsp;&nbsp;A 
St. Anthony Altar Society Christian Mothers rosary will be at 5:30 pm, a
 vigil service will be at 6:00 pm, followed by a combined Third and 
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus rosary, all on Thursday, December 1 at
 the funeral home.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Memorials are suggested to the Schoenchen&nbsp;Knights of
 Columbus Council #4166 Tootsie Roll Drive.&nbsp;&nbsp;Condolences and memories of
 Milton may be shared with his family at <a href="http://www.haysmemorial.com">www.haysmemorial.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668803852485.jpeg" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Milton J. Dinges, 85, Hays, died Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at Miles Memory Care in Papillion, Nebraska.He was born January 2, 1937, in 
Schoenchen the son of Isidore “Issy” and Loretta (Werth) Dinges.&nbsp;&nbsp;In 
1955, he graduated from Schoenchen High School.&nbsp;&nbsp;On October 18, 1958, he
 was united in marriage to Gladys M. Werth in Schoenchen, and they 
celebrated 64 years of marriage.&nbsp;&nbsp;Milton served in the U.S. Army from 
1959 to 1962. &nbsp;He was a part-time farmer and traveling salesman.&nbsp;&nbsp;Milt 
and Gladys owned a commercial lighting business for most of his 
career.&nbsp;&nbsp;His memberships included St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, 
the Schoenchen Third Degree Knights of Columbus Council #4166, and the 
Bishop Cunningham Fourth Degree Assembly #282.&nbsp;&nbsp;Milton was a fun-loving,
 kind man who didn’t know a stranger and had the biggest heart.&nbsp;&nbsp;He 
loved golf, playing cards, dancing, scotch, and his family.&nbsp;Survivors include his wife Gladys of 
Hays, a son: Dale Dinges of Hays, a daughter: Deanna Hanquist and 
husband Brant of Papillion, NE, a brother: Thomas Dinges and wife Susan 
of Schoenchen, a sister: Pam Basgall and significant other Vern Dreiling
 of Schoenchen, a grandson: Dalen Hanquist and wife Bernadette of 
Ottawa, Canada, and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his 
parents, his sister: Rosanne Bieker and husband Kenny, and three young 
sisters, Bernita, Thelma, and Mary Jane Dinges.Mass of Christian Burial will be at 
10:00 am on Friday, December 2, 2022, at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic 
Church in Hays, with Fr. Damian Richards officiating.&nbsp;&nbsp;Inurnment with 
military honors by the Hays VFW Post #9076 Honor Guard will follow in 
St. Anthony Cemetery in Schoenchen.&nbsp;&nbsp;Visitation will be from 5:00 pm 
until 8:00 on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral
 Home and from 9:00 am until service time on Friday at the church.&nbsp;&nbsp;A 
St. Anthony Altar Society Christian Mothers rosary will be at 5:30 pm, a
 vigil service will be at 6:00 pm, followed by a combined Third and 
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus rosary, all on Thursday, December 1 at
 the funeral home.&nbsp;&nbsp;Memorials are suggested to the Schoenchen&nbsp;Knights of
 Columbus Council #4166 Tootsie Roll Drive.&nbsp;&nbsp;Condolences and memories of
 Milton may be shared with his family at <a href="http://www.haysmemorial.com">www.haysmemorial.com</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Milton J. Dinges

Preliminary estimates reported by the Labor Market Information Services division of the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a&nbsp;seasonally adjusted unemployment rate&nbsp;of 2.8 percent in October. This was an increase from 2.6% in September and a decrease from 2.9 percent in October 2021.

“The Kansas unemployment rate increased to 2.8 percent in October,” said Secretary Amber Shultz. "Even with this increase, the unemployment rate remains below pre-pandemic levels."

The jobless rate in Ellis County rose slightly, from 1.9 percent in September to 2 percent in October. Every county in northwest Kansas posted an unemployment rate below 3 percent, with several below 2 percent.

Seasonally adjusted job estimates for Kansas indicate total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 8,500 from September. Total nonfarm includes private sector and government employers.&nbsp;Private sector jobs&nbsp;increased by 8,000 over the month, while government increased by 500.

“Kansas private sector job estimates showed strong growth over the month adding 8,000 jobs,” said Labor Economist Nathan Kessler. “The industries leading this growth include leisure and hospitality and professional and business services, both contributing 2,000 jobs. Over the year private sector jobs have increased by 3.4 percent.”

Since October 2021 Kansas'&nbsp;seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs&nbsp;have increased by 40,500. This change is due to an increase of 38,700 private sector jobs and an increase of 1,800 government jobs.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668790962396.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Preliminary estimates reported by the Labor Market Information Services division of the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a&nbsp;seasonally adjusted unemployment rate&nbsp;of 2.8 percent in October. This was an increase from 2.6% in September and a decrease from 2.9 percent in October 2021.“The Kansas unemployment rate increased to 2.8 percent in October,” said Secretary Amber Shultz. "Even with this increase, the unemployment rate remains below pre-pandemic levels."The jobless rate in Ellis County rose slightly, from 1.9 percent in September to 2 percent in October. Every county in northwest Kansas posted an unemployment rate below 3 percent, with several below 2 percent.Seasonally adjusted job estimates for Kansas indicate total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 8,500 from September. Total nonfarm includes private sector and government employers.&nbsp;Private sector jobs&nbsp;increased by 8,000 over the month, while government increased by 500.“Kansas private sector job estimates showed strong growth over the month adding 8,000 jobs,” said Labor Economist Nathan Kessler. “The industries leading this growth include leisure and hospitality and professional and business services, both contributing 2,000 jobs. Over the year private sector jobs have increased by 3.4 percent.”Since October 2021 Kansas'&nbsp;seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs&nbsp;have increased by 40,500. This change is due to an increase of 38,700 private sector jobs and an increase of 1,800 government jobs.

Ellis County unemployment rate 2 percent in October

RILEY COUNTY—A Riley County teen arrested in connection with a burglary has&nbsp; been charged with an additional count each of criminal damage to property and burglary, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report.

Just after 2a.m. Thursday, officers responded to a business alarm at Casey's in the 300 block of Riley Avenue in Ogden, according to police.

&nbsp;A window was broken out, around $1,200 loss, and approximately $1,800 worth of tobacco products were stolen.&nbsp; Police used a K9 to help them catch 16-year-old Estevan Rochin of Ogden in the 200 block of 16th Street in Ogden.

Rochin is also charged with an additional count each of criminal damage to property and burglary in connection to an October 27, 2022 break-in at the convenience store where a window was broken out, around $1,200 and $1,500 worth of tobacco products were stolen.

 He is also charged with an additional count each of criminal damage to property and attempted burglary in connection to an October 26, 2022 attempted break-in at the Ogden Valero. A window and door were damaged in an attempt to enter the business, this resulted in an approximate total loss of $1,750. 

After Thursday's arrest, Rochin was processed by juvenile intake and released to a guardian.

