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Priceless Take One Vol. 20 Number 22 An Award Winning Weekly Newspaper Thursday, November 10, 2011 ATF National Response Team activated for Manhattan fire The National Response expertise that the state and Team (NRT) from the Bureau local agencies may not have of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms the resources to provide. The and Explosives (ATF), along responding NRT component with ATF special agents from normally has 13 to 18 mem- the Kansas City Field bers, including special agents Division, have joined the who have fire origin-and- investigation of an apartment cause expertise; forensic complex fire that occurred at chemists; fire protection engi- 4th St. and Leavenworth at the neers; accelerant detection request of the Manhattan Fire canines and additional support Depart-ment. The fire was services. reported at approximately 2:38 Once requested, the team a.m. on Nov. 6, 2011. can respond within 24 hours The Strasser Village to lend ATF’s expertise to Apartments is a 96 unit apart- state and local law enforce- ment building that was under ment or fire service personnel. construction. The NRT consists of three The damage to the structure regional components, organ- is considered a total loss. ized geographically to cover Dick’s Sporting Goods and the United States. ATF’s part- other nearby businesses also nership with federal, state and sustained fire, smoke and local departments is the key to water damage. Damage esti- an effective fire scene investi- mates for the apartment build- gation. The NRT works along- ing and nearby businesses are side its partners in reconstruct- undetermined at this time. ing the scene, identifying the ATF’s National Response origin of the fire, conducting Team (NRT) members arrived interviews and sifting through Tuesday and will initiate debris to obtain evidence scene investigation today. The related to the fire. fire is being jointly investigat- The Strasser Village Apartments burned Sunday morning and Tuesday the National Response Team arrived in The NRT has brought ed by the Manhattan Fire Manhattan to help local officials with the investigation. (Photo by Ben Brake) expertise and state-of-the-art Depart-ment, the Riley and the extent of the fire upon ment and the Kansas State more devastating,” said dent.” equipment to the investigation County Police Department, their arrival. I greatly appreci- Fire Marshal’s Office are ATF Assistant Special The presence of the NRT in of major fire and explosives the Kansas State Fire ate the assistance from Riley lending to this investigation.” Agent in Charge Jeff Fulton. itself does not indicate that a incidents since its inception in Marshal’s Office and ATF. County Emergency Medical “This fire has caused con- “ATF is proud to partner with fire is suspicious in nature. 1978. This is the 3rd activa- Manhattan Fire Chief Jerry Services and the Riley County siderable damage to multiple the Manhattan Fire The NRT is often requested in tion of the NRT in fiscal year Snyder said, “Our fire crews Police Department during this businesses. However, without Department, the Riley County instances where a fire scene is 2012 and the 724th since the did an outstanding job of con- incident. I am also thankful the Manhattan Fire Depart- Police Department and the unusually complex, results in program began. taining this fire, especially in for the resources that ATF, the ment’s swift response, the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s a high dollar loss or fatality or light of the weather conditions Riley County Police Depart- impact could have been even Office to investigate this inci- requires equipment and Faculty Members Receive Kansas turns to managed care to curb state health costs Inaugural Wildcat Pride Award By Gene Meyer managed care program on an over some current Health and Two Kansas State prospective students and oth- land, Ohio, and came to K- Kansas Reporter official state website Tuesday. Environment mental health Universi-ty faculty mem- ers in the Wildcat family,” State in 1993. He earned TOPEKA — Kansas plans With an eye toward deliver- programs. bers received the inaugural said Amy Button Renz, presi- his bachelor’s degree in to reorganize its Medicaid ing services more efficiently, No Kansans will be cut Wildcat Pride Award to rec- dent and CEO of the Associa- music from The Ohio State program into a managed-care the state is proposing to reor- from state-federal Medicaid ognize K-State faculty or tion. “They are both outstand- University, his master’s program using private contrac- ganize its top three social programs, of which Kansas' staff who have been instru- ing representatives of K-State degree from the University tors to slow the growth in service agencies: share is now about $1 billion, mental in advancing the and have impacted the lives of of Wisconsin-Madison, and state health care