The MIDWEEK Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Goodland1205 Main Avenue, Goodland, Star-News KS 67735 • Phone (785) 899-2338 $1 Volume 82, Number 34 10 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 inside Commission re-elects Mayor Fairbanks today By Kevin Bottrell for changing or renewing a contract, he said. substance abuse counseling service that the and was wondering how to handle people More local [email protected] The city started the process in February of county has been working with to keep an of- who want to participate now. Klemm said the news, views The Goodland City Commission re-elected 2013, and the next step will be to develop a fice in Goodland. He said the county had been county’s plan is written to be retroactive, so from your Goodland Annette Fairbanks as mayor and John Garcia plan to move forward with a new contract. trying to find an office for them to work out people could apply who had wanted to earlier Star-News as vice mayor for 2014 at their meeting April “We’d have done something sooner if we’d of, and several ideas had fallen through. He in the year. 21. been allowed to,” Fairbanks said. also asked the city to consider contributing the Economic Development Director Michael The Sherman County commissioners came Fairbanks said he’d be happy to talk to ADAC to help provide services in Goodland. Solomon said the city and school district had for the quarterly joint meeting. First on the the county attorney about any concerns the The talk then turned to the Neighborhood approved a plan, but had not filed it because agenda was trash collection. County Com- county might have. Revitalization Act, which provides tax they wanted to wait and see what the county’s missioner Larry Enfield said the contract put Enfield asked about the Wolak Building breaks for those doing building or remodel- plan is. in place with In The Can 11 years ago has parking lot. He said the county is taking care ing projects. “We did not want to have two plans,” he expired, but the county is still getting money of the concrete work on the west side of the County Commissioner Ken Klemm said said. from the city and passing it on. He said the building, but that the contract says the city is the county’s plan is written and has been Klemm said the county had not understood county did not need to be a part of that. responsible for the parking lot. Rich Simon looked at by the county attorney, who will that the city had been waiting. The com- Interim City Manager Carolyn Armstrong said the city planned to paint parking lines on shortly have an inter-local agreement to pres- missioners agreed to sit down for a special said she asked City Attorney Jerry Fairbanks the lot whenever there is good weather, and ent to the city. meeting and see if they could come to an about the trash hauling contract. Fairbanks that he had brought some prices for pouring “Big picture: we made some changes to agreement, once the city commission has had said the city is in the same place the county is. new asphalt to Doug Gerber before he left. make it more targeted,” he said. A new state law set time limits and procedures Enfield also gave an update on ADAC, the Garcia said he has been getting questions See COMMISSION, Page 5 Cowgirls Investigating the scene win twice The Goodland High School softball team beat the Lakin Lady Broncos twice at home on Friday. They play again at 3 p.m. Thursday at home against Holcomb. See Page 10 weather report 48° 10 a.m. Monday Today • Sunset, 7:39 p.m. Wednesday • Sunrise, 5:49 a.m. • Sunset, 7:40 p.m. Midday Conditions • Soil temperature 50 degrees • Humidity 53 percent • Sky overcast and cloudy • Winds northwest 34-44 mph • Barometer 29.57 inches and rising • Record High today 88° (1967) • Record Low today 17° (1908) Officers from various law enforcement agencies including the Kansas Bureau westbound ditch near the Edson exit. One suspect exited the vehicle and pointed of Investigation, the Colby Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol and the what appeared to be a weapon at officers. The suspect was shot and taken to Last 24 Hours* Sherman County Sheriff investigated the scene of a chase and shooting on I-70 Goodland Regional Medical Center and later flown out to Wichita. A second suspect High Sunday 64° Thursday afternoon. Wednesday night, a pursuit began at a Colby truck stop and was taken into custody by the Colby Police. Low Sunday 38° went west on I-70. Officers were able to bring the fleeing vehicle