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By Sam Dieter Colby Free Press [email protected] Dozens of farmers walked out of a meeting here March 20 with a contract allowing them to join a coming lawsuit against a seed company which al- legedly contaminated the nation’s corn supply with genetically modified grain, costing growers a lot of money. About 47 farmers came to the Law Enforcement Training Center downtown to consider joining the lawsuit, which claims famers lost money after China stopped buying U.S. corn over the last two years. There is still no word on how many will sign the document to sue seed-grower Syngenta for damag- ing the corn market over a year ago. At the meeting, Kansas City, Mo., lawyer Pat- rick Stueve put the most realistic damages at 20 to 50 cents per bushel for corn harvested in 2014 and late 2013. A third of that will be the cut for his firm, Stueve Siegel Hanson, and for other lawyers work- ing on the case, he said. The losses will be applied to corn priced in mid- November 2013 or later, because that’s the date when China stopped importing corn showing any traits of Syngenta’s variety MIR 162, known as Agrisure Viptera. Stueve and one of his partners, former Kan- sas Attorney General Steve Six, made the argument for joining the lawsuit. They were joined by Adam Dees with the Goodland law firm Vignery, Mason and Dees, which is helping Stueve’s firm. “I think you know, farming’s a tough business, there’ a lot of stuff in there you can’t control” Six said. But even though farmers are reluctant to com- plain, he said, “I think you guys can push back in this case.” The lawyers pointed out that in 2013 China re- jected shipments of American corn of which only about 3 percent showed traits of Syngenta’s product. Since that small quantity affected the whole market, they argued that even farmers who did not buy the Syngenta corn should be compensated for losses in profit since then. “Syngenta believes the lawsuits are without merit and strongly upholds the right of growers to have ac- cess to approved new technologies that can increase both their productivity and yield,” Paul Minehart, spokesman for the company, said in a statement. The company started marketing its Viptera corn variety – which was designed to be more resistant to insects – in 2011, the attorneys said. At that time, it was not approved for export by China and some of the other biggest buyers of American corn. The com- pany claimed that approval from those countries was just around the corner, Six said, to maximize profits. Minehart said the corn was approved for import COLBY FREE PRESS FREE PRESS 8 pages 75¢ Monday March 30, 2015 Volume 126, Number 50 Serving Thomas County since 1888 Tragedy strikes traffic stop KATHRYN BALLARD/Colby Free Press (Front Page)Victoria Holzmeister (left) and Jennifer Likes blow dried a “client” Saturday at the Colby Community College Student Vet Tech Association’s annual pet wash for dogs and cats. The group had a “pet”icularly good turnout for the event, according to the photographer. Curly hair – fur – loves a blow dryer Bill could help Colby schools Seed company faces suit; local farmers may sign in And the race is on!! By Sam Dieter Colby Free Press [email protected] A bill introduced to the Kan- sas Legislature a week ago could help schools here get more money from the state and avoid some regulations at the same time, the Colby School Board learned at its meeting last Monday night. Senate Bill 294 was introduced to the Legislature March 19, then referred to the Senate Education and Ways and Means commit- tees the next day, Superintendent Terrel Harrison told the board; the legislature’s website shows a hearing on the bill Tuesday. It would change the way the state assesses the Hugoton, Blue Valley, Concordia, Marysville, McPherson and Kansas City school districts next school year. Then, up to 100 districts could be affected the year after that. Under the proposal, students from those districts would be rated on how successful they are after graduating by six “student success indicators.” Students who are physically or cognitively disabled who work at least 30 hours a week would be considered successful right after graduation. Others could be considered successful within 18 months of graduating if they com- plete two 12-hour semesters and enroll in a third semester at a two- year or four-year college or enter military basic training. Within two years, they could be considered successful earning $27,500 a year (2 1/2 times the federal poverty rate), or have earned an approved industry certification. The bill would free these dis- tricts from some state regulations, said Curriculum Director Diana Wieland. If Colby schools were included, for instance, the district might be able get a waiver for cer- tified staff to teach certain subjects they are not licensed to teach, Wieland said. She said after the meeting that some teachers here are licensed in science but cannot teach all different specialty areas of science. Also, state assessment tests might be changed or done away with entirely if they are not help- ing. The money side of the bill did not get a positive reception at the meeting. Board member Tracy Rogers said it does not sound any less complicated than the system of weightings – giving different It was a mad dash for eggs (top) at this years 41st Annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at Fike Park. The eggs were filled with all kinds of goodies from a certificate for a game of bowling to money and candy. Girls and boys wait- ed patiently (right) for their turns to grab eggs. The spring weather brought many to the hunt. Infants and toddlers (above) were the first group to go after eggs, with parents and siblings helping on the way. A Kiwanis member (left) helped hide eggs before the hunt. KATHRYN BALLARD/Colby Free Press See “BILL,” Page 2 A man shot himself Sunday night after being stopped just east of Oakley, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. Details on the incident were sparse, but a dispatcher who worked the case said that Bryce Castell, 20, died as a result of self- inflicted injuries after what was described as a routine traffic stop at about 7 p.m. Sunday. Castell, driving a Ford with Colorado tags, shot himself shortly after talking to a trooper. The dispatcher said the stop was for a traffic infrac- tion, but details were not avail- able. Several troopers rushed to the scene after the incident, the dis- patcher said, but the first officer to arrive was a Gove County sher- iff’s deputy. The sheriff’s office confirmed that a deputy was in- volved, saying the stop happened at mile marker 71 of old U.S. 40, near Oakley but just inside Gove County. See “SUIT,” Page 2
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Dozens of farmers walked out of a meeting here March 20 with a contract allowing them to join a coming lawsuit against a seed company which al-legedly contaminated the nation’s corn supply with genetically modified grain, costing growers a lot of money.
About 47 farmers came to the Law Enforcement Training Center downtown to consider joining the lawsuit, which claims famers lost money after China stopped buying U.S. corn over the last two years. There is still no word on how many will sign the document to sue seed-grower Syngenta for damag-ing the corn market over a year ago.
At the meeting, Kansas City, Mo., lawyer Pat-rick Stueve put the most realistic damages at 20 to 50 cents per bushel for corn harvested in 2014 and late 2013. A third of that will be the cut for his firm, Stueve Siegel Hanson, and for other lawyers work-ing on the case, he said.
The losses will be applied to corn priced in mid-November 2013 or later, because that’s the date when China stopped importing corn showing any traits of Syngenta’s variety MIR 162, known as Agrisure Viptera. Stueve and one of his partners, former Kan-sas Attorney General Steve Six, made the argument for joining the lawsuit. They were joined by Adam Dees with the Goodland law firm Vignery, Mason and Dees, which is helping Stueve’s firm.
“I think you know, farming’s a tough business, there’ a lot of stuff in there you can’t control” Six said. But even though farmers are reluctant to com-plain, he said, “I think you guys can push back in this case.”
The lawyers pointed out that in 2013 China re-jected shipments of American corn of which only about 3 percent showed traits of Syngenta’s product. Since that small quantity affected the whole market, they argued that even farmers who did not buy the Syngenta corn should be compensated for losses in profit since then.
“Syngenta believes the lawsuits are without merit and strongly upholds the right of growers to have ac-cess to approved new technologies that can increase both their productivity and yield,” Paul Minehart, spokesman for the company, said in a statement.
The company started marketing its Viptera corn variety – which was designed to be more resistant to insects – in 2011, the attorneys said. At that time, it was not approved for export by China and some of the other biggest buyers of American corn. The com-pany claimed that approval from those countries was just around the corner, Six said, to maximize profits.
Minehart said the corn was approved for import
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KATHRYN BALLARD/Colby Free Press(Front Page)Victoria Holzmeister (left) and Jennifer Likes blow dried a “client” Saturday at the Colby Community College Student Vet Tech Association’s annual pet wash for dogs and cats. The group had a “pet”icularly good turnout for the event, according to the photographer.
