New Administrator Hired for Hospital

The MIDWEEK Tuesday, June 15, Goodland Star-News 2021 1205฀Main฀Avenue,฀Goodland,฀KS฀67735฀฀•฀฀Phone฀(785)฀899-2338 $1 Volume 89, Number 47 8 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 inside today New administrator hired for hospital Following a national search in his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine connection between the hospital to jump in and start working with More local news, iews collaboration with the Board of University. He began his healthcare and the community and for both to both boards and leadership teams from your Goodland Directors and leadership teams from career in operations roles and has be successful both must thrive off in continuing to advance the respec- Star-News Goodland Regional Medical Cen- excelled at driving growth, build- each other. tive missions of both organizations ter, Rawlins County Health Center, ing strong physician and associate Loveless is married and has five in the communities they serve,” said and Centura Health, a new chief relationships as well as connecting adult children – four daughters and Josh Neff, vice president of integra- executive officer, Craig Loveless, with the communities he serves. a son – is an avid sports fan. He and tion at Centura. “Andy has served in has been hired for both hospitals, In addition to his hospital lead- his wife enjoy being outdoors and interim executive roles at Centura effective Monday. ership role, Loveless serves on recreating in their spare time. for the last year and a half. We are Loveless brings many years of the Shared Services Board of the “I am looking forward to living in fortunate to have had a talented and rural Critical Access Hospital op- Colorado Hospital Association as northwest Kansas, being involved mission-driven executive ready and erations experience to his role as the well as the Colorado Rural Health in the community, and continuing able to assist us with our northwest new chief executive in Goodland Center, where he was previously the to build on the great work both Kansas managed hospitals. Please and Atwood. Prior to his healthcare chairman. Most recently, he served GRMC and RCHC have been do- join me in thanking Andy for his career, he was in wealth manage- as chief executive officer of Prow - ing to ensure our communities have dedication and commitment to both ment and law. ers Medical Center in Lamar, Colo. two thriving healthcare systems” organizations, and wishing him all A native of Utah, Loveless re- Loveless is passionate about he said. the best in his next adventure.” Goodland ceived a bachelor’s degree in busi- the importance of high-quality Andy Flemer served as interim ness management from Brigham healthcare in rural communities. administrator during the transition. native wins Craig Loveless Young University. He then received He believes there is a significant “I appreciate Andy’s willingness Junior College World Series High school shooting sports team heads to state Mitchell Thompson, origi- The Goodland Junior-Senior High School nally from Goodland, Trap and Skeet team will be attending the coached a junior college Kansas State High School Clay Target League baseball team to a win at the 2021 tournament on Friday through Sunday Junior College World Series in Wichita. earlier in June. The team is taking a total of 13 athletes to See Page 8 compete. On Saturday, 11 of the Goodland athletes will be competing in skeet shooting at Ark Valley Gun Club against 15 other schools. This is the second year for skeet to be offered at the Kansas State Tournament. weather On Sunday, 13 athletes will be competing in trap shooting at the Kansas Trap Shooting Association range. Goodland is in the Class report 2A bracket and will be competing against 22 other high schools. Trap Class 1A bracket 83° will compete on Saturday. More than 80 high 10:00 a.m. school teams will be competing during the Goodland High School Shooting Sports athletes competed in first 5-Stand state virtual three-day event. Monday competition at the Goodland Gun Club on Friday (above). It is the first year for the 5-Stand Goodland Shooting Sports athletes com- competition, and Goodland is one of just three teams competing in the event. Walker Es- peting at State Tournament are: Jason Colby, Today linger (left) shot the first 25 straight in the complicated course. Athletes who competed in Jarek Crow, Caleb Dechant, Billy Eckhardt, •฀Sunset,฀8:15฀p.m. 5-Stand state tournament are (front row, from left): Lola Burk, Jarek Crow,Ashtin McClung, Walker Eslinger, Dion Hall, AJ McCary, Wednesday Jackson Yost, Billy Eckhardt. (Back row): Jason Colby, Caleb Dechant, Walker Eslinger, Casja McCary, Ashtin McClung, Devin Peter, •฀Sunrise,฀5:19฀a.m. Barrett Schlosser and Dion Hall. Photos by Julie Crow Barrett Schlosser, Ella Wolf and Jackson Yost. •฀Sunset,฀฀฀8:15฀p.m. All High School