to a stop in the Photo by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News Precipitation 0.21 This month 0.41 Year to date 1.77 Below normal 1.57 inches The Topside Forecast ‘Not guilty’ verdict Today: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain, a high near 50, very windy out of the north at 35 in manslaughter case to 55 mph and a low around 32. Wednesday: Sunny with a high By Sam Dieter the jurors to find his client guilty of near 52, windy out of the north at [email protected] driving under the influence, which 20 to 40 mph and a low around 33. A Brewster man was acquitted by they did. After court was adjourned, Extended Forecast a jury of involuntary manslaughter Mason said he would not comment Thursday: Partly sunny with a Thursday afternoon in a tragic acci- further on the case. high near 57, winds breezy and dent more than two years ago when House was the last of over a dozen a low around 37. Friday: Mostly he ran over a longtime friend after witnesses in his trial, which started sunny with a 20 percent chance several hours of drinking. Monday, including Hunter House, of showers at night, a high near James House testified that he did law enforcement officers and medi- 62, breezy and a low around 38. not see Val Gallentine before run- cal workers. Each of the witnesses Saturday: Mostly sunny with a 20 ning the man over with his Dodge who had been with the victim and percent chnace of showers and Ram pickup truck the night of defendant that night said they were thunderstorms, a high near 71 and March 10, 2012. He took the stand getting along. Their statements each a low around 44. Thursday in his own defense. In a seemed to match as they described written statement he gave law en- the accident, which happened after forcement officers that night, House several hours of drinking at Chelle’s had said Gallentine was running into Bar and Grill in Brewster. the street and may have tripped. No one was sure why Gallen- He told County Attorney Kevin tine might have been running in Berens, who prosecuted the case, front Houses’s truck when he left that he might have written that Chelle’s. Hunter House said he because he heard his son Hunter thought Gallentine wanted his cell local tell him to watch out right before he phone back. He had put it in House’s felt a bump. Dodge to charge it shortly before markets In fact, House said, that he never they all got ready to leave about admitted that night that he might 10 p.m. 10 a.m. have hit Gallentine, who had been “He was almost out of the way and The fifth grade flute section from North Elementary played in the fifth and sixth grade music concert Wheat — $7.57 bushel his friend for 27 years. Over the it just seemed like he just tripped,” on Thursday in the Goodland High School auditorum. Photo by Pat Schiefen/The Goodland Star-News Posted county price — $7.20 next several days, officers testified, Hunter House testified the first day Corn — $4.93 bushel they got conflicting statements from of the trial. Posted county price — $4.84 House learning that the friends had He was apparently the only per- Fifth and sixth graders hold concert Milo — $4.52 bushel been drinking, and that Hunter had son who saw Gallentine just before By Pat Schiefen Jenitsabeth Garza, Sydney Hahn, Keyly Jarrett, Soybeans — $14.22 bushel the truck ran him over as the father Posted county price — $14.23 been with him in the car. [email protected] Chelsey Knitig and Delanie Vrbka. Jazlyn Fenner, and son were headed home after din- Millet — no bid They did not arrest him until sev- It was the concert of the year when the parents got Mary Kate Gerber and Ashtin McClung played the Sunflowers eral months later, charging him with ner and beers. Hunter House said he to hear the result of putting up with the squeaks and alto saxophones. On trumpet were Mikayla Bier- Oil current crop — $19.50 cwt. involuntary manslaughter, driving told his dad to watch out but it was squawks of new instrumental players. The fifth and mann, Ryan Fife, James Greensheer, Sharid Good- Confection — no bid under the influence and endanger- too late. When he looked out of the sixth grade band had their spring concert on Thursday man, Cutler Mayer and Tyler Whitcomb. Ryan Berls Pinto beans — $36 ing a child, although the state only truck, he said, he saw Gallentine night at the Goodland High School auditorium. played the French horn. On trombone were Titus (Markets by Scoular Grain, Sun Opta, prosecuted the first two charges. under one of the tires.