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Page 2 Colby Free Press Monday, August 12, 2013 Area/State WWeathereather Miss Rodeo from Colby BBrieflyriefly From “MISS,” Page 1 The deadline for Briefl y is noon the day before. Items submitted in the morning will be set up for the following day, space available. The deadline quite a few I didn’t know.” for Monday’s paper is noon Friday. She said here favorite event was the horsemanship, in which Fair premium checks now available all the women had to ride Harry 4-H and Open Class 2013 Thomas County Fair premium checks are Vold Rodeo Company pickup ready for pick up at the Extension Offi ce, 350 S. Range Ave. from 8 a.m. horses, not their own, familiar to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. For information, call Jody McCain at 460-4582. mounts. “These are unfamiliar hoses to us,” she said, “and it really Volunteers needed for carnival cleanup National Weather Service shows your horsemanship capa- Volunteers are needed to help pack away carnival equipment at the Tonight: Showers and thun- bilities.” Thomas County Fairgrounds beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Contact derstorms likely, mainly be- Harter said she has climbed Kerry Wark at 443-6174 for information. tween 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. Mostly her way up to the state pageant cloudy, with a low around 63. over the years. As a girl, she had Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Seniors plan potluck at Presbyterian Church just gotten her fi rst horse when The group More Fun Together plans a potluck for people 50 or older Chance of precipitation is 60 she watched local rodeo queens who are alone, widowed, divorced, separated or have a partner in a nurs- percent. at the county fair, and it made Katera Harter of Colby stood with a bouquet when her title ing home at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church. Bring a dish Tuesday: Scattered showers her want to compete in pageants. was announced. to share; table service and beverage provided. For information, call 462- and thunderstorms. Partly sun- She fi rst entered the Thomas 6342. ny, with a high near 80. South- County pageant in 2006. She a lot of friends.” that year representing rodeo. east wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance didn’t win, but took the title of One of these was another A sophomore studying ag of precipitation is 50 percent. rodeo princess the next year. Colby native, Amy Wilson, business at Colby Community Kids can take hunter education Tuesday Night: Scattered “I’ve held a few titles since who helped her learn the ropes College, Harter is secretary of A free hunter education class for kids 11 and older begins at 6 p.m. showers and thunderstorms. then,” she added. of competition. Wilson took the the Rodeo Club and Block and Friday in Room 106 of the Colby Community College Student Union. Pre- Cloudy, with a low around 61. She was crowned Thomas Miss Rodeo America title in Brida and is involved in Colle- register by Wednesday at Colby Lumber or Rasure Lumber. Completion of East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance County Rodeo Queen in 2010. 2008 giate Farm Bureau. this class prepares students to take a test qualifying them to hold a Kansas of precipitation is 50 percent. In 2011, she became Miss Teen As for herself, Harter pointed “I’m not really sure exactly hunting license. For information, call Wes Sowards at 462-3367 or Kurtis Wednesday: Scattered Rodeo Kansas, and last year she out that the Miss Rodeo Kansas what I’m going to do,” Harter Meier at 462-7993. show ers and thunderstorms. was crowned Beef Empire Days title is a qualifi er for the national said of her post-college plans. Mostly cloudy, with a high near Rodeo Queen in Garden City. fi nals in Las Vegas in December She currently works at ZEZ Vision Source to hold Business After 5 78. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. She said that she has met lots of 2014. If she wins that one, Har- Commodities in Colby, and said Vision Source, 1005 S. Range, will have this month’s Business After 5 Chance of precipitation is 40 other women during these com- ter said, there’s always Miss Ro- she wants to live in rural Kansas from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, sponsored by the Colby-Thomas County Cham- percent. petitions. deo World. But the national win- and somehow “give back” to the ber of Commerce. Stop by for hors d’oeuvres and a tour of the offi ce, and Wednesday Night: Scattered “We kind of rotate through the ner will be plenty busy, traveling agriculture industry. meet new optometrist Dr. Andrea Sis. For information, call 462-8231. showers and thunderstorms. pageants,” she said. “I’ve made about 100,000 miles