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Colby Thursday January 21, 2021 Volume 132, Number 11 Freeree Pressress Serving Thomas County since 1888 8 pages F P Windows get new outlook Courthouse Part of the ongoing renova- tion at the Thomas County Courthouse is the installation of new windows. Monday, workers began removing the transom parking lots panels which covered the top of most of the windows along with those in the clock tower (left). Some of the covered win- dows had been broken in the past (below) and not repaired. to get busier Insulation now shows behind them (bottom) from when drop- By Deitra Wedd needed and Thomas County will ceilings were installed to con- Colby Free Press provide curbside service.” serve energy. [email protected] Another project the county has County Clerk Shelly Harms going on is switching its comput- said new windows should ar- County Clerk Shelly Harms ers to Microsoft Office 365 -soft rive in early February and work- warns visitors at the courthouse ware. During its Monday meeting ers will begin replacing them to be careful of where they park. commissioners agreed to allow right away, weather permitting. Renovations are continuing at the information technology Director The new windows will go all the courthouse and this week Willdan Brent Mariman to purchase the way up, making the courthouse Energy is working on removing software. appear more like it looked origi- panels from windows. Mariman said if they bought nally. “I would recommend finding Office 365 it could save $1,500 a She said additional trash another place to park your vehi- year. dumpsters will be put in the cles and use the south entrance for He also said Emergency Man- north parking lot the first of- Feb gaining access to the building, for agement went to Office 365 and it ruary and visitors are advised safety reasons.” costs them $150 per user. to avoid both parking lots and She also suggested giving Will- “Most everybody uses Office park on the street. dan room to move the lift around Standard and that’s $279 and then EVAN BARNUMColby Free Press the building as a way to help pro- in three years it’s going to upgrade tect personal vehicles. and you have to buy it again. So if “Effective Feb. 1, additional we bought it three years ago and dumpsters will be brought up here it’s no longer supported and we and placed on the north side of the need to jump from Office 2016 courthouse,” Harms said. to Office 2019, we have to buy it She said for parking anyone again.” coming to the courthouse should He said most of the courthouse park on the south side of the north offices have a more expensive parking lot, but that it would be version of Office called Office preferred if you would park across Professional which is $369. the street in the city parking lot or “We go with this office 365 we down the street. get the updates,” he added. “Office She said not only will gaining 365, which includes Office and access to the lot be tricky but exit- email, is a total of $15,015.60.” ing the lot will also be an issue. “So that $15,000 is for how “You will have to find a way to many users?” Baughn asked. turn around in the parking lot and “It’s 60 users,” Mariman said, leave through the entrance or back “and that 60 users also includes up without hitting one of the two the email. Normally, we pay I dumpsters,” she said in an email. think $8,000 or $9,000 a year for “Save the parking lot for custom- email. The $15,000 also gets you ers, please. South parking lot will Microsoft Teams, which is a com- become non-accessible very soon munication platform. It’s sort of as well (definite dates to follow). like Zoom.” “If someone needs to come up “For financial purposes,” and do business with one of the Baughn said, “do you have that in offices and they have -disabil your budget?” ity issues they may call the office Mariman said it is in his budget. Conservation vote drive-thru The Thomas County Conserva- [email protected]. Bal- tion District plans to hold its 77th lots will also be available that annual meeting as a “drive-thru” morning. event from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednes- Ballots may also be returned by day, Feb. 10, at the Colby Com- mail or dropped off at the office munity Building. by 4 p.m. on Feb. 10. Eligible vot- “We will be serving up a deli- ers must be residents of Thomas cious cinnamon roll from Sun- County, at least 18 and a U.S. shine Bakery to each voting par- citizen. Voter registration is not ticipant,” said district Manager required. Debbie Potter. If you plan to attend in person, Qualified voters may request a notify the office by Wednesday, ballot in advance by contacting Feb. 3, so they can order rolls. Potter at (785) 443-4830 or - deb Timing an issue with amendment By John Hanna Supreme Court decision in 2019 AP Political Writer finding that access to abortion is a “fundamental” right under the TOPEKA – Republican law- state constitution. It would declare makers advancing a proposed that there is no right to abortion Small uptick expected in vaccine supply anti-abortion amendment to the under the Kansas Constitution and Kansas Constitution insisted lawmakers can regulate abortion TOPEKA — The top health of- live with,” Norman said. in congregate settings such as vid-19 vaccine to date. Kansas has Thursday that it should go on the in line with U.S. Supreme Courtficial in Kansas has told lawmak- The federal government allo- prisons, and high-contact critical received about 202,225 doses of state’s August 2022 primary bal- decisions. ers that the state will likely see a cates vaccines to states based on workers. the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines lot, prompting criticism that they Anti-abortion opponents want small uptick in immediate supply population. Kansas, with its popu- “The problem is there is not so far and administered at least fear failure if the statewide vote is the measure go on the 2022- priof the Covid-19 vaccine with the lation of 3 million, receives 1 per- enough (vaccine) — and that has129,349, including 17,712 second held in a different election. mary ballot. They argue turnout change in presidential administra- cent of the nation’s allocated vac- been the thing we have not been doses, according to the agency’s The GOP-controlled House would be too low in municipal and tions. cines, he said, adding that the state able to slay yet,” Norman told website. Federal and State Affairs Com- school board elections this year In a joint hearing Tuesday be- has at times been shorted as much lawmakers. Norman told lawmakers that mittee approved the measure after and that the measure might get fore Senate and House health pan- as half of its anticipated supply. Norman also questioned wheth- the state has been administering rejecting a proposed change to put lost on a November 2022 ballot. els, Dr. Lee Norman, head of the The state’s Covid-19 vaccine er it makes sense to open more about 60 percent of the vaccine it it on the ballot in the November Abortion rights supporters see state health department, said he rollout prioritizes health care vaccination sites if there is not 2022 general election. Its measure those arguments as dodges be- has been told the state will prob- workers and nursing homes in its enough vaccine being supplied. See “VACCINE,” Page 2 goes next to the House. cause the state’s smaller primary ably get a 1 percent or 2 percent first phase, which is almost com- The Kansas Department of The Republican-controlled Sen- electorate tends to be more con- increase in its vaccine supply in plete. About a third of the state’s Health and Environment reported ate planned to debate a separate servative than the November elec- the short run. population will be covered in Wednesday that 111,905 people, but identical measure Thursday. torate. “The shortages are going to be the second phase, which covers or about 3.8 percent of the state’s Both would overturn a Kansas something we are going to have to people ages 65 and older, thosepopulation, have received the Co- Page 2 Colby Free Press Thursday, January 21, 2021 Area/State Weather Briefly

