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The MIDWEEK Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 Goodland1205 Main Avenue, Goodland, Star-News KS 67735 • Phone (785) 899-2338 $1 Volume 81, Number 105 12 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 inside today More local news, views from your Goodland Star-News Creeks around Sherman County ran high during a week in September when the by without the kind of flood damage experienced in parts of Colorado. Swim Club county saw six or more inches of rain over a three-day period. The county scraped Photos by Kevin Bottrell/The Goodland Star-News is top sports story of 2013 Giant storm is top story of 2013 The Goodland Swim Club The Goodland Star-News has se- of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism de- won just about everything lected 10 good, bad or just interest- cided to use water from that lake to this summer. Its success ing news stories that appeared in the keep Smoky Gardens filled as long was chosen as the top paper over the course of 2013. The as possible. sports story of 2013. top five stories appear below, with The department also decided to See Page 12 the first five appearing in the Friday, stock Smoky Gardens with fish. The Dec. 27, edition of the newspaper. first release of about 400 rainbow trout took place on Dec. 3. Fisher- One of the most talked ies Biologist Dave Spalsbury said about stories of the year the department will do at least one weather carried both good news more release in January or February, and1 bad news. and may release warm-water fish in report In the middle of an epic, years- the summer. He said the department long drought, the skies opened up in will continue to use the state lake to September and poured down more keep Smoky Gardens filled. 43° than six inches of rain in a three-day 10 a.m. period in Goodland. Eight or more In more unfortunate news, Monday inches were reported in the southern two former Goodland The rainfall also filled up drainage areas around Goodland, such as this one at the corner of K-27 part of Sherman County. residents died under sus- and U.S. 24. Today With so much rain in a short pe- picious2 circumstances this year. • Sunset, 4:34 p.m. riod of time, flash flood warnings In April, Brad Figgins was found Paulson is remembered by local owners in good standing would be entities, the a large portion of that Wednesday were issued. Flooded or washed out dead at the base of a flight of stairs citizens for his involvement with allowed to get another pit bull if money was taken by the federal • Sunrise, 7:07 a.m. roads were discovered in several in his home in St. Francis. Figgins several activities at Goodland High theirs died. The commission even- government for Medicare for non- • Sunset, 4:34 p.m. areas around the county, particularly had been a delivery driver, and had School, including the Xpressos and tually decided to allow it. Another covered expenses. along the Smoky Hill River. There formerly lived in Goodland. The National Honor Society. requirement that the dogs be kept The county brought on Eric Al- Midday Conditions was flooding across the eastbound Cheyenne County Sheriff said the on a leash even while in a fenced-in bright as billing director and hired • Soil temperature 35 degrees lanes of I-70, causing the road to be case was turned over the Kansas Over the course of several yard was also dropped. Duane Wright in November, 2012, • Humidity 35 percent closed and traffic diverted between Bureau of Investigation. long meetings in the sum- Gerber warned the commission to lead the service. Wright came • Sky mostly sunny Exits 11 and 14 for several hours. Figgins’ ex-wife Leanna Windell, mer, the Goodland City that people are very attached to with more than 10 years experience, • Winds northwest 26-36 mph Local streams were nearly out of a Bird City resident, was charged Commission3 debated and passed their pets, and they would likely having worked for EagleMed, an • Barometer 30.16 inches their banks, and drainage areas with premeditated murder, theft of stiffer regulations on pit bulls. hear from members of the public, aerial medical transfer service based and rising around town filled up. $1,000 in silver coins and theft of The ordinance was passed on July something that proved true at future at Renner Field in Goodland, and at • Record High today 64° (2005) Before the rainfall, Goodland had personal belongings. Premeditated 15 on a 4-1 vote, with Commission- meetings. the hospital. • Record Low today -13° (1927) been at just over half its average murder carries a maximum sentence er Gary Farris voting no. It was first Several citizens expressed con- Wright said earlier this year that Last 24 Hours* rainfall for that point in the year – of life in prison. Windell appeared put forward at an open meeting on cerns about other dog breeds caus- one of his aims is to increase the High Sunday 30° 8.8 inches out of 16.35. After the in court May 10, where bond was May 20. City Manager Doug Gerber ing trouble around town, and that number of transfers – taking patients Low Sunday 11° storm, the area was only 1.6 inches set at $1 million. She was arraigned said the issue had come up because the fault usually lies with the owners from Goodland to hospitals in Hays Precipitation trace below average. in district court on Nov. 8. She pled of several incidents with pit bulls, and not with the dog. or Denver – and to be able to do This month 0.05 The further west you went, the not guilty to the charges. The trial is including one in the week prior to “Any dog has instinct,” one said. Advanced Life Support Transports, Year to date 16.74 worse the storm had been. Kit Car- set to begin April 21. the meeting where several pit bulls “And a vicious one will attack.” which would allow the service to Below normal 2.89 inches son County saw heavier flooding, In July, another former resident, had injured another dog. Most owners who spoke at com- transfer patients who need more The Topside Forecast with up to eight inches of water on John Paulsen, was the victim of a The city modeled some of the mission meetings said their dogs intensive medical care during a trip. Today: Mostly sunny with a high some roads. The Colorado Front shooting in St. Louis. He had been language in the ordinance on one would never hurt anyone, and that “We’re already doing more trans- near 60, winds out of the southwest Range saw more than 14 inches of on his way home from the hotel passed by Salina. they were against banning any fers than we used to,” he said. at 5 to 10 mph switching to the rain, causing widespread flooding where he worked when he stopped The initial proposal stopped breed. One suggested that rather “We’re working toward being able northwest and a low around 28. of several rivers. Two towns and to put the roof of his convertible up. anyone from buying new pit bulls than banning the breed, the city hold to take every transfer.” Wednesday: Partly sunny with a large areas of back-country were cut He was shot in the arm and chest by within the city limits and banned seminars on to reduce dog attacks. Transferring by ambulance is far 20 percent chance of rain between off and had to be evacuated by the a then-unknown suspect. existing pit bulls unless the owner One citizen spoke in favor of the cheaper for patients than going by 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., a high near 46, National Guard. The flood waters Two suspects were eventually jumped through a number of hoops regulations. air, he noted. winds breezy out of the north at 15 continued east, washing out roads apprehended. Lorenzo Milton was including fencing, microchipping, Throughout the process, Mayor When Wright stepped in, there to 35 mph and a low around 17. and destroying bridges in northeast- charged with second-degree mur- registering and getting insurance. Annette Fairbanks insisted that the were a lot of issues remaining to Extended Forecast ern Colorado. The flood even made der, first-degree attempted robbery The debate on the proposal of- city did not want to take good dogs work out with the Kansas Board it as far as Nebraska. and two counts of armed criminal ten centered around the insurance away from good owners. She said of Emergency Medical Services, Thursday: Sunny with a high Despite the flooding, the heavy action. He is being held without requirement. Few agencies offer that with the easing of some of the which oversees all ambulance near 42 and a low around 24. Fri- rainfall had a big impact on Sher- bail. Ronald Milton was charged that type of insurance, and it would restrictions, the city was no longer services in the state. There were day: Sunny with a high near 51 and man County: for the first time in with unlawful use of a weapon and likely be expensive for pet owners. calling the proposal a “ban” since licenses to obtain, he said, as well a low around 29. Saturday: Partly years, the Smoky Gardens lake had tampering with a witness in a felony Several meetings later the require- many dogs would be allowed, and as Medicare billing numbers. sunny with a 20 percent chance of water in it.