75¢ Colby Wednesday December 31, 2014 Volume 125, Number 203 Serving Thomas County since 1888 8 pages FFreeree PPressress Hospital to have new head By Sam Dieter Colby Free Press [email protected]

The new leader coming to Citi- zens Medical Center isn’t new to Colby; he went to college here about the time the man he will replace was joining the hospital’s staff. Greg Unruh Kevan Trenkle Greg Unruh will replace long- time Chief Executive Kevan Tren- “I have known individuals in kle at Citizens Medical Center Inc. the Colby community for a lot of on Feb. 16, when Trenkle retires. years,” he said. Unruh, with 25 years of experi- It was in the Kansas Hospital ence in health-care management, Association Newsletter that he now is the chief financial officer learned for certain that Trenkle of the Community Healthcare was getting ready to retire. Be- Library’s System, which serves the region fore that, Unruh had built a career around Onaga, a town of about in leadership at rural health-care 800 in northeast Kansas. facilities. He said he had leased “(I am) incredibly happy about a 30-bed nursing home when he that and pleased to be part of the was 20 years old. 3-D printer Colby community,” Unruh said. “It’s a rewarding opportunity The new executive said that that not may people have,” he he looks forward to the move to added. Colby. He and his wife have found He said his father and grand- a home, and plan to move in late father were ordained clergymen, shows ability January, after taking care of some and his job also gives him a op- chores in the middle of the month. portunity to be involved in the By Sam Dieter class. Her goal: to print out two This is not Unruh’s first time lives of others. Colby Free Press or three trees, two houses of dif- living here, however. He was “Health care has been my min- [email protected] ferent sizes and a church. a student a Colby Community istry,” Unruh said. She and her father said her College from 1973 to 1975, and And just because people live People put the Pioneer Me- teacher doubted the printer served as the student body presi- in a rural area, Unruh added, it’s morial Library’s new printer to would be able to make such de- dent. He went on to earn a bache- not any less important for them the test this month. It had never tailed objects. This is the first lor’s degree at Friends University to have access to health care. He made a tree before. time that a high school student in Wichita and a master’s at Fort said he was born in Montezuma But the 3-D printer passed has used the library’s printer for Hays State University, both in or- and raised in southwest Kansas. with flying colors. Moving in a a class project, he said. ganizational leadership. Since go- Since his parents were involved in waffle-like pattern, the machine The library bought the printer ing to school here, though, Unruh the church, he moved around a lot, laid down hot plastic for the a couple of months ago, with said he has kept himself connect- tree’s base, which soon turned a $9,000 federal grant, said ed to Colby. See “NEW HEAD,” Page 2 into a solid sheet. Then it made George Seamon, director of the the trunk, slowly creating a hol- Northwest Kansas Library Sys- low, honeycomb shape on top of tem. The grant came from the the base, and the tree became a Institute of Museum and Library three-dimensional object. Services, and paid for 3-D print- Offices, paper Over an hour after the printing ers in the Colby, Norton and started, the trunk split into three Goodland libraries. Director large branches, then into over a Melany Wilks said the library dozen smaller ones. The printer got the printer so that patrons works from the bottom up, so as would have access to the latest close for Jan. 1 the branches took shape, there technology. were all exactly the same height Since it was installed, Wilks Area businesses and govern- flower Bank, The Bank, Adams from the base. When it finished said, the printer has made about ment offices will shut their doors Bank and Trust, Western State making the short branches, how- 20 objects, including Brittany’s for the New Year’s holiday, while Bank and Farmers and Merchants ever, the taller ones continued to trees and buildings. To print, the the Colby Free Press takes a holi- Bank. The Farmers and Merchants rise. machine is loaded with a roll of day. Dillon’s location will close at 5:30 The tree, made out of molten plastic filament, which looks like Federal offices in Colby, includ- p.m. today. plastic filament, was completed a roll of plastic you would use in ing the Farm Service Agency and The Walmart pharmacy will in two hours and 45 minutes. a weed cutter, only larger. That Natural Resources Conservation close at 6 p.m. today, and be open Shawn Carney said he chosen filament is heated before the Service, will be closed on New from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. the design for the tree while printing starts, then the printer Year’s Day. So will City Hall, the Dillon’s pharmacy closes at 7 to- working an a computer program feeds it into a small nozzle. It Thomas County Courthouse, the night, although both stores will be used to run the printer, and left comes out in molten form, then Colby Post Office, and the Pioneer open regular hours this week. Dol- it on the computer screen next to quickly solidifies. Memorial Library. The doors at lar General closes at 8 p.m. this the printer. If they are skilled enough to the Colby/Thomas County Cham- evening and Palace Drug Store His daughter Brittany started a work the computer program, ber of Commerce, shut at noon to- will be closed on Thursday. smaller tree just after the first one people using the printer can de- day and the office will be closed Most restaurants will stay open was complete, part of a project the rest of the week. The K-State normal hours this week, but Ar- for her high school social studies See “3-D PRINTER,” Page 2 Northwest Research Extension by’s and Subway will close at 8 Center is closed all week. p.m. this evening, and Taco John’s Brittany Carney and her Area banks will be closed on will close at 5 p.m. J&B Meat father Shawn looked at New Year’s Day, including Bank Market will be closed Thursday, Brittany’s new “tree,” (top) West, People’s State Bank, Sun- and Sonic will open at 9 a.m. the first to be made with the Pioneer Memorial Li- brary’s new 3-D printer. With the file containing the dimensions of the tree pro- Tornado total grammed into a computer, (center), the printer created the tree in real life using a string of plastic filament (above) which was melted lowest in years down inside the printer to WICHITA (AP) – Kansas offi- totals in Kansas. be cast into shape (left). cials say the state saw the lowest But weather officials say the number of tornadoes this year in decline is a mixed blessing. While 25 years. fewer tornadoes means fewer op- The Wichita Eagle (bit. portunities for deaths, injuries and ly/1HVyTt6 ) reports only 40 property damage, they say it also tornadoes were recorded so far increases the chances of compla- SAM DIETER/Colby Free Press in 2014. It’s less than half of the cency in residents’ preparation for state’s 30-year average of 81. severe weather safety. This year’s figure also is the fourth-lowest total since tornado statistics began being kept in 1950. It’s also the third consecu- tive year of below-normal tornado Page 2 Colby Free Press Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Area/State Weather Briefly The deadline for Briefly is noon the day before. Items submitted in the morning will be set up for the following day, space available. The deadline for Monday’s paper is noon Friday.