Curly hair – fur – loves a blow dryer
Bill could help Colby schools
Seed company faces suit; local farmers may sign in
And the race is on!!By Sam Dieter
Colby Free [email protected]
A bill introduced to the Kan-sas Legislature a week ago could help schools here get more money from the state and avoid some regulations at the same time, the Colby School Board learned at its meeting last Monday night.
Senate Bill 294 was introduced to the Legislature March 19, then referred to the Senate Education and Ways and Means commit-tees the next day, Superintendent Terrel Harrison told the board; the legislature’s website shows a hearing on the bill Tuesday.
It would change the way the state assesses the Hugoton, Blue Valley, Concordia, Marysville, McPherson and Kansas City school districts next school year. Then, up to 100 districts could be affected the year after that.
Under the proposal, students from those districts would be rated on how successful they are after graduating by six “student success indicators.”
Students who are physically or cognitively disabled who work at least 30 hours a week would be considered successful right after graduation. Others could be
considered successful within 18 months of graduating if they com-plete two 12-hour semesters and enroll in a third semester at a two-year or four-year college or enter military basic training. Within two years, they could be considered successful earning $27,500 a year (2 1/2 times the federal poverty rate), or have earned an approved industry certification.
The bill would free these dis-tricts from some state regulations, said Curriculum Director Diana Wieland. If Colby schools were included, for instance, the district might be able get a waiver for cer-tified staff to teach certain subjects they are not licensed to teach, Wieland said. She said after the meeting that some teachers here are licensed in science but cannot teach all different specialty areas of science.
Also, state assessment tests might be changed or done away with entirely if they are not help-ing.
The money side of the bill did not get a positive reception at the meeting. Board member Tracy Rogers said it does not sound any less complicated than the system of weightings – giving different
It was a mad dash for eggs (top) at this years 41st Annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at Fike Park. The eggs were filled with all kinds of goodies from a certificate for a game of bowling to money and candy. Girls and boys wait-ed patiently (right) for their turns to grab eggs. The spring weather brought many to the hunt. Infants and toddlers (above) were the first group to go after eggs, with parents and siblings helping on the way. A Kiwanis member (left) helped hide eggs before the hunt.
KATHRYN BALLARD/Colby Free PressSee “BILL,” Page 2
A man shot himself Sunday night after being stopped just east of Oakley, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.
Details on the incident were sparse, but a dispatcher who worked the case said that Bryce Castell, 20, died as a result of self-inflicted injuries after what was described as a routine traffic stop at about 7 p.m. Sunday. Castell, driving a Ford with Colorado tags, shot himself shortly after talking to a trooper. The dispatcher said
the stop was for a traffic infrac-tion, but details were not avail-able.
Several troopers rushed to the scene after the incident, the dis-patcher said, but the first officer to arrive was a Gove County sher-iff’s deputy. The sheriff’s office confirmed that a deputy was in-volved, saying the stop happened at mile marker 71 of old U.S. 40, near Oakley but just inside Gove County.
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Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south in the af-ternoon.
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Water project assistance openThe Thomas County Conservation District is taking ap-
plications for water resources cost-share projects, includ-ing terraces, diversions, livestock water tanks and wells and windbreak establishment. A complete list is available at the district office. Applications are due in the office by Tuesday. Call 462-7671, ext. 1303, or stop by at 915 E. Walnut in Colby. Contracts approved for 2015 will expire on June 1.
Preschool enrollment WednesdayEnrollment and open house will be from 4 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday for Puddle Duck Preschool, 520 W. Fifth. For information, call teacher Amy Jennings at 460-2603.
Studio Friday to carve sand moldsFort Hays State University Associate Professor Tobias
Flores will teach sand carving and pouring sand molds during Studio Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Colby Community College. The program is free. Contact Rebel Jay at 269-7065 or [email protected] to ensure ad-equate supplies are available.
Voting at courthouse for electionsYou can vote early for the city and school general elec-
tion any day during regular business hours until noon Monday at the Thomas County clerk’s office in the court-house. Call 460-4500 for details.
Kindergarten to teach world to singColby Grade School kindergartners will present a free
program, “Teach the World to Sing,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at the Colby Grade School Auditorium. For in-formation, call music teacher Jennifer Otten at 460-5100.
Order onions from Shrine ClubThe Hi-Plains Shrine Club of Colby is selling fresh,
sweet Vidalia onions at $10 for 10 pounds. The onions will arrive in early May after harvest. To order or for informa-tion, call Steve Molstad at 462-3981.
Program covers ‘WorkWell Kansas’The Colby Chapter of the Western Kansas Human Re-
source Management Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, at Montana Mike’s in Colby. Brette Hankin, executive director of the Colby-Thomas County Chamber of Commerce, will talk about “WorkWell Kan-sas” from noon to 1 p.m. Make reservations by next Mon-day to [email protected] or call (785) 577-4610.
Tax preparation SaturdaysAARP Tax-Aide counseling, preparation, e-filing and
teaching service will help you file your 2014 tax return. Taxes will be done by appointment on Saturdays at the Pioneer Memorial Library in Colby until April 11. Service is free for low- and moderate-income taxpayers, especially those 60 and older. Call Cathy Eddleman at (785) 821-1827 for information or to make an appointment.
After-Prom planners seek supportThe Colby After-Prom committee needs donations of
money or prizes for this year’s party on Saturday, April 11. The party offers a safe, supervised environment with ac-tivities, food and prizes. To donate, send a check payable to Colby Project Prom, in care of Marilyn Friesen, 1860 W. Fifth St., Colby, Kan., 67701, or call her at 443-2805.
Equestrian 5K coming in AprilThe Colby Community College equestrian team will
hold a 5K run/walk and a 1-mile walk Saturday, April 11. Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the college agriculture building. All ages are welcome. Cost is $20. For informa-tion, call Shanda Mattix, 460-5464.
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A beagle got its nails trimmed Saturday during a general exam before his bath at the Student Vet Tech Association Pet Wash at the Colby Com-munity College.
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Bill could help Colby schoolsamounts of money for different students – that the state will likely do away with soon.
A bill that would base state funding for schools on “block grants” instead of weightings is sitting on Gov. Sam Brownback’s desk, waiting for his signature, Super-intendent Terrel Harrison told the board, and the state will have $215,000 less for Colby Public schools than was ex-pected for this fiscal year.
In other business, the board heard Wieland’s and Har-rison’s reports:
• Harrison reported on the new career-oriented entre-preneurship fairs, mentioning the high school fair and thanking eighth grade language arts teacher Brandi Jones for her help. The middle school had its fair on March 12, and the high school’s fair was set for Friday. She said she has only heard one complaint about the district’s recently installed security system.
• Wieland presented a newsletter from Kathy Vaughn, coordinator for the grade school’s after-school program. Vaughn participated in the Ambassadorship Capitol on Feb. 18 in Topeka, where she was recognized on the floor of the Legislature and met with State Sen. Ralph Ostmey-er. Recently, Wieland reported, the after-school students have seen a cow being milked during a visit from the Southwest Dairy Council, organized by the Colby Com-
munity College Farm Bureau; taken field trips to the Pio-neer Memorial Library and attended “Defeat the Dental Monster Parent Night.” Intermediate students involved in the program are researching the history of Colby; they have made visits to the Prairie Museum of Art and His-tory and visited downtown armed with old photographs of what the area looked like many years ago. Their end goal is to create a “box city” model of Colby to display at the annual Spring Art Walk.
Right now, Wieland reported, six “innovative school districts” in the state are looking at new “student success indicators.” The idea is to examine problems that districts have with state regulations and base evaluation of schools on how students do after graduating.
The high school’s career and technical education pro-gram, which offers technical-college courses to high school students, as added a new “career pathway” to help students enter the energy industry, she said. They will be able to take classes at Colby Community College, such as foundations of electronics, principles of engineering, energy and power; and alternative energy.
Wieland reported that the Kansas Reading Initiative will continue to pay for the Lexia Reading Program. The district has also received a Competitive Perkins Reserve Grant for $2,500 to buy a small 3-D printer for the high school. The district’s coordinating council met the week before, she said.