Clay Target League ath- Midday Conditions letes and teams that competed in the 2021 •฀Soil฀temperature฀75฀degrees Spring league are invited to participate in the •฀Humidity฀45฀percent State Tournament. The Goodland Shooting •฀Sky฀sunny Sports team had a 22 athletes out for the 2021 •฀Winds฀south฀20฀mph Spring league, which included three different •฀Barometer฀30.17฀inches events. The team competed in trap, skeet, and ฀ and฀falling this year added 5-Stand shooting. This was the first season that 5-Stand and Sporting •฀Record฀High฀today฀฀107°฀(1952) Clays were offered in the high school clay •฀Record฀Low฀฀today฀฀฀฀฀41°฀(2001+) target league. The 5-Stand state tournament Last 24 Hours* is a virtual competition, meaning the teams High฀Sunday฀ 93° shoot competitive scores at their local gun Low฀Sunday฀ 59° clubs and submit scores. Announcement of Precipitation฀ 0.00 the 5-stand state results will be posted next ฀฀฀฀฀This฀month฀ 0.01 Tuesday. ฀฀฀฀฀Year฀to฀date฀ 9.25 Scores and standings will be posted online ฀฀฀฀Above฀normal฀฀ 1.70฀inches at www.claytargetleaderboard.com The Topside Forecast Today:฀Mainly฀sunny฀with฀97฀as฀ high฀and฀low฀of฀67,฀winds฀south฀ southeast฀10฀to฀20฀mph.฀Wednes- School day:฀Sunshine฀with฀a฀few฀clouds,฀ Program high฀around฀100฀and฀low฀of฀66,฀ winds฀south฀10฀to฀20฀mph. looking for Extended Forecast Thursday:฀Generally฀sunny฀with฀ on฀1946 99฀as฀high฀and฀low฀of฀66,฀winds฀ help with south฀southwest฀10฀to฀20฀mph.฀ Friday:฀Partly฀฀cloudy฀with฀89฀as฀ high฀and฀low฀of฀62,฀winds฀east฀ butterfly plane northeast฀10฀to฀20฀mph. (National฀Weather฀Service) Get฀24-hour฀weather฀info.฀at฀162.400฀MHz. garden crash฀is฀ The Sherman County Extension Master Gardeners are teaming up with North School in Goodland to Saturday create a Butterfly Garden. The monarch butterfly population A committee that has been has dropped by more than 80 per- working on a new memorial cent in the last 20 years. The garden, for the C-47 Military Air Trans- in combination with the current veg- port plan that crashed west of etable garden and new greenhouse, Goodland in 1946 will hold a will provide additional educational program at 1:30 p.m. Saturday local opportunities for students. The but- at the Goodland Veterans of For- terfly garden will create a habitat eign Wars post. markets for monarch and other butterflies On July 18, 1946, the transport and insects and provide an outdoor place crashed west of Goodland, 10:00 a.m. classroom learning environment. killing 14 soldiers. The commit- Wheat฀—฀$5.94฀bushel Students can explore topics like tee, which includes Gennifer ฀฀Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$6.00 pollination, habitat and the butter- House, Sami Windle, Brandon Corn฀—฀$6.73฀bushel fly life cycle, garden biodiversity, Corbett and Lloyd Holbrook, will ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$6.90 conservation of resources, butterfly present details about the crash Milo฀—฀$6.81฀bushel migration, and awareness of nature along with new photos never Soybeans฀—฀$14.14฀bushel and the environment. before seen by the community. ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$14.82฀ The garden will be a registered The program is part of an ob- Sunflowers Monarch Waystation. Students and servance of the 75th anniversary ฀ Oil฀current฀crop฀—฀$27.75฀cwt. the public will be invited to enjoy, of the crash and the dedication ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$26.07 observe, study and photograph of the new memorial monument Pinto฀beans฀—฀$37 recently erected at the Goodland (Markets฀by฀Scoular฀Grain,฀Frontier฀Ag,฀ butterflies. sunflowernsa.com฀and฀21st฀Century฀ The Master Gardeners are look- Cemetery. Bean.฀These฀may฀not฀be฀closing฀figures.฀) ing for help from the community on the project, including: The new commemorative • The donation of nectar plants stone memorializing the C-47 from local gardens such as Bee crash is already put up in the western side of the Goodland Cemetery. See BUTTERFLY, Page 5 about our 2 The Goodland Star-News / Tuesday, June 15, 2021 friends deaths senior center meal site the calendar David Ray Beckner The Goodland Senior Center Meal site, part of the Northwest to 1 p.m. David Ray Beckner, 71, of Kano- man Funeral Home, www.bateman- Kansas Area Agency on Aging and Calendar senior center Farmers Market is through 7-11 club at 6 p.m. on the 2nd rado, died Sunday, June 13, 2021. funeral.com. the Homestead Nutrition Project, senior menu October at 1218 Main from 8 to and 4th Thursdays and 3rd Satur- Services are pending with Bate- serves meals weekdays at 11:30 a.m. Today: Meatballs in gravy, rice, 11 a.m. day of each month Those that are homebound or live in asparagus, bread and mandarin Birthday Club 2nd Saturday of Ruleton or Kanorado, can request to oranges. Wednesday: Sausage arts center each month at 6 p.m.

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