The deadline for Briefly is noon the day before and for Monday’s paper, noon Friday. Items submitted in the Exercise morning will be set up for the following day. Commodities to be given out here U.S. Department of Agriculture commodities will be caution distributed from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Monday, or as long as supply lasts, as a drive-thru distribution in the parking With window work lot west of the Colby Community Building. Eligible per- and other construc- sons may receive them according to income guidelines. tion going on at the Maximum income is $1,316 for a household of one, with Thomas County $468 for each additional family member. Distribution is Courthouse, visitors first come, first-served, but you may send a note including are encouraged to name, address, household size and signature with another watch where they individual to pick up their commodities. Call 462-6744 for walk. They may questions. want to avoid park- ing in the north lot Drive-thru Covid testing stopped after the first of February, and large The Thomas County Health Department was notified Tuesday that the TourHealth drive-thru Covid-19 testing dumpsters for con- was to end that day. The department is working with the struction debris will National Weather Service Kansas Department of Health and Environment for other make maneuvering options at no charge, and will post information when it is Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a problematic. low around 21. Northeast wind 5 EVAN BARNUM available. For questions, call the county Health Depart- to 10 mph becoming southeast Colby Free Press ment at (785) 460-4596. after midnight. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a Remove cemetery decorations high near 43. South wind 10 to All Christmas and non-permanent grave decorations at 15 mph. Beulah Cemetery need to be picked up by Monday, Feb. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, 1, to allow for routine maintenance. Contact Deb Henry, with a low around 25. Southeast caretaker, at 462-3188 with any questions. wind 10 to 15 mph. Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a Get souped up at museum south wind 10 to 20 mph. The Prairie Museum is offering chicken noodle, taco, Saturday Night: Mostly chili, vegetable beef and/or vegetarian black bean soups cloudy, with a low around 24. for $10 a quart. Orders must be in by Wednesday, Jan. 27; Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with call 460-4590 to order or for information. Pick up will be a high near 36. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 2 and 3: just in time for Sunday Night: A 20 percent the Soup-er Bowl. chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Small uptick expected in vaccines Helping Paws needs pet food, litter Monday: A 20 percent From “VACCINE,” Page 1 aged 90 or older. virus and the folks that are most likely Helping Paws pet food bank needs donations of dry chance of snow before noon. Gov. Laura Kelly is expected to an- to die from corona virus.” dog and cat food and cat litter. Supplies can be brought to Partly sunny, with a high near receives, far above the 39 percent av - nounce a move into the second phase In Johnson County, thousands of the Colby United Methodist Church during office hours 36. erage for the nation. later this week, expanding eligibility residents trying to complete a corona- or picked up by volunteers. The pet-food bank is open on Monday Night: A 20 percent Kansas counties do not have to to the vaccine to anyone 65 or older. virus vaccine survey overwhelmed Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for chance of snow after midnight. move “in lockstep” into phase two, But it could be weeks or months be- the online system, prompting the lo- those who need food and litter. For questions, call (785) Mostly cloudy, with a low around and can do so once everyone in the fore the youngest in that age group cal health department to boost its 460-2761 or email [email protected]. 15. first phase who wants the vaccineare vaccinated in the Wichita area, the server capacity. Tuesday: A 30 percent has received it, Norman told the joint Wichita Eagle reported. Kansas health officials also added Fair Board plans dinner and raffle chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, panel. Deputy County Manager Tim another 3,590 Covid-19 cases from To raise money for improving the livestock show arena, with a high near 32. Sedgwick County health officials Kaufman told Sedgwick County com- Monday to Wednesday, pushing the the hog barn and the fairgrounds, the Thomas County Fair Tuesday Night: A 20 percent - missioners Tuesday that instead of said Tuesday that the Covid-19 vac tally in the state to 263,412 since the Board is holding a dinner and raffle from 6 to 9 p.m. Sat- chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, cine is in such short supply in the opening vaccinations up to the entire start of the pandemic. It reported 50 urday, Feb. 6, at the Thomas County Fairgrounds. Chicken with a low around 17. Wichita area that the county health more corona-virus-related deaths 65-plus population, the county will strip dinner is $10, ribeye steak if $15. Raffle tickets are Wednesday: Mostly sunny, department plans to initially limit its “focus on people that are most likely since Monday, bringing the state’s one for $5 or five for $20. For information, call Austen with a high near 39. second phase of vaccinations to those to be negatively impacted by corona death toll to at least 3,575. Moser at 462-5524 or Clair Schrock at 443-3661. Wednesday: High, 58; Low 17 Precip: Wednesday 0.None Conservation meeting a ‘roll thru’ Month: 0.None Judge nomination advances to Senate The Thomas County Conservation District plans its 77th Year: 0.None TOPEKA (AP) – Gov. Laura Kel - judges. change the law that is in the statute annual meeting as a “drive-thru” event from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Normal: 0.39 inches ly’s nominee for a spot on Kansas’ Carl Folsom III, an assistant federal or that is written in the Constitution,” Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Colby Community Building, (K-State Experiment Station) second-highest court said today his public defender in Topeka, said that Folsom said. “That power rests solely serving a fresh cinnamon roll to each voter. Must be at Sunrise and Sunset experience as a public defender would although he has handled civil cases at through the people of Kansas through least 18 and a legal resident of Thomas County. Request Friday 7:59 a.m. 5:53 p.m. bring value to an appellate court that is the trial level and on appeal in state their elected officials.” a ballot by contacting Manager Debbie Potter at (785) (www.noaa.gov) now filled with former civil litigators, and federal courts, his expertise is in Folsom was re-nominated to the 443-4830 or [email protected], or they will former prosecutors and former district criminal law and the constitutional Kansas Court of Appeals despite be available that day. These may be returned by mail or and statutory issues that dominate the his initial rejection last year by the dropped off at the office by 4 p.m. on Feb. 10. If you plan docket of the Court of Appeals. Republican-led state Senate. Kansas to attend, notify the office byWednesday, Feb. 3, so they Covid-19 Updates Jan. 21 “The court could use someone with law prohibits appointing a rejected can order rolls. County . Active ...... Hospital .. Hospital ... Deaths ...... Total cases .. Recovered this expertise,” Folsom said during his nominee for the same vacancy again, ...... (KDHE*local) ...... Total ...... (KDHE*local) ...... confirmation hearing before the state’s but there is no such prohibition for a Adult-ed prep classes at college Thomas ...... 32 ...... 1 ...... 81*97 ...... 9 ...... 985*1,006 ...... 965 Senate Judiciary Committee, which different vacancy on the same court. Sherman ....20 ...... 25 ...... 9 ...... 567*588 ...... 559 The Colby Community College Adult Education depart- advanced his nomination to the full If confirmed, Folsom would fill a ment has open enrollment for free academic skill-building Cheyenne ....7 ...... 20*0 ...... 12 ...... 332 ...... 296 Senate without a recommendation. vacancy created by the retirement of Rawlins ...... 10 ...... 9*0 ...... 7 ...... 281*328 ...... 311 classes to help people prepare for the high school equiva- Decatur ...... 3 ...... 9*0 ...... 7 ...... 245 ...... 230 Folsom also tried to quell concerns Judge Steve Leben. lency exam. Following corona-virus safety protocols, Norton ...... 4 ...... 23*0 ...... 27 .....1,182*1,198 by some that he would be an activist Kelly previously nominated Fol- classes will use a combination of online and face-to-face judge by pledging that he would ap- som to replace former appeals Judge Sheridan ...... 27 ...... 415 formats. For questions, call Nance Munderloh at 460- Logan...... 19 ...... 285 ply the law as written by the Legisla- G. Joseph Pierron Jr., but the Senate Gove ...... 11 ...... 7*1 ...... 80 ...... 22 ...... 357*327 ture, telling lawmakers that a judge’s rejected her choice in June largely 4663. Wallace ...... 8 ...... 166 role is different than the one he now because Folsom once represented a Statewide ...... 7,930 ...... 3,575 ...... 263,412 holds as a federal public defender. man convicted of possessing child Numbers are those posted most recently by county and /or state officials. “It is not the role of a judge to pornography.

