The MIDWEEK Tuesday, June 29 Goodland Star-News 2021 1205฀Main฀Avenue,฀Goodland,฀KS฀67735฀฀•฀฀Phone฀(785)฀899-2338 $1 Volume 89, Number 51 8 Pages Goodland, Kansas 67735 upcoming event Peter Pan Jr. musical set for Friday A production of Peter Pan Jr. will be held at 7 p.m. Friday in Chambers Park. The musical is based on the classic Peter Pan tale. It is part of the 2021 Sum- mer Theater Festival put on by the Main Street Arts Council out of Hoxie. The festival is put on each sum- mer for area kids interested in drama performing. Other plays will be put on in Colby, Quinter, Hoxie and Atwood. Dedication and party Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for kids ages 6-12 and free for kids 5 and under. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.mainstree- held at Smoky Gardens tartscouncil.com. It was a rainy start for the Shindig at the Smoky on Saturday, sponsored by Sher- man County Community Development, but the dedication ceremony got rolling weather with speakers including the county com- missioners, legislators and Kansas De- partment of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism report Secretary Brad Loveless. The speakers thanked everyone involved with the re- 69° cent improvements to the park and lake, 10:00 a.m. including state officials, the legislature, county workers, the former Smoky Board Monday and the Topliff family. The ceremony ended with a ribbon cutting. The weather Today improved for the party at Soldiers Memo- •฀Sunset,฀8:17฀p.m. rial Park, which lasted the rest of the day. Saturday Photos by Kevin Bottrell/The Goodland Star-News •฀Sunrise,฀5:23฀a.m. •฀Sunset,฀8:17฀p.m. Midday Conditions •฀Soil฀temperature฀69฀degrees •฀Humidity฀56฀percent •฀Sky฀partly฀sunny •฀Winds฀north฀10฀mph •฀Barometer฀30.20฀inches ฀ and฀rising •฀Record฀High฀today฀฀฀107°฀(1963) •฀Record฀Low฀฀today฀฀฀฀฀฀45°฀(1908) Last 24 Hours* High฀Sunday฀ 81° Low฀Sunday฀ 52° Precipitation฀ 0.00 ฀฀฀฀฀This฀month฀ 0.82 ฀฀฀฀฀Year฀to฀date฀ 10.06 ฀฀฀฀Above฀normal฀฀ 1.20฀inches The Topside Forecast Today:฀Considerable฀cloudi- ness฀with฀82฀as฀high฀and฀low฀of฀59,฀ winds฀east฀5฀to฀10฀mph.฀Wednes- day:฀Mostly฀cloudy฀with฀81฀as฀high฀ and฀low฀around฀60,฀winds฀south฀ College to build tiny homes for Nicodemus southeast฀10฀to฀15฀mph. By Kevin Bottrell the town approached Northwest Tech to build Dobbs said. “An average tiny home could cost Dobbs said he would like to take students Extended Forecast [email protected] tiny homes, a new trend in affordable home between $30,000 and $50,000.” out to Nicodemus for two to three days at a - Thursday:฀Scattered฀thunder Starting in the coming semester, the stu- building. The college has been building full Dobbs said the plan for Nicodemus is to time to do finishing work. Carpentry is a two storms฀with฀81฀as฀high฀and฀low฀ dents in the carpentry program at Northwest size homes in Goodland for years. build a batch of six to eight 15-by-30 homes. year program, 15-16 students lined up for the of฀59,฀winds฀southeast฀10฀to฀15฀ Kansas Technical College will be building Carpentry Instructor Joseph Dobbs was The buildings will be constructed in Good- coming semester. mph.฀Friday:฀Partly฀cloudy฀with฀84฀ tiny homes for the town of Nicodemus. hired by the college last year, and said they land in such a way that they can be broken Steven Jones, one of the descendants of as฀high฀and฀low฀of฀61,฀winds฀south฀ Nicodemus, an unincorporated town along wanted to experiment with tiny homes. They down into panels for easy shipping to Nicode- the original Nicodemus settlers, has been southeast฀10฀to฀15฀mph. U.S. 24 in Graham County, is a National His- built one model for a student that went very mus. They can be set on a foundation at their in Goodland to meet with the college. The (National฀Weather฀Service) well. project will be paid for through a Dane G. Get฀24-hour฀weather฀info.฀at฀162.400฀MHz. toric Site. It is one of the last remaining towns final location. Dobbs said he waiting on the founded by African Americans following the Tiny houses are becoming more popular, design and blueprints, but the homes will be Hansen Foundation. Civil War. The town grew in the late 1800s, Dobbs said, a trend that started before CO- similar to one that Nicodemus has already. Dobbs said one of his ambitions is to be but lost businesses and population through VID-19 but has continued to take off during The students will start working on the first able to build tiny homes for Goodland. The the Great Depression and into the late 20th the pandemic. They are affordable, can be put home in the