Ellis Co. Sheriff: Now is a good time to prepare winter safety measures

On this episode of the Post Podcast Ellis County Sheriff Scott Braun shares winter safety preparation tips.

Improving mental heath for middle schoolers topic of upcoming event

On this episode of the Post Podcast Leadership Hays 2022 class member Kyle Carlin and presenter Patrick McGinnis share details of the upcoming Green Ribbon Hays events.

AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION: Cybersecurity awareness events help locals understand online threats

On this episode of the Post Podcast, Tree Top Security owner Dallas Haselhorst shares information about upcoming cybersecurity awareness training sessions.

NW Kan. Sheriff’s explain constitutional amendment that would ensure the continued election of Sheriff’s

On this episode of the Post Podcast, Ellis County Sheriff Scott Braun and Graham County Sheriff Cole Presley explain the proposed Kansas constitutional amendment that would ensure the continued election of sheriffs across the state.

Mix 103.3’s Friday Night Finds: Sept. 16, 2022

The latest Friday Night Finds from Mix 103.3 FM.
Play the song at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-UnzRM24IM

Cottonwood Extension District welcomes newest agent

On this episode of the Post Podcast Cottonwood Extension District agent Monique Koerner stops by to share updates from the district.
Transcript:
EDITORS NOTE: Transcripts are provided by an automated service and are not verified for accuracy.
 
James Bell 
The Cottonwood Extension district has a new family and community wellness agent Monique Koerner stops by to tell us a little bit about herself and share some updates from the district on this episode of the Post Podcast.
 
Monique Koerner 
I'm actually from Hays. I grew up here in Hays and I graduated from his high in Fort Hays State University. And I also have a Master's in Public Health Administration from so yeah, I'm a hometown girl.
 
James Bell 
 I like to hear that. You know, it Hayes is one of those special places. I think that folks that grow up here, like to eat a lot of leave, and then come back. Yeah, but stick around. And then also people like myself that discover Hayes, you know, college years, kind of stick around as well. It's just a special place.
 
Monique Koerner 
I did leave for a little while I lived in Wyoming for about 10 or 11 years, and then moved back here in 2010, and have been here ever since. Before I worked for extension, I was with early childhood connections, I was the early headstart home visitor. And then I'm also a little late to league leader. I've been doing that for over 20 years. And I'm also an international board certified lactation consultant. And I sat for the exam in 2011. And I've been doing that ever since as well. Very cool.
 
James Bell 
So you're probably already pretty well known in the community.
 
Monique Koerner 
I hope so. A little bit anyway.
 
James Bell 
That's awesome. And I'm sure that's gonna fit in well, with the family community wellness position here at the cottonwood district. Um, you know, and we want to maybe also talk about this because I think it's a good opportunity to talk about what this position is, and kind of like what your role is going to be as you're moving in and kind of you've been there now, what, a little over a month.
 
Monique Koerner 
Yeah, I started at the end of July. So yeah, I'm still kind of learning as well. So I'm just trying to get out in the community and talk to people and kind of see what the needs are in those areas. As far as health and wellness, I am still trying to figure out some of my programming, but we'll definitely hit walk Kansas hard come spring, I'm excited for that I always participated on the other side of it. So now I get to, to kind of help spearhead that in our community. So I'm excited about that. I'm also doing a lot of training right now, as a new agent, I have a new agent class that I have to do. And then I'll get trained in some other programming as well. One of those things that we want to do is stay strong, stay healthy, which is just an extra exercise class for older adults just to help them stay strong and keep their balance and just, you know, if we stay strong and healthy and keep moving as we get older, that will just help prevent some of those things, falls and things like that, as we age. So pretty cool.
 
James Bell 
You know, I'm curious, Monique, how much of this programming, do you get to determine or is it kind of just programmatic and you who you follow and to help spread the word?
 
Monique Koerner 
Yeah, some of it, our signature programs that that K State provides. But really, it's it's up to me and then serving the community. So, you know, there's certain interests that I have that I can bring to this position. And I can tie those into some of those signature programs that que state has, but really my job is to bring to the community what our community needs. So and that can look very different, you know, with Hayes versus even Russell or lacrosse. The cottonwood district is Hayes and are Ellis County and Barton County. And so sometimes that can even look different between the counties and the districts. So
 
James Bell 
I'm sure Yeah, I mean, he's, it's not exactly a metropolitan area, but it's a little bit more. I don't know what little less rural, I think you might say, then Barton County, I'm from down around that area. And the a lot of farm ground, a lot of really small towns down that way. Of course, great bends pretty good size, but still not nearly as big as Hayes.
 
Monique Koerner 
Yeah, I think Hays Hayes has some unique qualities about it. And so we're definitely going to try to gear the programming to what the community needs. Very cool.
 
James Bell 
Very cool. And one of the things I think that kind of is coming up here pretty quickly that we want to talk about is the family pizza night. What is this?
 
Monique Koerner 
Yes, so family pizza night just kind of promotes the, the eating together as a family. Research has shown that that's really important for kids, just to have them have a sense of belonging and helps prevent some risky behaviors. So that's part of my job as family and community wellness agent is to help families be as strong as they can. And so there's actually a lot of benefits for kids to get in the kitchen and help help prepare meals. They can learn math skills, they can learn how to to follow directions they can, you know, just those social skills of being with their parents, sometimes you can get them to have a little more buy in with what they're eating if they take part in preparing it. So sometimes that can help with picky eaters. So lots of important benefits. So yeah, we're Papa Murphy's has donated some pizza crust, we got donations from the Kiwanis Club. And so parents can come down and learn about the benefits of eating together as a family, we'll have a handwashing activity. And then in the back room, parents can put together whatever kind of pizza they want. And then they can take it home and bake it and eat it with their kids.
 
James Bell 
Very cool. Very cool. How do people get to sign up for that? Or is it all just come and go?
 
Monique Koerner 
Now we need you to RSVP just so we have enough pizzas for everybody. So just call the office and Teresa will take your RSVP and then if you could stop by and pay for the pizzas, they are $3 each so pretty economical meal and just pay for that. Hopefully sometime this this week would be great. If we get all those in we've we've got a few more pizzas left, we've got a lot of people signed up.
 
James Bell 
Very cool. Like to hear that. It's gonna be I'm sure a good time. When is that again?
 
Monique Koerner 
It's Monday, September 26. From 415 to 6:15pm. Okay,
 
James Bell 
very cool. Very cool. And we also want to talk about this coming up, go truck go, this is coming back. This is a really neat event I was telling you before we got on air, my little ones especially love this event.
 
