1-2 Front CFP 3-8-12.Indd
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Page 2 Colby Free Press Thursday, March 8, 2012 Area/State Weather Whodunit? Briefly Republican caucus set for 10 a.m. Saturday Thomas County Republicans will caucus Saturday to vote on presiden- tial candidates. The session will begin at 10 a.m. at the Cultural Arts Center on the Colby Community College campus. Party workers will start check- ing photo IDs at 9. Only registered Republicans may vote. The caucus must close at 1 p.m., but anyone who’s inside by that time will be allowed to vote. For questions, call Josh Faber, county chairman, at 460-6548. Pets ready for adoption at Animal Clinic Looking for a pet? Colby Animal Clinic has a silver, white and black neutered male husky, 12 to 16 months old, available for adoption. Lost National Weather Service Tonight: Clear, with a low or strayed animals are often brought to the clinic. Call or stop by 810 E. around 19. North wind between Fourth St. All animals have current shots, and costs are minimal. For ques- 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. tions, call 460-8621. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Foundation is accepting applications The Thomas County Community Foundation is reminding students that Friday Night: Partly cloudy, it is currently accepting scholarship applications for the 2012-2013 aca- with a low around 25. South demic year. Applications must be postmarked by Saturday. For applica- wind around 10 mph. tions and further information, visit www.thomascountycommunityfounda- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with tion.com or call Melinda Olson at 460-9152. a high near 55. Breezy, with a south wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 Worship, praise night planned by church mph. A night of worship is planned at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Colby High Saturday Night: A slight School Auditorium, sponsored by the Celebration Community Church of chance of rain showers before Hays and featuring a nondenominational, encouraging message and music midnight, then a slight chance of by the band Ignite. For information, call Debbie McNinch at 460-4205. rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipita- Salina lawyer to talk about estate planning tion is 20 percent. The Thomas County Community Foundation and K-State Research and Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a EVAN BARNUM/Colby Free Press Extension have asked a Salina lawyer to talk on estate planning from 5 high near 61. Linda Taylor (left), dressed as Mae West, talked with Pat and Alan Erickson Saturday at to 8:30 p.m. next Thursday at the 4-H Building, off Olive Street west of Sunday Night: Mostly clear, the annual Murder Mystery Dinner fund raiser at Pioneer Memorial Library. The Friends Range Ave. $10 pays for supper. Register to attend no later than Friday by with a low around 35. of the Pioneer Memorial Library planned the event. calling (785) 460-4582 or e-mailing [email protected]. Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Monday Night: Mostly clear, College plans meetings on aid guidelines with a low around 38. The admissions offi ce at Colby Community College will hold four in- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high American Legion post formal information sessions on revised scholarship guidelines and the near 70. Thomas County Tuition Scholarship at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday and Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, Wednesday in the Student Union, room 106. Refreshments will be pro- with a low around 41. vided. For information, contact Brittney Squire at 460-4690. Wednesday: Sunny, with a celebrates anniversary high near 71. Colby first graders plan musical next week also take part in the Patriot Guard. The Guard was The Colby Grade School fi rst graders will present a musical show, “Car- Wednesday: High, 47; Low 18 From “LEGION,” Page 1 founded in Mulvane in 2005 to protect the sanc- nival of the Animals,” at 2 and 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school auditorium. Precip: Wednesday 0.None benefi ts and other critical veterans issues. tity of military funerals from protesters. The free event is open to the public. For information, call music teacher Month: 0.None For $17 a year, members can take part in the He said the Riders began in Colby in January Jennifer Koel at 460-5100. Year: 0.89 inches American Legion Riders, a motorcycle group. 