RILEY COUNTY—A Riley County teen arrested in connection with a burglary has&nbsp; been charged with an additional count each of criminal damage to property and burglary, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report.Just after 2a.m. Thursday, officers responded to a business alarm at Casey's in the 300 block of Riley Avenue in Ogden, according to police.&nbsp;A window was broken out, around $1,200 loss, and approximately $1,800 worth of tobacco products were stolen.&nbsp; Police used a K9 to help them catch 16-year-old Estevan Rochin of Ogden in the 200 block of 16th Street in Ogden.Rochin is also charged with an additional count each of criminal damage to property and burglary in connection to an October 27, 2022 break-in at the convenience store where a window was broken out, around $1,200 and $1,500 worth of tobacco products were stolen. He is also charged with an additional count each of criminal damage to property and attempted burglary in connection to an October 26, 2022 attempted break-in at the Ogden Valero. A window and door were damaged in an attempt to enter the business, this resulted in an approximate total loss of $1,750. After Thursday's arrest, Rochin was processed by juvenile intake and released to a guardian.----------

Kan. teen captured after burglary is linked to additional crimes

By ELIZABETH SCALA <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-i-teach-a-course-connecting-taylor-swifts-songs-to-the-works-of-shakespeare-hitchcock-and-plath-194120">The Conversation</a>

Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

This class is part of a group of introductory English offerings that 
focus on basic methods of literary analysis and research. It fulfills 
different requirements for potential English majors and the general 
student population, so I am always looking for news ways to engage them.

For a few years, I taught it as a Harry Potter course. I introduced 
students to classic British literature by exploring the Romantic and 
medieval literary traditions present in the novel. 

But earlier this year, I realized I was bored. I had been listening 
to a lot of Taylor Swift with my college-aged daughter, who had been 
home for a year during the pandemic. Swift had recently released “<a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version/">Red (Taylor’s Version)</a>.”

Listening to her track “<a href="https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-reacts-to-all-too-well-song-of-the-year-grammy-nomination/">All Too Well</a>”
 was my epiphany. Swift’s vivid imagery and emotionally gripping detail 
had all the markings of a great narrative poem. She writes the song in a
 way that mirrors the recursions of memory. Her verses become 
increasingly strong and build upon each other once she starts 
remembering the past. At the same time, the song’s imagery moves from 
fall to winter as she reflects upon the relationship’s beginning and 
frosty end.

This course pairs Taylor Swift songs with a number of poems, along with a play, a novel and a film.

The semester began with the pairing of Swift’s songs with Renaissance
 love poetry. One class analyzing the metaphors, similes and colors in 
the song “Red” turned, a week or so later, into an exploration of 
Shakespeare’s use of similar colors in his famous sonnet 73: “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45099/sonnet-73-that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold">That time of year thou mayst in me behold</a>.”

Shakespeare, meanwhile, begins his sonnet 73 with “That time of year 
thou mayst in me behold / When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang,”
 before pointing to the oranges of autumn’s “sunset [that] fadeth in the
 west” and “the glowing of such fire / That on the ashes of his youth 
doth lie.”

Where Swift moves from cool tones to “burning red,” Shakespeare moves
 through increasingly warm tones: from yellow, to orange, to red. But 
both move toward an intensity of color and heat.

Some couplings are obvious. For instance, Swift’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzVF3XeS8M">Love Story</a>” mentions the title characters of Shakespeare’s “<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1513/1513-h/1513-h.htm">Romeo and Juliet</a>” – “Romeo save me, I’ve been feeling so alone.”

Others might come as more of a surprise: I paired Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/olivia-laing-on-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca-80-years-on">Rebecca</a>,” which Alfred Hitchcock <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976/">adapted for the silver screen</a> in 1940, with Swift’s song “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5xdY6MCeI">the last great american dynasty</a>.”

Centering on a scandalous woman named Rebecca – or Rebekah, in 
Swift’s song – the song, novel and film explore the relations of mad 
women and madwomen, the tenuous line between anger and craziness. It’s a
 theme Swift hits on in a number of songs, from her 2019 track “<a href="https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-the-man-lyrics">The Man</a>” to 2020’s “<a href="https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-mad-woman-lyrics">mad woman</a>,” which I paired with Sylvia Plath’s poem “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus">Lady Lazarus</a>.”

I think this course tapped into the zeitgeist in ways I couldn’t have
 imagined when I first dreamed it up. Of course, Swift’s music is 
popular, and she has long had a devoted following. But the October 2022 
release of her <a href="https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-midnights-breaks-records-streaming-sales-charts">record-breaking</a> album “<a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-midnights/">Midnights</a>”
 has only made the course seem more relevant to students’ interests. As a
 class, we spent time exploring the ways tracks on “Midnights” revisited
 themes and writing strategies that appeared in Swift’s earlier songs.

What’s a critical lesson from the course?

Analyzing Swift’s writing will hopefully help my students recognize 
how certain poetic and literary devices operate in older texts – as much
 as those same books and poems from the past help them appreciate 
Swift’s art at a deeper level. They seem especially eager to engage with
 older materials, like Renaissance seduction poetry and black and white 
film, when they can see traces of the same artistic techniques in the 
music videos and songs they watch and listen to today.

Swift’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Taylor_Swift">award-winning songwriting</a> is attached to an English and American literary past in both obvious and more subtle ways. <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/taylor-swift-is-new-face-of-reading/">An avid reader herself</a>,
 Swift deploys forms – like metaphors, conceits and structures – that 
are part of a shared literary heritage that students might otherwise 
find old-fashioned and irrelevant.

Far from diminishing the value of Swift’s writing, tracing its 
connection to the literary greats shores up her authority as a creative 
artist. Swift, like all artists, is part of a <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-bob-dylan-used-the-ancient-practice-of-imitatio-to-craft-some-of-the-most-original-songs-of-his-time-187052">great tradition</a>, and she calls upon it to create new works.

Adam Bradley, “<a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248326/the-poetry-of-pop/">The Poetry of Pop</a>,” 2019

Alfred Hitchcock, “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976/">Rebecca</a>,” 1940

Taylor Swift, “<a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-folklore/">folkore</a>,” 2020

What will the course prepare students to do?

This course has rather modest ambitions. It prepares careful and 
critical readers, as well as articulate writers and researchers. 

It pays attention to what language denotes at the surface and what it
 carries around with it in its connotations and associations. It teaches
 students about those features, using the Oxford English Dictionary as a
 research tool to probe linguistic origin, register and usage beyond 
what a term literally means.

While delivering New York University’s 2022 commencement speech, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBG50aoUwlI">Swift urged the graduating seniors</a> to embrace their enthusiasms and be unafraid to explore their interests.

Finding a way to tap into students’ enthusiasm for Swift, and tie her
 songwriting to literary methodologies, is my version of following her 
lead.

Elizabeth Scala is a Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts.