Monique Koerner 
Oh yeah, my kids always love the event, especially the little boys just getting on the big equipment and seeing the fire tracks and the ambulances and all that it's a great learning experience. And yeah, I'll have a table out there and be offering some information of things, some some things that you can do with your little ones, and also some nutrition information. And then we'll also have a story walk up. I picked that up yesterday. And so we'll have the story walk out there for the little excavator. Very cool.
 
James Bell 
You know, I know we've talked about this in the past with some of the folks down there at the district, but maybe want to remind everybody what the story walks look like.
 
Monique Koerner 
Yeah, so I've done a couple of story walks so far, in the short time I've been with the district, but it really just promotes literacy with the little ones. So we just take a book and we break it up and put it on like little signs like, like the for sale signs out in front of your house. And we just line them up and parents can walk along and read this story with their kids.
 
James Bell 
Love that. My kid that's another thing my kid loves. And you know, I like it because he's he's very energetic. He's little my little guys a boy. And he loves to run around very much a physical kind of learner. But he can get he will, you know, get so excited. And we'll hop between one set of the pages and then he'll skip the next set. And that sort of brings in and incorporates that physical activity, but then also gets that benefit of reading which he could be about.
 
Monique Koerner 
Sometimes it's a challenge to get the little ones to sit and listen. And so sometimes we think we, you know, we have to sit and we have to read a book from beginning to end. And it really doesn't have to be that way. Like you said we all learn in different ways. And so this incorporates that physical activity. Sometimes people need to move to help them learn. And so that's can be a great way to get kids interested in in books and reading

FHSU Neuromuscular center helps keep community moving

The Fort Hays State University Neuromuscular Wellness Center has a new person in charge. Luke Kriley stops by to tell us about himself and a little bit about the Center on this episode of the Post Podcast.
Transcript:
EDITORS NOTE: Transcripts are provided by an automated service and are not verified for accuracy.
 
James Bell 
at the Fort Hays State University neuro muscular Wellness Center has a new person in charge Luke Kriley stops by to tell us about himself and a little bit about the Center on this episode of the Post Podcast.
 
 
my new assistant professor Fort Hays State University within the HHB with his health and human performance. I'm a physical therapist by trade, I switched over to academia just this year. But I wanted to talk about some of the service based programs we have on campus, what we're in charge of is the neuromuscular Wellness Center. So essentially, what that is, is just think of it like a gym or miniature PT clinic, it's there to provide an accessible resource for community members who have neuromuscular diseases, if they want to work on physical fitness, functional mobility, quality of life, or just to stay active will serve those populations. A lot of the times when you have a specific disease that's kind of chronic in nature, and does not improve over time, just based on how the disease progresses, pathology wise, you know, you can only do so much physical therapy for someone's gonna have to pay for it, not just insurance. So if you get to a point where you meet your cap, you need to look for a place we're a good place to do that. What's nice is we're staffed by two full time faculty myself and then Macy Klaus, we both bring clinical experience, she's is experienced in cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehab, I come a physical therapy background. And then we also have a lot of students, I get involved with the program as well.
 
James Bell 
Love that, you know, I had the opportunity over the years to do some stories with physical therapists. And it's such an interesting kind of field. It's, it's, I think most people think of it as just an extension of like a massage or a yoga class class. But really, it's it's more in depth than that, right?
 
 
Yes, yes, absolutely. So, you know, within the world of physical therapy, most people come to physical therapy for pain. But one of the things pain does is it causes dysfunction, whether it's emotionally, physically, however you want. So those are the things we try to address. You know, if you come to us and say, Hey, I can't get swing my tennis racquet anymore, because my elbow hurts. What do I need to do we find a plan, we give you some interventions, some exercise stretches to help you figure that out. But there is massage involved. But there's a lot of other things as well. People just like to massage the best.
 
James Bell 
Imagine that. So you said this is this is open to the community how to get involved? Or how do they take advantage of those services?
 
 
Yeah, so they can just get a hold of us anywhere at Fort Hays State University and they get a hold of me, I can give you my email or I don't have a phone number on me from my office. I don't know that quite yet. It just started. So
 
James Bell 
fair enough. You know, and I've been here three years, I can't tell you my office line either sorry. But you're listening. Yeah, I just use my cell phone.
 
 
So it is $45 a month, you pay as a membership. And then you can come Monday through Friday, every single day, if you'd like to, we can give you different hours, we try to leave it open up for general hours in the morning. Because it's no longer staffed by full time position. That's faculty running it. The hours have changed a little bit, but we tried to be as flexible as possible.
 
James Bell 
Okay, so is there you mentioned insurances? Is this covered at all by insurance? Are you guys strictly Okay, cash kind of service provider,
 
 
this is strictly cash service provider, we do not bill insurance. Now the neat thing is now, you know, say you do want someone to provide you with a little bit more guidance, supervision, because you're a big fall risk, you have these certain things going on, and you want someone maybe more than a personal trainer or a fitness expert, when you being a physical therapist, I can guide you through that stuff, give you the exercises you need, maybe do some hands on strategies. And the nice part is we don't have to bill insurance, so we're not restricted or limited by anything.
 
James Bell 
Okay. And then I wonder if you want to talk a little bit about the role the students play in this? Because I mean, I it's obviously it's on campus, it's probably an academic kind of training exercise for them. But how does that all work together? Yeah, so
 
 
we use it a lot for professional development. And a lot of kids are going pre professional programs. So this gives them an experience to be hands on and actually see some people in the clinic with real disease real diagnosis, and then get to work with clinicians like Macy. And I,
 
James Bell 
you know, historically, do the students always kind of have that track where they were seeing those hands on or is that relatively new kind of part of the field? It has
 
 
been going on for quite a while, I think they've had this for five or six years, somewhere along those lines, I'm not 100% Sure. But with myself being in the clinic, now we have a more clinical approach, I believe, we can start doing some more stuff to get them a little bit more specific into different tracks professionally that you want to take.
 
James Bell 
Okay, you know, I'm just curious, what does a training track look like? Is that a standard four year program? Or is it kind of like a doctor program where they have the post secondary, and they have to do specialized training and all that to get certified or or
 
 
sure what I'm talking about physical therapy. So if you go pre professional PT at Fort Hays, you're gonna get your four year bachelor's degree, you'll have some specific prereqs you have to take and then after that, you'll go to a post professional or postgraduate school, which is going to be three years and you'll end up with a doctorate of physical therapy. So it's four years of bachelors, you apply to whatever program going to get into and then it's three years of additional graduate work.
 
