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Donald L. ‘Don’ Butcher
T. Butcher; and a brother,
Gerald R. Butcher.
Donald L. “Don” Butcher,
The Hays Daily News
Marianna Kistler Beach, 94,
Services will be at 10:30
82, Hays, died Thursday,
Lawrence, died Saturday, Nov.
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014
a.m. Monday at First United
Nov. 6, 2014, at Via
1, 2014.
Methodist Church, Hays;
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Christi Village.
A “program” will be at 2 p.m.
inurnment in Mount Allen
He was born Cemetery, with military honHDNews.net
Nov. 16 at the K-State Alumni
July 13, 1932,
Center, Manhattan, followed by
ors by the Hays VFW and
in Topeka to
a celebration of life at the MariAmerican Legion.
John G. and Nannie Lee
anna Kistler Beach Museum of
Visitation will be from 5
Art, Manhattan.
(Harris) Butcher. He was
to
7
p.m.
Sunday
at
Hays
Woman recovers after
a 1952 graduate of ToMemorial Chapel Funeral
losing pulse for 45 minutes peka High
Lawrence “Larry” Emanuel
Home, 1906 Pine, Hays, KS
Bodine,
82, Hays, died TuesSchool
and
67601, and from 9:30 a.m.
BOCA RATON, Fla.
day, Nov. 4, 2014, at Hays
received a
until time of service Monday
(TNS) — Ruby GrauperaMedical Center.
Cassimiro had gone 45 min- bachelor’s
at the church.
Services will be at 1 p.m.
degree in
utes without a pulse when
Memorials are suggested
Monday
at St. John Lutheran
geology
doctors called her family
to Mark T. Butcher MemoChurch, located 7 miles north
from Kaninto the operating room and
rial Scholarship Fund for
of Ellis; burial in the church
told them there was nothing sas State
geology students at FHSU,
more they could do.
University.
Hospice of Hays Medical
A team of more than a
He married Imogene H.
Center or First United Methdozen doctors and nurses
Butcher. He later married
odist Church in care of the
had been working desperLinda K. Butcher. He was
Duard Goble, 90, Oakfuneral home.
ately to revive her. But they’d a geologist for the Kansas
ley, died Wednesday, Nov.
Condolences can be sent
lost hope the 40-year-old
Corporation Commission
to the family at www.haysme- 5, 2014, at Logan County
woman, whose heart had
until his retirement. He was a morial.com.
Manor.
given out without warning
U.S. Navy veteran, stationed
He was born Feb. 17,
after a routine cesarean sec- in Guam during the Korean
1924,
in Logan County
tion at Boca Raton Regional
War.
to Oura and Opal (Davis)
Hospital, was going to live.
He was a member of First
Goble.
Judith E. Forell, 77, Agra,
Graupera-Cassimiro’s
United Methodist Church,
He married Helen Suter
died Wednesday, Nov. 5,
husband, mother and sister
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars
on
Nov. 21, 1946. She pre2014,
at
Smokey
Hill
Health
said goodbye to her just
ceded him in death. He was
and Rehab Center, Salina.
hours after they’d welcomed Post No. 9076, Hays American Legion Post No. 173,
a farmer and owned and
She was born Jan. 30,
a healthy baby girl. The
Elks Lodge in Russell and the 1937, in Dresden to Julius H. operated the Oakley Skelly
medical team stopped all
National Rifle Association.
lifesaving procedures. They
and Doris E. (Kemper) Hicks. Service.
He was a guest speaker of
Survivors include a
watched a heart monitor,
She devoted her life to
preparing to record a time of geology at FHSU, was a loyal nursing.
daughter, Sue Weber and
Kansas State Univeristy footdeath.
husband, Jim, Oakley; three
Survivors include a son,
And then the seemingly
ball fan, enjoyed golf, fishing, Kurtis, Agra; five daughters, grandchildren, Jennifer
impossible happened: A blip poker, gunsmithing, gardenOtten and husband, Doug,
Rodeen Davidson, Jolpin,
of a heartbeat showed up.
ing and going to gun shows.
