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Weekend Brings More฀than฀two Inches฀of฀rain The MIDWEEK Tuesday, March 16, Goodland Star-News 2021 1205฀Main฀Avenue,฀Goodland,฀KS฀67735฀฀•฀฀Phone฀(785)฀899-2338 $1 Volume 89, Number 21 8 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 inside County commissioners look today Weekend brings More local news, views at replacing courthouse steps from your Goodland Star-News more฀than฀two By Kevin Bottrell they just topped off the lake using about 20 acre-feet. [email protected] Enfield said he had been told it positively compares The Sherman County Commissioners looked at with Atwood’s water usage, and they would continue to potential improvements to the front steps of the court- monitor the water level until the planned April meeting inches฀of฀rain house at their meeting last Tuesday. with state officials. The current steps are in poor condition and need • Passed a resolution to disorganize township gov - While Colorado got near-re- Airport, the snow was two feet to be replaces. The commissioners are considering a ernments. There will be a public hearing at 8 a.m. on cord snowfall this weekend, all deep Sunday evening. Most of the ramp from the sidewalk to the front doors. Since the Wednesday, March 31, where the public can provide that fell in Sherman County was Denver area got between 16 and courthouse already has an Americans with Disabilities input. If the commissioners want to proceed, the final rain, a lot of rain. 26inches, increasing to more than Act-compliant entrance on the south side, the front step will be another resolution passed after that hearing. The National Weather Service 30 inches in the foothills. entrance would not need to meet regulations. The com- • Had a presentation from Sherry White of the High Match Day reported 1.41 to 2 inches of rain in I-70 was closed in Colorado missioners said they would keep the flag pole where PointAdvocacy and Resource Center, a new group that parts of Sherman County. There due to conditions, and on Sunday it is, and discussed the possibility of county personnel is offering addiction recovery services for northwest checks given was occasional sleet and small as hotels filled up it was closed doing some of the work to take out the old steps. Rod Kansas. White said they had opened up an office in hail as well. The two-day total to Goodland, Colby, WaKeeney Roeder said they would need to rent a jackhammer. Colby and have been working on setting up non-profit for Saturday and Sunday was and finally to Hays. It remained The commissioners decided to have an engineer look status. to nonprofits 2.32 inches. closed to Hays on Monday morn - the potential project before proceeding. White said that although the staff of six will be based in Colby, they will be traveling to each of the The Sherman County The weekend snowfall started ing. Parts of U.S. 24 were also In other business, the commissioners: nine northwest Kansas counties. She said they have Community Foundation around the Burlington area and closed. • Discussed the Smoky Gardens lake. Commissioner only been open for three weeks, but have already been has given out the proceeds increased significantly to the The Weather Service is predict- Larry Enfield said he wanted to clarify that although getting referrals. from Match Day and Match west, with about four inches in ing another storm with rain and the state has indicated the lake is leaking, the commis- Month to about 30 local non- Stratton and eight to 12 inches in snow up to two inches for tonight sioners do not think it is. In 2020 they were well under Limon. At Denver International into Wednesday morning. the allotted 300 acre-feet of water, even with the initial profit organizations. See COUNTY, Page 5 See Page 8 fill of the lake that used 120 acre-feet. Roeder said the City weather report offers 34° 10:00 a.m. grants Monday Today •฀Sunset,฀6:54฀p.m. to rehab Tuesday •฀Sunrise,฀6:56฀a.m. •฀Sunset,฀6:55฀p.m. homes Midday Conditions •฀Soil฀temperature฀40฀degrees The City of Goodland is now •฀Humidity฀85฀percent offering Housing Rehabilitation •฀Sky฀cloudy Program grants to qualified ap - •฀Winds฀northwest฀11฀mph plicants who own and occupy a •฀Barometer฀29.79฀inches single-family residential home ฀ and฀rising located within the city’s municipal •฀Record฀High฀today฀82°฀(1908) boundaries. This grant period is for •฀Record฀Low฀฀today฀7°฀(1928) Fiscal Year 2021, having limited funding of $10,000. Last 24 Hours* To be eligible for a Rehabilitation High฀Sunday฀ 50° Grant, a household must be in the Low฀Sunday฀ 37° Low Income Household category Precipitation฀ 0.12 as detailed in Section 4, Eligible ฀฀฀฀฀This฀month฀ 3.20 Applicants section of the Home ฀฀฀฀฀Year฀to฀date฀ 3.96 RehabilitationProgram guidelines. ฀฀฀฀Above฀normal฀฀ 2.26฀inches The Housing Rehabilitation Pro - The Topside Forecast gram Grant is a home improvement Youth Today:฀Partly฀cloudy฀with฀a฀60฀ grant program that provides home- percent฀chance฀for฀rain฀and฀snow฀ owners with financial assistance to at฀night,฀a฀high฀near฀47,฀winds฀out฀ correct existing or imminent code of฀the฀north฀northeast฀10฀to฀20฀mph฀ hunt deficiencies necessary to improve and฀a฀low฀around฀27.