James Bell 
Okay, so yeah, that's like a doctor, as long as the training and lots of education I love that because that's who you know. You think talk about these things. And it seems like Google Now, everything is accessible, you can look it up, you can learn, you know, learn those exercises, but having that specialized training and having that people direct to you, probably when you're talking about physio, specialty, physical health, is a much better way to go. And having to have that training probably is invaluable to the, in the in the field,
 
 
right? Absolutely. And the nice part is they learn to work with patients and console them. So, you know, in the medical field, No, you go to see the doctor, you're gonna see the doctor for four and a half, five minutes, when you come see a physical therapist or with a clinician, you're gonna see them for 45 minutes to an hour. So there's a lot of personal one on one relationships, they start to figure out how to talk to different generations, you know, there's many years difference between most people they're going to work with, so trying to learn how to communicate, relate to them, not be offensive, and kind of find things they're interested in is a really nice aspect. They, they learned to develop their soft skills very well.
 
James Bell 
Yeah. And you know, we're hearing more and more about that how important those are in almost every academic pursuit, but especially out in the workforce, having those abilities in those skills kind of translates to everything we do. Absolutely, you know, with this program as well, I wonder if you want to talk a little bit about some of the well, I don't know what what the right word would be. But some of the maybe the specifics, like what does the physical therapy look like? Or is it just so different for everybody that it doesn't take any sort of standard track?
 
 
Yeah. So you know, in general, we're going to be working on making sure people aren't high fall risk. So if you come in and say you have difficulty walking, we call that gait training. You know, if you're in a wheelchair, and you want to be able to get up and transfer move around a little bit, those are things we can work on. A lot of it is technique based, making sure you do it safely and appropriately and efficiently based on whatever you have going on. You know, the students like to work on the gait training, because it's interesting for them to see how different people walk to learn those different techniques. And the whole goal is to keep you more independent. So you're not having to go live in a nursing home or do something along those lines. We I mean, it's different for everyone, a lot of it's gonna involve the gait training, cardiovascular training, strength training, there's different balance technique techniques. We don't do a lot of hands on manual there. That's kind of not the point. But no, if that needs to be done, we can do a little bit of that too.
 
James Bell 
Okay. Well, we get just about we've gotten under a minute left. I wonder if you want to share any last thoughts or anything else before we go?
 
No, I just say if you're interested, please try to get a hold of us. You know, I did not bring my contact information. So I'll get that to you, James. But you know, anyone that's really thinking about, Hey, I just want to get active, get involved, but I've got certain things going on where I really want to be supervised. We'd be a great place a great fit for you

Upcoming craft fair supports cancer non-profit

On this episode of the Post Podcast Your Voice Through Cancer event coordinator Amanda Long and Kate Armstrong, along with president and co-founder Judy Stegman discuss their upcoming craft fair.

Upcoming craft fair supports cancer non-profit

On this episode of the Post Podcast, Your Voice Through Cancer event coordinators Kate Armstrong and Amanda Long, along with co-founder and president Judy Stegman share details of the upcoming craft fair.

New director, services at Center for Life Experiences

On this episode of the Post Podcast Center for Life Experiences executive director Darian Schlegel shares updates from the center.
Transcript:
EDITORS NOTE: Transcripts are provided by an automated service and are not verified for accuracy.
 
James Bell 
The Center for life experiences has a new executive director and some new programming on the way. Darien Schlegel stops by to share with us the details on this episode of the post podcast.
 
Darian Schlegel 
So a little bit about me, I'm from a City, Kansas, I moved to Hayes to go to college, and just recently graduated with my clinical psych in the psych department in May of 2022. And then I was recently hired at CFL II this July. So I've been there for about a month and a half now.
 
James Bell 
Very cool. Yeah, kind of settling in with Anna. She was a frequent guest on the show, obviously. And it's been several months before bird since we'd seen her that her last sign off, I think was, oh, goodness, May, June ish. And yeah, that transition happened to kind of wall in the interim. But how are things going?
 
Darian Schlegel 
Good, good. Yeah. And kind of stepped off in May. And she's been helping out here and there for a while helping me get adjusted and everything like that. So it's been, it's been good. We're learning and starting some new things. And we're excited. Very cool.
 
James Bell 
And, you know, I love that. Obviously, you know, you mentioned that you just got out of college, you're fairly young. And I think that's got to be a change, because and, and we've been there so long and really kind of made her own but to bring in that new ideas and the young blood, probably a little bit of a, I don't know, a nervous energy, but also excitement around there. Right?
 
Darian Schlegel 
Yeah, it was definitely, I don't want to say intimidating because it has kind of a negative connotation. But, um, yeah, it was definitely interesting to step in the foot after, and has been there for so long. I mean, she helped found the foundation and everything. So it's cool to learn from her because she's so involved in she knows so many people in that community. So it's great to learn from her and just kind of take over in her footsteps, then, like you said, it's fun to start those new ideas, too.
 
James Bell 
Yeah. And we're going to talk about some of the new stuff that this launched here in the are launching recent or soon. But before we get there, I wonder if you want to talk a little bit about just kind of the overall center for life experiences mission and what you guys do down there.
 
Darian Schlegel 
Yeah, so CFR li focuses on helping people basically grieve and heal and talk about their daily struggles. It's a place where people can come and connect with others who have experienced similar experiences. We're all about just forming that support for other people, because a lot of people just don't have that support system around. So we're there to make that happen. Very
 
James Bell 
cool. And for my understanding, I've never been affiliated with the groups, but just the years of talking with and it's a very informal, it's not not a counseling session, per se, it's, as you say, it's just it's a, it's something to help you get through the process and with others, that have also been through it. Yeah,
 
Darian Schlegel 
yeah, it's a very informal process. We have groups in the evenings, healing after loss, healing after loss of suicide, and then Healing Hearts. And there's three separate support groups where people can come and just talk about their struggles and learn from other's experiences and just feel like they have a connection somewhere with somebody because a lot of time family members don't really know what to say, especially if they haven't experienced that grief themselves. So that's a place where people can really just be surrounded by others who have the same experience.
 
James Bell 
Yeah, know what those groups, those groups that you've kind of inherited. are the timings in the day, same, the same on those meetings. Are those been adjusted
 
Darian Schlegel 
yet, so they stay the same? Every month. So Healing Hearts, meets the first Thursday of every month and healing after loss meets the first and third Tuesday every month. And then halos, which is healing after loss of suicide meets the first and third Wednesday of every month.
 