By ELIZABETH SCALA <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-i-teach-a-course-connecting-taylor-swifts-songs-to-the-works-of-shakespeare-hitchcock-and-plath-194120">The Conversation</a>Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. <h2>Title of course:</h2>“The Taylor Swift Songbook”<h2>What prompted the idea for the course?</h2>This class is part of a group of introductory English offerings that 
focus on basic methods of literary analysis and research. It fulfills 
different requirements for potential English majors and the general 
student population, so I am always looking for news ways to engage them.For a few years, I taught it as a Harry Potter course. I introduced 
students to classic British literature by exploring the Romantic and 
medieval literary traditions present in the novel. But earlier this year, I realized I was bored. I had been listening 
to a lot of Taylor Swift with my college-aged daughter, who had been 
home for a year during the pandemic. Swift had recently released “<a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version/">Red (Taylor’s Version)</a>.” Listening to her track “<a href="https://people.com/music/taylor-swift-reacts-to-all-too-well-song-of-the-year-grammy-nomination/">All Too Well</a>”
 was my epiphany. Swift’s vivid imagery and emotionally gripping detail 
had all the markings of a great narrative poem. She writes the song in a
 way that mirrors the recursions of memory. Her verses become 
increasingly strong and build upon each other once she starts 
remembering the past. At the same time, the song’s imagery moves from 
fall to winter as she reflects upon the relationship’s beginning and 
frosty end. <h2>What does the course explore?</h2>This course pairs Taylor Swift songs with a number of poems, along with a play, a novel and a film.The semester began with the pairing of Swift’s songs with Renaissance
 love poetry. One class analyzing the metaphors, similes and colors in 
the song “Red” turned, a week or so later, into an exploration of 
Shakespeare’s use of similar colors in his famous sonnet 73: “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45099/sonnet-73-that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold">That time of year thou mayst in me behold</a>.”From “Red”:<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668787433536.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>Shakespeare, meanwhile, begins his sonnet 73 with “That time of year 
thou mayst in me behold / When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang,”
 before pointing to the oranges of autumn’s “sunset [that] fadeth in the
 west” and “the glowing of such fire / That on the ashes of his youth 
doth lie.”Where Swift moves from cool tones to “burning red,” Shakespeare moves
 through increasingly warm tones: from yellow, to orange, to red. But 
both move toward an intensity of color and heat.Some couplings are obvious. For instance, Swift’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzVF3XeS8M">Love Story</a>” mentions the title characters of Shakespeare’s “<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1513/1513-h/1513-h.htm">Romeo and Juliet</a>” – “Romeo save me, I’ve been feeling so alone.” Others might come as more of a surprise: I paired Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/olivia-laing-on-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca-80-years-on">Rebecca</a>,” which Alfred Hitchcock <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976/">adapted for the silver screen</a> in 1940, with Swift’s song “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5xdY6MCeI">the last great american dynasty</a>.” Centering on a scandalous woman named Rebecca – or Rebekah, in 
Swift’s song – the song, novel and film explore the relations of mad 
women and madwomen, the tenuous line between anger and craziness. It’s a
 theme Swift hits on in a number of songs, from her 2019 track “<a href="https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-the-man-lyrics">The Man</a>” to 2020’s “<a href="https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-mad-woman-lyrics">mad woman</a>,” which I paired with Sylvia Plath’s poem “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49000/lady-lazarus">Lady Lazarus</a>.” <h2>Why is this course relevant now?</h2>I think this course tapped into the zeitgeist in ways I couldn’t have
 imagined when I first dreamed it up. Of course, Swift’s music is 
popular, and she has long had a devoted following. But the October 2022 
release of her <a href="https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-midnights-breaks-records-streaming-sales-charts">record-breaking</a> album “<a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-midnights/">Midnights</a>”
 has only made the course seem more relevant to students’ interests. As a
 class, we spent time exploring the ways tracks on “Midnights” revisited
 themes and writing strategies that appeared in Swift’s earlier songs.<h2>What’s a critical lesson from the course?</h2>Analyzing Swift’s writing will hopefully help my students recognize 
how certain poetic and literary devices operate in older texts – as much
 as those same books and poems from the past help them appreciate 
Swift’s art at a deeper level. They seem especially eager to engage with
 older materials, like Renaissance seduction poetry and black and white 
film, when they can see traces of the same artistic techniques in the 
music videos and songs they watch and listen to today.Swift’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Taylor_Swift">award-winning songwriting</a> is attached to an English and American literary past in both obvious and more subtle ways. <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/taylor-swift-is-new-face-of-reading/">An avid reader herself</a>,
 Swift deploys forms – like metaphors, conceits and structures – that 
are part of a shared literary heritage that students might otherwise 
find old-fashioned and irrelevant. Far from diminishing the value of Swift’s writing, tracing its 
connection to the literary greats shores up her authority as a creative 
artist. Swift, like all artists, is part of a <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-bob-dylan-used-the-ancient-practice-of-imitatio-to-craft-some-of-the-most-original-songs-of-his-time-187052">great tradition</a>, and she calls upon it to create new works.<h2>What materials does the course feature?</h2>Adam Bradley, “<a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248326/the-poetry-of-pop/">The Poetry of Pop</a>,” 2019 Alfred Hitchcock, “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976/">Rebecca</a>,” 1940 Taylor Swift, “<a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-folklore/">folkore</a>,” 2020 <h2>What will the course prepare students to do?</h2>This course has rather modest ambitions. It prepares careful and 
critical readers, as well as articulate writers and researchers. It pays attention to what language denotes at the surface and what it
 carries around with it in its connotations and associations. It teaches
 students about those features, using the Oxford English Dictionary as a
 research tool to probe linguistic origin, register and usage beyond 
what a term literally means.While delivering New York University’s 2022 commencement speech, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBG50aoUwlI">Swift urged the graduating seniors</a> to embrace their enthusiasms and be unafraid to explore their interests. Finding a way to tap into students’ enthusiasm for Swift, and tie her
 songwriting to literary methodologies, is my version of following her 
lead.Elizabeth Scala is a Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts.<div><iframe src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/194120/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-advanced" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"></iframe></div>

Shakespeare, Hitchcock, Plath  ... and Taylor Swift?

Kip Michael Boomhower, 58, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 14, 2022, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

Kip was born October 14, 1964, in Hoisington, Kansas.&nbsp; He was one of three children to Gerald and Virginia (Tauscher) Boomhower.&nbsp; He grew up in Russell and graduated from Russell High School.

Kip was united in marriage to Kathy Curtis on May 12, 1990, in Hudson, Kansas.&nbsp; This union was blessed with three children; Bailey, Jesse and Wyatt.&nbsp; They made their home in Russell.

Kip was a Rancher most all of his life in Russell.&nbsp; He was a member of the American Paint Horse Association, American Quarter Horse Association, and the Red Angus Association.&nbsp; He was a 4-H leader when his children were involved with 4-H.

Kip’s surviving family include his wife, Kathy of Russell, Kansas; daughter, Bailey Boomhower (Mitch) of Phillipsburg, Kansas; sons, Jesse Boomhower (Kelli) of Russell, Kansas and Wyatt Boomhower (Keena) of Ashland, Kansas; mother, Virginia Boomhower of Russell, Kansas; sisters, Lisa Moubry (Brian) of Bunker Hill, Kansas and Denise VanDegrift (Tom) of Luray, Kansas; and a grandchild, Avery Boomhower.

Kip was preceded in death by his father and infant daughter Valerie Boomhower.