Farmers may join suit against companyto China in December. About a dozen countries are now on the list of where the corn can now be sold, including China, the European Union, Mexico, Russia and much of Asia. Along with the U.S., the crop has been approved for import in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Farmers who grow corn and soybeans from Syngenta sign a “stewardship agreement” when they buy genetical-ly-modified crops, Minehart said. This agreement includes a clause that they will avoid moving the corn to markets where it has not been approved. He said that some farmers who grew Viptera in “trials” in 2010 and 2011 signed an agreement to either sell the corn to feed lots or feed it to animals on their own farms.
At Friday’s meeting, one of the farmers pointed out that corn growers in this area signed an agreement to sell their products only to certain customers, such as feed lots, saying that most farmers in this area were subject to that agreement. The lawyers countered that traits from that corn could still be passed on to nearby fields.
“You’re reluctant to join this lawsuit, Syngenta’s not reluctant to sue people when it wants to,” Six said.
Soon after the company began marketing its seed, Six said, it actually sued Iowa grain elevator Bunge, because the company did not want to buy the new product. The
lawyers also discussed the possibility of a countersuit from Syngenta, saying they would be careful not to name them specifically as plaintiffs.
The attorneys said they would be careful to protect any clients from a counter-suit by not specifically naming their clients as plaintiffs. They do not feel Syngenta will sue for two reasons: there is no basis for a countersuit, and the company does not want to alienate its customers.
“We’re in a leadership role in the litigation,” Stueve said before the meeting. “We’ve had a number of inqui-ries from farmers in this part of the state.”
Stueve’s firm Stueve Siegel Hanson is one of four chosen to lead farmers across the country in the lawsuit, which is to be tried in the federal district court in Kansas City, Kan. That, he said, is where a slew of lawsuits filed by hundreds of farmers in 40 states, mostly farmers, and some companies, such as Cargill, last fall have been con-solidated into a single case.
His firm held three other meetings March 20 in west-ern Kansas, in Goodland, Dodge City and Garden City. Vignery, Mason and Dees will help represent farmers in western Kansas in the lawsuit. Stueve said his firm knows and trusts Vignery, Mason and Dees, and chose them to spread the news about the case in western Kansas, along with four other firms throughout the state. Stueve’s firm did not say by this morning how many farmers had signed the agreement.
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Co-President Ruthie Hughes conducted the March 10 meeting of the High Plains Art Club at the Colby United Methodist Church with 14 members present.
A card from Fritz Ostmeyer’s family said there are at least 80 pieces of art in her show at the Prairie Museum. The family was pleased with the reception and the show.
Marj Brown passed around photos taken at the last Art Club Show and asked members to write pertinent information on the back of each one’s work. She also had photos of the reception at the mu-seum.
Brown reported that the writer’s club would like to have a table at the club’s assigned place during the Art Walk Friday, April 17, to sell their books, which they would also sign. The consensus was fa-vorable.
Different members displayed the work they did at the last Studio Friday with Allan Bailey and his daughter, Sarah. They are held the first Friday of the month at Colby Community College; anyone is welcome to attend.
Hughes reported on Rada Cut-lery as a fundraiser. Poppy Dean brought a few pieces to examine. Vicky Oard volunteered to orga-nize the fundraiser; and members looked at the material and catalog, placing orders if they wished. The club decided to have a table at the Art Walk with some of the pieces for the public to view and place orders. If it goes well, the club could have a display in October at its art show. Members would also be selling during the ordering time.
Members were asked to return after lunch for a photo shoot by Rebel Jay for pamphlets on the Art Walk.
Hughes presented the program on John Singer Sargent, born in 1856. The second of five children, only he and two sisters survived to maturity.
His mother, from a prominent
Philadelphia family, believed life in Europe was preferred over America. She persuaded her hus-band to abandon his promising career in medicine for a nomadic existence in Europe. She actively encouraged Sargent to pursue his art.
The family moved from Italy to Paris when he was 18 where he was formally admitted to a pres-tigious school and trained in por-trait painting by Carolus Duran. In 1876 Sargent made his first trip to America; and at age 21 estab-lished U.S. citizenship. His work “The Oyster Gatherers of Can-cale” is displayed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
He studied under many famous artists but still seemed to follow Duran. After visiting there, he painted the streets and canals of Venice. His largest portrait (87x87 inches) was begun in 1882, of the daughters of Edward Darley Boit. He kept busy, struggling to make a living creating portraits of friends and family.
In 1887 he resumed an old in-terest in watercolor painting. Win-slow Homer was his only peer in watercolors. He spent time with Monet, painting him and his wife, and using Monet’s technique with his fluid manner. Monet’s influ-ence is found in Sargent’s later works.
After painting Mrs. Henry Mar-quand of Newport, he had glow-ing accounts of his abilities in the Harper Magazine. When he had 40-some portrait commissions he began to toast his success. For three years he taught at the Royal Academy, but also traveled.
In later years he started resent-ing his portraits and his work shows an abrupt decline of them. He was involved in painting World War I scenes and also paint-ed Teddy Roosevelt.
Sargent died in London in 1925. Two books on Sargent, includ-ing his work, were passed around while the program was given.
– Kathie Peyton, secretary
Honor roll released by middle school
The Brewster School District has released the Honor Roll for the third nine-week grading peri-od. To be on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll, students must earn a 4.0 grade average. Those on the Principal’s Honor Roll must have a grade average of 3.5 to 3.99. Honor Roll students have an aver-age of 3.0 to 3.49.
High SchoolSuperintendent’s Honor RollJuniors: Rachel Friess.
Principal’s Honor RollSeniors: Alicia Barrie, Bo-
kyoung Ko, Dara Roulier, Layton Werth.
Juniors: T-Aera Abbott, Taylyr Cheatum, Justin Schmidt.
Honor RollSeniors: C.J. Felzien, Carlota
Guillen, Enkhzaya Odbayar.Juniors: Nathan Brown, Quin-
ton Clymer, Takoda Turner.Sophomores: Dalton Arntt,
Kylee Cheatum, Tad Holm, Jaden Schmidt.
Freshmen: Austin Bear, Shania Smith.
Junior HighSuperintendent’s Honor RollGrade 6: Weston Schmidt.
Principal’s Honor RollGrade 8: McKedzie Clymer.Grade 6: Colten Palmer.
Honor RollGrade 8: Karlee Brown, Lane
Cheatum, Brett Roulier.Grade 7: Morgan Bryant, Cam-
eron Ford-Gillen, Sarah Myers.Grade 6: Kasey Felzien, Ryan
Hause.
Brewster schools releasethird quarter honor roll
Clara A. Prokop, 76, Colby, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at the Hays Medical Center.
Services are pending with Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel in Colby, 462-7979.
Gov. Sam Brownback has proclaimed April as “Safe Digging Month” in Kansas. The proc-lamation, in concurrence with National Safe Digging Month, reminds Kansans to call 811 before starting any outdoor digging projects.
“The Kansas Corporation Commission joins Gov. Brownback in strongly encouraging in-dividuals and companies to call 811 before they begin digging,” said Chair Shari Feist Al-brecht. “By locating and marking underground lines homeowners and companies are making the important decision to keep their communi-ties safe and connected to their underground utility system. Enjoy the upcoming weather, but know what’s below.”
The Kansas Corporation Commission, Kan-sas One-Call, the Kansas Pipeline Associa-tion, the Common Ground Alliance and Gov. Brownback are encouraging excavators and
homeowners to call 811 before they begin digging projects to prevent injuries, property damage, and inconvenient outages. A utility line is damaged by digging once every eight minutes nationwide, and one-third of those incidents are caused by failure of the profes-sional excavator or homeowner to call 811 be-fore digging.
When dialing 811, callers are connected to Kansas One-Call, which notifies the appro-priate utility companies of the intent to dig. Calls are taken 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Requests can also be entered at www.kansasonecall.com. Excavators and home-owners are required to make a request at least two working days in advance of beginning a digging project. Professional locators are then sent to the requested digging site to mark the approximate locations of underground lines
with flags or spray paint. Once lines have been accurately marked, digging can begin.