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SHOW Full Metal Jacket (‘87) Showtime Cham pi on ship Box ing : “Leo vs. Fulton” (Live) Your Honor SHOW The Circus The Circus Shameless (TVMA) (N) Your Honor : “Part Six” Your Honor (TVMA) The Circus Shameless Family Colby Free Press Thursday, January 21, 2021 Page 3 Book chronicles troubled path to save zoo in midst of battles I read an interesting nonfiction book a was in danger. month or so ago, “Father of Lions: One Man’s Laith devised a way to make them think he Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo,” Melany had left the city, while keeping himself hidden by Louise Callaghan. She says she has re- Wilks in his home. He had concealed his cell phone searched the story, interviewed those involved equipment on the roof and could communicate and checked facts as much as can be done in • Library carefully with his daughter in Bagdad and a Iraq, which up until recently was a war zone. Links well-placed officer in the resistance against the She has changed the names of some people to jihadists. Ultimately, the Iraqis defeated the -ji protect them. hadists and eventually Laith found someone to The true story begins in 2013. Abu Laith sult his lions, he will dress you down verbally. help him rescue the lion Zombie. It is quite a owns a repair shop for all kinds of vehicles. If you mistreat an animal either mentally or feat. He is quite well off due to this work. physically, you will hear about it from Laith. This documentary-type story makes the Since he was a child, he has been obsessed On June 5, 2014, the Jihadis took over the lives of the animals personal for the reader. with caring for and raising animals. In Iraq, west side of Mosul. They camped right where We learn that Lulu, the mother bear, and her having dogs, pigeons, rabbits, cats or chickens the zoo was located. Laith could not get to the cub love and need honey. I learned how best is considered dirty, but he does not care. His animals to take them to safety. The fighting to catch a troop of monkeys. We also learn the Jack Denny gave a demonstration on how to propagate a plant parents allowed him to raise many kinds of was intense and the whole city was in an up- intricacies of political approvals needed to re- at the November meeting of the Abilene Hustlers. animals, despite the shame it brought to their roar. Most Iraqis either moved to the east side locate animals in the midst of a war zone. SHANNON FIKAN/Abilene Hustlers family. Laith is described having hair the color of Mosul or ran for their lives to the northern This nonfiction account brings many small of a lion. He is 5 foot 6, hard abdomen, freck - part of Iraq, Kurdistan. Laith would not leave, vignettes to help understand the war in Mo- Abilene Hustlers 4-H Club les on his face and a voice quality of a roaring however. He and his family stayed put in hopes sul, the living conditions, the religious ideol- lion. of rescuing the animals. ogy and extreme cruelty carried out against the As an adult, Laith asked Ibrahim, the owner One day one of Laith’s children discovered population of Mosul. It shows the strength of a The Abilene Hustlers started filled. of a park that displayed animals for the public, - people trying to survive in the midst of chaos. The next meeting was to be that the animals which had survived the fight their Nov. 2 meeting with roll call, to allow him to turn it into a proper zoo. Ibra- ing on the west side of the city were placed just We see how an occupying force that promises answering by your favorite color. Dec. 7 at the 4-H Building. him agreed. After work each day, Laith’s life blocks away from their home. Laith’s went peace, may, once they have become ensconced The December meeting was We had five new members present then becomes consumed with working at this right to work buying food for the animals. in a location, terrorize and kill many who will called to order by Lakyn Denny. that attended our 4-H meeting. zoo on the west side of Mosul, in the old part Soon he had to rely on his children to scav- not bend to their rules and expectations. This Ella Fikan gave us the treasur- Roll call was answered by your of town. Ibrahim was a rich entrepreneur from enge food from neighbors to keep the animals is an easy and interesting read. Put it on your er’s report. favorite season. There were 29 from starving. Laken Denny gave a report members present. the Kurdistan area of Iraq. He promised Laith list for 2021. to help with the cost of caring for the animals. The circumstances became dire in Mosul Some new books we have added include, We had received a check from from council; The 4-H family of “My Name is Anton,” by Catherine Ryan the year was the Schoenfeld fam- the Farm Bureau for the cleanest Laith soon finds the man cares little for the once the Jihadis took over all the city. At first animals, park or zoo. He only cares about the the people thought they would be able to live - ily. Hyde; “At the Edge of the Haight,” by Kather stalls and barn (beef and goat) in money he can make from the entrance fee paid normal lives with peaceful brothers in the The nativity scene setup was to ine Seligman; “Twenty,” by James Grippando; the 2020 Thomas County Fair. by the visitors to the park zoo. faith. What they found was that over time the In new business we did angel “American Traitor,” by Brad Taylor; “The be at 2 p.m. Nov. 5. There are a large number of animals at the - Mystery of Mrs. Christie,” by Marie Bene- For the December meeting, trees, socks and slippers. Fund- restrictions and requirements became so over zoo in Mosul. It has bears, monkeys, gorillas, whelming that people were barely surviving. dict; “The Forever Girl,” by Jill Shalvis; “The soup supper and Genesis card raisers were due on the 29th. Pick- elephants, tigers, peacocks, and many more Laith was considered a wealthy man due to Children’s Blizzard,” by Melanie Benedict; making, Christmas caroling setup ups for items was to be on Dec. 21 animals. Laith has been watching the National his work and private business over the years. “Spin,” by Patricia Cornwell; “Neighbors,” by for Prairie Museum was to be 7:15 at the 4-H building. So much so, he built his neighborhood a beau- - Buckles are being held at the Geographic channel for many years to find out Daniel Steel; and “Montauk,” by Nicola Har p.m. Dec. 6. about the best way to raise and care for the var- rison. On the new committee signup tiful local mosque for their area on the east Extension office. Thank you notesious animals. His life is consumed with learn- side of Mosul. During the time when the radi- The Pioneer Memorial Library winter hours sheet, County Club days, model must be written before Extension ing how to raise a lion. The zoo has a male and cals took over the city, Laith would not attend meeting and fair window painting turns those over. are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; female lion. Laith breeds them, and a young were the only spots that need to be – Joslyn Bartlett, reporter the mosque. He was threatened and accused of 9 to 8 Tuesday and Thursday; 9 to 5 Friday and male cub is born in 2013. He names the cubbeing a traitor and infidel. He told the foreign- 10 to 4 Saturday. Closed Sunday. Zombie from a cartoon about African animals. born jihadists and local imam that since he See you in the library! Solomon Valley 4-H Club The man is passionate about caring for all of built the mosque, he felt no reason to attend to the animals, but especially, his lions. If you in- prove his devotion to Allah. After that, his life The Solomon Valley 4-H Club led us in the fun song of “Baa-Baa met at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at the 4-H Black Sheep.” Building. The meeting was called For new business we discussed to order by President Elijah Gabel. getting club T-shirts for our new Vaccination schedule advances The Pledge of Allegiance was members. The club will pay for the shirts. led by Tucker Davis and the 4-H Gov. Laura Kelly released the Phase 2 (beginning now) • Congregate childcare institu- workers not included in previous Pledge by Brylie Harter. Our program consisted of proj- administration’s Covid-19 vac- • Persons aged 65 and older. tions. phases. Roll call was answered by say- ect talks by Gracie Gundlach, cine distribution order early in • High-contact critical workers • Emergency shelters or safe • Logistics workers, such as ing if you prefer sledding or snow- Nash Ziegelmeier and Kourtney January. It includes five phases,needed to maintain systems, as- houses. truck transportation