James Bell 
Very cool. Just still have the calendar on the website. Yes. Okay. CFE. hope.org. Yes. Okay. Cool. I was hoping I remembered that right. Very cool. Well, then, let's move on. And let's talk about some of these new things that are coming up. The first one I think we want to hit on a little bit is the John C lecture series. What is this?
 
Darian Schlegel 
So the John C Lecture Series is where cflc brings in a speaker every so often to talk about different mental health topics and stuff like that. So for the Jhansi lecture series this month, it's happening in September 22. At the beach Smith are performing arts center on campus at Fort Hays, it's from six to nine. And they will be talking about suicide awareness and stigma that surrounds suicide. And they are bringing somebody in from Arts Otsuka and It's hard to pronounce. And they will be talking about this. And they partner with psych u, which is an amazing resource for mental health as
 
James Bell 
well. Very cool. People are interested, do they need to sign up in advance? Or is any sort of fee on this? Or is it just come and go with it?
 
Darian Schlegel 
Nope, it's just a come and go. We really encourage people, the community come, just learning here about suicide and stigma, because it's something we want to talk about. It is increasing in all of the population. So it's really important to know how to talk to somebody and learn about it, and how to combat the stigma surrounding it.
 
James Bell 
Absolutely. Okay, and I have for my understand you've got some other new groups. I don't have them in front of me, but other new groups that are starting up, right?
 
Darian Schlegel 
Yes, yeah. So we have what we call a support series. And so it's going to be roughly six to eight weeks of different groups. So the first one we're starting is called Fostering Connections. And this is going to be a six week group starting September 26, at five o'clock, where children the age 10, to 18 can come and really just talk about their life experiences children with experience with the foster care system. That way, they have somebody to talk to who have been in similar situations. And just so that they can talk to other kids who have had had the same experience. And then our next group is called the CF le book circle. And this is another four to six week group that's going to alternate every month with different topics. And our first book is gained something, it focuses around divorce. So anyone going through divorce, or who has already gone through it, and just want to be around other people who have the same experiences, again, can read the book and learn some things and all of that good stuff.
 
James Bell 
Very cool. You know, I think about, you know, traumatic life events like that sometimes I think are even more harder to deal with than the loss of a loved one, just because it's, there is no loss, it's you know, that you're losing the relationship, but not losing the person. And that adds a whole nother layer of complexity to
 
Darian Schlegel 
Exactly, exactly. And I think cflc is wanting to talk about all the different types of grief, there are different branches. And like you said, you're losing that part of your life that you had a huge connection with. And so we'll be able to talk about that as well.
 
James Bell 
Very cool, very exciting stuff. Is information for those available on the website as well.
 
Darian Schlegel 
Yes, everything's available on the website. And we are updating our website as well. So hopefully in the next coming month or so people will be able to register for different events on there as well. So, so keep a lookout for that.
 
James Bell 
Your website work. Never goes as fast as you want. Right? Yeah. Well, very cool. Well, there's anything else that you think the folks need to know about what's going on down at the Center for life experiences right now.
 
Darian Schlegel 
Um, I just hope that you guys come out and visit us if you ever feel like you just need to talk about your life. We're here for you and we hope to see everyone

Medicare enrollment window approaching

On this episode of the Post Podcast Sunflower Senior Solutions owner, Courtney Dale shares information about the upcoming Medicare enrollment window.
 
Transcript:
EDITORS NOTE: Transcripts are provided by an automated service and are not verified for accuracy.
 
James Bell 
The annual Medicare enrollment window is just around the corner. From Sunflower Senior Solutions owner Courtney Dale shares with us some of the details on this episode of the Post Podcast.
 
Courtney Dale 
It always gets here faster and faster every year. Kinda like Christmas. But speaking of that, you know how we start to see Christmas in the stores. sooner and sooner. It's the same thing with Annual Election Period with Medicare and people are already seeing the advertisements on TV and mailboxes are filling up and all that stuff. And the reason why is because of this time of year, and it officially is October 15. Through December 7, that window is the only window that a person can make changes to their prescription drug plan, or a Medicare Advantage Plan, which is not as common is as a Medicare supplemental plan for most people in the listening area. But those two things the prescription plan in the in the Advantage Plans can only be changed and adjusted during that window. However, as agents and brokers, we can start seeing the plans and all of their options and all of their pricing as soon as October 1. So we can start talking about them, and going over them with people as soon as October 1, which is less than a month away. And it'll be here before you know it. Sure. So very important time of year to kind of have all of your Medicare plans reviewed. And a lot of people do this religiously, a lot of people don't understand the benefits of having your plans reviewed. Just on the prescription side alone, there's a huge savings potential, especially for people who are paying higher drug costs for maybe you know insolence or blood centers or things like that. The formularies change every year. So the coverage changes and the different levels within the plan that changes so what you're on now, there may be something out there that covers your drugs better, and can save you you know, a few $100 over the course of the year, which is huge. Right now everyone is looking for ways to save money myself included. So that is, you know, that is the the main importance of it is to save money. Now on the on all of your other plans. So your Medicare supplemental plans and your dental vision and hearing plans and anything else you have that you want. Kind of a second opinion, hey, is this the right plan for me? Could I save money here? Could I get better coverage there? This is just a great time of year you have to have your prescription plan looked at it's a great time of year to just have a once over and have everything reviewed. And of course we do that complimentary We do not charge anything for our services to review your plan.
 
James Bell 
Yeah, so I think why not? You know, you mentioned that, you know, this time of year is a good time for it, you kind of it makes me think about your time change, you know, time changes comes, you're supposed to check all your fire safety equipment, right? It's like that time of year to do it. So why not take advantage of the free service and see if you can save yourself some money.
 
Courtney Dale 
Exactly. This again, you know, yeah, we kind of looked at a look at it as the end of one year. And how do we get straight for the start of the next year? We do again, we do the Medicare supplemental plans, we do Medicare Advantage plans. We do dental, vision and hearing plans. We also help people with their prescription plans. Of course, we also that's for people over the age of 65. We also offer insurance services for any age. And of course, the dental vision and hearing packages that any age. That's not just Medicare, Affordable Care Act plans are something that we also help with we started doing that a couple years ago, those new plans for the next year, they did change the tax, the tax subsidies. So if you have looked at them before, and you couldn't afford them before, you might want to take a look again, we can't look at those until November 1 for the next year. So if you're on one of those plans, again, great time to have it reviewed if it's if those plans are something that you've looked into or think that you could benefit from. We could take a look at those for you too. That is something that we do. Also we do a little bit of fixed interest rate investment products. Horse in the last year myself included. We've all kind of taken a little bit of a hit from the stock market, which we know is going to happen but a lot of people have kind of came to us and are interested in looking at more of a fixed rate product insurance product which we do those as well. And that's again this time of year is a great time of year to look at all that we have, you know, some fixed interest rates that are doing four and 5%. So if you have bank CD's or cash or anything sitting around, that's not earning anything. Great time of year to have all that looked at as well,
 
James Bell 
for sure. Now, Courtney, I'm curious you for those folks that are maybe in that window, and they want to have this looked at with that window between October 15 and December 7. At what point? Is it too late? Or can you just go all the way up and to December 7.
 
