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The Hays Daily News
Monday, Nov. 3, 2014
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Police to
discuss
arrests
SANTA ANA, Calif. —
Santa Ana police are expected
to release more information
today regarding the arrests
made in the hit-and-run deaths
of twin sisters and their friend
on Halloween night.
Police officials have so far
declined to release any information on the suspects, saying
only several arrests were made
at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. More
details were expected at a news
conference late this morning.
Police said earlier they were
looking for the driver and another person who were in the
Honda CR-V that plowed into
Lexia and Lexandra Perez and
their friend, Andrea Gonzalez,
on Friday night as they crossed
the road at Old Grand Street
and Fairhaven Avenue.
The 13-year-old girls were
struck in the crosswalk at
approximately 6:45 p.m. by
a driver “going at a high rate
of speed,” police said. They
were pronounced dead at the
scene.
The driver and a passenger
of the CR-V left the vehicle in
a nearby Big Lots parking lot
and fled the scene, police said.
Andrea’s brother, Josafat
Gonzalez, 21, said of the arrests: “It won’t bring my sister
back, but the people who committed such a terrible crime
will get their time in court and
justice will be served.”
It was a particularly deadly
weekend in Orange County,
where a total of five pedestrians and cyclists were struck
and killed since Halloween
night.
In Irvine, Calif., a father
and son were also hit in a
crosswalk while trick-or-treating Friday night. John Roger
Alcron, 65, died from injuries
while his 4-year-old son was
in critical condition. The
driver has cooperated with
police and was released after
questioning.
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“I’m confused,” Barker
said. “Why would anyone
need permission before using
a public quote that was given
to the media (WIBW was
the source here) or a group
picture of a public event?”
They don’t need permission, Rackaway said, but “it
would be a nice courtesy,
though.”
“We are public employees,
and therefore it’s incumbent
upon us to make it clear
that we are not endorsing
people,” Rackaway said.
Davis campaign press
secretary Chris Pumpelly
said, “It is pathetic that
Sam Brownback is misleading Kansans and claiming
endorsement that he does
not have in order to cling to
power.”
Hammond’s wife, Mary,
was following news stories
this weekend about U.S. Sen.
Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and
an appearance of Kansas
State University head football
coach Bill Snyder in a Roberts’ campaign video. That
prompted Kansas State President Kirk Schulz to point out
the university did not endorse
candidates. Snyder said
Saturday night he wanted the
video pulled.
The issue “hit closer to
home,” Mary Hammond
wrote on Facebook, when she
learned of the GOP mailer
in the Hays area.
Obituaries
Louise Guthrie
Louise Guthrie, 83, Hill
City, died Saturday, Nov. 1,
2014, at Freeman Hospital,
Joplin, Mo.
She was born April 3,
1931, in Seminole, Okla.,
to Dave and Pearl (Curtis)
Anglin.
She married William
Lloyd Guthrie on Nov.
2, 1948, in Stockton. He
preceded her in death Dec.
3, 1967.
Survivors include three
sons, Dan Guthrie, Cedar
Bluff Lake, Rick Guthrie, Dodge City, and Billy
Guthrie, Kansas City, Mo.; a
daughter, Iris Fountain, Joplin, Mo.; 12 grandchildren;
and 22 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by a son, Kenny Eugene
Guthrie.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Assembly of
God, Hill City; burial in
Pleasant View Cemetery,
Palco. Visitation will be from
10 a.m. until time of service
Wednesday, with family receiving friends from 11 a.m.
to noon at the church.
Memorials are suggested
to Assembly of God Church
and in care of Stinemetz Funeral Home, 522 N. Pomeroy, Hill City, KS 67642.
Odilia ‘Dilly’ C. Riedel
Odilia “Dilly” C. Riedel,
82, Hoxie, died Sunday, Nov.
2, 2014, at Sheridan County
Health Complex Long Term
Care, Hoxie.
Arrangement are pending
at Mickey-Leopold Funeral
Home, Hoxie.
Betty Corke
Sandra S. Dolezal, 64, Hill
City, died Sunday, Oct. 26,
2014, at Graham County Hospital, Hill City.
Services will be at 5 p.m.
Tuesday at Stinemetz Funeral
Home, Hill City; private family
inurnment will take place.
Alexander R. Mai, 87,
Russell, died Thursday, Oct.