Mo., Yolanda Powell, Russell, Colby, Joy Heinrich and
Then another, and another.
For many years, he was Santa Louetta Forell, Red Cloud,
husband, Chad, Salina, and
Within a few hours,
Claus at The Mall in Hays.
Stephen Weber and wife, NiNeb., Kea Forell, Wichita,
Graupera-Cassimiro was
Survivors include a son,
cole, Lincoln; and six greatand
Gaylin
Forell-Peterson,
tugging at the breathing tube Dale Butcher and wife,
grandchildren, Leighton and
Salina;
eight
grandchildren;
on her face and scribbling
Renne, Amarillo, Texas;
Elizabeth Koel, Conner and
and
seven
great-grandchilnotes to family.
three daughters, Sharon
Camden Weber, and Chris
dren.
Graupera-Cassimiro
Hamilton and husband,
and Irina Otten.
She
was
preceded
in
death
made a complete recovery.
Keith, Bellevue, Wash.,
He was preceded in death
by her husband, Richard E.
She was taken off the lifeGlenda
Tholen
and
husband,
by
his parents; a son, Danny
Forell,
on
Nov.
11,
1991.
support machine a day after
Bryan, Hays, and Jamie
Goble; a grandson, James
Services will be at 2 p.m.
the Sept. 23 near-death
Malone and husband, Jim,
Goble; and two sisters, ImWednesday at Olliff-Boeve
experience.
Russell; two stepsons, Troy
ojean Hockersmith and Betty
Memorial Chapel, PhilIt was caused, doctors
Bell and wife, Debbie, Wind- lipsburg; burial in Marvin
Lou Wick.
say, by an amniotic fluid
Services will be at 10:30
embolism. The rare, serious sor, Colo., and Jason Bell,
Cemetery, Glade.
Orlando, Fla.; a sister-in-law,
condition occurs when fluid
She will lie in state from 9 a.m. Monday at United
that surrounds a baby in the Sylvia Butcher, Newton; four a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and
Methodist Church, Oakley.
grandchildren, Randee Olive Tuesday, with family receivuterus enters a mother’s
Visitation will be from 2 to
bloodstream and heart,
and husband, Travis, Han5 p.m. Sunday at Baalmann
ing friends from 7 to 8 p.m.
clogging it. Sudden and
nah Hamilton, Harris Ham- Tuesday, both at the funeral
Mortuary, Oakley.
unpredictable, it creates a
ilton and Hadley Butcher;
Memorials are suggested
home.
vacuum and stops circulafour step-grandchildren; and
to the church or Logan
Memorials are suggested
tion.
three great-grandchildren,
County Manor in care of the
to Phillips County EMS in
Tristan Olive, Teixeira Olive care of the funeral home.
mortuary.
Williams autopsy: Paranoia and Trexynn Olive.
Condolences can be sent
Condolences can be sent
He
was
preceded
in
death
to
the family at www.baalto
the
family
at
www.olliffpreceded actor’s suicide
by his parents; a son, Mark
mannmortuary.com.
boeve.com.
Duard Goble
Judith E. Forell
LOS ANGELES (TNS)
— In the days before Robin
Williams hanged himself in
his stepson’s bedroom, the
troubled actor had become
increasingly paranoid and
had difficulty sleeping, according to a coroner’s report
released Friday.
Williams’ sleeping
problems included talking
in his sleep. The nightly
disruptions had gotten so
bad for him and his wife that
Williams took to sleeping in
the bedroom of his stepson,
who was away, according
to newly released details
included in the Marin County
Coroner’s autopsy report.
The day before he was
found dead in his Tiburon,
Calif., home Aug. 11, Williams put a few of his wrist
watches into a sock and
dropped it off at an associate’s house — an odd
incident his wife chalked
up to his increasing concern about the safety of his
valuables.
Later that evening, Williams handed his wife some
magazines he’d bought
her and toyed around on
his iPad for a bit. Then, he
retired to his son’s bedroom
and locked the door.
