Area/State Colby Free Press Thursday, June 3, 2010 Page 3 Weather Oil giant still trying to halt leak Chautauqua acts Corner METAIRIE, La. (AP) – BP used giant shears to good are fi nished in August. slice off a pipe Thursday in the company’s latest bid BP’s top executive acknowledged Thursday the to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil, but the cut was global oil giant was unprepared to fi ght a catastroph- to begin tonight irregular and placing a cap over the gusher will now ic deepwater oil spill. Chief executive Tony Hay- be more challenging, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen ward told The Financial Times it was “an entirely From “ACTS,” Page 1 servation Corps. said. fair criticism” to say the company had not been fully Patrick McGinnis plays BP had to use the shears after a diamond-tipped prepared for a deepwater oil leak. Hayward called it a few chuckles from the audi- Roosevelt with a booming voice saw became stuck in the pipe halfway through the “low-probability, high-impact” accident. ence – and his plans for the bad and a halting style reminiscent job, yet another frustrating delay in six weeks of “What is undoubtedly true is that we did not have economy. of the president’s radio address- failed efforts to stop, or at least curtail, the worst oil the tools you would want in your tool-kit,” Hayward The fi nal speaker was Presi- es. McGinnis teaches at the spill in U.S. history. said in an interview published in Thursday’s edition dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt. University of Central Oklahoma Allen said the cap was over the spill and will be of the London-based newspaper. Elected in 1932, Roosevelt in- and lectures with the Oklahoma lowered in the next couple of hours. It won’t be The latest attempt to control the spill, the so-called National Weather Service herited the Great Depression Humanities Council. He has Tonight: Isolated showers known how much oil BP can siphon to the surface cut-and-cap method, is considered risky because slic- and instituted a series of radical also played explorer William and thunderstorms before 1 a.m. until the cap is fi tted, but the irregular cut means that ing away a section of the 20-inch-wide riser could programs to boost the economy Clark at previous Chautauquas. Mostly cloudy; low around 61. the fi t won’t be as snug as offi cials had hoped. remove kinks in the pipe and temporarily increase such as the Works Progress Ad- McGinnis performs tonight at South southeast wind 5 to 10 The next chance for stopping the fl ow won’t come the fl ow of oil by as much as 20 percent. Allen said it ministration and Civilian Con- 7:30 p.m. mph becoming west southwest. until two relief wells meant to plug the reservoir for was unclear whether the fl ow had increased. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South southwest City Council picks Lenexa contractor for new pool facility wind between 5 and 10 mph. From “POOL,” Page 1 Friday Night: Partly cloudy; for.” question had been brought to him basketball camps, a triathlon and because of the upgrade, there will low around 64. South southwest The council decided by consen- and he couldn’t answer it. softball leagues, she said. be more regulations to follows – wind between 5 and 10 mph. over what she had hoped for, and sus to wait until it’s time to write Armstrong said that, although • The council approved an such as having Americans with Saturday: Sunny; high near some of the extra may have to be the 2011 budget to see if there’s the library gets most of its money agreement with the Kansas De- Disabilities Act approved ramps 88. Breezy; north northwest paid from sales tax revenue. room to help the agency. from the city, it acts as an indepen- partment of Transportation to re- on sidewalks – that will increase wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to Project engineer Kevin McEly- • The council approved a bid dent entity. The board creates its surface Range Avenue from Col- the price. between 15 and 20 mph. Winds ea of Aquatic Design Consultants from Roofmasters Roofi ng Inc. own budget and decides how to lege Avenue to Fourth Street. The • The council approved a ten- could gust as high as 30 mph. ran down some of the unit costs of Colby to replace the roof on spend the money. Wilks noted that project includes milling and new tative schedule for the 2011 bud- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, for the council. These include un- the north and east wings of City the library is still under