Striking a single line can result in injury, repair costs, fines and inconvenient outages. Every digging project, no matter how large or small, requires a call to 811. The depth of utili-ty lines varies, and there may be multiple lines in a common area. Some utility lines are bur-ied only a few inches below the surface, mak-ing them easy to strike during shallow digging projects. Installing a mailbox, landscaping, putting in a fence, and building a deck are all examples of digging projects that necessitate a call to 811 before starting.
Learn more about 811 and Safe Digging Month by going to www.call811.com. More information about Kansas One-Call is avail-able at: www.kansasonecall.com.
Meadow Lake Bridge win-ners for Tuesday were: first, Gail Vacca; second, Ken Ptacek; third,
Gladys Fischer; fourth, Bob Renner; fifth, Larry Barrett; and sixth, Billie Keck.
The third annual Wind and Wheels Festival returns to Leoti on Saturday, April 18.
This all-day event at the Wich-ita County High School will cel-ebrate the area’s abundance of wind in a unique fashion. The fes-tival will feature kite demonstra-tions and open kite flying, a car and motorcycle show, live music performances and food.
Professional kite flyers from as far away as Chicago will be dem-onstrating kite flying techniques as well as showing off their giant, larger-than-life kites. Wind en-ergy presentations, model rocket launches, a candy drop and para-chute races for the kids will keep the whole family engaged all day.
The day will kick off with a 5K supporting efforts for a high school track.
Entrance to the festival is free. All attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and kites for the open kite flying opportunities.
Vendors will be on hand selling kites, food and drinks.
The evening will be capped off with the Jared Daniels Band per-forming at the Wichita County Fairgrounds. Tickets for the con-cert are $17 in advance, $20 at the door and students $15. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Wichita County Economic Devel-opment at (620) 375-2182.
“We are especially excited for the live music we’ve added this year,” said Simone Elder, event coordinator and Wichita County Economic Development director. “The professional kite flyers that will be attending are excited to come to western Kansas….”
Interested car enthusiasts and participants for the 5K can email [email protected] or call (620) 375-2182 to get a reg-istration form. For information about the event, go to www.win-dandwheels.org.
Annual wind festivalset for April in Leoti
Raising chickens fun,build your coop right
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It’s coming, if we wait a bit lon-ger. This chilly time of year our thoughts turn to spring activities, like planting flowers and vegeta-bles, and for some, buying a few chickens.
“The hobby of raising a few hens for eggs has really taken off as more people are interested in foods produced locally and oth-ers want to become more self-sufficient,” said Scott Beyer, a professor of animal sciences and industry at Kansas State Univer-sity. There are things to consider, however, if you’re building a new coop or retrofitting a building to house your chickens.
A quick search of the Internet will turn up hundreds of pictures of small poultry houses, said Bey-er, who is a poultry specialist with K-State Research and Extension. Many focus on construction costs, the ease of construction, and the way the coop looks. The primary focus should be, however, on the health and welfare needs of the flock.
He outlined factors to keep in mind when buying or building housing for chickens. Keep preda-tors out: Keeping predators out of the pen and coop is more impor-tant than keeping birds in. Neigh-borhood dogs, coyotes, skunks, raccoons and hawks are just some that would like to dine on your chickens. Lightweight cotton or plastic netting easily keep birds in a pen, but wire is a better option as it will keep predators from chew-ing holes in the fence. Wire buried around the perimeter or suspended overhead may be necessary in ar-eas where many predators are a problem. In some instances, elec-tric fence may be an option.
Every housing system eventu-ally has a few escapees. Consider building a safety trap that will trap the escaped birds while also pro-tecting them from predators.Make it easy: Poultry houses should be easy to clean, pick up eggs, and add feed and water. If not, it won’t get done as often as it should. The best ones have easy access for manure removal, especially those that have a place where manure drops and collects so the birds can’t disturb it and it collects on removable trays or can be scraped out from an access panel. The eas-ier the manure removal, the easier it can be placed in a compost bin.
Heating and cooling: Keeping heat out of the coop in the summer is more important than keeping heat in during the winter. More birds have probably been killed in Kansas by soaring summer tem-peratures than by the coldest win-ter weather.
In winter, the two most impor-tant rules are to keep birds out of the wind and give them a place to stay dry. The exterior door should not face the prevailing winter wind.
Summer heat can be a killer, especially for heavy-weight birds, such as Cornish-Rock cross meat-type chickens. Temperatures of 80 degrees F. or higher can trig-ger stress. The biggest summer heat source is a coop’s roof. Heat during summer can build rapidly under the roof. Avoid coops with
low roofs that have only metal sheeting. Coops should include a layer of rigid foam between the trusses and roofing material. Rig-id foam with an aluminum coating on the exterior deflects heat from the roofing material and keeps the coop cooler through the summer. Consider adding passive vents in the peak that allow warm air to escape.
Aesthetics: “Your birds may not care what their coop looks like, but your neighbors might,” Beyer said. Studies on farms show that how nice a farm looks and how well it is kept affects how oth-ers view odor and noises coming from the farm. Local governing boards may ask to review your plans before you build. Get edu-cated about regulations you may need to follow.
Painting the coop an attractive color not only looks good, but if it’s a light color, can help reflect heat. “Who doesn’t appreciate good building skills or even a nice display of folk art?” he said. “Now is your chance to build something other people will view as a work of art.”
Consider portability: Consid-er placing the coop on skids or wheels, which will make it move-able to new range areas. Because of their scratching, chickens are destructive to their range areas. If a coop and the outdoor run are easily moved, you can avoid de-stroying the grass in a particular area, and reduce the buildup of parasites in the soil. A moveable pen and run also allow you to seek shady areas during the sum-mer and avoid harsh winter winds. Some flock owners use their por-table coops and pens as part of a weed control program in their gardens because the birds turn the soil and eat the weed seeds.
Don’t overbuild: Many small flock housing designs seem overly complicated. Consider building one you’ve designed yourself, especially using salvaged build-ing materials. Old doors, win-dows and vents can often work, but make sure they’re free of lead paint and asbestos. Remember, you are housing little birds, not the meanest bull in the county. You probably need fewer 6 x 6 posts than you need 2 x 4 posts to build small flock housing.
Use automation: Consider fea-tures such as a small solar panel that can provide enough light in a coop. One essential is a light timer to provide the exact number of to-tal hours of artificial and natural light to keep birds in egg produc-tion. In Kansas, that’s about 16 hours of light per day. The best timers monitor the sunlight, turn the lights on as the sun goes down, then go off at a set time to ensure the birds get 16 hours of light.
After dusk, the coop entrance should be closed to prevent preda-tors from entering at night, un-less the run outside your coop is totally enclosed. Automated doors that close at dark are available for purchase from many poultry sup-ply companies.
Here is the Colby Middle School Honor Roll for the third quarter. To make the Orange & Black Club, students needed a 3.0 (B) grade average. For the Aca-demic Club, they had to have all A’s, with no more than one B. Top Academic students are the girl and boy in each grade with the highest average.
Sixth GradeTop Students – Oaklynn Car-
man, Jaren Rush.Orange & Black Club – Elijah
Applebury, Amarissa AraSmith, Hagan Booi, Ralph Brighton, Carissa Brogan, Vivienne Diaz, Mackenzie Dodson, Kaitlynn Fa-ber, Hadlie Focke, Nathan Hurst, Kayley Khan, Shaylee Martin, Kamrie Miller, Richard Miller, Destiny Oliver, Lauren Rodgers, Declan Ryan, Travis Tubbs, Ta-tum Weinmann, Jacob Wetter.