New Year’s gala event will help HOPE New Year’s Eve benefit dinner, auction and dance will feature the Jim- my Dee Band at the City Limits Convention Center tonight. The event will raise money for the Northwest Kansas Foundation for HOPE, which helps cancer patients in nine northwest Kansas counties. For ticket information, contact Pat Sloan at 443-3261.

Pool closed during holidays The Colby Community College swimming pool will be closed through Friday, Jan. 2, for Christmas break. Hours Saturday and Sunday will be 1 to 3 p.m., then the pool will be closed until Monday, Jan. 12, when regular National Weather Service Wednesday: Sunny, with a hours resume. high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -25. Southwest wind No trash pickup on New Year’s 5 to 10 mph. SAM DIETER/Colby Free Press Colby’s sanitation department trucks will not be running New Year’s Wednesday Night: Mostly This model town was Brittany Carney’s high school project, the first such project to be made Day. Thursday residential trash will be picked up Friday. Have cans to clear, with a low around -2. Wind using a new 3-D printer acquired by the Pioneer Memorial Library this fall. The trees and the curb by 8 a.m. For information, call Omar Weber at the Public Works chill values as low as -17. West buildings were all made out of plastic filament cast into shape by the printer. Department, 460-4420. wind 5 to 10 mph. New Year’s Day: Mostly Baptist Church invites everyone to lunch sunny, with a high near 25. West 3-D printer shows ability Come and bring a friend to a free “Joyful Blessings” meal from 11:30 wind around 5 mph becoming a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church, Webster and Grant. calm in the afternoon. From “3-D PRINTER,” Page 1 er, she said, Brittany’s project has taught them a Everyone is welcome. For information, call Radonda Buford at 462-2804. Thursday Night: Partly lot about how it works. Designs taken off the In- cloudy, with a low around 6. sign their own final product. Otherwise, it has ternet, for instance, are only compatible with the Friday: Mostly sunny, with a a gallery of of objects the machine is pre-pro- printer in certain formats. And some of them have Kids Closet Open House coming Sunday high near 26. grammed to make. to be downsized or else they could take almost a Kids Closet, a children’s clothing and baby gear “store,” will open its Friday Night: Partly cloudy, Library staff have a tray full of objects the print- whole day to print. doors for a special open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Colby Wes- with a low around 11. er has already made which, while they are not all The library installed the printer on Oct. 9, she leyan Church, 320 W. Pine St. The closet welcomes parents and caregivers Saturday: Mostly sunny, with as intricate as a tree, are still impressive. They in- said, but has only been using frequently for about of any income level, and all clothing and supplies are free. Thanks to the a high near 33. clude an iPad holder, and two items which broke a month, since several parts broke down early on. Citizens Medical Center coat drive, the closet now has children’s and adult Saturday Night: Partly later: a miniature table and a bracelet. The plastic The library will charge $2 for each print job to coats to give away. Open 3 to 6 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each cloudy, with a low around 11. in the bracelet is thin enough that it stretches if cover the cost of repairs, $4 for the filament, and month. For information, contact Heather Alwin at 269-7603. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a you pull it. for larger jobs, $4 for every extra ounce of fila- high near 28. “We’re sort of on-the-job training,” Wilks said. ment. But the iPad cover she made only weighs Drive seeks coats, hats, gloves for kids Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, “We’re learning as we go along.” about a fifth of an ounce, Wilks added The coat drive sponsored by Citizens Medical Center, the Colby Rotary with a low around 13. Although the staff was trained to use the print- Club and the Colby Wesleyan Church has all the adult coats it can handle, Monday: Partly sunny, with a but still needs more for kids. To donate a new or slightly used child’s coat, high near 37. drop it off at the hospital admissions desk through the end of January. If you need coats, go to the church’s Kids Closet from 3 to 6 p.m. the first Wednesday: High, 44; Low 15 Hospital to have new head and third Wednesday every month. For information or if you need help, Thursday: High, 48; Low 23 call Megan Carmichael at 460-1214. Friday: High, 25; Low -1 From “NEW HEAD,” Page 1 “It’s just time to hand it up because his wife Pam is from Saturday: High, 26; Low 3 and let the younger folks take Atwood and they wanted to be Sunday: High, 33; Low 6 and lived on a Navajo reserva- over,” he said. closer to her family. College offers classes for adult degree Monday: High, 19; Low -1 tion in Arizona in his youth. He noted that he started his During most of his time in The Adult Education Department at Colby Community College is offer- Precip: Friday 0.16 inches “I am very pleased with the career when Unruh was still Colby, Trenkle was the chief ing free General Educational Development (GED) prep classes beginning Monday 0.08 inches selection of Greg Unruh to going to college here, taking a financial officer for Citizens, Monday, with instruction in reading, math, study and critical thinking. For Year: 17.68 inches succeed me,” Trenkle said in a job at the Department of Public but he served as interim chief information or to register, contact Director Nance Munderloh at 460-4663. Normal: 20.65 inches statement. “Under his leader- Institutions in Lincoln, Neb., in executive at least four times, (K-State Experiment Station) ship, Citizens Medical Center 1974. He did Medicare report- the last time after Janice Mc- Inc.’s mission, vision and values ing and oversaw the business Cort, his predecessor, stepped Women’s group selling variety of nuts Sunrise and Sunset The Episcopal Church Women have fresh nuts available for the holi- will continue to be carried out.” offices at the state hospital while down. Since he had served as an Thursday 8:04 a.m. 5:31 p.m. days: pecans, English and black walnuts, cashews and mixed nuts. Pick Trenkle, meanwhile, said he working for the department un- interim manager at MidDakota Moon: waxing, 88 percent them up at Colby Canvas; cost is $10 or $11 depending on variety. For Friday 8:04 a.m. 5:32 p.m. is ready to move on after four til 1988. Then he became an as well, Trenkle said, he was information, call Martha Hullet at 462-2505. Moon: waxing, 94 percent years as chief executive officer internal auditor for MidDakota prepared for the four years that (U.S. Naval Observatory) at Citizens and 21 years at the Hospital in Chamberlain, S.D.. he spent leading the hospital. hospital. He said he came here in 1993, Trenkle described the Citizens County seeks help on planning panel employees as “best bunch” that The Thomas County commissioners need volunteers to serve on the he worked with in his whole ca- city-county planning commission, which makes zoning and land-use deci- Survey to study groundwater levels reer, adding that working with sions. While the commissioners prefer someone who does not live in Col- them as