A Greeting will be held from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Monday, November 21, 2022, at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, where the family will be present to greet friends.&nbsp; Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday at the mortuary.&nbsp; 

A Memorial has been established with the Russell Community Thanksgiving Dinner.&nbsp; Contributions and condolences may be sent to Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, who is in charge of these arrangements.

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 </figure>Kip Michael Boomhower, 58, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 14, 2022, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.Kip was born October 14, 1964, in Hoisington, Kansas.&nbsp; He was one of three children to Gerald and Virginia (Tauscher) Boomhower.&nbsp; He grew up in Russell and graduated from Russell High School.Kip was united in marriage to Kathy Curtis on May 12, 1990, in Hudson, Kansas.&nbsp; This union was blessed with three children; Bailey, Jesse and Wyatt.&nbsp; They made their home in Russell.Kip was a Rancher most all of his life in Russell.&nbsp; He was a member of the American Paint Horse Association, American Quarter Horse Association, and the Red Angus Association.&nbsp; He was a 4-H leader when his children were involved with 4-H.Kip’s surviving family include his wife, Kathy of Russell, Kansas; daughter, Bailey Boomhower (Mitch) of Phillipsburg, Kansas; sons, Jesse Boomhower (Kelli) of Russell, Kansas and Wyatt Boomhower (Keena) of Ashland, Kansas; mother, Virginia Boomhower of Russell, Kansas; sisters, Lisa Moubry (Brian) of Bunker Hill, Kansas and Denise VanDegrift (Tom) of Luray, Kansas; and a grandchild, Avery Boomhower.Kip was preceded in death by his father and infant daughter Valerie Boomhower.A Greeting will be held from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Monday, November 21, 2022, at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, where the family will be present to greet friends.&nbsp; Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday at the mortuary.&nbsp; A Memorial has been established with the Russell Community Thanksgiving Dinner.&nbsp; Contributions and condolences may be sent to Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, who is in charge of these arrangements.

Kip Michael Boomhower

BBB is warning Facebook users that sharing a certain kind of 
attention-grabbing post might put their friends at risk of falling 
victim to a scam.

You
 are scrolling through Facebook, and a gut-wrenching post about an 
injured, lost pet or a missing child grabs your attention. You want to 
help, so you share the post on your own profile.

After you share the post, a scammer 
changes the original post to a deceptive rental ad or sometimes to a 
link pointing to a survey that "guarantees" a cash prize. Now, your 
friends think you have recommended that content. These bait-and-switch 
ads aim to either get a deposit for a rental property before the user 
gets a chance to see the home- or get your personal information, which 
could lead to identity theft.

This scheme has many variations, but 
the commonality is the emotionality or urgency of the message that 
encourages concerned people to share the news with their friends.&nbsp;

We have seen multiple variations of these shared on local buy-and-sell Facebook groups across Canada and the U.S. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/10/20/fact-check-identical-injured-dog-posts-viral-scam/10480235002/" target="_blank">USA Today</a>&nbsp;also reported about it in October.

These posts are shared in local 
buy-and-sell groups because there is already a sense of community and 
trust within these crowds, and people may not realize that scammers are 
targeting members. Scammers sometimes also turn comments off on the 
posts so other group members can't oust them.&nbsp;

BBB offers these tips to avoid being scammed by a bait-and-switch Facebook ad:

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 </figure>BBBBBB is warning Facebook users that sharing a certain kind of 
attention-grabbing post might put their friends at risk of falling 
victim to a scam.<h2>How the scam works</h2>You
 are scrolling through Facebook, and a gut-wrenching post about an 
injured, lost pet or a missing child grabs your attention. You want to 
help, so you share the post on your own profile.After you share the post, a scammer 
changes the original post to a deceptive rental ad or sometimes to a 
link pointing to a survey that "guarantees" a cash prize. Now, your 
friends think you have recommended that content. These bait-and-switch 
ads aim to either get a deposit for a rental property before the user 
gets a chance to see the home- or get your personal information, which 
could lead to identity theft.This scheme has many variations, but 
the commonality is the emotionality or urgency of the message that 
encourages concerned people to share the news with their friends.&nbsp;We have seen multiple variations of these shared on local buy-and-sell Facebook groups across Canada and the U.S. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/10/20/fact-check-identical-injured-dog-posts-viral-scam/10480235002/" target="_blank">USA Today</a>&nbsp;also reported about it in October.These posts are shared in local 
buy-and-sell groups because there is already a sense of community and 
trust within these crowds, and people may not realize that scammers are 
targeting members. Scammers sometimes also turn comments off on the 
posts so other group members can't oust them.&nbsp;<h2>BBB offers these tips to avoid being scammed by a bait-and-switch Facebook ad:</h2><ul>
 <li>Do a bit of digging before resharing a post on your profile. Read
 the information carefully and look at the profile of the person who 
created and shared the original post. If the profile is from Florida but
 shared the post in a Canadian group, it may be a red flag of a 
bait-and-switch publication.</li><li>Find out when the poster created the Facebook profile. Scammers
 always create profiles when their old one gets banned. If you click on 
their profile, it will tell you how long they have been a member of the 
group. You can also find additional information on their public profile.</li><li>You should see it in the news. If a 
child goes missing or a tragedy occurs, you'll most likely see it on 
different news outlets or shared by law enforcement, not on a random 
post.&nbsp;</li><li>Do a reverse image search on Google. That will allow you to find out if the pictures you saw were used on other ads or websites in different cities.&nbsp;</li><li>Find similar posts. Copy and paste 
the text from the post into Facebook's search tool to see if other posts
 with the same text and different pictures show up.</li><li>If you suspect a post is a scam, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/263149623790594" target="_blank">report it to Facebook</a>.</li>
 </ul>

Facebook alert: Local buy-and-sell group scams on the rise

Robert Yarmer, 64, died November 16, 2022. He&nbsp;was born to&nbsp;Vernon&nbsp;and Arlene (Stoss)&nbsp;Yarmer on July 5, 1958. He grew up on a farm in rural Russell County near Galatia.

He attended St. Ann’s Catholic Elementary School&nbsp;through the 8th&nbsp;grade. &nbsp;Then&nbsp;graduated with the class of 1977 from Russell High School.

He married the love of his life, Valerie Brummer on October 10th, 1981. Together they raised their four children;&nbsp;Megan, Devan, Andrea, &amp; Audra on their farm&nbsp;in southwest Russell County. &nbsp;He loved spending time with his children,&nbsp;hunting, fishing, working with horses, dancing,&nbsp;and playing cards.

