The WEEKEND Friday, January 3, 2014 Goodland1205 Main Avenue, Goodland, Star-News KS 67735 • Phone (785) 899-2338 $1 Volume 82, Number 1 10 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 reminder Suspect New Year’s snow caught How many years has after run it been? from cops The annual Goodland Star- A New Year’s Eve chase on I-70 News Business Honor Roll ended with the suspects crashing is coming up on Friday, Jan. into a guard rail at the Edson exit. 10. The honor roll records Sherman County deputies, fire- how many years participat- fighters and emergency medical ing businesses have been technicians were called to the scene active in the community. of the wreck Tuesday night. Ads on this page include Few details were available at business name, year estab- press time Thursday. The Sherman lished and how many years County Sheriff’s Office posted to the company has been in its Facebook page that night that business, the owners’ name one suspect ran from the crashed or names, address and vehicle. Law enforcement and other phone number. Cost is $40. emergency vehicles searched up Call us at 899-2338, e-mail and down the interstate and in the [email protected] surrounding area, but the suspect or stop by the office to get was not found immediately. your business recognized The suspect was later identified in the honor roll. as Walter R. Gariffo, a 26-year-old Colby resident. A warrant was is- sued for his arrest. The Sheriff’s Office was asking local residents for tips on his whereabouts, and advis- ing people in the Edson area to lock their cars and homes. Gariffo was weather not thought to be dangerous. The search was called off around mid- report night, but authorities were able to apprehend Gariffo on Wednesday. Emergency responders were called to another wreck Wednesday 38° night. A Toyota Tacoma rolled into 10 a.m. Goodland rang in the new year with fireworks and a little snow and cars. The temperature today is expected to reach as high as the north ditch on I-70 at the Caruso as well. There were light flurries Wednesday morning, and early 58, but the weekend is expected to be colder with a slight chance Thursday exit, coming to rest on its side. Nei- Thursday morning a small amount of snow was clinging to yards of more snow. Photo by Kevi n Bottrell/The Goodland Star-News Today ther occupant was seriously injured. • Sunset, 4:36 p.m. Saturday • Sunrise, 7:07 a.m. State has new commercial vehicle system • Sunset, 4:36 p.m. Pheasants Forever The Kansas Department of Rev- Motor carriers operating solely simplifying the process because the Midday Conditions enue, Commercial Motor Vehicle in Kansas as an intrastate motor fee will be collected when the vehicle • Soil temperature 32 degrees Office is rolling out a new system that carrier will receive a new license is registered.” • Humidity 57 percent banquet is Jan. 11 will increase compliance with federal plate. The new white and purple plate The definition of a commercial • Sky sunny and state departments of transporta- marked “Commercial” will provide vehicle is not changing; the federal • Winds west 15 mph The 14th Annual High Plains under. Those who register be- tion. The property tax assessed on and easy reference for law enforce- rules have been in place since July • Barometer 30.30 inches Roosters Banquet will begin at fore Wednesday will receive commercial vehicles will also be ment. Kansas-based motor carriers 2000. The new system will help en- and rising 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at the a free gift. replaced with a fee. that drive in Kansas and other states sure that all commercial vehicles are Goodland Elks Lodge. Throughout the evening The office, will now register intra- and currently have an apportioned tag properly registered and comply with • Record High today 68° (2006) High Plains Roosters is the there will be a live and silent state and interstate motor carriers in will continue to receive the license existing federal and state laws. Cur- • Record Low today -26° (1959) Sherman County chapter of auction, games, drawings and the newly created Commercial Ve- plate that is white with red marked rently, commercial vehicles should be Last 24 Hours* Pheasants Forever, a non-prof- a membership drawing. There hicle Registration System. This reg- “Apportioned.” operating under a U.S. Department of High Wednesday 38° it organization that supports will also be a special gun draw- istration does not affect farm vehicles. “The new fees will streamline Transportation number; that number Low Wednesday 22° habitat conservation, youth ing, with six items to be given During the 2011 session, the Kan- Kansas’ antiquated process tied to will