the thing he will miss by, the position is open to all interested residents. Call the county clerk’s LAWRENCE (AP) – The Kan- central Kansas. water levels rose in south-central the most about his job. office at 460-4500. sas Geological Survey and state The Geological Survey will Kansas while levels in western “I’m going to miss the peo- agriculture officials are planning measure groundwater levels in Kansas continued to decline, al- ple,” he said, “because we have to start work early next month to wells in 15 western Kansas coun- though less sharply than in the Scouts still looking for a few good girls good ones.” It’s not to late to join the fun. Girls in kindergarten through high school determine how much water is be- ties Friday through Tuesday. previous year. Drought and irri- Trenkle said he grew up in Al- ing lost in western Kansas. Combined with wells mea- gation are blamed for the decline. can join Girl Scouting anytime throughout the year. For information, con- liance, Neb. He earned a bach- tact Penny Cline at 443-8321. The effort comes as annual surements taken by the Kansas “In 2014, the growing season elor’s degree in business admin- data has shown decreases in Department of Agriculture’s Di- in March to May started off very istration from Chadron State groundwater levels in the High vision of Water Resources, 1,415 dry with June being extremely College and a master’s degree in Elks Lodge to present banners to families Plans aquifer during the past 60 wells in 48 western and central wet and, in places, so were July accounting from the University The Goodland Elks Lodge would like to recognize families with mem- years, according to a statement Kansas counties are expected and August,” Brownie Wilson, of Nebraska. His daughter Tam- bers serving in the military abroad. If you have a son, daughter, grandson from the University of Kansas, to be measured, The Lawrence KGS water-data manager, said my Allen lives in Colby, and he or granddaughter overseas, the lodge would like to present you with a Blue where the Geological Survey is Journal-World reported (bit. in the news release. “It wasn’t has one son, Bryan, who lives in Star emblem to display in your door or window. For information, call Zona based. The aquifer is the main ly/13GSek0 ). a drought-buster by any means, Winston, Ore. 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On the last paper, I sobbed about past story and how he was working the program of failures in my thinking. I sure did make some Ned Lush AA to get better. They passed the basket about bad decisions when drinking – unbelievably halfway through the meeting, since AA is self bad decisions. Like driving at night with my supporting through our own contributions. lights off on the highway so “they” wouldn’t 12 Steps There is no membership fee, everything in the see me, or keeping the “stash” in the trunk and • meeting is held in the meeting and we rarely only having one drink in the car to deal with if since I had absolutely nothing to lose. use our last names, only our first names. There I got caught. I had no self-esteem. I was tired of living in is also free literature about the disease at the What kind of a person would think that the world that I created. I hated everyone and meeting hall. way? Don’t answer that – I can’t take it. I had nowhere else to turn. I tried church and I I was amazed at my discovery. As the people Of course, like any real alcoholic, my like a good Sunday sermon, but it just wasn’t told their story, one after the other, it was like drinking escalated, especially around the what I needed. There was not one person in they were telling my story. I guess there isn’t holidays. I absolutely dreaded the holidays, this world that I felt comfortable sharing my much difference from one drunk to the next. since I knew there was an awfully good chance problems with except maybe a professional But, and it was a big but, the others were I would have some sort of major problem due counselor, and even he was suspect. obviously much more content with life than to my drinking. AA was nothing like I expected. They had me. They smiled, they were relaxed and I It’s not fun living with those uncertainties a big coffee pot on and it was free. They had could tell they attended regularly. What a and fears. Why couldn’t the police just look plenty of straight-back chairs and some comfy concept – a meeting for drunks to help them the other way when I would come barreling chairs. There were several men and women improve their lives by stopping the drink. As down the street – the wrong way – too fast – mingling before the meeting and each one had hopeless as my life was when I walked in to and weaving? But that freight train was too a pleasant smile on his face. I could not do that that first AA meeting, I walked out with the entrenched in me to stop it or even slow it – smile. I was greeted and asked my first name slightest little bit of hope. down. I was going to drink, and I was going but I felt no pressure of any kind. The Big Book says, “If you want what we KAYLIE SCHABEN/ Golden Plains High School to drive. The drinking had a hold on me and The leader of the meeting opened with have, and are willing to go to any length, then Dawson Spresser dipped Kellee Snyder during the high would not let go. a moment of silence for the still suffering you are ready to take certain steps.” school choir performance of “Slow Dancing in the Snow” The “Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous,” alcoholic, followed by the Serenity Prayer, Do you want it? Are you willing? Maybe during the Golden Plains Christmas concert Dec. 16 in Rex- referring to alcoholism, says, “It’s cunning, “God grant me the serenity, to accept the you are ready. There is hope and you do not ford. Other choir members included Tayler Lobato, Sierra baffling and powerful.” It damn sure is – to the things I cannot change, the courage to change need to feel alone in this world. Finlay, Carmen Sepulveda, Charlotte McCurdy, and Gabri- extreme. But I broke out! the things I can, and wisdom to know the Give AA a try. What do you have to lose? elle Schiltz. The concert included middle school choir and Since the day I put the bottle down for the difference.” You do not have to drink anymore. It has middle-high school band performances and a guitar solo by last time, I have known that I am extremely They had a short reading they called the worked for me so far; in fact, it is one of the Joseph Yanez. lucky that the Higher Power intervened, at my preamble, a little more reading, a secretary’s best things that has come into my life. request, and removed the obsession of alcohol. report, a birthday chairman’s report (those I will continue to attend AA for a little Would you do me a favor and read that last celebrating their sobriety date) and then the insurance against going back to the insanity of sentence again? I am aware that many people leader asked if anyone had a topic for the excessive drinking. I wish you well and best New calculator app die of the disease of alcoholism every day, but evenings discussion. As I recall, no one spoke of luck in your search for serenity. I found it there is a good chance that I went through it, up so the leader came up with one. at AA. broke out and may die of something besides Often, the topic will be on one of the 12 alcoholism. I really think