coming fall semester. Dobbs said city code currently does not allow them, and Century. The town has been working on on wheels and can be made to look good for it took one semester to build the tiny home this he is hoping to approach the city to see what revitalization efforts since the 1970s. It was not very much money. year, but they may be able to speed that up. could be done to change that. Dobbs said they named a National Historic Landmark in 1976. “We’re really seeing more and more inter- “One house per semester is a good starting also came with a tiny home design that could As part of an effort to attract new residents, est, especially with materials costs rising,” point,” he said. be used for student dormitories. local markets 10:00 a.m. Wheat฀—฀$5.90฀bushel ฀฀Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$5.74 Corn฀—฀$6.25฀bushel ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$6.46 Milo฀—฀$5.80฀bushel Soybeans฀—฀$13.01฀bushel ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$13.02 Sunflowers ฀ Oil฀current฀crop฀—฀$25.65฀cwt. More opportunity to ฀ Posted฀county฀price฀—฀$24.07 Pinto฀beans฀—฀$37 (Markets฀by฀Scoular฀Grain,฀Frontier฀Ag,฀ light฀off฀fireworks฀this฀year sunflowernsa.com฀and฀21st฀Century฀ Bean.฀These฀may฀not฀be฀closing฀figures.฀) TheFourth of July weekend is fast approaching and fireworks are now on sale at locations in Goodland. This year the Goodland City Commission voted to add more time to the window in which residents can shoot off fireworks in the city limits. Fire - works are allowed between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on July 2, 3 and 5, and between 10 a.m. And 11:59 p.m. July 4. The Goodland High School cheerleaders will be raising money at the fireworks stand by Walmart to help with camp fees. Freedom Fest will be held on July 4 at the Sherman County Fairgrounds, for details see Page 8. Photos by Kevin Bottrell/The Goodland Star-News about our 2 The Goodland Star-News / Tuesday, June 29, 2021 friends meets and greets student news Ann Myers, Jason Showalter, the calendar Brook Redlin and Paige Harper, the four new candidates for city Three฀graduate฀from council, are hosting “park meet and Calendar senior menu senior center greets” this summer. We want you Farmers Market is through Today: Pasta salad with ham, 7-11 club at 6 p.m. on the 2nd all to get to know us, tell us your October at 1218 Main from 8 to tropical fruit, crackers and cookie. and 4th Thursdays and 3rd Satur- Kansas฀State฀University concerns and thoughts! These are 11 a.m. Wednesday: Beef roast, mashed day of each month tentative dates (weather, etc.) please potatoes with gravy, green beans, Birthday Club 2nd Saturday of Three Goodland students have State University in spring 2021. mark your calendar to come out and arts center bread and mixed fruit. Thursday: each month at 6 p.m. graduated from Kansas State Uni- The graduates are from 101 Kansas visit us !! Kids Saturday Studio: for Goulosh, Brussels sprouts, bread Board Meeting 2nd Tuesday of versity with the class of 2021. counties, 44 states and 44 countries. July 15, 7 p.m. at Chambers kids in kindergarten through sixth and hot cinnamon apple slices. the month at 9 a.m. Kinsey Volk graduated Cum More than 620 students earned Park, August 19, 7 p.m. at Rose- grade, 10 a.m. to noon. Friday: Chef salad, watermelon, Pitch card playing in the morn- Laude with a bachelor’s degree in graduation honors for outstanding wood Park, September 16, 7 p.m. at Mommy+Me: for preschoolers crackers and pudding. Monday: ing Monday through Friday. music education. academic performance. Of those, Steever Park and October 20, 6 p.m. and their caregivers, $5, 10-11 Closed. Tuesday: Smothered Bingo on Wednesday and Fri- Jamie Nemechek graduated with 222 students graduated summa cum at Phillips Park. a.m. second Wednesday of the steak, scalloped potatoes, green day at noon. a bachelor of science degree in laude with a grade point average of Please bring a chair, a cool drink month. beans, bread and pears. Pinocle on Monday, Tuesday agriculture. 3.95 or above, 208 students gradu- and all your great ideas to make Saturdays: Open studio and and Thursday at noon. Kelsey White graduated with ated magna cum laude with a grade Goodland even better!! Paint your own Pottery, 10 a.m. a bachelor of science in business point average of 3.85 to 3.949, and to 1 p.m. administration. 194 students graduated cum laude senior center Nearly 3,130 students completed with a GPA of 3.75 to 3.849. meal site Wednesdays. Everyone is welcome at 5:30 a.m.