Academic Club – Alexis Bach-man, Brianna Barnett, Joshua Bond, Steele Brown, Oaklynn Carman, Kourtney Finley, Miah Jackson, Braeley King, Jason Krannawitter, Andy Lin, JuanMei Lin, Lara Murdock, Claire Nel-son, Jenna Reinert, Jaren Rush, Danielle Schroeder, Kennedy Stanley, Peyton Wahlmeier, Lacy Weigel.
Seventh GradeTop Students – Isabel Dixon,
Michael Carstens.Orange & Black Club – Rathe
Aschenbrenner, Shayleigh Bland, Faith Brackett, Trey Bradley, Isabella Cheney, Eryn Freeman, Konnor Griffin, Karson Haggard, Lewis Haines, Kaitlyn Hellmuth, Emeline Hutton, Tyler Jones, Ellie Keen, Riley Kraft, Emma Maier, Kelly Palmgren, Shelby Sangui-netti, Elijah Shepherd, Kailey Shields, Jadon Siruta, Cassie Slo-cum, Emily Stoltz, Blaise Vrbas.
Academic Club – Brielle Bange, Brysen Barton, Aden Basgall, Brandon Brier, Eliza-beth Brown, Jersey Carney, Mi-chael Carstens, Paige Castigliano, Elizabeth Cornell, Isabel Dixon, Meghann Elling, Brittany Foss, Kylee Kogler, Cade Lanning, Na-than Lee, Adriana Mendez, Bailey Menges, Bryson Metcalf, Laurel
Myers, Kaitlyn Nelson, Calvin Stapp, Drew Starbuck, Mandy Summers, April Swartz, Hallie Vaughn, Ryan Voss, Thane Wilde-man, Mason Wright.
Eighth GradeTop Students – Abigail Wetter,
Jordan Schippers.Orange & Black Club –
Chance Andrews, Karen Baca, Taylor Barnett, Heath Bolyard, Tucker Branum, Shaylynn Camp-bell, Thomas Cline, Marina Con-ner, Samantha Coulter, Emma Dixon, Kensey Garrett, Abigail Griego, Jalen Havel-Stephens, Alyssa Kraft, Makenna Mettlen, Gabbryelle Miller, Trey Miller, Brett Morris, Kainin O’Malley, Isaac Rosales, Paige Schroer, Carter Stanley, Nicolette Stapp, John Zerr.
Academic Club – Brooke Al-exander, Alixus Call, Maia Cape, Alexis Carney, Wendy Chavez, Kory Finley, Luke Hamilton, Timothy Hutfles, Paeton McCarty, Jayln Mettlen, Ryanne Meyer, Nataly Oliver, Trinity Pfeifer, Aaron Platt, Austin Reed, Jordan Schippers, Kurt Schroeder, Dal-ton Schuette, Mariah Thompson, Jakob Tubbs, Kellyn Wahlmeier, Jessilyn Weis, Abigail Wetter, Gage Winger.
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Education funding takes a priority dive
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky recently insert-ed an amendment into a bill that would have substantially cut foreign aid and increased military spending.
Most commentators focused on Paul’s switch from being a critic of massive military budgets to an advocate for more spending. The sudden change shows Paul to be a political pragmatist, willing to suppress his principles to eliminate a potential weakness that would almost certainly be exploited by hawkish Re-publican rivals once he makes his expected an-nouncement to run for president in 2016.
What disturbed me was not Paul’s newly discovered, politically convenient hawkish-ness, but his willingness to make deep cuts to the already modest allocation to foreign aid.
The idea that our government spends up to a quarter of its budget on foreign aid is a tragic myth believed by a disturbingly high number of Americans. The Kaiser Family Foundation polled 1,505 people asking how much money is spent on foreign aid. The average responded estimated 26 percent, while only one in 20 knew the right answer.
The reality is that foreign aid accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget. However, because of the publics’ widespread ignorance about what is actually spent, when politicians like Paul call for taking an axe to the foreign-aid budget, it elicits a knee-jerk re-action from a number of Americans.
Why, they ask, should our government spend money to help people overseas when so many are suffering in this country? If pro-grams are to be cut, the first on the chopping block should be those that don’t help Ameri-cans. This is a particularly depressing example of how a lack of knowledge can compel the majority to adopt positions that could lead to horrendous consequences for others.
If the American people knew how little of the federal budget was spent on foreign aid, they would be more likely to reject cuts to those programs. The fact that some of these programs are saving lives would make Ameri-cans even more reticent about cutting them. In fact, about one-third of foreign aid goes to health programs, mostly HIV/AIDS projects.
While aid has at times been allocated to other countries in clumsy ways, today the U.S. financially backs several programs that have rendered amazing results to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
“The public health successes can be seen on
many fronts,” Jeffrey Sachs, senior UN advi-sor, best-selling author and world-renowned economist, wrote in an article for the Brit-ish daily newspaper The Guardian. “Around 12 million children under 5 died in 1990. By 2010, this number had declined to around 7.6 million….
“Malaria deaths in children in Africa were cut from around 1 million in 2004 to around 700,000 by 2010 and, worldwide, deaths of pregnant women declined by almost half be-tween 1990 and 2010, from an estimated 543,000 to 287,000.”
Foreign aid is by no means a panacea to the widespread poverty in the world, but it has proven effective when implemented in smart ways. Americans shouldn’t allow misinforma-tion or misconceived patriotism deter them from supporting programs that save lives.
“With 1 billion people living in high-income countries, total aid in 2010 amounted $27 per person in the donor countries – a modest sum for them, but a life-saving one for the world’s poorest people,” Sachs wrote.
Andy Heintz, a K-State journalism graduate and former Colby Free Press sports editor now living in Marshalltown, Iowa, loves K-State athletics and fishing, sports and opinion writ-ing. You can find his blog at www.orble.com/just-one-mans-vision, or find him at twitter.com/heintz23.
Foreign aid allocations already small
Hillary Clinton’s refusal to use government-secured servers and a government email ad-dress, opting instead for her own unsecured home server as secretary of state, is now criti-cized by Democrats and Republicans alike.
Did she not know, or worse care, that as sec-retary of state, every enemy, terrorist or even sometimes-friendly country would attempt to hack her emails for the information to destroy or weaken us? Even Sony, Blue Cross and Home Depot have been hacked.
Most of what she wrote about surely was sensitive, even classified. Our national intel-ligence was potentially on public display for four years. How could she defy the Federal Records Act? Certainly not out of ignorance. If classified records were found on the home server of anyone else, they would go to jail.
Still, what’s now called the “Email Scandal” is not a total shock for most over 40, who’re quite aware that the Clintons, Bill and Hillary, have never acted as though the rules really ap-plied to them. The Clinton administration was a-buzz with scandal after scandal.
Perhaps no woman in U.S. history is more loved or hated than Hillary Rodham Clinton. Indeed, few over 40 have not already formu-lated an opinion. There are few neutrals. This column is for the millennial generation, who never knew the Bill Clinton administration.
As the establishment media have already elected her their Democratic presidential can-didate, with no opportunity for competition or dissenting public expression, younger voters need to know something of her past.
We begin with Whitewater. Here the Clin-tons (Bill and Hillary), while governor and first lady of Arkansas, and the McDougals (Jim and Susan), formed the Whitewater De-velopment Corp. The four purchased 230 acres of undeveloped land on the White River, in-tending to create vacation-home lots for retir-
ees. It was alleged that Bill Clinton used his influence as governor to pressure David Hale to lend $300,000 to Susan McDougal, a Clin-ton partner, in the land deal.
At the time, Jim McDougal was Gov. Clin-ton’s economic adviser and later created his own bank, Madison Guaranty, to fund the proj-ect, hiring attorney Hillary Clinton of the Rose Law Firm to make everything legal. The four equal partners were intricately connected.
The scheme collapsed in 1989. Ultimately, 15 people associated with this fraudulent land deal – which ended costing many retirees their life savings, and the taxpayer some $73 mil-lion – went to jail. That’s everyone except the Clintons. Even Jim Guy Tucker, the governor succeeding Bill, served time, so extensive did Whitewater become.