be used to set up the new intra- Precipitation trace hunting programs and more. away. Cost for that drawing sas Legislature passed House Bill fluctuating property taxes and help state commercial vehicle registration This month trace There will be a social hour is $5 per ticket or five tickets 2557 which removed the property businesses predict from year-to-year account. Year to date trace beginning at 5 p.m. and a prime for $20. tax, also called the ad valorem tax, what their registration will cost,” A commercial vehicle is used to Below normal 0.01 inches rib dinner will be served at A registration form is avail- from commercial vehicles and re- said Deann Williams, manager of the transport property or passengers and: The Topside Forecast 6 p.m. Cost is $20 for adults able online at www.highplain- placed it with a commercial vehicle Commercial Motor Vehicle Office. • Has a gross vehicle weight or Today: Sunny with a high of 58, and $10 for youths age 10 and sroosterspf.com. fee that will be collected at the time “This is leveling the playing field for winds out of the southwest at 5 of registration. all commercial vehicle operators and See VEHICLE, Page 5 to 10 mph and a low around 23. Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow, a high near 31, winds blustery out of the Prominent northwest Kansan retires from public service north at 15 to 30 mph and a low By Heather Alwin sition when the family first moved Kansas, knocking on doors, trying since House members had to share would like to take it. around 10. [email protected] back to Colby, having two young to earn votes by talking to each secretaries. Her majority leader’s She said she was warned not to Extended Forecast Sheila Sloan Frahm, a Colby na- daughters at the time. She won the constituent. Some people slammed office seemed huge, just off the take the appointment but try to run Sunday: Mostly sunny with a 20 tive and long-time public servant, primary but lost the general elec- the door in her face, she said, while Senate chamber and with several for the Senate on her own, since percent chance of snow at night, marked the end of her tion. others welcomed her in. staff members. there were only a few months left in a high near 30 and a low around weekly or monthly travels Two years later, she ran She was elected as Senate’s ma- In 1994, she ran for lieutenant Dole’s term, but she tried it anyway. 5. Monday: Mostly sunny with a to Topeka this month. again and won, holding jority leader in 1992, a position that governor with Bill Graves of Salina, Within a few months, she hired high near 18 and a low around 6. She stepped down from her position on the board allowed her to determine what bills the Republican candidate for gov- a staff, closed her lieutenant gov- Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a high her position on the Kan- until 1985. were sent to the Senate’s schedule ernor. Graves had been secretary ernor’s office, raised $1.5 million near 31 and a low around 16. sas State Postsecondary Frahm said she enjoyed and work with the minority leader of state. dollars for a re-election campaign (National Weather Service) Technical Education Au- the opportunities for in- to make the Senate run smoothly. She remembered sitting with and moved to Washington, return- Get 24-hour weather info. at 162.400 MHz. thority this month. teracting with the commu- For this organized, detail-oriented Graves in her family’s home, look- ing to Kansas each weekend. The end of her term nity while she was on the senator, the position was a good fit. ing at Pizza Hut across the street, When she entered the Senate, she concludes a public service school board. She began She served on several commit- when he asked her if she would run said, she became the 1,828th senator career that began in 1978 Sheila Frahm traveling to Topeka as the tees, including Agriculture, Com- with him. She said yes, and their since the founding of the republic. when she won a spot on board’s representative to merce, Education and Rules and campaign was successful, earning “I have great appreciation for the Colby School Board. the Kansas Association of School Regulations. She considers her her another office upgrade at the government,” she said. Frahm, born into a family that Boards. committee assignments “lucky,” Capitol. Frahm lost the election, but said had farmed in Thomas County for In 1985, she was appointed to the she said, because they gave her a While she was lieutenant gover- her months in the Senate seat was generations, graduated from Colby state Board of Education, winning good chance to see many aspects of nor, she said, she also served as the an experience she would not trade.