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Thursday September 27, 2018 Volume 12, No. 39
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One dead in mobile home fire Staff report
Haysville Sun-Times
One person died after fire struck a mobile home early Friday morning, Sept. 21. The mobile home, located in the 7800 block of South Laura Street, was fully engulfed in flames by the time a firefighting crew got to the scene. During a search, firefighters found one person dead inside the home. The name of the victim had not been released Tuesday. The mobile home was reportedly a total loss. The cause and origin of the fire are undetermined, according to a county spokesperson.
‘Baby G’ statue installed at HWMS stadium By Sam Jack
Haysville Sun-Times sjack@tsnews.com LEFT: A miniature gorilla statue, dubbed “Baby G” now reminds Haysville West Middle School athletes to play with “PRIDE” – preparation, respect, integrity, discipline and excellence.
Haysville West Middle School’s mascot is the gorilla, and the school definitely has gorilla pride. The school’s parent-teacher organization purchased a large gorilla statue, dubbed Gregory the Gorilla, that stands in front of the school. A few weeks ago, the PTO added a second, smaller gorilla statue just outside the school’s stadium. The idea is that as teams enter the stadium complex to compete, they will tap “Baby G” on the head. The new tradition was inspired by similar rituals at colleges such as the University of Tennesee and the University of Oklahoma. HWMS principal Ildo Martins picked up the gorilla statue in his truck, and maintenance employees got it anchored in concrete.
ABOVE: HWMS football players tap Baby G as they enter the school’s stadium earlier this month. Contributed photos
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Haysville homecoming Free movie in Riggs Park Friday
A free movie screening will be held in Riggs Park at 7:15 p.m. Friday. The movie will be “The Game Plan,” a 2007 comedy film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Johnson plays a professional football player who finds out he has an 8-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. Attendees are invited to bring a lawn chair or blanket. Laura Nicholas/Haysville Sun-Times
WSU Haysville ribbon cutting is Friday
WSU Haysville will hold an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. The public is invited to come celebrate Wichita State University’s newest location with refreshments, group tours and prize drawings. WSU Haysville is located at 106 Stewart Ave. For more information, visit www.wichita.edu/haysville.
STAY IN TOUCH
The Campus High School marching band comes down Grand Avenue last Friday afternoon during the CHS homecoming parade. The king and queen were crowned Friday, and the Colts beat Salina South. See the Haysville Sun-Times homecoming scrapbook on Page 5. Read about the Colts win in Sports, Page 3.
City streets to get new mill overlay By Nancy D. Borst
Haysville Sun-Times
A lower-than-expected bid on a mill overlay project means more Haysville city streets will be improved, thanks to action taken at the Sept. 24 city council meeting. The city budgeted $126,600 for asphalt milling and overlay for Mimosa Drive and the north and west portions of the City Hall parking lot. Flint Hills Materials submitted a bid of $74,994.75 for the projects. That allowed the city to add portions of Ballard Drive and Slade Avenue to the overlay project. The total cost for the
three streets and the parking lot came to $132,338.97. Public works director Tony Martinez said when the low bid was received, staff looked at their most recent pavement rating to determine where additional work was needed most. He said the hope is that the work on Ballard Drive will eliminate most of the “wave” effect of the current driving surface. Work is scheduled to begin Oct. 8 on Mimosa Drive, weather permitting, and continue through mid-October, with the City Hall parking lot the last project to be completed. The city’s annual slurry seal project is scheduled for
Sept. 28-Oct. 9, weather permitting. Affected property owners will be notified via a door hangar with more specific dates and times for their streets. In other street news, the city officially received word that the North Main Street Reconstruction funding request has been approved by the Wichita Metropolitan Area Planning Organization (WAMPO) in the amount of $1,743,664. Mayor Bruce Armstrong said the project will add sidewalks and crossroads on the west side of the street. The project is not slated for actual funding until 2021. The council also approved a
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contract with William Morris Associates Architects, Augusta, to design the Haysville Historic Chapel. The architect will produce a complete set of contract documents, including a site plan and landscaping. The chapel design will be a wood-framed structure based on historic photos of the city’s original Methodist Church. The new building will be approximately 1,200 square feet and will be used as a multi-purpose meeting room when completed. Cost of the design is $23,946. The city at one time had inves-
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