workers, cou- Finley. They talked about the proj- ball fights. Twenty-one members beginning with those most at risk sets and activities vital to the state • Corrections facilities. riers and others. responded. ects they will be taking to the fair. of contracting or becoming seri- security, the economy or public • Behavioral health institutions. • Water and wastewater work- Leader Pete Ziegelmeier an- Afterwards we recessed for rec- ously ill from Covid-19 and end- health, or who interact with large Phase 3 ers. nounced that beef weigh-in will reation where Nash led the group ing with all Kansans at large. numbers of contacts and job-relat- • Those aged 16-64 with serious • Shelter and housing workers, in Tunnel Tag. The meeting was be Saturday, Feb. 6, at Colby “These Covid-19 vaccination ed Covid-19 exposure. medical conditions that increase finance workers. Livestock. He also reminded us adjourned. phase groups were created using Covid-19 risk is associated with the risk for severe illness from • Information technology and that County Club Days will be Next meeting will be on Mon- guidance from national and state the likelihood of infecting oneself Covid-19, including: communications workers. coming up in March. day, Feb. 8. public health experts,” Gov. Kelly or spreading the virus. Factors • Cancer. Phase 4 Tinsley Wolf and Aleha Gabel – Brylie Harter, reporter said. “My priority remains pro- that increase risk include proxim- • Chronic kidney disease. • Those aged 16-64 with other viding every Kansan with updates ity, type of contact, duration of • Chronic obstructive pulmo- medical conditions that increase and information on vaccine sched- contacts and challenges to imple- nary disease. the risk for severe illness from ules as we get them and to get ev- ment protective measures. This • Down Syndrome. Covid-19 such as: Veterans benefits eryone vaccinated as quickly and includes: • Heart conditions like cardio- • Asthma. efficiently as possible.” • Firefighters, police officers,myopathies. • Cerebrovascular disease. On Wednesday, Kelly’s office first responders, and correction• Immunocompromised state • Cystic Fibrosis. change for new year reported that vaccinations are officers. from solid organ transplant. • Immunocompromised state moving to Phase 2, along with• Grocery store workers and • Type 2 diabetes. from blood or bone marrow trans- Congress has passed legislation coming law, Veterans Affairs will anyone in Phase 1 who has not yet food services • Sickle cell disease. plant, immune deficiencies, or use making several changes to ben- begin paying the costs to transport been vaccinated. • K-12 and childcare workers, • Pregnant patients. of immune weakening medicines efits administered by the - Depart a deceased veteran’s remains to The Kansas Coronavirus Ad- including teachers, custodians, • Other non-health care workers • Neurologic conditions such as ment of Veterans Affairs. state and tribal veterans cemeter- visory Council, representing a drivers and other staff. in critical infrastructure who can- dementia. The Johnny Isakson and David ies. Currently, Veterans Affairs diverse group of Kansans state- • Food processing, including not work remotely, including: • Liver disease. P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care will pay only to transport a de- wide, is part of Gov. Kelly’s com- meat processing plants. • Agricultural and food workers • Pulmonary fibrosis. and Benefits Improvements Act of ceased veteran’s remains to a na- mitment to maximizing benefits, • Large-scale aviation manufac- not included in previous phases. • Type 1 diabetes. 2020, makes several changes to tional veterans cemetery. minimizing harm, and striving for turing plants. • Workers performing in-person • Obesity and severe obesity. existing benefit programs. In two years, Veterans Affairs equity, justice, and fairness when • Transportation workers activities indoors, in critical man- Phase 5 Life insurance will begin furnishing urns for it comes to when the vaccine will • Workers in retail, agriculture, ufacturing, not included in previ- • The rest of the population 16 Beginning in 2023, Veterans storing the cremated remains of be made available to which Kan- supply of critical services or ma- ous phases. This includes aviation and older. Affairs will be getting into the life deceased veterans. Families will sans. terials for Covid-19 response, the and production of critical supplies • Potentially children, depen- insurance business. have the option of receiving a free The five phases of the order are: U.S. Postal Service and Depart- for the Covid response. dent upon further research on the The new law requires Veterans headstone or burial urn, but not Phase 1 ment of motor vehicles. • Utility workers. effectiveness and risks associated Affairs to offer all disabled vet- both. Currently, most veterans are • Health care workers. • Those living or working in • Social service and government with vaccinating kids. erans under age 81 a whole-lifeeligible to receive a free headstone • Residents or patients in long- licensed congregate settings and policy by that date. The program upon their death, but not an urn. term care facilities and senior other special care or congregate will be similar to Veterans Group Veterans who receive the free housing. environments where social dis- Life Insurance; however, veterans VA-issued headstone and are • Workers critical to pandemictancing is not possible, including: must sign up for that benefit with- buried in either a state or private response continuity. • Homeless shelters. Grow Your Business in 16 months after leaving the ser- cemetery will be able to have their vice. The new insurance program spouse’s name engraved on the With Local Advertising will have no such time limit. headstone at no cost. This will be Policies will be limited to a effective for deaths going back to ‘First dogs’ get own book $40,000 payout for most veteransOct. 1, 2019. NEW YORK (AP) – The pub - boundless devotion, affection, and when the program begins. 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Citizenship test not only measure As the events of the past several weeks illustrate, too many Americans demonstrate a shocking lack of knowledge and re- spect for our democratic system and the laws that govern it. Is that at least in part because they weren’t paying attention in history or government class? Kansas Rep. Steve Huebert seems to think so. Huebert, a Valley Center Republican and chairman of the House Education Committee, wants to require high school stu- dents to pass a citizenship test to get their high school diploma. If approved, House Bill 2039 would require students in any public, private or parochial school to pass a 100-question test similar to the ones given to immigrants applying for U.S. citi - zenship, such as: • What is the capital of the United States? • How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have? • How long is a term for a U.S. senator? • And, what is the rule of law? Should Kansas high schoolers know this? Absolutely. Any- one with a diploma should be able to name the three branches of government or tell you what the Bill of Rights protects. They also should be able to read a novel, write an essay, Extra dog comes to visit compute fractions, name the continents, jump start a car, stick We had two dogs most days for about a just taking off when he gets half a chance. A to a budget, perform first aid, cook a meal, clean a toilet and week. quarter of a chance, even. So we’re used to this do laundry. We didn’t plan for that. Maggie just sort of Steve kind of thing. But so far Kansas, like the vast majority of states, has de- showed up one morning. Haynes Maggie is always welcome if she gets loose. cided against any all-or-nothing exams as a requirement for She’s a beautiful black Labrador retriever Better to have her here than playing on the graduation. And we’d argue that a Trivial Pursuit-style civics with a sweet disposition. • Along the highway, as our first Brittany, Anne, - some test isn’t the logical place to start. And since people are always taking Remy in Sappa times did. If lawmakers want educated, informed citizens, they should and holding on to him when he gets loose, we Brittanies like to run so much, they can be heed the advice of educators. returned the favor. Cynthia put her in the ken- miles away before they stop to think about In a 2018 position statement, the National Council for the nel with Remy, our Brittany, and they just took two of them spent a lot of time huddled up in where they