throughout Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 40 Health care center offers sports physicals percent. The Family Center for Health Care in Colby is offering free sports phys- Thursday: A 30 percent Brewster to party for 125th icals to all Thomas County students from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at 310 chance of showers and thunder- E. College Drive. In-town students will be seen from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and storms. Partly sunny, with a high From “BREWSTER,” Page 1 Brewster Heritage Center out-of-town students from 5:30 to 7. For information, call the clinic at near 81. The Brewster Heritage Center Library and Mu- 462-6184. Thursday Night: A 40 per- than two months after the town was platted, and seum, opened in 1975 as a bicentennial project, cent chance of showers and classes started Jan. 14, 1889. will be open Saturday, Aug. 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 Reception to be farewell to doctor thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, Several social organizations have entertained p.m. The center is normally open Mondays and Citizens Medical Center and the Family Center for Health Care invite with a low around 60. the community during its history, including an Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from everyone to a farewell reception for Dr. Brewster Kellogg from 2 to 3:30 Friday: A 20 percent chance Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges, American Le- 9 to 11 a.m. p.m. Friday in the hospital cafeteria at 100 E College Drive. For informa- of showers and thunderstorms. gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and aux- The center, fully supported by donations and tion, call Tama Unger at 462-6184. Mostly sunny, with a high near iliaries, a Grand Army of the Republic post, the memorials, is in the former Brewster State Bank, 85. Brewster Lions Club, Boy Scout and Girl Scout built in 1919 to replace a smaller wooden build- Friday Night: A 20 percent troops and 4-H clubs. ing, which later served as the American Legion Vendors to raise money for foundation Vendors for Nana’s Comfort Foods, Norwex and Clever Containers will chance of showers and thunder- In 1988, when Brewster celebrated is centen- Building. The museum still uses the 1905 door sell their products from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in the conference room of storms. Mostly clear, with a low nial, the population was 340. At the last census in from the original bank. Citizens Medical Center, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. next Monday in the chapel around 61. 2010, Brewster had 305 residents. Half of the building houses the library while the of the Prairie Senior Living Complex. A percentage of sales will go to the Saturday: Sunny, with a high Brewster businesses and community services other half has artifacts from Brewster’s past. The Citizens Foundation Employee Giving Fund to buy equipment and ser- near 87. now include a post offi ce, senior center, grocery museum includes a school room, a kitchen area vices for the hospital. For information, call Bev Vaughn at 443-1467. Saturday Night: Partly store, S&T Telephone, Prairie Land Insurance, fi lled with gadgets from the past, a tool room with cloudy, with a low around 63. Chelle’s Bar and Grill, the Craft Peddler, TJ’s a monkey wrench collection, clothes from 1912 to Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a Tire, Frontier Ag Inc., CHS Brewster Agronomy 1918 and a picture gallery. Outdoors Skills Day coming for kids high near 88. Center, ADM Grain, Thomas County Cabinetry, The library features books of its own, along Youth Outdoor Skills Day for kids 6 and older, sponsored by the Kansas Schultz Trailer Park, the Beauty Retreat, Ag Sun with services from the Northwest Kansas Library Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Hunting Heritage Group, will be Friday: High, 82; Low 54 LLC, Brewster Electric and Craig Fulwider Car- System. from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The free event includes an elk-burger Saturday: High, 81; Low 59 pentry. lunch. It will be held on the Pat Jones property six miles north and two Sunday: High, 87; Low 61 miles east of Colby. Activities will include Shotgunning and muzzleload- Precip: Friday 0.None ing, archery, fur harvesting and compass and map reading. For informa- Saturday 0.None tion, call the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism offi ce at Sunday 0.None Push on for emergency food funds 462-3367. Month: 0.62 inches From “FOOD,” Page 1 food last year. bank estimates it reaches about Year: 9.11 inches “There’s always a gap be- 40,000 people a week, including Brewster planning party for 125th birthday Normal: 16.36 inches wrote.

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