30, 2014, at Russell Regional
Hospital.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday at St. John Lutheran
Church, Russell; burial in Russell City Cemetery. Visitation
will be until 8 p.m. Monday, with
Betty Corke, 80, Quinter,
died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014,
WaKeeney.
at Gove County Medical
Arrangements are pending
Center, Quinter.
at Schmitt Funeral Home,
Arrangements are pending WaKeeney.
at Schmitt Funeral Home,
Quinter.
Pauline Riedel
Pauline Riedel, 95, WaKeeney, died Saturday, Nov.
1, 2014, at Trego CountyLemke Memorial Hospital,
Donald J. ‘Blackie’
Unrein
Donald J. “Blackie”
Unrein, 77, Oak Hill, Calif.,
died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014,
at his home.
Additional services
the family greeting friends from
6 to 7 p.m. at Pohlman-VarnerPeeler Mortuary, Russell.
Bruce B. Booth, 83, Russell,
died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at
Golden Living Center in Wilson.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Tuesday at PohlmanVarner-Peeler Mortuary, Russell; cremation will follow the
day of visitation.
Ray C. Clark, 97, Wallace
County, died Wednesday, Oct.
22, 2014, at Wallace County
Community Care Center, Sharon Springs.
He was born Sept. 26,
1937, in Hays to Theodre
and Agnes Unrein. He was
a graduate of St. Joseph’s
Military Academy.
He was a truck driver
working for Graves Truck
Line and Yellow Truck Line
and later started trucking on
his own.
He enjoyed dogs, cars and
motorcycles.
He was preceded in death
Services will be at 10:30
a.m. Mountain time Thursday
at Dinas Community Church;
inurnment in Dinas Community
Church Cemetery. Friends can
share their respects from 4 to
6 p.m. Mountain time Wednesday at Koons Funeral Home,
Sharon Springs.
Obituary policy
The Hays Daily News will
publish an obituary free for
people with direct ties to the
area. More information can be
added for additional charges.
Contact us at (800) 657-6017.
by his parents; a brother,
James; and a sister, Dorothy
“Jeannie” Gottschalk.
Cremation will take place
at a later date.
Cody Kaba
Cody Kaba, 34, Plainville,
died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014.
Arrangements are pending
at Plumer-Overlease Funeral
Home, Plainville.
BRIAN CASSELLA • Tribune News Service
Nik Wallenda walks a tightrope across the Chicago River from Marina City to the Leo Burnett Building on Sunday in Chicago.
Daredevil Wallenda completes tightrope walks
CHICAGO (TNS) — Nik Wallenda completed his controversial
skywalk Sunday, breaking two world
records and defying critics who
claimed his stunt was too dangerous
to perform without a harness.
Wallenda, 35, walked more than
two city blocks across the Chicago
River from the Marina City west
tower to the Leo Burnett Building.
The stunt — which took 6 minutes,
51 seconds and was done at a 19-degree slant — set the world record for
steepest incline for tightrope walking
between two buildings.
After reaching the Burnett Building, he took an elevator down to
the street and returned to the west
tower, where he wore a blindfold as
he crossed to the east tower. The feat
was completed at more than 500 feet,
making it the highest blindfolded
walk ever recorded.
“You guys watching think I’m
crazy, but this is what I’m made for,”
Wallenda said after his first few steps
on the first wire.
Police estimated more than 50,000
spectators turned out to watch the
stunt, which Wallenda undertook
without a harness or safety net.
During the first walk, Wallenda
repeatedly acknowledged the cheering crowds below.
“Listen to that roar,” he said. “I
love Chicago, and Chicago definitely
loves me.”
Wallenda’s average height over the
Chicago River was approximately
630 feet, roughly the same height
as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Wallenda walked into the wind as he
crossed the river, though he downplayed the wind’s impact.
“It’s not bad, but it (the cable) is
definitely moving,” he said.
The Discovery Channel had
planned to cut away from the
broadcast if Wallenda fell, producers
said. The program was shown on a
10-second delay.
Wallenda had planned to grab
onto the wire and stay there if he lost
his balance or slipped. He frequently
practices slipping and then clutching
the cable at his training grounds in
Sarasota, Fla.
The 35-year-old married father of
three said he has the strength to hang
there for up to 20 minutes while waiting to be rescued. His crew can reach
him in about 90 seconds anywhere
on the cable.