The next morning, his
wife out running errands,
William’s assistant and a
second person at the home
became concerned when
the actor didn’t leave his
bedroom. They slipped him
a note under the door to see
if he was OK, but got no
response.
cemetery, with military honors
courtesy of the Legion Riders
of Hays and the Kansas Army
National Guard. A Masonic
service will take place, led
by Tim Miller. Visitation will
be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday
at Brock’s Keithley Funeral
Chapel, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS
67601, and from 12:30 p.m.
until time of service Monday
at the church. A prayer service
will be at 7 p.m. Sunday,
followed by an Eastern Star
service, both at the funeral
home.
Roy F. Sack, 68, Hays, died
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in
Hays.
Services will be at 11 a.m.
Monday at Brock’s-Keithley
Funeral Chapel, 2509 Vine,
Hays, KS 67601; private family
inurnment will be at a later
date in St. Joseph Cemetery,
Hays.
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Marie K. Zink
receiving friends from 4 to
6 p.m. at Stinemetz Funeral
Marie K. Zink, 91, Great
Home, Hill City.
Bend, died Saturday, Oct. 25,
Memorials are suggested
2014, at St. Luke’s, Kearney, to Leukemia Society in care
Neb.
of the funeral home.
Services will be at 1 p.m.
Friday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, WaKeeney;
burial in WaKeeney City
Vera Florence Dawson,
Cemetery.
102, Russell, died Thursday,
Visitation will be from 9
Nov. 6, 2014, at Wheatland
a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, with Nursing Center, Russell.
family receiving friends from
She was born June 3,
6 to 8 p.m. at Bryant Funeral 1912, in Russell to Henry
Home, Great Bend.
and Cathrine Elizabeth (Mai)
Reinhardt. She was a 1930
graduate of Russell High
School.
She married Wallace H.
Dawson on Jan. 28, 1962.
Veda Marie (Smith) Miller, She was a sales person for
85, WaKeeney, died ThursJ.C. Penny’s and Jane Harris
day, Nov. 6, 2014, at Trego
Shop.
Manor, WaKeeney.
Survivors include many
She was born Oct. 17,
nieces and nephews; great1929, in Graham County to nieces and nephews; and
Charles William Smith Sr.
great-great-nieces and
and Ella (Veverka) Smith.
nephews.
She married Abraham
She was preceded in death
Miller on July 20, 1952, in
by her husband, Wallace, on
WaKeeney.
March 17, 1972.
Survivors include her
Services will be at 10:30
husband, of the home; a son, a.m. Thursday at Trinity
Chylton Doyle Miller, LawUnited Methodist Church,
rence; three foster children,
Russell; burial in Russell City
Ronnie, Roger and Nancy; Cemetery.
two sisters, Arlene Bright,
Visitation will be from 9
Hays, and Alice Bowans, Pal- a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday,
co; four grandchildren; and
with family present to greet
seven great-grandchildren.
guests from 6 to 7 p.m. at
Services will be at 10:30
Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mora.m. Monday at Grace
tuary, Russell.
Lutheran Church, Hill City;
Memorials are suggested
inurnment in Resthaven
to Trinity United Methodist
Cemetery, Wichita.
Church or Russell Regional
Visitation will be from 3 to Hospital Auxiliary in care of
8 p.m. Sunday, with family
the mortuary.
Vera Florence Dawson
Veda Marie
(Smith) Miller
Voters in north Texas town OK fracking ban
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Tribune News Service
nents formed a coalition
of environmentalists and
HOUSTON — Voters
conservatives against what
approved bans on hydraulic they saw as big government
fracturing in California,
infringing on their health,
Ohio and Texas last week,
safety and land rights.
most notably in a north
“People recognize this is
Texas town at the heart
a mainstream issue,” said
of the nation’s oil and gas
Adam Briggle, 37, vice presboom.
ident of the group behind
The fracking ban in
the ban, Frack Free Denton.
