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GSN Edition 02-08-20 The WEEKEND Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 Goodland1205 Main Avenue, Goodland, Star-News KS 67735 • Phone (785) 899-2338 $1 Volume 81, Number 12 10 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 Election City eyes more brick replacement 2013 By Kevin Bottrell The city replaced two blocks of bricks last the grant would still be available in the future, is in particular need of repair. The Primary Election sched- [email protected] summer – From 11th to 13th Streets. Gerber should the commission decide to only pursue Fairbanks asked if this would be the final uled for Tuesday, Feb. 26, At their regular meeting Monday, the said the city always intended to complete the two blocks right now. Gerber said he couldn’t part of the project. Gerber said the intent of has been relocated to the Goodland City Commissioners signaled replacement project going north. He gave the be certain, since things are always changing the commission when it was first being dis- lobby of the Sherman County their willingness to go forward with redoing commission the option of applying for enough at the state level. cussed was to do the core of the downtown Courthouse. the brick on Main Street from 11th to Eighth to pave just two blocks or all three. The commissioners agreed to go after the area, namely the street in between the redone Streets. The three-block project would cost about three-block project. intersections. The commission approved a resolution that $1.5 million, with the city’s share being about “If you’re going to tear it up, you might as The commissioners unanimously approved authorizes city staff to apply for a grant help $642,000. The two-block project $1 million, well tear up the whole thing,” said Mayor John the resolution, which does not necessarily weather cover the cost of the project. City Manager with the city’s share being about $444,000. Garcia. “The costs will only go up.” obligate them to do the project. Doug Gerber said it is a 75/25 grant, meaning Gerber said the city would continue to move Commissioners Gary Farris, Bill Finley In other business, the commission: report the city would be responsible for 25 percent of the water lines from under the street to under and Jenifer Sanderson agreed. Sanderson said • Was presented with a check for $52,923 the costs. There are some parts of the project the sidewalks. the parking area at Goodland Activity Center, 44° that the grant wouldn’t cover, he said. Commissioner Annette Fairbanks asked if which lies between Eighth and Ninth Streets, See BRICK, Page 5 10 a.m. Monday Radio call Today • Sunset, 5:15 p.m. Saturday during • Sunrise, 6:46 a.m. • Sunset, 5:16 p.m. Midday Conditions training • Soil temperature 37 degrees • Humidity 50 percent • Sky clear and sunny • Winds northwest 14-22 mph causes stir • Barometer 30.17 inches An errant radio transmission and rising during a law enforcement training • Record High today 76° (1943) exercise in Goodland on Monday • Record Low today -22° (1936) caused some inquiries from eastern Last 24 Hours* Kansas. During the Monday morn- High Wednesday 63° ing training, some radio traffic was Low Wednesday 28° accidentally sent out on the wrong Precipitation none frequency and may have been mis- This month none taken as the real thing by a Wichita Year to date 0.07 news station. Below normal 0.40 inches Goodland Police Chief Cliff Couch said the incident happened The Topside Forecast while officers, Sheriff’s deputies Today: Sunny with a high near and others were engaged in a train- 56, winds out of the south at 15 ing exercise run by the Kansas to 30 mph and a low around 33. Department of Wildlife, Parks and Saturday: Partly sunny with a 40 Tourism. The exercise was in the percent chance of showers and basement of a building, he said, and thunderstorms after 2 p.m., a didn’t involve any training in view high near 54, winds breezy out of of the public. south at 20 to 35 mph and a low Sherman County Emergency near 32. Management Coordinator Ryan Extended Forecast Murray issued a press release after Sunday: Mostly cloudy with the news station called to inquire, a 30 percent chance of blowing confirming that the transmissions Brooke Lockhart and her brother Kerrek looked at all the differ- included let it snowman, cherry sweetheart, butterfly kiss, just snow, a high near 32, windy and were part of the exercise, and that ent cupcakes at the Cupcake War held on Saturday night at the what the doctor ordered and 13 others. Photos by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News a low around 15. Monday: Partly there had been no real situation. Goodland Elks by the Goodland Arts Council. Different cupcakes sunny with a high near 33 and a low around 13. Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a high near 38 and a low around 20. Museum Arts Council holds cupcake dance (National Weather Service) By Pat Schiefen snowman, Kelly James with corn to show The Goodland Star-News on the cob second and Reina Bra- The table was filled with cup- num with berry ice cream sundae cakes decorated like snowmen, with jello. oreos and snowflakes at the Cup- Winners in these category won space cake War held by the Goodland two tickets to the Carnegie Art local Arts Council at the Centennial Center’s paintbrush and cocktail Kick-Off Celebration of the Car- painting class. markets negie Building last Saturday night In the people’s choice catego- exhibit at the Goodland Elks Lodge. ry Shannon Cure was first with 10 a.m. Sixty adults and 29 kids at- Kahlua and orange, Danielle Sny- Wheat — $7.57 bushel The High Plains Museum is tended the event, danced to music der and Kaitlin Thompson with Posted county price — $7.60 preparing a new traveling exhibit by Pieces of Eight and got to eat flowers in the grass second and Corn — $7.20 bushel from the Smithsonian Institute and cupcakes. James with corn on the cob third. Posted county price — $7.38 the U.S. Geological Survey: “Earth There were categories in presen- The winner received two buffalo Milo — $6.75 bushel from Space.” tation, taste, creativity and peoples steaks from the Buffalo Guys. Soybeans — $14.16 bushel Running from Feb. 13 to July choice. The peoples choice was Others competing were Kim Posted county price — $14.42 29, the exhibit features a 20-poster voted on by people putting money Horinek and Sarah Linton for Millet — no bid set of detailed satellite images of in jars for their favorite. The other the Goodland Regional Medi- Sunflowers the planet, from Kansas farmland three categories were chosen by a Two youngsters eyed the cupcake spread at the Goodland Arts cal Center with just what the Oil current crop — $24 cwt. to the Great Pyramids in Egypt. panel of judges. Council’s Centennial Kick-Off Celebration at the Carnegie Arts doctor ordered, Amanda Martin Confection — no bid The museum will have a variety of The winner in presentation was Center on Saturday. with salted carmel with whipped Pinto beans — $28 space themed activities and learning Cheryl Kuntz with her cherry chocolate ganache, Michele and (Markets by Scoular Grain, Sun Opta, Frontier Ag and 21st Century Bean. opportunities throughout the run of sweetheart first, Diana Spinney Lynda Alberico with her choco- rie Carmichael with strawberry Nicole Berber with Oreo cupcake, These may not be closing figures. ) the Exhibit. with carrot party cupcakes second late truffle was first in the taste valentine third. BreAnn Duell with red velvet and The museum has two special and Valerie Schlosser shimmering category with Jill Beringer with First in the creativity category Janda Linin with butterfly kiss events planned for Valentine’s Day snowflakes third. mad about mint second and Lau- was Kelly Livengood with let it (vanilla). on Thursday, Feb. 14. The “Valen- tine’s Date Night” with activities inside for kids ages 6 to 12 will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and the “Stroll With Mayor sees challenges the Stars” for adults will be from today 8 to 9:30 p.m. Call the museum at 890-4595 to register. More local and positive trends for city news, views The Earth from Space exhibit from your was developed by the Center for By Kevin Bottrell ing of K-27 from U.S. 24 to I-70. Goodland Earth and Planetary Studies at the [email protected] Garcia said he was particularly Star-News National Air and Space Museum, in Goodland Mayor John Garcia – proud of Pioneer Park. It had been collaboration with Smithsonian In- who is running for re-election – is apartment buildings, but the city stitute Traveling Exhibition Service. proud of what the city has accom- was able to turn it into a park with Wrestlers Andrew Johnston, a geographer at plished in his 10 years on the city a walking trail and a drainage sys- the center and author of “Earth from commission, but said there are still tem. compete Space” (Firefly Books, 2004), is the challenges ahead. “We really hit a home run there,” exhibition’s curator. “We’ve made tremendous prog- he said. The Goodland High School The Smithsonian Institute Trav- ress in the last 10 years,” he said. Garcia said he’d like to see those varsity wrestling team com- eling Exhibition Service has been “$35 million in infrastructure progressive trends continue and peted in the Great West sharing the wealth of Smithsonian improvements without raising the city is in good financial shape to Activities Conference tour- collections and research programs taxes.” allow that to happen.
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