the auspic- pavement. get process. Armstrong said she with a low around 65. expected things such as removal Hall for $41,157. This will in- es of the city and has to submit its The project was upgraded from would have proposed budgets to Sunday: A 20 percent chance of rocks larger than what can be clude removing the existing roof budget to the council each year. a K-Link project to a Non-Nation- the council on July 1, the council of showers and thunderstorms moved by a backhoe and removal and inactive vents and installing • Recreation Director Stacy Lee al Highway System project, she can hold several work sessions before 1 p.m. Partly cloudy, with of large amounts of rock under new insulation, coverboard and updated the council on the de- said. This means the federal gov- that month and aim for a public a high near 85. the soil. McElyea said all the dirt roof along with metal fl ashing and partment’s programs. During the ernment will pay for 80 percent of hearing to approve a fi nal budget Sunday Night: A 30 percent work was included in the bid and gutters. The fi rm will also repair a summer, the department will have the project instead of 75 percent. on Saturday, Aug. 3. chance of showers and thunder- none of the soil surveys indicated stucco wall by the east door out of many programs including kids Armstrong said the project had storms. Mostly cloudy, with a low any large rocks or rock deposits. the north offi ces, which had been baseball and T-ball, swim lessons, been estimated at $300,000, but around 59. McElyea said the contract has a leaking water during rain storms. Monday: A 20 percent chance $300,000 line item which would Roofmasters was the only com- of showers and thunderstorms. cover these contingencies as well pany to bid on the project. Arm- Mostly cloudy; high near 85. as allowances such as furniture. strong said they sent the specifi ca- LOCAL TV LISTINGS Monday Night: A 20 percent “Whatever you don’t use gets tions of the project to three other chance of showers and thunder- change-ordered back to you at the area companies, but none of them sponsored by the storms. Partly cloudy, with a low end,” he said. sent in a bid. around 60. In other business: • Pioneer Memorial Library Di- Tuesday: Partly cloudy, with a • Becky Bond of Northwest rector Melany Wilks and board high near 87. Kansas Domestic and Sexual Vio- treasurer Rick Ress presented the Wednesday: High, 77; Low 54 lence Services asked the council annual library report. Ress said Precip: Wed. 0.50 inches to consider adding some funding circulation is up and the library Month: 0.50 inches for the agency to next year’s bud- has added a lot of services. They Year: 8.81 inches get. Armstrong said in 2009 the are currently working on the kids’ Normal: 9.94 inches city had given $850 to the agency, area in the library’s basement. Saturday Evening June 5, 2010 (K-State Experiment Station) but hadn’t given them anything Councilman Tim Hutfl es asked 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Sunrise and Sunset this year. Armstrong asked if the why the library pays for some city KAKE/ABC The Bachelorette Castle Local Friday 6:18 a.m. 9:07 p.m. council wanted to fund the agency services such as information tech- KBSL/CBS Three Rivers Medium 48 Hours Mystery Local (U.S. Naval Observatory) and if so, how much. nology and contracts with private KSNK/NBC America's Got Talent America's Got Talent Local Saturday Night Live Colby Water Use “I think it’d be nice to get them companies for others such as lawn KSAS/FOX Cops Cops Amer. Most Wanted Local The Wanda Sykes ShowBrothers Local Tuesday 1,953,000 gal. Cable Channels back into the budget,” said Coun- care and snow removal when the A & E Wednesday 1,852,000 gal. Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds CSI: Miami Criminal Minds cilman Jim Brown, “and I think city is the primary source of fund- AMC Virus Outbreak (Colby Public Works) $850 is a number we can shoot ing for the library. Hutfl es said the ANIM It's Me or the Dog America's Cutest Dog Pit Boss America's Cutest Dog Pit Boss BRAVO House House House House House CMT Strictest Parents 16 and Pregnant Music Awards Singing CNN Campbell Brown Larry King Live Newsroom Campbell Brown Larry King Live COMEDY Mr. Woodcock Lewis Black: Black on Broadway Titus: Love Jackass: Number Two DISC Untamed Alaska Arctic Roughnecks Mayday! Bering Sea Untamed Alaska Arctic Roughnecks DISN Starstruck Sonny Phineas Hannah Wizards Deck Sonny Wizards E! 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