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Parking Call Leads to Drug Bust Three Colby Residents Were Ar- South Grant 75¢ COLBY Thursday September 4, 2014 Volume 125, Number 138 Serving Thomas County since 1888 10 pages FFREEREE PPRESSRESS Parking call leads to drug bust Three Colby residents were ar- South Grant. rested last Wednesday night on Trevor H. Strutt, 20; Kirstie J. drug charges that resulted from in- Strutt, 23; and Tayte A. Query, vestigation of a traffic complaint. 20, were arrested, taken to the The Colby Police Department Thomas County Jail, and booked SHARON FRIEDLANDER and SAM DIETER/Colby Free Press and Array Technologies said one of its officers was in- for possession of hallucinogenic A group of community leaders (above) broke ground last up the first sod for the project. Lehman talked about the vestigating a traffic complaint at drugs and possession of drug Thursday morning for a new solar array to be built this fall near reasons Midwest wants a new solar array here, which will be about 9:53 p.m. Aug. 27, going paraphernalia. Query and Kirstie the ridge behind them. Colby’s City Manager, at left) Tyson set up with help from Clean Energy. Business and community door-to-door along Grant Avenue Strutt were released on a recogni- McGreer, state Sen. Ralph Ostmeyer, Mayor Gary Adrian, leaders (bottom) listened to him and Spencer. The array will and asking for information about zance bond the same night, Trevor City Councilwoman Peg Tole, Ernie Lehman with Midwest be the first of its kind in Kansas to use a tracking system, an illegally-parked vehicle. Strutt was released on a $25,000 Energy and Paul Spencer with Clean Energy Collective dug similar to these panels in Phoenix, Ariz. (below, left). At one house, the officer “de- bond the next day. tected the presence of an illegal The Thomas County attorney’s substance,” the department said, office will review the case before and officers obtained a search filing of formal charges, the de- warrant for the house, at 485 partment said. Ground broken here Poverty topic for solar power array By Sam Dieter Construction on the Midwest Energy on eight acres of Colby Free Press Community Solar Array should start within Midwest-owned of first movie [email protected] several weeks, and the array should be con- land by one of nected to the power grid around early De- the company’s Colby business leaders came out in force cember. Midwest Energy teamed up with substations, just The first documentary screen- parasites, financial stress and the last Thursday to welcome a new improve- the Carbondale, Colo-based company Clean west of Mead- Ernie Lehman ing of the semester at Colby Com- uncertainty that comes with not ment to the region’s infrastructure. Energy Collective to build the solar garden ow Lake Golf munity College will be at 7 p.m. knowing how they will make it Course. Tuesday, Sept. 9, in the Cultural through the next day surviving on Midwest customers will be able to “buy” Arts Center at the southeast cor- only one dollar.” one of the 3,960 panels for as little as $891, ner of campus, featuring the film “Living on One Dollar” won with a rebate from the company, and have “Living on One Dollar.” “Best Documentary” and “Out- the energy produced from that panel credited Instructor Ryan Hale said there standing Directorial Debut” in toward their electric bill. The original gross is no charge to attend. The film 2013 at the Sonoma Internation- price of a panel is $1,033, but Clean Energy follows four college students as al Film Festival, Hale said. The will provide a discount bringing it down to they embark on an adventure in screening was sold out in 20 cit- $984 for buyers who get one before the ar- Guatemala and attempt to live on ies and the film recorded 700,000 ray goes online. And Midwest is offering a less than $1 per day. YouTube views the first month it rebate which, combined with the discount, “Worldwide, over 1.1 billion was released. will bring the price down to $891. Accord- people live on less than $1 per For information, contact Hale at ing to Clean Energy, the rebates cover about day,” Hale said. “The participants 460-5544 or ryan.hale@colbycc. 