2009 with about 50 members. Today, there are 32 Normal: 2.11 inches (K-State Experiment Station) “Riders were formed not as a motorcycle club members who meet at 2 p.m. on the second Sun- day of the month at the hall. Seniors plan potluck at Presbyterian Church Sunrise and Sunset or gang, but as Legionnaires and Auxiliary and The group More Fun Together plans a potluck for people 50 or older Commander Lewis said new members are al- Friday 7:04 a.m. 6:46 p.m. SAL members joining to ride as a Legion family,” who are alone, widowed, divorced, separated or who have partners in ways welcome. Questions can be referred to event Moon: waning, 97 percent said C.W. Hamilton II, a 40-year member, fi nance nursing homes Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Bring a dish to coordinator Trina Schmidt at (785) 443-3766. (U.S. Naval Observatory) offi cer and director of the post’s Legion Riders. share; table service and beverages will be provided. For information, call In addition to the Legion Riders, members can 462-6342. Japan begins cleaning up radiation zone Citizens offering classes on diabetes Citizens Medical Center will begin a monthly series of free classes on diabetes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the hospital conference room. The By Mari Yamaguchi nities inhabitable again. Some Experts leading the govern- meters) from the uneven ground series, “Journey for Control,” will provide information support from oth- The Associated Press contractors are experimenting ment-funded project cannot or what to do with the snow on ers dealing with diabetes. The fi rst topic is “On the Road to Better Manag- with chemicals; others stick with guarantee success. They say top of it. ing Your Diabetes.” Participants are asked to register with Jeanene Brown FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) shovels and high-pressure water. there’s no prior model for what The 60 tons of radioactive if the education department at (785) 460-4850. – Workers in rubber boots chip One government expert says it’s they’re trying to do. Even if they waste sat in 60 waterproof bags, at the frozen ground, scraping mostly trial and error. succeed, they’re creating anoth- waiting to be carted away from until they’ve removed the top 2 The radiation leak has slowed er problem they don’t yet know the house in Fukushima city’s Kids can learn to cook at free classes inches (5 centimeters) of radio- considerably at the Fukushima how to solve: where to dump all Onami district. Some 40 miles Kids-a-Cookin’, a free, fun, hands-on cooking and nutrition class for active soil from the yard of a sin- Dai-ichi nuclear plant, nearly one the radioactive soil and debris (60 kilometers) from the nuclear third through fi fth graders will be Thursdays, March 15 and April 19. Sign- gle home. Total amount of waste year after the March 11 earth- they haul away. plant, the neighborhood is a “hot up by calling the Colby City Recreation Department at 460-4440 so orga- gathered: roughly 60 tons. quake and tsunami sent three of The government has budgeted spot” – an area with high radia- nizers will know how much food and materials to have. Sessions will be One down, tens of thousands its reactors into meltdown. Work $14 billion (1.15 trillion yen) tion readings that is outside the canceled if the enrollment is less than 10. to go. And since wind and rain continues toward a permanent through March 2014 for the 20-kilometer (12-mile) ring that spread radiation easily, even shutdown, but the Japanese gov- cleanup, which could take de- has remained closed since the this yard may need to be dug up ernment declared the plant stable cades. early days of the crisis. Resi- College offers class on drawing figure again. in December, setting the stage for The uncertainty plays out at dents of hot spots were encour- A class in drawing a clothed fi gure will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon The work is part of a monu- the next phase: decontaminating many levels. One of the work- aged, but not ordered, to leave, on Tuesday and Thursday, March 20 and 22, in room 502 of Ferguson Hall mental task: a costly and uncer- the area so that at least some of ers at the house with the frozen and some, including the residents at Colby Community College. Cost is $5 per session. Students must bring tain effort by Japan to try to make the 100,000 evacuated residents ground said they weren’t sure of the house that was decontami- their own materials and be on time. For information, call instructor David radiation-contaminated commu- can return. how to measure 2 inches (5 centi- nated, have not moved out. Ketchum at (785) 687-2575. Sponsored by the Saturday Evening March 10, 2012 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Listings KAKE/ABC Wipeout 20/20 Local KBSL/CBS NCIS: Los Angeles Criminal Minds 48 Hours Mystery Local TV KSNK/NBC Harry's Law The Firm Law & Order: SVU Local Saturday Night Live KSAS/FOX ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen Local Alcatraz New Girl Local Sunday Evening March 11, 2012 Cable Channels 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 A&E Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy Billy KAKE/ABC Once Upon a Time Desperate Housewives GCB Local AMC Speed Speed KBSL/CBS The Amazing Race The Good Wife CSI: Miami Local ANIM Must Love Cats Too Cute! Tanked Too Cute! Tanked KSNK/NBC Harry's Law Celebrity Apprentice Local Dateline NBC BRAVO Housewives/Atl.