I have a good chance. steps of AA or one of the character defects “Ned Lush” is a pseudonym for a member assesses wheat stand Why so much optimism? Let me explain. we constantly work on, such as resentment of Alcoholics Anonymous. In keeping with that At my bottom – when I was despondent, and anger, or maybe even gratitude. Nobody organization’s tradition, further identification Imagine that a photo of your in a single field and also have depressed and suicidal – out of sheer lectured; nobody told someone else what he is not provided. The author and the Colby Free wheat, with just a few bits of addi- multiple fields,” Rife said. “You desperation, I walked into an AA meeting should do. Each person that spoke told his Press hope these columns are helpful. tional information, can accurately can store each of those samples predict future yield. A new app, and get complete field averages called the Kansas Wheat Yield across different fields at different Calculator App, is allowing this locations.” Preventive care covered by most policies to happen with ease from smart The app was designed to be devices. easy for growers to use, Asebedo People don’t tend to plan for ill- baby is born, mental health and also works well for the providers, care provider first. Pay attention The app was produced by grad- said, as many of them have a lot ness or injury, but the unexpected substance use disorder services, because it channels patients their to these differences in plans if this uate researchers at Kansas State of acres to cover. The idea to is to does happen. Health insurance, prescription drugs, services and way.” is important to you.” University and is available now assess more fields quickly and ac- like any other type of insurance, devices to help you recover if you Some policies require that you If you are a frequent traveler, in its basic form. Ray Asebedo, curately. covers you for the unexpected. are injured or have a disability or see only network providers, she some plans allow you to use non- graduate student in the Depart- “You don’t want to have an But it also can help improve your chronic condition, lab tests, and said, or the policies might require network providers in a medical ment of Agronomy, and Trevor instruction manual to run it,” he health if you use the many free pediatric services for children you to pay more or all of your emergency, but what qualifies as Rife, graduate student in the De- said. “We’re trying to make it preventive care benefits offered ages 0 to 19, including dental and medical fees if you visit a non- an emergency in the legal terms partment of Plant Pathology, de- have as few screens as possible. by your health insurance policy, vision care.” network provider. of the health insurance contract veloped the app with support from As we continue updating this app, said Roberta Riportella, Kansas Families might have other spe- “To keep your costs as low as might not be what you consider the Kansas Wheat Alliance. we’re changing the interface to Health Foundation professor of cific needs, and some policies possible, it is always best to see an emergency, she said. Travel- Asebedo said although the app make it even more intuitive.” community health at Kansas State provide additional coverage, Ri- network providers,” Riportella ers might consider policies with is available now for wheat grow- During the winter, growers University. portella said. Policies might also said. “Check the policies you’re national networks or expect to pay ers to download, plans are in place can consider using the app to de- The preventive services must exclude specific procedures and considering to see if your current more if caught out of town when to enhance its capabilities. The termine their top-dress nitrogen be covered at no direct cost to services, such as vision and dental provider is in the network, as well illness or injury strikes. main goal of the app is to help plans. If a lot of fall tillers are you beyond your health insurance care for adults, which should be as the pharmacies and labs you More information growers year-round make agro- out there, odds are the grower premium – the fixed monthly cost clearly spelled out in the policy. normally use.” The Centers for Medicare and nomic and economic decisions. has enough nitrogen in the soil, you pay for your health insurance It’s important to pay attention to In most cases, she said, provid- Medicaid Services offer a “From The app is free and available to Asebedo said. policy. Preventive services in- the benefit packages offered in the ers will be in the network for the Coverage to Care” (marketplace. anyone with iPhone and Android “You’ll have some wheat fields clude annual well-person exams, policies you are considering. full plan year, but at times pro- cms.gov/outreach-and-education/ devices. that have adequately tillered for cancer screenings and many im- Provider networks viders leave their contracts with downloads/c2c-roadmap.pdf) “We’ve designed it with the 40 to 50 bushel (per acre) wheat,” munizations, as examples. When selecting a health insur- insurance companies. This is why consumer roadmap for obtain- purpose that you can use it he said. “They could have four to Preventive services make up ance plan that fits your needs and each time you make an appoint- ing and using health insurance. throughout the growing season,” five tillers per plant, so the nitro- one of the “10 essential health budget, make sure to look at the ment, ask the office staff to make More information is available Asebedo said. “In early fall, you gen management plan is working benefits” covered by health insur- provider networks, Riportella sure that provider is still in the through K-State Research and can use it to assess your fall tiller- fine. (The growers) don’t neces- ance policies since the Affordable said. To manage costs, insurers network. Extension fact sheets (www.ksre. ing. You can decide if enough til- sarily need to top dress a lot to Care Act was implemented, Ri- negotiate prices and contract with If you want to see a specialist, ksu.edu/issuesinhealthreform/p. lers developed to meet your yield help spur spring tillers.” portella said. These health ben- doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, some plans instruct you to visit a aspx?tabid=21). The Kansas goals or if you need to make some “But, what we saw last year efits are covered by policies in the labs and other health care provid- primary care provider before the Health Institute also has numerous strategic changes.” were a number of wheat fields did Health Insurance Marketplace, in ers for services. These contracted specialist, Riportella said. resources on its website (www. “In the springtime and through not tiller adequately in the fall due addition to most other policies. providers will be considered “in “In those plans, the primary khi.org/). heading, you can assess how your to being overly dry,” he contin- “Although referred to as ben- the network” for your policy. care provider gives you a formal If obtaining insurance through crop is developing and how that ued. “I had many people wanting efits, they are actually items and “This arrangement seems to referral to a specialist if you need the marketplace, log on to www. yield is changing under the differ- me to take a look at their fields services within 10 categories,” work well for all