60 percent of the project, and it is not clear if in this film experience hunger, edu. more of them will be available. Midwest expects customers to save $57 on their bills in the first year after buying a pan- el. In all, the company expects to produce City changes 2,310,000 kilowatt hours and save custom- meeting times See “SOLAR,” Page 2 By Sam Dieter from Willow to College Drive, af- Colby Free Press ter discussing how long the paint [email protected] will last. RoadSafe bid to paint stripes City Council meetings will start with multi-component epoxy at 5:30 p.m. in October, after the paint and put down the cross- city council voted on a new or- walks, stop bars and traffic arrows dinance at their Tuesday night with thermo plastic. McGreer told meeting. the council the company provided The council agreed on the time both of the two bids given for the change at their Aug. 19 meeting, project; the other bid was to do the and the ordinance was drawn up to same job for $14,435 with water- change the meeting times to 5:30 borne paint. p.m., instead of 7:30, starting on The waterborne paint does not Tuesday, Oct. 17. Council meet- last as long, McGreer said. The ings are generally the first and city checked with Penco Engi- third Tuesday of the month. neering, which often works for the In other business, the council: city, to make sure the $22,638 was • Heard a report from City Man- reasonable, Public Works Director ager Tyson McGreer that the city Omar Weber recommended the will empty the swimming pool epoxy paint. soon, after it was shut down on The same roads were sealed ear- Aug. 17, the Sunday before school lier in the year. Weber and Coun- started. The closing had been cilman Bill Mariman, who works Ambulance chassis in works planned for a later date, but closed for the county road department, because of staffing problems. Mc- discussed how long it will be un- Thomas County will likely get commissioners reviewed bids seek a replacement. chassis and installation with costs Greer pointed out that the pool is til those roads are sealed again. At a new ambulance chassis and a for various components of a new Local Ford dealer Mike Tubbs ranging from $79,225 to $87,828. doing much better financially this that point, McGreer said, the city loader over the next few months ambulance, planning to put the submitted a bid of $27,695 for Colby Canvas priced graphics year, for several reasons. would need a new paint job. Later as the commissioners receive current ambulance box on a new the requested 2015 E450 chassis, for the new ambulance setup at In June through August this he said the streets are sealed per- and analyze bids for the new ma- chassis. The county has struggled which would then have the box in- $2,320. year, it cost the city $39,212 to op- haps every five years. chines. to find affordable parts for the cur- stalled on it. Bids from three am- erate the pool, while it operated at • Went into closed session for At their Friday meeting, the rent E350 chassis, prompting it to bulance companies included the See “AMBULANCE,” Page 2 a $66,790 loss during the season 15 minutes with McGreer and last year. Later, McGreer said that City Attorney John Gatz, with no the revenue has been about the action taken after the session. same for the pool, but the city has • Approved a $66,870 bid from Senate challenger drops out managed its expenses better. Haynes Equipment Co. for a In other business the council: pump and other equipment at the which also has a viable independent candidate, “suspended,” but the word was crossed out • Voted to accept a $22,638 bid city’s south lift station. The other By John Hanna Olathe businessman Greg Orman, as well as and replaced with a handwritten “terminated.” from RoadSafe Traffic Systems bid, which came from from JCI AP Political Writer a Libertarian candidate, Randall Batson, of Taylor’s withdrawal came just days after to repaint road stripes on Wil- Industries Inc., was only $64,840. TOPEKA – The Democrat challenging Wichita. his campaign released its first television ad, low Avenue from Range Avenue McGreer suggested going with three-term Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts Taylor issued a separate statement saying a 30-second spot showing him working on a to Franklin Avenue, and Franklin Haynes Equipment, because that ended his campaign Wednesday without ex- he made the decision after consulting with his family farm. bid was for the same pump as the planation. staff, supporters and Democratic Party leaders. Joan Wagnon, the Kansas Democratic north lift station, which would Chad Taylor sent a letter to the Kansas “Effective today, my campaign is termi- make it easier for the city to main- secretary of state withdrawing from the race, nated,” he said. Originally, the statement said tain. See “SENATE,” Page 2 Page 2 Colby Free Press Thursday, September 4, 2014 Area/State Weather Barbecued Briefly The deadline for Briefly is noon the day before. The deadline for Monday’s ride? paper is noon Friday. Human resources This demolition derby car group meets Wednesday got the attention of the Col- The monthly meeting of the Colby by Fire Department when Chapter of the Western Kansas Hu- smoldered Tuesday after- man Resources Management Associa- noon.
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