Page 2 Colby Free Press Thursday, November 7, 2013 Area/State WWeathereather Council talks about tower BBrieflyriefly From “COUNCIL,” Page 1 been attached. • Awarded a bid for a new The deadline for Briefl y is noon the day before. Items submitted in the The Kansas Department of generator for the city’s commu- morning will be set up for the following day, space available. The deadline do electrical work or cover any Health and Environment re- nications tower to Bickner Elec- for Monday’s paper is noon Friday. sudden catastrophe, he said, so quires the overfl ow pipe of the tric for $18,068. Bickner was the city should keep its insur- water tower to be brought closer the only company to offer a bid Church women selling holiday greenery ance. to the ground, he added, and a for the type of generator the city The Colby Presbyterian Women are selling fresh Christmas greenery For Colby, the company fl apper gate to be installed over specifi ed when it asked for bids. – wreaths, garlands and centerpieces – as a fund raiser for their mission would take over painting and the end. The roof vent for the Communications for ambulanc- projects. Orders are due by Friday. For information or to order, contact the maintenance for $139,152 a tower also needs to be replaced. es, police, the sheriff, city and church at 462-6342 or JoAnne Sunderman at 460-2476. Delivery will be year for the fi rst fi ve years. After City Technology Director county crews and the Skywarn the fi rst week of December. that, it would maintain the tower Mike Albers said the tower had weather spotting service all run for $52,566 a year, Dugger said. been painted in the late 1990s or out of the tower. The company offers a one- early 2000s. The cathode plates • Authorized the mayor to Firemen selling tickets at Legion supper year “evergreen agreement,” he kept falling off the tower, he sign an agreement between the The Colby Fire Department will be selling tickets for a Henry lever- said, which the city could can- said. city and Thomas County for action .22-caliber rifl e at the Sons of the American Legion pheasant cel at any time. The company The most important improve- hazardous materials response hunters’ feed from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the post hall, 1850 W. Fourth. Cost would be bound to stay in the ment Dugger suggested to the and rescue services, assuming of the feed is $15 for all you can eat, bull fries, fi sh and chicken strips. agreement as long as the city tower would be a water mixer the commissioners approve it. The drawing for the rifl e will be Tuesday at Colby High during a soup pays its bills. inside the tank. In warm weath- The agreement would run from supper for Brennen Ostmeyer’s medical expenses. For information, call Dugger explained some is- er, Dugger said, cold well wa- Jan. 1 to the end of 2016. Traci Galli at 462-0450. sues he found with Colby’s 1.5 ter pumped into the tower from • Approved a three-year million-gallon tower after a visit the bottom just sits there while agreement with Rural Fire Dis- Trinity Lutheran craft bazaar this weekend in July. It will need a paint job, warmer water goes to the top. trict No. 3 so the city can run the Trinity Lutheran Church’s annual craft bazaar will be from 4 to 7 p.m. National Weather Service he said, which is often one of the Cities often get abnormal sam- equipment for the district. Fire Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the church Fellowship Hall. The Tonight: Partly cloudy, with most expensive costs for a water ple reading at about this time of Chief Bob McLemore said the Lutheran Youth Fellowship will be selling 2014 Christian calendars, a low around 33. South wind tower. year, he said, when the water at district still has to approve the notepads, Dillons grocery cards, baked goods, turkeys for Thanksgiving around 10 mph. He said a cathode plate, de- the top starts to cool down and agreement. and wooden “Jesus” plaques. There will also be lots of goodies. Stop by Friday: Mostly sunny, with a signed to prevent corrosion of settle at the bottom. • Agreed to have the Police and get a head start on gifts for Christmas. Questions, call Linda Pabst at high near 70. Southwest wind 5 the metal tank, had been taken McGreer later pointed out that Department seek bids to sell a 462-3497. to 10 mph becoming northeast off several years ago, Dugger the city will have to put a mixer 1995 Ford F-150 with transmis- in the afternoon. said, and someone did a poor job in its standpipe by Interstate 70. sion problems. Friday Night: Mostly clear, Free lunch offered at church on Saturday of sealing the holes where it had In other business, the council: with a low around 32. Calm wind Once a Month Lunch will be served from 11:30 to 12:30 SaturdaySaturday, becoming northwest around 5 at the First Presbyterian Church, 515 W. Fourth St. This free meal is mph after midnight. always the second Saturday of each month. For questions, call the church Saturday: Sunny, with a high at 462-6342. near 61. Northwest wind around Mennonites can charity pork 5 mph becoming southeast in By Mary Clarkin Hillsboro, have helped can meat together annually for meat can- Hunt breakfast will benefit Scout project the afternoon. Hutchinson News in recent weeks. The last stop ning. Hunters – and everyone else – are welcome to enjoy sausage gravy, Saturday Night: Mostly clear, before the canning equipment Melvin Miller, another vet- biscuits and scrambled egg from 5:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Colby with a low around 32. HUTCHINSON (AP) – The was hauled to Nebraska was eran of the meat-canning opera- United Methodist Church, corner of Pine and Franklin. Donation will Sunday: Sunny, with a high pink labels wrapped around and a building behind Cedar Crest tion, pointed out the youth on benefi t an Eagle Scout project. For information, call Jan Barnum at 462- near 59. glued to the pork-packed alu- Amish Mennonite School, on the packaging line. That’s where 5892. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, minum cans bore an address: Mills Avenue south of Pleasant- the younger ones start, he said. with a low around 37. Mennonite Central Committee, view. This is the fi rst time in years Veterans honored at Gospel Show Veterans Day: Mostly sunny, Akron, Pennsylvania, USA. Community churches donated the local group has packed pork. with a high near 59. Pickin’ on the Plains will present a Hometown Gospel Show tribute But it took men, women and money to purchase pork, said More commonly, they can tur- to veterans at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Frahm Theatre at Colby Community Monday Night: Partly cloudy, children and a two-day meat- Kevin Knepp, treasurer for the key. with a low around 36. College with the McLemores, Gary Wiggins, the Jeff Wagoner Family, canning marathon in Reno local Mennonite Central Com- Pork was 65 cents a pound the Bugbee Sisters, Lisa Schroeder and Family, Leon Woofter, Pat Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with County to start the canned meat mittee canning committee. cheaper than turkey, a “tremen- a high near 52. Ziegelmeier, Jay Stewart and Friends, the Perry and Terry Baird and Prairie on a journey that likely will end Typically, they purchase dous difference,” Miller said, Rose Harmony. Tickets are $10 at the door; children under 12 free with an Tuesday Night: Mostly abroad. about 20,000 pounds of meat and enabling the local group to cloudy, with a low around 30. adult. Veterans admitted free. For information, call the Colby Convention In the last fi scal year, Menno- and volunteers work in three stretch their dollars farther. and Visitors Bureau at 460-7643. nite Central Committee’s meat shifts - beginning at 5:30 a.m. - “Muslim countries won’t take Wednesday: A slight chance shipments totaled 514,512 cans, to complete the canning in two any pork,” Miller said, but Haiti, of rain and snow showers. benefi ting people in need in the days. The operation began Mon- for example, will take the pork Landfill to close Monday for Veterans Day Partly sunny, with a high near U.S. and a dozen foreign coun- day and wrapped up Tuesday. chunks. The Thomas County Landfi ll will be closed Monday for Veterans Day. 41. Chance of precipitation is 20 tries, the Hutchinson News re- The boxes of cans will go to The meat is inspected and For questions, call Larry Jumper at 462-8139. percent. ported (is.gd/24wfO0). The top a Mennonite Central Commit- passed by the Department of fi ve recipients were North Ko- tee warehouse in Harvey Coun- Agriculture. One can from each Wednesday: High, 52; Low 23 Prairie Land group offers budget food rea, Ukraine, Bosnia, Honduras ty, for eventual distribution to batch is held in reserve at the Make your grocery budget go farther with food packages from Prairie Precip: Wednesday 0.None and Nicaragua. “wherever the need is greatest,” warehouse, monitored to see if Land Food. Buy regular food packages and special November packages Month: 0.38 inches The 2013-14 meat-canning Knepp said. the can bulges. like the Thanksgiving meal deal, with ham, turkey and more. Order must Year: 14.44 inches schedule started in October in Ervin Stutzman can remem- “Together We Can,” pro- be place by Monday at State Farm Insurance, 462-7525, or with Alberta Normal: 20.03 inches Ohio and will conclude in April ber working on Mennonite Cen- claimed the sign displayed in the Cameroon at 443-3239 or Carol Raile at 443-3089. (K-State Experiment Station) in Ontario, Canada. tral Committee food programs work area. Sunrise and Sunset Friday 7:20 a.m. 6:03 p.m. In Kansas, hundreds of vol- as far back as the 1950s. What they were doing and unteers from such cities as Stutzman spoke of the “fel- why was posted on the pink Colby Grade School plans soup supper Moon: waxing, 33 percent Come to the Colby High School commons from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday (U.S. Naval Observatory) Moundridge, Inman, Buhler, lowship” of those from various labels: “Food For Relief/In the Newton, North Newton and church communities brought name of Christ.” for a soup supper and silent auction benefi t sponsored by Colby Grade School for Jason and Leann Ostmeyer. Their 20-month-old son Brennen is fi ghting rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. The winner of a rifl e from the Colby Fire Department will be announced. For information about the rifl e, call Fire Chief Bob McLemore 443-6065. Questions about the Voter law challenge goes to federal court soup supper, call the school offi ce at 460-5100. TOPEKA (AP) – A lawsuit challenging constitutionality of the 2011 changes in the of Arizona. a Kansas law requiring voters to present Kansas voting laws. The case has been assigned to federal Sign up now for holiday food basket a photo ID when casting a ballot has been Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Judge Kathryn Vratil. No hearing date has Genesis-Thomas County Food Bank plans to distribute holiday baskets moved from state to federal court. Tuesday that his offi ce initiated the change been set. for Thomas County families. If you’d like a basket, pick up a form at The suit was fi led in June by Wichita of venue because Lawing’s clients are Critics have denounced the new voting the offi ce, 350 S. Range, Suite 13, from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. attorney Jim Lawing on behalf of two raising federal voting law issues that were laws as an attempt to suppress voter turnout Wednesdays, the Pioneer Memorial Library, Thomas County Health Overbrook residents who are challenging the decided in a U.S. Supreme Court case out among poor, minority and elderly voters. Department and the state Department for Children and Families, or call 460-7930 and leave a message.

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