Courtney Dale 
On the Medicare side, it's December 7, on the Affordable Care Act plans. It is the end of the year, November 1 through the end of the year, or I'm sorry, Jane, it goes all the way through to January 15. On the Affordable Care Act plans. Now dental vision and hearing packages and any of the fixed rate insurance products and even Medicare Supplements. Those can be looked at and changed at any time during the year, the big push on October 15. And December 7 Is the prescription drug plans. And the Medicare Advantage plans. That's the only time of year that you can change those.
 
James Bell 
Okay, so somebody went into your office on say, December 6, they could still get that in get those changes processed? Or would you have time to do that?
 
Courtney Dale 
Oh, yeah, all the way we work all the way up till midnight on December 7. So in our our office hours change during starting October 1. We are available Monday through Saturday. So we do weekend appointments as well. Just we want to make sure to get everyone in that needs to have plans reviewed. So the best way to figure out how you can get in and book a time and we are booking appointments right now is cuz we can start, like I said, looking at plans October 1, call our office 785301 to 716. Or you can also book an appointment online. Sunflower senior.com.
 
James Bell 
Okay. Well, Courtney, I'm also curious, you know, this time of year with you busy looking at all these plans? Are you still doing the informational sessions?
 
Courtney Dale 
We do? Yes, of course, all over the state. So if you want to do a face to face workshop and get a refresher on Medicare education, if you're in the listening area, there's a good chance we're going to be in your area, we can also do a review face to face. We travel all over the state doing those reviews, and we actually have some dates and time set and locations. And so if you see one of those locations, you want to meet with us and do your review in person if you're not, you know, if you don't live in haze, we are all over. So that is also going to be available on our website. Sunflower senior.com.
 
James Bell 
Okay, so yeah, head over there. Check that out. And that phone number again, Courtney
 
Courtney Dale 
785-301-2716.
 
James Bell 
There you go. Anything else? You think that the folks out there need to know before we go?
 
Courtney Dale 
Oh, just you know, we can't stress the importance of having your plans reviewed enough. Even if you think you're in the right place. It's it's just not going to cost you anything and you might be able to save a few 100 bucks and didn't even know you were eligible for that. So we can't stress it enough. Just have your plans looked at even if it's not by us have somebody review your plans for the upcoming year.

Voters head to polls this week for Ellis USD 388 Bond election

On this episode of the Post Podcast Mike Keller from the Care 4 Kids committee stops by to share information about the upcoming USD 388 Bond Issue election.

Heartland Community Foundation establishes new funds

On this episode of the Post Podcast Heartland Community Foundation executive director Sarah Meitner stops by to share updates from the foundation.
Transcript:
EDITORS NOTE: Transcripts are provided by an automated service and are not verified for accuracy.
 
James Bell 
The Heartland Community Foundation has opened four new funds over the summer, Executive Director Sarah Meitner stops by to share some of the details on this episode of the Post Podcast.
 
Sarah Meitner 
It's been kind of a quiet summer, but we have added four new funds to our list of funds. And what that means is basically Well, these are all funds that we manage, they are all designated for something charitable. So a fund can be opened by an individual donor like yourself, or an individual business that has charitable interests, or an organization and we manage Oh, I think there's about 30 organization funds currently. And these are the nonprofits in town that we know and love the nonprofits that are serving the community boots on the ground. You know, ones like the heath Arts Council, the community theater, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the Hdc, I'm forgetting a whole bunch, because there's a lot but but you get it, these are their endowed funds. And what that means is that it's money that's been set aside by them, or a donor for the purposes of being endowed and kept for later. So in their endowed portion, it is invested right alongside all of our other funds. And that power of investment allows it to grow. And over time, the more that it grows, the more that they can grant to themselves. So the other funds that we have, we make grants out of as an as an entity, our grants committee make grants out of, to any number of organizations that apply for a grant, when it's their own fund, the money only goes back to them. And they use the investment income on it as a as a as a budget item as a line item as a as a revenue income stream that's generally pretty consistent. And that's the kind of thing that a nonprofit can really appreciate. When it's hard to fundraise for things like salaries or rent or other operating expenses, stuff that's not like real glamorous and easy to sell to a donor to help to help raise money for. So for some of these organizations, that's a pretty big deal. And they depend on that, that money, whatever amount it is to help pay for the programs that they offer and the services that they offer. So we had four new ones added this summer. And I'm really excited for them because it is showing an interest in sustainability that is maybe new or a little different. So I want to tell you what those four are, and invite our listeners to visit our website at Heartland Community foundation.org To see the full list of funds, you know, they can see which other organizations have won with us. And they can donate right there on the website anytime. And they pick right who they want to go to. And they can leave a comment if they like and it goes right to that organization. So the four new ones. One was actually the Hays med Foundation. And there's this little different because they have their own I mean, they're an entire they're they manage their own funds that are endowed. However their designation their nonprofit classification is a little bit different. That makes it hard for them to take in gifts that are Ira rollovers or stock transfers, things that can be more easy or easily feasible or are performed through the through the Community Foundation. So that's what their fund is primarily going to be used for. And then it can, it can still be designated by a donor if it's for a specific department at the hospital. But we can accept those gifts that they previously have had difficulty accepting. So very excited about that partnership. Another one is the lift up wakeeney fund and it's our first organization fund in wakeeney. And it is the there's a group of very dedicated, hardworking community members who are doing their best to get their hands dirty and clean up Balkany. And they have started a fund so that they can invest in projects with it that are important to the long term sustainability of the community. And so I'm super excited about that. It's already over 20,000 in it. And so, you know, the more it grows, that one is actually partially endowed and partially kept in a reserve so that they can, if they have a project that is, you know, five to $10,000 they're not limited by only granting out that that investment income, they can actually invest some of the principle. The third one is the let's grow Victoria fund. And this is actually also a little different. It's a provisional Fund, which is thrown a whole lot of lingo out yet, but this is this is the group of folks that are in Victoria work Hang on the rest home project. So this is going to be used as their pass through their fundraising fun, their main pot of money as they are seeking donations and working to grow the money that it's going to take to make those construction updates and renovations to the former rest home. So that one, we have a fundraising goal and I can help support them in those efforts. And you know that when I'm so excited, that project is just amazing.
 