Robert was a rancher and farmer his whole life. When&nbsp;he was younger he enjoyed hunting&nbsp;and farming with his Grandpa. &nbsp;As the years passed Robert worked hard to grow the family farm. &nbsp;If he wasn’t at the farm, he was&nbsp;working at the sale barn or selling seed.&nbsp;Later,&nbsp;he helped Devan on the farm by watching&nbsp;on-line&nbsp;auctions and bull sales for him.&nbsp;

Building relationships with people was one thing he did best. Robert had a heart of gold and was always willing to help a neighbor.&nbsp;He didn’t know a stranger and had the personality to talk&nbsp;with anyone. &nbsp;He loved entertaining everyone&nbsp;with a story and&nbsp;a joke and would often leave them smiling ear to ear.&nbsp;Robert had a&nbsp;huge heart&nbsp;and was very giving. He would often makegifts in his free time&nbsp;from horseshoes and wood.&nbsp;

Something Robert enjoyed most of all&nbsp;was being with family. &nbsp;He loved&nbsp;taking his grandkids on wheelchair rides,&nbsp;teaching them how to play checkers, and telling stories&nbsp;especially of hunting and fishing. &nbsp;Robert&nbsp;also&nbsp;loved driving around looking at crops and cattle.

Robert was a member&nbsp;at&nbsp;St. Ann Catholic Church,&nbsp;Olmitz&nbsp;Knights&nbsp;of Columbus Council #2100, Russell County Farm Bureau, and a past trustee&nbsp;of the Winterset Township Board.

He is survived by his&nbsp;mother, Arlene Yarmer of Russell;&nbsp;wife, Valerie of the home, and four children, Megan (Jared) Herl of Hays, Devan (Meggy) Yarmer of Russell, Andrea (Greg) Wertz of Bedford, Pennsylvania, and Audra (Cory)&nbsp;Brown&nbsp;of Oakley;&nbsp;nine grandchildren, Saige, Wyatt, and Maverick Herl, Troy&nbsp;and Trent Yarmer, Augustus and Catherina Wertz, and Ava and Colter Brown;&nbsp;sisters, Rhonda (John) Glassman of Russell, Rebecca (Allen) Cameron of Grant City, Missouri, Rochelle (Curtis) Kuhn of Victoria,&nbsp;a brother, Verlin&nbsp;(Susanne) Yarmer of Russell;&nbsp;and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father Vernon Yarmer.

Visitation will be&nbsp;12 noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, November 19th, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. On&nbsp;Sunday, November 20th, 2022,&nbsp;there will be visitation&nbsp;at St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz, Kansas from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a&nbsp;Vigil&nbsp;and&nbsp;Knights of Columbus Rosary beginning at 6 p.m.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Monday, November 21st, 2022, at St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz, Kansas, celebrated by Father Jacob Schneider. &nbsp;Burial will follow in St. Ann Cemetery.

Memorials may be made&nbsp;to the&nbsp;Knights of Columbus Council #2100&nbsp;Or St. Ann Cemetery Fund, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.

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 </figure>Robert Yarmer, 64, died November 16, 2022. He&nbsp;was born to&nbsp;Vernon&nbsp;and Arlene (Stoss)&nbsp;Yarmer on July 5, 1958. He grew up on a farm in rural Russell County near Galatia.He attended St. Ann’s Catholic Elementary School&nbsp;through the 8th&nbsp;grade. &nbsp;Then&nbsp;graduated with the class of 1977 from Russell High School.He married the love of his life, Valerie Brummer on October 10th, 1981. Together they raised their four children;&nbsp;Megan, Devan, Andrea, &amp; Audra on their farm&nbsp;in southwest Russell County. &nbsp;He loved spending time with his children,&nbsp;hunting, fishing, working with horses, dancing,&nbsp;and playing cards.Robert was a rancher and farmer his whole life. When&nbsp;he was younger he enjoyed hunting&nbsp;and farming with his Grandpa. &nbsp;As the years passed Robert worked hard to grow the family farm. &nbsp;If he wasn’t at the farm, he was&nbsp;working at the sale barn or selling seed.&nbsp;Later,&nbsp;he helped Devan on the farm by watching&nbsp;on-line&nbsp;auctions and bull sales for him.&nbsp;Building relationships with people was one thing he did best. Robert had a heart of gold and was always willing to help a neighbor.&nbsp;He didn’t know a stranger and had the personality to talk&nbsp;with anyone. &nbsp;He loved entertaining everyone&nbsp;with a story and&nbsp;a joke and would often leave them smiling ear to ear.&nbsp;Robert had a&nbsp;huge heart&nbsp;and was very giving. He would often makegifts in his free time&nbsp;from horseshoes and wood.&nbsp;Something Robert enjoyed most of all&nbsp;was being with family. &nbsp;He loved&nbsp;taking his grandkids on wheelchair rides,&nbsp;teaching them how to play checkers, and telling stories&nbsp;especially of hunting and fishing. &nbsp;Robert&nbsp;also&nbsp;loved driving around looking at crops and cattle.Robert was a member&nbsp;at&nbsp;St. Ann Catholic Church,&nbsp;Olmitz&nbsp;Knights&nbsp;of Columbus Council #2100, Russell County Farm Bureau, and a past trustee&nbsp;of the Winterset Township Board.He is survived by his&nbsp;mother, Arlene Yarmer of Russell;&nbsp;wife, Valerie of the home, and four children, Megan (Jared) Herl of Hays, Devan (Meggy) Yarmer of Russell, Andrea (Greg) Wertz of Bedford, Pennsylvania, and Audra (Cory)&nbsp;Brown&nbsp;of Oakley;&nbsp;nine grandchildren, Saige, Wyatt, and Maverick Herl, Troy&nbsp;and Trent Yarmer, Augustus and Catherina Wertz, and Ava and Colter Brown;&nbsp;sisters, Rhonda (John) Glassman of Russell, Rebecca (Allen) Cameron of Grant City, Missouri, Rochelle (Curtis) Kuhn of Victoria,&nbsp;a brother, Verlin&nbsp;(Susanne) Yarmer of Russell;&nbsp;and many nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his father Vernon Yarmer.Visitation will be&nbsp;12 noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, November 19th, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. On&nbsp;Sunday, November 20th, 2022,&nbsp;there will be visitation&nbsp;at St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz, Kansas from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a&nbsp;Vigil&nbsp;and&nbsp;Knights of Columbus Rosary beginning at 6 p.m.Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Monday, November 21st, 2022, at St. Ann Catholic Church, Olmitz, Kansas, celebrated by Father Jacob Schneider. &nbsp;Burial will follow in St. Ann Cemetery.Memorials may be made&nbsp;to the&nbsp;Knights of Columbus Council #2100&nbsp;Or St. Ann Cemetery Fund, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.

Robert Yarmer

Josephine “Jo” Marie (Goodnough) Yakich,&nbsp;95 years young, residing in 
Westminster, Colorado, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday,
 November 2, 2022, at her home, Keystone Place at Legacy Ridge.