are. Sometimes, they can find to each other. It seemed like they both thought there. home. Sometimes they’re so tired when they Social Studies said civics exams – currently required in eight states, including Missouri, Arizona and Arkansas – are an “ad- is was kinda fun having a friend. When he got tired of it, Remy just hopped stop, they just stop. At first, we didn’t know whose she was, on top of the house. He’s pretty athletic. Mag- Maggie just goes a block or so. We’re happy mirable effort” but should not “become the sole measure of but she wears a Kansas City Chiefs collar and gie, like a lot of labs her age – she’s graying when that’s all the farther Remy gets, believe civic literacy.” tags from both the city and a vet. I called both. around the muzzle, but not fully grey – is a me. And lately, fingers crossed, he’s been pret- That group, like the Kansas State Board of Education, urges Cynthia had a friend put a note online. It took little weight challenged. Didn’t see her hop up ty good. We’ve been pretty good about getting other ways of measuring students’ knowledge, such as portfo- some time, but eventually, both Halley at the there. him a run at least every other day. lios, projects, and grades on transcripts. city and Travis, the vet, found the numbers. Maggie’s mom was at work, but as soon as Maggie hasn’t shown up lately, so I guess Kansas high school students are required to pass three cours- Bingo. she found out where her girl was, she came the holes in her fence have been fixed but good es about U.S. history and government. An exit-exam require- Soon, her worried owner was there to get right away, worried and apologetic. Maggie by now. I think Remy misses her a little. ment in that subject area, without similar competency tests in her. She explained they had just moved, the wagged her tail, happy to be rescued. But Cynthia says one dog is all she can af- new house up the block from us had no doggie And while work was done on the fence, the ford to feed and exercise. We’re not getting reading, math, financial literacy or the arts, raises a question: Is this truly about educating young people, or is it another door and Maggie apparently just got lonely. next morning, guess who was in the yard at 6 another, no matter how much Remy likes com- Once she found a way out of the yard, it was a.m.? (In fact, she’d been there at 6 the day panionship. frivolous nod to politics and patriotism? no problem escaping, and she went to look for before, but we hadn’t known what her barks She’s got too many cats to take care of. In 2013, Kansas lawmakers approved Celebrate Freedom some company. meant.) Week, a statute that requires schools to devote a week each And Remy, who gets lonely himself when And the next day, and the next. Steve Haynes is president of Nor’West News- year to focus on teaching students about the country’s found- we’re gone, did not at all mind sharing his She’s a pretty good escape artist, apparently. papers. When he has the time, he’d rather be ing. A federal law also mandates the teaching of the U.S. Con- yard. His kennel. His doghouse. We’re not We’re used to that. Especially if we don’t get reading a good book or casting a fly. Reach stitution on Constitution Day every September. sure, maybe that last was a little tough, but the him a run every other day, Remy it prone to him at steve.haynes @ nwkansas.com Everyone agrees that students should learn about the coun- try’s history, values and institutions. But this bill assumes that schools aren’t already covering it – and that lawmakers know best what needs to be taught and how learning should be mea- sured. Polarized America faces new president The timing of Huebert’s proposal is ironic, coming just days If the months since the November elections front, giving strength to moderates in both par- after a mob of Trump-inspired insurrectionists stormed the have shown us anything, it’s that the U.S. is On ties who are willing to sit down together in the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn an election. more deeply divided than we’ve experienced interests of governing the country effectively. Another irony: Conservative lawmakers who advocate for in a very long time. This has been building at Congress To be sure, there are plenty of forces work- local control on measures such as mask mandates keep findingleast since the 1990s, starting in Congress and ing against bipartisanship. Many Democrats ways to micromanage schools. ultimately coming to be reflected in a polarized will be eager to reverse the policies of the last Huebert’s goal of a better-educated electorate is admirable. electorate, but it’s reached the point where, Rep. Lee four years and will argue for jamming through rather than take pleasure in the success of a • whatever they can accomplish. Many Republi- Hinging it on a single civics test won’t solve the problem. politician elected to the presidency, you have Hamilton cans will see political advantage in either ped- – The Wichita Eagle, via the Associated Press to keep your fingers crossed on his behalf. dling the fake narrative that Biden’s win was For starters, we now have a Congress – and ences as anything else. 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A retired service member, he considered The Associated Press her patients, who’s 83, called her in tears, unable todents are Black and almost half the population lives reaching out to the Department of Veterans Affairs, navigate the online appointment system at Rite Aid. below the poverty line, 71-year-old Mary Christian but couldn’t find a phone number. DENVER – Howard Jones, who’s 83, was on the A 92-year-old woman called her before dawn this made an appointment online with her son’s help. He asked for help from a friend, who gave him phone for three to four hours every day trying to sign week after reading about her in a newspaper, telling However, the only available sites are at least an hour several numbers. One led to Angela Cortez, head of up for a corona-virus vaccine. her, “I’ll do anything to get this vaccine.” away from she lives. communications for AARP in Colorado. Jones, who lives alone in Colorado Springs, So Parish took things into her own hands. She “I’m 71 years old, and my kids are not going to be AARP has been flooded with calls from seniors doesn’t have the internet, and that’s made it much reached out to Contra Costa County and acquiredhappy for me driving 100 to 200 miles away to get a like Jones who don’t have the internet and need help more difficult for him to make an appointment.500 It doses to vaccinate people this weekend at a -midvaccine,” said Christian, who has diabetes. navigating the websites of health departments, care took him about a week. He said the confusion has dle school in Lafayette, Calif. She’s working with Some medical systems, like UCHealth in Colo- providers and vaccine sign-up forms, Cortez said. added to his anxiety about catching what could be a nonprofits to identify seniors who don’t live in nurs- rado, are trying to partner with community groups to “It’s not like you can show up somewhere and get life-threatening disease at his age. ing homes and risk falling through the cracks. All get vaccines to under-served populations, including vaccinated,” Cortez said, “and if you don’t have ac- “It has been hell,” Jones said. “I’m 83 and, to not her appointments have been claimed, but she’ll start seniors. cess to a computer, you’re at a disadvantage.” have the use of a computer is just terrible.” taking them again once she gets more doses. Dr. Jean Kutner, chief medical officer of UCHealth Even Cortez had trouble as she tried to help Jones. As states across the U.S. roll out the Covid-19 Some health officials have been trying to find other University of Colorado Hospital, said she volunteers She called numbers listed on the Colorado health vaccine to people 65 and older, senior citizens are solutions to ease the confusion and help seniors sign at a clinic hosted by a church that brings in the vac- department website and several Safeway stores after scrambling to figure out how to sign up to get their up, just as the Trump administration urged states this cine and helps build trust between health-care work- Jones heard friends were vaccinated there. shots. Many states and counties ask people to make week to make all the nation’s 57.6 million seniors ers and residents. Eventually, Cortez was told to sign up online. appointments online, but glitchy websites, over- eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. For now, UCHealth schedules appointments on- “I’m