James Bell 
I've got to write about that and speak with Jeff. And yeah, that's
 
Sarah Meitner 
neat project and it and it sort of leads me to the the fourth one, the Atlas County Historical Society. I don't know anything about that. And they were just here, I just saw mantle even. But they, you know, they're gonna have a location, a satellite office or a satellite facility at that rest home. But they also have a board that's very interested in sustainability. And they reached out about an endowed fund something to show the community that they are here for the long haul, and they're willing to invest in themselves. So you know, it's all very cool. It's all very exciting. I know, there's others out there on the horizon. The only one distinction that I want to make because it is United Way kickoff time, and the United Way funds go to all of these organizations as well, the differences in the two and what we do and what they do, if they're I liken it to, they're more of a checking account, the day to day where the savings account were the ones for saving for later and for long term. So we need both both are so important, and the organizations depend on both. But sometimes it's hard for donors to understand the overlap. So there you go, tried to make it simple for you.
 
James Bell 
That works. Very cool. Um, you know, before we run out of time here, we gotta hit on this as well, of grant applications. Are you currently in a window? I think last time you were here, you were wrapping up the window with your app.
 
Sarah Meitner 
Yep, we are getting ready to launch our fall window. It opens September 15. Closes November 15. I had two calls already yesterday with prospective applicants. So the people are ready for it. They're they're getting hungry. They're waiting for it. So the good news is that that application, as always, is can be found on our website. And we've actually made it easier. We've removed about five to six questions that just made it a little bit longer or a little bit tougher to understand the questions I probably got called about the most. But you know, I'm excited about that, because it just removes a couple more barriers toward obtaining some some money for projects that these charitable groups really need. So look for that September 15. It closes November 15.
 
James Bell 
Okay, and all that information, again, available on your website, right? It should
 
Sarah Meitner 
be updated, but the application could definitely be found on their website. And all of those donor all of those fun names, those accounts are the full list is that our website as well.
 
James Bell 
Very cool. Worst case scenario, they can find your phone number there, right. Always calm.
 
Sarah Meitner 
Yes. And I'll tell them about all of our wonderful friends because we do have some, some really special and awesome What's it What's that again? Heartland Community foundation.org

Ellis County Historical Society wraps season with Family Day events

On this episode of the Post Podcast Ellis County Historical Soceity executive director Amanda Rupp shares details of the upcoming Big Bang Firearm Exhibit Season Closing Reception and Family Day.

Thunder on the Plains returns to Hays Sept. 17

On this episode of the Post Podcast Thunder on the Plains organizers Shelby Doty and Jackie Lang share details about the upcoming event.

Fajitas, red wine and ice cream pie combine into one tasty day

On this episode of the Post Podcast Fort Hays State University's Glen McNeil share some tasty facts about some of these favorite menu items.
 
Transcript:
EDITORS NOTE: Transcripts are provided by an automated service and are not verified for accuracy.
 
James Bell 
What do fajitas red wine and ice cream pie have in common? They're celebrated on the same day here in the US. For our nutrition, health and wellness segment Fort State University's Glenn McNeil stops by to share with us some of the nutritional implications of those menu items. On this episode of the Post Podcast.
 
Glen McNeil 
National Ice Cream Pie,
 
James Bell 
ice cream pie love ice cream ice cream pie.
 
Glen McNeil 
And you know a lot of people when you say ice cream pie, think about you know, an Ice Cream Sandwich type thing. Okay, well, this is ice cream pie today, which basically means take a pie crust and fill it with your favorite type of ice cream, and then refreeze it and slice it up and eat it. Or you can do what has become popular over the years as you you can take a pie shell and you soften your ice cream. And then you can add things like Cool Whip and cream cheese to your ice cream and blend it real well put a little fruit in it and then put it back put it into a pie shell and make you a ice cream dessert item. Okay, but you know so it's it's just a different way to to bring a refreshing dessert. Okay in and a dessert most of us like is ice cream. So we have national soft serve ice cream day. We have National Ice Cream Pie Day we have national hard dip ice cream, they so make yourself an ice cream pie today. And the most popular crust from ice cream pie is what
 
James Bell 
I would imagine like the Oreo crust.
 
Glen McNeil 
Well, you're you're close it's the old style graham cracker crust. Okay, were you just crushed up graham crackers and mix it with a little bit of butter and then pack it into a form it into a pie tin or glass pie dish. You can use that or you can do the simpler thing today is just go buy them.
 
James Bell 
That's That's my MO I just, well let's be real, I don't buy the I don't buy any of the shells or the ingredients I just buy pies.
 
Glen McNeil 
And you know, it's it's a different way to sample into dry ice cream. Is that's that's all it is. But it's an opportunity to to celebrate it in an ice cream has some calcium. Unfortunately, real ice cream has more sugar and fat to it. You know, that's what makes it rich and smooth and creamy when you put it in the mouth is that that fat that's in that particular product. So just have to kind of one of those things that you work into your diet. And you go back to that occasionally. It's good moderation. It's good. So
 
James Bell 
absolutely. You know, honestly, I can't remember the last time I had ice cream. It's been a while.
 
Glen McNeil 
I would say probably last week for me. I had some oh gosh, oh, we stopped at a chocolate factory. And we're looking at all that I don't know how people could work in a chocolate factory, right? I really don't but at least we stopped at the Chocolate Factory. And they had we're just bringing out some mint chocolate chip ice cream and that's one of my favorites. So I had some mint chocolate chip ice cream had a small dip though. Instead of the large dip or instead of the two dip. You know I'm trying to be conservative a little bit and what I do in terms that process but enjoy it, you know, that's all part of what we do what we eat. It's different things that you want to enjoy and an ice cream has some value, you know to it that like I said it's got some calcium in it. And so we do get a small benefit from it. In terms of that process, I think I just dropped something. Okay,
 
James Bell 
the headphones, the headphones fall down all day long, they get knocked over. No worries.
 
