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Page 2 Colby Free Press Thursday, November 17, 2011 Area/State Weather Officials spar over agency’s role Briefly By John Milburn some people refuse to help themselves by “Where are the jobs going to come from?” Group selling nuts The Colby Episcopal Churchwomen The Associated Press fi nding a job, especially when eligibility for asked Sen. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Demo- benefi ts can change by just a few dollars crat. are selling fresh crop pecans and vari- TOPEKA – Kansas lawmakers asked the more in income, complicating their lives. Siedlecki said tax cuts and other incen- ous nuts such as cashews, pralines and head of the state’s welfare agency Tuesday “I think some people do that,” Siedlecki tives would help create private sector jobs. walnuts. For information, call Mary to explain comments they said he made said. “I believe there is hope for everyone. I He agreed with Kelly who said transporta- Molstad at the Ascension on the Prairie about some residents being more willing to want to make SRS the agency to give peo- tion issues often make fi nding employment Church, 462-7198. accept state assistance than fi nd jobs. ple hope.” diffi cult and said his agency would try to Rep. Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat, said He said many of the reforms his agency reallocate funds to help with that. College gym closed he doubted the estimated 22,000 unem- is considering would put greater emphasis Brownback wants to reorganize three ployed workers in the south-central Kansas on helping clients fi nd employment and im- state agencies that handle Medicaid-related for floor remodeling National Weather Service The Colby Community College gym Tonight: Mostly clear, with a city would prefer to get food or cash assis- proving their lives. Siedlecki said he wants services. Social Services would turn some will be closed through Friday while the low around 26. Southwest wind tance rather than take a job at one of Wichi- to work with commerce and labor offi cials of its programs over to the new Department fl oor is resurfaced and painted. For in- between 5 and 10 mph. ta’s many aviation factories. to better match people needing workers with of Aging and Human Services. Other ser- formation call 460-5411. Friday: Sunny, with a high “Some people in Kansas are broken,” clients who possess the necessary skills, or vices would shift from the Department of near 63. Southwest wind around Ward said. help clients fi nd additional training. Health and Environment and the Juvenile 5 mph. Rob Siedlecki, appointed as Kansas So- Legislators said that the diffi cult economy Justice Authority to Social Services, with Methodist youth to serve Friday Night: Partly cloudy, cial and Rehabilitation Services secretary has made public assistance the only option the agency being renamed Department for Thanksgiving dinner with a low around 33. South wind by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, said for some people. Children and Family Services. The Senior Youth of the Colby United 5 to 10 mph becoming west. Methodist Church will serve a tradition- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with al Thanksgiving Dinner from 11:30 a.m. a high near 42. Breezy, with a Smucker recalls to 1 p.m. Sunday. Everyone is invited north wind between 10 and 20 Farmland value and donations will be accepted toward mph, with gusts as high as 30 missions and ministry. For information, mph. call the church offi ce at 460-2761. Saturday Night: Partly jars of peanut butter cloudy, with a low around 19. continues to go up ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) – Salmonella is bacteria result- Ministerial Alliance plans Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a J.M. Smucker Co. is recalling ing in fever, cramps and diar- high near 39. From “VALUE,” Page 1 Henderson said he believes Thanksgiving service thousands of 16-ounce jars of its rhea that lasts for several days Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, land values will likely con- The Thomas County Ministerial Alli- Smucker’s Natural Peanut But- and can require hospitalization. with a low around 24. Oklahoma State University tinue to increase in the region ance will hold its annual Thanksgiving ter Chunky because of possible Smucker says no illnesses Monday: Mostly sunny, with a agricultural economics pro- next year, but the rate of in- Service at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Frahm salmonella contamination. have been reported. high near 47. fessor Wade Brorsen said he’s crease will depend on what Theater at Colby Community College. The Ohio-based company The product was distributed Monday Night: Partly cloudy, heard that a number of farm- happens with crop prices and Bring non-perishable food for donation says the jars covered in the re- in: Arkansas, Colorado, Dela- with a low around 28. land buyers in the state have farmers’ production costs be- to Genesis-Thomas County. For infor- call would have been purchased ware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with been able to pay cash for land tween now and next spring’s mation, Call Jerrod Spencer at 443- in the last week or so. They have Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, a high near 52. at recent sales. planting season. 