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Vol. 115, No. 11 $1 THETHE NORTONNORTON TTELEGRAMELEGRAM WEBSITE: nwkansas.com 16 PAGES Wednesday Dr. Seuss Day celebrated... March 11, 2020 Briefly Free health screening Saturday The Norton Lions Club and Kansas Lions Sight Foundation will be sponsoring a free health screening at the East Campus Parking Lot in Norton on March 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All ages are welcome. Toy and Collectible Show on Saturday The Annual Tri-State Toy and Collectibles Show will be held this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Norton National Guard Armory. Monday, March 2 was Dr. Seuss Day at Eisenhower Elementary dents to celebrate it. On the left, Eli Jones is seen here reading to his Credit Union School. The Norton Junior High KAY students spent a little time out little brother Levi and to the right is Ashlyn Rachel being read to by Annual meeting of their day to go and read to the kindergarten and first grade stu- Marissa Alexander. – Telegram photos by Dana Paxton The 71st Annual Meeting of the Credit Union will be held on Monday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. at the St. Francis Parish Hall in Norton. Reservations are due by Tuesday, March 17. Alumni Association offers Scholarship Andbe Home By LISA HERMAN nied by the following items: a resume; be required to give a progress report of to hold the first banquet get-together. [email protected] three letters of recommendation from their educational experience through Various reunions were held over the Annual meeting The Norton Community High School non-family members, one of which this scholarship in person or by video years until he turned the reins over to (NCHS) Alumni Association recently shall be a teacher; a high school tran- at the All Class Reunion event. If there Sonya Montgomery. In 2006, Kristine The Annual Meeting of the Andbe announced it will be awarding one script; and a college transcript (if the is no reunion held that year, a letter or Posson assumed the lead role to head Home will be held on Saturday, March scholarship to a 2020 graduate of Nor- applicant earned college credit while video must be presented to the Board up the Association. In the fall of 2017, 14 at 2:00 p.m. Election of board ton Community High School. Applica- in high school). Applications must be by November 1 of the year following a group of helpers were enlisted to help members will also be held at this time. tions are now being accepted for those delivered in person to the Prairie Inn receipt of the scholarship award. carry on the Association and its mis- current seniors who wish to be consid- at Lathrop House, located at 602 North The mission of the NCHS Alumni sion. Those officers were: Reva Benien ered for this one-time, non-renewable 1st Avenue in Norton, no later than Association is to foster alumni con- (President), Tim Sprigg (Vice Presi- Vets get help scholarship, which will be awarded in April 1, 2020 to be considered. tact with one another, maintain con- dent), Denise Schmitz (Secretary), and the amount of $250 to $500 based on The current officers of the Alumni tact information for graduating class Kristine Posson (Treasurer). Current with their claims the financial status of the Association. Association will make the selection for members, and provide a gathering or officers are: Reva Benien (President), Applications may be obtained from the this award, and may require an inter- reunion each year for all classes or as Lisa Herman (Vice President), and Ca- A veterans Service representative for view following the review of applica- desired by the Association member- mille Cox (Acting Treasurer). The As- the Kansas Commission on Veterans’ high school’s counselor. To be considered, applicants must tions. The scholarship will be awarded ship. In addition to overseeing plans sociation’s officer election will be held Affairs will be at the Norton Public based on financial need. Awards will for the All Class Reunion, the Asso- later this year. Library Thursday March 19 from noon be a senior in good standing at Norton Community High School, and must be be paid directly to the student recipient ciation is also responsible for awarding For more information about the till 1:30 p.m. to assist veterans and their upon receipt of verification of enroll- the NCHS Alumni Scholarship. Alumni Association’s scholarship op- families with veteran’s benefits. He planning to attend a two-year community college, a four-year university, or a ment each semester, and may be used The NCHS Alumni Association was portunity, please call 785-877-2758. will be there the third Thursday of each to cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, first