involved,” Ri- specialty care,” she said. “If you healthcare.gov. To learn more ent environmental conditions you and help them decide what to do she said. “They include preven- portella said. “It works well to want the freedom to go directly to about how to enroll in the market- might incur throughout the grow- in the spring. A lot of people like tive services, outpatient care, trips make sure that costs are managed a specialist on your own, you will place or KanCare, call the mar- ing season,” he added. to top dress late February or early to the emergency room, hospital- for both the insurance company want a policy that does not require ketplace, available 24/7, at (800) How it works March, so usually it takes a little ization, care before and after your and you as an insured person. It you to go through the primary 318-2596. When a grower opens the higher nitrogen application to downloaded app, he or she must help spur some additional spring enter the field name, number of tillers to make up for that gap and acres and county, Rife said. For meet your end yield.” Legal, family dynamics part of farm succession each field, the grower can enter Asebedo estimates an updated Dennis Metz admits it. He resisted some of like to take over the family farm or ranch can to develop a comprehensive succession educa- various samples. Each sample re- version of the app will be avail- the changes his sons wanted to make on the be a proud one, but can also be fraught with tion and service program, said Forrest Buhler, quires information on the feekes able in the spring of 2015. Grow- family’s dairy and crop farm near Wellington. communication challenges, legal pitfalls and attorney with Kansas Agricultural Mediation stage, row width and number of ers interested in downloading the In the late 1990s, Metz was growing crops differing expectations. Services. A succession planning website is be- tillers per foot. app now can search for “Kansas and milking cows two times a day. His sons, To help Kansas farmers and ranchers with ing developed which will include educational Then the growers can take a pic- Wheat Yield Calculator” in their Dan and Jay, came home from college and the succession process, K-State Research and materials available to the public. ture to add to that sample. Many app store. wanted to try milking three times a day – and Extension and Kansas Agricultural Mediation More information, including online registra- samples can be taken throughout to grow cotton. Thinking about how much Services are teaming up with other agencies tion, is available at www.ksre.ksu.edu/kams or the field, he said, and equations Corrections time and money had been spent on his sons’ to offer “Planning for Farm and Ranch Suc- by calling (800) 432-8222. The cost is $60 per built into the app produce estima- education and about how he’d watched others cession” www.ksre.ksu.edu/kams conferences person for the first family member to register, tions of yield for that specific field The Colby Free Press wants to struggle as one generation took over the busi- around the state. and $40 per person for other family members. based on the entered samples. The maintain an accurate record of ness from another, Dennis relented. Dan and In western Kansas the meeting will be Tues- As for Dennis Metz and his wife, Marilyn, app works with all wheat variet- our town. Please report any error Jay have taken over day-to-day operations of day, March 3, at the K-State Agricultural Re- they’re enjoying activities with their grand- ies. or lack of clarity in a news story the farm with their dad’s blessing and support. search Center in Hays. children, including following one grandson’s “You can take multiple samples to us at 462-3963. 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After 100 years, war on drugs a bust After a century of war, we’re still losing, but apparently no one has the good sense to declare victory, call in the troops and end the collateral damage, let alone the very real loss of lives and civil order. Where, you ask? Not in the Mideast or Asia, but right here at home. It’s the War on Drugs, begun in 1914 with the Harrison Act, a federal law which began the nationwide prohibition of so- called dangerous drugs, taking opium, cocaine and others out of pharmacies and turning them over to the hands of murder- ous criminal gangs. America has learned to cut its losses in foreign entangle- ments, exiting even Vietnam with fewer losses and more face. We’ve brought home combat troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, but can’t end the war on our streets. The cost? Billions of dollars in enforcement, damage, social costs, court, jail and prison costs. Thousands of lives, an esti- mated 40,000 to 77,000 in Mexico alone since the U.S. more or less eliminated methamphetamine cooking in this country and, in effect, turned the trade over to cutthroat cartels. Of the 17,000 or more gun homicides in the U.S. each year, Pie supper an entertainment of the past no one seems to know how many are tied to the drug trade, but it appears to be the majority. For sure, the yearly total would Somebody asked me last week what we package was prettiest, and limits placed on could possibly do for entertainment during the their bidding by Mom. Proceeds in the early be more than all the U.S. troops lost in the War on Terror. The Dirty Thirties when there was no such thing Kay days would go to the lady who brought the pie, dead include not just gangsters, but innocent civilians and law as television, facebook or little card-size tele- Melia but during the war years, all the money would enforcement officers trying to end the drug trade. phones, and dust clouds came rolling by every go to the war effort. After eating, some of the Half of all federal prisoners are serving time for drugs, along other day. • Gardener kids might sing or recite to complete the eve- with an estimated 16 percent of all state prisoners. One author After listening to me drone on for about 10 Remembers ning. says there are more African-American men in federal prison minutes, he was aware of several new things Even more exciting was the Box Supper, today on drug charges than in college. Another estimate puts to do. which was organized in much the same way the total cost of this war at $40 billion a year, $15 billion for Even when I was a young dog, our small a week from Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Coffee as the pie supper, except the lady would bring the federal government and $25 billion for states. family could hardly keep up with all the go- will be furnished but bring your own cup, and the whole meal, and prices were higher. Many Who benefits? Mostly the drug gangs, who’d be out of busi- ings on. There were always the church and bring the kids if you want. times, the women would get together with a school activities, and with dozens of nearby On the appointed date, people begin to show friend and work out a deal whereby they would ness if we were to end prohibition. Then there’s the drug bu- neighbors, as well as friends in our small town, up, even some you didn’t call. All are carrying bring each other’s dinner package to the event, reaucracy, which spends that $40 billion. They say it’s for a it was difficult to find time to attend all the get- a beautifully wrapped, absolutely gorgeous just to confuse the men when they walked into