Jo was born in Bennington, Kansas,&nbsp;to&nbsp;Edward and Frances Goodnough on
 October 6, 1927.&nbsp; She attended high school in Hays, Kansas, graduated 
in 1945 with a music scholarship to Fort Hays Kansas State University. 
&nbsp;She went on to earn a college degree, majoring in music, from Fort Hays
 State University. &nbsp;This was a remarkable accomplishment for a young 
woman in 1949.&nbsp; That was not enough for Jo as shortly thereafter, she 
moved to the big city of Denver, Colorado where she began work as a 
receptionist at the University of Denver.&nbsp; During her early years in 
Denver, she was the First Oboist in the Denver Community Symphony (later
 the Denver Philharmonic), conducted by Dr. Antonio Brico, the first 
woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic. &nbsp;

Though music was her passion, Jo was also an exercise enthusiast 
(until she was 93!); and she enjoyed tennis, bicycling, volleyball, and 
softball.&nbsp; She met Eli Yakich Jr. at the boarding house where they both 
lived, and they married on Christmas Eve in 1950.&nbsp; They settled in 
Aurora, Colorado and Jo became an organist at St. Therese Church.&nbsp; For 
the next 40+ years, she accompanied Sunday mass (and the choir), as well
 as funerals and weddings for parishioners.&nbsp; During those years, Jo 
taught piano out of her home and was a substitute teacher while raising 
her four children.&nbsp; She continued to teach and give piano lessons for 
the next 15 years.&nbsp; After she let the school system Jo worked fulltime 
at a bank for a couple of years before joining the Aurora Municipal 
Court as a court reporter. Jo would work for the Court for 13 years 
before retiring.&nbsp;

Jo and Eli retired to Salida, Colorado, and Jo became an organist and
 choir member of St. Joseph Catholic Church there.&nbsp; All who had the 
privilege of knowing Jo would use the same three words to describe her –
 sweet, genuine and kind.&nbsp; Jo affected many lives in her 95 years, but 
none more so than her loving family who will miss her always and love 
her forever.&nbsp;

Jo&nbsp;was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Eli 
Yakich Jr.; her sister, Frances Rankin; her brother William McKinley; 
and her sister Eldora Verberg.&nbsp; Jo is survived by her children (Debra 
Yakich Montgomery of Parker, CO; David Yakich and wife Carrie of Arvada,
 Colorado; Diane Yakich Simondi and her husband Rudy of Golden Valley, 
MN; and Danell Yakich of St. Louis Park, MN); her two granddaughters 
(Sarah Yakich of Westminster, CO and Ali Yakich of Denver, CO); her 
niece, Lynn Kelly of Santa Fe, NM; and her nephew, Dennis McKinley of 
Buena Vista CO.

Services were Nov. 15 and in the care of the Archdiocese of Denver Catholica Funeral &amp; Cemetery Services.

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 </figure>Josephine “Jo” Marie (Goodnough) Yakich,&nbsp;95 years young, residing in 
Westminster, Colorado, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday,
 November 2, 2022, at her home, Keystone Place at Legacy Ridge.Jo was born in Bennington, Kansas,&nbsp;to&nbsp;Edward and Frances Goodnough on
 October 6, 1927.&nbsp; She attended high school in Hays, Kansas, graduated 
in 1945 with a music scholarship to Fort Hays Kansas State University. 
&nbsp;She went on to earn a college degree, majoring in music, from Fort Hays
 State University. &nbsp;This was a remarkable accomplishment for a young 
woman in 1949.&nbsp; That was not enough for Jo as shortly thereafter, she 
moved to the big city of Denver, Colorado where she began work as a 
receptionist at the University of Denver.&nbsp; During her early years in 
Denver, she was the First Oboist in the Denver Community Symphony (later
 the Denver Philharmonic), conducted by Dr. Antonio Brico, the first 
woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic. &nbsp;Though music was her passion, Jo was also an exercise enthusiast 
(until she was 93!); and she enjoyed tennis, bicycling, volleyball, and 
softball.&nbsp; She met Eli Yakich Jr. at the boarding house where they both 
lived, and they married on Christmas Eve in 1950.&nbsp; They settled in 
Aurora, Colorado and Jo became an organist at St. Therese Church.&nbsp; For 
the next 40+ years, she accompanied Sunday mass (and the choir), as well
 as funerals and weddings for parishioners.&nbsp; During those years, Jo 
taught piano out of her home and was a substitute teacher while raising 
her four children.&nbsp; She continued to teach and give piano lessons for 
the next 15 years.&nbsp; After she let the school system Jo worked fulltime 
at a bank for a couple of years before joining the Aurora Municipal 
Court as a court reporter. Jo would work for the Court for 13 years 
before retiring.&nbsp;Jo and Eli retired to Salida, Colorado, and Jo became an organist and
 choir member of St. Joseph Catholic Church there.&nbsp; All who had the 
privilege of knowing Jo would use the same three words to describe her –
 sweet, genuine and kind.&nbsp; Jo affected many lives in her 95 years, but 
none more so than her loving family who will miss her always and love 
her forever.&nbsp;Jo&nbsp;was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Eli 
Yakich Jr.; her sister, Frances Rankin; her brother William McKinley; 
and her sister Eldora Verberg.&nbsp; Jo is survived by her children (Debra 
Yakich Montgomery of Parker, CO; David Yakich and wife Carrie of Arvada,
 Colorado; Diane Yakich Simondi and her husband Rudy of Golden Valley, 
MN; and Danell Yakich of St. Louis Park, MN); her two granddaughters 
(Sarah Yakich of Westminster, CO and Ali Yakich of Denver, CO); her 
niece, Lynn Kelly of Santa Fe, NM; and her nephew, Dennis McKinley of 
Buena Vista CO.Services were Nov. 15 and in the care of the Archdiocese of Denver Catholica Funeral &amp; Cemetery Services.

Josephine 'Jo' Yakich

Robert “Bob” Eugene Harris, 85, passed away peacefully November 12, 
2022, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, KS.&nbsp; He was born April 27, 1937, in 
Great Bend, KS, to John Francis Harris and Thelma Mae (Foreman) Harris.

Bob was a 1955 graduate of Great Bend High School.&nbsp; He attended 
Kansas State University for two years where he was a member of the Sigma
 Phi Epsilon fraternity. &nbsp; He then transferred to Fort Hays State 
University where he majored in Biology graduating&nbsp;in 1959.&nbsp; Bob began 
his teaching career in Stafford, KS, where he taught General Science and
 coached football, basketball, and track in the junior high school for 
three years.&nbsp; From 1961 to 1967, he taught science and coached at Marie 
L. Hare Intermediate School in Garden Grove, CA.&nbsp; From 1968 to 1981, Bob
 taught Biology, Zoology, and coached football and swimming at 
Hutchinson High School.&nbsp; In 1980, he began working as an insurance agent
 for Ozark National Life &amp; N.I.S. Financial Services.&nbsp; He retired in
 2020 at the age of 83.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Bob was a lifetime member of the Church of Christ.&nbsp; In his many years
 at Eastwood, he taught Bible classes, led singing, served communion, 
and was head of the missionary program.&nbsp; He was frequently found talking
 to others about Christ whom he loved beyond measure.&nbsp; He definitely 
epitomized a life of servitude.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Throughout his life, Bob enjoyed hunting, fishing, and playing golf.&nbsp;
 Bob was an avid sports fan who followed the Kansas City Chiefs, the 
Kansas State University Wildcats, and the University of Kansas Jayhawks.

On October 31, 1958, he married the love of his life, Sandra Kay 
Cooper, in Great Bend, KS.&nbsp; They shared over 64 years of marriage, 3 
children, 9 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.