organized in 1998 by Dr. Richard month thereafter. vocational college. Applications must be completed in full and be accompa- etc. The recipient of the scholarship will Wiltfong, who headed up volunteers Blood draw set for next Tuesday Democratic Presidential Primary coming to Colby The Norton County Health Department will hold a Promotional The Kansas Democratic Party will cation accepting ballots in each State candidates for the Democratic presi- convention. Blood Screening at the Health hold a presidential primary that will in- Senate district. For the 40th District, dential nomination. Kansas will have 47 delegates to the Department Tuesday, March 17 from 7 clude both advance voting starting this the location will be in Colby in Room Previously the Kansas Democratic national convention. A candidate needs a.m. to noon. One needs to be fasting month and in-person voting on May 2. 106 of the Colby Community College Party had used the caucus system to 1,991 delegates to win the nomination. from food and drink from midnight the Advance mail-in ballots will be ac- student union. The location will be allocate its delegates, but this year de- Following Super Tuesday earlier this night before testing. No appointments cepted between March 30 and April 24. open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Central cided to move to a primary election. week, when 14 states held presidential necessary. A ballot with instructions will be sent Time). Voters can also do same-day The party will still be using a caucus on primaries, former Vice President Joe to every registered Democrat on March registration and party affiliation chang- May 9 to elect the delegates who will Biden has 596 delegates and Sen. Ber- 9. es at the voting site. go to the District Convention on May nie Sanders has 531. Elizabeth Warren, Markets In-person primary voting will take The primary will use ranked-choice 16. The district-level delegates will Michael Bloomburg and Pete Buttigieg Monday, March 9, 2020 place on May 2. There will be one lo- voting. Voters will rank their top five then represent Kansas at the national have all suspended their campaigns. Wheat . .$3.76 Milo .......................$2.83 Soybeans ...................$7.57 Corn ......................$3.28 Markets Courtesy of Norton Ag Valley Co-Op Telegram welcomes new sports writer and photographer By DANA PAXTON ton said. as he was the high school years.” Weather [email protected] Sansom is a 2019 Norton cross country manager, boys Paxton said, “We know Wednesday - Mostly sunny with a high The Norton Telegram Community High School and girls basketball manager that Dick Boyd could never near 68. Wednesday Night - A 20 percent would like to introduce our graduate. He attended K-8 as well as a track manager. in a million years be re- chance of showers after 1 a.m. Thurs- newest staff member, Scott in Logan and transferred to Scott knows the Norton placed but we do know day - Mostly sunny with a high near 62. Sansom, to our team. San- Norton his Freshman year. coaches, athletes and how to that we couldn’t continue Thursday Night - Mostly cloudy with a som will be our new part He is the son of Rodney and take a great photo and write to leave the position open. low around 31. Friday - A slight chance time Norton Bluejay sports Kami Sansom. His father is a a pretty good story. We are already running on a of snow before 10 a.m., then a slight writer and photographer. As farmer and his mother works Scott’s future plan is to bare bones staff and for me chance of rain and snow between 10 a.m. most of our readers know, at the Lenora Nex-Tech of- extend his business and con- to pick up all of the sports and 11 a.m., then a chance of rain after 11 Dick Boyd, the former own- fice. He has a sister Shawna tinue doing landscapes, ac- writing on top of every- a.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 48. er of the Norton Daily Tele- Fowler who lives in Denver tion and corporate photogra- thing else was getting to be Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. gram and long time Norton and lost another sister to a phy. He does senior pictures too much. We are so very Bluejay Sports writer was drunk driver in 1997, Carrie and engagement photos as thankful to Fig Millan for injured at the State Football Sansom. well. allowing us to use many of game and has been out since Scott works for his father Not to be surprised, but his great photos during Mr. Prayer that fateful November night. on the family farm but pho- Scott’s number one hobby is Boyd’s absence. I have great Heavenly Father, thank you for your “Running on a skeleton tography is where his heart photography.

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