Page 2 Colby Free Press Friday, October 18, 2013 Area/State WWeathereather County seeks Doggone BBrieflyriefly The deadline for Briefl y is noon the day before. Items submitted in the morning will be set up for the following day, space available. The deadline severance tax for Monday’s paper is noon Friday. From “TAX,” Page 1 “So they’re really gearing 90 artists entered at big show here up to fi ght the locals, is what Be sure to drop by the High Plains Art Club’s show this weekend at the The commissioners also saw they’re doing,” he said. Heartland Christian School gym. With 90 artists entered, it will be open a report from Bruce Webb, the • Steele told the other com- from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at 1995 W. Fourth county appraiser. missioners that the north base- St. For information, call Marj Brown at 462-3515. • Reviewed the University of ment entrance to the building is Kansas strategic plan. The com- crumbling. Chunks have fallen missioners each got a booklet off the roof outside the doorway, Dinner to raise money for Regier misson which explained the university’s exposing a rusted metal beam. A benefi t dinner for Dr. LaDonna Regier’s mission work and the Di- plan to improve the school’s cur- He said custodian Gayla Davis vine Mandate Evangelical Word Outreach, both in Ghana, is set for noon National Weather Service riculum, doctoral education and has been picking up pieces of Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 855 E. Fifth St. Get Mexican chicken, Tonight: Mostly clear, with facilities, among other things. the building, and Steele brought rice, refried beans and cake prepared by Maria Oard and helpers and sup- a low around 32. West wind • Heard a report on a meet- a cardboard box to the meeting port these efforts. For information, call Linda Pabst at 462-3497. around 10 mph. ing of the Kansas Silver Haired fi lled with chunks of limestone. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with Legislature, an advocacy group “Because we might be able a high near 64. West wind 10 to Nurturing parents focus of free classes for seniors, which met for its to sell this for mementos,” he 15 mph. Smart Start Northwest Kansas will be offering free “nurturing parent” 31st annual session on Oct. 3. added. Saturday Night: Partly classes designed to teach people how to build healthy and caring families • Talked about a public hear- • Agreed to pay health advisor cloudy, with a low around 36. from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning next week. ing the possibility of the lesser Dr. John Dygert through the ac- Southwest wind around 5 mph. Dinner is included. Enroll by calling Denise Singer at 465-9103 no later prairie chicken becoming an counts payable register. Harms Sunday: Mostly sunny, with than today. endangered species that will said she has been unable to get a high near 63. West wind 5 to be held by the Kansas Natural a hold of Dygert so they she can 15 mph becoming north in the Resources Commission from fi nd out how to pay him. Pancake feed to help with projects afternoon. The Colby Kiwanis Club will hold a pancake feed from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, • Decided to ask the coun- Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 220 N. Lake. For $4, you Nov. 7, and Friday, Nov. 8, at the ty’s accounting fi rm, Adams, with a low around 36. can support Christmas and youth projects and other community services. Clarion Hotel in Garden City. Brown, Beran and Ball, to pre- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a For information, call Charles Keifer at 460-4610. The commission will discuss pare an application requesting high near 57. SAM DIETER a plan by the U.S. Fish and no-fund warrants to borrow Monday Night: Partly cloudy, Colby Free Press Wildlife Service to put the less- up to $520,000. At the Aug. This male Lhasa-Pe- Haunted house coming this weekend with a low around 39. er prairie chicken on the endan- 30 meeting, County Attorney kinese is looking for a The American Youth Soccer Organization haunted house will be open Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with gered species list. Commission- Kevin Berens told the commis- home, to adopt him, call beginning at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays this weekend and Oct. 25 and a high near 60. er Mike Baughn said he felt this sioners vthe court system will the Colby Animal Clinic 26, and Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Thomas County Fairgrounds. Adults are Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, is an excuse for the government need $20,000 to keep operating at 460-8621. $10 a person. Children under 12 can attend $6 from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, with a low around 39. to get control over land here. next year, and $500,000 for next Oct. 26. An item for Genesis-Thomas County Food Bank will take $1 off. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, For information, call Emily Griffi n at 443-5884. with a high near 63. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Commodities to be given out here Monday Thursday: Sunny, with a high Funds sought for tech schools U.S. Department of Agriculture commodities will be distributed from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program offi ce in near 67. From “SCHOOLS,” Page 1 necessary skills to enter the job market after the Senior Progress Center at Fike Park. Distribution is fi rst come, fi rst- graduation. served, but you may send a signed permission slip with another person. Thursday: High, 58; Low 31 than others, such as automotive or welding. Kansas divides the new programs into 16 Bring a sack or box. For questions, call the offi ce at 462-6744. Precip: Thursday 0.26 inches Schools currently receive funding for career clusters of courses based on industry groupings Month: 0.90 inches and technical programs, previously known as and the skills that are involved. Some of the Year: 14.02 inches vocational education, based on a formula that clusters taught in schools include agriculture, Open house to welcome doctors Normal: 19.29 inches counts each student enrolled in the programs as business management and administration, health The Family Center for Health Care and Citizens Medical Center will (K-State Experiment Station) 1.5 students. That means districts receive funding sciences and manufacturing. hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the clinic, 310 E. College Sunrise and Sunset equal to 1.5 times the base state aid per student for The state also has started a program where in Colby, to show off the center’s new addition and to welcome Drs. Sarah Saturday 7:59 a.m. 6:59 p.m. Gabel and Kelly Gabel. For information, call the clinic at 462-6184. Moon: waning. 