Bob is survived by:&nbsp; his wife, Sandra of Hutchinson; children, Dan 
(Mitzi) Harris of Flower Mound, TX, Kim (Joe) Horsch of Goddard, KS, and
 Shelly (Darren) Watson of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Josh Hoefler, 
Jordan (Vanessa Jones) Hoefler, Chloe Harris, Kylie (fiancé, Zach 
Norton) Horsch, Jake (Makala) Horsch, Madison Harris, Logan Watson, Sean
 Harris, and Lucas Watson; great-grandchildren, Kannon Hoefler, Kyler 
Hoefler, and Kolby Grace Hoefler; and siblings, Roger (Magda) Harris and
 Rita (Keith) Morgan, all of Abilene, TX.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, John and Thelma Harris.

Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 
Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Wayne DeWindt officiating.&nbsp; Friends may
 sign the guest book from 9am to 5pm, Thursday, November 17, 2022, and 
Friday, November 18, 2022, at Elliott Mortuary.&nbsp; 

The memorial service 
can be viewed online by going to Bob’s obituary and selecting the “Click
 here to view the memorial service”&nbsp;link.&nbsp; Cremation has taken place.

<a href="https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/index.php?data=MTY2ODcxNjk4NjIxOTcwMCZvbmVyb29tLWFkbWluJmNvcHlfbGluaw==">Click here to view the memorial service.</a>

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Eastwood Church of
 Christ, Hospice House, or Hospice &amp; HomeCare of Reno County in care
 of Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.

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 </figure>Robert “Bob” Eugene Harris, 85, passed away peacefully November 12, 
2022, at Hospice House, Hutchinson, KS.&nbsp; He was born April 27, 1937, in 
Great Bend, KS, to John Francis Harris and Thelma Mae (Foreman) Harris.Bob was a 1955 graduate of Great Bend High School.&nbsp; He attended 
Kansas State University for two years where he was a member of the Sigma
 Phi Epsilon fraternity. &nbsp; He then transferred to Fort Hays State 
University where he majored in Biology graduating&nbsp;in 1959.&nbsp; Bob began 
his teaching career in Stafford, KS, where he taught General Science and
 coached football, basketball, and track in the junior high school for 
three years.&nbsp; From 1961 to 1967, he taught science and coached at Marie 
L. Hare Intermediate School in Garden Grove, CA.&nbsp; From 1968 to 1981, Bob
 taught Biology, Zoology, and coached football and swimming at 
Hutchinson High School.&nbsp; In 1980, he began working as an insurance agent
 for Ozark National Life &amp; N.I.S. Financial Services.&nbsp; He retired in
 2020 at the age of 83.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bob was a lifetime member of the Church of Christ.&nbsp; In his many years
 at Eastwood, he taught Bible classes, led singing, served communion, 
and was head of the missionary program.&nbsp; He was frequently found talking
 to others about Christ whom he loved beyond measure.&nbsp; He definitely 
epitomized a life of servitude.&nbsp;&nbsp;Throughout his life, Bob enjoyed hunting, fishing, and playing golf.&nbsp;
 Bob was an avid sports fan who followed the Kansas City Chiefs, the 
Kansas State University Wildcats, and the University of Kansas Jayhawks.On October 31, 1958, he married the love of his life, Sandra Kay 
Cooper, in Great Bend, KS.&nbsp; They shared over 64 years of marriage, 3 
children, 9 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.Bob is survived by:&nbsp; his wife, Sandra of Hutchinson; children, Dan 
(Mitzi) Harris of Flower Mound, TX, Kim (Joe) Horsch of Goddard, KS, and
 Shelly (Darren) Watson of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Josh Hoefler, 
Jordan (Vanessa Jones) Hoefler, Chloe Harris, Kylie (fiancé, Zach 
Norton) Horsch, Jake (Makala) Horsch, Madison Harris, Logan Watson, Sean
 Harris, and Lucas Watson; great-grandchildren, Kannon Hoefler, Kyler 
Hoefler, and Kolby Grace Hoefler; and siblings, Roger (Magda) Harris and
 Rita (Keith) Morgan, all of Abilene, TX.Bob was preceded in death by his parents, John and Thelma Harris.Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2022, at 
Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Wayne DeWindt officiating.&nbsp; Friends may
 sign the guest book from 9am to 5pm, Thursday, November 17, 2022, and 
Friday, November 18, 2022, at Elliott Mortuary.&nbsp; The memorial service 
can be viewed online by going to Bob’s obituary and selecting the “Click
 here to view the memorial service”&nbsp;link.&nbsp; Cremation has taken place.<a href="https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/index.php?data=MTY2ODcxNjk4NjIxOTcwMCZvbmVyb29tLWFkbWluJmNvcHlfbGluaw==">Click here to view the memorial service.</a>In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Eastwood Church of
 Christ, Hospice House, or Hospice &amp; HomeCare of Reno County in care
 of Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.

Robert 'Bob' Eugene Harris

Adrain Max "Dee" Desaire, 85, passed 
away Monday, November 7th, 2022, at the Robert J. Dole Medical Center. 
He was born October 30th, 1937, to George and Amy (Garringer) Desaire in
 Damar, Kansas.

Loving husband, father, grandfather 
&amp; friend. He served in the US Army and Air Force, was a retired 
truck driver, had worked in the oil fields and auto sales manager, song 
writer in his retirement years. Dee enjoyed karaoke, playing cards, 
writing songs &amp; poems and more than anything, teasing his numerous 
grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his 
parents; Sons: William Desaire and Kenneth George Desaire &amp; 
son-in-law, Joseph Gerhardt. Dee is survived by his wife of 15years, 
Twila Desaire; daughters: Christi (Gary) Wilson, Tammie (Gary) Fischer, 
Julie (Christopher) John, Melinda (James Manderson) Schoene; sons: David
 (Nancy) Desaire, Michael (Janet) Schoene; Sister: Phyllis Knipp of 
Dickinson, ND; brother: Larry (Betty) Desaire of Olathe, KS; 30 
Grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandson.

Memorial Mass 11:00am Saturday, Nov. 
19, 2002, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Damar, KS. Inurnment will 
be&nbsp;at 3:00 PM in Zion Lutheran Cemetery 27005 283 HWY in Trego County 
Kansas south of WaKeeney.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Robert J. Dole Medical Center or American Cancer Society.

Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 

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 </figure>Adrain Max "Dee" Desaire, 85, passed 
away Monday, November 7th, 2022, at the Robert J. Dole Medical Center. 
He was born October 30th, 1937, to George and Amy (Garringer) Desaire in
 Damar, Kansas.Loving husband, father, grandfather 
&amp; friend. He served in the US Army and Air Force, was a retired 
truck driver, had worked in the oil fields and auto sales manager, song 
writer in his retirement years. Dee enjoyed karaoke, playing cards, 
writing songs &amp; poems and more than anything, teasing his numerous 
grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his 
parents; Sons: William Desaire and Kenneth George Desaire &amp; 
son-in-law, Joseph Gerhardt. Dee is survived by his wife of 15years, 
Twila Desaire; daughters: Christi (Gary) Wilson, Tammie (Gary) Fischer, 
Julie (Christopher) John, Melinda (James Manderson) Schoene; sons: David
 (Nancy) Desaire, Michael (Janet) Schoene; Sister: Phyllis Knipp of 
Dickinson, ND; brother: Larry (Betty) Desaire of Olathe, KS; 30 
Grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandson.Memorial Mass 11:00am Saturday, Nov. 
19, 2002, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Damar, KS. Inurnment will 
be&nbsp;at 3:00 PM in Zion Lutheran Cemetery 27005 283 HWY in Trego County 
Kansas south of WaKeeney.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Robert J. Dole Medical Center or American Cancer Society.Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Adrain Max 'Dee' Desaire

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in Washington that enforcement must end immediately for families and single adults, calling the ban “arbitrary and capricious.” The administration has not applied it to children traveling alone.