Glen McNeil 
We go back you know we go back to here today and you talked a little bit about him this morning. And and basically it's it is a it's a Tex Mex dish is what we call it in and it's normally made with stripped peppers, and stripped meat and in in terms of that process or grilled stripped meat. So they do some people make it with ground beef, ground beef, but it's then it's more like a taco than it is here. And the thing about fajitas are they are a great way to add flavor, texture and color to the diet. Now the color comes from using red peppers and I like to use red peppers, green peppers, yellow and purple onions. Okay, and then I've also when I make the heat isn't home, I dress them a little differently because I like to use Squash. Squash him just for different flavor. You can use anything you want. Okay, traditionally there they were made from a kind of meat called the skirt and it's on the lower portion of the belly more towards the front. It is a well it's on. It's called a plate if you're, you know, in carving meat, which is the lower portion of the belly in towards the front, and it's a it's not very tender. You can cook it by stripping it and and treating it with seasonings and sometimes marinating it you can make it more tender, but it's one of the more flavor Over four pieces of meat on on a beef cow. Okay, so and you can buy a lot of that's what fajita meat is when you go to the store and buy it, but you can make it with chicken you can make it with shrimp, you can make it with fish, you can make it with any kind of meat protein source that that goes with that and it's just a great way to to do to serve a blended anywhere from a mild to a highly seasoned product and introduce some new flavors to people. Okay, it's you know, so it's kind of a nice cultural thing brings different food cultural items into what we do and what we eat.
 
James Bell 
Yeah, you know what I like about fajitas kid friendly, because then you don't ache you can just kind of put a little bit a little bit a little veggies, a little meat on the plate and they can just fingerfood it and and what used to my house, the kids have always fajitas are a staple at my house. And they always enjoy just because of that it's easy for them,
 
Glen McNeil 
it's very easy to to eat and fajitas to me is one of those things if you decide to go out and buy for us at a meal they are generally served on a large platter. Okay, and there's there's plenty of meat and vegetables there for most time. And then usually, you get a secondary platter that's got lettuce, maybe some pickled Guile, or diced tomatoes, then it's cheese, some sour cream that you can use to dress them up, I can usually get three meals out of a big heated platter. Okay, back in the younger days, I can get one meal out of them. Okay, nowadays, it's kind of one of those meals where I can go order fajitas. And at the same time, I get my meal, I asked for a take home box, and I take it and I just kind of cut everything in half and put it in and then I get my lunches out of it the next day. But it's a it's a great way to alter taste, you don't have to use just one form of protein source and someone's popular day or simply just vegetable fajitas no meat. And yet some you know some people just have to have that meat product in there. Okay, but I like just plain vegetable fajitas with with guacamole and different flavorings on them, because it's, it's a great way to bring those colored vegetables in, you know, to bring that mix of from my standpoint to bring that mix of water soluble vitamins and fiber into your diet. Okay, so they are good contributors to that process. So I would say go out and get some they're easy to make at home. You can buy fajita meat in the store already. Or you can buy some people use a flat iron steak to do it. Some people will take leftover roast, and strip the roast, cooked roast and then just cook their vegetables and blend the media in with that. So you can use leftovers in the product and it does impart and make things taste really good. So I would say you know, go get you some tortillas and just mix up a bunch of fajita meat vegetables tonight, and it's gonna be beautiful sit out on the deck and
 
James Bell 
I need some Yeah, and nobody especially if you got one of those Blackstone's you got and cook, cook outside just do the whole thing outdoors?
 
Glen McNeil 
I don't have one of those.
 
James Bell 
I don't either. I have some friends that have one. They love them. Yes, I
 
Glen McNeil 
know quite a few people that have them. And I really liked the outdoor kitchen style. Now along with the fajitas you could have a glass of red wine. Today is National. Okay, so if I get this right here,
 
 
nor day, is that right? I have no idea. Which is it is a red
 
Glen McNeil 
wine. Okay. And red wine contains small amounts of vitamins and minerals. We know red wine today more towards the product, the antioxidants and the flavonoid compounds that are in red wine, a group of compounds you know that the health benefits when we look at helping control blood pressure, and what we see the alcohol and the rest of aerosol in the wine, okay, which is one of these antioxidant compounds that gives us these, these health benefits. There's information out there that regular consumption of moderate amounts of red wine gets you these these particular antioxidant compounds in them. And that can help lower your risk of colon cancer that can in for men, it can cause a slight reduction in chances for prostate cancer. You know it, there's some tie into consumption of red wine and type two diabetes these days, saying that a moderate alcohol intake can help to lower the risk of diabetes doesn't go curity factors or anything, but lower the risk. Now that doesn't mean if you go out and start drinking red wine today that you're gonna get all these benefits. These are long term benefits that come from consuming red wine. On the negative side, about 10% of the population has an allergy to wine and most of the wine allergies are a reaction to yeast or mold that may be in the product during the process or sulfites okay which which are naturally occurring compounds in red wine. So, you know we see some differences that that go on there. Other things that go with wine, it's got alcohol in it health benefits because the heart knows was relaxed, but can also cause some liver damage. Okay, when you consume any type of alcohol, you'll find changes in the liver. Okay, and the idea is to keep it moderate. And that helps to moderate those and then gives the body a chance to, to deal with those. So I mean, there's there's some good things and then you know, when you think of everything else that's going on with, with fajitas, and red wine and, and ice cream, we're back to school. Okay, our kids are back in school. So parents, grandparents, now's the time to think about if the kids come home after school, they're going to be hungry. Right, that's this sort of tradition, let school lunches are, are only designed to provide about a third of what's needed. You know, each meal is designed on that, well, you got these growing and active kids. So their chances are, they're going to become hungry during the afternoon and hungry when they come home. So have some snacks, look at things like healthy choice, not healthy choice, but a healthy choice style granola bar, the single serve yogurt packets about, they're about 75 calories, good rich sources of calcium, you can get low fat ones with Reser. Even better than that, you can get some that have fruit in them. And there are single serve packs that can be put in the refrigerator, you know, so you can do that. Apples, oranges, bananas, fresh fruits that can be put on the counter. Research shows that if those things are made available to children, as a choice, when they come home, they are likely to take them over less healthy snacks. So the idea is keep the fruit basket out there rotate the fruit in it. So there's different things, put some fresh fruit and you know, in the refrigerator, so they're gonna get into the refrigerator for that have some of those things around that? That are those healthy alternatives to a bag of potato chips, a bag of pretzels, you know that that type of thing. Now, those occasionally are not bad. But they have some of those things around. So there's lots of things to think about today. Especially as the weather is beautiful. You know, today in that process,
 
James Bell 
yeah. And getting into the routines back to school, this i That's my house right now we're, we're kind of in that mode. One of our children went back the other one starting next week. And it's yeah, it's fun all of a sudden together, and we're recognizing like, hey, let's create these good habits while we're in that transitional period.
 