an employee of AARP, one, and two, I’m the whelmed phone lines and a patchwork of fast-chang- Some places have found simple ideas work. In line, but Kutner said a Covid hotline is in the works communications director – I’m a trained journalist ing rules are bedeviling older people, who are often Morgantown, W.V., county health officials usedbecause a of the volume of calls from seniors. – and I have a computer, three, and I can’t even get less tech-savvy, may live far from vaccination sites large road construction sign to list the phone num- “Seniors are comfortable with the phone side of through to anybody,” she said. and are more likely not to have internet access at all, ber for seniors to call for an appointment. Others are things, so that that’s not really a technological bar- A friend was finally able to get Jones an appoint- especially minorities and the poor. partnering with community groups or setting up mo- rier for them,” said Gretchen Garofoli, an associate ment. But he’s frustrated that he had “to go through Nearly 9.5 million seniors, or 16.5 percent of U.S. bile clinics for harder-to-reach populations. professor at West Virginia University’s School of side channels” instead of doing it himself. adults 65 and older, lack internet access, according Some seniors may be waiting to hear from their Pharmacy. to U.S. Census Bureau data. Access is worse for se- doctor. But there are limits to using health care sys- But even a Colorado health provider setting up Naishadham reported from Phoenix. Associated niors of color: more than 25 percent of Black people, tems, pharmacies or primary-care providers to reach vaccine clinics for underserved communities, Salud Press reporter Janie Har in San Francisco and data about 21 percent of Hispanic people and over 28 per- underserved people who don’t have the internet, said Family Health Centers, said their phone lines can’t journalist Larry Fenn in New York contributed to cent of Native Americans 65 and older have no way Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association handle the volume of calls they’re receiving and en- this report. Nieberg is a corps member for the As- to get online. That’s compared with 15.5 percent of of Immunization Managers. couraged people to go online. sociated Press/Report for America Statehouse News white seniors. She said the two corona-virus vaccines available When calling for an appointment is an option, Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit nation- In the San Francisco Bay Area, Dr. Rebecca Par- and their low-temperature requirements “don’t lend finding a number is often only possible online. al service program that places journalists in local ish has been dismayed by the bureaucratic process themselves to being sent out to rural areas.” That was the problem for Jones, the 83-year-old newsroomsin to report on undercovered issues. On the Beat

COLBY POLICE someone pinned under a trailer at ported unattended death at 2876 3:16 p.m. – Helped Sheridan 9:52 a.m. – Cow out at County 11:55 a.m. – Released Egner. Dec. 17 I-70 eastbound mile 47. Highway County Rd. A; report filed. County with injury accident in the Rds. 11 and R; contacted owner. 1:02 p.m. – Took transient from 5:20 a.m. – Caller reported a Patrol said no one was pinned. 7:45 p.m. – Accident on I-70 800 block of County Rd. 37. 11:17 a.m. – Helped ambulance U.S. 83 mile 161 to Brewster Fuel cloud of smoke on the roadway a 4:52 p.m. – Booked Timothy eastbound at mile 37 turned over 6:01 p.m. – Helped Colby po- crew at 600 S. Mission. Depot. half mile north of Colby on K-25; Michael McCawley. to Highway Patrol. lice and ambulance at 1035 E. 12:48 p.m. – Removed tire de- 3:41 p.m. – Took transient from it was a small controlled burn. 5:10 p.m. – Jensina Renee Spor- Dec. 22 Fourth St. bris from I-70 mile 62 eastbound. JJ Oil to Brewster Fuel Depot, 8:41 a.m. – Theft at 105 E. Col- ing arrested on warrant. 8:30 a.m. – Released Bree 9:11 p.m. – Caller reported 3:19 p.m. – Helped ambulance 10:11 p.m. – Caller reported a lege Dr. 5:47 p.m. – Released McCaw- Bowser. fireworks near the duplexes on crew at K-25 and County Rd. V. drunk driver coming from Menlo 2:40 p.m. – Caller reported an ley. 9:14 a.m. – Injury accident at School St. in Rexford; not found. Dec. 26 to Colby. The subject had already incident with someone she has a 6:20 p.m. – Booked Sporing. the intersection of U.S. 24 and 83; 9:48 p.m. – Booked Shawn 9 a.m. – Released Guerrero. arrived home. protection order against. 11:30 p.m. – Helped a stranded Highway Patrol handled. Charles Hardy. 10:09 a.m. – Helped Colby Po- 11:47 p.m. – Helped Sheridan 4:35 p.m. – Accident at 431 motorist at I-70 westbound mile 11:02 a.m. – Helped Colby Po- Dec. 25 lice Department with a domestic County Sheriff’s Office at U.S. 83 Smith Dr. 62; vehicle loaded onto tow truck. lice with domestic at St. Thomas 2:53 a.m. – Found a vehicle incident at 460 W. Third. mile 184. 5:27 p.m. – Helped with a struc- Dec. 19 Apartments; report filed. with all its doors open at 15 Cot- 11:09 a.m. – Booked Teresa Jo ture fire a 380 W. Third. 10:20 a.m. – Caller reported 12:23 p.m. – Injury accident at tonwood Drive left a note. Egner. 7:20 p.m. – Caller reported a several black trash bags in the K-25 mile 202; Highway Patrol narcotics violation at 1360 E. First ditch at the intersection of County will handle. St. No signs of activity. Rds. W and 27; report filed. Dec. 23 7:29 p.m. – Dog at large on 8:42 a.m. – Motorist assist at 11:06 a.m. – Caller reported a Conservation signup underway Range in front of People’s State 2100 U.S. 24. disabled semi-trailer rig at U.S. 83 Agricultural producers and private landowners piring on Sept. 30 can re-enroll this year. The acre- Bank returned to owner. Dec. 20 mile 172. S&M handling it. interested in the Conservation Reserve Program can age is evaluated competitively; accepted offers will 8:37 p.m. – Caller reported 1:32 a.m. – Security check at 11:07 a.m. – Caller reported cat- sign up for the program until Friday, Feb. 12. begin Oct. 1, someone attempting to break into Rexford School. tle out in the 2800 block of U.S. The competitive program, administered by the another subject’s home at 1115 2:38 a.m. – Caller reported run- 25; unable to locate. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Conservation Reserve is one of the largest private- Summer Sun Ave. Report filed. away juvenile at 1090 K-25; re- 11:21 a.m. – Helped Highway Agency provides annual rental payments for land lands conservation programs in the U.S. Successes 9:21 p.m. – Caller reported a port filed. Patrol with a semi-truck rollover devoted to conservation, include: marijuana odor on the first floor of 6:13 a.m. – Booked Alexander at I-70 mile 38 eastbound. “This signup for the Conservation Reserve Pro- • Preventing more than 9 billion tons of soil from Sleep Inn; report filed. Araden Brown. 11:22 a.m. – Released York. gram gives producers and landowners an opportuni- eroding. 6:14 a.m. – Booked Deborah 12:28 p.m. – Caller reported a ty to enroll for the first time or continue their partici- • Reducing nitrogen and phosphorous runoff rela - THOMAS COUNTY SHERIFF Eileen Dean. semi-truck rollover at I-70 mile 38 pation for another term,” Farm Service state Director tive to cropland by 95 percent and 85 percent, re - Dec. 17 6:50 a.m. – Released Brown. eastbound; same semi as above. David Schemm said. “This program encourages con- spectively. 10:36 a.m. – Warrant served on 8 a.m. – Released Dean. 3:21 p.m. – Report filed forservation on sensitive lands or low-yielding acres.” • Sequestering an annual average of 49 million Dean York. 10:59 a.m. – Caller reported cat- money stolen from bank account. Through the program, farmers and ranchers estab- tons of greenhouse gases, equal to taking 9 million 1:16 p.m. – Took transient from tle out on K-25 a half mile north 9:35 p.m. – Helped Goodland lish long-term, resource-conserving plant species, cars off the road. Brewster Fuel Depot to JJ Oil. of County Rd. I. Owner notified. Police at 561 County Rd. 13 in such as approved grasses or trees, to control soil • Creating more than 3 million acres of restored 4:06 p.m. – Caller reported a hit 1:08 p.m. – Released Crystal Winona; report filed. erosion, improve water quality and enhance wildlifewetlands while protecting more than 175,000 stream and run on U.S. 83 mile 171 with Ann Martin. Dec. 24 habitat on cropland. Conservation Reserve general miles with riparian forest and grass buffers. a pickup and semi-truck. 5:09 p.m. – Released Sporing. 9:28 a.m. – Helped Wildlife signup is held annually and is competitive; general • Benefiting bees and other pollinators -and in Dec. 18 Dec. 21 and Parks with injured deer at 330 signup includes increased opportunities for wildlife creasing populations of ducks, pheasants, turkey, 7:53 a.m. – Released Dalton 10:03 a.m. – Caller reported dis- County Rd. 37. habitat enrollment through the State Acres For Wild- bobwhite quail, prairie chickens and other birds. Jesse Elliott. abled vehicle on I-70 westbound 10:05 a.m. – Booked Russel life Enhancement initiative. Service Centers are open for business. Call 462- 8:58 a.m. – Released Brian at the Levant exit. Vehicle was out Thomas Guerrero New cropland offered in the program must have 7671, extension 2, to talk to staff about signup, or go Robert Spencer. of fuel but off the roadway. 2:40 p.m. – Booked Kieonda been planted for four out of six crop years from 2012to Information is at farmers.gov/coronavirus. 11:45 a.m. – Caller reported 10:33 a.m. – Oakley Police re- Jenette Franklin. to 2017. Producers with land already enrolled but ex-