good cause, but is it? Ask some of the thousands who have togethers. package, and in every one of them is two the building. died. Ask their mothers or wives or children. I couldn’t possibly describe all the fun things pies. Upon entering the building, the ladies Would a pie supper or box supper work to- Has this war, fought at such great cost in dollars and lives, we could do in this short treatise, but I’ll try to place their packages on a long table up front day? Could you coax the ladies in your neigh- helped reduce drug use or addiction? Apparently not. A cen- acquaint you with an activity that just doesn’t and all the guys watch carefully to see which borhood to bake a couple of pies and take them tury ago, drug use was confined to an estimated one-half of exist in this day and age. lady brought which package, because it is well somewhere for an auction and then eat with a 1 percent of the population. Today, the figure is 1.5 percent, Alright, here we go with another hand show- known in the neighborhood which ladies bake neighbor? I think not. No way. Forgetaboutit. about 4.6 million, including marijuana users. “Hard” drug us- ing. Let’s see the hands of all of you who have the best pies. Hahahaha! (And please. Someone bring a co- ers may be about the same, half of 1 percent. ever attended a bona fide pie supper? Any- An auctioneer has volunteered his services conut cream!!) body? Surely there is someone out there some- and the fun begins. The bidding begins on the That’s not much of a bargain, especially if you’re dead. where. Well, in case you missed all the fun, elaborately wrapped pies, and the high bid- Kay Melia of Goodland has a long history What to do? here’s how it worked: der gets to eat his purchase with the lady who of writing and broadcasting. Most recently, he First, admit that government has tried and failed. It can’t stop You get on the phone and call about 15 or brought it and whose name is inside. The buyer wrote a gardening column for several newspa- drug use or drug trafficking. Return to the old ways, where 20 of your neighbors. That’s about all you can gets to take the second pie home with him. The pers. Now he returns to share some memories. drugs were to be regulated for purity, but legal to buy. cram into the old abandoned neighborhood kids eat pie with either Mom or Dad or both. You can contact him at [email protected]. That alone would end most of the street violence, the kill- school house where these kind of functions You never saw so much fun! The men would ings in Mexico, the deaths from gang fighting in cities and were usually held. You give them a date, like spend as much as they could, based on whose along the border. Nothing stops smuggling quite as effectively as making the product legal. It worked with alcohol, and states reaped the tax bounty. Reduce state and federal spending, cut the deficit, spend Higher education changes in 2014 some of the money on better treatment efforts for drug addicts, from heroin users to marijuana smokers to alcoholics. Focus • The Kansas Legislature passed House Bill likely to assume his watchdog duties. 2544 that allows Kansas to participate in the John Richard • The U.S. Department of Education released on helping people, not putting them in jail. State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement President Obama’s College Rating Plan for In short, end the war and focus on the real problem, addic- administered by the Midwest Higher Educa- Schrock evaluating higher education institutions based tion. tion Compact. In simple terms, online courses on retention and graduation rates and subse- – Steve Haynes or programs that meet their minimal standards • Education quent rates of employment. The plan will: 1) will automatically be recognized in Kansas. Frontlines tie financial aid to college performance, start- On one hand, it gives an easy and automatic ing with publishing new college ratings before Colby Free Press stamp of approval for out-of-state programs the 2015 school year; 2) coerce states to fund 155 W. Fifth St. (USPS 120-920) (785) 462-3963 while new genuine programs proposed by Foreign students not only paid out-of-state public colleges based on performance; and 3) Colby, Kan. 67701 fax (785) 462-7749 Kansas schools have to go through far more tuition, thus subsidizing regular students, but hold students and colleges receiving student Send news to: colby.editor @ nwkansas.com scrutiny. On the other hand, out-of-state pro- also made up the majority of our engineering aid responsible for making progress toward grams have been approved at Kansas Board of and physics graduates. Loss of these students a degree. The overall effect will be to inflate State award-winning newspaper, General Excellence, Design & Layout, Regents meetings by the shovelful anyway un- would be the equivalent of losing the total grades and deflate the value of public univer- Columns, Editorial Writing, Sports Columns, News, Photography. community college, private college and public Official newspaper of Thomas County, Colby, Brewster and Rexford. der the assumption that if they were approved sity degrees. elsewhere, Kansas had to accept them too. (If university enrollment of four states the size of Historically black colleges and other schools Sharon Friedlander - Publisher that really was the case, the agreement would Kansas. that take higher-risk students, as well as uni- sfriedlander @ nwkansas.com never have been needed.) • In October, an academic fraud scandal was versities that attempt to maintain academic NEWS This action opens the floodgate to online op- exposed at the University of North Carolina. standards, will either have to join in the lower- R.B. Headley - Sports Editor erations, with the exception of teacher-training For 18 years, student athletes were able to ing of standards or suffer a decline in federal colby.sports @ nwkansas.com programs that must still meet Kansas Depart- take fake classes that helped them remain in support. Marian Ballard - Copy Editor ment of Education Standards. school and eligible to play sports. According mballard @ nwkansas.com • A gang-rape story published in Rolling to the former federal prosecutor who investi- John Richard Schrock, a professor of biolo- Sam Dieter - News Reporter Stone magazine sparked nationwide concern gated the case, these “courses” ran from 1993 gy and department chair at a leading teacher’s colby.editor @ nwkansas.com and occupied the agendas of state higher edu- to 2011 and had no class attendance or faculty college, lives in Emporia. He emphasizes that Heather Alwin - Society Editor cation councils across the nation and adminis- involved in their delivery or testing. Through- his opinions are strictly his own. colby.society @ nwkansas.com trations at every university in Kansas. out this time, UNC remained fully accredited. ADVERTISING Although the magazine later found reason • Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa is retiring Kathryn Ballard - Advertising Representative to question some details of its original story, from the U.S. Senate, having served since kballard @ nwkansas.com Write us it drew attention to assault on campuses and 1985. As chairman of the Senate Committee Sharon Funk - Advertising Representative forced concern for changing the climate on on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sfunk @ nwkansas.com campuses. An equally important issue was Harkin fought tirelessly against scam online The Colby Free Press encourages Letters Kylee Hunter - Graphic Design whether this was just the jurisdiction of law “universities” that preyed upon military re- to the Editor on any topic of general interest. khunter @ nwkansas.com enforcement, or if university in-house proce- turning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Letters should be brief, clear and to the point. BUSINESS OFFICE dures and penalties provided fairness and due sometimes basing over 90 percent of their to- They must be signed and carry the address and Office Manager process. tal operating budget on the new “GI Bill” – an phone number of the author. Melissa Edmondson - Office Manager • In the 2013-2014 school year, over 886,000 action that violates federal regulations. We do not publish anonymous letters. We medmondson @ nwkansas.com foreign students studied at U.S. colleges and Harkin often stood alone without support sign our opinions and expect readers to do Evan Barnum - Systems Administrator universities, according to the annual Open from Republicans with blind belief in free- likewise. Nor do we run form letters or letters support @ nwkansas.com Doors report from the Institute of International market-is-always-good and fellow Democrats about topics which do not pertain to our area. Nor’West Press Education. One-third hold a Chinese passport who blindly accept the claims of online edu- Thank-yous from this area should be submit- Richard Westfahl - General Manager and Chinese students accounted for 60 percent cation. Predatory online “schools” are glad to ted to the Want Ad desk. Gary Stewart, Foreman of the eight percent growth in foreign students. see him retire but there is no one in the wings Jim Jackson, Jim Bowker, Pressmen Kris McCool, Judy McKnight, Tracy Traxel, Mailing

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(Published in the Colby Free Press on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 155 W. Fifth • Colby, Kan. 67701 • (785)-462-3963 January 7, and 14, 2015) Free Press Page 8 Colby Free Press Wednesday, December 31, 2014 SSpportsorts Coach’s punch starts rough night for Big 12 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tex- as A&M student assistant coach Michael Richardson was sent League gets bowled over three times home early from the Aggies’ ap- we’ll deal with that when we get touchdown on its first play, led this season for bowl eligibility. pearance in the AutoZone Liberty back.” 17-0 after one quarter and 27-0 by Texas actually had -18 total Bowl after hitting West Virginia A class of 2012 signee out of halftime. yards during a listless third quar- players in the first half of Texas DeSoto (Texas) High, Richardson The Sooners (8-5) didn’t score ter. A&M’s 45-37 win on Monday at played linebacker as a true fresh- until midway through the fourth The Longhorns only defeated Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. man for Texas A&M before suf- quarter with Clemson leading 40- one team with a winning record Cameras showed Richardson fering a career-ending neck injury 0. Oklahoma dropped three of its (West Virginia) in coach Char- striking West Virginia players in a Nov. 17, 2012, win over Sam final four games, including two lie Strong’s first season with the who ventured out of bounds dur- Houston State. by 30-plus points. Baylor blasted Longhorns. ing the first half on two separate He had surgery shortly thereaf- OU, 48-14, on Nov. 8. Chance for redemption occasions. He used his elbow to ter and has served as a student as- Arkansas 31, Texas 7 The Big 12 still has three chanc- strike Mountaineers cornerback sistant coach for the Aggies since The Longhorns’ second losing es to regain its winning ways this Daryl Worley in the back of the his playing days concluded two season (6-7) in 17 years ended week with TCU playing Missisis- head and shoved running back years ago. Painful punches to egos with an inept 60 yards of total of- sippi on Wednesday, Baylor meet- Andrew Buie in another incident. awaited a pair of Big 12 perennial fense against old rival Arkansas at ing Michigan State on Thursday Sumlin was made aware of powerhouses Monday night Monday night’s Texas Bowl. and Kansas State tangling with Richardson’s actions at halftime Clemson 40, Oklahoma 6 Arkansas (7-6 record) domi- UCLA Friday evening. Oklahoma and told Richardson to remain in houstonchronicle.com The No. 17-ranked Tigers nated while improving to just 22- State plays Washington Friday. the locker room for the second Texas Longhorns quarterback Tyrone Swoopes was on the run clinched their fourth consecutive 56 all-time against the one-time The bowl season continues half of the game, according to Monday night as Arkansas dominated the Texas Bowl, 31-7. 10-win season (10-3) with a Rus- Southwest Conference foe Long- through Jan. 4 with New Year’s school officials. After the game, sent home,” Sumlin said. “That’s that’s a part of who we are and sell Athletic Bowl trouncing of horns. Arkansas needed late-sea- Day semifinal winners meeting Sumlin said Richardson was sent nothing we condone, there’s noth- what we believe in. As I said, he Oklahoma in Orlando, Fla. son upset wins over LSU and Mis- to decide a national champion on home and he’ll decide on further ing about that whole situation has already been sent home, and Clemson went 65 yards for a sissippi just to get enough wins Monday, Jan. 12. action when the Aggies return to College Station, Texas. “I was made aware of the situa- tion at halftime, he did not return Historic wins, heartbreak started sports year to the field and he has already been What a great first five months of R.B. HEADLEY/Colby Free Press 2014 as each one brought several ADRIANE SIMS moments for Colby-area sports There was plenty to dance Picker fans to remember. about on March 31 as the Har- The best of 2014 begins today lem Globetrotters’ “Fans Rule” with January though May with no tour stop kept a full house at June swoon anticipated for Fri- Colby Community Building en- puts faith day’s rundown into December. tertained. Kids joined Globe- January trotters on the court numerous Denver Bronco fans would soon times, whether it was time for in Bears celebrate an AFC title game win more basketball theatrics or over big bad New England. But just to show their best dance Posting a decent 14-7 bowl those weren’t the only fantastic moves (left). Of course, sports picking clip so far, Free Press moments. isn’t all about good times scribbler R.B. Headley is ready to Colby High’s Cameron Brown throughout the yeat. There show some faith in the suddendly scoring 29 points at Goodland on were other emotions shared downtrodden Big 12. Jan. 6, and the Eagle girls saying like after Colby High senior “I’m changing my Cotton Bowl “hello, new year” with an 11-0 Andrew Taylor (below) fell just pick and taking the Baylor Bears start against Ulysses on Jan. 3. short in his second conscutive to beat Michigan State,” R.B. The Eagle girls would later 4A state wrestling champion- announced.”I like Baylor’s speed knock off 5A Liberal while reach- ship match. Coach Matt Sims advantage and think they’ll have ing their Orange and Black Clas- was ther to give this top Eagle something to prove aganst a Spar- sic tittle game on Jan. 25. wrestler a hug after Taylor’s fi- tan defense that hasn’t been so However, January’s No. 1 mo- nal state tournament match on tough this season.” ment: March 1. The Eagles still took The Big 12 took three big losses Jan. 18 turned titanic when the home a top five 4A team finish Monday night with Oklahoma and Triplains-Brewster girls knocked with three earning medals. Texas being routed. off Golden Plains, 41-38, for a More details about how all bowl Western Kansas Liberty League Most importantly, the “The reality is we’re a junior pickers are faring will appear in an tournament title in Colby. 