By the time everything came to a head, the Clintons were in the White House with legions of defenders and records were strangely hid-den or misplaced. Independent Counsel Robert Fiske ordered the Clintons to surrender docu-ments relating to the corrupt Madison Guar-anty. The Clintons reported them missing, but two years later they mysteriously reappeared, on the desk of Hillary’s personal secretary.
By this time, much of the heat was off and the story largely undermined by a sympathetic Clinton press. Besides, the special prosecutor, Robert Fiske, had been chosen by President Clinton to be his new Attorney General. Ken-neth Starr continued the Whitewater investiga-
tion, but leading witnesses Susan McDougal, Jim Guy Tucker and Clinton’s Attorney Gen-eral, Webster Hubbell, a Rose Law Firm friend of Hillary, refused to cooperate as key witness-es against the Clintons, the latter pleading the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
President Bill Clinton later pardoned Susan McDougal and Jim Guy Tucker. The story faded away, replaced largely by the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.
The mysterious death of the Clinton Dep-uty White House counsel Vince Foster added much intrigue to the story. He had been the special friend of Hillary and a Rose Law Firm associate, and helped defend the Clintons on Whitewater charges. He was murdered, or committed suicide, at Fort Marcy Park, in Virginia. White House counsel Bernard Nuss-baum removed the Foster files on Whitewater from Foster’s desk so they could not to be dis-covered by park police.
But this is only one of a good number of scandals in which Hillary is a leading partici-pant. Perhaps another column will be neces-sary outlining her involvement, alleged or otherwise, in: File Gate, Cattle Futures Gate, Travel Gate, and half dozen more.
In fact, if she announces her candidacy for the president, she could be the most scandal-ridden potential presidential candidate in U.S. history. She and her devoted followers would say that it is just the “vast right-wing conspira-cy,” but there are far too many of these to feel comfortable with this explanation. Certainly the Email Scandal suggests bi-partisan con-cern for her probable serious security breaches as secretary of state.
Dr. Harold Pease has dedicated his career to the Founding Fathers. He has taught his-tory and political science for over 25 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly ar-ticles, go to www.LibertyUnderFire.org.
The Kansas Legislature is apparently brewing for a battle with the courts – not because they’re right, but because they don’t like being told they’re wrong when it comes to education funding.
In a week’s time, conservative Republicans in the House and Senate tossed out a school finance plan that had evolved over the course of about 23 years, apparently because it was too dif-ficult for them to understand.
The fact that it seems to work, and work well, didn’t mat-ter. Rural schools with greater transportation needs get extra. Schools with an influx of non-English speaking students get extra aid. Schools get added assistance for at-risk students.
The “weighting” factors make sense and are designed to help equalize things between districts.
Apparently, that’s more than conservative lawmakers can comprehend. They have passed a more simple-minded finance plan that provides block grants to districts. The beauty of this plan, they claim, is that it allows more “local control.” In other words, local schools can spend the money for transportation, English-as-a-second-language students, in the classroom or on staff salaries … take your pick.
Local control is another way of saying, “This is all you get. You figure out how to make it work.”
The bottom line is that the Legislature is providing the vast majority of the state’s 285 school districts with less money. Beginning with the current school year and continuing through the end of 2016-17, Scott County schools will lose a minimum $136,269 in state funding under the block-grant program. If enrollment increases, that loss will be even more.
The district will have to raise money through property taxes in order to offset the loss of state aid.
Of course, the ability to generate local dollars to make up for reductions in state aid will vary from district to district. This was the premise behind the school funding formula in the first place. It was designed to provide greater assistance for those districts with the greatest need, including rural schools and those in southeast Kansas.
The goal is to provide a fair and equitable education oppor-tunity for all Kansas students, regardless of where they live.
That’s why the courts have stepped in repeatedly over the years to remind the Legislature of its constitutional respon-sibility with respect to funding education in Kansas. And it’s why the Legislature, led by conservative lawmakers, has re-peatedly looked for ways to defy the courts.
Block grants are the latest attempt to reduce the state’s fi-nancial obligation to education and set up another court battle.
This is nothing more than a power play by the Legislature, which doesn’t like being told by the courts that it is in the wrong. It’s also an attempt by the Legislature to find a tempo-rary fix to a fiscal disaster of their own making by attacking the single biggest item in the state budget, education.
Doing what’s right isn’t the issue. With ultra-conservatives in the state legislature, it never is.
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Famous HandSome deals are more dramatic than others, usu-
ally because of a combination of unusual circum-stances. Take this case from a 1972 national open pairs championship.
There were 732 pairs entered in the contest, and when it ended, Barry Crane and Dr. John Fisher had finished in a dead tie with Merle Tom and Matt Granovetter, each pair scoring 882.5 match points! Even more remarkable was the fact that this was the third year in a row that Crane and Fisher had won the event!
The deal shown arose when the two pairs met head-on in the final round of the event. Crane was West and opened one spade, Tom overcalled with two diamonds, Fisher bid two spades, and Granovetter jumped to three notrump.
Crane stirred the cauldron a bit further by leap-ing to five spades, and South doubled when that bid rolled around to him. North wisely did not stand for the double - Crane would have made the contract with an overtrick - but in doing so North made the overly imaginative bid of five notrump and then bravely stuck by his decision after West doubled.
Had North bid six diamonds and bought the contract, he would have made the slam easily against a spade lead, or gone down after a heart or club lead. But the actual final contract – five notrump doubled – was sheer murder.
Crane led the K-A and another heart. Fisher took the third heart with the queen and returned the ten of spades, and when the smoke cleared, Granovetter had gone down nine tricks – 2,600 points!
And that’s how championships are won or lost – or tied!
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Collectors are searching for antique and vintage items related to dis-c o n t i n u e d t e c h n o l o g y – old comput-ers, transistor radios, early t e l e v i s i o n sets, computer games, and even old type-writers, fans, and ticker tape machines.
A recent auction featur-ing furniture, cigar cutters, s t o n e w a r e crocks, Chip-pendale furni-ture and maps was also offer-ing an antique stock ticker. The 11-inch-high machine had a metal label explaining that it was designed by Thomas Edi-son in 1870. It was used for about 80 years for getting stock and commodities quotes from ex-changes. The estimated auction price was $1,000 to $1,500.
Printed letters could be sent by telegraph as early as 1846, but machines were fragile and dif-ficult to use. Telegraphic printers were improved, and by 1867 a stock price ticker system was be-ing used in New York City. Edison’s invention came next. It was the first one to use letters and numbers, not Morse code. By the 1880s, thou-sands of stock tickers were in use in New York that made stock trades accurate and almost in-stantaneous. Ticker tape machines recorded in-formation on long thin strips of paper that were discarded. When there was a parade in Manhattan to celebrate a holiday or championship, the tapes were torn and thrown at the parade from open windows. Soon the events were called ticker tape parades. The name still is used, although now the paper comes from the paper shredders.
An antique ticker tape machine attracted tech-nology enthusiasts at a 2014 Pook and Pook auc-tion in Downingtown, Pa. Collectors bid until the rare Edison machine sold for $2,460.
Tip: Do not store papers near sunlight, heaters, radiators, furnaces, stoves, lamps, television sets, VCRs or any other heat-producing device.
(c) 2015 by Cowles Syndicate Inc.
Conceptis Sudoku • Dave Green
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THOMAS COUNTY, KANSAS
In the Matter of the Estate of DUANE F DAWES, Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. 59
Case No. 14 PR 22
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on the 11th day of March, 2015, a Petition was filed in this Court by Terri A Arnberger, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Duane F Dawes, deceased, requesting that petitioner’s acts be approved; the account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the estate be assigned to the Duane F Dawes Revocable Trust UTD 2/24/2000 entitled thereto; the court finds the allowances requested for attorney fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the estate be closed; and upon the filing of receipts Petitioner be finally discharged as executor of the Estate of Duane F Dawes, deceased, and the petitioner be released from further liability. You are required to file your written defenses to the petition on or before the 6th day of April, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. in the District Court of Thomas County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.