Denton, a college town
Briggle, an associate
of 121,000 approximately
professor of philosophy at
40 miles north of Dallas,
the University of North
passed with 59 percent of
Texas, said the ban was a
the vote.
last resort. He and other
“This is unprecedented,” organizers had worked for
said Bill Kroger, an attorney years to strengthen industry
for the Texas Oil & Gas As- regulations, but the industry
sociation, which is fighting
found ways to work around
the ban.
them, he said.
Fracking, or hydraulic
Texas produced apfracturing, shoots sand,
proximately a third of the
water and chemicals under- country’s natural gas last
ground at high pressure to
year, the greatest share of
release trapped oil and gas. any state, according to the
Environmentalists argue it
U.S. Energy Information
contaminates water supplies Administration. Denton
and the disposal of fracking sits atop the Barnett Shale,
wastewater has led to an
one of the largest natural
increase in earthquakes in
gas reserves in the country,
north Texas and elsewhere
with about 275 wells in the
across the country.
city and scores more on the
Other Texas cities
outskirts.
have passed laws restrictLast year, the Denton
ing fracking, Kroger said,
City Council prohibited
but not outright bans. In
new wells within 1,200 feet
Denton, fracking oppoof homes, but many existing
Fourth classmate of shooter
dies in school tragedy
SEATTLE (TNS) — A
fourth victim shot by a
classmate at MarysvillePilchuck High School has
died at Harborview Medical
Center.
Andrew Fryberg, 15, died
Friday evening. He had
been in critical condition in
the intensive care unit at
Harborview in Seattle since
the shooting two weeks
ago.
Fryberg is the fifth student
to die, including Jaylen Fryberg, who shot his friends
Oct. 24 in the school cafeteria before fatally shooting
himself.
Zoe Galasso, 14, died
that day in the cafeteria. Gia
Soriano, 14, died at Everett’s
Providence Regional Medical Center two days later,
and Shaylee Chuckulnaskit,
14, died at Providence one
week after the shooting.
Additional services
wells are closer, Briggle said.
His group’s biggest
concerns: fracking’s impact
on air and water and the
potential for industrial accidents, especially close to
homes and playgrounds.
When Denton residents
brought a proposed ban
before the city council in
July, it failed, 5 to 2, so
they gathered nearly 2,000
signatures to place the issue
on Tuesday’s ballot.
“What we would like
to see is that local communities, the people most
vulnerable to the risks of
fracking, are empowered
to have a greater say over
this,” Briggle said.
Those who complain the
urban fracking ban infringes on their mineral rights
can shift to conventional
drilling, Briggle said, or
“they can come up with a
safer way to maximize their
profits that doesn’t encroach
on other people’s rights.”
The anti-fracking ordinance is set to take effect
Dec. 2.
Energy companies and
the state are fighting it.
Already, separate lawsuits
have been filed in two
district courts — by Texas
Oil & Gas Association and
the state’s General Land
Office — challenging the
ordinance. The leader of
the state commission that
approves drilling permits pledged this week to
continue issuing them in
Denton.
Thomas Phillips, an attorney for the association
and former chief justice of
the Texas Supreme Court,
issued a statement questioning the ordinance’s legality.
“Many of the wells in
Denton cannot be produced
without hydraulic fracturing, so a ban denies many
mineral interest owners the
right to gain value from
their property, despite the
state’s public policy in favor
of developing natural resources,” Phillips wrote.
Kroger, the lead law-
yer on the case, said the
association had asked for
a permanent injunction
blocking the fracking ban,
arguing it was trumped by
state laws that “encourage
and promote the practice in
the state.”
“There’s a lot of fears
that are not justified or not
based in science and fact”
about fracking, Kroger said,
adding the legal battle “is
really about who should
make decisions about how
we not only protect mineral
rights, but the public.”
Denton city officials, including Mayor Chris Watts,
who initially voted against
it, have vowed to defend the
fracking ban in court.
“The democratic process
is alive and well in Denton,”
Watts said in a statement
after the vote. “Hydraulic
fracturing, as determined by
our citizens, will be prohibited in the Denton city
limits. The city council is
committed to defending the
ordinance.”
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