costs. The Department of Health and no payments that doctors, mission of the K-State countless students.” his doctorate in philosophy The changes reflect ongoing and Environment will handle hospitals and other medical Alumni Association Flinchbaugh joined the K- (music education) from The state budget challenges as the financial and contractual care providers receive will be through support of its pro- State faculty in 1971. He Ohio State University. costs for Medicaid, education management of Medicaid. reduced, said Kansas Lt. Gov. and the state's pension system The Department of Social Jeff Colyer, who is also the grams. earned his bachelor’s degree As director of bands and continue to rise while the and Rehabilitation Services Brownback administration's Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh, in 1964 in animal science and professor of music, Tracz state's economic recovery will be renamed the point man on medical policy. professor of agricultural his master’s degree in 1967 in coordinates the undergradu- from the Great Recession is Department for Children and Instead, the plan will slow economics, and Dr. Frank agricultural economics from ate and graduate conducting slow. Families. The department will what is now a 7.6 percent Tracz, director of bands Pennsylvania State University. programs, teaches classes in "Last budget year, we bor- take over family preservation annual increase in state and professor of music, are He also earned his doctorate music education and rowed $200 million from (the and other social programs now Medicaid costs by coordinat- the 2011-2012 award recip- in agricultural economics from administers and guides all Kansas Department of split between the Department ing the treatment that ients. They received their Purdue University in 1971. aspects of the K-State band Transportation) to help pay for of Health and Environment Medicaid users now receive awards recently during the A native of York, Penn., program. He is the director Medicaid," Kansas Gov. Sam and the state's Juvenile Justice more efficiently and getting Association’s fall board Flinchbaugh is a longtime of the K-State Marching Brownback said. "We don't Authority. them out of hospitals, off meeting. adviser on agricultural policy Band as well as the K-State have that $200 million this The Department on Aging Medicaid and into their houses The award honors a K- to both political parties. He Wind Ensemble. He over- time, so we really need to will be renamed the or jobs more quickly, Colyer look at the organizational Department on Aging and said. State faculty or staff mem- has served as adviser to sees the Concert Band, structure and how we deliver Human Services. It will take ber for his/her advocacy of numerous governors, U.S. University Band and this." alumni relations, with a senators, U.S. Secretaries of Athletic Pep Bands. Brownback and his cabi- special emphasis on sup- Agriculture and U.S. House In spring 2011, Tau Beta net's top social services offi- port and participation in and Senate committees, as Sigma awarded Tracz the cers announced the proposal, alumni programs that well as international organiza- prestigious Paula Crider called KanCare, on Tuesday. Mershon to be honored engage members of the tions. Outstanding Director Under the new system, The Kansas Bar Association invited to attend. Wildcat family. As a professor of agricultur- Award. He also is a faculty about 350,000 Kansans who will be honoring the Hon. “What brought these two al economics at K-State, member of Conn-Selmer now receive Kansas Medicaid, Jerry L. Mershon, of Mershon was chief judge of faculty members to the top Flinchbaugh has received the Institute, as well as a past including nursing home resi- the 21st Judicial District, dents, and those who are dis- Manhattan, for 50 years of of our list was their Outstanding Teacher Award member of the Music service to the Bar at the Riley which encompasses Riley and extreme enthusiasm for K- from the College of Agricul- Education Journal Editorial abled and mentally ill, will Clay counties. He earned his become part of managed care County Bar Association State and their willingness ture three times. He is the Board and is a contributor plans offered by three private Meeting on Friday, November undergraduate degree from to attend Alumni author of more than 100 publi- to the series Teaching medical care organizations 11. The luncheon will take Kansas State University in Association events through- cations, including an agricul- Music Through July 1. place at noon at the Manhattan 1955 and his law degree from out the country to connect tural policy textbook. Performance in Band. Kansas began soliciting Country Club, 1531 N. 10th Washburn University School with alumni, friends, Tracz is a native of Cleve- proposals for running the St., in Manhattan; media are of Law in 1961. The difference between high schools in 1957 and 2012 Scenario 1: dies.