Terri A Arnberger, Executor
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(Published in the Colby Free Press onMonday, March 16, 23 and 30, 2015)
Public Notice
GENERAL NOTICETO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS
The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A. 2-1314 et seq requires all persons who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradicate all weeds declared noxious by legislative action. The weeds declared noxious are: field bindweed, musk thistle, sericea lespedeza, johnson grass, bur ragweed, Canada thistle, leafy spurge, hoary cress, quack grass, Russian knapweed, kudzu and pignut.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to every person who owns or supervises land in Thomas County that noxious weeds growing or found on such land shall be controlled and eradicated. Control is defined as preventing the production of viable seed and the vegetative spread of the plant.
Failure to observe this notice may result in the County:
1. Serving a legal notice requiring control of the noxious weeds within a minimum of five days. Failure to control the noxious weeds within the time period allowed may result in the county treating the noxious weeds at the landowners expense and placing a lien on the property if the bill is not paid within 30 days or,
2. Filing criminal charges for non compliance. Conviction for non compliance may result in a fine of $100 per day of non-compliance with a maximum fine of $1500.
The public is also hereby notified that it is a violation of the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to barter, sell or give away infested nursery stock or livestock feed unless the feed is fed on the farm where grown or sold to a commercial processor that will destroy the viability of the noxious weed seed. Custom harvesting machines must be labeled with a label provided by the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture and must be free of all weed seed and litter when entering the State and when leaving a field infested with noxious weeds. Additional information may be obtained from the Thomas County Noxious Weed Department or by contacting the Kansas Deptartment of Agriculture, 109 S.W. 9th, Topeka, KS 66612.
(Published in the Colby Free Press onMonday, March 23, 30 and April 6, 2015)
Public Notice
Notices Logan County Health Fair Blood Draws - Tuesday, April 7, Winona School. Wednesday, April 8, Grinnell Senior Center. Thur. - Sat., April 9 - 11, Logan County Activities Room. 7 - 9 a.m. daily. Fast for 12 hours. Cash or check payable to LCHD. Download form at www.logancoun-tyhealth.com
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Help Wanted
Housekeeping Full-Time at Fair-view Estates Retirement Commu-nity, Mon - Fri, Weekends and Holi-days off, Experience Preferred but will train the right person. Apply in person at 1630 Sewell Ave in Colby or call Gary at 785-462-2154. - EOE
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Counselor Job Opening - Heart-land Rural Counseling. HRCS is a mental and behavioral health care provider looking for a LMSW, LSCSW, LCPC, LPC, LCMFT, LMFT, LP, LCP in Colby, Kansas. Qualifica-tion for this position include passing a background check. This position will be working with children, ado-lescents and adults in individual and family therapy. Please call 785-460-7588 for an application or to discuss this position.
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Part Time Help Wanted: Someone to load trucks: warehouse work and small maintenance work 785-460-3244 leave message.
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Part-time CMA, CNA and PRN for all shifts needed. Competitive wages, shift differential, AFLAC insurance offered, we work around your schedule and call bonus pay offered. Apply at Fairview Estates Retirement Community. 1630 Sewell Ave, Colby, or call Gary at 462-2154, EOE
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We’re accepting applications for Part time and Full time Housekeep-ers, Salary to be determined based upon qualifications. Top Wages, Paid Vacation, and Monthly Bo-nuses. Apply in person and pick up applications at the Sleep Inn & Suites, 2075 Sewell Avenue, Colby, KS.
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Prairie Museum is accepting applications for a part- or full-time Maintenance Position. Flexible hours and competitive wage. Will train the right person. Apply in per-son at 1905 S. Franklin, Colby, or email Chris at [email protected].
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Prairie Museum is accepting applications for a part-time Public Relations & Event Planning Assis-tant. Must be able to work most weekends. Competitive wage. Will train the right person. Apply in person at 1905 S. Franklin, Colby, or email Christina at [email protected].
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Wanted: Owner Operators to run all states except California and New England. Reefer, Flatbed and Tanker experience preferred. Please call Jim 785-675-1737.
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Sacred Heart School is accept-ing applications for substitute teachers. Please call the school or stop by to apply. 460-2813.
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F/T Class A CDL Drivers must have clean MVR, at least 2 yr. OTR experience, DOT with alcohol and drug testing, Hopper experience a plus, home weekly, EOE. Call 785-462-0087.
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Rawlins County EMS is now ac-cepting full-time and part-time applications for EMT’s, AEMT’s and Paramedics. Applicants should be motivated, comfortable taking care of patients for long transport times and dedicated individuals to work in a rural setting. Applicants must possess a valid Kansas Driver’s License and be a certified Kansas EMT, AEMT or Paramedic. AEMT and/or Paramedic must have ACLS, and all positions require a CPR cer-tification. No residency is required. Rawlins County EMS is a Type IIA service and is the primary 911 ser-vice. Rawlins County is located in North West Kansas at the intersec-tion of Highway 25 and Highway 36. Rawlins County offers competitive pay with a great benefits package. Applications are available to pick-up, email and/or fax. Submit an application or a resume to Rawlins County EMS Office P.O. Box 183, Atwood, Kansas 67730, Fax: 785-626-9486, or email: [email protected]. For more information please call Phone: 785-626-8052 or Cell: 785-626-6001.
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Rawlins County USD 105 is ac-cepting applications for Full Time Head Custodian at the Elementary School. Benefits include full single health insurance, KPERS retire-ment, life insurance, and leave. To obtain an application, please come to the district office at 205 N. 4th Street 785-626-3236 or go to www.usd105.org. Rawlins County USD 105 is an equal opportunity employer.
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The Team at Kansasland Tire of Norton has an immediate open-ing for a service truck operator/general service person. Must have a valid drivers license. Competitive wages, 401k, insurance, & uni-forms. Experience preferred, but not necessary we will train. Please stop by at 11101 Rd E1, Norton and pick up an application or call 785-877-5181 EOE.
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PSI Transport, LLC, is always looking for livestock hauler: owner/operators to pull our trailers and/or company drivers. Newer equipment and excellent benefit package. We primarily stay within the Midwest. To visit about our opportunities give us a call M-F at (785) 675-3881 or (913) 533-2478.
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Carriers needed to deliver the Col-by Free Press! Great for someone needing extra income. A few hours a day, 4 days a week. Bonus after 3 months. To apply please stop by the office at 155 W. Fifth St., Colby or for questions call 785-462-3963.
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Apartments for Rent
Now Renting! Colby Estates, the finest in senior living. Call 785-657-1006.
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For rent 2 and 3 bedroom duplexes in Oakley. Call 785-672-0230.
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Houses for Rent
Nice 2-3 bedroom house for rent. Close to school. All appliances included. House is clean and in great shape. Fenced in back yard, underground sprinkler system. No smoking or pets allowed. Available April 7th. Call anytime 785-443-1339 or 785-462-6908.
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Houses for Sale
2 1/2 lots on corner - 3 B/R, 1 bath. 780 S. Mission, Colby 785-460-7996.
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Mobile Home for Sale
Comfortably nice 2 bedroom mobile home, 14’ x 70’ with all ap-pliances. Desirable Colby location. Must see 913-515-1179.
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Misc. for Sale
For Sale Used Appliances - Stoves, refrigerators, window air conditioner, dish washers, new electric hot water heater, washers, dryers, fresh eggs 785-694-8013.
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For Sale 55 gallon trash bags, (L) fluorescent vest and (XL) Eagle Claw vest. Call Pauline 785-672-0133.
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Pebble Embossed Plastic Ban-quet rolls 40’x300’ (white) $30 + tax. Can be purchased at the Colby Free Press, 155 W. 5th St.
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Pasture Wanted
Wanted grass to rent for summer and beyond, call 785-824-8092.
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Wanted
Want to buy: John Deere diesel and Deutz diesel air cooled en-gines. Running or not 785-263-6275.