2403. “Best if Used By” dates of Aug. Maryland, Michigan, Minne- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, “In a few areas, you had oil A sharp fall in land values 3, 2012, and Aug. 4, 2012, plus sota, Missouri, Nebraska, New with a low around 27. money,” he said. could hurt many farmers, es- the production codes 1307004 Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Football awards banquet Wednesday: High, 40; Low 12 But Brorsen said he believes pecially if they borrowed too and 1308004. Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Precip: Wednesday 0.Trace the biggest factors driving up much against their land, Olsen planned for Monday Smucker says 3,000 jars are South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, The Colby High School football Month: 0.25 inches farmland values are the low said. But many farmers have being recalled from stores. Wisconsin and the District of awards potluck dinner will be at 6:45 Year: 19.63 inches interest rates and relatively kept their debt levels low. Another 16,000 had never left Columbia. strong cattle and crop prices. p.m. Monday in the high school com- Normal: 20.03 inches mons. Bring a covered dish and table (K-State Experiment Station) warehouses. Sunrise and Sunset service. For information, call 460- Friday 7:31 a.m. 5:27 p.m. 5300. Last quarter Moon at 9:09 a.m. Poll: majority of Baby Boomers don’t have wills (U.S. Naval Observatory) Colby trash trucks off By Jennifer C. Kerr ecutive search fi rm. can spare families a painful fi ght What ensued was a years- The Associated Press “I don’t think of myself in and ensure that patients receive long legal battle that involved two days next week terms of my age group,” said – or don’t receive – the medical dozens of judges in numerous Colby trash trucks will not be run- Unemployment WASHINGTON – Many baby Morgan, who runs three miles a treatment they wish should they jurisdictions, including the U.S. ning next Thursday or Friday, Nov. 25, boomers don’t have end-of-life day twice a week, practices yoga end up in a situation where they Supreme Court, and Congress. for Thanksgiving. Thursday’s residen- claims equal legal documents such as a living twice a week and takes part in a can’t speak for themselves. Schiavo’s feeding tube was or- tial routes will be picked up Wednes- will – and some say it’s because rigorous fi tness boot camp twice The living will is not “all or dered removed in 2005. About day. Friday’s residential routes will they feel healthy and young in a week. Her parents, in their nothing,” said Brandt. A person two weeks later, she died. be picked up Monday, Nov. 28. Have with April stats their middle-age years and don’t early 80s, are healthy, too – so could say he or she wants ev- Each state has its own forms your tipper cans to the curb by 8 a.m. WASHINGTON (AP) — The need to dwell on death. living wills aren’t on her radar. erything, something or nothing. for proxies and living wills, said The commercial trash truck will not run number of people applying for An Associated Press-Life- “I just feel like it’s something For example, one person may Brandt. And while it’s a legal Thursday and Friday, but it will pick unemployment benefi ts fell last GoesStrong.com poll found that I’ll probably think about in my want heroic measures taken to document, she said, you don’t up trash Saturday. For information, call week to the lowest level since 64 percent of boomers – those late 60s or 70s,” she said. prolong life, while another may need an attorney to draft one. Public Works at 460-4420. early April, a sign that layoffs are born between 1946 and 1964 A living will spells out a pa- want to be resuscitated but de- The forms need to be witnessed, easing and hiring may pick up. – say they don’t have a health tient’s wishes for medical care if cide against being dependent on but that’s it. She advises giv- Prairie orchestra Weekly applications dropped care proxy or living will. Those he or she is unable to communi- breathing machines long-term. ing copies to plenty of people documents would guide medi- cate with doctors. Brandt pointed to high-profi le – family, friends, colleagues – to play Sunday, Dec.