Glen McNeil 
Let me let me remind you that it doesn't. It doesn't work, to have your children get out, get up and have you say, Okay, you need to eat breakfast, when you're not. Okay, children are more likely to eat breakfast and grow into eating breakfast on a regular basis. If their parents do. It's one of those follow example types of things. And then the choices, you know, if all you're going to have for breakfast as a cup of coffee, until they're maybe they're just going to want a beverage or something like that. Have a small bowl of cereal, eat a piece of fruit, no, toasted bagel, split a bagel with your kids, you know, a lot of different things that you can do to encourage them to eat good, good, healthy items.
 
James Bell 
Should you eat breakfast? I don't I never eat breakfast.
 
Glen McNeil 
Well, you know, the, there's a lot of discussion going on about about that. Probably the best answer, as best answer is what the term breakfast means. And that is to break the fast that you have had for an extended period of time. I think the majority of the information is going to come out and say it's a healthy alternative. It's the healthy choice a small amount of fuel to defeat fuel food to fuel you in the morning to bring your blood sugar levels back up from the lower portion that they become to put a small amount of protein in the gastrointestinal system that in the bloodstream will stave off hunger later in the day. People who tend to eat breakfast, a small breakfast, tend to snack less during the morning tend to feel better two to three hours after their app because they have fuel their body. So the answer is yes, you should eat something for breakfast, but I mean, it can be a cool piece of pizza is one of my favorite drives my wife nuts, cold pizza with mustard on it for breakfast.
 
James Bell 
Oh yeah, had me tell the mustard. Oh, it's really good. And I love mustard, but
 
Glen McNeil 
with yellow mustard. I mean, something we you know, it's like there's nothing wrong with having pancakes and eggs for supper. Okay, so it's just the it's just the idea of fueling your body. So yes, it's it is, you know, at least my opinion in many health professional opinions. It is a very good idea to eat breakfast. A lot of times it's called the most important meal of the day. And you think about it, it's that's a pretty long period of time from the last time you ate in the evening. Through the morning it forces the body to tap into all those stores well. It can help you stay more consistent with your blood sugar with By eating meals on a regular basis, including breakfast, which in turn helps to keep you from overeating later in the day. And for children, very important, because their blood sugar levels are low in the morning. And if they go to school with those blood sugar levels, an hour or so maybe hour and a half after they get to get to school, they have trouble concentrating, they have trouble being active, because of those low blood sugars and low protein levels in the bloodstream. So they should have something for breakfast.
 
James Bell 
My children do. Okay, I'm gonna try. I'm gonna I'm going to incorporate in my diet and I'll let you know how it goes. Next time you hear
 
Glen McNeil 
even, you know, like I said, You could do a cup of yogurt. You could do the pie like sourdough toast, with a little bit of olive oil on it for breakfast. That's good, but my favorite breakfast is take frosted Mini Wheats and layer the bottom of the bowl, one layer frosted Mini Wheats in the bottom of the bowl. And then on top of that about half inch of Raisin Bran. And then on top of that, I sprinkled some Grape Nuts or crunchy nut cereal, and then just enough to kind of fill in the gaps. And right on top of that he put some granola and then 1% milk on it. I put whole milk on it but my wife won't let me have anymore. Okay, and that's why my breakfast it's high in fiber. It's high in B vitamins. It's got good sources of protein in it and you know when I don't eat breakfast, that mid morning, I get a little grumpy. So it's good for me to eat breakfast now. I also like a bagel with some cream cheese on it or locks bagels you know smoked salmon on it. English buff and toasted English muffin with a little bit of either cream cheese or butter. And I'm a butter not margarine user and it's just because of taste. It's nothing health wise in terms of that. Or waffles with peanut butter and syrup. Have you put peanut butter on your waffles?
 
James Bell 
I did and you know I think I think maybe you'd mentioned it to me a while back and I tried it is it wasn't my favorite but it's definitely good.
 
Glen McNeil 
Yeah, you know, so there's lots of things that you can do for breakfast that that are there. Okay, and a lot of times we'll go we'll just buy a bunch of fresh fruit chop up fresh food big bold, fresh fruit in the refrigerator and a bowl that for breakfast is fine. So my breakfast you know rotates around but my favorite is that bowl of cereal. For that nets I grew up eating oatmeal for breakfast that I still like oatmeal I tend to like it more as a cold cereal that hot cereal these days but I still like oatmeal for that process. So a lot of good things we can do today especially garden fresh items that are coming out now we've been eating tomatoes we've been eating zucchini we've been eating not much to Keaney here but Sam lots of cucumbers love sliced cucumbers and he just keeps a big bowl of sliced cucumbers in the refrigerator and vinegar and water. Like that tartness that comes with the with the vinegar and just chop up put them in salads and put them in stir fry the other night so I liked it. My wife didn't but that's okay. You know we have different tastes. So there's a lot of things that you could do to to enhance the nutritional value of the food shooting. Very good. One last thing. You're a music guy. I am your music guy. What is important about August 18 in the music business in the 1960s
 
James Bell 
You're gonna stump me.
 
Glen McNeil 
You've always got all these cool trivia things. 1962
 
James Bell 
I got nothing. I have no idea. Okay.
 
Glen McNeil 
You know who Pete Best was?
 
James Bell 
Pete bet you know the name. Sounds familiar, but I'm drawing a blank. Okay, you're stuck with me on how to he was the
 
Glen McNeil 
first drummer The Beatles?
 
James Bell 
Ah, yeah, there you go.
 
Glen McNeil 
1862 on August 18 are right around that. August 18 is when Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as a drummer. Very cool. Do I win the pizza?
 
James Bell 
I can get Jackie. You'd have Dini called with mustard though.
 
 
Oh, well, I just put it in the refrigerator and the next day.
 
Glen McNeil 
You know, on days like this. Just go out. Have a good day makes some healthy food choices and enjoy the weather.

Hays to host full-scale tornado strike exercise

On this episode of the Post Podcast, Ellis County Emergency Manager Lyle Pantle shares information about an upcoming training exercise in Hays.

Hays Community Theatre Presents ‘Wizard of Oz’ this weekend

On this episode of the Post Podcast, From the Hays Community Theatre, The Wizard of Oz director Wendy Richmeier shares information about the upcoming show.

McCracken Rodeo begins Thursday

On this episode of the Post Podcast Roger Leigleiter and Allen McCoy share information about the upcoming McCracken Rodeo

Fireworks risk decreased with common sense measures

On this episode of the Post Podcast, Hays Fire Department chief Ryan Hagans shares some safety tips while using fireworks.