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Recreation Vehicle
2009 Harley Davidson 883, 2k miles, perfect, 2k in upgrades, $5,000 - 785-628-8726.
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ServicesLooking for mowing jobs in the Colby area 785-269-7128.
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I am a caregiver with 25 years ex-perience. I have good references. If possible I would like jobs within 10/25 miles of Colby. I prefer day time, but willing to work nights once in awhile and if you need someone to relieve your primary caregiver. If interested please call Chris at 785-694-3703 Thank you!
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JM Tree & Lawn Service Tree trim-ming and removal. 35 years experi-ence. Bucket truck, chipper and chipper truck. Call 785-462-6908.
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Beckman Fencing - For all your fencing needs specializing in barb-wire, pipe corrals, continuous fence, chain link, privacy fences, and concrete flat work. Contact Jerad 785-672-7607.
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Do you have weeds? Want a great looking yard? Call JM Tree & Lawn Service to fill ALL of your needs. We offer full tree care and sprinkler system installs/maintenance. Call today for a free quote 785-462-6908 or 785-443-1339.
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Tree Trimming & Removal. Buck-et truck, stump grinder, insured. Call Kerry at Infinite Connections 785-626-4261.
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Carpet Cleaning: 3 Room Spe-cial - $149.95! Dry-Foam safe & Green Seal approved. Serving NWKS mileage free since 1987. Call today: A+ Cleaners 785-538-2526 or 785-443-5400 Johnene Cheney.
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All-Star girls tangleuntil final few seconds
R.B. HEADLEY/Colby Free PressTriplains-Brewster senior Dara Roulier (in white) tried to wrestle the basketball away from Stockton’s Morgan Beougher (14) dur-ing the Northwest Kansas All-Star Classic girls’ game at Col-by Community Building on Sunday. Colby High senior Hannah Strange (21) was ready to jump into this fray if needed.
By R.B. HeadleyColby Free Press
A super seven-point comeback in less than 45 seconds fell one big shot short during Sunday’s North-west Kansas All-Star Classic at the Colby Community Building.
Just when Taylor Deniston’s breakaway lay-up seemed to seal a victory for Colby High coach Ryan Becker’s Light team, the Darks came firing back with sev-eral late heroics.
First, Logan senior Kadie Braun drove inside and delivered a three-point play.
Lights promptly lost a turnover as holding the ball to run clock is not normally an All-Star game-plan.
Plainville’s Kim Junkermeier stepped outside the arc for another Dark three points. The lead was suddenly 65-63 with still 15 sec-onds remaining.
Then the game really got inter-esting.
Another turnover gave Dark 10.6 seconds, plenty of time as Triplains Brewster’s Shayna Rog-ge dribbled downcourt and made a nice 360-degree spin that avoided Light pressure.
Rogge passed perfectly to Hoxie all-stater Carly Heim — yet Heim was stripped of the basketball on her potential game-tying drive.
Dark kept the basketball but would give up any tying shot. Instead, an in-bounds pass set
up one long three-pointer which turned into a dreaded “air ball.”
Light grabbed the rebound and hold on to its 65-63 win.
Hoxie’s Lexi Schamberger lit
up the Dark defense for 17 game-high points and earned Most Valu-able Player honors.
Ulysses’ Jessica Arnold added 11 points, Triplains-Brewster’s Dara Roulier tallied 10 and Denis-ton scored another 10 to be the Light’s other double-figure scor-ers.
Stockton’s Morgan Beough-er was the top Dark scorer (10 points) while Colby senior Shaila Giebler netted nine before injur-ing her ankle.
Demi Murry of Decatur County also scored nine. Hannah Strange — another Colby Eagle — tossed in six points.
R.B. HEADLEY/Colby Free PressAnei Anei of Shawnee Mission South soared into lane between defenders Ivan Montes of Wallace County (11) and Goodland’s Kolt Trachsel (right) during the Northwest Kansas All-Star Clas-sic boys’ game in Colby Sunday afternoon. Anei scored 12 points but the Dark team won a 108-85 shootout.
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Despite Triplains-Brewster se-nior Layton Werth’s team-high 13 points, the Darks pulled away from his Light team for a 108-85 win in Sunday’s Sport Shoppe/Colby Bowl Northwest Kansas All-Star Classic at Colby.
The Lights built several early leads as Werth scored six first-half points and Colby High senior Ashton Russ added another three.
In fact, all 10 Light team play-ers would score before halftime.
However, Hoxie sharpshooter Connor Katt shot his Dark team ahead 45-44 entering intermission by putting 11 points through the Colby Community Building nets.
The Darks then unleashed an awesome 63-point second half to run away with this victory.
Oakley’s Mason Sheetz earned Most Valuable Player honors.
His 16 points paced the bal-anced Dark attack which also fea-tured 15 from Stanton County’s Cole Smith.
Werth finished with those 13 points to lead the Lights. Phillips-burg’s Sam Sage buried two early trifectas and tallied 12 points.
Anei Anei of Shawnee Mission South High School also scored 12. Anei and Jaymond Kelly from Olathe Northwest both made the long trip to participate in this Northwest Kansas All-Star Clas-sic.
Heartland Christian senior Colton Berg was the other Colby-area player who helped this Dark team triumph.
After the contest, players on both teams gathered for a group photo that commemorated this an-nual Northwest Kansas All-Star Classic in Colby.
Three-point shootingKelly captured the boys’ three-
point shooting contest while Hol-comb’s Taylor Deniston was girls’ champion. A “battle of the sexes” showdown followed and Deniston defeated Kelly.
She hit 13 three-pointers com-pared to eight for Kelly.
R.B. HEADLEYColby Free Press
University of Kansas vol-leyball players were fired up (right) about scrimmag-ing Wichita State University (below right) on Saturday at Colby High School. Colorado State University (below left) and the University of Denver were two other NCAA Divi-sion I programs who soared in the Eagles’ gymnasium. Kansas, Colorado State and Denver were all national tournament-qualifying teams last fall.
Meadow Lake Golf Course in Colby has announced these prices for the 2015 season.
Individual Season Golf Pass — Dues $704, Tax $55.62 for a total of $759.62.
Family Season Golf Pass (families include all under age 21 or still in college) — Dues $812, Tax $64.15 for a total of $876.15.
Single Senior Season Golf Pass (age 70 or older) — Dues $596, Tax $47.08 for a total of $643.08.
Out of County Season Pass — Dues $433, Tax $34.21 for a total of $467.21.
Student High School Pass — Dues $135, Tax $10.76 for a total of $145.67.
College Student Golf Pass —
Dues $190, Tax $15.01 for a total of $205.01.
New Golf PassFamily: Dues $650, Tax $51.35
for a total of $701.35.Individuals: Dues $542, Tax
$42.82 for a total of $584.82.Cart Shed Rent
Private: $200.Public: $150.West Sheds: $100.
Final Four promises ‘epic’ fieldfrom espn.com
You were right. This is going to be epic. the Final Four.
Kentucky, Duke, Michigan State and Wisconsin are the 2015 Final Four. Epic may be an under-statement.
What, exactly, have 64 NCAA
tournament games given us? Four Hall of Fame coaches. Twenty-six Final Four appearances. Six national titles. A combined 2,489 career Division 1 wins. (Or 2,842, if you want to count Bo Ryan’s dominant non-D-I run at Wiscon-sin-Platteville, and why wouldn’t
you?) Four intense and well-trav-eled fan bases, three of which are within driving distance of India-napolis where locals are already counting cash.
Three No. 1 seeds, and a peren-nially fantastic Spartan that plays like No. 1 come March.
Top college talent competes in Colby
Meadow Lake sets golf prices
Trojans split seriesColby Community College split
a four-game series with visiting Pratt College’s baseball team last weekend.
The four were surprisingly similar: Pratt won game one 3-2 on Saturday, then Colby took the finale by a 3-2 count.
On Sunday, the Trojans pound-ed out a 13-7 victory only to see Pratt romp 17-5 in game two.
More details will be featured later this week.
The Trojans play another Jay-hawk Conference weekend series at Seward County starting Friday.