Within hours, the Justice Department asked the judge to let the order take effect Dec. 21, giving it five weeks to prepare. Plaintiffs including the American Civil Liberties Union didn't oppose the delay.

“This transition period is critical to ensuring that (the Department of Homeland Security) can continue to carry out its mission to secure the Nation’s borders and to conduct its border operations in an orderly fashion,” government attorneys wrote.

Sullivan, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, wrote in a 49-page ruling that authorities failed to consider the impact on migrants and possible alternatives.

The ruling appears to conflict with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-government-and-politics-mexico-texas-43976f307da98b3e800f884e87f244fe">another in May</a>&nbsp;by a federal judge in Louisiana that kept the asylum restrictions.

If Sullivan's ruling stands, it would upend border enforcement. Migrants have been expelled from the United States more than 2.4 million times since the rule took effect in March 2020, denying migrants rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

The practice was authorized under Title 42 of a broader 1944 law covering public health.

Before the judge in Louisiana kept the ban in place in May, U.S. officials said they were planning for as many as 18,000 migrants a day under the most challenging scenario, a staggering number. In May, migrants were stopped an average of 7,800 times a day, the highest of Joe Biden's presidency.

Immigration advocacy groups have pressed hard to end Title 42, but more moderate Democrats, including U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Raphael Warnock of Georgia, wanted it to stay when the administration tried to lift it in May.

The ban has been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-yuma-immigration-128e7440b334cc8fcbd3a629b78c3879">unevenly enforced</a>&nbsp;by nationality, falling largely on migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — in addition to Mexicans — because Mexico allows them to be returned from the United States. Last month, Mexico began accepting Venezuelans who are expelled from the United States under Title 42, causing a sharp drop in Venezuelans seeking asylum at the U.S. border.

Nationalities that are less likely to be subject to Title 42 have become a growing presence at the border, confident they will be released in the United States to pursue their immigration cases.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-health-colombia-caribbean-cuba-ec7a393f0e9e4bf5b8890a85c615b342">In October,</a>&nbsp;Cubans were the second-largest nationality at the border after Mexicans, followed by Venezuelans and Nicaraguans.

The Homeland Security Department said it would use the next five weeks to “prepare for an orderly transition to new policies at the border.”

"We continue to work with countries throughout the Western Hemisphere to take enforcement actions against the smuggling networks that entice migrants to take the dangerous and often deadly journey to our land borders and to address the root causes of irregular migration that are challenging our hemisphere as a whole,” the department said.

ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt said Sullivan's decision renders the Louisiana ruling moot.

“This is an enormous victory for desperate asylum seekers who have been barred from even getting a hearing because of the misuse of public laws," Gelernt said. "This ruling hopefully puts an end to this horrendous period in U.S. history in which we abandoned our solemn commitment to provide refuge to those facing persecution.”

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy counsel for the American Immigration Council, an immigrant advocacy group, distinguished Sullivan's ruling from the one by U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays in Louisiana, an appointee of President Donald Trump, which applied only to how the Biden administration tried to end Title 42. Sullivan found the entire rule invalid.

<figure>
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 <figcaption>U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in Washington that enforcement must end immediately for families and single adults -photo Rep. Tony Gonzales</figcaption>
 </figure>SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in Washington that enforcement must end immediately for families and single adults, calling the ban “arbitrary and capricious.” The administration has not applied it to children traveling alone.Within hours, the Justice Department asked the judge to let the order take effect Dec. 21, giving it five weeks to prepare. Plaintiffs including the American Civil Liberties Union didn't oppose the delay.“This transition period is critical to ensuring that (the Department of Homeland Security) can continue to carry out its mission to secure the Nation’s borders and to conduct its border operations in an orderly fashion,” government attorneys wrote.Sullivan, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, wrote in a 49-page ruling that authorities failed to consider the impact on migrants and possible alternatives.The ruling appears to conflict with&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-government-and-politics-mexico-texas-43976f307da98b3e800f884e87f244fe">another in May</a>&nbsp;by a federal judge in Louisiana that kept the asylum restrictions.If Sullivan's ruling stands, it would upend border enforcement. Migrants have been expelled from the United States more than 2.4 million times since the rule took effect in March 2020, denying migrants rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.The practice was authorized under Title 42 of a broader 1944 law covering public health.Before the judge in Louisiana kept the ban in place in May, U.S. officials said they were planning for as many as 18,000 migrants a day under the most challenging scenario, a staggering number. In May, migrants were stopped an average of 7,800 times a day, the highest of Joe Biden's presidency.Immigration advocacy groups have pressed hard to end Title 42, but more moderate Democrats, including U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Raphael Warnock of Georgia, wanted it to stay when the administration tried to lift it in May.The ban has been&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-yuma-immigration-128e7440b334cc8fcbd3a629b78c3879">unevenly enforced</a>&nbsp;by nationality, falling largely on migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — in addition to Mexicans — because Mexico allows them to be returned from the United States. Last month, Mexico began accepting Venezuelans who are expelled from the United States under Title 42, causing a sharp drop in Venezuelans seeking asylum at the U.S. border.Nationalities that are less likely to be subject to Title 42 have become a growing presence at the border, confident they will be released in the United States to pursue their immigration cases.&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-health-colombia-caribbean-cuba-ec7a393f0e9e4bf5b8890a85c615b342">In October,</a>&nbsp;Cubans were the second-largest nationality at the border after Mexicans, followed by Venezuelans and Nicaraguans.The Homeland Security Department said it would use the next five weeks to “prepare for an orderly transition to new policies at the border.”"We continue to work with countries throughout the Western Hemisphere to take enforcement actions against the smuggling networks that entice migrants to take the dangerous and often deadly journey to our land borders and to address the root causes of irregular migration that are challenging our hemisphere as a whole,” the department said.ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt said Sullivan's decision renders the Louisiana ruling moot.“This is an enormous victory for desperate asylum seekers who have been barred from even getting a hearing because of the misuse of public laws," Gelernt said. "This ruling hopefully puts an end to this horrendous period in U.S. history in which we abandoned our solemn commitment to provide refuge to those facing persecution.”Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy counsel for the American Immigration Council, an immigrant advocacy group, distinguished Sullivan's ruling from the one by U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays in Louisiana, an appointee of President Donald Trump, which applied only to how the Biden administration tried to end Title 42. Sullivan found the entire rule invalid.