99 percent those enrolled in career and technical programs. students can enroll in the clusters and work toward Sunday 8:00 a.m. 6:58 p.m. Dennis said the actual cost of adopting either industry certifi cation through enrollment at a state Moon: waning, 97 percent new funding proposal would be higher than his technical college while still in high school. The Schools plan concert, musical in October Monday 8:01 a.m. 6:56 p.m. estimates because they were based on 2011 funding proposals to be offered by Dennis in The Colby Public Schools District Music Concert will begin at 7:30 Moon: waning, 92 percent funding levels. January apply only to programs school districts p.m. Tuesday at the Community Building. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. The (U.S. Naval Observatory) The 2011 changes to technical education offer in their schools. third grade will put on the musical, “You’ve Got the Power,” about think- programs were aimed at providing students with ing positive and feeling great, at 2 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Colby Grade School Auditorium. For information, call Jennifer Otten at 460-5100. Shutdown affected us in many ways Pets ready for adoption at Animal Clinic From “SHUTDOWN,” Page a restaurant where a … 14-year- furloughed others whose job use a reliable online source to Looking for a pet? Colby Animal Clinic has several dogs available for old was operating a vertical is to explain to the public what fi nd the highest and lowest el- adoption. Lost or strayed animals are often brought to the clinic. Call 460- and Prevention in Atlanta, which dough mixer,” said James Yo- happened. evations. 8621 or stop by 810 E. Fourth St. All animals have current shots, and costs furloughed 9,000 of its 13,000 chim, assistant director of the So millions of commuters used “They were able to fi nd all are minimal. workers, said the shutdown U.S. Department of Labor’s the transit lines without know- the elevations for the rest of the slowed its response to an out- wage and hour division offi ce in ing more about what caused the continents but they couldn’t fi nd break of salmonella in chicken Springfi eld, Ill. “We (were) not crash. information for their continent,” Housing Authority plans open house Oct. 25 that sickened people in 18 states. able to get out there and conduct The CDC slashed staffi ng at Koplin said. The Colby Housing Authority will hold an open house from 3:30 to 5:30 Offi ce hours an investigation.” quarantine stations at 20 airports It was the same at New Trier p.m. next Friday at 600 S. Mission Ridge Ave. Come for refreshments and At a warehouse, factory or Yochim’s offi ce also put on and entry points, raising chances High School in Winnetka, Ill., meet the board members and staff. For information, call 460-6763. other worksite, a young minor- hold an investigation at another travelers could enter the country where social studies teacher ity exposed to racial slurs by his restaurant of children reportedly carrying diseases like measles Robin Forrest said government Tryouts Oct. 27 for college talent night boss had one fewer place to turn using a meat slicer. undetected. statistics are more important be- Tryouts for the Community Talent Show sponsored by Colby Commu- for help. Federal offi cials who Home safe In the fi rst week of the shut- cause of so much dubious infor- nity College will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, in the Northwest oversee compliance with dis- Getting around was largely down, the number of illnesses mation on the web. Kansas Cultural Arts Center. Everyone is invited to try out. The show crimination laws and labor prac- unaffected. Air traffi c controllers detected dropped by 50 percent, “We try to steer our kids to- will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, with prizes for the top performers. For tices weren’t working, except in were on the job, fl ights still tak- CDC spokeswoman Barbara ward websites and databases that information, contact Brittney Squire at 460-5495. emergencies. ing off. Trains operated by local Reynolds said. “Are people sud- are legitimate, the same way we The Equal Employment Op- agencies delivered millions of denly a lot healthier?” she won- would college students,” he said. portunity Commission was not commuters to their jobs. dered. issuing right-to-sue letters, so But if something went wrong, Study time people could not take discrimi- such as the mysterious case of Children learned the mean- nation cases into federal court, a Chicago “ghost train,” people ing of shutdown when they got said Peter Siegelman, an expert were left in the dark. home and booted up computers in workplace discrimination at On the last day of September, to do homework. From the U.S. the University of Connecticut’s an empty Chicago Transit Au- Census bureau site to NASA law school. thority train somehow rumbled maps, they were greeted by alerts Sponsored by the Workplaces weren’t inspected down the tracks and crashed that said government sites were by the Occupational Safety and into another train, injuring a few down “due to the shutdown.” Health Administration. One re- dozen passengers. The National Linda Koplin, a math teacher LListingsTVistings sult? 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