Page 2 Colby Free Press Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Area/State Weather Meeting held for housing program Briefly Clerk’s office open From “HOUSING,” Page 1 were to live in a unit, he or buying property. don’t have any projects defi ned she would have to make under The program will give prior- right now.” for early voters income housing.” $42,432 a year. This bar is a lot ity to cities and counties that can Jones said the city has some The Thomas County Clerk’s offi ce Most housing programs that higher than that set for low-in- combine the loans or grants with projects pending because of the is open for early voters from 7 a.m. to the agency runs target low-in- come housing, she said, because money from other sources. Neighborhood Revitalization 7 p.m. through Friday and from 7 a.m. come households, Couch said. the corporation is trying to reach The deadline to apply for the Plan, however none of them to noon Monday. Tell your co-workers, This leaves out workers in the another bracket of people who grant for 2013 is Friday, Aug. could be fully defi ned by the family and friends. If anyone is ready middle – making ends meet but need help. 31. Communities accepted into deadline. to vote and doesn’t want to wait until struggling to do so – out of get- The money will be given as the program will be notifi ed by “We just thought things were Tuesday, they can get it out of the way ting any benefi ts. loans and grants to cities and Oct. 12. a little rushed,” he said, “and at now. For information, call County Clerk If a city was approved for the counties that qualify, Couch Jones said he spoke to Rocca the time, they didn’t have the fi - Shelly Harms at 460-4500. program, Couch said, and de- said; those who would only be quite a bit about the program, nal applications ready.” cided to use the money to build able to use the money for con- but the deadline the corporation As of now, Jones said, he does rental property, tenants would struction of homes, roads and gave to apply for it was too soon not know if the corporation has Group plans dance have to meet income require- other structures directly related for them to act. set a deadline to apply for 2014. at Meadow Lake ments. to housing, actual construction “A project has to be defi ned A singles and couples dance is planned For example, if one person or rehabilitation of homes and (to apply),” he said, “and we for 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Meadow Lake Golf Clubhouse. Ray Gerver will provide music. Everyone welcome. For information, call Lue Duffey in Rex- New postmaster starts at Colby office ford, (785) 269-7057.

From “POSTMASTER,” Page 1 “The location’s ideal, and I think Colby’s of her decision. National Weather Service a really nice community,” Johnson said, “I wanted to keep working and I had for Carnival crew needs Tonight: A 30 percent chance Great Bend, she started as a city carrier in “and I look forward to living here and be- the last 18 months or so been trying to get of showers and thunderstorms, help to run games at fair 1985. She stayed there until 2000, when she coming a part of the community.” back to Kansas,” she said. Help! The Thomas County Amuse- mainly between 9 p.m. and 3 moved to Fremont, Neb. Johnson said that she moved because of Colby had been without a postmaster for a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low ment Association needs volunteers to She started working as a postmaster in changes in her job, and “I didn’t feel ready about 6 months after the old postmaster, help run games during the fair this week. around 67. Southeast wind 5 to Logan, Iowa, in March of 2004, then in for early retirement.” Kenton Krehbiel, retired. 10 mph becoming light and vari- Call the Chamber of Commerce offi ce 2006 worked as a postmaster in Kennard, She interviewed for several post offi ce The postmaster in this position takes at 460-3401 and sign up for a shift. able after midnight. Neb. She held this job, working part time jobs, turning them down when she was of- charge of all postal codes starting with Thursday: A 10 percent for other post offi ces in that state, until mov- fered the postmaster position in Colby. Liv- “677” in northern Kansas. chance of showers and thun- ing to Colby this summer. ing closer to family in Kansas was a big part derstorms before 7 a.m. Partly Library plans big sunny, with a high near 95. book sale this week Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. The Pioneer Memorial Library’s an- Thursday Night: A 20 per- House heading toward election tax showdown nual Book Sale Blowout runs through cent chance of showers and Sunday. With lots of children’s books, thunderstorms before 1 a.m. By Andrew Taylor longstanding differences. If the ic-controlled Senate last week wealthier earners will sting fi ction and nonfi ction items to choose Partly cloudy, with a low around Associated Press deadlock persists past the start by a near party-line 51-48 vote. small-business owners who from, prices go down as the week pro- 67. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph WASHINGTON – The GOP- of the new year, everybody’s Many economists believe al- create jobs. Democrats counter gresses. Sunday, all remaining books becoming south after midnight. controlled House today took taxes will go up. lowing all tax rates to snap back that the taxes only apply to the are free. Hours are 9 a.m. to a half hour Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, up competing Democratic and The Bush-era tax cuts – re- to higher, 1990s Clinton-era earnings of individuals exceed- before closing each day and 1 p.m. to with a high near 99. South wind Republican plans to forestall newed in their entirety with the levels could drive the economy ing $200,000 yearly and couples 3:30 p.m. Sunday. For information, call around 5 mph. tax hikes looming in January, support of Obama and many back into recession, especially surpassing $250,000 – exempt- Debbie Tittel at 460-4470. Friday