Wallenda changed his game plan
somewhat after weather-related
delays during the high-wire’s installation.
The cable between Marina City
and the Leo Burnett Building was at
a 19-degree incline to address some
unexpected wire-tension issues that
arose during the weekend, Wallenda said. He had planned — and
practiced — to walk at a 15-degree
incline.
A large crowd gathered near the
walk site to watch the event.
Nikki and Rich Ross set up stadium chairs on the median at the intersection of State Street and Wacker
Street with their 7-year-old son Jake.
The Tinley Park family arrived
at 4 p.m. and ate an early dinner of
sub sandwiches as crowds started to
gather around them.
Rich Ross said they watched
Wallenda traverse a wire across the
Grand Canyon on television, but
the atmosphere Sunday was more
exciting.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience to see this firsthand instead of
on TV,” he said. “It’s incredible just
to experience being down here.”
Jake Ross said he looked forward
to seeing the blindfolded portion
of Wallenda’s walk and said he has
practiced tightrope walking, although
he is afraid of heights.
Rich Ross said he wasn’t worried about a fall and hadn’t planned
what he would do to cover his son’s
eyes.
“There are a lot of safety precautions in place. They have to have it
completely safe before they let him
walk,” Ross said. “It is a little windy,
though.”
Al-Qaida-linked group drives back U.S.-supported fighters
AMMAN, Jordan (TNS)
— Al-Qaida-linked fighters
have overrun key northern
bastions of U.S.-backed Syrian rebels, dealing a heavy
blow to American hopes that
moderate Syrian factions
would provide significant aid
in the battle against the militants of the Islamic State.
The onslaught by the
Nusra Front in the northern
province of Idlib routed the
U.S.-equipped fighters, the
group boasted in a statement Sunday that largely
corroborated activists in the
area today.
Internecine fighting
among rebel factions had
been going on for months
in Idlib, but during the
weekend the Nusra Front
seized key positions of
the U.S.-supported Syrian
Revolutionaries Front, and
members of another Western-backed faction, Haraket
Hazm, then fled or surrendered, activists reported.
Dozens defected to
the Nusra Front, according to the pro-opposition
Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, a Britainbased watchdog group. An
undetermined amount of
U.S.-provided weaponry also
fell into the attackers’ hands,
with Nusra Front supporters taking to social media to
gloat.
Working with moderate
Syrian rebels is a linchpin of
the Western strategy against
the Islamic State, with the
U.S. and its allies staging
airstrikes but not providing
ground troops. The Syrian
Revolutionaries Front and
Haraket Hazm had been the
first to receive heavy weaponry from the United States,
such as TOW antitank
missiles.
Israfil Yilmaz, the nom de
guerre of a fighter claiming to be in Idlib, said on
Twitter that tanks, antitank
missiles and “much more
equipment” had been seized
from the Syrian Revolutionaries Front as the Nusra
fighters advanced.
The Islamic State juggernaut has been concentrated
in northern and eastern
Syria, and large swaths
of western Iraq. In Iraq’s
Anbar province, Islamic
State extremists have been
reported by tribal figures to
have executed several hundred members of the Ablu
Nimr, a tribe that had tried
to hold them off.
The Islamic State has also
been besieging the northern Syrian town of Kobani
for six weeks. Defenders,
bolstered by a contingent of
Iraqi Kurdish soldiers who
arrived last week, have managed to hold them off, with
the help of American airstrikes. But the Islamic State
has bragged in propaganda
videos that the town is about
to fall.
The Islamic State, which
has declared a “caliphate”
in the territory it holds,
enforces its rule with a reign
of terror that has included
beheadings, crucifixions and
sexual slavery.
The Nusra Front, which
is loyal to al-Qaida, is not
as extremist as the Islamic
State, but it has been desig-
nated a terrorist group by
the United States, and has
been targeted by U.S.-led
airstrikes.
Rival groups have accused
the Nusra Front of trying to
carve out a “caliphate” of
its own, at the expense of
the fight to topple President
Bashar Assad.
Jamal Maarouf, the Syrian Revolutionaries Front’s
top commander, railed
against the group in a video
posted on YouTube. “We are
defending Syria ... you who
have distorted Islam, you
who have distorted religion,
why do you fight us?” he
shouts.
The Nusra Front said
it was willing to observe a
cease-fire, but demanded
that Maarouf appear before
an Islamic court.