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Baby Blues • Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott Terry Family Circus • Bil Keane Kovel Antiques and • Collecting Foldout table not an antique

Q: We have an Extensole mahogany inlaid Beetle Bailey • Mort Walker foldout table. Is it an antique? A: Extensole tables were made in Sparta, Mich., beginning in 1936. Michigan Art Craft Co. adver- tised “The Extensole, A Table with a Purpose” in its 1939 catalog. The company was known for its console and drop-leaf extension tables. Extensole was sold to another Michigan company in 1978. Your table is not antique, but if it’s in good condi - tion, it will sell as used furniture. Q: I have a 45 rpm record by the Ink Spots Dave Green that has been autographed by each member. Is it Conceptis Sudoku • By Dave Green worth any money? A: The Ink Spots, an American jazz singing 2 5 group, started performing under that name in 1933. The group recorded for Decca Records 6 5 4 Blondie Chic Young from 1939 to 1953. The members of the quartet • changed several times as one person left and an- 1 6 2 other replaced him. 9 3 5 After the group disbanded in 1954, many other groups used the name. Vinyl records are col- 4 6 lected, and many collectors want autographed albums. Some autographed albums sell for a few 8 2 7 hundred dollars and some for several thousand dollars. The value depends on the condition, 4 7 8 desirability, rarity of the album, the singer’s or group’s fame, and authenticity of the signatures. 7 8 2 Value may depend on which album you have or who the members were. Check a store selling 3 6 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1/21 used records to get an idea of rarity and value. Difficulty Level The group is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so This is a logic-based num- 5 4 2 1 7 6 9 3 8 autographs add value, perhaps as much as $150. ber placement puz zle. 7 1 8 9 3 4 2 5 6 Hagar the Horrible • Chris Browne Q: I’d like your estimate of the value of a mag- The goal is to enter a num- 9 3 6 5 8 2 4 7 1 ic lantern. It’s marked “Made in Germany 1905, ber, 1-9, in each cell in which 1 2 9 3 4 7 6 8 5 EP series 8” and is complete, including the metal each row, column and 3x3 8 7 3 6 5 9 1 4 2 6 5 4 8 2 1 7 9 3 chimney, canister with lenses, reflector, chimney, region must contain only one fuel canister and three hurricane shades. It also 2 8 7 4 1 3 5 6 9 instance of each numeral. 4 9 5 2 6 8 3 1 7 has 21 glass slides with various scenes. The solution to the last 3 6 1 7 9 5 8 2 4 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. A: Magic lanterns were invented in the 1650s. Sudoku puzzle is at right. Difficulty Level 1/20 The lantern projects images that are painted, printed or photographically reproduced on glass plates onto a wall or screen. Traveling showmen Cryptoquip used them in the 1700s to entertain crowds. By the 1800s, they were popular in homes as well as in theaters. Early lanterns were lit by candles or oil. By the 1800s, lanterns were lit by kero- sene or gas, and later, by electric lights. Magic Mother Goose and Grimm Mike Peters lanterns were made for children in the 1800s • and early 1900s. Ernst Plank Co., a toy maker in Nuremberg, Germany, made yours. The company stopped making magic lanterns in the 1920s, but other companies continued making them. Tens of thousands were sold each year at the height of their popularity. Price depends on condition, de- sign and quality. Slides are priced by the value of the picture. A child’s toy sells for as little as $50. An expensive machine used by adults sells for about $200 to $400. The Magic Lantern Society of the United States and Canada (MagicLantern- Society.org) is a group for collectors. © 2021 Cowles Syndicate Inc.

Bridge • Steve Becker Sally Forth • Greg Howard Crossword • Eugene Sheffer

Todd the Dinosaur • Patrick Roberts

Guesswork is not necessary In today’s deal, it is easy to see, after the open- ing club lead, that if East was dealt the king of spades, the diamond slam can be made by draw- ing trump, discarding two of dummy’s hearts on South’s high clubs and later taking a winning spade finesse. But if West has the king of spades, this line of play will fail, and the contract will be defeated. Alternatively, the contract may be made by a different method of play if East was dealt the ace of hearts. In that case, all South has to do is to Zits Jim Borgman & Jerry Scott lead a heart toward the king. The actual location • of the king of spades thus becomes immaterial, since a spade can be discarded from dummy on a good club. It would appear, therefore, that South is on a straight guess as to which line of play to adopt. He has an even-money shot on the location of the spade king, and also on the heart ace. If he guess- es wrong, however, he goes down without getting an opportunity to try the other line of play. But the fact of the matter is that there really isn’t any guesswork involved at all. With proper play, South can test both possibilities before he is defeated. After winning the club lead with the ace and drawing a round of trump, three more clubs are cashed, on which two hearts are discarded from dummy. Dummy is then entered with a trump, and a heart is led. In the actual case, since East has the ace, the hand is over. He takes the ace and returns a spade. Declarer puts up the ace and discards dummy’s remaining spade on the king of hearts. And what if West turns up with the ace of hearts? In that case, West captures the heart king and returns a heart, ruffed in dummy. Now the spade finesse is taken, and if East has the king, the slam is home. © 2020 King Features Syndicate Inc. Colby Free Press Thursday, January 21, 2021 Page 7 To place your classified ad, mail (155 W. Fifth), fax (785-462-7749), Classifieds phone (785-462-3963), or stop by our office at 155 W. Fifth St. Notices Help Wanted misc. for Sale Services Public Notice

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Page 8 sPorts Colby Free Press Thursday, January 21, 2021 sPorts Orange and Black tourney comes to town By Brad Weese Athletic Director Travis Betz said. “We gles sit on the bottom part of the bracket high school. The winner of that game was Beloit with Colby Free Press have eight teams, and three of these and their first-round opponent is Beloit. For the boys, Colby plays Osborne at a 56-47 victory. teams are new to the Orange and Black:This game will take place at the Com- 8:15 p.m. in the Community Building. On Friday games will begin at 3 p.m. Hoop mania hits Colby this week. First Garden City, Osborne and Wichita Life munity Building with the first inboundsCoach Parker McKee’s team also goes and on Saturday the seventh place games round of the 36th Annual Orange and Prep. The boys side of the tournament taking place at 6:30 p.m. Coach Tom -Steinto the tourney with a 4-4 mark. Osbornewill begin at 11:30 a.m. The fourth, third Black high school basketball tournament contains seven teams. The top side will phens’s ball club is 4-4 heading into thisenters the Orange and Black with a 5-3and championship games will follow. comes today. The tourney will continue have four teams, and the bottom side will tournament. record. Due to Covid-19 concerns, KSHSAA on Friday and finish on Saturday. have three teams in a pool: Colby, Beloit The three other first round girls games Other games will see Goodland play- mandates the Orange and Black won’t This year’s tournament has seven and Osborne. These three teams will play will be Ulysses