Night: A 30 percent though expected passage of a Democrats two years ago – ex- if automatic federal spending ing 98 percent of taxpayers and chance of showers and thunder- GOP plan extending all Bush- pire again Dec. 31. Obama cuts designed as punishment for all but the top 3.5 percent of tax- storms. Partly cloudy, with a low era tax cuts won’t resolve an signed the previous renewal, Washington’s failure to enact payers with business income.. Jean Hutton Memorial around 66. election-year standoff. saying he did not want to raise another defi cit-cutting bargain Obama has made what he calls to be unveiled Sunday Saturday: Mostly sunny, with Democrats countered with a taxes in a weak economy. In the strike at the same time. evident tax fairness – which in- The Jean Hutton Memorial provided a high near 88. plan backed by President Barack bargain, he also won extensions The common assumption in cludes tax increases on the rich by the Hutton Family Fund at the Dallas Saturday Night: Partly Obama to extend the tax cuts of a Social Security payroll tax Washington is that the outcome – a big theme of his re-election Women’s Foundation will be unveiled at cloudy, with a low around 65. for all but the highest-earning cut and unemployment benefi ts. will be determined by whether campaign. 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pioneer Memorial Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a Americans. Now, the White House prom- Obama wins another term or Re- Republicans have made reso- Library. The Hutton family of Brewster high near 93. The dueling votes were more ises Obama will veto the exten- publican Mitt Romney takes his lute opposition to any tax in- will attend, and refreshments will be Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, about political messaging three sion if it includes the highest place in the White House. creases – especially as the econ- provided. For information, call Librar- with a low around 68. months before Election Day than earners. Obama instead supports Republicans say Obama’s omy is weak – a major element ian Melany Wilks at 460-4470. Monday: Mostly sunny and a genuine attempt to resolve the a plan that passed the Democrat- insistence on raising taxes on of their election-year platform. hot, with a high near 99. Monday Night: Mostly clear, Football team to meet at with a low around 71. Medicare fraud busters unveil command center high school auditorium Tuesday: A 20 percent The Colby High football team will chance of showers and thunder- By Kelli Kennedy government has been losing a game of “pay HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, they and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and chase,” trying to recoup losses after questioned spending millions more on a hold an informational meeting for pro- storms. Mostly sunny and hot, spective players and their parents at 7 with a high near 99. Associated Press scam artists have already cashed in. command center, at least until the bugs get Fraud czar Peter Budetti told reporters on worked out. p.m. Monday in the high school audi- BALTIMORE – Medicare’s war on fraud a tour this week that the command center “Institutionalizing relationships through torium. For information, contact Coach Monday: High, 95; Low 65 Chris Gardner at (785) 443-3081. Tuesday: High, 97; Low 68 is going high-tech with the opening of a could be a turning point. It brings together establishing a (command) center may be Precip: Monday 0.31 inches $3.6 million command center that features in real time the geeks running Medicare’s useful, but if huge sums of money have Tuesday None a giant screen and the latest computer and new computerized fraud detection system indeed been spent on a video screen while Colby Schools to have July: 2.78 inches communications gear. That’s raising expec- with gumshoes deployed around the coun- other common-sense recommendations may Year: 8.85 inches tations, as well as some misgivings. try. Imagine a kind of NCIS-Medicare, ex- have not been implemented due to ‘resource enrollment next week Returning students in the Colby Pub- Normal: 13.61 inches The carpeting stills smells new at the cept Budetti says it’s not make-believe. concerns,’ this seems to be a case of mis- (K-State Experiment Station) facility, which went live a week ago in a “This is not an ivory-tower exercise,” placed priorities,” wrote Hatch and Coburn. lic Schools will enroll from 7 a.m. to 4 Sunrise and Sunset nondescript commercial offi ce park on Budetti said. “It is very much a real-world Insiders are telling them the screen alone p.m. next Wednesday at the high school. Thursday 6:45 a.m. 8:55 p.m. Baltimore’s outskirts. A couple dozen com- one.” cost several hundred thousand dollars, the New students enroll from 8 a.m. to 3:30 Moon: waning, 99 percent puter workstations are arrayed in concentric But two Republican senators say they al- senators say. p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9. District ac- (U.S. Naval Observatory) semicircles in front of a giant screen that ready smell a boondoggle. The two Republicans may have more tivity calendars will be available. The Colby Water Use can display data and photos, and also enable Utah’s Orrin Hatch and Oklahoma’s Tom than congressional oversight in mind. In district website www.colbyeagles.org is Monday 2,946,000 gal. face-to-face communication with investiga- Coburn say Medicare’s new computerized an election year, Medicare fraud is an issue disabled until mid-August. Additional Tuesday 2,605,000 gal. enrollment information is listed on Page (Colby Public Works) tors around the country. fraud detection system, a $77-million in- with older voters because it speaks to the Medicare fraud is estimated to cost more vestment that went into operation last year, Obama administration’s stewardship of the 8 of today’s issue of the Colby Free than $60 billion annually, and for years the is not working all that well. 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