106-pounder moved closer to: college. We simply couldn’t af- upcoming edition. Junior Alicia Barrie’s three- “An Oreo milkshake,” Carney ford 20 plane tickets to New York pointer finally put the Titans ahead said about how we could celebrate City,” coach James Ortiz said to stay over a rival they knew all after the state finals. about accommodating all the Tro- too well. March jan qualifiers. Stomp “We finally got them,” Barrie Madness continued on the wres- Ortiz made some tough choices, said about avenging a 33-30 loss tling weeks before those Shock- but his lineup delivered an awe- to Golden Plains earlier that sea- ers, Kansas Jayhawks and K-State some 71 points to tie Coffeyville suspends son.. “We read (in the Free Press) suffered tough early exits from College for that No. 2 finish. that they (Golden Plains) was hap- March Madness. Trojan athletes then took turns py to break our winning streak. March 1: Sure enough, Car- holding the championship plaque Now we can start a new one.” ney reaches the title match but on that long van ride home. Lion star February falls short in his first quest. He April awesomeness Would the Wichita State Shock- still joins senior Andrew Taylor This month began one miracu- NEW YORK (AP) — The De- ers ever lose a men’s basketball as state finalists while sophomore lous Kansas City Royals season troit Lions and Ndamukong Suh game? Not until deep into March Austin Hart takes home a conso- which would end in World Series have been informed that the de- as the Shockers’ win streak went lation championship with his 40th Game 7 — something a few of us fensive tackle will be suspended far past 30 during an amazing sea- win of the season. are still barely believing. for Sunday’s wild-card playoff son. March 1: While the Eagles took April also brought warm mo- game against the Dallas Cowboys. Meanwhile, big moments also fifth in 4A, those Colby College ments for many area athletes and Suh’s punishment comes a day increased throughout the county: Trojans finished an even more teams. after he stepped on the leg of Feb. 6: All 13 players help the impressive No. 4 nationally. All- April 11: Colby High’s track Green Bay Packers quarterback Colby JV boys beat Goodland by Americans Calvin Ochs and Jared and field girls win the Norton In- Aaron Rodgers. 13, 48-35, for their Colby Tourna- Johnson were finalists while Kriss vitational, just their first step en Suh “unnecessarily stepped on ment basketball championship. captured sixth place in his class. route to another Great West Ac- [the] opponent’s unprotected leg Feb. 11: The Eagle varsity boys Hoops then regained center tivities Conference championship as he lay on the ground unable to also respond with several shot stage, especially when the Golden season. protect himself,” according to a blocks during a 64-59 win at Nor- Plains High rallied past Bucklin, April 15: Tax day only meant statement released by the NFL. ton. 52-49, to reach their first state Victoria would pay for a 12-0 win Suh is appealing the suspen- Feb. 15: Colby Community championship game since 1974. over Colby High’s varsity base- their home invitational, senior Mi- niors Brielle McKee and Hannah sion, and his appeal will be heard College’s wrestlers qualify 10 March’s most magical moment ball team. chael Schiferl earned a trip into Strange both winning medals. by Ted Cottrell. wrestlers for the national champi- arrived one week earlier: The Eagle boys showed super the 4A boys’ state tennis toruna- However, the finest moment Lions center Dominic Raiola, onship meet including Eagle alum March 8: Colby Community resiliency, recovering to win game ment. had to be Triplains’ Shayna Rogge who himself returned from a one- Konnor Kriss. College’s indoor track and field two 6-5 over a team that won a Schiferl would earn two big winning a 1A state triple jump game suspension Monday, de- “We’ve had eight, nine, but men earn historic No. 2 national state Legion baseball champion- state wins and nearly take home a championship. fended Suh’s actions. never 10,” coach David Nordhues finish in New York City. ship that previous summer. medal. Watch for all those June through “He was getting pushed back, said. The Trojans’ 11 All-American April 22: Those same Colby Colby High qualified several December moments in Friday’s you know,” Raiola said. “There’s But the best moment: and victories in three events were baseball boys pound out 22 hits athletes to the state meet with ju- Free Press. no way at that point in the game Feb. 22: Freshman Tate Car- impressive enough. Yet the real during a huge 16-5 win over that he did something like that on ney’s regional title win over story was some Trojans had to Goodland. purpose.” Goodland’s Tate Withington stay home because there simply Yet the finest moment featured Lions safety James Ihedigbo helps lead five Eagles into the wasn’t enough room in the team another Eagle diamond team. said missing Suh will create a 4A state wrestling tournament. van. April 7: Colby High’s softball large void on defense. team rallies past Holcomb, 7-6. “I don’t know if you can put it Trailing 6-1, the Eagles unleash into words,” Ihedigbo said. “He’s an amazing comeback that begins a dominant force in our defense. their eight-game, season-opening He’s kind of the key centerpiece. win streak. We have faith in guys that can step The Eagles also turned an early up and fill that void and do the 5-0 deficit into a 17-5 win over best job they can to get this win Ulysses during this awesome 8-0 and help us out. start. “It’s unfortunate, whatever way “When you can do that and you want to slice it. You’re losing grind out a couple of wins, that’s a one of your best defensive players sign of a pretty good team,” coach and one of the best D-linemen in Jeff Krzycki said. the league, it’s unfortunate.” The Colby High girls would If Suh’s appeal is denied, De- eventually play for a 4A substate troit would be without both of its championship. first-round defensive tackle selec- May tions. Deadline’s approaching for to- Coach Jim Caldwell said Mon- day, but just enough time to point day it would take “a miracle” for out a few of many great achieve- defensive tackle Nick Fairley to ments capping the 2013-14 school play against the Cowboys. Colby Community College sports year. R.B. HEADLEY/Colby Free Press Fairley has not played or prac- Fabian Hayles finished a national champion Colby Community May 12: This was one amaz- Triplains-Brewster wanted a substate title as Titans Kelly Lamb ticed since injuring his knee College 3200-relay that also set a new school record at New ing day. While Colby High’s girls (right) and Shayna Rogge also tried to steal this basket. Yet against Atlanta in Week 8. York City in March. track and field girls were winning Golden Plains with senior Hailee Spresser held on for the win.