playing Osborne at 4:45 ing Garden City at 6:30 p.m. at the highhave many fans in the gymnasiums, but teams in the boys division and eight for in a round robin format to determine ad- in the Community Building, Goodland school, Ulysses will play Hays at 3 p.m.those fans that want to keep tuned in on the girls. vancement in the tournament. Ties will be competing against Hays at 8:15 p.m. atin the Community Building. Tuesday, Os- the action can get online at www.opens- “The girls side of the tournament looks broken by point differential.” the high school and Wichita Life Prep borne played at Beloit in the first game of paces.com. very competitive,” Colby High School In the girls bracket, the Colby Lady Ea- playing Garden City at 4:45 p.m. at thethe “round robin” of the bottom bracket. New teams to compete in Orange and Black Classic By Brad Weese good teams on both girls and boys games at the end of this month. Friday, the Eagles will play Be- how he thinks his team will per- programs and should make for Colby Free Press brackets. The tournament starts Schools coming to Colby to loit at 8:15 p.m. in the Community form in the tourney. some competitive games.” today and continues through Sat- play with both girls and boys are Building. If the Colby girls win to- “I think that playing with con- The coach added that his guys For 36 years the Orange and urday. Goodland, Garden City, Ulysses, night, they will play the winner of fidence, focus and toughness willare excited to be able to be playing Black Classic high school bas- Several new teams are compet- Hays, Osborne and Beloit. Wich- Wichita Life Prep vs. Garden City determine our success this week- at home. ketball tournament in Colby has ing in the classic for the first time. ita Life Prep is playing in the girls at 6:30 p.m. in the Community end. Getting a win against Ulysses “It will be our first home game brought a lot of excitement and This is the first time in many years tourney. Building. If the Lady Eagles lose last week (Friday) was important in close to a month.” entertainment to the community that the Orange and Black includes First games for Colby teams tonight they will play the loser of for us heading into the tourna- Both Colby girls and boys teams and fans. A lot of great players and teams from Colorado. Due to Co- tonight will be the boys playing the Life Prep against Garden game ment. The two teams on our side come into the Orange and Black teams have competed in this girls vid-19 concerns, Colorado high Osborne at the Community Build- at 6:30 p.m. at Colby High School. of the bracket (Osborne and Be- with 4-4 records. Coach Tom Ste- and boys tournament. school seasons have been post- ing beginning at 8:15 p.m. and Colby High boys basketball loit) graduated a lot of talent lastphens’s girls hope to continue the The 2021 Orange and Black poned. Teams are now allowed to the Lady Eagles vs. Beloit at 6:30 head Coach Parker McKee, in his year and have some young talent success they have had in this tour- is once again loaded with some practice in that state and will start p.m. in the Community Building. second year, commented about upcoming. They are both winning nament the past few years. Eagle gets Four Eagles compete in Hays By Brad Weese first at 115. Competing at 120 inville in 57 seconds. 100th victory Colby Free Press was freshman Amanda Jaeger. 285: Landon Kreutzer lost by Following are the individual a 4-1 decision to Brandon Yauch By Brad Weese Colby High School’s wres- match results of each Colby of Hays, won a 3-0 decision Colby Free Press tling program was represented wrestler at the Prairie Classic: over Carlos Aguilar of Salina- by four Eagles Saturday at the Girls 115: Kathie Chavez wonCentral, won by a 1:55 pin over For Declan Ryan it proved to be a good road trip to Prairie Classic in Hays. by a pin over Kae Dees of Hays Colter Conger of Hays, and won In the junior varsity division, in an ultimate tie breaker over Gothenburg, Neb., Saturday. The senior 285 pounder in six seconds, won by a 5-1 Colby had two wrestlers com- decision over Mikyah Cain of Edgar Hernandez of Dodge City, came home with his 100th high school career match victory. Ryan was congratulated by a couple of his Declan Ryan celebrates his 100th victory. pete at 285. Sophomore LoganOakley and won in sudden vic- 3-2, Colby High School Haggard picked up a second coaches at the tourney: Matt Sims, Rick Williams, his tory, 7-5 over Charly Goodwin 285: Logan Haggard won by place, while sophomore Landon of Junction City. a pin over Hernandez of Dodge teammates and a group of parent fans. Congratulations goes out to Declan for his big wres- At the Gothenburg Scramble, Ryan won all three tling achievement and to all his coaches, teammates Kreutzer finished in third. Two Girls 120: Amanda Jaeger lost City in 2:21, won by a pin over members of the program wres- to Ariana DeLaRosa of Dodge of his matches by pins. The senior Eagle looks to get and others that have helped him get to this point. Ryan Conger of Hays in 2:02 and lost tled in the girls division, where back to compete at the Class 4A State Tournament to and his teammates will be back for a tournament in City by a 3:49 fall, and wasby a 2-1 decision to Yauch of freshman Kathie Chavez placed pinned by Caxton Smyth of Pla- Hays. be held in later February. Beloit this Friday. Eagles travel to Gothenburg to bring home four dual wins Match results for the Eagles wrestlers 126 – Tucker Wark lost 6-2. 170 – Caleb Hill won by forfeit. 285 – Declan Ryan won by forfeit. By Brad Weese at Gothenburg: 132 – Connor Lanning lost 10-4. 182 – double forfeit. 106 – Kaeden McCarty won by pin in 43 Colby Free Press BROKEN BOW 138 – Tyler Voss won by pin in 1:22. 195 – Nick Rehmer won by forfeit, seconds. 106 – Kaeden McCarty won 10-2 major 145 – Marcus Singer pinned in 11:15. 220 – Tyler Rehmer won by pin in 1:10. 113 – Aiden Cook won by pin in 1:06. They called it the Gothenburg Scram- decision. 152 – Thomas Denis pinned in 3:45. 285 – Declan Ryan won by forfeit. 120 – open, Colby forfeit. ble. The Colby High School Eagles wres- 113 – Aiden Cook lost 8-5. 160 – Wyatt Tubbs won by forfeit. 106 – Kaeden McCarty won by forfeit. 126 – Tucker Wark won by pin in 1:19. tling team travelled to Nebraska for a 120 – open, Colby forfeit. 170 – Caleb Hill won by forfeit. 113 – Aiden Cook won 5-3 decision. SIDNEY dual competition and came back to Kan- 126 – Tucker Wark won 15-0 technical 182 – double forfeit. 120 – open, Colby forfeit. 138 – Tyler Voss won by pin in 51 sec- sas with a 4-1 record. fall. 285 – Declan Ryan won by pin in 1:35. MINDEN onds. Coach Matt Sims’s varsity defeated 132 – Conner Lanning lost 12-7. 106 – Kaeden McCarty won by forfeit. 132 – Conner Lanning lost 12-9. 145 – Marcus Singer pinned in 1:06. Broken Bow 45-27, then went on 138 to – Tyler Voss won a 4-2 decision. 113– Aiden Cook won 11-2 major deci- 138 – Tyler Voss won 5-2. 152 – Thomas Dennis won by forfeit. best Adams Central of Hastings 46-24.145 – Marucs Singer pinned in 39 seconds. sion. 145 – Marcus Singer pinned in 42 sec- 160 – Wyatt Tubbs won by pin in 2:43. Later, the Eagles picked up another vic- 152 – Thomas Dennis pinned in 3:54. ALLIANCE onds. 170 – Caleb Hill won by pin in 3:36. tory against Alliance 51-21 and then lost 160 – Wyatt Tubbs pinned his man in 3:51. 126 – Tucker Wark pinned his man in 152 – Thomas Dennis won 6-1. 182 – open, Colby forfeit. a close one to Minden, 37-36, but came 170 – Caleb Hill pinned in 1:05. 1:16. 160 – Wyatt Tubbs lost 12-2 major deci- 195 – Nick Rehmer pinned in 41 seconds. back strong to defeat Sidney 42-30. 182 – open, Colby forfeit. 132 – Conner Lanning pinned in 5:55. sion. 220 – Tyelr Rehmer won by pin in 1:38. Next up for the Eagles wrestlers will be 195 – Nicke Rehmer pinned in 1:17. 138 – Tyler Voss pinned his man in 1:46. 170 – Caleb Hill was pinned in 3:49. 285 – Declan Ryan won by pin in 2:30. a two-day varsity tournament Friday and 220 – Tyler Rehmer pinned in 35 seconds. 145 – Marcus Singer was pinned in 59 182 – open, Colby forfeit. 106 – Kaeden McCarty pinned in 2:22. Saturday in Beloit, while the junior var- 285 – Declan Ryan won by pin in 5:59. seconds. 195 – Nick Rehmer won by pin in 32 sec- 113 – Aiden Cook won by forfeit. sity will travel to a tourney Saturday at ADAMS CENTRAL 152 – Thomas Dennis won by forfeit. onds. 120 – double forfeit. Atwood. Both tourneys begin at 9:30 a.m. 120 – open, Colby forfeit. 160 – Wyatt Tubbs won 10-5. 220 – Tyler Rehmer pinned in 23 seconds. 126 – Tucker Wark lost 11-5.

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