฀Wednesday:฀ the health and safety conditions in Cloudy฀with฀a฀50฀percent฀chance฀of฀ a home and protect the structure. snow฀in฀the฀morning,฀a฀high฀near฀ Repair priorities include: roofing, held 39,฀winds฀out฀of฀the฀north฀at฀25฀to฀ electrical hazards, heating, plumb- 35฀mph฀and฀a฀low฀around฀25. ing, accessibility and foundation. Extended Forecast This is a grant program, requir - Thursday:฀Mostly฀sunny฀with฀ ing matching funds as detailed in March฀6 a฀high฀near฀47,฀winds฀out฀of฀the฀ Section 2, Program Guidelines. The north฀at฀10฀to฀20฀mph฀and฀a฀low฀ grant program also requires owner The High Plains Roosters, a around฀22.฀Friday:฀Mostly฀sunny฀ occupied structures. A complete set Pheasant Forever’s chapter with฀a฀high฀near฀55,฀winds฀out฀of฀ of guidelines and application can be for Sherman County, held its the฀south฀at฀10฀to฀20฀mph฀and฀a฀ found at www.cityofgoodland.org annual youth hunt on March 6. low฀around฀33.฀ or picked up at City Hall. Thirty kids between ages 10- (National฀Weather฀Service) Applications and supporting 15 attended the hunt, which Get฀24-hour฀weather฀info.฀at฀162.400฀MHz. materials are due by April 30, 2021. took place northwest of Good- land on Melba Curry’s land. The participants had warm weather to hunt pheasants, Northwest Tech clay target shooting from a five-stand, .22 shooting, and Home Games learned how to shoot sporting local clays. The Sherman County Northwest Kansas Techni- Sheriff Department taught gun cal College has a number of safety and proper targeting markets home games this week. techniques at the .22 table. • The men’s and women’s The Kansas Department of 10:00 a.m. basketball teams were to play Wheat฀—฀$5.68฀bushel Wildlife and Parks Game Colby Community College on Wardens assisted with the ฀฀Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$5.65 Monday. They will play Pratt Corn฀—฀$5.51฀bushel Community College starting five-man shooting stand. Two ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$5.27 shotguns sponsored by High Milo฀—฀$6.65฀bushel at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Max Plains Roosters and Jesse Soybeans฀—฀$13.50฀bushel Jones Fieldhouse. James Gun Shop were given • The wrestling team will ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$13.44 compete against Barton and away. Winners were Jaylee Canola฀—฀$9.10฀bushel Quain and Jackson Yost, both Cloud County colleges at 4 ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$25.50 of Goodland. ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀hundredweight p.m. Tuesday Sunflowers ฀ Oil฀current฀crop฀—฀call ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$19.69 Pinto฀beans฀—฀$32 School board discusses improvements to Central building (Markets฀by฀Scoular฀Grain,฀Frontier฀Ag,฀ Northern฀Sun฀and฀21st฀Century฀Bean.฀ By Kevin Bottrell ments would also have to include for grant money from the Dane G. go to a small per-month charge for it can live with the small charge These฀may฀not฀be฀closing฀figures.฀) [email protected] replacing the inefficient windows Hansen Foundation. students just like private preschools. versus a large one-time bill. Goodland Superintendent Bill and block glass. Biermann said he Along with improvements the In other business, the board: • Recognized Wendy Velasco, Biermann told the school board got an estimate of about $300,000 building, Biermann said there has • Heard from Biermann on power who works with migrant students on Wednesday that the district is for windows, which was signifi- been talk of adding another pre- bills for February. He said the city and English as a second language; continuing to discuss improvements cantly less than what was spent school class. However, the district is looking at a per-meter charge and recognized Olivia Lehman, at Central using COVID-19 relief for windows at the high school 10 can’t add any more Head Start slots, over several years to make up for Jazlyn Fenner, Annika Linin and money. years ago. He said there have also so the district would either have to the higher power bill, and while the Havon Rickard who were accepted Any heating and air improve- been conversations about applying absorb the cost of more students, or school district does have 15 meters, into the KMEA State Choir. about our 2 The Goodland Star-News / Tuesday, March 16, 2021 friends death hospital offers the calendar newsletter Want to know what’s happening at Goodland Regional Medical appointment in Colby. Today: Polish Sausage, mashed Rae Michelle Seeber Center? The hospital is offering an calendar A representative of the Kansas potatoes, corn, bread and peaches.
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